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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-03
Cbinese War Notes.

Missionaries from Szechuen Province
have escaped to Shanghai.
The Fourth Indian Brigade has been
ordered from Slmla to China.
Great Britain has announced her in
tention to keep troops In Pekin.
Riots at Canton are becoming more
frequent. The lives of officials are
threatened.
Missionaries in China have Cancelled
orders for 100000 religious books Since
the trouble began.
Baron Won Ketteler, The German
Ambassador to China, was killed by
o bullet through his DICK.
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SHOT THE GIRLS FATHER
Grace Baldwin Threw Thomas Doyle
Over Because He Drank.
SUITOR VISITED HER HOME ARMED

He and Old B1r. Baldwin Exchanged
Shots Through tho Door and Both
Were Wounded - Doyle Ran Away,
But Was Captured Hours After In
Newark, Weak From Loss Of Blood.
Hilton, N. J. (SpeciaD. Thomas
Doyle, q farm hand, shot and danger
ously wounded Horace Baldwin, a
farmer, because the farmers daugh-
ter had thrown him over. Baldwin
also shot Doyle, but not SO badly as
to prevent him from getting as far as
Newark in an effort to escape.
Doyle went to work for Baldwin
last January. He had not been on the
farm long when he fell in love with
Mr.. Baldwin's daughter, who is twen-
ty years of age. The girl was not
averse to Doyle's attentions. but Mr..
Baldwin objected to them on account
Of Doyle's fondness for liquor.
About three months ago Mr.. Bald
win discharged Doyle, who went to
Cold Spring, N. Y. He visited Hilton
at frequent intervals, and met Miss
Baldwin clandestinely.
Within the past week, however, Miss
Baldwin became convinced that what
her father told her about Doyle's
drinking uablts was true, and she
broke her engagement to him.
Sunday Doyle visited Hilton, and
met Miss Baldwin in the parlor Of her
fathers house. She returned his pres
ents. He went away threatening vio-
lence.
A few uays later he returned. Miss
Baldwin saw him through the dining.
room window and started to run. He
fred at her, but missed. Mr.. Baldwin
seized his shotgun and rushed down
stairs. He found Doyle on the veran.
da. Both opened fire. The discharge
from the shotgun tore gaping wound
In Doyle's chest. Four Of the bullets.
from Doyle's revolver struck Baldwin.
two In the breast, one in the leg and
one In the right shoulder.
Doyle then disappeared. He boarded
a trolley car, rode some distance and
then walked from Irvington to New
ark, six miles. He was found In a
semi-conscious condition on the steps
Of the Fireman's Insurance Company's
building, and was taken to the City
HOSPITAL. T..
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BATTLE WITH 1900 FlLlPIhos.
Americans Lose Twelve Killed - Rebels
Arc Showing Increased Activity,

Americans Lose Twelve Killed - Rebels
Arc Showing Increased Activity,
Manila (By Cable).-An engagement
has taken place near siniloan, province
Of Laguna de Bay, between 1000 Fill
pihos, armed with rifles, and detach-
ments of the Fifteenth and Thirty
seventh Regiments.
The Americans fought Hgallantly,
though they were wsist deep In water.
They lost twelve killed, including
Captain Mitchell and Lieutenant Coop
er; twenty-six wounded and five miss
ing. II Z +.
For several days the rebels have
been showing increased activity in the
vicinity OF Manila. They are attack
ing and harassing the outposts and
garrisons, especially on the lake shore
and along the railroad. The Ameri-
cans have sustained some casualties
from these attacks and a number Of
the troops are missing.
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A bill was introduced In the Me1i-
can Congress providing for an appro-
priation Of $4,000 for the Galveston
sufferers.
An anonymous letter has resulted
in increased police vigilance in London
for the protection Of Lord Salisbury.
Queen Wilhelmlna opened the Par
Lament of the Netherlands at Inc
Hague.
The Duke of the Abruzzi the Ar"tic
explorer, arrived at Rome.
The Portuguese are closely s,.li>
ing the Boer frontier at Ressano Gar
cia, and trains go no further tnan
that point
Seventy-two new coal mines nave
been opened in Prussia this year, IN
creasing the output for 1900 by 2'ooO'-
900 tons.
Late advices show seventeen more
vessels wrecked on the Newfoundland
coast and thirteen lives lost.
Count Won Waldersee, generalissimo
of the international forces In emma,
arrived at Hong Kong. He landed
and made official calls and later pro-
ceeded to Taku.
Full and satisfactory experiments
with horseless vehicles were feature
of the annual manoeuvres Oh Tue
French army.
The first appearance of Ira d. San
key, the evangelist, at Exeter hall
London, was the occasion or ire
mendous ovation. Thousands were un-
able to obtain admission.
General Roberts reported the cap
ure by General French of Barberton.
in the Transvaal, a great amount OF
rolling stock and many herds OF cattle
and sheep.
The excitement in the cotton market
at Manchester, Eng, owing to the
shortage of raw materials, continues.
The Inactivity of the British textile
mills will cost operators about Sl2o'-
100000, it is estimated.
Russia has asked prices for 3O,0O0.-
Oo0 feet of lumber from Washington
State.
General Roberts issued a proclama-
t;on to the Beers. pointing out the fu-
tility of further resistance
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BANDITS ROB NEVADA BANK
First National at winnemucca Entered
in the Daytime and $4,000 Taken.

