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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-09-07
LIVES LOST AT SEA.
Three British Vessels Meet With
Grave Disasters.

The British steamer Roma, from Lon lon
for Brisbane. has been wrecked near Algos
Bay. 1t is feared that everybody on boarj
Of her was drowned. Four bodies have
already been washed ashore.
Tho British steamer lvanhoe, bound for
the Clyde, has put into Kngstown, Ireland,
with her bows stove. She reports that she
was in collision with the British bark Wave
badly damaged that she sank shortly after
the accident occurred. The Ivanhos stood
by the sinking ship and took of her crew.
The British steamer Caradoc, from Oran
for Newcastle has put into Spithead roa l.
stead with her ciryo burning. AL Elf IrGS
TO extiuguish the fire provs1 uua vaiiing.
and the vessel had to be scuttlet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-09-07
BUILDINGS GOING UP.
Condition of the Structures For the
Great Fair.

Great Fair.
Work at jackson Park, Chicago, has
progressed considerably Of late. Except on
the Manufacturers Building, all the
structural iron work is now in place. The
Machinery Hall and Electricity Building
are the only structures incomplete. Work
on landscape gardening is now far advanced.
Twenty-three State buildings are in progress.
The Washington Building will at once be
commenced. Montana will probably be the
first State Building finished, for the interior
work as well as the exterior staff work is
already we'll advanced. The Turkish village
on the Midway plaisance will be immediately
started. Work has been commenced on the
building for Germany. The Government
departments are being actively pushed foT-
ward. The main building is about finished,
except around the base Of the dome, while
the battle ship Illinois is now commencing
to Look something like man-of-war, with
its white covering Of cement AMI smoke
stacks in place. Work has also been begun
on the Government life-saving station.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-09-07
CIVIL WAR IN MOROCCO.
The Sultan Offers Price For His
Enemies Heads

The Sultan of Morocco has ordered a
grand attack with greatly increased forces
upon the Angnerite rebels. He has offered
s4 for every prisoner captured, wounded or
unwounded. and S. for every head. Hamam.
the Angherite leader, is preparing for a
vigorous resistance, aud the people Of
Tangier, who have very little faith in tho
sulten's troops, again fear that the rebe.s
RiH take the city,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-09-07
THIRTY PERsO MS DROWNED

Wreck of q Russian Steamer In the
Volga.
Thesteamer Grigorieuff, plying upon the
Volea and its tributaries, has been wrecked
at Nizhni Novgorod, Russia. The vessel car
ried number Of passengers, and great excite
,,ent n-eyailed among them when the vessel
str1,ck. A heavy storm was prevailing at
the t 4 time. and many Of them jumped over
hoard and attempted to reach the shores by
swimming. Many Of the crew also jumped
overheard. Thirty Of the passengers ana
crew were drowned. Many OF those On
board foated ashore in chairs tables, etc,
while the more coo!-headed who waited ios
the small bo.ts to be launched, were landed
without difficulty.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-09-07

IN New South Wales ewes have bssA s,ld
at si1Gsen cents per heal. and bids wers
subsequently made OF 134 CENTS. A drove
Of COWS was offered at 81. ID each, fat bull
locks could not bs placsi at $40. aud 5o1 two.
tooth ewes went at htty cents, no bids oa-
ing obtainable on a further lot Of 800. Sur
plus supply and drourh are accountable for
Shis condition of affairs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-09-07

The Hon. Eclat Jones (orator Of
the day)-Feller citizens, it has been
said dat writes my orations. I de-
nounce de 'cusation as false and SIAN
derous. Feller citizens, I KANT
write. te.--Harper's Bazar.. - ...-..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-09-07
CANADA BACKS DOWN.
The Government Won't Retaliate
and Will Pay the Canal Charges.

