The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-06-30
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items OF More or Less Interest Con
densed Throught the World.

a New OrkeT urges lIle p
20 investigate the government d!s'1i-
button Of seeds. :
The proposed national assembly OF
Russia will be under absolute auto
cratic regulation.
The British steamer 1khona, from
Raneoon to Yokohon2a, was struck
bv the Russian warship Terek, june
:, near Hong Kong.
The French chamber OF deputies
has practically concluded debate on
the church and state separation Dill.
Former president James ". Alex
ander. of the Equitable Life Assur-
ance society, is so i'll that he has not
vet been told of the acceptance OF
his resignation by Chairman Morton.
It is believed that the United States
Steel corporation has made peace
with the Wabash railroad, as consld-
erable freight is going over that sys-
tenn.
President Hadley, in his baccalau-
reate address to the Yale SENIORS,
warned them against assuming the
Righteousness OF the scrlbes and
pharisees.
\ trust is said to have killed a
+oonsand creanleries in western states,
IN pursuance OF movement to stlHe
competition.
A Sunday conference was held IN
New York on Panama canal affairs.
Secretary TAFT. Chairman Shonts, En-
~ gineer Wallace and William Nelson
Cromwell. the commissioners counsel.
being present.
Governor Folk Of Missouri has
threatened to order out troops to RAID
the race track gablers at St. Louis
D. C. Curtis and Lee Schramach
were killed and J. D. Hill mortally
wounded at Waynesboro, Ga lhe
trouble arose over an old grievance.
Argument was heard in the Gaynor
and Greene thabeas corpus case at
Toronto. No decision was rendered.
Starr J. Murphy for six years has
been charity manager for John u.
Rockefeller, drawing a handsome sal
,-,, for work done as head OF the bu-
reau Of benevolence.
\ new mountain sheep is reported
to have been discovered in the Tar
northwest. 1t is the so-called black
sheep of America and has apparently
been found lar to the north in the gla-
cial regions. Naturalists believe that
numerous hitherto unknown animals
viii vet be discovered on this CONT
sent.
=. 4 North Carolina farmer arrived in
:. New York the other day with s475,
with which to buy the state Of New
Jersey. He had already forwarded
SIS as deposit with the bogus real
estate firm that offered to sell him the
entire state, the traitor state" as
Lincoln Steffens calls it.. for $780, The
farmer lost the s475 before he had
been long in the city.
King Edward receives daily no few
er than 5000 newspapers ard 1000 let
~t"rs, while the Gar and the German
emperor receive each from 600 to 200
letters and appeals. The king OF Italy
IS troubled by abou, 500, and Queen
Wilheln1ina from 100 to 15o- All
these, however, are pat in the shade
5v the Pope, who holds first place
with from $4,000 to $4,000 letters
every day.
Rev. O. H. E. Rauch, pastor OF the
Reformed church, Stroudburg, Pa, is
an earnest worker among the young
people c,f that place. Some OF them,
members Of his church, proposed to
give minstrel show and Mr.. Rauch
cordially indorsed the idea. More than
that, he wrote some of the gags" and
himself acted as middle man." The
show was a great success.
DR.. Ralph Hamilton Curtis, lately
Carneeie's assistant at Lick Obseva-
torv, has been chosen assistant pro-
fessor of astronomy by the University
at IIAetarn pennsuluania DR. Cur