First National At Winnemucca Entered
in the Daytime and $4,000 Taken.
, Winnemucca, New. (SpeciaD. The
First National Bank was robbed of
about $4,000 at neon by three men,
who entered the front door and with
revolvers Imade all present throw up
their hands. .....
* The robbers threatened to kill the
first man who made show Of resist
ance.
One robber at the point Of pistol
made Cashier Nixon open the safe and
take from it three sacks Of gold coin.
The robbers then marched the FIVE
men out through back door to an al
ley, where their horses were waiting.
The whole affair took place in only
five. minutes. An alarm was quickly
given and several SLOTS were fired at
the robbers as they. rushed through
town, but without effect. They re-
turned the shots, but no oSe was hit.
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Outside Workers Strike.

Scranton, Penn. (SpeciaD.-The car.
benters, car repairers, blacksmiths and
helpers at every Delaware. Lacka'
wanna and Western Company mine
here joined the strikers. They were
asked to take care Of coal outside the
mines and to handle 1t In the breakers.
They refused and quit at every mine.
An attempt was also made at several
of the mines to have engineers and
faremen to do other work. These men
also quit, and all repaired to district
headquarters and Joined the United
Mine Workers.
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Laok,vanua District Idle.

Scranton, Penn. (SpeciaD.-The order
to strike was obeyed to the letter by
the miners in the Lackawanna dis
trict. Every colliery from Nanticoke
to Forest City was suspended. Even
the washeries were deserted by the
regular employees, and while they were
run for q few hours with hands picked
up outside, work was suspended later.
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Altoona, Penn. (SpeciaD.-Inquiry by
telephone among the nearby bitumin.
GUS coal towns developed the fact that
the anthracite coal strikers will receive
little If any help from the region north
and west Of Altoona. The bituminous
miners at each place say they will mot
even contribute money to help the
eastern men. as they did not receive
q cent from them during the btu
minous wage troubles Of recent years.
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Labor World.

The mines of the Yukon district,
Alaska, employ $3.50 men who receive
an average wage of 81 an hour.
Laborers are so scarce in Swtzer-
land that they have to be imported not
only from Italy, but from Bohemia
and Silcsia.
The United Brotherhood Of Leather
Workers on Horse Goods has issued
a union label, which Is placed on all
work done by them.
The number Of operatives in the
hard coal industry Of Prussia. during
the first half Of the year was %5l $50
or 27.47T more than in 1870.
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DEMANDS OF THE MINERS.
Magnitude Of the Strike and the Causes
Leading Up to It.

