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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-05-14
FOR SIX NEW WARSHIPS
The Naval Appropriation Bill Re-
ported to the House
lr Provides For Two 18,oo0-Ton Battle.
ships md Two ll.50n-fon Armorea
Cruisers Of the fifst CIass.

Washington. D. C.-The naval pro.
gram for 1903. as presented In the
Naval Appropriation bill and accom-.
panying report. was filed by Chairman
Foss, of the House Naval Committee.
The total number Of vessels Of our
Navy. built and building. Is lbs. and
the total cost will be s2s5. .Oss. zoo. The
report adds:
"Our naval prowess lies almost en-
tirely In our eighteen battleships. eight
armored cruisers and twenty-one pro.
tected cruisers. The rest Of our ships
would cut but little figure in actual
war. Ships Of the battle line practi.
cally alone determine the naval
strength Of nation.
"Of all the countries, Germany has
been building fastest. Her program,
to be completed in 1908. possibly in
1907. will give her thirty.eight battle.
ships. fourteen large cruisers. thirty.
eight smaller cruisers and ninety-six
torpedo boats.
THE committee recommend that
the President have constructed two
first-class battleships carrying the
heaviest armor and most powerful
ordnance. upon the trial displacement Of
about 10000 tons, and to have the high
est practicable speed and great radius
Of action. and to cost. exclusive Of ar.
NOR and armament, not exceeding s..
$4,000 each: two frst-class armored
cruisers of about 14.500 tons trial dis.
placement, to cost. exclusive Of armor
and armament. not exceeding S4.659..
600 each. and two gunboats Of about
1000 tons trial displacement.
The complete cost will approximate
S20,500.0e0. These battleships and
cruisers will be larger than any hereto
fore authorized by Congress. and the
plans recommended by the Board Of
Construction have already excited the
favorable comment Of the naval au.
thorities abroad"
Provision Is made for an increase Of
the enlisted force Of the Navy by
5000 men.
The bill carries 81. .659. 1856, which is
slightly below the appropriation made
last year. For armor and armament
the bill provides for $9.OO0.00O. This
! Is considerably above the estimate. ow.
ing to the rapidity with which the ar.
mor-makers are turning out their prod.
uctS.
The Na7al Academy receives $500. 900
to carry on the plan Of improvement
The committee calls attention to the
lack of officers cufficient to officer the
uew ships. and 500 additional cadets at
the Academy are provided for. 125
each year for the next four years.
Each Senator, member. and delegate
of the House Of Representatives is TO
have the appointment Of one, and the
| President twenry-four
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INJURED ON THE FULTON
Five Men Hurt in an Explosion on
the Submarine Boat.
Gas Accumulation Caused the Mishsp
While Partly SubmerEed-Acc!dontO Oc-
CURED As the Delaware Rreakwsser.

Philadelphia. Pa.-While the subma'
rine boat Fulton was at anchor of the
Delaware Breakwater IN explosion oc>
CURED in a large tank filed with gaso'
lene. Five Of the seven men compos.
ing the crew were injured and part or
the deck was shattered. Lieutenant
Arthur Macarthur was cut about the
head by bits Of iron: Lieutenant Oscar
Cohen, of the Austrian Navy. was
hurled violently against an iron railing
and his back was injured: c. 8. Miner
and Harry Moore. assistant engineers,
had their faces cut by Iron. and Moore
was nearly asphyxiated by gasolene
fumes, as II was some time before he
was rescued. Charles Recital. gun.
per, sustained injuries about the head.
The two men who escaped Injury
were upon deck. at the stern. The In.
unconscious. were rOwed to the hospi.
tai In Lewes, where they were revived.
All of them are almost sure to recover.
Captain Frank T. Cable. with First
Mate II. H. Morrs!l and Charles Bergh,
was on deck steering the boat. and
Lieutenant G. P. Nelson was passing
out through the coming tower to the
deck, when there was an explosion that
threw Lieutenant Nelson clear out on
deck and sent the nine men inside the
boat into a heap.
The crew Of the Fulton had changed
watches about ten minutes before the
accident occurred. As soon Us the ex.
plosIon occurred every one scrambled
out. The engines Of the Fulton kept
going after the explosion. and Engineer
Saunders wrapped wet towel around
his face and went down into the steam.
ing hold to stop them.
The explosion could not be explained.
It certainly did not take place In the
engines, and was not caused by IN is.
milton of the gasOlene In the tanks.
Lieutenant Macarthur said he thought
Il possible that the explosion was
caused by an accumulation Of air In
the tanks of gasolene. The machinery
Of the boat was evidently uninjured.
the injuries to the men being caused
by splinters from the woodwork.
The Fulton Is not In the naval serv.
Ice. She was built ty the Holland
Submarine Torpedo Boat Company at
the Nixon yard in Elizabethport. n. j..
and when .he explosion occurred was
on her way to Washington. where an
exhibition Of her ability to move under
water was to be given.
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PEASANTS RIOT IN RUSSIA
Eighty Estates in PoItava and Khar-
kofT Provinces Sacked.
ASSASSIN ATTEMPTED SUICIDE

