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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-03
THE NEWS EPIToMlzED.


A SPECIAL meeting Of the Cabinet was held
to consider the situation Of affairs In
Venezuela and Nicaragua.
The President appointed Joseph R. Herod,
Of Indiana to be Secretary of the Legation
OF the United States to Japan. -
YE HEUN G1K, the Korean Charge DAT.
fairs, y7ho has been confined to the Legation
by serious illness for the past three months,
has been recalled by his Government at his
own request. -
Indians called upon the Secretary Of the In
terror to pay their respects. They are the
most notable Indians that have visited Wash
ington for some time. Amongt them are chiefs
who participated in the Custer massacre al
the Little Big Horn and engaged In many
other fights. ".
The question whether diamond cutting Is
new industry In the United States has been
decided In the negative by Acting Secretary
Hamlin, OF the Treasury Department. There
fore, Holland diamond cutters cannot come
here under contract. ..s. :
THE Government filed claim involving
$15, ,000, 900 against the estate Of the late Sem
ator Leland Stanford. N
FoR the eight and half months OF the
current fiscal year just ended the receipts Of
the United States from all sources have been
S223, ,776, 9O1, and the expenditures $263, ,414,-
191.
The Ways and Means Committee recom-
mends that England, Russia and Japan be
requested to cooperate with the United
States In protecting the seals. ..s@
President CLEVELAND decided the boun-
dary dispute between Brazil and Argentina
In favor Of Brazh. ..,-.
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SPAIN WILLING TO SETTLE.
Her Foreign Minister'S Speech on the AL.
lianca Affair.

Her Foreign Minister'S Speech on the Al
lianca Affair.
The Spanish Minister OF Foreign Affairs
announced to Congress at Madrid that the
United States had addressed to Spain
courteous remonstrance In the case OF the AL
lianca, which was said to have been fired on
by a Spanish cruiser off the east end OF Cuba
Deputies Villanueva, Diaz and Moreu spoke
at length concerning the American note.
They insisted that, as the Alliance was IN
Cuban waters, the commander OF the Spanish
cruiser acted within his rights.
The Minister eventually promised that
full inquiry should be made into the incident
and that the Government would not neglect
to fulfill all the demands of justice.
est is true that Mr.. Taylor, the American
Minister, has claimed reparation from Spain
on account of the firing on the Allianca, he
said. "The United States at the same time
presented o demand that American trade
with Cuba should not be interfered with,
and expressed the hope that the Alliance
affair would be equitably settled, since they
considered the action of our cruiser VIOLA
ton of international law. The Government
has asked for full information on this SUBJ
ject and is willing to make just settlement
without infringement on international law
or prejudice to the dignity Of the Nation.
Spain, according to report current IN
Madrid Just after the resignation CT the CAD
met, made satisfactory answer to Secretary
Gresham's demands in connection With the
Alliance affair.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE VESSEL
English-Built and One of tho Fastest
Cruisers Af1oat.


The Reina Regente was remarkable for her
speed, and resembled the United States
cruiser Charleston. Her dimensions were:
Length on water line, 800 feet; beam, so feet
7inches; mean draught, 20 feet inchesi dis
placement, 5000 tons.
Her battery consisted OF four 9.45 inch
guns, one on each side, forward OF the su-
perstructure, and one on each side aft; six
4.72-inch guns in bfoedside, forward and.
after pair in sponsons, center pair In re,
cessed ports, and fourteen rapid fire and
machine guns. She had five torpedo tubes.
Her horse power on trial was II, 500, and her
speed was 20.07 knots. Her protective
deck was four and three-fourth
inches thick on the slopes, her con-
ming tower five inches and her heavy gun
shields three inches. Her coal capacity was
115O tons, and her radius Of action about
seven thousand miles ut ten knots. She had
two smokestacks and two military masts,
with armored tops.
OF the Reina Regente during her visit to
New York during the naval celebration in
1898, the following was said: Next to the
Blake, the most efficient flagship OF the many
present will be the Reina Regente, ,Spain's rep
resentative. The Reina Regente is an Eng
lish built cruiser, and, aside from the little
torpedo boat Gushing, the Reina Regente will
undoubtedly be the fastest war craft In
New York Harbor. This vessel has made u
speed Of twenty-five knots an hour, which,
when taken into consideration that her dis
placement is 5000 tons, is little short OF
marvellous"
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Prominent People.

