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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-05
Rirst Victim of the Campaign.

Murder marked the opening OF the politt'
cal campaign in Brooklyn. At one OF the
first Democratic meetings held In ratifca,
ton OF Candidates Bryan and SeWaIl anu
the regular Chicago platform M. =. LnGrn- n3ro
tion, was killed by Thomas Tomlinson fan
attic who claims to be Republican, Socialist
and Labor man rolled into one. Thornton
attempted to quiet Tomlinson. who was dis
turbtng the meeting with cries OF "You are
all anarchists"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-05
Wife Murder and Suicide.

Charles Miller, farmer. living fftee
miles north OF Louisville, in Floyd County
Indiana, killed his wife by shooting her Wit
a rife and then committed suicide with IN
same weapon. Four children are lett, tn
eldest sixteen years and the youngest nv
wears old
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-05
Spain to Get More yvarships.

The Spanish Government has decided to
buy two warships OF 1000 tons each in
England and 1O,' 90 Mauser rifles. Senor
Fernando Cos-Gaynn, Minister OF the In
terror ,leclnred in the Cortes that Spain will
not sacrifice any territory for Europsan
alliance.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-05
Twin Boys Drowned.

Both Of the thirteen-year-old twin SONS OF
Mr.. Sheehan, prominent silk manufacturer
of Paterson, N. j., were drowned at Willow
Point, Greenwood Lake. They were 6athlnS,
and one ofthem sank. The other was drowned
while he was trying to save MIN. Inc Doules
were found locked in each others arms
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-05
Silver Republicans for Bryan.

The Committee of Bolting Republican.
lead by Senator Teller, who had been in ses-
sion at Manitou, COL, for several days, made
puhl:e manifesto in which they decided TO
support Bryan and Sewall. They nre in
dorsed because they represent the principle
of bimetaliism
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-05
400 armenians Massacred.

A despatch from Constantinople says that
400 Armenians have been massacred at EGin,
in the Darbekr district. The town was
pillaged.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-05
Murder, Arson, Suicide.

George Swain, farmer about forty-hV
years old living near Attica, Mich, kiile'
bis three small children set fire to the house
and then blew out his own brains. His VII
died short time ago and it Is thought tina
this deranged his mind.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-05
Two Young Women Drowned.

Lea Horner and Bessie Kane, two well
known and respected young people Of
Burlington. n. j., were drowned on the
Delaware River. They went rowing and in
.mid-stream they struck the steamboat
Florence Their boat was demolished and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-05
Masked Robbers Get s4oo in a Saloon

Three masked robbers entered the saloon
OF Philip Mag, St Louis, Mo-, and demand
ed the cash register. Maag made show OF
resistance, when three revolyers REINFORCED
the demand anil the saloon keeper gave up
the register. which contained 940O. The
robbers Is .aped.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-05
Rararinr New Hampshire.

DOVER, N. H., July 21.-Millions Of army
worms struck farm in Dover Neck. In q
few hours they destroyed several acres OF
grain and corn. There Is considerable ex-
element among the farmers in this section
over the appearance Of the pest.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-05
Six Months for Stealing One Cent

Six months in the Central Prison for steal
Ing one cent was the punishment inflicted at
Ottawa. Canada, by Magistrate O'Mara upon
Arthur Verrau!t, a seventcen-year-oldl lad.
who pleaded guilty to taking the coin from
the ''poor box" Of st. Joseph's Roman Catho-
lin Church
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-05
Killed His Brother.

James Griffin, twelve years old, OF New
York City, killed his elder brother lurins T."
ouorral over a baseball mask by stabbing him
to the heart with penHnlie.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-05
5000 Spanish Soldiers in Cuba Sick.

During tine last ten days OF juno there
were 5000 invalids in the Spanish army in
Cuba. o.. which number 1900 were suffering
from yellow fever. The ratio of death is iD-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-05
Big Strike of Tailors.

Members of the Finishers' Branch OF tn
Brotherhood OF Tailors forced the Executive
Committee to declare strike, which threw
out OF work eight thousand workers III NeN
York City and four thousand In Brooklyn
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-05
Nine Children Poisoned.

