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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-09-04
A GIGANTIC WOLF-DRIVE.
Wyoming Stcckmen and Cowboys
Unite in Hunting Coyotes.

Wyoming Stcckmen and Cowboys
Unite in Hunting Coyotes.
A big wolf-drive, by several hundred stock
men, cowboys and sportsmen' took place, q
few days ago in Southern Wyoming. The
drive resulted in the determination Of all the
coyotes and gray wolves in the large district,
and afforded unique sport for the partlcl-
pants in it. The district swept by the drive
is watered by numerous creeks, along
which are rich stock ranches. The country
is hemmed in for its entire length by range
of limestone cliffs, known as Chalk BluIs, IN
which are hundreds Of small caves and dens.
In these gray wolves and coyotes hide. Dur
ing the present season their numbers have
increased largely. and the losses Of the stock
men from their constant preying upon young
calves and colts have been excessive.
AT daylight from every ranch between
Cheyenne and the Nebraska line, thirty miles
distant stockmen al cowboys took the field
against the wolves. They were reinforced
BY 200 horsemen from Cheyenne and hat as
SPECTATORS large number Of business men
and ladies, who drove to the starting point.
At O'Clock the long line Of riders under
command Of ten captains, moved forward.
All the known haunts OF the wolves were
secured by men and dogs. Sinking coyotes
for the protecting caves Of Chalk Bluffs.
Occasionally the hounds turned a wolf to-
ward the riders and brought him to bay.
The expert cowboys would throw their
lariats around the wolf and drag him to
death across the prairie. The drive lasted
until noon. At points Of rendezvous In the
valley skirted by the bluffs were barbecued
steers and coffee for the hunters. The after
noon was devoted to smoking out the wolf
dens and killing their occupants. Where
flames and smoke failed to drive out the
wolves charges of dynamite were exploded,
tumbling down portions Of the cliffs and
burying the wolves in the ruins.
Twelve big wolves were smoked from the
first cavern assaulted and all were killed as
they ran.
Dogs drew seven heavy fellows from the
second and thirteen died in den rather
than face the h6nters. Their brushes were
secured by blowing up the cave with giant
powder.
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Foreign.

AN attempt will be made by France to OBJ
tain General Boulanger's extradition from
Great Britain.
TURKISH troops are fastening to Crete to
suppress the insurrection there.
Ex-K1NG MILAN has consented to allow e1-
Queen Nathalie to visit her son, King Alex
ander Of Servia, several times year and to
reside in the palace during each visit.
THE rioters in Totien, province Of China,
fed before the approaching troops. For the
loss of four or five Of their countrymen last
year the rioters revenged themselves by
killing between 400 and 500 inhabitants of
Chin Chu villages including women and
children.
LiEGrT1ME is now virtually in charge of the
entire island Of Hayti. Hyppohte's forces,
since their defeat, have become demoralized.
GENERAL BoULANGER has issued from his
retreat in London manifesto addressed to
the Honest People," declaring that the
French Senate and Chamber procured his
conviction by fraudulent means.
EARTHQUAKE shocks were felt in Bosnia
and Herzegovina.
KING HUMBERT, Of Italy, has conferred
the title of Count on Thomas A. Edison, thy
inventor, who is now in Europe.
EDWARD CoNRoY, United States Consul at
~,
est members Of the consular service, having
been appointed Consul at San Juan, Porto
Rico. April 21, 1860, from Pennsylvania. He
was native Of Connecticut, and was fully
eighty years of age.
AUGUsTIN ARROYO DE AEDA has been cho-
sen President Of the Mexican Congress, by
virtue of which Office he becomes Vice-Presi-
dent of the Republic.
The hetrothal is announced of the Duke OF
Nassau to Princess Margaret, youngest sister
of Emperor William Of Germany.
THREE miners wero killed by an explosion
in colliery at Hanley, Staffordshire, Eng
land.
HERR LAcHMANN, editor Of the Londoner
Journal a weekly newspaper printed IN
German in London, England, murdered his
wife and child, and then committed suicide.
A DYNAMITE cartridge accidently ex-
plOded in coal mine at Domen, hungary.
Five persons were killed and a number o.
others injured.
A FAMINE is threatened in Montenegro
owing to the failure Of the crops, and en-
demic diseaseis now extensively prevalent.
A NEW steamer just completed was max
ing her trial trip from Shanghai, China,
when her boiler burst and thirty persons on
board were killed.
Ex-KING MALIEToA and other exiles have
returned to Apia, Samoa. The ex-King was
warmly welcomed by the natives and his own
dag was hoisted King Mataafa also greeted
Malietoa with cordiaity.
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Prodieious Meths.

