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FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.
Four Persons Killed in an Accident at
Fall River.

FOIL River.
A fifty-horse power boiler exploded in the
rear Of the basement OF the Langley loom
harness shop on County street. Fall River,
Mass, three-story wooden building owned
by Henry L. Langley. The sides Of the
building were blown out, knocking away the
supports and allowing the upper floors to
settle into ruins. Fire started In the ruins
and began to burn briskly.
The f1remen made heroic efforts to rescue
the Imprisoned work people, Of whom there
were seventeen. Shrieks from the girls in
the ruins were mingled with the cries OF
their friends, who hurried to the scene.
Ambulance calls were sent out. and every
physician who could be reached was called.
At 8 o'clock the badly charred body Of q
woman was hauled from the ruins. The fire
had then been quenched. and at noon It vas
found that four persons had been killed and
seven had been seriously injured.
The killed were Leila Horton, aged seven
teen, Adele DUDE, aged eighteen Robert
Murray, aged twenty-one; Adolph Belle
feuille, aged thirty.
When the explosion occurred 1t shook
every building within a half mile. 1t
smashed the Stafford mill windows on the
east side, and in less than three minutes
every operative wss out of the building.
There Is O great deal OF wreckage among the
mill machinery. The force OF the explosion
was enough to send bricks the whole width
OF the mill. The boiler was torn apart In
the middle, and the furnace part was blown
into the building.
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ROUTE OF THE CANAL.

vessels, royal yacht Osborne, Admiralty
Yacht Exchantress; Italian, 4 battle
Ships, royal yacht Sarvia, 2 cruisers, tor
pedo vessels; United States, cruisers;
French, battleship, 2 cruisers; Russian, l
battleship, l cruiser, l gunboat; Austro-
Hungarian. cruisers; Danish, cruisers,
torpedo boats: Norwegian, 2 gun-vessels,
torpedo boats; Swedish, coast defence
ships, l gunboat; Spanish, battleship.
cruisers: Portuguese, l battleship; Rou-
manian, l cruiser, l gun-vessel: Turkish,
Admiralty yacht Fevaid.
The grand procession Of this formidable
h0tila through the canal was led by the Ger
man dispatch boat Grille, followed by the
Emperors steam yacht Hohenzollern. with
His Majesty Oh board; after which came his
other yacht. the Kaiser Adler, conveying the
rulers Of Saxony, Wurtemburg, Bavaria and
the other sovereign States OF the Confedera-
ton. The long procession was closed by the
Prussiau iron-cad Worth, commanded by
Prince Henry, the Emperor's brother. After
this ceremony all the ships OF the German
fleet passed through the canal, and paraded
before the Emperor in the big Kiel war port,
the basin of which is from 14)0 to 100 feet
broad and from forty to flfty-fve feet deep.
The other royalties passed through the
canal on the Lloyd steamer Kaiser
Wilhelm H. The Ambassadors, Ministers
ana Otner ulpiolnittS WeLC acEonuio-
dated on the Augusta Victoria, the
Members OF the Reichstag, the House
of Lords and the Diet on the Trave and on
the Columbia, the latter of the Hamburg
line. All the ships drew up in battle line at
tired in their gayeSt colors and the sightseerS
were allowed to pass them and take in the
magnificent sight ut short range. One OF
the vessels which attracted great enthusiasm
was the steamer Tantallon Castle, having on
board Hon. W. Z. Gladstone and party who
we're the guests Of Sir Donald Currie. The
presence of the Grand Old Man" Of Eng
land called forth universe! regret that Ger
,.ar.s Grand Old Man, Prince Bismarck, was
unable on account of the feeble state OF his
health to be present. In the evening there
were fireworks and :orchlight professions
and the Emperor again entertained his friends
at state dinner. The German Empire at
:he same time entertained :he members of
,he German Reichstag il a specially con-
5tru eted hall near Holtenau. At the conclu-
sicc IF these functions the maanuvres OF the
Imperial German Navy took place. ending
by the Hohenzollern signalling the Kaiser's
adiel &C The departing foreign men.of-war.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-10
The Labor World.

