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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-06
THE NEWS EPIToMlZED.
Washington Items.

The wrecking of the steam whafel
Nayarch by being caught In an Ice pack in
the Arctic Ocean, the probable loss OF thir'
ty-seven members Of her crew and one
passenger, and the rescue OF the Captain
and his wife and six Of the crew, have Just
been reported to the Treasury Department
by Captain Tuttle OF the revenue steamer
Bear, OF the Behrlng Sea patrol fleet.
The Monetary Commission appointed un.
der the authority OF the Indianapolis
"sound Money" Convention held its open
Ing session in Washington.
The Secretary OF the Interior has mnde
reuuisitions on the United States Treasury
for the following sums to be used In the
October payment Of pensions: Buffalo,
81 $50 900: Chicago, s2,s75,0O0; Concord
N. H., S775 900; Des Moines, Ia. ga lao ,0OOi
Pittsburg, s1,750.O00. Total, ss,19O, 600.
President Mckinley has commuted the
sentence OF C. Lee Addington, who was to
die on the scaffold In Paris, Texas, on Fri
day, to life Imprisonment. Addington muir
dered Oscar Hodges in the Choctaw Nation
In 1895.
Archibald J. Sampson, Of Arizona, has
been appointed United States Minister to
Ecuador.
Four chiefs OF division and twenty clerks
In the Post ONCE Department have been
notified to show cause why they should
not be reduced in salary and position, to
make room for other clerks Of greater OF.
fciency.
General Fitzhugh Lee gave the President
his opinion Of the situation In Cuba, and
decided to 90 back to Havana for the pres
ent at McKinley's solicitation.
The President has appointed Silas c.
Croft Surveyor Of Customs for the Port OF
New York and Charles NJ. Dickinson. OF
Binghamton, N. Y, Consul-G General at Con-
stantinople.
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FOUND ON THE MEsA's TOP.

Results of an Expedition Recently Sent
Out by the Government.
F. W. Hodge, of the Bureau of Ethnology
Smithsonian Institution, has just returned
to Washington from an expedition to the
Enchanted Mesa, Of New Mexico, which has
excited the interest of scientists and the
daring Of exploring parties. 1t was brought
into prominence few months ago by the
expedition of Professor William Libbey, OF
Princeton University, who reported no
evidences of early occupancy.
Mr.. Hodges explorations have brought
good results, however. He assembled by an
extension ladder comprising six sections.
The Mesa was determined to be 43l feet
from the western plain to the top OF the
highest pinnacle above the cleft, and the
talus at the base Of the cleft 224 feet above
the plain. Mr.. Hodge found several pots
herds, two stone axes (broken), fragment
of shell. bracelet and a stone arrow point.
All vestiges Of the ancient trail ascending
the talus, and continued thence to the sum-
NIT by hand and foot holes in the solid rock,
have been obliterated; but some traces OF
the holes remain.
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M'KlNLEY OFF FOR A HOLIDAY.
The President Goes With His Party to
North Adams, Mass.

The President Goes With His Party to
North Adams, Mass.
President Mckinley left Washington on
the Pennsylvania Railroad at 9 O'Clock
Tuesday night for North Adams, Mass,
where he will be the guest for a week or
ten DAYS OF ". 3. Plunkett. He was ac-
companied by Mrs. Mckinley, Attorney
General and Mrs. McKenna, Miss McKeana,
Secretary and Mrs. Alger, Miss Mabel Me-
Kinley, his niece; George B. Cortelyou.
Acting Secretary to the President, and
J. Walter Blandford, Private Secretary to
the Attorney-General.
Just as the train started the President
came to the broad rear platform OF the end
car and bowed right and left to the crowd
inside and outside of the station railing.
His appearance was greeted with hand
clapping.
The train consisted of four coaches. The
private car OF President Thomson o! the
Pennsylvania road was occupied by Mr..
and Mrs. Mckinley. There was no prolonged
stop on the way, and the train reached
North Adams at 9 o'clock Wednesday
morning.
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COUNTING SILVER DOLLARS.
Twenty-one Young Women Kept Bus
For Several Weeks.

