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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-12
THE LID DOWN N SARATOGA
Gambling Stops and Thick Gloom
Spreads Over Resort.
Done by Governors Or(leTs-Not 4
Wheel Turns Nor Chip Falls in
CanficId's or Uilman's.

Saratoga, Y. Y.-The gamble: by
fighting among themselves have
killed the goose that laid the golden
egg. Saratoga is closed town. Not
! a card is turned, nor wheel is spun.
The gambling house proprietors and
their dealers stand gloomily in the
hotels and on the street corners dis
consolately decrying the hard luck,
as they call it, which has befalle1
them.
The lid" of New York metaphor,
is on and battened down, SO far as
gambling at cards and as to gambling
clubs are concerned. Following the
raid on Ullman's Bridge Whist Club
an official order was issued to the
proprietors of all the gambling
houses, directing them TO close, as
gambling in future would not be per-
mitted in Saratoga.
The order was in terms that con-
vinced the owners Of gambling clubs.
and forthwith there was a general
closing early in the day, the morning
sessions at faro and roulette being
the players were turned out OF the
gambling houses at once. The races
broke the monotony Of the afternoon,
but when night came, and rain with
it, the visitors at Saratoga had the
chance to realize what it meant to
have the lid on
The sudden action by the author
tiles in stopping gambling was q di-
rect result of visit to the summer
resort by Frank Perley, secretary Of
Governor Higgins. He consulted with
the Sheriff, the Chief Of Police and
the village officials, and the order to
close the gambling houses was the
result.
The closing was none the less
absolute and complete, for even Rich
ard Canfields Saratoga Club, where
ways were found to accommodate
patrons by roundabout methods, was
closed tight, so far as gambling is
concerned.
The smaller gambling clubs were
in darkness, the proprietors in some
cases going so far as to remove their
gambling furniture.
"Joe" Ullman, in spite of his boast,
did not move new gambling imple-
ments into the Bridge Whist Club
and resume business. Ullman's place
was shut as tight as the other gam
bling houses.
Among the gamblers, Ulimau was
blamed for having precipitated their
trouble, but the general view was
that Garfield was the real cause of
the sudden move It was said that
Garfield had instigated the movement
against Ullman, whose clubrooms had
attracted patrons from Canfeld's
Saratoga Club. Governor Higgins
message ended the affair, for the be-
lief among the gamblers is that all
or none shall be permitted to conduct
business.
The presence of Secretary Perley
at the race track caused some excite
ment, as it was said that he went
there to witness the method of race
track betting with view to reporting
to Governor Higgins. The word was
passed around that bets mustbe made
with as little display Of money as
possible. The alarm had its influence
only on the first race, however, as
money transactions were absolutely
necessary in the volume of business
that went on
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-12
"HELLO, MORTIMER"
Fatcful Words That Reunited John
Mcdonald and Daughter.

Paterson, N. J.-After having been
separated from her father for thirty
four years, Mrs. John Mortimer Of
1873 Slater street, Paterson, and her
father have been reunited. John
Mcdonald, the father, seventy years
old, has been travelling through the
United States in the hope of coming
across his long lost daughter.
He was standing on the corner OF
Main and Market streets, preparatory
to going to the railroad station,
when he heard some one say to the
motorman of Newark trolley car:
Hello, Mortimer; how are you?"
Knowing this was his daughters
marriage name, the old man got on
the car and questioned Mortimer. He
soon learned that the motorman was
his son-in-law. He was directed to
where his daughter and her husband
lived. Mcdonald is Scotchman and
lived at the foot of Ben Nevis. His
daughter Anna was courted by Nor
timer, but the father forbade him the
house. The two eloped and came to
America.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-12
CHICAGO MAIL ORDER HOUSES
Offer to Pay Six Per Cent. on Deposits
of From So to $4,000.

+ Chicago. - Chicago mail order
houses threaten to cut into the Dusi-
ness of interior banks, and country
bankers are up in arms over the in
cursion planned into their territory
and legitimate occupation. For
weeks the agricultural sections Of
Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Nebraska and
Missouri have been flooded with cir
culsr letters addressed to farmers,
mechanics and merchants in the
smaller towns and villages, offering
as high as six per cent. for deposits
and the return Of certificates payable
on demand.
The mail order houses are adver-
tising, do your banking with us,
and Offering to accept money in
amounts from S. to $4,000, send a
certificate for it, and pay six per cent.
interest semi-annually. The money
nay be had on demand and surrender
Of the certificate. 1t is also pro-
vided that the depositor may buy
goods against such bank account With
the company, and have the amount
deducted from his deposit
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-12
STANDARD OIL INDICTED
FOR ACCEPTING REBATES
Speedy Action by Federal Grand
Jury in Chicago.
LAKE SHORE ROAD INVOLVED
Gil Company if Convicted May Be
Mulcted in S3SO,G0O Fines
More Indictments Expected
Evidence Taken in Cleveland.

