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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-05-16
NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION
Falling OF in Some 'Statee~ But kn'
creasing In Indiana


Growing confinement OF the'oonsumpeioh
OF natural gas to domestic use fsneted In the
annual report OF Special Agent Joseph u.
Weeks OF the geological survey. The oniy
State In which Its use for manufacturing
purposes increased In 1893 is Indiana Inc
total value of natural gas consumed Id tne
country In the year was S14, ,346, $50, agains1
ala. 500, ia In 1892. Higher prices charged
for the gas In 1893 was the cause OF the de-
crease. The greatest value OF the gas con-
sumed in any one year was 90, ,629s7o, In
1888. Since that time there has Deen
gradual decline, with an aggregate OF ABOUT
s., 800, 600 less ior last year than 1888. =.
All States show falling of in value OF
eoa or wood, displaced by the use OF gas.
The amount OF this reduction In PennsyE
vania was S420, 200 In Ohio, S4S,OO0, and
Indiana, about S1300.
The reported number Of feet OF pipe laio
increased dutfng the year to II, 9s9, ,657 IN
Pennsylvania. 5,72O,3T3 in Indiana and l..
4O4,O98 in Ohio. The largest production OF
the gas In Pennsylvania was SIS, 9,2S2,Sio. N
1885. since which It has fnllen to S6, 4SS, 0oo.
Ohio showed the largest falling of IN pro-
dr,ctjon for the year. For 1892 the amount
was 80, 10000, while in 1893 1t went down 10
S1.510, 900.
The most important gas field IN any stars
ts shown to be in Indiana, whose estimated
nrea of producing gas territory Is about 25;-
600 square miles. Whilst the supply Is fali-
ing far below the demand in other large gas
fields, it is declared to be well sustaanea IN
indiana. and supplies are being obtained
from the State BIZ factories located IN other
Gas territories. The value on the Produet
Consumed in the State in 1898 was S5,7lS,-
600. against 81, ,16. 900 in 1892. Gas cor soa
sumed in Kentucky was valued at S6S,5uo,
and In California, $4,000.
Reports show that In addition to the three
States mentioned the gas Is found In COM
mercial quantities In New York. Illinois,
Kansas, Missouri, West Virginia. Texas, Ar
kansas, Utah, South Dakota, New Mexico
Tennessee and Wisconsin.
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HANGMAN'S DAY.
Four Men Legally Executed for Their
Various Crimes.

-Four Men Legally Executed for Their
Various Crimes.
Hansmans day saw several legal e1ecu-
tions.
At Washington Thomas Crumpton, COL
ored man convicted Of the murder Of an.
other colored man In drunken quarrel, was
hanged In the jail OF the District of Columbia
on the same portable scaffold on which Gull
teau and number of other murderers have
suffered the last penalty of the law. One OF
the other prisoners adjusted the moose
around the criminals neck and placed
the black cap on his head. Another OF the
guards pulled the trigger that sprung the
trap. Two strands Of the rope, which was a
three-quarter inch affair, broke, causing
the hanging to be a bung.e. Guards
had to catch Crumpton and raise him
his body In order to relieve the strain upon
the single remaining strand OF the original
rope. The mans neck was not broken and
he gave no signs Of strangulatjon. His heart
did not stop beating for fully twenty-five
minutes.
At Fayetteville, Ark, Samuel F. Vaughn
was hanged In the Jail yard. His neck was
broken BY the foil, and he was declared dead
In twelve minutes. He had to be carried to
the Scaffold and held In pos1t1on Wnlle the
moose was being adjusted. He did not speak,
and was half dead when the trap fell. Vaughn
was q hired assassin, and shot Andrew Gage
from ambush.
At Manassas, Va, Ben White and Jim Rob
inson, both colored, were hanged in the 1al
yard tor criminally assaulting two white wo-
men. On the scaffold, after the knots had
been adjusted, White asked for a few mo-
ments to prsy, and while engaged in prayer
the drop fell. The necks OF both men were
hroken
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

