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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27

Of sixteen, Benjamin went to Cincin-
natl. entering Farmers College. Here
political science grew to engross MIN
above all other studies, and here ne
discovered his power in debate. From
Farmers College he went to Miami
University at Oxford. Ohio.
Before he left college Benjamin Har-
rison had determined to become q
lawyer. Upon graduating he was re-
ceived into the law office Of Storer &
Guynne, of Cincinnati. Two years
later he married Caroline Lavlnia
Scott, daughter Of seminary princl.
pal in Oxford. They began the world
with $780, derived from the sale OF a
Cincinnati lot which he had inherited.
He moved to indianapolis. where he
set up law Office.
In a one-story cottage, where Mrs.
Harrison did her own housework. and
the husband carried wood and water
mornings before going to his office. ID
1854, their first child - Russeu-was
born. -Four years afterward their
daughter, Mary. who was to become
Mrs. Mckee and person Of influence
in the White House, was born. When
she was two years old Harrison was
elected to his first political ofice-Re'
porter of the Supreme Court.
When the Civil War broke out. at the
request of Governor Morton, he raised
a company and was commissioned q
second lieutenant, then captain. and
afterwards colonel Of the Seventeenth
Indiana Regiment. With that regi
ment he went to the front. but
had little opportunity to distin
guish himself, his command only
having guard or garrison duty tc
do. An opportunity soon came, how
ever, and at Resaca he achieved re
nown. 1t was then. according to his
tory, that General Hooker rode up to
him and said: "By God. Ben Harrison
I'll make you brigadier for this days
work" Shortly afterward Colonel
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
GENERAL HARRISON DEAD
The Former President Dies Of Pneu-
monia at indianapolis, Ind.
HIS ILLNESS FATAL IN SIX DAYS

The Disease Developed From an Attack
Of the Grip He Passed Away With
out Sign of Recognition of His Rel
atives - Son and Daughter Failed to
Reach the House Before Death Came.
indianapolis, Ind.-Benjamin Harri-
son, former President of the United
States, died at 4.45 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon. His death was quiet and
painless, there being gradual sinking
until the end came, which was marked
by a single gasp for breath as life de-
parted from the body Of the great
statesman. The relatives, with few
exceptions. and several of his old and
tried friends, were at the bedside when
he passed away.
None Of General Harrison's children
was present at his death. Neither
Russell Harrison nor Mrs. Mckee had
reached the city. although both were
hurrying on their way as fast as steam
could carry them.
The group at the bedside included
Mrs. Harrison, William H. H. Miller,
Samuel Miller, his son; the Rev. DR..
NJ. L. Haines. pastor Of the First Pres
byterian Church, which General Har-
rison had attended for 60 many years;
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27

Harrison was brevetted a brlgadler
general. General Harrison served with
credit and without injury until the end
Of the war.
General Harrison was elected to the
United States Senate in 1880. and filled
that office for six years. AS member
Of the Foreign Affairs Committee ne
assisted in the consideration ana
amendment and united in the unani-
nous favorable committee report OF,
and voted in the Senate for, the Chi
nese Restriction bill. His Senate term
expired on March 4. 1887. and he then
returned to the practice of his profes'
sion.
In the Chicago convention, in June,
1888, he was nominated as the candl-
date of the Republican party for Pres
ident of the United States. and was
selected on the eighth Oallot. He ran
as an avowed protectionist and was
elected, defeating Grover Cleveland'
Democrat
He was inaugurated twenty-third
President of the United States March
i. 1889. His Administration Is famous
fol the passage Of the Mckinley bill,
a high tariff measure: the negotiation
of several commercial and reciprocity
treaties and controversies with Chile.
Italy and Great Britain. growing out
of the Chilean revolution; the New Or
leans lynching and the Bering Sea
difficulty. He was renominated for
President on the first ballot in Mime
apolis on June 10. 1892, and was de-
feated at the polls by Grover Cleve
land.
General Harrison's public services
were valuable to the country after he
left the Presidential chair. He ap-
reared for the republic of Venezuela
as the agent before the tribunal in
which Chief Justice Fuller and Assist
ant Justice Brewer were selected to
represent that country. and was asso-
clated with General Benjamin r.
Tracy.
General Harrison was twice married.
His second wife was Mrs. Mary Lord
Dimmick. The wedding took place
in April 1896, and in February, 1897.
a baby girl was born. General Harri-
son was then sixty-four and his wife
twenty years younger.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
FOREIGN.

