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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-06

AN explosion Of fire damp occurred in the
Hyde Colliery near Manchester, England.
There were l07 miners at work at the time,
and of these twenty-five were killed.
THE Czarina of Russia is said to be insane.
ADMIRAL MoNTs, Chief of the German
Admiralty, is dead.
Mr. ROBERT SEYMOUR, Vice. Consul Of the
United States at Queenstown, Ireland, is
dead.
A SCHOONER making trip to Skidegate,
British Columbia, sprung leak and sank.
Eight Indian passengers were drowned. The
captain, a white boy and seven White Boy
Indians escaped.
THREE HUNDRED houses were destroyed in
the Sarabat Valley, Asia Minor, by an earth
quake.
SEVEN persons were killed bv fall Of
rock in tunnel ut Abergwynfi, Wales.
A. BRITISH cruiser has been sent to Samoa
to protect England's interests there
A RIOT occurred at an election campaign
meeting held in Paris. Sticks were freely
used and twenty persons were injured. Dur
ing the progress of the meeting frequent
cheers were given for General Boulanger.
THE German warship Eber, which left
Samoa on January 5, has arrived at Auck-
land The officers denounce the reports sent
from Apia by way of San Francisco, and
declare that the statements regarding the
alleged tearing down of American flags,
burning of houses of Americans and firing
on British officers are unfounded.
ELEVEN native policemen, headed by a
British officer, in a conflict with party Of
Warboys at Sulymah, West Africa, killed
13l of the enemy with Maxim gun.
UNITED STATES MINISTER PHELPS had his
last official conference with Lord Salisbury,
the British Prime Minister.
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A PALACE AFIRE.
Enormous Loss by the Burning of
the Chinese Empcror's Home.

Enormous Loss by the Burning of
the Chinese Empcror's Home.
The fire which broke out in the i'm
perial palace at Pekin, China, on the 18th
was still raging three days afterward. The
loss is enormous. The palace enclosure is a
city in itself, and about q quarter of it is in
flames. The great audience hall, with its
elaborate ornaments and valuable works Of
art. is destroyed. The treasury building and
most of its contents are in ashes. Whole
streets of offices, storehouseS and residences
of officials of the court have been swept
away. The quarter Of the palace in which
the Emperor and Empress Mother lived was
saved, but the panic was terrible. Their
Maiesties were hastily conveyed to the
fortress, at safe distance from the flames.
The palaces and warehouses were heaped
with costly stuffs and treasures. which had
been accumulated in preparation for the
marriage of the young Emperor. Immense
quantities were destroyed. The loss far ex
ceeds that of the looting of the summer
palace by the English thirty years ago.
8 The calamity has had depressing effect
on the superstitious Chinese. 1t is regarded
as an evil omen, having occurred in the
midst of the preparations for the wedding
festivities of the Emperor. The marriage
will have to be postposed in consequence Of
the disaster.
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LATER NEWS.

AN explosion Of gas occurred in the Sus-
,quehanna coal mine at Nanticoke, Penn.
Seven mine engineers were surveying,
when the gas caught from one of their
lamps. Two were killed, three fatally hurt
and two seriously injured.
WILLIAM c. SMITH, aged about thirty
two. teller in the Office Of the City Treas
,urer of Providence, r. l., hos committed
suicide by shooting himself. He left q
memorandum in his drawer: "Cash shortage,
$500"
A FIGHT occurred between the Pocahontas
Va.) and Elkhorn Nv. Va miners, in which
five white men and two colored men were
killed, and several wounded.
GENERAL WILLIAM II. WAsHBURN was
elected to the United States Senate by the
Minnesota Legislature.
SENATOR PLUMB, Of Kansas, has been
reelected without opposition.
RE1NFoRCEMENrS for the German fleet at
Samoa have left Bremerhaven.
A LARGE fire recently occurred on the
island of Samoa, and the German Consulate
was among the buildings destroyed.
The German gunboat Olga has taken Malie-
toa, ex-King of Samoa, to the Marshall
.Islands in exila
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OFFICERS AGAINST MOB.
Fatal Battle Between Citizens and
Sheriffs Posse.

