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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15
THE COMMISSION NAMED.
Five Men Appointed to INQUIRE Into
the Venezuelan Dispute.
ALL ARE DISTINGUISHED MEN.

Justice David ). Brewer, Chief Justice
Richard n. Alvey. Andrew d. White,
Frederic r. Coulert and Daniel @. gill
.r man the Ones Selected---Public Ser
vices and Character of the Men.
The President announced the composition
OF the Venezuelan Commission, which will
consist of five members, as follows:
David J. Brewer, of Kansas, Associate JUS
.tlce of the Supreme Court Of the United
States. .
Richard d. Alvey. of Maryland, Chief JUS
,tice OF the Court Of Appeals of the District OF
Columbia. as
/ Andrew D. White, Of New York.
#, Frederic r. Coudert, New York City.
Daniel C. Gilman, of Maryland, President
OF Johns Hopkins University.
A.; The law authorizing the appointment by
the President Of the Venezuelan Commis-
sion was passed by the House OF Represen-
tatiyes on December II. On December 20 1t
was adopted by the Senate without amend
lment and without dissenting voice. The
text Of the bill was as follows:
"A bill makinga an appropriation forthe OK.
penses of commission to investigate and
report on the true divisional line between
the Republic CT Venezuela and British
Guiana. 49, .-tz. y y O.
tBe 1t enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the United States Of
America In Congress assembled, that the
sum Of S100, 900, or as much thereof as may
he necessary. be and the same Is hereby ap-
propriated for the expenses OF a commission,
to be appointed by the President, to report
upon the true divisional line between the
Republic Of Venezuela and British Guiana"
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lard FicHFlNi ii q in CUBA


lGomez and Nlaceo Disiodesd With tlsS
I Loss Of zoo Kiliad and Wpunded.
Two thousand insurgent cavalry who wers
5ambushed on the Got dines estate, near cali.
imete, Province Of Matanzas. Cuba attacked
q. Government column fof 800 mem COM
3manded by Lieutenant.G Colonel Perera.
Though taken by surprise. the foods madea 9
them twelve times. but the troops held their
ground and the insurgents finally retired. n
A strong force under Gomezand
Maceo was attacked at Batey by Government
troops. The insurgents had taken up po!
sition which they had barricaded with rails
and boilers from plantations. They made g
desperate resistance. but were dislodged
after q fight lasting three hours. The Gov
ernment loss was two officers and eighteen
privates killed and one officer and thirteen
priyates wounded. The insureent loss was
200 killed or wounded. The insurgents re-
treated.
Colonel Navarro's column had an engage
ment that lasted one hour with an insureent
baud. The Insurgents were dispersed. They
left Eve dead on the field. The loss on the
Government side was one sergeant wounded.
The insurgents on retreating to the cemetery
at Manquito met the column OF Colonel
Valdes. which was conntarnarching. and
found their line of retreat cut OF: e !.
The Spanish army also has lately received
q severe blow. Colonel Macias. who left San
Luis for Palma Sorrento with 900 mem had
disastrous engagement between the two
towns with the tnsurgent leaders Demetro
Castillo and Pancho Sanchez. commanding
500 men. The insurgents attsck
was so impetuous and they used szhe
machete 50 fercely that the span-
ish Colonel ordered q hnsty retreat,
leaving forty killed and IA wounded on the
field OF battle. The Spaniards also aban.
doned ten mules laden with provisions and
munitions. Seventy Spanish soldiers de.
serted to the Cubans. The Spanish wounded
were cared for by the insurgents, whose loss
was insignificant. s 81 ~ Z. ~
The. burning of sugar estates In that neigh-
borhood and Guantanamo is increasing IN g
most alarming manner, aud the planters
have abandoned all hopes of grinding sugar
cane. ;;s -. d ~ - q q \ y
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the plan for its formal announcement made,
has excited much interest in the city and
State. There were present at the din
ner. besides MIR, Morton and Mr.. Depew,
ex-Senators Warner Miller, Frank Hiscock
and Thomas O. Plat, Benjamin F. Tracy,
James A. Roberts and Edward Lauterbaeh.
It was decided at the dinner that Mr.. Mcr-
TONS candidacy should be announced in q
series of simultaneous interviews.
The news of the plan, however, leaked out
In some way, and several OF the guests
decided to make the news putlle. Among
these was Warner Miller, who said to re-
porter, In answer to question: II know
Of no formal announcement other than
that his friends are authorized
to state that Governor Morton, yielding
to the solicitations of his friends, has con-
sented to become candidate for the Presi-
dency. He will receive the full support OF
the Republicans of New York State, aud OF
other States as we'll, I believe, and from now
on thorough canvass will be made In b.
half Of bis candidacy" :
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15
THEE STRUNG UP IN ST. LOUIS.
He Took q Knife From His Pocket Cut
the Rope, and Got Away.

