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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
Uncle Sam in O Triple Alliance.

NJ. CASTOR Gerville-Reache, who repre-
sents the First district Of the Island Of
Guadeloupe in the French Chamber OF
Deputies, favors an alliance between
France, Russia and the United States.
he contends that the adhesion Of the
United States to such an alliance would
enormously increase its naval strength.
The United States, he says, has no reason
to quarrel with France or Russia.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
weyler Will Remain in Cuba.

At the last Spanish Cabinet Council held
the new Prime Minister, General Azcarraga,
announced that Captain General Weyler
would remain in Cuba and that be would
be strenuously supported by the Govern
ment. General Azcarraga also announced
that the Government would unreservedly
adhere to the late Senor Canovass reform
scheme In its entirety.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
Tortured by Three Robbers.

Three robbers tortured Louis Simons, q
milk dealer living at 9744 La Sale street,
Chicago, shortly after midnight, until he
revealed the hiding place OF his
lifetime savings OF $1,000. After Sc
curing the money the men gagged
Simons. bound his hands and feet, and
rolled him into closet In his kitchen. Ten
minutes after the robbery Matthew Porn.
employed by Sfmons entered the house and
discovered his employer. Porn summoned
q physician, who revived the unconscious
Simons and then notified the police. There
Is no clew to the robbers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
Extent of KIondike Gold Fields.

William Ogilvie, D ominion Surveyor for
the Northwest Territory, thinks the Klon-
like gold fields will extend over 500 miles
ofterritory. Over 5000 miners are on the
Skaguay trail, between the landing and the
summit, and ell traffic is suspended while
the work of improvement goes on. On ac-
count Of low water In the Yukon, boats
,oming down the river have been unable to
reach st. Michael's.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
WORLDS HARVEST VERY LIGHT.
There VIII Be Shortage nf Fifty Million
Hundredweights.

There VIII Be a Shortage nf Fifty Million
Hundredweights.
The Hungarian Ministry Of Agriculture
has issued it's annual estimate, In which It
describes the worlds harvest as extra
ordinarily light. The total yield of wheat
Is placed at SIS. s.76O, 900 metric hundred
weights, while the present annual re-
uuirements are estimated at 655,-
10000 metric hundredweights. It is
calculated for 1897 and 1898 there
will be a shortage Of 50,sO0,0 hun
dredweights. The stocks remaining on
hand from 1896 are approximately estimat-
ed at somewhere between IS, ,000, 900 and 49,
DOC, 900. The total supply for the year,
reckoning both the present stocks and the
harvest, Is estimated at from 610, 600, 600 to
S51. .OOO. 900 metric hundredweights.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTIONS.
Meetings Held in Pennsylvania, Mary
land and Nebraska.

Meetings Held In Pennsylvania, Mary.
land and Nebraska.
The Pennsylvania Republican State Con-
ventlon nominated James 8. Beacon fol
State Treasurer and Levi G.. McCauley fol
and adopted a platform
indorsing the Mckinley Administration and
the Dingley bill and denouncing the,eivl
service policy of Mr.. Cleveland.
In the Republican State Convention held
in Maryland the faction headed by United
States Senator Wellington was defeated.
The recent primaries In Baltimore were de-
clared null and void for irregularlty and
new ones were ordered. The convention ad-
journed until September Is.
The Republicans of Nebraska renomi:
mated A. ". Post for Associate Justice OF
the Supreme Court and named G. W. Haley
and J. N. Dryden for Regents. The plat
form Is practically reiteration OF the st.
Louis declarations OF last year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN,
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.

Beware of the Cup-Bishop Newman on
Teinperance-Persona Example and
Self-Denial the Solution of the Liquor
Question - Some Striking Statistics
Fhe tumbler lay full and enticing, .
Inviting the mirthful to sup;
Yet something amid our rejoicing
Had whispered, Beware Of the cup"
Beware Of that idol 80 cherished
That siren so tempting-and think
0f the thousands and thousands who per-
ished,
The awful, sad victims Of drink!
Then on with our banner before us
On, on to the combat in mass,
Till we free the fair country that bore us
From the evils that flow from the glass.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
Ameer EaYors Holy War.

