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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-15
WORST BLIZZARD IN YEARS
Severe Snow and Wind Storm Sweeps
Atlantic Coast.
NEW YORK CITY BADLY TIED UP

Railroad Trains Stalled on yearly Every
Line Running Into the Metropolis
Vessels Put Into Harbors All Along
the Shore From Maine to Hampton
Roads. Va.
New York City.-What all records
prove to be the severest winter storm
that ever swept over the Atlantic sea-
board-that is, the most extensive ever
known in the territory affected and the
damage done-reached the end Of its
fury in the vicinity Of New York City
ut s o'clock at night. and was followed
Immediately by a rapid fall in temper
AZURE, which at midnight was seven
degrees above zero. The snowfall and
the high winds, blowing from the
northwest and then from the north,
covered thousands Of square miles.
from beyond the great lakes to the
ocean, and extending to the New Eng
land coast and the interior. New York
City and it's vicinity came in for the
most furious swing of the storms lash.
So great was the snowfall and so
high were piled the drifts that that
city practically was isolated from out
side communication by rail. The New
York Central Railroad, with the ex-
ception of three local trains to White
Plains, was tied up completely. The
famous Twentieth Century. drawn by
one of the most powerful engines in
the world. was stalled at IrYingt0n on
the Hudson.
The New York. New Haven and
Hartford was in tile same condition as
the Central.
Not a wheel was turned on the Long
Island Railroad. 1t was the. most COM
plete tie-up of that system on both it's
north and south branches ever known.
The blocking was so complete that 4
mild famine in New York became i'm
minent. The Pennsylvania. the Erie,
the Jersey Central and the Lacka-
wanna roads, while a little more for
tunate than the roads whose tracks
were covered with mountains of snow
in New York State were hampered,
and all their time schedules were dis
arranged greatly.
The entire coast line. from Hampton
Roads north to the bleak shores Of
Maine, has been devastated. The crew
Of a schooner had 4 thrilling escape.
Two British steamers were driven
ashore in Chesapeake Bay. The wind
vas blowing at the rate Of seventy
two miles an hour off Cape Cod. and
hundreds of craft were in peril. All
harbors from the Delaware capes to
Portland were filled with Stormbound
fleets. The storm extended inland
through Maize, where the mercury
fell to a point lower than is remem
bered in twenty years.
On the Jersey coast the intense cold.
and the binding, cutting SNOW made
it impossible for the lite-savinS guards
to make their regular patrol, so that
grave concern was felt for the safety
of 4 score of craft that might have lost
their bearings in the great white pail.
which spread far out to sea and Closed
them in.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-15
Changed In Transmission.

At the beginning Of the past sum
mer 4 certain ~well-known literary
woman in the West repaired to the
shores of one Of the lakes of Michigan
there to prepare her cottage for occu'
pancy during the heated term. Before
going she had arranged with her hus
band to cause a lot of household goods
to be packed and forwarded bs
steamer.
Pursuant to Instructions, the husband
personally supervised the packing OF
the various effects needed for the cot
tage in Michigan, even going down t.
the dock to see that they were duly
conveyed on board the steamer. More
over, as requested by his wife. he tele
Sraphed what he had doEe. "Lares anG
penates on board" wired he; twill ar
rive tomorrow morning"
When his wife received the telegram
she read:
Lard and peanuts on board. Will
arrive tomorrow morning.'-Harper':
Weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-15
Red-Capped Castorns Officials.

According to a recent decision OF tht
Treasury Department, the customs OF
fcials will wear a red cap after May
/. The reason Of this is the difficulty
experienced by travellers in finding
these officials on the wharres in the
crowds which are usually present upor
the arrival of q vessel. The customs
inspectors all wear uniforms, but eTer
then it is difficult to pick them out
but the appraisers are only designated
by means Of a small badg" worn or
the lapel of the coat. With a red cap.
these officials will all be readily dis.
cernible and the business Of the office
will be greatly facilitated.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-15
DOWN TO Perkins,.
Some Ground and Lofty Lying Heard
Around the Stove.

