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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17
A CREEK INDIAN EXECUTED.
John 8. Watka Pays the Penalty Fol
Killing Jonas Deer.

John 8. watka Pays the Penalty For
Killing Jonas Deer.
John 8. Watka, the Creek Indian who
shot Jonas Deer, member ot his tribe, was
executed for the crime at Chelsea, Indian
Territory.
The men were rivals for the hand Of the
same girl, and fought at dance at which
she was present to decide who should gain
her. Watka killed Deer and married the
Indian maiden.
Several days ago Watka made arrange.
ments for his wifes future, and then set
out alone for the public execution grounds.
In due time he arrived and found the exc.
cutioner waiting. He assumed his position
on bended knees, with arms tied behind
and bandage over the eyes. He was shot
through the heart.
Late last summer Watka went to Kansas
City with baseball nine Of his fellow
Indians and played in q game at one OF
the parks. He had ample opportunity to
escape, but returned to the Territory OF
his own accord, that his sentence might be
cprriad ont
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17
LoNcsTREET IS PLACED.

Made Commissioner of Railroads-Moffat
New Jersey Revenue Collector.
The President made the following ap
polntments:
James Longstreet, OF Georgia, Commis.
sioner OF Railroads, vice Wade Hampton,
resigned.
Henry 8. Pritchett, Of Missouri, Superin.
tendent Of the Coast and Geodic Survey.
Miflin W. Gibbs (colored), Of Arkansas,
Consul Of the United States at Tamatave,
Madagascar.
James E. Stillman. Collector OF Customs
for the District OF Pensacola, Fla.
Isaac N. Moffat, Collector Of Internal
Revenue for the First District Of New Jer.
sey.
General Longstreet, appointed Commis.
sioner Of Railroads, is the famous Confed-
crate General, who has been prominent In
the South since the war as one Of the lead
ing Republicans. General Longstreet was
recently married to ayoung lady OF Georgia.
Judge Gibbs, who has been selected as
Consul at Tamatave, Is one Of the promin.
snt Republican colored men OF the South
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17
A Work Of Art.

An evidence OF genuine enterprise and
liberality Is shown by the publishers Of
The Youths Companion, Boston, Mass, in
giving all new subscribers to their publica.
tion an art calendar for 1S90-a gem OF
beautiful co!or-work far in advance Of any.
thing of the kind previously produced.
Also q magnificent illustrated Thanks.
giving, Christmas and New Years double
number Of the magazine-eaeh prize.
which will be preserved by thousands Of
art lovers. By sending coupon cut from,
the advertising columns OF the local paper
of this week or last week, and following its
instructions, these artistic and valuable
productions can be secured.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17
TAMMANY TICKET Wins.
Judge Robert A. Van Wyck Elected
Greater New York's First Mayor.
SETH LOW AHEAD OF TRACY.

The Democratic Candidate Won by
Plurality of About $4,000, and in Man.
haitian and the Bronx Almost Out
voted Low and Tracy COMMUNICATIONS.
many's Entire City Ticket Victorious.
NEW YORK CRY (speciaD.-Judge Van
Wyck has carried Greater New York for
Mayor by an estimated plurality over Low
Of sc, ,sS1 and plurality over Tracy OF
about 10000. He has swept every borough
In the Greater New York. The entire D emo
cratic city ticket has gone through with
rush. The Democratic county tickets in
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17
THE NEWS EPITOMIZEO.
Washington Items.

The Coates syndicate, Of London, asked
President Mckinley to postpone the sale
of the Union Pacific Railway to Decem'
Der IL.
Official circles in Washington express the
belief that there Is nothing In Spain's reply
to General Woodford's note tc raise an
issue with this country.
It was feared in Washington that the
Navy Departments ruling that the Marine
Band should not play outside engagements
would drive out its best members.
1t Is understood that the fur seal confer.
ence has resulted In an agreement to stop
pelagic sealing, and that the Russian and
Japanese delegates are awaiting final IN.
structions from their respective Govern.
ments, to which they have recommended
the acceptance OF the plan. 1t Is hoped to
secure the cooperation Of Great Britain.
The report Of Secretary of the Treasury
Gage suggests important changes In the
currency and natural bank laws.
Governor PIngree has been notified by
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt that Michi-
gan must at once accept the Yantic or she
will be ordered to Boston.
The Internal Revenue report for the last
fiscal year showed receipts OF $146, ,000, 900,
decrease Of 5000, 900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17
Cycling Notes.