The Ameer Of Afganistan has ordered the
faithful to hold themselves in readiness
tor holy war, aud meeting Of mullahs
has been convened at Cabul to discuss the
situation. Advices from India are that the
hill forts In the Khyber Pass fell into the
hands of the Afridis through treachery on
The part of the garrisons. An attack on
British station in the Samana Mountains
vas repulsed and column OF native troops
vas sent to force the Kohat Pass. An up
rising on an enormous scale Is feared un-
less the Afridis are subdued promptly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
Three Colored Naval Cadets.

B. G. Bundy, the colored appointee from
Cincinnati, has arrived at the United States
Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Md. R. F.
Smith, colored, from Chicago, Is expected
soon, and another colored youth has been
appointed from North Carolina, making
three in oil. This seems to indicate settled
plans to get one or more colored youths
into the school.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
A Sin to Get Drunk.

It is sin to get drunk. It IS a sin
against self, against the family, against the
State and the Nation. It Is sin against
God. mo drunkard shall inherit the king
dom of God" The Word Of God says so.
1t is sin to get drunk; but, more, It Is
sin not to say so. We fail If we do not take
advantage Of every opportunity offered to
say 80. Thousands Of our fellow-men are
asking this question every day. 1t Is vi
tai one, and Its answer will have much to
do toward making those who ask It better
or worse. There ought not, therefore, to
be any uncertain sound in our replies.
Every man who indulges in Intoxicating
liquors Is fully persuaded IN his own mind
that It's effect on him as an individual Is
evil, and only evil. He is not fully per.
,uaded that he is injuring his family or his
neighbor. He cannot, however, quiet his
conscience as to his God, and so after each
Indulgence that deprives him Of his senses,
the question forces itself upon him, "Is 1t
sin to get drunk" What day Of thanks
giving there would be in many hearts il
the answer would be a strong, clear "Yes"
PRESBYTERIAN Banner.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
Dead officials Accounts Short.

The expert accountant employed to in
vestigate the books of x-County Treasurer
John A. D oran, deceased, of Wichita, Kan,
during his two terms Of ofrlce, made a re-
port, showing O shortage OF 532, ,17S.09
The strange feature Of the case is that no
shortage during Doran's term was sus'
pected.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
Killed by Falling Walls.

Edmundson & Perrine's tlve-story fi1rni-
ture house at Pittsburg, Penn, was burned,
causing loss of S165,O After the fire
had been subdued and the hremen we're
coupling up their hose, the alley wall @! the
building fell, burylng under the debris two
nremen, Zeke Glover and Harry Holt. Two
boys who were watching the hremen WORK
we're also killed by the fallen wall.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
SHOOTING MExIcANs DOWN.
The Police Attack an Orderly Crowd al
Merida.

Merida, Mexico, was the theatre Of bloody
scenes on the night Of August II, news OF
which has just been received. Friends Of
General Francisco Canton, candidate Of the
Exposition for Governor Of the State Of Yu-
scatan, had organized a public dem monstra-
.tion In honor Of the General, and as the
procession was passing the Plaza de Ia In.
the police and National
guards, following the instructions, 1t is
said, Of Alvino Ma9zanillo, favorite with
the Governor, fred upon the people, kill
Ing eleven persons and wounding twenty.
five.
The local authorities made every effort to
suppress all news concerning the affair un-
til, in obedience to orders received from
the capital, Manzanilla and other persons
Of high standing were placed under arrest
and the newspapers were authorized to re-
Ter to the events Of the terrible night.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
An Ancient Anti-Social Crime.

Professor A. F. Chamberlain says that
drunkenness was an anti-social crime even
the ancient Egyptians and MeXicans in the
beginnings Of their civilizations failed not
to recognize, and the general taboo to wo1
men of the more innocent intoxicating bev,
erages among primitive races previous to
the introduction Of rum and whisky by the
whites shows that they, even as we our
selves are doing to-day, forbade such things
to their nearest and dearest. Woman, from
the very beginning social creature, has
never taken kindly to alcohol and never
will. Women alcoholics there may be in
our present state OF civilization, but wo-
man, the queen OF the household, the
mother of the iamily, rejects the poisonous
draught.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
Ill Health Due to Alcohol.

