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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-14
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED
Warrington Items.

The Treasury receipts for September as
cregate s2i.5OO.O00. or S9,oOo,oOo less than
September. 1895 The expenditures loot up
S26, 900. 900, or nearly 100000 more tnah
Tor September, 1895. The deficit for Septem-
be. is, In round figures, 81 500 ,OOo, ana lot
the fiscal year to date S24, 600. 600. Customs an
receipts for the month were Std,5'1:eoo'
against s14, ,65S, 900 in September. 1889. Dur
Ing October interest to the amount oi neai'9
$4,000, 600 is to be paid.
The Director OF the Mint has received tele.
graphic adyices from the San Francisco mint
that about "a, 500, 900 In gold was expeoteo 20
arrive there from Australia week from next
Friday. Information also comes from Lon
don that the Bank Of England expects 10
lose 5000, 900 to the United States before
the end Of the week. Both OF these snip
ments are expected ultimately to reach me
Treasury, and, together with the amounts
already In sight, will bring the gold reserve
approximately to $1S5, 900, 900.
The contract for constructing the Govern
ment building at Buffalo, N. Y, was aware
ed to John Pierce, Of New York, at SIlS,sou.
The structure will be built OF Jonesooro
granite. The contract for painting 1ne AZ.
bany Postofice has been awarded ~ nuuson
L Wallace, Of Albany, at s755O.
The Postoface Department denied the prlVl.
lepes OF the malls TO the home tnSeoeuon'
Association, a bond investment concern,
having offices at Rochester, Utica, Batavia,
Phoepf1. Elmira, Cortland. Corning, Clifton
Springs, and Buffalo, N. T., and Cleveland,
Ohio.
A cable message from Consul-General Lee
informs the State Department OF the release
OF Mr.. Tolon, the American merchant oi
Mantanzas, who was recently arrested on
board an American vessel as she was about
to leave Havana on political charge.
Consul Patterson, at Demarara, in the
course Of report to the State Department
on the gold industry Of British Guiana. says
that the output OF gold has been diminishing
since 1885, and the dimlnution has continued
during the present year. This he attributed
to the fact that the majority paying claims
have been worked out.
The Navy Department has finally accepted
the great dry dock at Puget Sound and re-
leased the contractor by making the last pay
ment, including those reserved. The Gov,
ernment now has facilities for docking and
cleaning the largest ships at any time OF the
year. Hitherto 1t would not have been pos
sible to examine or repair the hull OF mod
ern battleship at anv Pacific port except Es-
quimsult, British Columbia
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-14
BRYAN TAMMANY'S Y'SGUEST
The Democratic Candidate For Presi-
dent Speaks in the Wgwam.
SEVERAL OPEN AIR MEETINGS.

Greeted by Thousands In Tammany Hall,
New York City, Mr.. Bryan Made q
Long Speech, But Almost Broke Down
unable to Address the Outdoor
Crowds---Bowed to Those Waiting
NEW YORK, September So.-William j.
Bryan and Arthur Sewall made their second
public appearance in this city last night
when Tammany Hall ratified the Chicago
platform and nominees
Tsmmsny Hall did Its best to give the
Democratic candidates rousing, enthustas
tic reception. Its efforts were successful
despite adverse circumstances.
The hall itself was janmsd tight. Not an
other man could have been squeezed in, and
had the hall been four times larger 1t could
not have contained the tremendous crowd
that gathered In Fourteenth street, Irving
place and Union Square.
Most ofthe people In the hall had to stand,
and In this way It is estimated that 4oVO
managed to get within the doors. Mr.. Bryan
never spoke to q more responsive audience.
But 1t was outdoors that the greatest en-
thusiasm was to be found. While MIR. Bryan
was speaking In Tammany Hall the rain was
falling in torrents-a cold, chilling, depress::
ing rain; rain thar soaked each man and
woman to the skin. But it did not drive the
throng away.
Minor speakers followed one another on
the outdoor stands and the crowd listened to
them patiently enough, content to be enter.
tanned in any way until Mr.. Bryan should
come. The police inspectors estimated the
crowd at 10000.
And all OF these rain-soaEed enthusiasts
were doomed to disappointment. Mr. Bryan
managed to finish his speech in TammanY
Hall, where he was on bis feet for fifty
minutes. That was the limit Of his en6ur.
ance, and he could do no more.
When he was driven in coach to the
stand on the north side Of Union Square, he
was powerl ITO speak another word. Those
with him ked he was at the point OF col.
lapse, !fter few minutes he rallied and
was 70 go out and show himself to the
crow But he could not speak. He left
Ne FORK the following morning for the
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DEMONSTRATIONS IN CANTON.
Three Picturesque Delegations Call on
Major Mckinley. ai

