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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-06
CUBA'S NEW TARIFF.
Increase Of Over s2,OO0,000 Expected
in Revenue. .a

Havana, .Cuba.-President Palma is
sued a proclamation declaring that the
reciprocity treaty with the United
States would be in force after Decem-
Der 81.
A member of the Senate Committee
on Tariffs says the report Of the com.
mittee will provide an entirely new
system Of revenue. If it is carried, 1t
Is expected that it will provide an in.
crease of over 100000 in revenues
above the loss due to the reciprocity
treaty with the United States.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-06
Seyen Years For Teller Edge.

James NJ. Edge. absconding note tel.
Ter Of the First National Bank. of Pat
erson, N. j., was sentenced by Judge
kirkpatrick, in the United States
Court, at Trenton, to seven years,
without hard labor, in the Essex t;nun'
ty Penitentiary.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-06
Bank Wrecker Free.

Governor Bliss, Of Michigan, has
signed a parole for Frank G. Andrews,
former Vice-President of the wrecked
City Savings Bank, Of Detroit. An
drews had been confined in the State
Prison 1T Jackson since November IL,
1902
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-06
RISKED LIFE FOR FOREMAN.
,t. - .s ~--- %5
Son of a Wealthy Man Plays Role of
=. ..- .Sa Hero. "a

Colorado Springs, Col.-Donaid Ford,
son of one Of the wealthiest mine OWL
ers Of this city, risked his life by eE-
tering a precipitation tank in the Tel
luride reduction mill to drag out the
body Of Howard Morely, the foreman.
under whom he worked. 81
Both were asphyxiated with chlorine
gas and Ford was unconscious eight
hours. Had he remained in the vat
half minute longer he would have been
killed. both men were rescued by
other employees, who chopped hola
in the bottom of the vat. Ford, who 10
nineteen years old, is studying to be
a mining engineer. and, determined to
master all branches, secured employ.
ment in the mill,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-06
Stole Two Cent Stamps.

Ellsworth P. DeFrance was released
from the Sioux Falls Is. Dak) Peniten.
tary after having served a term of
fifteen years for the theft of a two
cent postage stamp. DeFrance was
convicted in the Federal Court of Ne.
braska of holding up q mail carriage.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-06
INSTRUCTED FOR PANAMA.
Louisiana. Legislature Unanimously
Calls on Its Senators to Favor Treaty.

New Orleans, Lathe Louisiana
Legislature, meeting in extra session,
unanimously adopted resolution call
ing upon the two Senators from Louis
lana, S. D. McEnery and NJ. ]. Foster,
to vote in favor of the ratification OF
the treaty with the Republic Of Pana.
ma providing for the building, operat'
ing and maintaining Of an interoceanic
canal across the Isthmus Of Panama
whenever said treaty be submitted
to the United States Senate"
Governor Heard was instructed to
transmit copies of this resolution to
the Senator's before the meeting OF
the Senate on January 4.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-06
BANKS MONEY, IN SPECULATION.
Charges Cause Receiver to Be APP
-ri g.. pointed. ..~. -.

ohohSC SoooC AsSSSANSh ~ oS ~Ap
-r3. S.. - pointed. ..~.., 49,
Hartford, Conn.-Upon the applica-
ton of Mrs. Ella s. Russell, of Killing
~, wife Of the late Congressman
Charles A, Russell, Judge eager, Of
the Superior Court, appointed tempo
rary receiver for the Windham County
National Bank, of Danielson. All par
ties in interest consented to the ap.
pointment, but the officers of the bank
deny the allegations of speculating
with the funds of the bank, as charged
In the complaint.
In the complaint it is charged that
Comfort B. 3urlingame, president Of
the bank; Charles P. Backus, cashier.
and James Perkins. John A. Paine and
Albert Putnam. directors, formed a
syndicate in 1899 to speculate in stocks
upon borrowed money, and that they
used money Of the bank to consider!
able extent. Later, it is said, other
partnerships OF syndicates were
formed, all of which borrowed and
used money Of the bank.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-06
Oil Man Murdered

Ernest Morgan, a we'll known oil
man, Of Jacobsburg, W. Va, was muir
dered in the streets of Pine Grove, five
miles from his home. His body was
frozen stiff, and his head and face
were covered with wounds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-06
Murder Jury DisagreeS.

