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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-08-09
CASUALTIES ON THE Rail,
a CHAIN OF FATAL AND DE-
STRUCTIVE ACCIDENTS.

A Mail Train Derailed and Two Pos.
tai Clerks killed-A Worlds Fair
Excursion Wrecked and Thirty
Passengers Injured - Freightmen
Kflled-Other Accidents.
A chain Of railway casualties occurring on
the same day in different parts of the coun-
try were characterized by the number OF
passengers injured and the vast amount OF
property destroyed rather than by the mum.
Der Of killed.
At 1.01 o'clock in the morning the first
section OF the mail train from Boston to New
. YORK on the Old Colony system OF the N. Y.
n. H. & H. was wrecked opposite
Dodgeyille Station, suburb of Attle.
boro, r. I. The train consisted OF Old
Colony Engine No. 147, two United States
mail cars, baggage and several
passenger coaches. A freight train from
Boston had passed through Attleboro at
midnight and switched of some Of the cars
at Dodgeyille, and one OF them was left on
the main track In the way OF the mail train.
The train approached the obstacle 81
crashed into it before the engineer
could reduce the speed Of his train. The
engine was completely demolished. A mail
clerk, C.J. Miller, of Walton Falls, N. ",
was instantly killed, and another mail clerk,
+. 5. Murphy, was seriously injured. Sew
eral OF the passengers were also injured.
The mixed train was In charge OF Conductor
Charles Keene and Engineer @. A. Bowen.
The second section Of the Baltimore and
Ohio express. west-bound with Worlds Fair
excursiontsts, was wrecked one mile ezst of
Munroe Falls, Ohio. Spreading OF rails
caused the wreck at 8 point where there Is a
short curve In the track. Five OF the COACHES,
loaded with passengers. most OF whom were
on their way to Chicago, were thrown down
ten-foot embankment. Nobody was killed
outright, but thirty were injured, FIVE OF
them, 1t was thought, seriously. All of the
MANNED were taken to Akron by special train
and sent to the city hospital About dozen
doctors from Akron went down with them.
A north bound freight train on the St.
Louis, Chicago d st. Paul Railroad. consist
ing Of eighteen local freight cars, crashed
through trestie near Reihls Station, Mo-,
piling the entire train in heap. Conductor
W. E. Buzrell, OF Springfield, I'LL. was in
stantly killed. Brakeman Charles johnson
and W. A. Clements, of Alton, and Walter
Manning, Of Springfield, were PROBABLY
fatally injured.
A wreck occurred on the Ohio Valley Rail-
road about 1890 o'clock, a. m, two miles
from Morganfeld, Ky. Freight train No.
80, consisting Of an engine, and six cars
loaded with through freight, was ditched
and afterward burned. Three lives were
lost: Robert Vandorn, engineer; Frank
Threlkeid, fireman. and Marion Davis, head
brakeman. Their bodies were burned to
crisp. .El3.l-.;.
A terrible wreck occurred on the Southern
Pacific seven miles east Of Houston, Texas.
An engine escaped from the yards without
engineer or fireman and went dashing east
ward. It crashed into the rear end OF
freight train going in the same direction,
smashing up thirty cars. Conductor Harrison
and Brakeman Watson were killed.
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ALGERIA's EXHIBIT.

Algeria Is French colony. but it has been
given distant place and large space in the
Agricultural Building. The most prominent
object in the exhibit is what is called the
Moorish room. which is reproduction OF
an apartment i'll the palace Of the Governor
at Algiers. IncIosed by Moorish arches. in
imitation OF marble. is central court The
office Of Mr.. Moutels. the commissioner
from ,he colony, is situated at one OF the
corners, the rest Of the space being devoted
to u display of the products and art works OF
the country. Pictures by native artists hang
on the walls, showing the four seasons in
Algeria, street scene in Algiers and other
subjects. A fine cabinet in native woods is
shown. tobacco, manufactured and natural.
and specimens of the ramiee q variety OF
reed from which fine fibrous material is
made Woods Of the country are exhibited
in the form ofthin sections bound In volumes,
resembling books. There is fine Arabian
mirror, the frame of which was carved with
a knife by native artist, and other speci-
mems of wood carving.
In the main department Of the exhibit, q
great display OF cork is made. The trunk OF
a tree is shown. the rough bark In bales, and
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SPAIN AT THE FAIR.