Twenty-one Young Women Kept Busy
For Several Weeks.
The count OF money In the vaults OF the,
United States Treasury at Washington is
still In progress and will not be finished for
several weeks. The unusually long time
occupied in the count Is due to the eau
tiousness OF Treasurer Roberts. In all
previous counts the money has been
weighed in bags. there being 1000 silver
dollars In each bag. Two tests would be
applied to these bags, depending on
whether the dollars were new or had been
used. A bag OF 1000 new and unused dol
lars weighs about f1fty-eight pounds and
fifteen ounces. A bag of badly used dol
lars weighs about flfty-eisht pounds and
nine or ten ounces, a difference Of &c or 81.
Counting this way the count did not take
80 long, but Treasurer Roberts has insist
ed that in one OF the vaults in which old
silver dollars are stored each dollar shall
be counted. This is now being done. and
the tinkle of silver dollars is heard for
many feet throughout the Treasury. TWEEN
ty-one young women have been assigned to
this count. In the vault which held the
new silver dollars the count was made in
the regular way. and the gold In the vaults
will be counted by weight.
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GRAND ARMY COMMANDER KILLED.

E. F. Sands, of Jersey City, Meets Death
by Jumping From a Trolley Car.
Emanuel F. Sands. Of Jersey City, n. j.,
whom June last was elected Commander OF
the Grand Army of the Republic in the
State Of New Jersey, was instantly killed
while jumping from trolley car at Varick
and Grand streets.
Mr.. Sands had been toNewark to C. Grand
Army meeting, and was on his way home
on Consolidated Traction car. He told
the conductor to let him off at Farick
street, but the car did not stop and he
Jumped. He fell and his head struck the
rail, fracturing his skull. He died before
an ambulance could be called.
Mr.. Sands was sixty-four years old and
leaves family. John Woodward and lrv-
ing Buck, the conductor and motorman,
Of Jersey City, were arrested.
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AID FOR GOLD SEEKERS.
Ioseph Ladue in Consultation With the
President and Secretary Ager.
5000 MEN ON HALF RATI0NS'

That VIII Be the S ion This Winter
According to the Alaska Pioneer-War
Department Advices Are More Encour-
aging The Governments Reindeer
May Be Utilized In Forwarding Supplies
WASHINGTON, D. C. (SpeciaD Joseph
Ladue. the Alaska pioneer, who came to
Washington to consult with Secretary Alger
about methods for the relief Of the destitu-
ton which he and others who comprehend
the situation believe will overtake those
who have crowded into the Klondike with
out adequate supplies, called on President
Mckinley. He was presented by Secretary
Alger. The President discussed the situa-
tion with Mr.. Ladue, and appeared deeply
Interested In his suggestions for the relief
Of the Klondikers.
Mr.. Ladue estimates that there are about
5000 people In the Klondike. and that there
are provisions for only about 5000. He
thinks the idea Of attempting to arrange
for ice engines for carrying supplies down
the Yukon Is utterly impracticablec owing
to the fact that when the river freezes the
ice in the centre is forced up. forming great
hillocks He believes that all persons who
have not sufficient provisions and who can
return to St. Michael before the river freezes
should do so.
He says that navigation will not close for
a month, and he advises that courier be
dispatched Immediately across Chtlkoot
Pass to Klondike to urge all who can to
embark on the last outgoing steamer. This
suggestion will probably be adopted. In
addition he advises the establishment OF
stations along Chilkoot Pass with dog
trains for conveying relief supplies. Before
leaving the White House Mr.. Ladue pre-
sente2 Mrs. Mckinley half-ounce nugget
Of virgin gold. Secretary Alger also re-
ceived a souvenir Klondike nugget.
Secretary Alger said after the interview
that no steps would be taken looking to
relief Of the miners in the Klondike until
after navigation closes and the Government
learns through Captain Ray, who is at st.
Michael the exact situation. Secretary
Alger has received O telegram expressing,
the opinion that the four steamers now 60
ing up the Yukon carry ample provisions
for all persons now In Dawson City AMI
the vicinity. II they arrive safely perhaps
there will be no necessity for any relief
measures. II not, It Is possible that Mi.
Ladues suggestion for dog trains across
the Chilkoot Pass may be accepted.
Secretary Bliss has instructed the Com
missioner OF Education to have the reindeer
now at Teller Station. Alaska, which have
been broken to work, forwarded to ST..
Michael to be held there for use In forward
Ing supplies to the Klondike country In case
Of emergency. There are'about eighty OF
the reindeer which, 1t Is believed by the AG-
ministration, can be utilized In this way,
and the opinion prevails that they would
be much more useful than dogs, because
they travel more rapidly, draw more, and
can live on the little forage the country
produces. The Secretary saws that each
reindeer will carry about 300 pounds and
will travel hundred miles day.
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Minor Mention.