Thity-flve hundred Michigan miners have
had their wages increased.
To help maintain the laws trades union
men OF Chicago will form Il military organi-
zation OF their own.
The Pioneer Mining and Manufacturing
Company OF Alabama raised the wages OF lis
700 miners ten per cent.
Bolt and nut manufacturers of the United
States met mt Cleveland. Ohio and decided
to raise prices ten per cent.
The big steel mills operated by the CIR
negie Companyat BraddOck, Pean., are to be
converted into tin plate mills
A demonstration was made in Vienna, Aus
tria. by &c, 900 workinSmen in favor OF uni
versal suffrage. The proceedings Were per-
fectly orderly.
Twelve hundred postmen struck at Buda-
nest Hungary, for an increase Of wages. No
letters were delivered Oh the right side ofthe
River Danube, and only few on the left
side.
The municipal administration Of Chicago
are laboring to discover how many of the
names on the Gty's pay roll represent actual
employees. and how many represent straw
men.
The girls employed in telephone offices in
Germany receive sixty cents day. A good
cook can earn as much as $l.50a day. while
trained nurses receive only seventy-fye
cents.
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INTERSTATE COMMERCE REPORT.
Railroad Mileage Was Increased Durin;
1894 Over 1000 Miles.

Railroad Mileage Was Increased During
1894 Over 1000 Miles.
The seventh statistical report of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission has Just been
submitted. 1t covers the fiscal year 1894 and
completes the preliminary statistics pub
lished last December. The first part of the
report covers the last four months OF the Co.
lumbian Exposition. during which time
there was an increased passenger traffic.
The second part covers period OF
widespread business depression. The third,
beginning on June 80, 1894. when 1872 roads.
operating upward of $4,000 miles OF line
and representing one-fourth of the total
railway capitalization. were in the hands OF
receivers. The effect Of these conditions is
apparent in nearly all Of the figures pre-
sented.
The total railway mileage in the United
States was 17S,70S an increase during the
year of 2247 miles. The increase during the
previous year was 1897. The State Of Penn
sylvania shows an increase Of 10000 miles:
Florida, 234: North Dakota, 1876; Ohio, 1S4;
Georgia. 1862: Maine, 1875; Missouri; 12O;
West Virginia. III. and Minnesota, 116 miles.
During the year 1879 locomotives and
30.3S6 cars were fitted with train brakes. and
1877 locomotives and "a, 1876 cars were fitted
with automatic couplers.
The total number of railway employees on
June 80. 1894, was 7TS,60S. a decrease OF 81,
994. and less than in any year since 1880.
The total amount of reported railway capt.
tai on June 80. 1894. was $40, ,796. .473, ,S13. an
Increase of S290, ,23S, ,403.
The gross earnings of the railways Tor the
year show a decrease of Sl47, ,SSO,977 or
twelve per cent.
One thousand eight hundred and twenty
three railway employees were killed during
the year. and 23,422 were injured, as com
pared with 2727 killed and 31,729 injured In
1888
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TIE BALDWIN APPLE MONUMENT.

had been drawn to it by the number of wood.
peckers which gathered about the trees on
account ofthe apples. Mr.. Thompson thought
it a new variety, and as it pleased his taste
he called the attention OF his neighbors to 1t,
and he and his brother fastened to graft
from it many trees on their own estates. 1t
was first called the "pecker" apple, then the
:'Butters" apple, from the owner OF the land
where the tree was found. The brothers
Thompson were constant in their efforts to
scatter it far and wide, and for miles around
the people secured branches OF 1t and grated
their trees.
The neighbor and friend OF the Thomp-
sons, Colonel Loammi Baldwin, the eminent
engineer, showed the fruit to MS many
guests. who came from distant parts OF the
Country, and this did much for the spread
of the apples fame. which in few years
came to be known as the Baldwin
The granite shaft which is to be erected
bv the Rumford Historical Association OF
Woburn Is seven feet'high, and is surmount-
ed by representation OF Baldwin apple.
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EXTENSIVE FORCERlES.
Large Payments Made OH A. 8. Moore's
Fraudulent Paper.

