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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-03
VIII II Hominate.

COLUMBIA, S, G., Sept. N.-The
Republican leaders of note who came
here Tuesday to watch the movements
of the State convention of true Demo'
Gratis were pretty we'll all here yesterday
When questioned as to their Intentions
with regard to the approaching general
election, several of tho most prominent
leaders unqualifedly stated that it was
their purpose to put out full State
ticket, and it would be composed OF the
stron gest mon that they could secure,
State Chairman Webster, when seen
Yesterday afternoon as he was taking
the train for his home, said that there
had been no conference of the leaders
who had been 10 tho city, and that the
entire situation aud outlook would be
fully discussed and acteo upon when
tho State executive committee met 10
this city on Tuesday next. The State
convention will be called by the com.
nittee for an early date.-State.
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of Democracy, the safety of every In.

of Democracy, the safety of every In.
terest In the State and the interest of
self preservation demand that hard
and earnest fight be made against the
proposition to call constitutional con-
vention to create new fundamental
law involving the rights of every man in
the State without providing for the sub
mission of its work to the people. We
tender to the opponents Of this inlqui--
tous, undemocratic, tyranntcal and
dangerous proposition the service OF
the organization herein provided for
and invite them 10 join with US In
fighting 1t at the approaching general
elelectien.
1t is said that A. B. Williams was
the man who forced the convention to
abandon nominations. He was in ia
vor of nominating a candidate for
Governor and no others. He was
made chairman of the platform COM
mitttee and is the author OF the fore
going resolutions. He welded pow
erful influence. A few of the mem
bers of the convention In favor of
nominations, among them Mayor Dar-
gan, voted to the last against the con-
vention's action. There was general
wailing and gnashing of teeth this
morning and the piteous expression
was heard from one man, Haven't
we made asses of ourselves.
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Rstded Hamburg.

AUGUSTA, Ca, Sept. 25.-Dispensary
ConstabIes johnson, who has been doing
business In and around Augusta, &C.
companied by two other constables,
made a successful raid 10 Hamburg, on
the other side of the river, the other
night. They had learned that Whiskey
and beer were being sold in Hamburg.
where the state of South Carolina had
not permitted or licensed a dispensary.
They made raid, but there was not
much stock on hand. What was found
was, according to the law, con1tscsted
and the place was locked up by the Of
ficers. 1t Is stated that the blind tiger
was operated or owned by Max Sallett
and Bud Padgett. The proper warrants
for their arrest and prosecution have
been sworn out.
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Murderer Arreste d.

