The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-08-26
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
ITEMS of More or Less Interest Con-
densed Outside of the State.

box six rounds in Philadelphia on
September 9TH. ,.-
Senator Platt has received letter
from Elihu Root declining to be inc
republican nominee for governor OF
New York.
\ severe wind storm swept over
Hanlin county. South Dakota on
Monday night, killing two persons
and iniuring thirty others.
r D. Mcneil, OF Fayetteville ~
G was elected president OF the Ma
+;ona1 F;remen's association. at re-
cent meeting held in St. LOUIS.
Iohn R. Jack has been placed un-
der arrest at Punta Gorda. Fla, tor
sh;pping ivory bill woodpeckerS out
81 the state in violat; n OF the state
law.
In railroad collision near Ports
mouth Ohio on Monday, two tramps
we're killed, an engineer fatally IN
iured and conductor seriously IN
jured.
Hamilton C. Jones, OF Charlotte
one Of the most prominentlawyers
of North Carolina, died suddenly III
Wilmington hospital on lueSoaS
afternoon.
The Texas republicans have nor1l-
,a+ad state ticket and adopted a
platform. Among the notable tea
lures OF the convention was the totai
elimination of negroes from the state
ticket
report from Chattanooga, Ie1ln..
saws that two carloads Of negroes
gathered from various small points
~ GEORGIA have passed through that
CITY on their way to Chicago. WAere
thew will work in the packing houses
Booker T. Washington, IT, the
son Of the president OF IusEegee IN
s1;r,,te OF .Alabama, was lned SIS III
the police court OF Quincy. Mass. tor
riding his motor bicycle above the
1e,,1 soeed oi to-? miles an lour.
Three OF the leading banks OF
Washington have filed a petition III
bankruptcy against Thomas +. Wag-
caman, the treasurer OF the Cathohc
university. The proceedings created
distinct sensation in Washington
financial circles.
By the capsizing OF small boat
off Boston on Monday afternoon
three persons lost their lives. A hat
blew overheard and all the party
rushed to one side OF the boat to Sc
cure it. The rail went under water
and at the same instant sudden
souall capsized the craft.
George Leander. the famous Amer
lean bicyclist. died i'll Paris on lues-
dav morning ir>m injuries sustained
in a terrible iall in race on Sunday.
He ran into a motor cycle which was
pacing a race in which an attempt
was being made to break the record
for one hour.
\ schooner 81 days out from New
York and bound ior Savannah was to-
tallv destroyed by fire on Sunday
morning. The fire originated il the
hold and was caused by spontaneous
combustion. The crew escaped by
the vessels yawl, Aoated five hours
and were picked Up and carried back
to New York.
The io!lr men recently arrested ii
Atlanta charged with making $4,000
OF counterfeit money in the very
heart OF Atlanta. have waived pre-
li1ninary and were committed TO jail
in default OF bond. They will he
tried at the approaching term OF the
United States court in Atlanta.
Mrs. Florence Maybrick, the Amer
lean woman who was recently releas-
ed from an English prison, after hav-
ing served for fifteen years on the
charge of numbering her husband,
arrived in New York on Tuesday. She
left New York on Wednesday for Ell
lenville, n. Y. where she will remain
until called to testify in her law suit
inuol,:ine n1onertv in West VIRGINIA