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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-08-23
Bathers in Frenzy

frenzy ,yonu power Of workaday
phrases to describe seized the 5000
Brighton Beach bathers when the
lighting flashed from the shower
screened sky to lie high fagpole in
front Of the baths. Thousands still
were on the open beach, for the rain
had not become heavy enough to inter
fere with the pleasures Of the surf.
Hundreds had already taken shelter
under the broad boardwalk.
The additions to the crowd on the
sand, canopied by tie promenade. in
creased in size and frequency so rap
idly from 430 clock. when the rain
began, tnat' in a few minutes they
we're huddled closely. Denwitta,
Frankel. the Demmerle brothers and
tteir cousin Wasch sat in a semi-circle
about the base CT the pole. All of the
five. save Frankel. were in their bath
ing suits. They leaned against the
pole and WATCHED the rain. chatting
meanwhile With one another and with
girls in the ring O.. men and women
next them.
There was not even the eve-stiliinS
fash accompanying the descent of the
bolt, so far as those under the boards
were concerned. Piercing the planks.
the flagstaff lowered above the walk,
and the fash had sped from the top to
the section below the walk before any
OF the refugees from the rain saw it..
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John Apple, ffty-two years old, No.
1SS Fortieth street, Brooklyn; Miss
Tina Christensen, tWenty-three years
old, No. 455 Pacific street, Brooklyn;
burns on left shoulder and back: Miss
Mary L. Curley, twenty years old, No.
$50 Gates avenue, Brooklyn; burned
about both feet; John J. Dunn. twenty
one years old, No. go Bedford avenue,
Brooklyn; both feet burned; Miss Car
oline Krohn. nineteen years old, No.
379 South Fifth street, Brooklyn;
burned on back and feet; Daniel Nc
Carthy, No. 3O6 Twelfth street, Brook
lyn, shock; David Mills, twenty-one
years old, No. 10 Fillmore place,
Brooklyn; both feet burned; William
kalzweiler, thirteen years old, No. 197
Bush street, Brooklyn; shock and
burns; Isaac Reiss, tWeIty-seVen
years old, No. 100 Dean street, Brook
lyn; ruptured ear drum and burned
scalp; Mrs. Isaac Reiss. same address;
burned about the feet and body; Mrs.
Amelia Schone. fifty years old. No.
No. sos East 142d street, the Bronx;
shock and temporary loss of memory.
The disaster threw into panic G000
men, women and children who were
bathing in front Of the Parkway Baths,
and for time the police were power
less to control the crowd. Those who
had escaped shock ran to and fro Look
ing for relatives and friends. their
shouts and screams piercing the thun-
ders rumble, the roar Of the wind
dashed surf and Y;e rush of rain that
speedily followed the fatal lightning
stroke.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-08-23
A Commanding Figure.

