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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-05-06
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

At meeting Of the Executive Coun-
ell the appointment Of Roberto Todd as
Mayor of San Juan, P. R., succeeding
Ramon Latimer, who resigned for busi-
ness purposes, was approved.
Eight warrants were issued at San
Juan, P. R., for army officers and civil
officials, who had been indicted in cons
nection with the smuggling cases. ~
The Mayor Of Mayaguez, P. R., who
was arrested, charged with municipal
frauds, was released on bail. ~ 80
Cholera has attacked Captain Per-
shing's troops. who are operating
against the Moros in the Island Of Min
Ganao.
he Porto Rican Grand Jury com-
planned to court that the District Attor.
ney, acting under instructions, refused
information about. .the smuggling cases
involving naval officers and others. st
A document has been discovered in-3
dorsed by Aguipaldo and dated some
time before the attack on the Ameri-
c.. troops at Manila. which commits,
81 ,led Filipino to kill General Otis.
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AL. ADAMS GETS ONE YEAR.
Policy King Denounced as Persistent
LaIbreaker.

New York City. - Policy King CAP
Adams, who was convicted Of having
policy paraphernalia in his possession,
was sentenced by Justice Scott to serve
not less than one year and not more
than one year and nine months in the
State Prison, and to pay fine of $1,000.
Before pronouncing sentence Justice
Scott said to the prisoner: "Albert j.
Adams, I am quite satisfied that no
other verdict could have been rendered
by the jury in this case. For years you
have been a persistent lawbreaker, the
mainstay and chief of a miserable
game that preyed upon the weaknesses
of its victims. When the Legislature
fixed the maximum penalty for this
particular kind Of crime it evidently
had in view the conviction of just such
persons as you, and see no reason
why the maximum penalty should not
be given you
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DOMESTIC.

In q riot growing out of the arrest
of a man at the celebration of the
Greek Easter in Chicago; policeman
and a bystander who came to his as
sistance, fred into mob Of Creeks
wounding three. : .J. a
Minnie Josephine, aged six, a daughr
ter Of William w. Barnard, locomos
tive engineer, died at Cumberland, Md,.
of excessive rope jumping. (
Arthur Perry, a cook. shot Mrs.
Louise Bruce, of Sioux City, In res
taurant at Des Moines, Iowa, In "a fit
of jealousy, and then killed himself. y
Two trainmen were killed and four.
badly hurt by the wreck OF q fast;
mail near Castleberry, Ala. iei.
It was believed that the reported
81 100000 loss by the fire at Beaumont
Texas, had been underestimated.
Burglars using dynamite got $2f00
from the State Bank at Allen, Kan.
After killing Lizzie Jackson, thirteen
years old, with whom he was insatu-s
ated, Harry C. Kline killed himself at
Fort Wayne, Ind. 1 &
Lieutenant Governor Lee Is said to
have informed the Missouri authorities
through a representative that he VIII
return to that State If he Is not ques-
toned about other doodle" charges.
Mr.. w. X. Vanderbilt has received
permission to marry from Judge Gieg-:
erich, of the Supreme Court, at Rev
York City, who modified the divorce
Judgment granted to the former Mrs.
Vanderbilt. .-
llillions are to be be expended By
Carnegie, Schwab and others 20 build
big university in Pittsburg. e
Buckwood Park. Stroudsburg, Pa
owned by G. G. Worthington, Of New
York, has lost fifty deer from starya-
tion.
Adjutant- General Eenry announced
tLat the escort Of GoVerno- Odell, OF.
New York, to the st. Louis Exposition
will consist Of 1000 men selected from
National Guard organizations. Si
Andrew Carnegie has given *250, 600
for the enlargement Of the Mechanics
al TraGesmen's Institute, New York
City. z.H,te
In a speech before the st. Pau. Credit
Mems Association, Ex-Governor Mer-
riam, of Minnesota. said that he ap-
proved Of combinations, as he believed
that they steadied the situation.
Ex-Chief Devery told Deputy Police
Commissioner Davis that the police
force of New York City should be In
creased to $1,000 men. @a,sE
The United States Government has
connected the Farallone Islands, thirty
miles Off the coast, b. cable with San
Francisco, Ca,.
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Personal Mention.

r. 4. T.. Widcncr has offered to give
his S3,OOU,OOO art collection to Ph!la-
dclphia.
General Sir George White, who was
the defender of Ladysmith. has beer
promoted to the rank OF Field Mar
shal. :,
Count Adami has presented to the
Pope his magnificent villa near Chicti,
Italy. and some GOO works of art con-
tanned therein.
When Mrs. Ellen NJ Stone finishes
her lecture course this spring, begun
last October, she will have told Jay
audiences the story of her kidnapins
hy Macedonian briCands.
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FOREIGN.

