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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-29
HANNAH ELIAS ARRESTED
Woman Who Wheedled $685., 900 Out
of Aged New Yorker Jailed
With Axes and Crowbars the Doors OF
Her Mansion in Fashionable District
Arc Smashed in by Police.


New York tity.-The arrest Of Han
nah Elias. the negro adventures, in a
criminal proceeding. which has been
talked of ever since the aged John K.
Plat brought suit to recover $693,0OO
that be says she obtained from him by
blackmail. was finally decided upon
and effected about midnight. Her law
yer, who had waited at the house at
236 Central Park West until 1890
o'clock, had been gone about half an
hour when the battering down of her
front door began. Before the door
yielded she had time to dress herself,
but she hadn't done it. and she kept
the detectives waiting for a long time
before she was finally put into a cab
and driven to Police Headquarters.
Four detectives and two policemen
battered at the heavy oak vestibule
door for almost half an hour Before it
yielded. It then took but a few min
utes to force the inner door, the upper
half of which was glass. Pushing in
side the police lighted the gas on the
first floor, but found no n there. A
baby's cries could be heard from an
upper floor
DaShing up the stairs the detectives
found Mrs. Elias. not much excited.
She babe them wait until she had
dressed herself suitably for a night in a
Police Headquarters cell. and the po-
lice waited. A servant said that the
baby whose cries had been heard was
the child Of Mrs. Elias.
The midnight storming of the octo-
rooms castle followed a long confer
ence held at the house of John r. Platt,
at l East Fi%fty-fourth street. Assist
ant District Attorney Lord. Magistrate
Ommen. Mr.. Plat and his lawyer. Ly-
man E. Warren, were concerned in this
conference. An attempt was previous
~ made to get Plat to swear to Il war
rant charging the negress with eXtor-
ton. but he halted.
District Attorney Jerome declared
that unless Platt swore to a complaint
upon which a warrant could be based
he would make public all his informa.
ton regarding the case. and also what
he had heard of an attempt to effect a
settlement at half price or some other
discount.
At $50 o'clock p. m. Assistant Dis.
trict Attorney Lord and Magistrate
Ommen met Lawyer Warren at the
Plaza Hotel and the three went to
Platt's house. The ~octogenarian was
in bed asleep. but he was awakened.
A complaint had been drawn up set.
ting forth the allegations in the case.
All that was lacking was Platt's sigma.
ture.
1t was 1910 o'clock p. m. before Plat
finally agreed to swear to the com.
plant and then not without much per.
suasion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-29
Tragedy Provokes Riot.

Victor. Col.-Deadly rioting broke out
in Victor during a mass meeting held
to discuss the killing Of non-union mi
ners by the Internal machine at indie
pendence. Forty shots were fired into
a crowd in the str:::- R. MCGEE. Of
Victor. was SHOT de1d, and at least six
persons were injured. Crump, an at.
torney. and the special representative
Of Governor Peabody, was wounded
After the riotinS began Sheriff Bell or.
dered out all the soldiers in the region
and appointed 100 deputies. Soldiers
have already arrested $50 men. includ
ing three editors and printers of the
Record and City Marshal O'Connell
and put them in the 'bull pen" Gro
Gerry stores owned by the Miners
Union have been raided in Victor and
Goldfeld, and most of their goods
thrown into the street.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-29
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

The domestic postage rates have
been extended to the Canal Zone OF
Panama, as we'll as to Hawaii, Porto
Rico, the Philippines, Guam and Tu-
tuila, but will lot take effect until
postofices are established in the Canal
Zone.
The Bakers and Confectioners' In
tcrnational UIion recently issued its
first charter of Il local union OF the
craft in Porto Rico.
In Hawaii it is said that the sugar
planters are contemplating the erection
Of a sugar refinery to refine the pro-
duct of the various Hawaiian sugar
plantations. /.
Samuel NJ. Lindsay. Commissioner
of Education, and William +. VIII.
loughby, Treasurer of Porto Rico, ar
rived in New York on the steamship
Philadelphia.
In 4 decision by the Supreme Court.
at Washington. D. c., the right Of trial
by jury was denied TO residents of the
Philippines.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-29
DEFICIT INSTEAD OF SURPLUS.
Treasury Statement Shows Loss in
May Of S13O,472. .

