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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-10
The Ghost Dance Described.

Mrs. James A. Finley, wife of the post
trader at Pine Ridge Agency, thus describes;
the ghost dance: Zone ghost dance that 1saw
was participated in by 4S0 Indians. In pre-.
pairing for the dance they cut the tallest
tree that they can find. and having dragged
it to level piece Of prairie, set it up in the
ground Under this tree four Of the head
men stand. The others form in circle and
begin to 90 around and around the tree.
They begin the dance on Friday afternoon.
1t is kept up Saturday and Sunday until
sundown. During all this time tEey do not
eat or drink.
'sThey keep going round in one direction
until they become so dizzy that tney can
scarcely stand, then turn and so in the other
direction and keep it up until they swoon
from exhaustion This is what they strive
to do, for while they are in swoon they
think they see and talk with the new Christ
When they regain conciousness they tell then
experiences to the four wise men under the
tree. All their tales end with the same story
about the two mountains that are to beich
forth mud and bury the white man and the
return of good old Indian times. They lose
all their senses in the dance. They think they
are animals. Some 20 down on all fours and
bob about like butfaloes When they cam
not lose their senses from exhaustion they
butt their heads together, beat them upon
the ground, and do anything to become i'll
sensible, so that they may be usherea INTO the
presence of the new Christ.
':At the end of the dance Shey have grand
feast, the revel lasting all Sunday night
They kill several steers and eat them rew,
drink and gorge themselves 10 make up Tor
their fast. At last Fridays dance one OF the
braves was to go into trance and remain n
this condition for days. At the close of this
period he was to come to life as buffalo
he would still have the form OF q man, DOT
he would be buffalo. They were then y
kill the buffalo, and every Indian VINO olo
not eat piece of him would become dog.
The man who was to turn into buffalo Was
narsectly willing, and l suppose they havt
killed and eaten him oy this time.
IF the Government just lets rAem alone
there will be no need Of troops; they will
kill themselves dancing. Seven or eight OF
them died as a result of one dance near
Wounded Knee. Every Indian has about
four clubs made out of round stones twisted
in rawhide They throw these around during
the dance, strew the ground with them and
beat their heads against them"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-10
ARMY SUPPLIES.
The Quartcrmastc cr-Gcneral Makes
His Annual Report.

The Quartcrmastcr-Gcn Makes
His Annual Report.
Quartermaster--G General Batchelder has
made his first annual report. Nearly s242,
600 has been expended during the past year
for barracks and quarters and the amount
is reported as insufficient for the shell
ter of troops Transportation during the
year cost 81, 100 900, which is also made
quate, and in the estimate for next year
this amount is increased TO s.. 050,000. Sew
eragc cost S2T5, 900; roads, 205, ZOO, and
wharves, $4,000. The appropriation of
81, $50, 900 for clothing and cqupage proves
Insufficient. The stock at the general depots
has become greatly depleted during the past
four years owing to the drafts made upon it
by State troops. An urgent recommended
tion to have the depots rcstocked is made.
Next years estimate is 81, 300, 900. Over 5000
headstones have been placed in the eighty-two
national cemeteries. For Improvement of the
Presdio, Cal, an appropriation Of $50, OOO
is recommended. The 100000 appropriated
for this year Tor the Department was allotted
as follows: Fort Mcpherson, SS5, 900; Fort
Logan, s1r9,OOO; Fort Snelling s6l ,0CO; Fort
I.eavenworth, sGl,S1G; San Antonio, S5l,,
OOO Fort Wadsworth, Sl8,9l4; Fort
Hamilton, S6564. 1t is important, says the
report, that the buildings at these posts be
completed at once The enlargement Of the
present quarters and the building Of new
buildings at the Preside of San Francisco.
Madison Barracks, N. Y, and Fort Warren,
Mass, are recommends
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-10
Washington.