Magnitude Of the Strike and the Causes
Leading Up to It.
Hazleton, Penn. (SpeciaD.-The strike
inaugurated by the United Mine Work
ers will for the time being terminate
operations in the most productive hard
coal field in the world.
The mine employees in the anthracite
district Of Pennsylvania number about
$4,000. The leaders claim that about
eighty per cent. Of the miners are or
ganized.
The coal basins extend over an area
Of about 470 square miles, and are dis
ributed throughout several counties,
the more important workings being To-
sated at LuZerne, Lackawanna, Schuyl-
kill, Carbon and Northumberland
Counties.
The average production from the en-
tire district is 75,000,000 tons a year.
The closing Of the mines is expected
to reduce the regular coal production
seventy-tive per cent.
Should the strike continue over q
period of two months the loss in
wages will amount to SO, 400 ,0c0; loss to
railroads, S2O.O0O,O0O, and loss to mine
operators, S2O,OOOO0O. Officers of the
Miners Union estimate that the or
ganization has q cash balance Of
$1,000,000 in the treasury.
In their demands the miners ask the
correction Of many evils, the more i'm
portant Of which are the following:
Abolition of the company stores; re-
duction In the price Of powder to
$3.50 keg; abolition Of company doc.
tors; semi-monthly payment Of wages;
abolition Of the sliding scale; wages
paid in cash; 2240 pounds to the ton;
an advance of twenty per cent. in
wages less than S1.50 and not exceed
ing S1.75 day; that all classes Of day
labor now receiving S1.50 and not ex-
ceeding $1.75 shah receive fifteen per
cent. over present wages; that all day
labor now receiving $1.75 shall be ad-
vanced ten per cent; that no miner
shall have at any time more than one
breast, gang, or other class Of work,
and shall get only his legal shares of
cars
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THE NEWS EPlTOMlZED
wRahinKton Items.

The War Department has completed
arrangements for the free transporta.
ton to the United States Of the bodies
of the soldiers and sailors who lost
their lives and were buried in the isl
and possessions of the United States
and in China.
The Mexican Ambassador communt
Gated to the State Department an e1'
preston Of the deep regret of Presi.
dent Diaz and the Government and
people Of Mexico over the disaster at
Galveston.
Russia and France officially In
formed the United States Of their IN.
tention to withdraw their troops and
Ministers from Pekin to Tien-Tsin.
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China.s Declaration Of War.

Berlin (By Cable).-The Shanghai
correspondent Of the Lokal Anzeiger
reports an interview with DR.. Ros-
thorn, Secretary of'the austrian Le-
cation, in which the Secretary is quot
ed as saying that the Chinese Govern
ment presented to the Ministers for.
NAL declaration of war on June 19,con.
sidering the capture of Taku forts an
act Of war. The Ministers were re.
quired to leave Pekln in twenty-four
hours.
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Strike In Wyoming Valley.

Wilkesbarre. Penn. (SpeciaD.-Ever,
mine in the wyoming Valley, with the
exception Of one, was closed by the
miners strike. The exception was the
coIlfery operated by the West End Coal
Company at Mocanaqua., The men
there refused to 60 out, saying they
were satisfied with the present condi.
ton Of things. The total number OF
men idle In this valley is little over
% nm
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eions. In the first two, representing
nearly 10000 men. the tie-up Is prac-
tically complete, only one mine en-
ploying d few hundred men being op-
Grated, and this the strikers say they
hope to close soon. \
In the Lehigh region about 5000 OF
the 10000 mine. employees quit work.
Principally because the union has
comparatively little strength in the
Schuylkill region, and the workmen
there have no decided grievances, as
in other districts, the strike was not
general among the $4,000 men en-
ployed. Nearly all the efforts Of the
strike leaders are being devoted to or
ganizing the men in the weak Schuyl-
Kill and Lehigh regions.
No violence worth mentioning
marred the first day Of the struggle.
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Cycling Notes.

The tire pump should always be
tried by few strokes before being at
tached to initiate the tire.
A new tire has studs embedded In its
walls, the shanks of which protrude
into holes in the rim and prevent 1t
from creeping" Cement is said to be
unnecessary, but may be used If de-
sired.
According to an English maker, to
be prosperous. the cycle trade must
have booms. New fashions and fads
encourage the wheelman prematurely
to discard his old machine for an i'm
proved one. .- ...
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-03
OFFICIAL ALABAMA REPORT.
Tho BattIeship's Speed Averaged 17.013
Miles An Hour.

