The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-15
Domestic.
RECORD OF TIE LEAGUE CLUBS

Ten thousand miners went on strike In the
Pocahontas coal region Of West Virginia.
The annual May Day labor parades and
mass-meetings were held in various Eastern
cities.
The new Belt Line tunnel In Baltimore,
Md, was opened.
The third annual congress of the Sons OF
the American Revolution began in the Old
South Meeting House, Boston, Mass.
The Appalachian Bank at Big Stone Gap.
Va, has closed its doors. It was organized
five years ago with $4,000 capital.
John Newton (colored) was killed near
Yorkville, S. c., by Frank Moore, his twelve
year-old stepson. The boy gave himself up,
saying that he killed Newton in self-defence
and while protecting his mother.
James Young, ianitor of the court house
at Brazil, Ind. killed his wife at her mothers
home. then returned to his room in the base
ment OF the court house, called County Re-
corder Keyser to the speaking tube, bade him
good-by and killed himself.
The United States cruiser Minneapolis
from Key West arrived at Fortress Monroe,
Va. She will undergo the necessary reftting
at Norfolk to prepare her for the flagship Of
the North Atlantic Squadron. Her trial In
the tropics Is said to prove her the most
efficient OF cruisers.
Columbus Phelp. shot end killed his half
brother, Henry Phelps, near Bowling Green,
Ky., because he would not swear falsely for
him.
The sixth colored person was lynched In
Butler County, Alabama, for the murder Of
young Watts Murphy. Sheriff Bargaines
found his body hanging to tree. His name
is not kn OWN.
There was big raise in the price Of wheat,
believed to be due to a corner managed by
P. D. Armour in Chicago.
Emil Furrer and John Notter were burned
to death in one of the three barns owned by
John Guyer, farmer. near Milford, Conn.
At Dubuque, Iowa, Paying Teller Maurice
Brown, Of the Iowa Trust aud Savings Bank,
shot and seriously wounded Leonard Lees
in the bank, after Lees had made an attempt
to rob the institution of the days funds.
Ex-Speaker Crisp, of Georgia. talked on
the political situation at Atlanta. He de-
clares for silver and said free coinage would
be the one issue of the next campaign. He
wants silver platform and a Western man
with military record as Presidential can
ddate.
Oliver Curtis Perry, the train robber. who
escaped from the asylum for insane criminals
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the county jail In Jersey City, N. j., for
nearly two weeks, was taken back to Mattea-
wan.
The Merchants National Bank, of Rome,
Ga, capital 100000, closed Its doors.
Comptroller Eckels placed bank examiner
In charge.
The United States cruisers New York and
Columbia returned to the Port OF New York
after cruise in West Indian and South
American waters.
Professor J. W. Bells was killed at Leb-
anon, Ind, while making his first ascension
In a mammoth balloon that he had recently
finished.
The big brick warehouse OF Sanders &
Backwood, at Charlotte, N. c., was de-
stroyed by fire. Several adjoining buildings
we're crushed in by falling walls. The loss
Is s125, 900.
The store Of Noah Hertzler at Port Royal,
Penn, was robbed Of stocks, bonds and cash
amounting to about s35, coo. The safe was
blown open.
At Bradentown, Fla, Thomas A. Mitchell,
a nephew Of Governor Mitchell, was shot and
killed by Perry Hand. Mrs. Hand had de.
serted her husband for Mitchell.
Robert Ford has been hanged at Nashville,
Tenn. He killed Jerry Brown in a quarrel
over a game of cards last October. Both men
were colored.
Coxswain John Johnson was killed at San
Diego, Cal, on the new United States cruiser
Olympia by an accident to lve-inch rapid
fire gun.