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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-17
BURNED AT THE STAKE.
Three Cattle Thieves Tortured 70
Death by Indians

hand of masked men took three OF the
accused cattle thieves, Cannon baoco * ana
Remus from their homes near Ains"orth,
d.liyersd them to q band of Indians
AS soon as the trio were IN ths hanis OF
the redskins the latter mace Ihe prl'oIsis
sieJ ta%T tbem 70 three stakes, at eaca OF which
ON Not satisfied with this cruelty, they tortured
tbair victims with sharp pointed sticks, and
IS the fire increased and burned their legs
the redskins increased their torture until the
prisoners were uncons lou'. :. -,
Then with rifles they tilled ths bodies with
bullets and allowed the remains to be cre-
mated.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-17

rosTMAsTER-GENERAL WANAMAKER has
a special telegraph wire running from his
business establishment in Philadelphia di-
rectly to his Office in the Postofice Depart.
ment. BY this means he is kept informed OF
what is being done in Philadelphia. and can
spondence has reached such immense proper
tions that he still retains in the city his con-
fdontial clerk, who accompanied him from
Philadelphia.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-17

THE White House was scsne OF briliaucy
at the reception given to the Prince and
Princess Takihilo, of japan. The Marine
Band rendered choice selections of American
and foreign airs during the evening. fresl-
dent and Mrs Harrison were assisted IN re.
ceiving visitors by all the ladies of the Cabinet
except Mrs. Blaine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-17
CORPORAL TANNER.

The above is a portrait Of Corporal Tanner
of BrooSlyn, N. Y, the United States Com
o1;s,;onsr y. Of Pensions. Commissioner Tan
s ner is now in possession of the office to which
hs si was " sO nominated, the Senate having con.
firmed him the day after his name was .;a seis ~
in in nv by the President. His Chief Clerk Is
A. W, Fisher of North Carolina
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-17

The mail which arrives at the White
House shows no signs of decreasing. Since
March the Presidents Haff has beea very
heavy, averaging from 6o0 to 700 letters,
and on soQe days running as high as lo99
letters. President Cleyeland's letters rarely
exceeded 800 day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-17
A RUSH FOR LAND.

Many Thousands of Settlers Seek
ing Homcsteads in Oklahoma.
A flood of applications for Immigrant
rates to Oklahoma is pouring into the ST.
Louis railroad Offices There is only room
for 10000 homesteads, and applications for
over 10000 persons seeking low rates of
Transportation from st Louis have been re-
ceivei Much suffering is anticipated this
coming summer and fall among the shut-ou5
nilgrins, many of whom will undoubtedly
stmove on" to Texas and Kansas.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-17
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

ScnooI marms are now invading Okla
homa pell-mell.
The Capital had four columns Of society
news il It's Sunday morning edition
The angling season ia just beginning IN
Oklahoma TIE Indian trade IS the game
fish.
Some of the fellows az Guthrie are going
20 utilize az their wind by organizing a
brass band.
Guthrie has adancing school This has
no reference whatever 20 drunken Cow
boy and loaded revolver.
They claim they hare discovered caves
near Guthrie About the only specimen
likely TO be found IS whisky.
Rainy weather has grip on this couD-
Try now. and does not seam disposed 20
loosen. szys the Purcell Top3c. L = fezr-
ed cotton viii sss damaged.
Seue ess;erers who 90 20 Oklahoma City
are surprised 10 fad the Seuinoies and
Kiezap ocs, are whitsTnen aud chew tot1zc-
CO. cnss and wear Lsckties just Ike people
back east
The Episcopal church q: Guthrie has a
new organ. There il btls one member there
who has no. pulied cut all the steps asa
played Home sweet Home On il, ard
that one exception Is Visiting in the east.
A new and conno-aious school ho1ss Las
keen eTrclea IA Lexington. On tie plateau
overlooking the surrounding country aud
from sssscs tie Canadian rITsrls psaialy
liz yisw, aIso. the tsb.e-.lke valsy Q. tie
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-17
KILLS MULES BUT NOT MEN.

