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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
Her Face to Be Washed.

The Goddess Of Liberty, in New York
Harbor, who for eleven years has been vel
coming wondering foreigners to the great
New World, is to have her noble face and
majestic bronze gown soundly scrubbed
and "done up" She has been queening it
at Bedloe's Island for 10! these many years,
and time and the scornful waves have taken
many liberties with her-and she the God
dess Of Liberty herself! At any rate, she is
to be washed with soap and water and
scrubbed with big bath brush at an early
date.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
ANDREE NOT HEARD FROM
No Tidings About His Daring Dash
For the North Pole.
BALLOON MAY HAVE LANDED.

The Arctic Explorer Started on July IL
in His Balloon, and Although There
Have Been Several Reports of Mes
sages From Him, All Proved to Be
Bogus-Speculations About His Fate.
CHR1sr1AN1A, Norway (By Cable).-1t Is
now about eight weeks since Herr Andree
and his two companions set off from from
SOC on their daring voyage to the north
pole. What their fate has been Is only
matter Of conjecture, for, Notwithstanding
the picked-up carrier pigeons, there have
been no authentic tidings since their de-
parture.
At first 1t was generally accepted that
the pigeon said to have been shot by the
Captain of the fishing vessel Aiken between
Spitzbergen and Seven Islands. carried
genuine message from the explorer, but
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
UNCLE SANS STRONG BOX.

Cash Balance OF s21s,5e1,2o6 in the
Treasury.
The August statement Of the public debt,
Issued at the Treasury Department. Wash
ington, shows the debt less cash in the
Treasury to be 81 ,OOs, 1896, ,121, which is an
increase for the month Of s14, 1885,, Ats. This
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
SETH Low HAS ACCEPTED.
Agrees to Become the Mayoratty Candi.
date OF the Citizens Union.

date of the Citizens Union.
Seth Low, President Of Columbia College.
is formally in the field as candidate for
tho office of Mayor Of Greater New York.
He made his announcement In his cottage
at Northeast Harbor, Me. Secretary Clark,
Of the Citizens Union, called at II O'Clock
O. m, and after the newspaper men had
been admitted, Mr.. Clark, addressing the
President Of Columbia, said:
"Mr. Low, I have the honor, on behalf
of the Citizens Union, to tender you the
nomination for Mayor Of Greater New
York"
Then Mr.. Clark read the formal letter OF
notification. President Low listened at
tentively, and. when Mr.. Clark had lin
ished, accepted the nomination. He spoke
earnestly, and his manner indicated that
he had weigh he'd we'll the step he was TAX
ing. Mr.. Low will write formal letter to
the Citizens Union Nominating Commit
tees. This letter will be his platform in
the campaign.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
New Railroad Terminal.

The Locust Point yards Of the B. and O.
Railroad are completed and that ocean ter
minal at Bal imore now has capacity for
5000 cars. During the past few weeks the
wisdom Of making the improvement has
been amply demonstrated. Thousands OF
cars Of export grain we're handled without
a single blockade and with such celebrity
and ease that the old timers were greatly
aatonishad
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
THE NEWS E9ITOMIZSD.
Washington Items.

Government employees are warned that
thrv will hc dismissed for insubordination
if they seek to retain their places by in
functions.
The full text of the japanese Govern
ment's acceptance of Hawaits proposal to
arbitratr differences was delivered to Sec
rotary sherman by the Secretary OF the
Japanese Legation.
The Government, through the Marine
Hospital service, is taking every possible
precaution against the spread OF yellow
fever from Ocean Springs, Miss.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
Murder For q Song.

Edward Register, young farmer living
near Jacksonville, Fla, was shot and
killed by his adopted son, Robert, who Is
fourteen years old. The boy and man,
Henry N. Tyre, were arrested, and the lad
confessed that he committed the murder.
The victims wife gave him IS to do 1t.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
Gold Fields In Michigan.

Prospectors returned from the Michi.
picoten River gold country In the Lake
Wawa district, Michigan, report great finds
Of gold-beartng quartz. Fortune hunters
are hurrying into the region, and prepara-
tions are making to accommodate the
crowds arrived and arriving. A town site,
named Wawa, Is being surveyed on the lake.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
The St. Louis Breaks a Record.

