The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-06-10
Domestic.

S3niu6l j.. POST, Jr., one OF the pest hHOWu
members OF the Stock Exchange, New York
on the floor of the Exchange and expired in
fifteen minutes.
The United States gunboat Princeton was
; launched at John II. Dialogue Il Sons ship
yard, Camden, j.
The Japanese Minister at Honolulu ex-
presses his dissatisfaction with Hawaii's re-
ply to Japan's demand, and intimates that
he may return home unless the matter Is
adjusted.
yenezuels asked Grover Cleveland to act
Is her counsel before the Anglo-Venezue-
Ian arbitration tribunal. He declined.
The report Of the Special Senate Com
mittee appointed to investigate the affairs
OF the defunct Globe Savings Bank Of Chi
eayro shows that former Governor Altgeld
was heavy borrower under suspicious
circumstances.
The June crop report by the Ohio State
Board of Agriculture, shows that wheat
prospects have increased four points since
: the last report, the present per cent. be-
ing 50.
The Democratic delegates of the Fourth
Congressional District met at Columbus,
g Ind, to nominate successor to the late
s CONGRESSMAN Holman, and on the four
teenth ballot 2. NJ. Griffith, OF Switzerland.
was selected. The resolutions reafirmed
the Chicago platform and were specially
pronounced In favor of free silver
The entire plant Of Jones & Laushlin, at
Pittsburg, Penn, has closed down, on &C
count Of the strike, throwing $500 men out
Of employment.
Two men were killed in the collapse OF a
soap factory building at Fifty-frst street
I and Twelfth avenue, New York City. The
victims are William Frazer, Brooklyn, and
Jacob jacobson. a millwright. The archi-
4 tect OF the building and contractors were
arrested on charge Of manslaughter.
Thomas N. Early and Max Bernstein we're
srraigned before United States Commis-
sioner Shields, In New York City, charged
With stealing several cannon from West
{ Point.
e Little whirlwind, the Cheyenne murderer
ytof the herder near Lame Deer Agency, in
Montana, was arrested by Agent Stouch,
and 10 Is believed that the trouble there is
ct an end.
Four fires, three OF them believed to be
incendiary, caused great alarm in Keyport,
MI.
The silver, Democrats Of Kentucky held
their State Convention at Frankfort and in
dorsed the Chicago platform.
Theodore Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary
3 of the Navy, formally opened the Naval
! war College in Newport, r. l., with an ad-
dress In which he appealed for formidable
navy as the surest means OF securing per-
manent peace,
George kaufman, the son Of farmer in
Sterling. H., was murdered and burned
{, while guarding his fathers granary from
thieves.
I. Hoffman, Of the firm Of Hoffman, Alex
ander & Co., clothiers, Of San Francisco,
Cal, was found shot in his office. The last
person to see him alive was probably his
: bookkeeper, Theodore A. Figle. The theory
of the police seems to be that Of murder,
although many circumstances point to
suicide.
The family Of ex-Secretary Hoke Smith,
or Atlanta, Ga, were saved from death by
FIRE by being awakened by dog.
Captain Henry Romeyn, Of the Fifth
United States Infantry. stationed at Fort
Mcpherson, Atlanta, Ga, having. reached
the age Of sixty-four, formerly retired from
active service in the army. He left at once
for Nashville, Tenn, where he will have
charge Of the Chilean exhibit at the Expo
sition.
The steamer Allianca, which arrived at
New York City from Colon, is detained at
Quarantine for disinfection. She had yel-
low fever on board during the voyage, and
yellow fever patient was taken from the
ship.
The Board OF Aldermen, by vote of &C
to s, refuse to instruct Corporation Counsel
Scott to begin suits to establish New York
City's rights in the Sixth and Eighth avenue
railroad lines.
General aniel Ruggles, aged lightweight
wears, a native Of Massachusetts, graduate
of the West Point class of 1882, and Con.
federate veteran of the Civil War. died at
Fredericksburg, Va. General Ruggles was
born in Berne, Mass. IN 1910.
: The Police Department had its annual
parade in New York City, and was re-
viewed by Mayor Strong from the stand at
the Worth Monument. There were nearly
5000 men in line. and Inspector McLaugh-
lin was loudly cheered by the crowds Of
spectators.
The annual convocation OF the Grand
Lodge of Masons Of New York State was
opened in the Masonic Temple, New York
City.
The Forest Preserve Board has bought
5000 scres of Adirondack land for the
New York State Park at S1.50 an acre.
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