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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-07
HIS MARRIAGE A GRAND, SWEET SONG.
President Cleveland, In q Letter, Describes
His Happy Home Life.

President Cleveland, in a Letter. Describes
His Happy Home Life.
u A letter from President Cleveland, in
which he speaks Of his married life as one
grand, sweet song" has just been brought
10 light.
Colonel John Temple Graves, the Georgia
journalist and orator, in December, 1890,
sent out invitations to his approaching we'd
ding to Miss Annie Cothran, Of Rome, Ga.
he sent one to his personal friends, former
President and Mrs. Cleveland, who were then
residing on Madison avenue, New York.
Acknowledging the receipt OF the invitation,
Mr. Cleveland wrote
.'MyDear Graves-We received the card of
Invitation to your wedding day or two ago
and am glad that your letter, received only
few hours ago, justifles me, on behalf OF
my dear wife and myself, to do more than
formally notice the occasion. ..
much we appreciate the kind and touching
sentiment you convey to US in our married
state. As look back upon the years that
have passed since God, In His infinite good
ness, bestowed upon me the best OF all His
gifts-a loving and affectionate wife-all
else, honor. the opportunity OF usefulness
and the esteem Of my fellow countrymen are
subordinated in every aspiration OF gratitude
and thankfulness.
"You are not wrong, therefore, when you
claim. in the atmosphere OF fast coming bliss
which now surrounds you. kinship with one
who can testify with unreserved tenderness
10 the sanctihcation which comes to man
when heaven directed love leads the way to
marriage.
"Since this tenderer theme has made us
Hnsmen, let me wish for you, and the dear
one who Is to make your life doubly dear to
you, all the Joy and happiness youchsafed to
man.
"You will, know. feel that our kind wishes
can reach no greater sincerity and force,
than when my wife joins in the fervent desire
chat you and your bride may enter upon and
enjoy the same felicity which has made our
married life one grand, sweet song Truly
your friend, GROVER CLEVELAND"
Colonel Graves has kept the letter in q
white and gold frame hanging in his parlor
In Manchester, Ga. Two years ago he wrote
to President Cleveland for permission to
publish It for its influence upon the domes-
dc life Of the American people. Mr.. Cleve-
land replied saying that, although he had
forgotten the verbiags Of the letter, he left
the publication to the "delicacy and discre-
don" Of his friend.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-07
BOYS KILL THEIR MOTHER.
Stabbed Her In the Heart and Played Cards
in the House Where the Body Lay.

Stabbed Her In the Heart and Played CafuS
in the House Where the Body Lay.
two boys named Combes, one thirteen and
the other eleven years old, were brought be-
fore ma istrate at London, England, upon
the charge Of having murdered their mother.
The accusation was substantiated by their
confessions. Their home Is in Plaistow, an
eastern suburb of London.
The boys stabbed their mother through the
heart ten days before, and since then have
occupied the house alone with the body. The
husband of the murdered woman and father
of the two boys Is ashlp purser. and Is absent
from home on a sea voyage. The house has
all the requirements of a comfortable home.
After the b3ys committed their crime they
pawned several valuable articles which they
found in the house and visited many places
on the river and nearby cricket grounds.
When they were arrested they were playing
cards in the house containing their mothers
body. A half-witted man was with them,
and they apparently were getting the high
est degree OF enjoyment from their pastime,
despite the odor that pervaded the rooms.
The magistrate was amazed at the cool de-
meanor of the boys. He said he could not
believe the youngsters sane and remanded
them pending q mental examination. The
minds of the boys seem to have been upset
by reading novels which made heroes OF
cutthroats and robbers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-07

down In boats to see the race, and tho har-
Dor, gay with flags and multi-colored craft,
was lively as q country town on holiday.
The start of the pleasure feet spicturesque:.
It wes gay fotills, with flags flying and
bands playing, and crowds cheering, and
everybody was happy.
While this race was an excellent test OF the
sailing qualities Of the yachts In their then
imperfect state, too much emphasis cannot
be laid upon the fact that 1t was not trial
race in the general acceptance Of the words,
as understood by the public, but simply q
race for s2oocup offered by the New York
Yacht Club for all ninety-foot sloops.
The course-south by east, fifteen miles to
windward and return-was signaled from
the flagship at H. a. m. At gun fire. the
starting signal, Defender went for the Line
close hauled ON the starboard tack under
splendid headway. She crossed it twenty
five seconds after the signal, with Vigilant
right In her wake, only twenty-five seconds
away.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-07
Prominent People.
Ysate's real name Is Isaiah.

