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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-17
Insurgents,

San Mateo was attacked at s O'Clock, and
three hours fight ensued. General Law.
ton was walking along the firing ne,wlth.
in three hundred yards OF small sharp
shooters trench, conspicuous In the big
white helmet he always wore and a light
yellow rain coat. He was also easily dis
tiuguishable because OF his commanding
stature.
The sharpshooters directed several close
shots, which clipped the grass near. His
staff officers called General Lawton's at
tsntion to the danger he was In, but he
only laughed, with his usual contempt for
bullets. Suddenly he exclaimed, 81 am
shot," clenched his hands in a desperate
effort to stand erect, and fell into the arms
OF stuff sfficer.
Orderlies rushed across the field for the
surgeons, who dashed up Immediately, but
their efforts were useless. The body was
taken to clump OF bushes and laid upon
q stretcher, the familiar white helmet
covering the face Of the dead General.
After three hours shooting the Filipinos
were dispersed into the mountains. Colo
mel Lockett took command when General
Lawton fell.
Mrs. Lawton and the children are living
In Government residence In Manila for
merly occupied by Spanish general.
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Our Adopted Islands.

Scattered bands OF Macabebes which have
oeen operating in the north OF the Luzon
Province are being collected with the In
:ention Of sending them back to Manila, as
there Is much sickness among them, and
they are unfit for further mountain work
American operations continue to be
prosecuted with ylgor In Luzon.
, Two Spanish ships, from Cadiz and Bar
.elona respectively, arrived at Havana,
Cuba, with ono thousand emigrants.
Mr.. Coney, who was at one time private
secretary OF Captain Oberlin n. Csrtsr, has
been placed under arrest ut Havana, Cuba,
oy order OF Secretary Root.
Only seven ports OF Luzon besides Manila
are In the possession OF American troops
to-day. These are Subfg Bay, iba, Lin
gayan, Dagupan, Cavits, Vigsn and Aparri.
: Letters have been found among the rebel
archives at Manila giving outlines OF a
plan to obtain arms and ammunition from
the Americans to use against them after
3ward. ::
s Lisutenant Chadwick, with thirty Mac
abehes, visited tho mountain town OF Pam.
posa. z. l., and received the surrender OF
condpany OF insurgents, including three
,ofacers, with their arms and ammunition.
senors Mabini, tho BIinister Of Foreign
Affairs of the so-cslled Filipino Govern
ment, ,who,Was captured by General Young's
forces sone time ago, arrived In Manila.
The e;appointmsnt OF General Wood as
Military Governor Of Cuba Is satisfactory
toalf factions In that island. -
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CONFIRMED by GENERAL OTIS.
Death of General Lawton Causes Great
Sorrow In Washington.

Death of General Lawton Causes Great
Sorrow In Washington.
WASHINGTON, D. C. (speciaD.-Th War
Department received the following official
confirmation OF the killing OF General Law
ton, near San Mateo, Luzon.
"MANILA.-General Lawton, engaged In
driving insurgents from San Mateo, section
Of country northeast Of Manila, killed In
stantly at $50 yesterday morning. A great
loss to US and his country. OTIS"
General Lawton's death greatly shocked
the officials Of the War Department, to
nearly oil OF whom he was known person
ally. Hitherto his luck in battle had been
marvellous. He had been in hundreds OF
skirmishes and midnight attacks. He was
regarded as man OF action and OF splen-
did courage.
The Indians came to know him as the
most active, vlgiiant, wary and determined
OF foes, and his pursuit and capture OF
Geronimo. the famous Apache chieitain,
had gone down in history as one OF the
most remarkable campaigns ever under
taken with the small force In hand.
It was learned at the War Department
that instructions had been received from
the President to prepare General Lawton's
commission as a brlgadier-general in the
Regular Army to fill one OF the existing
vacancies, and the Adjutant Generals
clerks were at work on the commission
when the Information OF his death was re.
ceived.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-17
LIEUTENANT 6RUMeY DEAD.
Admiral Dewey's Flag Lieutenant thu
Victim ef Typhoid Fever.

