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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
California Tea Gro wing.

Some Of the farmers near Santa
Rosa, Cal. are experimenting with tea
growing and their efforts seem to be
meeting with success. 1t is said that
there is no reason why tea should not
be grown in some sections Of this
country, though the earlier South Caro-.
lima experiment Is not known to be
making great headwav.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
The Sweet Potato Crop.

The crop of sweet potatoes on the
Virginia eastern shore in 1904 was one
of the largest ever known. The yield
has been most satisfactory, the Rich
mond (Va.) Times Dispatch declares.
and the farmers would have had q
good year but for the price Of theil
potatoes being so low. The market
price for prime stock at railroad sta
tons and steamboat wharves is only
eighty-fye cents for q barrel.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
Snnth African s. s. Lines.

Twenty-one steamship lines connect
with the port of Durham, Natal, South
Africa, among which are four from
New York-the Prince, Bucknall, Cur
rie, the Clan Union American and the
Houston lines. There is also the Can
adam and African steamship line, run
ming between Canada and South Afri-
can ports. During the year 1903, 1914
steamships, with 1,S21,245 tonnage,
and 1853 sailing vessels, with 1898
tonnage, entered the port of Durham.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
Prominel l. PEOPLE.

The Mikado of Japan has written a
new poem.
President Diaz, of Mexico, has just
received two superbly furnished pri-
yate street cars.
General Stoesscl is perhaps the first
man on record who was at once a
bl l1fer and q fighter.
Signor d'-Annunzio is writing a new
0ocnl-drama called The Ship" to be
produced at Milan, Italy.
DIR. J"i"' Jackson Selman, Iowa's
t:!"a! "a' .~iuM and lawmaker, died
il ii..r. l...I. Iowa.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
Hull Jury Renders Verdict,

The Coroner's jury at Hull, Eng, ren-
dered 4 verdict that the fishermen who
lost their lives in the Dogger Bank af-
fair were killed by 'shots fired without
warming Or prOvocation from certain
Russian war vessels" The testimony
showed that no other foreign or Brit
ish warshlps were sighted, and that no
Japanese were on board the fishing
fleet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
Denlnark's Butter.

Among the lands flowing with milk
and honey in modern days Denmark
holds a proud distinction. The butter
from her diaries brings higher prices
in England than any produced by the
British butter makers or any imported
from any other nation. The little
kingdom on the north coast of the Eu-
ropean continent exports also 100000
pounds of honey every year. e
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
Worlds Fair lettings.

A sugar beet exhibit is n Of Colo
radios displays.
Hale's fire fighters concession GOV
ers perhaps two acres.
Several banquets have been given
lately in a car on the Ferris Wheel.
The bright red apples from the State
of Washington are attracting consld'
cradle attention.
Three typewriters especially made
for exhibition purposes and valued q:
$3.50 each, are shown in the Palace
of Liberal Arts.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
CHILD's COOLING STOPS DIVORCE
Parents Become Reconciled in Court
by Presence of YOungSter.

Parents Become Reconciled in Court
by Presence of Youngster.
Sioux City. Iowa.-Thc charm Of a
baby cooling effected q reconciliation in
District Court rooms between George
Williams and his wife. who were suing
each other for divorce. During the
hearing Ms. Williams held her year.
old baby. 1t became necessary for her
to leave the room for Il moment, and
Williams asked to hold the child until
her return. A recess Of the court was
taken for a few moments.
When the mother returned she came
forward to the baby, which began COO
ing to both the parents, and five min
utes later, with their arms around each
other and the child between them, they
asked the Court to dismiss the case,
and said they had agreed, for the
child's sake, to forget everything and
live together in future. The cases were
dismissed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
Record Run OIL E. and 0.

a special train of four cars on the
west end of the Baltimore and Ohio's
Chicago division, carrying President
Murray and friends, made q record Of
ninety miles an hour. Five miles were
covered in three and a half minutes,
131 miles in 126 minutes, and seventy
one miles in sixty-four minutes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23

Russians Pay Damages to Sonntag
Fishermen.
st. Petersburg, Russia.-The Novoe
Vremya says that the Russian Gov
crnment has Unidentified the German
fishermen of the schooner Sonntag, OH
which the Baltic fleet fired in the
North Sea.
The indemnity covers the damage to
their fishing gear and loss Of time. The
Novoe Vremya adds that the incident
is closed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
Special Ambassador Returns.

