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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-30
DOMESTIC.

It is believed that at least twenty
persons perished in the hurricane
which struck Florida.
A statue of President Mckinley was
unveiled in Toledo, Ohio; Senator Fair
banks made the address.
By the explosion Of 1000 pounds Of
dynamite in freight car at West Bay
City, Mich, two men were killed and
three others were injured.
DR.. William Brandt was shot dead
by his son-in-law, William A. Hoffman.
near Mayestown, III.
The underwriting syndicate in United
States Realty dissolved at New York
City, having lost fifty per cent. on the
deal.
Victor Smith applied to the School
Board of New Jersey for permission
to send his boy to school barefooted.
Clark Wilson. a young artist from
Kentucky. despairing Of success, COM
mitted suicide at New York City.
Burglars secured $500 cash from the
safe Of Engineer Frank Bailey, at
Cairo, Mich.
The reported mutiny of 120 sailors
on the battleship Kearsarge was de-
MED by Captain Hemphill at New York
City.
At large since August II. Llewellyn
escaped from the prison at Butte,
Mont. gave himself up.
Sir Thomas Upton was taken vio-
lently i'll at Utica. N. Y. from indiges-
+ ton. but recovered after several hours
sufficiently to proceed on his trip.
President Roosevelt will not attend
the autumn manuevres at West
Point, Ky. In q dispatch to a local
paper Secretary Loeb announces that
the invitation cannot be accepted.
By the death of Bishop Clark, Of
Rhode Island. the Rev. Daniel Sylves-
ter Tuttle, of Missouri. becomes senior
bishop of the Episcopal Church.
The United States Fish Commissions
steamer Albatross reached Seattle,
Wash, after two months successful
cruise in Alaskan waters.
The $500 reward offered for the con-
viction of the assassin Of J. B. Marcum
in Kentucky will be paid to Sheriff
Woodson McCord, of Clark County.
Caught by q falling wall. DR.. Will
lam H. Smith was killed at Nashville.
Tenn. in fire that injured eight men
and caused property loss of $12o.OOO
Work on all the large buildings in
Milwaukee. Wis. was resumed, the
strike having ended.
Dependency over i'll health caused
Mrs. Helen Worthington-Purlnton to
kill herself at Chicago. III.
Senator Hoar. in a speech before the
Essex Club, near Salem. Mass, said
the negro was here to stay, and the
race problem must be settled at home.
not by sending several millions out Of
the country.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-30
LOTS OF DEER THIS FALL
rhey Wintered Well in Maine and Have
Thrlved Since.

Bangor. Memo frosts have fallen as
yet to kill off the swarms Of gnats in
the woods, but the cool evenings Of the
last few weeks have diminished the
energy of the insects, and the deer
which have hauQted the waterways
during the summer are beginning to
come out into the clearings to nibble
at the second crop Of clover. Reports
from all parts Of Eastern Maine are to
the effect that deer have been seen in
pairs and in herds, often showing them
selves in places where no deer have
come for years.
a great majority Of the deer, how
ever, are yet in the deep woods, along
the streams and by the lakes, and those
that have been seen are no more than
quarter of the number actually ex-
listing. 1t is plain from all accounts
that there are more deer in Maine at
this time than a year ago. Lumber.
men say that the animals wintered
we'll, and came into the spring In good
condition. The dry weather from April
to June 1 helped the fawns to gain
strength, and later on the feed became
excellent. Accordingly the prospect
for good hunting this fall is very good.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-30
What She Thought of Him.

A little girl. suffering with toothacne.
was in bis chair to have the tooth re-
moved. She refused to let him pro-
ceed at first, being afraid of the pain.
.It won't hurt you. little one," said the
dentist. 'sThere, now, open your
mouth. 1t won't hurt" Half min,
ute's work removed the tooth. and as
the little girl cried softly the dentist
said: Didn't I tell you it wouldDt
burt? What do you think of me now
Looking up at him with her big brown
eyes, she replied: II think you're the
biggest liar in town" The dentist has
quit telling people tooth pulling d6xl
hurt-Rich Hill (Mo,) Review.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-30
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

