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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-31
The Labor World.

Chicago claims $4,000 male BARRIERS and
| one female one.
| Wages are about to be increased in the
wooden mills throughout Rhode Island.
The Saphite Iron Company. of Florence,
Ala. employing 200 men, has advanced
wages ten per cent.
| The number Of new wooden mills has in
creased from seventeen last year to thirty
! eight this year. an increase of over 100 per
cent.
Sheepshearers at Pondera. Montana, get
seven cents head when the weather will let
them work, and pay 81 day for board, rain
or shine.
The railroads have actively entered the
market az buyers, and the demand from this
source bids fair to exert On important influ-
ence In the future.
A canvass of Knoxville (Tenn.) mills and
factories shows IN increase OF forty per cent.
in business over a year ago. Over one
thousand more employees are at work.
1t really seems as if q much better feeling
has developed of late between employers and
employed. They are inclined to meet each
other in Il more friendly spirit, and t. adjust
differences on better basis than the mere
application OF force or the power of endur-
| ance.
1t Is sale to say that from 5O0, ,00D to 750.-
900 wage-carners in various branches of in
dusrry have had their pay advanced since
the early part OF the yeal. No better evil
dence than this is needed to demonstrate the
reviving prosperity OF the country.
new Massachusetts statute makes it un-
lawful for any railroad company to use any
car N interstate commerce which Is not pro-
vided with grab-arms or hand-holds In tho
ends and sides for greater security to brake
men in coupling and uncoupling cars.
The men employed on the Long Island
Railroad are now joining the Brotherhood Of
Railroad Trainmen in large numbers, as by
change of the constitution tho local lodges
have been compelled to reduce their initia-
ton fees, which, In Long Island City,
amounted to Sl5.
Constituencies employment agencies
throughout the country are sending men to
Minneapolis, Mimi, to work on the Missis.
sippi dam, now In process OF construction
near that city. Mr.. Powers says that while
there are places for $50 men only there are
above 5000 applicants.
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CHINESE COME IN BY ROPE.
Johns Ingenious Method Of Crossing the
st. Lawrence After Dark.

Johns Ingenious Method Of Crossing the
St. Lawrence After Dark.
The willy Chinese have lately been adopt
ing new tactics for gaining admission into
the United States from Canada. In the
neighborhool OF Iroquois, Ontario, on the
Canadian side. and HoSansburg, N. Y, a
new method for smuggling Chinese is in
vogue. The plan is clever one. A long
rope has been stretched across the st. Law
renee. which is narrow at this point, and
firmly secured to large stakes on either side
OF the river. On this, and aided by dark
ness, the Celestial manages to CROSS the lines
by swimming and holding on to the rope.
The method is not as dangerous as it ap-
pears; in fact it is quite easy to deport the
Chinese across the lines without much risk
to any one but the unhappy traveller himself,
perhaps. aad the expens, is trivial, while
those who manipulate the trick get all the
way from S75 to $3.50 for every Chinese
smuggled by them.
There are reports that these linss are in
use in several places. Three minor arrests
have already bsen made.
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Foreign Notes.

There was great ex :itement in the Belgian
| Chamber of Deputies over an attack on the
Royal family by NJ. Demblon, a Socialist
member.
The Italian Senate, by large majority.
voted to make September %, the anniversary
of the evacuation of Rome by the Pope's
troops, q day of general fete.
The Peoples Bank, Of Montreal, Canada,
decided to suspend payment, and many large
institutions in that city are likely to be
wrecked. Five million dollars are involved
in the suspension.
General Arminara defeated a combination
of rebel leaders in Vista Hermosa, Cuba, and
the insurgents met with heavy loss. The
insurgents burned the town OF Clara, Cuba.
In one part Of the island a provisional gov
ernment has been established.
The 106th anniversary Of the fall of tho
Bastile was celebrated in Paris, France, with
more than usual feryor.
English election results showed Conserva-
tive gains. Sir William Harcourt was de-
feated at Derby.
In the final heat at Henley, England, for
the Grand Challenge Cup, the Trinity Hall
(Cambridge) Rowing Club crew, which de-
feated Cornell, beat the New College (Ox-
ford) Boat Club crew, and thus captured the
aquatics.
The bodies of Nellie and Alice Pitezel, all
alleged body of whose father, Benjamin Pite-
zel, was palmed off on an insurance COM
pany by Herman Mudgett, were found in
Toronto, Canada.
In collision which has occurred between
two immigrant trains at San Pablo, Province
of Corrientes, Argentina, fifteen persons
were killed and thirty injured.
Nicolas Plerola, head Of the revolutionary
party in Peru, has been elected President Of
the Republic.
The President Of the Republic of Switzer-
land has been chosen to bound the limits of
the Amapa territory In Brazil, disputed for
three centuries by France aud Brazil.
Cornell University crew won the first heat
at the Henley regatta In England owing to
the failure OF the Leander crew, their strong
est rivals, to finish the race.
Fire destroyed 230 houses in the town of
5ambrow, Government Of L0msha, Poland.
Two thousand people were rendered home
less. 80. ... -
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HELPED TO HANG HER LOVER:
Texas Farmer and His Daughter
Murder the Latter's Suitor


