The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-06-02
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Brief Summary Of Most
important Events
Of Each Day.

saw mill plant at Marietta, Ca
Mondays fire losses at New Or
leans hit insurance companies for
something close to 100000.
Federal Memorial day was gener-
ally celebrated Monday. President
Roosevelt spoke at Gettysburg.
Twelve persons were thrown into
river at SaNda, Colo, by breaking OF
foot bridge during memorial ex-
ercises.
The Illinois republicans ass\moled
again at Springfield Tuesday to try to
nominate a state house ticket.
-Cioudburst in Kansas causes riv-
ers to rise rapidly and land to be
overf0Wed.
Mayor McLane, Of Baltimore, COM
mits suicide by shooting himself
with pistol Criticisms Of political op-
ponents, and worrq over the rebuild
ing of the burned district are assign
ed as the causes for the deed.
The French government has caus-
ed the arrest of an officer who was
connected with the Dreyfus affah.
Fatal results followed the army
walking match in France. At least four
soldiers died Of prostration.
The United States warships Brook
lyn and Atlanta have arrived at Tan
gier to force the release Of Varley
and Perdicaris, the American citi-
zens abducted by bandits.
President Roosevelt and party LETT
Washington Sunday night on visit
to Gettysburg over Memorial day.
Mrs. R.. H. Plant, of Macon, Ga,
declines to accept any Of the $760.000
insurance money due the late bankers
est.te, and creditors will get; every
penny of this amount.
DR.. ]. M. Simmons, OF Dublin,
Ca, was instantly killed by stroke
Of lightning while in the bath room
Ct lis sons residence Sunday after
nco!i.
A likeness of Grover Cle1s,a.d
vas seen in the heavens 1T Commons,
Go, Sunday, and many regard tse nat
ter as prophetic.
--Ccngl essman Hehin, Of Alabama.
vas ro.ndly Kissed in the sta'e coz
ycn;,cn when he alluded tc Major
Screws in what the delegates cciis.1-
cred an 1nsuIting manner.
New Orleans had a half million
dollar fire Sunday, several large plants
being destroyed. Insurance to rne
amount of ss50,G00 was carried on
the property.
Paul Youmans OF Columbia. S. CT.
dies while visiting his bride-to.be, and
while his wedding day was scarcely g
a week distant.
The Tibetans have abandoned
their investment of the British rcaf
a:,d communication with the MISSION
has oeen restored.
Reports received at Chefoo indi-
cate that the Russians have pracsical-
ly abandoned Dalny, which IS noVs
held by only a handful of troops and
few electrical engineers who lremain
10 explode the mines laid in the har-
Dor.
The official report of General oku
states that the Russian lines at Nan
Shan hill were broken by troops OF
the Fourth division.
Russian bonds fell only q few
roints in the London market as a re-
SILT of the Kin Chou defeat.
Mrs. John B. Cobb has accepted
the position of secretary OF the Wo-
mans board of foreign missions, and
has resigned from the faculty OF Wes-S
leyan Female College at Macon, Ga
Judge Speer stops the Savannah
Electric Railway Company in its work
of laying track on certain streets In
that city.
-Bondhclders and creditors OF Au-
gusta, Ca, Debenture Company ap-
point a trustee to examine the books
of the company and make report
Fire at Newport, Ark, destroys,
over one hundred thousand dollars
worth of property.
First Assistant Grand Chief En-
gineer T. S. Ingraham fell dead at
his desk at the engineers conven-
ton at Los Angeles, Cal.
Young white woman at Amerlcus,
Ca, has a doctor and two other per-
sons indicted on charge with as
sault with intent to murder.
-Gilmer county, Ga, grand jury
indicts three election managers In
recent primary, charging fraud and
corruption.
Mary Hightower, negro woman
mysteriously disappears from her
home at Tatum, S. c. Parts of her dis
membered body found in different
places. Her husband suspected OF mut-
der.
Judge PEBBLES allows the hearing