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GENERAL AZcARRAGA.

He declares that the deed was the outcome
Of vast Anarchist conspiracy which was
formed to Justly avenge the Anarchists who
we're executed at Barcelona. After the
crime had been committed the murderer
exclaimed: "I have fulfilled my missionl"
The assassin Is twenty-three years OF age.
Heis of middle height, and wears eye
glasses. After his arrest he was cool and,
apparently, unconcerned. He says: fire.
nuently that he Is an Anarchist. He says
that the Anarchists Of Barcelona are friend
IL to him. He travelled in France, Belgium,
and England, and returned to Madrid In
July, after having served eighteen months
Imprisonment in Lucerne for being the
author of revolutionary proclamationS. He
declares that he entertained no personal
hatred Of Senior Canovas, and that his
shooting him was political act. The body
of the Prime Minister will be embalmed,
and will receive the honors Of that Of O
Marshal killed in a campaign.
The fact that the Spanish Government
has taken control OF the telegraph wires in
Spain causes some confusion in the details
O.! the assassination Of Senor Canovas and
in the events which followed. 1t Is re-
ported that General Azcarraga, Minister OF
War, has been appointed Prime Minister ad
Interim.
The Queen Regent on hearing the sad
news dispatched her own physician, DR..
Bustos, by special train from San Sebas-
tian. Later, on learning that Canovas was
dead, she wired her condolences to the
widow.
Antonio Canoyas del Castillo was born in
Malaga in 1928. Although an ultra Con-
servative and the master leader, and rep
resentative OF the haughtiest most punctil-
ious, jealous and exacting aristocracy In
Europe, he was the son OF q peasant, and
fought his way to the front OF Spanish af-
fairs by the force OF his own qualities.
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Santa Agueda is noted for its baths. The
place Is between San Sebastian, the sum-
mer residence OF the Spanish Court, and
vitoria, the capital Of the Province OF
AIova, about thirty miles south OF Bilbao.
The Premier went there last Thursday to
take three weeks course Of the baths,
after which he expected to returned to San
Sebastian to meet United States Minister
Woodford when officially received by the
Queen Regent.
The health Of Senior Canovas had i'm
proved greatly Of late. He had been lead
Ing very quiet life. although he attended
70 the business Of State.
At the moment of the assassination he
was awaiting in the gallery Of the bathing
. establishment for his wife, who was to Join
him for luncheon. Suddenly the assassin,
who had the appearance OF an ordinary Wis
ltor, approached and fred at him point
blank, one bullet passing through the body
and coming out behind under the left shoul-
der and the other two lodging in the head.
Several medical men and his wife were
lnremitting ftheir attentions to the SUI
ierer, but his wounds, unhappily, were NOR
tai. Extreme unction'~ was administered
amid scene Of mingled sorrow and indig-
nation.
The assassin narrowly escaped lynching
at the hands Of the walters and attendants,
who rushed forward. Detectives and civil
guards Immediately secured him. He was
very pale, trembled violently, and evident
Iy feared that he would be killed on the
spot.
It Is now said that the real name Of the
assassin is Michaele Angine Coll, an italian.
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caught in the whirlpool and were soon
sucked under the water. The shrieks Of
the unfortunate women could be heard
plainly from the shore, but little could be
done to save them.
The mammoth bath house was soon
smashed to atoms and the four hundred oc-
cupants precipitated into the torrent. Some
sank Immediately and were swept away.
Others chung to the wreokage and shrteEed
frantically for help. Many OF those who
could swim were dragged under the water
and drowned by those who could not keep
afloat without assistance.
Several attempts were made to send boats
out to the unfortunate victims, but before
anything could be done two hundred OF the
women were drowned.
Dozens Of the unfortunates reached shore
on portions of the wreckage, many OF them
being in an exhausted condition. The shore
Is now lined with corpses, though not one
half Of the bodies will ever be recovered.
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John q. Smith, of Portland Oregon, United

John n. Smith, Of Portland, Oregon, United
States Commissioner for Alaska, writing
from Juneau, says: 'There are five hun
dred people now at Dyea waiting to get
over the Pass, and there are several more
steamer loads on the way. The Indian pack
ers and the pack animals have all the
freight they can carry to the lakes by the
time winter sets in, and hundreds Of people
will be camping at Dyea and on the lakes
all winter, eating the provisions they have
taken with them. Prices for packing across
the Pass have risen to twenty-five and
twenty-seven cents per pound, and the
packers are Independent at that"
Flank L. Underwood, representing mem
bers OF the New York Stock Exchange, has
secured an option on the Klondike mining
properties Of Clarence J. Berry, the lucky
Fresno (Cal. } man who has lately returned
with his wife from the north. The price
agreed on is said to be $4,000 900, and the
option Is to hold good until time shall have
been given for thorough examination of
the properties involved.
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Tried to End Both Lives.