! Murder the Latter's Suitor.
The body Of Albert Blackman. a well-to-do
young man, was found near Logarto. Live
OAK County, Texas, week ago. Around
his neck was rope. and it was evident that
he had been hanged to the limb OF a tree
under which the body lay. He had last
been seen alive in the company OF Bessie
Harris, the daughter OF farmer OF that To-
calitv. At the CoroIer's inquest Bessie testi.
fed that Blackman committed suicide by
hanging, and that she witnessed the deed,
and after he was dead she cut his body
down.
Suspicion was aroused. and warrants were
issued for the arrest OF the Harris girl an I
her father and mother. The preliminary ex.
animation Of the prisoners has just beer
held. and through the confession Of Bessie
Harris on the witness stand the full details
Of the crime came out.
She said that Blackman had been courtinp
her for some time against the wishes Of her
parents. and that the latter. through their
talk. caused her to become insanely jealous
Of the young man. Her father finally
arranged with her to put Blackman out oil
the way.
On the night, ,cf the killing she met Black.
man, and they went for a walk. She de-
tanned her lover in a lonely place until hel
father arrived with a rope, and they then
told Blackman that they were going to hang
him. She wanted him to submit as test OF
his love. and promising to cut him down al
once The girl states that Blackman did not
offer any resistance while the rope was being
placed about his neck and that she tied the
knot with her own hands.
Then, at the command of her father,
Blackman climbed tree and swung himself
of. "He died very easily" concluded the
girl. After hs was quiet cut the rope and
let his body down to the ground"
The girl and her parents are held, charged
with murder"
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THE NEWS EPlToMlzED
Washington Items.

The President appointed Lieutenant Col
)nel W. R. King, Corps Of Engineers, o. b.
l., q member Of the Missouri River Com
mission.
The Secretary OF the Interior issued an or
Ter disbarring Mrs. Mary E. Hansee, an at
:orney of Ellenville. N. Y. from practising
before the Interior Department because OF
unlawful conduct in the execution OF PEN
sion vouchers.
The coinage for the last fiscal year was:
Gold, s43, ,9S3. ATS: silver. 59,669, ,480; minor
coins, S712,594. Total, $53, ,715, ,54s.
The Interstate Commerce Commission has
decided to extend the time for equipplng
railroad cars with grabirons.
General Superintendent Kimball has se-
lected sites for two new life saving sta.ons.
One is on Rocky Point, near Orient, and tne
other about half way between Far hocKaWay
and Long Beach. q.
1t was reported in Washington that SPANS
Ministers have agreed to pay the long stand
Ing Mora claim Of S1.500,000.
The annual settlements at the Philadel-
phia, San Francisco and New Orleans Mlnts
have been completed.
Bids for the construction Of the six new
gunboats ordered by the last Congress nave
been asked for. ...
Benjamin Harrison Milliken. Private
Secretary to Senator Harris, Of Tennessee,
was indicted by the Grand Jury OF the Dis
trict of Columbia on the charge offeloniously
entering the dwelling Of Samuel F. Phillips,
In Washington.
Caesar Celso Moreno once Prime Minister
OF Hawaii, was arrested in Washington
charged with criminally ibellin3 Baron
Fava, the Italian Ambassador.
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TRAPPED cOlNERS FIGHT.
A Girl With Them Tackles the Detectives
Furlously.

