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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02

tion that the energetic and adaptable
bridge builders from the United States
met and overcame would have beer
serious except for the foresight and
discipline Of the men in charge The
great travelling crane did most Of the
work. with never more than a score of
men on the job at once.
In December Of last year the work
was completed and accepted by the
British Government. 1t should be said
in fairness to the contractors. that they
do not consider their work in Africa
remarkable in any way. They simply
took the contract and filled it with
American celerity.-Harper's Weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
Tho Only Safe Rule.

The Commoner, Mr.: Bryan's paper, in an
editorial warning girls to beware of the
young man vino uses intoxicants, no mat
ter how moderately says:
"Thc only safe rule is to let it (drink)
alone. If men will not drink there will be
no drunkards, but if they do, beginning
ever so lightl-. they will find it grow hard.
er and harder to subdue the craving, until
appetite will rule to their destruction"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
ALPINE CLIMBERS RESCUED.

seven Tourists Fell Into Gorge on tho
Aiguilles Crises.
Chahounix: France.-The seven tour
lists who wera reported to have been
killed while climbing the Aiguilles
Crises Of Mont Blanc had, it appears, a
remarkable escape.
They were seen to fall into gorge
near the summit. and it was taken as
certainty that they were dead. but an
exploring party discovered the tour
lists, who were only slightly injured by
their fall,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
The Worm Turng.

We note with alarm that a baseball
umpire, forgetting the meekness and
humility which are expected of him,
has turned to and hammered an
abusive player into condition of
coma. These indications of unrest and
revolt upon the part Of a subjugated
class cannot but arouse the gravest
apprehension.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
Five Girls Drowned.

At Zurich Station, Giles County, Va,
while party Of children, one boy and
seven girls. ranging in age from eight
to fifteen years, were boating, the boat
capslzed and five Of the girls were
drowned. The drowned children were
two daughters of John Robinson. one
daughter Of John Holloway, and two
daughters of Mrs. L. o. Lee.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
Flood sweeps Monterey. me.Ico.

A cloudburst in the mountains ada,
cent to Monterey, Mexico, caused q
food in the Santa Catarina River
which flows through the lower part Of
the town. More than 300 houses were
washed away, making 1000 people
homeless. A number of lives were lost
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
TROOPS SIDE WITH STRIKERS:
Young Captain Suffers Death For Making
Speech In Kicf.

London.-The Daily Mails corre-
spondent at st. Petersburg describes
q sensational incident which occurred
during the Kieff strikes. - =
On one OCCASION, he says, when the
troops were ordered BY the Governor
to FIRE on the Strikers, young cap.
tain stepped in front of his company
and forbade the troops to fire upon
their poor starving brothers"
The soldiers obeyed the counter or
der and the captain made a flaming
Evolutionary speech to his men. He
was arrested and brought to st. Pet.
ersburg, where he was tried by court
martial and sentenced to death.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
MILLIONS TO FIGHT FAMINE..
indian Irrigation Cemmission Proposes
to Spend $50, 100000. >'u.-. "a.

Simla. India.-In q report just issued
the Irrigation Commission proposes to
lay out $3.50, 100000 in twenty years on
protective works and S2,000,000 annu-
ally in loans for private irrigation
works, the funds to be raised by loans
and the interest thereon to be charged
to the Famine Grant. 49," = tN.'--.-.
The keynote of the commissions pol
icy Is the vigorous use Of the national
resources on protective works, irrespec
tive of their productive character, and
the increase Of the general resources
of the country, and its resisting power
In be tiles with famine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
LONG LOST BROTHER FOUND.
For Years 1t Was Supposed He Was K1llc'
in the Custer Massacre.

Augusta, Me.-After lapse Of thir.
ty-three years Mrs. George Diplock, OF
this city, who has long believed that
her brother, George B. Smith. was
killed in the Custer massacre in 1870.
has received letter from him dated
Oakland, Cal.
Smith is fifty-three years old and
owns q large stock farm fifteen miles
out of Oakland. He escaped the Gus
ter massacre by being detailed with
Gibbons command June 26. 1875, going
up the Little Yellowstone instead OF
the Rosebud
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
Cavalry Going to PHILIPPINES.

