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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09
MONTREAL BANK SUSPENDS.
News Of Defalcstion by Two Employei
Causes a Run by Depositors.

News Of Defalcation by Two Employees
Causes a Run by Depositors.
MONTREAL, Que. Especially. - Montreal
financial circles were disturbed by the an
noancement that the Bank Vile Marie,
which did large business throughout the
Province OF Quebec, had suspended pay
ment. The direct cause OF the blnk's sus.
pension was a run by deposltors, who had
heard rumors OF defalcation OF two OF
the banks employees, F. X. Lemieux, &C.
countant, and J. j. Herbert, teller. Both
officials are accused OF having systemat.
ically robbed the bank for some time.
Over 900 has been taken.
One OF the accused men went to New
York q couple OF weeks ago, and 1t was
during his absence that suspicion was
aroused. On his return few days ago he
was accused, and It Is said owned up to the
theft, and promised to- make restitution:
The bank has capital Of $500, 900 and had
deposits OF over 81 500 900, many OF the
farmers In Quebec having accounts.
Lemieux was arrested at his summer
residence at St. Anne, near Montreal, on
charge OF deirauding the bank. He was
brought to Montreal and placed In the cells
10 await examination.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09

would go to America, was greatly &C,
claimed as the saviour of the day.
Then came brief speeches from the
captains of the teams. VassaI saying
he hoped to go to America and give
them revenge, and, despite the assur-
nnce which his nelghbor, Roche, had
given him all during the dinner that
the climate had nothing to do with TO-
days results, he was very much afraid
that the tables would be turned on
them in America.
Captains Roche and Fisher, respec'
lively of Harvard and Yale, who fol-
lowed Captain Vassal, both made
modest and appropriate speeches,
thanking the Englishmen for their
cordial reception and courteous treat
ment and asking that they be allowed
soon to try again.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09
Singing the New Song.

An anecdote is told OF Peter Mackenzie, .
Wesleyan preacher in England. He was
preaching once from the text, ''And they
sang a new song," and he said: Yes, there
will be singing In heaven, and when get
there shall want to have David with hts
harp, and Paul and Peter and other saints
gather round for song. And l will an.
nounce a hymn from the Wesleyan HymnaL
Let US sing hymn No. 749, my God,
my Father, while stray" But somi
one will say. THAT won't do. You arg
in heaven. Peter; there is no staying here"
And will say, "Yes, that Is so. Let us sing
No. 65l, Though waves and storms go over
nv head" But another saint will sayi
"Peter. you are in heaven now, you forget
there are no storms here" "N ell, will try
again. No. $50, Into world OF ruffani
sent" Peter Peter! some one will
say, I'VE will put you out unless you stop
giving out inappropriate hymns." land will
ask. "What shall we sing?" And they will
say. Sing the new song the song OF Moses
and the Lamb. b."-Evangelist.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09
GODS MESSAGE TO MANI
PREGNANT. THOUGHTS FROM The
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS.

Boisterous March always at It"-Tho
Debt Christians Owe God-singtng tho
New Song-Joy Follows Sorrow-Hoit-
ness Thrives In the Open.
The loud-voiced heralder upon that Trojan
We heard, In classic dream, arouse the Gre!
clan host;
A herald now more near,
The wind-voiced March we hear,
Summon the twelve-mooned year
With like bold boast.
At that commanding call the long-haired
Grecians came,
The fash ~ FURNISHED arms leapt upward
like flame;
a neIAiu now more near,
The wind-voiced March we hear
Summon the twelve-mooned year,
Each month by name.
Some rush with hurrying tread, some linger
ere they pass,
Swift; April flies as May would touch her hem
OF grass;
The herald now is near,
The wind-voiced March they hear
Summon the twelve-mooned year
From first to last.
With gentle zephyr-tone he calls the sum-
mer hours,
Mingled with drone OF bee, o'erlaid With
scent Of flowers;
Does the waiting summer hear
The wind-voiced March so near,
Summon the twelve-mooned year
With Times sure power2
He calls the winter days with voice Of storm
and hail,
Taey shivering wake and shirk like spectres
thin and pale;
Their time Ia not yet near
Though wind-voiced March they hear
Summon the twelve-mooned year,
Each without fail.
o Herald OF the year; blow thy glad sum-
mons STILL
Through trumpet Of the sky, with echoes OF
the hill.
Herald OF the year!
Thy wind-voice we would hear,
Still call the twelve-mooned year,
Thy work fulfil.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09
Cleveland Strikes First Victim.

