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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
INDIANS WIN $4,000,0Oo
Government Must Pay For Removal
of the Cherokees,
Fifty Thousand Redmen Benefit by
Largest Private Claim Ever Allowed
Against tho United States.

Washington, D. C.-Tae responsible
1ty for the payment Of the expenses
Of the removal of the Cherokee Indi-
ans from the Eastern States to the In
dian Territory, more than half a Gen.
fury ago, has been decided by the Su-
preme Court of the United States to
rest with the Government. BY: this
decision the largest private claim ever
allowed against the United States
Government was awarded. 1t will dis
tribute 81, ,5s8 among the Eastern
Cherokees, who number about 5O,OO0
persons. Nearly all Of this money
will go to residents Of indian Terri
tory.
The opinion was handed down by
Chief Justice Fuller, and affirmed the
decision of the Court Of Claims with
slight notifications. These expenses
were charged to the Cherokee treaty
fund and the Indians alleged that this
was improperly done. The question
of interest on the payments also was
raised. The judgment of the Court
of Claims was in favor Of the Chero'
KEGS and against the United States.
and called for the payment of about
S4,OOO, 900. The case has received
much attention from Congress and In
the courts. .
The modification in the decision of
the Court Of Claims, which was made
by the Supreme Court, consisted in
cutting out the old settlers or Western
Cherokees, thus giving the entire sum
awarded to the Eastern Cherokees,
who did not remove from their homes
in North Carolina, Georgia and Ten
nessee until 1888. Robert L. Owen,
who is an Indian and represented the
Eastern Cl1erokees. said that origin
ally there were about sixteen thousand
Of them, but that their descendants
number about fifty thousand. The
award will be divided among them
after expenses are paid.
The original. claim was for SILL
2S4, but the award carries an allow
ance of interest since 1888. The money
used in the removal was part Of q fund
growing out of the sale Of the Eastern
lands of the Indians and held In
trust for them. The Government es-
pecially resisted the allowance OF In
terest, but it was overruled. The old
settlers were cut out because the court
found that they had heretofore been
fully reimbursed for their share OF the
expenditures from the trust funds. The
decision provides for q per capita pay
ment to the Cherokees who remain In
North Carolina, Tennessee and other
Southern States. There are about SIX
thousand of them. They asked for me-
fourth Of the entire award.
Mr.. Owens will receive a fee of if
teen per cent. of the award, the larg-
est ever allowed in a.. Supreme Court
case. a/
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
SCHOOL HEADS IN FATAL DUEL.
Professor U. F. Duff, Famed as an
~Archaeologist. Shot Dead.

Deming, New Mexico.-Professor W.
n. Dickey, superintendent of the Dem.
ing Public Schools. shot and instantly
killed Professor U. Francis Duff, SUI
perintendent Of the Luna County
schools, one of the most prominent ed.
ucators in New Mexico and a student
of archaeology who had achieved ma.
tional reputation by his writings.
The shooting took place shortly after
noon in front Of the postofice in the
main street of Deming.
Dickey had been driving about town
In a buggy during The morning and had
passed Professor Duff several times.
AS lie drove in front of the postotice
Duff stepped out, drew a revolver from
his pocket and called to Dickey to stop.
Quick IS a fash Dickey drew his re-
yolver, leaped from the buggy and
opened fire. Both pistols cracked at
once. Professor Duff fell dead with a
bullet through his head. Dickey was
shot in the side, but is not believed to
be fatally hurt.
For come months there had been
bad blood between the men, arising
from differences in connection With the
management of the Deming schools,
although it is limited that personal mat
ters-have also entered into the quarrel.
1t is said that Duff had frequently
threatened to shoot Dickey OH sight. 1t
was simply o question Of which could
shoot first.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
POLICE FIRE ON STRIKERS
Four Men Shot Down in Pennsyl.
vania Coal Region.
MINERS EXCITED AND ANGRY

