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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-03
CONDITION OF THB CROPS
The Statistics as Compiled by the
Department Of Agriculture.
OFFICIAL FIGURES ABOUT WHEAT.

Decided Falling or in the Condition OF
Cotton---A Reduced Acreage In the
Southern staple---The Growth Of Oats
and tho Returns as to Barley, Rye and
Rice---Prospects Encouraging.
The monthly returns OF the correspon-
dents of the Agricultural Department make
the acreage of winter wheat at present grow
ing, after allowing for abandonments, $751;
per cent. OF the area harvested in 1894. The
percentages of winter wheat acreage, upon
the basis indicated. Of the principal States,
are as follows: Ohio, 95; Michigan, 80; In
diana. SO; Illinois, 95; Kansas, 81, and
California, lis. The percentage OF spring
wheat area for the entire country Is s9.5 per
cent, being but slight reduction from last
wears area. The percentages Of spring
wheat acreage Of the principal States are:
Wisconsin. 107; Minnesota, 100: Nebraska,
10l: North and South Dakota. 100 each.
The condition Of winter wheat has fallen
decidedly since last report, being I'll per
cent. against 82.9 on May 1. The condition
reported June 1, 1894, was sS.2 per cent.
The topdition Of spring wheat shows an
arerae, for the whole country OF 91S per
cent. The average percentage OF all wheat
acreage Is 97.1 and the condition OF same Is
1876 psr cent.
The result OF the special investigation
made by the Department In 720 cotton-grow-
ing counties shows that In eighty-eight there
will be little or no change In acreage
as compared with last year; five re-
port an increase Of 10 per cent.
and less, two an increase Of from II to
20 per cent: three an increase OF from
81 to 80 per cent, and three an in
crease Of over 80 per cent; 1N decrease OF
10 per cent. and less: $50 decrease OF from
II to 20 Der cent; 15S a decrease OF from II
to 80 per cent: A decrease Of from 81 to 40
per cent; Z q decrease of from Al to 80 per
cent. and SO decrease Of over 50 per cent.
The consolidated returns OF reports to the
statistical division for the month OF June
show the average for the United States, 1872,
q reduction Of 1913 per cent. upon the re-
vised acreage given out In May. The gen.
eral average of condition for the country Is
81. against 8s.S last year and S5.6 In 1893.
The preliminary report places the acreage
of oats at 1882 Of last years area. The re-
turns make the condition 54.S, against 81 last
June.
The returns as to barley make the acreage
104 per cent. of last years breadth. The
average condition Of the crop on June l was
80 8 Der cent, against S3.2 last year.
The acreage in rye Ii 96.7 Of that OF last
year. Average condition June 1, S5.7 per
cent. !.
The acreage Of rice is 1902 per cent. OF
that Of last year. and the condition Is S9.2.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-03
Prominent Peonle.

DR.. Parkhurst has sailed eor Europe.
The Marquis OF Lorne is going to write the
Hbretto of an opera.
The Empress of Austria is subject to fire.
quent fits Of insanity.
The German Emperor has again taken to
riding before breakfast.
The King of Siam in his state attire is
worth more than 100000.
Krupp, the German gun manufacturer,
paws an income tax Of 100000 a year.
The lignifcd Charles Francis Adams bowl
ing along on bicycle is one Of the sights Of
Boston.
Arecent suit in New York disriosas that
the late Henry S.Ives, Napoleon OF Finance,
left $500.
Joseph H. Choates fee for arguing against
the income tax before the Supreme Court
was Sl50,O00
Tho bicycle OF the Khedive OF Egypt is a
gorgeous machine, almost entirely covered
with silver plating.
Governor Greenhalge has vetoed moro
bills than any other Massachusetts Governor
within the memory OF man.
General Won Hanneken. who has played so
GREAT q part in the Japan-Chinese war, is on
his way back to his home in Germany.
II ia said that in spite OF all the talk aboue
Governor Altgelds abuse of the pardonint
power he has pardoned fewer criminals than
his predecessor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-03
KILLED A SCHOOLGIRL.
A Married Man Falls in Love and Com
mlts Murder and Suicide.

