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The Delta independent., 1906-06-15
At the Race Track.

Miss Dyer. who went to tho track.
Was urged to try betting a whack.
oh. WE'LL" said Miss Dyer.
''lll take Just one fiier.'
On Airship the girl bet her stack.
Denver Post.
The Delta independent., 1906-06-15
Habit.

He seems to see the worst side Of
everybody"
He can't help 1t. He's an amateur
pho,oGrapher."-wash Star.
The Delta independent., 1906-06-15
He Misunderstood,

Mr. Simpson-Sam, is 1t true that
you confiscate your neighbors' chick.
ems:
Sam-No, sab; fricazees 'em.-Chi-
cago Inter Ocean.
The Delta independent., 1906-06-15
The Latest Versisu.

Peter. Peter. pumpkin eater.
Hated wifey. 80 he beat her.
0hs hastened to Sioux Falls, g. D.,
Because she'd no moro use for he.
Judge.
The Delta independent., 1906-06-15
says Clcle Allen.

Many man." said Uncle Allen
Sparks, deserves Carnegie medal
for going into society when he knows
ali about it."-Chicago Tribune.
The Delta independent., 1906-06-15
How. ln6&<SH

The poor musician gan to cry.
And this Is what l heard him say:
How can lay n little by
When none will buy my little layr'
Judge.
The Delta independent., 1906-06-15
Apropos Of a Drink.

BoeHs-How has the world been
treating you?
HogHs-Not often enough. old man
rrinceton Tiger.
The Delta independent., 1906-06-15
n He ONLY Would,

He talks like n book. his
Admirers all say.
What a pity he doesn't
Shut up the same way!
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Delta independent., 1906-06-15
The Truth.

4 llsping old boor at Duluth
Ate fried eggs with fork Of ono tuth,
But he called to his wife:
'Thay. path me that knife.
don't like TO loothe all this Juth.''
kansas City Telegram.
The Delta independent., 1906-06-15
A to the Box Party.

And they enjoyed the opera!"
''Oh, yes. They didn't say word
except between the acts."-Boston Her
aid.
The Delta independent., 1906-06-15
TIE Thi.s For Hin.

II hypnotism really 10
Tho thing IT'S said to be,
The bill collector in his "bix"
Might use It splendidly.
Baltimore Bun
The Delta independent., 1906-06-15
A Frienaly I.vitatio..

when In need Of square meal draw
on me-" said the rubber nipple to the
baby.-Judgc.
The Delta independent., 1906-06-15
0DA1FtAg.

PA, how big 10 a whaleT
"Phwat koind av q wha-aler'
"a large whale"
"Um-how largeT-Life.
The Delta independent., 1906-06-15
Reeoxnisine a Rival,

NecOBnI1I1B . HIVHIs
Said the chauffeur to the footpad:
We own the blooming town.
You hold one half the people up;
run the other down.
-ChicAgo Tribune.
The Delta independent., 1906-06-15

/ Boys Suits fiom sl.0O up. Mems
siiss fc,n s.)s i,-l. HlvA,D'i
The Delta independent., 1906-06-15

The way the Olathe boys cleaned up
Ouray the other day at base ball should
be lesson for some of the miners. AL
falfa diet is sometimes more conducive
of good base throwing and bali batting
than is mountain air and snow capped
srererv
The Delta independent., 1906-06-15
aeRoaAuT's NOVEL IDEA
Frenchman PLANS Era of Aero.
nautics In United States.
WITH HEADQUARTERS AT ST. LOUIS

aippolyts francois says II IL ~
Ideal City For Ballooaiag - Owner
Of Largest AirshiD At worlA's Fair
wsuld Organise a. "AeFo Club" -
Great Ship.
The Delta independent., 1906-06-15

missioners would proceed to nA. i
park around the courthouse. thele
would be many who would show their
appreciation.
The Delta independent., 1906-06-15


les popular science in et. Louis, We
will build an asrodrome, will bring
my big ship over from Paris. and We
will organise an aero club. such a. they
have over there. We will mako d.
Louis tho headquarters for this thing
In the western hemisphere, Just ~ Par
Il n headquarters for II In Europe"
Count do 10 vaulx says that Ameri-
ca takes an Incredible view Of asronau.
tics. We look at It, hs says, from the
single viewpoint Of humor. An airshiD
u funny; q balloon y funny. The Erav.
cst among ~ laughs at the mention oe
an aeronaut. To the French that 70 In.
credible. To thcm the whole subject
Of acrostation II grand. exquisite. IN
eplring, scstatic. The French see In
balioonins q bliss which wholly tran.
sccnds it, dangers. They give balloon.
lng parties for ladies'. Aristocrats 70
up In the clouds. Rich men have their
balloons for enjoyment. People like
Count do Ia vaulx set out from Paris
and drift with the winds far on Into
central Europe. up into Russia. up iato
tho Netherlands. Here. says the count.
we think q man Of that sort crank.
We have only men that 60 balloonins
Tor money, the parachutist and the man
that hangs 70 ths bar with bis testA.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-29
$500 Killed in Battle.