General Manager Littell, of the Cincin-
natl Incline railway company, has Incl
dentally furnished some testimony
which. if entirely reliable, will be valua-
bic to the opponents of electrical execu-
ton in New York state.
A com mittee of st. Louisans recently
visited Cincinnati for the purpose of in
vestigating the electric railroads in OPP
Grafton there, and Mr.. Littell explained
to them the workings of the road which
he manages.
In the course of the committees IN
struction the question arose as to wheth-
er the electric current used in propelllng
the cars was dangerous to human life,
and Mr.. Littell declared that it was en-
tirely harmless. Il have myself, he said,
allowed the full current to pass through
me and have scarcely felt it. A boy
might do the same thing, though he
would feel it to a marked degree
Mr.. Littell's attention was then called
TO the fact that mule had been killed
in st Louis by stepping on the wire of an
experimental electric road through
which a current was passing of
the same voltage as that employ
ed on the Cincinnati railway. To
this the undaunted manager replied that
the current would kill "brute animal
while it would not kill man. He adj
mitted that this was remarkable, indeed
inexplicable, but insisted thatit was true.
Il could place one hand on the wire and
the other on mule" he said, land al
low the current to pass through me with
out more than feeling it. and yet it would
kill the mule" Whether or not this
confident statement was grounded on
actual experiment Mr.. Littell did not say.
Perhaps. however, in the interests of sci
ence and humanity he could be persuad-
ed to make the trial. a mule is an ami
NAL tenacious of life. Enough to kill q
mule" is phrase commonly employed to
denote much more than enough to kill a
man. If Mr.. Littell can permit to pass
through him a current of electricity pow
erful anough to kill mule and yet ex-
perience no painful results to himself,
then the experiments which have been
tried upon animals in New York are OF
no practical value IN determining the
feasibility of electrical execution.
But if Mr. Littell is certain OF results
we should like to see him try his expert
ment with the mule.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-17
LOGAN ON GRANT.

The late General John A. Logan dur
ing the years Of his political career was
often characterized by his political en-
emies, who were unable to meet the
force Of his logic in argument, as a liter
airy freebooter, but among the great
food Of eulogy that has Eeen poured out
at the shrine of the nations hero, Gen
erai Z. S. Grant, the writer does not re-
member to have read or heard anything
that excelled the following. taken from
he memorial address delivered by Gener-
al Logan in New York not many months
before he himself was placed upon the
retired list Of patriot-sJatesmen. Said
he:
"Men and women of America. In our
generation man has lived great enough
as a military leader to subdue a force of
instruction that could have annihilated
any army in the world from the time of
Cyrus down to that OF Napoleon. A man
has lived who, weighed with the enorm-
Gus results flowing from his work into
the ramifications to the unknown future,
was UNNECESSARILY greater than Cyrus,
above Alexander. greater than Caesar,
supreme over Pompey, Hannibal and
ScipiO, towering among Charlemagne,
the Prince Of Orange, Frederick the
Great, Wellington and Napoleon, and
whose name is not to be mentioned In con-
nection with those of MiltiadeS and
Sulla. In all authentic military history
the work OF but one individual ap-
proaches that OF Grant. Two names
should be chiseled UnpOn the majestic
column that, leaping from the banks of
the Potomac, rears its graceful head far
into the clouds, the living ambassador
from a grateful people to the borders OF
the undiscovered country to which both
soldiers have gone-WashiugtOn and
Grant! The warriors of liberty! One
its father and the other its latest de-
fender.
Oh! mighty agent of grateful people.
we are here to do you honor. Oh! III
spired genius, we come to render testi-
mCny of the beneficence Of your work.
Noble citizen, kind husband, loving
father, good friend, great captain, chosen
agent! the work thou hast done viii
shine from the firmement as a new stan
to light the coming generations. It's ray
will pale the rich troopers of the night
and forever flash with undimi-ished
fire in the presence of the god of day,
Until another day shall reaWaken the
flowers and fill the vernal air with
incense, we leave thee with the faithful
spirits that guard thy rest and smile
about thy tomb.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-17
clear, sparkling Choteau creek, and the
city of Purcell

clear, sparkling Choteau creek, and the
city of Purcell.
The greet increase in the passenger traf
fic AT Oklahoma City has compelled the
Santa Fe TO extend their passenger depot
platform $50 feet north on the south side
of Grand avenue. For several weeks past
the platform has been crowded at train
time that passengers could hardly get 10
or from the coaches.
1t is said by those who have them in
charge that the Cheyennes and Arrapahoe
Indians have made more rapid progress
toward civilization the past two years than
ever before. Ex-agent Potter OF the Can
Torment agency who was here few days
ago with company of Indian children
whom he was taking 10 Carlisle, says that
the fact that they got good return from
all the crops they planted has greatly en-
couraged them to greater efforts toward
making living by farming. OF late the
Indian department has required the In-
dams to do all their own treightiug, Tor
which they are paid the same rs was paid
to white fre1ghters, ninety cents a hundred
from Oklahoma City to Cantonment.
From the sale of their crops which was
sold for a good price owing TO the settle
meut of Oklahoma. and from the freight
ing they do they have had considerable
sums which they were free TO spend rs best
pleased them Their income has been
further augmented by the sale of cedar
posts to Oklahoma settlements, cedar be-
ing found in all the canyons of the terri
tory. They probably derive as much pleas
ure from spending money as does the aver
age white man, and for this reason fair
return in money for their labor has stimu-
lated them to greater effort.-Oklahoma
CITY Journal.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-17
THE TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT.