Among the foreign counties contributing
to beauty and elegance in design OF e4hiolts
and display Spain is prominent. inc span
ish section in the Manufactures Building
covers an area of about 5000 square feet
and it has been economically and judiclously
used The pavilion erected IS an exact re-
production of the famous Cathedral Cordova,
except. OF course, in size. The structure oc-
cupies space under the inner gallery in the
southwest corner of the building and in the
rear of the Italian and Swiss sections.
In this section there are $50 exhibitors from
Spain, mostly showing products OF cloth
and lace. In the working OF the finest lace
texture. in design and delicate execution.
the Spanish may have equals, but they GER
tainly have no superiors. In embroidered
designs, silk workings and gauzy woven
fabrics an exceedingly ingenious and inter-
esting display is made. ,
AS usual the most expensive exhibit Nils
the least space. Because Of its novelty and
its representation Of something new IN the
working OF precious metals, the greater in
terest, perhaps, attaches to it. Felipa Guis-
asola, n lady OF Madrid, some years ago con-
ceived the idea of ornamenting steel with
gold, by first sketching designs on steel and
then hammering gold into the grooves, leav-
ing greater or less projection ofthe precious
metal on the surface, according to the size
and character of the figure desired TO be pro-
duced. The gold was then shaped by ham.
mering or was cut on the esurface to represent
faces, figures, flowers or whatever design
fancy or the love of art dictated. The finest
work of this kind in the exhibit, worth over
S1OO. 900, is two fine vases, one OF the Pom
peian design and the other Renaissance.
They are about four feet high. and the steel
body is richly ornamented with gold OF all
coiors.
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WHIPPED THE BOYS.
Eight Kentucky Mothers Execute the
Laws Decree.

Eight Kentucky Mothers Execute the
Laws Decree.
Kentucky walks at the head OF the process
sion for novel methods Of Furnishing Grim
insls. At Harrodsburg, few days ago, eight
colored boys, ranging in age from eight to
fourteen years, were caught breaking into a
house whose owners were absent for the
summer They were arraigned In the police
court before Judge Caldwell.
Using his discretion, he called the mothers
OF the young offenders into court. He pro-
posed to them that II they would give the
boys O first-class whipping In court he would
not send them to the penitentiary.
The women eagerly accepted the PROPOSE
ton and promised there would beswhipptnS
in town tnat would so down in history. In
the morning the space in front OF ths
Judges bench was cleared, the mothers
seized the eight struggling sons and time
was called. RawnideS cut the air and fell
with terrible force on the backs of the thlnly
clad culprits.
There was yell that started the people
and lasted for the next fifteen minutes.
Blood was brought in mora than one In
stance. Once the Judge interfered to
prevent too serious a beating for one OF the
boys. When he thought they wers sufii-
ciently punished they were led down ths
street. Every one OF them Is likely TO carry
to his grave some mark Of the th-ashlng 4
very large crowd witnessed the novel scene.
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FOUR INSTANTLY KILLED.
Terrible Explosion in a Williams
burgh IN. W Factory.

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An explosion in George W. Campbell's 8 rub
ber, cement and hatters' materials factory in
the rear OF 211 Walworth street, Williams
burgh, N. T.. resulted in the death OF the
proprietor his fourteen .year-old son, Charles {;
Joseph Knee, the engineer, and John D.
McCutcheon, a laborer. The factory was
Observation-Disclosures frame building stand
ing back OF two-story frame house in
which Campbell lived with his wife and
three children, Hannah, Charles and John,
aged respectively sixteen, fourteen, and nine
years. The factory was on the first floor,
where were located the engine and boiler,
the varnish room and several machines. AL
though the making OF rubber cement Is a
dangerous operation the neighoors never OBJ
jected, for they had become used to the fac
tory and also because Campbell had been In
the business for many years. Campbell had
McCutcheon helping him In the place while
Knee looked after the machinery. '
His eldest boy, Charles, had assisted him
in his labor since his school vacation began.
It was q few minutes after 8 O'Clock, while
Mrs. Campbell was sitting at a window In
the rear Of her house overlooking the fac.
tory when Charles, her step-son, came from
the building. The boy had been engaged
all the afternoon with machine in which he
ground ruDDer, molSteneu Win peu1lue, Atu
jelly.
"I've been helping papa all day." said the
boy. .'But the smell OF the benzine makes
me very sick" -.
Mrs. Campbell told the boy to stop work,
but he replied that they would be through
In fifteen minutes. He then went back into
the factory and closed the door.
Fifteen minutes later Mrs Campbsil, who
was sewing at her machine, heard her hus.
bands voice exclaiming: Joe, what's the
matter2 The machinery Is stopped"
His voice had hardly died away when the
explosion occurred. Mrs. Campbell was
thrown from the chair on which she was sit.
ting against the bed. ..
II is estimated that property and glass to
the value of $4,000 were destroyed by the
explosion. The damage by the fire will not
exceed $2500. What caused the catastrophe
no one could say positively, but it is be-
Neved that an explosion OF naphths did It.
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A MOTHERS DOUBLE CRIME
Cut Her Baby's Throat With Razor
and Then Gut Her Own. 6s lf

