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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16
AMERICAN HOG REFORM
Experiments t, Be Conducted by the
Department of Agriculture.
The Object 10 to Secure . Breed OF Ptgs
with Good characters and Ami.
able Dispositions.

Washington. d. ca series OF ex'
periments will soon be conducted un'
der the direction Of the Department OF
Agriculture. looking to the collection
of data and the securing Of knowledge
which will make possible the breeding
Of clean pigs. One Of the professors
Of the department believes with other
high authorities that the pig is not
hereditarily and inherently an unciean
animal. and holds that It Is simply the
victim Of circumstances and environ
ment. It is proposed BY inoculating
the principles Of sanitation In succeed
Ing generations Of pigs to nnaliy &C.
cure an animal which, while resem.
bling the porker Of to-day In every es.
sential particular. will have none OF
the Objectionable habits now attrib-
uted to him.
Il Is held by the professor that ow.
Ing to the stigma under which the pig
now rests, due partly to the Biblical
tradition. that the body Of the swine 10
ancient days was considered q favor.
lIe plaCS III WHICH u COuuue cAOECioco
devils and evil spirits. the animal Ia
placed in the most unsanitary hablta'
tions. given as food everything that 10
unclean and held In contempt as one
of the lowest beasts Of the animal
kingdom. and that he has entirely lost
his self-respect and lives in sloth and
dirt. The plan Of the department con-
templates the erection Of a modern sty.
free from the Objectionable features OF
such structures.
The theory holds that the pigs fond.
ness for mud baths comes from q de-
sire to rid itself Of the heat retained
In the body by layers Of fat under the
thick hide. The hogs in the modern
sty will not be allowed to wallow at
win. but will be cooled OF by q shower
bath In one corner Of the structure. II
Is believed that by providing animals
with sanitary abodes. giving them cool
ing baths and feeding them on clean
food. the instincts inculcated In the an.
imals by generations Of inattention
can be eradicated. The object Of the
plan Is to secure q breed Of pigs with
clean pink skins, shiny, well-kept brls-
ties. good characters and amiable dis
positions.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16
DOMESTIC.

While In q at Mrs. Mary Hively. OF
Warsaw, Ind. fell into pan Of boiling
sugar. and was scalded to death.
Joseph Potter. LID. a member of
the Second Division Of the Court OF
Appeals. died In Whitehall. N. Y.
The Ohio Legislature will allow o
$4,000 Mckinley memorial to be built
ut the entrance to the Capitol grounds
ut Columbus.
Reginald C. Vanderbilt, at New York
City. insisted on paying taxes on $780,
600 personal property. although he was
assessed at only $1,000.
Five hours liberty was all that C. G.
Campbell. a Federal prisoner at At
lanta. Ga, secured as result Of break!
ing jail.
Attorney. General Hamlin decided
that Investment companies cannot do
business in Illinois under the Foreign
Corporation act.
Fire in the chair shop Of the prison
It Auburn. N. Y. caused panic among
condemned murderers. but none was
hurt.
Traffic on the railroads In the South.
which was suspended because OF the
recent foods. was resumed.
The German Emperor's yacht Me-
teor. after a slight mishap. made her
trial trip in squall and showed great
speed and stability.
Miss Jane Toppan. who Is accused OF
poisoning the Davis family at Catau-
met. Mass. was pronounced insane.
An attempt. which will probably
prove Intellectual. was made to har-
monlze the Republican factions In Del
aware over the struggle for seats In
the United States Senate.
albert T. Patrick. convicted Of the
murder Of William II. Rice. at New
York City. announced that he was en-
gagged to marry Mrs. Francis. his land.
lady.
A Rock Island train coming into
East Pueblo. Col, killed two women
and the infant son Of one Of them.
Thirty days truce was agreed on by
the anthracite miners and operators
during which time the Cancellation
Committee will try to avert the threat.
ened strike.
Four women prisoners broke Jail at
Fort Scott. Kan. and were recaptured.
It developed that Vice-President An.
drews. Of the City Savings Bank, in
Detroit. Mich. operated In millions of
dollars worth Of stocks and bonds.
Shot to death. Magnus johnson.
bachelor. was found In his home at
Alexandria, MINI.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16
STORM KILLS WoRsHIPERS.
Church Wrecked, Pastor InJured and iva
Of ConxreRation Dead.

