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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
Our Adopted Islands.

The Mayor OF Guanajay, Cuba, was
handed list OF thirty people whom he waa
requested by the Inhabitants to e1pel FROM
the town. He Immediately issued proc-l
lamation ordering the people to keep the
peace.
The gsneral belief in Honololu, Hawaii
Is that when the facts are known President
Mckinley will revise his order nullifylnRl
Iall sales OF public lands, md directing that
sales be discontinued. The matter will bet
taken to the United States Supreme Court
by several wealthy planters. z;
Hawaii will notify Commissioner Peck
that she will require the Same space In tret
Paris Exhibition as Is allotted to otheri
States and territories. II has been decidedl
to guarantee $4,000 for expenses. Thei
Government will at once begin to gather
an exhibit. which will be made as con-.
plete as possible.
General Otis made display Of force at /!
Manila because OF q rumor that insurgentf I
sympathizers were plotting to burn his reBt-;
dencs and other buildings.
Governor. General Brooke Of Cuba has
instructed Senior Desverine to formulate q
plan for tho organization OF coast guard
and customs revenue cutter service. s.ii
The police Of Matanzas, Cuba, have
raided house which 1t was suspected Was
tho headquarters Of gang. OF counter-f
feiters. They found in the fire cructble'
full Of white metal and two moulds, .one
for coming American flfty-cent pieces, the.
other for coInlng American $5 pieces.
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KRUGER TO HIS SOLDIERS.
He Tells the Burghers TO Trust God, Who
Directs Every Bullet, and BE Brave.

Directs Every Bullet, and Be Brave.
PRETORIA, South African Republic (By
Cable).-President Kruger, addressing
number Of burghers who were about to
leave for the front, told them not to trust
themselves, but the Almighty, who direct
ed every bullet. He called upon the bur-
ghers to keep up their courage, remember
ing former days when, though their ene-
mics, were numerous, comparatively few
Beers fell.
The Oficial Gazette contains procla-
nation calling upon all burghers domlciled
outside the republic without permission OF
the Government to present themselves
forthwith to their respective commandants
for service, failing which they will be
punished by fines varying from $500 to
$25O0 or by impriso ament and confscation
OF property.
Some Of the laagers are flying the Irish
nag Jointly with the flags OF the Transvaal
and the Orange Free State. The Ambu.
lance Corps has arrived.
The German detachment has posted a
big gun on the Free State-Nutal border In
a position to aid Wakkerstroom. Five hun.
dred burghers assisted In hauling the gun
up steep and almost inaccessible de-
clivity.
Experiments have shown that an armored
train can bs pierced like tissue paper by
Creusot guns.
A dispatch from volksrust says the en-
tire first draft OF the Transvaal and Free
State Beers Is now mobolzed. The gen.
erals commandants and field cornets have
inspected the various stlategical positions
on the border.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
THE NEWS EPITOMlZEDl
Washington Items.

8. R. Galloway, president Of the New fofk
Central Railroad, testified before the In
dustrial Commission that he favored pooi-'
ing among railways. 1;
Former Speaker Reed was among coun-iI
sci who appeared a few days ago before
the United States Supreme Court. he
moved the admission of three attorneys
and entered motion for writ OF certt-
orari In steamship damage case from
California.
Admiral Dewey has chosen J. W. Craw-
ford as his official secretary. Mr.. CraW-
ford Is IN employe In the off1ce OF the Judge
Advocate General Of the Navy. He VIII
hold the rank of lieutenant In the Navy.
The United States Supreme Court con-
vened on Monday. Many cases were post
poned until December, owing to the ap-
sence OF Chief Justice Fuller and Justice
Brewer, in Europe.
The Government has secured the British
steamer Benmohl and the Russian steamer
Dalyvostok for its San Francisco Manila,
transport service.
Eight war vessels have been selected for;
immediate dispatch to the Philippines, ana
more will be sent II needed.
President Mckinley will not negotiate q
treaty settling. the permanent boundary
line between Alaska and Canada until he
has learned the views Of the Senate on the
question. = -
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two elegently dressed Parisiennes, crum-
pied up clnsmatograph man and his ap,,
paratus into confused mass, passed
through the partition OF the wooden STAND
as II It had been 80 much cardboard, and
like flash disappeared.
Outside the arena the bull played havoc
with the motorcars and bicycles ranged In
a nelghboring field, and after breaking
both forelegs over a wire fence and tossing
an old peasant woman fell to the ground
In vegetable garden and was there dis
patched by gendarme.
The corrida was then brought to close;
gendarmes invaded the arena and bundled
out the protesting matadores, while the
public stamped and shouted for more
bulls. But the stamping made the rlckety
stands shake 80 dangerously that at last
the people thought 1t wiser to go away.
The management must have cleared
about $4,000, but 1t Is not probable that
there will be any more Spanish bullfghts
near Paris In the immediate future.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
Cycling Notes.

