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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
Out of the Common Run.

Dry goods merchants declare that trade Is
good.
Argentina is now going largely into the
production of faxseed.
A steel plant which will cost 81 600, 600 Is
to be erected at Birmingham, Ala.
William Miller, OF Lancaster, Penn, muir
dered his father for S170 insurance which he
had on his lie.
Kentucky tobacco farmers are now agitat1
ing In favor Of a reduced acreage.
Hay "in the stock" Is selling in Kansas for
from seyenty-flve cents to Sl.5O q ton.
There are three ex-Mayors Of the TOWN in
the newly elected City Council Of Bath. Me-.
FITZGERALD, Ga, the new colony OF veter-
ans. has 8OOU Inhabitants and no police force.
Tho 800, 900 miles Of telegraph wire in the
Tinted States would extend from Boston to|
San Francisco 100 times.
There are more than 100000 telephones inI
nse in the United States and they are used
about 2,0O0, 900 times daily.
There is an unusual amount Of building
going on in Washington and quite little
activity in real estate circles.
Cuba has a short tobacco crop.
Berlin has a population of 1,6l5,0S2.
Miss Frances E. Willard authorizes thel
statement that the National Convention of
the Woman's Christian Temperance Union|
for 1896 will be held at st. Louis, Mo. .-~~
The strong winds the other night carried
sand from the big sand-hill along the east
shore of Lake Michigan into the interior Of
Michigan. where lake sand was never seen
before
The cavel for the use OF the Chairman Of
the coming Republican National Convention
has been made from piece OF oak wood
taken from the cabin in which Abraham Lin
coin use to live at Salem, Ill. It Is hand
somely carved and mounted with gold and
silver.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
THBHOSTILITIES IN CUBA
Insurgents Gained More in March
Than Ever Before.
WEYLER IS A GREAT FAILURE,

The Hopes of the Patriots Are Bright the
Rains Are Near and the spaniards Are
Perishing Like Sheep---Reports OF fne
Excuses Committed by the Spanish
Soldiery.
HAVANA, Cuba, April Army operations
have been pushed with great vigor Tor the
past month. General Weyler has given
officers and men no rest. His orders have
been peremp.ory, and many General mas
incurred his displeasure by tardiness. The
result of these active movements has been to
completely tire out large portion of the
army in the field.
The insurgents have been kept moving,
their camps have been destroyed, and q
dozen Of their hospitals have been burned
during the month that has just passed, but
the Government has not 1orced q Single
battle upon them.
The only serious engagements have been
those in which the insurgents, having the
advantage of position or numbers, as at Guy
aiabos and Candelaria, assumed the offensive
and defeated the regular troops OF Spain.
There have been many rear guard sklrmishes
which appear in the Spanish official reports
az battles and victories for the Grown, but
upon Investigation, number of them ap-
peared to be massacres of unarmed citizens,
and there have been more tales OF horrors
committed than battles fought In this island
of Cuba during the month Ct March.
If.one hundredth part Of the stories that
reach here Of the operations Of the columns
of General Mtlqu1zo and Bernnl ard Of
Colonels Molina, Tort, Segura and others
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
THE VENEZUELAN COMMISSION.
Its Work Believed to Be About One-Haf
Completed. ~

Its Work Believed to BE About One-Hslf
Completed.
Justice Brewer presided over the first
formal meeting In Washington o: the Vene-
zuelan Commission that has been held for
the past two weeks, having returned from
San Antonio, Texas. All the members were
In attendance, and, after careful Individual
study OF the British Blue Book, entered into
q rigid discussion Of its arguments and EVIL
dence. =
The session was considered the most i'm
portant SC far held by the commission, which
Is now possessed of all the main features OF
the contention and the principal points upon
which the dispute depends.
The question of sending one or more rep
resentatives Of the commission to Europe to
verify the accuracy Of the documents SUBJ
mitted by Venezuela and Great Britain was
discussed. and, while no definite action was
taken. the indispensability OF the examina-
tion Of Spanish, as we'll as Dutch, archives
was RECOGNIZED, and no doubt Is expressed
that search will soon be ordered. The
commission has now been at work three
months. and its labors are thought to be
about half completed. -
In the House Mr.. Hit reported favorably
from the Committee on Foreign Affairs the
resolution asking the President to transmit
to Congress all the correspondence IN tne
Department OF State relating to mediation or
intervention by the United States IN the al
fairs Of Venezuela since December !, 1885, TO
date, and the resolution was agreed to.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
AMERICANS WIN AT ATHENS.
Successful Opening Games OF the 7'6tA
Greek Olympiad.

