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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
Domestic.

The Twentieth Century Movement
If the Methodist Church to save 2,OOO,-
300 souls before the end Of 1901 is
about to be put under way.
The Deutschland and the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse started on q
:ace across the Atlantic from New
York City. .sg..,S
John D. Rockefeller has made Spell;
man Seminary, negro e0Aegae eof At
lanta, Ga. a present Q9 QQQ
The house oceppte lB ether.
lngton, of Chico as 6bed e Ilt
fourteenth time NJ foGFteen ears
The burglars took $50 worth d Rrolls
arty. A.st y,i:z 5:,,s
w. J. Bryan and United States Sen
ator Wellington opened The Maryland
Democratic campaign a Cumberland
The Senator ,ren0unce htse allegiance
to RepublicanisIn. 81 81 4 KS sss,s
Zack Montgomery, who was ASST
ant Attorney General during Sgieve
lands first term died at; Los AAgeless
CAL, after an illness 6f sewers lays
A gang of sneak thieves are e5cper6t
ing in Newport, Ri. e Many houses
including the residence OF Lord
Pauncefote, have been visited By the
thieves. The cottagers are consid dera.
bly, alarmed. 81,
The National Association of Letter
Carriers met at Detroit, and Opp0si.
tlon to the forty-eight-hour law wds
voiced. ..... -, -,
Alvina Bollen, eighteen years old,
was Ishot and instantly killed In Den.
vek Col, by william G. Baragar,
rejected admirer. Baragar' then swal,,
lowed poison, but prompt attendance
saved his life. He was arrested.
= Because he had been fined for drunk
enness Enoch Bowling, of May.
town, KY, stabbed Judge Willis to
death. Bowling made his escape.
The British North Atlantic squadron
arrived at Bar Harbor, Me-, and off,
cial visits were exchanged by Vice.
Admiral Bedford, Of her Majesty's
navy. and Rear-Admiral Farquhar, of
the United States navy.
Toy Han, a Chinaman, was tortured
by a gang of hoodlums from the Stock
Yards in Chicago. A policeman, res
cued him and arrested Edward Mo-
ran, the leader of the: e:'gang. 49,.
The German steamship Holstein ar
rived at Norfolk, Va, and reported
the death Of her captain, whose name
was Aarhuus. from yellow fever. He
was buried at sea.
Miss Elizabeth Darnell, "a colered
laundress, caught her foot In a rail.
road track at Atlantic City, N. j.. and
was run over by an express. She died
an hour afterward.
The City Council Of Atlanta, Ca,
has accepted the resignation Of Mayor
Woodward by vote Of ten to six.
The, entire democratic ticket. head
ed by Jefferson Davis, Of Pope County,
for Governor, was elected in Arkansas.
Twelve. persons were arrested in
Akron, Ohio, for alleged connection
with the rioting there recently.
Easter Coleman, who was 100 years
old last March, died at her home,
South Dallas, Tex. She was born in
Alabama, and went to Texas fifty
three years ago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
Foreign.

The Empress Dowager Of China has
ordered a Commissioner to investigate
the conduct of the Southern Viceroys
who made compact with the foreign
Consuls, and their degradation is ex-
pected.
A member of the staff of the In
dependent Beige, of Brussels. confirms
q report of the prospective abdication
of King Leopold of Belgium.
Arma Senkrah, a well-known violin
ist, committed suicide in Berlin, Ger
many, by shooting himself through the
heart His right name was Hardness,
and was born in New York City.
News reached Winnipeg that Lord
Salisbury referred discussion Of Can
adian proposal to allow English colo
MES to aid in fortifying Canada.
Two cases of the plague have been
discovered near the London Docks.
Germans urge the necessity for
prohibition Of coal exports to prevent
the fuel famine becoming a public
calamity.
The rumors to the effect that Mar
US W lSIlIS
the post of French Ambassador to Ger
many are unfounded.
The Vlceroy of India, Lord Curzon
of Kedleston, cables that the total
number of persons receiving relief is
4,S91,0OO.
Egypt and Spain have declared a
quarantine against vessels from Glas-
cow.
General Roberts has issued procla-
nation at Belfast, in the Transvaal,
anneXing the South African Republic
to Great Britain.
Bresci, the Anarchist assassin of
King Humbert has revealed to the
Governor of the Milan prison the iden-
tity of the companion who was seen
with him at Monza prior to the shoot
ing of the King. e
The ratification.of the agreements
and treaties resulting from the Peace
Conference were formally placed in
the Foreign Office archives at The
Hague, Holland.
The Nicaraguan Congress has ap.
proyed the commercial reciprocity
treaty between Nicaragua and the
United States.
An order was placed at Newcastle,
England, for 10000 tons OF! American
coal for the Mediterr4nean.a
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
LIVES ON 81 A WEEK.
Chicago BIan Practices Economy and
Enjoys IT.

