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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-28
ENcLAND'S, P3lMATE DEAD.

The Archbishop Of Canterbury Expires
Suddenly In Gladstone's Church Pew.
The Archbishop Of Canterbury, Primate
Of all England and Metropolitan, the Right
Hon. and Most Rev. Edward White Benson,
D. D., and Prlvy Councillor, died sud-
denly while attending divine service in
the church at Hawarden, England. The
Archbishop was the guest OF Mr.. Gladstone,
through whom no was appointed TO the
Archblshopric OF Canterbury. and, In COM
pany with the Gladstone family, went to the
Hawarden church.
After the service had commenced COM
motion was noticed In the Gladstone pew,
and Immediately thereafter church at
tendants were seen removing the Archbishop,
who, it was supposed, was suffering from
At. He was taken 10 the rectory and medical
assistance was hastily summoned. The
doctors worked over him In vain, and at
1145 o'clock he died. The physicians say
that death was caused by apoplexy Arch
bishop Benson was sixty-seven years OF age.
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Minor Mention.

The Thames tunnel at London cost So
100000.
The United States have ninety thousano
lawyers. 20
Tne Mexican War Department is about to
consider the project OF cquipping portion
of the army with bicycles.
The Rochester IN. " banks will not take
any more Canadian silver on deposit except
ut a discount OF twenty perc
Tho Mexico V Cuba Clnh, of the City OF
Me1Ico. has forwarded $500 in gold to the
Cuban headquarters in Now YORK.
Premature decay and storms have caused
the ruin of nearly 5000 acres OF grain IN
Stutsman and Kidder Counties, North Da'
kQta
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-28
VESSEL WRECKED, THREE LOST.
The Luther A. Robv Went to Pieces or
Lewes, DEL, in q Gale.

The Luther A. Robv Went to Pieces or
Lewes, Del, in a Gaie.
The schooner Luther A. Roby, Captain
William b. Maloney, from Cheverle, Nova
Scotia, with plaster, went ashore in heavy
northeast gale, below the point Of Cape Hen
lopen, near Lewes, DEL. and almost immedi-
atey went to pieces. Three OF the crew were
lost and five saved. The drowned are Harry
Milby, steward, OF MiddletowD, Mass;
Thomas Slnes. seaman, OF Boston, and
Norwegian sailor.
A fierce northeast gale had been blowing.
In the early dawn the schooner was seen
driving toward the beach. The life savers
hastened toward the spot she wa7 heading
for, but she struck before they came oppo-
site her. Before the crew could get their ap-
paratus into working order the vessel pound
ed to pieces in the heavy SURF The men
aboard OF her clung to whatever piece OF
wreckage they could grasp and struggled
through the whirling waters to the beach.
Three OF them never reached 1t, but the
other five were saved.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-28
AWFUL FLOODS IN SIBERIA.

Four Rivers Out of Their Banks and Many
Reported to Be Drowned.
The Oriental liner Tacoma, just arrived at
Tacoma, Wash, brings news Of awful floods
In Siberia and great loss OF life. The ST.
phoon, Moor, Santachasa and Inman Rivers
got out OF their bounds about the middle of
September, and the plains were covered with
water for many miles on either side of the
channels.
The Siberian Railway vas closed by the
floods for distance Of 100 versts from In
man, the terminus, and telegraphlc commun-
ication with Vladivostock, which had been
interrupted for week, was not restored
when the Tacoma sailed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-28
THE NEWS EPTToMIZED'
Washington Items.

The new Ministers from Hayti and Korea
We're formally introduced to Presldene
Cleveland.
Secretary Olney has appointed DR.. James
Howard Gore, Of the Columbian university
and Mr.. Thomas Wilson. Curator OF the Ma
tional Museum. United States Commissioners
10 the International Exposition to De openeu
In Brussels on April "a, 1897.
The United States Supreme Court oeean
Its annual session in Washington.
The Secretary of War is receiving the con,
yratulations of his friends over the Soou
health of Mrs. Lamont and ne" porn
little daughter.
The Comptroller Of the Currency yi1ss. mas re- e,
ceived a telegram announclngthe Ia,iuE9 W.
the First National Bank OF Eddy, New Mexico.
The bank had capital OF $50, 600, ana IT'S
last report showed an indebtedness to deposi-
tors of about $4,000.
DR.. Burgess, Sanitary Inspector OF the a. Ma.
rine Hospital Service at Havana. in reeen.
report, saws that yellow fever continues TO
be epidemic there, and he Is lnformeu tau. at
It is so in most OF the places where spanish
soldiers are found.
Secretary Herbert awarded contracts lor
gun forgings to the Bethlehem Iron oon'
pany and Midvale Steel Company.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-28
WE BEARD THE TURK.
United States Cruiser Bancroft TO
Force the DardaneIles.
NO PROTEST TO BE Needed,

