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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-08
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
The Senate.

15eTH DAY.-The Indian Appropriation bill
was passed.-The report OF the tariff con-
ference was presented and referred.
18TH DAY.-President Cleveland's letter to
Chairman Wilson was the subject Of sharp
debate, in which Messrs. Hill. Smith. Vest
and others took part. Mr.. Hill said that IN
view of the Presidents letter, that body bad
no alternative but to recede from its Tariff
bill amendments. Mr.. Villas moved to strike
out the one-eighth OF "a cent differentIal on
refined sugar.
158rH DAY.-The consideration OF the con.
ferees report on the Tariff bill was resumed.
Mr.. German made an attack on the Presl-
dent for the letter to Chairman Wilson; lis
statements were corroborated by Messrs.
Vest, Harris and Jones. The body adjourned
without acting on the tariff conference re-
port.
159TH DAY-The consideration Of the re-
port on the disagreement Of the Tariff con-
ferees was continued. Mr. Hill made long
speech defending the Presidents course,
and criticised Mr.. German. Mr. Caffery e1-
planned tie sugar schedule.
160TH DAY.-Mr. Allen introduced bill to
prohibit Federal Courts interfering with the
execution OF State laws.-Messrs. Caffery,
Daniel and Hunton spoke on the tariff COM
plications.
TAe House.
178rH DAY.-ChairmaE Wilson. in report
ing the disagreement Of the Tariff Confer
ence Committee, read letter from the
President, urging the House not to adopt the
Senate amendments Mr.. Reed also spoke.
The House then voted TO disagree, and the
old conferees were reappointed.
179TH DAY. The Tucker resolution for
election of Senators by the popular vote
was discussed.
180TH DAy.-The House passed the follow
ing The joint resolution proposing a con-
stitutional amendment providing for popular
elections OF Senators a bill forbiddinS Onl-
ted States courts TO interfere to prevent the
collection OF State, county and municipal
taxes out OF property OF corporations In the
hands ofreceivers appointed by such courts;
bill providing for the inspection OF immi-
grants by United States Colsuls at ports OF
departure.
1857 DAY.-Adjournment was taken early
TO let the members attend the tariff debate
In the Senate. At no time was there quorum
present.
182D DAY.-The bill directing the re-en-
ployment of railway postal clerks who were
dismissed from March Is to May 1, 1889, was
passed. Yeas, 140; nays, SO. Fourteen
bills from the Committee on Public Lands
were passed. .s
1880 DAY.-Only routine business was
transacted.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-08
BIRMINGHAM'S BIG FIRE.
More Than Half Million Dollars
Worth of Property Destroyed.

The most disastrous confagration Bir-
mingham, Ala, has witnessed started at
1 o'clock a. m. in four story building
occupied by the Showers Furniture Com
pany, in Twenty-second street and First
avenue.
The entire interior Of the building was
ablaze before the fire was discovered. The
flames were soon communicated the Cald-
we'll Hotel across the street, q building six
stories high and the largest hotel in Ala
hama. All the guests were rescued, hut only
Just in time, and saved comparatively moth
ing Of their personal effects. The hotel Il II
total loss.
The fire was communicated to the four.
story building in Seconl avenue at hall past
two a. m. and threatene I the destruction OF
the entire city. The Fire Department happily
managed to check the fumes.
The losses are as follows: Caldwell Ho'
tel. $3.50, 900, insurance, $l75,0O0; Showers
Furniture Company. $4,000. insurance. Ss..
900 Perry Mason Shoe Company, $35. 900.
insurance. 825.000. j. ". johnson Shoe
Building. 100000, insurance. $40, other
losses, $50, 900. insurance, 800 900.
The origin Of the fire is mystery. When
the flames were at their worst Aid was te!e-
graphed for to Montgomery and Meridian,
but the order Was counternandei before the
fire companies from these cities could arrive.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-08
SHOT IN THE RIOT.
Strikers In Pursuit Of Children Ran
Into Deputies and Workmen.

The display OF arms made by the coke
strikers at their meeting in Riyerview Park,
Connellsvllle, Penn, resulted In a riot, In
which three men were wounded, two NOR
tally.
After their meeting the strikers marched
through the town. While passing Meyer
they were hooted at by colored children.
The strikers fired their guns as warning to
their tormentors, which caused a stampede
among the children, who fled to the company
store, pursued BY several OF the strikers.
AT the store were several deputy sheriffs
and colored workers. They were armed,
and, seeing the strikers weapons, they
opened fire on the men.
Many ehots were exchanged and 1t is
known that at least three OF the strikers
were wounded, two mortally. When these
men fell the others ran.
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A DISASTROUS FIRE.
Three Dead and Five Wounded, the
Result Of a Washington Blaze.

