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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08
GREAT FIRE IN LONDON.
$50 Warehouses Burned With a Loss
Of $25,OO0,O0O.
ABOUT SEVEN ACRES IN RUINS.

Largest Damage by Fire Since the Great
London Fire of 1666-Started by an
Explosion Near a Gas Engine-Under
Control After Four Hours and Half
st. Giles's Church Badly Damaged.
LONDON, England (By Cable).-London
had blaze Friday afternoon bigger and
more destructive than any>recorded In Its
annals since the historic fire that followed
the great plague in 1866. Streets aquarter
of mile in length were involved, $50 great
warehouses were destroyed, 800 important
firms and hundreds Of minor ones were
burned out and damaged at loss esti-
mated at close upon S25,00O,000. Seven
acres were burned over.
The vicarage OF the famous church OF st.
Giles, Cripple Gate, was destroyed, and the
church itself, known for its associations
with the poet Milton, caught FIRE and was
saved with much difficulty by the firemen.
The principal damage was done to the roof,
the old windows, the baptismal font, and
Milton's statue.
The warehouses gutted or laid in ruins
number fully $50. They were filled with
merchandise for the Christmas trade and
employed large forces OF clerks for the
holiday season. It Is estimated that the
number Of persons thrown out Of work Is
at least 1000. This Is regarded as the most
serious aspect of the disaster. Many OF
these persons Lost all their belongings.
. Nearly all the British fire insurance COM
panies are involved, and fire insurance
shares were practically unsaleable on the
Stock Exchange after the fire was we'll un-
der way.
Nearly 800 telephone wires have been cut,
thus interrupting communication with
many Of the big provincial towns.
The fire will cause an enormous advance
in the price of ostrich feathers, which rose
80 per cent. Two feather firms alone have
lost S75,000.
The flames broke out just atter1 o'clock,
o. m. They were famed by strong wind
and, fed by the inhammable stocks Of fancy
goods and light material, were soon gain
Ing rapid headway. They owed their ori.
gin to the explosion Of gas engine at 80
Hamsel street, on the premises Of Waller,
Brown Il Co., mantel manufacturers.
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THE NEWS EeIToMIZEO.
Washington Items.

Serious charges against the United
States Commissioner at Dyea, Alaska, have
been made to the President and Secretary
Bliss.
Designs for a Government armor plant
with a capacity of six thousand tons
gear, have been completed by the Naval
Armor Board.
Under the proposed agreement between
the United States, Great Britain and Can
ada, the United States will suspend seal
ing on the Pribilof Islands in return for
the suspension Of pelagic sealing by the
Canadians.
Postmaster-GeneralG Gary expressed gratt-
ication at the comments on his recommen-
lation for the establishment Of postal saw
ngs repositories.
Veterans in volunteer soldiers homes
have taken ballots, which show they favor
The control Of the homes by the War De-
partment.
Sixty employees in the Typographical
Bureau were laid off because the Board OF
Apportionment reduced the appropriation.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has issued
a circular to employees to the effect that
clerks receiving a stated salary who ne
gl ect to pay their debts, contracted for the
necessary support Of themselves and their
families, without presenting satisfactory
reasons therefore, will not be retained IN
office.
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HOW NEW zoo WILL LOOK.
Immense Enclosures Provided For Ele.
phants and Lions.

