The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-01
THE NEWS EPITOM!ZED
Washington Items.

to grant a writ oferror in the case from New
York City Of DR.. Buchanan, the convicted
wife-murderer.
R. H. Mclean. of Washington. has been
selected to command the Hawaiian Army,
with the rank and pay of n Colonel in the
United States Army. Mr. Mclean graduated
at the Naval Academy in 1872. and spent
twenty years in the United States Marine
Corps.
Charles H. Mansur. Of Missouri, Deputy
Comptroller Of the Treasury. died at Wash
ington after an illness of several weeks. MIR.
Mansur was sixty years DID,
Reports to the Department Of Agriculture
show that the Chicago beef combine has low
cred the price of dressed beef in England.
Secretary Morton issued an order letting in
Mexican cattle.
The children Of the District of Columbia
rolled eggs in the White House grounds, as
they have done on Easter Monday for many
years. There was no music, however, as the
Marine Band are blowing their horns in
Texas.
Extensive food adulteration has been dis
covered by the Agricultural Department. but
remedial legislation by Congress is improba-
BILE for several years.
A robbery was committed upon the Chilean
Legation by newly hired butler, a Chilean
by birth. He abstracted diamond necklace
valued at SIC, 900, and secured S60 in money.
He then disappeared.
Counsel in the income tax cases asked the
United States Supreme Court to grant re-
hearing upon the constitutionality OF the
law.
Secretary Gresham informed England that
the bombardment Of Greytown or the land
ING of troops on Nicaraguan soil will be con-
81 - 20 fhn in{I oto ~
country.
Edward O. Atkinson, the Boston econ
mist, gave novel dinner for ten persons at
the residence Of Assistant Secretary Hamlin.
Seven courses, all cooked by Mr.. Atkinson.
were served. The entire cost OF the dinner,
exclusive of the floral decorations, was S1.50.
Federal authorities believe that fully $4,000
in silver counterfeits is in circulation in the
vicinity Of Omaha, Neb.
A counterfeit fye-dollar bill on the Black
stone Canal National Bank of Providence,
R. l., has been discovered at Washington.
Domestic.
There was a slight shock OF earthquake felt
In Burlington. vt. The disturbance was OF
several seconds duration. A slight shock OF
earthquake was felt also at Northheld, vt.
Notices were posted in the mills at New
Bedford, Mass. of restoration of the form
er schedule of wages, following the action
of the Fall River manufacturers in that re-
gard.
Governor Werts, OF New Jersey, signed the
bill making Lincolns birthday legal holi-
day.
Robert Center, the we'll known yachtsman,
and sportsman, was killed in New York Cityi
while riding a bicycle, which collided with
coal cart.
More than four thousand school teachers
held one big meeting and three overflow
meetings in New York City to den0unce the !
passage, by the Assembly, of the Education
"Compromise" bill. !,
Arthur Seelye, aged twenty-five, son of
President L. Clark Seelye, Of Smith College,.
was found dead on the rocks at the foot Of:
a steep bluff on the south end OF Mt. Tom,
near Northampton, Mass. He was on pc
destrian tour and lost his footing. !:
There were two distinct earthquake shocksi
at Port Townsend, WASH, lasting ten and
eight seconds respectively. The shocks were
distinctly felt in the entire peninsula. ,
A cyclone near Cherokee, Kan, caused
death and much damage. The house Of
Frank Goodin was the first one struck. The
building was completely destroyed. Both
Goodin and his wife were blown some dis
tance, Goodin being killed.
Oil reached s2.54 on the Pittsburg penny
exchange.
It was learned that Robert A. Holladay,
Town Treasurer Of South Orange, n. j., had
disappeared and that his accounts were short
$4,000. :;
Because OF the floods all the immense cot
ton and wool factories in Lowell, NJ aSs.,'
closed down, throwing 10000 operatives out
of work. The financial loss, direct and indi-
rect. is estimated at 100000. The total loss
by freshets at Rumford Fall, Me-, was esti-
mated at s5OO,eOO.
Wholesale charges Of bribery among Ohio
legislators are to be investigated.
Mayor Strong. of New York City, appoint,
ed Robert j. Wright and John P. Faure
Commissioners of Charities and Correction;i
Miss Ellen Collins was made School Inspect
or.
The annual election Of the Tammany So:
ciety in New York City resulted in a COM
plete victory for the Croker element.
In q drunken brawl in Cleveland, Ohio,'
John Sejhar shot Carl Richter dead and
mortally wounded Albert Richter. brother.
As soon as he was put in cell he hanged
himself.
Patrick Mcclure and Michael O'Donnell,
two OF the convicts who escaped from the.
Matteawan Asylum for Insane Criminals
were recaptured near Pine Plains. N. Y, by
James Coyle, an asylum keeper, and re-
turned to their cells.
Charles Janda shot Camille Janda. his;
sister-in-law, at New York City, and then,
committed suicide. The chief cause Of
trouble was debt Of S2.4S.
James W. Scott, a we'll known journalist.
of Chicago, owner Of the Times-Herald and
the Evening Post, died of apoplexy at the
Holland House in New York City.
A mysterious murder was brought to
light at Boston, Mass, when policeman
found the body of eight-year-old Alice sterl-
ing in a newly-made grave in the cellar OF
stable in the Denny estate, in the Dorchester
district.
James Dwight Dana, editor, author,
scientist and professor in Yale University.
died at his home in New Haven, Conn. He
was born in Utica on February II, 1913.
Four persons were killed in fight with
the Choctaw Indians op their reservation In
Indian Territory
Fire in the Illinois State House. at Spring.
field, did 525O0O damages.
John F. Jones, formerly a rcfiner at tho
Carson City (Nev.) mint, was arrested on
charge of stealing S77, 900 worth OF gold and
silver bullion.
E. H. Farrer, a pension attorney OF Roches-
ter, y. Y, has been convicted OF violating the
nension laws and has been sentenced to hard
labor in the Monroe County Pcnitentiary.
Mrs. Nancy Smith, one Of the Oldest pen