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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
A FATAL STOLEN RIDE.
Seven Men Killed in Railroad Wrecs
in Indian Territory.

in Indian Territory.
A most disastrous freight wreck occurred
on the Iron Mountain Road at Hanson,
Indian Territory, small station twenty
miles west of Van Buren, Ark, at 2 o'clock,
resulting in the death OF seven men and
the serious injury Of six others, two Of
whom will die
The dead are William Fame, Charles
Fame, Douglass Anderson. John johnson,
Bore Henderson, Frank Hamilton and H.
A. Walton. The injured are George Coff-
man, Jack Jones, James Phillips, Robert
Eubanks, Charles Bender and George
Parker.
None of the trainmen were hurt. The
wrecked train was local freight from Cof-
feyville, Kan, to Van Buren. While the
train was running at speed Of twenty
miles an hour, the forward trucks OF one OF
the cars near the engine broke, wrecking
fifteen cars loaded with walnut logs and
baled hay. With the exception Of two cars
In front and three cars In the rear, includ-
ing the caboose, every car OF the twenty
composing the train was ditched.
In the middle Of the train was car
loaded with heavy machinery. In this
car thirteen men were stealing a ride, and
from it seven dead and six seriously
wounded were taken by the trainmen
shortly afterward. The occupants Of the
wrecked car were party of men and boys
living In Wan, Indian Territory. who were
going to Van Buren to find employment in
the cotton fields. When the machinery car
left the rails 1t fell on its side, nearly all
Of the men being caught by the heavy
beams. A car Of logs was piled on top OF
the one In which the men we're riding, and
that any OF them escaped instant death Is
little short Of q miracle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
LOWS LETTER OUT.
Accepts the Citizens Nomination and
Proclaims His Platform.

Accepts the Citizens Nomination and
Proclaims His Platform.
Seth Lows letter accepting the nomina-
tion OF the Citizens Union for Mayor Of
Greater New York was made public. He
declares
That II elected Mayor he will be Mayor,
serving no party, and with the single aim
OF promoting the public welfare.
That he Is Republican, but will not use
public office for any party or faction what
ever.
That fitness, efficiency and economy, not
party service; will dictate every appoint.
ment and removal.
That New York City, in its local affairs,
should be the home Of its Inhabitants, and
should not be ruled from Albany.
That public franchises should be sold,
not used for private profit.
That rapid and comfor. Die transit
should be no longer postponed but speed
lily realized.
That the excise laws of the greater city
should be regulated and controlled by and
In accord with the public sentiment OF the
city itself.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
THE NEWS EPITOMIZs0.
Washington Items.

Domestic exports for August were the
largest on record, while imports were the
smallest since June, 1879.
The President resumed work at the White
House, seeing many callers and holding
Cabinet meeting.
The President appointed D Daniel B. Hainer,
OF PENNSYLVANIA, United States District At
torney for the Western District OF Pennsyl-
vania.
Upon the recommendation of Third AS
sistant Postmaster General Merritt, the
Postmaster General awarded the contract
for supplying postal cards for the four
years beginning December l next to Albert
Daggett, OF Washington.
Judge Cox, OF the District OF Columbia,
dismissed the suit Of John G. Wood, super
intendent Of Mails at Louisville, for an IN
junction to prevent his removal from of1ce.
The case had been considered In the nature
OF test OF the power OF removal.
The monthly comparative statement OF
the exports Of breadstuffs, cotton. mineral
oils, cattle and hogs and provisions In the
month Of August shows rs follows: Bread
stuffs, s25, 500, ,532; increase as compared
with August, 1896, about Sl1 600 QUO: Cot
ton, 81 ,703, ,Sl8; decrease, about 81, ,oo0.
Mineral oils, s5,691, ,94s; increase, nominal:
Cattle and hogs, S2,853, ,215; increase, ABOUT
S5O0,OO0. Provisions. 912, ,239, 1877; increase,
nearly S1,75OO 900. Total, S47, 1884, ,O5O; In
crease, about Sl1 100000.
President Mckinley returned to Wash
ington from Somerset, Penn. He was re.
ceived at the station by three members OF
his Cabinet.
Louise Michel, the notorious French
anarchist, has announced her intention to
visit the United States in October. The
authorities in Washington may not allow
her to land.
Consul-General Lee had conference
with Secretary Sherman and Assistant Sec.
retary Day on the Cuban situation.
DR.. Guiteras reported to Surgeon-Gen..
eral Wyman that case OF yellow fever had
been found in Mobile, Ala, and he feared
serious outbreak.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
Foreign.

