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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-09
LATER NEWS.

COMMENCEMENT exercises were held at
Yale and Harvard colleges.
GEORGE ". DELAMATER was nominated
for Governor Of Pennsylvania by the Repub-
lican Convention at Harrisburg.
THE Maine Prohibition State Convention
at Portland nominated Aaron Clark, of Bux-
ton, for Governor.
explosion in theSolar Refinery at Lima,
Ohio, killed two men.
WILLIAM ToPo1NT and Charles King were
burned to death by the ignition OF natural
gas, for which they were boring near Glas-
gov, KY.
FIVE HUNDRED railroad freight handlers
went on strike at East st. Louis, Ill.
THE Secretary of the Navy decided to send
Commodore w. P. McCann to command the
South Atlantic station. with the United
States ship Pensacola as flagship.
The President approved tho act constitut-
ing Irondequoit Bay, N. Y, navigable wa
ter: the act for the relief of tho Duluth and
Manitoba Railroad Company, the act au-
thorizing the acquisition Of certain parcels
of real estate in square No. 1913, city of
Washington, to provide an eligible site for
city postoffice; the act approving the fund
ing act Of Arizona and a number Of acts
granting pensions.
The number of cases Of cholera in Valencia,
Spain, up to recent date is lsa, OF which
113 have proved fatal.
RocHFoRT MAcGUIRE, Home Ruler, has
been elected to Parliament from North
Donegal, Ireland.
SEVERE gales prevailed along the coast OF
Scotland. Three persons are known to have
been drowned.
SIX buildings, including the Postoftice,
have been destroyed by Gre at Rincon:
Cuba.
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IMMIGRATION'S TIDE.
bfIicial Statement by the Bu'
reau of Statistics.
The Influx Of Foreigners During
Eleven Months.

Tho following official statement has been
issued from Washington by the United
States Bureau of Statistics:
The total number Of immigrants arriving
in the United States during the month end.
ing May 81, 1890, was s2,994, as compared
with "a, 24s arriving during the same period
last year. or these 66, 165 landed at New
York, COLO at Baltimore, 5157 at Boston, 1873
at New Orleans, 5Q at Philadelphia and 439
at San Francisco.
The respective numbers coming from the
principal foreign countries were as follows:
England and Wales, 7l18: Scotland, 1905;
Ireland 10, Id; Germany, Is, 1888; Denmark,
49, polsnS s 5a Russa aansss 49, S So4way sg@aS ana
Sweden, S767.
The total number Of immigrants arriving
during the eleven months ending May 81,
1890, was 40l, 609, as compared with 394, $50
arriving during the same period last year.
OF these, 324, 975 landed at New York, 25,-
IA at Boston, "a, 79l ut Baltimore, $3.50 at
New Orleans, 1924 at Philadelphia, and
JAS at San Francisco.
The respective numbers coming from the
principal foreign countries were as follows:
Hungary, 90, OIL; Germany, 81, 600; England
and Wales, 52,07S; Scotland, 10,5S5; Ire
land, 46,16S; Italy, 1887; Poland, 1897;
Russia, 81, 229; Norway and Sweden, IS, $40;
Denmark, S48T.
The most tnotableincreases and decreases in
the number Of immigrants from the principal
foreign countries for the month and for the
eleven months ending May 81, 1890, as COM
pared with like periods last year, were as fol-
lows:
Hungary, for month, increase Of 2059, and
for eleven months, increase Of 1046O; Den
mark, for month, decrease Of 49, and for
eleven months, increase Of 4S0; Germany,
falling off of COCO for the eleven months;
England and Wales, slight falling Off for
month, decrease Of nearly $4,000
for eleven months; Scotland, decrease of
800 for month, and Of 1000 for eleven
months; Ireland, decrease, of 5000 for
month, and of $4,000 for eleven
months; Italy, increase Of 5000 for month,
and of 24,O0O for eleven months;
Poland, increase of 2i00 for month, and OF
1000 for eleven months; Russia, slight in
creases; Norway and Sweden, decrease of
1000 for month, and Of 1000 for eleven
months. The immigration from France re-
mains practically unchanged.
The number landing at New York for the
month shows an increase Of 1000 over the
number landing during same period last
year, while for the eleven months there is an
increase of 2l.000.
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OUADRUPLE HANGING.
-Four Niurderers Hanged Simultanc-
ously ut Memphis, Tenn.

