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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-24
MAKINGF FIREWORKS.
BUSY SCENES AT A FACTORY
on STATEN ISLAND.
Most of the Employees Are Farmers
Daughters-Turnin Out Fire
crackers Of All Sizes-Mak-
ing Roman Candles.
~ ROAD green fields; pretty
x girls who move as though no
civic censors had told them

~ ROAD green fields; pretty
x girls who move as though no
civic censors had told them
Z that dress reform was too
new; bright faced boys who work
with the enthusiasm of delight; only a
few men, whose countenances, be-.
grimed, it is true, yet quite content
with the deeds they have to do, and
yet heroes in q minor key, for they
work face to face with po ssibility
that their next br cath may be taken
half in this world and half as sigh
for the next. 1t is a modern Arcadia,
set between the hills of Staten Island,
and named Graniteville, yet why no
man las yet known, for there is no
granite nearer than the Army Build.
ing that runs up its facade in White
hall street. All this blissful abode of
labor is simply fireworks factory
and the Arcadians are its willing
"hands."
Here it is that 800 persons, mostly
farmers daughters, work from July IL
to July 8, from one year to the next,
making colored fires and rockets and
Roman candles and those mysterious
things known as "set pieces" which
go off, it is true, according to pro-
gramme, but which need guide and
spokesman most times to tell what
they are all about. And talk about
Chinese labor! Well, these energetic
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-24

General Dimensions: Width,
through library ana kitchen, SO it. 10
ins. depth, 46 it ins., including
veranda.
Heights of Stories: Cellar Z #. first
story, 9 #. in. second story, it.
Exterior Materials: Foundation,
stone; first story, clapboards; second
story, gables and roof. shingles.
Interior Finish: Two coat plaster.
hard white finish. Maple wood floor
ing. Trim throughout, n. c. pine.
Staircase, ash. Bathroom and kitch-
en-, wainscoted. Chair-ra in dining
room. All interior woodwork grain
tillei and finished with hard oil var
nish.
Colors: All clapboards, medium
green. Shingling on walls of second
story and gables, oiled. Roof shin
giles, stained red. Trim, i1cluding
water table, corner boards, castings,
cornices, bands, veranda columns, rail,
etc., dark bottle green. Sashes,
white. Veranda floor, dark brown.
Veranda ceiling, oiled.
Accommodations The principal
rooms and their sizes, closets, etc,
are shown by the floor plans. Cellar
under whole house. Attic is floored
for storage purposes. Open fireplace
in sitting-room. Portable range, sink
and boiler in kitchen. Bathroom in
second story, Linen closet in second
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story hall. Two set tubs in kitchen.
Sliding door connects hall and parlor.
Portiere opening between parlor and
library. Large sized veranda With
balcony above.
Cost: $4,000, not including mantels,
range or heater. The estimate is
based on New York prices for mater.
ials and labor. In many sections OF
the country the cost should be less.
Feasible Notifications: General d.
mensions, materials and colors may be
changed. Cellar may be reduced IN
size OF wholly omitted. Fireplace and
part or all of plumbing may be omit
ted. Attic may be finished for two
rooms. Sliding doors may be intIo-
duced between parlor and library.
Copyright 1896.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-24
Moving q Whole Town.

The town of Wentachee, WASH, is
to be moved two miles from its pres
ent location to point on the bank of
the river. 1t is pretty fair sized
town, too. All the buildings will be
moved in the usual way to the new To-
cation. There is not an adequate sup
ply of water where the town now
stands, and in addition the citizens
are incensed at the avarice of owners
of the present town site, who have
fixed the price of property at very
high figure.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-24
LAYING FLUOR..
Improved Methods Which Prevail
In Houses Of the Present Time.

