The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-04
LATE NEWS NOTES.


James Keir Hardie, socialist mem
Der Of the house of common, has ar
rived at Montreal, Canada,. The OBJ
ject of Mr. Hardies tour Is to try
mad amalgamate the American and
Canadian trades unionists and social
lists into one political organization
like the British labor party.
Official tests Of gas meters in New
York city show that defective me-
tiers give the gas companies the BEN
eft of the doubt, that Is, where there
is one that is too slow there are two
that are too fast.
DR.. James F. 2ymer, native Of
Croydon, will soon gain the distinc-
ton Of being the first fully qualified
English physician to carry on profess
sional work within the Attic circle.
A few days ago DR.. Rymer left Ed
monitor, Albera, ON lonely journey
OF one thousand eight hundred miles
along the Athabasca and Mackenzie
rivers. Nils destination is Fort Good
Hope, which is about one hundred
miles within the Artlc circle. He does
not propose to return to civilization
for at least three years. DR.. Rymers
patients will be Indians and Eskimos.
Declaring that he had received a
message from heaven in vision that
the city of New York would be visited
by terrible disaster and the. citys.
buildings would tumble to the ground
unless it repented, Rev. Milton Sparks
has announced to his congregation at
Chester, Pa, that he will immediate
ly go to that city to try and save the
wicked who make their home in the
metropolis.
Boston electrical engineering ex-
perts have issued warning against
the placing of fiagstaffs on skyscrap-
ers and other tall structures. They
declare that the danger from light
ming Is great and that all flagstaffs
must be removed from the high build
ings. If not there will be catastro-
phe in the near future which will be-
appalling. They also insist con all
high smokestacks and chimneys be-
ing equipped with spiders" new
form of lightning conductor.
Mrs. Nee Stone, wife Of a wealthy
young business man of Wytheville,
Tenn, who has been missing for ten
days, and who, it is feared, has been
the victim of foul play, has become
violently insane. Not a trace has
been heard from the young man.
With one of his own razors w. G.
Conlee, a st. Louis barber commit
ted suicide by cutting his throat.
Conlee had been Respondent for some
time, owing to the falling off of his
business, which he ascribed to the
use Of safety razors by former GUS
toners.
The return of Cardinal Gibbons
from abroad will be a social epoch
with the Catholic circles of Baltimore
and the south. He is expected Octo-
Der 10. Governor Crothers has an
nounced that he intended to assemble
his staff and hold public reception.
The mayor of the city will also car
ry out suitable reception for the
prelate.
Veteran printers of the United
States will be benefited by the old-age
pensions to be paid by the Interna-
tional Typographical union. The pen
sion of 81 week for printers more
than so years old who have been
members of the union for twenty
years or longer has become effective,
and the first money will be paid out
Of the pension fund.
AS result of a collision with,
sailboat as she was leaving London
the steamer Etruria, Cunard line, was
unable to leave on her trip to New
York. The sailboat was sunk and one
Of the crew drowned. A panic was
averted by the calmness of the crew
aboard the immense liner.
After a worldwide chase over three
continents, Bella Walder, said to be
nobleman from Austria Hungary,
accused of forgeries to the amount
of $4,000, was arrested in Chicago
and thrown into the county jail