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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-15
Foreign.

A Philadelphia company has made the
lowest bid for the construction of an iron
bridge over the Yssel for the Government
of the Netherlands.
The budget statement Of the Italian
Minister of Finance, showing surplus OF
"a 900 900 lire, produced favorable impress
sion.
Owing to the defeat OF the Government
in the French Senate, NJ. Darlan, Minister
of Justice, resigned, and Premier Meline
assumed his portfolio temporarily. The
members Of the Cabinet discussed the ad-
visibility Of resigning In body.
The United States Minister to Turkey,
Mr.. James B. Angel, has renewed the de.
mand OF the United States for an indemnity
from the Turkish Government for the pill.
lage Of American missions at Kharput,
Marash and Haskopj, Armenia, but the
Porte denies any responsi bility for the
pillaging on the ground that the Govern
ment acted under the stress OF uDaroid
able circumstances.
Sanderson, the American singer, were
married in Paris. The wedding was
quiet affair. The bride was converted to
Catholicism two days before.
Sharp fighting between the Spanish
forces and the insurgents is reported from
both Cuba and the Philippine Islands.
Count Esterhazy, Of the French Army.
has acknowledged the authorship of the
letters recently attributed to him by the
Paris Figaro, with the exception Of one
bitterly attacking the army. General
Pellieux, who Investigated the matter, is
OF the opinion that Count Esterhazy's con.
iession has no hearing upon the question
OF the guilt Of Captain Dreyfus.
1t was said in Berlin that only none
tary reparation was to be demanded from
Hayti for the arrest OF Lueders, but that
no interference from the United States
would be tolerated.
Baron Won Gautsch, Austria's new Pre-
mier, will endeavor to modify the language
laws, so as to make the Czech coordinate
with German.
The Paris Figaro published number OF
reasonable letters purporting to have been
written by Count Esterhazy, who is ac-
cused OF being the author of the unsigned
letter which led to the condemnation Of
former Captain Dreyfus.
At Gratz. Austria, the troops fired on a
mob of workmen who pelted them with
stones. Two Of the workmen were killed
and five injured.
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RACE RIOTS IN BOHEMIA.
Troops Engaged With Czech Mobs In tn
German Quarter Of Prague.

Troops Engaged With Green MODS In Inv
German Quarter Of Prague.
Prague, Bohemia, was overrun by mobs
of angry Czechs all day, bent on e1termi-
Mating the German element in the city.
Fierce attacks were made on the German
schools, cafes and other institutions by
crowds OF bowling Czechs, armed with
stones, clubs and firearms. The dis
bellion. More than eighty Germans
were injured, and at least 200 arrests We're
made. The Chief OF Police, who aided the
+. rioters, has been suspended. It was finally
necessary to order out troops, who were
placed in virtual control OF every street In
che city, Many encounters occurred be-
tween the soldiers and rioters, and In tne
firing which followed several rioters were
killed and dozens injured.
In the afternoon the riots increased;
The synagogue windows were smashed
and the windows of the houses OF Hebrews
displaying German trade signs IN several
streets of the Hebrew quarter.
The streets were held by twelve battalions
= of infantry and squadron OF hussars. All
traffic was suspended and the shops and
business houses were closed.
In spite OF the military large Czech
mob made descent in the evening upon
the German quarters ana piunoeIou nooa9e
and shops in several streets. The furni-
lure of a well-known German cafe was piled
up In the street and set on fire.
Thousands Of Czechish miners streamed
into Prague from the surrounding villages
to assist the rioters. The scientific instru-
ments In the German university and high
school have been destroyed, and valuable
archives preserved for long time at the
Kinsky palace have been burned.
It has beer dangerous for Germans to
venture into the streets, as any use OF the
German language meant certain assault.
The constant cry Of the rioters was
"Down with the Germansl" "Down with
the Jews!" Women venturing on the
street were obliged to wear the slay tri-
color in order TO avoid being attackeo;
German sipnbosrds are being removed
hastily by their owners and replaced with
Czech Inscriptions. Nobody dares to utter
a word in German.
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oMAHA,s auEmER m EeiDE Me
More Than 10000 Persons AAilcted VII
. Strange Skin Dfseass - sSS n Il:

d,
More Than 10000 Persons AMlcted Wtth
.s Strange Skin Dfseass. ssss
All the physicians In Omsha Hob axs:
puzzled as to the nature Of eepiderti1:
throughout the city. The disease dayelQps;
in small. eruptions which seoyer the BODY.
The eruptions are highly fnAsnnsd s1d y
was first noticed about tthreeweeksA axs4a
since then has spread with great xAptdltY.
More than 10000 persons shaye bsen ~ =: !.
fected. 81 z 81 s; Z.
J Every barber shop In the CITY is ptovidefs
with salye which is designed toA Aug tia,
Inflammation. The city Heaith Depart
ment has received numerous reports yhuen:
indicate that the diseasesis pteynl6nt 81;
the public schools. It is the ganeras'
opinion Of physicians that the disease y
caused by some germ that settles On the
skin, and this Is about all that ttey can sAy,,
about It. 1t Is not regarded sssertoues
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PREMIER BApENl RESIGNS.
rhe Austrian Emperor Also Declares tho
Reichsrath Adjourned.

