The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-12-13
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items of More or Less Interest Con-
densed Throughout the World.

is the disclosure that she had III ne'
oossession directly and indirectly al
leped securities 70 the amount OF near
" s1A,ooo,ooo. These all bear the
name of Andrew Carnegie.
During the course of an address at
the annual banquet of the Mlsslsslp-
ri society of St. Louis, held IN ST.
Louis on Saturday night, Hon. Nal
colin Franklin, Of Columbus, Miss,
made an address expressive OF good
will toward President Roosevelt, say
;,o sJ know | voice the sentiment OF
Mississippi when say we are sTa'e-
full to President Roosevelt tor MS
kindly words Of the exhibit we made
at your great fair" Coming after
the boorish words of Governor YARD
aman, of Mississippi. in regard 10
what the president had to say OF the
Mississippi exhibit at St. Louis the
words of Mr.. Franklin, at a banquet
attended by several hundred native
Mississippians, are significant.
The Bethlehem Steel corporation
has been chartered at Trenton, n
r with an authorized capital OF $780,
100000. The corporation will sue
ceed the United States Shipbulldlng
company, now in the hands of re-
ceiver.
The six day bicycle race in Madison
Square Garden. New York, came IL
an end on Saturday night, only seven
teams of the eighteen starters IN at
the finish. Root and Dorlon won by
ten lengths.
It is announced that early next
spring President Hadley, Of Yale, will
take trip through the south to meet
the Yale alumni associations OF Sa-
vannah, New Orleans, and other cities.
Some doubt seems to exist as TO
whether Governor Vardaman, OF Mis-
sissippi, will be invited to the 1nausu-
ration of President Roosevelt Ihe
doubt seems to have arisen on &C
count of the insulting reply sent by
Governor Vardaman to the telegram
Of President Francis, of the St. Louis
exposition, regarding President RooSe
velt's approval of the Mississippi
building and a subsequent letter IN
which the governor again vllllhed the
president. If assured OF a courteous
reply it is stated, an invitation will
be sent the governor Of Mississippi
but if it can not be sure Of this the
committee is at present not disposed
to send him an invitation.
A destructive fire occurred in Ports
mouth Va, at an early hour on Sum
day morning, starting in the lumber
ward Of Robinson & CO. A number
of buildings were destroyed great
loss being sustained.
Lulu Mclaughlin, who disappeared
mysteriously from her home in New
ark. N. J., on June IS, 1908, has been
brought to that city and restored to
her mother by detective, who says
that he found her in the Catsk1ll
mountains. The girl. who is II years
old tells story Of having been kid
mapped by woman. taken to Manor
kill. in the Catskills, and compelled
TO do all kinds of drudgery on a
farm there.
A snow storm, accompanied by high
wind descended upon New York city
on Saturday. Nearly two inches OF
snow fell:
In speech before the Political
League for Education, in New York,
Andrew D. White. formerly United
Sta:es ambassador to Germany, thus
censrred President Roosevelt, for his
action in securing the communication OF
a negro's :sentence: Much as l ad-
nire President Roosevelt as TRUE
man we have seen today the sorry
example of the mistake strong man
can made. The president was ap-
oealed to by colored Baptist min