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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-22
S1RANGLED HIS MOTHER,
Drowned His Father, and Then
Killed Himself When Arrested.
Awful Crime of Prince Edward Island
Man to Get Possession OF
the Family Property.

Halifax, n. S.-Three weeks ago
Mrs. Donald Mcleod was found dead
on the kitchen floor in a farmhouse
near Charlottetown, Prince Edward
Island, and the Coroner's jury found
evidence that she had been strangled
to death. A year before her husband
was found dead in a we'll.
With Mrs. Mcleod lived q son Archi-
bald, the only heir to the property now
in this country. A few days ago Archi-
bald was arrested on charge of hav-
ing murdered his mother, and there Is
a strong suspicion that it was he who
drowned his father.
Mcleod was to have appeared for
trial in Charlottetown on Monday, but
in the morning he was found dead in
Jail, having hanged himself with
towel. On the previous night he was
reading a Bible in prison, and appar-
emily was not greatly alarmed about
the future.
Mrs. Mcleod, his mother, had life
interest in the old homestead, and it is
believed that the son was impatient to
obtain the property.
R. D. Mcleod, Vice-President Of the
Whitney Glass Works, New York City;
Angus Mcleod, one Of Kansas Clty's
leading merchants, and Malcolm Nc
Leod, ex-Mayor Of Prince Albert, are
brothers Of the suicide.
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ting the necessary two-thirds votes to
purchase the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy road and merge it with the
Northern Pacific. Such merger
would jeopardize the Union Pacific
and other Western roads controlled
by the Hartman interests.
The long-predicted panic, like all
other panics, found market operators
so completely unprepared for, and so
utterly astounded and dumbfounded
by it-and this Notwithstanding the
many warnings put out-that prices
fairly melted away in the wild scram-
BILE Of holders of stock to "stand from
under"
The break started shortly before 1
o'clock, and when the market closed,
some two hours later, quotations had
slumped in the interval anywhere
from one to twenty points. Many
fortunes that had been made In the
last six months by men who never
before had a dollar, and who, encour-
aged by their great successes IN the
phenomenal market since the Presi-
dental election, had ''pyramided''
their accounts, were in some cases
wholly wiped out as a result of the
crash, and in others so considerably
reduced that little remains. Even
some of the so-called "big" men have
been badly hit, and there was talk
also of serious trouble on the part OF
some brokerage houses.
Some Of the leading features Of the
days remarkable trading are as fol-
lows:
The stock.ticker had to work fifty
three minutes overtime to record the
tremendous business of the last hour
of trading. A million shares were
sold In this one hour. More Northern
Pacific shares were actually sold than
are in existence. To cover, brokers
after the close bid $4,000, or fifty per
cent, for the use Of 100 shares OF
Northern Pacific common over night.
One prominent trader sold 1000
shares of Northern Pacific short at
1sO, and took them back at 100 n
less than a minute.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-22
FREIGHT TRAIN BLOCKED FIREMEN
As Result Many Persons Perished in .
Fire in South Chicago.

Chicago.-Seven persons were
burned to death, three fatally injured,
and several others slightly injured in
a fire that destroyed q three-story
apartment building in South Chicago.
The origin of the fire Is unknown.
While the occupants Of the burning
building were struggling with the
smoke and flames, in hope Of forcing
their way to safety, the firemen who
were responding to the alarm were
vainly waiting for freight train,
which blocked the way Of the fire en-
gines, to move away from the crossing
and give On open road to the fire.
Marshal Driscoll, in charge Of the fire.
men, called to the conductor and
brakemen to move the train. but they
refused to comply with his request.
The police were sent for and the crew
arrested.
Then under orders of the Fire Mar
shal, the train was backed from the
crossing, but by the time the firemen
reached the burning building the
structure had been destroyed. Scat
tered among the embers were found
the charred remains of the victims.
The bodies were burned beyond recog-
milton and were identified in various
ways. The train crew, who live at
Elkhart, Ind, were held without bail,
awaiting the verdict Of the Coroner's
inquest.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-22
CUBAN DELEGATES REPORT
Urged the Constitutional Convention
to Adopt the PIatt Amendment
OUR POLICY OF INTERVENTION

