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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-05-16
MIGHTY War VESSELS.
Launch of a Dynamite Cruiser
and the GunbOat Yorktown.
A New Era Begun in American
Naval History.

There have been many launches of big and
little ships, iron and wooden, in years gone
by at Cramps shipyard, in Philadelphia, but
never in the history of the city was so much
excitement created as the dual launch on
Saturday Of the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius
and the gunboat Yorktown
What made it particularly notable was
that it is the first launching for years OF
war vessel there. that there we're two ships
to slide into the water and that Congress
would be in town to witness the event.
At noon the excursion steamer Columbia,
Captain George Tyler, lay at the pier at the
foot Of Washington street, adjacent to the
old Navy Yard Of blessed memories. She
had been chartered by the Secretary Of the
Navy to convey his Congressional party from
the cars to Cramps yard. The steamer was
gayly decked out in bunting, and after re-
ceiving her, cargo Of distinguished people,
took up good position in view OF the event.
166 members Of the House of Representa-
tives, which is three more than is necessary
for quorum.
At three o'clock the Yard Superintendent
reported everything ready for the launch
and Mr.. Charles Cramp gave the command,
with the consent of the Secretary OF the
Navy, to "Let 60 the breaks" Of the York.
town. WhacR, WnacR, SOunueu Gne ndulS dS
the men struck the chunks away, and just as
this big iron hull began to slide riverward Miss
May Cameron daughter Of Senator Cameron,
Of Pennsylvania, whacked the gunboat over
her nose with bottle of champagne, held by
red, white and blue ribbons 1t broke and as
the wine spilled all down over the ships rigid
iron and paint, this lovely girl said: ~
, baptize thee Yorktown" The Yorktown be-
gan to move at six and half minutes past
three o'clock. and foated gracefully on the
Delaware within minute.
Hardly had the excitement over the first
event subsided when it broke out afresh over
the dynamite cruiser, which lay on its ways,
near the place the Yorktown had left. Miss
Eleanor Breckinridge, daughter Of Congress.
man Breckenridge, of Kentucky, performed
the christening function for the dynamite
cruiser, as Miss Cameron had for the gum
boat AS she broke the bottle over her bow
this Blue Grass belle exclaimed, II baptize
thee Vesuvius." This was indeed news to
even the Secretary's intimate friends as he
had kept it secret till, at the last moment,
he handed Miss Breckenridge his official order
to call the cruiser Vesuvius. The Vesuvius
glded graceful on her element four minutes
after the York. own. p.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-05-16
DESTROYED BY FROST.
Enormous Damage Inflicted On
Truck-Farms in Virginia

Enormous Damage Inflicted On
Truck-Farms in Virginia.
There has been heavy frost in Virginia,
and the damage to farm truck is said to
be from s1,5OoOoo to saooo,ooo Those
figures were given by some OF the
truckers, who were completely dis
couraged by the result CT the damage
to their fields. The most careful esti-
mat, puts the damage at from $500, 600 to
$750,000. The wind was from the south, and
the farms situated on the water so as to get
salt air experienced small damages, but in the
back country of Norfolk, Princess Ann and
Nansemond counties, the potato vines were cut
down to the hills; beets, beans, cucumbers,
watermelons and tomatoes were entirely de-
stroyed and pease and strawberries put back
a week or ten days The seed stores were en-
tirely exhausted Of stock for rep!anting.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-05-16
THE LABOR WORLD,

