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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04
FILED A PROTEST..
Tbs First Regiments Recent Ele ction for
Colonel.

The matter of tie election Of 8 colo
mel Of The First regiment is exciting
considerable public interest in view
o. Gan. Watts action in disbsndipg
the Edgefeld Rifles. Gen. Watts
said Wednesday that he had told Ma.
ior Newnham that the company had
been disbanded and not to send an
election order to it. He said further
that he had not notified the company
that it bad been disbanded. Major
Newman says that so far as the dec.
laration of the election upon a plural
ity vote is concerned he asked the as.
sistant attorney general for an opinion
On that and was advised that simply a
plurality vote was necessary. The fol
lowing protest was Wednesday sent
General Richbourg by officers and
members of the first regiment:
Brig. Gen. R. N. Richbnurg, cara Ad-
jutspt Charles Newnharu, Colum.
pia, s. Q.
We hereby give notice OF protest in
election CT colonel First regiment of
infantry, held on the 23d inst, on
these grounds:
First. That by unlawful assumption
of authority Adjutant General Watts
threw out the vote Of the Edgeield
Rifles. which should have been count,
ed for Tillnan.
Second. That the vote Of the Saluda
Rifles was not counted for Tillmap,
although they had passed inspection
and properly belonged and were YER
balIy ASSIGNED to the First regiment.
Third. That the vote of IS as return
ed by the Richardson Guards for
Clsffy were not in fact cast, but to the
contrary seven men were present and
the full company roll was voted IN
der misapprehension by said company.
That the sentiment OF the same is
overwhelmingly for Tillnan.
Fourth. Forty votes counted each
by the Tillman Volunteers and the
Edisto Rifles for Claffy were not in
fact cast.
Fifth. That throwing out all alleged
illegal votes cast fer Tillman, Clsffy
never received a majority OF the SO
called legal votes of the regiment. al.
though be has been commissioned as
colonel. In all military elections here
tofore held a majority vote las been
re quired to elect and we resp c;f1lly
clio the election of Col Hal. TIE for
mer colonel o. the First re .im@nt.
who did not receive q majority ia TIE
first race and a second =lsc .ijn was
ordered.
Sixth. That Adjutant and Inspector
General Watts, in participant in the
race in the manner he did was guilty
of conduct unbecoming an officer OF
his rank.
This was signed by A. Otis Sally,
meior First regiment; Hsvelock
Eavas, captain of the Ramberg Guards
the Edgetield Rifles, the Cape,s Light
Infantry. B. r. Carroll, captain Gov.
ernor's Volunteers; by all of the
Richardson Guards except four; by
six officers and nine privates out of II
in the camp of the Palmetto Rifles,
and s E. Brodie, orderly sergeant of
Gary Evans Volunteers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04
100000 Fire.

Fire at Yonkers. N. Y, Tuesday af-
ternoon destroyed two factory build.
ings occupied by w. A. Reed &Co, hat
manufacturers, Rouland Bros, hat
manufacturers, Pass Brothers, silk
manufacturers, and the lonkers
Silk company. The loss will
probably reach hall a million dollars
aid 800 people are thrown out of en-
ployment. There were no casualties,
though the buildings were crowded
with employees when the fire was dis
covered. The fire originated in the
blowing room Of the hat factory of
William Reed & Co., on the lower
floor of the Shelhard building. Two
large gas meters exploded immediate.
ly after the flames burst forth, and the
escaping gas helpsdt to feed the flames.
Within a few minutes the fire was
breaking through the windows of the
first and second stories.
There were 600 men and girls in the
building, the third, fourth and fifth
floors of which were occupied by the
silk factories. Intense excitement
prevailed while the employees left the
buildings by the fire escapes, the girls
being taken out first, all losing their
street clothes, so little time was given.
The fire SOC ate out the heart of the
building and then portions of the walls
fed with the wind, carried the flames
to the building occupied by Rowland
Bros. hat factory, and the interior OF
this structure was destroyed.
Just across the street from the build.
ing in which the fire started are the
big works of Alexander Srith & Sons,
the largest carpet manufacturers in
the United States. For some time it
looked as though these would go. Two
thousand persons were at work in the
carpet factories when the fire broke
out. They were dismiss ed and the
works closed. The lowest estimate of
the losses is $500, 600, and others run
SIS high as $3.50, 600. Reed & Co.,
place their less roughly at $50, 900;
Rowland Brcs., Pass Bros and the
Yonkers Silk company are set down
for $50, 900 each. The loss on the two
buildings totally destroyed is estimat
ed at s24O, 900. The insurance will
probably nearly cover the loss.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04
Bloody Deeds In Alabama.


