The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-28

c. ". Spaldinc, President Of the defunct
Globe Savings Bank In Chicago, confessed
that he hypothecated the bonds OF the
Illinois University. He was ruined by his
pretty typewriter.
Charles W. Dayton has resigned the office
Of Postmaster Of New York City.
Health Board statistics submitted to
Mayor Strong show that New York City Is In
an excellent condition. the death rate being
lower than it has been for years.
John Steel and James Charles. Of ALLIE
ghapv City, Penn, wore asphyxiated In the
pressure house OF the Allegheny Heating
Company. Escaping gas caused their death.
The Long Mead Iron Company and the
Conshohocken Tube Company. OF Consho.
hocken. Penn, have gone into the hands OF
receivers. The liabilities will amount to
about $500, 900. The assets will not be over
s150,000.
The nomination ny Representative Shat.
tue, of Ohio, OF D. J. Bundy, colored hoy
Of Cincinnati. to cadetship at Annapolis.
has aroused some protests. Mr.. Shattuc de-
clares he will stand by his nominee.
Several thousand razor.back hogs i'm
ported into Iowa from Texas during the
past year, have died from what was sup
posed to be hog cholera. A post norton ex-
animation of some Of them discloses that
Instead of cholera. worm killed the hogs.
II ls claimed that the disease Is incurable.
but 1t is not positively known that 1t Is con.
tagious.
Five or six weeks ago mad dog ran
through the neighborhood about Gordon,
Ga. The dog bit three children, and they
have died within few days OF hydrophobia.
They are Joseph Bloodworth, the seven
year-old son Of a man who lives at Ivey; a
ten-year-old boy named Jack Gooden, OF
Stevens's Pottery, and ten year-old daugh-
ter OF Widow Sarah Evanson OF the same
place. All three were bitten on the same
lay.
The State Senate at Albany, 80 to 10,
repassed the Greater New York charter over
Mayor Strong's veto.
Mr.. Laimbeers bill for establishing a re-
formatory or farm colony in New York for
Assembly az Albany.
The United States battleship Oregon
grounded in Puget Sound while trying to
enter her dock. II Is not believed that she is
seriously injured.
Joseph Adams, convicted Of forgery and
sentenced to Sing Sing, N. Y, confesses that
York City, OF $3.50 by q worthless check.
Alonzo j. Whiteman was recently tried and
acquitted Of this crime by proving an alibi
James Evers, OF Brooklyn, sixteen years
old. who was run over Monday by bicycle
ridden by james Should, died Tuesday.
Should Is under $4,000 bail.
Lottie Frances Bates, aged seventeen,
shot herself through the heart at her home.
1t Lovell's Corners. Mass. All the evidence
Indicated suicide. She was the eldest daugh-
ter OF Henry !. Bates who is now serving
lime at Plymouth for an assault.
On the morning Of March % Portsmouth,
Va. was swept by four fires, destroying
s150,G0O worth Of property. including the
Catholic church. On the trial Of Frank Linn
and Edward Delman for burglary Linn's wife
testified that ir January Dolman, Linn and
Ellis Jobson met at her house, planned sew.
eral robberies and concocted conspiracy to
hurn a large part Of the city to cover their
deeds.
Deputy State Game Protector William
Harris was at Cayuga Lake. N. Y, engaged
In taking net out Of the water. when he
was shot at from the shore. Seven shots in
all were fired at him by parties concealed in
the bushes near Pickerel Cove. Harris re-
turned the fire with his revolver and ther
made his escape without injury.
The House Of Refuge on Randall's Island,
New York City. has been condemned by the
Board OF Health as unfit for the reception o.
inmates.
Governor Bloxham issued a call for Nh.
tional Fisheries Congress. to assemble In
Tampa. Fla. on January 10, 1898. The Ma.
tional Fishery Commission willtake pror..
inent part in the proceedings. The Govern
ors of the various States and the Fishery
Commissioners are requested to appoint dele.
gates.
Thomas Dinnen, OF Mequato, Iowa. WAS
robbed by highwaymen on the Doug las
street bridge Pcross the Missouri at Omaha,
Neb. He was thrown over the railing. He
was found on the edge of the river bank,
and died a few hours later without regain
ing consciousness. The body fell 5 venty
feet. He was well-known man in Iowa.
Admiral Jorg Montt, former President OF
tho Republic OF Chile, paid visit to West
Point Military Academy. He was met at
the depot hy Colonel ). NJ. Mills, Com
mnndant Of Ca let's, and Adjutant Wilder.
At s. 80 review o: the corps of cadets was
given in his honor. after which he returned
to New York, apparently delegated with his
visit
A shooting affrav occurred at Jordan. Ky,
IN which Edward Frazier was killed and his
brother John badly wounded by Dr.. White.
The trouble grew out OF an insulting note.
written to Miss Faunt. housekeeper fer Dr..
White, who has an invalid wife.