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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-25
STANLEY'S RETURN.
The Long Journey For Emin Pasha's
Relief Ended-Sad Accident.


Henry NJ. Stanley hes arrived on the east
coast of Africa, opposite Zanzibar, having
with him Emin Pasha and about two hun
dred people whom he has been for many
months conducting from the interior of the
continent. The dispatch which announces
their arrival stated that another detachment
of the rescued community was safely nearing
the point of rendezvous
Thus ends successfully one OF the most re-
markable expeditions Of modern times
While General Gordon was Governor of the
Soudan German named Edward Schnitzler,
now known to the world rs Emin Pasna, be-
came Governor of province of Egypt in the
equatorial interior of the continent. TO res
cue him from his isolated position the expedf-
ton was organized, which was put in charge
of Stanley, in February, 1887. From that
time To this the public has watched for news
from the adventurer and his command with
increasing interest. Frequently stories OF his
death have been published, but they proved
to be false.
Mr.. Stanley brings with him not only the
people whom he set out to relieve, but an ad-
ditional store of experience of life in interior
Africa, which we may expect him to reduce
to print for the benefit of geographical and
chronological science.
A dispatch from Zanzibar announced that
Emin Pacha had met with q probably fatal
accident. Being near-sighted, he walked
out of window by mistake, and fell on his
head. fracturinE his skull.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-25

GENERAL CAss1cs NJ. CLAY, the late
Colonel Goodloe's great uncle, has
record with the knife which is note
worthy even for Kentuckian. he had
three personal encounters before the
war in which knives were used, and in
each case he succeeded in killing his
opponent. A fourth victim he cut al
most to pieces, but the man was
stitched up and recovered. A few years
ago he killed negro who had insulted1
him, again using the knife. Governor
Warmoth, of Louisiana, saved his life
in New Orleans a few years ago by
vivisecting with a knife man who at.
tempted to assassinate him.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-25
Official Action.

The Governors III the Southern States sent
messages of sympathy to Mrs. Davis, and
Southern State Legislatures passed resolu-
tions of coincidence. Throughout the South
the expressions of sorrow came from every
quarter. Mayor Shakespeare, of New Or
leans, sent the following telegram to the
Secretary of War:
II have officially to inform you that the
Hon. jefferson Davis, at one time Secretary
of War OF the United States, died in this
city yesterday. His funeral will take place
here Oh December II, at 12 o'clock, noon."
Secretary Proctor replied to this communi-
cation as follows:
Your telegram informing me of the death
of Mr.. Davis is received. refraining from
any official action thereon, I would not, and
hope I do not add to the great sorrow OF his
family and friends. 1t seems to me the right
course and the best one for all. You will, l
am sure, understand that its adoption is
prompted also by sincere wish and purpose
to act in the spirit of peace and good will,
which should fill the hearts Of all our peo-
ple."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-25
Washington.

The aggregate total collections of Internal
Revenue for the first four months of the cur
rent fiscal year amounts to $4G, 1S3, $50, as
against S42, 743, ,9S5 for the corresponding
months of last year.
CONGRESSMAN TON REED, of Maine, the
new Speaker of the House, has appointed
Amos L. Allen, of Alfred, Me-, as his Private
Secretary.
WILLIAM H. SMITH, colored, for several
years Assistant Librarian in Washington,
has been promoted to be Librarian of the
the House.
MRS. SCOTT LORD. sister of the Presidents
wife, after several months illness, has died.
SIR JULIAN PAUNcEFoTE, the British Min,
lister, and his wife gave a reception to the
delegates to the Marine Conference.
TIE following nominations have been con,
frmed by the Senate: Robert P,
Porter, of New York, to be Super.
intendent of the Census; Lewis A.
Croft, of Nebraska. to be Commissioner Of
the General Land Office; William N. Stone,
of Iowa, to be Assistant Commissioner of the
General Land Office; James NJ. Townsend,
of Indiana, TO be Recorder of the General
Land Office.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-25
A PANICS AWFUL RESULT.
Another Disaster in Ill-Fated
JOhnStOWn.
Many People Trampled to Death
in a Theatre.

