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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11
TWENTY YEARS INSTEAD OF TW'
A Convict to Be Severely Punished fol
Assaulting q Jersey Judge.

Convict to Be Severely Punished for
Assaulting q Jersey Judge.
Grant Keller. Of Easton, pleaded guilty in
the Warren County Court at Belvldere. N.
J., OF horse stealing, and Judge Morrow
sentenced him to two years in State Prison
at hard labor. Keller. learning when the
Sheriff had arranged to take him to
Trenton, made an effort to break jail.
he was again brought before the Court
next morning and his sentence was increased
to five years. .
This so incensed Keller that he became
violent and, with clenched fists, made q
move toward the Judge. calling him vile
name. Keller was removed by the Sheriff,
and at I D. m. was taken to the railroad
station, handcuffed to Edward Wertz,
colored, who had also been sentenced to
State Prison for two years for highway rob-
berry.
Judge Morrow was also at the station, in
tending to take the same train. AS he was
stepping on the c:lr Keller, in the custody OF
the Sheriff, was brought up behind. Keller
was still in rage. he kicked the Judge,
and at the same time, by violent effort. at
tempted to force him under the wheels OF
the starting train. The Shriff and passen-
gers succeeded In rescuing. the Judge. who
ordered the desperate returned to the coun-
ty jail. The Judge then announced his In
tention Of increasing the sentence to twenty
years.
Keller was In frightful rage at being de-
feated In his purpose and vows that he will
take the life OF the Judge II he himself lives
to regain his liberty.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11
Prominent People.

The Emperor of Germany gets $4,000
day.
Professor Max Muller can converse in
eighteen different languages.
Rev. S. F. Smith, Americas" author, did
not die poor. He left S45,u00.
David Plunkett is said to be the greatest
orator ofths British House Of Commons.
DR.. Pslmor Findlay, a young physician OF
Ltlantic. Iowa, has been appointed Surgeon
in-Chief Of the Mexican Army.
II is said that Queen Victoria prefers TO
use the German language to the English.
ana taGt it is the taYorite language Of her
court.
Sc far MS ancestry goes Alneric Page, who
married Hon. ". Z. Wnitney's daughter, is
much more Of a swell than the Duke OF
Marlborough.
They say that two years ago Ex.President
Harrison invested $500 in u South African
gold mine. The mine has just been sold out
to syndicate, and Mr.. Harrison gets $780,
900 out Of it.
Six of the South African millionaires are
believed to own S195 900, 900 between them.
Alfred Belt Is the richest with sixty millions,
Barney Barnato has fifty, and Cecil Rhodes
twenty-five millions.
Now that Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth has
practically stopped writing, Miss Braddon
may be said to hold the palm Of being the
most prolific of all book writer's. She has
Just completed her stxtieth novel.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11
TIE NEWS EPIToMIzED'
Washington Items.

The Navy Department announces that
silver service was presented to the battle
ship Maine by the citizens Ct the Pine Tree
State.
The revenue cutters Woodbury., Dallas,
Dexter, Hamilton, Crawford and Colfax
have been designated by the President to
patrol the coasts Of the United States during
the season of severe weather, to render
service to vessels in distress.
Minister Terrell reported from Constanti-
nople to the State Department that the out
look for restoring order in Armenia was i'm
proving.
The correspondence between Sir Julian
Pauncelote and the British Foreign Office,
relative to the Bering Sea damage claim,
was made public.
Charles lwards, colored laborer In
the United ,.ates Treasury Department, Is
under arrest for destroying papers. The
papers destroyed were the records In Gus
toms and other cases Of the war period. He
sold the stamps to collectors.
The Nicaraguan Government has decided
to abolish its legation at Washington on ac-
count Of financial reasons. -
Captain N. NJ. Brooks, Superintendent Of
the Foreign Mail Service, submitted report
showing the valuable service rendered by his
bureau in conducting the transportation Of
foreign mails during the past fiscal year.
The aggregate weight Of mails despatched
by sea during the year was 5.758, ,608 pounds.
The Postofice Department and the steam
ship companies have failed to agree upon
the amounts to be paid for the transport
ing OF foreign mails from Quarantine to the
railroad stations Of New York City. SO the
project Of facilitating the transportation OF
foreign mails to the interior falls through.
The Nicaraguan Government has with
drawn the Nicaraguan Minister to the United
States, Senior Don Horacio Guzman.
Hiram Hitchcock, President Of the Mari
time Canal Company, Of Nicaragua, sub
mitted his annual report to the Secretary Of
the Interior. It contains no new features.
The United States Attorney General rec
ommenis the building of penitentiary at
Fort Leayenworth, Kan, for civil conricts.
The annual report of Eugene E. Cham
berlain. Chief Of the Bureau Of Navigation,
shows that the tonnage Of the American
merchant feet for the year has been nearly
stationary. E
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11
FIRE MADE A DEATH TRAP.
Four Firemen and q Girl Killed in Chi.
csgo Blaze.

