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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-09-30
Too Quick For the H1ghwayman.

COLUMBIA, S. c., Sept. 23.-While
Isaac Green, chief of police of Will
hanson, S. c., was returning horseback
from the city of Anderson, a man
seized his bridle, and presenting a
revolver at his head, ordered halt
Green fired, and the highwayman fell
and crawled out of the road. Green
reported the case in Williamson, but
his friends guyed him, saying he had
too much "dispensary" on board.
However, an investigation was made
and an unknown negro was found
by the roadway with = ball through
his head.
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had never denied to the coroner that
her daughter had given birth to q
child.
THE VERDICT.
This closed the evidence and after
deliberating the jury found the fol-
lowing verdict:
THAT the said white female infant
came to her death by strangulation by
the hands of w. II. Easterlin on the
night of September 21st, all at Ben
nett's mill pond, East Shore Terminal
track, in the city of Charleston"
Easterlin was then committed to
Jail without the privilege of bail to
await trial at the November term Of
court.
THE CHILD's MOTHER.
The mother of the dead infant lies
at the hospital and is doing very we'll.
She is tall and quite fine looking
woman with rich brown hair and q
white skin. 1t will probably be but a
short time before she is recovered
from her illness.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-09-30
No False COlors Allowed.

BosroN, Sept. 2l.-Coa William
Olin, secretary OF the State of Massa-
chussetts, has just rendered decision
to the effect that in this State the
names of the electors of the Palmer
Buckner ticket cannot 60 on title OF
National Democratic"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-09-30

free silver advocate declined the prof
fered money with thanks, stating that
he was not taking a part IN this
campaign for cash, but for the love he
hore his country,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-09-30
Ruupv Whip Used On a Thief.

MAYEsvILLE, s. c., Sept. 22.-There
is an ordinance in this town taxing
circuses and shows of any and every
description, but a free show was fur.
nished the citizens of lower Main
street on Friday last and was sprung
on the people so quickly that our alert
mayor and council did not have time
to realize what had happened until the
performance had ended. There were
no show bills or programmes an.
nouncing the coming of any monster
aggregation or combination of world
wonders, but if this free performance
had been advertised, no doubt the
town would have been crowded and
the merchants would have reaped a
harvest on the day and date in ques-
ton. It seems that very black
Johnnie, whose surname is Black,
while working in the Dispensary be-
came very thirsty and decided to ap-
propriate quart of Old Velvet to his
own use. Dispenser Wells caught
him in the act, and started towards
him when Johnnie became suspicious
and made a break for the street door
with the Dispenser in hot pursuit. The
negro ran down Main street and turn
ed the corner in front of the tobacco
warehouse. Just at this iuncture Dis
penser Wells fired after his fleeing
form and gave up the chase, but later
in the day the negro came back to town
and called TO compromise the matter
with the Dispenser, who asked him
how he proposed TO settle. "Any
way, boss, but don't lock me up," re.
piled the negro. And the way the
Dispenser settled the matter was by
leading the negro out to an oak tree
on Main street and making him hug
a tree while the Dispenser gave him
twenty-five lashes with q whalebone
buggy whip-Register.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-09-30

LOOK OUT DELINQUENTs.-Astro-
nomers say that there are at this mo-
ment three comets racing towards the
earth at the fearful speed of l, 900, 600
miles per hour. The smallest of these
comets. or planets, is estimated to be
larger than this little globe upon which
we exist, and the largest one, which
is headed directly for the earth is near
ly three times as large. Should it
continue in its present course it viii
strike us in about three weeks, and
should such u thing occur this world
would be torn to small fragments
which would fall through space for
ages to come. We publish the above
so as all delinquent subscribers can
paw up and thus be ready for the crash.
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month and she had then t0ld ner Sne
must leave the house.
By agreement of counsel the de-.
fense was allowed to cross exomlne
the witness. On cross-examination
Mrs. Steinmeyer stated that her daugh.
ter and Easterlin and herself were all
fearful that the neighbors would hear
the child's cries and they did not want
it known that the child had been born.
To quiet the infant the mother had
given it a few drops of paregoric.
Easterlln wanted ten drops given, but
she would not permit this. The pare.
goric she had had for some time along
with other medicines. She stated that
she had never before seen the stone
there exhibited or the cloth with
which it wss tied, but that the baby
was wrapped properly with cloths
when il was taken from the house.
She did not know if the net in her
daughters room was tied with fishing
cord. She didn't know where the
basket came from in which the child
was taken away. 1t had to be cut to
accommodate the child as it was too
short for the baby to lie in. Her
daughter had cut away the sheets
where she had lain in the bed and had
burned the stuff in the room while
she was away from the house. She
had gone down to the door with Eas-
terIin and locked it after he had gone
out.
No clothes had been prepared for
the baby before its birth. Witness
had never seen the trestle where the
child was found. On Tuesday night
she went to the house where her
daughter was to stay with her as usu-
al, but when she arrived she found
her already dressed and desirous OF
going out. She had then taken her
daughter back to her own home. She
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-09-30