mlts Murder and Suicide.
The people of Osterville, Mass, were
stirred by the murder Of Lizzie Coleman,
thirteen years of age. while she was on her
way to school. Henry Litkey, who killed
her, shot himself dead Immediately after
ward.
Litkey was married man with wife and
three children in Germany BE has been
employed on the farm Of Mr.. 8. s. Leonard
for the last six years. he Was steady and
honest and faithful laborer. For the last
six months he has been infatuated with the
Coleman girl, and had passed much time at
the home of Mr.. Coleman. His infatuation
was noticed by the family OF the girl recent
ly, and Mr.. Coleman forbade his coming to
the house. Litkey made the girl several
presents and gave few trifes to the
mother.
The girl. with her two brothers, started for
school at $50 o'clock a. m. Litkey was In
the habit Of meeting her on the way to
school and speaking with her, and he often
intercepted her on her way home. As soon
as he met the children he fired two shots at
one of the boys. but missed him. He then
asked him what he had to say about turning
him out 81 doors. The boy replied:
II did not say that Father was the one
who said It,"
Litkey then turned to the girl and shot her
twice. The first shot went through her
mouth and the second shot took effect in the
back OF her head and neck. As she fell dy-
ing, he turned the weapon upon himself.
The ball passed through his head and he died
instantly. BE was about fifty years old.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-03
The National Game.

The Minneapolis players all slide feet
first.
Connor, of St. Louis, is hitting the ball as
hard as ever.
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Boston are
fast going to the front.
O'Conner has made one error this year on
the Cleveland grounds.
Meekins arm is in bad condition. He has
1t under electrical treatment.
The Washington Club has filed an aching
void at short stop by signing Glasscock.
The silver loving cup offered by the New
York Club has been awarded to the Yale
team.
Louisville has the losing record in the
League for the season so far-fourteen
straight.
Pitcher Knell has been released by Louis
VILE and has accepted the terms of the
Cleveland Club.
Rusie. of New York, seems to have the
worst luck of any first-class pitcher in the
League this season.
Any team which away from home wins
half its games is strong enough to make
fight for the pennant.
Manager Sharrott, of Bangor, Me-, threw
his hip out in slide last week, and will be
laid up for long time.
Cleveland needs rattling good fielding
and hitting third baseman to make hers the
best infleld in the League.
The Western teams Of the League are not
holding up their end OF the stick IN the
games on Eastern grounds
Thompson, of Philadelphia, never causes
the umpire any trouble. Sam has never '''1
fined since he started to play ball.
The Pittsburgs have one OF the best catch
ers in the League ir Sugden. He is diminu-
tive in size but he can handle speed without
1inching.
Davis resigned rs manager and captain Of:
tbp New Yorks. He said things were not go
inc along to suit him. Doyle was appointed
manager and captain.
Clarke is proving himself to be valuable
man for New York. Twice when his club
was in despair over their pitching depart
ment he went in and won a game.
Chicago pitchers have trick of striking
nil the new balls on the heel plates of their
shoes. Many ball Is cut in that way, and
opposing clubs should keep their eyes open
Cleveland has played better bal in the
East than any other team Of the West.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-03
THE NEWS EPIToMIZED
Washington Items.

The President directed that Paymaster "a.
R. Smith Of the navy be dismissed from the
ssrvice for drunkenness.
The State Department is cooperating with
the Navy Department in preventing ttpus.
tering expeditions from leaving the United
States to aid the Cuban insurgents.
President Cleveland will visit the Atlanta
Exposition in October. This agreement was
made at the White House when the delega,
ton from the "Gate City OF the south
waited upon the President and invited him tc
attend their exposition.
President Cleveland went for days fish
ing near Leesburg. London County, va, &C.
companied by his old fishing companion;
Joseph s. Miller, Commissioner OF lnternal
Revenue, and Secretary Morton.
Secretary Herbert ordered that the United
Sts.tes battleship Iowa be fitted as q nag
ship.
The Department OF State received cable
gram from Cape Town, South Africa. an
nouncing the death there ofCharles q. Bene-
dict, United States Consul at that place.
Mr.. Benedict was born in New York, ano
appointed to the Cape Town consulate py
President Cleveland in June. 1893.
The report Of the Board Of Visitors to the
Annapolis Naval Academy has been com.
pleted. It recommend the renovation OF all
the buildings connected with the school and
a reconstruction of some OF them on fixed
system.
Washington officials considered the advisa-
bility of sending warship to Key West.
Fla, to prevent filibusterins expeditions
starting for Cuba.
The President appointed ex-Representa-
tive W. J. Coombs, OF Brooklyn, to be Coy
ernment Director Of the Union Pacific Ball
road.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-03

