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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-04
WORK OF LIFE SAVERS.
More Than Five Thousand Persons Res
cued by the Crews This Year.

More Than Five Thousand Persons Res
cued by the Crews This Year.
According to the report of the General
superintendent OF the Life Saving Service
for the fiscal year endei June so last, the
number of disasters to documented vessels
within the flald OF the operations Of the SER
vice during the year was 483. There were
on board these vessels 5402 persons. OF whom
53s2 were saved and twenty lost. Eight huE-
dred and three shipwrecked persons racet7ed
succor In the stations. to whom 1882 lays
reliefin the aggregate was afforded.
The estimated valnes OF the vessels in.
volved was ss.n01, ,275. and that OF their
car2oes S2645. $50. making a total value Of
property imuariled S10.647.235 Or this
amount 9.145. .0S5 was saved aud 81. 502. $50
lost. The number Of vessels totally lost was
seventv-three.
In addition there were 1872 casualties to
small craft. on board OF which were 421 per-
sons. Of whom 415 we're saved. Life saving
crews also rescued no persons who had fallen
from wharves, piers. etc.
The crews saved and assisted In saving
379 vessels, valued. with their cargoes, at
SO, ,561. .6S5, and rendered assistance OF minor
importance to 181 other vessels in distress.
besides warning from danger by SIGNALS OF
patrolmen 249 vessels. The cost Of main
tanning the service for the yea was 81, 1,345,-
S2S 40
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-04
THIRTY-TWo BUILDINGS BURNED.
Two Merchants, Arrested for Arson, II
Danger OF Lynching.

Two Merchants, Arrested for Arson. In
Danger OF Lynching.
The Star Store at Purcell, Indian Terri
tory. took FIRE while high wind blew, and
the flames spread rapidly and soon ravaged
the entire rorth side Of the street. made up
Of frame buildings.
The wind increased almost to a tornado
and drove the flames across the street.
Blanchard & Woods dry goods store and
Campbells drug store, which had Just been
built. were consumed, and every building on
the block was more or less damaged. The
east side of Canadian avenue was swept for
block and a half.
The fire is supposed to have been Of In
cendiary origin. and A. Froug, OF the Star
Store, dry goods, was arrested. charged with
arson; parties testify to having seen him
leaving his building just as the flames
broke out. P. Glucksman. manager OF the
Chickasaw Mercantile Company. Is also in
iai on the same charge. Witnesses claim
to have seen him during the progress OF the
fire enter his store. which was thought to be
out of danger, pour coal oil around, and
light 1t. Indignation was great, and for
time lynching seemed certain. Thirty-two
buildings were destroyed. The total loss
foots uo about S150, 900. ..
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LYNcHED AT FREDERICK. MD.
Mob Waits Until Salvation Army Girl
Offers Up Prayer.

Mob Waits Until a Salvation Army Girl
Offers Up Prayer.
James Goings. a young colored man,
begged food at the residence Of Hamilton
Geisbert. near Frederick, Md. After eat
ing voraoiously he attacked Miss Liz
zie Jones. who was alone In the
house. The colored man broke her
nose and cut her with q razor. He was
arrested, and held for hearing. A few
hours later he was taken from the jail by q
mob and hanged to tree on which, few
years ago, the colored man Bigus was
lynche1 for a similar crime.
AS the rope was thrown over the limb Of
the tree, Salvation Army lass who had
kept by the side OF the doomed man asked
permission to pray for him.
The men paused, while the victim with
the rope about his neck, crouched by the
tree. Beside him knelt the wo nan, who offered
up a last petition for the condemned man.
After short prayer the woman arose and
disappeared in the darkness. A moment
more and Goings was suspended In midair.
A single shot was fired. Some one sent q
bullet into Goings's body. It pierced his
heart and ended his agony.
A member Of the mob made briefspeech,
in which he said they were there with the
unfortunate wretch, not in spirit OF malice,
but to make an example OF him, and to teach
his race that they must let the women OF
Frederick County alone.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-04
A HALF.MlLE ON HANDS AND KNEES.
Thirty Miners Crawl Through a Tunnel to
Place OF Safety.