Mlnister Terrell Ordered to Go Aboard
and Sail Through---O ur Mediterranean
Fleet to Go Into Action If the Forts Re-
sist---European Great Powers Under
stood to Sanction the Bold Programme.
WASHINGTON, D. c., October 14.-The Uni
ted States practice ship Bancroft, whose de-
parture for European waters has been the
subject OF profound mystery. is to play an
Important part in the effort Of the Powers to
kish question. The little vessel is to force
the Dardanelles with Minister Terrell stand
ing on her deck. and II any obstacles are
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-28
Cycling Notes.

Newark, N. j., has cycle drum AMI lfe
corps.
Instructors In riding schools shoull 500
to It that their pupils learn the rules OF the
road.
It Is reported that there will he important
improvements iu crank hanger bearings on
81 models.
One of the largest bicycle manufacturers
will try to make juvenile tandem riding
popular next year.
II convenient 1t Is we'll to have skilled
professional repairer examine your wheel US
often as once month.
Map publishers say that cycling is respon.
sible for a new and large demand for road
mans mounted on muslin.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-28
DOUBLE MURDER AVENGED.
Crazy Shoemaker Kills Two Policemen
and is RIddled With Balls.

Crazy Shoemaker Kills Two Policemen
and is RIddled With Balls.
Three men were slain and two others
wounded, one perhaps fatally, in Columbus,
Ga. One OF the dead men wasJ. A. White. a
shoemaker, who, aided by his nineteen.
year-od son Henry, killed two OF the city's
policemen.
Officers Adams and Jackson gave White q
summons to appear before the Recorder for
disorderly conduct. He made threats
against the officers, although he then went
home. He subsequently repaired to Rumsey's
bar, where be was met by his son. Henry
White. About that time Officers Jackson
and Adams appeared at the front OF the bar;
White flung bis gun TO his shoulder and
fired several shots without stopping. OF.
flcer Adams fell dying at almost the first
shot. One OF the first shots struck Ohcer
Jackson In the abdomen. Father and son
then started up First avenue toward their
home on Sixteenth street.
A large number OF the police force OF the
CITY armed themselves with Winchester rifles
and proceeded to Whites house and smashed
in the door. Before White could fire several
bullets had entered his body, fired by the or
flcers. he died in @ few moments.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-28
LONE BANDIT RoBS A TRAIN.
The Union Pacific Fast Mall Plundered In
a Unique Way In Utah.

The Union Pacific Fast Mall Plundered In
Unique Way In Utah.
, The Union Pacific fast mail and express
train stopped at water tank near Nintah
station, eight miles from Og len, Utah, about
/ o'clock a. m.
A man rose up out Of the darkness behind
the tank and pointed pair OF revolvers at
the engineer and fireman. He ordered the
engineer to pull the train about a mile
beyond the tank. Then the bandit put
cotton sacks over the heads OF the fire.
man and the engineer and compelled them
to get out OF the cab and walk with him to
the mail car. The mail car was forced, the
clerks thinking that three men were engaged
In the operation. Several registered mail
bags were thrown out. The bandit took
these and disappeared In the underbrush at
the mouth OF the Weber Canon.
The registered mail thrown outby the rob-
bes WAS the through California pouch. It
contained an unusually heavy amount OF
money, one package Of S25, ,00O alone being
consigned to the Wells-Fargo Bank.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-28
TWO MEN LYNcHED.

Mob Vengeance Upon Colored Murdef-rs
In Alabama.
Randolph Falls, Toadyine farmer, while
going home after having sold his cotton,
camped in the woods twenty-five miles from
Birmingham, Ala. A passer-by saw two
colored men with him. The next morning
Falls's body, with the head split open with
an axe, was found. His pockets had been
rifled.
"Jim" Anderson. colored, was caught, and
confessed. He was taken to the woods, al
lowed three minutes to pray, and the mob
fred one hundred or more shots at aim.
Henry Cyat, whom Anderson had implicated,
was caught aud shot to death.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-28
Pistols In Political Meetings.