Ysate's real name is Isaiah.
Patti has been on the operate stage for
forty-fve years.
John D. Rockefeller and William Rookie
feller are both enthusiastic bicyclists.
Rev. Dr. Parkhurst's congregation allows
him vacation Of three months in each year.
Gladstone is reported as saying: II hate
getting up in the morning, AMI hate 1t the
same every morning."
Thomas B. Reed is spending the summer
in the pretty cottage at Grand Beach, Me-,
which he has just purchased.
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher, VINO is in he
eighty-third year, started from Brooklyn for
the Pacific Coast to visit her son, Herbert
Beecher.
Prince Adolphus, of Teck. who married the
daughter Of the Duke Of Westminster. is re.
ported to be a candidate fo- the throne OF
Bulgaria
Queen Victoria is pronounced Tory in
her personal feelings. and is overjoyed at
the turn in British politics. On the con-
trary, the Prince OF Wales, while not much
of a politician, Is rather friendly to the
Liberals
Bernard Wise, the most talked Of poll
ticinn in Now South Wales, is only thirty
four years Of age. Al the age Oh twenty
seven he was Attorney-General.
The Emperor OF Germany smokes cigars
about seven inches long. each of which is
kept in Theoretically sealed glass tube to
preserve the aroma until II Is used.
Comptroller OF the Currency EcKels was
IN excellent baseball player before he as
sumed his present high office, but now he
does not indulge in his fondness for the Ma
tional Game.
Countess Giennoti. second lady OF honor
In waiting to the Queen OF Italy, worked in
Newark, n. j., as a cigarette maker when
she was child. She returned to Italy at
the age of fifteen. attracted the fancy OF the
Queen, was made serve1t and then court
favorite.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-07
The Labor World.
Maine has 75,7S0 mill hands.
Utah factories have 1880 employees.


Utah factories have 1880 employees.
Our cotton mills employ 221 ,5S5 hands.
The world has $1,000, 900 cotton sp;ndles.
Colored men will be put to work In place
of the strikers at the Sharon (Penn.) Iron
works.
Retail Clerks National Protective Associa-
ton will establish headquarters at Cleve-
land. Ohio.
Mechanics Of Little Rock, Ark. are organ
izinS colony to migrate to the United States
of Colombia.
The foreign population Of this country, as
a rule. finds occupation in the unskilled
lines of labor.
Owing to lack Of work, employees in the
Navy Yards at San Francisco will suffer en-
forced reductions.
Work has been provided fer the unem-
ployed for the last five years in forty-nine
large towns in France.
IN the Indian Territory only It's persons
are engaged in manufacturing, their annual
output being S24S, ,932.
1t is not anticipated that the Window
Glass Workers Association will affiliate
with the Knights OF Labor.
After three days session the Indiana bi-
luminous miners and operators agreed on q
scale Of fifty-one cents for screened coal end
S1.65 per day for time Een.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-07
HANCMAk'S DAY.
Two Colored 5Ien Executed in the Coke
Regions Of Pennsylvania.

Regions Of Pennsylvania.
John Goode and William Freeman, colored,
were hanged in the court yard at Green's
burg, Penn. The men walked to the scaffold
with firm steps at 1908 o'clock. The trap
was sprung Immediately. Death was caused
by strangulation. The crime for which
Goode WAS executed was for the killing Of
Max Slaughter, fellow worker, over game
Of craps. Freeman shot and killed his sweet
heart, Gertie A. Tlmberlake, on July 10,
1894. because she refused to give him money.
About 200 persons witnessed the executions.
At Live Oak. Fla, Henry Brown, colored,
was hanged for the murder Of Ed Ryberg, a
white nun, on March 81. Brown stated that
he alone killed Ryberg, and that George
Mitchell and Mike Stevens, who were tried
and convicted with him, areinnocent There
was talk Of lynching Mitchell and Stevens
Brown confessed that he had murdered seven
men. all for robbery.
At Washington James L. Travers, colored
man, was hanged at the District Jail at 11.S6
o'clock q. m. for the murder OF his sweet
heart, Lena Gross, last November.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-07

