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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-01
Fortunes in Phospha tes.

The history of the development OF ths'
phosphate industry by Americans reads
more like a romance than the truthful
record of mining pursuit. In Florids
alone, where an experimental venture
was made only two years ago, the indus
try is already established on such basis
as to involve millions of capital and em,
ploy thousands of men, adding thousands
of dollars daily to the couuty's wealth
and challenging comparison in prospec%
tive magnitude with any of the great in1
dustries of the world. The worlds con-
sumption of phosphate, which must be-
an indispensable article of commerce
until that probably distant period when
the chemist shall manufacture in the
laboratory what the agriculturist now
grows in the fields, is now rated al
$500, 900 tons, aud increases annually
at the rate of twenty-five to thirty per
cent. In FIVE years 1000, 900 tons will
be required to supply the markets for the
season, and in ten years 100000 or
$4,000, 900 tons will be required. The
old sources or supply-South Carolina,
Canada and the West Indies-have
probably all reached the point of maxi
mum production, and it is to Florida
that the world must look for its increas-
ing wants. What untold riches lie under
the soil Of the Peninsula State may be
imagined from the fact that one of its
richest tracts Of phosphate land is 1000
miles square. Over most of this land
the thickness of the deposit varies from
three to- thirty feet or more, the average
probably being about ten feet. A cubic
yard of the crude stuff will wash out
from 600 pounds to half ton Of clean,
dry nodules, and a recent survey has
given the contents Of q single section OF
land (64O acres} at 5000 tons. An acre
of phosphate land, if the deposit be only
three feet deep, will contain 4S40 cubic
yards Of stratum, yielding 1900 or 1000
tons Of clear phosphate nodules. Such
land can be bought for $50 to $10O per
acre.. A complete plant of a daily ca
pacity Of fifty or sixty tons can be put
up and started for $40, 900 or less. The
total daily expense of producing fifty
tons of phosphate will not exceed $40..
It will cost fifty cents to 81 per ton to
transport it to tidewater, and there it Is
worth $3.50 to 81 per ton. In the face
of such figures as these it is beyond quesI;
ton that the opening up Of the Florida
phosphate field is destined to afford an
other instance Of the way in which
America leads the world in the rapid de-;
velopment of gigantic industries.-Ns~
Yark Commercial Adpertiser.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-01

PREMIER ABBOTT has formed q Canadian
Cabinet; all the members of the late Minis.
try retain their portfolios.
THE Prince of Wales's name was hissed by
an audience ut a lecture in Wales.
The total number Of the dead In the re-
cent railway disaster near Moenchenstein,
Switzerland, is now placed at 130, and the
number Of the injured at about 800.
The Itata started from Iquique, Chilli, for
San Diego, Cal, after sundown under convoy
of the Charleston.
The Hon. J. ]. O. Abbott, Of Montreal
has been selected by Lord Stanley, Gov
ernor- General of Canada, to form Cabinet.
The Prince Of Wales acknowledged before
the House of Commons through Secretary
of State for War Stanhope his error of
Judgment in not requiring Cumming tore
port to his commanding officer the charges
against him.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-01
THE LABOR WORLD.

CHINA has iron and steel works.
LONDON has 20O, 900 factory girls.
UNION men control Detroit's docks.
ILLINOIS miners want nine hours.
INDIANAPOLIS has 300 idle carpenters.
KEY WEST, Fla, has 400 cigarmakers.
LONDON has Is, 900 locked out carpen-
ter.
CANADA letter carriers get $3.50 to 5000 a
year.
UNCLE SAM has 100000 working chill
drep.
SAN FRANCISCO has a women's shoehtters
union
SOME mattresses in Australia work eighty
hours week.
DETROIT recently had a working girls
mass meeting.
M1NNEAPoL1s, Mimi, has K. Of L. build.
Ing association.
In New York City 3O0 900 men and women
are hunting work.
NEW ENGLAND cotton manufacturers talk
Of summer shutdown.
NEW YORK furniture workers have bought
ground for burial purposes.
SEVEN THOUSAND shipworkers at Clyde
bank, Scotland, are out on strike.
AN adult laboriny man wastes five ounces
Of muscle in the course Of his daily labor.
SEATTLE. Washington compositors work
eight hours, ani 81 is tIe minimum wage.
EVERYTHING is in smooth working order
again at the Westphalia Germany mines.
ENGLAND is askei to give pansio1 of SO
q year to worSmen over sixty years Of
age.
DURING the year 1s5 girls have joinsd tn,
Yonkers, IN. ~ Association Of Working
Girls.
The French Chamber Of Deputies has de
cided to devote one day in the week to ths
discussion Of labor matters.
D1EpPE, France, suddenly appears as the
home of the most marvellous ivory carvers
known, the Chinese and Swiss not ex-
cepted.
GOLD beaters, in convention in Boston,
Mass, formed an organization known as the
Journeymen Gold 5eaterS' Protective AsSo.
citation of the United States.
ABOUT $50 men ara employed in the con
struction Of George Vanderbilt's castle at
Asheville, n. c. It will require about two
years to complete the building.
TAERE is a panic in the shoe business at
Pirmasens, Germany. Thirty-six firms have
failed and 25@0 workmen are out Of EN-.
ployment. Over-speculatioa was the cause.
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DOWN THE GRADE.
Brakemen Lose Control OF Their
Train, and Loss Of Life Results.

