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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-21
A GREAT NAVAL REVIEW.
Fifteen Miles Of War Ships Sail Past
the German Emperor.


The greatest naval review that England OF
any other country ever saw has just taken
place at Spithead, England, in honor OF the
German Emperor.
There were three five mile lines Of battle
ships, each built to do the utmost harm OF
which ship is capable with powder, shot and
shell or torpedoes.
The weather became moderately clear
about noon and the review Of the fleet tock
place at four o'clock In the afternoon. The
German Kaiser left Osborne Bay in the impe-
rial yacht, Hohepzollern, accompanied by the
Admiralty yacht Enchantress, the royal yacht
Albert, the Trinity Boards yacht Galctea,
the vessels conveying the members OF the
House Of Lords, the diplomatic body, Men,
ters of the House Of Commons representa-
tives Of the press, the Lord Mayor and Cor
poration of the city of London and others.
AS the Hohenzollern approached the teet
each ronclad in turn hoisted the German
standard and fired salute.
The ships were moorcd in three parallel
lines, of which the center line was about two
and q half and the outer lines about one and
three-quarter miles in length. In going to
Spithead the inspecting procession passed be-
tween the center column and that moored
nearest the Isle Of Wight. Returning to Os-
borne Bay, the reviewing vessels rounded the
head of the center colun and passed be-
tween it and the column lying OFF the main
land shore.
At its conclusion the Emperor William re-
ceived oil the adnirals on board his own
Yacht and tondered them his congratula-
tions.
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EXPLOSION ON A YACHT.
Three Children and q Man Killed
Near Buffalo, N. Y.


At4 o'clock in the afternoon, while the
yacht Cedar Ridge, owned by Mr.. L. L.
Crocker, of East Buffalo, N. Y, was being
got ready for trip down the river, and just
as the engineer had started the fire, two e1-
plosions followed in rapid succession.
The yacht at once took fire, and burned to
the waters edge. Of those on board the fol-
lowing were killed: Ethel and Lamey
Crocker, girls, burned, and Howard Crocker,
boy, drowned
The people who hurried to the scene were
first attracted by the sight Of Mr.. Crocker's
little son, who stood on the yachts deck in a
dazed condition, almost surrounded by flames.
He seemed unable to move and when a
man named Charles Schweigel reacheda pike
pole to him the boy did not take hold Of it,
and moment later he fell back into the fire
and was burned to crisp in full view Of the
Mortified spectators.
Attention was now drawn to John Rugen-
stein, the carpenter, q man about thirty
years old, who was clinging to rafter in the
shed that extended out over the yacht
He could not be reached, and after hang
ing few moments he apparently became
suffocated and dropped into the flames below.
He leaves a widow and five children.
The tragedy was due to the explosion Of
naptha, by which the boilers were heated
Mr.. Crocker is the superintendent Of the
New York Central stock yards at East Buff
falo. BE was the father of the three chill
dren killed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-21
A DESPERATE BATTLE.
The Egypto-British Forces Slaughter
1900 Soudanese Dcrvishes.

The Egypto-British Forces Slaughter
1900 Soudanese Dcrvishes.
General Grerfel, In command Of the COM
bined British and Egyptian forces, engaged
the soudanese near Tosld, Soudan, and COM
pletely routed them. Wad-el-Jumi, the Sou
Ganese leader, was killed. The Arab loss was
1900 killed and wounded. The Egyptian loss
was slight.
Besides Wad-el-Jumi, the slain on the Arab
side include twelve emirs and nearly all the
fighting men. Fifty standards were captured
by the Egyptians. :.
General Grenfell marched out Of Toski at
5 o'clock in the morning with strong recon
noitring force Of cavalry and camels and ad-
vanced close to the Arab camp. Making
feint Of retreating he drew the whole OF
Wadel-Jumi's force to q point within four
miles Of Toski.
Here the Egyptian infantry were held in
readiness for an attack, and general action
was at once begun. The Soudanese made
gallant defence, but were driven from hin
to hill. The Egyptian cavalry made sue
cession of effective charges, IN which Wad-
el-Jumi and the emirs were killed.
After seven hours of hard fighting the der
wishes were completely routed. Gunboats
followed the scattered remnants OF the Arab
force along the river. -,
General GrenfelL in his official report of
the battle, says that the dervishes made re-
peated and desperate charges upon his
men. They were met by the infantry,
in line Of battle, supported by the
Twentieth Hussars and the Egyptian cavalry.
The Egyptian horse artillery did excellent
service. The dervishes numbered three
thousand fighting men. The British troops
will now return to Cairo.
The latest adyices give the Egyptian loss as
seventeen killed and 13l wounded. One
thousand dervishes were made prisoners.
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Foreign.

