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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-23

CONGhESShAN SnlSG W
The caucus of Democratic Congressman
held in the Chamber Of the House Of Repre-
sentatives at Washington after a two days
contest nominated Charles F. Crisp, OF
Georgia, for Speaker, on the thirtieth ballot;
On the final ballot he received LIZ votes, ll4
being necessary for a choice. as against loo
for Mr.. Mills, Of Texas, four for MIR. Springer,
of Illinois, and one for Stevens, OF Massa-
chusetts. The result was made possible by
the withdrawal of Candidate McMillin, OF
Tennessee. Mr.. Springer added his votes TO
the Crisp column. So did MIR. HATCH, OF
Missouri.
Charles Frederick Crisp was born on
January %, 1916, in Sheffield, England,
where his parents, who were actors, mao
gone on a visit from the United States. ne
was brought to this country by nus parsnss
in the wear Of his birth. He received
a common-school education in Savannah and
Macon. Ga. He entered the Confederate Army
in MAY, 1851, serving as a lieutenant In the
10th Virginia until May u, 1854. when
he became a prisoner OF war. Upon his re-
lease from Fort Delaware in June, 1863, ne
Joined his parents at Ellaville. Schley Coun,
ty. Ga. He read law in Amerlcus, "a, ana
was admitted to the bar in 1866. he began
the practice OF law IN Cu6fulo, 0o'
he was appointed Solicitor-General OF me
Southwestern Judicial Circuit OF Georgia,
and in 1873 he was reappointed for a term
of four years. Since 1873 he has made his
home at Americas. In June. 1877, he was
appointed Judge of the Supreme Court Tor
the Southwestern Circuit, and IN 1873 he
was elected by the General Assembly to the
same Office. In 1880 he was reelected for
four years, but he resigned In 1882 to accept
the Democratic nomination for Congress,
and was elected Il the Forty.eighth Com
gress. In 1883 he was President OF tne
Democratic State Convention.
MI. Crisp was reelected to the Forty:nlnth,
Fiftieth, E~fty-Hrst and Fifty second Con-
crosses. He has been one Of the most faith.
ful and persistent workers in Congress, being
hardly ever absent from his seat. MIR.
Crisp has served on several important COM
mittees in the House. including those on
Elections (of which he was Chairman In
the Fiftieth Congress, Commerce, Manutac.
tures and Pacific Railroads. BE has taken
an active part in the debates in the House;
Mr.. Crisp mas a clear complexion, blue
ewes. and a straight, well formed nose ana
brown mustache. His head Is bald, and his
manners are refined and agreeable.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-23

The prospects for the speedy open
ing Of the greater part Of the Indian
lands in the Oklahoma country are
good. The Government commission
ers are now on the ground negotiating
with the Tonkawas, and there Is
every reason to believe that a salts
factory settlement will be reached in.
q short time. Their reservation en-
braces about 90, 900 acres, Of which
So, 900 will be opened for homestead.
ers. The commissioners will next
negotiate with the Poncas, Otoes and.
Pawnees, and some time in Novem-
Der they expect to 60 to Tahlequah to-
resume negotiations for the Cherokee
outlet. ..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-23
In the House.

% DAY.-At the hour of noon Clerk Nc
Pherson called the House to order. MIR. Hol-
man, of Indiana, moved that the House pro-
coed to the election o: Speaker: Agreed to-
Mr.. Holman placed in nomination Charles
F. Crisp, Of Georgia. Mr.. Hen
derson, Of Illinois, placed in nomi-
nation Thomas B. Reed, of Maine. Mr..
Simpson, of Kansas, placed in nomination
Thomas G. Watson, Of Georgia. The roll
was then called with the following result:
For Crisp, 22s; for Reed, So; for Watson,
eight (Messrs. Baker, Clover, Davis, Hal
yorson KEN, McKeighan. Otis and Simpson,.
In a few moments Mr.. Crisp entered with
Mr.. Mills and Mr. Rsed supporting MIN on
either arm: The oath Of Office was admin
istered by Mr.. Holman, Of Indiana. MIR.
Crisp made a short speech Oh taking ms
seat. The House then completed lts
organization by electing Mr.. Kerr, OF
Pennsylvania Clerk; Mr.. Yoder. OF
Ohio, Sergeant.at-Arms;M r. Turner, OF New
York, Doorkeeps-; Mr.. Dalton, OF Indiana
Postmaster, and Mr.. Milburn, OF llllnols'
chaplain, and swearing IN the members.
After the usual messages had been sent to
the Ssnate aud to the President, the grant
drawing for the possession OF seats tooA
place, and the Ho use adjourned.
3D. DAY.-After the reading and approval
OF the journal, Mr. Blount, of Georgia,
Chairman OF the committee that walte1 ON
the President TO inform him of the organ.
ization of the House. reported that the
President had stated that he would
send a communication in writing
The House took a recess for fifteen minutes
to await the arrival Of the Presidents
Message. At the conclusion OF the recess
Mr.. Pruden, the Presidents Secretary, APP
neared and presented the Message, waicn the
Reading Clerk proceeded to read-fhe
House then adjourned.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-23
FIFTY-sECoND CONGRESS.
In the Senate.

