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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
. DEFICIT CUT DOWN.
Importations in Anticipation of the New
Tariff Duties Increase Receipts.

Importations in Anticipation of the New
Tariff Duties Increase Receipts.
The fiscal year of 1897, which closed JUNE
80, left the United States Treasury in good
condition tobegin the new year. When Sec
rotary Carlisle sent his annual report to Con-
gress last ecember he estimatedth q the re-
ceipts for the year would be less than the
expenditures by s64, 500, 900. The yearcloses
with a deficit OF little more than 2O,OO0,-
600. On the books OF the department on
July 1 it is apparently S22, O3, .526, but when
the official figures for the year are made up
the deficit will be little If any more than
500, 900, 900.
This condition Of affairs 80 much more
favorable han Secretary Carlisle had ex-
pected has been brought about almost en-
tirely by the importations Of dutiableg goods
since early In March in anticipation OF the
imposition Of higher duties in the pending
Tariff bill.
In the month Of June the excess OF re-
ceipts over expenditures was 80, 236, 595,
a tremendous gain compared with the large
deficiencies in previous months. The
available cash balance which, on the last
business day in May, was 1921 ,s93, sol, was
on July /, S237, 452, 199. The Withdrawals
Of gold for shipment abroad have been
more than balanced by a gain In demand
notes
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
M'KINLEYS MOTHER HURT.
The Outing of the Presidential Party at
Canton, Ohio.

President and Mrs. Mckinley, accom-
panied by Judge Day, assistant Secretary
CT State, and their personal friend, Mrs.
Ella Buckingham, returned to Washington
after a pleasant visit of forty-eight hours,
including the Fourth Of July, with the
Presidents mother at Canton, Ohio.
There was no demonstration, owing to
the request Of the President, whose desire
In going to Canton was to pass a quiet
period with his mother and other rela-
tives.
The pleasure Of the visit was marred
slightly by an accident which befell the
venerable mother of the President. While
walking across the front piazza Mrs. Nc
Kinley tripped on a piece of mating and
fell forward, striking her face on a chair.
The President sprang to assist her, and
found that a considerable cash had been
cut in her forehead.
The wound was dressed and the patient
is as comfortable as could be expected. She
regards the accident more lightly than do
any Of her family, bearing her pain with
the ~Spartan-like calmness of her nature.
The accident was the only disagreeable
feature Of the trip, and it was not regarded
as serious enough to interfere with the de-
parture of the President and his wife.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
Labor World.

The establishment OF a textile school is
being urged in South Carolina.
The New York tailors' strike, which at
one time involved 90, 1000 men, is over.
A strike of iron moulders at Lynn, Mass.
has been declared of after a two months
struggle.
Since May 1, 1895, typographical Union
No. 6, New York City, has paid out $4,000
in relief purposes.
Birmingham (Ala.) unionists will test the
constitutionality Of the Law permitting the
leasing Of convicts.
Tho International Association OF Machin-
lists is to establish a cooperative repair shop
and a bicycle factory.
The British ~workingman has 27S working
days in the year; the American, sos; the
German, 312; the Russian. 26z.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
CORNELL AN EASY WINNER.
Columbia Far Behind, and Pennsylvania
Did Not Finish.

Columbia Far Behind, and Pennsylvania
Did Not Finish.
Cornell won her third great aquatic VIC
tory within a week by defeating Columbia's
oarsmen over the Poughkeepsie On. W
four-mile course by a margin Of at least
nine lengths. And when Columbia
had crossed the finish line fully
half a minute behind the invincible
Ithacans the unfortunate Pennsyl-
vania crew, which had started
as bravely as any Of them only a little over
twenty minutes before, was aboard its
training launch, snatched from its swamp
ing shell just in time to avoid an actual
sinking. 1t was a pitiable ending to a sea-
son Of arduous and faithful training, and
there was not one Of the thousands who
saw the melancholy collapse who did not
give his sympathy to the unlucky Pennsyl-
vanians.
The result was as follows: Cornell, first;
time, 20.47 As; Columbia, second; time,
21.2O rs; Pennsylvania did not finish.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
Cycling Notes.

