The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-14
Domestic.
RECORD OF THE LEAGUE CLUBS.

Cleveland. 52 81 sos 5|Chicaso. ..4s SO .562
Plttsburg. .4S 33 .599|New York III SO $50
Baltimore. A 81 .5S7| Brooklyn. ~ 81 .526
Cincinnati 45 IS .6SS Washing'n 25 At .37
Boston. ~ So .660|St. Louis. ..98 IS .S33
Phlladel. ..42 81 .653 Louisville. .18 SO .2S4
Richard NJ. Hunt, the noted architect, died
In Newport, B. L, after . brief illness.
In the run Of the New York Yacht Club
from New London, Conn. 10 Newport, 3. L,
the Defen ier outsailed the Vigtlant by moro
than twelve minutes.
The New York City Police Board appealed
for S25 intelligent and able-bodied recruits
for the force.
Frank Burkett was nominated for Cover
nor by the Mississippi Populists at Jackson
and q full State hcket was put In the field. !,
Fire In Menominee, Wis.,. destroyed d
number Of saw and planning mills and as
000, 900 feet Of lumber. The loss Will reach
nearly S600, 900.
Simon Wcrmser, member Of the banking
firm Of I. & 8. Wormser, died suddenly from
heart disease on the street In New York City.
Everything was reported to bs quiet at the
scene Of the threatened Indian disturbances
In Wyoming. .E /,
At the Coroner's inquest into the death Of
Lille Low In New York City no mention was
made Of the three persons arrested In con-
nection with It. and after the jury had re-
turned q verdict OF suicide they were dis
charged. -..'. .
The Defender was outsaied by the Vigi-
liant, and under weather conditions In which
her owners claimed the new boat would
romp right away from the old cup defender.
There was q strong wind and heavy sea.
Four miles from the finish the Defenders
ofparino hooopna darap0ad WhfQ nrOh.
ably saved her from defeat.
The Cunari steamship Aurania was found
disabled In midocean by two steamships. but
declined assistance, as her captain decided
to make repairs and bring the vessel into
New York under her own steam.
Secretary Herbert arrived on the Dolphin
and inspected the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
A large number of colored women assem-
The doors Of the Union Bank, Denver,
COL, were closed and that institution Is In
the hands Of the Government. It was upset
by demand for s75,0O0 Of public funds.
The County Treasurer's Office was closed
also. ..
The silver debate between Roswell G. Horr
and William d. Harvey, In Chicago, ended.
+ Sergeant Franklin T. Germann, Of New
1Uk Slty, Willie Oh Quty got WOrQ tuRt hs
wife and Oldest boy, George, eight years old,
had been drownedin Spring Lake, New York,
while out boating.
DR.. George Drury, Of Brooklyn, was sum-
moned to an empty house to attend case of
illness, and was there set upon by three
men, bound, gagged and robbed.
Fire at Rockville, Conn, destroyed dx
buildings. The loss Is estimated at $100, ,000.I
N. E. Cummings, Cashier OF the Utah Com
mercial Savings Bank Of Salt Lake City, is
alleged to be q defaulter to the extent Of over
$4,000.
Santa Barbara, CAL, experienced an earth
quake shock. ...
The first Of feet of iron canal-boats to
navigate Lake Erie and the Erie Canal was
launched at Cleveland, Ohio.
At Ceredo, W. Va, Mrs. VIM. Pierce and
her son Franklin were drowned at the public
landing. They were strangers In that city,
having gone there from Middleport; N. 7.
At San Francisco. Cal, William Fredericks
wat hanged for murder. he made short
speech from the gallows. he shot down
Cashier Herrick In San Francisco bank.
Tillie Helm, In attempting to change her
seat In pleasure boat. in midstream, at
Otter Dam, north OF Burlington, Iowa, over
turned the boat, and, with Joseph Neite and
Arthur Walters, was drowned.
The Womans Home Missionary Society OF
the Methodist Church opened its annual con-
vention at Ocean Grove, N. j.