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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-16
BROOKLYN LAUNCHED.
The New Cruiser Entered the Water Safely
at Philadelphia, Penn.

The New Cruiser Entered the Water Safely
at Philadelphia, Penn.
The United States cruiser Brooklyn was
successfully launched at Cramps ship yard,
Philadelphia, in the presence Of On immense
crowd. Miss schieren, daughter Of the
Mayor OF Brooklyn. christened the boat. A
number of Cabinet officers and other distin.
guishsd spectators were present.
With the launch OF the Brooklyn the
United States Government will soon come in
possession of the finest and most effective
ship of war in the world. The Brooklyn is
I'm armored cruiser, and belongs to the same
type OF vessel as the New York. The act OF
Congress authorizing the construction OF the
Brooklyn appropriated S3,50O, 900 for the
purpose, exclusive of armament. The
Brooklyn Is AGO feet inches long, "a feet
beam, and hcs mean draught of 81 feet
and moulded depth of Al feet 8 inches.
The engines are OF the vertical inverted CYL
inier, direct acting, triple expansion type.
The armor OF the brooklyn consists OF a
nickle steel deck, OF six inches thickness on
the slope, and three inches thickness on the
fat. water line belt Of three inch plates,
backel by q double streak Of hull plating,
space. The battery is to consist Of eight
eight-inch guns, mounted on four turrets
two on the middle line forward and att. aud
two midships sponsoned on the sides; ten
flve-iIch guns mounted on sponsons on the
gun deck. and sixteen six-pounder rapid 1re
and machine guns.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-16

DR.. Talmage expressed his qualification at
the unanimity Of the call and its hearty in
dorsement by the Washington press. He ex-
pressed his regret at leaving the passorate
with which he has been associated for
twenty-five years, but said he fully appreci-
ated the National character of charge at
the capital.
DR.. Talmage said that, according to MS
present plans, he would. preach his last SER
mon before going to Washington at DR..
Gregg's Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian
Church, Brooklyn. on October 6. He will
make application to the Brooklyn Presby-
terry for official permission to leave his pres
ent pastorate and will depart for"Washington
that night. presenting his letters to the Pres
bytery OF the city Of Washington on October
8. He will preach his first sermon to his
new congregation on Sunday, October 27.
DR.. TaImage was In receipt OF many con-
gratulatory kilograms from prominent peo.,
Die in Washington. many OF whom expressed
a wish that he should make Washington his
permanent residence. This he will probably
do. as he arranged to dispose Of his home at
No. 18 South Oxford street. his family WILL
remove to Washington
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-16
Prominent People.

Lieutenant Peary says he will make no
more Arctic explorations.
Ex-Governor Campbell, of Ohio, has re-
fused a pension to which he is entitled.
.:Easland's Only General" is one Of the
.wel!-known epithets Of Lord Wolseley.
Horny N. SANKEY'S visit to Canada. it is
said, is to find good place for Belgian en-
Hgrants.
john S. Sargent, the American artist, has
been awarded q gold medal at the Berlin art
exhibition.
King Christian Of Denmark, is the Oldest
European monarch, while King Alfonso Of
Spain is the youngest.
Ex-senator Jones. OF Dubuque. Iowa, is
about to undergo an operation Ga his eyes.
II is nirety-one years old.
Or. Smith, the author Of "Anerica," de.
c,ines q memorial to himself and su ggests
instead 4 Lincoln memorial in the house
where the martyred President died in Wash
incton.
Sir Conra.i Reeves was the first mulatto to
be kniehted. He is Chief Justice Of Barba-
dos, allhough'of slave descent on his moth
er's side
Count Won Waldersee is said to have sur
pr:sed Emperor William, and even Bismarck
himself, by his strategy during the late mill
ta-y maaeuvers.
Canovas del CASTILLO, tho Spanish Premier,
is sixty-ave years old. He entered journal
ism When he became Of age, and politics
three years later.
Admir! Fitzgerald. Of the British Royal
Navy. has sat down hard on Lord Dunraven
l"r his a:tion in the yacht race.
i:ri..:e uaA-j OF Prussia brother OF the
Emperor 0: Germany has been appointed
rear admiral in the Austrian navy.
Bishop Potter, who loves to ride horse.
oacx, is out almost daily in New York ano
takes rides against time, though he is seldom
in the saddle more than an hour.
Mrs. Diaz will represent her husband per
sonally at the Atlanta Exposition, as tn
Mexican law forbids the President leaving
that country during his term OF Office.
Henry E. Abbey, the inpresario, says that
Mary Anderson is the only American artist
that ever made any money in London. Hel
last season at the Lyceum made profit O.
$50. 900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-16
Domestic.