William H. Ellis, who was instructed
to bear the treaty of the King of Abys.
Sinia after the mysterious death of
Kent J. Loomis, his travelling compan-
ion, returned to America Oh the steam.
ship Philadelphia.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
More of Subway Omen.

The New York City subway was
opened to 151th street and Broadway,
adding twelve blocks to the system
which Mayor Mcclellan formally
opened the other day, in order to ac-
commodate the crowds to the football
game in Harlem.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
MUST REST.

Suffering From the Blocking of q Vein
in Left Leg.
London, Eng.--According to an Off
cial bulletin Premier Balfour is suf-
fering from the blocking Of a small ST.
perficial vein in the left leg. 1t is nee
essary that he should take absolute
rest, butt it IS said that his general
health is excellent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
Cattle Spectactea.

Over 10000 cattle in Russia wear
s%pectacles. They are Of smoke-colored
glass, and are used to prevent snow
blindness. Through the snow on the
plains tufts of grass force their way.
and on these the cattle feed. The glare
of the sun on the snow causes blind
ness, and to protect the animals the
spectacles have been fitted over their
eyes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
GOBBLE UP BONDS.

Three-fourths Japs' New Loan Taken
First Day.
Toxic, Japan.-On the first day that
the subscription list was open for the
new e%xchequer bond loan Of $4,000
900, applications were made for sub
scriptions amounting to $30,000,0W.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
Brftish War Graft.

According to the Committee Of Pub
lie Accounts, wholesale 'grafting' pre-
vailed on the British side during the
Boer War. For example, out of a to1
tai sum Of $6,250,OOO issued to the im1
perial yeomanry committee, $2,2SO,00q
cannot be accounted for. OF 999
mules shipped to Beira, on the South
African coast, 15S died at sea and ting
remaining S41 cannot be traced FUR
ther than Beira." AS for remounts|
out of Gil, 900 horses and $4,000 mules
supposed to have been sent to Africa|
s34,4GS horses and 1852 mules cannot
be accounted for.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
Street Cleaning Test.

Commissioner Woodbury.. Of the New
York City Street Cleaning Department.
described tests that showed how much
fewer bacilli were stirred up III the
street by cleaning than by sprinkllng.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
Can't Close the Iroquois.

An order from the Chicago Oily pc.
lice ordering the Iroquois Theatre
closed for failure to comply with new
building ordinances was met by az
Injunction.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
AL. Adams Son Arrested.

Al. Adams Son Arrested.
For threatening his father, Al. adj
ans, with Il revolver Louis B. Adams
was ordered in police court, in New
York City, to furnish bonds to keep
the peace or SO to the workhouse foE
six months.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23

Carved furniture which detles the
dustcloth can be made as attractive as
new by brushing it with a soft hair
brush. dipped in kerosene.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
Another Patterson Witness.

John Latour, 4 prisoner i'll the
Tombs, in New York City, has come
forward as q new witness for Nan"
Patterson. He says he is the man who
jumped on the step of the cab and saw
the pistol in Young's hand.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
Train Hits Oil Wagon.

An oil wagon was struck by 4 train
at a crossing ut Phillips, Neb. The
oil was spilled OIL the locomotive and
caught fire, burning to death Firemap
LaZare.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
Orr Pasports to Be RECOGNIZED

The State Department at Washing
ton, D. c., received word from st. Pc
tersburg indicating that passports Of
American Hebrew citizens travelling in
Russia are likely to be recognized oon
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
Grain Elevator Collapses.

A grain elevator containing 100000
bushels of barley collapsed at Buffalo,
\. Y, injuring one man seriously.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
Killed in Tunnel.

