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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-07-01
WHEN 1T MAS FIRST OBSERVED

the river, and several of them were
dressed in the colors of all nations dis
played above the masts. yards and rig
ging. At 1 o'clock the ships were all
manned: that is. the men We're all or
dered aloft and arranged upon the top
yards and shrouds. making striking
appearance of men drawn up in order
in the air. Then went on board the
Delaware with the President and sev-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-07-01
TOY PISTOLS CAUSE LocKJAW.
Eleven Deaths in Pittsburg, and Paper
Caps Are Blamed.

Eleven Deaths in Pittsburg, and Paper
Caps Are Blamed.
Pittsburg, Pa.-Harry Weis. four
teen-year-old boy, died at his home
from lockjaw, the result of a wound
sustained from a toy pistol on Memoir
ial ~.
G. les P. Mckee, aged eleven years,
of L, Creek, a victim of lockjaw.
was buried at Blairsville. His death
resulted from slight wound received
while firing q toy pistol on Memorial
Day.
Eleven deaths from lockiaw have
been reported in Pittsburg during the
past two weeks. 1t is claimed by some
that illuminate of mercury used in the
caps is responsible for so many cases
of tetanus. while others contend that
it is caused by improper care OF the
wound
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-07-01
A Defensive Measure.

Marietta, you had better write your
Aunt Jane that We are coming out
there on the Fourth
"Why"
"If you don't she will be writing US
that she is coming here" Chicago
Record Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-07-01
PIacue Spreatis In Hong Kong,

The spread of the plague in Hong
Kong. China. has reached an alarming
stage. the worst since 1891. Two Brit
ish officers in Hong Kong and six MEL
aboard the British battleship Ocean
have been attacked by the disease.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-07-01
sprl.g Wheat Continues Promising.

Spring wheat continues in very prom.
ising condition in the Dakotas and
generally in Minnesota. On the north
Pacific coast spring wheat, while need.
ing rain. is doing we'll in po,tions Of
WASHINGTON.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-07-01
Even Bonbons Affected BY
the Day We Celebrate.

you desire to make a
Fourth Of July re-
menhreEce take the
box OF candy under
consideration. 1t may
make the happy re-
cipient sick, but it's
safe not TO cost q
finger. an arm. a leg
or a life, as do some
of those things that
the careless always
find loaded too late.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-07-01
GOVERNOR Of KANSAS WiDS.
Ceremony Extremely Simple. Withou
Music, Ring or Attendants.

Music, Ring or Atte ndants.
Kansas City. Mo.-Willis J. Bailey,
Governor Of Kansas. and Mrs. Ida B.
Weede We're married in the First Cor
.grega tional Church. Rev. J. F. Fifeld
officiating. There was no music. no
ring and no attendants. the ceremony
being as simple as it was possible to
make it. The wedding would have
been a more elaborate affair had not
the recent disasters by floods in Kan.
sas made a simple wedding appropriate
from the Governors point of view.
After the ceremony a wedding dinner
was served at the Midland Hotel.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-07-01
Love Tie Binds Miss Loyebond.

George L. Watson. who designed tho
cup challengers Shamrock III. and
Shamrock l., married Miss Marie Love
bond at London: Lord Dunraven and
Sir Thomas Upton were among the
nIlGSts
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-07-01

Fourth of July dinner will he twice
as delicious if the dainty cold finish
be in some suggestive shape. Pur-
veyors Of fine ices have taken this
under consideration, and here are two
of the results. The chocolate soldier
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-07-01
200 Lives Lost Rt AZOff.

The st. Petersburg Novoe Vremya
reports that POO lives We're lost at
AZoff. 1t was the result of collapse
of garGway while pleasure party
was landing from the steamer Moskva.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-07-01
Houseboat capsizes; Seven Drown.

Seven persons were rdowncd at Ahar-
deem. Ark, on the White River, by the
capsizing of a housebOat. The victims
were: ". E. AIoneymaker and wife.
J. NJ. Clark and wife and two boys and
girl. They were gathering mussel
shells
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-07-01
An Assault on Austrian Emperor.

An insane man attempted to assault
Emperor Francis Joseph while TIL
Kaiser was driving at Vienna, Austrl' &.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-07-01

UR first Fourth of July
celebration took place in
Philadelphia four Gays
after the adoption OF the
Declaration Of IndepeA-
dence, OH July S, 1IIG.
"a warm. slnshlny
morning. as one or
those who were present
described the day. John
Nixon read the declara'
ton in the yard of the
State House. and the
great assembly of peo-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-07-01

were invited, after the President and
Council and Board Of War OF this
State. IL the morning the Delaware
frigate, several large ga!leys and other
Continental armed vessels, the Penn
sylTaaia ship and row galleys and
guard boats We're all hauled off into
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-07-01
WHEN PEACE WAS RESTORED.

