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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
CLUB CANAL WORkMEN
Shiplcad From Martinique Frafer
Death 10 Panamas Terrors.
Barring Their Breasts, the Men Declare
They Will Perish Before Working
Under Deadly Conditions.

Colon, Panama Six hundred and
fifty laborers m Martinique, brought
here on the French steamship Yer
sailles under contract to work on the
canal, refused to disembark or to sub
nit to vaccination, which is imperative
under the American sanitary regula
tions.
The men clamored to be taken back
to Martinique, asserting that they had
been misinfOrmed as to the conditions
here before they embarked, and tina,
later they learned these conditions
were intolerable and deadly. How
ever, 500 of them were with difficulty
persuaded to land. and these were sent
to points along the line Of the canal
One hundred and fifty remained or
board and declined to leave the ship
under any consideration.
These men were forcibiy elected
from the vessel by Panama and Cana
Zone policemen, but not until nearly
every one of them had been dubbed
and several were bleeding from their
wounds. Z.
The French Consul at Colon, M. Bon
henry. appealed to the men to lister
to reason, explaining that they had
left Martinique under contract with
the canal zone emigration agent guar
anteeing the payment of their passage
here. and that while working on the
canal they would have in addition to
their wages the guarantee OF free
quarters and free medical attendance.
The men, however, were not amen
able to this reasoning.
Before noon. at the instance OF NJ
Raven, the agent of the company, and
of the French Consul, a squad Of Pan
aman police went on board the vessel
and told the men. that force would be
used if they persisted in their refusal
to disembark. Seeing that the police
were armed with bayonets and guns,
the men again barred their breasts and
said they preferred death rather than
be taken ashore.
The laborers at o'clock were in
formed that they would be given two
hours to reconsider their decision, and
at 4 o'clock three of them consented to
disembark, the others still holding out.
Then the Panama police, armed with
clubs, approached the laborers. and on
their refusing to leave the ship began
to club them right and left. The zone
pol. ,e, few minutes later, assisted in
the clubbing. but with better Judgment
and less indiscriminately. About fifty
of the laborers leaped into the sea, but
all of them were able to swim. The
captain, however. lowered a boat,
which picked them up. Nearly every
man had received blows and several
of them were bleeding from ugly
wounds.
Seeing that resistance was useless,
the men yielded, came ashore and be-
gan to eat the food which had been
placed on the dock in sight Of them for
several hours. At o'clock all the Ia
borers, who were in pitiable condi-
ton. were placed on board a train,
which left for Corozal, where they will
be put to work.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
DOMESTIC.

Secretary Shaw, addressing the Ohio
Bankers Association. at Cleveland,
urged that a more elastic currency
system be adopted.
The second tube of the New Jersey
tunnel under the Hudson River, at New
York City, was finished. ,,--.
About 200 delegates, representing
Massachusetts councils Of the Royal
ATcanum, at a meeting in Boston voted
to take legal measures to prevent en-
-forcement Of the new rates Of assess.
ment.
John D. Rockefeller gave $4,000. 900
in cash to the General Education
Board.
A Coroher's jury found that Cornell
ius A. Jackson, towerman, and Paul
Kelly, motorman, are criminally re-
| sponsible for the wreck on the 81"
train on September II, in New York
| City. ,.....
President Roosevelt will visit New
Orleans, La, October 90, returning to
| Washington on warsiip to avoid
| quarantine.
Judge Tayler, in the United States
Circuit Court, Cleveland, Ohio, ap-
proved the report of referee cutting
down the fees of lawyers who ap-
peared in the Cassie L. Chadwick
bankruptcy proceedings. .
John D. Rockefeller has boosted the
price of oil in Chanute, Kan, and Pitts
burg. In Pittsburg all grades were
raised, with one exception, from two to
Eve cents a barrel.
Professor L. Eddy, the oldest teacher
at the Kentucky State School for Deaf,
Danville, Ky, dropped dead while in
the schoolroom. Professor Eddy was
seventy y-five years old. He was noted
as an astronomer.
Bishop Potter frowned on the at
tempt of clergyman in the Diocesan
Convention, New York, to pass a reso-
luton condemniDg those blamed for
insurance scandals.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
MOTHER KILLS HER 7 CHILDREN
She Then Wounds Herself Mortally
and Sets Fire to Her Home.