Standing on the port side Of the ship
when the party from the cutter board
ed her was the commanding figure OF
NJ. Witte, who is almost universally
admitted to be the foremost MAN III
Russia. His personality is striking
and commands instant attention, al:
though he looks little like a Russian.
He is a man of heroic proportions, be-
ing more than six feet tall and OF
heavy build.
His head and face .tronsly resemble
Roscoe Conkling's. With his quiet
dignity is manner which seems al
most like settled melancholy. This
impression is heightened by his eyes.
which are particularly soft and kindly
and sad A sparse, griZEled beard coy
ers his face and his hair Is gray and
quite thin behind.
He wore a wel-littine; suit of gray
ish tint, a round Panama hat. upstan'-
ing collar, a ready-ted black four-in-
hand scarf and brown silk gloves. He
leaned heavily on a black malacca
walking stick
NJ. Witte was the lion Of the ship o.,
the voyage, and his affability, his con-
tinued good humor and bis democratic
ways were commented on freely
Every day, and for the greater part OF
each day. he was N the cafe and the
salon, where lie evidently tool; much
pleasure in conversing on many sub
jects with those who spoke French.
In none of these conversations was
the subject of the peace conferences
touched on unless NJ. Witte gave some
encoura cement to such trend in the
talk, and it was said that no one
abused his affability to the extent OF
asking any impertirent questions.
The envoy and his suite dined in
their private dining "oom, but on the
occasion Of the Captains dinner one OF
the passengers at the Captains table
offered NJ. IVitte his seat. He accept
ed on the condition that he should hot
be expected to. wear evening dress or
make an address. and il return asked
the gentleman who male the offer to
dine with him in his pirate suite.
AS the ship passed uo the lay and
the skyscrapers of the city came into
view NJ. Witte expressed desire to
go up on the bridge and view. the vast
panorama Of Craft ard e1ifce. He and
the reporters and the secretaries Of the
party went up to tEe pace where The
Captain stood, and as each of the great
buildings was pointed out to him be
expressed his delight and wondermeEt.
AS the vessel came Up to the dock
the band on board played the Russian
national anthem. There was great
roar from the pier. where a crowd OF
Russians who had followed the vessel
in the tug Lewis Pulver up the bay
had gathered. When the gangplank
was let down there was a rush of these
members of the Slavonic Society to get
IN board in order to perform the rites
Of "Chleb a Sui the ancient Slavonc
custom of presenting bread and salt
to the guest.
4 slight accident to the running gear
Of the. vehicle in which they were be-
ing driven to the st. Regis caused VI.
Witte and his secretary to change to
another cab ut Twanty-thlrd street and
Broadway.
NJ. Witte and the members Of his
suite were guests at IN informal dinner
given that night by Baron Rosen at the
Union Club.
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DOMESTIC.

Commander Kamimura, Of the Jap.
anese Navy, arrived in New York City
on his way to England.
Baron de Rosen, Russian Ambassa-
dor, was guest Of the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. N. Y.
The California %ArroW. an airship.
made a successful fight at Brighton
Beach, New York.
, New York, State Attorney General
Mayer sued the Equitable Life and its
directors to compel restitution. of mon
eys "wrongfully acquired, lost or vast,
ed" and the application Of the surplus
for the benefit of policy holders.
In a dense fog and high sea the D9.
minion. Atlantic Railway steamer
Prince George went ashore on sand
bar in lower Boston Bay, Mass.
Angered because be had been awak-
ened, Wesley Deal, colored. beat his
wife to death near Annapolis, Md.
Los Angeles, Cal. is to start on a
new water system that will insure for
all time an unlimited supply, the esti-
mated cost being S23, 100000.
District Attorney. Jerome, Of New
York City, in public statement which
defies and condemns local political fac.
tions and party bosses announced his
candidacy for reelection as an indie.
pendent. l:
Health Commissioner Darlington. of
New York City, in an exhaustive re-
port, to Mayor Mcclellan plans the
construction Of a $.7,000,O00 filter sys-
tenn for the city's water supply, saying
it Is the only way to prevent typhoid
fever.
The Adjutant-General, Of Massachu.
setts, at Boston. refused to allow Can.
adian troops under arms to enter the
State.
More deaths occurred among the
Bennington victims at San Diego, Cal.
Examination Of the gunboat showed
that only one boiler had exploded and
the ships hull was not materially dam
aged.
After q very simple ceremony the
body of Daniel s. Lamont was placed
in a tomb in Woodlawn, N. Y. .
The Japanese Consul-General, in
New York City, expressed suspicion of
q plan to present an album of news
paper clippings to-: the Emperor of
Japan.
A fire broke out in tie electrical
room of the liner Teutonic while in
dock at New York City. ...
Workmen declared that mine Of ce.
ment rock had been found in the
shafts for the Pennsylvania Railroad
tunnel in East Thirty fourth street,
New York City.
President Roosevelt visited the Sea
Breeze Home. an institution for tuber
culous children at Coney Island. n. Y.
The new Chief of Police Of Chicago,
ILL.,. made many gambling raids.
A reprieve was granted Johann
Hoch, who was to have been hanged
in Chicago, ILL.,, for wife murder.
President Morton discharged Archi
bald G. Haynes, the Equitable's chief
general agent for New York.
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You can't make believe that chiv.
airy is obsolete, or eff"te, or whatever
they call it," said woman who had
Just returned from the West. The
Washington Post tells her reasons for
shrinking that knighthood is still in
flower.
''I met a veritable knight just two
days ago on a dining-car." she contin.
ued. when I went in to luncheon the
only seat left for me was. one, facing
the rear Of the train. Now cannot
sit with my back toward the engine
without suffering all sorts Of disagree
able things, so I asked the steward to
find me a seat facing the other way.
Immediately a middleaged man arose
and offered to let me have his seat.
thanked him, and he took the seat
opposite me. He scanned the bill OF
fare, and then he looked at ne hesi-
tatingly.
Madam said he. would it be OBJ
noxious to you if were to order
spring onionsT
''Now could consideration for the
feelings of a woman so farther than
that?"-Youth's Companion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-08-23
FOUR GIRLS DROWNED.
Seven Upset While Shifting Seats in
Rowboat.


