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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-17
LUMBERMEN DROWNED.

A Boat,oad of Men Upsets and Six
Find a Grave
A sad accident took place at Miller, Sig.
moor & Co.'s logging camp on Devils Lake,
twenty miles north of Rice Lake, Wis. A
boatload of men who were returning from
the opposite side Of the lake to supper
were caught in strong gust Of wind be-
tween the ice and were upset. The follow
ing were drowned: A. D. Clark, of Royal
ton, Mimi: John Crotto. Frank Fouriner,
William knight, Arthur Page, Charles
Stykes.
Four of the men sank Immediately, but
Crotto. with his brother, floated on broken
cake Of ice for five hours, when it upset with
them. His brother was rescued. The bodies
have not yet been found, owing to the con-
dition Of the ice, which is not strong enough
to support men.
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FIFTY-FIRsT CONGRESS.
In the Senate.

1sT DAY.-The opening proceedings in ths
Senate were very quiet. The Wyoming
Senators were sworn and chose their seats,
Mr.. Warren drawing the short term closing
March 8, 1893, and Mr. Carey the long one,
ending March 8, 1895. There was the
usual large crowd in the galleries but they
contained few persons Of distinction. The
Presidents Message was read and referred
:. On motion of Mr.. Sherman the Senate
then adjourned.
2D DAY.-The Senate, by vote OF forty
one to thirty, took up the Federal Election
bill. The bill took first place as unfinished
business" Several bills for the free coinage
Of silver were introduced. Mr.. Sherman
introduced bill providing that the present
tariff act should not be construed to repeal
or impair the stipulations contained in the
reciprocity treaty with Hawaii.
3D DAY.-General debate on the Forcs
bill was begun. Mr. Turpie making the OPEN
ing speech FOR the opposition. :. The location
of site for the Public Printing Office Build
ing was discussed. IA lively debate
on the Indian question was held....
Mr.. Pierce introduced bill appropriating
$500, 00O for repairing and extending the
buildings at Fort Abraham Lincoln, North
Dakota. :. Mr.. Cullom introduced bill ap-
propriating $1,000 for the erection OF
public building at Danville. Ill. -. Mr.. Cam
eron introduced bill to grant pension OF
500 month to the widow of the late Gem
eral Daniel McKibben. Mr.. Cullom intro
duced bill providing that from and after
July /, 1891, the rate Of postage on domestic
and drop letters shall be one cent for half an
ounce or less, and one cent for each addi-
tional half ounce or fraction thereof.
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BLOWN FROM a GUN.
The Crime and Punishment of an
Afghan Governor.

The Crime and Punishment OF an
Afghan Governor.
The Jellalabad correspondent of Lahore
{India) journal reports that Mira Abdul
Samad Khan, Governor OF Chaplior in the
Jellalabad province, was executed by being
blown frolc gun, for numbering Mira
Abdul Shakur Khan, civil munsiR of Jellala.
bad. The execution took place outside the
Sherpore gate on October z, in the
presence of all the garrison of Cabul. The
murder was committed about September Is,
after evening prayer in the mosque in the
village of Khusbgumbat, the victim being
stabbed in the stomach by servant Of the
culprit The following day the latter ar
rested many Of the villagers on the charge
of having committed the murder, but the
other inhabitants Of the place reported the
real facts Of the case by letter to the Ameer,
who had Samad Khan arrested, tried, and
executed within few days. The motive
for the crime is said to have been that
Shakur Khan had recently written to tho
Ameer reporting that Samad Khan had mis-
appropriated large sum Of public money.
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UNCLE SANS FINANCES.
Secretary WINDOWS Annual Treasury
Report