Moscow So Disturbed That the Gar Absn.
doned His Easter Visit There-Many
Arrests For Anti-Governmontal Con-
spiracy-It 10 Feared That tho Disor.
dsrs May Spread to Other sections.
st. Petersburg. Russia. - The peas.
ants In the Poltava and Kharkoff Prov.
inces, where $4,000 are reported to be
participating in riots. have sacked
eighty estates. where they destroyed
everything they could not carry OF.
The whole region Is terrorized. and
landowners and stewards are fleeing
for safety. The fear is increasing that
Kharkoff and other towns will be ut.
tackled. Some of the authorities are
showing weakness and puslllanimity
while others are cruelty vigorous and
are causing wholesale iogginss OF per.
SONS arrested.
The agitation ut Moscow Is so serious
that the Gear has relinquished his In.
tention of spending the Russian Easter
there.
The Ministers. including n. de Witte.
the Minister Of Finance, continue to
receive letters threatening them with
death.
The judicial inquiry into the assass.
nation of NJ. Spiagulne. the Minister
of the Interior. has led to the arrests
Of many persons suspected Of connec'
tIon with m anti-Governmental con.
splracy. These include n Jewess. who
Is the iancee of Balschanef. the assas.
sin Of the Minister. and her father.
who supplied Balschane6 with money.
Upon learning Of the arrest Of his
fancee Balschaneff attempted to com.
NIT suicide but was prevented from
so doing by his guards.
Senator Kokowtzow. the Assistant
Minister Of Finance. has been appoint
ed Secretary Of State for Finland In
succession to Senator Won Plehwe. who
was appointed Minister Of the Interior
In succession to NJ. Sipiaguine.
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what Some Names Mean.

The following table gives the mean
Ing Of the names Of the principal
Highland clans In Scotland:
M'Intosh; the son Of the First.
MDonald: the son Of Brown Eyes.
MDougall: the son OF Black Eyes.
MOnnechy or Duncan; the son OF
Brown Head.
MGregor. the son Of a Greek man.
MCuthbert; the son Of the Arch
Druid.
M'Kay; the son Of the Prophet.
M'Taggart; the son OF the Priest.
Mcleod; the son Of the Wounder.
M'Lear; the son Of the Lion.
M'Kenzie; the son Of the Friendly
One.
MIntyre; the son Of the Carpenter.
Campbell; Crooked Mouth.
Cameron: Crooked Nose.
Stewart; Hig Stay or support-Liv.
erpool Post.
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The woman who marries to have Q
home generally makes the man wane
to spend his evenings out
When we read another mans love
letters and see q picture Of the lady
we wonder how he ever could have
done 1t.
It Is rank egotism that impels some
men to insist that they are descended
from monkeys.
The man who raises a large family
to support him in his old age generally
makes q poor speculatiOn.-Cbicago
Record Herald.
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Prolninent People.

Kin: Oscar OF sweden possesses a
medal for life saving.
Mayor Crane. OF Denver. Col. has
Invented rotary orc.wo:kinS machirc
for usn in the gold mines.
jacob \. Riis has declared that he
would decline the position OF Governor
OF the Danish West Indies unless Pres.
idcEt Roosevelt strongly insists upon
his acceptance.
Senator Hanna now possesses the
pen with which I. B. Reed. when
Sneaker Of the House Of Representa-.
tivcs. attested the passage Of the Nc.
kinlcv Tariff act
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The National Ca me.

Tom Clarke. Little Rocks right field.
er. Is full-bloodcd Indian Of the Wy.
andOtte tribe.
Donovan and SmoOt are the only
left-iaujcd bat,luen Gu the 81. Louis
League team.
Drill. catcher Tor Georgetown Cniver.
sity. has been signed to play with the
Kansas City team OF the American
League.
Wrisley will play third for Worcester
this season. and Joe Delahanty will
cover the middle bag. Madison Is
slated for short
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s5oo,ooo FIRE IN cLENS FALLS.
Fifteen Business Places Burned Our-G0(
Persons Thrown Out OF Work.

