The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07
Domestic.

Domestic.
Walter B. Humphreys attempted to shoot
Lawyer NJ. V. Bergen In the latter's office
in Camden, N. j. Martin Y. Bergen, Sec
ond, a nephew Of the lawyer, and, formerly
a Princeton football player, tackled"
Humphreys In time to save his uncle's life.
General John B. Gordon was reelected
comander-in-chief Of the Confederate Vet
Grams at the reunion in Nashville, Tenn.
Lieutenant Peary, the polar explorer
returned to New York from Washington
assured OF the needed Ave years leave, and
prepared to leave for the North In July on
a preliminary trip preparing for his main
expedition to the pole, which Is to start In
March. He Is confident Of success in this
attempt.
John W. Murphy, formerly Town Clerk
at Burlington, N. j., is said to have vountar-:
lily gone to prison to shield his son. Eff
forts were begun to secure his release.
A golden eagle attacked o woman at
work In q garden neal Honey Creek. Iowa.
and attempted to carry her away. She died
Of wounds and shock.
At Canajoharie, N. Y, three boys, Clar-
ence Ireland, James Christman and James
Patten, all Of Palatine Bridge, were
drowned in the Mohawk River. Their bod
les were recovered.
Little Annie Hoffman died from injuries
received In q grade crossing accident on
New York, New Haven and Hartford road
at Wallingford, Conn.
With her red petticoat as q signal OF dan
ger, eighteen-year-old Mable Gemble saved
the Williamsport express on the Fall Brook
Railroad from going over a ~thirty-foot en-
bankment into Pine Creek, Penn. While
walking on the track between Cedar Run
and Blackwells, she discovered q heavy
saw log wedged in between the rails. Then
she heard the rumble Of the approaching
she ran to a curve and tagged the train.
Miss Well, Of Philadelphia, was found
drowned in the Seine, at Paris,
Senator Hanna defeated Governor Bush
nell in the contest for control Of the Ohio
Republican organization at Toledo.
The annual reunion Of noted Confederate
veterans began in Nashville, Tenn; many
famous Southern leaders were present.
= T.. Heber Wannamaker, Of New York,
shot and killed Charles C. Jones in Bam-
berg, 8. c.. Jones attacked Mr.. Wanna
maker first with a knife. In the famous
Murphy-Copes murder trial Mr.. Wanna
makers testimony as to the character of
Jones was not complimentary, and the
latter determined to be revenged.
Ben Brush won the Suburban Handicap
at the Sheepshead Bay On. W Racetrack
for NJ. F. Dryer, The Winner, belonging to
"Pittsburg Phi" running second, and the
Canadian horse Havoc third. A large and
fashionable crowd was at the track.
The Rev. DR.. David n. Greer, Of New
York City, was elected coadjutor Bishop OF
Rhode Island.
Ohio's Supreme Court decided that the
Lloyds Insurance Company OF New YORK
could not do business In the Buckeye State.
News comes from Kaufman, Texas, that
O colored man assaulted the little daughter
of q white planter named M~cReynolds, liv-
ing neal Forney, and that a posse OF far
mers pursued the culprit into the bottom
OF the Trinity River, captured and lynched
him by hanging from the limb OF a tree.
The torpedo boat Foote, built by the
Columbian Iron Works OF Baltimore. had
an official trial trip in the Patu1ent River,
Maryland. She was supposed to make
PAX knots, but fell short nearly half a Knot
Of the required distance. Another trial
will be had.
James McGee, who was giving Aquatic
exhibitions on the lake at the Lagoon, IN
open-air resort at Cincinnati, Ohio, In max
ing a dive from an elevation Of sixty feet
into the water, struck in u a way as to
break his neck.
Samuel J. Casey, Superintendent Of Sta
ton D Of the Brooklyn Postofice. killed
himself. The police say that In a letter he
confessed he was short $500 in his &C.
counts.
E. Y. Debs spoke in Chicago, saying that
the Social Democracy would attain It's ends
peaceably if it could; forcibly If it must.
AGrand Jury censured Governor Frank
lin, OF Arizona, for abuse OF the pardoning
power.
The Columbian Line steamship Finance
arrived at New York with several passen-
gers Ill and three dead from yellow fever.
Malone I. Wilson, Of Wsltham, Mass, shot
Maggie Hines, probably fatally. and then
took his own life. Insanity Is assigned as
the cause.
Austin Smith, aged nineteen, the son OF
James Smith, Of Sandy Hill, N. Y, was
killed while playing baseball. Smith was
at the bat. A curved ball struck him IN
der the ear.
The tug Dauntless, which recently
started with an expedition for Cuba, was
taken into Key West, Florida, in tow Of the
revenue cutter McLane. She was unable
to land her expedition, her machinery hav-
ing broken down In the Gulf, leaving her
drifting helpless until the McLane went to
her assistance and took her in tow. The
leaders OF the expedition came ashore.
William Gardner, a farmer, living near
Platteville, n. Y, was murdered while at
work in the fields. Adog attracted the at
tention Of a passing neighbor and led to
the discovery of the body, which was lying
| n a cornheld, riddled with b%uckshot.
Gardeners house and stable had been
robbed. A horse and wagon was missing,
also a shot gun, a brace Of revolvers, two
silver watches, a purse and some jewelry.
Joseph Decker, who lived near Gardner,
was arrested on the charge Of robbery.
Princeton won the third and deciding
baseball game in New York City for the in
tercollegiate championship from Yale by
the score Of 20 to g..
A monument to Harry Wright, the
Gather Of Baseball" Vas unveiled In
PhilalI1.ohis-