davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-05-03

The state prisoners are doing
good work on the state road be-
tween here and Canon by covering
it with thick layer of shale. The
work was commenced near the
Santa Fe overhead bridge, west of
town, and has been carried through
to the foot of McCumber's hill.
That part of the road between Nc
Cumber's hill and Brookside will
also be treated in a like manner.
1t will be a pleasure to drive over
the road in its improved condition.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-08
A Man without Tact.

Young Mr.. Koupon had been left q
great deal Of money, but no tact. One
day he was introduced to young Mr..
Grinder, newspaper man, who had
great deal Of tact under most circum-
stances and very little money under
any circumstances.
Mr.. Koupon desired to inspect the
newspaper office, and Mr.. Grinder
courteously spent half an hour con-
Quoting his guest from department to
department and explaining the work
that was done.
Finally they came to the editorial
room, in which Mr.. Grinder toiled six
days in a week. 1t was a very dark
day, the room was unusually gloomy,
and over each desk an incandescent
light made work possible. 80.
Glancing around the room from one
to another Of the toiling editors young
Mr.. Koupon said contemptuously:
"Jove! I'd rather run a trolley car
than do thatp'
every man to his calling" the
newspaper man said dryly. Every
man to his calling."-New York Her
aid.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-08
Unusual Work by q Pump.

The operation of a pump under
somewhat novel conditions was re-
Gently accomplished at the Revenue
No. shaft at Leadville, COL, accord
Ing to press report. When work was
closed last year the duplex Snow
pump at depth of 400 fest was care
fully overhauled, check-valves placed
In position and the mechanism given a
liberal coating Of oil. 1t was expected
that with this careful preparation the
pump could remain under water for a
considerable length of time, and that
when operations were to be resumed it
would only be necessary to turn on the
steam. When steam was raised In
the boilers recently the pump was un-
der eighty feet Of water Although
the steam pipe was surrounded by
cold water, the steam was turned on
and the pump was soon delivering 400
gallons per minute. In two days time
the water had been pumped out down
to the pump station and in three days
the lowest drift was free of water
Engineering News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-08
Remarkable Growth of Australia,

Remembering that Australia has
2,973,0O0 square miles Of area as
against our 100000, but only 4,000,-
600 inhabitants to our 76,000,0OO, we
can better realize what stride those
100000 people have made In every
modern way. 1t Is only about fifty
years since Australia ceased to be a
convict colony; since then, even with
q soil of which two-thirds Is q desert,
1t can now furnish the world with one
fourth Of it's wool in quantity and
one-third Of 1t in relative value. Its
mineral output alone amounts to about
$25 for every inhabitant. Australia
can do better than that, though. in
a paternalistic way. She can outdis-
tance her mother country; against
England's 100000 people and $780,
100000 Of revenue she puts her 4,000,-
600 people and $150,000,OO0 Of revenue
and offers every settler $3.50 per capi-
ta-the highest average In the world
Indianapolis Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-08
BOY SAVED A TRAIN.
He Saw a Landslide and Rode His Wheel
Down the Track to Give Warming.

he Saw q Landslide and Rode His Wheel
Down the Track to Give Warming.
Altoona, Penn.-The Pennsylvania
crack train, the New York and Chi
caso Limited. was saved from wreck
by the heroism Of q thirteen-year-old
lad, James Slower, who saw a land
slide on the track.
The boy, while riding to this city on
his wheel. saw a portion of the bank
at Union Furnace, loosened by the
heavy rain. fall on the westbound
track. With presence Of mind he saw
he could ride to q portion of the track
half q mile away in time to save the
train. The lad had the endurance and
he swung his hat as the engine whirled
around a curve at rate Of forty-hVe
miles dh hour.
In the dim light OF the storm the
engineer saw the boys action. He
reversed the engine and came to stop
with the nose of the pilot buried In
several tons Of rock.
The passengers did not know that
they had been saved from a wreck by
the heroism Of a boy until they
reached this city.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-08
WILD SPECULATION CAUSES ANXIETY
High Government Oficia1 Thinks Many
Values Are Dangerously Inflated.

