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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-04-17

University at Lawrence, but LETT a1ter
finishing his sophomore year.
Mr.. Funston was employed on a
newspaper at Fort Smith, Ark. 1t
was not very profitable. He then
went on a botanical expedition TO
Death Valley in the following year
and later to Chilkoot Pass in a bliz-
zard. At the head of the Yukon he
built a canoe. in which he went down
to the Klondike country, where DaW-
son City is now situated.
General Funston two years later
made arrangements with the Cuban
Junta to enlist as lieutenant-colonel
in the Army of Liberation, Joined
filbustering expedition and landed at
Camaguey in August of 1896. He be-
came second in command In charge OF
artillery to w. Dana Osgood, and had
much hard fighting. Osgood was killed
by a Spanish bullet, and Funston as.
sumed command. At BayamO he led
o cavalry charge with 500
mounted Cubans attacking 2500 Span
ish infantry. At Las Tunas Funston
was shot and had his horse killed
under him. The horse fell on him.
Although Funston was badly wound
ed he creDt to the headquarters and
protested against the execution OF hf-
ty Cuban guerillas, who were cap
tured, fighting under the Spanish flag.
Funston returned to New York City
in $685. When war with Spain was
declared Funston at once offered his
services to President Mckinley. He
was commissioned colonel of the
Twentieth Kansas. and was afterward
offered a position on General Miles's
staff, because of his knowledge of
Cuba.
Funston fought through the Spanish
war and then returned to Kansas,
later going to California, where he
was married. Six hours later he
sailed with his regiment for Manila.
The Kansas soldiers who had writ
ten home about General Funston told
Of how, although suffering from
lame leg, he slept on the firing line,
and how he led the charges. He was
with his regiment when it charged
into Caloocan and was the first white
soldier to enter Malolos. He was the
first American officer to cross the
river at Calumpit.
General Funston was charged in
May. 1900, with summarily executing
two natives in the Province of Zam-
bales. 1t developed that General
Funston caught the natives in the very
act Of numbering bound Macabebe
scouts, and his action in view Of the
circumstances was considered justlfi-
able
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-04-17
Towing a Raft of Ice.

One Of the companies harvesting ice
on the Upper Niagara is using a novel
means of getting its supply. Their Ice
houses are located at point on the
bank where cutting cannot be carried
on to advantage, while out in the open
at no great distance from the ice lifts
there is plenty of good ice.
They are marking off the ice in
blocks, as usual, but instead of saving
it into strips and running it into the
lifts, they detach great RATS of the
blocks by saving, and then tow the
raft to a convenient place near the ice
houses, where it is cut up for packing.
The cakes as marked off are twenty
two by thirty inches in size and about
eleven inches thick. These are de-
tached in blocks Of about 5000 cakes
and floated out into the open water.
Graphing hooks are put behind them.
and by the aid of tug the big raft
of ice is towed to slip cut in the shore
ice near the house. The tug is making
regular trips back and forth to the
fields in the middle of the river. Ice
harvesters on the Niagara say there
never was better ice than there is
now.-Philadelphia Record.
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DOMESTIC.

