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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-14
MASKED MEN ROB BANK
CooIIv Hold Up Eight Persons in Belle
Fourche, South Dakota.
ESCAPE WITH ABOUT $4,000.

Four Men, Thought to Be Laughing Sam
Carey With a New Gang, Raid the
Butte County Bank at Belle Fourche
South Dakota, and All But One Get
Away Into the impossible Bad Lands.
DEADwooD, South Dakota (Special).-
Four masked men made a desperate raid on
the Butte County Bank at Belle Fourche
Monday afternoon. Entering the bank
with revolvers drawn they ordered the Gus
TONERS present and the bsnk officials to put
up their hands. A little hesitancy on the
part of Cashier Marble drew a shot from
one of the robbers, which clipped off q
piece Of the cashiers right ear and enforced
compliance with the command.
In the safe and on the counters there
were bills and coin amounting to about
$40. 900. The robbers scooped it all into Q
sack, backed out of the bank, and mount.
ing their horses, which had been convent.
emily stationed near. rode away.
The alarm was given Immediately and in
1 few moments a well-mounted and armed
posse was in pursuit. Within a few miles
rom town the posse INT up with the fugf-
lives and q running fight enSued, which re-
suited in one of the robbers surrendering.
The others, being better mounted, kept on,
,ut are closely pursued and have very little
chance Of escaping.
. The man who was captured Is a stranger
n the hills, and it is believed that he was
lsed to locate the place and Ak all the de-
;ails. The other men are believedto be the
.emnants of the once famous band Of
Laughing Sam Carey that fourished in the
Black Hills until ten years ago, when they
held up the %iron-bound treasure coach OF
The Wells-Fargo Company at Buffalo Gap
Ind were almost eyterminated. They got
s50, 900 in gold at that time, n the sur
irving members got out of the country with
t.
Several men who saw the escaping rob-
)ers declare that the leader was Carey.
None Of the men carried rifles, but all were
armed with heavy revolvers. The men
made for the Bad Lands. They evidently
igure on standing of the posse or hiding
n some Of the many recesses.
There were eight men in the bank at The
line the robbers entered, three Of whom
lad pistols in their pockets. Most OF them
we're men who have lived on the frontier O
ong time, and knew that an effort to draw
! revolver would merely precipitate a fight
hat might end In the killing Of all those In
he bank.
The men worked at the job as coolly as il
hey were performing a legitimate transac-
ion. When they were overtaken by their
2ursuers they had discarded their masks
ind were counting the money. They quickly
got their revolvers into action, and showed
~ the way they used them they we're old
liners at the business. The bank has
offered a reward of $4,000 for the robbers,
lead or alive.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-14
TRAIN PLUNGED INTO GORGE.
Seven Lives Lost in q Rail Wreck at Mis-
souri, City.

The St. Louis express on the Wabash
Railway plunged through a trestle at Mis-
souri, City, No., carrying down the entire
train with the exception Of the rear car, a
Pullman. The gorge, which a few hours
before was almost empty, had become a
raging torrent because Of the tremendous
downpour Of rain, and the structure was
weakened.
Seven men, all residents Of st. Louis,
were killed. Here is the list: F. W. Brink,
postal clerk; Charles P. Greasley, brake
men; Edward Grimrod, baggageman; W.
8. Mills, postal clerk; o. NJ. Smith. postal
clerk; Gustav A. Smith, postal clerk:
Charles Winters, postal clerk.
Conductor G.. c. Copeland was supposed
to be dead when taken from the wreck, and
his body was laid ina row with the seven
dead. A few minutes later some one OBJ
served a sign Of life, and he was at once re-
moved to a stretcher and given every at
tention. He has a fractured skull and sew
eral broken ribs, but may recover. OF the
nineteen others injured not one is in a crit
zeal condition.
A ncighbor farmer noticed to the per"
flous condition OF the trestle and resolved
to flag the passenger train, which he knew
was due. For nearly an hour he stood in
the terrific ~downpour Of rain, only to fall at
last in his good Intentions, for when the
fast mail came laundering on the storm
wa almost binding Inc the engineer could
not see the signal which the farmer so fran
tically waved across the track.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-14
Minor Mention.

