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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-17
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

KATE FIELD is lecturing on Prohibition.
CHRISTINE NILSSON was born in Sweden IN
1S43.
CLARA NORRIS, this actress, is i'll IN 81.
Louis.
ADA REHAx, Augustin Days leading lady,
Is worth S150,O00
BOOTH AND BARRETT will pay MoaJesKa
$500 week for next August.
COMEDIAN WILLIAM j.. FLORENCE was
born in Albany, N. Y, in 1851.
MARIE VAN ZANDT is having great success
in Italian opera at Krolrs Theatre, Berlin.
"TsE M1KADo" has been produced with
much success at the Gartnerplatz lnea0re al
Munich.
A NEW theatre, to cost nearly S. T,0OO, 0oo, Is
TO be built on the Champ de Mars, SG' retsFs
burg, Russia.
EDWARD ScovEL, the American tenor, mas
met with distinct success in Chicago as FauSI
and Don jose.
DANIEL S MAGUISSIs, the we'll known
comedian, died in Boston few days ago,
aged ffty-fys
CorSr Eoy MoLTKE, though eightJ-sl2
wears old, fully retains his love for InuslG,
and hardly ever misses court copCer0. ie
used to be frequent performer on the piano.
too, but has given 1t up.
5.v.GER ABBEY has had unusual hard
1nct with some of his greatest attractions
during tho past two years. Last seasoti
Esrstsr broke down at the very beginning OF
her American tour, and young Holman de-
serted his manager just as a substantial re-
turn for the preliminary outlay was negin.
ming to be made Now, Miss Anderson mas "a
been forced to retire at tine whei nIi
mass will cost her managers IN the nelgnooE-
hand Of $4,000. .----~-..
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NERVIEST OF ROBBERS.
A Banker Forced to Sign and Cash
a Big Check.

A startlingly bold bank robbery occurred
in Denver, COL, at o'clock in the afternoon.
David H. Moffat, President of the First Ma
tional Bank and also President of the Denver
and Rio Grande Railway, was the victim,
though the loss, S21,O00 will fall upon the
bank
At II O'Clock a we!l-dressei man of middle
age walked into Mr.. Moffat's office in the Rio
Grande Building and requested an interview
with him.
His first remark was to ask Mr.. Moffat if
he had blank check about him. Mr.. Moi
fat, supposing this had something to do with
the mans story, sent out for the blank. When
the clerk brought it and had departed
the stranger drew revolver, and
pointing it at the Presidents head,
coolly said "If you make move OF
speak word I will kill you on the spot.
am in desperate circumstances, and you
must give me S2l,0 900. have counted all
oughy laid my pans. If you say word, or
by any act convey to any one any sign,
will kill you in an instant
The man had a light Cvercoat over hls
arm. His pistol was in the right hand. ne
removed the coat from the left to the right
arm and drew the weapon under the folds OF
his coat This precaution was taken III Mr.
Moffat's presence, and, without announcer
word of warning. the bank PRESIDENT ana
the robber walked into the large banking
room where there were perhaps score OF
persons doing business and thirty clerks and
employees were behind the railings.
The two walked to the window of the Pay
ing Teller, Thomas Kelley. The stranger
laid the check down on the counter and MIR.
Moffat nodded to the teller signifyiHg that
it was all right The bold rascal then said
to the Teller: "Count it out in big bills:
the larger the better, and one thou,
sand in gold" He then requested
Mir. Moffat to order the Teller to bring the
money mo to the Presidents private Office. This
Mr.. Moffat did, and at a suggestive nod
from the robber the two men walked back
across the large counting room and entered
the Presidents Office.
Once inside, the stranger again cautioned
Mr.. Moffat at the peril OF his life not to give
any warning He kept up this running talk
for at least ten minutes, or until the Teller
appeared with the money. 1t ltcomprlsed one
ten.thousand- dollar bill, ten one-thousand-
dollar bills, and $1,000 in gold.
Mr.. Moffat assisted in putting the gold
into bag brought by the Teller for the pur.
pose, and the Teller retired. The robber
then threatened Mr. Moffat that il he created
a scene within five minutes his comrade, who
was in the counting-room outside, would Kill
him, and then he left, walking out into the
crowded street. MIR. Moffat did not believe
in the comrade lingering near, ami at once
gave the alarm.
The Chief of Police has offered reward OF
$500 for the arrest of the robbar and gives
the following description:
The mans age Is thirty.two, height five
feet eight inches, swarthy complexion,
weight lao pounds, heavy brown mustache,
badly sunburned, derby hat light brown
overcoat, wears long-linked plated watch
chain,n
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Patrick Egan was born in County Long
ford, Ireland, about 1910, and received e
good English education. He moved to Dublin.
when boy and became clerk in a mercan-
tile Office. Later he became Secretary OF tho
City Milling Company and had stand In
the Dublin Corn Exchange.
He was connected with the Fenian organi-
cation in 1855, and later was some what promi-
nent in Isaac Butts Home Rule movement
He was, with Michael Davitt, one of the
original members of the Land League. and
was its first Treasurer. To avoid the seizure
of the funds by the English Government on
the passage of Secretary Forsters Coercion
Acthe moved to Paris in 1881, and managed
the finances Of the organization from tnere-
for two years.
Returning to Dublin he resumed his busi-
ness in grain and was also interested In Q.
series Of bakeries and provision stores.
Learning that the Government intended
arresting him he made his escape to this
country and settled in Lincoln, Neb., SIX
wears ago. There he has been engaged In the
grain business and in real estate transactions
ever sinca
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Robert Todd Lincoln, nominated by the
President as United States Minister to Eng
land, is the son of the late President Abra-
ham Lincoln, and was born in Springfield,
ILL.,, in 1S4S From local school he was sent
to the Illinois State University, and thence
to Harvard in 1860, where he graduated inl
1864. -.
He entered the army in the winter Of that
year as Captain OH General Grants stan,
and took part in the operations which re-
suited in the surrender Of Lee at Apponat-l
to1: at which he was present President Lin-)
coin received the first news Of Lees surren-
der from his son, who reached Washington
April IA. The President was assassinated1
that evening. tSg
Young Lincoln resigned his commission In
the army and entered the law firm Of Scam-,
mon, McCagg &c Fuller, in Chicago. He has
continued to practise at the Chicago Bar,
with some Interruptions, ever since. He vent
to Europe in 1872, where he remained several
months.
President Garfield appointed him Secretary
Of War in his Cabinet in 1881. Since his re-
tirement from that position he has frequent
ly been mentioned as possible Presidential
candidate.
Mr.. Lincoln is married to a daughter Of
ex-senator Harlan, Of Iowa.
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Warrington.