Brakemen Lose Control of Their
Train and Loss Of Life Results.
While coming down the Allegheny Noun
tains from Lloydsville, Penn, to Bellwood, on
the Pennsylvania and Northwestern Rail-
road, about midnight heavy coal train got
beyond the control of the trainmen, and,
dashing down the grade, the heaviest In
America east Of the Rocky Mountains, was
piled up aud smashed into kindling wood at
a curve about three miles north Of Bell
wood.
The engine and twenty-five cars lay piled
I'D in a mass OF broken wood and twisted
iron at the bottom of the ravine, and among
the debris were the bodies Of the conductor,
engineer and one brakeman, with almost all
semblance to humanity crushed out of them.
The other train hands es capped with their
lives but all were more or less injured. The
accident is supposed to have been caused by
wet rails and the air brakes refusing to WORK
DroDerly
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MURDEROUS PIRATES.
They Kill Six Russian Soldiers on
Batoum.

a boat containing five Russian soldiers
met Off Batoum strange boat manned by
twelve pirates The officer in command OF
the soldiers ordered the pirates to stop and
alloy the soldiers boat to run a'ongside of
them. The pirates answered by firing
volley from their rifles at the soldiers, killing
four of them. The pirates then escaped, and
the two surviving soldiers pulled ashore and
Gava the alarm. A boat manned by four
soldiers then went in pursuit OF the pirates
and managed to overhaul them. Again ths
pirates fired, killing two and wounding tho
two remaining Of the four Russian troopers
sent in pursuit Of their boat.
The wounded Russians managed to pull
ashore and gave an account OF their exper:-
ences. The result was that third boat this
time better manned, was sent after the
pirates. The latter made good their escape.
a Russian gunboat has been sent in pur'
suit.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-01
GERONIMO SLAIN,
Deputy Sheriffs Put an End to tho
Notorious Stage Robber.

Deputy Sheriff Gray arrived at Tucson,
Arizona, with the body of the notorious
Mexican stage robber Geronimo, and Leon,
his accomplice. They have been robbing
stages in Southern Aroma for the past five
years and offic RS have been after them con-
tinually. Gray and his posse ran them down
in the mountains near Panato. They made
q fight and Geronimo fired five and Leon
three shots without effect. Geronimo was
killed; Leon surrendered.
Geronimo robbed the United States mail
and stage passengers more than dozen
times, aud has committed many murders.
He was captured several times out always
months ago. was deputy sheriff.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-01
A FATAL PRANK.

A Drunken Man Drowned with a
Child at Parkertord, Penn.
Jennie Knerr, aged ten, and several other
little girls were wadiny in the Schuylkiil at
Parkerforj, Penn, when Fred Bizb;e, aged
twenty-aight, cams along intoxicated, say
.e;2ad two of the children under his arms
and started in. One of them escaped, but
with the other, little Jennie knerr. he
started to swim to the other side He had
not gone far wien he and the chill sank.
The bodies were subsequently recovered
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The Sultan has ordered that young girls
shall not be publicly exposed for sale in the
markets OF Fez, Mequinez and other towns
of Morocco. or La the supply OF slaves In
Morocco is so large that the price has fallen
from sl2O for girls to exactly one.haH. 1t
is claimed that about one-haif the number
die on the way from Timbuctoo AMI the in
terror.
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KILLED SON AND SELF.
Double Crime of an Episcopal Clergy.
man in Virginia.