Copenhagen, Denmark Is entirely given
over to the cyclists.
The passing OF pedal rubbers mas hau
mnch TO do with the influx OF toe clips.
In recent years the cost OF wheels has
been greatly reduced, and improved roads
have aided materially In gaining recruits
for the bicycle.
One way to clean handlebar grips Is to
scour them with a nailbrush and soap pow
der and then Wipe of the luther With o
cloth wrung out in cold water.
A curious case Of loss Of memory has been
recorded. A wheelman was found lying on
the ground. bleeding from wound IN MS
head. but could not recolleot IN the least
how 1t happened. - ..
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TEXT OF BOER ULTIMATUM.
Non-Withdrawal Of British Troops Equiv
alent to q Declaration of War,

Non-withdrawal Of British Troops Equiv
alent to Declaration of War.
LONDON (By Cable) ).-Foliowlng Is the
test OF the ultimatum DISPATCHED to Great
Britain by the Government OF the South
African Republic:
! "Her Majesty's unlawful intervention In
the internal affairs OF this Republic, In con-
.flict with the London convention OF 1884.
by the extraordinary strengthening OF
lher troops in the neighborhood OF the
borders OF this Republic, has caused an
intolerable condition OF things to arise,
to which this Government feels itself
obliged, in the interest not only OF this Re-
public but also Of all South Africa, to make
an end as soon as possible; and this gov.
ernment feels itself calledupou and obliged
to press earnestly, AMI with emphasis, for
an imm ediate termination Of this state OF
things, and to request Her Majesty's gov
ernment to give assurances upon the fol-
lowing four demands:
"First-That all points OF mutual differ
snce be regulated by friendly recourse to
arbitration or by whatever amicable way
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
CAPTAIN CHADWICK HoNoaE0.

Magnificent Sword Presented to Him Dy
the Governor of West Virginia.
MoRaASrowN, ". Va. (SpeciaD aD.-"Chad
wick Day" was celebrated by $1,000 persons
on Tuesday. The special train with naval
officers arrived at o'clock, and a salute
in honor OF Rear-Admiral Sampson was
fired hy the university cadets. -:
After the parade, which was reviewed BY
distinguished guests, Governor Atkinson
presented sword to Captain Chad @l,S on
behalf OF the people Ut the State. Captain
Chadwick was touched by the ovation &C
corded him. Rear Admiral Sampson spoke
brleay to the subject sour Guest" At the
close OF his remarks there was an i'm
promptu reception aud hanishaktnC last
iug for one hour.
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TYPHOID FEVER AT NEWPORT.
Many Cases Among the Apprentices a
the Naval Training Station.

NEWPORT, r. I. (speciaD. the Sec
ond time since 1890 the training station has
an epidemic Of typhoid fever. Medical
Inspector siegfrlsd, when called upon to
verify the report, said that many cases or
typhoid fever had developed within the
past lew days among the apprentices.
The patients are being cared for ct the
Naval Hospital on Coasters Harbor Isl:
and. Medical Inspector Siegtrled has had
the city water supply shut off at the
station, and now the apprentices are using
the water supply Of the island.
At present there are nearly $50 appren-
tlces at the station. Two hundred we've
to have been transferred to the training
ship Monongahela, but that vessel was
found to be In need OF urgent repairs, and
she was sent to the BROOKLYN Navy Yard.
It Is considered fortunate that tbs boys
we're not transferred to her with the fever
among them. Until the present the health
OF the boys has been good. Newport has
some cases Of typhoid fever, and the Com
mittee on Health and Sanitation Is investi-
eating it's origin.
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Newsy Glsanin gs.

