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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-20
The Labor World.

CHIEF NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR WILSON worked
in the Navy Yard when boy.
SEVEN lives were sacrificed through the re-
cent trolley strike in Brooklyn.
The New jersey Assembly passed bill
abolishing the State Board OF Arbitration.
THE convention in Columbus. Ohio, of the
United Mine Workers have adjourned sine
die.
THE Galveston (Texas) cotton mill oper-
atives, nearly 500 strong, have gone out On
strike.
THE Parthenon and the Temple Of Theseus
in Athens have been badly damaged by an
earthquake.
MANCHESTER, England, has voted, through
its Town Council, million dollars for
technical school.
TIE Brooklyn Firemen;s Union has fined
one Of its members IS for riding on boy
cotted trolley car.
WHILE the London artisan works only fifty
four hours per week, the London shop girl
works eighty-one hours. Efforts are making
10 reduce the hours Of the latter to at least
twelve Der day. e.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-20
A WESTERN NIAGARA.
Artificial Falls to Be Made to Secure Hy-
draulic Power.

Artificial Falls to Be Made to Secure Hy-
drau1ic Power.
An immense electric power house next in
size to the Niagara Falls plant is to be built
this year In the Stuck Valley, ten miles east
or Tacoma, Wash. To carry out the project
the White River Water Power Company,
with capital Of $2,000,0e0. has been tncor-
porated under the laws Of New Jersey. Water
power Is to be secured by tapping the White
River below Buckley, from which by sim
pie conveyance Of an open ditch 1t will be
carried to Lake Tappa, near Sumner, which
will be utilized as storage reservoir. The
lake Is three miles long and third Of amlle
wide and 100 feet deep.
From the end Of the lake. by flume over
q natural grade, the water is to be diverted
to the edge Of the bluff overhanging Stuck
Valley, giving fall of 400 to 500 feet to the
power house, where will be located gener-
ator capable Of developing $4,000 horse
power without counting the surplus power
stored in Lake Tappa, by the use of which
$4,000 horse power can be developed.
It Is calculated that Tacoma and Seattle
can use 5000 horse power, and other towns
5000, leaving 1900 horse power to meet the
natural growth of the two cities. An expert
has pronounced the scheme feasible.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-20

an active candidate tor fifteen months, and It
was his friends In the main who secured the
election Of the present Governor of Georgia,
W. Y. Atkinson.
Senator Bacon is a man of fifty and has
been prominent in politics nearly all of his
life. He was defeated for the Governorship
once by the late Alexander II. Stephens,
again by II. D. Mcdaniel and again by Sen
ator John B. Gordon. Twice he seemed to
have the gubernatorial prize in his hands,
but it was wrested from him. He was Speak
er of the State House OF Representatives sew
eral years ago, but after his defeat by Sena-
tor Gordon for the Governorship practically
retired from politics until he entered the
Legislature last session with the expressed
purpose of capturing the senarorship. Major
Bacon is successful lawyer and man Of
fine ability. He at one time was general at
torney for the East Tennessee, Virginia and
and Georgia Railroad. but resigned this po-
sition and was apronounced anti-corporation
legislator at the last session. He Is man Of
considerable means, comes Of an old South
ern family and probably knows more poll
ticians than any other public man in Geor-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-20
SHOOTS THREE; KILLS TWO.
C. b. Shorts Commits Murder to Get
Twonty Thousand Dollars.

G. Il. Shorts Commits Murder to Get
Twonty Thousand Dollars.
John 10y, clerk. and Maxim Leboeuf.
watchman for the Montreal (Canada) Cotton
Company, were shot and killed at Valley
Field, Quebec, and Hugh Wilson, another
clerk, was shot and perhaps fatally wounded.
The assassin Is C. R. Shorts, formerly private
secretary to the manager Of the company,
but recently discharged on account Of irregu.
lar habits.
Between 10 and II o'clock p. M,
while Paymaster Lowe, assisted by
Clerks 10y and Wilson, was making up
the pay envelopes In the Office, Shorts
came in and Was ordered to leave. Be-
coming enraged. he grabbed loaded
revolver from the paymaster's desk
and began firing. Wilson fell, wounded.
Lowe called loudly for help, and toy stepped
to the telephone to summon assistance
Night Watchman Leboeuf rushed In just in
time to see 10y fall, shot in the back. and
Lowe slip into the vault with the money tray
In his hands, pulling the door shut after him.
When Shorts saw two victims writhing on
the floor he looked for a third and, taking
deliberate aim at Leboeuf, shot him down.
he died shortly afterwards.
Then the murderer threw up his hands and
surrendered to the police who had arrived
on the scene. 1t appears that robbery, and
not revenge, was his principal motive.
There was over $20, 900 In the Office which he
hoped to get, but he was baked by the quick
action Of Mr.. Lowe In entering the vault and
turning the lock. Shorts Is an Englishman.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-20
EXPLOSION o? NATURAL GAS.

