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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-10-21
DOMESTIC.

In defense Of her life, Mrs. Rather.
inc Snowden, who had just remarked
at Chicago ILL.,, killed her former hus
band. Henry T. Smith. from whom she
had been divorced only short time.
Dr.. Frederick A. Cool:, Of Brooklyn
failed to scale the summit of Mount
Mckinley. in Alaska.
A bullet through his heart killed
Albert NJ. Wetter, q prominent busl
ness man at Masillon, Ohio, but nc
cause is known for his suicide.
The Honorable Artillery Company
of London was entertained by the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com
pany ut Boston at the most magnif'
icent banquet in the history Of Boston,
The United States Government has
purchased forty lots between Fort
Monroe, Va. and Buckroe Beach III
order that the fort may be enlarged
It is proposed to cut canal across a
20O-foot peninsula. This will place
the fort on an island.
George T. Baer. President Of the
Reading, says that little loss was In
Cured by the coal strike.
DR.. Harper, of the University of Chi
cago, started a boom for Mayor Low
for the Republican nomination fol
President.
The milk controversy was settled III
a way which insures Boston and New
England plenty of milk at the same
price that was paid last winter.
Members of the Bar Association
New York City, plan an amendment to
their constitution. making women law
yers ineligible for membership.
st. Louis Exposition exhibit build
ings eighty-nine per cent. completed
as against forty-four per cent. for the
Columbian Fair seven months before
opening.
All the cotton shorts settled witt
Brown. of New Orleans. who had cor
nered the supply, and he pocketed mil
lions Of profits.
DR.. Lorenz declared that every case
treated by him in this country wa:
either cured or improving.
Relatives of 4. J. Stephani, lift
prisoner for murder at DanIe,nora On
" Prison, asked for commission tt
care for q fortune of 100000 left hin
by his mother.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-10-21
USE DYNAMITE ON TRAINS
Northern Pacific the Victim of a
Desperate Montana Gang.
Blaclsmailers Who Demanded $50, 900
Are Using Explosives, as They Threat
cned to Do, If Not Paid.

Helena, Alont.-The failure Of the
officers Of the Northern Pacific Rail-
road to meet the demands Of the black
mailers who have been destroying its
property with dynamite fer the last
few weeks was promptly met by the
desperadoes when they planted dyna-
mite at two points along the Northern
Pacific lines. and in each case sue
ceeded in partly destroying q train.
In expectation that some violence
would follow their refusal to submit
to be blackmailed out Of $4,000 by
gang Of train wreckers, with no claims
Of any kind on them. the Northern
Pacific officials took every precaution
to get speedily on the track of the
perpetrators Of any fresh outrages.
But although they had armed posses
at points along the line in this State
and trained bIoodhounds within few
hours Of almost any specific. spot, the
blackmailers, who, are evidently men
Of experience as well as Of daring. got
away after blowing up two trains, in
juring several trainhands. and damag-
ing several thousand dollars worth of
property.
The most disastrous of the two e1-
plosions occurred at 1890 o'clock, p. m,
three miles west Of Birdseye station,
which is eight miles west of this city.
An extra eastbound freight approach
ing Birdseye ran into several sticks OF
capped dynamite, which had been
placed on the rails in such fashion that
neither a slow nor q fast train could
brush them aside. There was a ter
rife explosion at once.
Several yards of rail were blown out,
the pilot stack and headlight of the
locomotive were shattered and the
roadbed was so torn up that all traffic
over this branch of the road was de-
layed for hours. That only slight In
juries were sustained by the trainme1
Is due more to luck than anything else.
It is fittle short of q miracle that the
engineer and firemen were not killed.
The report comes from Mlssoula
that an eastbound freight was blown
up at Avon. The engine was almost
totally wrecked, but the crew escaped
with slight injuries.
That the two outrageS were the Work
of the same band of wreckers is almost
certain. At any rate the Northern Pa.
cific officials think so, and every effort
is being made to round up the des-
peradoes. A special train CARRYING an
armed posse and several bloodhounds
started for the scene Of the Birdseye
dynamiting shortly after the report
reached here.
Not in the history Of railroading in
the West have railroad men been so
harassed as are these Northern Pacific
officers. They are up against q game
which they do not pretend to under.
stand. Already they have sustained
heavy losses by dynamite, placed on
their tracks by gang which has nc
claims on the road and no grievances
against it. but in politely written notes
declines to quit blowing up tracks,
trains and roadbeds until $4,000 has
been deposited at a convenient spot
for them.
To grant such q demand is obviously
impossible. and at no time have the
Northern Pacific people even consid-
cred such a thing.
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FOREIGN.

