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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-04-18

EXPERT DEVON processes to have dlscov-
cred that the State Of New York has lost over
$4,000, 900 through failure OF Comptrollers
to collect the Interstate Commerce tax.
AT the Gravesend N. " election for
Supervisor the Citizens candidate defeated
the candidate Of the McKaneites by a ma
jority of 275O.
GOVERNOR TILLMAN issued proclamation
assuming control of the police and marshals
In all the cities and incorporated towns OF
South Carolina at the State Capitol he
made speech In defence of his course. The
militia have left Columbia.
The President nominated J. B. Brawley,
OF Pennsylvania, to be Assistant Register,
and G. A. Howard, Of Tennessee, to be an
Auditor In the Postofice Department.
Don RAFAEL IeLEs1As was elected Presi-
dent of Costa Rica.
TIE House Of Commons passed a motion
affirming the desirability of establishing q
Legislature for Scotland to deal with purely
Scottish affairs.
CONFESSIONS of members Of the Gravesend
On. Y. "gang" show that money was used
to bribe the juries that tried McKane, Suth-
erland and the others.
CoxKY's "Commonweal' army was for.
hidden to parade in Allegheny City, Penn.
HUNGARIAN societies turned out to parade
in New York City in large numbers. and
memorial services were held In Cooper Union
10 do honor to the memory of Louis Kossuth.
PRAIRIE fires have caused much damage in
South Dakota.
The Democratic ticket was elected in
Texas by reduced majorities.
RETURNS from Western States that held
elections show marked Republican gains
throughout.
The German Ambassador gave dinner in
honor OF Secretary Gresham.
The Chilean Claims Commission has about
concluded its work.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF WAR Doe mades
report on New York City's War claim fol
80, ,O95. .634 and interest.
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REVOLT IN SAMOA.
Battle Between Insurgents and Ma.
netoa's Forces.

Battle Between Insurgents and Ma.
netoa's Forces.
The steamer Alameda brings news OF dis
turbances In Samoa, which threaten serious
consequences unless soon checked.
The trouble, which has assumed the pro-
portions Of war, grew out Of the action OF
the new Supreme Judge, Ide, OF Vermont
in imposing fines upon some OF the minor
chiefs for disorderly conduct, and 1mprison-
ing and compelling them to work on the pub
lie roads in default OF the payment OF the
fines.
The followers OF the chiefs arose In armed
rebellion AGAINST these indignities to their
leaders and demanded their immediate re-
lease. An attempt was made to disarm the
rebellious natives, but they stoutly denied
the right Of European or other foreigners to
interfere in their affairs and refused to lay
down their arms.
The chiefs who had been obliged to do de-
grading work eagerly led their willing fol-
lowers toward the achievement OF revenge
for their degradation and King Malietoa
finally sent body Of troops to attack the
rebels.
The Government troops had several en-
counters with the rebellious bands, In which
thirty of the rebels were killed, about hfty
wounded and q number made prisoners
The Government troops also suffered to the
extent of dozen or more killed and many
wounded. In the series OF fights the Gov
etnment won.
The Kings troops celebrated their victory
by multilating one OF their prisoners IN
most horrible manner. The next day they
treated another poor wretch In the same
way and finally they made an unprovoked
attack Of one Of the defenseless villages OF
their late adversaries.
With nothing to oppose them they indulged
In most frightful atrocities. Houses were
burned, woman were outraged and then
killed, and the dead bodies baheaded and
finally cut into small pieces and the mad
dened soldiers of the King desisted only
when there was nothing left to destroy and
nobody left to kill.
Meanwhile the other chiefs rebelled against
the action OF Judge Ide, and the support
given to him by King Malietoa and the cry
OF "Death to foreigners" spread throughout
the islands.
The United States, British and German
Consuls are making every effort to quell tht
disturbances and restore the normal condt
tion Of things, but the hopelessness OF theil
task unaided is apparent and the arrival OF
Warship is awaited with anxiety.
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NATIONAL FINANCES.
Public Debt Statement for the
Month Of March.

