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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-13
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

TIE Queen of England has royal income
Of about 90, 900, 900 year.
TIE Rev. Samuel F. Smith, wrote "My
Country IT'S OF Thee in 1882.
GLADSTONE is soon to resume his seat IN
the British House OF Commons.
EDISON has no use for overcoats, and never
wears one, no matter what the weather may
be.
DE-. ALFRED L. LOOMS. the famous New
York physician, died a few days ago from
pneumonia.
The literary earnings Of Robert Louis
Stevenson In the last eight years were not
less than 100000.
THE Emperor Of China has issued'a' 'manifes-
to In which he says he prefers death to the
disgrace Of defeat.
GOVERNOR UPaAM, Of Wisconsin, Is said to
have been robbed OF diamond at his first
official reception.
COLONEL SHERv1NdroS, Scotcaman, is
now at the head OF the Hova army hShtln2
the French In Madagascar.
MISS ELIZABETH BRAY DOWNING, the sweet
heart OF Poet Whittier. died after brief Ill
ness at. West Newbury, Mass
EX-SENATOR JACOB H. GALLINdER, OF New
Hampshire, used to work as compostor and
reporter on CINCINNATI paper.
The new President OF France is an uncle
OF E. ]. Faure, who was at one time editor
OF the Augusta (Ga. } Evening News.
QUEEN V1cToR1A's eyesight has become
much worse, and she will be attended by an
oculist from Wiesbaden during her sojourn
at Nice.
An interesting sight to promenaders In
the Thiergarten OF Berlin one day recently
was the spectacle OF the Emperor snow
balling with his two eldest sons.
GOVERNOR MORTON, of New York, believes
in having some time 10 attend to his busl-
ness undsturbed, and has given orders that
ND ono shall be admitted to his Office be-
tween 10 and 1.
LEE MANTLE, the new Republican Senator
from Montana, was born in England forty.
one years ago. He was farm hand and
then telegraph operator in this country be-
fore he made money in mining and real es-
tate.
w. A. CLARKE. the Montana mine owner,
Is building million dollar palace In New
York. His fortune Ia estimated at from
S2O, ,00O, 900 to $40, 100000. Thirty years ago
Mr.. Clarke arrived In Montana with PICK
on his shoulder.
DR.. TALmAaE was sixty-three years old the
other day, and declared that he had never
felt better In his life. The secret OF his good
health, he said, was proper care. Since
eighteen he has never missed a cold bath IN
the morning, run in the parks and walk
in the sun except when circumstances aoso-
lutely prevented.
COLONEL W. SEWARD WEBB's uniform rs
Aide-de-Camp on the staff of Governor
Woodbury., OF Vermont, has been completed. (.
and was worn by him at the ball Of the Old
Guard in New York City. 1t cost $500. The
braid is of gold, and the lace came direct
from Paris. The sword is a Damascus blade,
has diamond in the hilt, AMI cost the Colo
onel 5000.
TIE Sultan of Turkey has been the means
of establishing 50, 900 schools throughout his
which is striking departure from the ira
ditional usage Of his race. He rises at 8
o'clock every morning, and devotes his
days, in the seclusion OF his palace and his
gardens, to personal attention to the al
fairs of state laid before him by his minis
tors.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-13
Foreign.

tOrelSns
PRINCE AR1sUaAMA, Chief Of the general
staff Of Japan's army, is dead.
The barge Petrol, loaded with Government
stores, consisting chiefly Of ammunition for
Nordenfeldt and Gatling guns, blew up near
Gravesend, England. She had crew OF hye
men, and not trace Of any OF them could be
found.
GUATEMALA instructed her envoy in Mexico
to make concessions II he could get no
further delay.
A BODY Of Chinese infantry has been re-
pulsed by the Japanese in Manchuria with
loss of one hundred men, and General Nodzu
Is about to be attacked at Raiping by force
of eleven thousand Chinese.
M. DE G1ERs. Russian Minister Of Foreign
Affairs, is dead. He would have been seven
ty-flve years old next May. He was the
descendant of Swedish colonel in the army
of King Charles XII. Of Sweden, and had
Finnish blood in his veins.
EMPEROR WILLIAM 'signalized his thirty
sixth birthday by lavishing praise upon the
German ARMY. Many German princes were
In Berlin. The city was in holiday dress, and
the week was crowded with festivities.
CHINESE official accounts reported two at
tacks on Wei-Hai-Wei, in which the Japanese
were repulsed; China was said to be nego.
tiating for loan OF SIS, 100000.
BRAZILIAN troops were routed by the re-
bells, and there are almost daily riots IN Rio
de Janeiro.
THE Chinese peace ENJOYS arrived at Kobe,
Japan.
AMERICAN flag designs, bearing an appea
for annexation to the United States, were
posted all over st. Johns. Newfoundland.
M. FAURE, President of France. was an
rested at Paris by sentry, who did not rec
ognize him.
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THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Eastern and Middle States


