The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-20

| tics to sustain his assertion. The Island, ne
| adds, Is not taxed unusually high, and ne
| doubts If the leaders OF the present insurrec-
| tion could E We her as advantageous gov
| ernment as that which she has under SPAN.
In the hearing before the Ways and Means
| Committee the tobacco growers appealed for
| a restrictive tariff on Sumatra wrappers.
| The manufacturers asked for uniform rate
| on tobacco Of about flfty-hve cents pound.
Secretary Herbert decided to have new
tests made of the steel plates furnished for
| the battleship Alabama.
Domestic.
A oolored man, who had been arrested for
burning barn belonging to & Mr.. Wana-
maker, was ynched at Orangeburg, 3. U.
In fit OF jealous rage Charles Acker,
stabbed Jennie Hallenbeck, a servant in the
family of ex-Supervisor Samuel Meyers at
East Taghkanick, N. Y, in the neck, and
she died soon afterward.
The annual session of the New York Leg
islature was opened in Albany. Mr.. O'Grady
was chosen Speaker and Governor Blacks
message was read In both houses.
The centennial of Albany as the capital Of
New York State was elaborately celebrated.
Professor Achilles Errani, once famous as
prominent teacher, succumbed to heart dis
ease in New York City on hearing OF Michael
Minjter's attempt to kill servant employed
In his house.
Emma Spreckles who married ct San Fran
cisco Thomas Watson against the wish Of her
father, Claus Spreckles, turned over to the
| latter 81 500, ,000 in bonds because he had
taunted her with ingratitude.
Christian Schauer, Jr., Treasurer OF the
Nations Bank for Savings OF Allegheny,
committed suicide at Pittsburg, Penn, by
hanging himself.
Six persons were injured. three probably
fatally, by wreck on the Chicago, Burlin2.
ton and Quincy Railroad near Carson, Iowa.
The Smith Carpet Mills, In Yonkers, N. Y,
have resumed work, and 1000 hands are
| employed.
In his annual message to the Legislature
OF Pennsylvania Governor Hastings depre-
Gates the corrupt use OF money in elections.
He points out that voters are bribed by the
purchase for them by dishonest politicians
Of their tax receipts. Bossism Is also de-
| nounced. The Governor suggests legisla-
ton to restrict the privileges OF foreign cor
porations.
Frank Ellison. the former well-knoWn
New York City club man. who assaulted tho
aged broker, William Henriques, In 1893,
was released from Sing Sing Prison, after
serving over three years OF his sentence.
There were slight runs on couple df st.
| Paul (Minn.) banks, but the excitement WIS
soon over. Business men there say that the
! panic is at an end.
The ocean-going tug Luckenbach came
into the Port OF New York and reported be-
ing chased by the United States cruiser Ra-
leigh in mistake for Ouoan flibuster.
Mayor Wurster, of Broc klyn, sent his an
nual message to the Board OF Aldermen OF
; that city. It will probably be known az the
last message of Mayor Of Brooklyn. He
: Included in it correspondence with State
. Engineer Adams on water supply for Greater
New York from th. Adlrondacks. BE also
made recommendations on consolidation.
. The Corporation Council OF New York City
has furnished Superintendent Constable with
his construction OF that section Of the Con-
solidation act whorein 1t relates to buildings
altered to be occupied by hotels. He holds
that any alteration, however slight in the
building itself, in order to use it as hotel.
brings 1t under the section applying to the
construction.
While blasting for the Ball Mountain
Company near Greenwich, N. y, Dennis
Sullivan, sixty-eight years old, and james
Slower were blown to pieces by the eEpo-
sion Of a dynamite cartridge. The cartridge
had been placed IN a drill hole and in pry-
ing around the hole 1t exploded. Both men
leave families.
Senator Raines has gathered figures which
he claims show that 5000 persons are selling
liquor in New York State without State
| licenses.
Major Mckinley is working on his In
augural Address at MIR. Hanna's hcme, CAeve-
land, Ohio.
Charles Lyons, who was found with his
skull fractured in a road OF Englewood, N.
j., died without regaining consciousness,
and is believed to have been murdered.
Le.ta May Mcconnell, fifteen years old,
committed suicide by taking strychEine, at
her home in Menlo, N. J. She had been re-
primanded by her father, that being the only
cause for the act.
Representatives Of the cotton and silk In.
dustrles appeared before the Ways and
Means Committee to plead for higher
tariff.
President Cleveland has received assur
ances from Spain that reforms will be put
into effect in Cuba as soon as the Province
Of Pinar del Rio is pacited.
County Treasurer A. J. Jernigan shot
himself in his Office at Austin, Texas. and
will die. He confessed that there was
shortage OF $4,000 in his accounts.
At somersworth, N. H., Frank Bogard, OF
Berwick, Me-, while skating on Salno
Falls River, broke through the ice and was
drowned. Al Watham, Mass, William
Murphy, ten years old, was drowned while
skating on the Charles River.
The Farmers and Merchants Bank, Chi
cago, a State institution, has gone into
voluntary liquidation. 1t Is announced that
depositors will be paid In full.
Bank Examiner Angel closed the White
Hall (Mich.) State Savings Bank. The bank
has made no statement. The last report
showed: Deposits, $4,000; loans and dis
count, S92, 900; stocks. bonds and mort
cages, s450o, and $4,000 on hand.
Captain Zalinski, Of dynamite-gun fame,
returned from England. He said the British
have made great strides in the perfection OF
high-explosve guns.
Count De Motke-Huitfeldt and Louise
Eugene Bonaparte we're married at Wash
ington by Cardinal Gibbons.
The Citizens National Bank, Fargo, North
Dakota. failed, and is in hands OF the Ma
tional Bank Examiner. The capital is $780,
900. The President is II. F. Miller. The
failure has had little effect in Fargo.
The convicts In New York State are de-
prived Of work by the law which has just
gone into effect, and those having them in
charge fear the result.
Samuel Whitaker, a shoe mender, living
in Ridge avenue, North Cambridge. Mass,
shot and killed his wife, Catherine, by blow
ing the top of her head off with Il shotgun.
He then tempted suicide by cutting his
throat with a razor.
The Bertillon system Of recording prison