year2 Please hold up your hanoS.
(Several hands were raised.) Now
those of you who have not seen gold
dollar in the past year please hold up
your hands. with the exception OF
about dozen all hands were raised. }
lie repeated the questions, but sub.
stituted silver and paper in the place
of gold. The silver people were in the
ma jority. Now, then," said he,
(which is the money of the peoples"
There were loud cries for silver.
On the money question he said, the
fact that the govnment had placed its
stamp on the gold, silver or greenback
made them worth one dollar. Take a
paper dollar, a silver and gold one.
Put the paper one in the stove and it
will 90 up in smoke. The gold and
silver ones will melt. Send the gold
one after it has been melted to the
mint and you will receive in exchange
for it dollar. Perform the same act
with hesilver dollar and you will only
receive 50 cents. Why is this so? Be-
cause the mints at present are only
open to the free coinage OF gold. Give
silver the same chance and the result
will be entirely different.
After the speech nearly all present
shook hands with the Senator. Fri,
day evening he was rendered an in
formal reception at the Manson house,
which was attended by nearly 100 per.
sons. Judge Bland, ex-senator j.
Dupuy Davis, Frank X. Flood, George
Smith, Jr.. and others acted as a re
ception committee. The visitors in
cluded delegation of G. A. r. men,
who, through +. G. Eben, their spokes
man, made an apology for the recep
ton Senator Tillman had received al
the fair grounds.
One called and insisted that he re
ceive 800 as private gift, but the
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-05-06

County Judge n. L. Bennett, of
Campbell county, KY, has achieved
unique distinction. When sitting in
the fiscal court recently he ordered
that his own salary be reduced from
Sl,700 10 81, 400 year, saying that the
county could not in its present fnan-
cial condition afford to pay him so
much for his work. He explained that
he had given the magistrates compos-
the matter, but they would not cut
his salary; so he cut it himself.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-05-06
IONLY THE SITE LEFT,
CRIPPLE CREEK WIPED OUT
OF EXISTENCE.
Second Great Confiagration in the Famous
Mining Camp-Dynamite Was of No
Avail-Several Lives Lost and a Score
1njuI Thousands Homeless.

CRIPPLE CREEK. Colo, April 30
Last Saturdays horrors were repeated
threefold in the destruction by a sec
ond fire yesterday afternoon. To an
| increase in the amount of property
destroyed on Saturday, the fire of yes
terday adds the loss of life, and leaves
from 5000 to 4,c00 people homeless in
city of desolation, with no homes to
| offer and no food to supply the daily
wants. Now. indeed, is Cripple Creek
in ashes.
The business portion of the city left
standing is less than would cover a
city block. The residence section is
confined to what were formerly the
suburbs on the placers east and west
of the old town, to the northeast, and
a portion of Capitol hill, on the south.
When an alarm of fire sounded from
the Portland hotel at $50 o'clock it
was quickly responded to. Almost in
simultaneously the building was blaz-
ing from a dozen places in front.
Streams of water were turned on
quickly, and the firemen fought feebly
for few moments in an attempt to
put out the fire
Buildings in advance of the fire
| were OloWn up In futile attempt to
check its speed. All about the burn
ing blocks the streets were jammed.
Charges of fifty pounds ana more of
powder were put in. The explosion
threw debris high into the air and its
falling felled men right and left.
| When the smoke cleared away, the
streets were covered with men unable
to rise. Others rushed to the assist
ance. Before the unfortunates could
be dragged back the second charge
went off and half a dozen other men
were added to the list. The crowd
surged forward and all were taken
away as the flames began to consume
the ui!ding. DR.. Liggett and DR..
Crane, of Pixies Peak hospital, took
charge of the injured.
All the principal buildings are in
ruins and nothing is left of the town
proper except the railroad stations
and few scattered houses. The fire
ragged fiercely all the afternoon, and
only died out for lack of fuel on which
to feed.
The origin of the fire appears to
have been purely accidental, although
the general belief is that it was in
cendiary. There has been talk credit
ing Saturdays fire to such origin, and
this one coming so close upon it gives
rise to suspicion. The facts appear
to discredit the suspicion.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-05-06
BILL WEST BREAKS JAIL.
Makes His Escape at Topeka and Is stiu
at Large.


