The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-21
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Sir James Winter, the Premier, an.
nounced in the Newfoundland Legislature
that the Ministry did not intend to enact
any other French Shore legislation. he
Government preferred there should be no
action on the part Of the colony. because
France would thus be compelled to nego.
tiate for settlement OF the difficulty, In.
asmuchas, after the close Of this year. the
French will have no legal warrant for In
reference with the colonists.
At a meeting at Valencia, Spain, the
Archbishop Of Valencia presiding, 1t was
decided to telegraph an appeal to the
Peace Conference, asking the delegates to
consider steps for the release OF the, Span
ish prisoners In the hands OF the Flllpinos
when their other labors are concluded.
Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary Of State
for the Colonies. in the House OF Commons,
London, few devs ago, said that he took
the most sanguine view OF the situation
with regard to the Alaskan boundary ques-.
ton.
An action has been begun by Q tradesman
against the Bank Of England IN London as
the result of the banks refusal to cash
one.hundred-pouud note which formed
part Of the money stolen In January from
PARIS Bank.
L. G.. Hastings, Assistant Treasurer OF the
Rock Island Railway, with headquarters in
Topeka, Kan, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself twice through the head. Con-
tinued ill.health Is said to have caused the
suicide.
Mrs. Herbert Clark committed suicide at
San Francisco. CAL, By swallowing car
bolic acid. The woman went there three
years ago with her husband, the abscond-
Ing cashier OF the Bank OF Lynn. Mass,
nnEo naI x,tk az mn
1.-THE banks funds, and who Is now serving
aseven.yesr sentence for his crime.
Mrs. Benjamin McGrew, wife OF former
Postmaster McGrew, Of Passaic, N. j., suf.,
fered from Queer malady. Her jaws SET!
as II by lockjaw, but the usual symptoms
OF lockjaw were missing. Dr.. G.. ". Wat
son, who attended her, says the partial
paralysis resulted from eating strawber-,
ries. Cases Of this kind are very rare.
Sherman II. Reese, Assistant Superin-
tendent OF the Ducktown Sulphur and
Copper Works, was shot from ambush and'
killed BY unknown parties" neur Isabella,
Polk County, Tenn. The affair has created
a great sensation.
Walter B. Lane, OF Farm cunt Township,
Penn, accidentally shot and killed hts
eight-year-old daughter Gertrude. The
father was practicinc at forget with re.
FOlF0E LII luo yo10, ouo oshsSA "eS
standing near. While In the act OF reload.
ing the weapon 1t was discharged, the ball
piercing the child's body.
Kate Lee, sixteen years old. and Maud
Anderson, seventeen, were drowned by the;
capsizing Of boat In Prairie Lake, ten
miles north Of Tomahawk, Wis,
Peter Meyers was found guilty at Somer-
set, Penn, OF murder In the first degree for
killing John Lenhart, who had been de-.
putlzed by his brother, Nelson Lenhart,
constable OF Summit Township, to assist IN
arresting the defendant for numbering
Michael Karney at Garrett, last September.
Meyer was also found guilty OF murder In
the first degree for shooting Karney. The
court imposed the death penalty twice on
the prisoner. This is said to be without a.
precedent in the history OF criminal jurts-
prudence in Pennsylvania. :
Ernest Devree, OF Grand Rapids, Mich,
who claimed to be the champion tatto ar
tlst OF the world, was killed instantly at
Blue Island, near Chicago, by Chicago
aud Grand Trunk train. He fell between
the cars and was crushed under the wheels.