One boy was killed and two men were In
jurcd by an explosion of gunpowder in the
Detwiller &c Street fireworks factory In Jer-
sey City. j.
The thirty-sixth triennial convention Of
the Protestant Episcopal Church was held In
Minneapolis, MINI. .@
At Danville, Ind, the trial of the Rev. Mr..
Hinshaw for wife murder resulted in YER
dict of guilty. Hinshaw was sentenced to
life imprisonment
An unknown young burglar was killed by
falling from a 1re-escspe while fleeing from
the st. Lorenz Hotel, New York City.
The Gentlemen OF Philadelphia won the
deciding match with the Oxford-C Cambridge
eleven in Philadelphia
The steamship Margaret, of the Plant Line,
was wrecked near Cape Henry, Va; no lives
were lost. ,u.. vs.
Many vessels we're wrecked in heavy gales
on the great lakes.
mass meeting Of Brooklyn citizens nomi-
mated Supreme Court Justice William J.
Gaynpr for Mayor 49,.
The Sheriff at Snr Francisco, CAL, made
defensive precautions in anticipation OF mob
violence in case Durrant, on trial for the
Emmanuel Church murder, Is acquitted.
Forest fires broke out afresh In Southern
New Jersey.
William Steinfort, eighteen years old, and
his brother Gerry. nine-Year-old pupil OF
the public schools, were drowned In the
North River, New York City. when the rowers
of nearly dozen boats were almost ready
to rescue them. William lost his life trying
10 save his little brother.
Frank P. Allison, nephew of Senator
Allison, OF Iowa, was severely hurt In an at
tempt to escape from Castle Williams, on
Governors Island, New York Harbor. where
he was In prison for desertion from the
army Frank Andrews was also wounded In
an attempt to escape. f.... .
Ethelwynn, the American boat. gave up
the third race of New York with Spruce
w., the British challenger for the Oorlnthian
Seawanhaka Cup, her owner claiming 1t was
too rough for the small yachts.
Irishmen in Chicago organized the Irish
National alliance Of the World, to effect the
freedom Of Ireland by any means "consis-
tent with the lawsand usages OF civilized Ma
tlons." .-.,.J .ia !.
The Ethelwynn, the American half-rater,
defeated the English boat. Spruce w., In
the fourth race off New York for the Seawan-
haka-C Corinthian Challenge Cup; Spruce ~.
protested.
lne tranu Jury lOunu luolctuentS IOE
manslaughter against SIX men connected
with the construction OF the Ireland build
ing, which collapsed in New York City.
Train No. !, New York and st. Louis e1-
press, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
ran into an east-bound train at Tunnelton,
W. Va; seventeen persons were injured.
The worst drought ever known In Maine
has been broken by rain. One forest fire
burned over tract six miles long and two
miles wide, and another over territory five
miles long and mile wide. a
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-16
Black Elected Again.

The Congressional election in the Tenth
District OF Georgia between Major Black, the
Democratic candidate, and the Populist
leader, Tom watson. resulted IN victory
be between one thousand and fifteen hundred.
Black and Watson were opposing candidates
for Congress ut the last regular election, and
Major Black was declared elected. Mr.. Wat
SON charged fraud and Major Black chal.
ienged Mr.. Watson to 20 before the people
again, which was accepted.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-16
NET DEATH ON THE TRACK
Two Fatal Railroad Crossing Accidents In
New jersey.

