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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24

The Rev. David Hillhouse Buel is the
new president Of Georgetown Uni
Versity. :.
George Meredith is n Of the group
of authors who remain faithful to the
old-fashioned quill pen.
Jose Estrada Palma, son of the Presi.
dent of Cuba, is a railroad Office clerk
in the City Of Mexico.
Don Luis Terrazas, a great friend Of
President Diaz, has q farm at Chihua.
hua Of about 5000, 900 acres. ,
DR.. Simeon s. French, Of Battle
Greek, Mich, is said to be the oldest
Republican in the United States.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24
TRAIN KILLS TWO IN SLEIGH.
Man and Woman Tried to Cross Tracks
in Front of Express.

East Fairfield. Vt.-While attempting
to drive a sleigh across the tracks of
the st. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain
Railroad here Charles Hammond, OF
st. Adams. and Mrs. e. D. Dickinson,
of Herrick. were struck by a north
bound express train and killed.
They were driving from Herrick. 4
village in the township of Fairfield. to
East Fairfield. to attend a social gath
ering. When they reached the point
known as the second crossing they
observed the approach of the express.
but thought they could get across the
tracks before it reached the crossing.
The engineer was powerless to pre-
vent m accident. and the engine struck
the sleigh. The bodies of Hammond
and Mrs. Dickinson We're buried into
the road. The horse was killed and
the sleigh demolished.
Hammond was not married. Mrs.
Dickinson leaves q husband. Both
were about ~forty-6ye years Of age.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24

dIteE ldy-uoH Won
ry. Doan's Kidney
Pills have cured
thousands Of women
il the same condi-
ton. Mrs. A Heimhn
Of saltwater, MINI,
a y "But Cor Doan's
Kidney Pills + would
not be living now.
They cured me n
1900 of Itun ham
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24
GETS POISONED CANDY.

Carbolic Acid Mixed With Bonbons
Sent to Girl.
Clinton, Iowa.-With the words
"Alerry Christmas" written OH the
wrapping, a box of poisoned candy was
received by mail by Miss Melia Car
stenson., The box contained a dozen
bonbons. the insides of which had been
mixed with carbolic acid. Miss Car.
stensou was warned by the odor, and
did not eat the candies. The case has
been turned over to the postal authorl-
ties
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24
TAPS WIRE TO TELB OF FIRE.

Texas Telephone Operator Climbs Pole
When the Exchange Burns.
Fort Worth, Texas.-Fire at night de-
stroyed seven stores in Jefferson, en-
failing a loss of $4,000.
The Telephone Exchange burned out
and the news was sent by an operator
perched on top of a telephone pole.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24
Sporting Brevities.

Columbia defeated Trinity at basket.
ball by a score Of CT to II.
William Gershel won first prize in
the amateur 14.2 balkline billiard tour
nament.
The Crescent Athletic Club defeated
the Brooklyn Skating Club G to 0 at
hockey.
P%rinceton's faculty passed resolutions
against mass plays in football and paid
coaches.
The Yale hockey team was defeated
by the Hockey Club of New York by q
score of 4 to 1.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24
Outbraak ks i'm Ecuador.

The Critic del Pueblo. Of Guayaquil.
Ecuador, reports that there have been
simultaneous outbreaks at RiobambA.
capital of Riobamba; at Latacunga.
capital of Leon, and at Guaranda, cap
ital Of Bolivar, in favor Of General
Alafaro, former President of the re-
public.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24
SHOT THREE TINES. WINS FIGHT

Marshal, Desperately Wounded, Clubs
AssaiIant Into Insens!bi!ity.
Holly, Col.-With the blood pouring
from gunshOt wounds in his body and
with his strength ebbing fast, Marshal
Lish House dubbed his a%ssailant, How
ard Brown. almost into insensibi'ity.
He took Browns weapon away from
him and walked several hundred feet
to a hotel before collapsing and falling
inSenSible.
House and Brown had been friends
for years. but had a serious disagree
ment a few days ago. The other morn-
ing Marshal House found two men
fighting in the street. aHd tried to stop
them. Brown rushed up, drew a re-
volver and shot the marshal three
times before House dubbed and ar
rested him.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24
WOMAN SHOOTS DEAD

