The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-06-06
Domestic.

Mrs. Josephine McShane and her litt.,
son were suffocated while trying to escape
from burning house In New York City.
The body Of +. ". Moyle, at one time 9
wealthy California miner and member ol
the California Legislature. was found foat'
Ing 10 the North River of Jersey, City, N. J
The indications point to suicide. y.s
Cepheus Roberts, of Wlnsted, Conn.,, hav.
ing been cheated by the tenant OF his
farm, advertised for q thief, convict pre-
ferred, to succeed him. 80
The entire business portion Of Forrest
Miss, was destroyed by fire, entailing 9
loss Of $2O0, 900. Seventeen buildings vert
burned, including the Postoffce. r,sG
A valuable deposit Of copper ore has beer
discovered in the vicinity Of Van Buren,.
Mo: The ore Is said to- o>exlst in immense
quantities, g&.'. .4s
Four children Of Thomas Brady were
burned to death IN their home near Nash.
Vile, Tenn, the house having gttaqghere
during the absence OF their pare6ts
church. s1isssS4sS ~ n 3:
Because his grandmotheTiR1 dd peri
NIT him to 60 out to play D er,
seven years old, In Chicago he'd heE
over sofa and caused her death 80 y.
Federal sanitary Inspectors Wsre Sstzs
toned at Reno and Yuma, Ark, and at
Ashland, Ore, to guard against spread OF
the plague from San Francisco. is +
Fire in the Yale Observatory lat. New
Haven, Conn.,, damaged the special lnstru.
ments which the Yale astronomers we're to
have taken South to view the total eclipse.
Building was also burned. VI
Albert Lancaster, formerly street car
conductor at Cincinnati, Ohio, has been
awarded $3.50 damages from Harry HAM
burger, who complained against him and
lost him his job.
James @. Keough, former tax collector
zling $500, 900, was sentenced to ten years
imprisonment. ~
Frank Fossett, on trial for murder al
Fort Worth, Tex, walked 'unobserved out
of the Court House and escaped.
By o Federal Injunction st. Louis (Mo.,
street car strikers were restrained from
interfering with the operation OF mail cars
Governor Smith, Of ontana, signed the
commission OF Martin Maginnis as United
States Senator.
The Supreme Court OF Massachusetts, de.
cides that gifts to Harvard College to
found scholarships are valid, sustaining
fourteen scholarships.
A. O. Bergum, military prisoner at the
Preside, San Francisco, was shot and In.
stantly killed while trying to make his es-
cape with other prisoners.
A locomotive on an Illinois Central pas.
senger train blew up inside the city limits
OF fDubois, ILL.,, killing the engineer, Thomas
Prickett, and Fireman John Wright, both
OF Centralla.
A syndicate OF New York bankers headed
by the National City Bank has loaned $15,.
000, 900 to the Bank OF France.
Mrs. Phoebe A. Poison, sister OF Con.
gresham Albert J. Hopkins, shot her.
self at her home In Maple Park, III. She
had been 10 Ill health for some time and OF
late had been respondent.
The Rev. william A. Echols, OF Middle
port, Ohio, Commissioner to the Presby-
terian General Assembly at st. Louis, Mo-,
from the Athens Presbytery of the Synod
OF Ohio, died suddenly OF heart disease at
one OF the sessions. e..
Cruelty on the high seas brought fine of
$1,000 and two months Imprisonment for
John Hayes. mate Of the ship st. James, at
New York City. L2.,
Miss Hannah Collins. OF Jersey City, N.
j., secured verdict Of S42 500 against the
Central Railroad OF New Jersey for injuries
that crippled her for life.
DR.. Charles Woodward, Jr., Of Mount
Holly, N. j., was charged by his fathe-
with setting fire to the family residence.