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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-06-19
THOMAS BYRNES.
Sketch of the Ex .Chief and Famous Detec
tive.

Thomas Byrnes was born in Ireland on
June Is, 1912, and came to this country with
his parents when but four months old. BE
was appointed patrolman on the New York
police force on December 10, 1868, after re-
ceiving his discharge from Ellswoth's
Zouaves, with whom he had served in the
war.
Five years Byrnes patrolled. Then he be-
came roundsman. and in the following year
(1869) Sergeant. On July I, 1870, he was
made Captain and assigned TO the Twenty.
third Precinct. He was called to Headquar-
ters on March IL, 1880, to take charge Of the
detective bureau.
The immediate cause Of that promotion
was his successful campaign against the
burglars, who, in the fall of 1878, robbed the
Manhattan Savings Bank Of s3,OOO,0OO. The
bank was In Byrnes's precinct, and he took
up the pursuit of the band OF burglars-the
strongest and most cleverly organized that
had ever worked in any city-with persis.
tency and skill that finally won its reward.
To Byrnes was given the task o. reorgan-
nizing the detective force. he began by es-
tablfshing an office In Wall street on the day
of his appointment, and by making Fulton
street the dead line against crooks, below
which none of them was allowed. II one
ventured nearer the financial center he was
arrested on general principles. His plan
worked we'll. Wall street has been safe since
from the kind of robbery the police can pre-
vent. 1t brought Byrnes his reward too. He
testified before the Lexow Committee that IL
had brought him q cool $3.50, 900 at least
through Opportunities" afforded him by
Jay Gould and others.
Inspector Byrnes became famous for his
management Of the detective force, and had
i.s rested there he would have been very
unique parsonage in police history, He
drove thieves and rascals into exile under an
iron rule and rigid system OF account kept
with all malefactors, which bore good fruit
for the city. But on April II, 1892. he sue.
ceeded Murray as Superintendent, and his
troubles began.
From the first he was not in accord with
the Police Board. The history OF his chief
taincy has been a record Of pulling and haul
ing between him and the Police Commis-
sioners, to which even the LeXow Committee
business did not put an end.
The story of the committee is we'll remem-
bered. It disclosed great corruption in the
Police Department, but failed to smirch
Superintendent Byrnes personally. His testi-
mony on the stand, with his acknowledge
ment OF his wealth, acquired through his
services to the wealthy, made the dramatic
ending of the investigation.
The retirement of Superintendent Byrnes
is unuuestionably the victory of DR.. Park
hurstfs career US reformer. While 1t Is
true that the Superintendent was In posi-
ton which allowed him to make his depart
ure practically matter Of his own will, and
it will appear as such in his record. the
present state of public opinion is undeniably
the reason for the revolution in the New York
Police Department, OF which the end OF
Byrnes's public career Is but an incident.
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LYNcHED TWO YOUNG MEN.
An Illinois Mob Feared Governor Altgeld
Would Pardon Them.

Would Pardon Them.
A mob which had been in possession Of
7ermillion County's jail at Danville, Ill, for
several hours succeeded In finding two
young men, John Halls, Jr., and William
Royce, in their cells, and took them outside
and hanged them for assaulting Miss
Laura Barnett. From midnight, when the
mob first made its appearance at the jail
doors, there was determined struggle to
lynch the men. For hours they battled
against heavy oaken doors and iron bars IN
defiance OF Sheriff Thompson and his assist
ants. The mob openly declared that they
thought Governor Altgsld, OF Illinois, would
pardon the men II the law was allowed to
take its course.
At 2 o'clock a. m. Sheriff Thompson sent
for Judge Bookwalter, Of the Circuit Court,
who addressed the crowd from the jail cor
ridor. He made an earnest plea to let the
law take Its course.
"We will give these fellows heavy SEN
tence aud they will get their just dues, said
the Judge. "The law will give them heavy
sentences" One of the leaders replied:
"Yes, we know the jury will convict them
and give them q severe sentence, but Gov
ernor Altgeld will pardon them out. BE re-
Gently pardoned three brutes you sent up
from Champaign County for twenty years,
and he Wilt pardon these men. II any other
man tLan Altgeld was Governor we would
not lynch these men. But we are deter
mined he will never have chance to turn
them loose"
II want you men to quit this place at
once" resumed the Judge, but the mob
would not listen. The Judge then left the
place. The mob again began work to get at
the prisoners at $50 a. m. At SIS the mob
secured both OF the prisoners and started
for the bridge where the girls were attacked:
The men I'd ropes about their necks and
they were marched through the main streets
to the bridge. =.
The ropes were fastened to the bridge rail.
ing, and the young men were told to Jump:
They refused. Men seized each OF them and
threw them over the rail. The ropes were
fifteen feet long, stout and we'll tied. After
about ten minutes life appeared to be ex'
tinct. The faces Of the men were not COW
cred. The bodies were cut down at O'Clock
and taken to an undertakers Office.
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HAL4ERQ.GRESHAMDEAD
The Secretary Of State Expires Sud-
denly in Washington City.
CAREER IN WAR AND PEACE.

