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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13
THREE THOUSAND CHINESE DROWNED
Chuantung City Carried Under q Flood by
Landslide.

Chuantung City Carried Under q Flood by
Landslide.
The steamer Peru brings news to San Fran
cisco that In addition 70 the smallpox epi-
demic at Japane! Cports, cholera has revived
at Hong Kong, and though there are not yet
many deaths. the plague Is increasing and
serious results are expected. The disease
had made much headway in many Chinese
cities and on the island Of Formosa.
The Japanese ports have declared quar-
antlne against all cholera infected districts.
severe famine is reported from Western
China. It is particularly severe in the city
of Chu Yang, in Szechuen Province, where
there has been a prolonged rain, causing
floods, which have spread over vast areas Of
country, destroying almost the entire rice
and vegetable crops.
The inhabitants are dying by scores from
starvation and to add to the horror OF 1t a
large portion Of the city, situated on bluff
Mt bend OF the Kinsha River, was carried
under the food by landslide and about 5000
of the starving Chinese were drowned.
The food had undermined the base Of the
bluff and a portion of the hill about five
acres in extent plunged into the water.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13
Foreign Notes.

Great agricultural distress exists In the
Province of Santa Fe. Argentina. where the
corn crop has been complete failure.
William Evart G. Gadstone celebrated hi:
eighty-seventh birthday at Hawarden, Eng
land.
The Sultan of Turkey has been notified by
the Powers, that the reforms proposed to
him must BIZ enforced.
The rebellion in the Philippine Islands Is
spreading.
Floods have occurred in the Livadia dis.
tr1ct of Greece. They have been accom-.
panied by some loss OF lie.
The fishing smack Colen, belonging al
Fuengirola, Spain, has been wrecked in the
Mediterranean and her crew OF fifteen men
were drowned.
At Walkerton, Canada, F. Z. Messner, a
private banker, assigned with liabilities oI
$50, 900 and assets of $4,000.
United States Consul General Lee, his wife
and daughter, arrived ct Havana, Cuba, on
the steamer Oivette from Tampa, Fla Vice.
Consul Springer, the Consulate staff and a
host of friends went to meet him, giving
him hearty welcome.
General Weyler has changed his plan oil
campaign in Plnar del Rio, Cuba, and has
largely reduced the force stationed along the
trocha.
A cable dispatch from from Los Palacios,
Cuba. states that the people Of Pinar del Rio
are suffering the greatest hardships from
exhaustion and starvation.
The native rising on the Tamigs reserve in
BechuanaIand, South Africa. is serious. A
parley has been refused, fighting has occurred
and the British have been obliged to send
for reinforcements.
David Robinson, bookkeeper of the Wind
sor House. Ottawa. Canada. has disap-
peared, and an examination Of the hotel
books shows shortage of nearly $1,000.
General John Meredith Read, the we'll
known American dipIomatist. died IN Paris.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13
Personal.

Sir John Brown, one of the first in Great
Britain 20 advocate the plating of warships
with armor, died recently in Brighton, Eng
land.
The Sultan of Turkey Of late has been
given quite number of nicknames. The
last TO come to the surface is "Hamid the
Hangman."
The estate left by the late Prince Karl
Egon, of Furstenberg, is estimated at $780,
900, 900 in landed property and $lO,OOO,oOO
in personally.
The new President Of the Swiss Republic
is a physician, DR.. Adolf Deucher. who was
President once before, in 1885, He is sixty
five yee.rs old and has had long and extern
siye experience in stasesmanship.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13
The Labor World.

Tacoma, Wash, has Chinese tailors.
Kansas City striking printers will establish
cooperative plant.
New York City will enforce the weekly
payment-of-wages law.
Lansing (Mich. unions are boycotting the
street cars and local theatre.
The labor congress at Cincinnati indorsed
a plan for a general agitation of the eight
hour principle.
The dock laborers in Hamburg, Germany,
voted by an overwhelming majority to con-
tinue the strike.
The Pittsburg. Fort Wayne and Chicago
Railroad has reduced the wages of its section
men ten per cent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13

There ts no truth in the report that Governor
Bradley Is to have an Office under Mckinley.
Governor Bradley himself SAYS that he has
written Mckinley letter saying that he
would not accept any Office within the gift
Of the President.
The Senate muddle has doubtless helped
to drive Governor Bradley from Office. The
candidate who can be elected by the Legisla-
ture. DIR. Hunter. is unacceptable to Cover
nor Bradley, and he declines to call an ex-
ira session. Should he appoint his friend,
John ". Yerkes, Governor Bradley would
come In for still more censure. 1t Is thought
that Governor Bradley. after resigning, will
let Lieutenant-G Governor Worthington ap-
point whoever he deems fit.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13
Minor Mention.

