The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-02
LATE NEWS NOTES.
General.

General.
A band of thirty train robbers held
up the St. Petersburg express, near
Wilma, Russia, shot down the traiE
guard of six men, robbed the express
car of nearly 100000 and escaped
John F.. Spencer of Leister, Eng
land, Sunday school teacher, serv-
ing a sentence in, the pen, has con-
fessed to. the burglary Of Brooksby
Hall. Gems valued at 100000 were
taken.
Charles Boyle son of a San Francis
CO millionaire and ex-Stanford uni
-versity student, is alleged to have con-
fessed to several crimes committed in
the west last spring.
Seventy-two men were injured, sew
en- fatally, as tine result OF trolley
accident caused LIZ a damaged signal
box on the SeShwestern Traction
companys line near rlnlcum, Penn.
Two trolley cars heavily loaded Win
Workmen, running at high speed, col
| llded head-on in a dense fog and in
stantly the dying and manned were
scattered about the road or buried I'M
der the wreckage.
After being. separated nearly quar-
ter u century, Mrs. Christian Oil
yer of New Orleans, and Sylvester
Oliver, now residing in France, Will
be reunited within a few weeks. In
IN 1856 the husband took boat from
New Orleans, stating that he was 60
ing to France. From the lime the YES
SCI left the docks Auntll a few days
ago. nothing had been heard of the
husband and Mrs. Oliver mourned
him as dead.
Daniel j. Sally who twice won and
lost the crown of Cotton King" in
/ Wall street, has resigned the presl-
dency of the Cerro-g Mining
company and gone tosMork as clerk
for cotton brokerage house TO give
his clients the benefit OF his expert
ence.
Power generated at Niagara Falls is
to be distributed all over Canada. Bids
have been asked on 10000 tons OF
structural steel TOR the Canadian gov
eminent. The steel is to be used Tor
towers which will support the cables
used in transporting the current. Al
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being sent a distance Of more than
one hundred and twenty-five miles,
and it is the intention of the Canadian
government tox increase this distance.
Towns in every direction about Mag
ara wiDb supplied
Gustaye Eberhardt, who has been
on trial in f4ackensack, N. T., for the
murder Of his aunt, Mrs. Ottilie Tb-
erhardt, whom hes lured from Austria,
together with her daughter, Miss OF
tile, for thepurpos robbery, has
been sentenced to thirty years in the
states prison at hard labor
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria
Hungary, has sent a sum of money
for the benefit of ST. Stephens Rom.
an Catholic church of South River,
N. J. Rev. Victor Won Kubinyl, no.
bleman, is the rector. He is the au-
thor of a book entitled king OF
Rome" a copy of which was sent to
his majesty some. time ago. The rec
tor was formerly subject of the Aus
trian emperor.
The automobile driven by Otto
Brodie of Chicago, while making a
turn in Sterling, ILL.,, toppIed over,
turning once and half and landing
upside down. Two of the party OF
eight were probably fatally injured
and the other six injured. The ma
chine was badly wrecked.
L. Manuel Messenger, an importer of
| Sailt0 DolHingo 8faefy tickets was ar
rested at San Juan, P. R., by United
States Deputy Collector Peter Math-
eson and held. One thousand tickets,
Representing several Thousand dollars,
and also letters and book contain
ing the names Of lottery ticket dealers
were seized.