The movement of the legislative attor-
neys of the snide Insurance. companies to
remove Commissioner Wilder, seems to
have taken a rest, and the engineers OF it
announce that they will not move on
the enemy's works Just at present. Per
haps they thought that when the gov
ernor came to weigh the interest and the
wishes af million and quarter Of peo-
pre- against the gall Of hundred men,
bers of the legislature, gail did not stand
much show
Perhaps Wilder was too sweeping and
unqualified IN his desultory remarks IN
his report-we are not prepared to say
he was not. But we took INTO consider
alton the provocation. Ii Is mans ma
ture To whack snakes head whenever
he gets a chance. But we notice that
even members Of the legislature appre-
clate the situation, and none OF them
take his remarks 70 heart, or feel that
they were hit, except those whose actions
showed that they were working for
ssSl1I=h .
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-17

superannuated preachers; another farm
several miles from Oskaloosa is to be soss
for tile benefit of the Nj. f. Missionary
society and another goes to the Bible soi
ciety; altogether 1t will probably amount
to about $4,000. She has one son living
named Courtney Sinnard, who Is one of
the leading business men of Oskaloosa:
she did not leave cent TO him. and ho
proposes to contest the will The Meth
odists have opposed his claim and have
engaged johnson, Martin u keeler 10
represent them The husband of the
lady who leaves this property was also a
staunch Methodist, and when he died
several years ago made a similar will
| leaving valuable property 10 the church.
The son contested this will and succeed
ed in breaking il
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-17

A New York paper offers 500 gold
certificate to the mother of the largest
number of living children. The prize
was won by Mrs. Elizabeth Lang of
Brooklyn, who has born and reared
fifteen children, ten daughters and five
sons. Though poor. the parents have
succeeded in providing for and educating
their large family, until the children are
now in turn earning money for the
parents, five of the sons and daughters
relieving the father in his tailorshop.
The Washington Post thinks the 500
well carmel. but asks ''if it Is not a
rather dangerous precedent: Don't
know that it is, in view of the facilities
extant for procuring divorcements and
the almost universal anripathy TO child
bearing III the present age.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-17
ANOTHER CAUSE FOR REBELLION.

ANOTHER CAUSE FOR REBELLION.
The printing for the state of Kansas mot
the advertisIng) costs twice as much as 1t
ought TO. A vast amount of money Is
recklessly squandered under this head.
The amount of work done should be re-
duced one-half, and the compensation
allowed by the state should also be reduc-
d. 1t is time for the cutting off Of all I'M
lecessary and wasteful expenditures. Why
don't Marsh Murdoch. in his category OF
causes for rebellion, enter in a conspicuous
place III the list the important subject OF
state printing. County Citizen.
The matter of the above demand for a
reform could not be more tersely stated,
and its truth is as conspicuous as its
brevity. Thousands upon thousands OF
dollars are annually wasted through the
margins, leaks and general rottenness OF
the law under which the state printer
does his work.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-17

Kentucky papers are Boosting that the
corn crop of that state this year will be
something like IA per cent greater than
that of last years, or about 60,000,0o0,
bushels and will be the largest in the his
tory of the state With such a
yield as that and the probability
that the internal revenue system
will be abolished or the rate of
taxes greatly reduced, and what visions
of sour mash, bourbon and other favorite
brands Of the great blue grass staple
must enliven the anticipations of the
habitues Of that commonwealth.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-17

Some long-haired free lover has sent to
the Record several columns of slop scum
advocating Vic WoodhulFs presidential
aspiration. TO forward it to Marsh Muir
dock would fire his blood, endanger his
rebellion, and turn his flowing locks like
unto the freshly painted orb of night. So
the whole matter will be referred to the
chief scalp litter of the forthcoming peo-
pies party of this state.-Udall Record.
The same enterprising Individual fa-
vored the EAGLE with copy of the
same epistle, but if being contrary to the
United States laws to print anything of
an obscene nature for transmission
through the mails, no mention was made
of it and will not be.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-17

