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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-01
BOTH EYES POP OUT.
A Strange Calamity Overtakes q California
Business Man.

A Strange Calamity Overtakes q California
Business Man.
s. G.. Miller, the Secretary Of the Los An
geles (Cal) Board of Fire Un 1erwriters, felt
sudden pain back Of his eyes the other
day.
He pushed with both hands on his eyeballs
to ease the frightful pain. and blood began
to ooze from his eyelids and then the eye
balls were suddenly protruded to the furthest
limits Of the muscles and nerves holding
them, presenting an awful appearance.
When found he was perfectly rigid. the
eyes sticking out of their sockets an inch or
more, and he was uttering the most heart
rending cries. The case has puzzled the
doctors greatly, a number of theories being
advanced, but none so far has been accepted
as proved.
4 fracture Of some blood vessel back Of
the eyes is probably the cause, but why this
was brought about or why it should have oc-
CURED simultaneously in each eye cavity Is
unexplained.
The eyes themselves evidently lost all life
at once, for not only was the sight completely
lost, but the eyeballs rapidly showed signs OF
degeneration, and it became necessary to re-
move them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-01
KILLED At A BANKS DOOR.
Cashier Sanford Shot at Covington, Ky.
by State Senator Goebel.

Caeulor SANFORD SnOC aC COVlnGtoub Nyo
by State Senator Goebel.
State Senator W. p. Goebel shot and
killed Cashier John Sanford OF the
Farmers and Traders Bank in front of the
First National Bank, Covington, KY.
Senator Goebel. accompanied by Attorney
General Hendricks. OF Kentucky, and Frank
Helm, President Of the First National Bank.
was going into the bank. When they reached
| the door Sanford stood there. He shook
hands with Hendricks, using his left hand.
Then he asked Goebel If he wrote news
paper article attacking him. Goebel an
swered:
II did"
Immediately Sanford pulled out q pistol
and fired, the ball passing through Goebel's
trousers. Quick as flash Goebel pulled his
revolver and also fired. To do 80 he had to
thrust the pistol beneath Mr.. Helms chin.
The ball crashed through Sanford's forehead
and he fell in the doorway of the bank fatally
wounded. Dir. Helms chin was badly burned
with powder.
Great confusion followed. Senator Goebel
walked to the station house aud addressing
the Lieutenant In charge, said: ~ wish to sur
render myself. have shot and killed John
Sanford"
The homicide grows out Of q business and
political feud OF several years standing, and
was not a surprise. Both men were from
among Kentucky's foremost citizens, being
leaders in politics, business and society.
Not since the famous Goodloe-Swope affair
at Lexington, in which both Of those distin-
guished men died, has so deplorable trag-
edy occurred.
Goebel Is unmarried and Sanford leaves a
widow. sister of the famous Tom Marshall,
of Kentucky, end several children, one a
grown son, from whom more trouble was
feared.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-01
Newsy Gleanings.

London keeps $4,000 paupers.
The Kansas wheat crop is said to be
failure.
Regular Army men are to have new caps
and coats.
Turks are said to have killed 5000
Armenians.
The big meat packers deny that they have
formed combine.
Navigation on Lake Erie has been opened.
Grip has killed 5000 persons in New York
City since January l.
Nicaragua has made satisfactory reply tc
Great Britain's ultimatum.
The Governor of Nebraska has vetoed q
bill permitting miscegenation.
The latest attack OF the German agrarians
Is upon American cracked oats.
CAPITALISTS have purchased the c. O. D.
Mine. at Cripple Creek, COL. for 100000.
The Spaniards fear that the Cuban insur-
gents will blow up Havana with dynamite.
The heated cars used to keep Maine pota-
toes in transit from freezing have been laid
of.
The Washington monument in Baltimore,
Md erected in 1929, is diSlntegratinS with
age.
Ali the Dunkards in the United States are
to concentrate around Mayville, North Da'
Sota.
The rare operation Of amputation at tho
hip was performed, few days ago, at Gin
einnati.
A small green bug is eating up the fruit
budsin Indiana. and the destruction OF the
fruit crop Is predicted.
IT is said that the destruction of tire Flor.
ida crop has cost the Plant Steamship and
Railroad System at least 81 100000.
Grace Episcopal Church, Chicago, has re-
a soboo nension annually, and the use Of the
rectory 50 long ss he may elect. ----
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-01
INCOME TAX REPORTS
Desha BreckinrIdge's Ruling on hacs
Track Dividends Sustained.

