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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03
-BECHTEL MURDER CASE,
Eckstein Confesses to Improper Rela
tions With the Girl.

Allentown. Pain the trial Of Mrs.
Catharine Bechtel, charged with being
an accessory after the fact to the MUIR
der Of her daughter. what little had
been left of the dead girls good name
was destroyed by Alois Eckstein, her
fiance. After telling Of the intimacy
of himself and other men with the
girl. which, he said, was countenanced
by her mother. he added that he had
been willing to overlook her faults and
make her his wife. His cross-exam.
ination brought out that he had struck
her several times.
DR.. John Lear, biological expert of
Muhlenberg College. testified that the
stains on the carpet and other articles
taken from the BechteI house were
human blood spots.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03
CUT IN ARMY APPROPRIATIONS.
Reduction Of About One Million From
Last Years Expenditure.

Washington, D. C.-The Army Ap.
preparation bill, which was completed
by the House Committee on Military
Affairs, carries a total of S73.956, 900.
The appropriation for the current year
amounts to $74,637, ,O0O The estimates
on which the bill is based amounted
to ST., ,161, 900. The estimate for trans
portation of soldiers and supplies of
S15,500,000 was cut down by $1,000.
600. An appropriation Of 100000
is made for a general army hospital
in Washington. D. c., and 100000 is
made available for completing the
Army War College in this city.
The bill contains provision consol-
ldating the Record and Correspondence
Division and the Office Of the Adjutant-
General under General Ainsworth as
military Secretary.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03
A Comic Opera Ruler.

Prince Nicholas OF Montenegro, the
comic opera ruler ofathe Black Noun,
tain principality. which has "a populas
ton of less, than that Of Rhode Island,
was a great athlete in bis younger
days and is still a good horsemar 4
capable shot and a splendid swords.
man. To his other attainments the:
Prince adds that Of being q poet and
prose writer Of no small talent his
best known work being a tragedy.
1.-THE Empress Of the, Balkins. I. His
civil list, only $4,000 year, is5amples
for his simple tastes, which neS er call
for great expenditure. 81 y. III
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03
MINOR EVENTS0F THE WEEK
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

-
Senator Penrose introduced a bill
prohibiting the issuing or paying OF
money orders or the registering'of let
tiers on Sunday.
The House Committee on Military
Affatrs concluded it's work on the $75,.
OOO, 900 army appropriation bill, and it
will be reported to the House as soon
as printed. 49,:
The Senate Committee on Pacific
islands and Porto Rico has made ia.
vorable report on the bill to pay Lii
iuokalani, formerly Queen Of Hawaii.
the sum of 100000 in full satisfaction
of all claims to the former crown lands
in Hawaii.
Secretary Hay and Baron Gevers
the Minister Of the Netherlands. have
signed an extradition treaty which will
include bribery in the list Of extradita.
bic crimes. "
The annual dinner for, the Diplomatic
Corps was given in the White House
by President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
The House Committee on Labor fixed
February as the date to begin hear
lngs on the eight-hour bill.
The Legislative, Executive and Ju-
dicial Appropriation bill was passed.
provision; for expenses of the Civil Ser,
vice Commission being restored and an
amendment adopted restricting use OF
Government horses and carriages to
the President. his secretary and mem
sbers of the Cabinet. .., .>.
The House Committee on Insular
Affairs ordered resolution to; be re-
ported to the House authorizing the
Quartermaster-Gene Of the Army to
bring 600 school teachers from Porto
Rico to the United States. .,..
Following the lead Of the Govern
ment departments the working hours
of all employees Of the District Of Co.
lumbia have been increased half an
hour day. ..a. ~...' go ..'"- H.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03
Prominent People.

Miss Ellen Stone. the missionary, is
at present a resident of Boston.
Monsignor O'Conneli, rector of the
Catholic University at Washington.
has been received IN private audience
by the Pope.
Samuel J. Crawford, Of Kansas, was
the youngest Governor ever elected in
his State. He IS now sixty eight
years old.
Z, A bronze statue Of Robert Burns will
DE erected by the Scottish Associations
In the Sydney Domain o. site o-be
given By the State Government.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03
$3,445, 900 MORE FOR FORTS.
Secretary Root Purposes to Buy Ma
chine and Rapid Fire Guns.

