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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-23

By the arrest In Paris Of the prlncl.
pals Il big band Of international swind.
lers was broken UP.
Prince and Princess Henry and the
Grand Duke Of Hesse were held up by
a policeman near Darmstadt for b!cy-
cling on a footputh. AID will have to
pay fine.
RrvolutionistJ in Halt! captured the
town of Jacmel and released the pris-
ouers there. In the tightip. two mca
were killed and several wounded.
Caspar Kruger eldest son OF Pr'si-
dent Kruger Of the Transvaal Republic.
and twenty four other members OF the
Kruger family were among those
burghcrs who swore allegiance TO King
Edward.
The Triple Alliance promised fresh
proof soon OF its pacific tendency.
Statistics fer March showed marked
decreases in British exports and im.
ports as compared with last year
Ice Goes 1t Newfoundland were div
ing seals inshore so that good ca'chss
could be made.
\ third attempt was made il Moscow
to kill the Prefect of Police. General
Trepotf.
Cecil Rho:les's funeral at Cane Town
called out the greatest demonstration
OF public srie; ever known in South
Africa.
While u. IIanoiaux was leaviG: -
congress. winch he had been address.
ing 1T Oran. Algeria. Er WAS strucs III
the face by i woman. :hc .Gc:ucu: Civ
i.g rise to much remark.
Canadian officials declared report
abOu; the removal OF Russian bound
arg stones by Il member Oi Il Canadian
surveying party u be fake from the
North
Tie British Second Dragons sent
to surprise Il Boer camp barely es-
capped capture.
Two victories OF Conservatives in
the Department OF Boyaca. Colombia.
were reported. and officials regarded
the rebellion as practically ended.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-23
SON coNFEsses IN COURT.
Admits IN Embe1slement For which Hi
Father Was Being ArraiEned.

Admits IN EmbesIlement For which HiA
Father Was Being ArraiKned.
Omaha. Neb.-The arraignment OF
Charles Kaufman In court on the
charge Of embezzlement developed a
dramatic incident. Kaufman was ar.
rested on q charge by the agent OF an
insurance company. accusing him with
failing to turn over $1,000 collected by
him. When he was called upon to
plead to the indictment his son rose
from his seat in the audience and said:
Your Honor, I want to plead guilty
to that charge. Please have the COM
plant made out against ME. l am the
guilty one."
You can't do 1t so abruptly" replied
the Judge.
1T will save a whole lot Of worry"
'oung Kaufman insisted. Il am guilty.
and I don't propose to have all the
burden loaded on the old mans shoul-
iers."
The elder man Is an old residen. Of
he city. formerly q member Of the City
Council. and prominent business man.
After the admission Of his son. the
Did man sat stupefied. The prosecu-
ton against him will be dropped.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-23

We wonder what those who opposed
ths compulsory Introduction Of auto.
matte couplings on the Railways Of thia
country win have to say to the Amer
lean figures Just published for the last
twelve mouths Of 1901. The number
ef fhen killed has been reduced by thir.
ty-flve per cent and the number Of in.
5ured BY fifty.two per cent And this
In spite Of the greater danger attending
tho work Of coupling. owing to the
tact that the cars are ever getting
heavier. and the locomotives more
powerful In the last nine years the
reduction In killed and Injured has
bssn sixty-dve per cent. and seventy.
Ave per cent. respectively. The Amer.
can companies have abandoned NO less
than 100000 couplings In order to
taks into universal use the automatic
coupling. They have gained in time.
In money. and In labor. Will Mr.. Rit-
chie bring In another Automatic Coup
ling bill? How long Ii the annual hol.
ocarst Of victims to Standardization
Daily News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-23
KING LEOPOLD MOBBED
Socialists Give Him q Hostile Greet.
ing at Brussels.
surround His Motor Car DsmandinE Uni
versal Sunragc-Spsnish Disturbers
Expelled From the Country.