China's appeal to the United States
concerning intervention in Manchuria
will be ignored.
President Campos Sales. Of Brazil.
gave assurance that the Republic Is
not in peril from monarchist plot. .'
The differences between the Sultan
OF Turkey and the Khedive Of Egypt
remain unsettled.
Bavarians celebrated the eightieth
anniversary of the birth or their Re-
gent, Prince Luitpold.
NJ. Beau will succeed M. Pichon as
French Minister to China.
The British naval estimates show an
increase of over $2000,000 chiefly for
new warships, five vessels Of the Hol-
land submarine type being included.
Lord Pauncefote, the British Ambas-
sadOr at Washington. was appointed
Il member of the Privy Council.
Henry White, the secretary Of the
American Embassy at London, bought
Il house in Whitehall Gardens, over
looking the Thames Embankment.
The Russian Government decrced
rehabilitation of troops in Transhai-
klia to put down the Kan-Su rebellion
under Prince Tuan.
The British and-forces are to be in
creased b.: 126,500 regulars and 10000
volunteers.
1t was understood ut Berlin that the
Imperial Chancellor has directed
Count Won Waldersee to cease prepar-
atons for further operations.
General Kitchener granted a seven
days armistice to General Botha in
South Africa.
Evidences that the Brazilian Govern
ment is carefully guarding against
monarchist uprising are reported.
At Constantinople the representa-
tives of Young Turkey threaten to
meet with violence any violence on the
part of the Government.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27

Deadly dangers lurk In the ground
left bare by the departing snow. All
Winter long there have been accumu'
la.ing deadly disease germs.
These have been protected and
kept alive by the covering OF snow
and now. with tie first warm days,
these death-br!nsins microbes are
awakened by the rays Of the sun. and
as the ground dries they are carried to
all corners Of tho community in the
dust that Is blown everywhere by the
Spring winds.
The human body at this time Is par
ticularly susceptible to these germs,
especially the germs Of fevers. The
system has been depleted by the fore
going Winter. Tie blood Is sluggish
and Giled with impurities. The nerves
have not recovered from the tension
they have been under for the past
months. The stomach, the bowels, the
kidneys. the liver are all at their
worst.
It is, therefore, not strange that
these germs c. disease find fertile
ground in which to thrive, flourish and
develop into deadly ills.
Spring Is the time OF year when one
should fear an attack Of fever, espe-
cially when the system is depleted, ,one
should dread any severe illness. The
vitality is ct a low ebb. There is less
power OF resistance to throw of d.
sease, and it is on this account that
fatalities are so much greater during
the Spring months than at any other
time Of the year.
There is but one way to ward off
such dangers. and that Is to fortify
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

The municipal budget Of Havana.
Cuba, amounts to S2,350.000, which is
100000 in excess of last years bud
get.
The leper colony in the Hawaiian
Islands will have self-gorernment.
General Mariana de Dios, q noted
Filipino leader, has surrendered.
Colonel Gardner, Thirtieth Volunteer
Infantry, was appointed Civil Govern
or Of Tayabas Province, P. l.
More than 41.OO0 natives of Panay,
P. l., took the oath of allegiance to the
United States.
The Administration has no purpose
Of increasing the military force in
Cuba.
The Cuban Constitutional Conven-
ton decided to continue its sessions
and treat with the United States.
The first Territorial Legislature of
Hawaii began its sessions in Honolulu.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
UNDER THE SNOW.
Chasty Truths Revealed on the Disap:
pearance Of Winters White Mantle.