William J. Morris, who was formerly a
trusted employe OF Henry Clews, the Wall
street operator, and who was released
from Sing Sing (N. " prison on August 2
after serving q sentence for forgery, shot
his wife Margaret in Brooklyn and then
sent a bullet into his own brain. he was
killed instantly. His wife is in a precari-
,ous condition in the Homeopathic Hospi-
tai, Brooklyn. The thirty-eight calibre
bullet struck her right arm, near the
shoulder, shatterlng the bone, then went
through the right lung, and, coming out oi
the back, still had sufficient force to bury
Itself in the wall. They quarreled, and she
had refused to live witt him longer. Mrs
Morris says she is the daughter Of the late
Lord ConyerS
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TOLLCATE BURNED.
Farmers in Western New York Adopt tn.
Methods Pursued In Kentucky.

Farmers in Western New York Adopt ths
Methods Pursued In Kentucky.
The fight between the farmers and the
Shelby Toll Road Company, near Medina.
N. Y, eliminated when the dollhouse at the
south end Of the road was burned. The toll
taker. John Bleekman. with his family, re-.
sided in the house, which forms a portion
Of the tollgate. At about 2.S0 o'clock q. m.
there came a load knocking. Bleeknan
discovered that the entire rear portion OF
the building was in flames. He gave the
alarm, but the spread Of the fire was SC
rapid that it was with the greatest difficulty
that members Of his family could make
their escape. AS it was, several Of the chill.
dren were more or less burned, and Mr..
Bleekman was overcome while endeavor.
ing to save some Of his goods. Mrs. Bleek.
man, mother Of the keeper, bedridden in
valid, had to be carried from the blazing
structure. She is in a precarlous condition
as result Of the excitement, rough hand
ling, and being carried through the fames
and smoke
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pERILS OF THE KLONDIKE
Alaska Will Be Paved With the Bones
of Gold Hunters.
RUSH TO ALMOST SURE DEATH,

Experienced Miners Warn People to Wait
Until spring-People Starting This Year
Will Face Starvation-Food Supplies
Not to Be Had-Canadian Government
Selling Some Claims and Taxing Others
SEATTLE, Wash. (speciaD.-"Men who
are urging people to start for the Klondike
this year have been guilty OF crime, "said
an agent OF the Alaska Commercial Com
pany. Heinsists that the mountains and
passes from Juneau will be strewn with
bodies OF unfortunate prospectors. 1t will
be simply impossible for Dawson City and
the other settlements to feed the new
comers.
This man fears a reign OF crime and star
vation which has not been equaled since
the plains between here and the Mississippi
were white with human bones.
"The Commercial Company has done all
It could to stop the rush Of clerks, profess
sional men and raw hands," said the agent.
eve have tried to impose upon men and
women the utter folly Of Drawing the terrors
Of this country, but the hope of fortune has
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Cycling Notes.

1t costs $50 to pace an hours race in
europe.
Several bold prospcctors have already
started for the Klondike gold fields on their
bicycles.
In new bicycle tire tho inner tube con-
aims a series Of elastic bags. In case Of
)ne puncture the tire is not materially
damaged.
A water reservoir and flexible tube run
hing to tho riders mouth has been at
:ached 20 wheels in recent long distance
aces in Europe.
There is family OF twenty-six persons
-ides Il bicycle. The oldest is siXty-tWo
years. the Youngest six months old
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GRAIN ELEVATOR BLOWS UP.
Seven Lives Lost in Awful Explosion In
Chicago.