The Mint Bureau purchased 100000
ounces of silver for account of the Phil
ippuine coinage. at an average of 57.S4
cents an ounce, delivered in San Fran
cisco.
The first bale of Porto Rican cotton
exported in forty years was shipped
from San Juan, consigned to a Porto
Rican firm in New York City.
A popular demonstration Is being or
ganized at San Juan. Porto Rico, in
honor Of Governor Hunt, who will re-
turn there October 1.
Thomas P. Coates, customs inspec-
tor, and Lieutenant Osborne were SEN
tence at Manila to long terms for mis-
appropriating Government funds.
The Mint Bureau purchased 100000
ounces Of silver for account Of Philip
pine coinage, at an average Of 5S.27
cents an ounce delivered in San Fran
cisco.
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When Men Are Hurt. Z

Nearly all Of the metal-wOrking!
plants in Pittsburg and vicinity are ad,
mirably equipped with hospital an
mex. for cases that require speedy and
prompt attention. The distance OF
hospitals from some Of the works ren:s
ders it possible that an injured man
may expire from exhaustion before ne
is admitted to the institution. To ob-s
yiate this the owners have fitted up 9
room or building where injured OF sick
employes can be treated at, once. 1t Is
practically an emergency hospital. q
full and complete line Of roller band.
ages, esmarch triangular bandages,
splints, torniquets. anaesthet1cs. nypotl
dermic syringe, needles. silk, etc., with
linton and iodoform gauze dressings.
are kept on hand to enable the surgeon
to give the best possible care and az
tention to the injured person.
When an employe is injured 80 tnat
he is unable to walk. the stretchers
kept in various places in the works are
utilized and he Is at once taken to the
emergency hospital, where he Is takept
in charge by an emp,oye who is pro;
ficient in rendering first aid. Pending
the arrival Of a surgeon, the patient Is
placed in the best position necessary to
attend ia his injuries. and temporary
anti.septic dressings are used In
cleansing wounds Of any kind only dis
titled water is used, and then thorough.
Iy carbolized, and liberal supply OF
both hot and cold water is on hand
In cases of burns or scaids a dressing
of carron oil is. sometimes. used or q
picric acid dressing may be applied.
After treatment in severe injuries
the patient is placed IN the cot to re-.
cover somewhat from shock. and q
number of woolen blankets are Kept on
hand with which to cover the patient
during his removal home or to the hos
pital. as the case may be.-Pttsburg
Ledger. - 4
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ROBBERS STAND OFF A TOWN.
Gang of Eight Men Picket Valley Springs
3d. and Get $4,000.

Valley Springs. s. D.-Standlng off
the entire town at the muzzles Of their
revolrers, a band Of robbers cracked
the safe in the DIinnehaha County
Bank, between and 3 o'clock in the
morning, secured from $4,000 to $4,000
and fed.
Th robbery was planned carefully
and the streets picketed by the outlaws
before the attack on the bank was be.
gun. The citizens were first aroused
by the sound of several rapid explo-
sions as the cracksmen started their
assault on the safe. When they started
to their doorways, however. they were
met by a hailstorm of bullets.
Seven or eight men were concerned
in the robbery. After their departure
some time elapsed before posse could
be organized, and it was morning be-
fore the pursuit began. AS yet there
is no clew to the identity of the rob-
berS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-30
The Premier's Plea For a Change
in the British Policy.
GOVERNMENTWILL NOT DISSOLVE