:. The largest known moth IN existence
is the Atlas. Its average size Is ten
inches of spread of wings, and it's closest
competitor is the Erebus stri1, q large
gray moth of South America. Fhe Owl
moth, also of South America, Is anotheI;I
prodigious fellow, and spreads about
eight inches. But its size Is not it's only
feature. It is SO peculiarly marked be-,
meath that any child readily recognizes
the owl-like appearance Of the outlines!
The two hind wings from the OWLS head,
being eyed, and the fore part OF the body
represents the beak. In close jaxhposi-
ton to the owl. is pinned the Deaths
Head, moth which derives its name N
from a mark on the back resembling a
human skull. It is English, but 1t IS
claimed that in 1887 specimen was
caught flying in New London. This IS
easily accounted for, as it feeds ON potato
vines, and many were imported that year:
It is thought that the pups may have
been in the earth that came with the
potatoes and the moth, Matching out,
escaped and was captured. YORK.
Tribune To- a. - u. -
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A New Cattle Pest and Its Prevention.

Last summer a new pest was reported,
in cattle in New Jersey, Delaware, Mary
land and Northern Virginia. The pest
has again made its appearance: # Is q
small fly, half the size OF a house ny,''
which settles in great numbers around
the base of the horns and on other por-,
tions of the body, where it cannot be-
reached by either tail or head, b sucks;
a moderate amount of blood, C-duees the
condition of the cattle, and lessons the
Weld of milk by from one-third to one
half. This new pest has been fnvesai
gated by the Department OF Agriculture
through the acSlng entomotog1s IL W
Howard, who has succeeded m tracing
the entire life history of the pest: he
finds that the fly lays its eggs usually at
night, in freshly dropped COW dung;
Applications may be made to mileh COWS
and valuable animals which VIII keep the
flies away. The applications msy be fish
oil and pine tar, with a lutte Sulphur
added; tobacco dust, when the Skin Is
not broken; or tallow with small
amount of carbolic acid.-NeU YsrS Tn
buRe.
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LONGEST FAST ON RECORD.
Robert Marvel Dies After Abstaining
From Food Sixty-seven Days.

Robert Marvel Dies After Abstaining
From Food sixty-seven Days.
Robert Marvel, the Marion County Qnd)
fasting wonder, died after sixty-seven days
Of abstainment from food or drink. he was
nearly eighty-fve years old. His case has
been the marvel of tho medical world. Thou
sands 1ocked to SEQ him from all parts Of the
State When his friends attempted to give
him food he would make strange sounds
During the entire fast he partook Of only
about n quart Of liquid nourishment. Bis
bowels remained wholly torpid and inactive.
He became terribly emaciated, and
tho walls Of the abdominal cavity
became withered and shrunken to
the extent that when lying on his back the
articulation of the backbone could plainly
be seen. He slept we'll, his respiration being
regular and even. His pulse was irregular.
The cause of his condition was paralysis. The
disease completely destroyed his hearing, but
his eyesight remained excellent to the last. It
also robbed him Of his speech and nothing
Ineligible could be gotten from him. He
died without murmur.
His trouble began with apopleNy and par
alysis. He was born in Sussex County, Del,
October z, 1906. When young man he was
q sailor for seven years
His fast is the longest on record, so far as
known. The most prominent case of volun-
tary fasting was Tanners, and it will be re-
called that he ate nothing and drank only
water during forty days.
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BRAZIL'S COFFEE CROP.
The Recently Emancipated Slaves
Produce a Small Yield.