d 30 S@ s-<s'J-
DEssTHE iIsoij e E.:::;:a5ysfs get IS per day.
They work eight hours ~Sp =E..-
THERE are nearly 1000 people employed in
the Australian copper mines.
A cLorHRs-pIN factory at Montpelier, Vt,
has capacity Of 200 gross per day.
ONE of the largest blast furnaces ever built
has been put up at Knoxville, Tenn.
THREE THOUSAND people earn their living
In Kansas coal, lead and zinc mines.
The cooperative town Of Powderly, Ala,
now boasts of more than thirty houses.
UPWARD Of forty.five tons of paper are
manufactured daily at Watertown, N. Y.
A BRIDGE is to be built across the Ohio
River at Owensboro, KY, to cost one million
dollars
AN organization Of New York city work
ingn1en proposes to establish a cooperative
coal yard.
ONE THOUSAND children in Fall River.
Mass, most of whom work in the factories,
cannot read.
OPERATORS in the cotton and jute mills Of
Bombay, India, receive from ten to twelve
cents per day.
NEAR Coburg, Germany, a whole village
Of people has for many generations made
nothing but toys.
BETWEEN 6OOOand 1000 men will be thrown
ont Of work by the shut down in the Con-
nellsville (Penn.) coke region.
IMMENSE iron works. costing $1,000, 900 are
TO be erected at Duluth, Mimi, including
blast furnace, steel mills and rolling mills.
SHOT manufacturing is in bad way at
present Owing to the protracted peace it is
possible to buy q ton Of shot for the came
price as ton Of lead
LABOR strikes are spreading in Germany:
The Labor Central Committee has requested
workmen to stay away from the districts
affected by the strikes
IT is said there are farmers wives on Long
Island who make boys trousers for three
cents. There are women in New York who
toll sixteen hours day for sixty cents.
IT has been estimated that only 20J0 men
are at present employed around the mines in
the Shamokin PENN district. Heretofore
GOOO have usually been at work at this time
Of the year.
ONLY five hundred out of the three thou
sand striking workmen at Carnegie's steel
works, near Pittsburg, are active in their
opposition against the cooperative PROPOSE
tion made them
THERE is downward tendency in wages
and cost Of production all over the United
States. A ten per cent. reduction in wages
is to take place among two thousand miners
at Johnstown, Penn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-05-16

The President has nominated Melville W..
Fuller, of Chicago to be Chief Justice of the
United States. Mr. Fuller is a native Of
Maine and is a grandson Of ex-Chief Justice
Weston Of that State. He has, however,
been a resident of Illinois for many years,
and has obtained a prominent place at
the bar of Chicago. He is personal
friend Of the President, and is well known in
Washington from his frequent visits on
business before the Supreme Court. He was
not an applicant, and has not been in Wash
ington since the death of Chief Justice
Waite.
It was known that President Cleveland
held Mr.. Fuller in the very highest estimation
long before there was any th ought of his
name in connection with the exalted Office for
which he has been named.
The President had in every possible way
tried to secure Mr.. Fuller's services in some
Office within his gift. He asked him to be
Solicitor General of the Department Of JUS
tice. He wanted him to give his ability as
member of the Civil Service Commission,
the Interstate Commerce Commission or
the Pacific Railroad Commission. To all the
Presidents offers Mr.. Fuller replied re-
spectfully declining any of the proposed
honors- He said his preferences were wholly
Is an active member Of his profession and as
such he could not indulge in political prefer
ment This only served to increase Mr..
Clevelands esteem for him, until at last he
offers him the greatest honor within the gift
of the President of the United States.
In politics he is best described as an old
school Democrat. He believes in an advanced
doctrine Of States rights and advocates a
simple government. he is member OF the
Protestant Episcopal Church, and has been
prominently identified with that organiza-
tion, and has been conspicuous in the Cheney
and other famous ecclesiastical trials.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-05-16

AUNITED STATES Consular report declares
that increased railroad facilities have made
the beautifully located city Of Zurich, Switzer-
land, q formidable rival to LucerRe and
Geneva as resort for pleasure seekers from
foreign lands. The erection of large num-
ber Of handsome new buildings, and the city s
new quay improvements which will cost
when finished nearly 81, 400, 900, have already
transformed Zurich into the most attractive
Of Swiss cities.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-05-16
Mr.. Fuller's Career.

