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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-08-17
THE CORONER'S INQUEST.
A Verdict Recommending Home
stead Rioters to the Grand Jury.

stead Rioters to the Grand Jury.
The inquest into the Geaths resulting from
the riots at Homestead. Penn, was con-
cluded at Pittsburg before Coroner Nc
Dowen. The jury was out about an hour
before their verdict was returned. There
were no witnesses examined, the only matter
being the charge OF the Coroner.
At4.4O o'clock the verdict was rendered.
The return in the cases Of the seven strikers
who were killed reads almost alike with
each one. That on the DEAN OF Silas
Vain states that he came TO his death while
in the company OF others IN unlaW-
full assembly unon the property OF Carne'
gie. Phipps & Co.'s steol works, Mifdin
township, to prevent the landing OF two
model bar2es loaded with Pinkerton guards
to protect the said property. and he being
STRUCK by missile from a cannon, which
had been taken by said unlawful assembly
to the Pittsburs side of the Monongahela
River and discharged by them, striking and
instantly killing the said Silas Vain, and We
recomrend that said unlawful assembly be
certified to the September sessions OF the
Grand Jury.
In the cases Of the threa Plnkerton msn
similar returns were made in eaca.
That on the death of T. j. Corners states
that it was caused from snock and exhaus-
ton, due to a gunshot wound in the right
arm, he being shot by ball from an unlaw-
full assemblage, and that said shooting
was done by party or parties unknown.
with felonious intent, and we recommend
thar such unlawful assemblage be certified
to the September sessions OF the Grani
Jury"
No attempt was made by the jury in any
OF the ten cases to designate the persons by
whom the fatal shots were fred, further
than to declare that there was an unlawful
nssemblage on the Carnegie property, which
led to battle.
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yrsPERAscE NEWS AND NOTES.

yEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.
In Damascus drunkenness Is known as the
"English Disease"
The Young Abstainers Union in London
has now over 5000 members.
Fifteen THOUSAND children are numbered
In the membership OF the Norwegian Total
Abstinence Society.
A plan for pensions Of flve shillingsa week
for all persons over sixty. five years OF age Is
receiving the attention Of well-known states
men and journalists in England. 1t is pro-
posed to levy tax on all alcoholic drinks in
order to raise the fund necessary.
In a suit to recover the price Of lot Of
Intoxicating liquors sold in Boston to a hotel
Keeper in Maine the Massachusetts, Supreme
Court says that the contract was void and
the plaintiff cannot recover. because he
knew Of the prohibitory law in Maine.
A woman in Ithaca, n. Y, has waged al
successful lawsuit under the Civil Damage
Act, with hotelkeeper who furnished her
husband liquor, who, In q state Of intoxica-
tion, shot himself before her eyes. She has
a little child who also witnessed the trag-
edy.
A practical joke caused the reformation
OF a topper in Peoria. While he was In q
drunken slumber, his partner entered his
room and filled the bod and his pockets with
Nviag horned toads. HALF an hour Later ne
saw the topper on his knees, praying, ana
vowing that he would mover toucn lnsou'
cauts again. -. -
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BLOODY CHOLERA RIOTS.
A Mob of Ignorant Russians Do
Battle With Troops.
Sixty of the Rioters Killed and
Hundreds Wounded.

