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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
Dom osrIc.

The waresheds OF Wilson s& :McCulloch's
fruit jnr factory at Fairmouut, Ind were
burned with loss OF S150, 900. Three hun.
dred carloads OF finished fruit jars were
consumed. :" 60. .-
Southern Nebraska was In the path' Of g
destructive CYCLONE and all the people In
the region we're driven into storm cerars
The City Council dfTopeka, Kun. passed
an ordinance against the presentation OF
immoral plays: tits aimed at "Sapho"
company which threatens to visit Topeka.
Under the direction OF physicians, George
Rltterband, in New York City. who lost his
identity, is slowlyfrecovering the use OF
MS memory.
The railroads, in the South whose traffic
has been interrlptbd by floods are prepar.
ing to resume business.
Albert 5. Dsady and his vile, sixteen
years old, OF Dayton, Ohio, jumped from a
bridge into afhe canal and were drowned,
clasped inEeach others arms. They lett a
baby. ...r.
George Alpin, OF Huron, 8. D., former
State Senator and State Attorney, while In
Chicago with his bride, created a sensa-
tion by suddenly becoming raylngrnantac
and trying to kill her,. he iS suffering
from overwork.
Edwin, e. Southwlck, carriagemaker
aud wheelwright In Woonsocket, B. l., was
shot by an unknown man near his resi-
dence and his assailant made good his
escape.
PA. Cummey, an old Confederate SOL
dler, OF Macon, Ca. who planned to kill
Admiral Dewey, was sent to the State In
sane Asylum. q
Nelson Smith and his granddaughter
successfully defended themselves from a
brutal attack by two burglars in Living.
ston, N j.
Two thousand Americans. according to
Steyan Krstoff Vatralsky, at Kenoshs, Wis,
have embraced Mohamme dan1sm since the
Congress OF Religions at the Worlds Fair
led Turkish missionaries to undertake the
task OF seeking converts In the United
States.
robbed, the safe door being shattered by ex-
plosives. Postmaster Hegsar says the loss
Is about $7C0 In stamps and money.
merly United States Senator, was fled at
Oshkosh, Wis. The estate amounts to
So, ,000, 900, and all of 1t, except $4,000 to
charity, goes to near relatives.
Henry Demas, one Of the brightest and
3hrewdest negro politicians In the South,
died In his home In New Orleans, La. He
bus been a conspicuous figure In the poll
tics Of Louisiana for the last thirty years.
. Chicago is tohavsa municipal telephone
system. Its immediate use is to be con-
fined to the Police and Fire Departments.
The bronze statue group Of Washington
and Lafayette, presented to New York City
by Charles Broadway Rouss, was unveiled
with appropriate ceremonies.
james s. Tough, OF Kansas City, went to
Colorado Springs, to secure train OF
Colorado's hardy mountain broncos for the
British troops iu South Africa. The aver.
age price paid the agent Is $75 at New Or.
leans.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
Our Adopted Islands.

After trial lasting three days before
Judge Hull, Of the Provost Court, at Ma.
niia, P. L., Louis Spttzel, owner OF the
steamer Abbey, was acquitted OF the charge
OF smuggling iewelry into Manila.
The United States transport Mcpherson
carried to Porto Rico between 100000 to
$5O0,0UO in subsidiary coin. This is the
flrst ins.alment Of the SO, 600 900 voted by
Congress for distribution among the In
habitants OF the Islands. '-.'fs "
There have been thirteen deaths from tn
pubonic plague In Manila. The native
market In the centre OF the city district has
been quarantined and guard OF troops
placed around 1t.
An order establishing correctional courts
In all the large cities OF Cuba has been Is
sued.
President D ole, OF Hawaii, has appointed
a court Of commissioners to take evidence
OF losses caused by the burning OF China
town, In Honolulu, and to make awards
and judgments OF such Losses.
Arrangements have been completed tc
retire the Porto Rican money and replace
1t with American currency.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
Sswsy GleanInys.

Cables report that English pastures are
IN poor condition.
Plans are in progress for an exposition
at Charleston, 8. G. .E
Lord Roberts has established weekly
ihali-holiday at Bloemfontein.
benjamin Franklin, OF White Cloud, Kan,
has Just been granted a pension.
Present prices on canned corned beef are
reported to be below the cost Of packing.
A shortage OF coal Is reported at Pitts
burg, Penn, due to strikes OF coal miners
The number Of Europeans in the Ger.
man Cameroons has doubled in five years.
London is likely to lose its Thames pas
|senger steamer service, which has become
Improbable. ---.----......
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Minor Mention.

