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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24
BALTIMORE BANK FAILS
Salaries of Teachers Of Five Public
Schools Tied Up.
President wheatley. of the Closed Cit,
Trust and Banking Company. Says
Depositors May Be Paid.

Baltimore, Md.-A distressing result
of the closing of the doors Of the City
Trust and Banking Company of this
city is the depriving Of 100 teachers
of five public schools of their salaries
for May. The Principal of this group
Of schools received a check from the
City Register Saturday for S4323. and
deposited it in the City Trust Bank.
Later in the day receivers were ap-
pointed and the teachers salaries are
now tied up. The Merchants National
Bank, acting as a clearing house for
the trust company, caShed the check.
The city Is protected, and the loss. II
any, falls upon the teachers.
A number Of the $500 depositors in
the savings department of the company
gathered about the bank anXlously in.
quiripg about the situation. President
Wheatley issued this notice:
"ThIs bank has been placed in the
hands of Campbell Darlington and
George Dobbin Penniman. receivers. 1
believe all depositors will be paid in
full. Depositors can file their claims in
the office. and it will not be necessary
for depositors to go to the expense of
placing their claims in the hands Of
attorneys"
1t appears that as recently as last
Saturday week the company had only
15,699.6S in cash on hand to take care
of demand deposits of $3.50, ,445.71, and
time deposits Of $111,O5O, or nearly
S5O0,O00.
During the lay rumors were afoat
that some of the embarrassment of the
company had been caused by the al.
legged mismanagement of Frank j..
Kohler, present Vice-President and re-.
Gently Treasurer. Kohler made this
statement:
During the entire time have been
with the City Trust and Banking Com.
pany all my opera lions have been free
and above board. If any mismanage.
ment Is attributed to me, it was mis-.
take of the head and not of the heart.
We are all human, and mistakes are
not beyond the range Of possibilities. ="
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24
DOMESTIC.

The Episcopal Church Of the Colo
RADIO diocese refused to sanction a.
change of name.
Th,rty-five union miners were put In
Jail at the Coal Creek mines In Tennes-s
see fol- contempt in violating an fn-i
junction. g
Business men Of New York City dis
cussed the labor situation and agreed
that the industrial and financial inter-
ests of the city were seriously threat
ened. There was growing sentiment
in favor Of an arbitration board.
A Hebrew tailor died from starvation
in New York City, having sent all his
money to his family In Russia for their
passage to the. United States.
In a dispute over property John Ed
wards, aged fifty-four years, promi-
nent farmer, and his son Jeh, aged
twenty-five. were killed near Column
bus, Ca. by Barlow Nix, a sixteen.
year-old boy. ~ s4ss
Lightning demolished the spire of
st. Pauls Episcopal Church In Cleve-s
land, Ohio, doing several thousand dol
lars damages. |.
Walter F. Sanders, former deputy
treasurer of Monguagon Township,
Mich, was charged with embezzlinS
$4,000 Of the township funds. s.
. For some unknown cause George In,
gle, a coal operator. aged forty-fves
years, committed suicide at Terres
Haute, Ind, by shooting.
The Baptist Church at Byron, MINI,
was blown up with dynamite, the re-.
suit of creed difference, but NO arrests
have been made. = ssS32
Charged with naturalization frauds
John P. Dolan. Chairman Of the Demo.
cratic City Committee Of st. Louis,
Mo-, and three Of his associates were
indicted.
Burglars took $500 from the safe in
the postofice at Thomasyille, n. c.,
and escaped. 9.5s
The convention of the Millers' Ma
tiolal Federation at Detroit, Mich:,.
adopted a memorial to the President
urging the making Of reciprocity tread:
les, especially with Canada. n.
James B. Dill told the graduates OF
the University Of Minnesota that trusts
would increase the opportunities for.
educated men.
The Western Maryland Railroad
brought suit against the Baltimore and
Ohio to enjoin it from diverting freight.
The new cruiser Tacoma was
launched at San Francisco. Cal. S5sl
Four railroads signed wage agree
ments with their freight handlers at,
Chicago, ILL.,, thus averting strike.
One thousand persons left Seattle
Wash, for Nome gold fields on the:
three steamers that sailed so far this
season.
Charged with offering a bribe to Al
derman Joseph Renihan at Grand Rap
ids. Mich, Attorney Gerritt Albers was.
found not guilty.
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FOREIGN.

