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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09

tween the side rails Of the frame. The
forward portion of this heater is in
clined downward and terminates in
shoe or scraper. adapted to scrape up
the snow as the shoe is drawn along.
The shoe may be raised, when desired,
to prevent it from engaging with the
ground, by means Of a lever adjacent
to the drivers seat. and having suita-
BILE connection with the forward end
of the furnace. The smokestacks
shown communicate with the forward
end Of the furnace. and a forced draft
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09

springs in the place of the Hat ONES
now so generally used for this pur.
pose. The front and rear axies support
upright standards, which are sufficient
ly braced to give greater rigidity to the
under frame. The body OF the vehicle
is supported from each standard by
means Of helical springs. which are
inclined inwardly toward the centre
Of the carriage body, thus cXerting
radial pulls to prevent lateral swaying
without interfering with their vertical
yielding movement when the vehicle is
passing over rough roadways.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09
News of the Tollers.

Work on the Indianapolis, !na;, IA
Dor temple is expected to begin 1anu'
ary i. er,hor
minnesota State Federation OF Labor
Will raise S1OO,O00 to assist the Strlh-
ING Touring mill employees OF Mime
apolis.
Garment workers are considering tine
question of the abolition of Sunday
work il the clothing traue ID Monlrea''
Canada.
Shoe factory workers at Rochester,
Il. Y, have been granted a voluntary
reduction in working hours from tes
to nine,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09
ELEVEN DEAD IN A DUNBAR MINE
smouIderine Fire in an Adjacent Property
Caused tho Explosion.

Smoulderin6 Fire IN an AoJacent froPertJ
Caused tho Explosion.
Connellsville, Pa.-Eleven men were
killed and ten injured in the explosion
of gas in the Ferguson mine OF the
Dunbar Furnace Company. { Fire
smouldering in the ill-fated Hill Farm
mine, where. on July 16. 1880. thirty
one miners were entombed and burned
to death, it is said, fired the gas. Three
OF the dead were Americans and the
others Slavs and Poles.
Ferguson mine is almost worked out
Twenty-one men, the night shift. had
lust started to work when the explo-
sion occurred. All had safety lamps,
so it is thought that the old fire in the
Hill Farm workings started the gas.
Drawing OF ribs is said to have been
the cause of the generation of gas. In
a statement given out the officials or
the Dunbar Furnace Company say the
mine had been pronounced safe by
both fire boss and the mine inspector.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09
The Wireless Between Isl.nds.

A French company has been operat
ING an electric cable between the isl
ands of Gaudeloupe and Martinique
but the lines have Eeen broken fol
some time, and now the wireless sys
tenn has been out in use. The United
States Consul at Gaudeloupe reports
that the service is satisfactory. with
only occasional Interruptions by real
son of weather conditions. About six
ty messages q day are transmitted.
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eocoTA EXPECTS WAR.
Awaiting Missions Result - Hundred
Thousand Volunteers.


Eogota.-A man prominent in public
affairs stated that the Colombian Gov
ernment would await the result Of the
mission to Washington Of General
Reyes before deciding upon its policy
as regards the new Republic of Pan
anna. The general opinion here is that
there will be war, but the Government
will do it's utmost to effect diplomatic
arrangement. -,
United States Minister BeaupTe and
the American colony here are deeply
grateful to the authorities for the con-
sideration shown to them. ..,%
: The belief is expressed in Govern.
ment circles that the United States
Senate will not approve of. the action
of President Roosevelt regarding af'
fairs on the isthmus. All parties here
have offered their aid to the Govern
ment, and over 100000 volunteers have
rendered their services in case OF a
declaration of hOStilities.
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opened. The vessel came to full
stop within distance equal to ner own
length. The brakes were then closed,
the vessel sent ahead until the orig
tnal rate Of speed was attained. when
the engines were reversed and the
brakes opened, with the result that all
headway ceased after she had gone
but fifty feet-about half her length.
In maneuvring the Eureka at full
speed, she was turned also within her
own length, with one brake thrown
0pen. An examination Of the hull and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09
TO KEEP THE HAT In SHAPE.
Metal Frame to Keep Felt Headgear II
0rSer.