A Russian Chamber OF Commerce has
been instituted In Paris. ..
The first beet sugar factory OF Chile has
been established at Santiago.
From December Ito April there were
2400 cases OF smallpox In Illinois.
Philadelphia now has an automobile
club, It's membership limit is fifty.
The prices OF food supplies In the city Of
Manila, P. l., continue to be e1orbltant.
The Jessup expedition to explore Nort'l-
western Slbaria has sailed from San Frar.-
A fasnss aA IlltaSis has been tanning the
hides of prairie dogs and selling them IN
the East. -J
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
LABOR RIOT IN CHICAGO.
Ono Man Killed and Seven Hurt in al
Attack.

CHICAGO (SpecluD.-In a labor riot at
Racine and Wellington avenues one man
was killed instantly, another severely
wounded and six others sustained slight
injuries. Peter Miller, twenty-slx years
old, unmarried, was shot through the head
by H. G. Baster and killed instantly. John
Mcclure was shot in the right arm and
right cheek by Baster. His injuries were
severe, but not mortal.
The fatal shot was fred by Baster, who
Is superintendent OF the Baker-Vawter
Printing Company's place, near where the
trouble occurred. The bullets which
struck Mcclure we're also fred by the su-
perlntendent.
The riot was the outcome OF three
months trouble with striking laborers at
the printing establishment. The firm en-
ploys nothing but non-union labor, and
three months ago several pressmen and
feeders were discharged because they
Joined the union.
Miller was never employed by the firm
but he has been in sympathy Will the dis.
charged men and 1t Is asserted lad been
implicated in several assaults With them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
JAes COMING BY THE THOUSAND.
Many Psupers and Contract Laborers
Jumping the Canadian Border.

Many Paupers and Contract Laborers
Jumping the Canadian Border.
T.ScoUyEa, B. G: Especially. - United
States immigration Agent Healy, OF British
Columbia. says 5000 Japanese immigrants
have arrived In British Columbia, 5000 are
on the way and %, 900 more will probably
take passage before the end Of the sum.
mer.
Mr.. Healy says the Canadian and United
States Governments should take Joint ac-
tion at once, rs the Japanese are evadiug
the laws by walking over tue 150 miles Of
unprotected border between Blaine and
Seattle, paupers, contact laborers and oil,
and there is 40 machinery to prevent this
wholesale boundary jumping.
Z Seattle and Puget Sound are being over
run with the Japs, who are glutting the
labor market, and Mr.. Healy says that,
owing to the fragrant infractlon OF immi-
grafton laws, friction is bound to arise be-
tween the Canadian and American Govern
montS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
MEXICAN TOWN DESTROYED.
Fire Wipes Out Panuca, Leaving 1000
Homeless People.

noiAolcoS L 0optos
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (speclaD.-Advices
received here state that .Panuca, Mexico,
one Of the most important trading towns
In the east coast country Of the Republic Of
Mexico, sixty miles from the seaport OF
Tampico has been entirely destroyed by
Gre. ~
Panuca was built, on the Panuca River,
Of thatched-roof abode houses and modern
frame business blocks, surrounded by
brush huts. Everything went down before
:he flames, Us there we're no are-fghting
appliances in the city. 1t Is estimated
:hat more than 1000 people are homeless.
The Government has taken steps for the
relief OF the people, many Of whom have
oeen taken to Tamplco for protection.
The fire wns Carried in every direction by
} forty-mile-an-hour wind. A heavy rain
tall followed, but not until the town was
IN. embsrs. The loss will aggregate e.
225. 900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
Plenty of Shad and Big Ones.

Shad have been running by the thou
sands, and fishermen have actually been
catching more than they wanted. In some
instances nets have been torn by the big
catchers. The prices ranged from SlS to
S5 per hundred. Delaware River and Bay
shud we're never finer than this year, nor
were they ever larger. A nine-pounders
q frequent catch. - - 81 sgS5seS
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
The Peach Crop Is Safe.

have just returned from o trip through
Delaware and the peach.growlng sections
OF Maryland" said produce dealer OF
Washington, .tand never within my mem
ory have seen, such unusually favorable
prospects for "a Tremendous yield OF
Americas favorlte fruit-the peach. Both
old and young trees are IN O healthy state
with buds and general appearance indlcat-
ing bough- breaking yield"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
Cycling Notes.