Seven Lives Lost in q Awful Explosion In
Chicago.
Seven lives were lost in TN explosion
which took place during a fire In the
Northwestern grain elevator at Cook and
West Water streets, Chicago.
Three Of the dead are aremen. The body
OF another fireman was thought to be buried
in the ruins Of the elevator, and three peo-
pie were blown into the Chicago River.
From the force with which the explosion
swept the spot on which they were stand
ing it is certain they must have been In
stantly killed. Either the bursting OF 8
boiler or the explosion o. mill dust caused
the awful havoc.
The origin Of the blaze Is believed to have
been In the vicinity OF the boiler house.
Accumulated dust, dry and infammable as
gunpowder, that had been piling up for
years, formed ready means for the fire.
It spread with great rapidity, and then
came terrific explosion, completing the
work OF scattering the fire throug hout the
entire structure.
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CHICAGO ALDERMAN IN CONTEMPT.

Refused to Give the Name of an alleged
Briher to Hlle Grand Jury.
Alderman WilliaI. Mangler, Of Chicago,
was sentenced by Judge Dunno to serve
ninety days in the county jail and to pay e
fine of $1,000 for contempt of court.
Alderman Mangler few weeks ago pub
licly stated that he had been approached
by prominent business man with an offer
Of $4,000 to vote for the General Electric
Street Railway franchise ordinance. On
being summoned by the Federal Grand
Jury to testify as to the name of the alleged
business man, Alderman Mangler refused,
asserting that in telling his story he would
incriminate himself. His persistent refusal
to testify, although immunity was prom
ised for himself, led to the contempt pro-
ceedings.
The court sustained motion of Mang-
ler's attorneys for an appeal, and ruled that
the Alderman could meanwhile be released
on bond. Bail was at once furnished in the
sum OF S50OO
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Desperate Battle in Cuba.

Oflcial information has reached Havana,
Cuba, Of decisive battle between loyal
troops and insurgent forces in Matanzas.
According to this Information, the Spanish
troops were routed after hard battle, with
heavy losses. This news caused q veritable
sensation in Havana, as 1t Is generally
known that Captain General Weyler is now
In Mstanzas, and there is belief that the
Spanish troops directly under him were
those which suffered defeat at the hands
of the rebels. The Spanish losses in killed
and wounded were very heavy, and
probably greater than in any Of the recent
battles fought on the island between the
opposing forces.
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PREMIER CANOVAS SLAIN,
The Prime Minister Of Spain Assas
sinated by an Anarchist.
FELL DYING AT HIS WlFE'S FEET.

Senior Canovas del Castillo Shot by an
italian Anarchist While Visiting the
Baths of Santa Agueda in the South
of Spain-The Murderer Glories In His
Foul Deed-His Probable Successor
MADRID, Spain Especially D.-Senor Canovas
del Castillo, the Prime Minister of Spain,
was assasslnated Sunday at Santa Agueda
by an Anarchist. The murderer fired three
shots, one Of which struck the Premier in
the forehead and another In the chest. The
wounded man fell dying at the feet Of his
wife, who was with him, lingering In
agony fort two hours, and then passing away
with the cry Of Long Live Spain," which
were the last words upon his lips.
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"UNWRITTEN lAW' AND WOMEN.
Mrs. Coombs, Of Kentucky, Killed Hor
Rival.

Mrs. Lee Coombs, Of Red Bird Greek, Clay
County, KY, left her home saying she would
be gone all day. She changed her mind
and returned in couple Of hours. Upon
aRsens a her g aams & Se bss eaagn sons Mss sas ss
husbands neck.
Mrs. Coombs rushed to her bedroom,
seized her husbands revolver and entering
the room where the couple were, began
firing at the girl. Miss Hooker fed through
an open window, but the infuristed wife
followed and the fourth shot pierced the
girls heart.
After emptying her pistol Mrs. Coombs
tainted and is now at deaths door. Public
opinion commends the course Of Mrs.
Coombs. People declare that the "unwrit-
ten law" applies to women as we'll as men.
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Labor World.

Philadelphia has 1000 unemployed.
New Haven (Conn.) girls won strike foi
S1.25 day.
The five railway employees organizations
will probably amalgamate.
Political advertising will find no place IN
the Boston Labor Day parade.
Dundee (Scotland) ship joiners won on
advance to sixteen cents an hour.
It Is proposed to put some Of the idle
Brooklyn convicts at work on the parks Of
the city.
At Newburyport, Mass, the stockholders
of the Peabody Cotton Mills have decided
to shut down indefinitely after using the
raw material on hand, go
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-25
A LUNATlC'S WILD WORK.
Two Men Mortally Wounded by Flying
Shots, and Others Are Injured.