MAJOr uChIuIoJs
CANTON, Ohio, Sept. 26.-Three picturesque
delegations called on Major Mckinley In one
day. The first was composed OF miners
from West Newton, Penn. The next was the
Mckinley and Hobart Club and First Voters
Club, Of OIL City, Penn. The Oh City dele
cation brought with 1t about 200 women.
There were forty-five pretty young women
IN costume, bearing large baskets Of flowers,
and each representing one OF the States OF
the Union. Attached to each basket OF fow-
ers was long ribbon bearing the name Of a
State. Following the young women bearing
these beautiful burdens Of flowers were 800
men carrying red, white and blue umbrellas.
Then there was large club OF first voters,
and after them 500 voters representing al
the trades and professions and the agncul.
tural interests. In the forenoon commit
tee came from Oh City and erected In Major
McKinley's yard q stand twelve feet high,
fifteen feet broad at the bottom and six at
the top. The stand was filed from base to
top with flowers brought by the OIL City DEL
egation. The third and last delegation was
from Westmoreand County, Pennsylvania.
It was largely composed Of miners and glass
workers, and numbered 5000 men.
Major Mckinley was kept busy receiving
visitors nearly ali day yesterday. he made
four speeches, addressing delegations from
Muncie, Iud.; Meadville, Penn, and Wyan-
dotte and Seneca Counties, Ohio. His argu-
ments ELECTED great applause from his
visitors.
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WILLIAM c. WHITNEY MARRIED.
The Ex-Secretary OF the Navy Weds Mrs.
Randolph at Bar Harbor.

The Ex-Secretary OF the Navy Weds Mrs.
Randolph at Bar Harbor.
St. Sauveur's Episcopal Church, Bar Har-
bor, Me-, was the scene Of the marriage at
half past 12 o. m. of Hrs. Edith s. Randolph
to William C. Whitney, ex-secretary OF the
Navy. No invitations were issued, and none
OF Mr.. Whitney's family was present. Mrs.
Randolph asked a few friends verbally, who
atterward went to her home the Anchorage,
for breakfast.
Mrs. Randolph's brother, Frederic May,
attended to the church duties, and seated
the crowd who came to SEQ the ceremony.
Mr.. Whitney was attended by Mr.. Brun, the
Danish Minister, and the bride was attended
by her two children. The church was
beautifully decorated and was thronged with
people.
The bride was attired in blue and white
silk, carried pink roses, and wore a bonnet
with pink ro.es and forget-me-nots. Mr..
Whitney Is suffering with rheumatism, and
the pie will so to Hot Springs. in hopes
that he may get relief.
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The trip was singulsrly free from acct-
dents, and slight seasicKne5s at first was
the only illness from which any Of the party
suffered. The propeller was somewhat dam,
aged by the ice. Three Of the blades had
pieces broken of, but the speed OF the ship
at no time when necessary was less than six
knots.
Going north, the Hope stopped Mt Gods.
haven and Umanak. Professor Burton, OF
tho Massachusetts, Institute OF Technology.
and party landed at Umanak. Here MIR.
Porter, their artist, made sketches and stud
les OF the natives.
The following day, August 7, the Cornell
party landed at the peninsula OF Nugsuak,
where they remained while the ship went
further north with Lieutenant Peary. The
Cornell party, under Professor Tarr during
their months stay In Nugsuak, made care
full study Of large double glacier. which
they discovered, and which they called Cor
nell Glacier.
The Cornell party went inland, over Ice
Cape, six or seven miles, and while there
discovered mountain, which came up
through great field OF ice. They called 1t
Mount Schurman, in honor OF the President
Of Cornell University.
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SPANISH LOAN FAILS.

Old Proud Decrepitude Can't Raise $780,
100000 to Crush Cuba.
Senior Fidel G. Pierra, Chairman OF the
Cuban Press Committee, New York City, re-
ceiyed the following telegram from tho com.
mittee's agents in London:
Proposed Spanish loan has utterly failed
This refers to the $200. 900. 900 loan which
the Spanish Government Is trying to neSo-
tiate for the expenses of the war In Cuba.
By recent act the Government was author.
lied to make an arrangement with some OF
all OF the railroad companies, by which the
terms Of their concessions might be extended
until July 1885, on condition that hat the III Coy. Coy
bankers, should be enabled to negotiate o
loan OF ut least 5000 ,O00, 900.
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HURRICANE ON THE COAST
Death and Destruction Caused by the
West Indian Visitor
SWEPT FROM FLORIDA TO MAINE.

