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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16
FEARFUL EXPLOSIONS.
Men Killed and Injured in 2 Powder
Mill and Foundry.

A terrible explosion has taken place at
Latin s. Rand's powder works at Becksville,
Penn, resulting in tho instant and horrible
death of three men and the injuring Of six
others.
The conclusion of the explosion was felt
five miles away. Four buildings were ut
terly demolished and nearly all the glass III
the village was smashed
The men who were killed were all literally
blown to atoms, and their remains had to be
gathered up in bags and baskets. Portions
Of the limbs We're hurled hundred yards
away from the factory.
The glazing mill, corning mill, powder
house and another building belonging to the
factory Were blown to atoms and portions of
the building were hurled $50 feet into the air,
and parts OF the quivering remains of the un-
fortunatcs canle down in the shower of the
fragments that fell over an area of several
Squares about the wreck and ruins.
The explosion is believed to have been
caused by tack lying Oh the floor, which
communicated spark to the powder.
An explosion occurred at CarneSie's Edgar
Thomson Steel Works, at Braddock, Penn.
Captain W. R. Jones, general manager of
the immense steel works, and number OF
workmen were seriously and some fatally
burned Furnace G, one Of the largest Of
the blast furnaces, gave way at the boStom,
and in an instant flames shot forth, aud the
hot metal exploded and fell like sheets OF
water Tons Of the molten metal poured out
of the furnace, and that any person near the
furnace escaped instant death seems remark
able Some of the men were so severely
burned that their flesh peeled off with their
clothes.
Captain Jones is we'll known throughout
the United States and Europe wherever iron
and steel are manufactured. 1t was he who
took 800 men to Johnstown at his own ex-
pense, two days after the flood and remained
there for q couple of weeks directing the
work Of rescue. He is sixty years of age.
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South and West.


B.F. CURTIS, merchant, and John Wal
lace, a mail carrier, both of Cairo, ILL.,, quar-
relied over the removal of Commissioner
Tanner, and Wallace was struck over the
head with a molasseS jug, receiving an IN
Jury from which he died an hour later.
The works of the Emery Candle Company,
in the suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio, have been
destroyed by fire; loss 500, 600.
HoLzHAY, the train robber, stage robber,
murderer, burglar and general bandit, who
was captured at Republic, Mich, escaped
from the County Jail there along with se7-
eral other prisoners.
TWENTY-FIVE large business houses have
been destroyed by fire at Cresco, Iowa. The
loss is fully 100000.
THE Constitutional Convention at Chey-
enne, Wyoming, has selected Cheyenne as the
seat of government for ten years, or until
majority of the people vote change.
HEAVY forest fires have done great damage
in California.
The Socialists have been holding four
days convention in Chicago, with delegates
from all parts of the country in attendance.
A FIRE at Butte, Mont, has destroyed
property to the value of 81, ,0O0, 900.
LIEUTENANT-CoLoNE SIDNEY D. WATERS,
of Spokane Falls, W. T., has been bound
over to await the action Of the Grand Jury
on a charge of stealing supplies from the
Relief Committee.
A BOY named Egan shot and instantly
killed a colored man named Joseph Rose. at
Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs W. Va,
for holding another boy against red hot
stove.
ARCHBISHOP CoRRIGAN has been sum-
moned to Rome, and the affairs of the diocese
of Cleveland are to be investigated.
THE Atlantic and Danville Railroad has
been formally opened between Danvllle and
Milton, N c. by an excursion Of business
men from Danvile to Milton.
GRAND HAVEN, Mich, has been partially
destroyed by fire.
IN the elections in the new States North
and South Dakota have been carried by the
Republicans.
LABoRERs working in trench at Eau
Claire Wis, were buried bya cave-in: Two
were killed and several fatally injured.
THE village of Cambria, CAL, has been de-
stroyed by fire. Loss about s125, 900.
THREE hundred miners are reported starv-
ing at Upper Yukon, Alaska, sixteen hun
dred miles from any settlement. A steamer
which was bearing them provisions was
wrecked.
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THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