Fatal Battle Between Citizens and
a Sheriffs Posse.
Between 10 and II o'clock at night Deputy
United States Marshal johnson started to
remove six prisoners from the Jail in Graham,
Texas, to the jail at Weatherford. The
prisoners were the four NARROW brothers,
ueld for murder, and two men named Hart
and Pierce, held for offences against the Gov.
ernment. For several weeks threats of
lynching the four brothers have been made.
They were desperate men, and were
On december II the sheriff of Willbarger
county placed in the hands of Deputy Sheriff
Wallace Of Young county warrant for the
arrest Of Boone NARROW. NARROW had been
in jail charged with offences committed in
the Indian Territory, and had been released
on bond, when Wallace received q
warrant to rearrest him on the
charge of murder. Wallace found Boone
NARROW at his brothers house eating dinner.
The deputy sheriff ordered him to throw up
his hands, and he replied with Winchester
rifle, shooting Wallace, who died in two days.
Boone NARROW ESCAPED, but his brothers
were arrested as accessories. The four
brothers broke Jail recently, but were re-
captured. Then it appears that the
mob determined to take the law into
their own hands and hang the brothers.
Deputy Marshall johnson received orders
to convey the four NARROW brothers and
two prisoners, Hart and Pierce. to the
Parker county Jail at Weatherford for safe
keeping. He started with the six prisoners
under strong guard at ten o'clock that
night. Tins people soon heard Of the fight
and mob of nearly lou collected and started
in pursuit. They overlook the guard and
prisoners four miles from town and red
hot fight followed.
The prisoners were defenceless. and
hand-to- hand fight took place. Then some
one shot one Of the Marlows and two Of the
guards opened fire on the mob. Two Of the
Marlows snatched guns from the guards and
poured deadly fire into the lynchers. The
marshals guard retreated behlnd trees, ana
the prisoners scattered.
Over 2OO shots were fired. -Four Of the
would-be lynchers were killed and three
wounded. Two Of the Marlows were killed
and the other two escaped, but are be-
lieved to be badly wounded The pris-
oners, Hart and Pierce, also escaped The
brothers made hard fight, and il
properly armed would have killed a
score of their assailants The guard did not
fire into the mob, but over their heads The
prisoners saw this, and one Of the brothers
said: "We know we are gone, boys, but give
us a chance to fight" Three of the guards
then handed their guns to the brothers and
told them to light. The mob went in pur-
suit Of the prisoners
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WORK OF THE WIRES
Some Notable Happenings Tran.
smitted by Telegraph.
a Bill to Admit Five New States
Passes the House.

The House has passed the bill for the ad-
mission of North and South Dakota, Mon
tana, Washington and New Mexico, by vote
Of IA yeas to 90 nays. All the Democrats
voted for the bill, as did also quite number
of Republicans
1t provides, in brief, for the admission of
two new States, South Dakota and Montana,
New Mexico may be admitted after they
have formed and adopted State Constitutions,
and whenever Congress shall have passed
special acts in their behalf-that is, at some
indefinite date in the future.
The main provisions Of the measure are as
follows: South Dakota is to be entitled to
two Representatives in Congress, and is to be
admitted into the Union upon proclama-
ton by the President, provided that
a majority of the voters Of North Dakota
and South Dakota, voting separately,
shall decide in favor of division; and
that the Constitution of 1885 shall be
ratified by a majority OF the voters OF
South Dakota. II either North Dakota or
South Dakota shall vote against division,
neither of them will have any separate
status, and Dakota Territory is to be ad-
mitted as single State, if at all, under this
case, will be the only actual beneficiary.
Montana is to be admitted upon proclama-
tion, if majority Of the voters at the elect
tion on November S, 1889, shall ratify the
Constitution of 1884.
The Territories of New Mexico and Wash
ington are authorized to elect delegates and
hold constitutional conventions and frame
and adopt constitutions, but the
fedgling States are to be kept
out Of the Union until Congress by
special acts shall open the door and admit
them. North Dakota is to have the same
privileges provided that both North and
South Dakota vote for division, but not
otherwise. 1t will be observed that the ad-
mission of Montana under the bill depends on
single condition the ratification
Of the old constitution adopted five years
ago, while the admission Of South Dakota
depends not only upon the ratification of the
constitution Of 1885, but also upon a majori-
ty in favor of division in North Dakota as
well as in South Dakota
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Veterans in Politics.

A number of leading Republican ex-sol-
diers, members of the G. A r. and Union
Veteran Union, have organized themselves
at Bloomington, ILL.,, into Camp No. Of q
new organization, to be known as the Re-
publican Soldiers League of the United
States, and have chosen Colonel John Reed
President. The object Of the organization Is
openly political. It is founded for the ex-
press purpose Of concentrating the political
power Of the Republican soldiers Of the
Union. Organizers will be chosen at once
to introduce the Order throughout the State
and the United States.
A dispatch from Fort Dodge, Iowa, says:
Tie movement for the organization Of So
ciety of Democratic veterans Of the war Is
not confined alone to Indiana Steps are be-
ing taken for the organization of a camp in
this county, and eighty-one members of the
proposed organization have already been OBJ
tanned.
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LYNCHINGS.
A Number of Desperadoes Executed
by Mobs.