The public debt statement issued from the
United States Treasury Department at Wash
ington shows net increase in the public
debt, less cash in the Treasury during March,
of s13,754, ,47254. The interest-bearing
debt increased S9,06S, $50. The non-interest-
bearing debt decreased S26, ,847.25. The cash
In the Treasury decreased S4,712, ,339. 70.
The balances Of the several classes Of debt
at the close OF business March 81, were ::
Interest bearing debt 1854, 940, $50; debt on
which interest has ceased since maturity,
81, ,864 ,12O.26; debt bearing no interest,
1919, 593, ,047.92. Total, 81 ,016, ,39S, ,09S.18.
The certificates and Treasury notes Offset
by an equal amount OF cash in the Treas
ury outstanding at the end of the month
were SG14, ,627 ,O4O, an increase OF S+,7l7.-
1873. The total cash in the Treasury was
s790, ,7sO,717.79. Tho gold reserve was
s10O.OOO,0OO. Net cash balance, $685.
$50, ,025.18. in the month there
was decrease in gold coin and bars OF ST.
0O6, 752. sc, the total at the close being S1i6,-
456,044.G3. OF silver there was IN increase
of 81 ,531. 1925. OF the surplus there was
in national bunk repositories ZIG, ,53S, ,9S3.SS,
against GIG, 1920, ,s2S.S2 OF the end OF the pre-
yious month.
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BISMARCK'S BIRTHDAY.
A Remarkable Demonstration In His
Honor at Friedrlchsruh.

Honor at Friedrlchsruh.
The band OF the Lauenburg Rifles and the
Altoona Choral Society serenaded Prince
Bismarck at his home in Friedrichsruh,
Germany, in honor of his seventy-ntnth
birthday.
kilograms, letters, gifts and flowers
flowed into Friedrlchsruh in q constant
stream throughout the day. Count Ton
Moltke, the Emperor's aide-de-camp, ar.
rived at Friedrichsruh with an autograph
letter of felicitation from the Emperor
and a splendid cuirass with epaulets,
which Prince Bismarck Immediately
donned, remarking upon the good fit. The
Emperor's letter was most datterlng. It said
the steel OF the cuirass was token OF sim
cere German gratitude to which His Majesty
desired to give expression.
Among the Princes numerous visitors was
a deputation from the Halberstadt Cuiras-
siers. Prince Bismarck said he hoped to be
able soon to enter into personal communica-
ton with the regiment at Halberstadt.
Presents were brought to the castle 80
rapidly that it was impossible to unpack
them all. The castle yard looked like a
freight depot. 1t was piled high with bar
rels, kegs, boxes, and bundles OF all shapes
and sizes.
The number OF letters and dispatches re-
ceived by the Prince was beyond oil rec
ords OF his former birthdays. The messages
were received by the basketful every fifteen
minutes during the day. They came from
all the remote parts of the world-Bombay,
Calcutta, Sydney, Melbourne, Shanghai,
Toxic, Cairo. New York, Chicago,
ST. Louis, Rio Janeiro and VAL
paraiso. Messages from the United States
were exceptionally numerous. Hardly a
European town OF more than 1000 inhabi-
facts is unrepresented. At S o'clock In the
afternoon 1000 letters and 1880 telegrams
had been counted and the messengers were
still busy bringing more.
Bismarck banquets were held in the even
ing in Cologne, Essen, Augsburg, Mann.
helm, Dusseldorf, Halle, Schweinfurt' and
Heidelberg.
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Foreign.


The Emperor of Austria was welcomed to
Abbazia by the Emperor OF Germany.
BLUEFrELDs Is reported to be in panic
and practically without government, though
both the Mosquito and Nicaragua flags are
flying.
LORD H.sSEN, President Of the Parnell
Commission and member OF the Berlng Sea
Commission, died few days since In Lon
don, England.
KossurH's body reaAned Budapest o-- 200
persons lined the streets through which the
funeral procession moved from the railway
station to the Museum.
THOUSANDS of Albanians recently attacked
Montenegrin village on .he frontier, KIN
inc four and wounding seven of the Mon
tenegrins. The fighting, which lasted
whole day, is liable TO lead to more serious
disturbances.
GENERAL REMIaIo MORALES BERMUDEz,
President Of Peru, who had been sick TOR
long time, Is dead.
HONOLULU advices report the appearance
of another Japanese warship there and the
arrest OF seventy Japanese and an editor.
BREAD riots have resulted from the pre-.
yailing distress In Southern Spain.
DURING battle between troops OF the Sui.
tans Of Bornu and Pabah, Central Soudan,
Africa, both Sultans were killed.
N1cARAauA's President withdrew the ex-
equaturs of the American and British Con-
suls for their part in the Blue6elds affair.
The missing North German Lloyd steamer
Ems has been towed into Horta, Fayal, one
of the Azores, by the Wild Flower, a British
tank steamer, which picked up the Bremen
liner after her propeller frame was broken.
She broke her shaft Friday, March 23, and
drifted helplessly. The steamer Rappahan-
mock sighted her and offered assistance bu,
ultimately, sailed away, leaving the Ems II
distress. March AZ the Wild Flower took The
Ems in tow.
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HANGED THREE AT ONCE.
James Upkins, Eduardo Gonzales and
Manning Davis Put to Death.