the human body 50 that it will be
come impregnable to the germs OF IN
vading disease.
To do this take DR.. Greene's Ner
vura blood and nerve remedy. 1t will
build you up quickly. 1t will re-estab
lish your waning appetite. it will give
you restful nights Of sleep, 1t will give
vim and vigor to the nerves. and II
will dispel all existing poisons that
have accumulated in the body besides
counteracting the effects Of others
that may accumulate.
Following Is an instance that will
illustrate the wonderful power OF DR..
Greene's Nervura blood and nerve
remedy.
Sheriff Jonas T. Stevens. who Is
sheriff Of Hyde Park. VT. says:-"1
have used DR.. Greene's Nervura blood
and nerve remedy especially as blood
purifier. I had very severe humor
on my arms. accompanied by a very
bad itching. so severe that / could not
sleep nights, causing me great incon.
venience by the loss Of sleep by the
itching. A friend advised me to take
DR.. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve
remedy. which I did with the most
satisfactory results. for the trouble
has entirely disappeared. and can
now rest comfortably nights and have
none of my former misery from the
burning, itching sensations"
Remember DR.. Greene's advice will
be given to any one desiring same ab-
solutely free il they will write or call
upon him at his Office, 35 w. 14th St.,
New York City
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
Labor World.

The number Of women engaged I
the factories of Finland is 1885.
In the United States about twelv
thousand persons are engaged maxim
lamp chimneys.
Armed men are guarding the Lear
.oal mines at Seattle, Wash, when
the men are on strike.
About half the firemen Of Washind
ton, D. c., have organized to secu1
better pay and shorter hours.
Blast furnace employees of the Nj
honing Valley, Ohio, are organizing 1
join the American Federation Of Il
Dor.
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SeCTeIdry llDUell, DlS. JduCooh aho
Dorsey, Colonel Daniel NJ. Ransdell,
Sergeant-at-Arms Of the United States
Senate and q close personal friend of
the dead statesman; Clifford Arrick,
and the two nurses who have been in
constant attendance. General Harri-
sons two sisters and an aunt were
also present.
Mrs. Harrison kneeled at the right
hand side of the bed, her husbands
right hand grasped in hers. while DR..
Jameson held the left hand Of the
dying man, counting the feeble pulse
beats. In q few moments after the
friends had been summoned to the
room the end came, DR.. Jameson an
nouncing the fact. The silence that
fell on the sorrowing watchers by the
bedside was broken by the voice Of
DR.. Haines raised in prayer, suppl
eating consolation for the bereaved
wife and family.
The story Of the Generals illness is
brief. On Wednesday afternoon he
. walked downtown apparently In the
best of health to visit his old law part
ners, Miller g. Elan. At night he was
we'll enough to make social call. He
was we'll when he arose Thursday
morning, but shortly after breakfast
at 8 he was seized with chill.
The physicians who were summoned
Immediately said the chill was an evil
dence of grip. Not until Saturday did
the Generals condition give his family
and friends cause for alarm. Then
the left lung showed Inflammation,
and pneumonia developed rapidly.
General Harrison's wealth Is va
rlously estimated. public opinion rat
ing it as high as half million dollars.
Those who are best Informed about
the former Presidents affairs. how
ever, say he was worth about $500, 900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
Sunfower Cultivation Encouraged.

Professor Wiley, chemist of the Agri-
cultural Department. has been making
experiments in raising sunfowers with
a view to the general Introduction of
the industry in this country. In Rus
sia this plant is cultivated as staple
crop. There are thousands Of tons Of
the seed raised in the Ohio valley and
elsewhere every year, but it is be-
lieved that the acreage can be in
creased many fold, to advantage. In
Russia the suntower seeds are an arti-
Gle of diet. being eaten either raw or
roasted. The oil is also used literally
IN cooking, being practically equal to
olive oil. 1t is also useful fo; dressing
wool and for soap and candle making.
etc. The seed makes an excellent food
for poultry and stock. the oil imparting
q peculiar sickness to them. ANY soil
that will grow corn is suitable for sun
lowers. The average crop is about 800
to 1000 pounds to the acre. worth from
81 to S275 a hundred weight. When
millJ are built to extract the oil the
value Of the crop will be increased.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
Easter at Rome.


At Rome the day is ushered in with
the firing of cannon from the castle at
st. Angelo, and about o'clock in the
morning carriages filled with richly
dressed occupants pour toward ST..
Peters. Formerly the Pontiff off.
ciated. On his head he wore jeweled
tiara, and his vestments blazed with
gold. He was escorted to his throne
by soldiers Of his court, the Noble
Guard lining the way. When the Sa-
cred Host was elevated the military
men dropped on their knees and pre-
sented arms. and the Mobiles drew their
swords. The silver trumpets were
then sounded. After mass there was a
great deal Of the same kind of cere-
mony, and civic and religious festivi-
ties followed. The cardinal arch-priest
now says mass, and the Pope ofticiates
at a private mass in the consistory
within the Vatican.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
HoanitaI Razad by q Mob.

