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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-11
FOREIGN.

The railroad switchmen have joined
the strike of the railroad laDorers:
United States marines will be lanued
on the wharves and other property OF
the railroad.
The Audiencia at Santiago has SEN
fenced seven of of the rebels who TOOK
part in the so-called rising at El Caney
in August last, on the occasion OF
President Palma's visit to terms or
Imprisonment ranging from eighteen
months to fourteen years.
MARQUIS Grolamo Sierra. third son
of the Duke di Casano, committed sui
eide by shooting at Naples, Italy, be-
cause of the objection of his parents
to his marriage to girl Of distln'
guished family.
All those Immediately concerned IN
the Servian palace murders have been
removed from the Kings encourage.
THE notorious Colonel Popovitch. the
Kings First Aide.de-Camp was ap-
pointed commandant of the garrison
at Belgrade.
Only two new cases of bubonlc
plague have developed at Lima, Peru
The Government has ordered a strict
examination OF all passengers and dis
infection of baggage on all trains ieav'
ing Lima. and also on steamers leav'
ing CAllao. It has also established
sanitary stations in Payta, Callao and
Ito.
Considerable Lneasiness has existed
among the Jewish element of Lonl'
Palanl,a, Bulgaria, owing to the mur,
der of young Macedonian. There
are also threats of anti-Senltlc dis
turbances in Bessarabia.
The bubonic plague has reappeared
at Antofagasta. Chile. 1t is of bac
character.
A giant three-cylinder locomotive
which it is the intention to exhibit al
the st. Louis Exposition, was testeG
on the military railroad in the presenc,
of a large company of civil and mill
tary personageS and attained speed
of eighty miles an hour at Berlin. Ger
many. go,
A political meeting at Marseilles
France. in connection with the muni
cipal elections resulted III free hgh'
between the supporters of the present
Mayor. NJ. Chanot, and the partisan!
of the former Socialist Mayor, NJ
El0iSSinTaS
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CITY TO OWN RAILWAYS
Chicago Takes First Step to Get
All Public Utilities.
Votes by Three to One For Municipal
Ownership of Its Transporta-
ton Facilities.

Chicago. I!l.-Chicago voters went on
record in favor of ultimate municipal
ownership of the street railways. The
referendum question on this subject
was carried at the city election by a
large majority, and the vote was three
to one in the affirmative.
What is known as the Mueller law,
passed by the State Legislature, was
submitted to the voters. The enact
ment authorizes cities in Illinois to
construct, own, operate and lease street
railways and to provide the means
therefor.
The voters also ballOted on the ques
tions. "Shall the Council, upon tbs.
adoption of the Mueller law. proceed
to acquire ownership Of the street rail-
ways under the powers conferred by
the Mueller Iaw?" and "Shall the Coun.
Gil instead of granting franchises Ii
cense the street railway companies un-
til municipal ownership can be secured
and compel them to give satisfactory
service?"
In addition to choosing the Aldermen
and voting on municipal ownership OF
street railways. the voters ball0ted to
decide whether the members Of the
City Board of Education, now appoint
ed by the Mayor, are to be elected by
the people. This. too. was carried.
The municipal ownership proposition
was generally indorsed by the press on
the expectation that its carrying would
strengthen the city in it's negotiations
with the existing companies. and would
commit the city to the policy of "ulti-
mate ownership"
Everybody in Chicago has been in
Weighing bitterly against the means Of
transportation with which the city
has had to put up. and when the mat.
ter of adopting the Mueller law came
up, giving the city the right to proceed
to ultimate ownership practically all
the city's organizations favored the
proposition because they believed it
would put Chicago in position to get
favorable concessions out Of the COM
panies. which have been hanging out
for several years for the so-called
Ninety ;nine-Year act and other advan
tages which the city is arerse to Civ
ing.
AS for the vote on the proposition
which commits the city to the policy Of
going after municipal ownership Of the
street car lines at once. it is generally
agreed that Mayor Harrison is right in
saying this radical proposition was car
ried because the majority OF the voters
did not know what it meant. 1t was
the uneducated vote that put through
this proposition, as an analysis of The
returns shows. The vote is so heavy
in favor Of the question. however, that
it indicates a serious conviction on the
part of the city as whole that the
idea of municipal ownership is il good
thing as soon as it can be brought
about.
The radical proposition referred to is
that the City Council shall proceed at
once to acquire ownership of tile street
railways, now that the Mueller law
has been adopted.
The adoption of this proposition
means little, because it is absolutely
impossible for the city to put it into
execution until its debt incurring priv
iIeges are enlarged by the Legislature.
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Danperoua Exullerance.

