The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-10

Wanoa, n. l., Snut ltS uOorS DecduSe VI d
run and a State examiner was placed in
charge.
The food at Pittsburg, Penn, is subsiding.
and it is believed that the worst is over at
Cincinnati, Ohio, and Louisville, KY.
Two children OF Mrs. Allen. of Washington
Park. Brooklyn, were left alone in the fiat
while their mother went to call on sick
friend. The younger child, aged three, set
fire to her clothes and was burned to death.
Her sister was fatally burned. The furni-
ture ignitei and was destroyed.
At Tallahassee, Fla, NJ Nicholson, con-
victed Of the murier of ]. Duval, livery
man, of Madison, Fla, in 1854 sentenced
to be hanged March II, committed suicide
by laudanum poisoning.
By the biggest ice deal known on the Pen
obscot River. in Maine, for years, the Con-
solidated Ice Company. OF New York, has
acquired tho house and harvesting plant OF
the American Ice Company.
The Canadian Pacific Railway Company
has placel with the Carnegie Company. at
Homestead, Penn, an order for $4,000 tons
OF steel rails.
The Peoples Party. In convention at Chi
cago, nominated Carter H. Harrison, son OF
Chicago's murdered Mayor, for the same Of
flee, which Is TO b' filed next April. MIR.
Harrison is the leading candidate OF the free
silver Democrats for Mayor also.
The engine and express. mail and baggage
cars of Train No. on the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad were thrown from the rails at
Glen Station, KY. by running into washout
caused by the extremely heavy rains No
damage was done to the sleeping cars. Mr..
Stout. the roadmaster, was killed.
despatch from Paris says that DR..
Steinitz. the famous chess player, is dead at
Moscow, Russia. About two weeks ago it
was announced that DR.. Steinitz was suffer-
placed in the Morocoff Private Hospital, at
Moscow. William Steinitz was born at
Prague, Bohemia on May II, 1886.
The family OF Jacob Ciclez, of Cleveland
Ohio. was almost completely wiped out Of
existence by fire. Eight persons were
burned. Jacob and Mary Ciciez, husband
and wife, were fatally burned, aad their
four children, who are all under six years
old, received injuries. Albert Jerno and
Joseph Jerga, boarders, were also badly
burned.
The Southern Pacific Railroad will pay
S150,000 to the State OF Kentucky for its
charter.
Ferdinand May was arrested in New York
City charge with defrauding bank in
Strassburg. Germany, OF over 100000. by
falsely representing that he had sold and
consigned to this country large amount OF
whalebone, on which the bank casbed bills
OF exchange. He was sent TO Ludlow Street
Jail in default OF 100000 bail.
R. G.. Dun & Co.. of New York City, in
their last weekly trade statement, gave
decidedly encouraging review OF business
conditions.
At Prairie Du Chen, Wis. .,ex-County Judge
and ex-Mayor c. f. Fuller committed suicide
by shooting himself. The suicide was due
probably to mental alteration.
Deer in the Green Mountains Of Vermont,
were never more plentiful or in better con-
dition since their importation into the
State ten years ago than during the present
winter. The falls OF snow have been COM
paratively light. and in consequence the deer
have been wandering through the forests as
during other seasons OF the year.
The recent increase in incendiary fires in
New York City has aroused the fire. officials
into making a protest concerning the blanket
policies which are issued by fire insurance
companies without any preliminary survey
CT the property to be insured.
A resolution was introduced in the Senate
at Albany, n. Y, calling foT an investigation
OF the conduct OF department stores.
The substitution OF electricity for steam as
n motive power for the Brooklyn Bridge cats
will, it is stated, save 900 year.
Captain Romeyn. OF the Fifth Artillery,
stationed at Fort Mcpherson, felled Lieu
tenant O'Brien to the ground with blow on
the jew. This took place in the course OF
dress parade.
At New Bloomfield. Penn, DR.. T. l.. John
stoD. who a few weeks ago was convicted Ol
murder in the second degree for the killing
Of DR.. George S. Henry at Duncannon. was
sentenced TO twenty years imprisonment IN
the Eastern Penitenliary.
An unknown Italian woman was murdered
Mt Norwalk, Conn, aud after the assassin
had inflicted slytern terrible Is he
placed the body on a railroad track, but II
was discovered, and the police ara searching
for the murderer.
At New Brunswick, n. J.. Elwooi Thomp
son, twenly-nine years OF age. shot and ln'
stantly killed himself in his home on Bald
win street. He leaves wife and five chill
dren. His suicide is attributed to worry
over the disgrace brought upon him by his
mother, who recently was convicted OF keep
ing disorderly house.
The accounts of retiring State Treasurer
Joseph Bartly ami State Auditor Eugene
Moore. of Nebraska. show Il shortage OF more
than half million dollars.
Three burglars held up John Welsh ant
his wife in their road house near Menlo Park
NJ.
Catherine Selo, OF A'dene, n. Y, sacrificed
her life in saving the lives OF her brother.
AMI sisters when lamp exploded.
At Iron River, Mich, the residence Of
Thomas Brosnowsky was burned AMI two
children p r.shei in the fire.
General John C. Robinson. a veteran o.
the Civil War, died in his home in Elmira,
n. Y.
Floods in the Ohio River aud its tribu.
taries caused great damage to property.
Foreign Nores.
The American, Scott, was released from
confinement incomunicado in Cuban jul
mt the demand of United States Consul
| General Lee
A savage attack was made on william
Waldorf Astor by John Buras in the British
| House of Commons.
President Krueger mas asked that the
High Court of tn South Air can Republic: bE
| placed under he Volksraad, through fear o.
| the plots OF Cecil Rhodes.
James Fry, who murdered J. P. Shaw in ?
| bush fifteen miles from Emsdale, Canada, as
| the result of quarrel. has committed sui
eide by shooting. Fry had given out that be
would never be captured alive, and had bar.
ricaded himself in the house.
| The Powers ordered Greece to evacuate
| Crete within twenty-four hours. King
| George replied that he would do so If the
autonomy Of the island was guaranteed by
| Europe.
France and Brazil have signed a protocol
referring their dispute regarding territorial
boundaries to arbitration, the President OIL
the Swiss Collaboration to be the referee