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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-27
YELLOW FEVER IN TEXAS.
Galveston Greatly Excited by the Dis.
covery of the Disease.

Galveston Greatly Excited by the Dis.
covery of the Disease.
DR.. West, a member Of the Galveston
(Texas) Board of Health, agrees with Dr..
auiteras that there Is yellow fever In Gal
7eston. He says he has two well-dehned
,ases now under treatment. Despite the
assurances Of DR.. Guiteras that there Is no
need for alarm or excitement, and no neces-
Hty of leaving the city, a general exodus
has set in, and every regular train leaving
the city on the day after the announcement
was packed with people fleeing from the
disease, and special trains were in demand.
The general officers OF the Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Fe Railway, with their families,
clerks, and other employees, left for Gle
ourne, where they will remain and operate
lntil the scare is over and the disease SUBJ
sides. This Is more Of precautionary
measure than anything else, as the general
officers wished to be in O position to oper-
ate the northern end OF their line, with
Galveston bottled up.
Intense excitement prevails, and harsh
expressions are used against DR.. Guiteras
On account of his statement that yellow
lever Is prevalent. Every one who was
able to get away left. Absent ones were
advised to remain away until the danger
Is over. Houston quarantined against
Galveston.
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WOMEN SHOT DOWN MYsTERloUsLY
An Aged Mother and Daughter Killed in
Camden, n. j.

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Camden, n. j.
A policeman strolling along the street in
a thickly populated district Of Camden, N.
J., at half past O'Clock a. m. heard a
faint cry of "Murder!' coming from
the vicinity of Line street. Line
street is in the heart of Camden,
a few blocks from the Camden and
Philadelphia ferry slips. Running in the di-
rection whence the cry came, the police
man found a man in his night robe leaning
out Of the third-story window Of the dwell
ing at 242 Line street, calling feebly for
help. He was Eli Shaw, On invalid in the
convalescent stage Of typhoid fever.
Accompanied by two citizens, the police:
man entered the house. On the second
floor he found the evidence Of double
murder. The victims were Mrs. Sarah NJ.
Shaw, the mother of the Young man who
gave the alarm from the window, and her
mother, Mrs. Emma Zane. Mrs. Zane, who
was the widow of Captain Eli Zane,
q well-known resident of Camden, was
seventy-eight years old. She was sit
ting in a chair in her night-robe,
apparently asleep. But her skull had
beer fractured just behind the left ear by
some sharp instrument. She was still
alive, but unconscious, and died In short
time. Mrs. Shaw, who was forty-hve
years old and also widow, was lying on
the floor near the window. There was a
bullet wound in her head, but she was
breathing, and with all despatch she was
removed in IN ambulance to Cooder Hos
pital. She died there at 10 O'Clock in the
morning.
A superficial examination disclosed the
traces OF an attempted burglary. From
sthe disconnected and hysterical account OF
the only witness Of the tragedy, the invalid
son, the police adopted that theory.
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Blanco y Arenas, Marquis of Pena-Plata, to
s,.ooaod WavIar Tho Oman Repent's SIGN

Blanco Arenas, Marquis of Pena-Plata, to
succeed WeyIer. The Queen Regents sign
Ing OF the degree was the next step. Ac-
cording to Ell Heraldo, 20, 900 reinforcements
will accompany General Blanco to Cuba.
In the course Of Weyler's message he re-
marks: "If the functions with which the
late Government had intrusted me had been
merely those Of Governor-Generslo Of Cuba,
I should have hastened my resignation.
But the twofold character Of my mission
and my duty as Commander-in. Chief In the
face ofthe enemy prevented my rendering
resignation.
"Nevertheless. although can rely upon
the absolute, unconditional support OF the
Autonomist and Constitutional parties, as
we'll as upon public opinion, this would be
insufficient without the confidence Of the
Government, now more than ever necessary
to me after the censure OF which have
been made the object by the members and
Journals Of the Liberal party and by public
opinion In the United States, which latter
Is largely Influenced by the former. This
confidence would be necessary to enable
me to put an end to the war, which has al
ready been virtually concluded from our
lines from Jucaro to Cape San Antonio
Senor Sagasta replied: 81 thank you for
your explanation, and value your frank
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-27
NEW RECORD IN EXPORTS.