In the death OF Henry Cornwelt by bull
lot fred by Ralp P. Hawley. conductor
On the Broadway line, Cleveland, Ohio, is
recorded the first fatality OF. the strike.
Cornweit, the nineteen-year-o son OF q
butcher, was astride = horse, and rode to
the side OF the car for some distance. A
mob followed the car hooting and other
wise making ii unpleasant for the conduc-
tor, who, becoming tnfuriatei Mt the
actions of the crowd, jumped off the car,
pulled revolver and shot Cornweit. he
died in the hospital few hours later.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
; international Athletic Sports :
3 to Be Held Annually. ]

The great international athletic tour
ney is over and England is the win
ner. 1t was held at the Queens Club
aud the Americans made game fight,
but were beaten, 5 to 4. The Harvard
and Yale boys will have a chance to
retrieve themselves next year If the
Englishmen decide to come to this
country for return contest.
Not in many years have Britishers
taken such an interest in track and
field sports. What were said to be
the cream of Uncle Sans amateur
athletes were sent over to do battle
with the pick of the country, and
royalty and commoners were alike
deeply interested in the outcome.
Many thousands witnessed the con-
tests, and fabulous prices were paid
for seats. Several hundred Americans
were late in securing boxes and as
high as $50 o seat was offered, butthe
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09
ChineseIParental Authority.

A remarkable event has occurred at
Tsing-kiangpu. A man by the name
of King had a son who made his
father and mother "lose face" because
of the wild life he led. He gambled.
loafed, smoked opium, etc. If he
stole, his father would be taken to the
yamen and the whole family would
suffer for the sons villainy, and the
vital question was. How could the
family be protected? At last they ar
rived at the conclusion that the only
way to protect the father and mother
was to take extreme measures with
the son, which they did with a ven
geance. The father and uncle took
him out among the graves, followed
by a crowd of curious neighbors and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09
KRUGBR'S LATEST move.
The Willy Boer Offered His Resigna.
tion and Then Withdrew It.
HE STRENGTHENED HIS POSITION

Tho Transvaal Presidents Resignation
Was Only Condltional-Good Eela-
tions Between Himself and the Kaad
Restored-Idea OF Resigning His Post
Abandoned - End of Conspiracy Case.
PRETORIA, South African Republic (By
Cable).-Amicsble relations between the
volksraad and President Kruger have been
restored. The conspiracy case against the
e1-Brltish officers has been withdrawn, and
the remaining prisoners were released.
President Kruger has definitely abandoned
the idea OF resigning.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09
The Ruse of a Plckpocket.

A somewhat novel method of pick
ing peoples pockets was resorted to
the other day by thief in Germany.
Disgusting himself as lady and car.
rying bunch of roses, he entered q
compartment in q railway train al
ready occupied by two ladies and .
gentleman. Shortly after the traii
started "she" dropped some of Chez
roses, and on the gentleman's picking
them up, smilingly gave him one, then
offered the ladies some also. The
roses were heavily drugged, and when
the travellers came to their senses
again the "lady" had disapp cared and
all their money and valaahss with
cher"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09
FALCON OF THE SEA.
Fishing in Cuban Waters With the
Trained Remora.

The occupation of Cuba and Porto
Rico by Americans, gradually taking
place, may enable some of the sports
men among them to revive in those
islands an ancient sport which would
be a decided novelty-fshing with
trained remoras.
It was reported by the early voy'
ayers to the Antilles that the natives
of those coasts were accustomed to
use live remoras in capturing other
fishes, and such other marine animals
as turtles, by keeping their trained
captives tethered, and pulling them
in, prey and all, as soon as they had
attached themselves to a catch. It
must have been good sport, and one
we'll worth reviving.
One of the oldest accounts Of this
curious method of fishing is that by
Columbus or one of his companions,
given in Ogilby's America" printed
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09
The Labor World.