High Government Oficia1 Thinks Many
Values Are Dangerously Inflated.
WASHINGTON, D. C.-ConservatiVe
men in Washington look on the pres
eut season of wild speculation in the
New York stock market with eonsid'
cradle anxiety.
A high official Of the Government,
who has made O special study OF
economic and commercial conditions,
said:
MY own opinion Is that values have
been In many cases inflated to very
near the danger point. 1t is even pos
sible that the dividend earning ca
nacity Of some of the stocks would JUS
tify even higher prices. On the other
hand, there Is no doubt that certain
stocks are far above what conserVa-
tive man ought to I've willing to- pay
for them as investments.
lone Of the natural effects Of the
present rage for speculation is seen in
the recent bank failures Men are not
content to gamble with their own
money, but they are tempted to- use
trust funds or the money belonging to
banks and other institutions in which
they may be employed, in the hope of
making fortunes quickly and making
good their defalcations."
Secretary Gage and other officials
of the Treasury Department. are very
careful not to express opinions ON any
subject connected with the specula.
tive market, as the motives Of any
thing they might say might be mis-:
construed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-08
YOUNG GIRL A BURGLAR
Katie Allen Contesses to Many Crimes
in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
When Discovered Around Strange Housei
Would Pretend to Be Beggar
Caught by the Police.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y.-Residents IN
the fashionable section of this city
have been complaining for some weeks
of petty robberies and several ser
wants have been discharged on sus'
picion. Unusual efforts have been
made to discover the thief and the
mystery was cleared when Chief OF
Police McCabe arrested twelve-year'
old Katie Allen, who confessed to q
series of burglaries and thefts Whlcl
astonished the police. o.,
Katie admitted that after school II
was her custom to visit the houses OF
the we'll to do as a beggar. At the
home Of Mrs. 81. Raymond she was
met in the yard, and accused of haV
ing taken some money from the
house.
81 am only begging" she said, "but
I just met rough looking man going
out Of the gate. He must have stoleI
the money"
Suspicion was averted. Katie's
basket was filled with good things
Slle was dllO"Cu w SO'
At the home of Mrs. Eliza Leroy
Katie received no answer at the
kitchen door. and climbed through q
window. She then plundered the
lower part of the house while the
family were up stairs.
In the home of Mrs. Frederick Lu'
cas- Katie made her way to the upper
floor and stole q child's bank and lite
contents. She was met by a servant
as She was going out the back door,
and, telling a fearful story of poverty,
obtained a basketful of food.
In one instance, where she was in.
tercepted by a servant, she diverted
suspicion by promptly inquiring for
little girl who was known to fire.
quently visit that house.
When arrested she said at first that
she had lately gone to work In fac.
tory and had earned the money, the
spending Of which attracted atten.
ton.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-08
King Edwards Voice,

Everybody hearing the kings
speeches during the past weeks has
remarked anew that his voice carries
remarkably well. The House Of Lords
is easily within the common range; but
the kings voice Is one Of the few
voices that can make themselves
heard at speaking pitch in every nook
and Granny of the Albert Hall. This
pepetratingness is not due merely to
a sounding quality Of yoice-it is the
result also of a great deal Of training
and labor. As pupil in elocution the
prince was caught young. There is
absolutely nothing clerical about his
intonation. All the same, his first
master in the art of voice production
was a clergyman, Mr. Tarver.-Lon-
don Chronicle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-08
THE NEWS EPlTOMlZED
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

President Mckinley pardoned Hen
ry Gardes, President, and Walter w.
Girault. Cashier. sentenced in 1897 to
eight years in the Ohio Penitentiary
for embezzling funds of the American
National Bank of New Orleans.
Diplomatic displeasure will be shown
to Venezuela for President Castros
attitude toward Minister LOOMS.
John A. Kasson severed his official
connection with the State Department
as Special Reciprocity Commissioner.
The War Department will not inter
fere with Sir William Van Hornes
project for q railroad in Cuba.
First Deputy of the United States
Treasury Maurice L. Muhleman re-
signed, to go into business.
General John G. Gilmore. Colonel IN
the Adjutant- Department.
was placed on the retired list by opera
ton of law on account Of age.
President Mckinley appointed form
or Minister John Barrett delegate to
the Pan-American Congress.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-08
PHYSICIANS BILL $4,000.
DIR. W. C. Browning's Claim Against thu
Estate Of Chris L. Magee.