She Declares Victim Forced His Way
Into Her Room.
Oklahoma City, Okla.-Miss Barbara
Toxer shot and killed o. c. Clayton, a
business man of this city.
The shooting took place in the wom-
ans room. Clayton, the woman as
serts, forced his way into the room,
when she fired. The bullet entered
Clayton's heart.
Miss Toxer, who is twenty-five years
old, was placed under arrest pending
an investigation by the Coroner. Clay
ton vas s.agle and thirty-tive years old.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24

well since. I used to have such pain
In my back that once I tainted. The
kidney ~secretions were muck dtsor-
dered. and I was so far gone that I
was thought to be ut DEATHS deer.
Since Doan's Kidney Pills cured nae
I feel as if 4 had been pulled back
from the tomb"
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents q box.
Foster Milburn CO., Buffalo, N. z.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24
A PRAYER.

These are the gifts I ask,
OF Thee, Spirit serene:
Strength for the daily task,
Courage to face the road,
Good cheer to help nae bear the travellers
load,
And, for the hours of rest that come be-
tween, "
An inward joy in all things heard and
seen.
< These are the sins I fain
= Would have these take away.
a Malice and cold disdain.
Hot anger, sullen hate.
Scorn of the lowly, envy of the great.
And discomfort that casts a shadow gray
On all the brightness Of the common day.
Henry Van Dyke.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24
Orders OdeSsanS Indoors.

The Governor-Gener Of Odessa has
ordered the inhabitants Of that city to
keep inside their houses and to lock
the doors, holding the h~ouseholders re-
sponsible for any firing from t!,ei"
premises.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

Winter visitors from the United
States are locking to Porto Rico In
unusually large numbers.
The Japanese residents Of Hawaii
are returning to their native land in
parties of fifty and hundreds. Many OF
them will settle in Korea.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24
Cuban Theatre Transferred.

The National Theatre, at Havana.
Cuba, was transferred to the Spanish
Gallegos Association. which bought it
after President Palma had refused to
sign the bill appropriating $4,000
for its purchase.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24
Bingham Begins Work.

Police Commissioner Bingham, of
New York City, swore in as second and
third deputies. respectively, Arthur ],
O'Keefe and Joseph l.. Mack.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24
Puerto Plata Besieged.

The Dominican revolutionists be-
sieged Puerto Plata, and all ingress or
egress from the town was stopped ex'
cept for those who wished to so on
board the American war ships.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24
Boston's New Mayor.

Ex-Concre;sman Fitzgerald was seat
ed as Mayor Of Boston. A.ass., and put
back the old Board Of SchoqIhouse
Commissioners, who were ousted by
his predecessor. .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24
Peabody Takes Office.

Charles A. Peabody took his place as
president Of the Mutual Life Insurance
Company in New York City.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24
A PERSIAN REBELLION.
Martial Law in Observation-Disclosures
in Danger.

Paris, France.-The Petit Parisien
prints dispatches from Batoum an
nohncing that the religious party in
Persia has risen and demanded q con-
stitution. The situation is grave and
martial law has been proclaimed at
Teheran. The European Ministers
have sent messages to their Govern
ments.
The dispatches add that the agitators
are also imbued with strong anti-for-
eign sentiments and insist on the eX-
pulsion of all foreign merchants and
officials.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24
Twenty Die in Collision.

Two military trains were in collision
between Snamenka and Dnieprovsk,
Russia, twenty soldiers being killed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24

The British Government will REIN.
burse the naval officers for the money
they spent in entertaining the French
feet at Portsmouth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24
No Trouble With France.

Advices from Berlin. Germany. say
that in both Government and business
circles the danger of serious trouble
with France is considered impossible.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24
Rlnw Safe and Get IS.

Burglars blew open a safe in the
wholesale grocery store of A. Lehman.
16 D street. Washington, D. c., befor|
daybreak. They got So.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24
DON'T DESPAIR.

Eend the EKperienee of "a Minnesota
Woman. 4 Tako Heart.
If your back aches, and you feel
sick, languid, weak and mieerabla day
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24
Moscow Laid Waste.