Private Information from Tasnkend, q
town Of Asiatic Russia, in Syr- Darya, gives
the facts in regard to serious riotins there in
connection with the cholera epidemic.
The native Sarts, believing the doctors
were poisoning cholera patients, determined
to put an end to the murderous practices
they imagined We're employed. The widest
rumors were current of cruelties inflicted by
physicians, causing the immediate death of
patients, and these stories aroused the peo-
ple's fury to the highest pitch.
Five Thousand Sarts suddenly invaded the
Russian quarter and wrecked the residence
of Deputy Governor PoutinstsoR, who h+d
on the approach of the bowling mob. His
flight was discovered and he was overtaken
in the street by an infuriated crowd, and
was sh1cEingly maltreat'd. He pleaded for
mercy, tut 10 vain.
Finally he was flung to the ground, and
after being trampled upon was stoned to
death, his features being mutllated beyond
reco ,nition. The authorities took imme-
diate STOPS to suppress disorder and protect
other officials. A body OF troops was hur-
riei to the scene under orders to adopt most
rigorous measures in dealing with rioters.
Arriving where the defiant Sarts were as
sembled the troops opened fire, killing sew
eraI. The Sarts, armed with pistols and
daggers and undaunted BY the deadly fire.
made desperate resistance.
The two forces closed in on each other and
q furious han6-to.hand fight ensued, the
maddened Sarts, when their pistols were
emptied, slashing savagely with their daggers
and doing much execution with those
weapons. The drilled and better armed SOL
diers were unable to overcome their fanatl.
cal opponents, but after being reinforced by
body of CossackS they succeeded IN quell-
ing the riot.
The Sarts, not disheartened by repulse,
soon prepared to resume the attack. They
took possession OF the mosques, converted
them into temporary forts and detied the
authorities.
A large number of soldiers were dispatched
to dis,odge them. but this was no easy task,
as the Sarts were ensconced behind protect.
ing walls and could shoot down the soldiers
while they themselves were in practically
safe position. The Sarts made sturdy re-
sistance, firing from loopholes with telling
ef.ec5.
The troops at last concentrated and, max
ing grand assault, carried the mosques. A
scene OF carnage ensuei. Although the
Sarts found thcy could not cope with their
military opponents, no quarter was asked
or given and, defiant to che end, they fell
by scores before the soldiers.
Sixty Sarts were killed and hundreds
wounded, many most grievously. The sol.
disrs suffered heavily, fifteen being killed
and many wounded.
SO great was the excitement the authori-
ties found it necessary to strongly patrol the
town day and night.
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THE LABOR WORLD.
PIG iron has declined In prices.

PFC iron has declined In prices.
TRADE is dull among machinists:
THE labor cost in ton OF wire.rod is
CLOS.
ARMOUR, the Chicago packer, employs
1000 people.
WAGES have declined in 2o9 towns in
Germany, out OF 9O6.
The strike of the section men on the
Wabash Railway is ended.
THE Knights Of Labor have at present
about 5000 members in West Virginia.
WAGES are being reduced in Massachusetts,
on account of the new ffty-eight hour law.
THE boot and shoe manufacturers Of New
England are hrlrrying work as fast as posi-
BILE.
A COTTON mill crisis is imminent In Eng
land, owing to q proposed reduction IN
wages.
CONVERTER MEN in the iron and steel
mills Of Pennsylvania are paid $3.50 to SS.5o
per day.
NINE THOUSAND children in New York
City make envelopes at 81 cents per
thousand.
The lowest priced laborers employed In
mills under the Amalgamated scale receive
Sl50 day.
THE National Union for the Development
of Cooperative Industry has branches In the
different States.
SERVANT girls are organizing In Chicago
and intend to strike for more wages during
the Worlds Fair.
WoRKMEN are not allowed to work on the
streets in New Bedford, Mass, unless they
have been naturalized.
The telegraph operators on the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad secured an advance
Of five dollars per month.
The Boilermekers' and Iron Ship Build
ers' National Union OF Great Britain has
S92S,6S639 in its treasury.
On Irish railways women are much en-
ployed as booking clerks. and in Dublin TICK.
cts are given almost entirely by women.
LABOR organizations all over the country
passed resolutions protesting against Sunday
closing OF the approaching Worlds Fair IN
Chicago.
The capitalistic combine recently formed
In San Francisco to break up the labor or
carnations OF the Pacific Coast is said to
represent at least 5000, 000, 600.
GIRLS are employed in Pittsburg bolt fac
tories. as also are children from six to eight
years of age The older girls, doing mems
work, receive from fifty cents to 81 day.
FIFTY Japanese laborers were forced to
leave Mountain Home, the county seat OF
Elmore Idaho, recently. The white section.
hanus on the railroad nave been superseded
by the japanese and the feeling against these
newcomers is very strong.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-08-17
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Eastern and Middle States