The jury disagreed in the case OF
Mrs. Cora Weeks. on trial at Bedford.
Ind. charged with killing Mrs. Susan
ma ireland, her aged mother. Joseph
Weeks, husband of Mrs. Weeks. is
awaiting trial for completely.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-06
Arraigned For Bribery.

Senator Dietrich was arraigned in
the United States Court. at Omaha,
Neb., to answer to the indictment Of
bribery and conspiracy in accepting
a bribe. He pleaded not guilty and the
trial was set for January 4.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-06
MURDERERS CONVICTED.
Sentences Range From Six Months to
Seven Years in Prison.


Seven Years in Prison.
Kishinef, Bessarabia.- Two Rus.
slams, Goetschin and Marosjeik, who
have been on trial for murder as the
authors Of the massacre of Jews here
last spring, were sentenced to seven
and FIVE years penal servitude respec-
lively.
Twenty-Five other persons involved
In the massacre were sentenced to
terms, ranging from one to two years
each. One person was sentenced to
six months Imprisonment. and twelve
were acquitted. Forty-eigh: civil ac-:
tions brought against the prisoners
were dismissed.
The costs Of the prosecution must be
paid by the convicted persons.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-06
WESTERN UNION MUST PAY.
Texas Wire Tappers' Fraud Must BE
Made Good by Company.

11s1Ie e0e1 y
Austin. Texas.-The Texas Supreme
Court rendered a decision affirming
the judgment of the lower court award:
ing the Uvalde National Bank, OF
Uyalde, Texas, $1,000 damages against
the Western Union Telegraph Com.
pany for loss sustained through wire
tapping.
The money was obtained from the
bank by Ref and Fisher, two noted
wire tappers, who are now serving sen.
fences in the Missouri penitentiary for
a similar practice committed in that
State. The Supreme Court holds that
the Western Union was guilty Of undue
negligence in the transmission of the
message over its line.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-06
Negro Confesses Crime.

Jim Lucas, one of the three negroes
under arrest for entering ST. Johns
Orphanage, at Wheeling. ". Va, and
brutally attacking Sister Alma. cor
fessed and implicated Flam Honakrr
and Tom EaJten.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-06
Lynched in Tennessee.

Joe Drake, a young negro, was taken
from the Lauderdale County Jail, at
Ripley, Tenn. and lynched for the MUIR
der Of Chester Conner, a white man,
at AShpOrt,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-06
Alexander Half a Suicide.

Alexander Half. former superintend
ent Of foreign mails in the New York
PoStoffice, who was arrested fom
months ago on the charge Of stealing
from letters, shot and killed himself.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-06
STARVED FOR HER CHILDREN.
Husband in Jail For Non-Support, Mrs.
Flaherty Dies to Save Family.

FIanefry DIES 10 Save dm1y'
st. Paul, Minn.-Mrs. Geneva Fla
herty, of Duluth, while on her way to
Mauston, Wis, her brothers home, died
on a Northern Pacific train, as it was
entering the city. The Coroner''s ver-
dict was that death was due to starva-
ton and exposure.
Mrs. Flaherty was accompanied by
four children, whose ages ranged from
fifteen months to ten years. Her hus-
band is in the Duluth Jail on a charge
of non-support, and it was while strug-
Cling against i'll health and poverty to
provide foor for her offspring that she
starved herself to such an extent that
death followed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-06

Building Collapse Kills Two.
Two men were killed and seven hurt
by the collapse OF the old Thirteenth
Regiment armory of Brooklyn, \. Y,
whicl was being torn down.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-06
Negroes to Be DISTINGUISHED

The Attorney General Of Maryland
has prepared a bill TO be. introduced
in the Legislature of that State pro-
vlding for the lisfranchisement of
about 10000 negroes
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-06
Murderer Mutilated Body.

Sarah Martin, of Cherry Hill, was
murdered and her body mutilated in
sailors lodging house, at Water street
and James Slip. Her slayer escaped.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-06

Rondholdcrs Make Appeal.
English bondholders have appealed
to President Roosevelt not to allow
Panama to shirk her share Of the Co.
lombian bonds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-06
Stockholders Must Pay Up.

Stockholders of the defunct Indiana
National Bank, at Ellhart. Ind. will
have to put up amounts equal to their
first Investments to pay off the obliga-
tinns
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-06
CANNOT GET YOSEMITE WATER.
San Francisco S39,O0o,0OO Plan Vetoed
by Interior Department.