The Venezuelan Legation at Paris,
France, received cable message from
Caracas to the effect that after brill
liant campaign, including fights at Bar.
quisimeto and Coro, the revolution had
ended.
NJ. Loubet's visit to Rome Is causing
much discussion in Vatican circles. He
will 60 to London in July, the King OF
Italy postponing his journey to Eng
land till November. ..-,s1
The petition to the Vice-President
that was circulated In Colon, Colom-
bia. praying for the acceptance Of the
Panama Canal treaty received only
nine signatures.
The British representative in Haiti
reported the foreign residents in Port
au Prince. the capital, were In a state
Of destitution.
The Irish National League meeting
announced to take place In Tallow.
County Waterford. Ireland, was sup
pressed by the police. .,t
Much i'll feeling was shown in the
German political campaign. An in
crease in the Socialist vote was feared
by the other parties.
The transit receipts Of the Suez Ca
nal for the last year were $50, 744.OO4
Measles were epidemic among serv-
ants at the imperial castle in Potsdam,
Germany, and there was fear that 1t
would reach the Emperor's children.
who were at the Schloss.
The Ziegler North Pole expedition
reached ChristiansandI Norway, and
left again in few hours.
The Spanish Supreme Court has ac-
quilted General De Bourbon Of the
charges Of gambling brought against
him.
The Cape Colony Parliament was
opened and the country's finances were
reported to be In good condition.
Adrices from Bogota said that either
General Reyes or General Velez is like
ly to be chosen the next President Of
Colombia.
New York insurance companies with
drew from Germany In the face of an
imperial prohibition.
A petition is being circulated on the
Isthmus praying the Colombian Con-
gress to pass the Panama Canal treaty,
as it's rejection would cause complete
ruin.
Advices from Caracas, Venezuela.
said that Government forces had rel
taken San Felix and that the report Of
an insurgent victory at BarQuisimetoi
was false.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24
NEW PRIMARY ELEMENT.
Another Extraordinary Discovery by Pre-
fessor and Mime. Curie.

Another Extraordinary Discovery by Fro.
fessor and Mime. Curie.
Berlin, Germany.-At session OF the
Chemical Congress Professor w. Mark
wald Of Berlin showed the electro.
chemical and physical section a smudge
of dark powder on q piece Of paper,
which was the first time that any Of
the eminent scientists present had seen
the metal polonium. discovered by Pro.
fessor and Nine. Curie, Of Paris.
Its discoyerers doubted whether polo
mum was primary element or related
to bismuth, but Professor Markwald
demonstrated that it was indeed a
primary element. he exhibited O bit
Of the metal, weighing 15-100 of a
grain, which was produced from two
tons of uranium at cost Of SIS. 1t
Is more thinly distributed in uranium
than xenon, the most rari6ed gas, is in
the atmosphere.
Professor and Nine. Curie also are
the discoverers Of radium.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24
GEORGIA NEGRO LYNcHED.
de Had Shot and Killed a Farmer Il
Whom he Owed Some Money.

Macon, Cav. Hope Winslow. Jr.
whose father was one of the leading
members of the Georgia bar, was killed
instantly by a negro named Banjo
Peavy on the formers farm near Fort
Valley. The negro owed Winslow a
small sum Of money and was asked
to work out the debt. He refused
impudently and shot Mr.. Winslow
through the forehead. Before Winslow
died he fred twice at his fleeing as
Sailant without effect.
A posse was organized and Peavy
was soon captured and turned over to
the Sheriff. At night the officer and
guard were overpowered, and the ne
gro taken to a grove within the cor
porate limits, where he was hanged
and his body riddled with bullets.
Winslow was the main support of
his widowed mother and three sisters.
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Prominent People.

DR.. Samuel Smiles Is probably the
oldest living author in England.
The armored cruiser King Alfred has
been selected to take the Prince and
Princess Of Wales to India In the au-
tumn.
Lady Henry Somerset has retired
from the presidency Of the British
Women's Temperance Union because
Of III health.
Justice Fletcher Ladd. of the Su-
preme Court in the Philippines, has
resigned because Of his wife's Illness,
and will return to his home In New
Hampshire.
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Labor World.

