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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-03-16

If you are troubled with Piles and
can't find cure, try Witch Hazel
Salve, but be sure you get that made
by E Q. Dewitt s. Co., Chicago. 1t
is the Original. If you have used
Witch Hazel Salve without being re-
lieved it is probable that you got hold
of one of the many worthless cnuster-
feits that are sold on the reputation
of the genuine DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve. Sold by ]. Fl. Luers Drug o.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-03-16

Indigestion is much Of habit.
Don,t get the habit. Take little
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure after eating
and YOU will quit belching, pulling,
FACILITATING and frowning. Kodol
dipests what you eat and makes the
stomach sweet. Sold by J. "a. Luers
Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-03-16
THE TWO
VANREVELS
By BOOTH HARRINGTON.
Author Of THE Gentleman From Indiana
and Monsieur Beaucairs'
Copyright, 1909, By s. S. Mcclure Co.
Copyright, 1909, by s. S. Mcclure Go.
CHAPTER XIII.

ON vANREvEL always went
to the postofice soon after the
MI morning distribution of the
" mail; that Is to say, about 10
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-04-25
SIX MEN MURDERED.
Bodies Found in an Old House From
which Others Escaped.

Minneapolis.-SiS murdered Bulgar-
ians were found in an old house at No.
245 Tenth avenue. South, and the po-
lice are uncertain Low or when the
murders were committed, although the
evidence obtained indicates that the
men were killed in a quarrel among
twelve Bulgarians WHO had rented the
house. Robbery was MOI the cause OF
all the murders, as q greet deal "
money was found on the bodies. The
police also Scout the idea of any secret
society with motives of revenge.
Four OF the bodies, horribly cut and
slashed with knives, were found in a
room o. the second floor, Will in the
cellar were two others with their
throats cut. Nea:: the bodies We're
found . large bowie knives and 4
Ratchet. Two, the Dinitris. were evil
IDENTIFY fathe. and so. Most of the
men were comparatively young and
were smooth faced. The elder Dimitri
Is said to have Deen a Chicago priest.
The nationality Of the men was c.
termined by the Rev. Mr.. Boskowicz,
pastor Of q Greek church, who read the
letters found in the rouse. He found
among the paDe.:s a discharge from the
Turkish army belonging to Agne ka-
rof1.
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Political Advertising.

Why should not politicians looking
for publicity pay for 1t, like other peoI
pie? They have worked the news
| papers long enough. Probably some Of
them may have imagined that plah-
tudinous vaporings about the glories
and benefits Of a free press were fair
compensation for Unlimited notices Of
their meetings, reports Of their
speeches and exposltions of what they
call their principles.
A few newspapers are calling a halt
to men and political organizations that
have been accustomed to being doomed
without money and without price.
Among these papers is the Des Moines
Capital. Its issue Of February 8 con-
tanned four full pages Of political ad!
vertisements all paid for at regulation
rates, according to Lafayette Young,
Jr., the business manager. He expects
to have more advertising of this sort
before the campaign is over.
It should not be hard for other pa.
pers to follow this example. It should
not be difficult to distinguish between
political matter that is news and that
which, if it appeared in the columns
Of pure reading, would be more puff
terry.
The opinions of a candidate for so
high an office as that Of governor are
matters Of general interest, and are
lairly entitled to be classed as news.
Yet when W. L. Douglas ran for gov
.rnor of Massachusetts he did not de-
pend upon the goodwill and party
spirit of newspapers, but advertised
avishly and with excellent results.
Candidates, not less than publishers,
benefit by political advertising. Their
arguments and ~persuasions, their view
ngs with alarm and p%ointings with
pride can be set forth in full in the
space they pay for. Az advertisers
they need not fear the blue pencil
Fourth Estate.
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THE BURNED
Famous Fall River Boat Destroyed
at Newport, R, |.
City of Lowell, Priscilla, Puritan and Nan
tucket Damaged ant One Life Lost
-Loys 1 ,5oo. 600.

