The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-09-22
Domestic.

Domestic.
Tie transport Concho arrived at Moutauk
| Point, L. l.. from Ponce, Porto Rico, bring
| Ing Major-General James H. Wilson and his
| staff, OF the Sixth Army Corps, and volun-
teers OF Indiana, Missouri and Pennsyl-
| vania.
Ivory Boothby. farm laborer, employed
| by Mrs. Abbie Parcher, Of North Saco, Me-,
was found dead with bullet hole in his
body. Boothby was about forty-five years
| old. 1t Is supposed he was killed by
| stranger who asked him il he would aid
| him to fix broken-down carriage. Booth
| by went with the man, and the next morn
| ing he was found dead near the roadside.
Conductor G. NJ. Riley and Engineer John
Pettinger were killed and Brakeman Tress-
| ler badly injured In railway track on the
Denver and Bio Grande in the Black Cany-
| on, a few miles west OF Sapinero, Col. From
some unknown cause, while running at full
speed, the engine and one car left the track
and went into the Gunnison River.
One man was instantly killed and three
were injured by the falling Of a scaffold in
Brooklyn, N. Y. The dead man is John
kearns, forty-seven years old.
Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, is opposed
to costly banquet at the coming peace
waste Of money that could be given to
needy soldiers.
William Kane was shot, and Edward G..
Jackson, his companion, was beaten into
inconsistencies in st. Louis, Mo-, few
days ago by striking plasterers on their
way to work. Kane died and Jackson will
recover.
Professor William r. Daily. one OF the
most noted life savers Of the United States,
for many years champion swimmer and
champion oarsman OF the Pacific Slope,
died in South Boston, Mass. Death was
caused by pneumonia.
Warren R. Stickney shot himself dead at
Ann Arbor, Mich The cause OF suicide is
believed to be loss OF his homo through fin
ancial difficulties. Mr.. Stickney was cul-
tivated and intellectual man, and was once
Superintendent OF Schools at Chicopee,
Mass.
An earthquake aroused the people at
Husley, South Dakota, at O'Clock Friday
morning. Houses trembled and dishes
ratified on the shelves for about thirty
seconds. The shocks seemed to travel east
ward.
An order has been received by st. Louis
street car company for $50 street cars for
the japanese Government. The order,
which will be filed, calls for the compile.
tIon and shipment OF the cars within
ninety days. The amount to be paid for the
cars is 100000.
The Bergen County (N. J.) Grand Jury
indicted Nicholas Jackson for murder. He
is accused OF having bound his six-year-old
boy Lewis to the West Shore tracks neal
Teaneck several months ago. The body Of
the lad was found cut to pieces.
Troops are being moved South, where
they will be established in winter camp,
preparatory to the occupation Of Cuba and
Porto Rico.
Every coal merchant in Frankfort, KY,
has been indicted by the county Grand Jury
on a charge Of conspiracy. The coal men
combined to fix prices.
Nine hundred and fifty officers and men
OF the Ninth Regiment arrived in New
York City Friday from Chickamauga.
With few exceptions the men looked hale
and hearty. Twenty-six men were sick.
W. Bynum resigned the Craftsmanship
OF the National Committee OF the Gold
Democrats. with headquarters in Chicago,
and George Foster Peabody was elected in
his place. resolution commencing MIR.
Bynum's work was adopted.
Companies B, D and F, a battalion Of the
Thirteenth United States Infantry, re-
turned from Montauk to Governors Island.
New York Harbor. The battalion left for
the war with 226 officers and men on April
16. 1t came back with only l13.
At Virginia Beach, Va, Henry Listern, n
cottager and his guests, T. s. E. Dixon, OF
Chicago, and Arthur Mclaughlin, OF New
ark, n. j., went bathing in the surf. One
of the men got beyond his depth and the
others went to his rescue, but all were
drowned.
The body OF Charles Spinks, a wealthy
resident Of Newport, KY, who was drowned,
was found at the west end OF his coal heet
In the Ohio River. One insurance policy
for $4,000 had been renewed only the day
before, perhaps not two hours before
Spinks met his DEATH The finding OF the
body gill compel the payment OF Sl25, 600
insurance which Spinks carried upon his
life.
Captain Ichabod Wiley, OF the wrecked
schooner Bartlett, OF Thomaston. Me-,
Captain Henry Vonharten, and colored
man OF Beaufort, were drowned by the cap
sizing OF small saiboat of Hilton Head,
sc.
The soldiers monument. put up on the
common by the citizens OF otUxbridge, Mass,
was dedicated, Wednesday, by II. II. Legg
Post, G. A. R., and presented to the town.
Veterans and Sons Of Veterans from UX-
bridge, Northbridge. Milford, Douglas,
Grafton and Upton took part.
The OLDHAM sailed from New York for
Ponce, Porto Rico, carrying n battalion OF
Pennsylvania troops, sixteen postal clerks
and army stores.
The last OF the rough riders were mus
tered but at Camp Wikolr, Montauk. l.. l.,
and Colonel Roosevelt is now without a
command.
Boston is to have free lce-water foun-
tains in all parts of the city next summer