I The prevailing fad which demands
that the attire of the man should be
kept in spick-and-span condition by
means Of forms and shapes suited for
the various garments has uow spread
to the hat. and there has been recent
ly introduced 1 wire frame adapted to
receive the felt headgear now general
ly affected by the masculine element.
The frame is Of spring wire, over
which the hat is drawn when not in
use, with the result that the curves
and surfaces are maintained in the
same beauty of outline which It wore
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09
COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE.
Republicans Complete Their Assignments
Hanna to Succeed Morgan.

Republicans Complete Their Assignments
Hanna to Succeed Morgan.
Washington, D. C.-The Republicans
OF the Senate completed their commit
fee assignments. The more important
are as follows: Appropriations, Gillin-
ger; Contingent Expenses, Chairman.
Kean; Commerce. Foster. lWash.I
Ouarles. Alger: Finance, Penrose; In
dian Affairs. Clark (Wyo.l. Long; I'm
migration, Chairman. Dillingham;; In
teroceanic Canals. Chairman, Hanna;
Judiciary, Mitchell; Naval Affairs
Burrows; Pensions, Chairman. NC
Cumber: Philippines. Long; Postot-
fees. Chairman, Penrose; New Mem
bers, Burrows, Scott, Burton; PriVl-
leges and Elections. Hopkins; Puoiic
..ands, Fulton.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09
MeIt,s the Street Snow.
Machine For Disrosins of the Winter
Accumulation.

An improved method Of disposing or
the accumulation of snow. which Is an
increasingly important problem in mu'
nicipal government, is shown herewith.
from the Scientific American. 1t IS
designed to scrape up the snow from
the pavement and at the same time re-
duce it to water, which flows of into
the sewers. To this end the machine
comprises a furnace. or heater, of Pc
culiar shape, mounted to swing be-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09
Port Cibson Fire Swept.

fire made 4 clean sweep Of the mill
tary quarters at Fort Gibbon. near
Dawson, n. w. T. The loss will reach
100000. The soldiers had nothing
with which to fight the DANES but
snow. which proved useless. The fire
destroyed the barracks, warehouses
and paint shops.
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What It Does.

The LIQUOR traffic:
Defes law.
Wrecks lives.
Ruins homes.
Divides families.
Destroys wealth. '"
Breeds criminals.
Produces poverty.
Increases taxation.
Debauches politics.
Disqualifes laborers.
Depreciates property.
Corrupts legislatures;
Profanes the Sabbath.
The traffic must be destroyed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09
BRAKE ON SHIP.
Brought to a Full Stop IN Very
Short Distance.

I Mention was made some time ago IN
these columns of the experiments made
bn the st. Lawrence River with a ship
brake, and there is now given here
With a picture of the device. taken
from a recent ISSUE Of the Scientlhc
American. During the tests referred
to the steamer was driven ahead at
An indicated speed Of eleven knots an
-Four. Steam was then shut on, and'
simultaneously, the brake on each SIDE
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09
Coal Confiscated by . Kansas Sheriff.

Sheriff Knapp, of Wichita county;
confiscated quantity of coal. a coal
famine exists all over Western Kansas.
and six carloads from Kansas mines
for Colorado We're sidetracked at Leeti
and sold at public auction 6y.: the
Sheriff. Sheriff Knapp does not know
who owns the coal and he apparently
doesn't care. He has deposited the
money, and will turn it over to tue
owner when he find him.
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Highest Voltage Kills Murderer.

Carmine Gaimari was put to reath IN
tbe electric chair in Sing Sing Prison
for the murder of Mrs. Josephine Ian
ia Patro, in New York City, on Ccto,
Der 6, 1902. Three shocks were gwen
before Gaimari was pronounced deau:
The voltage, 1920, was the highest yet
used in an execution in Sing sing
Prison
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09
A Multiplicity Of Saloons.

Among population Of 1000 in a certain
district in Birmingham, England there are
forty-fve public houses, being one for
every l55 persons (only Lightweight of
whom are over eighteen years of agel, the
average for the city being one to 43: 0f
q wear claimed the attention of the au-
thorities or charitable agencies.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09
To Sell Patents.