Chica go.-After an investigation
lasting just three hours and a half
the Standard Oil Company was in
dicted by the special Federal Grand
Jury on the charge of accepting re-
bates from the Lake ShSre and Mich
igan Southern Railroad. There are
nineteen counts in the indictment,
. and the penalty, if conviction follows,
; may be $4,000 c. each count, Or a
total of SSS0,000 in fines, while the
, total amount of rebates received is
1.-The comparatively Insignificant sum
Of $500.
No individuals were indicted,
neither was the railroad company
that gave the rebates, but the Grand
Jury has not completed its work yet,
and this first indictment is expected
! to be followed by long list of others.
1t is said to be not improbable that
officials of the Lake Shore Railroad
and the Standard Oil Company will
be indicted. There is some question
whether indictments may not be re-
turned against Captain &. ]. Gram
mer, Vice-President of the New iork
Central lines, the man who is respon-
sible for the acts Of the freight de-
partment of the Lake Shore road.
The inquiry will turn upon the
question of whether the Standard Oil
4 Company entered into conspiracy
with some of the railroads to obtain
secret and discriminating rates in re-
straint of trade and whether the
Standard Oil Company and its SUBJ
: sidiary companies do not constitute
a trust
The reason why the jury was able
to return an indictment within so
short time was that all the testi-
mony had previously been taken at
Cleveland, and it was necessary only
to read to the jurors the transcript
of the evidence in the presence of the
witnesses who had given it. 1t was
not even necessary to call all the men
who had been summoned, and in fact
the only witnesses who were called
were J. L. Clark, General Western
( Freight Agent of the Lake Shore; G.
A. Slauson, General Freight Agent at
Cleveland; Henry L. Meyer, clerk in
the Freight Auditors office, and Geo.
T. Roberts, Of the Interstate Com
missioner's Office.
The indictment alleges that by the
system of granting the Standard Oil
Company rebates or concessions, that
corporation benefited to the extent of
$500 between August, 1908, and
February, 1905. Each count sets up
a rebate of between $500 and $500
a month which the Standard Oil Com
pany received by reason of the fact
that the Lake Shore Railroad Com
pany did not enforce from it the pay
ment of storage charges on it's prod
ucts at the warehouse of the railroad
at Eighteenth street, Chicago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-12
Feminine News Notes.

Miss May Sutton won the open
lawn tennis championships at Leices-
ter, England.
Miss Anna Johnstone, of Newark,
N. J., offered to race any woman in
an automobile.
Japanese men are such notoriously
bad riders that the girls may displace
the boys as jockeys.
Melba earns s150,000 when IN full
work, and Sarah Bernhardt makes an
average of $4,000.
Mrs. Hetty Green has in Mrs Rus
sell Sage a rival to the title Of the
richest woman in the world.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-12
300 SINK WITH SHIP,
BLESSED BY BISHOP
Steamer Sirio Strikes a Reef Off
Cape PaIos.
CAPTAIN COMMITS SUICIDE
Frcnzied Passengers Fight For Places
i'll the Lifeboats, Where Many
Drown-Women Throw Them
selves Into the Sea.


