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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17
TWO GIRL sATHERS DROWN.
Bravo Harvard Athlete Saved Their Two
Companions.

Belmar. y. 1.-Two lives were lost
in the treacherous sea In view OF ex-
cited summer residents on the beach.
The victims were Rugber Hanson and
Lizzie Biornetta. Norwegian domes.
tics employed IN the summer homes
Of T. d. Richardson and Thomas Phil
lips. Two other girls. Anna Often
and Cecilia Bjornetta. the latter n sis.
ter Of the drowned girl. were saved
by James Carscadrn. II well-known
Harvard athlete. who leaped from the
Ocean Pier and swan TO them. The
athlete had terrific struggle. which
was providentially ended by the ar
rival Of n rescue boat. In which two
of the girls were brought to the shore.
The other two were carried down the
coast and could not be- reached by the
life guards
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17
He Left Them,

On the afternoon Of Winslow's de-
parture for Denver ne was paying his
bill, when he called Willie. hanging
fascinatingly near.
II want you." he said slowly. glarine
into the boys eyes. Ito go up stairs
and see II left my toothbrush and
comb In my room. Toothbrush and
comb. toothbrush. toothbrush. tooth
brush! Don't forget what want. boy
and hurry. too. Got to get my train
"N-no, sir-r; yes-s. sir-r." chattered
Willie.
Winslow hung about impatiently
watching the clock like hawk. Only
two minutes TO spare. Just as he
caught up his bag to depart. Willie
came on a dead run across the door,
his face aglow with the sense Of q
lofty mission well performed.
Yes. sir" lie cried. eagerly; you
left EN-"
W!nslow gazed at his empty-handed
emissary. His lips moved. but no
words came forth. Then. with an In
articulate snarl. he stepped into the
waiting carriage.-kansas City Jour
nal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17

An ingenious man has at last devised
q way to make silk from spiders
web. The spider whose product In
used Is a large one in Madagascar. and
the dIscoverer OF the method Of using
It is Catholic missionary there. Some
of the silk woven from the threads
has already been put on the market.
1t IL more beautiful than ordinary silk.
having a glowing. old-gold lustre In its
natural state. and Is quite expensive.
Under the microscope the separate
threads look more like fine gold wires
than fibres.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17
VERMONT ELECTION FAILS
No Candidate For Governor Receives
Required Majority Vote.
The LexisIaturs Will Have to Choose .
Rest Of the Regular Republican
Ticket 10 Elected.

White River Junction. Vt.-Thcre Is
no election by the people for Governor
and Lieutcnant-GOvern as the result
OF the vote in Vermont. At midnight
the returns were not complete. but they
indicated that Percival w. Clements.
high.license local.OptiOn candidate. was
running close to General John G. Nc.
Cullough. the regular Republican nom.
inee. The returns from 300 cities and
towns out Of 246 give the following
vote for Governor:
John G. Mccullough (Rep.,. 26.431:
Felix w. McGettrick tDem.I. 6ll2; Per.
cival w. Clement ,High LicenseI. 23.-
239: Joel c. Sherburne (Pro.D. 2052.
The best idea Of the. change In votes
in both the Republican and Democratic
parties Is shown by the comparison
with the vote Of the same 200 cities and
towns In 1900. which gave Stickney
tRep.,, 1906: Senter DEM. 1i.439.
and all others. 300.
Clement showed great strenth In
the large cities. his home town. Rut-
land. giving him majority Of 12l4
out Of total vote Of 1850. As a majo-.
ity vote Is required to elect. the choice
for Governor and Observation-Disclosures
IL thrown into the General Assembly.
which cOnvenes ON the first Wednes.
day in October.
The General Assembly Is usually
made up Of 2iG Representatives and
thirty Senator's. The House OF Rep
resen.atives will consist Of ll6 Repub-
llcans. twenty-nine Democrats. twenty
five high.license men and one labor
representative. The Senate Is over.
whelmingly Republican. The Repub-
lican managers said that the Repub.
lican Representatives elected for the
most part will vote for General Nc
Cullough. although they will vote for
n high licene liquor law with refer
endum law attached.
David J. Foster. Of Burlington Rep.,.
is reelected to Congress in the First
District. and Kittredge Haskins. OF
BrattleborO (Rep.). Is reelected in the
Second District. The contest ut the
head OF the ticket did not affect the
res; of the Republican ticket. both
Congressman obtaining the usual ma
jOr!ty. The rest Of the State Rcpub-
lican ticket which Is elected Is as fol-
lows:
Treasurer. John l.. Bacon. OF Hart.
ford: Secretary OF State. Fred +. Fleet
wood. OF MorristOwn: Auditor. Horace
+. Graham. OF Craftsbury.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17
POLES 90 NOT GREET KAISER.
He Makes q Concitistory Speech at Poscu
.Orders Forts Removed.

