The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-15
South and West.

TEE Gsrmau building at tho Worlds Fair,
Chicago, ILL.,, was dedicated =,
THE funeral ceremonies over Associate
Justice L. @. C. Lamar were held at the
Opera House, Macon, Gl., and eulogtes ware
delivered by some Of the most proMinent
members OF the Georgia Bar. Chief Justice
Fuller and the Associate Justices were pfas-t
emit at the services. ~
THE thaw has created havoc at the Worlds
Fair grounds, Chicago, III. Tho Icy mow
caused leaks in number OF buildings dam.
aging the decorations. The great benks o1
snow that rested on the roof OF tho thirty
acre Manufacturers Building caved q hole
about sixty by six hundred feet In the East (
Annex, and caused about 100000 damage
NEWS has been received Of the freezing to- !
death Of an entire family in an isolated por-
ton Of Lincoln County, West Virginia.
The family was that OF John Nichols his
wife and four children. They we're wan
dering about and were camping out. jgg
COLONEL GEORGE e. GROVER, British 4
Representatives, the Worlds Fair, died sud-
denly in Chicago, I'LL
ONE man was killed and twelve injured
and ten homes were burned owing 70 tne@
blowing up Of the charging house OF DiehPs
powder factory at Reading, Ohio.
STEWART & Co.'s carriage factory at Pon.i
tiac Mich, was completely wrecked by
boiler explosion. It covered an acre Of
ground.
Ar Memphis, Tenn. Fred Schumann.
killed his two children, Lotta, aged thfrteent
years, and Fred, aged nine, by administer
ing morphine, and attempted 8 uictde by the.
same means. IL
JOHN C. HoDJA, a native Of B ohenia and
an ex-priest while insane killed his tnfanS
SON Joseph, and probably fatally wounded
his thrse-year-old son Charles In the homS
of the family, in Baltimore, Md. 4 .s5
The great Ice gorge at Cincinnati, Ohio
hos broken, and so have others on the Ohio
River above that point, ami great damage
has been done. l1
heavy snow and intense cold were report
ed from all the States in the Northwest.
TIE trlal OF the United States vsssel Vesu-,
wins was held of Port Royal, B. c., and the
cruiser delighted her officers by the splendid
way she did her work. She answered every
requirement. Twelve dynamite pro5ecthes
were fired, and each was success. Blk were:
Hred at the 1000 yard range and six at l6O0
arror at first, but this was corrected, and
almost perfect work foil owed.
Washington. IS
TIE House Committee on Rules de-
cided to report favoraly q resolution for
the investigation Of tae rumors OF bribery
in connection with ths Panama Canal.
JoHs SINGER WALLACE, chaplain In
the United States Navy since March 10.
1883. has been retired. For some time 40
had been stationed abosrd the WABASH @
the Charlestown (Mass.) Navy Yard. he u
siIty-three years old and the Oldest chaplain
| in the service. Z,
ArroasE9-GESERAL MILLER reports to
the Home that there ara 1904 war claims
peuding for q total ranging between $50.
Doc, 600 and S400. .00o, 900. Il ~. =
INTERNAL revenue receipts Tor the hrst
| sir months Of the current fiscal year snow
an increase Of 81, ,16a, lib.
TIE Secret ~ Of the Treasury sent to the
House estimates Of appropriations Tor de-
fravire the expenses Of collecting the rev.
enue from customs for the fiscal year end
ing June 3Uth, 1894, amounting to V,osA-
TIE British Government instructed Str
JuIian Pauncafote, its Minister at Washing
| tom. to protest against the action OF tho
| United States officials and forces In Hawaii.
SPEAKER CRISP announced the appoint
| ment of the following committees to investt.
oate the Panama Canal scandal: Messrs:
Follows Geary, Patterson, Powers ana
Storer. ..f .a
FRANCIS NJ. MALONE, Of Miles City, Mon
tana has arrived at the Capitol with the de-
/ layed electoral returns Of that State Th1a
completes the returns from all the States. I
TIE funeral of General Abnsr Doubleday,
whose body was brought from New York 20
washington, took place. Thsre were no re-
| lisiors services or other exercises at the
grave except the firing Of the parting salute.
| The body was buried In Arlington Ceus-
terry.