Newport, r. 1.-The palatial steamer
Plymouth, of the Fall River Line, was
burned to the waters edge at the Fall
River Line pier here, causing a loss OF
S1,5O0,OO
The whole city of Newport and Long
Island Sound for a distance of many
miles were lighted up by the flames,
which leaped hundreds of feet in the
air from the magnificent steamboat.
one of the largest and finest III the
world.
The Fall River passenger station and
several other buildings at the wharf
were destroyed by the fire commune
Gated to them from the burning vessel.
The steamer City of Lowell, moored
in the same slip, caught fire several
times, and was only saved from com
plete destruction by tugs towing her
out into the stream. She was badly
scorched and was damaged to the eX-
tent Of $4,000.
The steamboats, Priscilla, Puritan
and Nantucket We're in danger also.
and were lowed out of range of the
intense heat. The Puritan caught fire
and the decks were scorched, but tie
damage was not great.
While the flames from the burning
vessel and wharf buildings were light
ing up the whole Sound, the steamer
Pilgrim, from New York, passed OH
her trip to Fall River. The boat was
due to stop at Newport, but a wireless
message was sent to her from the
United States Torpedo Sutton here
directing her not to stop, and the YES
sci continued on her way to Fall River.
-Four firemen were asleep on the
Plymouth when the fire started. Three
were rescued with difficulty. One MAJ
fell into the water, but was pulled out.
One life was lost, that of Louis Le-
Mont, a fireman OH the Plymouth,
whose home is believed to be IN New
York. His partially charred body was
found in the hulk.
The heat from the burning vessel was
so intense that men were unable to
venture near to fight the flames. Men
OH tugLoats risked their lives when
they attached lines to the other steam
crs and pulled them out of reach o.
the fire.
Above the doomed vessel to q height
Of 200 feet extended the great shears
of steel, used for hauling machinery
out of boats. The great heat twisted
and melted the steel until the mass Of
metal bent, then fell into the water
with a hiss that was heard above the
roar Of the flames, and sending up 4
great cloud of steam.
The Plymouth was moored at the
pier at the end of the Long Wharf
undergoing repairs preparatory to be-
ing placed in the passenger trad" be-
tween New York and Fall River as
soon as the spring season opened.
At 5 O'Clock a. M. the Plymouth had
burned to the waters edge, and the
charred hull contained only a lot of
smoldering embers, all that remained
of one of the largest and most finely
equipped STEAMBOATS, in the world.
How the fire started is not known.
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JOHNSON AND SMALr. HANGED.
Murderers &C Miss Florence Allison ut
Moorestown, n. J.

"N
Mount Holly, N. J.--Rufus Johnson
and George Small, negroes, were
hanged in the county Jail here for the
murder of Miss Florence Allison at
Moorestown January Is last. The ne
groes were executed at the same in
slant, the double drop falling at 1910
o'clock. Before going t. the gallows
Johnson confessed his guilt. Small,
however, insisted lie was innocent.
Neither of the negroes had anything to
say OH the gsllows.
Miss Florence w. Allison kept board
ers It A.corestown. On the morning
of January IS asst she went into Her
barn. Some time afterward Johnson
went into her house, tolc a child to go
and play in the attic and then robbed
the house. That afternoon Miss Alli-
son was found dead on the barn floor.
She had been beaten emo strangled.
Johnson was arreste!. IN Baltimore.
He confessed and implicated Small,
saying that they had been hiding in the
barn, fearing arrest for Il robbery theJ'
had committed, when Miss Allison en-
terea. Small confessed and then re-
tracted hi: &C nfeSsion.
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S1,ooO,oOO JOHNsTOWN FIRE.
Five Business Blocks in the Pennsyl-
vania. City Are Destroyed.

Five Business Blocks IN the fennsyl-
vania City Are Destroyed.
Johnstown, Pa.-Fire destroyed near
" 81, O00,0 1000 worth of property in the
business part of this city. The fire
started about midnight in the five-story
brick building of the Swank Hardware
Company, at Main and Bedford streets,
and was not under control till daylight.
Following are the principal losses:
Swank Hardware Company 100000.
Insurance $120,00O; tenants in the same
building $4,000. insurance $4,000;
Louis A. Gels, home and business
place, loss $4,000, insurance $4,000;
Journal Company. morning newspaper,
$4,000, insurance $4,000; Henderson
Furniture Company $4,000, insurance
$4,000; Fisher & Co.. 100000. insur-
ance $4,000: George Wild $4,000, in
surance partial; Bernard Nees. hard
ware, 10000, insurance $4,000: other
tenants in the Wild Building $4,000,
partly insured.
Five of the most prominent business
blocks Of the city were laid in ruins,
and the fire for a time threatened to
cause the total destruction of the bust
ness district.
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KILLED BY FALLING WALL
Four Firemon Crushed to Death In
New York City,
Six Story Building in Old Greenwich VII
lage DESTROYED and Many Are Injured
Two Score Houses Burned.

