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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.
A Budget of Important Foreign
and Domestic Dispatches.
The Eleventh Census Report on
Public Indebtedness.

The Census Office made public the first
to State and local finance. 1t consists Of
preliminary report by Mr.. Frederick Upton
on State indebtedness: also prelimnaryre re-
port by Mr.. T. Campbell-C Copeland, in charge
of local finance, on the Indebtedness of the
2S09 counties in the United States. The re-
port shows that the principal of the State
debts at the present time is s22S. .6f9, Sl1. Of
this amount S164, 954, ,206 is bonded debt and
S33, 725, ,61O floating debt. This shows a net
decrease in the total debt during the last ten
years of s54, 459, 4S4, the bonded debt having
been decreased by S64, ,083, 249 and the floating
in the same debt by geographical divisions
have been as follows:
Eastern States total in 1890, s39, ,954, 066;
decrease, since 1880, Sl1. .296, III.
Middle States total in 1890, $33. 49S, 412; de-
crease since 1880, Sl1, 3S1, ASP.
Southern States total in 1890, $101, ,6l6 or;
decrease since 1880, SOS. .022, 964.
Western States total in 1890, S41, ,Eol, 261 !;
decrease since 1880, So, 152, 920.
Grand total in 1890, S22S, 6T9, Sl7; decrease
since 1880, $54, 459, 4S4.
The States have reduced their debts to this
extent, says the report, mainly by applying
to the redemption Of their obligations the
revenues not needed for current expenses.
In q few cases. however, reduction of the
debt has been effected by the enforced re-
demption of obligations at discount, but
the amount of reduction through this process
cannot be ascertained until the statements OF
outstanding debts in those States have been
compared with the cashreceipts and expendi-
lures on account of the debt for the same
period and the differences noted.
MI lol 1o1Nf Of fhn fa
is shown to have been 81, TO9 1913, 100 in 1880
and S719,1 $50 in 1890. The bonded debt
of the several States in 1880 was S25o, oS7, 456
and s19i, 954, POS at the present time, max
ing total decrease of 81, ,05i, S97, 7S0
As to county, Indebtedness, ssoo the report r!
the United States and Territories to be $780,
734, 959, as against slo4, 493, 752 in 1880: The
floating debt of these counties. in 1880 was
SIG, 745, 33l. The present floating debt Of
these coupties is s14,95S,S ,SSl, decrease of
s. .7S6, 45O This shows an increase in the
total debt Of the counties of the United
States during the last ten years OF S24, 454,-
756
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11
FAMINE IN. THE SOUDAN.
People Dying by Thousands and Can
nibalism Prevalent.

In the British House of Commons Mr.
Henry H. Howorth Conservative asked
whether anything had bean done to relieve
the sufferers from tho appalling famine IN
the Soudan. Africa. According to trust
worthy advices the population was starving
and cannibalisn was prevalent. The people
were eating anything, dogs cats, rats s ana
snakes being used for food. Around Iokar
and Kassala hundreds of persons were cylns
daily from starvation, and in other parts the
state of affairs was even worse, nearly 'ne
whole population having perlshed.
Sir James Ferguson replied that relief had
been given in every district that could be
reached bv the Government, but In places III
the interior, which were beyond the control OF
the Government, famine was rife and many
deaths had occurred. Around Suakim 2ooC
persons were being fed daily. The failure ol
crops for successive years, added to othei
causes, had led to the present intense distress
FRANCE and Germany have agreed, in or
der to avoid dispute on the frontier, to strip
a large space of ground on either side of the
boundary line and place, at frequent inter
walls, large stones, marking the line OF de-
Limitation conspicuously.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11
Both Brothers Murdered.

A great crowd Of Mexicans assembled at
Tondri brothers vineyard near Los Lunas
New Mexico, to witness horse race Wine
flowed freely and nearly every one became
intoxicated.
Vincent Artiga and two brothers named
Conway became involved in quarrel, wnen
Artiga shot and killed one and fatally
wounded the other. An officer attempted to
arrest Artiga, and would have been killed
had not couple of women jumped between
Artigas revolver and the officer, thus pre-
venting the shooting. The murderer was
finally arrested and jailed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11
Nominated by the President.

