The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-07-04
Washington.

CHARLES E. Sill. former employe of the
Carnegie Company, testified In regard to
armor plate frauds before the Investigating
committee in Washington.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND, accompanied by
Captain Evans and DR.. O'Reilley, left Wash
tngton for trip down Chesapeake Bay.
REpoRTs Of several hundred plates exam
ined by the Chairman OF the Armor Plate In
vestigating Committee showed that at least
ninety per cent. of the plates made by Car
negie were undertreated. SO, d.
The Sugar Trust Investigating Committee
at Washington began the examination OF
Senators. .. l.........-.
ArToRSEY-GENERAL OLSEY has ordered
suits against the Central, Union and Kansas
Pacific Railroads, to recover an aggregate OF
over s171 ,00o,0 900. . .., ...
SENATOR QUAY admitted in his examination
before the Senate Investigating Committee
that he had speculated In sugar STOCK Sena'
tor Ransom said his son had specula-ed in
the stock and Senator Vest said that Eenntors
German, Brice and Smith insisted o.. grant
ing the Trusts demands In the bill.
To all of the twenty thousand and odd
money order postoff1ces In the United States
the Postofice Department is sending the
new form Of money order blanks.
SENATOR GoRMAN was examined By the
Senate Investigation Committee.
COMMODORE JOHN W. EAssy, United States
Navy, died in Washington. aged seventy
five years. He was an inspector OF Govern
menr gunboats during the late war, and sub
seuuentlY became naval constructor.
Foreign.
A cAsrEaRAm from Seoul, the capital OF
Korea, reports that the rebels have been
overcome and peace has been restored. The
United States steamship Baltimore, ordered
to Korea to protect Americans, IS In Korean
waters.
LORD CoLEnrDaE, Chief Justice Of Eng.
land, Is dead.
ALL opposition to the peaceful succession
Of Abdul Aziz IL Morocco appears to have
subsidized and the new Sultan has been
peacefully proclaimed at Fez
CARLOS EzErA, the deposed President OF
Salvador, sent request to President Diaz
to intercede at Washington for the refugees
On board the Bennington.
REPORTS from Santa Anna, Brazil. indi
Gated that mob had possession OF the city
and was sackins it..
RICHARD CROKER, ex-leader of Tammany
Hall, reached Queenstown, Ireland, on the
S"oL a uo oaiu no uibu Bo1o dorOau ior LIS
health, and would remain there indefinitely.
MORE than seventeen hundred persons
have perished mt Hong Kong, China, Of the
plague and $4,000 Of the inhabitants have
fed from the city.
ORANdYKAN, an outlaw chief. has attacked
the British military post at Kuala-T -Tenebel.
Ing, India. and killed nine Sikhs, selling the
arms and ammunition, and plundering trad
Ing boats.
TIE Wear Valley. in Hungary, has been
inundated. Much damage has been done.
THERE WINS sharp conflict between
students and troops at Naples, Italy; many
on both sides were wounded.
DROUGHT in the Province Of Entire Rios,
Argentina, has killed two hundred thousand
head OF cattle, one hundred and fifty thou
sand sheeo andtwenty thousand horses, the
whole being valued at three millions in cur
rency.
THE University OF Cambridge. England,
has conferred the degree OF LID. on Cap
tain Alfred +. Mahan, Of the United States
cruiser Chicago.