The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-07-12
LATER NEWS.

TIE Board OF Education OF New York City
decided to lay up the school ship st. Marys,
hocouse the Mayor would not alloWthe Board
,f Estimate to appropriate enough money TO
urry on the nautical school.
THE annual meeting OF the Army OF the
Potomac Association was held in Boston,
Mass.
GEORGE ". RITTER and William Anderson,
o, SIiddletown, N. Y, were crushed to deatn
AZ Roaring Brook, near Crooks Falls. Inc
men were members Of wrecking crew al
work.
TIE cowboy race Of 1910 miles from Cha
dron. Mob, was finished at Chicago when
John Jerry on his chestnut pony Poison
rode up to the Wild West Show grounds and
was greeted by Buffalo Bill, who afterward
decided that he had won the race.
BROOKLYN DAY was observed at the Worlds
Fair with big meetinsin Music Hall among
the speakers were st. Clair McKelway, Murat
Halstead and Mayor Boody, Of Brooklyn, and
Mayor Harrison, OF Chicago. -.
Two collins were orlored at San Antonio,
Texas, in which to bury Henry Gerry and DIS
wife, aged eigbty-three and seventy-ntne
years, both OF whom died OF old age within
twenty minutes OF ono another.
JULIA FORCE, who while insane murdered
her mother and sister at Atlanta, Co., has
been declared not guilty by o jury, which
also decided that she was not now insane.
TIE test OF the smokeless powder invented
by Mason Leonard, OF Virginia, proved so
satisfactory that the Ordnance Bureau OF the
War Department has ordered large amount
OF the explosive sent to the Sandy Hook
proving ground fora more thorough test.
THE Washington authorities have decided
that the postofies on the Worlds Fair
grounds at Chicago will be left open on Sum
day hereafter, for tho purpose Of giving the
needed mail facilities.
CoPIoUs rains in several parts Of the Ger
man Empire have improved the prospects Of
the crops.
The natives Of one Of the Philippine Islands
have risen in revolt against the Spaniards
and O battle has been fought. The natives
lost eighty-seven killed., including the Sultan,
while 800 OF tneir number were wounded.
The Spanish loss. II any. was not stated.
THE rarragus statue IN Marine Park, South
Boston, Mass, was unveiled.
GEORGE E. GREEN OF Binghamton, was
elected President Of the State League OF Re-
publican Clubs. and james B. Townsend, OF
New York. Secretary.
AT resort known as Glcn Park. near
Watertown, N. y, Walter Darling. aged
twenty-one years, was in boat with Miss
Abb Woolley, aged sixteen. When nsar the
Falls tho boat was capsized and they were
thrown into the water. In spite OF all efforts
to rescue them both were drowned.
THE village OF Lexington. Oklahoma, has
been destroyed by fire and three persons
perished in the flames. The village OF Au-
gusfa, located in the northeastern part OF
Calhoun County. Michigan. having popu-
lation of GOO, has been wiped out by fire.
BECAUSE OF the arrest, through error, OF
Commissioner Hasslcr by the Columbian
Guard, the pavilion of Paraguay, at the
Worlds Fair. was closed as u protest.
TEE second foo- OF tie Color Department
Building (the paint shop OF the Worlds Fair)
gave way under the weight OF afteen men.
Twelve men nad limbs broken or otherwise
injured, but no one WAS killed.
The Western railroads virtually agreed on
one-fare round trip rate for the Worlds
Fair
TIE boldest attempt ut train robbery that
ever occurred in Texas wac made few after
moons ago near the village OF Breckenridge.
in Wilson County. The affair resulted IN the
killing OF T. T. Martin. the fireman, and the
capture OF one OF the robbers. who gives his
name as J. D. May, acowboy. No booty was
secured.
TIE President appointed William G. En-
NETT, CT New York. to he Consul at Alx-la-
Chapelle, Germany, and James Sheakley, OF
Alaska, to he Gov ,rnor OF Alaska.
SURVEYOR LYON. OF New York City. wrote
to Secretary Carlisle that he could not obey
his order to recognize tho Custom House In
vestigating Commission, and gave Us his
reason that the body was Illegal.