Corn is now used for fuel in some CT the
farming sections OF Nebraska.
The Magnificent, the new battleship Of the
English navy, cost 81 800 900.
Florida early vegetables are quite plentiful
in the market, considering the time OF year.
Official statistics show that there are 6SS,-
600 single women and girls in Massachusetts,
and 696, 900 unmarried males.
The Egyptian Government has had. since
May last, to cope with cholera in 703 vii
lages, and to send to each village medical
men, orderlies, drugs. hospital and disinfec-
tion equigment. The total number Of cases
OF cholera treated has been 21,732, Of which
Is, 1872 or 83 per cent. have died.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13
Cycling Notes.

Verdi is said to be learning the bicycle.
The veteran composer is eighty-two years
old.
The bicycle wedding is the latest craze in
Philadelphia. Such wedding was recently
celebrated. at which over GOO persons al
tended on their wheels.
1t is probable that the output OF bicycles
for 1897 will tot be more than one-half as
large as that OF the year 1896. This is noin-
dication of waning popularity. 1t is the old
story Of overproduction.
The famous singing teacher. Nine. Mar
chest, regards the attitude assumed in cy
cling as injurious to the chest and lungs.
and the rapid progression through the air az
detrimental to the vocal chords.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13
Famous Bloodhounds Sold.

Sheriff "Ben" Hayes, Of Grown Point,
Ind, has sold "Buck" and "Jim," his two
man-huntinS bloodhounds, to the State OF
Minnesota for a handsome price. That State
will use the dogs to watch the State Prison
and track criminals who escape. A great
many have recently succeeded in getting
away and the State will now adopt this
method in catching them. "Buck" and
"Jim" received their training on u Texas
criminal farm.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13
AN EXPENSIVE PRODUCT.

Charcoal Thread for Incandescent Lamps
Worth $4,000 Per Pound.
As a matter Of curiosity United States
Consul Morris at Ghent, BELGIUM, reports to
the State department that the most expen-
sive product in the world is the charcoal
thread employed for incandescent lamps. It
is, for the most part, manufactured at Paris.
The filaments for lamps of twenty candles
are worth $4,000 per pound and that for lamps
ofthirty candles are worth $4,000 per pound.
The former have diameter of :wenty-thou-
sandths of the milimeter. and the latter four
and one-half thousandths! OF milimeter.
The filaments for lamps of three candles are
80 light that it would require nearly 1,500,-
600 Of them to weigh a pound. AS the length
OF each OF them is ten cenrimeters their total
length would be 1877 miles.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13
KILLED AT A COCK FIGHT.
Three Young. Men Shot Dead and Several
Wounded in Alabama.

Three Young. Men Shot Dead and Several
Wounded In Alabama.
Ephriam saunter, Albert Livingston and
Abram Page are dead and several other
young men badly injured as the result OF
free-for-all fight at a cooking main held at
Snow Hill, Ala.
During the course Of the chicken fight
crap game started among a batch OF the
young men, Ephraim Saunter, who was
quite drunk, was one OF the participants, and
The lie was passed, and the two men drew
nistols and fred at one another at yards
distance. Both were killed. This precipi-
tated general riot, and the use OF pistols
and knives followed.
When the field was cleared Abram Page
was also found dead. and several others had
been shot or cut in the arms and legs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13
Curfew Is Severe.

Tie City Council Of Converse, Ind, has
passed curfew ordinance which forbids all
persons under seventeen years of age from
being on the streets alone after o'clock in
the evening during the months from Sep
tember to April, and after o'clock in the
other months Of the year. The penalty Is
fixed from S3 to s10 fine. Parents are made
liable for failure to keep their children off
the streets after those hours.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13

Mr.. Andrade was greatly fatigued by his
Journey from venezuels, and asked to beex-i
cused from any further discussion OF the
treaty or its reception by the people OF
Venezuela. "
"I said all felt at liberty to say to the
press in conversation with representative
Of the Journal in New York, !" said he, ''and
can add nothing to statements then made.
The matter Is In such shape now that It can.
not be talked about without serious danger
to the great issues involved" ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13
LANE COUNTY lNSOLvENT.

