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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14
THE WORLDS FAIR.
President Harrison Invites Other Ma.
tions to Participate.


The following proclamation has just been
ssued by President Harrison:
By THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA:
A Proclamation: Whereas. satisfactory
proof has been presented to me that provi-
sion has been made for adequate grounds and
buildings for the uses Of the Worlds Colum-
oian Exposition and that sum, not less than
80, 600, 900 to be used and expended fol- the
purposes Of said exposition, has been pro-
vided in accordance with the conditions and
requirements of Section 10 Of an act entitled
Gan act to provide for celebrating the four
hundredth anniversary of the discovery Of
America by Christopher Columbus, by hold
ing an international exhibition Of arts in
dustries, manufactures, and the products Of
the soil, mine and sea, in the city OF Chi
cago, in the State Of Illinois," approved
April 25, 1890.
Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison.
President of the United States, by virtue Of
the authority vested in me by said act, do
hereby declare and proclaim that such inter
national exhibition will be opened on the 1st
day of May, in the year 1893, in the city Of
Chicago, in the State Of Illinois, and will not
be closed before the last Thursday in Oc-
tober of the same year. And, in the name
of the Government and Of the people Of the
United States, I do hereby invite
all the nations of the earth to take
part in the commemoration Of an
event that is pre-eminent in human
history, and of lasting interest to mankind,
by appointing representatives thereto, and
sending such exhibits to the Worlds Colum.
bian Exposition as will most fltly and fully
illustrate their resources, their industries
and their progress in civilization.
In testimony whereof have hereunto set
nv hand and caused the seal Of the United
States to be affixed. Done at the city OF
Washington this Oath day Of December. 1890
and of the independence Of the United
States the one hundred and fifteenth.
[Seall BENJAMIN HARRISON.
By the President,
JAMES G. BLAINE, Secretary Of State.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.


The quantity of alcohol taken in the col
ony of Victoria last year amounted to J.
100000 gallons
The expenditure for liquors and narcotics
abSorbs the net proceeds OF one days work
Of the world per week.
The white chrysanthemum has been
chosen as the floral emblem of the Illinois
Womans Christian Temperance Union. Its
meaning is faith.
The Boston Herald is authority for the
statement that the merchants of Boston
have, during the last eighteen months
shipped 1,250,00o gallons ofrum to Africa.
Trelewis, a mining locality about sever.
miles from Mertllyr, Wales. has apopula-
ton of about 1000 and yet has neither sa.
loon, pawn-shop, police force or police
station.
Great Britain has $4,000 persons travelling
in caravans. Eight years ago Travellers
National Total Abstinence Union was
formed, and there are now 1000 show-people
in this union.
The Minister of Public Instruction in Few
South Wales has decided to pllce copy of
DR.. Richardson's work Oh "Drink and Strong
Drink in the hands OF every head teacher
in the public schools.
National organizers of the W. c. T. U.
have been detailed to work in Wyoming and
Oklahoma and committee is arranging to
send one under the auspices of the Worlds
W. C. T. U. to Japan.
It is estimated that there were 1900
original package saloons III Iowa when the
original package bill passed, and that nine.
tenths OF them closed the day after the
President approved the bill.
Much attention has been given Of late to
the organization of the Worlds Woman's
Christian Temperance Union. Great Brit
ain has now q Secretary Of that larger
work, Miss G. E. T. Morgan. She is hu.
manitarian of experience and friend Of
Lady Henry Somerset.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14
The Origin Of Banks.