At Santiago, MIMI, a family Of nine chill
drcn were poisoned By drinking lemonade
on July 4. They died ons after another.
The nliMc Of the family is Alien.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-05
A Jealous Husbands Crime.

James French, prompted by jealousy, shot
his wife to death in Rockford, Ill. A
mob of citizens chased him to the ryer,
where he shot himself and jumped IN, out
was rescued.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-05
Unjuue Parcel Post.

The dromedary parcoi service in the Ger
man territories OF Southwestern Africa has
proved satisfactory. The results are better
than were anticipated.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-05
crpiser Presented to Spain,

The Spanish Patriotic League oftne ArSon-
tino Republic oilers to present the spanish
covornment with cruiser Of 45O) tons dis
placement, costing S,0)0,OOO pese;as.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-05
HOW TO PROTECT GRAIN FIELDS.
Ordinarily the Worms Are Not Observed
Until After They Have Begun to March.

Until After They Have Begun to March.
IsHAcA, N. Y. July 21.-The Cornell Uni
versity Agricultural Experiment Station
gives the information that the army worm
usually appears first in limited areas In
meadows or pastures. II discovered
before 1t has spread from these
places It can be confined by
surrounding the field with ditch, or
may be destroyed by spraying the grass with
Paris green. Ordinarily worms are not OBJ
served until after they have begun to march
and are widespread.
In such cases protect fields Of grain In their
path by surrounding with bitches with YER
tical sides. Dig holes at intervals OF few
rods in the bottom of bitches. Worms falling
into them cannot gel out.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-05
Gold Democrats Confer.

Gold Democrats in eleven Western StateE
decided to hold conference In Chicago and
issue call for new National Convention.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-05

When Francis Peabody went to call him
Thursday morning he found him corpse.
Death. came from natural causes and was
apparently painless. 1t was Likely caused
by heart failure.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-05
EIrhty 1Iatabeles.

British Kill Eighty Matabeles.
The British troops under General Caring
ton captured Matabele stronghold, killing
eighty OF the natives.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-05

ye,,orv Fever Fighting for Cubn.
Yellow fever is fighting tho Spanish ar'nt''7
in Cuba with dea lily effect
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-05
POPULISP CONVENTION.
The Second National Gathering
Meets at St. Louis.
1,4OO DELEGATES PARTICIPATE.

Butler, of North Carolina, Opens the
Proceedings In the Auditorium
Largest Number Of Delegate, Ever In
Attendance at q National Convention
Details or the Daily Sessions.
ST.. LOUIS, NO., July 23.-The second
Populist National Convention was called to
order in the st. Louis Auditorium yesterday.
Senator Butler, of North Carolina, was
chosen Temporary Chairman without a vote,
ali the factions avoiding trial Of strength
by common consent. After naming commit
tees the convention took recess till even
ing. The night session met IN darkness and
adjourned, owing to failure to secure lights
for the convention hall until this morning.
Flights of oratory marked the opening of the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-05

Chairman Pro Tenn. regarding the time
when the convention would be called to
order, and at 10 o'clock fifty delegates were
in the building. The hall WIS decorated
with American flags, and a picture Of Abra-
ham Lincoln was hung from a gallery rail-
ing.
The representation at the convention was
based on the Populist vote for President In
1892, Texas and North Carolina having the
largest number of delegates. The convention
was the largest ever held in this country.
There were nearly l400 delegates when the
members from the Indian Territory, Okla
homa and Alaska were admitted.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-05

convention. Speeches
were made by IGnatius
Donnelly and Senator
Marion Butler. Popu-
lists. and Governor
Stone, Democrat. Sem
ator Butler was very en-
phatic in his assertion
that the Populists must
maintain their auton-
omy.
The convention was
held in the same build
ing in which the Repub-
licans nominated Nc
Kinley and Hobart.
rnh aro woe cnuoa dnUhf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-10
A PATRIOTIC SENATE.

