The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-01-28
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Brief Summary Of Most
important Events
of Each Day.

court in a murder trial, only freehold
ers can occupy the jury box in North
Carolina in capital cases.
The supreme court of Mississippi
has declared against the sale OF the
Southern's Itta Bena branch to the
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley.
"A vagrancy law modelled after the
Calvin law of Georgia has been pass.
ed by the Mississippi house.
Monday the senate heard further
discussion on the question of appoint
ments to Office made during congres.
sional recess, listened to a speech On
the isthmian canal question by Mr.
Morgan and passed a number Of bills
of semi-public character.
The grand jury at Chicago in
vestigating the Iroquois theatre ca
lamity has made its report, holding
Mayor Harrison, the owners, manager
and employees of the theatre for action
Of the grand jury.
j. R. Sartain, of Chickanauga,
Ca, has been instrumental in expos
ing a land company, with headquar-
tiers at Minneapolis, Mimi, which is
advertising homes for our poor IN
South America"
AT Nashua, N. H., Treasurer Cog
gin, of the trust company, is under ar
rest, accused of embezzling between
$4,000 and 100000. He says he
took the money to aid friend.
President Roosevelt has appoint.
ed H. Smith Wooley, former bishoF
of the Mormon church, to be assayer
of the mint at Boise City, Idaho.
The house, Monday, passed The
army appropriation bill, carrying ap-
proximately s75,00o,oo0, after adopting
a number of amendments.
The Far Eastern situation has
again become strained. It is stated
that Japan Will declare war unless her
demands are granted, and it is not be-
lieved that Russia will entirely back
down.
Mrs. N. C. Harris, of Denison,
Texas, who died Sunday, was the an
cestor Of $50 persons, seventeen chill
dren, sixty-eight grandchildren and
165 great grandchildren.
Mayor Castleman, OF Greensboro,
Ala, has issued call for aid OF the
storm sufferers at MoundsVille. An
contributions should be sent to him.
Negro mob at Guthrie, KY, lynei
one Of their race, charged with the
murder of an old negro woman. The
mob attacked the marshal, knocked
him down and forced the keys Of the
prison from him.
The national secretary Of agricnl-
ture has approved the plans for the,
cotton boil weevil investigation in the.
southwest, for which a special appro-
priation of s250,000 has been made
available
With an empty pistol, Mrs. Got
walls, wife of the warden OF the 5aA
at Norristcwn, Pa, prevents two prt-
oners, who had beaten her husband,
from escaping from the prison.
Six blocks of frame houses at
Sour Lake, Texas, destroyed by the
flames Sunday. Fire also burns fye
brick buildings at Texarkana-
Literary circles of Boston are gat
ting up fund to be devoted to caring
for the grave Of Bill Nye at Fletcher,
n. C.
The mercury at st. Paul, MINI,
Sunday registered 27 degrees below
zero, establishing a new record.
"A mob OF Koreans attack an elee-
trio car at Seoul, the line being owned
by Americans, because it had killed a
Korean accidentally. The motorman
and conductor would have been killed
but for the prompt action of the lega-
ton guard.
The FIRE which swept over Aales1
und, Norway, Sunday morning, de-
stroyed every building in it with the
exception of the hospital. The eleven
thousand inhabitants were compelled
to camp in the open fields.
-Mobs OF soldiers at Seoul, Korea,
loot the houses OF the wealthy.
Colonel Lynch, who commanded
the Irish brigade fighting for the
Beers in South Africa, and who was
sentenced to life mpriso1nent, has
been released by order OF King Ed
ward.
Reports from the Far East are
that Japan is landing a large force In
Korea and that Russian forces are
crossing the Yalu river.
1t is said that President Roosevelt
will refuse to be drawn into any
factional contest in Ohio between
Senators Hanna and Foraker.
The Produce Exchange bank, Of
Cleveland, Ohio, has been, forced to
tho wall owiDo to q defa1cati0n OF