The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-06-09
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items of More OF Less Interest Con-
densed Throught the World.

4 transfer of troops from the Unit.
ed States to the Philippines is PLAN
ned for the autumn.
The president has decided that the
remains of John Paul Jones shall be
taken direct to Annapolis.
Mayor Weaver. of Philadelphia,
has removed the assistant directors OF
pubic safety and works.
The Russian Admiralty computes
that the Russian navy lost fully 1o,-
600 men in the battle with Togo.
The Rockefellers are said to be out
OF the Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany directory, leaving George Gould
IN control.
Servia has demanded an apology
from Turkey for her violation of the
:Servian consulate at Monastir, Mace
donia
In his message to congress Presi-
dent Castro, of Venezuela, discusses
the claims of the allies and the as
pfalt imbroglio.
The British government sustained
a crushing refeat in Yorkshire elect
ed in a conservative stronghold.
Geo. Clevenger, white, was shot and
killed near Nacogdoches, Tex, by
Bob Davis. a negro, as the result OF
a dispute over five cents. The ne
gro has been arrested and is in Jail.
Engineer J. F. Lumkin OF the Geor-
gia. Southern and Florida Railroad,
was shot while in his cab running
his engine. He has been taken to his
home in Macon.
Three men were killed by the sud
den rush of steam from a boiler a,
Cleveland. Ohio.
William Zeigler, the promoter OF
Arctic explorations, left an estate
valued at S3o,ooo,ooo.
King Edward met King Alfonso at
the railway station in London. where
the two monarchs embraced.
President Roosevelt was presented
with a .statuette representing him as
colonel of the rough riders.
Harvey Goodwin, a I7-year-old boy
while diving into water fell too near
the shore and broke his neck.
Military honors will be paid by the
national government at the funeral
of the late Gen. H. V. Boynton.
James K. Polk, law partner Of w.
C. Crawford, who was indicted for
connection with postal frauds, testt-
fed in favor OF Crawford.
Negotiations for the settlement OF
the teamsters' striks were renewed
and President c. P. Shea and another
strike leader were arrested.
Advices from native sources state
that Warmbad, the German head
quarters in southwest Africa, has been
captured by natives, the garrison
perishing.
Secretary of War Taft declined the
application OF the state Of Missouri
to take possession of the Merchants
Bridge, ACROSS the Mississippi rivea
at St. Louis.
Joseph Ramsey, Jr., in an inter-
view at Pittsburg, stated negotiations
are Under way for the requirement OF
the Little Kanawha Syndicate's prop
erty BY the Wabash Railroad.
Three white men were badly cut IN
a fight with negroes in Louisville.
The negroes were trying to take ice
from a wagon driven by one Of the
white men.
The Southern Cotton Growers as
sociation charges that there was q
leak in the cotton acreage estimate OF
the department OF agriculture, which
was used by the bears for their ben
eft.
Judge Lafontaine, extradition COM
missioner of Canada. has ordered
John F. Gaynor and B. =. Greene. fu-
gitives from the United States court.
in Georgia. to be returned Co. that
state for trial. The parties fought ex.
tradition, for Ave x,ears