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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-21
SUMMARY OF CONGRESS-
Senate Sessfona

18TH DAY.-Mr. Miller presented q peti-
ton Of the Daniel L. Schenck Post, G. A. r,
of Fulton, N. Y, asking that the bill to PEN
sion the widow Of Captain Daniel T. Schenck
may become law, notwithstanding the veto
of the President. The Legislature
ApprSpratiOsn sao bill IL ps was .pd pasHi9d Hdrbor
b 1fe The b place
eulogistic resolutions upon the late Repre-
sentative Hahn, of Louisiana.
18TH DAY.-The Naval Appropriation
bill was reported from committee. 1t ap-
propriated $12, ,SS3, 23344, 23344 being net reduction
as compared with the House bill Of SAG, 800
-. An amendment to the River and Harbor
bill appropriating $1,000, 900 for New York
Other amendments were also agreed to.
18TH DAY.-The Senate took up the bill
to secure to the Cherokee freedmen and
others their proportion of certain proceeds
of lands. Mr.. ingalls,, from the Committee
on Indian Affairs, reported substitute
for this bill. II appropriates $4,000 for
the purpose, and directs how the amount
shall be distributed. The substitute was
agreed to, and the bill was passed. The
again considered =. Executive session.
13STH DAY.-Mr Plumb presented the Pc
tion of John A. Kirkpatrick-a pension bill
in whose favor had been vetoed. He asks
the Senate to PASS the bill over the veto. Re-
ferred. >. The Chair laid before the Senate
the message of the President vetoing the
bill authorizing the construction Of railroads
through the Indian territory in Montana
The message states that similar bills
had been presented to him dur.
ing the his session snn1ova and but hfa
had hored that each Of them would be the
last Of the kind presented: This bill invited
a general invasion of the Indian country. 1t
did not sufficiently guard against an invasion
of the rights of the Indians nor was he salts
fed that the Legislation proposed was de-
manded by any exigency of the public well
fare. On motion Of Mr.. Dawes, the bill and
message were referred to the Committee on
Indian Affairs.
q so-called State Legislature had been organ
lied in the Territory of Dakota were indefi-
pitely postponed. =. The resolution for open
executive sessions, on motion of Mr..
Platt, was made the special order
for Wednesday, December 8. The SEN
ate resumed consideration Of the River
and Harbor Appropriation bill, the pending
amendment being to reduce the appropria-
tion for the Kentucky River from $3.50, 600
to 100000. Messrs Beck and Vest argued
against the amendment, which was lost
for the purchase of the Portage Lake
Canal and the Lake Superior Ship
Canal was adopted without division.
The Hennepin Canal amendment appro-
priating $500, 900 was strongly advo: ated by
Mr.. Cullom and opposed by Mr.. Vest. Pend
ing action the Senate wentin secret session,
and when the doors were opened Mr.. Cor
man announced the death of Representative
w. q. Cole, of Maryland, and, as mark OF
respect to the memory of the deceased, ad-
journed.
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A CHASTITY Sight.

A gentleman from Eastern Oregon
gives an account of lather singular pro-
cession he saw in Uraatilla County. It
was an Indian funeral procession. The
desunct had been set upon a horse and a
stick lashed along each side of his body
to keepit in an upright position. The
head was not supported in any way, and
as the horse trotted along the body
seemed to swing in every direction, the
head shaking in horribly grotesquc
manner. The widow, dressed in her
mourning paint, trotted behind on lazy
cuitan, to which she kept vigorously ap-
plying the whip. AS a spectator re-
marked: "The indians arc dying off
for lack of proper medical treatment.
When one gets sick and is taken charge
of by medicine man, it is ''good-by,
John"
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The cultivation of olives is one of the

The cultivation of olives is one of the
undevelopcd industries of California.
There are but four orchards of any extent
in the State, but an excellent quality OF
oil is produced. Though the olive tree
does not begin to bear till it is from seven
to ten years old, the fact that when it does
begin to bear it continues for centuries,
makes its cultivation highly profitable
from the time of fruiting. Trees are in
bearing to-day in Syria which were
planted before the Christian era.
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REV. HENRY WARD BEEcHER preached to
an enormous congregation in DR.. Parkers
church-the City Temple-in London.
THIRTy-FIvE persons were injured by a
collision between two express trains near
Glasgow, Scotland.
The Conservative Club house in Dublin
was attacked with stones by q crowd during
the elections. The members replied with
bottles and firearms injuring twenty Of tho
rioters and killing one. As the crowd was
rived and prevented its destruction. The
inmates were arrested
LATE election returns indicated defeat
for Gladstone and Irish Home Rule. Heavy
gains for the Conservatives and Unionists,
who were opposed to the Gladstonians and
Parnellites. were reported.
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LATER NEWS.

