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The Democratic National Convention fln-
ished its labors ut 81. Louis Thursday by
nominating Allen q. Thurman for the Vice
Presidency. In the one ballot taken, Thur
man received 704 votes, Gray 100, and Black
81, but when the changing began and Colo
RADIO, Iowa, and other states that had re-
Trained from voting east their lots for the
Red Bandana, Mr.. shsnkin, OF Indiana,
mounted the stand and withdrew the name
OF Gray; and upon motion OF Mr.. Patterson,
OF Colorado, the nomination Of Mr.. Thurman
was made unanimous. Mr.. Henry
Watterson, OF Kentucky, presented
the platform, which extols the
President, challenges scrutiny OF the admin
istratlon, claims the exclusion OF Chinese
labor by Democratic legislation, aud asserts
that under Democratic control the interests
Of the government and the people, nc home
and abroad. have been guarded and defend
cd. In regard 10 tho tariff. IL rcaflrms the
platform Of 1884, and approves the Pres.-
dents recent message; declares that all
unnecessary taxation IL unjust taxation,
and asserts that careful revision OF the
tax laws. with due allowance for the
difference OF American and foreign
labor, must promote and encourage indus
try" After speeches by Messrs. Watterson
and German, the platform was adopted by
the convention, and announcement was
made tat Il had been approved unanimously
In committee; but later developments
showed that Mr.. Edward Cooper Of New
York, was opposed 10 the tariff plank, and
refused TO give Il his sanction. Resolutions
were next presented by Mr.. Lamon, Of Cali
fornia; Governor Abbott, OF New Jersey.
and Mr.. Scott, OF Pennsylvania, approx
ing respectively, the admission OF tho Ter
ritories; the efforts OF Gladstone and Parncll
for Ireland and the passage OF the ''rcvenue
bilP' now pending In Congress, all OF which
were adopted. AS they failed, however, TO
give a name to the revenue bill, and as IL Il
known that Messrs. Randall and Mills have
each presented measures with that object In
view, the public Is left in doubt as to which
bin Is approved. though leading Democrats
maintain that IL was the Mills bill that re-
ceiyed the Endorsement OF the convention.
Resolutions were also passed cxtoling the
services TO the party OF Generals Hancock
and Mcclellan, and OF Samuel J. Tilden,
Horatlo Seymour, and Thomas A. Hendricks |;
and after the adoption Of the usual resolu-
tons OF thanks, ETC., the convention adjourn
ed sine die.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-06-16

Daniel Doughcrty's speech upon nomina-
ting Cleveland was one Of the main events
OF "Wednesday. The silyer-tongued orator
was loudly applauded upon advancing to
the platform, and as he rose TO address the
convention the applause was thunderouA
He began slowly and impressiyely, huthis
remarks gathered force rs he went on and
soon his voice rang out from one end OF the
vast hall TO the other. His illusions TO
President Cleveland were received with
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-06-16

The committee then selected the following
reading clerks; Thomas s. Pcttii, chief read.
ing clerk Of the House OF Representatives.;
NJ. I. Barrett, Of New Jersey; II. G. Walk
err, Of Iowa; II. III. Henry. OF Missouri; J. o.
Henderson, OF Indiana; Joseph Carr, OF 81.
Louis, and T. l.. Sawyer. Among the other
nominations for reading clerk the name OF
Nicholas M. Bell was suggested, but the
committeeman making the nomination was
reminded that Mr.. Bell had1becomc an Of
flce-holder since 1884 and his appointment as
reading-clork while holding the position OF
superintendent OF foreign mails was not
proper. The namo was accordingly with
drawn. On motion Of Lawson. of South Caro-
lima. Mr.. y. ID. Dickinson. OF New York. was
elected official stenographcr.
The committee then took up the question
OF distributing tickets. For this purpose the
basis OF distributing az Chicago In 1884 was
adopted. The tickets were brought out I'm
boxes with badges etc. and delivered 10
the committee. Much surprise and some
hard feeling was expressed over what was
alleged 20 be the small local allotment.
Without taking up other matters OF imporf-
ance. the committee adjourned until 10
o'clock Tuesday.
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ALLEN @. THURMAN

1867, elected United States senator for
years 1s60-75; reelected for the term
ending I'm 1881.
Since then Mr.. Thurman has BEEN
honored by many positions In public
and private life and stands to-day
among his fellow citizens, irrespective
of party, as one Of the ablest and most
honorable OF American citizens. His
OF public or private scandal.
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to him steady and romunorativo employ
mont.
Upon this question or tariff reform, 80
closely concerning every phase OF our Ma
tional life, and upon every question involved
In tho problem OF good government, the
Democratic party submits its principles and
professions 10 the intelligent sunragcs Of the
American people.
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The Noble Roman. =

