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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-11
TIE HALLS OF CONGRESS.

Boston Is trying to persuade Congress to
deepen tho harbor to thirty feet.
A bill making Jackson's Birthday legal
holiday was introduced by Senator Hill, and
referred to the Judiciary Committee.
The Department Of the East has asked
Congress for 10, ,0GG hea6stones forthe graves
ofhonorabIy discharged soldiers and sailors.
Representative Walker, of Massachusetts,,
addressed the Committee on immigration In
favor Of the bill introduced by him to re-
strict immigration.
The Senate Committee on Judiciary au-
thorized favorable report on Senator Hans
brough's bill to prevent the use Of the Amer
lean flag for advertising purposes.
The House Committee on Pensions ordered
a favorable report on the bill OF Mr.. McCor-
mick, OF New York, granting pension Of
$50 per mouth to the widow OF General T.
W. Swoeny.
On account OF troubles In the Trans vaal
the salary of our Consul at Cape Town,
whose Jurisdiction includes the Transvaal
and Orange Free State, will be raised from
$1,000 to $4,000.
A consulate, with salary Of S2500, will
be established at Tamsui, in Formosa as that
island has been acquired by Japan, and its
business with the United States amounts to
$50, 900 year.
Representative Skinner, OF North Carolina,
has introduced a measure which Is OF senti-
mental and historical interest even beyond
the borders of the United States. 1t is bill
to provide for the commemoration OF the
landing Of the first British American colony
on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, en- or
about July 4. 1884.
General Miles has been telling the Com
mittee on Coast Defences that New York.
San Francisco and Boston are the only places
on the coast that there has been even q pre-
tense OF fortifying, and that wholly made
quate. He says that it will take $50 000, 600
and years OF time to put the country in any
sort OF a condition Of defense.
Senator Hansbrough has introduced bill
to create National Art Commission, con-
sisting of five persons eminently distin-
Guished in literature and fine arts, to ex-
anime all works Of art offered for sale and
donation to the United States, and to e1-
anime annually the Government art collec-
tions In the Capitol and Congressional Lii
brary.
Ex-Secrctary Tracy, Of New York, was be-
fore the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs
making statement on tho investigation
under way relative to prices paid for armor
plate, alleged overcharges, the ownership OF
patents, etc. Mr.. Carnegie and several OF
his employees are to appear before the COM
mlttee. The hearing is conducted behind
closed doors.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-11
HELD UP THE BANK EMPLOYEES.

Three Mon Forced the Cashier aud Book
keeper Inton Vault and Stole 500.
Three men, one OF whom wa5 masked, en-
tered tho Market Street Bank, at San Fran
cisco, CAL, ut 10 o'clock Il. N. Immediately
on entering one OF the men closed the outer
door of the bank, airoitly fastening it. The
other two drew pistols and commanded
Cashier W. S. Hopkins aud Bookkceper J. A.
Hayhurst to throw up their hands. Hopkins
not immediatoiy complying. T. shot was Tired,
which. however, missed him.
The robbors forced the two bank employees
into one OF tho steel vaults OF the bank. clos
ing the door on them, but not locking it.
They then took away n tray containing
large quantity of gold coin and ono tray OF
silver. Tho bank officials refuse to disel ose
the exact nmount taken, but Cashier Hop
kins says it will not exceed 500.
Chief OF Police Crowley says the bank
people were warned the week before that
they wero In danger.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-11
BIG STRIKES IN PRUSSIA.
Many Thousands of Tailors, Se1mstrcsses
and Others Are Out.

Many Thousands of Tailors, Seamstrcsses
and Others Are Out.
The strikes of the various trades union
men throughout Prussia are spreading
rapidly, and it is now estimated that $4,000
mantle makers and women tailors arc out,
and all of the carpenters and hat makers OF
Berlin are also on strike. The public have
very generously subscribed money for the
support of the striking seamstresses, whose
long hours and wretched pay have excited
general compassion.
DR.. Won Boetticher, Imperial Secretary Of
State for the Interior. has made promise in
the Relchstag that the Government would
make an inquiry into the grievances OF the
seamstresses, and. inasmuch as great part
Of their work is done at home, the Inquiry
will without doubt extend to the possibility
of applying for legislation regulating the
work. hours, pay, etc., Of the trades whose
lapors are performed in home apartments.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-11
ST. LOUIS MAKING READY.

