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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-08-05

IT is stated upon good authority that dur.
inc June the number of persons WHO COM
mitted suicide throughout the United States
ranged between sixteen and seventeen hum
dred, the majority of them being between
the ages OF twshty and thirty five years. the
causes which led to this wholesale self-siaugh-
ear were failures in business and love afaira.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-08-05
Foreign.

YELLOW fever prevails in Santos and Rio,
Brazil, and numerous bodies of pauper i'm.
migrants are parading the streets begging
for bread.
The deaths from cholera in Mecca average
fifty daily. A quarantine is being formed
1t Jebei-Ior.
HEea FOELDES, a corn broker at Pesth,
Hun sary, shot his wife and Two children and
taeu co uni,seI suicide, He had recently
suffered heavy !ossss As tie result of unsuc
:es,,a. soEai2t:ols.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-08-05
CHINESE OUTRAGES,
Four Foreigners Killed and Mission
ary Property Burned.

The ferment in the north Of China is
spreading. Two Engishmsn, A W. Green.
a missionary, and Mr.. Argent, custom
officer, were brutally murdered at Wusueh.
The European ladies at the place barely
escaped with their lives. The French churcE,
orphanage and adjoining premises at Woo.
sieh, near Soochow, have been destroyed.
The foreign Ministers are said to have sent
4 Joint note to the Government demanding
chat measures be taken for the protection OF
oreign life and property in China.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-08-05
FIFTY AGAINST AN ARMY.
A Handful of Frenchmen Rout 1900
Natives in South Africa.

Natives in South Africa.
The French Government is informed Of a
serious encounter which recently took place
in South Africa between party OF French
men and large body of natives. Several
Frenchmen having been killed by the blacks
a French expedition, fifty strong, started
from Lahon, on Gold Coast, to avenge
their death.
After a weeks march through tropical
forests they encountered an army of l2Oo
warriors armed with European rifles at the
village of Joussa The natives were led by
three fetichmen. A fight ensued which
lasted four hours. All three of the fetch.
men were killed and a large number OF
blacks were killed and wounded, when the
natives retreated. The French party los5
two killed and twelve wounded.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-08-05

TT ia nronosed to thoroughly equip the ten
.rra athletic field of Princeton College and to
niaca at the entrance a memorial gate,
way in honor OF Fred Bro kaw, who sacrlhcea
his lie at Elberon, n J.. in the attempt TO
sovs a domestic from drowning.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-08-05
Crime Of q Mother.

the boss of q Camden IN. J1 brewer and her
six-months-old babs were found sticking in
the mud near Poplar street in the Delaware
early the other morning of Philadelphia.
Both were dead. Mrs. Kramer was the
mother Of five children, and became insane
from brooding over the birth Of her last
child.
It was found that she had not only COM
mitted suicide, but that she might take the
babe with her she tiedit to her bosom with q
large handkerchief. made it fast with several
safety pins, and then jumpsl into the river.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-08-05
Five Men Drowned.

While seining in the Tennessee River near
Murray. KY, Ed Brown, Walter Strader,
John Meader, Dick, Eaves and John 7.
Brame were drowned. The party numbered
eight. They tied one end of their seine,
seventy-dve feet long, to the bank, and
stretched the netting nearly straight
out into the river. Stationed at intervals
near the outer end the eight men, with only
shoes, hats and coats off, swan with the
Seiue poles toward the shore.
None of them was well acquainted with the
river at that point, and they swan into a
swift, cold current. Suddenly one was
seized with cramps. A panic followed.
The seine was dragged, and Brame, Brown,
and Srader became entangled in IL.
Meader and Eaves were swept under by
the current, while the other three
succeeded in reaching the bank. All the men
drowned were well-known citizens near Mur-
ray. belonging to old families in thu county.
A crowd was gathered. and search for the
drowned men began. The seine when hauled
IN still held the tnres who became entan2led
in il.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-08-05
A Baby's Terrible Fall,

. Two-year-old Elsie Diette dropped from a
third-story window in Chicago, Ill.,, while
at play, and Alderman Haines who was
ps- ag, rushed Forward 20 pick up her
mangled body froA the flagstones. To his
amazement the child, seated on the smashed
remains of window screen, was cooing and
laughing.
The little tot bad carried with her the win
dow screen, which reached the ground first
and broke the force of her fall. A physician
was called, and after examination pro-
nounced the child to be wholly free from in
iury
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-08-05
Caused by Excessive Rain.