Thirty Miners Crawl Through a Tunnel to
Place of Safety.
Thirty miners at the Lenz coal niue. ten
miles south OF East 81. Louis, No., had mar
row escape from suffocation few mornings
ago. They were at work in a drift eighty
feet below the surface. The steam pipe from
the engine room above burst and steam
poured into the mine, cutting off the fresh
air. The men rushed to the cage, and in
their hurry to ascend the shaft trampled
upon each other in the darkness.
But the engine had stopped, and they could
not be lifted TO the surface. An old, gray
haired miner named Thompson called upon
them all 10 follow him on their hands and
knees and keep their heads close to the
ground. He led them through an old tunnel
half-mile long to the Oak Hill mine, where
they were hauled up. Some Of the boys and
young miners were painting for breath. The
old fellows stuck it out best, but it was
hard Journey for all.
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EIGHT HUNDRED SLAIN IN HARPooT.
Eight Of the American Boards Twelve
Mission Buildings Burned.

Eight Of the American Boards Twelve
Mission Buildings Burned.
The State Department has received
oablegram from United States Minister to
Turkey Terrell. stating that eight Christian
missions at Harpoot, Armenia, had been
burned AMI that about 800 persons had been
killed.
Eight OF the twelve buildings belonging to
the American missions wers sacked and
burned. The missionaries, however, es-
capped
The Porte had assured United States
Minister Terrell that the property and lives
Of Americans would be protected, and that
gendarmes had been detailed to guard the
mission.
The 4Of0 Armenians WHO were beseiged by
Kurds in Guran, in the vl(layet OF Sivas,
are said to have been massacred.
In the district Of Mardin, where there Is
large Christian population OF Chaldeans and
Syrians, number OF villages have been
burned and the people have been left destt-
tute.
The mission property destroyed at Har.
poot belonged to the American Board OF
Foreign Missions, which furnishes the fol-
lowing information: The value Of the prop
erty reported destroyed was between S75 600
and s1OO, 900. The mission was one OF the
most prosperous and was considered the
most secure from trouble.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-04
The Labor World.

Coal and ice cart men are about to organ
ize in New York City.
In labor circles 1t Is said the eight-hour
work day movement Is gaining ground.
The annual convention Of the United Gar:
ment Workers OF America was held this yea
in Baltimore.
An out-of-work fund for old and unem-
ployed members Is to be established by Wait
ers' Union No. l, of New York CITY,.
One hundred and thirty-two local unions
retail clerks, and the number Is increasing
steadily.
Progressive Varnishers' Union won strike
in New York City for $3.50 day wage.
Arbitrator Judge Little decided the Ohio
coal miners wage question In favor OF the
operators.
The Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers
is the only large labor organization In this
country which still refuses admission 10
colored men.
A library and reading room is about to be
established by tho Lansing (Mlca.) Trades
Council, and this Is good example to all
central bodies.
A general strike Of Pittsburs plumbers was
inauyurated for the restoration OF the ten
per cent. reduction two years ago. About
400 men went out.
The late Baron Tauchnitz, the great pub
Usher, was so popular among his employees
and so just to them that strike never oc-
CURED In his establishment.
There Is little village named Marknen-
kirchen, In Saxony, where every working
person-men, women and children-is en-
gagged in the manufacture Of violins.
General Master Workman Soyereipn of
the Knights Of Labor, says he will positively
decline a reelection. He declares that ut
the end OF his present term he will go to
farming In Arkansas.
There are not far from million men In the
employment Of the railroad corporations in
the United States, and large proportion OF
them hold places OF responsibility, involving
duties which can be performed only by men
Of steady kobrietY.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-04
CONGRESSIONAL CONTESTS.
Twenty mine Seats In the House OF Repre-
enr.atives DISPUTED.