JUDGE BARRETT, of New York, on the
18th ordered the prosecution of the VolkS
Zeitung, German newspaper. on the charge
of publishing articles designed to intimidate
Jurors, thereby interfering with the admin
istration of justice. The articles were written
in connection with the trial Of seventeen
Bohemian bakers, indicted for boycotting
Mrs. Landgrafs bakery.
DRUNKEN desperadoes took possession of
;rain at Somerset, KY, intimidated the pas
l,engers and killed the conductor and a col.
,ored porter.
FOREST fires in Northern Wisconsin have
done great damage. The village of Romeo
has been entirely wiped out.
A RECENT hurricane at Apalachicola, Fla,
resulted in the loss of six lives and heavy
damage to shipping and other property.
PAUL II. HAYNE, the noted Southern poet,
died the other day at his home, Copse Hill,
Ga. He was a native of South Carolina, and
was flfty-fve years old.
AsIATIc cholera is on the increase through
out Italy.
THE heat has been so overwhelming in
Madrid that the Spanish Cor;es-.he national
legislature obliged to adjourn.
SIX of the seventeen Eohemians indicted
in New York for boycotting the bakery of
their countrywoman, Mrs. Landgraf, thereby
destroying her business, were found guilty
and sentenced to short terms Of imprison-
ment.
THREE boilers exploded at the colliery of
the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company,
near Wilkesbarre, Penn, wrecking the build
ing and fatally injuring the engineer and
fireman.
REV. SAM JONES, the Southern revivalist
has been preaching at Chautauqua, N. Y.
The Minnesota Prohibitionists have put
full State ticket in the field.
THE Ohio Republican editors in convention
at Columbus PASSED resolutions repeating the
charges of bribery in the election OF Henry
B. Payne to the United S ates Senate.
SEVEN salmon fishermen were drowned by
the upsetting of their boats during gale of
the entrance of the Columbia River, Oregon.
DEMING, New Mexico, has lost lis princi-
pal business houses by fire.
THE Kansas Republicans have repominated
Governor Martin.
MRS. THERESA TURPIN, wife of farmer
living at Princeton, Ind, in q moment of in
sanity killed her two young children and
herself.
The Senate has rejected the nomination of
Harry Hall to be Postmaster at Catskill, n. Y.
THE Senate Committee on Commerce re-
ported adversely on the nomination of Her.
bert F. Beecher, a son of Henry Ward
Beecher to be Collector of Customs OF Port
Townsend, Washington Territory.
CONGRESSMAN w. N. COLE, of The Third
Maryland District, died on the Sth at his res.
idence in Washington, aged forty eight
years.
NEWS has been received of q destructive
tornado on the Island of Jamaica Low
lands were inundated: great fields CT bananas
destroyed, and many vessels torn from their
moorings. The estimated loss is $500, 900.
AN immense congregation heard Henry
Ward Beecher preach his second sermon in
the City Temple, London.
A POLITICAL riot at Cardiff, Wales, wa:
broken up by the police, who charged the
crowd and wounded over 100 persons, twenty
so badly that they had to be taken to the
hospital.
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Manufacturers within easy reach OF
Niagara Falls expect to use that water
fall soon. A company has been incor-
porated with capital of $4,000, 600 to
develop this scheme. A great pipe or
shaft is to be cut through the rock close
by and parallel with the Niagara River,
100 feet deep, and running half mile
or more back from the falls. 1t is said a
wheel as big as a mans hat will supply
200 horse power.
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South and West.