The anniversaries had been cele-
brated in the army by the discharge Of
guns, the setting free of prisoners, and
Festivities in which the wives -f the
generals had been very active, Mrs.
Knox and Mrs. Greene being csDe-
cially interested. The year when peace
was declared witnessed the introduc-
tior of the grafton. Guns and bells. of
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-07-01

pral gentlemen Of the marine commit
tee. soon after which we were salused
with discharge by thirteen guns.
which was followed by thirteen others
from each Of the armed vessels in the
river, then the galleys followed the fire
and after them the gunboatS. Then
the President and tha company re-
turned in the barges to the shore, and
We're saluted by three cheers from
every slip. galley and boat in the river.
The wharves and shores were lined
with a vast concourse of people, all
shouting and hUZZaing. At )
We went 70 dinner. and We're very
agroeably entertained with excellent
company. good cheer and music from
the banG of Hcssians captured ut Trcn'
ton and by continual voleyS Ertw""p
every toast from a company Of sol
dierS.'
The letter then gees on to deScrih"
the professions and salutes Of the sol
diers. and expresses the surprise OF the
writer in the evening TO behold almost
every house lighted Ivy candles in the
windows. though 4 few surly houses
were dark. I had forgot" ir contin
ues, "the ringing of bells all day and
evening, and the bonfires in the streets
and the fireworks played off. Had Gen
eral Howe been here in disguise, or his
master. this show would have giver
them the headache
The Record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1902-1904, 1903-04-10
MAORI TATTOOlNG.
Fortunes which the Womea Under-
go During the Process.

English explorers and scientists have
brought back series of remarkable
specimens of Maori tattOolng from the
interior of New Zealand. The most as
tonishing designs were found Oh the
faces of the women.
The faces and bodies of the women
are SO covered with these blue marks
that they look as If they had on tight
fitting chintz dress.
The instrument empioyed In tattooing
TO obtain the deep furrows is usually
made of bone, having a sharp edge like
chisel and shaped In the fashion of
garden hoe. Another style is made of q
sharks tooth.
The tattooing of the women Is com
menced when about the age of fifteen
or eighteen aud continues until they
reach middle age. Most OF the masters
Of the art are professionals. who go
from village to village and are highly
paid for their services. The pattern
about TO be engraved is first outlined
on the face with small stick dipped in
powdered charcoal, after which the
skin is gashed, and the coloring or pig
ment is introduced into the cut flesh
with a stick dipped into the liquid.
The coloring material used Is gener
ally the resin of certain tree, which
Is burned, powdered and converted into
fluid
The Record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1902-1904, 1903-04-10
Nevada's New Fish Law.

A new fish law in the State sf Neva-
da was signed by Governor Sparks last
week. The new law makes the open
season from March 18th. To November
l. 1t also provides against the dump
ing of any matter into the streams
deleterious to fish except such as may
come from mills for the reduction of
ore; that fishways must be maintained;
that trout under six inches in length
cannot be sold; that trout shall not be
taken except by hook and line and
that fish can not be shipped outside
the State 10 be sold.
The Record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1902-1904, 1903-04-10

Sir Richard Wallace once heard the
elder Dumas laughing boisterously in
his study and was told by servant
that Dumas was working and that he
often laughed like that at his work. II
turned out that the great novelist was
'.in company with one of his own char
acters, at whose sallies he was simply
roaring" But this was years ago. when
Imagination went hand In hand with
animal spirits. 1t would be difficult to
imagine one of the modern intense,
realistic. analytical school so easily di-
yerted
The Record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1902-1904, 1903-04-10

The flow of Reese river will reach
the Humboldt this year for the first
time since 1880.
A lodge of the Improved Order of
Red Men WAS organized in Reno this
week
The Carson postoffice has been raised
from third to second class.
Reno has organized golf club with
about twenty members.
There will be no money in the Storey
county treasury to pay salaries and
current expenses until June lst.
Mrs. link has been found guilty at
Tonopah of disturbing the peace of the
public school there.
The Reno sports are preparing to
move their gambling games to the
second stories as required by law
A remarkable popularity of Tono-
pah district is the number of blind
ledges uncovered in vertical prospect
shafts. Nowhere else in the State of
Nevada has this been found to exist to
any considerable eXte IT.
Colorado beet growers receive on an
average of five dollars per ton for their
beets, and they raise from II 10 Us high
as 80 tons To the acre. This means $50
to $50 per acre for one seasons crop
Pueblo Opinion.
J. II. B. Harris who was convicted of
sending an obscene letter through the
mail was sentenced last week by Judge
Hawley to nine months in the Storey
county jail. Judge Hawley stated that
out of consideration for the prisoners
age aud his enviofments for several
years past, he made the sentence about
as light us possible.
The Record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1902-1904, 1903-04-10
The Onion CROP.