Brussels. Belgium.-The growing SO
cialist agitation received strong impe
tus hy the action of the Government
in cxpel,ing from Belgium four Spanish
Republican Deputies who came to visit
the country. They addressed n Social
ist meeting and then received notice
from the police to leave Belgium Al
once.
Their departure from the railwa!
station happened to coincide with the
arrival Of King Leopold from France
His Majesty was entering his motor
car when q number of Socialists. nc
companying the expelled Spaniards
pushed towards him. shouting: Long
live universal suffrage!" Long live
the Republic"
The police cleared the course Of the
motor car. which speeded Of. A sec
tion of the crowd cheered the King.
His Majesty's return from Biarritz is
connected with the agitation for uni.
versal suffrage. which the Liberals.
Radicals and Socialists are insistently
demanding. The Government strongly
resists and the working classes are be-
coming dangerously angry. The Minis.
ters are resolved to refuse the demand
for a change In the electoral law under
street pressure. and are preparing to
maintain their position by force.
General Consebant d'Alkmade. Min.
ister Of War. has ordered number OF
the reserves to join the c0lors. These
include the militia and fourteen line
regiments Of the years 1898 and 1883.
besides the carabinier and g.enadler
regiments. All divisions Of the gen
darmerie have also been ordered TO
hold themselves in readiness 10 march
wherever they may be wanted.
A noisy parade Of Socialists in Brus-
sels eliminated In riot In one Of the
suburbs. A mob attacked some con-
vents and houses Of Clerical Deputies.
smashing the windows. They also
extingulshed the street lamps.
The police were resisted and several
;evolvers were fired by the crowd. The
police then fred their revolvers. but
were outnumbered and forced to take
refuge In a cafe. The crowd pursued
them and wrecked the cafe. After.
ward they smashed the windows Of all
the shops that were open. 1t Is re.
ported that many persons were
wounded In the fighting.
There has been rioting at Lie:e and
Ghent and the reports from those
places represent the trouble as being
serious. Many persons were injured
and numerous arrests were made.
The miners and ironworkers are
keenly interested In the agitation.
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DOMESTIC.

John L. McAtee. Associate Judge oi
the Eighth Circuit Court. In Oklahoma.
resigned. Charges had been preferred
against him.
After killing his wife by shooting.
Harry Preston. Of Toledo. Ohio. shot
and killed himself.
John Bates was arrested ut Chicago
for the murder Of E. r. Hunter. q
prominent stock man. who was killed
In his Office at the Stock Yards. April
Il, 1895.
Liquor may be delivered C. o. D. In
Kansas without violating the prohibi-
ton law. under Supreme Court de-
cisl0p.
Crossed wires set fire to the hospital
for the insane at Fergus Falls. Mimi.
placing hundreds Of lives In danger.
though none were lost.
a life Imprisonment sentence was
meted out to Daniel KairO. at Duluth.
Mimi. for cutting David Myllmaki to
death with knife.
Ignace Paderewski asked Governor
Odell. at Albany. n. T.. to pardon An
ton Werner, q countryman. now serv-
ing q life sentence for murder.
Reports from the new Thunder
Mountain gold field. In Idaho. declared
the mines remarkably rich. some Of the
ore yielding $50 pound.
Alabama was suffering from coke
famine. because OF flooded mines.
A combination Of gas and electric
companies at Rochester. n. Y. was an
nounced
At the celebration in Boston. Mass.
Of the eightieth birthday Of Edward
Everett Hale he received 4 trust fund
Of $2S.OOO presented by admirins
friends.
The Iowa Senate passed bill licens-
Ing osteopathic physicians.
T. Estrada Palma spoke to the New
York Chamber Of Commerce on reel
proclty with Cuba.
Professor F. W. Colgrove. who cut
his throat ON a storm-bound train In
the Northwest. was mentally affected.
He Is n specialist on insanity. and lee.
tured on suicide in connection with In.
sanity.
Judge Grice. Of Birmingham. Ala.
shot a man who attacked him in dis
pensary of which the judge was In
charge.
Descendants Of Absalom Case claim
$SO.OOO.OOO worth Of property In the
heart Of Cleveland. Ohio.
w. ]. Furnish. q banker Of Pendle-
ton, was nominated on the first ballot
for Governor Of Oregon by the Re.
publican State Convention.
At New York City Policeman John
J. O'Brien shot and killed his wife be.
cause she reused him from stupor OF
intoxication and urged him to return
to duty.
II. B. Endicott. Of Boston. Mass.
bought Sl.50O.OOO worth Of leather. the
largest deal Of the kind ever made in
the United States.
The Virginia Constitutional Conven-
ton adopted the proposed suffra"e plan
and adjourned to May %.
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Labor World.

About 1000 Norwegian laborers have
ileen hired tor railroad work In Can
ada.
The troubles among diamond cutters
OF Antwerp will be settled without 4
strike.
The threatened strike Of street car
men at New Orleans, La. has been
averted.
A State Federation OF Labor will
soon be orgarized In the State OF
Washington.
Members Of the Iron Molders' Union
Of America will receive five per cent.
increase In wages
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ELoIsE FURsUsH DEAD.