Successful Opening Games OF the 7'6tA
Greek Olympiad.
The 776th Olympiad, in which atnleees
from several countries participated, took
place at Athens. Greece. More tnan Iorty
thousand persons were admitted to the
station. including the King of Greece, the
Duke OF Sparta, the Crown Prince ana otnet
members of The royal family, the members OF
the Diplomatic Corps and many other prom
inent persons.
In the discus throwing, Robert Garrett, OF
Princeton University. won. His throw was
considered something phenomenal by the
spectators. He threw the discus 29.15
metres. defeating the Greek champion,
Paraskevopoulos. by l9 centimetres.
The first heat Of the 100 metres race was
won by F. A. Lane. Of Princeton, In IL Is
seconds. Szokoly, Hungarian, was second.
The second heat was won by T. P. Curtis,
Of the Boston Athletic Association, who's
time was - Is seconds, the same as Lanes
NJ. Chalkokondylis, all Athenian, was seS-
ond.
The third heat was won by T. E. Burke, Of
the Boston Athletic Association, In IL 10
seconds; B Boffman, German, was second.
In the hop, step and jump James b. Con-
molly, Suffolk Athletic Club. covered l3 7-l0
metres; Tutferi. Frenchman, was second.
In the first heat Of the 40J metres race 81.
B. Jamison, Of Princeton, was first, and the
German, Hoffman, was second.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
THE NEWS EPTToMlZED'
Washington Items.

Senator Turpie spoke in favor OF the Call
resolution to send United States warsh1ps TO
Cuba and ridiculed the management OF
Cuban matters in the Senate.
Senator Teller introduced abill compelling
National banks to keep their reserve funds
In their own vaults. instead Of loaning them
to banks in commercial centres
The Cuban resolutions pass ed by Congress
were sent to the President; he held long
conference with Secretary Olney on the situ-
alton in Cuba.
The Postoffice Appropriation bill was
passed in the Senate.
The sentence of E. R. Chapman. the
broker who was convicted Of contempt OF
the Senate Sugar Trust Investigating Com
mittee was affirmed by the District OF Co.
lumbia Court Of Appeals.
Terrell, United States Minister at Constan
tinople, arrived In Washington and reported
at the State Department. He refused to dis
cuss affairs in Turkey.
Rain prevented the children Of Washing
ton from observing the quaint custom OF roll
ing eggs down the grassy slopes Of the White
House grounds on Easter Monday. A SINH
lar misfortune has happened for several sue
cessive seasons.
Secretary Olney has demanded from the
Spanish authorities transcripts OF, tne appear
papers in the case OF Julio Sangu1ly, SEN
fenced 10 life Imprisonment IN Africa lor
conspiracy against the peace OF Spain.
The President has approved the joint reso-
luton authorizing Benjamin Harrison 10 ac-
cept medals from Spain and Brazil.
Orders have been issued by the War De
partment to break up the army pur haslng
station at Los Angeles, Cal. Major william
A. Elderkin, the commissary In charge, mas
been ordered to San Antonio, Texas, to take
charge Of that station.
The House Committee on Public Buildings
and Grounds unanimously ordered favora-
Bile eport to be made on Representative
Ouigg's bill to build n S4,000,00O Custom
House in New York on the site OF the present
building.
Senator Hill has given notice OF an ameno,
ment he proposes to offer to the Sundry Clvll
Appropriation bill, appropriating S1l7,2Oo to
be- used in making the proposed changes 10
the widening and deepening OF Waliaooul
Channel, in Brooklyn. the said channel 10 pe
800 feet wide and twenty feet deep.
The Treasury Department monthly circu-
lation. statement shows trifling decrease IN
the circulation last month, amounting to
ONLY S112,594. The conspicuous changes
were decreases OF s8,17O.091 in greenbaek
circulation, S2.345, ,5S4 In silver Treasury
notes and 81, ,496.9 .947 in silver dollars and
minor silver coin.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
CUBA IN THE HOUSE.
A Lively Discussion of the Belliserency
Resolutions.

