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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
SENATORS ARE AROUSED.

Three International Questions tho SUBJ
Jeots of Debate.
In the United States Senate on Friday, the
Cuban question, the General Arbitration
Treaty between England anu the United
States, and the Nicaragua Canal bill were
the subjects Of series Of the livelicst debates
that have been heard during the present
session.
Senator Turpie sprung the Cuban question
and force1 a denial from Senator Sherman
that he and Secretary Olney have an under
standing that no action on 1t snail be taken
this session. Senator Hoar then precip-
itated debate on the Arbitration
Treaty BY rebukine his constituents for urging
the Senate to hurry to ratify it. Great
Britain's interference In the Nicaragua Canal
question also provoked bitter speech from
Senator Morgan which nay sound the death
knell of the Arbitration Treaty.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
TROOPS LEAVE URUAN POST.

Salisbury Orders Vacation of Disputed
Venezuelan Territory.
BY direction OF Lord Salisbury, tho British
military post OF the Uruan,. in British
Guiana, which led to acute trouble with
Venezuela, has been discontinued. An
Indian post holder has been substituted for
the police garrison. in obedience to direc-
lions from the Colonial Office in London,
and one of the greatest thorns in Venszuela's
side Is thereby removed.
The news OF the abandonment Of the post
reached the State Department, Washington,
through the Demerara newspapers, which
made the announcement January 6. The
colonists Are philosophical over the setback,
and claim that the Indian holder will con-
stitute az effective maintainer Of their ter
ritorial title as the soldier, who will not be
exposed to the frequently malarial influences
OF the locality.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
HORRORS OF THE PLAGUE,
British Officer Describes the Scenes Il
the Stricken District Of India.

British officer Describes the Scenes IL
the Stricken District Of India.
Major Edward J.. Turner, an English arm,
officer stationed at Bombay, now on ht
way to England on furlough, gives ,
graphic description of the horrors OF tn.
plague now devastating Bombay and othe'
cities Of India.
"The natives are 80 wasted bystarvation. '
said he, "that thsy have no power to resist
the plague. but panic-striken, they fall q
prey to the horrible death. In the outlying
districts found the bodies numerous in the
roads. On the banks Of the Ganges. whore
the CHATS are all located, hundreds Of bodies
are lying awaiting their turn to be buried.
The CHATS are small, raised. burning piles,
made Of stone. The victim il brought ia
the river, II possible, before death. that he
may die by the sacred stream: then when he
dies his body is dipped in the stream, taken
out and laid on the CHAT with a pile of wood
under and above 1t, and Is soon reduced tc
ashes, which are swept into the river.
"The natives look upon the plague as 9
scourge OF their god that cannot be helped,
and will not tolerate any interference With
their religious rites.
II look for some outbreak, and do not
expect to more than reach home before be:
Ing summoned back to my post. The situa-
tion is becoming alarming. The proposition
Is being seriously considered OF setting fire
to the entire native quarter Of the city, as
we'll as the barracks OF the native troops, In
the hope Of thereby burning out the con.
tagion.
81 don't know what will be done, for the
whole earth seems laden with the poison,
and it is carr ed ty rats and other vermin
everywhere. Nothing except furnace heat
can purify the quarter where the plague has
ragged"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
TWO DEADLY EXPLOSIONS.

Two Killed and Three Hurt Fatally in
Mine---Two Blown to Atoms.
At Union:own. Penn, an explosion in the
Mock mines Of Hurst Co., killed two
miners and injured seven Others. The dead
are: Peter Houser and Charles McQuister.
The injured are: Andrew Honzobod, Michael
Horonac, John Augustine, Michael Kemble,
John Mitchell, John Giilis and his son, Will
lam GiIIis. Augustine, Horonac and Mitchell
were fatally burned. The explosion vas
caused by the liberating of gas, which was
ignited by the open lamps OF the miners.
By an explosion Of nitro-glycerine in a
storeho,lse belonging to the Ohio and Michi-
gan Torpedo Company, pear Bradnor. Ohio,
William Minison. of Toledo, and Edward
Dennison, of Rising Sun, were blown to
atoms.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
Series OF FATAL Fires,
Freezing Firemen Fight Destructive
Flames East and West.
A BIG BLAZE IN PHILADELPHIA.

