The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, August 16, 1904, Page 2, Image 2
.GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items of More or Less Interest Con
densed Outside of the State.
Some of the Nebraska populis
have bolted the state ticket put out
by the fusioistS. The bolt is hea(l
ed by Thonas If. Tilbles. callddate
for vice-pre idenl -1n the P1,punIL t
ticket.
The report comes irom Chelfon that
during severe nghting at Por .\rthur
one Japanese shell struck the corner
of a building in the place and killed
or wounded two hundred people.
Caesar Young, the proprietor ot a
colored restaurant at Toms Creek.
Va.. as the result of an attempt to
burn his way out of the town lock-up.
was roasted to death before assistance
could reach him.
It has been learned that the flood
ing of the Barringer gold mine, near
Gold Hill, N. C.. in which eight lives
were lost, was catsed by a terrible
waterspout such as has not been wit
nessed in that state for years.
*The engineer was killed, the ire
man mortally wounded and a negro)
employe killed in the wreck of a pas
senger train entering the yards at
Texarkana, Ark.. caused by the train
running on a defective rail.
The arrest and imprisonment of a
British subject at Tangier has caused
much indignation among European
residents there, who say that life and
property. especially where British
subi,--ts are concerned, are unsafe.
Bailev "M. 'McGowan. former assis
tant post master of Ohoopee. Tattmall
county. Ga., has been bound over for
trial on the charge of iraudaleatly nis
appropriating postotice funds. Dur
nig the absence Of -he postml_ster he
went on a spree and when the Post)
master returned the funds couId not
be accounted for.
Willie 'Mlungen. alias Frank Davis.
colored. was hanged at Ebensburg.
Pa.. on Thursday afterncwon :cr the
murder of Laura Davis. .lungen
had slashed the woman's throat with
a razor and then turned the blade un
himself. Davis recovered and entered
a plea that the wo.man had atvempted
to kill him.
Ten persons -were drowned by the
capsizing of a naphtha launch on the
Potomac river off Georgetowvn. near
WVashington, during the annual Po
tomac regatta on Saturday afternoon.
The races kept on in the midst of the
tragedy, nor did it dampen the ardor
of the enthusiastic thousands of spec
tators.
There was a wvild stampede ot the
residei'ts of an Italian district of New
York on Saturday migh:. caused by
fresh paint on a big ga.> tan~k'catchit'g
fire, the explosion of the big tauk be
ing momentarily expecLA The teir
rible explosion wvas p.evemied only.
by the intompt action of ihc lire dle
partment, and fortunately no one was
hurt.
Tony Rodi. 2- years old, and John
Doncelo, aged 23. of New York. had
a quarrel in a tailor shop in which
they wvere both employed, when one
challenged the other to right a duel
with pistols and he agreed. -It. was
fought in Fourth street in sight of
many people. Neither of -the duellists
was hurt. but a bullet struck a small
boy, passing through his shoulder.
The boy was not seriously injured.
The democrats and populists of
Nebraska have combined on a fusion
state ticket. The division of offices
gives the populists five and the demo-!
crats three. George WV. Berge, pop
ulist, of Lincoln, was nominated for
governor. The completion of fusion
was a victory for Bryan. who was op
posed to Thos. E. WVatson. of Geor
gia, the populist candidate, for pres
.ident.
Four little negro children were
burned to death in DeKaib county
on Friday night while their parents.
Charles Pitts and his wife, were,away
attending a negro big meetinig. They
had locked the children in the house
and during their absence the lamp
which was left burning on the table
is supp)osed to have been knocked
.'ff. causing an explosi' n whnich set
the house on ::re and caused the burn
ing alive of the .fon:- children. who
were p)owx'eriers to escape.
Eight men were killed by the
Rowan county. N. C.. on Thur:~da
night. Nine men were in the mine
shaft when a large pond l,cated near
the entrance to -0he gold mine sud
denly br,ke lose. the breakage being
caused by exces,ive rains. the waters
rshi in Iterre and deadly f t rc e
a depth of A.b a hundre. e
tp' I ni~ th en who w \ere poweria
-aetl cin-e.lve- . I-xn.aae
thei planit was thie alfly n,le 1")
cape death.