helcnsrhtn AuJouEuous
The return to Vienna Of Emperor Francis
Joseph of Austria from Walsee, where he
was visiting his daughter, has been imme-
dIately followed by two steps, which have
In view the ending OF the Parliamentary
pandemonium and the solving Of the Gov
srnment deadlock. The first step was the
publication Of an imperial letter to Count
Badeni, the Prime Minister, declaring the
Reichsrath adjourned. The second step
was an announcement made at 8 o'clock
o. m. from the steps OF the Parliament
building, by DR.. Lueger, the well-known
Anti-Semite leader in the Reichsrath and
Burgomaster OF Vienna, who shouted to the
crowd in front Of the building: "Badent has
Just given his resignation. The peoples
will is fulfilled"
The people were jubilant when they
heard Of the retirement of the Prime Minis
ter, and they gave vent to their feelings by
waving their hats and shouting "Hoch" DR..
Lueger had an audience with the Emperor,
who told him Of Count Badenf's restgna-
tion and Of his acceptance ottt.
Dr.. Baron de Gautsch Won Frankenthurn,
at present Minister of Public Instruction.
and Ecclesiastical Affairs, will succeed
Count Badeni.
The news Of the resignation Of the Prime
Socialist workmen and German students
rejoicing. boasting, and arguing, instead
of taking part in violently demonstrative
professions, with whict" the day began.
When the resignation became known IN
Gratz. the capital Of styria, the city was
Immediately illuminated.
In Vienna the morning brought renewal
Of turmoil. A crowd Of students assembled
outside the House Of D Detention, where Herr
Wolff, the refractory member OF the Reich.
srath, was confined. and shouted encour.
agement to him. The police charged the
crowd, and In the melee that followed many
persons were injured.
By noon there was a crowd OF from
80. 900 to 40, 900 persons In the streets, who
refused to dispense despite the fact that
many arrests were made. Eventually the
mounted police and regiment Of Hussars
swept down upon the crowd, some Of the
members Of which fed with all speed from
beneath the hoofs Of the advancing horses.
There were many hand-to-hand fights
between those WHO remained and the
police and soldiers. The foot police, how
ever, were the only officers who drew their
sabres, with which they slashed right and
left into the mob, many Of which were
wounded, ....r. ..,...
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THE ENATIONALF[NANCES.
Statements Of Treasury Operations For
the Month of November.
PUBLIC DEBT SHOWS A DECREASE.

The Receipts, Exclusive of SIS, S,194,61s
From the Union Pacific Sale. Were
S26,16s,9s7, and the Disbursements
S3s,261,47O Leaving q Deficit of
O92,4s3-The Amount OF Coinage.
WASHINGTON, D. G. (SpeciaD.-The De-
cember statement Of the public debt shows
that at the close of business, November 80,
1897, the public debt less cash In the Treas
ury, amounted to 81, ,009, ,226 1856, a decrease
since October 30 Of $11, 1886, ,125. This de-
crease Is accounted for by an increase In
the cash due to the deposit Of an INSTALL
ment OF the proceeds of the sale Of the
Governments interest in the Union Pacific
Railroad. But for this transaction, the
cash in the Treasury would have been
&771, ,45O less than last month.
The debt Is recapitulated as follows: In
terest bearing debt, $847, 1865, $40; debt on
which interest has ceased since r aturity,
S1 S31. .280; debt bearing no interest, 1881 :
1893, ,1as; total, 81, ,229 ,S9O, OPS. This amount,
however. does not include $579, ,920, ,9SS in
certificates and Treasury notes outstand-
ing, which are offset by an equal amount
of cash in the Treasury.
The cash In the Treasury is classified as
follows: Gold, S194 0s9. .260; silver. $5O7, :
e56, ,ss2; paper, $1O5, ,756. .ls1; bonds, disburs-'
ing officers balances, &C., $38, ,907 ,251; to-
tai, SS40, ,409.076, against which there are
demand liabilities amounting to 1925, 49,
SIG, leaving the net cash balance $780,
669. $50. . -
The comparative statement Of the Gov
ernment receipts and expenditures shows
that the total receipts for the month Of
November, 1897, were $4S. 1863 COS, Of which
$1s, 1874 ,61S were received from the Re-
organization Committee OF the Union Pa
cIhc Railroad, making the ordinary
receipts for the month $25, 16S, 9S7.
The total expenditures for November
were $37, SIC. 1888, Of which 81, 1863
was cash in the Union Pacific sinking fund
turned into the Treasury and repaid to the
appropriation from which it had been orig
inally drawn for investment. Hence the
months disbursements include this sum.
The ordinary receipts for the month, there
fore, were S25, ,168, ,987. and the ordinary dis
bursements $SS. .261 40, leaving deficit OF
%, s,0s2, ,4sS.
The receipts from customs were $780,
OBS, q falling off Of about $100, 900 as COM
pared with November, 1896. The receipts
from internal revenue we're $13,530, ,649, a
gain Of about $43O, 900 for the month.
The report of the Director OF the Mint
shows that the coinage executed at the
United States mints during November,
1897, was as follows: Gold $3,5H.000; sill
YER, o., ,10S, 900; minor coin, $126, ,210; total,
s5, 5,77S, ,210. OF the silver coined, 81 ,50O, 900
was in standard dollars.
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BRANDING ARMY HORSES.