a Fatal Collapse That Surprised and
Shocked His Family and the Public---
His Ailment Was Acute Pleurisy
Complicated With Pneumonia and
Heart Failure.
Secretary of State Walter Q. Gresham
died at LIS o'clock a. m. in his rooms at the
Arlington Hotel. Washington, after an illness
of several weeks. No death could be more
quiet, more calm, or more peaceful. For
two hours preceding dissolution there had
been no indication either of pulse or heart
beat. He lay during the time with his head
resting on the arms of mis- daughter, Mrs.
Andrews, while his devoted wife sat by his
side, his hands clasped in hers, his face so
turned that his last conscious gaze should
rest upon her.
! And so the minutes dragged slowly on un-
til the end came. He was conscious to the
last. He suffered greatly during the preced-
ing forty-eight hours after the pneumonia
symptoms were complicated with his diseases,
and was only temporarily relieved by ire
iquent hypodermio injections.
But as the end approached his suffering
disappeared, and he passed away as quietly
as a little child sinking to slumber in the
arms of its mother.
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THE EPWoRTH LEAGUE.
Programme OF the Second Internationa
Conference at Chattanooga.

Programme OF the Second international
Conference at Chattanooga.
The Second International Conference Of
the Epworth League is to be held in Chat
tanooga, Tenn, June 27-30.
The League was organized in Cleveland,
Ohio, May ~. 1890. Prior to that time there
had been a number of Young Peoples So
cieties in the Methodist Episcopal Church,
each, more or less, independent OF the rest,
although generally having the same objects
in view. Delegates from many OF these
assembled in Cleveland to try to harmonize
or consolidate them all into one. AS might
be supposed, the representatives were at
tached each to his own society, and for
time it appeared impossible to effect union,
but at last on the day indicated 1t was
accomplished and the new organization was
born and christened. This was within the
pale of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
The next General Conference Of that Church
approved and adopted the organization and
gave il official standing in the Church. with
Bishop J. N. Fitzgerald as its President.
The local organizations in the individual
churches are called chapters. or these al
ready organized and enrolled the number Is
nearly $4,000, and the aggregate member
ship In this one denomination is about 1,OOO,-
The League is still spreading and growing
very rapidly, having organizations In Mex
leo, South America, England, ireland. Ger
many, Sweden, Norway and Italy; also In
Japan, China and India.
The Second International Conference OF
the members and friends Of the Epworth
League will be held in Chattanooga. The
session will begin June 81, 1895, and con-
tinue four days. 1t will embrace the Leagues
Of all the Methodisms Of the world. The
programme is in the hands of the General
Secretaries of the NJ. E. Church, the NJ. E.
Church South and the Canadian Methodist
Church, namely, Rev. E. A. Schell, D. D.,
Chicago; Rev. 4. A. Steel, D. D., Nashville,
and Rev. w. n. Withrow, D. D., Canada. 1t
is emphatically present day programme,
full of the life and spirit Of these stirring
times.
The general topic is "The Methodism Of
the Future" Under this general head will
be discussed such topics as the following:
''What to Read" "How TO Read, "Educa-
tional Opportunities" Entertainments, I"
Visiting" ""Church and League Officers" "
"The Duty and Privilege of Giving" "The
Lost In Our Cities" Spiritual Ministry"
christian Citizenship" "Membership OF
Children in the Church." "Junior Leagues, "
"Bible Study for Children" "How to Win
Men to Christ" and many others no less
practical and full of interest.
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4 GREAT RISE IN WHEAT.
Speculation Has Been on a Scale Of
Unprecedented Magnitude.
COTTON ALSO TAKES A JUMP.