Although no date has yet been set
for the launching Of the battleship
Maine, now In process Of construction
at the Cramp Ship Yards, In Philadel-
phia, it will take place in few weeks.
Members of the Woman's Sabbath
Alliance, at New York City. inveighed
against compulsory Sabbath desecra-
ton at colleges.
It was said that the Rogers Locomo-
tive Works, at Paterson, N. j., were
sold to a syndicate headed by August
Belmont.
The Minnesota State Senate defeat
ed an Anti Cigarette bill. and there
were rumors of Doodle fund supplied
by cigarette manufacturers.
The village of Sing Sing, n, Y, gave
up it's name for that of Ossining. an
Indian Chief of the seventeenth CEN
tury.
John Keith, aged ninety-nine years.
at Upper Sandusky. Ohio. choked
while eating and died two hours later.
Fire, started by a stroke of light
ming, destroyed st. Andrews Roman
Catholic Cathedral, at Grand Rapids,
Mich. Loss, $4,000; insurance, $780,
900.
The new torpedo boat Tingley was
launched at the Columbia Iron Works,
at Baltimore. Md.
A satisfied mortgage for 100000 was
burned in st. Andrews Methodist
Episcopal Church at New York City.
Several Union Pacific trains were
stalled by snowdrifts in Nebraska,
where blizzard was raging.
A one-legged man robbed Joseph
Schultz, at Chicago, and fifteen Grip.
pies were arrested, but Schultz could
not identify his man.
Minnesota was reapportioned into
nine Congressional districts.
The City Hall at Rutland, VT, was
destroyed by fire. All the records were
saved The loss is 100000
By a compromise decree the cele-
brated thompson will case, involving
S1,3OO,000, was settled at Brattleboro.
VT, the heirs receiving 5000, 1000 and
the rest going to form trust fund for
charity.
The applications of forty japanese
for citizenship papers at San Francis
co, Cal, were refused.
Miss Haiti Mills, a rich actress
ended her life with carbolic acid, a.
Troy, N. Y.
After blindness of twenty-eight
years Valentine Batz, Baltimore, Md,
had his sight restored.
Fire Chief Webber, of Boston, Mass,
was retired on half pay because Of
injury to his eyes.
The battleship Massachusetts, ran
aground at Pensacola, Fla. She is not
damaged.
1t is proposed by syndicate to build
the worlds largest dry docks on flats
between Bedloe and Ellis islands, at
New York City.
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ORR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

The Philippines Commission sailed
from Iloilo for Sulu to confer with the
Sultan.
General Miles thinks the Cubans
will agree to the proposals of Con-
rress and the Administration at
Washington.
The work Of raising the wreck Of the
Maine in Havana harbor was begun.
The postage rates between Cuba and
the United States will hereafter be the
same as the domestic rates in both
countries.
Governor Allen expects to leave Por-
to Rico in q fortnight for Washington
to confer with President Mckinley.
A large number Of insurgent officers
and men were captured by American
troops in Cavite Province, Luzon, P. l.
Congressman returning from Hav-
ana declare that Cuba must wait un-
til Congress meets again, and that
the weather. classes favor annexa-
tion.
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The ,yura Mountains Cracking.

The Neuchatel district Of SwitZer-
land is threatened with a fearful
disaster. A huge mountain in the
.Iura range has been so Quarried
that its sides are cracking, and
the whole vast mass of more than
million cubic metres is in motion.
Indeed, when the present frost breaks
up it is feared that the mountain will
fall into the valley.
Several towns are in imminent dan
ger of being wiped out. and the inhab-
itants have been warned.
The Jura range is the block Of noun
tains rising between the Rhine and
the Rhone. and forming the frontier
between France and Switzerland. 1t
is really a huge plateau, 15G miles long
and thirty-eight miles broad. The
height of the mountains varies consid-
erably, 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 lik-
ened to thunder. The authorities, Of
course, can do little to prevent the i'm
pending disaster, but they are trying
to avoid it and to save life.-London
Mail
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THE NEWS EPITOMlZED
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

Secretary Root and Adjutant-G Gener-
oil Corbln expect to visit the Philip
pines in the summer for the purpose
of personally studying the military
situation.
The Government, through Secretary
Hay. declined to protest against the
seizure of Manchuria by Russia.
The reply Of the British Government
declining to accept the amended HAY
Pauncefote treaty was made puollc.
Attorney-General Griggs rendered
his resignation to President Mckinney.
and announced his plans for resumlng
the practice Of law.
Germany is declared by a diplomat
in Washington to have inspired Eng
lands rejection of the canal treaty.
Director Merriam caused the arrest
If Washington policeman on account
Of the alleged census frauds in Mary
land.
Contracts for furnishing the United
States army with nearly q million
pounds of meat, for use in the Philip
pines, were awarded to Chicago pack
ORG
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TOWN IN 4 SEA OF FIRE
A Flood Of Blazing Oil Pours Down
on Glen Gardner, N. ].
TANKS BURST IN TRAIN SMASH