The shipbuilders' federation has called
out the shipwrights in England, complet.
ing the paralysis OF the shipbuilding trade.
The Austrian military manoeuvres were
concluded at Totis, Hungary. Emperor
William, who was President. decorated
several officers and then left with Emperor
Francis Joseph to shoot on the estate Of
Archduke Frederick.
The War Department is concentrating
6000 troops with the intention Of dispatch
ing them Immediately as reinforcemeEts to
the Spanish army in Cuba.
The British troops under General Yeat-
man-Blggs have relieved the .Samana posts
On the Indian frontier, the tribesmen fall
ing back without resistance before their
artillery a Huperior rifles.
The floods near Val lie Penas, Spain, have
destroyed many lives and II 100000 worth
ofproperty.
A meeting of the Ambassadors OF the
Powers was held in Constantinople, and an
understanding reached on the prelminar.
les Of the Turko-Greek treaty Of peace.
Tcwllk Pasha has been requested to resume
the negotiations.
The British have mobilized So, 900 men on
the Indian frontier to advance on Shad.
kadr.
Joseph L. harrlS, an aileSeu lncennlafy,
for whose capture Il reward of S2500 has
been offered in New York City, is in GUS
tody at Copenhagen.
A famine In Ireland is impending, and it
is predicted that the suffering will be as
great as it was in 1879.
An efflgy of Campos and figures of hogs
meant to represent American Senators who
favor Cuba were burned at an auto-da-fe
| celebration in Spain.
Forty lives were lost in India by an acci-
dent in mine.
The King Of Siam arrived in Paris and
was received with high honors by Presi-
J dent Faure and otbar nff1ciala
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
Cycling Notes.

OF the / 900, 900 cyclists which statistics
give London, it is said that 2o,OOO are tan
dem riders.
Lack Of fresh air and exercise is fruit
full cause of disease-the cycle is the enemy
of such disease.
With the increase in the number Of wo-
men cyclists. accidents in which women
figure are becoming more frequent.
A diminuti"c quad has been con-
structed by New York manufacturers for
four youngsters. Their ages are three, live,
seven and eight years.
A paper saddle is one Of the latest novel
ties. The papier mache is susceptible OF
receiving q very hiGh-grade enamel finish,
which can be cheaply renewed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
Collision in NIidstream.

The steamer Catskill, bound for Catskill
and way points with forty-seven passen-
gers and freight, was run down and sunk
In the North River at New York City by the
excursion steamer st. Johns, OF the Sandy
Hook Line BERTHE Zimmerman, the six.
year-old son Of Moses Zimmerman, OF
Leeds, n Y, was seen to jump from the
Catskill. and was drowned. Mrs. Maria
Mcdonald and Mrs. Susan Morris, OF Gut
tenberg, y. j.. were unaccounted for after
the rest Of the passengers had been taken
from the sunken vessel. Leonard r. Miller
had his leg broken. The steamers met in
mid lstrpam.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
Labor World.

It is estimated that 40 900 month will
soon be paid to the ralsin packers OF
Fresno, Cal.
American railroads are employing one
hundred thousand more men than they
were in 1896.
The striking coal miners doubt whether
the sixty-flve cents ton rate will be ac-
cepted by the men.
A syndicate has been formed in Tient-sin,
China, for erecting large cotton manu-
factory in that place.
The Trades Union Congress, in BirmHg,
ham. England, pledged moral and financial
aid to the striking engineers, and favored
an eight-hour day
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29

copal Church, to write to President Scher-
man, telling him that he wanted smart
young American to come over and give his
farmers some information. Mr.. Brill was
graduated from Cornell in 1883, and since
then has been running three farms. Presi-
dent Scherman thought he ought to know
how to teach the Celestials, and the or.
Of Mr.. Brills expenses and give him fat
salary.
,ome books, chemical outfit, typewriter
and camera. He purposes importing his
hoes. plows, hayforks, harrows, drills,
clover, hullers, threshing machines and
ehurns.
Mr.. Brill doesn't know what he Will 40
Tor power. He will need something to pull
the blows. They have no horses in Central
China, and Mr.. Brill may have to harness
lot of Cinnamon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
Our Oldest Railroad Repair Shop.

