The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-30
THE NEWS EPTToMIzED
Washington Items,

Spain backs down and restores diplomatic
functions to Unite1 States Consul-General
Williams ofCuba.
Assistant Secretary McAdoo decided to
turn over at once to the State of Massachus-
etts the old receiving ship Minnesota. now
lying at New York, without making further
repairs to her.
Secretary Carlisle and Assistant Secretary
Hamlin returned from Boston and resumed
their duties at the Treasury Department.
Secretary Hoke Smith has taken steps to
protect gilsonite deposits in Utah.
The Supreme Court OF the United States
has reassembled.
J. Zell Hoover, A well-known Washington
character. related how he secured S2100
from Lord Sackville-West, then British Min
lister to the United States. on fictitious let
ter telling him that the Fenians were about
to blow him up with dynamite.
O. J. Carroll. United States Marshal for
the Eastern District Of North Carolina, ar
rived at Washington. having been sum-
moned by Attorney-General Harmon. and
had an extended conference with the Attor-
ney- General in regard to the activity of fill
clustering expeditions in North Carolina
waters, supposedly destined for Cuba.
4 new SO counterfeit silver certificate,
with the portrait of the late vice-President
Hendricks. series of 1891, check letter D. has
been discovered. Its general appearance Is
very deceptive. The note has been "doc-
tored" to give it an aged look.
General Miles has leased for his residence
in Washington the house at the corner Of
Twentieth and G streets owned by Medical
Director Kindleberger. of the Navy. 1t is
near the War Department and one square
above the residence of Secretary Herbert.
Spain has been warned from Washington.
by her Minister there, it is presumed, that II
she doesn't crush the revolt in Cuba forth
with Congress will recognize the insurgents
as belligerents.
Attoney-General Harmon said that the Cor
bett-Fitzsimmons fight could nottake place
on the Hot Springs Government reservation.
Domestic.
Women delegates TO the Social Purity Con-
gress in Baltimore, Nd. visited the slums of
that city.
Mrs. Miner, living south OF Magnolia, Ark,
locked her two children. age six and four,
in room while she went to neighbor's
home. While she was gone the house caught
fire and the children were cremated.
The Rev. Frank Hyatt Smith. Of North
Cambridge. Mass, was arrested in Denver,
Col. accused Of sending scurrilous postal
cards through the mails.
Morris Schoenholz was convicted in New
York City OF arson, first degree, second Of
fence. making himself liable to sentence Of
from forty to eighty years.
General Taylor, Commander ofthe krkan-
gas State Guard, arrived In Hot Springs
to prevent the proposed Corbett-Ftzsim-
mons prize fight.
The Grand Jury of Monroe County, New
York. indicted Rev. John NJ. Fitzgerald, pas
tor of the Holy Cross Church, Charlotte. for
arson in the second degree.
The National Association Of Bankers held
their twenty-1rst annual session In Atlanta,
Ga.
P. J. O'Connor, thirty years old, and P.
McKellar, twenty-nine years old. were run
over by train at the Lawrence street cross
ing, Newark, N. j., and killed.
The Farmers National Congress at At
lanta. Ga. declared for the free coinage of
silver at the ratio of sixteen to one.
Ethel Oliver, a nurse in Seney Hospital,
Brooklyn, confessed that she had stolen
jewels and money from sister nurses and
from patients.
At Fort Scott, Kan, the State Bank closed
its doors. Its cashier stole $4,000.
Major Moreland, City Attorney OF Pitts
burg, resigned; he and his assistant will be
prosecuted criminally for retaining interest
on city moneys.
The converter in the Frankstown Steel
Works OF Jones d Lsughlin, Pittsburg,
Penn, burst. throwing the liquid metal in
all directions. Seven men were severely
burned, one fatally and perhaps two NOR
tally.
Frederick Z. Kelham, young lawyer, was
found dead on an elevated road track, New
York City. He is supposed to have been
killed by falling from station platform, or
by passing train.
Secretary Carlisle spoke to the Massachu-
setts Reform Club, Of Boston, Mass, in favor
Of "sound currency"