He Makes q Conciiiatory Speech at Poscu
-Orders Forts Removed.
Posen, Poland. - Emperor william
arrived here few days ago. The
weather was fine. The city was dec
Grated In honor Of the occasion. The
streets were densely lined with troops.
The civilian rejoicinss are confined
to the German population. The lead
Ing Poles neither decorated their
houses nor appeared nt the reception
to the Kaiser. The burgOmaster. who
Is 4 German. maG- the speech OF well
come. He said he rejoiced that Ger.
man thought. morality and order had
replaced the deepest Polish degrada-
ton.
The Emperor surprised many by re-.
plying In serious conciliatory tones
He thanked the burgomaster for his
sentiments. and said that lie had just
signed decree ordering the removal
Of the Notifications around Posen. an
act which would enable the city to en-
large It's boundaries.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17
MONT PELEE IN ERUPTION
Over 1000 Lives Said to Have Been
Lost in Martinique.
TWO VILLAGES ARE DESTROYED
The Work OF Volcano and Tidal Wave
French wsrship Embnrking People In
the Northern Part OF ,hs Ill.Fated Isl-
and-Panic at Fort do france-A Large
DIatriet Deynatated.

snd-Panie st Fort do france-A Large
District Devastated.
Pointe-a-Pitre. Guadeloupe. T. W. l.
The French Line steamer Canada ar.
rived here from the Island OF Martin
ique. Her officers confirm the reports
brought to Castriles. st. Lucia. by the
British steamer Korona OF the erup-
ton Of Mont Pelee. The vessels OFF,
GERS declare also that 1000 persons
were killed at Martinique. and many
severely wounded. The sea entered
Fort Dc France for n distance Of forty
feet. The French cruisers Suchet and
Tage are bringing the inhabitants OF
the northern part Of the island TO Fort
de France.
According to an official account the
eruption was one OF the most severe
that has been experienced. Morne
Rouge and great part Of Ajoupa
B0uillion were destroyed. The zone
between the River Capote and the
Valley of Champ FeOre and FOnds
Marie Refine. has been devastated.
Mont Capote suffered severely and
the hills around Basse Pointe were
burned
The Governor of the island is ~.
.anging for the evacuation OF the
northern parishes and the removal Of
the wounded.
The temperature OF the atmosphere
at Martinique Is reported to be almost
unbearable.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17
Sporting Brevlties.

Cold. rainy weather in Scotland has
spoiled grou..c shooting.
Major Dclmar won tn" $4,000 Mas
sachusetts trottins stake 1t Readvillc.
Mass.
Direct Hal. the PAGER lowered his
record 10 200 ut the Rcadrillc Mass
track.
Advance Guard Won the Saratoga
CLp. one mile and six furlOngs, at Sar-
atUSa. y. Y.
W. C. Whitney has decided to sell
his three. year. old colts. King Hanover.
Pretorius and Sliptbrift.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17
TERMS OF FAIR SETTLEMENT.
A Miifioa Dollars Said to Havo Bee,
Trnnsfsrrod to the Wifo's Heirs.

San Francisco. Cal.-By the terms Of
the agreement between the heirs OF
Mrs. Charles L. Fair. and Mrs. Her.
mann Oelrichs and Mrs. W. Il. Wander
bilt. Jr.. the former receive more than
$1.OO0.O00. or this sum 100000 In
gold has been paid by Hermann Oel-
richs to Mrs. Nelson. The money was
deposited in the First National Bank.
where 1t stands in the name Of Mrs.
Nelson.
Within a month the balance will h
be handed over to the heirs Of Mrs.
Fair. In addition to this amount there
Is still considerable sum represented
In the personal property Of Mrs. Fair.
the value of which cannot be deter
mined until her estate IL appraised.
1t is. however. estimated to be worth
between $4,000 and 100000. Accord.
ing 10 4. Il. Cotton the personal prop
erty will be distributed by the Probate
Court in four months.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17
Srua of the TOilrrs,

