The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-06
Domestic.
RECORD OF THE LEAGUE CLUBS.

The American National Bank OF Denver,
COL, closed Its doors.
Extensive damage has been done to the
fruit crop OF California by frosts.
The United States battleship Massachu-
setts In its run from Delaware Capes to Cape
Cod proved even faster than the battleship
Indiana.
Stocks opened lower on sales for London
account. A false rumor was circulated on
the other side that the Venezuelan contro-
versy might break out afresh. There was
good local buying, however, and the closing
prices were considerably higher.
W.. F. Workman and Layman Williams,
prominent citizens Of Raleigh County, West
Virginia, drank carbolic acid for whisky, and
died from the effects.
I'D. Buxton. cashier Of the Minneapolis
N1inn. postoflcee, has been placed under
arrest for embezzlement. The shortage u
about $2100. ~
Paderewski, the pianist In New York City,
gave William Steinway $40, ,Oc0 as q fund 10
establish prizes for American composers.
Edla stimquist, Mrs. Burdens Kitchen
maid, was indicted, arrested and sent to the
Tombs, New York City, on charge OF COM
plicity in the robbery ofthe jewels.
Governor A. I. Boreman, OF West Virginia,
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Startling Savage was taken from his bed at
Irving College, Tenn, by mob OF masked
moonshiners, and hanged to tree. The
doomed man was suspected OF being spot.
ter for the United States Internal Revenue.
Christ Union Church at Hellerstown,
Penn, was struck by lightning and burned
to the ground. Loss, $12, 2,009; insurance,
$1,000.
Edward Pardridge, noted wheat specu,
lator, died Of Bright's diseasein Chicago. Ill
Insurance agents have been instructed to
cancel fire policies on buildings In New York
affected by the Raines Liquor Tax law.
The Appellate Division Of the New York
Supreme Court sustained the constitution
ality of the Percy Gray Racing law.
Field Marshal Yamagata, Of Japan. sailed
from New York for Havre, on his way to
Moscow, where he will represent Japan at
the coronation Of the Ozar.
Three men were killed by an explosion In
Peoria, III.
At Turner's Falls, Mass. five children
were suffocated in tenement-house IRE.
The names of tho dead are Anne Dubois,
four years old; Lena Dubois, seven. both
children Of Joseph Dubois; Rosie Roumter'
Dubois's step-daughter. a girl OF thirteen;
Edward Coumartine, ten years old. children
Of Charles Coumartine. The children wera
all French.
At Maitland, No., the Farmer g Bank wa
robbed by three masked men, who blew the
safe open and secured $1,000 In silver.
Baron Constantine de Grimm, artist, cay
toonist, journalist. soldier and bohemian,
died, at the age Of fifty, In New York City, OF
pneumonia, accompanied by complication
OF kidney disease.
The First National Bank Of Bedford City,
Va, failed. Its capital was $4,000, and
surplus and profits s2s.000 Its individual
deposits amounted to $4,000, and the bank
owed S55, 900 borrowed money.
Thomas Brown, who was serving seven
years sentence for burglary in the Jacksos
Mich State prison, was killed while attempt
Ing to escape.
The lawyers Of East New Jersey have Ina
duced Chancellor McGill to established q
branch court at Asbury Park to accommo'
date the lawyers practicing 10 the territory
between South Amboy and Toms River.
Marquis Yamagata, the japanese Field
Marshal, visited the City Hall, New YORK
City, and was received By the Mayor and the
heads Of various City Departments