The Noble Roman. =
, Allen G. Thurman, Of Ohio, known
among his admirers as the Modest
Roman of them ALL" was born In
Lynchburg, Virginia, Novmber Is,
1918; went to Ohio in 1919; admitted to
The bar In 1885; represented Ohio In the
eth congress; was Judge of the SUI
preme court of the state from 1854 TO
1855; elected governor of the state In
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-06-16
hearty and prolonged cheering, aswcrc also
his references 70 tariff reform.


his references 20 tariff REFORM.
Mr.. Dougherty spoke as follows;
al greet you, my countrymen, with frater-
nal regard In your presence / bow TO the
majesty OF the people. The sight itself Is
inspiring tho. thought sublimel You come
from every State and Territory. from every
nook and corner OF orr ocoan-bound, conti-
ncntcoyorlng country. You are about 10
discharge n moro than imperial duty with
simplest ceromonials. You, as representa-
tIvcs Of the people, arc 10 choose magistrate
with power mlghter than q monarch. yet
checked and controlled by the supreme law
OF written constitution.
"Thus impressed. ascend the rostrum 10
namo the next president OF the United
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17
MARSHAL BAZAINE DEAD,
Tho General Who Surrendered Metz
Expires in Madrid.


Francois Achille Bazain, ex-Marshal of
France, has just died at Madrid, Spain. The
cause Of his death was heart disease
Marshal Bazaine was seventy-seven years
old. He greatly distinguished himself in the
French campaign in Mexico, and was ap-
pointed Marshal of France in 1864 In the
early part of tho war between France and
Germany he was very prominent, but he in
Cured Che lasting i'll will and contempt OF
his countrymen by his surrender of Metz
and 10000 soldiers to Prince Frederick
Charles after the German forces had
besieged the strongly fortified city for seven
weeks. The German force was hardly larger
than that commanded by Bazaine. The
nation believed him a traitor, and, in fear Of
surrended Metz, and remained there until he
was summoned to Versailles by the Military
Commission in 1871.
He was tried and sentenced to degradation
and death, but his sentence was commuted
to twenty years imprisonment on the Isle Of
Marguerite in the Mediterranean. From
here he escaped in row boat.
He was. put ashore in Italy, travelled
through Switzerland and Germany to Eng
land, and late in November, 1874, he went to
Madrid, where he resided until his death.
His exile has been spent for the most part
In condition bordering upon squalor, and
the little money which came to him from
time to time was contributed by some Of the
few persons who adhered to the belief that
he was the victim Of circumstances and the
ingratitude of the country he served faith
fully and well
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17
i CHILEAN CALAMITY.
Fifty-seven Lives Lost BY the Burst.
ing Of q Dam.

Fifty.seven Lives Lost BY the Burst
ing Of Dam.
An artificial pond 800 feet above the level
Of Valparaiso, Chile, burst, flooding the.
Valley Yungal and several streets. The flood
came down in an irresistible torrent, sweeping
everything before it and bringing downrocks
and trunks of trees with it The stream came
rushing through the street San Juan de Dies
in q wave twelve feet high. Shops were
deluged and the contents destroyed. Houses
were swept away and their inhabitants
drowned or bruised to death.
Fifty-seven persons were Killed ,py
been voted by the Congress in Santiago.
to relieve the sufferers A tailor named Tor
res lost his house, his shop and its contents,
his wife and four children. The streets four
days afterward were impassable; no street
cars could run, nor coaches, through
the ordinary thoroughtares. The fire
companies. police, seamen from ships OF war,
custom house porters and soldiers labored
to remove the sand and debris from tho
streets.
The loss Of the property will be prob
ably a $1,0e0,0O at least Some
people were rescued from the food.
with fractured limbs. half drowned and
otherwise injured. The pond belonged to 8
brewer named Nicholas Mena. = ,;s.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17
THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