Germany threatens to exclude American
bicycles.
Forty-four scorchers were fined IS each
In the Recorders court In D etroit one morn
ing recently.
Any bicycle rider arrested in New jersey
need not pay his fine. There Is q flaw In
the State law.
It Is estimated that about twenty thou
sand cycles are produced every week In
Great Britain alone.
Experts who know what 1t costs to build
a high-grade bicycle are now free to ex-
press themselves. They agree that the
actual cost Of q so-called 900 wheel Is
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
Starving Themselves to Death.

According to a dispatch from st. Peters
burg, two women lave been found In the
forest OF Zarevosanosch Urski. in the
Taransk District, Rome, one dead and the
other dying Of starvation. They were men,
bers of a sect regarding suicide by starva-
ton as the highest form Of religious devo-
lion. Other members Of the sect had pre-
viously disappeared and the police have
instituted a thorough investigation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
Ominous Revolt in India.

The u~neasiness caused by the recent
killing of officials and the rioting Of the
natives at Chitpur, India. continues, al
though outwardly everything is now quiet.
Spies inform the police that further out
breaks are being organized. Isolated as
saults, especially upon European ladies,
continue. The native casualties during
the recent riot are said to have been very
large. A low estimate places the number
of killed at 600.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
A FLORIDA PANTHER FIGHT.
Struggle of the Jenkinses With a Wild
Beast in a Buggy.

Struggle of the Jenkinses With a Wild
Beast in a Buggy.
ED" Jenkins was driving along with his
family near Tarpon Springs, Fla, when he
saw two baby catamounts by the roadside.
He picked them up, but the mother cata-
mount sprang on the buggy, Selling Mrs.
Jenkins's dress. jenkins struck the ami
nal with a small club, and she secured a
firm hold on his arm. He had his knife out
by this time, and a furious fight began. the
horse dashing madly along, the panther
dragging back Of the seat.
Mrs. jenkins began striking the beast
over the head with the club. 1t let go its
hold on Jenkins, and pulled his wife half
out of the vehicle. jenkins fell out on top
of the panther. They fought in the road,
the animal drawing blood at every dig.
Finally Jenkins cut its throat. He was
badly clawed and bitten.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
Big Strike In Great Britain.

In consequence Of the strike Of engineers
in London in support Of their demands for
eight hours Of work only per day, the Fed
Grated Employers Association posted no.
tees throughout Great Britain locking out
twenty-five per cent. Of the members OF the
striking societies. 1t is understood that
the societies will order the remaining sew
enty-flve per cent. OF their members to
leave work Immediately. Twenty-Five thou
sand men are affected.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
COinape for a Month.

The June monthly statement Of the d.
rector ofthe Mint SHOWS the coinage at the
mints OF the United States to have been as
follows: Gold, 80, ITO, SAT; silver, 81 1856, 754.
minor coins, SITE, 051. Total, S4,132,352
In addition to the domestic coinage there
were coined during June $500, lao for the
Government Of San Domingo. These pieces
contain thirty-hve per cent. Of silver and
sixty-fve per cent. OF nickel and copper.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
AERONAUTS BhDLY INJURED.
Accident in an Ascension and Parachute
Jump in Eureka, Cal.

Accident In an Ascension and Parachute
Jump in Eureka, Cal.
Professor George Weston, the a%eronaut,
and his assistant, Il. s. Cotton, Of Aber-
deem, Wash, were ~fearfully crushed while
the former was attempting m ascension
and parachute jump at Eureka, Cal.
When the balloon was inflated and the
restraining ropes cast of. it shot up sixty
feet with Cotton tangled in the ropes. He
wa, dropped to the earth and sustained
fra ,tures and bruises from which he will
die. Weston chung to the parachute, and
q strong wind carried him with terrific
force through the tops Of some trees, and
he, too, dropped to the earth, crushed and
mangled in q horrible manner.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
West Point Hero Buried.

Sergeant Anthony J. Brechbeil, stationed
at the West Point On. W Military Academy,
one Of the victims Of a drowning accident
save several others. was buried with mill
tary honors In the Post Cemetery. Owing
10 the young mans popularity with the
officers and men, the funeral was an i'm
posing event. All the various detachments
turned out in full dress.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
Died of

The bodies of August Staneker, aged four
years, and Mary sholtas, aged three years,
who disappeared from their homes at
Hazel Brook, Penn, on April21 were found
on July 6 on the mountain. When the
for information concerning them. r. Is
supposed they wandered into the woods,
and, losing their way, died from staIvs~
finn
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
Tragic Ending of q Boat Race.