F.. F. Davis, who since the electric
chair was installed in New YORK state
in $500 has shocked over seventy muI,
derers to DEATH has consented TO sen
to the State his patents and electrlc
device for killing murderers ana 10
instruct an officer at each or the stale
prisons in the use Of the apparatus.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09

when it was first taken from the hat
ter's showcase.
The comfort of the soft felt hat is
recognized by all, but it's one draw
back has been the fact that it soon
takes on a disreputable appearance
for the lack of little care, and in be-
half of this hat frame it is argued that
there is every reason why man should
take as much care Of his hat as any
other part Of his apparel.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09

The expanding edges extends so far
from the posts on every side that it
is impossible for the rats or mice to
reach them. They are too high from
the ground for them to leap upon them,
and the most artful old rat is con-
vinced after repeated trials that there
is no possibility of getting around, or
through, or over the troublesome pals
to reach the bottom of the crib and
the tempting corn within the open
Stats.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09
China Recognizes Panama.

Sir Chentung Lians-Cheng' the
Chinese Minister notified Secretary
Hny That his Government had author
lied him to extend the recoslltiun ", ",
China to the Panama Government .,,a W,
The same terms us THAT accordeo ny 'ne
In:tAd States.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09
xv,,o,sss rests Successful.

The De Forrest wireless tests p
tween their station at Holyne"u az
Howth, near Dublin. !reiahu, ,,aar a.S
tance Of sixty-four miles, Lave ~
successful both ways.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09

The Government of the Transvaal
has now decided that the present time
is inopportune for the construction Of
new railways, in view Of the scarcity
of labor
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09

The human body, being lighter than
the water of the Dead Sea. swimming
in it is difficult, the head alone tending
to sink in the water.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09
Roy Shoots Baby.

Tony Cnco. two and half years old,
was shot through the brain by Carlo
Maresco, six years old, at New Haven,
EonD
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09
uart p Danks Found Dead,

Hart F. Danks, musical composer
of national reputation, and formerly a
noted singer was found dead in Ded IN
his boarding house at Philadelphia, "a.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09
n ATT povcrty ia Due TO Using Whisky.

Whisky has ruined more good men,
mechanics and skilled artisans, than the
world can ever dream Of All the poverty
is due to whisky 1t is only rarely that
q real case of distress is caused by ur.
controllable circumstances. Artisans and,
ditions if they could avoid the time,
money and energy they waste on whis-
ky.-Ststement by Magistrate Tighe, But
Ter Street Court, Brouklyn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09
COTTON TIE BUCKLE.
The Tighter the Pull, the
Stronger 1t Holds.

An important improvement in the
method of tying cotton bales has been
recently made by a Southern genius.
The buckle is made Of a single piece
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09
,obp 1erome Found Dead.

John l.. JerOmo Founu Doau'
John l.. Jerome, a prominent capital
ist and former Treasurer OF the COLO
RADIO Fuel and Iron Company. was
found dead in bed at his summer nome
at Buffalo Park, Col.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09
Underhanded Methods of Liquor Men.

Reports come from many towns in Ohio
and Indiana, where saloons were recently
closed, that men, are secretly, made drunk
create the impression that more liquor is
used under the reign of prohibition than
under that Of license. National AdyocateA
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09

Judge GRAY and head of the anthracite
coal mentioned possible can
Judge Gray
1898 appointed
negotiated the treaty Paris trans
United States He
commission 1SS AMI in 1900 was
arbitration
Thp Hapuec
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THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF. ,INTEMPERANcs.

