The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-20
LATER NEWS.

Two children OF Jonn Long were Durneu u
death in fire at Duke Centre. Penn.
HENRY B. CLEAvEs, OF Portland, was re.
nominated for Governor at the Maine Re-
publican State Convention held at Lewiston.
STRIKERS in Indiana burned bridges and
tried to blow up trainload Of troops there
we're reports of fighting at Farmersburg,
Indiana two regiments started from Balti-
more to the Cumberland coal regions an
agreement was reached between the Colorado
miners and the operators.
TIE drought in Nebraska and Arkansas
was broken. Kansas millers report gloomy
crop prospects.
TIE House Elections Committee decided
the contested election case Of Watson vs..
Black from the Tenth Georgia District. in
favor OF Mr. Black, the contestee.
The President sent the following nomina-
tions to the Senate: To be Consuls for the
United States, Alexander C. Brice, OF Iowa,
at 1Iatanzas, Cuba; Perry Barthol, OF Mis-
souri,, at Plauen, Germany; William ]. Bal
lard, OF New York, at Hull, England.
ATToRSEY-GENERAL OLNEY filed, in the be-
half OF the United States, claim against
the estate ofthe late Senator Stanford, for
the sum of s15, 900.
The Italian Ministry has resigned; there
was personal encounter between two Depu-
ties while the Budget was under discussion.
FRANK BRADFORD, prisoner confined in
the Albany County Jail on charge OF in
toxication, leaped, with suicidal intent,
from the highest or fourth corridor to the
stone floor below. He died two hours later
at the City Hospital. Bradford comes from
a highly respectable family in Bennington,
VT, and was we'll known elocutlonist and
a prominent Mason. The late General
George G. Bradford was his brother.
WEST POINT cadets gave brilliant exhibi-
ton of gunnery. They made bulps-eye
shot with sea.coast battery piece and
450-pound shell.
FIRE completely burned out the largest re-
tail dry goods store in Woonsocket, r. I. 1t
was owned by A. ]. st. Onge. The Unity
brick block was also badly damaged. Loss
S45, 900.
GOVERNOR RICHARDS has forbidden the
proposed sun dance Of the Cree Indians at
Great Falls, Montana.
FIVE Cinnamon were killed by an explosion
of gasoline in laundry at Portland, Oregon.
OHIO Republicans met in State Convention
at Columbus and declared for speedy
restoration OF silver as @ money metal. The
ticket nominated was Secretary OF State,
Samuel NJ. Taylor, Champaign County :
Judge of Supreme. Court, John A shauck,
Dayton; School Commissioner, Oscar I.
Corson, Guernsey County; member Board
Of Public Works, Charles E. Groce, Circle
vile.
MRS. CLEVELAND, accompanied By her two
children, a nurse and q maid, left Washing
ton In a special car on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, for Gray Gables, Mass, to spend
the summer there.
SENATORS Villas, Smith, Gallinger. Black
burn and Patton have been appointed COM
mittee to receive petitions and give hear
incs on the existing industrial distress.
GUTIERREZ has been proclaimed President
Of Salvador after an exciting day and night
in La Libertad, during part of which time
American forces were in charge of the
town.
The Brazilian insurgents have been de-
feated by the Government troops in Santa
Catharina and Rio Grande do Sui.
THE golden jubilee OF the Young Mems
Christian Associations was celebrated In Lon
DON