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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17
JIM HOWARD SENTENCED TO Death
Tells the Judge That He Is Innocent o.
Goebel's Murder.


Frankfort, Ky. (SpeciaD.-The mo-
ton for q new trial was overruled In
the case Of Jim Howard for the Goe-
bel murder and the sentence passed
on the prisoner. In passing sentence
Judge CantrilI addressed the prisoner:
. James Howard, at the April term
of the Franklin Circuit Court you
were indicted for the murder Of Will
lam Goebel, and a jury Of twelve men
found you guilty and fixed your sen
tence at death. Have you any legal
reason you could give why sentence
should not be passed upon you?'
"I am innocent" said Howard.
"The Jury has already passed on
that question:" said the Judge, "and it
is the d-ty Of the Court to pass SEN
tence. 1 command that the prisoner
be taken to the Jail, and there kept
until the 1th day Of December, when
, the Sheriff will hang you by the neck
until dead, and may God have mercy
on your SOUL"
Judge Cantrill granted An appeal to
the Court of Appeals, and suspended
judgment until that court acts on the
case.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17
Prehi.torlo Race. insA,,.s,l..

The first authentic 563very o1
traces Of a prehistoric ra{e vi Alaska
was made recently by pfospectors fn
the foothills of Mount st. Elias who.
In prospecting for placer diggingS9dls;
covered a copper mine which haSs
worked ages ago. In the inan1edis{e
vicinity were picked up kettles. tool
spearheads and other articles offpt
tical use, manufactured in a erudE
manner out of copper. It is evldeni
that the copper came from three Of
the four veins in the Immediate vicin
ity. The spot where the discovery was
made Is 5000 feet above sea level, II
the foothills of the mountain peak
Indianapolis News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17
Cycling Notes.

Cycling as o popular sport is decid'
edly on the decline.
The mortality among cycle clubs
this season has been very heavy.
1t is creditably reported that one
manufacturer Of coaster brakes has
sold $4,000 of these attachments this
year.
Cordang, the great Dutch rider re,
Gently broke the one-hour PAGER record
by travelling twenty-three miles 1867
yards.
S. Kimble, Of Louisville, ky, won
the onc-mile international professional
championship at Montreal. Ilme'
2r, aSS
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17
Royal Trophies at Windsor.

It has been said that the royal plate
kept at Windsor Is the finest In the
world. 1t is valued at S10,0o0,00o,
and the famous gold dinner service
dates from the days of "the first gen.
tleman of Eurorc." OF historical
value are the trophies taken from the
Spanish armada. and those which orig
inally came from India and China.
The peacock studded with precious
stones has been valued at $25O,O0O,
and this, together with the huge tigers
head called "Tippoo's Footstool." is a
relic Of the siege at Seringapatam.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17
Our Adopted Islands.

No case Of yellow fever has been re-
ported at Santiago, Cuba, since lase
December.
Official reports have been received
of insurgent activity In Zambalos
Province and In Batangas Province
P. I.
Judge Reuben D. Silliman, Second
Circuit Judge in Hawaii, has resigned
because of the inadequacy Of the sal.
ary.
The Philippine Commission has es.
tablished bureau of statistics.
General Maxine Gomez has written
a hopeful letter regarding the pros
poets for peace in Cuba and content
ment after the convention meets.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17
NEXT YEARS NAVAL ESTIMATES.
Construction, 10000, 900; Repairs, 81
100000; Yards, Sl3,OOO,OoO.

Washington, D. c. (SpeciaD. The
annual reports from the Naval Bureau
Chiefs. outlining the naval work to be
done during the coming year, are now
complete and in the hands of Secre-
tary Long.
The chief item. as usual. is that for
the increase Of the navy" covering
both construction and engineering
work on ships already authorized.
This will be in the neghborhood of
$20,0O0,000. In the branch Of yards
and docks it is understood the total
will not be far from $13O00,00O and
will not involve any additional dry
docks Or extensive changes in naval
stations. In addition to the foregoing
items there is the usual sum for repair
Of vessels already in service, which Is
q considerable item, amounting this
year to approximately S7,000,00O.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17
The National Game.

SelUach still leads the New York
team in batting.
The Brooklyn Club hasn't left
handed pitcher on it's staff.
Willis. of Boston, has the poorest
batting average in the League.
Hawley. of New York, is pitching as
good ball as any man in the League.
Six players on the st. Louis team are
batting above 300, and yet the team
Is far down in the race.
Chesbro, Of Pittsburg, is very ef-
fective against every club In the
League except Philadelphia.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17
BIG BRAINS IN BIG CHILDREN.
Conclusion Reached After Examining
1000 Pupils in the Chicago Schools.

