Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-08-23
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MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST

others Frustrated by foul gases FROM
a tanning vat near Asheville, n. C..
The South Carolina cotton manu-
facturers have decided on various
changes with respect to freight allow
ances and other conditions.
1t was stated that President Stems
land, of the defunct Chicago bank,
made carekul preparation for flight,
even taking a silver dinner set.
The subcommittee of the Interna-
tional American Conference on tho
Drago doctrine agreed on a resolu-
tion even more general than the one
on the program.
J. Raynor Storrs Wells. the veal
thy young man who entered tho
navy, is under arrest at the Norfolk
Navy Yard and threatened with
court-martial for overstaying his
leave.
William !. Bryan is to make trip
to Australia after the November cleo
ton and will be absent 10 weeks
King Edward left for Germany and
will confer with Emperor William on
the Russian situation.
Mai j-Gen. Sir Reginald Pole-Carew,
prominent iii African and other cam
paigns, has been retired.
The creation of separate governor
generalship for the mining region of
Russia shows how seriously the con-
dltion there isTegarded.
Dsfying the labor black list,
Speaker Cannon is so certain of re-
election that be will not canvass his
own district, ~N>
Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholate-
tch declined the, military dictator
ip of Russia and recommended
eneral Linevitch for the post.
Secretary Bonaparte's mail is full
letters in regard to his Cumber-
End speech on anarchy.
The Sultan of Turkey is better
fter his attack or illness.
Though Henry HI. Lippart bid
$1,000 less, the contract for 10000
rmy blankets was awarded to the
american Woolen Company, the So
allied Woolen Trust
Terrific rains caused great damage
p Norfolk and vicinity.
William Butler, of Keyser, w. Va,
gas killed by Baltimore and Ohio
rain at Paw-Paw, w. Va.
The cruiser Minneapolis reached
Norfolk with 300 seasick Brooklyn
laval reserves
The National Firemen's Associa.
ion is holding a convention in Roam
pke.
John Colline, miner, was murder-
ID for his money near Fairmont, w.
va.
Hard work was done by the Fourth
and Fifth Regiments at Mount Gret-
ia.
The annual encampment Of the
Iirand Army of the Republic has
taken 100000 visitors to Minneapolis
MINI.
William j. Bryan renewed the
light against Democratic National
Committeeman Roger Sullivan, of
Illinois, charging misuse of funds.
-Four persons were shot, three per-
haps fatally, at Coney Island by q
man who made his escape after hold
ing his pursuers at bay with revol-
yer.
Officials Of the First National
Bank of Birmingham, Ala, announe-
I'd that Alex. r. Chisolms paying
teller, is 100000 short in his ac-
counts, and he was arrested on his
return from vacation trip.
A census Of divorces is being taken
Ill New York, and it is feared that
many family secrets buried in seal
ed court records will be laid bare. =
The committe on insurance laws OF
the American Bar Association recon-
mendcd certain changes IN the laws.
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
pany stopped its surface lines to
Coney Island at 6 p. M, In spite sf
all protests.
George Hill, a white ex-convict,
was found guilty of participation In
the lynching of three negroes at
/ Salisbury, n. c., last Monday night
and was sentenced to 10 years In the
| penitentiary.
Indictments on charges Of giving
and receiving rebates we're returned
by the grand jury of jamestown. N.
". against the Pennsylvania Rail-
road and the Standard and Vacuum
Oil Companies.
William Loeb. II secretar -