WASHINGTON, D. G. SpeciaD.-Lleuten
ant Thomas NJ. Brumbv, Dewey's flag lieu
tenant at tho battle OF Manila, died at the
Garfield Hospital from typhoid fever ane
O complication OF diseases. 3
Lieutenant .BrumbY, after returning
from Georgia, where he went to accept o
sword given him by the people OF hi.
State, was taken down with mild form ol
fever. His system, weakened by his ser.
vice In tho tropics, was unable to with
stand the disease, aud about THANKSGIVING
Day he was taken to the hospital. Other
omplications followed, and for week
before the collapse came his life wns de-
spuired OF. "
Lieutenant Brumby was appointed ma
val cadet from Georgia, entering the SER
vice In September, 1873. His present com.
mission dates fr ON the oath OF August, 1892
He served on tho New York and the Yer
mont from 1893 to 1896. He was at the Ma
val Observatory from September, 1881, Ntt
January, 1893. when he was orderefto the
Olympia as fag lieutenant. ~
Iu August, 1898, President Mckinley adj
yanced Lleutenaht Brumby Ave numbets
for "eminent and conspicuous conduct H.
battle" In October last the citizens o
Georgia presented to him handsome
sword and gave him great reception st
Atlanta u NaF.. 81
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-17
NeMsY GlelntngS.

The city OF Berlin will build an extensive
system OF underground railways.
A statue to Lavassor, the automobillst, Is
to be erected on the Bois de Boulogne.
Paris.
An interesting scheme for tunneling the
Straits OF Gibraltar has been mooted In
Paris.
Tho Iowa State Board Of Control has de.
cided to adopt the grade system OF clothing
for convicts.
At Ahmedabad, Guyarat, India, there are
5000 Christians alone who are suffering
from famine.
Women teachers OF Philadelphia are ask
Ing for the same salaries as men for doing
the same work.
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Cycling Notes.

The new chainless machines are far
lighter than any chainlessmachine hereto.
tore made. ~ tSsssss - ~
A new war cycle, to be used for scouting
purposes on railways in$place Of armored
trains, has been successfully tried at Cape
Town, South Africa.
OIL has been tried for sprinkling -oads In
Dallas, Tex, recently, With the same sue
,ess which has attended its use elsewhere,
out the complaint Is made that the oil In
iuries bicycle tires.
Charles Dani, the cyelist, whose fame
Up to the present time has been based On
bis defeating Zimmerman, at Florence, has
oeen engaged as the leading tenor OF the
lyric Theatre. Milan.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-17
AFFAIRS IN PORTO RICO.
Anomalous Position OF tho Island Makes
1t Unsafe for Investors.


1t Unsafe for Investors.
PONCE, Porto Rico (By Cable).-Intense
interest is felt here in regard to the action
of Congress respe citing Porto Rico. Busi'
nes. in Porto Rico rex aims absolutely par
alyzsd. Nobody will invest aicent or un!
dertake any enterprise until tho island has
some standing, In addition to this, the
local elections. which have been In pro-
gress for over q month past, have anniht-
lated what little business Was left. .
The 5000, 900 which the President some
time ago gave to tho island from the Emer-
gency Fund, together with other funds on
hand, make $690, 900 which will be- spent
between now and July l next upon tho
roads OF Porto Rico. Nearly oil the con-
tracts haveJbeen let, and the work s being
pushed rapidly. -
The work OF taking the census, by no
means small task, is rapidly progressing,
and tho districts from which complete re.
turns have been sent In. show decided
increase. Basing calculations upon the
last census, which gave the population as
1894, 900, 1t Is estimated that the present
census will show over 1000, 900 Inhabitants
upon this small, but fertile, island.
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CHILD CAUSES FOUR DEATHS.
Throws Powder Into Fire and, Causes ar
Explosion. '1,-

LOUISA, Ky. Special. Alliance Post
office, Floyd County, Nelson Hamilton was
pouring out.some' gum powder from a kog.
when hia four-year. son picked up q
small amount and tossed 1t into the FIRE.
The explosion threw some embers into
the pile OF powder and terrific explosion
lowed. .., ~
The father and little son and two Older
children, who were In the room, were
knocked insensible. The ceiliag was lifted
from Its place, the walls spread, and the
upper part OF the house came down and
stopped about hallway on the walls, thus
fastening all the doors securely.
When tho oldest daughter regained con-
seriousness sufficiently to realize that the
house was In flames she tried TO open
door, but Mt once saw the hopelessness OF
such an effort and began tc screamed for
help. A neighbor arrived In time to burst
In door and get the tortured persons out,
but they were so badly burned that all died
within few hours.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-17
The Labor World.

