The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-03-13
SUMMARY OF NEWS
Eastern and Middle States

New York, and q loss incurred Of $780, 600.
The body Of Miss Jennie Moore-a beautiful
young lady who disappeared from her home in
Newark. N. j., on Christmas evening-was
found in the Pasaaic river after a two months
search. Miss Moore WAS employed in New
York, and on the evening Of her disappearance
she complained Of a headache, went out for a
walk and never returned.
! Fifty-three Republican members Of the
Louisiana Legislature have signed an appeal,
asking Governor Nichols to pardon Thomas c.
Anderson, Of the returning board, recently
tried and found guilty Of having forged cleo
ton returns.
The rapid transit railroads in New York are
being pushed rapidly to completion.
During an ARRAY between students Of Prince
ton College at Princeton, N. j., q member OF
the sophomore class Was shot and dangerously
wounded.
The Fenian managers in New York report
$50, 900 on hand as q campaign fund, and have
issued q circular in response to which they e1-
pect large accessions to that amount.
James L. Graham, q prominent New York
lawye r, was arrested on the charge Of having
appropriated over $50, 900 belonging to Mrs.
Elizabeth Mccall and which he held in trust
for her.
Charges Of malfessance in Office have been
preferred against the insurance superintendent
Of New York to Governor Robinson by Comp
troller Olcott.
J. F. Preston, who has been on trial at
Paterson, N. j., for the embezzlement OF $780,
600 when treasurer Of the Merchants Loan
and Trust Company Of that city, pleaded gailty
to the charge.
Eight students Of Princeton College hav
been dismissed and forty-two suspended TO
"hazing." I
The charges Of malfeasance in Office, made
by Comptroller Olcott against insurance. Super
intendent Symth. have been sent by Governor
Robinson to the New York Senate.
New York and vicinity was visited with one
Of the heaviest storms Of the season on Wash
ington's birthday. Three schooners were
wrecked on the New Jersey shore near Long
Branch, and travel on Long Island sound was
delayed owing to the severity of the weather.
During a dense fog the ferryboat James
Fisk, Jr., while making her trip from New
York to Jersey City, collided with schooner.
The ferryboat was crowded at the time OF the
collision, and the force Of the shock completely
wrecked its forward deck, crushed one man
fatally and threw several others in the water.
Those thrown overheard were rescued by pass
ing boats, but several persons we're reported
missing. On the same day the ferryboat Cas-
tleton, running between New York and Staten
Island, WAS run into by the ocean steamer
Spaip, and George n. Carey, a well-known
lawyer, received injuries which caused death.
Heinrich Wahlen, confined in the jail t
Morristown, Pa, under sentence Of death,
committed suicide by hanging himself in his
cell with a rope made from his bedclothes.
J. W. Barron, treasurer Of the Dexter Saw
ings Bank, Of Dexter, Me-, was found lying OF
the floor Of the bank vault, gagged and hand
cuffed. He was wounded in several places and
died shortly after his discovery. 1t is believed
he was murdered because he would not dis
close the combination Of the safe lock.
At Marlborough, Mass, sixteen shoemakers
were arrested, charged with conspiracy during
the late labor troubles.
Western and Southern States.
According to recent dispatches Sitting Bull
has not yet crossed into the United States, but
remains on British soil, where he has been
joined by sixty additional lodges Of Sioux.
Considerable damage was done during a
heavy storm in California. In Jackson. Amador
county, half Of the Chinese quarters were
swept away and eight Cinnamon and two
women were drowned.
-Four thousand bales Of cotton were destroyed
by a fire in Savannah. Ga.
Marion Coyle, Janice O'Brien and another
man attempted to CROSS the river at Wheeling,
W. Va, while intoxicated and were drowned.
A dog exhibition OF st. Louis opened with
nearly 1000 specimens Of valuable CANNES:
During the first day a dog from New York, that
cost $40, 600, died in an erileptic fit.
During a Senate discussion Of the bill to regu-
late the compensation Of postmasters. Messrs.
Edmunds, Hamlin. Davis, Of West Virginia,
and others expressed themselves in favor Of a
restoration Of the franking privilege.
The Democratic State convention met at
Indianapolis and nominated a ticket headed
by J. G. shanklin for secretary Of state. The
chairman Of the meeting was Ex-Governor
Hendricks. The platform declares that the
national bank notes should be retired and re-
! placed by an equal amount Of treasury notes !;
that greenbacks should be made a more full legal
tender in payment Of all debts that the gov
eminent should issue paper money in such
amounts as the youndb business interests may
from time to time require favors the taxation
by the States of. the United States notes {;
opposes further funding Of the national debt
abroad is in favor Of the repeal Of the re-
sumption act and the bankrupt act demands
q silver dollar Of 412]]a grains is opposed to
land grants or subsidies, and charges that
Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks
we're ~"wrongfully kept out Of the positions to
which a free people had called them"
During o heavy gale ten barges lying at
Willow Grove, below Carrollton, La. laden
with 225. 900 bushels Of coal, valued at $35, 900,
swamped and sunk at the levee.
The asylum for the insane at Winoski, Wis,
was totally destroyed By fire, and four Of the
inmates were burned to death.
The first regular convention Of the Green
back party Of the United States met at Toledo,
Ohio, and organized under the name Of "The
National Party" Twenty. eight States were
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Pennsylvania, was chosen president. The
platform adopted advocates . national cur
rency which shall be a legal tender for all pur-
poses, favors the placing OF silver coinage on a
footing with that Of gold, urges the taxation
Of government bonds and money, calls for
legislation in the interest Of labor, and opposes
land grants to corporations, prison contract
labor and Chinese immigration.
Thomas c. Anderson, the convicted member
Of the Louisiana returning boardi has had his
motion for q new trial denied.
A FIRE broke out in the British ship Tornado,
at New Orleans, and before it was subdued
damage to the amount OF about 1925, 600 had
been done.
The trial Of Frank Rande, the Western des-
perado who killed q policeman in st. Louis,
and was taken TO Galesburg, Ill, on a requisi-
ton from the governor Of Illinois for having
committed q number Of murders in the State,
resulted in the jury finding the prisoner guilty,
and fixing his punishment at imprisonment for
life.
By an accident on the Richmond and Fred
ericksburg railroad near Milford Station, Va
one mar was killed, three we're dangerously
and several others slightly injured.
General Anderson, of the Louisiana return
ing board, has been sentenced to two years
imprisonment at hard labor and to pay COSTS
the smallest punishment under the law. The
other indicted members Of the board moved to
have their cases removed to the United States
court.
/ From Washington.
The Presidenthas approved the joint resolu-
ton Of Congress declaring that a reduction OF
the tax on distilled spirits is ine1pedient.
About sixty members of the House, Of both
parties, in favor Of the silver bill, held a meet
ing and discussed that measure. General
Ewing, B. F. Butler and others, gave their
views, and a motion that when the bill came
up in the House it shouldbe referred to the
committee on banking and currency was car
ried.
The national convention OF the United States
export trade convened in Washington, q large
number Of delegates from all parts of the
Union being in attendance.
Congressman Bland, OF Missouri, author Of
the silver bill, stated during a debate in the
House, that he favored concurrence in the Sem
ate amendments to that bill
Representative Ellis, Of Louisiana, says that
in a protracted interview with the President