At the rowing regatta on the Charles
River, Boston, Mass, the most exciting
race was the senior eight-oared contest, In
which the Riverside crew won by six feet
over the Millstreams of Chelsea. After the
Millstreams had returned to the b%oathouse
wharf. the coxwain, II. Sadler, Of Chelsea,
alighted, and just as he vas entering the
boathouse fell to the floor and expired al
most instantly, his death being due to
heart disease aggravated by the excitement
and heat of the day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
The Fourth In Europe.

The Fourth Of July was celebrated by
Americans in the important capitals of Eu-
rope. The distinguished Americans IN Lon
don held a banquet at the Kensington
Palace Hotel, whese Colonel Hay, Mr..
Reid, Bishop Potter, and others spoke.
Ambassador Porter presided at a banquet
of the American Chamber Of Commerce In
Paris, and General Draper held a reception
at Rome.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
Between $4,000 and 90, 900 Idle.

AS the result Of the failure of the Joint
wage conference Of the A~malgamated Asso-
citation OF Iron and Steel Workers and
Manufacturers to agree upon the scale at
the Youngstown (Ohio) conference, all the
union mills at Pittsburg closed down, max
ing between 5000 and $4,000 men idle.
This included the skilled workmen and
those depending on them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
Cherry Picker Hanged.

Van Nest Talmage, sixteen years Of age,
q son Of David Talmsge, Of Leonia, N. j.,
fell from a tree In which he was picking
cherries. His fall was interrupted by his
clothing catching on a branch. He caught
in such a anner that he hung head down.
ward. He was suspended at least half an
hour, and was dead before the accident was
discovered.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
Extolled the United States,

The London Daily Mail correspondent at
Cape Town, South Africa, says that Mr.. W..
P. sehreiner, in q speech at the American
banquet in celebration Of Independence
Day, extolled the United States as the n
spot on Gods earth where freedom finds
its highest realization" This has given
great offence in ONE quarters because 1t
seems to imply a slur upon Great Britain.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
Named by the President.

The President sent to the Senate the fol-
lowing nominations: Bernard R. Green, Of
the District Of Columbia, Superintendent
Of the Library Building and Grounds.
Francis B. LOOMS, of Ohio, Minister to
Venezuela. To be Consuls: Henry Berde-
witch, Of Minnesota, at Christiania, Norway;
John C. Caldwell, of Kansas, at San Jose,
Costa Rica; Philip c. Hanna, Of Iowa, at
Trinidad, West Indies; Louis LANCE, Jr., OF
Illinois, at Bremen, Germany; Joseph J.
Stevens, Of Indiana, ut Plymouth England.
John R. Thomas, Of Illinois, to be Judge Of
the United States Courts in the Indian Ter
ritory.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
Brooklyn's Compliment to Britain.

Adelicate compliment was paid by the
United States warship Brooklyn to England
during the naval illuminations at %Spithead'
The ~searchlight Of the Brooklyn was
turned first upon the Stars and Stripes,
then upon the English ensign also, and
finally withdrawn from the American flag
and allowed to illuminate a British flag
only for the remainder Of the evening.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
Edhem Pasha Resigns.

Edhsm Pasha, Commander Of the Turkish
army in Thessaly, has resigned. He gives
as the reason for his action that he cannot
guarantee the discipline of the army under
the proposed arrangements for the conclu-
sion Of peace with Greece. His resignation
is believed to be merely formal. 1t is
thought that it Is rendered in accordance
with Instructions he has received from the
war party.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
Sixty Soldiers Drowned.

Torrential rains have fallen in Roumania,
causing the rivers to rise and in some cases
to overflow their banks. Lake Bratisch
became badly swollen, and fears were en-
tertained that it would overflow. A tenn
porary embankment was built to guard
against this, but the waters burst out In
deluged a part of Galatz. Sixty soldiers
and many women and children were car
ried away by the torrent and drowned.
Great damage was lone to property.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
THREE LOST IN A WRECK.