Coon cat farms are operated near Lewis.
ton, Ne.
Louise Michel has been expelled from
Belgium.
Itay's Minister of Finance, Signor As
oanio Branca, has resigned.
Many Odessa CRussia) business houses
have been ruined by the rise Of the price Of
grain.
Cranberres in New Jersey will make q
very light yield, In some counties not much
more than one-fourth ola crop.
Glass manufacturers of Kokomo, Ind,
have begun to draw on the sand banks OF
the lake shore about st. Joseph, Mich, for
white sand at the rate Of from live to ton
carloads day.
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Travelling incognito, King Leopold OF
Beloium has reached Las Palmas, Canary
island: it Is suspected that he Is going to
visit the Congo country, Africa.
DIT. NJ. Angstadt, formerly clergy
man OF Philadelphia and late a physician
In Malone Bay, Nova Scotia, killed himself
IN the latter place because he could not cure
a natient who was suffering from painful
disease.
A mass-meeting was held in Athens to
denounce Greece's terms OF peace with Iur-
key. and q copy OF the treaty was burned.
Great damage has been done by an earth
quake In Yokohoma, Japan.
Ten were killed and thirty fatally wound
ed In a railroad wreck near katosvars,
Austria.
Jewels worth $4,000 found in the ruins
of the Charity Bazaar fire In Paris nave
been sold Mt public auction.
George Waldron. a survivor of the famous
charge OF the Light Brigade at Balaklavn:
was killed at Montreal, Canada, by blow
with n cane In the hands OF MS Wife,
The whaling ship Falken has reached
Hammcrfest, the most northern town ID
Europe, with pigeon bearing message,
dated July 13, and believed to be from An.
dree's arctic balloon.
Lieutenant Peary and party have re-
turned to Sidney, B. c., from North Green
land, on the preliminary trip, Arrange
ments were made for an expedition ID
search of the North Pole next year.
The defeat of General Jeffrey's British
force by Momunds is regarded rs very ser
ious at Simla, India. More troops are to be
sent from England, and it Is believed that
the authorities fear trouble with more than
the tribemen.
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SWEEPING OPINION AGAINST TRUSTS

The United States Court in Kansas Sc
verely Criticises Trade Combinations.
In decision handed down in Topeka,
Kansas, holding that the Kansas City Live
Stock Exchange is trust, organized in VI
olation of the Sherman Antitrust law,
United States District Judge c. J. Foster
made some severe criticisms upon the for
nation of trusts and combinations to con-
troll trade. The exchange is an orSaniza-
ton Of commission men who control tho
sale OF live stock in Kansas City. All live
stock which enters the city must pass
through the exchange. Judge Foster issued
an Injunction restraining it from doing
business, because it is an unlawful combin-
alton. In the course OF the decision the
Judge says:
"The crying complaint OF to-day and the
great menace to the welfare OF the people
is the tendency Of wealth to monorolize
and control the industries OF the country,
and it must be confessed by every thought
full observer that many Of the so-called stock
aid produce exchanges are among the
most potent instrumentalities for the ac-
complishment OF these purposes by specu-
lators and a1venturers."
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The National Game.

Miller, OF Minneapolis, catches without a
chest-protector.
Both Philadelphia and st. Louis failed to
win a game in Washington this year.
Gettman, the new Washington outflelder,
is q left-handed batsman and thrower.
Pitcher Getzein, formerly of the Bostons
and Detroits is now type-stlcker in Chi
.ago.
Dalhen, of Chicago, is one of the finest
all-round ball players the game has pro-
luced.
The magnates will be compelled to pass
a stringent and at the same time an intelli-
cible rule regarding balk this fall. The
present rule is violated every day.
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GREAT BRITAIN AND SlLVEFe
A Letter on the Subject From a Bank OF
of England Official.