Two Fatal Railroad Crossing Accidents In
New Jersey.
Mrs. Clara Buckalew. lfty.nve years old,
and Miss Grlggs. her niece, seventeen
years old. Of Monmouth Junction, were
struck and instantly killed while crossing
the railroal tracks at the road from Mon
mouth Junction to Dayton. N. j. The two
women had ridden over to Dayton in a car
rage, and it WAS on their way home that the
accident happened. The bodies were fear
fully mutilated.
The Rev. s. Y. Lum, Presbyterian min
lister, living at East Rutherford, was in
stantly killed by an express train at Ruth
erford, N. J. Mr.. Lum had just received
lp: ter at the postoflce and he crossed the
scuare to the railroad station and started to
go over the tracks. Being extremely deaf
he failed to hear the approaching train and
was struck and his body was hurled q hum
dred feet. The APP rent recklesness OF the
act suggested suici, until Mr.. Lum's deaf
ness was recalled.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-16

Organizations of women all over the
country, and especially suffrage organiza-
tions, are preparing to hold meetings in her
honor on that day. The National Suffrage
Organization, OF which she is now Honorary
President, felt that her work for women had
been of so broad a nature, it would come
more directly in line with the work Of the
National Council Of Women, OF which Mary
Lowe Dickinson Is President. This council
is the outgrowth Of meeting called ten
years ago to celebrate the fortleth anniver.
sary of the first Woman's Rights Convention
ever held in the world, and is organized for
the advancement of women along all lines
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-16
The National Game.

Boston made flfty-three home runs thi:
season.
Baltimore won the pennant, Cleveland be.
ing second.
Indianapolis did not lose series in the
Western League fight.
Hoffer is certainly entitled to rank now az
Baltimore's star pitcher.
Mccarthy, Of Boston. intends to retire from
baseball after this season.
There Is no quicker man on the diamond
than Reitzs, OF Baltimore.
Auson, OF Chicago, Is said to be writing
book on how to slide bases.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-16
BaltIm ore Won the Baseball Pennant

The seasons contest among the twelve
baseball clubs composing the National
League ended with games at New York
Philadelphia and Washington. The pennant
which signifies the championship, was wor
by Baltimore. Cleveland finished second
and hence those two clubs won the privilege
OF contesting in a series of games for the
Temple Cup. The clubs finished in the fol
lowing order: Batinor', Cleveland. Phila
delphia. Chicago, Brooklyn. Boston. Pitts
burg. Cincinnati. New York, Washington, St
Louis, Louisville.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-16
WILLIAMS NAMED FOR GOVERNOR.
Selected by Massachusetts, Democrats to
Head the State Ticket.

Selected by Massachusetts Democrats to
Head the State Ticket.
The Massachusetts Democratic State Con-
vention was held in Mechanics Hall, Wor-
ccster, aud George Frci Williams was
nominated for Governor. Tho convention
was called to order by John ". Corcorau,
Chairman of the State Committee. The
Committee on Credentials reported that
there were 1859 delegates present out OF
possible 1921. The Committee on Permanent
Organization reported Josiah Quincy, OF
Boston, for Permanent Chairman.
The nomination Of Mr.. Williams was made
unanimously. The Committee on the balance
Of the ticket made the following report,
which was unanimously a1opteh: For Lieu
tenaut-Governor, james S. Grinnell, Green
field; for Secretary of State, Edward j.
Flynn, Boston; for Treasurer, Eben ..
Stevens, Sudbury; for Auditor, Alfred G.
Whitney, Boston; for Attorney General
Henry T. Hurlburt. Lynn.
The platform declares for sound money
and gold standard, and praises the Cleve'
and Administration. Sympathy was ex
pressed for Cuba, but none for Hawaii.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-16
TOUCHED OFF THE WRONG BLAST
A BIunder Costs six Lives in Missouri
Quarry.

Blunder Costs six Lives in a Missouri
Quarry.
A premature explosion occurred in a
quarry seven miles northeast Of Independ
ence, Mo. Five men and boy lost their
lives. Two blasts were set just before quit
ting work, one on top Of large ledge o.
rocks, the other much higher and further w
the side Of the hill. They were to be touched
off with wires from an electric battery. The
men took refuge under the ledge Of rocks
Immediately beneath the first blast, intend
Ing to touch off the one higher up. By 6
mistake the blast over the ledge was free
first.
The explosion tore loose the whole ledge
OF rocks, and the whole mass fell forward or
the men. The dead are Miles McTiernan
contractor: Thomas Ferguson, fourteen
years old, son Of John Ferguson, a farmer,
Dan Rodgers, Pat Welsh, Charles Truett anG
an unknown Italian. All the dead except
the boy are of Kansas City. In addition to
these, John Ferguson, father of the boy
killed; Joseph Fleming, and an unknown
italian were seriously injured by flying
rocks,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-16
Spain Loses a Cruiser.

The Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon ran
aground on the Bajos los Colorados, of Man.
tua, Cuba. All of the crew were saved e1
cept three sailors. The vessel Isl total loss
The Cristobal Colon was an iron bark-rigged
cruiser of ll30 tons, with engines Of 150t
horse power. She was 210 feet long, oil
thlrty-two feet beam, anil twelve feet FIVE
inches draught, and carried ten guns.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-16
KILLED an Hour After Marriage.

The Rev. A. R. Lambert, went to Juanita
Township, Pennsylvania, and united Jesse
Morningstar an Mary A. Bowser in mar
riaCe About an hour after the ceremony,
while the bride WAS sitting by the groom,
George P. Spooneybarger, Morningsrar's
brother-in-law, handed him gun. and the
weapon was accidentally discharged. The
shot took effect in the upper part OF the
groom's head, Death was instantaneous.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-16
China Paying UP Promptly.

Special dispatches from Shanghai say that
O,OOO, 900 taels In silver have been deposited
at Shanghai by the Chinese Government
with which to pay the supplementary in
demnity required by Japan as q consldera-
tion for the evacuation OF the Liaotung
Peninsula.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-16
Eorty-nine YesseIs Lost.

Nineteen steamships and large sailing yes
sells and thirty smaller craft were lost of the
coasts OF England during the late storm
Tyerty-four lives are known to have been
lost; It was feared that many more sailors
and fishermen perished, ~ the coasts OF
Devonshire and Somersetsh e. particularly,
were strewn with wreckaye.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-16
Electricity :or a Fig Railroad systel

Electricity Tor a Fig IsalIroad syste.H.
The Illinois Central Railroad Directors
have issued call for a special stockholders
meeting on November 26, to pass. on a prop
osition to increase the capital stock from
$50, ,00O, 900 to $50. 900. 1t is said to be
the intention Of the company to equip its
suburban system with electric motive ma
chinery,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-16
Fate of a CHIEF,

A famous Chippewa chief known ns Bum
ga Powagon was out In canoe on Beaver
Dam Lake, Wis, recently with his squuw
whom the boat upset. The squaw swan
ashore, but Bunga's load OF liquor took him
down. He was los years old.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-16

OF thought and action; they therefore gave
over the National celebration Of Mrs. Stan.
tons birthday to the National Council oil
Women, who will Gttlngly observe 1t in New
York on November II.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-16
4 Yankee Yacht for England.

The Herreshof5 have received an order
from Sir Arthur Paget Of the British Lega-
tion at Washington for boas to be used in
racing off the shores of England. The boat
is to be about twenty-seven feet on the water
line and to have fin Of Tobin bronze. The
work OF building will commence at once.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-16
Ate q Poisoned FLY.

A singular case OF poisoning occurred at
Arcola, Ill. Daniel Miller, aged sixty years,
was eating supper and accidentally swal-
lowed fly that hal been on fly paper 10
lived ABOUT three hours.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-16
A Buried City.

A buried city like that Of Pompei is being
excavated in Central America at the foot Of
the volcano Aqua. Pottery, fine glassware,
Jewels, flint instruments and human skele-
ton over six feet long have been taken out
at depths of fourteen to eighteen feet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-16
A Novel Campaign.

Henry George is organizing knapsack
campaign through New Jersey. Orators in
broad hats. blue shirts and leGgins will
stump the STATE for the single tax.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-16
Prominent People.

General Lord Wolseley Is an amateur art
st of great ability.
Senator Knute Nelson, Of Minnesota, oc-
casionally amuses himself cultivating farm
Of 400 acres.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-16
miles Vice SCHOFIELD.
DETAILED as General Commanding the
United States Army
HIS DISTINGUISHED CAREER.