Excellent artisans and honest work
men as were our forefathers, they
could have learned much from this
careless and commercial generation OF
the science of floor laying. No other
part of the house received such con.
slant and severe use as the floors and
sc IL is the veriest truism to say that
to none should more care and atten-
tion be given. We have ceased alto.
gether to use the matched boards Of
extra width for flooring, except in the
very cheapest OF houses and the in.
crease in expense that comes from the
use of narrow boards is so inconsider-
able that it should cut no figure with
the man who is building a house for
himself. Most people find it the part OF
genuine economy to use the very
narrow strips of Georgia pine, but if
this must be put aside for the cheaper
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-24

kind, in one wood, be laid in elabo-
rate patterns. One or two strips
around the edge of the room for a
border, and the rest laid "bias" las
the women have it), is a job that any
ordinary carpenter can manage. Of
course, there are those who demand
the full marquetry floor, with costly
hard woods laid in complicated
geometrical patterns. But this forms
an entirely separate branch OF wood
finishing.
The accompanying design has the
aoors;in library and dlning-room laid
in maple.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-24
Greenwich observatory.

The Royal Observatory of Green
wich, from which place English longi'
tude is measured, Was established in
the reign of Charles II. 1t was sug'
gested by q celebrated astronomer
named Flams:eel, and measures were
taken under his superintendence for
adopting the study of astronomy as o
National object.
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that has to come into contact with the
explosive, for just as soon as the sensl-
tive illuminate encounters resistance
away it goes, and so do the four walls
about it. The ideal laboratory would
be made of mosquito netting, but this
would let the rain in, and the shock
of a drop would make things too lively
even for Staten Island.-New York
Hara1d
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-24
4 Marble Tent.

The monument of the late Sir Rich
ard Burton is great tent carved out
of marble, under which his body rests
in Il steel casket. Lady Burton's
casket rests beside it. There is one
other vet to be put under the tent
that of the erratic couples most
s'faithful servant and FRIEND" as Lady
Burton called her. Orleans
Picyune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-24
About to Fly.

Professor Langley, of Washington, an
s.ounces that his flying machine is COM
pleted and that manufacturers are already
making offers for building rights. He eS-
poets to see the contrivance put to CONNER
cial uses within year. 90 ---.- -
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1t is said that when the perfume OF
cut flowers grows faint, 1t may be re.
stored by placing them il aweetened
water. -.
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home to dinner. Mrs. 1vens is very i'll.
Will you come here this afternoon? I
am anxious 10 see you
Finding boy, Margaret directed him
70 leave the note at Elmwood,
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Christmas always brings happiness, 1
thought. and there is no happiness here.
I am ready to 60 home, though. / be-
ieve I have been waiting for you. am
so tired, so very tired. I don't 1eel that
I can ever be rested again"
Brian looked his concern. Such weak
ness was unusual in Margaret.
Il am afraid you have done wrong"
he said, with some reproach. You
should have taken my advice, Margaret;
but suppose it is too lat TO scold now.
You need rest. That is evident"
Margaret scarcely heard him. She
rose rather unsteadily and started TO
leave the room, but with sudden remem-
brance she turned back with the words:
Il shall take the children to Elmwood.
Christmas here would be mockery for
them"
A shade Of annoyance passed over his
face. 1t would be useless to oppose
YOU, even if I desired to do so, he re-
turnel. Take them, Of course, but do
let Mrs. Davis care for them. l won't
have You worrying yourself into an ILL
ness. 1 believe in certain amount OF
sympathy, but too much is too much.
Il only want to 60 to bed and sleep
| forever" was Margaret's answer. l
am so tired from being sorry.
Then the sooner you 60 home the
better have the carriage, and II you
are ready -
In second, Brian. Twill not keep
you waiting long"
This time of waiting was spent by
Margaret in the darkened room, where
the rector sat by all that remained to
| him Of beloved wife.
} She approached the still form and
pressed q long kiss On the pale brow,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-07-29
OF a. R. u. TRIKE
CHARLES A. PAJUNk ASKS $4,000
FOR FALSE IMPRISONMENT.
Hammond Mayor n Republican
CouncfImen in Contempt of Court
Other state News.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
HAMMOND. Ind. July IS. Charles a
Pajunk. by Olds and Griffin. his attorneys.
begun a suit in the Lake Superior Court
to-day against the Louisville, New Albany
& Chicago Railway Company. and Ferd
Hall. asking for damages in the sum of s15,-
coo for false Imprisonment. The suit grows
out of an arrest made by the United States
troops during the Debs strike of 1894. The
complaint alleges that on Sunday. July g..
1894. the day the government troops were
sent here at the request of Governor Mat
thews TO quell the riot. the defendants
caused the plaintiff to be arrested and
placed in custody of the soldiers; that he
was compelled to submit TO the arrest at
the point of a rife. and was taken to the
police station in Chicago. where he was
held a prisoner for thirty days. that the
arrest was made at the request OF Ferd
Hall, chief engineer of the railway COM
pany: that the defendants kept him in close
confinement until Aug. 4 by having the
hearing continued and at the end OF that
time he was taken TO Indianapolis. where,
at the end of thirty days. he was released.
Mr.. Pajunk said to-day that he never be-
longed to the A. r. L.. and never took part
in the rioting and disturbances in this city,
but that he was taken for someone else,
and that he will be able to prove the same
when his case comes up for trial.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-07-29

