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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-09
NEW HAVEN POISON Case
The Authorities Fail to Unravel the
Rathbun Mystery
POLICE HOLD HART AS WITNESS

The ats Disclosed by an Investigation
of the Poison Mystery-Both Hart ana
Rathbun Were insured in the Name
of the Victims Ividow-Mrs. Rathbun
and Hart Differed in Their Stories.
New Haven, Conn. (SpeciaD. - AL
though the police are far from the So
tuition of the Rathbun poisoning mys-
;ery, sensations enough were furnished
Wednesday to stamp the case as the
most remarkable on record in Con-
hecticut. The police have discovered
a gaping discrepancy between the
statements made by Mrs. Rathbun,
widow of the poisoned man, and John
F. Hart, his fellow brakeman and
boarder in the Rathbun family.
Both Hart and Mrs. Rathbun were
examined for hours by the police, and
their stories were sifted closely. Hart
stoutly maintains that he told MIS-.
Rathbun to save the dinner pail con-
tanning the poisoned coffee on his re-
turn from work, suffering from the
poison which both he and Rathbun
had swallowed in their coffee. Mrs.
Rathbun declares that he told her
nothing of the sort, that she took the
dinner pail, and after throwing the
coffee away washed the pail. The
difference in the stories told by Hart
and Mrs. Rathbun led the police to de-
eide to hold Hart. He was locked up
in the cell Of the Central Precinct on
an order from Coroner Eli Mix
The police have discovered that three
Of the members Of Mrs. Rathbun's
family have. died from arsenical pois.
oning, while another was injured per-
manently. They are her mother. her
son Willie, five years old, and her hus-
band. At the time her son Willie was
fatally poisoned by eating an apple on
which had been placed poison his
older brother, Percy, also was pois-
oned, and never has been since mental
ly vigorous.
Another circumstance is that the
life insurance policies Of both Hart
and Rathbun were made out to Mrs.
Rathbun. She has given notice Of her
desire to collect the $1,000 Of her nus
bands insurance money, and had Hart
not recovered fromithe attack caused
by arsenical poisoning she would have
received the $500, which Is the amount
of his policy.
The report Of the Coroner, after
formal inquest on Rathbun's body, de-
o1.,od +bot ba m or bis doath "a fhp rp.
suit Of arsenical poisoning.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-09
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

The latest reports from Iloilo, P. l.,
say that the islands Of Panay and
Cebu, since the rainy season set in, are
being rapidly cleared Of the enemy,
and that in few weeks the only op-
position encountered will be that Of
fered by scattering ladrones.
Officers of the cruiser Newark re-
ported there were supplies enough
available at Guam when the Newark
left to last three weeks, and the inhab-
itants would then be dependent upon
supplies from Cavite.
A severe earthquake visited San
tiago, Cuba, causing panic in the poor
er quarter Of the town. Many build
ings were seriously damaged.
The enormous yield Of cane is Great
ing some talk of a general strike
among the cutters in Eastern Cuba.
and Governor General Wood Is prepar-
ing to send emigrants to take the
places of the strikers should trouble
occur.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-09
FRAUD IN TIE PHILIPPINES.
Hundreds OF Illegal Mining Claims En-
tered in Last Days Of Spanish Rule.

Hundreds Of Illegal Mining Claims En-.
tered in Last Days Of Spanish Rule.
Chicago (SpeciaD.-It is due to an
investigation set on foot by General
Otis, now in command Of the Depart
ment of the Lakes. that q conspiracy
to acquire vast mining claims in the
Philippines has been exposed. Major
Murray, aide-de-camp to General Otis,
who served in the same capacity IN
Manila, explained the situation In
Army Headquarters, In the Pullman
Building. According to the officer,
the Spanish officials in charge Of the
mining Office. evidently fell in with
the plans and objects Of the a6ventur.
ers. for a great number Of fraudulent
claims were admitted to registration.
Between the time that Dewey sank
the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay and
the time when the city surrendered to
General Merritt" said Major Murray,
'the Spanish registration office did lit
tie else than record deeds to mining
lands. During the few weeks between
those dates 1918 claims were admitted
to registration, although in the centu-
ries of Spanish occupation preceding
the entrance Of Dewey's fleet in Ma
Mia Bay only 4S1 concessions had been
granted"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-09
DOMESTIC.