Spain has a legal eight-hour day that
the courts have no power to interfere
with.
An unsual amount Of unemployed Ia
Dor Is an existing condition in Sheffield,
England.
It Is said that the membership Of
the Carriage and Wagon Workers In
ternational Union now numbers 17S,.
900.
Employees at the G. T. R. shops In
London, Canada, are to receive an In
crease In their salaries Of one cent an
hour.
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TO RESCUE ENGLISH PRISONERS.
Another Expedition Goes Out Against III,
Mad Mullah.

Alden, Arabia.-The commander Of
the Abyssinian force cooperating with
the British Somaliland expedition
states that there are several English
prisoners in the camp Of the Mad
Mullah. against whom the expedition is
directed. These prisoners are princi-
pally wounded officers who belonged to
Colonel Plunkitt's column. which re-
Gently met with q severe reverse at the
hands of the Mullah.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24
SALEM WITCHES CRAVE FOUND.
Now Shown They Were Hanged on Small
Plateau and No. on GaiIows Hill.

Salem. Mass.-The grave has given
up its secret after tTO centuries. The
Salem witches were not hanged on the
crest Of Gallows Hill Where the tablet
in their memory stands to-day, but on
the small plateau at its base. Here
their grave has been discovered, and,
besides. part of the natural monu-
ment to the martyrs. the butt Of a
locust tree set by one OF the descend
ants of the proctors, has been un-
earthed.
Antiduarians hunted over Gallows
Hill for years for the crevice in the
rocks in, which the bodies of Bur-
roughs, the minister and Willard and
Carrier were said to have been thrown.
The crevice is at the base of Galiows
Hill. a peculiar formation OF rock not
noted anywhere else in the near vicin-
ity. One of the proctors. who came
in possession of tire plateau, set out
locust trees to mark the grave of his
grandfather. a witchcraft martyr, and
the stump dug few days ago from a
crevice in tine rock, is undoubtedly the
remains of the memorial.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24
Jail For Paterson Rio!ers

The Supreme Court. at Trenton, n.
j.. in the case on appeal of the State
against William Mcqueen and Ran
dolph Grossman. of Paterson, who
were involved in the riots there sew
eral months ago. and who We're
tried and convicted in the Pas
sale Court of Quarter Sessions, af-
firmed the findings OF the court below,
and was unable to find assignment of
error based upon the Judges charge.
as claimed by the appellant defend
ants. Mcqueen and Grossman must
now 60 to Jail unless the case is carried
to the Court of Errors and Appeals. -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24
Newsy Gleanings.

Dog lovers in Berlin have to pay a
tax Of IS a year on each of their pets.
In Cairo the proportion of blind peo.
pie to the population is one to every
twenty residents.
York House. the property Of the Duke
of Orleans, at Twickenham, England,
ia for sale with no bidders.
Citizens of Indian Territory have SUBJ
scribed 5000 for their representation
at the st. Louis Exposition.
The famine is increasing in Kwangsi
Province Of China and sporadic Asiatic
cholera has appeared IN Canton.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24
DYING, CONFESSED TWO MURDERS
Bolts on Death Bod Admits Killing His
Father and Another.

Frederick, Md.-Samuel Belts died
In Meyersville from pistol shot wound
inflicted by himself. Just before dy.
ing he confessed that he and his broth
er Josiah murdered their father, SAM
uel Belts. seventeen years ago to get
$4,000 which he had accumulated.
Belts also confessed that he partici-
pated in the murder Of Walter Long
and buried the body secretly seven
years ago. Longs disappearance had
been q mystery.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS

The Director of, the Mint purchaser
10000 ounces Of bar silver for the. Phil
ippines coinage at 1885 cents pei
ounce.
In financial trouble, z. Z. Newman,
q druggist forE:erly of Ithaca, n. y.
committed s-.icile il Honolulu, Ha-4
wall ~
Re3orts from the Spanish friars II:
the Philippine Islands regarding the.
native clergy were so unsatisfactory
that the Vatican decided not to appoint
two native priests to the bishoprics OF.
CebI and Samar.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24
FRENCH PUNISH THE MooRS.
Bombard Zenega IN the Oasis Of Figuil
For Six Hours.