The United States senate is more
nearly in touch with the people Of the
country than are the peoples direct
representatives in the lower house.
Our dispatches yesterday morning an
nouncing that Hon. Lucien Baker, the
new senator from Kansas, had given
notice of the Introduction of an amend
ment by him for the coinage of ali
American silver, 10 both the bond and
tariff bills, will be very gratifying
news to the people OF this state. The
senate substitute to the house bill is
what not only Kansas but what the
masses of the people Of this whole
country dSeire. 1t would lift every in
dustrfal interest ont of the RUS and
bring greatly improved conditions TO
the farmers Of the country. PrOStrar-
ed business would spring into renewed
life. As the Denver News well oh
serves. the bond bill and the senate
substitute are from two opposite
schools of finance. one il the school
OF the money king and leads 10 eX-
IRENE wealth for the few and poverty
and want for the millions. The other
opens UP the pathway OF independence
10 all who are wise and industrious
and lifts the weight of poverty from
the masses Of the land. One leads TO
low prices for all the products Of toll
and low wages for the labor OF the
world, the other sources prices COM
menSur3Ue with the true value of
mans industry and skill. one Is the
school OF the plurocrat. The purse
proud and the oppreSSor. the other Is
the school Of humanity. basing its
teachings upon the wisdom and ex-
perience Of mankind.
The senate substitute restores silver
10 its constitutional pedestal a.
money metal. 1t opens Up the minis
10 its coinage upon an equality with
gold. Il gives 10 i what tie trainers
of the constitution and rae first Amer
lean congress conferred upon II. and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-10
OKLAHOMA STATEHOOD.

The Oklahoma convention proved
disappointment. Conflicting convic-
lions We're to be expected, but not as
being unrecOncilable. From the tenor
Of cur dispatches there seemed to be
no common ground. There were no
concessions and none seemed possible.
None were even asked. Single state
hood means simply a more convenient
season, not now. Double statehood
holds out the hope and chance for an
what will be the tenor Of the news
this morning, farther than that it is
quite clear that a present agreement or
unanimity is impossible. The delib-
eratiOnS of the convention were any
thing but assuring. 1t seems now that
it would have been just az we'll. or
better, 10 have held no convention at
all, or otherwise to have held two, one
resolving for double and the other for
single statehood. As it is, congress
will he left with an excuse for non
action and postponement For de-
Lucrative body it was an anOmaliStic
gathering which even sine die adj
jOurnment failed TO diSperSe. EXcit-
ingly Interesting to outsiders, ii is left
to The Imagination what it must have
been to the participants. Advice or
even conjecture at the present june
ture would prove superfuous. The
people of Oklahoma are not only up
to-dHte people, her politicians trained
and experienced, but all are almost
abnOrmally wide-awake and energetic.
There will be no rest until something
further is done. 1t is a case of Greek
meeting Greek, and the only thing left
To outsiders is to wait until the clash
of arms has ceased and an accounting
made
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a BIGGER NAVY.

Proceeding upon the proposition that
the United States was too far rem0v-
ed from any great power To be dis
turbed by any possible Wars. her navy
has been neglected and no thought
OF for1fying her sea-cOaSt cities was
ever given any consideration In no
other respects has this nation been
considered weak. TraceabIe 10 this
national weakness have been the inSe-
curly of American citizens in foreign
countries. aS compared 10 the conSid-
Grafton shown citizens Of ether great
nations. \ bill has been introduced
in the United States senate appropriate
ing So, OO0.O00 for coast defenseS. Il
i expected that il VIII take ten or
twelve years 10 complete the work con-
Iemplaued by this appropriation
This Is Il very large sum 81 money
TO be available AZ once in the diScre-
ton Of the president. a. the bill pro
videS. But If this country i 10 have
adequate coast defenSeS * must ex-
pe,G To expend a good deal OF money
II secure them. There are about tlir-
" coast clt1es in the United States eX-
elusive OF those % the Great Lakes
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-10
FORCING The DARDANELLEs.