The removal of Corporal Tanner from
the head of the pension bureau has
raised a revolt in at least one comrade.
the extent of the disaster resulting from
which will be measured only by the ex-
tent and power Of the said comrades in
tluence over 1.-The rank and file of the
@. \. Il. The revolt does not stop with
Indignation at the removal of Tanner.
but Private Dalzeu the comrade alluded
to- proposes to emphasize it in a substan-
tial benefit for the depoSed commits
sioner. In letter to the st. Louis Re
public Mr.. Dalzell SAYS: Il propose we
raise a fund of $1,000 for Corporal
Tanner, which viii give greater EN-
phasis to our indignation at his deposi-
ton than any words. For Grant, Gar
Geld and Logan we raised such funds in
their distress. and now for Christ's sake
lei US DO the same for cur legiess com
raGe who has fallen for US and because
he was one Of us" The trouble with Mr..
Dalzell is mainly what was alleged, in
part at least, against the ex-commis-
sioner, I. e., too much talk. However
there is little doubt that he expresses the
feelings and sentiments of a large
majority of those for whom he assumes
10 speak, 1.-THE rank and file,
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-17
4 Curious DiscoverY.
= Y u u ~ y IT,
Spokane, ". T.. local paper,

Spokane ". T.. local paper,
4 safe becoming cracked By the
intense heat, of the recent fire
here the books inside were charred
and baked to a blackened crisp, though
they remained intact Not figure
could be read One of the bookkeePers.
while turning over the leaves, noticed
that where his finger, which was wet,
touched the page the figures became lex
ible. He procured paint brush, dipped
it in water and dampeHed the whole
page. and was gratified TO see ali the
| figures dimly outlined. Two bookkeep-
ers then went TO work. and 10y wetting
| the pages and carefully turning the
leaves succeeded in a few days ia trans
! ferring all the accounts 10 d new set OF
books
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-17
WHY She Declined.

Macon ,Ga.l Telegraph.
Our postmaster. Colonel Hardeman.
having to employ 4 charwoman about
the new United States postoffice. singled
out a colored lady and offered her the
place. She declined il for the reason
that there was too much work for $50
per month. What" said the colonel.
''you could not make the half of it AZ
anything else Why at the north &
woman viii scrub the floor ali day
through the month for $40" Yes,
answered the lady of color. s'but dem
Yankees is raised 10 work and we isn't
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-17
Died Ia Court.

Mr.. Ken Chapeese, one of the mo.
talented and prominent attorneys u
western Kentucky, died suddenly Fri
day afternoon, in the court room at Nor
garfield, XIV. He was attorney IN a suit
between some heirs and had just finished
his plea, when he turned suddenly III,
saying: II believe am going to fall. y
Two friends near him started 20 his as
sistauce and let him down on the floor.
He said: Nv hat, am / dead!' then
breathed ms last. Ills death was caused
from rheumatism of the neart.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-17

The San Francisco Chronicle has kept
a record of the editorials of the Ameri-
can press on the shooting of Judge Terry
by Marshal Nagle, and finds their verdict
almost unanimous that Nagle did the
right thing at the right time, Only
three papers expressed any doubt as to
the propriety Of the killing. Odd as it
may appear the three exceptions are
California papers. The case is 3 peculiar
one in respect to the position in which
Nagle was placed. In performing the
duty for which be was especially de-
tailed by the government, that is, the
protection of Judge Field from violence
at the hands of Terry. he was compelled
TO violate the state law. In this the case
is without precedent. and If is hoped
that it will be without a parallel in fu-
ture.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-17
The Methodists of Kansas can not af-

The Methodists of Kansas can not af-
ford to have the church divided into
small sections on support OF the educa-
tioIal institutions founded by the church.
The preachers at Topeka are going be-
yond the limits OF the reasonable and Just
in irving 10 establish a university that
they can control. These men set mp 10
know more about universities than the
forty thousand other Methodlsts, and at
tempt TO take things in their own hands.
The Methodist church can not fafford &c
go back on the Kansas Wesleyan or
Baker. These two schools are enough
for the present In fact it takes hard
work to make them live. Ii il IS the
purpose 10 establish theological school
Il should be established in connection
with the university here. The Method
lists cannot support a new school -CariIl
Dunn. IN MINNEAPOLIS Messenger
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-17
xeecan. I1aporled cigar.

