The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-05
South and West.

IHE IeSaS DemOcratlc COuVentlOn, aC
Dallas, endorsed the national platform and
the present administration. Ex-senator
John n. Reagan withdrew his name from
the race for Governor, rs did also John D.
Mccall. The result of the first ballot was |:
Culberson, 56S !; Lanham, POI.
jim FLUNDER, colored, was found hanging
to tree about three-quarters OF a mile from
the town Of Ouachita City, Union parish,
La. Dangling from his legs was this placard {:
'Fair warning to parties going into peoples
houses after night, and to those breaking
into white ladies' ,ooms." Flunder had
bad reputation as a sneak thief.
TIE Northwest Fair. to be held in Ia
coma, WASH. from August 5 to November !,
was informally opened with appropriate ex-
ercises. Five thousand persons were pres
ent.
OSCAR LAUREN, aged thirty-two, md Ada
Wickman, aged fifteen, members OF party
at Long Lake, near Minneapolis, Mimi,
were drowned by the capsizing OF boat.
TIE State Convention OF the Tillmanite,
or Reform, faction Of the Democrats was
held at Columbia, S. G. The stratght-out
Democrats had no voice In electing the dele
gates. The convention nominated John
Gary Evans for Governor, and DR.. Thinner
man, Lieutenant-Governor.
TIE Populists and Labor parties in Ohio
formed coalition.
The Idaho Democratic State Convention at
Boise City made the following nominations:
For Governor, Ex-Governor J.. A. Stevenson
for Congress, James NJ. Ballentine for Lieu
tenant Governor, John B. Thatcher; for
Treasurer, James Il. Bush; for Auditor,
James Stoddurd (; for Surrogate, Judge J.
C. Elder.
A11x trotted three heats at Terre Haute,
Ind, at an average OF 2055s, doing the last
heat IN 2051l, which Is new worlds rec
ord.
BIG gold discoveries are reported tn New
Mexico.
ANOTHER South Carolina Judge declared
Tillman's Dispensary act unconstitutional.
MRS. B. T. Mormon, OF Monet, No., gave
birth to four children, three being girls and
one boy, the combined weight Oh Whom
was sixteen pounds.
Washington.
TIE House Foreign Affairs Committee
adopted Joint resolution congratulatingth the
Republic Of Hawaii
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND left Washington to
spend few days at Buzzard's Bay, Mass,
in the hope Of getting rid OF an attack OF
malarial fever.
The President has signed the act making
appropriations for current and contingent
expenses of the Indian Department and full
filling gtreaty stipulations with various Indian
tribes for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1895.
AN Appropriation Committee statement
shows that nearly 1926, ,000. 900 reduction in
Government expenses has been made by the
present Congress.
THE Treasury Department mailed to Gus
toms officers copies of the new Tariff bill, In
order that they may be able to properly as
sess duties when the new bill becomesa law.
The first copies were sent to far Western
points, and places in the East will be sup
piled shortly.
The Secretary of the Interior has approved
the dismissal OF 1874 clerks in the Census
Bureau, partly on account Of the completion
of the WORK upon which they were engaged,
and also because OF the condition OF the
funds under the control of the Superinten-
dent OF Census.
THE Senate has confirmed the nomination
OF William A. Beach, as Collector OF Interns
Revenue for the Twenty-ffst District OF New
York.