Plans Adopted for the New Republican
tConvention Building.
lFGeneral Powell Clayton, Of Arkansas, and
Colonel J. M. Ewing, of Wisconsin, proxy for
Republican National Committeeman Henry
C. Payne, met in the Bank Of Commerce with
Messrs. s. 81. Kennari, W. d. Thompson
and R. c. Kerens. representing St. Louis. for
the purpose of deciding definitely upon the
plans for hall in which to hold the Republi-
can National Convention. The plans for the
proposed changes in the exposition building
and also for q new building were presented
to the subcommittee. Tie new building. to
be called the Convention Auditorium, was
selected.
The plans call for structure capable OF
seating comfortably 1900 people. Ihree
sites are in prospect. Tna south end OF Wash
ington Park. facing on Twelfth street, Clark
avenue, and Thirteenth street. will likely be
chosen. The funds are in hand to prosecute
the work. which will begin when the site Is
decided upon.
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Industrial Notes.

Lace weavers will demand higher wages
There are eleven unions Of engineers in New
York City.
The tailors' lockout in Nav York City came
to an end. The employers were successful.
The Phoenix Labor Club, the oldest organ
lzalioa of metal poiishers aud platers in the
country, has disbanded.
A bill is before Congress to compel the Ii
cansino and taxing Of all factories and shops
where working people are employed
proSab1v the Oldest railroad engineer in
New England is SQUIRE Wilson. OF Lyndon
vine W. he has been running an engine on
the Boston and Maine system since 1852, and
II stft! making dHAy run.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-11
TARIFF BILL SIDETRAcKE0.
Motion to Get Consideration In the Senate
Defeated.

MOttOn 10 GeC SOuskucratoh III tA0 SSAA"A>~
Defeated.
WAsHrsoroS, February Ex-senator Nor
rill, against the advice OF his party asso-
eiates. made an attempt to get the tariff bill
up for consideration, and the proposition
was defeated By a vote Of 30 to q. In the
opinion of nearly every one in the senate,
this is the end of the Tariff bill. II goes
back on the calendar. from which 1t can DO
taken only by a majority vote. The detailed
vote was as follows:
Yeas-Aidrich. Allison, Brown, Cameron,
Clark, Cullom, Frye, Hawley, Hoar, Mcnlil-
Ian, Mitchell (Oregon), Morrill,. Nelson, Per-
kins, Pe,ticrew, Platt, Proctor, Quay, Sher-
man, Squire and Warren-2l.
Nays-Allen, Bacon, Bate, Berry, Bricc.
Butler, Gail, Carter, Chiffon. 'Cockrell,
Dubois, George, German. Gray, Hill, Jones
(Neyada>, Mantle, Morgan, Pasco, PETER,
Pugh. Roach, Smith. Teller. Iurple, 'est'
Villas, Voorhees, and Walthall-29.
The pairs announced were as follows; the
first named would have voted to take up
the bill, so far as their proposition was
stated:
Elkins with Faulkner, Gear with Gordon,
Hansbrough with Palmer, Mcbride with
Daniel, Wilson with Lindsay. Shoup with
White. Wetmore with Irby, Gallinger with
Mills. Hule with Jones (Arkansas), Cannon
with Blackburn. Burrows with Blanchard,
Lodge with Stewart. Chandler with Murphy,
Sewell with Mitchell (Wisconsin), Davis with
Kyle, Thurston with Tiilman.
No announcement WAS made OF the pairs
OF Baker. Pritcaard and Wolcott, Republic
cans, or Caffery, Harris, Martin and Gibson,
Democrats.
The principal reason why the silver Re
rubiS ans voted againsi consideration IS said
to have been fear on their part that by
hook or ccooi; the Tariff bill might finally
reach the Prosiden, and re signed instead OF
vetoed. Thev saw no reason TO run any such
risk AMI preferred to follow the programme
announced In the Wharton Barker circular
recently published, tnat there should be no
protective tariff legislation which was not
accompanied by legislation for the free coin
age of silver.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-11
SURGERY AND X RAYS.
An Operation Pcriorme ed as n Result OF the
New Photography.