Fifteen Business Places Burned Our-G00
Persons Thrown Out Of Work.
Glens Falls. y. Y.-A fire started In
the basement of Webb Bros furnish.
Ing goods store and burned ont about
fifteen business places. entailing q loss
exceeding S5O0.OOO. The fire burned
Hercely for five hours before 1t was un'
der control. It will throw over COO
working and sales people out of en-
ployment. The local department was
helped. by the Sandy Hill, Fort Ed.
ward and South Glens Falls depart.
ments.
The Fowler Shirt and Collar Com
pany have plans already prepared for
q large factory plant. and expect to re-
sumo manufacturing in September.
The large plant Of the Glens Falls
Publishing Company. owners Of the
Daily Times. and large job printers. Is
also a total loss.
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The Snartinr World.

About 800 harness horses are In
training at Memphis. Tenn.
j. Rciff has secured n license to ride
again on English race courses.
From all through the East and West.
even from California and Oregon. 1t Is
reported that the wheel Is again resum.
ing its former place In the affections OF
old and young.
The Brannock bill. making 1t unlaw.
ful to trap-shoOt any living bird or
fowl in Ohio. Is now n law. having
passed the Senate. The penalty for
violation Of the law Is fine not to ex.
ceed $lOO or Imprisonment for not to
exceed thirty days. or both.
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Death Caused by Tight corsets.

Frankie Friend. aged twenty-seven.
of Norwalk. Ohio. got of railroad
car 1t Lorain faint and weak. She was
assisted to the waiting room by two
women. and later sent to physi.
clans office. She was dead when
placed on a couch. A post mortem
showed her heart to be entirely out of
place on account Of her corset. which
was ten sizes too small.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-05-14
POWDER MILL EXPLOSION;
Five Lives Lost and Ten Buildings De
stroyed at Shenandoah, PA.

Elv0 AlvcB AObS uou AOo DesAesAho S~-
stroyed at Shenandoah. PA.
Shenandoah, Pa.-An explosion oc.
Cured at the plant of the Shenandoah
Powder Mills Company. Of this city.
Five men were instantly killed and
the plant with q capacity Of 500 kegs
a day, valued at $4,000. was demol.
ished 1t consisted Of ten buildings.
The dead are: Amos Yarnell. aged
forty three, foreman; Alexander Lin.
dermuth. aged forty. chief powder
maker; Elmer Slauffer. aged twenty.
eight. laborer: Irwin Wolfe. aged TWEEN.
.ty-six. and John Rupert, aged twenty
four.
Oliver Murray. head powder maker.
working In the charcoal house. no.
ticed the dust catch firc. and, seeing
that IN explosion was Inevitable. he
called to Michael Gunter and Pierce
Sharpe. his helpers. to fee for their
lives. All three ran for the mountain
and escaped. shouting and crying ut
the top Of their voices to the five other
men In the buildings. who failed to
hear them. Shortly after the explo.
sion came. and 1t was heard for many
miles around.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-05-14
MURDERED A CHURCH TRUSTEE.

Man Who Kept His Hat On In chu=ch
Resented Request to Remove II.
Hazleton. Pa.-Michael Cherko. aged
ty-eiSht years. was murdered about
100 feet from the Greek Catholic
Church ut Freeland during the pro-
gress of the Greek Easter services.
George Smith Is under arrest charged
with having committed the crime.
1t Is alleged that Smith, upon enter
Ing the church. failed to remove his
hat. and when requested to DO SO by
Cherko. one of the trustees. drew O
black jack and assaulted Cherko. The
latter ran out at the door. followed by
Smith. Cherko had not gone far when
Smith. drawing n revolver. shot him
through the back. death being instan.
taneous.
Friends OF the dead man overp0wercl
Smith and took him to the station
house. The services came to an abrupt
termination amid great excitement.
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GUNNER MORGAN VICTORIOUS.
Wins His Promotion 70 Rank OF Chi,
Gunner Despite Objections.

