The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-04-06
GENERAL NEWS.

been caused In Michigan by the food.
= A Scranton, Pa, an explosion in
q shirt factory wrecked the building.
The number Of girls killed may reach
eighteen.
- At Ottawa, Lady Mimic, wife of
the governor general Of Canada, fell
while skating and broke one Of her
legs In tWo places.
= A tornado swept over Montgom-
cry, Tenn, last week demol;shing
many barus and outhouses. There
was one woman killed.
= The Presbyteriaus of the city of
N ew Orleans have organized move.
ment to raise 100000 to erect q hos
pital to the memory Of Dr.. B. NJ. Pal
mer.
j. G. Cole, policeman of Fort
Payne, Ala, was shot and killed by
his tcn-year-old son with pi. col.
The father had chastised the boy for
fighting.
W. E. Moore the negro lawyer
Of Guyton, Ca, convicted Of pension
frauds, was sentenced by Judge Speer
to serve FIVE years in the Atlanta fed
eral prison.
IS. M. Hall, Of Batesville, Ark,
was shot and killed by H. G. Han.
cock. The tragedy was the sequel Of
eiopement in January of Hall with
Hancock's daughter.
- Peru contributes more young
men to American universities than
any other South American republic.
About 800 are now attending our in.
stitutions Of learning.
= Thirteen thousand five hundred
miners are on strike in Iowa aud
every mine in the State has been shut
down. John Mitchell has been called
in to aid in settlement.
- The Indications are that Con-
gress will remove the tax Of six cents
pound on leaf tobacco. The COM
missioner of internal revenue recon-
mends the removal of the tax.
= Mrs. w. B. Smith, of North port,
Ala, burned to death. While sitting
By the fire, she fell asleep. A paper
she had been reading caught fire and
communicated it to her clothing.
S. J. SPOTS, former cashier of
the First National bank of Petty,
Texas, pleaded guilty in the federal
court to embezzlement and was SEN
fenced to five years in the peniten-
tiary.
= Bald Mountain, near the New
Brunswick line in Maine, has sunken
into the earth and its place is nov oo-
oupied by small lake. The phenom-
enon is ascr;hed to volcanic distur.
Dances.
- Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of
the Confederate President, has been
quite i'll at Atlantic City, N. j., but
owing to her remarkable vitality she
has rallied and her rapid recovery is
now expected.
- In the New England States and
Northern New York there were ITO to
l3O days of good sleighing this win.
winter was 8 to 10 feet. 1t was the
longest, coolest winter on record.
- Miss Eleanor L. Anderson se-
cured verdict in New Y ork for breach
of promise Of marriage against James
N. Abeel. He engaged himself to
her u1der the name Of j. Ogden Goe-
let: young New York millionaire.
- A silver dollar coined in 1904
was sold at Denver, Col, recently for
50, 600 The coin YES bought hy J.
w. Dexter of Denver in 1885 for
81, 1000. Since then sale was made
for 81, 200, which was the record until
this sale.
F. Augustus Heinze, the copper
magnate Of Montana, was fined by
Judge Beatty Of the United States
court $4,000 for contempt of court
in disobeying an order of the court.
Two of his superintendents were fined
81, 1000 each.
- A trainload of miners returning
to Dayton, Tenn, from a days work
the fire being returned by the train
officers, one of the assailants being
wounded. The trouble grew out Of
friction between union and non-union
men.
Gen. William n. Payne, counsel
for the Southern railway, distin.
guished Confederate officer and com.
mander of the famous Black Horse
Cavalry at the FIRST battle Of Bull Run,
died at his apartments in Washing.
ton on March 29th, aged 73 years.
He lived for many years at Warren.
ton, Va. and praotioed law in the
Virginia courts. He became briga-
der general in 1864, commanding q
brigade under General Fitshugh Lee.
- It is reported from East st.
Louis, ILL.,, that w. T. Scott, negro
candidate for president, has announ.
ced that preparations have been com.
plated for national convention for the
nomination Of negro candidate for
president. The convention viii De
held in ST. Louis on July 6, the date
set for the national democratic con-
vention: The name Of the new party