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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-13
T.eool CurioSitlc8,

COURT in Crawforiville, Ill, is asked to
award damages to John Elliott from rail-
rnad company. Two years ago there was an
accident near his house in which u number
of people were killed, and the ghosts OF
these, Elliott says, annoy his family.
An English court has awarded damages to
the Whitehaven Iron and Steel Company
from workmen who struck, leaving 700 tons
of metal to spoil.
SAMUEL ELLIOTT, a Chicago colored man.
has recovered 800 under the Civil Damage
act from the management OF skating rink
which refused him admission.
toea IN. W Justices court In case involving
sixty-1ye cents.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-13
New Orleans's Carnival Day.

shrove Tuesday opened at New Orleans,
La, auspiciously with ideal carnival wealth
er. The Rex parade started at II O'Clock
and completed its route early in the after
noon. The Comus parade brought the
carnival pageants to an end with
the ball at the French Opera.
Thesubject chosen this year by Rex was Fer
gus Hume's Chro nicles of Fairy Land" sud
1t offered exceptional opportunities for brill
liant and arti site treatment. The different
floats were taken from tho principal scenes
OF the story.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-13
BURGLARS WRECKED A BANK VAULT.
Men Arrested on Suspicion Fought the
Police With Revolvers.

Men Arrested on Suspicion Fought the
Police With Revolvers.
Tho First National Bank of Griswold, Iowa,
vas entered by burglars about midnight.
They blew open the vault doors and then
drilled the front door of the time-lock safe,
put in dynamite. and closed the vault doors
The charge used was evidently much heavier
than intended. as it totally wrecked the
vault, doing over $500 damage to the safe
and building.
The noise of the explosion was so great
that the burglars made a hasty departure.
Over S4O0 worth of stamps belonging to
the Postmaster and s120 in cash are known
to have been taken. and probably other valu-
ables The burglar-proof safe inside the
vault contained s2C, 900 in cash, but this was
not touched.
Three men were arrested at Council Bluff,
Iowa, supposed to have committed the bur-
glary. As they were being led to the Jail
they drew revolvers and fired. One police
mae was badly wounded and will probably
die. One of the thieves was shot. Only two
of the men were recaptured.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-13
The Peabody Centenary.

Tho centenary of George Peabody, who
was born at Danvers, Mass, February 18,
1875, was celebrated at various places in this
country and in England. The public gifts
bestowed with such generous hand and
wise discrimination amounted in oil to S.
400, 900, including large sums to libraries,
colleges. education in the Southern States
and model lodging houses In London.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-13
BLSSELL HAS RESIGNED.
The Postmaster-General Retires From
President CIeyeland's Cabinet.
TO RESUME HIS LAW PRACTICE.

yti the First Break in the Administra-
tion's Family of Advisers---He Leaves
the Cabinet With Regret. but His Pro-
fessional Work Demands His Atten-
tion---The Presidents Explanation.
Postmaster-Gen Wilson S. Bisseil set at
rest all doubts as to his purpose of remain
ing in the Cabinet by rendering his resigna-
ton to President Cleveland. This action
was not taken hastily. As far back
as the early autumn Mr. Bissell felt that
his law practice at Buffalo. n. y, required
his personal attention, and at that time he
notified the President that sooner or later he
would be compelled to retire to private life.
Nothing further was said on the subject until
ten days ago. when Mr.. Bissell again assured
the President that ne must soon resign his
portfolio.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-13
A FRUlTLESS HOLD.UP.

Train Robbers Find the Express Car Empty
and the Messenger Gone.
The East-bound train on the Frisco roan
was held up by robbers near Aurora, Mo.
Three men got on the engine when the
train was five miles from Aurora, compelled
the engineer and fireman at the point OF re-
yolyers to 60 back to the express car and
omen il. The robbers, however, found to
their disgust that the car was empty, the safe
Locked. and the messenger not in sight. He
had disappeared in time and the robbers left
emptY handed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-13
The Fatal Trolley.

Gustave Carlsen, twelve years old; Frank
Dumtletou, twenty years old. and Stephen
Gill. twelve years old. were killed during one
dav. each in separate accident, by trolley
cars in Brooklyn These deaths increase the
total number Of persons killed by trolley cars
in Brooklyn to 1c2.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-13
Largest Diamond in the World.