It has been decide that the Canadian
Government will reimourss shippers for this
season for any loss they may sustain
through the imposition ,: tolls on freight
going to Canadian port through the st.
Mary's Canal.
A Meeting of the Canadian Cabinet has
been held to discuss the outlook aud the
probable effect OF President Hsrrison's
proclamation on Canadian lake shipping.
Amember Of the Cabinet stated that no
attempt at retaliation would bs ma ie in tbs
direction of imposing discriminatory tolls
on American vessels passing through ths
Welland Canal, as had been sug Sesssd by
some Of the Government papers
It was further decided to carry to the
notice of the British Government the ab-
surdity Of continuing the Washington
treaty in force, in view Of the fact that it
has been denuded Of every clause by which
any special privileges were conceded to
Canadian citizens, and urge the abrosation
of the treaty at the earliest possible mo-
ment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-09-07

IN her stead. At Washington Park, Chicago,
in the presence Of 10000 spectators, Budd
Doble drove his beautiful mare TO beat her
recorl OF 2:19. Sh, not only beat her own
record, but lowered the worlds trottng
record from 2:0SA. made BY Robert Bon.
ners Sunol. AMI 1854, the time OF Maud
g., to 2:UIA.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-09-07
HOMESTEAD TROUBLES.
A Carload of Steel Ingots Blown up
at Pittsbur:.

A car loadel with steel ingots, consignea
to the Carnegie firm at the Thirty-third
street works, Pittsburg, Penn. was blown
up with dynamite or some other high ex-
piosiya on the side track Of the Allegheny
railway at Tnirty-fourth street. This is the
first attempt at destruction Of property
around the Carnegie city mills, and it
caused great excitement both inside ani out
side the company's works. The bo ly Of the
car was shattered, aud the contents scat
tered in all directions. A reserve force of
police was summoned AMI quickly surround.
ed the place, but no one was captured, and
no clue to the perpetrator was found.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-09-07

On application of Governor Buchanan
the Secretary of War ordered 800 stand OF
arms to be sent at once from indianapolis to
Knoxville where they wsrs distributed to
the forces gathering at that point. Thirty
thousand rounds Of ammunition came with
the guns. The lack Of arms has been an em.
barrassinA feature Of the situation, as the
volunteers have armed themselves with
whatever weapons they could procure.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-09-07
EUR0PE'S TORRID WAVE.
Partial Destruction of Village
LauSed by the Heat,

Laused by The Heat.
A dispatch from Luz=rne, Switzerland,
says: "Ihe intense heat has caused fall Of
ice tr'm the glacier in the valley to the Visr,
which almost destroyed the village Of Tasch,
near Zerma.."
A Eienna correspondent says that the heat
has causel nun eroul forest rires aud has in
jrrt'l fed Gro y, especially i'll Hun gary, but
that th= v,n a.. prospects are very fine.
4 Paris correspondent says: The heat
snapped rail at the Bourget goo Is station.
causing the teIescoping Of a train. The
driver and stoker of the engine were
crushed TO DEATH"
During the mareuvres Of the Tours
(France) Garrison two soldiers died from
the effects of the heat and 20U hal to be sent
to the hospital.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-09-07

The advertising for the Columbian
Exposition Is being thoroughly done
by means Of bureau which distrib-
utes items to the press Of the coun'
try. This is good business enter
prise.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-09-07
a NEW TURF QUEEN.

Nancy Hanks Trots Mile at Chicago
in 2:o7H.
Maud S. is no longer queen of the trotting
turf. The proud position which the daugh-
ter of Harold has held so long has been
wrested from ner, and Nancy Hanks reigns
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-09-07

MR.. FRICK is said to have laid the
foundation of his immense fortune in
the panic of 1878. 1t was a poor
year to get rich, but he did it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-09-07