One OF the strongest arguments against
woman riding on the front seat Of q
tandem is that it Is the place OF danger in
case Of 4 mishap.
Archie McEachern, the cycler, will make
Philadelphia his headquarters this year.
McEachern will challenge all OF the fast
mon, Including Eddie McDuffee and Jimmy
Michael.
Bicycle riders are not, as a class, super
stitious. The registration OF the profes-
sionals, however, shows that some OF the
crack riders have certain numbers under
which they have previously ridden win
ming races, and invariably ask for them en-
their renewal EACH year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
Silver For sattleshIp New Jersey.

The movement inaugurated some time
ago In Camden for the school children OF
New Jersey to raise funds to purchase.
silver service. to be presented to the battle.
ship named after the State, Is being taken
up by all the leading cities. So far the
Governor and the Mayor In every large
city In the State have consented to act on
q acommittee to supervise the project.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
NEW HAMPSHIRE REPUBLICANS.
Convention Names Delegates and In.
dorses tho Presid ent's Administration,


CONCORD, N. Il. Especially 1.-The Republi.
can State Convention held here elected as
delegates-ar-large to the. Republican No.
tional Convention United States Senator
Jacob Galllnger, Frank Jones, William O..
Clarke, and Thomas N. Hastings. There
was considerable opposition tothe election
OF Mr.. Jones as delegate, on the ground
that he had not been previously identified
with the Republican party.
When the ballot was taken Mr.. Jones re-
ceived S95 votes; the other delegates were
elected by vote OF 40. Alternates were
elected as follows Charles ". Hoitt, Of
Nashua; Alfred F. Howard, OF Portsmouth;
A. Crosby Kenett, OF Conway, and F. A.
Faulkner, OF Keene.
The platform adopted warmly praised
President Mckinley; Endorsed him for re-
nomination; approved the annexation OF all
our new possessions and said this Govern
ment could safely be left to Congress and
the President. :;
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
AeauITTAL FOR coLSoN
FORMER kentucky Congressrnsi
tfss Not Guilty OF Murder.

Not Guilty OF Murder. $E
FRAsKFoRT, KY. (speciaD. .-FoyQe eon-
:sressman David G.. Colsou, who sSeen
IN trial on charge Of murder fort kill
.ngoi Ethelbert Scott and LuthefD enaree
;at the Capitol Hotel in a pistol duel on
January 16 last was acquitted by tue jury.
The verdict was received with enthusiastic
applause. Colson received showers ofcon-
yratulations and the crowd shook him by
:he hand. There were many strong men
who wept.
Scott received six wounds In his body In
che pistol duel, while Colson received QUE
in the arm early In the fight. Demuree. a
bystander, was shot twice through the
heart while being held by Scottas u shield.
The prosecution sought to convict OF man
slaughter on the ground that Colson had
pursued Scott to the ps. The testimony
tended to show that Scott began the battle
and that Colson acted on the defensive.
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PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICANS.
They Indorse the President and Pledge
Support to Quay.

4n6H 1uQOEBS th6 IIcBIu0HG auu Z loueo
Support to Quay.
HARRISBURG, Penn. Special. The Rs-
publican State Convention, which was held
In this city, indorsed the administration OF
President william Mckinley, and instructed
the delegates to the National Convention
at Philadelphia to support his candidacy
for renomlnatiop. sI,!itts 81.
The convention also declared In favor OF
the election Of United States Senators In
the same manner that State officers are
elected, Endorsed Senator Penrose, the ad-
ministratlon OF Governor Stone and other
State officials, and pledged 'its hearty and
cordial support Of NJ. 8. Quay for re.elec.
tion to the United States Senate" "
The convention nominated Senator e. B.
Hardenbergh, OF Wayne County. for Audi
tor-General, and Galusha A. Grow. OF Sns.
quehanna County. and Robert n. Foer.
derer, OF Philadelphia, for Congressman at
Large.
The platform declares against all unlaw-
full and illegal combinations OF capital to
the detriment OF business and trade and
against the best interests OF the laborinR
people. f.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
rhs.e omeers Needed go,

These omcers Needed For WHfyblPe: /
On account of the great scatesf Sni.
GERS for the warships now in cennaisaien,
Secretary of the Navy Long has determined
10 recall nearly all officers now on tn5pec-
tion service ut ordnance factories And
other places and assign them TO vessels.
Civilians will be appointed In their places
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
ThsNs f1HnaI (3anass Z,

Duns;of BJssJa d practicins lsit.handed
batting e, o..
Laehanes hst signed With cleveland to
play first basa.$ ~ ="
Chicago has released Pitcher Phyle to
the ProvlG nee Club.
Brooklyn has sold Outaelder Brodle to
the Chicago American League Club.
Boston and Philadelphia are the only
teams that will not play Sunday ball.
In Scott, Newton and Cronin, the Gin
cInnatis have three g,ois the largest men
playing bssebaiL -,
Hlckmal u nsNsw Yorkss> who, las
been coaching Yaie, says ai<fi ofsshat
college, Is one Of the: most promising stu.
dent pitchers hs has avar aaan
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
Three Children Die In Fire.