Four Flremen ana q titrl hilleu In Sni-
csgo Blaze.
4 fire, disastrous to life and property,
swept through the Dry Goods and Woolen
Exchange Building. on Franklin and Van
Buren, streets, Chicago, Ill. Five fremen
we're carried through a floor md buried un-
der tons Of wreckage from the five floors
above. Four of the men were killed. The
afth was not seriously injured.
One girl fell from window and received
Injuries from which she died. A dozen other
men, women and girls were hurt or over
come by smoke, and many were rescued
from danger Of death. The property loss to
the building at 215-217 Van Buren, street and
276-S Franklin street, and contents, Is esti-
mated at s40O, 900.
The dead are: Patrick ]. O'Donnell,
Lieutenant o. Engine Company No. 2;
Thomas J. Prendergast, pipeman;. Martin
Sherreck, pipeman; John Downs, pipema9;
Kate Landgraf, employed in A. Stern q Go. 8
garter factory.
The Others who were injured wer, girls
and spectators who saved tlsm. All the dead
and injured flremen were members OF En-
gine Company No. Q. Forty~eight firms
were burned out. The building had an l.,
and was considered flreproof.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11
Domestic.

John D. Rockeieller's daughter was mar
r1ed to Harold F. Mccormick at the Buck
tngham Hotel, New York City, the BRIDE
groom being too Ill to go 10 church.
A steam pipe in Hammerstein's new Pleas
ure Palace. New York City, burst, killing
two workmen and badly burning Sseyeral
others. ~
John B. Bonner, a banker and broker, and
vestryman Of the Episcopal Church at Au-
rora, N. c., was shot'a killed In his yard
by an unknown person.
Harry Hayward. under sentence Of death
for numbering Catharine Cling, the Mime
apolis (Minn.) dressmaker. confessed.
=. The Police Board OF New York City dis
missed Captain Joseph B. Eakins. on the
charges preferred by the Parkhurst Society.
James 3. Skehan, q New York broker,
committed suicide in his home at Upper
Montcair, N. j. He was a partner Of A. @.
Bernheim, whose peculiar financial dealings
were made known In Wall street three
months after Bernheim's death.
Senator Hill, of New York, began his lee
ture tour in Milwaukee, Wis.
A blizzard prevailed in the Southwestern
States.
Revenue agents captured two illicit dis
tillers In New York City and seized the plant.
Evacuation Day was fttingly celebrated
In New York City with parades, flag raistngs
and bsnquets. The Sons OF the American
Revolution and the Sons of the Revolution
held dinners In honor Of the day.
Many Brooklynites celebrated Brooklyn
Day at the Atlanta (Ga.) Exposition.
3rentano's establishment, In Union Square,
New York City, was broken into by burglars,
and safe robbed Of S2500.
The south front Of the Poland Seminary at
Poland. Ohio, fell. seriously injuring Axle
Reed, Margaret Reed, Maggie Simons and
Lizzie Simons. There were thirty eight
pupils and five teachers in the building at
the time Of the accident.
Owing to the prevalence Of diphtheria in
Portland, Me-, the public schools have been
closed.
Twelve young men Of Wabash College, at
Charlottesville, Ind, SONS OF leading Pre5by-
terians. have been expelled because they
were ''Red Dragons" disorderly society.
Charles Hurd, the colored man who muir
dered Jasper Kelley near Hartman, Tenn,
was taken from jail at Warlburg by mob
and lynched. 49,
Mr.. Morton, the Secretary Of Agriculture,
appeared Unexpectedly at the abattoir5 OF
st. Louis; he was said to be on q tour OF In
vestigatlon of the Beef Trust.
Judge John A. McGrath, Of Jersey City,
acted strangely on the bench, and was taken
to the Trenton (N. J.) Insane Asylum.
Warren Springer's business block in jack
son and Canal streets, Chicago, ILL.,, burned.
Plants of twenty firms, worth 81, ,200,0 900,
were destroyed. Four hundred girls we're in
imminent danger, but were marched out OF
the place unharmed. ys..s,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11