More Domestic Merchandise Sent Abroad
Than in Any Previous August.
The Bureau OF Statistics. Washington,
has issued tables showing the exports and
imports for August, the first full month un-
der the new Tariff law. These figures show
for that month the largest exports OF DO
mestic merchandise Of any August in the
history Of the Government. The exports
were SIS, ,4sO, ,264, against s66, ,6Ss, 98l for Au.
gust, 1896. For the first eight months oon OF
the year the exports were s61, $40, 600 IN ex-
cess OF the first eight months OF 1886, 80
that the bureau officials believe the exports
this wear will far exceed those Of last year,
which was itself record breaking year In
the matter Of exports.
The value OF all imports. dutia6le anu
free, for August was S99,S4S,3l2, OF Which
S18. 629 600 were free.
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A Temperance Sermon.

My dear boy, writes Bob Burdette, men
have fought, bled and died, but not Tor;
beer. Arnold Winkelried did not throw,
himself upon the Austrian spears because
he was ordered to close his saloon at nine
O'Clock. William Tell did not hide the ar.
row under his vest to kill the tyrant be-
cause the edict had gone forth that the
free-born Switzer should not drink q keg OF
beer every Sunday. Freedom did not shrek
as Koscinsko fell, over whisky barrel.
Warren did not die that beer might flow, aS
the brooks murmur seven days q. week.
Even the battle of Brandywine was not
fought that whisky might be free. No
clause In the Declaration Of Independence
declares that Sunday concert garden,
with five brass horns and one hundred kegs
Of beer, Is the inalienable right Of a free
people and the cornerstone Of good Gov
ernment. Tea-mild, harmless, innocent
tea-the much-sneered at, temperance
beverage, the feeble drink Of efeminate
men and good old women-tea holds q
higher place, 1t fills brighter, more
glorious page and is a grander figure IN
the history of the United States than beer.
Men liked tea, my boy, but they hurled 1t
into the sea rather than drink 1t until they
made 1t free. It seems to be worth fighting
for, and the best men in the world fought
for It. The history OF the United States Is
incomplete with tea left out. As well
might the historian omit Faneuil Hall and
Bunker Hill as tea. But there Is no story
of heroism or patriotism with rum for it's
hero. The battles of this world, my son,
have been for grander things than free
whisky. The heroes who fall IN the strug-
giles for rum fall shot in the neck, and their
martyrdom Is clouded by the haunting
phantoms Of the jimjams. Whisky makes
men fight, it Is true, but they usually fight
with other drunken men. The champion
of beer does not stand in the temple Of
fame; he stands In the police court. Honor
never has the delirium tremens, glory does
not wear red nose, and fame blows q horne
but never takes one. g
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Adventurous Prospectors Who Have Re-
turned From the Alaska Trail Tell of
the Great Hardships-Many Lose Their
outhts-Hundreds Go Into Camp For
the Winter-Bear Hunting q Sport.
SKAaUAY, Alaska, via SEATTLE, Wash.
Especially D.-Reports OF disasters to gold
hunters bound for the Klondike, on the
lakes, are coming thick and fast. OF those
actually verified one Is the disaster to what
Is known as the Kelly expedition. Kelly
started to cross Shallow Lake, whichis near
the summit with his two companions,
Adams and Conrad, OF Seattle. They were
In q canvas boat, and near the end Of the
lake the boat capsized.
Kelly, who Is big, strong fellow, man
aged to swim through the Icy water to the
bank. His two companions perished. On
the same lake Mr.. Cope, who once ran for
Mayor Of Vancouver, B. c., was lost about
three weeks ago. and some efforts were
made to recover his body, but they proved
unavailing.
The Costello party Of three, from Seattle,
udNe just dlllNeu uere, udVlnS lOSC Cuelr
goods on Lake Bennett. They took two
passengers, theatrical men. on the way to
Dawson, The bottom Of the boat fell out
near the foot Of the lake, and the five men
reached shore with difficulty.
Two young men from Philadelphia, whose
names cannot be ascertained, were also
swamped on Lake Bennett, and lost all
their goods.
There are about thirty tents at the Lake
Bennett camp at this writing. Some Of the
Klondikers will push on as far as they can
and again make camp, but the majority
will winter there. None of them now hopes
to reach the Yukon River until 1t Is frozen
up. The saw mill has stopped aud boat
building is therefore at an end until spring.
At Lake Lindermann there are about
twenty-five camps. and the building of log
cabins Is being pushed raoidly forward. At
Sheep Camp, the last station before cross
Ing to Dyea Summit, and at the Scales, a
few miles from here, nearly hundred per-
sons will winter In order to be tho first in.
There are few crossing either over the Dyea
or the Skaguay trail. and these state that
already the snow storms are terrific on the
summit.
An experienced and intelligent packer
over the Dyea route tells that when he went
over the summit four days ago he was only
an hour behind party OF nearly twenty,
and yet he could not distinguish the trail
because of the heavy fall Of snow and the
drifting. The actual depth OF snow on the
SUBMITS, apart from the drifting, is estima-
ted at about fourteen inches.
Bears are said to be coming down from
the heights In goodly numbers and feeding
on the thousands of dead horses on the
Skaguay trail. The New York colony here,
with the crack rifeman Suydam, Of the
Twenty-third Regiment, are just getting up
q bear hunting party to camp at the third
ridge. SO far only two bears have been
killed this season.
Three men have come in here who made
the trip as far as Lake Tagish, and turned
back from there because they had not
money enough to pay the customs duty.
This Is their statement. But there are
hundreds OF men, who, after the hardships
on the road, are glad Of reasonable ex.
cuse to turn back.
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FAIR REFUGEE HERE.
Evangelina Clsneros, Who Escaped Wey-
Ier's Clutches, in New York.

