The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-07-19
LATER NEWS.

DANIEL. and Myrtle Mccarthy, aged re-
spectively thirteen and ten years, ciiildreno OF
Dennis McCarthy,a saloon keeper at Buffalo.
NY, were burned to death in II fire which
resulted from the explosion Of lamp.
The Fourth oi July WAS celebrated i'll New
York City and thereabout i'll the customary
various and divers ways, flags being ra'sed,
Tammany hearing speeches from Speaker
Crisp, Benton, McMillin ana others. Seth
Low, Justice Brewer and Senator Hawiey
were the speakers at Henry c. Bowens
annual Fourth OF July celebration at Wood
stock. Conn. A bronze statue OF Willlam
Lloyd Garrison was unveiled at NewourY-
port, Mass, ex-Representative Frederick L.
Greenhalge, Of Lowell making the Grafton.
ArRoLLEY car dashed with full force into
another trolley car just south ofthe southern
boundary OF Brooklyn, n. Y. The occr-
pants of both cars were hurled ir al dlrec-
tions. Peter McHugh, the motorman. was
killed and seven passengers injured. The
two-year-old son Of Charles Magic was In
ssantly killed by trolley car in Buffalo. n.
A mob nearly lynched the motormar. Twsr
ty picnickers were injured in atrolley car
collision at Wilkes5ar-e, Penn.
JOEL MITCHELL, at q picnic near wood
bine. KY. killed John Marsee, James Francis
and Dempsy Smith. They had been drink
ing.
THERE were 250.00o persons at the Fourth
of July exercises on the Worlds Fair
Grounds, addresses wers maize by Vice
President Stevenson, Hampton L. Carson. OF
Philadelphia, and Mayor Harrison tine Paul
Jones flag was unfurled and the new Liberty
Bell was dedicated.
SECRETARY HERBERT has appointed Miss
Letitia c. Tyler, OF Alabama, granddaughter
of ex-President Tyler, to clerkship in the
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts in the
Navy Department.
TIE monthly circulation statement issued
by the Treasury Department showsa net de-
crease in circulation since June OF b.
425.49O. and since July l, 1892, OF ss,s46,s77:
mskin. the amount of all kinds OF money IN
circulation July l. 1898, 1883, ,72G.Gli.
None than 100 miners we're supposed to
have been killed by an explosion Of flredamp
In colliery at Thorahili, Yorkshire, Eng
land.
The United State cruiser Monocacy went
ashore on IN island between Jehang and
Hankow. China. The forward part is badly
on. Damage unknown.
TIE new German Reichstag was opened by
Emperor William; in his speech from the
throne he dwelt upon the necessity for this
passage OF the Army bill without delay.
The boilers OF the trade steamer Alfoas eH
ploded N the Volga. near Romanov, Russia,
killing twenty-siN Of the passengers.
THERE were continued riotous denonstra-
tions by students in the streets Of Paris
many wefe Injured on both sides il collisions
between cavalry and rioters.
DESTRUCTIVE hailstorm passed over
Eastern Pennsylvania, doing much damage
to crops and buildings
The United States cruiser Atlanta arrived
at Norfolk, Va, from Nicaragua.
NEAR Bardwell, Ky., two girls named Ray.
aged sixteen and twelve years, were brutally
murdered, presumably by tramp. They
had left their home in Bardwell to pick
blackberries.
THEODORE CocMBs, Il miner, at Butte,
Montana, cut his wife's throat and then COM
mitted suicide by taking poison. Their
married life had been unhappy.
TUz Secretary OF the Treasury has in.
structed the Custom House Commission at
New York to investigate the whole subject OF
refunds Of excessive duties, as conducted at
that port, and to suggest any improvements
which seem to them desirable.
UNITED STATES Consul HANNA. at Ls
Guayra, has informed tho State Department
of tho election OF General joaquin Crespo as
President OF the republic OF Venezuela to hll
out the unexpired term ending February 20,
1894.
A rLor to blow up tho headquarters of the
Hawaiian Provisional Government. and re-
store the ex-Queen has been discovered and
three conspirators arrested.
TEX THOUSAND delegates to the Christian
Endeavor Convention arrived in Montreal.