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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-20
ESTIMATE OF P%OSTOFFICE
Postmaster-General Cortelyou Makes
His Annual Report
Accou nts Asked of the Treasury Depart.
ment to Run Our Postal Service
For the Year.

Washington, D. C.-Postmaster-Gen-
eral Cortelyou recently completed and
forwarded to the Secretary of the
Treasury the estimates for the Post
Office Department for the fiscal year
ending June so, 1907. They~show q re-
duction of expenses wherever it islbe-
lieved it will not impair the service.
but provision is made for Development
of postal facilities to meet the growing
needs of all sections OF the country.
The amount asked for salaries in the
department proper is $1.4G1.250 an ap-
parent increase of 1890 over the cur
rent appropriation; but as $5S,300 of
this is simply q transfer from other
appropriations, the net increase is only
$1,000. The estimate submitted for
next year is $4,000 less than the esti-
mate submitted one year ago. The
clerical force Of the department, there
fore, will remain practically as it now
is during the next fiscal year.
The estimates for the postal service
at large-the field service-aggregate
$193, 00O, 900, an increase over last
years appropriation of about $12,00O.-
900. This increase represents the nor
nal growth of the service, based upon
what the postal authorities regard as
the most careful and conservative es-
Inmates. Each succeeding year sees a
large increase in the business of the
department. The principal items in
the increase are the rural delivery SER
vice. railway mail service, compensa-
ton to postmasters and their clerks,
and the compensation of letter carriers.
For the maintenance Of the rural de-
livery service. and it's proper extern
sion, more than 500, 000, 900 will he re-
quired.
The estimates for the railway mail
service and railway mail tranSporta-
ton call for an increase of about 3d.
Co., 900 over the current appropriation.
To provide for the compensation of
postmasters and CLERKS in postofices
an increase of nearly S2.000.000 will
be necessary for the coming year; and
for the compensation of city letter car
riers an increase of more than 100000
will be needed.
That the extension Of the pneumatic
tube service is contemplated is shown
by the fact that the estimate carries
$500, 900 more than the current appro-
priation.
A number of other and comparative
ly minor increases have been asked
for in order to allow for the natural
expansion of the service. and to meet
the constant demand for improved
postal facilities.
Curtailment has been recommended
wherever possible, and many decreases
are shown.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-20
LIEUT.. McCLELLAND ARRESTED.
Shortage of s4N in Company Funds
Kept by Army Officer.

Spokane, Wash. - First Lieutenant
Donald G.. McClelland, of Company E.
Tenth United States Infantry, Is under
arrest at Fort Wright, charged with
conduct unbecoming an officer. An i'll,
vestigation of the company's accounts
disclosed a shortage of $40. The funds
were deposited i'll a Spokane bank to
the credit of Lieutenant McClelland.
The lieutenant is a patient in the
post hospital. He is suffering from
Self-inficted wounds made while he
was shaving. One of the slashes in the
neck severed a small artery. Lieuten'
ant McClelIand rose from the ranks.
He enlisted in New York and saw
service in Cuba and the Philippines.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-20
Vote Amazes Count White.

st. Petersburg, Russia.-Consterna-
ton was discernible in Count Whites
when he learned the Zemst-
yoists shook off his check rein and
went straight at national reform along
the paths he had piled high with obsta:
cles. The Premier, who promises
peace and plenty to the people while
his agents in Warsaw and elsewhere
order their Cossacks to shoot down pa
triots without mercy, manifestly "a
taken aback by the insurrection of
the congress. He vas amazed to learn
that his pet aversion in the Executive
Comnittee'sI program, the direct ballot,
had been passed by a two-thirds ma.
jority owe the heads Of his henchmen
and lobbyist.
Attempts were made to spread here
the impression that the Premier per-
Sonally favored both 4 constitution
and universal direct suffrage. but ap-
parently that did not deceive the in
telligent. 1t is known the best White
would do for the people, il he had his
way, would be to give a direct ballot
to dwellers in large cities and make all
other Russians vote for electors to
choose their representatives in the
Donna.
Premier White made q show Of con-
cession to the popular demand by dis
missing the Governors of Yaroslav,
Estland. Perm. Tomsk. Kazan and
Neidyart and the Project of Odessa.
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From the Chicago Journal, Nov. G,
1867 D..

