The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-04-26
General News Notes.

Berlin processes to believe tha
peace negolians will be under way il
80 days.
Many natives and a number O
Europeans were killed during the
earthquake shocks in India.
Special Agent +. II. Shriever, Of
Westminster, Nd, is said to have
lost his place in the postoffice depart
ment.
The resignatian of Charles F. Shaft
er, Jr., starts lively fight for the
position of postmaster of Laurel, Md
Snow fell at many points in The
South Thursday for about Is minutes
It is feared that much damage is done
De Witt Smith, president of the
Chesapeake Wester Company, was
charged IN New York with grand lar
cency.
Richard Jackson, popular and wei
known young man, was killed at Val
dosta, Ca, by the collision of two
locomotives.
President Roosevelt reached Gal
weston, Texas, on his southern tour
having deli vered short addresses.
Nicholi Zavolsky, the adopted son
of Maxim Gorky, the Russian novel
ist and reformer, is in America and
will make tour, preaching socialism
Baltimore and Philadelphia attor
neys argued before the Interstate com.
merce commission in favor of the
freight differential.
The rival forces of the Equitable
Life Assurance Society are lined ur
for the fight at the meeting of direc
tors calld for today.
|. Emperor William arrived at Naples
and was received by the duke o:
Aosta amid the booming of cannon
and the shouting of the populace.
For the first time in 20 years the
liberals were successful in the byelec
ton at Brighton, and the news gave
rise to q demonstration in the house
of commons.
1t tappears from official do cnment
published at Washington that EN-
reror William of Germany was the
first to suggest taking steps to pre-
serve the integrity of China and nar.
row the sphere of hostilities.
There is much alarm in Russia over
indications showing that a grave
crisis impends, and that the revolu.
tionary forces are preparing to foment
disorder.
The congregational ministers, in
their protest against acceptance of the
Rockefeller gift of 100000 for mis-.
sions, are severe on the Standard Oil
magnate.
J. G. Phelps Stokes, millionaire and
eNn Nf
will marry Miss Rose 81. Pastor, form
erly staff correspondent of the Jew
ish Daily News.
DR.. Wiley is investigating the pat
ent medicine business.
The coroner's jury blames the Ala
bama disaster on the mine owners
There are rumors of military plo1
to overthrow the French government
The Southern Pacific steamship
Louisiana sank at her wharf at New
Orleans.
Tobe Thorton, the negro assailan
of Miss Dismukes at Americus, Ga.
will hang April q.
President Castro of Venezuela has
defied the United States and refuses
to cope with the asphalt cases from
the Venezuela supreme court.
Engineer Wallace says the work or
the Panama Canal will be pushed
5000 men are now employed anc
many more will be put on the job.
r. B. Grover & Co., whose shoe fac
tory at Brockton, Mass, was blowr
up by an exploding boiler with grea
loss of life, have made an assignment
Commissioner of Pensions Warne
threatens to suspend 10 members o
the board of pension review for allow
ing alleged illegal pensions to b'
granted.
American Ambassador JOSEPH
Choate was elected by English lawyer
to the position of master of the bench
of the Middle Temple, rare homo
conferred upon outsiders.
New York's encouragement ha!
the amended charter of the Equitable
Life Assurance Company, but will
not pass upon it until the court pro
ceediDgs for an injunction to restrain
naturalization are dismissed.
Senator Thomas e. Platt has form
ed an alliance with former Governor
Frank S. Black to control politics ir
New York state in opposition to for
mer Governor Odell.
| United States Senator Mitchell was
arranged at Portland, Ore, charged
with participation in land frauds. He
pleaded not guilty and challenged
the legality of the grand jury which
indicted him.
President Roosevelt killed a rattle
snake Sunday morning near his
camp in Oklahoma. 1t was large
serpent. Mr.. Roosevelt cut off it's rat.
ties and will preserve them as a me
mento.
Gen. Charles P. Eagan, whose con-
nection with the ''embalmed-beef'
inquiry brought him into unpleasant
prominence, complained that children
IN the neighborhood of his house in
New York were annoying him, but
the police could See no reason for in.
reference.
J. Morgan Smith and wife, brother.
in-laW sister, respectively, of "Nan''
Patterson, The chorus girl accused OF
the murder of Caesar" Young by
shooting in a cab, who are wanted in
New York as witnesses and also on
the charge of conspiracy to extori
from Young, decided to abandon all
further resistance to eXtradition from
Cincinnati. The trial of "Nan" Pat
terson was postponed for one week