A Letter on the Subject From a Bank OF
of England Official.
At the semi-annual meeting Of the Bank
Of England, the Governor Of that institu-
tlon, after referring to the proposals Of the
United States Government on the subject
Of silver, proceeded to read letter ad-
dressed by himself to the Chancellor OF tho
Exchecquer, and wherein the bank ex-
pressed its readiness to hold one-ffth OF
the bullion reserve, in silver, as permissa-
BILE by the bank charter, provided always
that the French mtnts were again open to
free coinage Of silver, and the prices at
which silver was procurable and saleable
would prove satisfactory. He concluded
by denying that the bank had bought any
silver. and declared that all the bank had
undertaken to do was under certain condi-
tion to carry out what was permissible
under the statute Of 1874.
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Pushed Back by the Military Until They
Dispersed-Five Thousand Miners Go
Back to Work and the Rest Expected
to Follow-Sherif Martin and Deputies
Arrested-Nilitia to he Withdrawn.
HAzLEroS, Penn. (SpeciaD.-Unless un-
foreseen developments occur, the anthra-
cite coal strike in this region is ended
Yesterday twelve hundred men, half OF the
full complement, returned to work at the
Honeybrook collieries Of the Leh!gh and
Wilkesbarre Company as did three hum
dred of the thirteen hundred at Pardee's
Latimer mines, while the Cranberry
CRYSTAL Ridge and Harwood collieries
of the same company and Coxe's colleries,
In the Drifton district, remained at work.
The latter were to have settled the question
of a strike yesterday, but at the request of
the operators held of until Thursday:
Nearly five thousand strikers have returned
or will do so tomorrow, and little less
than that number are still out, with indtca-
tions in favor Of their joining the workers.
The only incidents Of yesterday were
small outbreaks at Lattimer and Eckley.
both Of which were quickly subdueo, ana
the serving OF warrants of arrest on Sheriff
Martin and number OF his deputies. AT
Lattimer women attempted to drive out
three hundred Italians who returned to
work. They were armed with clubs and
stones and moved on the engine-house ana
company's stores. The raid looked threat
ening for time, and was not ended until
three companies OF the Thirteenth Regi-
ment, with fixed bayonets, had pressed BACK
and dispersed the crowd.
A number OF Butler Valley miners who
wanted to return to work at Lattimer were
driven back by body Of armed strikers,
who met them as they came over the noun
tain, mile or more from camp. The
break Of the strike is practically victory
for the operators. In only one or two IN
stances have the demands OF the men been
granted. although several companies have
promised to consider the grievances.
The warrants for the arrest OF Sheriff
Martin and his deputies were issued yes
terday by Judges Lynch and Bennett at
Wilkesbarre They were served here last
night, and no resistance was made. The
writs contain seventy-eight names, includ-
Ing that Of the Sheriff, and he has agreed
to deliver all the deputies for hearing.
A company Of the Ninth Regiment will es-
cort them to Wilkesbarre. General Gobln
permitted the service Of the writs because
he thinks the civil authorities are now able
to handle the situation. The gradual with
drawal Of the troops will be considered to-
morrow
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Gus hangman, who has killed legally more
persons than any other man In the United
States, but good sense and humanity pre-
vailed, and that ugly instrument OF death
which has given to Fort Smith such muir
derous reputation abroad, was burned in
public, leaving nothing but ashes and hor-
rid memories which time alone can efface.
The whole number Of executions at Fort
Smith within the last twenty-five years is
somewhere near hundred, Of which about
eighty are credited to George Maledon,
who never made failure or a bungllng
Job. Maledon Is an old Federal soldier Of
German nationality. He hanged people
as business and seemed to like 1t, because
there was money in 1t. The highest num-
Der OF executions In one day was seven.
and he called that good days work."
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ROYAL HEIR WEDs SERVANT.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand OF Austrt7
Marrfes n Former Housekeeper.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand OF Austrfy
Marrfes a Former Housekeeper.
A sensation has been caused by the state
ment that the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
son Of the late Archduke Karl Ludwig and
Princess Annunciata, daughter OF the late
King Ferdinando H., Of Naples, and heir
presumptive to the throne OF Austria-Hun-
gary, was married In London few days
ago to a middle-cIass lady from Kohl
scheidt, near Aix-la- Chapelle.
The Kolnische Volks-Zeitung says the
lady's father was formerly mine manager,
that one Of her brothers Is clergyman Of
Essen and that another brother Is trades
mrn of Aix-la- Chapelle.
The Lokal-Anzeiger adds: "She Is a
former housekeeper Of Herr Krupp. the
great iron master Of Essen, where she met
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Prominent People.