The suggestion that an American
fleet viii be sent 20 back the demand
of The United States for $4,000 dam
ages made on the Turkish government
for the destruction Of missions, i one
that viii DE approved by popular senti-
nIent. Ii was supposed that the North
Atlantic squadron Was 20 be sent into
southern waters, 80 as TO cheek any
sudden movement on the part OF the
British government against Venezuela,
but the present aspect Of that question
warrants the belief that il will remain
IN SCaru quo. at least until uhe com
mission provided for by congress shall
have made q report This viii be up
wards OF six months, 50 Jlat until that
time arrives the A1iaD1Sc squadron VII
have ample opportunity 10 employ ~
time N other directions.
II the rhDee vessels now in Turkish
waters snail be reinforced by the Al
lanUc squadron II would constitute q
formidable armament Of modern ships.
fully capable Of enforcing ne govern
me-,t demand against he sublime
pore. To reach CoE1antin0Ple. !;
would have % force the Dardaneiles.
and this we believe L could Do. and
lay TIE palaces % the sultan under the
guns OF the feet The prompt pay
mex % Che S2p00I0 would Dos then
b : usazl.r q much tine OF doubt
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OF this number. New York is the only
one that is fairly well provided with
coast defenses A beginning has also
been made in Boston and San Fran
cisco, but all of the other cities on the
coast are entirely at the mercy OF any
firsJ-class navy.
Senator Squire. who is the author of
the bill, has made a study of coast
Notifications and he urges that no time
should be lost in beginning the extern
nation that it is considering interna-
tiOnal complications over Cuba, Ven
eZuela and Nicara qua, when il is in no
condition to defend its coast cities
against the navy of any leading IA
ton Of Europe. The position which
the United States Is to assume in any
of these controversies would be much
stronger if it Were known that all of
The American navy is about one-rhird
rhe size of Great Britain's new navy.
Notwithstanding this the nation would
be able to take care of itself very well
in case of war if it's seaport cities Were
defended by suitable land fortifica-
tons.
There has been too much disposition
TO rely upon Yankee ingenuity and en-
terpriSe rather than upon great guns
and modern ordnance. The former
served the nation Well in the war of
the rebellion, but the South had no
navy at the breaking out of the war
and is not to be claSsed in that respect
with the nations of Europe.
Senator Squire's bill will probably be
reported and be passed by the SEN
ate very soon. The United States can
back up its position on the Monroe
doctrine with good deal more as
surance if it knows that It's coast cities
are amply defended or that adequate
Notifications are being constructed.
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that which they secured to it for the
first eighty-three years of the nations
life. 1t supplies the treasury with
ample constitutional mOney-the
money of the contracts under which
all bonds We're sold and paper money
issued. and it provides against a con-
traction of the currency by requiring
the reissue of the greenbacks when
exchanged for coin.
Let the fight in the senate go on 1t
will be an inspiring sight, that Of Re
publican. Democratic and Popnlist
senators shoulder to shoulder, defying
the gold kings and their Servile tools,
and charging their serried ranks for
God. humanity and the homes of the
country.
The senate will never pass the bond
bill.
The senate will pass the bill for the
free coinage of silver, the coinage of
the silver seigniorage and the redempt-
ton of greenbacks with silver equally
with gold.
That measure will be the platform
upon which all true patriots will unite
in the pending presidential struggle,
and it Will be the Shibboleth that will
inspire them to victory.
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BOERS AND UITLANDERS.