Washington, d. ca supplemental
estimate for an appropriation of 3d.
$4,000 for armament Of fortifica-
tons" was transmitted to, the House
by Secretary Root through Secretary
Shaw.
With this appropriation it is pur.
posed to procure 153 automatic ma
chine guns for use in seacoast forts;
also 1G0 ''one-pounder automatic pom
pom guns" also 200 guns Of a calibre
large enough to fire effective schrap-
mel; 200 'high-velocity si1-pounder
guns" =.
1t also is proposed to procure $4,000
rounds Of ammunition for the pom
pom" guns, $4,000 rounds for the field
guns, and $4,000 rounds for the six.
Founders.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03

Commodore Somerville Nicholson ofs
the United States Navy, In a letteE
from 1887 B St, N. w, Washingt0ns
D. c.. says: s5$ i 4, & a.
'Your Peruna has been and IS now
used by SO many Of my friends and ae-
quaintances aS q sure cure Tor catarrh
that am convinced Of ITS cnratye
qualities, and 3unhesitat atingly recon-
mend 1t to all persons suffering from
that complaint rs. Nicholson. s.
The highest men in. our nation have
given Peruna a strong endorsement.
Men of all classes and stations are
equally represented. sll$
II you do not derive prompt and sat-
isfactory results from the use Of Pes:
runa, write at once to DE. Hartman
giving full statement OF Jour case.
and he will be pleased; to give You his
valuable advice gratis. y u
Address DR.. Hartman. President of
The Hartman sanitariuui. Columbus. o..
Ak Your Dragsi,t for FREQ pGnaa
Almanac for 1904. ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03
Worlds Fair Pointers.

Water in lagoon system passes
through the pumps every five hours.
Washington University Buildings
cost $1,000 900, used by Exposition.
Wide waterways beautifS the main
picture. for gondolas and small craft.
CALIFORNIA; State Building is re-
plica of the old Santa Barbara Mission.
General Grants cabin in st. Louis
County erected at Exposition.
Brazil's pavilion at the Worlds Faii
will be one Of the largest and fines!
foreign government buildings. 1t will
cost 100000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03
Custom. Of Golfers, wives.

The wives Of north country Golfers
observe very touching and pathetic.
custom when an accident occurs in the
pit. Directly it is known to the wife
of collier that an accident has hap
pened in the pit where her husband
works, and that his fate is uncertain
she throws open the house door. and:
however inclement the weather may
be, she keeps the door open and 4
candle burning In the window. light
and day, till the man Is brought home.
dead or alive. In some cases the door
has remained open and the candle;
alight during several weeks. s
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03
!SIsEx:
lrwTn
Labor World.

Nearly 10000 BARRIERS have been
registered under the new law in New
York State.
School teachers of Southern Cali
fornia are taking ;teps to procure an
increase in salaries.
The Chicago and Alton Railroad has
announced ten per cent. reduction in
pay of section hands.
The 300 members Of the Sheep
Butchers Union at New York have
aotifiet; their employers that hereafter
they will not co any slaughtering on
Sunday.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

The Quenga section on the Cabina-
tun branch of the English railroad in
the Philippines has been opened.
Louis Sulzberger, Judge Of the Su-
preme Court of Porto Rico, has de.
cided to withdraw his resignation, and
will soon resume his duties on the
Bench. i-a. ..-'.. -t!i g. ss .r r.. .'.
Former Governor Taft has sailed
from Honolulu on the steamer Korea
for San Francisco. -'s,'5.. 81. ,'"I.A
The cruisers New Orleans, Albany
and Raleigh have arrived at Guam.
The battleships Kentucky, Oregon and
Wisconsin have left for Cayite on their
way to Subig Bay. 80 .... &:
Dallas, the murderer, convicted of
completely in the Doshermos mutiny,
was garroted in Bilibi prison, at Ma
Mia. Before execution he made a
statement generating three others
connected with the affair who were
under sentence Of death.
The Most Rev. JcJ. Harty, the newly
appointed Archbishop Of Manila, has
arrived in the Philippines.
A member of the House Of Delegates
of Porto Rico said that two articles of
the law amending the code Of criminal
procedure, which was passed last year,
have disappeared from the statutes.
Herman, the former inspector Of con-
stabulary, who robbed the Philippine
Government and turned pirate, and
who escaped from the Jail at Cebu.
where he was incarcerated after his
capture, has been recaptured as he was
attempting to cross the island Of Bohol.
The new wireless telegraph stations
at San Juan and Culebra, Porto Rico,
have been opened.
The Philippine Government has de-
cided to file additional charges against
w. D. Ballentine, ex-inspector at the
port of Manila. and John T. Miller, an
ex-inspector Of, immigration, both of
whom were recently acquitted Of the
charge Of conspiracy to import Chinese
coolies into the Philippine Islands.
The Philippine Commission has
passed an act prohibiting the importa-
tion of Mexican currency. '.
The. expeditionary force under com;
mand of General Wood, now at Camp
Overton, around Lake Lanao, in the
Philippines, includes eight companies
of infantry. detachment OF cavalry
and two batteries of artillery.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03
DOMESTIC.

