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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
LET THE BAR-RooMs ANSWER.


Under this caption, the Patriot Phalan1
says:
We do not wish to assail the bar-rooms un-
Justly. We would not make an unfair charge
against them. We want to give them credit
Tor all the good they do. We will praise them
tor all the benefit they confer upon society.
As we are totally uniformed concerning
the blessings the saloon gives to the world,
We must make few inquiries, and We beg
the bar-rooms to come forward with an hon.
est answer.
How has the saloon helped civilization
What has the bar-room done to protect
the households and homes Of our people?
When and how has 1t shielded our daugh-
ters2
What has 1t done to ennoble our sons2
What has tho dramshop done to promote
social order2
When has the saloon posed as the upholder
Of the laws of the State2
How has the public drinking place added
to the activity of legitimate trade?
When did the liquor traffic ever defend the
weak against the strong2
What aid has the saloon given In building
up the grocery or drygoods or furniture
store2 = E
How has the bar.room helped the laborer
to obtain competence? 20.
| What useful purpose has the whisky busi-
ness served in promoting public enterprises7
Does 1t help to establish mills2 or to open
mines2 or to build factories2 49,.
Does the saloon crown man with honor2
Does 1t send solace to sorrowing hearts2
Has 1t promoted woman's happiness?
Has 1t scattered flowers In childhood's
! path2
board2
Has it ever filled mothers soul with
holier hope for her sons future2
Has 1t ever lifted shadow from the heart
Of wife or sister?
Does the bar-room induce the study Of the
Bible, attendance at Sunday school, or SYM
pathy with the church?
Does 1t teach high code of morals?
Is 1t an inspirition to noble deeds?
Does 1t repress evil passions?
Does 1t cultivate the best tendencies Of the
human heart?
Does 1t make its patrons purer and bet-
ter2
Has the saloon introduced cleaner methods
into politics2
Has II made candidates less corruphblef
Has 1t pur purity, and patriotism, and
principle Into the hearts Of voters2
Does 1t make its patrons worthier OF pub
lie trusts2
Does 1t create .truer and more efficient
class Of public servants2
Does it help legislators to enact better
/ laws?
Does It cause courts and juries to act more
: Justly and impartfallyl
Does 1t make our lives and property mora
secure2
Does IT lessen the population Of the pris-
ons. poorhouses and insane asylums2
Who can tell US of just one heaven-ap-
proved deed done by the dram shop2
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
Michigan Visited by Destructive Winds.

Michigan Visited by Destructive Winds'
Four distinct storms visited Michigan dur
inc twenty-four hours and they carried wide
spread destruction of property and large
loss OF life in thei. wake. In the Detroit River
four people are known to have been drowned:
The Yacht Corsair capsized of Belle Isle and
Que OF the crew was drowned. A boat
containing three people was swamped by the
high waves off Wind Mill Point, and only
one OF them escaped. At Benton Harbor
four men were drowned while attempting to
swim ashore, and all along the east coast
line are reports OF casualties on the water,
and the number Of deaths will no doubt ex-
ceed twenty. The property damaged by the
four storms will be over $3.50, 900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
Lasker the Chess Champion.

Lasker, by winning his game with Tar
rasch, clinched his hold on first place and
he worlds chess championship In the
Nuremberg Germany tournament
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
A Bold Charge of Treachery.

The Executive Committee Of Mckinley
League Of New York sent long letter to
Mark Hanna charging Thomas @. Platt and
Fred s. Gibbs with plotting treachery to the
National ticket In the interest OF the State
nnchine
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
Had Hfccourhs Six Days and D.ed.

Alfred B. Potter. prominent citizen OF
Fairport, N. Y, died from hiccoughs. Four
nhvsicians had been in constant attendance
Tor six DAYS but were unable to relieve him.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
Ii HUNG CHANG COMING.
China's Viceroy to Visit the United State'
in September.

in September.
Ii Hung Chang, the viceroy OF China. Is
to visit America! The representative of the
oldest civilization in the world, the man
who, in fact, though not In name, is the real
sovereign OF his kingdom is to meet the rep.
resentattves Of the youngest civilization
each one sovereign In his own right. He
will come here in September from Eng
land. He has been in France. In Germany,
in Russia. All the great Governments OF the
Old World have put themselves IN gala ar
ray to do him honor. They have Wed with
one another to astonish him by displaying
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
Four Drowned in Lake Michigan.

