The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-11
Domestic.
RECORD OF THE LEAGUE CLUBS.

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Karl Poshkolka, whose wife kept the Cafe
Waldorf, New York City. killed her with his
butchers knife In sight Of his little daugh'
ter.
Two trains collided at siding at Sullivan,
No., and two boys. names unknown, who
were travelling with the stock, were Instant
ly killed. So,
Ex-Police Justice Patrick Gayen Duffy, Of
New York City, died at Forked River, N. j.
A cloudburst occurred between Elknorn
and Waterloo In Nebraska The Union Pact-
f1c fast mail was caught In It and nearly
washed from the rails. and delayed three
hours. The track gave way behind the train
Great damage was done to crops.
Senator NJ. g. Quay was elected Chairman
OF the Pennsylvania Republican State Com
mittee; there was entire harmony at the
convention at Harrisburg.
The Earl of Dunraven, the owner, and g.
L. Watson, the designer OF the Valkyrie, ar.
rived at New York to take part In the inter
national races.
Justice Slower, OF the New York Supreme
Court, decided that the creation Of the new.
Special Sessions Court OF New York City was
constitutional. '-
The annual reunion Of the Smith family
was held In Peapack. N. ].
Captain Sumner, Of the United States
cruiser Columbia, wept In court. at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard, as he admitted he
made an oversight in the docking Of the
cruiser at Southampton. :
Mrs. william Z. Vanderbilt gave the most
beautiful ball ever seen in Newport, r. l.,
in Marble House In honor OF her daughter
Consuela.
A number of cnttle affected with tubercu-
losis have been found at Winsted, Conn
The first rain in fourteen weeks fell in the
gas belt Of Indiana It came too late for the
crops, which were practically ruined.
The last of the much-advertised bull fights
scheduled at Gillette, COL. was a failure,
only 200 persons being present.
James Whitcomb Riley consented to read
q poem at the Louisville G.. A. R. Encamp-
ment. .......
Portions of human body were found in
house once occupied by n. b. Holmes. In
Irvington, Ind. They are believed to fur
nish clew to the fate of little Howard
Pitezel.
The White Star steamship Georgia, the
largest freight vessel In the world, arrived at
New York.
The members Of the Liquor Dealers Asso-
citation, OF New York City, adopted resolu-
tions binding members to close their
saloons on Sunday.
United States deputy marshals raided
big gang of fcounterfeiters in the Kaw Indian
County, Oklahoma. The headquarters Of the
counterfeiters was large cave on the banks
Of the Arkansas River.
By the explosion of the boiler of thresh,
ing machine at Owassa. ILL.,, Monroe Bah
cock, farmer, and Annie Hoffman. daughter
Of Frank hoffman. were killed. Several OF
the threshing gang were also injured.
Senator Quay secured control Of the Penn.
sylvania Republican Convention In harris
burg after sharp contest.
Mrs. Mary Lautener and her nine-year-old
daughter Bertha, were suffocated to death
by smoke during fire which occurred at
their home in Brooklyn. N Y.
John Smalley, the outlaw who killed De-
tective Powers on train at Grand Rapids,
Mich. was shot and killed by deputy sherins.
Twenty-Five buildings were burned at
Rosendale. N. Y.
The young Duke of Marlborough arrived
in Newport, R. l., and Is the guest of Mrs.
William Z. Vanderbilt at Marble House.
James Banks, lineman employed by the
Carnegie Steel Company. met death In
horrible manner while repairing the line at
Braddock. Penn.
C. R. Behrens. the architect {; D. A. Buckley,
excluding Inspector. and three other men
were placed under arrest at the inquest on
the victims Of the West Broadway disaster.
New York City; the charge against them is
manslaughter In the second degree.
Jesse Isborg (colored) became crazed by
religion at Pine Bluff Ark. and prayed all
night. He shot his landlady, Mandy Walker,
at the breakfast table, fatally wounding her,
and then blew out his own brains.
Edward Price was killed by cable car
in New York City, and John J. Read and
Elsie Durham, q little girl, fell victims TO
the Brooklyn trolley.
Mrs. Lola Perkins was accused Of burning
her sister to death In Minneapolis, Mimi, In
order to secure insurance money.