The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-10
GENERAL NEWSNOTES.
Thiags Tint We All Shouid Knos
Gathered From Oar ExehauEes.

Thiags Tint We All ShouId Know
Gathered From Oar ExehRuEes.
The new battieship Maine under went her
triai trip around Cape Ann OF Boston August
%: 10 mBde higher speed than any other sbip
In the navy.
Two steel digeAters In the Delaware Pulp
Mills OF the Jersup i Moore Paper Comyauy.
10 Wilmington. exploded last week. killing
seventeen men.
While rounding curve on high embauk.
ment near Berry Ala. last Sunday morning.
the engine and four cars OF an excursion train
losped from the track and rolled over aud
over down an incline smashing the coaches
into kipdiing wood and causing the instRnt
death Of 10 persons and inJuring 81 others.
Miss Clara Belle Davis OF Davis, Marion
county. left last Monday on her way to 500
Chow. Chins, to marry Prof Gst Gee, q grad
Ia 500 Chow University.
Representative James NJ. Griggs, chairman
OF The Democratic cougressiona committee.
has made the emphatic prediction that the
Democrats would carry the next house.
Chairman Grisgs has just returned from a
trip IN northern New York, Maine. New
Hampshire and Vermont.
presented for the first time IN Richmond. Va.
some time In November. Richmond II now
the home OF Miss johnson.
Edward Egg rston, the author, died at
Jones Lock, Lake George on Sept. 3rd.
The xons OF destruction of the last eruption
of Mont Pelee, island uf Martinique, parallel
ed that which destroyed the town Of 81. Pierre
last May, but IL spread some nve miles more
eastward, The projection OF destructive mat
Ter south ward from Mont Peiee was almost
Identical with that Of last May.
The drag containing President Roosevelt
and his party on the way from Pittheid to
Lenpox wss struck by an electric chr one day
last week and the president was slightly cut
killed, secretary CorteIyou was sIiShtiy 10.
Jured and the coachman WAS seriously hurt
The n notorman and conductor OF the car were
placed under arrest.
The United States civil aervice commission
II holding public hearings In the matter Of
the proposal TO grant an electric street rail-.
for the franchise have already been had and
Others are expected.
Governor McSweeney has revived the
question OF building n new executive man.
sion. which he recon mended In his message
last winter.
A stock company is now being formed for
the purpose OF purchasing and developing
Chick springs near Green Vile, and making
II health resort. The capital stock Of the
company will be slQO00O.
SO far only one bid has been submiited 10
the United States engineer for the construc
ton Of the dam across the Congsree river just
below Columbia. The bid submitted was
nss Of The .s GSn.IS. company
ished the Congnreee will be navigable fnr
craft and Will made Columbia an upland
| seaport"
II IL stated that there may be q great rise
In cotton on account of the governments last
Ia a. at
per cent while the crop In Texas is only one
half IL Is To be hoped that the good price
will be realized.
VIM. Nathaniel Roach, who was United
States senator from North Dakota from lSla
70 1899 died In New York last Sunday.
IL In reported from Naples that large ivol
umes Of fiame was Issuing from the crater ol
Mount HsTuvins last Saturday evening.
The 3I,h annual State fair will be held In
Columbia the last week In October, opening
Tuesday, the 18th and closing on Friday the
3ist extensive plans are being arranged and
| the fair will undoubtedly be decided suc
| cesS.
| President Roosev welt was entertained moa
royalty by Chattanooga last Monday. Tht
party visited Chfckanauga park during The
day.
The double murderer, William Bartholin
whOse body was found near Riceviiie La. ha'
been Identified as the man who killed two
men In Chicago recently.
| A magazine exploded on Governors island
| upper Boston harbor, killing one man and
| inJuring several others. Granite blocks wer,
hurled u hundred miles away.
| A telegram from New River on Monday
| Rays that bet ween $40 aud .OO striking miner
| returned tn work nj the various mines. Man
ayers say that the strike In New River Wi:
soon be ended.
| ,l.,ln t,aa
dsred the signal corps and i've companies o.
the MALTA away from the New River Goa
fields ns the miners are beginning 10 resume
work.
A fight on Monday between striking min
ers at Maltby, Pa. resulted In the death o
one mau and the fatal injury OF another
Both victims were Italians.