THE steamer Rapel, from Valparaiso to
| MonteYideo, was totally wrecked at Hannlb-
lin Island, and the chief engineer, purser and
eight Of the crew were lost.
Snow storms and icy rains prevailed
throughout Switzerland. The mountain
passes were partly blocked Extensive floods
were reported in Silesia.
COLONEL EvAR1sTo CARAzo, President Of
Nicaragua, is dead. DR.. Sacasa has succeeded
to the Presidency, in conformity with the
constitution Of Nicaragua.
Hon. Mr. DAVE, Premier Of British
Columbia and Attorney General, died few
days ago at Victoria.
TIE Shah Of Persia attended Cody's Wild
West show in Paris, and at its close e1-
pressed desire to meet Buffalo Bill, whom
he thanked for the admirable performance
he had witnessed.
ALL Europe Is alarmed because 80, 900
Turkish reserves have been called out. The
Porte is buying uniforms and stores, and
work is proceeding at the dockyards with few
erish activity,
SIR WILLIAM EwART, member OF Parla-
ment for the north division Of Belfast, Ire
land, is dead He was Conservative In
politics.
THE dervishes' charged the Egyptian cav
alry at Toski. Soudan, and killed twenty
seven men. Lieutenant Dag1ilar dislodged
the deryishes at Masmas village and killed
fifteen Of them.
WHEN the train for Quebec on the Grand
Trunk Railway had passed St: Lamberts,
Canada, after going. through the Victoria
Bridge an explosion occurred In the express
car by which q messenger named Rogers was
killed, the car completely wrecked and tho
express matter destroyed.
Iano&e Fo, of tto ToI,r,.
ellis General were taken in the cantons in
France at the recent election. The returns
show the election of twelve Republicans and
thirty Conservatives. NJ. Laguerre, the
Boulangist leader, was elected at La Rochelle.
INa fight at Atchin, Sumatra, precipita-
ted by the Netherland troops, nineteen
Dutchmen were killed and twenty-five
wounded. The natives have grown embold-
ened, and matters begin to assume serious
aspect
TIE Royal Grants bill was passed by the
British House Of Commons. This gives to
Queen Victoria the additional sums Of money
that she asked for.
heavy rains have fallen In certain dis
tricts of Japan. At Amag 565 houses were
either washed away or knocked down and
houses were washed away and nine people
drowned.
A TERRIBLE riot took place between two
factions of tho Chinese coolies at Sangkong,
Siam. About five thousand men engaged III
the conflict. Spears and firearms were used
and 900 coolies were killed.
THE entire Pacific fleet of the British navy
has gone to the scene Of the recent seizure by
the American vessel Rush, on the Behring
Sea, This was the result of much telegraphic
communication between the admiral in com
mand of the feet and the Canadian and I'm
perial Governments. The feet that went
North consists of seven war ships and two
torpedo boats.
GENERAL PH1L1PPovIcH, the conqueror
Of Bosnia, died recently at Prague from
apoplexy.
PR1vY COUNCILLOR KRUGER has been
arrested in Berlin on suspicion Of completely
in the corruption recently. unearthed in the
German navy, for which several naval
officers are now in prison.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-21

PosTMAsTER-GEN WANAMAKER ha.
issued an order extending the age limit OF
appointment of letter carriers In non-c1yn
service postofices, from thirty-hve to forty
years. This age-hmitation does not apply to
persons honorably discharged from the
military or naval service.
VENEZUELA and the United States of Co
lombia have notified the Department of State
at Washington of their acceptance Of the
invitation to take part in the three Amert
cas- Commercial Congress to be held In
Washington next October. All the nations
interested have now signifed their Intention
to be represented in the Congress, except
Paraguay, Hayt and San Domingo.
JOHN G. COATES, New York; Thomas g..
Stoddard, Massachusetts,, and r. j. Elliott,
Kansas, were appointed Postofhce Inspectors
on mail depredations by Postmaster-General
Wanamaker.
THE President appointed John R. c. Pit
kin, of Louisiana, to be Envoy Extraordi
nary and Minister Plenipotentiary OF the
United States to the Argentine Republic and
rendered the appointment of Collector OF the
Port of New Orleans to Ex-Governor War
mouth, Of louisiana
SECRETARY WINDOW has directed that all
the bonds purchased by the Government
since July 1 be applied to the sinking fund
until the requirements for the current hScal
year, estimated at 81, 600, 900, are met. The
amount already applied to this purpose is
sS, 96S, $50, of which all but S15,5O0 was in
1-2 per cent. bonds.
AT the request of the Postmaster General
the Secretary Of War has directed the Quar-
termaster- General to instruct his subordi-
mates to pay no more Government telegraph
bills until the rates to be paid are furnished
by the Postmaster General.
ACTING GENERAL LAND COMMISSIONER
STONE in his annual report shows that dur
ing the fiscal year, ending June 30, 1889,
under the various grants total Of 425,046
acres Of land, being decrease of 404, 116
acres as compared with the preceding year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-21
THE ST0RM-SWEPT AREA,
An Estimate of the Damage Wrought
by the Late Deluse.