Large Payments Made OH A. 8. Moore's
Fraudulent Paper.
A. 8. Moore, of No. 100 West 124th street,
New York City, Treasurer of the East River
Silk Company, of Astoria, was held in the
Tombs Police Court in $4,000 bail on a
charge OF forgery. preferred by the Union
Bank. The forgery, on which this charge is
based, is for S12, 900, but it is said tnat Moore
has gotten away with about $3.50, 900 since
November and that the following banks are
fellow suffers with the Union: The Bank oil
New York, the Southern National Bank, the
United States National Bank and the Bank Of
America.
The loss will fall entirely on the banks and
the silk company, which has already gone
into the Sheriff's hands. Moore was book
keeper for Inmau, Swan & Co. in the Cotton
Exchange Building for four years. up to last
November, when he was discharged for
specializing.
Moore lived In style with his wife up in
Harlem, where he studied psychology. taught
Sunday-school and entertained literally. He
never told Mrs. Moore Of his dismissal and 1t
Is believed that he was led into deeper specu-
lation and finally forgery to keep up with
his unchanged expenses.
Moore is only thirty-four years old and
was a country schoolmaster up to six years
ago. His pennanship is good and 1t was oy
the merest accident that the Union Bank
discovered the forgeries.
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he undertook to construct the Northeast Sea
Canal, which is the longest in the world,
measuring 61I d miles, calculated the cost at
s39, ,0O0, 900, and not only did he keep within
the limit, but saved S175,00O. On the 5th OF
June Herr Baensch celebrated his SEVENTEEN
birthday. The most powerful feet OF war
vessels ever assembled, numbering upward
OF 100, took part in the naval display which
followed The list of fighting ships of all
classes was as follows.
German. = battleships, coast defence
ships. 8 cruisers, despatch vessels, train
ing ships, royal yacht Hohenzollern, yacht
Kaiser Adler, torpedo division boats, "a
to-pedo boats, numerous small crafts;
British, 4 battleships, 3 cruisers, torpedo
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-10
THE PRESIDENTS VACATION.

He Leaves Washington for "Gray Cables"
Buzzard's Bay, Mass.
President Cleveland, accompanied by Pri.
vate Secretary Thurber and DR.. O'Reilly, left
Washington for "Gray Cables" Buzzard's
Bay, Massachusetts,, for the summer. When
the Presidents train arrived in the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad depot in Jersey City, N. j.,
the President, Mr.. Benedict, Mr.. Thurbef
and DR.. OReilly boarded launch, and were
quickly conveyed to Mr.. Benedict's yacht
Oneida. In fve minutes the Oneida was
steaming down the river on Its way to Buz-
Yards Bay.
During the absence Of the President all Of.
fcial business will be transacted as usual
through the White House. Announcements
OF appointments or of action in other mat
ters will be sent by mail from Gray Gables,
and made public by Mr.. Pruden, the Assist
ant Executive Secretary.
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cANADA'S NEW WATERWAY.

Its Rival to the American Sault Ste. Marie
Canal Opened.
The new Canadian Sault Ste. Marie Canal,
which affords connection between Lakes
Huron and Superior, independent OF the
Canadian Canal. was opened without cere-
monies or speech making. The. canal will
not have an available draught OF more than
fourteen feet on account Of howlders in the
channel. 1t will take month yet to remove
all distractions. The contracts Tor the
canal and lift locks were let in November.
1888, and those for the entrance works IN
January. 1885, The total length ofthe canal.
with approaches, is about three and nall
miles. The lock chamber is 900 feet long
and sixty feet wide, with depth Of water
suficient to pass vessels 9f twenty feet
draught. The works altogether cost about
$4,000. .000
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-10
The National Game.

