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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-15
GERMANY TO BE WARNED.
Attitude OF the United States In the Hay
tian Affair.

Attitude OF the United States In the Hay
tian Affair.
The State Department at Washington ha
requested Ambassador White to ascertain
exactly the Intentions Of Germany will
respect to the claims Of Emile Lueders
whose recent imprisonment In. Hayt
has caused friction between the Ger
man and Haytian Governments. Mr.
White has also been instructed, II any
schemes Of annexation exist, or II thert
In an intention to make an excessive de-
monstration, with view Of unduly punish
Ing Haytl, to intimate to the German Gov.
ernmenf that the United States could NOT
tolerate either Of these courses, though IN
principle having no objection to Germany
obtaining satisfaction.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-15
King OF Ocean Liners.

The Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse crossed
the ocean from Sandy Hook to the Needles
in days, II hours, 8 minutes, making new
average speed record OF 22.35 knots. She
also reduced the time OF the st. Louis to
Southampton Of days, 10 hours and "a
minutes by II hours and minutes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-15
ier1nany's Demand on Hayti.

Gerlnany's demand on hayu'
The nature of Germany's demands on
Hayti, on account of the arrest OF Lueders,
was made known in Washington. The de-
mands are: An indemnity OF $4,000;
promise that Lueders may return to Huyti
without danger; apology to Germany and
an agreement to receive graciously the
German Charge dAffaires ut Port au
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-15
Cuba Wants Independence.

General Palma OF the Cuban Junta has
received proclamation issued by General
Garcia, saying that the patriots would con-
slider no proposition from Spain except alb.
solute Independence. He has also received
an address In the same vein issued by the
Cuban Convention. which Is to choose
President
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-15
Thorn Tells His Story.

Martin Thorn testified in his own behalf
In his trial for murder at Long Island City.
He said Mrs. Mack killed Guldensuppe and
cut the body to pieces with his assistance.
Both sides then announced that all the eyi.
dence was in.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-15
Lynched For Mule Stealing.

A determined party Of men overlook
party OF officers who were escorting Jerry
Johnson to Screven (Ga.) jail. They seized
the prisoner, set him up on the road, and
riddled shim with bullets. Johnson had
stolen O mule from farmer named Pop
hmm
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-15
Bank Robbed of $4,000.

The Farmers Bank Of Kings Station, q
small town southeast OF Rockford, ILL.,, was
robbed OF about $4,000. The safe was
blown open with dynamite. The burglars
escaped. The bank is a private institution
owned by King Brothers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-15
Maxi1n's New Gun.

Hiram Maxim's new quick-flrlng gun
was tried at Portsmouth, England, with
remarkable results. With twenty-five
pounds of cordite it showed an effective
range OF Is, 900 yards.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-15

General ordway's Successor.
The President appointed Major George
a. Harries, commander OF the District OF
Columbia National Guard, to succeed the
late General Ordway.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-15
Feeding Horses to Hogs.

Horses have become so cheap In tha
neighborhood OF Fort Scott, Kan, that
stookman has found 1t profitable to puy
them, slaughter them, and feed the nesn 70
his hogs. An attempt to stop the practice
demonstrated that there Is no law Whicns
nrnhihitS ii. - - = -----. q.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-15
Battle Reported In Africa.

BatEI6 heporteu IN A1rIcH.
A dispatch to the Frankfort Zeitung from
Rome reports that asanguinary conflict has
taken place between the French and Brit.
tsh at Nikki, In the Lagos Hinterland, In
Afrjoa
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-15
Valuable Steamer Burned.

Two lives were lost in a fire at Escaraba,
Mich, which destroyed the steamer Nahant
and a valuable dock, causing loss of
nearly 100000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-15
West Indies and Annexation.

