The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-08-03
THE NEWS EPIT0MIZED.
Eastern and Middle States.

A VIOLENT tornado struck the town OF
Auburn. n. H., destroying trees and grow
ing crops.
The National Educational Association
ended its session in Saratoga. N. Y.
NoN.uNIoN men were set to work in the
big mills at Homestead. Penn. Mr. Frick
took advantage Of the presence OF the sol.
diers to bring in fifty or sixty men, aud
fires were kindled again in some Of the fur.
naces. The non union men came III small
parties after the strikers scrutiny or new
arrivals was stopped by General Snowien
The entire force OF assistants to the CIVIL
engineers in the employ Of tbs Carnegie
Steel Company STRUCK out Of sympathy for
the locked out men.
THE body OF Cyrus W. Field was buried
beside that of his wife. in the family plot in
the Stockbridge Mass, Cemetery.
NARY E. GALLAGHER OF fremont, Penn. q,
and rer sister, Mrs. Pauline Murray, OF
Philadelphia, were capszsd OF Gloucester
City. n. j., and drowned
ARTHUR w. AND W.B. WARN. of Lsvaut,
Me-, twin brothers, aged eight years, were
drowned while swimming.
A NOTICE was posted at Homestead, Penn,
inviting individual applications for en-
ployment at the Carnegie Steel Worss from
such of the locked out men as did not take
part in the efforts to prolong the trouble.
The notice said that unless they reported
for work Immediately their places would be
filled by non-union men.
GENERALJAMES A. CUNNINGHA an, Super
intendent Of the Chelsea (Mass) Soldiers
Home, died few nights since aged sixty
two.
THOMAS 81. CARTER, of Montana, United
States Land Commissioner, was unanimously
chosen Chairman Of the Republican Ma
tional Committee by the National Executive
Committee in New York City; he was
authorized to name the Secretary Of the
committee, and he wrote to e6-Congressman
L. E. McComas, Of Maryland, offering him
the place.
ADLA1 Z. STEVENSON, Democratic candi-
date for Vice. President, arrived in New YORK
from Bloomington, ILL.,, to receive the official
notification of his nomination. After spend.
ing a day in the city, he went to Gray Gables,
Buzzard's Bay, Mass. to pay a short visit to
ex-cresident Grover Cleveland.
THE Goshen IN. " National Bank, which
was so nearly wrecked by its detaulting
cashier, William NJ. Murray, has reopene1
for business.
WARRANTS were sworn out at Homestead,
Penn, by Secretary Lovejoy, OF the
Carnegie Company, for the arrest OF Hugo
O'Donnell Burgess McLuckie and fiV7
others Of the strikers. McLuckie sur
rendered. The others could not be found.
They were accused OF murder.
ROSE TERRY COOKE, one OF the best
known women authors Of New England,
died, few days ago at her home. at Pitts
field. Mass. She had been in delicate health
for several years and fiually succumbed to
an attack of heart failure. She was mem.
Der of the noted Terry family Of Con.
necticut, and was born at East Hartford
February II, 1897.
TRA1NMEN arriving IN Rsaiing, Penn, re-
ported a severe frost at Best's Station near
Slatington. PASSENGERS aud traiuuen on
the Lehigh Valley Road and those OF the
Reading Road north Of Broad Mountain
were obliged to build fires in the cars.
GOVERNOR PArr1soN and staff left Harris.
burg for Homestead, Penn, in a private car
attached to the Western Express.
The Atlantic Hotel at Long Branch, NJ,
was burned; the guests had jewelry and
clothing worth s30,OOO stolen from them.
LAWRENCE AND GEORGE McDERMorr,
twelve and fourteen years old respectively,
were drowned while bathing in Mill River,
New Haven. Conn.
DR.. CHARLES D. ScUDDEs, son-in-law
Of ex-senator Evarts committe suicide at
Northport Long Island, N. Y. He stabbed
himself to the heart.