The Elbert County tribune., 1905-11-30
CONDENSED TELEeRAms

An Ohio Judge has decided that
merely getting drunk every Sunday
does not make q man = habitual
drunkard.
It has been decided that the Presi-
Congress will be submitted Tuesday.
December 9Th.
A fre At the Overhoyt distil.ery, near
Connsllgvflle, Pennsylvania, November
2oth, destroyed $1.60o.0oo worth OF
whisksy and other property.
King Edward has given S10.5oo and
tho Prince OF Wales $5.xE0 to the fund
for the aid Of the unemployed which
was started by Queen Alexandra.
The Spanish embassy at London
says there is absolutely no truth in
the statement that King Alfonso Is to
marry Princess Ena OF Battenburg.
Lord Mount Stephen has contributed
$50, 900 to Queen Alexandra's fund for
the unemployed. This Is the largest
Individual subscription thus far re-
csived.
William Travers Jerome. the newly
elected district attorney Of New York
City. has filed his declaration Of cleo
ton expenses. He says that he didn't
put mp cent.
Secretary Taft denfes the report
that matters pertaining to the Philip
pines are to be transferred to the State
Department. He says 1t Is absolutely
without foundation.
Rev. ]. s. Lord OF the Yale class Of
1881, said to have been for many years
the Oldest living alumnus of Yale.
died November goth, at Laingsburg.
Michigan, aged ninety-seven.
Tho Marquis of Downshire has
agreed 20 sell his agricultural lands in
County Down. Ireland. to the tenants.
The estate is the largest IN Ireland and
is valued at about Sic. 100000.
Lord Brassey has offered to erect at
his own expense large number of cot
tages of English style for sufferers
from the recent earthquake In Italy.
Tho Italian government has accepted
his offer.
President Roosevelt has appointed
Judge Charles +. Wolverton, associate
justice of the Oregon Supreme Court.
as United States district Judge of Ore
gon, In succession to the late Judge
Charles B. Bellinger.
The Standard Oil Company has Just
declared a quarterly dividend of $40 a
share. The previous dividend was Sc
share. This last declaration brings
the total dividend for the year to $40
q share Last year it was $36.
Read Admiral G. w. Baird, superin-
tendent Of the State, War and Navy
Department building, has asked to be
relieved OF duty. Out of the forty-three
years of service in the navy, he has
been on duty only four months.
The Census Bureau has issued bull
letin placing the amount of cotton
ginned to November 14th at 7,49S,167
bales. Texas leads with 1,S22,s42
bales, Alabama being next with lit
tie more than half that amount.
Alexander Mclean. Canadian COM
missioner at Yokohama. says the re-
cent agitation of life insurance mat
ters in New York has seriously al
fected the Japanese business of both
American and Canadian companies.
It is stated that the New York Cen.
tral and Delaware G. Hudson interests
are about to purchase the United Trac-
ition Company of Albany, controlling
the street car lines in Albany, Troy
Rensselaer, and Cohoes. for s7,500,0OO
The loss of live stock, grain, hay
and farm buildings on account of the
recent fire near Aberdeen. South Da'
ikota, is estimated at $500,000. An area
that covered five miles wide and
twenty miles long was swept by the
fire.
The Nicaraguan Court OF Cessation
has confirmed the sentence Of thirty.
g. tho
American found guilty of resisting the
execution Of legal process in Nicar.
aqua and with insulting President Ze
laya.
In big poverty parade" at London
last week red flags were seen and ban
ners bearing such devices as Curse
Your Charity; We Want Work." and
There Is Limit to Human Endur
hnce,- rnuicated the temper OF the pro
cessionists.
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Ire
mayne, one Of the few remaining sur
vivors of the charge of the Light
Brigade at Balalllava, in which he was
wounded and his horse shot. died at
Cornwall a few days ago, aged sew
enty-eight years.
The Toxic correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Telegraph understands that
an Anglo-Thibetan treaty has been
signed and that 1t provides that Great
Britain shall acknowledge Chinese SOW
ereignty in Thibet in return for which
China will pay an indemnity.
The Southern Cotton Association
has perfected plans for the taking of
the market of 100000 bales of cot
ton by means of a series of pledges
which the farmers will sign them
selves. The cotton held will not be
sold for less than 15 cents a pound.
The students of tho Nebraska Cen
trail College have decided by unani-
nous vote to eliminate football from
the list OF college sports. they as
sign as a reason for their action de-
sire for selfsupporting athletics. for