President Loubet ut Tlemcen, Al
seria, received many deputations OF
natives, who attribute the breaking or
4 local drouth by a copious rain to the
presence Of the French President.
Two hundred and fifty Newfound-
land seal hunters were blown to sea
on ice foes, but were rescued.
Foreign Minister Prinetti, Of Italy.
will retire shortly in the hope of re-
gaining his health.
Government forces attacked San Do
mingo City in force, but were repulsed
with loss, among the killed being three
general officers.
The French Minister of War was
notified that detachment Of the Thir-
tcenth German Dragons recently
crossed the frontier and made sur
veys. .
King Edward reviewed large force
Of bluejackets at Malta and laid the
foundation stone Of breakwater. -
William Brown. 4 footman, was re-
manded n Lond'r court on charge
of false entry in th- registry Office; un.
der the name of prince Athrobold
Stuart dc AIodena' he had married
Countess Russell. Tho was divorced in
1901 from her husband.
The French Government is carrying
out the law ordering expulsion Of I'm.
authorized orders in France, and disor,
ders are reported from various parts
of the republic in consequence.
Germany will enact reprisals against
Canada on account Of the Canadian
surtax on German imports.
t. Irish Nationalist Convention met
j Dublin. and was addressed by
nssrs. John Redmond, William
O'3rien. Michael Davitt and others,
who advised acceptanc. of Mr.. Wynd-
hams Land bill. A motion to reject
the bill was defeated by an overwhelm.
ins majority, and q motion approving
the measure IN principle was adopted
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TO AVERT A FREIGHT T|E-UP
Western Railroads Pay $l70,053, 900
For New Rolling Stock.
T0 MOVE GREATEST WHEAT CROP

Traflc Managers Believe They Will BE
Able to Handle 1t, But Cannot Make
Po,itiye Prediction-Coal Strike Con-
trlbuted to the Block Between the East
and West Last Fall.
Chicago.-In view of the Govern
ments forecast of the biggest winter
wheat crop in the history Of the coun-
try. and the prospect of an immense
acreage of spring wheat and corn. the
serious question is being asked, VIII
the railroads be able to move the crop
and at the same time take care OF their
other traffic without repetition of last
falls freight congestion:
So far not railroad man in the West
is bold enough 10 predict that there will
be no such hindrence Of traffic, but
traffic managers and other officials talk
hopefully and cite various reasons why
they believe the experiences OF the pas:
season will not be repeated.
It is pointed out that freight trahc IS
so uncertain and irregular and railroad
business so peculiar that congestion
is likely to result temporarily at any
time, but, looking at the situation in It's
larger aspects. traffic observers dlsOe-
lieve there will be widespread ana
long continued interruption CT PUBIC
carrying operations the coming year
Briefly stated, here are the reasons
for a hopeful view:
First-Car capacity and traction
power are being greatly enlarged.
Second-Terminal facilities are un-
dergoing great extension and improve
mentS.
Third-Better methods for returning
and utilizing empty cars are being for
mulated.
Fourth-There probably will be no
big coal strike and attendant conse-
quenceS to upset calculations or als-
turb natural movements of freight.
Fifth-Elevator and storage facilities
will be better than heretofore.
Sixth-NIuch freight hitherto passing
through Chicago to the East will he
diverted to Canadian and Southern
lines. going to the Atlantic by rail
through the provinces, and by water
from New Orleans.
Observation-Disclosures are being hard
ened. grades reduced and curves elm
mated, thereby increasing the drawing
power Of locomotives.
The figures show that the in the last
three years the roads in question have
spent q total Of $170,053,0OO for loco
motives and freight cars. counting the
average cost of locomotives 17,OOO ana
of freight cars $1,000.
Based on the tables prepared by the
Illinois Railroad and Warehouse Com
mission, these returns show an in
crease of equipment Of nearly forty
three per cent. in locomotives and for
ty-one per cent. in freight cars, while
in power and carrying capacity the
new equipment marks an advance or
almost half as much again as these
percentages indicate. The reason for
this is that the average tractire power
of locomotives, as it Is called by ran.
road men, has increased from lI,3Oe
in 1900 to 23,634 in 1903. and that the
capacity Of the freight cars has been
enlarged similarly.
The following table shows the num-
ber Of locomotives and cars under con-
struction at the present time, and what
the total equipment will be when these
are completed and put into commits
sion:
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DReYFUs DEMANDS AN INQUIRY.
lie Takes Up an Alleged Declaration OF
Emperor William.