HEAVY rain storms have prevailed
throughout Virginia, overhowing rivers
carrying away bridges, causing washouts
and seriously impeding railway traffic. Rich
mond was partly submerged
JEFF TEAGUE, County Attorney, was
killed in quarrel at Longview, Texas, by
Chief of Police George Z. Tabler.
SIXTY persons were poisoned at celebra-
ton at Anthony, Kansas, by drinking lem
onade made with tartar emetic. All were
made dangerously sick.
SEVENTY persons were poisoned at Coul-
terville, ILL.,, by eating ice cream at picnic.
Four died and several, at last accounts, were
in precarious condition.
A FIRE at Denver, Col, destroyed the
Academy of Music, a newspaper office and
several stores. One man was burned to
death. The losses aggregate $l75,00O.
CoLoRED Knights Of Labor have struck
for higher wages on Arkansas plantations
near Little Rock.
COLONEL GEORGE B. CoRKHILL, the
United States District Attorney who prose
cuted Guiteau, the assassin Of Garfield, died
the other day at Mount Pleasant, Ia.
A PROSPECTIVE shortage in the wheat crop
has sent the price up with g. jump at Chicago.
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From an examination of several skulls
found in North and South America and
believed to have belonged to inhabitants
living before the glacial period, DR..
Kollman concludes that the races OF that
ancient epoch are those of to-day, the
same cranial and facial forms being
found, in spite of lapse of time and
change of environment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-21

& A member of Congress is reported to
have said to some of his constituents who
were sightseeing in Washington: 'Go
first to the Smithsonian institution, where
YOU will see all that God ever made; go
thence to the Patent Office, where you Will
see all that man ever made"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-21

IT is estimated that 100000 tons OF
paper are manufactured in Europe annually.
The value of the materials used is placed at
about 100000, and the value Of the paper
at e40, 100000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-21

CRUDE carbolic acid, applied externally, has
been discovered 10y Wyoming ranchmen to
be an effective remedy for rattlesnake bites
among cattle.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26

TIE biact1. Ihay must eceept
white anpIemaey. and chen the
whites should sec that they are
treated Justly and kindly Al race
difficulties should be Stunned IS the
plague, Int Il they come there Is but
one course for ne WhiteSto pursue,
and that Is 10 do as the hItes do un-
der similar circumstances In any part
Of The worId-dsfend their race and
maintain their supremacy. That Is
the best course and is less
cruel to the blacks, than to
permit them to commit excuses which
could only result in severer punish
ments. Anything likea race trouble
in this portion Of the Union, densely
populated by blacks. must be promptly
and effectualIy nipped in the bud. Any
other course would lead to constant
strife between the races and possibly to
anarchy
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26
Death Of oe0rge b. TompkIns j..

Death Of George n. Tompklns Jr.
The whole community is profoundly
shocked and grieved over the untimeiy
death Of this brilliant and promising
young man. When a babe falls asleep
on the threshold Of life, when old age
totters over the dividing line between
the two worlds, tears fall and the bells
of sorrow are set ringing. But oh +!
there comes u deeper grief-a more
profound anguish when In the very
pride and bloom Of life, a young soul is
hurried from time to eternity. Pure
and spotless as the flowers that lie
on his silent breast were the
life and heart of this young
soldier who so Don has exchanged the
conflict Of battle for eternal peace.
Upright in all his dealings, a fearless
friend, a devoted son and brother, from
his earliest childhood, respect, love
and esteem nave wreathed their gar
lands about him, and of him it may
truly be said I'VE shall not look upon
his like again." When the shadows of
death gathered darkly about him, he
whose heart was as pure s a little
child, crept into the loving arms that
had Graded him for twenty years say.
ing simply "sing me to sleep mother"
and so resting peacefully on that
breaking heart, quietly and without
fear his innocent soul passed from this
world
10 where beyond these voices there is
May God who has taken unto him
self the very light and life of that
stricken home prove its comfort and
stay in this hour Of exceeding great
bitterness.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26

In a certain Office in a n%eighboring
city. where quite Z number of high
school graduates are employed, notone
was able to solve this problem: 1t is
desired to build a pit sixteen feet deep
and sixteen feet wide, long enough to
hold one hundred tons Of a substance
weighing fifty pounds to the cubic
foot. How long must the pit be?-
Hartford Times.
Just give that problem to our Rail
road Commissioners and see the re-
markable haste in which any and all
Of them will solve it. If they cannot,
the State is a pit and should be imme-
diately rescued.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26