Mr., Melville Weston Fuller was born in
Augusta, on Feb. II, 1888 His father was
Frederick A. Fuller; his mother Catherine
Martin, daughter of Chief Justice Nathan
Weston. Melville w. fitted for college in Au.
gusta and graduated at Bowdoin in the class
Minister to England. Mr.. Fuller, after
leaving college, began the study of law at
Bangor. After attending lectures in the law
department of Harvard University he began
the practice of his profession in Augusta in
1856. While waiting for clients he acted as
editor of the Age and won his spurs in journal
ism. Feeling that his true field Of work
was the law, and realizing that his native
city did not afford that scope or
Mr.. Fuller went to Chicago There he did
not have to wait long for practice. His
ability was speedily recognized and properly
rewarded. For thirty years he has enjoyed a
lucrative practice, and has won distinction
among eforemost at the Illinois Bar. In 1851
he was elected member of the State Copsti-
tutional Convention. In 1862 he was chosen to
the Legislature. and although Democratrun-
ming each time in strong Republican district,
he was victorious by large majorities He
was delegate to the Democratic National
conventions Of 1864, 1872, 1915 and 1880. In
1860 he was selected by the citizens to deliver
the address Of welcome to Stephen A. Doug
Las In 1858 Mr.. Fuller married Calista o.
Reynolds, and, after her decease, Mary Ellen,
daughter of the distinguished banker, Will
lam F. Coolbaugh. He has eight daughters.
In his practice in the Supreme Court Of the
United States Mr. Fuller has repeatedly
come in contact, both as colleague and as
an opponent, with Messrs. Edmunds, Thur
man, Hoadly, Ingerson and other admittedly
great lawyers. He is familiar with the de-
cisions of that Court and well informed in the
history Of our country, and espe-
cially in constitutional questions. Not con-
tent with the vast amount Of reading and
writing, which Of necessity results from the
active practice Of his profession, Mr.. Fuller
has had an immense amount Of miscellaneous
reading and considerable writing by way Of
recreation
Mr.. Fuller is slim, wiry-looking man,
rather below the middle height He has
silver-gray hair and dropping gray nous
3ache. He dresses well, and is considered ex-
ceptionally good looking. His face is fresh
and unwrinEled, his SIS years notwithstanding.
He is popular club man and goes q good
deal into society. He is one Of the best known
LAWYERS In tha Northwest
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-05-16
A DAKOTA TOWN BURNED.
Central City Swept Out of Existenc
and the Inhabitants Homeless.

OlCy S"CPC LIN .c'SASS
and the Inhabitants Homeless.
Central City, town Of 1000 inhabitants,
two miles above Deadwood, Dakota, has
been totally destroyed by fire. The loss is
estimated at from s150,OOO to $500, ,0Go: in.
surance light. No lives were lost. About
100 buildings were burned.
The whole community is homeless, entire
families losing everything and escaping with
only their lives. The fire originated in a
bakery. The entire fire department OF Dead
wood and Lead City were promptly on hand,
but a failure Of the water supply rendered
their assistance useless
Both sides of Main street, from Saw Pit to
Gold street, are in ashes. Fairview quartz
mill was destroyed. Merchandise and house.
hold goods were piled up all over the side Of
the mountain. No one was injured. Central
City is a mining town. It ships about
100000 worth of bullion morthly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-05-16

THE Chinese colony in Chicago consists of
1000 souls, of whom only two are women.
About one hundred of them are merchants.
several Of whom have fortunes of from
500, 900 to 5000, 600. Four firms, dealing in
tea, coffee and Chinese groceries, have an az.
gregate capital Of 100000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-05-16
A FIGHT IN A MOSQUE.

Fifteen Convicts and Four Police
men Killed in Egypt.
Adesperate conflict took place few days
ago at mosque in Damanhour, near the
city of Alexandria A number of escaped
prisoners had taken refuge in the mosque and
refused to surrender to the police, who had
surrounded the building. In the fight that
followed fifteen of the convicts were killed
and two wounded, The police lost four men
killed and wounded.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-05-16

DR.. JUNKER, the explorer, In lecture DO
fore the Berlin Geographical Society, e1-
with Emin Bey. This is the opinion Of all
the leading German explorers -.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-05-16

MISS DIEHLE, Of Toledo, Ohio, returned
from a two years visit to Germany, only to
find both parents dead and her home in pos
session Of q stranger.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-05-16
House Proceedings.