The Report Stated That the United State
Would Not Intervene Unless Cuba Wer,
Attacked BY q Foreign Power-Presi
dents Plan For Fixing Commercial Re
lations-Report Made Good Impression
Havana, Cuba.-The Special Com
mission Of the Cuban Constitutional
Convention, which visited Washington,
presented to the convention an exten-
sive report Of its conferences with
President Mckinley and Secretary
Root, and a glowing account OF the
Ibanquets and receptions rendered to it.
Senor Gibcrga objected to incorporat-
ing an account Of the social pro-
gramme in the report, but the commits
sion insisted upon this point.
In reference to the third clause Of
the Platt amendment, the report stated
that the United States would not in
teryene unless Cuba were attacked by
q foreign power, or unless there eX-
listed in Cuba a condition Of affairs
similar to that which existed under
Spain at the time of American inter-
yention.
Regarding coaling stations. the re-
port set forth that the places so de-
sired by the United States were Capes
Maisi and San Antonio and another
point commanding the entrance to the
Gulf Of Mexico; that these would be
definitely determined upon when draw
ing up the treaty, and that the object
of these stations would be the main
tenance of the independence Of Cuba
as well as the protection Of the United
States.
The report also said that the United
States would in no way interfere in
the local government, and that Presi-
dent Mckinley had promised to ap-
point a commission to meet Cuban
commission to discuss the economic
question and to draw up commercial
treaty as soon as the republic was es-
tablished. Mr.. Mckinley advised the
Cubans in the meantime to study the
situation in this respect. The report
announced that Secretary Root said
there was nothing in the Platt amend
ment to prevent Cuba having diplo-
matte representatives in foreign coun-
tries.
The report has evidently made a
good impression, and only few Radi-
Gals will continue to oppose the ac-
ceptance of the Platt amendment.
Senor Villuenda, in an open letter
declaring his intention to accept the
amendment, says he first thought that,
if the convention rejected the amend
ment, Washington might change its
policy, as he then believed the amend
ment was the work Of party.
, II now believe" says Senor Villuen-
da, that the amendment is the work
of the Nation. There is no use in OBJ
jecting to the inevitable 1t is either
annexation or 4 republic with the
amendment, and I prefer the latter.
The United States Government, by in
sisting upon the amendment, shows
that the Americans have changed from
their policy before the war, and that
they no longer rely upon the Monroe
doctrine to protect the interests Of
American republics"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-22
Labor World,

Strike disturbances have occurred
at Aznalcollar, in the province Of Sc
vile, Spain.
There are 80 vessels and over 1000
men engaged in the sponge fisheries
In Florida.
The machinists' demand for a nine
hour day, at Watertown, N. Y, has
been refused.
All the employees of the omnibus and
street car lines in Barcelona, Spain,
went on strike.
The Ohio Rolling Mill Company, at
Findlay, Ohio, has granted an increase
Of ten per cent. in wages to 400 EN-.
ployes.
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Prominent People.

United States Minister White has
returned to Berlin from his trip to
Italy.
Zola's royalties on his books during
the year 1900 amounted to $4,000
francs.
Sir Edwin Arnold IS said to be to-
tally blind now, though he keeps up
his literary work.
The German Ambassador ut Wash
ington, Herr Won Holleben, denies that
he Is to wed next fall.
Former Senator German says he was
Invariably mistaken at Washington
for q diplomat or priest
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An 1rreparabie Loss.