SECRETARY TRACY received n telegram
from Captain Silas Casey, at New York,
President Of the hoard appointed to superin.
tend the trial oE the new gunboat Concord,
as follows: Concord returned this morning
trial unsuccessful"
The Department OF State is informed by
cable from the ConSul-General at Berlin,
Germany. thai Dr. koch's colleague, DR..
Cornet, is willing to receive few wcll-reconl-
mendcd doctors in clinic during the expert
ments in tue treatment of tuberculosis.
ESG1HEER-1S-Cn1EF GEORGE w. MEL.
VILE has submitted his annual report to tho
Secretary Of the Navy.
THE Director of the Mint at Washington
has been informed that n million dollars i'll
Australian gold sovercigns were deposited
and melted down at the San Francisco mint
the other day.
THE Navy Department. has been notified
by Crsmp s. Sons that the Newark is ready
for her official sea trial.
In his annual report to the Secretary of
the Navy, Commodore Folger, Chief OF the
Bureau of Ordnance asks for an appropria-
ton of 81, ,63S, ,S91 for the next fiscal year.
E. w. Fox, well-known newspaper IN an
died in Washington City of dropsy Of the
heart. He was born in Buffalo. n. Y, and
was sixty-two years of age. He went to
Washington in 1855, and with Jefferson
Chandler bought the National Republican,
Of which he was the managing editor until it
was merged into the Post, about two years
ago.
SECRETARY PROCTOR has ordered the dis
missal of Robert E. Wilson, Of Atlanta, Ga,
a clerk Of Glass in the Record and Pension
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-10
HOLLANDS KING DEAD.
Imbecile William Ill Passes Quietly
Away 1T the Hague.

The King Of Holland diel at 6 o'clock few
mornings ago.
On the lest evening there was sudden
change for the worse in the Kings condition,
the symptoms being those of uraemla. Queen
Regent Emma was Immediately SENT sor and
stayed at tho patients be lside duttug tho
night Life ebbed away quietly.
The public buildings We're closed and all
amuseinants suspended. The Ministers as
sembled in council at noon. The shutters Of
all the royal palaces were closed and flags
placel ut half-mast.
Four physicians made an autopsy upon the
Kings Eody. The features of the King have
not changed. The body was laid on bad aud
is covered with palms. Court Chamberlains
embalmed. Princess Wilhelmina gathered
flowers in her own garden and laid them upon
her fathers deathbed.
William III, King OF Holland, was born on
February 10, 1917, the eldest son Of King
William II and of Princess Anna Paulowna
daughter of Emperor Paul Of Russia. He
was educated at the University Of Leyden
and OH the death Of his father succeeded to
the throne, March II, 1S49. He married on
June lS, 1889, Princess Sophie, the
second daughter Of King William 1
or WurCcmDerS. lie was IeIO WjuoMcl
without a successor on juno 3, 1877, and he
married again. on January I, 1879. the
present Queen, Emma, daughter Of Prince
George Victor of Waltleck and sister of the
Duchess of Albany One daughter came of
this second marriage, Wilhelmina, born on
August 81, 1880.
The dead King was the third in line Of the
sovereisns of Holland since the reconstruc-
tion CT the Low Countries as kingdom in
1918 With William III. dies the direct male
representation Of the great House of Orange.
The greater part Of the Kings lifo was
filled with scandal. For long time he had
been really incapable, physically and mental.
ly 10 reign, and few weeks ago he was sent
to his favorite palace of Leo to end his days.
Then Queen Emma, who is loved by the peo'
pie, was made Regent Of Holland in the name
of her daughter, ,PrincessWilhelmina. She took
the oath as Regent on November Goth. But
under the Salic law she cannot act as Regent
of Lu1emberg and her daughter succeed to
the Grand Ducal crown. The Duchy be.
comes an independent Str % under the soy
csaignty of the next male heir, Duke Adoipn
of Nassau, ..,,t Germany will probably try to
annex it to the ElnpIt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-10
Wyominr's Wonderful Mountain.

Almost in the exact geographical CEN
trc of Wyoming is mountain Of solid
hemattc iron ore, with 900 feet of it
above ground, more than mile wide,
and over two miles in length. Besides
the iron, the mountain contains a bed of
Ignite coal large enough to warm the
entire world for century, a dozen dried
up lakes of soda, where the soda is de-
posted TO Il depth of over 300 feet, some
of the lakes being over 600 acres in
extent. In mountain adjoining there
is petroleum basin larger than those of
Pennsylvania and West Virginia COM
bined. Out of some of the springs pure
rectifcd coal oil is trickliug at the rate Of
twenty to thirty barrels per day. A
wonderful country iudeed.-Nea Fork
3Qele9ram. j
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-10
THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