Johnstown, Penn, the city OF disasters. has
had another horror 1t came in the night,
and though its dead and injured victims do
Tot number more than one hundred, all told,
It came upon them with even less of warning
or preparation than the awful deluge Of
May 81. Twelve persons at least were
killed and thirty-fve seriously injured as a
result of fire panic at the Johnstown Opera
House, which was opened to the public only
a week or two ago. Stetson's Uncle Toms
Cabin" was the play, and there was a large
audience present. considering the very
limited means which Johnstown people
now find at their command for any
kind of amusement purposes. Dur
ing the performance the cry of ''Firer;
was raised. TO people among whom any ~
sudden warning might mean so very such, to
those who had passed through the food
and had not forgotten its horrors, this cry was
contagious. 1t spread like wild fire. and was
on every lip in an instant Terrified and
panic stricken the hundreds of people in the
audience rushed, over seats and struggling
bodies, toward the one means Of exit. There
was only single, narrow stairway, and over
one another, headlong the frightened people
tumbled, regardless Of the consequences.
By AS o'clock A. II. nine dead bodies had
and auditorium, and dozens upon dozens of
the injured had been assisted to doctors Of
fees and drug stores for relief and restora-
ton. By 2 A. N. ten dead bodies had been
counted, and it seemed as if the number
might yet be swelled, possibly doubled. The
number of injured at that hour had reached
thirty-fve, and there had been only the most
superficial and hasty of searches for either
the rescued OF the dead.
1t was found necessary to turn stream of
water on the crowd from fire engine to
force it away from the doorway below, 50
the dead and wounded could be taken out.
When the jam was cleared the following
persons were found dead upon the stairs:
Miss Clara Burns, Mrs. Nester, George
Horner, Charles Fiant, Mrs. Lister, John
Miller, A. Weiss, John Wyman, Richard
Worthington, Isaac Tolar, John Carr and an
unknown woman.
Among the seriously injured were Charles
Vaughn, Albert Owens, and man named
Welmer. There were about thirty others
injured.
The alarm was false, and there were many
threats against the unknown nl2n who
started it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-25
THE LABOR WORLD.

AN eight-hour agitation has been started
In Berlin.
A SAILORS and firemens union will be
formed in Baltimore.
UNION cigarmakers who work over eight
hours day are fined.
! AN immense electric light establishment
Is to be built at Pittsburg.
; THE carpenters Of Saginaw, Mich, have
adopted the eight-hour rule.
NEARLY four thousand women are en-
ployed around English coal mines.
The woodcarvers of Baltimore have formed
q union. The membership is forty.
| A STATE Convention of the Massachusetts,
Knights of Labor was held in Boston.
/ THE National Farmers and Laborers'
Union has been organized in st. Louis
THE English Board of Trade reports 500
strikes during 1855, with Sc, 900 strikers.
A GENERAL agitation against tenement
house factories is being carried on in Boston.
A JOURNAL will soon be issued by the
Sailors and Fremens Union of New York
city.
SEVEN THOUSAND men are enrolled in the
thirty-six branches of the Boilermakers'
Union.
A NATIONAL Convention of tin and sheet
iron workers will be held at Omaha on
January ID.
THE Denver Tailors Union refused to re-
commend Chicago as the place for the
Worlds Fair.
THE Knights of Labor value their Phila-
delphia property at 100000. 1t cost them
about 100000.
Iris reported that new watch factory, to
cost $50, 900 and to employ 100 men, Will be
soon started at Lincoln, Ill.
ENGLISH workingmen are now trying to
prevent the immigration into England OF
workingmen from the Continent.
THE trade of cabinetmaking is very dull IN
San Francisco. A woman is working as
Narnisher in one Of tbH cabinet factories
there.
The Debardelben Coal and Iron Company
has increased the pay of miners at the Blue
Greek Mines, Alabama, from 40 to 421% cents
per ton.
A NUMBER Of workingmen's wives in
Ironville, England, have started a CO.
operative laundry which is said to be very
successful.
ALTHOUGH there are about seventy-ive
thousand union men in Massachusetts, Mr..
Marks the Labor candidate for Governor,
poled only Ill votes.
AN Assembly of the Knights of Labor has
been formed by the ropemakers OF Belfast,
Ireland. They recently held their first regu-
Lar meeting, which was largely attended.
HAVING learned that some one was in
ducing American cigarmakers TO 60 to Mel
bourne, Australia, the cigarmakers' Organiza-
ton of that city has sent word that there are
no vacancies there for anybody.
CAR works which will employ 1000 men
will soon be in operation at Laredo, Texas.
They are the property of the Mexican Ma
tional Railroad, and the total cost OF their
construction will be over s600 900.
A STREET railroad corporation in London
duty. A driver who recently wore derby
for day, while his high tile was being
blocked, was suspended for week -=--
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-25
THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