Topeka, Kan, April 29.-Bill West,
the notorious desperate confined in
the county Jail here, awaiting trial on
the charge of murder, escaped at
about 4:3o yesterday morning, and is
still at large.
A few moments before the escape
Sheriff Bob Kepley, who was asleep
in the sheriff. residence adjoining the
jail. was awakened by sounds which
he now supposes were those made in
saving through the bars of the Jail
window, through which West escaped.
He hurried into the Jail, turned on the
lights, awakened the turnkeys and
entered the cell corridors, only to find
that his prisoner had escaped.
None Of the other thirty-eigho prs
oners attempted to escape, or, rather,
they were prevented by the arrival of
the sheriff. Several of them gave an
account of the rescue. They say it
was accomplished by one man, and
that it did not take him more than an
hour to saw into the jail and unlock
the cell room door.
Bill West was being held for trial
on the charge of killing Deputy United
States Marshal Keeny. at Quapaw
agency, Ind. Ter, about two years
ago.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-05-06
STORMS IN NORTHWEST.
A Tornado in South Dakota and Heavy

Rains in Iowa and Wisconsin.
CHICAGO, April 60 Wind and rain
storms in the States of Wisconsin,
Iowa, South Dakota and Nebraska
yesterday and last night were very
severe, and reports show that much
damage was done.
tornado passed near Spencer, S.
D., destroying farm property and
doing immense damage to crops. The
little town of Epiphany was wrecked
and three persons were fatally and
fifteen more or less seriously injured.
At Madison, S. d., heavy wind
demolished several buildings and hail
destroyed a great deal of glass Near
Montrose, S. d., the wind struck the
house of Frank Malloy, demolishlng it
entirely. The house of Conrad
Kircher was torn from it's foundations
and badly wrecked. About two miles
farther north it struck the house of
Peter Flannery, which was demolished
together with barns and outbuildinps.
The family escaped by going into the
cellar The house of Michael Mannon,
with all the ontbuildings, was torn to
pieces and carried away. The family
consisting of Mannon, his wife and
five children, We're badly injured.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-05-06
Tho Whole Teaching of Life.

The whole teaching of his life, in
deed, is to leave us free and to make
Us reasonable, and the supreme lesson
of his life is voluntary brotherhood,
fraternity. If you will do something
for another, if you will help him OF
serve him, you will at once begin to
love him. l know there are some casu.
lists who distinguish here, and say thai
you may love such an one, and that, in
fact, you must love every one; but that
you are not expected to like every one
This, however, seems to be a distinction
without difference. II you do not
like a person you do not love him,
and if you do not love him you loathe
him. The curious thing in doing kind
ness is that it makes you love people
even in this sublimated sense of liking.
When you love another you have made
him your brother: and by the same
means you can be brother to all men
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-05-06

More than 100 Chicago physicians
have obtained permits under an ordi-
nance recently passed by the Council
giving them the right of way in the
streets. The new departure seems to
be popular with the doctors, and every
man who called and obtained a permit
and paid 80 cents for little badge
with a red cross upon it expressed him
self as pleased with the plan.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-05-06
SENTENCES COMMITTED.