The President has appointed the three
Commissioners who are to treat with Tue
Cherokee Indians for their share OF the Okla
homa lands. The gentlemen named are y
Otis Humphrey, of Illinois; Alfred VI. VII
son, of Arkansas, and Ex-Governor george II.
Robinson of Massachusetts.
! TIE United States Senate has appointed
Messrs Sherman. Dawes, Cullom, Allison,
Hampton, Eustis, Colquitt and ingalls, as
committee to represent their body az Tile
Washington Centennial celebration IN Ne"
York.
QUEEN VICTORIA cabled message, OF
sympathy to President Harrison for the loss
Of life aboard our warshipss in Samoa ana tne
President sent an appropriate reply.
THE Secretary of the Interior has issued an
important order directing that heads OF
bureaus and other officers of the department.
will not call for designations except by di-
rection of the Secretary.
DURING March 1905 fourth-class postmas-
ters were appointed by the new Postmaster
General: 420 were appointed to succeed post
masters who had resigned, and Ssh to take
the places of others suspended or removed.
MAJOR MARCUS A. RENO, formerly of the
United States Army, is dead, in his fifty.
fifth year. For failing to go to General
Clusters relief at the Zig Horn massacre,
Major Reno was dismissed the service IN
1850.
THE Navy Department has issued orders
for the following vessels to go at once to
Samoa: The Richmond, now in Rio de la
plata, South America: the Alert, now i'll
Honolulu, and the Adams, now fitting Tor
sea at the Mare Island Navy Yard, Cal
TIE reduction in the public debt during
March amounted to $l3,605,633, and for the
first nine months of the current fiscal year.
$50, yOO, ,:S9l. The total debt less cash i'll the
Treasury, is Sl.ll4 iS3, &c. Cash or surplus
in the Treasury is s54,oOG,395, against s4s'-
CO., 15S month ago.
THE new Assistant Secretaries OF tho
Treasury, Messrs. Tichenor and Batcheller,
took the oath of office, and began at once tne
IL, JIt;n
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Murat Halstead, Whom the Senate
Refused to Send to Germany.