Publication OF Pamphlet on tho Subject
of "Insular Free Trade" Said to Mean
That Balfour and Chamberlain Will
Work Together For the Proposed Els
cal Changes-yiews of the Premier.
London.--Premier Balfour has issued
the advance sheets of a pamphlet on
the subject of "Insular Free Trade
in which he presents at length argyll
ments in favor Of change in Great
Britain's fiscal policy. In introducing
the pamphlet Mr.. Balfour says his pur-
pose in issuing it is that it would be
impossible to put all the important
points of this question within the linz
it's of n single speech.
The Premier points out that rs re-
suit of England's policy of retaining a
fiscal policy made for Il free trade coun-
try in world Of free traders, not for
free trade country in world of pro-
tectionists, the rate of her export trade
has not increased, and In fact has serl-
ouSIy diminished. Compared with past
years some departments show no in
crease, while others show symptoms or
decay.
The Premier asserts that there Is
no reason to expect an Improvement.
Meanwhile Germany, America. France,
Russia and even Great Britain's self
governing colonies continue to build ur
a protective interest within their Dor.
derS.
Mr.. Balfour says the mistakes made
by the free traders half a century ago
have left Great Britain bearing all the
burdens and enjoying only half the
advantages which should attach to the
Empire. He deyotes considerable
space to the effect of protection upon
combinations in countries in which pro.
lection exists.
This, the Premier points out, is to
the disadvantage of the British manu-
facturer. who is unable to compete
with the manufacturer who is able to
sell abroad at a lower price than he
charges for the same article at home.
He gives an instance OF German steer
in this particular, saying that it is SELL
ing cheaper in England than the Eng
lish manufacturer can possibly pro-
duce it. =.
Mr.. Balfour declares that the opti-
mists who advocate a continuance OF
the free trade policy in place of the in
jury worked by protection on Great
Britain's interests are foolish and their
arguments little short Of reckless. He
concludes:
"It cannot be right for a country with
free trade ideals to enter into competi-
ton with protectionlst rivals self-de-
prived of the only instrument whereby
their policy can conceivably be mod1-
fed. The most essential object of our
national efforts should be to get rid of
the bonds in which We have gratuitous-
ly entangled ourselves. The precise
manner in which we should use our re-
gained liberty is important, yet after
all, only a secondary ISSUE"
The publication Of the pamphlet af-
ter the Cabinet had failed to agree on
the proposed fiscal policy is taken to
mean that the Government will stand.
tnat the Colonial Secretary will not re-
sign. and that the Premier will retain
the leadership of the modified tariff
cause. for which the way may be
opened by the appointment of a royal
commission.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-30
SENATOR FINDS FATHER SLAIN:

Southern Legislator Searching For Miss
ing Parent Discovers Dead Body.
Newbern, N C.-Furnifold G. SIM
mons, father Of Senator F. NJ. SIM
mons, was murdered on his plantation
a few miles from Pollocksville, Jones
County. He had been missing. Sena-
tor Simmons, who was in Raleigh, and
Senator Simmons son James. who is
q merchant in Newbern. were informed
and both went promptly to the old
homestead to assist in the search. The
body was found near the river. Mr..
Simmons had been shot several times
with a shotgun. Bruises about the
head indicate that he was dubbed
also.
Mr.. Simmons was quiet, inoffensive
man about seventy-ave years old. and
generally esteemed. The cause of the
murder is unknown. A negro has been
arrested as the assassin.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-30
One yyay to Induce Sleep.

There are hundreds Of persons In
New York who take long trolley ride
in the evening simply to produce 9
feeling of sleepiness. If man looks
straight ahead of him or reads a news.
paper his ride will do him little good
He might as we'll remain at home on
the front stoop. But if he looks aboutj
him, constantly shifting his gaze froEs
one scene to another, he gets into 3
state of drowsiness such as is brought
about by artificial means. when it Is
called hypnotism. That is why SO.
many men feel like doing in the clubs
after they come in from ride or a.
drive in the park.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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r8koPUzAkh 85k1oPUEzEzhA