They gave a bail al 8cSwccney's, .
Mike Keegan lac smoked a eiEyar.
lie knew that Il was iul -poor-ted. =
HcGuinness bOort IL Oh "A kyar. -
II was wo,orse than any sto-gle-
Oh myl though, but WASH . It rAnkf !
From the way that Aegean smoked IL
You'd thought that be Owned a baA
He smoked Il out IN the hallway.
wid plsshter back " ris Deck.
And the wind blew through hz
wh.skcrs,'
Making q them o total wreck.
Through the window be left oTsu. a
lie ueeded a sbiiI hur-rs cane,
Bat tail - nlAny day, though,
setore Keegan all smoke agala-
Eisses Ksegan said, ''NcsTecneY.
Mary Anns put bad eggs IN the duS.-
But KeeEen. be calmly s;ood there,
And be took another loaR puff
Thou some aid, The gas - lez.klng.'
wbue o-AcTs. a RAJ had died tbere;-
Bat Ksc. "a. - Kept on smoking
At the FOO. q The big hal stair
They spp4rie-ted n committees
To ohschoOyeT tie h0r nd smell
VINO got cato KeegEn smoking.
For VIC so0n heard so sEfsl yriA
Th-n E1srethIng sold a sshFfkiEs
The a~~s< fence Dear ths b8K Azh dump
whisss1r, We found Old fo~ssy dszf a
EsTt aAy-hsfd swhaIlswed Ee~gan<
sthuup.
schr L-rvftE IA American Commercial TraFesex.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-17
TIE ALTON AND WICHITA.
Important Words from a Reliable
Source.
on the Trade Traffic,

From the Trade Traffic,
Although the Chicago & Alton COM
pany is supposed to be satisfied with
Chicago. st. Louis and Kansas City for
the termini of its system of roads, it is
limited that the old policy in that partic-
ular will be considerable modified in the
near future, to the extend, at least, of
establishing commercial agencies at the
larger centers of traffic accumulation in
the territory of lines that are more or
less competing as well as connecting.
Already such an agency has been estab-
lished at Fort Worth, Tex, which will
see to it that not pound of dead freight
or live stock leaves Texas for any part
of the world via any point reached by
the Alton without being thoroughly
conversant with the advantages that
road possesses as carrier of goods and
wares: and now comes the report that
in the near future similar agency,
clothed with the necessary authority
to accomplish all that its estab-
lishment is for, will be opened wide at
Wichita, Kan, and at other available
points in the trans-Missouri country.
Wichita is the greatest traffic producing
point III Kansas, which the Alton man
agement understand very well and 1t IS
said the business men of that enter
prising city arc so anxious TO have the
Alton extend there that proposition
full of inducements has been made,
which the company is considering. But
however what may be, it is certain that
the Atoms new policy is to establish
agencies in the territory beyond Kansas
City that viii see that as much OF the
traffic as possible Is consigned to the
Alton at the most convenient points, and
this agency business may turn out TO he
the advance guard of cars that will
intimately be run beyond Kansas City
over tracks belonging 10 the Alton COM
panT.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-17

Woodruff. the confident, who gave
away the important information upon
which the prosecution against Ives is
based. will obtain as great notoriety in
the sphere of legal proceedings as has
his namesake, upon whose evidence the
Cronin suspects We're finally rounded
up. Beyond the point Of notoriety the
outcome of both cases is equally uncer-
tain as to any Of the parties concerned.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-17
win Contest the Bequest-

IOTeEs ~ III
Mrs. Polly Sinnard, an old lady who
has resided at Oskaloosa for ! great
many years and who was one OF the
most active members Of the Methodist
church Of that place, died few weeks
ago. She owned considerable property
ali Of which she wills 10 the Methodist
church. A valuable farm adjoining
OskaIoosa is bequeathed for a home for
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-17

At the present rate Of progress in Sc
curing a jury in the Cronin case they
will probably be ready for trial some
time during the year 1890. Judge Nc
Connell's new ruling in regard to the
competency of talesmen doesn't seem to
help along the work to any appreciable
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-17
Gracious Tribute.
Atchssoa Champion


The newspapers Of all parties and 10
calities unite in paying gracious tribute
~ the character and services OF the lste
Congressman Cox IL Is not often that
the death of public man in this coun-
try Is so generally and sincerely lament
ed. But Cox was an exception among
politicians IN the fact that he WAS. "a
General Shermsn says, "a regular sum
rer sunbeam upder all circumstances
ard TO all kinds Of nsaoDie.