Three italian laborers were su(fo.
Gated beneath fifteen feet Of earth
while tunneling at Hudson, Mass.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
Vaccinations Continue.

Negotiations for an international
commission continue between England
and Russia.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
Sultan's Caravan Attacked.

A special cable dispatch from Tan
cler says a caravan for the Sultan of
Morocco was attacked by Moorish
rebels neal Larache.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
ST. LOUIS TRAIN WRECKED.

Engineer and Express Messenger In
jured in Tennessee.
Nashville, Tenn. At MurfreesbGro,
Tenn, thirty miles south Of here, Nash
vile, Chattanooga and st. Louis pas
senger train No. 2, n%ortl-bound, was
wrecked at 5.45 in the afternoon.
James Grinee, engineer, vas badly
scalded and bruised, and Frye, the as
sistant express messenger, received
painful bruises. No passengers were
injured. An open switch caused the
trouble.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
Barge Kills Two Mon.

"A new steel barge slipped Oil the
ways at Quincy, Mass, and crushed
two men to death.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23

One thousand acres for two yearsGat
a half-penny an acre is offered IN
Zululand to encourage cotton-growing.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23

Nearly a million and q half of sheep
were imported for the meat market
last year from Algeria into France.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23

Emperor Unveils Statuary.
Emperor William unveiled hunting
statuary in the T%hiergarten in Berlin,
Germany.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
MCCARTHY JEWELS STOLEN.

SlU,UUU Worth OF "a INken
From Pittsfeld Home.
Pittsfeld. Mass.-The country resi-.
dence of Mrs. John Mccarthy, OF
Brooklyn, N. Y, in Appleton avenue,
in this city, was robbed, and $4,000
worth of jewels was stolen from a chif.
fonier in Mrs. McCarthy's bedroom.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23

The American board. the pioneer forI
eign missionary society Of America, is
to publish q history Of its work. DR.
E q. Strong will edit the book.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
Posse Oyertakes Bandits.

A posse had two gun fights with The
two Cody bandits in Wyoming.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-03
CARPENTERS OFFICIALS
ARE AWAY ON BUSINESS
Secretary Duffy Will Make a Tour
of the Northern
Cities.
w. d. HUBER IN NEW YORK

Frank Duffy. general secretary of the
United Brotherhood Of Carpenters and join
ers, will leave Sunday for Milwaukee, to
make advance preparation for the annual
convention of the organization, which will
be held in September.
In conjunction with his trip to Milwaukee,
Mr.. Duffy will make a tour of northern
cities in the interests of the Brotherhood
of Carpenters and Joiners He will visit
Des MOnes, Davenport and Dubuque Ia,
where he will make addresses before gath
erings of laboring men. He will also pay
a visit to Minneapolis and other Mime
sofa town, from which he has received
invitations TO address the laboring people.
William d. Huber, president of the Broth
erhood of Carpenters and Joiners, left yes
terday for New York to attend a meeting
of the committee which effected the ANAL
gamation Of the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners and the Amalga-
mated Society of Carpenters The decision
OF Umpire Strausser specified that as a
guarantee each organization was to deposit
$500 To make this deposit for his or
ganization was one of the principal objects
of Mr.. Huber's trip.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-03
CITY CLERK FOGARTY IS
TAKING VOICE CULTURE
He Is in Training for the Next
Meeting of the City
Council.
SPECIAL SESSION HELD