ATLANTA, Sept. 2l.-Will Meyers
arrest has boon accomplished, and an
officer of tho law. is now on his way from
Cincinnati, bringing The fugitive back to
tho scene of tho late tragedy, where
Forest L. Crowley met his death in q
lonely spot, near this city, at the hands
of unknown parties, tho circumstances
surrounding which strongly point to the
fugitive as principal in tho bloody affair.
The story of tho arrest of Meyers Is told
in tho following special from Cincinnati
to The Constitution, received since mid
night: William Meyers, charged with
the murder Of Forest L. Crowley, the
wealthy stockman at Atlanta, was ar
rested hero at l O'Clock. The police
found Meyers at the Indiana house, on
Fifth street, between Elm and Race,
with $25 on his person. He is hold tor
the Atlanta authorities. Meyers had his
hair dyed in Covington before crossing
to Cincinnati. He admits knowing all
about tho murder, but further than to
deny his own guilt, he refuses to talk.
He has consented to 60 back to Atlanta
without reuuisition papers.
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and that this will elect him. Had the
caucus nominated DR.. Pope would
have missed the Conservative vote.
Senator Butler Is said to be as near
broken hearted as q brave man can be.
His whole heart was set on State
ticket and his hope was in that action
Now he Is left with no hope. The only
chance he has Is for his sympathizers
to run Independent tickets for the
Legislature In such counties as they
think they can win in. This weuld not
even give Senator Butler the opportu-
nifty of making a contest In the Senate,
as be has no organization backing him.
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Ono Year'S Drinking.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.-Americsns
are accounted a fairly sober people In
the hurlyburly of nations, but the
figures of the internal revenue commits
sioner for the past year are enough to
make a temperance crank stagger with
out drop Of whtskey or beer. The
preacher, who peruses them, will bic
him to the pulpit and tell his congre
cation what nation of drunkards We
ale, stupifed with drink half the yeal
and drugged with tobacco the other
half. That each year we squander upon
these inventions of Belzebub three
times as much money as is required to
keep this great government In opera
tion and more than Is represented by
the circulating medium Of the United
States. And when the preacher goes to
throwing mortal bonds he can load
them with interesting, If not astonish
ing facts, If he 80 chooses.
Ions of liquor not including 1,430. 1853
gallons Of brandy, making in all 49,
| III, 7,187 gallons of alcoholic spirits. Ex.
pert Dartenders estimate 63 drinks to
the gallon. Therefore there were 1904,
O62 8Sl drinks produced in this country
A conservative estimate Of how
much was imbbed across counters is
obout 100000 gallons of whiskev,
| brandy and other distilled spirits, or in
other words we drank 6,090,O00, 900 glas
ses of whiskey for which we paid over
the bar $609, 100000 or So 100000 more
than all the annual appropriations oil
Congress combined.
This represents a consumption of 10(
glasses of whiskey each year for every
man woman and child between the
rock-bound Pacific and the storm-toss
ed Atlantic, or counting only the male
adults 500 glasses per week each.
Of beer the figures are equally aston
ishing. The consumption was 1882,
943 barrels; that is II, ,785, ,169, 200 glasses
| representing an expenditure for thi!
mode of Teutonic hilarity Of $6l7,2 ,258.
AGO, or about 10 cents for each inhsbit
ant. 10 the neighborhood of 220 glasses
are charged up in this calculation
against each of us as our annual allow
ance, therefore II we do not average
our daily glass we may be sure that
our neighbors are getting the benefit O.
our abstinence.
by estimating this years internal re
venue receipts from spirits on the basil
of last years product with the increas
ed tax of $l.10 per gallon, the interna
revenue receipts will be $97,674,905.
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Oapt Capers Not Guilty.

FLORENCE, Sept. 20.-Special: The
case OF the State against Capt j ohm T.:
Capers, of Columbia, fer criminal libel
was tried in the Court Of Sessions here
to-day. The jury were out about thirty
minutes and returned with verdict OF
not guilty. Acting Solicitor r. 0. Purdy,
of Sumter, assisted by w. +. Clayton, Of
Florence, were the attorneys for the
prosecution and Col g. 5. Nettles, of
Darlington, and z. A. Wilcox, of
Florence, were attorneys for the defend
ant. This case was brought about the
publication of letter from Capt Capers
In the columbia State in which it was
clalmid that certain defamatory matter
against the character Of DR.. J. o. Byrd,
of Timmonsville, had been printed.
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"Busted all to hell" was his short but
forcible answer, and 1t told the story
better than column of htgh-ho wn
words.
NO NOMINATIONS.
It was exactly 4. 10 o'clock this morn
ing when the caucus threw open its
doors and the convention began Its
work. The convention was In session
precisely five minutes when 1t adjourn
ed sine die without making uomlna-
tions. Even the committee on plat
form and nominations, which went out
to make nominations, reported against
nominations and fixed no platform. 1t
simply reported to the convention the
following resolutions, which were
adopted and the convention adjourned
| Resolved, That this convention &C.
cepts the action of the convention held
here On the 10Th instant In endorsing
the Chicago platform as q concession
to the Democracy of the State, but re.
CARDS the simultaneous endorsement OF
Democratic and Populist platforms,
representing opposing principles, as
forfeiting the allegiance of all straight
Democrats and the respect OF all hon
est Populists.
Resolved, That this convention cor
daily accepts and endorses the nation
al Democratic platform and declares
its unwavering devotion and allegiance
to the national Democratic party.
Resolved, That we urge and invite all
Democrats Of the State to proceed to
organize for the purposes hereinafter
set forth.
Resolved, That while this convention
desires to avoid doing anything likely
to cause increasing strife among our
people we believe that the principles
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work, some of the members stating
that it would be hours before the eau.
Gus would be reaey to 90 into conVen.
tion. About o'clock it was given out
that the caucus would discuss the queS'
ton of nominations for three hours
and then 60 into convention. The
early hours of the caucus were spent in
listening to reports on the outlook in
the various counties. AS general
rule the reports were rosy. These re-
ports came from members of the exc.
cutive committee in favor of nomina-
tions and who were Butler man.
Shortly after 10 o'clock Register re-.
porter was Informed on what he knows
to be excellent authority that the out
look at that hour was against nomina-
tions by q majority of eight to ten.
The gentleman who Informed the re-
porter stated that all the preliminary
motions which had been offered and
which had anything of the element of a
division Of the two factions had been
won by the men against nominations.
One OF the motions defeated by the
mo nominations" men was that limit.
ing debate 80 as to allow only the
chairmen of the delegations to speak,
This was scheme in favor of nomiaa-
tions, as the nomination men had
found that the majority of the chair
men were In favor of putting out
ticket. The no nomination men spoke
strongly against it and alleged that
there was something like gag law 10
the proceeding. The motion was de-
feated and then one was passed limiting
debate to four hours and the speeches
to ten minutes each. The prospects
were that a vote would be taKen about
IL o'clock midnight.
Early in the evening A. B. Williams,
of the Greenville News, offered a reso-
luton In favor of nominating candi-
date for Governor and against putting
out full State ticket. 1t is under
stood that his motion was defeated by
rising vote. This was one Of the
first test votes. Exactly how Mr.. Will
liams stood on the question Of nomina.
ting full State ticket is not known.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-03-16
Had No Eyes, but He saw