TIE Chamber of Commerce, of New York
City, at one Of the largest meetings ever held,
recommended that Congress Immediately give
the!Secretary Of the Treasury authority to
issue bonds, payable only in gold, to main
tain the gold reserve and to retire legal-ten-
der notes, currency reform to be left to COM
mission of experts.
In New York City Bond -Forger Quigley was
sentenced to fifteen years and six months
Imprisonment by Recorder GOT. Sarah Sill
bermeister got twenty-five years and Louis
Rothman fifteen years for setting fire to
house.
AT Lawrence, Mass. Walter P. Wright and
his wife, both about thirty years old, were
found dead in bed in their room. There was
bullet-hole In the head OF each, and the re-
yolver with which the shooting was done lay
between the bodies Wright killed his. wife
and then committed suicide.
The worst blizzard for two years, so far as
damage Is concerned, prevailed in Northern
and Western New York. Snowstorms ragged
at Dunkirk, Lockport, Ogdensburg, Rondout
and Watertown.
G. F. AND E. j. BRANDT, who say they are
sons of the Mayor of Wonewac, Wis, were
"buncoed'' out OF $3.50. They went to Pough-
keepsie to buy $2500 In greenbacks for $3.50.
When they arrived at Newburg, N. Y, they
discovered that their handbag was filled
with sawdust.
GOVERNOR BROWN. of Rhode Island, de-
livered his inaugural address at Providence.
The Legislature passed bill prohibiting
poolselling in the State.
JUSTICE GAYNoR issued an order to show
cause why peremptory writ Of mandamus
should not be issued to compel the Atlantic
Avenue Railroad Company, of Brooklyn, to
give the service it gave prior to the strike.
Warrants charging President Norton and Su-
perintendent Quinn with misdemeanors in
violating the ten-hour law were issued.
PRESIDENT ELIOT, of Harvard, said in his
annual address at Cambridge, Mass, that
football had degenerated so as to be q game
Unfit for colleges.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-13
pEsTiTUTIoN IN WISCONSIN.
An Appeal From Owners Of Cranberry
Marshes That Were Ruined by Fire. 6

An Appeal From Owners OF Cranberry
Marshes That Were Ruined by Fire.l &
An appeal for aid Is being sent out from
Cranberry Center, a station on the North
western Road in Wisconsin, for the relief OF
families OF owners Of cranberry marshes
which were destroyed by forest fires last fall
The owners OF these marshes, who a few
years ago were well-to-do, have, by failure OF
crops and loss of marshes and buildings,
been reduced to poverty and are now dest-
tute. ~
The territory burned over is In the coun-
ties Of Juneau, Monroe, Jackson and Wood
It includes the best marshes in the State, and
lands that were formerly worth S100 an acre
can now be bought for 81 per acre. In 1898
10000 barrels Of cranberres were shipped
from Cranberry Center, while this year the
total number shipped was only lis. -.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-13
long Island Flooded.

From Montauk Point to North Beach Long
Island was inundated by an extraordinary
high tide Villages were almost set aioat
and streets and avenues were Transformed
into miniature rivers and torrents. Villages
and low land along the Sound sncre suffered
extensively. Fences, piers and light
frame buildings were doated of by the high
waters, and many vessels anchored near tine
shore were carried inland. Fishing stations
suffered, and small craft of ali descriptions
were foated from their moorings and badly
dnmaged.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-13
Killed by a Gasoline Explosion.

An explosion occurred at the Orphans
Home, Logansport, Ind, in which Willie
Bush, aged nine years, was killed, and his
brother, eleven years old, was fatally burned.
The boys attempted to light fire with Sasoc-
line. The explosion caused a stampede
among the other children, but order was
finally restored. Willie Bush's clothes were
burned from his body and his body burned to
q orion
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-13
Killed by n Sparrow.

