The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-10-11
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items of Nor or Less Interest Con-
densed Throughout the State.

Friday and sent to jail in Wichita,
Kansas, for smashing saloons.
One person was killed and seven
injured by wreck on the Panhandle
road in West Virginia on Friday.
The Nebraska, the latest and larg-
est of the United States battlesl1ips,
was launched on last Friday.
Charley Foley, alias Shotgun"
Foley, was hanged last week in New
Orleans. 1t was the first execution
there of a white man in a number
of years.
Three shells exploded at fort on
the Belgian coast, on Thursday, re-
sulting in the instant death of eleven
soldiers and the injury of many
others.
A prominent young farmer OF Ia
coma county, Florida, G. V. Chamber
lain bv name, was shot and killed by
negro on Friday. while riding peace
fully in wagon with his wife.
While making his recent trip
through Russia it is said that the
Gar was in constant fear Of his life,
and that several plots of assaSslna-
ton were unearthed by the police.
Tohn Whipple, an outlawed Massa-
chusetts farmer, was surrounded last
week by posse of men while he was
in a barn and rather than let him.
self be captured he put two bullets
in his head and died by his own hand.
The international peace congress
will hold its next session in Luzerne,
Switzerland. A scheme for an in
ternational court will be there taken
uo and discussed exhaustively.
A Spanish-French agreement rela-
tive to Morocco has beef signed and
is creating considerable comment IN
European diplomatic circles. The
step will notaffect American trade.
There was another Italian riot i'll
: New York last week which resulted
in the temporary closing of several
schools and in other disturbances OF
an unlawful and anarchistic nature.
The remains of the late Auguste
Bartholdi, the French sculptor who
designed the great statue Of Liberty
Enlightening the World, were buried
in Paris with military and civil
honors.
The Germans are in trouble again
= in South Africa There is another
rebellion in progress there IN the
German territory and it is said that
the uprising is of more serious ma
ture than anthing heretofore.
Rowland c. Hill, white man, was
shot and killed in Memphis IN Fri
day by a negro who was defending
Mrs. Emma Leonard from unwei-
come attentions on the part of the
man who was shot.
The Italian war Office has recalled
under arms the reserves OF 1908. lhls
o1aces thousands upon thousands OF
soldiers at the disposal of the gov
srnr,ent The step was taken and
carried out on last Saturday.
Harry Russell, known as the gen.
tleman burglar, who has been crea-
ting several sensations by his bold
1obberies. was captured on Saturday
in Chicago, after hot chase in which
he nearly succeeded in elud'ng his
pursuers.
The triennial convention of the
Episcopal church is now in session
At Boston. This is the supreme leg
;s1atiye BODY of the church and the
meetings are frought with great sig
nifcance to that denomination at
large.
The international peace congress
at Boston is just ended. The actions
Of the body will be long-remembered,
and the congress was Of the highest
educational value to the entire world
Resolutions were adopted with a
view to interesting all the powers
oarty to the Hague treaty to use their