he Took q Knife From Hfs Pocket Cut
the Rope, and Got Away.
a colored thief was strung up in Union
Market, In the heart Of the downtown busi-
ness district Of st. Louis, Mo. For some
time petty thefts have annoyed stailkeeper
at the market and secret watch was begun.
At 5.45 o'clock a. m. Martin MacMshan and
Pat McClenchy saw a colored man
with two blankets slipping away from
the market. They raised the cry Of "Stop
thiefl'' The colored man dropped the blankets
and ran and they gave chase and captured
him. The cry Of Lynch him" went up.
There Is block and tackle fastened to the
ceiling ofthe market used to swing ice blocks.
This caught the eye Of the mob. & ,.sf
# The rope was djusted about theman'sn
His wrists were bound with g. cotton cord.
He quit struggling and began to pray. q
score Of hands caught the other end o. the
rope. There was pull, and the mans fees
left the floor. he suddenly broke the cord
that bound his wrists, his hand went to his
pocket like flash, brought ont knife, and
In another moment he had cut the rope.
he dropped to the ground and "ht out" for
safety. n, III WI ~ . # - s
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NEW BRITISH TERRITORY

China Has Coded Co England Four States
Lying on tho Burmo- Chinese Frontier.
Sir Nicholas O'Connor, e1-British Minister
to China, is spending short holiday at Lon
don prior to going to his new post at st.
Petersburg, where he succeeds Sir 3. O.
Lascelles as British Ambassador. It hes
been learned that before he left Pekin Sir
Nicholas procured the assent OF China TO the
cesslon to Great Britain Of four States on the
Burmo Chinese frontier, giving British trade
direct access to Southwest China.
The territory ceded Is in area eight times
greater than the territory recently ceded by
China to France. British diplomats there
fore chuckle and congratulate Sir Nicholas
upon his acumen. An Anglo Chinese com.
mission La about to meet for the purpose OF
delimiting the new frontiers connected with
the cession. A special commercial mission
has gone to Yunnan and Bzechuen, and ar
rangements are being made for the esLaD-
lishment OF British consulates In those Chin
ese provinces.
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REVOLUTIONARY WIDOW DEAD.
eldest of the Eight Pensioners of the
Ravo1uffon.

Eldest of the Eight Pensioners of the
Revolution.
Mrs. Patty Richardson, the eldest OF the
eight widow pensioners Of the Revolution.
died few days ago at her home In East
Bethel, Conn. Patty Flint was born in
Connecticut February /, 1901. and was
first married to Samuel VintoE. by
whom she had four children.
He died. and in 1880 she mar
ried Godfrey NJ. Richardson. OF Cambridge,
Mass, who, at the age of sixteen, ran away
from his fathers home in Cambridge, Mass,
and helped throw up the redou6ts on Breea
Hill the night before the battle OF Bunker
Hill. Her husband received pension as q
minute man by special :sct Of Congress, and
this devolved upon Mrs. Richardson. Mrs.
Richardson was twenty-nine and her hus-
band flfty-six when they we're married.
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70 OPEN FORFEITED FARM RI LaaD. q V
There VIII Be . Rush tor 1900 Acres I I
Iowa, February ~, Next.

There VIII Be Rush for $1,000 Acres In
Iowa, February ~. Next.
Register Evans. ofthe United States Land
ONCE, al Des Moinss, Iowa. has fxed the
day Of the opening Of the q 900 acres OF
land in o'Brien County, FOR February 81.
This land has been IN litigation for years. It
was originally ceded to the Sioux City d
Minneapolis Railroad, upon condition that
they would complete the road to Sioux
City. They struggled along with It until
they reached lie Mars, and after that not an
other tie was laid. The Government Land
once at Washington recently declared the
land forfeited to the Government, and
applications 4 are daily reaching the
Land ONCE for: It. The railroad was
granted every; odd numbered section
within radius OF ten miles on each
side Of the right of way. This land was sold,
and about; 5000 acres Of It, will go to the
purchasers from the railroad by an act OF
Congress passed In 1881. This net gives all
innocent purchasers from railroads the inst
chance at their own land II the title even re-
yerts back to the Government. For the
other $4,000 acres there will be q regular,
Oklahoma rush. ~ IA ~ ~ ~ g
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15
Strife In the Transvaal.

