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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-29
BOND sYNDIcATE'S END.
Mr.. Morgan Announces to Subscribers That
the Pool Is Dissolved.

Mr. Morgan Announces to Subscribers That
the Pool is Dissolved.
The syndicate for the purchase OF $780,
00O, 900 of Government bonds, which was
formed by J. Pierpont Morgan in New York
few weeks ago, has been formally dissolved.
Every member OF the syndicate, which in
cluded nearly every bank and financial In
stitution of any importance In this country,
has received word that Its subscriptions 70
furnish gold would not be needed.
The Morgan syndicate was formed when
the subject Of increasing the gold reserve
in the Treasury began to cause uneasiness IN
financial circles. A panic in Wall street had
lust passed, and the country was Still IN
settled over the Venezuelan question. Mr..
Morgan, after a VISIT to Washington, sent a
circular to the large banks and financial In
stitutions asking their aid In forming q
syndicate to buy 100000, 600 In United
States per cent. bonds, with e100 ,0oc,O
additional II required, payment to be made
in gold. The firm. Of which Mr.. Morgan
was the head, was to take per cent. COM
mission for negotiating the loan.
When 1t was decided by the President to
make the loan a call loan, rumor at once
had It that the syndicate would dissolve.
The formal notice to that effect to the SUD.
scribers to the syndicate was accompanied
by a circular letter from Mr.. J. Plerpont
Morgan. This circular also contained copy
of letter written by J. Pierpont Morgan to
President Cleveland two days before the
bond issue was announced, in which he gaze
his personal assurance to the President that
In any event, whether the Government
decided to enter into contract with the
syndicate or to issue popular loan call, ne
(Mr. Morgan) and the syndicate could pc
depended upon to furnish the Treasury W1th
a sufficient amount OF gold to maintain Its
credit on gold basis.
The circular states also that the 2200, ,000,-
600 called for by tho Treasury Department to
protect the gold reserve hau been fully sub
scribed by this syndicate.
The dissolution OF the syndicate is the
practical announcement Of the success OF
the popular loan.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-29
Disease In tho Mails.

Health Officer Thomas R. Killilea. OF
Flushing, N. Y, took couture" from
child's throat, supposed to be afiicted with
diphtheria, some days ago, and tried to send
It through the mails to the New York Heaithi
Department for development. When Clerk
Runyon Of the Postof1ce learned the contents
OF the package be refused to receive II. he
produced COPY OF the postal laws, which
prohibits the sending OF "d,sease germs"
through the maAs. The cultures had
been sent through the mails for more than a.
wear. but unknown to the authorities. The
child from whose throat the Couture" was
taken has since died.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-29
QUEEN OF KOREA ALIVE,
Supposed to Have Been Murdered
Last October.
STORY OF Her STRANGE ESCAPE.

Seeming Danger, She Concealed Herself
and Saw Her Women Murdered---Fied
Outside the waIls.--The King Deceived
tho Japanese by Feigning That Her
Body Had Econ Identified.
Aromance equalling anything which Rider
Haggerd ever wrote cones from Seoul, the
capital Of Korea, relating to the consDiracy
which broke out there last November. The
facts are known only to a few persons, one
being the King, and all have the strongest
motives for concealment.
It will be remembered that on November
% an unsuccessful plot eliminated in an at
tack on the palace by a number Of Koreans
belonging to the Queens party. NJ. Waeber,
the Russian Charge d'Affaires; Drs. Allen
and Underwood and other Americans were
accused, on apparently strong grounds. OF
being privy to the plot. They were. in fact,
said to have been on the spot simultaneously
with the abortive attempt. They, however.
denied all completely. :,
The King and the Japanese, being warned
beforehand, posted extra guards and fo1led
the conspiracy. Information now shows
that NJ. Waeber and the English Consul
shared the secret, the object being to seize
the Ministers, expel the Japanese, free the
King from the latter's influence and restore
the Queen, who was reputed to be dead, but
who was in reality alive.
The Russian Secretary of Legation was the
leading spirit In the conspiracy, and was
deputed to convey the Queen from her place
of hiding to the palace. The failure OF tho
attempt nee sssitated the keeping Of the Sc.
eret Of the Queen being in existence, which
Is now for the first time divulged.
When. In October, the Koreans and jap
aness broke into the palace, the Queen, SCENT
ing danger, hid hastily, without speaking to
her women, in On obscure clubhouse, saw the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-29
The Cripple Creek Gold District.