| The usual crowd Of d]rcppers-in was
! sitting in Perkins store. down VIII
! Jamestown way. The extract of old
! Rope and Rough and Ready was flow.
ing in streams that threatened &c
swamp the box of sawdust that an
swered for 4 cuspidor. Old Perkins
was busily engaged in soaking the
brown sugar in order that it might
! weigh enough to satisfy his particular
trade. The cat had felt the effects OF
the cold spell and was contentedly
| licking her paws as q lay beneath
; the stove conniving how to steal o
sausage without old Perkins catching
her. "Say, Mark" spoke old Jim Az
| 20. the weather %forecaster for Will
Jamestown district, dye know this
: amt nuthin' like as cold as twas the
winter I moved here? Why, this amt
| nuthin'."
"Why, I should say faint cold TALL
replied Mark Brice, the man from
down East; why, dye know, Whar l
cum from this is like spring. Why,
the thermometers only 2 degrees be-
low zero. Why, down in East thar it's
zero in June. No, this amt nuthin'."
Old Perkins looked up from his task
and a frown bedecked his ~countenance;
but past experience had taught him
that a still tongue in a crowd like that
! made a wise head.
Jim Brown edged closer to the stove.
,"Why," said he, 81 remember back in
10 that it was so cold right yer in
Williamstown that the steam cars were
50 frozed that every time the engineer
oloWed his whistle it made a icicle that
long that it couldn't turn the curve
down thar by the edge of the woods,
and me and Sam Bradley had to go
down thar with saws and saw the ice
often his whistle, and we got enough
ice from that engine alone to supply
Snyder's ice-cream factory with ice
for a year. Nav, this amt cold"
A perceptible move toward the stove
by all hands followed this remark.
"Cold?' queried Hez Whartonby:
"why, blamed eff I can't go back to '61.
when it was so cold that I went out
to milk the cows, and the fust one that
I started on got frozed to the bucket,
Just as soon as the milk would start to
flow, why. the thing would freeze, and
there was nothin' but a icicle Of milk.
which froze the cow to the bucket
Wal, I was skeered, but ME and Mandy
gets the Ak and cuts it in strips and
carries the icicle to the house. And
I don't care if you believe it or not,
we had enough milk in that icicle to
last all winter. When Mandy wanted
milk for the table, she'd take 4 hatchet
and cut a piece off. Why. that was
froze SO hard We kept it alongside thu
stove all winter, and ' think I got q
piece Of it home yet. Nav, this ain'I
cold."-Philadelphia Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-15
FOREIGN.

The strikers, who numbered nearly
: 200, 900, were simply awaiting the in
fuence of public opinion or the coal
mine proprietors and the efforts of tie
German Government to assist in tic
settlement.
Finland can have all, the guns it
wants when the time comes for revolt
against Russia, it was reported. These
arms were partly procured in England.
! Arms will also be supplied to Poland.
China's reply to Russia's charges. of
q violation Of neutrality was presented
to Secretary Hay. 1t is a general de-
NAL. Counter charges against Russia
are set up.
Grand Duke vladimir. of Russia, OF.
dercd 500 machine guns from 4 Ger
nan factory.
Three Austrian Army corps moving
to the Galician frontier gave ground
for the theory that half IL dozen Rus
sian provinces may be "pacihed' into
Austrian territory. r
American warships were sent to
SaEto Domingo to enforce the protec-
torate upon the insurgents.
Empress Eugene, q special cable CHS
patch stated, is making a tour in Egypt
and has been welcomed by the Suez
Canal administration.
\ special cable dispatch from Rome,
Italy, announced the Coath CT Prince
Ceschi, Grand Master of the Knights
OF Malta.
The resignation of tie Combes Min
istry was accepted by President LOU
bet Of France.
Baron Gautch. new Austrian Premier,
in opening the lower house OF TIE
Reichsrath made an effort for recon-
citation of the Germans and Czechs.
Six persons were killed and nine Sc
riously injured ir 4 collision OF three
trains on the Midland Railway, kEg-
land.
Chancellor Won Buelow. in 4 speech
in the German Reichstag, referred TO
the action Of President Roosevelt on
the regulation Of trusts.
Rudolf Siemering. the German sculp-
tor, is dead. .
Tile controversy between the Cabinet
and court in Belgrade has become Sc
we're. 1t was expected that the regl.
eide party would succeed in controlling
4 new Cabinet.
In the fire at tine Duodo Palace, q she
cial cable dispatch from Venice said. 4
portrait of the Doge Francesca by Tin
torettt was burned.
Prince Syiatopolk- Mirsky induced the
Council Of Ministers to vote to consult
with representatives of the zemstYos
in regard to carrying out the reforms
promised by the Gar. and will prob.
ably retain his portfolio for some time
as q result of the victory.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-15
Divorce