Wrecks Vessels and Destroys Millions Of
Dollars Worth Of Property---Savau-
nah Wreck strewn---Havoc Played
With Public and Private Buildings in
washinRton--Scores OF Lives Lost.
NEW YORK Crrr, October 1.-The storm Of
Tuesday night proves to have been one OF the
most severe In recent years. according to
late reports received by the Weather Bureau
here.
Beginning as cyclone In the West Indies,
1t struck the Georgia coast about noon on
Tuesday and thence passed northward. The
New England coast felt its effects yesterday.
In the city ofSavannah, Ga, the storm e1-
ceeded in severity even the historic one OF
1888, and the streets next day were blocked
with the wreckage OF hundreds Of buildings.
Ten persons were killed in and near the city,
and the loss Of life on the coast Islands may
run into the hundreds. The city OF Bruins.
wick, Ga, also suffered severely. A number
of fatalities are reported from that city, and
there was great damage to shipping both at
Savannah and Brunswick.
The damage to property In Washington
city and vicinity is fully 100000, and
there was some loss Of life. The White House
was damaged and many of Its fine shade
trees destroyed. Much damage was done at
the Catholic University. Papal Legation and
elsewhere. F. W. Blount, an Interstate
Commerce Commissioner. received injuries
that will probably result In his death.
All over Pennsylvania and Maryland COM
munication both by rail and wire was
ejfhar antirAlv cuf off GariOu6ly int6rrIlDt.
ed. The fatalities are many, and the most
severe property loss Is the destruction OF the
Pennsylvania Railroads 81, 00o,O 900 bridge at
Columbia. Penn.
The lake region also suffered severely, and
there were many shipping casualties. A
barge sank off Milwaukee, Wis, and four
men were drowned.
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GRIFFIN AND HINRlCHS.
The "National Democratic Party" Nom'
mates q State Ticket In Brooklyn.

The "National Democratic Party" Nons
mates a State Ticket In Brooklyn.
The "National Democratic party Of New
York State" held its adjourned convention in
the Brooklyn Academy Of Music and nomin-
ated State ticket and a set Of Presidential
electors. The nominations made for State
officers were:
For Governor, Daniel G. Griffin, Of Water
town. For Lieutenant-G Governor, Frederic
W. Hlnrichs, Of Brooklyn. For Associate
Judge Of the Court Of Appeals, Spencer clin-
ton. OF Buffalo.
Charles 8. Fairchild, ex-Secretary OF the
Treasury under CleveIand's first adm1nistra-
tfon! presided: The stage, boxes and BAL
comics were draped with American flags.
The ship, the State organizqtlon's emblem,
was Conspicuous among the decorations.
There we're large pictures OF jefferson,
Cleveland, Palmer and Buckner.
After calling the roll and passing on the
credentials the temporary organization was
made permanent. Then the Committee on
Resolutions reported the following platform,
which was adopted:
"Resolved, That the National Democ-
racy Of the State Of New York hereby ap-
prove and heartily ratify the platform OF
principles adopted at the convention OF the
NHtlOuhl De1Ocl6tlc parry uoIu a. AuoAonoP-
oils without reservation whatever. and we
pledge our hearty and unceasing efforts to
make 1t In the future, as 1t has been IN the
past, the foundation Of sound American
politics.
"Resolved further, That we rejoice to ratify
the nominations made In indianapolis OF
General J. NJ. Palmer. OF Illinois, our oandt-
date for the Presidency, and General Buck-
ner, Of Kentucky, our candidate Tor VICE
President
By resolution, to conform with the elec-
tion laws, 1t was decided to adopt the name
of the National organization, the National
Democratic party, but on the blanket ballot
The "ship" emblem Of the Democratic party
reform organization will be used.
The next business being the nomination OF
candidates for Governor, st. Clair McKelway
nominated Daniel G. Griffin, OF Watertown.
Robert Blissert then nominated Mayor Pat
rick ]. Gleason, Of Long Island City. for
Governor.
Amid much applause Mayor Gleason moved
to make the nomination Of Daniel G.. Griffin
by acclamation. The motion was adopted
with great enthusiasm.
John De Witt Warner then placed In nom
lnatton for Lieutenant-Governor Frederick
W. Hinrichs. Charles J. Patterson seconded
the nomination OF Mr.. Hlnrichs, who, he
said, was flt companion In the battle for
Mr.. Griffin. On motion OF John A. Henne-
berry, the nomination Of Mr.. Hinrichs was
made by acclamation.
ton for Judge Of the Court ofAppeals unani-
mously, and the electors were chosen In the
same way. This ended the formal conven-
ton proceedings, but before adjourning Cen
eral Palmer made speech to the delegates,
which aroused enthusiasm.
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PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
The Canvass Wakes Hot in Both East
and West.
CROWDS HEAR FINANCES DEBATED