The order directing the Fourteenth
Cavalry to sail for the Philippines.
which was held up for q time. was re-
newed at Washington. The regiment
which is now In Arizona, will sail In
abo"t two weeks.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
THE LAST LIVING
ANCESTOR OF THE
MODERN HORSE.

The wild horse at present is limited
to the Old World, and is found only on
the desert plains OF Central Asia and
Africa. Two specimens. male and
female. of the little known Prevail
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
Nordensk,old Relief Ship Sails.

The Nordenskiold relief expedition,
commanded by Captain Gylden, of the
Swedish Navy, sailed from Stockholm
on board the Frithjof. 1t numbers
twenty three men and includes six
scientists. The members of the expe-
dition expect to return In April, 1904.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
TEXAS PASTURES BURNED.
Incendiarles Start Fires That Destroy
100000 Acrea.

Austin, Texas.-Captain W. ]. Miller,
Of Big Springs, Texas, member Of
the State Legislature, was here. and
reported to the State authorities that
many thousands Of acres Of grazing
land situated in western Texas had
been burned over during the past few
days, and that the fire was started by
incendiaries.
The stockmen and farmers Of the
section were guarding their pastures
with armed men. Captain Miller says
that up to the time he left home more
than 100000 acres Of the grass had
been destroyed, and new fires had just
beer started, in Gaines and Dawson
counties.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
Aged Bank Cashier q Suicide.

w. L. Petit, for many years assist
ant cashier of the First National Bank
at Fort Wayne, Ind, shot himself in
the head, dying insanity. Continued
ill health is believed to have been the
cause. He was siXty-three years old.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
Alcoh oil in Beer.

Is beer not made from grain which i
highly nutritive? Oh, yes, but the nutrr
tive element in the grain is almost COM
pletely destroyed in it's conversion into
food properties, leaving the beer chiefly
water and alcohol.-H. d. Mann, n. D.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
Forty Films Killed in Lake.

The upper deck of vessel on Lake
Tykojarvi, Finland, carrying persons
from church, collapsed. Forty persons
were drowned or killed in other ways,
and many others we're injured.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
Americans in Fighting In China,

The rioting which began at Fatshan,
six miles from Canton, China. has
spread to towns along the railroad
American engineers at work on the
road have fired at the rioters. Several
casualties are reported.
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Men,.

There is difference in men. An At
Gibson man died several years ago, and
four men are now doing his work. and
not doing it very welI.-AtchiSon Globe.
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After the British bridge
builders had taken two years
construct eight viaducts. it
Rs resolved to place the rest
the work in the hands Of
berican engineers. An
erican firm undertook to
The work. and TO finish the
iges complete for a sum
Bs than asked by British
contractors for loading the
material on shipboard. The
contract with the American
concern called for the compile
ton Of the work within
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
Roumania Orders ANN unition.

Acting War Minister Bratiano, OF
Roumania, has ordered the Govern
ment powder factory and small arms
ammunition depot to prepare large
quantities of ammunition Immediately.
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simple. The bridges, Of
which the longest was 1900
feet and the highest 112
feet. We're almost entirely
on curves and steep gra =
ents; but, thanks to the per-
fection Of the construction
work at home and the
soundneSs Of the founda-
ton work by the British
engineers. everything fitted
admirably. There were 1000
tons of steel in the entire
contract and the difficulties
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02

The trouble with quarrels is that they
are generally picked before they are
ripe.
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Great Britain maintains navy equal
to the combined naVies Of France and
Russia.
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Montreal, Que.-In an official ex-
PLANTATION which the Canadian Pacific
Railway gives of the collision off
Hong Kong, the railway officials say
that the two vessels were running
parallel courses about midnight. when.
without warning, the captain Of the
Chinese cruiser suddenly starboarded
his boat and tried to cross the bow Of
the Empress. The latter's captain i'm
medif tely manuevred SO that the col
lision which he knew would be the
resr h-uld be glancing one. The
bow OF the cruiser slid along the side
of the Empress, but the starboard pro-
peller of the Empress caught the cruis-
er and injured her so seriously that
she sank in few seconds. ,;y.s
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
CANAL TREATY REJECTED
The Vote Of the Colombian Senate
Was Unanimous.
GREAT SENSATION ON ISTHMUS

