The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-08
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, Maurice"F F. Holahan, President of tie
Board of Public ImprovemehtssdnaNew
York City, under Mayor Van WySk,
died.
After seven days Of bitter struggle
with gales the American liner New
York arrived in New York Harbor from
Southampton.
Gessler Rosseau confessed that he
sent dynamite to the s. s. Umbria and
that he tried to blow up the statue Of
Frederick the Great, in Washington.
Secretary McCord, of the Hecla Iron
Works, charged that lie was asked for
a bride of $4,000 by a New York City
employe in connection with the build.
ing of the Public Library.
President Mitchell Of tile United
Mine Workers, told Of losses caused
by coal strikes, but was hopeful Ne
garding future contracts.
"Ike' Vail. liking of bunco men,
died, aged seventy. - :!
The engagement of Signor Marconi
to the Princess Giaclnta Ruspoli,
daughter of an hereditary Vatican dig.
nitary, was reported in the Patria, Of
Rome.
Snow fell in Rome, Italy, for the first
time in ten years.
Owing to the mistake Of her chauf-
feur, the Duchess of Marlborough's
automobile was upset in q ditch neas
Rugby. England, but she escaped I'm.
injured. =" .''
BY a great fall Of chalk cliff, near
Dover, England, says a special cable
dispatch, the South Portland Light
house has been placed in danger.
Fierce. winter storms were reported,
causing much loss Of life on the Brit
ISL Coast and destruction on the RI.
viera.
The North German liner Hohenzol.
lern, from Marseilles, grounded at
Alexandria Harbor, says special cable
dispatch. but was relocated without
serious damage.
J. Pierpont Morgan, according to q
special cable dispatch. is building his
house at Princes Gate. London, Eng.
land, especially for his collection OF
art treasures.
1t is the interests of King Leopold 10
the Canton Hankow Railway which
have beenH?acqulred'by ]. Pierpont Nor
gan. and tits said the line may now De
extended 10 Pekin.
a copy Of ,Shakespeare's Titus An.
rHronicus," published in 1884. has just
been discovered in Sweden.
Advices from Costa Rica were that
Lord Fitzwill!am's treasure hunting
expedition to CocoS Island met another
expedition there under MI. Harned
Gray. and a fight ensued for posses.
sion, in which the Gray forces wera
victorious. 80"
Ambassador Choate, spoke at the IT
yelling of the statue Of Lord Russell,
of Killowen, at London.
= Mr.. Balfour, warned the people Of
Great Britain that development of the
empire in all quarters Of the globe Is
the great problem of the day for the
nation.
At the request of the Grand Chancel.
lor President I.oubet has erased from
the roll of the Legion of Honor the
name Of M.. Beglncourt. Il of II.
Combes' informers.
Mr.. Balfour, at q dinner in his honor,
declared that the duty of all Britons
was to work for a stronger union with
the colonies.
The date for the converting Of Par
lament has been set for February IA.
and Il short session is expected.
1t was reported in Tangier that an
army recently modified by the Sultan
of Morocco had deserted, and that he
now had less than q regiment under
arms.
A new Danish Ministry was formed.
containing a number of the members
Of the former Cabinet.
More coal miners have gone on strike
in the Ruhr region. 1t was estimated
that ninety-one colleries were involved
and that the men on strike numbered
10000. Troops were sent to reinforce
the local gendarmerie in the disturbed
districts.
The American Chamber of Com.
merce in Berlin sent q petition tc
President Roosevelt urging a reciproc.
ity treaty with Germany.
NJ. Combes and his French Ministry
decided to resign. in order to allow
the uniting under I new Cabinet OF
those elements which are hostile te
the Premier personally. 1t was eX.
pected that NJ. RouTler will form the