A gold pen makers union has been
formed IN New York City.
Dayton, Ohio, building crafts are form
Ing building trade council.
Boilermakers and iron ship builders
gained twenty new organizations during
the past summer.
Steel workers Of Scotland demand Ave-
per cent. Increase In wages, bused on tho
improved condition Of trade.
With the close OF navigation 'longshors
labor and lake ssamen will have to seok
new avenues OF employment.
The machInists OF Philadelphia are ar
ranging for making q united stand for tho
ulne.hour day on NAV I. 1900.
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FILIPINO CuERlLLAS TAKEN.
Hajor March Has Abandoned his Pur.
suit OF Asuinaldo.


suit OF A.uinaldo.
MANILA {By Cable).-Major Peyton @.
March, Of tho Thirty-third Infantry, has
abandoned his pursuit OF Aguinaldo and
has reached Bagnen, in the heart Of the
Grand Cordillera, where the range Is ten
thousand feet high and food Is scarce and
travel almost impossible.
Major Marchs command was depleted
twenty per cent by the two days march
from Cervantes to Bagnen. so he returned
to Cervantes.
General Grant has nearly cleared Zam-
bales Province. He discovered, hidden In
Subig Bay, a steamer, the Don Francisco,
OF $50 tons, fully equipped and coaled.
She Is supposed to be the vessel Aguinaldo
was keeping ready for his escape.
Major Smith, with three companies OF
tho Seventeenth, surrounded and cap
tured another band OF guerillas, which
were terrorizing q large section north.
The troops killed several OF the band.
y General Hughes has captured insurgent
ptrongholds at Capiz and Romblon, the
navy cooperating. One man was killed
and one wounded.
The insurgents in the Island Of Panay
are apparently suppressed.
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Fors.ei.

The island OF Monmhtane, Portuguese
South africa, was erept' by terrific .Sy:-a
clone, wh,cn olo immense armsge, destroys
ing many houses In mozambique.
The draft Of absll tntrodhced -bv N RAJ.
mona Lockfoy,whioh provides $100, 900 ,o00S
tof stielgtIenlng tue Ffeneb navy and az
bsr OF Deputies. = -
President Zelaya; ;-es Niea-,ous. bs. an
pointed Senior Fernando Sanchez Ministsrs
Of Foreign Affairs, and Senor I.neo MinIs24
ter OF Public Instruction. . = ~
England, with the rest OF Eu,.n. n.
been suddenly plunged into intenseiy scoid;
weather, the mercury In the country .fsif.5
Ing TO seven degrees above zero. Skating
has begun, and bunting has been suspend
ed. . a.
It Is rumorsd 10 Rome, Italy, that King
Menelik Of Abysslnia Is restless. and claims
part OF the Soudan, being proba bly, On.
couragsd by the Russians and French.
Two offers to raise regiments III the
United States for service In South Africa
have been received by tho Canadian Minis
ter Of Militia.
L dispatch from the Boer headquarters
outside Ladysmith, South Africa, says that
An American named Harry Spanner was Z
killed there, and that he was buried With
full military hon6rs.
The greatest quantity OF ice Oh record Is !
forming In the upper Scheldt. Fears ara
klready entertained that the nuvlgation.i
will be blocked IN the. lower Scheldt as In
1891, when navigation was stopped for six
weeks. gs
-Senor Silvsla, the Premier, replying to a {
question on the subje In the Chamber OF Z
Deputies at Madrid, Spain, said the report
that an allia nee between Spain and Russia,
based upon the ceSsiou OF Ceuta, the
Spanish seaport town In Morocco, opposite
Gibraltar, was without foundation.
Owing to disagreement with the Sui.
tan, Mahmoud Pacha, his brother .iu.law,
has fed from Constantlnople. he escaped
on n French steamer, taking with him his
two sons and his wlfe's jewels.
Edmund Morris, general inspector Of the
Ontario Bank, died suddenly from heart
failure in Toronto, Ont. His son Is an off,
Ger in General Buffers army In South
Africa.
The Federal Ass embly has elected Wal
ther Hauser, Radical, OF Wadensweil Zu-
rich, to be President OF Switzerland for
1900. He was Vlce-President during 1899.
Mme. Lacroix and her three children
were found dead In their lodgings In Paris,
France. They were very poor and had
killed themselves by inhsiing tho fumes OF
charcoal. -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-17
Murder In a Minnesota Jail.