John Wanamaker's Department. Store Was
Badly InJured---SIxty Buildings Were
Either Destroyed or Gutted---Fire,nen
Hurt in Chicaso---Mors Than .
PHILADELPHIA, Penn. Especially IA fire.
which started at 6.45 o'clock a. m. from 40
overheated oven in the basement of the six
story iron building, 1900 to 1917 Market
street, burned over the block bounded by
Thirteenth street. Juniper. Market and Fill
bert streets, destroyed or gutted sixty build
ings and consumed property valued at a
million and half dollars. Many small
storekeepers lost their all and several thou
sand working people were cast out of em-
ployment.
generation. It was in the very heart of
the city. Many OF the properties destroyed,
especially on Thirteenth, Juniper aud Silver
streets, the latter a small thoroughiare rum
ming between Market and Filbert streets,
were small. old-fashioned dwelling houses.
Surrounding these buildings are many
handsome wholesale stores, and on the south
side of Market street, directly opposite where
the fire ragged the flercest, is the depar. ment
sore Of ex-Postmaster-General John Wana-
maker. 1t was invaded by the flames, but
here they were confined to the high clock
tower and the Market street front, and the
former Postmaster General will escape with
q loss of OF less than 100000 caused mainly
by smoke and water. He had no insurance.
The principal building in the burned block,
Nos. 1909 to 1917 Market street, belonged TO
the estate Of the late Henry G. Gibson. and
cost In the neighborhood Of $3.50, 900. 1t
was six stories high and contained tho
grocery store OF Hauscom Brotaers, Dem
nett's lunch cafe and the salesroom OF Hirsh
&c Brother, umbrella manufacturers. Hirsh
& Brother were the tenants OF the five upper
stories Of the structure and employet about
five hundred persons. Alfred Curtin Hirsh
places the loss OF his firm at S125. 900, which
Is covered by insurance. The loss On the
building is placed at s500,O0
When the fire started the thermometer was
near zero. and this seriously handicappe |
the iremen. The ground was covered with
Ice and hundreds Of trolley and other w,res
broke down, hsnpsring their NOV ments.
The flremen labored zealonsly, however, and
prevented the flames, which were fame BY
high winds, from doing far greater damage.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
100 ALARMS IN A DAY.
A New Record Made by Chicago's Fire De-
partInent.

CHICAGO, Ill.-timost 100 fires were re-
ported up to midnight for the twenty-four
hours OF Tues lay. The rscorl Of last Fourth
Of July was beaten, ani a new highwater
mark was established in the history OF, the
Chicago Fire Department for winter day.
On account of the extreme cold the firemen
suffered severely. and there we're many cases
Of the men having their ears, noses ard
hands frozen. Several were severely frozen
and are in serious condition. Most OF the
ares were small affairs, and in nearly every
ease was due to efforts to thaw out frozen
water pipes or to explosion engendered by
the bursting Of water backs.
The large grain elevator OF the W. q.
Purcell Mailing Company was destroyed by
Gre. The f1remen were handicapped by the
scarcity OF fire plugs. Vice-President JOS
,ph Guickenheimer estimated the loss at
lbout $3.50, 900, which is almost entirely
severed by insurance.
During a destructive fire in six story
structure at Nos. 1876. 1893, 200 and 202 Mon.
ZOE street, occupied exclusively by whole
'ale firms, ten persons were seriously injured,
seven Of whom were fireman. Thee OF them
were fatally hurt
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10

ing from the stylovate to the top OF the pedi.
ment is sixty-flve feet. There are sixty col.
umns, each thlrty-two feet high and and six
feet In diameter. The walls stand nine feet
behind the pillars and are three feet thick
and forty feet high. The inclosure measures
sixty.four feet in length. The Building
Committee places the cost of the ice palace
at $1,000. The cid palace cost almost $4,000.
The walls on the outer side are fringed with
electric lights. The idea Of storming the ice
palace is discouraged this year. 1t Is an old
notion and was appropriate enough when
the building was In imitation of a castle.
The idea OF storning Parthenon is too bar
barrie even for consideration. The ice palace
this season Is to be admired simply for its
architectural beauty. There will be no
bombardment
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
Cycling Notes.

