The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-05-27
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items of More or Less Interest Con
densed-Outside the State.

densed-Outside the State.
Jno. ID. Rock feller has given $4,000 to the
Y. M. &. A. al Washington, d. c.
Mrs. Curry widow Of the late Dr.. j. l.. NJ
Curry, died In Atlantic City, N. j., on Fd
day.
Paul Blouet, better known as Max Oheil,'
died at his home In Paris, France, SATURDAY
night.
An unknown man commltted snicioe on u
Sunday by jumping off Brooklyn bridge IN 10
the river.
The seaboard Air Line shops in Ports.
mouth, Va, were burned on Friday night
with loss Of S750,oOO.
One man and three women were killed oy
the falling OF an elevator in Plttsourg' Fa.'
on Friday night.
Our peripatctic president spent sunday IN
Seattle, Washington. Yesterday he started
on bis return journey east.
A tornado destroyed the house Of w. D.
Wilson near Hereford, Texas, on thursday
and his wife and baby were killed In II.
Grant Blodgett. bookkeeper OF the bank OF
Buffalo. of Buffalo, N. Y. committed suicide
on sunday because he was short S5l9.
Five offenders were whipped at the whip
ping pos at Green bank, Del, on Saturday.
Three were negroes convicted OF larceny.
Mrs. Thos. Countess and her servant Mar
earet Morris were Instantly killed by light
ming at Meridianville, Ala, on Wednesday
night.
Juo. Broadnax' the young negro who mur,
dered sidney Blair, an aged and esteemed
citizen was hanged at Wentworth, N. c.. on
Friday.
Four hundred feet OF vacant frontage on
Broad way, New York, sold on Wednesday for
81 3l4 900. The lots lie just north OF Inc 1rano
Circle.
The New York board OF education have
decided to retain "Uncle Toms cabin IN
the school libraries and TO drop "Ine Lie
OF Poul Jones instead.
The Tolman expedition: fitted out by Miss MIS-
Helen Gould, sailed from New York on we'd
nesday to spend four months In european
cities studying the poor.
There we're IS heat prostrations in New
York city on Wednesday, seven OF them
proving fatal, and there were three deaths
from sunstroke the same day In Phlladel-
phia.
George Crawford. colored, of Birmingham,
Ala. has been selected as one OF the four SEM
iors OF Yale university to speak at commence
ment in competition for the Townsend prize
OF $lO0.
William Hopkins. colored, charged with
sssaulting bis nineyear-od step. daughter
was takenSfrom officers and shot TO death
near Bainbridge. Ca, Thursday nigst He
con fesSed the crime.
Postmaster General Payne says the deficit
in the free delivery service at the close OF the
present fiscal year ending In June will be two
and q quarter millions. about half OF IL being
chargeable to the free rural delivery.
In thunder storm in Philadelphia on
Wednesday night the manufacturing plant
OF the Geo. W. Blabon company was struck
by lightning and burned. with q loss OF $50 600
and also private residence worth S25, ,OO0-by
different strokes.
A dispatch from Butte, Montana, on Friday
saws: The loss OF sheep In the four days
blizzard ending Monday will aggregate 300,
600 and for Two months before that by d
similar bat less furious storm 100000. making
a million and half for the winter up TO
date.
Forty-two editors OF the Alabama State
Press association In session In Admission, Ala.
on Thursday were asked their choice for
president. The vote stood: Cleveland 10,
German 10, Parker 4. Olney 2. Hearst 2,
Roosevelt 2, Wstterson !, Bryan l, Hauna l.