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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07
BIG ROADS NEW EQUIPMENT.
Nearly 5000 New Cars and Fifteen Loco.
motives for the b. and o.

Nearly 5000 New Cars and Fifteen Loco
motives for the b. and O.
Within the past four months the business
Of the B. and O.. has improved to such an
extent and the prospect Of q further In
crease Is so good that the receivers ordered
the following new equipment:
man Car Company. 1000 box cars from the
500 coal cars from the Michigan Car Com.
pany; twenty freight and five passenger To-
comotives from the Baldwin Locomotive
Works; fifteen freight locomotives from the
Pittsburg Locomotive Works.
This equipment is being delivered daily!
and as fast as the engines and cars are re-
ceived they are placed In active service!
These cars and engines will not increase
the equipment to such an extent as might
be thought as a great many old locomotives
are to be retired from service as soon as
the new engines are completed. Among
these locomotives are about twenty Of the
famous old camel backs that have been
in use since before the war. They have
been doing the yard duty but have even
gotten too old for that. =
However, the new engines will increase
the road capacity to a very large extent,
and the new cars will give the B. and o.
the additional equipment that is badly
needed.
Within the past year and q half about
10, 000 new freight cars and 40 locomotives
have been ordered and added to the equip
mont
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07
STORM DAMAGE IN INDIANA.
Remarkable Meteorological Vartattoni
Make Things Exciting.

INDIANAPOLIS Ind. (Special).-aevere and
disastrous electric storms ragged In many
portions of Indiana. Tie Government
weather obe yrver says it was q most re-
markable disturbance. Many buildings
were demolished and the crops and forests
suffered heavily. John Streets farm
house on the Ohio River was wrecked n
his son and a servant were killed.
At English, Ind, the courthouse wa
damaged to the extent of $4,000. A south
bound "Monon" train eight miles beyond
Bloomington, Ind, was struck by lightning
and the passengers shaken up severely.
Johnston the conductor, was painfully In
jured, but will recover. Later as the train
was nearing Gasburg, Ind, it ran into a
large tree that had been blown across the
track, and the engine was badly damaged,
At New Albany, Ind, about twenty houses
were unroofed and the streets were .strewn
with debris. A circus tent was ripped to
pieces and the monkey cage wa demoI-
ished, and there was q great scattering n
chattering Of the little animals.
At Muncie, Ind, the Albany Lumber
Company's sheds were blown down, the Al
bany bottle works 'unroofed and chimneys
and stacks blown down.
The west wing Of the Paragon Paper Mill,
at Easton, Ind, was blown in during the
storm. Four people were buried In the
wreck. The loss Of property is s25,0OO.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07
THE NEWS
Washington Items.

The Senate completed the schedules OF
the tariff relating to raw wool and ad-
vanced into the paragraphs on
tured wooden goods. MIR. Hoar spoke OF
Mr.. Bryan's position OF the Tariff, and
brought Senators Mantle, Allen and Stewart
to the latter's defense.
Senator Teller warned the Republicans
against dragging outside political issues
into the Tariff debate.
Senator Allen, OF Nebraska; Congressman
Knowles, OF South Dakota, and W. J.
Bryan deny the statement OF Professor l..
C. Bateman, OF Maine. to the effect that
Mr.. Bryan's gift OF $500 to the Populistic
National Committee was conditional upon
the understanding that nc action against
fusion should be taken by the Populistic
National Convention.
Japan's protest against the annexation
OF Hawaii is considered In a moro serious
light thar was at first made known by the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee. It Is
accepted as almost an ultimatum that the
treaty must not be perfected.
There was an exciting debate in the SEN
ate on the wool schedule, a number OF Re-
publicans, including Foraker, OF Ohio, OBJ
jecting to the rates proposed by the Fl.
the committee with violating an agreement
in respect to certain rates. 1t was found
necessary to defer consideration OF a por-
ton Of the schedule.
The President sent to the Senate the NOM
nation Of John Goodnow, OF Minnesota, to
be Consul enerala at Shanghai, China.
The Senate adopted the joint resolution,
passed by the House, appropriating $780,
600 for repairs Of Dry Dock No. 8 OF the
Brooklyn Navy Yard.
The trials Of the alleged recusant sugar
witnesses were finished with the acquittal
Of John W. Mccartney by order OF Judge
Bradley.
The Senate fixed the price OF armor
plate for the new battle ships at S425 O ton.
Japan has filed a formal protest against
the proposed Hawaiian treaty.
A resolution sppropriating 800, 900 for
repairs on the drydock at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard was passed by the House.
President Mckinley nominated John G..
Foster, OF Vermont, to be Consul General
at Halifax, and Albert C.. Thompson, OF
Ohio: Alexander G. Botkins, Of Montana,
and David B.. Culberson, Of Texas, Com
misstoners to revise and codify the criminal
laws.
Broker Allen L. Seymour, of New York,
was acquitted Of contempt In not answer.
ing the questions at the Senate Sugar Trust
Investigation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07
IOWA STATE coNvEfrloNs.
Democrats, Populists and Silver Repubh
cans Name O Fusion Tickat.