Report.
Secretary Window in his annual report
says the receipts Of the Government wer,
s463 963, os0, and expenditures 1855, 6ls, ,5s4
OF which S1O6, sS6, s55 was for pensions Thu
estimated surplus for the fiscal year 1892 il
only s15 147,790. In regard to the pay
ment Of PENSIONS he suggests that tue quar-
terlv payments be made at different dates in
various parts Of the country, so as to avoid
accumulation Of large sums in the Treasury,
the payments at New York to be on the
fourth day Of May, August, November and
February.
Regarding the currency, he says that the
gravest defect III our present financial sys
tenn is it's lack of elasticity, the demand for
money being SO irregular i'll amount Of cir
culation, the amount required in August
and September being more than at any 9TH
er time, to move the crops, but he offers no
remedy.
Regarding the silver law, he says that il
has been the means Of providing healthy
addition to the circulating medium. He
favors the reconing Of uncurrent small
silver coin.
Further legislation is needed to exclude
persons unfit for citizenship, and it is there
fore recommended that all emigrants be re.
quired as q condition precedent to their
landing to produce evidence attestel by our
consular officers Of their moral, mental and
physical qualifications to become good citi.
zenS.
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DYING BY HUNDREDS.

Followers Of the Mahdi Perishing OF
Starvation Around Khartoum.
A despatch from Suakim. in the Soudan,
says that the desert chief, Senoussi, is march
ing against the Mahdi with a large
and well-armed force, and that the
Mahdi, owing to numerous desertions
and privations. is in no condition to meet
the enemy. In Khartoum and vicinity
all the food has been seized for the support
of the Mahdi's followers, and the inhabitants
are perishing by hundreds.
An Arab living in Khartoum is said to
have killed one Of his slaves, the family being
without food, and lived with his household
for several days on the remains. There is
abundant food in Iukin, but none Of it Is
permitted to pass into the interior, as it is
the purpose of the British to reduce the
,nerny as much as possible by starvation.
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ALL HANDS KILLED.
Four Dead Men Found at the Scene
Of an Explosion.

Four Dead Men Found at the scene
Of an Explosion.
Berwick, Penn, was the scene of a shock
ing boiler explosion the other day. -Four
men were killed, and saw mill plant, in
cluding the stable and surrounding build
ings was burned.
T6e accident occurred at four o'clock,
when a great outburst of steam at Adams's
saw mill was followed by terrific report. at.
Crowds of people at once hurried to the
scene. Nothing remained Of the little ham
let that had been built for the numbering
men, and its four inhabitants were strewn
about the woods dead.
Ira Gruver, one of the employees, was found
about fifty feet from where the boiler
house stood, horribly naangled, His brother aler
mangled badly, while their companions,
Law in the saw pit without mutilation, bu,
dead. Examination Of their bodies showed 90
them to have sustained fractures OF the skul
and internal injuries from which they mus
have died almost Immediately.
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FIVE YEARS. ABsTINEN CE
IF Holland Drinks Rum He Will C
Back to Prison.

Edward Holland, life convict, who was
sentenced to Sing Sing On. " prison on
June 90, 1878, for the murder Of Ellsworth,
a fellow labcrer on the Croton dam, was
OF his sentence from Governor Hill.
A condition of the communication was that
he should totally abstain from liquor for five
years and il he violated the condition he
should be returned to the prison to serve out
the life sentence His wife secured divorce
after his sentence, remarked and is now liv-
ing near Paterson, N. j. He had two chill
dren by her and feels much aggrieved at her
action.
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ONE Of the finest veins Of coking coal yet
discovered has recently been found ip South.
eastern Virginia, measuring twenty two feet
in thickness, with two feet Of slate. 1t be-
longs to the Flat Top or Pocahontas field,
which has bean partially developed in the
last few years and became so universally
known for its coke and steamiug qualities.
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A STEAMBOAT BURNED.
Five Persons Perish on Boa2d tho
Magnificent T. p. Leathers.

Magnificent T. r. Leathers.
The magnificent river palace T. P. Leatft
rs, the finest storm wheel steamboat plying
the Mississippi. caught fra Just after leaving
Fort Adams, twenty miles above Bayou
Sara, La, at II 80 o'clock the other morn
ing. on her way down the river. The
boats head was turned to shore, and all tho
passengers rescued, but the vessel and her
cargo Of $500 bales of cotton were totally
consumed. -Four roustabouts and the cham
bermaid perished in the famess
The T. r. Leathers was comparatively
new boat, owned by Captain T. P. Leathers,
who Is known from Maine to the Gulf In con-
uection with Captain Cowder's celebrated
outlet scheme.
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In the House.