PATRICK TRACEY, baggage master at
Hyde Park, Mass, was struck and instantly
killed by train while attempting to save
the life of Mrs. Young, aged sixty:nine, OF
Sharon, who had fallen upon the track. He
had partially succeeded in pulling her from
the track when he was struck by the engine
Mrs Young's left foot was cut off, and her
left arm broken, and she was fatally injured.
THE Delaware Republican Convention at
Dover nominated Henry Dupont, joseph II.
Whitaker and Joshua Marvel for Presl-
iential electors, and Charles H. Treet for
Congress. The resolutions indorse the Chica-
20 platform.
- WILLIAM WARREN, the veteran actor,
died at his home in Boston. He was seventy
years old, and had been one of the foremost
comedians on the American stage for over
fifty years.
The President has signed the Fertilization
and Army bills, and approved the act for the
construction Of a revenue cutter tor New
oernc, N. 9.
Miss MATH1LDA Roy and Jules Grang.
ande were drowned in North River. New
York city, by the capsizing of row.boa In
which they were taking pleasure sail.
A FIRE in Henry Elas's brewery, New
York city, did about $500, 600 damage.
CONGRESSMAN McADoo has been renomi-
aated for that position by the democrats Oh
Hudson county, New Jersey.
MILTON WESTON, the Chicago millionaire,
sentenced four years ago to ten years impris-
onment in the Pennsylvania penitentiary for
,ontributory murder, has been pardoned
CHARLES DODGE, cashier of Shipman. Bar
COW, Larocque G. Choate, the New York law
firm, has committed suicide at his home IN
Stapleton, Staten Island. His death follow
ng so closely on the exposure of Bede!ps
!orgeries, who recently stole $264 600 from
The same firm, led to many inquiries regard
ng his books, which were found to be correct
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17
FROM FAR And NEAR.
Some Matters of Moment in Vari.
Gus Quarters of the Globe.
Terrific Battle Between Tramps
and Mexicans in Colorado.

A terrible battle in Denver and Rio
Grande bo1-car between tramps, resulting
in the killing of three Mexicans, together
with the capture of Billy Cornelius, known
as BILLY the Kid" who heads a notorious
band of horse thieves, made up Colorado's
calendar few days since.
Three Mexicans, Selidon Will, j. A An
noya and Joan A Arelland, and half
dozen tramps boarded bo1-car at Pueblo,
Col, and afterward Will was discovered
dying in the car, shot through the bowels,
and the other two were found dead twenty-
five feet apart near bridge, Annoya being
shot in the back with forty-fve calibre ana
Arelland clubbed on the head until dead.
When questioned as to the cause Will said
the boys had done it He and his friends had
fight and were whipped, he said. Before
telling more he died. -,
It seems that the three Mexicans and the
other tramps quarreled, drew their weapons,
and one of the bloodiest battles in the West
was fought. It was terrible encounter be-
tween nearly dozen men huddled ina box,
stealing their way and fighting in the night
time. The inside of the car was riddled with
bullets
Further developments may show that other
lives were lost and the bodies concealed.
Since last Friday thirty-two men have
been chasing "Billy the Kid" noted des
perado, rivaling in some respects his name
sake. At the head Of desperate men he has
been terrorizing Southeastern Colorado and
Is supposed to have participated in some OF
the terrible crimes in Oklahoma, the neutral
land strip, and the Pan Handle country.
A large and well-chosen posse Of men have
been hot on his trail for several dayS, and
last Friday came upon the desperate in the
night. time. Billy was too quick for them,
and, mounting magnificent horse, started
on a wild, mad dash over the plains and es-
:aped.
Two or three days later he was captured
by farmer who was passing a ranch known
to be vacant. Seeing light, he looked in
and recognized BILLY the Kid" cooking his
supper.
The desperate mad sworn that he would
never be taken alive. but the farmer entered
the cabin, covered Billy with double-barrel
shotgun, and he threw up his hands He IS
now in jail in Trinidad, Col.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17
A SHOTGUN QUARANTINE.
Passengers Not Allowed to Ap-
proach Many Southern Cities.

The excitement at Memphis, Tenn, over
the outbreak Of the yellow fever at jackson,
Miss, has calmed in measure since the
city authorities resolved to stop passenger
travel on the railroads east Of the Mississippi
River. This includes the Chesapeake and
Ohio, Louisville and Nashville, Memphis and
Charleston, Tennessee and Midland, Memphis
and Birmingham, Illinois Central and Louis.
vile, New Orleans and Texas. No train will
be allowed to come nearer the city than ten
miles, and a Gordon of armed pickets will
guard the dirt roads leading into Memphis,
and no one will be allowed to enter.
The sentiment here says a dispatch, is
that Memphis can better afford to spend
500, 900 to keep the city free of infected per.
sons than to have even one case of fever, and
this is the feeling throughout Louisiana,
Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama and every
part Of Kentucky. Every town and city IN
the States named, from Cairo, ILL.,, south to
New Orleans have ESTABLISHED strict quaran-
tine against the infected points, and in many
instances against the world. Shotgun quar-
antine prevails along the line Of the Illinois
Central, all the way from New Orleans to
Fulton, KY, and trains are not allowed
to stop at any of the stations between Cairo,
ILL.,, and Canton, Miss. A regular panic
seems to have seized the people, especially IN
the smaller interior towns, where non inter
course is the watchword, and armed men
guard the roads
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17
LATER NEWS.