City of MeXico.-ThiEty-fv hun
dred lives already have been sacri-
feed in the bloodiest war in the his
tory of Central America, according
to a despatch received here from
Salvador, and Salvador mas been vic
tor over Guatemala at all points.
Though Guatemala had about three
men to Salvador's one in the recent
fighting, the smaller force complete
ly routed the larger. On both sides
the loss was great, Salvador losing
about 700 killed and 100 wounded,
and Guatemala about $500 killed
and 1900 wounded.
Gen. Regalado, Of Salvador, when
killed, was over a mile in advance.
He had fifty picked officers and men
with him, two of whom, Guatema-
lans in disguise, are said to have
shot him. The others were killed,
and after the troops came up and
drove the Guatemalan troops back
they found over 600 dead Guatema-
Ian soldiers, including several Off
GERS.
In that battle Salvador captured
the enemy's artillery. Then Guate-
mala begged for peace. Salvador re-
fused, but twelve hours later tele-
gram from President Roosevelt
changed conditions.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-29
EARTHQUAKES RUIN SOCORRO
Shake Down Buildings and Put
Inhabitants to Flight.
Eifty-two Shocks Cause Terrified
Refugees to Pour Out of Rio
Grandc Valley.

El Paso, TeXas.-Fifty-two Garth
quake shocks within space of two
days have :lmost completely wrecked
the town Of Socorro, in New Mexico,
and have sent the inhabitants fleeing
panic-stricken from the city. Socorro
is a small city of several hundred in
habitants north of Ell Paso, on the
El Paso branch Of the Santa Fe Rail-
road, the county seat of Socorro
County and the seat Of the New Mex
leo School of Mines.
The earthquake shocks have been
felt and they have been getting worse
until now they occur every few min
utes. The water in the hot springs
near there has increased several de-
grees in temperature, and the inhab-
itants fear that the ancient extinct
volcano ten miles from the town will
break out and begin squirting lava
again.
The Court House is now a mass OF
ruins and almost every house in the
town made of adobe structure IS
cracked and falling. Many have al
ready fallen, crushing their contents,
the inmates having already aban-
doned them. Nobody has lived in
doors for a week, and most Of the
people are fleeing from the COM
munity. The Santa Fe Railroad has
sent box cars into which the people
are piling and being hauled out like
cattle. How much longer they can
get away on cars Isl not certain, as
great boul6ers and tons Of earth are
toppling onto the track in various
places and every train has to stop
until the obstruction can be removed.
The people re fleeing without any
thing. They are locking up their
houses, taking the train and getting
out as soon as they can. The entire
surrounding country has also felt the
shocks, and much damage has Deen
done, especially at San Marcial ana
Magdalena, but not so severely as a.
Socorro, where most Of the damage
has resulted. Several houses rave
been shaken down at Magdalena, and
violent uuakes have broken the plas-
ter from the houses in San Marciai
end even as far south as Las Cruces.
Nobody sleeps inside an adobe house
in San Marcial or Magdalena, ana II
is said by messengers and refugees
arriving from Socorro that there are
not a dozen persons left in that city.
Many have arrived here from tne
stricken section.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-29
LADY CURzON DIES SUDDENLY.
She Was Mary Letter, of Chicago,
Before Marriage.
Lord Curzon Became Viceroy OF In
dia-She Brought Fortune
and Fame to Him.