The United States Senate has unani-
moualy passed 4 resolution 10 appoint
: committee Of Eve 70 investigate the
liquor trafiC. The report Of this COM
nlttee will be awaited with much
interest, By the PrOhibitlOnists. II viii
have an important bearing on their
sRorts. IL it Is favorable TO their
views. they will press forward more
vigorously. If, however, the commit
tee after a full investigation declares
that prohibition does not prohibit, 1t is
very likely there will soon be an end
81 the Prohibition party.
n this State. we think il best for all
that the ProhibitiOnists wait for the
reprrt " the Senate Committee, and
the result Of their measures in other
places. There is very little wisdom In
starting . bitter struggle in this city
u III this State. If by q little patience
i can Be determined whether Prohibi-
4ion will accomplish what its friends
elaim for Il.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26

THE Legislature has adjourned, and
Il isbut just to it to say that it was a
very good Legislature. It did good
work ia making adequate apprOpria-
lions. and the demagogues were not as
thick as they usually are. The Senate
tried its best to split the Democratic
party with It's Constitutional COnven-
ton wedge. but thanks to the House,
elected fresh from the people, the
sCheme was frustrated.
The legislation for this county was
very much needed and We thank those
Mho voted for the noble charity in this
cEsy-the hospital. We heartily APP
approve and sustain the record Of our
members Of the House In the main,
hat We think our Senator in some
distances failed TO appreciate the fact,
that he represents the whole county,
including the city.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26

THE Alabama press is applauding
Governor O'Neal for pardoning two
Germans who had been convicted and
sentenced to hard work as Migrants.
These men had committed no other
Offense. They were poor and had no
employment, and under an absurd law
Ia that State, similar to the one in this,
they had been convicted Of poverty.
They were sent to the mines, were
maltreated and degraded to the condi-
ton of brutes without hearts and
souls.
We venture the assertion that in
a number Of Mississippi jails and
on a number Of her county
penal farms to-day there are numbers
Of unfortunates who are made to bear
all manner Of indignities and DIDO the
most slavish Of labor whose only
oifense ID that they are without money
and friends. We are only astOnished
that our Legislators in all the whacking
and cutting they have made at our
Code, have not stumbled upon this law
which is a blot upon the fair 'scutcheOn
Of our State, a trayesty on our humani-
~ and a shame to a people protesting
to be Christians.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26
wv cARROLLTON AFFAIR.

The trouble between the races in
CzrrontOn. in which two or three
whits men we're wounded and thirteen
negroes were killed and others wound
Cd, was in no sense political. There
Has no political excitement Of any
lind IN Carroll county, and there is
none ii the State. While the occur
Fence is very much to be regretted,
nd the good people Of both races will
FEEL IL very keenly, no political party
IS responsible for It.
Carroll county Is situated partially
hs valley of the Yazoo. and is in
nsoised ~ many more blacks than
whites. The whites must always be
quick 10 GUARD their race IN that ac-
noant. aud the shooting Of young Lid
deli. Id the Grst difficulty. no doubt
convinced them. that very seyere
measnres were necessary; Jnat sucn q
soaEse would be best in the long
IN. what popular judgment will
Oh that point we cannot
R but We do know, that it Is
extremely dangerous to all classes and
= LIZ women ana children In the dis
sFIess where the negroes outnumber
mites. to yield the least particle 70
norant race prejudice and hatred
ssimentai tFiaing win not do. the
Esstions between the races must be
aFlg defined. wen understood by
z and eheeFfullY accepted By
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26

THE dimensions Of the lobby, espe
eially prior to the election BY the
Legislature Of the Railroad Commits
aoners, accounts in a measure for the
psrpstuIty Of the iniquitOus, progress
pssarding supervision law. The several
candidates for the position and their
numerous friends we're more concerned
about the individual success. than they
wsEeabOut the righteousness or the ad-
visibility Of the thing perpetuated.
they wanted the Offices audit mat
tered little to them what the people
thought Of the thing, Or how it affected
them.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26
hi cARR0LLTON KILLING.