Murat Halstead, nominated by President
Harrison for Minister to Germany, and re-
jected by the Senate, is one of the best-known
figures in American journalism. He was
born in North Carolina in 1880, but moved to
Cincinnati with his parents in 1913. He be-
gan life as an office-boy and then became
reporter. Later he entered Farmers College,
and continued to contribute to the news
papers, He worked OH several papers after
leaving college, and in 1854 became mem
ber of the firm which owned the Cincinnati
Commercial, paper aftcrward consolidated
with the Gazette.
Mr.. Halstead has for many years been a
force in Ohio Republican politics, although
he has made some remarkable changes OF
opinion. He strongly criticised General
Grants course during the war and was op-
posed to the use Of colored troops. he was
one OF the Liberal Republicans who sup
ported Horace Greeley for the Presidency IN
1872. He was formerly an opponent OF MI
Blaine, but is now warm friend OF the
Secretary of State.
Six of the Republican Senators -Messrs.
Quay, Teller, ingalls,, Plumb, Evarts and
Dawes-are understood to have voted against
Mr.. Halstead, and two Democrats-Me Messrs.
Blackburn and Call-for him, making the
vote % to ID against confirmation. Eleven
Republican Senators in all are said to have
been ready to vote against him if moro votes
to reject had been required. The Republi-
can opposition to Mr.. Halstead was because
of attacks upon Republican United States
Senators which he had made in his paper
few years ago for refusing to investigate
charges of bribery in connection with Sena-
tor Payne's election by the Ohio Legislature.
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TEMPEST TAHITI.
The Society Islands Swept by hur
ricans and Torrents.

ricans and Torrents.
THE same hurricane which ragged SO dis
astrously over the Samoan Islands March
X was felt with terrific force at Tahiti,
where the island was swept by wind ana
flood, and thousands of lives were salo I"
have been lost. ,., 1o,de
The waters poured over the Level ianas
forming the outer portion of the island, ana
the capital city, Papeiti, was eno'rely SUI SUI
merged in the torrent. Houses were I cairieu Sa
away, the public buildings rulheo anu u'
yastation was spread everywhere.
The interior of the island IS noun.atI at
ous SONS of the people managed 70 reach
these high lands and thus escaped tne ., nouu,
hut the humber who perished IS 1ar larger
and was beyond calculation.
The level tracts of land IN tue isiano az
fertile. and the chief dependence OF inc M.
hahitants for food has been upon the lruits
and vegetables raised there, Inese crops
were destroyed and the people VINO escaPso S.
the flood found themselves confronteo oy LILO
danger of famine. =, e. =,
Tahiti is about 1900 miles from sam0a, III
an east southeast direction: IL Is tn.lS J
two miles long, and the island IS unoer
French control. Its capital CITY, Fapetsl,
has about thousand inhabitants O9 1ae
island of Tonga thirty persons Perisneo anu
Sbe storm did great damage.
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A BIG WHALING STORY.
A Schooner Shaken by COLLISION
With a Monster Whale.

Captain Samuel Pedrick, OF the schooner
James H. Gordon, which has arrived at Bal
timore from Charleston, S. c., reports that
when about seventy-fve miles E. 5. f. OF
Cane Henry, a school of whales was met.
They came so close to the vessel that pieces
of wood were dropped on their. backs, az
which they squirted fountains OF water IN
the air. At one time the sea appeared like q
mass of confused fire from the gambollnG Oh
the creatures. Lines of phosphorescent light,
sometimes as far as the eye could reach,
were visible from the ships deck, as ths
whales raced after one another through the
water. All that night the mighty fsh
PLAYED around the vessel without accident.
AT lj;3O o'clock on the morning Of tina 18th
the Gordon suddenly brought up being
shaken from stem to stern. Looking over
the bow, it was seen that the vessel had
struck monster whale. Ths water was dis.
colored and bloody, showing that the Cor
don had struck the fish terrible blow. Inc
whales disappeared from about the vessel
shortly after the collision. Captain Pedrlck
is confident there were 100 whales IN the
school, all of which, the first mate, an oil
whaler, says were sperm whales. 1t is sup
nosed they were attacted in shore by FOLLOW
inc the schools of mackerel no" OH the
coast
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LATER NEWS.

