The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-04-27
GENERAL NEWS.


district Of Toronto, Ont, was burned
on Tuesday night, 18th inst, causing
loss which will run to about slO,.
100000.
= The damage to the battleship
Missouri, as the result Of the explo-
sion on tho vessel while near Pensa-
cola, Fla, recently has been estimated
at only $4,000 by the chief oonstruc-
tor of the navy.
= Mrs. Laura Rebach, aged 32, was
shot and killed in Wilmerding, Pa. :,
by Mrs. Hugh Reninger, with whose
husband she vas walking at the time,
and Mr.. Beninger was shot in the leg
by his wife. The trouble was jesl-
ousy.
- John Morgan, a Norfolk, Va,
carpenter 60 years of age, was struck
and knocked down BY his son.in-law,
receiving injuries in falling from
which he died at once. There had
been bad blood between the two men
for three years.
- The Louisiana State election
came off on Tuesday, 18th inst. N.
G. Blanchard was elected governor BY
the Democrats. The "Lily White"
Republicans ran Gen. j. w. Behan, q
Confederate veteran. The regular
Republicans ran no ticket.
= A. J. Davis, government gau-
ger, was convicted in the United
States court at Greensboro, N. c., of
making fraudulent returns. He had
swindled the government out of about
$50, 900 in four months by collusion
with Wholesale liquor establishments.
= President Roosevelt, from his
desk in the White House at Washing
ton, will press the electric button
which will set in motion the whole of
the Worlds Fair machinery. This
will be done at exactly l O. clock cas-
tern time, or II o'clock noon, St.
Louis time, next Saturday.
= A negro is being closely guarded
in the Jail at Davenport, lowe, because
he swallowed valuable diamond Ma
sonic emblem. The negro abstracted
the emblem from tray in a jeweler 8
store, and the clerk turned just in
time to see the negro swallow the
jewel.
- S. H. Herrin, of Culman, Ala,
who was recently nominated in the
dem ocratic primary for clerk of the
circuit court in his county, dropped
dead while signing note of thanks to
the voters of his county. Just as he
signed his name he was stricken with
heart disease and died almost instant
ly.
= The Virginia Democratic State
Convention was held on Wednesday.
1t is said that the opening was one of
the stormiest ever held in Virginia,
but things quieted down and the con-
vention ended in harmony and enthu-
siasm. The foui delegates at large
and all the district delegates except
two are for German for president first
and Parker second.
- According to NJ. Pichon, the
Japanese soldier has muscles like
whipcord, is sure shot, has an eye
for landmarks and memory for local.
ity. He can do with three hours
sleep out of the twenty-four, is clean
ly, attends to sanitary instructions
and is ardently patriotic. He costs
the Stale about nine cents day and
thinks himself we'll off.
= Georgia has model log cabin at
the Worlds Fair to exhibit tile real
Georgia cane syrup. An old negro
woman from Georgia makes Georgia
flap jacks free for visitors. These
appetizing flap jacks are served with
the syrup to all visitors to Georgia g
Worlds Fair building, which is a re-
production Of Sutherland, the home
of the late Gen. John B. Gordon.
- Habitual drunkards after convic-
tion in Montreal, Quebec, are now
given the option of paying fine,
undergoing Imprisonment or taking q
certain cure. At present there are
twenty-five under treatment, ten at
their homes and twelve at the Jail.
Each patient is expected to take six
teen doses of the prescribed medicine
each day, and is warned not to drink
any intoxicating liquors during the
time of trial.
- The House committee on mill
tary affairs has authorized favorable
report on Senate bill "to provide for
the proper marking of the graves of
the soldiers and sailors Of the Confed.
crate army and navy who died in
Northern prisons" The bill was
amended by reducing the amount ap-
propriated from 5000, 900 to 800, 900,
and putting the work OF locating the
graves in the hands of an army officer,
instead of a commission.
- Miss Mary B. Robinson, of Pitts.
burg, Pa, is the richest woman evan
geiist. She is the niece Of John G..
Robinson, secretary Of the Pittsburg
and Lake Erie railway; has fortune
Of $500 911 in her cwn right, aud owns
one Of the most luxurious homes in
the Smoky City. She is young, pretty
and has such glorious voice that an
impresario offered her $40 900 ysar to
sing in public. Friends and relatives
opposed her purpose, but she has de.