Pittsburg. Penn.-The estate Of the
late State Senator Chris L. Magee has
received a bill from DR.. Walter @.
Browning, of Philadelphia, for $780,
900 for professional services during
the last illness Of Senator Magee.
DR.. Browning was In attendance on
Senator Magee for twenty-one months
previous to his death. He accompanied
him to several places for the recovery
Of his health. The fee Is believed to
be one of the largest Of it's kind ever
charged in the United States.
The bill covers twenty-one months
treatment. and the charges are at the
rate of $50 per treatment hour. One
charge IS $1,000 for last summers
treatment at Atlantic City, and anoth-
er $4,000 for accompanying the de-
ceased to Hot Springs, Va.
The executors Of the Magee estate
refuse to discuss DR.. Browning's bill.
1t is learned from reliable sources,
however, that the bill will be contest
od
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-08
STOCK RECORDS BROKEN
Mad Rush Of Investors to Realize For
tunes in Wall Street.
WESTERN SPECULATORS ACTIVE

one Days Transactions on the Stock Ex-
change Ran Up to the Enormous Total
of Over $500, 900 Shares-Danger in
the Present Speculative Situation -
Americans Subscribe For British Loan.
New York City.-Wall Street again
broke alre records on Monday in Its
wild frenzy Of stock speculation. 1t
surpassed all previous record breaking
DAYS not only In the enormous volume
Of trading, but in the wide and sensa-
tional ranges of quotations through
which many of the favorite specialties
passed. The number Of shares traded
in was 2,344,466. as compared with
2,16s,942 on Friday, which, many
thought, would stand as the record.
The day was notable in that the
opening of the market was the widest
since the present bull movement be-
gan, while the close was most irregu-
lar and chaotic. Throughout the day
stocks moved most unevenly, and with
a glaring lack Of sympathy.
The galleries Of the Stock Exchange
were thronged with spectators when
the presiding officers gaVel marked
the opening Of the days trading. The
floor of the Exchange, which q minute
before was a scene of quiet activity,
became q mass Of wildly gestlculating
men, each fighting for an advantage
over the others.
Long before noon It became evident
that all previous records would be
broken. At twelve o'clock the tape
recorded the fact that in the two hours
of trading more thai 1,18S,000 shares
of stock had changed hands. On the
Saturday before, in the same time,
111S9O2 shares had been bought ana
sold, a record for Saturdays trading.
At one o'clock the sales were 1,44O,0OO
shares, and at two o'clock the tape re-
corded transactions Of 1,S5O,OOO shares.
The tremendous buying from west
ern SPECTATORS was again the feature
of the market. Brokers reported an
accumulation Of orders from over sat
urday and Sunday, which they stated
they were unable to handle. A fresh
impetus was also given to the market
by the arrival Of large number OF
western spectators who had come to
the city on Sunday.
After the market had settled some
what after It's wild opening, the trad
ing developed considerable strength.
During the afternoon sharp reactions
were the feature Of the market. These
extended from two to five points, due,
it was said, mainly to the information
that gold was being sent abroad and
that S5O,OOO,OOO of the new British
loan had been placed in this country.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-08
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

Major George, the Surgeon-:n- Chief,
saws that Havana, Cuba, is without a
case of yellow fever.
By an executive order establishing
an insular naval force, Filipinos who
enlist in the service will receive one
half the pay Of other seamen of the
same ratings.
Michael j. Dady, the Brooklyn con-
tractor, was awarded S550,000 con-
tract to dredge Cardenas Harbor,
Cuba.
Governor General Wood commuted
the sentence to die by the garrote OF
two Cubans, Dunbar and Sosa, of Ma
tanzas, to life imprisonment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-08
Personal Mention.

Attorney.G General Kno- is very fono
Of horses, and drives q 5000 team.
Henry Labouchere. the London pub
Usher. suggests q war tax on news
papers.
Queen Alexandra has returned 10
London from her visit to Copenhage:,
Denmark.
Governor Stanley, Of Kansas, Will
give a present to every set OF triplets
born in the state.
Admiral Schley has hauled down his
flag as Commander of the South At
lantic Squadron, ut MonteVideo, Chlle'
and has sailed for the United States.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-08

alton. The suffering endured pen
cannot describe. 1 was treated by
one of our most prominent physicians
here for five months, and found Myself
getting worse instead Of better. At
the end of the fifth month he told me
he had done all he could for me, and
that had better 60 to the hospital.
"My sister advised me to try your
Vegetable Compound, as it cured her
of backache I did so, and took it
faithfully, and am now cured OF my
trouble, and in perfect health, many
thanks to your medicine. I cannot
praise it enough, and would recon-
mend it to all who suffer from any
female weakness. - MRS. b. S. BALL,
46l Orchard St., New Haven, Conn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-08
Minor Mention.