Thee are 10000 unemployed in the
Provlu.c Of MatanZaS. Cuba.
Laborcrs on the aqurduct at Croton.
y. y. have been granted Il ten-hour
day.
Laborcrs at HOiyokc. Mass. avoided
n strike Ivy uniting with the Protective
Union.
Ogden. Utah. labor unions are sue
ccssfully agitating Friday half-holi-
day Increment.
Rules OF their international organi-
cation prohibit BARRIERS unions from
participafinu in nnl'ti"A
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17
TWO KILLED IN THE WAR GAME.
Premature Explosion In q Big Gun Cause
an Accident.


Fort Wright. Fishers Island. y. \.
While the guns OF the fort were fr-
ing on the fleet Edward Roy was In
stantly killed by the premature dis
charge OF a twelve-inch gun. Harry
a. Davis died later ut the hospital
from injuries received. and Il third
man. Samuel Clevenger, was severely
wounded.
Several others suffered slight inju.
ries. All the men were privates Of
the Second Company. Coast Artillery.
of the regular army.
Roy was No. = man at the gun. and
was handling the powder. He had
put a thlrty-pound charge into the
gun. and had just pushed the breech-
block into place. without locking It,
when the explosion occurred. 1t is
supposed that n piece Of burning rag
had been left In the gun. Roy was
literally blown to pieces. Davis was
hit In the chest by pieces OF flying
bone. anil sustained fatal injuries.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17
KENTUCKY DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.
Insane Woman Attempts Double Murder
and browns Herself.

Cincinnati. Ohio.-Whlle temporarily
insane. Emma Bankhardt. spinster.
forty years Of age. attempted to kill
her mother and sister Dorothy. and
then committed suicide ut their home.
four miles south Of Covington. Ky.
Mrs. Bankhardt and Dorothy were
asleep and each received serevc blow
on the head with some blunt instru-
ment. their skulls being fractured.
Both probably will die. Having dealt
these blows to her mother and sister.
Emma saturated their beds with oil
and applied a lighted match.
As soon as the flames began to spread
she ran to cistern. jumped In and
was drowned. NeighbOrs were attract
ed to the Bankhardt home by the fire
and rescued the victims OF the insane
woman before they were harmed by
the flames
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17
Davis sweeps Arkansas.

Partial returns indicate tl," election
OF the Democratic Stat" ticket in Ar.
kansas as follows. by majority iang-
ing from 35.OOO to .iJ.HD: Governor.
Jefferson Davis: Secretary of State.
J. W. Crockett: Attorney General. G..
W. Murphy; State Treasurer. II. C..
Upton. a light vote was pOllcd
through the State Oh account OF a
heavy rain.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17
Minor M ention.

The new course OF the Buffalo Jockey
Club 1t Kenmore Is nearing compile
ton.
Tie Royal Society OF Great Britain
has announced a new determination OF
the heat Of the sun. 1t Is made by
Professor Charles Wilson. who places
it at 1l.l92 degrees Fahrenheit.
Statistics compiled covering races run
In America up to August l show that
A. Belmont's famous stallion Hast
ings leads the winning sires SO far In
1902. To this date ni3 get have Won a
tot Il OF thirty eight races, and sar"ad
S7t. 945 In stakes and nnrsss
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17
EnglIah as She is Written.

The following paragraph Is from q
Korean paper published In English:
"Seoul. KOrea.-T.ately the Police Head.
quarters ordered 10 forbid the servants.
etc. to run the horses fastly on the
big street as they sometimes pressed
the children down and hurted them on
the ground. ana the police stopped a
mapoo running horse hardly oti its
back. but a number Of soldiers came
along quickly and captured the police
away."-St. James's Gazette.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17
Personal Mention.

Senator Burton. OF Kansas. has star.
ed on trip to Hawaii.
The Emperor William will pay the
King Of Italy return visit to Rome.
Andrew Carnegie. who bought the
famous library belonging to Lord Ac.
ton. has presented 1t 10 Sohn Morley.
The Sultan of Turkey has given n
tiny pony and carriage to the kaiser's
little daughter. Princess Victoria
Louise. --.
Former Captain Dreyfus has never
recovered from the horrors OF his life
In prison snd Is said to be In danger Of
gcing blind.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17
Tho Coercion Act In Ireland.