The Rev Frank D. Lee, son Of the late
Cassius F. Lee, residing near the theological
seminary in Fairfax County, Va, in
moment of temporary alteration OF
mind killed his only son, aged nine
years, and then copmittel suicide with q
pistol. The deed was not discovered until
noon next day. when the house, which was
securely fastened within, was broken open,
and the two bolieS were found on bed in
such position as to reveal the facts.
Mr.. Lee was graduate of the University
of Virginia and Of the Theolog cal Semi
nary, and for several years exercised nc
ceptably his ministry in the Episcopal
Church. He was compelled to give il up on
account of i'll health, al | since 1886 he has
lived in retirement on Seminary Hill.
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LADY MACDONALD, the widow of the late
Canadian Premier, is remarkable woman
She is tall, with abundant white hair and a
face that is stamped with energy and deter
mination. She is clever talker an omniv-
erous reader and the possessor OF extraordin-
sry social graces. She is frequently in at
tendance at the sittings Of Parliament.
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SOME startling disclosures in relation to
the seemingly endlesss litigations over A: 1.
Stewards millions are promised In relation
to the suit brought by the irish , claimants; aaIin
It is said that the syndicate has oeen SCI se1hng no
that NAV be recovered If the will Is broken.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-01
SIXTY DROWNED,
An Excursion Train Breaks Through
Bridge in Switzerland.

Bridge In Switzerland.
Afearful accident is reported from 5witzer-
land. A railway bridge across the Moen-
chen, small affiuent OF the Rhine, at Stein.
In the canton of Basel, not far from Ger
many. gave way under the weight Of an ex-
cursion train crowded with people on their
way to a musical fete.
Two engines and the first car, with all its
passengers, plunged into the river. while the
thirteen cars remained suspea1ed over the
stream All the trainmen were killed and
every passenger in the submerged car was
drowned. Thirteen cars were saved.
Sixty at least we're killed, and not less
than 100 injured.
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A STATUE Of J. 8. T. Stranahan, known
as Brooklyn's foremost citizen, was unveiled
recently at the entrance to Prospect Park In
the presence Of large number OF distin'
euished citizens. Mr.. Stranahan was pres.
emit and assisted In the ceremony Of upveiling.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-01

A FRENCH authority estimates that
cats are responsible for 80 per cent. OF
the cases of common contagious dis.
eases.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-01

PRESIDENT E. A. TURNER, Of the Lincoln
University, in Nebraska, is the youngest
college President in the country; he Is nov
twenty-nine years old. and he has held nls
position for two years.
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ABOUT the only women in the world
who swing their arms when walking
sre; Amaricaps.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-21
CHURCH DEDICATION.
The "Friends' Church" in North Salem
Will be Formally Opened
sunday.

The people of Highland, in North
Salem, can congratulate them elves
ON securing such a neat little church
rs now stands in the fir grove on
the south side of the street car track
hear the cluster Of cottages in that
suburban addition to- Salem. The
inside measurmeuts are 2S feet wide
by AZ long aud II high. 1t is nicely
ii finished inside with wainscot of
tir finished in oil. The other inside
trimmings are of redwood also with
oil finish. The rear of the audito-
rium room Is cut off by large doors
which may he elevated when the
occasion demands more room. This
room is carpeted with mating and
will be used IA a private school room
aud for official church meetings or
ON similar occasions. The main
room, which has a seating capacity
for about 80 persons, has a pleasant
rnured figured carpet. The entire
church can accommodate about 200
persons at one time. The church
is we'll lighted by day by large win
dow on the sides and a yariegated
Gothic, Catherine-whe window in
front. The glass in this window is
of nine shades in color, while the
side windows are of clear glass. The
entire inside wall and overhead are
ceiled aud papered. The paper
ranges in color from slightly tinted
dark below to a rich cleam, imitNt
ing fresco in the center of the quar-
ter-arch ceiling. The change o
paper has its respective hor
der to match IN display of color
The seats of the church will he very
comfortable, with chairs for th'
vestibule land aisles when needed
In all it is very neat aDd comfort
able church.
The dedicatory sermon will b
preached Sunday morning by Rev
J. H. Douglas at II O'Clock. Th
people in general are invited t
attend. The people who have bee
: laloring for the construction of thi
church building have been at larg
expense and ut their opening servic
Sunday would be glad to receive ali
from any who see fit to give any
thing for such cause. The effort
of these people are commendabl
and should be warmly supported b.
this city.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-21
MOrtgagee's Sale of ChatteIs.