ALLAN G.. THURMAN Is eighty years old.
NfRs. o. s. GRANT has ON annual income
OF $4,000.
TIE Astor family Is going In extensively
for literary pursuits. ....
MRS GEORGE W. CH1LDs will make her per-
manent home In Washington.
TIE composer OF "Nelie Gray" James 3.
Paine, Is now Professor OF Music at Harvard.
SENATOR CALVIN s. BRIcE, Of Ohio, wears
out watch chain In about two years by con-
stantly lingering It.
JAMES A. GARFIELD, a nephew Of the late
President Garfield, has been elected q JUS
tice Of the peace for jamestown, Mich.
A WORLDS Fair souvenir quarter, nclosed
IN a silver case, has been sent to thG Queen
Regent OF Spain by Mrs. Potter Palmer.
THE late General Slocum's fortune Is estt-
mated at 81, 900, 900. He was at his death the
richest of all the generals Of the late war.
PRESIDENT HARRIS, Of the Maine State Col
lege, Is said to be the youngest college presi-
dent in the country, being only thirty years
oage.
TIE betrothal OF the Czarowitz and Prin-
cess ak Of Hess Is regarded In Geppany as
voucher for Germanys friendship tor
Russia.
JOHN JACOB AsroR has written a novel In
which he giorihes electricity as the control
ling force In the world at the close OF tho
twentieth century.
Rev. q. WELLESLEY WELsEY, who has been
appointed by Queen Victoria tutor and gov
ernor to the Duke OF Albany, Is uneal de-
scendant OF John Wesley.
EIGHT years ago President Cleve!and's
wealth amounted perhaps to $50 600. NOW
his property, as estimated by the assessors
books OF New York, will amount TO over al
quarter OF a million. .s e..
In a letter. inclosing contribution, to|
President Black OF the Association OF Demo.
cratic Clubs. President Cleveland says all|
members OF che party should labor 70 save ~
from the disgrace Of failure to REDEEM It's
pledges.
Rev. FRAME De WITT TALMAaE, q son o9
DR.. Talmage, Of Brooklyn, recently Preacneo
his farewell sermon as pastor OF the Oiive9
PRESBYTERIAN Church. Philadelphia. He mas
accepted call to the pastorate ofthe Secono
Presbyterian Church OF Pittsours, PENN
THE new British Premier has much youth
full freshness of feeling and manners. Wnen
walking out, hand in hand with two OF hls
children, he seems more, 1t IS said, Ike q
lively elder brother OF the two youngsters
than the great political head OF England.
TIE oldest veteran OF the Civil War now
living Is said to be Rudolph Kelker, who wa
born December /, 1903, and enlisted al
Pittsburg, in August, 1861, as Quartermaster
Sergeant in Company N, Fifth Regiment
Pennsvlyania Volunteers. He Is living
Evans City, Butler County, Penn.
JUDGE WHITE, Mr.. Cleveland's newly apI
po.nted Judge Of the United States Supreme
Court, will be forty-nine years OF age u
November He Is the youngest Judge
that tribunal. Chief Justice n. ". Fullet
is sixty-one, Judge Harlan Is slxty-onef
Judge Gray Is sixty-six, Jud sc Brewer
ffy.seren, Judge Brown is htty-elen9
Judge Shiras is sixty-two, Judge Jackson
sixty-.wo, and Judge Field is seventy-eignt
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THE CASHIER HOODWINKED
Two Robbers Smoothly Loot Con-
necticut Bank.

Two Robbers Smoothly LOOT D Con-
aecticut Bank.
A daring daylight bank robbery was COM
mitted In the Office Of the R. E. spen-
Ger Banking Company Of Thompson
Vile, Conn. Shortly before II o'clock two
we'll dressed young men drove up to the
banking house. Stopping the horse In
front OF the door, one Of the men alighted
and entered the bank and informed Cashier
& D. Spencer, who was alone at the time,
that he was wanted outside blythe man In the
carriage. Mr.. Spencer, the cashier, Is the
father Of r. E. Spencer, the President and
reincipal owner OF the bank, and Is nearly
he Went outside the bank to meet the
supposed business man TN the car
riage, who Immediately engaged him
In conversation. Mr.. Spencer forgot, IN
his anxiety to oblige g supposed Gus
toner, that he was leaving an entire stranger
In the bank alone, with the safe and money
drawer unlocked This fs what the men had
evidently counted upon, for during the few
minutes Mr.. Spencer was absent from the IN.
side OF the building, the man left inside had
not been idle. With deft hands he removed
svery greenback from the money drawer and
vault that he could get sight OF and then stuff
Ing his pockets as full OF silver and gold
pieces as he could saunteeed outside the
door and waited for his pal to cease talking
with Cashier Spencer. Then he entered the
carriage with his pal, and both after tipping
their hats to the old cashier. drove rapidly
away toward the southern end OF the town.
Cashier Spencer. upon returning to the
building, did not notice anything wrong at
arst. It was not until he went to the money
drawer to look over his cash on hand that he
discovered the robbery. he then rushed to
The door with the warning cry OF "Stop,
thiefw but discovered that the men had
made good their escape, disappearing as
completely as though the earth had swal-
lowed them.
Wot6 was sent to the Police Headquarters
81 the town Immediately and also to Presi-
ient Spencer, who hurried to the bank to
learn the full extent OF the loss. After care
full examination 1t was found that about
$500 Was taken from the bank. The rob-
bers drove q piano-box top buggy and lnrge
sorrel horse.
Il Is evident that The robbers started from
Springfield, Mass. About 9 o'clock q man
appeared at Eastman's stables, on Water
| street there, and asked Tor q horse and buggy
| to go to Thompsonville. About o'clock
the rig appeared, driven BY two boys, one
about fifteen and the other eighteen years
old. The horse had been driven very hard
The boys said that they lived near
the South End Bridge. They were at WORK
In the garden In front OF the house when the
rir appeared and man called to them. At
the same time he and another man jumped
| out and asked the boys to take the team to
Springfield. It was thought that the robbers
crossed the bridge to Mittineague or some
nearby railroad station, where they took a
| train. .-~.-
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THE ST. CHARLES BURNED.
The Famous Hostelry in New Orleans
Destroyed by Fire.

