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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-01
How the Cossack Marches.

The Ruski Invalid prints number
Of excellent marches executed by
Russian troops in Manchuria, and es-
peclally by a column of Transbalkan
Cossacks. During long marches over
a total length Of from 1860 to 2125
miles, the average distances made
good on each marching cay by four
battalions of infantry were eighteen,
twenty-five, twenty and twenty.one
miles respectively. Details are also
given of the performance Of battery
of Cossack artillery, which during
thirty-one days it was in the field was
on the move for twenty-nine days,
marching on an average twenty-seyen
miles q day
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-01
ROBBED BY IT'S MANAGER
A National Bank in Iowa Closed
Pending an Examination.
OFFICER RUINED BY SPECULATION

T. F. Ward, vice-President Of the Nation
al Bank, at lie Mars, Iowa. Absconded
With $4,000 - Left q Note Saying
That He Was Going, "God Knows
where"-Bank is Heavily Involved.
Sioux City, Iowa.-The LIE Mars Ma
tional Bank, at LIE Mars, Iowa. did not
open for business on Wednesday.
Thomas F. Ward. Vice-President and
manager of the institution. Is SELF
confessed embczzler to the amount OF
S25,OOO or 100000. He has also ab-
seconded. 1t is alleged he took $4,000
with him or lost it during the past few
days in speculation. as it Is missing
from the vault of the bank.
Two days after Ward departed Cash
Ter Frank Koob received letter from
Ward beginning: "Dear Frank: leave
tonight, for God Almighty knows
where. This Board Of Trade busi'
ness has ruined me. Save me from IN
dictment if you can. I will pay back
every cent can"
Then the writer specified the funds
from which he had been stealing to
cover his losses. The officers of the
bank are: President. v. G. P. MacLa-
gan. who is in Scotland: vice-Presi-
dent, T. T. Ward; Cashier, Frank Koob.
the only officer in town; Directors. J.
!. Tierney and John Linden. both in
Hot Springs, Ark. Cashier Koob. in
the absence of advice. closed the doors
and posted q notice. that an Examiner
would be placnf'n charge.
The defunct pank was organized
number of years ago. by William 81.
Dent He left the State after dis
posing of the institution. Ward coming
from Primghar. Iowa. he manager.
The bank was capitalized for 100000.
and at the date Of the last statement,
February Is, showed $10S,0O0 depos-
It's.
Ward was a member Of the Demo
cratic State CenhN Committee. Mrs.
Ward is dangerously i'll at her home,
having given birth to q child week
ago. News of her husbands disgrace
is withheld from her.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-01

ner. With the object Of interesting the
public, they are telling all they know
about this remarkable woman, and
have published a portrait of her, the
original Of which appeared in The Lily,
a monthly magazine, which was edi-
ted by Mrs. Bloomer.
1t was early in 1851 that the number
of the magazine containing the por-
trait appeared, and Mrs. Bloomer, who
was then living at Seneca Falls, N. Y,
was at once recognized as the cham
plon of q movement in favor of dress
reform. The portrait Of herself In her
singular costume, Of course, did much
to bring her into public notice, and,
Furthermore, she took care to publish
in her magazine articles by physi-
clans, showing that the style of dress
advocated by her was far more hy-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-01

have been warned. The Jura range is
the block of mountains rising between
the Rhine and the Rhone, and forming
the frontier between France and Switz-
erland. 1t is really & huge plateau,
156 miles long and thirty-eight miles
broad. The height of the mountains
varies considerably, but that Of the
Chasseron, near Neuchatel, is $3.50
feet. The cracks in the mountain
which threatens to fall are growing
daily more ominous, and create
sounds likened to thunder. The au-
thorities, Of course, can do little to
prevent the impending disaster, but
they are trying to avoid it and to save
life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-01
CIGARETTE FlENos POOR SCHOLARS
Not One In an Indiana School Doing Ex-
cellent Work.

Bloomington, Ind.-The Educational
Society has secured figures which
show that of the 215 boys in grades
four to eight. inclusive. in the Bloom
ington schools. sixty-eight. or thirty
one per cent, have smoked cigarettes
from one month to three years and
that not single boy who smokes has
made an excellent record in his class
work. OF those who smoke the fig
ures show that forty-six per cent. fail
of promotion and that fourteen have
spent two or more years in the grades
in which they now are. e.
The statistics show that in grade
four the average of the boys Is 10.9
years. There is a larger per cent. in
the eighth grade who smoke than in
any other. the exact figures being for
ty-one per cent. Here the average age
was 1873 years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-01
Prominent People.