William A. Morse. sixty-eight years
old. retired mechanic, approves the
statement Of President Harper, Of the
University Of Chicago to the effect
that two persons can live one year on
$500. Mr.. Morse says that for the last
i've years the average cost of his food
has been 81 week. that he gets
everything he needs for health and
comfort, that his health was never
better. and that he enjoys every day
of bis LIE.
q Mr.. Morse Is alone in the world and
...boards himself" He does not drink
alcoholic liquors, and spends no money
Tor luxuries except tobacco, which he
smokes moderately. For recreation he
walks to the park, to the lake front or
ito church. Heswas n soldier of the
sEpion in the Civil War, and has never
SBeenfslck whole day in his life. He
cooks his frugal meals on an oil stove
and wastes nothing. Coffee Is the only
Eimulant, in his bill Of fare, and he
puts condensed milk into it. Tea is
barred from his table. but he uses but
stersas his appetite directs.
In theSweek Beginning December 10
8asE hisf living expenses reached the
EWlnimuin, the total cost Of his food
supplies having been forty-elght cents.
His most extrayagants week ended
last Christmas eye, wbe6 his weeks
expenditure reached Sa sAis
purchases including h0iiday pxlrie
lin the shape OF { cranberrie ~ p0t
chops, pie, doughnuts and cake
ID proof Of Iis claims hi 6f011
who Isl d We reserYed, bragiittey
and cheerful man. sexlib tied sa card u
J his culinary expenses for twenty
weeks BE ssai ST have been board
stng ysslf III I'VE years and E3
NE Hette tllan most boardine
get all I want of plain foo
4 b ftlS my health. DR.
'Sl & s. 3 3 So 1l zgi & "a y q MheaH couple
5iIj1 iYe 4 Al year II thay wen
+ {! ! s';t I5a I9lqnnsr snii y
~ sontlnual saS s.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
Ihs Pnlitical Campaign.

John 3. Rogers has been named d!
Washington fusionists for Governor
Michigan Prohibitionists have nomi-
mated state ticket, headed by FRO
fessor +. $. Goodrich, Of Albion for
Governor
Tom Johnson, of Ohio, who has just
returned from Europe, says that he
will accept Mr.. Bryan's invitation 10
stump Ohio.
The national headquarters of the
Middle-of-the-Ro Populists have
been opened at Louisville, Ky. win
National Chairman J"s@ph A. Parker
lin charge,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
Personal Mention.

Ira D. Sankey sailed from New York
City for an evangelistic campaign in
England and Ireland.
Congressman Charles Fl. Boutelle,
Of Maine, is rapidly recovering his
health at sanltarIum at WaYerly,
Mass.
DR.. Washington GLADDEN., preacher,
writer and lecturer, refuses to accept
pay for his services as an Alderman
of Columbus, Ohio.
Mr.. Balfour recently made a speech
at the opening of a charity bazaar at
Dundee. and devoted the whole Of his
remarks to the praise Of solf.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
Killed by tho Fast Mail.

Syracuse, N. Y. (SpeciaD.-The fast
mail train due in this city from the
west at $40 p. m. struck a carriage
containing four persons at Oswego
junction, four miles west OF here
Three of the four were killed; the
fourth is badly injured. The dead are
Patrick ]. Foley. of Syracuse; Ellen
Foley, of Split Rock, and Joseph f.
Blanchard, of Syracuse.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
Chinese War Notes.

Captain Reilly, killed in the fighting
at Pekin, was buried In the Legation
grounds.
. Tue Hankow uprising Is said to have
been caused by the partisans Of kang
Yu Wei.
Count Won .solms tenders the use of
all the German sanitary arrangements
in China to the United States army
and navy.
The Chinese Ambassador Is still re-
ceived at the Foreign Office in Ber-
lin whenever he has anything to COM
tnn11ni1nfc
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
NAMES BIG GAME SEASON.
Deer May Now Be Killed by Those Who
4 Pay q License.