London. - Lady Curzon is dead.
She never entirely recovered from
the serious crisis she passed through
at Walmer Castle, Kent. in, 1914,
and the hot weather brought on
pronounced attack of general debii-
ity.. The immediate cause Of death
was weak heart.
With the death of Lady Curzon,
who was Mary Letter, of Chicago,
before her marriage, there is brought
to a premature close the story OF a
rare and beautiful devotion. Since
her marriage in 1895 to George N.
Curzon, eldest son Of the Rev. Al
fred Nathaniel Holden Curzon, fourth
Baron of Scarsdale, she has made
possible not only through her wealth,
but through her own personal quail
ties of tact and charm, one Of the
brilliant and useful careers of mod
ern English politics. Her extensive
entertainments in England immedis
ately after her marriage won for her
husband, who had only slender
means at his command, countless
friends. He was promoted rapidly
until when still young man he was
made Viceroy ofrIndfa, the most i'm
portant executive post of the colonia3
system of the British Empire. She
married an Under Secretary of State
and she dies leaving a husband who
is one Of the high. noblemen Of the
realm, full of honors and loaded
with decorations and appointments.
Mary Letter Curzon was the
daughter of Levi q. Letter, who
amassed fortune as a partner In
the dry goods firm of Marshall Field
C Co. She was born in Chicago, and
the first thirteen years Of her life
were passed there. The family
moved to Washington, and the girls
education was carried on by govern
esses there and various masters in
European capitals. in 1888 she
made her debut in Washington So
ciety and her social career. BEGAN in
the famous old mansion or Dupont
Circle, which was built by James G..
Blaine.
In 1904 on visit to England
Lady Curzon had passed through an
illness from which it was thought at
the time she could never recover,
and it was the effects of that awful
siege that prompted her husband to
| bring her home. After their return
to India Lady Curzon continued in
Indifferent health. She was never
really well again and her death can
be traced to her illness Of two years
ago.
Three children were born of the
marriage-Cynthia Blanche in 1896
and Mary Irene in 1898, and third
| child in March, 1904. \ sa.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-29

France to the verge OF revolution
several times, it has overthrown min
isteries. it has excited anti-Semitic
fanaticism and provoked insane glor-
ification of the French Army. The
dates of it's chief events during
twelve years are:
Dreyfus arrested. October IA. 1894
Found guilty by a secret court-mar-
tial. December 10, 1894
Publicly degraded and sent to Devils
Island under life sentence.
January 5, 1895
Mathew Dreyfus charges Colonel Es-
terhazy with having written the
bordereau. .... November Is. 1897
Esterhazy acquitted by secret court
martial ... January II, 1898
Zola publishes "J'accuse" letter..
January 13, 1898
Zola fined and sentenced to prison.
February 23, 1898
Court of Cessation quashes Zola's
sentence :. :. :. April 2, 1898
Cavaignac, War Minister. produces
documents to prove Dreyfus' guilt
July 7. 1898
Zola condemned again July 16, 1898
Colonel Henry arrested, confesses
forging chief of Cavaignac's docu-
ments; commits suicide.
August 81, 1898
War Minister Cavaignac resigns.
September 4, 1898
French commission decides against
revision September &c, 1898
Brisson Ministry resigns: Court OF
Cessation reports in favor Of re-
vision. :. :. October rs, 1898
Dupuy Ministry takes office.
October 81, 1898
Court Of Cessation stops prosecution
of PicQuart. December 9, 1898
Court of Cessation orders second
court-martial ~ June 8, 1887
Dupuy Ministry having been defeat
ed, Waldeck-Rousseau forms new
ministry. :. June %, 1899
Dreyfus leaves Devils Island for
France. .. -. July 13, 1899
Second court-martial opens at
Rennes 49,. :. August 7, 1899
Attempt to kill Labori fails.
August IA, 1899
Dreyfus sentenced to ten years i'm
prisonment in fortress.
September 10. 1899
President Loubet issues pardon.
September 10, 1899
Dreyfus set at liberty.
September 20, 1899
Supreme Court fully vindicates Drey-
fus.. go. July II, 1906
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-29
200 BLUEJACKCTs POISONED.
Tainted Liver Bought in Boston
Causes Illness on Evans Fleet.


Washington, D. C.-Word was re-
ceived at the Navy Department from
Admiral Robley D. Evans, at Rock
port, Mass, saying that 200 sailors
are in care of physicians, because of
poisoning by eating tainted liver pro-
cured from Boston vender of meats.
An inquiry Is under way to ascertain
if the meat was unfit for food when
purchased, or if improper refrigera-
ton on shipboard causes it to be-
come unfit.
More than thirty of the sailors are
very i'll, and prolonged treatment
will be required. Fatalities will not
surprise the surgeons. 1t appears
that the commissary department, in
charge of the purveying for the feet
at Rockport, numbering more than
forty vessels, from gigantic battle
ships to diminutive .gunboats, went
er for advice.
He was directed to a firm who
buys from one OF the big Four"
packers.
An order for two tons of liver was
filled, and the regulations require a
rigid inspection.
Admiral Evans; who is much per-
turbed and angry, is endeavoring to
find out if orders were obeyed.
So great Importance here is at
tached to the matter that the Acting
Secretary has ordered that careful
test be made of all refrigerators in
the naval squadron, as we'll as the
food receptacles. The naval authori-
ties decline to give the names of the
sick sailors. Advices from Boston say
the meat venders insist that the liver
was in good condition when deliV-
ayod
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-29
$500 MEN KILLED IN
latest BATTLE
Salvador and Guatemala Have
Now Suspended HostiIities.
TRUCE IS R00SEVELT'S WORK
SaIyadoreans Claim Victory in En-
gagement at Metapan and Plan
atar-No Quarter Giv0n in
Fierce FiShting-Pcace in Sight