1t was reported in London that moye1
ment for the annexation of the West InS
dies to the United States was in contem-
plation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-15

Woodworking Machinery Combination.
Fourteen manufacturers OF woodwork
ing machinery have formed q combination,
with q capital OF SO, 500,0 900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-15

Restoring Independence Hall. :
The work of restoring Independence Hall
o its original design was commenced. -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-15
Sentence of an Embezzler

Ex-Statc Auditor Eugene Moore, Of Ne
braska, who embezzled $4,000. was SEN
fenced to eight years in the penitentiary.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-15

Marched Over sherman's Route.
A regiment of United States Infantry has
lately been traversing, for the purposes Of
a practice march, the route used by Sher'
mans army between Atlanta and Chicka,-
mauga. -L- L..
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-08
CHARLES A. DANA.

| knowledge, and his head was so clear that
he saw TO the root of a proposition at a
glance. Round him circled three men not
inferior to him in mental grasp, but lean
ing upon him because they discerned his
horse sense-the genial and cultured
George Ripley, George William Curtis, the
attic philosopher, and Albert Brisbane,
the socialist. Itwas rule with these men
when in doubt to carry their doubts to
Dana.
he was O necessity to the Tribune.
Greeley was brilliant. ardent, loyal to the
core, but he was erratic; be embraced new
ideas without due inquiry; no better
guide could be found on the great ques-
ton of the hour; he possessed the rare
gift of striking home with paragraph or
sentence; but he was such a crank that
he seriously contemplated engaging
spiritualist to furnish him with foreign
news in advance OF the steamers. He
needed man like Dana to hold him in
check and to steady him when he inclined
to fly Oft at tangents. Dana was his bal
ance-wheel.
1t was a sad day for the Tribune when
he offered the stockholder the alternative
of him or Greeley. and they preferred the
sage OF Chappaqua. But, for the mo-
ment, it was still sadder day for him.
For his work. which had been pro-
digious, had never been adequately re-
paid; he was penniless and in debt. For
some months he was ir cruel straits.
Then suddenly it occurred to Mr.. Lin coin
ana Mr.. Stanton that they wanted a man
of clear vision and untiring energy to act
as connecting link between the War De-
partment and the generals in the field
They chose Dana. Under the title of As
sistant Secretary of War, he visited every
Union CAMP and became member of
every Union generals military family.
de camped and marched with Grant and
Sherman and Burnside and Schofield and
Tho mas; talked with them face to face.
studied them and their subordinates till
he knew them all by heart, and everv
mig ht he reported his observations to the
War DEPARTMENT without fear or favor.
affection or prejudice. 1t is not too much
to- say that for his knowledge of the gen.
erals who served under his orders Mr..
Lincoln was indebted to Dana
When the war was over Dana was out of
job He might have been rich; a word
from him would have been priceless TO
army contractors; he did not make a
penny. When he closed his accounts at
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-08
ONE OF AMERICAS
MOST NOTED FIGURES
AFTER He IS GONE WILL DANA'S
FULL PLACE IN HISTORY
Be REAIIzER


The time has not yet come for the world
to appreciate Charles A. Dana. No one is
hero to those who see him trudging the
streets morning and evening in his work
a-day clothes, with a matter of fact ex-
preston on his face and EXCHANGING
commonplace remarks on the events of
the hour. 1t is only when he has passed
away and the recording angel has closed
the catalogue of his words and his deeds
that the greatness of great man is rea-
liZed, and mankind realizes that in bis
death 1t has suffered a real loss.
For nearly half century the doings and
sayings of Charles A Dana were part of
he history of his time. He had been
marveIousiy well equipped, so that he
could truthfully say of the events of his
period, quorum pars fui. Ny acquaint-
ance with him began in 1852, but before
then he had made himself master of the
languages, he had sounded to the depths
the mysteries of European politics and he
had learned by practical experience ct
Brook Farm how much truth and how
much error there was in the Fourierism m
which is now cropping out as new thing
in the writings of Henry George and
Bellamy.
He was the right man in the right place
in the office of MANAGER of the Tribune.
He was an encyclopedia of all forms of
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-08
ENFORCING THE
FRANCHISE TAX
Surrender of the Louisville
Railway to a Kentucky
Decision.
Special Dispatch to THE CALL