them caught Gable and struck him under
the ear. knocking him down. The res5 Of
the band jumped on him while he lay pros
trate. His companion dodged the crowd and
escaped.
Aston's guards, who saw the assault,
ooened fire. One of the strikers, Thomas
Mauaher, switchman, was hit twice, once
in the arm and again In the abdomen. He
dropped to the ground and his friends
of the strikers were hit. What was left of
the mob ran toward the roundhouse, where
five were captured.
When the troops took their prisoners to
town the police, on the supposltlon that the
troops had been instrumental in provoking
a riot. proceeded to hold Sergeant Conrow
on the charge OF attempt to kill. General
Doyle was Immediately informed OF the
situation. He sent word to the police that
unless the soldier was released tne entlre
Twenty second Regiment would be sent to
his aid, and that if they were not sufficient
the entire command would be turned out.
Conway was thereupon allowed to rejoin his
When General Porter heard of the con-
dition Of affairs he approved Doyle's course
and declared the Colonel of the regiment
should never have permitted Conrow TO
have gone with Manaher as witness.
Cables cond1tlOn at ulQnlSnG WAS fe'
ported by the hospital authorities to bs very
dangerous. Manaher, it was expected,
would die.
Allen S. Robinson, an Erie Railway
brakeman, was during the day thrown off
the top Of freight car by strikers, He was
badly cut and was injured internally. His
assailants escaped. :,
The only change in the situation was the
strike of the Delaware, Lackawana and
western switchmen, 125 in all. who went out
in the afternoon because they were requested
to handle some freight cars that
came over from the New York Gen
trail tracks and the strike OF tne
Rochester and Pittsburg men. who quit
work four hours later. These were pure,y
'ssympathetic" mauoeuvres, the men having
no grievance. The companies were paying
them the price which the Switcnmen's
Union demanded l27 cents an hour.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-09-07

The manufacture OF alDumen paper
for use in photography requires the
use in the United States alone Of
more than 3OO,O00,0Oo eggs year
Justice demands that the humble hen
be given a prominent place among the
decorations Of the art buildings at
the Fair.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-13
THE ONLY REMEDY

After stating that Senator Hill has left
his post at Washington to manage his ma
chine at Albany, and that at the same time
Lieutenant Governor Sheehan of New
York has left his post at Albany to look
after the machine at Buffalo, the New
York World presents this query, which has
o national significance: rs the running of
machines, then, the work for which men
are elected to high Office"
The esteemed World should be,abIe to
answer its own question. 1t is fact,
patent to every impartial observer, that in
the opinion Of a certain class of politicians
equally represented in both great parties,
that the running of machines is what they
are there for. The Constitution, whether
OF the State or nation, defines the work to
be done by the incumbents of the,offices to
which they are elected, but the customs
and methods of the system of politics
which place them there make it impera-
tive upon them to put the management of
their political machines far ahead in i'm
p0rtance of the discharge of the duties for
which they draw salaries from the funds
of the people. 1t is unnecessary to specify
llc cAampleS ol lllS CLASS, elUneT Oh bie
Republican or Democratic side: but from
the standpoint of such men the answer to
the Worlds query must be unhesitatingly
in the affirmative
This fact being recognized, what is the
remedy? THE DISPATCH has held that
the only way in which the abuses that in
evitably result from such theory of duty
can be prevented is independent political
action whenever such men or their sup
porters receive party nomination. The
character OF this class of men, as rule,
IS no secret The men who aided to put
David Bennett Hill in his high position
had every reason TO expect that he would
prefer the direction of machine politics to
the discharge Of his Legislative duties.
TIE esteemed World when it supported
him did so. with full notice of MS char
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-13
NAMES OFTEN HEARD.

THE Empress of Germany is improving in
health.
PRINCESS VICTORIA TECK is visiting the
Queen, who was to have been her mother-in-
law.
THE. ''Monte Cristo of Sorith America" is
the Conde de Leopoldina. The richest
woman south of us is Dona Isadora Cousino.
REV. E. j. HARDY, author of Chow to
Be Happy Though Married." is now serving
as an army chaplain in Plymouth, England.
AsHBY-DE-LA-ZoUCH still has its Ivan
hoe to champion the downtrodden, for it is
reported that Lord Donington is distributing
loads OF coal among the poor there.
THE most noted member of the Creek Ma
ton is General Porter of Muscogee, l. T.,
who has represented his people rs agent at
the National Capital for many years.
MIR. G. p. A. HEALY, the veteran Amer
ican portrait painter, will leave Paris in
few days with his wife and daughter for a
brief sojourn i'll the United States. He will
spend some time in Chicago.
Mr.. HENRY WELCOME has been installed
Master of Fidelity Lodge of Free Masons at
London. Save one or two exceptions this is
the oldest lodge OF the craft in England.
Mr.. Welcome is the first American to be
made Master of an English lodge of Masons.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-13
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.
PITTSBURG. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY lS.
TWELVE PAGES
TBE DIFFERENCE MAKES