Cd DAT.-After the reading Of the jour
nal, the oath Of Office was administered to
Mr.. Jones, Of Arkansas, reelected. ...Mr.Can,
of Florida, and Mr.. Dubois, Of Idaho, were
sworn in. "A few minutes before 8
o'clock the House members OF
the Joint Committee made their
appearance, and, being joined by Messrs-
Sherman and Harris, proceeded to. the White
House After waiting twenty minutes Mr..
Voorhees, moved an adjournment, stating
that the House had already adjourned. The
motion was agreed to.
3D. DAT.-Immediately after the open
ing proceedings Messrs. Sherman and Harris
reported that the PRESIDENT would communi-
cate a message in writing-Assistenr Sec
rotary Prudent was then announced with
the Presidents Message. The reading OF
the Message was commenced by Secretary
McCook at 1890, and lasted nearly an hous'
and a half.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-23
FIGHTING IN CHINA.
Six Hundred Insurgents Killed in
One Engagement.

A cablegram from Pekin, China, says:
1.-THE Chinese Government has received an
official report from Brigadier-G General Mich,
commanding the troops in the Kinchow dis
trict. announcing that be engaged AMI de-
feated tho rebels, killing their leader and
600 men. The General commanding the
Imperial forces at Jeho also announces a
successful engagement with the rebels"
It is reported that a band Of rebels has
murdered a Mougolian Prince. Some more
villages have been sacked m looted, and all
the native Christian residents have been
found massacred. The Mandarins are not at
tempting to stop the butchery, which is
being executed by an association called a
Temperance League, the object Of which Is
the determination Of foreigners and Chris
tians. The senior British officer here has
received an official message from Niuchang,
saying that the revolt there has been sup
pressed and that the rebels have been dis
persed. A laconic dispatch from Chinese
sources that a number Of the
rebels have been summarily beheaded.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-23
~Ex-SPEAKER REED.

The chamber presented a bright appear
ance, Notwithstanding the gloominess OF the
day. The furniture had been reupholstered
and the blue covering of the desks contrast
ed pleasantly with the new terra Gotta car
pet. w;.b
floral designs of morsso less beauty, al
though they were not$$as' numerous as in
former years, and the Speakers desk was
conspicuous by the Absence Of adornment.
At noon Clerk McPherson assembled to the
clerks desk, and called the House to order.
The clerk Immediately proceeded to call the
roll.
The clerk having announced the presence
of 326 members, the House Imme lately, on
motion Of Mr.. Holman, Of Indiana, adj
jour1ed-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-23
FIFTY.SECOND CONGRESS.
The Nations Jaw Makers Once
More at Work.
Opening Scenes in the Senate and
House of Representatives.

In defiance of the rain, which prevailed
from early morning until noon, the Senate
galleries were crowded with spectators eager
to witness the opening Of the Fifty-second
Congress.
Here ard there throughout the chamber
the desks Of the Senators who were to take
their seats as Senators for the first time
were marked by baskets of flowers, and the
Vice-President's desk was distinguished in a
like manner.
There was an unusually large number OF
new Senators to be sworn In, counting up
seventeen.
At noon the Vice-President took the chair,
and the session was opened with prayer by
the chaplain, Rev. J. q. Butler.
After rendering thanks for abundant har-
vests and for continued peace and prosper.
ity, the chaplain prayed for continued
favor for the nation and for bless
ings on the President, Vice-Presi-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-23
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION,
Nearly 900 Delegates Will Be in the
Minneapolis Gathering.