WASHINGTON, April 4.-The cause OF Cuba
was again advocated in the House. The
resolutions were discussed for nearly three
hours and only one Representative spoke In
Chairman Hit, OF the Foreign Affairs
Committee, called up the conference report
and advocated its adoption in o verytnterest-
ing speech, which was listened to with the
closest attention by all the members, and
applauded and endorsed on both sides OF the
chamber and in the crowded galleries. He
was followed by Representative Boutelle.
who spoke for more than an hour In opposi-
tion, and In support Of his attack upon the
proposition for the recognition OF Cuba
made when the resolutions were first before
the House. Mr.. Skinner, Of North Carolina,
Populist, secured five minutes just before
the recess was taken, in which he glortfed
the Stars and Stripes and expressed the hope
that they would spread the mantle OF their
protection4over the island now suffering un-
der Spanish oppression.
Messrs. Turner, of Georgia; McCreary, OF
Kentucky; Tucker, Of Virginia, and others ex-
pressed desire to speak in opposition to the
resolutions, and it was, therefore, agreed
that the final vote be postponed for the day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22

with silk blouse OF black and crimson plafd,
and 1 ack straw Bolero hat. trimmed with
crimson flowers. Mr.. Pinchot is close per.
sonal friend of General Harrison.
Soon after o'clock the bridal pair and
their guests, the same who had been present
at the ceremony, sat down to an elegant yet
simple Lunch in the handsomely decorated
dining room. This was merely preliminary
to the wedding supper, which was given In
Philadelphia. The luncheon table was
elaborately decorated. When 1t was con-
cluded the members of the wedding party
drove to the railroad station. A big crowd
had assembled there, and when the tall
bride and the short bridegroom stepped out,
arm in arm, upon the platform, they. were
greeted with hearty volley of applause.
Then they boarded the train and were soon
speeding away.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
A UNIQUE BATTLE PARK.
Report on the Chickamauga and Chatta-
nooga Reservation.

Report on the Chickamauga and Chatta-
nooga Reservation.
Representative Grosvenor, of Ohio. has
submitted to the House, at Washington, the
report of the Joint Committee representing
Congress that participated in the three days
dedicatory exercises of the Chickamauga and
Chattanooga National Park in September
last.
The report says the event is without pre-.
cedent in the history OF wars, and one which
would not be possible in any other country
than our own, for there were found gathered
in enthusiastic comradship the most distin.
guished surviving leaders Of both sides, and
many thousands Of the rank and file Of the
once contending forces.
The park itself was also found to be with.
out precedent, being an impartial recon.
struction OF great battle fields by the victori-
Gus, in which in every respect, both great
and small. the utmost impartiality has been
observed in marking lines OF battles and in
preserving upon monuments and tablets the
accurate history OF every organization en-.
gagged upon the extended fields.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
PUBLICLY WHIPPED BY WOMEN.
Wiley Was Tied in Front of the City Hal
and Thrashed.

Wiley Was Tied in Front of the City Hall
and Thrashed.
Excitement ran high at Bertrand, Neb., on
account of the whipping OF b. H. Wiley, a
former Justice of the Peace, and man with
G. large family, who, it is charged, made pro-
posals to the seven-year-old daughter OF A.
NJ. Hill, of Bertrand. Wiley was ordered to
leave town, and while preparing to do so
was arrested by Constable Clark Clayton on
a warrant sworn out by the girls mother.
A number of women, led by the mother Of
the girl, covered the prisoner with revolver
at 2 o. m, and after tying his hands and
placing strap about his neck, marched him
out in front OF the City Hall. There three
women at time thrashed him with black
snake whips until he was dripping with
blood. Constable Sandstrom ordered them
to stop. The whipping took place In full
view Of the prisoners home. and, while ne
received little pity, public sympathy was
touched by the cries Of his children and
wife. He left for Iowa.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
OUR cONVlcTS AND PAUPERS.
Half of Them Are Foreigners, According
Representative Danford.