4 Business Block in Anderson, Ind,
Blown Up and Scattered Over Town.
The most destructive natural gas eIplo-
sion in the history Of the Indiana gas belt
occurred at Anderson, Ind, a few mornings
ago. A seventy-Ave thousand dollar busi-
ness block on the Court House square was
blown over all the central parts of the city.
In the building were the When clothing
stores, Prather's shoe store, Hadley's drug
store. and large number of business offices
and halls on the upper floor.
Fire followed the explosion, which was like
an earthquake, and the remains Of the debris
began burning f1ercely. The entire fire de-
partment was called out and prevented the
fre from reaching the new Court House.
Attorney Ballard and County Commission
or Metcalf lived in rooms above the When
store, and it was feared they persisted.
The loss on the building and contents is
total, and will reach 100000. The fronts Of
all business houses in the neighborhood Of
the explosion we're demolished, paved streets
ripped open and telephone cables torn down.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-20
WILSON IN THE CABINET.
Cleveland Nominates the Tariff Re-
former for Postmaster-GeneraI.
SENATE PROMPTLY CONFIRMS.

Tho President Sends to the Senate the
Name Of the West Virginia Congress
man--He Was Chairman OF the House
Ways and Means CommIttee--Sketch
ofHis Civil and Political Career.
The nomination of William Lyme Wilson,
of West Virginia, as Postmaster-G General, to
succeed Mr.. Bissell, was sent to the Senate
by President Cleveland on the day after the
resignation Of the latter was filed with him.
Senator Faulkner. Of West Virginia, was
presiding over the Senate when the nomina-
ton Of Mr.. Wilson was received. He spoke
in very complimentary terms OF Mr.. Wilson,
as did Senators Voorhees, and Villas. In ex-
ecutive session the nomination was referred
to the Committee on Postoff1ces and Post
roads, and Immediately reported back favor
ably.
Mr.. Wilson will not assume the duties OF
his new Office until April l. He said he had
decided to spend the time between March 4
and that date in seeking q needed improve
ment In his health. He still suffers from the
severe strain incident to the preparation and
passage of the Tariff bill, and after rest at
his home in Charleston w. Va, he will go
to New York as the guest Of his intimate
friend, Congressman Isidor Straus.
Mr.. Wilson has for years been on intimate
terms with the President, and his speeches
in the House have always been accepted as
voicing the sentiments of the Adm1nistra-
ton.
On the day following Mr. Wilson's nomina-
tion it was confirmed by the Senate in ex
ecutive session. The motion for confrma-
ton was made by Senator Faulkner, to whom
the privilege was conceded on account Of the
fact that he represents Mr.. Wilson's State in
the Senate
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-20
PROPOSED MONEY CONFERENCE.
All Delegates Appointed by Congress Save
One Are Silver Men, 3