Wellsburg. W. va.-As a result OF
the storm the historic Franklin Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, four miles east
Of this place. is In ruins. Its aged pas
tor Is seriously injured. two members
Of the congregation are dead and sew
eral others are injured. The Rev. Mr.
Allshouse was just ending his sermon
when the gable end Of the church was
blown In. Falling tlmbers struck him.
The congregation fed In panic. Many
had reached the outside when the gale
lifted the roof OF and 1t fell among
those still inside.
Estella Brady. sixteen years old. had
her neck broken and was instantly
killed. Robert Gist. ten years old. was
internally injured and died while
being taken home.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16
CUBAN BILL REPORTED
Vote in tho Ways and Means Com.
mittso Was II to S.
All Amendments Rejected Excepting One
Relating 10 Contract Laber-Argu-
ment Of ths Majority Report.

Washington. D. C.-The vote on the
Cuban reciprocity bill in the Ways and
Means Committee stood II to 5. Two
Republicans-Tawney. Of Minnesota,
and Metcalf. Of California-voted
against it The fnal vote In detail
was:
Yeas-Payne. Dalzell. Grosvenor.
Russell, Steele. Mccall, Long and Bah.
cock, Republicans; Richardson. Swan.
son and Mcclellan. Democrats-11.
Nays-Tawney and Metca!f. Repub-
licans: Robertson. Newlands and Coop.
er, Democrats-5.
Although the actual vote was IL to
S, by general consent Mr.. Hopkins. who
was absent, was recorded In the af.
frmative. making the recorded vote
Il to 5.
Before the bill was voted on finally
and reported. various amendments
were offered by the minority and beet
sugar members. Mr.. Richardson offered
q series of amendments looking to q
general revision Of the tariff. and oil
were defeated on q party vote. Mr..
Mcclellan offered q series OF amend.
ments Increasing the amount OF tarif
reduction on Cuban products all the
way from thirty-three and one-third
to fifty Der cent. These were also de-
feated In the same manner.
Only one amendment to the original
Payne bill was adopted. and that was
proposed by the leaders. It required
the adoption by Cuba Of our contract
labor laws rs well as the immigration
laws.
Just before the Ho|e adjourned
Chairman Payne reported the bill.
The majority report says:
1T can work no injury to OFT iodS5
try II we make this small reduction
on Cuban sugars. The enactment OF this
bill win not effect the protection OF
the sugar producers Of the United
States. There Ia no reasonable pre-
tence that the same reduction on other
Cuban products will injure any other
American industry.
Under the provisions OF the bill
we should be able to double the amount
Of our export trade with Cuba. which
amounts to 5000. 900 more than that
We obtained In the last fiscal year.
aside from the exceptional case
that Cuba presents. the action OF the
Committee Is In entire accord with the
reciprocity doctrine of the Republican
platform and the declarations Of Presi.
dent Mckinley and President Roose.
velt It involves no proposed revision
Of the tariff or anything not entirely In
harmony with the maintenance OF the
protective system"
Mr.. Mcclellan will dle minority re.
port. arguing that a twenty per cent
reduction Is not sufficient to give Cuba
substantial relief and urging q greater
reduction. Mr.. Newlands will present
his annexation views In q minority re.
port, and Mr.. Richardson will hle Q
report on the general tariff revision.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16
Russian Traitors Life ID Safe.

Colonel Grimm. the Russian officer
who Is charged with revealing Russian
military secrets to Germany. will be
taken to st. Petersburg and placed In
close confinement. Colonel Grimm
cannot be executed. since In Russia
the betrayal Of military secrets Is not
capital Offense. unless this betrayal
be made to power with which Russia
Is ut war.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16
WRECKED IN WIND STORM
Three Churches Damaged and Many
injured in Pennsylvania.
PASTOR BURIED UNDER DEBRIS