A Kansas County Declares That 1t Can Pay
No More Interest on Its Bonds.
Lane County, Kansas, in the western part
of the State, has been formally declared in
solvent by its Board of Commissioners, who
decided to pay no more interest on $125,0CO
in bonds held in New York and New Eng
land. In the past the interest has been paid
promptly and the bonds have been quoted at
par. The Lane County folk declare they are
not rapudiators. but cannot collect taxes as
sessed against Eastern loan companies which
own large properties in the county.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13
THE LAW OF JACK AND HIS PAY
A California Decision Against Rapa-
cious Master.

A California Decision Against Rapa-
cious Master.
Judge Morrow, of San Francisco, CAL, has
handed down an opinion in the case Ohio.
gan and CLEANS against the bark'J. D. Pc
ters The Mcguire act OF 1898 prohibited
the anticipation by coast seaman Of their
wages. 1t was intended to repeal Section
10 Of the acts of 1SS4-86, which permitted
anticipation Of wages to the amount of
$40 month during the voyage.
Judge Morrow declared that 1t was absurd
to prevent any man from drawing upon
sum of money which is already owing to
him. On account of an ambiguity in the
Mcguire act it fails Of its purpose, and the
laws OF 1884-S6 are still in force. The Gap.
tain Of the Peters had sold clothing to his
men at profit Of 400 per cent. Judge Nor
row allowed him ten per cent. over whole
sale prices.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13
A Gas Exposition.

Atan exposition at Madison Square Garden,
New York City. opening on January 81, 1897,
and holding for two weeks, will lie shown
every practical apparatus and appliance
which enters into the manufacture or dis.
tribution Of gas as an illuminating or heating
agent There will be daily cooking dem
onstrations, and gas tower OF large dimen-
sions will be one of the greatest curiosities
brilliantly illuminated.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13
eoSToNS STRIKE OFFICIALLY OFF,.
1t Cost the Men $4,000 and Merchan,
Sl.oOO,OGo.

1t Cost the Men $4,000 and Merchants
sl.0OO,OOo.
The one-day strike on the West End Street
Railway, Boston. Mass, came to an official
end on Christmas Day. By unanimous
vote the Supreme Council Of the union de-
cided to call it off rather than seem to be
guilty OF bad faith with President Little.
There was scramble to get back. Every
thing ran as usual, except that hundreds OF
men found themselves dropped from the
rolls. Those who stuck to their jobs got the
best rating. and all men newly hired were
retained.
1t looks as though the union were torn to
pieces. The experience cost the men S10,-
coo in wages, the storekeepers 81, ,0OO,0 900 in
holiday trade, and the public much suffering
and discomfort.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13
Big Fire in New York City.

In single hour Christmas morning fire
swept across the middle Of the block on the
north side OF T.. >;ty-third street, between
Second and Third avenues. destroying a
large factory building aud cutting tene-
ment house, hotel, and the New York Poly
clinic Hospital at 2l4 East Thi<ty-fourth
street, all the ffty-six patients Of which,
surgical cases mostly, were carried out. The
fire leaves score OF families homeless and
throws hundreds Of men out OF work tempor-
arily. As nearly as can De estimated the
damage is about 100000 There was one
accident, policeman, who fell down stairs
while trying TO get man out Of one of the
buildings, broke his hip.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13
The Three Friends Seized.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (speciaD. The fill
buster steamer Three Friends, which sailed
from Jacksonville, with men and cargo of
ammunition eleven days ago, arrived al
Key West and was seized by Collector Of
Customs J. B. Browne. It Is said she will
be treated as though she were pirate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13
ALuxurious Train for President Diaz.