We had a pleasant call yesterday
from Mr.. H. H. Hargrove, of the New
Orleans Picayune. Mr.. HargrOve was
sent to CarrolltOn TO CLEAN the facts
about the killing in the Courthouse,
and his account Of it in the Picayune
of Friday is the most complete pub
llshed.
He takes the same view of the un-
fortunate affair as that published in
the COMMERCIAL HERALD. He says
there was nothing political in 1t, and
declares that both Of the Browns
supported Mr.. J.. NJ. Liddell
Jr., in the last election,
for Senator. The FIRST origin Of the
trouble was q drunken quarrel. The
Browns were Of Indian descent, and
were very revengeful and desperate.
They led d number Of desperate ne
groeS by some Of whom they were sur
rounded when the shooting began in
the Courthouse.
One Of the Browns commenced the
ARRAY by shooting directly at Mr.. Lid.
dell in the Courthouse, when the
armed band Of white men ap-
preached. The Picayune correspond
ent declares that all agreed, white and
black, that the staying Of the Browns
was necessary to the order and peace
Of the town.
The portion Of the affair to be dc.
plored, is, that = number Of innocent
colored citizens were killed, but that
was caused by the Browns firing from
behind them directly on Liddell and
the whites.
The Pi:ayune has done a val
liable service in giving a fair
account Of the whole matter to
the public. It's account will be a re-
buke to those papers that hastily and
harshly assumed that the whites were
entirely to blame,Eand cruelty de-
nounced them. The whites we're ex.
asperated and possibly committed ex-
cesses that cannot be approved, but
that they were wholly to blame, is not
so.
The whites in this State are no bet
ter and no worse than they are
anywhere else. Blood will tell
all over the world, and whenever a
race conflict is precipitated the whites
will come out victorious. English,
Irish, French, Germans, Italians,
N~Ortherners and Southsrners are all
alike in that respect.
In Ohio, or New England, If the
whites had the same number Of ne
groes to deal with, that we have, they
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26

during Grants Administrations. andthe
one against the Western Union
Telegraph company. At the present
moment 10 one can tell what will be
the result Of the present vast eOmblna-
ton Of labor, and there are few states.
men who are willing 10 risk q sugges-
ton as to The proper remedy to
prevent the evils that flow from
such contests. It will not do
TO take the position that lsbOrers
must not struggle for their rights, and
must not judge for themselves what
their rights are, for if they do not care
for their own interests, they will not
only 20 uncared for, but soulKess cor
pOrations viii grind the very life blood
out Of them and their families. Nor
will it do on the other hand, to say
that corporations or individuals must
not resist labor organizations, If they
think they are wrong, for such a policy
would only invite the destruction Of
property and the defiance of law.
Wise statesmen will devote their at
tention to attempts to arrange the rela
ions Of capital and labor on a basis
just to all. The first thing needed, is
to make all acknowledge the supremacy
Of the laws and submit to them.
Many corporations have grown
rich by robbing the people in ways
well known to those who manipulate
stocks and other securities. The great
railroad and stock millionaires Of the
country are not very placating to men
who have to labor from ten to fifteen
hours every day to make a bare sup
port for their families. They should
be made to submit to the laws just as
as the poorest laborers.
Acting up to that principle, the au.
thorities should not triHe or daily with
organizations that attempt to accom-
plish any purpose by violence or illegal
acts of any character. Capital should
be made to obey the laws, and labor
be prevented from trampling
them under foot.
In no case can delays be more dan
gerous than when vast combinations
Of men presume to set both State and
Federal laws at defiance. Labor or
CARNATIONS have the perfect right to
Judge for themselves what is a fair
price for their labor and to
cease work when the condi-
and wages do not suit them,
but they have, no right to prevent
others exercising precisely the same
right. They ATTACK the very principle
Of freedom, when they prevent citi-
zens from IabOring, or virtually take
possession Of the property of others
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26
CAPITAL AND LABOR.

The great issue that casts its shadow
before, is the issue between capital and
labor. The shadow already darkens
the section Of country from New
York, via Chicago and ST. Louis, to
the Rio Grande. Its edge reaches to
New Orleans, and the CLEANS of light
furnish hope Of only temporary relief.
Nothing to compare to the present
strikes we're ever experienced in this
country before, except the great strike
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26

THE Times. Democrat is little hssty
in its conclusions concerning the Car
roll county killing. 1t might have de
ferred its structures a little while, at
least until both sides of the story could
have been heard. 1t is a little aston
ishing how patent evils are to some
papers outside their own State, and
how blinded the same papers are to
evils IS hOme.