Cambridge. Ill.-Neighbors of Will
lam Markum discovered that the
Markum house was on fire. Fastening
there to assist in subd"ing the flames,
they saw the bodies of Mrs. Markum
and her seven children lying inside
the burning building, covered with
blood. They succeeded in pulling the
bodies from the flames only to lind
them all horribly gashed. All were
apparently dead, but signs of life were
discovered in the woman and she was
restored to consciousness. She at first
said strange man had killed the
children and then set the house on fire.
Later, just before she died, Mrs:
Markum confessed that she had killed
the children with hatchet and had
attempted to kill herself with the same
weapon, but failing, had set the house
on fire.
After her death letter was found
addressed to her husband, telling him
she was going to kill herself and the
children; that she loved him and the
children, but believed they would be
better off and safer in the arms OF the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
BANK THIEF CONFESSES
Young Leonard Says He Stole $780,
900 to Give Financiers a Lesson.
Declares He Merely Desired to Show
How Easy 1t Was to Commit Crime
-Rubber Stamp the Clew.

New York City.-With the arrest Of
Henry Ambrose Leonard, son Of ex-
Sergt. John Leonard, Of the Police De-
partment, the mystery surrounding
the theft of S359,O00 worth of securi-
ties from the National City Bank is
cleared up. The prisoner made 4 COM
plete confession to the police and
Pinkerton detectives, and said, with
a considerable show Of pride in his
achievement, that he had given Wall
Street a good lesson in banking.
All of the stolen securities have now
been recovered. Within a few hours
after young Leonard perpetrated his
audacious theft he mailed part of his
plunder to Dyer Pearl, senior member
of the firm of Pearl & Company,
the brokerage house whose name was
forged to the check on which the thief
obtained the stocks and bonds from
the National City Bank.
The securities disposed Of in this
way by Leonard were valued at
S269,O0O. This left balance Of some
100000 to be accounted for. The
prisoner informed Superintendent
Dougherty, of the Pinkerton Detective
Agency, and Capt. McAuley. of the
Detective Bureau. where he had con-
cealed the $4,000 in securities. The
missing stocks and bonds were found
in wardrobe at Leonard's home.
Capt McAuley and Superintendent
Dougherty met the prisoners father
by appointment at Twenty third street
and Third avenue, and there he turned
over to them the securities.
It was the man from whom Leonard
brought the rubber stamp with which
TO make the certification on the check
that gave him away. He didn't know
who Leonard was, but he knew
enough to put the police and the Pink
ertons on his trail. After that it
wasn't the hardest thing in the world
to get him.
Young Leonard is a puzzle to the
police and the Pinkertons. he comes
of a thoroughly respectable family and
he had won the esteem Of his employ.
ers by his ambition to get ahead. He
even went so far as to study law
at a law school in addition to per.
forming his work in the brokers'
office. His family was absolutely
arcazed when he was accused, of the
theft.
Leonard told the police that he
robbed the bank to demonstrate the
careless manner in which banking
business is done and to show how easy
it was to cheat an institution like the
City Bank Of some of the millions of
securities daily passed in and out of
its loan department. That was all
he had in mind, he said.
All through the neighborhood in
which he lived nobody could--be found
who had heard anything bad about
the boy. He joined the Y. NJ. G. A.
on 125th street in order to get the
advantages Of the gymnasium. His
family say that he docs not drink or
smoke, and he has always been a
regular attendant at ST. JerOme's
Roman Catholic Church in the Bronx.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

