The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-17
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RECORD OF THE LEAGUE CLUBS

Pittsburg 81 % .535 Wash'n2'n.21 29 APO
Cleveland. 81 % .5S5ISt. Louis. 1T 36 .321
Cincinnat.27 % .54O.Loulsville. AZ .143
Octavius O'Cottle, an aged and wealthy
Buffalo (N. W lawyer, was abducted by
strange men and held two days In an unoc-
cupied dwelling for ransom.
Philip Phillips, the evangelist known as
the Singing Pilgrim, died at the house OF a
friend in Delaware, Ohio. He was born IN
Chautauqua County, New York. on August
13, 1884.
Commencement exercises we're held at
Yale, Harvard, Amherst, Dartmouth, Wes-
leyan, Williams, Trinity and other New Eng
land colleges.
The Harvard Athletic Committee has de-
cided to decline the Oxford Cambridge track
athletic challenge.
Ex-Governor Beaver received notice from
the Governor Of Pennsylvania Of his appoint
ment as Superior Court Judge.
The Rev. J. J. Wilson. well-known Cum
berlaud Presbyterian minister, was killed
near Ruston. La. by James Howell, gar
dener Trouble had been brewing between
the two men for some time.
The Committee on Platform in the Demo-
cratic State Convention of Kentucky at
Louisville adopted three reports, that Of
money" Senator Blackburn was defeated
for representation on the committee. Con-
gresham Berry was made Permanent Chair.
man.
A colored man named Bill Stokes was
lynched at Raysors, S. C. Stokes attempted
to assault white woman.
George ". Rouis, who was formerly part
ner with his cousin, Rophine, shot himself in
New York City Immediately after having had
scuf1e, during which one shot was fired,
with stranger, who escaped. The descr1p-
ton of the stranger answered to that OF
Rouis'S cousin.
Gretna. La, was the scene OF lynching.
The victim was John Frye, twenty-five years
old, white man. He was flrebug.
The doors OF the private banking house Of
Cowles & Eldridge, of Norfolk, Conn, were
closed. The notice tackled on the door
caused much excitement. It was said that
depositors would lose nothing.
John D. spscker. doing business as speck-
er Brothers & Co., wholesale dry goods, Gin
cinnati Ohio. failed. The assets were
placed at 1000 and the liabilities at
lower figure.
The application for the removal from New
York City OF Charles A. Dana. editor the
Sun, to Washington for trial in the Noyes
libel suit, was denied by Judge Brown, In
the United States District Court, and the de-
fendant discharged.
c. P. Birch, cashier Of the West Chicago
Street Railway, was robbed and murdered at
his desk by highwayman, who escaped un-
seen.
Andrew Plum, nine years old, was
drowned, through the stupidity of a police
man, in the Plaza fountain in Prospect Park,
Brooklyn.
At Brownsville, Tenn, Sheriff R. R. Grove
accidently shot his daughter Susie through
the head with thirty-eight-calibre revolver.
The Corporation Counsel will, in the in
terest Of the City Of New York, sue the estate
Of the late Sheriff John j. German for an
alleged shortage.
The excursion steamer Christopher COL
umbus. having on board over one thousand
Chicago people. burst steam valve while
racing: one man was killed and many were
injured.
The little Red Cross Line steamer Portia
sailed for st. Johns. Nova Socia. from her
wharf in Brooklyn. She carries an expedi-
ton under Emil Diebltsch, which will pro-
ceed to Lieutenant Peary's headquarters in
North Greenland, and eventually will bring
him and his small party Of explorers home.
The Committee on Resolutions Of the Re-
publican League Convention at Cleveland,
Ohio, refused to mention silver in their ad-
dress. General E. a. McAlpin was elected
President.
United States Secret Service detectives
captured in New York City stamp forger
and twenty thousand postage stamps OF
Hayti.
Four tramps were killed and three car
loads of cattle crushed in q freight wreck
near Bedford. Iowa.
Fire destroyed large portion Of the busi-
ness section Of Dover. Me.
The boat race among Cornell, Columbia
and the University Of Pennsylvania at
Poughkeepsie was postponed because wash
from Governor Morton's tug jammed the
Pennsylvania shell against her boat-house
float and damaged her.
F. A. Grover, foreman Of the Rochester
N. W Electric Company. survived shock
Of 2s99 volts OF electricity
The Republican League Convention, at
Cleveland, Ohio, adjourned after voting to
leave party issues to the National Conven-
tion.
Lightning struck dynamite magazine neal
kingwood, W. Va. Several men were killed
by the ensuing explosion, and great deal OF
property was destroyed.
Foreign Notes.
the Prince of Wales opened the 1nterna'
tional Railway Congress in the Imperial In.
stitute, Kensington, London.
The Belgium Government will send an OF.
flcer to Canada this year to buy horses for
remounts and the artillery.
Violent thunder storms prevailed in Eng.
land and Ireland. Lightning struck tree
adjacent to the Royal pavilion at the agri-
cultural show ut Darlington. Two people
were killed and three were injured. The
Duke and Duchess OF York had just departed
from the pavilion.
Minister Terrell, United States representa-
tive to Turkey, has made vigorous demand
upon the Porte for the punishment of the
murderers of Lsnz, the American bicylist.