The owners OF plantations in Cuba refuse
to employ Spanish laborers.
Colorado trade unions are agitating the
erection OF a cooperative smelter.
Bloomington, ILL.,, Is putting up public
school building by union home labor only.
In the rural districts OF Spain there are
about 600, 900 women who do the work. OF
farm laborers.
Twenty cities have been added to the
carpenters' already long list Of eight-hour
cities so far this year.
The Wabash Railroad has raised the
wages Of all employees on its eastern div.
lsion. which includes all lines in Indiana,
Michigan and Ohio.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09
GEORGIA TROOPS CALLED. OUT.

Governor Gambler Sent Two Companies
of State Militia to cambridge.
ATLANTA, Ga. (speciaD.-Governor Can
iler received the following message from
Sheriff Patterson, Of Decatur County, dated
from cambridge:
Town in the hands OF mob. Send aid
quick"
Governor Gambler at once ordered the
companies OF State militia stationed at
valdosta under command OF Captain Lit
Teton, and that commanded by Captain
Smith, of Thomasvllle, to proceed with all
haste to Bainbridge.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09
IN. Rockefeller Mopulith In Position.

Tho Rockefeller monolith, the greatest
monument OF Its kind In the world, Is ut
last in Lakeview Cemetery, Cleveland,
Ohio. It took six months to transport the
main Shaft from the granite works oppo-
site tho cemetery on Euclid avenue to its
resting place in the cemetery. Tne base
stone weighing seventy tons, has been put
in position. It is sixteen feet square. The
shaft Is fftv-two feet high, and weighs
eighty tons.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09
Teary Relief Obstacle.

The mail steamer Labrador, Captain
Dawes, from the Labrador coast, has
arrived at St. Johns. N. F. She reports an
immense body OF ice along the northern
part OF the coast, which will probably
seriously impede the nothern progress OF
the Peary relief steamer Diana. 1t Is
feared that the unfavorable Ice conditions
will prevent the steamer from reaching a
far northern latitude.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09
A LyncliinC In Texas.

Houston, Texas Special. IA few days ago
a church at Fuquax Prairie was burned by
an incendlary. Suspicion fell on John and
Randall Hamilton, negroes. The latter
was first found, and, with a rope around
his neck, he confessed that John burned
the church. John was found at his home,
and his answer to demand for surrender
was a yolley OF buckshot, Van Wright being
fatally wounded and Tuck Moody slightly
Injured. The negro escaped, badly
wounded, but was recaptured and at once
strungup.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09
Two Battleships Near Completion.

WASHINGTON, D. C. (spectaD.-The two
big battleships. Kearsarge and Kentucky
are now 80 we'll along toward completion
that the contractors have called for the g.
inch guns, as they are about ready to put
on the upper turrets and mount the guns
in them. The last report showed the ships
about 80 per cent completed, but the call
for the guns Is such O material advance
that 1t is thought their first speed trial will
occur some time In September.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09
Holiness Thrives In the Open.

st. Simeon Stylites may stand for thirty
years upon his tower; he may wear the
twisted rope upon his lolns; he may have
his leg chained to crag; he may live on his
pillar Of three cubits, or twelve cubits, or
forty cub!ts from the ground, with the sun
upon his head and the hoar-rme upon his
brow-but this life is not necessarily q life
OF holiness. Holiness thrives best in the
open world. where danger and temptation,
trial and human sorrow deepen and quicken
the nobler powers Of the soul.-Arpa Bob
ertson Brown LINDSAY. Ph. D.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09

SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MONUMENT
sailors who fell the Civil War in the form
will be eighty feet height built OF pure Whte
uaarbl It will S250,000.
roundtopped rock at
the elevated point the
New miles, and when the monuments
will be
erected New York in honor Of the
the fact that the members
Republic we're unremng their
Citing finally the Legislature induced to authorize the
building
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09

"Right here, writes Kansas boy
in the Philippines, "is where I heard
my first Mauser bullets. They have
such a mean, spiteful sound, just like
a little girl in school turning up her
nose and saying, Take that! New
York. Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09