THE New York Grand Jury have indicted
Sheriff Flack, his son, and three other per-
sons for conspiracy and perjury in connec-
ton with divorce proceedings against Mrs.
FlacB.
The wedding of Miss Anita Mccormick
and Emmons Blaine son of the Secretary of
State, was celebrated at the Presby yterian
Church, Richfield Springs, n. Y. The bride
mas a fortune of So, 600, 900.
ALICE WETzEL, handsome young woman
of Herndon, Penn, has been found dead In
the cabin of an old hag named Gottshall, IN
Purdytown.
ROBBERS rifed the railroad station at
Brighton, Penn, and bound and gagged
Mrs. NJ C. Salton, the ticket agent, serious
ly injuring her.
BY the eapsizing of rowboat ut Fall
River, Mass, five people were drowned.
EpHEA1M HAzLErT, a wealthy farmer of
Allenville, Penn, was struck by train
while driving at Huntingdon and killed.
TIE United States cruiser Dolphin has ar
rived at New York from cruise around the
world, which lasted twenty-one months.
WHILE boating in Pontoosuc Lake at
Pittsfeld, Mass, two young men, Alfred
Ford and Firon Champine, were drowned.
FRIENDS of John L. Sullivan, the prize
fighter, intend to run him for Congress from
Boston district.
MATTHIAS GRUBER, of the Fourth Regi-
ment, National Guard of Pennsylvania, was
accidentally shot during target practice at
Allentown.
AN unknown tramp and six horses were
burned to death in the destruction of Mrs.
DR.. Willets's barn at Harrisburg Penn.
FRANK CUMMINGS, aged forty and married,
while at work in Hampton, N. H., fell on
circular. saw and his body was cut In twain.
Death was instantaneous.
JOHN FITZPATRICK, alias Liverpool
jack" who was on trial in New York city,
charged with kidnapping men and shipping
them to the Isthmus of Panama, has been
found guilty.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

JOAQUIN MILLER named the Territory 0.
Idaho.
WnN COLLINS leaves fortune OF about
$780, 900.
CARDINAL MANN1Na's dinner consists OF
potato and one egg.
THE only stimulant now INDUCED In by
Prince Bismarck is tea
SIR HENRY IsAAcs will be the third jew
ish Lord Mayor OF London.
GENERAL BoULANGER is now the 1ond
grandfather Of a little boy.
GENERAL LEW WALLACE has received
s45, 900 for his story, "Ben Hur."
GEORGE BANCROFT, the historian, spends
all his spare time in tending to his roses.
SENATOR HoAR's library is one OF the
finest private collections at the Nanonal
Capital.
GENERAL BUTLER has concluded the AZ
rangements for the publication OF MS
memoirs.
The wife of ex-senator Thomas Platt IS
one of the best amateur photographers In Ne"
York State.
PRESIDENT HARRISON keeps scrap-book
in which he has a copy of all the speeches no
! has ever made.
GENERAL DANIEL HARVEY HILL, the
| well-known ex-Confederate General, neo
few days since at Charlotte, n. Z.
LORD SALISBURY has such an extreme
aversion to tobacco that even his own SONS
do not venture to smoke in his presence.
| HENRY WILLARD, the railroad magnate, IS
nassionately fond of music of all kinds, and
IS himself good performer on the violin
cello.
THE Duke Of Connaught, now in command
of the English troops at Bombay, will visit
the United States next spring on his way to
England.
GEORGE W. CHn.Ds is plump, prosper
Gus looking, interesting, good-hesrted man.
with closely cropped whiskers and the suaV'
est of manners.
HIM. FLAGLER, the Standard Oil magnate,
who owns the finest private car on wheels,
has Just given orders for the most magnlncent
steam yacht that can be built.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16
A BOY MURDERER.
Conditional Pardon of Young Ken
lucky Criminal.

Through the efforts of the Nationa
Humane Society and the Kentucky division
of that body conditional pardon has been
obtained from Governor Buckner, of Ken
tuck7, for Linnville Combs, the youngest life
convict ever sent to penitentiary. YOUNG
Combs is to be placed in the Industrial Schooo
of Reform at Louisville, to remain until he il
of age. He lived with his mother and step
father in Breathitt County. There was 6
baby in the family, and one day this baby
was missed. Linyille was questioned anc
finally led the neighbors to where the baby:
body was found in creek, its head crushed
in. He said that he had hit the child on the
head with poker and killed it, after which
he tried to burn the body. 1t did not burn
fast enough and he threw it into the creek
BE also said that his father had promised
him pair of new red-top boots If he wo1le
XIII the baby Being an infant in law hi
testimony against the old man was valnalessi
but he was sent to prison for life: He hat
never heard of God or the alphabeU 'nnd die
not know right from wrong. AT the time o.
his conviction he was ten years old. and nov
at the age of twelve he can read ana VIII
and is very bright Every convict in thI
prison signed petition for his pardon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16
A LARGE PENSION.