OuSly aC MempIliS, 4cHb.
Frank Brenish, white man, and Parker
Harris, Ed Carr and Hardy Ballard, colorcd,
were hanged in the County Jail at Memphis.
Tenn. Brenish, Harris and Carr murdered
their wives, and Ballard killed street car
driver. The colored men were hanged at the
same moment, but as Brenish objected to
going on the gallows with them his wishes
were respected, and he was hanged later.
Brenish suffered death for horrible
crime. His y;ifo had left him because OF
his brutality, and though he importuned her
to return she refused. Ho met her on the
street tho evening Of July s. 1889. Sho was
accompanied by her sister and her four-year-
old daughter. As she attempted to pass
him he spoke to her, but sho stepped out of
his way to avoid him. He sprang upon her
from behind and cut her throat. Then he
drew the bloody blade across his own throat
The surgeons inserted silver tube and Bre-
nIsh lived, but twice he endeavored to carry
out his original intention by tearing out tho
tube.
Parker Harris duplicated Brenish's crime.
He killed his wife August Z, 1880, by cutting
her throat, and then attempted suicide IN the
same way, but recovered, and was duly tried
and convicted.
At four o'clock on Saturday afternoon,
November 9, 1889, Ed Carr entered the station
house pistol in hand, and announced that
he had killed his wife, Sallie Carr. He
gave as a reason that his wife was un
faithful to him.
Last Christmas, at eight O'Clock in tho
evening NJ. Z. Pinkston, street car driver
was stabbed to the heart by Hardy Ballard.
Ballard boarded his car and upon being re-
quested to deposit his fare advanced to the
front platform and with the words, Here's
vour nickel,n stabbed Pinkston in the left
breast with a knife. Death resulted in
few moments.
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A TEST OF COURAGE.

One of the seyerest tests of courage is to
carry on ones life quietly and faithfully un-
der the cloud of great uncertainty
thing which makes 1t uncertain In what dr.
rection ones activity is hereafter to be put
forth. This Is not an uncommon experience;
but although it happens to many, 1t is never
on that account the easier to bear. Living by
faith had always involved q struggle even
for the most heroic souls, and most Of us
learn it by the most painful processes.
strength and peace, learn it we must, sooner
or later. If one broods over an uncertainty,
strength is paralyzed and work half done;-
the man who worries loses the power which
comes from concentration and calm put
ting forth Of his whole force. There Is
nothing to be gained by this brooding;
there is everything to be lost. A strong life
is one which commands itself and does not
give up the rudder to every wIad OF circum-
stance.
When the time of uncertainty comes to
strong man, he is not DETECTED from the
thing. in hand; if possible, he puts more
strength and skill into it; not defying for
tune, but accepting Providence by that calm
doing Of ones work which goes with the
consciousness that the honest laborcr Is
worthy of his hire, and that work we'll done
today means the opportunity of more work
tomorrow. Take your life brayey and
strongly; il uncertainties come into 1t, meet
them with quiet courage and good cheer.
Above all, keep heart and hand IN your work,
and trust the future to that Divine Proyi-.
dence which has ordered the falling Of every
sparrow.-[Christian Union.
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In the House.