Washington, D. @. (SpeciaD.-The
Navy Department has received the
official report on the recent speed trial
of the battleship Alabama. A review
of the findings Of the Trial Board de-
velops that. with the exception Of a
few minor details of imperfection, the
Alabama's trial trip proved her in all
respects complete and ready for in
stant sea service.
Her displacement at the trial was
11,570 tons, forty-five tons over the re-
qulrement of her contract, so that the
Alabama made her fast run under
slightly adverse conditions in this re-
spect. Her corrected speed Is set down
IN the report as 17.O15 miles an hour.
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Fatigue Party Blown Up.
y The British commander at Taku.
China, cables that fatigue party, en-
gagged in destroying powder at Tung-
Chow, had been blown up. Sixteen
British soldiers were killed and twen-
.ty-tw0 wounded.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-03
Worlds Lumber Mill Record Broken.

Worlds Lumber Mill Record Broken.
There are worlds records made in
lumber mills occasionally. A few days
ago machine at the Berlin Mills
Company, at Berlin, N. H., ran
eleven hours and cut out 221 ,339 feet
of spruce lumber, beating the worlds
record Of $4,000 feet. made by o
Maine mill last yea1.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-03
PARACHUTE JUMPERS DEATH.
Result OF mi uries Received In Decent At
the Point OF Pines.

Lynn, Mass. (Specian.-Professor
John Sawyer, the parachute jumper,
died at the Lynn Hospital, from in
iuries in making descent from a bal
!oon at the Point of Pines. Sawyer
lad descended to within twenty feet
If the ground, when heavy wind car
lied the parachute along with it. While
going at rapid rate within few feet
If earth he struck pile Of railroad
ties and was severely injured.
Sawyer. who was twenty-four years,
DID, had been through the country with
bis wife, both making ascensions and
parachute iumps. - I
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Many Wrecks On newfoundland Coast.
Twenty-six fishing vessels were
wrecked and forty others damaged
on the French Treaty Coast of New
foundland by the great West Indian
storm
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REAR-ApmIRAL MONTGOMERY s1cARD.

ers Of the Declaration Of Ihdepend.
ence, whose granddaughter the Ad'
miral married. He was born in New
York City September 80. 1886, and ap-
pointed to the Naval Academy Octo-
Der 1, 1851. He served in the Civil
War. He was made a rear-admiral
in 1897. He was In command of the
North Atlantic Squadron when the
war with Spain broke out, but was
compelled to relinquish his post by Ill
health.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-03
FREE FRUITaFoR:THE POOR.
DIR. Edward Everett Hale's Plan to Save
the Big Apple Crop.

the Big Apple Crop.
Boston (SpeciaD.-Dr. Edward Ever
EFT Hale has become interested in the
great New England apple crop, and he
Is planning a method by which the
poor people will profit by it. Four
years ago, when there was a similar
abundance, $4,000 poor persons were
benefited by the distribution, and 1t is
hoped to reach even more this time.
All over the New England States word
has been sent out to the farmers for
their surplus fruit, and 1t Is beginning
to come in. All are helping. Already
offers Of fruit have been received. DR..
Hale has received assurance from the
managers Of the New England rail-
roads that they will bring all the ap-
pies to Boston free Of charge.
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Captured Boats to Go in Commission. :
The two small gunboats Alvarados
and Sandoval, which were captured
in the Cuban waters during the Span
ish War, are to be commissioned and
sent to the Naval Academy for use
nv the cadets
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-03
Prime. Ki,led In an Accide Mt.

Prince Albert of Sakony was killed
In a. carriage accident at Wolkap,
short distance from Dresden. Prince
Albert was the fourth and youngest
son Of Prince Frederic-George. the
brother of the King of SaXony. He
was horn at Dresden in 1915.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-03
Boer Supplies Captured.

General Macdonald intercepted he
Beers between the Vet River and Win
burg, the Transvaal, and captured
thirty-one wagons, 65,000 rounds Of
ammunition and a quantity Of food.
stuffs and clothing. The Beers had
three guns, which they saved. 4,
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Train Crews Laid on.