The origin of banks is not accurately
known, but they are Of great antiquity.
They existed in China, Babylon, Greece,
Rome, and In the cities Of many other
ancient nations long before the Christian
era. s
The oldest bank note of which we
have any record, tho one of which
"Notes for the Curious" has already
given description, was issued in Chins
so far back as 1892 years B. G. The first
Of this early Chinese paper money was
issued by the treasury, just as notes Of
to-day are issued, but it was not long
until the entire business was turned over
to the banking institutions, which were
even then under government inspection
and control. The popular name for this
first of known bank notes was "fying"
or "convenient money" The form of
this note was similar to those of the
present time. they bore the name of
the bank. number of the note, value,-
place of issue, date and signatures of the
proper bank officials. A specimen of
this note, issued in the year 1899 B. C.,4.
is now in the Asiatic museum at St.
Petersburg, Russia. It is printed in blue
ink on paper made from fiber of the
leaves of the mulberry tree. .-7;s.... :.
In the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York, there are Babylonish tablets
of banking transactions dating back to,
the reign of Nebuchadnezzar. The
earliest of these tablets belongs to the
year B. G. COL. On 1t are the memo
.rands of loans made in silver by certain
banker, Kudurru, as follows: aOne
nina to Beluepus, five shekels to Nabu-.
basa- -Napsati, Eve shekels to Nurguldann.
Total, three minas, five shekels of silver" !"
Assuming that the value of the Babylon
ish talent was equal to $2O31.25, the
"mina" was worth about $31.25.
The earliest known banking house Of
Babylon was that of Egbi 6 Co., house
that seems to have acted as sort Of inn
perial banking institution from the time
Of Sennacherib (about 700 B. CO. down
to the reign of Darius, who became king
in 521 B. c., the life of the concern
having been traced through five genera
tions of the Egbis. Many of the records
of this house, on clay tablets, found in
an earthen jar at Hillah, near Babylon,
may be seen in the British Museum.
The earliest records Of European banks
now in existence are those Of the Bank
of Venice, founded A. D. 1171. The
Bank of Barcelona was founded in 1401 !;
Bank of Geneva, in 1407; Bank Of
Amsterdam, in 1909; and the great Bank
of England in 1694.-& Louis Rspu6-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14
WAR In AFRICA.

German Forces Under Emin Capture
Slavers Camp.
Emin Pacha recently sent Lieutenants
Langheld and Buelow, at the head of body
Of troops, to Urambo, Africa, where they
fought a battle with the Watuta tribe, de-
feating tho latter with severe loss. The
Watuta tribe subsequently joined forces with
tie Waniamwesi tribe and again attacked the
German troops. Another severe engagement
followed, the Watutas being again defeated.
The German forces had three men killed and
uins wounded Commander Stuhlmann re-
Gently captured slaver's camp near the Vic.
toria Nyanza. After fight, in which many
Arabs were killed, the Germans succeeded
in releasing large number of slaves. In
this camp quantity Of ivory, gunpowder,
ahcu@ l01 musSets and other property were
seized. fhe troops then continued their
march, finally reaching Makongo, where
they met Emin Pacha.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14
Precautions Against Consumption.

> In o circular on precautions against
consumption, published by the State
Board of Health of Pennsylvania, the
following advice is given: "The duster,
aud especially that potent distributor OF
germs, the feather duster, should never
be used in room habitually occupied BY
u consumptise. The floor, woodwork,
and furniture should be wiped with a
damp cloth. The patients clothing
should be kept by itself, and thoroughly
boiled when washed. 1t need hardly be
said that the room should be ventilated
as thoroughly as is consistent with the
maintenance of proper temperature"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14
How TO Be Happy.

For the climax OF devout optimism
saws the New York Tribune, commend
us to DR.. Deems, of the Church of the
Strangers in New York. The secret of
his successful and happy life has been
given to the public recently in rhyme.
He says:
The world is wids
In time and tide,
And God is guide,
Then-do not hurry.
That man is blest
Who does his best
And leaves the rest,
Theu-do not worry.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14
OCEAN POSTOFFICES.
Postal Clerks on Steamers Between
New York and Germany.