Been Buying Heavily and Unfavorable
Crop Reports Caused General Rise In
Prlces---The Trend of the Markets Here
and In Europe is Upward.
The wheat markets in New York and Chicago
have been speculative yesuvius sending up
molten lava, burning cinders and red-hot
stones, with the bears running for their lives.
Prices shot up 211 to 4 cents day. When
July wheat touched 80 cents In New York the
brokers on the Produce Exchange gave
ringing cheer. The speculation OF late has
been on scale Of unprecedented magnitude.
In three days the sales at the New York Pro-
duce Exchange have reached $4,000, 600
bushels. IN Chicago the dealings were
much heavier. Operators all over the coun.
try have been buying heavily, and the wheat
market has been q sort of Ell Dorado for
many an obscure trader In the West.
The rise was due largely to unfaYorable
crop reports, but 1t was partly traceable to
the general bull craze In this country.
Everybody thinks everything Is going up.
Liverpool, which has been trying to resist
the advance, threw up the sponge and
marked up its prices to pence. Glasgow,
staid and stolid as rule, was in the throes
Of speculative excitement. Paris was high
er. The foreign houses were buying in New
York quite freely.
After July wheat had reached "a In New
York a reaction came, and prices tumbled
several cents.
Bradstreet's, the Commercial Agency's
mouthpiece, stated that the worlds visible
stock Of wheat had fallen of within week
5,438, 900 bushels, the most bullish statement
In regard to this matter that has been made
for many months. Chicago was selling cash
wheat freely to St. Louis, Toledo, Milwaukee
and Kansas City. The Government weekly
report said that the winter wheat crop had
been damaged. The temperature at the
West and Northwest was high, cold wave
having passed eastward, and throughout the
grain country the thermometer was in the
fifties. A stream Of dispatches from the
West said that considerable damage had
teen done, and the bullish sentiment spread.
Corn and oats also advanced In sympathy
with the other grains.
Cotton also astonished people far and
wide. The sales at the New York Cotton E1-
change In one day reached the imposing ag-
gregate OF 329, 300 bales, which beats any
of Sundays. Prices made jump in one day
OF 20 to 21 points at New York, 19 to 81 in
New Orleans, and equal to 16 points In Liv-
erpool, Mobile, Savannah, Charleston, Balti-
more, Augusta, St. Louis, and New Orleans
advanced ]s to SIG cent. The receipts at the
ports were light, the exports were liberal, the
weekly Government report was bullish, and
q big cotton firm issued statement to the
effect that the acreage will show decrease
of 13H per cent. At Fall River, Mass, print
cloths were active and advancing.
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DoTY MARRIES A NATIVE.
he American Consul at Tahiti Gives His
Friends a Surprise.

The American Consul at Tahiti Gives His
Friends a Surprise.
The American brig Galilee. from Tahiti,
brings the information that Jacob Lamb Doty,
United States Consul at Tahiti, has married
a native woman Of the island. Consul Doty
has always been regarded as an eccentric
fellow by his acquaintances, who will not be
surprised at his latest step.
MIR. Doty began his official career about
ten years ago as page In the House OF Rep
resentatives, and through influence at Wash
ington secured from President Cleveland,
early in his Administration, the appointment
of Consul at Tahiti. ..,x,..s.as.ssssssg :. g
According to the stosgbruaaht ~ shA GsfI1
lice, the ceremony wRss perfoEnled acc0
to the native cnstons &.
bride, he rented hgueeA rs nd efhe par az
now living in South Sea Island style, with
good stock of cocoanut; and taro root.
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The National Game.