HENEY CARLTON was hangedln New York
for the murder of Policeman Brennan.
THE wo-kingmen of New York city held a
meeting at Cooper Union to indorse the
Worlds Fair project. The demonstration
was arranged BY the Central and Independ.
ent labor bodies of the city.
A TERRIFIC mill explosion occurred at
Marion, Del. Three men were killed and
seven injured.
The Monongahela House, the largest hotel
in Pittsburg, and one of the best known
hotels in the country, has been damaged by
fire to the extent of about 100000.
The New York Chamber of Commerce at
its monthly meeting pronounced the Chi
nese Exclusion act ill-considered legislation,
and passed resolution asking the President
to resume the interrupted negotiations with
China.
JOHN GEEENwALL, convicted of the mur-
der of Lyman S. Weeks. whose house he had
entered for the purpose OF robbery, has been
hung at Brooklyn, n. Y.
Two children. who were locked up in
room in New York city by their mother
while she went marketing set fire to the fur-
niture and were smothered.
CHARLES FRoHocK, aged 12 years, of
Lincolnville, Me-, was shot dead by the
accidental discharge of gun by companion
of his own age.
JOHN Ross was on a ladder painting a
school building at Paterson, N. j.. when Maria
Norman. aged twelve years, thoughtlessly
caught hold of guide rope and began tug
ging at it. The ladder and Ross fell on the
child and killed her.
The United States squadron of evolution,
comprising the four new vessels, left Boston
for Lisbon.
A BIG blaze at Union Square and Univer-
sity Place, New York city, destroyed property
valued at about $780, 600. -Four firemen were
injured.
WHITNEY &, Co.. New York dealers in
woolen and silk goods, have failed for $780,
900.
PETER CLAUsEN, lineman of New York
city. while on a pole repairing a wire was
killed. His body hung for thirty minutes be-
fore it could be taken down.
CLAUS SPREcKELs' big sugar refinery,
with which he intends fighting the Sugar
Trust, has begun operations in Philadelphia.
1t cost about So, ,000, 900 and has a capacity of
100000 pounds of sugar day.
IT decided that no delegation from New
York city be sent to Washington until Con-
gress should have taken up the Exposition
bill. Mayor Grant issued another appeal for
subscriptions.
The American Federation Of Labor met
in convention at Boston.
OLIVER JOHNSON, the prominent anti
slavery agitator and newspaper writer, died
at his home in Brooklyn.
THOMAS N. HART, Republican, has been
reelected Mayor of Boston by about 5000
majority.
ALL the schools of Marlboro, Mass, were
closed owing to the prevalence of diphthe-
ria.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-25
CONGRESS ROBBED.
The Cashier of the Houses Sergeant
at-IArmS Defaultcr.

The Cashier of the Houses Sergeant.
at-Arms a Detaulter.
Edward Silcott, cashier Of the Sergeant
alarms of the House of Representatives ha'
fed, carrying of about ST., COO Of the fund:
entrusted to his care.
Silcott was trusted employe, who came
to Washington from Ohio. and was appointed
by Sergeant-at-Arms Leedom when thai
gentleman assumed Office. six years ago. HI
had good business qualifications and soor
possessed himself of the unlimited confidence
of his superior. One day recently ne notified
Mr.. Leedom that he was going to New Yorl
and would be back the following night As
he did not appear on the day after Congress:
opened Mr. Leedom began an investigation
The information that Silcott had drawn his
bank balance deepened these suspicious
The enormous safe in the Sergeant-at-
Arms office could not be opened at the mo-
ment. as Silcost had the combination; but
when an entrance was finally effected. it was
found that some $50, 600 set apart for the use
of the paying teller was intact. The next in-
uuiry was made at the Treasury Depart
nent, and Mr. Leedom was informed that
Silcott had called there and had drawn about
$4,000. It was possible for him to draw this
large sum without exciting comment, as he
had for long time been charged with the
duty Of collecting the money with which the
salaries of the Congressmen are paid.
The announcement Of Silcott's defalcation
was madein the House, and Speaker Req,
at Mr.. Leedom's request, appointed COM
mittee to investigate the accouptsof the Ser
geantar-Arms.
.,..co,J Is under bonds in the sum of $50, 600,
his sureties numbering about fifteen persons.
This is, however, an indemnity bond given to
the sergeant-at-Arms and MI: Leedom, who
is himself bonded in the sum of s5o, ,C00 is di-
rectly responsible for the shortage.
Some Congressman may lcse from one to
rnetr private funds-which they had made
with the cashier.
Slcott is supposed to have fed to Canada
with woman with whom he had become
infatuated. He left family in Washing
ton.
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South and West.