The late Earl Of Dudley, OF England, was
insured for over 81 100000.
The Russian Cars coronation will take
place late in May at Moscow.
The Sultan of Turkey, Abdul Hamid, has
never signed death warrant
REV. THOMAS DIXON, JR., has resigned his
pastorate at New York City, stating that he
desired greater freedom in his work.
EMPEROR WILLIAM, of Germany, is super
intending in person the arrangements for
opening the North Sea and Baltic Canal.
NJ. PuvIs DE CHAvANNEs, the distinguished
French artist, is to receive 550,000 for deco
rating one room in the Boston public library.
The Paris Municipal Council has decided
to bestow the name Of the illustrious Pasteur
On the street that has hitherto been called
Rue d'Ulm.
SENATOR GEORGE. Of Mississippi. will re-
tire at the close of his present term. when he
will have completed eighteen years Of SER
vice in the Senate.
CONGRESSMAN S1BLEY, who is to be the
silver party's Presidential fgure-head, Is q
tall and slender man Of about forty-two
years. His face is beardless. Mr.. Sibley Is
Q rich farmer and has an interest besides in
several manufacturing industries.
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STARTING FOR LIBERIA.

Co1ored People Leave Memphis for savan-
nah to Take Ship for Africa.
Three hundred and ten colored persons left
Memphis, Tenn, on special train for savsn-
nah, Ga, there to take steamship to carry
them to Liberia. The emigrants were gath
cred from Arkansas and Mississippi. The
ern cotton countries.
They are to be transported by the African
Migration Society, each person having paid
$41, which defrays all expenses OF the trip.
Six thousand colored persons are now pay
ing for fares in advance. The people who
left Memphis are mostly farmers, though
there are carpenters, blaeksmiths and other
craftsmen. One-half are women and chill
dren. They have agreed to form colony
by themselves.
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Foreign Notes.

PRESIDENT HYpPoL1TE, Of Hayti, deft Port
au Prince with large sum Of money and
troops and munitions Of war, and took up q
position where he would be better able to
cope with the threatened rebellion. ss2
The Duchess Of Leinster, the noted beauty
and leader Of London society, Is dead.
Ii HUNG CHANG arrived in Japan to treat
on behalf Of China for peace. n
SEVERAL bands Of Cuban rebels were de-
feated by the Spanish forces.
PERU's revolutionists carried their war
fare right up to the doors Of the capital,
Lima, where three days battle was fought.
In the Verde mine, at Minis Prietas, Sonora,
Mexico, four miners were killed and one
fatally injured by an explosion Of giant pow.
der. > 81
NEARLY fifty thousand English boot and
shoe operatives who objected to improved
American machinery have been looked out.
BEFORE Queen Victoria left England for
her outing she made the Liberal and Tory
Leaders promise, 1t is said, that they would
not break up the Government while she is
gone.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-03
A BAD FIRE IN TOLEDO.
Wall OF . Round House Falls and Many
Firemen Buried in tho Debris.

Wall OF . Round House Falls and Many
Firemen Buried in tho Debris.
The round house OF the Wabash Railroad
in Toledo, Ohio, was burned. The fire
caused the loss of three lives and injuries to
nine persons. Of whom one probably was
fatally hurt. The property damage Is be.
tween $4,000 and $100, 900,
The list Of the dead Is as follows: R. H.
Bohlman, ffty-six, painter; skull crushed;
internally injured. John Bowen, eighteen,
a aspectator; skull crushed; internally injured.
J. J. Preston, thirty-flve, car inspector; back
broken and skull crushed.
The walls Of the building were considered
to be secure, and the brave fire fighters pressed
close in toward the building, the more
effectively to combat the spreading
flames. Suddenly the southeast wall,
weakened by the destruction Of the
frame supports that connected 1t with the
root, fell out and buried o number Of flremen
under heap Of smoking debris.
The round house was completely wrecked,
and the six engines stored there were rem
dered practically useless.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-03
THE ALL!ANCA'S ASSAlLANT.
identified as the Spanish Cruiser Conde
De Senadito.