Bangor, Me. (speciaD.-The big game
season in Maine has opened. Under
the license law residents may kill one
deer, to be consumed at the camp
where killed, upon payment of a fee
of 81 and iion-residents have the same
priyilege upon payment of $6. This Is
the second year Of the September LII
cense law, and it is regarded as a
success, for: while no more deer are
killed than before the passage OF the
law, the State gets something for Its
game.
The duck shooting season has also
begun and the sportsmen are arriving
in Washington County, along the
coast of which are found the best
shooting grounds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
LAUGHED FOR DYSPEPSIA.
But His Wife Thought Him Insane ana
.Docoyed Him to Hospital. -!

Rut his WHO TnOuRut AAn A"seno
,Decoyed Him to Hospital.
St. Louis, Mo. (speciaD.-R. J. Ad-
ans, a well-to-do farmer, residing just
outside the city limits, narrowly es-
capped the insane asylum because his
doctor had advised him to laugh and
grow fat as a sure cure for the dys'
pepsia.
scribed for meals, and Mr.. Adams was
so excessively full Of ha-has and ne.
hes that his wife suspected he had
gone suddenly. insane, and decoyed
him to hospital In the city. where
she contided her suspicious to the doc
tors. ..,u.
His explanation satisfied everybody,
and a gentle laugh was enjoyed, IN
which be Joined heartily, for the dys-
pepsia.r ,.'a 49,. o., .'' p.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19

German Coal Famine Serious.
The coal famine in Germany has
become very serious, and number OF
Chambers of Commerce have peti.
toned the Government for relief.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
Adopted Into Indian Tribe.

At Garden River, nine miles from
the 500 on the Canadian side, Miss
Alice NJ. Longfellow and Mrs. j. G.
Thorp, of Cambridge, Mass, daugh
tiers of the author of "Hiawatha."
were adopted into the Ojibway Ne.
ton with impressive ceremonies.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
Fatal Accident in MARYLAND.

Washington. d. c. (SpeciaD.-An ac'
cident on the Chesapeake Beach Rail
way, at Chesapeake Junction Nd,
caused the death Of man and the 10.
jury of two men and a woman. Inc
accident was due to an excursion
train running into an open switch ano
colliding with empty cars standing op
the track.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
oHIo's RICHEST MAN DEAD.
David sintoa Leaves Sa0,ooo,o00 to his
Daughter.


Cincinnati (SpeciaD.-Dayid Sinton,
the richest man in Cincinnati, and
probably the richest man in Ohio, died
here aged ninety-three. He leaves an
estate Of $2O,0OO,OOo, accumulated in
the iron trade ana In real estate In
yestments. =
Mr.. Sinton was born in Ireland. and
came to America a poor boy when
three years Of age. When young
man he went into the Hanging Rock
iron region with a salary of $500 a
wear. Here he laid the foundation OF
his fortune.
!, sMr. sinton leaves one daughter. wife
sof former Congressman Charles F:
STaft, editor of the Times-Star and
brother of Judge w. b. Taft, Presi-
dent of the Philippines Commission.
The enormous estate will probably
mass in bulk to Mrs. Taft. q.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
OUTBREAK IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Enemy Have 100 Killed in Fight a.
BohoI; Americans Only One.

Enemy Have 12O hiileo III 'is"' -
BohoI; Americans Only One.
Washington, d. G. (SpeciaD.-The
War Department received the follow:
ing dispatch from General Macarthur
dated at Manila, September 3:
General Hughes reports outbreak
in Bohol. First-Lieutenant LoVack.
Forty-fourth Volunteer Infantry, re-
ports engagement near Carmen, 30
hol. Our loss in killed, L; wounded, q
Enemy's loss in killed, 12O. Have moi
received further details"
Bohol is an island In the southern
part Of the archipelago, 365 miles from
Manila. 1t lies north Of the large Isl
and of Mindanoa, and is not far from
Cebu.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
Wasn't Killed In Battle.

