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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-22
LATER NEWS.

FARMER JOHN MICHAEL, OF silver Creeh,
N.Y., fell from his seat on harvester and
was literally chopped to pieces By the knives
He was discovered by one OF his thre'
daughters.
A DARING attempt was made to hold up Q
Lake Shore express ut Kessler, Ind, wher
a similar attempt succeeded year ago.
DEPUTY SHERIFF WILSON'S confession In
wolves prominent county officials, including
a Sheriff, In Colorado In the tarring and
feathering OF Acknowledgement Tarsney.
DaAUaar threatens the Iowa, Kansas ant
Nebraska coin crop. Corn jumped sever
cents in ten minutes on the Chicago Boari
of Trade amid great excitement. Corn u
worth more than wheat.
TIE House Judiciary Committee voted
against the bill to admit japanese to citizen
ship.
DEMOCRATIC Representatives met In caucu'
and decided to leave the tariff conferees fret
to continne their efforts to reach an agree
ment with the Senate.
FRANCIS Il. UNDERWOOD, United States
Consul at Leith, Scotland, and well-known
author, died.
The town of Stowe, VT, celebrated its
hundredth anniversary. An GRAFTON was
delivered by Ex-Governor Hence.
The Scott Stamp and Coin Company,
New York City. having been robbed OF from
s25,oO0 to s5O,OO0 in foreign stamps. dis
cover and arrest one Of the thieves.
OF the crew OF forty-six OF New Bedford
GLASS whaler, wrecked OF Alaska, nine
were drowned, six died OF exposure, fifteen
drifted away in boat and sixteen survived
after resorting to cannlbalisn.
CASHIER HENRY A. GARDNER. OF the Sec
ond National Bank of Altoona. Penn, has
gone with $40, 900 OF tho banks money and
and woman not his wife.
ALBERT NJ. TODD, os Kalamazoo, was
unanimously nominated for Governor by
the Michigan Prohibition State Convention.
The North Carolina Democratic State Con-
vention met at Raleigh. E. A. Doughten
was made Permanent Chairman. Chief Jus.
tice James E. Sheppard and Associate JUS
tices Walter Clark. James C. MacRae and
Armisted Burwell and State Treasurer Med.
Tate were nominated by acclamation to sue
coed themselves.
GRAssHoppERs are destroying the corn
oron In Tpnness
President CLEVELAND directed Secretary
of State Gresham to send formal note to
Minister Willis approving his course in re-
cognizing the republic of Hawaii.
THE Senate in executive session rejected
the following postmasters nominated by the
President Jonas Shays, at oswego, N. Y.
Treadwell B. Kellun,, at Babylon, n. Y.
Thomas H. Manion, at Hcrkimer, n. Y,
George F. Van Dam. at Thomkinsville, N. Y.
THE Eastern and Western forces OF topog-
raphers OF the United States Geological Sur
yey have been consolidated for convenience
OF administration.
A BOMB explo led in the Hebrew quarter
Of the city OF Corfu, Greece, killing seven
persons and doing considerable damage to
property.
IT is said that the efforts OF Russia and
England to bring about peace between
China and Japan have failed.
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Seoul whenever deemed advisable, and no
notice or request on the pert OF Japan is
necessary.
Count Okuma, a japanese nobleman, in a
published letter, says: "It was Japan that
first opened the hermit kingdom to the be-
njf,cent influence of modern civilization.
Japan also introduced Korea TO the world
as an independent Stste. Such being the
honorable relationship in which Japan
stands toward Korea, it Is the formers duty
to lead the little kingdom along the paths OF
civilization, and helpit to grow in prosperity
and power. Thus Japan's duty Is to suffer
no other power to retard the progress or en-
danger the independence OF Korea
A we'll informed authority, in tracing the
trouble in Korea. says: ''The rising OF the
people was precipitated by the murder OF
kim Ok Kun and the butchery OF his father,
widow and daughter and the other members
OF hi family TO the fourth generation. This
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-22
The Penguins Feeding.