!, and Then Cut Her Own. rs, sYf
In Clarence Centre, n T., Mrs. Henry May:
bach, twenty-seven years Of age, cut her
throat with her husbands razor and cut tho
throat OF her seven-months' old girl baby.E
Maybach is harness maker. and Is athrlfty
young man with q good business and con-
siderable property. HIS wife was handsome
woman, accomplished, md general favorite:
in the village. They had two children, q girl
OF three years old and the baby For several,
days the baby had been teething and very
fretful and In poor health, and the mother
had been greatly concerned for 1t. e; Il rs ~
A. about 8 o'clock. n. M, while q heavy.
thunder storm was in progress, Mrs. Maybach
aTakened her husband to assist her with the.
baby. 1t was only restless, and q few min
utes afterward Maybach fell asleep again,
supposing his wife was sleeping also. About
an hour later he was awakened by groans,s
ind sprang out OF bed Just In time to see his
wife running out OF the door into the street
with blood gushing from great cash In her
throat. Looking for the baby he found It In
the baby carriage with Its throat cut from
ear to ear. ~ He followed his wife into the;
street, where he found her with the razor,
still in her hand, but so weak from the loss
Of blood that she was beyond recovery. She.
died an hour later. The baby was also dead
The woman LETT q note saying that she feared
that her baby was going to die, and that she
could not bear to live without It, and asking
that all of her property be given to her little
,three-year-old daughter ~ ~ 2'3!'S3
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The moral OF this is: "Don't try to see
everything In one day"
THE EXHIBIT OF ITALY,

Italy has reason to feel proud OF the un-
equaled exhibit she has made In the various
! departments of the Worlds Fair. No other
country Of equal size and commercial i'm
portance has done so much to make the
great Columbian Exposition a success. In
the Manufactures Building, west side, Sec
tion A, Italy's main exhibit is to be found.
The liberal art section contains 18, 900 square
feet, and is located on the interior floor In
voted to the exhibit Of books, photographs,
musical instruments and other articles that
may be included In the category OF liberal
arts, but nothing, however, OF an educational
nature, except, OF course, what is contained
in the books. Italy Is jealous OF her book
making art, and many fine specimens OF
book making and printing make this part
OF the exhibition one Of the most interest
ing.
The main section on the floor proper OF
the Manufactures Building is, perhaps, one
Of the best arranged and most unique dis
plays OF q countrys handicraft and ingenuity
to be found in the whole building. There
are specimens OF hand-carved woodwork so
delicate and wonderful as to command the
highest praise for the artists skill. but not
this alone so perfect anu 80 exquisite Is it ~
to make one question whether its superior
has ever been seen. The largest bas relief
ever carved from wood is among the articles
1t Is twenty feet long and three feet wide.
and is made from a single block OF wood.
What is more, 1t was made expressly for the
Columbian Exposition.
There are specimens OF 1taly's beautiful
chiseled marbles, Florentine mosaics, 80 sl-
perior to anything In this line shown as to
leave them without a competitor in this
branch Of industry.
An enameled silver coffee set for twelve
persons acquires Its great value from a very
complete history Of the world engraved on
the platter and cups. All the details OF the
principal events of the world from the days
of creation to the present are worked out in
the finest lines.
Lace, said to be worth $1,000 per yard.
with brocades and tapestry Of untold value
! and exquisite design, forms an attractive
feature and calls forth many complimentary
expressions from lady visitors.
The two maiollca paintings in front of the
! pavilion are much admired, and are valued
in the appraisement at 800 900. The pottery
| and glassware. the figures in gilt. the stat
uary and carving in wood. the beautiful
collection and display In marble and bronze.
make the italian exhibit not only one Of the
most valuable. but among the most interest
. ing.
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MAKING THE AWARDS.