j. G. shortalI, Of Chicaxo, After SasnsraI|
Miles For tile Latter,s 0rdsrs
John G.. Shortali,, President OF the Hu-;
name Society, Of Chicago. MI, is sfter Gen
eral Miles with sharp stick because OF tho
Generals recent order for q resumption Qfs
the old practice Of branding army horses, Z,
"Considerins the abundant means ak'
their command, the men who have charge
Of the Government animals should be corn-s
petent to take care OF them without having
to recourse to the 1end.like brand y sayes
Mr.. ShortaE, "and branding by mesnsS OF
the sizzling iron is at best bu. q barharoua
continuance. It Is q form OF brutality even
less honorable than yivisection. = M
MIR. shortall Is looking for some law Dys
which the branding may be- prevented.
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THE NEWS EPIToMIzEo.
Washington Items.

Ships OF the North Atlantic squadron vii
cruise in the West Indies for the first time
IN several years.
DR.. H. s. Pritchett. the new superinten-
dent Of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, as.
sumed office.
The Government deficit for the portion
to SAG, ,5s1 100.
the right Of France to denounce the treaty
Of trade and commerce between this coun-
try and Tunis.
Louis W. Pratt, Collector Of Internal
Revenue at Albany. N. Y, was removed by
Secretary Gage, 1t having been discovered
that he had appropriated to his own use
checks amounting to $4,000 deposited
with him by brewers to pay for beer stamps.
He has disappeared from Albany.
The Haytian Minister at Washington has
called on Assistant Secretary OF State Day
in regard to the Lueders case. The United
States will not interfere 80 long as Ger
many's demands are reasonable.
Agent Wisdom reports to the Interior
Department that the fuli-blooded Indians
in Oklahoma, who are opposed to the
Dawes treaty, may emigrate to Mexico or
South America.
Senor Dupuy de LONE, the Spanish
Minister in Washington, told Assistant
Secretary OF State Day that Marshal
Blanco would appoint Cabinet and begin
an executive government in Cuba forth
with. He also explained the reforms
adopted for Cuba at length.
The decision Of the Kentucky Court OF
Appeals, sustaining the provision Of the
State Constitution Of 1891 revoking the
charter OF the Frankfort Lottery has been
affirmed by the United States Supreme
Court.
The army officers who commanded the
troops In the recent Indian disturbance In.
Colorado have recommended an investiga.
tion of the affair by the Interior Depart
ment. The report intimates that the trouble
was occasioned by the white men.
Governor John G. Brady says Congress
will be asked to authorize the appointment
Of committee to consider the needs OF
Alaska on the ground.
A comparison Of the first four months
under the Dingley act with the corres-
ponding period under the Wilson act
shows that the Governments receipts we're
$1,000, 900 greater under the present tariff
law.
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Domestic.

