Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-02-07
L1fe Neses
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MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST
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Debate OIL the Army Approprla-
ton bill began in the House.
New York. IS building at the James
town exposition will cost $31, 800.
The birthday of Emperor William
was celebrated in Berlin with unusual
eclat.
r. f. REYNOLDS, Of Chatham, near
Danviilc. wss killed i'll duel with
policeman.
The total number of persons killed
by the earthquake in Jamaica Is plac-
ed by some persons at 1000.
DR.. Charles Wilmot Townsend, of
Staten Island, who was shot by a
masked map, died of his injuries.
Secretary Root praises the Cana
dians and says he found officials and
people OF only friendly, but cordial.
Dealers in metal formed an organ
ization and appealed to President
Roosevelt to prevent the copper
trust.
Rev. DR.. Alexander Gilchrist, sec
retary of the Home Mission board of
the United Presbyterian church, is
dead.
An explosion of safety devices,
with the view of saving workmen' S
lives, is to begin Tuesday III New
York
The postal commission recommends
an entire new system of accounting,
weighing and classification in the pos
tai service
The West Virginia legislature, it is
reported, may investigate the mine
explosion ut Lorentz, in which 12
were killed.
Governor Swettenham, of jamaica,
is said to have placed his resignation
into the hands OF Lord Elgin, colonial
secretary.
More than 10000 persons took q
iast look 1t the body of Senator AL
-sH~ az u lay In state in the Detroit
ci-s hall.
1t Is now said that the Thaw de.
tense will be neither insanity nor the
unwrltten Law, but that surprises are
planned.
Elmer 9arton, a mulatto charged
with assiulting white girl at
Wnghtsvhle, near York, Pa, narrow
ly ESCAPED lynching.
Two mere Tksw jurors were select
ed, but i: begins to look as though
the speci,l panel of 200 talesmen
may not De enough.
A ycuig unidentified couple allow.
ed an electric train at Newton Castle.
near Camden, N. j., run them down.
both beirg instantly killed
Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker. sis
Ter OF Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and
The last of the children of Rev. Ly-
man Beecher, died of paralysis.
quo Narranto proceedings were
brought by the Attorney General of
Minnestota to vacate the charter of
the st. Paul, Minneapolis and Mani
toba railroad, Hill line.
Rev. DR.. r. H. Bennett, president
. of Randolph-Macon College, charges
that Virginia liquor interests are
raising 100000 To be used TO inAu-
ence legislation.
The Omaha courts fined dealer
Tor selling reproductions of print
lngs by Van Dyke, Rubens and Van
der Werff, which were declared in
decent.
Arguments were heard and decis.
!ons reserved by the Appellate divis-
ION OF the New York supreme court
IN the case of the Mutual Life Insur-
ahce Company against former Presi-
dent McCurdy for $3,370,OOO.
The Pennsylvania railroad has an
pointed a chief forester to SUPERVISE
ihe planting OF seedlings SO as TO in
sure future supply of crossties.
After conference ut the White
blouse, 1t was officially announced
that w. j. Oliver, of Knoxville.
5Ienn, would be awarded the Panama
canal contract if he can furnish two
competent partners and backing of
$5,000,00O. -
= Twety-eight thousand men are nm
strike in Mexico, and pillaging and
Violence is reported.
, The French government will drop
che words "God Protect France',
d,,om coins and the inscription. "I.;b-
o,fy, Equality and Fraternity" will
appear instead.
ofSWiiliam T. Snead is making a tour
~, the world in the interest of in.
ginational peace.
,, legislator elm number of States
Pe;San their sessions. and various Gov
frnors were iuausuara;ed, amons
them Rev. DR.. Henry a. Buchtei. O.