The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-21
LATER NEWS.

al Master Workman Powderly says that ir
view Of the railroad officials refusal to sub
NIT the difficulties in the Southwest to arbi.
tration, the Knights of Labor were justified
in continuing the strike. He was confident
that this would be the last great railroad
strike in this country, and thought it would
teach both sides useful lesson.
A BODY of 1000 striking railroad employees
entered the yards of the various companies
at East st. Louis on the 7th and compelled
the men at work to stop and join them. The
sheriff's deputies where hustled aside, but
finally the strikers were halted by snumber
of deputies with leveled Winchester rifles.
Armed men arrived by every train to protect
the railroad companies, and were all sworn
in as deputies.
| CRAzED with drink, William Ellis, of St.
Francis, Ark, shot his wife and two-year-old
child to death, bis arrest following the mad
act
! MRS. LARS GINDHAL, residing near
Eau Claire, Wis, has just given birth to four
male babies, weighing altogether twenty
pounds, and all alive and healthy.
By the capsizing of the steamer Mountain
Bay at Owensboro, KY, three men were
| drowned.
| The President has nominated Obadiah
Cutler to be collector of customs for the dis
| trict of Niagara, New York; Edward War
field, to be surveyor of customs for the port
| of Baltimore, Nd; Thomas G. Hayes, to be
United States attorney for the district Of
Maryland; George II. Cairnes, to be United
States marshal for the district Of
Maryland; Cyrus P. Shepard, to
be register of the land office at
| Worthington, Mimi; Edmund James, to be
receiver of public moneys at Carson City,
New; Samuel I. Lorah, to bereceiver of pub
lie moneys at Central City, Col; John A.
McClernand, of Illinois, to be member of
the board of registration and election in the
Territory of Utah.
A FISHING dory from the Banks Of New
foundland driftsd into Louisburg, Cape
Bretcn). Two of it's crew Of four were dead,
and the others had sustained life by eating
portions of the remains. The for men be-
longed to an American fishing schooner.
| They had lost their vessel while looking after
travis in two dories, and for eight days had
rowed aimlessly about in the wild waste OF
waters.
A FIRE in the Pennsylvania Academy of
Fine Arts at Philadelphia destroyed the
northern picture gallery and some of the fin
est paintings and statuary in the collection.
WILLIAM II. MILLER, another Of the New
York ex-aldermen charged with bribery,
has been arrested. He was found near Pa
latka, Fla, by two New York detectives,
and brought to the metropolis.
TEN bodies had been recovered from the
railroad wreck, near Deerfeld, Mass, on the
9Th, and several persons were then still miss
ing. About thirty persons were injured.
The Rhode Island election has resulted in
the success of Governor Wetmore and all the
rest Of the Republican ticket except Attor-
ney-General Colt. The latter was defeated
by Edwin Metcalf, candidate of the Demo.
Gratis and Prohibitionists. The constitutional
amendment prohibiting the manufacture and
sale of Intoxicating liquors was carried.
A PITCHED battle between members of two
political factions at Laredo, Texas, resulted
in the death of five men and the wounding Of
several others. Nearly 1900 men, 200 on
horseback, engaged in the fight.
The Farmers Alliance, of Hopkins county,
Kansas, at a meeting few days ago, passed
resolutions refusing the invitation Of the
Knights of Labor to boycott, and denouncing
boycotting as 'detrimental to the financial,
social, moral, and political interests of all
classes"
SECRETARY LAMAR has revoked Land
Commissioner Sparks order of last April
suspending final action on land entries over
large section of Nebraska nearly all OF
Colorado, all of Dakota, Idaho, Utah, Wash
ington Territory, New Mexico, Montana,
Wyoming, Nevada and Northern Minnesota.
The decision to revoke the order was made at
cabinet meeting.
The Italian ministry, formed in June,
1885, have resigned
MAHoMETAN fanatics attacked AMI de-
stroyed a mission house and other buildings
in the Philippine islands. A force was sent
to chastise the fanatics, twelve of whom wert
killed and several wounded. The Spanish
captain in charge Of the force and four Of
his men were wounded and one Of the mel
was killed. Three days after the first out
rage tue same band burned the village OF
Amadeo and the naval coal depot. Tht
losses are heavy.