The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-09-15
Scream of News. !
Brief Summary Of Most
important Events
Of Each Day.

President Roosevelt made public
his letter Of acceptance at Oyster Bay
Sunday night The document Ia q
lengthy one-containing about twelve
thousand words.
The publish reports that Judge
Parker would remove to New York
city and take personal charge OF the
democratic campaign are fakes, pure
and simple.
Russia admits defeat in Manchu'
rian campaign this year. Kuropatkin
must retire await refinforcemenrs.
and prepare for a new campaign next
year. ..... -.
Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson
is probing the charge Of the Savan'
nah Cotton Exchange speopie OF q
leak in governments cotton report.
-Inter-Parliamentary Union, in ses-
sion at St. Louis, decides to take act.
i've steps 20 bring war in the Far East
to close.
- The maneuvers at Manassas
came to an end Sunday morning, and
the various troops began their home.
ward Journey. ;iI3 II y@rt<J
The Russian Baltic feet left Cron:
stadt Sunday for the Far East. It
consists of seven battleships, five
cruisers and several torpedo boats and
torpedo boat destroyers.
The Russo-Chinese bank at Muk
den has been closed and the civil au'
thorities are preparing to leave.
The IteHan government intends to
reintroduce the bill which prescribes
heavy fines for citizens refusing to
exercise the franchise in obedience
to the Vatican's orders, "or for other
reasons" .
"A strike of upwards Of 200 school
children was declared at Chicago be-
cause the principal had been transfer
red since the close Of the last term.
The children say they will not go to
school until she comes back.
More than a score Of women and
children were rescued from a fire In
a five-story tenement house in New
York Saturday. The blaze started un.
der a stairway on the second floor
and spread quickly to the roof.
The treasury department has be.
gun sending checks to the officers and
men Of Admiral Dewey's feet in pay.
ment for the awards Of prize money
for the victory of the American fleet
at Manila bay. The total amount Is
s37O,336.
B. F. Slagel, alias Robert Ro-
maine, deported Colorado miner, has
confessed to completely in the Inde-
pendence depot and the Vindicator
mine explosions, in the Cripple Creek
disaster, last June, by which fifteen
non-union miners were killed.
"A Philadelphia dispatch says:
Eight persons were drowned in the
Delaware river Sunday night in a col.
lision between a steamboat and a
launch.
Forest fires are now raging In
many of the principal timber sections
in the northern districts Of Califor-
MIA and in the Immediate vicinity OF
Frisco. In the Santa Cruz noun
tains the situation is serious in the
extreme.
Announcement is made that Rear
Admiral Schley will shortly publish
his autobiography, under the title OF
"Forty-fve Years-eUnder the Flag"
About one-third of the book will be
devoted to the Spanish war.
Two youthful strangers entered
the county treasurer's office at Pom.
eroy, Ohio, covered him with revolv-
ers and went through the safe. They
secured $4,000, locked the treasurer
in the vault and made their escape.
The strike of the butcher work.
men, which has been on for the last
two months, has been officially declar'
ed off by President Michael J. Don
nelly, of the Amalgamated Meat Cut.
tiers and Butcher Workmen.
Boston university has issued a
circular inviting opinion on the pro-
posal to hold an international confer
ence for the purpose Of adopting
universal alphabet" by which to in
dicate the pronunciation Of the words
of the leading European languages.
New York unions of the Brick
Layers and Masons' International On
ion have voted to reject a proposition
L. :o:- +bo Apoor;ooo EHadorofion of