Exactly according to schedule, last nights
special meeting of the City Council trans
acted its business in hurry and adjourned.
The new lighting contract between the
city and the Indianapolis Light and Power
Company is now in the hands of the Coun-
ell committed on contracts and franchises
for report to the Council at next Mondays
regular meeting Controller Dunn's ordi-
nance imposing annual license fee of
$1,000 on every brewery and distillery doing
business in Indianapolis is in the hands of
the finance committee, and an ordinance
transferring SC, 81. AS from a sacred fund.-
to this years general fund is also in the
hands of the finance committee. These three
ordinances were introduced into Council at
the special meeting and referred to the
committees named.
The new brewery tax ordinance is de-
signed to be so constructed as to avoid the
mistakes that have made former ordinances
of a like character unconstitutional or OBJ
jectionabIe. One of the objections to for
mer ordinances was that they Disseminated
against local breweries in favor of those
having their plants out of the city and main
tanning local agencies or depcts.
The ordinance introduced last evening is
very explicit on this point. 1t provides for
imposing the license upon ''every person or
persons, firm, association, company or cor
poration establishing, conducting or main
tanning in said city brewery or breweries,
distillery or distilleries, depot or depots,
agency or agencies of breweries or distil-
leries" and "for each such brewery, dis
tillery, depot or agency. The ordinance
thus provides for taxing every brewery or
distillery doing business in Indianapolis,
whether home foreign.
The new lighting contract will be re-
ported back to the Council and will be read
for the first time by City Clerk Fogarty,
clerk of the Council, next Monday evening.
AS ii contains 1900 words, and will con-
sumo nearly five hours in the reading, Coun-
ell does not expect to- do much else except
listen at its next regular meeting. 1t is
rumored that Clerk Fogarty is now taking
a series of lessons in voice culture to pre-
pare for the ordeal.
The finance committee will no doubt re-
port favorably on the ordinance transfer
ring funds to the general fund, as II is rec
ognized that the city is in need of funds,
with no visible source from which to Sc
cure them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-03
EMPLOYERS WILL PREVENT
STRIKES AND DISTURBANCE
Circular Letter Sent from State
Life Building Explains Stand
of Federated Body.
TO SECURE OPEN SHOP
Maintenance of Industrial Peace in
indianapolis Is Used as End in
View of ReformerS.

That the Employers Association OF In
dianapolis is taking an aggressive stand
against the methods used by the labor
unions, especially those of the building
trades, is shown in the letters sent out
from the associations headquarters in the
State Life building to many contractors of
the city. The letters attempt to point out
the waste which results from modern meth
DDS and to show that the only means of
protection to the employers is through the
Employers Association.
The letters also outline the position of the
association in the support of it's members
against the labor unions.
The following are excerpts from one of
the letters: If you are a member of the
Employers Association we will support you
in the maintenance of the open shop we
will support you in the event of a sympa-
thetic strike or a boycott; will support
you in the employment of apprentices; we
will see that your employees, whether union
on nonunion, have the protection of the
law and we will secure the punishment OF
persons guilty of violence or intimidation
'In these days of high-priced material
and labor can you afford the constant loss
resulting from modern union methods? can
you afford the constant waste which occurs
II
middle of the job?
You are figuring contracts now upon the
basis of certain conditions. Your profit de-
ponds upon these conditions continuing
through the season. Yet the unions always
strike at the critical time. Then If you
yield to their demands il means loss. The
only way TO avoid loss is to act independ-
emily of the unions, if you want TO, and
proceed with your work at once. You can
do this if you have the moral support and
the maintenance of law and order in the
vicinity of your work.
In Kansas City, Dayton, Akron, Omaha
and other cities the employers associations
have proved complete remedy; successful
strikes and boycotts are absolutely impos-
sible there.
1.-The Employers Association of Indian
apolis is not radical contentious. II is
not looking for trouble. 1t will not be a
party 10 any wrong against the working
man. But it is intended to safeguard the
business interests of Indianapolis and to
maintain industrial peace, and these things
it Will absolutely do"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-03
VISITING ENGLISHNEN
SOMEWHAT ASTONISHED

Two Englishmen were entertained royalty
at the Commercial Club yesterday by a. H
Wells, of the Wells Manufacturing and
Supply Company and were shown the
sights of the city. They greatly admired
the soldiers monument These English
men. Robert III. Lasch and A w Sonnen-
thai, while at the Commercial Club, were
Impressed with the hustle and hustle which
prevailed, and said that the Americans
were too pushing for them-they led an
easier life. These men are representatives
OF Selig, Somewhat a Co, engineers
and patentees, of London, the largest job
oers OF ATnerican-made goods in Europe
Wells AZ co. sells them a large part of their
goods and handles their business exclus-
lively throughout Indiana.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-03
PENTECOST BANDS PLAN
COSTLY NEW ORPHANAGE