Tho Pail Mall Gazette says the Pope has
received from the President Of the Transvaal
Republic diamond weighing OIL carats.
The stone was found by au African chief in
the mines at Jagersfontein, and is the largest
known. It is OF blush white cast and prac-
:ically perfect. its only blcmish being tiny
spot which is invisible to the naked eye.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-13
81O,S5O,OOO for Pensions.

Tho Secretary of the Interior has made
reuuisition on the Secretary of the Treasury
for $40, 1850, 900 for the quarterly payments OF
pensions to be distributed to the pension
agencies as follows: Boston, 81 800, 900; San
Francisco, $3.50, ,00O Washington, 81, $50, ,oooi
Augusta, Me-, $800,O0O; Columbus, Ohio,
$3.50, 900; Detroit, Mich, 81, 100000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-13
Two More Warships Nearly Ready.

Rear-AdmiraI Brown, Commandant at the
Norfolk (Va.) Navy Yard reports to the Navy
Department that the work at the yard Is
progressing rapidly. The Amphitrite Is now
practically ready for sea and only awaits 9
crew. The Texas is also we'll advanced. ALI
of her gun mounts are in place and all
of the arnor save some shutters.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-13
THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
News Cleaned Among the Depart
ments and About the Citv.
HONORING FREDERICK DOUGLASS

The Departed Champion Of His Race
Viewed by Thousands as He Lay in State
THE National Council Of Women Dis
cuss Variety OF Themes at Their An
nual Session.
Shortly before nine o'clock q. m, the re-
mains Of Frederick Douglass we're removed
from his late residence on Anacosta Heights,
suburb of the capital, to the Metropolitan
African Methodist Episcopal Church, Wash
ington, the largest edihce Of the kind in the
city, where the body lay in state for some
hours, and was viewed by immense crowds
of sympathetic mourners.
All the leading colored men Of Washington
took active part In the ceremonial observ-
anoe. Ex-senator Blanche X. Bruce, Of
Mississippi; Ex-Governor Pinchback. Of
Louisiana; ex-Gongressman Lynch, OF Mis-
sissippi, and other men Of his race who have
been prominent in official life, were among
the pall-bearers.
Mrs. Cady Stanton, Miss Susan B. Anthony,
Mrs. Sewall, and other ladies identified with
the Woman's Rights movement. were demon
strative in their manifestations of esteem,
and the only colored diplomat In Washing
ton, Mr.. Clement Haentjens, the Haytian
Minister, personally attended to testify his
respect. Several OF the New England Sena-
tors and Representatives were amongst those
who attended the church. For many hours
there was no intermission In the constant
stream Of mourners.
A silver plate on the casket bore the simple
inscription:
Born 1917,
Died February, 1896"
A cast of the dead mans hands was OBJ
tanned. The floral tributes were very beau
tiful. At ITO the body left for Rochester, N.
Y, for burial
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-13
AYoune Queens Herolsm.

With the object OF removing the prejudice
that exists among the Portuguese people
against the newly discovered serum OF diph'
iberia. maady that commits terrible raw
ages In Portugal, young Queen Marie Amelie
has Just submitted to inoculation, being the
first crowned head or royal parsonage to un-
dergo the treatment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-13
WoMEN'S NATIONAL COUNCIL.
Topics Discussed at the Trlennial Session
by the Leading Delegates.

The second week Of the triennial session OF
the National Council Of Women opened at
Washington with prolonged discussion on
the topic Of equal pay for equal work. The
discussion was led by Miss Harriet A. Shinn,
Of Illinois, delegate to the National Asso-
citation Of Women stenographers: Miss Mary
Desha, ofWashington, and HarrietA A. Reyser,
ofthe organization Of working women ofNew
York. A plea for the creation Of q Secretary
for foreign women in the Council was made
by Madame Josefa Humpal Zeman, of Chi
cago. Frances E. w. Harper, OF Pennsyl-
vania, colored woman, characterized the
present sentiment as to the true position OF
colored women as unjust, and claimed that
the eavenues OF usefulness open to them are
too few.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-13
Postmaster's Children Rob the Mail.