Sir George Murray Smith, the WELL
known London publisher is dead.
Andrew Carnegie has been reelected
to the General Committee OF the
American Society.
1t is to be recognized that General
Cassius NJ. Clay at ninety-two is just
as young as be shoots.
King Edward VII. has purchased q
Frencn motor phaeton capable of max
Ing nifty miles an hour
Ibsen. the Norwegian dramatist, has
just passed successfully through the
grip and his serenty-fourth birthday,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-01
PREACHER WANTS HIS SALARY. \
Has Seized Church Which He is Hold
ing For the Debt.

Has Seized Church Which He is Hold
ing For the Debt.
Cleveland. Ohio.-The Rev. Benjam-
in F. vankirk. pastor of the Foil
Memorial United Brethren Church. of
this city, locked the doors Of his
church two weeks ago and has steadt-
ly refused to allow the congregation to
worship within it's walls, because he
claims he cannot get his back salary.
Now he has posted on the door:
absolutely no Admittance in the
Absence of B. T. Vankirk or His Legal
Representative. Property for Sale"
It is claimed by the Trustees that
the preacher represented to them that
he could sell the church property. He
induced the transfer of the real estate
to his wife and the personal property
to himself Vankirk sued the Trus-
tees and was given a judgment for
several hundred dollars. He was,
however. enjoined from collecting the
judgment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-01
Poison in Prilnroses.

Physicians and gardeners have often
asserted that the common primrose is
poisonous, and DR.. Nestler has given
an account in a German journal of
experiments proving this to be the
case. The glandular hairs contain the
poison in the form of yellowish
green secretion. This. when concen-
trated, is very virulent, as the author
discovered by testing the effect upon
himself
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-01
STANDARD WEIGHTS THE UNITED
OVERNMENT.

will give the common people better
measure of dry goods, groceries, gas
and electric light. This bureau Of
standards will correct our weights
and measures, that they may all be
equally uniform. It will test yard
sticks, meter sticks, peck measures,
lltre measures, pound weights, kilo-
gram weights, Thermometers, steam
gauges and all kinds Of delicate meas
uring devices. 1t will stamp each
with a Government stamp certifying
it's truthfulness or error.
A representative Of each measuring
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-01
Mountain About to
Fall on a Town.
Val de Travers, n ear rNeuchateI, Which
is Expected to Be Wiped Out Of
Existence by the Moving
Mountains Above.

The Neuchatel district of Switzer-
land Is threatened with a fearful dis
aster. A huge mountain in the Jura
range has been so Quarried that it's
sides are cracking, and the whole vast
mass of more than a million cubic
meters is in motion, says the London
Daily Mail. Indeed, when the present
frost breaks up it is feared that the
mountain will fall into the valley. Sew
eral towns are in imminent danger Of
being wiped out, and the Inhabitants
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-01

The illustration
with what primitive machinery the the suunt
extracted Although the plant Louisiana Cuba Hawaii
and operate the finest esta bshmen fitted with electric
chnery and lights with the grinding boiling
where elaborate machinery
Of wood which mott by and fed by
juice caught conducted by
primitive The season. is loo forward all especially
ed with the plantation sleek and fat the absorption juice
This mill frequently Cuba and Porto Rc where
a
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-01

or weighing instrument to be thus
tested and stamped will be stored in
the new bureau as "the" standard Of
that particular measure and weight,
with which all others Of its class must
be compared. There will be a stand
ard yard graduated into standard feet
and inches; other standards of length.
standards of weight, quantity, elec-
tricity. heat, light, pressure and so on,
with their subdivisions and multiples.
To-day we are dependent upon Ger
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-01
The Inexorable Camel.

The vicious disposition Of the cameu
in general is evinCed by an instance
given by the AraLs. Svme time ago.
in Little Alden, q Somali boy endeav.
cred to escape from an infuriated
brute which was pursuing him by
plunging into the sea. but the camel
swan after him and killed him.
Alden Gazette.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-01
TELEPATHY'S AWFUL MESSAGE.
Choir Singer Broke Down at the Exact
Moment Her Sister Died Far Away.