A quaint and most disagreeable de-
tail, Of Lord Curzon's recent visit to
Koweit was the constant fusillade OF
ball cartridge kept up by his native
escort. It does not appear that any.
body, strange to relate, was hurt by
the bullets, which must have been
dropping all about in the surrounding
country. but it is quite common in that
part of the world for byytands-s to be
injured by these peculiar demonstra-.
tions of enthusiast. Blank cartridge
does not satisfy the feelings Of: these
races when they are excited; they
must, apparently: have the sensation
of danger as well. The pure negro, on
the other hand, even the Duhoman and
the Fan. is quite happy so long as he
may make a satisfactory noise.-Mon-
treal Herald.
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TURNER CASE ARGUED.
Supreme Court Asked to Pass on the
Anti-Anarchist Law.

Supreme Court Asked to PaSS on the
Anti-Anarchist Law.
Washington. D. C.-The first case CAL
culated to elicit an opinion from the
United States Supreme Court on the
provision of the act Of March 5. 1908,
prohibiting the landing in the United
States of theoretical anarchists from
other countries, was argued in that
court. The case is that of John Turner,
an Englishman. who. soon after land
inc in New York last October, was
taken into custody at the instigation Of
the Board of Immigration and ordered
deported Secretary Cortelyou affirmed
the finding. The Circuit Court for the
Southern District of New York refused
to grant writ of habeas corpus. and
sustained the constitutionality of the
act in question. The case was argued
for Turner by Clarence S. Darrow and
Edgar L. Masters. and for the Govern
ment by Assistant Attorney-General
McReynolds. The specific charge
against Turner is that Of advocating
anarchistic doctrine, but it is not al
legged that he has recommended the
assassination of rulers.
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College Notes.

The Carnegie Institute, at Washing
ton, has made grant of $500 in aid
of research work in the department Of
physical chemistry at the University
of Toronto.
Siyty-four students Of the Agricul-
tural College of the University of Wis
consin are out on Il tour Of inspection
of some of the principal stock farms
of Wisconsin.
Professor H. S. .Jacoby. of Cornell
University. is spending the present
term in the practical study of the
bridges of the chief railroads of the
United States and Canada.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-11
Prominel 1. People.

NJ. Bourguereau has been chosen
President of the Society OF French Art
lists.
NJ. Henri Cordier has been chosen
President of the Paris Geographical
Society.
The Rev. W. F. Garrison. associate
editor of the Christian Evangelist, mas
been selected President of Butler Col
lege, of indianapolis.
Pope Plus X. is a fine pianist, and
one of his favorite amusements is to
sit down at the piano which he has
installed at his private apartment and
rehearse some of his faVorite pieces.
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DOMESTIC.