The Transvaal Government in South Africa
has ordered the Boer hurghers to hold them
selves In readiness to be called upon to sup
press rebellion. The trouble between the
foreign residents Of the Transvaal
and the Boer Government is increas-
ing in intensity. The leading mines
are closing and the price Of breadstufIs in
johannesburg has risen greatly. Trains
leaving there are filled with refugees. The
difficulty has reference to the status Of aliens
In the South African Republic. These aliens
number from sixty to seventy thousand, or
at least two thirds Of the whole population.
They are nearly all British subjects.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15
Schools in Alaska.

The United States Commissioner of Educa-
ton has issued report on education in
Alaska, from which it appears that during
the last year there have been maintained
there sixteen day schools with twenty-four
teachers. They have also been maintained
seven contract schools with forty. nine teach
srs and employees. The Commissioner rec
ommends an appropriation OF $4,000 fa'
the ensuing year for education in Alaska
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15
An E.nenaine Labor Contest.

The loss to the city Of Philadelphia by the
late strike can never be known exactly, but
approximately it is estimated at $4,000, 600.
The loss to the car company in receipts Is
estimated at from sS2, 900 to 5s5, 900 q day, 9
total Of from S2S0, 900 to $245.000. The en-
ployes lost in wages about $4,000 a day. The
damage 10 cars will perhaps reach $4,000,
the extraordinary expenses Of the city about
ESQ. 900, making loss to the company. the
strikers and the municipality OF about $685.
COO. The heaviest loss was sustained by Inc
merchants. whose trade was interrupted dur
ing wnat Is usually their most profitable
week of the wear.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15
J. HAygRHlLL The SHOE KING.
More Than 100000 Pairs Made There
Last Year.

More Than 14,O0O,0OO Pairs maoe Inere
Last Year.
The shoe year of Haverhill, Mass, which
ended a few days ago, shows another record
breaker, and makes the city still the largest;
shoe producing centre In the world. The
record Of shipments for the year Is 1856, $40
cases. an increase OF 19, 9,107 over last year.
The shipments last year were an increase OF
Il, 1863 cases over 1888, and the figures of,the
increase this year are most surprising when
the labor troubles and the big strike Of last
January are considered. During that time
the six largest firms in the city were doing
cornparatively little business s
! Z n spite of unfayorable circumstances the
yearly shipments are record breaker. and
the general belief is that, II the strike had
not occurred, the increase would have
reached 80, 900, as when the strike began the
largest factories were doing 8 rushing busi-
ness. The total, with the estimated average
of forty pairs to 3 case, shows the enormous
production Of Ia. ste, 400 pairs Of shoes,
against 13, ,912, 100 for 1894.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15
A Princess Nearly Drowned.

While skating with Baroness Colmar at
Wannsee, Germany, Princess Louise Sophie,
wife Of Prince Frederick Leopold OF Prussia,
fell with her companion through the Ice, and
for ten minutes both ladies were in imminent
peril of drowning. After several Ineffective
attempts had been made to rescue them, lad
ders were placed across the ice and the
Princess and the Baroness were rescued.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15
BIG Diamond Robbery.

The residence of L Townsend Burden,
New York City. was robbed Of what is said
to be fully $4,000 worth of diamonds and
jewelry. Mrs. s.'Burden possessed some OF the
most beautiful jewels in this country.
She kept the most valuable OF these
jewels. principally diamonds, in a
small safe in her own apartment.
On returning home from the opera
Mrs. Burden discovered at once that she
had been robbed. She notified the police
and detectives were placed at work on the
mysterious case.
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ANDREW D. wHIrE.

the Republican State Convention in October.
1861, and was United States Minister to Ger
many from 1879 to 1881. Mr.. White was also
one Of the United States Commissioners
to San Domingo, and aided In preparing the
report OF that commission. He was the first
President of Cornell University. Soon after
his graduation he became attached to the
United States Legation at st. Petersburg. A
few years later he became professor Of his
tory and English literature In the University
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15
The Worlds Wheat Crop.

Official calculations made in Russia and
transmitted to the State Department by
United States Consul-General karel at st.
Petersburg show that the present seasons
harvest OF cereals in the whole worl IS much
smaller than last seasons, and compared
With 1894, the decrease Is, in wheat, 15o, ,476,
600 bushels, and rye, 12S.s71 ,0OO bushels.
Other grains turned out better.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15
Boys Try Train Wrecking.