Colombia May Open New Negotiations
With tho United States-Nicaragua AL
tentative Regarded as a Threat-Re-
lection a Heavy Blow to Speculative
Property Owners Along Panama Route
Bogota, Colombia, via Buenaventura.
The Panama Canal treaty has been
rejected unanimously by the Colon.
bian Congress.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
BUILT ~ BRIDGES
IN So WEEKS.

w-WsN American bridge-building
~ ~ company, represented by 4
/ " boy of twenty-four. has
"A just completed twenty
M M seven railroad bridges for
q British line in Uganda,
Africa, in record time.
The Uganda Railway is line rum
ming from the coast above Zanzibar
to Victoria Nyanza. the principal source
of the Nile. Its construction presented
difficult engineering problems. as the
land rises sharply TO nearly 5000 feet
above sea-level, and necessitates two
percent. grade much of the way. The
road follows tortuous course through
brolaen hills and over numerous deep
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
LINER SINKS CHINESE CRUISER:
Seventeen Lives Lost or Hong Kong and
ITO Members Of Crew Rescued.

I7U MemberS OF Crew Rescued,
Hong Kong, China.-The Canadian
Pacific Railways steamer Empress Of
India was in collision near this port
with the Chinese cruiser Huang-Tai.
The warship sank an hour afterward.
The Empress of. India saved ITO Of the
crew Of the cruiser. The captain of
the Huang-Tai, who refused to leave
his ship, and thirteen other crew were
drowned. The Empress Of India was
damaged badly amidships.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-02
METHODIST BUMPS
ARE EXAMINED
PhrenolOgist at Meeting of
Clergymen Tells Unpala-
table Things.
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
CHICAGO, June 1.-Hypnotism may
be a valuable aid to religion in the
matter of securing converts if the sug-
gestions made by Prof ]. Stanley
Grimes to the Methodist ministers at
their weekly meeting today are car
ried out. Prof. Grimes gave practi-
cal demonstration of phrenology, feel
ing the bumps" of the pastors and
explaining the relation of the mind to
the formation Of the skull.
Prof Grimes made the statement that
the brain is formed before the skull,
and that the latter takes the form
ne ecessary to shelter and protect the
former. Several of the ministers SEEM
ed to approve the professors methods,
but others were emphatic in their op-
position.
Rev. H. T. Clendening, pastor Of the
Sacramento Avenue church and chair
man of the business committee of the
Methodist ministers meeting, advanc-
ed to the platform. Prof. Grimes placed
his hands upon the head of the min
lister.
You are retiring, and in battle
would be looking for a place to re-
treat" said Prof. Grimes, but you
are a great man to see the fitness of
things and sacrifice much in order
that things may be as you think they
should be. For that reason you would
probably not run. You never quarrel
The audience of ministers applauded,
and cried, "Yes, yes"
'You do not make much money, but
you would like to. You are temperate,
and study much"
Other reverend gentlemen were told
various things of which they would
rather have not heard.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-02
MR.. B0RNCAMP RETURNS
TO MINNESOTA
Assistant Rector of Boston Church
Accepts Winona Pastorate.

Special to The Globe.
BOSTON, Mass. June 1.-Rev. Ed
ward Rorncamp, assistant rector OF
Trinity church. has decided to accept a
recent call to- become rector of st.
PauPs church. Winona, MINI, and will
resign here shortly. He will take m
his new duties Sept. L.
Mr.. Borncanp Is a native of Mime
sofa. born of German fatheA and a
swiss mother. Their home is In Min
neapolfs. He enters9 The Minnesota
State university in the sophomore class
receiving his A. B. degree in 1898. He
also studied at Yale and Harvard di-
Vlnlty school. He. received the degree
OF 3. d. at Cambridge Episcopal The
oiogfcal seminary In 1896. He was
married to Miss Eva Foster, Of Still
water, Mimi. in 1895, and they have
three children. i
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-02
DAYS NEWS SUMMARIZED