The American liner st. Louis completed
The fastest trip ever made between New
York and Southampton. She steamed the
distance in days, 10 hours and IA minutes,
beating the record, held by the Furst Bis
marck, by Al minutes. She travelled 3077
knots ut an average hourly speed OF 1895
knots
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
Hanged In the Public Square

"Doc" Kelley, alias Black, colored, twen-
ty-three years old, was hanged at Snow
Hill, N. c., for assaulting Mrs. Merritt, a
white woman. The gallows was In the pub
lie square Of the town, and 5000 people were
spectators. Kelley was accused Of several
other crimes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
Southerners Are Tempcrato.

1t can be stated that the average South
erner has been slandered by outsiders Ia,
regard to his drinking habits. The South
is temperate section. Prohibition is more
general under local option laws in the
South than in any other quarter Of the
Union. (Ala.) Aee-Herald. J
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
Disease a Cuban Ally.

Disease is powerful ally of the Cubans.
Not less than 1000 Spanish soldiers are sent
back monthly to Spain, ineapacitated by
hot weather epidemics. The number that
die is not reported.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
Big Freight Car Contract.

President ingalls,, OF the Big Four and
Chesapeake and Ohio, has contracted for
the construction OF 20OO freight cars.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22

BALLOON IN WHICH ANDhhh eALIp rUn n @ @ a. th tb no,e
after the fashion Of other balloons 1t mas one oIe Gs S b
being diminished by
With the aid fthe keel the balloon can DRIFT
q Inere
his RNeto ut the watch
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
England and the Panama Canal,

A special cable despatch to the New Yorl
World from Colon announces that q con,
cession to complete the Panama Canal ha:
been granted to England.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22

Yellow Fever Scare Subslding.
The yellow fever scare In the South is
subsidipg No new cases were reported at
New Orleans or other points.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22

Shipping Cattle to Central America.
Recently ship was loaded with cattle
at New Orleans, La., for shipment to Cen.
trail America.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
TRlBEsMEN ARE DIsHEARTENED.
The Swatis Have Completed Their Sub
mission to the British.

The India frontier reports are more favor
able to the British. The spies say the
Orakzais appear to be disheartened. They
lost fifteen men killed in the attack on
Fort Gulistan and are now holding coun-
oils
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
Prominent People.

An ARMY OF COHVICts'
There are about 1900 prisoners in the
United States.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-28
NEW PROCESS
Invented by Edison for Securing Iron
From Low Grade 0res.--How 1t Is
Done.

New York, October 27.--The Electli-
cal Engineer will publish tomorrow
the first authoritative account OF
Thomas A. Edisons success in recov-
ering by electrical means the iron
contained in low grade ore. The in
yentor's experiments have been carried
on during the past six years at the Old
Ogden Iron Mines. a few miles from
Dover, n. j., where he has built up
plant covering several acres OF ground
and which after many experiments is
now capable Of producing daily 1000 10
1,500 tons of almost chemically pure
iron.
The ore contains on the average
about % per cent OF iron and resembles
in appearance a very poor quality OF
gray rock. Mr. Edison states that
there are 10000. 600 tons OF this ore on
the land Immediately surrounding his
plant from which can be produced So
100000 tons Of iron. His process. in
brief. consists Of blasting the ore from
the mountain sides and then. by means
Of steam shovels and cars. conveying IL
to massive ecrushers. where II Is pull
verified The powder Is then allowed 10
fall in close proximity to electro mag
nets, which defect the iron to one
side and the non-metallic matter falls
to the other side by gravity. From the
time the ore is blasted until 1t IL re-
solved into this metallic form and
compressed into briquettes for ship
ment, the process is entirely automatic.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-28