SIX children have died in quick succession
At Pittsburg. Penn, from diphtheria. They
attended the Twenty y-seventh Ward school,
There are great fears of an epidemic, as
many others are i'll Of the same disease.
GENERAL E. BURD GRUBB, the new United
States Minister to Spain, sailed from new
York City for Madrid, accompanied Dy MS
mother and his daughter, Miss +. V. H.
Grubb.
THERE was run on the Citizens Savings
Bank in New York City, caused oy lts Gus
toners. most of whom were Polish Hebrews,
becoming alarmed at the general financial
uncertainty. The excited deposltors formed
q line extending ten blocks from the bank
and some waited all night to draw tnelr
money next morning. The institution en-
dured the run successfully
REAR ADMIRAL OLIVER S. GLIsSoN,
United States Navy, retired, died lew Gays
ago at his residence in Philadelphla, fenn.,
He was born in Ohio in 1909, was appointed
midshipman from Indiana in lS26, ana
served actively in the navy until 1871, "nen
he was retired.
THIEVES stole $4,000 from the Twenty
sixth Ward Bank in Brooklyn, N. u
EDWARD P. CHAPLIN, Chairman of the
State Commissioners of Savings Banks, mas
placed an Injunction on the Stockbridge Say
ings Bank, of Pitts6e!d Mass, closing lts
doors to business.
SAMUEL KL1NGENsMITH and W. H. Ma
thias members of a shifting crew, were
killed at Rankin Station, Penn. The men
were playing on the cowcatcher OF the en-
gine. when Suddenly both fell off on the track
in front of the train and were killed
The Harvard College Football eleven
defeated Yale in the championship game at
Springfield, Mass, by the score OIL t"ei'e
to six.
NELLIE SULLIVAN. aged thirty-ive, was
murdered at Providence, 4; L. oy neI
drunken husband, who ciuooea her ahu
jumped upon her.
THE west wall of the new stable building
being erected for Wells Fargo & Co., III Jer-
sew CITY, N. j., fell. Thirty men were en-
ployed in the building at the time. Or these
one was dead when taken from the runs,
one ives fatally hurt, and nine were very ser!-
ously injured. The damage to the stables IS
estimated atS10,00O.
THE sides of an excavation in South BROOK
Iyu, N. Y, fell in and smothered to death
Thomas McDonough, eight years old, and
his brother James, who was two years
younger.
DIR. JAcoBI a leading physician OF Ne "
York CITY. has sent to Berlin for the lymph
which DR.. Koch uses in inoculatlng con-
sumptive patients, and will conduct series
of experiments in a metropolitan hospital
with a view to examining the efficacy OF the
remedy.
BARNEY BRELL, a hard character, muir
dered his wife and killed himself at Butler,
Penn. The couple had lived unhappily many
years.
THE strength of the upward movement in
the stock market in New York City was
severely tested, first by the announcement
of August Belmont's sudden death and again
by the suspension of Edward Brandon, an
active member Of the Exchange, who faile1
for 81, SOC, 600. 1t stood the test remarkably
we'll
THOMAS FAwcErr & Co., one of the largest
coal firms in Fittsburg, Penn, have 1aileo
for $400, 900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-10
SIX BANKS FAIL.
All Small Western Concerns Under
One Management.

One Management.
An extensive bank failure has occurred, i'll
volving no less than six Southwestern
financial concerns, which were all practically
under the one management They arc the
Newton National Bank at Newton, Kan,
with branches at Guthrie, Normal. El
Reno. Saltwater and Whitewater. A short
time ago run was made on the Guthrie
bank, but the Newton Bank went to its res.
cue and met all claims presented.
Since that time the credit Of the whole
group OF banks has been more or less inn
paired. The failure was precipitatel l
by the Kansas City banks withdraw.
ing their support. The Newton
Bank was taken possession of by
the Federal authorities and next day the
Guthrie Bank closed its doors, while the
Whitewater concern is in the hands Of the
examiners Nothing has been heard from
the Ell Reno Norman and Saltwater banks.
The assets Of the Newton, Guthrie and
Whitewater banks are believed to be equal
to tho liabilities. and the bankers there say
they expect settlement will be made dollar
for dollar,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-10
MURDERED IN COURT.
A Criminal Runs Amuck, killing
Three Men.