The + amOuS hosiery In new orleans,
Destroyed by Fire.
Fire was discovered about II o'clock p. m
in the st. Charles Hotel, the largest and best
hotel TN New Orleans, La, and the structure
vas completely destroyed In an hour.
Many OF the guests had retired and were
aroused with difficulty. One man, a guest
in the hotel, was fatally burned and another
fatally injured By jumping from the thirt-
story window.
The fire at the hotel started In the kitchen
and ran up the back elevator to the fourth
and fifth stories, which were soon In flames.
An effort was made to notify the guests and
servants, bot it WIS not entirely success ul.
Several persons were seen at fourth-story
window surrounded by flames AMI geeticu-
latng wildly TO the people below.
the clothing Of one OF them caught fire,
and with IL scream be spranS from the Win
dow, falling on his head on the pavement,
killing him.
Nearly all the clothing was burned from
him anu the body bluckened from the flames,
So that it was unrecogniZable.
The others who were near him disappeared
ut the same time.
The hotel was pujlt in 1856, at the cost OF Il
million dollars and was for years the finest
IN the South. It was valued ut S55O, ,OOJ
laouyh It cost 81 .000, 900.
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GREAT NORTHERN STRIKE.
Strikers Gain Nineteen-Twentieths OF
Their Demands.

The strike on the Great Northern Railroad,
which involved It's 5000 employees on its 37o9
miles OF line, ani which suspended traffic.
both freight and passenger, for two weeks, Is
over. This was accomplished by adju tiea-
tion dthe claims Of the employees and the
road rather than by arbitration. the court
being Joint committee of the representa-
tives of leading business organizations.
This committee Was organized at con-
ference Of ST. Paul and Minneapolis busin ess
men. held ir the former city. President
Hill. of the Great Northern. at one. eI'
pres sed his willingness 10 leave tho settle
1nrnt OF the strike in the han Is oftnesc Ene1.
The strikers agreed 10 meet NJ. Hill beioro
the committee.
The result OF the conference, which laste
until llse il the evanin :, Is that the StriE ,r5
Gain nineteen-twentleths oi the points MI ie.
President Hill concealed. without arSuEens.
the restoration o. the Wages OF the enSin-
GERS, iiremen. conductors, braEemen, boiler
makers, tricSm.n, sectlolnen and blaek-
smiths. The reduction III the eases OF tnest
men was ten per cent Tae committee took
up the cases OF the car-;nspectors, c:r-tc-
pairers. oilers, operators, etc. In tnes els >
tho wages OF the mal wera also prl"tlclliy
restored. there beus only mlnoc points o.
difference, on which tb:re could be no se.!-
Gus disagreement.
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SENATOR sTOCKBRIDGEDEAD
HePassed Away Suddenly at the Resi-
dence Of His Niece in Chicago.