Eberlein's colossal state Of Wagner
was unveiled in the Thiecgarten OF
Berlin.
Lord Pothschild spoke re2ssurinSly
regarding the present British financial
situation.
In Germany the better grade of
American apple is selling at $3.50 per
barrel.
Peru to build national theatre from
proceeds of one per cent. increase IN
import duties at Callao.
Of 1O,40O houses in Monastir. Bulga.
ria, 970O have been burned By the
Turks.
Turkish troops We're reported to have
put revolutionists to flight and TO have
complete control Of the situation IN
Macedonia.
Eighty thousand pilgrims have been
at Lourdes in the past five weeks.
Favorable weather is greatly assist
ing physicians in stamping out yellow
fever in Mexican border GOWNS.
Conferences between the ministers Of
the Car and Emperor Francis Josepr
resulted in an agreement to put III opef
alton in Macedonia an anpl!led pro
gramme of reforms.
The. exports from the Berlin con
sular districts to the United States 10:
the quarter just ended amounted to
s2,G0l ,O1O, an increase Of S35S.S14 over
those Of tie third quarter oT 19D2.
The body Of Count Pogio. formerly
Italian Consul at Paris. was found il
the Seine a few days ago. He had
spent all his money, and then in 4
moment of remorse LIE had committed
suicide.
The famous masked balls held at tha
Paris Opera House have been pro'
hibited by the police.
4 resolution sustaining Prime Minis
ter Balfours fiscal policy was unani,,
mously carried At the meeting OF thu
Conservative Association at Sheffield,
England.
Japan stated that the movement o.
troops to Korea had no connection witt
any trouble with Russia.
President Palma, in answer to an ir,
auiry made by the Tribune. stated thai
all creeds were welcome in Cuba.
A cousin Of King Alfonso OF SpaiI
was sentenced to two months imDrisI
onment.
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II ORD" KILLS TWO, THEN HIMSELF.
Coape, Long a Mystery, Shoots Wife, Her
Sister and Commits Suicide.

Sister and Commits Suicide.
Sante Fe, Y. M.-Word has been re-
cniyed here that at Lumberton, twen-
ty miles from here. Albert P. F. Coape.
known for years in this territory as
"Sir Albert" or Lord" Coape, shot and
instantly killed his wife and her SIS
ter, Miss L. Hernandez, and then blew
out his own brains. The tragedy has
removed one of the most picturesque
as well as mysterious figures OF the
Southwest.
Tall, handsome, splendidly educated
and with all the manners OF an Eng
lishman of the upper class, Coape ap-
peared at Santa Fe twenty years ago.
He was thea twenty-five years Of age
and plunged headlong into the Wniri
of the early frontier life, drinking ana
gambling. He received at stated inter-
walls the income of trust furd IN Eng
land.
After several years he married and
became hunter ard trapper in the no
Arriba country. He followed tEls lie
until 1895.
Lord" Coape's first wife died nine
wears ago. and he married Miss Her
nandez. member Of 4 very respectao aole
Spanish family. He gave up his nunt'
ing and moved to the settlements. He
tried his hand at storekeeping. pros.
pecting and finally saloon keeping ar
Lumberton. OF late years he drank
periodically, his debauches lasting un-
til he was a physical and nervous
wreck. It was while be was in one or
these debauches that the tragedy oc'
Cured.
while in town a month ago he said
that since coming to this territory IN
1884 he estimated his losses at cards
to have been 100000. He once lost
$4,000 in two weeks.
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POSTAL SCANDAL CLIMAX
Senator Green, Former Postmaster Ty'
ner and Nephew Barrett involved;
THIRTEEN INDICTMENTS FOUND