The erecting and repair shops of the B.
and O. at Mt. Glare in the City Of Baltimore,
which are the oldest shops in the United
States, have been completely modernized.
The locomotive erecting shop has been re-
electric cranes, which lift the heaviest
locomotives and move them to any point as
though they weighed but ton. The COM
pressed air appliances are Of the latest
pattern, and the cost of making the i'm
provements will be saved In two years,
as the new machinery accelerates the work
at less expense than In times gone by.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
Prominent People.

Andrew Carnegie has bought Skibo Castle.
Sutherlandshire, England.
The Pope's physician announces that ne
may live to see the twentieth century.
Paderewski, the pianist, who Is on his
Polish estate, has cut his hair and taken to
bicycling.
Ex-Oueen Liliuokalani, OF Hawaii left
Washington for San Francisco, where she
will live in future.
The estate OF the late William L. Winans,
of baltimore. Nd. who died in London on
June 25, is valued at Sl2,6lO,OOO.
Prince Bismarck, in IN interview, says
he fenrs that the Russo German meeting ct
Peterhof accomplished nothing.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
The National Game.

Eastern League Umpire ':Tlm" Keefe has
resigned.
The agitation in favor Of the double um-
pire system again is on.
Wagner Is now playing second base for
Louisville, and is doing fairly well.
Quinn, of Baltimore, demonstrates that
he can play very clever shorttield.
The Quincy Gll.) Club has lost twenty.
three games by one run this season.
Gettman, the Washington's new outt1eld-
er, is O tall man and is extremely fast.
The DAYS of dirty ball playing are fast
approaching an end through popular con-
demnation. -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
Aeed Sisters Burned to Death.

Miss Harriet c. Sheldon, eighty-two years
old, and her sister, Miss Matilda Sheldon
eighty.slx years old, were burned to death
In their home on Cedar street, Lynn, Mass.
The old ladies had lived by themselves and
kept house alone, although both were en-
feebled by advancing years. They attempt
ed to start fire In tho kitchen with kero-
sene. The oil can exploded and Miss Ma
tilda's clothing was set in blaze at once.
In an attempt to extinguish the flames
Harriet's clothing was also ignited.;
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
@, .noo. 600 For Mining Land.

It is reported that the Chaffee estate OF
Denver, L. NJ. Lawson, Of New York, Sen
ator s. B. Elkins, Of West Virginia, and R.
G. Kerens, OF st. Louis, owners OF the
Ortiz Mine grant in South Santa Fe
County, New Mexico, have sold the
property to New York and Lon
don mining syndicate for S1,SOO: :OOo.
The property consists of 50 900 acres, which
includes much Of the best gold-producing
territory in New Mexico. L. s. Burn an
English mining expert, has spent six
months Investigating the mineral resources,
and his report has recently been verified by
a New York expert named Fleming
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29

and during his stay five years ago he won
many friends in Washington society, where
he was known as one OF the few bachelors
of the diplomatic corps: DR.. Won Hollenen
has had wide and varied experience as a
diplomat. He has represented Germany at
Santiago de Chile and at Toxic. That was
before his appointment to the American
mission. He Is about fifty-fve years old
and has an inclination toward the pleasures
of literature. He will replace Baron Won
Thielmann, who is to be Secretary OF the
German Treasury. Dr.von Holleben Is nov
Minister at STUTTGART.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
Wild Horses in Arizona.

Wild horses have become 80 much OF q
nuisance In Northern Arizona that At
torney General Frazier has been asked II
thew NAV not legally be slaughtered. That
vicinity has been overrun by several large
bands hundreds in number, unbranded and
unclaimed by any one. They have rapidly
increased in number and have become
wilder than deer. The matter has been re-
ferred to the Live Stock Board.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
WILL TEACH cHINAMEN TO FARM
A New York Man Under Engagement to
a Progressive Chinese Viceroy.

