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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-07
BUSINESS FAILURES.
More III the Third Quarter OF 1883
Than in the Same Time Last Year.

More III the Third Quarter or 1855
Than in the Same Time Last Year.
The business failures occurring throughout
the United States for the third quarter OF
the year completed amount in number TO
o3il, with liabilities of triae over 81, ,ooO,'
0UO The failures for the third quarter OF
1857 numbered l.riS, with liabilities agSregat-
ing the enormous sum OF 3,QOO,o ,ooo. Inns
shows for l,SS on increase in the NUMBER OF
the failures OF the quarter, 423, While tne
liabilities have decreased, as compared with
1887. nearly S5l ,000,0u0 The large aggre-
gate of liabilities in the 1887 quarter was que
to speculative disasters, and it IS proDaoie
that the liabilities of the legitimate failures
were no greater last year than this.
rcr the nine months of 1888 the failures
num!er 800. with Liabilities OF over $50,
OCj, coo. as compared with ESQ failures an9
sl1S. COG, ,O0c of liabilities i'll the same per:o9
of 1887. showing that the failures Tor 1870
were in number 700 more than las5 year, ou'
with liabilities about -, per cent. iess.
In the Dominion Of Canada anu Newtounu.
land the failures FOR the three motltnS lusI
closed number JSt, W tn liabilities OF -, 20 o'",
600 as against 3GS failures and $2,990 ,ooo OF
liabilities III tho same quarter of 1881 IN
tbn uins months of 1855 ending with Sep
re,nber 30 the Canadian failures NUMBER
l2:i6 with liabilities Of $ll. 49,, 0M, as agalns1
lO17. with yl3, 3,.l5S 900 of liabilities, In tie
same period Of 1851.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-07
MORTON'S LETTER.
The Republican Nominee For Vice
President Accepts.

The Republican Nominee For Vice
President Accepts.
Mr.. Levi P. Morton, the Republican nomi,
nee for the Vice Presidency of the United
States, has issued his letter of acceptance. He
says that the resolutions adopted at the Chica-
20 Convention, unequivocal and comprehen.
Sivc in character, ref CT his personal convic
tions and have his hearty approval. The con-
trolling issue in the campaign, he says is the
question as to 'wiether the protective tariff
duties now in force shall be so reduced as to
destroy their efficiency or whether these
dut es shall be retained. with sHch modlbca.
tons and adjustments as shall better adapt
them to the great end of protecting the vast
and important industries Of the whole couu,
try , ,.
continues, ''while recognizing the necessity
of reducing the revenue, declares that this
reduction must not ue made at the expense
of these industries and OF American labor.
After ascribing the present prosperity or
the country to the operation of protective
tariffs Mr.. Morton says: "The pressing rea-
son given for once again trying the old expert
ment of q revenue tariff without protect. on
as a motive or end is that the present
tariff has produced or is producing q
surplus in the Treasury. But it is not
easily within the wisdom of Congress to
ad lust the national income to the
national expenditure without sacrificing OF
even imperiIling an indu trial system which
has broug ght untolG advantage to the country.
Admitting that the present tariff by lapse
of time and the large expansion OF trade
which it has stimulated needs revision, Is II
not wiser and more patriotic to revise it with
a careful regard to the interests OF protection
than with the purpose OF lessening its pro-
tective features!
1.-THE industrial system of a country is al
sensitive as its public credit. A hostile move.
ment creates distrust in the public mind, ano
| confidence. the only basis Of successful trade
becomes impaired. New enterprises withel
| in the bud, capital grows timid, the field OF
labor is contracted and pressure for employ.
ment inevitably reduces the wages OF al
working men"
Again expressing himself in hearty accord
| with the declarations Of the National Re-
pubIiran platform Mr.. Morton mentions
espe iaIly the questions of silver, the settle
| ment of the public lands, better coast de-
| fences and the duty owed to the shipping
| interests of the country. He de
clares that the Republican plat
| form proposes a distinctly American
| policy and says that the American people
with no spirit of narrowness toward Other
peop'e but rather in the highest interest oil
all, should find under their own flag field o.
| limt!ess advance in the direction OF the I'M
rrovement, the prosperity and the happiness
| of man."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-07
THE NATIONAL GAME.
The New Yorks lead in fielding.
BURNS, Of Wilkesbarre, uses fiat bat