A1s0-mile electric railway is to be built
In the State OF Kashmir, India.
Minnesota distributes $500, 900 among its
schools this year-S2.73 per pupil.
= Government deposits In the Bank OF
France are $14 1000, 900 less than they were
year ago.
Negotiations for long distance telo-
phone system between several European
capitals have been opened.
London schools during lhe past summer
sent numbers OF boys and girls to the pub
lie baths to learn swimming.
While blowing on bis farm Joshua Dean,
near Petersburg, Ind, unearthed ninety
eight dint spear heads and two skeletons.
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Foreign.

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The prosecuting officers OF the French
Iovernm ent have been ordered to prefer
4 charge of mnnslaughter against the or
ganizers Of the recent bullaght at Deuil,
where one man was trampled to death by
The escaping bull and several others were
severely injured.
Premier SIlvela, on his return to Madrid
from San Sebastian, announced at dip.
lomatic function that there was no ground
Tor the rumor OF An alliance between Spain
and other countries against Great Britain.
The japanese Government intends to In.
troduce In the Diet a law freeing foreign
ers from all restrictions to the mining
business. =
A fire at Hakodate, Japan. resulted In
the destruction of nearly 5000 houses, )
about one.'ourth OF the town. ~.
NJ. Grecoff, Premier and Minister OF For
sign Affairs OF Bulgaria, rendered to Prince
Ferdinand the resignation OF the Cabinet,
The Grecotf Ministry was formed last jan
uary. ;.
The Haitian Government has instructed
its consular representativ at Kingston,
Jamaica, to communicate free pardon,
including permission to return to Haiti, 20
Messrs. Mathon, Du Vlvler and Pierre, who
are under sentence OF exile.
A musical festival in honor OF Queen
Wilhelmina OF tho Netherlands and her
mother, the Queen Dowager, was given In
the new palace at Potsdam, Germany.
Sir Frank G. Lascelles, the British Ambas-
sador, and General Benjamin Harrison
and Mrs. Harrison were present.
Numerous chiefs OF varies groups oE
revolutionis,s In Peru are asking amnesty
for themselves and their followers, Offering,
to submit to tho Government II their re-,
quests are granted.
Nine columns OF the great halS Of the
Temple OF El-Karnak, Egypt, have fallen
The Paris correspondent OF the Daily
Mail, ofLondon, says: ~ learn that Ger.
many Is about to hand over documents
which will lead to the quashine OF the
Dreyfus verdict"
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Sir Alfred Miners PROCLAIM alton.

CAPErowN, South Africa (By Cahle).-
Sir Alfred Miner, Governor Of Cape Col
ouy and British High Comm missioner In
South Africa, has issued proclamation
declaring all persons abetting the enemy
in state OF war with Great Britain 10 be
guilty of high treason.
The military authorities in South Africa
have declared a censorship over all tele-
grams, in order to prevent Information re-
garding British movements from reaching
the Beers.
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BLUE AND GRAY MEET.
President Mckinley Talks to Reunited
War Veterans at Evansville, Ind.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (SpeclaD.-President
Mckinley and his Cabinet arrived from
Chicago to attend the National reunion Of
the Blue and the Gray. A heavy ruin was
falling, but ten thousand veterans aud WIS.,
itors gathered about the station and ten
dered an ovation to the Presidential party.
The President and his party were es-
corted by the Cleveland Grays and the
Reception Committee to the Tri-State fair
grounds, where President Mckinley de-
livered an address, as follows:
"My fellou-citizens: 1t gives me very
great pleasure to participate with you men
OF the North and men OF the South in this
glad reunion OF hearts. We are already
unified; the peace which Grant and Lee
made at Appomato1 has been kept, not by
law or restraint, but by love and fraternal
regard. The Union to-day rests not on
force which may fall, but rests in the
hearts OF the people, union that never
can beSevered.
"It have been permitted in the slight
est degree to help In the work OF recon-
ciliation and uniflcation, l will esteem II
the greatest honor Of my life. When I
made the call for troops to prosecute the
Spanish war, men from the North and
South, without regard to political belief or
religious creed, rallied to The standard Of
the Union.
1.-THE best men OF the South came, the
sons OF old Confederate soldiers. The best
OF the North came, the sons Of the old
members OF the Grand Army OF the Repub-
lie. All came together in heart aud hand,
to follow the flag OF their country, wher.
ever it might Lead We have been recon-
cied, more than reconciled, for our recon-
ciliation has been baptized In the best
blood OF both sections OF our beloved coun-
try.
~ am glad to meet and greet you; we
come together not as we came third OF a
century ago, with arms In our hands, but
We come with love for each In our hearts"
The Presidential party was then escorted
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MOST FINANCIERs PLEASED.
Decision OF the Treasury Department
Meets With General Approval.