Some important information was received
on the New York Coffee Exchange respect
ing the situation of the Brazilian coffee crop.
Brazilian coffee being the only product dealt
in on the exchange, the information at hand ar
was deemed of the utmost Importance. Inc
best informed houses in Rio now say that as
a Weld s. 500, 600 bags is moderate estimate.
The quality of the crop has, in general, not
been good; careful preparation Is no longer
profitable, and the differences In price be-
tween the lower and higher grades are now
much greater than for years past. freVlous
estimates of the new crop were liked at
$500, 600 to 100000 bags, but the severe
drought and excessive heat has reduced the
probable yield so much that, with tne con
tinued disorganization Of labor, about l, 5oo,-
600 bags below the regular crop IS expected,
which is considered moderate estimate In
one sense, as $500, 900 wes in another.
The quality of the new crop as shown by
arrivals so far is poor. Washed coffee is very
scarce and Of Sierra ahaixon none has been
seen. From July 1, 1888, to June 3O, lSS9,
Rio shipped 2,343, ,SS2 bags to the United
states. against 1885, 500 in 1SSESS, and 092, =
SS6 in iSSSs7, and 2, 449, 1865 in 1855. Things
are still in a transition state; it has taken
time for the recently emancipated freedman
to realize that he is free. Many of the e1-
slaves are already reduced to working Tor
their keep. The condition OF these people
will have an important bearing upon the fu-
ture coffee production Of Brazil.
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FLOOD VICTIMS.
Terrible Suffering Among Them Pre-.
dicted Unless Help rs Given.

Terrible Suffering Among Them Pre-.
dicted Unless Help rs Given.
The suffering among the victims Of the late
disastrous food in the valleys Of Slate, Tuck
er, Tygart Lee, Sandy and other creek
valleys debouching from Limestone Noun
tain, in West Virginia, the scene Of the fatal
cloudburst, still continues, with prospect of
still more suffering as the nights grow colder;
Many families are huddled in extemporized
huts built Of rough boards, along the creeks
and glens of the disnantled territory.
Many are taken care Of by the more for
tunate, but poor hill farmers, who, have
opened their doors and their hearts
to their ruined neighbors. The
charitable of the neighboring villages and
cities are doing all in their power to relieve
the sufferers, but all the help they can render
will be entirely inadequate to place the hun
dreds in comfortable or even safe condition
for the coming winter. There will be terri
BILE suffering among these people when the
cold weather sets in unless outside relief is e1'
tended.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