Onions have been one of the most
profitable crops raised IN Nevada for
several years past, and the market
price soaring as high as $50 per ton.
The farmers along the Truckee have
made some cleanups that beat mining.
This year, however, to their great
disgust, after planting more than the
usual acerage, the market price has
been as low n $3.50.
The Record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1902-1904, 1903-04-10

Tommy" said an uncle to his preco.
cious nephew, your mother tells me
she has to give you pennies to be good
Do you think that is as things should
beTr
"Of course it is replied Tommy
.You certainly don't want me to grow
up and be good for nothing, do you, un'
cleT'-Chums.
The Record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1902-1904, 1903-04-10
Official Directory
OFFICERS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

Il. S. Senator VIM. NJ. Stewart, Dem
II s senator +. G. Newlands, Dem
Congress ...#..C. ID. Van Duzer, Dem
Governor .....J John Sparks, Dem.
Iieutenant-Governor Lem Allen, Dem.
secretary State w. q. Douglas, Rep.
state Treasurer ID. Nj. Ryan, Dem.
state Controller .S. p. Davis, Dem.
Attorney General, }. q. Sweeney, Dem
Surveyor-General. E. ID. Kelley, Dem.
Supt. of Instruction Orvis Ring, Rep.
state Printer Andrew Maute, Dem.
University Regent LIT. w. Booher, d,
University Regent tS.T.) r. Kirman,d d.
Justice Supreme Court, g. +. Talbot, d.
Dist. Judge 1st Dist, NJ. A. Murphy, r.
The Record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1902-1904, 1903-04-10
NOTICE.

Will call for washing on Monday
and deliver same on Friday of each
week. All work done up in II first
class manner.
Chris. Christensen,
Genoa, Nev.
The Record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1902-1904, 1903-04-10

Jaek-My grandfather had fine col
lection of silver. which he beqnea thed
20 my father on condition that it should
always remain in the family.
Ethel-Then you have it stillf
Jack Well l-er-my uncle has ii.
The Record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1902-1904, 1903-04-10
pouoLAs COUNTY OFFICERS.

State Senator, H. +. Dangberg Jr. Dem
Assemblymen --=.#.. Nj. Jacobsen, hep
Sheriff Il Assessor, VIM. MeCormick, d
Clerk x Treasurer, Hans Jepsen, Rep
County Recorder ......; r. klotz, Dem
District Attorney ID. W. Virgin, hep
County Comm. lS.T.) +. Schacht rep
County Comm. fL.T IF. liellwinkel, r
County Comm. & h. over y. Johnson, r
County Surveyor ....W W. {. Ezell, Rep
Public Administrator +. Meegher rep
EAST FORK TOWNSHIP OFFICERS;
Justice of Peace 49,. J.. :. Eel, kep.
Constable ...........E +. @. Carr, Dem
The Record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1902-1904, 1903-04-10

The flow of Reese river will reach
the Humboldt this year for the first
time since 1890
The Record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1902-1904, 1903-04-10
Quite Fabulous.

THAT foreign gentleman is said to
have fabulous wealth.
"That's what ii Is answered Mr.
Cumrox; fabulous wealth. | don't be
lleve $50 of it Is genuine, Washing
ton Star.
The Record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1902-1904, 1903-04-10
Mans Atlanta billy.
something wonder

Jimble-There's something wonder
ful about man.
Jumble-So well adapted, for in.
stance, TO carry an umbrella .-Bostor
Transcript.
The Record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1902-1904, 1903-04-10

Japanese girls are named not only
after flowers, but after animals. Once
In awhile one may meet Miss Dog.
Miss Cow or Miss Deer
The Record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1902-1904, 1903-04-10
On The share

''TEpw sweet 1t would be 10 live alone
with you in yonder iighthousee' b.
whispered. tenderly
Yes size mnfnureu aas.ra lily
and DO light ha5sskerpnss' smar
SET.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-09-12
NEwsY cLEANlNcS.