14CrH DAY.-An all-day battle was fought
over Speaker Reeds reference OF thu Silver
bill to the Coinage Committee; finally Mr..
Mills's motion, amended, to strike from the
journal the Speakers order OF reference, was
adopted by a vote OF 1G5 to 117-eight be
pubicans voting with the Democrats. line
Federal Election bill was reported.
147ra DAY.-Mr. Campbell reported bill
authorizing the Secretary Of the Treasury to
establish q marine hospital at the port OF
New York, at a cost not to exceed S25o,OOo
The controversy over the Silver bill was
continued all day, seven Republicans voting
with the Democrats against the operation OF
the House rules. The House met at o'clock
P. NJ, but when motion was made to go into
Committee Of the Whole to consider private
pension bills, Mr Enloe made the point OF
10 quorum, and the House adjourned lmme-
diately, without transacting any business.
14STH DAY.-The House decided, by vote
of IA to III, to refer the Silver bill to the
Committee on Coinage. Weights ani Meas
ures. The following Republicans voted with
the Democrats against Mr.. Mckinley 5 mo-
ton: Messrs. Bartine, Connell, De Haven.
Hermann, Kelly, Morrow, Townsend and
Funston. These Democrats voted with the
Republicans in favor Of the motion: Bucka-
lew, Dunphy, Fitch, Gsssenhainer, Marsh,
McAdoo, Mutchler, O'Neill (Mass), Quinn,
Wiley and Stahlnecker.
149rH DAY.-The Speaker announced the
appointment of Messrs. Brewer, Butter
worth and Sayers as conferees on the Fortl-
fication bill Mr.. Wheeler reported with
amendments his bill to define the line OF tbs
Army and to increase its efficiency. .On
motion of Mr. Grout, Chairman Of the Dis
trict of Columbia Committee, the House went
into Committee Of the Whole on District
business, taking up the Atkinson bill amenda-
tory of the act authorizing the construction
of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad IN
the District of Columbia 1t was debated for
four hours without action. "A bill was IN
troduced by Mr.. Watson appropriatlng $aC''
900 for the erection Of O monumenta at Wash
inaton to the memory Of John Ericsson.
10th DAY.-The Silver bill was reported
from the Committee on Coinage, and it was
decided after long debate to take vote
next day. a.
15isr DAY.-A motion to concur in the
Senate Free Coinage amendment to the Sill
yer bill was defeated-135 to 152-and con-
ference was ordered: Twenty-Five Demo
Gratis voted with the Republicans and TWEEN.
ty-one Republicans voted with tho Demo
Gratis. Mr. Boutelle presented the confer
ence report on the Naval Appropriation bill,
and made a short explanation OF the details
OF the agreement reached in conference.
Agreed to-. Mr.. Dingley reported favor.
ably the bill recommended by the lnterna-
tional Marine Conference for the prevention
Of collisions at sea. Mr.. Dingley also re-
porte6 favorably from the same committee
the bill defining the duties OF masters o. YES
sells in case Of collision.
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MAN AND WIFE HANGED.
Mr. and Mrs. Potts Die bn the Same
Gallows at Elko, New.

Mr. and Mrs. Potts Die on tho Same
Gallows at Elko. New.
One Of the most terrible scanes in the his
tory OF death by the moose was witnessed in
the Elko (NevsdA Jail yard, when Josiah and
Elizabeth Potts were hanged for the murder
of Miles Faucet. Hardened men shuddered
and turned pale as they saw the Toman's head
nearly cut of by the rope and the blood
drench her clothing, while beside her swung
in fearful contortions, the body OF her hus-
band. The Pottses have been in jail over
wear for particularly atrocious murder on
New Years Day, 1888.
Faucett was g well-to-do bachelor, sey-
enty years old, and born, like the Pottses, In
Manchester, England. They were friends,
but after Faucett's murder the Pottses dlsap-
peared and about year afterward a.ar were ar
which was wholly circumstantial,
showed that for the sake of ready
money the woman had struck her
victim on the head with an axe and then
crushed his skull to prevent Identification.
Not satisfied with this the two cut up the
body and the woman tried to boil 1t down,
but could not on account Of the stencil. She
tried to feed it to animals, and ended by
burying the body under the house. -,
On the RallOWS mIS. IObtS StOOu eleCut SAo't
in muslin suit, draped in black, with red
rose in her bodice. =,
The scene which followed the springinS OF
the trap was awful and the spectators turned
away, pale and sickened. Mrs. Potts was
so heavy and her flesh 80 soft and aabby that
when the rope became taut it cut through
her neck severing the carotid artery.
A stream Of blood gushed out from
under ber chin and eoursed down down
over the white dress she had made
with so much care. It was a spectacle not
soon to be forgotten. The woman's form
hung motionless. covered with blood and at
it's side swayed the body Of her husband
drawn up in frightful contortions which con-
tinued for fourteen minutes.
When the bodies were cut down 1t was
found that there had been narrow escape
from an even worse spectacle. The rope
had so far cut through into Mrs. Potts
throat that had the drop been little longer
her head would have been severed from her
body. The musclea of the back OF the necE
alone kept head and trunk together. Inc
blood was hurriedly wiped of tbs wifos face,
and the remains placed in collins.
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A NEBRASKA CYCLONE.
Several Villages Demolished and
Many People Injured.