THE New Yorks lead in fielding.
BURNS, Of Wilkesbarre, uses fiat bat.
TIE Washington Club has released catcher
Tom Deasley.
SHORT STOP LOWE, Of Milwaukee, has a
fractured collar-bone.
JOE QUEST is considered the best umpire In
the Western Association
BILLY HoL1ERT couldn't be sold, so Brook
lyn released him outright.
THE League, and not the Indianapolis
Club, reserves Glasscock.
MORRIS, OF Pittsburg, never had finer
control or greater speed than now.
GuABERT. Of Chicago, is said to be one OF
the best put up men on the diamond.
SILVER FLINT will accept Coleman's offer
to wrestle any man in the League 1or slooo
side.
POP SMITH says he will not play in Pitts
burg another season, If he can by any means
get away.
TOMMY EsrERBRooK has signed with Louis.
vile. He will strengthen the club in weak
spot-frst base.
RYAN, of Chicago, has made the most base
hits in the League; O'Neil of St Louis, the
most in the Association.
NOT New York player has llson fined or
reprimanded by the management this season.
This is q record to be proud Of.
FIFTEEN HUNDRED dollars is said to have
been the price paid to Baltimore for Pitcher
Smiths release to the Athletics
CoNNoR leads the New Yorh in batting
and Ewing in fielding. The former has an
average Of .3N and the latter 1855.
MANAGER SULLIVAN, of the Washing
TONS. is negotiating for the release of Silver
Flint. the veteran backstop OF Chicago
BRoUTHERs is in favor Of putting the
pitcher back five feet Conway holds that II
this is done, bunting should be abolished.
ABALL player will give you anything ex-
cept two things: They will never give you
their ages nor lend you an old practice ball.
PITCHER RAMsEY's vanity received q
grievous wound when Won der Abe selected
Chamberlain of the Louisville Club instead
of him.
Two hundred and three home runs were
scored by the New England League this sea-
son. They also made 154 triples and 4lU
doubles.
TENER AND FARRELL, who form the bat;
terry of the Chicago Club are about the tall;
est players in the profession. Their combined
height is twelve feet five inches.
CHICAGO is in a bad way for catchers.
Darling is out Of practice for want Of work.
Flint IS sick and DAILY is lame. Farrell Is
therefore doing all the backstop work.
To date Keefe has won "a and lost IL
games. Welsh won rs and lost 19, Titcomb
won 10 and lost 8, and Crane won and lost
4. Keefe also played in four tied games and
Welsh in two.
Two American baseball clubs will go to
Australia to play exhibition games during
the coming winter. One will be the regular
Chicago Club; the other, picked nine They
expect to leave Chicago about October 1Oth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-07
South and West


SENIOR FLORENCE LUIrz, wealthy ranch
man and an old Indian fighter, killed himself
at his ranch near Sonora, Cal.
Two workingmen were burned to death in
the fire which destroyed S. G. Wilkins &
Co.'S furniture factory at Chicago.
PATRICK DUNN,a fireman Gn board the
steamer San Marcos, plying between New
York and Galveston, Texas, jumped over
boer,1 and was drowned while the vessel was
entering the Gulf Of Mexico, in order to
escape the brutal treatment Of the Chief
Engineer.
The Sioux Commission, recently ..p.
pointed by President Cleveland, have re-
turned to Washington. The Indians decline
to accept the terms of the treaty and surren-
der their reservations.
STARVATION and cannibalism is reported
among the Indians of the Northwest Terri
tory.
The September wheat corner at Chicago
ended after cash wheat had been forced up
to So bushel. The losses to the shorts were
enormous
SERIOUS damage is reported to the tobacco
crop in Virginia by heavy frosts.
A SNOW storm which lasted two hours
occurred in Mary and, and there were light
falls of snow in various portions OF Virginia
MRS. LOUIS HILDEERANDT, the handsome
young wife of a well known resident OF
Wheeling, w. Va, has died from the effect
of pistol shot wound inflicted by her hus-
band in fit of drunken anger.
AT Nuzums Mills, w. Va, William Will
Jams knocked his wife down with chair,
the woman dying from the effects of the
blow. Williams is eighty years old and his
wife was seventy.
FIVE men were killed at Helena, Montana,
by the ditching Of freight train.
Mr. MILLS, author Of the Tariff Reduction
bill, was renominated for Congress by the
Democratic Convention at Waco, Texas.
JOHN D. CopEsToN and John Perry Pearce,
of Louisville, were drowned in the Ohio
River while boating.
A TERRIFIC storm ragged along the Great
Lakes. Five lives were lost and much
damage done to shil ping
TIE Traders Bank OF Chicago has failed
with liabilities of sl,0O0.0O0.
THERE are over $50 cases Of typhoid fever
in Duluth, Minn., and the epidemic appears
to be growing. There have been numerous
deaths.
MRS. GEORGE PoFFENBERGER, of Beatrice,
Neb., strangled her two children with q
strong cord, and then shot herself through
the heart. She left note for her husband
saying she was afraid she was going crazy.
COLONEL j. J. DANIELS, President of the
Florida Sanitary Association, and one of the
leading citizens Of Jacksonville, Fla, Is
dead Of yellow fever.
A VIOLENT storm in the Ohio Valley was
particularly severe around Owensboro, KY,
and Rockport, Ind. where three men we're
killed by lightning and many buildings were
damaged by wind. Loss estimated at S5o,-
0O0.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-07
SUMMARY OF CONGRESS.
Senate PROCEEDINGS.