Not discouraged by their failure to
destroy the temporary smallpox hospi-
tai in Orange. n. j.. at which time
three of their number were arrested, a
mob, led presumably by the same per
sons, made another and thoroughly
successful attempt to destroy the
building. this time by chopping ii
down with axes, and the building is
now a complete wreck. the loss falling
upon the contractor, Benjamin Finner1
an, wb5 had not turned over the build
ing to the health authorities.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
Revenue Stamp Clerk $4,000 Short.

1t was discovered in the oftlce OF the
United States Revenue Collector, at
Reading. Penn, that Stamp CLERK
irwin Becker was short $2o6S in his
stamp account The four bondsmen
of Mr. Bcckcr were notified and they
promptly made the amount good. Mr..
Becker was unable to account for the
present discrepancy. Pending further
investigation the office is in charge of
Clerk CranstOn, while Mr.. Becker Is
assisting the officials to solve the
shortage. He has held the office for
four years at $500 a year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
Negro Burned by% Texas Mob.

AS q elimination to many exciting
scenes of a few days John Hender-
son, the negro who murdered Mrs'
Valley Younger at the family home'
near Corsicana. Texas. paid the pen,
atty of his crime by being burned at
the stake by a mob comprised OF
citizens from all over the surrounding
country
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
AntI-Tax Rioting in Spain.

While officials collecting the octroi
at Madrid, Spain, were maltreating
a workman who had attempted to
evade the tax, a large crowd gathered,
angrily protesting, and the affair cul-
minated in a riot. The gendarmes
dispersed the demonstrators. Serious
riots are reported from several towns
in Catalonia and Cardoya.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
BREWING PLANT DESTROYED.
Explosion Causes Three Deaths and Doel
100000 Damage,

McKeesport, Penn.-The McKees-
port brewing plant, valued at $780,
900, was completely demolished by an
explosion of the cooker" Two per-
sons were killed and two injured by
the collapse of the building, following
the explosion. Another man, who was
standing on q freight car watching
the rescuers at work, was knocked
from the car and was beheaded by
a passing engine. The dead are:
William Fiereckle, watchman; Mat
thew Mauer, brewer; james Ashton,
brakeman.
The force of the explosion complete
ly demolished the large brick struc-
ture. One wall fell on the dwelling Of
Patrick Spencer, adjoining, and the
occupants were buried in the ruins.
Patrick Spencer was badly crushed
and his wife was cut and bruised.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
PRESIDENT TO CROSS CONTINENT
viii Make Six Weeks Tour With the
Cabinet.

Washington. D. C.-President Nc
Kinley has given definite assurance to
his California friends that he will go
to the Pacific Coast this spring. The
Cabinet will accompany him. He will
start, according to the present pro-
gramme. on Tuesday. April 80. and
will proceed up the coast, probably as
far as Washington. returning through
:he Northern Rocky Mountain States.
Several stops in Texas are contem-
plated, and there is talk that at 81
Paso the President will meet and
shake hands with President Diaz Of
Mexico. The stops on the coast will
De numerous. Altogether. six weeks
will be consumed in making the trip.
With the exception Of General Har-
.ison, no other President ever made so
extended a trip during his term Of
office as that planned by Mr.. McKin-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
Murdered For $500.

George Hearn, aged sixty-fve years
was murdered at Harrington. Del. His
body with the head crushed was found
behind a mill in which he formerly
worked. His pockets were turned in
side out, and it is believed that his
murderers must have secured about
$500. There Is no clue to the murder
ers, but tramps are suspected.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
NeNaY GleaninRs

Gold has been discovered near Apia,
Samoa.
Army enlistments show a fifty per
cent. increase for January.
Andrew Carnegie has offered a $685.
900 library to Jackson, Tenn.
The increased output of the Cana
dian gold fields last year amounted to
S5,000,00O
The new library at Athens, Greece,
Is now completed. 1t has room for
100000 volumes.
A little railway at Onset Say, on
Cape Cod, operates the only horse car
IN New England. .-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
CAREER OF GENERAL HARRISON.
Began Life as q Poor Boy and Advanced
Himself to Nations Highest Officer.