Cartagena, Spain. - Three hum
dred emigrants were drowned off
Cape Palos. The Italian steamship
STio, from Genoa for Cadiz, Monte
video and Buenos Ayres, with eight
hundred persons on board, was
wrecked off Hormigas Island. Most
of those lost were Italians and Span
iards. The captain of the steamer
committed suicide. He attributed
the wreck to his own fmprudence.
The Bishop of Sac Pablo, Brazil, was
drowned while blessing the passen-
gers OF tho Sirio. The Archbishop Of
Sac Pedro was saved !
The remainder OF the passengers
and the officers and crew got away
in the ships boats. or were rescued
by means of boats from shore. A
number Of fishermen who made at
tempts at rescue were drowned by
the overturring OF boat.
Those rescued from the vessel
were taken to Cape Palos in. a pitia-
BILE condition, being without food or
clothing.
The sirio, which was owned blythe
Navigazione Italia, Of Genoa, struck
a rocky reef known as Bajos Hormi-
gas and sank soon after, stern first.
Hormigas Island lies about two and
half miles to. the eastward of Cape
Palos. -
Before he committed suicide the
captain said the steamer had GAS pas
sengers on board and that her crew,
numbered 127 men. The Sirio had
$40 passengers when she left Genoa,
but additional Spanish passengers
were taken on board at Barcelona,
where the vessel touched few hours
before she struck.
The steamer was threading a diff
ficult passage through the Hormigas
group, where the Bajos Eormigas
Reef is continual menace to naviga-
ton. The vessel began to settle rap
idly as soon as she struck, and a ter
rible scene of confusion and panic
followed. The fishermen along the
coast sought to render every assist
ance in their power, and sent out
boats which brought many survivors
ashore. Most OF the officers and
crew of the Sirio are among the
saved. '
The survivors camped in the main
square Of the town at Cape Palos.
There were narrowing scenes, as the
stricken families anxiously sought
members, among the rescued. I A
mother who lost her three children
went insane. The doctor of the Sirio
gave up his wife and child as lost,
but they were finally brought in by
one of the rescuing boats. One Of
the boats sent out by the fishermen
brought in twenty-four passengers.
A few minutes later the vessel be-
gan to sink by the stern. The pas
sengers rushed forward, fighting for
places in the bow of the boat. Many
fell and were trampled to death.
Dozens of men and women threw
themselves into the sea. A young
mother, who was carrying her baby,
was advised TO abandon the child and !:
try to save herself. This she refused
to do. Both were afterwards res
eued
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-12
DUEL TO DEATH IN STREET.
Merchant and Alleged Assailant OF
His Daughter Die Together.

Chadwick, Mo.-In the sight OF
hundreds of churchgoers, Charles
Freeman. the leading merchant of
Chadwick, and Robert Keene, Is
years old, engaged in duel in the
heart of the town, which was mortal
to both.
Several days ago Freeman began:
legal proceedings against keene, who
was accused OF attacking the mer-
chants daughter. Keene was a mem
Der of one of the Oldest and most re-
spected families in the county. He
vehemently denied the charge, and
sent word to Freeman he would kill
uim on sight.
Freeman was returning from
church with his wife and children.
The girl who was the cause of the
tragedy was walking at her fathers
side. Keene suddenly turned cor
ner, and the two enemies were face
to face. The street was filled with
churchgoers, all walking, and, as
every one knew OF the feud, there
was flight in every direction when
the shooting began.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-12
BRIDAL COUPLE KILLED.
Ground to Death Beneath the Wheels
Of an Electric Car.

St. Joseph, Mich.-Hiram B. Hell
mick and his bride Of two weeks,
while driving from Benton Harbor to
st. Joseph were ground to pieces be-
meath the wheels of an electric car
which struck the runabout to which
they were driving skittish colt.
Mrs. Helmick was instantly killed.
Mr.. Helmick lived for a few minutes,
although literally wrapped about the
wheels Of his rig. Physicians were
summoned, but Helmick was dead
before they arrived.
Just before the runabout and its
occupants reached the trolley cross
ing Mr.. Helmick drew up the colt,
which, however, plunged madly for
ward as the car bore down at the
rate of twenty-five miles an hour.
The colt broke from the shafts and
left the rig on the tracks.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-12
NAVY BAN ON TATTOOING.
Sailors Taking Steps to Stamp Out
the Pra Cticc.

Washington, D. C.-Enlisted men
in the navy have instituted a move.
ment to do away with tattoo mark
ing. Since the conviction Of Brook
lyn man through the efforts of Off
GERS of the Humane Society for mu-
tilating the arms of young boy
tattooers have shown unwillingness
to embellish the bodies of men who
are not known to be Of age.
The following description OF de-
serter from the navy shows to what
extremes some men have gone in
decorations which cannot be re-
moved: Tattoo marks on chest,
shoulders, arms, and back, viz, eagle,
ship, woman, flag, sailor, cards,
clasped hands, flag, and flowers.
Tattoo marks are a ready means OF
Identification of deserters.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-12
NeWsY GlcaEinSS.