Former Governor Wolcotts death
makes a vacancy in the Massachusetts
Electoral College.
Edward V. Higgins, Of Coldwater
Canyon Cal. confessed that he muir
dered his mother and William Sheep.
herder with an axe.
Many men were injured in q reli-
gious riot which occurred In lumber
camp near Flat Pond, in Maine.
The Rev. DR.. Charles Reuben Hale.
Bishop Coadjutor of the Protestant
Episcopal diocese Of Springfield. died
at Cairo. ILL.,, of valvular disease of the
heart. Bishop Hale was born in Penn
syiyanfa March II, 1887.
Governor Pingree issued q reQuisi-
ton on the Governor Of Cuba for
Charles Jenner Thompson, who is
wanted in Detroit, Mich, for forgery.
This is the first reQuisition on Cuba
ever issued.
The whites at Sitka, Alaska, are
fearful of an Indian outbreak. :;
Nearly a dozen highway rebberies
and one murder in two days aroused
the police of Denver, Col. .
Henry L. Wilbur, the son of 81. o.
Wilbur, the Philadelphia millionaire,
met his death while riding to hounds
near Berwin, Penn.
Smallpox is raging in the: lumber
camps Of. Northern Minnesota, and
great alarm prevails. Several thou
sand woodsmen have already. fed
from the camps to escape the dreaded
disease. !;
John W. Keller, Commissioners Of
Charities, admits that patients at
Bellevue Hospital, at New York City,
were abused by nurses.
Assistant Cashier q. NJ. Henderson;
of the First National Bank Of Greeley,
COL, who disappeared in July, leaving
a shortage of $4,000, has been located
in Mexico. !
The police Of Omaha. Neb., found
the house in which eddie" Cudahy
was confined by kidnappers while they
were awaiting the ransom Of $25,0o0. :,
A negro lynched near Gulfport.
Miss, for the murder of Marshall
Richardson, was cousin Of the al
legged murderer, Henry Lewis, who es-
caped, and was innocent tsi.---
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-09
BUSINESS MAN HELD FOR MURDER.
e. n. Knight, OF South Berwick, Me.
Charged With killing a Woman.

e. n. knight, of South Berwick, Me.
Charged With killing a Woman.
South Berwick, Me. specialized
win Fl. Knight was arrested at his
home at South Berwick Junction on
warrant charging him with the muir.
der Of Mrs. Fannie Sprague at South
Berwick last May, and arraigned be-
fore Trial Justice Lord. Counsel for
Knight announced that he would Of
fer no defense. Accordingly the pris-
oner was bound over to the January
term of the Supreme Court at Saco,,
and committed to the Jail at Alfred
without bail.
The murder was one Of the most hor-
rible in the history Of York County.
The mutilated body of Fanny Sprague
was found in heap Of rubbish in a
barn on the Knight farm at South
Berwick Junction. An attempt had
been made to burn the body, but the
smoke was seen and the fire extin.
guished by two men who were sent to
the barn on an errand. After putting
out the fire the men found the body.
Knight is fortyone years Of age, a ma
tive Of South Berwick, and a success
full business man.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-09
FOREIGN.

The Pope performed the ceremony
in st. Peters at Rome Of closing the
"Holy Door" to mark the end of the
jubilee year.
General Kitchener arrived at De Aar
to stem the invasion Of Cape Colony
by the Beers.
General Kodama, Governor Of For
mosa. was appointed Minister Of War
in the Japanese Cabinet, replacing
General Kathura, who resigned.
The Dowager Lady Churchill, Senior
Lady Of the Bedchamber and an init
mate friend Of Queen Victoria, Is
dead.
The loyal chiefs have captured the
Ashantee Queens mother and the rebel
King Kokofu. and they hope soon to
capture the remaining rebel chiefs.
The Archbishop Of Caracas, yene.
zuela, was excluded from religious
functions, owing to illness and mental
trouble.
Prince Ching received the Powers
note In Pekin, China, and expressed
the hope that speedy peace would
come.
The French Senate passed the Am.
nesty bill by a vote of POI to II.
Edmund Barton, former leader Of
the Federal Convention, accepted the
Earl Of Hopetoun's offer to form the
first Cabinet Of the Australian Fedora
tion
A Spanish statesman who arrived at
Paris declared that the Ministry Of
General AZcarraga is daily getting
Into more precarious position.
A peremptory order was received at
army headquarters at Belfast, Ireland.
ordering all available cavalry to pre-
pare for service in South Africa.
The Colonial Cabinet decided toleave
the matter of a new fisheries treaty
for Newfoundland to 8oseph Chamber
lain, Imperial Secretary for the Colo
! MES.
Severe storms swept the British
coast, and there were numerous ship
ping disasters.
Emperor William accepted designs
for memorial coins celebrating the two
hundredth anniversary of the estab-
lishment of the kingdom of Prussia. a
two-mark and five-mark silver piece.
The Boer invasion of Cape Colony
forced the British to abandon the pur-
suit Of General De Wet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-09
IFla.hlisht on the French Field Gun.

