The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-24

Mrs. Tessie Williams was Washing the
family clothes at Newark, N. j., when
Joseph Buck entered the room and shot her
through the head. The murderer then went
into front room and killed himself. No
cause is known for the crimes.
The levee troubles at New Orleans, La,
have ended. The white cotton leaders went
back to work with the colored men.
Iron workers in Providence. R. l., have
received notice Of an advance to be made
In their wages.
At Scranton, Penn. the jury in the case Of
Anna E. Dickinson. who sued to recover $780,
600 for her Imprisonment in an insane asy-
lum, was discharged, not being able to
agree upon verdict.
There was q mass meeting OF Brooklyn
citizens to denounce the trolley car fatalities.
The New York baseball team defeated
Princeton at New York City by the score. 1s
to S.
Wages were advanced ten per cent. In
large Fall River cotton mill.
Governor Morton, of New York, made
these selections: Thomas Allison, to be Judge
Of the Court of General Sessions, to succeed
the late Judge Randolph B. MARITIME; Jacob
NJ. Patterson, to be Quarantine Commission
er; Thomas j. Callaghsn, of New York, to
be Port Warden.
Disastrous floods were reported through
out the New England and Middle States.
The floods washed out b.idges and caused
landslides which seriously interfered with
railroad traffic In various parts OF New York
State.
W. Jennings Demorest, the founder and
publisher Of Demorest's Family Magazine,
who was well known as a Prohibitionist
leader and philanthropist. died in New York
City of pleuro-pneumonia. He was born In
New York City on June 10, 1922
AS the outcome OF his encounter at Little
Rock with Representative Jones, Governor
Clarke, Of Arkansas, went before magis-
trate, pleaded guilty to carrying concealed
weapons and paid the conventional fine Of
$50.
General William Malone made deed Of
trust Of large portion Of his Petersburg
Va.) property. The deed is made to secure
the payment of Indebtedness aggregating
about $780, 900.
Chief Brennan, of the Chicago Police De-
partment, has resigned.
Thomas NJ. Grady. Cashier Of the First Ma
tional Bank Of Marietta, Penn, has been ar
rested on charge OF embezzling $3.50
At Little Rock, Governor Clark, OF Arkan-
sas. spat in the face Of Representative Jones,
and in an encounter which followed drew a
pistol, but did not discharge it. The diff
Guilty was the result OF charges that bribery
was rampant in the Legislature.
The New York League Club defeated the
Yale College nine at baseball in New York
City by the score OF to 5.
Frauds upon the Government to the extent
OF Ss0, 900 have been discovered in the mint
at Carson City, New.
Mrs. Clara Gregory. wife Of longshore-
man named Jesse NJ. Gregory, was shot twice
in the head and killed by her husband, In
New York City.
There has been organized in New York City
q company with $500, 600, 900 capital to oper-
ate telephones all over the United States, In
opposition to the Bell Company.
At a meeting of the Academy Of Medicine,
New York City, DR.. Herman N. Biggs and
other prominent physicians praised anti
toxine as remedy for diphtheria. DR.. j. E.
Winters attacked 1t as dangerous and with
out curative properties.