Three Dead and Five Wounded, the
Result Of a Washington Blaze.
Fire in the Knox Building and stables at
Washington resulted in the death OF the
following persons: Dennis Donahue, flrs-
man. Michael Fenton, fireman. Samuel 8.
Msstin. fireman.
The injured were Lee Bell, aged twenty
eight, fireman; hands and face burned.
Edward Cahill, a citizen; shoulder broke.
James E. Hooker, aged thirty-two, fireman
wounded In the forehead. James Kelhar,
aged thirty-siT, foreman OF Engine Com
pany No. 1 sprained back. J. G.. Wilson,
assistant foreman ;bones ofleft leg fractured.
The loss will be nearly 800, 900 and in
cludes 205 horses belonging to the Knox Com
pany, which were In the second story Of the
building.
The fire broke out In Knox's stables at
and Second street about $50 o'clock q. m.
Next door to the stable was a storage wara-
house filed to the top with furniture, books,
pictures, clothing, silverware, china, glass
and bric-a-brao belonging to the owners
Of houses and others in the city. The ware
house and stables covered over block.
Next TO the Knox stables were those of the
Adams Express Company, IN which were $50
horses, but these were all saved.
Every fire company IN washington was
present. The heat was simply frlghtful.
The f1remen were obliged to throw water on
each other repeatedly before they could ap-
proach within working distance OF the build
ines. The men who had to hold the lines
of hose on the B street front OF
the Knox Building were obliged
TO lie fiat on their stomschs and hold their
faces to the ground, so awful was the heat.
Policemen who had to help drag the hose
about were obliged to remove their outer
clothing and to be frequently dre1ched with
water.
About $50 n portion OF the wall OF the
rear OF the Adams Building fell into the
alley and across the back exit. Instantly
the crowd set up cry:
"The firemen are in there"
Fire Chief Paris ordered half dozen
leads of hose turned on the white-hot mass,
and as soon as II was possible the flremen
rushed in and dragged the men out. Ten
minutes afterwards the walls Of the Knox
Building fell.
With the tall of these walls the fire was
checked, and 1t was not long before the Are
men had 1t under control. There were a
number Of houses In the vicinity which were
destroyed. The origin Of tn fire Is unknown.
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A VOLCANIC GAS WELL.
Great Boulders Thrown Into tho Air
and the Earth Shaken.

and the Earth Shaken.
Shortly after mid night series of subter.
ranean explosions occurred at a natural gas
we'll situated a short distance from Cofrey-
vile, Kan.
People were awakened and found the
town brightly illuminated and the earth
trembling, while showers Of rocks could be
seen bursting from the gas we'll. These were
hurled high in the air, and descending,
crashed into the cottages in the neighbor-
hood Of the pit. As far as known. however,
no one was hurt.
Daylight disclosed dismal sight. For
thirty acres around the we'll the earth was
torn up as If By q volcano. The pbenome-
non Is unaccount8ble.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-08
SHERIFF KILLS AN EDITOR
Both Were Populists, But the Edt-
tor Had Attacked the Sheriff. &.

A.. W. Carpenter, editor OF the Vindicator,
the organ of the Popullst party OF Southwest
Texas, was shot and killed at Pearsall,
where the paper Is published, by Sheriff
Walter Durbin, of'Frlo County:
Sheriff Durbin is also Populist. an Car
penter had been attacking his otncial acts
through u MS sbd p1psr ptters Office shortly after
noon and the two quarreled, and the Sheriff
drew his pistol and killed Carpenter. Inc
Sheriff gave himself up immediately.
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THOUSANDS OF dollars worth OF damage is
being done daily by the ravages of tho army
worm in the vicinity OF Marshfleld, Wis. The
hay cut and placed in barns is full OF them.
and farmers are afraid to feed it TO stock. 1t
Is by far the worst scourgs that has ever We
tied that portion of tho State.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-08
KOREANS LOSE A FIGHT.
Japanese Soldiers Defeat Them In the
Capital City.