AS for the new French field piece,
everybody knows that Its superiority
lies entirely in the fact that the breech
contains q brake which completely
indeed mathematically-nulhfes the
effects of the recoil. There are not
more than ten people in France, in.
Guiding officers and chiefs o. Govern
ment workshops, who know in all de.
tails the secrets of the hydropneu!
matte brake. The pieces Of which II
Is composed are manufa ctured separ.
ately. When they are adjusted there
remains still another thing to be doue
which cannot be accomplished by
means of a plan or any kind of doep.
ment because the feat requires
savoir-faire. or rather a. tour de main,
which can only be acquired by cx.
perience. AS soon as 1t Is accom-.
plished. the brake is closed up in =
steel case."- ."-Statement Of a Staff OFF,
Ger in L'Echo de Paris. ..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-09
WANT A LAW TO CURE DRUNKARDs
Indiana Legislature May Establish Com.
prlsory Treatment Of Inebrlates.

Indiana Legislature May Establish Com.
prlsory Treatment Of Inebrlates.
Lapolte, Ind. (SpeciaD.-A bill which
will be a radical departure in Indiana
law, will soon be introduced in the
Legislature establishing compulsory
treatment Of inebriates, morphine
users and other like unfortunates.
The measure provides that any ine-
briate can file petition in the courts
to enter an institution for the cure Of
his habit, the only stipulation required
being that the beneficiary must exc
cute his bond to the State to reimburse
it for the expense incurred in effecting
his reformation.
The advocates Of the new law have
obtained the opinions of medical ex.
perts in all sections Of the United
States, and the consensus Of opinion is
that drunkenness is disease, and is
as durable as other diseases.
There are strong reasons for the be-
lief that the bill will be made law.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-09
EPLANNBDMURDER
Nous Society Belle Wanted Her
1 Divorced Husband Killed.
ISKED A MAN TO Do THE DEED

Mrs. Carrie Sinclair Hunton, of Concord,
n. H., Accused OF ConspirIng to MUIR
der Her Former Husband -Once Noted
For Her Beauty - Friends Think Her
Insane-A Rem arkable Case. /
Concord. n. H. (SpeciaD.-A sensa-
tional episode came to climax We'd
nesday in the arrest Of Mrs. Carrie
Sinclair Hunton. twenty-six years
old, we'll known in society, and at the
time of her marriage one Of the bellies
Of the city on the charge Of conspir-
acywHfh intent to murder her divorced
husband, Walter G. Hunton, Of whom,
1t is asserted, she has been extremely
Jealous. She admitted her guilt.
At the September term Of the Su-
perior Court Mrs. Hunton obtained a
divorce from her husband on statutory
grounds. From q beautiful bride of a
few years ago her grief mas made her
haggard in feature and emaciated IN
form, so that she had the sympathy OF
all who knew her.
She went to Boston Monday, and at
the Union Station accosted young
man, apparently out Of work, who was
a stranger to her.
She asked him If he wanted to earn
a dollar, and he replied that he did.
She requested him to put man out
of the way" for her. The young man,
who was William Henry Dutton, Of
Dorchester. Mass, made an evasive
answer. He went home and told his
father Of the conversation.
, His father at once sent him to the
police authorities in Boston, and they
In turn notified City Marshal Locke, of
this city. Meanwhile Mrs. Hunton
had written an urgent letter to Dut-
ton, telling him to come to this city
at once, and giving him specific direc-
tions as to how he was to do the job"
This letter he showed the Boston
police, and by their direction he ar
ranged to meet Mrs. Hunton here
Wednesday evening.
Dutton met Mrs. Hunton at the
Postoffice here and took her to the
rear Of the State House for consulta-
ton. City Marshal Locke and Assist
ant Marshal Rand were concealed in
side the State House, where they could
observe all the proceedings Mrs. Hun
ton handed her companion loaded
revolver, a sealed envelope, which she
said contained a five-dollar bill as part
payment for "the job" and another
letter containing decoy letter, which
was to be given to Hunton In order
to lure the latter from his home to be
killed.
Mrs. Hunton then started for home,
and Dutton remained to report to the
police. they accompanied him to Mrs.
Hunton's home. where the City Mar.
shal concealed himself near the door
while Dutton rang the bell. When
Mrs. Hunton came to the door Dut.
ton told her that he had lost the decoy
letter and could not find Hunton's
house.
I Mrs. Hunton told him the number
and pointed in the direction In which
the house was situated. AS she did
so the City Marshal caught her by the
arm. She recognized Locke and went
into Mysteries. When she recovered
she bade her aged mother and her lit
tie child goodbye, and was then taken
to the police station. Her friends be-
lieye that she is insane.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-09
Prominent People.