The Town is Almost Wiped Out by =
Rushing Stream of Living Fire -
Awakened by the Noise the Inhabit-
ants Flee to the Hills-Destruction OF
Property Estimated at $4,000.
Glen Gardner, N. J.-Fire borne on
a river Of oil rushing down the mount
ain at the foot of which this village is
located almost engulfed the town and
destroyed a large section of it. The
catastrophe was the direct result OF a
freight train wreck on the Central
Railroad. near the town.
In the wrecked train were thirteen
oil laden cars. and the concussion OF
the two sections coming together
caused two of the tanks to explode.
The escaping oil took fire Immediately.
and formed river Of burning oil, which
ran down the grade into the town. set
ting fire to everything in it's path. The
fire was under control at noon. ana
the firemen continued to battle with
the burning oil tanks the rest OF the
day. The loss of oil is estimated at
$4,000 gallons. Before the flames were
extinguished property valued at about
$4,000 was destroyed.
The wreck occurred shortly after e.
o'clock. before many of the residents
were astir. and before they realized
what the matter was the Masonic Hall,
tho finest huildino in the town: q big
storehouse belonging to William Car
ling. containing iot Of new agricul.
tural machinery. and eleven dwelling
houses were the prey Of the flames.
The occupants of the dwellings barely
escaped with their lives. Most OF
those who escaped from the burned
district fed to the big hill north Of the
town. The 500 inhabitants Of the
place made hurried preparations to flee
to the hills, but the burning oil ran
down the hillside into a mountain
stream which carried it away from
the town.
Appeals for aid to fire companies in
Washington and Somerville were made
and were responded to. the apparatus
being brought here on special train,
and after a hard fight the flames were
checked.
The fire extended to the other eleven
cars. and before they could be drawn
away from the wreck one after an
other burst, until the contents or al
of them aided in increasing the sea OF
fame that for time threatened 10 en-
gulf the town.
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last told Of the return Of Major March
from his long chase after Aguinaldo
In the highlands Of Cagayan. The
men were worn out by their hardshlps,
and only thirteen Of the fifty horses
they had out with them survived. Ma.
tiyes reported the insurgent chief as
wounded in the shoulder. Major
March. however. had a package Of
letters captured in the baggage of a
notorious leader which he had seized.
Aguinaldo's wife and sister were
captured on January of last year at
Talabin, Province Of Bontoc. by
Major March. Four rebel officers,
eighteen of their men and one Amer
lean surrendered with the women.
His mother was also captured. One
son died during the flight of the
family before the American troops.
The women have been we'll treated in
Manila.
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FOLLOWED HER LEPER HUSBAND.
Devoted Hawaiian Wife Joins Him I'D
Exile on Molokai Island.

Devoted Hawaiian Wife Joins Him I'D
Exile on NIolokai Island.
San Francisco, Cal-From Honolulu
comes O. story of wife's devotion
which led her to simulate leprosy IN
order that she might be sent to exile
on Molokai Island with her leprous
husband. She was a beautiful native
girl, Luhia, the daughter of q CHER
She married Lui Hulapa, a young M
tive, who two years after the mar
riage developed signs Of leprosy. Sc
cretly he made all preparations to go
to Molokai Island and left a letter
for his wife, bidding her an eternal
farewell.
The young woman was inconsolaoie
and after vainly trying to be allowed
to 20 to Molokai she enlisted the serv
ice of q kahuna, or witch doctor. He
gave her a preparation that when
rubbed on the skin for several weeks
made it silvery white, as though she
were in the last stages of leprosy:
Then she applied to the health Doaro
to be sent to Molokai.
The doctors suspected her, as he1
face showed no traces Of the disease
and when pressed she admitted he1
deceit. The doctors were so much I'M
pressed with her devotion that they
set aside the rule and permitted heI
to join her husband.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-04-17
FOREIGN.

The bubonic plague is reported to
be spreading at Cape Town, South
Africa, and in India.
The Russian Government decided to
adopt more lenient measures in the
cases Of students charged with riot.
1t was reported that mine was dis
covered under the palace Of the Car,
at TZarskoe-Selo, Russia.
Boer raiders succeeded in capturing
many cattle in Zululand.
1t is believed in Mexico City that
American railroads are absorbing the
great lines of Mexico.
Mr.. Matsui, Secretary Of the Japan
ese Legation In London, declared that
war with Russia must come now or
later, and that his Government would
not hesitate to strike now.
The British General French defeated
several Boer forces In his campaign.
taking 1900 prisoners, and many guns
and cattle.
Arthur Chamberlain, son Of the
British Colonial Secretary, received an
award of $1,000 damages in suit for
libel against the London Star.
The Rev. J. Stonehouse, of the Lon
don Missionary Society. was murdered
by brigands near Tien-Tsin, China.
japan Is reported to have determined
to oppose, at all costs, any agreement
between Russia and China as to terri
tory contiguous to Korea.
The Germans defeated the Chinese
imperial troops In the passes on the
h-li-Shansi frontier.
Queen Alexandra of Great Britain
arrived at Copenhagen, Denmark, on q
visit to the King, her father.
The third snowfall Of the season is
causing serious delays In traffic
throughout Austria.
Earl Cadogan, Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland, authorizes the statement that
he will retain Office for another year.
Fifteen lives were lost in floods In
Italy.
Philip Botha, brother Of the Boer
Commander-in-C Chief, was killed In
battle In South Africa
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Labor World.