The President sent to the Senate the fol-
lowing nominations:
Edmund w. P. Smith, District of Colum-
bia, Secretary of Legation and Consul.Gen-
eral at Bogota; George Il: Wallace, OF Mis-
souri,, Consul General at Melbourne;
United States ConSuls-Aquilla j. Daugh-
erty. of Illinois, at Callao, Peru; Rounce-
vile Wildman, of Idaho, at Singapore; Sam
uel L. Gracey, of Massachusetts,, Foo Chow,
China.
Rockwell J. Flint, United States Marshal
for the Western District of Wisconsin.
Withdrawn-Samuel l.. Gracey to be Con-
sui at Cardiff.
Boetius H. Sullivan, Surveyor-General of
South Dakota; Thomas P. Cheney, Pension
Agent at Concord, n. H.; William R. Hoyt,
of Wisconsin, Commissioner in and for the
District of Alaska; George G. Ginty, United
States Marshal for the Western District OF
Wisconsin.
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Fighting Maniacs

The lunatics in the great asylum for the
insane at Bicetre Paris, France, broke into
rebellion. A maniac named jolly burst the
bars of his cell and then released forty others,
who attacked and drove away the guards and
sacked the keepers dwelling. The maniacS
fought madly till the fire hose was turned on
them, upon which they got frightened and
covered together in corner. drenched and
trembling, and were thus captured.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11

A CHINESE mandarin has power to
order subjects head Topped off at a
moments notice, but within three
months he must forward to the emperor
an affidavit from two citizens that such
execution was in the interest of religion
and good government. He has no
trouble in procuring these affidavits, as
the man who refused to make one would
also lose his head.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11

VACCINATION at sea has been de-
clared by q number of New York doc
tors as more dangerous than smallpox
and Cunayd passengers who claim that
they are suffering from blood poisoning
in consequence of being vaccinated on
ship board have brought suits against
the great steamship line.
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KILLED WHILE PRAYING.
The Dreadful Calamity Which oc
Cured in a German Village,

The village of St. Mahlen, near Hide
sheim, Germany, has been visited recently
bv severe hailstorms, which have done d
great deal of damage. The people gath
cred in a church to pray for cessation of
tho storm While the services were in
progress thunderstorm came up and the
Church was struck by lightning. Four per-
sons were instantly killed and twenty were
injured. four being rendered completely
blind. The people were panic stricken, and
in the mad rush for the doors two children
wera crushed to death.
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Earthuuakc in Armenia.

The village of Repahie, in Armenia, has
been destroyed by an earthquake. A num-
Der of mineral springs spouted from the crew
ices made in the earth by the shocks and the
flow of water was so great that the adjacent
fields were flooded The earthquake was pre-
ceded by rumblings which caused the inhab-
itants to flee from the village and they thus
escaped death from the falling houses. No
lives were lost whatever.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11

An Englishman who insulated his
bedstead by placing underneath each
post broken off bottle says he had not
been free from rheumatism or gout for
fifteen years, and that he began to i'm
prove Immediately after the application
Of the insu lators.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11
Killed by a Kicking Horse.

Mrs. George Graham and Mrs. Lucy Ber-
ger, of Urbana, Ind, were riding will. their
the dashboard and struck Mrs Graham's
son on the head just back of tho ear, crush
ing in the skull. In leaning over to grasp
the child Mrs. Berger brought her own in
FAINT in range with the horses hoofs. 1t was
struck between the eyes, and its forehead
ynocbed in
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11

"A GOOD deal of excitement prevails in the
phosphate fields of Florida consequent upon
the word received from Washington that all
phosphate lands will be claimed as mineral
lands. and that those who have taken home
steads must give them up. A small army
has been in the field stalking out mineral
alaims.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11
Foreign.