All Delegates Appointed by Congress Save
One Are Silver Men.
The text Of the amendment to the Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill reiatingto the 1ntert-
national Monetary Conference, as finally
passed by both houses Of Congress In its
closing hours, Is as follows:
"That whenever the President OF the Uni
ted States shall determine that the United
States should be represented at any tnterna-
tional conference called with view to BE-
cure, internationally, fxity Of relative
value between gold and silver, as money,
by means Of common ratio between
those metals, with free mintage at such
ratio, the United States shall be rep
resented at such conference by nine
President of the United States shall select
three Of said delegates; the Senate shall 80
lect three members Of the Senate as dele
gates; and the Speaker Of the House OF Rep
resentatives shall select three members OF the
House elected to the Fifty-fourth Congress
as delegates. II at any time there shall be
any vacancy, such vacancy shall pe
filled by the President OF the
United States. And for the compensation OF
said delegates, together with all reasonable
expenses connected Herewith, to be ap-
proved by the Secretary OF State, including
the proportion to be paid by the United
States OF the joint expense Of such confer.
ence, the sum Of 100000, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, is hereby appropr-i
ated."
The Senate selected Senators Teller (Rep.,
Col }, Jones (Dem., Ark and Daniel Dem,
Va.), as delegates to the proposed confer
.ence. All are friends OF silver coinage.
The House of Representatives without
dissenting voice and with great enthusiasm,
tive Bailey (Dem., Tex asking Speaker Crisp
to designate himself as one Of the three dele
gates to the conference on the part Of the
House. The Speaker later in the day desig-
mated himself and Messrs. Culberson Oem.,
Tex and Hit (Rep., H. as the delegates
for the House. The last-nsmed Is the only
one Of the Congressional delegation not In
favor of free silver. ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-20
A GREAT PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Tho Astor and Lenox and Tilden Trust
Combined in New York City.
The final disposition Of the Samuel J. TIL
den Trust Fund has been decided upon, and
announcement Of the plan, which involves
the creation of great popular library in
New York City, has been made.
This plan provides for the consolidation OF
the Astor and Lenox Libraries, the Tilden
Fund and the private library Of the late
Samuel J. T1lden into one great organization,
comprising collection of more than 45e,-
900 bound volumes, an immense number
of rare and valuable pamphlets, and includ-
ing property aud endowments amounting to
more than SS, ,000, 600. The new library will
be known as the "Public Library of the City
Of New York, Astor, Lenox. and Tilden
Foundations"
The union of the two most important
libraries Of the city Of New York, and the
alliance with them Of the Tilden Trust and
the funds and library under its control will
complete, perhaps, the greatest educational
movement ever attempted in the interests OF
the citizens of New York.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-20
VALUE OF OUR FORESTS.

They Are Worth More Than the Gold, Sill
yer and Copper Deposits.
Professor Fernow, Chief of the Division Of
Forestry of the Department of Agriculture.
appeared before the House Agriculture Com
mittee and advocated the passage Of the bill
for the creation of college of instruction in
forestry, and to require course Of instruc-
ton in the principles Of forestry in all agri.
cultural colleges.
The forests Of the United States, he said,
were more valuable than the silver, gold
and copper resources of the country, being
valued at S1,000.000,000. From fifty to
seventy-hve per cent. Of this great domain
had already been exhausted, and unless the
people are educated within the next twenty
years to use the timber properly and not
destroy its reproduction, the land would be-
denuded of timber.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-20
Ont of the Common Run.

Three wild men" are reported by fright
ened sheep herder in Brewster County
Texas.
An oak tree has been found near Junction
City, Ky, whose bark at point, twenty-five
feet above the ground, forms likeness Of
Abraham Lincoln.
In the sunny South-in Mayleld, Ky, to
be more precise-Dr. John Dotson has recent
ly had one arm and leg amputated because
they were frozen.
Walter Wright, an inmate of the Soldiers
Home at Waupaca, Wis, was thrown down
in q scufle with another poor old vet.
The jar displaced silver plate set In
his skull during the war and he became in
sane at once. ...-..-.----...
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-20
AN AMERICAN COUNTESS.

naan in New York City.
In New York City, Miss Anna Gould,
second daughter Of the late Jay Gould, and
heiress 70 over $15, ,0o0, 900 Of his wealth, was
united in matrimony to Count Boniface de-
Castellane, SON of the Marquis de Castellanej
Of France. The ceremony was performed. at
the residence of the brides brother, George
Gould, at Fifth avenue and sixty-seventk
street, and took place In the presence OF the
families 81 both the high contracting parties
and about 100 invited guests. The religious
ceremony was followed, a few hours after,
ward. by a civil marriage, performed at the
Gould mansion by Judge Andrews, OF the Su-,
preme Court. !
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-20
NEW CHWANC Is CAPTURED.