A Criminal Runs Amuck, killing
Three Men.
The town of Rivas, In Nicaragua, was re-.
Gently the scene Of a terrible tragedy, almost
unparalleled in criminal history. Tomas
Martinezwas arra;gned for trial, charged with
attempting to murder DR.. Trinidad Flores.
When the charges were read and the accused
was called upon to plead he stepped four
PAGES to the front and putting his hand into
his inner breast pocket exclaimed:
Gentlemen. know that the jury will con-
denim me, but before being condemned must
get rid of this onew and he thereupon drew
a revolver and shot DR.. Flores dead.
Senor Gustavo Chamorro, who stood next
to Dr.. Flores picked up chair, but almost
Immediately fell to the ground, being shot
through tho brain. At this juncture Senor
Gregorio Rojas, ali old gentleman, father-in.
law of the first victim, closed with the prison.
er, who cid not hesitate to draw the trigger,
and the ball passed through Seno" Rojas's
mouth coming out back of his neck.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-10
THE KOCH LYMPH.
Successful Experiments With the
Consumption Cure i'm Cologne.

A series Of experiments have been cor
Quoted at Cologne by DR.. Prior with the
Koch curative lymph. Forty-five physicians
attended the experiments. In all tie cases
the symptoms following the injections of the
lymph were precisely similar to those de-
scribed by Professor Koch. Among tae pa
tients was a woman who was suspected Of be-
ing affected with tubercular disease. The
usual methods of diagnosis had, however,
failed to define positively the disease from
which she was suffering. She was treated
with an injection of the lymph, which caused
doubt the existence of tuberculosis.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-10

j. A. MCKAY. the Farmers Alliance can.
didate, who was elected Judge Of the Judicial
District composed Of Barber and Comanche
Counties, Kansas, never studied law, never
was admitted to the bar and never was In a
court in any official capacity. His Alliance
has sent him to Ann Arbor, Mich, to study
law for siTty days and prepare himself for
the bench.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-10
A GENERALS MISTAKE.
Three Soldiers Executed for Mt
der They Did Not Commit.

Iufcc SOlu!crS ESccutcu 1Or -hI-
der They Did Not Commit.
A despatch from Warsaw, Poland. by way
of Vienna, has stated that the father of one
Of the three young soldiers who were hastily
executed by General Gourko, the Military
Governor, ona charge of murder, of which
they proved to he entirely innocent,
has gone insane. The father in question.
is p well-to.Go merchant, and offered several
thousand roubles to charitable object if his
son should be respited long enough for Il
thorough inquiry. The respite was refused,
and the day after the execution the real
murderer surrendered.
The affair has caused a great sensation In
Russia. General Gourko is watched for fear
he may commit suicide. He has fallen under
the deep displeasure of the Car, and is tent
porarily relieved from his Office, pending his
Maiesty's decision as to what, if any, punish
ment he shall undergo for his blunder.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-10

Il CURIOUS scene occurred at the execution
Of the murderer, Schuster, at Barmenstein,
East Prussia. He begged as special act OF
grace to be allowed to sing 3 couplet before
the sword fell. Permission was readily ac-
corded to him and he commenced ID sing
AID continued singing until the sword
severed his head from his body.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-10

THE remarkable operation of transpianting
bone from live dog to boy was per-
formed at the Charity Hospital, on Black
wells Island, New York City. Boy and dog
will remain bound together until their bones
mite
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-10

DY rne nelp OF American volunteers Prest-
lent Bogran, OF Honduras defeated the in
surgent Sanchez, who was captured and
shot. Colonel Alden Baker, an American,
was killed
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-10

The total number Of deaths from cholera
in Spain during the present epidemic is about
3OO0 Tie disease has not yet been stamped
out In Valencia.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-10
AUGUST BELMONT.
The Distinguished American Finan-
cier Dies in New York City.

cier Dies in New York City.
August Belmont the banker, representative
Of the Rothschilds in this country, died on
recent morning at O'Clock, at his residence,
in Fifth avenue, New York City. He had
been confined to his bed for several days by
an attack of pneumonia, from which he died.
His wife and sons were constantly at his
bedside. Mrs. Belmont, Perry, Oliver and
August Belmont Jr., were present when tho
great banker expired.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1890-08-27
A Pugilistic Encounter.
TWO YOUNG MEN FIGHT TO FINISH.