Three children lost their lives In FIRE ir
New York City six-story tenement. They
were Hannah, Amelia and Joseph Leibo
respectively. Their father, Simon, their
sister Dora, three years old, and Mlchae
Rauschbaum, sixty-eight years cid, were
badly hurt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
DEFEAT FOR INSURGE3a
General Bells Troops, sEncgdx ~
FilipInos and XIII EtkH fya

General Bells Troops, Encgd2 ~
Ftiiplnos and kin EteHty 81
MANILA (By Cable. - OnicsFs Nfsd 4aS
arrived here from Nueva Cacefs pr0Ssincs
ofsouth Camarines, bring dstsif = fklti
In which eighty Flllpinos ~ S
The American outposts p0EtSd u Rpr
tives assembled miI16 rQm tkb koJ4n,
and General Bell sent deta a6hj6Sitfs
of the Forty.ffth Red 6h TO
Maxims. who nearly s112 fhs E1li.
pinos, the maj orlty 0l1 et6 dtfded
TSsBiiISiS6s az d IIliiSfi b pat 81 4 Is flight,
leaving tbE nSfd 35e 6Sn With q fcr. TReirs
ths ttas%ss sos nsss s6s sns
Amerfcah5 to do any executl lon. !. Therefore.
none ofthe Americans WAS Wounded. 'sa'
Generu1s Bslps two egimsntssar hard
worked fnsofearing the co1ntry, They
meet withSmany small squads oi bol0nen,
and have killed q total OF 1919 si'I
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
WISCONSIN REPUBLICANS.

Philadelphia Delegates Selected and
McKinley's Administration Indorsed. Il
MILwAUKEE, Wis. (speeiaD. .-The;R ;Rspnb.
delegstes-at-large to the National Conven-
tion: Isaac Stephenson, Maripette; Joseph
B. Treat, Monroe; James n. Stout, of
Menomlnee, and II. August Luedtke, OF
Milwaukee. ~ .ifsSs5 N { n
Resolutions were adopted reafirming the;
st. Louis platform, indorsing shexscsrt'
financial legislation by Congress- and dsNle&
orously commanding the whole AoprsS 6tl
the Mckinley Administrstlon.fss ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
THE sENATE's PROGRAMME.
The Field is Now Clear For Important
legislative Business.

WASHINGTON, D. G.. (speciaD.-T The vote
on the resolution declaring M. s. Quay's
credentials irregular and defective gives a
clear field!at last for some OF the leglsla-
tive business which the long and tedious
consideration OF The Quay case seriously
delayed.
= The Spooner Philippine Government bill
still holds therIght Of way on the Republi-
can programme, although 1t has been dis
placed temporarily by the Alaska bill.
Republican managers are now apprehen.
sive that unless prolongatlon OF the ses-
sion Is determined on It will be necessary
to let the Ship Subsidy aud Nicaragua Ca
7al bills 20 by the board.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
chastI.ed. : sssool. Teache

Because, it is assettSd. Professor Wade.
teacher in the Latonik graded school at
Milldale, Ohio, chastise3 the aon OF Theo.
dore Welterstsrn, the lstfers entered the
schoolroom and without#any. explanation
began to beat the pro'essoE When he had
done so to to his satisfactson lie proceeded
to the police station and gave himself up.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
Chicago Ambulance Men FIGHT.

According to dispatch to th.
Daily Mail, OF London, from Lorenzo
Marques, nearly half the members OF the
Chicago Ambulance Corps, when offered
Mausers on their arrival at Pretoria, tore
off their Red Cross badges. Adelbert 8
Hay, United States Consul, notified th.
Trapsraal Government that he must re-
port the circumstance to Washington.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
ONE Vote BEATS QUAY.
The Senate, 80 to %, Denies Hie
Right to a Seat.
A CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION.

The appointment by the Governor OF
Pennsylvania Declared Invalid-sen-
ator Vest Voted With the Opposition
Senate Decided Governor Cannot APP
point When Legislature Failed to Elect
WASHINGTON, D. G. (Specia).-Matthew
Stanley Quay, appointed to be Senator OF
the United States from the State OF Penn
sylvanta by Governor Stone, after the
Legislature OF the State had refused to
elect a successor to Mr.. Quay, was refused
his seat in the Senate by a vote OF 3S to 50
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
Corn For India's Stricken People.