The late Sir Andrew Clark, the eminent
English physician, said: "Now let me say
that am speaking solemnly and carefully
when I tell you that 1 am considerably
within the mark in saying that within the
rounds Of my hospital wards to-day seven
out Of every ten that lie there in
their beds owe their i'll health to alcohol.
drunkards. do not know that one Of them
is, but they use alcohol. SO soon as man
begins to take one drop then the desire be-
gotten in him becomes part of his nature,
and that nature, formed by his acts, ,inaicts
curses inexpressible when handed down to
the generations that are to follow him as
part and parcel of their being"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
BURNED HIS HOUSE AND HIMSELF.
Horrible Suicide of a Jealous Man In Tor.
rinston, Conn.

rfnston, Conn.
Ferdinand Woghen, master brass roller
at the Coe Brass Works, in Torington,
Conn.,, crazed WITH unfounded jealousy Of
his wife, poured kerosene over his clothes
and furniture, set fire to the place, and cut
bis throat. His body was found after the
Are, hanging over one Of the charred attic
.afters.
Woghen was one OF Torrington's re-
5pected citizens up to two years ago. His
wife went on visit to Germany, and on
her return they had many fierce quarrels.
He had threatened her life many times. On
Saturday night they had the last quarrel.
Woghen was prepared to chop his wife's
head off. She escaped to her daughters
house, and he was driven away. Several
hours later the fire was discovered in his
house.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
Tax on Aliens Doesn't Go.

The Alien Tax law, passed by the last
Pennsylvania Legislature, was decided un-
constitutional by Judge Acheson, OF the
United States Court. The law imposed O
tax OF three cents day upon adult male
aliens residing In the State, and its passage
caused a rush Of foreigners to the naturali-
cation courts.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
Lamb on the Poisonous Cup.

Could the youth to whom the flavor Of
bis first wine Is delicious look into my desc,
lation, and be made to understand what q
dreary thing it Is when man feels himself
going down precipice with open eyes and
apassive will-to see his destruction and
to have no power to stop it, and yet to feel
it, all the way emanating from himself; to
perceive all goodness emptied out Of him,
and yet not to be able to forget time when
it was otherwise; to hear about the piteous
spectacle of self-ruin, he would never again
put the poisonous cup to his lip.-Charles
lamb
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
Star Pointers Marvellous Mile.

At Readville, Mass, Star Pointer, the
pacing stallion, hauled down the much
Haunted two-minute banner, and created
new worlds harness record Of 1.59A for the
mile, with the aid OF running pacema&er,
in trial against time. The performance
is the sensation Of the year In the racing
world.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
Sexton Murdered In His Church.

In the vestibulsiof Holy Trinity Church,
Montrose and Grtham avenues, in the Will
iamsburg district of Brooklyn, the dead
body of George Stulz, the assistant sexton
OF the church, was found lying in pool Of
blood at l o'clock q. m. The mans head
had been battered in by blunt weapon.
Robbery is supposed to have been the mo-
tive.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
Met Death While Driving to Church.

At Huntsdale, Penn, while the Rev.
Daniel Keller, a well-known Dunkard min
ister, and Philip Foust, prominent citi-
zen, were driving to church, Philadelphia
and Reading freight train struck their car.
riage. Both men were so badly injured
that they died next day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
Young Farmer Assassinated.

Bertrand L. Hotchkissi a young farmer
living twelve miles from Middletown, Conn.,,
was shot and killed by two unknown assas-
sins. who fired at him through q window as
he sat on q sofa playing with his little
daughter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
A Dangerous Co,npanion.

