The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-05-31
GENERAL NEWS.

plosl1n OF locomotive at Columbus,
Ohio.
- a crazy negro Of OScnsboro,
Ky, killed and wounded I before he
was finally killed.
= The employees Of the new union
station in Atlanta are not permitted
to receive tips.
- Eight persons were injured in
the wreck of the Dixie Flyer" near
Nashville, Tenn.
= Josephine Carr, a l3.year old
gill, killed baby in Toronto, Ont.,
to get the carriage.
= A FIRE in Wilkesbarrc, Pa, caus-
ed by the crossing Of two electric
wires destroyed property worth $780,
900.
= Enough dynamite to kill a num-
Der of persons was found in the heel
Of woman's shoe at Counellsville,
Pa.
= Wesley G. Parker, teller of the
Arkansas National Bank at Hot
Springs is missing with $1,000 Of the
banks money.
o. The Northern Presbyterian
Church aud the Cumberland Presby-
terians have been united, and will
henceforth be one body.
= H. Clay CRUDE, who was acutit-
ted Of murder at Charlotte, was shot
from ambush as he was going home,
but was not seriouly wounded.
= More than 400 mules perished in
the flames that destroyed the sales
stables Of Maxwell & Crouch and
Sparts Bros, in St. Louis, Mo.
= James Miles, professional ball
player, was killed in Brooklyn by
being struck in the forehead by ball
while catching behind the bat.
= The strike Of the teamsters in
Chicago has not yet been settled,
although the millionaires imported a
lot Of negroes to break the strike.
- President Roosevelt stated that
there had been no change in his in
tention to call Congress in extra ses-
sion in October to deal with railway
rate legislation.
- lightning struck the chimney of
o house in Huntsville, Ala, ran down
the chimney and exploded bottle Of
turpentine sitting on the mautel. A
child was 30 seriously burned that it
died.
Mrs. Emma Flynn shot and kill
ed J. N, Specht, prominent citizen
CT Nc Arthur, o., who was spying on
her through her bedroom window.
She took him TO be tramp or bur-
glar.
- Mrs. Iva Harlan, after taking
poison in Lebanon, Ind, telephoned
the fact to doctor in order that her
husband might not be suspected of
poisoning her. She then shot herself
and will die.
Dennis Kane is on his way from
New Orleans to attend the Confed-
crate reunion at Louisville next
month. He is walking the entire dis
tance Of about 1000 miles. He is Is
years of age.
- A dispatch from Sherman, Texas,
says that 10000 acres of rich cotton
land in Gfayson County was overflow
ed and the crop destroyed, also much
stock, the loss being estimated at o
quarter Of a million.
= Eight homing pigeons liberated
at Capetown at 5:31 o. m. performed
the astounding feat of reaching Kim
berley, about 512 miles away, before
1880 p. m. This is az the rate of
over thirty-six miles an hour.
- Miss Katherine Poillon is suing
William Gould Brokaw, rich New
York society man, for $3.50, 600 dam
age for breach Of promise of marriage.
The lady has already been married
once to q man named Smith, but got a
divorce from him.
= A New York dispatch says: Ira
David Sankey, the famous hymn
writer and gospel singer lies critically
i'll at his home in Brooklyn. He has
been blind for long time, and re-
Gently physical collapse set in. His
condition now is such that his friends
expect his death at any time.
- A workman, who was trying to
get out of the way Of two detectives
who were watching him, at Warsaw,
Poland, fell and dynamite bomb ex-
ploded in his pocket, killing him and
sons. It is thought the bomb was
intended for Governor. General Maxi
| mouitoh.
- An astonishing climax was reach.
| ed in Nashville Wednesday to an in
vestige.;en b5 tie police of thefts that
have been reeently committed in the
city when Matte Halleman, o 12-year.
old white girl, was arrested on the
charge Of housebreaking and larceny.
The offender is school girl, and is
remarkably bright for her age.
- A special from Sulphur Springs.
Texas, says that Mrs. Tap Sanders
drowned herself and three children in
creek near her home two miles south
| Of that town. The oldest was boy
Of six, the other two girls, one three
ycars old and the other ten months
old. Domestic troubles said 60 be
the cause. She left note for her
husband telling him where to find the