Jack Knight, the negro who shot
and killed Jack DAIMLER Wednesday
night near Mobile, Ala, and shot and
probably fatally wounded Policeman
Joseph Tucker in attempting to escape,
was captured at Hurrican Bayou, on
the Louisville railroad, by the section
foreman, and "a brought to the city
by two deputy sheritfs and lodged in
jail Thursday afternoon. There was
no demonstration. Two murders and
possibly three, were committed there
Wednesday night, but no ~lynchings
are probable. The victims were Thorn.
as Jones, Confederate veteran, Jack
5 D,ntzler, colored, and Policeman
Tucker.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04
Hapead in PhiladelPhIa.

Pasquslle Dadrio was hanged in the
county jail at Philadelphia Wednesday
morning. The drop fell at 10:08 1
o'clock. The physicians stated that
Dadrio's neck was broken in the fall
and that death was instantaneous.
The execution was successful in every
detail and wholly devoid of unusual
incidents. The crime for which Dad.
rio forfeited mis- life was a particularly
brutal one. Ga January %, 1887, he
committed assault upon 8 year old
Modestino Motto and then strangled
him. All the PARTIES involved were
Italians.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04
A Consul Commits Suicide.

United States Minister Baker has ca
bled the state department that United
States Consul Otto Munchmeyer al
SanSalvador committed suicide there
Tuesday night. Mr.. Baker says that
he wilLappoint a vice consul to take
charge of the Office. Munchmeyer was
appointed from West Virginia in
1895, first to the vic, consulate at
Acaiular and later in the same year
to SanSalvador to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of his father. A
few days ago Mr.. Jenkins of Nebraska
was nominated for the place held by
Munchmever.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04
Gladstone's Wedding Anniversary.

MIR. and Mrs. Gladstone Monday
celebrated the 5Sth anniversary of
their wedding. Many visitors joined
in the family rejoicing at Hawarden,
and scores of the towns-people saluted
the venerable couple while on their
way to church. Both are in excellent
health. MI. Gladstone walking off
with as much vigor as at any time in
the last ten years, shaking hands ener.
gatically and ~conversing with great
animation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04
The Pres,dent'. Vacation,

President Mckinley left Washing.
ton Wednesday for d vacation that
may keep him away from the city for
six weeks. He was accompanied by
Mrs. Mckinley, Secretary and Mrs.
Alger, Dir. Proctor, Assistant Private
Secretary Pruden and Elk. cutive clerk
Corteiynn. The White House stew.
ard and a maid servant also were in
the party. Mrs Porter. with her
children will join them. ct Jersey City.
They will 20 direct from Washington
to Iaks Cbamplain.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04
World,s Record ,sruk IN.

In the free for all pace at the Driv.
ing park ct Ottawa, ILL.,, Thursday,
three worlds records were broken, be
ing the fastest three, four and five
heats ever paced on a half mile track.
Pearl G., by Roy Wilkes, took tbs
two first, and Coleridge, by G. f.
Clay, the three last heats. Tlme-2:10 ],
2:1O, 2:U9 +. 2:09 +, 2:1O ?.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04
Shot His Wife and Her P.ramour.

Near Clarendon, Ark, Thursday,
Houston Wilson, ON returning home
found John Calvin with his wife.
Houston fired a load of buckshot into
his wife's side ,~inficting fatal wounds,
and then shot Calvin, killing him in.
stantly. Houston was arrested.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04
Demand for Goid Dust Bags.

A local firm OF Middletown, N. Y,
who are engaged in manufacturing
gold dust bags from sheepskin for
California customers are working with
double force on account of Geographic
orders received since the Klondyk Ike
discovery.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04
Guilty OF Murdor.