Nelly Palmer, Deputy Postmistress, and
William Palmer. aged respectively twenty
and sixteen years, daughter and son OF Post
master Palmer, Astoria. ILL.,, confessed to
tampering with the mails and were placed
under arrest. The populations have been
going on for year and half.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-13
MANY Murders in Chile.

Criminal statistics published by the Chilean
Minister of Justice show that 2s0 persons
were murdered in Santiago in 1894, and
about the same number In the provinces.
The number OF murders In the Republic dur
ing the year was 2900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-13
New Rules of the Road.

The President Issued proclamation post
poning the effect Of the new rules OF the road
at sea until some future date, in accordance
with the act Of Congress. In the proelama-
ton 1t is stated that this action is taken at.
the request of Great Britain.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-13
4 SICK HORSE.

A brewer once bought horse from farm
or, andsetitto work drawing beer wagon.
Although the animal was we'll groomed
and cared for, 1t was observed that In the
course of a few weeks he began to fall away
in flesh and spirits, and soon went on ms feed
altogether. The case was so mysterious thsti
be went to see the farmer about 1t. 81 cam
not account for the matter at all, " said the
farmer; sthat horse was most perfect ami;
ma, perfectly sound In every way,sand SIl
never had any trouble with him. Let us call,
In veterinary surgeon. - Having secured the,
professional, allthree proceeded to the stable,
and the expert proceeded to make caroful|
examination Of the horse. 81 am completely
at loss TO account for II" said the surgeon.
''The horse is in perfect condition, solar as
I can see. I cannot explain" "Then vii" ~
said the horse, who had somehow found hu-
man speech. 81 am simply ashamed Of the
business ON In! When 7 was working for
the farmer was doing something useful
Now am employed In doing that which,
serves no good purpose, but rather curses the
community, and It makes me sickn
Moral-It would be better for humanity tfI
horse sense were more common. Canadian.
Tempiar. tI
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-13
Named for Collector.

The President decided the fight in the
Democratic ranks in the western part OF
Pennsylvania by nominating new Collector
of Internal Revenue for tho Pittsburg Dis.
trict. The man named is Edmund A. BiGler,
the Collector during Mr.. Ceveland's first
term.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-13
Eart!,uuake in st. Louis.

There were two distinct shocks OF earth
quake in West st. Louis, Mo-, few nights
ago, occurring about half an hour apart
Each shock lasted about ten seconds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-13
A Consul Resigns.

The Secretary of State has received the
resignation OF Charles s. Hazeltine. OF Mtchi-
gan, as United States Consul at Milan, to
take effect on the appointment OF his sue
ceSSCr.'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-13
Farmer and Wife Perish.

George Weaver and his wife, an old couple
living alone on farm seven miles west OF
Dayton, Ohio, were burned to death In their
dwelling.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-13
RANSOM GOES TO MEXICO.
HIS Nomination Promptly Confirmed by
the United States Senate.

Matt ". Ransom, Senator from North
Carolina. was nominated and confirmed as
Minister to Mexico, in place Of the late Isaac
P. Gray. The Senate went into executive
session Immediately after receiving the
nomination from President Cleveland
and confirmed it by q unanimous vote.
The confirmation was moved by Senator
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-13
FRANCE BARS OUR CATTLE.
French Council Has Issued a Decree Pro
hlbItinS the importation.

Secretary Gresham has received from the
United States Charge at Paris cablegram
stating that the Council has entered decree
prohibiting the importation until further Or
ders OF American cattle into France.
e Secretary Gresham has furnished copy
of the cablegram to the Department OF Agri-
culture, and has given in publicity in view of
the great importance OF this action to the
great American cattle interests.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-13
A BUSINESS VIEW OF MODERATE DRINKING.

A BUSINESS VIEW OF MODERATE DRINKJSd.
A writer who Is discussing the question OF
drinking and total abstinence from apract-,
cal business point Of view and, ignoring thei
moral and sentimental side, says: ellie in-s
surance companies find the moderate drinker
more dangerous risk and his mortality
greater, hence refuse to insure him at ordi-.
nary rates, or at all Mercantile agencies
find that business conducted by moderated
drinkers Is more precarous and followed byi
greater number Of failures, hence rate suchf
firms low as to responsibility. Railroad COM
panies find that>accidents and losses increasei
under the care of moderate drinkers; that
the income and stability Of the road arel
diminished, compared with the same serytcet
by total abstainers. Capital everywhere dis-l
covers by figures and statistics, which hayel
no other meaning, that under the care and
control Of moderate or excessive drinkers thei
losses perils and risks OF business are In:
ed."-Popular Health Magazine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-13
TEMPERANCE.
THE ALCOHOLIC AGE.