PRESIDENT KRUGER, of the South African
Republic, rendered his resignation, but was
induced to oremain in office
PRINCESS LOUISE, wife of Crown Prince
Frederick, Of Denmark, has given birth to
daughter.
The Bianchi Companys sugar storehouses
at Cardenas. Cuba, have been bnrned. Inc
company had an insurance OF S5O,ooo.
THE labor agitation at Pilsen, Austria, has
been renewed Strikers have pillagcd stores,
inns and yicarageS.
THE Squadron of Evolution reached Tan
gier, Morocco. on its way to Brazil.
THE British, German and American Con"
suls at Samoa have established the new GoV'
eminent and have opened custom-house.
SEVERE storms, followed by floods, are re-
ported in various parts OF Germany; At
AlvenSleben, house was undermlnel oy
water and sixteen of the occupants were
drowned. At Suplinger five persons We're
killed by lightning.
SMITH, WADE G. Co., leading dealers il
lumber in Quebec, Canada, have failed for
81, 0OO,0 900.
QUEEN VICTORIA has created Prince AL
bert Victor, eldest son of the Prince ol
Wales, Duke of Clarence and Avondale and
Earl Of Athlone.
THE Russian General, Won Witten, com
mitted suicide by shooting himself az 9
saniJarium in Wiesbaden, Germany.
AT place called Zechu, near Ningpo,
China, miser named Chang, while deirous
from fever, murdered his wife, son and
daughter, mutilsting their bodies and after
ward committing suicide.
THE town Of Sefron, near Fee, in Morocco,
has been ruined by floods. Fifty-thres He
| brews and many Moors perished.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11
MURDERER AND SUICIDE.
A Salvation Army Captain Kills Two
Farmers ana Himself.

FarmtFS dHLI IIIIISCfh'
Charles Moore and his son James, who
lived near Sedalia, Mo-, disappeared FROM
home few days ago. Their bodies have
lust been found buried on the farm, the
former in the cellar, and the latter in tae
ward. The young man was struck on
the back Of the head with an axe, and
the father was killed while in bed with a
club. Thomas Williamson, a farm hand
fifty-eight years old, did the killing, and
finding that he would be caught. walked lnte
the city park and took dose of strychnlne
with fatal effect. The double murder was
committsd for the purpose of getting posses
sion of the property. Williamson was aoat
vation Army captain.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11

Of the living and the widows of the
dead there arc now 435, 900 names on the
United States pension rolls. They re-
ceive an average of S131 per year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11

IT is stated that rich discoveries Of genu.
ssne asphaltum have been made in the north
west portion of Logan County, KY, and
that great excitement prevails among land
owners in that section, where wild lands
which had been selling atSl an acre are now
fetching $50 to $50.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11

THIRSTY Bostonions have to sit at tables
and order food in order to entitle Them
,elves to be served with alcoholic drinks.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11

Fatal Explosion Ill a Torpedo Factory
An explosion occurred in the torpedo fac
tory at Nikolaev, Government Of Kherson,
Russia. An officer and four sailors were
killed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11

Canadian railway statistics show that
Canada has ~, ,62S miles in operation, sn
increase of 566 miles during 1889.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11
Fatal Boating Accident in Germany.

Fatal Boating Accident in Germany,
While party consisting of several army
officers and number of ladies was out boat
ing at Potsdam, Germany, the boat was &C.
cidentally upset and six of the officers and
several ladies were drowned. BY similar
accident at Danzig, Germany, seven persons
were drowned.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1890-11-14
CHAuNoEY NJ. oEREw.