An Operation Perform ed as n Result Of the
New Photography.
What is believed to be the first surgical
operation in the United States as direct re-
suit Of the revelations of Roentgen's rays,
was performe in Ward C of Mercy Hospital
at Chicago, III. The operation consisted in
removing a buckshot encysted between the
bones Of the third and fourth fingers and about
an inch and a half back from the knuckles.
The operation was performed by DR.. James
BURY, assisted by DR.. j. S. Rankin and Dr..
J. L. Miller. The sub jet was Louis Burk-
harit. His hand was first photographed. !"
A buckshot was discovered and BurEhardt
assented to an operation. When the
anesthetic had produced the desired effect,
DR.. Bury made an incision about an inch
long, and his knife struck the buller ut the
exact point indicated by the bromide print
taken from the Roentgen plate. The encysted
missile was extracted without difficulty.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-11
WEYLER D!ScUSTED.
Tho emoralization in Cuba Proyokes the
Captain-General.

Tho Generalization in Cuba Proyokes the
Captain-General.
A despatch from Havana gives report OF
an interview with Captain General Weyler In
which he expresses with great emphasis his
disgust at the condition OF affairs which he
found upon his arrival in Cuba.
With the enemy only nine miles from the
capital, the courage Of the Spanish droop.
ing, the army uselessly split into small sec
tions and powerful force of cavalry scat
tered into minute detachments, things, he
said, could not have been much worso.
General Weyler declared that while he might
meet viii monentary difficulties, he would
nevertheless. conquer by constant work and
ceaselesS activity.
It was his intention, he said, to close up
the infantry corps with reinforcements from
Spain, and TO suppress all tho existing small
detatchments. A despatch from Havana
states that the Mayor OF Managna aud other
residents Of that place have Joined the insur-
gents.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-11
lYNcHED IN ALABAMA.
The Murderer of Policeman Taken From
Train by Mob.

Ihe Murderer OF a Policeman Taken From
Train by a Mob.
"Bob" Williams, a colorel murderer, was
taken from the Western Railroad near Mont
gomery, Ala, and lynched. Hc shot and
killed Policeman JohnL. Suggs and had es-
caned. suggs was trying to arrest him lor
wife beating.
The murderer was arrested ut Cowles sta
tion. Three officers went for him on tho 6
o'clock train. They started for Montgomery
with him on the train which arrived at at
night.
Rumors Of a proposed Iynching wore soon
heard, and the police aud the local military
were sent to the station to meet and pro-
tect the prisoner. The mob, however,
had quietly assembled at the Savannah,
Americus and Montgomery crossing, two
miles from town.
When the Western train reached the cross
ing it stopped. The Slate law requires tnat It
should stop there. In an instant the coacn
was filled with men. and the officers were
overpowered. A plow line was thrown
about the murderer's ne.k, and ne was
dragged across q field and hanged TO tree
half mile away.
A hundred bullets were fired into nus ooay.
He confessed to the murder and TOOK ms
punishment without complaining; Suggs
was the third policeman killed IN MONT
gomerY by colored men within ten years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-11
Promincrt People.

England's new poet laureate, Alfred Aus
tin, is the first Catholic to hold the place
since Dryden.
President Kruger, OF the Transvaal Re-
public. holds his public receptions between
S and o'clock iD the morning.
A full length portrait Of Senator voor.
hees. OF Indiana, has beon placed in the
Corcoran art gallery at Washington.
A curious allowance made to President
Kruger, Of the Transvaal. is the sum Of
$4,000 year for "coffce money Coffee Is
the National drink of the Beers
Sir Mackenzie Bowel, Premier OF Canada,
began life as printers devil. worked at his
trade for many years, bought newspaper
With bis savings, and so got into politics.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-11
Fhospi,atc took in PcnuSyI sauta.