Church Ceiling Carried Down Upon .
Consrssstion In Knoxville. Manning
ss Least Forty Persons-Many Lives
Lost IN Southern Floods. and Property
DESTROYED In Five States.
Pittsburg. Pa.-One Of the nercesi
wind storms ever known In this see
ton struck the city just before poon'
did almost incalculable damage to
property, and injured man; people.
some of whom may die from the eSecti
Of their wounds. Scores Of houses
were unroofed. many trees were blown
down, mill stacks toppled over. and
telegraph and telephone wires gener'
ally disabled.
The most serious accident was the
unroofing Of tue Knoxville Presbyte'
clan Church in Knoxville. The church
at the time was flled with an Easter
congregation. numbering about 600
persons. While the minister was In
the midst Of bis sermon strong gust
Of wind blew over the large chimney
and lifted q portion of the roof OF the
building. The bricks from the chin.
ney crashed through the roof and car
ried q huge piece Of the hard wood
ceiling down upon the worshipers 10
the pews.
An indescribable panic ensued and
q frantic rush was made for the doors
soon quieted and the work Of rescue
began. At least forty persons were
caught by the wreckage and more OF
less hurt.
The storm, which came upon the
city very suddenly. came up through
the Ohio Valley and passed on east.
ward. It lasted only about thirty
minutes, only FIVE minutes Of which
was the velocity unusually high. In
that i've minutes practically all Of the
damage was accomplished.
As Rev. ]. w. English. pastor Of the
Robinson Run United Presbyterian
Church. near Mcdonald. was raising
bis arm to pronounce the benedIction
lightning struck the church spire and
1t toppled upon the roof. crushing II
and injuring q number of worshipera
two Of whom-Robert Patterson. ter
years old, and Leon Averill. elever
years old-had their skulls fractured
and were fatally injured.
The Noblestown Presbyterian Church
was also unroofed. but the congrega
ton escaped injury.
The damage in the Monongahela
and Turtle Creek valleys will reach
thousands Of dollars. but no specially
big individual loss is reported.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16
Countcrfcitk Of 1904 Dolla:s.

Because he was too modest in his OF.
fer TO sell t-o silver dollars of the
1904 Issue. 4 man giving his Mamie as
II. b. Smith was arrested at Lima.
Ohio. Smith tried to sell the COINS.
worth $1,000 each. for 4 pittancr. and
suspicion Wis aroused. HIS coins were
examined and pronounced counter
feits.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16
Negro Lynch-d In Rome. Ga.

Walter Allen. 4 negro. WAS lynched
By 4 mob OF white citizens Ot Rome.
Ga. for attempting 10 assault n six.
tcrn.ycar-old white girl. The girl Is
Miss Blossom .Adamson. 4 member OF
Oh" OF G"orgia's most prominent fam
ilies. Th" Ecgro declared his limo.
ccncp. He was strung up on a tele-
phone pole.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16
Rox Killa Baby Rrofhar.

While sons Of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Shockette. Of Friendship. Ohio. aged
dve and two years. were playing In the
garden. the elder boy In a tit OF anger
struck the younger blow on the head
with q garden hose. The child was
made unconscious. and lockjaw fol
owed. causing his death.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16
Nowsy Gleanings

Austria Is arranging q conmercim
treaty with Mexico.
A non.partisan City Council Is ex.
pected from the next election In Chi
cagO.
A splendid laboratory for anatomical
purposes Is contemplated by the Uni
versity Of Chicago.
Navigation to the st. Clair fats In
Lake st. Clair has been opened. the
earliest ever known.
Peru has accepted the Invitation to
participate In the 81. Louis Exposition.
and viii be well represented.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16
Church Struck By CycIoae.

Greenyille. Pa.-The Easter service,
In the United Presbyterian Church al
jamestown came to an abrupt ending
The sky became overcast and q fun
nel-shaped cloud was seen approach
ing from the northwest. The congre
CATION became uneasy. but the pastor
the Rev. J. NJ. Jamison, continued the
services. Suddenly there was q ter.
rife crash. and part Of the south end
Of the church fell In, burying the min
lister beneath bricks and timbers. The
men Of the congregation rushed to the
pulpit, and when the stricken minister
was removed from the debris 1t was
found that he had received fatal
Injuries.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16
Seven Persons Drowned.