TIE Shah has left Paris.
EMPEROR WILLIAM will 60 to Madrid.
TIE Prince Of Wales is short, stout and
bald.
CHAUNcEY DEpEws income is s125,0oO a
year.
THE Queen OF Italy is an ardent student OF
Volapuk.
THE Earl of Fife is descended from ped
dler of eggs.
JAY GOULD when young man was noted
for his wit and high spirits.
EMPEROR WILLIAM has invited Queen Vic
toria to return his visit at Berlin.
SENATOR BLACKBURN, of Kentucky, Is
said to be the best shot IN Congress.
A SON of Cetewayo, the Zulu, is one OF the
dusky notables at the Paris Exposition.
SENATOR INGALLS,, Of Kansas, is devoting
vacation to collecting books for his library.
KING KALAKAuA, of the Sandwich Islands,
though he has salary of $S0,0OO year, Is
always hard up"
GENERAL ALBERT PIKE, the head OF all the
Masonic orders and rites in this country, Is
in his eightieth year.
PRINCE ALEXANDER, Of Battenberg, has
been appointed to the command OF an Aus
trian regiment in Styria.
HOWARD EVERETT HALE says that when
he was in college he and his chum took the
first daguerreotype ever made In Boston.
How. ALLEN G. THURMAN has gone ITO
Hot Springs, Ark, where he Will receive
treatment for his old malady, the rheuma-
tiSm.
RICHARD HENRY SToDDARD, the poet,
now fails to recognize his most intimate
friends except by voice, and is physical
wreck.
MRS MARY E. RowELL, granddaughter
Of General Stark, Of Revolutionary fame,
has been sent to an insane asylum at the re-
quest of friends.
JOAQUIN MILLER, the poet of the Sierras,
has become rich man. Some years ago 60 ne ne
bought 200 acres near Oakland, Cal. They
are to be taken now for town lots.
ACCORDING to Henry N. Stanley himself,
hc has propossd marriage to seven, only 70
he refused with thanks. On the eve Of his
eighth proposal he reconsidered his deter
miration and took to the woods.
DIR. OLIVER WENDELL HoLMEs says that
in reviewing his life he finds that ne mas
taken more interest In surgery than IN poetry,
but he realizes that his fame VIII rest upon
tho efforts Of his pen, not OF his KNIFE.
THIRTY ycarsago, as some Of the residents
/ Of Trenton, n. j., recall, Prince murat, now
ENGAGED to Miss Caldwell, q wealthy Amer,
coS, drove O milk wagon in that town and
was considered o farmer Of rather uncertain
resources.
PRINCE B1sMARcK's special medical at,
tendant Professor Schweninger, who cured
the Chancellor Of his too pronounced tendency
to stoutness IS by particular desire OF the
Snltan. about to instruct two Turkish phya'
clans in his special method Of Treatment
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yETERANS IN A WRECK.
Rails Spread Under Pennsylvania
Train With Fatal Effect.


An excursion train on the Butler branch Of
che West Pennsylvania Railroad, loaded with
veterans returning from the reunion Of the
l02d Regiment at Butler, was wrecked at
Sarvers, seven miles east Of Freeport, Penn,
two passengers being instantly killed, three
Or four others fatally injured and twenty
i've more or less seriously hurt.
The dead are: Mrs Duff, an old lady, resi-
dence unknown; Farrell, child, Butler; w.
Powers, Laurenceville, Penn.
The wreck was caused by the rails spread
ing on the end of a small bridge that spans
Buffalo Creek, the timbers on which the rails
were laid being so rotten that the spikes had
been forced out the side by the weight Of the
train passing over them.
The rails plowed through the second car
and the escapes were miraculous. One LADY
had her dress cut from the wrist to shoulder,
another lost small piece Of her cheek, third
had her chin cut and many others IN the
second car narrowly escaped.
The train consisted of a smoker, day coach
and combination coach. The engine stood
about 100 yards from the wreck still unin-
i,lred on the track The smoker was smashed
In splinters and fell fifteen feet down the en-
bankment.
The front truck Of the coach was also
thrown over the embankment, the hind
truck remaining on the track. The eombi-
nation also remained on the track. Of the
twenty passengers in the smoker one was
killed and nineteen injured, it being marvel
that all were not killed.
At the wreck the sight was truly heartrend-
ing. On either side of the track, for distance
Of nearly a quarter Of mile, in
iured veterans were laying on cush-
Ions and, in some instances, on the
bare ground. Women and children,
wounded and bespattered with blood, sat
and Law around pieces of the wreckage. =,
The doctors and others on the relief train
at once set to work to care Tor the injured.
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RAILWAY STATISTICS.
The Progress Made in Railroad
Building During 1889.
The Dividends and Earnings Com
cared With Those Of 1887.