The losses in life and property caused
by the recent typhoon in the Philip
pines are heavy. The coast guard cut
ter Leyte was wrecked, eleven Amer
| leans were drowned, and army posts
in the Southern islands were destroyed.
The loss on hemp plantations is esti-
mated at S1,000,0O0. .a.-
All Honolulu, drunkards have been
officially blacklisted, so that they may
be refused drink in the saloons. A cor
respondent states that NEARLY all on
the list are steamship mer."
Jap spies are studying the defenses Of
the Philippines, Spanish correspond
ent at Manila cables.
Felizardo, chief of the outlaws in the
Province Of Cavite, was surrounded
neaJ the Batangas border and jumped
over a cliff to his death. +.
The absence of a line of freight-car-
ryfnga craft between San Francisco,
CAL. Guam and, Manila throws all the
trade Of the islands into the hands of
japanese. '.-t ~. f.. -.
The commander of the Government
forces at Guam urges the necessity of
a system of water works in order that
bad sanitary conditions may be i'm
proved. The public school system is
we'll established and attended With
gratifying results. D.. ...
The aggregate custom collections at
Manila for the fiscal year ended June
30, 1905, were $6,S14,910 and for the
entire Philippine Islands the total col
lections were $S,263, ,444.
The Governor of Guam recommends
the establishing of two lighthouses on
the island .- .'% ~.
Commander G.. L. Dyer, Nayals Gov
ernor of Guam:i'in, his annual report,
says the natives are we'll pleased with
the sovereignty of the United States
and that there is no sentiment among
them for independent government.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
Labor World.

Nearly all of the flint glass factories
OF the country resumed operations re-
Gently.
Work has been resumed at the Stam-
ford Merthyr Colliery, New South
Wales.
The West Australian Government
has taken steps to reduce the amount
of labor carried on in the gold mines
on Sunday.
Victorian Premier Bent says he Is
going to spend 10000 in various pub
lie works to provide work for the un.
employed,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
GRANTS HUSBAND ALIMONY.
Orders Divorced Wife to Pay Him
$1,000 and $40 a Week.

Cincinnati, Ohio-For the first time
on record here husband has been
granted alimony. Judge Sam W. Smith
gave Mrs. Robert P. Newlin a decree
of absolute divorce from her husband
and the custody Of their three children
and ordered her to pay him $1,000 and
$40 a week. Newlin relinquishes all
claim to any share in his wife's prop
erty. Divorce was obtained for nom
support, and the alimony terms were
arranged between the lawyers.
Newlin is a dog fancier, and his wife
:. wealthy in her own right. She has
been supporting the family. They
were married in 1894, and are promin-
ent socially.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
RESTORED HIS HAIR

Scalp Humor Cured bv Cuticura sosp nnd
Ointment After All Else Failed.
81 was troubled with a severe scalp has
NOR and loss of hair that gave me great
deal Of annoyance. After unsuccessful Ell.
forts with many remedies and so-cailed
hair tonics, friend induced me to try
Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The hunor
was cured in short time my hair was re.
stored as healthy as ever, and T. can gladly
say 1 have since. been entirely free from
any further annoyance. shall Away use
Cuticura Soap, and keep the Ointment
on, hand to use asa dressingsfor the hair
and scalp. (Signed) Frsdk' Busche, 2l3
East 57th St., N. Y. City"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
Strikebreakers Ousted.

The New York subway strikebreak-
ers. imported by Farley, having served
their purpose, will now be discharged
by the Interborough Company. The
Interborough has asked the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company for thirty
competent motormen. and the Farley
aggregation will be disposed of as
quietly and quickly as possible.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
NcWsy Gleanings.

Kansas will have a $75,000,000 corn
crop this year.
A money order convention with New
foundIand has been signed.
An association Of hay fever victims
was formed at Jamaica, L. |.
Aunt Nell' Ryan, 105 years old. of
West Hoboken, N. j., says she feels
Just as young as she used to feel When
but thirty.
A man named May. from Norman.
Oklahoma, travelling in Western Texan,
walked five miles following :niragG
trying to get water for his mules.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
HELD FOR KIDNAPPING FARMER
Real Estate Dealer Accused Of Crime
to Gain $1,000.