Fierce Fighting-Pcacc in Sight
City of Mexico, Mexico.-SalVa-
dorean advices received here tell or
two sharp battles between Guatema-
Ian and Salvadoreen troops. one at
Metapan and the other at Planatar.
salvadoreans claim the victory in
both battles.
President Cabrera is accused OF
breaking faith three hours after he
made an agreement with the Presi-
dent of Mexico to cease hostilities
pending peace negotiations. His
soldiers are alleged to have crossed
the Salyadorean border and attacked
the Salvadorean army at Metapan
and Planatar.
Guatemalan soldiers are also ac-
cused Of inhuman barDarities in the
Salyadorean advices received here.
In the fighting at Metapan it is
stated that young Molina, son OF
one of the prominent and rich SAB
vadorean families, while suffering
from a wound in the leg was taken
prisoner. He received no quarter
and was literally cut to pieces by
the Guatemalan soldiers. Colonel
Adalberto Guirola, a graduate OF
West Point, son of Angel Guirola,
wealthy Salvadorean, was also
killed in the battle.
The death of these two men is
pointed out as an indication of the
fact that rich and poor alike have
rushed to the defence Of Salvador,
while it is claimed in the Salvado-
rean advices that Cabrera's army
of fifty thousand men were drafted
and driven to the front by force and
does not contain a single wealthy
man of Guatemala.
AdVices from Salvador stated that
the Salvadorean army and the Qua
temalan revolutionary forces under
General Toledo. had the main army
of the Guatemalan troops surround
ed at Jutiapa, and that if hostilities
continued the latter were in danger
of being forced to surrender. A cable
from Acajutia states that the steam
. ship Empire, the vessel used by the
Guatemalan revolutionists in their
filibustering expedition, arrived at
that port from Corinto and was for
mally turned over to the Salvador
can Government for use as gun
boat.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-29
MOTOR BUS HORROR.
Ten Passengers Killed When Brakes
Refuse to Act on Hill.

London.-Owing to the brakes fail
ing to act motor omnibus running
from London to Brighton dashed
down a steep hill near Crawley and
was overturned. Ten passengers
were killed and score badly hurt,
some of them probably sustaining
fatal injuries.
There were thirty-four passengers
on the omnibus, mainly merchants
of Orphington, ten miles from Lon
don, and all were either killed or in
iured. The omnibus dashed down
the hill at terrific speed, and ran into
a tree, which was smashed to match
wood.
The occupants Of the vehicle were
pitched in all directions. Several Oh
the killed were so terribly mangled
that it was difficult to identity them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-29
AFTER ICE COMPANIES.
St. Louis Prosecutor Sues Alleged
Trust For $142,S0O.

st. Louis.-After an investigation
of three weeks, Circuit Attorney.
Sager filed suits in the Circuit Court
AGAINST the Polar Wave Ice and Fuel
Company and the Merchants Ice and
Coal Company, on the allegation that
these companies are in an alleged
combination to restrain trade and to
fix and maintain the price of ice.
The suit asks that judgment Tor
s71,4O0 be assessed against each
company as fines for the ia days
that the. alleged agreement has been
in effect, and further asks that the
charters under which the companies
have been doing business be declared
null and void.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-29
The National Game.

1t really seems to be a case of
Jack Chesbro redivivus.
The Boston Club is said to have
offered Toledo $4,000 for the fast In
dian outfielder, Frank jude.
In timing the swing of his bat to
meet the ball Beaumont, of the Pir-
ates. is an ideal performer with the
Btick.
Carl Druhot released by Cincin-
natl to the St. Louis Nationals, has
become a winning pitcher for the
cardinals.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-29
MOB MURDERS WIFE BEATER.
Indiana Mans Neighbors Capture and
Kill Him Before He Gets Sober.

Indiana Mans Neighbors Capture and
Kill Him Before He Gets Sober.
Indianapolis, Ind.-Oliver Bryant,
a coal miner, of Venderberg County.
drank to excess, went home and gave
his wife beating.
A mob was organized at night,
and while Bryant was sleeping off
the effects of liquor they broke into
his house, took him out and beat him
so terribly that he died next day.
The mob is said to have been led
by A. J. Gleicn, prominent farmer
and fruit grower. He was arrested,
charged with murder. Harry Linn
vile, blacksmith, is also under ar
rest on similar charge and war
rants are out for a number of others.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-29
Feminine News Notes.