The appearance of the keeper with
his pail of live gudgeon is the signal
for sudden and intense excitement in
the cages. The penguins wave their
little hippers and wsddle to the door,
whence they peer eagerly down the
wooden steps leading to the pool; the
cormorant croaks and swsys from side
to side, and the darters poise their
snaky heads and spread their batlike
wings. At the waters edge the pen
gums do not launch themselves upon
the surface like other water fowl, but
instantly plunge beneath.
Once below water, an astounding
change takes place. The slow, un-
gainly bird is transferred into swift
and brilliant creature, beaded with
globules of quicksilver, where the air
clings to the close feathers, and flying
through the clear and waveless depths
with arrowy speed andpowers of turn
ing far greater than in any known
form of aerial flight. The rapid and
steady strokes of the wings are exact
Jy similar to those of the air birds,
while its feet float straight out level
with the body, unused for propulsion,
or even as rudders, and as little
needed in it's progress as those OF
wild duck when on the wing.
The twists and turns necessary to
follow the active little fish are made
wholly by the strokes of one wing and
the cessation of movement In the
other, and the fish are chased, caught,
and swallowed without the slightest
relaxation of speed, in submarine
flight which is quite as rapid as that
of most birds which take their prey
in mid-air. In less than two minutes
some thirty gudgeon are caught and
swallowed below water, the only ap-
pearance of the birds on the surface
being made by one or two bounds
from the depths, when the head and
shoulders leap above the surface for
a second and then disappear.
ANY attempt to remain on the sur
face leads to ludicrous splashing and
confusion-for the submarine bird
cannot float; it can only fly below the
surface. Immediately the meal is fin
iahed both penguins scramble out or
the water, and shuttle with round
backs and dropping wings back to
their cage to dry and digest.-Spec-
tator
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-22
WORDS OF WISDOA.

Rasca1ity runs many dead heat.
A mean man sees himself in the dark
A surgeons knife wounds in kind
ness.
Oppression makes swords of bread
knives.
A rich boor mistakes parlor for
hog pen.
There is no bad way of becoming
good citizen.
Don't fall downstairs in your haste
to rush into print.
Don't get above your business; it
may do the same by you.
1t is harder to write good adver.
tisement than poor epic.
Historians can testify that all ma
tions have short memories.
In mean mind favor may breed
more hatred than an injury.
Some men have to step on the tack
before they can see the point. .
Calico has not yet etsucceded in teach
ing bigotry that the world moves.
The goody-goody folks can tell you
where to look for all the bad news.
No man ever yet had money enough
to buy either taste or good breeding.
A cynic may be defined as a man
who knows that he is not to be trusted.
There is big difference between an
unapproachable and an irreproachable
man.
Even the eyes may bear false wit
ness. Under some conditions men see
double.
The world has no use for the kind
of editor who mistakes added insult
for manly apology. ..
Men who would be insulted if &C.
cused of breaking their word do not
hesitate to break some faithful, loving
heart.
Honor is queer quantity. There
are conditions under which q gentle
man feels bound to shield sin by COM
mitting fiat perjury.-Chicago Herald.
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GOVERNMENT FINANCES.
A Cash Balance Of $119, ,065, 352-
Gold Reserve $40, ,O24, 1913 Short.

A Cash Balance Of $119, ,065, ,352-
Gold Reserve $40, ,O24, 1913 Short.
The regular monthly statement OF the
public debt, just issued BY the United States
Treasury Department, shows that the aggrs-
gate On July 81, 1894. was s1,e44. so6, ,24o, as
against 81, ,6s2 25s. .6s6 on June 80, 1894 This
apparent increase is owing to the increase In
the issue of certificates and Treasury notes,
which, however, are Offset by an equal
amount Of cash in the Treasury. The in
terest bearing debt amounted to $685., ,042, $50,
an Increase for the month Of $7O0. The debt
bearing no interest was sS79, $50, 40, de-
crease OF S54, ,2l5. The increase In certificates
and Treasury notes, which, however, are
Offset by an equal amount OF cash In the
Treasury. was from s6l5, 5,s55, $50 on June 80,
1894, to S616, 972, ,329 on July 81, 1884.
The cash In the Treasury is STA. POI. 7eS.
against which there are demand liabilities
amounting to $685.. .136, ,414, leaving cash
balance Of $119, ,O65, 1852, of which $54 s7o, ,6o7
was gold reserve. The increase In the casR
balance during the month was 81, ,4So,slA
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-22
IMPOVERISHED Kansas Farmers.