An Estimate of the Damage Wrought
by the Late Deluse.
Dispatches from many points in the farm.
ing district within radius Of ono hundred
miles Of New York city show general dam
age to crops by unusually heavy rains. The
total losses in New York, Connecticut and
New Jersey will mount up between $780,
600 and s400, 900, and perhaps more. The
hay, potato and small fruit crops suffered
most. Much grass that had been cut and
stacked is total loss from mould Potatoes
in many cases are ruined by rot. Grapes
along the Hudson have been badly injured.
The situation is peculiarly discouraging to
farmers, because, owing to the forward
spring and unusually good weather until
within a fortnight, they were confident of
exceptionally large crops Of nearly all kinds.
Farmers in New York State are the
heaviest losers. In the great dairy district
of Central New York their losses in hay and
small grain are particularly severe.
In Connecticut the potatoes suffered most
although considerable hay on the salt
marshes and on the bottom lands along the
rivers is destroyed.
Truck gardeners are the main 1osers in
New Jersey, although along the Waikiki
River and the Paulins Kill considerable dam
age was doneto hay and grain.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-21
Washington.

TREASURER HUSTON has given q receipt to
ex-Treasurer Hyatt for SRI, 500, 900, repre-
senting the amount Of money and securitie.
in the United States Treasury turned over
by the latter to the former. Of the above
sum $685., ,2OS, 4O2 is actual cash, the remainder
including United States bonds and the re-
serve fund.
THE public debt statement shows an In
crease of the public debt during the month
of July of S1,017, ,311.51. Total cash in the
Treasury, s6S4, 723, ,023.H.
POSTMASTER WANAMAKER has
directed that an additional allowance OF
s7S, 700 be granted Postmaster Van Cott, OF
New York city. His present allowance Is
81, ,034, 600. An additional force of clerks, to
the number of 102, is also allowed, which
with his present force will make an aggre-
gate of 1898 employees.
PRESIDENT HARRISON left Deer Park, Nd,
and arrived in Washington.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY TIcHENoR was
taken suddenly III in his office in the Treasury
Department at Washington, and had TO pe
taken home. For some time he has been IN
III health and has been overworked. his pr N
cipal trouble is rheumatism in an acute form
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LATER NEWS.

THE firm of Brown, Steese & Clark, wool
dealers, of Boston, Mass, has failed for about
100000.
TIE State Convention of Pennsylvania Re.
publicans nominated Henry K. Boyer, OF
Philadelphia, for State Treasurer and
adopted resolutions indorsing President Har'
rison and the Republican platform Of 1888.
THE Henry Elias brewing concern Of New
York city has been sold to an English syndi.
cate for $3.50, 900. ....
EBEN s. ALLEN, President Of the Forty
second and Grand Street Railroad Company,
Of New York city, is under arrest charged
with forgeries Of stock Of that company
amounting to from $3.50, 600 to $3.50, 600.
PRESIDENT HARRISON, while on his way to
Bar Harbor, Me-, to visit Secretary Blaine,
spent day in Boston. He received an en-
thusiastic welcome.
THE steamer Old Dominion ran into and
sunk the sloop Ella May in Norfolk (Va-)
harbor. TEe sloop's crew of three men
were drowned.
J. FRANK CoLLol, a young lawyer, has
committed forgeries to the amount Of nearly
$500, 900 in the name Of John s. Blaisdel,
one of the oldest, wealthiest and best known
citizens of Minneapolis, MINI.
BOHEMIAN was chosen as the capital OF
Montana at the Constitutional Convention in
Helena; the North Dakota Convention de-
clared in favor Of Bismarck as the capital
site.
THE Postofice Department of Washington
shows that the increase in the mileage of rail
way mail service for the fiscal year, 1889,
was 6946 miles. Nebraska furnished the
largest increase, 592 miles; followed by Ala
bama, with 473 miles; Kansas, 416 miles, and
Kentucky, 3s5 miles. .....
CHARLES FRANCIS MEsERvE, Of Spring
field, Mass, has been appointed by Presi-
dent Harrison Superintendent at the Has.
kell Indian Institute, at Lawrence, Kansas.
Mr.. Meserve is a graduate Of Colby Univer-
sity, Maine, and was highly recommended
for the Office as an educator Of large eIpe-
rience and gentleman Of culture.
THE Turks are arming the Moslems
throughout the island of Crete. A fight
took place at Heraclion between Moslems
and Christians. Ten were killed on each side
and many were wounded
TWENTY prisoners were killed by soldiers
in revolt at San Juanilla, Mexico.
THE jury in the case of Mrs. Maybrick, the
American lady who has been on trial in Lon
don, England, for the murder of her hus'
band, brought in q verdict Of guilty. Mrs.
Maybrick was thereupon sentenced to death
EMPEROR WILLIAM of Germany reviewed
30, 600 British troops at Aldershot, England
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THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