HePassed Away Suddenly at the Resi-
dence Of His Niece in Chicago.
Francis Browne Stockbridge, United States
Senator from Michigan, died in Chicago,
ILL.,, a few minutes after o'clock pm. The
end came suddenly, although the Senator
had been confined to his bed almost all the
time since going to Chicago from WasnlnS-
ton, April 2. He died at the residence OF DIS
niece. Mrs, James L. Houghteling, Astor
and Banks streets. His wife, Mr.. and Mrs.
Houchteling, and nurse were present at
the deathbed. Death was caused BY angina
pectoris.
Senator Stockbrldse was born April o,
1926. In Bath, Me. He was educated In the
common schools, and went to Boston when
he was seventeen years old to CLERK IN q
wholesale store. When he was twenty
one he went to Chicago and started iunoer
yard. Hs soon became manager OF Dig lum-
Der company. In 1s5Ohe movsito Michigan,
and started In the lumber business at Sauc-
ntuck. II was In 1874 that he moved to
Kalamazoo, which he made his home. TAere
he continued to build up his lumber enter
rrisas. He acquired large interests in st.
icnace and Black River in NackinaW County
and became one Of the members OF the Memo
uinee River Lumber Company. He also er-
gagged in iron mining il the Menomlnee
country, and in addition went into manu-,
featuring in Kalamazoo. His political
career began in 1869, when he was
elected to the Legislature. In ISL he was
elected to the State Senate. PRESIDENT
Grant appointed him Minister to The
Hague. but he declined the place because OF
the poor health OF Mrs. Stockbridse. He
was frequently mentioned in connection with
the Guhernatorlal nomination. He was a
life.on; Republican. He was elected to the
United States Senate to succeed Omar D..
Conger, and took his seat March 4, 1887. He
WIS reelected In 1898.
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THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

Two Hungarian laborers were Killed In
mine at Plymouth, Penn.
THREE children of Philip Schneider were
burned to death In fire at South Scranton,
Penn.
WILLIAM C. GREEN Drained Hattie Beebe
at Adams, N. Y, and then cut his own throat.
The woman was instantly killed and Green
died shortly after. The double crime was
the result Of Green's insane jealousy.
BASK EXAMINER JUDsoN closed the Harlem
River Bank. New York City, pending an e1-
animation OF its affairs, He says It has been
losing money and 1t was decided to wind up
its affairs, but the depositors WILL be paid In
full, he thinks.
BOTH houses Of the New York State Legls-
lature adjourned Governor Flower gave out
his veto OF the Blanket Ballot bill, and de-
clared he would not sign the measure.
SEvENTY-Two horses wore roasted to death
In fire which destroyed Richard Fitz-
patrick's stables In New York City. Loss,
s50.000.
HENRY NEWMAN & Co., dealers in clothiers'
supplies, in New York City, made an assign
ment with liabilities Of 81, 500, ,0OO, and nomt-
nal assets of 81, 100000.
DESPITE the miserable weather Il, 900 peo-
pie attested their love Of baseball by attend
Ing the opening game at the Polo Grounde,
New York City. New York defeated Balti-
more, &c.
INSPECTOR McLAUaHLrS captured gang
OF tire-5ugs in New York City who have been
swindllng insurance companies by burning
down stables and roasting horses.
The Scandinavian and Finlanders' Emil
grant Company. New York City, assigned
with assets of $50, 900 and liabilities 9lO0, 900.
Gustav A Gronlund. It's President, left the
city.
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South and West.

The Rev. C. E. Butler, an Episcopal
clergyman, was found hanging to the bed
post In his room at the Lockner House,
Fort Meade, Fla. His wife and family were
absent at Atlantic City, N. j.
AT last the Worlds Fair buildings, Chi
cago, have been disposed OF. They were
sold outright to Graft & Co., house wreckers.
for sS7,5O0, and will be torn down i'm
mediately.
Il. ". OGDEN, Democrat, was elected to
Congress from the Shreveport (La.) District
to fill the unexpired term OF Senator NJ. G.
Blanchard. His majority was about 5000.
The smallpox scourge reached the worst
stage in Chicago. ILL., The records showed
POP cases of smallpox at the pest house, and
the corps Of physicians investigating sus-
pected cases reported score ofnew patients.
FLOYD RADADAUaH farmer, twenty-fout
years old. living near Big Springs, Ohio,
hanged two little children and himself be-
cause OF family troubles.
CHICAGO, since its school census of 1892,
has added something over 100, 900 pupils to
its population. Two years ago the school
count revealed the presence OF l, ,4S8, ,0l0
dwellers within the city limits. To-day there
are between 1, 500, 900 and 1,609, ,000.
TIE Worlds Fair stockholders are to get
O ten per cent. dividend. The Fair had
cash balance OF 81, ,45O,0 900. The dividends
to be paid are City OF Chicago, $500, 900 !
Columbia Museum on stock transfer. $780,.
900: stockholders, $4,000. There main
ing S400, 900 viii be held by the Treasurer.
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PREPARATIONS are peIng made for grana
National Musical Festival to be held at Madi-
son Square Garden, New York City, on June
%, at which there will be 10000 singers.
Among the guests present will be President
Cleveland, Mrs. Cleveland, Governor and
Mrs. Flower, Chauncey Depe1 and other
prominent persons.
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FARMER EMMONS BUNCOED
He Threw Away $4,000 on the Tooth.
less Old Tin-Box Game.