Mounted Constnbulary Fight For Life
With Foreign Miners at Mount
Carmel - Riot Caused by Report
That the Terms of Agreement
Were Rejected.
Wilkesbarre, Pa. hobs Of riotous
foreigners attacked twenty-five men of
Troop G of the Pennsylvania State
Mounted Police at Mount Carmel. In
repulsing them the troopers shot seven
teen, four Of whom were fatally in.
jured, two others being in a critical
condition. -Four troopers are injured,
L. T. Koch being the most seriously
hurt.
The rioting started, following a mass
meeting of foreign born mine workers,
at which their leaders told them the
operators had r%efused'to grant any Of
their demands. An attack was planned
upon seventy employees of the Lehigh
Valley Coal Company at the Sayre
colliery, where they are sinking a shaft
and building q breaker, but mining,
no coal.
Sheriff Sharpless asked for Troop G.,
and Lieutenant Smith and twenty-five
men were rushed to the scene. When
they reached Mount Carmel the Sheriff
was not there and the local authorities
were missing, but news of their ar
rival soon filled the streets with an ex-
cited throng, and the Commercial
Hotel, where they breakfasted, was
surrounded and stoned by the crowd,
while the troopers were hooted and
cursed, and when they appeared at the
door were pelted with stones.
They charged with clubs, but the
crowd fed before them and again
fired volley after yolley of stones at
them. -Four men had been struck and
badly injured when Lieutenant Smith
ordered the men to draw their reyolv-
ers and fire. At the first few volleys
few were hit, the bullets going high,
and the rioters replied with showers
of stones and some shots.
Three times the troopers loaded their
revolvers and fired more than $50
shots. The mob fought back, bowling,
cursing, throwing stones and clubs,
charging upon the twenty-five and
paying no heed to those who fell be-
fore the steady fire of the revolvers.
Not until they had exhausted the last
cartridges did the troopers withdraw
and make their way hastily to the
Sayre Colliery, where they found pro-
lection behind the high stockade.
Meanwhile the rioters. picking up
their wounded, slowly dispersed, and
when Sheriff S~harpless arrived the
town was quiet. He reached the COL
iiery and took refuge behind the stock
ade with the troopers. In his opinion
the force, although it was reinforced
by the remaining members Of Troop
c., until Lieutenant Smith has more
than fifty men, was not strong enough
to attack the mob.
The town has a population of $500
foreigners, and these were aroused to
a high pitch Of excitement. A large
number Of them are drinking heavily,
and it is feared there may be serious
trouble.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
FEARING SIX GIRLS, LAD DIES.
Commits Suicide Rather Than be Grad
uated the Only Boy in Glass.

Commits Suicide Rather Than be Grad
uated the Only Boy in Glass.
Oxford, Pa.-The only boy in a class
of seven, James Andrews, aged sixteen
years, committed suicide rather than
graduate. His body was found in
White Clay Creek, where he had
drowned himself in about four feet
of water. His coat pockets were filed
with hatirons and stones, which held
him down.
Young Andrews was a senior in the
Oxford High School, but was so diff
dent that he did not wish to take part
in the graduation exercises, especially
as he was the only boy. His relatives
and teachers insisted upon it, and the
fear of having to appear with so many
girls weighed upon his mind so that
he threw himself into the creek.
When the body was recovered q note
addressed to his mother was found
asking her to take care of his younger
brother. Young Andrews had contided
to several Of his companions that lie
never would graduate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
YANKEES WIN AT ATHENS
Secure More Trophies Than Any
Other Nation Does,
Official Score of American Athletes is II
Ffrsts, 6 Seconds and 8 Thirds
in go events.