The trial Of Captain Boitcheff, at
PhiIipopolis, ex.aide de, camp CT Prince
Ferdinand of Bulgaria and project of
police Novelties, with Wahilietf, q
eendarme, en- the charge OF numbering
Anna Simon, q beautiful singer of
Budapest and the mistress of Boitchetf,
which began on July 21st, was con,
cluded Thursday. The court found
Boitchef and Novelties guilty of muir,
der and Wahilietf of being accessory
to the crime.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
Important Amendments to Rnles Promul
gated.

Important Amendments to Rnlcs Promul
gated.
President Mckinley Das promulgst-
ed the folio wing important amend
| ment to civil service rule 9:
No removal shall be made from
any position subject to competitive ex.
animation except for just csuse and
upon written charges filed with the
| head OF the department or other ap-
F! pointing officer, and of which the
| accused shall have full notice and en-
opportunity to make Defense"
He also amended rule 3 S rs 10 in
clude within the classified service the
employees of all custom house officers,
| with no regard 10 number of em
r]oyes. Hitherto the Classification
embraced custom officers where The
number Of employees wss FIVE or more.
| This order brings ioto the classified
service sixty. five hitherto unclassided
customs officers
The president has also amended rule
6 making exceptions to examinations,
so as to read as follows:
"Customhouse service-Oae cashier
in each customs district. one chief or
~princinal der uty or assistant collector
ia each customs district, one principal
deputy collector at each sub post or
station.
Internal revenue service-One en-
ploye in each internal revenue dis
tricf, who shall act as cashier, or
chief, deputy, or assistant collector, as
may be determined by the treasury
department: one deputy collector in
each internal revenue district where
the number of employees in the office
of the collector exceeds four; one
deputy collector in each stamp (or
branch) office.
"Appointmen's to the positions
named in this rule in the customhouse
service and internal revenue service
shall be subject to an examination, to
he prescribed by the secretary of the
treasury, MOI disapproved by the com
mission, equal to the examination held
by the commission for positionso of like
grade. Such examinations shall be
conducted by the commission in &C.
cordance with its regulations
The plan OF the extension which
was formulated by Secretary Gage
and Assistant Secretary VANDERBILT has
the unqualified and hearty endorse
ment of the the civil service commits
sion. who earnestly recommend to the
president its approval. In speaking
Of the amendment, President Proctor
of the commission said that friends of
civil service reform everywhere con.
gratulale themselves on this advance
of the cause. The commission in its
last annual report had said that gov
eminent officers should have the pow
err of removal for the proper reasoos.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04

"AMERICANS will form their own
opinion as to why the senate backed
down b,fore the brewers and dealt
firmly with the brokers'" says the
Boston Transcript.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04
The STATE EXCHANGE
ANNUAL RE PORT OF MANAGER DUN
CAN, OF THE EXCHANGE.

The Farmers Alliance Exchange Fl rs Don q
Good Business Facts of Interest 10
Alliancemen-The Past Years Business
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04
Ty ptcal Tt xas Tragedy.


In the ste OK brokerage ctli:a o. C..
E. Trice & Co., of Kaco, Texas. We'd
pesday, b. F. Kivett and w. w. Xiv.
EFT were shot and killed by w. Lam
den, a member of the firm. Bad feel
ing has existed between the Kivett
brothers and Lamden for some time,
growing out of charges made by the
relatives of Lamden ard a sister of
the Kivetts. The shooting between the
brothers and Lamden occurred during
the busiest part of the day, when the
Office was crowded, and it caused in
tense excitement. Two more of the
Two more of the Kivett brothers arm .
ed themselves and proceeded to the
scene of the shooting, threatening to
kill Lamden. but they were not allow
ed 10 enter. The killing is universally
looked upon as iusti6eb!e. About a
month ago the Kivetts attempted to
kill Lamden, infic!ire a knife wound
on him, and they had frequently
threatened to kill him since then.
This morning they appeared in the
doorway Of Trice & Co 8 Office. Lam
den was informed Of their coming.
As they appeared in the door they
drew their pistols, but Landen fired
with a shotgun before they commenc.
ed to shoot. killing B. +. Klvett in
stantly. w. w. Kivett rushed on
Lamden with his revolver and then
grabbed if. The men wrestled over
| the weapon, which Kivett SUCCEEDED
in firing several times without result.
Lamden finally succeeded in drawing
bis revolver and shooting kivett three
times. Lsmden was uninjured.
| The UnlosdCd Gun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04