The Famous RaIIroad nIaEnate Gives
Some Advice to Young Men.
The best thing 1 Der connected
with myself land a personal incident is
always a good one) is, that when 1 grad
uateG from Yale 1 thought l would lead
i life of scholastic ease. 1 thought L
would read and write n little, take it
easy and have a good time, had 4 hard
hearted old father of sturdy Holland
Dutch ancestry. He had money enough
to take care of me and / knew il, and
when he discovered that 1 knew it and
intended to act accordingly, it was a
cod day for me, and he said to me:
You viii never get a dollar from me
except through my will. From this
time forth you have got to make your
own way" Well, found I had a hard
lot of it Nobody had a harder one and
the old gentleman stood by and let me
fight it out 1 bless him tonight with
all the heart and gratitude / have for
that. If he had taken the other course
what would 1 have done? l would havO
been up in PcekslSiIi tonight nursing :,
stove, cursing the men who had sue
ceeded in the world, and wondering by
what exceptional luck they had got on.
But having to dig my way along l got
beyond any thing my father had ever
dreamed of; but it was done by four teen
or sixteen or eighteen hours work a day
If necessary. 1t is done by temperance,
by economy; when you make a dollar,
spend seventy-five cents and put tho
other twenty-five by. Don't bury saw
ings in a stocking or put them into
nickel plate bonds, but put them ia
Government bonds or in q house and
lot
Twenty-Five years ago in PccSskilI,
knew every man, woman ami child III
that place. l was active in every work
in the town; belonged to the fire COM
pany; 1 made all the speeches on every
occasion, and especially at the target
shoots. / have presented more pla ted
ware from men vino wanted to be Con-
gressmen, county officers, members of
the Assembly or justices of the peace.
and who contributed them as prizes for
the annual target shoot, than you could
count; and in that way 1 became ao-
quainted with almost everybody in
Peekskin- And it has been a study
with me to mark boys who started in
every grade of life with myself to seq
what has become of them. 1 was up
last fall and begun to count them over,
and it was an instructive exhibit Soma
of them became clerks, merchants, man,
ufacture.s, lawyers, doctors. 1t was re-
markable that every one of those who
drank is dead; not one living OF my
age Barring few who were taken off by
sickness, every one who proved a wreck
and wrecked his family did it from rum
and no other cause. OF those who were
church-going people, who were steady,
ind US trious and hard-working men, who
were frugal and thrifty, every single
one OF them, without an exception,
owns the house in which he lives, and
has something laid by, the interest on
which, with his house, would carry him
through many rainy day--Detroit FREQ
Press
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tChicugb Evening Post, Ind
The result of the Congressional cleo
tions throughout the codntry must be
accepted as proof that the American peo-
Pile are not so dead to their own best
interests and not so sodden in the pres
ence of National danger as has been
charged against them. The violent par
tisanships born of the civil war have
survived to become q reproach to the
victors in that struggle. Under their
influence the masses of the people have
been an easy prey to adroit leaders who
have known how to play upon senti-
ment and passion to further such
schemes of exploitation as the world
never saw before. In a word, we have
had as the most baleful issue of the
civil war tue so-ca1Ied protective tariff
with its attendant evils OF centralized
wealth and monopolistic oppression.
Never before have such fortunes been
builded in so short time, and never be-
fore were fortunes more clearly realized
upor the misfortunes of the people.
Yesterdays work is an encouraging
sign that the people have, however
tardily, realized their real posi- ton.
The Congress which gave to this coun-
try the most exorbi tant tariff measure
in the history of legislation has been
sharply rebulked by the reversal of the
majority which made the Mckinley bill
a law. Tho Fifty-first Congress came
before the country on the merits of its
tariff legislation; it has been rebuked
because the people want less tariff in
stead of more.
The lesson of this defeat would be
wholly lost to one who failed to notice
the share that Republicans have had in
1t. 1t is in effect the Republicans who
have made the change necessaryi the
Republicans at length awaken to the
failacy or worse of the policy which
they have hitherto blindly followed
The Republicans of the Fifty-first Con-
gress would have defeated the Mc<in-
ley bill had they thought more of their
own convictions and less of party dis
cipline-
Their constituents have been more
courageous and the warning will not be
lost
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oEsERTIoNs DECREASING.
Acting Acknowledgement MckeeVer Re-
pOrts DeseriiOns. CanteeRs and Re-