Cleveland, Ohio.-In the midst of a
song at Trinity Congregations! Church
Mrs. A. A. Langdon. noted baritone
singer. stopped suddenly and left the
platform, with tears streaming down
her face. She was assisted to the
dressing room by her husband, where
she burst out into hysterical crying.
Something awful has happened"
she cried. Her husband tried to soothe
her and to assure her there was moth
ing wrong. but she was unable to re-
sumo her singing. She was taken to
her hotel in a carriage. and there she
received a telegram from Asheville.
n. c., announcing the death of her Sis
ter.
Mrs Langdon left the platform at
9.O5 o'clock. the exact moment that
her sister expired.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-01
Eiftieth Ann

Fiftieth Anniversary Of Bloomer Costume
Exactly half a century has passed
since Mrs. Bloomer immortalized her
self by suggesting that skirts be dis
carded in favor Of a more rational
style Of dress, and now some of her
warm admirers in England and Ger
many are saying that this notable
event in modern history ought to be
commemorated in some fitting man
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-01
A War Tax Declared Invalid.

The, tax of ten cents on export bills
Of lading imposed by the War Revenue
law was declared invalid by the Uni
ted States Supreme Court, at Wash
ington. the decision, however. being
that of a bare majority of the justices.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-01
Preacher Killed BY a Fall.

The REV. George B. Reeser. pastor
of the Emanuel Reformed Church ut
Hanover Penn, fell a distance of fifty
feet from the scaffold of new church
which his congregation Is building. He
landed on stone pile and died in half
an hour
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-01
I4&&AeA&A&&&A&&&&&&&&&S&ea
IA Bureau of Standards:
Unique Functions of the Governments y
New $3.50 900 Department. q

= NCLE SANS new Supreme
Court of weights and meas
~ urcs, for the building of
which Congress just gave
Secretary Gage a quarter million dol
lars. is the largest bureau added to the
Government for many years. You have
seen it referred to. in the news dis
patches as the National Bureau Of
Standards. That is it's official name.
1t might be more properly called the
Supreme Court Of Weights and Meas
Tres, because it really will be the tri-
ounal of last appeal, whereat disputes
as to the accuracy Of weights and
measuring instruments can be finally
Iettled.
This new bureau will save millions
of dollars a year to our great indus
:ries, will make the researches Of
scientists more accurate. will enable
he surveyor to stake out our building
Ind farm lots with greater precision,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-01
The Raby,s Chances OF Life,

A baby-boy a month old can expect
but forty-two years of life. When
he is five years older his chances of
living have increased to flfty-one years
six months.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-01
Steyn REFLECTED President.

Steyn Ke-EIecteu Fresluent'
A Cape Town dispatch says that for
ty Eoers recently met at Bashof and
solemnly reelected Mr.. Steyn Presi-
dent of the Orange Free State.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-01
Up Goes the Price of Cans.

The American Tin Can Company
at Chicago, has advanced the price OF
tin cans twenty-five per cent. The
advance was made to conform with
the price of tin plate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-01

odd little drawing submitted by a
young reader who wants to know how
many triangles it contains. She can
count a great many, but she confesses
that she doesn't know when to quit
counting them. and she confesses too
that she doesn't really know how
many there are. Will some little boy
or girl help her to find out?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-01
How Many TriancIes2

Many little folks are fond Of work
ing out puzzles. reading riddles, solv-
ing enigmas and the like. Here Is an
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-01
Tho Letter x.

The letter < appears but once m
English for every six times In French
The colored American., 1901-11-23
Gethsemane Commandery Will Entertain.