In spite of the marvellous advantages Of
our present age, q great retrogression, In anl
ethical sense, Is undeniable, the chief cause,
Of which Is principally due to the increase
OF drunkenness, because the beer-saloon has
become the centre and focus Of social hfe.l
This Is the greatest alcoholic age the world
has ever seen.-Dr. Brendel, Address to tho
Anthropological Society. Munich. .5<a
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-13
rorA1 Apsr1Snscg AND THE GOSPEL.

When moderate drinking Was substituted
for total abstinence. Canon Ellison. and HkeI
minded earnest men, found that the preach
ing Of the Gospel was like S'casting pearls
before swine." But when the stumbling-
block OF drink was removed by s'entre ab-
stinence from that which had been the oc-,
casion of the sin," and Christian men and
women. Gin the exercise of their Christian
liberty" associated themselves with the VIC
Tins of the drink. Sin their voluntary abb
stinence," 1t was found that the Gospel be-
came again ''the power of God unto salva-
tion."-Christian Statesman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-31

ings worthy of the Fine Arts hall down
to rude crayon sketches, amusing from
their crude simplicity, and intentional
"comics'' by schoolboys. And to make
it complete there is a great array Of
images and carvings by the natives Of
Africa. But of all the ingenious things
in this building decidedly the most in
teresting is an elaborate "house''-a
regular Georgia palace indeed-about
two feet il cube, made entirely Of dried
cornstalks, the handiwork of a negro
boy II years old whose only tool was a
pocketknife. lie carved merely for his
own amusement in the intervals of farm
work and was surprised on learning that
he had done anything extraordinary, yet
architects say the structure proves the
most complete natural sense of harmony
and general fitness.
The boy isn't at all smart in other
things and is said to be regular "dum-
my" in school
Colored Genius and Talent.
The portraits show that considerable
pride Of race has developed among the
colored people, Their eminent orators,
preachers and soldiers are pictured in
the order of the popular estimation,
while Sumner and Osawatom1e- Brown
are admitted by brevet, as it We're;
Toussaint L'Ouverture shines in the
gorgeous uniform of Haiti, the eminent
bishops are pictured in all styles, and
over all in every collection appear the
leonine features of Frederick Douglass.
Next to the portraits the fine needlework
attracts attention. In the West Indies
generally the daughters of wealthy col
ored men are educated in converts, and
in New Orleans in select schools of a
very high order.
It should be noted, too, for the honor
of Atlanta, that there are here five
splendid institutions for the higher edu-
cation of the negroes. From one of these,
Cannon Theological seminary, Rev. J.
| W. E. Bowen, Phi. D., professor of the
o1ogy, was selected as orator of the 21st.
He received his degree at the Boston
university and has won great applause
On many public occasions. especially at
the international Epworth league con-
ference at Chattanooga in July. This
win be followed by series of colored
congresses dealing with all the interests
Of the race. J. 4 BEADLR.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-31