Poem: The Two Glasses-Foe to the Hu-
r,nn Race-Alcohol Has Carried on It's
Work Throughout Centuries;. Why
Weaklings Arc Born Into tho World.
There stood two glasses filled to the brim,
On a rich; mans table, rim to rim; .".g
One was ruddY and red as blood, -,
And one as clear as the crystal food. -,
Said the glass, of wine to the paler brother:
Let Us tell the taies of the past to each
other. ~ G.-
I can tell of banquet, aud rcvel and mirth;
earth
Fell under my touch az though struck BY
There was king, for ruled in might.
From the heads of kings I have torn the
From the heights Of fame. I have hurled
men down; ..'''':"+'s.''' 49,: =.
I have blasted. my an honored name,a,.
| have taken virtue and given shame; m
I have tempted the youth with sip, .
taste . - -
That has made his future barren waste;
Or than any army beneath the sky,. -
Far greater than any king am l.. :,
/ have made the arm of the driver fail
And sent the train from the iron rail;
have made good ships 60 down at sea
And the shrieks of the lost were sweet to
For they said. 'Beh5Id, how great you be!
Fame. strength, wealth, genius before you
fall, - -,sy
For your might and power are over all
Ho! no! pale brother" laughed the wine,
Can you boast of deeds as great as mine"
Sand the water-glass: 'I cannot boast
Of a KING Nethr0npd or a murdarpd h0aE. ~.
But can tell of heart once sad
Of thirsts I've quenched, Of brows I've
laved; s. ~ x
Of hands I've cooled and souls I've saved;,
have leaped through the valley, dashed
down the mountain, t~-
Flowed in the river and played in the
fountain, ..I.,r ~.
Slept in the sunshine and dropped from
And everywhere gladdened the landscape
and eye. .>,;, =
have eased the hot forehead Of fever and
pain;
I have made the parched meadows grow
fertile with grain. ,, g. ,Sggis.
| can tell of the powerful wheel of the mill
That ground out the -four and turned at
my viii; ~,
can tell of mankind, debased by you, X
That lifted up and crowned anew. ss.5
cheer, help, strengthen, and aid. .,
| gladden. the heart of man and maids
set the chained wine.captivc free, N'lA
And all are better for knowing me-" 4
These are the tales they told each other,
The glass Of wine and psler brother, :.
As they sat together. filled to the brim.r
On the rich mans table, rim to rim. 52Z
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09
Dr,nt Chanpes Good Men INTO Demons.

It il broad statement to make, but
I am fully convinced that ninety-fve per
cent. of the crime committed can be traced
to fondness for whisky. 1t leads, men
into all kinds of evil and changes a loving
husband into a veritable demon. The cru
SADIE against whisky is a crusade for the
preservation of the home and the nation.
Statement by Magistrate e. CASTOR Hig-
rinbotham, Lee Avenue Court, Brooklyn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09

Bulgaria corresponds in area to Ok
lahoma and in population to Missouri.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09

This noey church in the world The little wocen Du
Situated in the highest Siberia sevenwo miles noh OF the
cy Of Yakusk being the ~ city on the globe
services In it are hed Du e"
times little church discovered Dy "efn eAPoie
that district
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09
ADe,noralizer,

y,
: The use of alcoholic beverages is as as old
as civilization. The decentralization wrought
by the beverage use of alcohol in various
drinks is beyond computation. Its physio-
logical effects upon the human body and
the mind faculties arc a decreased tissue
resistance resulting from alcoholic gindines-
ton. It prevents oxidation and causes
other nutritivc disturbances. Though
taken into the syetem in small quantities,
it coagulates the pepsin and albumen Of
the food and destroys the solvent powers
of the gastric juice. 1t also decreases the
motor and the absorbing power Of the
sues of the body, and especially thoss
which enter into the structure of, the rer.
vous system.
! Alcohol excites the mucous membrane
of the stomach. The first to suffer are tho
brain cells by'thickening of the tissues.
Alcohol acts uboE the Blood. 'destroyina
the red corpffsc.es. or causing them t6
shrink. Healthy protopiasm Is essentialsto
healthy life, but alcohol produces disease.
Persons who take no alcohol live longer.
and can work harder. than those who do. :
Alcoholic beverages produce disase and
incite to crime. One form of heart disease
naustion and Irritation. Every yasc,llar
organ of the human body suffers from NJ
co6olic effects if Che use Is continued, The
constant ,,sa of alcoholic beyeraqes will
finally overthrow the most brilliant mind
and all its powers. and arouse all the lower
and violent passions. 80 ~ = =,
The unouestionable consequences of al
cohol seen in hereditary law should alarm
the physiological student of to-day. Sta
tistical evidence is abundant showing the
blighting effects of alcoholism in parents
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NEY CARRIAGE SPRING.
The Familiar Flat One Dis
Carded For the Spiral Coil,

