The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-19
Domestic.

Ex-United States Treasurer james N.
Huston, assigned. and his bank In Conners-
vile, Ind. suspended.
The British freight steamship Lamington
run ashore in the fog on Long Island. on
Patchogue, when under full head OF steam.
Apparently she was not badly damaged.
The shortage in the Fort Stanwix Bank &C
counts at Rome. N. Y, Is said to be S375,O00.
All the lumbermen of the Pacific Coast
have formed trust.
The failure Of the Weber Piano Company
and two other leading piano concerns allied
to it was announced in New York City.
At a largely attended meeting in Carnegie
Music Hall. New York City, at which every
creed was represented except the one most
concerned, resolutions we're adopted COM
mendlng the work Of the Salvation Army In
this country. and urging that Commander
and Mrs. Ballington Booth be not recalledto
England.
Charles Burr, sentenced by Magistrate
Smith, of Burlington, N. j., to attend thirty
temperance meetings, under penalty OF being
sent to JAIL was converted at the first meet
ing.
Heavy rains have prevailed throughout
the South and Southwest.
William Casar, colored, condemned
murderer, died suddenly in the State prison
ut Sing Sing, N. Y. Be killed his sweetheart
in New York City. lie had been convicted
and sentenced 10 die In the electric chair
in July next.
Reports from over fifty points in different
parts OF the State show the heaviest rains
known In Texas at this season OF the year
for years. Streams are out Of their banks.
Margaret Dillon, an aged woman, was
robbed and driven into the street, half naked.
in Bridgeport. Conn, during snowstorm,
and Emma Wheeler and Emma Finnegan,
whom she accused before she died, were ar
rested.
George Bliss, the partner OF Governor Levi
P. Morton in the banking firm OF Morton,
Bliss l. Co., died suddenly at his residence,
in New York City.
The steamer Caracas, bound for La Guayra,
New York Harbor
DR.. William T. I. Mclaughlin; a Jersey
City On. J.) cattle inspector, died from
tuberculosis, with which he had been in-
oculated while testing diseased meat in
Jersey City stock yard.
The jury at Union, No., In the case of
Arthur Duestrow. the young millionaire
charged with the murder of his wife and
child in St. Louis two years ago, brought IN
verdict Of murder in the first degree. he
was sentenced to death.
The business portion of Rutland, ILL.,, was
destroyed by fire. Loss $50, 900.
There was dense fog. and the tug Robert
E. Sayre. abandoned by her crew after
collision. ran wild in New York Harbor and
was lassoed as she headed for Bedloe's
Island.
The Yale Varsity crew announced its pur-
pose to go to England and row in the Henley
Regatta
Twenty-one young men, all members OF
the sophomore class, have been expelled
from Ottawa University Kansas) for having
def1ed the faculty by giving banquet to the
feminine members of the class at q restaurant
after 10. 80 D. m. Tuesday. Declarations OF
regret saved the girls.
A special train bearing the Liberty Ball
and an escort of Philadelphians and Atlantans
left Atlanta for Philadelphia. The train
made numerous short stops along the way.
The Rev. Dr.. William q. Furness died in
Philadelphia.
At Brenham. Texas, Thomas Dwyer,
millionaire, was murdered by unknown per-
sons In his Office, in the ceDlre OF the busi-
ness portion of the city, robbery being the
purpose.
John R. Haines, farmer living near In
dianapolis, Ind. beat his wife to death with
a poker and then hanged himself in the
barn. He is supposed to have been insane.
Dr. Alfred L. Kennedy, man OF consider
able scientific attainments as metallurgist
and seoloy:st, was burned to death during
fire in his rooms In an Office building. Phiia-
dslphia. The origin Of the fire is unknown.
At Railway. N. j., Louis Dietz, a me-
chanic. made desperate effort to kill his
family. He killed himself, but his efforts to
end the lives of the other two members OF
his family failed.