Three boys, none Of them over fourteen
years, are under arrest at Bridgeport, Conn,
charged with attempting to wreck train
on the Berkshire division of the Consolida-
ted Road at point about three-quarters of a
mile north Of North Bridgeport Station.
The boys implicated are Fred Hasbrock,
William Nagle and Pete Graham.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15
4! Republican, SENATE.
Democrats Lose Control Of the Upper
House at Washington.
.APoPULIsT BALANCE OF POWER.
Free Coinage Men In Control. But They Al
low the Republicans to Reorganize the
Body, with Majority OF Silver Men on on
the Finance Committee---scenes Attend
ing tho Change of Control.

The reorganization of the standing COM
nittees Of the United States Senate and the
resultant transfer OF nominal power and re-
sponsibility in that body from Democratic to
Republican hands was accomplished when
the Joint work of the two steering commit
tees" which reapportioned assignments,
was accepted by vote Of 80 to 49, Practi.-,
calIy, the reorganization was effected by
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15
Washington in Farm ount Park.

The Fairmount Park Commission, P hila-
delphia, Penn. granted permit to the
Oroer of tho Cincinnati for the erection Of q
Washington monument at the Green street
entrance to the park.
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English Capital In Mexico.

Large English capital Is going to Mexico
for investment. On Englishman has taken
AN option on IN street car System OF the
City OF Mexico for $7.000.00
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TWO LIVES TAKEN BY A MOB.
Mrs. West Burned Alive and wv. A. Dever
Shot to Death.

Mrs. West Burned Alive and wv. A. Dever
Shot to Death.
A mob burned Mrs. T. J. West alive and
killed W. A. Dsver at Mrs. Vests house,
three miles north Of Lebanon, Ky. The mob
numbered about seventy-fve, and it was 12
o'clock at night when it appeared at Mrs.
Vests house. Mrs. West, DeYer snd his lit
tie daughter were the only persons In the
house, and when the mob ordered Dever to
come out, Mrs. West and the little girl re-
sponded, but Dever remained inside. Just
as Mrs. West reached the door several shots
were fired at her, andshe ran back into the
house, but the child remained on the out
side.
After several attempts to get Deyer to
come out the men fired the building. Dever
ran out, and, with pistol In his hand, went
to cornfeld, wherehe took shelter behind
cornshock and was shot to death. Mrs.
West perished In the burning house, and her
remains were found In the chimney, where
she had taken refuge. F..
Dever killed T. J. West, husband OF the
woman. at Beaver Creek, December 2. He
had preliminary hearing, and was released
on tho ground of self-defense.
It Is said Dever had been warned that he
would be killedif he did not leavethe country.
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splendid figure contributing to his success in
this direction. he first became member Of
the Government in 1892 when he was chosen
by the Federal Assembly to succeed Numa
Droz, az illustrious statesman, as Secretary
OF the Department of the Exterior. -" s.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15
MORTON A CANDIDATE.

Formal Announcement That He Will Be
in the Presidential Race.
The dinner given at Chauncey ID. Depew's
house, In New York City, at which the can
didacy of Governor Morton for the nomtna-
tion for the Presidency was discussed, and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15
Tennessee's Chief-Justlce Rearrested.

Tennessee's Chief-Justlce Rearrested.
Chief-Justice snodgrass. Of Tennessee, who
shot Lawyer Beasly in the arm two weeks
ago at Chattanooga and was under bail on
charge Of malicious shooting, has been re-
arrested on q charge Of shooting with intent
to kill. The second arrest was made on
warrant sworn out by Beasly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15
swTzERlAND's NEW PRESIDENT.
N. Adrian Lachenal is an Able Lawyer
and Splendid Orator. u.s..

II. Adrian Lachenal, the new President OF
the Swiss Republic, was born In Geneva, in
1S41. he was educated in the gymnasium.
and afterward graduated from the university
with high honors. He entered the profess
sion Of law, and from the beginning achieved
success, the proceeds Of his practice afford
ing him a start III life. He is splendid
orator. good voice, classic features and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15
MAD PANIC IN THEATRE
Men, Women and Children Tramplec
to Death at Baltimore.
STARTED BY A CRY OF "FlRE" "