Evangelina Clsneros, Who Escaped Wey-
ler's Clutches, In New York.
Senorita Eyangelina Cosio y Cisneros,
who has passed so many weary months in
q Spanish prison in Havana, is now safe In
New York. She arrived on the Ward line
steamship Seneca, after a thrilling escape
from Cuba, daessed as a man, and under
an assumed name. The young fugitive
was taken from the steamer at Quarantine,
and after reaching the city in q tugboat,
was taken to the Waldorf.
The way in which Senorita Cosio escaped
from Havana was no less startling than her
escape from the Recojidas jail in Havana
three nights before, when her rescue was
effected by two reporters for the New York
Journal.
Since her sensational flight from captiv-
ity until Saturday evening Senorita Cosio
was kept concealed somewhere in Havana.
All the time she was waiting in fear and
trembling, dreading recapture, plans for
her fight to New York were being made.
A transportation ticket and passport,
made out in the name OF Mr.. Juan Sola,
was obtained for the girl, so that on Sat
urday evening, short time before the
Seenca weighed anchor, everything was
ready for the venture. Disguised as q
man, with her long black hair concealed
under q sombrero, Senorita Cosio boldly
boarded the vessel alone.
Two Spanish detectives, stationed at the
head Of the gangway ladder to watch for
fugitives, stopped the girl and, as she
waited In suppressed excitement, exam
ined the passport and ticket. 5enorlta
Cosio, when the papers were returned to
her, hastened to her stateroom.
Until the steamer started, two hours and
half later, the young woman did not
leave her room. A short time before the
vessel sailed the Chief Of Police, accompan-
led by his deputy and secretary, boarded
ports, but suspected nothing when they
saw the one made out to Mr.. Juan Sola.
And 80, after adventures such as have
come to few young women, the pretty
refugee found herself moving toward the
hospitable shores Of America. The Stars
and Stripes foared from the stern Of the
Seneca and the lights of Havana soon faded
away. -.
The Cape Hatteras light was the first
thing Senorita Cosio saw on the coast.
When she learned that the light was in the
United States, the young woman was over
come by emotion, and, before all the pas
sengers, knelt on the cabin floor and
prayed. AS she arose she wept. The first
sight Of the country she had heard 80 much
about had proved too much for her over
strained nerves.
The Seneca was met at Quarantine by the
tug Fred Lohman, which had several of the
girls friends aboard. AS the Cuban maiden
descended the ladder from the vessels deck
to The tug she wore no hat or wrap OF any
kind. Her dress consisted Of red crepon
waist trimmed at the neck with lace, and
black skirt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-27
4 TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.