Two sons Of Charles Moore. living eight
miles from Baltimore, nd. captured an
English sparrow. They took the bird home
fo- their baby sister. Ida. On being released
the sparrow flew savagsly at the child and
seized her lower lip. The mother endeavored
to get the sparrow away. Before this could
be done the bird had to be killed and the
beak pried open with pincers. Blood poison
ing set in and the little one soon died.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-13
Senator Gerry Reelected.

In separate sessions of the Houses OF the
Arkansas Legislature at Little Rock the bal
loting for United States Senator resulted:
Sena.e-James H. Berry Dem.), 26; W. M.
Fishback (Dem.). 3; F. r. Remmel (Rep.) }, l.
House-Jamas H. Berry (Dem.), 70; W. NJ.
Fishback (Dem.). /; W. B. Parks (Pop.), 9.
The election of Berry was declared in joint
session at noon next day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-13
MINERS IN A RIOT.

Fifteen Men Killed In a General Fight at
Ocatlan, Mexico.
A serious riot occurred on Monday at
Ocatlan. Mexico The miners who were
working in the rival mines became involved
in an alteration, which soon became gen.
eral fight The police were sent for, and
with great difficulty restored peace. After
the excitement had quieted down it was dis
covered that fifteen men had been killed and
thirty-tive badly wounded. The men fought
with mining tools, stilettos and anything
they could secure. Over one hundred mirars
have been arrested and placed in iail.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-13

Anarchists Expelled From Switzerland.
Eighteen Italian anarchists Of Lugano, one
Of the three capitals of the canton of Ticino,
who have been engaged in smuggling anar'
ohist literature in Italy, have been expelled
from Switzerland.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-13
A Poultry Show.

The sixth annual exhibition OF the New
York Poultry and Pigeon Association (ltm-
ited) opened at Madison Square Garden, New
York City, with large attendance. More
than 5000 birds were displayed. representing a
larger variety, 1t is said. than were ever De-
fore exhibited in the city.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-13
YOUNG SKATERS DROWNED.
They Lose Their Lives in the Presence OF
200 Spectators.

A distressing drowning accident occurred
on North Watuppa Pond, near Fall River,
Mass. A row of electric lights had
been erected on the pond for the con-
venience and safety OF the skaters, but some
Of them went out.
\ party of High School scholars were
skating on the pond, among them George
Fisher and Susie Terry, each aged fifteen
years. The two were skating toward West
port, but owing to the darkness they did not
notice where they were untisthey went into
the open channel. They were drowned In
the presence Of about 700 skaters, mostly
young people.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-13
To Destroy Derelicts.

The cruiser Vesuvius will cruise along the
Long Island and Southern coasts, going as
Tar as Hampton Roads, to search for and de-
stroy sunken and floating wrecks, which are
DANGEROUS distractions to NAVIGATION.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-13
Husband, 1O4; Wife, 102.

Patrick Donnelly died at Toledo, Ohio, a
few days ago. aged 1O4. The next night his
wife died at the age Of 1o2. They had been
married eighty-one years and were doubtless
tho oldest married couple in America.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-13

WILLIAM BANKS, convicted In West Vlr'
ginia OF stealing cotton waste worth few
cents, was sentenced to life Imprisonment
under the law inflicting such a penalty in
case Of third conviction.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-13
LOST IN HEAVY STORMS.
SAILORMEN PERISHED IN a
WINTERS GALE.
Men, Women and Children Drowned
by the Sinking Of Five Coal-Laden
Raroes-A FIahinv Schooner

Men, Women and Children Drowned
by the Sinking Of Five Coal-Laden
Barges-A Fishing Schooner
Wrecked - Damage on the Long
Island Shore.
The worst disaster that has happened on
Long Island Sound in years was reported
when the big tug Sea King, Captain Oimstead,
arrived at New London, Conn. The Sea King
left Hammond's Flats with fair weather and
light west wind. She was bound to Provi-
dence and Newport with FIVE barges, all but
one OF the feet consigned to Providence. The
barges were coal laden, carrying $500 tons.
The barges did regular service on the
Sound In the transportation Of coal for John
r. White & Son, and the Pomeroy Coal Com
pauy of Providence. Thew were all, with
the exception OF the.J. j. Naulty, owned by
the John Scully Towing Company, OF New
York. The J. J. Naulty was owned BY her
captain. Just before the accident terrible
sea was running, making clean breach
over the sturdy tug. The waves q oode1 the
tugs cabin and the air was filed wkh blind
ing snow, 30 that It was impossible to
see more than the length OF the craft.
Captain Olmstead and Pilot William Dodd
were at the wheel of the Sea King They
headed the tug of shore and she pulled away
at the long tow behind her until o'clock.
The storm was as fierce then at ever. Sud-
denly II was discovered that the tow had
broken apart and that the barges were going
adrift. Several were seen to founder. The
head barge OF the tow toundered at 6
o'clock in the morning, and then the i'm
mense hawser that held her was cut.
There were twelve lives lost by the disaster,
four women and eight men. As soon as the
Sea King took of the crew and
1t was apparent that no other lives
could be saved, the tug ran for New London
to escape the tremendous fury OF the
storm. The names Of the lost were: On the
Crocus-Cartain Frank Hoffman, Mrs.
Frank Hoffman, Miss Hoffman, deckhand.
On the Eagle-Captain Hartsho, Mrs. Hart
sho, deckhand. On the Albert M-Captain
Harry Tucker, deckhand. On the Blnsie-
The Captain, bis wife, deckhand
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Washington.