General James s. Walker, Republican
candidate for Congress in the Tenth
Virginia District was interrupted
by toughs while speaking in Lee
County, Virginia. Pistols were placed
at his head and he was made to ac'
knowledge that he had mads free silver
speeches two years ago. Joseph Prather,
aged twenty years, shot and killed William
Keeling, aged forty-hve, at political meet
inc in Chaplain, Ky.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-28
Zig Fire In Grent Barriurton.

Tho largest fire that ever occurred in
Great Darlington, Mass, broke out in a
tenement house near the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad station. The
flames soon spread TO the Kennedy Hotel
and livery stables, and the Miller House
stables. situated in the centre of tho :own.
A largo brick row in Railroad street was
soon in flames. All of these buildings were
destroyed and tho Hollenbeck Block and the
Miller House damaged. The loss is 5000, 900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-28
Oyatar Beda DestroYed.

Engineer Sanford, OF the Connecticut
State Shell Fish Commission, received no,i-
fcatIon that the natural oyster beds IN the
vicinity OF Bridgeport and stratford, $500
acres in extent, have been covered with send
by the hurricane and the oysters destroyed.
The beds comprise the greater part OF the
public oyster grounds OF the State, and the
loss caused by the storm Is estimated at
S50 ()(fO
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-28
Storm on the Coast.

A terrific storm ragged along the Atlantic
Coast. The fringe of the gale that hal been
moving in the direction OF New York for sev:
eral days reached there yesterday and did
damage along the coast. Sailing craft did
not venture to leave the port. The storm
WAS central 700 miles of shore.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-28
BANK ROBBERS KILLED AT BAY.
Tried to Escape With Their Booty, But
Were Surrounded.

Were Surrounded.
Three bold robbers were killed and two
citizens wounded during an attempt to rob
the Bank of Meeker, at Meeker, Col. The
citizens were not dangerously wounded. The
dead bandits are George Harris, Charles
Jones and William Smith.
The bandits, with drawn revolvers com
pelled Cashier Moulton to throw up his
hands. All the employees and the customers
were told to hold up their hands, and were
warned, on pain of death, not to move. The
leader OF the trio then ordered Mou:ton to
march ahead to the safe and unlock 1t. Hs
did as ordered.
A shot fired In the bank had alarmed the
town, and while the robbers were leisurely
gathering their booty every man In town was
arming himself to heteeth. As the robbers
followed the crowd cut OF the bank they
were confronted by dozen men armed with
Wlnchesters. The bank was surrounded, re-
treat was cut of and they had to fight OF
surrender. To be caught meant death by
lynching or otherwise, and the robbers con-
cluded to fight.
The bandits, Jones and Smith, fell TO the
ground at the first volley, pierced BY rifle
bullets. Harris, the last OF the trio. was shot
through the back.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-28
pU MAURlER Is NO MORE.
The Author OF "Trilby" Dies in London
Of Heart Failure.

Of Heart Failure.
George Du Maurier, the artist-novelist,
author OF "Trilby," died few days ago In
his new house On Oxford Square, London,
England.
A fortnight before he had chill and his
lungs became affected. His illness was
pathetic in the extreme. For days he lowered
between life and death, at intervals convers.
ing with friends regarding his work. Once
a friend referred to the success OF "Trilby"
as book and as play, whereupon Du
Maurier replied:
Eyes, 1t has been successful: But the
popularity has killed me at last"
His end was painless and he passed away
surrounded by friends.
One who was present at his death says:
"He died almost as tragically as Svengalt.
At the zenith Of Trilby's fame he became
victim Of the heart. and Du Maurier has gone
the same way"
George Louis Palmella du Mauner was
born in Paris, March 9Th, 1884, and educated
In thar city, but was British subject.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-28
A Statue to Mrs. Stowe,

The Hartford (Conn.) Equal Rights Club
has appointed a committee 10 raise funds fol-
the erection OF Statue of Harriet BeecheI
Stowe, the authoress Of "Uncie Toms Cabin"
who died in June. The Hartford members
of the committee are Elizabeth D. Bacon,
Mrs. Tucker, Francis Ellen Burr, Mrs. Emily
P. Collins. Mrs. Alta 8. Cressy and Mrs. 8. z.
Browne. ...b
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-28
Gold for HOartlinC,

New York bullion brokers report a con-
stantly increasing demand for gold fer hoard
ing. The prevailing commission charged
for gold for this purpose is K per cent. and
at this rate the gold finds ready takers. One
bullion firm reported that it received orders
to buy Russian gold rU5les and Austrian
florins for persons OF those Nationalities iT
inf
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-28
Tho Storm Wrought Havoc Among the
Pleasure Craft.