Democrats, Populists and Silver Repubh-
cans Name q Fusion Tickat.
At the conventions Of the Democrats
Populists and Silver Republicans at Des
Moines, Iowa, this ticket was nominated;
about two-thirds Of the middle-of-the-road
men boiling:
Governor, F. E. White. Democrat; Lieu
tenant Governor, B. A. Plummer, silyerR Be
publican; Judge of the Supreme Court, L.
6. Kinne, Bryan Democrat; Railroad Com
missioner, s. B. Crane, Populist; Superin.
tendent, G.F. ~Spinehart, Silver Republican.
Silver and State issues were the wal
cries. The platform includes a sweeping
Endorsement Of the Chicago Convention,
and takes In about all the corporation
questions that have been discussed In the
State, particularly In the Legislature dur
ing the last year. Silence Is maintained on
the liquor question, and this means the
end Of the liquor agitation in Iowa poll
tics, for the Republicans will not refer to-
it In their convention In August. In the
main the platform relates to purely State
matters
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07

fifty minutes after the colonials had
climbed Constitution Hill. Formed IN
Eaton Square and Sloane street, it more
than e~loquently filled up the picture OF
Britain's war strength; more than maSnln-
Gently completed the carnival OF gorgeous
costume and color. Scarlet n piue ana
gold we're intermingled with white and
yellow, shining cuirasses and polished he'll
NETS; plumes and t~assels; furs and gold
and s~ilver-spangled cloths; bullion embroid-
cries and Announcements; splendidtrappings
and more splendid trappingS for men,
sashes and stars, crosses and medals-med-
ais for the Crimea, India, S~eringapatam,
the Nile, Ashanti, ~Afghanistan, Chitral,
South Africa, China and dozens of others,
and here and there were seen the finest and
most highly priced the world can show,
the Victoria cross. There were also bat
teries of artillery; men OF splendid Pny-
sique, and horses with rare action, when
fully entered into the spirit and meaning OF
it all, and over all were heard the rlch
strains of that music they best loved TO
hear. The sight was one to stir the olooo
as only soldiers have stirred 1t since the
dawn of time.
As the soldiers wound out of sight to
wait for the Queens procession on consul
tuition Hill, it seemed like nothing 50 much
as some streak Of FURNISHED gold howlnG
between dark banks Of m beings
gathered to witness its passage to O land OF
light.
The empire had passed In review. the
army and navy had been shown In their
~panoplied strength, the head OF 1t al! was
now to come, Her Majesty and the Royal
Procession. g.
Promptly at the hour appointed by the
Queen the Field Marshal In charge OF the
head of the colunq Of the Royal Procession
was at the Wellington Statue at the Hyde
Park corner to receive the signal that the
Queen was about to enter her carriage, and
at II o'clock the starting gun in the park
was fred and the line Of march was taken
up.
case of Buckingham Palace the
coming Of Her Majesty. Queen Victoria
slowly descended the stairs, assisted BY a
scarlet-clad and white-turbanned Indian
attendant. She was dressed In black, wore
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07
The National Game.

Umpire Lynch says that most Of the UNI
pire's troubles comes from the managers
who sit on the bench.
sockalexis, the Indian, is certainly max
ing a wonderful debut. He has played
great ball and also batted well for the
Clevelands.
McGarr has been released by the Cleve-
lands, and another good third baseman is
out of q job on account Of not being able to
bat up to the 800 mark.
The Bostons are now very generally ac-
cepted az a team Of ~pennant possibilities,
and the more they develop that character
istic the harder they will be to defeat, for
luck always seems to ouow success In base
ball as well as In some otheI matters.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07
Labor World.