THE President sent the following Consular
nominations to the Senate: Henry w. Gill
bert, OF New York, at Liege, Belgium; Frede-
rick Munchmeyer, Of West Virginia, at San
Salvador; Robert L. Oliver, Of Georgia, at
Merida, Mexico; Samuel Ryan, Of Wisconsin,
at st. Johns, Newfoundland.
UNITED STATES MINISTER WILLIS writes
that President Dole Is glad there were no
foreign warships at Honolulu on the occa-
sion OF the recent uprising, as 1t gave the Re
public chance to show that 1t can stand
alone.
The bill pledging the faitk OF the United
States to the construction OF the Nicaragua
Canal passed the Senate by the vote Of 81
yeas and 21 nays It directs the issue OF
$40, ,0O0, 900 canal bonds guaranteed and
SSO,0OO,0O0 bonds unprotected by the Gov
ernment.
| MINISTER GR1P, of Sweden and Norway,
has been granted permission by his Govern
ment to sit in the Venezuelan Claims Com
| mission.
An oil portrait by Robert Hinkley repre-
senting Speaker Crisp sitting at table has
been placed among the portraits OF e1-
Speakers in the House lobby.
The President approved the Urgent De-
fciency Appropriation bill, which contains
| the appropriation for the execution OF the
i
Income Tax law.
THOUSANDS Of people attended Mrs. Cleye-
lands annual reception Of the public at the
! White House.
The twenty-ffth annual meeting Of the Ma
tional Board of Trade met at the Shoreham
| Hotel and remained in session for several
days. The leading business men OF the
country were represented.
The Secretary of the Treasury sent to the
House statement showing that claims ag-
gregating ss6,79O for bounty on domestic
| beet sugar are on file. Most OF this amount
| Is claimed by California companies.
A ApaE11m1sARY agreement for arbitration is
said to have been reached by the Mexican
| and Guatemalan Ministers in Washington.
WITHOUT even the formality Of a yea and
! nay vote, and with but one amendment, the
new Japanese treaty, as it was signed by Sec
retary Gresham and Minister Kurino, was
ratified by the Senate.
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Sailors Drowned.