In consequence Of the activity that
Is heing displayed by the Nationalists
many areas have been proclaimed un'
der the Coercion act. including Dublin
city and the entire provinces of Nuns
ter and COnnaught. Ireland. The in
clusion Of Dublin Is for the purpose "'
including the chief newspaper of the
United Irish League.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17
Three Workmsn Drovned.

Three workmen employed by n con-
tracting company in the laying of
sewer along the Mohawk River bank.
near the General Electric Works. ut
Schenectady. y. T.. were drowned by
the capsizing Of boat. They are
Giuseppe Bernard. Ferdinand Mimi
and NiclOla Bcrardo.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17
ohio Democrat. Iudor.e Bryan.

The Ohio State Democratic Conveh
tion has nominated n State ticket and
adopted n platform which was dictated
10y Mayor Tom l.. Johnson. Of Cleve-
land. The Kansas City platform Is re-
affirmed and Mr.. Bryan IL unqualified.
ly inaorseJ. The boom Of Mr. Johnson
FOR the Presidency was also launched.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17
Farley Nominated aa Archbishop.

The Propaganda recommended that
the Pope appoint the Right Rev. John
". Farley. u. d.. rs Archbishop of
New York. in succession to the late
Most Rev. Michael Augustine rorr:.
gan. AMI Right Rev. George Mont
gomcry. Bishop Of Los Angeles. Cal.
as roadiutor to the Most R"r. Patrick
William Eior,lan. Archbishop Of San
Francisco
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17
TWO MURosRERS LYNcHED.
Negroes Confessed They Had Shot Min
SuperIniendent From Ambush.

Superintendent FROM AMBUSH.
New Berry. Fla.-Manny Price. the
murderer OF W. r. Brunson. and an
other negro named Bob Scruggs. were
lynched about two miles from this
place by 300 men.
The negroes were being taken from
New Berry to Gainesville by special
deputies and the posse overpOwercd
them and took the prisoners away.
They confessed and We're then strung
up to 4 tree and their bodies riddled
with bullets.
Price was arrested at Folkston. Ga.
for the murder OF Brrnson. the super
intendent OF the Buttgenback mines.
near here. who was shot from ambush.
Price implicated Scruggs. who had
been held rs a witness.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17
Scratch at Sons Grave Killed Her.

While planting flowers on the grave
OF her son. several weeks ago. Mrs.
Edward Baumgardner. iifty.!ivr years
old. Of Marburg. Pa. scratched her
hand with rusty trowrl Blood pois.
oning developed and death resulted.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17
Father Of Twenty. -four Children Dead.

David Gossard died in Hagerstown.
Nd. aged seventy-five years. He was
twice married and the father OF TWEEN.
ty-four children. twenty OF whom are
living. He Is also survived by eighty
grandchildren and eleven creat-grand.
children.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17
Pray to Stop Rain They Prayed For.

Churches Of every sect In the semi
arid belt In Western Kansas early
In the season held special services To
pray for rain. Now they are holding
special services to pray for the rain
In StOD
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Bloemfontein. Orange River Colony.
South ca.-Reconstruction Is pro-
ceeding much quicker and more
easily in the Orange River Colony than
In the Transvaal. The difficulties Of
amalgamating the Dutch and English
elements have been nearly overcome.
and everybody is apparently deter
mined to settle down and obliteratc.
as far as possible. the recent bitter
ness
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17
Seventy Dead In tho Gale.

1t Is estimated that seventy per
sons We're drowned in Alcoa Bay dur
ing the storm which swept over Fort
Elizabeth. South Africa. Seventeen
vessels were wrecked and several
lighters went ashore.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17
Tho South Sends FOR Sal, 600. 600.

Banks throughout the South have
made drafts OH the Sub-Treasury ut
New York City aggrcgatlng nearly
St5.OO0.OOO. and intimations were given
that these drafts would be continued
and would reach possibly S1O0.OO0OOO.
The money Is wanted to move crops.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17
Months surplus ss .ooo. 600.

