The new South-news., 1908-10-17
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President Castro OF Venezuela IL
reported seriously III.
The American battieshIps sailed
from Manila for Japan.
Mr. Bryan attacked his opponents
IN vigorous speeches In Iowa.
81. Petersburg reported a decrease
In the number of cases Of cholera.
There were 100 new cases OF chot
ers-nnd ~ deaths in ST. Petersburg.
4 fleet OF British warship was dis
patched from Malta 10 the Aegean
Sea.
Fire at Grenada. Miss. destroyed
approximately $4,000 worth Of prop
erty.
The report that the British cab-
net had resigned was declared un~
founded
Eading his Western campaign trip
Mr. Taft made several speeches in
S. Louis.
Mr. Bryan spoke on Justice" to a
large audience at Knox College
GaIesburg. III
a posse Of Illinois farmers search
ed for a tramp who assaulted fii-
teen year old girl.
The Russian Foreign Minister ar
rived In London to confer with the
British Foreign Minister.
Andrew Carnegie gave 100000 and
Mrs. Russell SAGE $1,000 to the Re
publican campaign fund
Delegates from forty-fiye stations
OF the American seamcns Friend so
ciety met In New York.
Or. J n. Dnlard OF New Orleans
read a paper before the International
Tax Association at Toronto.
Many cotton mills OF the South.
+ closed for months. were reported to
have resumed full time operation
The National Association of Clerks
and Draughtsmen OF the Navy De-
partment was organized in New York
II was announced that the trus-
tees OF the Peabody education fund
would meet in New York this week.
The General Federation Of Trades
Unions of London declared there are
100000 unemployed in Great Brit
ain.
IL was reported that John w.
Gates has gone into the New York
1 stock market as a buyer of securi-
ties.
Many Louisianians arrived at Chi
cago for the opening of the Lakes-to-
the-Gulf Deep Waterways Associat
Convention.
The Army Retiring Board found
Col. VIM. f. Stewart, Coast Artillery
physically unfit for active service
in the army.
Chairman Mack of the Democratic
~'N'onai C"mmittee issued state
mont predicting that New York
would go Democratic.
II was reported that France, Rus
sia and England would jointly call
conference of the powers to consider
the Balkan situation.
The German Ambassador at Con
stantinoplc denied that Germany had
taken any part In the action of Bul-
garia and Austria-fIungary.
Turpentine men OF Mississippi.
Florida, Georgia and other states met
at ilattiesburg. Miss. TO form a pool
to oppose the naval stores trust.
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New York Stock Exchange. due to
I war rumors, but the losses were re-
covered before the market closed.
II was announced that Kuhn, Loeb
& Co, would care for the s7,.25, 900
in notes OF the st. Louis and San
Francisco railroad which fall due
+ Dec. /.
The 'lake-to-the-Gulf Deep Water
ways Convention adopted resolutions
to be presented to Congress and ad-
lourned to meet next year in New
Orleans.
GOV. Hoke Smith OF Georgia said
that the Usage Nation grant he ap.
proved while Secretary of the Interi-
or was not the Foster OH lease. as
reported.
The United Synod of the Evangel-
ical Lutheran church OF the South
voted to remove the Theological Sem
mary from Mount Pleasant, near
4 Charleston, s. c.
Cardinal Gibbons. in an inter-
view on arriving at New York. said
that the idle rich society women of
America were the most unhappy per-
sons IN the world
The Chicago Cubs OF the National
League defeated the Dertoit Tigers
OF the American League Saturday in
the first game of the series for the
worlds championship.
The German steamers Pretoria and
Nipponia have teen in collision in the
fog off Scheyeningen. Thirteen of
the Nipponia's crew were drowned.
The Pretoria was not damaged.
Judge Taft spent the day in Gin
Cinnati making nians for his s,t,r.,