The railway mileage Of the United States
now aggregates 158, ,0s1 miles, an increase for
last year of 702s miles according to the ad-
vance sheets Of Poor's Manual for 1889, just
issued. On n154,975 miles there have been is
sued "a, ,4Ss, All, ,S42 in stock and s., GA OBS, ,o2s
in bonds, along with a funded debt
of $500, 6,952, $50, and q current debt
of SS3s. .68S, ,355, total of $500, ,4S7,-
SOC. The cost Of this amount Of
road and its equipments aggregated s, ,344r
3O4 500. while securities held as investments
are set down at 8, ,106, ,232, 499, and cash and
other assets increase the total S42S 4SS, ,053, to
S9,sT3, 970,3 ,-,
e22.0O8. Net earnings were s297, ,S63, ,677, and
other income was SS4, 1871, $3.50, total net Of
s3s2. ,557. Bond interest payments were
s199, ,5s1; dividends So, 1901, and all
payments, $685., ,55S, ,547. :!
The stock debt per mile is s2s, ,76s; bonds,
S29.972 Passenger earnings per mile were
ST2a: freight, S4S97; total gross, $6540; net
earnings per mile, $2045. Passenger earnings
were a8.A per cent. Of gross. The rate per
passenger per mile was 2248 cents, and per
ton .9H cent, against 1.246 in 1888.
Compared with 1887, net earnings fell or
$3S, ,S5s,06s, or ten Per cent; interest pay
menCS increased VO,oOo,ooOi VI l.oV PSA sono',
and dividends fell of 81. $50, All; or 1914 per
cent, The number Of passengers increased
SIX Der cent The freight tonnage was 5s9,-
89s,S17, an increase Of 37,S2S,5o OF 6% per
cent. .,.
This interesting computation is made by
"The tonnage-mileage Of 1887 was g., ,5s1, :
O69, ,996, for transporting when the railroads
received an average rate Of 1.03 cents pen:
ton per mile, producing q revenue OF
$685., 666,22S. In 1888 the tonnage-mileage
was 7O,423, ,OO5, 1888, which produced an an
average revenue per ton per mile OF .9Ol
cent, or, in the aggregate, 1888, zoo, 723. Had
the rates received in 1887 prevailed in 1883,
the differenceef about mills per ton per
mile would have given the railroads an IN
creased revenue of $50, ,819, sufficient to
nav more than Q per cent upon the total
amount Of capital stock outstanding at the
end Of 1883, upon all Of the roads contribute
ing toward this grand aggregate"
1t is shown that the average reduction IN
freight rates since the close of the Civil War
has been not less than seventy per cent, not
withstanding which the average rate OF
wages paid by the railroads to their opera
tives is higher now than it was at that period.
''It becomes plain, therefore" says the
Manual, 'that the immense sums that have
been annually lost to the railroads OF the
country by their voluntary reductions
In rates have been corresponding
saving to the public at large "A
calculation of the sums saved to the pubic
by these reductions In rates during the past
Quarter century would reach far up into the
thousands of Millions .
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LATER NEWS.