MRS. OLIVER KAMERER mas dled az S6d
neva, Penn, under peculiar circumstance
A month ago her cousin, Mrs. Joseph Beck
of Chicago, was buried from Mrs Kamerers
home and she handled a bouquet brought III
the casket from that city. From it her blood
became poisoned and the fatal Illness waS
contracted. .-s s..s.ty
AHEAvY northeast gale, with rain. pre-
vailed generally over New England. Tele-
graph wires were wrecked and trees blown
down. At Gloucester and Rockport the gale;
was terrific, and the rain was deluge, COM
verting the streets into rivers. The sea rose
higher thaa was ever known before, and the:
pray was thrown hundreds of feet inland. ~.
FIFTY men were buried by cave-in while
digging trench at Little Rock, Ark. Three
were taken out dead. -r.. 80
FIVE convicts, leased to the Missouri Pa
ciac Railway Company, made break for
liberty while working near Dallas, Texas,f
under an armed guard. BE fred upon thena,;
killing John Davis and Chris Wells. Two5
swan Trinity River and escaped. @t&
DEsPERADo BILL WHITLEY, for years a.
terror to Texas, was killed by q deputy
United States Marshal at Floresville, Texas
GENERAL STANLEY, commanding United
States troops in Texas, has issued an order
to the Fort Ringgold officers, telling them TO
use the United States regulars in enforcing
order at Rio Grande City, where the Mexicanssi
have been threatening to murder the Ameri-
cans. 80
SOME cattle were being transferred across
the Missouri river in fatboat at Glasgow,
Mo-, when they stampeded and the boat was
swamped. There were seven men on board
and three were drowned. s
THE President has sent the following nomi..
nations to the Senate: John h. Oberly, OF,
illinois, to be Commissioner Of Indian Az
fairs vice John D. Atkins, resigned; Samuel
n. Albro, of New York. to be Superintend-is
ent of Indian Schools: Van Court G. Yantis,
of Missouri to be Assayer in charge of the
United States Assay Office at St Louis. g rt
THE kingdom of Tonga has exchanged rati-7 \
acations with the United States on treaty 4
of commerce and navigation, and the Presi-z
dent has proclaimed the fact ~
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND gave special
reception at noon to Buffalo Bill and the
members Of his Wild West troupe, including
the Indians, who appeared in their most brill-S
liant native costumes ~
THE publication OF further extracts from
the diary of the late Emperor Frederick has
been forbidden by the German government.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17
South and West.

c. H. CRoSSwAITHE, n miner ut Ouray.
CAL. shot and killed johnson, his partner. be-
,ause the latter had given some strangers the
privilege of entering Crosswaithe's cabin.
CAPTAIN RICHARD DAWSON. one Of the
BEST known navigators ON the lakes, COM
nitted suicide at Toledo, Ohio, by hanging
Mrs. MARY PEcoNGo, widow of Charles
Pecongo, the last chief of the Miami Indians,
aas died at the Indian Reservation, northeast
If Marion, Ind, aged sixty years.
JAMES STELLER was instantly killed.
Dorsey Miller mortally wounded, and
:wo Others slightly hurt in fight with
Arthur Moore a few miles from Berkeley
Springs, w. Va.
JACKSON HUNTER, of Muncie, Ind, called
upon his tenant named Fleming and ordered
MIN to vacate. They engaged in quarrel,
and Fleming struck Hunter with an axe:
Hunter then fired at Fleming, but missed
aim and killed his own son.
A CoLoRED man named Pinckney Shell,
living in Anderson county, S. C., beat his
two-year-old stepchild so cruelty that it died
fifteen minutes later.
LOUIS DAVIS, large land proprietor, who
murdered David Miller. a neighbor. last
January, was taken from Jail at Steelesville.
Mo-, and lynched.
V1CroR SEBREE, United States Revenue
officer shot and killed Catrino E. Cara, a
Mexican editor, at Rio GranGe City, Texas.
He was placed in jail and the MeXicans at.
tempted to lynch him. The sheriff placed
him under the protection of the United States
garrison at Fort Ringgold and Governor
Ross sent several troops Of Rangers to ouell
the disturbance.
ANTONY CARNEY, of Chicago, fatally shot
his wife and then committed suicide while
drunk.
Mrs. EVA GArELY, widow, with her two
children, was killed by train at Versailles,
KY.
THE "Lone Highwayman," who has for
the last two years been a terror to travellers
in the vicinity of Kerrville, Texas, has been
killed. He was shot with needle gun by
Mrs Lizzie Hay, at her home on the Eeac
waters of Rio Sabinal, Bandera County.
THE Georgia cotton crop has been damaged
nineteen per cent and the corn crop thirteen
per cent.
Town MARSHAL WooLwINE, of Jellico,
Tenn, attempted to arrest William Lyons,
Both drew revolvers and fired and both were
instantly killed. E A. De.funian. third
party, was fatally injured.
LovEzA AMADoR, captain of the Contras
Guards Of Mexico, and Granciuna Cantu. 8
State ranger settled long standing diff
Guilty at San Felipe de Salinas. Texas, by q
pistol fight, in which both were killed.
H. 5. IVES and George H. Stayner, the fa'
nous Wall street operators in railway Sc.
curities. were acquitted Of embezzlement and
larceny ct Cincinnati.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17