President Diaz, Of Mexico, has placed an
order with car company at Dayton, Ohio,
for the construction Of palace car train.
The order covers dining, sleeping and Ii
brary cars, and such other cars az will make
I'D a magnificent train. No limit Is placed
on the cost, and it is understood that the de-
sire Is to have the finest equipped railway
train in the world.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13
SEVEN LYNcHeD IN SEVEN DAYS.
Alfred Holt Hanged in owensboro by a
Kentucky Mob. E'Et

Kentucky Mob. q
Alfred Holt, alias Alexander. the colored
murderer Of Policeman W. A. White, was
taken from jail at owensboro, Ky., by amob
at half past a. m. and hanged to a tree In
the Court House yard. This is Kentucky's
seventh lynching In as many days.
Two men knocked at the jail door and told
Deputy Jailer John AshbY, Jr., they had a
prisoner to lock up. Ashby opened the door
only to face two big revolyers. he was
overpowered before hs could utter cry, and
the KEYS were taken from him.
Holt was taken out Of the jail to the Court
House yard. He was given ample time TO
pray. when a rope was placed about his neck.
In ten minutes he had been strangled to
death. The mob was so quiet tnat' not more
than ten outsiders knew anything OF the
lyuchino. ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13
Bryan's Lecture Tour,

After ". J. Bryan's Atlanta lecture Mr..
McBee, his financial backer, offered to fulfill
the contract and pay the lecturer $40, 600 to
bind the contract. Mr.. Bryan refused it.,
and Mr.. McBee did not press it. 1t Is said
III at the tour will be abandoned.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13
A Strange Craze.

Many residents of the town Of Manchester,
Conn. have become afflicted with craze for
cocaine, and the practice of using 1t is so
prevalent that legislative action may be
asked for.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13
A Great Gift to Education.

Alfred Nobel, the Swedish engineer and
chemist, who died at San Reno, Italy, on
December 9, left will bequeathing his en-
tire fortune, amounting to about $40, 100000,
to the Stockholm University.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13
MINERS KILLED BY FIRE DAMP.

Result OF the Explosion at tho Maufo
Mine in Indiana.
An explosion OF fire damp occurred in the
mine of the Maule Coal Company, Prince
ton. Ind, and as result six men were in
stantly killed and four others injured. one
of the four men taken out alive is danger
ously injured. One man-Robert Poney..
lights still underground, and all nope OF
his beinr rescued alive has been given up.
Several attempts were made to get the
body OF Robert Poneylight, but the gas was
too strong for tho rescuers, and the WorA
was given up. ' ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13
Killing Horses to Save Feed.

Rather than stand the cost of feeding
horses through the winter, farmers in sec.
tions of Northern In diana have killel them
and disposed OF the carcasses to fertilizing
factories.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13
Seminole Indian in Disgrace.

A spree in Northern Miami, Fla, has
brought one Seminole Indian into deep dis.
grace before his tribe. Some one cut his
hair, and he has been forbidden to return to
the tribe until it shall have grown again.
His fellows think a mean white man tricked
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13
BRADLEY TO RESIGN.

Has Grown Tired of His ONCE as Governor
OF Kentucky.
Governor Bradley, Of Kentucky, is tired o.
Office already. and has at last confirmed {
rumor prevalent for some days that he is te
resign. He says the work is killing him
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13
A Queens Motor Carriage.

Queens Motor Carriage.
The Queen Regent OF Spain, who will soon
have a motor carriage, will be the first
European sovereign to use one. 1t will be
known as an "electric victoria"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13
vENEzuELA's MINISTER RETURNS

He Cannot Say Positively That His Country
VIII Accept the Treaty. 90 |sS
Senior Andrade, venezuela's diplomatic
representative in Washington, has rsturneds
from Caracas to that city, accompanied BY
James J. storrow, the lawyer who has
handled the case of Venezuela before tho
Boundary Commission, and who went to
Venezuela with Mr.. Andrade when the
arbitration treaty was carried to Caracas.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13
Girl Church Ushers

Girls as ushers have solved the problem IF
filling the front seats OF a Carthage (Mc.)
church,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13
THE. POULTRY SHOW.

Over Five Thousand Exhibits In Almost
Seven Hundred Glasses.
The New York Poultry and Pigeon Associa-
tion opened its eighth annual exhibition in
Madison Square Garden. New York City. with
over five thousand exhibits, divided into al
most seven hundred classes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13

uan Of South PskOt John w Lssdy espsl snd nsE
Atkinson Rspubican West Mgnia
E Walter Tunne 2elaESis George RaTe
Adams Silver
Edward Scohd
Puge (Repubhn Michigan
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-25
MRS. GERDEMANN DEAD.
The Wife of Priest Whose EIOpes
ment Caused n Sensation.