Fifty Judges in the Manufactures and Ma
chinery Departments started to work for the
first time few days since. They found
some of the exhibitors not prepared, and in
such cases the exhibits were passed for the
present; but all the exhibitors who were
ready expressed their acquiescence in the
system Of awards. The foreign and domestic
Judges in the Department of Agriculture met
in the Assembly Hall of that building for or
ganization. They elected as President Will.
lam F. Williams, delegate from Russia and
professor in the Academy OF Moscow. Count
Addleman was chosen First Vice-President.
Meetings of judges OF awards in the De-
partments of Mining, Electricity and Fine
Arts have also been held to perfect the or
ganisation preparatory to getting to work on
the exhibits. The fine arts judges will fol-
low the European jury plan, which they
think alone practicable and satisfactory to
the exhibitors in such department
The Committee on Awards Is discouraged
over the refusal OF nearly all the agricultural
implement exhibitors to participate In the
field test outside the city. Only two harvester
machine exhibitors entered for the examina.
ton, and the feeling among the bulk OF tho
implement exhibitors, as expressed In the
recent protest sent to Chairman Thacher, 1s
not favorable to success In that branch OF
the exhibits at least.
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THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.


TIE will of A. J. Drexel was filed for pro-
bate In Philadelphia; among the bequests
was one Of 81 ,000, 900 to found an art gallery
or museum.
J. r. THOMAS, Postmaster OF Ovid, n. Y,
after being wounded twice slightly, killed
one OF two burglars who were robbing his
office. The dead thief is William NJ. Lind
cay, an ex-saloon keeper Of Rochester, N. Y.
The Raiai Rsiagan, ofKapurthala, native
State Of the Punjab. India. arrived at New
York. with retinue of servants. to visit the
Worlds Fair.
ONE solid block Of brick and frame build
ings and portion Of two others were de-
stroyed by fire in Long Island City. N. Y.
The total loss will amount to over half
million dollars. st. Mary's Catholic con-
gregation Is the heaviest loser, for its new
church, school and priests residence were
burned.
TERRIFIC explosion OF gas occurred in
the No. shaft of tho Kingston Coal Com
psny at Edwardsvllle. Penn, by which two
men were killed and two fatally injured. The
dead are Martin Brennan, eighteen years
old. driver Patrick O'Malley, thirty-lour
years old, miner leaves a widow and four
children.
OVER thirty men were Injured in a race
war between Hungarians and Poles near
Scranton, Penn.
The Russian man-of-war Nicholas l. ar
rived at the Port of New York from Europe,
having left Cronstadt June II. She makes
the fifth Russian ship now in that harbor.
The New England coast was visited for
fortJ-eight hours with terrific storm. From
Portland. Me-, to the Massachusetts coast
the loss was great. and the lake region OF
New Hampshire as we'll as the cities on the
roast were at the mercy OF the elements.
Houses were unroofed. trees torn down and
strewn upon the railroad tracks and in the
streets Of cities, and the crops ruined. DAM
age was done at Hsverhill, Mass, Lakeport,
Lowell, Bradford, Dover, N. H., and Ames-
bury.
MUcH damage to gardens and farm crops
was done by storm in New England.
THERE have been some remarkable varia-
tions Of temperature in Maine. On one day
the mercury was ninety-six degrees in the
shade. There was also u hail storm at Dex-
ter which damaged crops, furnished snow
enough for snowballing match, and sent
the temperature down from ninety-eight de-
grecs to flfty-six degrees. In Bangor there
was decided snow furry, and the weather
was as cold as in October.
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Foreign.