Desha Breckinrldge's Ruling on Kacs
Track Dividends Sustained.
The ruling Of Desha Breckinrdge, Deputy
Collector of Internal Revenue, especially de-
tailed to collect income tax for the Ledng-
ton (Ky.) district, to the effect that bettors,
must pay tax on all money won over $4,000,
and that no deduction would be made for;
losses, has been sustained by the Commis-
sioner of Internal Revenue In this decisions:
"Gains from the pool box, etc., should be-
included for the year in which received and
no deduction" can be allowed for money lost
at gaming. Under this ruling everyone who
had last year an income Of $4,000, including
his winnings, will be subject to the penalties
prescribed by the Income Tax law. :,
Early returns at Washington Indicated
that the collections under the Income Tax
law would be far below the estimates
Only 1S, 900 returns have been made under
the Income Tax law In New York CITY,
This indicates some $4,000 delinquencies.
Many protests have been filed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-01
The Labor World.

Philadelphia motormen wear wells on
windy days.
Throughout Finland women are regularly
engaged in agricultural labor.
There is n balance of S13l3. 45 in the Treas
ury Of the American Federation Of Labor.
More than 100000 men are employed in
making shoes for Britunnia's sons and
daughters,
The broommakers Of Illinois complain that
the cheap broOmS made at the Joliet Penl-
tentiary are running their business.
The Globe Iron Works at Cleveland. Ohio,
has restored wages to the rate OF a year ago
before ten per cent. cut was made.
AT a recent meeting of the plate glass man
ufacturers or the country ut Pittsburg the
combination was effected and the capital
stock fixed at Sl0,0o0.OOO.
The celebrated Society for Employees OF
Commerce, of Hamburg. Germany, since its
foundation in 1858, has placed Gratutously
&C. 900 applicants for work.
Ex.Consressman Stevens, of Massachusetts,,
has restored the wages 1920 operators in his
wooden mills to the rates which prevailed
before the recent dull times.
Z, ". Boomingdale. OF Bloomingdale
Brothers, New York City, said before a Leg
islative investigating committee, the lowest
wages paid by his firm was 50 week, ex-
cept in the eases OF cash girls, who received -.
Negotiations are said to be in progress in
London TO amalgamate all dock. wharf,
riverside, gas stokers and Garments unions
on the understanding that anyone holding a
ticket of either Of these unions shall De al
lowed to work at any job.
There are 5000 ''sweat shops" in New
York City wherein 10000 men. women and
children eke out miserable existence under
bad sanitary conditions. The clothing trade
has been injured by the fear that disease is
spread through infected garments made IN
the "sweat shops"
Edward V. Williams a graduate OF the in
stitute for colored youths, Philadelphia, Is
trying to organize cooperative shoe store
and Brooklyn. The intention Is to ultimately
| start big factory to be run on a co-opera-
tive basis by the colored race. - 49,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-01
A CURE FOR CONSUMPTION.
Announcement from Germany OF q Dis.
covery by New York Physician.

Announcement from Germany Of q Dis.
covery by a New York Physician.
From Germany comes the first official news
of an American discovery said to cure the
most dreaded Of diseases. consumption and
cancer. Consul General De Kay, ut Berlin. in a
report to the State Department at Washington.
says the discovery, which was announced
late in March in trustworthy medical
weekly in Germany, is likely to receive con-
siderable attention at the coming medical
congress in Munich. The discovery was
made by DR.. Louis Waldstein, OF New York,
brother Of the famous archBologist,
DR.. Charles Waldstein. The new treat
ment, the report says, "consists of inject
ing minute doses of pilocarpine until
the Emphatic system Is stimulated
and the white corpuscles Of the blood
overcome the poisonous particles which pro-
duce disease" DR.. Waldstein's researches
have gone to the fountain whence these
healthful white corpuscles spring, and by en-
Hvening their action and productiyeness he
restores the condition Of the blood and de-
stroys poisonous germs.
DR.. Louis Waldsteln, who is referred to in
the above despatch, is q well-known New
York physician. DR.. Waldstein was born.in
New York City, the son of an optician, and
he took his medical degree at Heidelberg In
1879
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-01
A. PLAGUE OF ARMY WORMS.