Iwenty-ntne seats In the HOUSE Oh hepre.
e"1.atlves DISPUTED.
The Congress which convenes on Dece1n-
ber will ba called upon TO settle some i'm
portant contests.
Notices OF contests have been filed from
twsnty-nfne districts. distributed among
twelve States. Of which onlv two are North
ern. The contestants are all Republicans.
The following fable gives the names Of the
contestants. the State and tho nominee elect
ed on the face of the returns:
State. Elected on. Contestant.
Alabama. G. P. Harrison. w. q. Harrison
Alabama. 6. A. Robbins. w. F. Aldrich
Alabama. @. W. Underworld N. Aldrich
Georgia. II. W. Maddox. w. Il. Fetton
Illinois. n. F. Downing. u. I. Rinaker
kentucky. W. G. Owens. George Denny
Kentucky. i. NJ. Kendall. N. j.. Hopkins
Louisiana &C. F. Buck. Fl. D. Coleman
Louisiana Andrew Price. IT Reattie
Louisiana. c. 7. Boatner IA. Renoit
Maryland n. ". Rusk w. A. Booze
Missouri . John G. Tnrsney. R. 7. Vanhorn
New York. i. J. Walsh ......J. NJ. Mitchell
New York. Henry C. Miner..T. J. Camnbell
New York. q. r. McClelland. r. A. Cheesboro
N.Carolina F. A. Woodland. II. p. Cheatham
N.CdIo'lnH.''. VI. 'NIlhW ~. w. l"pIIIsou
N.Carolina u. A. Lorkhart q. 81. Martin
=. Carolina. W. Elliott. ..... q. W. Murray
s. Carolina A. G. Latimer. r. Moo-man
8. Carolina. u. j.. M"Laurin. j. F.. Wilson
q. Carolina W. Stokes. ....T. p. Johnson
Texas. 80. i. Abbott .......J. G.. Keasby
Texas. M Crowley. .....A. !. Rnsenthal
Virginia. Nv. G. Mckinney. r. T. Thorp
Virginia. &C. A. Swanson. g. W. Cornell
Virginia. p. J: otey: -. II. Hoge
Virginia. H. st. G.. Tucker. j. B. Yost.
The corrected figures OF the House. after
the Committee on Contested Seats has passed
mon the merits OF the contests. will show a
Republican membership OF 270 and reduce
the Democratic representation to eighty
nine. This figure may be reduced by three
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-04
CHIEF HAz:N ON coUNTERsEITs.
His Men Have Seizei Come S2.500,0 900 o
Them in the Last Fiscal Year.

His Men Have Seizei 9ome S2,500,000 OF
Them in the Last Fiscal Year.
W. P. Hazen, Chief Of the Secret Service
Division of the United States Treasury De
partment, reports that during the last fiscal
year his force made sOs arrests and secured
1sf convictions. They look counterfeit
money OF face value Of more than $780,
600. and recovered 12S.000 stolen United
States postage stamps. In regard to the pre-
vention Of counterfeiting, Chief Hazep
makes this suggestion:
s'The numerous counterfeits produced By
the photo-lithographic and similar processes
during the past yenr confirm the statement
made in my report for the preceding year.
namely. that this art has made it compara-
lively easy to initiate the most skilfully en-
graved design, and that the danger from
this source was grave and increasing.
II must now call attention to the fact that
several Of the most dangerous countsrfeits
Of late were printed on paper containing
distributed silk threads. 80 closely initiating
the distinctive paper used by the Govarn-
ment rs to render it impossible for the pub
lie to Getec. the counterfeit by this means.
This suggests that by the use Of peculiar
TINS and combinations OF tints, and by hav-
ing designs prepared and engraved in the
highest degree OF the art. lies the greltest
safety against counterfeiting."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-04
Foreign Notes.