The new Cripple Greek District. Colorado:
only four miles square, is shipping 81 ,0e0, ,Ooo
worth OF gold monthly. This field is as yet IN
its infancy. In South Africa are being de-
yeloped the wonderful mines of the Rand,
which constitute the richest gold Held ever
known. It has an extent OF forty miles,
through which run q number OF gigantic
reefs OF ore. These reefs consists mainly OF
quartz pebbles embedded in matrix OF SAND
and quartz. There Is no gold IN the pep.
bles. but the material Of the matrix ts full or
It. The ore yields an average Of S14 per ton.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-29
The English Sparrow Post.

After several years Of tireless warfare,
and the payment of many thousands of dol
lars in bounties, the farmers Of Berien Coun-
ty. Michigan. have given up fighting the
English sparrow pest. The sparrows are
more numerous than ever. despite the best
efforts of the farmers. and, in the belief that
matters can't possibly be worse, the farmers
are going to quit and ses what Providence
will do about it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-29
IT RnoKE HER HEART.

: The following pitiful story OF the ruin
wrought BY the rum demon, Is reported: (
A wretched mother dropped dead about
four weeks ago at the feet Of the son who
had been burden land sorrow to her..;
This son, who was thirty years old. instead
of helping hi. mother, spent his wages for
whisky. At last the mother concluded that
committing him as an habitual drunkard
might lead to his reformation. She was
called to the witness stand to swear to tho
complaint, but the strain was TOO great for
her, and she fell dead With the words on her
lips, "It's breaking my heart"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-29
THE xornM or VICE.

It Is significant fact that thefollowing
denuncistion of the liquor traffic should
come from the "greatest newspaper In the
worid"-the London Times:
s.It would be impossible to find anything
which stands for so much loss to soul, BODY
and estate as the public house. Even II We
accept the best case that can he made Tor It
in principle, the fact Is Il Is still huge nui-
sance and misery, there Is not vice or dis
ease or a disorder or calamity Of any kind
that has not its frequent rise in the public
house. The public house degrades. ruins
and brutalizes large proportion OF the Brit
ish people,"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-29
ALLISON NAMED FOR SENATOR.

Chosen Unanimously by the Iowa RePub-
lIcan Caucus.
The Rupublican joint CAUCUS OF the Iowa
Legislature met at Des Moines. Every allu-
sion to W. B. Allison for President was
greeted with great applause by the members
and visitors crowding the lobby and gal
lerieS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-29
Premier Greenway Wins.

The Manitoba general elections, held to Sc
cure mandate for the people on the school
;ssue resulted In the almost unanimous re-
turn OF Premier Greenway's government,
which means that the schools will be non
sectarian.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-29
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

Gambling In large downtown saloons Is
again being carried on in Chicago.
Rum outwits alike the teacher, tho man OF
business, the patriot and the legislator
Charming. ..... I
I consider the temperance cause the
foundation of all social and political reform.
james A. Garfield.
Judge Hughes. author of "Tom Browns
School Days" recently said that not month
passes that he does not commit at least los
persons to prison for offenses In which the
direct influence Of liquor Is traceabIe.
At recent conference in London OF many
influential members OF leading churches. the
British Government WAS petitioned to ap-
point Parliamentary COMMITTEES to inquire
into the extent and influence OF the liquor
traffic.
The drunken father brings his wife aud
children to poverty, he disgraces them, he
ninders his children from attending church
and school; in a word, pauperism, ignorance
and vice are the results of drunkenness In
the father OF q family.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-29
THE NATIONS BERR BILL.