Transvaal Reform Leaders Not to DIE for
Observation-Disclosures Unannounced.
PRETORIA, April 30.-The sentences
of death imposed upon Mr.. John Hays
Hammond, the American engineer;
Colonel Francis Rhodes. brother of
the former premier of Cape Colony;
Lionel Phillips, president of the cham
Der of mines of Johannesburg, and
George Farrar, proprietor of Country
Life of Johannesburg, have been COM
muted. 1t is undecided what punish
ment will be submitted. The execu-
tive council is now engaged in
considering the sentences of all the
prisoners
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-05-06
Paralysis Follows BlOodIessnass
and Nervous Prostitution.
A PATIENT WOMAN AFFLICTED
FOR YEARS.
She Tells How at Last She Was Pcrma-
nently Cured.
From the Press, New York City.

From the Press, New York City.
For more than fifteen years, Mrs. A.
Mather, who lives at No. 43 East One hun
dred-and-twelfth Street, New York, was
sufferer from anamia, which, in spite of
the treatment of physicians, gradually de-
ve!oped into nervous prostration until
finally marked symptoms of paralysis set
in. Mrs. Mather gladly gave the reporter
her experience.
For many years. Mrs. Mather said, 81
was constant sufferer from nervousness.
1t was about fifteen Y ears ago that my con-
dition began to grow worse. Soon l be-
came so affected that l was Frustrated and,
until about two years ago, was rart Of
the time unable to leave my bed. l en-
ployed several physicians from time to
time, my bills at the drug store for pre-
scriptions, sometimes, amounting to as
much as $50 month, but all the doctors
did for me did not seem to help me at al.
My blood became greatly impoverished and
after years of suffering l was threatened
with paralysis.
''When 1 walked could scarcely drag
my feet along and at times my knees would
give away so that l would almost fall down.
Feeling that doctors could not help me
had little hope of recovery, until one day l
read in newspaper how a person, afflicted
almost the same as | was, had been cured
by DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo-
pie. / purchased a box and began taking
the pills The effect of this first box pleased
me so much that bought another Before
l had taken all the pills in the first box
| began to experience relief and, after the
| third box had been used, was practically
cured. 1t was really surprising what a
| speedy and pronounced effect the medicine
had upon me.
II always keep DR.. Williams Pink Pills
in the house now, and when 1 feel any
symptoms of nervousness find that they
| give me certain relief"
| Mrs. Mather's daughter, Miss Anna, cor
| roborated her mothers account, and told
how she herself had been cured of chronic
indigestion by these pills; and how, too,
| her cousin had been cured of an2mia.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain, in a
condensed form, all the elements necessary
| to give new life and richness to the blood
and restore shattered nerves. They are
also a specific for troubles peculiar to
| females, such as suppressions, irregulari-
ties and all forms of weakness. They build
up the blood, and restore the glow of health
to pale and sallow cheeks. In men they
effect radical cure IN all cases arising
| from mental worry, overwork or excuses
| of whatever nature. Pink Pills are sold in
boxes never in loose bulk at soc. box OF
six boxes for $50, and may be had of all
druggists, or direct by mail from DR.. Viii
Gams' Med. Co, Schenectady, n. Y.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-05-06
Kansas Apple Trees Ruined.

EMPoRIA, Kan, April 27.-The farm
ers Of this vicinity report terrible
damage being done to their apple or
chards by caterpillar of a new spe-
cies, which completely strips the trees
of their foliage, fruit and blossoms.
Every effort is being made to destroy
the pest. Some are spraying with a
poisonous liquid and some are burning
sulphur beneath the trees in which
the caterpillars abound. Farmers
from the western part of the State are
reporting the same trouble. Some
farmers here claim the apple crop is
already DESTROYED
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-05-06

Loiz. in western Poland, which is
now called the Polish Manches ter, has
grown in the last ten years from a
town of $4,000 inha bitants to one of
10000 They are nearly all engaged
in cotton spinn- ng. The growth of
the place is ascribed to the prohibitive
Russian duties, which compelled for
eign traders to set up their mills with
the Russian boundary.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-05-06

An immense log boom, claimed to be
the largest single boom in the world,
was finished on the Menominee River,
Mich, a few days ago. 1t was ten
miles long and it stretched along the
main channel of the river to prevent
logs from going adrift into the flats
this spring, when the big annual drive,
which viii this year comprise several
hundred million feet of logs, comes
down tho river
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-05-06

An effort is being made to secure
the removal of the remains of Mollie
Pitcher from Carlisle, Pa, to Gettys-
burg, where g. monument is to be
erected to her memory. The PhilaGel-
phia branch of the Daughters of the
American Revolution are trying to
persuade the Carlisle people to consent
to the removal. The probabilities
seem to be against them.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-05-06
FILIBUSTERS RUN DOWN.
An American Schooner Loaded With
War Supplies Caught on Cuba.