Robert D. Meldrum, deputy sheriff.
shot and killed miner named Thlssel
in the boarding house Of the Tomboy
Gold Mining Company, at Savage
Basin, Col. Thissel came into the room
where Meldrum and several others
were sitting and began to use abusive
language. A little later he struck
Meldrum. whereupon the latter shot
and killed Thissel.
Jay H. Neff Rep.), for Mayor. and
the entire Republican ticket were
elected at Kansas City, Mo-. by 1000
plurality. The Republicans will prob.
ably control the new Council.
". J. Bryan lost his fight for $50.
600. Judge eager, from New Haven.
Conn, deciding that the sealed letter
is not part Of the will of Philo 5
Bennett.
The Capital Iona. Bank, of Guth.
rie. one of the oldest banking instl-
tuttons in Oklahoma. and Territorial
and United States depository, closed
its doors. It was placed in the hands
of the Controller Of the Currency.
Judge Kohlsaat, sitting in the United
States Circuit Court, of Chicago. ILL.,,
entered an order restraining the
officers and forty-one members Of the
Franklin Union No. 4 from interfering
with the employees Of the American
Color Type Company.
Application in Missouri for 4 pen
sion led to arrest Of man who killed
q constable in Iowa thirty-six years
ago.
The Socialists of Kansas have nom-
mated a full State ticket, headed by
the Rev. Granville Lowther, of W!ch-
ita, for Governor.
A fire which threatened the Board
of Trade district was discovered at
Montreal, Can. Before they could be
controlled the flames had destroyed an
entire business block and had done
$4,000 damage.
William B. Hanson. the leading wit
ness for the State of Wisconsin in the
prosecution o. Contractor Z. T. Web
ster, of Green Bay, for alleged Drib-
cry. testified that Webster offered
$500 if Hanson would leave the State.
BY the premature explosion of
DlaSt at the Southern Quarry Company
Works, at Fabers, twenty-three miles
south of Charlottesville, Va, four men
were blown to atoms and two were
injured. Friction in loading an eigh-
teen-foot breast hole in concrete rock
caused the accident.
Owing to an alleged technical error
the car barn bandits, Van Dine, Me
dermeyer and Marx We're resentenced
in the Criminal Court. Chicago, by
Judge Kersten. The bandits are to be
executed on April 22.
Mrs. Cordelia Bodkin was called as
the first witness for the defense in her
trial at San Francisco, Cal, for the
murder of Mrs. John P. Dunning by
means of poisoned candy. She denied
all discriminating evidence given
against her by witnesses of the State.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-11
News From tha Far East

Japan has now 100000 men on the
march.
The Russian General Staff has an
nounced that no more volunteers would
be accepted for the present.
officers and men of the Variag and
Korietz, which were sunk at Chemulpo,
were received jubilantly at Odessa.
The official japanese report of the
action at Chongju placed their losses
at five killed and fourteen wounded.
The Russians proclaimed New
Chwang under martial law. accord
ing to an official dispatch from Tient-
sin.
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COST OF PENSION ORDER.
About SII,200.000 Year, Commissioner
Ware Estimates.

Washington. D. C.-Pension Commits
sioner Ware. estimates that it will re-
quire 81, 100000 to meet the age service
pension claims that will be presented
to his bureau underline new regulation
between the date when the order goes
into effect and the close of the fiscal
year ending June 80. 1904. a period of
two and half months, or at the rate
Of above S7,20O.000 a year. The House
Committee On Appropriations received
this estimate from Secretary Hitch
cock, transmitted through the Secre-
tary of the Treasury. The Commits
sioner Of Pensions also informs the
committee that in addition to the ST.
100000 needed for age service pensions
he will require for the remainder Of
the fiscal year S2,500.000 more to pay
the pensions provided for in legislation
enacted by Congress since the last eS-
Inmates were submitted, making a
grand total of S4,OOO,O0O.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-11
BRITISH REVERSE IN NIGERIA.
Many Members Of a Punitive Force
Killed or Wounded.

London. England. - Meagre details
have arrived here Of heavy lighting in
Nigeria British West Africa) and of a
reverse sustained by the punitive eX.
peditlon sent against the Okpoto tribe.
which in December cut up 4 British
patrol, killing two British officers and
forty or fifty native troops.
In the recent fighting the Okpctos
fought their way into the midst of a
British square and killed or wounded
many Of the British.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-11
POSSE KILLED TWO BROTHERS.
Dead Men Resisted Arrest Engineered
to Stop Texas Feud.

Dallas, TexaS.-James and Walter
Herring, sons Of B. H. Herring, and
connected with the most prominent
families of Henderson County, were
killed at their home. near Athens, while
resisting arrest. Their father commit
ted suicide in the Athens jail in 1897,
and sensational feudist conditions have
existed since.
The Kennedys were particularly dis
liked by the Herrings, and one OF the
Kennedy women was talked to abusive
ly by the Herring brothers. Neighbors
sent notice to the officers at Athens
to come to the locality of the trouble
before the senendy men should start
out for vengeance.
City Marshal Wofford and posse
hurried to the Herring homestead.
James Herring surrendered his pistol
at the doorway and then knocked the
Marshal insensible with a blow on
the temple. Springins inside the house
he seized a rifle and fight began.
Sixteen shots were fired.
Walter Herring was killed instantly
and James Herring lived only two
hours. He had 5000 in his pocket,
which he presented to his six-year-old
daughter few minutes before he died.
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F1ucotion BreyitieS.