Afghanistan's Ameer is burning men alive
in his wrath because his son failed to per-
suade Great Britain to accept an Envoy from
his court.
Jabez Balfour and three associates In the
Liberator and allied companies were con-
vic.ed in London OF fraud.
Three Austrian warship5 recently ordered
to prepare for service in connection with the
Turkish troubles have sailed for the Aegean.
The Turks are reported to be really taking
steps to protect life and property.
Advices from Cuba are to the effect that
the insurgent leaders have ordered the de-
struction Of all sugar plantations found in
operation.
Anthony NJ. Ruiz of Brooklyn, and three
other American citizens were kidnapped a:
Inagua by British marines, 80 it was re-
ported.
Carl S.eckelman, the South African ex
porer. was drowned while attempting tc
transfer g. cargo Of African merchandise In
surf boats from land to shipboard.
The coronation Of Emper or Nicholas H..
of Russia, has been fixed to ia place ut
Moscow. May 24, the date OF the seventy
seventh birthday Of Queen Victoria.
marriage has been arranged with official
sahction between Princess Hsnriette, eldest
daughter of Prince Philippe, Count oil
Flanders, and niece OF King Leopold. and
Prince Emmanuel d'Orleans, only son OF the
Due d'Alencon.
John W. Mackay, the American million
aire, has sent to the city OF Nancy, France,
large sum Of money for the purpose OF erecl.
Ing a statue OF Jeanne D'Arc upon the
square OF st. Nicnolas-du-Port, where, in
1929, Jeanne offered prayers to her patron
saint, st. Lorraine.
Rustem Pasha, the Turkish Anba ssador to
Great Britain, Is dead. Rusten Pasha be-
came the SUCCESSOR to Musurus Pasha as Am
bnasador of the Sublime Porte at London In
1855.
Lord Suffield and Mr.. Sutbest, as inter
mediaries ON behalf OF the Ashantee ENJOYS,
undertook that the British demand relative
to having resident 8t Coomassie and the
other demands contained In the ultimatum
to King Prempen, shall! be satisfied. The
King will also pay the cost OF the present
preparations for sending an expedition
against him. Thus there will be no Ash
ansee war.
Tne new British battleship Jupiter was
launched in the Clyde. She is sister snip
of the Magnificent, which was Launched
from the Chatham dock yards last Decem'
ber.
The populace of Messina were badly
frightened NY Il series OF earthquakes an
lei RON their houses. No damage vas done
Manager Sh orr, OF tha Com nercial Bank ~
Sale, Victoria, shot his wife and two chill
dren, and then killed himself with his re-
voly,r.
Venezuela reports that the alledge1 Rojas
Paul revolution is suppressed.
The Japanese Government will confer
decorations upon Ministers Dun and Dsnby
and several Other Americans for their ser
VICES in the war with China.
II is reported that the British Government:
has deciued to join Canada in the establish
tnent OF u fast transatlantic service.
Word comes from Lowe Township, Can.
ada, that the farmers there, awed by pres
ence of troops, IRE now willing to pay taxes.
Farmers are paying wao never e1pe,te1 to
see the day they would do so.
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, REY. 8. +. SMITH. Boston Latln ocnoOt
and then Harvard College, from which he was
graduated in 1899, having as class mato
oliver Wendell Holmes. He completed
Seminary. graduating in 1882. Il the inter
year, while yet a student there, Lowell Ma
son, through whose efforts the study OF mu.
sic was introduced into the public schools OF
Boston and elsewhere, brought Mr.. Smith
number OF Germ; In music books from which
he requested translation Of some songs
suitable to American children. In the col.
lection Mr.. Smith found the tune which Eng
land sings to the wordI OF GOD Save the
Queen" and claims rs her own, but which
the Danes and Germans equally claim to be
original with them. On scrap OF paper ne
composed the hymn "Amerlca" to 80 with
the music. The verses were written In hall
an hour. Its popularity spread until 1t be.
came National.
In 1884 Mr.. Smith was ordained to the
Baptist Ministry and accepted psstorate In
Waterville. Me-, where he served until lS42,
at the same time holding the Professorship
OF Modern Languages in Waterville College,
now Colby University. From 1872 to 1854
he occupied pastorate In Newton, Mass.
While there he composed book othyrnns.
entitled "1'he Psalmtst," which has since
become the standard hymn-books OF the
Baptist Church In this country, and many
other hymns and poems, which were pub
lished under the title OF Lyric Gems
From 1842 to ,l84S he was editor OF the
Christian Review In Boston, and from 1854
to 1859 edited various publications OF the
Baptist Missionary Union. In 1875 to 1876
and 1880 to 1882 he visited the chief mission
arv stations In Europe and Asia He received
the degree OF D, D. from WaterVille College
in 1854, "
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-04
HOLINESS LAWYER ARRESTED.
MT. Shoemaker Held for SubornatIon o
Perjury.

Mr. Shoemaker Held for SubornatIon of
Perjury.
The argument for a new trial for the con-
victed murderer, Il. H. Holmes. was heard
in the Court of Oyer and Terminer,
Philadelphia, Penp., and this re-
markable case furnished another sensa-
tion. W. A. Shoemaker, senior counsel for
the prisoner. produced an affidavit in court
alleging that Pietzel. the murdered man.
contemplated suicide. To the amaze
ment Of the spectators and the shocked
astonishment of the Court, District At
torney Graham proved the affidavit to be
false and showed that Mr.. Shoemaker had paid
S20 to the woman who swore to it for doing
80. Shoemaker was so overcome by this eX-
posure that he could make no explanation.
and at the close of the argument he was held
in S1500 ball by the Court to answer the
charge OF subornation OF perjury.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-04
Stolen Goods In Students Rooms.

BY the arrest Of two Union College stu
dents. the mysiery OF several burg;aries
which have taken place in Schenectady. N.
Y. during thu last few weeks has been
solved. G. G. Humphrey, Of Batavia, n. Y,
class OF '9S, and c. Z. Miller. of Sidney. n.
Y. class of so, are the boys under a.
rest. Humphrey is a sophomore anu Miller a
freshman. They roomed together and in
their room was found II wagon load OF prop.
srly that seemed to connect them with at
least a half dozen burglaries. Among the
aric .es recovered were snotguns, mandolins,
.evolvers. canned meats and lnnumerable
other things.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-04
Cruiser Ordered to Smyrna.