WIT SupPIIeB Oaug1C On CuhA.
HAVANA, April 30.-The Spanish
gunboat Mensager last Saturday
night sighted near Berracas On the
north coast of the province of Pinar
del Rio suspicious looking schooner
which tried to get away from the war
vessel, but was pursued, overhauled
and boarded. 1t proved to be the
American schooner Competitor On
il were Alfredo Laboredo, Dr. Bodeia
and newspaper correspondents, with
much arms and ammunition. To-day
it was brought here. The supplies
consisted of $4,000 cartridges, a num-
Der of packages of dynamite, Reming-
ton rifles and cases of accoutrements.
The men found on board are held as
prisoners.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-05-06
Preacher Ordered to Leave.

WARRENsBURG, Mo-, April 29.-Rev
Putnam, a Methodist minister, who
has charge of church at Chilhowee
and also of Hout's chapel at Pleasant
View, in this county, was ordered to
leave the community, never to re-
turn, last week Facts have come to
light which proved the preacher
guilty of the grossest immoralities
and the indignities to which little
girls and daughters of farmers were
subjected came very near causing a
tar and feather episode.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-05-06

Tristan d'Acunha, the most solitary
spot on the earth, has just been visited
by the Governor of st. Helena, which
lies 800 miles north of it. He found
siXty-one persons on the island, eigh-
teen men and twenty-three women
and twenty children. They have 600
cattle, 500 sheep, a few pigs and DON
keys, some hens, and a great many
geese. The inha bitants are all total
abStainers
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-05-06
Kuhn Left Many Creditors.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April 29.-The many
clients of Charles Kuhn, the missing
real estate agent, who, it is asserted,
left the city after having embezzled
their funds, have been unable to find
a clew as to his whereabo 1t is
now believed that, in addition to the
amounts sued for by victims of Kuhn,
aggregatlng over $780, 900, there were
additional obligations left by him that
will aggregate 500, 900 at least
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-05-06
KANSAS CITY DEMOCRATS.
New County Committee to Be Selected
by a Primary Election

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 30-The
Democratic State Contra, Committee
of Missouri yesterday settled the Jack,
son county factional fight. BY vote OF
10 to Is it sustained the legality of the
col MY committee of which II. S.
Julian is chairman, and ordered the
election of members of a new county
committee at the primaries, at which
delegates will be elected to a county
convention to select delegates to the
regular state convention Sam T..
Cook of Mexico, was UNANIMOUSLY
elected chairman OF the state commit
tee, and Ii. c. Brandon was elected
alternate to the National convention,
from the Fifteenth district in place of
ex-Congressman c. II. Morgan, who
resigned
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-05-06
Cloudburst In WISCONSIN.

SHEBoYGAN, Wis, April 80 The in
habitants of this place were terrorized
by a cloudburst about 10 o'clock last
night. Residences in the lowlands
were inundated to such a depth that
the police and fire departments had
to use boats in rescuing women and
children: Many people had narrow
escapes from death. The loss of prop
erty will foot up thousands of dollars.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-05-06

Melbourne, Australia, has lost A.
435 inhabitants in four years, the cen
sus of 1895 giving population of Az
461. The population of the seven
Australian colonies at the end of 1895
was 4 ,23S. 900.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-05-06
A New Pest Appears at Nevada. Mo.

NEVADA. Mo-. April 3U.-A new pest
made its appearance here yesterday
in the form of millions of small green
worms They appeared to spring out
of the ground. and in an hour many
trees were denuded of their foliage.
They attack all kinds of trees, maple,
elm, fruit and ash, with equal vo-
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