The Han Yang (China) Iron Mills employ
1900 men and make Bessemer steel.
K. of L. carpenters at Washington. D: c.,
rejected the proposition that the four
unions of carpenters desert national bodies
and act independently.
The Birmingham (England) gun trade
has not been 50 active for ten years as it is
now. One Birmingham firm has an order
for IA, 900 Martini rifles for the Boer Coy
eminent.
The shoe-shiners of Milwaukee, Wis, as
the %bootblacks designate themselves, have
adopted resolutions asking the shoe dealers
to discontinue the practice OF polishing
without charge the shoes OF their GUS
toners
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07
wildly WAXING their hats and handkerchiefs,

wildly waving their hats and handkerchiefs,
to which the Queen bowed repeatedly.
Then, amid the further ringing OF bells,
the National anthem was sung. n the
booming Of the Tower guns firing a royal
salute could be heard as the Queen drove
on into other Genes
As soon as the ceremony wa concluded
at st. Paul's the royal procession passed on
to the Mansion House, where she was re-
ceived by the Lord Mayor.
The procession then passed on over Lon
don Bridge to the southern part of London.
The same uproarious welcome was given to
the Queen everywhere.
As Her Majesty entered the gates OF Buck-
ingham Pace at 2 o'clock a distant gun in
Hyde Park announced to so much OF the
world as was not before the gates that the
great procession was over. The event so
long prepared had passed into history. The
sound Of the royal salute was answered
still by cheering, as though the loyal sub
jects who had come to cheer had not yet
satisfied their ambition, and then the crowd
faded away as 1t came.
The Queen was very much pleased and
smiling, and was not overfatigued. The
whole affair passed off without O hitch.
There was no serious accident, although q
number of women tainted.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07
QUEEN VICTORIA REPORTED BLIND.
Her Addiction Recent But Threatened for
Some Time.

1t Is announced, on the authority OF
one Of the royal physicians attendant upon
Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, that "the
Queen Is almost totally blind" No details
of the sad news are yet available beyond
the fact that the afhiction is q recent eul-
mination, although 1t had for SOM time
been threatened.
II the cause Of Her Majesty's blindness Is
cataract, which Is the commonest form OF
impaired sight in advanced age, 1t, OF
course, Is possible to cure 1t by a simple
delicate operation.
This Is the true reason why she will not
ride alone in the procession, and why she
will not leave her carriage at the jubilee
services to be held at st. Paul's Cathedral,
and 1t Is semi-of1cially announced that she
will be unable to respond to the greetings
that will be extended to her along the line
of the royal procession.
It also explains, possibly, the recent re-
vival OF the gossip Of a regency under the
Prince Of Wales in the near future.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07
AIR SHIP WITH GAS CYLINDER
Craft With Side Propellers to Be Used as
Well for Steering.


Well for Steering.
There is now in course of construction
on the Frank Skillig ranch, near Grand
Island, California, q monster air ship,
which, it is asserted, will solve the problem
of arial navigation. The craft will be
ready for a trial within q few weeks.
It Is being built by the Sweany-D Davenport
Manufacturing Company, which was
organized for that purpose.
The San Francisco Call, In O description
Of the air ship, says: "When finished the
craft will measure 1875 feet in length, 471a
feet from the floor of the car to the top Of
the cylinder and 37L feet between the tips
Of the propellers. The structure will con-
sist Of an elliptical gas filed cylinder, to
which a car Is attached, and two propellers,
situated not behind the cylinder, as has
been the case with most air ships, but on
both sides Of the craft, at the end Of re-
volving shafts. It differs also from other
craft In being without sails or rudder,
being steered entirely by the propellers.
"The car has been nearly completed and
the anvas cylinder has been made. It will
be coated inside and outside with rubber
paint, and when all Is ready for the trial
trip 1t will be inflated with hydrogen gas.
The tank that will be used in generating
the gas is already on the ground, and also
eight thousand pounds Of sulphuric acid
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07
FATAL TORNADO IN PARIS.
Twelve Killed. Fifty Injured and Fac
tories and Dwellings Wrecked.