Making o Clean Sweep Of Everything
Green in Kentucky.
The much-dreaded army worm has made
its appearance In Kentucky. There are
millions OF them, and they are making clear
sweep Of everything green that lies in their
way. They have devastated fields Of young.
corn and hundreds Of plant beds have been
literally eaten up-not sprig Of the tobacco
plants being left Some Of the farmers have
reserved their beds, and 1t will make their
crops late. Farmers are ditching against
the worms and bushels Of them have been
killed. It has been fourteen years since the
army worms were as numerous IN that Sec
tion,. and they arrived six weeks earlier than
on their former visits.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-01
TREATY OF PEACE SIGNED.
Terms on Which Japan Agrees to sus-
pend Hostilities.


pend Hostilities.
The London Times correspondent In
Shanghai, China, says:
Iii Hung Changs son-in-law teleSraphs
that the treaty of peace was signed n
Shimonoseki. and that the terms are:
First, the independence of Korea; second,
Japan's retention Of tho conquered places;
third, Japan's retention OF the territory east
of the Lao River; fourth, permanent ces3lon
of Formosa: fifth, indemnity OF Sl00, ,00O, ,Oo0;
sixth, an offensive and defensive alliance be-
tween China aud Japan"
China's reported delay in agreeing to the
conditions of peace seemed ineXpllcaole IN
view Of the fact that ut tn" request OF the
Chinese envoy the japanese Government
materially modified some Of its propositions
That they, as we'll as the conditions rs a
whole. were satisfactory to Ii Hung Chang
is not doubted, while it is equally true from
official reports that Ii Hung Chang secured
better terms than would have been given 20
him but for the assault male by the a'sas5ll
Koyama.
A dispatch from Toxic says tnat Prince
Koma.su. Commander-in-Chief OF the Japan.
ese Army and Navy, with number OF
transports, escorted by three warshlps,
passed Shimonoseki on his way to the seat
Of war. The Japanese Ministers at Shl-
monoseki signuled their farewells and Sooa
wishes to the Prince as the vessels passed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-01
All Five Kecaptured.

John Quigley, one Of the men who escaped
from the Mafteawan Asylum with oliver
Curtis Perry, was captured, after being at
liberty ssrs three days, in coal IL car coat :.
fessed, e1onerating institution employees
body supposed, it was Patrick Mcguire,
and not Perry, who was the prime
mover In the escape. he was the
first one to get out Of his cell and
It was he who liberated the others.
He made g. skeleton key out OF the spoons
furnished him to eat hs meals with. ID
some unknown manner he got file, sawed
the wire which covered the peep-hole In hif
cell door, stuck his arm through, unlocked
the door and was FREE Then he unlocked
the cells Of the others and together they
made their escapes Z,
were also recaptured forty miles northeast OF
Matteawan~ and taken back to the prison.
One was caught in the woods, the other IN 9
freight car- :,
Frank Davis the fourth Of the escaped
convicts, was captured near HughsonWile,
N. T., scarcely five miles from the 1nstitu-
ton. He was In most miserable plight, sick,
emaciated and 80 weak that he could hardly
stand when returned to his CELL His captors
, were Thomas Med Charles Lucy, VIII.
lam F.. Russell and Charles Mackin, hospital
keepers.
oliver Curtis Perry, the leader Of the band
Of fugitive criminals. was captured, after be-
Ing at liberty six days.. near the tracks Of the
West Shore Railroad, within four hundred
Yards of the WeeHawken (M - ferry, and
on the spot where tradition fixes the duel
between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr
Disheartenedi by his long tramp and phys
ically exhausted ,bythe suferings and prt
vations he had undergone since leaving thu
asylum, Perry made o. feeble attempt u
avoid, arrest, but when pursued and capt
tured,. mnde no resistance. HIS captor wa
Detective Clifford who thus secured re-.
ward of S22OO.. Perry was.in' New York City
for a. day and a. night, inquired his way OF
numerous, policemen. and was treated at o
hospital but escaped recognition l
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-01
10000 SPURIOUS STAMPS.
Secret-Service Men in Chicago Uneartb
Big Postal Swindle.