Our earth is constantly picking up
unconsidered trifes Of stardust, which I.
range all the way from the thirteen.
foot-long mass of meteoric rock lateiy
found by Professor Ward in Mexico
down to the infnltesimal particles
which are found on the roof OF 81.
Pauls, on the Arctic SHOWS, and at,
the bottom of the sea. 1t is caicu-
lated that the total amount of matter
thus absorbed by us is certainly not
less than 100000 tons q year. and tnat.
therefore, the weight Of this world is
increasing at that rate every twelve
months. =, 81.
The British Government continuously
carries on the work of charting Ine
oceans bed-worS the value OF Whtcn
is shared by all maritime nations.
Last year eleven vessels were thus en-.
gagged, carrying seventy-eight officers.
Of whom forty-nine were surveying
officers. and 7S1 men. Altogether 3lo
rocks and shoals dangerous to nayisa-
ton were reported, thirty nine b. the
surveying vessels. twenty by other OF Z
His Majesty's ships and nineteen byI
sundry foreign vessels. Eleven We're
discovered through the painful exsy4
perience of vessels striking on thents
and 22S were reported by colonial and
foreign governments. One thousand
nine hundred and twenty-four miles
of coast line were charted. and an
area of 12,6G1 square miles vas
sounded.
DR.. TYmbrell Bulstrode's report upsn
alleged oyster-borne illness following
the Mayoral banquets at Winchester
and at Southampton, England, mas
been issued by the medical officer gof
the Local Government Board. DE-.
Bulstrode summarizes the facts as fol-
lows: Two Mayoral banquets were
given on the same day in two towns,
After both banquets a certain per-
centage Of all guests, all OF WEoms
had partaken of oysters, were attacked
with illness of analogous nature, IN
some cases with definite enteric feFer,S
in others with gastro-intestinal DIS.
turbance only. The oysters supplied
in both banquets were from the same
source (Emsworth), and the oysters
from this source were at the same time
and in other places proving themselves
competent causes Of enteric fever. a,is
Solar heat is being utilized for heat
ing water for various household pMs
poses. The apparatus for this purpose
is absurdly simple, merely a sectional
boiler of thin blackened copper. exs
posed on the sunny side Of the roof
under a glass cover very like hot,
house frame, and suitably piped fotS
supply and demand. An hours ex;E
posure to full sunlight raises the water
to a temperature from thirty degrees
to sixty degrees Fahrenheit above that
of TIE air, and as the heaters actually
in use contain from forty to one huns
dred and twenty gallons, according 70 !
size. there is an ample supply OF not
water through the hours Of daylight
Solar water heaters Of this kind have
been installed on the roofs of many
houses in southern districts. They
work admirably, and even in less ia.
vorable places have been found use
ful, 81. .ss-r.s2.t ~ ss.ll3sft
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KILL 100000 IN BALKANS
The Turks Are Deliberately Extermin-
ating the Christians
ATROCITIES OF SULTAN'S TROOPS

Soldiers Spread Over Monastir to Slau:h-
ter the 100000 Chrlstlans-Thousands
Are Slain Also In Ad-ianople-Two
Hundred Thousand Persons, Homeless,
Starving in the Forests.
Sofia. Rulgaria.-The situation Of all
the 100000 Christians in the vilayet
of Monastir is desperate.
The Turkish troops are making a
clean sweep Of the whole Bulgarian
element, and are not sparing the other
Christians Despite secret protests Of
European nations, the Sultan is carry
ing out unabatingly his savage policy
Of determination.
News filters through from Monastir
very scantily, but it all tells of towns
and villages destroyed. thousands of
families masSacred. with torture Of
children and women and other atroci-
ties.
Nearly 100000 persons are starving
to death in the forests. their homes &C.
Stroyed and their lives in peril from
rowing bands Of soldiery.
1t is estimated now that nearly 1G0.-
900 have been massacred within the
past few weeks in various parts Of
Macedonia, mostly in Monastir.
Unless there is speedy Intervention
by civilized nations, it is feared, not
only by the revolutionary leaders, but
also by Bulgarian Government officials,
that all the Christian population Of
Monastir will be slain.
The Turkish troops are scattered all
over the vilayet. and the work Of mur-
der. pillage and destruction goes on
daily without sign of cessation.
In the vllayet of Adrianople also the
Turkish and Alba man troops are pur-
suing their usual tactics Of burning
and plunderlng the villages, and killing
the peasants, instead of making even
an attempt to break up the insurgent
bands.
The Albanians. especially, are said to
be beyond control. At Kostursco the
influential beys complained to the off,
GERS Of the eIcesSeS committed by the
troops. The officers resented the cri-
ticism. and told the soldiers that the
beys were friends of the revolutionar-
les. whereupon the soldiers burned the
beys' farms.
The Turks have burned the villages
Of Almagik and Erikler in the district
Of Losengrad. They beheaded twenty
two BulgarianS at Almagik in the pres
ence Of their families.
Twelve tlpusand troops are assem-.
bled around Malkotonovo, and are en-
gagged in pillaging and burning the
villages. The population everywhere
Is fleeing to the forests and noun.
tains.
All the Turkish population in the
district Of Losengrad have received
arms; even the beys have revolvers.
The Albanian soldiers proceeding
from Odrin to Losengrad plundered
the villages en- route, robbed the
churches and burned the village Of
Nocakoj. Another body Of Albanians
going to Vasiliko, on the Black Sea,
was attacked by a band, and is re-
Gorted to have suffered loss Of 100.
A band led by the insurgent chief
Atamasoff was surrounded by Turkish
troops at Kokushko. After six hours
fighting the, insurgents cut their way
through the soldiers by throwing
bombs. The Turks lost twenty.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-30
The Sporting World.