Florence. Ala.-Two days rain has
caused the most disastrous floods ever
known in this county. Every bridge In
the county Is reported swept away
except the Shoal Creek Bridge. The
home Of Pat Brahen. n colored man
about three miles from the city. was
swept away and seven of his family
drowned.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16
Ysenetsons In the Army.

President Roosevelt has appointed
Brigadier General R p. Hughes Ma
jor-G General. and Colonels Isaac D. De
Russy, Andrew 8. Burt and II. v. Sher.
idan to be Brigadier. Generals In the
Regular Army. to hll existing vacancies
caused by retirements.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16
MINOR EvENTSOF THE WEEK


United States Marshal Thompson. OF
Oklahoma. resigned. to the surprise OF
the Treasury Department.
Preparations for beginning the In
ouIry into the allegations OF bribery In
connection with the sale Of the Dan
Ish West Indies were completed.
President Roosevelt has refused Sen
ator Hanna's request to pardon hatn-
bone.
President Roosevelt reappointed Civil
Engineer N. T. Endicott. U. 3. n, Tor
another term Of four years as Cmef OF
the Naval Bureau Of Yards and Docks.
The State Department denounced
the charges CT bribery made by Cap
tain Christmas as "senseless fabrica'
tons"
An appropriation Of $4,000. to be
spent ut the Presidents will In refur.
nishing the White House. was included
In the Sundry Civil bill.
Germany requested the United States
TO joln In an international movement
against q wireless telegraph monopoly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16
Storm Severe at Buffalo.

Buffalo. N. "a wind storm swept
over the eastern suburbs of the city.
doing considerable damage. Trolley
poles were twisted. splintered and bro
ken. sidewalks were torn up and
hurled great distances, and small trees
were uprooted. Fortunately the storm
spent its force In an almost unpopu
lated part Of the city. and Its path wai
very narrow.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16
rhr.. rsrr,,oris. Seek Statehood.

In the House Of Representatives. at
Washington. Mr.. Knox. OF the Commit
tee on Territories. reported the bill for
the admission OF New Mexico. Okla.
holna and Arizona as States. and gave
notice that he would call It up AT some
convenien: time.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16
cht,..s yarn>d AO,inst .yapan

The Chinese Minister at Toxic. IN.
can. has sent a strongly wOrded dis.
patch to Pekin In which he advised
his Government to prohibit Chinese
students from going to Japan. declar'
ing they would imbibe revolutionary
IDEAS there
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16
SLAIN BY HIS cotchMAN.
Wilo Secs Prominent Business Man Kilied
In Quarrel In Back Yard.

In Quarrel In Back Yard.
Cleveland. Ohio.-George Fl. Allen. q
prominent dealer In coal and timber
lands and general real estate. was shot
to death in the yard Of his home. The
deed was done Dy his coachmap. John
HagesfeId. who surrendered at Central
Police Headquarters and confessed.
The crime Is believed to have been
the outcome OF quarrel about Ha Ses.
fields work. Hagesfeld fired four shots
into Aliens body. Allen dying within
4 few minutes from the effects Of q
bullet In the brain.
Aliens wife was 4 witness TO- the
crime. her husband having asked her
to get him his gun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16
Now porus as Eli In Circulation.

Now bogus % Bill In Circulation.
Tho Secret Service. Mt Washington.
has announced that new s. national
bank note. fairly deceptive. Is in circu.
latlon. 1t Is a Photographic print on
two pieces Of paper. with fiber be-
tween. on the Union National Bank. Of
New Orleans.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16

Two Years For II.TreatinE Hsr Child.
Mrs Lena Borkoski. Of Newark. y.
j.. who was convicted OF having bru.
tally beaten her little daughter. was
sentenced TO two years at hard labo:
II Ctatc prison.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16
Arrcntina to Increase Navy.

Argentina has ordered two new an
mored war vessels. TO be superior In
speed and armament to those Of Chile.
The Government has resolved to al.
ways maintain the supremacy Of Ar
gentiua In South America. It Is also
declared that 1t will not increase taxa
tim
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16
TIDAL WAVE M SALVADOR.
Ten Feet High. Followed by Two Others
I. Drowned Many People.