"A VI HSopCAGbo AASSoCSo
by Mobs.
Henry Thomas, a farmer in the town of
Bolar, Mercer County, Mo-, had four daugh-
ters, Hattie, Margaret, Nancy and Jane,
ages sixteen, eighteen, twenty and
twenty-five respectively. Last Wednes.
day night Samuel and Charles Has
burr, brothers, procured a ladder and
helped Margaret and Jane out of a second
story window Of their fathers house. As
they were about to e!ope with the girls, the
to prevent their escape. He mounted the
best horse he had and with a shotgun started
in pursuit. About twelve miles from home
he overlook the fleeing party. He immedi-
ately opened fire on them, killing both the
boys and seriously woundins Margaret
After getting. nearly home with the
girls he was told that the other two, Hattie
Gleason and Thomas Allison. He at once
left the girls he had with him in charge
of some neighbors and started after the
others. After securing the other two girls
without any serious trouble. he starte back,
but when about two miles from home mob
strung him up to tree. The old man was
strict with the girls. He would hardly let
them out of his sight. hence the elopement.
He always Dragged that he would not be
bothered with lazy sons-in-law.
At Tiptonville. Tenn, q landing on the
Mississippi ,river, about one hundred and
fiftv miles north of Memphis, some
weeks ago young man married the
daughter Of Mrs. j. F. Atcheson,
a widow The young mans father
learning that his sons mother-in-law pos
sessed $500 or $400 concocted the plan for
him, his son and the young wife to murder
the old lady for the purpose Of robbery. The
plan was agreed to and the crime was COM
mitted.
The neighbors learned of the crime, fixed
the guilt upon the trio and the latter hastily
departed. A posse of indignant citizens
followed, overlook and hanged the entire
party to the limb of tree.
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THE NEWS EPITOMIzElI
Eastern and Middle States.


IHE Oldest oak tree in America, said TO be
being cut up into chairs.
MAJoR-GENERAL CHARLES P. HERRING,
Union war veteran, died in Philadelphia,
in the Goth year of his age:
EDwARDJ. ANDERSON, an old New York
lawyer of some prominence, blew his brains
out at the Putnam House in New York city
A MANUFACTURER of safes in Boston has
received an order for q safe for Philadel-
phia bank. 1t will cost 500, 600, and will te
the largest and heaviest safe ever con.
structed.
SUPERVISOR WILLIAM HowELLs and
Assistant Supervisor Cox, of Division G,
Pennsylvania Railroad, were arrested in
New York city charged with stealing Sl2 OOO
worth of property from the company.
BEFORE help could reach her, Mrs. Anne
dence at Haverstraw, n. Y.
ISAAC BELL, JR., ex Minister Resident to
the Netherlands for the United States, re-
Gently died in St Luke's Hospital, New
York city.
MRS. MARY j. HALE, lady aged sixty
years, was killed at Riga, n. Y, by Chris.
Burger. a boy aged sixteen years. The muir
derer killed his victim with boot, pounding
her head and face to pulp. breaking the
frontal bones of the skull and crushing the
nose and forehead.
THE second trial of Cleary. one of the al
legged New York Doodle" Alderman, began
few days since.
IT has just been discovered that the late
Henry P. Marshall, Cashier of the Seamen's
Bank for Savings in New York, and promi
nent in church circles, died q defaulter and
betrayer of heavy financial trusts.
THE barge Josephine went ashore at Point
Allerton, Mass, with crew of four men,
three of whom were drowned.
JOHN MCNEIL, who lives on lonely road
leading from Shamong Station to Indian
Mills, n. j., shot his brother-in-law, James
Dellet, Jr. Death was instantaneous.
THE tug Morse, one of the finest and
largest boats in New England, was stranded
off Hull, Mass, in hurricane. Her tow of
two bargeS was wrecked. Seven lives were
lost The Hull life savers rescued sixteen
men.
RATHER than run the risk of catching yel-
low fever. five petty officers of the steel
cruiser Atlanta, which sailed recently from
the Brooklyn Navy Yard for Hayti, deserted.
AT the annual auction sale of pews in Rev.
DR.. Talmage's Tabernacle the first choice
brought $50.
SENATOR MCPHERSON, of New Jersey, has
been reelected for the third time.
CHARLES L. RUBsAMEN, wealthy retired
broker. committed suicide at his home IN
Hoboken, N. j.
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South and West.