Queen Victoria is interested in the klon-
dixie developments.
Prince Victor Napoleon has just attained
the age OF thirty-siN.
The Rev. Dr. Abel Stevens, the historian
of Methodism died in San Jose, Cal.
General Fitzhugh Lee is being consid-
cred for the Presidency OF the University
of Virginia.
President Faure, while in Russia, gave
three French talking dolls to the Cars
little daughter.
The memorial to Archbishop Benson, i'll
Canterbury Cathedral, England. is to take
she form OF a canopied tomb beneath the
northwest tower and close to his grave.
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BIG LOSS OF LIFE IN ITALY.
hurricane and Floods Kill 100 and In.
jure as Many More.

hurricane and Floods XIII 100 and In
jure as Many More.
A hurricane swept over sava, Oria and
Latianc, all In the Province of Lecce, Italy.
Forty persons were killed, seventy were
wounded, twenty houses were destroyed,
and telegraphic communication with the
scene Of the disaster was cut of.
At Oria the railway depot was demol-.
ished and all the railway men engaged
there were killed. Two chateaux and
thirty houses were destroyed In a neigh
boring village, where twenty were killed
and twenty-four injured.
At Mesagne fifteen were killed and five
injured.
A special dispatch from Rome SAYS that
two villages near Brlndisi have been flooded
and that twenty persons have been
drowned.
The floods, which were caused by recent
heavy rains, wrecked every house IN the
two villages, injuring many people.
Great tracts Of country have been devas'
tated,
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Cycling Notes.

The lamp and bell ordinance is being en-
forced more vigorously than ever by the
New Jersey authorities.
An English doctor reports that he rode
1924 miles on wheel last year, Of which
distance 1924 miles were made on profess
sional visits.
Lord Dunraven, who failed to bring
home the Americas Cup, has developed al
most as great an affection for cycling as
for yachting.
One of the San Francisco street railways,
running through hilly district, provides
racks for bicycles on the front and rear Of
cars, and charges five cents extra for carry
ing wheel. The amount from this service
cuts quite figure in the receipts.
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Fast Freight Runs.

The B. and o. S. W. has been making
records on quick despatch freight within
the past week or two. Two trains, one
weighing 1872 and the other 734 tons, ran
from Cincinnati to Parkersburg, 200 miles
in eight hours and three minutes and eight
hours and four minutes respectively. The
run from St. Louis to Cincinnati, $40 miles
was made in sixteen hours. Considering
that some OF the grades exceeded one per
cent. the performance ranks with the best
on record and demonstrates that the track
and motive power of the Z. and o. 5. W
must be IL good condition.
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cUsA'S NEW PRESIDENT.

Brigadier-Ge General Mendez Capote Elected
Chief Magistrate of the Republic.
News has reached New York Of the elec-
tion Of Brigadier- Mendez Capote
to the Presidency OF the Republic OF Cuba.
He Is man Of ability, and the Cubans In
New York City declare he will carry on the
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A ToRPEDo.BoAT GOES DOWN.
Duke Frederick William of Mecklenburg.
anhrrnrIn Ona of Thnsa nrnuned

Duke Frederick William of Mecklenburg-
Schwerin One of Those Drowned.
A Hamburg despatch says that Torpedo
boat No. 26 has been capsized and sunk,
near the first llghtship off Cuxhaven. Eight
OF her crew, including her commander,
Duke Frederick William OF Mecklenburg-
Schwerin were drowned. The Duke was
born In 1874, held the rank of Lieutenant in
the German Navy, and was brother Of the
Grand Duke Of Mecklenburg -Schwerln.
The mother OF the Duke received the
news OF his death at Castle Rabensteinfeld,
Schwerin. The whole town has been thrown
into deep mourning. The church, bells were
tolled and the performance at the Court
Theatre was abandoned.
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Otter Skins Becoming Scarce.

The hunting schooner Rather has ar
rived at San Francisco from the Arctic,
having secured twenty-six sea-otter skins
and 1913 fur-seals. Captain Nelson de-
clares that otters are becoming scarce. He
got one skin that is entirely white, the first
one ever taken, according to the hunters.
The conventional color of the sea-otter is
black. Skins here and there dappled with
silver have always commanded the highest
price. This pure white skin, 1t Is expected,
will bring from 300 to $1,000, the highest
price on record.
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Arroyo's Murder Premeditated.

Velasquez, ,ex-Inspector-General of Police,
now in prison in the City Of Mexico, has
confessed that he ordered the killing Of
Arroyo. the assailant OF President Diaz.
His servant admits buying the knives with
which the deed was committed. Velasquez
says that the man was not tortured. The
Judge has decided that Velasquez and Cab
rera, the detective, are guilty, and he
holds them for trial.