Immense Enclosures Provided For Ele.
plants and Lions.
With only artificial ponds here and there
and walks ourving throughout the new
Bronx Geological Park in Greater New
York, according to designs by Helms & lie
Fargo, architects, no other features are re-
garded as essential In the topography Of
the park, which In its. natural form Is ad-
mirably adapted to geological garden.
Some OF the important features Of the
garden will be range for bison and deer
at the southern end Of the park, q roomy
elephant inciosure and an immense out
door cage, large enough to cover an entire
city block, and over top growing trees and
shrubbery, and provided with suitable
lakes, In which famingos, snowy swans
ant. the other birds will be placed IN sum-
mer. ...E
The chief house, from the landscape point
Of view, will be the elephant house, which
will be q high-domed structure In the
centre OF An open valley near the north
ern end Of the grounds. Other large anil
mails will be placed in this house. In the
big reptile house there will be large GEN.
tire pool for alligators.
The lion house will be provided with
newly invented appliances for the care and
study of these animals. Underneath the
row Of cages will run tramway carrying
a cage car that can be lifted by turning 9
crank up through the floor Of the cage, 80
that the animal may easily be driven into
1t and carted to special studio cage at
another end Of the building.
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roll will decrease rapidly, possibly to $685.
000, 900 or $13O, 900, 600 the first year.
In considering Indian affairs the Secre.
tary says that in the Indian Territory lead.
ing Indians have absorbed great tracts, to
the exclusion Of the common people, and
government by an Indian aristocracy Is
practically established; to the detr1ment OF
the people. From 200, 900 to $50, 900 whites
by permission Of the Indian government,
have settled In the Territory, but are
merely tenants by sufferance. ,
No government for the Indian Territory
will be satisfactory, says the Secretary, un.
til Congress shall provide for the establish
ment Of single uniform system for the en-.
tire Indian Territory that will place all its
inhabitants in possession Of the rights OF
American citizens. .'
The Secretary asks for such legislation
as will enable the people to reap the bene.
fit Of the deposits Of asphalt and gilsonite
on the Uncompahgre Reservation in Utah.
He recommends that the period for the
allotment OF lands to the Uncompahgre In.
dams be extended beyond April 1, 1898, tn.
time which has been set for opening the
reservation. ...
Speedy legislation for tho coming twelfth
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This large factory was crowded with
girls when the fire broke out, and It was
instantly the scene Of a semi-panic, the
frightened operatives, with many screams,
rushing to the roof of the building and
thence crossing to other buildings and so
effeoting their escape while the names
were pouring out of the basement. In less
than q quarter Of an hour the flames had
enveloped the adjoining warehouse. and
thence they leaped across the street to an
enormous paper warehouse, which was
slight In less than ten minutes.
For four hours and half the flames had
their own way, and 1t was only after more
than a hundred engines had worked an
hour that the Chief Of the Fire Brigade sent
out the signal that the fire was under con-
troll. This was at 5.45 p. m. At that time
rough estimate placed the loss at $780,
0OO, 600.
When the good news became generally
known, over $50 warehouses and dozen
Or 80 minor structures had either vanished
or remained only In blackened walls. q
chaos Of fallen girders and smoking piles
Of brick and stone.
Following 80 soon upon the great hre at
Black Friars a few weeks ago, when mill
Ions OF dollars worth Of property was sim
uarly destroyed through the ineffctency OF
the fire department, this event has awak-
ened London to the fact that 1t is far be-
hind the times, and that its Government In
the practical work OF extinguishtng fires Is
apartial failure, and may well take lesson
from New York.
The brigade, too, was slow in getting to
work, and there was noticeable lack OF
cohesion among the various sections. No
one was injured. but this was principally
due to the fact that the flremen have not
half the 20 and pluck the American men
have, and prefer to work in absolute safety.
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EuRoPE,s LEAGUE FIXED.
Combination Against the United Slater;
Has Been Agreed Upon. Ai.. ~ -

Combination Against the United Slater;
Has Been Agreed Upon. HI ~
Count Goluchowsh, the Austro-H Hungar.
ian Minister Of Foreign Affairs, when max
ing an appeal to all Europe, In his annual;
address before the Austrian and Hungar
ian delegations. to join closely for ,tha
vigorous defence Of Europe against the
United States against the crushing COM:
petition Of transatlantic nations, "ssfd.
ga turning point has been reached I'm
European development which calls for the.
unremitting attention Of government.
The great problems Of material welfare
which become more pressing every year.
require to be taken in hand instantly. The.
destructive competition which trans
oceanic countries are carrying on requiref,
prompt and thorough counteracting meas
ures II the vital interests Of the people
of Europe are not to be gravely compro.
missed" .Sss...S q
The Maltene Of Rome, Italy, discusses
the speech of the Austrian Chancellor. It
says that the project Of European COM
mercial league against the United States
was discussed and agreed upon during re-
cent conferences at Homburg- and Monza
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noteworthy. More than $1,000 was raised
In subscriptions. To conclude the cere-
monies Mrs. Maud Ballington Booth was
regularly ordained as minister Of the
Gospel, and can henceforth perform mar
riage and funeral ceremonies and prefix
the title Of Reverend to her name II she 80
chooses. NJ
Her assumed title Is minister Of the
Church Of God in General" It was con-
ferred upon her by DR.. Macarthur, for the
Baptists, Dr.. Bradford, for the Congrega-
tionalists; Dr.. Gregg, for the Presby.
terians, and DR.. Strong, for the Evangelical
Alliance.
The meeting was presided over by Chaun.
cey NJ. Depew, who commented upon the
wide scope and self-sscrihcing nature OF
the soeietys work, and impressed upon his
hearers the duty OF the public to further
financially the interests Of the organiza-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08
OUR BIGGEST BATTLEsHIP.
The Iowa Thoroughly Tried by Gov
ernment Board of Inspection.