James Lawrence Blair, under the
shadow of two indictments for forgery
in Missouri, died at Eustis, Fla. 49,.
Seven persons, all colored, were in.
stantIy Killed at a saw mill in James
City, N. c., by the bursting Of boiler.
Striking street railway men at
Bloomington, ILL.,, inaugurated their
competitive automobile system.
Four men, said to have been strikers.
were indicted by a Grand Jury at
Chicago ILL.,. for malicious mischief,
riot and conspiracy during a recent
strike on the Chicago City Railway
lines. =. -. .a.. ..'.
A special session Of the Grand Jury
in St. Louis, Mo-, has been called to
continue the investigation Of the recent
Doodle deals in the House Of Delegates.
Fifteen churches in Chicago, ILL.,,
were closed in consequence of the 1ro-
quois Theatre. fire.
The Grand Jury investigating muni'
eipal corruption in Milwaukee, Wis, re-
turned three more indictments.
The office of the Pittsfeld (Mass.)
Gas company was DiOWn 10 pieces Dy
a gas explosion, the damage being $10..
600.
The Board Of Arbitrators to settle
differences between building contract.
ors and laborers in Minneapolis, MIMI,
decided in favor of the contractors.
The second Grand Jury to investi.
gate the lynching Of negro It Pine.
apple, Ala, has refused to indict the
five men held for the crime. -.
Domestic unhappiness caused George
Corn, a well-to-do farmer, to murder
his wife and himself, near Asheville,
N. C.. :.
Burglars took $500 from the State
Bank at Mclean, Neb., and escaped by
covering the citizens with revolvers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03
Eree Trader Elected.

The bye.election at Gateshead, E.GS-
land. TO fill a seat in the House OF
Commons. has resulted in victory TO;
John Johnson. Liberal Free Trader. 10y
a majority of 1905 votes over Lord
Morpeth. unionista and Tariff Reforner.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03
Long Saxon Strike Fails.

The Executive Committee Of the
Cr:mmitschau. Saxony, textile strikers
has advised them to return to work
unconditionally. About 5000 working
people have now been on strike for
five months, and they are in a state Of
extreme deStitution.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03
100000 italian. !, i, Ii france.

There are 100000 Italians In
France, chiefly engaged in artistic, edu-
catiye or laboring pursuits. Most OF
them are found in the eastern. espe-
cially in the southeastern departments.
but they are scattered all through the
country. On the other hand, there are
only 10000 French IN 1taly.-London
Globe. &sa5.s .i. - ;,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03
ATTEMPT to Wreck q Train,

Robbers attempted to wreck passen.
ger train No. 3 on the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad, near Mulat, La.
Crossties and other distractions were
piled on the track, but were discov-
cred by section hand before the ar.
rival of the train.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03
Beckham County in Kentucky.

The Kentucky Senate passed the
Whit bill creating the county Of Beck
ham from parts of Carter. Lewis ana
Grayson counties. 1t is in the richest
coal field in the Eastern Kentucky dlS'
trict. and comprises over 400 square
miles
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03
Died to EscaIe Creditors.

Rather than face his creditors, Harry
S. Twambley, jeweler, Of Biddeford,
Me-, ended his life by drinking cyanide
of potassium. He was associated with
his father in the firm of Samuel B.
Twambley s. Son, which recently as
signed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03
Panama Constitution.