Two cotton mills at Providence, the Wau-
regan and its leased property, the Noting
ham, and woolen mill, the Thornton
Worsted Company, have failed, the result Of
the recent failures Of Lewis Bros, Of New
York city, and Brown, steese & Clark, OF
Boston.
A TORNADO Of thirty minutes duration
passed over Winthrop, Ne. Rain fell in tor
rents, accompanied by very heavy thunder,
| and the wind blew gale. Corn and other
crops were seriously injured, barrels Of ap-
| pies were blown from trees in orchards, and
numbers Of trees were Frustrated by the
gale.
The Keystone Furnace Company, Of Read.
ing, Penn, has failed. Liabilities $500, 600.
JOSEPH PopA, thirteen-year-old boot
black, testified that he saw a man set the
Seventh avenue New York city, tenement
house on fire in which ten lives were lost re-
Gently. -. '.'
| A GASOLINE still at the oil refinery Of A..
D. Miller, in Allegheny, Penn, exploded with
q frightful noise, and the entire plant was
Immediately fred and rapidly destroyed.
| The engineer and watchman were killed.
The property destroyed was valued at s225,-
900.
GOVERNOR HILL, Of New York, respited
Giblin, the wife murderer, sentenced to be
hanged August 2Sd, for sixty days.
FRANK MORRIS, John Hell, James OBrien
and Brodie Morris, miners, Of Charleston, w.
Va, were caught beneath fall Of slate in
the mines of the Connellton Coal Company
in Fayette County and killed. &..
DIR. E. PARSONS, said to be the oldest prao-
ticing dentist in the United States, died few
days ago at Savannah, Ga. BE was born in
Northampton, Mass, in 1906.
The fourishing city Of Colfa1, ILL.,, on the
Illinois Central, has been almost entirely de-
stroyed by fire
THE President was enthusiastically received
and entertained by the city Of Cincinnati,
after which he resumed his journey to In
dianapolis. E. ....
AT a session of the Grand Lodge Of Odd
Fellows at Rome Ca, Colonel Adolph
Brandt, while opposing resolution, fell
dead in the hall from an attack Of apoplexy.
He was a prominent lawyer Of Atlanta, and
widely known throughout the State.
The contractors Of the new cruiser Balti-
more have notified the Navy Department at
Washington that they are ready for the Off
cial trial Of the vessel.
SEVERE hail storms passed over parts of
Austria. Many persons were killed. Much
damage has been done by gales on the English
coast. Severe storms also prevailed through
out France Telegraphic communication was
greatly interrupted
CUBA has established a sgnal service
bureau.
THIRTY thousand dock laborers are on
strike for higher wages In London, England
NEWS comes from Victoria, British Co.
lumbia, Of the seizure by the United States
revenue cutter Rush Of two illegal sealers,
the Minnie and the Pathfinder, in Behring
Sea; both were dispatched to sitka, Alaska,
with prize crew.
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THE LABOR WORLD

The coal market is glutted.
a CONGRESS of BARRIERS has just been held
In Germany.
GERMAN miners are working for from s1o5
to S1S5 year.
ENGLISH metal works do not admit for
eigners to their shops.
The strike of the cigarette makers at Ha-
yana, Cuba, has ended.
THE plumbers will hold convention In
Washington in October.
A AUNIoN of Jewish goldsniths has been
formed in New York city.
New YORK CLAIM the best diamond cut
ters They make $oJ per week.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
decided to increase the works ut Altoona,
Penn.
THERE is great rejoicing in the Pennsyl-
vania coke regions over the settl lement OF the
strike.
WATERS for the Paris Exposition are paid
$50 month each and must be able to speak
three languages.
In Glasgow, Scotland, there are more fac
tories to the square mile than in any other
city in the United Kingdom.
THE five fint-glass factories Of Findlay,
Ohio, resumed operations after ths usual
summer shut down with 643 hands.
LOWELL (Mass.) union carpenters are TAX
ing contracts on the cooperative plan and
dividing the profits among themselves.
ABOUT fifty large pulp mills, giving en-
ployment to from 100 to 400 people each, are
being built in different parts Of Sweden.
THE movement for higher wages through
out central Europe continues, despite set
backs among workers in textile factories.
The Bethlehem PENN Iron Company has
increased the wages Of its puddlers from
1926 to s3.S0per day, and has raised the pay
Of its other men.
In all parts of Scotland the workers
have a spirit Of revolt against low wages and
long hours, and everywhere the employers
have been yielding.
IT is said that the Knights of Labor order
| is rapidly falling away, two-thirds having
| withdrawn from membership of nearly
threeAuarters of million.
The organized weavers of Fall River,
Mass, are still divided into two bodies, each
| having different object and scope. An at
temptis to be made to affiliate them.
AT the convention of the National Associa.
ton of Silk Workers in Yonkers, NJ Y, it
was decided to strive tor the equalization OF
wages in the trade all over the country.
PRESIDENT WEHE, Of the Amalgamated
Association of Iron and Steel Workers, has
been reelected President and his salary ad
vanced to $1,000 per year, an increase OF S5O0