The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-06-15
GENERAL NEWS.

vote foz Hearst.
- Robert Carter, while plowing in
his field few miles from Selma, Ala,
was killed by lightning.
- Eli Thomas and II. NJ. Long
were crushed to death in o coal mine
OF Thurber, Texas, on Friday.
= Two young ladies working in a
field near Athens, Ca, were instantly
killed by stroke Of lightning.
= Thirty seven per cent of the
American people now live in cities
of more than four thousand inhabi-
tauts.
- Colorado was visited by a severe
snow storm on the Sth inst. In some
sections of the State it was four inches
deep oa the ground.
- Refused an increase of FIVE cents
an hour aud Saturday halfholiday
during the summer, 500 machinists
went out on strike in Chicago.
- Last Saturday at San Antonio,
Texas, the first two bales of the new
cotton crop were sold. The cotton
was raised in Cameron County.
- Our Russian minister has been
boyootted by St. Petersburg society
and ordered to vacate his residence
because Of this conntry's sympathy
for che Japs.
- The Delaware Democratic State
Convention instructed it's delegation
to the natiopal convention to vote for
Judge Gray Of that State as the presi-
Dental nominee.
= With the reports of two months
still to come the value of exports of
manufactures from tbe United States
in 1904 is $19,000,000 in excess of
any previous years.
- Jesse Allen, eyed 1G3, and
Thomas CLARK, eyed SO, will run foot
race and engage in wrestling match
in Columbus, Ca, soon. "There is
life in the old men yet"
- In clash between the police
and crowd of negroes in New York
one of the offenders was shot after he
had assaulted an officer, and woman
was struck by stray bullet.
- Joseph NJ. Pouch. at one time
an undertaken, of Roselle, N. j., kill
ed three of his children and en-
balmed them and then committed sui.
eide. He is believed to have bseu ir.
cane.
It. NJ. Myers, who killed George
Brownlee and wounded Alice Bennett
three weeks ago, was taken from the
officers ct Grsngeville, Ia, while on
his way TO the county Jail and was
lynched.
= Land around the bayous OF Louis
lana and Texas, which@ until 1895 was
olaseed as worthless, now yields $685.
600, 600 worth Of rice. About 100
Japanese expert rice growers ara in
this region.
- Friends Of Senator Joseph Bailey,
OF Texas, state that he has been
selected by the Democratic national
committee to act as temporary chair
man Of the St. Louis convention, and
that Hon. John Sharp Williams, Of
Mississippi, minority lesier in the
House of Representatives, will be
permanent chairman.
- An explosion which occurred in
the 11-story warehouse Of the Corning
the second largest in the
world, at Peoria, ILL.,, completely
wrecked the building. Ten men were
buried beneath The ruins and burned
TO death, snd six others were serious
ly injured. The loss on buildings aud
whiskey and spirits stored will 90.
prosimate 81 100000.
Because w. W. Cooper, Of Ke-
nosha, Wisconsin, lost his life in the
Iroquois theatre the board 6f foreign
missions Of the Methodist Episcopal.
Church refused the gift Of $50, 600
which Mr.. Cooper had left to the
board in his will. The reason given
was that Mr.. Cooper met his death
ina place Of amusement not counte-
anced by the church.
h John Cabell Smith proposes to
have Q three days reunion Of tho
Smith family in Louisville. He is
sending out letters in various direo-
tions inviting the Smiths to be his
guests. He proposes to pay all ex-
penses and have good time for three
days. Heis willing to blow in S25,.
O0G for the reunion. He ssys that he
wants no Schdmits, Schmitts and
Smyths. He desires just the plain
Smiths.
~ Mary Virginia Rhodes. heiress
OF Cecil Rhodes, the diamond king,
whose whereabouts has been a mys-
terry for several years, has turned up
10 AsheviIle. She is now Mrs. Mary
Virginia Rhodes Baker. Mary Vir-
ginis Rhodes has been advertised for
far and wide. Mrs. Baker has been
engaged TO do missionary work in the
,s ss sha sssa ss.oos 0e
that she discovered that she was heir
10 the great fortune. Her identity
was disclosed while in conversation
with friends.
- George W. Hillman !. The oldest
man In North Carolina, who lives in