Meets With General Approval.
NEW YORK CITY (SpeclaD News OF the
decision OF the Treasury Department, to
anticipate the payment OF the November
interest on the war loan Of last year, the
1904 per cents, and the 1925 4 per
cents, and, subject to q rebate, to pay the
interest in advance which natures between
November next and July l, 1900, was we'll
received In Wall street.
The payment OF the November interest
was expected, and the additional relief ts
regarded as u bonus, but fully warranted
by the condition Of the Treasury and the
growing stringent money conditions. AS
banker put 1t: "There Is no sentiment
about money; what is needed is mone", and
nothing but money can work change.
The action Of the Government may bs re-
gardei us promise to help. 1t will have
and hns had-a sentimental effect Oh rates,
but until the interest flows into general
circulation the money market conditions
will continue to be ruled by the amount OIL
money available and the demand for It."
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Hogs Tear q Painting Man.

John A. Barton, living ten miles from
Cheney, Neb., fell into his hog ren Will.
In fit, aud, in spite OF the frantic efforts
OF his sister, was almost devoured ny tn
animals before help was secured. Mrs
Bruuson, bis sister, saw him fall and rar
at once to the pen. The hogs were alread.
tearing the body to pieces, though lito wa:
not extinct. She beat the hogs back, ou'
there was no one around to help drag thu
man from the pen. aud the woman was un
able to rescue him. The woman remaiuec
beside the pen six hours, until neighoor'
happened in. Barton was subject to faint
ing spells.
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Fish For Connecticut Streams.

The shipments OF fish at the State Fish
Hatchery at Windsor Locks, Conn.,, to the
various ponds and streams which are to
he stocked for breeding purposes has be-
gun. There are now ready for shipment
$4,000 brook trout, 1000 lake trout, G0OO
rainbow trout, 1000 Loeb Leven trout, 15,-
600 steel head trout, SO, ,0OG Atlantic salmon
and $4,000 land-locked salmon. The fish
are shipped In ten-gallon cans, which hold
$50 fish
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BDgland's Reply tothe TransYaal
Ultimatum Simply a Refusal
to Discuss It's Terms.
CABINET MEMBERS SPEAK
Lord Rosebery Declares No British
Government Can Afford to
Repeat Maiuba Hill

The Boer UItiinatum Demanded the In
slant Removal OF British Troops From
tho Frontier-Action of the English
Government-ManyF Foreigners Are En-
rolled in the Transvaal Army-Latest
Estimate of tho Boer Forces-Censor-
ship Established in south-Africa-
Kruger's Parting Words to BurGhera
Leaving for the Front-AInerican Con-
suls VIII Look After Great Britain's
Interests During the War.
LONDON (By Cable).-The Right Hon. W.
St. J. Broderick, Under Foreign Secretary,
in a speech at Guilford, announced that
the Government had replied to the last
note Of the Transvaal, saying that 1t was
not prepared to enter into discussion OF
the terms Of the note. Mr.. Broderick and
also Arthur j. Baliour. First Lord OF the
Treasury, and Attorney General Sir Rich
ard Webster made speeches in other places
and took occasion to refer to the situation.
They all avowed that the Government had
done its utmost to maintain peace, and
cast the responsibility for war on the
Transvaal.
Lord Rosebery writes as follows: PARTY
controversies must cease now. The nation
must close it's ranks. No government
could ever repeat the Majubs surrender.
Our simple object Is to secure equal rights
for all white men,"
4 state OF war was phllosophica'ly ac-
copied on Wednesday at 8 p. NJ, London
time. "The campaign will not be serious
one," said military expert "until the be-
ginning OF December, when General Sir
Redvers Butler will be prepared to march
through the open country Of the Orange
Free State and leave Sir George White we'll
entrenched in Natal. The Beers will not
be allowed to fight on their favorite battle
fields"
Moatagu White, Consul-Gen eral OF the
South African. Republic in London, has
closed the Consulate and left for the con-
tinent.
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Tho Kaiser Meets General Harrison.