PenQinS QeVelopmentS, lurtuel olScus-
sion Of the Outlanders' demands has been
suspended.
According to the Cape Town correspond.
ent OF the Daily Mail President Kruger's
resignation is regarded as cute move to
create crisis for the purpose OF tidlng
over the interval until the rainy season
begins. The correspondent says tn at the
Dutch extremists ascribe 1t to O deep
British game for the pensioning OF Presi-
dent Kruger In order to allow the seizure
Of the country.
The Volksraad, while maintaining Its op-
position to President kruger's views on
the dynamite concession, Is said to, have
given it's assurance that 1t still has the ut
most confidence In the President, and he
withdrew his resignation. As to the dif-
ference Of opinion on the question OF the
dynamite concession, General P. j.
Joubert, Vice-President OF the Republic,
and the majority OF the Volksraad favor
cancellation OF the monopoly, while Presi-
dent Kruger supports 1t.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09
Mrs. Rich T;

Mrs. Rich Taken to a Mexican Prison"
Mrs. John D. Rich, who has been In jail
at Ell Paso, Texas, since early In May, was
delivered to the Mexican authorities at
Juarez by Marshal Seabricht.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09
lightning Kills Engaged Couple.

James Harrsn, OF Freeport, and Agnes
Herzoz, OF Wildwood, MIMI, were instantly
killed by lightning at the home OF Miss
Herzoz. They were sitting on the porch
when lightning struck the corner OF the
house. They were engaged to be married.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09

friends, and putting a rope around
his neck, each relation pulled on an
end, and the son. was put beyond
running the family in this world.--
North China Herald. ).
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09
A Victim of lll-Trcatme ent.

The man who tells you a secret and
asks you not to tell doesn't treat you
right. He enjoys telling it, and for
bids you having just as good time
-Atchison Globe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09

by several speakers at the dinner
given to the athletes after the games
were over, it is evident that the two
English universities contemplate a
return visit to America next year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09

Second Negro Lynched For One Cr1ms.
BA1NBRlDaE, Ga. Especially. - Charles
Mack, the second Of the negroes who com
mitted the Ogletree outrage, was lynched
at Stafford. His crime was committed In
Early County, and citizens OF this % ecatur)
County refused to let the mob bring the
man into Bainbridge. Mack was therefore
taken to Stafford, the scene Of his crime, In
Early County, and lynched. The negro
made q confession.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09
C;deon +. Tucker Dead.

Gideon j. Tucker, former Secretary OF
State Of New York, died at his home in
New York City, at the age OF seventy-three.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09
General Wheeler Sails For Manila.

General Wheeler Sails For Manila.
The transport Tartar has sailed from
San Francisco for Manila with General
joseph Wheeler, portion Of the Nine
,eenth Infantry and a number OF recruits
Tor the army iu the Philippines on board.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09

rarenrs Granted Last Fiscal XeSr.
The number OF patents granted aud
Trademarks, labels and prints registered at
the Patent Office Washington. during the
las: fiscal year was 25,40t. agalus. 4.275
for the preceding twelve months.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09
Negro Was Tied to a Tree and Shot.

Negro Was Tied to q Tree and Shot.
HATTIEsBURa, Miss. Especially. - Henry
Novels, q negro, who attacked Miss Rosa
line Davis, was captured, and was identl'
fed by Miss Davis. He was Immediately
tied to tree and shot to death By the
angry crowd.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09

LONDON (Bv Cable).-The South African
question remains in statu quo. Advices
from the Cape say that President Kruger
resigned only conditlonallv.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09
Ru,nors of War In the East

Polltfque Colon iale, Paris, France, states
that Russia and japan are arming, with q
view to a possible conflict in Corea.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09

A ton OF oil has been obtained from
the tongue of single whala
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09

(Harvard's star performer, who was In such
bad form that be lost the half mile race,
the English athletes thereby being en-.
abled to VIM
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09

Queens EyesIght Benefited by Treatment.
Queen VIctoria's eyesight has been great.
w benefited by recent treatment
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-03-11
SHORT IN HIS ACCOUNTS
WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
william Thompson, Of the Fort stevens
Quartermaster Department, Arrested
for Embezzlement.