TIE Storthing. ls an outcome OF the dis
pute with King Oscar regarding the appoint
ment OF Norwegian Consuls. has reduced tho
Kings Norwegian appanags from $4,000 to
o56.000 kropel.
TIE Infanta Eulalia. OF Spain, who has
been visiting Paris. left en- route to England,
where she will visit the Duke of York and
his bride. Princess May.
The ultimatum sent by France to Siam
called for the cession Of the left bank OF the
Mekong River and for a heavy money in
demnity, in addition to the settlement OF all
claims by French citizens against the SIAM
pse Government. England informed the
Government OF Siam that she was under no
obligation to assist that country IN its trou-
bles with France.
SLAMS reply to Frances ultimatum was
said to bs unsatisfactory. and after its re-
reipt the French Minister began preparing
TO lenvr Bangkok. Siam objected to the
amount OF the indemnity demanded and re-
duced exactly one-half the extent ofterritory
claimed by France. This answer was con-
sidered as check for France and French
politics
A DESPATCH from Rio Janero, Brazil. says
that revolution has broken out III the Stats
OF Santa Catharina, which borders Rio
Grands do Sui. Government troops are re-
ported to have joined the reyolutionists.
GLADsroNE's financial clause to the Home
Rule bill fixing Irelands contribution to tho
Imperial Exchequer at one-tnird Of her
revenue was adopted by tho British House
OF Commons.
The French Government gave notice to the
Powers OF its intention to blockade tho coast
of Siam : NJ. Pavie, the French Minister, gave
notice Of his intention to haul down the
French flag and leave Bangkok.
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BURNED TO DEATH.

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The Victims Were Drilling an Oh
Well, When the OH Caught Fire. &
An oil well was being drilled on farm be-
longing to the Ohio Oil Company, about half
way between Freeport and Woodsides sta
tions, twenty or twenty-five miles south Of
Toledo, Ohio. - - -Lt',s ...-.,',.s
The last screw was being turned when the
we'll suddenly began to fow turiously. The
tools were thrown out OF the casing and then
the casing followed, The food OF oil soon
reached the boilers near by and ignited. SO
rapidly die the flames spread that only two
of the five workmen escaped with their lives,
and they were terribly and perhaps mortally
burned. ....,-. ,.; ~
The dead are: David Arntt, the contrac-
tor; David Ramsay. a driller, and Lemel
Locka-t, a tool dresser. The latter was
burned to crisp.
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DISTANCES At THE FAIR.
IMMENSE SPACE COVERED
BY THE EXPOSITION.

A Visitor Must Walk a Great Many
Miles to See All the Wonders of
the White City - Route of the
Average Sight-Seer - Some EN-
hibits of Foreign Countries.
The Worlds Fair is not only wonderful
exposition OF the globes industrial, mechan-
ical and artistic progress, but it is Il "city OF
magnificent distances" Speaking OF the
immense space covered by the Fair, the Chi
eago Record says:
Some Door weak woman VINO could not
travel four blocks downtown without board
ing horsecar will walk five miles at Jack
son Park She does not realize it at tho
time. All the time something is happening
to engage the mind. The long ja"nt is taken
In homeopathic doses. 100 yards at time. 1t
has often been remarked. and there Is no
harm in repeating it now, that the general
bipness of things around the Exposition
gives delusive ideas Of distance. The visitor
has an experience like that Of a ''tenderfoot"
In the Rockies who concludes to walk over to
q certain peak before breakfast. and after
traversing few miles is told that he will be
there before night if he keeps moving. The
sxcursionist at the Fair often forms hasty
conclusion that he can see nearly everything
in day. Afterward he is ready to admit
that he couldn't cover the ground in week
on bicycle.
Take the Plaisance. for instance. From
the Cottage Grove avenue gate to the en-
trance from the main grounds is exactly one
mile. The man or the woman, however. who
wanders out to the limits OF the Plaisance
and then back again does not travel in
straight line. He or she makes diagonal
outs across the roadway from one noisy show
to the other, strays of into pockets and
probably tramps quarter OF q mile IN Java
or old Vienna forgetting that each OF these
shows is a little city of itself. In fact, q
Journey into the Plaisance and back will
mean not far from three miles of walking il
the sight-seer is at all industrious. Once
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TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
A Number Of Chinese Villages De-
stroyed and Many Lives Lost, &S

A Number Of Chinese Villages De-
stroyed and Many Lives Lost.
Hong Kong newspapers give details Of 3
terrific powder explosion at the Government
powder magazine at Canton, China, which
killed many, injured over 800 people and
wrecked 400 houses. About p. m. the In
habitants Of the Sam Cnll district, In which
the magazine stands, were startled by tre-
mendous report, which was heard over q
large area and was followed by an enormous
volume Of smoke, quite darkendng the. sky;
Very quickly II was known tat. and wide thAt
o terrible calamity had occurred
Every village In the neighborhood wass
completely wrecked, and In village on the
opposite side of the stream which divided Il
from the factory several hundred houses
were shattered. The total number OF houses
destroyed Is epproxlmnted at 400. ~
The catastrophe originated from q cook
house near the magazine, which caught fire
and rapidly spread to the powder house, e