They had marched from the railroad depot
to the jail, and Debs stood upon the steps
awaiting them. Without giving him chance
to speak the crowd rushed upon him, dragged
him from the steps, and in few moments
had him high In the air. He was passed
from hand to hand. The tand played "Sne,
the Conquering Hero Comes"
Debs took 1t as II he were hero In fast,
and when he was put down began hand
shaking that lasted until the train was nearly
ready to start for Chicago.
Among those who went to Woodstock was
Ex-Governor Waite, OF Colorado. He came
all the way from Denver to be present. When
he and Debs met Debs threw his arms around
the Governors neck and Waite said:
"God bless you, my boy"
The Ex-Governor seemed overcome. The
march to the train was like the triumphal
entry of ruler. The music was the MAR
seillaise," and the streets we're crowded.
Hundreds of citizens Of McHenry County
stood ankle deep in the snow to catch
glimpse of Debs. Fully half OF the specta-
tors were women, and one or two Of them
brought flowers and threw them to him.
Coming back to Chicago on the train.
Debs was obliged to walk twice through all
the cars and shake hands with every occu-
pant. When the delegation reached Chicago
another crowd was waiting 1.-THE Northwest
ern depot and the scene at Woodstock was
duplicated.
From the depot, the line Of march was
taken up to Battery D, and although mis-
erable rain was falling, the streets were
filled with spectators, who Joined the march
ers.
Debs made speech to thousands OF his
admirers at Chicago. His theme WAS lib
erty." In his speech he said:
''I have had time for meditation and re-
Election. and have no hesitancy In declar-
ing that under the same circumstances
would pursue precieely the same policy. 30
far as my acts are concerned, I have neither
apology nor regrets" .-.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11
FOUR MEN KILLED IN THEIR BOAT.
The Bodies Found Adrlft, With a Dog
Guarding Them.

The Bodies Found Adrlft, With a Dog
Guarding Them.
A trading boat was discovered adrift upon
Red River, near Arthur City, Indian Terri
tory, the sole living occupant being half
famished vicious dog. Aparty Of men, who
got skifT and pulled alongside the derelict.
were Mortified to find the decks Of the
craft covered with blood and the
dead body Of man stretched across
the thwarts. The head had been all but
severed from the trunk, and the boat bore
marks of a terrible struggle. Owing to the
swiftness OF the current and the pugnacity
Of the dog, the men were unable to secure
the boat. Persons at p hints lower down rhe
river were notified, and deputy marshals
vera despatched to intercept the mysterious
craft.
About three weeks ago three hunters and
trappers purchased the boat in question at
che mouth of the Bots dare Greek, and.
with hired boy, moved to point two and
half miles from Arthur City. For several
days the boat was seen anchored. without
human being In sight. Several persons con-
cluded to investigate the mystery. and the
dead bodies Of the three men and the boy
We're sean lying undressed in bed. A ferocious
dog prevented the party from boarding the
boat. The victims evidently had been dead
several days.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11
KILLED HIS TWO CHILDREN.
Herman Hattenhorst Adds Suicide to the
Crime of Double Murder.

Herman Hattenhorst Adds Suicide to the
Crime Of Double Murder.
Herman Hattenhorst, who gave physical
instruction to SONS of prominent Brooklyn
ties in the academy at 1895 Broadway,
Williamsburgh, was found dead in his
academy few mornings ago. Close by his
side were the bodies of his two children. All
had been shot. They had apparently been
dead for hours.
Hattenhorst lived with his wife and their
two children at 1103 Greene avenue. He
left home with the children late the after
noon before. His wife searched all through
Williamsburgh, and, falling to find him, got
policemen. They went to the academy.
The door was locked. They forced it and
found the three bodies. There was nothing
to indicate why or how the father had shot
the children and himself. He had been de-
spondent lately.
The wife went into Mysteries. Nothing
could be learned from her. Hattenhorst was
forty-flve years old. Fourteen years ago he
was pugilist. Since then he had been the
trainer of the Brooklyn Athletic Club.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11
CHEERS FOR FREE CUBA.
A Monster Mass Meeting Held in
New York City.
BELLIGERENT RIGHTS DEMANDED

Four Thousand Persons Gather In Cooper
Union in Memory o; Jose Martt and to
Express Sympathy With the Cause OF
the Insurgents---The Speakers Received
With Enthusiastic Applause.
The memory of Jose Marti, the Cuban
patriot and leader. was honored at a mass
meeting in Cooper Union, New York City.
and his example was Iauded. But more,
the sympathy of the big audience with those
who are struggling for Cuban autonomy was
enthusiastically expressed. while the speak
ers declared this country should recognize
the reyo.utionists as belligerents. It
was an audience that more than filled the
great hall. In it were very many that
showed in their swarthy complexion their kin
to the race whose patriots are making the gal
liant struggle against Spanish oppression in
their native island. The fiery Cuban tenn
permanent lent to the meeting hair trigger en-
Ehusiasm, breaking forth at the least pre-
text. The outbursts began when thu band
played the "Star-Spangled Banner" and oc-
CURED with such frequency and vigor that
the speakers were time and again forced to
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11
Foreign Notes.