Washington, D. C.-The Treasury
statement shows that the available
cash balance is $163, 2S7. SIG, a loss dur
ing the month of S57,631.672. Pay
ments of the Panama Canal and the
loan Of $4.600.000 made to the St.
Louis Exposition explain this large
falling off in cash.
The receipts for May were SAL.
6SS, 060, a decrease Of S2,425,910 COM
pared with May. 1908. The expen-
ditures for the month were $96,41S,-
472. Deducting the payments to the
exposition and to the Canal Commits
sion, the disbursements for May ag-
gregate S41,S1S,472, and reduce the
deficit for the month to S130,472. For
the corresponding month of 1903 there
was a surplus Of $4,000, 900.
The Secretary of the Treasury esti-
mated in December last that the sur
plus for the fiscal year which will end
with June would be $14, 900 900. The
indications are that the Secretary's
estimate of receipts will be realized,
but that the estimated expenditures
will exceed by several million dollars
the Secretary's figures. and instead Of
a surplus at the close of the current
fiscal year there will be q deficit.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-29
Turkish booksellers.

A writer who spent mu"h of his early
life in Turko- Ubser."d that Turkish
books and Booksellers were among the
curious features of the country. The
Turkish bookseller be said, has a
soul above trade. He rarely OF never
attempts to push his wares, and treas.
ures some of his more valuable books
so greatly that he can hardly be in
duced to sell them, although they form
part Of his stock in trade. Many Of
the books displayed by the bookseller
are in manuscript, which the old-fash.
Toned Turks esteem more highly than
print" The Koran lie may not sell.
He gives it away-in return for a pres
ent of its value in money.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-29
DOMESTIC.

Judge Russell. Assistant Attorney
General, JAILED for Panama to assist
in organizing the government OF the
canal one
A memorial meeting in honor Of Sam
uei Hoa- was held in Boston.
A tent colony for consum2tives. to
serve as an experiment, is being estab-
lished on the banks Of the Illinois
River.
z. C. Timanus was sworn in as sue.
cessor to Mayor McLane, Of Baltimore.
Three children Of John Gentry, OF
Bonneville, Ind. were killed by light
ming during a cyclonic electric storm
and three others were severely burned.
Agents Of japan inspected the Lake
submarine boat Protector at Bridge
port, Conn.
Judge Gray, of Delaware. made q
strong argument for international arbt.
tration at the Mohonk conference.
Seven men were killed on a trestle
bridge at Henderson. Ky, by a Louis.
Vile and Nashville passenger train.
After being adrift in the ice two
months. four Newfoundland fisher.
neil brought an abandoned American
herring schooner to port.
William Dean Howells, the author,
will have the degree of doctor Of let.
tiers conferred OIL lin by Oxford Uni.
Yersity.
Secretary Of War Taft was the
guest Of Kansas City, Mo-, and spoke
to a large crowd ut Convention Hall.
Charles VI. Schwab, former Steel
Trust President, sailed for Europe.
Samuel Rogers CallaWay. formerly
President o. the New York Central
Railroad, died from tile effects Of an
operation for. mas:oid!tis. 4
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-29
MILES M'DONNELL KILLED.
Man Who Killed Price in New York
City Shot by R. E. Preusser.

Man Who Killed Price in New York
City Shot by R. E. Preusser.
Albany, n. Y.-Richard E. P. Preus.
ser. Of the bucketshop firm of Preusser
s. Co.. shot Miles Mcdonnell dead at 1
o'clock a. m. in his room in the Hotel
Ten Eyck. They had been together all
day drinking. Mcdonnell was from
Boston. Originally he was from New
York City, where a few years ago he
shot George Price, a fellow gambler, to
death.
Preusser was taken to the Second
precinct station house and was locked
up. He refused to discuss the matter
afterward.
The shooting Of Mcdonnell occurred
in his room after he and Preusser had
a quarrel in the grill room of the hotel.
After the quarrel Preusser went to his
brokers' office and procured the pistol
with which the crime was committed.
He then went back to the Hotel Ten
Eyck. and with the pistol in his hand
asked for the number of McDonnelrs
room. Shortly afterward the clerk
heard a pistol shot and it was found
that Preusser had gone to McDonnelrs
room.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-29
N F. w S. o F.
THE WORLD
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