A shocking tragedy occurred on Mr..
J. B. Oates place five miles south of
Columbia Sunday. While Sam Will
liams, a colored tenant, and his family
were away from home Thomas How
ard, bis little stepsoD, nine years old,
shot and MORALLY wounded Williams
little girl, josie, who was just three
years old. The children were alone
in the house, when Thomas, seeing q
shotgun On the shelf, took it down.
Observing that there were not caps On
the tubes, pointed il at his little step
sister and cried Look cut" instant
ly there was a loud report and the in.
nocent little girl fell back ward, her
forehead perforated with shot, which
penetrated the brain and caused death
after six hours of suffering.
The age-herald., 1897-09-05
pudd'n Head Wilson in Court.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
 It is announced that the report of the expert who is studying the bloody thumb marks found on the cash drawer of the late librarian, Wilson, and those taken from the thumb of Stuyvesandt, the porter, who is detained under suspicion, Is about ready. The report will be re- ceived with interest If the claim ifs made that the thumb marks on the drawer are the same as those of the accuseds thumb, it is possible that the colored man will be held by the grand jury. As this is about all the evidence the commonwealth will have, it will be interesting to watch the course of, the trial, in which such evidence will for the first ime be used in a murder trial in this country. nj
 We are all familiar with the story of "Pudd'nhead Wilson," and of the play written on the story by the late Frank Mayo. On the stage the theory seems plausible enough and brings the play to a dramatic conclusion. It is based, how ever, on theory that has never been demonstrated to absolute satisfaction. We know that there were never two creatures in the animal world exactly alike. But the claim that the differentia- tion of the marks in the skin on the thumb is sufficient to individualize every human being and furnish complete clues for Identification seems like drawing the long bow. That there is difference all will admit, but that it is sufficient to be readily ascertainable, is entirely another matter.
 Probably no murder trial at this stage ever hung on such slight thread. It seems impossible that even the report of an expert would convince the jury in this case. Nevertheless, the matter will be watched with interest, and if the man is put on trial for his life on this ev.- dence it will furnish a. "celebrated case" indeed, especially as he is provided with witnesses who make out a clear alabk
The age-herald., 1897-09-05
The Local Tax Rate,

Blrmingham's fax rate is too low. It Is the lowest of any city in the United States. The amount derived from it is too small to keep the city in a clean con- dltion or to properly administer its af- fairs. The effect of tlis low rate of tax aiton has been felo seriously during the past summer. Mayor Evans and the city officials have kept the city in as good condition as it was possible to do with the funds at their disposal.
 The people of Birmingham should insist upon a change of the present low rate in order that Birmingham may be put on the sarne footing with other large cities of Ehis state and other states. ItS tax rate should be at least l per cent. No city in the south has a lower rate than that To keep a great city in firr.l.- class condition money is necessary, and it cannot be had at the present rate of taxation.
 Mayor Evans and City Al torney Lowe, in interviews in another column, give facts which should be carefully consid- cred by every citizen of Blrmir gham
The age-herald., 1897-09-05
Birminqham's Advantaqes.

With excellent ores and coal and lime almost at the furnace door, why should not our manufacturers undersell the world in raw pig, in beams. in rails. in all the other forms that iron and steel are fashioned? The answer can be read in the conditions elsewhere.
 Our home competitors, whether of Ohio or Pennsylvania itself, ffrd their best ores in the Lake Superior district. These ores are cheap enough at the mines, but they have to be transported first by rail, then by lake, then again by rail, dis tance of one thousand miles at least, gen. erally distance of thirteen hundred miles. It is not strange that the Pitts burg people are eDdeavoring to secure a waterway to the lakes; it is more strange that they can compete at all against the Southern mills.
 Nor are the conditions any better
The age-herald., 1897-09-05
AMERICAN GENIUS.