Moscow was damaged $7,J0O,0OO by
the uprising. 4 square mile Delng lald
in ruins.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24
Former Lieutenant Governor Dead.

Sir Hugh Muir Nelson. Lieutenant
Governor of Queensland, Australia,
since 1903 and former Premier of this
colony, is dead. He was seventy years
old
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24
Desertions Tie UD Ship.

The desertionS Of seven members Of
the crew tied up the German Steamship
Catania at Norfolk, Va.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24
r. r. Stations Destroyed.

Serious conditions are reported along
the line of the Siberian railway. Many
stations have been destroyed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24
Poland in Revolt.
Personal Gossip.

All Poland is again in revolt against
Russian rule.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24
GERMAN ARMY'S NEW HEAD.

Count Won Moltke, Nephew of Famous
Commander, in Command.
Berlin. Gsrmany.-Lieutenant-Ge ner.
al Count Won Moltke has been appoint.
ed Chief of the General Staff, succeed
ing Field Marshal Count o Schlief.
fen. He is the nephew of the famous
Count yon Moltke.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24

New York's improvements.
New York City will make improve
ments this year to cost $J0,00O,N O.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24
Observation-Disclosures
UNCLE HEWITT'S
HIGHW
4
By LULU LINTON.
WVV7{****7FSWS

koN OWN the path toward the
81 Y barn trudged Uncle Hewitt,
Q q his lantern casting splashes
q 4 Of light out into the dark
E0< ness Of that hour which
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-12-21
BARS SUNDAY LABOR
ONE RAILROAD is COMPLETELY
TIED UP ON THAT DAY.
Edward J. Wilcox, Owner of Argentine
Central Line, Gives Men and Roll
ing Stock a Rest One Day
in the Week.

Denver is the home OF man the
courage of whose convictions has been
tested to the extent of 100000. And
he still holds steadfastly to his prin-
ciples, in spite of the fact that his
friends have warned him that the pur-
suance of his policy will injure him
financially.
The man is Edward J. Wilcox,
builder and sole owner of the Argen-
tine Central railroad, and he has dis
played his courage by not permitting
train to run over his road on Sun
day. Neither will he permit the inser-
ton of line of advertising concern
ing his railroad or other business in
terests in the Sunday issue newspa-
per, although great believer in adj
vertising and spending a liberal al
lowance with the dailies of Denver
every other day in the week.
The Argentine Central railway cost
Mr.. Wilcox more than $450,000, and he
built it entirely with his own money.
Yet he believes that no man should
do business on Sunday, and he insists
that his road will pay expenses and
be a winner in due time if he strictly
observes the Sabbath. And the first
months earnings seem to justify this
belief.
Strict adherence to religious and
business principles has marked the
career of Mr.. Wilcox, who went to
Colorado penniless and is now reck-
oned a lti-millionaire, his fortune
being estimated at about $4,000, 900.
He was born in Creedmore, Ont, Can
ada, and when 81 years of age, went to
Colorado, with no advantages to place
him at the top rung of the ladder of
financial success beyond the posses
sion of good health and a strong pair
of arms.
Mr.. Wilcox secured work as a miner
in the Cashier property near Monte
yuma. He soon decided that great
wealth was not to be obtained by man
ual labor. So he saved his money and
took course at the Colorado state
school of mines, qualifying in five
years as an engineer.
Then he began to hunt mines for
other people to develop. A little later
he sold the Wilcox tunnel at Idaho
Springs to Big Five Mining company
Success followed him until to-day he is
the owner of or controls the Waldorf
mines at Argentine, above George
town, valued at $4,000 the Manhat
tan Union Mining company, the Bank
ers' Land & Investment company
along with coal lands and real estate
in various portions of Colorado. He is
the owner of much property on Capt
toll hill in Denver.
The Argentine Central railway
which has made the owner famous be
cause of his refusal to run trains ovel
| it on Sunday, is nine miles long. I,
faftnQds from Silver Plume, where il
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-12-21
LIBRARY TO RUN IN TITS WAY
AT WI CHANG.
Missionary Returns to This Country
to Fit Herself to Garry Out the
Progressive Wishes of
Cinnamon,