A severe electrical storm, accompanied by
wind and rain, swept over Omaha, Neb., es-
fecting damage estimated at $4,000. Cellars
were flooded and much property destroyed
by water. A team Of horses attached to g
street car were killed. K. A. Jacob
sons house was struck by lightning.
He was killed and his wife and children
badly hurt. The roof of the Grand Central
Hotel at South Omaha was blown Off and the
building flooded. R. 8. Kuhn's house was
struck By lightning and burned. Mrs Kuhn
and two children were rendered unconscious
by the shock, and were rescued by firemen
from the burning building. 49, ,,
The town Of Sweetwater, Neb., little
hamlet of less than one hundred inhabi-
tants, was swept away by a cyclone, at 5
o'clock in the afternoon. None were killed
tut number were injured.
A cyclone struck the village Of Pleasonton,
Neb.. at 2 o'clock in the afternoon and de-
stroyed every building in the place, rendering
about $50 persons homeless
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RELIGIOUS READING,
WHERE TO sow.

WHERE TO SOW.
"Angel Of the spring-time," said she,
'Show me where to sow my grain.
Shal. I plant it round my doorstep
Or afar there on the plain%
"At thy feetw the angel answered,
''Sow at once the nearest field!
First, thy door yard, then beyond 1t
Let new fields new furrows yield.
''Fill the nearest spot with gladness,
Fill thy home with goodness sweet;
Wider fields shall ask thy sowing,
If thou first SOW at thy feet!
"Thus for thee shall widening haryests
Wave their manifolding grain,
Till the siYty-fold, the hundred,
Gid the dooryard and the plainp'
= Christian Intelligencer.
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4 MIDGET IN POLITICS.
Colonel Leffel Will he One Of the City
Fathers Of Springfield, Ohio.

Colonel Joe Leffel, the midget ex-mussum
freak, was elected Councilman in a special
election held in the Fifth Ward of Spring
field, Ohio to fill vacancy. Leael is the
smallest official of the kind in the country.
He is forty-six inches high, weighs
sixty pounds, and is fifty-seven
years old. He was elected in face of heavy
odds, his opponent being H. G. Marshall, all
extremely popular Democrat. Mr.. Leifsl was
the Republican nominee, and polled moro than
the full vote of his party. His majority over
ludicrous to SEQ the midget in council, as no
will be hidden by his desk when he takes the
floor to speak. He married q midget, who
still lives, They have two full-sized chill
dren,
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WHAT delightful country Germany
will be for German to have anything
to do with if General Won Caprivls
proposed measure to tax all natives in
eligible for army service and all Ger
man citizens living abroad should be-
como o law! If he could only persuade
tl.is country to execute a treaty autho
rizing the taxation of all German
Americans, the cup of the Chancellort
ambition would probably be full.
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MEXICO'S EXPORTS.
6he Sends the United States $40,
100000 Worth q Year.

The official report of the Secretary Of State
e the Republic of Mexico for tho fiscal year
Rst ended contains some interesting compil.
|t6ns to people Of the United States.
Tho total exports from Mexico were valned
Il over 100000, 900. OF this amount more
han $40, 100000 went to the United States;
h2, ,000, 900 to England; sS,000,000 TO Ger
hany, and s., ,00O, 900 to France.
OF the thirty-fve custom houses Ell Paso
lands first, Vera Cruz second, Progreso
bird and Laredo fourth. Ell Paso did TWEEN
6.fiye per cent. Of the entire business.
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LASSOED OUT OF MONEY.
Desperadocs Secure SIC, 900 Check
by Means of q Lariat.

Three desperate men, with lasso, secured
O $4,000 check from j. H. Stewart, Kan
SOS City (Mo.) capitalist, the other day. MIR.
Stewart is in a precarious condition from
his rough usage. He was riding
near Hamburg, Iowa, in q buggy
when John F., Charles B. and
doc" Golden attacked him, threw the moose
of long rope about his neck, and dragged
him over the dashboard. He was helpless in
their hands and signed tho check to escape.
Tho trouble grew out Of litigation over TO
title to lands claimed by tue Goldens and
by Stewart
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su;cide of q Mississippi Priest.

Raw Father C. F. Bohmert, who has been
I'm IN health for some time past, was found
Head in bed at the parsonage adjoining st.
|Alphonsus Catholic Church, Ocean Springs
Miss. Of which he was pastor,
With two bullet wounds in his head one oo-
hind his right ear and one in the right eye:
From the surrounding circumstances IL Is
EVIDENT that he took his own life while sui
Seriug from mental alteration.
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Washington.

ACCORDING to figures turned in by the
enumerators the population Of st. Louis,
Mo, is 435 600, or 5000 less than the most
conservative estimate. Four special enume-
rators were set to work revising districts
from which came reports Of neglect.
A CoLoRED man at Livingston, Texas
who cut the throat of white mau named
Morris a few days ago, was lynched by q
posse of armed men. In revenge band OF
colored men killed two of the men alleged to
be implicated.
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Killed the Entire Family.