There is talk of a mile track near
Pittsburg, Pa, with all the modern lm-
provements.
Canadlan-brcd horses have won
many races this season throughout the
United States.
A ten mile record for steam machines
has been made ut the Cleveland (Ohio)
automobile meet.
E. e. Smathers' Billy Buck won the
Roger williams $4,000 guaranteed trot
at Providence, r. l.
Star Hal won the $4,000 Park Brew
pacing race at Providence's (R. II
Grand Circuit meeting.
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MINOR EVENTSOF THE WEEK
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

Charles J. Bonaparte was selected
by the Department of the Interior to
be special prosecutor in the Indian land
fraud investigation.
The bail of August W. Machen.
against whom there are thirteen indict-
ments for postal frauds, was raised
from $4,000 to S30,o00
Secretary Moody, after pairing bureau
estimates. will ask Congress for more
than $100000,000 for the Navy.
The Treasury Department will have
Mt least $45, 100000 for monetary relief
purposes.
The establishments in postal fraud
cases were made public in Washington,
and are regarded by officials as consti-
tuting another strong link in the chain
Of evidence against Machen. and show
ing the far reaching rami6cations Of
his scheme of graft
Postmaster-General Payne reported
to President Roosevelt that Miss Todd.
postmaster at Greenwood. Del. was
removed for offensive partisanship.
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Cause S1,O0o,O0O Loss.

Atlantic City, n. 1.-THE hurricane
which struck this city caused damage
of more than $1,O0O,0OO. Fully fifty
buildings were unroofed, several
smaller hotels and houses wrecked, the
board walk and verandas of large ho-
tells swept out to sea and pavilions un-
dermined and torn to bits.
The Hotel Strand was damaged to
the extent of $2O,OO0 The old Empire
Theatre, the new Bartlett. the Hotels
Rudolf. Chelsea, Youngs, Marlborough
and Wiltmore are all damaged.
New Haven, Conn.-The hurricane
which struck this city wrecked about
half dozen of the boats of the New
Haven Yacht Club. They were
anchored near the Yacht Club, and
were swept from their moorings
against the clubs pier.
Nyack, n. Y.-Twenty rowboats and
launches were wrecked during the
storm here.
Plainfield. y. J.-Joseph Watts. Jr..
during the storm stepped on q live
wire and was killed.
Philadelphia, Pa.-At the Delaware
Breakwater several steamships and
barges sank. Captain J. r. Mahaffy
and four of his crew of the schooner
Hattie A. Marsh were drowned as the
vessel went down. The wind reached
a velocity of eighty miles an hour.
The schooners Emily f. Northam,
Adeline Townsend and Sea Bird were
driven together. The Sea Bird sank
Immediately, the others were badly
damaged.
A tugboat, supposed to be the Spar
tan. an ocean-going tug, and three
barges are sunk in the bay. The crews
of the entire feet are doubtless lost
rs no trace Of them can be found.
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TOO MUCH PROSPERITY.
The City Treasurer OF McKeesport, Pa
Makes Too Little by His Job.

The City Treasurer OF McKeesport, Pa,
Makes Too Little by His Job.
Pittsburg, Pa.-City Treasurer Sam
uel Milliken, Of McKeespOrt. may re-
sign because of too much prosperity
there. He has a nominal salary Of
$3.50 a year. The amount that he re-
ceives from delinquent taxpayers, how
ever, usually swells his salary to more
than $4,000 a year. But this year the
city Is in such i prosperous condition
that there are very few definquents.
Mr.. Milliken has just figured up that
his percentage cannot possibly run
over S21OS.5O, out of which he will
have to pay $500 clerk hire. THIS
will leave him less than $1,000 for his
wears work.
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Labor World.

Over 175,OOO persons are employed i'll
making cigars in Germany.
The Brewery WORKERS Association
has a membership Of $4,000 members.
Stationary engineers are advocating
q movement toward the establishment
of a sick benefit fund.
Public school teachers at Toronto,
Can. are talking of forming union
for tho purpose Of improving wages.
Eight thousand men employed on tde
river front at New Orleans, La. were
recently locked out by the steamship
companies.