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More Reforms Promise, .

st. Petersburg, Russia.-In receiving
q delegation of workmen from Moscow,
Finance Minister Kokovsof gave notice
to the workmen Of Russia that q Gov
eminent commission was formulating
legislation to remedy the greater part
Of their grievances, including State in
surance against sickness, accident and
age, and for shortening the hours Of
labor abolishing the prohibition Of
unions and criminal punishment for
strikes, and for the establishment Of an
Industrial court in which employers and
employees shall be represented.
This interview with the Minister Of
Finance, lasting an hour and a half, is
another indication Of the general con-
,iliatory spirit of the Government. The
evidept desire to cure, wherever pos
sibl!a, the maladies of the empire was
manifested by the peasant commission,
The Finnish and Polish CONCESSIONS,
and the establishment Of the Bouligan
commission. . $500. ,,
The Government throughout takes
The stand that all these reforms are too
great to be lightly or hastily handled,
and that premature and ill-considered
e%gislation would be worse than non at
all. 1t appeals to the dissatisfied to-
give their rulers a full and fair chance
to accomplish the legislation they de-
1iand. .:. .
Developments, however, all point to
4 crisis in the present agitation among
the workmen Of the cities and the
| peasants in the country on May Day.
and appeals are pouring in from all
quarters Of Russia for military pro-
ection.
The st. Petersburg workmen are pre-
)aring a great demonstration. Arms
and bombs in large quantities have
been smuggled in, and bloodshed on q
large scale is feared. Wealthy per-
IONS who ordinarily SO to villas on the
islands of the Neya or to neighboring
country places this year are going
abroad.
The Government has taken few spe-
.ial measures to meet the situation, evil
IDENTIFY relying on the troops and police
to guard the capital.
The news received from the interior
is alarming, especially from the Baltic
Provinces, where the entire popula-
ton is in a state Of intense excitement.
The cities are being flooded with
~lutionary proclama.ions calling on the
people to rise on May Day. The GRIM
nal classes are taking advantage Of the
situation to plllage and plumber, while
in the country the landlords are power
less to cope with the peasants, and de-
mand the stationing Of troops at every
station.
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A sydney Smith Joke.

A joke goes a great way in the couE.
try. I have known onc to last pretty
we'll for seven years.
I remember. making q joke after a
meeting of the clergy, in Yorkshire,
where there was a Roy. Mr.. Buckle,
who never spoke when 1 gave his
health. 1 said he was a buckle without
a tongue.
Most persons within hearing laughed,
but my next neighbor sat unmoved
and sunk in thought.
At last, a quarter of an hour after
we had all done, he suddenly nudged
me, exclaiming: 81 see now what you
meant. Mr.. Smith; you meant a joke"
Eyes" I said, sir, 1 believe 1 did"
Upon which he began laughing so
heartily that I thought he would choke,
and was obliged to pat him On the
back.-G. W. E. Russell's Sydney
Smith"
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descended from the mountains "into a
large and beautiful plain, we'll wa
tered, and full Of all sorts Of trees and
vines, Astounding in sesame, panic.
millet, wheat and barley. Panic and
millet," say the commentators, "are
80 like one another that they are scarce
to be distinguished but by the manner
in which they bring forth their grain,
the former bearing it in ears and the
latter in punches. They both make very
bad bread, and are chiefly used to fat
fowls"
Accompanying is an illustration Of
the sorghum saccharatum. which. If
not Identical with, is extremely like
the Manchurian millet. -Philadelphia
Record.
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HINoRHFNTSoF THE WEEK
WASHINGTON.

After a conference between Secre
tary Morton and Acting Secretary
LOOMS it was announced that a deciS
ion had been reached to have the re-
mains Of John Paul Jones, unearthed
by Ambassador Porter in Paris, brought
to America in a naval vessel with q
proper convoy.
Daughters of the American Revolu
ton dedicated Memorial Continental
Hall, the Society's new home, In WASH
ington. s.
The President has appointed a, spec
fal commission to deal with three inn
portant questions which have arisen
relative to the diversion and interfer.
ence with the course Of international
rivers. The commission consists Of
Judge PenfieId, solicitor of the State
Department; Special Assistant Attor-
ney General NJ. G. Burch, and Prof.
+. H. Newell, of the Geological Sur
vey. .m
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FOREIGN.

