The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-15
Domestic.
RECORD or TIE LE.aus CLUBS.

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Six masked men killed $50 head OF sheep
with rife shots on the ranch Of Mrs. Kate
welch, near Canyon City, Oregon. The
residents of the place threaten vengeance%
Women demanded and secured the right
to vote at meeting OF Wasningtonvtile
| (N. J.) citizens to determine upon the ques-
tion OF building new school house. The
new school will be built. Is
Thomas Il. Merritt was shot dead in lex
ington. KY, by Jacob F. Harris, while with
the latter's wife.
Mrs. Arthur B. Payne, OF Brookline,
Mass. died IN the dentists chair OF Dr.. -.
n. Hemenway. In the Hotel Pelham. Boz
| ton. The Medical Examiner exonerate0z
the dentist. saying that Mrs. Payne should 6
have told him she had heart disease.
The law recently passed by the Massa-
chusetts Legislature prohibiting the wear.
/ ing OF birds feathers for purposes OF orne-,
ment Is likely to be enforced, according TO
Police Commissioner Martin.
Wheeling Nv. va.) division OF the Baltt-s
more and Ohio Railroad. s.es
| The Grand Jury In New York City found
an Indictment against Martin Thorn and
Augusta Mack for the murder Of WiAiamg
Guldensuppe. The principal witness against
them was John Gotha, the barber, to whom
| Il Is alleged Thorn told the story OF the
killing at the Woodside house, and ex-
planned how the murder was done.
Judge Barnard. of the Supreme Court,
gave Mrs. James Winnie. OF Milton, judg-
ment against Dr. J. W. McCormac, Of
Poughkeepsle, NY. for s250 900. The latter's
son, Paul, a bicyclist, collided with Mrs,
| Winnie's horse and caused the animal TO-
run away, throwing her out, and injuring
| her badly. rs
| Two men were killed and several In
jured in a mine explosion near Embree-
vile, Tenn. ,ftSs
Sydney Lascelles. alias "Lord Beres-
| ford" is again In trouble. Warrants are
| out for his arrest in Fitzgerald, Ga, where
his pecuIations are said to amount to about
S10, 1000.
The Mississippi River at Minneapolis.
Mimi, is within six inches OF the highest
mark reached In the unbrecedented floods
] of April last. Between 1000 and 5000 men
I are out of employment as a result OF the.
| necessary closing down OF the saw mills,
aud there will be heavy losses on logs II the
rise continues.
Three hundred residents Of Wappipger's
| Falls. N. Y, were poisoned by eating ham
that had absorbed poison from copper
boiler.
Misses Pauline widlar and Blanche Hud-
SON, daughters OF families who move m
fashionable circles, were drowned while
bathing ct Maple Glen, summer resort on
Lake Erie, just east Of Cleveland, Ohio
| About 200 National Democrats met I'm
State Convention in Des Moines, Iowa, 70
| nominate State ticket. A letter was read
| from ex-President Grover Cleveland. Ma
thaniel French, as Temporary Chairmans
made the principal address.
| The coal-miners' strike increased, and
United States deputy marshals were sent to-
| the mines in Jefferson County, Ohio, giving
rise to fears OF riot. ~
In New York City. John Gartha told the
| police that Martin Thorn confessed to him
| TINT he murdered William Guldensuppe,
butchered the body and was helped by MIS-
Mack in disposing OF 1t. s,,.fB q
The United States torpedo boat Dupont
| was speeded In the bay of Newport, =. A,f
| under her three boilers, for the hrst time,
| and her work was something marvellous
| The stokeholes were closed, and, WITH g.
steam pressure Of 225 pounds, she made I'D
| revolutions, driving her through the water
| at a speed Of 30.S3 knots. She had seventy
| Ave men on board working on various parts,
| which added greatly to her weight.
Two men died from excitement produced
| by viewing fires DR.. L. H. Holbrook, OF
| Revere, Mass, was one victim, and Melvin
Woodward, of Lacona, n. Y, the other.
The National Educational Association,
met at Milwaukee, Wis. ~
Nellie Burns six years old, was killed by
a trolley car OF the Brooklyn Heights Rail-
road Company. The motorman became fn-.
sane. -
The Tax Commissioners Of New York City
filed their report with the Board OF Alder
men, showing figures calling for 2.05 tar
rate this year, a reduction OF nine points
from 1896.
Miss Louise Imogen Quincy, poet and
boycotted postmtstress at AuDufndaiss
| Mass, has resigned hex Office.