The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-16
DOMESTIC.

The delegates to the Iron and Steel
Institute presented the Besscmer gold
medal to Andrew Carnegie.
Mrs. G. II. Gilbert, aged eighty-three
years, had a great ovation as Gran
n.y. in her premiere as a star at the
Lyceum Theatre, in New York City.
A convicted murderer killed himself
in the Tombs, in New York City. and
his act made q prisoner in an adjOin-
ing cell go mad temporarily.
Militia were ordered to BeriIy, Va,
where a negro was lynched, in fear OF
race riots.
A fire in the factory of the New
Home Sewing Machine Company, at
Orange, Mass, caused damage of $780,
900.
Four masked men lyncbed 4 negro
who had struck a policeman III u su-
burb of Norfolk, Va.
Two hundred and fifty British mem
bers of the Iron and Steel Institute
arrived in America to attend a meet
ing Of the association and to make a
tour OF the country.
Mrs. Gavit regained $4,000 worth
of gems she left in Grand Central Sta
ton, New York City, which were TAX
en- by mistake by a New Haven road
employee. WHO gave them to a trus:
company. ,
Fire destroyed the tannery of T.
Krehl & Sons, at Girard, Ohio, caus.
ing a loss that. is estimated by the
Krehls at from $25o,0W to 100000.
Claiming that he lost about, $4,000
In Chicago bucket shops, Allan Parker,
lefaulting cashier of the First Nation
al Bank. at Tullahoma, Tenn, gave
himself up recently.
Hundreds Of tons Of steel plates be.
Ing loaded on the steamer Kanagawa.
at Seattle, Wash, presumably for ia
pan, was watched by Secret Service
men of both Russia and Japan.
The Rev. DR.. Edward Osborne was
consecrated Bishop Coadjutor of
Springfield, ILL.,, at Boston.
The Japanese Minister at Washing
ton declared that the visit of Prince
F'ushima had been planned last
spring. and had no bearing OIL present
conditions.
Robert Garland, the negro assailant
Of Mrs. John l.. Williams at Cold
Spring Harbor,. l.. l., was removed to
the County Jail, at Riyerhead.
Detectives from the District Attor-
ney's Office captured 100000 Of lottery
tickets and seven dealers in four raids.
1t was learned in Albany that Mrs.
E. F. Gavir, daughter of Anthony N.
Brady, had lost a bag containing jew
elry worth $4,000 in the Grand Cen
trail station, in New York City.
Andrew Carnegie, John Morley and
British delegates to the Iron and Steel
Institute Convention. arrived in New
York City on the Celtic.
BY the use Of a fire drill 800 girls
came safely from a burning Brooklyn
IN. W factory.
Max Guhlke, overcome with joy at
being appointed first violin at the Met
ropolitan Opera House, New York City,
after years Of study, shot himself Cead.
Gershon Marx was found guilty OF
murder in the first degree by u jury at
New London, Conn.
Luis Mazzantini, who has killed $500
bulls in the Spanish ring, arrived in
New York City, on his way to Mexico.
The American, Consolidated and Con-
tinental Tobacco Companies were
merged.
The steamer Apache arrived in New
York City with five men she rescued
at sea from the sinking. schooner Sy-
anara.
Colonel D. 3. Dyer, Of Atlanta, Ga,
gave L 100000 collection Of Indian
relics to the Kansas City (4lo) Public
Library.
Five boy bandits armed with dyna-
mite were captured as they were about
to blow up car barns in Omaha. Neb.
The hearing in the case Of Lieuten'
ant Burbank, U. S. A., whom a Fill
pino woman claims as her husband,
was begun at L~eavcnworth, Kan.
A Hartford Comm girl has had
the young man who Tilted her and
married another put in Jail, and de-
clares that she will keep him from his
bride till he pays money she says he
horroWed from her.