Postal Clerks on Steamers Between
New York and Germany.
Mr.. Sachse the Director of the Post and
Telegraph Department of the German En-
pire, and Captain Brooks, the Superintend-
ent of Foreign Mails of the Postoflce De-
partment, have concluded an informal agree
ment for the establishment of sea postoffice
service on all vessels of the German line
plying between New York and Bremen and
Hamburg.
The agreement provides that each Govern
ment shall furnish postal clerk for service
on each vessel, whose duty it shall be to as
sort all mail passing between the two coun-
tries. Contracts with the steamship COM
panies have already been made whereby
accommodations for the clerks and space
for asserting the mails have been secured, the
expense for the same to be divided equally
between the two countries.
The new arrangement will 60 into effect
OH April l, 1891, on vessels leaving German
ports on that date and on April Is for out
bound vessels from New York. Captain
Brooks expresses the belief that by the new
arrangement the delivery of mails to the
persons addressed, both in this country and
Germany, will be so expedited that the
scheme will ultimately be adopted on all
transatlantic steamships.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14
Shooting Deserters in Mexico.

As is customary, all the Mexican soldiers
in the garrison at Juarez,; Gexico attend the
bull fights with the exception of q guard at
the barracks and at the prison. and during
an interesting fight that occurred the other
day: ths corporal of ths guard was
killed by g. member Of the guard,
and Immediately afterward nine OF
the guard seized their guns and made
break for the hills just west of the city. The
remaining soldiers followed in pursuit, keep.
ing up steady fire on the deserters. A
number of the mounted police Joined in the
pursuit and fired on them at short range
with six shooters.
The deserters in the meantime had sepa-
rated into two parties, one pursued by the
police and the other by the soldiers. The
squad that was pursued by the police was
completely surrounded and surrendered.
One of them died shortly afterward from
wounds received.
Of the five men who were pursued by the
soldiers two were captured, one being badly
wounded. The other three made good their
escape. Military justice is very swift in
Mexico, and, as this is one of the gravest
offences that could be committed, the sur
vivors will be tried by court martial, stood
I'D on the south side of an adobe wall and
shot to death by musketry.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14
DESPERADOES RUN AMUCK
Eut They Are Finally Shot Dead by q
Town Marshal.

Michael, John and Peter Kane, brothers,
came into HincGley, Mimi, few evenings
ego, and in less than an hour had driven
everybody in the place off the streets by in
discriminatory firing revolvers and flourish
ing knives.
Marshal Booth fi:ally corralled and ar
rested them. He marched them up the
street half a block, when they broke away
and began firing at HIM. The officer shot
John and Peter dead and Michael was cap
tured. He may be lynched. They had ter
rorized thu lumber camp for long time.
Tho Marshal gave himself up.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14
THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

ISAAC B. SAwTELLE's trial at Dover, n.
H., for his brothers murder resulted in his
conviction and he was sentenced TO be
hanged On the first Tuesday in January,
1892.
GENERAL CHARLES S. TAYLOR, a we'll.
known citizen of Mount Holly, N. j.. COM
mitted suicide by drowning in creek at the
identical point where his brother drowned
himself few years ego.
NEARLY all the patients in the New York
hospitals inoculated with DR.. koch's lymph
are reported as doing we'll
D. w. TALcoTT, who was the bookkeepeI
for Henry W. Sage & Co., the Albany lum.
ber dealers whom Joseph B. Abbott robbed
Of over S100, 900, has been arrested, charged
with grand larceny. Talcott was discharged
by the firm after the Abbott defalcatlon was
discovered.
In fire at Rochester, N Y, Mrs. John
Dietrich, aged thirty. five years, and three OF
three months old respectively, were burned
to death.
THE Pittsburg penny police have cap
tured nineteen members of band OF coun-
terfeiters and Sl10O in finely mads spurious
silver dollars.
BR1GAD1ER GENERAL JAMES HUGHES
q
Wars, died at New York City, aged seventy.
seven.
WINNIE KRoPPER was brutally murdered
and hacked to pieces at Bohemiaville, Long
Island, N. Y, by Frank Krulich.
DIR. GEORGE F. SHRADY has inoculated
eight patients for cancer with the Koch
lymph at the New York City Cancer Hos
pital.
THE Fishing Creek Lumber Company, OF
Lancaster, Penn, with capital of SllD,0o1,
made an assignment to William B. Given.
TIE racing stud of the late Hon. August
Belmont comprising twsnty,eigaS ne heaN Mn 10
sery Stud near Babylon, Long Island, N: Y:
the lot realizing total of sl2S,6Oo, OF whici
Potomac, the Futurity winner and champion
of his age on this continent, brought
s25,000.
MARTIN CURLEY, his wife, Annie, AMI
Michael Hudak Hungarians were shot dead
in the mining hamlet OF Broderick's Patch,
near Wilkesbarre, Penn. John Trallo was
supposed to have done the shooting.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14
In the House.