Thousands Of Dollars Paid Them by Eond
Investment Companies to Prevent E1.
clusion From the Mails-James T. Met.
calf, Harry c. HalIenbeck, Norman r.
AIetcalf and w. u. Doremus Indicted.
Washington, D. C.-The climax or
the postal scandal came few days
ago. when James Noble Tyner. who for
thirty nine years has been prominent
in the service of the Government and
was formerly Postmaster General of
the United States, was indicted by the
Grand Jury for conspiracy to defraud
the Government he had served so long.
Seventy-seven years old, stricken with
paralysis, disgraced by summary dis
missal from the honorable place OF
Assistant Attorney General for the
Postoffice Department Tyner was in
dicted, and at hearing held at his
house gave bail in $4,000. Three in
dictments were found against Tyner
and his nephew and former assistant
in the Postoff1ce Department, Harrison
J. Barrett each charging them with
conspiracy to defraud the Government.
and two more have been returned
against Barrett, charging him with re-
ceiving fees for services rendered or
to be rendered in cases pending before
him as an officer of the Government.
In addition to Tyner and Barrett,
James T. Metcalf, his son, Norman r.
Metcalf. and H. G. Hallenbeck, Of the
Wynkoop- -Hallenbeck- Crawford Com
pany, of New York, have been indicted
in connection with the contract for
printing money order blanks which
that company held for long time.
An indictment against w. D. Dore-
mus. another against State Senator
George E. Green and George W. Beav-
ers, a new indictment against w. Scott
Towers and George w. Beavers and
another against August w. Machen.
make up the list of those returned by
the Grand Jury and comple-s the first
phase Of the poStoftlce investigation,
no further indictments being expected
from the data now in hand.
The Tyner and Barrett indictments
present the most sensational feature
of the entire investigation, and the one
which baffled the postal inspectors
longest. The case, as finally ferreted
out by Inspectors Vickery and Fulton.
presents a remarkable story of mall
feasance.
It is charged that it was the duty of
Tyner and Barrett-Assistant Attor-
ney General and Assistant Attorney
for the Postoffice Departmental in
vestigate the methods Of concerns
charged with improper use Of the
mails, and in case Of guilt. to report to
the Postmaster General and recon-
mend the issue of fraud order; that
in this connection they investigated
the business Of the bond investment
companies and learned mat they were
all carrying on q business that In
volved fraud or lottery or both. but
that instead of recommending to the
Postmaster General the issue of an
order that would prevent the deliv-
cry of mail or the payment of money
orders to those concerns and would
thus break up their business. Tyner
and Barrett conspired to give them un-
obstructed use of mails in order that
Barrett might profit thereby.
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LANGLEY AIRSHIP FAILS
Makes a Straight Shoot Fer the
Bottom Of tho Potomac.
First Test of the Costly Aerodrome Hfte,
Years Of Work Proves 10 lie
Faulty in Construction.

Whitewater. Va.-Dismal if not alto
gether unexpected failure is the out
come of Professor Langley's elaborate
and expensive experiment i'll aerial
navigation. The famous aerodrome
lies q total wreck. after having dem
onstrated not only it's complete ina
blity to fly, but the impossibility Of
alighting without self-destruction, even
could it be so perfected as to make
short flights. Carried swiftly forward
by the impetus Of the powerful
launching catapult. the machine sped
from the seventy-foot ways at an alti.
tude Of sixty feet. and gracefully sank
into the Potomac, 300 feet from the
launching track. It soon rose to the
surface, where it was supported by the
alright cylinders provided for that
purpose. When it came to the surface
it was a total wreck. all the delicate
machinery with which Professor Lang
ley had attempted to- initiate the soar.
ing of bird irreparably tangled and
DESTROYED. Mr.. Manley's application Of
Professor Langley's theory, after
months of preparation, had proved q
total failure in ten seconds, and S5O,O0O
of the Congress appropriation for army
ordnance and fortificatiOn improve
ments had been wasted, as we'll as
sum, the magnitude of which no man
knows except Professor Langley, from
the funds of the Smithsonian Institu-
ton.
Professor Manley at noon tested and
examined every function and detail or
the aerodrome. The motor was tried
and found to work perfectly; the new
propellors, braced with steel, wlthstood
the strain of the preliminary tests, and
everything pointed to success.
With propellors working at the rate
Of 1900 revolutions q minute, the spring
catapult was released, and all wit
nesses held their breath as Manley and
his aerodrome quickly disappeared be-
meath the surface Of the Potomac. A
more deplorable wreck than that which
the several tugs hauled on board piece.
meal and tenderly conveyed to the
houseboat could not be imagined. The
huge wings were limp and crumpled
rags, and propellors and frame were
torn and splintered scraps.
Manley appeared. for the time. chiefly
concerned with getting into dry cloth
ing, but later he made the following
statement:
1T must be understood that the test
to-day was entirely an experiment, and
the first of it's kind ever made. The
experiment was unsuccessful. The bal
ancing upon which depended the sue
cess of the fight was based upon the
tests Of the models and proved to be
incorrect"
Professor Langley, who was in
Washington. was notified by wire OF
the failure Of the test The collapse OF
the machine probably ends the expert
menting for this year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-10-21
COLORADO'S MINE
Courts and Unions Arrayed Agah
Employers and Militia
The Fight May Extend Over the Enii
West-Each Side is Backed Up
by Fund Of 81, ,oO0,o 900.