And an Unusual Tragedy of the War
Which 1t Recalls.
Mrs. Mary Pierson, of Kanawha County,
W. Va, has just received a largo pension,
which recalls an unusual tragedy not noted
at the time and almost forgotten since. AT
the breaking out of the war her husband was
an ardent Southerner. She favored tne
Union, as did her children. Finally the old
est son, Harvey, joined tne GhiTh Il +ha ats ,:st
Yankee soldier he saw. ,,
In 1851 squad of eighteen Union soldiers
stopped in front of his house. The Lleuten,
ant. not thinking of danger, climbed upon
the fence and sat down. Pierson shot him
dead In revenge the soldiers hlled Flerson
was killed in battle. The mother, with sew
eral children, has lived in poverty until no"
She is seventY.fye years old.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16
VACANT OFFICES FILLED.
A Number of New Appointments by
the President.

A Number of New Appointments by
the President.
The President has made the following ap-
pointments:
To be Registers of Land Ofices-George
A, Royce, at Marquette, Mich. L. NJ. Lange,
at Marshall, Mimi; Charles R. Kingsley, at
Boise City, Idado Lee Monroe, at Wakee-
ney, Kan; James R. Hudson, at Camden,
Ark; Charles NJ. Green, at Harrison, Ark;
Horance R. Mann, at Buffalo,. Wye; Alex
andcr L. Morrison, at Sante Fe, N. N.
To be Receivers of Public Moneys-Charles
W. Banks, ut Salina, Kan. W. Z. Griffin, at
Eureka, New; Alfred A. Tufts, at Camden,
Ark; Felix Baker, at Harrison, Ark, !;
Joseph Perrault. at Boise City, Idaho; Henry
E. farpley, of Salem, Oregon, to be Com
missioner in and for the District of Alaska,
to live ut Oonalaska; Elisha L. Applegatee,
to be Agent for the Indians of the klamath
Agency III Oregon.
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Washington.

THE Acting Secretary of State has sent
letters to our diplomatic and consular ohcers
abroad requesting their cooperation In the
effort to make the Boston International
Maritime Exposition success.
MRS. EMMA A. WOOD, wife of geological
surveyor in Washington, has been burned to
death. Her clothing caught fire while she
was lighting a fire.
THE trials of the United States gunboat
Yorktown are reported by her officers as
having been in all respects satisfactory.
PRESIDENT and Mrs Harrison have left
Deer Park and returned to Washington.
COLONEL A. H. KELLAM has been appointed
Collector of Customs at New Haven, Conn
IT is proposed to have the Postoftice and
Agricultural Departments cooperate IN furn-
ishing crop reports.
POSTMASTER WANAMAKER has
issued an order abolishing the postoffice at
Luverne, Ala.
THE delegates to the Three Americas Con-
gress held preliminary conference in Wash
ington.
THE Department of State will investigate
the charges made against Consul General
Lewis at Tangier, who is accused of demand
ing money improperly from Vice Consul
Cohn and removing him from Office because
of his refusal.
CHANG YEN HooN, the retiring Chinese
Minister. called at the White House in COM
pany with Secretary Blaine and presented
his letters Of recall.
Miss PEET, Of Washington. D. c., has
charged Colonel Charles de Arnauld, Cen
eral Fremont's intimate friend, with having
obtained some property in Orange from her
by fraudulent representation.
CoMMoDoRE WALKER has been trans
ferred from the Bureau of Navigation to the
command of the European Squadon with
the rank Of Real Admiral.
SECRETARY PROCTOR has received letter
from the Governor of North Carolina, OBJ
iecting to the transfer Of Geronimo and his
band Of Apaches from their present location
in Alabama to tract ofland in North Caro-
lima.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16
AN INFANT FIREBUG.
His Peculiar Weakness is to bir
Children to Death.