A letter received at Phillipsburs
N. J., from Charles Hans, who is 0
of the Twelfth United States
Infantry. now stationed At Manila, in
forms his friends that he is in good
health. Hans WAS reported killed il
battle more than two mouths ago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19

Lived Thlrty-fve Days without Eating
At Owingsville, BALTIC County. KY,
Miss Lizzie Moore, a young school
mistress, died of starvation. She was
partly paralyzed thirty-fve days age
and since that time had not partaker
of q morsel of food.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
FIGHT WITH PISTOLS ON HORSES.
Becraft Killed After Giving Hin Old En-.
emy Two Dangerous Wounds.

Lexington, Ky. (SpeciaD.-At Cham
bers Station in Meniffee County.
Charles Robinson shot and killed
George Becratt and was himself dan
cerously wounded. The men had
been enemies for several years. They
were mounted on their horses and
drinking when they became involved
in a dispute. At once they drew their
revolvers and apparently began firing
simultaneously. Becraft was shot
through the abdomen and fell to the
ground dead. Before he was hit, how
ever, he shot Robinson twice In the
ripht leg
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
Plans For Return of Volunteers.

So far as the War Department, at
Washington. has made any plans for
the return Of the volunteer troops
from the Philippines, it is intended to
begin the homeward movement about
the middle of November.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
Former Governor Llewelllng Dead.

Lorenzo D. Llewelling. who was
Governor of Kansas from 1893 to 1895,
died at Arkansas City, Kan. Heart
failure was the cause. Since the ex-
piration of his term of Office he was
engaged in the real estate business,
and was also largely interested in
dairying.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
Shot His Father Dead.

- While making brutal assault upon
his wife in a quarrel over a trivial
matter, A. Woods, farmer, living
near Martelle, Iowa, was shot and in
stantly killed by his eighteen-year-old
son. The son was exonerated by the
.Coroner's jury.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
Jealousy Causes Double Tragedy

Mamie Burton shot and killed Rome
Million at Million, Ky. and then put Il
bullet into her own breast. Jealousy
was ut the bottom of the tragedy
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
Utah Republican, Nominations.

Provo, Utah (SpeciaD.-The Republi-
can State Convention made the follow
ing nominations: Governor, Herber NJ.
Wells (renominated); Supreme Judge
G. w. Bartch; Secretary of State, ]. 7
Hammond, and Attorney-General, NJ
A. Breeder.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19

Builders of Alabama Congratulated.
The Navy Department at Washing
ton has congratulated William Cramp
& Sons upon the performance of the
new battleship Alabama, which they
hI,ilt
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
PedIer Died at log.

Louis Goodman, a Russian pack ped
ler, died at Pittsburg, Penn, from eff,
fects of a cold, aged 106. He went
there when he was sixty years old
and worked steadily until he was 1O4
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
Severe Weather at Santiago. Cuba.

The city of Santiago, Cuba, is now
experiencing the severest weather
known lnere since 1877. The lower
part of the city was under five feet
OF water
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
Killed by a Baseball.

Joseph Marsh, twenty-three years
old, one of the best-known baseball
players in Western Massachusetts,
was killed by foul ball at Dalton,
Mass. He was once student at Holy
Cross College.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
The Third Oldest Letter Carrier Dead.

Russell +. Benson. the third Oldest
letter carrier in the United States, died
at Troy. n. Y. He was born In 1871,
md when boy was in the employ OF
Russell Sage. He was appointed a
letter carrier in Troy IN lS64
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
Gar Urges Boers TO Make Peace.

The Gear. in a five-minuts interview
with DR.. Leyds, at st. Petersburg,
said he could do nothing for the
Transvaal, except to urge it to make
peace, as he hated all war.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
Her Compliment,

The little woman'S mother had &
new handbag with a puckered top.
Isn't Is JUS lovely?" exclaimed the
little woman. '.Why, it almost whis-
tlesr-Judge. ... - ----~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
OTIS SUCCEEDS WHEELER.
Chaffee His Successor In tho List OF Bri
:. adler. Generals. 81,

Washington, D. c. (SpeciaD.-Major.
General Otis has been selected to I'LL
the post Of commanding officer Of the
Department Of the Lakes made va.
cant by the retirement of Brigadier-
General Joseph Wheeler.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
Protests Against Annexation.