ONE HUNDRED persons have been indicted
by the Grand Jury at Parkersburg, w. Va,
for illegal voting, bribery and intimidation
during the recent election.
ADAM BERKELEs, who was fogged by
White Caps near Sardinia, Ohio, last Novem-
ber, has brought suit against sixteen citizens
OF Brown County, for $40, ,0O0 damages.
GENERAL W. D. WAsHBURN succeeds
Senator Sabin to the United States Senate
from Minnesota
THEY have been enjoying cold wave in
the Northwest. At Neche, Dakota, the
thermometer registered forty-two degrees
below zero at Morris, Mimi, it was thirty
degrees below.
CALVIN BLooDGooD has been killed at the
mining town Of Sans Fork, Wyoming, by
his wife.
A BRIDGE over Green River at Spottsville,
KY, was wrecked, causing loss OF five
lives.
THE Territorial treasury of Dakota is said
to be bankrupt, or ST., 900 worse off than
nothing.
THREE colored men were killed in race
conflict at Ty Ty, Ga.
BY q collision between a passenger and
freight train at Elmwood, Mich, James II.
Macdonald, Lieutenant Governor of
MlCQlRdQ; Wlllam =. SOcnrane, OIL lLS-
canada, and one other man were instantly
killed and five seriously injured. Mac
donald leaves an estate of $500, 900.
The deadlock in the West Virginia Senate
was broken by the election Of R S. Carr, an
Independent, as its President
AL HARRISON, twenty-one years old, Of
respectable parentage was shot dead at Will
sons Landing. Ky. while burglarizing Will
sons store with several companions.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, has lost its principal
place of amusement, the Grand Opera House,
by fire. Total estimated loss, 100000.
SEvENrY-sEvEN politicians have been in
dicted by the indianapolis Grand Jury for
violation of the election law.
UNITED STATES SENATOR COKE, Of Texas,
has been reelected.
SENATOR CULLoM has been reelected by
the Illinois Legislature.
TIE Oregon Legislature has reelected
Senator Dolph.
NJ. w. RANSOM, Of North Carolina, has
been reelected United States Senator.
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NEWSY GLEANINGS.
INDIA has "A, 191 miles Of railway.

INDIA has IA, 191 miles Of railway.
MONTREAL Is building fine ice palace
TIE Nile Is lower than ever before n
corded. .'t,ss,
THERE Is boom in silk culture In Calf
fornia.
FRANCE has become a large buyer d
wheat .. ~.
LAST year pneumonia killed $50 people d
Cincinnati. h.
The Cincinnati police arrested Is, ,e97 ped
sons in 1888.
RHODE ISLAND business failures last yeaI
numbered 132.
BERLIN tram.cars carry annually nearI]
10000, 900 passengers
CANADA dairymen are giving increased
attention to cheese-making. ..-,
The Tripoli, of the Italian navy,is the nex|
fastest vessel to our Vesuvius.
TIE fishery dispute between France AMI
Newfoundland Is growing bitter.
The yield of wine for the season Of 1883 y
California was II, ,0U0, 900 gallons.
The unusually mild weather has upset 81
calculations in the butter market.
A STRINGENT antitrust bill has been intrc
duced in the Nebraska Legislature.
NEW ORLEANS IL ROluSS 10 udfS du c4uiU
tion building constructed OF cotton
AUSTRIA, Germany and Italy are all adopt
ing the Lee pattern of magazine rifles.
THERE are now sixty-four "wet" an
seventy-four "dry" counties in Georgia.
SIX Illinois railroads during 1883 failed
earn enough to Pay operating expenses
The tobacco crop Of the United Stats
averages about 50j,UOO,O0J pounds year.
The consumption Of tea in Great BritaiS
increased over s,OOO,C0o pounds during lss
THE exports Of apples from America,
ports for the season have been l,046,74 bal
rels.
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE clearings I'd
1883 were S105, 75S, los against SIS, l79, S63
1857. ....' ~.
The receipts of live poultry at New Yor
by freight during 1885 amounted to 7sl CO
loads
THE output of American copper mines ID
1888 was 54,275 tons Of mineral against A,
in 1887.
MASSACHUSETTS has just placed loa
with New Y ork bankers at 2.9-16 per cen
interest. ...
LORD SACKvILLE'S successor will
named after President-elect Harrisons &
auguration. -
On the 18th Of May an International Coz
gress of Scotch-Irish will assemble at G
lumbia, Tenn.
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FIGHTING A ROOSTER.
Terrible Struggle of a Child With a
Huge Plymouth Rock.

