The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-11
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Lucius P. Hawley, q well to- do New
Yorker, killed himself with gas.
Railroad presidents expressed the
opinion that there was mo- need OF
further legislation to- govern freight
rates.
The New York Throat. Nose and
Lung Hospital, for the treatment OF
consumptive poor, WAS opened.
Frank Savarino was killed and Philip.
Scilabbro .mortaily wounded in, a pistol
duel in East Thirty ninth street, New
York City.
Several severe fines were imposed IN
persons convicted of selling aduiterated
milk in New York City.
Four men weres Burned to death on q
Standard Oil Company barge at sea OF
Long Branch, nj.
The. Legal Aid Society has taken up
the case. Of MarY McGill. q young
Scotch girl, who; was deported after her
appeal had been granted.
1t was learned that the r%einspectlon
following the General Slocum disaster
wars dropped when 500, Of the 14W
boats at New York had been examined
Humphries X. Cook. Of Georgetown.
D. c., was picked up half frozen, in
New York Bay by the crew OF the tre'
boat New Yorker. He could not ex'
plain how be had fallen; into the water,
Efforts were made. to- prevent the. dis
tribution Of the magazine continuing
T. W. Lawson'& "Erenzled Finance"
article. - :;
1t was, learned that the steamboat
Erastus, Corning had been running. al,
though it was not reinspected under
the Governments order. {,
Governor.elect Higgins arrived ut Al.
bany, N. Y, and announced the eom.
position of his military staff. headed
by Brigadier-G General Nelson FL; Henry.
1t was reported from Cape Hayden
that Haiti had broken off relations with
Santo Domingo, and that another re-
volt in the latter country was lmpend-
ing. "
The Russian Emperor's rame day
passed quietly in the capital. hut there.
was further riating in Moscow, and
dispatches from many parts of Russia
showed that discomfort with the exist
ing form ut government was increas-
ing.
Bernard McGoyern sued the Manhat-
tan New York City Il" road for
$780, 900 damages because of injuries
received in an accident. ~, ..
The Gear gave up going to say fare
we'll to departing troops. as the anti
autocracy agitation is growing more
and more dangerous.
Schamy, NJ. Lebaudy's follower, who
has been arrested in Morocco. q special
cable dispatch stated. is being vigor-
ously treated by the Tangier Governor.
NJ. White has completed his investi-
CATION of the condition Of the Russian
~peasantry. presenting conclusions upon
which will be based laws designed to
ameliorate these conditions.
London dispatches confirmed the re-
port of the formation of IN interna'
t;onal steel rail pool.
Paul Kruser's body was buried in
Pretoria, British guns firing a salute.
Relief measures for the starving peo-
pie have been undertaken at kishinef.
Obstructive tactics were resumed in
the Hungarian Chamber Of Deputies.
Thirty thousand Chinese are said to
be starving neal Mukden. The Japan
csc have refused to allow supplies for
them to pass through the Russian lines.
Moscow students made another dem.
onstration against the Russian Govern
ment, and the Town Council sent a pc.
tition urging the adoption of the zemst'
vo memorial to the Ni"issa" of the In,
terror.