BosroN, Mass, October 13-The storm has
wrought havoc among the pleasure craft in
this Vicinity. The sloop yacht Egerla was
driven on Rip Rap Wall and one of
her sides was smashed. She is going
to pieces. The sloop yacht May is ashore at
the Cow Pasture. Between twenty and
thirty yachts have broken from their moor
iD9s at South Boston, and large number Of
them are damaged so badly that they will
not be worth repairing. Captain Swim, OF
the tug Florence. sighted two-masted
British schooner scurrying before the wind,
under bare poles In Dorchester Bay, but he
was unable to learn her name.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-28
ENORMOUS CATCH OF HERRING.
Nearly $4,000 Barrels of Fish Taken This
Month on Cape Cod.

Between 10000 and $4,000 barrels Of her
ring have been taken In Cape Cod Bay since
the 1st Of October, which has not been equaled
in twenty years. The canning factories are
running overtime and salters are putting the
fish In barrels. Only 5000 barrels. however,
have been used, the fish that are unavailable
being turned loose again.
Fish traps, empty In the morning, have
had In them at night from 500 to 700 barrels
of herring, and the catch Of three gill nets
has been known to load doty. The Ash
are OF large size. Few mackeral have been
seen, but the catch of pollock has been good
Founder fishing has also been profitable.
Thirty boats are engaged in it and the men
are each earning from 90 to s. per day.
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The Demand for W heat.

There is large and steadily increasing
demand in Europe for American wheat, due
principally to the failure Of the. crop in
Russia, India and Argentina. SO great Is the
demand that ships enough to carry it are
difficult to be had, and there Is In conse.
uuence boom in ocean freights
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-28
RosroN,s OLDEST VOTER.
Joseph D. Jones Has Nearly Reached tho
Age OF Ninety-nine.

The oldest inhabitant In Boston, and, In
sidentally, the Oldest voter, is Joseph David
Jones, and he is an inmate Of the Home Tor
Aged People IN West Springfield street. II
t1r. Jones lives until December 80. 1896. he
years. This aged citizen Is wide-awake to
the topics Of the times, and Is intensely In
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-28
SQUIRRELS KILL A cow.
A Farmer Finds . Whole Colony Swarm
ing About His Beast.

Squirrels have always been supposed to be
vegetarians, with a pronounced liking for
nuts, but Kentucky colony OF the little ami.
mails has recently shown carnivorous dis
position and taste for raw beef. John 8.
Parks, OF Triplet, Ky., owns blood Jersey
COW. which feeds In pasture near Parks's
house. Beyond the pasture Is wooded
field, where squirrels abound. A few days
ago Parks heard his COW believing In an un-
usual manner, and as if in pain.
He went to her assistance and found her
on the ground covered with squirrels, which
were savagely biting her. The squirrels
scampered away at the approach OF the man.
The COW died an hour later from loss OF
blood.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-28
choctaw' Governor Inaugurated.

The Choctaw Council canvassed the re-
turns of the election for Governor and Nc.
Curtin had plurality Of 2lo over Jackson.
There was no trouble whatever. As soon as
McCurtin was elected large number who
had gone to Tuskahoma to witness the count
returned TO their homes. Indian Agent
Wisdom has requested that the troops De
withdrawn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-28
Distress From Mexican Floods.

Great damage has been caused by the
floods in mountain district, aiiacentto to Rrw-
lings. Mexico. Over a1O}, 900 worth OF agri'
cultural and mining property was ruined
and great distress prevails among tho farm-
ers and miners, VINO los, all thcir live stock
and effects
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Indians Want to Vote.