The trouble in the Transvaal is large
" a question of taxation without rep
reservation. The South African re-
public was founded by a body of Cape
Colony Beers who, becoming diSsatiS-
fed with the policy of the British gov
numbers and crossing the Vaal river
established a colony II the TranS-Vaal
country, along about 1886. The Beers
were Dutch settlers, the word ''boer"
in the Dutch language meaning farm
err. In their new home the Beers were
frequently engaged in war with the
savage natives, but they eventually
made their footing secure and founded
what was first known as the Dutch
African republic" but later as the
South African Republic. Disputes
with England began early in the his
tory of the new republic and finally
when in 1876 England attempted to
annex the TranSvaal territory the
trouble eliminated in open war, in
W
series of battles by the brave and
hardy Dutch riflemen, and shortly
thereafter England recognized the in
dependence of the republic. Since then
the discovery of gold and diamond
mines has brought English and other
foreigners, or "Uitlanders," in large
numbers to the Transvaal country, and
these now form very large proper
tion Of the population. The govern
meut, however is entirely in the hands
of the Beers, The foreign residents not
enjoying the franchise, though bearing
disproportionate share of the bur
denS Of taxation. The system of tax
alton is so devised as TO bear with
special severity upon the business and
occupations in which the foreigners
are chiefly gagged; So that while the
"Uitlanders'' supply the bulk of the
revenue the Beers monOpOliZe the po-
litical power. This political proscrip-
tion is, in form, a religious test, MEM
.berShip in the Dutch Reformed church
being a necessary qualification for
every voter or officeIholder. In effect it
excludes all foreigners and all persons
not Beers and to the manner born, for
no length of residence or citizenship
and not even nativity can confer polit-
ical rights These UitlanderS are sub
ject TO military duty, are compelled TO
fight against the African tribes or to
pay u special military tax TO purchase
their exemption.
1t il against this condition of things
riIat the foreign element has protested
and the invasion of the Transvaal by
Jameson with an armed force was in
tended To force concessions. 1t Will
be very difficult matter to bring these
Dutchmen 10 terms.
They are a simple. religious people.
in their prejudices and their
pride of race, very brave, expert rife
men, and in short very hard 10 han
die" either by force or by reason, be-
cause Of their proves in battle and
their imperyiOuSneSS to argument To
the indignant protests of the oppressed
Uidanders they deem it a sufficient
answer to say that if people don't want
to live under their laws they can go
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BLOOD ON THE MOON.

Mrs. Lease, in her Christ or Caesar.
may have been right in the declaration
that Crowned tyrants are marshalling
Jheir blOOd-fed hosts, not because they
fear each other, but because they fear
The people" PROFESSIONALLY there Is
deep unrest the world around. The
masses Of the German and Russian EN-
pireS are restless, but seemingly little
more so than the people of free Amer
lea. II all comes of unSa satisfactory
political and industrial conditions
There is blood on the moon" Be
fore the curtain of the new century
is rung up the drama already on the
boards threatens to close a tragedy.
Navies are hurrying from ocean 10
ocean, and crowned monarchS and re
publican heads alike everywhere are
threatening to strike. Peace societies
may resolve and churches protest, but
the serious, solemn fact remains that
underneath it all, and over it all, are
the rumbling echoes Of threats and the
mUrmuringS Of discomfort The sur
face of things may seem wild and eX-
fT'avagant, and we are daily assured
that the turmoil is farcical. but beneath
it all there is the thrill and tie blood
curdling. Kaiser William may desire
war that the increasing voice of So
cialism shall be drowned; the car be
for war that the centuTy-lOng cry for
constitutional liberty may cease to be
heard. and Growers threat only in
tended to distract the masses of this
country who have grown restless under
the conditions imposed by his gOldbug
and monUpOlistfc masters; yet the I'M
deniable truth remains that the clouds
of universal war hang heavily over
the civilizations of the world, war
that would change the maps Of the en-
tire globe, and result in universally
new conditions Rotten Turkey, man
acled Russia, stilted Germany and
blOOd-gOrged Britain, no less than the
republics of America, would be di-
rectly NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
1htlC Il lllt III Last. Il1c OIdblS vi
civilization. Egypt India and PaleS-
tine, behind them Africa, fronting
them the Occident between the At
lantic and Pacific, and westward TO the
Orient again, there is not a dynasty
or dependency, republic, kingdom or
empire that does not feel, does not
realize that the juncture is critical, an
epoch imminent. There must be con-
cesSionS, compromises and arbitrations
or war Will be inevitable. Salisbury
and Venezuela, the kaiser and the
Transvaal, Grover and the Monroe doc
trine are but Incidents, the real discOn-
tent lies deeper and it is in the hearts
of many peoples, and that discomfort
comes of wrongs unredreSSed.