Paris, France.-The French lombard.
ed Zenega. in the Figuig Oasis, not the
town Of Figuig. where the French Gov.
ernor Of Algiers was attacked. 1t was
almost wholly a demonstration by long
range guns. which threw hundreds Of
meliniie shells. They destroyed q
number Of houses and a mosque that
was greatly venerated by the natives.
The Moors made only a tri1ing re-
sistance. They attempted to snipe the
artillerymen. but did not wound one.
The losses Of the Moors are unknown.
Neither is it known what their future
intentions are.
General O'Connor withdrew his
troops after six hours. He expects that
deputation bearing the submission
Of the Moors will come to him shortly.
The only French casualty was native
despatch rider killed.
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Forr Man Killed by lightning.

John Winkler, John Shook. S. E.
Rebam and Clark Fisher were killed
by lightning near Sterling, Wayne
County, Ohio. The men were carry
ing a heavy timber on their shoulders,
when lightning struck the beam and
tore it to splinters, killing the four men
instantly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24
Grear Britain Protests.

The British Minister at Caracas. b.
G. o. Bax-Ironside. has presented a
protest to the Venezuelan Foreign
Office against the recent suppression OF
Custom Houses at the ports on the
Orinoco and the Gulf of Paria.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24
SLAYER AT BAY, KILLS HIMSELF.
Youthful Murd erer Faces Pursuers and
Sends Bullet Through Heart.


Shoals. Ind.-Arthur Lyons, the
slayer of his stepmother, who has been
a fugitive for several days. pursued
by a posse Of several hundred, shot
himself through the heart as he stood
hemnled in by an armed band of en-
ragged farmers. The members of the
posse were within twenty feet Of him
before he fred
Young Lyons was driven from the
woods by the posse and in an instant
was the target for a dozen guns. He
returned the fire and made his escape
round a turn in the road. Later, he
was oyertaken, and, turning toward
his pursuers, who were but short
distance behind him, he fired the fatal
shot.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24
Taking Census In the Philippines.

A report has been received at the
War Department. in Washington. from
General Sanger, who has charge OF the
census IN the Philippines, in which nc
states that the work of taking the cen
sus Of the islands Is progressing very
well. Central Sanger says that the
reports thus far received indicate O
Christian population Of 100000. The
population Of Manila ls in round num-
bers 100000
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24
HANNA ON ROOSEVELT.

Saws tho President Will Probably Be the
Only Candidate For tho Nomination.
Cleveland, Ohio. - In an interview
Senator Hanna again says that he Is
not a candidate for the Presidency.
The Senator is quoted as saying:
There will be but one candidate for
the nomination In all probability"
"Will that be President Rooseveltp'
he was asked.
Certainly"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24
MORE POSTAL INDICTMENTS.
Grand jury Returns True Bill Against the
Croft Brothers.

Washington, D. C.-Indictments were
returned against the Croft Brothers by
the Federal Grand Jury. They are ac.
cused Of offering bribes to A. W.
Machen, former Superintendent of Free
Delivery in the Postoffice Department.
The bond of Samuel a. Croft was In.
creased at once TO $4,000 from $4,000,
and that of Diller B. Croft was main
tanned at $4,000.
The Croft Brothers will be tried un.
der Section 5451 Of the Revised Stat.
utes, which make it an offense to prom.
ise money to any Government officer
with view to influencing his action
or decision on any question or matter
which may be pending before him.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24
Payne to Probe to Bottom.

President Roosevelt instructed Post.
master-General Payne to 80 to the bot.
tom Of every charge affecting the Post.
Office Department. A special meeting
of the Cabinet was held, at which the
postal scandals were the principal sub.
ject of discussion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24
n, C. BurIlnrame, AGED los, Dead.

II. G. BufIIn4Ames Aged los, Dead.
Hiram G. Burllngame died at West.
field, Mass. He was 103 years old on
September 7 last. On August 1, 1897,
an attempt was made upon his life,
and as a result Of the assault be car
ried to the grave two bullets in his
body. He rallied from the effect OF
the shooting, but always suffered In
convenience from a wound in his alb
domen.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24
HIah School Girl Drowned.