The temporary trestle of a new Pan
Handle Railroad bridge across Cork's Run,
eight miles below Pittsburg, Penn, was
washed away by a sudden food shortly be.
fore noon the other day and three workmen
drowned. The body Of one was recovered and
identified as that Of Thomas Coleman. The
two others we're foreigners.
About the same time an immense landslide
came down the hill below Duquesne Heights
and fell on a Charters street car. The roof
was crushed in but none Of the passengers
were injured. 1t had been raining hard since
II o'clock that night aud considerable dam
age by washouts and landslides was reported
all along the lines of the railroads.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-08-05
Senator Jones's Son Killed.

Nat K. Jones, son of United States Sena-
tor James K Jones Of Arkansas, was shot
and fatally wounded at the Senator's home,
Washington, Ark, by school teacher
named J. F. Shepley.
The two men had a row up town and
Jones followed Shepley to the depot and
into a passenger coach, where the tragedy
occurred. Jones died next day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-08-05
At HOME AND ABROAD.
Domestic and Foreign News by
Telegraph and Cable.
Shocking Tragedy Under the
Shadow of Dartmouth College.

The assassination at Hanover, Y. g., of a
presence Of her mother and sister. both of
whom were also targets for the murderer's
bullets, formed at midnight one Of the
most sensational tragedies ever enacted in
that vicinity. The murderer was Frank Almy
and his victim was Miss Christie Warden,
daughter OF Mr.. A. A. Warden, one Of Han
overs leading and most influential citizens.
The assassination occurred under the shadow
OF the Dartmouth College buildings.
Miss Warden, her mother, her sister Fan
ME and Miss Louise Goodell were returning
on foot to their home, located one mile from
the village, at q late hour, when Almy
jumped into the road in front of them, and
seizing Miss Christie by the hand said, II
want you"
The mother and sister attempted to defend
her. Almy fired pistol at them, but none
of the shots struck them. They ran for as
sistance. Then Almy dragged his victim in
to the bushes from the road and shot her
twice through the head one shot tearing out
her left eye.
When help arrived the gil was dead and
her booy was stripped Of nearly every article
Of clothing. Almy had fed.
Miss Warden was most estimable young
woman. aDOuG UWenGy-IlF9 years OlQ, was
graduate Of the State Normal School and
popular teacher
Almy was former employe Of her father,
and his attentions to Miss Christie had been
repulsed.
It was midnight before the news reached
the village. Sheriff Roster sent out search
ing parties In all directions. The father Of
the murdered girl offered reward Of $500 for
the capture of the murderer.
Business in town next day was practically
suspended, and large number Of armed
men, among them nearly all of the Dart
mouth College professors secured the
country.
Almy first went there about year ago,
claiming that Savannah, Ca, was his home.
He worked at Wentworth awhile under an
other name
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-08-05
Grasshoppers in New jersey.

: The grasshoppers have made their appear
ance in Middlesex County, New Jersey, and
very serious damage has been done by them,
crops being ruined on many farms. The
country in the vicinity Of Middlebush has
suffered more tsan any other section, but
the insects are appearing elsewhere, and
their visits are worrying many farmers.
The farms at which the greatest damage
has been done in Middlebush are those of
Stewart Carriell Miller Hof, Aaron Plum.
ley, the Mortimer Whitehead estate and
the poor-house farm. At each of these
crops have been destroyed to the
amount of $500 or $3.50 while other
farms have suffered in less degree. At
Mr.. Carrielrs the hoppers completely de-
stroyed an eleven-acre crop Of hay, and did
great damage to vegetables and to standing
oats. At the poor.nouse farm the hay and
potato crops were DESTROYED, and the insects
are now attacking the corn.
This is the first serious trouble the farmers
Of this section have had with grasshoppers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-08-05
why the Execution Was Delayed.