About $50 Indians on the Fort Totten rese,
vation are very anxious to vote. Under the
Dawes act they took allotments of land. and
that law provides that as soon as an Indian
takes his allotment, whether the patent Is Is
sued or not, he becomes a citizen. They
have retained counsel to secure their rights
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MUTINY ON ALFONSO XIII

Forty Spanish Gunners Rebel, But Are
Overcome and Put In Irons.
A dispatch from Ferrol says that mutiny
hos occurred on board the Spanish warship
Alfonso Kill, lying at that port.
Forty gunners rebelled and attempted to
seize the boats aud 90 ashore. A fight be-
tween the mutineers and the marines and
others on board the ship ensued. The revolt
was suppressed and the mutineers were put
In
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-28
eEssEMER ORE DISCOVERED.
A New Body, Carrying Much Iron, Found
in Michigan. Il

In Michigan. y n
Water.has been turned into the new cham
mel dredged for the Michigamme River,
Michigan, for the purpose Of reclaiming the
Mansfield Mine, which was flooded several
years ago, drowning twenty-seven men. The
enterprise has proved even greater success
than the projectors anticipated, for large
body OF Bessemer ore has been discovered in
the old channel.
Six inches below the sand covering on the
river bed was bed Of ore. system OF
trenching was instituted, and the body was
traced nearly 800 feet. A sample Of the ore
has been analysed for iron. It Is very rich.
While the chemists figures are not available,
1t is stated that no other mine In the district
produces ore that approaches 1t In the vol.
ume Of iron carried. It Is Bessemer ore Of
the finest quality. The depth OF the deposit
has not yet been tested.
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HOUSES OF REFUGE DISCONTINUED
No Further Use for Those on the East
Coast OF Florida.

Secretary Carlisle ordered the discontlnu.
ance of the houses of refuge on the eastern
coast OF Florida, at Chester Shoals, Btther
Creek, and Orange Grove. These houses OF
refuge, ten In number, were established years
ago on that coast, when along its entire
length OF $50 miles there were not more than
seventy-ave inhabitants. Now there are 49,
900 from the last report Of the District Su-
perintendent. Six OF these houses are still
in operation. The distance between these
houses averages twenty-six miles. ana at
each mile along the coast are placed guide
posts, indicating the distance and direction
to the nearest station. The houses are sup
piled with cots and provisions sufficient 70
succor twenty-five persons for ten days
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-28
Hohart's First Speech.

Garret A. Hobart, the Republican candi-
date for vice-Prasiden., made his first speech
OF tne campaign in Apollo Hall, Paterson, y.
J. He was given II most enthusiastic rerep-
tton. Nrs. Hobart was on the platform. Inc
candidate devoted his time TO tho Hnancisi
question.
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Kil,ed ,lusband With an Axe.

Lomule Long May, white, married Eoxie
'Tlllmau, from Chatham County, three
months ago. He brought his wife to live OF
als fathers. near Clyde, Ga. A few days ago
1he split his head open with an axe. She said
she killed him in self defense. There were
no eve witnesses to the tragedy.
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terested In the Presidential election. Mr.
Jones Is registered voter, and declares thai
he will exercise his privilege as sovereign
citizen Just Us long as he Is able to DO SO
Mr.. Jones was born In Boston, not far from
Faneuil Hall. In 1877. In his early days he
was dry goods merchant, and later became
a manufacturer OF tinware. 1t is remarka'
ble how we'll he retains his faculties. His
mind is clear, his hearing Is acute, but, as he
himself puts 1t, II am compelled to use
glasses when I read" he Is active on his
feet and the only aid he uses when walking
is a small cane. He Is registered as being
ninety-nine years old.
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Against Cattle Ticks.

The Agricultural Department has issued
quarantine regulations against olttle infest-
ed with the Southern cattle tick, known
scientifically as "Doophiius bowls This In
sect Is supposed to nil IN spreading Iexas
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-28
Poor Whaling Season.

News from the North Pacific whaling feet
contained narrowing record OF desertions,
fights, death and mutnY; the ca:ch of whales
was poor.
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Ex-Governor st. Johns Son Dead.
At Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Harry st.
John, SON Of Ex-Governor St. John, Of Kan
sss, died a few days ago OF grip. At the time
of his death he was under indictment for the
murder OF his wife.
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Yachts DESTROYED at Newburyport.

D01t1OJou "1 -No"DuryP0T'
NEwBURYpoRr. Mass, October 13.-The
storm here has been severe. Several yachts
were driven ashore and destroyed, and q
score or more were damaged badly. The
wharves are in bad condition. Several ware
houses were undermined. The city railroad
has been rendered impossible.
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Fusion Effected in Kansas.

The Democratic and Populist State Gen.
tral Committee of Arkansas met in Little
Rock and effected fusion on the electoral
ticket