A lawyer making a specially Of di-
vorce cases was recently consulted by
4 woman DESTROYS of bringing action
against her husband for separation.
The lady related a narrowing story
of her ill-treatment at the hands OF her
better half. Indeed, the lawyer was
so impressed by her recital of woes
that for a moment he was startled out
of his usual professional composure.
"Madam" he exclaimed, "from what
you say, I gather that this mar is 4
perfect brute"
Whereupon the applicant for divorce
rose with dignity and said:
"Sir, I shall consult another lawyer.
I came here to get your advice as to
4 divorce, not to hear my husband
abusedr'-Harper's Weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-15
"8ooking" After-Dinner Oratory.

Mr.. Carl Hentschel calls my atten
ton to an experiment tried the Other
day at the annual dinner Of the Bar
tholomew Club, and 1 think I canno'
do better than commend it to the atten
ton of all gentlemen who get up pub
/: dinners. On this occasion all The
speeches were taken as read'-that il:
to say, they were printed in q little
book. which was distributed to tho
guests. This is nothing less thar
':epoch-making.' If the idea is gen
orally adopted, as I sincerely hope il
may be, a public dinner may CEASE tt
be Il terror to the people who have II
make the speeches, and to the people
who have to listen to them. 1t alst
seems likely to tend to the elevation
of af~ter-dinner oratory. AT any rate
the Bartholomew Club speeches, so IA,
as 1 have studied them, reach a mucf
higher standard than Il is accus
toned to on these occasions.-Londor
Truth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-15
AN EMPEROR'S POEM:

Every educated Japanese is supposed to
be proficient in writing with his brush i'll
india ink one of those charming little
poems which crafty the national arb taste.
The following poem was written for the
iPeeresses' School of Toxic by the En-
Iperor of Japan. 1t was translated by, Ar
thur Lloyd for the Independent, by whose
permission it is here used:
. WISDOM'S GOAL.
BY M~UTsUHITo.
: His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. .
The water placed in goblet, bowl or cup
Changes its form to it's receptacle;
And so our plastic souls take various
shapes.
Aud characters of good or i'll, to fit.
The good or evil in the friends we choose.
Therefore be ever careful in your choice OF
friends,
And let your special love be given to those
Whose strength of character may prove the
whip
That drives you ever to fair wisdom's goal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-15
A Lock For Speech.

History records sundry criminal pro!
caedings reporting the attiXing of pad;
locks to a human beings mouth. In
Hungary this was the ecclesiastical
punishment for uttering blaspEemy.
The same crime was punished in Spain
By tearing out the culprit's tongue,
in France by braiding the tongue, is
Holland by piercing the tongue with
nails, etc. In the ancient grave a
padlocked human face was discovered
recently, and 4 few days ago it was
put on exhibition in tine National
Museum in Budapest. The staples
we're driven through the bony part Of
the face at both sides of the mouth;
Antiquarians say the lock is dated
from the end of the sixteenth century.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-15
DOMESTIC.

Captain Van Wart. pilot Of the Cen
cral Slocum, and Supervising Steam
boat Inspector Rodie were witnesses at
the trial Of Inspectors Lundberg and
Fleming in New York City on charges
Of manslaughter.
A lone robber entered the p%hctogra-
phic studio Of Rudolph Wilhelm on the
eighteenth floor Of the American Tract
Society Building. in New York City.
struck Wilhelm unconscious with a.
sandbag and escaped with small roll
Of bills.
Tile diamonds and other jewels, val
ued at $4,000. which were stolen from
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Edey. of New York
City, in their apartment in the Hotel
Maryland, Pasadena. CAL. were found
by the police. Carl Wilson, another
Hotel Maryland bellboy, was arrested
and told the police where the thieves
had buried the gems.
Twelve charges on which the i'm
parchment of Judge Lacombe, of the
United States District Court, is de-
manded were sent to every RepEeseE-
tative in Congress by the law firm Of
Watt & Dohan, Of Philadelphia.
The Rogers Locomotive Work. at
Paterson. N. j., have been sold to tn"
American Locomotive Company.
w. J. Bryan argued at New Haven.
Conn, his appeal in the Bennett will
case. :
Judge George W. Ray denied that he
was responsible for the delay il bring,
ing George e. Green. of Binghamton.
n. Y, to trial for completely in postal
frauds. "
Raids on three storage warehouses
in New York City yielded two large
van loads and FIVE wagon loads Of GAM
bling instruments. the largest haul il
one days work in the history Of the
city.
Mr.. Takahira, the japanese Minister.
said that one of the things Japan was
fighting for was China's administrative
entity.
Delegate Randall, OF Wyoming. who
CHARGED President Mitchell with hay
ing sold out the Colorado miners. was
expelled from the United Mine work
ers of America.
S. C. T. Dodd, for thirty years gen.
eral solicitor Of the Standard Oil Com.
pany, resigned.
In the cases of Policeman Frank Nc
Laughlin and Policeman Devanna. OF
New York City, both on trial for muir.
der, the juries found both guilty of
~manslaughter in the first degree.
Widows and orphans Of the General
Slocum disaster attended the trial in
New York City Of the inspectors.
charged with the responsibility for the
disaster.
Through Chancellor Whltelaw Reid
a petition was presented to the Regents
of the University of the State Of New
York, asking the removal Of Me'v.l
Dewey, State librarian.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-15
GRIEF KILLS A RUSSIAN.