Japan Takes China's Big Town in Man
churia After Hard Fighting.
A despatch from General Nodzu, of the
Japanese forces, dated at Hai-Cheng, China
gives this information:
"As arranged, the army attacked New
Chwang The fighting began at 10 o'clock in
the morning. Both divisions had entered thd
city by noon. Part OF the enemy had fed tt
Yingkao, but the greater part still occupied
the houses and streets and obstinately resist
cd the japanese troops.
''The street fighting was desperate, but tho
Japanese won their way gradually street by
street, until by II O'Clock in the evening they
had completely routed the enemy.
: The Chinese left behind 1880 killed and
wounded, 600 prisoners, eighteen guns and
great quantities of rifles, ammunition, BAN
ners and provisions. The japanese loss was
somewhat above 200 killed and wounded
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-20
Cuban Rebels Captured.

The Government troops In Cuba have cap
tured the whole insurgent band under the
command of Antonio Lopez Coloms, who
headed the uprising at Ybarra, in the Matan-
zas district. The prisoners have been conveyed
to Matanzas. Antonio Carbelo, a Havana tai
lor, was overtaken by troops at Yaguaramas,
near Yaguey- -Grande. He was carrying arms
and displayed revolutionary emblems. As
he refused to surrender, he was shot dead.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-20
TORTURED BY MASKED ROBBERS.
Burglars Get $4,000 by Roasting a Man
and Wife Over the Flames.

News of robbery. accompanied by flend-
ish torture, inflicted on Mr.. and Mrs. John
Schonbrlch, residents of the little town of
Al, west of Toledo, Ohio, has been received.
Between $4,000 and $4,000 in cash was taken
by the robbers Schonbrich was suspected
of having large amount Of money hidden
in his house.
The place was entered by four masked
men. A demand was made on the old man
for his money, and upon his refusal to tell
the hiding place the robbers roasted his legs
over the flames.
When the agony became unbearable he
told where $1,000 was concealed. His wife
was subjected to the same cruel treatment.
and she finally told her torurers where
$4,000 to $4,000 could be found in barrel OF
salted meat
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-20
TEN THOUSAND ON STRIKE.
Miners in the PIttsburg District Go Out
En- Masse.

Ten thousand railroad miners in the Pitts
burg District struck for an advance Of four
teen cents per ton, or sixty-nine cents, the
Columbus agreement. A secret circular was
sent out ordering the strike. The operators
and miners held separate secret sessions.
The action was unexpected, and bore out
the threat Of the district officials that the
operators would not have twenty-four hours
notice in which to prepare for the suspen-
sion. Ten thousand men were affected.
When the convention adjourned every dele
gate having telegraphic communication with
his constituency obeyed instructions, and
wired home that the strike was on.
It was stated that not another ounce Of
coal would be mined in the communities so
notified until the sixty-nine cent rate was
recognized. The sentiment was for the abro-
gated scale price, and no compromise. The
plan was laid in convention to notify or con-
fer with the association Of operators, but the
demand for an immediate strike was so
strong that it was ordered, and all other mat
tiers pertaining to it were lost sight Of.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-20
Hawaii Commutes Death Sentences.

Ha"HH COmmutes DeHtH StnteHces'
The most important news brought to San
Francisco, CAL, by the last steamer from
Honolulu, Hawaii, is the Communication of the
sentences of r. W. Wilcox, W. T. Seward,
C. T. Guick and W. H. Rickard (wno
planned the revolutionary movement
and who were condemned to DEATH to i'm
prisonment at hard labor for thirty-hve years
and the payment OF fine of $4,000 each.
Their penal terms date from January %.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-20
Old But Lively,

T. B. Williams, Of Fort Scott, Kan, has
Just been admitted to the Bar at sixty.
The Rev. John McCloud, of Remsen's Cor
ners, Ohio, is still preaching at ninety-ave.
The mother Of D. L. Moody, the evan
selist, is still living in Norhae!d, Mass. aged
ninety.
Uncle John Walker. Of Pipe County
Illinois, is dead now, bat he was lively a
hundred years and more. He was born
slave, bought his freedom in 1885. moved to
Missouri to follow his wife and children, who
had been taken there by their master, bought
them three years later. and died a wealthy
nna
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-20
Fatal Election Riots in Brazil.

Advices from Rio de Janeiro are to the
effect that serious election riots have oc-
CURED in the State of Pernambuco. Senior
Jose Marie, manager Of the journal La Pro-
vincia, was killed. The commander OF
regiment at San Pablo attempted to foment
rising in favor Of ex-President ''Peixoto, but
the plot failed. The Government has issued
orders fort arrest of the leaders, and they
will be severely punished.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-20
Zinc Production.