There will be SOS delegates in the Nation
al Republican Convention which is to be
held in Minneapolis, MINI, June Z 1892.
There will be four delegates from each
State, known as delegates at large; two from
each Congressional district, two from each
of the four Territories Arizona, New Mexi.
co. Oklahoma and Utah-and two from the
District o. Columbia. 1t will require the
votes of 500 delegates to makes nomination.
The representation will be as follows:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-23
THREE FATAL FIRES.
-Four Firemen, Six Working Girls
anda Business Man Killed.

anda Business Man Killed.
,ram; = on;.v;,,as ~ ., +
Irp1 $50.
a series OF nres on WesSifMa in s1reet ele Se
lives have been lost, nearly 100000 Worthof
nronerty DESTROYED. and several singular
1870 occ,,rrad I n 4. e.r,y svsn
-.
ing the store ana STOCK OF tne5 Boone
Company was destroyed. entailing a loss
of sS5. 06O. At .:35 O'clock that morning
an explosion occurred in the adjoining build
inc occupied by Bamberger, Strong &c CO.
The shaky walls crumbled, and before il
was subdusd ,the stores OF Bamberger.s
aStronp e. Co.. Wilson's CO., Johanbocke&
Sons. and Miller, Voolfolk, Payne Co
had been guttsd. At least four men were
buried under falling walls, all hook and lad
der men. -Four Others are badly hurt. The
dead fremen are William Moore, William
Davis, Samuel Baker and Tony Schiicht:
At s O'Clock another fatal fire began. II
was in F. a. Menn & Co.'s wholesale candy!
and fireworks house, q square above the
Boone Paper Company's building
Forty girls were at work wrapping candy
on the fourth floor. The fire was out
at IL o'clock, and the work OF
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-23
ELECTRICAL EXECUTION,
The Death Chair Again Used at the
Sing Sing Prison.

Martin ID. Loppy, the wife murderer, has
paid the penalty of his crime on tina electric
death chair in. the Sing Sing IN. ~ prison
The signal. a black flag, Indicating that he
had been executed, was hoisted on the flag,
staff over Warden Browns house at l2:0S
O'CLOCK.
According TO Warden Brown the e1ecu-
ton was carried out the same as IN tne case
of the four men executed in June last. The
Warden refused to give any information
except to say that the law had been carried
out and that the execution Of Loppy was a
success.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-23

A REMARKABLE alliance between two
families is reported from the parish Of st.
Marie Reauce, Canada. Two farmers named
Rheaume and Norm had each eight
children, four sons and four daughters.
Rheaume's four sons married Morins four
daughters, and the four Sons of the latter
Joined their fortunes to the four daughters
of the former.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-23

A New YORK couple were married
the other day without knowing 1t. a.
less extraordinary phenomenon Is for
q couple to be unmarried in South Da-
kota while only one Of them knows
of it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-23
House of Representatives.

As the Republicans entered the hall Of the
House where the Democratic caucus for the
nomination of . Speaker had been heidi they
were greeted by their Democratic colleagues,
and congratulations and condolences were
exchanged.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-23

1T is estimated that fully 5000, 600 bushels
of wheat have been lost in Northern Mime
sofa for want of help and consequent long
exposure to rains, while in Southern Da
kota, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska the loss y
estimated at 20, 600. 900 bushels.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-23

NAVAL officials at Washington are not
disposed to place too much reliance on ChilTs
peaceful intentions, 50 the work on our war
Ships is being pushed. .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-23

THE price Of silver bullion has fuctuated
from ninety-four cents to S1.21 per ounce
during the last fiscal year. !
The record-union., 1891-04-08
BRIEF NOTES.

The hight of the river yesterday was
is feet inches.
Governor Markham signed University
warrants yesterday amounting to Sl2,-
Isl Il.
George Zeiglcr, who last year captained
the local baseball club, is reported to be
lying dangerously i'll in New Orleans.
a patent was yesterday issued at Wash
ingt0n to G.. McNealy of Sacramento for a
riding hat presumably for ladies' wear
When Musin, the celebrated violinist.
was in the city last week he left an offer
for one of the rare old Strudivarius violins
belonging TO the Enrich estate
On motion of District Attorney Ryan.
Judge Catlin yesterday dismissed the
charge of mayhem pending against
Manuel Pescadero. He was tried week
ago and the jury disagreed.
y man named Hahn, who runs saloon
on Front street, near I, claims to have
been robbed OF $500 the other night by
two men who went into his place about
midnight and knocked him senseless.
While the horse reporter was absent the
other day at Sunday-school convention
he got the church reporter to look after
his work. Somebody stuffed the latter
with horse item, in which trotters were
referred TO as thorOughbreds. and long
established and hitherto unbroken lines
OF pedigree were ruthlessly shattered.
lie IS now on the war-path, armed with
stuffed club, looking for the culprit
The record-union., 1891-04-08
Eugene Field at Home.