The officers and Sir knights Of GetF-
semaue COmmandery No 8, K T. will
give grand entertaI0ment at Irving's
Hall on Capitol Hill, Thursday even
ing November 28sh. It is given for a
charit able purpose and ell friends of
the commandery IS well as these in
Masonic circles are invited to be pres
ent. Mr. r W. ThOmpkins who has
the management in charge, has distri-
b1ted large number OF tickets. and be
requests that the brethren taxe as
many of them as they are able to take
in order that the sffair will be 8 grand
success,
The colored American., 1901-11-23

Mr. Jas. B Parker the hero of the
Buffalo tragedy, spoke to large and
enthusiast aud 'ence in ChslI 9st
W, Va last Monday night. Although
he has not received any recognition
from the government, he is still in
great demand as a speaker. Any cor
respondence sent to him in care Of this
off e Will be promptly delivered to in.
Hon. Jere A. Brown, who was 8
member Of the executive committee of
the Republican Stlte Central Com
mittee of Ohio, has returned TO this
city. He took most active part in the
late camraign and shared The honors
with the other IL members OF his COM
mittee. He has returned TO his old
position in the Treasury Department.
Mr.. Tom Dorsey, on the eve of his de
paiture for Washington to mary Mi
Blanche Bradford, was most Iavishly
, entertained by M=ssrs. Lson Cray and
Wn White at the residence of tt Q
ormer in jersey City, Besides the hest
aud guest OF honor the remaining
| guests were Messrs. "Dick' Moore of
Brooklyn and "Jsck" Nail Of Manhat
ten. Champagne, cigars and chat con-
ttnued TO d Jw until an eslly neur.
The annual fair of the Shiloh Baptist
church, l. street, between 10Th and II b
streets, n. W, which has betn in pre-
gress for four weeks will close next
Thursday the 2S:h with a grand
Thanksgiving dinner. The mambeIs S
promises to u axe It che Of the grandes
Thanksgiving dinners in its history.
Those who will kindly favor Us with
their presenoe Will be amply paid. Din
neT fr, m TO II O'Clock p. m. Admis-
sion twenty-five cents. dinner free a
Tna, ksg viDg sermon will be preached
al II a N. by the pastor, Rev. a.
Tay lor. D. ID.
The colored American., 1901-11-23
Town Topics.
the thinest pretext.

Lawyer ]. w. Patterson is d)ing fl q
banner business in the District.
Miss Laura Parker wss confined to
her home with the grip this week.
Capt, D. ] Glmer of Greensboro, N
Z. was in the city fe Y days this week.
The game sports had a run for their
money at Bennings this week. Many
of them are wiser if not richer.
Rev. Jas 81 Lee of the Fifth Street
Baptist Church has been somewhat in
disposed of la.e by reason of a severe
cold.
Rev. J. s Johnson. of1904 18th st.,
II. w. returned from Ohio last week
where be cast his vote for the Grand
Old Parry.
Mr.. Randolph Nelson, the popular
tonserisl artist o A. street co ltemplate.
many improvements in his slread,
neatly Fl ted up psrlor.
Detective Henry E. Lacey is sUs
tanning the gill edge reputation ALREADY
won as one Of the shrewdest snd mos
successful sl=uths IN the country
Mr.. Johnson, McElroy, a Washing
ton youth, who spent nine months il
Paris duri G the exposition, is now II
Londf n wheIe he is studying for tt
stage.
Mr.. 10 eDh Woods of Texss All
Ri Lucy Y. Ashton of Washington
d e. was married wednesday, Nc
vember 65h 1901 in Denver Gel
Col. Lewis H, Douglass wields
treDchsnt pen ss Of eli. His letter i
last Mondays Sun on "Ooe Phase c
the Race Problem" was trir-hsmme
one.
The Amsricsu Woo linen is a ne,
ca1d date for hon1rs in the D stri :,
Already 8 number Of camps have bee
established and FOme OF the best me
in the District ar8 interested in then
Col. Perry 81 Carson, the ve;era
leader of the race in the District,
looking hale and hearty. His positio
as an official in the District building
cODgenial TO him and he is always Il
center Of group Of friends
st Luke's P. E church, 18th an
Madison, sta. n. IL a. m. specI
sarmOn by Rev Owen 81, WsIler: "a
Il uds OF the Episcopal Church to Il
L.qqor Q 1estiou." p m. 25sh anu
v9rssry sermon snd confirmation /
the Bishop OF ashin ytOn. All sea
free. al welcome.
The colored American., 1901-11-23

both IN box for 81, or three boxes for g Guarsn
ted to do what we say and to be the best IN tht
world" One box Is all that is required ifused s;
directnd
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-10-13
HuN1RESSA WON
THE OZARK STAKE
The Chestnut Daughter of Pirate
of Penzance Beat Sambo and
Jordan in the Mud.
BAD DAY FOR FAvoRI1Es'
Heavy Mud and Poor Riding Com
bine to Make the Picking
of Winners a Hard
Matter.