W. F. JOHNSON & Co., leather dealers Of
Boston, have failed with Liabilities Of $3.50
600.
SIX THOUSAND cokers of the Connelsvllle
district of Pennsylvania have gone on strike.
-Four thousand ovens are idle.
HORACE D. PHILLIPS, manager Of the
Pittsburg penny Baseball Club, has been de-
clared insane.
A RIOT occurred among 500 italian railroad
hands at Beaver, Penn. during which AnGo-
nio Costinello was killed, two Italians fatally
injured, another shot in the leg and several
others badly beaten.
The License bill was passed by the Rhode
Island Legislature, after which the special
session adjourned.
GEORGE D. PENRosE, one Of the Auditors
at the Philadelphia Office of the Reading Rail-
road Company, was drowned while bathlng
at Atlantic City, N. j.
WHILE Horatio Fraser and his wife and
two children were boating on the Pawtu1et
River ut Providence, r. l., the boat capsized
and the children, aged two and one-haf
and four years, were drowned.
MISS JESSIE CRoUoHER and Miss Ella
Olive Parr, of Boston, were drowned in Horn
Pond near Woburn, Mass, by the capsl1ng
of sailboat.
COMMODORE WILLIAM II. fIfZhOGh,
United States Navy, died few days ago In
the Naval Hospital at Philadelphia. He was
sixty-three years old.
A sAnBoAT containing five persons was
capsized on Silver Lake, near Pembroke,
Mass Fred Allen, of Brockton, and Marcus
Howe, Of East Bridgewater, were drowned.
In the trial Of the United States cruiser
Boston for speed in Narragansett Bay, OFT
Rhode Island, the vessel made 1876 knots
with seventy revolutions under unfavorable
conditions.
In a drunken quarrel James Quinn, aged
sixty, of CoxsacGe, N. Y, struck his son
James on the head with an axe. Death re-
suited next morning.
HENRY SIMMONS, aged twenty-four years,
and two boys, Willie Simmons and Eddie De-
plore, aged respectively twelve and nine
years, were drowned while boating at Pitts
burg, Penn.
A PREMATURE explosion of blast at Coal
Valley, Penn, killed two miners, John
Stokes and Thomas Allen.
PATRICK E. WHITE and Stephen Wallace
fell from staging seventy feet high while
working on building in Boston, Mass, and
were killed.
PRESIDENT HARRISON, accompanied by
Secretaries Window and Proctor and Private
Secretary Halford, went through New York
city on his way to Bar Harbor, Me-, where
he was to pay visit to Secretary Blaine.
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WoRKMEN doing the grading on a
railroad near Atlanta, &C., witnessed
The sight the other day OF a snake
feeding it's offspring. The baby snakes
we're secure in the roots of an old tree,
and the mother, which caught flies by
springing at them, would, when pos
sessed of fly, rapidly glide to the
Young snakes, which came pel-mell,
helter-skelter to meet her. She
caught fly a minute, and was watched
securing them for over two hours.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-21
THE LABOR WORLD.
BROOKLYN has the biggest bakery.