At Benton Harbor, Mich, Frank Yerring'
ton, James Butrlck, ". NJ. Meneke and
Martin Manning were drowned while bathing
In the lake. Yerringtons wife was bathing
with him.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26

DR.. 8, A. Andree Is the chief engineer In
the Royal Swedish Patent Department, who
conceived the project Of reaching the North
Pole by balloon. Accompanied BY Nils
Ekstrom, Andree started from Spitz-
bergen some time In June. On
Julv 1 balloon passed westward
over Winnipeg. Manitoba, at a great height,
and It was presumed that 1t was Andrees.
The point at which the Ottawa despatch re.
ports 1t as having been seen Is about lOO0
miles northwest of Winnipeg.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
Biz Contract for Brick.

A brick concern in Eppins, N. H., recent
~ received an order for 46, ,OjO, 900 brick from
u Boston irm, tho contract to be finished in
three years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
TEMPERANCE.
JACK sPRAT.

JACK sPRAr.
Jack Sprat was very fa.,
His wife Was very lean,
And not bone for pussy cat
Was ever to be seen.
Jack Sprat had got no hat,
His wife had got no money,
Aud not a single little Sprat
Had ever tasted honey.
But Jack Sprat soon altered that,
And gave up being berry;
Then Mrs. Sprat got we'll and fat,
And looked so bright and cheery.
Then Jack sat with Mrs. Sprat
Within their pew on Sunday,
And little feet went pit-a-pat
To school upon the Monday.
Youths Temperance Banner.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
ANDREE'S BALLOON SIGHTED.

II Was About q Thousand Miles North.
west Of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Indian Superintendent Vowel, OF British
Columbia, wired the Dominion Government
that oreditable information had been re-
ceived from two Indian parties, separated
by a considerable distance at the time OF OBJ
seryat1on, that the Andree balloon had been
sighted In latitude 55.15 n. longitude l27.40
W., pursuing a nearly northerly course.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
Saw His SONS Drown.

George and Isaac Ferguson, aged ten and
eight years respectively. w~re drowned while
wading in Swift Waikiki River, Middletown,
N. Y. Their father was unable to swim and
saw both OF them dro Wnsd.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
An Original Pervert.

There is a mysterious individual operating
In Phoenix, Arizonia, known as Jack the
Sitter" who slits the ears OF helpless into1-
icated men whom he drda Wanharin9
around
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
did Not See the Eclipse.

'r,a observations of the total eclipse Of
the sun made in Europe were not satisfactory
owing to cloudy weather
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
Bull Versus Stallion.

A Peru (Ind.) man is out about $1,000. the
vaIue of a stallion and a bull, which fought
40 the death on his farm. The bull died first.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26

candidate. The Legislature is also heavily
Democratic. The fusion ticket was weak IN
the districts, rs we'll as on State offices, and
the Republicans and Populists together Will
be able to count scarcely forty votes out OF
1873 on a Joint ballot. The fusionists charge
that they were "counted out"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
aLAsAMA'S NEW GOVERNOR.
Later Returns Swell the Majority Of 10.
seph F. Johnston.

With all the districts now officially heard
from reports from Alabama give Joseph F.
Johnston, Democratic candidate for Gov.
ernor, majority of more than 10000 over
Goodwin, the Populist-Republican fusion
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
Foreign NoteS.

The Sultan OF Turkey has conferred the
Order of Nichau-i-Chefakat (second cIass)
upon Miss Clara Barton.
The British House Of Commons rejected
some amendments to the Irish Land bill and
sent it back to the Lords.
The Porte refused to make any concessions
to Crete beyond those extended to the island
people by the Halepa Convention.
Ii Hung Chang has accepted the invita-
ton of the Dominion Government to visit
Canada.
1t Is reported from Mexico that q British
warship has seized Clanon, OF the Bevila-
Gigedo group. Us coaling station.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26