True to her breeding, Huntressa. Wade
McLemore's chestnut filiy. by Pirate OF
PenxanceLSayonara. won the Ozark Stakes.
six furlongs. for 2-year-old colts and fllies.
at the Fair Grounds yesterday. The mud
was up to her hooks. and she was opposed
by two crack colts. Sambo and Jordan
Jordan was a 3 to S fayorite. Sambo 5 to 1
and Huntressa 8 to !. Has Gift and Wakfta
were held at free prices. The start was
good. Jordan was away. running on the in
side: Huntressa. OF, standing. fat-footed
on the outside. With all this disadvantage
Of start. she was first to the eight-pole. as
she had the best going. such as it was. ].
Daily took Jordan in the new. black mud
along the rail, which was the worst going.
A good man. people thought that sambo
could not run in the mud. He surprised
them with his speed in the going. Though
a SLOW beginner on any kind Of a track, he
kept right there. and at the three-eighths
pole locke like a sure winner. Jordan was
evidently weary as they swept around the
any one that came along. Sambo was max
ing an awful bid there. and under Dales
strong hands looked like a winner. Hun
you. Jordan was done at the stretch head
and threw II up. Days ride In the soft go
ing tired him. Sambo now bore down under
Dale Ts, vas ss'i tu uno h sSSaee him hin well veil together and
letting him run under a hrst-class mud
ride. eambo's chances never looked BRIGHT
er than hey did in the last 100 yards. when
Huntressa swerved a good bit. She lost
some ground. Their Dale. thinking that he
had It In his pocket. eased the big colt up;
Huntressa was not done, however. Bell
drew the whip and let her have two cracks
of It
Gamefy the chestnut mare responded BE,
fore Dale awoke to his danger she mad
6ambo beaten. Dale got at the big fellow
again. but when a numbering, long-striding
horse is once ea.ed up. especially in mud.
II is q hard matter to get him going. again.
Sambo could not respond in time and Hun
tressa won the N.Is9 for Mr.. McLemore.;
She e . grand nIly. but she vas lucky 70
he eased him up at the final nifty yards It
was Just a bit of hard luck and a little bad
Judgment on Dale's part. and a little game
riding on that Of Bell at the end.
Though Bell got the FLY on badly anu
used her q lot in the run to get to JORDAN.
and then let her swerve in the stretch, he
Tode her well in the final strides. He quite
cutseneraled and unfinished Dale then:
, Mud was knee-deep and It was q bad day
for favorites. A world Of money was bet
on Lady Bramble in the frst race. The
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-10-13

eandidats for 1906. For next year she is in
the $500 National Breeders Produce at
Sandown Park and the 5000 Imperial Pro-
duce at kempton Park. while she is in the
Longfeld Imperial and ~Liverpool's St.
George for 1893.
The quartet of colts is headed by Pan
Michael. a bay colt, by Jesgler. out Of Lady
susan. she by st. simon. out Of Bonnie
Snood. Lady Susan was bred by Lady Meux,
and carried the red. green sash" to vic.
tory In the 5000 Prince of Wales's Plate at
York upon the occasion Of her only juvenile
appearance in 1895.
Uncle Reggie is a brown colt. by Ayr
shire, out Of Agnostic, by, Rosicrucian. and
Is. therefore. a full brother to Ardeshire.
Pan Michael and Uncle Rsgyie have each
are in the Newmarket stakes, EPSON Derby
and 5000 jockey Club Stakes of 1903. as
also the $50 600 Princess Of Wales Stakes for
1904. Pan Michael is IN the $3.50 National
Breeders Produce of 1902. while Uncle Reg
gle is in the $4,000 Eclipse Of 1905.
ono by Donovan. out OF Time Bell,
spoieta: are the remaining, colts leased BY
Mr.. Whitney. O'Donovan Is In the. Sand
bingham Foal Stakes and the Eclipse of
1903. While White Webbs Is in the Hurst
Park Fcal Plate Of 1902 and the $1,000 San
down Foal Stakes Of 1909.