Lans, who Killed Her snd Her Mother
and Sister. Convicted In Hour and Hall.
Philadelphia. - Eloise. the seven
year-old daughter Of Ella J. Jarden.
otherwise known as Mrs. Ella J. Fur
bush. who was shot by william 81.
Lane, colored butler. died In a hos
pital from the effects Of her injury.
Lane shot and killed the mother and
ten-year-old sister Of the little girl.
Lane was convicted Of murder in the
6rst degree after q trial lasting less
than one and half hours. Lame had
previously pleaded guilty.
Because Of Lanes plea Of guilty no
jury was drawn and only three wit
nesses were called for the purpose Of
determining the degree Of murder.
Judge Biddle sentenced the murderer
to death. The date Of his execution
will be fixed By Governor Stone.
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MISS ElizAaErM cAnK

sieht months from suppressed mem
osrustion, and It effected my entire
system until became weak and debi-
iEat.d, and at times felt that had .
Hundred aches in as many places. I
enly used the Compound for few
weeks, but 1t wrought . change in mo
which ] fslt from the very beginning.
I have been very regular since, have NO
pains, and And that my entire body 10
q n Il was renewed. I gladly recon-
nsnd Lydia e. Pinkham's vcge-
table Compound to everybody."-
Mas ELrxAsEru CAISK, 80 w. Division
b., Fond du Lac. Wis.-Ssc0c fe.fsit "
0esss tsstinssisi 70 not sessias.
At-snch . time the greatest aid to
nature Is Lydia e. Pfnkham's
Vegetable Compound. It prepares
che young system for the coming
shsnSe, and 10 the surest reliance for
vomsn's Ills Of every nature.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all
young women who are III to
write her for free advice. Ad-
dress Lynn, Mass.
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Minor 81 entton.

An Ohio missionary will take large
mechanical outfit to Africa.
Colorado will expend $4,000 on a
State display ut the st. Louis Expo
sltion.
The loss on cattle in Oklahoma from
winter storms will not exceed three
per cent.
Ecuador will send Its Minister to
France to represent 1t at King Ed.
wards coronation.
The st. Louis Board OF Equaliza ion
has resolved 20 Tux property OF all
kinds Oh Its true cash value.
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xRITzINcER ACQUITTED.

Bosr Commander Being Well Treated ss
Prisoner Of War.
London.-A dispatch from General
Kitchener dated from Pretoria says
Commandant kritzinger. who was
captured by General French at Han
over Road. Cape Colony. on December
II last, and who has been tried by
court martial on the charge Of having
committed four murders In addition to
train wrecking and cruelty to prison
ers. has been acquitted. and Is being
we'll treated IS m ordinary prisoner
OF war.
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Personal Mention.

Duke Charles Theodore Of Bavaria.
the celebrated oculist. has just per-
formed his 4OOOth operation for cata.
ract.
Henry White. first Secretary Of the
United States Embassy In London. has
been practically selected to succeed
George Won l.. Meyer as United States
Ambassador to Italy.
Abner Mckinley. brother Of the mar.
tyred President. has become interested
Ia 4 promising Florida colored boy.
whom lie will educate as an object
lesson Of the possibilities Of the race.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-23
RUSSIA TO LEAVE MANcHURIA.
a Treaty with China Makes Evncuatio,
Imperative.

Pekln. ChIna.-The signing OF the
Russo Chinese Manchurian convention
only awaits the receipt Of information
as to whether objection to 1t will be
raised by other powers. Since the
treaty has been modified rs q result
Of the pressure exerted BY the United
States. Great Britain and Japan. 1t is
not believed any difficulty will be en-.
countered.
The evacuation Of Manchuria by
Russia is to be carried out In three
successive periods Of six months from
the signing of the convention. This
clause Is unconditional.
Russia agrees II Tien-Tsin Is restored
to the Chinese within six months to
vacate Nut Chwang. China agrees that
no portion Of the Niu-Chwang.Shan-
Hai.kwan railway be allowed to fall
into the hands OF other powers after
Russia restores the road to China. and
to reimburse Russia for work on the
railway,
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st. Louis. Mo.-Charles Kratz. for.
mer Councilman. indicted for bribery.
has fed from the city. He Is supposed
to be In Mexico en- route to Swltzer.
land. When Murrell fed rather than
90 to trial the bonds Of the other i'll
dicted boodlers were increased. that
Of Kratz being raised from $1,000 to
$4,000. When the case was called
Kratz failed to appear. and his attOr.
neys professed to have no knowledge
Of his whereabouts. 4 reward Of
5000 was offered for his arrest.
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Soortinr Ereyitics.