1S5TH DAY-The President signed the Chi
nese Exclusion bill and sent it to the Senate
accompanied by message. Senator Sher-
man moved the reference of the message to
the Committee on Foreign Relations, which
was agreed to. -. The bill foreiting unearned
land grants of the Northern Pacific Railroad
was favorably reported. .. :. Mr.. Hale offered
resolution calling upon the Secretary OF
War for information relative to the circular
issued by General Benet
ls6TH DAY.--Mr. voorhees,, from the Il.
brary Committee, reported fa7orably bill
for the purchase Of the life size oil painting
a cost not to exceed S15, 600. The Senate
agreed to the conference report on the Deli
cheney Appropriation bill. =,
18TH DAY.-The substitute for the House
Tariff bill was reported back; it reduces the
revenues about s74 200, 600. ... The Senate re-
sumed consideration Of MIR. Hale's resolu-
tion calling on the Secretary OF War Tor an
explanation Of General Benet's circular as TO
discharges of certain employees in United
States arsenals and armories.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-07
PIILORY AND LASH.
Ten Colored Men and Six Whites
Whipped in Delaware.

The whippings at New Castle Del) Jail a
few days since were remarkable for the num-
her of victims the heavy penalties, and tho
number of lashes laid on. Not fJr many
vears have such large number been made
70 p hug g the post" in one day. There were @
ten coIored victims and seven whites. Ono
man got forty ashes four twenty lasnes, tIre nlne
were 225 blows struck. an average OF over
In add ton to the whippings five men were
compelled to stand for an hour in the pll;
iory. sugar Awful" one of the co!ored d
men. was whipped for the sixth time with n
eight wears. He has been a thief for twelve
wars, and has been before The Chief Justice
s,oht times. The Court that sentenced hiln
this time will probably not have another oP,
nortunitv, iuasmuch as it is hardly likely. IN II,
The General order of things, that they will
live until lawful" serves his term OF ten
,Yeara
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-07
Foreign.


HEAVY firing has taken place at Sualiim
between the rebels and the British forces. A
deserter reports that the rebes suffered Sc
verely. Seventeen were killed by the ex-
plosion of one shell.
NJ. V1ErTE, French Minister OF Agricu.
ture, reported to the Chamber OF deputies
that the grain harvest amounted to 1000.
0U0 bushels.
Mrs. PARAN STEVENS, a famous and
wealthy society leader of New York city. has
been robbed while travelling in Europe o.
jewels worth SlOO,oOO
PROFESSOR GEFFCKEH, who is charged
with furnishing for publication tn extracts
from the late Emperor FrederickS diary. lio
been arrested.
A HURRICANE in the West Indies caused
great damage to life and property. Four
American vessels were wrecked oil Turks
Island, and great many seamen perlshed.
THE mysterious fiend of London, who has
a passion for numbering women in the most
brutal manner, has added two more victims
to his list, this making six females in all
whom he has murdered and mutllated with
great atrocity.
PROFESSOR GEFFCKEN, who has been ar
rested for publishing extracts from the diary
of the late German Emperor, claims that ne
receive permission from Emperor Frederick
to publish them three months arter his deatn'
SENATOR JAMES G. Ross, ten-fold mil
lionaire, and Canada's greatest specuiator'
has died in Quebec.
SEVERAL arrests were made In London or
persons suspected of connection with the
Whtechapei murder mystery. and rewards
amounting to Sin00 were offered 1of 1ne oe'
lection of the murderer.
OVER three hundred natives were kllleu IN y
battle with force of natives LED py briCsh
officers on the Gold Coast IN lanziOar'
Africa.
Six lives were lost in an explosion on
board an iron mud-carrying steamer "orK-
ing in the Panama Canal
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-07

THE old Libby Prison, in Richmond. Va,
has been sold for Sil, ,'0D. The idea Of the
a. W purchasers seems to be to let the LIBBY
H. .iding remain where it Is now aud throw it
open as public museum
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-07

PARIS has just built itself new opera
house that covers nearly three acres. has a
cubic mass of more that 1000, 900 feet, and
cost the tri6e of S12. .6U0. 900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-07
Washington.