The Iowa Thoroughly Tried by Gov
ernment Board of Inspection.
After two days trip at sea, the United
States battleship Iowa, the first OF the
new "sea-going battleships" to be built
for the navy, dropped anchor of Tomp-
kinsville, Staten Island, and later steamed
up to the navy yard at Brooklyn, where
she was moored to the cob dock. The yes
sci had Just returned from forty-eight
hours cruise at sea, on her final accept
ance trial trip.
The Iowa is not only the largest and most
powerful ship about to be added to the &C.
tive list OF the navy, but during the trial
trip proved herself to be, under ordinary
conditions, equal, II not superior, In speed
and fighting ability to any vessel OF her
class In any OF the navies OF the world.
The trial trip was made according to
agreement between the builders Of the ves-
sci and the Government officials to deter
nine the condition of the hull with its var
ious compartments,t the machinery engines,
boilers and guns, besides the turrets and
the apparatus for working them, and the
electrical appliances for discharging the
rifles in the larger batteries.
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day, it Is considered quite as remarkable,
owing to the great notoriety that was given
the case at that time and the consequent
likelihood Of prejudice being aroused in the
minds Of the talesmen.
That the interest OF the public had par
TALLY subsidized was shown by the smallness
OF the attendance as compared with that
at the former trial, and the dullness OF the
days proceedings evidently bored those
who took the trouble to come.
When the case was called by Justice Mad
dox, on the second day OF the trial, seven
men were In the jury box. Shortly after
noon the twelfth man was sworn in.
After recess District Attorney Youngs
opened his case by telling the story OF the
murder and promising to bring witnesses
to prove every allegation. The young men
who found the body alleged to be Gulden.
suppe's, were called as the first witnesses.
They told the same story which they rela.
ted at the frst trial.
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s5o,ooo FOR BOSTON LIBRARY.

". C. Todd Gives That Sum For Fund
with Which to Purchase Newspapers.
Mayor Quincy received q letter from VIII
lam c. Todd, OF Atkinson, N. H., inclosing
his check for $1,000, payable to the city
Of Boston. The money is gift to the Bos'
ton Public Library to establish a fund. the
interest of which is to supply the periodi-
cal room with the leading daily newspa-
pers Of the world for public use and refer.
ence. The gift has been accepted with the
city's thanks. In the letter Mr.. Todd says:
''It Is most cheerfully given for the OBJ.
ject indicated with my most sincere wishes
for the prosperity OF Boston and all her
interests, especially Of her noble City Lib
rary, in all time to come"
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DAMAGES FOR BLAcKLIsTEp MAN.
Ketcham Was Kept Out OF Work-Rail.
road Must Pay Him S21 500.

