The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-01-02
NEWS OF THE Day.

Professor Koch announces the
discovery of cure for the Sleeping
disease.
The powers are preparing TO re-
press Raisuli and it is believed he
VIII fight
Third Assistant Postmaster Cen
eral Madden recommends numerous
changes in postal Classification.
Georgia and Tennessee woolen
mills have been merged in a cor
porat:oa with capital of s1,225,-
The interstate commerce commis-
sion IN its annual report urges the
need Of legislation in regard to car
shortage.
The New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad company has alb
sorbed a number of trolley lines in
New England.
Dr. william osier declared the
prevalence of typhoid fever "a re-
aection on the sanitary intelligence
Of the public. 2
The English device for coaaing
warships at sea was tested by the
battfeship Iowa, but was not as sue
.essful as was expected.
President Roosevelt declined an; m.
vitation to attend the next banquet
of tie Merchants and Manufactur-
ers ..ssociation of Baltimore.
Representasive Murdock has intro
duced a resolution to investigate
oyercharges by railways Cor carrying
she mails and to compel them to re-
fund
secretary HITCHCOCK and Secretary
wilson admitted that they had acted
without warrant of law in withdraw
ing millions Of acres of Indian lands
from allotment.
The vatican declares the amended
church separation bill to be as bad
as the present law and names the
condition under which it is ready
TO abandon opposition.
Louisville has just appropriated
sso,too for parental school, s15,-.
900 for tuberculosis hospital and
an increase for the public parks.
Enormous damage is being done.
81 reason Of a break in the banks OF
Colorado river in Mexico and
the president has sent telegram 70
Hartman urging him to have
repaired.
Another portion of the crater Of
Yesuvius fels in and caused a great
ssru uustion OF ashes, ciaders and sand
recently. It vas net preceaed or ae-
campanled. however by eiSaer steton-
atoms OF earth shocss.
In vel nforaed parliaraeatalI'y
circles in London it is stated that
Augustine Birren VIII become chief
secretary for Ireland when James.
Rrvce is transferred to the British
embassy at Washington.
At Paris the Franeo-Brit'sh ALI
anee IS REGARDED as a check upon the
nabitious designs of Germany.
Filipinos now studying in this
GENTRY Will be given employment
under the Philippine government.
is reported in Paris on hign ec-
ciesiasucal authority that the pope
viii certainly veto the new church
law.
The recent verdict of guilty in the
case against the Standard Oil COM
pany at Fidlay, Ohio, has. been
thrown out by the common pleas
court.
The japanese and Korean Exclu-
sion League of San Francisco at
mass meeting dOOPSS0
denouncing President Rocseveits
message and Metcalf's report
several prominent New York busi-
ness men say they will sue the
southern railway because the train
on which they came up from New or
leans was Is hours behind time.
The Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Engineers has $1,000 members. In
the past 90 months 3s4 engineers have
been killed at their post of duty, and
in two years the organization has
paid 1,12s death and disability claims.
Al the present time the Brotherhood
is carrying sS5. 100000 insurance on.
its members.
Mrs. NJ. Jennie Kendall, Of Nashau'
\. c.. has been made a deputy sherln
{the first of her sex to occupy such an
Office in the States history, and her