Intemperance Is dangerous companion.
It throws people off their guard, betrays
them to a great many indecencies, to ruin
ous passions, to disadvantages in fortunes;
makes them discover secrets, drive foolish
bargains, engage in play, and often to stag
ger from the tavern to the stews.-Jeremy
Collier
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
German Exhibits Mt the Paris Show.

The Burgomaster Of Stuttgart recently
proposed that twenty-six German towns OF
over 100, 900 inhabitants should participate
collectively in the Paris Exhibition Of 1900.
Twenty-fonr OF the towns have approved
the proposal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
Killed by Lightning While Thrashing.

Killed by Lightning While Thrashfng.
Lightning struck thrashing machine at
which sixteen men were working on Brush
Creek, in Montgomery County, Virginia.
Wiley Simmons and Frank Dobyns were
killed outright Cabell Dobyns and Helms
Lester were fatally injured, one OF them
having since died. Ten others were severely
shocked and two escaped unhurt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
Governments LOSS on Silver.

The total loss to tho Government OF the
United States on account OF the deprecia-
tion In the value of silver since the pur-
chases made under the Bland-Allison law
OF 1878 and the Sherman law OF 1880
amounts to the enormous sum OF S221.hSs,-
178.07.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
An Alabama Collector $4,000 Short.

According to the report of State Ex-
aminers Purifoy and Cowan, Tax Collector
E. 3. Lott, Of Mobile County, Alabama. Is
900 short In his accounts for the taS
yaor 1S96
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
Steel Floating Dock For Havana.

An imperative need Of the Spanish Navy
will shortly be satisfied. A steel floating,
craving dock, built during the last eight
months, was launched at Wallsend, Ger
many. 1t will be towed to Havana, and is
large enough to dock the largest Spanish
battleship
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
To Buy Palestine.

The Zion Congress in Basle, Switzerland
unanimously approved with enthusiasm
DR.. Herzi's project to buy Palestine and
organize Hebrew state.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
Banks Open Nights to Please Farmers

Banks Open Nights to Please Farlnersl
In the great wheat belt Of Kansas bankers
have agreed to keep open to 9 p. IN. for the
accommo odation Of farmers who desire to
make deposits after selling their wheat.
Last week several banks inaugurated this
scheme. and now, until the wheat Is sent
to market, Others will follow the example
and keep open evenings.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
o, ooo More Troops for Cuba.

At the last Spanish Cabinet council 1t
was decided to summon the next class OF
so, 900 reserves, 81, 900 Of whom will be sent
to Cuba and 1900 to the Philippine ISL
oods
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
Afritlis Close a Pass.

A strong force of Afridis has closed the
Kohat Pass in India, and the proposed ad-
vance of a column Of British native troops
has been countermanded.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
NEW c. A. r, HEAD.
General j. p. s. Goblin Elected Comman.
der-in-Chief.

The business session OF the thirty-frst
annual encampment Of the Grand Army Of
the Republic was formally opened in the
Music Hall, Buffalo, N. Y, when Cincinnati
was selected rs the place OF reunion in
1898. General J. P. s. Goblin, Of Lebanon
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
PRINCE Luici's Discovery.

The ascent Of Mount st. Elias by Prince
Luigi, of Savoy, determines its altitude at
Is, 100 feet, and also that it was not vol
cano.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15

Penn, was then elected Commander-1n.
Chief on the second ballot. His chief op-
ponents were J. F. Mack, of Sandusky,
Ohio, and John G. Linehan, Of New Hamp-
shire.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
connecticut's Large Peach Crop.

COnneCtlCuC IVHIEo Il c"S1k St0P'
The Connecticut peach crop will be very
large this year. The fruit is unusually firm.
Throughout the State 1t Is estimated there
will be upward of 100, 900 baskets gathered.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15

Gas Supply of Large Cities.
The Standard OIL Company has obtained
control OF the gas supply of nearly oil the
large cities Of the country.
The state herald., 1897-06-04
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
CHILDREN KILLED AT DENVER.
A Wagon Load of Little People Run Into
by Train-Six Victims the Kcsult-The
Horse Was Running Away.