United States Secret Service operatives In
Chicago and Washington have unearhed
probably the most unique and at the same
time important swindle ever perpetrated up
on any Government.
It is believed thousands Of dollars have
been secured by a gang of skilled counter.
feiters, who have reproduced with wonder.
full skill and accuracy the pink two-cent
stamp of commerce.
Whether the counterie1ters have accom-
plices in dishonest postmasters Is not known.
It i5 thought the country is flooded from New
York to San Francisco with these spurious
stamps, and the United States has been car
rying millions OF letters from which not one
cent of revenue was received.
Chicago apparently has been the head
quarters Of the gang, and its product has
been shipped to distributing agents through
the express companies.
Captain Stuart, of the Postal Inspectors
Department, and Captain Porter. OF the Uni
ted States Secret Service Bureau, called at
the Wells. Fargo office, Chicago. They were
taken to the store room, and there found an
oblong package looking like big roll OF
music. It contained 10, 900 OF the counterfeit
stamps.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-01
INDICATION OF BUSINESS REVIVAL
Increase I'm Mail Matter During Marohi
Over Same Month In 1894.

Increase in Mail Matter During March
Over Same Month In 1894.
Captain White, superintendent OF the
railway mail service, has submitted
to the Second Assistant Postmas-
ter General a tabulated statement,
showing the growth Of the mails
handled In some Of the principal postofices
Of the country during the month OF March,
1895, as compared with those handled for the
same month Of 1894. In March, 1894, there
was total Of 81, 1886 go pieces so handled, put
creased 2, ,ss9 $40 pieces.
The postofaces showing these increases
were Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton and
Columbus, 0hioi Indianapolis. Ind; Nash,
Vile, Chattanooga and Memphis. Tenn, ana
Chicago, Ill. The increase in the offices
mentioned holds good, Captain White says,
throughout the entire service, and indicates
conclusivelt O revival Of business.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-01
AEse for Aspen Wood.

Counsel T.. NJ Stephen at Annaberg, Ger
many. has transmitted to the Department
of State report on the use Of aspen wood In
the manufacture Of matches In Germany. He
says that pine, poplar, linden, birch and as,
pen are alEemployed in the manufacture OF
matches. but that aspen has made itself in
dispensible through its large structure, ready
combustibility and freedom from knots. He
calls attention to the fact that aspen grows
everywhere In the United States and Is as YET
little used.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-01
Held Up q Treasury Wagon.

A despatch from Cripple Creek. Col., says
that the overland Wells-Fargo treasury wagon
from Grassy station was, held up by two
masked men and robbed. The robbers took
all the valuables. together with the treasury
box, bills of lading and way bills. They
then fatally shot and beat the guard, Robert
Smith. The treasury box IS said to have
contained S15, 900. The robbers made of on
two Of the treasury wagon horses.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-01

The wharves were crowded with specta.'
tors, who gave the General warm welcome.
Soon after his arrival General Campos Was
invited to attend banquet to be given In his
honor, but he declined the invitation, remark
ing that he preferred the assistance OF the
public In the work of restoring peace to the
island.
General Campos has cabled the Spanish
War Office at Madrid the announcement OF
his arrival In Cuba and an expression OF nus
hope, based upon the information OF the
situation obtainable, to suppress the insur-
rectiou promptly and easily.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-01
Lightning, Sand and Rain.

The entire Southwest and part Of the West,
Including Southern Kansas. Oklahoma
and the Panhandle of Texas were
afflicted With terrible sand and
rain storm. At places in Oklahoma
there was veritable shower OF mud, and In
Western Oklahoma and the Panhandle Of
Texas Egyptian darkness prevailed. Crops
were badly damaged, wires prostrated and
much other damage done.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-01
The RusinesS Revival.

"Returns from the test offices OF our COM
pany." says vice-President Cloury, OF the
Western Union Telegraph Company, Chi
cago, "show that business generally IS reylv-
ness situation than the number Of messages
handled.
"There ls good increase in all my terri
tory. and can speak for everything west OF
Buffalo"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-01
THREW HIS LIFE AWAY.
DR.. Piatz Thought, Wrongly, That he
Had Spread Smallpox.

