The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-03-23
GENERAL NEWS.

The birthday Of Jefferson Davis,
legal holiday.
= An electric line is to be built be.
tween Richmond and Portsmouth,
Va, distance Of 800 miles.
| - The delegation elected by the
democratic convention Of Rhode Is
land at Providence to the St. Louis
convention are for Hearst.
- Three men were killed ard eight
injured by an explosion Of hundred
and fifty gross of toy pistol caps in
the Chicago Toy Novelty company's
plant.
= By ruling of Pension Commits.
sioner Ware, after April 13 next, all
Federal soldiers past 62 years of age
are to be considered disabled and en-
titled to pensions.
= President Roosevelt has fixed
the salaries of the isthmiau canal
commissioners at $4,000 year and
$l5 day in addition while they are
on the isthmus-whioh is certainly
very good pay.
- VIM. F. Cody. better known to
fame as "BuFslo Bill" is applying for
divorce from his wife in the district
court Of Big Horn County, Wyoming.
He alleges cruelty. They were mar
ried March 6, 1865.
- The 297th anniversary Of the
first permanent settlement Of the Eng
lish.speaking people on American
soil, which occurred on the James
river in 1907, vii! be celebrated in
Virginia on May 18th.
- Prof. Heman, who recently made
Q rough census of the Jews of the
world, concludes that there are now
nearly 1900, 900 in Europe and g..
600, 900 outside Of Europe. The Unit.
ed States has 1000, 900.
- Over the grave Of Bragg Smith,
the negro who Lost his life September
30 last, trying to save the life of
Superintendent of Public Works Rob
ert l.. johnson, the city of Columbus,
Ca, has erected monument.
- Triplets-two boys and a girl
were born to Mrs. Jesse Miller, the
young wife Of farmer near Browns
vile, KY. on Friday. She has named
the boys Grover Cleveland and Theo-
dore Roosevelt and the girl Willie
Bryan.
| = Two white men were killed and
one white man and two negroes were
wounded in race riot at Bokoshe,
Indian Territory, on Thursday. The
trouble was caused by the attempt Of
white laborers to drive all negroes out
Of town.
The Presbyterian board Of for
eign missions at New York has re-
ceived word Of the murder Of mis-.
sionary IN Persia. It is not known
yet whether the murdered missionary
is DR.. BeDjamine Labaree, the father
or the son.
- Bishop William Derrick, for the
past four years presiding bishop Of
the New York diocese of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church, declares
that he is tired Of America, and yearns
for the land Of his forefathers in
Africa. Mob attacks, lynchings aud
burning OF negroes are too much for
bin.
- Gov. Vardaman, the spectacular
chief executive of Mississippi. has
vetoed 2 bill appropriating $4,000 for
the Holly Springs normal school, a
colored institution on the ground that
education is o curse to the negro. The
house failed by eight votes Of having
the necessary two-thirds to pass the
bill over his veto.
- Two hundred and fifty students
OF the University of Missouri have
decided TO live on two meals O day
for the next four months, in the be-
lief that such course will make them
more brilliant in tellectually and stron-
ger physically. IF the experiment
shall prove successful the innovation
is to be made permanent.
= Three burglars entered the home
OF James Piokenpaugh, farmer liv-
ing at Cheatneck, W. Va, and after
torturlDg their victim, secured 81 100
in gold and silver, and escaped. Pick
enpaugh had no faith in the stability
of the banks and carried the money,
which represented his savings for
twenty years, strapped about his
waist in wallets.
- Maj. VIM. H. Bean, u. 8. A.,
committed suicide ct Omaha, Neb.,
ON Thursday. Ordered to the Philip.
pines, he had his trunks packed and
taken 60 the depot. Immediately
afterwafd he asked his wife to play on
the piano, and while she was playing
he turned an army revolver to his
right temple and fred. The bullet
lodged in his brain and he died almost
Immediately.
- The heaviest hail storm on re-
cord, followed By terrific rain, oo.
eurred Thursday afternoon in New
Orleans and great deal Of damage
was done in the city. Stores were
flooded and stocks damaged, besides