Two Men Mortally Wounded by Flying
Shots, and Others Are Injured.
John Thomas, prospector from Fort
Steele, either orazed with liquor or labor
ing under the delusion that he was being
prosecuted, ran amuck at Spokane, Wash,
and as result two men are believed to be
mortally wounded and man and boy Sc
riously injured. John Thomas, aged thirty.
five years, was shot through the body and
in the left shoulder. Cleo Olsen, aged
eighteen, OF Anoka, was shot in the left
breast; mortally wounded.
C. E. Davis, Of Spokane, was shot in the
left shoulder; flesh wound. Max Jackson,
aged eleven, was shot in the left wrist and
finger; wounds slight.
without having received any provoca-
ton, Thomas shot three times at G.. N.
Watson, who was standing in front Of the
Grand Hotel, but missed him. A running
fight then ensued between Thomas and
Chief Of Police Warren and officer Sulli-
van. Thomas's shots were wide, and
Davis, Jackson and Olsen, who were among
the large crowd OF spectators, were struck.
Thomas was finally hit. When carried to
the police station he asked the officers to
take pistol and kill him.
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FIRED ON THE DAUNTLESS.
The Cruiser Wilmington Prevents the Tug
From Slipping Out to Sea.

The Cruiser Wilmington Prevents the Tug
From Slipping Out to Sea.
Much excitement was caused at Jackson.
vile, Fla, about 8 p. m. by the roar Of q
gun from the United States cruiser vii.
mington. The warship had fired blank
shot at the tug Dauntless to compel her to
stop.
The Dauntless has been trying to get out
Of the river for some time past, but the
vigilance Of the gunboat has prevented.
She moved out at the same time as the
small steamer Brunswick, that plies up and
down the river, hoping to pass out unob-
served on the further side of the boat. The
Dauntless showed ahead and was seen by
the Wilmington.
Instantly the shot rang out from one OF
her forward guns. The Dauntless moved
forward O short distance and then, seeing
tina. preparations were being made for an
other shot. stopped. An officer was put
on board, and she was taken to her pier
and tied up. She has no arms on board,
but there Is suspicion that cargo Is near
by waiting for her to take to Cuba.
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John Seitz, the venerable Democrat, Green
backer, Laborite and Populist, was utterly
unable to preserve order as Chairman Of
the convention, and squad Of police was
kept in the hall all day to prevent down.
right rioting.
The following State ticket was nominal
ed: For Governor, Jacob s. Coxey; for
Lieutenant Governor, Morris Whitcomb;
for Supreme Judge, C. C. Pomeroy; for At
torney- General, c. A. Reeves; for State
Treasurer, F. NJ. Morris.
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Prominent People.

President Mckinley recently took his first
lesson in golf.
Lucky Baldwin, who Is now in flnan-
cial difficulties has decided to go to Klon-
dixie to try his fortune in the gold mines
King Alfonso Of Spain, now eleven years
OF age, is again spending the summer at
San Sebastian, with his mother and his
two sisters, who are sixteen and fifteen
years old.
King Humbert Of Italy Is said to be
vegetarian. He lives almost entirely on
bread, vegetables and fruits. He Is forbid
den to drink coffee, and his only beverage
Is little wine and plenty Of water.
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DEATH AT A WEDDING FRoLIc.
A Bridegroom and Guests Lose Their
Lives In q Night Fire.

A Bridegroom and Guests Lose Their
Lives In Night Fire.
A gasoline stove exploded at 8 o'clock a.
m. In the kitchen Of Il. Adler's all-night
restaurant In Cincinnati, Ohio. The two
story frame building was soon destroyed.
Adlers daughter Ida had been married
that night to Arthur Guth, varnisher.
Several wedding guests had remained at
the Adler house over night, and all the
rooms on the second floor were occupied.
Guth was sleeping in rear room with Ezra
Rouse, his best man at the Welding. Rouse
was a Boone County (Kentucky) farmer
and married another daughter Of Adler
one year ago.
Mrs. Nellie Bennett, friend Of the Ad-
lers occupied front room, as did also Roy
Carr. a barkeeper. The bride and her sis
ter occupied another room. Both escaped,
but Guth, Rous, Carr and Mrs. Bennett
were caught in debris produced by the ex-
plosion and were burned to death. The
four bodies were taken from the ruins.
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InE NEWS EPlTOMIZsD.
Washington Items.