The worm disease IS spreading
nmcn., The miners ia Germany
Al the first OF the year there were
nineteen completed rolling mills and
steel works in Canada.
An experiment is being made at
Sioux Falls. :. D.. in employing Sioux
Indians as day laOorcrs.
4 bitter struggle is going on between
tho OLD ana Now leaders OF thc So
cialist party I'm Germany.
4 rigid quarantine against yellow
fever has been established an alon- the
Texan border OF Mexico
Damage suUs arsr.ca ing $4,000
have boon nicd against labor unions
and members 40 Chicago.
london is pianninr am international
industrial and commercial expo. .uon,
10 hr held in tie Crystal Palace IN
1905.
Tic CITY National Baui, and the Ma
tional Bank 81 Commerce. at Norfolk.
Va. have consolidated under the name
F Of the latter.
Coal miners in the Essen district.
/ Germany viii strike unless their IL
f mands FOR Increased pay and a shorter
work-,lay are granted.
Owing 20 the cool weather OF July
the death rate in the large cities is ten
20 sixteen per cent less than the aver
/ age for that month.
Egyptian cotton seed is so bc distrih
uted by the Governor OF Michoacan
one OF tho Mexican provinces. FOR ex
permentai purposes.
The French Geographical Congress
which concluded its sittings In RoueI
recently viii meet next year at Tunis
and i'm 1905 az 81. Etenne.
The DOwager Czarina. mother OF tn
Car. has completed arrangements 70
a children's world exhibition 10 be he!'
at 81. Petersburg in November.
Chicago is suffering from a banam
famine. it's supply having been defect
ell 10 the East owing 20 the shOrtag
consequent upon the recent devastauo
q the West Indian plantations 10y hui
Vicanes.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-09-12
THE SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA

Stauntcn. Spccial-The Supreme
Court began its fall term in stanton
last week. The docket is a heavy one.
hut as there are a number OF cases
that will not bc ready for hearing this
term the court Will probably not be
detained more than 20 days. motion
was made this morning 70 transfer the
case of the West End Furnance Co. rs.
". II. Sproul ct al. from Wytheville to
Staunton.
Young VS.. Commonwealth. from the
Circuit Court Of Clark County; sub
mitted on briefs.
Commonwealth VS.. Williams, eNecu-
tor. from the Circuit Court OF Amherst
County. was moved 70 Richmond
Agner VS.. Commonwealth. from the
/ Corporation Court OF the city OF Buena
Vista: continued till next term.
Herring vs.. c. and W. Company.
| from the Circuit Court Of Rockingham
| County. submitted On briefs.
4 motion was made on the cause OF
Andes Us. Showaltcr. from the Circuit
/ Court OF Augusta County 20 dismiss
/ the cause for want of jurisdiction.
4 wr.s Of error refused in the case
% J. r. Painter VS.. Barren Springs
Mining Company. from the Circuit
Court OF Wythe County.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-09-12
Cotton BUYERS StrIk..

Memphis. Specialize Mississippi!
Valley Cotton Buyers Association was
formally organized here last week.
John Y. Williams. Of Meridian. Miss.
VAS elected president. and J. r James.
Of Vicksburg. secretary and treasurer.
The association is one Of four Organi-
zations in the South and West. through
which Il is proposed 10 found Ma
ticnal Cotton Buyers Protective Asso-
citation The organization will have
its headquarters in this city.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-09-12

The secretary report of the New
Orleans Cotton Exchange gives figures
encouraging 10 the South. both as 10
raising and manufacturing Of cotton.
1t was reported that plans for build
ing operations aggrcgating $3.50, 100000
would be abandoned until the condition
C. labor was more stable.
Senator J. Frank Alice. OF Delaware.
in an interview. justified his request
for the removal OF POstmistress Todd
at Greenwood. Del. by saying she had
been recommended by a factional op-
pcnCnt
The monument on Lake George COM
memorating the battle there September
s. 1855. viii be unveiled tomorrow
Gov. w. H. Hunt. OF Porta Rico. is
SPOKEN OF as the Republican candidate
| for Vice-President
a cow caused the wrecking Of a pas
senger train in Ohio.
Three men were injured In a freight
wreck on the Pennsylvania roilrcad
near Altoona, Pa.
In a race riot at Bridgeviile. Del. f,
white man was stabbed and several ne
| groes beaten.
Three girls were drowned in a pom,
1 near AlDUAty - IA atSle va AAOt'
than 100 friends who were unable 4
| save them.
| Commander Robert T.. Pc2ry ha
been granted permission by the Presl
! dent 20 make another attempt TO fin
tie North Pole. sailing April ] next.
The Government has refused 20 ad
NIT consignment OF white wine froI
| Bordeaux. France. because analys
showed the presence Of salicylic acl'
! a State Department offlcla! pract
! cally admits that hope OF the Colun
! blan Congress rotifying The can
treaty Is abandoned.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-09-12
At The North