The United States cruiser Minneapolis re.
ceired orders to take on coal and other
stores without delay, and to sail for
Smyrna. Asia Minor. Her duty will be
to assist the flagship San Francisco
and the cruiser Marblehead In protect,
ing the interests OF American mission.
aries and other citizens OF the United
States. The action of the Government was
brought about through numerous appeals
from missionary organizations and promi-
nent men In this country to increase the
United States naval force on the coast oi
Aaia Minor
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-04
Big Triumph for America.

A private despatch from st. Petersburg
confirms the report that the bids OF the Beth.
leham penn Iron Company AMI the Car.
negie Iron Company for furnishing the
armor-plating for two new Russian warships,
have been accepted, and the American firms
have been awarded three-quarters Of the en-.
tire order. This is considered here as q
great triumph for the American firm, and
likely to be the opening wedge for frrther
large contracts for America.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-04
A Decrease in Immigration.

DR.. John b. senner. Commissioner OF I'm
migration at Ellis Island. New York Harbor,
completed his annual report. 1t shows that
during the last SIX months OF 1898 and the
first six months Of 1894 there were ,046
persons entered ut the Port OF New York. and
that during the succeeding twelve months up
to July 1885, there were but 100, ,92s, falling
off for the year Of 29,118. During the fiscal
year 1884 the number of emigrants to Eu-
rope was 29,7S2, and in the fiscal year 1894
95 the number was Il, ,528. The total number
OF debarred immigrants during the fiscal
year 1898. .94 was 2o22, and during the fiscal
wear lSgt-95 20f7.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-04
A Surplus OF Hay.

Reports received at the office Of the Hay
Trade Journal, Canajoharle, N. Y, confirm
former statements that the surplus Of hay at
interior points in Quebec is such that good
demand will be required to move the surplus
before the new crop presents itself, and while
prices are advanced, owing to the pressure
Of buyers for Americnn account, they are not
so high as to prohibit shipment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-04
Canadian Militia Called Out.

A rcquisition calling out the Canadian
militia to assist the Provincial police in col
lecting taxes in Lowe township was pre-
sented to the military authorities. The
requisition wus granted, und one hundred
men went to Lowe under command OF Lieu.
tenant-Colonel Wright, OF the Forty-third.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-04
Vermont Sends a Horse to Africa

A Vermont horse, New England, a young
standard-ored stallion, one of the most valu.
able animals in the State, will be- shipped
from New York at an early date to South
Ltrica. This horse is of ths pure blood Nor
gan family, by the noted horse Daniel Lam
bert, dam ny Vermont Black HawK. He has
been very successful in the exhibition ring,
having won no less than seventeen first
premiums in his class Of standardized stock
norses. The price paid was 800. He is
said to be the second horse ever sent to Al
rica from the United States.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-04
Fratrlclde and Suicide.

Alvin Thomas, thirteen years old, killed
his brother william, aged eleven, at English,
Ind. and then committed suicide. The
younger brother reported Alvin for playing
truant from school.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-04
Gloucester's Tale OF tho Sea.

The statistics setting forth the losses OF
Gloucester (Mass.) fishing vessels and SAIL
ors for the year ending November show
that eleven vessels. with u total valuation Of
$7U, 900. have been lost, while ninety men
have perished. Last year 1877 men were lost.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-04
A Zig Strike.

Members Of the Housesmiths and Bridge
mems Union went on a strike on eighteen
large buildings in New York City for the
eight-hour day, and nearly twenty thousand
men were made idle in consequence.
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Raisin Crop Report.

The conclusion has been reached at Fres-
no, CAL, from data gathered during the past
few days. that the raisin crop wilt be ma
terially short in comparison with last years
output. The shortage i, varlousy estimated
at from $50 to 1000 cars g.. -.. .. =.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-04

The Sultan Writes L Remarkable Letter.
An incident that is unparalleled in the an
Ats Of Eugiiss diplomacy occurred at the
conference of the Colonial agents In
London. This was the reading OF
lec.er from the Sultan OF Turkey
10 Lorl Salisbury, begging him to
make u speech that would onset the one de-
hyered on the occasion Of the banquet given
by the new Lord Mayor Of London. The
sultan asked MIN 10 tell the English people
ul lis earnest desire to carry out the reforms
in Armenia demanded by the Powers and
pledged his honor 20 DO so.