Zimmerman intends to so to Paris soon,
where he will give exhibition rides.
Almost every day there is some announce
ment in regard to the chainless wheel.
Walter Sanger has announced his inten.
tion OF retiring permanently from the cycle
track.
American manufacturers are busy with
gear cases which will meet oil the objec-
tions referred - and possess all the virtues
which the ordinary rider will require.
Mexico Is aroused by the probable inva-
sion OF the American riders this season.
Cycling interests are very much alive in
the republic right now, and new tracks are
being constructed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17
Results In New JERSEY.

TRENTON, N. J. (SpeciaD.-In the New
Jersey local elections the Democrats and
the Republicans appear to have divided the
honor on comparatively light vote. Tht
Democrats succeeded in electing Ave Of the
six new State Senators, but the Republi.
cans, however, secured a majority Of the
Assemblymen, and the Legislature remains
Republican. The Democrats swept jersey
City and Hudson County by majorities
ranging from three to seven thousand. AL!
Of the Democratic legislative and county
officers were elected, including the eleven
members Of Assembly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17
Prominent People.

James Lane Allen, the novelist, will soon
visit England.
George n; P1llmSn's Pull ma estate Is expected
many public bequests.
President Mckinley has set the fashion
In Washington Of equestrian exercise and
pleasure, but he will not ride horse with
"banged" or "docked" tail.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor is an accomplished
taxidermist. She learned the art in order
to preserve with her own hands the
trophies OF her skill Us huntress.
The Queen recently sent the boy King OF
Spain the Victorian order, and was very
pleased with the autograph letter In which
His Little Majesty acknowledged the honor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17
Election Bets Declared on.

An enormous sum Of money had been
wagered on the election in Greater New
York, and the greater part Of it was placed
on the explicit or implied understanding
that all four OF the original candidates
should be in the race on Election Day.
The death Of Henry George so changed
the conditions Of the contest that q meet.
ing Of the bookmakers who held most oi
the publics money was called, and, after
careful review Of the situation, oil bets
were declared off. AS is generally the
case in such matters, private bets, unless
otherwise stipulated, follow the public
ruling
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17
Maryland.

BALTIMORE, Md. (SpeciaD.-At midnight
martial returns from most of the counties
indicate that the Legislature will be close.
Although the Republicans win in the city,
the Democrats have played havoc in the
counties. German says that he has won in
the State.
Mr. Master, the Republican candidate
for Mayor OF Baltimore, has been elected
by about 5000 plurality, and the entire Re.
publican legislative ticket was successful
in Baltimore City.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17
Union Pacific Railroad Sold.

The property Of the Union Pacific Rail-
way Company covered by the first mort
gage and the Government subsidy mort
gage was offered at auction ut Omaha,
Neb., recently. It was offered In one
parcel, and was sold to the Reorganization
Committee for S39,ssS, ,281.S7. The COM
mittee also bought the bonds in the Union
Pacific sinking fund for 13,645, ,250.S9.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17
The Result in Ohio.

' COLUMBUS, Ohio (speciaD.-A careful es.
innate at O'Clock a. m. gives the Legisla-
ture to the Republicans by majority OF
two on joint ballot.
Chairman McConville, of the Democratic
Committee, practically comedies the elec.
Non Of Bushnell. Republican, for Governor,
by almost $4,000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17
Bank Robbers Escaped.

The four men confined In the Lawrence
County (south Dakota) Jail for robbing
the Belle Fourche Bank overpowered the
jailer and his wife, assaulted the woman
and escaped into the hills, taking with
them William Moore, O colored murderer.
The robbers are members OF the desperate
Curry band Of outlaws and were captured
only week ago in Montana after severe
Lakt
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17
Kentucky Is Democratic.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. YpeciaD.-Up to mid.
night flfty counties out Of 119 have been
heard from, and they show Democratic
gains.
8. J. Shackelford is elected Clerk Of the
Court OF Appeals. James r. Hindman, the
gold Democratic candidate, has received
about 20 900 votes.
Reports from the various legislative
districts throughout the State are to the
effect that the Democrats will have ma
jority In the next General Assembly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17
Electrocuted by Telephone Wire.

