Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-07-11
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER
Epitome of Current Happenings Of
Interest Efieay FOLD.

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Epitome of Current Happenings oi
interest sfieay fold.
The Fourth of July was generally
observed in Manila.
An inspection of Chicago baker,
les showed many Of them to; o;be iih-
sanitary.
Dir. Harry Friedenwaid, of Balti-
! more, was reelected president of the
American Federasibil 0f Zionists.
The. Central Conference Of Ameri-
can Rabbis received a number of cont
mittee reports ahtl took action on
some Of them.
Action was taken to revoke the
charters Of tie French lick Springs
Hotel Company. of which Thomas
Taggart is president, and the Baden
Springs Hotel Company: both at
French Lich, Ild,. il being alleged
gambling is allowed on the primises.
Fears are entertained 3fsy the safe
ty of the steamer American which
left Mediterranean ports with 150
persons on board bound for New
York.
The Arfon Singing sssotiiety Of Bal
timore took part in the prize singing
Tor the first class Of organization at
Newark.
President Roosevelt. tisp;J;Ssed Of a
lot OF apeuiNuEiaittttidi correspondence at
Saea,nbfs Hill.
Secretary Bouaparte has invited
shipbtilders to debats lhiissiir own and
others lias Tor battleship construc-
es0n and the recommendation of the
Naval Construction Boarth
4 night. cession of the Russian
Cabiiet was held, but the nature OF
the discussion was not disclosed,
Two more WARSAW policemen were
murdered 6y Russian tcorists.
The French Chamber of Deputies
annulled the election ef Cuailt Boni
de Castellane.
Natalian troops killed $50 rebel Zu-
lus yesterday, but have not yet me.
the main force.
The Lafayette collection Of relics
shown at the Chicago Exposition was
sold at auction i'll London aes Sz7 y
900.
Iii an interview in London Hon.
William j. Bryan said the list Sf can.
didates should BE open until the time
comes to choose candidate for the
Presidency.
Rev. j. W. jenkins, D. D.. suaerin-
tendent Of the Methedist Urphanagc,
at Rele;ga; II. c., and veteran
Methodist minister, died at lis home
i'll Raleigh on July Fourth Of paraly-
sis.
w. E. Henry, who has been Tor nine
years librarian OF The Indiana State
Library and hiade Il one
os It's kind in l s|l ssSs
Washington at Seaftfe
Prof. r. S. Tarr, Of CornsH phiver-
sity, will conduct an expedition to
Alaska this summer with four assist
ants aud number Of packers; This
expedition will study The Malaspina
and BeriAg Glaciers oila make re-
connciysanea survey Of the bedrock
geology of the region between Yaku-
tat and Controller Bays.
DIR. Cressy L. Wilbur, VII" has just
been appointed rhsts 5tatistician for.
vital statistics in The Census Bureau
at Washington has acquired an inter-
national reputation as all author on
mortality and morbidity subjects,
For its white population South
Africa is perhaps The greatest market
in the world for musical instruments.
1t spends for them $1,0OO.OOO a year,
half Of Which is for pianos.
Germany has just revised It's rail.
way tariff, which involves 4 muttipli-
cation of tickets. Ii Is calculated that
traveller With small family going
from Afulhouse to Bale will tind linn
self furnished with sixty tickets. III
addition TO which are those lur lag.
gage.
Captain pepton bibb committed
suicide In New York. He was ia
tiye Of Montgomery and came from
distinguished family.
DR.. Albert Ernest jerks, recently
chief of the chronological survey of
the Philippines, has. been elected to
an assistant professorship in the de-
partlnent Of sociology in the Universe
ty of Minnesota.
The second eastward transatlantic
race between the Hambeurg- -Ameri-
can line steamer Deutschland and the
French line steamer Laprovenio ended
this morning with decisive victory
! in favor Of the German boat
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