1alienf
First of Ill. my brother, throw yourself on
God. 60 to Him frankly and earnestly and
tell Him these habits YOU have, and ask Him
if there is any help in all the resources Of
omnipotent love to give it to you. Do not
go with long rigmarole people call prayer,
made up of ''ohs' and "ahs" and 'forever
and ever, amens!" Go to God and cry 70.
help! help! help! and If you cannot ory for
help, just look and live.
! remember in the late war, was at
Antietam, and went into the hospitals af-
ter the battle and said to a man: "Where
are you hurt?" He made no answer, but
held up his arm, swollen and splintered.
saw where he was hurt. The simple fact Is,
when man has wounded soul, all he has
to do Is to hold it up before a sympathetic
Lord and get it healed. It does not take any
long prayer. Just hold up the wound. Oh,
it is no small thing when man Is nervous
and weak and exhausted, coming from his
evi! ways, to feel that God puts two omnip-
otent arms around him and says: Young
man, will stand by you. The mountains
may depart, and the hills be removed, but
will never fail YOU"
Blessed be God for such gospel as this.
1 "Cut the slices thin" said the wife to the
husband "or there will not be enough to
so all around for the children; cut the slices
thin" Blessed be God there is full loaf
4 for every one that wants 1t. Bread enough
and to spare. No thin slices at the Lords
4 table. I remember when the Master Street
Hospital in Philadelphia was opened during
the war, a telegram came saying, "There
will be three hundred wounded men tonight
be ready to take care OF them;" and from
my church there went in some twenty OF
thirty men and women to look after these
Door wounded fellows. As they came, some
- from one part Of the land. some from an
other, no one asked whether this man was
3from Oregon, or from Massachusetts,, or from
MINNESOTA. or from New York. There was
wounded soldier, and the only question wa
how to take of the rags the most gently
Ind put on the bandage, ana administer tn
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-03

there win be more trouble from the di-
raction Of the province Of Pinar del Rio,
en- the other side Of Havana. Although
all news on this subject is carefully
guarded. il is known that the insurg-
eu-s iu that part of the country are IA
pidly increasing i'm number and daring
and nobody would be astOnished 20
,he1r that an insurgent force viii adj
Face upon Havana from Pin2r del RIO
So soon as the main body Of the insurg-
ents army under Gomez and Maceo IS
near enough TO Havana to warrant such
@ movement
News received to-day leaves no doubt
that The Insurgents are in large force in
The province OF Havana. and are spread
over a wide space, their rear guard still
stretching back into Matanzas prov
ince. while their van guard is at Agu-
AGATE. town of some importance on
the railroad line between Matanzas and
Havana and Lt-le over t1lr-T
miles from Havana. Apparently the
full force of the insurgents is engaged
iu me renewed incu-s-Jn towards t3-
v303 Bur hey maintain the same sc3t-
tered formation. divided into columns
which proved 50 effective in carrying
them n-1 the immediate no g1bor-
hood Of Natanzas. Spanish cOmman-
ders are apparently utterly unable 10
cope with this style of warfare or to
check the destructive advance of the
insurents, which is now only more di-
rec,ed straight upon Havana.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-03
INVESTIGATING PITTSBURG.
The Penrose Committee Arrives and Gets
Down to Work-The Cost of Electric
Lighting.

The Penrose Committee Arrives and Gets
Down to Work-The Cost of Electric
Lighting.
Pittsburg, Pa, January 2.-The Leg
lative Committee appointed to inves;l-
gate the municipal offices arrived in
Pittsburg from Philadelphia this morn
ing.
Senator Grady, a member of the COM
mittee, says it s the intention to visit
New York, Chicago and other large
cities to compare the management Of
municipal offices IN these places with
Philadelphia.
At o'clock the committee began by
calling Controller Gourley to the stand.
Mr.. Gourley, after answering some
routine questions, went into a brief de-
scr.p.onSOf the methods in vogue fer the
election of heads Of departments. They
were entirely subject to councils elected
by the outgoing body, and the Mayor
has practically no power, not even 10
advise them in their line of duty. He
thought the departments had consider
able political influence. Heads of de-
partmenfs should be elected by the peo-
pie or appointed by the Mayor
AS an instance of the impOtency Of
the Mayor, he CITED the case when he
himself was Mayor, and issued an or
der, at the request Of many citizens, to
close the disorderly houses. l, was coun-
varmanded and never accomplished. As
a reason for this, the Chief of the De-
partment of Public Safety J. o. Brown,
the present incumbent, said he thought
his plan of regulation" was better than
attempted obliteraHon. As to gam
bling and illegal liquor selling, Mr.
Gourley thought the city freer Of these
evils now than ever before and gave
Chief Brown the credit for their sup
preston.
Municipal contracts, he SAID, were, as
a rule, given to the lowest bidder, but
not always. Contracts often go 10 the
same people-BoOth & Finn, Of this city,
get a large percentage Of the paving
work. The director prepares the speci-
fcat.ons for work done under his special
department.
On the subject Of electric lighting.
Mr.. Gourley said arc lamps in P.ttsburg
cost S96 each, IN Allegheny $50 each,
but Allegheny has its own plant. In
this city there was only one bid for
electric lighting, and the contract was
let four years ahead.
Adjourned until tomorrow morning.
Mayor McKenna has been subp0enaed
and may be called in the morning.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-03
FINANCE
Committee of the Senate Considers the
House Bond Bill---TwO Measures
will be Presented in the Senate.

