The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-23
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adelphia Times, was the guest OF honor at
banquet in Philadelphia to commemorate
the f1ftieth anniversary OF his entrance into
| journalism. ~ o..
Much comment was caused loyth action
| OF the New York Board OF Aldermen in prac-
| tically voting away a gas franchise for
bonus Of $4,000 and hazy promise.
There Is an alleged shortage of about
| SLIGO In the WaterlooIN. W Pcstofice, OF
| which D. 8. R. WelIes is Postmaster. Ed
son NJ Drake, Deputy-P Postmaster, was ar
rested and taken to Auburn. Some say the
| charge against Drake is embezzlement,
while others say 1t Is perjury 47
In attempting to cross the Verdigris River,
four miles north Of Muskogee. Indian Ter
/ ritcry, Will Wade and two McKnap girls.
all colored, were drowned by the boat over
| turning. ~ f.lra
Two highwaymen attempted to hold up
the agent Of the Milwaukee road at Fairfax,
Iowa, when the agent opened fire, instantly
killing one OF the men and woundtng the
other. sls. aE
At Milwaukee, Wis.,, Willis A. Meyers
large department store was seized by Under
Sheriff Armour on attachments aggregating
$5s,9a1.09 Later Meyer made an assign
ment to George. Koch. The -assets were
s170.000 to s2O0,0oD. and liabilities about
100000. :
Tho Kentucky Court OF Appeals, has
affirmed the sentence Of death pronounced
against Scott Jackson at C'ovlngton. Ky., for
the murder Of Pearl Bryan. The Governor
Will fix the date OF execution.
At Seattle, Wash. the United States Dis
trict Judge decreed the forfeiture OF the
schooner James G.. Swan for violation OF the
laws governing sealing. g.
The Utah State Board of Canvassers were
enjoined from acting on the returns OF the
recent election: the case will be- argued be-
fore the State Su 2reme Court.
Raymond Chrlstman, a wealthy married
man Of Amsterdam, N. Y, erected costly
life sentence for numbering Charles Landry,
for whom she had left her husband. Christ
man says she Is dying. sg
Colonel John R. Fellows. District Attorney
OF New York County, died from a cancerous
tumor Of the stomach after an Illness OF sew
eral days. Els first assistant, Vernon NJ
Davis, was placed In charge Of his Office BY
the General Sessions Judges.
President-elect Mckinley, surrounded by
group OF friends. read the Presidents
Message in his home at Canton, Ohio, but
made no comments uDon II. a.
At Menlo Park N J., by the aid OF X-rays
Thomas A. Edison found alolood clos pressing
on the optic nerve Of a blind girl. Surgeons
removed the clot and it was said sight was
restored. 80 4
A railroad collision occurred at SaTems-
Vile, Ohio, between the Aurora accommoda-
!ion. eastbound, and the officers special In
spectlon train, by which three persons were
killed and several injured. The killed are:
John Price, fireman Of tns accommodation
.rain Horner Dixon, fireman OF the special
:rain; P. l.. Zippernick, civil engineer, OF
North Bend. ~,
Five colored men, It Is reported, were
killed and number Of Others injured by
volley Of bullets fired at them from ambush
as they were at work on the Cotton Belt
Railroad, in jungle, near Malvern, Ark.
III feeling has long existed between the
gangs OF colored people and the whites en-
ployed In the lumber eamIs.
The two black bears which have been ter
rorizing the settlement Of Germania, N. -,
have been killed. It took five shots to kill
Doth brutes. These are the first bears killed
In New Jersey forests since 1884: The farm
ers and numerous gunners are jubllant over
the killing of the bears. ...
William Jabs. OF Hoboken. N. j., commit
ted suicide by shooting himself in the head,
after telling policemen he was going to
kill himself The policeman thought he was
merely indulging In drunken jest, and took
90 steps to restrain him. ,n.....
Tramps, angered by the refusal OF two sis
ters, at Shelbyville, Ind, to g1vc them food
and shelter, set the house aflre. The house
was destroyed and one Of the sisters, Miss
Mary Leech, received fatal injuries.
The Rockefallers will build the largest
steel plant in the country in South Chicago,
Ill. ...
In Brooklyn Annie Decker, twelve years
old, took fatal dose OF carbolic acid be-
cause her mot her had scolded her.
Miss Ethel Hover secured a Judgment oil
S195 against the trustee OF the Pleasant
Plains On. W School, who discharged her
without cause.
Albert F. Lovejoy, for tEenty.eight years
head porter of.the Fifth Avenue Hotel, COM
mitted suicidei In New York City.