Secretary Lamont Assigns Him to the
Place Occupied by Grant. Sherman.
Sheridan and Schofi eld--- He is Not
West Pointer---General Ruser Sue
ceeds Miles.
Secretary Lamont issued an order detail
ing General Miles to duty in Washington as
General of the Army, and General Ruger,
now on duty in Washington, to command the
Department of the East, with headquarters
at New York.
Nelson Appleton Miles, appointed to sue
ceed Lieutenant-G oneral Schofeld.as Major
General commanding the Army, was born at
Westminster. Mass, in 1889. and with the
exception of General Sheridan, is the young
est officer that ever held that position. His
appointment possesses more than an ordin-
ary interest from the fact that he is the first
occupant OF the high office who has not been
graduated from the West Point Military
Academy.
II can literally be said that he fought his
yayalp the ladder The outbreak OF the war
fourI him q clerk in a crockery store IN BoS-
ton. After six months course in temporary
military school in that city, which was
paid for by his employer, young Miles went
to the front as Second Lieutenant in
the TwAnty-second Massachusetts, Volun-
teers He rose through successive grades to
that OF Maior-General, being brevetted for
conspicuous gallantry In the battles OF the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-16
Drilling Chinese Officers.

The Car has sanctioned the attachment
of 125 Chinese officers to the Russian Army
for period of three years and the admission
OF fifty others to Russian military schools.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-16
MRS, sTANToN's BIRTHDAY.
To Be Observed by a National Celebration
on November 12.

On November IL next will occur the
eiehtieth birthday Of Elizabeth Cady STAN
ton, who has devoted her life work to the
emancipation Of women in every department
OF life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-16
DR.. TALMAcE WIFE, co.

The Brooklyn Divine Announces the Ac-
ceptance OF His Washington Gall.
The Rev. DR.. T. De Witt Talmage an
nounced his acceptance Of call to the First
Presbyterian Church of Washington, D. C.,
where President Cleveland worships.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-16

Euphemism for Prize Fight.
"The Dallas Physical Culture Festival is
the new name for II.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-07
ARMENIAN OUTRAGES.
GLADSTONE SPEAKS TO A LARGE
AUDIENCE.
Read n Resolution Saying Her Ma
jcsty's Government Would Have
the Cordial support of the Entire
NatiOn-rhe SassOum Enquiry
Verified-AII the SickeninE De-
tails of the Massacre.

CHESTER, Eng, Aug. 6.-The town
hall was packed today in anticipation OF
hearing speech of Gladstone upon the
Armenian question. Among those present
were Messrs. d. r. Clifford and Robert
u. Paine of the American Peace society.
The audience rose with EociferouS cheer
ing when Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone entered
The Duke of Westminster, chairman read
letter from the Marquis OF Salisbury.
the new premier, notifying the duke that
a sum of 1900, subscribed for the relief
of ArmenianS, had bee forwarded to the
British ambassador at COnstantinople Sir
Phillip Curry, who had been given full
discretion as to the manner in which the
money should be distributed.
After the usual preliIninaries Gladstone
rose amid an outburSt of enthusiasm. He
said the Armenian question was not a
party matter or religious affair. The
present situation in Armenia resulted
from an intolerahly bad soverrnent-per-
haps the worst ON the face of the earth
(Applause.)
Gladstone read resolution to the effect
that,
This meeting expresses the conviction
that her majesty s GOV eminent viii have
the cordial support of the entire nation,
without distinction Of party, in any mea-
sure it may adopt to secure for the Ar
menianS such forms of administration in
the provinces as will provide for the eff
fective guarantees for safety to life. hon
or religion and property, and that no re-
forms can be effected without continuous
control of the European powers"
Gladstone then said the resolution was
moderate, and expressed not only his
own sentiments but those of their trans
Atlantic brethren, who felt even more
strongly than did those present that the
dispassionaIe inquiry which was made at
ter the SasSoun massacre showed the
powers that language did lot suffice to
describe the outrageS which made the
blood run cold. (Applause) The inquiry
he continued, verified all the sickening de
tails, not only of the European but of the
American testimony, wich was doubly en-
titled to credence, as America, politically
had no interest in the Levant- This testi-
mony, said Gladstone, with great energy
summed up into four words, was plum
der" murder" rape" torture" But
added Gladstone, ''plunder and murder
were comparatively mild beside the work
of the ravisher and the torturer."
This is not the work of the dangerous
classes" continued Gladstone, but of the
government at Constantinople and its
agents, and there is not one OF their deeds
for which the government is not respon-
Sible."