JAMES RILEY, fagman at one OF the
railway crossings in Chatham, n. Y, shot
and stabbed Thomas Kildary and then blew
out his own brains. He was insane.
TIE forest fires that ragged in the southern
part of Ocean County, New Jersey, curing
the dry spell caused considerable damage.
THE Socialist Labor Party in Massachu-
setts nominated full State ticket with
John Orvis for Governor. The vote ls estl-
mated at from 10000 to 10000.
INroRMArIoSs were made at Pittsburgh
by e1-Priyate Iams against Colonel daw-
kins Lieutenant Colonel Streator and Sur
geon Grim, of the Pennsylvania militia, IN
connection with his recent treatment.
A CRANK has been annoying President
Harrison with mysterious letters from Az
lantic City, n. j.
GENERAL MICHAEL P. SMALL, United
States Army, Assistant Commissary Ueneral
of Subsistence for the Department OF tne
East, died at Governors Island a rev morn
mos AGO He was born in Harrisburg,
Penn. August 9. 1881.
FREDERICK MoLLEcK, who was arrested
as an accessory of Bera amann, the "oulo'oe
assassin or 3. C. Frick. has been dlschar2ed
from custody at fittsburg. w. ). brennan,
representing the Amalgamated ASSOCIATION,
applied in court for the appointment Oh
voluntary trade tribunal to settle tne
Homestead trouble.
LIEUrEyAST-CoLoN STREAToR was ar
rested at his home in Washington, Penn, on
the charges Of aggravated assault and pat
terry, and assault and battery preferred oy
Private Iams. He gave bail in the SUM OF
S50U on each charge and was released.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-08-17
THREE ARCTIC CRUs0Es.
The Order Closing Bering Sea Vir'
tually Means Death to Them.

oEucE SlOStha DS&A"h
tually Means Death to Them.
Three white men, Fred Burns, John Pals
ford and man known only as "Frenchy"
have been left to spen1 an Arctic winter on
q desolate island. with scanty provisions aud
absolutely without fuel. That they ara IN
such terrible plight is mainly due 20 She
riedd enforcement Of the orders closing BE-
ring Sea against seal hunters.
Just a year ago these men were put asnore
on st. Matthew's Island far up IN Hering
Ssa- from the sealing schooner, Matte Dyer,
from San Francisco, Cal. They asslste IN
building a rude hut and were given years
sunnly Of food and wood, and seventy pounds
of nowder was left with them. The plan
vas for them to hunt and skin polar bears
and blue faces until this season, when the
Over was to remove them.
The schooner arrived at San FRANCISCO
Few days ago without the three hunters:
Cantain Macklar stated that he dared not
venture into Bering Sea for fear OF seizure: re-
and had been able to make no provision r tor
the the rsiief W of the men on the island; Two
narties of Indian hunters left there IN pro
rrioms seasons under similar conol6lons
were devoured by polar bears.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-08-17
WOOD ELECTROCUTED.
A Well Conducted Execution Al
Clinton IN. ~ Prison.

A Well Conducted Execution at
Clinton IN. ~ Prison.
"Cap Wood, Of Warren County, was ex-
ecuted, a few days ago, at Clinton IN. ~
Prison. He was the first to suffer electrocu-
ton at that place.
It was 11:47:40 o'clock A. II. by the stop
watch of Warden Brown, Of Sing Sing Pris.
on. who acted as official timekeeper, when
Wood entered the execution room escorted
by Principal Keeper McRenna and two dep;
uties. AS the condemned man approached
the chsir he turned toward the witnesses,
who were ranged in the west end, OF the
room. and said: ~ would like to make few
remarks"
Waroen Thayer gave his consent, and
Wood proceeded in voice slightly husky
but distinct to thank Mr.. Whitman, his
counsel, and the officials OF the prison Tor
their kindness to him. Wood then turned
and took his seat unassissed In the cnair,
where he was dexterously strapped by the
nrison officers, while DR.. Ransom, tho
prison physician, quickly adjusted and Sc.
cured the electrode upon the head. At the
same time the leather mask covered his eyes
and chin from view and smut on the last
raw Of icht from tue eyes that four minutes
later were blind forever. As the apparatus
was being placed in position the wretched
man continued to pray: God remember
me in heaven. God help. God help:
God remember me. Lord remember. God
hein God rem" Here the white kerchiet
in the hands of Warden Thayer waved.
All lhands were off the apparatus, and sim.
uitaneously the switchboard clicked from
tae partition behind the chair at the touch
of Electrician E. F. Davis.
There were no contort.ons or toe
body such as have bean describsd In
previous electrocutions. Only
sligau expansion o. thu chest was
discsrnible during the first contact. As the
second contact was turned on, the hands,
which Law on the arms of the chair, lifted
as IL by contraction of the muscles for
second, and then dropped. The two sue
cseding periods Of contact pro 1uced no con.
yulsive action whatever. At the close OF
the circuit DR.. Ransom and his assistants,
DR.. W. N. Bullard, OF Boston, and DR..
R. T. Irving, of Sing Sing, quickly exam.
ined the BODY. an operation OF about ten sec
onds, ard agreed that 1t was lifeless. Ten
minutes later DR.. Ransom officially de-
clared the man dead.
After q post-mortem examination the body
was given over to his brother. who, witn
Woods wife and cousin, was waiting on tas
outside for the end OF the execution. IL was
taken to his old home in Thurman for burial:
The crime for which Wood was convicted
occurred May II, 1891, when Leander Pasco'
Warren County farmer, was found 9eao,
with two gunshot wounds in his ooay. Nood
had secretly married Pasco's daugnter
Pasco would not forgive the marriage aOo
refused to recognize Wood.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-08-17
NATIONAL FINANCES.
A Decrease OF 81, ,197,s15 in the
Public Debt.