From the Chicago Journal, Nov. 6.
1867
When Commissioner Garfield went to
the Chicago packers and asked permits
sion to inspect their books, the c0ndi-
ton was made that no information he
might obtain therefrom would be used
In court proceedings against them.
MI. Garfield gave this pledge, 1t is
stated, and the packers allowed him to
study their business in all its details
from the inside. Z
Now, 1t is announced, the results Of
his study have been turned over to the
Government department Of justice to
be employed in legal prosecution OF. the
packers. .-
Commissioner Garfield would lot
have ve1tdred to, give the pledge that
was demanded by the packers without
instructions from Washington. he
pledged, not his own word, but the
Governments. 1t is not his good faith,
but the Governments, that Is In ques-
ton now.
The Journal has no concern for the
packers, except as they are citizens OF
Chicago. If it can be proved that they
are guilty of engaging in a conspiracy
in restraint of trade, they ought to be
punished.
But their guilt, If they are guilty,
must be fairly proved. They must be
given q square deal.
Since the Government has elevated
It's vision to such a height as to- over.
look the nest Of defiant criminal trusts
almost within the shadow of the capi-
toll dome, in order to fasten itself q
thousand miles away upon Chicago,
the Government and the President
cannot be too careful to avoid suspi-
cion that they are more anxious to
prosecute Western offenders than Of
tenders in the East.
Some Of the methods already en-
ployed in this cas have not been par
ticularly distinguished for decency.
When the Government enters a mans
house and takes his private papers.
when it drags the wives Of packing
house employees into court and puts
them under heavy bonds, it is hardly
dignifed. not to say honorable, nor
even respectable.
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FREE BOX.
Sold at all druggists. SOC. per boz.
Tight Place.

Alright Place.
4 They were newly married and on
honeymoon trip. They put up at q
skyscraper hotel. The bridegroom
felt indisposed and the bride said she
would slip out and do a little shopping.
In due time she returned and trfpped
blithely up to her room, a little awed
by. b etmumber Of doors that looked all
alike. But she vas sure OF her own
and tapped gently on the panel.
"Tm back, honey; let me In" she
whispered.
No answer.
"Honey, honey, let me in" she called
again, rapping louder, Still No answer.
"Honey, honey. it's Mabel. Let me
IMP
There was silence for several sec
onds; then q mans voice. cold and full
of dignity, came from the other side,of
the door:
MADAM, this is not a. beehive; Rsa
bathroomp'-New York Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-20
Put in o Hole.

A provident wife is an income 4
herself-but a virtue may be CARRIE
to extremes. "Your husbandM be al
right now" said the doctor. "Wha
yer mean?" demanded the wife. "Yol
told me he couldn't live a fortnight
"Well, I'm going to cure him, aftd
ALL" said the doctor; .surely your
glad" The woman wrinkled hd
brows. "Puts me in a bit Of an 'ole,fi
she said. 81 bin and sold all his clotha
for his funeral Meanin, well
How soon'l e be strong".ll
London Chronicle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-20
TUSKS FOR PRESIDENT.
Also Gets Letter From Emperor Meme

Also Gets Letter From Emperor Meme
lik Which Cannot Be Read.
Washington, D. C.-Two elephanttusks
of fine ivory and a.fne lions skin,
presents from Menelik, Emperor Of
Abyssinia, were given President Roose-
welt by Ell Hadji Abdullah Bash, Min
lister of Commerce Of Abyssinia, who
is touring the United States.
Ell Hadji also laid before tie PrcSi-
dent a letter of greetings from his au-
gust master, written Oh the royal sta
tionery in the Abyssinia language,
which nobody in Washington could
read. Even Ell Hadji's interpreter,
who talks Arabic, but not Abyssinian,
was foored.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-20
In the Public Eve.

The Satan of Morocco has a well
organized army of 10000 men. ,
Charles T. Herreshoff designed the
Iroquois, that defeated the Fife. :
Mr.. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., has re-
signed the leadership Of his Bible class.
Salt Lake City owes her new public
library to John Q. Packard, a modest
old miner.
Count Tolstoi, for the time at least,
has given up reading magazines and
newspapers.
George Washington, colored, was the
founder of the town of Centralia, State
of Washington.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-20
With the Toilers.

The resumption Of work in the tin
and sheet mills of the country cohtin-
ues.
Every affiliated union in the Los An
geles (Cal.) Buildings Trades Council
has unanimously voted for the weekly
assessment.
Efforts of certain labor leaders to
organize the laundl.r workers Of Wash
ington, D. c., are said to be gradually
meeting with success.
J%ourneyman BARRIERS in the City Of
Mexico will strike if the master bar
bers cut the percentage of receipts
from fly to forty per cent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-20
NeWsy GleaningS.

