The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-08-23
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items of More or Less Interest Con-
dersed Outside of the State.

summer home at Oyster Bay on Sat-
l:rdav night for a months stay.
Four men were arrested in Atlanta
on Friday night on the charge OF
making counterfeit ten-dollar bills.
The plates and $4,000 of the bills
were secured.
A negro named Avery was lynched
in Cordova, Ala, early Saturday
night for killing Town Marshall J.
Nicholson. who went to the negro's
house to collect fine which he owed
the town. The officer knocked and
the negro opened the door and fired
upon him. killing him instantly. The
wife of a citizen witnessed the crime
and procuring a pistol held it on the
negro until officers arrived. A few
minutes after the negro was lodged
in iail. the doors of the Jail were bat
tered down and the negro taken out
and lynched.
w. C. Windham was shot dead
while riding through swamp with
two companions on Friday evening,
near Bay Springs. Miss. The shoot
is supposed to have been the result
Of feud of long standing.
Bail has been refused to the three
constables q Selma. Ala. from
whom negro was taken and lynched.
The constables are in jail, charged
with murder in the first degree. They
allege that mob of negroes took
their prisoner from them.
Five persons were killed al Minden,
Mo-, on Saturday afternoon by the
explosion of a car Of dynamite. A
train crew on a local freight were
switching some cars when they
struck a car of dynamite. and the eN-
plosion followed.
During a riot in the Chicago stock
wards on Saturday night one man was
shot and instantly killed and three
other men were injured by bullets.
\ delegation composed Of u men,
bers OF the Brooklyn democratic club
and the Kings county democracy call
ed on Judge Parker Saturday after
noon and assured him OF most cor
dial support.
Five persons were killed number
injured and property damaged to the
extent of 100000 by fierce tor
nado which swept St. Paul. Mlnn.,
about O o'clock Saturday night. The
property damage in Minneapolis IS
said to have been nearly as great
as in St. Paul.
Two members of Durham. n c.,
military company were instantly
killed on Friday while returning from
national guard encampment. lhey
had been drinking and were sitting
on TOD of the coach against orders,
and their brains were dashed out by
being struck by a covered bridge.
Elihu Root has made it so plain
that he will not run for governor OF
New York that it is now stated posi-
1;velv that it will not be sought to
thrust the republican nomination tor
the place upon him.
Arotonio Mamma, a o-year-old
Italian boy OF Brooklyn, who was
lidnaDped. has returned to his home.
having been found by his parents in
2 street near home. Letters were
received by the parents during the
bows absence purpdrting to be from
kidnappers and demanding heavy re-
wards for his returns. The police
Of both New York and Brooklyn
were working on the case. His re-
turn was as mysterious as his dis
appearance and deep mystery en-
shrouds the whole affair.
VIM. J. Montgomery, vice president
and general manager OF the Georgia
Cotton mill company, Atlanta, shot
and killed himself in his private Of
fee on Friday afternoon. No Gauss
ior the act has been given.
In a serious difficulty between reg
ular army soldiers and militiamen at
~ .,.,noornent at Athens Ohio. one