The Rev. ". A. P. Martin, who was
In Pekin all through the great siege,
calls the loss of the great Imperial H.
brary at Pekin the greatest loss Of
valuable books and manuscripts since
the destruction of the library at Alex
andria. The thousands upon thou
sands Of rare volumes and manuscripts
which cannot be replaced were utterly
destroyed by flames and by the ruth
less and wanton desire to pillage. Not
even a vestige Of the former glory Of
the great library Is now left.-Chris-
tian Intelligencer.
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lars on hand, not covered by out
standing certificates. was $10,363, ,266.
The amount of United States notes
was S10,21S,404.
These are narrow margins upon
which to conduct the large exchange
business Of the crop moving season,
but Treasurer Roberts believes he
will be able to meet all demands. He
finds it necessary to lay down the rule
Of exchanges in kind as far as possi-
BILE, because of the limit imposed by
law upon most forms Of currency out
side Of the gold certificates.
Gold certificates can be furnished
to any amount in exchange for gold
coin, but their minimum denomination
Is $40, not always small enough to
meet demands.
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Fifteen fer CenIs ON Ahoh SA"AAAo-
Liabilities Estimated at Sso0,oo0.
Ovid, N. Y.-When the LIE. Roy c.
Partridge Bank, which had stood since
1868, failed to open it's doors for,b
ness on the morning Of April 25 little
excitement was caused In this town.
Notices were posted that creditors
would receive 100 cents on q dollar,
and it was the general understanding
that the step was taken to effect a
speedy closing up of formerly pros
porous banking business which was
becoming Improbable.
Later developments. however, have
made it plain that the bank Is wrecked
and the disastrous results are wide
spread. The total liabilities are eati-
mated at $S00,000 but the books are In
such confused shape that 1t will be at
least sixty days before the assignee,
Benjamin Franklin, and the examiner
can give out definite figures. Deposltors
have strong hope that fifteen per
cent. may be realized on their claims.
Seneca County finds itself to-day al
most paralyzed in business way, and
the financial stress extends through
out Central New York. Many men
are so heavily involved that. nothing
but poverty lies before them. OF the
hundreds Of employees at Willard State
Hospital there Is probably not one who
Is not loser. Aged men and women
who had trusted their little all to the
Partridge Bank find themselves prac-
tically penniless.
Town funds are swept away. School
moneys, needed at once, are gone.
Churches have lost small amounts and
organizations of every sort have bills
to meet and no cash to meet them.
The State is believed to have had
about $4,000 in the bank. The
county Is poorer by $4,000, which is
tied up or absolutely gone, and much
needed Improvements must be given
up.
Many believe that William G. How
ellis sudden insanity and Archibald
Bankers suicide were direct fruits Of
the failure and the panic that followed
realization of the disaster. Both were
thought we'll off, but the closing of
the bank left them so heavily involved
that their minds apparently gave way.
Bitterness Is added to despair. Feel
ing runs so high that it has been
thought wise by officials of the
wrecked bank not to appear in public.
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Newsy GleanlnEs

It cost $1o,G0O,C0o to build the Pan
American Exposition at Buffalo, n. l.
The Standard Oil Company mas
made a .,ew boiler for use on war
ships.
Tho commission to settle war claims
will be known as the Spanish Treaty
Claims Commission.
Footpads on the Rivera are rivalling
Monte Carlo in the work of tighten.
Ing the purses of tourists.
A ss5, 900 Y. M. G. A: building has
teen offered Columbus, Ga. by George
Moetor Peabody. Of New York City.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-22
Commissioner Lyman Dead.

Colonel Henry H. Lyman, State
Commissioner of Excise, died at his
home in Oswego. N. Y. He had been
sick from heart trouble for the past
several weeks. He is survived by a
widow and three daughters. Colonel
Lyman was born in Lorrain, N. Y,
April Is. 1S4i. He served in the Civil
War and at its close was made q Lieu
tenant-Colonel Of militia. He took an
active part in politics and held many
offices. Governor Black appointed him
State Excise Commissioner, and Gov
ernor Odell reappointed him a few
days before his death.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-22
The Sportinc World.

Clarence H. Mackay's Banaster won
the Metropolitan Handicap at the
opening of Norris Park race track,
at New York City.
Several thousand spectators saw
Nathan Strauss trotting road horse
Alves, 2.09R, defeat Swift, 2.16A, in
L brush on the Speedway, at New
York City.
A remarkable sale Of carriage horses
ended at the American Horse Ex-
change, in New York City. For eighty
seven high steppers total Of SOL, LAS
was realized.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-22
DEATH CAME IN HOUR OF BLISS.
Stricken With Paralysis as he Placed
Ring on Sweetheart's Finger.

Stricken With Paralysis as he Placed
Ring on Sweetheart's Finger.
Newburyport, Mass.-Arthur P. Nor
rison, thirty-seven years old, died in
the hospital az the result Of paralysis,
which came upon him while proposing
marriage.
EARLY in the evening he called on
Miss Ida Lisson, to whom he had
been paying attention, and after pro-
posing marriage he placed an engage:
ment ring on her finger.
He was suddenly stricken and fell
to the floor. A physician was sum-
moned, but the man was unconscious
and was removed to the hospital. He
was a popular young man and played
on several basketball teams. Heart
disease brought on paralysis. accord
ing to the physicians.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-22
SWEDISH LUNATIc RUNS AMUcK.