C1oudburst Causes a Washout on the Bos-
ton and Maine Railroad.
A freight train on the White Mountain
Division of the Boston and Maine Railroad
was wrecked by q washout at a point four
miles north of Woodsville, N. n. Three
men were killed and the engine and three
cars were badly wrecked. The killed were
Patrick Lennon, engineer, Whitefeld, N.
H.: Bert Pebbles, fireman, Woodsville; o.
E.. LANCE, brakeman, Berlin, N. n.
The washout was caused by a cloudburst,
which passed over this section Tuesday.
A great volume Of water fell In q short
time, and the small streams overlooked the
lowlands.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
w,u.Known Railroad Man Killed.

Henry E. Stone, who had been General
Manager Of the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Railroad and President OF the
Chicago Telephone Company, was killed at
his summer home at Nonquitt, Mass, by an
explosion OF fireworks. He was setting OIL
the fireworks for the amusement OF his
nhi1dran
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
To Death Through an Open Draw.

There were nine passengers on an inter-
urban trolley car running between Saginaw
and Bay City, Mich, when 1t went through
the open draw Of the bridge and plunged
into the river, thirty feet below.
Six OF them were killed and
the others were badly injured.
The dead: are: Mrs. David Campbell, Of
Metamora, Mich; - Campbell, seven
year-old child of Mrs. Campbell; - Camp
bell, fve-year-old child OF Mrs. Campbell;
- Campbell, two-year-old child Of Mrs
Campbell; John Hawkins, T. P. klumph.
travelling salesman, of. Geneva, Ohio; Mrs
William McClelland.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
FOUR PEoPLI: DROWNED.
A Skif Upset by q Steamboat on the
Arkansas River.

kan River.
An accident occurred on the Arkansas
River at Little Rock, Ark, which resulted
in the drowning Of four people. The
drowned are: Miss Josie Sanders, aged
eighteen, Of Little Rock; Miss Mary Arber,
aged nineteen, Of Little Rock; Jake Dante
and Joe Dante, Of Pine Bluff.
Miss Sanders, Miss Arber and tie Dante
brothers were in a skiff on the river, where
they had gone to view the fireworks. When
the pyrotechnic display was over the pleas
ure steamer q. K. Riggs ran into the skiff
and upset it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
Death in French Floods.

The recent floods in the South OF France
are the worst thai have occurred ince
1875. 1t is believed that fifty persons have
been drowned in the Department o. Auch
alone, although the inhabitants were
warned of the impending disaster.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
EXPLOSION KILLS NINE.

Boiler on a Tennessee Farm Blows Up at
. Harvesting.
At Huntsville, Tenn, a boiler explosion
occurred on the farm Of w. A. Alien by
which nine people were instantly killed and
FIVE badly injured.
Mr.. Allen and his men had Just finished
threshing wheat and were preparing to
leave the field when the explosion occurred.
Some of the victims were mangled beyond
recognition and pieces OF the boiler were
blown several hundred yards. Lindsey Al
been found.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
Charged With Larceny of a House.

B. r. De Young, a real estate agent, has
caused the arrest in Chicago OF Hans An
derson on the charge Of stealing q two
story cottage off a lot at No. A Htrsch
street. Anderson asserts he bought the
cottage from a man named Alexander, who
claims to own it. Anderson moved 1t
mile.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
Frances Awful Floods.

The damage by the floods in the south OF
France is estimated at $40, 900, 900 and the
loss Of life at 300.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
A Boast of Vermont.

Yermonters claim their State to be freer
from tuberculosis than any other In New
England.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
A Plague of Locusts In North India.

A dispatch from Bombay says that a
plague Of locusts in North India threatens
20 aggravate the suferings from famine
greatly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
Canadian Jubilee Stamp.
Minor Mention.

The Canadian jubilee postage stamp IL
to be printed in New York.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21

Largest Congressional District.
Jerry Simpson, Of Kansas, representative
largest congressional district in the United
Stats in point Of population.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-30
CAPT. HEWS' BOOMERS
Will Lead an Army of 10000
Into the Wichita Country,
January 10.