The accompanying illustration will
convey graphically better than words
can tell recently patented method of
mounting vehicle bodies which allows
the utilization of the familiar spiral
Bisbee daily review., 1903-04-05
BLACK sltL GROUP.
Sinking to Gresr Depth HijI Be Done
 in Jerome District

Sinking 70 6fedT ICPhE ppt S1- 1oHc
 in Jerome District.
 j. R. Thomas, of the Black Hills and Mingus Mountain Copper compa- nIes. has been in Jerome during the past few days, making it the head quarters from where he IS looking over his companies interests in this copper district.
 He informs the Jerome News that at the Diack Hills they have got aI of their new machinery in place and have now two shifts at work sinking and that they will "go down on their ledges until they open up ore bodies or the heat drives them out. This is an ex- cellent piece of news to those who are interested in Jerome mining district. the location of the Black Hills group giving it more than passing interest, the property being about an equal dis tance from the great United Verde mines on the north and from the iron King and Copper Chief properties On the south, and in the very center of what is thought to be the rich min eral zone in the Jerome district. as can be seen by reference of the map pub Hshed herewith.
 | The development so far done on this group of claims has shown up some very promising ore bodies of high grade which has convinced the officials of the company that they have at depth a large high grade depositit and they have now settled down to tho work of exposing it.
 There has been some extraordinari ly rich ore taken from the workings if
Bisbee daily review., 1903-04-05

fact has drawn men from less favored camps until Bisbee has about three men for every job. In visiting the big chain of hoistfng works, one is impressed with the fact that there are soo many men Ta Bi see for tbe work We do not wan: to holA out encouragement to men to come here, oD ly 10 be disappointed and have to walk away. With aif its prosperity Risbee is apoor place Co go to at the present time IL ever .Cananea, Je rome, Globe and other camps open up as it is te be holSed they wilS. fr will relieve this congested conditEsn, in- stead of the old boys all having, to de pend on Bis5ee for \ job.
 DON L:sUis AND AR SuNCl
 Work is practically suspeD0ted aE the Bisbee West. about fSur men only be fng employed to keep things in shape. FEr Dwight. the superintendent has been prostratei with typhoid fever BoS manths and found it rnscessa zc to gD' east which probably accounts for 1ass cessation of operations
Bisbee daily review., 1903-04-05
LABOR CONDITIONS IN s,ssEE

LABOR CONDITIONS IN sissEE.
 IL is the duty of every newspaper to keep the workingman man posted in
 regard so the situation in the different camps with which that paper is ac- quainted. Such a course will oft times save poor men from many a hard drill, or expensive trip which they would not have taken if they knew the real condition of affairs. We must unhesitating,y assert, that the miner gets better treatment in Bisbee than
 in any other camp on the coast He gets the best wages. his money Is al ways ready, and there are no lay ofs nor breakdowus. and every feature oS the situation Is favorable. but this one
Bisbee daily review., 1903-04-05
THE BROOK SHIRE.

James Elder, of the George A Tread well company. was in Jerome Friday and visited the Brc-skshire group which belongs 10 that company. He says that the principal work being done there now is the driving of the tunnel whieh will be continaed in an other 100 feet to tap other workings. He says that diamond drill will shortly ne put at work oa the oompa- ny's properties in. this districr. IF speakirg of the Geo. A. Treadwell mines in the Big Bug district. he said that they were developing into pay properties rapidly.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-04-05
DON r3uis AND ARsuNol
SOUTH sIssse LrueATloN.

Irl the case of Morris ISsnn ard Mar tin O'Hare vs. South Bissee copper mining and townsite improvement company, ct al, the dem arrer to the answer of the defendants was sus- taine and the defendants granted IAave to a tsanG