John Dougherty, Charles Brobst, Philip
Rowe, Casper Schmidt and william Back
bush have been indicted for the murder OF
q man. named Miller In the jail at Eden
Valley, Minn. Miller had eloped with
Schnlidt's wife and was found and locked
up. The Grand Jury has discovered that
mob broke into the Jail, choked him to
death, and left his body hanging In his
verdict that Miller committed suicide.
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Prominent People.

General Methuen is Poor law reformei
Is we'll as soldier.
Henry James, the novelist, does most OF
his writing at night.
\ Herr Krupp, the gunmaker, has th'
koryest income OF any manufacturer In Eu.
\pe.
Resident Kruger is anxious to 90 to the
but he is restrained by his ooun'
Crispi, the former premier oil
been operated on at Naples fol
her, the Popullst, from North
TO be the youngest man In
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-17
Rush or British Volunteers.
There was 4 rush OF volunteers for South
Africa In London and Edinburgh.
Famine Prevailing in Persia.

S-,lster Bowen, at Teheran, informs the
State Department at Washington that
great distress prevails In Persia in coase'
euence OF the high prices OF bread. he
saws the situation is growing worse every
day, and the prospects ure that the poor
win be face to face with starvation the
entire win 5r.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-17

FAsHIseToS.6. C. (speciaD.-The Cur.
sfensy 5N-&raw up by the Republican
Caucus COMMITTEES OF the House OF Repre-
sentatives passed the House by a.vote OF
100 in favor OF me bill to $50 against 1t,
majority Of forty.
The bill had tine support OF every Repub-
qcan in the House and OF eleven Demo-
erats-Messrs. Clayton, briggs, Fitzgerald,
Levy, Rupert, scuddor, Undsrhill and
Wilson, OF New York; Mr.. McAleer, OF
Pennsylvania; Denny, OF Maryland, and
Nr. Thayer, OF Massachusetts,.
All the other Democrats voted against
tho measure or were paired against 1t e1.
sent Mr.. John Walter Smith, Governor
elect OF Maryiand; Mr.. Stallings, Of Ala
bama, and General Joseph Wheeler, OF Ala
bama. Mr.. Stallings has not been present
in the House this session, owing to illness.
and one OF his colleagues announced that
If present he would have voted In the neg
atfve. General Wheeler is serving in the
Philippines. Mr.. Smith Is, therefore, the
only msmter Of the House who did not 60
on record upon the bill.
No unusual scenes attended the tnal
vote. Mr.. Gaines, OF Tennessee, asked IL
Il would be In order to move to recommit
the bill, and was told by the Speaker that
II would not. None OF the free coinage
men asked unanimous consent to make
such a motion or to offer free silver
amendment. The announcement OF the
vote was greeted with loud applause on
the Republican side.
The currency bill will now 60 to the Sem
ate, where It. will be referred to the Com
mittes on Finance, which will not take
any action until after the holiday recess.
= The bill will then be taken up ana the COM
mittee will eventually report as suDsti-
tute for 1t the measure drawn up by the
Republican maj ajority OF the committee.
Senator Aldrlch, who will have charge Oh
the bill in The Senate, is confident that 1t
will pass before the end OF February.
There will then be conference on the dis
agreeing votes Of the two houses, and the
measure that will finally be enacted Will
be framed by the Conference Committee.
which will adopt some OF tho features OF
the House bill aud some Of the Senate bill.
Whatever may be tho final details OF the
measure, it Is certain that it will enact the
gold standard aud provide for increased
national bank circulation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-17
TREAsURY's PLAN OF RELIEF.
Ready to Deposit With the Banks Inter-

Ready to Deposit With the Banks Inter.
nal Revenue Receipts for Thirty Days.
WASHINGTON, D. C. (SpecIaD.-The Sec
retary of the Treasury announced, 1t the
close OF business on Monday, that he would
increase the funds In depository banks
now existing and would designate new de-
pository banks, which may apply and quail
ify themselves by deposit OF United States
bonds, as the law requires.
To such banks the incoming receipts
from internal revenue, estimated ut about
81, ,00O, 900 per day, will be distributed,
The large balance In the Treasury will
enable the Government to deposit to
total OF $4,000, 900 or $4o,OOO,00O, should
so much be applied tor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-17
10000 Lafayette Dollars Coined.

The $4,000 Lafayette dollars that were
authorized to be coined at the Mint in
by Congress In the interest Of the memorial
statue OF General Lafayette, to be erected
In Paris, were coined few days AGO. The
arst coin was sent to President Mckinley,
who will present it to President Loubet,
81 France. The second was sent to Mrs
McKinIev
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-17
Three Children Burned to Death.