II Was Only Flare, But It Set an I'm
menss Audience wrld--A Mad Rush
for the outside---Awful Crush at the
narrow Exit---Most of the Victims
We're Tailors.
A panic in the Front Street Theatre, Bal
'hmore, Nd, following an alarm OF fire, re-
suited in the loss Of twenty-five lives and the
Injury of fifty or more persons. Ali the VIC
Tins are Polish Hebrews, who assembled in
the theatre to witness performance. As
the play was popular, the attendance was
unusually large, the playhouse being packed
10 the doorway.
The curtain was about to rise at eight
o'clock o. M, when one of the gas tips fell
from a burner. One Of the audience prompt
II turned off the gas. and an employe went
up stairs to mend the jet, and in order to
determine which tip was missing Lit all the
lights.
AS the fame shot from tho open burner
one of the gallery spectators lost his head
and, screaming "Fire!" dashed wildly in the
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FOREIGN Notes.

tOfoI8n ENotoSs -. -
A despatch from Berlin, Germany. says
that Kaiser wilhelm will intervene II Eng
land threatens the Independence OF the
Transvaal. 's.sty p s.
Outbreaks are reported again In orfah,
Turkey. Minister Terrell learns thar an
missionaries In Anatolia are safe.
The Cunard liner Cephalonia ran aground
near Holyhead, England, but was noated e
and ultimately beached.
Venezuela is negotiating in the United
States for war supplies. ~
Advices from Rome are to the effect that
the Italian troops have evacuated AdoWa,
and that the place is now occupied py tn9
Abyssinians.
A strong earthquake shock was felt at CfcSI
ciano, in Caserta. Italy. Several persona
were killed and a number were injured.
From December 20 to December az ther4
were seyenry-nine cases of cholera at ST
Petersburg, Russia, and fifty deaths by tha1
disease. - TS
Venezuelan army officers are drilling dail4
on the hilltops around Caracas in the use
heavy artillery.
Ex-Prime Minister Rosebery. Of Grea
Britain, wrote letter to the press sayine
that the Salisbury Government 10 solely re
sponsible for the condition OF affairs In ~
menia- . --A-
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-12-31

"A HAPPY NEW YEAR, DEAR SNIP
conscious man he dropped on his knees,
took the head IN his arms and cried out
he kissed the face 50 like his own.
"Jack! Jack! O God, it's .Jack Do
you hear ne? Look up! Here's Sim!
Here's Sim, asking you on his knees to
forgive him.
Sim and Pedro stripped off the wet
clothes, rubbed the white form till the
glow of life came back. and then placed
him in q bunk and wrapped bin in furs.
BY the time Il steanin4: punch was ready
Jack Belden rui,>cd his eycs ;,,l looked
about him. TLcG from the hu: .,ro white
arms were extC.1;:od and Ec sGi., ci!:
after years OF seohins I'yo found you,
Sim"
There is nothing more sacred tnan the
tears of hnncSt, s;rnTg L.c',.
Pedro looked on in \".,..! =. :,ld, though
he could ,.ot understand. ,,..'tt W.lz said, he
realized that ono had conc who WAS ncarCr
to his guardian : Lc;,rt t..an himsaif, but
he felt no pang of joai3usT.
After a timo Jack E.'1cn felt strong
enough to Sill Up. He i.ps. at his watch,
and, seeing that it was after midnight, he
reached out lis hand TO his brother and
said:
"A happy New Year, dear Sinv' And
still holding his brothers hand, Jack told
the story of his three years -2arch ard
how only that afternoon lie had learned at
Garland of Sim 3 hiding Place
But there WAS more to tell When Sin!
discovered him with Alice Thorpe, just
three years before this he wa- telling the
girl that lie had become engaged, to hor
cousin Ethel and was begging her to plead
his case with the father and mother of his
betrothed.
"Since the day you left, Sim, I've been
u changed man, and a drop Of liquor
hasn't passed NY lips. But it is not of
myself, but Of Alice, l would speak. She
was ever true to you, and, though She
thinks you dead she is still true to your
memory, and tonight by the fire in the
she is weeping for Il dead one who thought
her false.
The storm continued the next day, but
in all that wild land no cabin held two
happier hearts than those OF the brothers
reunited under the caves Of the avalanche
| far UP the Sierra Blanca.
Shortly after this s5in Belden sold out
his claim and accom- panied his brother to
the east. They took Pedro with them and
sent him to the Indian school at Carlisle,
where he became {; teacher.
Every New Year he visits his old guard
ian and his wife, and the children of both
! brothers love him. HIS knowledge Of Eng
! lish is perfect, and i:e iully comprehends
! the story told him by Sim Belden in the
i mountain shack that New Year eve.