21sr DAY.-There were but fifty members
present when the House was called to order.
On motion of Mr. Mckinley it was agreed
that when the House adjourn it be to meet
iournment was taken.
22D DAY.-The House met and adjourned
for three days without transacting any busi-
ness,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14
Pension Claims Filed.

A statement prepared at the Pension
Office shows that up to December 80, claims
have been filed under the act Of June 81,
1890, as follows: Original invalid claims
ia, 4O5; original widows claims 56,63l;
additional claims to Others on file,
Ol.362. Total, 53l,399. During the
week ended December 20, 1890, 9l73
claims of all kinds were received and 5573
disposed of; l, 152, OIL claims were pending in
ths Office on December 20, 1899. OF the
claims disposed of during the week, 1886
were allowed and 1919 rejected.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14
WANT WORK AND BREAD.

A Violent Demonstration by Uncm-
ployed Mother-ofPearl " workers.
A crowd of unemployed mother-of-pearl
workersmade demonstration in front of the
Austrian Home Office at Vienna, clamoring
for Count Taafe and demanding work and
bread.
As the Count refused to receive them, the
starving men, women and children rushed
to the police headquarters, intending to make
another demonstration there, but the gen.
darmes had little difficulty in dispensing
them. Thirty were arrested.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14
Death and Devastation.

A disastrous boiler explosion occurred on
the premises of Gus Loswenstein, Jr.,
butcher and manufacturer Of ssusages
at Cincinnati, Ohio. Seven dwell
ing houses were wrecked. Bertha Gray,
a child was killed. Mrs. Loewenstein
has a broken back and cannot live Mrs.
Baum, her daughter, Is badly cut and
bruised. William Higgins. rib broken and
badly bruised; Mike Kennedy, cut about the
hea;: Mrs Gray and her daughter Jennie
were both slightly injured.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14
TEMPERANCE.
THE ISSUE.


The Constitutional Amendment now
Demands attention. Alcohol it says,
Is far too potent for a beverage
Diluted, it is whisky, gin, or beer,
Or brandy. Undiluted, it Is known
To be fatal poison! Is it less
A poison in solution? True, it may
Require a little longer time to act,
Yet, act it will at last. and fatally
Law lays its ban on other poisons; why
Should alcohol escape?
Before the State Is quite simple one.
IT'S not, as may be thought, Of this or that
Intoxicating drink, whate'er its name.
The real question is shall people drink
The deadly poison, alcohol? If this
At any time were put to vote in an
Assemblage great orsmall, that vote would be
Unanimously mol Such verdict would
Decide the fate of alcoholic drinks.
The alcohol must be expelled from them
By law. Take that away, what would be left?
Naught but nauseous residum
No one could drink!
Why nystify the case'
Why throw q tempting glamour DER
Intoxicating drinks by giving them
The sanction Of misleading names? IT'S this
That complicates the difficulty Of
Redeeming those within the tolls Of their
Infatuating influences! 'Tis this
Association Of drink-temptlng names
That renders prohibition difficult.
Letusc call things by their true names, and thus
Reduce a complex question to one o.
Simplicity. Let US tear OFF the mask
That with its pet delusive colors, hides
The real foe we fight.
'Iis alcohol!
This, as devilfish, has got its grasp
Upon the man, the State, the nation! This
We seek to break by Constitutional
Amendment. Breaking that we free
Thepeople from these Turing, tempting forms
In which the smiling poison turks. We fight
Against foe that every human law
And every law divine, with emphasis
Proclaims to be such. Civil law declares
Medicine asserts 1t. Science says,
And. so Say all these mighty witnesses,
That it's deadly foe to human life,
To liberty and happiness! Why not
Destroy such foe on such authority?
Why not prohibit alcohol?
-Dr.H.B. Durant, in Temperance Advocate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14
Shot TO Death.