Twelve Killed, Fifty Injured and Fac
tories and Dwellings Wrecked.
A tornado passed over the outskirts OF
Paris, France causing the loss Of about
twelve lives and injuring about fifty persons.
The damage throughout the area
swept by the tornado was
heavy. Factories and dwellings
were levelled to the ground. A cafe at
Courbevoie fell upon It's occupants, many
Of whom were injured. The two hundred
booths that had been erected for the fetes
at Asnie-es, on the Seine, four miles from
the city, were wrecked. The village OF
Colonies, SIX miles northwest, and the
important town Of st. Dennis, about five
miles north Of Paris, suffered severely.
A cloudburst caused devastation In CEN
trail France, notably ut st. German, where
three persons were killed and O dozen in
jured. Houses were carried away by the
food, the telegraph lines were destroyed,
and much damage was done to other prop
erty,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07
CHARLEY RoSS'S FATHER DEAD.

Never Recovered From the Abduction OF
His Son Twenty-three Years Ago.
Christian r. Ross, the father Of Charley
Ross, whose abduction on July 1, 1874, from
his parents home, became a matter OF
worldwide interest, and still romans an
unsolved mystery, died OF his residence In
Germantown, Philadelphia, aged seventy
four years, after an Illness OF but three
weeks.
The abduction OF Charley Ross, who was
q beautiful child. practically wrecked the
life of his father, and from the time the boy
was stolen, nearly twenty-three years ago
life seemed a burden to the once hustling
business man.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07
OHIO AND KENTUCKY IN THE PATH.
Electric Storms Cause Death n Destruc-
ton In Many Counties.

cASh 80 ~
DEFIANCE, Ohio (Special).-In a terrific
thunderstorm Jacob Griner, a farmer,
living near Ayersville, Ohio, was struck by
lightning while in his stable and instantly
killed. The barn was destroyed. Light
ming struck the Citizens Opera House
In this city while the High School
graduating class was rehearsing, and
Clinton Garvey and Frederick Halter, MEM
bers Of the class, were knocked senseless,
Garvey being rendered blind and deaf for
an hour. At Wapakoreta, Ohio, Peter
Tabler, O farmer, was killed by lightning in
his house, which was consumed by fire.
His wife and children we're seriously in
jured by the shock. At Canal Dover, Ohio,
the electric light wires were burned out In
the storm, leaving the city in darkness.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Special.)-A severe wind
storm passed over this city. Considerable
damage was done to property, but NO lives
were lost. In several cases houses were
blown down and unroofed. Reports re-
ceived from Central and Eastern Kentucky
indicate that great damage has been done
to crops. The wheat fields have been laid
low, f~armhouses and barns were wrecked.
and destroyed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07
Cycling Notes.

The experienced cycle rider finds no diff
fculty in turning his head to see what Is
going on behind him. He has the apparent
ability to look in several directions at once.
At the Southern Circuit bicycle races i'm
Montgomery, Ala, Charles J. Carpenter or
New Jersey broke his own record for one
hours competitive riding (23 9-10 miles)
and finished first with "a miles to his
credit.
Half the people who, by reason Of riding
old wheels, have a poor position on their
machines, could obviate much OF tine trou-
Bile. make riding easier, II they would have
seat-posts with front L, and adjus-
table handle-bsrs, with long stem, flied to
their bicycles.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07
ORDNANCE STORES BURNED.

A Fierce Fight With Fire In the Navy
Yard at Brooklyn.
A lively fire broke out about $50 O'Clock
D. m. in building No. 10, In the Brooklyn
Navy Yard, which occupied the entire block
between Second and Third streets and
Chauncey and Perry avenues. The fire
was fought vigorously by crews from
the Brooklyn Fire Department, SIX
hundred sailors from the ships now at the
ward and three hundred marines, but in
spite OF the best efforts Of all these men the
building was partially destroyed and all It's
contents seriously damaged. The estimated
losses were $50, 900 on the building and S4o,-
900 on the contents. There was no insur-
ance on the property.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07

These nominations were made: Governor,
Asa ". Bushnell; Lieutenant Governor, A.
W. Jones; Supreme Judge, Jacob F. Bur-
kett; Attorney General, Frank Monnett;
State Treasurer, Samuel Campbell; School
Commissioner, L. D. Bonebrake; Member
Of Board OF Public Works, @. A. Goddard.
The new State Central Committee organ
lied with Harry NJ. Daugherty as Chair
man, G. R, Fisher as Vice-Chairman and
Peter Durr as Secretary. Daugherty and
Durr are Hanna and Dick men.
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Rosel, Kan, WlDed Out,

LARNED, Kas. (~Special).-A tornado swept
the northwestern part Of this county.
Rosel, q village eighteen miles west Of here,
was struck and wiped out. Two grain ele-
vstors and every house in the place were
swept away. Still further northwest, in the
track Of the tornado, all the buildings,
barns and cattle sheds were wrecked. Sew
eral head Of horses and cattle were killed,
and chickens and turkeys were slaughtered
by the wholesale.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07
Decrease in Ocean Travel.