thousand parsons being present. Ex-senator
man. Senator Walsh spoke for half an hour,
making an earnest plea for the restoration
Of silver as standard money metal. Senator
John T. Morgan, Of Alabama, made the
speech OF the day. Resolutions calling TO-.
the immediate and independent free coinage
Of silver and gold were adopted and an
address to the people Of the State was pre-
pared. Senator Morgan In his address at
tackled the Administration. He stated that
the silver sentiment was steadily growing all
over the country, but the Administration
was using the full power OF its patronage to
counteract the bimetallic sentiment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-07
COLLINS GETS TWENTY. YEARS.

The Colored Man Who Shot Princeton
Student Oil Sentenced.
At Trenton, N. j., John s. Collins, the
colored man who shot and killed Frederick
OIL, the Princeton student, and who was
found guilty Of murder in the second degree,
was sentenced to twenty years at hard labor
in the State Prison. Ho pleaded non vult
contendere to the Indictment for atrocious
assault upon Garrett Cochran, the student
who was with Oil, and got ten years more,
but the sentences are to run concurrently.
In pronouncing sentence Justice Gunmere
said that had the jury's verdict been murder
in the first degree the Court would have con-
sidered it proper judgment.
Collins smiled as he stood up to receive
his sentence. His counsel having saved his
life had nothing further to say.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-07
SPANIARDS LOSE A BATTLE.

Twenty-Five Killed and 124 Wounded q,
Ell Avispero.
The Cuban rebels, under Victoriano Gar.
cia, and the Spaniards, under General Gar.
cia Navarro, had an encounter at Ell Avis.
pero. The spaniards had a very hard time,
as the position taken by the Cubans was
most advantageous. They could fire direct
them. OF the Spaniards about twenty-five
were killed and 124 wounded. The Govern
ment officers were unable to ascertain
whether the rebels lost any men.
It is publicly said that Commander Gar
rido and Captain Enrique Lescaille, who is
a Cuban by birth, have been committing all
kinds Of atrocities in the district OF Guanten-
amo, even numbering men and women.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-07
FATAL STORMS.
Two People Killed at n Camp Meeting
Near Eoseville, Ohio.

Z
Near Eoseville, Ohio.
A fatal windstorm, accompanied by heavy
rainfall, burst upon the camp grounds, near
.FRoseville, Ohio, uprooting trees and over
:. turning carriages. Before it had spent it.
- self two persons were killed and several
others seriously Injured.
The storm, accompanied by roaring
sound, burst over the camp grounds about
O'Clock, while services were being held in
the Tabernacle. and was over in few Sec
onds. A large tree WAS blown over, demol-
ishing one corner Of the Tabernacle, instant
'iy killing Mrs. Cement Wilson, of Zanes-
vile, her skull being crushed. Patrick
iDeselm, OF GAINESVILLE, was caught by the
falling tree, and his breast crushed. He died
an hour afterward. Miss Clea Ansel, of
: Saltille. had her left leg crushed.
tornado, moving with resistless force
and velocity, swept through the town of
. Deer Greek, Mimi, in Otter Tail County. do
ling immense damage.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-07
HONORS FOR BABY MARION.
President Cleveland's Daughter May Open
the Atlanta Exposition.

the Atlanta Exposition.
. Baby Marion Cleveland will probably
touch the button that will start the ma
ohinery at the opening OF the Atlanta (Ga)
Cotton States and International Exposition.
The Western Union Telegraph Company will
run a wire to Gray Gables. Buzzards Bay,
Mass, and another into the Exposition
grounds. An operator in Atlanta will give
the signal; and ut the other end, 1000 miles
away. touch of the button will send the
current that starts the wheels.
The Exposition directors desire that Presi-
dent Cleveland's third daughter shall touch
the button. Mr.. Cleveland was originally
invited 10 come to the opening on Septem-
Der ls. He replied that his engagements
would not allow him to remain but few
hours on that dny If he should come and
that he proposed to come on October lS,
which viii be Presidents Day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-07
She is Miss Marion Cleveland.