The number of Krupp's employees
last May was 47,330.
Indefinite closing has been ordered
at the Colchester Cotton Mills, Bur-
lington, vt.
President Mitchell has declined the
gift of home from the United Mine
Workers Union.
The Atlantic Coast Seamen's Union
has decided to demand higher wages
in all ports of the Atlantic coast.
A strike of union pressmen has been
ordered on the Chicago Tribune,
Times Herald, Record, News, Evening
Post and Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-04-17
AGUINALDO 4 PRISONER
General Funston Captures the Insur-
gent Leader.
DARING PLAN IS SUCCESSFUL

he Filipino Chief Brought to Manila by
the Intrepid Volunteer Soldier on
Board the Gunboat vieksbur& - Was
Surprised In His Hiding Place in the
Province of Isabella, Island of Luzon.
Manila.-General Frederick Fun
,tor's daring project for the capture
# General Emilio Aguinaldo in his
oiding place in the province Of 1sa-
bella, island Of Luzon, has proved
completely successful.
Aguinaldo was captured there
harch 90.
The United States gunboat Vicks-
,urg, Commander E. B. Barry, with
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To Honor a Bravo Enrlishman,

The bronze tablet to be set up by
the Navy Department at Santiago,
Cuba, in memory of Frederick VOL.
laston Ramsden, has just been fin.
ished at the Washington Navy Yard
and is now ready for shipment. Az
Consul General Of Great Britain
Ramsden rendered conspicuous aid tc
Hobson and his little band Of heroes
by way Of allieviating their sufferings
during Imprisonment.
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Killed Himself With Dynamite

Samuel Hagerty. prosperous farm
er, at Payne. Ohio, took quantity Of
dynamite and went to the field, an
nouncing his intention to blast stumps.
Later a violent explosion alarmed the
neighbors, and on investigation they
found a few scattered remnants Of the
man. An inquest developed the fact
that he had placed the explosive in a
large stump, sat thereon, and deliber-
ately lighted the fuse.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-04-17
Nevsy Breyities.

Bombay, India, shows a decline in
population of $4,000 in ten years.
There are in Geneva about 10000
French, who show disinclination to
become Swiss citizens, to escape GER
tain duties.
A British punitive expedition has
burned the capitals Of the two maraud-
ing Emirs in Nigeria and released 200
slave women.
Arrangements exist in Athens for
annual special excursions for archaeo-
logIsts to the Greek islands and the
Poleponnesus.
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African Ingenuity.

The novel methods resorted to by na-
tives on the east coast Of Africa. about
fifty miles from Guardaful, to loot the
steamer Indra. which went ashore
there are told by the Alden correspond
ent Of the London Daily Express.
About 2OOO tons of sugar had been
conveyed to the shore. 1t had been
packed into sheepskins. which were
then inflated and floated ashore.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-04-17
PROPHET DIED PRAYING.
Pronounced an Imposter, He Vowed Hos
to Stay on the Earth.