FRANKFORT. KY, Oct. 7.-The
Louisville Street Railway Today sent a
check TO Attorney General Taylor for
$25, 147 55. the amount of the judgment
recently rendered against the company
for franchise tax, and decide TO aban-
don The contemplated appeal TO the Court
OF Appeals to further test the fra nchise
law This is complete victory for the
Sta.e IN enforcing the law, and the case
has =. direct bearing, if il is not final on
the dozens of big cases now under subm is
sion for franchise taxes. Ex- Chief JUS
uce Pryor was counsel for the street rail-
way, ana it was under his advice that the
contem plated appeal was abandoned. The
railway company will, however. appeal a
branch OF the case for $1,000 for penalties,
but this does not bear upon the main
question.
The action of the railway company in
surrendering is a blow to all other COM
panles resisting the tax, including the
Southern Pacific. Although the Southern
racine Company claims non-residence as
ground 10 distinguish it from the other
companies. The Commits sloners have
recognized it as a resident Of Kentucky
through forcing the re-esta bl is hment of
the Louisville Office. Should the court
mold The Southern Pacific Com ranv liza BILE.
as ~ has the Louisville Street Railway
ne former company will be forced 20 pay
soo,ooo annual tax 10 this State.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-08

/ he Grand Jury has taken up the propo-
sltlon OF furnishing the city with mag
nlhcent public park on the property lying
IN front of the City Hall, between Park
avenue, McAIlister, Larkin and Market
Streets and in its next report will recon-
mend t2RL the Supervisors condemn the
land and dedicate it to the use of the city.
Soon after the present jury was chosen
several of its members discussed the
question of public improvements and the
scheme Of a pleasure ground, with the
Lick statue as a central point, was
broached.
The committee shat has charge of such
matters was instructed to look closely into
the matter and ascertain whether or not
the city could legally obtain possession OF
the property. 1t was found that the land
had originally belonged to the munich
pallty, but that through some overnight
OF former city officials it had been allow ed
to pass into the hands of those now in
possession or to persons from whom the
present holders had purchased.
The committee jOurneyed through the
rear areas OF the saloons and small stores
that occupy the unsightly one-story builQ-
lngs which cover the ground, the men,
oers picking their way carefully over the
junk heaps that cumber the premises.
The conclusion was immediately arrived
at that the city could be made to pay but
little for the buildings and that the time
for the city TO regain possession is the
present. in view of the fact that property
in the vicinity is appreciating rapidly in
value and in a few years will be held at
much higher figure than now.
Alter its tour of inspection the commit
Reconstructed the expert of the jury to
obtain figures regarding the assessed value
Of the property. with the view of getting
4 an idea OF what it would cost tie city to
FDotain possession.
These figures, with other data which
has been asked for, have not yet been
placed in shape where they can be used
but the members of the jury are almost
unanimous in the opinion that the lana
should be acquired and the park laid ont
at the earliest opportunity.
1t is proposed 10 recommend that the
Supervisors condemn the land and that
bonds, maturing in twenty or forty wears
be issued to cover the expense.
The committee is now prenarino its
report to the jury.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-08
LARGEST TONNAGE
FOR MANY YEARS
Figures That Indicate the
Efficiency of the Mer-
chant Fleet.
Special Dispatch TO LIE CALL.