His Peculiar WeaEncss IS 10 DIX
Children to Death.
A peculiar death has occurred at Indlaii'
apolis, Ind. Mrs. Sler has four children
whom she would leave at home when at her
work. Among her children is three-year-
old bow who, the Coroner says, is q verita-
hie Jesse Ponleroy. He has mania for usin@:
matches and setting fire to everything that
ran @ be ignited. He set fire to his baby sis
ter's clothing, and held blazing paper to
the infants face, burning it so horribly that
it died. When the crowd had gathered in
the house the youngster tried to set fire to
the clothing Of neighoor's little girl, anc
was only prevented by force, -, I'LL, :.
IF something is not done with that child,
remarked the Coroner, "when he gets olde;
ha will be dangerous to ha at lar"e."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16

NOT quite one-half of the Manchester
Eng1 ship canal has been e1cavated, yet the
whole Of the original capital of S49, ,Oo0,oOo
has been expended within 81, 500, 600; At least
;35, 600, 900 or $40, OO0, 600 more Will be re.
on;red to finish it. It is expected that the
canal will be opened in about two years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16
HUMANITY TO ANIMALS.
Dchorning Cattle, ,Doctoring Tails ana
cbootinn Pigeons Denounced.

OchOrnfnG CattIe, ,DOcCUrIHS I I1Hs ''
Shooting Pigeons Denounced.
The American Humane Association at Its
annual Convention, just held in Louisville
ailopted the following resolutions:
"Resolvcd, That this association considers
dehorning cattle a great anu unaecessaafy ae es af
societies to prosecute any cases coming under
their notice .4s
TResoIved, That this association requests
avery State or local society in the Union TO
cndeayor to obtain from its Legislature
law making it penal offence to dehorn cattle
TO dock the tails of horses and to shoot pigeons
and other live birds from traps"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16

The population ;,f the australian capitals
has Just been estimated in the respective
colonies. Melbourne heads the list with 49,.
400 inhabitants: Sydney has 357, 600; Bris-
bane, 81, 800; Adelaide, liz, $50; Hobart, 81
419; Wellington, 30, $50, and Perth $500.
Sydney is the senior city and Hobart comes
next in age.
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Judge Keatley, of Iowa, who has made
q personal inspection of the schools OF
Alaska, reports that there are about four.
teen schools in the Territory, three OF
which are for white children, the rest
being for natives. .-.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16

TIE new Catholic University near Wash,
;noton D. c., will be formally dedicated and
onened on November 18th. Cardinal Glo
hons win conduct the dedicatory ceremonies
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TIE board Of fertilization estimate that
$2s, ,OO0, 900 will be required to put the harbor
of Sen Francisco in a fair state of defence.
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hour 1Or parClnS dpPfoacneo, e -.
Groton took her home, proposed to her,
and was accepted, all was over. And
vet while strangers listened to my words,
what could utter to show her my IN
tentions2 This is what did say:
Gas you write about such things, Miss
Doane, did you ever take notice OF the
fact that the year after forest fire blue
berries are very plenty on the shauna-
gunk Mountains?''
"Oh, yes" she replied. 81 60 to the
Shaunagunk every summer, and l made
that discovery long ago."
sAnd you have not only made dlscov7~
cries, but pies2" remarked. - :
'sMany," she answered.
sch! do you make pies9 thought
authoresses never could cook, cried one
of our audience.
"a lady once promised to make blue
berry pies for me-" said I. ut was
while forest fire was burning; but she
never kept her promise. If you go TO-
shaunaeunk next summer, shall call
at your camp, and ask you to make pie
for me-" -,
81 do not camp out, but you will ind
me at little farmhouse near by" salo
Debbie, "and I will make all the pies
you want" o,,,
"It is a solemn promise9" I said.
She gave me her hand.
uI think the blackberries will be
thick on Shaunagunk next summer, tor
the fires were fierce this autumn" sne
said. "Good night"
But knew she would not accept old
Groton if he proposed; and, besides, l
took pains to whisper to him, In the
dressing-room:
"The widow is the woman for you.
He married her, but Debb:o is making
bluebeny pie for me at this moment,
and the berries were picked on old shau-
nagunk. York Ledger. .
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-09
GOV. HuI,,S DILEMMA.