Progressive Chinese Viceroy.
G.. D. Brill, of Poughquog, Dutchess
County, N. Y, is on his way to China to
teach the Orientals how to grow potatoes,
corn and wheat; how to milk COWS, what to
do for hens when they refuse to lay eggs,
and how to preserve the juice OF the apple
so it neither will be too sweet nor too sour,
and capable always OF sending Celestial
to Walhalla.
Chang Chi Tung, who, next to Ii Hung
Chang, is considered the most progressive
of China's ruling great men, sent for Mr..
Brill. Chang is viceroy of HUI Kwang, Gen.
trail China. He has 473 persons to every
snnnre mile of his district, and he thinks
they do not get as much out OF the soil as
they should.
Chang had heard of President scherman
riculture there. So he got Sidney C. Part
ridge, Yale, 80, rector Of the Boone school
In Wuchang, a foreign mission OF the Epis-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
IRRIGATION of Arid Lands.

It is expected that work will be re-
sumed in sixty days on the great Rio Verde
irrigation enterprise, which is to redeem
200, 900 acres of the finest land In the Salt
River Valley OF Arizona, OF the l5o miles
of canals that will constitute the kio
Verde irrigation system, twenty-five have
been dug, and large amount OF the WORK
costing altogether 900, has been done
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
Killed by Alaskan Indians.

United States Commissioner B. Killen, Of
Portland, Oregon, who has been investi-
eating the agricultural interests Of Alaska,
brings word that serious trouble has de-
yeloped between white prospectors and
The Copper River Indians, at present the
only unconquered and uncivllized natives
IN American soil. Three miners have lost
.heir lives. When the Topeka, on which
Commissioner Killen arrived, left Juneau,
an armed body Of twenty-four white men
was advancing into the mineral region,
whose invasion the Coppers deeply resent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
Yellow Fever Spreading.

Four new genuine cases OF yellow fever
were reported from New Orleans and five
cases are said to have suspicious char.
acter. The isolation Of the city is almost
complete, one town after another having
refused to receive persons or goods from
that city. The State of Alabama has pro-
nounced quarantine against its coast city,
Mobile, in which place two new cases were
reported; there is one new case In Scran-
ton, Miss, and suspicious disease has
broken out in Edwards, Miss, which is be-
ing investigated. Alarm is gradually i'll
creasing.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
A Great Cuban Victory.

Great excitement was caused in Madrid,
Spain, by news Of the capture by the Cuban
insurgents Of the strongly fortified town OF
Victoria de las Tunas, Province Of Santiago
de Cuba. The Minister Of War cabled to
Captain General Weyler, demanding an ex-
PLANTATION. A special meeting OF the Cab
met was summoned to consider the situa-
tion. An effort will be made to reeapture
the place, and reinforcements will be sent
to Cuba, II necessary.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
The Revolt In India.

A thousand Orakzais have captured the
sarhargarti police post on the British In
dian frontier. Twenty-one Sikhs In the
garrison held out for six and half hours,
and one Sikh killed twenty OF the assail-
ants before he was slain. News from Fort
Lockhart is to the effect that the tribesmen
number Al, 900 men. The English Generals
are preparing for their final advance into
the Mohmand country.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
CHINESE BIcYcLIST.
4 Michigan Laundry Man Beat White
wheelmen at a Carnival.

InuHufJ 1'1"11
wheelmen at a Carnival.
Foo Lee, a Chinese laundry man, OF
Niles, Mich, is the first Of his countrymen
to win 'sbike" race in the United States.
Some months ago he was persuaded to
buy bicycle, and in few weeks was able
to ride as we'll as any one. He accompan-
led American boys on long spins, and sur
prised them by making good his boasts to
show them the way. At carnival OF
sports held In Niles he entered in one Of
the events, and the announcement, OF his
entry brought an immense crowd. In the
race were entered some fast riders, but they
were not "in it" with the Chinaman. He
won handlly.
Sporting men are trying to induce Foo
Lee to give up the laundry business and
devote himself to racing.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
Elevator Fell Nineteen Floors.

A passenger elevator in the American
Tract Societys tall building in New York
City broke loose at O'Clock p. m. and fell
to the cellar, smashing itself into splinters
and scrap iron and crushing to death the
elevator boy and the engineer Of the build
ing. Only these two were in the car at the
time of tie m:shap. Nicholas Nelson was
the engineer and Isaac Bachrach was the
elevator boy. The spirit indicator beside
the shaft showed after the fall that the cor
had been to the nineteenth floor, and the
gauge still marked that figure when all
was over,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
Minor Mention.