washington, D. c., January 2.-The
Senate Finance Committee adjourned
at 1890 until tomorrow. No action
was taken and no vote was had. The
bond BIN was discussed, but the tariff
bill was not taken up. Senators White
and WolcOtt were not present. Sena-
tor Vest was not present so that the
free silver men and anti-silYer men
were tie.
After the regular nesting Of the COM
mittee the Republican members held a
conference IN the committee room and
the Democrats conferred in the district
committee room. Senator Jones, Pop.,
Nevada.) went with the Democrats as
the conference was considered a silver
conference more than anything else.
The Democratic and silver members
concluded their conference before two
o'clock. but the Republicans and anti
free coinage members continued during
the afternoon. II is determined that
they viii make minority report. The
majority Of the Republicans Will OPP
pose the reporting of the substitute
bill Tomorrow, but VII ask that the
report be postponed until Tuesday
next.
The Republicans. will suggest a few
minor amendments, but they viii be
directed at the phraseology of the meas
ure.
While the silver members Of the COM
mittee have not decided upon the exact
phraseOlogy of the substitute which
they will present, it is understood that
the wording in a general way will fol-
low that of the amendment offered by
Senator Jones, and provide for absolute
free coinage. Another provision of the
substitute will look to the issuance OF
silver certificates on the silver dollars
to be coined under the first section.
The issuance of bank notes of denomi-
nations of less than SO will be prohibit
ed; the secretary of the treasury will
be directed to coin the silver bullion
now in the treasury for the purpose of
redeem.ng the treasury notes issued un-
der the act of 1890, and provisions will
be made for the redemption of the
greenbacks in either gold or silver.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-03
A PROVIDENTIAL CALL,
is What DIR. TaImage Believes He Has.
Rev. Mr.. Allen Has Contract and Thinks
That Better Than Call.

is What DIR. TaImage Believes He Has.
Rev. Mr.. Allen Has Contract and Thinks
That Better Than Call.
Washington, January "A disagree
ment has arisen in the First Presbyter-
ian Church of Washington between the
Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage and the as
sistant pastor Rev. Adde'S Allen over
which a special meeting Of the Wash
ington Presbytery will be called.
When DR.. Talmage came to the
church recently it was arranged that he
should preach Sunday evenings while
DR.. Sunderland with whom he was
made co-pastor, should alternate in the
pulpit Sunday morning with the Rev.
MIR. Allen, the assistant pastor.
The church has been crowded on Sun
day evenings since Dr. Talmage began
to preach and there is a demand that
he should hold the pulpit twice on Sun
days. Offers have also come from
other churches for DR.. Talmage's SER
vices on Sunday mornings. He has an
noJnced to the elders that he desires to
preach twice each Sunday; that he is
able to and that the pressure on him
seems a providential call. The elders
have the same opinion.
Mr.. Allen, however, stands upon his
rights, which are defined by the con-
tract and by church probity and de-
clines TO yield the pulpit. Consequent
ly the Presbytery will be called upon TO
decide the question.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-03
ENGAGED.
Mrs. Willie K. Vanderbilt An
nOunces that She and Oliver Bel
mont Are to be Married.