Paris, France.-Former Captain Drey-
fus has sent q letter to War Minister
Andre demanding an inquiry in regard
TO the document in which, it is alleged,
Emperor William. In Il marginal nose'
declared Drcyrus had supplied Got'l-
mcntS to Germany.
Drcyfus' letter refers to ESt"rhazy ;.S
cone who stands before th1 entire
world as the culpri!." The entire letter
is in 4 sustained rhetorical style.
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News of the TOilers.

Railroad engineers in France earn
about S3G month.
The bituminous coal regions contrib
uted $2,OO0,0O0 to aid the striking an
thracite miners.
Inside electrical wircmen at Indian
apolis, Ind, have been granted an in
crea Sc Of two and half cents an hour,
the new scale being thirty-tive cents.
There are 163 agencies established
by the New Zealand Government
where the unemployed may secure
work under the Government at So q
day Of eight hours.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-05-06
Hard to Cure.

An inhabitant of Creglingen, in Wur-
temberg whose name is Fritz kott-
man, claims to be the champion Bene-
dict Of the world. He has been mar
ried no fewer than eleven times. His
first three wives died young. the next
two We're drowned, one committed sui
eide, three died in succession, the tenth
was gored to death by bull, and he
has just recently married the eleventh,
who haG a leg cut off by a railway
train last year, so that the wedding
had to be postponed till now.-NeW
York Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-05-06
ltuasia's Policy.

Some years ago Lord Rosebery said
these remarkable words: There is one
signal quality which specially admire
in the policy of Russia: 1t is practi
cally unaffected by the life of man OF
the lapse Of time-it moves OH, as II
were, by its own impetus, and it is
silent, concentrated, perpetual and I'M
broken; it is, therefore, successful"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-05-06
A coLoRED SUPPLEMENT VICTIM, +"
LurId Ink Caused q Nswsdealer to Die OF
Blood Poisoning.

Providence, R. I.-Willis S. Scribner.
who resided at IS Wood street, and
was a newsdealer at IA Plain street. is
dead from blood poisoning, due, it Is
claimed, to handling the highly colored
supplements Of Sunday newspapers,
particularly those from New York, the
ink used on which is gummy and ad-
heres to the hand.
. Mr.. Scribner was accustomed to use
his right index finger in ripping open
the bundles. He cut his finger with thu
raw edge Of the paper and got some of
the ink into the wound. This happened
two weeks ago, and while the finger be-
came swollen and discharged pus, Mr..
Scribner did not become alarmed until
a week ago Sunday, when his arm be-
came exceedingly painful, and large
spot appeared near the elbow.
A physician was called. but it was
too late. Mr.. Scribner was forty three
years old.
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The foregoing table is made up from
the returns of fourteen roads. Other
Chicago systems not included in tbe
above table report the following total
equipment, covering the last three
years:
Locomotives. ...' ooO
Freight cars. .......... 5o,ooo
In addition to these there have been
added since 1900 nearly 10000 other
cars, known as gondolas, hoppers, Gin
der cars, tank cars, ore cars. vegetable
cars and the like.
western roads and the big Eastern
lines are doing their best to anticipate
and avert another congestion" said MI.
Thompson. ''The situation last fall
and winter was an abnormal one, on
account of the big coal strike in the
East 1t brought abo:'t condition
which hindered tile handling Of all
other kinds Of freight. The grain
traffic, corn and wheat together, does
not in itself cause congestion. The
trouble comes when there is sudden
and prolonged rush of all kinds
Of freight. I don't look for great
difficulty in handling the coming
crops of corn and wheat. Much de-
pends, of course, on market conditions
and the eagerness to delive" grain on
good demand ut attractive prices.
With anything like uniform distribu-
ton Of the grain movement through
the delivery period there is nothing to
fear. The new winter wheat crop
will not begin to move in quantities
before the middle of July or the first
of August" -.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-05-06
yVfsconsin's Centenarian.