Notice is hereby duly given that under
and by virtue Ofa certain chattel mortgage
bearing date March 9th, 1891, executed
and delivered on said day by Mckinley
Mitchell TO Ivan X. Dawson, which mort
gage was duly filed for record I'm the
Office OF the recorder OF cOnVeyances OF
Mari or county, oregon, on March 1th,
l5yI, at one o'clock q. M, In which county
the property hereinafter described then
WAS and still Is, and by reason Of the de
fault Of said Mckinley Mitchell In falling
10 pay on demand 10 said Ivan X. Dawson
The sum of S576i So, with interest from
per annum, and the farther sum OF
S24 efS 50 with interest az said rate rom
said date secured by said mortgage and
due and wholly unpaid and by reason that
the conditions OF said mortgage have be
come and are broken By said default and
pursuant 10 the terms Of said mortgage 1
will make foreclosure or said mortgage
and win on saturday the V'th day OF
forenoon at the store building formerly
occupied by said Mckinley NJ ichell IN
the town Of Gervais Ia the county Of Ma.
riOn, state OF oregon, sell all the mortgaged
chattes ln said mortgage described a. all
the stock OF general nerchan iise belong
ing 10 gaid Mckinley Mitchell, consisting
OF hard ware, hata and CARS, dry and fur
nishing goods, boots ana shoes, crockery,
Is, clothing, grOoeries. WILLOW " re, ana
goods OF all kind, nature or description;
also all the store furniture aud fixtures la
the two story bull ling and warehouses
adjacent theretS Oe ,npied - tue date OF
said mortgage by the said Mckinley
Mitchell as a general store, nlsOall The
furniture and nHtureg in building occupied
by him az \ furniture store on an aud y
q reefs, "a said town, county and slate; also
one horse and buggy, 20 the highest blddef
IOr cash la hand 10 "a isfy iue said mort
gage, and Will apply the proceeds ~ dir
ected Dy tue said NOR Taec % The pnymen
Of the sum Of gj7bi.5B and the uTiher sun
Of ~ ,as ~, with int rest on each Of SAID
sums a. the rate Of ten per cent per an
mum from March 0h, 1901, and 10 the
payment Of all charxes touching Eaid
mOrtgaged chatfels amounting ~ the sum
OF g. ani ~ the payment of counsel
fees ~ provided for IN said mortgage
" Ten per cont. Of the prinel
pals aud iptereff aboV mentioned, ana
the surp lua, n any there be, / will render
and pay over " the aid Mckinley Mitchell
or - bis assigns.
Dated March ilth, 1891.
IVAN =. DAWSON, Mortgage,
BY Y, n. ChOiAAN, Agent. Sii1
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-21
HUMANE SOCIETY.
Steps taken Friday 10 0iganizs Such
an Order al Sal, IN.

The initial meeting for the above
purpose was a success in point of at
tendance, depth of interest mani
tested and influential class of ladies'
and gentlemen present.
Promptly at y. III. the following
were in attendance: Mesdames
Ladue, Knight, Stutup, Lockley,
Fiske, Patterson, aud Misses Hall
and Fiske. MrsSrs. Ltdue, Minton,
A. Bush, Castiemau, Luckley,
Knight, Revs. Brown and Whita.
ker, press reporters Irvine and f.
Hofer. Mr.. Bush was called to the
chair. Upon motion, p. $. Knight,
w. N. Ladue and H. H. Brown were
chosen committee on organization
to report at an adjourned meeting
Friday, March q, at 4 p. m. at same
place. There was general discus
sion of ways and means for creation
of public sentiment and enforce
ment of the very stringent Oregon
laws on the subject. All presc nj
expressed desire TO see the laws
enforced against cruelty to animals
and were willing to attend another
meeting and bring their friends
with them, when the society will b'
organized by adopting and signing
the constitution, electing officers an(
providing means to circulate litera
ture, prosecute violations, and rails
ing funds for legitimate expenses.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-21

TAKING NEW 1NTEREsr.-The
Alka-Hesperian society held meet
ing last night to consider their finan-
cial condition. 1t was the uuani-
nous opinion Of those present that
this society which has lived In
Salem for "A quarter of century
should not now be allowed to die
for the want of funds to pay hall
reEt. 1t was decided to sell the
piano, which is little used, to
pay the back rent. G.. 3. Brown aud
n Nj. Newport were appointed to
dispose of the same. Tie same com.
mittee were named to solicit for new
meubers in order that the quarterly
dues may be sufficient To pay cur.
rent expenses. An interesting pro
gram was arranged for next Satur
day EVENING" G. b. Brown aud I'M.
Newport to give an essay and decla
nation, and R.W. Whitaker aud G,
b. Brown to affirm, and John O'She,
and A. o. Condt to deny, "tha
when federal courts fail in the ad
ministration of law, The people ar,
warranted IN interfering by takins
the execution of the law in thei
own hands"
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-21
MARRIED.