Germanys trade with Mexico has IN.
creased.
The prisons of Germany cost the empire
over 525 900, 900 Il year.
Tho Indian tribesmen's uprising is now
reported we'll under control
No less than 2OOO miles Of railway are
said to be projected in China.
A new system has been found in Ger
many of destroying flax microbes.
Chlcagos public library now has 2l9,275
bound volumes and $4,000 manuscripts.
United States Consuls report that jap
ans textile product for 1896 was so, ,OOO,-
mn
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
Killed Man and Wife.

George Slaughter, colored man, as
saulted Mrs. Will Jones, in Warwick Coun-
ty. Indiana. James Robinson, a colored
deputy sheriff, arrested Slaughter and took
him to Mrs. Jones for Identification. When
Mrs. Jones recognized him Slaughter pulled
his revolver and killed her and her hus,
band and escaped before Robinson could
{ntarfara
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
A NATURALIZATION SCHOOL.
Established in Pottsville, PENN, to Help

Established in Pottsville. PENN, to Help
Foreigners.
Among forty applicants for citizenship a.
Pottsville, Penn, was man who stepped
forward with ON air Of confidence when
called up for examination by the court.
"Did YOU ever attend q school in this
country" asked Judge Bechtel
eyes, sir"
"What SCHOOL,"
"The naturalization school"
It was brought out that there was
school in Pottsvllle where foreigners were
coached in the easiest methods Of securing
naturalization papers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
New York Bankers Assign.

James r. willard, Elmer Dwiggings and
Jaw Dwiggings, who compose the firm OF
J. r. Willard & Co., bankers and brokers,
with offices in New York City, Buffalo,
Washington, Philadelphia and Montreal,
assigned. It Is estimated that their liaol'
tiles will reach 81 10000 ,OO0
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
Europe's Wheat Shortage.

NJ. Meline, Frime Minister and Minister
of Agriculture, announced to the French
Cabinet that the official crop returns showed
that the wheat crop amounted to sS,546,S 800
hectolitres, as against 119.743,4l6 hecto-
litres in 1896. The official estimate Of the
Italian wheat crop places the yield at So
GOO, 900 hectolitres, us against 81 900, 900 last
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
Sagasta Takes q Gloomy View.

Senior Sagasta, the Spanish Liberal lead.
er, in an Interview on the subject of tie
Cuban insurrection says that instead Of dy.
ing out 1t is spreading. He adds that the
situation in the Philippine Islands Is serious
and asserts that the Carlist propaganda In
Spain cannot be viewed with Indifference.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
Yellow Fever in New Orleans.

The Louisiana Board Of Health officially
announced the existence Of seven cases OF
yellow fever In New Orleans, La. Six OF
these are among the twelve sick on st.
Claude street, previously reported as sus-
picious. The disease has made sufficient
progress to enable the doctors to definitely
diagnose 1t as yellow fever. The Board OF
Health followed this information up with
the announcement that it had discovered
case Of genuine yellow fever at the corner
Of Esplanade avenue and Miro street. Thls
last case has caused much apprehension.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
Why Wheat Is Dear.

John Hyde, the statistician of the Agri.
cultural Department, In his monthly report
for August, explains why wheat is dear,
and expresses the opinion that there will
be no chcapening OF wheat until another
crop is in sight, with prospect OF amplcr
stocks than those now to be found across
the water.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
Condition of the Bank of Spain

The position of the Bauk of Spain con.
tinues to greatly concern commercial cir.
cles, owing to the immense note circula-
tion. Tho bank has loaned the Govern.
ment $50 1000, 900 repayable, without inter
est, In 1929.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
Saratoga's Floral Fete.

Over 100, 900 visitors witnessed the annual
fete of the Saratoga IN. W Floral Associa'
ton. The procession and battle OF flowers
were particularly attractive. In the even
ing 15O children danced the figure The
Realm of the Roses" Aball closed the feS'
tiyal
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-29
confessed the Nichols Murder.

In the secrecy Of their bedchamber
Charles Boinay confessed to his wife the
murder of George Marcus Nichols, at
Daniels Farms, Conn.,, In Jul ly, and de-
scribed to her the part which he and her
brothers David and John Weeks took IN the
tragedy.