Wichita, Nov. 3O.-Captain 2. L.
Hews. who is engaged in getting up an
army of 10000 boomers to invade the
Wichita country, has designated Jan
uary 10 as the day for moving upon
the reservation, if there is no action by
congress toward the opening of the
country for settlement.
He condemns Secretary Bliss and In
dian Agent Baldwin of the Comanches
bitterly, and declares that there will
be bloOdshed if the Indian police or the
regular troops interfere with the move
ments of the boomers.
He has the backing of every citizen
in Greer county, Oklahoma, and will
have by January 1 at least $4,000 re-
cruits in other parts of Oklahoma and
in southwestern Kansas. He is get
ting out a circular which is to contain
a report of the assay of two car loads
of quartz rock taken from the Wichita
mountains, and sent to Denver in Oc-
tober for inspection at the mint
In this paper the proposition Of open
ing the Wichita reservation will be ar
gued, and radical measures advocated
in case congress fails to act
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-30
LIE sAW 900 NEW sTARs.
Dr. Lees Report of What Has Been
Accomplished at Flagstaff.

Boston. Nov. 30-AstronomicaI dis
cOveries of great value are reported by
DR.. T. J. J. Lee, who has charge of the
Lowell observatory in Flagstaff. Ariz-
established and maintained by Percival
Lowell DR.. Lee, who is now in Boston,
gave an interesting account of his re-
cent discoveries through the "A inch
telescope built by Alvan Clark & Sons,
which has been in use for is months.
ProfLee has found his station a most
favorable one for observations. He
says the Arizona air is clearer and
purer than any other station in the
country He and his assistant have now
come east to publish and report on their
work.
He says that since August. 1886, he
has discovered about 500 new double
stars and has measured about ZOO OBJ
jects noticed by previous observers.
Many of the stellar systems discovered
are large and brilliant, and thus pos
sess the highest interest.
Some of the new stars are very close
to greater and are barely separated
in the great lens.
The discovery of these new double
stars is accounted the most important
contribution to southern astronomy
since the survey of Sir John Herschel
go years ago. One of the these stars
has been found to revOlve only once in
five years and another in about 16
years. Both have become of the high
est interest to observers.
a phenomenon of great general inter
est is the tWinkling of the stars. so ia
mlllar on clear, cold nights. This, DR..
Lee says is due to small waves of cur
rents in the air, about the size of an
egg, or sometimes even larger than 4
mans hand. These little waves fill the
air under certain conditions, as on a
cold night and imposing before the eye,
dart the light from side to side, and in
this way convert the light of the star
into colors or extinguish it entirely. The
appearance is similar to light reflected
from wavy, running water. Mr.. Doug
las discovered how to see these waves
with a telescope, and DR.. Lee brings
proof that they cause the tWinkling.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-30
THIS tB0HEMIAN GIRL
Didn't Dream she Dwelt in Marble
Halls by a Good Deal

Frank Bonner, a bright looking young
Bohemian was placed in the county jail
today with the charge of assault with
intent to kill placed next to his name
His cousin, John Simacka is out on
bail, charged with the same offense.
The trouble was the result of a bloody
fight at a Bohemian wedding feast
north of Rossville last week. Bonner is
suffering with several knife wounds
and Adolph Mache is dangerously
wounded It is claimed that Bonner
and Simecka were the men who slashed
Mache.
When Frank Stach who is the son of
a wealthy farmer arrived at his major
ity his parents sent to the old country
for a wife for him. She arrived prompt
ly in the person Of Frances Smatla and
one day last week the couple were mar
ried by the probate judge, an interpre-
ter being necessary, to make the bride
understand the ceremony.
After the ceremony the couple went
home and soon after all the people in
the neighborhood were invited to the
feast. According to those who partici-
pated in the festivities there were nine
tap.
were old enemies and when they met in
the dance one accused the other of
cheating him. The men went outside
to settle their trouble. .Bohner saw that
Simecka, his relative, was getting the
worst Of the fight he took a hand.
When things had quieted down Mache
was lying bleeding on the floor and
Bonner was also suffering from cuts
about the body.
1t is now thought that Mache will re-
cover from his wounds and Bonner is
not dangerously hurt.