During the past year or two there
have been many indications that
China was awakening to western
ideas and progress, and this fact is
emphasized by the action of the orr
entails at WI Chang, China, who
plan, and which when it is started
will be the first of it's kind in the Ce-
lestial kingdom.
In furtherance of the plans, Miss
Elizabeth Wood has come back to this
country and become a student in the
library school at Pratt institute to fit
herself to become director of the pro-
posed library. Miss Wood has been
granted years leave of absence by
the board of Episcopal missions, with
which she has been connected for
seven years, and has left her classes
in the mission school there, in order
to learn how to put her little begin
ming of a library into good shape for
her Chinese pupils. In time it is the
hope of the Americans in WI Chang
to start a public library, but for the
Boone college, which is part of the
mission there.
The city of WI Chang is a phenom-
email one on account of the great
strides it has taken along the lines of
education. 1t is known as the 'Bos-
ton of China" and is the center of
western learning in that country. In
g.. <Nf
all the Chinese cities. 1t is situated
in the central part of the country,
near Han Kow, the great tea port, and
Han Yang, the trading center. In
the last two cities there are compare
lively few foreigners, but in all three
there are over million Inhabitants
WI Chang can boast of 10000 stu
dents who daily go to the great
schools there to learn what the west
has to teach to the east. There is
little of the old eastern learning
taught Twenty thousand soldiers are
also among the citizens of WI
Chang.
Miss Wood, in speaking of her work
the other day, said:
II came to Pratt in September in
order to put our own library on q
more systematic basis 1t probably
will not be necessary for me to take
the entire course, as had had some
experience in this line before I wen
| to China, in my house in this state
so during the last part of my yea
1 hope to be able to spend my time
in trying to interest the people il
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-12-21
NO MORE GRAY HAIR.
Restoration Of Color Of Hair ~ x-Rsl
Current y

While busying themselves daily
with making applications of x
rays, DR.. Imbert, professor of the
medical faculty at Montpelier,
rance, and DR.. Marques, his head
LABORATORY Hs1Iaaant, were somewhat
surprised that the beard and hair
(Which were almost white) of one of
them were gradually becoming col
ored, to the point even of shortly as
Stunning a hue deeper than the original
one.
Other observations authorize these
professors to declare that under the
influence of the X-rays light hair as
sumes a deeper shade. Young women
will, no doubt, find little use for this
attribute, but a process which permits
of growing old without growing gray,
will be highly appreciated by both
sexes if further Investigations estab-
lish definitely it's usefulness and it's
harmlessness. However, physicians
alone will have the right to dye hair
by this method, as extreme prudence
is required in the operation.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-12-21

Ieaf-midribs) of great commissions CT
nature" such as storms, rough wealth
or, floods, earthquakes, volcanic erup-
lions, increase in the danger of mine
explosions, etc, "a days before in a
circuit up to 1000 kilometers (4,350
miles), L. e., from station, e. g., Der
lin. of (about) all Europe, the~Nedl-
lerranean Sea, the nortEerp~>halt OF
Africa, and. the s%fhNnantic ocean.
Heof~ Nowzick declares that after
1poundlng his observation establish
-fnent he will be able to publish daily
the following charts:
l. Two or three days beforehand,
"isobaric changes in a circuit OF a,0oo
iilometers and over.
2. Two or three days beforehand,
the "rain-districts" and those of fine
weather" for the same circuit
8. Twenty-four to % days beforehand,
the dangerous commissions of nature;
such as hurricanes, storms, rough
weather, floods, spring tides, increas-
ing danger of earthquakes and of
heavy downpour, etc, etc., up to 1000
kilometers. And, finally,
A. Two to seven days beforehand,
the local weather" for circuit of
about Is to 100 kilometers.
What enormous practical impor-
lance such predictions must have is
so clearly obvious that no words are
to be wasted over it. Herr Nowack
is now planning shortly to reap the
benefit of his observations carried on
for years by opening an observatory
in London, with several branches,
that is to bring the predictions within
the reach of all. And to this end he
has collected great quantity of spe-
cimens of the above-named plant in
Cuba, which are to be taken to Eng
land on the next German fast
steamer.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-12-21
HOW LONG is A FLASH?
Duration of Flashes of Lightning Meas
ured by German Scientist.