A dispatch to the Matin, of Paris,
France, from Fort de France, Marti-
nique, says that the volcano of Mont
Pele was again active and ~discharging
molten metal. Flashes Of light were
seen at the crater and rumDling sounds
were heard underground in the vicinity.
of the mountain.
Minister Barrett to Panama gave a
banquet in honor Of the Captain and
officers Of the German cruiser Fake.
The leaders of the Italian railroad
employees have decided not to urge a
general strike, unless the Government
should have recourse to r%epressive
measures or should apply the clauses
of the Railroad bill providing for the
dismissal Of strikers.
The Finnish Estates have agreed to
pay to the Russian Treasury $2,000,O00
toward the military requirements for
the year 1905 only. The proposal Of
the Russian Government was that this
amount should be payable annually
from 1905 to 1908.
Several torpedo boats which Lewis
Nixon has been setting up at Sebas-
tODOl LufC OSCl SOhlPiCISu anu SoAPPSN
to VladiyoStok.
A band Of Bulgarians attacked the
Monastery Of .Athamas. near klissura,
which was occupied by a Greek band
Fifteen Bulgarians were killed and the
remainder fed to Zagovitchanl, to-
which place the Greeks pursued them,
killing many and burning a number Of
houses. An engagement between Turks
and A!banianS has been fought near
Prizren. The Albanians were defeated
with the loss Of thirty men killed.
An American missionary of the name
of Kennedy was attacked by more than
q hundred narauders at Kuhongsien,
forty miles from Hangchow, China.
The French Senate, sitting at Paris.
gave Premier Rouvier q strong vote of
confidence in the course of the discus
sion of the budget on a motion by the
Opposition for the total suppression Of
the perpetual pensions granted by Ma
poleon for keeping up the nobility Gre
ated at the time of the First Empire.
The Chamber of Commerce, Of Ant
werp, unanimously voted approval OF
the Governments scheme for a vast
extension which will make Antwerp
the largest. port in. the world. and the
cost OF which will be S4nnM.0M.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-10
BUYING THE TRIBUNE.

How whitelaw Reid Got Control When
Horace Greeley Went Mad and Died.
The man who after Mr.. Greeley's de-
feat for the Presidency prevented him
from resuming editorial direction or
the Tribune was Samuel Sinclair, its
publisher and the great editors long
time partner. When Sinclair told Mr..
Greeley that the Tribune was in Sc
rious financial straits as a result Of its
course in the campaign, that it would
be necessary for him to retire as editor.
and that the paper must be sold-the
old man went mad and died. He was
hardly in his grave before the Tribune
was sold by Sinclair to a syndicate OF
leading Republicans headed by Will
lam Orion. who bought a controlling
interest for 100000, with the idea Of
having Schuyler Colfax, then Vice
President, resign. his office. and become
it's editor. The night before the change
was to go into effect Mr.. Reid sent for
John R. G. Hassard and William F. G.
Shanks, respectively chief editorial
writer and city editor of the paper, to
come to his room for a final parting, as
all supposed. When they went init
is Shanks who tells the story-Mr.
Reid handed Hassard a check for $4O,-
600, made payable to Reid. for his four
shares Of stock, and said:
"Boys, that represents my connection
with the Tribune. 1t has been sold to
a syndicate. Schuyler Colfax is to be
the editor. Mr. Orion. who represents
the purchasers, desires you. Hassard,
to take charge until Mr.. Colfax arrives.
YOU" turning to Shanks, "can turn
over the city department to your chief
assistant"
But hardly Lad Mr.. Reid ceased
speaking when 4 telegram was brought
him. 1t was from the Washington cor
respondent of the Tribune, and stated
that the Credit Mobilier investigating
committee then sitting had traced the
brides of Cakes Amos to the pockets
Of Schuyler Colfax. This news, all
three realized, meant that Colfax could
never be editor of the Tribune, but
only Mr.. Reid saw on the instant the
splendid opportunity chance lad
thrown in his way. He went at once
to the house of William Walter Phelps.
called the latter from his bed, and laid
the situation before him. Phelps heard
his caller through, end thea, without
hesitation, agreed to put up all the
money that was necessary to save the
Tribune.
Orton's dilemma on the following
day was a sorry one. The syndicate
which he headed had been based on the
employment Of Colfax as editor, and
now thatthat was impossible end uncer-
tain, Orion sought cut jay Gould and
told him his troubles. Don't bother
about your syndicate" said Gould. II
will take the whole Of the stock" And
so when Reid and Phelps, on the scrae
day, offered to buy the syndicate inter-
est Orion was compelled to refer them
to Gould. They found the latter will
ing to part with his purchase, and
Phelps furnishing what morey was
necessary, the bargain was closed with
out delay.-Rufus Rockwell Wilson. in
Public Opinion.
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MORE REFORMS PROMISED
Russian Authorities Making Con-
cessions to Cars Subjects.
REPORTS FROM THE FRONT

