The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02
Domestic.
RECORD OF THE LEAGUE CLUBS.

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President Thomson, OF the Pennsylvania
Railroad, says that business conditions
have improved all over the country.
A steamer and two sailing vessels reached
Puget Sound ports from Alaska, bringing
! gold dust and miners from the Klondlke
country.
! Officers OF the law killed Dan Clay, a no.
torious outlaw, in Oklahoma few days
ago. Clay's career nearly equaled that OF
the notorious Daltons and Doolins. He
has caused much excitement in the little
town Of Miami by his daring outlawry.
Joseph Fife, colored youth, convicted
OF attempted criminal assault on Mrs.
{ Marks, a widow, and who subsequently
confessed to other like crimes, was hanged
| in the yard Of the city jail at Richmond, va.
| A young colored man named Bonner, who
was arrested at Belleville, Texas, for as
saulting Mrs. Seachas, an aged white
woman, near Wilhelm, was taken from jail
| by mob OF 200 men and lynched. He con-
| fessed the crime.
The cloakmakers' strike In New York
| City ended by concession OF thirty-fve
per cent. advance in wages by the en-
! ployers, and Is, 600 operatives returned to
work.
Mrs. Sarah Carter, aged seventy-flve
! years, died at New Canaan, Conn.,, from the
effects Of paris green taken with suicidal
intent. She lived on farm by herself, and
it is thought that her lonesome life, and
her inability to look after the farm on ac-
count Of her age. led her to end her life.
Prince Luigi, OF Savoy and his party OF
Italians reached the summit OF Mount 81.
Elias July 81, at IL O'Clock noon. The alti-
l~..x IL, al ho q a =
is Is, 100 fee. 1t is the most successful ex-
pedition ever undertaken. The party was
fifty-one days on snow and ice without
sickness or accidents.
Mary Kyle Dallas, the well-known poet
authoress, expired at her home in New York
City OF heart failure. She was about sixty
years Of age.
Reports received at Little Rock, Ark, in
dicate that six Of the colored men impli-
Gated in the murder Of johnson and the
assault on Hanley in Cleburne County have
been lynched. Eight lynchings occurred
in the State in four days.
cal" Hankins, a Chicago gambler, was
killed by the collapse Of his folding-bed.
Commander Booth-Tucker returned from
Europe with the assent OF General Booth
to 60 ahead with his colonization schemes
in the Southwest.
Jacob Barber, child of four years, was
shot through the heart near the village OF
Langford, N. Y. His mother Is thought to
have done the deed and fs believed to be In
sane. The mother was not arrested, but Is
being watched. 1t Is said her actions have
been strange for some time.
The Western Passenger Association re-
fused to make special rates for New YORK
buyers.
Former Judge Dillon announced that he
would urge the Gould family to criminally
prosecute the conspirators who, using Mrs.
Angel as dupe, plotted to obtain share
Of the late multi-millionaire's fortune.
The question Of applying the new jury
law in the trial Of Adolph L. Luetgert In
Chicago was settled by the prosecution &C
Quieseing In the objections Of the defence.
In BROOKLYN Mrs. Otillia King, former
actress, OF Vienna, shot herself after an un-
successful attempt to kill Placids Saitto.
G.M.D. Legg's large poultry house at
Tuscola, ILL.,, was destroyed by an tncendi-
ary FIRE, and Robert Lathrom's body was
found in the ruins,
The Seattle (wash.) authorities COM
pelled the overloaded Alaska schooner
Moonlight to carry less freight.
Atrain In the coal city branch Of the Al
Iowa. The wreck is believed to be the
work Of striking miners. The engineer and
fremen were killed.
A sudden and heavy rainfall caused great
damage by floods in New York City and
Brooklyn.
Mrs. W. l.. scruggs, wife Of the ex-
Minister to Venezuela, who was injured on
August "A by falling from train, died at
Atlanta, Ga.
The Futurity Stakes, the great race OF
the Coney Island Jockey Clubs fall meet
L'Ilouette. The track was muddy and the
time, although good, was not fast.
Fire almost destroyed Alva, Oklahoma.
The loss is $50, 900. The town has 20O0pop-
ulation. The town is new, having only
been built four years, and the whole busi-
ness portion consisted OF wooden struc-
lures.