Kansas has passed an "anti-butterine bill.
1t Is estimated that the wheat crop OF
Oklahoma this year will foot up to l5,OOO,-
900 bushels.
Kansas has organi zed q State anti-lynch
ing association.
NJ. Hanotaux announced that the dis
quite between France and Venezuela had
been settled.
Anti-foreign riots have broken out in the
province Of Kiang-Si, China. The English
mission at Wuchcn has been destroyed and
the refugees have arrived at hin-h1ang.
The Catholic mission was saved by the
Intervention OF troops.
CALIFORNIA; honey crop will be a good
one this season. The principal honey Sec
ton is in the southern end OF the State,
San Diego, San Bernardino and Ventura
counties. From these districts 1t is esti-
mated that nearly 800 carloads will be
shipped during the season and SOM SOC
carloads from the state at large.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-14
Cycling Notes.

A bicycle can DO almost anything save
climb a tree.
drop of Oil in time may save many a
gallon Of perspiration.
In Vienna, Austria, no woman is permit
ted to ride with her hands off the bar.
The Western railroads quite generally are
adopting the policy voluntarily Of carrying
bicycles free "a baggage.
In France no woman can join the Tour
ing Club without a signed declaration OF
her husbands permission.
Vermont now Furnishes bicycle thieves by
a two-year sentence in State prison. This
is a more severe punishment than any other
State inficts.
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Prominent People.

The Car Of Russia is said to be very su-
perstitious and has great confidence in
relics.
The Brazilian Minister in Washington is
blind and has his daily papers read to him
by a secretary.
General Edward S. Bragg, OF Wisconsin,
has offered to have his life insured for SlO,-
600 in behalf the Fond du Lac Home for
the Friendless, provided some one will pay
the premium.
Baron Krupp, the great ironmaster OF
Germany, carries evidence OF the trade
with him when he goes calling. His cards
are made Of iron, rolled so thin that they
are said to be a great success for social
use.
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Stricken in His Church.

TIL Rev. DR.. Frank NJ. Ellis, pastor OF
the Washington Avenue Baptist Church
BROOKLYN, died suddenly at the close OF the
ordination services held at the Tahernacls
Bantist Church, at Clinton street AMI THIRD
nInce Monday night. He had Just delivered
the charge to the candidate, who Is the keV.
james Bristow, a graduate OF Grocer Iheo,
logical Seminary, at Upland, Penn anu
rySo has been called as pastor Of the Rose
S %no Rantist Church at Camden, N. J.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-14
Foreign.

The Emperor Nicholas Of Russia has
again urged the Sultan to conclude peace,
and the latter has virtually accepted the
terms OF the Powers.
The Egyptian eye disease has become prev
alent at Hamburg, Germany, and IS rapidly
spreading among the children of the city In
consequence Of the extreme heat and
drought. 1t is the intention to close the
schools until December.
The Hebrews OF Persia are threatened
with determination unless they become
Mahometans.
Sir Wilfred Laurier declared at a dinner
to the Colonial Premiers in London that
Canada has no desire for independence.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-14
CORNELL FRESHMEN VICTORIOUS
Win the Boat Race After . Terrif


Win the Boat Race After q Terrific
Struggle.
The freshman boat race over the two
mile course at P~oughkeepsie, N. Y, be-
tween the Columbia, Pennsylvania and
Cornell crews, was one of the most remark
able in the annals of boat racing in this
country. Cornell won by ~three-quarters of
a length. Columbia was second by one
third Of Il length over Pennsylvania. The
official time was Cornell 9 minutes 81 10
seconds, Columbia 9 minutes % 3-5 seconds,
ndPennsylvania 9 minutes % 1-5 seconds.
1t was anybody's race until the instant
the flag dropped, and the fact that but two
seconds divided the first and last crews, and
that the boats Tapped n another nearly O
half is evidence Of the character Of the
struggle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-14

began work as a reporter GA the Phila-
delphia Press, and at the beginning OF The
Civil War joined the Army Of the Potomac
as a war correspondent. Subsequently he
started a newspaper In Philadelphia and
another one in New York City. He studied
law and was admitted to the bar. In 1877
he accompanied General Grant on his tour
around the world. Mr.. Young was APP
pointed Minister to China in 1882, and filled
that position until the accession of,s.Presi-
dent Cleveland. The Senate Immediately
confirmed the nomination of Mr.. Young.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-14
st, Louis Breaks q Record.