The Powers:which are acting in concert In
the Turkish difficulty decided to send addi-
tional guardships through the Dardanelles,
1t is said, with or without the Sultan's con-
sent.
The sheep taken to Liverpool by the
British steamer Scotsman, from Montreal,
have been found to be infected with scab.
and an order has been issued that they be
slaughtered"
Sharp earthquake shocks were felt at Ath-
ems, Greece, and also at Chalchis, Livadie,
Thebis and Corinth.
The extensive French mission In Luih-
Slang, China, is said to have been destroyed
by the natives during the absence OF the
French gunboat.
A remarkably beautiful diamond weighing
655 carats has been found at the Jagersfon-
tein Mine. in the Orange Free State, Africa.
Instructions. it is announced, have been
sent to the British Minister at Rio de Janeiro
to invite Brazil to submit the question OF the
ownership of the Island of Trinidad to arb
tration.
The Grand Duchess Olga. Of Russia, who
was born on November Is. was baptised
with the usual ceremonies at the Tsarskoe
Selo Palace. The ex-Czarina, mother OF the
Gear. and other members OF the Imperial
family acted as sponsors. Salutes were fired
in honor of the occasion. The town was
handsomely decorated, and at night was
brilliantly Illuminated.
The Emperor-King Francis Joseph Of Aus
tria has accorded permission to women to
study medicine in the universities OF Hun
gary.
The houses OF many German Socialist
leaders we're searched and documents Selzeo
by the police OF Berlin.
The Sultan of Turkey recalled the Cover
nor of Hadjim, whose head Mr. Terrell de-
clared he would have II any OF the three
American women In his jurisdiction was
harmed.
Heavy snowstorms prevailed tnroucnout
the provinces Of Piedmont and Ligurla, IN
Ita.y. Railway tr ifflc Is completely blocked
and trains are imbedded in huge snow
drifts.
japan has decided to renounce all preten-
sions TO n continental policy in Asia, and to
recognize Russia's unconditional right to In
tuence the destinies OF Korea and Man.
churia.
Cuban insurgents destroyed q large
amount of su!ar-cans and other property
owned In New York and Boston.
The S2O, COO bail Of Louis Stern, the New
York City dry goods merchant, has been de-
clared forfeited in Bavaria
Notwithstanding the Sultan's orders the
inhabitants Of five more Armenian villages
have been massacred.
A missionary. describing himself as an
American and an agent Of the Bible Society,
was expelled from department OF Peru on
the ground that the fanatacism Of the natives
endangered his life.
Flavel Scott Mines. United States Vice.
Consul at Crefeld, Germany, died suddenly
at that place Of heart failure. he was
thirty years old, but was widely known as q
writer Of verse and short stories.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11
Korean Queen Was Burned.

Chinese newspapers blame the Japanese
for the death OF the Korean Queen.
They state that the Queen was hung
up by the hair, and after being othet-
wise abused was tied, hand ana ioot,
soaked In oil and burned in the rear OF the
palace. According to the Chinese reports,
there were fifteen women Of title in the
court, the Queen, her mother and 1So ladies
in waiting. They were nearly all soaked IN
oil and burned, while the mems throats
were cut.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11
School Teacher Lynched.

A despatch from Alley, in Montgomery
County, Ga, reports tho lynehing there Of
Professor Perdue, school teacher. Perdue
was In custody of Sheriff McGreggor on a
charge OF running Miss Willie Grady. an as
sistant in his school. A mob overpowered
the Sheriff, took Perdue from him and then
cut his throat and riddled his face and body
with bullets. ..Perdue leaves q widow and
three grown children.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11
Noted Landscape Architect Drowned.