/ recently spent an hour with Eugene
Field at his home in Chicago, into which
he had just moved. Few authors know
of have more thoroughly characteristic
nome than has the clever Western writer.
Criosities abound on every hand; books
are everywhere. Mr.. Field has a perfect
mania for unique things, whether in rare
books, postage stamps, coins, bric-a-brac.
or Whatnot, and he INDUCES his fancies
to the limit of his purse. "a regular
iunkshop, isn't it?'' said the poet laugh
ingiy. We'll, / pick up these things.
and my friends send me a lot of stuff
and undoubtedly his friends sent him
every conceivable thing. His entire
home is q veritable curiosity shop, while
the man himselfis good nature and iollity
personiiipd. He is generous in his friend
ships, and holds all who come in contact
with him. There is nothing affected
about him; he is Eugene Field all the
time, and those who have met him never
forget him. He counts his friends by the
hundreds His home life is most happy
one, and he lives the husband and father.
Now, Mr.. Field VIII write one stanza of
poem," he said to me, ''and now Mr..
Field viii go down cellar and chop wood
and come up and build fire." Unfortu
nately, this clever man is an acute
dyspeptic sufferer. which makes
you wonder all the more how
he can write SO much, always so
well, and be never anything but one of
the most clever writers in America.
The record-union., 1891-04-08
THEY OUGHT 10 BE PEARLS
An Ohio Girl Whose Tears Seem to Be
Turned Into Glass.

The physicians and oculists of this city
are greatly puzzled over a case which is
as remarkable as any that ever came
under observation, writes Findlay.
ONO, correspondent. This was the
taking from the right eve of Jennie Sutton.
a tteen-year-old girl, of fifty-four pieces
of broken glass by DIR. Il. G.. Iritch.
While this Of itself would be very much
out of the ordinary, when it is considered
that the eye was not at all affected by
lheSe foreign substances and that there
was no inflammation or Disbursement of
vision, as well as no pain, it is a fact that
these pieces of glass have been coming
from the eye Of this girl for the past
month and only day before yesterday DIR.
Tritch removed every evidence Of glass in
the eye and announced that all were
taken out
Yesterday she came back and had fifty
1our more pieces removed, and yet no one
knows how they came into the eye. The
glrl is domestic in the family of ex-
Surveyor Stringfellow, whose wife has
been taking these particles of glass from
the glrFs eye for month past, but be-
coming alarmed at their reappearance
almost as soon as removed had Dr. Tritch
undertake to cure the young woman of
her peculiar aftliction. The case puzzles
the doctor quite as much as it has the girl
and her employers, as she met with no
accident by which the glass could get
into the eye, and the fact thatthe particles
give her little Or no pain is equally as in
eXpicable.
1t is estimated that over 100 pieces of
glass have been taken from the eye since
the case first attracted attention The
glass has been tested and found to be
pure crystals, and as the girl has no
means OF putting the pieces in the eye,
and, as matter of fact, would have
hardly intelligence sufficient to carry out
a system of imposition, not to speak of
her ability to do so, without pain, the
matter has aroused the liveliest sort of
speculation, and the only theory thus far
advanced to explain the matter is that the
girl has some sort of a chemical nature,
and that the crystals are formed by her
tears. Another examination will be
made tomorrow, the girl being closely
watched in the meantime to prevent any
a[aut, ana l;ti thG outcome OF the test VII be
strange case.
The record-union., 1891-04-08
LEFT Him NAKED.
An Old Man PIundered of His Cloth
ing on the Street.
A Midnight Episode in the Outskirts
of the City-The Thieves Make
Good Their Escape.

