The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-10-20
ECreain1 Of News.
Observation-Disclosures
Brief Summary of Most
important Events
Of Each Day,

seventy one thousand Is tne uSuIo
at which the agricultural officials OF
the cotton-growing states, in session.
at Baton Rouge, La, estimate the
cotton crop this year. .....
The will Of the late Postmaster
General Henry Payne has been filed
for probate in Milwaukee. The es'
tate is estimated in value at $780,
600, on which it is said 100000 is
personal and 100000 real estate.
The Southern Railway announces
that the new double track between
Washington city and Orange, Va,
which has been constructed by this
company IS. open. The distance be-
tween Washington and Orange is IS
miles.
The first snow of the season fell
at Albany, Schenectady and number
of other places up the state in New
York On the 18th. It melted. however.
as fast as it fell.
Plans have been adopted for the
memorial to Andrew H. Greene.
known as the father Of Greater New
York, who was murdered at the door
on his home by negro>last year.
King George, of saxony, after
a long illness. is dead in. Dresden.
Prince John George, who succeeds
him, and the Princess Mathilda were
at the bedside. .
Admiral Dewey has again offered
to assume command Of the combined
feet Of the Caribbean and direct the
winter maneuvers. If his services can
be spared from the presidency of the
general board at that time, Secretary
Morton will accept the admirals Of
fer.
"A movement has tegun in Raliega
N. c., which has the ardent support
Of the state officers, for the erection
Of q statue of the late United States
Senator Matt W. Ransom
Three United States soldiers were
killed and eight injured. one fatally.
by the premature explosion Of pow
der as a ten-inch mortar was being
loaded at Fort Bank. Winthrop, OF
Boston harbor.
u. M. Culp, fourth vice president
Of the Southern Railway, has been
elected to the Office of third vice pres
ident. His headquarters will be in
Washington.
The president is preparing to re-
deem his promise to the delegates to
! the inter-parllamentary peace confer
ence to secure another meeting OF
plnipotentiaries of the powers sigma
tory to The Hague convention. =.
ID. O. Poolman, with several all
ases, is under arrest at Mansfield. O.,
charged with numerous embeZzlements
and forgeries, by which railway, COM
panies were the chief sufferers.
Miss Bessie Stone and Robert Gill.
who eloped from Ashland. Va, were
found deaf with their hands clasped
near a pond in that vicinity by a
searching party. A bullet hole IN the
head of each told the story of sup
posed suicide. >. -
Commemorative of the four hun.
dred and Twelfth anniversary OF .ths
landing of Columbus on the island
of Salvador, exercises were held at
the worlds fair October II in honor
of italian day."
Baron Egmont August Karl Thas-
s;ilo Won Tresckow, aged 81 years,
Prussian nobleman, died at his home
On Hobkirk- hill. Camden. S. c.. a
few days ago.
s-General Kuropatkin's southern ad.
vance has been beaten back and his
army is in retreat. He Is, however,
uSutluS oOSSSUly, ~ 40 " SQa~S SAS
Russian army from utter rout.
Representatives Of the Mormon
Churt, Of Utah are negotiating for
the purchase of tract OF 100000
acres oil and in the state of Tabasco,
Mexico.
The bag factory of William Scull
& Co., at Camden, N. j.. wholesale
dealers in coffee, tea and spices, was
gutted by fire. LOSS 100000.
The house Of deputies Of the
Episcopal general convention. in ses.
sion at Boston, as committee OF
the whole, voted 214 to 191 in favor
of reporting to the house the canon
amendment e--..t,1ding the re-marriags
Of any divorced person.
Two more alleged whitecappers
are in the tolls of the law down in
Lincoln county, Miss, David and Sam
Posey having been arrested and