The Untcd Status G"nlngi"ai Snrrcg. hai
recrivsd samples IT tn" pirst.haie rock re-
Gently found near Ierd's GaP. .Iuniata c"ur-
ty, P.-nn. Analyses show frnn tweiv" to
fifty per cent phoSphoric r'i. Thu highest
is fnnn,, in nndU eS somewhat resembling the.
coproIitic form, found in South Carolina.
Professor IhIsenG, nj theStnia College,. P"nn.
sylyauia, has visited the lUrality and made
over $50 analyses with varying rosulIs.
Much more prospecting will he d"nein the
spring, and it is said that il thn bats prove
Iarge it will be matter "f gre". Importance
to the fertilizer factories III Now York. fhi'a'
delphiu. Wilmington and Ba!,iinorr.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-11
Sad End of the Curniyl! in rortUCal.

During the progress q! amas';cd bal! given
by the Artiats' Club. Of Santarem, town
fifty miles from Lisbon. Portugal. al tha
close OF the carnival there, fre hroke out Ia
the building and tho flames spread with
rrigntfu rapidity. A terrible pauio enslsd.
and many Of the dancers and several out.
siders who wont to their rescue were either
burned to denth or fatally crushed and tram
pled in tho rush to escapa from the burning
builIinc. Forty bodies were recovered.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-11
Fierce Cold Wave.

The cold wave caused rccori-"rcaN'aS
temperature in Northern New York. New
England and the West. The coolest piaGo in
the country WAS Northirld. VT. where the
showed twenty-five degrees be-
low zaro. In Nav York City, nocordtng to
Signal Officer Dlnn. it was the oodnst day
since tho establishment OF the Weather Bu-
reau, twenty-nvo years ago. the lowest tom
pcrnturu being "a degrees below zero. ono
nan was frozen TO death in New York City.
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the zambs and establish the grnds and
of his health Cecil Rhodes has TO- be the
Britain
little Dutch Republic
hAf himself
Portugal whose
off communication with the north
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-11
To Bar Ont Illiterates.

In lieu OF the various bills before 1t on tho
subject OF restricting immigration. the
United States Senate Immigration Commit
tee reported bill adding to the classes Of
aliens excluded from admission to the United
States: "All persons ,ver fourteen years Of
age who cannot read and write the language
Of their native country, except that an aged
parent not 10 able to reud and write. who Is
tho parent or grandparent OF an admissible
immigrant. may accompany Or be sent for by
such immigrant"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-11
War Against the Coal Trust.

The New Jersey Legislature unanimously
instructed q committee to prepare bill un'
der which the coal combine may be over.
thrown. The New York Legislature passed
the Robbins resolution directing tho Attor-
nsy-General to investigate t!.r Affairs Of tue
alleged Coal TRUST.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-11
A Bold Robbery.

Burglars broke into Denuett's Park Row
restaurant, in New York City, Sunday, and
wrecked the safes, carrying away s1375 in
cash. One OF the safes was in full view OF
the street and under an electric light. The
proprietor is such strict Sabbatarian that
he would not employ a watchinan on that
day
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-11
Dssnrteu Hnsband,s Grim o.

Franz Michael schwab, flfty-six years old.
10 Brooklyn. n T., shot his aged wife. his
eldest son and a grandson, tho woman dying
Immediately. and tho others wounds beiDS
considered fatal. His wife was not living
with him
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-11
Moving For Arbitration.

At the residence OF William E. Dodge rep
resentativc citizens of New York CITY and
Brooklyn took stops to Cooperate with citi-
zens In other cities in the agitation for u high
court OF arbitration to settle disputes ue-
tween Great Britain and the United States.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-11
Killed Two Women and Himself.

At Centerville, Iowa, George Jones shot
and killed his sweetheart, Leah Martin, her
mother, Mrs. W. H. Martin, and then put a
bullet into his own head. The reasons for
the deed are unknown. but it Is supposed the
parents OF the girl had objected to his atten-
lions to their daughter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-11
John Brirht,s Love of America.

In uuveiling a statue Of John Bright in
The Central Hall OF Parliament, London, the
Duke of Devonshire, Lord President OF the
Council. referred 20 Mr.. Bright rs great
friend of tho United States, whose influence
vas always potent for the preservation OF
friendship between the two Eugllsh-speakinS
Nations
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-11
England Boycotting German Brewers.

England B0yCotting GeTnlah bTewFrs.
An instance Of the anti-German sentiment
in Great Britain Is given in the publicans'
papers, which report a cessation in tho SELL
inr of lager becr. Travellers for German firms
state that their orders have fallen of sew
enty-Nvo per cent. since Emperor William
sent his famous message to President
Kruger. tho ordors now going to English
brewers
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-11
Deeadence Of a Tiine-Uonored Custom.