identified as the Spanish Cruiser Conde
De Senadito.
The commander OF the Spanish cruiser
Conde de Venadito reports that on March s.,
while cruising of the eastern coast OF the is
lAnd, he sighted u steamer heading 10. Maisi
Point.
The steamers course was to the northeast.
The cruiser hoisted flag, and the steamer
replied by raising an English flag. The
cruiser signallcd the steamer to stop, but
without effect.
As the steamer proceeded at full speed, the
cruiser first fired two blank shots and then
two solid Shots The commander says he did
not desire to hit the steamer, but merely to
cause her to heare to. He asserts that the
steamer was but oneand half miles OIL the
Cuban coast when the firing occurred.
Judging from Captain Crossman's story,
nobody doubted that the steamer in question
WAS the Alliance which was fired on by q
Spanish cruiser on March s.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-03
A WOMAN lYNcHED.
yelief That She la the Victim OF Cattle
Thieves and Their Friends,

yelief That She ia the Victim OF Cattle
Thieves and Thoir Friends.
Telegrsphic 'advices from Stuart, Neb., tell
Of the lynching Of Mrs. ". E. Holten in Keya
Paha County. The outrage occurred near
Brocksburg. The crime was supposed to
have been committed by rustlers or anti
yigilants, who suspected the woman Of CIV
ing testimony which would lead to the con-
yie.ion of several of the cattle thieves who
ipfest that county.
=. The woman was found in her farmhouse
fying face downward on the floor with a
piece Of rope ten feet in length tied around
her neck, and u hatchet and hammer by
her side.
The room was in great disorder. terri
ble struggle must have taken place before
the woman was overpowered.
The woman had always born a good repu-
tation. She had i good deal Of property.
She was living alone when she was killed.
Her husband was committed to an insane
asylum about three years ago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-03
cUINEA.PIcS IN DEMAND.

A Problem Confronting the Health De-
partment of New York City.
There is "corner" in the guinea-pig mar
ket. The increased use of anti-toxine has
caused greatly increased demand for ami
mails upon which to test the effect Of the
remedy. The guinea-pig is especially adap-
ted for these purposes, because all guinea
pigs show the same reaction, whereas human
beings and other animals show the efect OF
the serum in different ways.
The former price of guines-pigs was sixty
cents each. On account OF the scarcity. the
price has advanced to seventy-hve and ninety
cents. and the Health Department OF New
York City is having difficulty in securing the
200 pigs that they use every month. There
Is q probability that the Health Board may
start guinea-pig farm Of its own.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-03
Children Killed by Whisky.

The two children of Patrick j. Knoud, o.
Tuxedo Park, N. j., boy aged five and a
girl aged three, found bottle of their IA
theirs whisky and drank freely of it. Both
became intoxicated, and the littlo girl, az.
tempting to 60 down stairs, fell headlonG
killing herself.
William Havens, Of Norwalk, Conn, n
brakeman. placed a bottle Of whisky on the
dining room table. His son James, aged
five, and his little daughter Marguerite,
aged four. were up before the others neXi
morning and drank large quantity OF the
contents. The boy died and no hopes were
entertained for the little girl.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-03
SPAIN MUST APOLOGIZE.
Gresham Demands a Prompt DisavowaI
for Firing on the Alliance.
WARSHIPS ORDERED TO CUBA.

Instructions Sent to United States Minister
Taylor at Madrld---The Spanish Minis
ter at Washington Very IndiSnant---
Madrid Greatly Excited---Forcible In
reference Cannot Be Tolerated.
Mr.. Hannis Taylor, the American Minister
to Spain, presented to the Minister for For
eign Affairs at Madrid demand from his
Government for apology and reparation from
the Government Of Spain on account Of the
Alliance affair. Mr.. Taylors action WAS
based on the following dispatch from Secre-
tary Of State Gresham. dated Washington:
"Taylor, Minister, Madrid:
''This department Is informed that on tho
9Th inst. the United States mail steamship
Alliance, on her homeward voyage from
Colon to New York. when six miles from the
coast Of Cuba, of Cape Maysi, was repeat
edly fired upon by a Spanish gunboat,
with solid shot, which, fortunately, fell
short
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-03
SPANISH TROOPS DEFEATED.

