The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-06-23
THE NEWS MINUTELY TOLD
The Heart of Happenings Carved
From the Whole Country.

Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's enraoement
ring Is, In pawn; she is living in a
nat; she can't pay her tailor bills.
Secretary Davis of the National
Farmers Union announces that 1hc
next convention OF the union world
be heid at Charlotte, September liz.
1910.
'Th latest move TO secure NOR.
revenue for the railroads is a plun
10 charge an excess fare for all pas
Sen@ers riding i'll Pullman and parlor
ears.
Inc German Government ordered an
investigation Of the flood conditions
IN the valley Of the river Abr. where
between 200 and 250 people have been
drowned.
Death caused by a rattlesnake bite
ended nearly week Of torture en-
.dured through religious fanaticism
by Oliver Pugh, 90 years old, of
Zion City, Ill.
The first change made in dressed
beef prices in three weeks by VIII, le-
sale, of Chicago, went into defect
Friday, and it was a reduction of
half a cent 4 pound
The official inventory of the estate
OF the late L. j. Uucky) Baldwin.
hled IN the Los Angeles probate
court, fixes $l0,930.SOl as the total
value Of the estate.
The two lions which the late Kino
Menelik Of Abysinia presented to thu
rope year ago, died from the Ell
fects of poison which. it is believed.
some visitor to the Vatican delibcr,
ately gave to them.
"A representative Of a moving pic.
ture concern has made an offer of
$l5O,OOO, it is said, for the ,Jeffrirs-
Johnson fight picture privileges. The
promoters and principals have the
offer under consideration.
Cromwell Dixon s dirigible balloon
broke away from its moorinp at
Chilllcothe, Ohio, carrying with it a
lO,year-old boy to heighth of half
mile. The balloon landed several
miles distant. The boy was unin.
jured.
fremont johnson, a trusted yonns
clerk In the office of the York, Pm,
Sarrlage Company, was arrested by
Cmef OF Detectives White on charge,
OF taking more than $1,000. Johnson.
whose salary was SO a week. ia ac,
cused OF padding the payroll. He was
recently married.
A concerted movement, looking to
the entry of w. j. BRYAN in Ne.
braska Senatorial race, was begun
when certain Democratic leaders sent
an over the State petitions asking
mr. Bryan to enter the contest. These
petitions are to be signed and re.
turned by the time Mr.. Bryan re.
turns from Europe.
AS result of having sore bpnion
on his right foot treated five weeks
ago, Peter Morgan, aged 60. foreman
Oh the machine shop at the Pennsyl.
wanna South Altoona foundries, is
dead. Following the treatment gan
grene and blood poisoning DEVELOPED.
ana ne suffered great agony until he
iapsed into a state of coma prior to
death. ~
DR.. Fl. L.. Bonner, 60 years old. biz
eater and ready digester, died at
Marion, Ohio, of diabetes. brought
on by his many eating contests. il is
SAID. In one contest he ate a double
steak as heavy as n roast, II larra
potatoes, two dishes of onions. tw,
loayes of bread and pound of butter
and finished with three dozen hard
boiled eggs.
AT the field day meet held in con-
ncetion with the graduation exercises
OF the lngleside School for Girls.
New Milford, Conn, CAROLYN Hale,
OF the class of 1911. of New YORK
CITY, broke the worlds record for
girls In the running high jump bv
clearing the bar at feet z 5-8 inches
She also won five of the six events
on the program.