When Judge Harmon arrived, President
Cleveland was in his Office, and after greet
ing the new Cabinet officer cordially, took a
good look at him to see II he was satisfacto-
n. The Cincinnati man is large In build,
but his 200 pounds Is made up Of big bones
and tissue and not fat. He has pleasant
face and most genial manner, and Is destined
to be exceedingly popular with the official
family. ......
Judge Harmon, after talking with the
President for some time, informed him that
he was ready to take the oath Of Office, and
preparations were made for this ceremony
at once. After leaving the White House,
judge Harmon walked over to the Depart
ment Of Justice and was introduced to
Solicitor Conrad and the other officials.
Justice John NJ. Harlan, OF the Supreme
Court, who administered the oath to the new
Attorney General, Is an old friend OF the new
official. Those present during the ceremony
were Secretary Olney, Assistant Secretary
Uhi, z. II. Lands Ohe late Secretary Ores!
hams Private Secretary and ]. Walter
Bandford, who has been Mr.. Olney's Secre-
tary for the last two years, and who was
selected to succeed Mr.. Lands In the State
DsSartment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-03
NEW YORK BRIDGE PLAN APPROVED.
War Department Accepts tho Six-Track
Span Across North River.

War Department Accepts tho Six-Track
Span Across North River.
Secretary Of War Lamont has approved
one Of the plans submitted by the New
York and New JERSEY Bridge Company for a
suspension bridge across the Hudson River,
connecting New York City and Weehawken,
N. J. This plan Is known as the Union
Bridge Company's plan.
The plan was accompanied by guarantees
that the company would build the bridge at
q cost not to exceed S25. 90 1000.
The structure which has been agreed
upon isto be suspension bridge crossing % the the
river from point between Sixty-eighth and
Sixty-ninth streets. 1t is to span the water
without any support between the pier-head
line on either shore; to have clear opening
of 3110 feet and height at the centre OF
$50 feet In the clear above high water,
with the grade running downward from the
centre on the New York side thirty-three
feet to the mile. There will be six tracks on
the same level, designed to carry 5000 pounds
per lneal foot on each track, with excess
FOR engine loading.
The cables supporting the roadway are
twelve in number, two on either side OF the;
stiffening trusses and four between the true
trusses, arranged 80 as to divide the cross
floor beams into three equal lengths. The
cables are attached rigidly to the towers with
out roller shoes. On the New York side
they are secured to masonry anchorage
through tunnels and are open to inspection
throughout their entire length. On the Jer-
sey side the anchorage will be In the solid
rock, also provided with tunnels for inspec-
tion. Each cable has diameter OF twenty
three inches.
The two main towers have eight legs,
braced in two directions, and resting upon
six masonry piers founded on rock. These
towers are 5s7 feet In height above high
water. The New York approach consists OF
one deckspan 575 feet long. From the New
York anchorage eastward the tracks are to
occupy a space 100 feet wide on the north
side Of Sixty-oighth street.
The station in New York City Is to occupy
the blocks between Seventh and Eighth ave-
nues and Forty-second and Forty-fourth
streets and portion Of the blocks between
Eighth and Ninth avenues and Forty-second
and Forty-fourth streets.
Experts have given it as their opinion that
the bridge can be built in five years. It
must be strong enough to carry the heaviest
freight train.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-03
The Labor World,

The Paterson On. J.) Railway Company
voluntarily increased the wages of its en-
ployes ten per cent.
Miners wages at johannesburg, South
Africa, average from SIS to $3.50 a day, and
men are in demand.
Notice terminating the wage scale was
served on iron manufacturers at Pittsburg
by the Amalgamated Association.
Twenty-three hundred and seyenty-two
employees are engaged in handling the an
nual output OF Chicago's postoff1,e.
According to report made by the Knights
Of Labor, the recent trolley strike in Brook
lyn cost the labor organizations S13, 1880.
By the ten per cent raise in wages Of the
Carnegie employees at PittSburg, Penn.
which went into effect June 1, $4,000 men
were benefited.
The mills In Olneyville, R. l., which had
been closed for several weeks, were opened,
but comparatively few of the strikers re-
turned to work.
For the first time in two years the exten,
sive locomotive works at Susquehanna-
Penn, and all the shops in the New York,
Lake Erie and Western system will hereaf-
ter and until further notice be in operation
ten hours per day.
The strength and activity of the cut and
wire-nail trade is somewhat surprising. con-
sidering the rate OF production that has been
preserved since January l.
Secretary Patrick McBryde, of the United
Mine Workers of America, says there is no
truth in the report that the headquarters are
to be removed to Pitts5urg.
The Cambria Iron Company, mt Johastown,
Penn, has decided 10 advance the wages of
all its employees ten per cent, to take effect
on June II. The order adds $4,000 month
to the payroll.
Notices of an increase of ten pcr cent. in
wages at the Pennsylvania Steel Works at
Harrisburg, were given. 1t means restora-
ton Of the wages paid in 1893 and affects
nearly 1000 employees. The plant Is crowded
with orders.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-03
GREAT cLoUDeURsT IN GERMANY.