Starving peasants in Russia are
fighting police and troops.
Civil war by the Russian peasants
has practically broken out.
The Pennsylvania Railroad is re-
ducing it's fare to two and a hall
cents mile.
Washington believes railroad men
intend to raise rates to highest point
when the new rate law goes into ef'
feet.
Charles E. Tripler, Of liquid all
fame, died at a hotel in Liberty, N
Y, from Bright's disease, after az
illness Of two months.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-12
BANK TELLER yVRAY CAUGHT.
Pittsburg Absconder Will Not Resist
Extradition From Canada.

Toronto, Ontario. - Clinton B.
Wray, the defaulting teller of the
Union Trust Company, Of Pittsburg,
Pa, who with C. S. Hixton, the indi-
vidual bookkeeper, robbed the bank
of $125,000, and which may be
100000, was arrested. Miss Grace
Laughrey, of Kittanning, near Pitts
burg, who has been travelling with
him. was found in a boarding house
on Victoria street, where it is alleged
she and Wray have been living for a
week, and was also taken into GUS
tody.
To detectives Wray admitted he
had embezzled about $125,000.
"Where Is the money!" asked the
sergeant.
"I gambled it," replied Wray.
"How did you spend it,"
ooh, lost it all on the stock mar
ket. l seemed to be in wrong"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-12
RICH TIMBER THIEF TO JAIL
Contractor and 4 Lawyer Are Sent to
Cells in Oregon.

Portland, Ore.-Willard N. Jones.
member of the Oregon Legislature in
1903, a wealthy contractor and tim
ber dealer, was sentenced by Judge
William H. Hunt, in the United
States Circuit Court, to serve one
years Imprisonment in the Federal
Penitentiary on McNeill's Island and
to pay a fine of $4,000.
Jones was convicted of conspiracy
TO defraud the Government in timber
claims. Thaddeus Stevens Potter. a
we'll known Portland lawyer, who
was tried and convicted Jointly with
Jones, was sentenced to serve SIX
months in the Multnomah County
iail and to pay fine Of $500.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-12
pULAJANE BAND RAIDS A TOWN.
Burns Municipal Building and Kills
the EX-PreSident.


Manila, Philippine Islands.-One
hundred and fifty Pulajanes, having
pierced the military Gordon, burned
the municipal buildings, killed the
ex-president of the town, two former
members of the constabulary and
three policemen at Abuyon, Island
of Leyte, twenty miles from the
scene of the recent fight. One hun
dred soldiers and constabulary are
in pursuit of the raiders.
Major Crawford and Capt. Knau-
Der, with a lieutenant and eight con-
stabulary men, were ambushed by
Igorrotes while shooting the rapids
of the Abulung River, in northern
Luzon, on a bamboo raft. Major
Crawford and Capt. Knauber and five
men were wounded with arrows.
They were unable to return the fire,
because the enemy were hidden on
the wooded banks of the river. This
outbreak is ineXplicable, as hitherto
the Igorrotes have been peaceable.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-12
Prominent People.

The reception to Secretary Root at
Rio Janeiro has been more than cor
dial.
William Rockefeller has arrived
home after a years absence in Eu-
rope.
Prince Eugene Murat, of France,
was killed by the overturning of his
automobile.
John Lawrence Toole, the come
dian, died at Brighton, England, a
few days ago.
Former French Foreign Minister
Delcasse is to visit this country.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-12
LYNCH THREE NEGROES.
Two Others Are Not Molested by the
Mob.

Charlotte, n. CA mob of 5000
determined men forcibly entered the
Rowan County jail at Salisbury, re-
moved therefrom three of the five ne.
groes charged with the murder OF
the Lyerly family at Barber Junction
July IS, and lynched them.
Nease and John Gillespie and JACK
Dillingham;, supposed to be the prln-
cipals in that crime, were the vic
tins of mob vengeance. The re-
naming negroes, Henry Lee, GeCrge
Erwin, and Bella Dillingham;, were
not molested.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-12
The Labor World.

Plans are being considered for the
formation of a labor party in Kan
sas, with ward and precinct branches.
At the demand of organized labor
the Government decided to enforce
the eight-hour law on all public work.
Piano, Organ and Musical 1nstru-
msnt Workers International Union
now has membership of more than
10000.
In Belgium there are 135, 900 min
ers, $4,000 of whom are organized,
and they have two members in the
Belgian Parliament,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-12
VEssoN OF "GUN" FAME DIES.
Manufacturer Who Amassed N1fty
Million Dollars Passes Away.