The Constitutional Convention no IL
Panama and approved. on tn" RS,
debate. a draft of a constitution hnt
bill ratifying all the acts OF the :':r
yiSional Government.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03

Netherlands Recognizes Panama.
Mr.. Garrett. United States Charge
d'Affaires, at The Hague, Holland, has
cabled to the State Department at
Washington, D. c., that the Neither
lands has decided to recognize the
Republic Of Panama.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03
Roanoke Bank Robbed.

The Bank of Rocky Mount, at Roam
oke, Va, was robbed and $500 In sill
YER was stolen. The vault was blown
open by dynamite, but the currency
vault, which contained $25 900, was un-
harmed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03
City Officials Indie

City Officials Indicted For Bribery.
Eleven indictments were returned by
the Grand Jury Of Green Bay, Wis.
against Aldermen and others on
charges Of giving and accepting bribes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03
ROBBED BURNING TOWN.

Drunken Men Subdued by Troops
Martial Law in Hayre, Mont.
Havre, Worthwhile fire swept the
northwestern section Of this city.
troops from Assiniboine patrolled the
streets, which were crowded with
drunken men, who committed many
robberies during the progress of the
fire.
Martial law has been declared in the
town. The estimated loss by the fire
Is 100000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03

New Haven Has S150,O00 Fire.
Fire and '7ater completely wrecked
the Hoadley building at Church and
Crown streets, New Haven, Conn.,,
causing loss which will aggregate
$150000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03
Haytian Rebels Put to Death.

Haytian Rebels Put to Death.
Five persons connected with the con-
spiracy headed by General Monplaisir
to start q revolt against General Nord
in Hayti were condemned to death by
a military tribunal, and were executed
In the presence of q vast crowd.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03
Miners Hllrt

A number Of non-union coal miners
at Coal Creek, Tenn, were attacked
by strikers, and four Of them badly
hurt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03
Prisoners Cremated.

Three prisoners were cremated and
four seriously injured by the burning
of the Jail at Pratt City, Ala.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03

Four-ffths Of sthe Irish immigrants
arriving in New York are young women
between the ages Of seventeen and
tWenty-Six. gl2S, ~ n
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03
Turks Defeat Insurgents

An insurgent band has been defeated
by Turkish troops near Perlep, twenty
four miles from Monastir, Macedonia.
Seventeen insurgents and five Turks
were killed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03
Rig RIaze in Brooklyn.

The car barn and fifty cars OF the
Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad
Company, at Brooklyn, N. Y, were de-
stroyed by fire. The loss is estimated
at about S125,00O.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03

Opera House Burns Down.
The Turner'S Opera House, of Fin
lay, Ohio. was totally destroyed by
fire. The loss is estimated at $4,000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03

Knoxville Goes Democratic.
The Democrats at Knoxville, Tenn,
elected w. II. Gass Mayor and all the
city ticket except II. w. AIKEN, Re-
publican Alderman.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03

The population Of Ireland. which,
6fty years ago, was oyer 8.OOO,OOO.l y
now less than 4.500, 600.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03
Big Fire in Wheeling.

The central part of the business dis
trict at Wheeling, W. Va, was de-
stroyed by fire. The loss will now
amount to not less than $3.50, 900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03
Former Mayor q Suicide.

Former Mayor Suicide. 90.
Colonel John II. Bacon, seventy five
years Of age, former Mayor of Color
ado Springs. COL, shot himself mortally
because Of illness.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-09-23
NOT A RECORD BREAKER
Frost Two Years Ago One Day Earlier
Than This Year.

The Herald's statement that the frost
on the 18th of this month was the earliest
ever known in this county, is challenged
by the voluntary weather observer at
Ashwood. That record shows that on
the morning of the 14th of September
1902, the thermometer registered as low
as 80. and there was damaging frost;
and on the next morning there was
another but lighter frosS. with the Their
mometer reading 40. This year the first
frost was on the 18th, and the Their
mometer reading was 43
Mr.. H, P. Figuers also recalls the
fact that on the morning of the 14th
of September 1908, there was killing
frost. OveIcoats and fires, he says.
were comfortable, and people caught
away from home with summer clothes
on, were quite uncomfortable. He
remembers that, because he was caught
away from home. There was another
light frost in this county this morning.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-09-23
MISS FARIS' I
Writes MeKennOn. Anders on &
Foster About the Worlds
Fair Trip.

