The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-08-19
THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

THE United States steamships Philadelphia
and Petrol Of the North Atlantic squadron,
with Admiral Gherardi on board, dropped
anchor at Bar Harbor, Me.
THEthree story pulp mill of the Glen's
Falls Company at Ticondaroga, N. T., was
burned. Loss, $50, 600.
The drill of the New York Naval Reserve
came to close with q review at Fishers
Island.
JUDGE HAMILTON BARCLAY STAPLES, Of
the Superior Court of Massachusetts, died
at Worcester. after long and painful illness,
Of internal cancer. He was born in Mendon,
Mass, February IA, 1929.
SECRETARY TRACY in the Despatch a.
rived at New London, Conn, cruising to The
eastward.
FIFTEEN HUNDRED representatives Of the
workrnen in Pennsylvania collieries met at
Plains, Penn, James Flynn, of Parsons, pre-.
siding, and determined to insist upon the
companies obey1ng the law requiring pay
ment OF wages every two weeks
The naval reserves returned to New York
City from their drills at Fishers Island.
Mich COWS were poisoned by some un-
known person in Newark, NY, and the
owners saved their customers by rushing
through the town ringing bells and shouting
to their customers not to drink Of the milk.
ANDREW L. WEsTBRooK, a former resi-.
dent of Brooklyn, committed suicide in Dun
dee Lake, near the home Of his son, in the
village OF Clifton, NJ. he was sixty-nine
and very wealthy.
SAMUEL HANo. real estate operator ut
Allston. Mass. has assigned to his father.
Louis Hano. His liabilities are $500, 600, and
gross assets S1,000,0OO.
The works of the Richmond County
Light, Heat and Power Company, at st.
George, Staten Island. N. Y, were destroyed
by fire. Loss over $50, 900.
WILLIAM E. CAssELLs, of the firm Of VIII.
son Cassells & Co., of Boston, committed
suicide at Portland, Me-, and next day it was
learned that he had forged paper to the ex-
tent of between $50 900 and S5o, 900. He had
taken his life rather than face disgrace.
ABRAHAM BAcKER, of the ory goods com
mission house OF A. Backer & Co., New York
assigned. His liabilities are estimated at
about q ,000. 900, of which s., SOC, 600 are di,
rect and 81, 500, 900 contingent. The princi
pal creditors are banks.
The famous Weeks House at Palmer,
Mass, was burned, and ons OF the guests,
Rev. Francis F. Williams, Boston clergy
man, was sufocated to death.
W. L. BUCK, Cashier of the First National
Bank Of DARCY, Penn. was struck by
train at Collingdale and instantly killed.
The formal opening of the great Chautau.
qua IN. " Assembly took place, and fully
10. 900 people were present to participate in
the exercises.
The Squadron Of Evolution, which saile1
recently in command OF Acting Rear.
Admiral John g. Walker, to put the Naval
Reserve Battalion of the State of New York
through a week of man-of-warsmen drill at
Fishers Island, returned to New York Har'
Dor.
ScHUYLKR's STEAM TOWING COMPANY,
of Albany, N. Y, the oldest and best known
of the North River lines, has suspended.
The liabilities admitted foot up $3.50, 900.
HENRY BARrELs, bartender in New
York City, was ''eectrocuted" by an electric
motor of ten arc lights capacity, which runs
the fans for cooling the place. He was
hurled backward to the floor, and after
few spasmodic twitches of the muscles al
was over with him. He was dead within
three minutes. Hundreds saw him die.