The total consumption of beer In the
United States for the present fiscal year
figured up to July WAS A,46s,66l barrels
an increase over the consumption of q year
ago Of 191 900 barrels. This years figures,
while in excess OF those Of last year. are lea ),
than the total consumption OF 1898, which
was "a ,s22, ,S57 barrels. A barrel OF beer I'm
brewers measure Is about 31H gallons.
The consumption Of lager beer IL the United
States this year Is, therefore, In excess oi
1,OUO, ,00O, 900 gallons
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-29
oldest Twin Girls Living.

The oldest twin women in the country are
Minera Stockwell and Minerva Ordway.
They were born in 1908 on farn in Orange
County, Vermont. Theyiare both widows,
both active and hearty. and still live In the
region where they were born.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-29
.1ro,nen Nav Practice Inv.

The Bar Association Of Pittsburg. Penn.
decided to permit women to practice law. A
resolution to exclude women from practising
law was overwhelmingly defeated after q
spirited discussion Of nearly two hours. at
one OF the largest meetings ever held by the
association.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-29
Largest Steam-Car Ferry.

The largest steam-car ferry In the world
will be built by the Flint and Pere Marquette
Railroad to ply between Maaitowoo and
Ludingson, on Lake Michigan. It will cost
$500, 900, have three screws, carry thirty carr
and be $50 feet long.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-29
Iarpest Steatn-Car Ferry.

The largest steam-car ferrv In the world
will be built by the Flint and Pere Marquette
Railroad to ply between Manitowoe and
Ludington, on Lake Michigan. It will cost
$500. 900. have three screws, carry thirty cars
and be $50 feet long.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-29
40 SALOONS.

The Canadian Pacific Railroad for years
past has refused to sell its land immediately
adjoining Its stations except upon condi-
tions which preclude the sale Of liquor there
on. A clause in each deed provides that the
title shall become inyaliu and tho property
revert tc the company in the event Ct its
boing used as place for the sale OF Liquors.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-29

At the conclusion OF the speeches Allison
received the unanimous rising vote OF the
caucus for the Senatorial nomination. ne
made brief speech Of thanks. in which ne
did not touch on National issues.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-29
NEW yoRws NEW CLEARING HOUSE.

The Hsndsome Structure just Completed 10
Formally Dedicated.
No public meeting ever held In New York
City contained greater number OF men
prominent in the financial, commercial and
professional world than that which gathered
at the dedication of the new Clearing House
of the Associated Banks, in Cedar street.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-29

Venezuela Appoints O Commission.
Venezuela has appointed q commission to
search for data regarding the Guiana boun-
dsry to assist the United States Commission.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-29
TEMPERANCE
a xo,Ix,rAs'ai ,I,r WORDS.