The trout fishin: season on Iona
Island was legally opened.
Their. will be 10 spring regatta on
the Passaic River this year.
\ national exhibition Of mules and
donkeyS Is 10 he held IN Berlin.
The dat. Of the Annapolis Harvard
club crew race this year has been tixeG
at May "A.
Manley Thurston. 4 catcher Of the
New York baseball team. has only
three fingers on his rish; hand.
Arrangements have been completed
for the manufacture in America OF D
prominent French type OF automobile.
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ST. LOUIS BRIBERY.
ScathinG Presentation BY Grand jury
-Four Indictments Returned.

-Four Indictments Returned.
st. Louis. Mo.-Most sensational
charges are made by the Grand Jury.
which has been investigating bribery
and official corruption in the Municipal
Assembly. in Its final report to Judge
O'Neill Ryan. In the Criminal Court.
The following indictments were also
returned:
Bribery. Robert n. Snyder; attempted
bribery. Edward Butler. John H. Beck.
er: perjury. George ]. keburch.
The report declares that the people
Of St Louis have but a vague concep-
ton Of the extent to which corruption
and venality have for the past ten
years existed among the sworn officers
and public servants. 1t finds the true
condition of affairs almost too appall.
Ing for belief. A tribute Is paid TO JOS
eph w. Folk. he Circuit Attorney. un.
der whose leadership the Investigation
Is being made.
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Tho Reporter and the Banker-The
Bank Of Pokerville had failed.
Eventually. presume" said the re-
porter. who had called on the Prest
dsnt for Information, ''the depositors
win get dollar for dollar"
"In my opinion" responded the Pres.
dent Of the bank. the depositors VIII
never get Q blamed cent Chicago
TribunA.
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NEGRO HELD Off MILITIA
Houses Burned to Get at a Desper.
ado Of Deadly Aim.
MANY KILLED AND WOUNDED

Result Of an Alabama sheri6s Attemp
to Arrest An Outlaw-Dynamite Use<
without E6sct-Nesro Finally Burnes
Out OF His Place OF Refuge and Shot
Body Thrown Into Burning Building
Tuscumbia. Ala.-Three men wert
killed, three mortally wounded. and
four seriously wounded as the result
of Sheriff Gassaway attempting tc
arrest VIII Reynolds, a desperate
negro.
The dead are: Hugh Jones, shot
through the head; Bob Wallace and
Will Reynolds. Sheriff Charles CASA
way. VIII Gassaway and P. A.
Protu were fatally wounded. all be.
ing shot through the abdomen. Jim
Finney. Robert Patterson. Jesse Davis
AID a man named Payne were ser.
iously wounded.
ALI OF the casualties. except the
death ot Reynolds himself. are the
result Of the deadly fire Of Reynolds
with a 45-calibre Winchester. The
negro was In his turn rlddled and
thrown into q fire.
Sheriff Gassaway went to q negro
settlement. "Knardtown," to arrest
Will Reynolds. for obtaining goods
under false pretenses. The officer
was met by the negro who opened
fire with his rifle. wounding the
Sheriff and Immediately firing upon the
deputy. VIII Gassaway, who was some
300 yards away. mortally wounding
him.
As soon as possible every man In
town who could procure q gun was In
the neIghborhood, but owing to the 10.
cation no one dared to venture out In
the open space. Dynamite was pro.
cured and the house in which the ne
gro was barricaded was fred upon. but
to no effect. At o'clock Captain
Simpson, Of the Wheeler Rifles, arrived
with twelve guns and 1000 cartridges,
which were distributed among twelve
picked men.
This company was stationed around
the house and riddled II. but the negro
had taken refuge In the cellar and
EctuEucu luc uICs AiuAu6 JouCo oh0
wounding Finney. Coal oil was then
procured. and after four hours of hard
work the houses adjoining that In
which the negro was located were
fred.
About 8 o'clock the house In which
the negro was located was fired by the
Wheeler Rifles, who had arrived on
the scene. The negro took refuge in
a shed and opened fire. killing Wallace
and wounding Davis. but the people
and some militiamen riddled the negro.
and the crowd, numbering 1000.
grabbed the body and threw 1t into
the burning building.
Wallace. who was killed, was closing
In on the negro. who shot him through
the body. His body fell In the burning
debris. but was recovered. Davis.
Wallace AID Falkner were the men
who fired the building.
Three houses were burned In the ef-
fort to reach the negro. Several horses
were killed in the battle. The excite
ment was intense, but there Is no fear
of an uprising among the negroes.
Fully 1000 persons from Florence
and Sheffield were here. and every sur
geon in the two towns was pressed
into service.
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PLUNGED INTO THE RAPIDS.
Buffalo Girl Commits Suicide From {
Bridge ut Niagara Falls.