They Retreat, Leaving Three Hundred
Killed and Wounded.
The steamship Olivette arrived at PORT
Tamps, Fla, from Cuba, bringing news OF
battle between the insurgents and Govern.
ment troops, in which the latter were com.
PEELED to retreat.
General Maso, with 1000 troops, Attacked
General Saldo, who were on their way
from Mansinalla to Baysmo. The engage
ment lasted two hours and the Govern.
ment troops were compelled tr retreat into
the town OF Baysmo with loss Of 800 men
killed and wounded. The insurgents loss is
reported 70 have been less than seventy
killed and wounded.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-03
MINISTER MURUAcA DIsPLEASED.
He Thinks Mr.. Gresham Should Have
Waited for "NIore Facts"

He Thinks Mr.. Gresham Should Have
Waited for "hore Facts"
An interesting and most unusual feature
of the controversy is the attitude assumed
by the Spanish Minister In Washington,
Senior Muruaga. Diplomacy is not silence
with him, for no diplomat ever talked with
more freedom or recklessness than he has
done since the news first came Of the firing
upon the Allianta. The Minister insisted
that he had been unable, with the aid OF all
the Spanish officials in Cuba, to identify
the gunboat which fired the shot at the
American flag, and repeated the opinion that
Captain Crossman's story was a "fake. >"
Even after the receipt Of Captain Crossman's
affidavit, Minister Muruaga was inclined to
regard the warlike Spanish vessel as myth.
The Spanish Minister was considerably
piqued that the State Department should
have ignored him in Its correspondence with
Madrid, and should have failed to inform
him that the correspondence had been opened
or to furnish him with copy OF the dispatch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-03
SENSITIVE OF HONOR.
A Young Man Kills Himself to Avoid
Disgrace of Arrest.

A Young Man Kills Himself to Avoid
Disgrace of Arrest.
William Hill, aged twenty-five, only son OF
Lyman E. Hill, q retired gun merchant, COM
mitted suicide at Putnam, Conn, under sin.
gular circumstances. Hill went on spree
with Louis Geer, aged seventeen. They
hired team to go to hotel at Buck Hill.
According to Geer wheel broke and they
returned to get another wagon, which was
refused. The young men made fuss and
were arrested. :,
AS Geer entered the Jail door Hill remarked
that it would disgrace his father and mother
II he were locked up. and drew revolver.
Before the deaf officer who had him in
charge could disarm him he had shot himself
In the head. He died Immediately. Hill
had many friends. He was o member OF
Company G and WAS an expert rifeman.
The man who sold Hill liquor, as the town
grants no licenses, is legally responsible
and the matter is being looked up by the
town fathers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-03
Points of Law.

A bill introduced before the Massachusetts,
Legislature this year proposed fine OF 80
for every voter who fails to take advantage
OF the right Of suffrage.
In Howard County, Missouri, learned
Judge decided that certain hogs which were
permitted to run wild were ferae naturae.
and any one had d right to kill them like
rabbits.
An Indian on the Umatilla reservation, in
Oregon. has won a Judgment OF $500 dam
ages because an indian officer sentenced him
to have his hair cut as penalty for drunk.
enneSS,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-03
or Interest to Women Voters.

In registering for municipal elections in
Kansas women are not required to state their
exact age, but will comply with the law by
simply stating that they are "over twenty
one" This is official. The subject has been
thoroughly agitated at Topeka. A pertinent
fact was developed by the discovery that
we'll known man refused to state his age, but
said he was 'over twenty-one." He got
certificate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-03
American Cloth in England.

American cloth is being sold in the English
markets, and right in the centre OF the Eng.
lish cloth manufacturing districts. The
American cloth is wooden stuff, suitable for
coatings and mems suitings, selling at from
fifty to sixty cents per yard. The English
merchants pronounce it to be superior clotn
for the grade, made Of short wool, and cannot
see how it can be produced and sold for the
rrina
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-03
Drowned by q Waterspout.

Thirty miles from Gadsden, Ala, near the
Coosa River, waterspout burst, flooding 6
valley for three miles and doing immense
damage. Many houses foated from theil
foundations and much live stock was
drowned. Jacob Alverson, farmer. his wife
and five-year-old son all lost their lives.
Three men who were cutting timber in the
valley were thought to have perished.
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Secretary Herbert did all that he thought
necessary or possible for him to do in Or
dering the New York and Columbia to stop
at Havana on their way to the West Indies,
where they had already been ordered, and as
Secretary Gresham went to the extent OF his
authority in demanding prompt apology, 1t
was fair to assume that the incident would
remain in statu quo until a reply had been
received from the Spanish Government.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-03
New York Women Gain a Point.