Advices from Seoul say that battle has
been fought there between Korean and Japan.
esq troops in which the Koreans were re-
pulsed with considerable loss. The Korean
troops, together with some Chinese soldiers,
made an attack upon the japanese garrison
at the Korean capital and attempted to take
the Japanese position by storm.
Asharp fight ensued, but the japanese n.s
was more than tho attacking party could
stand, and they were compelled to retire.
The assault upon the Japanese garrison was
made at the instigation OF the Chinese hesi-
dent at Seoul.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-08
TO DIVERT EMIGRATION.
Italy Wants to Send Her Subjects t.
Africa Instead Of America.

In the italian Senate Prime Minister Crispi
referred to the recent capture Of Kassala by
the Italian forces. He announced that re-
Inducements were not required to enable
the Italians at Kassala to maintain their po-
sitIon neither would 1t be necessary ior
them to further expose themselves IN battle
with the Dervishes. It was TO be hoped tnat
The oreat object TO be obtained was to SUD
stltute emigration to Africa for emigration
The Senate has adjourned for the summer
recess.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-08
FATAL CLOUD BURST.

Fifteen Deaths by Drowning Ike.
ported From Mexico.
Advicss nave reached Saltillo, Mexico, OF
q cloud burst in tho mountains OF the Prleta
District. A number OF houses OF rancpmen
we're washed away and fifteen deaths OF men
by drowning have already been reported
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-08

TEE Chief OF the Bureau OF Statistics at
Washington estimates that the revenue uu-
der the proposed income tax will be very
small from private incomes, hardly covering
the cost Of collection, while from corpora.
tions It may reach $39, ,OtO, 900 per annum,
but Is more likely t. be near Sl2. .0o0 900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-08

Archbishop SAroLLi has. on appear, sus
tanned decision given by Bishop Waiter
SON, of Ohio, suspendtng from Church priv
ileees every Catholic society having liquor
dealer ct it's head or among Its officers.
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Foreign.

ANARCHIST LEGA, who shot at Premier
Crispi in Rome, Italy, Is sentenced to twenty
years solitary confinement.
CHEF CLARENCE has been proclaimed
ruler OF the Mosquito Territory by Indians
and the police force, and the Commissioner
has been expelled. The United States cruiser
Columbia has been ordered to BlueAslds.
HUNDREDS OF Mahdists lost their lives In a
battle with an Italian force near Kassala.
Abysslnia.
TIE Britannia defeated the Vigllant in a
race sailed Off Kingstown, ireland. There
was no windward work, and the conditions
were to the liking Of the British craft.
PERCY sANDERsoN has been gazstted in
London British Consul-General Ct New
York.
The German Emperor, in order not to
wound the French, has fixed on August 18th
for the great fall parade, in lieu OF the Sedan
anniversary.
THE Nicaraguan Assembly declared the
entire Atlantic coast OF the country to be
under martial law, and ordered the Chief
Executive to maintain Nicaraguan SOY.
ereignty over the Mosquito Territory By all
possible means. President Zelava said he
would first tryto conciliate the Mosquito In
d1ans, and failing In this he would subdue
them BY force.
THE vigilant won her second victory over
the Britannia in ten matches. The Ameri-
can sloop crossed the finishing line three
minutes and thirtY-nine seconds ahead OF
the Prince OF Wales's cutter. The race was
over the Royal St. Georges Yacht Club
course, Kingston, Ireland.
THE Britannia defeated the Vlgiant in a
fifty-mile race over the course OF the Royal
Munster Yacht Club. Ireland.
STORMS and floods in Western India have
caused much damage to the crops. Many
lives have been lost.
WAR between China and Japan was said
TO be inevitable; Japanese gunboats were
reported to be bombarding Korean coast
towns.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-08
EXPLOSION KILLED SEVEN.

Dynamite the Cause and Portsmouth
the Scene of the Disaster.
A terrible accident, resulting in the death
Of seven men, occurred at Portsmouth, Eng
land. A Trinity House boat, having crew
OF seven trained wreckers on board, was
eneaeed In blowing up the wreck OF the
yaeht Azalia, In the Solent, as the wreck
was dangerous to navigation.
In some manner, which will never be
known, dynamite cartridge exploded,
Killed the seven men and shattered the
boat
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WASHINGTON.