Niagara Falls. N. Y.-Delia Tansey.
Of Buffalo. went over the American
falls and was carried away to her
death. It was the most sensational
cataract suicide in many years.
The woman jumped over the railing
Of Goat Island bridge about ten feet
from shore. william Connors, Of Liv-
erpool. England. who was on the
bridge at the time. ran down the shore
and waded into the river.
A rake was passed to him. which he
succeeded Ia fastening In her clothes.
Miss Tansey begged to be saved. He
tried to draw the woman toward the
shore. but her clothing tore. and she
was carried over the brink Of the falls.
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Death at . Football Match.

During the International football
match between England and Scotland.
ut Glasgow. the immense crowd pres
ent broke down the barriers ard dur
Ing the terrific crush ut least tIi nty.
one were killed. and fully go were in
jured Fully SO.GOo persons witnessed
the game
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Thinss That Went wrong.

The Rusty weapon-In the absence
os the head Of the family the needless
young man took down from the wall.
where It hed hung undisturbed for
years. q rusty old musket that had be-
ionged to his grandfather.
He pointed It In playful way at his
little sister.
She escaped in q most remarkable
manner.
It wasn't loaded.
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Prrsident's Insulter Free

Through the lenity OF Pres:dea'
Roosevelt. John w. Starke was saved
rom prosecution mt Richmond. Va. "n
he charge OF sending IN obscene letter
10 the President relating to the enter
,ainment Of Booker Washington AT The
White Hose. United States D;stvic,
Attorney Allan said that neither the
President nor the State Deparimrn,
desired to prosecute. Starke was dis
missed
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Malatestn Sent to Prison.

Errico Malatesta. the Italian an
archist. was sentenced by court OF
justice. at Rome. to tive months im
prisOnment for contumacy on account
OF certain articles applauding the nur.
der OF President Mckinley which were
written for and published In IN an
nrchist newspaper.
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Cuba Drops tho jury System

The jury system which has been
in force In Cuba since 1900 has been
abolished. The police courts and all
the audiencias throughout the island
asked that 1t be discontinued as under
the system 1t was difficult to obtain
convictions.
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OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

Judge villamor. accompanied by the
Assistant Attorney. General. went to
Tayabas. p. l.. where he will hold q
special Court to try over 500 cases
OF treason and sedition.
Cases of cholera at Manila caused
prisoners to be place In q detention
camp.
The Cuban Supreme Court fxed the
bail Of Estes G. Rathb0ne at S100. 600
cash. The court ruled that. until SEN
fenced Rathbone was entitled to bail
under the postal code.
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Jamaica Tax Plan Abandoned. .

The Government Of Jamaica has
abandoned It's Few taxation plan just
In time to avert a serious crisis. 4
section Of the community had refused
to pay the increased rates when the
abandonment Of the scheme was an.
pounced.
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Scarcity OF Pig Iron.

In the iron and steel trade the scar.
.ity Of pig iron and OF steel :s still a
prominent feature. and moderate I'm
Dortations Of the latter continue 10 lie
made. although there Is moi .-eat
1eal to be had abroad at prices M 1
parity with the domestic market.
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LOST $4,000. 900 SINCE 1882.
H.v. Lucas Inherited Fortune From Hi>
Father and 10 Now Bankrupt.

Chicago.-Henry V. Lucas was one Of
the 164 bankrupts for whom the Uni.
led States District Court wiped ont
$40. 900 In debts. The schedule filed by
The petitioner contained no assets. and
showed that in 1882 Mr.. Lucas fell
heir to S2.OO0.OOO as his portion Of a
nlne- -milliOn-dollar estate left by his
father. Twenty years ago Judge Lucas.
he petitioners father. was reckoned
The wealthiest man west Of the ALE.
yhanies. He was a money king in st.
Louis. where street Is named In his
honor. Mr.. Lucas's fortune slipped
rapidly from his possession. and he
.ame to Chicago to work for 4 living.
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CAPTAIN CorhIsn Psrdoued.

President Roosevelt has granted a
pardon to Captain ]. B. COshlan. u. s.
~. for an offcnse for which he was
suspended 4 number Of years ago. This
advances Captain Coshlan to the head
OF the list Of his grade and lnsures his
promotion to the rank OF Rear-Admiral.