DIR. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Is
70 years old. Once upon time ha
wrote: "At thirty we are all trying to
cut our names in big letters upon the
walls of this tenement of life; twenty
wears later we have carved it or shut
up our jack-knives. Then we are
ready to help others and care less to
hinder any, because nobody's elbows
are in our way" ....
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17
A YELLOW FEVER CURE.
Heavy Reward offered for One In
a United States Senate Bill.

Heavy Reward offered for One In
a United States Senate Bill
Senator Plumb has introduced in the United
States Senate a bill offering reward OF
100000 for the discovery Of the cause, rem
edy and treatment Of yellow fever. The
bill requests all persons who recover from
yellow fever after treatment by some copy.
righted method to notify the Surgeon-Gene-
raj Of their recovery, and that all physicians
who have under treatment by any copy
righted method any person who may que
from yellow fever shall notify the Surgeon.
General of the death and the method OF
treatment, and when record shall have
been had Of some remedy which shall have
cured gs1 of 1000 cases treated, then the IN
ventor or discoverer of that method shaA pe,
terms of the bill all remedies entered for TINS
competition shall have been copyrighted WIN
the Librarian of Congress .~.5
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17
WASHINGTON.

THE President has nominated j. g. Park
hurst, Of Michigan. to be Minister to Bel,
gium, Walter c. Newberry postmaster at
Chicago, and Captain H. W. Lawton to be
lnspector-General of the Army.
Mrs. CLEVELAND and Mrs. Folsom have
left Washington for short stay at Saranac
I'm in the Adirondacks. They were accom-.
panied by DR.. Ward, of Albany, who had
Leen guest for some days at Oak View.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND and Private Sec
resary Lamont spent Saturday and Sunday
with Editor Singerly, Of the Philadelphia
Hpcord, at his farm near Gwynedd, Penn,
returning to Washington Oh Monday.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has vetoed House
bill $50. providing for the disposal of a part
OF Fort Wallace military reservation to the
Union Pacific Railroad Company atthe rate
Of $50 per acre.
THE Treasury Department sent to Con
gress an estimate of $1,000 to pay the messen
gers bringing the Presidential electoral vote
to the Capital. They receive mileage OF
twenty-five cents for one way. The mcssen
ger from Annapolis receives the smallest
amount $500. and the one from Salem
Oregon, the largest, $685.
Up to late date the total number OF yellow
fever cases at Jacksonville, Fla, was 2l34
total deaths, pol.
The Senate has passed bill granting g
pension Of $500 year to the widow OF zen
eral Philip H. Sheridan.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17
AN EAGLES VICTIM.
The Terrible Fate of an Infant in
Kansas.

William Beattie lives in Seward County,
Kan, with a child, six years of age, and a
baby few weeks old, their mother having
died few weeks ago. The other afternoon,
while he was at work in the field. q large
eagle swooped down upon his sod house and
carried away the baby, which was lying
upon a blanket before the door. The little
girl ran into the field and told her father
gathered his neighbors and they searched
all night for the child, and found the remains
next morning. The eagle, sitting. near by.
was fired at hy one of the men and struck in
the wing, but attacked them before it was dis
patched. Two of the searching party were
badly torn and lacerated by the eagles
talons