1sT DAY.-Speaker Reed announced that
the House of Representatives would come to
order forthwith and begin the second session
of the Ffty-lrst Congress. The Presidents
Message was read. q. The Assistant Secre-
tary Of the Treasury asked for an appro-
priation of $50 600 to purchase gas buoys
to be used on the Atlantic coast....
Mr.. Coleman introduced bill appropriate
ing SO, 000, ono to repair and build the levees
on the Mississippi River. .Messrs. Flower
and Cummings introduced resolutions
in Congress designed to secure new
census enumeration in New York City,.
Mr.. Dockery offered resolution for an In
vestigation of the allegations that twelve
Senators and fifteen Representatives more
or less, were pecnniarily interested In
'poel, which bought and held silver bullion,
pending the silver legislation of last session
-Four bills to provide for free and un-
limited coinage Of silver were introduced.
ID DAT.-The morning was taken up BY
Mr.. Wheeler, who discussed for an hour the
reference Of a Virginia claim to the Court OF
Claims. The Pension Appropriation bill
wastaken up during the afternoon as regular
business. The House voted to- consider tho
Copyright bill. :. Mr.. Frank introduced
Reapportionment bill.
Sd bAY.-The Copyright bill was passed
by a vote of 139 to 95. .. Mr.. Belknap intro-
duced bill to limit to 81 the fee which any
person may receive for prosecuting q claim
for increase Of pension. The maximum Zee
at present IS $40. @
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FISHING DISASTER.
Seventy Vessels Ashore and Many
Lives Lost.

Lives Lost.
Advices have been received of the disaster
to the fishing fleet off Ofoten, on the Nor
wegian c"G.;. Out Of one hundred and
eighty smacks, all Of which were compelled
to cut away their rigging. seventy were
driven ashore and battered to pieces
on the rocks. Many smaller boats
were also wrecked. Hundreds of
lives were lost. The bodies of victims are
constantly being washed ashore. The coast
is intensely bleak and IS sparsely settled and
the survivors are suffering greatly from e1-
posure and starvation. Communication
with the interior is cut off, the roads being
blocked with snow. A steamer has left
Christiania to assist the wrecked fishermen.
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THE total number Of deaths from cholera
N Spain during the present epidemic is about
5000. The disease has not yet been stamped
out in Valencia.
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Washington.

THE total population Of the country as
verified by the Census Bureau, is So, 822, go.
ADMIRAL DA SILvEIRA and his staff of tbs
Brazilian squadron left New York and ar.
rived in Washington. The officers and men
or board the Brazilian ships are suffering
seriously from the cold.
ALL the Executive Departments Of the
Government and the offices Of the City Gov
ernment were closed Thanksgiving Day, and
mercantile business was generally suspended.
The President, accompanied by Mrs. Harri-
son, DR.. Scott, Mrs Dimmick and Mrs. Will
Jams. the wife of General Williams, attended
divine services After the service the party
returned to the White House and ate
Thanksgiving dinner.
THE President appointed Henry NJ. Gracey,
of Massachusetts,, to be Marshal Of the Con-
sular Court Of the United States at Foo
Chow, China.
The militia force of the United States
aggregates 109, 469 men, as shown by an
official report presented to Secretary
Proctor by Captain D. NJ. Taylor.
THE President officially received Rear Ad-
miral da Silveira and his officers of tha Bra
lillian Navy and gave them luncheon. In
the evening social reception took placs at
the White House.
SECRETARf w mas WTlIUeu lSIGet
tc Secretary Blaine stating that it is imprac
ticable to adopt the metric system of weight
and measure in commercial intercourse be-
ween the United States and other American
republics, as recommended by the Interna-
tiona! American Congress.
ATTORNEY GENERAL MILLER has ap-
pointed Fleming Bignon Special Assistant
United States District Attorney for Southern
Georgia.
The annual report Of the Secretary of the
Navy has been submitted to the President
THE annual report Of the Civil Service
Commission, just made public, shows that
the classified service has grown so as to in
clude over 30, 600 people.
The annual report of the Secretary of the
Interior, summarizing the work of that De-
partment for the year, has been made pub
lie.
REPUBLICAN Senators in caucus agreed to
Iress the Force bill to speedy passage.
The debt statement issued shows an in
crease in the Public Debt in the month of
November, amounting to So, 190,Sl9. The
surplus in the Treasury aggregates s59. O44,-
G25, az sainst S67, 500, ,O3S a month ago; Il de-
crease of IS, 75S, ,40S.
GENERAL MILES spent half hour with
the Secretary of the Interior in discussing
the Indian situation. Upon leaving the SEQ
retarys Office, in answer to inquiries, hesaid
that the Sioux continued to be much excited
and that he feared an outbreak. He said hs
regarded the situation as alarming.
THE President has directed the removal
from Office Of Joseph n. Wilson, United
States Attorney for the Eastern District of
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Texas, on the ground Il neglect Of duty and
inattention to the public interests.
THE Fifty-frst Congress reassembled
to take up again for three months the
labors of legislation left unfinished at the
end of the long session on October 1. There
was an unusually full attendance in both
branches.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-27
Will Jump at the Chance