The hiatus between the valuation of
property for the city to buy and the valu-
alton of property for the county to tax
never gaped to more alarming breadth
than is shown by comparison from the
pleasant uplands of Plum township.
In that beautifully rolling district, it
will be remembered that, not long ago, the
price placed on farming land ranged from
$500 TO $500 per acre. 1t was the result of
various investigations and large amount
of negotiation, private and public, that
the lower price was the cheapest at which
the city could obtain a poor farm. 1t is
stunning to find within a year from that
time affdavits flowing into the County
Commissioners office from the owners of
that pleasant section that their lands are
worth only from $50 to $50 per acre.
Il does not seem possible that land can
he worth only One-tenth as much to pay
taxes on as to sell to the city. The i'm
mense difference it makes in a mans idea
of his property whether the money is to
come in or go out has an unequalled illus
tratiOn in this case.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-13

is not parental legislation but greater
tactfulness and increased vigilance and
discipline on the part of the natural guar
dams of our youth. Reforms of this kind
must be supported by the home and ef-
fected by family influence. These powers
should be strong enough to act alone, and
if they be too weak then they must be
strengthened, for we want as little legisla-
ton as possible for the guidance of indi-
vidual and private action. But whatever
the feeling on the matter, exaggeration is
a mistake, and that such is being used
may be seen from the statements that this
prohibitive taxation would meet with the
approval of every man and woman
in the country, and that no
chemist of any responsibility has
yet been found who, after examining Gig
arettes, has not decidedly pronounced
them injurious. There have been doctors
and chemists to defend the cigarette in
the past, and the latest addition to their
number is Prof Babcock, of Boston, who,
after analyzing four brands, pronounces
them less harmful than cigars. 1t is the
craving which must be killed, br while it
remains means will be found to satisfy it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-13
THE CRY CoUSCIIs CANVASS

Ward meetings to put up candidates fer
Tuesdays election continue at Lively
rate. There has not been such interest in
the choice of Councilmen for several
wears. Thus the assessment stir and the
agitation over the city expenses for '92
have done some good
While property owners as a class have
done the most protesting against extrava-
CANT appropriations and increased taxes,
il is the wage-earners who have most at
stake Ultimately the taxes get most GER
tainly shifted around through rents and
the cost of living upon the shoulders of
labor If the workingmen of the city,
whether they be property owners or not,
decide to vote for candidates who are
pledged TO keep the tax rate down, the in
fluence of their votes will be conclusive.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-13
CONCLUSIVE BOTH WAYS

The acquittal of ex-Mayor Pearson fol-
lowing upon the conviction of Mayor
Wyman, illustrates the clear settlement of
charges of maifeasance in Office afforded
by adopting the course of bringing such
cases into the criminal courts.
The evidence presented having not only
failed to bear out the criminal charges
against Pearson, but having explained
some things that bore on the surface an
intimation of crookedness, the attorney
prosecuting the case declared that he
could not ask a conviction on the charge
of embezzlement, and a verdict of not
guilty was rendered. In this case, there
fore, while the evidence disclosed some
exceedingly loose practices in the transac-
action of business both in Allegheny city
and county Offices, the result was to re-
lieve the ex-Mayor of the charge of Grim
inality.
As other charges are pending, it is
plainly the public interest to have them
brought to trial as early as possible There
is no more conclusive way, either of vim
dicating the innocent or Furnishing the
guilty, than is afforded by the finding of a
court of justice.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-13
PICKINGS FROM PUCK.

Miss LoYely-I wonder why they call
tbis Zone Minute pudding: I'm sure it took me
ever an hour TO make ii.
Mr.. LoveIy-But it only took me one minute 10
find out that it wasn't any good.
He's not the best horse in the race;
He has but little fame;
You haven't backed him. e'en for place
But he gets there just the same
His Honor Ito vsgrant)-What is your
business?
Vagrant-LOoking for n job.
When through the painted gauzs
Her honeyed accents flow.
Don't trust in them because
Their tones are soft and low;
The little arts that go
To captivate a man,
The willy maid doth know
She's talking through her fan!
"How full that wagon is.''
Eyes; It is a beer wagon
Weed-I see by the newspapers that ricn
deposits of meerschaum have been disco'ereu ID
New Mexico.
Reed-I suppose that pipe line VIII oe i1A~ -
bring the product away.
Within my heart prisoDed her
Yet no complaint made she; a1
In fact, 1t quite captured her -F
That her guard should be. .-.s
And that with more security --.-
might retain her there,
With her own hands she gave 10 me
lock of goldenhaIr.
Quackenbach-Co Congratulate me, old fel-
low: 1 have obtained control of patent medi-
cine.
Friend-What is IL good for?
Quackenhacn-Any prevailing epldemhc'
Old Bonder-It's down to 80 this morn
ing. -
Mr.. Moremargin-what! Not New Engiandf
Old BOnder-No; the thermometer ?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-13
coNGREss AND THE CIGARETTE