Springfeld, Mass.-After an ILL
ness of almost four years. Daniel
Baird Wesson, multi-millionaire
maker of revolvers, died at his home.
Death resulted from heart failure.
Mr.. Wesson was the founder o.
Smith G Wesson, and had been
manufacturer Of guns and reviewers
all his life. He was born IN Nor-
cester, May IS, 1925, and came TO
Springfield in 1857, when, with
Horace Smith, he started his revolver
business. He came here a poor man,
and now his wealth is estimated at
s5O,000,0OO. He endowed two hos
pitals here and subscribed many
thousands of dollars to charity. He
is survived by two sons, a daughter
and thirteen grandchildren.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-12
Car Gave Seer $4,000.

At St. Petersburg, Russia, the
Bourse Gazette announces that Pa
pus, the spiTitualist, who is said to
have had great influence over the
Emperor, has gone abroad for medl-
cal treatment. Papus gave hfty
seances to the Emperor, receiving
$4,000 as compensation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-12
BIG PRIZE IN LAND LOTTERY.
Fifteen Thousand Dollar, Privilege
Goes to Winner.

Lander, Wyo.-Drawing Of home
steaders in the Shoshone reservation n
resulted in Hans Berlin, of Laramie,
Wyo., drawing No. !.
He will have first choice of all the
homesteads offered, the privilege be-
ing worth $4,000. 1t, is also said
that any number up to twenty is
worth anywhere from $4,000 to S1O,-
900. John H. Mcpherson, of Central,
Mich, was the only Eastern man to
get within the first twenty. He drew
choice No. 4. .,It,r.ss,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-12

Arbitration Resolution Too Evasivc.
The press of Buenos Ayres COM
ments unfavorably on the resolution
of the Pan-American Congress on ar
bitration, saying it is too evasive. 1t
laments the failure of the congress
on a most important part.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-12
Blamed For Sirio Disaster

At Madrid, Spain, the Official in
quiry by the naval authorities INTO
the wreck of the steamer Sirio lncul-
pates the captain and crew OF the
steamer for saving themselves hrst,
abandoning the vessel and causing a
manic.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-12
AMERICAN TRADES BIG GAINS
Growth Much More Rapid Than
Increase in Population.
Imports Have Expanded 81 Per
Cent, and Exports 100 Per
Cent. Durirs, Decade.
Commerce Gains
in Last Decade.

Gains in imports, S447,O00,-
900.
Gains in exports, sS61,000,-
900.
Gains in manufactures i'm
ported, s61,000,000.
Gains in manufacturers ma
terial imported. $2SS,000,O0O.
Gains in agricultural prod
ucts exported. s400,000,00O.
Gains in manufactures eX-
ported, s374,000,000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-12
Under Wafer Six Minutes, Lives

At Worcester, Mass, after being
under water six minutes while swim
ming Joseph Leclaire, nineteen years
old, was brought to the surface, and
after an hours work by doctors, who
arrived half hour after he was res
cued, he regained consciousness.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-12
Disorders i'm Russia.

The wires between Sebastopol and
Odessa, Russia, have been cut, and
there are indications in the latter
city of preparation for grave dis
order
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-12
Mutual Must File List.

Judge Giegerich, Of New York, de-
cided that the Mutual Life Insurance
Company must file corrected list
of its policy holders with the State
Superintendent OF Insurance.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-12
To Relieve Russian Famine,

The Russian Cabinet has already
begun campaign to obtain tract
able Duma; the Cabinet decided to
appropriate S27,000,000 for famine
relief.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-12
NIikasa Relocated.

The Mikasa, Admiral Togo's flag
ship, which was sunk at Sasebo after
the peace treaty was signed between
Russia and Japan, was foated.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-12
Russian Strike Delayed.

The question of a general Rus
sian strike is undecided, nearly sew
enty thousand being out in ST: Pet-
ersburg, but in other parts OF Russia
the response has been slight.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-12
Bolt Hits Tree: Kills Boy.

At birmingham. Mass, lightning
struck a tree under which two Doys'
William McMullen and Leo Brown,
we're standing, killing the first named
and severely injuring the other:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-12
10000 Milk Bottles Short.

Sixty thousand glass milk jars in
use in Rhode Island have been de-
clared to be Of short measure by the
State Sealer of Weights and Meas
ureS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-12
Chinese Immigrants Taxed.

The measure providing head tax
of $500 on all Chinese entering New
foundland has been put in force by
the Colonial Cabinet.