The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-10
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RECORD OF THE LEAGUE OLuBs.

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Police Inspector William ". Mclaughlin,
OF New York City, was sentenced to State
Prison for two years and six months by
Judge Barrett. Judge William J. Gaynor,
in Newburg, N. Y. ordered the District
Attorney to show cause why certificate of
reasonable doubt should not be granted.
William Henry, the accused son of the
murdered miser. was acquitted by the
Corcner's jury In Brooklyn.
At Colorado Springs, COL, four men tried
to loot the Exchange National Bank. The
the confession Of a member of the band and
arrested the dssperadoes at the muzzle of his
gun.
The Park Commissioners have decided to
make palm garden in Central Park, New
York City, after the model Of those existing
In Europe Several wealthy New Workers
subscribed the necessary $3.50 900 for the es-
tablishment Of a botanical garden in Bronx
Park, modelled after the gardens in Kew,
England.
The convention Of the Republican National
League met in Cleveland, Ohio. A fight
over the silver issue was sprung at once.
"Will' Chandler, colored man, OF Ala
bama, met Miss Hohns, young white girl
on the railroad near Abbeville, Miss,
Knocked her down and assaulted her. He
fled, but was captured and acknowledged
his guilt. He was taken to telegraph pole
and shot to death.
Frank Peterson and William Smith were
Killed and four persons badly injured by a
boller explosion at the home of Charles
Peterson, Attica, Ind.
W. w. Taylor, the defaulting ex-Treasurer
OF South Dakota, reached Pierre. He ar
ranged to turn over his property to the State.
ana TO be sentenced to as short term OF i'm
prisonment as the law would permit.
The famous case of William R. Laidaw to
recover $4,000 from Sage for injuries in the
Norcross dynamite bomb explosion ended
before Justice Ingraham. Of the Supreme
Court, New York City, in verdict Of $40,-
600 for Laidlaw
Governor Altgeld issued call for an extra
session OF the Illinois Legislature.
On the streets of Trenton, N. J., Miss Hat
tie Cooms. the pretty eighteen-year-old
daughter ola contractor, was murdered by
Frederick c. Floyd, a farmland, aged thirty
five years. Floyd placed the revolver within
few inches of her face and fired two shots
in rapid succession. He then turned the re-
volver 20 his own head and blew out his
brai!,s.
Three men are under arrest in Greenville,
Ohio. charged with starting fire that re-
suited in S250,000 damage to the town. There
were threats Of lynching.
The challenges from Oxford and Cam
bridge to Yale and Harvard Athletic Clubs
were made public.
swept everything from 1t path which was
clean-cut and about 100 feet in width. No
one was killed outright. It did great
damage at Creston, Iowa. Hampton, Neb.,
and Wallace. Neb.
Two boat loads of armed men attacked the
Shufeldt distillery, Chicago, ILL.,, which was
guarded by Deputy United States Marshals,
acting under orders of Receiver McNulta, OF
the Whisky Trust Many shots were ex-
changed.
Arthur Gaulin killed his wife at Rolling
ton, Ky., and mortally wounded her college
boy lover, tom" Murphy.
Patrick Spain, who was an inmate OF the
Utica Asylum, shot his son William three
times at Albany, N. Y, killing him instantly
Grasshoppers are sweeping over Oklahoma
Territory in such numbers that they are de-
stroying the corn crop. The farmers are un-
able to cope with them.
Jacobs Thi.j Avenue Theatre, New York
City, was gutted by a fire. Loss, 100000.
Grasshoppers appeared in clouds at Eek
hart Ind. and came down upon fields of
grain, corn, and grass in such numbers that
everything seemed to be alive with them.
They ate everything green and left the fields
bare and crops ruined.
The Silver Convention at Memphis, Tenn.
passed resolutions advocating the free and
unlimited coinage of both silver and gold
and then adjourned.
The New Jersey Legislature adjourned sine
die after passing several bills over the Gov
ernor's veto.
The Supreme Court OF Illinois handed
down its decision declaring the Whisky
Trust an illegal corporation.
George Andrews, the colored wife muir
derer, was hanged in the Warren County Jail
in Belvidere, n. J.
Mrs. Harriet Beccher Stowe celebrated her
eigh hty-tourth birthday at her home in Hart
ford, Conn. She is in excellent physical
health.
Eight prisoners, including ono charged
with murder, escaped through the roof OF
the New Brunswick IN. J.) County Jail.