The American line steamer st. Louis,
Captain Randle, New York for Southamp-
ton, has Just broken the New Y~ork-south-
ampton record, 6 days. 10 hours and So
minutes, which has been held by the Feurst
Bismarck since September, 1898. To equal
the time OF her fastest previous eastward
passage, 6 days, II hours and 80 minutes.
the st. Louis was due to arrive on the
Needles, two miles west OF Hurst Castle, at
4.27 O'Clock Tuesday morning. She there
fore has lowered the eastward record by
more thai an hour and a half.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-14
CITY OF ROME AeIRE AT SEA.
The Big Anchor Liner Discovered in
Deadly Peril.

The Anchor Line Transatlantic steamship
City Of Rome, eight days out from Glasgow
and Greenock, came racing up New York
.Harbor out Of the east, and when abreast
Of the observatory at Fire Island set signals
that she was on fire.
Still under full h~eadwav, she turned the
Hook and came up to Quarantine, where
she was boarded under way by the Health
Officer. Her master, Captain Young, re-
porting all well aboard, she was cleared in
haste. and having landed her passengers at
the pier, her crew and a squad Of fremen
from the flre-boat New Yorker went to work
and subdued the flames that smouldered in
her hold.
Immediately after the discovery Of the
fire while a day from port there was a
great deal Of excitement aboard, but the
GOODNESS and courage Of all aboard resulted
in bringing the steamship through her
perils and preventing what might have re-
suited in a loss of life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-14
BIC WHEAT CROP IN TENNESSEE.

The Season Has Been Perfect and the
Output Will Be Enormous.
The most remarkable wheat crop ever
known is now being harvested throughout
Eastern Tennessee, The season has been o
perfect one, and the farmers had planted
an unusually large crop. The output will
be enormous. Already the sale Of newwheat
has begun, and 600 bushels of the first and
earliest crop was delivered at Knoxville at
ninety cents. This Is not the price to be
paid for all wheat, as the opening quota
lions are from sixty-eight to seventy cents.
The price paid last year at the opening was
from sixty to sixty-tive cents.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-14
THE NEWS %EPIToMlZED.
Washington Items.

Senators Tillman and Chandler had q
lively tilt in the Senate and greatly amused
their colleagues.
President Mckinley nominated Church
Howe Consul General at Samoa and John
P. Bray at Melbourne, with other Consuls.
John 4. Richards, Of Ohio, was chosen fol
Solicitor General. :,
The Senate adopted the rate Of twenty
per cert. ad valorem on hides.
Speaker Reed announcedthat he intended
to appoint House committees at the pres
emit session Of Congress.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-14
Tho Bimetallic Situation.

A report that England has consented to
reopen the India minis and Increase the use
OF silver at home at the solicitation Of
France and the United States is made, but
it Is discredlted in Washington. VI. Hano-
taux, the French Minister Of Foreign Al
fairs, gave a luncheon in honor Of the
United States Monetary Commissioners.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-14
Ended Their Lives Together.

Mrs. Pauline Widmer, aged forty years,
and her daughter Pauline, aged twenty
nine, were found dead at Greensboro, KY, by
n%eighbors, who suspected something was
wrong when the family was not astir at the
usual hour. Both had died by drinking
carbolic acid. They had dressed and pre-
pared for death. The daughter left n note
saying that her mother was too good to her.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-14
WOULDN'T HAVE THE MUTTON.

irish Women Prevent the Distribution
of the Australian Jubilee Gift.
The charitable societies OF LIMERICK
ireland, began to distribute a hundred car
,asses Of mutton, part Of the Australian
jubilee gift to the poor Of the United King.
dom. A mob of women jeered the re-
,~ipients, snatched the meat from them, and
trampled it in the mud. The other appli-
cants were afraid to receive the mutton,
and as a result it was returned to the
stores. The action Of the mob was due to
their determination not to participate
themselves or to allow others to participate
in any form in the Queens jubilee.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-14
A WOMAN HEADS THEIR TICKET,