An Insati:te Robbsr-The Sunday Saloon
From the Earliest Days OF the Colo
nies There Was a General Regard for
and Observance of the Sabbath Day.
4 glance far as memory reaches,
Doth great and sad lesson disclose,
4 solemn, deep lesson that teaches
That man Is surrounded by foes;
But of all the dread foes that pursue him,
The greatest, the trongest-alas!---
To ruin, destroy and undo him
Is the death-dealing robber, the glass.
It robs him OF wealth while caressing,
It robs him Of honor and fame; W
It robs him Of health, choicest blessing,
And brings him to sorrow and shame;
It robs him of grace and Of glory, 4.
OF happiness. comfort and home,
And leaves him to tell sad story
Or sends him an exile to roam.
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Foreign.

N. Maertens, q distinguished Russian
iurist, has been chosen to preside as um-
pire over the court Of arbitration which Is
to decide the British Venezuela boundary
line.
Professor Leopold Stern, an optican from
New York, has been murdered and ropped
bv bandits near Tovar, Venezuela.
The American steamer st. Paul made the
run New York to Southampton in six days
twelve hours and ten minutes-better than
her best previous run.
Senor Moret, the Spanish Minister OF Col
onies, will offer the chief political and ad-
ministrative posts in Cuba to Cubans.
Mrs. Langtry's horse Norman, at 100 to
7, won the Cesarewitch Stakes, in England,
winning for his owner, 1t is believed, S20O,-
900.
Leading men OF London are signing q
Ietter objectng to action by the British
Government in the direction OF bimetal-
lism.
An organization Is said to have been
formed in Paris to secure the escape OF
Captain Dreyfus, the French traitor, from
prison.
A Frenchman was arrested at Lyons on
the charge Of having committed series OF
Jack the Ripper crimes.
General Weyler was ordered to turn his
command over to Generals Ahumada OF
Linares Immediately and return to Madrid.
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Detroit (lich.) clerks invite employers
to attend their meetings.
Bay City, Wis. is to become an expert.
ment in cooperative manufacturing'and
agricultural community.
The United Brotherhood Of Carpenters
and Joiners donated and collected nearly
$4,000 for the coal miners.
Washington planning mill owners have
notified the Central Labor Union that their
men may become unionists.
Detroit (Mich.) peddlers have organized.
They will test the constitutionality Of an
ordinance taxing them S25 year.
In Concord, N. c., there Is being erected
a cotton mill which Is to be owned, con-
trolled and operated by colored hands.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-27
REJECTED BY GERMANY.

Refuses to Recognize Mr.. Neumann as
United States Consul to Cologne.
The German Government has refused tc
recognize Ferdinand Neumnnn, OF Illinois,
who was nominated by President Mckinley
on NAV % to be United States Consul to
Cologne.
News of his rejection caused no surprise
Of the state Department, Washington. Mr..
Neumann was appointed to his post last
Nav. and has since exercised the functions
OF his office, but the German authorities
have been considering certain allegations
connected with the Worlds Fair and a con,
cert enterprise, in which Neumann is ssid
TO have been interested, which resulted Ns'
astrously to some German artists.
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Prominent People.

E. Ruggles-Brice, director Of convict
prisons Of Great Britain, will visit this
country soon, to study American penal in
5titutions.
The Duke OF wellington and the Duke Of
Westminster have thrown open the picture
galleries OF their London houses to the pub
lie on Sundays.
H. NJ. Stanley has accepted an invitation
20 be present on November next ut the
opening of the extension of the railway to
Bu!awayo, South Africa.
Mrs. Gladstone always selects her hus-
bands attire for the day and in particular
arranYes for his buttonhole bouquet, In
which matter he Is most fastidious.
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Temperance News and Notes.

temperance news dHu ENOtcbs
The liquor traffic is the greatest criminal
known to civilization.
The easiest time to let strong drink alone
Is before the first drink Is taken.
The man who drinks champagne at night
generally feels real pain in the morning.
Work on sail on the morning comes,
The port you yet shall win,
And all the bells Of God shall ring
The ship of Temperance in.
There are lots OF cures for drunkenness,
lots OF so called scientific ways Of overcom-
ing the habit; but there are none 80 e1ec-
tual as the total abstinence pledge.
When every teetotalcr becomes an earn
est Christian, and every protesting Chris.
tian an aggressive teetotaler, the days Of
the liquor traffic will be numbered.
The st. Petersburg brewers arranged to
place q large number Of barrels OF beer in
one OF the public parks for the free use OF
the French sailors during the visit Of Presi-
dent Faure.
During the teaching Of the temperance
Sunday-schooi lesson, an Indian boy, ten
years old, was asked, "What does alcohol
do to a mans brain?" He answered. 1T
makes him think crooked"
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A Truthful Picture.