A MILK TRUST has been formed at Pitts
burg. The Trust will handle all the milk
some thirty thousand gallons, which is
brought to Pittsburg daily.
ADAM MAUI was found drowned in q
spring on his farm, near West Sand Lake
N. Y. He was sixty-fve years old, and is
believed to have committed suicide.
BOOTH, the great American tragedian, was
stricken with incipient paralysis during his
appearance in "Cthello, at Rochester, N. Y,
and the performance had to go on without
him. All his dates for the season lave been
Cancelled.
The Rhode Island State election resulted
in no choice by the people on the general
ticket, and the General Assembly will be
called upon to elect State officers.
FIRE destroyed 100000 feet of lumber
at Hannibal, No., and at one time threat
ened the destruction of the entire city.
Il GALE in Baltimore unroofed many
houses, doing great damage.
SECRETARY OF STATE BLAINE has re-
ceived information Of the sale, by the
Colonial Government to an American
syndicate, of the entire Jamaica railway
system.
COLONEL W. o. BRADLEY, of Kentucky,
has declined the Corean mission, to which he
was nominated few days ago by President
Harrison.
The contract for the construction Of the
machinery of the United States armored
cruiser Maine has been awarded to n. F.
Palmer & Co., of New York, at sz35, 1000.
The Roumanian Ministry has resigned.
EMIL TRE1TEL, one of the largest grain
dealers in Berlin, has suspended payment.
His liabilities amount to s1,50O,OOO.
KING JOHN of Abyssinia was defeated and
slain in recent battle, and the whole coun-
try is in state of anarchy. 1t is said the
Kings death was due to wounds received in a
battle with the forces led by the dervish
Mettema
GENERAL BoULANGER fled from Paris at
the request Of friends, who were Informed
that he would be tried by an exceptional tri-
bupal, and that he would not escape alive.
Bouanger is at Mons, Belgium, under the
pseudomym of Monsieur Bruno. Tho Gov
ernment has notified General Boulanger that
he will be expelled from the country unless
he abstains from political intrigues in France.
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THREER RAILWAY TRAGEDIES
Twelve Persons Killed and Many In
iured in the West.

A collision occurred on the Northern Pa
cific, near Helena, Montana, by which three
passengers were kilel and three wounded.
The east bound passenger train leaving He
lena ran into double header freight train
standing on the side track, wrecking three
engines and piling them in a promlscuous
mass on the track.
Of the killed only one was identified, Charlie
Green, fireman, whose home is in Balti-
more. The injured were Harry Conger, A.
L. North, mail agents. and Joseph Jackson
The station agent is blamed for not closing
the switch, knowing that the passenger train
was due.
Two yard engines in the Chestnut street
yards of the Omaha Road collided At st.
Paul. Minn., and two men were instantly
killed, two others fatally injured and three
more badly injured.
Fergus Flanagan, the yard master, and an
unknown person supposed to be young man
named Funk, were killed instantly. James
Davidson and William Utz were fatally in
jured. m
and Pittsburgh Railroad broke west of Cen
treviIle, Ind, and killed five persons, sup.
posed to be trampS.
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Foreign.

A WIDESPREAD plot to kill the Car has
been discovered and many arrests made IN
Russia.
THE annual boat race between crews re-
presenting Cambridge and Oxford Unlyer-
Stiles was rowed on the Thames, London,
over the usual course, four miles and two fur
longs. Cambridge won by three lengths.
EULoG1Es on the late John Bright were
pronounced in the House Of Commons by
Mr. Gladstone. Mr.. Smith, Lord Harrington,
Justin Mccarthy and Mr.. Chamberlain.
THE French Cabinet has unanimously re-
solved to prosecute General Boulanger for
unpatriotic agitation.
TIE Belgian mail packet Comtesse dc
Flanders was sunk in collision in the English
Channel. Fourteen lives were lost ana ths
mails were lost with the vessel
The funeral Of John Bright took place.
He was buried in the old Quakers burylng
ground at Rochdale, England.
LEG1TIME has sent peace commission Of
three to Cape Haytian by the steamer Delta.
The commission is empowered to confer with
Hyppolite about establishing some basis OF
relationship on which tho war can be de-
nlarad off
JOHN HENRY POPE, Canadian Minister OF
Railways, is dead.
A LETTER from Henry NJ. Stanley, dated
September 4, 1888, has reached a friend o
the explorer in Edinburgh. Mr.. Stanley says
he is well and in good spirits. He met Emir
Pacha on the shores of Albert Nyanza. They
were together for twenty-six days.
COUNTESS JOSEPHINE RADETzKY COM
mitted suicide at Vienna, Austria, by shoot
ing herself with a revolver.
THE German men-of- war Ale1andrine and
Sperber have been ordered to Samoa to re.
place the lost vessels.
THE Government of New Zealand has
posal of Admiral Kimberley, in command oil
the United States squadron at Samoa, for
the transportation Of the survivors Of the
recent disaster to America The steamer,
which is rapid cruiser, has already left fol
Samoa.
The debts of tie late NJ. Vandertaslsn, the
merchant prince Of Belgium, who committed
suicide recently, are estimated at S920,0oJ,
with assets of S240, 900.
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ANNIHHATED HER FAMILY.
A Despairins Mother Destroys Her
self and Three Children.