PHILADELPHIA, March 24,-With the
burial at Mt MuLiah cemetery yester-
day of Mrs John w. Gerdemann the
curtain was rung down ON one of the
most sensational scandals that ever
shocked local Catholic circles. The
dead Womans husband was pastor of
st, Roniracius' Catholic church, at
Hancock and Diamond streets, until
1874, when he eloped with the urganist
of his church, the talented ana hand
some Miss Wittig
Mrs Gerdemann was a native of
Reading and a Protestant, shortly
after coming to Philadelphia TO live
she became organist at st. Bonifacus',
being an accomplished musician 1t
was on the eve of the feast of St
Charles Bowomeo in 1874 that the
members of the congregation and
Catholics throughout the city were
shocked by rumors of Father Gerde-
mann's elopement with Miss Wittig
and his alleged embezzlement of church
funds, The next heard of the couple
was the announcement Of their mar
riage by a justice of the peace in Jer-
sey City.
They were arrested and brought to
this city when about To board steam
er at Baltimore for Europe Father
Gerdemann was tried for the alleged
embezzlement and acquitted, They
then settled down and Father Gerde-
mann began to study law and was ad-
mitted to the bar of Philadelphia He
did not succeed, however, and III luck
seemed to pursue him Four children
were born to the couple, the first of
which died shortly after birth. An
other child was accidentally burned to
death, but a son and daughter are now
living.
The return of Father Gerdemann TO
the church almost a year ago was the
subject of much comment This step
was taken with the consent of Mrs,
Gerdemann, and the once unfrocked
priest is now in a monastery down
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-25
MARKETS AND STOCKS.
Wall Street Review.

New York, March, 24.-DepressIon char
acttriacd the trading at the Stock cX-
change during tht greater part of the
day. Reports that several western roads
were ready to withdraw from various
freight and passenger associations in ac-
cordance with the Supreme court ruling
started heavy liquidations in the shares
of the roads referred to. These ISSUES
were most pronounced in the downward
movement and at one time showed losses
of 23s per cent. Rock Island and Burning
ton bore the brunt of the attack. Inc
general list declined anywhere from u to
~ per cent. The shrinkage in values
forced weakly margincd holders to sell
ana the cXactiOn of stop loss orders ac-
CELEBRATED the downward movement. In
the indusuials Sugar fell to lili2 on in
creased dealings. Chicago Gas reced'd
about a point. In the final transactions
the bears made efforts to turn paper prot
its into cash and under the process
sharp rally ensucd Transactions Wer"
unusually heavy, aggregating 3j', ''o
shares. Net changes show declines Of IA
l6s, Manhattan, Jersey Central and New
York Central gained lsall2 per cent.
Furnished by WILLIAM LINN, AL.
LEN q CO., stock brokers. Mears build
ing rooms IJJ-IUG.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-25
CHARTER APPLICATION.


NOTICE Il HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN
y application viii be made to the Govern
or of Pennsylvania ON Tuesday, y pri 18th,
S97, by Selden +. Marvin, Henry i. lIaw-
ley, VIM. f. SuSdum A. 7. Searle, q. ", Lane
and others, under the Act of ASse mbly APP
proved April %, ls7I, entitled "An \ct 10
provide for the incorporation ana regulation
of certain corporations and the supplements
thereto, for the charter of an Intended cor
pOrution to he called "Iiudson River Tclc-
phone Company of Pennsylvania which
curpOrutiOuiS to be formed for the purpose
of constructing, and leasing lines Of telegraph
for the private use of individuals, tiIm-, cor
pOrutiOns, municipal aud Otherwise for gem
eral business, and for police, IRE alarm and
messenger business, or for the transaction Of
any business in which electricity over or
through wires, may be applied to amy useful
purpose, in the counties of Wayne, IuCliu-
wanna ana PIKE PENNSYLVANIA, and 10 con
meet at any point ut the boundary line of the
states of New York ana Pennsylvania, with
the line OF other telegraph or telephone COM
qunies in the state of New York. And tor
those purposes to have, possess ana enjoy
all the rights. henclitS ana privileges of SAID
Act of Assembly and its supplements
\, T. SEARLE, Solicitor
llOnesdule, Pa.