kiosaburo -Tutami. professor of en-
cheering in the Kioto Imperia! Uni
versity, Japan, is in the United States
studying certain branches OF civil ell
cheering.
\ new dormitory is to be erected at
Dartmouth College. The building Will
be three stories high, size 120 by 81.
made of brick. and will be one of the
best of the college buildings.
Late registration statistics place sy-
racuse fourteenth among the leading
universities of the country from the
standpoint of the number Of students.
The total this term is over 2200
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ri.

The man or affairs having come to
the age when. by all the canons Of
polite usage he should make an art
collection, he had recourse to connois-
seurs.
"Gentlemen." said he to these. 81
give you cart blonsh. but shall watch
you. If 1 find that you are filling my
house with a lot Of stuff that doesn't
bore me. shall drop you and get some
body else"
The connoisseurs listened respectful
ly, perceiving that they had an extra
ordinary mind to deal with.-Life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-11
Facts About tho Hair.

Red-headed people are less subject to
badness than others. A doctor ex-
plains the matter thus: The hair Of the
red-headed is relatively thick. one red
hair being almost as thick as five or
three brown hairs. With 10000 red
hairs the scalp is well thatched, where
as with the same number of fair hairs
one is comparatively bald. 1t takes
nearly 100000 fair and 10000 brown
hairs to cover adequately an ordinary
head.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-11
ExplosiOn Kills Three

An explosion in the Citizens National
Bank Building at Abba. Iowa. killed
three persons and injured several 9TH
ers. The explosion is supposed TO have
originated in the heating plant. Be-
sides the bank building. clothing
store and two grocery stores were de-
stroyed by fire. The financial loss is
G75 OOO
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-11
New Idea I'm Education.

The Committee of the Berlin Town
Council in charge Of the primary
schools is now proposing to spend
$250O every year for eight years fn
painting frescoes on the walls Of class'
rooms and corridors. These pictures
will be simple in character, and will
represent for the most part scenes In
German history. cil
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-11
A Politician Writes His Own Epitapt.

Herman Aston, a member Of the
Texas Legislature. was at the Gait
House last night, pensive, melancholy.
disheartened. because he is politician.
e "It's a hard fate tr be mixed up Ia
politics." he said. Always looking for
office. Always reaching cut for some
thing. Always getting so little If hon
est, so much if otherwise.
81 have told my wife that when I
die want her to put upon my tomb
stone the epitaph: Here lies Herman
Aston, in the only place for which ne
never applied" '"-Lousville Herald.
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FAST FIRING OF BIG GUNS.
Lieutenant Wilson Shoots a 13-inch
Rifle at Intervals of 3S Seconds.

Rifle at Intervals of 80 Seconds.
Washington, D. C.-Letters received
at the Navy Department tell of re-
markable record in gun loading made
by Lieutenant Thomas D. Wilson. or
the battleship Alabama. during the cur
rent semi-annual target practice at
Pensacola.
Lieutenant Wilson has charge Of one
of the thirteen-inch gun turrets. I'm
der his tuition his crew has become so
proficient that in actual target practice
a thirteen-inch rifle is loaded and fired
in thirty eight seconds. and at drill. be-
tween fires. in thirty seconds. 1t is re-
garded as good work to get thirteen
inch gun loaded and ready for firing in
sixty seconds. The Navy Department
is pleased with what Lieutenant Will
son has accomplished.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-11
Milwaukee Reflects Mayor Rose.

Mayor David S. Rose, Of milwaukee.
Wis. (Dem.), seems to be reelected be-
yond a doubt. One hundred precincts
out of III give Rose (Dem.). for Mayor,
2O.O3S; Goff (Rep). 1881; Berger lSoc.
Dem.), 12.3S7. Returns from the State
indicate that Louis X. Luse is elected
Justice of the Supreme Court.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-11
Millions for Salt Water Mains.