Athens. Greece.-The Olympic games
of 1906 were brought to their official
close when the King Of Greece roWne
the athletes who won prizes in the Sta
dunn. There was a big assemblage,
and all the athletes were received with
applause. The men from the United
States received an ovation. but the
greatest reception of all was for the
winner of the Marathon race, Herring,
the Canadian. The athletes expressed
themselves as highly delighted with
the games.
The Games Commission proposes
that busts of the winners be placed In
the Stadium. The foreign competitors
are discussing the erection of a marble
statue of Victory on the hill overlook
ing the Stadium.
The overshadowing Importance OF
the Marathon race in the estimation OF
the Athenians, as compared with the
other events, is shown by the hero
worship of which the winner has be-
come the unwilling object. The Greeks
have recovered from their disappoint-
ment that one of their .countrymen did
not win, and are now showering gifts
and attentions on the victor.
The Americans took eleven hrsts,
six seconds and five thirds out Of TWEEN
ty-nine events, in many OF which,
however, the Americans did not COM
pete.
James E. Sullivan, manager OF the
| American athletes here, announced
the American victory to President
Roosevelt in this cablegram:
Americans won hurdle, half mile
| and standing jump. Final score for
| Stadium events: America, eleven frsts,
six seconds, five thirds; total, seventy
five points. Great Britain and all her
possessions, four irsts, six SECONDS
and three thirds: total, thirty-nine
points. Greece aud Sweden tied for
third place. Great athletic victory for
| America" go.
The list of American hrsts, which
does not include the winning by G. N.
Daniels, New York A. C., OF the loo
metre swimming race. follows:
100 Metre Running Race-Won oy.
| Archie Hahn, Milwaukee A. O..
Hurdles-Won by R. G. Leayitt VIII
liams College, Williamstown, Mass.
400 Metre Running Race-Won py
Paul 81. Pilgrim, N. Y. A. c.
800 Metre Running Race-Won byi
Paul q. Pilgrim. N. Y. A. G.
1900 Metre Running Race-Won Dy,
]. D. Lightbody, Chicago University.
Running Long Jump-Won by Myer
prinstein. -..sh-American A. c., New
York.
Standing Broad Jump-Won by Ray.
C. Ewry, N. Y. A. c.
Standing High iJump-Won by Ray.
C.. Ewry, N. Y. A. c.
Free STYLE Discus Throwing-Won
by Martin J. 81 Sheridan, 1rish-American
A. c., New Cork.
Throwing the Wcight-Won by Mar
tin J. Sheridan, Irlsh-American a. C.'
New York.
1900 Metre Walking Match-Won BY
George n. Bonhag, Irish-American A.
c., New York.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
Sporting Notes.

Six nations will compete In the
French Grand Prix for automobiles.
At Schenectady, N. Y. Union Col.
lege adopted basketball in place OF
football.
Slosson is now champion, having de-
feated Schaefer in the final billiard
match 500 to 1896.
H. L, Bowden's Mercedes made the
best showing in the motor boat races
at Palm Beach, Fla.
Thirty-two American athletes will
compete for worlds honors on track
and field at Athens Greece
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
In the LimeliGht.

Rojestvensky has made 4 formal APP
~plication to be retired.
President Roosevelt enjoys the repu-
tation Of being a careful marksman
among his brother hunters.
The University of Pennsylvania re.
Gently conferred an honorary degree
Oh King Edward Of Englanu.
General Funston no longer has to
fall back upon his Philippine laurels.
He has q new crop of home growth.
John w. Rindle ha ;-arriyed at Rel
grade to present his letters ~accreditins
him as Minister Of the United States
to Servia.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
OTHER TOWNS WILL REBUILD

Earthquake Damage Outside of San
Francisco to Be Repaired at Once.
Bakersfield, Cal.-rhe rest Of the
State is following the lead Of San
Francisco and getting ready to re-
build and go at it again.
The cities which have the most to
do are San Jose and SAINTS Rosa. The
damage at other points is not exces'
sive; perhaps Salinas is the next heav'
lest sufferer.
There the Spreckles sugar factory,
which was twisted out ol shape by the
earthquake, has begun an addition
which will cost S250,000. Damage
was heavier at Hollister, one of the
oldest towns III northern California
and the county seat Of San Benito,
than was reported at first. 1t is es'
timated at half a million.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
A r MOBS IN CHECK.
MinSr Riots on May Day-Troops Pre-
venting a Serious Outbreak.

Paris.-May Day was a day of high
nervous tension and considerable ex-
element, but there has been no organ
lied movement which by any possiDll-
ity could be described as revolutionary.
There were perhaps 100000 persons
on the streets in the character of mani
festants and some Of them suffered Sc
verely at the hands of the police and
soldiers, but there was no concerted
purpose on the part of the mob, and
curiosity was the principal motive for
the presence Of a large majority OF the
crowd. About a thousand disorderly.
persons were arrested.
The workmen, on the whole, were
orderly, and. barring a few hotheads,
confined their demonstrations to wear
ing scraps of p%asteboard on their hats
or collars with the inscription: "a day
of eight hours work and a Sunday hol-
iday."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
BABY AND MOTHER DROWN.
Mrs. Scheibner Leaped Off the Pier to
Save Her Little Son.