1000 Pupils in the Chicago Schools.
Chicago (SpeciaD.-The rule of
sound mind in sound body Is demon
strated by experiments which were
carried on last year in Chicago schools
by the child study department.. To
obtain statistics which could be used
as basis for comparison 7OO0pupils
were examined by the department.
Taking children of the same age the
results showed that small children on
an average are not so bright las the
average among children physically
larger.
The examinations which led to these
conclusions were held in schools where
there was the largest proportion of
pupils descended from American born
parents. The average height of pupils
twelve years old, who dre in the Sec
ond grade, is four feet four and three
tenths inches, while the twelve-year-
old pupils who 60 to the eighth grade
average five inches taller. The same
rule is found in the examination" of
children of all other grades and is
also shown in the figures Of weight
and strength.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17
Lord RusseII,s Four Rules.

When asked his rule of work, the
late Lord Russell answered as follows:
"If you ask me to reduce the common
habit of my life to formula,SI will tell
You that I have only for: rules to
guide me in preparing my work-frst,
to do one thing at time, whether
It is reading orG eating oysters, con-
centratings such faculties as I am en-
dowed with, upon xhat am doing
at the moment; second, when dealing
with compl plicated facts, to arrange the
narrative of events in the order or
time. my third rule issneyer to trouble
'szsse gthorttie pposed to
IDeaf HI 8 pal Sular Question until I
lhave seeuIs tSlg's d u and ascer-
tainad tn preeise 1T !.
II try &n1ss The judl 5o
tie ~ he, 5t 4:
NH IL ts ssfJt s 8
lss Flsl ossss9'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17

Aug. 8, 1889.
"DEAR MRS. PrNKHAM IL am fail.
Ing very fast, since January have
lost thirty-fve or forty pounds. I
have a yellow, muddy complexion,
feel tired, and have bearing down
pains. Menses have not appeared for
three me nths sometimes l am trou-
bled with a white discharge, and l also
have kidney and bladder trouble. :.
/ nave been this way for a long time,
and fee. 50. miserable l thought I
would write to you, and see If you
could do me any good. d.@MIss EDNA
FREDERICK, Troy, Ohio.
Sept. 10, 1899.
"DEAR Mrs. P1NKHAM:-I have
used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound according to directions.
and can say I have not felt SO we'll
for years as do at present. Before
taking your medicine Q more miser-
able person you never saw. l could
not eat or sleep, and did not care to
talk with any one. dill not enjoy
life at all. Now, fesl so we'll can
not be grateful enough for what you
have done tor me. You are surely
womans friend. Thanking you
thousand times, remain, ~
Ever yours
- MISS EDNA FREDERICK,
Troy, Ohio.
"DEAH MRS. PINKHAM: I'll have
taken five bottles of Lydia E. Pink
ham'svegetable Compound and cannot
praise it enough. I had headaches,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17
Nearly All His Family Killed.

Apprentice J. C. Cleveland, of the
United States battleship Texas, has
received information from Mayor
Jones. of Galveston Texas, that his
father, stepmother. two sisters, a
brother. stepbrothers and sisters had
been killed in the food at Galveston.
One brother. who CHANGED to be in
Houston. escaped. Cleveland obtained
twenty days leave of absence to visit
Galveston.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17

ihe strike of steel workers in the
West has been settled. and about six.
ty thousand men have returned to
work.
James Mcdonald, an American en-.
gineer, has arranged to take 5000 ia
maican laborers to build railroad in
Ecuador.
There are thirty-three jute mills In
India, employing 95,540 persons. The
mills contain 1881 looms and over
297,000 spindles. Nearly all Of the
mills are in the neighborbood Of Cal.
cutta. &
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17
MORE STRIKERS GO OUT.
Advance in Wages Ineffective In Induc-
ing Men TO Return to Work.

ing Men 70 Return to Work.
Hazleton, Penn. (speciaD.-Although
the labor leaders said positively that
they did not fear break in the ranks
of the anthracite coal strikers, they
were nevertheless pleased to learn that
the ten per cent? advance granted by
the Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron Company was totally ig-
nored by the striking mine workers.
1t was predicted by the operators that
many Of the strikers would return to
work under the belief that the ten
per cent. would be the limit of the
concession, and the unanimity Of the
men in deciding to stand out for fur
ther advance caused considerable; sur
prise. =
The strike situation of the Lehigh
Valley showed a change in favor of
the men. Several hundred men quit
work at the Calvin Pardee mines at
Lattimer, as the result Of persuasion
on the part Of 400 marching strikers.
and at Oneida and Cranberry the
coal companies lost additional men.
President Mitchell, the leader Of the
strikers, said that he did not believe
the companies could hold out much
longer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17
Railroad Chief a Suicide.