Rowboat.
Lebanon, Mo.-Four girls, Alta Per-
kins, twenty-five years old; Ethel Per-
kins, fifteen; Percia Easterly. twenty.
and Mabel Easterly, fifteen, were
drowned in Horseshoe Lake at night.
The three young men in the boat with
the girls escaped drowning. They
were Vaudeville Mayfeld, Phil Hogan
and Charlie Perkins, brother Of two
Of the girls.
Two girls in the bow attempted to
exchange seats with two in the stern,
and in the process the stern was over
weighted and the boat went down
stern first.
AS young Mayfieid came up he seized
Mabel Easterly and started with her
to shore, when be was caught by Alta
Perkins from behind, and all went un-
der. Mayfeld released his hold Of the
Easterly girl to free himself from the
desperate clutch Of the other. Hogan
had similar experience with the other
two girls, who came near drowning
both him and Perkins.
Ihe screams Of the girls as the boat
went down aroused Gus Hogan, of St.
Louis, Mo-, who had retired at his
mothers home across the road from
the lake. He ran to the bank in his
night clothes, recovered Alta Perkins
by diving, and, he says, saw her gasp
after getting her to shore. He left her
in charge of the young men. dived
again, and recovered the body Of Mabel
Easterly. The other two bodies were
recovered by divers. All efforts to re-
vive the girls were unsuccessful.
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Three Kinsmen Killed.

Five men-two Of them brothers,
another a cousin of theirs-were struck
dead by the Brighton Beach bolt. They
were leaning against big fagpole un-
der the boardwalk in front of the
Parkway Baths when the. lightning
struck the top Of the tall timber and,
whirling down its length. dealt death
to them ere plunging into the sand.
Seven of those Immediately around
the victims were stunned by the shock,
and for a long time baf1ed the efforts
Of the hospital doctors to restore them
to consciousness. FIVE of those strick-
en- senseless by the fash were women,
and four of the five were young. A
middle-aged matron was one OF the
stunned.
The Gravesend Bay victim, Henry
Hansweiler, was sitting on the ground
close to the beach under tree with
his back leaning against the trunk.
His son William. thirteen. was close
beside him, and two other men sat a
couple Of feet away. All four were
under the tree, but the elder Rams
weller was the only one in contact
with it.
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CzAR'S AMBASSADOR HERE
Sergius Witte and His Suite Arrive
in New York City.
HOPES FOR SUCCESSFUL MISSION