New York City. - Mrs. Marcus
Scheibner and Jacob, her t~wo-year,old
son, were drowned in the East River
off the foot Of Tenth street. MI
Scheibner is a Jewish lecturer.
Mrs. Scheibner, her husband and
two children, the second one q boy OF
seven years old, went to the pier at the
foot of East Tenth street to spend an
hour or two. 49,
Little Jacob ventured too NEAR the
edge of the pier and slipped into the
water. Mrs. Scheibner, with a cry OF
horror, ran to the piers edge. She saw
her baby swirling in an eddy and be.
ing carried from the pier. She STOOD
dazed for an instant, and then leapeo
into the river after little Jacob. Both
were drowned.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
To Reward Army Heroes.

Washington, D. C.. President
Roosevelt has called upon the War
and Navy Department to report the
names of the officers and enlisted men
of the Marine Corps and army who
displayed special g~allartry in check
ing the San Francisco FIRE by the use
of dynamite; this with a view to their
reward and commentator.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
Newsy GleaningS.

Conditions at Mount Fesuvius are
reassuring.
Up to this date the Filiplnos have
cost us $55 apiece.
South America is eager to buy Sec
ond-hand automobiles.
The endowment fund Of the college
at Newberry, S. c., has received $50
600 from Dr.. D. *. P%earsons, of Chi
cago.
Chairman Shonts says that the mos
quito is almost extinct in the Canal
zone. Panama.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
~Anti-Cigarette Law Valid.

The Parks Anti Cigarette law passed
by the last session of the Indiana Leg
isIature has been declared valid by the
Supreme Court. The court interpreted
the law as meaning that it is lllesai 10
sell cigarettes in Indiana or keep them
for sale, but it is not illegal to smoke
them and it is not illegal to bring them
into the State.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
D,hl; NIust pov 'FriSoO Losses.

Public Must Pay Frisco Losses.
The losses of the fire insurance COM
panies in the San Francisco c~onfiagra-
ton will have to be paid by the general
public throughout the United States
instead of the stockholders. Rates
have already been raised.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
LIGHTNING KILLS BOY.
Stroke Burns Hair From Head-Sister
Badly Injured.

Erie, Pa.-John Peters, Of Utica, Va
mango County. Penn, a student at the
Edinboro State Normal School, while
walking through the fields near Edin.
boro Lake with his sister Margaret, a
student at the same institution, was
struck by lightning and instantly killed
The hair of his head was entirely
burned off, but his body bore nc
marks. His undertaking was de
stroyed, his shoes torn into shreds and
his hat was perforated. His sister was
knocked down by the shock and Sc
verely injured. 1t took her an hour tc
reach a farmhouse only 4 quarter Of
mile distant.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
State Officers of New York.

Governor Higgins, of New York, ap-
pointed Otto Kelsey, State Controller,
as Superintendent of Insurance; May
nard n. Clement as State Commission
pr of Excise, and John Sanford, Com
gressman J. W. Wadsworth and Il. *.
Knapp as State Racing Commission
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
". ]. BRYAN IN JERUSALEM.
Astonished to Find Few Christian
Tourists There.

Jerusalem.-William J. Bryan, who
Is visiting Jerusalem in the course OF
his tour of the world, addressed a spe-
cial meeting held in the Tabernacle by
the Christian Missionary Alliance. He
spoke for seventy minutes on the life
81 Christ and His teachings. and eX'
pressed establishment at the small pro-
portion of Christians from America
and Europe visiting the Holy Land.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
Mail Burned at Toronto.

Fire of unknown origin did $4,000
damage to the general p~ostOffice at
Toronto, Canada. The charred body
of George Letray, the engineer, was
found in the ruins. A great quantity
of mail matter was burned and lost
but the registered mail in the vaults is
safe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
DIVIDES FRIARS' LAND MONEY.
Vatican Settles Distribution of ST.
100000 Paid by United States.

Rome, Italy.-The Vatican has def
nitely settled the question of the
money, $7,OOO,0OO, paid by the United
States for the friarS' lands in the Phil
ippines, having decided that the inter-
est shall be divided into three separate
sums and be. distributed yearly by the
Vatican, one to the Philippine dioceseS'
another to the institution erected by
the religious orders in the Philippines.
and the third to the orders, largely for
their missions in the Far East, and also
to the support of the aged friars who
were in the Philippines.
Cardinal Merry Del Val, papal Secre-
tary of State. warmly urged a settle
ment on the above basis.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
DoWie Challenges Traducers.