Three small children OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Reynolds, OF Nicholasvllie, Ky,
aged six, three and one year, respectively,
were burned to death few days ago.
They had been locked In the house while
Mr.. and Mrs. REYNOLDS were on visit to
a neighbor. The parents returned in time
to see the house collapse.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-17
Killed Four Black Bears In Il Cav.

". ". Arris, while choppin2 wood on
Old Trunk Mountain, near South Paris,
Me-. found four black bears in a cave
where they had taken quarters for the
winter. Arris had no weapon other than
an axe, but he slew the four animals with.
out sustaining scratch. From the State
lie will receive bounty OF S5 for each
bear. The pelts are worth $25 each.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-17
Gayle Elected to Congress.

By majority OF from $500 to 5000. June
Gayle (Slver Democrat) was elected tc
Congress from the Seventh District OF Ken.
lucky to succeed the late Evan Settle.
The opposition candidate was W. c. Owens.
the nominee Of the anti-Goebel D Democrats,
who was also supported by the Repub
lioane
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THE Sem
Hions au-
7kb,s two
s1&strlpar-
Punishment Awaits Sainoans.

BERLIN (By Cable).-Advices received
here from Apia, Samoa, say sllSne aIs.ut-
bance has occurred at the village OF Vuat-
yanu owing to depredations upon the prop
erty OF three chiefs who were expelled ior
refusing to pay the poll tax lmpossdby tho
Consuls OF the Dreidbund. The Gonsule
have demanded that the guilty parties pe
sent to Apia for punishment, which mas
been promised.
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Hereafter Is Will Be Puerto Rico.

Hereafter It VIII Be Puerto 'ric"'
The name OF the new island possession ol
the United States In the West Indies is to
be Officially spelled hereafter puerto
Rico" So the President has decided on
the Recommendation OF the Board OF Geo
graphical Names. The President was guild
ed in his decision by the customary spell
ing OF the word In Spanish, tue language
OF the Island.
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court Upholds Rights Of Strikers.

Court Upholds Rights Of Strikers.
Vice. Chancellor Reed in an opinion flied
at Trenton, N. j., declares that under a
law enacted In 1888 workingmen may COM
bine for the purpose OF inducing or per-
suatug other workmen to leave or strike,
80 long as tho methods employed are per-
suaslve and not coerclye.
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Summation Bridge Falls.

The suspension bridge across the Brandy
wine at Wilmington, Del, partially COL
lapsed a few days ago aud psecipltated
thirty men and three horses and carts into
a deep pool. Five men were moro or less
Injured. The bridge was 100 feet long and
fifteen feet above the water. The Wire
cables at one end broke.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-17
Silver Republicans Issue an Address.

WASHINGTON, D. c. (SpeciaD.-Aiter the
passage by the House OF the Currency bill
Silver Republican leaders adopted an ad-
dress setting forth their views as to Its
effect.
This address is directed "to the mem
bers OF the Republican party who still be-
lieye in bimetalIism," and declares that the
passage OF the bill marks the elimination
Of policy long carefully pursued by GER
Of the Republican party, and iustifes the
action OF the men who, in 1896, refused to
remain in that organization after the adop.
hon OF the St. Louis platform"
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Now Outbreak OF Kentucky Feud.

Now Outbreak OF . Kentucky Feud.
The philpot-Grlfan feud has broken out
airesh near Bengetown, Clay County, Ky.
samuel and James Philpot and others, on
one side, and Edward Roger, Henry Haup-
ton and others, on the other, met on the
highway and engaged In pistol fight.
Rogers fell at the first volley. One OF the
Philpot faction was seriously wounded.
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Two Years For Deroulede.

Paul Deroulede has been sentenced to
two years Imprisonment for libellous
statements and denunciations Of the High
Court (the Ssnats) at Paris, France,
which Is trying him tor conspiracy against
the Government.
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No Danger OF Cuban Uprising.
Before sailing for Havana Governor
Wood outlined his policy, and said there
was no more danger Of an uprising in Cuba
than in New York City.
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Wants a New Cruiser Charleston.

Representative Elliott. OF South Carolina,
as introduced bill In the House Of Rep
resentatives at Washington for the build
Ing OF new cruiser to be named the
Charleston, to take the place OF the cruiser
OF tha: name recently lost In the Philip.
eines.