LOGANSPORT, Ind. jury 2S.-Mrs. Fan
nah Helvie. mother of eX-Auditor Heivie.
died yesterday at her home. near Anoka.
at the age Of eighty-six> She was one of
Cass county's oldest citizens.
Isaac u. Patterson. a Mexican veteran.
one of twelve survivors of Company CT,
which went from this section ninety
strong in 1916, died yesterday. The COM
pany with which Patterson served was a
part of the First Regiment from Indiana
and went through the campaign from Vera
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind, July 2S.-Mrs.
Rebecca Blythe, aged seventy years, died
last night of cancer, at her home, in this
city. Mrs. Blythe was one of the most
highly respected residents of the city. She
a native of Indiana, having been born near
Corydon.
HARTFORD CITY. Ind. July 2s.-Reason
rison. this county, and father of County
T.rea surer John G.. Wood. of this city. died
Saturday evening at his home near Mont
pelier. He has for many years been one
of Blackford county's most successful
farmers.
MARTINSVILLE. Ind. July &C. G..
Beck. aged seventy years, a well-known
business man of Bedford. came here a
week ago for treatment for kidney trouble.
but had put of coming to long. He died
last night and the body was taken to
Bedford this afternoon. A wife survives
him..
FRANKTON. Ind, July 2S.-Mrs. Perry
Tharp died at her home north of town yes
terday. She was one OF Madison county's
early settlers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-07-29
A SOCIETY MAN
Attempts Suicide I'm Baltimore I'm His
Friends Room.

BALTIMORE, July 2s.-Hanson L. Withers,
jr., of Philadelphia, the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
son of wealthy parents. and prominent socially
both here and in the Quaker City. attempted sui
eide this morning by shooting himself in the
head at the fashionable Mount Vernon Hotel In
this city. 1t Is asserted that he also tried to
shoot Walter b. Pierce aged twenty-six. of this
city. whom he was visiting. and whose apart
ments at the Mount Vernon he was sharing when
the tragedy happened.
A vigorous effort was made TO keep the matter
from the police. Everything seems TO have
pointed TO the fact that Withers had been drink
ing heavily of late. that he was respondent over
an unsuccessful love affair. was worried about
money matters. and that If he really attempted
to shoot Mr.. Pierce il was the result Of nervous
ness or a temporary mental alteration. Mr..
Withers's wound is serious. but not necessarily
fatal. The story, as told by Mr.. Pierce. the only
eyewitness. is that he and Withers have been
fast friends for several years, frequently ex-
changing visits. The young Philadelphian's
parents have recently gone to Europe and With
ers came here a few days ago to visit his friend.
Mr.. Pierce is soon TO be married and Withers
was TO have been his best man. and Pierce scouts
the idea that his friend intended to kill him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-07-29

Riverside addition is situated three miles
south OF Hebron and the only way II can
be reached is by a boat through the marsh
or dow the river. IL meets the shore or
the Kankakee river at No. 81. a snanty
known by that name to hunters and trap
pers. In real dry weather Riverside is knee
deep with water and in wet weather II Is
easily twelve feet deep ard is almost dan
gerous to undertake to push a boat through
1t. as ii is a very treacherous place when
the water is high. Riverside is full or
snakes. turtles. mud hens. lizards. pucker
brush and weeds. Great trees have fallen
in the underbrUsh. forming a perfect Jun
gle. These lots We're put up and sold Tor
choice building lots. 1t is said by Hebron
parties that these lots were sold and
traded for other valuable Chicago prop
erty by land sharks to innocent purchas-
ers. who picked their lots from plats and
never saw the land they purchased. On
paper IL is said Riverside has a very strik-
ing appearance. Should a house be built
there IL would be necessary to have a
foundation thirty feet high to keep. the
first floor dry. The swindled people have
discovered the fraudulent deal and now
ask the court to take steps to recover
their money. 1t is said a woman traded
a large butcher shop in Chicago for a few
lots. They are worth about 81 per acre.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-07-29
TERMS OF SETTLEMENT
ERROR IN THE REPORT SENT OUT
FROM BROWN HOSTING WORKS.
Former Employees to BE Treated rs
individuals and Work Furnished
ms the Company Has 1t.