The President and Mrs. Cleveland have
named their third little girl Marion Cleve.
land. As in the case of Ruth and Esther, no
middle name Is given. The announcement
was made by Private Secretary Thurber, who
was OF Gray. Gables, Buzzard's Bay, Mass,
the Presidents summer home. It Is not
known what induced the parents to select
this name, but 1t will be recalled that in the
charming town of Marion, on Buzzard's Bay,
Mrs. Cleveland spent her first summer In New
England, and made many warm friends. be-
coming much attached to the place.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-07
WIFE SHOT FOR HUSBANDS DEBTS.
Tho Murderous Creditor Promptly Kills
Himself.

Himself.
Draidde BalinSona went to the home of
Mrs. Rosalie Davidosa in Chicago and draw
ing razor and a revolver asked her
which way she preferred to die. Three
men who were in the room rushed up to
Mrs. Davidosa to save her from her as
sailant, when BalinSona opened fire. The
first shot struck the woman on the right side
of the head; second one went through her
neck. Balingona then fired shot into his
own brain, dying instantly.
Last winter Davidosa, who is laborer,
was not earning sufficient money to support
his family. Balngona loaned him money
from time to time aud helped the family
through the winter. For month Or more
he has been urging Mr.. and Mrs. Davidoss
to repay the loan.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-07

According to information from insureent
forces, General Campos's force was COM
pletely destroyed in the battle near Bayamo.
General Campos and half dozen others OF
his best-nounted officers alone escaped. Gen.
eral Campos was wounded.
Preparations are being made in Spain to
despatch 20. .O00 infantry. 1850 cavalry, 1900
artillery and 1000 engineers to Cuba by
August Is. The Government will ask the
Cortes to mobilize the first infantry reserve
without delay.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-07
DEFENDER home FIRST.
0utsaiIs VigiIant OF Sandy Hook bf
Two Minutes and Forty-fve Seconds.
LED FROM START TO FINISH.

Tho Contest Gladdened the Hearts Of
Yachtsmen With the Belief That the
Americas Cup VIII Stay on This Side
OF the water---The Syndicate IL Salts
fed With the Boat.
The first fair and square "try out" OF the
new Americas cup candidate Defender took
place of Sandy Hook. N. J., in race with
the 1893 champion VfSilant. The Defender
defeated the Vigilant by two minutes and
forty-dve seconds.
A filter day for ya:ht race never dawned.
Not a cloud marred the beauty OF the sky,
and the wind, unwavering and true, blew
briskly in one direction from dawn to sun
set. It seemed as II all the world went
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-07
FOUR MEN KILLED BY A TRAIN.
They Were Taking Drive and Did Not
See the Engine.

A pleasure party Of five men. while driving
across the railroad track between Williams
town, Mass. and Pownal, VT, a few after
moons ago, was struck by train No. l57,
on the Fitchburg road. Three OF the
men were instantly killed, one died
soon afterward and the remaining occu-
pant Of the carriage, William Prindle. form
erly Fitchburg brakeman, escaped injury
by jumping. The party had waited for a
fright train to pass, and did not see the
passenger train coming from the opposite
direction. The names Of the men who were
killed could not be ascertained, but they
were said to have been Frenchmen living in
North Adams, Mass. They were friShtfully
mangled.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-07
Death In q Sewer Trench.

BY the caving in OF sewer trench at Har.
rison, N. j., two men lost their lives, two
were mortally hurt and three Others were Sc
verely injured. The dead are: Anthony Ryan,
George Villaude. The Inortally injured:
James Mcdonald, Joseph Laredy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-07
Bicycles Driving Out Horses,

a. r. Stoddard L Sons, OF Portsmouth,
leading livery stable keepers OF New Hamp
shire, have failed for $4,000. Three years
aso they were worth s4O.UgO. They say the
reneral use of bicycles ruined their business
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-07
Shot His Little Sister.