All OF the Cincinnati catchers are doing
poorly.
The Louisville Club has signed Pitcher
Weyhing.
Breitenstein, Of st. Louis, wears glove on
his right hand.
Cleveland is playing plucky game with
crippled team.
Jennings is playing phenomenally at short
for Baltimore.
New York is having its turn at being ser
iously crippled.
Dolan, Boston's left handed pitcher. is a
second Breitenstein.
The Western clubs of the League are hold
ing their own in the East.
Clarke's good pitching for New York has
certainly been surprise.
This is Anson'stwenty-flfths straight season
as professional ball player.
1t is next to impossible to purchase the re-
lease of valuable players just now.
Duffy, of Boston, has developed into one OF
the finest outf1elders in the League.
Brodie and keeer are doing the best bat
ting for the GaltimoreS this season.
OF the new PittsburS players Clingman ex-
GELS in fielding and Cross In batting.
Boston won fifteen out of the last sixteen
games played on the home grounds.
Hawley, of Pittsburs has shut out three
teams-Boston, New York and st. Louis.
The St. Louis men are fast on the bases,
especially Brown, Dowd, Cooley, Peitz and
Quinn.
Bannon is now the star batter of the Bos-
, ton Club and constantly improving in his
q; fielding.
Hla~ Of nj r,,If-n 10 in 7 Al
. ville's left field at New York is the record OF
the season.
Some OF the most promising young talent
in the country can be found in the New Eng
land League.
Stafford, of New York City, played twelve
games without an error this year, which Is
surely up to the Ward standard.
It isn't often that ball players succumb to
sunstroke, although they wear heavy flannel
shirts that seem to weigh ton.
The Boston directors have instituted new
.Seature at the Boston Ball Park in fitting up
a building for the checking OF bicycles.
Chicago has signed new pitcher OF the
name of Frank Howe, son OF }. ). Howe,
the millionaire lumberman OF Brainer |.
Cincinnati contemporary advocates the
introduction Of flag signaling, a. used III the
United States Army, to direct the movements
of ball team.
President Powers believes that there ism I
a weak team in the Eastern League, anu
that the rivalry displayed between the towns
on the circuit is actually greater taah tnat
shown BY National League cities.
In the League, up to a recent date, thirteen
shut-out games had been played. VI these
Hawley has pitched three, and Dwyer. Hot'
fer. Hutchinson, Nichols, Wallace. Breiten'
stein, Lucid, Kennedy, Taylor and Rasie one
each.
William H. Soper, den:a! st@dent at Ann
Arbor. Mich, from Greensburg Wis. while
making throw home from the outfield, gave
his arm twist and broke It near the joint
The cause Of the accident Is puzzltng the
physicians
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ships OF the newest types, carrying sixteen
admirals and 20, 900 sailors, assembled at the
war port Kiel to celebrate the completion OF
the canal. They we're welcomed by twenty
eight German men-of-war manned by O.HOO
sailors and marines. The United States were
represented by the ironclad cruiser New York,
the flagship of Commander Evans; the
cruiser Columbia, Captain Summer: the
cruiser San Francisco, Captain Shepard, and
the cruiser Marblehead, Captain O'Nei!l,
Rear Admiral Kirkland was in command.
The great American cruisers duplicated the
triumphs OF their recent visit to England,
when the whole town and numerous distin-
guished citizens Of London did them honor.
The fireworks taken over on the New York
were displayed ut Hamburg and created a
grent sensation. During the pyrotechnical
exhibition the New York displayed picture
in fire of President Cleveland from her fore
mast.
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TO NORTH POLE BY BALLOON.

M, Andree Going to Paris to supertntend
the Manufacture of His Air Ship.
NJ. Andree will shortly 50 from Stockholm,
Sweden, to Paris to oversee the making OF
the balloon in which he will attempt to reach
the North Pole. The balloon will be made
ofdouble silk, and will be capable OF floating
In the air for thirty days at height OF two
hundred and fifty metres.
1t will carry three persons, instruments,
ballast, four months provisions, sledge
sail boat. weapons aud ammunition. NJ. An
dree hopes to steer his air ship by means OF
sails. and brake ropes dragging on the eartn
when necessary. ~ :,
He proposes to start in July, 1886, and
hopes to return toward the inhabited parts
of America or Siberia.
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FLAG DAY.
The Anniversary of the Adoption OF the Ma
tional Emblem Celebrated.

The Anniversary of the Adoption OF the Ma
tional Emblem Celebrated.
The anniversary of the adoption OF the
American flag was observed universally
throughout the Union. In New York City
Flag Day was celebrated by the display OF
flags on public buildings and private resi-
dences, by exercises in the public schools
and by presentation of flag by Lafayette
Post to Greenwich School. .o.
The celebration of Flag Day. tho !l9th
anniversary OF the birth OF the National
emblem. was appropriately observed IN
Philadelphia. 1t is in that city: on Arch
street, that the house stands Where Mrs.
Betsy Ross. the maker Of the first flag. lived.
and thousands Of public school pupils and
a number Of other persons visited the dwell
Ing. which was profusely decorated. There
were several flag raisings at public schools.
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Bad Year for Sealing.

The sealing catch off the coast OF British
Columbia is far below that of last year. OF
thirty-two vessels which cleared from Victo-
ria only one will pay expenses. The total
number of skins taken in the coast catch Is
53O8. as against 1l,703 for the same period
last year. Twenty-three Canadian vessels
are hunting in japanese waters, and have
been unlucky, bad weather having seriously
hampered their operations
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HUDSON WEEDS THE SOUND
The Harlem Ship Canal Opened With
Imposing Ceremonies.
LAND AND NAVAL PARADES.