T. C. Henry, OF the Colorado Land aud
Emigration Company, has Just returned
from Central and Western Kansas. 10
press representative he said:
'fMany counties in the western third OF
the State Of Kansas have already lost four
flfths of their population, and In some,
county organization cannot be maintained.
The condition of the people Is appalling IN
many districts. I saw hundreds OF teams
going eastward with loads OF household
goods thrown hastily into hay wagons.
"The condition as compared with former
droughts In Kansas is without parallel.
Heretofore the farmers have been able 10
procure loans on their farms to make up the
shortage in crops, but now they have no
equities left, and if they had. the loan COM
panies will not let out q dollar on Kansas
property.
"There Is no new corn. no vegetables.
little stock, horses are worth nothing, ana
In the central countess, where there IS a
little wheat crop wheat is worth but thirty
two cents bushel. The people are literally
impoverished and the business men are IN
doubt, the same US the farmers.
up to three weeks ago there were the
finest prospects for a good corn crop. II
was almost made ard farmers obtained
credit on the strength of it. Three days OF
hot winds burned it up, and now they have
no possible chance to pay"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-22
tianitr. a fine Chinese scholar and teacher

tianity, fine Chinese scholar and teacher,
he had this suffering joint punctured deeply
in three places with long needles. Now,
after three days, it is infiamed so we fear
lockjaw. Needles are often pushed into the
bowels and stomach as far as the length OF
the hand without the least regard 10 tho
situation OF the internal organs, to say moth
ing OF the quivering nerves. Sometimes
these needles are roasted in the fire and taken
out rodhot and dipped into the medicine,
the heat and medicine giving added agony.
"The young man Mar was sick. 1t was
decided that soms spirit was disturbing his
head, so they burned the top with hot
iron, but he grew worse, and the most
learned OF the wise men decided that the
only remedy would be medicine made Of q
finger of his only brother. The devoted
brother submitted to have his finger cut of,
In some way it was pulverized, so the sick
man swallowed I've never knew with what
result"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-22

Japan and China are pretty evenly
matched in naval resources. Japan has in
Korea now according to the latest cables ten
warships. Eight of these are modern iron
and steel vessels, and two are old wooden
sloops of war. Japan's total warships mum.
Der thirty-two, with tonnage Of 76, 600. and
a combined horse power Of over $4,000.
China has forty-sl1 warships, with tota,
mower OF Il, 900. Japan is superior to China
In having done considerable with torpedo
boats and other modern inventions, while
China has given comparatively little atten-
tion 70 these lines Of warfare.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-22
TWO BROTHERS HANGED.
A Double Legal Execution at Can
ton, Miss.

A double hanging took place at daylight
at Canton, Miss. The two Scott brothers,
co!ored, were hanged in the Jail yard at 5.3S
o'clock.
The crime for which these two men were
executed was ono OF unusual atrocity. In
October, 1893, they were bound over by a
Justice of the peace to await the action OF
the Grand Jury upon the charge of burglary.
Norman Hopson was the principal witness
against them Shortly afterwards they en-
ticed Hopson into u swamp, choked him to
death, weighted his body down with irons
and threw 1t into the river. Three montns
later some colored women, while fishing,
found the body.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-22
Washington.

The President nominated Commodore
Erben to be q rear-admiral.
MINISTER GUzMAN, OF Nicaragua, was pre-
sented to the President as the accredited
Minister OF Salvador.
By order OF Atorney-General Olney the
great suit against the Southern Pacific Rail.
way Company was dismissed.
The President appointed Minister to Chile
James D. Porter, Judge OF the Middle and
Eastern District ot Tennessee. Vice Ex-Post.
master-General Key, resigned. This leaves
a vacancy In the Chilean mission. Judge
Porter was Assistant Secretary Of State dur
ing Cleyeand's first term.
STRINGENT provisions to prevent the i'm.
migration of Anarchists into the United
States were agreed to by the Senate in the
bill to restrict immigration which passed
that body.
A CAUCUS of the Democrats OF the National
House of Representatives was called on the
tariff.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-22
Family Burned to Death.

The farm house of S. o. Ostenson. OF tho
town of Dover, about oight miles north OF
Willmar, Minn., was burned to ths ground
at 9 o'clock a. n.
Mr.. Ostenson and four children lost their
lives in the flames. Mrs. Ostenson narrowly
escaped cremation, but is erazed over tho
awful event.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-22
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
Jealous Jenkins Shot Three women,
Then Killed Himself.