Furlously.
The United States Secret Service men made
four arrests in New York City which theyre
gard as important, as the three men and one
woman whom they took into custody have
been engaged in counterfeiting United States
silver coin for nine months. past at the rate
Of $50 per day.
Bella Carr, a good-looking girl, twenty-five
years old, and three more Of the coiners gave
five OF the Secret Service agents the liveliest
fight that they have had in a long time. The
fight was on the stairs and in little room
on the third floor in the apartment house at
95 Fourth avenue. Carr, one ofthe counter.
feiters, broke both legs trying to escape. All
were captured. but 1t wasn't the girls fault.
She has red hair. Is about five feet four
inches tall, and is slen Ter but wiry.
The prisoners we're the girl, Frank, alias
Conkey Carr, said to be the girls husband:
Albert Brown, alias Bill the Brute, and.Harry
Kingden, twenty-five years old. The latter
said he was bartender OF 1857 Third ave
nue.. The Secret Service men believed he
gave an assumed name. They say that his
father Is we'll to do.
A complete counterfeitin9pl plant was seized.
The fifty silver counterfeit dollars found by
the Secret Service men are almost perfect
imitation of the genuine coins.
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1t is u Marvellous So6.

The caslet that Nasrulla Khan presented
to Queen Victoria, from the Ameer of AZ
ghanistan, is marvel ofart. It's eighteen
inches long by fifteen inches high. 1t Is cut
from block Of lapis lazuli ami is incrusted
with large diamonds, rubies and emeraldS.
From the four top corners spring stars con-
tanning 612 Drilliants. The value of the whole
Is SS5,000.
The Queen In return SEM gold plate SER
vice anu other presents OF equal value.
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BRITISH CROPS SHORT
Drought Did Grett Dlntye to All Fool
Plants.

Drought Did Gre,t Damage to All Fool
Plants.
The first report OF British crops for this
season, printed in the London Times. shows
that the wheat acreage is some twenty per
cent. smaller than in 1891.
The drought did enormous damage to all
the fool crops. Wheat and oats mark al
even lower psrcenta ye OF condition than in
the dry season Of 1893, wheat being thres
per cent. and oats four per cent. worse.
Taxing 100 as the normal the following
figures represent the present condition Of
the different crops: Wheat. 79; barley, 89;
oats, 76; bssus, II; pea, 10: potatoes. go;
roots aud grass. 60; hops, %.
Taxing 100 as representing the area OF
crops for 1894 the acreage for 1895 Is ap-
proximate!y as follows: Wheat, 81; barley.
potatoes and hops, 10l; oats, 104; beans, 81;
peas, 81; roots, 96, and grass, los.
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Died of n Pin Prick.

The Rev. S. II. Phillips, ofDurham, Penn.
aged thlrty-one, died at st. Luke's Hospital,
Bethlehem, of blood poisoning. Six weeks
before Miss Cope, one Of his parishioners,
for Jest pricked him with Il hat pin in the
!eg. Blood poisoning followed, and to save
bis life the leg was amputated. He failed to
survive the ordeal. The young woman who
caused the preachers death is almost crazed
With grief. Mr.. Phillips was one OF the best
known Reformed clergymen in Eastern
Pennsylvania
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After toasting the

Mayor proposed the health Of the President
OF the United States. saying that it was then
given for the first time in the history OF the
Mansion House. Sir Joseph also thanked
Americans generally for the hearty welcome
thew have always given to English actors.
Mr.. Daly made brief response, and gave
way to Mr.. Bayard, who said that the center
Of the worlds hospitality was the Manson
House, and the chief host Of the world was
the Lord Mayor. He referred to his recent
visit to Denmark, where he had seen the
grave of Hamlet. One Of the greatest her'
tages OF England was Shakespeare. The
honest and honorable occupation OF Mr.
Days company was to interpret Shakes
peare, and their faithful Interpretation was
hardly less notable than their conception OF
his great plays. Mr.. Bayard toasted the
Lord Mayor and Lady Renals.
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HEAVY HAlLSToRM IN JERSEY.
Ten Inches OF Water In the Streets OF As
bury Park and Ocean Grove.