Cripple Creek, Col.-One of the mpst
extraordinary struggles in history for
supremacy between trades unio1ism
and employers has been in progress
in the gold fields Of this section for
many weeks. On the one hand{ is the
Western Federation Of Miners, sup-
ported in at least one phase Of it's
contention by the courts; on the otheE
side is arrayed the Mine Owners AS.
ISOLATION, backed by Governor Peabody
and the militia. .ssss3
Directing the military with| an iron
hand, and bitterly hated by the labor;
element. is Adjutant General Sherman
Bell. who was one Of the Roosevelt
Rough Riders. He Is q close PERSONAL
friend of the President, who has, char
acterized him as "the gamest man OF
a game regiment" His chief lieqten-
ant is General Chase, the active COM
,mander Of the soldiers In the field, g
man also of indomitable courage.
The Western Federation Of Miners 1s
said to be $4,000 strong, with reserve
fund for defense Of more than 81, ,000,
600. The mine owners have also O
fund of more than $1,000. 900, specif5;
cally for the great battle now on. The,
fight at present involves only about
1000 miners, but it bids fair to e..
tend all over the West. The mine own.
ers declare that they will not longer
submit to the dictation Of the union
The trouble may give the State TO the
Democrats at the next election.
Within a week the strikers an
rounced that they would insist on
unionizing every mine in the camp:
with the result of the closing down OF
all the big producers. A non-union
miner at the Golden Cycle Mine eSWasi
dragged from his home one night and
shot in the back. The mine owners
asked the Governor to send troops
and agreed to pay all the expenses on
condition that the warrants would Pc
later honored by the State.
More than 1000 soldiers were distrib-;
uted over the field, and armed guards
surrounded all the large properties OF.
the district. Cavalry squaGs were De-
tailed to patrol the region. e,
A "bull pen" was established in the
lCko VI laC hliAAS1hJt
were arrested and imprisoned In w
without being informed of the charge
against them. Writs Of habeas corpus
were issued for four of the men, and
made returnable before Judge Seeds
The courtroom was .oyerrun with SOL,
diers, the street in front Of the Court
House was filled with troops. Gatlin(
guns ere placed at different polI
Of the street, and sharpshooters v
on the roofs Of buildings. Judge Sc
thus surrounded. declared that M
law was not in force in Teller
and upheld the civil authofst1
against the military.
But General Chase declared tha
der the orders Of the Governor he
not obey the order Of the Court.
the miners saw their comrades escd
back to prison after Court ha(
dered their liberty.
Influence was used on Cover
body to instruct General Chasl
the order Of the Court. and t
Ing the prisoners were releas
mine owners are exerting th
to bring in new men from oti
of the country.
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Labor World.

Sam Parks declared unions will gef
all they demand in NeI York in 50
of employers.
'Longshoremen, at Brunswick. @
demand an increase Of two and ha
cents an hour.
Painters at Washington, D. c.. wiN
demand an increase in wages from S3l
a day to $3.50.
Plans for the importation Of 12O
strike breakers are under way at Grip
pie Creek, Col.
The Philadelphia and Reading Conn
pany will close its Shamokin colferiea
two days a week until further notice.
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MADMAN At WHITE
Guards Overpower and Disaj
Desperate Strugq

Guards Overpower and Disaj
Desperate Stragq
Washington, D. C.-Fol
tempt to reach Preside
Peter Elliott, a dementel
chinist, formerly Of NJ
gagged in desperate bal
House policemen, who
possibly deadly errand
tive Mansion. He wasS(G
revolver, knife and pair o.
and demanded an immediate AUDI
with President Roosevelt. Before
visitor could be properly disposed
he had given Policeman Cfscle g
Parker. on guard at the main entraEc
of the White House, and Chief UsheIA
Stone one of the liveliest tussles they}
have had in many day. Ciscle pref
ceded the madman to the hospitall
where he had to have twelve stltcneal
taken in his right arm, which had peeni
cut so deeply as to sever an artery.
Several scalp wounds had to be dressed
for the crazy man. At not time d3e tue.
affair involve the safety OF the Presi-l
dent, and he did not know OF the oc.i
currence until the man was safely outj
Of reach.
No less than four "cranks," quietly
arrested at the White House since the
President returned from Oyster Bay.
and without ado quickly pronounced;
insane. are now confined in the asylum
at Washington. Two others were
threatened with arrest II they returned
to the grounds. A drunken discharges
sailor insisted on seeing the President
during the afternoon, but was per-
suaded to leave. ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-10-21
Parks Beaten In Election.