A great crowd gathered at La Roquetts
Prison, Paris, France, on recent morning
to witness the execution of the murder lss
Berland and her accomplice, Dore. The
would-be spectators wera disappointed, how
count of the marr>e OF a1scutioner Dsib
lers son and assistant to the daughter OF a
provincial executioner.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-08-05
Eleven Killed by a Train.

The terrible accident that occurred on q
recent morning on the line of the Manches-
ter Ship Canal by which train passing
along the railroad running near the canal fell
over the embankment near Liverpool, Eng
land, killing eleven men who were working
under the :ading and injuring many other
workmen, was due to tie fact that the
pointsman, boy seventeen years Of age mis-
took the points and turned railroad train
consisting of TWENTY-FIVE wagons loaded
with ballast, into siding leading into cut
ting. The train then crashed into slight
buffer at the end Of the cutting and toppled
over,upon the men at work below the em.
bankfnant. The bodies Of the men killed
we're horribly murilated.
The boy pointsman ran away when he saw
the accident, bu5 was captured later in the
day and wes charged with manslaughter.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-06-10
D0INGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
Only Ordinary Business Attended to at the
.-. N Regular Meeting
Alderman Roos is Unanimously Chosen
President Pro. Tenn.

A regular session of the council was
held Tuesday evening, but very little
business of Importance was transacted.
The committee on street lighting re-.
commended the placing Of several ad-
ditional electric lights about town, and
as the report was favorablY considered
lights will accordingly be located at the
following places: On First South
Street at the railroad crossing near the
Empire Mill and where the street inter-
sects with Spring Street; on Third
North between track and park or near
the Third North Street culvert; on
Broadway in front of city clerks Office
and at Sixth North; and on State, COR
ner of Centre III front of Mr.. Lind res
idence and in front of the centre of
the courthouse square. A report of the
committee on fire department was also
accepted and the committee authorized
to carry out its own suggestions, which
were to purchase 500 feet of rope for
the use of the department, to dispose of
the steamer and to authorize the chief
to expend $75 IN changing the tower in
the engine house so as to enable the
hose companies to more conveniently
clean and dry their hose. A proposal
from the same committee for the erec-
ton of shed on the corner of Centre
and Valley Streets for storing the cart
and apparatus of Hose Company No. 8
was laid ever to the next meeting in or
der to secure estimates On the cost of
such building.
F. A. Gray of New Auburn appeared
before the council during the session
and petitioned for an ordinance, pro-
viding for the cleaning of yards, vaults
cesspools and scavenger work within
the city. The matter was referred to
the Board of Health ard will come up
again at special meeting. The clerk
was authorized to issue warrant of
$4, 900 to John Gleason & Son in part
payment on their water-works contract
and also to order copies of the Mime
sofa statutes for the city justices.
1t was decided to grade Jefferson St.
near 18th North, where the same
leads ur the hill to the public cemetery
so as to make it passablc, and also to
give President Koch a leave of absence
for three months. Alderman Roos was
unanimously selected to fill the temp.
orarY vacancy.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-06-10

County Surveyor Boock cautions road
workers against covering up section or
quarter section corner marks. Care in
this matter may be the means of avoid.
ing much inconvenience IN the future.
The Northwestern yard crew at this
place went to Sleepy Eye Wednesday
night and returned with train load of
gravel for the washout at Porter in an
hour and seven minutes. The usual time
required to load train considered, the
crew deserves credit for pretty quick
work. ...... t.. .-.
The guests of the Dakota House on
Wednesday night found their way to
repose by the faint glimmer of tallow
candle. The whole town was in: dark
ness that night owing to a break in "a
shaft at the electric light station and
many an oath would have been uttered
had it not been painfully evident. that
the change to the old-time candle was
one born of necessity. Verify, we little
know the greatness of Edison and the
value of his inventions, until ushered
into a room, from which darkness and
oaths are only partially scattered by
the pale lustre of candles, sold at dis
count.
The Minneapolis Tribune of Sunday
said: michael Mullen, one of the war
horses of the Democratic party in this
state, was at the Merchants Hotel in ST.
Paul Yesterday. He spent a portion OF
the day inspecting the headquarters Of
the association of Democratic clubs in
the Globe building, and after leaving
remarked that it began to look as if the
Democratic party meant business in this
state. 81 tell you, sir, Min.
nesota can no longer be counted
upon as solldly Republican" he said
with the action and organization that
we intend carrying on for the next two
| years, am safe in saying that the vote
| will be awful close and that the Demo
Gratis will be a few ahead Of the three
parties Wonder if Mr. Mullen has
forgotten the result IN Brown County
last fall. Hard work among Republi
cans brought about the great victory
here last fall, and the party throughou'
the whole state has already started il
to follow our example. Perhaps wher
the returns are again published, ths
Minneapolis Tribune won't be publish
I ing SO many Democratic interviews.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-06-10