In stature EsquimauX women are
the shortest on earth.
In Africa wives are sold for two
packets Of hair pins.
William Waldorf Astor, Jr., and
his bride arrived in New York City
on their wedding trip.
Mrs. Charles T. Stout won the
women's golf championship OF the
New York metropolitan district.
President and Nine. Fallieres gave
a dinner at the Elysee Palace in
honor of Mr.. and Mrs. LongWorth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-29
BLOW AT ICE TRUST.

Two Washington Companies Indicted
With Four of Their Officials.
Washington. D. C.-The Grand
Jury indicted two companies and four
individuals for violation Of the Sher-
man antitrust law 1t is the Ice
Trust which is struck at, and the
charge is conspiracy to fix the price
Of ice.
This action is the result Of the pub
lie Indignation over the so-called ice
famine that prevailed here until the
dealers got frightened.
The defendant corporations are the
American Ice Company and the
Chapin-Sacks Manufacturing Com
pany.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-29
Sporting Brevities.

Emperor William has bought Alli-
son Armour's yacht Utowana, paying
$4,000 for it.
Miss May Sutton lost the British
women's lawn tennis championship
to Miss Douglass.
T. +. Kiely. of Tipperary. Ireland.
won the all-around amateur athletic
championship Of America.
Harold H. Hackett won the final
round in the lawn tennis tournament
for the New York State champion
ship.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-29
The Labor World.

The lahorites in England are to
have a d., paper, to be called the
Majority
Some $50 Yiddish cooks have
started a union on the east side Of
New York City.
The A. +. Of l.. is working on lines
to organize the express messengers Of
all the railroads.
Sky Pilots Union No. has been
formed in Chicago. Preacher? No;
halloonists. There are about .Xty in
that oity and they want to hold up.
wages.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-29
Prominent People.

Patrick McGowan is Acting Mayor
Of New York while Mayor Mcclellan
is absent in Europe.
Winston Churchill announces his
plans for freeing New Hampshire
from railroad domination.
Secretary Root expressed in Porto
Rico the Washington Governments
deep interest in the islands future.
Professor Pozzi was presented with
q gold medal in Paris to mark the
twentieth anniversary Of his nison!
guished work as surgeon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-29
Coffee Rates Favor New York.

Steamers between South America
and the United States announce that
the rate from Rio de Janeiro and
Santos to New Orleans will be forty
cents a sack on coffee, while the rate
to New York from the same ports will
be thirty-five cents a sack.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-29
Warrants For Herald Staff.

United States Commissioner
Shields issued warrants for five mem
bers of the New York Herald staff,
charging them with sending obscene
matter through the mails. The
charge is based on personal" adyer-.
tiSementS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-29
Petroleum Stops Plague.

Dr.. turner, Health Officer of Bonn
bay, has successfully demonstrated
the extraordinary efficiency Of crude
petroleum as a plague disinfectant.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-29

Vice-Admiral Chouknin. command
er Of the Russian Black Sea fleet,
who was shot at Sebastopol, sup
posedly by a sailor of the battleship
Otchakoff, died next morning with
out having regained consciousness
The under gardener Of Admiral
Chouknin's villa is suspected of hav-
ing knowledge of the murderer, as
he has disappeared.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-29
NEARLY 500 TO LOSE WORK.
Carnegie Company Employees Affected
by Failure to Get Contract.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Nearly five hun
dred employees of the armor plate
department of the Carnegie Steel
Company's plant in Homestead will
be thrown out of work for two years
or more as a result of the company
losing the contract for supplying ar
NOR plate for the battleships South
Carolina and Michigan.
The department is practically at
q standstill. All the government
work was completed several months
ago. and about four hundred and
fifty men were thrown out of employ
ment. About fifty men are now en-
gagged in making safe plates and
o: ner light work. Contracts for fur
nishing this material have about
been filled, and in a few weeks the
department will close down alto
gether.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-29
PRISONER KILLS HIMSELF.
n. NJ. Riggs, Arrested For Murder,
Takes His Own Life.

Elroy, Wis.-N. M. Riggs, who was
arrested here in connection with the
murder of Millie Ellison, in Minneap-
oils, shot himself, dying instantly.
When arrested Riggs asked to be
taken to see his wife and daughter,
who are visiting in the country. He
returned and talked with many
friends, being apparently cheerful,
but somewhat pale.
Riggs asked permission to go to his
room in the hotel, and then shot him
self through the temple.