James Upkins, Eduardo Gonzales and
Manning Davis Put to Death.
A triple hanging took place shortly before
noon at Paris, Texas. The men we're James
Upkins, Eduardo Gonzales and Manning
Davis. They mounted the scaffold at 11.20
n. m. Gonzales made a short speech, in
which he declared his innocence. He was
followed by Upkins, who also insisted that he
was innocent. Davis was suIlen and refused
to speak.
The crime for which Upkins. colored, and
aged twenty-seven years. was hanged was an
assault on his siX-year-old stepdaughter.
He said the girl received her injuries from
falling down the cellar stairs. Manning Da-
Wis stabbed and killed his neighbor, John
Roder, at Eagletown, in the Choc-
tsw Nation. Davis invited his victim to
his house and accused him of insult
ing his wife. Gonzales, J Mexican aged
tWenty-seven years, shot and killed John
Daniels, singing school teacher, on May
l6, 1898. in Blue County, Choctaw Nation.
Some OF the young woman attending the
school objected to Gonzales's attendance, and
when told Of this by Daniels, the former be-
came angry and took vengeance on the school
teacher.
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Caceres Dictator to Peru,

A later despatch from Lima states that Ex-
President Caceres has been proclaimed Die
tator Of Peru, the situation being that
Peru just now has two Presidents
and Dictator.
Congress and the people are hostile to
Caceres, but the army Is with him. He was
one of the candidates for the Presidency.
The city Is in possession Of the troops
who are supporting Caceres, and 1t is re.
ported that Senior Solar, the constitutional
President, is fugitive. The banks are
closed and all business Is suspended. Sol
dters are patrolling the streets.
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THE BUILDING BLEW UP.
Six Persons Killed by a Natural Gas
Explosion.

The Whiteside building on Main street, at
Alexandria. Ind, was demolished Just be-
fore midnight by an explosion OF natural
COS, thought 20 have resulted from leak In
the basement. Nino persons were buried IN
the ruins, four OF whom were burned to
death. Three were taken out badly injured.
The killed ara Ozea Bali, Harry Boyer,
Jesse Harrell, Charles Hoover and Two otners
unrsco;nizsd. Tho injured are: William
Heard. bruised about the head and Shout
ders William Pyle, proprietor, Of the barber
shop in the building where all the victims
were. was fatally njured James Scott, badly
burned and crushed. but will recover.
The grouni door OF tho wrecked building
was occupied by Pyle's barber shop, the
American Express Company's office, and the
Whiteside clothing establishment. Tae ''oor
OF the building roso as If propelled oy n
earthquake and fell in mass OF ruins. FIRE
started at once and only three men could be
extricated from the ruins before the hremen
were driven away by the heat OF the names.
The loss TO the building and stocks Will not
exceed SO, 900.
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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
The Senate.