In is OF jealousy. Wild Jenkins. baggage
master at Charlton, Iowa, shot Mrs. Eliza
Murphy. his landlady. and her two daughters
and then committed suicide.
He was enamored d Julia. tho younger
daughter. and jealous OF the attentions paid
her by another man. In words with her
mother he became enragad. He shot her.
hunted up his sweetheart, Killed her III
stantly fatally shot her sister Johanna, who
was with her then shot himself. Mrs.
Murphy and j ohanna were fatally injured.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-22
Killed His BrotIie-.

George Richardson. q prominent farmer
OF New Diggings, Wis.,, was Wayiaio ana
murdered while riding home from Galena.
III. BY his brother Mark. There had been
i'll feeling between the brothers for years
and they were engaged in q dispute about
their fathers estate. Marks grain yard was
fired by an 1ncendiary, and he blamed his
brother.
Mark left home to meet his brother on the
road andshot him dead when heapproached'
The murderer then vert to Belson, surren-
dered himself and was taken to burlington
Jail.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-22
Reveals a Counterfeiter.

Lightning struck the house OF Mrs. Fran
ces E. Cowles at Liberal Mo. When neigh
bors rushed in to help save the goods they
stumbled upon counterfeiter's outfit and
pile OF bogus silver half dollars. Mrs.
Coyles's son was arrested. charged with being
the owner Of the spurious coin. and was
bound over In the sum of $1,000 10 await
trial
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-22
Cholera Spreading in Russia.

In the six days Immediately preceding
Ancust 4th. there were 4313 fresh cases Of
cholera, and 24O deaths in St. Petersburg,
Russia. In the six days preceding July 2Stn
there were 159 fresh cases OF cholera and
slghty-three deaths in Warsaw. For the De-
partment of Warsaw the reports for the same
period record 394 fresh cases and 213 deaths:
All these figures cover only the reported
cases,
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Two MIurderers Hanged.

Hurry F. johnson was executed in the jail
yard at Allentown, Penn. The crime for
which he was hanged was the murder OF
his own child. BERTHE May, aged four years,
on July 25, 1898. The drop fell at 1921,
His neck was not broken and death resulted
from strangulation in 1115 minutes.
Henry Manfred, who shot and killed George
Ochs, the husband of Mrs. Ochs. during
scuf6 e. was hanged at PottSville, Penn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-22
SENATOR'S SON KILLED.
Thrown From His Horse and Dragged
About the Yard.

William Patton Daniel. the eight-year-old
son of United States Senator John W..
Daniel, met with fatal accident at Lynch.
burg, Va. He was on horse in the yard OF
the Senator'S residence, when the animal
turned suddenly aid in second the boy
was hanging with his head on the ground.
The horse dashed Off and dragged the lit
tie fellow around for sixty feet. The Senator
ran into the yard and bore the frlghtiulliy,
bruised boy into the housa. Although alI
that medical skill could suggest was done ne
died at II. 10 that night.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-22

THE highways leading eastward through
Nebraska and Kansas are already thronged
with disheartened settlers, who have aban-
doned their homes and are hurrying towards
Iowa and Missouri for relief from the almost
unbearable heat. A similar scene has not
been witnessed since 1873, when the hot
winds almost depopulated Western Kansas.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-22
Co.evites Hold Up q Train.

A. freight train on the West Jersey Rail.
road was held up at Mays L ,nding, N. j.: by
band of twenty-five Coxeyites. The
"hoboes" stubbornly fought the train crew,
but were finally subdued. Three OF them
were arrested. Recorder Gouldey fined
them 1926 each and imposed sentence oi
thirty days in jail. The Coxeyites were en-
route to Atlantic City in charge OF Carl
Brown.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-22
NEW JAPANESE MINISTER,
Shinichiro Kurino to Succeed Gozo
Tateno at Washington.

A telegram was received at the Japanese
Legation, Washington, announcing tho ap'
pointment OF Mr.. Shinichiro Kuroino. Chief
of the Diplomatic Bureau of the Department
for Foreign Affairs, to be Envoy Extraordi-
nary and Minister Plenipotentlary to the
United States.
Mr.. Kurino was ono Of the students who
was sent to this country by the Government
OF Japan as soon as that Government de-
cided upon the policy OF sending her young
men abroad TO pursue the course of studies
in colleges and universities OF Europe and
America.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-22
At Home and ABROAD.
LATE DOMESTIC AND FOR
EIGN TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