CLEVELAND, July. 2S.-The first report
of the settlement of the strike at the
Brown hosting works was erroneous. The
term of the settlement. as given out by the
company to-day and agreed 10 by the at
torney of the strikers, were as follows;
Our late employees can resume employ
ment at our works as fast as We can fur-
nish them work. In order TO save con-
fusion and disappointment at the works we
request each former emoloye who desires
employment to notify us at the works or
by letter and await notice from us OF our
having work to set him at. Our contract
of employment will continue to be individ-
ual with each man and We will continue
to endeavor to do justice TO each man.
All employees shall bring their grievances
or complaints first before their foreman
but If not satisfactorily adjusted by the
latter they may bring them before the
superintendent and after him before the
manage and all such complaints or
grievances shall receive careful considera-
ton"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-07-29

One Man Is Dead, and Another In
jurcd Beyond


Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON. Ind, July ga Pan
handle switch train struck two men this
morning at the station. one of whom is
dead. and ii is thought the other cannot
survive his injuries. Both were compara-
tive strangers in Anderson. Benton Rose,
who is about thirty years of age. and whose
home is in Fairfield. near Connersville. has
been in Anderson several weeks residing
with n cousin. He came here in search
of work and found employment in the
Schofield bolt works. Yesterday his friend.
Andrew Hayworth. of the same place.
came here on the same GRAND. He spent
the night with Rose and started this MORN
ing for Elwood. 1t vas raining very hard
at the time and Rose took an umbrella
and started to the station with him.. At
the foot of Pearl street the men stepped on
the railroad tracks and in front of an ap-
preaching train. They did not look up and
as il was storming did not hear the APP
preaching train nor the cry of warning
from a brakeman. The engineer saw the
brakeman's signal. but il was too late to
Hayworth was literally mashed into a pulp.
almost every bone in his body being brok-
en- and the scalp torn from one side of his
head. Roses injuries are of a very Sc
rious character. The injured men were
taken TO ST. Johns Hospital. where Hay
Rose is suffering and IL is thought his
wounds are Of an internal character. He
rallied in the early afternoon. but this
evening was sinking. Inc friends of the
men have been notified. The accident was
witnessed by quite a number of persons
who were at the station waiting for the
train and all agree that the trainmen were
in no way responsible for the accident.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-07-29

James O'Leary. James T.. lecture ana
Robert O'Neil. members of the Ninth Ward
Independent Club, were not greatly sur
prised to read in an evening paper a state
ment from Michael O'Neil to the effect
that he was not a member of the club.
that he was out OF the city at the time
the club was organized and knew nothing
about il. These gentlemen claim that
Michael O'Neil told them in advance that
he was going to make the statement and
that he was 10 get s. for II. They say
O'Neil said he was still with them In senti-
ment and would work with them, but that
he was offered s. TO make the statement
and he intended to earn the money The
men insist that OrNeil was present at the
meeting Sunday afternoon when the club
Was organized. John y. Creamy says he
has $50 which he will give to ONeil III ne
will make an affidavit 10 the statement
which he made in the afternoon paper.
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Indiana Notes.