There are 10000 wheslmer i'll New Jer-
sey.
IN France the first patent for bicycle was
taken out in 1918,
Convertible tandems are coming il for cor
siderable attention just now.
New Jersey wheelmon made harl fight
for their bicycle baggage bill before the State
Legislature.
Students of racing nave lately been pre-
dieting that Linton's hour record of thirty
one miles 5S2 yards will never be beaten.
A Abicycle-making firm in England is now
giving to every buyer insurance policies
against death, ,disablement or loss of machine
either by theft or are.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
DIED FOR HER CHILDREN.

Mrs. Croyle Saved Two Before PerisMig
In the Flames. ~
The house Of William Croyle, at Bedford,
Penn. was destroyed by fire and Mrs. Croyle,
with two children, were burned to death- I
While the fire was ra6tng Mrs. Croyl}
throw two of the children from the second
story to her husband and then returned TO q,
back room for the remaining two. She wsa
not seen again, and when the ruins were
searched all that remained OF the mother
and two children was their charred trunks,
One of the children thrown from the win.I
dow was fatally burned. The father also was
badly burned. ~. Sc =, Y
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
TWO TOWNS LESS.
Poland, N. Y, and Pacific Junction, Neb.,
Nearly Wiped Out.

UTICA, N. Y.-Fire broke out in black
smith shop in the small village Of Poland,
aerkimer County, Tuesday night, and tho
blizzard that was raging carried the flames
rom one building to another. until almost the
,ntire village was on fire, The fire brigade
,f Herkimer arrived by special train and
soon had the fire under control. Ten build
lngs were destroyed, among them Reeds
store, blacksmith shop, WiIloughby house
and barns, Daniels house aud buildings, O.
J. Scavey's residence and Carney & Nc
Mahon's meat store. The telephone station
was also burned. The local brigade had
only pals and LADDERS to fight the fire.
Water was taken from a mill pond 300 feet
from the fire.
OMAHA, eb-A telephone message says
hat the whole of the business portion oil
Pacific Junction, Neb., has been destroyed
by fire. Ths blaze started in q grocery, and
altogether about twenty-five or twenty
three buildings were destroyed, including
the Pacific Hotel and Odd Fellows Hall.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
FIERCE BATTLE WITH INDIANS.

Troops Defeat RaidinE Yaquis. killing
Twelve and Losing Five Men.
There was hard battle between troops
and Indians in Rosales, Mexico, in the heart
Of the Sierra Madre range. A large force OF.
Yaqui Indians have started out on their.
winter raids OF pillage and murler AGAINST
the farmers and miners Of that section
They had already murdered all the members
of two families and were about to attempt.
to sack the village OF Rosales. when the
State troops arrived at the place 10 response
to message and made the attack on the
Indians.
The fight wasa desperate one aud resulted In
twelve Indians and five soldiers being killed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
Four Colored Babes Burned.

CLEARrrK1D. Psnn.-Four small colored
children named Webb were burned to death
IN a FIRE which destroyed double dwelling
nouse at Curwensvllle, near here. The
house was occupied by the Webbs aad an
otber colored family, oil Of whom escaped In
,afety, except the little ones The building
was owned by the Elk Tanning Company,
which lost large tannery at the same place
by fire.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
WESTERN TRAIN ROBBERS.

Precautions Taken by Express and Rail
road Ohlcials. w A5fS
Express and railroad managers In CHI
:ago are instructIng messengers and train
guards to shoot to kill in each and evsryl
Ease, where robbery is clearly the intent OF
sny one who interieres with the running OF
8 train, and cash reward Of $500 Is held
out for each robber shot. but not killed. and
$1,000 for every robber killed In an nttenpt
10 hold-up. The most improved patternof
repeating rifles and riot guns have been sub
'tituted for arms Of less deadly and rapid
execution. Cars are also being built With
IN eye to more resistance against the on-
slaught OF train robbers. Floors and sides
are reinforced With iron plates and doors
made heavier with stronger fastenings
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
Three Hundred rra,np,ed to Death.

Advicas from Foo Chow report a disas-
trous panic in a temple at Kwang Fou,
China. theatrical performance was being
given for the first time in the place and was
attended by great number Of natives and
a few Europeans. One OF the temple lamps
was overturned, firing the building. The
panic-stricken crowd tried to force way
through two small doors. In the crush 800
persons were trampIed to death, principally
women and children. .4a 4a D
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
LynchinS in Tallahassee, Fla.