The Attorney has decided that
goods imported into Canada from foreign
countries and thence exported to the United
States are subject to the discriminating
duty OF ten per cent. provided for in Sec
whether goods shipped through Canada to
the United States in bond are liable to the
discriminating duty is under consideration.
Government for over 81, ZOO, 900 damages
alleged to have been sustained In building
warships.
Secretary Sherman sent dispatch to
Minister Taylor, expressing the sorrow Of
the President for the assassination Of
Premier Canoyas.
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A LAKE OF PETROLEUM.
The Product Will Be Handled by Conn
pany Formed In Seattle.

pany fOrmeQ IN Sohtsie'
While the whole world Is excited over the
gold discoveries In the north, sight has been
lost Of another discovery that promises to
be Of great value in the development OF that
section. Some months ago alake OF almost
pure petroleum was discovered and samples
were sent to Seattle, WASH, for analysis.
The report on these has just been made
public and the find Is reported to be OF
great richness. company has been formed
In Seattle to handle the product and trav-
eFers from there say the company intends
to put 1t on the Alaskan market at once.
Tho lake IS Of unknown depth, several
milss wide and five to six miles In length
and the quality of the petroleum is said to
be OF the finest. The lake is only two miles
from the ocean. The hills surrounding are
said to be rich in coal and asphalt. 1t Is
the expectation Of the owners OF the lake
to take it's products into the mining camps
Of Northern Alaska Whenever the water
WaYs will permit.
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Saloons Go on q Strike.

Every one Of the forty-two saloons In
Danville, ILL.,, is closed and the thirsty citi-
zens must so to Germantown for q drink.
The Liquor D callers Association petitioned
the City Council to lower the license from
$500 to 5000 and threatened to close their
places on refusal. The Council refused,
and every saloon in the city was closed.
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Blow at the Dispensary Law.

Judge Sinonton filed decretal order at
Columbia giving the South Carolina dis
pensary the severest blow it has sustained.
Bottles Of liquor loosely packed In cars are
recognized as "originar' packages, the en-
trance and sale OF which In the state is
permitted under Interstate commerce laws.
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River Steamer Blows Up.

News has just been received to the effect
that the steamer Fritz had blown up fifteen
miles south Of Cairo, ILL.,, and that nine
colored men and white deck hand have
been killed. Several others are reported as
injured The steamer was owned by Cap
tain B. B. Bradley OF Cairo.
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India's Latest Woe.

Details of the great earthquake in India
N June received by mail confirm the re-
ports of its severity in Northern Bengal,
Assam and Cuchar. The number of per-
SONS who pershed among the Cherera
Hills is estimated ut from 1000 to GOOO.
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Foreign.


A dispatch says that Oporto, Portugal,
Is In state Of open rebellion, and that
martial law has been proclaimed.
Further details OF the capture Of Abu
Hamed by the Anglo-Egyptian expedition
show that twenty-one men were killed and
sixty-one wounded in the engagement.
Mohammed Zein, the Dervish commander,
Is among the prisoners. The Anglo
Egyptian troops captured Abu Hamed only
after desperate house-to-house, hand-to-
hand battling through narrow, crooked
streets, but In the end comparatively few
dervishes escaped.
An uprising Of Carlist sympathizers is al
legged to be impending in Spain.
Drunami, the fugitive King of Benin, sur
rendered himself to the British authorities
on the west coast Of Africa.
DR.. How, the Bishop of Wakefield, and
author of the Jubilee Hymn, died in Eng
land.
The body of Senior Canovas del Castillo
was taken from Santa Agueda, where he
was assassinated, to Madrid, to lie in State;
Golli, the assassin, has been identified as
Michel Anglolino, the son of tailor, and a
native of Foggia, Italy.
The assassin Of Premier Canovas, of
Spain, confesses the act was one Of re-
yenge for the execution Of the Barcelona
Anarchists.
A large force Of British troops is being
sent from England, it is believed to rein
force the Nile eXpadtinn.
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Su.cide of a Baptfst Minister.

The Rev. James Yates, Baptist minis
;er, committed suicide In Sheffield, Ala, by
hanging himself. He was found by his
wife before life was extinct, but died in q
few minutes. Mr.. Yates came from De-
troit, Mich, and had been in Sheffield q
year. He was sixty-fve years old.