Tho Democratic Candidate. William J.
Bryan, Makes His Tour Of tho Esst--.
/. Crowds Hear Him in Brooklyn, Con-
necticut and Massachusetts---Major
Mckinley Receives Many Delegations.
NEW YoRK CrrY, September 2s.-William
Jennings Bryan's second invasion Of what In
q speech he called "the enemy-s country"
differs from the first His coming was quiet
and anostentadous. After days campaign
In New Jersey he arrived at Hoboken and
from there was taken at once to Brooklyn:
In the evening Mr.. Bryan made two
speeches In Brooklyn. His audience was
enthusiastic. vociferous and apparently all
for silver. They werein no way like the New
York audience, save in the point OF those
who clamored for admission and were TUNED
away by the police.
Mr.. bryan's second speech at the Rink
was to worhngmen. The meeting was az
enthusiastic as he could expect, aad there,
too, many persons were turned away. p
Thus asday he made flying trip Into Con-
necticut, at the invitation Of Alexander
Troup and William Kennedy, representing
the Nutmeg Bryan Democracy. On special
train he jourreyed through Stamford, South
Norwalk and Bridgeport to New Haven. At
each Of these places he spoke to large audi
encea.
At New Haven, Yale College boys delayed
the big open-air meeting addressed by Mr..
Bryan on the "green" and nearly caused It
to break up In confusion. As 1t was, Mr..
BRYAN gave up attempting to speak. The
movements Of the students was presumably
preconcerted. They were posted through
the crowd, and seemed to sing and yell at
given signals.
Leaving New Haven Ae journeyed to Meri-
den and Wallingford, and at night Hartford
heard him. A demonstration greeted him
all along the line.
Candidate Bryan spent the night IN Hart
ford and in the morning left for days
campaign on his way to Boston. There was
a brief stop at Windsor. There were several
hundred people collected about 1t, and they
hooted ana gibed when the candidate ap-
peared on the rear platform OF the train.
At Windsor Locks the 500 collected cheered,
| and at Thompsonville. where there were 200
| people, Mr.. Bryan had no occasion to object
| to the welcome they gave him. At u O'Clock
| the train rolled into the Springfield station,
where he was welcomed by George Fred
| Williams, Mayor Winter and non-partisan
committee of the Springfield Board Of Alder
men escorted Mr.. Bryan to carriage and
everybody drove to the Court square. where
q platform had been erected. There were
$4,000 people waiting who heard his speech.
The Democratic candidate then sped along
to Worcester. where he spoke to large au;
dience, and then set out for Boston. Arrived
there he was met by Vlce-P Presidential Cam
didate Sewall. Together they went to the
historic Boston Common and addressed what
was asserted to be the largestcrowd ever as
sembled there. Mr.. Bryan made three
speeches In Boston.
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Cycling Notes.

In Holland bicycle thieves, when caught
are usually sentenced to three years at hard
labor
Cyclists are coming now to recognize the
folly and danger OF over-indulgence in the
sport.
Members Of the Chicago Fire Department
will not be permitted hereafter to manufac.
ture bicycles for sale.
The President Of the Argentine Republic
has issued decree remitting duties on BIZ
cycles and bicycle parts sent as samples from
this country.
Dangerous hills are usually marked With
signboards In England. To Americans an
excess Of caution characterlzes this system.
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FIVE MEN KILLED IN A HOLD.
Suffocated or Burned to Death by Blazing
Kerosene.

Suffocated or Burned to Death by Blazing
Kerosene.
The first mate and three sailors OF the iron
steamship Sirius, Captain F. T. simmonds,
from West Hartlepool, England, together
with one other, were burned or suffocated
by an accident in the hold OF the vessel, near
Chester. Penn. They were Hans Jaggers, q
fireman; Alfred T. Becks. first mate; Fred
Hilner. sailor an unknown white man and
a stoHaway.
The steamer was off tho Quarantine station
at Marcus Hook. outward bound, when q
signal of distress was displayed and tugs
went to her rescue. While lowering bar
rel of oil into the hold of the vessel the bar-
rel broke. The men wore emptying the oil
into another barrel when 1t is supposed some
one struck match and ignited the oil.
The men were suffocated or burned to
death before they could be rescued and the
vessel was with difficulty saved.
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Prominent People.