Mrs. Susan D. Crossman, of Beloit,
Wis, recently celebrated her Tooth
birthday. She was born in Massa-
chusetts, her father having been ole
Of the Concord minute men and after
ward a major in the Continental
Army. She has lived in Wisconsin
since 1S4S and has fifty descendants,
representing five generations.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-05-06
Trlple Drowning in n Lake,

The capsizing of a rowboat on
small lake six miles east Of kalkaslnia.
Mich. resulted in 4 triple drowning.
The victims are John Victor, his wife
and Maggie Fuetz, Mrs. Nictor's sister.
All were from Kentucky. The untor-
tunate people went down in the water
when only six rods from the shore.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-05-06

Aching backs are cascd. Hip, back, and
loin pains overcome. Swelling OF the
limbs and dropsy signs vanish:
They correct urine with brick dust scdl-
ment, high colorcd, excessive pain in pass
ing, dribbling, frequency, bed wetling.
D0an's Kidney Pills dissolve and remove
calculi and gravel. Relieve heart palpita-
ton, aecplcssncss,' headache, nervousness.
SALEA, MASS, March 81 1901 received
the sample of Doan's Kidney Pills, and with
the use of one more box from my druggist
am entirely cured of a very lame back,-W.
A. CLEVELAND.
GALEsBURG, ILL, March 3d. 19O3.-The sam
pie of Doan's Kidney Pills came to hand. 1
also got one 50-cent box from our drugglst'
and am thankful to say the pain across the
small of my back disappeared like snow
bank in hot sun. Doan's Pills reach the spot
ELMER WAREEL.
ROSE GLEN, Pa, March 29 1903.-The free
trial of Doan's Kidney Pills have been of great
benefit to me- Since using .Aem have no oc-
casion to get up so often at night. My COM
plant affected the bladder mUfe when catching
sold--JosEPH LEPPERAL.
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rn,,,ne Kill, Chinese by Thousands.

The famine in KwanS-Si Province, in
China. is killing tens OF thousands Of
persons, and women there are selling
themselves into slavery to escape star
vation. The American Consul at Can
ton has inaugurated q relief fund.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-05-06
The Oldest Woman in the World.

Another contestant for the honor OF
being the oldest woman in the world
has been found. This is Mrs. Anne
Charsley, who lives in Cape Colony.
She was born in England in 1871 and
has documents to prove it. Therefore
she is 122 years old.
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Ha, Raised q Large Family.

Mrs. Lydia Luntham, CT Chester,
Pa, recently celebrated her ninety
third birthday. In the family reunion
were sixteen children, seventy-hve
grandchildren and an even hundred
great-grandchildren.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-05-06
BROKER SENT TO PRISON..
e. j. Dunnlng 10 Serve Not Less Than
Five Years.

Boston.-Edward J. Dunning, the
Boston broker who recently was found
guilty Of the larceny of $4,000 from
the estate of Francis G. Brooks, was
sentenced to serve term in State
prison. The penalty is one Of not more
than eight nor less than five years, the
first day 10 be in solitary confinement.
The evidence presented against Dun.
ming was to the effect that he obtained
the money from Mr.. Brooks by fraudu.
lent stocks transactions.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-05-06
The British Food Supply.

A royal commission has been mp
pointed to inquire into the question
of Great Britain's food supply in time
of war, the Prince Of Wales being a
member and Lord Balfour Of Burlcigh
the Chairman
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-05-06
BOYS BURIED BY LANDSLIDE.
They Went to the Riverside to Dig md
Were Oyerwle elmcl,

Were Overwhelmed.
Holyolle, Mass.-Bernald and Walter.
sons Of Charles AXmann, aged thirteen
and ten years, respectively, were
buried under landslide in view Of
their home and were suffocated Ito
death. The boys left their home near
Ingleside, saying that they were going
to visit relatives across the river. In
stead, they took shovels and went to
play beneath q high bank Of sand
which the river had shelved.
When the boys did not come back
men dug beneath the bank and found
the bodies, which were buried beneath
several tons of earth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-05-06
FATAL CRASH OF TRAINS
An Express Strikes Freight at
Red House, N. 7.
Bodies OF tho Victims Found In the Wreck.
age-Many Persons Injured-Flanes
Destroy Passenger Coaches.