Had Spread smaAPoA'
In the room of DR.. Richard Platz, Of Jeffer-
sonville, N. Y, who committed suicide by
taking morphine, a note was found which
explains his motive for ending his life. The
note Is addressed ''To the People Of Jeffer-
sonville." and says:
Through my carelessness have exposed
you all to the great danger ofsmallpox which
has broken out in the house Of Charles Wag-
ner. Nobody woul1 expect that woman
confined only three weeks ago should get
smallpox, especially when there were no abb
normal signs. Only Yesterday she COM
planned over some eruptions Of the skin, by
which, however, 1t was not possible to think
Of smallpox. Tonight was sure OF 1t. I
am aware that ought to have reported the
case, but as had been in together with the
other people, the danger would not DO
avoided. take my life."
DR.. Rice made an investigation OF Mrs.
Wagner, and diagnosed the case as eczema.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-01
MONUMENT TO MONROE.
Residents of Venezuela After n Remarkable
Demonstration Declare for One>

Word has reached Washington of re-
markable demonstration at Caracas. the
Capital Of Venezuela, expressive OF the com,
mon sentiment of the United States and
Venezuela in upholding the Monroe doctrine.
It occurred on the visit Of the United states
c1uadron under Admiral Meade. to La
Guayra, where the officers were met by Gov
ernment officials and were escorted with
much pomp and q popular ovation to
the Capitol. They were feted there In many
ways, and official congratulations were ex-
changed between President Crespo ana Al
nniral Meade. The entire press Of the city
united In a movement urging the Govern
ment to erect q statue Of ez-President Mon
roe, Of the United States, on the Plaza 90
Lopez. as a memorial to the American senti.
ment for the Monroe doctrine. The chlet
Significance Of the event Is In its coming at
time when the United States is taking active
part in the contention between Great Britain
and Venezuela over the boundary question.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-01
Atlanta's Exposition.

At Atlanta, Co., the exposition stock
holders reelected the old Board OF Direc-
tors President Collier said the exposition,
large buildings. It will be completed when
the gates open. A.,
There were 1000 men at work, and by the
END of the week $500 men will be employed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-01
Chicago relephones at $50 Year..

New rates for telephone service will be in
augurated in a few days by the Chicago Tele-
phone Company, with schedule Of rates
reaching as low as $50 a year. The scheme
contemplates party circuits. A device
adopted permits telephones to be used with
out requiring special wires. This. however,
will be used only with those telephones not
often in operation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-01
To Be Called Defender"

The Vanderbilt -Iselin syndicate. who own
the new Americas cup defender now build
ing at the Herreshoff works In Bristol. R. l.,
announced that they would name the new
Yacht defender"
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Increased Wages for 5000 Persons
At Danielsonville, Conn, the QuinnebaItS
Company posted notices in their mills OF an
advance in wages to take effect at once.
Notices were also posted in the Danielson--
Vile and Williamsville mills. Twothousand'
persons are benefited.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-01
Fate of LEM, the Bicyclist.

The London News correspondentinA Armenia
saws that the American bicyclist, Frank
Ienz. who disappeared last summer in the
neiehborhood Of Delibaba, a notorlously
lawless district, was shot on the road be-
tween Dahar and Kourtai.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-01
OFFICE FOR FlTZHUCH LEE.

/ The President Appoints virginia's Ex-Gov.
HerpQr ap Internal Revenue Collector.
The appd ointment Of General Ftzhugh Lee,
the ex-GoS Svernor, by the President, to be
Collector {ot Internal Revenue for the
sixth Virginia District was a sur
prise to- Virginia, for it was not
known that the General was ca1di.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-01
Lovers Die Together.

Louis Frank and his flancee, Kate Kolb,
aged seventeen, committed suicide at st.
Louis. Mo. They first drank poison, then cut
their throats, and finally Frank shot the wo-
man and then himself.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-01

date. Although it was understood that the
sslary s4500, would bo most acceptable tc
General Lee in, his present circumstances, 1t
was feared by his friends in Richmond that
his acceptance OF this Office would seriously
afYect his political future.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-01
Fall of Millions of Angel-WOrlns

During a heavy storm at Alliance, Ohio,
millions of ange[worms fell. making pave
ments so slippery that it was almost i'm
Dossible to walk on them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-01
cAMPoS REACHES CUBA.
He Cables Madrid That He Expects to Sup
press the Rebellion Quickly.

General Martinez Campos, the new Gov.
ernor-General Of Cuba, arrived at Santiago
from Spain, and was enthusically received.
The vessels In the harbor were gay with
bunting, and on shore the houses were pro-
fusely decorated with flags, especially In the
streets adjacent to the water front.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-01
Bay States Treasurer Resigns.

Henry NJ. Phillips, State Treasurer OF
Massachusetts, sent In his resignation to the
Governor, to take effect on the election OF bis
successor by the Legislature.