The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-09-01
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items or More or Less Interest Condensed
outside the State.

FORMER Secretary Root has reach ed
London to join the Alaskan boundary
commission.
The first bale of cotton sold on
the Memphis exchange brought
thirty cents Il pound.
The Southern has begun work on
its safety switches on Melros, yrade
coming down Salnda mountain
"A fashion show opened in Madison
Square Garden, Now York, las, niybt
and for the next two weeks Madison
Square will be given over to the dis
play of fine dresses.
The most valuable U. S. exhibit to
be made at st. Louis has JUS, been
completed and consists OF photo.
graphs of all tho presidents and
members of their cabinets.
I'll. l.. Doherty, Of England, last
week at Newport, II. t., defeated w.
A. Larned, of New Jersey, at tennis
and to his title OF champion Of Emo.
land added that Of champion of the
United States.
By saving through the heavy steel
bars, swimming a wido moat, five
long term military prisoners in the
water battery easements of Fortress
Monroe, near Norfolk, made their
escape Saturday night.
A steamship ran down and sank
a schooner just west of New Haven.
Conn.,, Thursday night. The cap
tam OF tho schooner and one snilur
were rescued, but five sailors and one
passenger were drowned.
Lindsay e. Sisson, q prominent
citizen of Floyd county, Va, and his
wife have separated. A divorce will
be sought because Mrs Ssson put a
half dozen rotton eggs III her hus.
bands whiskey jng.
| While party of youn., people
we're driving home from Il dance at
Evergreen borough, in Pennsylvania,
their carriage WAS precipitatod over
a high embankment into river and
three young ladies' were drowned.
John II. Dey, Is yoar.oId boy of
Norfolk, put strychnino in glass of
water for his step aunt. Tho water
was drunk by his step mother, who
died an hour nfterwnrds The boy
said he mehnt to kill his step aunt
because she WAS living on his father.
At noon on Saturday the mimic
war waged between the army and
navy forces off Portland, Me-, since
midnight Tuesday came to an end
The cruiser Olympia suffered slight
injury Friday by striking rock.
Prof. Langlcys air-ship wns al
ready to fly on Friday Afternoon
when n storm struck the house boa
at Whitewater, Va, in which tho noreo
drome was moorod, sending tho house
boat down stream several miles an,
injuring the dying machine.
The widow and children OF the lat
Cyrus II. Mccormick have given SlO
600 to Washington and Lee Univol
sity the proceeds Of which are I
maintain the now science hall. Nc
Cormick gave $4,000 during hi
life and $4,000 at his death.
. Prominent negroes Of T"llapoos
s county, Alabama, have pntitioncd tt
r U. $. court for recommendation
the president for tho pardon
George ID. Cosby and Barnnbaa Gosh
prominent p planters, who are servlI
sentences in Atlanta for violation
the peonag" statutes.
Y A report from Sofia states that Il
east bound daily express from Bud
pest to Copstantinoplo was blown I
. with dynamite on Tuesday. Sew
persOns wore killed and fifteen we
injured. Every car WAS smashe
The outrage was the work Of revolt
, tionists who travelled in the train.
Violent Attack Of DiarrhOca Cured by Chan
bcrlain'S Collie, Cholera and Dlarrhoca