OH has been discovered near Hart
.Selle, Ala.
Steps are to be taken to form COM
Inercial museum in Madrid, Spain.
Italy's new coinage with the head OF
Victor Emanuel Ill. will be ready soon.
: The Hungarian census shows the
incubation of Budapest to be 7O3,4 ,44S.
The Prussian railway authorities are
making experiments with American
car couplers.
A combination Of gasoline lamp
manufacturing interests has been er-
fected at Chicago
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-08
REGULAR ARMY OF 10000.
President and Secretary Root Adopt Cen
eral Miles's Recommendation.

Washington. D. Cit has been de-
termined to increase the regular army
to approximate 10000. and to leave
it at that number unless conditions
in the Philippines should make more
troops necessary. The President and
Secretary Root have so decided. The
details will be worked out by the
Secretary and General Miles.
The decision is practically in line
with a recommendation made by Cen
eral Miles several months ago and re-
newed by him in letter to the Secre-
tary Of War recently. In this letter
General Miles recommended that the
army be limited to- one soldier to
every 1000 of population, namely, 49,
900 men.
The number of officers appointed
will be as originally decided. The
artillery corps will he increased to
it's full strength Of $4,000 men.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-08
BRITISH RECRUITS FALL OFF.
The Times Recommends That the Amer
lean System BE Adopted.

London.-The annual return of re-
cruiting for 1900 shows total enlist
ment of 9S,3G1, against 42,700 in 1899.
The recruiting for the infantry Is re-
garded as unsatisfactory. In spite of
the impetus Of the war and the reduc-
ton in the standard Of height, the
number of enlisted infantrymen Is be-
low that Of 1899, the recruits general
ly having preferred the Shower
branches of the service.
The Times, in the course of an edi-
torial on the unfavorable recruiting
report, compares the results here with
those of the successful American sys.
tenn, which it thinks should be imi.
tated in the United Kingdom.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-08
Mad Mu1lah Has 10000 Soldiers.

The Mad Mullah, now at Lassidar,
has 10000 followers. including 5000
horsemen, with quantities Of ammuni-
ton obtained from an unknown source.
A British force will shortly concen-
trate at Burao, preparatory to gen.
eral advance in conjunction with
AbysSinianS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-08
DOMESTIC.

A bill was passed by the Lower
House of the Illinois Legislature pro
hibiting the sale, giving away or bring
ing into the Stat. of cigarettes.
Robbers who blew open the vault OF
the First National Bank at Wiscasset
Me-, secured nothing.
The last sale of a new York Stock
Exchange seat made a record price
$4,000.
Shirt waists were officially denied
New York firemen.
By "tips" from James J. Hill. form
er Senator Pettigrew,of South Dakota
is said to have cleared $250,0O0 on
stocks.
The schooner Samuel Kicker was
run down and sunk off Comf1eld, Conn.
by the Fall River steamer Pilgrim
Captain Allen, of the schooner, being
drowned.
The traffic season at Nome, Alaska
has opened.
A stucco trust is proposed in the
West. ----s.s,,.,,..~r. -'-->".
Alabama cast large vote for Con.
stitutional Convention by q good ma
jority. The Republicans and Populists
will not have more than ten delegates
out of the 155 in the Constitutional
Convention.
Charles G. Stockley, aged eighty-two
years, former Governor Of Delaware,
died at Georgetown, Del.
Tom Lee, q Chinese merchant, ap-
piled for police protection at New York
City, saying his LIE was threatened
by Highbinders.
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, through
their Attorneys-General formed a
friendly alliance to eradicate fraudu-
lent insurance companies.
By means of a breeches buoy the
crew of the life saving station ut
Chadwick, n. j., rescued Captain Nc
Keller and his crew Of seven men
from the stranded schooner Mola.
The transport Garonne arrived at
San Francisco, CAL, from Manila,
having on board the Twenty-Sixth
Regiment and the unusual number Of
sixty-four stowaways.
In a jealous rage John H. German,
foreman of a copper mine, shot and
killed George Mccarthy, at Milton,
Cal. and then blew himself to pieces
with giant powder.
A manganese iron ore field was dis
covered twelve miles south of Little
Grande, Utah.
Andrew Miller. a wealthy farmer
whose land adjoins that of President
Mckinley, in Columbiana County,
Ohio, was shot from ambush.
Burglars cracked the postofice safe
at Tarpon Springs, Fla, and got over
$1,000 in cash and some stamps.
Passengers from Klondike report a
glacier fifteen feet thick on the hill
side back Of Dawson.
Former Congressman Melvin r.
Baldwin, of Minnesota, committed
suicide by shooting at Seattle, Wash.
The transport Rosecrans, with por.
ton Of the Thirty-ffth Regiment, ar
rived at San Francisco, CAL, from
Manila.
J. K. Lamsley, of Lowell, Ohio,
short in his accounts. drowned him
self in the Muskingum River.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-08
FOREIGN.