Eugene Field day was generally oh,
served in the Missouri schools.
The schoolgirls of San Francisco,
Cal, have taken kindly to the bare
headed habit.
The taxpayers of Eastern London
are complaining bitterly of the rigor OF
the assessment.
Great plans, are being laid in England
to make the young men Of that island
good rifle shots.
The Italian Government offers q
prize of $4,000 for the plan of a dwell
ing best suited to the china tic ,condi
tons Of Italy.
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Prominent People,

The Kaiser puts in twelve hours OF
work I day.
King Edward likes nothing better
than a game of bridge.
The Kaiser has on only n occasion
visited the French capital.
The Bishop of London. DR.. Ingram,
is denouncing race suicide.
Senator Plat says he intends to die
with his business suit on.
Signor Caruso, the famous tenor, is i
gifted black and white artist.
Lord Roberts arises at ten minutes
to 6 both winter and summer.
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Hold Wi.te Responsible.

It was made plain the congress was
no riot of demagogy, however. when
the Executive Committee rejected Pro-
fessor Kovalevsky's amendment Great
ing a committee of Zemstvoists to ad-
wise the Premier pending convention
of the Douma. The committee init
mated full responsibility for the peace
of the nation and the rights of the peo-
pie must rest IN Count Whites ambi-
tiouS shoulders until he could shift it
to. those Of the Douma members, who
would take care of it satisfactorily
to the real friends of Russia.
At the same time the committee
showed it did not purpose letting
Prince Troubetskoy nor a hundred like
him make fools Of the Zemstvoists, for
when he tried to have the significant
words precious conquest Of the peo-
pie" in the reference to the imperial
manifesto oe October 80 stricken out
in favor Of precious acquisition" his
palpable trucking to the Car was re-
jected summarily. Little attention was
paid to the dismal warning Of Mr.. Ka-
rauloff, a one-time revolutionist who
was q Siberian exile for two dozen
years. that by making the Douma a
constituent assembly the Zemstvoists
would "precipitate a struggle with the
forces of anarchy and plunge the
try into a sea of blood" 1t was re-
marked sarcastically that the re-
formed revolutionist had looked be-
tween prison bars so long he couldn't
adjust his perspective to the new or
der of things.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-20
PHYSICIAN AND SON INSANE.

Condition Attributed to Use Of Co.
caine and Opium For Rheumatism.
Marion, Ind.-Dr. C. C. Cronkhite. a
physician of this city, and his son.
Burton. twenty-five years old, a grad
nate of Purdue University, were both
declared insane in Justice Holman's
court, and were confined in the county,
Jail by sheriff Mills. They admitted
having been users Of cocaine and
opium for rheumatism.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-20
JEWS KILLED AT ROSTOFF.

Thousands of Others Financially
Ruined During the Disorder.
Washington, D. C.-The State De-
partment has received adviceS through
consular sources telling Of the killing
of fifteen Jews and the wOunding Of
several others at Rostoff-On-the-Don.
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Going Some.
lightning sure acts strange"
gvo.ou

lightning sure acts strange" =.
"Yes?"
eyes; a streak of it came in our
kitchen door yesterday, struck two
chairs and the table. ran around the
dining.room, up the stairs, tore through
every upstairs room, and finally went
out Of the window. I neal died laugh
ing"
"You must have thought it was
funny| .,
eyes, It reminds me Of how pa acts
when grandma Is after him. "-Houston
Post .. ... ..
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LYNCHED AFTER PRAYER.

Confessed That He Had Been an Ac-
complete in Crime.
New Orleans, La.-Monroe B. Will
Jams, colored, was lynched one mile
west of Tangipahoa, La, by a number
of white men upon his own confession
of a crime recently committed upon
Mrs. Rhoda George, an aged white
woman.
The negro held to the last that Mop
sey Knighten, now in Jail in New Or
leans, actually assaulted Mrs. George.
Williams was allowed to pray for thir-
ty minutes before his execution.
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ACCUSE RECTOR OF FRAUD.

South Dakota Clergyman Charged
With Illegal Fencing.
Omaha, Neb.-The Rev. George G..
Ware, an Episcopal clergyman of
Lead, S. D., was indicted in the Fed
eral Court here charged with illegally
fencing 100000 acres Of Government
range land. Mr.. Ware is chief owner
Of the U. B. I. ranch, but fills his pull
pit regularly in Lead. He is also
charged with inducing a number of
others to make illegal filings and re-
lease them to his ranch company.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-20
The McCurdys OUT,

Richard A. McCurdy, President OF
the Mutual Life, of New York City, his
son Robert and his son-in-law ThebauG
have resigned their positions with the
company.
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Negro Murders Three.