Weather for ST. Paul and vicinity: Fair
today and Wednesday.
DOMESTIC
st. Louis and other Mississippi river
towns win be flooded next Thieves are
shot at Kansas City while looting. That
city is in a dreadful plight.
Body Of Supt. B. F. Egan, of Great
Northern, is found near Belton Mont.
Tornado at Gainesville, Ca. kills about
100 people and Injuries $50 more.
FOREIGN
Premier Pryor of British Columbia, is
members but one go out. New cabinet
is being formed.
ST. PAUL
ing country, browns a whole family and
causes much destruction of live stock and
property.
Park board will convert Phalen park
into a full-fiedged aquatic resort, equip
ped with all the latest sports and con-
veniences.
Corner stone of the new Mount Zion
temple is laid.
Sheriff Justus says the smallpox de-
tention hospital is a fire-trap, utterly in
adequate to accomm odate the number
OF paUentS there.
Work Of enlarging the Saltwater pen
itentiary to begin soon.
The Barber Asphalt company submits
the lowest bid for curbing Concord street.
Carnival association holds another
meeting and natures plans for the an
preaching street fair to be held next
month.
Thomas Lowry purchases the Bucking
ham flats from r. L. Ware.
Albert Erhard, employed at Hamm's
brewery, falls down an elevator shaft
and is killed.
Another victim Of smallpox dies at
the detention hospital.
Sheet metal workers strike is set
tied.
BUSINESS
Wall street is almost dominated by st.
Paul. which stock opens firm, but soon
loses in influence
SPORTING
st. Paul team is shut out bv Indian.
apolls in second game of series, Score 4
to 0.
MINI NNEAPoLIs-
Carnival opens and thousands ~ neo-
pie throng the streets.
Negro boys attack Jewish girls. on
the street. vi
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-02
COMEDIANS ARE
FORCED TO VACATE
Courts and Police Take Hand in Du-
luth Theatricals.

Special to The Globe.
DULUTH, Mimi, June 1.-Judge
Dibell In the district court today de-
MED the application OF Dick Ferris for
an Injunction against the Metropolitan
theater and Its manager, John Con-
don, to prevent them from taking pos
session Of the play house before Sept.
1, and tonight the Ferris comedians
were elected after their performance
had been completed. A squad Of po-
icemen superintendent the packing of
the trunks and kept order while the
work was going on.
Ferris came to the Metropolitan on
Jan. for a four-week run, but was
allowed to continue on the same terms
after the expiration Of his scheduled
engagement. Shortly after W. H.
Reany was succeeded by John Condor
as manager of the theater, Ferris was
told to vacate by June in order to
make room for the WiIber Opera com
pany. He refused and exhibited his
contract, on which there was a nota-
tion by Reany stating that is had been
extended to Sept. 1. On the basis Of
this he was able to get a restraining
order, but this was dismissed by Judge
Dibell.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-02
PREMIER PRYOR
is DISMISSED
Complete Change of Govern
ment Pending in British
Columbia.

VICTORIA, B. c., June 1-Col
Pryor, premier, was dismissed by Lieut..
Gov. Sir Henry Jolly today and later
and leader of the opposition, was called
upon to form a ministry. The dis
missal of the premier was due to his
connection with the contract to sup
ply the cable for Chimney creek
bridge, which was supplied by his firm.
The opposition alleged wrongdoing in
the manner in which the contract was
secured.
An investigation was held at which
Col. Pryor told of having seen the
tenders and asked why his firm had not
been given chance to tender. They
afterward rendered and secured the
contract, but Col Pryor said the firm
had not received knowledge of the
tenders already in and no evidence
was adduced otherwise. The evidence
was placed in the governors hands on
Saturday and today he wrote to Col.
Pryor dismissing the first minister and
his government, but one, J. B. Prem
tice, finance minister, remaining. The
governors letter says the late pre-
mier's conception of the independence
of parliament act is such that he no
longer can give him his confidence.
Richard Mcbride was called upon to
form a government this afternoon and
the legislature adjourned until to-
morrow, when it will announce his
government. 1t is rumored that Nc
Brides cabinet will be composed Of
two Liberals and three Conservatives,
a fact which is exciting much COM
ment, as Mcbride stated in the house
a few days ago that he was in favor
of an immediate election on party lines.
Efforts are being made to patch up a
government by the opposition leader
that will have sufficient following to
carry on the resolution, but it is not
thought the government thus formed
will be very strong.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-02