Ten Inches OF Water In the Streets OF As
bury Park and Ocean Grove.
A black cloud came up from the south
west, and within the next fifteen minutes the
rainfall was heavier at Asbury Park, N. J.
than any the oldest inhabitant remembers.
The square in front of the Postoff1ee was
flooded to the depth Of ten inches. In the
business part Of the town dry goods boxes
on the curb were foated, and were carried
down the streets by the wind. The roofs o.
the Hotels Gladstone and Grosvenor were
blown of, and house in West Park, owned
by a man named Moran, was razed.
In Ocean Grove, N. j., there was panic
among thetents. Trees were blown down ane
hailstones as big as hickory nuts fell. Chill.
,lren got empty boxes and padded up and
down Broadway. Wesley Lake overfowed
it's banks.
At Freehold lightning struck tree' nea,
the railroad tracks us train was passing,
and two passengers were made unconscious
by the shock.
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One Thousand Persons Fell.

The second floor of the Casino, at Atlantic
City, N. j., gave way. precipitatinS 1000 Of
the assemblage of $500 persons vino were In
attendance on the social session ofthe Grand
Lodge Of Elks to the floor below.
Frederick Kleoproth, a member OF Jen.
ningss Band, which was giving the music for
the exercises, was killed. Many were in.
jured. One report had it that between sixty
and seventy who we're hurt were taken to
hotels and homes Of friends. Twelve were
taken to the City Hospital.
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WAS: Henry NJ. Stanley. Urionst. 2STs; C.
P. Trevclyn, Liberal. 2473. Unionist ma
jority. 405; gnin. 535. The bulletin announc-
ing Henry NJ. Stanley's election was re-
ceived in London with Kisses and cries Of
professional politician"
John Burns was the only Labor candidate
elected; and that. too, with Il falling OF OF
more than Il thousand votes. keir Hardie.
the notorious labor agitator, tailed to br re-
turned from the South Division of West Ham.
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ISSUING GOLD CERTIFICATES.
The Public Prefers to Use Paper Instead @
Either of tho Metals.

The Public Prefers to Use Paper Instead o,
Either of the Metals.
The United States Treasury Department
has resumed the issue OF gold certificates.
which was suspended while the gold reserve
was below $780, 900. Since June25 last
when the gold reserve again became intact:
the Treasury has issued about $4,000 Solc
certificates on gold presented mostly al
United States mints.
There are now outstanding S4S,376, 900 II
gold certificates, with 3172, $50 in the Treas
ury, the remainder being in circulation.
Gold certificates are regarded as the most
convenient form of gold money, and most ol
these certificates are held by National banks
as part of their lawful reserve.
Silver certificates are in circulation in pre-
ference to the silver dollars. Only $4,000.
900 silver dollars are in circulation, whereas
more than eight times that amount OF silver
certificates are in daily use. the silver IN
bullion being stored In the vaults OF the
Treasury
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WHEAT BADLY INJURED,
The Crop Damaged One-Thirl in West
Minnesota and South Dakota.

1Ho CKOP "3HKh-e" Vfo- ffFf' I0 "e7t
Minnesota and South Dakota.
Reports from half dozen counties OF
Western Minnesota and as many more South
Dakota border counties are to the effect that
there is a protracted drought in that region,
and wheat has already been damaged at
least thirty-.hree per cant. Inmauy places,
which Il few waskS ago promised enormous
yields. there will not be more than five to six
bushels Of wheat to the acra.
Charles A. Plllsbury said thai two weeks
ago he placed the wheat yield OF Minnesota
and the Dakotas at 140. 900. .00) bushels. He
now places it at not over 125. .000 900 bushels.
and said that he would not bs surprise | il
the yield was not more than lis, 900, ,00)
bushels-the same rs last year. Part oftnis,
however, he said, was due to shortage in
fhe
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-31
A Novelty in Missions.

A novelty in religious missions in the East
End OF London is free smoking services. The
invitations to these services run. 1T you
want free smoke, come Sunday to Chrss
Church" free cup OF tea and tobacco are
given. and as general thing the recipients
OF the invitations accept them.
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Lost Oh Her Trial Trip.

The Yacht Arctic. built at South Haven,
Mich, BY Coates Il Stillson, for Il. s. Tits
worth, started for Saugatuck with the owner
and builders on board. About two miles OUT
the little vessel capsizsd and sank at once
with the three men. The lifesaring crew put
out at once on a mission of rescue, but found
only q cap. All three OF the men drowned
have families
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GREATER THAN STEAM.
Successful Trial of the Big Electric Motor
i'm Baltimore.