Didn't Hear From His Family in st.
Petersburg and Feared the Worst.
Philadelphia, Pa.-The revolt in Rus
sla 50 preyed on the mind Of Joseph
Kochcnski, thirty-four years old, OF
1865 Salmon street, as to undermine
his health and cause his death.
Kochenski's wife and child are in
st. Petersburg, and lu0 to two months
ago he heard from them regularly.
Reading the newspapers of tie shoot
ing down CT women and children by
the Cars soldiers in the streets of st.
Petersburg, coupled with the non-&r-
rival of his usual letters, increased his
fears for their safety. At The Coro-
ner's inquest the tale OF the young
mans misery was told by fellow Work
CleI.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-15
BODIES DON'T FALL STRAIGHT.
Experiments in Mige Shaft Show That
Objects Are Detected.

Lake Linden, Mich.-No object can
fall from the top to the bottom, OF
one Of the deep vertical mining shafts
of the Lake Superior Copper district
except in a skip or cage. This has
been shown by experiments. covering
several weeks, conducted by United
States Government officials at No. 5
she TT Of the Tamarack Mine, 1880 feet
deep. e. :.
Steel balls were suspended over the
exact centre of the shaft openings.
brought to absolute quiet. dropped by
burning with a candle flame the
threads holding them, so that they
started straight toward the centre Oh
the earth in the line Of the shaft.
In every case. however, the balls
swerved and lodged on the timberlng
after falling from 1000 to 1000 feet.
Various theories are %propounded to ex-
plain the occurrence, the most plausible
being that the DETECTION OF the Dalls
is caused by the rotation of the earth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-15
REVOLT.
AGYices to Mobile Indicate Danger in
Puerto Cortez.:

Shlg ltso W NiOUllC lHuiSulC OoASS- ~
Puerto Cortez.:
Mobile. A,a.-Advices received here
by the steamer Espana, from Hon
duras, declared that 4 revolution was
imminent in Puerto Cortez and other
portions Of Spanish Honduras. The
Government at Tegucigalpa has taken
steps to forestall an outbreak. The
revolution is of an internal nature,
and trouble was feared. At Puerto
Cortez natives continuously engaged in
revolutionary talk. and it was the i'm
preston of many persons that they
were organizing for a revolt against
the Government in the near future.
Secretary of War Baraona, 4 week
ago, issued an edict requiring all per-
sons. of whatever nationality, leaving
the country to secure a permit from
his department. When the steamer
ESpana left the port Of Cortez the order
had been somewhat modified, in that
Commander Bu,nes Lad authority to
,ssue the passports.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-15
College Notes.

A dairy school has been opened in
connection with the University Of Cali
fornia.
Some additional features o. the Vale
Summer School will sooa be all
nounced.
The squad from which the cast and
chorus of the annual Columbia Var
sity show are to be selected has been
chosen.
Professor T. 4. Jagcar, Of Harvard.
Intends next summer to make 4 trip
70 Iceland for the purpose of studying
volcanic phenomena.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-15
JsPAN,S INTEREST KEEN.

Believe Russian Disorder May Have
an Important Bearing on the War.
Toxic, Japan.-The keenest interest
Is felt here in the revolutionary move
ment in Russia. The Japanese readily
understand what an important bearing
it may have upon the progress and
duration of the war and Of the Eego-
tiations that will follow it's close.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-15
MIKADO SENDS THANKS.