Washington. D. C.-Consul-General
Jenkins reports to the State Depart
nent from San Salvador. that recently
q tidal wave ten feet high struck the
whole coast Of Salvador. 1t was fol.
lowed by two other waves Of less
height.
A small village ncned Ia Barra I,
Santiago (some twelve CT fifteen miles
up the coast from Acajutla) was inun.
dated. the buildings razed to the
ground. and many people drowned.
Tie village contained 200 inhabitants.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16
Negro Burned .s tho Stake.

Richard Young. one Of the negroes
accused by young Dover Fountain In
his dying statement Of having attacked
himself and mother on the Ogechee
Road. three miles from Savannah, Ca.
was caught by infuriated residents of
the district and burned at the stake.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16

four Drowned Beside . Mule Transport.
A skiff containing eighteen men en-.
gagged In painting the British mule
transport Atlantean. at New Orleans.
La. was overturned and four OF usr
eighteen men In 1t were drowned.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16

Damages $1,000. 900; Twenty-Five Dead.
Authentic reports from every county
In Middle Tennessee place the dam
age done by the recent foods at I '"
100000. twenty-five persons .-.t
their lives.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16

Throw Himsolf In Front OF Train.
BY throwing himself in front OF q
passenger train near Whlttenton juno
ton. Mass. Peter Roohan. OF Law.
renee. an inmate of the Taunton In.
sane Asylum. ended his life. He was
thirty-slx years old and a widowcr.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16
COTTON STRIKE AveRTso.
Advance Of Ten Fer Cent. In Wage,
Granted to 10000 Eands.


Boston. The advance Of ten per
cent. which was granted to the $1,000
employees Of Fall River cotton mills
recently has become general in South
ern New England. It Is estimated that
fully 10000 hands In this section will
benefit by the increase In wages. The
decision Of the New England manu-.
facturers to concede the demands Of
the men was followed by that of the
leading mill owners Of Rhode Island.
and. while NO authoritative announce.
ment has been made as to what tho
big mills Of Lowell. Lawrence. Man
chester. Lewiston. Nashua and other
cotton centres will do. 1t Is generally
believed that. as usual. they will fol.
low Fall River and New Bedford.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16

After mass meetings Of the Roches.
ter and Pittsburg Coal and Iron Com
pany's miners had been held at PUNK
sutawney and Sykesville. Pa. the
threatened strike was formally de-
clared II involved 10000 miners
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16
Rritish Ship Goes Down.

The British steamship Alma ran
down and sank the British ship Cam
h".an Princess near Southampton.
England. Eleven OF the crew OF the
CaiuLcian Princess were drowned.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16
Miles VIII Not Resigu.

General Miles rcpudiates the susges.
ton that he apply for retirement and
does not intend to leave active army
service until he Is aixty-four Years old.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16

Railway Wreck In the Transvssi.
Thirty.nin British soldiers were
til!ed and forty.hve injured In rail-
Dad wreck near Barbcrtou. Eastern
Crausvaal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16
For Q. 900 .ooo station In Washington.

Senator Mcmillan has introduced a
bill in the United States Senate au.
thorizing the construction Of union
station in Washington. TO cost S!."1".-
NM
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16
Plaxus,s susep In India.

The plague continues to rage In the
Punjaub. India. The deaths average
10000 monthly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16

Evansville. Ind.-St. Boniface's Cath
ole Church In this city was struck by
lightning and set on fre The building
Is 4 total loss. st. Eoniface's was one
of the largest and finest Catholic
churches In the State. 1t cost about
S2O0 mn
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16
Hupdr,d. Killed I'm chin... Riots.

A thousand people have been killed
In riots 1t Ta.Ming-Fu. In Pe-Chi-L
Province. China. caused by attempts
to collect indemnity for the Catholics
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-16
QUE ADOPTED ISLANDS.

Aguinaldo. In answer to a subpoena.
appeared In court In Manila In the libel
suit of two civil commissioners. against
a newspaper. but bis testimony was
not taken.
General ChafYee was about to make
a tour of inspection In the Island OF
Samar. p. I.
Noriel. the only insurgent general 10
the field except Malvar. was captured
In the Philippines.
Preliminary steps were being taken
to establish United States naval and
coaling stations In Cuba.