Wins His Promotion 70 Rank Of Chic
Gunner Despite Objections.
Washington. D. C.-Gunner Charles
Morgan. who attained prominence fol.
lowing the Spanish War by reason Of
Admiral SIMPSONS Endorsement upon
his application for promotion. has been
re-examined for promotion to the grade
of chief gunner. and Will get the pro.
motion.
Recently a board which examined
Gunner Morgan for promotion recon-.
mended that he be not advanced be.
cause Of moral disqualihcations. The
new Examining Board. however. did
not ind that any unfitness existed and
recommended the advancement. Sec-
retary Long approved the recommenda.
ton.
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Murderer Henry schaub Hanged

Henry Schaub. the barber who killed
his wife and baby in June last. was
hanged In the county jail at Newark.
y. J. Sheriff Eirtuc personally con-
Quoted the execution. Constable Beirne
adjusting the moose. while Under
Sheriff Benedict pulled the lever which
sprung the trap.
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Captain wynno Sentenced to Over -Four
Months In Prison and Two Other
Omesrs 70 rhroe Months Esch-1fay
Have Been tho Victims OF Q Device
Known ~ tho "7rick Table,"
venice.-Captain Robert F. Wynne.
commanding the marine guard Of the
United States cruiser Chicago; Robert
e. Ledbetter. Assistant Surgeon OF
the Chicago; Lieutenant John s. Dod-
bridge, Of the Chicago. and a marine
named Wilfred Langley. who were ar
rested on the charge Of disorderly con.
duct, were brought up at the San
Marco Police Court here.
Captain Wynne was sentenced to
four months and ten days imprison'
ment The other prisoners were SEN
fenced to three months Imprisonment
each. All the prisoners were SEN
fenced to pay costs and damages.
At their trial the prisoners admitted
that they were intoxicated when the
disorders occurred and pleaded that
they acted In self-deiense when
mobbed by the crowd. The Public
Prosecutor demanded q sentence OF
seven months Imprisonment for AS
sistant Surgeon Ledbetter and SEN
tences of six months Imprisonment
for the others.
II Is understood that the prisoners
will pay the costs Of the trial anu
compensate the persons who sustained
injuries as a result Of their disorderiy
conduct Two Of the injured persons
claim $500 each
Washington, D. C.-The refusal OF
the authorities at Venice to release the
officers of the United States cruiser
Chicago who were arrested on charges
of creating o disturbance and resist
ance to the police. has given rise to the
belief In naval circles that the affair
is regarded rs serious IN Italy. The
naval regulations are so comprehensive
that they permit the trial OF officers
and men by court-martial for offenses
committed ashore and tried by civil
tribunal
Secretary Long does not expect any
international trouble from the arrests.
He said that II the officers concerned
had violated any Italian laws they
must stand the consequence and not
expect this Government to interfere.
Some officers on duty in the Navy
Department, who have had experience
In the Mediterranean service. think
the American sailors may have been
the victims OF what Is known as the
trick table" a device used IN some
Of the saloons frequented by foreign
sailors, constructed to collapse ut
slight touch. breaking dishes and
glasses. whereupon q claim is immedi'
ately made for extortionate damages.
According to q dispatch from Rome.
the American officers :rrested at Een'
Ice asserted that they simply tried to
free themselves for defense against
some people exasperated by their In
voluntary upsetting Of tables IN
cafe. They denied the charge OF re-
bellIon against the police. The COM
mander Of the Chicago. Captain James
H. Dayton. accompanied by the Amer.
lean Consul, visited the Prefect OF
Venice, and expressed regret Mt the
incident. Captain Dayton also Or
dered all the men Of the cruiser who
were ashore on leave to return to the
Chicago. He also took energetic meas.
ures to prevent further disorders. and
threatened severe punishment.
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GIRL SHOT 5Y ScHooL9oY.
shs Had Teased Him and He Killed Her
In tho Cloak Room.

Kingston. Ont. - Beatrice Holland.
fourteen years old. tipped the hat Of
Eric Sharp over his eyes In the cloak
room OF the Frontenac school and the
boy. who Is only year older. whipped
a revolver from his pocket. 1t ex.
ploded and the girl fell dead, the bul.
let piercing her temples.
The boy fed. but after wandering
about for some hours gave himself up
to the police He Is overwhelmed with
remorse. He says he found the revOl.
yer ut the school under the steps. He
threw 1t away rs he ran. He says the
shooting was accidental. as he intend.
ed only to frighten his playmate.
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News Of the Toilers.

Clinton (Mass.) master builders have
granted IN cight.hour day.
The Portsmouth (N. H. striking
painters have resumed work. They
get eight hours and $225 day.
The carpenters union Of Cincinnati.
Ohio, demands an Increase In wages
from $3.50 to $50 per day OF eight
hours.
Indiana labor unions have begun an
agitation against the chain-malin.
work done in the State Reformatory ut
JeffersOpville.
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Murderer Commit. Suicide in Jail.