BEN NETT-HEPBURN. Al the
residence of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hepburn, on
Ferry street, at II O'clock, March
81, 1891, Mr.. Charles Bennett and
Miss Laura Hepburn, Rev. c. E.
Cline officiating.
A few of the most intimate friends
of the family were present to wit.
ness the ceremony. The young
couple viii spend few weeks visit
ing in the Sound cities, after which
they will return TO Salem to make
their home.
DUKE AT the Capital City
Restaurant, March q, 1891, Ella
Cox to James Duke, both of Sill
verton, Jas. Bachelor officl ating
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-21

VERNAL EQUINOX. - The equi-
noxtial storm, which ancient tradi-
ton and the later prophets have
had follow closely on the vernai
equinox, seems to have touched
Salem lightly during the past two
days. Today is the time when the
storm should have been severest,
when the sun in his course enters
the point in Aries. After the sun
passes the vernal equinox, which is
March 2lst, the people of antiquity
considered spring to begin, unless
the Gods had some reason to punis b
the people with some additional
winter.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-21
PERSONAL AND LOCAL.

Miss Jenne M. Long, OF Portland,
is in the city.
Prof. Mckee, of the Albany col
Iege, is in the city this afternoon,
visiting.
Ed. Herren came down from the
paint mines, near Lebanon, this
morning. He reports every thing in
that locality as fiourishing.
John Knight the blacksmith on
Liberty street, keeps the best
modern tools and employs only
competent men for shoeing horses.
Mr.. Wiley, manager of the Great
Eastern Tea store, was unexpectedly
called to Portland yesterday, aud
was accompanied by his better half.
A large number of Salem firemen
attendedthe funeral of their latemem.
ber, George ScoviIle, which took place
this afternoon from Tiger engine
room. The firemen were in uniform.
DR.. w. d, Jeffrey, who has been
on the sick list, is improving, Capt.
l.. K. Pratt is olso getting along nice
ly and will soon be convalescent.
DIR. j. w. McAfee has not been out
doors for several days.
Remember the feast in the way of
a supper in the G. A. r. hall Mon
day night, given by ladies of the W.
R. g. These women are well known
for the fine tables they set and the
courtesy shown in waiting on them,
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-21
DIED.

COOLEY.-At Astoria, Friday,
March 20, 1891, at 5 p. m, of
typhoid pneumonia, Mrs. Harriet
L. Cooley, aged about SO years.
Mrs. Cooley moved from her
North Salem home to Albina, nearly
three years ago, and after living
there until last May, she moved to
Astoria with her sons, J. b. and
Frank M. Her husband, Jackson
l.. Cooley, preceded her to the grave
several years, and was buried Ia the
family grave yard, near Hubbard.
Deceased was a daughter of Mrs. A.
r. Dimick, who came to Oregon in
l847, when she was only fifteen
years old. The family settled on a
farm in French prairie, where the
family was reared and where some
of them yet live. She was a sister
to Hon. q. w. and j. B. Dimick,
who now live near Hubbard. In
1851 she was married TO Jackson l.,
Cooley, at the home of her parents.
The result of this union were nine
children, six of whom survive the
mother. John lives in Brownsville,
Linn county; j. b, and Frank NJ,
in Astoria, and Mrs. Robt powell
Susie and David. in AlblOa.
She had been a member of the
First Baptist church in this city for
years.
The funeral will be held in Hub
bard Monday, at 10 a. m.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-21
wESTACOTT & IRWIN,

He SoLD THE MULE,-SeveraI
weeks ago man by the name OF
Tom Osborn borrowed mule from
A neighbor, and then went to his
next friend and borrowed saddle
and bride. With this outfit he
came to Salem and got gloriously
drink. sold the mule for ten dollars
and skipped the country. The grand
iury found q true bill against him.
Since that time the sheriff has been
IN the lookout for him. Yesterday
afternoon the city marshal received
atelegram from Marshal Hoffman,
Of Albany, stating that man
answering to Osborn's description
vslu his care in that city. The
sheriff placed a warrant of arrest in
bis hand and Salem's marshal went
up last night and brought the recre-
ant to this city this morning. He
will be given hearing at the ad-
iourned session of the circuit court
in April. He left a family few
miles north of Salem when he stole
the mule.