Kaukauna, Wis.-Wenzel e. Cavot,
real estate dealer Of Green Bay. was
arraigned before Justice Schwin on
charge of kidnapping NJ. NJ. McCarty,
prominent farmer Of Kaukauna, who
has been missing since September IA.
Not being able TO furnish bond for
S12OO, Cavot was committed to Jail.
McCarty lived alone. His real es.
tate and personal property IS valued
at $1,000. When last seen he said he
was going to Green Bay. After he
had been missing about week Cavot
appeared on McCarty's farm with
bill of sale and began disposing OF the
stock. The instrument is in McCar-
tvs handwriting and is signed by him,
but contains the names of no Wit
neSseS.
Proceedings against Cavot were
started by McCarty's relatives.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
No Woman in the Abstraet,

L. Frankfort Moore says: 'There 10
no such thing as woman In the abb
stract. When you talk about woman
enthusiastically, you are talking about
the woman you love; when you talk
about woman cynically, you are talk
ing about the woman who won't love
YOU"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
NEW $40 COUNTERFEIT.

1t Appears in New York City-Longer
Than the Genuine Note.
Washington, D. C.-Chief Wilkie. OF
the Secret Service announces the dis
corery of a new counterfeit ten-dollar
United States ('Buffalo") note. 1t is
of the series of 1901, check letter B.
Lyons, Register; Roberts, Treasurer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
Girl Held Fast in Swamp Dies

The body of Lena Gill, eight years
old, who had been missing for five
days, was found in swamp near
Prescott. Ontario. She was sent by
her mother on an errand. Armed men
searched the country on theory that
tramps had kidnapped her. The body
was found with the feet fast in the
mud, the indications being that the
child had fallen from exhaustion and
died of exposure.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
The Mississippi Launched.

The new United States battIeshiD
Mississippi was launched at Cramps
shipyard, Philadelphia. Pa, in the
presence of crowd estimated at over
$4,000. Miss Mabel Clare Money,
daughter of the United States Senator,
christened the hull as it began to slide
down the creased ways to dip into the
Delaware River.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25

Kidney Pills, and the remedy cured
me so that have been well ever since,
and have had a fine baby, the first in
FIVE that was not premat,irely born"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
Hiring Infants.

Female street beggars In London, IL
they do not possess. children of their,
own, patronize house where infants
may, be hired, at the rate Of twelve
cents a dayifor EACH child.S The young
sters, are intended to arouse the sym
pathy of hearted pedestrians.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
Collections Improve.
Mercantile collections improve as the
season advances.
STARVING IN CAUCASUS.

Armenians. Fired Upon by Tartars
Cannot Till Land.
st. Petersburg. RuSsia.-Private dis
patches received here from Tiflis say
that conditions in the Caucasus are
depIorable The Armenans are starv
ing and are abandoning their property
because it is impossible for them t.
cultivate their land on account of tn.
manner in which they are fired upor
by the Tartars. despite the efforts o.
the troops who have been sent there t.
protect them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
Brothers Drowned in the Potomac

Brothers Drowned in the Potomac.
Two boys, Percy Dudley, aged ten
years. and George Dudley. sixteen
years old, brothers, were drowned in
lhe Potomac River, at Washington.
The younger boy fell from boat an
the brother leaped into the water to
save him. Both went down before
assistance could reach them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
Russian Vice-COnsul Fined.

Prince Engalitcheif. Russian Vice
Consul in Chicago, ILL.,, was fined 81
and costs by Justice Cayerly on a
charge of violat ting the city's automo-
bile speed ordinance. The prince
waived his right as member of q
foreign consulate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
MORE AMERICANS LOST.

Drowned With One Hundred and Nine
Others in Typhoon in Philippines.
Manila, P. 1.-The interisland steam
ship Canaberi. 1897 tons, was sunk
in the recent typhoon of Ticao Island.
one of the Visayan group. Apparently
all on board were lost.
She carried five Americans, one Span
lard and eleven native and Chinese pas
sengers, and a crew of ninety-seven
Weu and officers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
Safe Crackers Successful lob.

