The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1882-11-15
THE WEEKS NEWS.
Eastern and Middle States.

Eastern and Middle States.
PooR success attended the last six.day
walking match in New York, notwithstand-
ing that the nine competitors comprised the
men who had made the largest scores in pre-
vious matches. Rowell and Hazacl, one of
whom was expected to win, gave out on tho
third day. The winner turned up in Fitz-
gerald, of Long Island, who covered 50
miles, Noremuc coming in second with 5GG
miles, Hcrty third with 81 miles and Hughes
fourth with 525 miles. Hart, Vint and Pam
chot retired before the close of the match.
The first man received about $1,000, the sec
ond 1900, the third $G7j and the fourth
$50. Comparatively little interest was
manifested i'll the contest.
DIR. L. p. BENNETT, of Danbury, Conn.,,
was killed by a aose of hydratc of choral
which he took by mistake.
A LOSS of about SliO,0O was incurred by
the burning of the Eureka Cast Steel CON-
pany's extensive works at Lamokin, Pa.
FREIGHT train left the track near Put
nam, N. Y, and the fireman and a brake
man were killed and eighteen cars were
burned.
A SOCIETY has been formed ut Boston for
the purpose of ~colouizing Palestine with in
dustrious Christians.
FLAMES were discovered about 4:O p. NJ.
in Abbey's Park theatre, OF Broadway, New
York, and spreading with great rapidity the
building WAS in n short time totally de-
stroyed. Mrs. Langtry, the English pro-
f~essional beauty and actress, was to appear
the same evening for the first time in this
country, and from her hotel n short distance
away watched the destruction of the build
ing in which she had expected in a few hours
10 make her debut before an American
audience. Mrs. Langtry had intended to
make her first appearance in Tom Taylor's
comedy, "The Unequal Match" and tho
members of the company had attended the
last rehearsal about two hours previous to the
discovery of tho fire, leaving the stage set
for the first act in tho playa parlor scene
described ~ the most magnificent piece OF
stare-setting ever seen in America. Over q
dozen employees who were in tho theatre
when the fire broke out wero compelled to
beat a hasty retreat, and two or three ofthom
were injured. one-Harry Clark, a stage car
pentcr-with probably fatal results. The
total loss is put at $191, 900, several buildings:
adjoining the theatre suffering severely. The
loss OF Henry E. Abbey, Mrs. Langtry's
manager, in theatrical scenery, costumes and
properties, amounts to 100000, on which his
insurance. is only $4,000.
WHILE in a state of mental alteration
Mrs. Margaret Seguin, wife of DIR. Edward
c.. Seruin, n prominent New York physician,
killed her three children and !:nen committed
suicide. She took HE child = II to a room on
the top floor of lirr house, j.. Nest Twentieth
street, locked the door, blindfolded the chill
dren-two boys and ono eirl--and tied their
hands behind their backs, and then shot
them. Then she shot herself. No cause is
known for the crime except that Mrs.
Seguin had become temporarily insane.
The family consisted of DR.. Seguin, Mrs.
Margaret Seguin and their three little chill
dren, Edward D., John Van Duyn and jean
nette, q bright little girl of four years, and
the special pct of her father. The two boys
were five and six years old respectively. The
bodies of the insane woman and her chill
dren were found by her brother, DR.. Amidon.
Mrs. Seguin was a handsome and intelligent
woman, thirty-two years of ago. For some
days previous to the terrible tragedy she had
been laboring under great depression of
spirits, and her husband had arranged to
take her and the children on a trip to Mag
ara Falls in the hope that a change of scene
would have q beneficial effect upon her
health.
Two stage carpenters persisted in the fire
in New York which destroyed Abbey's Park
theatre.
JUDGE EyD1coTT, of tho Massachusetts su-
preme court, has resigned, and Judge COL
burn, of the superior court, has been ap-
pointed his successor.
A FIRE in New York destroyed the Alham-
bra sporting theatre, a place given up to
boxing matches and low variety perform
ances.
a DEPUTAT1oN of four astronomers from
Germany, who have come to this country to
witness the transit of Venus OH December 6,
arrived in New York Il few days ago.
WILLIAM G. RUSSELL, paying teller OF tie
Pennsylvania company for insurance on
lives and granting annuitics, in Philadel-
phia, abscondcd, and his accounts showed
d;sornnorcios 70 thc amount of SO. 600.
a LOADED car going down an inclined
plane Mt the Mcintyre mine, twenty-five
miles from Williamsport, Pa, broke loose
and rushed down at 4 fearful velocity. Three
men on the Cur were killed and two Others
seriously hurt.