Acting AdIutaat-GeaerEI aEcKeeVer Re-
Ports on Deseriions. CsnteeHs and Re-
craIts-
WAsHISGToS. Nov. 9.-Acting Adju-
tant-General Chauncey McKeever, in
his annual report says that it gives him
pleasure to report that the desertions
from the army during the past year
were 4s9 less in number than during
the preceding year and the percentage
as compared with the enlisted strength
was reduced from IL to per cent The
heav est proportionats loss was in the
artillery where it amounted to IL per
cent, the infantry losing 8. per cent
and the cavalry =. per cent Touching
the effect of the legislation of the pres
emit Congress. upon the subject Of de-
sertions, he says the date of this law
june a.. 1890. is too recent to justify =
reasonably correct anticipation of its
practical effect in checking desertion,
for statistics have shown in The past
that the greater number OF desertions
occurred among men who had served
less than two years, and IL must not be
forgotten that the liberation OF enlisted
men under the operation of the law
cited above involves the presence in the
ranks of an increased number of re-
cruits to keep the army to its authorized
strength.
Great progress is reported to have
been made in the establishment of the
c1nteSn SyStcn AZ present canteSnS
arc in successful operation =. sixty
eight posts and during the six months
ended june so. 1890. transacted bust
ness of SaT4, os5s with resulting profit
of SIS $50.
In conclusion General Mckeevor says:
.'of the g. 500 accepted recru Is s.o5s
were native born, and =, SIS OF foseigr
birth; ; SIS were white and SIS colored-
Seventeen thousand i've hundred and
sixtv-three publications for enlistment
fover "a per cent OF the whole number1
were rejected by recruiting officers as
Iscking the necessary qualifications,
either physical. mental or moral"
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From the foregoing report it appears
that the next House viii consist OF 232
Democrats, 81 Republicans, Alliance
and Alliance Democrat, with one dis
trict Ohio Second Rhode Island) in
which there was no election at the first
ballot Tho members from Georgia
South Carolina and several other South
ern States that were supported by the
Alliance are classified as Democrats.
and hence the actual Alliance vote in
the next House does not appear in tho
general summary.
The returns indicate the election OF
two Alliance United States Senators be-
fore the 18th of March. one from South
Dakota and one from Kansas
Tho returns also forshadow the cleo
ton of Democratic Senators in New
York. Wisconsin, Mich gan and Illinois
to seats a present held by Republicans
II this turns out to be the final result it
will reduce the Republican majority in
the Senate from IA to 9 after the 4th of
March
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sololER.s oaReeR.
r.ssrestsne aevoanE 81 the s.atory o. =
Bo,-n Ersatrul L1fs-

xsssresting aeooaRt 81 the 1satory o.
Boz-s ErentraI LIE
Soldier is dead
There was an air of sadness at the
Union Depot and in the offices along
Union avenue as the above word passed
among the officials Who was the SOL
dier who had so many friendsf IL was
not "the soldier" Eor "a soldier" but
plain Soldier" and he vas only dog.
little black fellow who had for years
been a familiar character around the
depot Every body was bis friend. not
only for his own sake, but en- account
of the history ofhts eventful life. which
could he but have been able TO talk
to Western history.
One day some eleven years ago an old
soldier got OF an east-bound train He
had been wounded, and was on his way
home on a furlougb, but was taken s.cS
here and sent to hospital, where he
only lived two or three days With him
when he arrived here was . little black
dog. which he said had been his con-
slant companion on the plains. and as
he was in General Terry's command
when they went or were supposed to
have gone, to brave Clusters relief at
the time of the Little d g Horn slaugh-
ter. the canine passed all through that
remarkable campaign
When the man was taken to the hos
pitai the dog remained at the depot
and for days wandered over the tracks,
under the cars and up and down Union
avenue hunting for his master, who be-
fore this had gone TO await the
final bugle call At last he To-
Gated in the Union Pacific ticket
Office. opposite the main entrance
| to the depot, and from that t me on was
y fixture with the overland people. Mr..
| T. a. Shaw, the ticket agent took him
under his especial charge, and after =
/ time the dog. which bad been christened
Soldier" was taken to Mr.. Shaw's
home, where he soon became q grea pet
with the family.
Soldier" evidently appreciated his
new home as he made it his headquar-
tiers from that time until his death.
which occurred from old age For sew
eral years, no matter what the weather,
soldier" would go down TO the Union
/ Depot where he would mako the rounds
of the building and also the offices
/ along the avenue, then he would return
I to Mr. Shaw's home for the day. He
was stolen onco and taken TO Denver,
/ but escaped from his captOr, and after
! months OF absence, turned up foot-sOre
4 and almost exhausted Not long after
| he again disappeared and was not seen
| for over q year, when one day he
/ crawled into the Union Pacific office
/ more dead than alive He was taken
/ home, and the lad es nUrsed him for
| several weeks until he recovered After
/ that exploit Soldier lived a quiet life
until his death.-Eansas City Times