WASHINGTON. ID. C., Oct. THE an
nual report of Mr.. Cham berlain, the Com
missioner of Navigation, which has lust
been submitted to the Secretary of the
/ reasury, shows that the total document
ed tonnage of The United States on June
30, 1897, was 4, $50. 220 tons, and is the larg-
est fUr twenty-one wears, except 1888
wnen 1t was 4, ,S25071 ions. Our largest
documenied tonnage was s. 539 3I2 tons. on
July 80, 1851 Considering the speed and
number OF trips of steam vessels our mer.
chant fleet has never been so efficieni as
thls year. The total construction of the
year 1891 vessels of 232, 233 gross tons) is
the largest annual output since 1891.
The square-rigged sailing vessel has vir-
tually ceased to be product of American
shipyards. The great lakes re gion for the
first time in our history has built more
tonnage than all the rest of the countrv-
120 vessels of 116, ,937 tons.
During the past decade steam tonnage
has increased SIG. 600 tons. The American
tonnage sold 10 foreigners, amounting 10
S243 tons, is the smallest amount since
1874 During the past four years 38. 1928
tons OF foreign built vessels have been adj
mltted to American registry, compared
with 64,71S tons the previous four wears.
The tonnage registered for foreign trade
amounted to 1872 S45 gross tons, the lowest
since 1s41.
The Mhale fisheries employ ~ ia tons.
com Jared with the MAXIMUM 1873. .594 tons
in 1858. About 10 600 men are empioyed
in deep-sea fisheries, OF whom $500 are
citizens of the United States
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-08

the War Department he drifted to Chi
cago and started a newspaper with money
contributed by friends, who were grateful
for his patriotic services. 1t failed. A
day came when the Repu blican ceased to
appear, and the editor, disheartened and
deeper in debt than ever, hoated to bis
old home in New York. He had moments
at that period when he despaired of him
self; he told George William Curtis that
he did not see why he continued to cum
Der the earth.
When his old friend, General Grant,
who had not been backward in acknowl-
edging his obligations to Dana, became
President of the United States the ex-
editor applied to him for an office. The
berth of Collector of the Port OF New York
was about to Ee vacated. Of Dana's ft-
ness to fill it there could be no question,
and it seemed tn at the country owed him
SO much.
But the machine at New York was all
powerful, and they had no use for man
who would not be putty In their hands.
Good K publicans, who were not profess
sional politicians, appealed 10 President
Grant TO appoint Dana in recognition of
his services during the war. But the stolid
general had made up his mind, so far as
patronage was concerned, to place himself
in the hands of the Murpbys and the other
leaders OF the machine, and he stonily
refused to consider Dana's claims. The
discounted applicant never forgave him.
He was OF the nature of a red Indian; he
never forgot favor nor forgave an injury.
He pursued Grant with his biting invec-
We 10 the borders of the grave.
1t chanced that at that time the Sun
newspaper was for sale. 1t had been
run into the ground by the Beaches, who
ha look eG on in helpless fashion when
the Her aid took away their subscribers
and their small ads. Putting his old en-
ergy into the task, Dana con trived to beg
and borrow money to buy it; it did not
take so very much, Tor the only value the
Sun, from business stand point, was its
franchise in the Associated Press. In his
long years of waiting, Dana had formed
conception of what modern newspaper
might be; bright, wideawake, truthful,
terse, with no entangling alliances or party
affiliations. Such paper he made of The
Sun. He sold it for cent, but he charged
twice as much as other morning daiies for
advertisements in its columns
1t was a success from the fist Its edi-
torial page. much Of which was written
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-08
GREAT BRITAIN AND BiMET6LLfsM
fans for an Informal Confere,ce
That win Delay 6eply to the
Proposals.