A rope with a loop in the free end left
dangling over the street from telephone
wire in Easton, Md, caught button on q
carriage which was being driven up the
street and, wrenching the top from the
vehicle, threw out woman who was riding
in it. She was severely injured and died In
the house to which she was taken.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17
Branding Seals by Electricity.

The members of the Stanford University
party who have been engaged in branding
seals by electricity on Prlbyloff Islands
claim that the experiment was successful
Besides the work of taking the seal census
and building fence enclosing the salt Ia.
goon to prevent the redriving OF bachelor
seals, number of bird skins, skeletons, in
sects, and marine invertebrates were col
fa5
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17
Trouble Over NJ,

Trouble Over Meat and Liquor Licenses.
Backed by Mayor Harrison, Corporation
Counsel Thornton will begin a fight on the
department stores OF Chicago. Proceed
ings will be instituted in some Justices
court to compel the department stores to
observe the provisions ofthe Walker act.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17
Increasing Silver Circulation.

Five Powers Of the Latin Union, on the
initiative of Switzerland, have signed a
convention to increase the number of small
silver coins by franc per head OF their
population, using the existing flve-franc
pieces to supply the necessary silver.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17
Pennsylvania.

HARRISBURG; Penn. (speciaD.-The Re.
publican State ticket has plurality OF
from 124, 1881 to 14O,531. DR.. Swallow, the
Prohibition nominee for State Treasurer,
polIed 1888 votes and carried Harrisburg
and ten counties.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17
Republicans Carry Massachusetts

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (SpeciaD.-Governor
Roger Wolcott, Rep, was reelected by an
estimated plurality Of $4,000 over George
Fred Williams, Democrat. This Is falling
OF Of the Republican plurality OF 1873, When
the same candidates were In the field, OF
nearly 10000 votes. The Republican vote
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17
Weather Bureau Report.

Last year the weather service cost $685.
772, but for this year Chief Moore asks
$1,o44, 900. Many objections were made to
the lack of stations, and the Chief says II
the heavier appropriation is made he will
endeavor to furnish weather predictions
with moro promptness and accuracy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17
General Clingman Dead.

General Thomas L. Clingman, ex-Untted
States Senator from North Carolina, died
IN the Morgantown (N. CO. Insane Asylum.
Aged, poor and infrm the State gave him a
home there.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17
Re-elected Governor Of Massachusetts,

fell away 80 per cent. from that polled last
year and the Democratic vote fell of 20
per cent.
The remarkable decrease Is attributable
20 the inclement weather which prevailed
all over the State on Election Day and tt
the general lack Of interest in the contest,
which was such foregone conclusion as
to be no contest at all. The election fol.
lowed the dullest campaign In years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17
Election Riot in Kentucky.

Four men were killed and two wounded
In an Election Day riot In Frankfort, KY,
resulting from an attempt by Republicans
to thwart colonization scheme.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17
National W. C. T. U. at Buffalo.

National W. q. L. U. at bunaIo.
In her annual address before the Ma
Union at Buffalo, N. Y, Miss Frances E.
Willard referred to the defeat Of the inter-
national arbitration treaty as the greatest
sorrow Of the year to the organization.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17
Iowa.

DEs MONIES, Iowa (speciaD D.-The re-
turns from all over the State show heavy
Democratic gains, but the Republicans
have doubtless elected their State ticket
BY at least 20, 900 plurality.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17
Colorado.

DENVER, Col. Especially The Bryanite
candidate for Supreme Judge is elected
over the Mckinley and Silver Republican
candidate by probably 20, 900 majority.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17
Horse Market Improving.