road Must Fay Him S21 ,666.
Fred R. Ketcham, blacklisted freight
train conductor, friend Of Eugene Y.
Debs, and former member Of the Ameri-
can Railway Union, was awarded verdict
for s21, ,666. .39 damages against the Chicago
and Northwestern Railway, at Chicago.
He averred he was put on the blacklist OF
every railroad In the country.
A score Of similar suits, 1t Is said, will be
begun by former employees, who assert
that every means OF gaining livelihood
were taken from them after the strike,
through the powerful Vanderbilt influence.
When the American Railway Union men
were called out to support the Pullman
strike in July, 1894, Ketcham gave up his
freight train.
All the strikers were dismissed, and when
they applied to other roads they found
their names on q blacklist.
After struggling two years to obtain
steady employment, Ketcham entered suit
against the railway company for S25,000
damages. The case has been on trial for
three weeks, and has been closely watched
by railway employees and officials all over
the country.
The main question before the jury was
whether the corporation had entered into
a conspiracy with other and similar cor
porations to prevent Ketcham from earn
ing living.
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Illness Of Juror. the attorneys on both
pides hoped that the obstacle OF securing
jury for the second trial once overcome,
shings would go along smoothly,
but when court had reconyened
Justice Wilmot M. Smith, who presided at
The former trial, announced from the bench
that he was too Ill to hear the case, and
Justice Samuel T. Maddox, of Brooklyn, took
bis place. Two hours delay was causedby
reason Of this misfortune, but after Justice
Maddox ascended the bench he hustled
things along with great celebrity. Seven
lurore had been selected at the close OF the
days work. While this does not equal the
record of the last proceeding, where the
tull complement was chosen on the first
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ARMY IN GOOD CONDITION.
A Fcnd For the Widows and Orphans o
... Soldiers Recommended.

A Fcnd For the Widows and Orphans Of
Soldiers Recommended.
The Inspector General Of the Army, In
his annual report, recommends that fund
be created for the benefit OF the widows and
orphans Of military men. It is suggested
that If reservation Is made from the pay
Of persons hereafter appointed to the army,
and the fund be increased by the addition
Of all the fines imposed upon commissioned
officers by court-martial, the relief meas
ure would be sufficient. The work OF in
spection during the year has shown the
army to be In all OF its departments gener-
ally In satisfactory condition.
The new rife Is said to be still defective
In some degree In the sights, and 1t has not
been shown to be as satisfactory In skir-
uaish work as at known-distance shooting.
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Prominent People.

The will OF Charles A. Dana shows that
he left property valued at over 81 ,o0O,O 900.
DR.. Edward Everett Hall preached hts
first sermon ffty-f1ve years ago at Berlin,
Mass.
Cecil Rhodes, ex-Premier ofSouth Africa,
Is seeking to defeat President Kruger for
re- election in the Transvaal.
Mrs. Frances willard said she would give
$4,000 toward the 100000 fund necessary
for the w. C. T. U. to retain the Chicago
Temple.
The Duke OF Cambridge completed his
sixtieth year OF military service on Novem-
Der 8. He was Razetted brevet Colonel
on November 8. 1887.
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rHORN'S new TRIAL ON.
Reopening Of the GuIdensuppe Mur-
der Case at Long Island City.
JURY QUICKLY SECURED.

Justice Smith Compelled to Retire by ILL
ness--Justice Maddox Selected to Try
the Case in His Stead-Great Speed
Made in Choosing the Jury For Mrs.
Augusta Nack's Alleged Accomplice.
NEW YORK C1TY.(SpeciaD.-Martin Thorn,
The barber, who is charged with having
murdered William Guldensuppe on June
6, was put on trial for the second time In
the Supreme Court OF Queens County sit
ting in Long Island City.
The effort to bring Thorn to trial has been
net by a most remarkable series OF OBJ
,tructive Incidents.
After Mrs. Mack had astonished the court
With her confession, and an anticipated
rapid trial had been upset by the sudden
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sEcnErAnY aussrIn A.sAIaIs.

