The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-10-15
Observation-Disclosures
:Crean of News.
Brief Summary Of Most
lmPortan mt Events
Of Each Day.
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Briet summary OF NAOSL
important Events
Of Each Day.
Though the opening OF the state
fair at Macon, Ga, is still some days
off, the fair grounds are now complete
and ready for the reception Of visi-
tors.
An attempt was made to wreck
train No. l, on the Norfolk division Of
the Southern railway Sunday after
noon by persons who piled crossties
and a fish plate On the track. The
engineer saw the obstruction in time.
to stop hts train.
Judge John H. Reagan, postmaster
general of the Confederacy, and the
only surviving member OF the cabinet
declares In an interview that the Amer
lean republic Is doomed and that ne
wishes Texas to remain intact that II
may once more become the republic Of
Texas.
The northeast gale off the Virginia
coast ceased Sunday, but evidence OF
detruction are found on every hana.
| Two bodies have been washed ashore
below Norfolk, while the shore Is
strewn with wreckage for miles.
The New Orleans screwmen strike
was closed Sunday, when an agree
| ment was reached. The small ship
lines deserted their allies and forced
the acceptance of the screwmen's
| proposition.
"A raid was made on the Chinese
quarter of Boston Sunday and about
three hundred celestials arrested. The
| murder of a Chinese about a week ago
| by highbinders, was the cause OF the
wholesale arrests.
| Flood at Paterson, N. j., causes
several buildings to collapse and it Is
estimated the damage will be greater
than that done by the fire some time
ago at that place. ...--..-
Richard Henry Savage, author
and soldier, died in New York, Sunday,
from injuries received by a wagon run
ming over him.
Camp Young, at West Point, KY,
was broken Sunday. The cost to the
| government for the maneuvers Is
| about $4,000. .
Railroad passenger agents will
hold annual convention at New Or.
leans this week.
Eighteen new cases of yellow fe-
yer and one death at Laredo, Tex.
Baron Won Rosen, Russian minis
ter to Japan, at Yokohama, is await
ing instructions from his government
| in the matter of negotiations proceed,
ig between Japan and Russia.
| 1t is thought that war between
Japan and Russia is inevitable-that
Japan will declare hostilities at once
and that Russia will begin operations
next Friday.
| 1T Is reported at Berlin that Amer
| ican financial houses have arranged
to take two hundred million roubles
! of the loan to be issued at st. Peters
burg. s. ....l,. - 'r..'' ..
The jury in the Potts case at
Rome, Ca, returned verdict of not
| guilty.
| Authorities of the railway mall
service have recommended that mail
be carried on the lectric line between
Augusta and Aiken, S. C.. This will
be the first electric postal line in the
south.
| A new line Of steamships is to be
put on from Savannah. It will ply
between the Georgia city and ports in
France, Spain and Italy.
James H. Tillman, charged with
the murder Of n. G. Ganzlaes, was on
the stand for five hours. He told all
details of the relations between Mr..
I Gonzales and himself and described
the killing.
The agricultural commissioners OF
the southern states who have been In
session at Montgomery issued an esti'
mate OF the south's cotton crop, plac.
ing it at 1O,27f,0o0 bales.
Seven hundred freight handlers
have gone on strike on the Savan-
nah, Ca, docks. They demand an in.
crease Of cents per hour and double
pay for overtime.
Wilson S. Bissell, postmaster
general under Grover Cleveland, is
dead at Buffalo. N. Y.
| Sam Johnson, the negro preacher
who robbed the Misses Battle at Bar
nett, Ca, was found guilty at Warren
ton and sentenced to fifteen years in
the penitentiary.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
of Union Springs,,se-will urge the
Charleston convention to- legisfate
l against CGlSUldl1OuS uOlu oA thS S@o
bath. VI
Natural gas has been found near
Huntsville, Ala, and experts say the
supply is sufficient to feed the city for
fifty years.
! Thomas Foote, farmer living
near Mobile, committed suicide, using
poison, knife and gun tn complete the
job. 1870.
AT Topeka, Kan, five hundred per-
| sons witnessed a rough and tumble
| fight between girl sophomores and
freshmen. Many of the girls had their
| clothing torn from bodies. ...
! At Berlin, it is reported that there
are many plots to kill the kaiser. Near
" every day would-be regicide Is ar
rested.
AL" Morrow, confidential clerk OF
| 1...,,o. nookorv of Missouri has