The fishing schooner Leader went ashore
on the dreaded reef OF Norman's Woe, or
the entrance ofthe outer harbor, Gloucester,
Mass, and broke up. Ten OF the crew got
ashore, but four were drowned. The miss
ing men were all Portuguese, and belong
in Gloucester. Their names were
Joseph Flume, cook; Albert 8. Vlator,
Frank Brier and Joseph Francis.
Two dories put of from the vessel, and In
them the crew OF fourteen men started for
the shore. One of the boats reached land
safely. The other, containing seven men,
had proceeded but short distance from the
schooner's side when 1t capsizsd. Three OF
the almost exhausted sailors reached the
shore. The others have not since been seen,
and there was little doubt that they were
drowned. The Leader Is owned by John
Pugh l. Sons, and was worth $4,000.
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her Of rockets was doubled, and they were sent
up at short intervals. The warning was
without effect. The steamer came on with
unchecked speed, and before the Elbe could
change her course or reduce her speed nota-
bly,, there was the terrific crash Of the colli-
zion.
The Elbe was hit abaft her engine room.
When the smaller steamer wrenched away an
enormous hole was left in the Elbe's side.
The water poured through and down into the
engine room in cataract. The room filled
almost instantly. The engines were still, and
the big hulk began to settle.
The passengers were in bed. The bitter
cold and rough sea had prevented any early
rising, and none except the officers and crew
on duty was on deck when the ship was
struck. The shock aud crash reused every
body. The steerage was Ill a panic in mo-
ment, and men, women and children, half
dressed or in their night clothes, came crowd
ing up the companion ways
They clung together in groups, facing the
cold and storm, and cried aloud for help or
prayed on their knees for deliverance. The
officers were convinced that the ship was
about to founder and gave orders to lower
the boats. In a short time three boats
we're got alongside, but the seas
we're breaking over the steamer with great
force and the first boat was swamped before
ANYBODY could get into it. The other two
boats. lowered at about the same time, were
filled quickly with members OF the crew and
yome passeng gers, but the number was small,
As the boats held only twenty persons each.
The boat carrying the twenty-one persons
who we're landed at Lowestoft put of in such
haste from the sinking steamer that NOBODY
In 1t noticed what became OF the otter poat.
The survivors believe, however, that she got
sway safely. They say that they tossed
about in the heavy seas for several hours be-
fore they sighted the Wild Flower. The Lit,
tie smack bore down on them at once and
took them aboard. They were exhausted
from excitement and exposure.
Miss Anna Buecker. the only woman IN the
marty, was prostrated as soon as they got
clear of the Elbe. She lay in the bottom OF
the boat five hours with the seas breaking
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-14
CUBANS LOSE AGAIN
INSURGENTS ROUTED, ACCORDING TO
DISPATCHES FROM sPANIARDs.
Campos's Soldiers Said TO BE Sur
rounding Their Enemics-Filibus-
ters sAcquitted-Pnlma's Legatiop.

HAVANA. Dec. ia dispatch from Santa
General Oliver have fought and routed the
insurgent forces commanded by Maxine Co
mez and Antonio Maceo at Manacas. The
dispatch also says that the insurgents have
entered the town OF Siguanea, not far from
the battlefield. and that the columns Of
troops commanded by Generuls Oliver Pa
ianca and others are moving towards Mani
caragua and forming a circle around the
main body of the insurgents commanded by
Clara.
At Seiba, in the Trinidad district OF Santa
Clara, Colonel Rubin has routed the insur-
gents under Quintin Bardera. The troops
lost three killed and had thirty wounded
including two officers seriously wounded
The Insurgents had twenty-seven killed and
many wounded.
Heavy musketry firing. lasting several
hours has beer heard in the direction of
Romento, province of Santa Clara. No de-
tails of the engagement have been received.
General CampoS is at Cienflegos, the sea-
port of Santa Clara.
The insurgents have burned the canefield
at Parque Alto, in the district of Cienf,Ie-
gos, belonging 10 the English vice consul.
George Fowler. The loss Is so 600. They
lave also burned the plantation of Chu-
basco. in the district of Sagua
There have arrived at Guantanamo the
Cortez, Pizarro Vasco, Nunez and Balboa,
and at Santiago de Cuba the gunboat Al
varado,
The column of Colonel Zubia has fought
the bands commanded by Roloff and has
put them 70 flight In disorder to the noun
tains of Matahambre.
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EIGHT MEN KILLED.
Unexpected Explosion Of q Heavy
Charge OF Dynamite and Powder.

KNOXVILLE. Tenn, Dec. 13.-By a pre-
mature explosion of powder and dynamite.
at o'clock Thursday afternoon, eight men
were killed at LaFollette. Campbell county.
-Four bodies have been recovered and four
are still under a mass Of rock and earth.
The names of those whose bodies were re-
covered are: Andrew Bales, Neal Dabney.
John Webb and - Price. The explosion
occurred on the works of the LaFollette
railroad, near I.aFollette, where new road
is being constructed from LaFollette to Jel-
iico- large force Of men were at work
blasting for a cut. Three kegs of powder
mad been placed in sixteen-foot hole and
four sticks OF dynamite were also added TO
the deadly charge. A fuse was attached 10
the powder, and the men ran from the
place 70 a safe distance to awsit the re-
suit. They waited fourteen minutes, and
the charge failed to go off. The men were
then ordered 10 break into the hole by the
foreman to readjust the fuse. They obeyed
the order, all being apparently satisfied
that the fire had become extinct Just as
they re-entered the hole however. the ter
rifle explosion occurred, and the earth and
stone for many yards around were disloiged
and thrown into conglomerate mass. with
the remains of the unfortunate victims. At
the latest received tonight rescuing force
was still at work removing the dirt and
rock and searching for the missing bodies.