Warner NJ. Newbold superintendent
of three divisions of the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad, committed suicide
at his residence in Birmingham. Ala,
by shooting himself. He lost his wife
three months ago. He was about
fifty-fve years old, and had been con-
nected with the railroad for many
NnnrS
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17

on the anniversary Of Lord Roberts's
birthday, as he was born at Cawnpore,
India, on September 80, 1882.
The War Office is now in communt.
cation with Lord Roberts regarding
the return Of q large portion Of the
South African. army. The embarka-
ton will commence at Cape Town in
few weeks. ... ..
1t is now stated that Lord Wolseley
will remain at the War. Office until
November l. 49,. =. .'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17
Their Early Counterfeit Presentmentt.

Their Early Counterfett Pretehtuonrt'
A new amusement which has sue
ceeded the "book social"- Invention ss
the "baby tea" To this kind of an
entertainment every one brings his
or her baby picture. The photographs
are numbered and laid on long table,
All the guests draw near and make
lists of the pictures with their guess
as to who the baby is in his maturer
years. The persons Identifying the
greatest number of individuals with
their baby pictures wins the prize. or
course, there is "bobby" prize, and
the new game is said to be great fun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17
Editors Not Malicious.

Not one editor In a thousand will
fully Injuries either friend or foe by
Misrepresentation. Go to him and ask
for q correction, and nine cases out of
ten, If your case is Just, you will be
received politely, and proper correc-
tlon will be made with pleasure.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17
Foreign.


The Peruvian Cabinet has resigned.
-Four more fishing vessels, with crews
aggregating thirty-fve men, are re.
ported lost on the Newfoundland
Banks in the recent gale. I"
Thieves took about $4,000 from
safe In. the Apostolic Palace Of the
Vatican, at Rome. Some Of the in
mates of the palace are suspected.
Replying to the Chinese rulers mes
sage Of regret at Baron Won Ketteler's s
death, Emperor William of Germany
sharply demanded that the guilty off,
cials be punished.
Five suspected anarchists from the
United States were arrested at Milan,
Italy. One was found in possession
of a revolver and a poniard.
According to semi-otficial statements,
the Russian naval estimates for 1901
form total of $47,577.S5T, an increase
of upward of $4,900,0OO over those of
the current year.
A German expedition killed many
Boxers and destroyed q number of
Chinese villages south of Pekin.
Cable advices from Tien.Tsin. China.
say that General Chaffee has received
orders for the withdrawal of Ameri-
can troops, which will be accomplished
as soon as possible.
Count Yamagata, the Premier of
Japan, resigned office and the Marquis
Ito was summoned to form q Minis
try.
The Shah of Persia arrived at Con-
stantinople. Turkey, and was received
by the Sultan with elaborate and bril-
liant ceremonies.
Colombia has delayed the signing of
a peace protocol with Ecuador on the
southern frontier of Colombia
The American liner New York ar
rived late at Southampton, England,
with q broken thrust shaft, but no Sc
rlous results attended the accident.
Rlnderpest is causing havoc among
the cattle bought for the German COM
missariat in China.
The Canadian contingent,under Colo
mel Pelletier, sailed from Caps Town,
South Africa, on board the transport
Idaho. The people Of Cape Town ac-
corded them q splendid uapromptu re-
ception. &
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17
Russian Minister Quits Pekin.

st. Petersburg, Russia (By Cable).-
It is announced that NJ. de Giers and
all the members Of the Russian .Le-
cation quilted Pekin few days ago.
Vice Admiral Skrydloff has arrived at
Taku and assumed command Of the
Russian squadron in Chinese waters.
His flagship is the armored cruiser
ROSsia .-.'f-nr-'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17
Grapes and Indigestion.