Chicago, October 27.-The will of
bate this afternoon. To his widow he
left the homestead on Prairie avenue.
Sufficient funds are also set aside to
provide her with an income of $4,000
yearly during her life, One million
dollars each is left in trust for his two
daughters, Mrs. Frank o. Lowdon, OF
Chicago, and Mrs. Carolan, of San
Francisco. An income of but So. 900
yearly is provider for his two sons.
George NJ, Jr., and Sanger w. Mrs.
Lowden is also given the summer res
idence, known as Castle Rest, on an
Island in the st. Lawrence River.
About $l50,000 in sums of $4,000 and
$4,000 is left to various charitable in
situations in Chicago. A sum of $780,
COO is given for the erection of a man.
ual training school in Pullman, which
is also endowed with 81 200 600. I'VE
old employees are given $1,000 each.
Two sisters and two brothers of the
dead millionaire are given $4,000 each
and another brother gets So, 600.
II the estate shall be more than suf-
ficient to satisfy all the devises, trusts
and legacies named. the executors are
directed to divide the excess into two
equal shares and add the same respec-
lively to the two portios set aside for
the daughters, Mrs. Lowden and Mrs.
Carolan.
Norman B. Ream and Robert T. Lin
coin are appointed executors.
The total value OF the estate "a
shown by the petition for letters tesla.
mentary to be s7,600,0 900. OF this
amount $500 900 is personal property
and 100000 realty. Attorney Run
nels, who prepared the will, said that
these figures are a conservative but
fair estimate of the value of the estate.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-28
NOTE RECEIVED.
Woodf0rds Message in the Hands of
the State Department.

Washington, October 27.-The event
of the day at the State Department was
the receipt of the long expected cable
gram from United States Minister
Woodford at Madrid, transmitting the
answer of the Spanish Government to
his representations in the interest of
peace in Cuba.
The message had to be translated
from the cipher back again into good
English and it was past three o'clock
before the first fair copy of the mes
sage was turned out. 1t was not so
long in fact, there being a little less
than one thousand words in the mes
sage, for Mr.. Woodford, instead of
cabling the whole of the Spanish an
swer, had contented himself with re-
duclng the matter to brief outline.
The first copy was taken at once to the
President, not being entrusted to 4
messenger, but being delivered by
Chief Clerk Mitchell in person at the
White House.
Mr.. Porter said that under no cir
cumstances would the correspondence
be made public before consideration of
the cabinet.
From unofficial information that has
reached certain administration officials
in advance of this message of Mr..
Woodford's as to the nature of the
Spanish reply, it is evident that In
neither language nor subject is the
communication likely to be taken as
offensive by our government 1t may
be, it is true, regarded as insufficient
to meet the issue presented by Mr..
Woodford in his note, but officials OF
the State Department say that in view
Of what has already been accomplish
ed by the new Spanish cabinet in re-
forming abuses in Cuba, in removing
Weyler and in projecting what ap-
pears to be liberal measure of autons
omy, our government will certainly
rest at least until Congress assemblies
and afford the new Spanish govern
ment reasonable time to carry out its
plans.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-28
MISS cUDAHY MARRIED.

CHICAGO, October 1.-THE marriage OF
Miss Cecilia cudahy. daughter Of the mil
lionaire packer. Michael Cudahy. OF Chi
cago TO John b. casserly, Of San Francis
co. son OF ex-senator cazserly. took place
at St. James Catholic church at 800 a.
m to-day NuptiaI high mass was cels-
brated. the officiating clergyman being
Archbishop Riordan. Of San Francisco
Miss Clara cudahy, a sister Of the bride.
was maid u honon VIM. II. McDonough
acted az groomsmau. About co invited
guests were present. A wedding break
fast vas served At the residence Of the
brides father. Mr.. ard Mrs. caszerly
left This afternoon for three weeks trip
through the east. after which they go 10
san Francisco.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-28
CLAD AS A BOY.
A Kansas Girl Runs Away From Home to
Secure EnlnloYInent

SEIZURE f.i,lplOf fnent
Chicago, October 27.-Annabel Farm
er, the pretty 19-year-old daughter of
}. Q. Farmer, of Chanute, Kan, had
trouble with her family a month ago.
She then cut off her hair, donned her
brothers clothes, and came to Chicago.
She registered at a hotel and then
went out, dressed in her girls cos
tune, to search for work. She did not
find it, and she lived at the Young
Women's Christian Association Home
until her money gave out. She then
registered at another hotel, and was
put out for lack of funds
For two weeks the girl wandered
the streets, sleeping in the parks or
wherever she could. She found no
work. and when she was discovered
asleep on a bench in Washington Park
and taken to the police station, she
broke down and told her story. When
her story was published. she received
an offer of marriage from B. A. Hen
ry, of this city, and several chances to
work. She declined the former and
took one of the latter. She speaks
French and German, writes shorthand,
plays the piano and sings. Her father
is poor man, dependent on pension
for his living.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-28
ANOTHER OPINION.
General Manager Toucey Does Not Agree
With President Channcey Denew