LONDON, ENG, Oct. The prediction
made in the dispatches OF the Associated
Press on Saturday last to the effect that
Great Brtain's reply to the bime,alijc
proposals would be DELAYED has been
confirmed. Arrangements have now been
made 10 hold an informal con ference be-
lween the Chancellor of the Excheouer
S. Michael Hicks Beach, and other
British Officials on the one side, and the
United States monetary com missioner rs
and Colonel Hay, the United States EN-
bassador, on the other side. for the pur-
pose of securing a more cetinite under
standing as to what the United States
and France expect. Consequently the
British Government will be unable TO
fulfill the promise of the Chancellor OF
the Exchequer 10 give the United States
commissioners reply early during the
present month, and he delay will posi-
bly, last some weeks.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-08
MENACE TO
AMERICAN
VORKMEN
The Real Danger in
the Annexation of
Hawaii.
TO CREATE A SLAVE
STATE.
Chinese and Japanese Labor
Controls the Market on
the Islands.
FREE TO COME AND GO IN
THIS COUNTRY.
Walter Macarthur, the Well-Knowp
Labor Leader, on the Evils
of Cheap Labor.
Chinese and Japanese Labor
Controls the Market on
the Islands.
FREE TO COME AND GO IN
THIS COUNTRY.
Walter Ma cArthur, the Well-KnoWn
Labor Leader, on the Evils
of Cheap Labor.

The proposal to annex the Hawaiian
Islands. if consummated, will be premedi-
tateo theft. No matter by what name it
is designated, the crime will smell as loud.
Moreover, it will be a piece of arrant
cowardice. The ruffian who waylays a
child and robs it of the nickel for gro-
ceries is no more execrable than the great
nation which would pilfer the poor
heritage of weak and inoffensive race
We are accustomed 10 summing ourselves
in the boast of our magnanimity toward
weaker peoples. We decry the policy of
greed and conquest in other nations. Yet,
here We are contem plating the adoption
of that very policy, with ali of its
objections and none of its merits. Other
nations have fought for their aggrandize-
ment and have substituted at least a
measure of their own civilization for the
savagery which they displaced.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-08

So far as there is any merit in the might
of arms, and so far as modern civilization
is superior to barbaric reign, these con-
querihg nations are excusable for their
deeds. But the United States lacks even
the excuse of having conquered the islands
by arms or of giving them better gov
eminent than they previously possessed.
The Provisional Government was estab-
lished by bluff, and the treaty OF annex
alton expressly stipulaies that the laws
now existing on the islands shall continue
in force until altered by the Government
at Washington, which, according to the
present rate of progressive legislation
will be forever.
The business of absorbing the islands
so far as it has progressed, offers a snecta.
Gle which, while it may be creditabIe To
the national character for ''smartness 10
humiliating 10 the national honor and q
subject OF well-merited scorn en- the mart
of the observant world. The entire record
ot the white man (and in this case that
term /, confined to the American) on the
islands is one of duplicity. Take. for in.
stance, the coup bv which LiIiuokala,i
was deposed. The Qneen was charged
with conspiracy" to injure the inter.
ests of the merchants.
The United States warship Boston was
conveniently at Honolulu, and her sea-
men were landed at the instance of Min.
lister S;evens and Admiral Walker. The
guns of the warsh-p were trained on the
palace under the stars and stripes, and
the unfortunate woman compelled to en-
pituIate. Her subjects. naturally of a
submissive temper, had been too far ener.
vated by American civilization and their
faith in the honor (?} of the white man too
far cultivated, 10 offer any resistance.
The Queen was dethroned, and the few
adherents who chung 10 her were either
exlled or sent to work on the Reef"
This was the GLORIOUS victory" that was
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-08

NEW YORK, N. Y, Oct. s.-The con-
dition of Charles A Dana, editor of the
New York Sun. was reported in this city
to have changed for the worse this after
noon, and the members of his family were
summoned to his bedside.
A special from Glen Cove, Long Island
late tonight, says the report that he is
dying is not true. His condition remains
unchanged. He is resting easily and the
family have hopes that there is no imme-
diate danger.
Members of the family say they realize
that his condition is very serious, but
they do not look for change for the
worse tonight.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-08
SECOND POWDER EXPLOSION.
Disaster Again ccurs at the Santi
Cruz Works, and Buildings Are
SET on Fire

SANTA CRUZ. CAL, Oct. S.-Another
explosion of the powder works was heard
about 2:30 O'Clock This morning and
flames were seen ascending from the
buildings there. 1t is thought. however.
that the explosion is not as serious as the
one that recently occurred at the works.