An appropriation of nearly $780,.
900. to equip the boroushs Of Manhat-
tan and Brooklyn with an auxiliary
system of saltwater mains to be
used in connection with fighting fires,
was voted by the New York Board OF
Estimates. Of this amount. about 3d..
100000 will be spent in Manhattan,
and Sl,5OO,OOO will go to Brooklyn.
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Carry Lincoln, Neb.

Republicans of Lincoln. Neb., elected
their city ticket by majorities ranging
from 600 to 100. The Republicans
elected four Councilmen and the Dem
ocratS three Democratic gain of one.
The proposition to vote bonds for :"
municipal lighting plant carried
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Sergeant-at..Arms Fatally Wounded.
At the Democratic convention at
Lawton, Okla. Colonel Hawkins. Ser
ceant-at-ArmS of the Legislature. was
fatally wounded by Editor Russell.
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Blowout Caused the Disaster.

The Pennsylvania State mine inspec-
tors attending the inquest of the Har-
wich mine disaster came to the conclu-
sion that the explosion which cost 17S
lives was caused by a blast being
blown out which set fire to the gas in
the mine
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-11
More Indictments For Land Frauds.

Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock
received word that sixteen additional
indictments had been found by the
Grand Jury which is investigating the
frauds in connection with the admin
istraton of the Timber and Stone act
In Wyoming and other Western States.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-11
Law Firms Get S1J, 900.

The law firms that handled the Fair
will case, in San Francisco, Cal, were
awarded $4,000 each in lieu of the
100000 fees which they demanded.
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Major Seely Reelected.

Major Seeiy independently was re-
elected without opposition to represent
the Isle of Wight Division Of Hamp
shire in the House Of Commons.
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HUNDREDS KILLED IN SUMATRA
Achinese Suffer in Battle With the
Dutch Troops.

Amsterdam, Holland.-A dispatch
from Kotaradja. Sumatra. says that
the column of Dutch troops winch is
operating in the Acheen district found
all the villages in Gaiooleas strongly
intrenched. A fight ensued between
the Achinese and the Dutch troops.
The enemy had 541 killed. The Dutch
loss was three killed and twenty five
wounded.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-11
COLLEGE WOMEN DROWN.
Five Persons Lose Life by Capsizins
of Boat at Tampa.

Tampa. Fla.-Five persons, members
of a pleasure party Of seven. from the
Florida Methodist College at Suther-
land. were drowned near AnclOte
Lighthouse The dead are:
Mrs. Walker, wife Of the President
of the college: Miss O'Connor, of At
lanta; Miss Slaughter. of Sutherland;
Miss McCray. of Sutherland Mr.. Bou-
land. of Sutherland.
President Walker and Miss Newton
reached the beach alive. President
Walker had taken the party out for a
cruise to the lighthouse, but met rough
weather and the boat was overturned
in the Gulf.
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Irish Member of Parliament Dead.
Thomas McGovern, Nationalist Mem-
Der of Parliament for the West Divi-
sion Of Cayan, Ireland, died at Cavan.
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After buying experience man seldom
boasts of his bargain.
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FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use OF DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. f2trtal bottleand treatisefree
DR.. R. II. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch st., Phila., Pa
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Pisos Cure Is the best medicine we everused
for all affections OF throat and lungs.-WM.
o. ENDsLEY, Vanburen, Ind, Feb. 10, 1900:
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Nothing makes a woman 80 angry as to
ask man for his candid opinion of her
and get it.
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Laughing Babies

Do not take opiates for GROUP, coughs. colds
and pneumonia, but take Hoxsie's Group
Cure, get well and grow fat. so cents.
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BABY AND $30O,0OO LOST.
Fire Destroys Fifteen Blocks in West
Tampa, Fla.

Tampa. Fla.-A fierce Gre. which
swept West Tampa. destroyed fifteen
blocks Of business houses and nearly
200 tenements, caused the death of a
Cuban baby and created a wild panic
among hundreds of men, women and
children. operatives in the forty cigar
factories located in the town.
The property loss exceeds $300.OOO.
Hundreds of families Of cigarmakers
are homeless.