In fight with four drunken Indians at
Melrose, Kan, City Marshal Snyder was in
stantly killed and one Indian fatally
wounded.
MINERS HOTEL at East Tawas, Mich, has
been partially destroyed by fire. Two charred
bodies were found in the ruins. Five men
were seriously injured.
The Senate of South Carolina unanimously
adopted resolution expressing the sense of
the General Assembly that the city of New
York is the most suitable place in which to
hold the Worlds Fair in 1892.
IowA's official count shows that Boies
(Democrat) had for Governor $50, Ill votes
to l73, 53S for Hutchinson (Republican). AL
the other Republican candidates on the State
ticket were elected The Prohibition vote
was about 1000, and the Union Labor vote
about $500.
THREE Apache Indians, who were to have
been hanged at Florence, Arizona, tied strips
of cloth tightly about their necks and stran
gled themselves
W. Fl. FURsMAN, a missing loan broker Of
Pontiac, ILL.,, is charged with forgeries
amounting to $500, ,000 and covering period
of ten years.
BY the upsetting of buggy in Portland,
Oregon, one lady was killed and another IA
tally injured.
THE Pacific Mail steamship China reached
San Francisco from Yokohama, Japan, hav-
ing beaten the record by seventeen hours,
ten minutes.
THE extensive -four mills of Lindsay &
Robson, of Humboldt, Kan, have been de-
stroyed by fire. Loss 500, 600; insured S45.-
900.
CAsPAR F. CLIsBY, of st. Louis, committed
suicide after shooting four other persons, two
of whom were fatally wounded.
The Pan-Amercian Congress adopted the
report of the Committee on Committees, and
elected two Vice-Presidents.
PRESIDENT HARRISON and Vice-President
Morton were present at the opening of the
Chicago Auditorium, the largest opera house
in America The President made speech
of congratulation. The great edifice cost
SS,000,000.
The Capital Loan and Investment Com
pany, which was organized about SIX months
ago at Lincoln, Neb., with capital stock OF
S10,000000, has gone into voluntary llQulda-
ton.
A BOILER in Dean & Kings sawmill, near
Birmingham, Ala, exploded, killing three
men.
COLONEL JUsTUs H. RATHBoNE, founder
of the Order of the Knights of Pythias, died
at Lima, Ohio. He was born at Deerfeld, n.
Y, in 1889.
A TRAIN ran off the track at Watertown,
South Dakota, causing the death Of the en-
gineer, fireman and brakeman.
WILLIE JOHNSON, aged twelve, Of New
Haven, KY, shot and killed Tommy Ford,
aged fourteen. The two had Quarreled and
Ford was attacking Johnson.
WHITE CAPS, at Holyoke, Col. horse
whipped J. S. Bennett and W. D. kelsey,
two prominent attorneys of that place. The
horSewhpping is the result of county seat
war.
w. C. CHEsTERMAN, a conductor, was run
over and instantly killed at the depot in Nor
folk, Va His foot got caught in a frog and
he fell backward. The train passed over his
body, cutting it in two lengthwise.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-25
GOVERNORS IN COUNCIL.
For Monument to Commemoratet the
Declaration of Independence.

For a Monument to Commemorate the
Declaration Of Independence. B
The Governors Of Pennsylvania, New Jer-
sey, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New
Hampshire and Arizona were present in per-
son, and eleven other States were represented
by proxy, at a meeting held in Washington
to petition Congress for the erection of a.
memorial monument at Philadelphia to Com
memorate the Declaration Of Independence
and the one hundredth anniversary OF Con-,
stitutional Government in the United States.
Governor Green, of New Jersey, presided, and
delivered an address giving history OF the
present movement which, he said, was started
as far back as 1852. -,
After general discussion draft Of a bill
was adopted to be presented to Congress; 1t
donates ten acres in Fairmount Park, Phlla-
delphia, for the monument, provides for COM
mission comprising one citizen from each
State and Territory and thirteen citizens OF
Philadelphia, and asks Congress for an ap-'
preparation to erect the monument, tho
amount being left blank. r.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-25
JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Jefferson Davis died in New Orleans few
nights ago after brief illness.
He had been i'll for several days, old age
being apparently the main cause of his sick
ness. The physicians were hopeful almost to
the last that mis- life might be prolonged. 1t
YVES found, however, that be was unable to
take nourishment. SO that all ef-
forts in his behalf were unavailing.
Anime o'clock the physicians, Drs. Chaille and
Bickham. held consultation. Previous to
this DR.. Bickham had called and found Mr..
Davis so much worse that ne sent for
DR.. Chaille. At 12:45 A. NJ. the aged
leader of the "Lost Cause" passed into the
eternal keeping OF that history where the
Lost Cause" itself passed a quarter of a
century ago,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-25
A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
Two Men, a Wagon, and Team Blown
TO Fragments by yNitro-Glycerine.

