The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-07-17
LATE NEWS NOTES
General.

Nicholas Murray Butler, president
of Columbia University, New York.
who is to give a series OF lectures at
the University Of Copenhagen, stock
holm and Chiistiana has been rasrly
overwhelmed with attention since hls
arrival in Paris, France.
Miss Louise Boyer, 80 years old,
relative of j. p. Morgan, committed
suicide in her apartment BY inhallng
gas. Miss Boyer was penniless and
her rent was due,
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth
and party. were caught in q fiightful
electrical storm on Pixies peak. Inc
storm broke as they neared the timber
line and ragged with almost unparalleled
ed fury. me party We're Obliged 10
stay on top Of the peak longer than
anticipated, as the storm continued
for several hours
An ocean trip OF over 1000 miles In
shell constructed OF newspapers
from all parts of the United states was
completed at New York wnen George
w. Johnson, veteran oarsman, ar
rived from st. Augustine, Fla.
To save babies lives, the city coun-
Gil OF Chicago has made special APP
preparation OF $4,000. Intestinal dis
eases among infants, caused chiefly
by the hot weather, have been Of such
frequent occurrence in Chicago that,
according to relative figures, the total
deaths OF babies due to these COM
plants this year, will reach the start
ling total of 3,414.
The Yokohama Japan municipality
has voted the sum CT 10000 yen To
cover the expenses OF the entertain
ment to &c given to the officers and
La5n OF The American feet while they
are in that city.
A LAKE of Gil covering al area OF
| more than one square niie ard OF I'M
| known depth near rampico IN the
state of Vera Cruz, Mexico, Is on IKE.
1t has been burning for FIVE days and
has created the widest terror among
the natives OF that section. The blaze
is seen for more than two hundred
miles at sea, according to nayigators
who have arrived at Vera Cruz anu
Tampico The Gil belongs TO Pitts
! burg, Pa, Company whose loss Will be
, 100000 on machinery and the mil
| lions OF barrels OF Oil which were
burned a ~
A man has applied to the police of
st. Louis for aid in ascertaining who
he is and where he lives. He reraem-
bers nothing at all OF his past life
only that his name is Ed, his wifes
name is Carol and his business part
ner's name is Danny.
BY holding telegram for two hours
the telegraph company at Port au
/ N1niw fhn 1iuno Of Adolf
Valbourn and Dantes Theodula. The
| telegram which had been sent by the
president of Hayti read, Take the
men from their beds and shoot them
at once" When it was received the
telegraph company held it and noti-
/ fed the two men who Immediately
1 caught boat to New York When
they were out OF Haytian waters the
telegram was delivered.
Hundreds of men are fighting for
est fire which is burning through the
center OF Long Island, near PASSPORT
There has been little rain in 40 days
A heavy rain Is about the only hope
Of relief
The report that President Roosevelt
would receive $4,000 for series OF
articles relating to his experiences
while hunting in Africa has been veri-
fed by Charles Scribner in whose
magazine the articles will appear Mr..
Scribner estimates the sale Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's books already pub
lished at 100000 copies. The royal
ties on these sales we're close to $780,
OoO.
John L. Sullivan, pugilist, actor,
philosopher, lecturer and temperance
talker has begun en- action for diyirce
against his wife, Annie, whom he mar
ried rs years ago in Boston and from
whom he separated few months
later.