Middletown, N. Y. (SpeciaD.-As a
result of the coal miners strike in the
anthracite district, twelve train crews
on the Ontario and Western Railroad
have been laid off and will remain Idle
until the strike .is settled.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-03
PRIVATE SHOOTS ARMY OFFICER.
Captain McQuiston Went Insane and At
tackled Men OF Fourth Infantry.

tackled Mon OF Fourth Infantry.
Washington, D. G.. (SpeciaD.--The
War Department received word from
General Macarthur Of the tragic death
in the Philippines Of Captain Charles
McQuiston, of the Fourth Regiment Of
United States Infantry, the result Of
wound by private soldier. General
MacArthur'so dispatch Is as follows:
Charles McQuiston captain Fourth
U. S. Infantry died yesterday at Man.
gonone, Bacoor, Cavite Province, at
$50 In the evening, resulting from gun
shot wound caused by private soldier.
Captain McQuiston, in a fit Of tenn
porary insanity, attacked men Of COM
pany. Shot one or more and was shot
himself In self-defense. Further par
ticulars when received"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-03

The Democrats of New York, in their
State Convention, which was held at
Saratoga, nominated John B. Stancfi-
field, Of Elmira, for Governor. He
was formerly a law partner Of David
B. HILL
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MoHE FIGHTINa WITH BOXERS.
TIL Destroyed BY . British Column
Other Towns Mako Peace Offerings.

TIL Destroyed BY . BrttIsh CoIum1-
Other Towns- Mako Peace Offerings.
Tien!Tsin (By Cable).-The punitive
expedition commanded by General
Dorward occupied Till without oppo.
sition. The three columns, after
two days march, found the city had
surrendered to an officer and eight men
of the Bengal Lancers. General Dor
ward ordered that the town should be
looted and burned. On the march the
villages through which the allies
passed made peace offerings and q,
majority of them were not disturbed.
The Germans report an engagement
with heavy force Of Boxers west OF
Pekin. The German loss Is said to
have been twenty. G
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-03
Sixty Americans Rout 500 Boxers.

Pekin By Cable).-First Lieutenant
Benjamin B. Hyer, commanding sixty
men Of the Sixth United States Cav.
airy, was recently attacked near here
by 500 Boxers. He put them to rout,
his force killing twenty-five Of them
and capturing some rifles and treas
ure. There were no American casual
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Eleven Dead in q Nursery Fire.

EI6V6n lI6HU III U ~ of'"11
An old four-story tenement building
a. Cincinnati, Ohio, used as a branch
nursery of the Salvation Army, was
burned, and its occupants were so I'M,
prisoned that eleven were slit0cated
and nearly twenty others seriously IN
iured
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-03
Balaklava Survivor Dead.

One of the last of the Balaklava sur
vivors, James A. White, is dead. He
had lived near Upper Sandusky. Ohio.
since 1857. From all that is now
known Mr.. White was the last one of
the 1913 survivors in this country.
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Gun Bursts at Sandy Hook.

During the routine gun testing at
the Sandy Hook proving ground
afteen-pounder rapid fire gun burst
No one was hurt and no damage was
done except to the gun.
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Delaware pe,noor.t,, TIckst.

The Democrats of Delaware have
nominated a State ticket headed by
Peter ]. Ford, of Wilmington, for Gov.
ernor. Presidential electors were
named and the platform indorses the
Kansas City National platform In its
entirety.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-03
Shamokin Mines Tied Up,

Shamokin, Penn. Especial. 1.-THE col.
lierles In the suburbs Of this place, EN-.
ploying in all between $500 and 10000
men and boys. were completely tied
up by the strike. 81
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Fish Killed by Recent Storm.

Fish KILLED by Recent Storm.
The outlet Of Ondondaga Lake, N.
Y, is covered with dead fish, killed
by the recent storm. 1t Is estimated
that 10000 pickerel, bass, perch and
other varieties were killed.
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Our Aaopted Ialands.

During the previous week forty Fill
pinos were killed. One American was
killed, and three were wounded anc
two were captured.
In the election of delegates to the
Cuban Constitutional Convention the
Nationalists, anti-annexationists, tri
umphed in the Province of Havana.
The recent storm destroyed the light.
houses and lightships along the south
coast of Cuba. They are to be rebuilt
forthwith.
The Philippine Commission contem.
plates spending $1.000.000 to improv
Manila Harbor.
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BaY State Foreat FIrea.

The forest fire that started near Ply.
mouth, Mass, has burned over about
twenty-five square miles and S1J000o
is q low estimate of the loss.