Alexander Owens, marble dealer, was
placing monument over grave at Terre
Haute, Ind, when Alexander Lawrence,
an employe Of the cemetery. suggested
that the base was not in good condition.
Owens resented the criticism. and selling
a heavy oaken roller, struck Lawrence on
the head. Lawrence's skull was crushed.
and he was completely paralyzed. He died
soon after.
The steamship Miami, built by the
Cramps, Of Philadelphia, in her trial trip
made a speed Of 1928 knots during six
hours continuous run. She broke the rec.
ord Of coastwise steamers.
w. Spalding, the Chicago bank Presi.
dent, was sentenced to an indetermtnate
term In the penitentiary for embezzlement.
Yale decided to row Harvard at New
London, Conn.,, next year.
The canals Of New York State were
closed for the season.
The report of State Bank Examiner a.
4. Langley, just compiled, shows an In.
Dakota from July 8 to October 5. the date
Of the last call for statements, OF seventy
six per cent, having nearly doubled in
sixty days.
MIR. Meiklejohn, Of Nebraska, the Assist
ant Secretary of War, who has just re-
turned from tour of inspection through
the West, reports highly improved condi-
tion Of trade and industry In all the States
through which he travelled.
The tug DauntIess is said to have gone
from New York to Cuba with large cargo
Of arms and ammunition for the insurgents.
Frederick McH. Kitching, the young
New York forger, was sentenced to five
years In Sing Sing by Judge Aspinwall,
but a stay was later secured by his lawyer.
His wife tainted in the courtroom when
sentence was pronounced.
VIC. Woodward, alias "Big Hawley,"
was sentenced in New York City to the
maximum period Of five years imprlson-
ment on the charge Of blackmailing s. W.
Bridghsm. Woodward thereupon issued q
statement to the newspapers.
The second trial of Adolph l.. Luetgert
IN the charge OF numbering his wife WAS
begun in Chicago.
James Henry, an outlaw, his wife, her
mother and three sisters, twice repulsed
5heriff's posse In Georgia in battle In
which several persons were fatally shot.
Henry afterward surrendered on seeing
mob coming well supplied with rope.
The body of Mrs. Pauline Merry, wife OF
Chris Merry, was found in ditch in Chi
sago. James Hicky confessed that he saw
Merry murder his wife, and helped to dis
pose OF the corpse.
Lawrence Doyle and Amos Hamlin,
ivals for the love of woman, fought at
Windsor Township. N. ]. Doyle struck
Hamlin with an axe, killing him instantly
and nearly beheading him.
Mrs. Antonio Delaya, Of Orange, N. J.
gave birth to her twenty-sixth child. She
ls forty-six years Of age. All her children
save one are living.
People at Dawson City were officially
warned that there Is not enough food there
to last through the winter. Twenty-Five
Klondikers arrived at Seattle with 81 ,2O0,-
900.
WaIterL. Sessions, Republican aspirant
Tor Assembly and son OF the late Congress
man, was burned to death at jamestown,
N. Y, with August W. Jordan, believed to
be connected with the New York Central
Railroad, and Sadie Voss, or Renney, Of
Buffalo.
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THE HAYTlAN AFFAIR.
Germany's Peaceful Reply to Ambassa-
dor Whites Notification.

dor Whites Notification.
Baron Won Bulow, the German Minister
for Foreign Affairs, gave the United States
Ambassador, Mr.. Andrew D. White, a
wholly satisfactory explanation Of Ger
many's intentions toward Hayti.
The German Government has abandoned
its intention of sending the warship Geflon
to ort-au-Prince, Hayti, In order to en-
force the demands OF Count Schwerin, the
German Minister there, who is insisting
upon the payment OF an indemnity to
Emil Lueders for alleged false imprison-
ment. The Geiion instead will be sent to
reinforce the German fleet in Chinese
waters.
The Berliner Tageblatt announced semi.
officially that the German Government only
wants monetary reparatlon from Haytl for
the arrest and imprisonment Of Emil Lue.
ders, adding, however, that Germany will
not .sbrook any interference in the matter
on the part of the United States"
The United States cruiser Marblehead has
been ordered to Haytian waters.
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Minor Mention.

In 1871 the enrolment Of pupils in our
common schools was 1851 ,5S2. In 1896 it
was Il, 4,379,07S.
1t is reported that 200 leading piano man
ufacturers are forming trust to be capt.
talized at $50, 900, 900.
The Delaware Iron Works at New Castle
have completed five carloads Of iron trolley
poles for use at Dublin, Ireland.
There seems to be every prospect OF tho
old city OF Bath resuming its once pre-
eminent position as watering place.
The total number OF passengers trans
ported in the Brooklyn Bridge cars In
October was 4,076,0 ,045, with daily average
of 131. .485.
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Filled With Shot.