Kills Daughter of Baroness and In
jures Several Others.
Grenna, Sweden. - While Baroness
Augusta Won Dusen was introducing
q patient named Nehrmann into hos
pital for nervous diseases here Nehr-
mann became violent, seized a knife
and stabbed the Baroness and her
three daughters. The patient then es-
capped into the street clad only in un-
derclothing, tried to force an entrance
into several houses, and attacked and
wounded five persons before being
overpowered. One of the daughters Of
the Baroness succumbed to her wound.
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KILLED FATHER AND HERSELF;
Daughter Resented tho Parents Cruel
Treatment Of Her Mother.

Daughter Resented tho Parents Cruel
Treatment Of Her Mother.
st. Louis, Mo.-Gustave Baare, aged
fifty, bailiff of the st. Louis School
Board and former Representative in
the State Legislature, was shot and
killed at his home by his daughter, Ida
N. Baare, aged twenty, who then
turned the revolver upon herself, in
flicting a wound from which she died
in two minutes. Both were shot
through the head.
The action Of the young woman was
premeditated, as was shown by let
ter which she left. In it she said that
the frequent insults offered to her
mother by her father became unbear-
able. and that she had resolved to kill
him and then herself. Mr.. Baare was
taking q nap when he was killed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-22
-, CLEVELAND BANK CLOSED.
Directors Suspend Payment Owing to the
Absence of tho Treasurer.

Directors Suspend Payment Owing to tho
Absence of the Treasurer.
Cleveland, Ohio.-The doors of the
Cuyahoga Savings and Banking Com
pany were not opened for business
few days ago. The following notice
was posted on the window:
ION account of the continued alb
sence of f. N. Pollock, the treasurer,
the directors have concluded to sus-
pend payment until such time as they
can make an examination of their af-
fairs. 1t is confidently expected that
every depositor will be paid in full"
Hundreds Of depositors, mostly work
ing people, gathered around the bank
soon after the notice was displayed,
clamoring for their money.
The last statement published by the
bank indicated that the individual de-
posits amounted to $299, ,176; loans on
real estate, discounts, ETC., $500, 1863.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-22
WIFE OF cRoNJE INSANE.
Boer Prisoners at tho Island OF St. Helen
Find the Life Hard.

Boer Prisoners Mt tho Island Of st. Helens
Find the Life Hard.
Amsterdam, Holland.-Letters from
St. Helena, where q large number Of
Boer prisoners are confined, say that
Mrs. Cronje, wife Of the Boer General
Cronje, has become mentally unbal-
anced, owing to her experience in the
war and her life in her prison at Dead
wood. She imagines that she is the
former Empress Eugene Of France.
Five other Boer prisoners have also
become insane.
The Boer prisoners in st. Helena re-
Gently gave an original theatrical per-
formance, entitled "The Bitter Strug-
GLE" The central figures of the plot
were Joseph Chamberlain, Colonial
Secretary, and the capitalists interest
ed in the mines Of the Rand, who were
depicted as blood-curdling villains.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-22
Minor Mention.

The New York Stock Exchange may
list the new British bonds.
The Mad Mullah. with large force,
is threatening to raid Berbera, in East
Africa.
The London theatres are doing a
poor business on account Of the fine
weather.
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts
shows a deficiency Of $3S696 for the
year 1900.
Nearly 1000 immigrant: are arriving
ut New York City on each Of the big
ocean liners.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-22
PANIC ON STOCK MARKET.
Hundreds cf Small Spectators Are
Squeezed Out Of Wall Street.
TERRIFIC STRUGGLE OF GIANTS
Che Battle For the Control Of the North
ern Pacific Railroad eliminated in q
Smash of Stock Market Prices-Long-
Predicted Panic Found Spectators
Unprepared-Many Fortunes Gone.