An official statement of the United States
geological survey shows that during the cal
endar year 1894 the total product OF zinc
(spelter) was 75, 1928 short tons, decrease OF
1904 tons from the previous year, due to In
dustrial depression. Kansas shows an IN
crease OF 2773 tons, while all other States
shoW decreases
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-20
A Cure for Insanity.

Professor Wagner, of Vienna University,
has expounded cure for insanity TO the
Medical Society. He injects Koch's tuber-
culine, causing fever. after which the ill.,
sanity urninished. He repeated tho treat
ment a few times, each injection lessening
the insanity until eventually 1t vanished.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-20
New Insults offered the Cow.

State Food Commissioner Mcneil, OF Ohio,
is taking steps to stop the making Of artificial
milk at Conneaut. He has obtained the for
mula of q preparation consisting Of saleratus,
elycerine, saltpetre, common salt, sodium
phosphate and sugar. which, added to
gallon of water and gallon of milk, makes
two gallons of the artificial stuff.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-20
Tho President Goes Duck Hunting.

President Cleveland. accompanied by DR..
O'Reilly and others, started from Washing
ton on his trip down the Potomac after
ducks, on the lighthouse tender Violet. The
Violet is to make her regular tour of inspoc-
tion in the lighthouse district. including the
sounds of North Carolina. The President
was accompanied by DR.. OReilly. his physi.
clan; Commander George De F. Wilde. Naval
Secretary of the Lighthouse Board, and Com
mander Benjamin P. Lamberton, Inspector
of the Washing gton lighthouse district. Tnetrip
was planned to last for week or ten days.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-20
CHINESE DEFEATED AGAIN.
Beaten by the Japs With Heavy Loss ut
Ta-Ping Shan.

A despatch from Toxic, japan. says
Field Marshal Oyamn reports that thu
First Division Of the Japanese army abou,
kaiping, China, defeated the enemy near Ta-
Ping-Shan. In the afternoon If the same
day force of about $4,000 OF the enemy.
with twenty guns, began an attack from Pei
maitaz, Tonchaotz, and Faoymamaim. After
a heavy cannonade We attacked their centre
at 8 o'clock in the afternoon and repulsed
them, driving them toward Kingcow. Our
loss was twenty killed and $50 wounded, in
Guiding seven officers. The enemy lost 200
killed. The number Of their wounded Is I'M
known. The natives state that thu Chinese
came IN full force, 10000 strong"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-20
Chicago's Incompetent Police.

Chet Brennan issued an order dlschargng
2ll patrolmen from Chicago's policr forcr.
This wholesale dismissal was the result of
the finding Of Messrs. John W. Ella, Harry
Rubens and John ". Hamline, who COMPOSE
Mayor Hopkins Police Commission and who
conducted civil service examination.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-20
THE AEaoLlTE MADE THEM DODGE.
It Exploded With Terrific Force Over Reno
New, Shaking Buildings.

At5a. m. an immense aerolite shot out Of
che northern heavens and seemingly passed
over Reno, Nev. 1t exploded with terrific
force, shaking the buildings and awakening
;he people. Those who saw it describe it as
magnificent sight, lighting up the heavens
and earth in all directions. 1t was accom-
panied by rushing. whirrinS noise, like that
Of a tornado. People on the streets involun-
tarily lodged. The explosion was not heard
for about two minutes after it had disap-
peared.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-20
Eating Horse Flesh In Kansas.

B. ". Hyatt, of Western Kansas. who is
soliciting aid for sufferers in that section,
says the people of Montgomery and neigh
boring counties are eating horse flesh, not
being able to get other food.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-20
Car Fender Problem Solved.

Baltimore, in January, obliged its surface
transit companies to adopt car fender
which has already been instrumental In say.
ing the lives Of ten pedestrians.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-20
A Revenue Cutters Precious Salvage.

One United States revenue cutter, the
Crawford, has given good account Of itself
and proved its public usefulness. It was
cruising in chesapeake Bay during ;he re-
vessels and 139 lives.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-20
Seven Day Adventists for Africa.

One hundred missionaries were given
credentials and fifty persons were licensed
to preach at the session OF the general con-
ference of the Seven Day Adventists, at
Battle Creek. Mich. The missionaries will
60 to South Africa.