TWO YOUNG MEN FIGHT TO FINISH.
A special to the Petersburg Indec-Ap-
peal last Friday from Lynchburg says:
"a regular smuggling match, which took
place this morning q Id Sullivan style, is
the sensation Of the hour. The parties in
volved are all prominent in society circles
and the casus belli was an insulting epithet
applied TO one of the belligerents by the
other at fashionable german given at
Calisthenics Hall last night BY Mayor
Yancey in compliment to his young friends.
The principals in the affair were the Hon.
Hal. Flood, member Of the House of Dele
gates from Appomattox, and MIR. Blair
Bannister, formerly of Petersburg, but now
connected with q real estate agency IN this
city. The circumstances in connection with
the difficulty are briefly as follows:
At the german last night young Bannis-
ter offended Flood. and the latter gave him
to understand that he would resent the in.
dignity later. Accordingly this morning
he called with friend at Bannister's Of
fee and demanded a retraction of the in
sulting remark. Bannister declined to
apologize, whereupon Flood denounced
him in vigorous language. A parley then
ensued and it was agreed to select suita-
UI6 SpOG anu HSub tuC AoebOA Ouo W O
finish. Seconds were obtained-Mr. Paul
Edmunds, Jr, son of Congressman Ed
munds, and Mr.. j. M. Booker, Jr, repre-
senting Flood, while Messrs. John M.
Otey and Colston Blackford acted for Ban
mister. Ex-Mayor N. G. Manson, Jr.,
oficiated as referee
The fight took place at 80 A. NJ, in
Booker's warehouse and lasted just eight
minutes. at the expiration of which time,
after display of fistic skill calculated to
arouse the envy of Sullivan himself, the
battle was brought to close, Flood being
knocked out by ''stunner" from Baunis-
ter's right. The parties then separated,
Flood having to be carried to his hotel in a
hack and physician called in to bind mp
his wounds. Bannister was not 80 badly
punished. Those who witnessed the fight
say it was the gamest they had ever seen,
and complimented both gentlemen on their
courage. The affair is the talk of the town
tonight, owing to the prominence of the
parties"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1890-08-27
A Few Facts.

There seems to be some misapprehens ion
with regard to the time when the present
charter of the Louisiana State Lottery expires
1t is true that the company has applied for
new charter, and on the 10th of July of this
year the Legislature ordered that an amend
ment to the constitution of the State be SUBJ
mitted to the people at the election in 1872
Thus the charter of the Company will be car
ried up to the year 1919. However, the present
charter which had been ratified by the Su>
preme Court of the United States, does not ex-
pire until the LIST of January. 1895. The appli-
cation for its extension was merely matter
of routine Legislation, and there is not the
slightest doubt that when the present charter
has expired, the peopleiof Louisiana will order
its continuance till 1919. The management OF
Generals Beauregard and Early has challenged
the admiration of all men, both in this coun-
try and abroad. The high character and integ
rity of these gentlemen is the best guarantee
that the company will fully justify the conf.
denee placsd in 1t by the State of Louisiana
NeV Orleans (La) Times Democrat, August 5th
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1890-08-27
The Stanton Building Co.

A called meeting of the Board of Directors of
the Stanton Building Company was held
at the office of the Secretary, in Covington, ON
Wednesday, August Goth. Much business of
Importance came before the Board.
r. II. BRAKEMAN, an experienced and praeti-
cal builder of White Sulphur Springs, W. Va,
was appointed superintendent of building, and
will have charge of tn shops in Staunton.
Mr.. w, G. Damron, who is the attorney for
the company, was elected general manager.
Mr., Damron has had almost entire control of
the company's business up to this time. He is
a hustler and organized this company with
out help and in the face of heavy Odds And
now with its present officers this company
gives promise of being one of the most success
full and best paying enter prises In the State.
Propositions offering Inducements to this
company to put up branch factories to build
houses under the Carskadon patent were re-
ceived from the land companies of Salem,
Bedford City, Buchanan and Mineral City.
The manager was instructed to carry to a
close the negotiations already commenced
with these companies.
The paid-up stock of this company is now
selling at fifteen to eighteen per cent advance.
AUeqto1y Sentinel.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1890-08-27
COUNTY COURT.

This was grand jury term. Depisl Huffer
was indicted for shooting Levi A. Michael and
Michael was indicted for cutting Huffer.
Administration was granted Emma G. Dud-
ley on the estate of her deceased husband, E.
T. dudley. ]. Blackford Patterson qualified as
administrator on the estate of his deceased
father, William Brown Patterson. The will Of
John Swisher was admitted to probate. and
the estate committed to the Sheriff
The petitions of A. s. Heatwold and others
asking for 81, 800 to be united with an appropri-
alton by Rockingham county for the purpose
of building bridge over North river; of j. I'll
Bowman and others, Riverheads, and d. F.
Koiner and others, South River, for roads. were
referred to the Board of Supervisors.
c. s. Patterson and James L. Blackwell were
appointed policemen in South River district
Floyd 81. Weaver and John A. Alexander
qualified as attorneys.