Pierce Taylor, coored man, was hanged
by a mob in the Tallahassee FIa.) jail yard
at O'Clock Sunday morning and riSdled BY
bullets for an attempted ASSAULT upon MISS :
Emma Apthrope. the daughter Of the late
William Lee Apthrope, e1-Surveyor-General
Of the State and Secretary of the famous
Florida Returning Board OF 1876, which gave
the Presidency OF the United States to Rutb'&
erford B. HayeS. .rl.,s
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
To Foreclose on the Roads.

Attorney-G General Harmon. through special
counsel, filed bill in the United States Cir
cult Court in Omaha, Neh., to foreclose the
Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific. The Gov
ernment Directors OF the Union Pacific
Railroad net and individually approved the
Reorganization Committees plan to buy ont
the Government for about $45,000,0o0 and
take the road. ..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
Excitement Killed Him.

Joseph Bloch. American representative Of
Bloch & Htrsch Fur Company, Germany,
left his office at Kent avenue and North
members OF the "Rsinmakers" gang. He
was hurt in the scufle. and the shock aad
excitement affected his heart, which was
weak. He staggered back to his office and
died few minutes later. Nearly twenty
arrests were made.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
Foreign Sotos.

Empero: William OF Germany celebrated
his thir:y-eighth birthday.
Senator Wo'cott left London fos Paris to
continue his mission regarding bimetalliSm.
The insurgents blew up with dynamite a
railway bridge in Santa Clara Province,
Cuba
Near Dorchester, New Brunswick, pas.
senger train plunged down Il seventy-ilv five
foot emhankment into pond. Two persons
were killed and ten severely injured.
General WeyIer is reported to have Or
dered his troops to burn all the Cuban cane
fields on their line Of march.
Europe il taking extraordinary measures
70 keep out the bubonic plague.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
The Labor World.

Machinists have 400 unions.
England boasts boy "hoGsemaids."
Quarrymen will form i National union.
In Mexico miners get sixty cents day.
A National strike of miners is talked OF.
In Spain street car drivers get SO a week.
Buffalo (N. W unionlsts want free city
library.
Ohio master plumbers will hold a State
convention.
New York City Italian laundry workers
will organize. -
A Brooklyn electrical workers union has
decided to disband. New York building
trades unions are blamed for the disruption.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
Killed by Amateur Hypnotists.

Spurgeon Young, colored lad. died at
jamestown, n. Y, after few days illness.
It is now asserted that death resulted from
injuries received while under mesmerc in
fiuence at the hands OF amateurs IN this
science. to which the lad was easily subjected.
Coroner Howers has summoned jury and
will make thorough investigation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
Zig Fires in Syracuse.

A big Arc which began IN South Salina and
Fayette streets, in Syracuse, N. Y became
practically unmanageabic, and destroyed
three large business blocks occupied by the
New York Cloak House. Palmer's millinery
house, Kimtail Piano Company's Agency,
Letter Brothers piano and jewelry house,
and L. A. Witherills dry goods establish
mont. MANY other firms suffered extensive
damage. The loss will aggregate $3.50, ZOO.
Kearney's Brewery valued at about $25 900
was also destroyed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
Prominent People.
The late Shah Of Persia left $500, 100000.

The late Shah of Persia left 5000, 200.
Harry A. Garfield, son Of the late Presi-
dent, Is being doomed for Mayor OF Cleve-
land, Ohio.
Messrs. Moody and Snnkey are to begin a
series of revival services in Cincinnati, Ohio,
on March 5.
W.D. Howells is to make his first appear
ance as lecturer this winter His topic will
be the modern novel.
Governor Pingree, of Michigan, has de-
clared himself in favor OF laws limiting the
value Of individual holdings Of property.
The only surviving British peer who was
in possession Of his title at the time OF the
accession OF Queen Victoria Is Earl Nelson.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
TRAIN ROBBERY IN ALABAMA,
The Robbers Get S1e5 and jug of Whisky
and Then Escape.

The Kobbers Get SI25 and jug of whisky
and Then Escape.
Passenger train No. IS on the Southern
Railway, west bound, was held up by three
masked men about 8 o'clock p. NJ, near
North River Bridge. sixty-six miles from
Birmingham, Ala The robbery was on the
same plan as the one two months ago, when
three men robbed the same train at the same
place. The robbers attacked the express car,
and secured Sl55 and jug of whisky. The
train was full Of passengers, but none OF
them was bothered.
W. O. Agee, route agent OF the Southern
Express Company, was in the train, and he
got of at Bankston, the next station, and
telesraphed to Birmingham for detectives
AMI dovs
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
Work of the Cuban League.