BROOKLYN has the biggest bakery.
P1rTsBuRa has the biggest AK mill
Boot and shoe manufacturers are busy.
WINDOW glass factories will soon start up
The bakers Of Leipzig have gone out on
strike.
ELECTRICITY is used to haul coal out OF
mines.
GREAT BRITAIN has 1900 cooperative
uniors.
ENG1 AND is complaining Of the arrival OF
pauper labor.
TIE European workingmen are opposed to
standing armies.
ONE of the street car drivers In Dubuque,
Iowa, is q woman
SILK manufacturing is growing very rap
idly in the United States.
THE United Order of American Carpenters
is said to be increasing rapidly.
THERE is wonderful increase in the num-
ber of foundry and machine shops.
On June 30 2SS furnaces were in blast in
the United States, and 293 out Of blast.
A. J. DIExEL the New York banker,
has founded an industrial college at Wayne,
Penn.
BELFAST 'na1 weavers get S per week.
Other workers make from fifty cents per
week up.
ENGLISH iron workers are agitating ITO
Sunday work and five days per week with
Monday off,"
ENGLISH mill men who are obliged to
work on Sunday, are making an effort to
have it stopped.
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HIRED ASSASsINS.
Two Mountaincers Agree TO Kill
Man for $500.

Two Mountaineers Agree 10 h1u q
Man for $500.
A dispatch from Mount Sterling, KY,
says that James Combs, Jesse Barnett and
Charles Wall were arrested on suspicion Of
having murdered John A. Rose ten days ago
in Powell County. At the examination
Combs made full confession, and afterward
Barnett did the same. Combs says ne and
Barnett were hired by Goodloe Combs, q
Deputy Sheriff of Breathitt County, and
cousin of James Combs, to kill Rose, promis.
ing to furnish the pistols and to pay each OF
them $500. Hesays Goodloe Combs told him
that James Hall was to furnish the money.
Doc Hall, a brother Of James Hall, was
killed by Rose about a year ago. Combs
saws he and Barnett overlook Rose the day
he was killed and had some words with him,
and then passed on and hid and shot him
when he came hack
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-21
FILLING FEDERAL OFFICES
Important Appointments. Made by
President Harrison.

The President made the following ap-
pointments:
Edward F. hobart, Of New Mexico, to be
Surveyor-Generalo Of New Mexico.
Joseph v. Clark, Of Maine, to be Pension
Agent at Augusta, Maine.
Calvin G.. Townsend, Of Michigan, to be
Principal Clerk Of Public Lands in the
General Land Office.
Isaac P. Conwell, of Indiana, to be Prin-
cipal Clerk on Private Land Claims in the
General Land Office.
William r. Harris Of Massachusetts,, to be
Commissioner of Education.
William q. Hart, Of Indiana, to be Third
Auditor Of the Treasury. ....
John T. Rankin, Of Pennsylvania, to be
Deputy Auditor Of the Treasury for the Post
office Department.
Joseph H. Kibbey, to be Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court Of the Territory OF
George W. Jolly, of Kentucky, to be At
torney Of the United States for the district
Of Kentucky.
William Grant, of Louisiana, to be Attor-
ney of the United States for the eastern dis
trfct Of Louisiana.
Peter A. Williams of Florida, to be Mar
shal Of the United States for the southern
district Of Florida
Walter q. johnson Of Georgia, to be Col
lector Of Internal Revenue for the district Of
Georgia.
Eugene A. Webster, Of South Carolina, to
be Collector Of Internal Revenue for the dis
trict Of South Carolina
Granville G.. Benedict Of Vermont to be
Collector Of Customs for the district Of Yer
mont.
Henry Hebing, of New York, to be Ccllec-
tor Of Customs for the district Of Genesa,
New York.
Columbus G.. Wimbish, of Georgia, is to be
Surveyor Of Customs for thaport Of Atlanta,
Georgia.
John F. Patty, Of Louisiana, to be the
Naval Officer Of Customs in the district Of
New Orleans.
John Ingle, Supervising Inspector Of Steam
Vessels for the Sixth District louisville,
Kentucky.
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In sitka, Alaska, town Of 1000 inhabi-
tants, not a foot of land is owned in fee SIM
Die, but buildings and improvements pass
from one to another by simply bill Of sale,
and this practice is universally. regarded as
In eyecr rasuect q completa and nerfect tttlA
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! THE total cantonal vote In France for the
Councils General Is as follows. General Bou-
ianger, 15s, 900; republican candidates l50s.
600: resctionist candidates, 100000. =
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GREAT alarm is caused In the City OF
Mexico by the terrible ravages being made
thronshont the country, and especially in the
iow-lying districts, by the yellow fever. The
mortality increases in number every DAY.
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soME papers do not like the En-
rlish habit of omitting the article atheT
before the names of yachts, especially
in the case of yachts named after wom1
en-. The omission does seem unfortun!
ate when it makes such statements az
these possible; "Cora proved slow IL
her stays" "Gracie ran her nose in
the mud" and "A1ice careened and
STAGGERED under her heavy load.
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JERUSALEM is growing fast in popula.
ton, owing to the large number Of jews
focking thither. They now NJ humber
10000 more than the combined 4oslem
and Christian population.