General Manager Toucey Does Not Agree
With President Chauncey Depew.
Cold Springs, n. Y, October 81
Chief Detective Humphrey, of the New
York Central railroad, was asked to-
day if the arrest of any person was
contemplated on suspicion of having
caused the wreck of the State express.
Mr.. Humphrey admitted that the rail-
road suspects that the roadbed was
blown out by dynamite, but refused
to diyulge any information. He said
that his instructions were to report the
result of his investigation personally
to President Depew.
The diver who was at work to-day
searching in the river for the bodies
OF Engineer Foyle and Stenographer
Mckay, had no success. He says that
the bodies are either buried in the
mud or have been washed away. The
divers, assisted by steam dredge, will
continue the search tomorrow. The
body of the woman known as mo. 12''
is still unidentified.
New York. October 27.-General
Manager Toucey, of the New York Cen
trail, believes that the disaster was
caused by a break in the engines ma
chinery Mr.. Toucey said to-day:
Il believe something broke on the
engine and ploughed up the ground
and Jared the roadbed so that it
loosened and slid into the river. The
sudden checking of the speed Of the
train caused the cars to double up on
each other and helped to loosen the
roadbed. That is the conclusion
reached from my investigation Of the
facts. If there had been a dynamite
explosion before the train reached that
place, the engine could not have passed
over it and seventy-five feet this side,
as it did
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-28
REPORT DENIED.
American Episcopal Church Has No
Idea of Surrendering It's Auton-
0my.

ALBANY. y. Y, October 27.-Rt. Rev.
Croswell Doane. Bishop OF Albany, who
was a prominent member of the Lam
beth conference. was shown to-day the in
terview with Bishop McLaren. of Chica-
go. in which the latter is quoted as saying
that the American Bishops thought of sur
rendering their autonomy 10 the English
church. He said:
4 am sure that Bishop McLaren (who,
by the way, attended only one session OF
the Lambeth eonference) has been mis-
represented in this matter There is not
and never was any idea of putting the
Episcopal church of America under the
hierarchy OF the Church of England or
of surrendering out autonomy as Ma
tional church"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-28
BUNCO MEN OUTWITTED.
The "Green" Farmer Won the Money and
Theu Drove Them Away.

Ineu Drove Them Away.
Port Jervis, N. Y, October 27.-The
two card sharpers who last week bun
coed Mr.. Vandusen, a farmer, of War
wick, N. Y, out of $4,000, have been
operating in towns on the Erie Rail-
way. They visited David Buck, a rich
farmer, living near Wellsboro, and
pretended that they wanted to buy a
farm. They suggested a game of cards
and the supposed green" agricul-
turist turned up the successful card
several times in rapid succession and
won $3.50.
Excusing himself for moment, that
he might get his checkbook, Buck re-
turned with a double-barrelled shot
gun and leveled it at the two strangers.
Say. you fellers,' he said, maybe I'm
green and maybe l amt, but I'm onto
your little game. My names Buck, not
Hayseed, and you've bucked up against
the wrong huckleberry. Thanks for
the $3.50, which / hope is good"
The fellows hurriedly took their de-
parture and Mr.. Buck was told at the
bank that the money was good.
The sharpers came to Port Jervis
Friday, hired rig of Nissan & Son,
and drove to Benjamin Van Fleets, a
wealthy farmer, mile out of town.
One of the men represented himself as
a son of Mr.. Clement, a banker of
Middletown, N. Y, and said he want
ed to buy farm for his sister. who
had two wild sons. They tried to in
veigle Mr.. Van Fleet into a game Of
cards. but he was too shrewd to be
caught.
II am not such fool as you take me
to be-" said Mr.. Van Fleet, and he
told them to leave instanter. He drove
to Port Jervis and notified Chief
Brown, who gave echase to the three
card monte men. but they escaped on
an Erie train going east
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-28
WRECK CAU3EDBY DYNAMITE
DepeW Attributes the Disaster to Crime
and Not Accident.
The Roadbed Was Like Rock At
ter the Wreck It Showed a Per-
pendicular Cleavage, Indicating
That the Break Was Caused by
an Explosion-Other Facts Bear
Out the Same Theory.