Judge J. G. Pritchard. Of North
Carolina. took oath at Washington as
United States Circuit Judge.
Miss Roosevelt. daughter Of the
President. returned to the capital from
st. Louis.
The President expects every member
of his cabinet to take the stump.
Secretary of the Navy Moody has
issued a general order regulating the
handling of ammunition at target prac-
tice on wal ships.
President Roosevelt decided to 60 to
Oyster Bay. L. l., on July 2, and there
receive notification OF his nomination.
Secretary Shaw ordered a counter
vailing duty on Chilean wines and
alcohol.
The Supreme Court declared the Fed
eral oleomargarinc law to be constitu-
tional. ~
The President signed a proclamation
providing for the opening of the coded
lands of the Devils Lake Indian Res
ervation, in North Dakota.
Acting Chairman Payne Of the Ma.
tional Republican Committee appointed
Senator Penrose as National commit
teenan from the State Of Pennsyl-
vania.
The United States Supreme Court re-
versed the Supreme Court of Indiana
j, the suit of a railroad against that
State.
Rear-Admiral Mortimer l.. Johnson
was retired for age.
The United States Supreme Court
adjourned until October.
President Roosevelt paid his first
visit since assuming the Presidency to
the Congressional Library at Washing
ton.
John Barrett, Cnifed States Minis.
ter to Panama. cal!sd Oh the President
to discuss Isthmian work.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-29
FOREIGN.

Mohammcdan persecution OF Amerl'
cans must cease, Secretary Hay as
serted.
Two regiments Of Pnnjabis, a noun.
tain battery and 4 detachment of en-
giueers have been ordered TO reinforce
the British expedition in Tibet.
The battle ship squadron of the
United States North Atlantic fleet ar
rived at J.isburn. from Cuba.
The Car OF Russia is indignant over
the attack made BY Prince Dolgorouky
Oh Minister Of Foreign Affairs Lams.
dorff. and has directed an immediate
examination Of the Prince in order
that it may be determined legally
whether he is sane.
; Dutch troops. after losing thirty
three nlcn, captured a native fortress
in Su!Gatra; 176 AchincSe were killed.
Former Mayor Seth Low. of New
York, was dincl in London by the
Pilgrims Club.
4 special cable dispatch from Paris
nouu the death at Cannes Of Mrs.
PolE. mother Of the Baronne de Char
cite auu 4 OcSSdIittdAI VI HHiie'"
Penn.
American Ambassador and Mrs.
Mccormick will leave st. Petersburg
soon for Il months rest at Carlsbad.
Tie British expedition into Tibet
captured four guns.
The difficulty between Great Britain
end Russia. growing out of the seizure
of Ca,iadian SealerS in the Boring Sea,
il 1892. was settled, Russia paying an
Indemnity.
ASi!l has just been presented in the
Senate Of Liberia for the regulation Of
polygamy.
President Loubet received Governor
Olell at the Elysee Palace. in Paris.
Tho battleships Kearsarge. Alabama
and Maine arrived at Lisbon. where
the>oficers were presented to the King
md Queen.
Secretary Hay asked France to use
its good offices in the rescue Of Perdi-
cards at Tangier. Morocco. Four q. S.
warships are now there.
Henry &ieckiewicz, the Polish nov.
elist. at present in Berlin, is going to
Mancluria for literary material.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-29
Naval Cadet

Samuel H. Baldwin, of New Haven,
Conn, who had passed his final exam-
nations for admission to the Aunapo.
lis Md Naval Academy, and would
have entered the institution regularly
on the day of his death, was drowned
at COLCHESTER Beach, where he had
gone on an excursion. The body was
recovered. Before coming to Annapo-
lis Baldwin was a freshman in the
Sheffield Scientific School.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-29
KILLS CHILDREN AND SELF
Mad Act of Joseph M. Pouch, a Re-
tired Undertaken of Roselle, N. j..
Father Killed Offspring in Succession
With Poison and Pistol After Writing
For q Neighbor to Lay Them Out.