While taking q ride in boat on the
Mississippi River with the graduating
High School class, Nora Killing, aged
eighteen, was drowned at Eaton. Ind.
She grabbed an overhangirg branch
of q tree, lost her balance and fell into
the water The swift waters quickly
carried her beyond aid.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24
Massachusetts Church Destroyed by Fir

Massachusetts Church Destroyed by Fire.
The Unitarian Church in Northamp-
ton, Mass, the Rev. Frederick II. Kent,
pastor, was practically destroyed by
f-e, all that remains being q portion
Of the outer walls. The loss is placed
at $4,000, with an insurance of S10,-
300. The fire Is thought to have been
ineendiary,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24
DOUBLE TURRETs CONDEMNED.
French Naval Experiments Decide Aban.
donInent OF Deadly Device.

Cherbourg, France.-The system of
superimposed turrets on warships has
been condemned by the Naval Commis-
sion. which had been experimenting
with the battleshiD Henry Nv. The
final trials were to test the possibility
of men occupying the lower turret
while firing was going on from the up
per turret.
Four sheep were tied up in the lower
turret to represent gunners. and after
ten shots had been fired three of the
sheep were found to be dead. The
fourth had broken away and had
sought refuge In the captains cabin.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24
BONES OF MAN WITH MONEY.
Skeleton Believed to Be Of American
Sportsman Found in Now Brunswick.

Sportsman Found In Now Brunswick.
st. John, N. B.-A crew Of fire fight
ers In the wooded hills of Cranberry
Brook, in Charlotte County. have found
the clothed skeleton of a man with
large sum Of money on 1t.
The clothing was of good material.
and in the pockets Of the coat, in five
and ten dollar notes, was the money.
1t is believed that the remains are Of
an American sportsman. but nothing
was found to indicate identity.
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Leather Market Light

There Is only q fair volume of busi-
ness in the leather market, which Is
between seasons, and business In upper
leather Is rather light.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24
QUEEN WilHELMIhA ILL
Shows Signs OF Consump ption and Mus
Go to Milder Climate.

Go to hIilder Climate.
Amsterdam, Holand.-It is stated
on reliable authority that Queen Will
helmina has been suffering for some
time with genral debility. In medical
circle the impression exists that the
symptoms are of tubercuious nature.
The doctors in attendance OH Her
Majesty have recommended a trip to
Madeira or Cairo where Il years resi-
denre. they say, might effect i con-
piete cure.
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4 Fatal Property DIsputa,

In dispute over a division of prop
erty, b. NJ. st. Cyr killed Harry EN-
mems, at Lardo, Idaho. both being men
Of repute In mining affairs.
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France and Morocco.

Premier Combes has explained that
France has no territorial designs In
Morocco,
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Briiish Embassy at Newport.

The British Embassy has been moved
to Newport, r. l.. for the summer.
Sir Michael Herbert, the Ambassador,
already being there.
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Chicago Students Drowned.

While trying to climb aboard one Of
the Spanish caravels in Lake Michigan
at Chicago, ILL.,. Jesse Miller and Miss
Frances E. Moore, University Of Chi.
cago students, We're drowned.
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Cainesyille's Death List.

The Mayor Of Gainesville, Ga. est.
mated that the total number Of deaths
resulting from the tornado there would
be more than 125.
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Yellow Fever In Mexico.
Yellow fever has appeared at Pro
gresso, Mexico.
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Ship Master Killed By a Train.

A train at Ashtabula, Ohio, ran down
and instantly killed Captain q. O.
Reimers, one Of the best known Of the
Ereaf Lake vessel n1astara
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plapue Expertments Forbidden.

Plague Experiments Forbidden.
German authorities, alarmed at the
death of DR.. Sachs from plague, have
forbidden any more experiments with
plague germs.
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Earthquakos In Ecuador.
Two slight earth shocks were felt at
Guayaqull, Ecuador.
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Drowned Crossing c Creek.
While crossing creek at Dublin
Texas, James Parish, his daughter ac1
two Of her children were drowned.