John Brown. a negro, formerly OF
Birmingham, shot and killed his wife
and her father and mother at their
home in Meriden, Miss, and escaped.
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Election Suits in Kentucky.
Forty suits contrasting the recent
election of every official in two couu-
ties were begun in Louisville, Ky.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-20

Whitefsh and salmon trout are almost
extinct in Canadian waters.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-20

Abbotsford, Sir Walter SCOTS old
home. was visited by 1000 people last
year. NJ. I.-Ho
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Mrs. Winslow,s Soothing Syrup for Children
teething ,aoitsnst hegufns reducestnfamma
alIaAa pain, cures wind collie ,25o:6 b0etlez
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Sailors Rise in N1utiny

Four thousand sailors at Sebastopol
mutinied, being joined by a regiment
of troops.
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New Servian Loan.

A new Servian loan of $14. 900, 900 at
eighty-one, with four and a half per
cent. interest, was issued. .
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Hottentot Leader Dead.
Hendrix Wittboi. a daring leader Of
the Hottentot rebels in German West
Africa, is dead.
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Battleship Exceeds Contract. .
The battleship Virginia exceeded her
contract speed in a four-hour run on
the Cape Ann course.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-20
DEMAND A CONSTITUTION
Zemstyoists Make Direct Election a
Condition For Their Support.
SEVERE BLOW TO COUNT WITTE

he 10 Amazed at the Vote of the Zem-
stvo Congress-Dismisses Governor to
Please the People-Professional Pa
triots Fought to Block Sense of the
Congress, But Failed.
Moscow, Eussia.-Defiance of Count
Whites underhand opposition to the
will of the masses while pretending to
be their friend was voiced by the
Zemstvo Congress when it demanded
that a constitution be framed by the
first Douma, and that the members Of
that body be elected directly by all the
people as the double price Of the sup
port which in the same resolution it
promised to the I 1perial Government.
In other words, without specifically at
lacking the Premier. it exposed the
shallowness of his deceptive policy by
insisting on the very points he most
opposed, making them in effect the
conditions Of it's cooperation with him
to save the lettering throne of the Ro-
manDffs. Russia must have q consti-
tutional monarchy, and that conStitu-
ton must be drawn by the first popu-
lar assembly. Such is the u!timatum
Of the Zemstvoists. That action is re-
garded as one of the worst blows
.Witte has received in the whole of his
career.
Prince Eugene Troubetskoy. Count
Hnr1nn or1 nfIap rrnfaccinpa n ofrinfo
playing at popular government. fought
stubbornly to block the sense of the
Congress in respect Of the resolution
making the foregoing demands. The
practical men among the Zemstvoists
seemed to realize that in debating with
these noblemen they were dealing with
d~ilettanti who, if permitted to do so,
would fritter away this grand opportu-
nifty to assert the might of the nation
against that of the Emperor.
Reasonable respect was shown to the
Prince and the Count while they aired
their opinions, but when it was seen
they were trying not ~only to sugar
the pill for Nicholas, but to turn the
tie courtierS of imperial favor under
the guise of constitutional principles
were promptly voted down. The lead
ers of the congress went further. Atthe
suggestion of the Executive Commit
tee they inserted a provision subject
ing all Ministers save those of the
court to the responsibility of the Cab
met. Mr.. Mulikoff explained that if
the Ministers Of War. Navy and For
eign Affairs could run amuck through
the interests of the people by declaring
war or peace or martial law at will the
constitution would become q farce.
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To Celebrate in Japan.
Great preparations are being made in
Japan to celebrate the return Of the
A%Ianchurian armies.
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Charlotte Bronte's husband il still alive
at Banagher, England.
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FITspermanentlycured. No ats Q neryoas-
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Ptso,s Cure cannot be too highly spoken o
,sea cough cure.vJ. ". O,BRrEN, x1Tnisd
Avenue. N, Minneapolis, MIMI, Jan. 6,ls08i
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New Governor of Finland.

Privy Councillor Nicholas N. Gerhard
has been appointed Governor-G General
of Finland by Premier Witte.
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STEAMER SEEN TO BLOW UP

Tragedy Near Halifax Witnessed by
Another Vessels Crew.
Halifax, N. S.-The captain Of the
steamer kilkeel, which arrived here;
reports that he saw an unknown two
masted steamer blow up and disap-
pear fifty miles east of Halifax.
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PEASANTS CONGRESS IN JAIL.

All the Delegates at Moscow Have
Been Put Under Arrest.
Moscow, Russia.-The president and
all the members Of the peasants con.
gress, which was in session here, have
been arrested under the. existing modi-
fed martial law. The prisoners in
clude NJ. Tchirikoff, a well-known au-
thor.
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Korea was greatly benefited BY the Blu
so-Japanese war.
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