There is trouble among the oficerso o
the Third Infantry. It's thought that.
the Regiment will disband.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-06-10
CONGRESSMAN LIND SPEAKS.
he says he is Sincere in Desiring to Quit
Politics

The following is the full text Of a
letter sent by Congressman Lind to
L. P. Hunt of the Mankato Daily Free
Press, in which he states positively
that he will withdraw from politics at
the close of his present term:
Reference has been made in many
of the papers in this district to an in-
terview of Senator Days that appeared
in some Duluth paper. I did not see
the original interview, but some of the
comments that have come under my
notice have been such that feel in duty
bound to state what was said between
us so that no injustice may be done Mr..
Day. On my return from Washington
l met Mr.. Day at the Merchants Hotel
in St. Paul. In>the course of our con-
versation stated to him that would
not be candidate for any Office at the
close of my present term, and that I
had determined to withdraw from poll.
tics, so far as seeking or accepting any
Office was concerned, for some years to
come.
While the above was said privately,
it was in no sense confidential and /
need hardly add that it was said serious.
ly and in sincerity" .&.. ~. s.s
The letter is dated June 3rd, and is
fully in keeping with what MIR. Lind
has repeatedly said to the writer. The
Mankato Free Press IN commenting
thereon editorially says: The Free Press
has all along been fully convinced that
Mr.. Lind would not again - or at least
for a term of years-be candidate for
any Office, but if the people of the Sc.
cond district shall call upon him to
again make the race for Congress, we
can hardly see how he can refuse to
serve them. But this of course is q
matter exclusively for Mr.. Lind's own
decision when the time shall arrive de-
manding consideration. He has made
US an excellent official, has served his
constituency'faithfully and we'll. and
when the hour for his retirement from
public service shall arrive, he will bear
with him the best wishes of a host of
warm friends.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-06-10

Eva Mcdonald was married last week
to St. Paul man. We had intended to
90 to Iberia to hear and see Miss Nc
Donald, but since reading the wedding
announcement we have cancelled our
intentions. .'.. -:
The Prince of Wales played game
of baccarat with few friends recently,
somebody cheated, and now there is an
unpleasant scandal suit in the English
courts. The Prince of Wales ought not
to leave home without his mothers 8
consent, or without a companion 20
keep him out of trouble. ,.s&.
The Presbyterian Assembly at De-
troit among other many foolish proceed
ures resolved against the playing of
progressive euchre as ''hurtful to the
spiritual life of the church, producing
division in it's social life which tends to
heartburnings and alienation" To
which the Pioneer Press says, in Lam
guage that it will hurt no one, particu-
larlY the ladies, to read: That it ''pro-
duces division in social life and tends to
heartburnings and alienation is, alas,
too true. But the assembly, with the
usual ignorance of ministers of what is
going on in their focks, has failed to hit
the true source of heartburnings which
are apt to follow an indulgence in this
social pastime. It is not because the
game is progressive euchre that these
melancholy consequences so often fol-
low. It is because-we are ashamed to
say it, but if the sad truth mast be told,
it is because because there are wom-
en- who cheat at cards. It is this painful
fact which leads to so many heartburn
ings and social divisions. What the
assembly should have done was to
launch its thunders at the heinous sin
of revoking and miscounting and the
other cunning devices for getting ahead
in the world Of the lovely creatures who
! dlO AOV CIV 0S . A1AA OAAVO OuO u1cl1ICuS
of the Presbyterian church must know
that their feeble remonstrance will moi
prevent its members from playing this
fascinating game, the assembly should
have said to them: Go on, brothers
and sisters; play cards if you will, bu1
don't cheat. Be honest even in your
amusements. Maintain the rectitudt
Of your souls even amidst the fierce
temptations Of progressive euchre. Blu
when the others do it don't get mad q
bout it. Thank the good Lord for SC
many opportunities to practice the
Christian virtue Of patience and The
Christian duty Of forgiveness. Thul
progressive euchre, like . termagan
wife, may be made an instrument in th.
hands Of Proyide for the Christening
and discipline Of your moral aud spiri
ltual nature. 9
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-06-10
CASH PAID FOR BUTTER