The May cold snap was very trying to the
pitchers.
Auson, of Chicago, has struck out but once
this season.
Foutz deposed Griffin from the captaincy
Of the Brooklyns.
Cincinnati is playing the best ball OF the
Western clubs against the East.
Mccarthy seems to be the timely hitter OF
the Boston team this season as he was last.
At Cincinnati, Pitcher Rhines knocked
Pitcher Stein senseless with pitched ball.
Boswell won the first full game he pitched
for New York, and that too from the Pitts
burgs.
Carey's fielding at first base is great. He
has saved the Baltimore intielders dozens OF
wild throws already.
Bannon is hitting like house af1re, and
may be considered fixture on the New York
team in place of Burke.
The cry for pitchers is one that will never
die out. The supply will always continue
smaller that the demand.
Hawley, of Pittsburg is given credit for do
ing more successful baking than all the
other League pitchers combined.
Long, ofBoston, leads the LeaSuein home
runs UP to date, and he also has the loves.
fielding average or any short stop.
OF all slow pitchers Malarkey, of Washing
ton, is the slowest. He seems to have moth
ing but time. Before he sends in ball lie
seems to spend several moments in silent
prayer.
Ewing is once moro prominent figure in
baseball. The success Of the despised Gill
cinnati team is due to him, an | the former
idol of the metropolis is now !1e hero OF
Porkopolis.
The best pitching find of the season is
unquestionably young Wallace, OF the Cleve-
land team. He is improving steadily and
has very little to learn now.
Quite string OF pitchers are using field
ing gloves this year. Nichols, Stivetts, Will
son, Cuppy, Malarkey and Kennedy all
wear mittens while in the box.
There is another new player in League
ranks that will bear watching. Catcher
Donahue, of the Chicagos, Is said to be an
artist in blocking of runners at the plate or
close plays.
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with an annual pension Of $4,000. His re-
tirement, 80 far as the official record shows,
was entirely voluntary; but it was known to
everybody at the Central Office that in ap.
plying for retirement he had yielded to the
desire Of the new reform Police Board.
At the same time Inspector Peter Conlin,
the only Inspector Of Police at present in the
service, was temporarily detailed as Acting
Chief Of Police. r.,,
The Board also retired Captain William
C. F. Berghold. Detective Sergeants Timothy
Golden. Michael Crowley and Charles kush,
and Police Surgeon Dorm, and refused to re-
tire Captain Joseph B. Eakins, against whom
charges have been ordered.
atains Cortright, Brooks and McCul-,
lagh were detailed as Acting Inspectors, and
Police Civil Service Board was appointed, !,
to consist Of Acting Chief Conlin. Acting In
spectors Cortdght, Brooks and McCullagh,
and Captain Smith.
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Prominent People.

The Bishop OF London has Joined the ranks
Of the woman suffragists.
Jules Verne, the French novelist, though
In his seventy-ninth yesr, works for five or
six hours day. ;
One Of the German Emperors recent pres
ents to his sons was an exact model In clay
Of the battlefield OF Sedan.
The Chinese Emperor rises at 4 every
morning and studies English and Manchu
until S, when he breakfasts.
The chemist Bunsen, famed for his dis
coveres in spectrum analysis and hundred
other scientific matters, is In his eighty-ffth
year.
Prince George, of Greece, has the distinc-
ton Of having saved more lives at the risk Of
his own than any other member OF royaI
house.
The illuminated manuscript copy Of the
Gospels set to Gladstone by the Armentans
is said to be finer than anything in the
British Museum
Philip D. Armour, the Chicago packer, is a
victim OF dyspepsia and lives on bread and
milk. Occasionally he allows himself n
baked apple for breakfast as great indui-
gence.
Ballington Booth Commander-in- Chief OF
the Salvation Army In America, and his wife.
have renounced allegiance to Queen Vic.
torta and become citizens OF the United
States.
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The illness was due chiefly to severe cold
caught by the Secretary while driving dur
ing the unusually damp weather that has
marked the season in Washington. The
cold was aggravated by chronic stomach
trouble and diseased kidneys, there being
however, no symptoms Of Bright's disease. As
soon as the physicians realized that the end
was approaching, the heroic measures usual
In such cases were adopted. Dr.. Van Rens-
salaer was called In and he performed the
operation Of injecting normal saline. 1t was
without avail. for the patient sank rapidly.
|. A telegram was semitic Secretary Gresh-
ANS son Otto, at Chicago, informing him
that the end was near, and he fastened to
IWashington without delay.
The announcement Of the Secretary OF
States death was Immediately communicated
to President Cleveland, at Woodley, his coun-
try seat near Washington. BE was greatly
shocked by the news, although it had bean
expected for some hours.
kilograms were sent to Secretary Carlisle
in Kentucky and Secretary Smithin Georgia,
and both fastened to Washington. The
speech-making campaign Of the Secretary. OF
the Treasury was thus brought to a sudden
close.
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deeda. At last movement Is on foot to
erect suitable monument to his memory.
The Key Monument Association was Or
ganized In June, 1894. It has raised so far
about $4,000 for the object ii has In view,
and now appeals to the country at large for
funds. As especially appropriate to the day
and in keeping with the spirit. the commit
tee selected National Flag Day, June IA, as
time when the children all over the land and
all patriotic citizens generally should for
ward contributions to the fund. Governor
Brown, of Maryland. sent al appeal Of this
character to the Governors Of all the States.
The remains Of Francis Scott Key were
removed some years ago from Greenmount
Cemetery, Baltimore, to their present rest
Ing place. Plain head and foot stones alone
mark the grave. This neglect by his coun-
trymen is due, perhaps, not 80 much to lack
Of patriotism as to the fact that thousands
are not aware of the movement now on foot,
and have not been asked for contributions
10 the fund.
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The Labor World.

