The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-09-29
Domestic.

Private Shuteman, Fourth tennessee,
was shot and killed at Knoxville, Tenn, by
a member OF the provost guard while try
ing to escape arrest. Shuteman had com
mitted petty offense. II cannot be ascer-
tanned who fired the shot.
Five men were Injured on the new Gov
ernment dam at Neville Island, near Cora
polls, Penn, by the breaking OF large
travelling crane. 4 huge block OF stone
fell forty-ave feet among group Of work
men, but only five were hit.
Neil Donnellon. twenty-five years old,
only son OF millionaire real estate dealer
In BROOKLYN, n. Y, and senior at Yale,
committed suicide il his home by shooting
himself
1t has Just been discovered by the authori-
ties that series Of puGilistic bouts have
been conducted among the convicts OF the
penitentiary, at Frankfort, Ky. These con-
tests were conducted under the old ad-
ministration under the Marquis Of Queens
berry rules.
&C. Posch and George Rauber, window
cleaners, were killed by falling from
breaking scafroli OF the fourth story OF
building in Jersey City, NJ.
Frederick E. Caswell, of New York, as
sistant purser on the Fall River line
steamer Priscilla, was arrested at Newport,
r. l., on a charge of stealing tickets. he
confessed taking in all about $1,000 worth
of tickets.
ST. Patrick's Church at Audenried, Penn.
Is slowly sinking into the coal mines, and
will probably be abandoned.
Gerhard G. Classen, a salesman living in
in New York City, committed suicide In
Hoboken, n. J., by throwing himself in
front of an incoming train on the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.
A deal was consummated in ST. Louis,
Mo-, whereby the Brown Tobacco Com
pany's plant became the property OF the
American Tobacco Company. The price
paid was Il 100000. -
A freight train was wrecked at crossing
near Lima, Ohio. Engineer John l.. Popp,
Fireman Alexander Woerner and Head
Brakeman Patrick Moriarity, OF Lima City,
were on the engine and were killed. The
locomotive went into the ditch and the
men were buried under it. A number OF
cars piled up on the engine.
Louis 3. La Franier, o locomotive engi-
neer who was hunting for work, climbed
into a ear at Solitt, ILL.,, Ito return to Chi
cago. Three tramps lurking in the shadow
of the car attacked him, and when he re-
sisted shot him through the body and fled.
He died from his wounds.
George Bowman, of Bridgeport, Conn,
was murdered last winter near Dawson, in
the Klondike, during q terrible snowstorm
by a companion named Johnston OF Spring
Aeld, Mass.
George Scarborough, aged fifty, a farmer
near Lambertville, n. j., fell from peach
tree few days ago, breaking his neck and
dying in a few minutes.
William Dounhina while attending q
theatre in New Orleans, La, few nights
ago. got into violent fit Of laughing over
the performance. The laughter passed in
to commissions and Dauphine died in the
foyer Of the theatre before an ambulance
could arrive The doctor gave certih-
cate OF death from heart disease.
The Philadelphia peace jubilee will be
held on October &c and q.
General Merriam, commander Of the De-
partment of California. arrived at San
Francisco from Honolulu on the steamer
Australia.
Chevalier N. Proskowitz, acting Chief
Consul OF Austria Hungary at Chicago, was
killed by falling under car at Fort wayne,
Ind.
The sloop yacht Emily was struck and
sunk by squall in the Narrows, and OF
the five men who were on board two OF
them, Adolphus Cole and Gustave Nor
rean, both Of Amesbury, Mass, were
drowned.
The city OF Tucson, Arizona, came near
total destruction by fire few days ago.
Among the buildings DESTROYED were the
old PaGulvoich building, the Western Union
and Wells Fargo Offices, Kits dry goods
store. Odd Follows Hall, and many offices.
The loss is $4,000.