The receipts OF the Treasury De-
partmcnt at Washington for the month
OF August exceed the expenditures by
S5.Gt. lib. an unexpectedly large sur.
plus. The total receipts were s4S.'as5.-
Slc. and the expenditures $4c.,II.O 900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17
Fatal Earthquakes In Italy,

Several shocks Of earthquake were
experienced ut Gubbie. In the Province
of Perugia. Italy. A number OF
houses were destroyed. three persons
were killed and many were injured.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17
Cation Crop Of laoa-Ga.

The totals Of Secretary Hester's IN.
nual report Of the cotton crop of the
United States. Issued ut New Orleans.
Ia. show a crop for 190l.02 amount
ing to lO,6sO.6sO. against 1O.3s3. .423
last year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17
Eartha uake Mt Carupu no.

Caracas. VeneZuela.-A strong shock
was felt at Carupano. n seaport town
Of the State Of BermudcZ. II was nc
cOmpanied by noise which was
heard along the whole shore OF the
Caribbean Sea-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17
Seismic Disturbance In Algeria.

Algiers. Algeria. 4 strong earth
quake shock. accompanied by suhtcr-
ranean rumblings. was felt at Molidia.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17
Costa Rica Sells War vessel.

The Costa Rican war vessel Poas
has been sold by auction and has been
bought BY the Colombian GOvernmant
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said that large crowds evidently had
gathered to greet him. and he would
continue. but he announced that he
would make no more speeches during
the day.
Another carriage was telephoned for
from Pittstield. and the President cOo-
tinued his trip. He and Governor
Crane went to the Aspinwall Hotel.
where he was to have dedicated the
State suite Of rooms. but the President
did not leave his carriage. He stood
for a moment and said to the hotel
guests and people assembled to meet
him. that he wished for no demOnstra-
ton and no cheers. He did not enter
the hotel. but drove directly from there
to the Curtis Hotel. where nearly all
the cottagers had Assembled to meet
him.
The program which had been ar
ranged provided that he should enter
the hotel Office and parlOrs and meet
the cottagers, but he did not do this.
but stood up In his carriage and said
he wished no demonstrations on ac-
count OF the terrible accident. The
thousands of people had assembled In
front OF the hotel were perfectly silent.
The party. after remaining Tor brief
time. drove on to Stockbridge. where
lunch was served. Then Governor
Crane and Congressman Lawrence left
the party.
Craig's body was later taken to n
local undertakers establishment and
his relatives were notified.
There seems to be no question about
the blame for the accident. Judge
Joseph Tucker. President Of the Pitts
field Street Railroad. in an interview.
said that the cars had not been Tor
hidden to run over this branch OF the
road during the day. but Mayor Eng
land had forbidden the cars to run over
this road while the Presidents car.
riage was upon 1t.
The car which ran down the Prcsi.
dents carriage was special. chartered
by members of the Pittsfcld Country
Club to convey them to their clubhouse.
which was formerly BrOadhall. where
the Poet LongfellOw lived when In
Berkshire.
Luke ]. Madden, the motorman. and
James Kelly, the conductor. were ar
rested soon after the accident. The
charge against them is manslauGhter.
Bail for the motorman Of $1,000 was
furnished by former Alderman Maurice
J. Madden. Ills brother. and Patrick II.
Dolan, manager Of the Pittsfield Street
Railway Company. Kelly was bailed
In S250O by Mr.. Dolan. bail being ac-
cepted by Special Justice Charles l..
Hibbard. Kelly Is twenty-five years
old. single. and has been employed on
the railway for three years. Madden
Is thlrty.two years old and has 4 wife
and five children,
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Two Orphan Boys Dr

Two Orphan Boys Drowned.
Two boys. inmates Of the Orphans
House at Charleston, S. c.. were
drowned In the surf.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-17

Engl.Slmrn declared the attitude Of
the Hn"- generals 0n the Continent 10
br entirely correct.
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Uneasy Over Cape Colony.

The disturbed political condition III
Cane Colony causes un"aSinrsS III Gov
crnmcnt circles in London.
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President Ends New England Tour.

Bridgeport. Conn.-President Roose.
velt ended his tour OF New England
here, after his thrilling experience at
PittsfieId. Mass. He remained about
an hour and q half. and was escorted
to a stand In Seaside Park. where
he had intended to deliver an address
to workmen. He excused himself.
however. from making any speech be-
cause Of the accident. and Mt his re-
quest his carriage was hurried away
from its escort to enable him to board
the Sylph, where Mrs. Roosevelt and
his son Kermet met and embraced him.