The passage by the New York legiS-
lature of the ballot reform bill places
GOV. HILL in an exceedingly uncOm-
Portable position. The New York bill is
similar to the one passed by the last Min
nesOta legislature, incorporating what
is popularity known as the Australian
system; but, unlike the Minnesota law,
its operations extend to the entire state.
1t was in New York just as it was here
in Minnesota; the bill was passed under
the pressure of public sentiment and in
opposition to the will of the politicians.
The machine men of both parties OPP
posed it, and have been using their in
fiuence to induce the governor to veto
it. This is what makes Gov. Hills po-
sition so embarrassing. He is an as
pirant for the Democratic nomination
for the presidency in 1892, and he i'm
AGNES that it is necessary to have the
support of the New York delegates TO
the national convention at that
that unless he throttleS this bal
lot reform bill the machine will at
terry repudiate him when he comes into
convention. He must also understand
that veto of the bill would impair, if
not utterly destroy, his chances for the
nomination in 1892. The man who
thwarts ballot reform in the present
state of the public mind on that queS-
ton necessarily makes an awfully bad
record for presidential candidate, and
more particularly for Democratic call
didate. From Gov. Hills point of OBJ
servation, he doubtless imagines that he
is between hawk and buzzard, and, guild
ing his conduct by his surroundings,
has probably vetoed the bill by this
time, as the least risky of the two
alternatives presented to'him. Still, if
he could only arise above the horizon of
New York politics and view the situa-
ton from the plane of craftsmanship,
he would see the grand opportunity he
has had presented to him of making
record that would almost inevitably
land him in the White house. If he as
serted his independence of the machine
and showed his ability to resist the
coercive power of the politicians, by
signing the bill, he would enlist sup
porters outside of New York that would
be of more service to him in the next
national convention than the united
New York delegation. And then he
would have record to stand on in the
race for the presidency, in case he got
the nomination.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-09
BLACK HILLS TIN.

The recent organization of company
with ample capital for the development
of the tin mines in the Black Hills,
which are now pretty we'll demonstrated
to be abundant in ore, will apparently
lead to the growth of great industry
in the manufacture of tin plate. This
country has been paying S17.OOO,OO0 a
year for its tin plate, and has been en-
tireiy dependent upon other countries
for this indis. sable article. The
Illinois Iron and Steel company, whic'.
has a paid-up capital of $le,0O0,00
which it is proposed to raise to S25,-
100000, intends to commence the manu-
facture Of the plate from the Black
Hills ore. 1t is believed that inventive
ingenuity and skill will perfect the proc
esses for removing the mica from the
ore, and that this country will be able
to supply its own markets, at least. 1t
will materially add to the wealth and
industries of the Black Hills.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-09
THE MILITIA FUND.
How Much the Several States
Will Receive.

How Much the Several States
Will Receive.
WASHINGTON, May s.-The war de-
partment has just completed and pub
lished the ailotments of the 100000 APP
propriated by congress for the
equipment of the militia. The
allotments are based on the
representation of the states in
congress, and in the case of the terri
tories about to become states the APP
pOrtiOnments show the amounts TO
which they will be entitled after this
appropriation will be as follows: Ala
baina, s9,49a; Arkansas, 1854;
California, 1854; Colorado. S2,S47;
Connecticut, $5,695; Delaware, s., SAY;
Florida, S3.797; Georgia, S11,391; Hi
nois, $20,SS3; Indiana, S14,239; Iowa,
$3.50; Kansas, SS,543; Kentucky, S12,-
$40; Louisiana, 1884; Maine. S5,695;
Maryland, 1884; Massachusetts, sl3,-
2S9; Michigan, S12,S4O; Minnesota,
1854; Mississippi, $S.543; Missouri,
s15,1SS; Nebraska, s4,746; Nevada,
s2,847: New Hampshire, S3.797; New
Jersey, ss,543; New York, SS4, l7S;
North Carolina, $1O,441; Ohio.
S21, 1888; Oregon, >S2,S47; Penn
sylvania, S2S,47S; Rhode Island,
$3,797; South Carolina, sS,543; Tennes-
see, s11.391; Texas, S12,3 $40; Vermont,
s3.797; Virginia, S1l, 39l; West Virginia,
$685.; Wisconsin, S10,441; Montana,
S2,S47; Washington, S2,347; North Da-
kota, 81, S47 South Dakota, 50, 79S: Alaska,
s3.5O1; New Mexico, $3.5O1. The regu
lations provide that acquisitions for
militia supplies must be made by the
governors of states and territories
direct to the secretary of war.