Tho skins of grapes have tartaric
acid in them and it is from this source
that most of the worlds tartaric acid
comes. Many people are distressed
after eating heartily Of grapes. They
would not be if they rejected the seeds
and skins. Boston Transcript.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17
sLoRp ROBERTS PROMOTED.
Made Commander-in-Chief In Place OF
F.'.. Lord Wolse1ey.

London By Cable).-The War Office
has announced that the Queen has ap-
proved the appointment Of Lord Rob-
erts as Commander-in-C Chief Of the
forces to succeed Lord Wolseley. The
latter's fve-year term expired on Octo'
ber 1. The announcement was made
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17
STRIKERS STAND FIRM.
An Advance in Wages Fails to Re-
open the Co||ieries'
BIG CONFERENCE Of OPERATORS

twenty-five Companies Meet IN "iihe'
barre, But Could Not Agree on an
Onsr-Lehigh Valley Acts Alone ana
Offer. a Ten Per Cent. Increase -
Strikers Add to Their Ranks.
Wi,kesbarre. Penn. (SpeciaD.-The
coal operators of the Wyoming, Lack
awanna, and Lehigh Valley regions
held a meeting in this city and thor
ouch,v discussed the whole situation,
nearly all those present taking part
in the discussion. The powder ques.
t;on was the chief subject Of debate,
and next came the recognition Of the
uniop. So far as can be learned, none
of the operators were in favor OF
recognizing the union in any way.
Twenty-Five companies were repre-
sented In the meeting, but no agree
ment was reached. The LehiGh Failey
Company decided to post notices
agreeing to increase wages ten per
cent. and to "take up" other grievan-
ces. The notice added that powder
would be sold for s1.50 keg, but that
the difference between that and the
old rate, S275, shall be taken into
account in figuring the advance OF
ten Per cent.
The offer to increase their wages ten
per cent did not induce any of the
strikers in the anthracite coal region
to return to work.
Hazleton, Penn. (SpeciaD.-Notices Of
the increase in wages and the reduc-
ton in the price Of powder. decided
upon by the operators at Wilkes' re
were posted at all%of the collieries III
the Lehigh region,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17
Rosr Armaments CAPTURED.

General Roberts sent the following
dispatch to the War Office at London:
"Rundle's troops in the Bethlehem
district have recaptured from tn"
Beers mountain battery gun lost a.
Nicholson's Mex. and also 600"
rounds of Martini-Henry ammuni
tion ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17

Two Killed in Florida street Duel.
Hope Barnett and Edward Stanford
were killed at Port Tampa City, Fla,
in a street duel growing out Of a polit-
lcal quarrel. Charles Barnett. broth
er of Hope, was shot ard seriously
wounded.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17
Mr. Hanna on the Strike.

Il Chicago (SpeciaD.-"Any man who
would put straw in the way Of a
settlement of the great coal miners
strike now progressing in Pcnnsyl
vania should be taken out to the near.
est lamp-post and hanged" said Sen
ator Hanna. He added: II do not want
to talk about the strike. No one
should be permitted to use it for po
litical capital. 1t is the duty Of every
man to do mis- utmost to end the de.
plorable trouble"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17
A Threat to the Dutch.

The British Government is said to
have sent a note to the Holland Gov
ernment warning it that if President
Kruger carries gold or State archives
on a Dutch warship the act will be
regarded as q breach Of neutrality.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17
BANK, ROBBED OF $4,000.
It Was Insured For tho Same Amour
Against Burglary and Fire.

Against Burglary ana Fire.
Centrevllle. Mich. (SpeciaD.-Wolf
Brothers Bank was robbed Of S10,-
900. The thieves gained entrance to
the building by prying and springing
the double door apart with large
file: THE outer door to the vault. was
blown off, and then they pried open
the inner door to the cash drawer,
where the money was stored. q.
The bank was insured in, the Bank
ers' Mutual Casualty Company for
$4,000 against loss by burglary or
fire ~.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17
Domestic.