Many Persons Drowned and Much Damage
to Property Done in Wurtemburg.
The Black Forest district of Wurtemburg,
Germany, was deluged by cloudburst, in
undating vast tract Of territory. A large
number Of persons were drowned and almost
incalculable damage was done to property.
The volume OF falling water caused the Riyer
Eyach to overflow, and hundred or more
houses In the villages along the river bank
were swept away.
One house In BalinSen, with nine occu-
pants, was carried away, and as yet no trace
Of 1t has been found. Four houses were de-
stroyed in Frommern and fifteen Of the per-
sons who occupied them are missing.
Ten persons are known to have been
drowned in Balingen. seven in Frommern,
fifteen In Laufen and several in other vii
lagos. Besides these many others were miss
Ing.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-03
GOTHAM REACHING OUT.

Takes In 10000 Acres of New Territory in
Westchester County.
Governor Morton signed Senator Robert
sons bill providing for the eannexation to the
city and county Of New York Of territory
within the limits Of Westchester, Eastcheste,
and Pelham. The law adds to New York
City an area Of 20, 900 acres, including two oi
the most important Of the recently acquired
parks in Westchester, and an additional pop
ulation of II, 900.
The new territory includes Morris Park
race track, Throggs Neck, at the eastern ex.
tremity Of which stands Fort Schuyler,
Unionport, Westchester, Williamsbridge,
BronXville. Olinyille, Bay Chester. East.
chester, Wakefield and Barlow. All this
territory Is to be included In the present
Twenty-fourth Ward Of New York City and
County
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-03
The Louisiana Silver Men.

The first gun Of the free silver campaign
in Louisiana was fired at New Orleans when
the Bimetallic Convention was opened in
Washington Artillery Hall. The result was
the formation OF tn" Louisiana Gime,ailic
League. which has undertaken to organize
the silver forces Of the State for work. The
convention consisted OF $500 delegates Of all
parties. State and city officials hastened to
declare their allegiance to the silver stand
ard. Cleveland and Carlisle were denounced
in the resolutions
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-03
STUDENTS SHOT BY A coLoRED MAN.
Two Freshmen Receive Desperate Wound
at Princeton IN. J.) College.

Two Freshmen Receive Desperate Wounds
at Princeton IN. JJ College.
The most dastardly crime in the history Of
Princeton On. J.) College was committed late
few nights ago when Garrett Cochran and
Frederick Pearson Ohl. Of the Glass Of '9s,
we're shot down. seemingly without proyoca-
ton, by a colored man, John Collins. Coch-
ran and Oil were placed in the infrmary at
the noint of death, and Collins was locked up
In the Trenton jail. There we're few wit
nesses to the tragedy, and from these no
motive could be learned for the shooting.
John Thompson, who keeps the largest
boarding-house for students In Princeton, is
the only witness who gives an intelligent ac-
count Of the affair.
The shooting grew out Of street quarrel.
DR.. Bull, Of New York City, hurried on
special train to the college and extracted the
two bullets.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-03
A DAY OF SUICIDES.
A Succession OF Attempts at self-Murder In
New York City.

A Succession Of Attempts at SeH-Murder In
New York City.
The twelfth Of June was marked by sue
cession OF notable suicides and attempts at
suicides In New York City.
Charles Walton Ogden, the wealthy iron
merchant and club man, wandered away
from his home and shot himself IN Central
Park, supposedly from religious mania. He
died soon after he was found.
Fairman Warren, Of the wallpaper hrm OF
Warren, Fuller & Co., a victim OF nlelancho-
liza, shot himself dead at his home in the
Sevilla fats In West Fifty-eighth street. hi5
firm Is branch OF the Wallpaper Trust. .
Gretchen Stein, said to be the most oeauti-
ful girl in Hartford, Conn, who had lost her
position in drug store because her charms
made her the object OF too much attention,
ended her life by poison. :,
Hannah Mannheimer. young, refined and
beautiful school teacher, cut her throat and
wandered away from her home in Harlem.
She was disappointed in love, 1t Is said, and
that unsettled her mind.
Adolph Lohman, a cigar maker. hanged
himself to q bedpost at No. 2l9 East l02d
street after quarrel with his wife.
John Lang shot himself dead at No. 328
West Thirty-sixth street because he was out
OF work and was told that he was not wanted
ct home.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-03
cLEvELAND's SUMMER HOME.