Washington, D. C.-The Secretary Of
the Interior refused the application Of
the city of San Francisco for permis-
sion to begin the necessary construc-
tion toward obtaining water supply
from the Yosemite National Park. The
city proposed to expend about $39, ,00O,-
600 on the water works.
The action of the department is based
on the fact that the organic act Great
ing the park requires the Government
to keep it in its natural condition.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-06
oower fJouse Boilers Explode

The boilers in the power house OF the
transit company, at st. Louis, Mo-.
exploded, killing one man, injtring 4
dozen more and wrecking the building.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-06
Historic Church Burned.

The historic South Congregational
Church, at Salem, Mass, was de-
stroyed by fire, the loss being estimat
ed at $4,000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-06

Over 41,0O0,OOO pictorial postcards
were delivered by the Swedish post
office in 1902. q z; "
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-06
Frederic R. Coudert Dead.

Frederic R. Coudert, the distin
guished New York lawyer, died at his
residence. at Washington, D. c.. Of
heart disease, in his seventy second
year
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-06
500 Reward. 800.

The readers Of this paper VIII be pleased to-
learn that there Is at least one dreaded dis,
ease that science has been able to cure In all
ttsstages, and that Is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh;
Cure Is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being q COM;
stitutionai disease, requires constitutt uttonat
treatment. Halls CatarrhC Cure Is taken fnt0rs
nally, acting directlyu the blood and mu-
oussurfaces Of the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation OF the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the CON.
stitution and assisting nature In doing tts
work. The proprietors have 50 much fatthlnS
Its curative powers that they oher One Hum
dred Dollars for any case thattt fails to eurs.
Send for List OF testimonials. Addroe5
- :. 4. I luRrRy 4 ln ETnladO. 0. t.f1
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-06
Soiu by Druggists, Toe.
Halls Family Pills are the best.

Australia has, as the result Of last
years drought, bought since January
100000 bushels of wheat, OF It's sedui-
valent in -four, from the Pacific Coast,
and 100000 from New York.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-07
CONCEN

The Rio Grandc will run a special
mining excursion to Tintic on Sunday
next.
The Pioneer sampler received today
two cars Of ore from Tintic and two
from Nevada.
The Uncle Sam marketed today one
car Of good shipping ore and three cars
of concentrates
d. w Brunton who has Just return-
ed from q trip to Goldheld, left at noon
today for Denver
ore running 2s per cent copper Is re-
| ported IN the Gibraltar property on
| Newfoundland Mountain.
The Taylor Brunton sampler re-
! ported today six cars OF ore from To-
nopah. Ave from Bingham and three
from Tlntic
a. A. Avery has returned from Frle-
burg, New, where he Is Interested IN
group OF claims which promise much
with development
The United States Mining company
operating extensively In this state, win
declare another 5O-cent dividend In jan
uary payable in February.
The Plttsburg Consolidated at Alta is
reported by Supt. Doyle 90 be opening
up IN good shape and now about ready
TO ship a splendid quality Of ore.
The new sampler at the Consolidated
Mercur made its initial run yesterday
at which time four tons Of ore were
sampled with highly satisfactory re-
suits Barring a few adjustments the
min is in splendid condition and Is ex-
pected to give a good account Of itself,
Judge Hall has issued an order dis.
missing the suit OF Matthew 7. Gis-
born against the Utah Commercial a
Savings bank, Joseph II, Caine and the
Pittsburg & Utah Gold, Silver Copper
q Lead Mining company upon the lat.
ter delivering to Gibson $4,000, the
final payment on the mining interests II
purchased OF him on the installment
Plan some time ago.
Advices flom the Consolidated Mer.
cur indicate that the recent sensational
discovery Of nine.Ounce gold ore, was
simply u fash In the pan and nothing
more. as later assays have failed 10
reveal anything like the original
values However, the mine Is showing
q good quantity OF ore, assayng as
much as sl7 gold, and even this is re-
garded as a discovery OF more than or
binary importance.
The directors Of the Daly-West
have adopted q resolution providing
that next years dividends be paid
quarterly instead Of monthly the first
of such payments 90 be made IN March,
What the amount viii be Is not known,
but It is thought by mining men that IL
win not exceed 70 cents a share per
month or a total of $4,000 a quarter.
This however viii be definitely deter,
mined later on.
Daniel Guggenheim. chairman Of the
executive board Of the American Smelt.
ing & Refining company, together with
g. W. Whitley, general manager for
Utah, $ W. ECcles. the company's traf.
6o manager, and Harry b. Tooker, bis
private secretary spent yesterday in
spectiug the smclter at Murray with
Wow To making whatever Improvements
are deemed necessary to cope with IN.
crcasing ore shipments,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-07
Directors Decide to Hand Out a
Christmas Present Of
500 600
WILL Be DISTRIBUTED DEC, 20.
With This Disbursement the Company
VIII Have Paid Duriug the Year
iL3oO,ooo

