The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16
Domestic.

ring arms and ammunition to the flibuster
Dauntless. The arms were successfully
transferred
Domestic.
Thomas NJ. Early and Max Bernstein were
arraigned before United States Commits
sioner Shields, in New York City, charged
with stealing several cannon from West
Point.
Little Whirlwind, the Cheyenne murderer
of the herder near Lame Deer Agency, In
Montana, was arrested by Agent Ssouch,
and it is believed that the trouble there Is
at an end.
Four fires, three of them believed to be
incendiary, caused great alarm In Keyport,
NJ.
The silver Democrats of Kentucky held
their State Convention at Frankfort and In
dorsed the Chicago platform.
Theodore Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary
OF the Navy, formally opened the Naval
Wal College in Newport, r. l., with an ad-
dress In which he appealed for a formidable
navy as the surest means of securing q per.
manent peace,
George Kaufman, the son Of a farmer In
Sterling, ILL.,, was murdered and burned
while guarding his fathers granary from
thieves.
J.. dOUma Oh CuO IrIQ Ol f1Ouudu, hloA'
ander d Co., clothiers, OF San Francisco,
CAL, was found shot in his Office. The last
person to see him alive was probably his
bookkeeper, Theodore A. Figle. The theory
Of the police seems to be that Of murder,
although many circumstances point to
suicide.
The family Of ex-Secretary Hoke Smith,
of Atlanta, Ca, were saved from death by
fire by being awakened by a dog.
Captain Henry Romeyn, of the Fifth
United States Infantry, stationed at Fort
Mcpherson, Atlanta, Ga, having reached
the age Of sixty-four, formerly retired from
active service In the army. He left at once
for Nashville, Tenn, where he will have
charge Of the Chilean exhibit at the EXPO
sition.
The steamer Alliance, which arrived at
New York City from Colon, Is detained at
Quarantine for disinfection. She had vel
low fever on board during the voyage, and
a yellow FEVER patient was taken from the
ship.
The Board Of Aldermen, by a vote OF 20
to s, refuse to instruct Corporation Counsel
Scott to begin suits to establish New York
City's rights in the Sixth and Eighth avenue
railroad lines.
General D aniel Ruggles, aged lightweight
years, a native Of Massachusetts, graduate
Of the West Point class Of 1882, and O Con-
federate veteran of the Civil War, died at
Fredericksburg, Va. General Ruggles was
born in Berne, Mass, In 1910.
The Police Department had its annual
parade in New York City, and was re-
viewed by Mayor Strong from the stand ut
the Worth Monument. There were nearly
3000 men in line, and Inspector McLaugh-
lin was loudly cheered by the crowds OF
spectators.
The annual convocation of the Grand
Lodge Of Masons Of New York State was
opened in the Masonic Temple, New York
City.
The Forest Preserve Board has bought
$50, 900 acres Of Adirondack land for the
New York State Park at 81 so an acre.
The 1O1st anniversary of the admission Of
Tennessee into the Union was appropri-
ately celebrated at the Centennial EXPOSE
ton OF Nashville. Thu programme began
with a parade through the principal streets,
two battalions Of the National Guard escort
ing Governor Taylor, Governor Russell, of
North Carolina, Lieutenant-G Governor Nc
Sweeny, of South Carolina and their stats
and other invited guests to the Exposition
grounds. The parade was witnessed by
thousands of people.
Hosford B. Niles, President CT the Equit-
dUlC VuCICduIllC company q 3OAh ivy,
committed suicide by inhaling gas.
Earthquake shocks were felt in Washing
ton, D. c., and In Central, Western and
Southern States.
The famous flibustering steamer Daunt-
less was captured a few miles south Of
Miami, Fla, by the United States cruiser
Marblehead. The Dauntless was about to
start for Cuba with men and munitions Of
war.
Kansas will produce over 40, 900 900 BUSH
els Of wheat this year.. From every section
of the State the most lattering reports are
received. Many fields are ready for har-
vest in the southern section, where the crop
is six feet high.
John Flanagan in the Now jersey athle-
tic games broke the hammer-throwing rec
ord five feet eight inches. His throw was
$50 feet eight inches.
At M~orSanton, Ga, Mrs. S. A. Godfrey,
daughter of the Hon. Ben Duggar, was
placed in jail charged with the murder OF
her little g%randchild. The alleged crime
took place six years ago.
Three men entered the house Of Isaac
Hall, forty-seven years old, who lived with
his aged mother at Pennington, Ohio, and,
binding the mother, proceeded to the story
above, where, after a struggle with the
son, they bound and murdered him. 1t is
supposed that he identified the men who
were bent on robbing the place, and they
killed him to avoid exposure.
Howard Mann, an outsider, won the
Brooklyn Handicap. The track was heavy
but the time fast.
Robert Hubbard, aged twenty, shot Phoebe
n. Phillips, a divorced woman. aged thirty
five, at Atlantic City, N. j., when she re-
fused to keep her promise and become bis
wife.
Dynamite and powder stored in Charles
King Il Sons wholesale grocery store,
Charlottesville, Va. exploded while the
building was burning and did immense
damage, killing five persons and wounding
many. Buildings near by were shattered.
Among those got out OF the ruins was c.
W. Hul1sh, owner OF the destroyed build
ing. A woman living near by died Of shock
after the explosion.
Foreign.
The English Blmetallic League opened tts
annual meeting in Manchester.
Emperor Francis Joseph OF Austria has
closed the session Of the lower house OF the
Austrian Diet on account OF the violent OBJ
struction to legislation.
At the trial Of Herr Won Tausch, former
Chief Of the Secret Police In Berlin, q news
paper man testified that Won Tausth said he
heard through spies every word spoken IN
the Emperor's palace.
Austria proposes to enact q stringent an