Frank Buchanan was reelected Pres
ident of the International Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers by the Ma
honal convention Of that organization
at Kansas City, Mo-. by q vote of 43 to
40. The opposing candidate was E. F.
Donnelly, Of Albany, N. Y, Sam
Parks choice. Although Parks was
beaten in the Presidency, he elected
the Executive Committee, which is Of
more Importance than the Presidency.
'Pennsylvanin's Chief Justice Dead.
Chief Justice J. Brewster McCollum,
Of the Supreme Conrt Of Pennsylvania,
u daad.
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Prominent People.

The Duke Of RoXburghe will wed
Miss Goelet November 10.
London papers point out that while
Mr.. Chamberlain has resigned his pol.
icy remains.
Sir Thomas Lipton assures Michi-
gan bachelors club" that lie will try
not TO marry.
1t is authoritatively denied that Pres.
ident Roosevelt's weight has increased
to 22O pounds. He weighs only 1876.
Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney. the writer of
books for girls. has just celebrated her
seventy-ninth birthday on Milton Hill.
pear Boston Mass
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Gossip Caused Her Death,

"I do find that deceased, Elizabeth
Brenneman, came to her death from
hemorrhage. caused by cutting her
throat with suicidal intent, caused by
dependency. the result Of gossip" was
the finding of Coroner Lepper, of Tiff
fin. Ohio, sitting on the case Of Eliza
beth Brenneman, who ended her life
after learning of the reports circulated
by her neighbors about her.
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SportIng Brevftfes.

Golf has reached a fixed and definite
place among our national sports.
Quarterback kicking is to be a feat
ure of this seasons football games.
Buffalo is a bit sore because Jersey
City won the Eastern League pennant.
According to reports Of sportsmen
the hunting season will be failure in
PENNSYLVANIA If rabbits are taken into
consideration.
Hugh Duffy, once the captain of the
Boston National League Club, has been
engaged to manage the Philadelphia
National League nine for 1904.
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ToRNADoeS KILL FOUR.
One Twister Hits the Union Pacific Shops
in Omaha.

Omaha, Neb.-A diminutive twister
struck the Union Pacific machine
shops. destroying a high brick wall
recently constructed and killing A. L.
Ratliff, carpenter. and seriously In
juring L. Pennington, foreman. who
were at work on it, and Joseph Leon
ard and Nat. Brown. laborers. Ratliff's s
home was at Lawrence, Kan, where
he leaves a widow and several children.
The twister which struck the ma
chine shops also struck tbe headquar'
ters of the Union Pacific, the big build.
ing being badly shaken by 1T.
Emporia, Kan.-In tornadoes that
ragged at Hamilton. Greenwood County,
and at Aliceville, Coffey County. three
persons were killed outright. two fatai'
ly injured, and a score of others seri.
ously hurt. The loss to buildings and
crops is enormous. Alicerille, a town
of 200 inhabitants, was almost wiped
off the map.
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Healers Win a Suit.

A decision Of the Supreme Court III
favor of the defendant in SUIT
brought against the Rev. Irving Z.
Tomlinson. first reader in the Chris
tian Science Church at Concord, y. Ill.,
by Mrs. Jennie Speed, is taken as es'
tablishing the right Of Christian
Science doctors to practice III Ne"
HamDShire.
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Die of Vaccination.

Two children died at Marion, Ind,
as the result of vaccination. Laura
McHugh, eleven years old, died Of lock-
Jaw. Physicians say that the tetanus
bacillus was not in the virus used in
the vaccination, but gained entrance
through the open wound in the arm.
Mark Hamaker. fourteen years old.
died as result of gangrene caused
by vaccination.
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ctr,ta nm in u, 8, Capitol.

The fine marble partitions for the
Senatorial bathroom and barber shop
were being placed in position in the
Capitol at Washington when three
marble settlers and three assistants
vent on a sympathetic strike with
the cutters who are Locked out in TIE
principal cities by the Association OF
Manufacturers. 4 member Of the as
sociation has the contract to finish the
tho Senate toilet room with marble
settings, It seems now the work can
not be completed before Congress
meets