It's a pretty dull week when eS-Prestdent
Harrison doesn't decline an invitation to be
the President Of some college,
Chauncey NJ. Depew made forty-two
speeches in one day on special train with
Mr. Blaine in 1884. They were OF great var
iety.
The highest life insurance in Sweden is
held by King Oscar; he Is insured for 6oo,,-
900 crowns. Baron Carl Bonde comes next
with 100000.
The King OF Greece delights in taking rec.
reation in the fields. He can plow, cut and
bind corn, milk COWS, and IN short, could at
O uinct keen farm going sin:le handed.
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Holyoke College Burned.

The main building Of Mount Holyoke
College South Hadley. Mass, was destroyed
by fire. The loss will probably amount to
5000, QUO. Several of the students were rem.
dered homeless and got quarters In South
Hadley. Some went to Holyoke and others
to Springfield. The buildings that remain
are the library the Science Hall, Williston
Hall, Dwight Hall, West Hall and South
u,I1
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SLAP COSTS THREE LIVES.

Policeman Kills Two Persons and Mob
the Slapper.
The slapping of child's face caused the
death Of three persons In Gretna, La. Just
across the river from New Orleans, james
Hawkins, colored, slapped fve-year-old
white child on the street. Officer Miller. In
attempting to capture Hawkins about mid
night fired at random into crowd Of col
ored people, killing Alexander and Arthur
Green.
Hawkins was later lodged In the Gretna
jail, and at 2 a. m. a mob broke down the
door, took the man 10 the river bank and
hanged him to tree. throwing the body
into the river. Hawkins pleaded for mercy
and asked to be given two minutes to pray.
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THE INDIAN TERRITORY.

A Terrible Condition Of Lawlessness Said
to Exist There.
Persons who have travelled through the
Indian Territory during the past few days
report terrible condition Of lawlessness
existing in that country. Crime Is rampant
and the people living there are In state OF
terror. Many persons say that the condition
now is worse than It has been for many
years, with the exception Of the brief reign
Of the notorious Cook gang. While there
are no train robberies reported, there are
frequent murders, robheries, and similar
crimes, and the whole Territory swarms with
whisky peddlers.
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Shot Dead by Her Lover.

Miss Rosie A. Redgate, a stenosrapher'
was shot and killed In New York City by her
lover, William Jay Koerner, an artist and
writer for the Sunday newspapers. She was
shot while walking with him Just below the
corner of Seventh avenue and Fourteenth
street, while a crowd OF people was passing
In each direction. She died on her way to
the hospital. Before Koerner fred at her he
had taken what he thought was sufficient
amount Of poison to kill himself. Physicians
succeeded In saving his life.
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YELLOW FEVER INCREASING.
The Spanish Soldiers in Cuba Dccimated
by the Disease.

ne Spaul5u SOiuitr6 III SuDu ocCihdt6u
by the Disease.
Yellow fever continues to be the most
effective ally OF the Cuban insurgents.
United States Sanitary Inspector Caminero,
reporting to the Marine Hospital Service
from Santiago de Cuba, writes:
yellow fever increases daiy, and, as
have reported before, the cases end almost
invariably in death. With the advent OF
the new recruits--4O, ,oOo-now on their way
to the island, the fever, am afraid, will
take au epidemic character and make great
havoc among the unacclimated troops.
The inspector at Havana indicates that
the disease is conflued almost wholly to the
Spanish sol,iiers. OF the forty-one deaths
from yellow fever in the last week, he says,
thirty-fve occurred among the patients In
the military hospital, and onlysix among civ
ilians, eiShty-seven of the los cases being
also among the new soldiers"
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The Labor World.

Ohio has 1889 coal mines.
Bakers have 100 local unions.
Pirtsburg has 1000 unionists.
Debs's 4. R. U. has 243, 900 members.
There arc 5000 union bicycle workers.
There are %, 900 Brotherhood Firemen.
Tennessee is to have State Federation.
Chattanooga, Tonn., hasn't an lido molder.
Ohio miners wages the past year averaged
$1S 4S Il month.
No new underground bakeries can be con-
struc;ed in Ohio.
Labors total annual wages in this coun
try are 81 900, 100000.
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BOUGHT BY WANAMAKER.

The Philadelphia Merchant Acquires a
Famous New York Business.
John Wanamaker, of Philadelphia, Post
master-General under President Harrison
has purchased the entire business OF th'
bankrupt firm of Hilton, Hughes & Co., o
New York City, and will place his name ovei