The oil of incendiarism, piped from the
wells Of hell into the cellar, is the fuel
in the poverty stricken home; that burns
the clothing from the children's backs;
that pierces the mothers naked breast
with the red hot iron Of shame and abuse;
and that transforms the gentle father into
o roaring wild beast. Can any apologtst
for the saloon dare attempt to refute this2
And this Is but a tinge of the background
to q bloody picture that Is even now
stretching from horizon to horizon across
the face of frowning sky; an outrage that
will some day tap the reservoir Of Divine
wrath, and roll tidal wave Of indignation
mountoin high through the streets OF our
city, sweeping into the pestilential hole
from whence they came-both saloon
keeper and saloon!-W. Z. Staley. -
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FAMILY INCREASED BY FOUR.
Two Boys and 7rwo Girls. Each Six and
Half Pounds, Born Together.

Two Boys and Two Girls. Each Six and o
Half Pounds, Born Together.
Mrs. William J. Olmstead, wife Of O
motorman on the Troy IN. Y.) City Rail.
road, recently gave birth to four children,
two boys and two girls. at her home, IN
Abba, suburb Of Troy. The mother and
children are doing we'll. The children
weighed six and half pounds each. The
mother weighs only 190 pounds. -.
Mrs. Olmstead was unable to care for all
The babies, and Two Of her sisters came to
her relief. One took two OF the babies to
Oswego, and the other took one OF them to
stuyyesant Falls, while the fourth was left
with the mother. Mr.. and Mrs. Olmstead
have four othe- children, the eldest being
girl Of sixteen and the youngest O boy OF
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DROUGHT BROKEN BY RAIN.

Heavy Downpours Reported in Kansas,
Nebraska and Iowa.
Heavy rains have fallen over a wide belt
Of farming country in Kansas, thus break
Ing the drought which had been severe
for month. The rain Is worth at least
81 600, 900 to Kansas farmers. A dispatch
from Topeka says the drought in many
counties about that city was broken by a
heavy rain.
Reports from nine important counties in
Nebraska, say the crops have been saved
by copious showers, which fell all day.
There Is great rejoicing over this news.
The six weeks drought In Iowa has been
broken by heavy fall Of rain.
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THE NEWS EPIToMlZED.
Washington Items.

TIE Interstate Commerce Commission
has issued it's ninth statistical report, for
the wear ended June SO, 1896.
Cornelius n. Bliss. Secretary of the In
terror. has sent letter from Washington
TO General Tracy, indorsing the latter's
candidacy for Mayor Of Greater New York.
It is believed in Washington that Justice
Field may retire from the Supreme Court
bench during the present term Of court.
ATTORNEY General Mckenna is mentioned as
his successor.
Governor Hastings, Of Pennsylvania, has
been informed by Secretary Sherman that
the Austrian Minister has made a COM
plant that the firing on the mob at Lat
timer was violation Of the rights Of Aus
trian subjects. The Secretary asks for a
statement OF the facts in the case. Sherlf1
Martin and General Goblin have been asked
by the Governor to reply.
Clara H. Richards has been appointed
Postmistress at Dyea, Alaska.
The postal receipts for September show
q gain of Ito per cent. over the same
month last year.
The Monetary Commission held a meet
ing in Washington, at which preliminary
reports from the committees were discussed.
Secretary Sherman has replied to Lord
Salsbury's refusal to take part in the seal
ing conference; he suggests that confer
ence between experts Of the United States,
Great Britain and Canada be held.
The President made the following ap-
pointments: H. N. McGrew. OF Phoenix,
Arizona, to be Register of the Land Office
at Salt Lake City, Utah; Fred D. Spriggs,
of New York, to be agent for the Indians at
the Nevada Agency in Nevada; Edward
Goldburg, Of Wichita. Kan, to be agent for
the Indians OF the Quapaw Agency in In
dian Territory.
Secretary Gage, who has just returned
to Washington from his Western trip, re-
ports prosperous conditions everywhere.
The Board of Geographic Names has de-
cided that Klondike is the correct spelling
of the new gold region, and that Dyea
should be Taiya.