President Roosevelt returned 20
Sycamore Hill Tuesday after making
his labor day speech.
Il is expected that Seth Low. fus
ionist. and George B. Mcclellan. Dem
ocrat. Will be the opposing nominees
IN the coming New York Mayoralty
contest.
big Joe" Grimes. who is said 20
have weighed 75f pounds. is dead at
Cincinnati.
Il is rumorcd that the life OF Gov.
J. IT. Peabody. of Colorado. has been
anonymously threatened because he
ordered troops 20 Cripple Creek.
The Chicago Chronicle urged the
nomination of Grover Cleveland for
the Presidency by the Democrats.
The Int national Congress OF
Actuaries I'm New York chose Berlin
for tho place IL meeting in 1906 and
adjourned
a Baltimore and Ohio passenger
train broke the worlds l0ng-distance
snoed record. running from Chicago
Junction. Ohio. 90 Garrett. Ind. 10,
+ miles. in i25 minutes.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-09-12
Trorn - Nc Sea

The situation in the Balkins rs fast
approaching open war between Turkey
and bulgaria
The British Government appointed
commission 90 inQuirc into the
statements that the English people. as
wrole. are dcterio-at'ng physically
Lionel Garden. British Minister 10
Cuba. warns English manIia cturers
that they arc i'm danger of losing Gu
Ian trade t0 tho Americans.
Theodore w. Myers. cx-CcmpTollcr
or Ncw York city. was quoted in Paris
. as saying that Richard Croker desires
ihe nomirat0n of Senator A. b. Coz
man for the Presidency hy the Demo
+ o~ats
Or. Iadislaus dc Lukacs declined The
+ Invitation az Emperor Francis Joseph
I so i0rm Hungarian Cabinet
The Chinese authorities agreed tc
the trial OF the refcrmors on the news
paper Supao by the mixed court.
Bishop Hondrick. Of Cehu. -. D.. who
4 win leave Rome today. expressed hi.
satisfaction M his reception by th.
Pope and confirmed Mgr. Pablo sing
70n a Philippine priest as Vicar
General OF the Diocese ~ Cehu.
Pope Plus Y represented CD Emperor
/ Francis Joseph the adv.sai.Nty of ~
agreement among Che powers 10 en-
the mcssacrcs in Macedonia.
IawlcssnCss. according % the latcs
advices. prevails at Beirut. Syria. an
The lives ~ foreigners are considere
unsafe.
The Rank of England's reserve is Do
ing drained 20 supply foreign demand
for coin.
IL is expected that an Official invest
cation viii Doe made of charges agains
The Italian navy.
yellow fever is raging at Linare
I Mex
Francis VI. Bengue who sent
number of annoying letters 10 Seer
b tarv of safe John Hay. was arrcste
70 in New York
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-09-12
END OF CUP RACES.
The American Boat Won Out 10
Every Test.
SIZE SHOWED Her SUPERIORITY,
The Final Race Was rlsde on
Thursdsy-Slr Thomas Makes n
Speech.

The International cup contest that
hs.. been in progress for the past two
-seeks came TO a close on Thursday
when the American boat. the Reliance.
won a third time. The racing this year
was peculiar In that The British chal-
lenge-. Shamrock III failed 70 score
a single victory. losing in every sort
OF weather. Sir Thomas Upton has
made a brave fght for the cup. but has
failed three times IN succession.
The events OF the present season
have been about rs follows;
The first race was 4 failure. both
boats failing TO cross the line within
the time limit.
The second race showed signal
victory for the Reliance.
The third race was closer. the Reli-
ance winning by a very narrow mar
gin-less than two minutes.
The fourth and fifth races were both
failures on account OF the slow breoz'
blowing. The yachts failed 10 make ar
erort on saturday because Of th'
stormy weather.
on Monday the wind was STATIONARY
and 20 race was run. On Tuesday th'
conditions were the same. and Wed
ncsday showed no improvement
The final and deciding race was rui
CT Thursday and was complete vic