Zion of the Kaiser With elm der Crosse
on The Way Over-A Genial and Dem.
ocratic Mun-Put Up nt Hotel st. Regis
Camera Enthusiasts by The Score Snap
the Envoy of Russia.
New York City.-SergiLs Witte. Rus
sia's chief peace plcnipOtentiary and
President of the Committee of Minis
ters Of the Russian Empire. who, with
Baron Rosen, the Russian An,baSsa-
dor, will meet the Japanese ENJOYS in
Portsmouth. \. H.. TO arrange, If pos
sible, a treaty of peace between Russia
and Japan, arrived i'll Hoboken shortly
before ) o'clock in the afternoon on
the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. lie
went from the pier to his quarters ut
the ST. Regis.
The first thing that NJ. ,Wttte dill
after the crowd of newspaper men had
asked him for an expression or his
views was to deny, through Professor
Frederick de Martens, a member OF
the Privy Council Of Foreign Affairs
who is q member OF the Russian suite,
that be bad given an interview which
was sent by wireless telegraph from
SLsconset to the effect that the discus
sion on ;the peace treaty would not last
Il week because Japans terms were i'll
tolerable
At first NJ. 'yVitte made this denial
without.reserva ION. IT, was read to
him by Professor de Martens, to whom
a copy Of the published telegram had
been handed, and after he had heard
it through Professor Martens said:
M. Witte instructs me to say that he
never made any such statement. How
could he do so without knowledge or
what Japan's terms are:"
On the revenue cutter which went
down the bay to meet tae Kaiser VIII
helm were N. Nicholas de LadySen'
sky, Consui-General f Russia in this
city; Baron Schli' ..enbach, Russian
Consul General in Chicago, H.; Baron
Schilling, Vice-Consul in this city; NJ.
Kutzleb, agent of the Russo-Chirese
Bank, and Gregory Wilenkin. Russian
financial agent in Washington.
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EVER TREAT YOU SOP
Coffee Acts the Jonah and Will Come Up

A clergyman who pursues his noble
Calling in country parish in Iowa
tells OF his coffee experience:
MY wife and used coffee regularly
for breakfast, frequently for dinner
and occasionally for supper-always
the very best quality-package coffee
never could find a place on our table.
"In the spring Of 1896 my wife was
taken with violent vomiting, which
we had great difficulty in stopping.
at seemed to come from coffee drink
ing, but We could not decide,
I'm the following July, however, she
was attacked a second time By the
vomiting. I was away from home fill
ing an appointment at the time, and on
nv return I found her very low; she
had literally vomited herself almost to
death, and It took some days to quiet
the trouble and restore her stomach.
81 had also experienced the same
trouble, but not so violently, and had
relieved it each time by a resort to
medicine.
But my wife's second attack salts
fed me that the .,se Of coffee was at
the bottom Of our troubles, and so we
stopped it forthwith and took on Pos
tum Food Coffee. The old symptoms
of disease disappeared, and during the
0 years that we have been using Pos
tum instead Of coffee We have never
had a recurrence Of the vomiting. We
never weary of Postum, to which we
know we owe our good health. This is
q simple statement Of facts" Name
given by Postum Company. Battle
Creek, Mich.
Read the little book, The Road to
WellYille." in each pkg.
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MINOR EVENTS Of THE WEEK |
WASHINGTON.

Secretary Wilson said he will remain
at the head of the Agricultural De-
partment and make it ''clean and
sound"
The case of the United States against
Senator ". A. Clark. of Montana, in
volving a charge Of defrauding the
United States in the appropriation of
timber on the public lands. was dock
eted in the Supreme Court Of the Uni
ted States.
The Navy Department has decided to
do away with soft coal entirely. This
will necessitate a change Of boiler pans
and fire pots.
DR.. George T. Moore, soil culture ex-
pert of the Department of Agriculture,
resigned, owing to unfayorable COM
inert on his connection with the Nitro
Culture Company.
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Thousands of Women
ARE MADE WELL and STRONG
Success Of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Rests Upon the Fact that II
Really Does Make Sick Women Well

Thousands upon thousands of Ameri-
can women have been restored to
health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound. Their letters are on file
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statement to be fact and not q mere
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Overshadowing indeed is the success
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FOREIGN.