A family feud at Yates Centre Kan,
ended in a bloody tragedy. A. H. Coe and
wife lived on a farm about thirteen miles
Southwest of Wichita For several years
Eoe and his two brothers-in-law, Nathaniel
and Adrian Anglin, who had farms adjoin-
ing his, had kept up family reud' the
brfgin OF which is unknown.
During the morning Coe went into the
ReId where Nathaniel was working and shot
him dead. He then opened fire on Adrian
and shattered his left arm, leaving him for
Head. He returned home and shot his wife
Head. Coe then sent a bullet through his
'bwn head, dying instantly.
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Gold Exports.

The official report Of the United states
|Rnrean of Statistics shows total exports OF
Eold in the five mouths to May 81 81. 429, 45S.
and the total imports for the same time were
q. 914, 957, thus leaving an excess of imports
kf 1856 ,499. The contrast is very marked
with the same five months Of 1889, when the
exports of gold were s23, ,6SS, 9l9 and the i'm
Ioorts only SO, 7O6, ,4l2, leaving an excess OF
&1Q Qs2 501 of EXPORT.
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One Pistol Killed Both.

Miss Annie Turner, the beautiful young
daughter Of Judge John s. Turner commit
ed suicide at Groveton, Texas. Her father,
Who was present at the time took the pistol
from the hands of his dying daughter am
killed Professor Davis. Nothing Is kna"
hs to the cause Of the tragedy. ,,
Professor Davis went there last Marca
rom North Carolina and took charge OF the
envy. He was a good looking young
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Hundreds in the Sea.

A foot bridge landing from steamer to o
stage at st. Jean, France, collapsed
and hundreds of persons were thrown into
sthe sea. Seven bodies have been recovered
and many persons are still missing. Divers
are engaged in a search for other bodies
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Drowned Himself in Vinegar.

Mason Haus Halter, a young man, drowned
himself in barrel OF vinegar at Vienna,
Austria He first painted his initials IN req
&iYa is known.
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Cowbows Run the Town.

A reion of terror has existed at Two Hig,
Texas. FOR several days. Twenty cowbows
Scame in from Hill & Runnelrs ranch, tand
they have run the town to suit themselves
since.
J.W. McGinnis, merchant, was SHOT. A
messenger summoned McNeiPs rangers and
they captured eight of the cowboys, the
bthers escaping to the brush.
Those who escaped returned and released
the prisoners, and shot all the windows out
of the house of John Nicholson, the station
agent who sent the message summonlng the
rangers.
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TEN KILLED IN A FIRE.
A Hungarian Village Destroyed and
1000 People Made Homeless.

The village of Felsoe, Mislye, in Hungary,
was destroyed by fire during terri
BILE gale Of wind. Sparks from
locomotive engine fell on a thatched
roof and in half an hour the whole village
was in flames. The church was destroyed,
the hills melted and the tower laid in ruins.
Ten aged and ill people were killed and
Several children are missing and thou
sand people are left homeless and paanileS.
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a Rattle With Mexican Bandits.

Senior Felipe Gonzales, wealthy mercnan1
and rancher CT Tampico, Mexico, arrived IN
FTexas from the scene of the alleged revolu-
|tionary operations in Mexico. According to
|Senor Gonzales the alleged revolution is
nothing more or less tnan a
bold attempt Of well-orsanized
lrang of bandits to commit robbery.
|Gon2ales saws that the bandits, under the
|ieadership Of an ex-offcer of the Mexican
Farmy. attacked a train near Monterey bear
Eng gold and silver bullion to the United
Etates. The train was well guarded by
&hehment of soldiers, and a pitched battle
esnIted in which several of the bandits were
He'd. Their leader was captured, and has
lnce been shot. The bandits, Gonzales de.
Glares, were Mexican refugees who crossed
from the Texas side of the river near LAREDO.
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DEVOURED BY WOLVES.

Hordcs of tho Famished Beasts Over
running Galicia.
Hordes of famished wolves a:e overrun.
ming Galicia, Austria, destroying thou
sands of sheep and many larger animals. In
a number of cases men havei been attacked
by the ferocious beasts ard devoured.
In some regions it is extremely dangerous
for the inhabitants to 60 abroad, and they
have organised large bands of armed men 20
sxterminate the hsutei 4"