The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-07
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RECORD OF THE LEAGUE CLUBS.


RECORD OF THE LEAGUE CLUBS.
Per Per
Clnbs Won. Lost. 1t Clubs. Won. Lost ct.
Cleveland. so 80 .6lOIPhIladel. ..Ss SO .54S
Pittsburg AS 81 .592|New York .39 81 .534
Boston. Al 20 .5S6 Brooklyn ..39 81 .5s4
Baltimore Al 30 SIT Washinc'n n a 43 1853
Cincinnati 40 81 .553St. Louis ..27 81 .34s
Chicago. . "A 81 .543 Louisville. IA 81 .197
The shortage in the accounts of e1-City
Treasurer C. 81. Green, of Eau Claire, Wis,
Is 5000.
Governor Hastings has appointed General
George r. Snowden Commanding General Of
the Pennsylvania National Guard.
The cir! who was found dead in the woods
on Washington Heights, New York City, was
identified as Lilly Low. daughter Of James
Low, Jr., and niece Of Mrs. Oliver Harri-
man, member Of the "40U."
There was a sharp rise Of five cents
bushel in wheat In Chicago.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Pauline Whitney, daughter of Hon. William
G. Whitney, formerly Secretary Of the Navy,
and Almeric Hugh Paget, Of St. Paul, Mimi,
son Of Lord Alfred Paget, Of England.
At Leisenring, Penn, Frank McClory
stepped outside his door to get some wood
when he was struck by lightning and killed
instantly.
At Gainesville, Ga, Hon. Hoke Smith,
Secretary Of the Interior, began a brief
campaign in the "sound-money" cause. He
spoke to large crowd.
An unknown girl Of about nineteen years
was found dead in the underbrush, Wash
ington Heights, New York City, with bull
let in her head.
Mary Lantz, fourteen years old, Of Brook
lyn. was arrested for having caused the
death Of Genario Bonabura, who annoyed
her in thestreet, by kicking him in the shins.
Benjamin P. Cheney, the well-known capi-
talist, died at his summer residence, Welles-
ley. Mass. He was an express pioneer and
an Atchison Railroad msgnate.
By premature explosion of dynamite in
the drainage canal, near Willow Springs.
ILL.,. William Kelley. Thomas Soaker and
Joseph Smith were killed.
The Hon. Alexander Fl. Rice, Ex-Governor
Of Massachusetts,, died at his home in Stone
ham. He was born in Newton, Mass, on
August 80, 1918.
Della Smith was struck by lightning and
instantly killed while bathing with her three
sisters In o stream In Ulster County, New
York.
The steamer General Slocum was fined
s1870 at New York City for carrying too
many passengers.
The trial Of Theodore Duralt for the mur-
der Of Minnie Williams and Blanche Lamont
was begun In San Francisco, Cal.
The yacht Defender won her second race
of Sandy Hook, N. j., with the Vigilant by
nine minutes seventeen seconds, outsailing
the old cup defender on every point OF q
triangular course.
Michael Zunzak, while bathing in the river
at Port Blanchard, Penn, got beyond his
depth. and, in IN attempt to rescue him, his
friend, John B. Tecki, was drowned.
Hartford, Conn became excited over the
case Of Dentist Griswold, held in bail OF S15,-
600 for trial on cnarge OF arson.
The George ". Childs was fired upon and
seized by the revenue cutter McLane OF the
Florida coast.
John L. Walden. Cashier of the Dime Saw
ings Bank. Willimantic, Conn, disappeared,
and the bank decided to 90 into the hands
Of q receiver.
An oil mill was burned in Chicago, invoIv-
ing loss OF nearly SSO0,000.
The International Convention Of the
Young Peoples Baptist Union In Baltimore
ended.
Brooklyn won great victory at Balti-
more in defeating Denver for the Baptist
Peoples Convention In 1897.
Mine owners in Michigan and mill owners
in Massachusetts have advanced wages.
Members OF the Cabinet held q special
council in Washington on Cuba.
Josephine Sherdol, the twelve-year-old
daughter Of Sever Sherdol. of Eureka, Mimi,
was killed by her uncle. Edward Anderson,
who had been working for her father.
The Etruria sailed from New York with
81. $50, 900 Of gold withdrawn from the United
States Treasury. the first large export OF gold
since the bond contract.
n. A. Smith. q murderer, whose case ts be-
fore the United States Supreme Court, es-
capped from the Washington State Prison and
com mmitted suicide to avoid being recaptured.
The New York Police Board reduced five
detective sergeants to the ranks, and, with
eleven other detectives, transferred them to
patrol duty. Detective Sergeant Stephen
O'Brien was made acting captain and placed
In charge of the Detective Bureau. All the
old Byrnes men were degraded.
The International Convention OF the Bap-
tist Young Peoples Union began at Balti-
more with an attendance OF 10.0JO.
The Puget Sound National Bank at Everett,
Wash, closed Its doors in consequence OF a
run.
Andrew Thomas, colorei, was lynched at
Scranton, Miss, foT having assaulted white
woman sixty y-seyen years old.
Maria Barberi who murdered her be-
trayer. WAS sentenced by Recorder Golf in
New York City, to death by electricity in the
week beginning August 10; she was then
taken to the prison at Sing Sing.