President Kruger of the Transvaal
has protested to Lord Salisbury and
the Powers against the annexation OF
tho ronublic by Great Britain.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
British Cotton Mills May Close.

The spinners using American cotton
at Manchester, England, are consid-
ering the closing of their mills for
fourteen days. owing to the scarcity
of cotton
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
Civil Rule In the Philippines.

The Philippine Commission assumed
legislative and appointive powers un'
der the instructions Of President Nc
Kinley, issued on April Z.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19

1t is stated to be practically settled
that General Chaffee will be General
Wheeler's successor in the list of
brigadier4generals.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19

foreign southern FlCerUyS .SuSSeSteu
for Commissioners by Ii Hung Chang
were rejected by, the Empress Dowas
ger. Yung Lu1and Hsu Tung ars als
ti-foreign, and the last named, who,
is guardian of the heir.apparent, is es-'
peclally obnoxious toHhe foreign com.
munitysin China H ssf
Foreigners in Shangha8 ahd Cher;
Chinese cities are pEotea hg against;
the proposed evacuation M Pekih by
the allied troops. They desire the sde.!
struction of the Chinese capital. Sto-
ries Of baruarous treatment of women
missionaries in the %interjprt make IA
policy of leniency unpopular In the
coast cities Of China. "a
The anti-forelgn frenzy Of the EN-
press Regent ,is said tos hare been,
caused by forged document present
ed to her by Tuan. It purported tobe.
an ultimatum, containing sweeping
demands from the Powers
The Chinese Government EXISTS ands
carries on Its usual fud Ions Ifs rep
resentatiyes In Europe and this seQl11s
try, for instance, have not BEEN ~
prived of their usual remIttance
home. s s-g d. Z g;
The War Department. has n
an undated dispatch fs6H
Chaffee describing the m l3la
tIor In Pekin as satisf4cbry, hI till.
ties having practically ceased.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
L,eutenant Drowned in Philippines.

Li6utehWut OEU"HoU III HIffPPfHo"'
Lieutenant Roy L. Fernald, Of the
Twenty-sixth United States Volun-
teers, was drowned in the Dumaugas
River P. |.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-19
CH[tA'S PEACE ENJOYS.
They Are Earl Ii, Prince Ching,
Yung Lu and Rsu Tung.
THEMAJORITY ARE ANTI-FOREiGn
Reform viceroys Suggested by iLi Hung
Chang Rejected A>ssheI euassr :Ep..
press - Foreign g. Ne Chins6si
Treaty Ports Bitteri boss tlePlan
to Withdraw the from

Washington, D.
Hung Chang, Yung
Prince ,hav
Peace Commissfp on!
China by ankppSs'
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-09-24
COUNTY COURT.

Report for week endings Sept. 10Th:
County court reopened on Wednes-
day morning, it having taken recess
from the Thursday before, in conse-
quenee of the jury cases having been
set to begin on Wednesday, Sept. II.
The grand jury began their labors
Sept. 5th and finished Sept. 18th, find
ing in all four true bills and three bills
not found.
1t is reported that citizens from
various sections of the county were
summoned before the grand jury to
testify as to the manner in which the
prohibitory law is observed by certain
hotels and drug stores. 1t would
seem that the evidence tended to in
dicate drought, as it is believed that
a large majority of the witnesses in
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-09-24
PROBATE BUSINESS.

The following business was transacted
by the probate court during the past week
Braynard minors, Derby. T. A. Adams,
guardian, settled his annual account.
Alexander McLaren estate, Greensboro.
Administrators settles her account. De-
cree of distribution made.
MarcelIa M. Hutchinson estate, Lowell.
Executors settle their account
HI. c. Wilson estate, Troy. On applica-
tion, FL. HI. Lewis appointed administrator
de bonis with will annexed.
Benjamin L. Knight estate, Irasburgh.
Administrative settles her account De-
cree of distribution made.
Chas. II. Conant, minor, Troy. George
w. Miller appointed guardian.
Victoria c. Sisco estate, Coaticook, P. O.,
to wit, Holland. Will proved. S. R.
Fletcher appointed executor.
James S.Conant estate, Troy. Appraisers
inventory returned and accepted.
Eliza H. Merrill estate, Craftsbury. Ex-
ecutor's inventory returned and accepted.
John L. Edwards estate, Newport. Ex-
ecutors settle their account.