Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-06-18
NEWS IN BRlEf.
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makers connection with the Key
stone Bank scandal.
The tobbaco factory of z. II.
Mayo & Brother, in Richmond, was
damaged to the extent of SIS, 900
by fire; fully insured.
Mrs. Priscilla Randolph, Of Som
erset county, n. J., was badly hurt
By the explosion of piece of candy
she had bitten.
Mr.. Porter, superintendent of
the census, admits that he will have
to cut down his force because the
appropriation for his bureau il be-
coming exhausted.
ID. Ii. Clark, aged twenty-eight
years, postmaster of Old jefferson,
Rutherford county, Ten. was killed
by shot from ambush Sunday
night as he was leaving the resi-
dence of Mrs. Susan Wade, where
he had been visiting.
The young democracy of Cecil
county carried through their pro-
gramme in convention, nominating
a ticket. electing delegates to the
State Convention, indorsing Hon.
Frank Brown for Governor and de-
claring in favor of re-electing Sena-
tor German.
Col. II. III. Abercrombie, of Gads-
den, Ala, was mistaken for a bur-
glar Monday night by his son-in-
law, DIR. Baker, and instantly killed
while walking in his garden. He
was a prominent man and was a
colonel in the civil war.
Caveson & Caveson's pants fac
tory, Birmingham, Ala, one of the
best tlree-story buildi"ss in the
city, was completely gutyed by fire
Monday night, as was the building
next door, and all Their contents
destroyed. The walls fell in and
crushed small house on one side.
The loss is probably over $4,000.
The heaviest rain and hail-storm
in South Dakota for years burst
upon the city of Hot Springs Mon
day and lasted two hours. Water
poured down in torrents, deluGing
the streets to the depth of two feet.
Hailstones as large as a mans fist
completely demolished all northern
windows and pelted vegetation into
the earth.
Near Sharpsburg, KY, Mrs. b.
+. Ravelscroft was decoyed from
home by three negroes who said her
husband was lying by the roadside
drunk. When out of reach of help
she was seized and assaulted. One
negro, a boy, was captured, and
there are strong threats of lynching
him. The negroes threaten to fight
if the iynching is attempted.
While Emperor William of Ger
many was exercising a party OF
grenadiers on the parade ground at
Tempelhof, Germany, lightning
struck the captain Of the party and
three soldiers, killing two Of the
latter and dangerously wounding
the captain and the other soldier.
1t is supposed that the rifle barrels
and bayonets attracted the electri-
city.
A letter from Acapulco, Mexico,
to the San Francisco Examiner
quotes Silva Palma, captain of the
CHILEAN cruiser Esmeralda, as saying
that on the appearance of the Uni
ted States cruiser Charleston, of
the harbOr of Acapulco, the Esmer-
aida had her decks sanded for ac-
ton, and that the Charleston had
every man at the guns. ''If a pistol
had been fired on either side," the
captain is represented saying, "'it
would have been the signal for in
slant engagement.
The great baccarat trial at Lon
don resulted in a verdict for the de-
PENDANTS and against Sir William
Gordon-Cumming. The verdict
was Kissed in court and Sir William
was cheered as he left. The victo-
rious defendants were regarded cold
ly and in silence by the people.
Lord Chief Justice Coleridge in his
charge to the jury criticised the
cOulse of SirWilliam in not demand
ing that his accusers face him and
excused the Prince of Wales gam
bling. The Prince did not appear
in court yesterday, but attended
the races at Ascot Heath, where he
was enthusiastically cheered by the
people. 1t was the Princes first
appearance in public since his trial.
THURSDAY, June IL.
The new hotel at East Lake, near
Birmingham, Ala, was burned yes
terday; loss s23, 900.
Mrs. Emma l.. Kearney, who
shot herself accidentally Tuesday
evening at Sykesville, Md, died
the same night.
The Concordia Opera House,
Eutaw and German streets, Balti-
more, was nearly destroyed by fire
yesterday.
The President appointed three
republicans and two. democrats
judges of the Court of Private Land
Claims.
A Confederate monument was