NEWTON, Kan Especially .--Over 5000 bush.
els OF corn are being shipped from this sec.
tion to the famine sufferers OF India. With.
in ten days four cars will be louded at Hal
stead, this county; one from Lithigh,
Marion County, and two from this city
All this has been contributed by the Men.
nonites. s.l
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
GOVERNOR TAXLil laBIcTED.
Ho i. Asss.ss y; y So = slisI.s i sh' Muir.

He 10 Accused sf plloltys In the MUIR
AZ esbsl,
FRixkrosrs H5 Hllllam s..
Taylor Rspu6Il 4 Il !l5 aant ior the Gov
ernorship Ok & 6a4 been indicted
as aa accassafb bssore TIE fact TO the mur.
der Of WllIid oebel.
Theindfce ~ was}fonnd blythe Frank
linz County and Jury, aftsrsa stormy
scene, whi4 % ne near resulting IN per-
ssonal ene6 between Robert 6uter the
and WE G49 81 ot the two Repub.
Tharaaxs 3h5 }eSn men undsrindlct.
ment, c0antinf Aytor.b There Is nc
possIblflfy1E 5ee tomin1 to tra'
Within txo9 pdictsd parties
for 81 Il txenns.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
To Bar Ont con.u,nntI,s Toacber,.

To Bar Out Consumptive Teachers.
The Board OF Educations,os Alameda.
CAL, has adopted rulaA6kblddlng the
employment as teacherssfm the public
schools Of any person afflicted with tuher-
oulosis. This action is In Hue with efforts
being made elsewhere to preventive spread
: Of consumption.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09

Captain Leon, the agent OF tie Creusot
gun works, who was wounded while fight.
ing with the Beers, arrived at Marseilles,
France. He reports that tho Beers are full
OF fight and are sanguine Of tn cir ultimate
success.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
Boston Policeman Dies Rich.

Patrolman Isaiah s. Robinson, for twe-
ty-seven years member Of the police
force Of Boston, died ,ot heart failure, aged
iifty-four years. Haas said to have left az
estate worth $50 600 - 4. ty ~ ~ i
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09

Lincoin's Birthday National Holiday.
4 joint resolution introduced by Senator
Lodge In tho United States Senate sets
apart February 12in each year as ma
tional holiday on which To- celebrate the
birth OF Abraham Lincoln
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
Unknown Mana Auful Deatl

Unknown Mans Awful Death.
An unknown man committed suicide a.
the II. G. Fricke Coke Company's works In
ConnellsvlIle, Penn, by diving head first
into coke-oyen, In full blast. he was In.
cinerated in = minute
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09

- Army Reservation Near baltimore.
Major-General Miles has announced that
certain land. comprising about 14s acres,
situated on North Point, near Baltimore,
Nd, recently purchased, has been set aside
as military reservation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
Schuyler Falls Fire Sweut.

Fire destroyed about half the business
portion Of the town OF Schuyler Falls, N
Y. Among the buildings burned were the
Town Hall, two houses, a cheese fastory,
barrel head factory, q storehouse aud dry.
house. Tho loss was about $1,000,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
300, 900 For Famine Sufferers,

BERLIN (By Cable).-At q meeting 81
leading fin anciers and manufacturers. un'
der the Presidency OF DR.. Koch, President
OF the Imperial Bank, 1t was decided tc
raise fund for the relief Of the famine sui
ferers in India, and those present sub
,crIbed S100, ,009 on the spot.
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the American missionaries at Kharput and
the construction OF an annex to the Rob-
ert College at Const antlnople.
Turkish warship Blown On,

CoNsrANTINopLE, Turkeyl By Cable).-
News has just been received from Beyroot,
Syria, to the effect that the Turkish tor
pedo boat Schamyi blew up 10 that harbor
resulting in the loss OF twenty-three lives,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
Over Five Millions Starving.

Lon DON (By Cabls The Viceroy Of In.
dis, Lord Curgon,5 wires that the recent
raihstorms have not improved the situa.
tion, that the demands for relief are IN.
creasing, now reaching $4,000 persons
but that the arrangements for relief are
equal to the increasing strain.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
Turkey Makes Reply.

turkey MaRe1 -hepIy.
The Porte has replied to the American
demands. stating that Turkey will COM
pensate American missionaries under the
same conditions as IN tie case OF other for
eign subjects.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
A New Navy For Spain.

Senior Silve,a, President OF the Counci
and Minister OF Marine, at Madrid, Spain
has decided to ask the country to make {
great financial sacsifce with a view OF con
structipG ew navy.