The State Convention of the Liberty Party
of Nebraska.
The Nebraska State Convention of the
Liberty (Prohibition) party was held at
Lincoln. Overtures on the part of the reg
ular Prehibitionists were ignored, and
Mrs. Sara A. Wilson, of Lincoln, was
nominated for the Associate Justice OF the
Supreme Court, and r. c.. Bentley, Of Shell
ton, for Regent Of the State University.
The platform declares for the utter sup
preston of the alcoholic drink traffic, for
equal suffrage and a system of full legal
tender paper money distributed through
Government bonds on equal terms to all.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-14
A Mysterious Crime.

The lower part OF the trunk Of a mans
body was found alongside Of Underclif ave.
nue., near 10th street, New York City. 1t
was taken to the MorSue, where it fitted
perfectly 70 the fragment Of a trunk taken
from the East River at Eleventh street. An
autopsy proved that murder had been COM
ro;tt,,l
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-14
Fierce Combat In Crete.

About 1900 armed Mussulmans maze d
sortie from Canea, Island of Crete, and Tell
upon the insurgents at Kanlikastelli. Both
sides lost heavily. The trouble arose from
the encroachments of Mussulman
who attempted to pasture their cattle WILL
In the limits of the neutral zone.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-14
Hammock Indians Uneasy.

Three hundred Bannock Indians have
broken away from the Fort Hall ReserVa'
zion. In Idaho, and the authorities in Wash
inSton have been asked to send help. Army
officers think the Indians are gathering
roots, OF which they are very fond.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-14
Prophecy.

Secretary John Sherman IN an intervie"
stated that the question Of trusts Is the
most important one before theNation. He
declared that trusts must be curbed
that the present law Is not strong enough.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-14
She Killed Her Insulter.

eDaye' Smith was shot and instantly
killed by Mrs. E. n. Lengly, Of Iron River
Wis. Smith, accompanied by Charles
Olsen and another man, went to Mrs.
Lengiey's residence and demanded admit
lance.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-14
Philippine Rebels Gaining.

The Philippine rebellion has not ended.
A large band Of insurgents were within an
hours drive of Manila May IS, after Gen.
eral Rivera hal proclaimed the rebellion
ended.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-14
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE ABROAD.
A Crowded Train Swept Away by a Big
Flood In Galicia.

Flood in Galicia.
The town of Kolomea, In Galicia, has
been flooded by the rising Of the River
9ruth. Many houses have been destroyed,
md the bridge between Kolomea and
Turka has been swept away. The
collapse took place while q train was
,rossing, and many were drowned. There
Tere five railway carriages, and they
ell in q great heap together. A terrible
torn of hail, thunder and lightning was
aging at the time, and added to the horror
If the scene. Seven officials, including the
postal staff at Mailvan, have been drowned.
The distress at Kolomea is terrible. Hun.
Ireds are homeless, their houses having
,een carried away with the rush Of the
Taters.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-14
p-;t,sh Noble Lost In a Yeldt.

A despatch from Cape Town, South
Africa. saws that q searching party has
found the body of the son OF Sir Herbert
TaywejI VI. p. for Wigtownshire. who LOST
lis way in a veldt in Rhodesia and died
from starvation.
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Breaking Up Meetings In Germany.
The Upper House. of the Prussian Land
tag passed the first reading Of the Govern
ment's bill enabling the police to dissolve
any political meeting in their discretion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-14
RELEASED BY LIGHTNING.
Two Convicts Killed in q Georgia Camp
and Some Others Escape.

Athunder storm struck the Georgia State
convict camp at the Greer lumber yards, at
Dakota. The camp was demolished, and
;wo convicts were instantly killed and ten
rounded, some of whom may die. In the
panic that ensued every one of the remain
ng conviets made breaks for liberty. The
,uards shot. but to no avail, and blood
bounds were placed on their tracks, not,
however, until they were well in the lead.
few Of them have been captured, and the
mounds were close on the tracks OF the
others. The storm did great damage.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-14
JOHN RUSSELL YOUNG NAMED.
The Philadelphia Journalist Appointed
Librarian of Congress.