New York. January 2.-The World
tomorrow will say:
Mrs. Alya s. Vanderbilt announced
TO her friends yesterday that she is
engaged to be married to Oliver Bel
mont.
Mrs. Willie k. as Mrs. Vanderbilt
is known in society, is the divorced
wife Of VIM. Kissam Vanderbilt. She
is the mother of the Duchess Of Marl-
borough Miss Consuela Vanderbilt,
whose marriage last autumn was the
crown and most precious jewel in her
mothers social career.
oliver Belmont is the son of the late
August Belmont. He is himself @ di-
vorced man. his first wife having mar
ried again.
"It is Quia.e certain thai the wedding
viii take place soon"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-03
THE MASK THROWN OFF.

EIklns win Put Forth His Best Efforts to
Prevent Bond sale that WIN BE Bene-
fetal.
Washington. January 2.-Senator Ell
kins will try to call up in the Senate to-
morrow his resolution offered earlier in
the week TO prevent the President from
selling United States bonds by contract
or at private sale, and requiring pro-
posals to be invited and bonds sold to
the highest bidder. The discussion of
the resolution was shut off when first
introduced by objection from one of
the Senators, and Mr.. Elkins will make
an effort to have it adopted.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-03
STRIKE ON AGAIN.
Philadelphia Traction Employees De-
eide Not to Go to Work This Morn
ing-CauSe Of the Trouble.

Philadelphia, January 2.-The street
railway strike is on again. AT 1:4O
O'Clock this morning the m0tormen and
conductors employed by the Union
Traction Company decided not to so TO
work when the first day cars start at
o'clock. The official declaration was
made at a mass meeting Of the men IN
Labor Lyceum. 1t came amid the great
es- confusion. and against the strong
protests Of the conservative element.
I'm fact. the excirment was so intense
that numerous small riots between the
two elements were averted with the
greatest difficulty. Pandemonium
reigued at times, and many of the con-
servaEves left in disgust. An unsat-
isf3c-0ry conference with General Man
ager Beetem had been held earlier in the
n ght and 1he trouble began when this
committee made a report 10 the mass
meeting. Previous to their arrival the
turbulent scenes Of the day had been in
cre3sing in intensity.
The confusion kept up until Chairman
Lutz put the question to a vote. A
decided affirmative was the response.
There were many negatives, however,
increasing from time TO time. but the
strikers are in the majority. The meet
ing broke up I'm the greatest disorder.
Throughout it was manifest that many
OF The men who went out on the last
strike viii report for duty as usual.
The temper Of the strikers is such that
should the conservatives do this, trOu-
b S almost bound 20 result.
The chief difference between the men
and the employers is the demand of the
latter that no man shall belong to any
labor un on.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-03
ATTACKED BY SAVAGES.
Dahomeyan Villagers Try to XIII a Conces-
sionaire at the Atlanta Midway.

Dahomeyan Villagers Try to XIII a COnces-
siouaire at the Atlanta Midway.
Atlanta. Ga. January 2.-Twenty
ha'f-S-arved freezing savages. brandish-
ing clubs and heavy iron pots. made a
desperate attempt to kill a concession
aire on the Exposition Midway to-day.
The mob was composed Of the warriors
of the Dahomey Village, and the man
whom they wanted 20 assault was X.
Pane who brought them here from their
.ar-0f island. Since the close Of the
Exposition the warriors say they have
no- had anything TO eat and We're met
1g The statement from Pene that he had
do money with which TO supply them
Pe1e has appealed % the Belgian consul
here for aid. He says he is under a
bond Of $4,000 to- return the Dah0mey-
ans 20 ,ae.r home. but ne has no money
to take them back or 10 buy them food.
lie says De has lost money in both San
Francisco and Atlanta.
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TOURNAMENT OF ROSES.
a Beautiful Day and a Most Lovely Dem.
onstratiOn.

OnstratiOn.
Pasadena. Cal, January 2.-Bright,
warm weather, like a June day in the
East brought out thousands of people
in Pasadena to witness the seventh an
nual tournament of roses. Five hun
dred people participated in the parade,
A large number of six-in-hand coaches,
.four-in-hands double and single teams
literally covered with roses. marguer-
ties. water lililes, carnations and smi-
lax were in line. \ single coach uti-
Hzed four thousand carnations in deco
ration. The parade OF bicycles dec
Grated with flowers was a feature Of
the procession. The coaches and car
riages scattered roses along the line Of
march and threw flowers to the spec
tators. The tournament was viewed
by $4,000 people.