9th DAY.-The McGarrahan bill was
passed without a division. The House
Joint resolution approprlating $4,000 ad-
ditional to carry out the provisions OF the
Chinese Exclusion act was passed. The
Senate reconsidered the vote by which 1t
agreed to the resolution offered by Mr.. Frye
calling on the Secretary Of War for informa-
ton as to the employment and discharge OF
men employed on public improvements for
political reasons.
68TH DAY.-The Bering Sea bill was re-
jected.-Mr.' Voorhees, opened the tariff
debate in a set speech Of three hours.
6srH DAY.-Mr. Allison replied to Mr..
yoorhees's tariff speech. Mr.. Harris has
taken control OF the bill and has given notice
that he will press the bill daily.
Senate passed the Bering sea bill. "A mum.
ber of committee amendments to the tariff
bill were submitted.
10th DAY.-The third days debate on the
tariff bill was carried on, Mr.. Allison, OF
Iowa. speaking against the bill for two and a
Quarter hours, and Mr.. Mills, of Texas, max
ing brief defence of It as a compromise
measure.
The House.
S7rH DAY.-A veto of the Bland seignior-
age bill was received from the President
The House fought all day over the ONeill-
JOY COulcSl0N 0lOSlhoh So]'S eAAN sAS f~SS~~S
ings were turbulent.
S8TH DAY-The day was largely consumed
BY filibustering. The Presidents veto OF
the Bland bill was read.
8srHDAY.-The House made recognition Of
Speaker Crisp's declination of the Georgia
senatorship by round OF apr lause as he
assembled the steps 10 his desk.-By uneni-
nous consent the O'Neill-Joy contested elec-
ton case was stponed.-Mr. Catchings
introduced the River and Harbor Appropria-
ton bill.-The House then proceeded to
hear eulogies upon the life, character and
services OF the late Representative Charles
O'Nelll, OF Pennsylvania.
GOTH DAY.-Mr Boatner introduced resolu-
tions asking Attorney-General Olney what
has been done to protect Uncle Sam in tho
Union Pacific receivership proceedings.
Another day was wasted in the attempt to
secure a quorum on the election contests.
91sr DAY.-A quorum having been secured
the contested election case OF ONeill-Joy
from Missouri was decided in favor OF MIR.
O'Neill, Democrat, by a vote OF 100 TO 70, no
Republicans voting an attempt to
unseat Mr.. Hillborn, Of California, and scat
MIR. English the Democratic quorum failec.
The House adopted a resolution, pre-
sented by Mr.. Grosvenor, OF Ohio, looking TO
q special investigation OF Governor Tlllmans =
action In interfering with the railways and
telegraph in South Carolina. :,
92p DAY.-The attempt TO pass the Bland
bill over the Presidents veto falled."ine
contest from the Third California DistricS
was decided in favor OF W. D. F,nSllsh,
Democrat.
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AN AMERICAN SHOT.

Cnwarrantcd Slaughter by the Gov
ernor OF the Mosquito Country.
The New Orleans Plcayunes special cor
respondent in Bluefelds writes:
"Ncws has just been received from Rama
10 the effect that William Wilson, an Ameri.
can, was shot by the Governor oil
Rama a few nights ago without pro-
vocation therefor. Wilson died st
& o'clock next morning The Goyer-
nor. NicaraSuan, OF the name of Auguilla,
who Is O nephew Of Lacayo, the Commis-
sioner, refused to let boat leave Rama
with Wilson, who might have been
saved If brought to Blueaelds for treat
ment.
"Great excitement prevails at Blueaelds.
One shot fired would cause the death OF every
Nicaraguan In Bluefelds."
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DOWN WITH THE BRIDGE.
Eight Carpenters Precipitated Into
Deep Rayine at Radford, Va.


Deep Ravine at Radford. Va.
Four men were killed outright and as
many moro received injuries which, it was
thought, might prove initial, by the collapse
Of the bridge over Connelly's Run, u deep
ravine between East and West Radiord.
West Virginia. the names OF the KILLED are
ns follows:
Andrews, r. H., aged thirty liyed half an
hour. dying in his wife's arms. Mabes, Ed,
aged twenty skull crushed. Price, Thomas,
co!ored, aged forty hud large family; died
OF his injuries. Thompson, Charles, aged
thirty-f1ve, married and has five children,
killed instantly.
The bridge was slender wooden affair,
900 feet long and seventy-three feet high In
the middle. The structure was an old one,
and Torkmen were engaged in tearing It
down, as q new steel structure was already
going up beside It.
About one-third OF the bridge had been
taken down, when the falling OF heavy
plank knocked the props out from under a
section some seventy feet long, which fell
into the ravine with the eight oarpenters.
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FRITZ KLOETzLER'S CRIME.
Killed His Wife and Four Children
and Then Committed Suicide.

