The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-09-20

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ty-third Infantry, who was convicted
Of duplicating pay accounts and sem
fenced to dismissal and to one year at
hard labor. --5F. :;@':s - II 4. 3 q II
Consul G General Lee. at, Panama,
cabled the State Departments ttthat there
was onesdeath; from ;bubonic5 plague at
Panama. srl, 4 Sss5.g.,
Edwin s. Holmes, Jr., the former as
sociate statistician of the Agricultural
Department, was indicted for conspir-
acy to defraud the Government In COM
nection with the cotton leak. q
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. Il
The municipality of Manila has been
authorized to issue $4,000,000 gold
bonds for the construction Of water
and sewerage works. tt:5s
Secretary Taft and his party re-
turned to Manila. The Korea, with a
number of the visitors, was booked to
sail for Hong Kong. Z.
The cruiser Rainbow, the flagship OF
the. Philippine squadron, with Rear
Admiral George G. Reiter on board.
went ashore at the mouth Of the ,Agu-
san River, Butuan Bay, in Northern
Mindanao. Admiral Train dispatched
tugs to the assistance Of the Rainbow. Il
. The Taft party was welcomed at Lee
gaspi, on Luzon Island. 3 :
DOMESTIC.
: Prince Louis of Battenberg visited
Niagara Falls. - y
Asbury Parks annual festival was
held with the crowning Of Queen Ttta-
MIA. s -
Mrs. Jane Johnson was drowned on
Coney Island, N. Y, at the same time
her brother died in Little Rock, ARK. 4
Frederick A. Peckham, charged with
completely in the cotton leak. was re-
leased in Saratoga, N. Y. on a SO 600 3
cash bail. ~
Despondent because Of poor healthy
Miss Elizabeth L. Healy. a welEknowns
music teacher, hanged herself at BoS-s
ton. Mass. III b Z !, b 81 ys
Mistakinr n for burglar, Frank
Hasty shot and killed Wade Robinson,
his thirteen-year-old brother-inslaw,
at Bolton, N. c. {
William Barbour. of Huntington, W.
Va, shot and instantly killed Eta Den-
ney after d quarrel over q love affair. 4
He then shot and killed himself.
Robert L. Wimberley. of Downie
vile, New, was shot dead by his ,sey-
enteen-year-old sister-in-law, Bertha
Bennett. "a "a ,57.s,gEE * +. Z 81
In a head -on collision Of freight
trains at Bridgeport, Conn, Fireman
George Dawson was fatally injured ID
John Temple Graves, editor of the
Atlanta News, will be candidate to
succeed Senator Bacon, of Georgia, j
and the latter will strive for reelection. 6
In a collision between a trolley car
and an ice wagon Thomas Tod was
killed and two other men were injured
at Buffalo, N. Y. s.. = I. Y
Three members of the family Of An-
tonic Gomez died at Boston, Mass, OF
ptomaine poisoning, following q, lobster
dinner ~ - W 81 s35 .s..,s y
In a three-cornered fight with still.
ettoes at Fairmount, w. Va, Joe Raf-
funi was killed and Tomaseo Bargos
was fatally stabbed.
Employees of the. Bremerton Navy
Yard, at Puget Sound, were charged
with wholesale thefts Of Government
property. 3
indianapolis Qnd.l Democrats renom-
irated Mayor John Haltzman. 4 !,
The furlough class of t16 members
returned to West Point On. " sAcad- .
emy from a leave Of absence, which
began on June 13. Ii,y s,:t. I
Forcing his way into saloon from
which he had been elected, Frank
Johnson, a negro, was shot dead by
Charles Riehler, Jr., sixteen years old;
at Wilmington, N. c. a...f =. =. 4. 4
Word was received at Wilkesbarre.
Pa, that in response to a request TO
the President the name would be
changed to Wilkes-Barre. y = I
During terrific electric storm ut
Atlanta, Ca, James Mcdaniel was
killed by lightning, 1000 telephones
were burned out and many buildings
were damaged. i
George L. Marsh, arrested at Brock
ton, Mass, on suspicion that he was
connected with the Bate murder In ILL ,
nois, was released, Chicago officers be-
ing unable to identify him. Z
The Jefferson Club, of Chicago. Ill.
will on September Is give fareWels
banquet to W. J. Bryan, prior to his
departure for trip around the world. I
Ex-Mayor Truman b. Newberry, OF
Detroit, Mich, is slated as Postmaster
General Cortelyou's successor. II
There were many new cases and sew
eral deaths from yellow fever in New
Orleans.
wallace Macfarlane, counsel for the
Equitable Lifn Assurance Society, filed
answer to the suit brought against the
society by Attorney-General Mayer IN
New York City.