GOTH DAY.-Two resolutions calling on the
Secretary of the Treasury for information
relative to the seal fisheries in Alaska were
adopted. After a short discussion as to
whether it was competent for the House to
proceed to the consideration Of private bust
ness the House went into Committee of the
Whole (Mr. Springer Of Illinois in the chair
on the Tariff BILL Mr.. Brewer, of Michigan,
took the floor and spoke in support of the
present protective tariff. Speeches were also
delivered by Messrs. Tarsney, Russell, Golf,
Ford and Landes
TOOTH DAY.-On motion Of Mr.. Bryce OF
New York the Senate bill to provide an
anchorage for vessels in New York harbor
was passed :. The debate on the Mills Tariff
bill occupied the remainder OF the days ses-
sion.
lOlsr DAY.-The House continued the dis
cussion over the Mills Tariff bill. The de-
bate was participated in by Messrs: Gros-
venor, Rayner, Nutting, Henderson, Hemp
hill and Gallinger.
1O2D DAY.-The continuation of the debate
over the Mills Tariff bill occupied the entire
DAVIS session. Mr.. Foran spoke in opposition
to the measure, and was followed by Messrs.
McCreary and O'Ferrall, who supported the
bill.
1O3p DAY.-The day was devoted to the de-
bate over the Mills Tariff bill. Messrs: Will
son and Lanham spoke in support of the
measure, while Messrs McComas and Allen
took the floor in opposition to 1t.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-05-16
SUMMARY OF CONGRESS.
Senate Proceedings.

s4TH DAY.-A bill was introduced to re-
quire the purchase and coinage of not less
than 81 ,000,0 900 worth of silver bullion per
month -. Mr.. Stewart offered resolution,
which was laid over, calling on the Secretary
of the Treasury for statement OF the amount
of silver bullion offered to the Government
since the passage of the Silver Coinage Act,
and by whom and at what prices; also OF the
amount of silver bullion purchased each
month during the same period, and from
whom and at what prices. The Senate pro.
ceeded to the consideration of the Railroad
Land Forfeiture bill After discussion, tne
bill went over without action. The 1nterna-
tional Copyright bill was taken up and dis
cussed. and several minor amendments passed.
S5TH DAY.-The following bills were re-
ported: The Senate bill appropriating $780,
zoo for public building at Sterling, ILL.,; the
House bill to establish Department OF
Labor; the Senate bill to restrict the use and
sale of opium in the District OF Columbia ana
the Territories; the Senate bill defining the
positions and salaries Of assistant astrono-
mers at the United States Naval Observatory
"A bill was introduced to establish an edu-
cational fund, and to provide for more
complete endowment Of colleges for scien-
tific and industrial education. "A bill was
referred appropriating 100000 for the
prevention and extirpation OF yellow fever In
the United States Mr.. Spooner offered
Civil Service Commissioners for complete
lists of all persons who have received pro5a-
tional appointments to offices within the
classified service in Washington since March
4, 1885. =. The President sent vetoes OF the
bills to pension Navy Sullivan because she
was already on the pension rolls, and of VIII,
lam Sackman because he was intoxicated
when his injuries were received. Mr.. In
gals spoke on the question to refer the Presi-
dents message.
SSrH UAY.eThe Direct Tax bill has been
again offered to the Senate as an amendment
to the Sundry Appropriation bill. The new
Chinese treaty was reported to the Senate
favorably from the Foreign Relations Com
mite, with two amendments. Senator Ed
munds introduced bill to-day to increase
the pensions to soldiers, sailors or marines
who contracted heart disease during the
war; The Senate has adopted the resolu-
tion to elicit certain information concerning
the administration of the New York Custom
House. The resolution directs the Secretary
of the Treasury to furnish the Senate with
full information as to employees in the Gus
toms service in New York. The nomina-
tion of Melville W. Fuller to be Chief JUS
tice was referred to committee.
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PERSONAL NRcaliom.