Despite the inducements held out by the
various steamship companies in the way Of
superior accommodations and the jubilee
attractions In England, travel to Europe
has fallen of. The books Of the large lines
show that the decrease compared with last
year mounts to about twelve per cent. for
first-class travellers, and about eight per
cent. for the second-class department.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07
MANY VICTIMS OF STORMS
Great Havoc Wrought by Wind and
Rain in Several States.
AN ASYLUM BUILDING WRECKED.

Five Persons Killed, and Several Hurt
by the Fall of a Barn In Lincoln. ILL.,
Heavy Damage Reported in Indiana,
Ohio, Kentucky and Nebraska-Great
Loss Inflicted on Crops-Barns Burned.
LINCOLN, III. (special.-Lincoln was Wis
tied almost on the anniversary Of the water
spout Of 1892, by q terrible storm. Factory
roofs and chimneys were blown away,
houses were damaged and trees dismantled.
The centre Of the storm was about the ILL
nois Asylum for Feeble Minded Childred,
where five boys were killed and the super
indendent seriously injured. The buildings
were considerably damaged.
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Death Penalty for Stealing.

Tom ~Chickasaw, a full-blooded Indian,
was executed by shooting at Okmulgee'
Indian Territory, for stealing. Under tribal
laws larceny is acapital crime. Chickasaw
was placed in a wagon and driven to the
graveyard. he walked up and looked into
his grave, and then knelt down and prayed
with the Rev. John Mcintosh. He was
blindfolded and shot to death by the light
horsemen of the Okmulgee district.
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BOTH KILLED ON THE SPOT.
A Mississippi Duel Over an EloPement
Finishes the Principals.

At James Crossing, Miss, Paul James
and Will Able shot and killed each other.
James objected to the marriage OF his
niece, Miss Wright, who eloped with Able.
1t was rumored that James had said that
he wonld kill Able II Able married his
niece.
The two men met, each armed, James
having a revolver and shotgun and Able a
revolver and Winchester rifle. After some
words James fired with the shotgun, the
load. hitting Able in the right shoulder and
disabling his right arm. Able then raised
his gun with his left hand and fired three
shots at James who was killed instantly.
Able lived but a moment after the shooting.
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No Shut Down This Year.

For the first time in four yours the Amos
keag, Amory, Stark and Jefferson mills at
Manchester, NJ H., will not make their
usual June shutdown. This throws 1900
hands out OF employment every year. There
is great rejoicing in consequence OF the de-
cision to keep running. The mill compan-
les have received orders for sixty new
patterns Of 25 1000 pieces each.
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CAPTAIN BOYCOTT IS DEAD.
Bluff Old Irishman Who Originated the
Now Well known Term.

Captain Boycott, Of Ireland, is dead. He
Is about ffty-hve years OF age, and became
famous through being the first man SUBJ
jected to the ''boycott" in Ireland. he was
a land agent in 1881 in the Connemara Sec
ton Of County Mayo, where he collected
rents for o number Of landlords notably the
Earl Of Emo. In 1880 Mr.. Parnell made a
speech, in the course Of which he urged the
people OF Ireland to abstain from agrarian
crimes and adopt instead the policy Of send
ing harsh landlords, agents and bailiffs "to
Coventry" the old term Of boycotting.
Events so shaped themselves that Captain
Boycott was the first man the Irish expert
mented upon in this competition, and hence
the now familiar word, 'boycott."
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Twelve Saved, SIX Drowned.

Captain Nash, Of the Furness Line steam
ship, City OF Antwerp, inward for Montreal.
from Antwerp, reports that he has on board
twelve seaman Of the Norwegian bark;
Magchild. Captain Tellefsen, from Phila--
delphia, for Quebec, with a cargo Of coal.
The Magchild capsized of Fame Point
drowning the master, mate, steward, cook
and two m
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Train Robbers F0iled.

An attempt to wreck the New YORK. 81.
press on the Baltimore and Ohio South
western about sixty-fve miles east Of st.
Louis was folled by one OF the robbers, who
warned the Sheriff. The latter reached the
snot twenty minutes before the train was
due. Ore robber surrendered and another
was fatally shot. They had piled ties on
the tracks. The express car carried $780,
mn