X Secretary Alger In his report has de-,
oartei from The usual cnstom byu fanros
ducine IN full the reports Of the lcomfnand-
Inc Generals and heads Of buseahs nd
contentinp himself with brfaf commeht
thereon. !. ssF
The aecretary does NOT indorSe General
miies,s % nlan for a @ General i1scrssse M tie
nnmber at troops.. :. ma only rScofnrnsnda.
zion of General Miles's ID this Nne which
receives the explicit sanction OF The Eserss
tary Is that for two more &ftill6ty
regiments. although the 8destrability ofs
further military divisions IN Alaska rs 81.
mitted. 800 ~
Secretary Alger recommends thexertSaE
Of the grade Of Lieutenant- Colonel and
urges that, while SERVING, military at
taches be given rank and pay Of Coionel.
Lieutenant Colonel emol9nents. V,
The Secretary says that the Militstyf
Academy at West Point 1can accommodetas
more students, and, II provision te made
for two more artillery regiments; the axnEs
can absorb more or the graduatea. lf9'
does not indorse the recommend datt0n 9kS
the, superintendent that two Gcadets.
large be appointed from each State, Which5
would give ninety more cadets thamtheIe,
dent be authorized to appoint ten Neuefs-;
at-large each year, which would stncreass
the present number thirty.
The Surgeon- General sreoommenoeaS
return 70 tne former Pracsicect plggySaSsaast5 pagSSaa5
public quarters for q state9s numpe5,S2k ~.
married men IN eacn osgsnisasaCn: a. ~ I
secleeary ooes hot tto "
alton. !. &. Y &. 8 y;, z.
Inc amount e3penoSq ZOE tng .H HRLSsa
menr OF rivers ana naaoofs n oa auling s1e ns-.
cal year ending June O,aSs! ~ Z aS:aoas
$50. me estimate 81 sagml6tea s0oa !os sas nsS
year enons Suae oo, tooS. I've -. 3
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Five Brothers Made Masons.

Five brothers were advanced to the de-
gree Of Master Mason in the lodge rooms
Of Northern Lodge, F. and A. NJ, Of New
ark, N. J. They are Harry A. Phillips,
Everett I. Phillips, Frederick A. Phillips,
Robert Phillips and William Phillips. They
are sons Of Henry F. Phillips. He is seven
ty-flve years old and was raised to Mason
in Newark Lodge in 1s49. He now is high
priest Of Corinthian Chapter, Deputy Mas
ter Of Adelphia Council, o thirty-third de-
gree Mason of the Scottish Rite, Knight
Templar, and life member Of the Grand
Lodge. The raising Of five brothers at one
time is said to be unique in the annals OF
Masonry.
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Masso, Cuba's Chief.

The Republic Of Cuba has new govern.
ment. The election occurred on Novembe,
4 at Guaymarillo, Puerto Principe, and re-
Suited in an overwhelming majority fol
Mendez Capote, Vice-Presldent; Secretary
Of War, Aleman; Secretary OF Finances
Fonts Sterling; Secretary OF Foreign Rela,
tions, Moreno de la Fare, and Secretary
OF the Interior, De Fula.
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LONDON is BEHIND THE TIMES.

The Ineficiency OF Her Fire-F1ghting
Equipment Fully Demons rated.
The London Daily Mail, in an editorial
called forth by the fact that the people are
marvelling that such a fire as that which
occurred lately Is possible In London,
ascribes 1t to neglect to reform the methods
OF the fire brigade.
"The fact is" the paper says, "that Lon
don's showy, but Ineffective fre-fghting
equipment is a decade behind that OF Mon.
treal or New York. We appear almost as
unprepared for fire as for a conflict with
any flrst-rate European power, and for the
same reason that We have antiquated
methods at the War Office, we are out OF
date at fire headquarters"
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KILLED WHILE PLAYING INDIAN.

Little Charlie Wilson Riddled With Shot
by His Companion.
Two boys, Charles G.. Wilson and Willie
Johnson, both living on the Black Rock
turnpike, near Bridgeport, Conn.,, played
Indians"
Willie Is seven years old and Charlie was
few months younger. In some way Willie
secured an old gun and said he would be
the hunter and Charlie could be the Indian.
Charlie gave war whoop and began to
dance, preparatory to scalping the hunter.
Willie levelled his gun at the make believe
redskin and pulled the trigger. Charlie
dropped to the ground riddled with shot.
He died almost instantly.
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Car Too Much For Kaiser.

The Turkish Government announces the
postponement until spring Of its naval re-
organization plans. This Is due to the
representations OF Russia that arrears OF
the Turkish Russian war indemnity are
still due, and that II Turkey persists in the
reconstruction Of her navy, Russia will in.
sist upon the payment OF these arrears. II
is also a setback to Germany, who was sup.
porting the Turkish naval policy.