SECRETARY HERBERT made eight changes
In important naval commands.
COUNTERFEIT cash. amounting to $50, 900,
collected by Secret Service officers, was de-
stroyed at the Treasury Department. Many
counterfeit presentments, not intended for
fraudulent purposes, were also destroyed.
ORDERS were given for the United States
cruiser Columbia to sail for Bluehelds.
A HARvEYIzED armor plate stood an ex-
tremely severe test at the Indian Head
proving ground near Washington.
SENATOR GRAY's Sugar Investigating Com
mittee. reopened its inquiry, with Broker
Derickson on the stand.
SENATOR ALIENS report OF the result OF
the sugar inquiry was made public. The
Investigating Committee examined Henry
Rood, q newspaper reporter. and W. B.
Wheeler, OF New York, and A. NJ Sipe, OF
Washington, stock brokers.
THE United States Consul-General at
Zurich advises American cattle shippers to
send surplus stock to Switzerland, as there
Is o great scarcity OF cattle there this year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-08
MALAYS FIGHT SPANIARDS.
They Kill Fourtee Men ana "ounu
Fortv-seyen ut Mindanao.

Forty-seven at Mindanao.
1t is officially announced that force OF
Mahometan Malays surprised the spanish
troops ut Mndanao in the Malay Archipelaso'
In the fighting that ensued, which
finally resulted in the repulse Of the attack
ing force. fourteen Spanisrds, lnc!uhinE one
officer, were killed, and forty-seVen ollees'
OF whom two were officers, were Woonoeu'
The Malays lost twenty-seven killed.
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iustmpnt on any middle grounds since their
subiection to any rate eottariftaxation. great
or small, Is alike violativs OF Democratic
principle and Democratic good faith
siye ii I say something in relation to an
other subject which can hardly fall to be
troublesome to the conference. refer to
the adjustment OF tariff taxation on sugar.
Under our party platform, and lin accordance
with our declared party purposes, sugar Is
a legitimate and logical article OF revstfde
taxation. Unfortunately, however, incidents
have accompanied certain stages OF the
legislatioa which will be submitted to the
conference that have aroused In connection
with this subject O natural Democratic
aninosity to the methods and manipulations
OF trusts and combinations. L cvnfess to
sharing in this feeling; and yet It seems TO
me- We ought, il possible, to sufficiently free
ourselves from prejudice to enable US coolly
10 weigh the considerations which, in formu-
Iatiug tariff legislation, ought to guide our
treatment CT sugar as u taxable article.
While no tenderness should be entertained
asusts. and while am decidedly opposed
to granting them, uader the guise OF tariff
taxation, any opportunity to further their
peculiar methods, I suggest that We ought
not to be driven away from ths Democratic
principle and policy which lead to the taxa
tion OF sugar by the fear. quite likely exag-
gerated, that in carrying out this principle
and policy We may indirectly and inordinate-
ly encourage q combination OF sugar-reiining
interests. know that in present conditions
this Is delicate subject, and l ap-
preciate the depth and strength OF the feel
ing which its treatment has aroused. I do
not believe we should do evil that good may
come, but it seems TO me that We should not
forget that our aim is the completion OF
tariff bill, and that in taxing sugar for prop
er purposes and within reasonable bounds.
whatever else may be said OF our action. We
are In no danger Of running counter to DEM
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-04
AFFAIRS IN .BROOHLYN.

KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS WITH \ BASKET
TWO WOMEN FIGHT OVER THE RIGHT OF CHILD
or ONE OF THEM TO PLAY OF THE STOOP.
Mrs Louisa Goodman. who lives a 80. 32S Grand
st. allowed her five year-Old daughter, Clara, TO
play the stoop Of her house yesterday. Mrs
Elizabeth Roach. who occupies apartments In the
same house objected. She ordered the child 70 20
away, and before the little one could do so, it IS
alleged. She kicked dolls carriage into the street
and then struck the child. Clara began to scream
ana Mrs Goodman. hearing the cries of her daughter.
down stairs and began 10 eNpostuldte win
Mrs Roach. The latter, who was armed with a
wir.-braidrd basket. struck Mrs Goodman on the
head Tho blow knocked Der down. and she rolled
over upon thc sidewalk on her face. several nelsn-
hOrs ran to m" ad OF the injured woman ana Whcn
they attempted raise her To her feet they found
her unconscious and bleeding from big gash
on her forehead. Mrs. Goodman WAS carried INTO
her apartment and q call sent 20 IN" Eastern
District Hospital for ambulance. surgeon Mel
son responded and after dressing the wound re-
stored the woman 20 consciousness. Mrs. Goodman
then went To the Lcc-avc. Polio" Court ana cause
tn, arrest OF her a-sailant Justice Goetting hell
Mr. Roach iu 500 bail
As the injured woman was about 70 leave tne
courtroom she f.ll into a swoon and had TO b"
carried TO her home. Last evening her condition
vas said o. be serious.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-04
FOR THE BRIDGE OYER THE HUDSON.