II should like to have the key of the
unOccupied house. Wharton street,
requested well dressed man as he en-
tered the Office of down town real es-
tate agent.
Yes, sir and tho key was handed
over. As the caller depaIt ted il W.
noticed that he kept prodding the foo
with his cane as he walked. But his
gait was almost as brisk and as straight
as though he had no affection what
ever This was remarked as he left the
office.
He returned a half hour later with Il
step as quick as ever and with businc.
III every motion Il like the house,
he said, as be handed over the key.
bat there is considerable repairing t
be done The paint should be renewed
The front bedroom and dining room a.
sadly in need of repapering, and 81 q
went on until he had enumerated hail
dozen things that We're necessary IN j.
done.
1t afterward transpired that he ha,i
acquired all his knowledge simply u
the sense of touch. His examination
had been as thorough as though he had
had the use of two good eyes. 1t WAS
really a remarkable performance
Philadelphia Call.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-03-16
Abandonment Of Cronstndt.

The harbor of Cronstadt in Russia i
TO be closed to merchant vessels after
1895. ana Il new harbor viii be open,U
along maritime canal just below s..
Petersburg. This harbor viii be .
feet deep, cost 1000, 600 rubles. ana
be the central point for the unlo&dil
of coal and the loading of grain and
other articles of export. The depart
ment of public works is also consider
ing the ACCESSIBILITY of constructing 4
tunnel under the Neva like that under
the Thames in London, but built 4,
four stories. This abandonment OF
Cronstadt is OF especial interest. for !,
was Peter the Great who established
and indeed created it for the port OF St.
Petersburg Springfield Republican.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-03-16
DREAMS PRoMPTINGS.
There Is a Constant Flow of Cnconsciou,
Thought While We Sleep.