DR.. Otto Nordenskiold's Antarctic
expedition will leave Norway In ALL
gust.
Consul Goodnow, at Shanghai. has
sailed for the United States o. leave
Of absence.
General Pieroia, until recently Prest.
dent of Peru, has formally retired
from public life because Of the result
of the Peruvian elections.
The statement that General Horace
Porter, the United States Ambass: dor
at Paris, intends resigning Is an abb
solute fabrication.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-09
EneIneer was roo Faithful.

This Is the story of o. mean man. HG
may not be the meanest on record, but.
he carries very fair brand Of close.
fistedness. he has contract to sup
ply q certain amount of crushed stone
The machine he used could turn out,
all the work he could get by running
eight hours day.
The mean man had Ct engineer who
was a genius. The genius went to
his employer one day and said he
thought he could make some improve.
ments in that machine so 1t would do.
more WORK in less time. The genius
was paid by the month. l
He worked on-the machine for sevs
eral days, taking it apart and putting
it together again. When reconsruct.
ed, it proved to have greater efficiency
than before, so much SO, that 1t did
the same amount Of work in one min
ute and a half what it used to take,
four and q half to do. ,s,s4s
The mean man, however, could geeI
no more, contracts than before. He
could fill all his orders BY running
about three hours day. The mean
man then went to the genius and said:
"See here, Henry, I've been paying
you by the month, but there isn't asi
much work as there used to be-not
enough to keep you busy. I shall have.
to pay you by the hour after this"
Henry demurred. He had been too
faithful, but he didn't think that ought
to reduce his earnings over one-half
His employer was firm, however, and
Henry resigned.-New York Mail and
Express.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-09
NeWsY GleaningA

Louisville, Ky, has a vice crusade.
A serious landslide has occurred In
Heligoland, engulfng thirty houses.
All available British mounted infan-
try has been ordered to South Africa.
A seat on the New York Stock Ex-
change was sold few da-s ago for
$47,5OO.
Professor G.. W. Tyrrell has discov-
cred rich forests on the so-called bar
ren lands Of Northern Canada.
The French Government has ordered
cases of Chinese loot sent to Presi-
dent LHubet emhargoed at Marseiles.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-09

Four Men Drowned at Virginia Beach
A forty-fiye mile gale blew off the
Virginia coast and did some damage
The schooner Jennie Hall went ashore
near Virginia Beach and went to
pieces afterward. Captain Lamson.
Of Boston, her commander and three
Of her crew were drowned, swept over.
board by heavy seas. The life saving
crew rescued the five others Of the
crew who were half frozen.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-09
Labor World.

Labor World.
Great Britain makes 300,000,000
yards Of linen a year.
Alaska advices state that Dawson
is overrun with idle men, many Of
whom are willing to work for their
board.
The New York Postoff1ce has been
authorized to employ more clerks to
handle the phenomenal business now
being done.
The NcKenna Steel Company, at
Joliet, ILL.,, which rerolls old rails, has
resumed} operations after a long period
of idle1ess.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-09

Found Guilty OF Poisoning Her Husband
The jury in the Sarah Kuhn murder
trial at Sigourney. Iowa, returned
verdict of guilty Of murder In the first
degree. Mrs. Kuhn was charged with
poisoning her husband. Trial lasted
eleven days.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-09
Minor Mention.

There is a movement on foot in New
York City for the periodic disinfection
Of public libraries.
On the island of Alaska, fifty miles
west of Juneau, a large deposit Of
gypsum has been discovered.
Wind Cave, at Rapid City, N. D., is
to be examined by the Government,
with a view to making it national
reservation.
The smallpox situation in eastern
Utah is becoming alarming. Most of
the cases are among the foreign-born
miners In the coal campa
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-09
$4,000 Men Out at Antwerp.