T. M. Sweet, OF San Diego, is at the
Nadeau.
II. N. Magee, of Pasadena, arrived
in the city last evening.
John Gumage, of San Francisco, is
stopping at the Hollenbeck.
B. A. Hurd is at the Hollenbeck.
He halls from New York.
Mr.. Robert Burdette's family took
trip to Santa Barbara yesterday.
DIR. J. M. Barton, of Dayton, Ohio,
is at the New United States Hotel.
Paul r, Frost, OF San Bernardino,
is staying at the New United States
Hotel.
John B. Black and wife, of Kansas
City, are rooming at the New United
States Hotel.
T. @. Hoffman, of New York, ar
rived in the city last evening and may
be found at the Nadeau.
Col. @. G. Allen has fallen into line
with good grace in his new departure
10 DublIlcbo onCCbOI vi lllt morning
Tunes.
A. Kahn, of the firm of Rosenthal,
Florsheim & Co., wholesale boot and
shoe manufacturers of Chicago, is
visiting the city.
A. B. Paulding, wife and daughter,
of Boston, arrived in the city yester-
day, and are sojourning at the New
United States Hotel.
Mr.. l. Cooper and a party OF sports
men, started to the mountains Tues
day. They have gone for few days
to have a jolly good time.
Mr.. Chas. Schroth and wife, prom
inent society people of San Francis
Co, left yesterday for their home, hav-
ing paid Los Angeles short visit.
Mr.. Joseph Trip, vice-President of
the Photo-Engraving Company of
New York City, with his wife, are
visiting Los Angeles, guests at the
Hollenbeck Hotel.
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A.,God,sv Appeal.

EDITORS HERALD-As you devote
considerable space in your paper to
notices Of public entertainments, per-
haps you will insert few lines Of
complaint from one among many who
cry for more light in the gallery Of
the Grand Opera House. 1t seems a
mockery to be handed programme
on entering, when it is almost impos-
sible to read it OH account Of the dark
ness. The fame Of q match is often
held over the page to enable one to
read it. II the management Of the
Grand Opera House keeps this part Of
the house in semi-dafkness from mo-
tives of economy, the wisdom Of such
a course is open to question. The are
a large number Of intelligent people
in Los Angeles who can i'll afford to
pay from I'll to ~ for an evenings
entertainment; but why they should
be deprived of light sufficient TO en-
able them to read their programme
because they only pay "four bits" is
not easy TO understand. Yours, etc,
LIGHT
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DZGIN A.

| Oz@na is the professional or technical
name given to an advanced form of catarrh
in which liberation has eaten through the
membrane lining of the nose to the cartil-
lage of the bone. Any case of catarrh may
end in ozmna, but it most frequently oc-
ours in those who are naturally scrofulous
the discharge talks place through the nos
trils or through the throat, and is generally
OF a yellowish or greenish-yeliow color,
| frequently tinged with blood, and almost
always attended by an offensive smell In
the language of DR.. Wood, of Philadelphia,
''The disease is one of the most obdurate
and disagreeable which the physician has
to encounter. In bad cases the breath of
the patient becomes so revolving as to iso-
late him from society, and render him an
object of distrust even to himself"
In someinstsnces pieces of bone become
separate and slough of, leaving deep, un-
healthy ulcers, which sscrete bloody mat
ter, and are extremely difficult to heal.
After ozena has continued some time the
| sense of smell becomes impaired and often
| lost.
| Deafness Is one OF the most common con
sequences and results from it's extension
| through the eus6achian tube to the internal
ear.
Pains in the head and over the frontal
sinuses, impairing memory, and even in
sanity frequently springs from Its exten.
| sion to the brain.
| The great danger, however, because the
IN ost common. is that it will extend down.
ward and affect the lungs. In most cases
| of OulmOnnrV QiSeasn natarrh 10 prapopt 70
some degree, and in many instances 1t
causes large share of the patients dis
comfort,
| Besides these grave consequences, all of
which are liable to spring from scrof.
| ulous catarry of oz@na, there are Others
which, If less dangerous, are sufficiently
| unpleasant. II occasions great unhappi-
| ness to thousands OF both sexes by isolatinC
them and preventing their settlement in
| life. An Offensive running from the nose.
| with foul breath, is about as great calam-
| ity es can befall young people. Every dis.
| ease of this kind can be cured by our new
system OF practice.
have seen SO many of these cases cured
that / DO not consider any case hopeless,
unless both lungs are seriously involved.
Even then the Limitations aid us in dissolv-
ing the mucus ana in contracting and heal
ing the cavities, which nothing can do
with the same success.
The very best reference from those al
ready cured.
CONSULTATION FREE.
Those who desire to consult with me in
regard to their cases had better call at the
office for consultation and examination.
but II impossible TO do so, can write for a
copy OF my Medical Treatise, containing
list of questions. Address
M. HILTON WILLIAMS, NJ. D.,
THE HOLLENBECK,
Corner Second and Spring sts., Los Angeles.
~ Office Hours from $50 A. M. to4p. NJ.
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