1t is the finest ans best that Louisiana
can furnish, and in it one feels as if in
the incest section Of French New Or
leans. The building is of logs daubed
with clay to represent the best class Of
negro homes, but inside the style is
creole, Moorish and Acadian all in one.
The drapery is from the women of the
Acadian colony in Louisiana, colony
whose history has been the theme of SO
much poetry and romance, and the ma
terial has lately been much sought for
adornments The mattresses are colored
girls of the quadroon class, and the
dishes served include the famous creole
gumbo, crab omelet, hoecake, corn pone
and other creole edibles. 1t is here that
Mrs. Cleveland is to be entertained on
the 23d, presidents day, the day to
which all are now looking forward as
the climax of the fair. Governor OFFER
rail- and staff of Virginia will be hero
during the week, with headquarters at
the Kimball House; two regiments of
the state militia will march in the pro-
cession, and we are assured that at least
5000 of the F. T. V. s will be On the
grounds. So that this will probably be
the big week of the exposition, and other
big occasions thereof will be women in
ventors day at their building, with sew
eral eminent woman speakers and the
reception by the lady managers, Mrs.
William Fl. FELTON,, chairman Of the day.
Atlanta is queer sort of city any
how. 1t isn't southern and it isn't Yam
kee; it ism t even American in the old
business way, and it certainly isn't
English. It has the nervous enthusiasm
of Paris, the cid southern local pride,
the push of the western Yankee and the
strict Sabbath and police regulations of
the Puritans, and beyond all these
marked character of its own. The worst
failures of Atlanta have come from her
overweening ambition, as she too often
promises and attempts what is beyond
her power.
The negroes were obliged to delay the
formal opening of their building, though
they had it complete and well stocked
long ago. And it's a beauty. Tho first
feature to strike the visitor is the array
Of portraits Of every size and style of
art, done by colored artists, amateurs.
photographers and even by school chill
dren, ranging all the way from oil paint
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-31
The English Nursery Governess.

The fashion of the moment is the
English nursery governess. The great
consideration is her English accent This
has far outstripped the language of
France. The New York Tribune says !:
The English governess is the most SEN
sible innovation that has prevailed in
fashionable education, for she brings
with her English ideas on the subjects
Of lessons, sweeties, diversions. scrub
bings, clothes, spankings and waiting on
oneself
The English governess brings with
her her English ideas of health. Here
she is vastly superior to the French and
German governesses, who do not always
realize the saving grace of water and
exercise. American children of the lei
sure class are splendidly groomed little
animals. This is, Of course, accompa-
MED by much unnecessary luxury. For
this the English governess furnishes the
corrective
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-31

II is but short time since southe m
negro, guilty Of criminal assault and
murder, was caught and hacked to
pieces with knives as a punishment for
his crime aud an awful example to
others. Did it have any effect? Just
this week another negro committed
similar offense in Texas and was burned
alive in the public square of Tyler, in the
presence of thousands of citizens, and
the press dispatches state that there
were a number of ladies'" Hacking
TO pieces and burning at the stake may
be successful ways of gratifying a spirit
of revenge. but as a means of prevent
ing crime they seem to be just as much
of a failure as any other mode OF punish
mant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-31

of native co1ored of every shade from
delicate brunette to ebony. Travellers
tell me the scene is wonderfully like
that on the most crowded wharves of
Marseilles or Venice. And, oddly
enough, many of these shaded peoples
are more averse to each other than the
white man is to any of them. The Chi
naman looks with contempt upon the
negro, and the negro is half afraid Of
the Mexican.
81 tell you dey don't gee, said an
old colored man. "Dem Mezicans an
ouah folks don't gee, and my chil'un
jest run when dey see Mexican comm
down de street. Look how dey done
sarved dem Guild folks what went to
Mexico. Mighty nigh starved EN- to
def, and give 'em de smallpox pur-
pose" 1t is too true that the negroes
Just back from the unfortunate colony in
Mexico are q distressed lot, lean, ashy
looking and pockmarked, but as to who
is to blame for it there is great room for
difference. One little mistake has been
made. Georgia and the south in general
have carefully avoided making dis
play of unique native products, such as
the Cracker team of OK and mule, the
queer old plows and hoes, rope lines and
''shuck collars" and those are the very
things visitors from the north want to
see The plantation quarter" on the
Midway, with its black old mammies,
its cake walks, sengs, dances and banjo
music, is big show in itself; plain
old Georgia "razorback" hog in the
Georgia building-'no breed at all,
sab, just plain hog''-has excited no
end Of discussion, and a common Florida
"cooter'' in that states building is al
ways surrounded by crowd. To the
rural Georgian the Mexican village is
the great attraction, as it shows him
people far mere backward in common
things than his own class, and when
one of these lanky mountaineers gazes
on the burro with its big pannier baskets
I can see in his eye a glow of pride
that he lives in a Christian country
where transportation is done in mud
wagons.
A Creole Kitchen.
One distinctively southern institu-
tion, however, calls for the highest
praise, and that is the creole kitchen,
which is part of the woman's exhibit.