Burglars entered the private bank Of
c. B. Burnett & Sons, at Eldorado, ILL.,.
wrecked the vault and carried away
between $4,000 and $4,000 in currency
and gold. Many shots were exchanged
between the burglars and citizens, but
nobody was hurt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
Five Children Burned to Dea Ii

Five children were burned to death
In a fire which destroyed the home of
Frederick Adamson, Fort Dodge Iowa.
The father had gone to work auu the
mother was visiting a neighbor, leav-
ing the gasoline stove burning. The
children were playing in their night.
gowns when the gasoline stove ex
nlndad
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
10 YEARS FOR CARLTON.
Judge Aspinall Says Bigamist Ought
to Be Sent to Electric Chair.

brooklyn, n. Y.-Frederic E. Carl.
ton, who was convicted a week ago
on three charges of bigamy. and one
Of grand larceny, was sentenced to
nineteen years in Sing Sing by Judge
Aspinall. When he left the pen he
was followed to the courtroom by a
mob of men and boys. and again when
he was led from the court to the train
' for Sing Sing.
In sentencing the man, the Judge
characterized him as a murderer, a
villain, swindler, and a thief and
expressed regret that he could not be
sent to the electric chair.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
Tested Eyes Before Fight.

Surgeon-General S. Suzuki, of the
Imperial Japanese Navy, addressing
the convention of military surgeons,
at Detroit, Mich. tod how the Japan
ese surgeons before every engagement
carefully inspected the eyes of all gun
ners on the warships.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
Fright Killed Patient.

Fright over an operation which he
was about to undergo is believed to
have caused the death Of Andrew
PEBBLES. fifty-seven years old, in Grace
Hospital, in Chicago, III. While the
physicians were preparing their in
struments the patient died suddenly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25

"Tor!. years i
was run down,
weak, lameand
sore. The kid
ney secretions
were too fire.
quent. Then
dropsy pulled
up my ankles
until they were
q sight to be-.
hold. Doctors
gave me up,
but I began
using Doan's
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
sr,ll. II PAYS to Advertise.

When I start to read poem in
paper that I've bought and 1 find
quite pathetic and with true heart Il
terest fraught, oh, I'm quick to be az
mitting that it surely makes me ma
when find that I've been buncoe
info swallowing an "ad."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
New African Troubles.

Andrew De Wet, nephew Of the
Boer General. is said to have been ar
rested at Windholt. charged with plot
ting to aid the rebellious blacks ana
establish a Boer republic in Southwest
Africa.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
MANZANILLO SUFFERS.
Mexican Port Badly Damaged by
Storm.

Mexico City. - Official advices re
ceived here state that a furious storm
visited Manzanillo. doing great damage
to that city and port The new break
water was demolished and the termi
nal railroad washed away. The higf
sea almost flooded the town.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
Fair Autoist as Slayer.

Mrs. Edith NJ. Bailey, wife of .
wealthy manufacturer, of Cleveland,
Ohio. beneath whose automobile JOS
eph Broestle was killed, was held 10:
manslaughter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
Cigarette Law Unset.

In test case brought by an Omaha
(Neb.) tobacco dealer, Judge Day de-
clared unconstitutional the new anti
cigarette law in so far as it relates
to giving away cigarette papers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
SIX PERISH IN FLAMES.

Two Women and Four Children
Burned to Death in Home.
Edgington, W. Va.-Six persons-two
women and four children-were burned
to death in their home here at night.
The husbands of the women escaped.
Those burned were Mrs. J. Algo and
her three children and Mrs. Joseph
Cardelli and one child. Their charred
bodies We're recovered from the ruins.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
.tor,rtn of "Acr.u -

"Acre" comes from the Latin Eager
field, and originally was applied with
out reference to its size, the term being
used in England indefinitely for long
period. -1
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
To Retain Army in Far East.

Advicas from st. Petersburg, Russia.
say that 4 Russian army OF five to
eight army corps will be held in the
Far East
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25

Baron Komura Sails.
Baron Komura sailed from Far3ou-
yer on the Empress of India for yoko-
hama.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
sUFFERINcs UNTOLD.

A Kansas City Woinan's Terrible Exper.l
fence With Kidney Sickness. sl
Mrs. Mary Cogin. Goth st. and Cleve-
land Ave, Kansas City. Mo-, says:
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President Pushes Rate Question.
President Roosevelt has already re-
newed his campaign for railroad-rate
legisla ton.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25

Boston to New York by Electricity.
The New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroads order for twenty
FIVE electric locomotives. it was said,
means electrical expresses between
New York and Boston in the near fu-
are.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-25
Miss Gould's Big Gift.


Miss Helen Miller Gould has agreed
to give S150,000 for railroad Young
Mems Christian Association building
at st. Louis, No.