~
Huge Plymouth Rock.
While driving out on the prairie road,
near South Bend, Ind, Orlando Martin heard
the screams of a little child near the farm of
Henry Kale. Martin at once got out of his
vehicle and ran into the yard and was sur
prised to ses large Plymouth Rock rooster
standing over the prostrate form of a little girl
The rooster was Growing in triumph, and as
Martin approached he saw that the cock had
Leen fighting tue little girl, who was lying on
her back with her hands over her face and
screaming from pain and fear. Her hands,
wrists aud face were covered with blood.
The rooster had savagely attacked her ard
had attempted to get at her eyes. as was evil
dent from the spur marks on the chi!d's
face. Martins arrival had been timely, as the
child was almost exhausted from her contest
with the rooster. The little girls name is
Ethel, and she is two and half years old.
While her mother was engaged in a remote
place the child had started out to hunt eggs
and had the encounter with the enraged
fowl. Her injuries are severe, but it is
thought her eyesight will not be impaired.
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The House.

s0rH DAY.-The consideration Of the Ter
ritorial bills was resumed, the pending ques-
tion being on the Macdonald substitute for
the Springer Omnibus bill. The substitute
was rejected-yeas, III; nays 12. MIR.
Springer then offered an amendment to the
Omnibus bill. providing for division of Da-
kota. Debate over this consumed large
part Of the day. The Springer Omnibus"
bill was finally adopted as substitute for
the Senate bill for the admission OF South
Dakota, by O vote of yeas l33, nays l20; this
bill admits South Dakota and Montana.
3lsT DAY.-The Fortifcations Appropria-
tion bill was passed in Committee OF the
Whole. ". The Ford Investigating Committee
reported ar Immigration bill, which was
placed on the calendar.
32D DAY.-Mr. Vandever.of of California, in
troduced joint resolution requesting the
President to open negotiations with the Re-
public of Mexico for the ceSsion OF Lower
California to the Unit4d States. After a
half-hour of debate the rules were suspended
bva vote of l64 to &C. and continuing or
der' was made under which the Oklahoma
bill is to be considered for four hours by the
Committee of the Whole. at the expiration
of which time the House is to vote on the bill.
33D DAY-When the Clerk finished the
reading Of the journal, Mr.. Crisp called up,
as a privileged matter, the contested election
case OF Smalls VS.. Elliott. The House refused
yeas 1OG nays 109-to consider the election
case >. After delay of half an hour, caused
by filibustering tactics. the House went into
Committee of the Whole, Mr.. McMlliin in
the Chair. on the River and Harbor Appro-
priation bill.
34TH DAY.-Tmmedatel after the reading
Of the Journal the House went into Com
mittee of the Whole, Mr.. Dockery in the
chair, on the Sundry Civil Appropriation
bill Mr.. Landes raised a point of order
against the clause of the bill providing that
for the use of the steam presses in the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing a royalty shall
I've paid not exceeding one cent per thousand
impressions This clause occupied the atten-
ton of the body during the entire day.
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His Wife Was Petrif1ed.

petrification has lust come to light. Sixteen
years ago alf-breed named Rolade buried
his wife about twenty miles from Winnipeg,
Manitoba. A few days ago he exhumed the
remains, intending to carry them to another
burying place.
Upon opening the coffin the body was
found perfectly preserved, the eyes and
mouth being partly open and the hair quite
black and natural When an attempt was
made to lift the body it was found quite i'm
possible, as it was completely petrified.
Examination showed that a small
spring Of alkali water had been
running through the coffin, and the action Of
the water on the remains had caused petrif-
cation. Assistance was procured, and the
body was raised to the surface and trans
ferrei to the city where it was weighed.
The weight was found to be 700 pounds.
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FIVE BODIES IN THE RUINS.
A Woman and Four Children Killed
and Their Home Burned

and Their Home Burned
The house of Mrs: Minnie Hall, young
widow living four miles south Of Brookfeld,
Md, was burned down on recent night
When the neighbors gathered there theJ
found the charred remains of the five
occupants. The eldest child was nine years
old and the youngest about two. There
being fresh snow on the ground, it
was discovered that hay had been
placed around the house and fire set
to. The tracks Of mans feet were
seen leading toward the city. This clue re-
sulted in the arrest of a young man named
James A. Howell, at the Bobb Hotel. How
ell held in his possession an unloaded re-
yolver He was going to take the early
morning train, so he said, for Laclede and
would walk from there south to the Prairie
Mound school-house neighborhood, where he
had been teaching
Howell is cousin of the woman burned to
death. Public opinion inclines to the theory
that the woman died of malpractice, and that
Howell shot the four children and set fire to
the house to cover his crime. He had
for some time been spending Saturdays and
Sundays with the murdered family. The
prisoner is twenty-four years old. He says
he is innocent and knows nothing about the
crime.