less Old Tin-Box Game.
James Emmons is wealthy farmer OF
Whiteheuse Station, In New jersey.
A few days ago two men came to
his house and said they had valuable farm
mortgages to sell cheap, as they needed
money to pay a note which was due.
.. The mortgages purported to cover Hunter
don County farnls OF which Emmons knew.
Emmons went to the bank at Somerville,
drew out $4,000, and returned home. where
The men were waiting. They promised to
accompany him to Pennington to have the
transfers made, and Emmons gave them the
money.
They put the mortgages into tin box,
which they locked, keeping the key. They
gave him the box and went, promising to re-
turn Tn the afternoon. Instead Emmons re-
,eived letter containing the key. The letter
read:
"Open the box, but don't tell people.
They will think you fool"
When Emmons opened the box he found In
two blocks.
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tured and ia

SECRETARY LAMONT has issued an orde
reducing the force Of clerks in the War d
part nent from fcrty-nine to twenty-sevel
saving the Treasury $4,000 year in So
aries. This action was taken, as stated In b
order. after the Secretary had satisfied hin
self that the work OF the Office can bs q
lcien,ly performed by reduced force
clerks.
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CHILDREN BURNED.
The Mother Discovered Fire Too Late
to Save Three Lives.

Three young children OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Philip Schneider, who. live near the
outskirts Of Scranton, Penn, were burned
to death. Mr.. Schneider was not at
home and his wife. while in the gar
den, discovered flames bursting from
the house She attempted to enter the house
and rescue the children, who were sleeping
in their rooms. Sharp tongues OF fire re-
pulsed her, and before any one could reach
the slumberinS children, the walls OF the
building fell.
The CHARGED remains OF the children were
found in pile OF smoking timbers In the
cellar They had bean burned beyond rec
ognltion.
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THE PUBLIC DEBT.
An Increase of Nearly $9,0OO,OOo
During the Past Month.

During the Past Month.
The monthly DEBT, statement shows q net
increase in tho public debt. less cash in tho
Unitel States Treasury, during April OF Ss,-
$50, $685..
The interest bearing DEBT increasol SloO,
$50. the non.interest bearing debt decreased
$1,000 and the cash in the Treasury decreased
$3.50, ,239.25. u
The total cash In the Treasury was 31D,-
S2G,GG0lJ. The gold reserve vas SD, ,uo):'
600. Net cash balance, 2j,C97, 1888.
There was decreas. in gold coin AMI bars
OF &c. .2G3, ,5S7, the total ut the close being
S17O,i ,457.6S. OF silver there was IN IN
crease or II ,307, ,25591.
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doing business In Washington, but living In
Alexandra County, Va, going on their
bonds. Browne was already out on bail, and
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THE oranges Of Salt Piver Valley, In Ari-
coma. have been awarded Il first premium at
the AIidwinter Fair. where they came IN
sharp competition with the entire state OF
California.
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KILLED AND HANGED.
Work ofan Oklahoma Vigilance Com
mittee on the Texas Border.

Vigilance committees, which had bee
trailing an organized band OF horse thieve
nearly all week in Oklahoma, surrounded tn
bandits within few miles of the Texas linz
The band consisted OF seven men. and in thI
fight which followed five of the thieves we1
killed outright AMI the remaining two ca4
tnrad and hancaI.
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TIE British War Department ordered from
Chicago n sample lot OF 500 tons OF com.
pressed fodder for horses, q combination o.
oats, corn AMI chopped hay.
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THE chlorine gas tragedy at Cornell Col
lege, Ithaca, N. y, has been initiated at
Lawrence, Kan, where the participants OF 4
senior class banquet were nearly suhocatel
by bronine gas introduced into the room.
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TIE threatened hostilities between Peru
and Ecuador have been smoothed over. The
row was over the boundary question.