Two Men, a Wagon, and Team Blown
TO Fragments by Nitro-Glycerine.
At quarter past o'clock the other MORN
ing Butler, Penn, was shaken from centre
to circumference by a nitro -glycerine explo-
sion at the Butler Torpedo Company's maya
zine. two miles south Of the town. The e1-
plosion occurred when cans were being put
into the wagons at the factory. James 0.
Woods and William Medill and their wagon
and team were blown into unrecognizable
fragments The larger part of the factory
buildings are demolished. The factory was
crushed down. and only the smoke stack re-
mains intact The rafters of the magazine
fell down over the glycerine there, but it did
not explode. Woods's shoulder and right arm
were found twenty rods away. A small part
of Medill's trunk was taken from the top Of
a tree. The theory is that Woods let a can
of the explosive drop when handing it up to
Medill, who was in the wagon. A great hole
was made in the ground where the wagon
stood.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-25

AN experiment in ocean time-saving
has Just been tried by having the
steamship City of Rome discharge her
passengers at Milford Haven instead OF
at Liverpool on her last voyage out.
Milford Haven is the extreme western
point of England, and it is believed
that sailing direct from New York to
that point will save from eighteen to
twenty-four hours in the passage. 1t
is likely to become the great point OF
sailing between the two countries. /
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-25
FINING HIMSELF.

An Extraordinary Scene in a Caii1orS
nia Court.
A few days ago Judge Alexander Laidlawr
of Oakland, Cal, got drunk and created
scene in saloon. He was not arrested, ouS
a report of his unseemly conduct was puo-
i,shed in the papers. He wore an air OF IN
usual dignity when court opened tne ss oenes
lectured himself for breaking q city orof-
nance, pledged himself to resign IT 1t oS
Cured again. imposed fine Of $50 aaa Pa9A
il to the hailiff.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-25

The New York Sun gives the first picture
printed in this country Of the Provisional
President of the new republic Deodoro de
Fonseca, the organizer and head Of the
revolution, and now Provisional Presi-
dent of the United States of Brazil is a man
sixty-three years of age, who has been a
soldier all his life, and who is said to be de-
votedly attached to the profession of arms.
He served with distinction in the Paraguay
campaign, and was wounded at the battle Of
Ifororo
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-25

The old saying that the man who
minds his own business will ma le
money is not true. Charles Cochra Z
a Canadian, has remained on his farm
for fourteen straight years without
leaving it and has not spoken to a
stranger in all that time, and yet he
is poorer than when he began. g.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-25
RIOTOUS WOMEN CONVICTS.
A Kansas Penitentiary Official Fatal
ly Wounded.

4 Kansas Pcniten12Fy cTtctai F't>@i-
ly Wounded.
A revolt among the female convicts in the
penitentiary has occurred ct Leavenworth,
Kan. On Sunday, when the women were es-
corted from the chapel, Matte Brown, VIC
lent prisoner, assaulted one of the guards.
For this she was confined in the dark CELL
Next morning all the other women prisoners
made demand on the matron, Mrs: Hanks,
that Brown be released from the cell. This
was refused and they drove the lnatron out
and attacked the cell with hatchets. Captain
Hanks, husband Of the matron, was sum,
moned, and when he appeared the infuriated
women turned on him with hatchets and in
hicted mortal wounds His skull was crushed
and he was left for dead on the floor. All the
guards were then summoned and the riot was
Que!led.
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THE Eiffel tower will remain unvisited On
the Champ de Mars at Paris, this winter. In
the spring it will be reopened to visitors. M.
Eiffe1 has chamber at the top, into which
he can retreat when he wishes to be alone and
work hard.