Killed HIS W1fe ana Four Cnlluccn
and Then Committed Suicide.
Fritz Kloetzler killed his wife and foui
children at his home in Dolgeville, N. T.,
and then committed suicide. Kloetzler was
formerly employed in the felt shop Of
Alfred Dodge & Son. For several weeks
past Kloetzlef has been out OF work, and his
family, which consisted OF a wife and four
children, were supported by the town.
Kloetz!er had been contemplating this
terrible tragedy for several days. He wrote
to a former shopmate, now in New York.
saying that he intended killing his wife and
children and then committing suicide.
1t was decided to arrest Kloetzler. Al
about Sp. IL. Policeman Cramer and as.
sistants went to the house. and after repeated
knocking, and receiving no response, forced
the door open. On the second floor In ono oi
tho back bedrooms, lying on few blankets
with their heads against the wall, were found
the dead bodies OF Kloe:zler, his wife. and
tour children.
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CRISP DECLINES.
Tho Speaker Refuses the. Appoint
ment as United States Senator.

Tho Speaker Refuses the Appoint
ment as United States Senator.
Speaker Charles F. Crisp, of the House of
Representatives, at Washington, declined,
with proper expressions of appreciation, the
honor extended to him by Governor Northen,
tor OF the United States to succeed Mr.. Co..
quit The dispatch In which he rut aside
the teniptingF offer was sent after
Mr.. Crisp had consulted with the lead
ing men on the Democratic side OF
the House, and after he had read the earnest
appeals OF his associates to refuse the honor
which all of them considered him entirely
worthy to receive. His resignation just
now. in their opinion, would have brought
ona contest for the Speakership that might
have resulted in the utmost confusion, Ill
feeling, and parry disorgantzation.
9 Speaker Chrisp sent the following telegram
to Governor Northen, declining the seat in
the Senate: a..
.,..o., '.House OF Representatives,
,,...,sr , '.WAsHISGToN, March 80.
stHon. W. j. Northen, Governor, Atlanta, Ga. :
s 81 have IN ambition to represent Georgia
IN the Senate OF the United States, and ap-
preciate most highly the appointment you
have given me. but for the present, at least,
1muSt put aside my amoltlon. was, as you
know. unanimously nominated Speaker. In
accepting that Office have incurred obliga-
lions to our party throughout the country.
"a very large majority of the Democratic
members OF the Houss have united in re-
quest that for the remainder OF this Congress
fcontinue in the position to which they have
elected me. They base this request upon
grounds which cannot, in modesry, repeat,
but which + cannot, in duty, Ignore. As
Speaker I feel to some extent responsible
for the action OF the House. feel pride In
fts organization. and have a settled purpose,
30 far as my influence extends. to have
brought before It and voted upon bills which,
II enacted into laws, will redeem to the full
est extent our party pledges. Thus, I think,
I will best servo the interests OF the people
OF Georgia.
81 am grateful to you for the honor you
have done me. am grateful to the numer-
Gus friends throughout the State who have
seemed pleased with and who have urged my
acceptance OF my appointment and beg that
you and they will believe what in the Ut
most sincerity say, that in declining it am
sacrificing a cherished ambition to what
regard as sense OF duty.
-, H.. CHARLES F. CR1sP."
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Washington.

TIE President nominated George 81.
Houck to be Customs Collector for the
District of Genesss, N. Y, and Henry B.
Lowering to be Pension Agent at Boston
SECRETARY HERBERr's suggestion that the
old Kearsarge's name be given to the next
battleship of the navy, meets with marked
approval.
THE ENJOYS sent by the American colony
at Blue1elds to ask the aid OF Uncle Sam ar
rived in Washington.
MAJOR FRANK BELL, for twenty years an
examiner In the Pension Bureau, committed
suicide by shooting himself through the
head. He wac despondent at the time, ow-
ing to Ill health.
THE President nominated Thomas E. Bene-
dict, Of New York, to be Public Printer. He
held the Office during Clevelands first term.
CHAIRMAN VOORHEES, began the tariff de.
bate in the Senate. speaking In defense OF
the bill reported by the Finance Committee.
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rHH wlno u,ew q calenuar from rne wa1f
Of Tulare (Cal.) house and caused it to
knock of bottle OF carbolic acid standing
ON a shelf over a baby's crib. The bottle
struck the cradle and broke, throwing the
Shs baby will die
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TIE Government IS preparing to pntro
Bering Sea with fleet OF thirteen vessels.
They are the Rush, Corwin, Bear, Grant
(revenue cutters), Albatross (ash commits
sion boat), Adams, Mohican, Alert, Ranger,
Yorktown, Concord, Petrol and Bennington
(cruisers).