General Linevitch Active With Cavalry
Skirts Movements-Tells Of Kout OF
JAP Forcss-Governmental Insurance
For Russian Subjects and sho rter
Working Hours For Laborers.
Toxic, Japan.-It was reported that
the main force of the Russians, which
retired in the direction Of Hsingking,
has reached Kirin. The rear guard,
which was estimated at $4,000 men,
continued in the vicinity of Harlung
Cheng, closely in touch with the jap
anese vanguard. The main force, which
retired from Kalyuan, over the Kirin
road, was reported at Kirln with a
rear guard Of 5000 men, at %Itsuchow,
Haklusu, and at Sulipao, keeping in
touch with the Japanese forces.
The following official announcement
was made:
Our force advancing eastward via
the Fushun and Hailung road encoun-
tered and defeated the enemy on the
morning Of the 18th at Erhhoulu, seven
miles east Of Yingpan. The enemy's
strength was one regiment Of infantry,
six %squadrons of cavalry, and four
guns. Our force then occupied Tsang-
shin, about nineteen miles east Of Wing
pan. The enemy in retreating toward
Hailung fought at every STEP"
Prince Charles Anton HohenZollern,
representative of the Emperor of Ger
many with the japanese armies at the
front, will leave for home Sunday next.
st. Petersburg, Russia.-Russian
troops have successfully raided the
/ railroad in the direction of Kaiyuan
(about twenty miles north Of Tie Pass,
Manchuria. A dispatch from General
Linevitch to Emperor Nicholas, says:
"Our cavalry destroyed the railroad
and wires near Yakutzu, and between
Kaiyuan and Changtu, and cut the
telegraph line near Kaiyuan."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-10
The Cancer Mystery *

most of whom could have been saved
by an early surgical operation. The
chief difficulty lies in the fact that in
it's early stages cancer is usually pain
less, wherefore no attention is paid to
it. 1t is suggested that nurses should
be, above all, trained in the diagnosis
Of cancer. "Such teachings" says an
English writer. lis really a form Of
first aid and would save more lives
in a year than instruction in the differ
entail diagnosis of fractures and dis
locations or the various forms of un-
consciousness would ave in a CEN
tury.'-New York Evening Post,
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Minor Mention.

The Great Northern Railways huge
steamship Minnesota has made a SEN
sation in San Francisco, Cal.
Army officers Of Seattle say that the
United States Government will erect
Notifications opposite Port Simpson.
The largest floating steel dry dock in
the world is being constructed for the
Government at Sparrows Point, Md.
London newspapers are discussing a
plan of establishing a farm home in
Canada for English pauper children.
A proposition to increase the pay of
Legislators in Maine (now $3.50 q year,
was EAsaated at the last State ~alantinn,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-10
DOMESTIC.

Brooding over RusSia'a troubles,
Harry Izenberg,' who three months
ago came to this country to escape ser
vice in the Cars army, became in
sane and hanged himself at Rock ISL
and, III. 4
The Democratic Club held a Jeifer.
son Day dinner at the Waldorf, In New
| York City, at which ex-Judge Alton
B. Parker Was the chief speaker. '
President Rooseyelt's hunting trip
in Oklahoma ended, and with his party
he went to Colorado to hunt big
game. ID
The bodies of thirty-fve unidentified
victims of the Grover shoe factory fire
were buried in a single grave at
Brockton, Mass. b.,
In ill-health, Arthur Lutchford.
treasurer Of the Mechanics Savings
Bank, at Rochester; NY, killed him
self.
Rolla Wells, Democrat. was inau-
gurated for his secondfterm as mayor
of st. Louis, Mo.
Andrew " fnegie, the steel magnate.
contribute to the fund In aid Of DR..
Grenfelps Labrador mission.
The charge of conspiracy against
Nan Patterson was dropped by the
District Attorney Of New York County.
James II. Hyde, Of New York City.
Vice-President Of the Equitable Life,
restored to the society $122,00O. rep.
resenting his share of profits in the
syndicate operations whereby securi-
ties were sold to the Equitable.
The New York Citizens Union city
convention voted to instruct its cam
paign committee for the denomination
Of District Attorney Jerome.
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Municipalities.