The New Ulm creamery Co. buys and
pays the highest market price in cash
for granulated butter and eggs, in the
basement of Kiesling's block, corner
Minnesota and Centre streets.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-11
Weather Report for August, 1891.

Prepared by Prof + III Snow, of the Uni.
versity of Kansas from observations taken al
Lawrence.
A month of little rainfall, but high
relative humidity, only four Augusts
in the past twenty-three years show
ing less rainfall, and but two a higher
per cent. of humidity. A little cooler
than the average, the maximum tenn
peratur reached being 93.7 deg. The
total run of wind war 52S miles above
the average, and the wind was in the
north astonishingly often.
Mean Temperature-72.49 degrees,
which is 2.64 deg. below the August
average. The highest temperature
was 93.7 deg. on the 9th; the lowest
was As deg. on the 24th, giving a
range of 45.7 deg. The mercury
reached 80 deg. OH days. Mean tenn
perature at a. M, 66.10 deg; at 2 p.
M, 1921 deg. mt Q p. M, 71.3G deg.
Rainfall-1.1S inches, which is 2.S5
inches below the August average.
Rain fell in measurable quantities OH
six days. There were three thunder
showers. The entire rainfall for the
8 mouths of 1891 now completed, has
been 1852 inches, which is 1918 in
ches above the average for the same
months in the pre- ceding % years.
Last year 21.79 inches of rain fell dur
ing these eight months.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-11
a vaca tion i'm New Mexico.

To get the full benefit of mountain
air and sunshine, it will amply reward
all travellers to extend their Colorado
summer trip to that charming resort
known as Las Vegas Hot Springs, six
miles from Las Vegas, on the A. It. &
s. +. r. II.
Here may be found the very choic,
est of New Mexico air, scenery and
sunshine; and hotel, the Montezu.
ma, that is large, handsome, comfort
able and home-like.
The trip to Las Vegas Hot Springs
can be made in connection with the
Colorado tour, at very small addi-
tional expense by purchasing round
trip excursion ticket to the Hot
Springs that includes side ride 10
Pueblo, Colorado Springs or Denver.
Inquire of R. A. Edgar local agent
Santa Fe Route.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-11
THE CARRIERS HARD LOT.
He IL Often victimized by the MIschievou.
Office Boys.

He 10 Often VictiInized by the Mischieyous
Office Boys.
A letter carriers lot is not, as a rule,
happy one, even if he does get plenty
of exercise and fresh air. One of the
banes of his existence is the playful
Office boy. The idea of fun that these
boys possess make the carrier shuttle
along many an extra lap. The other
morning carried entered an Office on
the first floor of a six-story building in
Park row, and, opening the door, in
quired: ANY one named Murphy in
here?" The Office boy smiled and re-
piled: ''Top floor front room" There
was no elevator, so the letter carrier
climbed five long flights of stairs only
to find that there was no Murphy there,
nor had there even been a tenant of
that name in the building.
THAT boy sent me up on purpose"
said the letter carrier, plaintively, when
he descended, lust for the fun of the
thing. Hundreds of downtown office
boys play the same trick. Whenever
go into an Office in one of the lower
floors of building where there isn't
any elevator and ask for some one, they
always promptly send me up to the top
floor, whether the person am looking
for is there or not. 1t seems to be the
policy of smart Office boys to send the
fool further but they little know how
tough it is for us, and the letter carrier
mopped his brow and moved along.-N.
Y. Telegram.