Half of Them Are Foreigners, According to
Representative Danford.
Representative Danford, Of Ohio, reported
to the House from the immigration Commit
tee the Stone bill providing for the inspec.
tion of immigrants by United States Consuls'
Statistics show, says the report, that with
foreign population OF 14.77 per cent. more
than half Of our white penitentiary convicts
and more than half Of the inmates of our
POOR houses are foreigners, proving that OF
the immigrants coming here during the last
few years too many of them are deficient in
morals and are incapable, physically, Of self
supto
self enforcing.
A number uf members of the committee
are opposed to the bill, and 1t Is probable
minority report will be made
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
NEEDLE IN HIS BODY az YEARS.
It Stuck Out of Morris's Breast and Was
Easily Removed.

It Stuck Out Of Morris's Breast and Was
Easily Removed.
simple operation performed in the hos
pital at the Ohio State Prison. at Columbus,
ends a most interesting surgical and patho-
logical history. Prison Hospital Surgeon
Tharp removed from the body OF James
Morris, Federal prisoner serving term
for counterieitlng. a needle which was swal-
lowed BY the patient when he was boy
eleven years old. AS he Is now fifty-three
years old, the needle was In his body forty
two years. In that time 1t travelled un-
doubleday through nearly every part OF the
body below the waist. He had made several
applications to have the needle removed
while in the prison. but 1t could not be To-
Gated with sufficient accuracy. Not long
ago It was in his right knee, and he said that
he could feel the point Of 1t. He suffered
great pain from 1t all the time. Finally he
felt the point OF the needle projecting from
his breast Just below the heart. 1t was an
easy matter to remove it. 1t was the inten-
tios ofthe prison physician to use the ray
In searching for the needle il 1t had NOT
been found so soon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22

Senator from the State Of Maryland, for the
term of six years, commencing March 4, 1897.
were presented to the Senate by Mr.. German
and placed on flle.
A bill was passed in the House to reim-
burse A. P. Brown, ex-Postmaster at Lemars,
Iowa, to the amount of $3.50 for loss by burg
larry January 8, 1884,
The Secretary Of War sent to the House the
report of the survey for a canal connecting
Lake Superior with the Mississippi River.
The cost Of such canal ranges from o.
0OO, 600 to $50, 600. 900, according to the dif-
ferent routes and the size proposed. The
route costing the least Is decided to be the
most feasible.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
Tho Labor World.

A Brooklyn lodge Of the United Order OF
Carpenters was organized.
A German association OF stone cutters has
been organized in New York City.
Northwestern lumbermen have decided to
reduce the lumber cut twenty-five per cent.
The Ellis and Lessig Iron Company, of
Pottstown, Penn, has raised wages ten per
cent.
Four hundred coal miners at Palmyra,
Ohio, struck against screens. which they
claim are not OF the proper size.
Beginning April /, the wages of miners in
tho Clearflsld, Beech Creek, Cambria and
Galitzin coal regions was raised five cents
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
MARKING wAsHlNcToN's BIRTHPLACE

The Shaft of the Monument at Wakefield,
Va, Put in Position.
]. NJ. Wilson, Superintendent OF Public
Buildings and Grounds, received at Wash
ington telegram from Wakefield, Va, say
Ing that the shaft OF the monument to mark
the birthplace OF Washington was put In
position recently, and that the monument
itself is now complete, without single
flaw or blemish. He will make visit
to Wakefield In day or two to inspect
the work before accepting It from the con-
tractors, John Crawford Sons, OF Buffalo.
The obelisk will be protected by u sharp
pointed iron fence eight feet high ana tniTty-
Six feet square, within which there will be
a space of twelve feet from each side OF the
base, which will be sodded aud parked. No
arrangements have been made for the dedi'
cation OF the monument.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
Three Italians Asphyxiated.

Francesca Russo, thirty-five years old. ar
rived in Pittsbur2 from Naples and was met
by his brothers-in-law, Giacento Grucio
forty-fve years old, and Felice Grucio
twenty-six years old. After spending the
evening together, they applied for lodging
at an italian boarding-house. Next day
their dead bodies were found in the room
they occupied, all in one bed. Death had
resulted from asphyxation, they having evil
certify blown out the gas.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
A Family of Five Drowned.