Earl Carr, of Mountain View, Wash,
fourteen years old, is the champion
wildcat killer.
The French Minister to Japan, NJ
Harmand, has been inquiring into tbs
Importation Of foreign books int
Japan.
John Rosene, an American citizen
is the man who has practical charge
of the development Of Northeastern
Siberia.
Two full-blooded Indians are mem
bers of the Maine House IF Represen
tatiyes. Peter 81. Nelson and Peter g.
Neptune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-10
BROOKLYN WOMAN FOUND.
Mrs. f. ". Weaver. Suffering From

Mrs. T. ". Weaver. Suffering From
Dementia in Pennsylvania.
Lancaster, Penn.-Mrs. E. ". Weav-
er. the wife Of a teacher in the Brook
Ign IN. ~ High School, was found
suffering from dementia on the road
outside Of the Lancaster County Hos
pital.
Mrs. Weaver had been visiting at the
home of her father, L. C.. Oberlin, at
Norwood, neal this city. While sitting
on the porch at the Oberlin house She
started for a walk in the yard. She
was : apparently in excellent health.
That was the last seen Of her until the
other night. although searching parties
had secured the country for her.
She was taken to the home Of her
parents. She was unable to tell where
she had been, but Is supposed to have
been wandering about the country.
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the DISAPPEARING STRAP.
spripr Roller in the Hitching strap
Weight.

In many communities it is compui-
sory that a horse left standing alone,
v for a few minutes, should be
secured, and as hitching posts are not
at every door it is necessary to carry
a weight in the wagon, to which the
animal may be tied at such times. Be-
cause of it's weight, and also of the
length of strap, this is a rather aWk
ward thing to handle so frequently as
is necessary. and another quite as seri-
GUS matter is the frequency with which
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-10
An Important Invention.

Trousers came into fashion a hun
bred years ago as the result Of drink,
and they may be said to owe their
origin to Old World royalty, which in
those days ate, and especially drank.
97>sIaNnnahS consequently afflicted
sSaIadies of Il
Dukes Of York. CfdrSa
and Sussex: the French Pfthees -
afterwards reigned as Louis XVIII,
Charles X. and Louis Philippe, King
Frederick William III. Of Prussia, and
many other equally illustr:ous person
ages, adopted The modern form of pant
aloon. which was at times n source OF
no end of ridicule ard entertainment
to Gilray and the other CT ricaturists Of
the age.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-10
MAYOR dunno CALLS BARROW.

Mine Workers Counsel Has Charge Of
Chicago Traction Litigation.
Chicago, Ill.-Mayor Dunno took the
first step in the direction Of shaping
his municipal ownership campaign by
placing Clarence S. barrow In charge
of all traction litigation. Mr.. barrow
was counsel for the United Mine Work
ers before the arbitration board ap.
pointed by President Roosevelt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-10
MANcHURIAH MILLET.
The Plant That is So Often Mentioned II
the Wal News.

the WAT News.
Frequent mention has been made in
the Mukden dispatches Of the vast
fields Of millet which have played so
important a part in the movements
of the contending armies.
A correspondent writes that the plant
appears not to be the same millet
(Panicum Miliaceum) or panic (Setaria
I~talica) of Asia Minor, mentioned by
Xenophon in the Arabasis, which grew
in the days Of Cyrus in the plains Of
Cilicia, but rather the durra Of Indian
millet or Sorgho grass, Holcus Sorg-
hum of Linnaeus. Xenophon, in his
Anabasis (the Expedition Of Cyrus.
says that in his march in Cilicia. Cyrus
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-10
GREEKS STAY 80 ALBANIANS.

Burn a Village-Many Persons Wound
ed and Captured.
Salonika.-A Greek band attacked
and burned an Albanian village near
KlisSura.
Thirty persons were killed and many
more were wounded and captured.
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More Disturbances in Russia.
Dispatches from many points in Rus
STA tell of renewed disturbances among
the peasant and urban population.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-10
England Accents Terms.

Great Britain, according to q dis
patch from Pekin, has accepted Chi
mas notifications in the Tibetan con-
vention.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-10
State Bank Robbed.