William Thompson aide in the quarter.
masters department at Fort Candy, WI,
arrested In Portland yesterday for tho
embezzlement Of $3.50 Of government
money.
Thompson came to Astoria the latter
part Of last week and called at the
grocery store Of the Foard & Stokes Com.
Dany. He presented a check for $50 at
the Office in the store and was paid s2D
which, he said was all he wanted on
II. 1t was learned the following day BY
the Foard & Stokes Company that the
endorsement on the check Of the original
holder was forged by Thompson.
As Thompson did not return 10 the fort
the suspicious Of tho officers were
aroused The accounts we're examined
and II was discovered that $l20 was mis-.
sing How much more the accounts
were shOr. could not be learned, but II
Is believed the defalcation Is greater than
the sum stated.
Thompson often had business in As
torla, from the nature OF his position at
the post and II Is said that he lived be-
yond his salary. Major Hess was nou-
fed OF his capture and left for Portland
last night to indentify Thompson.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-03-11

Mr. Frank L. Parker Of the pubic
ways commission, said yesterday that Il
would b. mpOaslhtO TO complete tho hi-
cSclo path TO aeasido tho present year
lie estimates that good clndcr path viii
cost nearly, II not quite, sNNN and this
sum viii not DO available from licenses
and other sources this ycar Mr. Parker
Mvors tho construction " a clndrr path,
as Il would bc durable and always dry,
He says no can gct all tho clndcru nccNs-
sary free ~ chawe 1--WE arn now wait.
ing Tor weather" said MIR Parker AS
soon as thc downpour grasses, tho mem-
hcrs ot the commission will make a trip
20 Seaside and select a route for tho path.
I am ~ tho opinion that the path viii
cost In the nclghborhood Of $SNN and
q cannot In all probability Ne com.
plotted before 1900 We have received
from tho eudlcss chain, recently inaug.
urated, about sNN Many persons upon
receipt OF thrive or morn letters. called on
mo and stated that they were willing 60
contribute s. 10 the fund but that they
dld not wish to bc bothered with tho
chain, We have not yH collected those
amounts, but will DO so, Tho money de.
rived from the endless chain will DO used
to assist In the construction " the Sea.
side path"
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-03-11
AIR. KENpNllls QUALIFICATIONS
state Superintendent \ herman prHneI
tho Property Question

State Superintendent, \ herman pvhne7
the Property Question
The trirnds OF Mr. =. = Kcndlll arr
said TO IA, mucn aggri,y.d over the re-
ports Professionally circulated relative To-
his qualification Tor thc oulyc OF school
director The schoo, law has b,cn cx.
p,a!ned again and again TO show NJ.
Kendalrs entire eligibility. bu, efforts
stlll continue TO be made 20 contus, and
mislead electors who may no, nave ,imo
70 give the subject careful confederation
one would think from the character OF
the campaign waGcd against Mr. Kendall
that the Office OF school dire tor was ore
OF thu most lucrative In the gilt OF the
people. Considering that there Is no
emolument or salary connected with n
whatever the query naturally arises
wha, possible interest can Mr.. Kcndalrs
opponent have In securing a position ,ha,
can not only not pay him any DIRECT
pecuniary return, but which offers no
recompensc even In the opportunity ~
forded for a closer supervision OF m,
education of his own children? I, is easy
from the standpoint OF the father o. 4
family to understand why Mr.. Kendall
should consent 10 accept the office. bur
the same CHARACTER Of patrnaI con.
Germ In the good management, OF the
schools does not apply 10 the other candl.
date seeking election. OF course there
must be some motive for the light that ls
being made against Mr. Kendall Aght
by the way thu nature Of which would IA.
more appropriate to a contrs, between
petty ward politicians for the Office of
constable than a dlRniGed acqulcsccnce
on the part OF two gentlemen In IN.
wishes Of friends who ask the sacrifice OF
their time and talents In the caus. =
public education The following dispatch
from the Salem correspondent OF the ore.
gonian, published In tha, paper Thur.
day. definitely settles any question a. to
Mr. Kendalrs eligibility to the office:
Salem, Ore, March s-Whne the new
school laws appear to be- plain. questions
as 10 the meaning Of various provisions
are constantly being presented 10 Super
intendent OF Public instruction Acker-
man. One Of the most important vet
presented came from Woodburn a few
days ago, where the election was close
and each side wanted to secure the ad.
vantage. There being some doubt as TO
the right Of four people who owned
Jointly some pieces Of property TO vote
Mr. Ackerman was applied 10. He ruled
that in case Of iclnt ownership, az many
can vote as have property, and have their
names on the assessment roll OF lsos'