Carriage and wagon makers report that
their trade is fair at present.
Reports Of advancing wages come from
every section of the country.
Miners in the vicinity Of Scranton, Penn,
are discouraged over the outlook.
The annual convention Of Railway Tel
egraphers met this year at st. Louis, Mo.
An organization Of skilled employees OF the
steel plants Of Plttsburg has been formed.
Business has begun to boom all over the
country, and the tendency of wagesis upward.
Reports Of increase of wages have become
numerous. The news columns every day
have additions to the list, which has ALREADY
reached imposing proportions.
The four thousand employees OF the WASH
ingtop Mills, of Lawrence. Mass, are getty
more pay. G...
Colored men will henceforth be .soniuHe, sum,tse
to membership in the Industrial
Of M. ssssk miners ended ,sas
q deieaf tor The men. MorY AVN a.
left unemployed. o,.o
Western Pennsylvania , " 4''0'i
~, -. 49, sgs... - Lgland has given six and q
Ine yuecloi Crown lands at Bushey Parb
haII aoles Sh to the working classes OF Ted.
Tor allotmeN nominal rental OF eco an.
49, 6mfhcs on the Wheeling division of
;, AL sntmore and Ohio Railroad are in full
tne sal 1a The strikers threaten violence.
W ention Of tobacco workers repre.
AconS tssouri, Virginia, Kentucky, New
sennnk New jersey met at st. Louis few
1ySE Brooklyn (N. Y.) labor orsani.
aHen9haye formed what will pe known as
Eauons gn1ers' Trade and Labor Circle.
- 49, Secretary sheehan, OF the Brother
nn3 Ksilroad Trainmen, In his address
hooa 95talaburg Qll.) convention said the
az yne strike was uniustifable.
building trades strike at St. Louis. in
Inc iabout Il, 900 men were involved, was
WMcn ED Oh, the bricklayers having resumed
decist their former wages. The strike be-
WosE slADril az. -..-.-,.
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Cleveland was elected he offered him the
first place in the Cabinet, and he became
Secretary Of State. Mr.. Cleveland and Mr..
Gresham were old friends, having met in the
White House in 1885. His course as Secre-
tary OF State has been In accord with the
policy of President Cleveland.
Judge Gresham was married in 1858. his
wife was kentuckian. They had two chill
dren-a son. Otto Gresham, and daughter,
now Mrs. Andrews. Judge Gresham's per-
sopal appearance was that Of handsome
man. His bearing was soldierly and manly.
He was broad and square shouldered, with
figure that was athletic and symmetrical.
His hair was thick and of whitish gray,
and he wore it combed back from his fore
head. He was somewhat careless in his at
tire, and apparently paid very little atten-
tiOn to IL
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DESS MUST SERVE HIS TERM.
Supreme Court Refuses to Order Writ of
Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court Refuses to Order Writ of
Habeas Corpus.
The United States Supreme Court, in an
opinion read by Chief Justice Fuller, denied a
motion for an order for the issue of writ
of fhabeas corpus filed by Eugene V. Debs and
his associates of the American Railway
Union. They will have to serve the SEN
tenees imposed upon them by the court.
The cases. it will be remembered. arose in
the United States Circuit Court Of the North
ern District of Illinois. Debs and Others dis
obeyed the order of the court enjoininS them
from further interference with interstate
commerce and the carrying Of the United
States mails.
They were brought before the court for
contempt and sentenced to from three to six
months Imprisonment. The case was
brought before the the Supreme Court on a
motion for leave to file petition for writ Of
habeas corpus, which was fully argued by
Debs's counsel on the one side and Attorney
General Olney on the other. The decision
of the Chief Justice sustains the action of the
court below