The State Bank at BoelHs. Neb.. was
blown open and robbed. The robbers
escaped on q hand car.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-10
French Claims Settled.

1t was reported from Paris, France.
that Turkey had settled the French
claims by an agreement to pay indem.
nifty and to purchase arms in France.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-10
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

A general strike for more wages has
begun ON the largest sugar plantations
in the Ponce District, Of Porto Rico.
Meetings of laborers are being organ
lied. The American Federation of La
Dor has been taking an active part in
the movement.
The court-martial in the case Of COM
mander John B. Briggs, in Manila, for
merly in command of the cruiser Baltt.
more, who was tried for running that
vessel aground in the Straits of Ma
lacca while en- route to the Philippines,
has returned a verdict of acquittal.
Pedro Roxas. who was placed under
arrest in Manila on the charge Of fur
nishing supplies to the ladrones, and
Administrator Olivia, who was accused
of completely in the ofense, have been
released on $4,000 and $4,000 bail.
respectively. The most influential Fill.
pinos signed their bonds. The native
press %censured the Government for the
arrests. a
' The trial ty court-martial Of Major
Frank Darlington on charges Of con-
duct ~unbeconling an officer and gentle
man was opened in Manila. Major
Darlington, who is under sentence for
forty years Imprisonment for the en-
bezzlement of. Government funds.
pleaded not guilty
General Northcote of the
Commonwealth Of Australia, will, it
is said, invite Secretary Of War Taft
and q party to visit Australia during
the party's approaching visit to the
Philippines. The Commonwealth OF
Australia will offer to defray the en-
tire expenses, it is said. The Ameri-
can Chamber Of Commerce of Manila:
is preparing to entertain Secretary
Taft and party on an extensive SCALE
during their stay in Manila. y
Competition among the managers OF
Honolulu hotels for the entertainment
of patrons is spirited. One Of them
has hit on the expedient Of giving hls
%patrons-or at least those who desire to
risk such sport-the excitement Of
shark hunting. A large party from
one Of the hotels was taken out in q
gasoline launch recently and spent sew
eral hours in the pursuit Of sharks that
had been attracted by the carcass OF q
horse. A big shark was captured.
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some restless animals become tangle

some restless animals become tangled
In the strap.
The latest thing in this line is a
weight containing a spring roller which
takes care of these troubles. Thus the
animal has all the liberty Of q rather
generous length of strap and at the
same time there Is never any slack in
which he can become tangled. For
convenience in handling a ring is pro-
vided by which the thing can be lifted,
and at such time it is not necessary
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-10

The fifteenth German Geographen.
tag will be held at Dantzig on June
1915.
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Russian Hospital Ship Sails.

The Russian hospital ship Orel sailed
from Saigon, after taking on board
coal, provisions and medical supplies.
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to look after the strap. as it is entirely
coiled up within the weight.-Phila-
delphia Record
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I has been truly said that
greater progress was made
during the last century in
curing and preventing dis
ease than during the pre-
vious 1000; years. A cen
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1905-03-24
SHALL C0ALVILLE
HAVE SYSTEM OF
WATER WORKS?

"It is ususIIy considered that 100 gal
luu. % water per capita per diem Is a
sufficiently liberal allowance, aud ON
that basis the AlIgood spring on May a.,
wa- dischusng enough water IN supply
town twice o. large a. Co7lyille. What
tho discharge Of this spring is AZ other
times OF the year am unable 10 state
but should expect 10 ~ be lees 10 the
latter part OF the summer AMI mid
winter. Whether 90 not it discharges
enough water a. all seasons Of the year
60 supply your town is matter you
will nave To decide yourselves. II YOU
are sure that 10 doe. then recommend
that YOU use i a- your source Of supply.
Regarding the various kinds Of pipe
upon which have estimated, ] would
state that they are an maie OF steel ard
should Doe good Tor 90 least IS years. II
you have money enough would rec
ommeud chat you put iu the system
covered hy HHIma'y $50. You know
better what Won can rnari than
do. aud 0l.I u1IuuHt Iag.t. thI-g u-s lon
yuury.y..
Ion mUst remember that You are
building fr t.r future, and you should
not make the uauR' mistake of putting
BOO rp. .ualuIl b..u. mN BOO 10 ar
10 years ,rum nov recommend thW
son l1 ruf u.a 'r.s thm inch pp' 700
,...- ............I male.