The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-14
Domestic.

phia, prominent broker and member OIL
the staff of Major General Snowden, Is In
prison for contempt OF court in falling to ac-'
count for legacy as executor OF an estate. (
Gold hunters stranded on the Yukon
River, in Alaska, without sufficient food
threaten their leaders with death II they
failed to get to Dawson City.
Fire in Detroit, Mich, burned down the
Opera House, and did over 5000, 900 damage.
Emmett C. Gibson was arrested on the
charge Of passing worthless check on the
Imperial Hotel New York City. 1t is SAID
that he has operated in many cities ana
that he has obtained $4,000 by question !
able means. 4
The new pneumatic mail tube betweenj
the General Postofflce and the Producer
Exchange in New York City, was success.l
fully tested.
General William Thompson, retired, Isl
dead in Tacoma, WASH, aged eighty -fonri
years He served throughout the Ctvtit
War, retiring at his own request with incl
rank OF Captain in the Seventh Cavalry.i
By an act OF the last Congress he wasI
brevetted Brigadier-General In the regularl
army.
A number Of rich veins OF lead ore have
been discovered near Emaus, Lehigh Coun.l
ty. Penn. and DR.. H. Horn, of Philadelphia
! and other capitalists have leased tract OF
land on which they have begun mining.
Samples analyzed showed the ore to con- /. /.
tain a large percentage OF lead.
Highwaymen held up Chicago and Al!
ton express train at point less then six
miles from Kansas City, Mo. The robbery
| Is the third on that railroad within year,
! all within fifteen miles OF Kansas City.
A disastrous fire ragged in the stock yards!
| district of Chicago, many horses being
| burned to death and one man losing his!
life.
Disastrous fires ragged in Wood County.
| in the northwestern section OF Ohio. One.
small village In the oil field has been en-.
, tirely destroyed. The loss OF property and
| crops Is already very great.
Duncan Paul, Postmaster at Appin,i B
| Mich, was found dead in his office, shot
through the head. It Is thought that he
was murdered.
The village Of Meadville, N. Y, c0hec-
| tion Of houses near the saw mills -of Chaun-
cey Mead was entirely wiped out by fire.
entailing a loss of $25, 900. The fire was
caused by swamp fires, which are raging
| flercely. One hundred workmen lose their
| homes and there is no insurance. =.
The will Of Major Lewis Ginter was flled
| for Probate at Richmond, Va. The total
| value OF the estate Is between $1,000, 900
and 80, 600, 900. Major Ginter's home is left
to his nieces, the Misses Arents; Wcstbrookt
| his country home, is left to his sister, Mrs.
| Young, and the Bloomingdale stock farm
| to George Arents. His brother and his
niece and nephew in Missouri are remenii
| bored, as are other relatives. Bequesss ara
mad to all the charitable institutions In
| the city. ~
Sheriff D oht, Of Long Island City, has,
! made public letters which have passed be-i
| tween Martin Thorn and Mrs. Mack, the!
alleged slayers OF William Guldensuppe,; J;
proving that the pair have eontemplafedi
death by their own hands. They also show,
that Mrs. Mack has lost all hope.
The first New York beet sugar factory, at
Rome, began operations. 1t is expected
that about 20, 900 tons OF beets will be turnedl
into white and brown sugar this season.
Henry Grower, colored man, was taken
| from the court room at fernando, Miss,
| by mob OF .eventy-fiye men and lynched.E
| Grower assaulted flfteen-year-old Doviel
Ferguson.
While in the woods near Amcram, N. 7. !
hunting coons, Peter j. Yongonson, OF that
village, aged twenty-four years, was fatally
shot by companion, who fired at him In
the dark, supposing he was coon. The!
young man is dead. ~
The claims OF the South Carolina Dis
| pensary that original package sales were
not hurting 1t were exploded when a COM
parison of September Dispensary sales with
| those Of year ago showed falling of OF
nearly a40,0 900. Seven hundred and thirty
six barrels of liquor, ordered for use IN Sep
| tember, are still on hand.
At Chicago tho lawyers for Adolph l..
J Luetgert. the alleged wife murderer, closed
| the case for the defence. Luetgert was not
put upon the stand. his counsel fearing that
| the cross examination would weaken his
case.
Judge Munger, OF the United States Dis
| trict Court, granted, in Lincoln, Neb., O.
| temporary restraining order to prevent the
enforcement Of the law in regular stock j
yards. passed by the Nebraska Legislature.
The accounts kept by the State Comp
trolIer and by the State Commissioner OF
Excise Of the money paid the Treasurer as
the States share OF the liquor tax collect !
| ed for the fiscal year ending October l,
| 1897, were compared in Albany, n. T., and :
agreed. The amount paid to the Ireas,
urer, which Is one-third OF the total
| amount collected, was "a 4,002 ,93s.21.
The Phoenix Brewing Company, OF Louis
Vllle, n.y., ldlcu, Will AopAAASi~S ~ ~~SS'S~~'i
Mrs. Augusta Mack and Martin Thorn
were arraigned in Long Island City, n. ",
and pleaded "Not guilty" to the Indictment
charging them with the murder OF William
| Guldensuppe.
Governor Atkinson's wife was put on trial
| for forgery in West Virginia court. Z
State Senator Miller. OF the Readingl
| (Penn.) District, and Daniel W. Reeser,
Democratic nominee for Recorder, were.
arrested charged with bribery. Ell Swo-i
yer, who was n candidate for Recorder
| before the last Democratic Convention, ale
| lcges that he withdrew in favor OF Reeserf
| and sold him his delegates for promise on
$1,000. The accused were held in $1,000 bail
each. They deny the charges.
The Citizens Union OF Greater New York
nominated John II. Schumann for President
| of the Council and Charles S. Fairchild for
Comptroller OF Greater New York.
President Low resigned as head of Coz
lumbia University, New York City. His
resignation will be acted on November 15.
| The new university buildings on Morning
side Heights were dedicated.
Foreign. /.
1t is reported in Toxic, japan, that the
King of Korea proclaimed himself Emperor
Of Korea.