Dceodence OF Tin e-Honored Custom.
The st. Valentines Day custom OF sen;ling
tender greetings or asgravatiug earicatures
to loved ones, friends, or foes, seems TO be
dying out. il Postoffice statistics Constitute
criterion. Superintendent Of Mails Clark,
Of New York City, says that the saint ami.
yersary this year has caused no material in.
crease in the amount of mail matter han.
died. while in previous years the increase
around st. Valentines Day has been very
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-11
JOHN Dillon the Irish Leader.

The members Of tho Irish Parliamentary
marty held sitting in the British House of
Commons for tho purpose of electing new
chairman In succession to Justin Mccarthy.
Jnnn Dillon was elected chair:nan by 4 vote
uf 81 ~ IL
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-11
Macco Boards the Spaniard.

The insurgent General Maceo has re-
entered the province of Havana, Cuba, des-
pite the presence Of large force of Spanish
troops stationed along the boundary for the
purpose Of Watching his movements and
resisting his entrance into that province
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-11
Died Protesting His Innocence.

Emil David was hanged in the jail yard at
Linn. Mo. Death was almost instantaneous.
Just before going through the trap he shout
cd: ''I am innocent. You are hanging the
wrong man." Two years ago David pois-
oned Frank Henderson, laborer on his
farm
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-11
Murdered Wife and Niece.

Mrs. Robert Laughlin and her niece. Mary
Jones. were killed and their bodies cremated
in their house. near Augusta. Ky. Robert
Henry I.rughlin confessed that he murdered
tho women, who we're his wife and his niece.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-11
Gold l:cservc. slG0.o90.0 900.

Assistant Treasurer Jordan made formal
announr mont as tho result oF actua! count
that M. col! r",r-:r nnw cXctrIc !ln0.-
HDU DL.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-11
A Bicycle for q Dwarf.

Count Magre, the dwarf husband OF Mrs.
Tom Thumb. has ordered bicycle. His
height Is thirty inches, and the bicycle,
which Is to bs made to order. nlh weigh less
than ten pounds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-11

SuNusy OPeHrD- q 0Pts1'.1 0'ee1'-"
The popular success OF Sunday opening at
the metropolitan Museum OF Art: New York
CITY. is emphasized by tho record OF last
yaIr OF The 526, AS visitors l96, ,l0S went On
Sa.day afternoons.
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RoENTcEN RAYS DEADLY.

Inyento. Edison Has a Theory That Ti.sy
Have Disease Germs. ssEF
Thomas A. Edison has succeeded ia taking
IN instantaneous photograph by means OF
the Rocntgen rays and huorcscont tubes. the
rays having penetrated q heavy cardboard
and vulcanized flber plated holder. A sharp
~ defined image OF i metal strip was made
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-11
One Towns Splendid Record.

More than one-fourth OF the voters living
in Stonenam, Me-. are pensioners of the Civil
War. But there were more enlistmenrs from
stoneham than there were voters when the
war was iu progress.
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wsv,., B.rius His Methods.

General Weyler, the new Captain. General.
Issued p.oclamatlons threatening death or
Ufs Imprisonment to those who assisted tho
Cuban Insurgents.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-11
Mackerel Catch q Failure.

Last sesson's mackeral catch was almost
failure, and few OF the many vessels engaged
In tho ashery paid expenses.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-11
WEyLER TELLS THE NEWS.

Caba's Now Csptain-Generai as he-!
porter. 55 Z ~ .ts
The following Is copy Of q despatch re-
ceived at Washington by the Spanish Minis
ter, signed by General Weyler, the new
Commandant Of the Spanish forces In Cuba;
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ON q plate with four and one-hnlf inches Of
wood between the plato and tho fuoroscent
tubes. and after an exposure OF twelve min
utes the photograph was taken. i
Inventor Edison says that he found the
rnys to have In irritating effaet on the eyes,
and believes his theory, that the rays may
prove deadly disease germs, will prove cor
rnft
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Strawberries are Ripe.

Strawberries are ripe and being SHIPPED in
HilIsbu-ough, Fla.