Elizabeth, n. jim 4 rear room IL
the two-story house at 139 First ave-
nue., RoseIle, Lillian and Mamie Pouch,
aged seven years and eighteen months
respectively, are dead of carbolic acid
poisoning.
In an adjoining room il the body OF
their five-year-oId sister. Minnie. with
a bullet wound in her abdomen. A
thirteen-year-old brother. Albert, is in
the Elizabeth General Hospital. uncon-
scious, with a fatal bullet wound in his
right side.
The lives of these children were
taken by their father. Joseph NJ.
Pouch, who then shot himself in the
temple, dying almost Immediately.
Previously, Pouch had written to Mrs.
George 3. Reynolds, of Scotch Plains,
that he intended Ito send his children
where his wife had gone" His wife
died a month ago.
"All will be dead when you get here"
Pouch wrote. He gave instructions as
to how the bodies should be laid out.
Mrs. Reynolds received the letter dur
ing the evening. She ~telephoned to the
County Physician, DR.. +. W.. Wescott,
of Fanwood. who sent Justice +. E.
Wooley and Chief of Police kenEey to
Pouch's house.
They found the front door locked and
all the windows but II shut. When
they demanded admittance the open
window was slammed down.
The policeman and the Justice went
after Dave Hennessey. the night po-
liceman at Roselle, and brought him to
the house. Hennessey gave the door 4
kick. AS he did so a shot was heard
upstairs. then two more.
Rushing upstairs the men found
Pouch on the floor in a heap. Albert
and Minnie in bed III their night
gowns, blood streaming from their
wounds over tine sheets. The father
had put his children to bed before he
shot them.
In a letter Pouch had started, which
was found beside him on the floor, he
said:
Il have been hunted by everybody
landlord and everybody. Boss dis.
charged me to make matters worse.
Things do not go right. or this would
not have happened to-day. The bodies
of the girls will have 10 be embalmed,
but none of the rest; bury as soon
as"
He is a nephew of the Pouch who
built the Pouch mansion in Brooklyn.
His father was a wealthy undertaken
who disinherited this son.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-29
Personal Mention.

Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew is &
director of seventy-four companies.
Grand Duke Frederick of Mecklen-
burg-Strelitz, died, aged eighty-four.
Mrs. Mcclellan, wife of the Mayor
of New York, is most ~unassuming and
cares nothing for society.
Nine. Emma Mantle Babnigg, a
once famous operate singer. has just
died in Vienna. at the age of eighty.
King Victor Emanuel of Italy created
Sir Thomas Upton a knight Com
mander Of the Order of the Crown Of
Italy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-29
Mark TWain's Wife Dead.

Mrs. Samuel NJ. Clemens, the wife OF
MARK Twain the American author
and lecturer, died of syncope at Flor
ence. Italy. Half an hour before her
death she had conversed cheerfully
with her husband. The body will be
sent to the United States for inter-
ment. Mrs. Clemens was married in
1870. Her maiden name was Olivia
L. Langdon. She was born in Elmira,
n, Y,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-29
NewSy Gleanings.

Many persons were hurt in a riot be-.
tween whites and negroes in Philadel.
phia.
The New York City Mothers Club
amended its constitution to admit men
to associate membership.
The Ottoman Government proposes
to award contracts for the work upon
the continuation of the Hedjaz Rail-
road.
Marconi will establish a daily news
service to the Cunard liners, whereby
a daily newspaper will be published
while en- voyage.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-29
Prominel [ People.

Eugene n. Foss has given $4,000 to
the University of Vermont. The COL
lese holds its Tooth commencement en-
July G..
Eleven courses in forestry are Of
fered by the University Of Michigan
to its students the current year, as
against six last year, and o the
year before.
Miss Nettie Maria Stevens, Of Noun
tain View, Cal, research fellow in
biology at Bryn Mawr, has been ap-
pointed a research assistant by the
Carnegie Institute.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-29
LIGHTNING Kills Two Girls,

Two young women. Miss Mabel
Flanagan and America Mclaughlin.
were instantly killed by a stroke Of
lightning a few miles from Athens,
Ga. They were in a field. and just in
front Of them was q young man, AL
bert Flanagan. The bolt killed the
two girls instantly and the young man
vas knocked senseless, but will re-
cover.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-29
Sporting R-evities.

Terry AIcGovern and eddie HanloI
are pretty sure to conc together in the
ring shortly.
The Arsdale Golf Club. of Eas1
Orange. is to have its course length
ened from $500 to 5000 yards.
Thomas. a Freshman at Purdue. set a
new State record in the hammer throw
at Lafayette, Ind, hurting the weight
1873 feet.
FindIay S. Douglas, the metropolitan
Golf Champion, was defeated for the
title by Arden NJ Robbins, on the
Garden City links.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-29
Submarine Fulton 4 Success.