Jamestown, N. Y.-Elsht persons are
dead and ten are injured, three Of them
seriously, as result Of collision be-
tween an express train and a freight
train on the Erie Railroad near Red
House, n. Y.
OF the dead oal! one. Robert H.
Hotchkiss, Of MeaIvii!e, a brakeman,
was, identified. Seren bodies, appar-
emily those of three men, three women
and child, were burned beyond recog.
milton In the fierce fire which followed
the wreck. The women are said to
have boarded the train at Youngstown.
and to have come from Pittsburs.
+. S. McCready, mail weiSher, OF
Meadville, Pa, and Frank Barhite, Of
jamestown, 4 travelling salesman, were
missing, and it was likely two OF the
unidentified bodies were those OF the
two men.
The wrecked passenger train was a
vestibuled limited express, known as
No. 4, running from Chicago to New
York, and was made up of Engine
545. in charge Of Engineer Samuel
Cook and Fireman Fred Bell, OF Mead
vile: one combination car, two day
coaches, three sleepers and two private
cars. 1t was derailed by striking 4
freight train which was entering a
siding at Red House.
The passenger engine and some Of
the coaches ran on beside the track
for a distance of three rods and crashed
into q small wooden structure used as
a feed store and school house. The
first half dozen Cars Of the freight We're
wrecked. They were box cars loaded
with coal. The coal filtered in among
the wreckage. All but three OF the
cars of the express followed the en-
CINE. and the whole mass Of wreckage
was soon in flames. The combination
car. two day coaches and two sleep
ers, besides several freight cars. were
consumed.
There is some dispute :: to the cause
of the wreck. The passenger train
was running east, aud the freight,
which was westbound. had orders to
60 into the siding at Red House and
wait for the passenger train to so by.
The siding is about mile ana nail
long, and there is tower Of the block
system near the west end.
The freight was drawn by two en-
gines. Some trouble was experienced
in entering the siding, and the foremost
engine of the freight was sent in along
the siding with -iagman to hold the
express. 1t is alleged that the operator
in the tower-Lawrence Vale. boy
seventeen years old-saw the light en-
CINE of the freight which was bringing
up the fagman, and supposed the
freight was on the siding behind 1t.
With this mistaken idea, it is thought.
Vale displayed a white signal toward
the passenger train, indicating to the
engineer that he had clear track.
The engineer on the passenger train
failed to see the flagman saCt out from
the forward engine Of the freight train,
and saw only the clearance signal from
the tower. The train ran toward the
east end Of the siding at high speed.
struck the second engine of the freight
train just as it was about to clear the
main line, tearing off the cylinder and
part Of the cab, and jumped the track
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-05-06
BOY WEDS HIS TEACHER.
He is Sixteen, She Twenty-four, and ths
Parents Consented.

Mount Gilead, Ohio.-SiXteen-year-old
Henry Harper and Miss Sarah Beverly,
twcnty-four years old, his teacher in
the village school, were married here
before large company of guests, by
the Rev G. w. Hahn, Of the Disciple
Church.
Miss Beverly has been q teacher in
the school for four years. Henry Har-
per fell in 1--we with her, and after con.
siderable difficulty gained his parents
consent to their marriage.
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KEARSARcE's GUN HUNG FIRE.
Ensign Who Investigated Closed the
Breech Just In Time to Save the Crew.

Mobile, Ala.-The battleship kear-
sarge. while at target practice at PEN
sacola. narrowly escaped serious ex-
plosiun in the after superimpoSed tur-
ret. The gun was fired by electricity.
but the charge failed to explode. En-
sign J. w. Clement waited five min
utes before opening the block. On do
ing so he noticed smoke issuing from
the primer. He closed the block just
as the charge exploded. escaping the
recoil Of the huge gun and saving the
lives of his own crew. ,
Admiral Higginson ccmpliment"d
him uDon his cool-heade IS Tie
hanc-fre lasted an unusual time.
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CAMBRIA WYoMISG.-P Previous to taking
the sample OF Doans Kidney Pills I could
scarcely hold my urine. Now I can sleep all
night and rarely have to get up, and that ach-
Ing across my back Il little above my hips is
gone.-lSAAC W. STEPHENS Cambria, Wyo.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-05-06
.Jpdpe Carluck a Cholera Victim,

Judge Carluck. Of the Court Of First
Instance, in the Philippines, is dead in
Cebu from cholera. The epidemic of
cholera is practically over, there being
hut a few cases in the southern isl-
ands
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-05-06
r-,,,J NIotf1sr's Death.

Mrs. Marie Boylan. crazrd by news
of her sons death, stepped before an
Erie train near Montclair, \. J., ard
WIS EiliC,1
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The Sultan Again Warned.

REPRESENTATIVES OF the powers at
Constantinople, Turkey, have again
urged on the Sultan the necessity OF
suppressing the disorders in Albania.
The Austro-Russian entente rs regards
the Balkan situation remains un-
broken