The body Of Calvert Vaux, the landscape
architect, who disappeared from the home
Of his son at Bensonhurst, Long Island, was
found in the bay near, that place. He was
born In London on December 20, 1924.
He came to this country In 1s4S,
and became the architect Tor the
grounds that surround the Capitol and the
Smithsonian Institution in Washington. At
Mr.. Vaux's suggestion public competition
was invited for the plans for Central Park,
New York City, and with Frederick Law
Olmstead, MIR. Vaux designed the plans that
were accepted. He was atterwsrd associated
with Mr.. Olmstead In designing the State
Reservation at Niagara Falls.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11
The Labor World.

Butte. Montana, is to p tannery.
The painters have al a union label,
New York City leg bal cartmen are
organizing. & ~ Is.
Reed and rattan y organizing q
National union.
The oil mills Of n Ga, are now
running night and SX
There are 600 wSsf ployed in busi-
ness houses in LondQh s \
The Machine Wood workers andthe Furni-
ture Workers International Unions are about
to be consolidated.
The fila and rasp makers strike In New
York City has been settled. -.
Attempts are being made by the screw
makers to form Nationa! union.
The United States Leather Company shut
down its tanneries for sixty days. I
The iron ore miners of Southern Michiganl
are rapidly afflliating with the A. F. of L.
Trades unionists' wives IN Chicago have!
organized the Dorcas Federal Labor Union
for educational purposes.
Mattresses in certain restaurants IN San
Francisco, CAL, st. Louis, Mo-, and New
York City are in boomers.
Wisconsin's State industrial scfDol Is to bel
equipped to teach the inmates trade, orSol
make them proficient in such work as en-
cheering millwrighting, etc.
The number of workmen benefited by shel
wage advances since the beginning OF the
year Is estimated at over 100000. -f
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11
Internal Revenue Figures.

The annual report Of the Commissioner OF
Internal Revenue shows the receipts during
the last fiscal year as follows: From spirits,
ST9, 1862, ,627; decrease for the year, 1885,
624 Tobacco, S29, ,7O4, ,9O7; increase. S1.-
087, ,O09. Fermenred liquors, S31, GAO GIT: In
crease, 1926, 1929; income tax, ST, ,199. Oleo-
margarine, 81, ,499,211 decrease, S914, ,26s.
Miscellaneous. s551, ,5ss; increase, 1885,, 5a.
The total receipts from all sources. S14S,-.
6,077, a decrease Of $S, 922, ,51. The total
cost of collecting was 81, ,127.6 SOL. Commits
sioner Miller estimates that the revenues for
the present fiscal year will aggregate $780,
50O,U00.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11
Football Caused His Death,

At Charlottesville, Va, George R. Phelan,
of Memphis, player in the football game
between the medical and law classes of the
University of Virginia, Is dead. His death
was due to rupture OF blood vessel, which
was in a diseased condition and likely to
burst from any violent eXertion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11
New Comet Discovered.

Anew comet was discovered by Professor
Brooks, director Of the Smith Observatory,
Geneva. N. Y, In the southeastern sky. The
comet is moving northeriy and Is large and
moderately bright. This makes the twentieth
comet discovered by Professor Brooks.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11
Canada, FOREIGN Trade Falls OF.

Canada's Foreign Trade Falls or.
The total foreign trade Of Canada for the
year ending June 80, 1895, was 1924, ,422, ,ooo,
compared with s24l, 100000 in 1894, de-
crease of more than $4,000, 900. The I'M
ports declined $4,000, 900, and the exports
declined $s4, ,000, 900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11
To Tax BicyClists.

Bicyclists In Tacoma, Wash, have peti.
toned the City Council to impose tax OF 81
n wear on bicycles, and to devote the fund
tbus raised to laying out and maintaining
certain road In the city as bicycle path.
The Council has agreed to the proposition.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11
Eneland,s Threat to Venezuela.

Acting under instructions from the I'm
perial Government. the Administrator Of
British Guiana has made declarations to the
Legislature indicating that unless Venezuela
withdraws claims to disputed territory Eng
land is prepared to assert her rights by force
of arms.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11
A. Novelist Accused of Murder.

The wife OF notary named Wermeskerse,
residing at Krommenie, Holland, north
east of HARLEM, has been arrested on the
charge cf poisoning her husband. The pris-
oner is q, cultured woman. She Is the author
Of several novels and the editoz Of ladies'
newspaper.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11
$1,000 900 in Gold From Alaska.

The Alaska Mining Record estimates the
gold putput Of that Territory for the yenr
1895 ut 50, ,OOC 900, OF which sSO0,0OO has
been obtained from placer workings Oh the
Yukon River. There are fifteen stamp mills
in operation, with Il total capacity OF SOD
stamps.