Miss Fletcher Fariss. who was one
of the lucky winners in McKennon,
Anderson q Fosters free World 4
Fair trip contest, has written the firm
as follows IN regard TO the trip:
ST. Louis, Mo-, Sept. 18th. 1904
MessIs. McKennon. Anderson & Foster,
Columbia. Tenn
Dear Sirs:--s
In both thought and actually you
and yours" have been with me con
tinuously now for over week in this
great city. anG / have only delayeu
writing TO tell You of my appreciation
of the many pleasures that through
your generosity have heen able to
enjoy, because of lack of time and also
because | only attended the Fair two
days last week. my time being spent
AT the Convention of Postal Clerks and
the entertainments the ST. Louis cleIi
had arranged. There were over three
hundred delegates and visitors present
ana a continuous round OF convention
sessions. entertainments and sights of
the city to he visited. from Tuesday
morning through Friday night, when
the delegates all occupied boxes at The
Odean to witness that wonderful spec
tacular play In Louisiana. where
fully four hundred people, all in
gorgeous ARRAY. ale on the stage at
one time. 5 We're | to try | could not
write of the. Fair. We may try to tell
our friends about it but it must be seen
to be appreciated. Very little of my
time has been spent on the Pike, for
the immense buildings and their
interesting exhibits appealed to me
more, In both the Agriculture and
Horticulture Buildings you see Column
bia and Maury County exhibits of
grain, potatoes. fruit, watermelons,
etc. AT the Hermitage, where MauIy
ounty is also represented by Miss
Woolard, not only Tennesseans, but
everyone is cordially and heartily well
coined. could make my letter quite
lengthy, but know your time is val
liable, and were to tell of even the |
tenth part of what | have seen and |
enjoyed, | would have taken too much |
of IT. I only hope each of you Will |
have the pleasure of visiting the
Fail and enjoying the many sights to |
be seen. Thanking you for the many |
pleasures your trip has given me,
Sincerely and Always
Your friend.
"a FLETCHER FARISS.
ALA Page Ave-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-09-23
Sheriff Morgan Killed.

Sheriff jeff d. Morgan was shot ant
killed early Thursday at Batesville,
Ark, by Robert Crosby, an escaped
prisoner from the Salem. Ark, Jail.
Sheriff Morgan learned that the man
was in town and went to arrest him
on Main street. When he placed the
fugitive under arrest Crosby pretended
to submit, but suddenly dashed down
his grip and in an instant had shot
Sheriff Morgan in the heart. Many
people being on the street, pursuit was
instantly taken up. The fugitive took
refuge in a large barn near the depot.
By this time dusk was coming on.
The crowd soon surrounded the block
and hundreds of men gathered with
weapons. The barn was surrounded
and the lower part of the structure
was entered. Numerous shots were
fired into the hay loft. Finally the
man yelled stop and came out and
Then there was an effort
made to lynch hum. The mob lacked
a leader or the man would. probably
have been hanged on the street. "A
rome was produced and almost fight
was necessary to prevent the lynching.
After a long struggle. ci,lzens sue
ceeded in getting Crosby in jail, where
be Il under guard. There's much ex-
element and the jail is closely
guarded.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-09-23
TENNESSEE
Agricultural Exhibits Have already
Secured Over a hundred
Prizes.

Hon. John W. Fry, one of the Ker
lucky Worlds Fair Commissioners
has received letter from Hon. B. A.
Enloe in regard to Tennessee ex
hibits. Mr.. Enloe says they do moi
want anything now in the way of ex-
hibIts. except fresh fruits, as the
Juries of Award have been appointed
and it is too late to add to the ex-
hibits. What is of still more impoI
lance and will be of still more interest
to Tennesseans generally, he says: Il
am advised that we have already
secured over one-hundIed medals in
our--agricultural exhibit.
He also says ''the iuries are at work
in all the departments, but the fresh
fruit show is to continue to the close
of the exposition and exhibits of this
kind are passed upon as they come IN.
SO if you find any exceptionally good
apples or any other fine fruits at
your MauIy county fair, you ought to
send us your best -