The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-05-28
South and West.

F. GONZALES, a prominent rancher, near
San Jacinto, CAL, has bsen arrested on a
charge of strangling to death the twin chi..
dren of his daughter.
The Congressional Investigating Commit
tee completed its labors at Little Rock, Ark.
Two girls named Mcdonald, aged nine and
twelve, were playing on the approach to
railroad bridge across the river at Portland,
Oregon, when they saw train coming, and
becoming frightened jumped into the river
and were drowned.
JONAS RUSSELL, aged sixteen, and Clar
ence HickoS, aged seventeen, Of DeS MoinsS,
Iowa, went fishing, intending to camp out.
Their dead bodies were found next day un-
der several feet of sand at Deep Rock Spring.
They took refuge in cave and the roof fell
on them.
The remains of helate Senator Beck were
buried at Lexington, KY. Business was al
most suspended during the day.
The Rev. Gaorge NJ. Green, one of the
best-known ministers in Arkansas, was acci-
dentally shot aud killed, in Saline County,
by his brother Martin Green. while they
were inspecting a new revolver which the
latter had purchased. The brother attempted
suicide after the accident.
CONSTANTINE ScHAEFER, a farmer of
Chester, Mimi, murdered his wife and child,
a boy of six years, and committed suicide
The crime had apparently been carefully
planned.
A STEAMER belonging to the Wells Stone
Mercantile Company, engaged in hauling a
raft of logs, blew up near Sandy Lake near
the Sault, at Duluth, MINI. -Four men
were killed.
The schooner Mary Ellen, Captain
Webb, arrived ut Apalachicola, Fla, after
very rough experience at sea. Two of the
crew were drowned.
WILLIAM DAVIS was hanged at Union
S. c.; Sam Jones at Birmingham, Ala; Bob
Hill (colored) at Warrenton, GA. All wero
executed for murders.
CAPTAIN JOE MEANS, proprietor of the
Daily Hesperian Gainesville, Texas, was
shot and killed by Charlie Ball, an employe
Of the Gainesville Register. A newspaper
controversy caused the trouble.
The female town government Of Edger-
ton, Kan, resigned in body. The ladies
were disguised because the men opposed
their movement for reform.
The freight depot at Butte, Montana,
burned, causing loss of $4,000
GOVERNOR NICHOLS, of Louisiana, sent to
the Legislature message emphatically pro-
testing against an extension OF the LOUISIANA
dOIUely SoLlpduy Suai Wa
THE Rev. James Kerr and his wife were
drowned u Boykin Creek, Sumpter County,
Ala, while on their way to church.
A TERRIFIC hurricane, accompanied by an
extraordinary fall of rain, swept over Jefer-
son City, Mo, and unroofed the State House
besides doing other damage.
GENERAL JULIUS WHITE, United States
ex-AInister to the Argentine Republic, die
at his residence in South Evanston, ILL.,, Of
dropsy, after protracted illness. General
White was born in Cazenovia, n. Y, Sep
tember 90, 1913.
Two section men were killed and a third
seriously injured by being run down by a
special train on the Burlington Road at
Prescott, Wis.
THE engine and five cars of construction
train left the track near Clayton, Mo-. ana
rolled down an embankment. Richard Jones
engineer, and Richard Shelcroft, conductor
were instantly killed, and Arnold GARFIELD,
fireman, was fatally injured.
JUDGE CRozIER, of the First Judicial Dis
trict of Kansas, has decided that the State
Prohibitory law is unconstitutlonal
WILLIAM STARNICKER was discharged
| from the PenitentAly at Empire, Ga., where
| he had served sixteen years OF LIE sentence
| for a murder of which he WAS innocent.
TIE Louisiana Lottery Company has
doubled its offer to the State, anu now oilers
| s., 900, 900 per annum Tor the privilege VI
maintaining lottery.
Ten stores were burned at Auburn, Neo.
! Loss, $50, 600.