Andrew D. White, United States Am.
bassador to Germany, aud Mrs. White,
gave n reception in Berlin in honor OF
former President Harrison and Mrs. Har.
rison. 1t was attended by about 200 mem.
bers Of the American colony. General
Harrison says that Emperor William hold
a long conversation with him during the
Court fetes in honor OF Queen Wiihemina
OF the Netherlands, in the course Of which
variety of German and American topics
we're discussed
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BOTH SHOT IN A STREET DUEL.
Dominick O'Malley, OF New Orleans,
Fought Another Editor.


NEW ORLEANS, La. (speciaD.-A des-
perate street duel occurred In front oil
newspaper row q few days ago in which
Dominick C. o'Malley, proprietor OF the
Evening Item, and q we'll known promoter
OF sport, and G. Harrison Parker, State
Tax Collector, Chairman OF tho D Democratic
State Campaign Committee and editor OF
the Delta, the anti-lottery organ, were
wounded seriously. The trouble is said to
have originated over 4 cartoon In the
Item, which represented Colonel Parker rs
a little dog being led by a string by Gov
ernor Foster and labelled "Me. too"
About 8 O'Clock O'Malley came out OF bis
Office, accompanied by "Parson' Davies,
and met Parker, Parker started toward
O'Malley, and the men seemed to have ex-
pected trouble, for both drew reyolvers and
begun firing. each continuing until his pis-
tol was empty.
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Joy in Kansas on Funston's Return.

TOPEKA, Kan. (SpeciaD.-When word
reached here that the Tartar, bearing the
Twentieth Kansas Regiment, had reached
San Francisco, all the steam whistles In
the city began blowing and the bells ring
Ing. Bands paraded the streets and the
city went Wild with JOY. Elaborate ar
engagements for the reception OF the regi-
ment are being perfected by a committee
appointed by the Governor. 1t is expect
ed that the soldiers will remain In San
Francisco about four weeks before being
mustered out.
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A Tornado in the West.

The first tornado ever known in the
State OF Washington devastated tract OF
land from 800 to 900 yards wide and fifty
miles long few days ago. The damage
done extends from Orting, thirty miles east
OF Tacoma, to Messy Rock and Osborne, In
Lewis County. No fatalities occurred, but
orchards and fences were destroyed.
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Refugees at the Cape In Deep Distre'.
There is severe distress among the thou
sands OF refugees who have arrived at Cap,
Town, South Africa, from the Rand, ant
their misery is intensified by the cold, we
weather. A relief committee has beel
formed and has issued an appeal for hell
to the Empire.
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Dawson-Skaguay Wire Ready.

Consul Dudley, ut Vancouver, informs
the State Department at Washington, that
tho telegraph link from skaguay to Daw-
son, In the Klondike, has been completed,
and is now in operation. The nearest
point to Skaguay reached by telegraph,
adds the Consul, is Comax, British Colum-
hia
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The latest estimates OF the Boersstrength
put the total at 81, 900 men, distributed as
follows: On the western frontier, 1000;
against Kimberley, 5000; on Drakensberg,
1000; at Volksrust and Utrecht, $4,000; on
the Portuguese frontier, 1000.
The Orange Free State has 10000 men
in the field but they are largely neutralized,
owing to the long frontier line and the
necessity OF guarding against invasion by
the Basutos. the most formidable fighting
natives in South Africa next to the Zulus,
auh the only Kafflr tribe which goes into
battle mounted.
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Girls Love Saved Parents.

Antonio de Luccas's sweetheart, Eosaric
Ca.apai, saved her parents from going t.
Jail in Newark, n. j., on n charge OF steal
de Luccas's savings by confessing to Juds,
Lambert that de Luccas was her betrothed
The man died, and the Calapals were sus
pected OF making way with his money
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The Passing OF Nevgate Prison.

The Passing OF Nevgate Prison.
A few days ago occurred the last OF the
numerous executions chat have made New
gate Prison, In London, historical. Hera-
after all hangings will take plncs In
Wandsworth Jail, Lonlou, and Newsate
will bs replaced " new Orimt 'al Court
bulldiug
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May Prevent the Seating Of Roberts.

May Prevent the Seating OF Roberts.
Brigham II. Roberts will certainly be
when the Representatives are
sworn In at the opening OF the Congress.
sIonal session at Washington. All that will
be necessary to prevent him from taking
his seat will be for some member to OBJ
iect. and there will be at least one objec-
zion. and probably more. His salary will
then cease until his case Is passed upon and
dIopoaed 0f