The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-02-03
Domestic.

Frederick Cook. who confessed to set
ting fire to the Tontine Hotel, In New
Haven. Conn.,, was sentenced to seven
years imprisonment.
DR.. Mcyickar, OF Philedelphia, was con.
secrated Bishop Coadjutor of Rhode Island
in the Church Of the Holy Trinity. in Phil
adelphia, over which he has had charge
for twenty years.
Suits were begun against alleged part
ners Of W. G. Rodgers, banker, Of Jordan,
NY, whose death was followed by the
failure Of his bank, with practically the
loss OF all deposits, Rodgers having gam
bled all away in grain speculation.
Kentucky's lower house adopted reso-
luton calling on United States Senator
William Lindsay to resign II he cannot sup
port the Chicago platform.
Abraham Tebbitts, formerly a leather
dealer, OF Boston, Mass. has disappeared,
after having obtained from bankers about
s20, 900 In cash on bills OF lading for leather
valuedat $500
Frank Carey, twelve-year-old boy, was
struck and killed by train on trestle
near st. Louis, Mo. Mrs. King, who was
with him, jumped and sustained injuries
that were expected to prove fatal.
On account of the large amount OF un-
employed money now on hand, the Fourth
National Bank, New York City, gave notice
that It will pay only If per cent. interest
on deposit balances. Other banks are ex-
pected to follow this example.
Mrs. Lucinda NJ. HUFF. who claimed to
have caught pneumonia in Roxbury
Cfass.) Hotel owing to the failure Of the
awarded $1,000 damages.
EN-: Anderson, sixty years old, had q
fierce fight with highwaymen in Brooklyn.
They finally threw him into the river, and
would not let him get out OF the water till
he had given them his money.
Nearly 1900 persons sailed from Seattle,
Wash, for the Klondike within two recent
days.
New England mills will share losses
caused New Bedford mills by the strike.
Any mill yielding to the strikers within
thirty days is to pay $4,000 penalty.
Lieutenant Governor Jones. OF Ohio, ap-
pointed Senators Valentine, Cohen, Sulli-
van, Sheppard and Wightman the commit
tee asked for by Attorney-General F. s.
Monnett to investigate trusts.
The sarcophagus intended for the widow
Of General Grant has been placed In the
Riverside tomb, New York City.
William Earl Cook, Of Portsmouth, R. l.,
has passed his 101st birthday. Arrange
ments had been made to have number Of
his descendants celebrate the event, but
this had to be abandoned. Mr.. Cook Is one
Of the oldest Frso Masons.
1t the first meeting of the Board OF Lo-
cal Improvement for the Borough OF the
that the Heine monument had been given
to the Borough.
It was declared at the Cuban Junta, New
York City, that the fljbuster steamer
Tillie, which went down of Barnegat on
Sunday evening, was scuttled by treachef-
Gus men on board.
In Cleveland, Ohio, suit for divorce on
the ground OF cruelty was brought by bis
wife against Daniel r. Hanna, only sonof
Senator Hanna.
3 The ice crop from the Hudson River fields
promises to be exceptionallYshor this sea-
son. The season for harvesting ice Is about
at an end along the Hudson River, and the
ice harvested there so far has fallen short
OF the usual amount.
President Dole, OF Hawaii, left Chicago
for Washington by special train,
Jacob HIM, the ex-cowboN who killed
OTIS Diehl for cruelty treating his wife,
Hinz's sister, was e1oneratef by Cor
oner's jury In Brooklyn.
; A gale swept through st. Louis, No.,
carrying death, destruction and panic on
its wings. Thousands Of dollars Of dam
age was done. Business was suspended
for some time. Houses werd unroofed,
windows shattered, trees uprboted and
buildings rendered unsafe. August Vie
meyer, q carpenter, was blown from the
top OF the Shields School and killed. Josie
Peterson, four years old, was bI$wn sixty
feet from third-story porch and dashed
to death. Fully 100000 PERSONS sought
refuge in cellars and basement4 till the
storm was over.
George Jones is charged by thA wife OF
Engineer Burt Griffin with having attempt
ed to wreck his train on the LONG Island
Railroad. Jones had sworn that she should
marry him or soon be widow II she we'd
ded Griffin.
; The North Atlantic squadron sailAd from
Key West, Fla, for Dry Tortugas. 1t will
be ready to support the Maine II neefed.
Mrs. Julia K West, of Richmond Bor-
'ough, New York City, preferred charges
against the State Board Of Education. She
discovered that examination papersi iwere
sold, but the Board let the matter drd
The celebration OF the flftieth ann -
ary Of the discovery Of gold in Califd
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