The fiscal operations OF the Government
during last month, as shown by the monthly
public debt and revenue statements, present
gratifying results for the first month Of the
curren, fiscal year. There was net de-
crease Of 81, 191,Sl5 in the public debt, and
an increase during the last month,
compared with July, 1891. Of quar-
ter of u million in receipt and de-
crease OF 81, SOC, 0o0 in expenditures The
public debt statement shows an increase
during the last month OF Sl05C in the
bonde Indebtedness, decrease OF $o40, 956
in the MISUNDERSTANDING debt, and an in
crease OF sS57,sy9 in the surplus cash
in the Treasury. The surplus IN the
Treasury, including the SU, 10000
gold greenback redemption fund, aggre-
gates Sl27, ,O5J, 2s6. The total debt less sur
Plus cash in the Treasury, amounts TO $Sie,.
&S, ,o4S: maze up of s5s5, 0S0 $50 in bonded
and $255, 293, ,264 in non-interest bearing
debt. Government receipts during last month
amounted to s34, 81, 1856. against s34, sou, 344
in July, 1891. The expenditures were s7,-
24e, 4O1 against $40, 79s, I'll IN July year
ago.
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THE HARxFulNEss OF ALCOHOL.

There has been great controversy as 20
whether it is not bad to give mp The fluid al
cohol. You will ask, Ia this fluid positively
harmful? Yes, it Is harmful. It changesI
the natural order of the body and produces
q fascinating effect for the moment ~
quickens the pulse and thebreathing. excites
the mind, leads to sudden impulses which
make men or women feel for the time that
they are strong and happy, but in all that
it leads them from the natural course OF
things. Everything Is ordered as to time IN
the human body, and all this Is eqnaL and
If that equality be followed out, there Is q
long stage OF life before every living man.
Nature will not be interfered with. Change
that order; put into the body q substances
like alcohol, which Is foreign to 1t, which |
uuickens the pulse, the breathing, the im-t
pulses and the thoughts, and you hasten theJ
period Of death. That Is the pecuIiarity otI
all, or nearly all, who indulge largely m this
strong drink, that they become prematuraly
old. And 80, Is it not common sense, and
common science, too, that when we see ell
fects like the following from a misuse OF the /
substance before US, that 1t Is bstter for /
every .nan, woman and child never to vary
from the natural course Of nature 90 as TO |
induce these pleasurable sensations and
ouickened life into the organic Hfea think /
you will all be Of opinion that 1t Is the right
and proper view for everybody to take.
We are all born to drink no other duidl
than water. Why should we ever depart}
from it2 Why break the pledge which ma
ture has given and which makes man eeasel
to be what he was intended to be! Not one
bit Of good ever comes all through the trial
When we take pledge with nature there
Is no service rendered afterward by breaking
OF it. This substance goes to form no tissue
or give warmth. It imperfectly dissolves
everything in the way OF food which comes
in contact with it, interferes with the d.
gestion and the distribution OF food, pro-
duces false products in the body, disease In
tie organs of the body, sadness always after
a time when it has been taken, alteration Of
mind, so that fourteen per cent, at least Of
the unfortunates in our asylums are there
because of its presence. It makes diseases
some of which are specifically its own and
that are called after it, and we can calculate f
by figures In premature death what will be +
the value of life in person who Is freed I
from this agent and the value Of life In one
who continues to take it. This in common t
sense should make every one Of rs resolve
to 20 back to nature II nature has been de-
parted from, and that we will let our lives
pass from beginning TO end in pure obedi-
ence to nature ami in obedience to that
Power from which al nature springs. DIR.
B, W. Richardson.
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Washington.