The significance of the above is rec
ognized as something which affords an
agreeable opportunity for desired end.
Considering the very low rates at
which the Home Seekers Excursions
this spring and summer will be run, it
will no doubt be hailed as a happy
circumstance. The Minneapolis & St.
Louis Railway will sell tickets at One
Fare for the Round Trip, on April I'D,
May 10th, Sept. 9th and 23d, and Oct
14th, from St. Paul and Minneapolis
to all points west of Franklin on its
Watertown line, and to points west of
the Missouri river and to the South
Tickets will also be on sale in the op-
posite directions to points on Mime
apolis & St. Louis Railway. The linn
it on such tickets will be 80 days, with
stop-over privileges. Information will
be cheerfully furnished by any agent
of this or other companies, or by en-
Pratt, Acting c. ,eral Ticket and Pas
senger Agent, Minneapolis, MINI.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-27

The U. S. Supreme court rendered a
decision last Monday reversing the de-
cision of the Minnesota Supreme court
which sustained the State Railroad
Commissioners in fixing charges in the
celebrated milk or granger" cases..
The court of last resort holds that the
action of the commissioners is uncon-
stitutional, in that it's effect is to de-
prive the roads of their property with
out lawful compensation. The COM
missioners fixed an arbitrary rate of 81
per car as the maximum for handling
and switching cars at Minneapolis.
The railroad company maintained that
this was inadequate and unreasonable,
and the higher court holds that as
there was no provision for a judicial
determination of the reasonableness of
the rates, the act of the commissioners
was unconstitutional, for the reasons
above stated. Justices Bradley, Gray
and Lamar dissented from the opinion
of the majority of the court. The alb
stract principle that neither the state
Legislature nor its agents have the
right to deprive corporations or indi-
viduals of adequate compensation for
their services, is founded on common
sense and fairness.
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SCHOOL NOTES.

The regular monthly session of Red
wood county teachers will meet in the
high school room Saturday, April 5th,
at l.3O p m. Plans for the coming in
stitute will be talked over. All teach
ers who desire any particular work
discussed are very earnestly requested
to be present at.this meeting.
Ella Hawk opened school in Dist.
No. So, Delhi, on Monday. This is
her second term.
Barbara Cumming, who is president
of the Redwood county teachers asso-
citation, began her 9Th term in District
No. SO, Kintire. Who can show bet
ter record7 Very few tardy marks on
her register. She gives the district
value received.
Margaret Stewart succeeds her
brother as teacher in Dist. No. 81,
Sheridan. The Stewart family have
furnished three good teachers for Red
wood county.
Minnie Warner is wrestling with the
young idea in Dist. No. 70, Sherman.
Corda johnson began her third term
on Monday, in Dist. No. 8, Vesta. This
district furnishes all the slate pencils,
lead pencils and scratch paper the pu-
pills need. They find it cheaper to do
it this way, than by the old one. The
teacher, after each exercise, gathers the
material and retains it until it is again
needed. Several other districts are
trying the plan. The children are bet
ter provided and do better work. Very
few pencils or paper are wasted or lost.
"How shall I get supplementary
reading for my school' The pupils are
poorly supplied with reading matter
and sorely need more work than the
readers give them" This question
was asked by one of our bright, earn
est teachers. Prove to your board that
they actually need it. Be full of hope.
Don't despair. Show to them that 9TH
er schools are making greater advance
ment. If you have the tools you too
can do as we'll. Don't sit down dis
couraged. Be up and doing. Show
to your board that you are alive to the
real needs of the day. Don't be afraid
of earning one dollar and seventy-five
cents, when you are only getting one
dollar and fifty cents, This is one of
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-27
St. Paul Globe: Should the great