Five persons were drowned by cloudburst
in Mulberry Gap, Hancock County, Tenn.
The names OF the unfortunates are Mrs.
Uriah Anderson, age seventy; Oily Anderson,
age twenty-eicht, her daughter-in-Jawi
Charles Anderson. age five; Hattie Anderson,
age thirteen months, grandchild, and Mary
Flecker, age thirteen years, grandchild.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
Arms for the Beers.

A despatch from Cape Town says that 2ooo
rifles were sent from johannesburg to Pre-
toria, and, together with ammunition, were Is
sued TO Boers and railway officials. This dis
tribution Of arms caused the widest rumors,
but the general opinion is that the arms
were given out as provision against posi-
Bile developments in the Matabele rising.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
A Disastrous Sealing Season.

Late advises from St. Jchns, Newfound-
land, state that the steamer Hope has arrived
there with broken shaft and only 2 90 seals,
her usual cargo being 800 seals. One man
was drowned. Advises from Cape Breton re-
port that the schooners Ireland and Nimrod,
fishing IN the Gul' OF st. Lawrence. are with
out seals. This destroys the last hope Of the
fishery being even fairly successful.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
scared His Wife to Death.

John Ahrens, farmer, living in Kingman
County, Kansas, concluded to celebrate All
Fools Day by playing q joke ON his wife:
He dressed as a tramp, put on a mask, and
ut his door tried to induce his wife to set
him a lunch. She was so terrified that she
fell to the floor and died soon after.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
Hat-Nuisance Law Passed.

The Fosdick bill, making it misdemeanor
for any person to wear hat in theatre or
other au lito.um where any theatrical or
spectacular performance is being given,
passed the Ohio Senate and is now law. az
it takes effect Immediately on its passage,
and no amendments were mad, in the
Senate. There were but two negative votes
in the Senate. The new law is, OF course,
aimed at the big hats and headgear worn by
women at theatres. 1t provides rs a penalty
a fine OF from - to $40, but no imprison-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
Rush for Alaskan Gold Fields.

There is no abatement IN the rush to
Alaska. On the contrary. the exodus is on
the increase, and no loss than fifteen vessels,
big and little, with passenger list OF fully
1000 men, freight and supplies in proportion,
have smiled from San Francisco, CAL, for the
golden fields to the north.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
Killed His Wife and NIother-in-Law.

At Clinton, ILL.,, James Pollen quarrelled
with his wife. His mother-in-law. Mrs.
William McMillen, defended her daughter.
Pollen seized shotgun and killed both the
women. He then attempted to commit sui
eide by throwing himself under the wheels
Of a passing train. He received fatal IN
iurias
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
The Church Censured.

A Coroner's Jury declared that the Trinity
Church Corporation, New York City, should
be censured for not providing fire escapes in
tho Hudson street tenement, whose burning
DESTROYED five lives.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
Less German Emigration.

The German official papers express their
qualification over the conspicuous diminish
ing Of German emigration to America. Sta
tistics show decrease OF two-thirds In the
number of emigrants during the last five
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
Opens His Mill With Prayer

A Tacoma Wash. y man opens his oatmeal
mill every morning with prayer. All OF his
employees are church members, and none OF
them is excused during the few minutes ol
Irayer before the work of the day begins.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
W. r r n at St. Louis November 1s.

1t has been officially determined by tha
officers OF the ". C. T. U. to accept the inyi-
tation rendered by the ST. Louis w. c. !. U.
and seconded by the Mayor and business
Mems League, to hold the NatlonaI ConVen' %
lion In that city from November IS to l6, In
elusive. .-.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
A Love Tragedy.

Miss Sdlie E. Owen, of Talbatton. Ga.
was shot and killed by her rejected lover, w.
l.. Rider, who wounded A. p. Persons, his
successful rival and attempted suicide.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
The Revolution In Nicaragua.

President Zelaya's forces again met the
Nicaraguan revolutionists in battle, which
lasted eight hours. Prisoners report that
the insurgent situation is desperate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
Cuhnp EaheIa Win a Battle,

A column OF Spanish troops under Colonel
vasquez was surprised and defeated by in
surgents In Santa Clara province, Cuba.
Their leader and many OF his men were
killed,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22

Governor Hughes Gives Up the Flight.
The contest over the occupation OF the
Arizona Gubernatorial chair Is ended, Gov
ernor Hughes having gracefully surrend-