stories of the mill left thirty-two
operative dead in the room. The tor
nado then swept around the outskirts
of the city to the suburb Of New Hol-
land, two miles away, where are To-
the largest institutions Of this kind
in the South. The plant Of the Pa
colet company was not seriously dam
aged. but probably 100 cottages stand
ing near by, occupied by operatives
were completely demolished, killing
thirty-three people. These were
mostly women and children, as the
heads of the families were nearly all
in the factory at work.
The store of Joseph Logan, near the
Gainesville cotton mills, was crushed
to ruins by the wind and one man and
one woman were crushed to death
The woman was Mrs. Jones, wife OF
the proprietor.
Reports from White Sulphur, seven
miles from Gainesville, are that the
storm struck there with terrific force,
killing a dozen people. This, how
ever, is not confirmed.
The property loss at the Pacolet
mills is $4,000. The Gainesville cot
ton mills are damaged to $4,000.
The local physicians were unable to
cope with the situation and surgeons
and medical supplies have been ordered
sent from Atlanta.
A relief committee was organized to-
the public for funds to assist the
operatives who are thrown out OF
work.
The scenes at the mills were ap-
palling, the victims being crushed and
mangled in every conceivable manner.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-02
MINNESOTA RIVER DEALS
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION
Bursting of Dam SwelIs Stream Till It Floods
Miles of Surrounding Country, Drowning One
Family and Hundreds Of Cattle and Sheep.
and Destroying Much Property.

The Minnesota river is on a ram
page, caused by the bursting Of the
dam at Big Stone lake. near the source
Of the river.
One mile this side of Henderson,
Mimi, the stream is a mile and a half
in width; and at Henderson bridge,
where at normal stage the water flows
through thirty feet beneath, the angry
waves are now laving the planking of
the roadway.
At this place so great has been the
damage, so many great trees and fall
en- timbers have passed through, that
the bridge is quaking in the solid
masonry which moors it to the banks; /;
the huge metal spans are cracked and
it is hourly expected that the struct-
ure VIII go.
Mayor Poehler, of Henderson, says:
Never since the same dam broke in
a similar manner twenty years ago
has such deluge been known. And
never, in all that time, has the river
been nearly so high"
The members of an unknown family,
who recently removed from Oklahoma,
are all drowned, their house is now
somewhere strewn along the waters
of the Mississippi, and, even did the
turbulence Of the waters not forbid it,
it would be useless to attempt to
search for them.
At short distances along the bot
toms, where small hiIlocks had but a
few hours ago heen uncovered. cat
tie may be seen huddled and packed
like sardines, up 10 their knees in wa
ter; and the Gesolate waste around
them all the way from six to twelve
feet in depth. Their mournful lowing
can be heard for great distances, and
occasionally, from the nearer hillocks,
in the darkness a loud splash tells that
another exhausted brute has ceased the
struggle to stand UP.
Hundreds of Animals Destroyed.
Incredible numbers Of cattle. horses.
hogs and sheep, dead from drowning,
exposure and starvation, are floating
down stream. mingled with portions of
houses, barns and small outbuildfngs.
by ACTUAL measurement on saturday
morning, shortly after the breaking Of
the dam, the river at Henderson rose
steadily for hours at the rate Of four
and one-half inches an hour.
There is absolutely no manner of
determining or endeavoring to prophe-
sy what the loss Of life and property
may be before the cessation of the
waters. Small farmers back on the
minor streams. such as the Rush and
High Island creek, cannot escape, and
there Is no doubt that in many cases