The Cuban League Of the United States, OF
which Colonel Ethan Allen OF New York
CITY, Is President, is organizing branch
OF 5000 inhabitants and upward. There are
1850 such towns and cities in the United
States, The object OF the league is to call
forth an expression OF the unanimous senti-
ment Of the American people in favor Of
Cuban independence.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
A SECTION GANG KILLED.

Five Men Step Out of the Way OF One Train
and Are Run Over by Another.
4 section gang OF FIVE mon were killed on
the Consolidated Road at East Norwalk,
Conn.,, by Il westbound freight train. The
killed are: J. J. Powers, foreman, OF South
Norwalk; John Griffin, Norwalk; John Shea,
East Norwalk; John Callahan, Danbury. and
Salvador spana. The men stepped ASIDE to
avoid the Colonial express, and smoke and
steam enveloped them and obscured the ap-
preaching freight train on the next track,
while the noise of the passenger train
drowned the whistle of the freight engine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
Children Poisoned by Apples.

Mrs George Madison. OF Jelrersonville.
Ind, bought apples for her children. Imme-
diately after eating them Artie, nineteen
months old; james. four years old, Lulu,
eight years old, and a boy Of five, were taken
severely Ill, with signs Of strychnins poison
ing. Before u physician could arrive the
first two named children were dead. Lulu
died during the night leaving the boy and
Mrs. Madison very i'll.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
Franc. Wants q Peace Treaty.

France is preparing to enter into negotia-
tions with the United States, for the con-
lowing to some extert the lines of the arbi-
tration treaty recently agreed upon by the
United States and Great Britain, and now
pending for confirmation before the United
Stotea Senate
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
Fatal Farmhouse Fire.

f. vandawater, three miles south OF this
place, was destroyed by fire and four persons
were burned to death. They were Mrs. Van
dawater and her two children, a boy aged
eight and girl aged fourteen years. and
Miss Annie Vaudawater, sister Of MIR. Van
duWater.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
Frozen at a Fire.

MuNc1E, Ind.-While fighting q fire at the
residence OF G. E. Wiley, with atemperaturs
at Is degrees below zero, seven lrenen were
severely frozen and their clothing had to be
,ut from their bodies. Mrs. Wiley, while
trying to escape from the burning house
with her baby in arms, fell down stairs and
was fatally Injured.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
Two Shocks Needed to Kill.

John Hoch was electrocuted in Auburn
IN. W Prison. for the murder of Minnie
Ineersoll at Martinsburg, near Lowville,
Lewis County, July 10, 1895. He did not
evince & aslightest emotion when In the
chair. currents of 1900 volts had to be
turned fore the man was pronounced
dead. Or. Sawyer. the prison physician,
said the reason for having to use an extra
current was that Hoch had more resistance
than the ordinary man. At 1206 p. m. Hoch
was led into the electrocution room. At
1921 he was pronounced dead.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
Canoyns Talks Reform.

At the Spanish Cabinet Council Premier
Cauovas declared himself confident OF the
speedy success OF the Spanish military opera
tion, in Cuba and announced that he would
soon submit to the Council OF State plan OF
reforms which it IS proposed to institute In
that colony,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
He Died Saving Others.

At Trenton, N. j., Isaac Slack, conduo-
tor Of freight train on the Pennsylvania
Railroad was instantly kiile l in heroic at
tempt to stop four runaway freight cars that
would have crashed into passenger train
and probably caused the loss of many lives.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
The inaugural Train.

President-elect Mckinley will be accom-
panied upon his inauguration tclp to Wash
ington by his elderly mother, his wife,
brother and nieces. The special train bear-
ing the Presidential party will leave Cant on
1T 8 p. m. on March 1, arriving at the Capital
before noon the next day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
Banouet to Thomas C. PIatt.

A banQust to senator-eiect Patt was given
in Albany. n u, under the auspices of the
Black, MIR. Platt, Chauncey M. Depew and
others spoke. There were more than one
THOUSAND guests.