Cocaine was successfully used as an
anaesthetic In surgical cases In San.
Francisco and Chicago.
The gunboat Dorothea, ordered to
the !Asiatic station, was placed In COM
mission at League Island, Penn.
The steamship Senator arrived at
Seattle, Wash. from Nome, with 113
passengers and $500,000 worth Of gold
The State Supreme Court of Michi'
gan declared the act granting q boun-
ty Of one cent a pound on all beet sp'
gar manufactured in the State uncon'
stitutionaI. The act was passed by
the Legislature Of 1897.
The Rev. William Luckenville, pas.
tor of the Reformed Church Of Glen
Rock, near Ridgewood, N. j., was
struck by a train at Ferndale and
killed. He was thirty-fve years old.
Rodney Lowry, nephew Of former
Governor Lowry, of Mississippi, fought
a duel In Moundsville, Ala, with w.
II. White. Both were wounded fatal
". The duel was the result Of hot
words which had passed between
them. ~.
Coal companies in the anthracite re.
gion of Pennsylvania posted notices
offering ten per cent. Increase In wages
to miners who return to work. -
Paul Sloan, Deputy. Sheriff, was
shot and killed at Lake Charles, La,
while saving the life Of q negro from
a mob's vengeance. :. -. s.'..g,
Mrs. William Owens, Jr.,;at Pine
Plains. N. Y. stopped q runaway horse
and saved a little child which was
alone In the carriage. ~. -
W. NJ. Bennett, assistant sdperin,
tendent in the mines at Adger, Ala,
was assassinated in his sleeping room.
He was unmarried. !,
Inspired by jealousy,Seymour Camp.
bell, of Wakefield. Mass, tried to kill
his wife and a neighbor, Mrs. Tim
othy Murphy, and then cut his own
throat ',
h John Contee Fairfax, eleventh Lord
Fairfax, and Baron of Cameron, In the
peerage of Scotland. died at his. coun.
try home in Northampton, Md. he
was believed to be the only British
peer with American citizenship. :. J.,
The Government military posts on
the Yukon River are short Of winter
supplies. including vegetables Of all
Kinds. .f.. e. - Ms
Charles A. Collier, Georgia Commits.
sioner to the Paris Exposition, was
found badly wounded%at his home in
Atlanta. He said Burglars" but ad.
mitted his own pistol had caused the
wound. He died Of his injuries.
In his letter: accepting the Populist
nomination for Vice-Presldent. Adlai
e. Stevenson terms imperialism. 1.-THE
overshadowing ISSUE" $, -.
Bryan started eastward from Lin.
coin, Neb., for his final campaign trip,
which will end shortly before election
day.
Miss Florence NJ. Lichtenhan, of
North Germantown, N. Y. Principal
Of the Pierce Field School. was
drowned while boating on Raquette
River.
The torpedo boat destroyer Decatur
was launched at the William R. Trigg
Company's shlpyard, at Richmond, Va.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17
s,tofra yftth |. kssoss

The terrible hurricane which wro4
destruet.on III Porto lRfe6 IN
was longer lived than.
orH hitherto reported. 1t Last
Aagust 3 till August 81, with,
tine. It atrayeled between
III 90 mileG q
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17
ASKS $4,000 FROM MURoERsRs.
Wife Sues the NesbIts, Who Killed HeI
Husband.

Marion. Ind. (SpeciaD.-Mrs. Eliza
beth Stillwell has filed suit in the Su-
perior Court for $4,000 damages
against lark and William Nesbitt.
The Nesbitts shot and killed Mrs.
Stlllwelrs husband at Swayzee Sep
tember 3. The Sheriff and posse pur-
sued the Nesbitts and captured them,
and they are now in Jail here awaiting
trial for murder. They own six good
farms in this county.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17
France,s Expenses in China

When the Chambers reassemble the
French Government will publish a
yellow book OH China and ask Tor an
extra credit of SS,000,OJO.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17
Injured. Football Player Dead.

Lawrence J. Plerson. the student Of
Lake Forest University who was hurt
In a football game, died at Alice Home,
the university hospital. in Chicago.
Pierson was twenty-one years old and
his home was in Lexington, ILL.,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17

female organism afflicted kidney
fatal fact unless early and correct treatment
survives
Being Pnkham e.ry her
producing great remedy
careful that
Of herbs which control that
that the entire female system and while there
table Compound especially for
marvelousy
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17

leucorrhoea, falling Of the womb, and
kidney trouble. I also had a pain
when standing or walking, and some
times there seemed to be balls of f1re
in front Of me, so that I could not see
for about twenty minutes. Felt as
tired In the morning when I got up
as If had had no sleep for two weeks.
Had fainting spells, was down-hearted,
and would cry."-MRs. BERTHA OFER,
Second and Clayton Sts., Chester Pc.
"DEAR Mrs. P1NkHAM:-I cannot
find language to express the terrible
suffering have had to endure. I had