Pronounced an 1mpOsCer, ne so"eu wv
to Stay on the Earth.
London. - Advices from Mongo,
Uganda. are 1, the effect that Mu-
lulzi, tn, new Mohammedan Madi,
who recently proclaimed himself in
Uganda, appeared before the court Of
the Sultan Of Mbogo, who is the NOM
inal head of Mohammedanism in that
country and sought to establish his
claim as the successor of the Prophet;:
Mbogo did not appreciate a rival and
denounced him as an impostor before
L., assembled chiefs.
Muludzi tried :, effect of eloqunce,
but this was received -7ith ridicule.
whereupon he Indignantly declared
that he would no l:ager remain in 4
world which was unit to '" ceive him.
He ascended a small hill outside
Mbogo compt Ind, knelt and called
aloud on Mohar-med after which he
Instantly expired.
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A French investigator has come to the
conclusion that the brains OF military and
naval men give out most quickly. He
states that out of every 100000 men of the
army or naval professions 1879 are hopeless
lunatics. Of the so-caled liberal profes-
sions, artists are the first to succumb to
the brain strain, next the lawyers, fol-
lowed at some distance by doctors, clergy,
literary men and civil servants.
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Chickens are now plucked in wholesale
manner by the use of pneumatic machin-
cry There is a receptacle in which the
bird is placed after being killed, and into
this are turned several cross currents of
air from electrical fans revolving at the
rate of 5000 turns per minute. In the
twinkling of an eye the bird is stripped
of it's feathers. even to the tiniest particle
of down, and the machine is ready for an
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-04-17
Try Grain.O! Try Grain.O!

Ask your grocer to-day to show you packs
sge of GRA1N-O. the new food drink that take
the place Of coffee. The children may drink
it without injury as well as the adult. All who
tryit, ikeit. GRAIS-O has that rich seal brown
Of Mocha OF Java, but it is made from pure
grains, and the most delicate stomach receives
it without distress. a the price Of coffee.
Is and Csc per package. Sold by all grocers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-04-17

Down in the "Queen City" they are
boasting of steel engraving of Cincin-
natl, Ohio, and suburbs the river, boats
and bridges. with sections of the cities on
the kentucky side, the largest engraved
representing nearly one years close app!i-
cation to its execution, by Charles F. u
rich. 1t adorns the lobby wall of the Glib
son House, and has attracted much atten-
ton and elected many ecomiums.
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Seal Catch Close to 100000.

Sealing steamers which have arrived
at st. Johns. N. T., report that all
the other ships have from 10000 to
25,000 seals each aboard. The com.
plete success of the season is now as
sured. The whole catch is likely to
approach 100000 being the largest in
twenty years.
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Miles's Son at West Point.

Sherman Miles, the only son OF Lieu
tenant-General Miles. has passed his
entrance examinations for admission
to West Point, and will begin his four
years. course for an army commission
on June 80 next. He was appointed
at-large by President Mckinley last
July.
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n MAY last it was reported that the
Filipino leader, driven into the woods
oy Major March's command, had been
slain by the savage 1gorrotes. With,
n q few weeks. however, he was SAID
% be personally organizing q large
army In the north.
A dispatch from Manila on June b
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Three Women Frozen Together.

In the Sella Pass, in the Dolomlte
Mountains, above Botzeff, three wom-
en- from Fassa lost their way in a
snowstorm and were found frozen to-
gether in a stonelike group. They had
to be laid on a sledge together and
dragged into the valley and thawed be-
fore a great fire before they could be
separated for burial. - London Daily
Nnn,S
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ANOTHER RUSSIAN SECT MAY COME
10000 Molukanes of fTrans-CaucasiaW Wish
to Seek Homes in Moth America.

Washington, D. C.-United States
Consul General Guenther writes from
Frankfort to the Department of State:
1T is reported from st. petersburg
that the people belonging to the re-
ligious sect called Doukhobors haV-
ing left the Caucasus and found
new home in Canada, the Molukanes,
another Russian sect residing IT
Trans -Caucasia, also wish to emigrate
to North America. They number
about $4,000, and are located at Titis,
Jelsawetpol, Baku and Kars. They
are known as industrious agricultur-
lists and they desire to emigrate on
account of lack Of land and Increased
Taxation "
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Indiana Suffers Also.

Charlottesville, Ind.-A severe wind
storm, amounting almost to tornado.
and accompanied with electrical dis
turbances, swept over East Fountain
and West Montgomery Counties. The
loss amounts to thousands Of dollars.
barns, fences, trees and wind pumps
being blown down. No lives were
lost
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-04-17

While frequent appeals are being made
in the United States for the preservation
of forest lands other lands are giving the
timber question serious attention. M. Me-
lard, Chief of the French Forestry Bu-
reau. points out in report that the con-
sumption of timber in the world is great.
forests with the obvious result that the
must soon take measures to
preserve their timber lands.