Tells Minister Griscom He Appreciates
Reception Given to Fushimi.
Toxic, Japan.-The Emperor gave au.
dfence to Minister Griscom and the tn.
tire staff of the American Legation.
Through the Minister the Emperor
sent a message to President Roosevelt
expressing his appreciation of the cour-
tesies shown Prince Fushimi BY the
President and the people Of America
upon the occasion Of the Princes re-
cent visit.
Minister Griscom replied that Prince
Fushiml's spontaneously cordial recep-
ton was the natural result Of His Mai
esty's felicitous expression of interest
in the st. Louis Exposition, to visit
which was one of the chief objects OF
the Princes visit.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-15
In Dominican Waters.

As the result Of a Cabinet meeting ut
The White House. in Washington, u.
c. and the arrangements Of tic Naval
Board. the entire Caribbean squadron
has been detailed for duty in Domtti-
can waters
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-15
JUMPS TO HER DEATH.

Brooklyn Woman, Crazed by Illness
Leaps From Bedroom Window.
New York City.-Whilc suffering
from temporary insanity following pro-
longed illness. Mrs. Eliza Jane gibbs.
of 35l Kosciusko street, Brooklyn,
threw herself from the rear window OF
her room Oh the second floor.
She was picked up unconscious from
the effects Of a fractured skull ana
other injuries, and on the arriya. OF a
physician was pronounced dead.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-15
Schooner Goes on Rocks.

The three-masted schooner Rodney
Parker. of Lynn, Mass, Captain Kan
dali, from Stonington, Me-, to Ne"
York City. with Il cargo Of granite.
went on the rocks at Simonton's Cove,
Portland Harbor. A tug took OF thP
crew.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-15

General Slocum Indictment Quashed.
Judge Thomas, of New York City.
1uashed the Indictment against former
inspector OF Boilers John W. Fleming
II connection with the Slocum disaS-
Ter. A similar motion in behalf OF
Henry L.undberg. Assistant Inspector
If Hulls, was denied.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-15
sEYASTOPOL ARSENAL CLOSED,

Naval Department Entirely Destroyed
by Mondays Fire.
Sevastopol.-The fire at the Admir-
atty works here was undoubtedly OF I'D.
eendiary origin. The naval department
was entirely destroyed.
The arsenal has been closed to fore
stall a strike.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-15
SenIenral For Bribery.

William Duke. said to have sold ap-
continents and promotions in the New
York City Fire. Police and Health De-
)artments, was sentenced to SIX
nnntha in nriSnn and fnph 500
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-15
wouldn't Accept.

Governor Ii Toilette declared that
&c would not accept his election a.
senator unless the railroad measures
Tor which he has been working are en-
acted by the Wisconsin Legislature.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-15
For Big Game Preserve.

Rotten Pond and 1000 acres sur.
rounding it, near Midvale. n. j.. were.
sold by the Metropolitan Museum. o.
New York City, to- Howard 2. Froth'
ingham and Pliny Fisk as a game pre-"
serve.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-15
Mrs. Duke in Prison.

Alice Webb Duke, wife Of Brodie l..
Duke, brother of the tobacco maSnate.
IVES sent to the TomDS prison III New
York City on the charge of swindlln9
q bank in Texas.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-15
st. Petersburg Besieged.

st. Petersburg was practically in 4
state of siege. General Trepof issued
l notice warning strikers to return to
work under pain of deportation. one
hundred and siXty-seven bodies were
buried in one cemetery in one day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-15
Smoot Refuses to Testify.

Senator smoot, before the Sena'e
committee, at Washington, d. c.. re-
fused to testify concerning the endUW'
mert ceremony.
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WARSAW CALLED TO REVOLT.
People Urged to Rise and Arm Them
selves From the Arsenals.

selves From the Arsenals.
Warsaw.-The events at st. Peters
burg have agitated the whole land,
for, in spite of official reticcnce and the
vigilance Of the police, they are De-
coming known throughout Russia.
A meeting Of laborers here declared
for the solidarity of laborers every
where, and demanded the immediate
calling Of a parliament.
Handbllls have been distributed
throughout the city preaching insured
ton and calling upon the people to rise
and arm themselves from the arsenais-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-15
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

Sorrow was felt throughout the isl
ands for the death of the American
Army officers recently killed in Skin
missiles with the Moros.