Martin Lynch. a middle-aged labor.
Ing man. who murdered his wife few
days ago by riddl!ng her body with
bullets. hanged himself In his cell In
Jail at Cleveland. Ohio. He tied n
sheet to the knob of the door. tied the
other end about his neck and stranGled
himself.
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MET DEATH IN A WRECK.
Passenger Train Dsraiied Near hledil
Mo.-The Killed and InJured.

Keokuk. Iowa.-The California lin.
tied on the Atchison, Topeka and San.
tn Fe Road. east bound, was derailed
on a curve ut Cana. q switch FIVE miles
west Of Medill. Mo-. while going Mt tre'
mendous speed.
Five persons were killed and twenty.
three injured. The dead are q FIVE
year son of Henry C. Gates. Of Aus
tralIa; Rufus Ruster. walter In dining
car. OF Chicago: G. C. Fairbanks, walt
er In dining car. Of Chicago; s. T.
French. Of Chicago. and Mr.. Werth.
elmer. Of San Diego. Cal.
The train was more than an hour
late. and passed Wyaconda, the last
station west. at sixty-fve miles an
hour. When II struck the curve at
Cana the rails spread.
The train consisted Of two mail cars,
seven Pullmans and one dining car.
Tie mail car. the dining car and the
two forward sleepers went into the
ditch. The engine remained on the
track.
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JUDGE INDICTED FOR FORGERY
south Dakota OnicIal Said to Be ImplI
Gated In Homestead Frauds.

south Dakota Omcial Said to Be Impii.
Gated in Homestead Frauds.
Sioux Falls. s. D.-Edwin ". Starch.
er, County Judge Of Gregory County.
8. D.. was indicted for forgery by a
Federal Grand Jury. under directions
from the Department Of Justice at
Washington.
Starcher is accused Of forging the
names of two witnesses purporting to
testify to the continuous residence at q
homestead Of Samuel X. Cotton. and
with forwarding the instrument to the
Federal Land Office ut Chamberlain.
For a long time 1t has been known
that false certlficatlon had heen made
to homesteads. the quarter sections
being sold to third parties. 1t was
necessary to have Judge In the
scheme. and the Federal authorities al.
lege Starcher's completely.
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A practical joke terminated fatally
for Edward L. Miller. Mt Chicago.
when a man he had laughingly ordered
to throw up his hands" drew re.
volver and shot the supposed tli.'f
dead. Joseph r. Brown. who fired
the shot, was a friend Of his victim.
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BANK FAILURE RUINS THOUSANDS.

Two Omcials OF Geneva Institution Ar
rssted-Ss 900. 900 Lost In Speculation.
London. - From Geneva the corre-
spondent Of the Daily Mail sends dis
patch, In which he says a sensation has
been caused there by the failure OF one
Of the oldest banks In the country. the
Basler Credit Gesellschaft. II. Grob
and NJ. Hoefinder. respectively the
manager and the cashier Of the bank.
have been arrested.
1t is reported that SS.OOc.OOO Of the
banks funds have been lost by Wild
speculation in Paeis. and that thou.
sands Of persons have been ruined.
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The fire at Marienville. Forest Coun.
ty. Pa. consumed 80 buildings and
entailed n loss Of nearly $3O0.OO0. with
not over $II5.0OO insurance. Five hun
dred people are homeless. John john
son. q tailor. is missing. and 1t Is sup
posed he was burned in his tailor shop.
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K,an.p,pp suspects Released,

All the suspects arrested in connec.
ton with the kidnapping of Miss Ellen
NJ. Stone the American missionary.
have been released by order OF the
Shltan. whose object Is to show his
good will to the Christians Of Mace
donia
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Cake Schooner Goes Down: Three Dead
The schooner Barklow. loaded with
stone. sank near Green Island. Ohio.
The mate. who hung to the rigging.
was rescued more dead than alive. He
said that the captain. his wife and sou
went down with the vessel. he being
the only survivor.
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F,,,,Ino cops,ab ula.y Ambushed.

Five men OF the constabulary have
been ambushed ut San Juan del Monte,
n.:r Manila. One OF the party wac
killed and one was wounded. The FIJI
ipino band consisted OF thirty La.
drones. we'll armed. nearly all OF them
carrying Mauser rifles.