MrB. Clereland's Arrival There to Be Fol-
lowed Soon by the President.
Mrs. Cleveland has taken up her residence
for the summer in the Presidents seaside
home, Gray Gables. Buzzard's Bay, Mass.
The President will follow as soon as his or
fetal duties permit. A Buzzard.s Bay dis
patch says that the Government lighthouse
tender yerbena has just been overhauled and
her cabin constructed and reltted IN such
way that it is supposed the steamer would be
placed at the disposal Of the President and
family during the coming season. Hitherto
the President has used his catboat Ruth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-03
Foreign Notes.

Three more survivors Of the Colima disas.
ter have been heard from In Mexico.
The newborn American liner st. Louis
finished creditably her maiden voyage across
the Atlantic. Her actual time from Sandy
Hook to the Needles was seven days, three
hours and flfty-three minutes. She made an
average speed OF 1887 knots. Her engines
worked to perfection.
General Maxine Gomez invaded the prov
ince OF Puerto Principe, Cuba, with force
Of insurgents.
The cloudburst in Austria washed away
q great number Of bridges and houses In the
communes OF SchwarZenbach, Schlatten and
Hochwoltersdorf. Twelve persons were
drowned in the town Of Schwarzenbach
alone.
The Greek Ministry resigned: N. Theodore
Delyannis was summoned by the King to
form another Cabinet.
Further news from the RoberRdorf Valley.
in Austria. which was swept by a storm, shows
that seventy persons were killed.
The British, French and Russian Ambassa-
dors made formal demand upon the sultan
of Turkey that he disarm the Jeddah Be-
douins and pay indemnity for the attack
upon the Consuls.
L lie rFeuCI SudIlucI VI DOPuliSo. ny q
vote OF 962 to 1O5, declared its confidence in
the policy OF the Government. NJ. Hanotaux
declared that the visit Of the French squad
ron to Kiel, Germany, was merely an act OF
politeness
A statue of the late Sir John \. MacDon-
ali was unveiled at Montreal. Canada.
The new Italian Parliament was opened by
Eing Humbert.
Cholera has become alarmingly prevalent
in the Zaborze district OF PruSslan Silesia.
The Japanese have taken keelung, on the
Island ~ Formosa. and are advancing on
Tai-Peh.
The Turkish Ministry resigned and new
Cabinet was formed, with kiamil Pacha as
Grand Eizier.
Ecuadoreau rebels hold now eleven PROV
inces, and the fourprincipal seaports OF that
republic.
By the explosion of an Ecuadorean gun
boat fifteen men were killed and seventeen
injured
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-03
Sketch OF Secretary olney,s Life.

Richard Olney was born in Oxford, Wor-
cester County, Mass, September Is, 1885.
He was prepared for college at Leicester
Academy, and graduated from Brown
University. Providence, R. l., in 1856.
From that year to 1859 he attended the
Harvard Law School, when he was ad-
mitted to the bar and entered the
office OF Hon. B. F. Thomas. Of Boston.
He was member of the Massachusetts,
House OF Representatives in 1874. Since the
year of his graduation at the Harvard Law
School and his admission to the bar, in 1859,
he has been continually in the practice Of
the law in Boston. He received his appoint
ment as Acknowledgement of the United
States March 6, 1893, the date upon which
President Cleveland entered upon his second
term of Office,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-03
Oil of Princeton Dead.

Frederick P. Oil, aged nineteen, one of the
two students at Princeton IN. J.) College
shot by the colored man Collins, died in the
Isabella McCosh Iafirnary. where he was
taken for treatment Immediately after the
shooting. His father and other relatives and
several members Of the faculty were at the
bedside.
Perltonitis caused by the wound and sub
sequent operation was the immediate cause
OF death. His body was taken to his home
in Sharon, Penn, for burial.