Mrs. Lake. the third vice-Preside OF thei
O. T. A. q. Of America, is at preeene speaH57
ing in New England in behalf oi the total
abstinence cause. Her views or the temper
ance question may be esttmated rom tno,
extract from one Of her recent addresses; 81
The cause OF temperance has kDeen vi
often and we'll advocated" !" said sh6s 80 onet
OF her audiences, in Connecticut, sthal xs:
will try to avoid the old-time beaten paftSs
and put the matter before you In anotherS
light. I Ibelieye We have outgrown the ide6f
that the rumseller must be abused.s ThHref
Is channel through which we,may conky0il.
the traffic and that is through mems COM
science. In this way we appeal to the bstter
self, and that Is the way believe we should
meet the question. We should deal With the 1
subject as In the line Of the mans duty toi
his God and his netghbor. Il
sThe existence Of the licensed sslosn as it
exists to-day Is due to the carelessness OF
men. Those who issue the license recognizesI
danger in It and so restrict II 30 many feetE
from q. church or school house door. N
there is danger, then, why not keep 1t away
from the home coor2 Restrict It's use and
prevent the poverty that now is the result of
The use OF strong drink. What will you say
to the neglect OF the children2 This is ond
| of the great questions In the whole subject
Efhe rights Of the little ones. Ny heart goes.
out fo,them and also to the drunksrd who
ta16ak 6soatures and unable to withstand
ffdm1fnff6S. IN he can have chance rot
fts s6ffn Sn6 ma1f 5Dsise and geod wutd4e eAps
~, ,ef3sd ~ III &6fE I'D the worksoi thes
Keeisg tnes1fs sl519 ahs s;Ino oderafs
TO the tempers1c S. ~ "a
e,"Because one fn8A 1l3 j.
young men think thar "a ~ -
and drink or not ,ass they r. ~ x
Eay Is TO ioin total ahStin renee
protect yourself and be beacon fof
It would be good thing II when the hcens4
question was voted on the voters had two,
ballot boxes instead of one. ThenI think
We would have. 'as difference IN the result
The wealthy brewer. the ward politician and
the barroom hequenter would vote IN one
box, but the better GLASS Of citizens would
not want to be In that line and 80 would vote
no." ~ 80. Z li III IA Z z ~.
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saying, sThese are they who came out Of
great tribulation and had their robes washed
and made white in the blood of the
Lamb" My Lord and my God, Thou
didst on the cross suffer for them. but
Thou. surely, o Christ. wilt not forget
how much they have suffered for Thee! I
dare not deal in imprecation, but never so
much enjoyed the imprecatory songs Of
David as since have heard how those Turks
are treating the Armenians. The fact is,
Turkey has got to be divided up among 9TH
or Nations. OF course the European Nations
must take the ohief part, but Turkey ought
10 be compelled to pay America for the
American Mission buildings and American
sohooIhouses she has destroyed and to sup
port the wives and children Of the Ameri-
cans ruined by this wholesale butchery.
When the English lion and the Russian bear
put their paws on that Turkey, the American
eagle ought to put in its bill.
Who are these American and English acl
Scotch missionaries who are being bounded
among rhe mountains of Armenia by tho
Mohammedans? The noblest men and wo-
men this side Of heaven. Some Of them men
who took the highest honors at Yale and
Princeton and Harvard and Oxford and
Edinburgh. Some Of them woman, gentle
and most Chr1stike, who, to save people
they never saw, turned their backs on luxu-
rious homes to spend their days in self-eXpa-
trietion, saying goodby to father and mother
and afterward goodby to their own children
as circumstances compelled them to send the
little ones to England, Scotland or America.
I have seen these foreign missionaries
in their homes all around the world,
and stamp with indignation
upcn the literary blackguardism OF for.
efpn correspondents who have deprecated
these heroes and heroines who are willing tC
live and die for Chcst's sake. They will
have the highest thrones in heaven. while
their defamers will not get near enough tc
the shining gates to see the faintest CLINT o.
any one of the twelve pearls which make up
the twelve gates.
This defamation of missionaries Is aug
mented by the dissolute English, American
and Scotch merchants who 60 to foreign
Mties, leaving their families behind them
THOSE dissolnte merchants IN foreign cities
lead life of such gross tmmoras that the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-29

hands in our pockets. arguing tnat II we IN =
terfere with the brute the brute might think
he would have right to interfere with as,
and 50 jeopardize the Monroe doctrine. The
fact is that the persecution Of the Armenians
by the Turks must be stopped, or God Al,
mighty will curse oil Christendom for its
damnable Indifference and apathy. But tho
trumpet of resurrection is about to sound
for Armenia.
Did say in opening that on one OF the
peaks of Armenia, this very Armenia OF
which we speak. in Noah's timo the ark land
ed, according to the myth, as some think,
but according to God s ''say so" as know,
and that it was after long storm of forty
days and forty nights, called the deluge, and
that afterward dove went forth from that
ark and returned with an olive leaf in her
beak? Even 30 now there is another ark be-
ing launched, but this one goes sailing not
over a deluge of water, but dellge OF blood
the ark Of American sympathy-and that
ark, landing on Ararat, from Its window
shall fly the dove Of kindness and peace to
find the olive leaf Of returning prosperity,
while all the mountains OF Mosem prelu-
dice, oppression and cruelty shall stand
like to gather all the dying ,Sroans OF
all the 900 victims Of Mohammedan
oppression and intone them into one
PRAYER that would move the earth and the
heavens, hundreds of millions OF Chris
tians' voices, American and European
CRYING out: 10 God Most High, spare Thy
children! With mandate from the throne
nurl back upon their launches the horses OF
the Kurdish cavalry. Stop the rivers OF
blood With the earthquakes OF Thy wrath
shake the foundations OF the palaces Of the
Sultan. Move all the Nations OF Europe to
command cessation OF cruelty. If need be,
let the warships of civilized Nations boom
their indignation. Let the crescent go down
before the cross, and the Mighty One who
hath on Hls vesture and on his thigh a
| name written King of Kings and Lord oi
Lords go forth. conqueriEg and to conquer;
Thine. o Lord, is the Kingdom! Hallelulah
Amenr"
Tombstone epitaph., 1896-01-26