At Rutland, W., Locke Myrttee, aged
eleven years, shot and killed his little sister,
Sadie. aged five. Tho bsrelved father takes
ali the blame upon himself for leaving d
loaded gun within reach OF the children.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-07
Monument to John Hancock,

The tomb 0; Joha Haacock, in the Gran
ary bury.ng ground at Boston, will soon be
marked by an appropriate monument erected
at the expense OF the State.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-07
Dealing in Orange Futures.

Ten dollars per box is being offered In
Plaqucmines parish, Louisiana, for mandarin
oranges, on the trees, to ripen in Novem-
har
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-07
Turks Lost 600 Men.

A battle in which the Turks lost GOO men,
was fought on the Macedonian frontier be-
tween the troops Of the Porte and the rebels.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-07
Perfect Rifle Shnntin~

Corporal Comber, OF the East Surrey Regi-
ment, won the bronze medal, Queens prize,
at the Bisley (Englsnd) rife shooting tourna.
meat, with an aggregate OF 100 points.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-07
GEORGIA BIMETALLlSTS.

Their Convention at Griffin Addressed by
Senator John T. Morgan.
The bimetallists Of Georgia who favor the
free coinage Of silver and gold by this
Government met In convention at Griffin.
Every part of the State was represented.
The convention was called to order in the
grove near the convention hall, nearly five
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-07
Kansas Women in Office.

Kansas has twenty women holding Office
as County Superinsendents OF Public In
atructior.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-07
JOHN MORLEY DEFEATED.
A Serious Misfortune to tho Liberal p Party
in Great Britain.

The Liberals received the new- OF another
serious defeat when it was announced that
John Morley, who was Chief Secretary for
Ireland under the Rosebery Government,
had been defeated at Newcastle-on-Tyne,
where both the Conservative candidates were
successful. The result OF the election was
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-07

Governor Richards Appealed for Federal
Aid--Geueral Copplnger Ordered to
Proceed 10 the Scene of Trouble and
Return the Bannocks to Their Reserva-
tion---Blood Has Been Shed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-07

Nearly Every slnokestack In Findlay,
Ohio, Levelled---St. Clair, Mich, Hard
Hit; Ono Life Lost and the City Hall
Partly Demolished---Great Damage to
Railroads and Crops in Iowa.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-10
NATIONAL ALLIANCE DEMANDS.

Finance-We demand a national
currency, safe, sound and flexible,
issued by the government only, a full
legal tender for all debts, public or
private, and that without the use of
banking corporations; a Just, equitable
and efficient means of distributing
direct to the people at a tax not to OK
coed 2 per cent. as set forth by the
Sub-Treasury plan or some better sys-
tenn; also, by payments in discharge Of
it's obligations and for public improve
ments.
o.. We demand the free and unlimited
coinage of silver and gold at the legal
ratio of 16 to 1.
b. We demand that the amount Of
the circulating medium be increased to
at least $50 per capita exclusive Of legal
reserves.
c. We demand a graduated income
tax.
d. That our national legislation shall
be so framed in the future as not to
build up one industry at the expense OF
another.
g. We believe that the money of the
country should be kept as much as
possible in the hands of the people and
hence we demand that all national and
State revenue shall be limited to the
necessary expenses of the government,
economically and honestly admins
tered.
+. We demand that postal savings
banks be established by the govern
ment for the safe deposit of the earn
ings of the people and to facilitate ex.
changes.
Land-The land, including all the
natural resources of wealth, is the
heritage of all the people and should
hot be monopolixed for speculative pur-
poses and alien ownership of land
should be prohibited. All lands nov
held by railroads and other corpora
tons In excess of their actual needs,
and lands now owned by aliens, should
now be reclaimed by the government
and sold for actual settlers only.
Observation-Disclosures be-
ing a means of exchange and a pubic
necessity, the government should own
and operate just enough Of the COM
netting railroad lines Of the country to
effect1ally give the Government full
control of the regulation Of passenger
fares and freight rates.
q. The telegraph and telephone, Like
the Dostofice system, being q necessity
for the transmission Of intelligence,
should be owned and operated by the
government in the interest of the peo-
pie.
ELECTION Oh UNITED STATES SENATORS.
We demand the election of United
States Senators by a direct vote Of the
people. That each State shall be di-
Vided into two districts of nearly equal
voting population, and that q Senator
from each shall be elected by q direct
vote Of the people Of the district.