If cigarette smoking be injurious, and
there are still many doubters of that as
sertion, it does not follow that law should
be passed by Congress to raise the price of
cigarettes in order TO remove them from
the reach of boys. The use of tobacco-in
any form is almost universally admitted
to be injurious 10 immature constitutions
and uniformed physiques. A rise in the
price Of cigarettes, however, would simply
mean diversion of tile taste to that use
of the weed which could be practiced
most cheaply. Such tax would also be
a great temptation to additional adultera-
ton, which would he more deieterious
than the Use Of the pure article. A good
law could be passed making adulteration
of tobacco by the introduction of drugs a
criminal cffense with heavy penalties, but
to be of use it wonld have to be rigidly
enforced
What We want above all in such matters
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-13
HOT AND COLD BLASTS.
The Strange Phenomena That Accompanied
n Cyclone at Sea.

aCyclone at Sea.
New YORK, Feb. 12-Sailors on the British
steamship Persian Prince, which arrived
yesterday from Mediterranean ports, relate
q most remarkable experience. The vessel
is commanded by Captain Jameson, and 1t
was due mainly to his skill that the Persian
Prince was able to reach port. She left
Girgenti. town in Sicily, on December ~.
Heavy seas were encountered shortly after
passing the Strait and waves rolled over her
from bow to stern, carrying away all that
was movable. About I o'clock on the
morning of February the Persian
and longitude 6g. suddenly the wind that
had been blowing heavily died out COM
pletely, although high sea was running
Captain Jameson scanned the southern hori-
Zon, and the sudden lighting up OF the sky
caused him to become anxious. 1t was an
unearthly light, and the sailors became
great heat, as If the vessel had suddenly
been transferred to the tropics. The men
were ordered to take in all canvas, and as
they went about their work the perspfration
streamed from them.
They had scarcely obeyed the order when
a giant wave that seemed to rise up not lOJ
yards away, swept over the decks. 'The yes
sci began to roll and lurch terribly. In FEW
moments a gust OF icy cold wind came from
the northwest and the men began to sh1Ver
The wind changed about again to the south
west and it was like the heated air from an
oven that again swept the deck. The crew
were startled and dumbfounded. In few
minutes more the wind veered around again
to the northwest, the sky became black al
most instantly, and an icy hurricane was
whistling through the rigging and about the
deck houses. The vessel trembled then
rolled and pitched and groaned till it seemed
as II her timbers could not remain together.
She held out well, however, and in half an
hour was riding mountainous seas under
strong wind and g fair sky. The danger had
passed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-13
THE ATTACK on ALGER.

If Governor Alger's explanation of the
War Office records is correct he has been
the victim of cruel injustice His state
ment published in yesterdays DISPATCH
reads like a candid narrative. 1t may ap-
pear strange that he could have been mis-
represented thus on the Official records, and
that the matter should not have come to
his knowledge until twenty-five years after
the war closed-but, if mis- account is cor
rect, that but adds to the hardship of this
extraordinary circumstance.
Until Governor Alger's explanation is
discredited by independent testimony the
public will esteem it sufficient His pub
lie reputation fer military service was
always high, and being based upon the
knowledge of those who served with hi m
it cannot be undone in a day by an ex-
humed document which Governor Alger
declares was inspired by malice, and
which he did not have a chance to get ex-
plunged from the records because of not
hearing abou. it till those who could have
established the falsity o. the charges
against him were passed away.
The matter will invoke further research
and testimony; but meanwhile the friends
of Alger will continue their faith in him.
The publication of the record is an evident
attempt to ''do him. politically If he
succeed in establishing complete refuta-
ton the reaction will tell in his favor