The President vetoed the famous William
McGarrahan bill The bill provided for tae
payment of the McGarrahan claim for
about s3. OOO, 900, which had been before Con-
gress many years.
SECRETARY NOBLE issued public notice
warning all persons now on the Colvllle
Indian reservation, in the State Of Washing
ton, without express authority to leave the
same without delay.
COLONEL CHARLES HEYwooD, Comman-
dant United States Marine Corps has ad-
dressed q letter to John Philip Sousa
the leader Of the United States Marine
Band, granting, at the latters request, his
discharge from the corps.
PRESIDENT HA RR1soN issued a proclama-
tion ordering the striking miners in the
Coeur d. Alene District Of Idaho to dispersa
COINAGE was executed at United States
Gold, IS, 900 pieces Of the value Of $l,4fO,-
600; silver, 1,042, 900 pieces OF the value OF
1858, 900; minor coin, 1000 900 pieces Of the
value OF Sl9,0Oo.
TEE President signed the act limiting
hours Of laborers and mechanics employed
on public works.
A. BARTON HEPBURN, the newly appoint
ed Controller of the Currency, assumed the
duties of that Office, his sof1cial bond Of $780,
900 having received the approval Of the
Secretary and Of the Solicitor Of the Treas
ury.
LrEUTENANT-CoL DANIEL P. WHIT.
ING, retired officer OF the Army, died at
the home Of his daughter in Washington at
the age of sighty-four years.
REPRESENTATIVE BoATSER, Chairman OF
the House Special Investigating Committee.
and Representative Watson, who made the
charge Of drunkenness against members OF
the House, engaged In q war Of words in the
Judiciary Committee, during which Mr..
Boatner declared he was responsible for
what he said and hoped Mr.. Watson knew
his address.
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THESANTA MARIA'S VOYAGE.
Spain'S Celebration of the Sail.
ing of Columbus.
The Little Caravel Starts From
the Port of Palos.

A cable2ram from Palos, Spain, says,
On the four hundredth anniversary of the
day on which Columbus set sail from Palos
westward on his voyage Of discovery the
festivities arranged here for celebrating the
day were carried out with great eclat.
The view from the town, however, was
obscured by thick mist which hung over
the river and rendered it impossible to sss
more than dim outline Of the hulls Of ths
vessels lying at anchor.
At O'Clock, the hour at which Columbus
began his voyage, the caravel Santa Maria.
constructed in imitation Of the vessel of that
name belonging to the Columbus expedi-
tion, which had been lying off shore all
night, set her sails for her passage through
the lines of warships anchored outside the
bar, but owing to the dead calm line was
run to her from gunboat, and she was
towed down stream, followed by the Span
ish fotilla in single file. Minister of Marine
Montigo was on board the warship Legespi.
The voyage down the river past the Mon
astery of La Rabida, on which ths flags Of
all the American States were flying to the
bar occupied about an hour.
Outside the bar were moored the vessels
of the foreign squadrons which had come to
take part in the celebration. These vessels
were formed in lines, between which the
caravel passed amid the laundering salures
and deafening cheers.
The mist and the smoke from the guns
made it impossible to watch the msnoeuvres
of the caravel, which followed for some dis
tance the route taken by Columbus 400 years
ago. At 9 o'clock the little vessel returned
and re-entered the river.
The. town of Huelva is crowded with
visitors, and all the buildings, both private
and public, are gayly deceEated.
Fifteen of the Spanish hotilla conveyed
the Santa Maria several miles to sea, and
when the signal was given by the Spanish
Minister of Marine for the vessel to return
the caravel was given farewell salute.
The caravel returned with the hotilla to
Huelva These man9uvres were part OF q
ceremonial in celebration of the departure
of Columbus.
A dispatch from Washington says: The
following cable messages were exchanged
on the anniversary day:
The President:
To-day four hunire1 years ago Columbus
sailed from Pa.os discovering America.
The United States q ag is bsing hoistei this
moment in front Of Convent La Rabida
along with banners Of all American States.
Batteries and ships saluting, accompanied by
enthusiastic acclamations of the people,
army ami navy. God bless America.
PRIETo, Alcalde Of Palos.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WASHINGTON, August 8. 1892.
Senior Prieto, Alcaide de Palos, La Rabida,
Spain:
The President of the United States directs
me to cordially acknowledge your message
of greeting Upon this memorable day, thus
fttingly celebrated, the people OF the new
Western world, IN grateful reverence to the
name and fame of Columbus join hands
with the sons OF the brave sailors Of Palos
and Huelva who manned the discoverers
caravels. FOSTER, Secretary Of State.