The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-30
Domestic.

The United States battleship Iowa was
placed In commission at the League Island
Navy Yard, Philadelphia.
C. D. Collins, a wealthy resident Of Ten
nessee, was assaulted and robbed near
Meramec Highlands, Mo-. by Martin Ensley:
an intimate friend. Ensley is the son OF
Colonel Enoch Ensley, who was one or the
richest and best men In the South.
Areport was current in Brooklyn that
Claus Spreckels intends to build a two
Neutrality-suspicious. coffee plant in
Brooklyn.
Fred Musbeck was pitching quoits with a
friend in the yard in the rear Of his store
in Chicago, when a rainstorm came up.
They were about to enter the store when
there was a fash Of lightning, followed by
a crash OF thunder. Musbeck was killed
instantly. The other maj was unhurt.
Patrick Gallagher, owner Of a stone.
crusher at Alpine, N. j., had a pitched
battle with his workmen in which guns,
pistols and stones were used. He won, but
no one was hurt.
Dan Noble, the notorious bank burglar,
was arrested as a escaped convict from
Auburn Prison with four years to serve.
He has been living in New York for more
than q year.
Millionaire W. r. Bradbury, who was
twice convicted In San Francisco, CAL, OF
splitting In street cars, must spend twenty
four hours in Jail for his second offence, as
the Judge refused to impose a fine. Brad
bury applied to the Superior Court Tor q
writ of habeas corpus, but Judge Wallace
denied the application. so the old million
aire will have to go to the county Jail. His
case was the first test case under the new
characterization ordinance, and his fate
will probably be a warning.
Judge James Harlan, a brother OF Justice
Harlan, of the United States Supreme
Court, was run over and killed by q train
near the almshouse at Louisville. KY, where
he had been sent at his own desire on &C.
count Of his drinking habits.
The National Anti-Mob and Lynch Law
Association was incorporated at Columbus.
Ohio, by Samuel E. Huffman, W. H. Dick
son and other colored citizens of Spring
field. The purposes OF the organization
are to discourage mob and lynch law In the
United States and to arouse public senti-
ment against 1t.
The sensational feature of the testimony
taken before the Coroner at Urbanna, Ohio,
in the Bell and Baker inquests, the men who
lost their lives the night Of the lynching,
were the statements Of three guards on the
witness stand that they had lost their
places because they had taken part in the
firing on the crowd at the county jail.
The jury at Austin. Texas, in the case OF
the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, controlled
by the Standard Oil Company, charged
with violation Of the antitrust law,
brought in q verdict for the State, cancel
ling the permit to do business in Texas and
In favor OF defendants Hathaway, Grice,
keenan,, Austin and Frlese, local district
agents Of the company.
A desperate duel with knives IS reported
from the mountainous district Of Oconee,
South Carolina. No particulars are known
beyond the fact that the fight was pre-
meditated, and that James Turpin was
killed and his antagonist, j. Kelley Dunn,
MORALLY wounded. e.
The Dock Commissioners OF New York
City approved plans for dock improvements
on the North River front to cost nearly
S12, 600, 900.
Howard A. Scott met death in the cleo
trio chair at Sing Sing On. " Prison forthe
murder Of his wife in Now York City on
October &c last.