A Despairing Mother Destroys Her
self and Three Children.
Mrs Margaret Kinlein and her three chill
dren were burned to death in their home at
Milwaukee, Wis, early in the morning. The
house is small two story frame building
two doors from Walnut street, and Mrs
Kinlein, with her children, occupied the three
rooms on the lower floor Upstairs an old
man named Lawrence Jung lived with his
son and two daughters, and they were awak-
ened about = o'clock by the smell OF smoke
which seemed to come from the room bslow.
The son got up and going outside saw smoke
pouring from the lower rooms. He smashed
in window but got no response, and then
turned in fire alarm.
In the middle room on the lower floor the
doors of which had Eean tightly closed, the
charred bodies of Mrs. kine:n and two sons,
John and George. aged six AMI four years re-
spectively, were found. Later tho body of
the infant son Richard aged two years. was
found in the basement, a hole having burned
through the floor, through which the body
had fallen There was every indication that
the mother had deliberately burned herself
and her children to death b. building fire
beneath the bad in which they all slept. Mrs.
Kinlein lost her husband about year ago.
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South and West.

AN engine and three coaches fell through
q bridge near Queen City, Mo. John Arthur,
engineer, and Luther Chamberlain, fireman,
were killed.
A DEPUTY UNITED STATES MARSHAL was
killed by band of Kentucky outlaws.
JED TwITcuELL. colored, was hung at
Chatham, Va, for assault upon nine-year-
old girl
TWENTY stores and several dwellings were
burned in Ashton, ILL.,, Loss, 100000.
E. w. BLATCHFoRD's si1.story building,
filled with infammable materials, burned
in Chicago, causing a loss of $3.50, QUO.
A GENERAL strike of carpenters occurred
at st. Louis at o'clock ID the morning.
Over 100 men demanded eight hours as
days work.
A FREIGHT train plunged through burn,
ing bridge over Harts Creek, w. Va, ana
two tranlps were burned to death in the
wreck.
JOHN BoYLEs, of Clinton, No., attempted
to cross Grand River, which was mucn
swollen, with his wife and six children IN
wagon. The wagon was overturned IN mld-
strsam and four Of the children were
drowned.
WILLIAM EDWARDS, white man, VINO u
had the mail contract from Washburn. Da-
kota. to Coal Harbor. has been murdered by
his Indian wife.
JAMES C. CALHOUN, timer, prominent
in business religious and social circles at
Darton. Tenn. crazed by financial losses, at
tempted to kill his family and himself. He
and his wife were fatally injured.
THE Koderack, trading schooner, was
cruising between Graham aud Moresly
Islands. Alaska, when five seamen-two
Americans, Henry and Anderson and three
Kanakas-landed, taking some trlnkets tor
barter with the Indians. The Indians de-
molshed the whale boat in which the Sailors
came ashore and then killed the tve.
HENRY L. HoGUE, Superintendent of the
Electric Light plant at Fostora, Ohio, was
instantly killed by coming in contact WIN
the current while repairing dynamo.
CREGIER DemocraN was elected Mayor
of Chicago over Roche tRepubican) by TO-
0C0 majority.
THE village of Mount Pleasant, Dakota,
was almost entirely consumed oy prairie
fire. Every business house and nearly all
the residences are destroyed. The depot,
topether with about fifteen or twenty freight
cars and four large elevators, is gone. Ihe
loss will be nearly $500. .000, with very little
Insurance. and a hundred families were left
homeless and utterly destitute.
THE first United States Court ever held in
the Indian Territory has just been opened
at MusIagee.
GENERAL MCCONNELL, Of Usage, Kan, a
prominent politician, has committed suicide.
LANSING LOSING, treasurer Of Greenwood
Township. Mich, is Sl5O0 short in his ac-
counts and is under arrest.
Mrs. MINNIE d. MoYAH has been elected
Mayor OF Cottonwood Falls, Kan. The next
| City Council will be composed entirely 9f
| women.
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THE PARNELL COMMISSION.

Sir Charles Russell Makes His Open
ing Speech for the Defense
The Parnell Commission resumed its Sit
ting in London. Sir Charles Russell opened
the case for the Parnellites. He declared tnat
the testimony of ths 80 witnesses produced
by Attorney General Webster, leading cou9-
SCI for the Times, was irrelevant. He ad-
mitted that crime prevailed in Ireland to a
greater or less degree, and said that the col
lapse OF the Timess case in the matter of the
alleged Parmell letters abolished the pith
and marrow Of the inquiry. The court was
asked by the Times to indict whole nation,
a proceeding which Burke had declared TO
be infeasible. Judicial rules we're We Invalid
that thoughtful minds were convinced that
the time had come to try the experiment of
home rule in Ireland.