The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-07-05
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Itemst of More OF Less Interest Con-
densed Outside the State.

ton and went to his summer home at
OYSTER Bav. y. v. on Saturday,
Bobby Walthour. the renowned
Atlanta cycli>t. was severely injured
in a race in Atlanta on Thursday. but
IS reported to be rapidly recovering.
The commencement address at the
University OF the South, at Sewanee'
Tenn, last week. was delivered by
Baron Sperk Won Sternberg, the Ger
man ambassador to the United States.
Nealy three quarters OF million
dollars in life insurance has been paid
to the estate OF the late Robert h.
Platt, of Macon, Ca. who committed
suicide after the failure OF the bank
of which he was president.
At the meeting OF the National Ed
ucational association in St. Louis
last week w. H. Maxwell, superinten-
dent OF instruction in New York.
was chosen president OF the associa-
ton for the coming year.
Steve Renfroe. OF Fayetteville, Ga,
an aged man 70 years old, shot his
dauqhter-in-law through the head on
Thursday. killing her instantly. Ihe
old man and the woman had dis
agreed about a cabbage patch.
John Jones, negro, who was ar
rested at Gainesville. Ga. on Fri
day and identified as the assailant OF
white woman living near Altoona,
Ga, was taken from the sheriff by
mob numbering over 200 and lynched.
The body of w. A. Mcqueen, who
was known as quiet and inoffenslve
man, was found floating in river at
Miami, Fla, his home, last week.
with an ugly cash on his head and the
theory has been advanced that he
was murdered and thrown in the
river.
The navy department has pur-
chased over go acres OF land adJoln-
ing the Norfolk navy yard at price
of 100000. This purchase is part OF
an Improvement to be made on an
extensive scale there which II all
plans are carried out is expected by
naval officials tc make the Norfolk
navy yard the largest in the world.
Governor Jennings, of Florida. by
proclamation, on Thursday ordered
a reduction on. state tax proper from
three mills on the dollar as provided
by legislative enactment, to one-halt
OF one mill on the dollar, the lowest
rate in the history OF Florida. made
possible by the splendid financial con-
dition of the state.
The prohibition party in session in
Indianapolis, Ind, last week nomina-
ted Silas C. Swallow, of Pennsylvan-
ia. for president and George w. Car
roll, of Texas, for vice-president.
General Nelson A. Miles, who was
spoken of for the nomination for the
presidency, positively declined to
have his name placed on the ticket.
A locomotive boiler on the Penn
sylvania railroad while going up a
mountain from Ehrenfeld, Pa, ex-
ploded. killing three men and injuring
two others, one of them fatally. The
exploding boiler belonged to a 10
comotive that was helping freight
train up the mountain, The three
men killed were in the cab of the To-
comotive.
H. S. Hart. senior member OF To-
cal jewelry firm and prominent cit
izen OF Shreveport. La. was hned
$1,000 and. in default OF payment. SEN
fenced to two years on the public
roads, in the Shreveport city court
on Saturday on the charge OF send
ing an insulting letter to young wo-
man of good repute.
John Alexander Dowie, the SelfSt:yl-
ed Elijah H." who has recently made
IL h.