The dock laborers' strike at An.
werp. Holland, growing out of the dis.
put between the shipowners and their
employees regarding night and Sunday
work, has become general, and it Is es.
timated that 10000 men have quit
work. The coal men have Joined the
dock laborers. Mounted police are pa.
trolling the streets and quays on the
alert to suppress disorder.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-09
Sportin1 Breyities.

The Royal Canadian Yacht Club
wants the Canada Cup races next
year held before the Americas Cup
race.
Four New Jersey hockey clubs, the
Montclair, South Orange, Crystal Lake
and Short Hills hockey clubs, have
formed the New Jersey Hockey
League.
Golf as winter sport may not have
the attractiveness Of the midsummer
game, but there are several prominent
clubs near New York City which have
stamped their approval on cold wealth
er play.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-09
"Clifr Dwellers, National Park. >,

Representative Lacey, Of Iowa. in
troduced in the House of Representa-
tives at washington a bill providing
for "Clif Dwellers' National Park" I"
1t provides for setting aside a large
tract Of public land In New Mexico for
the purpose of preserving the prehis-
toric caves and ruins Of the cliff dwell
ers and other relics thereon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-09
4 FILIPINO PEACE PARTY
The Federals Organize and Issue ain
Address to the Natives.
CABLES GOOD WILL TO PRESIDENT

The Object of the Federal Party is the
Reunion of All FilIpinos Who Wish
For Peace and Are Willing to Work
For 1t - Wants the Philippines to
Become States of the Union.
Manila By Cable. - The Federal
party has decided upon a new organi-
cation, aud has published in the Span
lsh and Filipino evening papers an ad-
dress to the Filipinos.
"The number of Filipinos who are
convinced that the time for peace has
come increases daily" says the ad-
dress. "The object Of the Federal
party is the reunion Of all Filipinos
who truly wish for peace, and who are
disposed to work for it. It appeals to
those who will attempt to attain for
the Philippines the greatest number
Of liberties under the application Of
the American Constitution.
"We call ourselves the Federal party
because, under American sovereignty.
the righteous aspirations of the Phil
ippincs will be to form part Of the
American federation as States of the
Union"
Copies Of the address have been sent
into the provinces.
The Executive Committee has cabled
President Mckinley announcing that
the organization has been perfected,
and rendering an expression Of good
will.
The new paragraph in the platform
declaring for American recognition Of
the legality of some acts done by the
authorities Of the insurgent Govern
ment is in conformity with precedents
established during the reconstruction
period following the Civil War in the
United States. =, So
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-09

Minister ConRer Signs tho Joint Note.
Secretary Hay. at Washington, has
received a cablegram from Minister
Conger, at Pekin, announcing that he
had signed the agreement reached by
the foreign Ministers, but had done
SO with written explanatory state
ment setting forth the exact position
of his Government.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-09
Sir Arthur sul,ivan,s Charity.

OF the late Sir Arthur Sullivan's
charitable doings many instances are
fol coming. One secretary Of Sun.
: day-school in a poor Westminster dis
trict relates that he risked penny
stamp on an appeal to Sir Arthur for
a subscription to the schools annual
day in the country. There was no
special claim on the musician, but the
latter sent a half guinea, and there
after never forgot to repeat the gift
year by year. -.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-09
A Ghastly Murder Mystery,

A CHASTITY murder mystery was dis
covered in Golden Gate Park at San
Francisco, Cal. An unknown man was
found hanging from the limb Of tree
in a dense thicket, with four ropes
around his neck and his hands tied be-
hind him. The body was partly de.
composed. The man is supposed to
have been dead four days.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-09
Robbers Burned Their Victim.

At Gober, Texas, j. J. Johnson. a
prominent farmer, was murdered by
robbers. His bodX-wa found in the
yard badly bruised and theflesh burned
from his breast and arms. 1t is sup
posed the bandits burned their victim
in m effort te force him to tell where
his money was hidden. Two arrests
were made.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-09
Fright Caused Death of a Child,

While Cassie G. Decker, twelve years
old, and younger sister were sitting
I'm a sleigh at Fairfield, Me-, the horses
tbolted. Both children were thrown
out, and Cassie was picked up dead.
Her sister was uninjured. A physi.
clan said that Carries death was due
to fright, as no injuries were found
on her body which could have killed
hor