The people's recorder. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1893-1925, 1909-09-11
|SNAPPY and brief
Items Gathered and ToldWhilc
YOu Hold Your Breath.
SOME EVERY DAY HAPPENINGS
Lively and Crisp. as They Are Gar
nered From the Fields Of Action
at Home and Abroad.

China and Japan have reached an
nmicable adjustment of their compli-
cations in Manchuria.
New Jersey is considered a mos
quito state but Prof. Smith, who has
put his theories to practical test,
has rid much Of the mosquito terri
tory of the pest by drainage. Flo
finds that the eggs are laid in soft
mud and if the mud is dried they
cannot hatch.
Near Butte, Montana, Tuesday, q
grizzly bear carried off a little child
Of Mr.. Doolittle. Hc pursued with
dogs and gun. The bear dropped the
child little hurt, killed one dog and
put the other to flight. Mr.. Doolittle
was thrown from the horse lie was
riding and had leg broken, which
put him at the mercy Of the grizzly
which mortally wounded him before
rescurers killed the bear
In Costa Rico in the late presi-
Dental election the fight turned from
ballots to bullets.
A lone bandit held up an express
tram Tuesday near Lewistown, Pa,
and robbed it of bags of money.
When lie sent the train away he
picked up bag of Lincoln pennies
mistaking it for gold and the gold
was recovered. He got very little.
Washington, New York, Chicago
and st. Louis are bidding for the
worlds aviation contest in 1910.
Mrs. Fredrica Hcrnsheim died in
New Orleans the last day of August
lacking only n few months of 100
years old.
The President of France and Nine.
Fallieres entertained Mrs. Roose-
welt and daughter Miss Ethel, last
Tuesday.
A Reading, Pa, dispatch says the
present drought is the worst for so
years.
St. NTichael's Home for Children
in New York, was partially destroyed
by fire Tuesday and seven children
under five years old perished in the
flames.
Disciples Of the "Unknown Ton
gue' are disappointed at the exis.
tence of Tampa, Florida, which ac-
cording to their prophet, was to
have been wiped off the face Of the
earth on September lst.
William Mitchell, a wealthy and
prominent citizen of Thomasville,
Ga, committed the great criminal
folly Of assault on a pure woman. He
did not succeed and his punishment
was fixed at one years service on the
chain gang. ali efforts for commute
tion of sentence to service on peni-
tertiary farm have been rejected by
Gov. Brown. He must undergo the
penalty.
The Nashville, Tenn, police are
worried over many cases Of "drunk'
from which there is no odor. They
can't find out "Howcome you so.'
Ten deaths from cholera have oc-
Cured recently in Rotterdam. There
are II eases and "a suspects.
Two masked men robbed the Mills
/, County German Bank Of $1,000 at
Mineola, Iowa, Wednesday in open
day.
The steamer Lucania of the Cum
ard line, which was burned and sunk
near Liverpool last week, will prob
ably not be repaired at all.
Mrs. Sutton has obtained permls-
sion to have the remains Of her son,
Lieut.. James Sutton, exllumed but
she abhors the presence of the Of
ficers that she thinks are responsible
for her sons death.
Seven deaths from cholera are re-
ported from St. Petersburg and 33
new cases within "a hours.
Count Zeppelin made successful
sail in his airship Sunday from
Frederichshafen to Berlin. he was
enthusiastically applauded.
l. The total number of victims Of the
explosion at Boca Chica, near Key
West, Fla, was 20. 10 dead and 10
injured. All the injured are in q
fair way to recovery except James
Gallagher, whose condition is serious.
His back is broken and his ribs and
chest terribly crushed
Dispensaries are again open in
South Carolina except several coun-
ties in dispute. In the counties
where the dispensaries were voted
out they will remain open till the Pc
riod allowed for closing out the
stock.
The international cup Of aviation,
! known also as the Gordon Bennet
trophy, was won Saturday at Reims,
France by Glenn H. Curtiss. the
American aviator, in ..se fastest
aerial journey Of 20 kilometres
(12.42 miles) ever accomplished by
man. His time, Is minutes so 3.5