BENJAMIN Harrison. twenty-third
President Of the United States, grand
son of a President, and great-grand-
son of a signer Of the Declaration OF
independence, was the son Of a farm
er, John Scott Harrison. His birth
place was the farm near North Bend,
Ohio, which came to John Scott Har-
rison when he married Miss Elizabeth
Irwin. The date of his birth is Au-
gust 20, 1888. He remained on the
farm until he was sixteen, one Of 4
family of six children, piously reared
by a sweet-tempered mother. who per-
formed her own housework. including
the knitting Of endless stockings.
From the country school at the age
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
g ayeholder Drops Dead.

P. B. Allen, owner of the largest
plantation In Anderson County, s. c.,
worth more than 100000. and one OF
the men presented by the Grand jury
in the slavery cases, drove into Column
ola, s. c., from his plantation, heard
the news of the presentment and
dropped dead in the presence of ]. 81
Fowler, one Of the other Indicted men.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
FIND OF $4,000 IN GOLD.
Henry Sanders's Children's Curiosity Am.
&, ply Rewarded.

Cumberland, Md.-The children Of
Henry Sanders, an aged resident, who
died a few days ago, comparatively a
poor man, were not satisfied with the
extent of the estate in sight and had
an expert locksmith to drill open an
antiquated iron safe in which Mr..
Sanders was supposed to have wealth
concealed.
After the safe was opened $4,000
in twenty-dollar gold pieces was
found, there being $1,000 in each Of
forty bags. Besides, $4,000 in nego-
table paper was discovered. The
find of the gold will raise the value Of
the estate to 800. 600.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
Iron and Steel Trade Active.

The iron and steel trade shows In
creased activity. and large buying Of
crude material for steel purposes has
caused q further advance in prices.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
Savage Duel in Hungary.

A ferocious duel with swords has
just been fought at Lentschau, Hun
gary. between Lieutenant Enderle and
Lieutenant Exler. The former was
was killed, and the latter. who is now
in hospital, received more than twenty
dangerous wounds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
Tbree Hanged on Same Scafrold

Kirby Graves, William Johnson and
Henry Brooks. negroes, were hanged
on the same scaffold. at Richmond
Little River County, Ark, for murder
ing Edward Evans, white. and Franl
Hopson, colOred.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
Asssssins After Queen yyilhelmina.

Acting on representations from The
Hague. Holland, Roumanian police
have been instructed to watch certain
persons at Jassy, suspected of being
engaged In conspiracy against
Queen Wilhelmina and her husband.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
Tbree children Perish in a Fire.

During the absence Of the parents,
the residence of Guy Williams, near
Washington, Penn. Was destroyed,
and their three children, aged one,
three and five years, were burned to
dooth
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
Made Treasurer Of the Philippines.

Frank A. Brannigan. disbursing off
Ger to the American Philippines Com
sion, has been appointed Treasurer o
the Philippine Archipelago at yearl
salary of $4,000. Brannigan furnishe
bonds in 100000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
THE RUSSIAN -sDske DISPUTE.
tafS Gage Takes Measures to Expe-
dite a Final Decision.

Washington, D. Conformation has
reached the Treasury Department
that a cargo of several thousand
bags of Russia sugar has reached
New York City. and that the con-
signee has paid the countervailing
duty under protest, with view to
bringing the case promptly before the
Board of General Appraisers. Secre-
.ary Gage has given Instructions that
the case be expedited in every pos
sible way.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
American Flour For China.

Contracts have been closed at Taco
ma, Wash, by Chinese firm for So
600 barrels Of -four per month for ship
ment to China during the year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
Death Message In q Bottle

A message was picked up at Har-
wich, England, in sealed bottle
which read thus: Schooner Wildfire.
of Halifax, foundered; all hands lost
In Bay of Biscay, January g."
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Minister Conyer Starts For HON.

United States Minister Conger left
Pekin. China. All the foreign Minis
ters and large number of other per-
sons bade him farewell at the railway
station.