Just before midnight last night a tele-
phone message was received at the police
station, from the Central Street Railway
Company's car-house, at Twenty-eighth
and J streets, stating that man had
been robbed in that vicinity, and asking
that officers be sent ont there.
The city having no patrol wagon, a
hack was hired and officers Ferrall and
Shook detailed to go and inquire into the
matter. When the officers got there they
found an old man named Timothy Hodge,
who makes his living by filing saws and
doing odd jobs of work, standing on the
railroad track in an almost naked condi-
ton and shivering with the cold.
The old man was very drunk, but was
able to tell what had happened. He said
two men met him on the street at Twenty
eighth and J, and promptly stripped him
of his clothes and shoes. They took
everything he had but his shirt and an
old and torn vest, and left him to the
mercy of the night winds that blew up
cold and harsh from the southeast.
The shivering victim was taken to the
car-house, where some old clothes were
found To cover him, and then the officers
brought him to the police station for safe
keeping.
Hodge could not describe the men who
plundered his person, but he said they
did it in a workmanlike manner. They
first stood him on his head and slipped
of his trowsers and shoes, and then re-
versed him and completed the spoliation
of his body.
As he stood there in the middle of the
street, with his limbs naked and cold,
and yelled for help, people who passed on
the last car, on their way to their homes,
supposed him to be an escaped lunatic,
and passed on, being afraid to tackle him.
The incident occurred in a sparsely-
settled portion Of the city, the night was
dark, and the thieves had no difficulty in
getting away. The old man was too be-
fuddled with liquor TO be able to tell in
what direction they had gone, and the
officers deemed it useless to attempt to
look for them in the darkness, especially
as they had plenty of time to get out of
the way. They did the next best thing,
however-they held the old man captive
and landed him safely in the city prison,
where he at least had a chance to get
warm.
The record-union., 1891-04-08
A LITTLE GIRLS DIARY.
The 1Iowling and Whirling Dervfshes
Described by q Child.

CAIRO, February II, 1890.
VIII only describe the bowling and
whirling dervishes. First we went to the
whirling dervishes. After we had been
sitting around the circle the dervishes
came in one after another. The first one
was the sheakh. He was very old man,
and he had great big hump on his back.
lie swas clothed in brown mantle
thrown over his shoulders, and he walked
very, very slowly indeed. His step was
about Il half a foot long. After they all
were IN they sat down on the PRAYER
mats. Then they all came and bowed 10
the sheakh then they began whirling. 1t
was beautiful to see their white skirts all
stand out. They stuck out as if thew were
made to stick out. Every one of them.
held their right palm of the hand down
and the left up towards heaven.
Then they stopped and all sat down on
their mats again. They did this same
thing over several times. The second
time we went away to the howling der
wishes. When we got there it was quite
crowded, and aftera while the door opened
and everybody went in We had not
been sitting there long when the dervishes
came in. When they had all seated them
selves they began to say ALA, ALA. First
they said 1t very slowly and soft, and
then they said 1t louder and faster, more
louder and faster. They shook their
heads every time they said anything from
one side to the other, and every time they
said it loud and fast they would shake
them very violently indeed. Some of
them had strangling long hair. thought
the sheakh was very good looking. He
had a very pretty little son there with
nm, and when we went out he made such
broad smile at us. One of the men got
kind of crazy, and he made a frightful
noise and called ALA, ALA. The Arab
right next to him took ahold of him all
through until the end. They did the
same thing over and over again. When
it was through we went home to the
Nicholas
The record-union., 1891-04-08
Our Consul nt Jerusalem

Rev. DR.. Selah Merrill, newly-ap-
pointed American Consul at Jerusalem.
held the same Office from March. 1882. to
December, 1886. Abandc ming a pastorate
in San Francisco in 1868, he Went to Ger
many for two years to study Oriental
languages; and during that time visited
Palestine, Egypt and Greece. His mas
terry of the cuneiform characters at this
time elected warm approval from George
Smith, the eminent Assyrian scholar. In
1874 he was appointed archeologist of the
American Palestine Exploration Society.
whose field cooperation was Moab, Gilead
and Bashan, the entire country east of
the Jordan, and from 1875 to 1877 he had
charge of the explorations in the field.
Yale College gave him the honorary de-
gree of a. NJ. on the ground of Especial
service of biblical learning.'' He re-
caived the degree of ID. ID. from Iowa
College, and that of LII. d. from Union.
In 1872 and again in 1879 ne taught He
brew in the Theological Seminary at An
dover Mass