St. Paul Globe: Should the great
armies of Europe be cut down to
nominal figure in the interest of CONT
mental peace, it will rob some of the
industries of big jobs. The German
army is now being furnished now
rife at cost of $3O,OOOOOO. This is the
third change in arms since the war
with France less than twenty years
ago. The reduction would throw a
great number of men into the labor
market, and for time disarrange in
dustrial matters to some extent. 1t
would be liable to stimulate emigra
ton.
New Ulm Review: A picture of Fl.
Ridgely, as it appeared in 1862, when
attacked by the Indians, has been pre-
scented to the military department of
the state and is now in the hand of the
Adjutant General. 1t is the work of
Capt. J. G. McGrue, of Crookston, who
was in the engagement of that year.
At the time he made sketch of the
fort and surroundings, intending to
have it painted by good artist when
the opportunity came; but as it never
came he went at it himself. He is on
ly an amateur painter, but he is
sculptor by trade and has succeeded
in making out very fair picture of
those startling scenes.
Winona Republican: It is a notice
able fact that it is the farmer who finds
the most time to make semi-weekly
trips to the State capital and gets his
"interviews" in the newspapers who
has the most doleful stories to tell of
the depressed condition of agricul-
ture' in Minnesota. The men who
quietly stay at home and attend to
their legitimate business, as rule
seem to think that, with all it's draw
backs, this isn't bad world after all.
Perhaps an explanation of the differ
ence of opinion may be found in the
fact that the latter class are not seek
ing for official honors and emoluments.
Sleepy Eye Herald: In late report
of the State Board of Corrections and
Charities it is shown in the table of ex-
penses for the several state institutions
that the amount expended for butter
in some institutions is equal to the
amount spent for -four. Very few per-
sons realize until figures of this kind
are shown how large the production of
butter must be to supply the demand.
The amount of -four consumed by an
ordinary family is far in excess of the
amount of butter consumed, but when
the cost per pound of the two articles
is compared in connection with the
amounts, it is then that the relative
cost is more clearly apparent. Let any
wen-to-do family figure how much it
costs for one month for -four and but
ter supply, and it will be evident that
the dairy industry is about as import
ant as that of wheat.
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Are You q Citizen?

The Hastings Gazette calls atten-
ton to a matter of the utmost import
ance to good number of our citizens.
An act passed by the last Legislature
makes it unlawful for any person not
a citizen of the United States, or who
has declared his intention to become
such, to acquire, hold or own any real
estate in this state, except such as may
be acquired by devise, inheritance, or
in the ordinary course of justice, in
the collection of debts thereafter cred
tied, or such as may be held for secur-
ity for Indebtedness, this applying to
all except actual settlers upon farms
of not more than 100 acres. In view
of his fact all of our citizens should
ascertain whether they are aliens or
not. There are many born in foreign
country who suppose themselves to be
citizens of the United States, who are
not such. They come to this country
when young. Their fathers declared
their intention to become citizens, and
they have supposed that the act of
their fathers made them citizens. II
did not. If their fathers took out their
second papers and became full citizens
before their children born in foreign
country became twenty'one years of
age, such act made such children citi-
zens of the United States, but the dec
laration of intention of a parent to be-
come citizen of the United States in
NO wise benefits or affects his child
bcrafn q foreign country.
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the best ways of getting it. A real
teacher does not teach for the money,
but for the desire to do good in this
world. The money is necessary, but
we don't live by bread alone. Ask
yourselves this question. How much
better is my work this term, than it
was last! You are getting 20 per cent
more in money. Are you 20 per cent
better as a teacher? Don't sit down
in the school room in your chair and
simply hear recitations. Teach your
pupils to think, to inquire. Lead them
to study their lessons, not to memoir
ize them. Co. SUPT.