The horse market Is improving by expor-
tations to Europe at the rate Of 1000 horses
q month. England and France take most
Of them. -. y
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17

PROVIDENCE, R. I. (SpeciaD
Island held municipal elections in its five
cities, and the Republicans carried three Of
them, and made gains in Providence, re-
ducing tho plurality Of Mr.. Baker, the
Democratic candidate, by 1900.
Sioux FALLS, South Dakota Especially in
dications are that the Republicans have
won in South Dakota. They elect six out
Of eight circuit judges, and possibly the
entire eight.
RICHMOND, Va. Especially. On a light
vote the Democrats carried Virginia by
plurality OF $4,000. The Legislature will
undoubtedly choose United States Senator
Daniel to succeed himself. 1t may also re-
elect United States Senator Martin.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17
Nebraska.

LINCOLN, Neb. (SpeclaD .-Thirty-l five pre-
cincts outside OF Lincoln and Omaha indi-
cate the election OF the fusion State ticket
by not less than - 900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17


The British forces In India captured the
Arhanga Pass with slight opposition. The
Ameer Of Afghanistan has presented the
apology OF the trlbesmen to the Govern
ment and asked for terms OF pardon.
The Government has instructed the
Governor of the Province OF Tromsoe, the
most northerly province Of Norway, to
charter O steamer at the expense OF the
State, to provision 1t for six months and to
send out relief expedition for Herr
Andree, the aeronaut who assembled In his
balloon, the Eagle, on July IL last from
Spitzbergen, 400 miles northwest OF the
North Cape of Norway, in q proposed ex-
pedition to the North Pole.
Marshal Blanco, the new Governor Gen.
oral OF Cuba, arrived In Havana and re-
Iieved Lieutenant General Weyler OF COM
mand.
According to the Madrid correspondent
OF the London Standard. the Bank OF
Spain has agreed to advance the Cuban
Treasury nearly SIG, 900 900, and the Treas
ury of the Philippines nearly S6,0Oo,OOo on
the guarantee Of the Spanish Treasury.
A Aspanish Cabinet Committee decided to
satisfy the United States in the Competi-
tor case.
According to the report Of spies, the Der
wish commander at Metemmeh, between
Berber and Khartoum, has announced IN
the mosque that he lost 100 men during the
bombardment by British gunboats on octo-
ber 29
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17

OF the factories reaching all the way from
Chattahoochee to the Merrimac, shall have
spun and woven it. In white letters OF
snowy fleece God has been writing for
thousand years His wish that there might
be warmth for all nations. While others
are discussing the effect Of high or low tarif,
or no tariff at all on wool, you and l had
better see II In our wardrobe we have MOTH
ing that we can spare for the shiverlng, or
pick out some poor lad OF the street and
take him down to clothing store and ft
him out for the winter.
again, let US look around and see how
we may serve our generation. What short
sighted mortals we would be II we were
anxious to cothe and feed only the most
INSIGNIFICANT part OF man, namely, his
BODY, while we put forth no effort to
clothe and feed and save his soul.
eve put a halo about the people OF the
past, but think il the times demanded
them It would be found we have now living
in this year, 1897, fifty Martin Luthers,
fifty George Washingtons, fifty Lady Hun
tingdons, fifty Elizabeth Frys. During our
Civil War more splendid warriors IN North
and South were developed in four years
than the whole world developed in the pre-
yious twenty years. 7 challenge the four
thousand years before the food and the
eighteen centuries after the flood to show
me the equal Of charity, on large scale.
of George Peabody. This generation OF
men and women is moro worth saving than
any one of the one hundred and eighty
generations that have passed of.
Glow to get saved? Be willing to accept
Christ, and then accept Him instantane-
ously and forever. Get on the rock first,
and then you will be able to help others
upon the same rock.
81 confess to you that my one wish is to
serve this generation, not to antagonize 1t,
not to damage it, not to ruleit, but to serve
it. 1 would like to do something toward
helping unstrap It's load, to stop Its tears,
TO bnlsam its wounds, and to induce 1t to
put foot on the upward road that has at its
terminus reclamation rapturous, and gates
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-21

