The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07
Domestic.
RECORD OF THE LEAGUE CLUBS.

The appraisers OF the estate Of the late
James G. Fair, the California millionaire,
put its value between s12 900, 900 and s15,-
O00, 900.
William Ogilvie, Canadian surveyor %
the Yukon country. reports that there are
enough provisions at Dawson City for 1000
persons during the winter.
The town OF Willow Springs, sixteen miles
from Chicago, was DESTROYED by fire with
total loss Of about CSC, 900.
The Boston Club won the National League
baseball championship, the Baltimore Club,
champions for the past three years. being
; second in the race and the New Yorks third.
The miners employed in the Madison Coal
Company's shafts In Edwardsyille. ILL.,,
were attacked by a mob Of strikers and
womrn and badly beaten. The armed
deputies who guarded the miners were also
roughly handled.
John Eucher, a Brooklyn On. " tailor,
who had long been out OF work. drowned
himself In a asauerkraut vat which he had
/ partially filled with water for that purpose.
Ezra T. Sawyer, OF East Hampton, Mass,
died from the effects OF swallowing two
false teeth while asleep. He was sixty
eight years old, and a prominent business
man.
The Congressman who sited Honolulu
to gain accurate informatit about tie Ia-
waiian Islands arrived at san Francisco.
Most OF them express themselves as favor
able to annexation.
The National Demo mocratic State Conven-
tion OF Massachusetts. held In Boston, NOM
mated ex-Congressman William Everett for
Governor.
Later returns made the result Of the vote
L. fa t1,n
New Jersey Constitution very close, and in
dicated the success Of the amendment re-
stricting the appointment powers Of the
Governor. The amendment permitting
women to vote at school elections was de-
feated.
DR.. Robert N. Flaeg, prominent physi-
clan OF Yonkers, N. Y, who was married
on Thursday night. killed himself at the
Murray Hill Hotel in New York on Friday
morning In presence OF his bride by jump
ing from a window to the street. It Is
thought he was temporarily insane through
business troubles.
Eugene Kraustben and his wife fell to the
sidewalk on crowded Broadway In New
York. They were accompanied by three
children, and were exhausted from lack OF
food. The needs Of the famished family
were attended to Immediately by q sympa-
thetic crowd.
Stage robbers are again active in Cali
fornia. Three stages were "held up" near
Milton in one afternoon by two masked
men and the passengers robbed.
A Rock Island passenger train was held
up in the Indisn Territory; the passengers
and mail were robbed, and unsuccessful at
tenpts were made to blow open the express
safe.
The Massachusetts Republicans, at their
State Convention in Boston, renominsted
colt at the head OF the ticket, and endorsed
the st. Louis National platform.
Mrs. Clara Gray was killed and Mrs.
Rosina Nelson and two children were seri-
ously injured by Long Island Railroad
train, which ran them down as they were
driving across the track at Springfield.
Neb., was burned and three children per-
ished In the flames. They were left in the
house by the father, who went to the barn.
Gordon was dangerously burned in his
efforts to save his children.
quarantine train which left New Or
leans over the Southern Pacific Railroad
with DR.. Guiteras, United States Marine
Hospital expert; DR.. Carter. OF the Marine
Hospital service, and DR.. Olliphant, Presi-
dent OF the Louisiana Board OF Health, to
hold conference with the health boards Of
the towns and parishes OF western Louis
lana, was stopped by an armed mob at
Rayne, in Acadia parish, and compelled to
return to New Orleans.
A three days session OF the National Irri-
CATION Congress was held In Lincoln, Neb.
Every Western State was represented.
RUTLAND McEnery, a planter Of Ouacita
Parish, La, nephew OF United States Sem
ator McEnery. was shot and mortally
wounded near Monroe, La, by Jim Turner,
q colored man. MeEnery at the time was
looking for Wash Ferren, another colored
man, who had assaulted two white girls.
Turner was shot and killed by McEnery.
A slight fall from a wagon killed Samuel
Lewis, Of Slatedale. Penn. He was twenty
years old and weighed 315 pounds.
According to Assistant Engineer Knight,
Of Peary's ship. evidences OF cannibalism
were discovered in Lieutenant Greeley's
camp at Cape Sabine by landing party.
President Mckinley drove from North
Adams. Mass, to Williams College, where
he held reception.