SECRETARY Villas has ,ent an important
letter to the principal Chief of the Cherokee
Indian Nation, notifying him that any lease
or contract tor grazing on the "Cherosee
outlet in the Indian Territory made by him
or his nation will be illegal.
The Senate has confirmed the following
nominations: Charles F. Boyle, Of Pennsyi-
vania, to be Chief Justice, Washington Ter
ritory: Lambert Tree, Of illinois, to be
Minister to Russia; George Davidson, of
California, to be member OF the Mississippi
River Co omission, and John G. Parkhurst,
of Michigan, to be Minister to Belgium.
COINAGE at the United States mints during
September aggregates 7,14D,2SO pieces, hav,
ing q total value of $1,000, 49,. Tota! gold
coinage, S2,3l0, $50; total silver coinage,
SJ34y, lS5.
THE public debt was reduced Sl2. .257, ,2C
during September. and s23, 3,706,0OO during
the last three moaths
Government receipts for September were
SCI, ,GJS, III; expenditures, *SJ. l6l ,l37.
THERE have been forty-seven post Offices
raised to Presidential o,iicas since October l,
with salaries ranging from 5000 to $1,000.
THE treaty of the United States with Peru
has been ratified.
THE President has nominated James Petit
grew, State Treasurer of South Carolina, tc
be Consul. General 1T Melbourne, Australia.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-07

THE feruvlan Government threatens to
appropriate the Aroya Railroad, now in
possession Of N. P. Grace. of New York.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-07

The largest collection of coins, 1885,
900 in number, is in the Cabinet OF
Antiquities, Vienna.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-07

Thirty thousand Jerseys in the United
States is the last estimate OF the COW
counter.
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-23
THE REFORMERS AT WORK.

Some important Res olutions are In
troduced and are Adopted.
The Young Mems Reform club met
last night. The meeting was not a
large one but very enthusiastic.
The following applicants for mem
bership were reported:
n. Corr, w. H. Little, A. G. Clark
J. T. Halle, T. A. Common, VIM. An
derson, J. S. DOugherty, R. D. James,
F. J. Naylor, H. H. Todd, Lewis VI
rich, E. Muenzenberger, H. ". Ridge
ly, Albert Lasteree, James Lasteree,
s. G.. Bell, A. P. Wooley, w. G. Rigs
by, Charles Bateman.
H. NJ. Aubrey resigned the post of
assistant secretary and G. II. Florian
was appointed in his stead.
The quorum was reduced from 40 to
20, and notice given to increase the ex-
ecutive committee from Is to 19.
Scudder introduced this resolution:
Resolved, That no candidate for
office shall be balloted upon for en-
dorsement whose opponent (if he has
any, shall not first have been shown
by argument decided upon by the vote
Of this club to be unworthy of the sup
port of this organization under article
II of it's constitution, unless this club
by vote decides to endorse both of the
candidates for such Office; no names Of
officers to be balloted on twice for en-
dorsement."
This WAS rather too reformatory and
was tabled.
On motion October 10Th WAS fixed az
the day for endorsing candidates.
The following resolution:
"WhereAs, grave questions have
arisen concerning practices of politi-
clans and as to the legality Of many
votes cast annually in Bexar county;
now therefore be 1t
Resolved, That the chairman should
and he is hereby authorized to ap-
point q committee of three whose
duty 1t shall be to investigate politi-
cal abuses and assist in the prosecu-
ton of infractions of the election
laws"
And after considerable and exciting
discussion it was carried. An at
tempt was made afterwards to ex-
punge it and the debate but it failed
and the meeting adjourned.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-23
Still IN the Racs.

The undersigned herewith announc-
es himself as candidate for the office
of sheriff of Bexar county. In max
ing this announcement / wish to
state that I do not consider myself
bound in the action of the peoples
convention held on Thursday, October
18th, 1888, nor have 1 made any
pledges or compromised myself in
any way to stand by the decision of
said convention, and 1 stand before
you as all independent candidate
and as a democrat and as such solicit
your support. JAS. NJ. VAN RIPER.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-23
Press for Sale.