\\hile standing 4n his dkor step a
Thursday night J1oh n Schuman, a
strike breaker of Chicago empllbyed
h) Swift & Co.. was attacked by riot
el-s and severely beaten. Bef-re the
police could reach the disturbance a
crowd Of 400 rioters had gathered
artuind the-llace. and Schuman was
thrown to the ground and every one
of the disturbers who could get near
enough administered a kick to the
prostrate man. The crowd scatter
ed upon the approach of the police.
and while Schuman was seriously
hurt. it was not thought his injuries
were fatal.
The Georgia legislature adjourned
at midnight on Thursday night. The
session increased the salary of the
governor from three to five thousand
dollars. those of the supreme court
justices from three to four thousand
dollars and those of the superior court
iudges from two thousand to three
thousa.nd dollars per year. The ap
propriaton for school purpioses will
bring the total sum available for that
purptse during the coming year up
:o twtt million dollars. The session
refused wlt adopt the Australian ballot
ysteir.
Cingressman Champ Clark. of Mis
Znr. during a oint political debate
with Charles B. Landis. of Indiana.
beftre the Chataluia assembly at
New Albany, In(.. (,n Saturday made
the z.Iatemet that the repulicals
want ti rule this country by assassi
nation. Some one in the audience
called him a liar, when 'Mr. Clark
said: "i the man who J.st called
me a liar wll meet me outside the
)ark when 1 finish my speech. 1-11 cut
his throat from ear to ear." Thi
very violent stat .nent was hailed
with hse
The har t: his section are prepar
ing to investigate the charge against
Roland E. Chase. of Clinton. Va.. that
-e obtained alleged fraudulent jndg
ments in the circuit court of Dicken
son county against numerous non-res
idents, aggregating nearly $3o.000
>oo. The circuit cotirt has issued a
rule against himt to show cause why
he should not be disbarred. The
object of the suits, it is said. was not
to obtain executions, but to borrow
money on the judgments.
A decision adverse to WVilliam J.
Bran in his contest over the will cof
the late P. S. Bennett. of New Ycrk.
ad New Haven. Conn.. has been
banded dlown by the supreme court
o errors of Connecticut. The de
cision virtually denies that Mr. Bryan
is entitled to the Szo.ooo mentioned
in the sealed letter wvritten by Mr.
Bennett and addressed to his widow
to be read after his death. By this
letter the widow was asked to give
50.ooo to MIr. Bryan and his family.
Former Secretary of the Interior
Hoke Smith. of Georgia, was the prin
ipal speaker on Thursday night at
the annual outing of the democrats
of Queens borouigh, New York. held
'n Thursday afternoon and,.night at
College Point. Long Island.. Over
three thousand democrats were pres
ent. Mr. Smith in his speech em
phasized the point that Roosevelt is
a standing menace to the peace, the
prosperity arid the liberties of the
people, and the people want his op
posite, a man wvise but not conceited:'
trm but not obstinate, brave but not
reckless, devoted to law and its en
orcement, ready to discharge his
legitimate duties, but not prompted
b overweening ambition to assume
the rights and duties of others. Such
a man. c'oncluded M1r. Smith. was
Judge Parker.
Governor H-eyward has expressed
hiimself as much p)leased with the ac
:eeptance speech o,f Judge Parker.
.\s to the one ternm idea advocat el
Sst rongly by Judg~e Parker he sidc
that s far as the 'tnice 'f governor
. li he state was conicere hlille t hought
that the term I ughit to b for IlIur
years and that there oughtt to be a
provisionIi again t re -election after one
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Items of More of Less Interest Con
densed in the State.
1 - dge if Kihlits -f Pyti:a- i
membersh7-- anld brigh-p11ec1o
Ii. rep,rted! that at pr'esenti th.
