The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-09-30

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The gold standard Democrats ot Connecti-
cut issued call for State Convention, to
meet October 8 In Hartford for the purpose
Of nominating Presidential Electors and
State officers
The complete figures from Maine make the
Republican plurality 4s,46l.
William J. Bryan addressed large meetings
at Knoxville, Tenn. Asheville, n. c., and
intermediate points, hating for the night al
Charlotte, N. G.
Janes Smith. a private in the United States
Army, on trial for theft before court martial
| 1T West Point. n. Y, ESCAPED and ran across
! Crow Nest. Twenty soldiers with loaded
! rifles chased him, and he surrendered when
surrounded.
The bitter feeling against Benjamin 8.
| Morris. one Of the colored men who muir
dered John Rurkman, cattle dealer, cul-
minated in his lynching at WatonSa. Okla
| homa-
Thomas E. Watson, Populist candidate for
Vice-President, spoke at Lincoln, Neb., the
home Of Bryan.
James Turner was struck in the mouth by
| q skyrocket during Brooklyn parade and
killed.
| The Board OF Education Of New York City
| adopted resolution providing for regular
course of tuition in citizenship. its privileges
and its duties.
Frederick Conley of Freehold. N. j.. aged
| thirty-seven years. shot and killed himself
| with revolver at Farmingdale.
Two men and twenty-five horses lost their
| lives in fire which partially destroyed AL
bert Managers livery stable at Milwaukee,
| Wis.
William D. Bynum, Chairman OF the
| National Union Democratic party, made an
address to gold standard Democrats in the
| Atheneum, Brooklyn.
Frank Hepburn, son of Representative
! Hepburn. OF Iowa, fought duel In Chester,
Ark, with W. E. Sims, q saloon keeper, and
| was killed by the second shot from his antag-
| onist's weapon.
Patrick Goggins met twelve-vear-old
| Mamie Bryan in Second avenue, New York
| City, struck her in the face and killed her.
| He walked away In daZed condition and
| fas forgotten about 1t. He had no motive
for the deed.
Major Mckinley addressed at Canton,
| Ohio, q delegation Of farmers from Somerset
| County, Pennsylvania, and the Grand Army
| posts Of Stark County, Ohio.
Official returns from Arkansas make the
Democratic plurality about $4,000.
The entire plant Of the Peters Lumber
Company, consisting OF saw AMI planning
mills, dry houses, machine shops, ETC., sit
uated at Aco., Ala, was destroyed by fire.
Loss, 300, 900; insurance. $780, 900. At least
1000, 900 feet OF dressed, rough, and cypress
lumber were burned.
Isidro Arquellee, a once prosper rous Spanish
cigar manufacturer, whose business had
been ruined by the Cuban revolution, shot
himself in New York City.
The Delaware OIL Works at Chester, Penn.,
were destroyed by fire.
julius C. Gottlieb, a young law student,
who had been suffering from nose bleed for
five days, died at the Mount Sinai Hospital.
New York City.
Miss Anna Pickering. young woman OF
Bridgeport, N. j., carried away her willing
lover, Julian Slaughter, who had beon
guarded by his father, In carriage to o
waiting minister, who married them.
Major-General James D. Morgan, division
commander under General Sherman In tho
Civil War, and a veteran Of the Mexican
War, died at Quincy. Ill. he was President
OF the Army Of the Cumberland and Treas
urer OF the Soldiers Home. Deceased was
eighty-six years old.
William 8. Flynn, OF Salem. Mass, COM
mitted suicide while with his sixteen-year-
old sweetheart, because he feared they could
never marry owing to differences In religious
belief.
A scaffoId on the fifth floor of No. 81 West
Third street, New York City, broke and threw
three men to the street. Two were killed
and one mortally injured. The dead men
were R. S. Taylor. mason, and Philip
Breen, scafrod builder, Brooklyn. The
other unfortunate was John Shea, laborer.
Bourke Cochran, ofNew York, made plea
for the gold standard before very large au-
dience in Chicago, III.
The fishing schooner James Dyer, OF Port
land, Me-, was sunk in collision with a
steamer off Vineyard Haven. Mass. The
crew OF sixteen men had barely time to save
themselves by jumping on bourd the steamer.
Major Mckinley addressed Republican del
egations from Vermont, Pennsylvania anu
Rhode Island.
Slas Huffman, OF Far Hills, N. j., died at-
ter spending flfteen years in bed. When bis
brother foreclosel q mortgage on his place
he swore he would stay In bed until he died,
and he kept his word.
Complete returns of South Carolina's vote
| in the Democratic primary for the nomina-
| tion of candidate for United States Senator
give Judge J. q. Earle 43,0lS, Governor
John Gary Evans &c., Total vote. 82,7l8.
| Earle's majority, 1918. Governor Evans was
| supported by Senator Tillman.
An explosion of powder at the mills OF the
| Ohio Powder Company YOUNGSTOWN, re-
suited 10 the instant death OF two men.
| ". J. Bryan left Lincoln. Neb.. under es-
cort 70 the depot OF all the city's silver clubs
to begin his second campaign tour.