We possess as yet only pretty vague
data as to the average duration of
flashes of lightning, says L'Illustra-
ton. Faraday thought he could fix
it at a second. Dufour claimed that
the flashes of lightning were instan-
taneous, and that their rapid success
sion gave the illusion of one flash of
a certain duration. Herr Schmidt has
just been devoting himself to a series
of observations, employing disk of
10 centimeters diameter bearing upon
a black ground a white cross, the
arms of which were two millimeters
across, the disk being set in motion
by clockwork with speed of SO to
60 revolutions a second. At certain
flashes the cross appeared single
time, very distinct; the duration of
lightning was, therefore, inferior to
the time of revolution of the disk,
which would represent about the
fiftieth of a second. In more numer-
Gus cases the cross appeared two or
three times, or even more, but with
a decreasing luminous intensity; the
lightning had, therefore, lasted during
several revolutions of the disk.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-12-21

blow, to remedy all these defects, is
the startling claim of an Austrian
meteorological, j. F. Nowack.
The sole reliance of Herr Nowack
his barometer Gf one may SO say), is
u West Indian plant, Abrus praecator-
ius L. nobiliS N, the so-called pater
noster pea. BY an accident, says the
New Yorker Staats-Zeitung, Herr No
5wack came into possession of this
plant, and he soon made the observa-
kion that it's leaves (Which resemble
the leaves of the acacia or vetch)
,colled up apparently without any per-
iceptible reason and seemed to die.
This condition, however, lasted but a
few hours; then the leaflets returned
ito their normal state. Herr Nowack
satisfactorily ascertained that this
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-12-21

slightly different, l believe, from the
little story loving American children.
This is perhaps because their own
fiction is so bad; they cannot seem
to think that any literature of this
kind can possibly be good. We have
a very nicely fitted up reading room.
where most of the American and Eng
lish magazines are on hand for them.
We really have to urge them to read
the fiction, and they do not care for
the poetry, either
Last summer, during the vacation,
the librarians allowed the boys to
take home SEQ books and all were re-
turned in good condition at the be-
ginning of the fall term. There is
also a travelling library, on small
scale, by which the students who
have gone far into the country to
small mission stations may be sup
piled with western literature. They
are sent, too, to the foreign mission
aries who are located among the
mountains. Not long ago load of
books was carried six miles straight
up a mountain by coolies to these
| book-hungry workers"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-12-21
On a Recharting Cruise.

en- ones or covered with insulating
material. Even screw and nail heads
are covered with putty and varn1sh,
and the cabin stove was SO fenced in
with asbestos and other non-conduct-.
ing substances as to render it quite
unIecUgnizahle.
On a bridge elevated some 20 feet
above the deck and electrically in;
sulated from the remainder --ef. the
ship are placed the delicate magnetic
instruments by means of which the
observations are taken.
Only two previous attempts have
been made to obtain anything like
systematic or accurate magnetic data
of the Pacific, and these were made
under conditions which greatly handi-
capped their success.
The course taken during the recent
cruise may best be described in the
words of Mr.. Peters as "slackwise
spiral" of which the first turn in
cluded San Diego, Tanning island the
Samoan, Fiji and Ladrone islands
and Japan, returning by the great
circle track" used by oriental steam
ship lines to and from the North Pa
cific coast. Succeeding turns of the
spiral were made within the first or
other one, gradually decreasing until
the entire area had been covered with
coils about 800 miles apart.
Every two or three days at sea
the vessel was swung and slowly
turned completely around, while OBJ.
servations were being made to de-
termine the three elements of mag
netic force.
The Gailiee is to start this month
on the longest and most impor-
tant voyage she has yet attempted.
Her course will be around Cape Horn
to Washington, thence across the At
lantic, taking observations en- route,
to Gibraltar; through Suez canal via
the Mediterranean sea and to tie In
dian ocean, where observations will
be taken to considerable extent
From the Indian ocean the course will
lie back to San Diego, completing the
circle of the globe. The voyage will
occupy two years.