A concurrent resolution, introduced at Al
bany by Assemblyman Nixon, to submit the
question to strike the word "male" from the
Constitution of New York State to the people,
passed the Assembly by Il vote OF W toll.
The women had gathered pretty thickly
in the chamber and they buzzed like q hive
of bees. Five porters carried in the chamber
four baskets filled with petitions, containing
626. 900 signatures. praying that the rights OF
suffrage be extended to females. The Eeso-
luton was sent to the Senate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-03
Women Suffrage in California.

At Sacramento, Cal, the State Senate has
adopted constitutional amendment giving
women the right to vote. The amendment
has already been adopted by the Assembly,
and will now be submitted to the voters OF
California
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-03
TWENTY-FIVE PEOPLE KILLED.
Blown to Pieces by an Explosion OF Dyn-
amite on the Rhine.

Blown to Pieces by an Explosion OF Dyn-
amite on the Rhine.
While 5000 cases, containing 225,0O0 kilo-
grams Of dynamite, destined for Maasluis,
were being transferred by boats on the
Rhine from German territory near Lobith,
the carsoes Of two of them exploded, blow
Ing the boats and boatmen to atoms. A
church in the village Of Elten was shattered
and fifty houses collapsed in Emmerich and
Keeken. Twenty-Five persons were killed.
The inhabitants of Loblth, Cleve. Sal
north, Tolkamer, Spick. and half dozen
other nearby places felt two violent shocks
and supposed that there was an earthquake.
girl was found dying in pile Of ruins.
She fingered three hours in agony. The
cause of the explosion could not be ascer-
tanned,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-03
American Carpets In Switzerland.

American carpets are being introduced
into Switzerland by German firm OF Stutt-
CART, and the American Consul at Zurich in
his investigation has found that United States
manufacturers have great field in Europe
for their fabrics. There are no carpet fac
tories in Switzerland. the supply being i'm
ported from Germany. England, France and
Belgium. The Consul points out single
difficulty to be overcome in creating
market there which is the prevailing opinion
that everything called American must natur-
ally be high priced.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-03
Excitement in Spain.

Great excitement prevailed in Madrid, not
only among the high officials. but through
all classes, over the reception by the Spanish
Government Of Secretary Gresham's ultima
tum In the case Of the Alliance.
Large crowds thronged all the evening
about the newspaper offices, and some hot.
headed Spaniards made anti-American
speeches, which were cheered by the crowd.
It was evident. however, that the Govern
ment was viewing the matter calmly, for the
police promptly suppressed the would-be
orators,
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Blows Good for Notaries Public.

1t is said that there arc 100000 people in
Chicago who will have to make income tax
returns, and each return must be sworn to
before notary public. The usual price OF
a notarial swear is twenty-five cents, so that
the notaries OF Chicago will profit to the ex-
tent Of S25.000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-03
A WHOLE ASSEMBLY INDICTED.

Charges OF Gross Corruption Against Okla
homa's Legislature.
The.United States Grand Jury in session
in Guthrie, Oklahoma, summoned almost
every member Of the third Legislative AS
neutrality-suspicious., clerks and door
keepers-to appear before it. It was charged
that much corruption existed in the Assem-
bly, and that over $50 900 was expended IN
furtherng legislation.
The jury, it was given out, determined to
investigate these reports, and If evidence
came out that corrupt practices were pur-
sued indictments were to follow.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-03
MINERS ENTOMBED.
Two Score Killed by Fire Damp in Aus
trlan Silesla.

Two Score Killed by Fire Damp in Aus
trlan Silesla.
An explosion Of fire damp occurred in the
Albrecht mine, at Troppau, Austrian Sllesia.
Eighty miners were taken out alive. but two
hundred were left entombed.
It was then estimated that fifty persons
we're killed. The disaster is attributed to the
accidental explosion of number Of dynamite
cartridges known to have been in the posses
sion of a foreman.
A later despatch from Troppau says that
torty-three dead bodies were taken from the
mine owned by the late Archduke Albrecht.
The Archduke Frederick has ordered that an
annual pension Of 100 f1orins be paid the
widow Of every victim, the first payment to
be made at once.