The Rev. Thomas II. Nelson, president of
the PentecOst Bands of the United States,
has just purchased $50 acres of land near
Bridgeport at cost of $1,000. His purpose
in this is to broaden out the work of the
present orphanage. which is in North Tux
edo Park and now has twenty-five boys and
girls. In three four months work on the
buildings for the new Orphanage will be
under way, and il is hoped that some of
them will be ready for use next fall.
The buildings will be of Bedford stone
and worth about $4,000. The work on the
buildings will be done free by the Pentecost
bands. The plan Of the Rev. Nelson is to
make this orphanage a sort of an industrial
school, where the young children, who will
be received from the age of three to twelve
years. will be taught not only various
trades. but also prepared to take up q
missionary life.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-03
WOMAN IS ASSAULTED BY
HER BRUTAL HUSBAND
Mrs. Frank Pitts Knocked Down
and Rendered unconscious
Pitts Not Located.

Because she refused to give her husband
money or live with him, Mrs. Frank Pitts
was brutally assaulted by him in front of
the Tomlnson Hall Restaurant, where she
is employed. yesterday afternoon. The
woman was struck in the face and was
unconscious for some time. Pitts fled i'm
mediately after striking his wife, and has
not been located.
Through the failure of her husband to
support her, the woman was compelled to
leave him and seek employment to make
a living for herself. Pitts went to the res
taurant yesterday afternoon and called his
wife out on the sidewalk. Flourishing a
knife before her. ne threatened to kill her.
Frightened, the woman screamed for help.
With an oath the man struck her with all
his strength in the face She was Knocked
to the sidewalk and rendered unconscious.
Bicyclemen Lowe and Bernauer made every
effort to find Pitts, but he had escaped.
The woman will swear out a warrant for
his arrest this morning.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-03
YOUNG KETCHAM SUES
FOR $4,000 DAMAGES

A suit was begun yesterday in the Supe-
rior Court before Judge Garter in which
John i. Ketcham will make an attempt to
collect $4,000 damages from the Richards
McElwaine Company.
Ketcham was operating an elevator at
the plant OF the defendants. it is claimed
and was taking load of castings to the top
n t When the caoie oroke, allowing the
Both of his ankles were badly crushed. il
is alleged. and one leg permanently manned
due to the negligence of the defendants i'm
allowing water 10 run over the cable and
rot it. The plaintiff. who has attained his
majority since the suit was first begun, is a
son OF Frank l.. Ketcham, OF this city, and
nephew of former Attorney General w. A
Ketcham.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-03
SAN FARB RECEIVES
SCARE POSTAL CARD

BE careful what you do between the
hours of D. m. and 11.59 p. m. March II.
You will be watched
Sam Farb, king of the Ghetto and pro-
fessional bondsman. formerly the proprie-
tor of a wienerwurSt stand when hot ia
males were all the rage, received a pos
tai card bearing the above startling state
ment yesterday. He promptly reported it
to the police.
The police scanned the card carefully.
No clew to the identity of the writer
was found. Farb made an eloquent adj
dress to several reporters. during the course
of which he told how he would bravely
walk the streets Of the city on the night of
March II.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-03
JUDGE WHALLON
BEFORE THE BOARD

Little except routine business occupied
the time of the Board of Public Safety yes
terday. Judge Whallon appeared before
the board to ask that a room at the City
Hospital be prepared for patients from the
workhouse or Jail under Police Court sem
fences, to prevent their escape while pa
tients at the hospital. City Sanitarian
Speer, who attended the meeting, said that
such room could be prepared, and this
will probably be done.
The charges preferred against Patrolman
Lee by Joel Williams were referred by the
board 20 Superintendent Kruger.
w. II. Torbet resigned from the fire
force, and Edward Steinruck was promoted
from substitute to regular fireman in his
place, while Harry Stuck was appointed a
substitute.