The Waterway in New York City Joining
the North and East Rivers Thrown
Open to Navigation Amid the Booming
of Guns, the footing of Steam Whistles,
and Fireworks.
With pomp and pageant, with the booming
Of cannon, with the passing of two great
parades, one on water and the other on land;
with big banquet. with the eloquence OF
orator and blaze of fireworks, the Harlem
Ship Canal in New York City, uniting the
waters of the Hudson River with those of
the Long Island Sound was formally and
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Cars navy. Alexis presented IT, the German
Kaiser Al autograph letter from Nicholas.
consratu!atlng the Emperor on the compile
tion of the cpoch-making event. The
Imperial yacht HOhenzollern ard
the train of warships and pleasure craft
dropped anchor towards evening at Holte-
nau, near the place where the canal unite$
with the Baltic. There the Imperial tent was
raised on the Kiel side of the canal. 1t wa>
constructed after the model Of the old war.
ship Niobe one Of the first vessels Of which
the modern Prussian Navy could boast.
Three immense masts supported the ten;
which measured 42O feet in length and lSC
feet in width. The mast OF the old ship Vor
Moltke served as the bowspnt. The cent
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Stole q Ride to Death.

Two passenger trains ran into each other
on the Charleston and Savannah Railroad at
Yemassee, S. C.
The engines telescoped and were COM
pletely wrecked. Engineer William BLACK
Jumped as the collision came and broke MS
leg. Four unknown colored trampS, who
we're stealing ride on the front trucks, were
ground and cut to pieces.
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SECOND DAY.

The Banquet and Ball in a Tent Modelled
After Warship.
Early the next day the royal personageS
and lesser notables embarked at Hamburg
for Kiei, where the eliminating ceremonies
were to take place. They were several ship
loads in number, for the Imperial Court
Marshal had chartered number OF the crack
steamers Of the Hamburg-American Packet
Company and the North-German Lloyd TO
convey the Kaiser's guests and those OF the
German Empire from Hamburg to hiei anu
through the canal. The route they took was
bv the Elbe. The Kaiser ran ahead VI his
guests in order to be present ut the reception
of the Grand Duke Alexis. the Car OF Rus
sias personal representative. who travelled
to the Baltic port by rail, though heis Grand
Admiral and Commander-in-Chief OF the
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The monument Is granite shaft twenty
six feet in height, and stands near the
ruins OF the Old Kings Bastion and Cit
adel. On the front is engraved, 'Io
Commemorate the Capture OF Louis
burg, A. D. 1745. Erected by the Society
of the Colonial Wars" On the left side
Is the inscription, French forces, 25OO
regulars. militia and seamen, under Gov.
Duchambon." Oa the right side, "Provin-
cial forces, Massachusetts, Bay, Connecticut,
ant General PepperrelI. British feet, ten
sails, 500 guns, under Commodore Warren,
Provincial feet, sixteen armed vessels,
ninety transports, '24O guns, under Captain
Tyng"
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Colorado's Mine Thieves.

Discovery Of the thefts OF rich ore from
the Gold Fleece Mine has led to the belief
that ore worth probably ten millions OF dol
lars has been stolen from the mines Of Colo
RADIO in the last ten years by an organized
band. The robberias have not been commit
ted by the miners, who are generally honest
men. 1t was believed that with detective
work and the spending of much money the
thieves might be caught.
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A Starving Preacher Who Stole.

The Rev. John p Smith, a Baptist country
preacher, who had escaped from Jail at Still
water, Oklahoma, ten days before, was found
lying dead along the roadside in an adjoin-
ing county. He had been in poor health tot
T. long time, and stole meat to keep his wife
and little children from starving, was arrest
ed and convicted Of theft, and sentenced to
five years in the penitentiary. Feeling DIS
punishment too great, he broke jail and met
death from exposure and starvation.
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Elayan Killed at q Funeral.

A despatch from Rovigo, Italy. says that
while about 100 persons were waiting on
platform there for the funeral services of q
conspicuous citizen, the structure gave way,
throwing everybody to the ground. Eleven
men and women were killed and twenty
others were injured. several OF them fatally.
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THE TEMPERANCE WOMEN.
Many of Them Conducted Meetings In
London PuIpits.

London PuIpits.
The Worlds Women's Christian Temper
ance Convention opened in the City Temple,
London, England. Lady Henry Somerset,
President of the British Womens Temper
ance Association. presided. The meeting
was conducted entirely by women: The
Temple was crowded with white ribboned
delegates from all parts Of the world. Lady
Henry Somerset made the opening address,
and she was followed by Miss Frances Will
lard. Mother Stewart, Of Ohio, and Antoinette
Sterling. who sang.
In nearly 200 places OF worship in London
during the afternoon and evening addresses
were delivered by women on suolects Closely
identified with temperance and the temper
ance movement.