An engine and box csrran through an open e~iich, of the track and buried themselves in "A sand ban at Fairosnk last night. No one was hurt. but i, required lots of hard work and heavy lifting to replace them on the track, which was finally done at late hour this morning and the car Wa, run into Samuel Donniey's warehouse 10 be loaded with ore from the Copper Glace mine.
Tombstone epitaph., 1896-01-26
NOTICE.

To whom it ma: coucsrn :-Tha: ~e, the undersigned owners of wha' is known as the Pearce group Oi mines consisting of tine Ocean Wave. silver Wave. Commcnw-alth. One and All. Silver Crown, and Silver Bell mines, situate in Turquois mining district. C,chise county Arizona. hereby give notice that said claims hall not he held responsible for any labor or debts contracted or injuries received by any employee ees employed ny others thsn ourselves. That no debts are valid against ssii claims un- less authorized by the undersigned.
 JAMES PEACE,
 JOIN J. PEARCE,
 WH. PEARcE,
 R. KISsxAS, jan9u JOIN HARTKKY.
Tombstone epitaph., 1896-01-26
Resu raed From J"ha" ns bus z.

.
 w. B. R ,s, an old 70 id.nt of ihi. city, has returi ed from trip to Sou h Africa an cs'r,s with him ma y .ouvenies O his juurL Y. of no ab C places which he has seen, and Of some more or less nutaule men with whom he has come into con ract.
 Four months ago he started for the new land of old accompanied by hI- wife. Hi. health was bad and he wa. advised by his doctors 10 seek rest and recfeation. As he had come interest. in South Africa and as the country was experiencing boom st the tune he determined 10 try the effec. of . trip there. He started last August. and during his two moCth-' stay for the journey two and from occupied two months slmos; covered the entire ter rilory. All the cities through which he passed he described as exceedingly attractive. Johannesburg, however, was the place which struck him ss most Interesting from business point and at Matabelsland that the gold fields are located Johannesburg" he said, "is more like the city Of Cl icago than any other city that l known of. Oi course it is devoid Of Chicsgo's wind sni Chicaso's wind iu-ss. The tu.ine is all done on cash basis. IL offers e fine field to expert miners. Ordinary laborer-. however should no: go there Expert mechanics will earn from $7.50 to $l0 s day, clerks and the liks run from S75 to Sl25 month, Things of course are d bit dear. The water is pad aud everybody drinks wine. You get clar.t from 75c a bottle up. Beer is Sl hottie; every kind of ordinary drink is 25c. Then house rent is very expensive. A house which in St. Louis will rent for S2J month will bring $l7J in Johannesburg. The reason of this Is that lumber Is co ex- pensive costing from $50 10 Sl21 per lC0J feet. The houses arc therefore built Of corrugated iron and are ex- C. e,!ingly hot. South Africa Is a good country for a young man; man in the middle of life however should stay away. The change from his own climate wi be SO great ,ha: he can not stsni ii.'-Glohe Demociat.
Tombstone epitaph., 1896-01-26

MessrsI LocSlin and Mili'r. the owners if1ths new strike at South Pass which has created .o much ex- ci,emenf, are in town. The iniima- tiou come time since of dispute hay ing sri en rerardi-g the mine is now in a fair way to !e settled. All par ties concerned have signIird their in- tention of reaching s definite conclu- sion as Co title Of this valusble prop srty. winch has in a measure reiard. d its develop Pment thus Tar, With this barrier mo.ed work will begin at once and be pushed as vigorously as possible.