Naval men agree that the twelve
hour submersion test off Newport, r.
T.. of the submarine boat Fulton was
completely successful. The boat was
brought to the surface several minutes
after the required time had passed,
and the nine men on board said they
felt nothing the worse for their long
confinement.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-29
CAPTAIN WILDE A SUICIDE.
Army Officer in California Puts a Bull
let Through Heart.

San Francisco.-Captain Frederick
S. Wilde, u. S. A.. committed suicide
at Angel Island by shooting himself
through the heart. A telephone mes
sage was received from the island, but
it gave no details.
Wilde left several farewell messages,
one addressed to the wife Of Captain
John Madden. Mrs. Madden recently
came into prominence through the
court-martialling of Lieutenant Rob-
icllon for his alleged conduct toward
her
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-29
Republicans Elect Congressman.

Republicans have elected their Con-
gress candidates in Oregon by large
pluralities. Congressman Binger Herr
man, of Roseburg, Republican, has car
ried his district over r. NJ. Veatch,
Democrat, by from 5000 to 1000. John
H. Williamson. Of Prineville, Republic
can. Second District. will carry the
district by probably 10000 over J. E.
Simmons, Democrat.
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Mormon BiShOD Killed.

J. B. Ashcroft, of Fruitland. y. NJ.
a Bishop of the Mormon Church, was
accidentally killed while blasting rock
in the construction of an irrigating
ditch for the Navajo Indians near
F%ruitland. He was knocked from a
cliff by a falling rock, death resulting
instantly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-29
An International Leacua

An international league for the pro-
motion Of woman's suffrage has been
organized at Berlir Germany, with
Susan B. Anthony as President, and
Mrs. Gait, of Wyoming, as Secretary.
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Father and Five Children Drown

Alfred Lee and his five children. Of
Muskogee, Indian Territory, were
drowned while trying to cross a small
stream near the Arkansas River. Lee
and the children were in 4 wagon
which was turned over in fifteen feet
OF water.
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Z. S. MARINES IN MOROCCO.
First Show of American Force in
Africa Since Deca .ur'S Time.

Africa Since D%eca.ur'S Time.
Washington, D. c. United States
marines were landed at Tangier.
1t was the first display of American
force in Africa since Stephen Decatur,
just 100 years ago, whipped the Bar
barry prirates into Submission.
Admiral Chadwick cabled to the
Navy Department:
Il have placed a guard at the Bel
gian Legation, having been asked to
do so by our Consul-General here"
1t is presumed here that the Belgian
Legation is on the outskirts of the city
and exposed to native raids.
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1000, 900 Pounds Of Tobacco Lost.
Fire at Danville. Va. destroyed
three warehouses and 100000 pounds
Of leaf tobacco. The American To
bacco Company was the lessee of all
the buildings. Loss, 100000, covered
by insurance.
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Expect Heavy Fruit Crop.

The expectation Of a coming heavy
fruit crop is causing some of the Mary
land steamboat companies to refuse
charters Of their boats for excursions
this summer.
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Combine.

According to Chicago dispatches
broommakers have agreed to combine
the seventeen or eighteen plants in
the National Broom Company. with
a capital of $1,000, coo.
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Man Stoned 20 Death.

George Staley, a young business
man, was stoned to death at Chester
field, Ind. His assailants have not
been identified, and their motive is
not known.
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Dewey LAYS COrne stone.

Admiral Dewey laid the cornerstone
of the Naval Academy chapel, at An
napolis, Nd. and Secretary Moody
made an address.
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Whisky Explosion Kills Ten,

Ten men were killed. a score injured
80. 900 barrels of whisky destroyed ana
5000 cattle burned to death in an eX
plosiou at the plant of the Corning Dis
tillery Company at Peoria. III.
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KILLED BY A CHARIVARI.
Bride Dies After Three Days Of Cele.
bration by Fool Friends.

La Crosse. Wis. - Worn and dis
turbed by q three days charivari, fol.
lowing her marriage, Mrs. William
Asselin, aged twenty, died from brain
fever. She was formerly Miss Mary
Lapene, of Durand, a country girl.
She was unused to boisterous excite.
ment, and it is believed the unusual
scenes were the direct aus of her
dpoth
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Cut in Wages Postponed.

Cotton goods manufacturers in Fall
River. Mass. decided to postpone in
definitely the proposed cut of ten per
cent in t.e wages O. employees.
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Good HAY CrOn.

In the principal hay producing States
the condition of this crop is good.