The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-03-29
NUMBER l3.
LATER Iai;EWS

WALTER AND WILLIAM WHrrx. NJ Me-,
ooro Mass, aged eight and sixteen v..s.
appheo match to a box of powder which
'ney had saturated with Kerosene Tho .1
piosion that followed killed both bows.
THOMAS r. EVANS and John Walsh mil,
ers' while engaged in throwing down coal =,
hyde Park, Penn, detached n largo .,.,,
which slipped and fell upon them. Eva..
injuries. ie'a'
| AFTER celebrating three hours the iurv
brought in verdict acquitting Thomas n
| herr' Oh New York city, of completely in tho
prioing OF the Doodle Aldermen Of 1894 T.,
order to procure franchise for thu Brood-
way Surface Railway.
WHILE walking on the tracks mar M.r.,,
Chunk, Penn, Miss Mable Tuttle. a ,cbc,o,
eeacher, was struck by passenger train and
killed. in sno
- UNDERWOOD, a prominent planter a.
rom nn Mas a assaulted gI R4 John
as club, but Underwood finally succeeded
In cutting his throat fatally. Underwoods
left shoulder was shot off.
WILLIS GREEN, Anderson Mitcbeu md
Daniel Jones tall coloreD, were hanged at
Arkadephia, Ark, for the murder Of n
colored minister named Horton.
THE house of William Flowers, at Hollow
hock, Ienn., was burned, and Flowers. his
vile and two children perished in the flames
JAMES s. CLARKsoN received his commits
mission and Immediately took the prescribed
oath and entered upon his duties as First
Assistant Postmaster General
ORDERS have been given to the command.
ants Of navy yards by Secretary Tracy to
discharge all suspended employees 1t was
formerly the custom to keep the names of
such suspended employees on the rolls, to be
taken up when work was resumed
BY an explosion Of fire damp in a colliery
near Mines, France, fifteen persons wsre
killed and six injured.
and Germany mas beufif svoppeu py-suuv
storms.
EXTENSIVE floods were reported in Galicia.
Many towns were inundated.
THE Gladstonian candidate, Mr.. Beaufoy.
won decisive victory at the Remington
election to the English Parliament; his vose
was 1900, against 3i39 for Mr.. Hope, the
Conservative.
THE Friendly Sons of st. Patrick cello.
brated the birth Of their patron at belmont
,o's, New York city, and ex-President Cleve-
and spoke to the toast of 1.-THE United
States"
A STORM accompanied by extraordinarily
high tides, did great damage along the New
Jersey an1 Long Island coasts. Tho Life
Saving Service station house at Ear Rock
lway was destroyed and trains on the Now
Jersey Southern Railway abandoned. All
The watering places suffered more of less
damage
g q conresssd ueIauIuer W rurrvuuvv WV
500. He had been one of tho most trusted
officials OF the bank for over twenty years.
GOVERNOR TAFT, of Rhode Island, has re
,eived letter of resignation of his Office Of
United States Senator from Hon. Jonathan
Chace He resigns on account of i'll health.
GENERAL TRACY, the new Secretary OF
The Navy, was rendered banquet by his
Ie.low.townsmen, at tho Hamilton Club, in
Brooklyn, N. Y.
TIE Oklahoma boomers were driven out
Of the Territory by United States troops.
TuEbark Pettengill, of Portland, Me-, was
wrecked at tho Virginia Capes aud fourteen
lives were lost
DEPUTY UNITED STATES MARSHAL w. A.
MOODY, of Fort Smith, Ark, has been mur-
iered in Indian Territory by two men
named Bonner and Hill, whom he was at
tempting to arrest. He is the sixteenth Gov
sFnmens oiHce ii's there in .ss issa ss;s ss;s
months.
PROFESSOR ADoNIJA s. WEIGH, ex- United
States Senator for Florida, died few days
ago at Pasadena, Cal.,- aged sixty eight
years.
HEAVY rains and terrific storms have in
Hicted great damage in Southern California.
Three lives were lost at Ventura.
CLAIMING FRANK MEEK, general manage,
of the Denver, Texas and Fort Worth Rail
way Company, has been tendered the POSI-
ton of General Superintendent Of the Rail
way Mail Service.
A BATTLE between tho followers Of Sen
oussi and tho Mahdists has taken place a
Sinan, Africa, and the former were victori
Gus. Both sides suffered heavy losses
Among the killed were two Mahdist chiefs.
ADMIRAL KRoUTz has been appointed
French Minister of Marine to fill the vacanc
caused by the death Of Admiral Juares.
THE dead body of Miss Helen Buttrock, q
American student Of music at the Berli
Academy, was taken from the River .Spros
a.