shareholders iu the silver King mine
win be gratlfel 60 learn that O, the
last meeting of the companys directors,
an extra dividend Of So go cents a
share, or 100000 was declared, the
same payable Dee. % to stockholders Of
record Dec. 49, This payment while
mot altogether unexpected, win come as
% surprise to many as It was not gen.
orally known that such action had been
taken By the companys board How
ever, II win be thankfully received and
win swell the company's total for the
year TO the handsome sum Of Sl.3o0OO0
a record cXcoIled by few mining com.
panies e2tant There is no denying the
fact that the Silver King is a bonan2l
Of the first water and rs physical con.
dltlon Is such that the years record
could be repeated without serious IN.
convenience,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-07
CENTURY ASSESSED.


The directors Of the Century Mining
company met yesterday afternoon aGl
levied an assessment of 4 cents share
due Jan. no. ana delinquent Jam rs,
This viii amount TO $4,000 aud will De
sufficient To- llqu.date AN outstanding
obligations and give the company r.
good balance tO draw upon for ieye.-
opmcnt For the past few months lue
Century has been mp against 10 having
Che White Judgments Go SETTLE md exc
ten3lye development work 90 carry on,
but % is thought Chat with "a cl.an
sheet with which 10 begin the new year
gll VIII be smooth sailing, and dlyl-
dends rather than assessments win be
the order The mine IL known to- con
taln large bodies Of good shipping ore
which when properly opened up. should
be handled with pront TO all concerned.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-07
THE GOOD SAMARITAN

Big.Gen. George y. Elot during an
Inspection OF the Philadelphia navy yard,
met capt Smelly D. Butler who dls.
tugwahod himself during the spanIgh.
American war by roHculng a wounded
oommado at the risk Of his own NE
You played the good Samaritan" said
Gen Elliot TO the young man. you wore
lucNcr than most Samarltans though. for
your unfaInsh herolsn brought YOU duo
reward 'Ut praise and honor
~ friend ul mine. q cOlnol' snId Cen
Elllm "phycd tho g0ol Samaritan one
nlght last spring with very grloyous re-
suits 90 himself
"llo was riding on o. train when n
young man entered I'M slightly lnloyl.
Gated condItl0t lie looked Ike ain honest
yOnu8 man. and the colonel was genuine
ly sorry 90 see him I'm such d plight Whom
ho got % little noisy The colonel tried 10
quio. him, and, when thn passengers OBJ
iccicd 10 hts pNsencc, The colonel sooth.
cl them, and kept him from being put on
the car
Altogether on account OF hs youth
the colonel hCfrlended the young man con-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-07
HAVE A GOOD THING.
Quincy Mine Near Grow Springs Develop
Ing Into a Bonansa,

That Salt Takers have good thing
IN the Quincy mine located eight miles
northeast OF Crow Springs, adjacent to
Tonopah, is the word contained In the
latest issue Of the Tonopah Miner The
Quincy property, Of which j. O. Glad
den, j. r. Walker Chas Read and
Frank Judge Of Salt Lake are the own
ers. embraces 43 claims lying IN one
group, The main workings are on the
g. o, d, aud Combination claims, The
shaft ON the c. o. D. Is down no feet,
at which point the ledge Is ga feet
wide The ore Is a lead carbonate, car
rylng about 10 per cent lead, from 300
20 500 ounces IN silver and about an
ounce u gold for every one hundred
ounces Of silver Thirty tons OF ore exc
tracted from this ledge and which was
shipped TO the smetor last week sam
pied 1888 ton. A number Of levels
have been run On the ledge, and all
are In ore Of the character and value
just described, On the Combination
claim shaft has been sunk 10
depth Of 60 feet and tunnel has been
run 1870 feet, opening up a good body
OF high grade ore. The quincy proper
~ Is rapldlN taking It's place as one OF
the most important Of the outside ship
pers and promises 10 develop into one
OF the best properties In Nevada.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-07
May Day Kept the Figures Of The
Day Before and Sold at 3j
And 2ji
TETRO WAS IN THE ASCENDANT
New York Remains About Stationary
Aud Sells Up to q Silver
Shield Ia Demln1