The State Far1ers instIute Z
Clieim:,in clised --ni Thurday iru
ing1V. Ihe session was largely attend
ed aid verv successful. A numbe
-f interesting and instructive adres:e
were delivered.
State cnstables seized seven hun
dred galloins of beer and a large quan
tiy (If rum and wine in the ice hous
at Glenn Springs. just in the rear
the hotel. The raid was coiducte
(juietly, and no arrests were made.
During a ball game at -Mullins Jim
mie Yarborough was struck by
bat which slipped frum the hands
a player and was seriously hurt.
few minutes later the accident hap
pened to another young man. Gar:
Smith. but he was not very nmil
hurt.
(JIseph R. louyer. a white mai
was seriously burned by an explosio
if a gasoline tan.k on board a smal
launch in Char!est,,n harbor and snb
sequentlv died from his imjuries. I
seems that he struck a match to ligh
a cigarette and that the explosii:
almost' instantly followed.
Among severai resignations receiv
ed at a recent ineeting of the boar,
trist'ecS of Clemson coIleg-e wa
thi of )r. George E. Nelson as vet
erinaV surgeon. Dr. Nesom goe
t,, the PhiilippineS to be assist an
1 1 the bureati of animal indui
tryv 0here..
Editor Richard 11 Edmunds of th
\ianufacturers Record. delivered I
I he cst interesting addressc
b fl tie State Farmers nztitute las
week. le started out with the as
e rtion that the zuth did n,it appre
ciate the supreme impIrtance ,i im
iigrat ion.
Pre-ident ). H. Mell. --f Cleiso
cllege, gave out a statement on Sat
urdlay saying that the list of student
in file in his office filled all the avail
able space in Clemson college for th
next session, and that no other ap
plications coulId be received.
As a result ofr the dliscontinuanic
oif the operation of the Ashby cottoi
mill, in \larion, the business men o
lariion have got together and dletermr
ined to build a mill twice the siz
if the Ashby mill, and it is reporte<
that already more than half of th'
p Iroposed capital stock has been sub
scribedi and a chartet will be applie<
frin a few (lays.
The first bale of new cotton waL
received in Charleston i.n Saturday
being con signedl to F. WV. Wagner d
Cii.. by H enry C. Folk, of Bamberg
Foir a number of y'ears MIr. Fo lk ha
benthe first man in the state t<
snip new cotton. The bale is eigh
(lays in advance of the nirst bale ship
ped by M1r. Folk last year.
Two merchants of Beaufort cash
ed postofnce orders for a negio ser'
eral days ago for twventy dollars eacd
and upon presenting the ordersi
was found that they had been raise<
from fifty cents to the amount o
twenty dollars. Detectives and
posto flice inspector were put on trai
of the negro.
Jt has been decided to hold a bis
ratification meeting of democrat:
from all sections of the south. ii
Charleston. about the middle of Oc
tober, and to which MIr. Parker. M1r
Davis. John Sharp Williams. Bourk,
Cochran and other prominent dem(i
crats will be invited. A regular old
fashioned barb)ecue will be serve<
at night, and a splendid b)an(quet wil
be given the dlistingtuished visitor.s
The state campaign closed iniC
hmbia on Saturday. At the meet i:
in h 'tr oni last Thursdayth
chrg\as miade by Mlr. TI.. Y.. W\il
lame caniidate fir c' ngress, ma
r.ra fe delivery agrent s in the dis
C' ngre.,man Finlev. \I r. Finice'
replied that if this was bein.g din i
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CmKnced Businessr
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15c. Muslins and L
20c. Muslins and I
25c. Muslinv and L
White Damask Waisti
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$1.25; from $1.50 to 9
-from 75c. to 49c.
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In taking life insurance it is not
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.awns now 8 I-3c.
..awns now lic.
.awns now 13c. *
ngs 50e., now 35c.
40c., " 28c.
35c., " 221-2c
25c., " 1 6 l-3c
:hildren's Oxford -1
$1.90; from $2.00 to
>c.; from $1.00 to 69c.;
conds, but first class
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