Peace is rapidly being restored in
Colombia.
Count Won Waldersee nearly lost his
l''e in the fire which destroyed the
Empresss palace at Pekin, China, in
which General Schwartzkopf perished.
The Egyptian budget shows a sur
plus, estimated, Of $320,O00, for 1901.
The Rev. James Chalmers and the
Rev. Oliver Tomkins were murdered
by natives in New Guinea.
The work of cutting the Nile sudd
has been so successful that navigation
will shortly be practicable from Rejaf
to Omdurman, distance OF 1900
miles
Germany has levied a duty on log
wood and a supplementary duty on
coffee and cocoa from Hayti.
Queen Wilhelmina refuses to pay
the debts Of the Prince Consort, and
Is angry at the threats of the creditors
to negotiate the Princes paper on the
Amsterdam Bourse.
President Loubet returned to Paris
from his tour in Southern France.
Argentina is alarmedat an announce.
ment that Chile has opened passes in
the Andes leading into the formers
territory.
Mexico signed the convention of The
Hague Peace Conference. China, Lux
emburg and Turkey are now the only
countries which have not signed.
Dutch troops made sortie at Blang
pedir, on the west coast of Achin, and
routed 500 natives, who were attempt
ing to surround the place. Fifty-three
natives were killed.
Natives Of McQuarie Island, South
Seas, murdered DR.. Menke, leader OF
German scientific expedition.
British capitalists are at work on 8
plan for the establishment of a fee
Of 10-00Oton steamers between Can
ada and England.
The punitive expedition sent out af
ter the murder of ub-Commissionel
Jenner, Of Jubaland, East Africa, by
the Ogaden Somalis, captured the Sui
! tn and subdued the tribe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-08

The new Norwood Avenue Church Of
Christ. in Toledo, Ohio, is to be equipped
with q roof garden, where services will be
held during the summer months. This will
be arranged to seat between 800 and 900
ways, which will be so constructed that
elevators may be added whenever they
may be required.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-08

The Countess of Warwick has the most
charming garden in England, filed not so
much with the fashionable flowers of to-
day as wlth the old-fashioned favorites Of
long ago, that are allowed to grow in un-
trammelled luxuriance. One corner Of tins
delightful garden she calls her Garden OF
Friendship, and there she plants all the
flowers that are associated in her mind
being fragrant with q memory.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-08
FATHER IS ACCUSED.
Murder Of His Five Children Not Com.
mitted by Burglars.

WuTUer OI Lib FlV6 Cnlluren MOI COms
mitted by Burglars.
Paris, France.-The widower named
Briere, whose five children were muir
dered at Chartres, was confronted with
the children's bodies in the presence
OF a magistrate. whose questions the
man refused to answer. He was
therefore placed under arrest. The
first reports of the crime attributed
the killing of the children to burglars,
who, it was said, stabbed and blud-
geoned them to silence their cries of
alarm upon discovering that thieves
were In the house.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-08
Exports During March.

Foreign trade is of good volume, but
exnorts of the principal commodities
during March increased very slightly
over those for the corresponding
neriod last year, as gains in bread
stuffs, provisions and mineral OILS
were offset by smaller exports and
lower prices Of cotton.