For church arn grave decoration, a hollow and sectional cross is used as a flower holder, the interior being divided into a number of waterItigL. compar- ments, with orificts to support the stems of the flowers i'm the water, thus keeping them fresh.
 "A new fool case for cyc1ers consists of a rectangular box to be strapped on to the frame of the bicycle, with both sides hinged ala the bottom To drop down and
 bring the tools in view, each of which slides ird.o a rubber sheath to prevent it from rattling.
 A handy hose holder for sprlnkl.ng lawns has a pointed rod 10 be pushed in.o the ground and support revolving
 metal disk which has loops through which the hose nozzle is passed and held by means of thumb scrsws which tighten the loops. IA Massachusetts man has invented tumbler brush and chimney washer which will fit any size glass, the brls. les being set tn opposite sides of a double pivoted stem, which has 1am1les to open the brushes outward until they strike the glass.
 ITO give an alarm in case of fire two convex corrugated me-a1 plates are set in sockets with their edges togehe and carrying contact pCi Tits which are brought together by the expanson of the plates by the heat of ighe fire to complete am electric circuit
 Fogs on the ocean or naVigaIble streams may be dispersed for some distance ahead of a vessel by means of a new in- vention, consisting of an arched distrib- uting pipe with jet tubes se1 in one side to discharge water or other liquid in spray against the fog.
 To draw a measured quantity of liquid from a receptacle new faucet has double-acting valve which closes one out let as soon as the other Is open, thus pre- venting the pouring of the liquid into the measuring glass while the discharge pipe Is open.
 Gn holding two sections of drain pipe together wtdle cementing, a newly pat ented core will be found useful, the de- vice being divided into three wedge shaped sections, which force .he pipe to align, and can be withdrawn after the cement hardens by means of handle or cord.
 Horseshoes which cam be attached to the hoof without the use of nails have a broad e.eel band alltached ao the front and sides of the shoe, ending in screw sockets at the rear to draw the hand tight over the hoof by means of screws inserted in the rear of the shoes. IA California woman has patentad a cover for milk cars which is perforated around ifs sides near the bottom, so 1t cam be closed tight to prevent spilling of the milk and can be pulled up short distance in the can to allow ventilation without insects getting inside
The age-herald., 1897-09-05
The Coal Strike lniunclions.

The soft coal miners have contended within the law seven long weeks for liv-' ing wages. They have met and marched and waitsd, and not single overt act has been committed. It is conceded by all fair-minded men, even by many of the operators in the soft coal districts, that the demands are reasonable, equit- able and emphatically urgent. It is a strike for the necessaries of life-uot for its 1uxurles.
 The replies of the operators have been blanket restraining orders. Ths new plan of injunctions is essentially tyran- nical and unfair, when the men to whom it is applied have not even money enough to feed their families. Such men can not employ high-pric=d legal talent. Such men can not wait upon the delays of ap- peals So they are deprived of the eonsd- tutional right of indictment by grand jury and of a trial by an impartial jury in case of any infraction of the in1unc- tions that the operators have procured. The new Twice is swift and effective. It brings an alleged offender, not before an impartial jury, but before single judge, who, standing from pride by his orders, If not by the influences that life appointes naturally seeks, holds over the prisoner unlimited power of fine and im- prisonment.
 x.@1, 1.I q xaft ordinary processes of law? Is 1t just to bring against men who bear no malice, who have done no injury to person or property, the power of the general gov ernment, it's courts, and deputy marshals perhaps it's troops? Is it best to instill In the minds of so many men enmlty of the government they are taxed to sup port? These questions are not answered by the statement that injunctions do not affect law-abiding men. They prohibit all from marching on the public highways that pass through the properties of the operators. And Is not every man prs- stunned to be innocent until he is found guilty?
 There is a remedy, and only one; and If every victim, present and future, of the new device would keep this remedy in mind and employ 1t at every oppor- tuniIty, the operators would soon be com pelled to abandon the injunction habit. Vote it down. Avoid acts of force and put your condemnation of judge-made law in the ballot boxes. Vote only for men who wil vote to modify the law re- lating to contempt cases in equity courts. Do this unflinchingly and perseveringly, and the vicious extension of fnjunctions will soon disappear. Nothing can stand in this country against little white slips when they are consistently and intelli- gently cast