One first-class job press, brand new,
will be sold at less than cost. Size of
bed 9x13. Apply to T. B. Johnson, at
LIGHT office. 5-36-tf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-23
WHY WOMEN FADE.

Women lose their beauty because
colds undermine their life. DR..
Acker's English Remedy for Con-
sumption is an absolute cure for colds.
l RAGLAND & Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-23
FLAMING FIRE IN THE VEINS.

We hold positive proof that Acker's
English Blood Elixir cures all blood
poisons where cheap sarsaparillas
and so-called purifiers fail. For sale
by RAGLAND & Co.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1888-06-22
Why They DON'T Soc Wei.

1t is n fact. says Il Pittsburg paper,
that Il large percentage of the men cm-
ployed us heaters in the iron mills Of
~llttsburg are moro II less troubled
with detective vision. the nature of
their work compelling thcmto gaze for
p%rotracted periods upon the dazzling
light of metal ut white heat. which they
must be able to distinguish from the
flames of burning gas which surround
it. Secretary William Martin, Of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron and
Steel Workers in Fittsbur@, SAYS that
among men who have worked for Il few
years in the iron mills near-sightcd-
ness or weakness of the eyes is almost
universal, and advised the reporter to
interview Il few of the employees of any
mill in the city to test this statement.
This was done resulting in contirma-
ton from half a dozen heaters in one
of the largest rolling-mills in the city.
The men seen had worked in the iron
mills for periods ranging from three to
twenty years. and with very slight diff
ference their powers of visions had all
been affected in the same manner.
They are unable to distinguish small
objects nj any considerable distance.
One WAS entirely unable to read the
printin an ordinary newspaper; another
pointed out Il clock with Il dial Il
foot in diameter and said he could
not see the hands ten feet away.
With one the trouble was permanent
and mvaryin~. while nn~o1her's eyes
We're restored to their normal condi-
tod if he stopped II month. None of
them experience pain. and il does not
seem 10 have occurred to any II That
Il physicians services were needed.
They regard the change that takes
place in their eyes rs II sort of process
Of getting used to necessary require
ments of their trade.
The reporter on looking into one of
their blazing heaters could distinguish
only Il binding glare. scarcely inferior
to the dazzling light of the sun itself.
Yet these men must be able to see
clearly the white-hot masses of metal
through the flames Of the gas that is
burning all around them. The diff
Guilty of doing this may be compared
to that which would be experienced in
trying to perceive one bright light
through another. Yet the experienced
heater does it with as much ease us if
the hot iron were so much wood !loat-
ING in water. They say that no degree
of proficiency be acquired in less
than three months time. and that
since the employment of natural gas in
the furnaces the difficulty has become
much greater and the effect upon the
| eye more pronounced.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1888-06-22
How Lucca Gained the Kaiser,s
Pardon.

London Life: The circumstances nm,
der which Pauline Lucca sought and OBJ.
tanned pardon of the late Emperor Will.
lam for having broken her con.rac, and
suddenly left the Royal Italian Opera at
Berlin. in the year 1872, have only lust
come TO light, tt was during the Kaiser's
visit to Ischl in 1881. AT the gala epro
sentation of "Versprechen hintcr'm
HERD which took place in honor of the
sovereign, Lucca played the role of
Randi The opportunity of taking tho
heart of the kind kaiser by storm was too
favorable for her to forego. AS she
stepped upon the stage, fresh and merry
IN her Character of Alwerin Randi, a has
ketof grass on her back, a sickle in her
nand and ToodHn shoes on her pretty
niue fect, and began to chatter in genuine
pato's, Sue suddenly took corn flowers out
OF her basket.
AS she wove them togetherinto a nose.
gay she related, still in patois. that III,
German emperor had come into the val.
ley, and she wished to offer him a bunch
of his ~favoritc flowers, that he might be
no longer angry with her, but forgive hel
Tor her former bad behavior forward him.
Fol- after the rain sunshine must follow
so she hoped that the sunshine of his
favor might also brighten upon keI
again. AT the last words she knelt down
beside her basket, as if a%ccidently, and
raised her eyes pleadingly to the loge in
which the venerable kaiser was seated,
who sought in vain to conceal his emo.
ton. 1t was but momentary, and only
the initiated understood thai Lucca had
prevailed. After the representation the
emperor sent u request for the corntlower
boqu"t. and the hope of seeing her very
soon again in Berlin. On March %, 1882,
there appeared once more the runaway
favoritc of Berlin, Pauline Lucca, in
Carmen after a ten years absence
from the stage of the Royal opera house.