4 report has just reached Kingfsher. Ok
lahoma, from lie Cheyenne Reservation that
band of Indians had wrea!1ed summary
vengeance UPON a cowboy who had in a
drunken wantonuess shot and mortally
wounded q squaw of that tribe. They tied
him to q stake and shot him to death.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14
Two Dead. Ten Injured.

During b.ooiy ahray whica occurred at
Swan Lake, Ark, in resort called Africa"
at colored peoples ball, two colored men
were killed and ten more or less seriously in-
jured, some Of whom were expected to
die
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14
AN EMPEROR'S SLEIGH RIDE
Snow Was Specially Laid Down to
Get the Necessary Depth.

The German Emperor enjoyed a sleigh
ide the other day in true royal fashion. 1t
not for ordinary mortals to have their
now laid down to order, but this is what is
lone for Wilhelm II. He had the road from
his castle to the Bradenburg P,'iauo gate
hickly covered with tn, f:,sL snow which
lature had not sunr!iel Ill sufficient depth,
md when the tasE mad been completed he
ook lively spin with the children, al! SEEM
ne to enjoy themselves immensely.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14

TIE Ramos mining district in the State or
San Luis Potosi, one Of the richest in Mexico,
has bean sold to an American syndicate
headed by MIR. kirkland, Of milwaukee,.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14
At home AND ABROAD.
Domestic and Foreign Affairs
by Telegraph and Cable.
Two Hundred Perish on a Burn
ing Chinese Steamer.

Further advices from China as to the
burning of the steamship Shanghai near
Woo Hoo in the province Of Ngan- Hoe,
about fifty miles from Nanliing, show that
the disaster was much mora serious than at
first imagined. The earlier advices received
stated that the craw, consisting OF about
sixty natives, together with several Euro
pean officers, were supposed to have met death
either in the flames or subsequently by
drowning while attempting to escape from
the burning vessel. 1t now seems that the
number of lives lost will amount to over
two hundred, and that thsy all lost their
lives by drowning. A terrible panic, it ap-
pears, occurred among the Chinese pasSen-
gers and crew as soon as the alarm of fire
Was heard, and the panic. increased terribly
when the flames spread beyond the control
of the terror-stricken crew.
A few European officarS on board the
Shanghai sesm to have dona their best to
maintain some kind of order among the
Cinnamon, but without result. The large
majority of those who lost their lives did so
BY jumping overheard in order to escape
from the flames. Others met their deaths
through the swamping of the clumsily low
cred and overcrowde1 boats.
There are two British steamships bearing
the name of Shanghai now in Chinese waters.
One is the Shanghai Of 2044 tons register,
which left London October 19 for Shanghai.
The second steamship Shanghai in Chinese
waters is of 2217 tons register, and is techni-
cally known as engaged in "trading locally
in China SEAS"
It is generally admitted that it is this last
vessel which has been burned.
Koch's Lymph in Paris.
DR.. Pean in lecture at the st. Louis
Hospital, Paris, France, on the result of the
Koch cure upon diseases of the throat, stated
that three patients had been given injec-
tions of the lymph for affections Of the
larynx. One Of the three had been CON-
pletely cured. Another, who Is suffering
from tuberculosis, combined with pull
monary LESSONS and laryngal fistule, is pro
crossing favorably, the fstule giving evil
dence of heeling. The third patient, who
had lost his voice, recovered it. No treat
ment other than the lymph had been used.
1t was, therefore, said DR.. Pean, clearly q
remedy in effectng cures, although up to the
present time it could not be claimed that
any really permanent cures had been ef-
fected 1t was, nevertheless, the case that a
notable amelioration approaching cure had
been achieved.
Dr.. Peans statement made profound
impression upon the large audience of medi-
cal men present.
The Veterinary Society has made an appli-
cation to the municipal authorities Of Paris
for a subyention to assist in making expsri-
mants with the Koch remedy on diseased
cattle.