The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-09-08
GENERAL NEWS MATTERS.
A Batch of Interesting Topics from
Various Quarters.
The French Senate Passes the Bill
Expelling the Princes.

In the debate on Gne Expulsion Dill III Iue
French Senate on the 22d, Premier de Frey
cinet said that his Government would not
tolerate another Government in France, and
would take the full responsibility for tho e1-
pulsion of the Princes. He refuted the
charge that the Government was yielding to
their reconcilables. He declared that order wa
bsing maintained throughout France, even at
DecazeVille, where a recurrence of the recent
disorders had been prevented. That was not
the case in Belgium or IN Great Britain. IN
conclusion, he deprecated the confScatlon OF
the property of the Princes, insisted that the
common law would not apply to the Princes,
and urged the necessity OF Republican union
as of supreme interest to the Republic.
Finally secret ballot was taken and the
bill as it left the Chamber of Deputies was
adopted by vote of III to lOI. The an
nouncement of the result was received with
great applause by the members of the Left.
The bill as now adopted comprises four
articles, as follows:
ARTICLE 1.-The territory of the French
Republic is, and remains, interdicted to the
heads of families which nave relgned over
France and to their direct heirs in the order
Of primogeuiture.
ART. 22Tne Government is authorized to
sxpel by special decree the other members OF
these families.
ART. 3-Whover shall, in violation of this
interdiction, be found in France, In Algeria
or in the colonies, shall be punished by Inn.
prisonment of from two to five years. Az tne
expiration of his punishment he shall be re-
conducted to the frontier.
ART. 4.-The members of princely families
authorized to remain temporarily upon the
territory Of the Republic shall be excluded
from all public functions.
The Corpse Sat UP and Talked.
A singular story comes from Clinton, Ky:
It appears that George o. Daniels, of that
and last Wednes lay to all appear
ances died. The body was put in a
coffin, where it remained for twenty hours
awaiting the arrival of relatives to attend
the funeral At midnight Thursday the
watchers who surrounded the coffin were
startled by deep groan eInanatlng from IL,
and all but one German by the name of
Wabbeking, rushed from the room. Wabbe-
king remained, and, as the groans con-
tin1ed. he raised the coffin lid and saw
that Daniels was alive Seizing the body
he placed itupright. A few spaSmodic gaSpS,
a shudder, and the corpse spoke The
relatives returned to find the man sitting
in a chair and conversing. with reasonable
strength. Mr.. Daniels claims to have been
perfectly CONSCIOUS Ol every InluS "uiIu
passed around him, but he says he was unable
to move a muscle. He heard the sobs of his
relatives when he was pronounced dead by
the doctors, and noticed the preparations for
the funeral. He is about eighty years OF age.
Killed Her Accuser.
Mrs. Leona Lyles, wife of prominent
business man, at Denton, Texas, killed w.
B. Roberts the other evening. She met
him on the street, and after charging
him with having slandered her, asked him to
sign a retraction, which he refused to do.
She persisted in her request, telling him at
the same time that if lie did not sign he
would regret it. He a:ain refused, where
upon she drew a revolver and fired five shots,
each bullet taking effect. Roberts
died in a few. minutes. Mrs. Lyles,
after swapping the revolver several times
upon empty cartridges, walked quietly away
and surrendered herself to the Sheriff.
Roberts leaves widow and two children He
was formerly Sheriff of this county and stood
high in public estimation. Mrs Lyles has q
husband and two children.