A Mob in Quebec, Canada, Attacks
Three Protestant Mission Houses
Kansas Farmers in Great Dis
tress - Murderers Hanged - A
Fatal Bee Sting.
A French Baptist mission has recently
been established in Quebec, Canada, with
Its headquarters in building on Bridge
street. not far from its intersection with st.
Joseph street.
The Lelecteur, French newspaper, con-
tanned a reference to this mission and er-
roneously styled it the Salvation Army. That
night mob estimated ut 5o0o persons
gathered round the place and began throw
ing stones at it. The attack was fierce
one, and windows and doors soon yielded
to the shower OF stones.
The missionaries were without any means
OF defence and were held prisoners until
after some time force OF policemen came
along and cleared the crowd away some
what.
The mob left the Baptist mission and went
up to the building ut the corner OF George
and Richelieu streets, which is now occu-
pied By the French Episcopal mission. This
place, too, was battered By stones, the win
doYs being destroyed. Before the time that
the police came mp the rioters had movsd on
to the Salvation Army barracks on Palais
Hill.
Another broadside of stones was fired and
the property Of the army sustained consid-
erable damage. The girls who occupied the
place we're obliged to flee. The police again
arrived too late to make any arrests, and
hearing that the gang had again made for
the Grande Ligne Mission House on Bridge
street. they started in cabs for that place,
where they arrived just in time to prevent
second riot.
The streets were cleared as thoroughly as
possible and the missionaries were then es-
corted to their home by the police. A SINH
lar disturbance led to serious results few
years ago. Local papers say that II the po-
lice are unable to cope with the rioters
and to preserve the peace and protect all
law-abiding citizens in worshipinG accord
Ing to the dictates OF their own consciences.
they should say 50 at once, and the military
will be called out to do it for them.
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The suit arising out OF the theft Of valu-
able paintings from the studio Of Professor
Lanbach, in Munich, Bavaria, has become so
interesting that an admission fee Is charged
for reserved seats ct the trial. Two Of the
accused, one Of them q nephew OF the artist.
have committed suicide.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-22
EARTHQUAKE IN SICILY.
Great Loss of Life and Immense
Damage to Property.

A dispatch from Rome says that terrina
earthquake shock occurred in Sicily. Many
people were killed, and immense damage
was done TO property.
The earthquake centred in the Province OF
Cataniu. The towns Of Fleri, Aci and Pisano
were DESTROYED, and great damage was done
in Zerbat. Pennisi and Zaffarana. Fifty
persons weru killed in these towns, and
scores we're severely injured. Hundreds of
villagers fed from their homes into the open
country. abandoning everything.
The Government officials sent supplies
and surgeons 10 the distressed districts.
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p1aaeure Seekers Drowned.

William Lockhart, aged sixteen, son OF
ex-AIderman Lockhart, and two young
daughters Of William Simmons, OF Fall
River, Mass, were drowned while boating in
Assonet River.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-22
A Rumble Bee Kills a Man.

William Beam, a farmer, near Grand
Rapids. Ohio, was instantly killed by bum
BILE bee stirging him on the temple. He was
on top of wheat stack pitching wheat to
the threshing machine when he came upona
bundle bees nest and ran his fork into IT,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-22
Two Children Burned to Death.

The dwellings Of George Johnson, near
Lodi, South Dakota. was burned with Two
children. The supposed cause OF tho fire
was the explosion OF 4 gasoline stove.
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WHERE THE MONEY is.

TIM worlds money forms . very
small part Of its wealth. The amount
now 10 use is estimated by Mulhall as
R7so. 900, 900 Of gold, ESQ.,. 900, 900 silver.
esq, ZOO. 900 paper; total, 81, 4s7, 600. 600.
In Denmark the value Of real estate
has increased e192, OO0. 900 In thirty
seven years This result is due to the
breaking up of the large estates Of the
nobility and their purchase by the
peasantry.
STATIsrrCrANs estimate that in Great
Britain there are 700 millionaire fam
lilies, 1880 Every rich." l4s,a50 rich. /"
100000 In moderate circumstances. |"
zoos, 900 ''struggling to keep up and
500, 900 '.poor.
THE value of land in Great Britain
rose enormously during the Canadian
and American wars Of the last century.
and increased still further during the
French wars, owing to the demand for
grain and It's advanced price.
THE official classification Of French
houses in 1868 showed that l5s, 900 were
inhabited by the nobility and gentry,
$50, 900 by merchants and commercial
people. o,167,oOO by ''tradesmen' and
Ass. 900 by iaborers and operatives.