Todays mining stock market was
dun ana uninterestlng but on the
whole prices remained firm and in
some cases slight advances were noted,
prominent among them Tetro, which
sold readily at 22is and 20. Grand Gem
trail remained firm and sold at 9ls
while May Day lowered around the
figures OF the day before and was dealt
IN at % and 22is. silver Shield dropped
1000 shares Mt figures ranging from
10 10 iOh. New York continued sta
tionary at q ana CarIsa contributed
ON odd block ut 49,
ON the open board Daly-West sold for
sl3. while Swansea brought 3S and
Utah 80 The morning sales. regular
and open. amounted 10 1885, shares
which brought the sum Of S3.jl03j.
The closing figures were as follows.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS..
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-07
1885 @ElO3i
A. S, CAMPBELL.
Stock Broker.
2l6 d. L. Walker Block.
NOVEMBER DIVIDENDS.
Mining and Metallurgieni Companies
Distributed $40 ,005,SS0,

Dhlflhuteu NlNiouoiSoN'
The November dividend payments.
Amounting TO SlO,665,SS6. as reported TO
the Engineering and Mining journal by
40 mining and matellurgical companies
IN the United States, shON "a substantial
Increase over previous months. Fa-
fored by higher prices for the COM
merclal metals ana q continued i'm
proyement In general business, the
earnings Of many companies have In
creased. by far the greater number ot
dividends are declared monthly or
quarterly, and 1t Is evident that many
managers OF low grade gold and silver
miues approve OF the policy OF sharing
profits at short intervals. I'm some
cases, however, Il would seem judlclous
90 enlarge the reserve against depreca-
ton OF property and plant with view
10 repaying the capital invested and a
satisfactory interest instead OF shar.
ing profits that in the end win total FAR
less than the authorized capitalization
OF the company I'm November, rs gold
silver and lead properties declared $685., D.
40 IN dividends, four copper companies,
{l,6Sl $40, and two zinc mines. $500, 49,
making total OF q companies with
S2,6ii,92O. Nearly three times this
amount was paid 10 the preferred
shareholders OF the United States Steel
Corporation, being a quarterly dividend
OF S6i3049lg, or l75 per cent ON par.
Two other iron and steel companies
distributed S595 100; ~ oh and gas. s5li,-
ga5 and two miscellaneous companies,
ssIi5O. In all, % industrial corpora.
tons paid dividends OF 5000, 966, which.
added 70 the profits shared hy the "a
mines, totals SiO665,Ss6 Cor the month.
One Central American mine paid SIS
poo. ana one Mexican. Slj.7j0, both divl-
dends being shared with American In.
vestors.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-07
BulIfrog Discoveries.

Bulfrog continues to be the center
Of attraction among mining men, Sam,
pies from the Ladd Mountain group,
where there Is d ledge 500 feet wide,
show values running from $1,000 TO
$1,000 per ton while the character or
the ore Is such, that good profits can
be made shipping A strike is reported
on the Gold Button claim where the
values run into the hundreds, whilo on
Bare Mountain In the Same vicinity, ore
has been discovered assaying $4,000
ton, with specimens showing 10 per cen,
Of their weight IN free gold.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-07
Tonopah Ore Shipments.

According TO the Tonopah Miner, las,
weeks ore shipments over the Tonopan
railroad aggregated 1860 tons, OF which
$50 tons came from GoldAeld. The
shipments are divided as follows From
Tonopah-- Tonopah company ga tons
Belmont, 100 tons; Tonopah Extension.
90 tons. From Goldneld-CombInetiou,
122 tons, BOwes Kernick lease. ll5 tons.
january lease. % TONS Florence lease.
rs tons Mcdonald 6 Fuller lease y,
TONS