The rattle Of musketry, which accom-
panied the lynching Of strange coloret
nan, could be heard in Waycross, Ca, al
o'clock few nights ago. At dark tht
victim called at the house Of Ell Davis, {
well-known planter, and found his seven
teen-year-old daughter alone. He assault
ed her In the most violent manner, leaving
her for dead. Soon hounds were on hii
track and he was caught near town, where
be was hanged and his body was filed witt
h,,o bob
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wATkA DoDcED DEATH.

Indian BalIplayer Escaped the Night Be-;
fore He Was to Have Been Shot. si
John Watka, the Greek Indian who was:
TO have been shot at Eufala Court House,
Indian Territory, for the murder OF Jonas
Deer last May, escaped from MIS- GUARDS on
the night before and has NOT yet been cap-.
tured' although q large force OF Greek om-
GERS. re-enforced by the friends OF the muir
dered man, are on his trail. I:5
It is suspected that Watka's escape was
brought about by his friends. A strong
effort is being made with Chief 1sparheeher
to pardon Watka.
In case the chief yields It will not saye.
Watka's life, for he will almost certainty %
shot BY Some OF the friends OF his yicttm,,
who swear vengeance.
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Prominent People.

Ex-senator PETER, Of Kansas, has sold
his newspaper property and retired from
the business.
Professor Andree, the Arctic aeronaut,
is, or was, nearly forty-three years OF age
and unmarried.
Professor Rudolph Yirchow, the famous
pathologist, has completed the flftleth year
OF his activity at the Berlin University.
The Duke OF Fife Is said to keep twelve
suits going at the same time and never
wears the same clothes twice In the same
week.
Prince Bismarck refuses to attend any
dwellings Of statues in bis honor. 'It an
noys me to see myself stand on fossilized
pedestal" he says.
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on For the KIondike.

The little brigantime Harriet G.. left thu
Anglo-Anerican dock, South Brooklyn, fol
San Francisco and st. Michael, Alaska
Her ships company Of gold-seekers, al!
Of four women, girl and eight men,
They expect to round the Horn and get
20 the Golden Gate in about four months.
The clippers of the 'ffties covered the dis
lance IN from eighty to 100 days.
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Labor World,

A textile school has been established In
Georgia by the State authorities.
An anti-convict labor bill, advocated by
the Chicago Federation of Labor, provides
that convicts shall be employed only in
manufacturing articles for State institu-
tions, and Is for the purpose of stopping
the manufacturing OF boots and shoes IA
the penitentiary
Roadmaster G.. w. Schrider, Of Valpa-
riso, Ind, has received the managers prize,
800 in cash, for the best kept supervisors
division on the Pennsylvania line between
Pittsburg and Chicago. Mr.. Schineman, OF
Upper sandusky, Ohio, was awarded the
second premium $50 cash.
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The Guldensuppe Murder Case.

In the trial OF Martin Thorn for the muir
der OF Guldensuppe, IN Long Island City,
Friday, the case for the People was closed,
after John Gotha, a barber, had told OF an
alleged confession by Thorn and corrobora-
tive and circumstantial evidence had been
introduced. Mrs. Mack was not put on the
stand. The defence seemed to be surprised
by this course. and On adjournment was
taken until Monday.
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Disfieurinc q Monument.

1t has been noticed that within the past
year the chipping Of bits from the Stone
wall Jackson monument, at the place
where he received his mortal wound on the
battlefield OF Charlottesville, has serious
ly dishgured the monument, and steps
have been taken to deal severely with
relic hunters, otherwise described as van
dals, in future. The report says that the
monument to the Union General Sedgwick
near by Is almost untouched.
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Bedridden Man Burned to Death.

The residence Of John Wright, at Clyde,
N. Y, was partly destroyed by fire. When
the flames were extinguished Wrights body
was found on the ground floor, burned to
crisp. Wright had been bedridden for
years. He was alone in the house when the
fire occurred. He was sixty-seven years OF
age and was formerly quite wealthy, own
ing q number Of canalboats.
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Will Have Two Umpires.

The National Baseball League adopted
the double umpire system and also adopted
a resolution presented by Mr.. Brush, OF
Cincinnati, having for its object the sup
preston OF rowdyism on the part OF players
For indecent or foul language on the heid
any player found guilty OF this onense
after a full hearing will be expelled from
the game forever, and shall not he eligible
for reinstatement. 5il;
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Shot The Justice in Court.

Justice Of the Peace Galloway Dean was
shot in court at Canton, the county seat OF
Vanzandt County, Texas. During thet trial
of case he became involved In quarrel
with a LAWYER named I. r. Yantis and the
latter used pistol and shot Justice Dean
through the breast, inflicting a mortal
wound