New York, October 27.-The Herald
and World this morning quote Chaun-
cey Nj. Depew, president of the New
York Central railroad, as saying that
the wreck at Garrisons last Sunday
was caused by dynamite explosion.
ANY one who is familiar with rail-
reading" said Mr.. Depew, knows that
the continual pounding of trains over
a road-bed has the effect of beating it
down till it is like rock. That road
bed has been in use for forty years,
and the fact that it was like rock is
shown by the fact that Immediately
after the wreck, before the workmen
had filled in any, the break showed a
clean cut, perpendicular cleavage.
THE popular notion that it was due
to a landslide is not borne out by
this. When there is a landslide the
bank takes the shape of an inclined
plane. The fact that this was found
as it was shows that the break must
have been formed in an unusual way.
The only thing that could have done
it would have been a stick of dynamite
rammed down into the roadbed. That
would have done it.
Il don't say that we have any evil
dence that such was the case, but when
| sent word to our detective, Mr.
Humphreys, to make Investigations
along that line he told me that he had
reasons to suspect something Of the
sort before. So l ordered that thor
ough investigation be made
you must bear in mind that an hour
before this wreck another and heavier
train passed over the road in safety;
that thirty minutes before that a train
went up on the other track and no.
ticed nothing wrong, and that nobody
heard any report. Whatever caused
the accident, it is certain that the en-
CINE went clear over the obstruction
and was injured after it left the track"
This view was corroborated later by
special engineer who had come with
the party. He examined the engine
and found that all its injuries are what
are considered superficial among rail-
road men. Neither the main nor side
rods were broken, and the pilot was
practically intact, showing, Supt. Nc
Coy declared, that the engine had only
been injured in rolling down the en-
bankment after it left the track.
Coroner William T. Wood and jury
tonight commenced their inquest into
the cause of the death of the twenty
victims of the New York Central dis
aster of last Sunday morning. The in
quest was held in the town hall, which
was filled with witnesses and specta-
tors. The hearing lasted one hour and
fifteen minutes and was productive Of
no information whatever bearing upon
the cause of the disaster. The inquest
was adjourned until November +.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-28

TO LOCATE INDUSTRIES.

Special TO the Register.
Stenbenville, o.. October BE. ].
McIlvain. prominent contractor and
capitalist of Allegheny. Pa. who is
interested in number of manufactEr-
ing concerns, was here to-day and EAR
tally closed deal with Robert Clark
and Hud Montgomery for twenty seven
acres of land at Toronto. part Of which
he will have plated for lots AM on
the balance he viii locate industrial
concerns.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-28
FOREST FIRES
Doing Great Damage About Greensburg
Pennsylvania.

Greensburg, Pa, October 27.-The
great forest fires on the Laurel Hill.
above Laurelville. and on the Chestnut
Ridge are still raging with undated
fury. Great destruction in property Is
imminent II is believed that the lives
of the family Of samuel Shawley q
mountaineer. consisting of three peo-
pie, have been lost. About midnight
last night the flames with lightning like
rapidly swept across the waste south
Of the Shawley house and the house
was enyeloped and burned. No men,
Der of the family could be found early
this morning. There are other noun
tain dwellings in danger and the oc-
cupants are fleeing from them Hum
dFeds of mountaineers and villagers
are at work in the hope of Quenching
the flames. but seemingly with no
effect.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-28
GEORGE N. PULLMANS WILL,
The Twin Boys Cut Off With a Bare
Income of $4,000 a Year.

Each OF the Daughters Gets a Mill.
ion in the Lump, and, After Other
Devises Are Satisfied, Divide the
Remainder of the Estate - The
Widow Gets the Prairie Avenue
Homestead and $4,000 a Year.
Mrs. Lowden Gets Castle Rsst."
Some Charitable Bequests.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-28

INVESTIGATING INDIAN FRAUDS.
Vinita. I. T.. October 2T-Tho United
States grand iurv now sitting here has
under consideration sensational testi-
n'nnv concerning the 500 600 of bogus
Creek warrants. E. r Childres treas
nrer Of the Creek nation. and s. B. Cal
Iahan private secretary to the secre-
1Ssturdav charged with imnlication In
Issuing the ebogus warrants.