Dowie, speaking in the Tabernacle at
Zion City, ILL.,. challenged his traducers
to accuse him there. Dowie held his
meeting while Voliva, the rival leader,
was holding one. The test proved a
frost for Dowie, there being only
about $50 of his followers among his
listeners.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
New York Life Not to Contest.

New York Life Not to Contest.
Thomas A. Buckner, vice-presldcnt
of the New York Life Insurance Com
pany, denied a report that the company
would test the constitutionality OF the
law requiring the publication of the
list of policy holders.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
Resisting Eighty Cent Gas.

Consolidated Gas Company, of New
York City, applied to the United States
Circuit Court for injunction to prevent
the enforcement of the eighty cent rate
law until its constitutionality is passed
upon in the courts.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30

Carteret, N. j., Becomes Roosevelt.
Carteret, n. j., hereafter will be
known as Roosevelt. in accordance
with a law passed by the Legislature
and accepted at a special election.
There were 3GG votes favoring the
change and only one against it,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
Child browns in Cistern.

Josephine Modisette. the s~ix-year-
old daughter Of Frank Modisette, of
Helena, Ark, who disappeared four
days ago and was thought to have
fallen in the river, was drowned in an
old cistern in the rear of her fathers
home.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
Canon Executed as a Spy.

A document purporting to have been
issued by the Revolutionary o.
mems Tribunal of Russia claims tnat
Father Gapon was executed as q spy
after having admitted his guilt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
Victory For Free Seeds.

After wrangling two days. the
House, Washington, D. c.. put into
the agricultural bill, by a vote of 1o3
to SO, a paragraph carrying S2O2,0UD
for the distribution Of free seeds by
members Of Congress.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
Limited Ballot For Women.

By the narrow margin Of one vote
the bill Of Senator Raines, which al
lows women in cities Of the third class
to vote on matters pertaining to taxa
ton when they are taxpayers, passed
the Senate of New York at Albany.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
Thinks Mother Sent Poison.

Josephine Davenport, the child liV'
ing near Trenton, \. j.. VINO was poi
soned by candy. told the authorizes
she believed her mother sent her me
hoY of sweets.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
Constitutional Democrats Win.

The recent elections TO the Russian
Parliament show that the Conserva'
tiyes and Reactionist parties are in a
homeless minority. The Constitutional
Democrats hare Il working majority OF
seven
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
Friars Accept Vatican Plan.

Advices from Rome say that the Do
minicans and other religious orders
have accepted the Vatican's plan fol
the division Of the $7,OOO,OW paid b!
the United States for friars' lands.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
Eioht Tins a Murderer.

At Dresden, Saxony, Max Dittricn,
q leather worker. who was arrested re-
Gently on the suspicion Of murder, con-
fessed that he rad killed eight persons
in the course of seven years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
Governor Hoch and That Kiss

All Kansas is aroused and excited
over the charge that Governor Hoch
attempted to kiss Mrs. Stanley, the
wife of his predecessor. The incident
has begun to assume giant proportions
in the political eye.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
Canon Story Confirmed.

The Noyoe yremya, the leading pa
per of Russia, has published q story
which tends to confirm the reported
murder of Father Gapon by revolution
lists.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
THOUGHT GOD HAD FORGOTTEN
Woman Of 1OS Years. Despairing OF
Death, Cuts Her Throat.

Uniontown, Pa.-Mrs. Mary McAlt'
trick. los years old, so far as known
the oldest woman in America, killed
herself at the home of her son.. Luxe
McKittrick, an oc%togenarian, near TINS
city, by cutting her throat with a cary
ing knife. She had been in i'll health
for several weeks and her mind had
failed. She declared God had forgot
fen her and had neglected to call her.
Mrs. McKittrick was born in County
Kildare. Ireland, March II. 1898. The
fact of her birth is duly recorded in the
parish register, and the authenticity OF
her age is we'll established. She was
eighty years old when she came TO
America.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30

Millionaire Student Hurt by Auto.
Edward X. Wallace, Il Yale fresh
man, worth $500, 900 in his own right,
was throwI from his motorcycle and
fatally hurt.