The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-29
THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

THE machinery of the United State:
cruiser Newark broke down on the trial trip
off Philadelphia, Penn, and the vessel had
to return to Cramps yard.
THOMAS j. DoUGHERTY, the insane man
who became notorious by reason Of his per-
secution of Actress Mary Anderson, shot
and killed Dr. G. w. Lloyd, of the Kings
County IN. " Insane Asylum, where the
crazy man had previously been confined.
THE United States dynamite cruiser We
suvius made two runs of Newport, h. l.,
over the measured mile course at full speed
with forced draft and all boilers working,
and made twenty knots an hour under these
conditions
TIE British and American iron and steel
men held their first joint session in Pitts
burg, Penn.
Hon. LEWIS BARKER, one Of the most
prominent men in Maine. was killed at BAN
yor by runaway horse.
RANcIs NJ. SCOTT, a Democrat, was
nominated for Mayor of New York city by q
combination of Democrats and Republicans.
The rest of the ticket is divided among the
Two parties.
WILLIAM PAIN, of Brooklyn, n Y, tarred
and feathered himself in order to get an en-
yagement as freak in the dime museums.
Lloyd, had mapped out scheme OF whole
sale murder, including among his intended
victims Judge Lawrence and other officials
n New York city and Brooklyn.
TIE convention of the iron and steel men
concluded it's session at Pittsburg, Penn.
THERE have been forty-ive cases of malig-
nant dysentery within the last two months
in Hamburg, n. j., a village Of 500 inhabit-
ants Twenty deaths have resulted. There
have been nine deaths in hamlet nearby.
The Tammany Hall City and County Con-
vention renominated Grant for Mayor OF
New York city.
WALTON o. KERNoc1AN. wealthy young
club man, while temporarily insane killed
himself with revolver in the Delta Phi club
house, New York city.
The Corning Mill, connected with the
large Dupont Powder Works at Wapwallo-
pen, Penn, was exploded with terrific force
from some unknown cause. Three men were
fatally injured.
The corner stones of the new City Hall
building and the Memorial Library building
in Lowell, Mass, were laid. The City Hall
IS to cost $3.50, 000 and the Memorial Library
building S150,000.
ARTHUR D. FARLEY, First Lieutenant of
Company c, New Hampshire Militia, has
left Nashua, and several forgeries of notes,
amounting to $4,000, are charged against
him.
Dr. WALTER FLEMING and General Milton
5. Littlefleld were arrested in New York city
and held on charge made by Mrs. Spephani
IF receiving $3.50 from her to have lunacy
commission appointed in the case of her in
sane son Alphonse and applying the money
to other purposes Alphonse is the murderer
of Lawyer Reynolds.
Two babies, children of Mrs. Anna AL
drich, were burned to death in a Brooklyn
IN. " tenement. They We're twin sisters
and their little four-year-old brother was the
innocent cause Of their death.
The first heavy frost of the season oc-
Cured at Bellows Falls. vt.
JUSTIN s. MORRILL, has been reelected as
United States Senator from Vermont.
THE completion Of the police count shows
the population of New York city to be LILO.
us, as against 1913, SOL returned by the
federal census takers, an increase of 1871, ,2l4.
THE Comte de Paris visited the battlefelds
around Gettysburg, Penn.