Burglars entered the store of Ignace
Mercy. at Wabash. Monday night. and car
ried away $3.50 worth of clothing.
Alexander Beu. who escaped from the
Bartholomew county Jail on Monday. was
captured at Storeyville, Brown county, yes
terday. by Sheriff Thompson and Marshal
Llewellyn.
A man who gave his name as Charles
Kyle and said that his home was in Mis-
souri, was arrested Monday night in the
act of stealing a horse on the Myers
farm. east of Anderson.
The Rev. John r. Sulger. OF Atchison.
Kan, has received a call 10 ST. Stephens
Episcopal Church.. Terre Haute, and II is
thought he will accept. He is now in
Terre Haute visiting the parents of Mrs.
Sulger. Mr.. and Mrs. l.. p. Alden, of the
Rose Orphan Home.
1t is said at Montpelier that there is nc
foundation for the reports that the tin.
plate plant In that city was about TO be
leased by tin workers from Elwood. Gas
City and Anderson. The company is being
reorganized. and it is thought the mills
will soon resume work.
Mr.. Fred Barnes, physical director OF
the Y. NJ. c. A. at Terre Haute. has re-
ceived an offer to go 10 the West-side de-
partment OF the Y. NJ. c. A. of Chicago.
He Is now at Winone. where he is physical
director at the summer school. He is
under a two-years' contract here, about
half of which has expired. and IL il not
known IL the directors will give him his
release from the contract.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-07-29
C0NVICTS SHOT DOWN.
Warden French Appears In Time to
Prevent n Wholesale Kining.

LEAvENWORTH. Kan, July 2s.-While
a gang of thirty prisoners from the United
States penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth
were being worked on the prison farm this
afternoon a mutiny broke out among them.
At a signal from George East. an Indian
Territory desperate. the men broke
for a ornficld The guards COM
menced firing with shotguns. and all the
prisoners but three surrendered. East was
shot six times before he gave UP. He was
fatally wounded. Sam Mills and S. Dove
were Also badly. but not. fatally wounded
before they were run down. When the
bloody prisoners were run into the peni-
Tertiary yard, where two hundred convicts
were breaking rock. there was ugly demon
stration and a second attempt AT mutiny.
The guards were about to fire into the con-
victs when Warden French appeared and
by GOODNESS and firmness quoted the re-
volt.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-07-29
EDITOR C0NN'S FIGHT
CHARGES MARSHAL CtsHINC- on
THE CAPITAL, WITH LIBEL.
The Latter Published an Article
Claiming Conn offered 20 Sell
the Tfmes's Influence.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. July 2s.-Ex-Congress-
man Conn. formerly of Elkhart. but now
publisher of a daily newspaper in this city,
this morning secured warrants for the ar
rest of Marshall Gushing and Hobart
Brooks. the first as editor. and the second
as publisher of the Washington Capital.
on a charge OF crimina libel The basis OF
the charge made by Mr.. Conn is the publi-
cation by the Capital on Saturday of a
statement in regard to the position of the
Times CMr. Conn's paper on the financial
question. Mr.. Conn's paper has already as
sumed the special championship OF or
ganized labor, and its recent outspoken
advocacy of the gold standard and enmity
toward silver has caused much comment.
The publication contained two letters pur-
porting to have been written by Mr.. Conn
to a prominent politician in which the sup
port of the Times was offered to the silver
advocates for some consideration other han
a desire to promote the public welfare. In
the alleged reply. the silver advocates arc
sufficient funds TO meet all legitimate cam.
paign expenses, We are not buying UP news
papers"
Mr.. Conn states that no such correspond
ence ever passed. Mr.. Cushing was sued
some time ago by Captain Mckee. OF
~Logansport, for libel. There has been fric-
ton between Messrs. Gushing and Conn for
years past and there have been numerous
severe articles i'm Mr.. Cushing's paper re-
time Mr.. Conn has resented Mr. Gushing .
attacks,
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n Plant shoe work. Strike.

LYNN. Mass, July 2S.-The discharge of
the laster5 and other employees at Thomas
e. Plant & Co.'S shoe factory here caused
more trouble to-day and the firm called on
the police to restrict the union pickets.
who are watching the factory. the prin-
cipal streets and the depots in order TO In
tercept all %nonunion shoemaker who may
be looking for work. The firm claims that
these pickets are interfering with its pusl-
ness. a score of Armenians arrived from
New York this morning and went to work
at the factory, despite the efforts OF the
union men TO induce them not to do so.
Mr.. plant saws that he now has nearly
all the workmen he wants Several minor
assaults have been reported, but as yet no
serious trouble has developed.