The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
Peter Anderson, aged siXty-one, shot
and killed his son, Gustav Anderson,
aged twenty-siX. at Astoria, n. 7.
Father and son had been on bad terms
for some time.
A heavy rain storm did much DAM
age at Asheville N. c., and at Bilt-
more, n. c.. where q number Of cot
tages were flooded.
Mrs. Irene Leach, postmistress at
Carthage, Mo-. was arrested charged
with stealing money from letters.
The water in Lake Erie IS lower
than was ever known to be the case
before.
A cyclone blew down 4 number Of
small houses at Fort Mill, S. G,
The old John Brown homestead.
near Torrington, Conn, was sold. 1t
will be- renovated and put under a
trusteeship.
Fishermen are making great hauls
of mackerel off Newport, R. I.
E. H. Conger Minister to China, is
likely to fail in the race for the Re-
publican nomination for Governor Of
Iowa.
While visiting his first wife's grave
in company with his second wife, Dav-
id O. Welton, of Paris, ILL.,, fell dead.
John Personious. teamster, Of Ith-
aca, N. Y, while out fishing with two
companions, was drowned in Cayuga
Lake through the capsizing of their
boat
Heavy floods paralyzed traffic in
Northern Texas, Oklahoma and Indian
Territory, and did considerable dam
age.
Miss Cynthia Miles, an aged resident
of Swormsville, n. Y. was found dead
in her house where she lived alone. A
bank book showing deposits of $4,000
was found.
Owing to the dissension over the
subject of arbitration there Is danger
that the Pan-American Congress in
December may not be held
The order declaring martial law at
Jacksonville, Fla, was revoked, and
the saloons of the city were reopened
in the daytime.
The Rev. DR.. Henry G. Minton, Of
California, was elected Moderator Of
the Presbyterian General Assembly
in Philadelphia.
Frederick Lead, the hermit of Beav-
er Mountain, near Elmsford, N. Y, is
| dead. He cut his hair for the first time
| in three years and caught a cold.
The disabled seventy-ton thirteen
inch gun of the battleship Kearsarge
was successfully removed from its tur-
ret by q novel method at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard.
The Alaskan, largest steamship ever
| built on the Pacific coast, was launched
at San Francisco, Cal.
Serious dissensions have appeared
in "Dr." John Alexander Dowie's Zion,
and some Of his trusted lieutenants
have resigned and denounce him as
| hypocrite.
Prohibitionists in Ohio nominated
E. J. Pinney for Governor.
Charles J. Bloss, of Springfield.
Mass, cut his wife's throat and his
own while under the influence OF
liquor. His wife will recover.
Ohio Supreme Court sustained the
Anti-Lynching act
FOREIGN.
The village of Aurenza, Italy. was
partially destroyed by an avalanche,
and many corpses were recovered.
The Belgian Senate rejected a reso-
luton declaring in favor of the Trans
vaal and regretting that Belgium Is
powerless to do anything in the mat
ter.
Complete Spanish election returns
give the Liberals q clear majority OF
100 in the Cortes and a majority,
counting all radical elements, OF 23O.
The Austrian and Hungarian es.
Inmates show the total expenditure of
the empire to be S71,562,993, of which
the army and navy get $6s,513.7OS.
Statements made in the British
Parliament showed that Great
Britain and the United States were
in accord on the Chinese question.
The city of Cumana, Venezuela, was
visited by q violent earthquake shock.
Greece laid aside 100000 annually
for army and navy increase.
In the matter Of the foreign post
offices the Porte yielded completely to
the demands Of the Ambassadors ut
Constantinople.
Quick firing guns will replace all
the old style ordnance in the fortif-
cations at Halifax. n. s.
The Colombian Government imposed
tax Of $50 head on exported cattle.
The Spanish Government obtained In
the elections working majority In
the new Chamber of Deputies. The
usual riots occurred. several persons
being killed.
NJ. Pichon, French Minister to China,
was succeeded by NJ. Bian and start
ed for home by way Of the United
States.
Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina, Duchess
of Cleveland, the mother of Lord
Rosebery, died at Wiesbaden. She
was born in 1919.
The site Of the American pavilion at
the Paris Exposition was formally re-
turned to the French Government.
1t is practically certain that France
will grant a subsidy to the proposed
direct steamship line between France
and Canada.
Financial experts of the Powers are
puzzled to find out ways and means
for securing the Chinese indemnity.
| Jopv I;,oe 1yoro loot in On italian