New York City.-The corner in
Northern Pacific caused panic on
the Stock Exchange on Wednesday.
The whole market shot down with
lightning speed with the exception Of
Northern Pacific. Extreme losses of
ten points were common. The paper
profits of thousands of spectators
were wiped out.
The shorts in Northern Pacific were
fearfully squeezed. The stock opened
up at 155 and in fifteen minutes sold
to $50, reacting to 145 and climbing
again to 16S and closing at 160.
The corner was made possible by
q gigantic struggle between a Harri-
man-Deutsch bank syndicate on the
one hand and the Hill-Morgan syndi-
cate on the other.
The former bought up all the avail
able stock to prevent the latter get
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-22
"a 600. 900 Coal Privilege,

Probably the largest coal deal ever
carried through has been completed by
James w. Drape e. Co., of Pittsburg,
and involves almost all Of the Muir
raysville vein Of coal, located ir Ale
gheny and Westmoreland Counties.
Penn. The coal privilege sold approx
imates $4,000 acres, and the price was
close to $4,000,O00.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-22
THE BALTIMORE ELECTION.
Republicans Gain q Victory Under the
New Ballot Law.

Baltimore, Nd. The Republicans
won the election for members Of the
City Council, electing eighteen out Of
twenty-four members Of the First
Branch. The Second Branch will con-
sist Of five Democrats and four Repub-
licans. Only four members Of the Sec
ond Branch were elected, all Republi-
cans. Both branches Of the last Coun-
Gil We're Democratic. Only sixty-fve
per cent. of the total vote was cast.
1t was the first election under the
new ballot law, designed to cut down
the illiterate vote.
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WARN STOCK SPECTATORS.

London Papers Advise British Public
Against Buying American Stocks.
London.-The morning papers warn
the British public against buying
American railroad shares at the pres
ent inflated prices. The writer OF the
Times's financial article says:
1.-The people Of the United States
have been seized with one Of those ex-
traordinary manias that periodically
attack commercial communities, and
they do not do things by halves.
1.-The result must sooner or later be
serious collapse, although prices are
not likely to decline nearly as much as
they have risen since last September"
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Bradstreet's Weekly Failure Report.

Bradstreet's reports 163 failures in
the United States during the past
week, against PA for the previous
week. About ninety-three per cent. of
the total number Of concerns failing
mad capital of 5000 or less, and four
per cent. had from $4,000 to $4,000
capital.
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Formulation of London.

The population Of London, including
the City of London aud twenty-eight
Metropolitan boroughs, the whole
forming what is termed the Admins
trative County of London, is now
4,536,O34. This is an increase Of 3OS,-
TIT since the last census, in 1901.
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17.7so Killed or Crippled.

: n.:.Iu
The British War Office officially
gives out the total number of deaths
IN the South African war as ia OFF,
GERS and 14.264 men. -FOUR omcers
and 314 men have been invahded home
and subsequently died. The number
of non-commissioned officers and men
who have left the service unht for
duty is 2403.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-22
HUNGARIAN Gypsles Poison Wells.

A gang Of gypsies, in revenge for
their previous capture by gendarmes.
poisoned the wells in the village Of
Kapolya, Hungary, with the result
that fifteen persons have died of pois-
oning. Several of the gypsies have
been arrested and strychnine was
found in their possession.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-22
TURKEYS SEIZURE OF MAIL.
Ambassadors Protest and the Porte Sends
an Uncompromising Reply.

an Incorporating Reply.
Constantinople, Turkey.-The Am
bassadors of the foreign powers have
sent identical notes to the Porte char
acterizing the seizure by the Otto
man postal authorities of foreign mail
bags as q breach of international law,
and holding the Porte responsible for
the consequences.
In reply to the protest the Porte
maintains the right of the Ottoman
Postoff1ce to receive and distribute
foreign mails.
One Of the bags opened contained
dispatches to the German Ambassa-
dor.
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The Riviera's Income.

It is calculated that the respectable
sum Of $6O,OOO,O00 Is spent annually
by about 100000 visitors who frequent
the Riviera during the winter season.
which lasts about $50 days. This
makes IN average of 100000 per day,
or about $1,000 per hour. OF these
visitors about one-thlrd, or 10000, are
of the English-speaking race 60,OO0
British and 10000 American.
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Speculation SwelIs the Death Rate.

Speculation Swells the Death Rate.
Nervous strain induced by specula-
tlon is beginning to tell upon the death
rate of Chicago, according to the
health Department officials. There
was an increase Of thirty per cent. in
the past week in deaths Of men over
fifty years of age. The increase was
In heart failure and nervous prostra-
ffon