The officials of the Belt Line Railroad,
Baltimore, Md, are iubilant over the sue
,essful test OF their giant electric motor.
The result leads the authorizes to believe
that the days of the steam locomotive are
numbered.
The electric motor left the Camden (Md.
station and entered the tunnel drawing 49,.
WOO tons in the shape OF twenty-three cars
and two banked engines. and the trip was
made in five minutes, or at the rate Of seven
teen miles an hour. It required two steam
locomotives to draw the same train after
TarLs.
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Brought In His Dead.

Peter Winter, farmer living near Bridge
port. Conn, having in dispute killed Will
liam Butler, one Of his helpors, placed the
corpse in carriage, and, accompanied by
the dead mans mother and brothers, drove
to the city and surrendered himself to the
| n0ljca
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MILITIA WE'RE coWAaDLY.
They Sat in the Court House and Let o
Mob Lynch Man.

They Sat In the Court House ana Let
Mob Lynch a Man.
The Grand Jury will take cosnlzances Of
the mob that took the colored man, BOZ
Haggard, from the Jail at Winchester, Ky..
and hanged him to a railroad trestle at the
edge of town. None of the mob was masked
and Identification will ie an easy matter.
The leader was an ex-Confederate soldier Of
Morgan's command and one OF the most de-
termined men in Eastern Kentucky. His
commands were obeyed by the mob, which
was orderly in every respect.
Company A, Second Regiment, Kentucky
State Guard, Captain Henry Strother, had
been ordered out by Sheriff Hodgins, and
when the mob went to the jail and demanded
the prisoner they sat in the Court House ad
joining and allowed the lynching to take
place. Haggard was accused ola attempted
assault upon Myrtle Elkin, niece OF the man
for whom he worked.
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bohemian Priest Arrested.

Among the Czechs who recently went ovel
from the United States to visit the Prague Ex.
hibition was Bohemian priest, who has
Just been arrested by the Austrian military
authorities at Pisek upon the charge oil
desertion and handed over to his regiment.
The priest forwarded protest to the United
States Consul ut Vienna.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-31
Michigan Miners on Strike.

Every iron mine in IshpeminS and Negau'
nee, Mich. shut down because thres thousand
men went on strike. II was decided to re
main out until tho mining companies ad
vaneed the pay of the miners to 81 day.
and that OF !aborerS to S1.75.
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On Fire In lIil-Ocean,

Fire was discovered in the hold Of the
steamship Normandie, Of the French line,
while in mid-ocean en-route for New York.
Il was extinguished after desperate fight
OF fifteen hours, although many tons OF cargo
were DESTROYED. One seaman was killed by
an explosion Of coal gas.
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HENRY M. STANLEY ELECTED!

The African Explorer Returned p Member
OF the British Parliament.
The British Parliamentary elections show
Unionist gains. Among the Unionist candi-
dates to be elected was Henry NJ. Stanley.
the African explorer, who defeated Mr.. Ire
ve!yan, tho Liberal candidate in the north
division Of Lambeth. II tho last gen.
eral election Mr.. Stanley was candidate,
but was rather Lady defeated. The vote
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Bismarck Endows tho AgrarIan League.
Prince Bismarck hos endowed the Berlin
Home Of the Aerarian League with the
money collected on the anniversary Of his
eighsieth birthday.
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Isicyc,es Forty Miles a Day.

Thomas Longstretch, residing at Bristol,
Penn, is employed in big Office building
in Philadelphia. He rides to aad from the
office every day on his wheel, distance OF
forty miles
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Philanthropic Patriots.

Several Western towns dispensed with
their intended Fourth OF July celebration
this year and devoted the money which
would have been spent TO assisting the des'
titute Of their respective vicinities.
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Tho postlna, ter Enbezz.el $1,000.

William F. Weeks. Postmaster at Harris
horne, Indian Territory, has been arrested
for ombezzling about $1,000 OF money order
funds. He failed to make returns ot money
orders for long period.
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Burglars Held Citizens at Bay.
Four armed burglars held at bay residents
of Norfolk, Conn.,, and, robbing safe, made
their escape.
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Amonsthosep pres
ent were Thomas F.
Baynrd, U n i t g d
States Ambassador,
and Mr.. Carter, his
Private Secretary !;
Mr.. Patrick A. Col
Inns, Judge DAILY,
Mr.. and Mrs. Beer
bohm Tree, Charles
Wyndham a n d
Ellen Terry.
The Lord Mayor
escorted Ada Rehn
and Mr.. Bayatd led
Lady Renals to her
seat.
hftarfoactino the