Denver, May 31.-A terrible tragedy,
of which party of little children, out
for a pleasure ride, We're the victims,
occurred last night. The buggy in
which they We're riding was run into
by Rio Grande passenger train at
First avenue. They We're being given
the ride by Henry Marsau, brewery
workman, who had driven his family
to the house of friend, and then, af-
ter spending the afternoon, had, at
their request. filled his buggy with
eight little folks in order to give them
a short ride before he took his family
home. Willie returning with his load,
the children made good deal Of noise,
and the horse ran away from fright.
Marsau was unable to hold him, and
at the railroad crossing n train dashed
into the vehicle with fearful results.
The children were frightfully man
gled and their bodies scattered along
the track distence of n block. The
following were instantly killed: George
Bangerd, two years; Willie Bangerd.
five years; Bertha Schoncwcis, seven
years. Eta Speaker. seven years. Fred
die Marsau, seven years old. and Otto
SclOnewels are fatally injured. two
others of five and three years. children
OF Marsau, were injured. hut not ia
tally. Henry Alarsau himself was Sc
vcrely injured, but will survive. The
railroad company is blamed for not
having gates or watchman mt the
crossing. This Is the side of one fac
tor in the sad affair ON the other side.
Henry Marsau, who drove the vehicle
which was run down, admits that he
saw the train approaching the cross
ing while he was yet more than n
block away. lie says the laughing and
shouting of the eight children under
his charge so frightened his horse that
the animal tried 10 run away Within
twenty feet Of the railroad tracks Mar
sau was unable TO control the horse. he
declares.
The state herald., 1897-06-04
THE RUIZ INQUIRY ENDED
Mr.. Caihonn's Report VIII Agree viii
That OF General Lee


Havana. via Key West. Fla. May ~.
-of Inc TWO reports understood to
nav" been sent from Havana to-day by
iho commission investigating the death
OF Dr. Ruiz, the one by Mr.. Calhoun
VINO represents the United States. and
the other by Dr. Joseph CongoSto. the
spanish consul NJ Philadelphia, for the
Spanish government. the former Will
u is SAID, agree with the statement of
Consul General Lee that Dr. I,uIz died
from cnhcusSion of the brain. the result
OF violence, after solitary confinement
OF more Than thirteen days, regard.
less Of his treaty rights.
Consul General Lee declined nj YES.
iordny's session Of the commission Ia
question the witnesses. who were In.
icrrogatcd only 10y the Spanish repre-.
scntatiycs.
Consul General Lee will shortly make
n report on the Ruiz ease, and Mr.
Calhoun VIII make further report ON
other matters, such MS the money aurs.
ton, the American Interests and thc
general suffering due To Captain Gen.
rrnl Wrylcrs style Of campaign. Con.
sui General Lees position Is the sam.
ms II was In February last. lie holds
that Spain Is responsible. since Ruiz
died, because he was deprived of his
treaty rights. The cNact facts as To
how Dr. Ruiz received the blow which
Killed him, Mr. Ice ana Mr.. Calhoun
could not learn. because half OF tho
Witnesses examined by the commission
were prisoners, mud II was believed.
were afraid io testify fully. The re-.
naming witnesses were the lnllors,
who would not testify 50 as to lncrlml.
nate themselves,
III" relief OF suffering Americans by
Consul General Ice goes on daily.
Several hundred have already been MS.
sisted.
The state herald., 1897-06-04
The Ogden Gateway.

Salt Lake, May 2o.-Gcurral Traffic
Manager Ecc.cs Of the Oregon short
Line announced last night that the "Og-
den gateway would he opened To all
connecting lines ON June LIST. The ef.
feet will he that the Rio Grande Wes-
tern ana Its connections between Ogden
and Denver VIII have the same facill.
Ties for the Interchange of freight and
passenger traffic with the Oregon Short
Line, and also with the Oregon Railway
aud Navigation Company, that have
been enjoyed only 10y the Union Pa.
clilc road for the past three or four
years.
As soon us the new order goes Into
effect through slccpcr' Will he run he.
tween Portland and Denver via Salt
Lake city.