The men who. under the direction OF Chief Engi-
neer Charles b. Brush. Of the New-York and New
Jersey Bridge Company, are to bore and sound and
dredge along the New-Jersey shore opposite Fifty
nnth-st. and far Sixty-ninth-st.. with view
TO selecting the most desirable for the New
Jersey terminus of the bridge. at work early
yesterday morning having started from Iioboken at
730 o'clock. The engineers and surveyors are work
ing with improved deep-water drills and have all
facilities for doing the work rapidly and well.
The special Board OF Engineers appointed by the
Government will recOnvenc July g. and in order
that full and comprehensive report may be sub
mtted to them at that time. work will 10 on con-
tinuously.
Charles Swan at the Office OF the com
pany and said that after going through thirty five
10 forty feet OF water the river bed would probably
have 10 be drilled ninety or one hundred feet until
the final rock gravel bed Is reached. The bridge
company's officials have doubt that a site In
every way satisfactory the Government engineers
will be found between the points named before the
board reconvenes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-04
rIcKPocKErs At FUNERALS.

Thor" have been many complaints or he doprc-
do'lons ~ pickpooke's ~ funerals especially in
Roman Catholic churrhc. lately. Yesterday nj a
funeral !n the Church ~ - Agnes ~ Hoyt and
Sackett s's. Father York. who assisted AZ The
Vices. warned 'hc congregation from the altar 20 be-
careful lest th'ir pockets were picked IN the v,atl-
bue. He then stationed himself whore he could
f.~. auI detected n man. who was evidently a
stranger, crowlng close 20 10" uc-s'rs passing out.
H. watched him. and as the man pressed aglins, a
woman he saw the fingers ~ his ,cft hand feeling
FOR the pocket IN me womar's dress lie arrested
the man and sent for policeman The fellow pro-
tc-f'I MS Innocence. hut ne Gl not attempt 20 tx
pain why the bottoms ~ the pockets of his coat
were cur ~. SO Do could slip h!s hands through.
At the Iuflcr-st police station the said be
was James Doyle, q p~lcr. ~ 80. rs BIGGEST.
A. that number ther" = factory lie was held
f0r examination by Police Justice Walsh.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-04
NE -JERSE y.
JERSEY CITY.

sequel 70 the Curtis divorce case IN which on
Monday Chancellor Neon directed John Curtis. Of
Now-York 20 pay al!mony 10 his vile from Janu-
airy lG 1874. took place hrfor" Police Justice Potts
at Jersey city yesterday morning. After he a.
vorce proceedings were ended. Curtis and Aaron T..
Van Trucn OF Paterson. whose vito wr- core
sp0ndent IN the divorce suit. met IN Exchange
Place and INDUCED In a het-fght which ieI 10 their
arrest. Justice Potts parOlcl them. Van Truen
then went before Justice Weed and caused Cgr,ls
- be Tearresiel. ana The latter vas he'd for the
Grand Jury. When Justice Potts was Informed 81
this he ISSUED Il warrant Tor Van Trueu who n
the mean time hai Eon" fo Paterson. AMI 80 c~-
capped arrest 3D. second time. Curtis and Mr. Van
Truen are now married and I've In Ncw-N"rk
Mayor Wauser. OF jersey cry. yesterday ap-
pointed Simeon H. Smith - succeed T.. ~ O'Nel
a. cry collector Mr. Smith was supcrinfeni u
the big abattoir Of m" Central stock Yards until IL
was burned down three weeks ago. he Wa once
president Of ~" Board - Aldermen ana fNlre rci-
resented the Republicans ~ the INA District IN
the Assembly IFS appointment gives general sat-
lsftctOn
Louis r. Gle.e. the architect ~ the Hudson
County Han OF Records, who was Indicted for maj
feasance IN having approved h!s that w"re after
ward shown 20 be- fraudulent ana by which the
county lost $3.50. vas ycste'Ily acquitted "a the
General Sessions Court Mr.. Glce's defence wl7
that II was not his duty to scfutinze 'he bills and
that he was not responsible for the errors Of the
Board OF Frcehodcrs In auditing the claims.