The President sent to the Senate the
nomination of John Russell Young, OF
PENNSYLVANIA. TO be Librarian Of Congress.
John Russell Young, the first chief execu-
tive OF the magnificent new Congressional
Library. soon to be opened to the public,
WAS born in B~owinGton. Penn, in 1871, and
was educated in the public schools. He
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-14
Queer Booty.

Edhem Pasha has forwarded to the Sui
tan of Turkey a big dog ofthe roya! Danish
breed, formerly the property OF crown
Prince Constantine OF Greece and captured
at IariSSa.
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Elects Senators by Popular Vote.
Next September. forthe third time, South
Carolina will elect a United States Senator
by o popular vote 81
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-14
J,vnchings Are Numerous.

There have been thirty-eight lynchings
), the r cited States In the past FIVE months.
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utterly obnoxious to God and man, but II I
were on trial for my integrity or my life and
I wanted even handed justice administered
to me I would rather have my case submit
ted to a jury Of twelve lawyers than to a
Jury of twelve clergymen. The legal pro-
fession, I believe, has less violence OF prelu-
dice than Is to be found in the sacred call
ing: hoe no-s
foundations or graver responsibilities than
the barrister, and he who attempts to dis
charge the duties OF his position Win only
earthly resources Is making q very great
mistake. Witness the scores OF men VINO
lave in that profession made eternal snip
wreck. Witness the men who, Win the
law OF the land under their arm, nave Vio-
lated every statute Of the eternal COD.
Witness the men who have argued placidly
before earthly tribunals, who shall shiVer
Is dismav before the Judge OF quick and
dead. Witness Lord Thurlow announcing
his LOYALTY to earthly government In the
sentence, "IfI forget my earthly sovereign,
may God forget metz and yet STOPPING TO
~unaccountable ~anness Witness Lord
Coke, the learned and the reckless. Wit
ness Sir George Mackenzie, the eXecrated
OF all Scotch C~ovenanters, so hat until TINS
day, in Gray Friars' c~hurchyard, Edln-
burgh, the children whistle through the
bars oil the tomb, crying:
Bloody Mackenzie, come out II you daur.
Lift the sneck and draw the bar.
No other profession more needs the
grace OF God to deliver them in their
temptations, to comfort them IN their
trials, to sustain them in the discharge
OF their duty. While I would have you
bring the merchant to Christ. and while
I would have you bring the farmer to
Christ, and while I would have you
bring the mechanic to Christ, I address
you now in the words Of Paul to Titus,
Bring Zenas the lawyer" BY 80 much as
his duties are delicate and great, by 80
much does he need Christian stimulus and
iaresuard. We all become clients. do
lot suppose there Is a man fifty years OF
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-09
Restrained BY A STORM.
Rain and Snow Prevent William B. Felt
From Sailing From Fixes Feok
to Colorado Springs.

DENVER. Colo, Aug. 8. = Rain and
snow to-day prevented William B. Felt
from attempting his fight on an airship
from the top of Pixies Peak to Colorado
Springs. He will make the attempt to-
morrow if the weather is favorable.
Felt left Manitou at 9:35 O'clock this
morning aboard the Pixies Peak cog-road
train. To all appearances he was calm
and Indifferent to the terrible risks be
was to assume in the leap from the peak,
which is early three miles above the sea
level. He said before boarding the train !:
II take no risks, for | am perfectly con-
fldent of success. There is not the slight
est danger, for I have demonstrated the
entire practica bility of my machine"
His apparatus was sent up to the peak
last night in several pieces. 1t weighs
sixty pounds. 1t is made of two i'm men Sc
wings, with tail for steering purposes,
and an upright vane to act on the same
principle as the centerboard of yacht.
The canvas exposed is 240 feet square
The track of Felfs proposed journey
through space is from the summit of the
peak. over Camerons Cone 10, 900 feet,
and down TO Colorado Springs twelve
miles out from the peak 10 the east.
Felt arrived at the summit at noon.
The peak was clouded, and later a storm
set in. A great nun Der of people were on
the summit to see the aeronaut off.