How they did IL Is question for the Psychcal So
ciety to answer. Can ghost have indigestion ?
would be the next poser. The converse is We know.
the case indigestion is famous G for its ghosts
The most famous hot-buttered toast house in the
chester which sti nourishes' but no longer is AMI
mated by the crisp individuality of its founder, old
aUtocrat who knew that IN their heart Of hearts
Britons for all their Rule Britannia sentiments,
rant wherein. he an nhexibe autocrat, might en-
force laws OF his own making; and win riches by
and Cumberland ham, and served whu IN. IN
stead Of Vegetables, hot-buttered toast or bread.
asked for potatoes It was sarcssticaily remarked
that they should have brorgnt their own Every
Ale stout, coffee and the liquids Gus
toner asking for water was referred 10 the tee
A host Of good stories are told OF Tyson. lie dom
mated the place in his shirtslecves. and nothing
he it, 10 r tSe ooS Rs
been laid promptly before him; after that the Gus
Reading was not permitted at least in the middle
OF the day, nor grumbling. nor proracted sitting,
OF his wares his cheapness and his busnesslike de-
spatch, and, knowing this. he played the tyrant 10
the top OF his bent. young man once calling.
ind raw steak clapped on the table before him.
To his expression Of disgust came the reply, You
once" Another customer had the temerity to com
@ on ns tough h.
Tyson who forgot nothing. was waiting for
him. The !grumbler called for steak Steaks
chop" "chops are tough" Then what can
! haveT Nothing. IL you can't be satisfied
with food that pleases other people YOU can go
somewhere else" A customer daring so much
az 10 glance at a letter from his pocket was
CURLY Informed that this Is not a library a
customer who had exceeded his welcome was hidden
1 to go TO the few who complained OF ineivility
his chops and steaks. Tsons as 1t now IL has un-
dergone modhcations. but the toast tradition holds
good. Both In Manchester and In the i.onJon
branch IN the city. hot-buttered toast Is always
ready. There Is room for more toast houses Who
knows but that the establishment of a good toast
house might not restore the days Of wit! In course
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-21
Az OWL SAVED THE TEAM.
From The Philadelphia Times.

From The Philadelphia Times.
Owls by common consent adJudged 10 .
birds OF -omen. but Engineer Ned Barnett O!
the Santa Fe. says he happens TO know that they
anything but that, and tells the following story
prove his assertions:
About eight months aSo, one morning as the east
bound overland was pulling through the noun
tains west of here. Barnetts engine doing w
work. a big horn-beaked owl dashed against ne
front window of the cab with such force as 70
break the window the bird itself dropping dead a.
the engineers feet Though Barrett Is not, gener'
ally speaking. superstitious man. this seemed %
singular an occurrence that he stopped the tram
and sent a brakeman ahead to see II the way vas
clear. Strange to relate. the brakeman soon re-
the mountain pass about one hundred yards ahead
Hands were sent at TO clear the track. and 10
removing the debris they found another OWL 70
doubt mate 10 the first. caught In the crotch OF al
uprooted tree, crushed 10 death in the fall
Barnett had both owls stuffed and the two nov
adorn his cab, always insuring him good luck no
SAYS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-21
NEW CELLULOID CIGAR CASES.

4 GERMAN PROCESS RENDERS THE MATERIAL
NoN-EXPLOsIVE
Something new IN the way of pocket carriers for
cigars and cigarettes las recently made Its appear
once I'm the market. Leather has been extensively
used in the manufacture of such articles In the
mast but It Is rather too thick and In time shows
the effects of usage. An attempt has been maze 10
utilize ccllulod for the same purpose; but common
cculoid IS highly infammabe. not to say explosive,
and its use involves more less danger IL Is as
seized however that a German, named John de
I,6Wcn, living in Munich, has discovered ana pat
ented a process of rendering this material safe by
the sdrnyture of a certain substance in limited pro-
portions Ceuloid Is light, tough, elastic and proof
against wear, and is therefore admirably adapted
TO the manufacture of cigar cases. BY the new
method of preparing 1t the oder of oamphor which
was formerly given off under the influence or
warmth Is almost entirely overcome Like the
older variety De L0wen s cellulod may be colorless
or stained, transparent or Opaque: Many or the
new cases are amber-tinted and "A few are entirety
devoid of hue Those intended to carry cigars con-
sst Of = single piece are open at one end ana nave
an extremely narrow overhanging lip. The cigar
cite carriers hinged, and open like pocket
book The halves arc sometimes framed In metal,
and the clasp Their of metal also. But sometimes
the hinges and fastening, well as the sides, are
of celluloid. Thus far only few new cases nave
bppu iu1uOrtel.