In pursuing the fleeing Russians on
Saghalien the japanese killed more
than 200 of one body of 800 infantry
and made 500 prisoners.
In a special Mexican cable dispatch
it was stated that the Panama Canal
Commission has practically decided
that more perfect sanitation must pre-
cede energetic work in digging.
Governor MacGregor. OF Newfound.
land, and party Of English colonial
scientists started from ST. Johns for 4
six weeks trip along the Labrador
coast.
King Christian. Crown Prince Fred.
erick and the Danish Prime Ministe?
welcomed the German Emperor at Co
penhagen.
Russia's Narional Assembly. to be
elected October II and to meet Novem'
Der IA, may be dissolved At any time
by the Car.
Pope Plus, at Rome Italy. sent his
blessing to America, remarking thai
he loves all Americans.
The British cruiser squadron. under
command Of Prince Louis Of Batten.
berg, will sail on September l for the
United States, calling first at Quebec.
Italy ordered its envoy and consu.s
to discourage Italians contracting tc
work Oh the Panama Canal.
Advices from London England. con.
firmed the report that the new treaty
between Great Britain and Japan
would be closer alliance than the for.
mer agreement.
Twelve panels By Bramante have
been bought in London, England. for
the Metropolitan Museum OF Art, in
New York City.
Seven sailors were killed and eight
severely injured by the explosion Of a
submarine mine during mining prac
tice in the Sandhaven Roads, near
Stockholm. Sweden. 4 boat contain
ing The victims struck the mine and
WAS blown into the air.
The House OF Commons. at London,
England, refused to permit the intro
duction Of bill by WiTston Spencer
Churchill. limiting the life of Parlia'
ment to five years.
Shanghai native bankers propose to
boycott the American International
Banking Corporation.
Rioting continued at Mini Novgorod,
factions fighting one another.
The Victorian Assembly, at Me-
bourne, Australia, passed bill grant
ing the elective franchise to women.
A plot against the Sultan Of Turkey
was discovered at Kustenji, according
to dispatch from Bucharest.
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LONG FAMILY FEUO ENDS
J. G. Rawlings Convicted of Brutal
Murder at Valdosta, Ca
Negro Told of the Plot to Exterrninats
the Carter Househ old and Burn
the Bodies.

Valdosta, Ga.-One Of the most re-
markable murder trials in the annals
Of the State came TO conclusion at z
! o'clock in the morning, when q jury
found a verdict Of guilty. without rec
ommenda ton to mercy. against ). u.
Rawlings as accessory before the fact
in the murder of William and Fanny
Cel! Carter, young children of MI. ana
Mrs. W. l.. Carter.
Milton and Jesse Rawlings sons or
the defendant, had been found guilty,
without recommendation to mercy,
while Leonard, the youngest boy, was
found guilty, but recommended to the
mercy of the Court Alf Moore, the
negro hired by the Rawlings to assist
in the commission of the crime, mas
also been convicted.
The elder Rawlings and W. L. Car
ter father Of the murdered children,
were formerly Methodist preachers.
When they retired they settled near
each other. Trouble soon arose be-
tween them, and the feud existed for
years.
Alf Moore, who was the States star
witness, told the tale Of the murders.
It was the plan of Rawlings to have
the Carter family eXterlninated, lie
said. The three boys and the negro
were to 20 to the Carter home while
the family was at supper, shoot Carter
first, then Mrs. Carter and then 'the
children. The house was then. to be
burned.
The familT had finished supDer,when
the band Of assasslns arrived. They
made some noise and the Carter chill
dren ran out to see what the trouble
was. Fannie Bell Carter was instant
ly killed. Willie Carter. though shot
through and through, dragged himself
into the house, where he told who had
shot him and his sister, accusing Mil
ton and Jesse Rawlings, nineteen and
seventeen years old respectively.
The. murderers' party remained
around the house all night hoping to
get a shot at another member Of the
family. The Carriers were afraid to
move around. They did not know
whether their little daughter was dead
or only wounded.
becoming tIreu OIL WaltlnS-,lue., nav"
Iings boys decided to burn the house.
The moon was shining brightly, and
the Carriers, looking through the cracks
in the log walls, could see the mur:
derers bringing armfuls Of shocks anG
piling them around the house,
Finally Carter, who was unable to
use his right arm or his left foot, hay
Ing been shot down several weeks be-
fore by Rawlings. got his gun to a
small crack in the door, and as Jesse
Rawlings attempted to apply torch
to the shucks he fired, frightening the
men away.
The body Of the little girl was found
in the cotton field, her face mashed
by the heels Of the murderers.
Neighbors were summoned and the
alarm was given. The Rawlings boys
were arrested Immediately. The faith
er proved beyond doubt that lie was in
Valdosta on the night Of the killing.
He was arrested later.
A. G. lowers, maternal grandfather
of the boys, is very wealthy. He has
no sympathy for his son-in-law. but
says he will spend his entire fortune
to save his graudsons.