There Is "a Constant Flow of Unconscious
Thought While We Sleep.
The Psychologists of the first half of
| the century and some more modern writ
ers expressed the belief that dreaming
only occurred at the moment when con-
seriousness began to resume its sway.
But in The North American Review.
| DR.. Louis Robinson says that modern
| Investigators accept the theory of the
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and believe that there
l. certain amount OF cerebral action
| during the whole period Of sleep, and
that the vast majority Of our dreams
| never come to our knowledge. He
| thinks that there Is an unbrOken chr
| rent of ideas which passes through the
| sleeping brain, and which only reveals
itself to the conscious ego when some
| disturbing element intervenes. We
may compare it to an invisible and 81
lent river, flowing by without betray-
ing its presence. save where there Is a
splash OF fish or of 4 falling stone, or
some foaming eddy where rock breaks
the smooth surface"
DR.. Robinson's article is long and in
teresting The conclusions at which
he arrives are as follows: Owing to
the unceasinS unconscious cerebratiOn
which is Il necessary concomitant of our
power OF intellect, the brain Is always
in part awake, and Is especially active
in shifting memoriZed matter. The
cerebral centers connected with the
sense organs are continually and indie
pendently employed in stimulating i'm
pressions from without. Certain of the
senses, especiSlly that of hearing. re
main open to external influences during
sleep and convey actual vibrations to the
brain. There is an active and purely
involuntary predisposition on the part
of the mental apparatus to compare and
collate all the messages which come,
or seem to come, from without, through
the sense channels, and to collate these
again with what is brought to the con
sciousness by involuntary recollection.
Associated with this is a tendency 70
combine the evidence so collected into
coherent whole, and to make the re-
suit Of either explain the more ell
phatic thoughts or impressions, or else
answer some questions which occupied
the attention before sleep began. No
voluntary power exists during sleep to
pick out from the tumble handed III
that which is relevant to the problem
to be solved, and Just as there is To
power to discriminate real from fall
impressions ut the outset, so, through
out dream, we are completely obliv-
iOus to the most glaring fallacies and
inconsistencies. Rochester Post-Ex-
press.
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Long Talks.

Parliamentarians and orators III ger
er.il claim that no man could talk CO
herently on single subject for rnoIt
than six hours, yet hundreds of cases 4"
the contrary could lie cited. When De
Cosmos defended the settlers land bill
in the lower house of the British Co
lumbar parliament, he talked contin
ually for % hours. The act coni,cH;-
ing the property of De Cosmos conSti'-
uents had TO be passed by noon of = .,r-
tain day; De Cosmos was the only d.
fender. he took the floor at 9:55 O'Clock
the day previous to the date when the
law would become a dead letter ana
kept it until IL % the following day.
1t Is said that his tongue and lips Were
cracked in hundreds of places and his
shirt front covered with blood. \
speech IL hours longer than the British
Columbian famous argument was Ge-
livered in the Roumanian chamber OF
deputies in 1887. 1t was on the coca
sion of the impeachment Of ex-MinisteT
Bratiano, the leading deputy support
ing the articles of impeachment talking
continuously for 81 hours. Exchange.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-03-16
No Danger ofa Salt Famine.

The amount of salt in the sea waters
oftheg globe, if extracted, would be greater
In mass than the land, so far as it appears
above the surface. The seas cover 73 per
cent Of the earth's surface, estimated at
9,26O,O00 Germany square miles. The
percentage of chlornatrium In the sea is
the same at all depths. Assuming that
the average depth of the sea is hall
(German) mile, there are then 3,400. OOC
cubic miles of sea water. a cubic mile OF
sea water contains on the average about
% kilograms of salt. The 3,400, 900 cubic
miles of sea water would therefore con
tain 50 600 cubic miles of distilled pure
salt.-From the German.
CINCINNATI manufactures every
year 1920, 600 600 worth ~ goods.
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science of Divine Proridence.

Not a great while ago a learned ig-
noramus delivered sermon on The
Science of Divine Providence. - Sir, ,"
said a genuine student, at the close,
will you not favor US with lecture
on The Faith of Geometry Chris
tan Advocate.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-03-16

The Daily : advertiser, so cents
month. Delivered by Carrier
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-28

No Through Trains Ranning-fntane-
tion Against Boyeotters.

tion AgAiass Boyeotters.
DENVER, June 2T.-No through trains
are running on the santa Fe, owing TO tho
Pullman boycott. Five trains are held at
Ration, " NJ. and one at La Junta Colo.
The conrany il determined not to move
trains without Pullmans, aud has appealed
to the Federal courts here and Mt Santa
Ee. ~ NJ, for protection. Marshals will
be sent from Denver TO La Junta, Colo,
and from santa Fe 10 Ration, n. NJ.
United States Circuit Judge Haiictt has
issued an order restraining the Pullman
strikers or other persons from interfering
with the operations ef the Santa ke road
or with It's employees within the confines
OF Colorado.
Las YKaAs, y. NJ, June 27.--The rail-
road men are quiet here, but the deter
minatson not 10 handle Pullman cars Is
apparent The presence OF United States
marshal aud q number Of deputies with
loaded guns had no effect on them. An
engineer and fireman we're on one train
and we're ready TO start should the Pull
man be detached. but refused to 20 other
wise. telegram came from Manager
Frey discharging these men. 1t has just
been announced that general strike has
been ordered on the whole Santa Fe road
until these men hhaH pc restofeos Ahs
company sent out special from Ration az
$50 o'clock this afternoon, but did noe
send the mail, thought it undoubtedly
could have done so. The special contained
the United states marshal and several OF
his deputies
RATox. n. NJ, June Z7.--President Debs,
Of the American Railway Union. has is
sued an order for strike on the entire
santa Fe system. The men are ordered to
remain out till the discharged men are
reinstateG. Tonight not wheel 10 moving
on the entire New Mexico division.
Ia JusrA, Col. June 27.--Through pas
senger trains are being held a. this point
on account Of the boycott on Pullman
cars. Forty fr~mea hare been discharged
for refusing 70 so out on these trains, and
one engineer from the south end. The
company are feeding 100 passengers. sey-
sral arrests will be made II ths United
states marshals succeed in getting here
from santa Fs. The passengers are max
ing the best Of the situation. Judge
Leeds. OF santa Re. has issued an iniunc-
ton restraining the strikers from interfcr.
ing with the property Of the company ia
New Mexico
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-28

The returns from the ostawa elections
49, thnt Gsr Oliver Mowas wiA have ;
r,.sors.w of two 0ve- al in the house.
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sourmEns PACIFIC TIED UP
Becausc the Name of Pullman Appears
on the sleepers.

PORTLAND, June 27.--Trains on the Ore
gon division of the Southern Pacific have
not been affected so far by the boycott of
the Pullman company. All trains left to-
night on time.
SACRAMENTO, June 27.~-The Southern
Pacihc was made 10 feel the American
Railway Union boycott against all Pull
man cars this morning The climax came
this forenoon, when a passenger train
running between this city and San Fran
cisco, and carrying Pullman sleeper for
the benefit of Los Angeles passengers was
stalled in the yards. Ii was demonstrated
that the American Railway Union is
strong among the Southern Pacific en-
pioyes. All the trainmeD, including
switchmen and car-cleaners. declared that
they had no grievance against the railroad
company, but that they would positively
refuse 10 handle Pullman coaches. The
east bound passenger train was permitted
10 proceed. inasmach as the American
Railway Union had allowed the train 10
leave the Oakland yards, bat the men IN
sist that no other trains shall be permitted
to go out with Pullman ears.
SAN Francisco. June 27.-Tbe American
Railway Union men in the employ Of the
Southern Pacific have asserted their
power. As a result OF their attempt to
enforce the Pullman boycott passenger
trains are tied nD At every railroad center
Ia the state. Save by the local trains
there will be no passenger service out OF
San Francisco or Oakland tonight. and
there is every indication that tue tie-up
may be protracted. An official Of the
Southern Pacific Company declared this
afternoon that his people had made up
their minds that il they are not to be al
lowed 10 run Pullman coaches they Will
run no trains at al. The local officers Of
the American Railway UnDn declare that
the Puilman coaches must be Withdrawn,
and both sides seem to be prepared for
bitter and determined tight. The threat
OF the Southern Pacific managers THAI II
they cannot run Puiimans they will not
ran the trains 20 which they are attached.
may De explained by ths fact that the
Southern Pacific Company owns IS per
cent. interest in eli the Pullman coaches
running over its line.
oAK4Azp. Cal. June z7.-Ths boycott
against the Pailman coaches went into
effect on the Southern Pacific road st noon
todav. The local branch Of the American
Railway Union met last night and eonsid-
cred the order OF General President Dsos.
0f the American Railway Union, and de-
eEded 10 put it into effect A message was
then sent - the officials Of the Southern
Pacific In san Francisco, notifying them
that no Puilmans would De handled by
members Of the order after noon today.
Ia the yards cf The road. as s0cn as The
hour referred TO arrived, the men who had
hern cleaning PuiIinans abandoned them,
leaving the work half finished The eagf
neers ia charge oi the swlfeh engines re-
fused 10 pull tho Pallmans from the yards
10 the mols. As soon a. the raiIroa q ON