New York City.-Four fremen met
death in a fire that destroyed nearly an
entire block in old Greenwich Village,
this city.
Property valued at nearly 100000
was destroyed, the lives of scores were
endangered and the accident wards Of
st. vincent's Hospital were filled with
the injured.
Public School 113, half a block away
from the fire, was menaced by the
flames, but the children, all in the
| primary grades. were dismissed With
out disorder, bearing testimony to Inc
! efficacy of the schools fire drill.
All the dead fremen belonged to En-
cine Company IA. The four Of them
died together, II of them being Cap.
tain Walsh. They were on the roor
Of No. So. Carmine street, on the outer
edge of the fire, when the roof col
lapsed, the fire having eaten away the
supporting timbers. They had received
warning by the collapse of the house
next to them of their danger, but all
remained at their post until swallowed
lid in the maelStrom of flame that
surged up when tie roof fell in.
The dead: George B. Christman, Jr.;
Thomas T. Halpin, killed by falling
wall; Dennis j. Healey, killed by TALL
Inc wall; John T. Walsh, foreman.
Many more than those who appear
IN the hospital records were injured.
Nearly a score of girls were hurt in
the mad rush from the buildings near
those destroyed, as we'll as those tnat
were burning. The most seriously in
jured, nearly all Of them fremen,
were taken to st. Vincent's Hospital:
More than two score buildings were
entirely or partially destroyed.
The fire, which wiped out many
buildings that had stood almost long
enough to become landmarks, started
In the ~seven-story brick factory build
ing at the southwest corner of Bed
ford and Downing streets. 1t was
started, so far as is yet known, by an
explosion of celluloid or benzine.
There would have been greater loss
of life had not most of the 400 en-
ployes of the concern which occupied
the building been at luncheon when the
fire started. Those in the building
we're first alarmed by a flash of fire
and a Getonation. Then from the
factory ran scores of hysterical women.
In an instant the fire escapes were
crowded by a llass of men and women,
some of the men fighting the women
with all their strength for places of
advantage. Below the fire escape on
the first floor policemen stood, and, by
forming a human pyramid, took down
to the ground in safety more than 100
girls. The men jumped.
From the third floor. where the fire
started, two girls ran to the windows
and screamed that they would jump.
Policemen Radsky and Rheinish called
% the girls to go to the rear fire escape.
They obeyed and were saved.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-04-25
G. v. PERKINS ARRESTED
ChargeGWi Grand Larceny of $48,-
900 of Insurance Funds
M0MEYFOR CAM PAIGN PURPOSES

Former Yice.President of the New York
Life. Now j. P. Morsan's Partner,
Saw No Wrong in the Contribution
-Couns& Makss Statement In Dee
Tense, and Client Is Paroled.
New York City.-George ". Perkins,
former vice-president of the New York
Life Insurance Company and a partner
in the firm Of j. P. Morgan & Co., was
arrested on a warrant charging him
with the commission of a felony
grand larceny in the first degree. He
was spared the ordeal of being ar
raigned before the magistrate who is
sued the warrant, the usual procedure,
but was taken to Part II. of the Su-
preme Court before Justice Greenbaum
on a writ of habeas corpus which had
been prepared before the arrest was
made, and released in the custody OF
his counsel, Lewis L. Delafeld, with
out being compelled to put up bail.
The grand larceny charge is the al
legged theft of S4S, 702.50 contributed ~
MI. Perkins. for the New York Life In
surance Company, to the Republican
national campaign fund in 1904. Ac-
cording to a statement made in court
the late President John A. Mccall, of
the New York Life, authorized the pay
inent of the money, and the other men,
bers of the Finance Committee of that
corporation approved of the payment
to Mr.. Perkins, who had advanced the
money to Cornelius n. Bliss. treasurer
of: the campaign committee.
Following the arrest it became
known for the first time that Mr.. Per-
kins had given to Mr.. Jerome much in
formation concerning the circum-
stances regarding the political contri-
button, and that he. had been instru-
mental in placing before the District
Attorney account books and checks OF
the New York Life Company bearing
on the payments. 1t was in answer to
a request from Mr.. Jerome that Mr..
Perkins %vouchsafed this information.
In his answer to the District Attor-
ney Mr.. Perkins wrote before his ar
rest that the question of the legality of
these political contributions came to
him as a surprise, it never having &C.
Cured to him that their propriety
would be questioned, as he believed
they were for the benefit of the COM
pany. He added that he derived no
personal advantage from the transac-
ton; that he had no intent other than
to serve the interests of the company,
and, he said, at is not my intention to
dispute or to deny civil liability to &C.
count to the company for these mon
eys."
On the dispositions Of Darwin F.
Kingsley, rice-presideut of the New
York Life, and Edmund D. Randolph.
its treasurer, is based the warrant for
Mr.. Perkins arrest. in which he is
charged with having committed grand
larceny in it's first degree on Decem-
Der 80, 1904, the date on which the
company's check was drawn to repay
him for his disbursements to Mr.. Bliss.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-04-25
MURDERED ON WEDDING DAY.
Despondent Father Kills Daughter and
Then Commits Suicide.

bCSpOuuCul aldSl AAAo N"NSANNh ~N
Then Commits Suicide.
Boston, Mass.-Joseph P. Townsend
killed his daughter, Pansy e. Town
send, twenty-five years old, and then
committed suicide in their home, 10
Woodville street, Everett.
The young woman was to have been
married to Francis E. Perry, of Fort
Myers, Fla, in. the Peoples Temple
here at 6 o'clock at night, and it is
believed that the father, who had
been respondent over the approaching
wedding, became unbalanced and took
her life and his own.
Townsend was formerly mate Of a
vessel sailing out of Boston and came
originally from Baltimore. His dauSh-
ter was employed as q stenoSrapher ID
a Boston music store. She was a
popular girl i'll Everett, was an ac'
tive worker in church circles and, as
her mother was dead, had charge OF
the home.
During the afternoon Townsend sent
his son Joseph to East Boston on an
errand in connection with the we'd
ding, and when the boy returned at
4.3O he found the father lying dead
on the parlor floor and his sister on a
couch, breathing family. He tried tc
revive the girl with brandy, but failed
to do so, and before 4 doctor could
reach the house she died.
Townsend is thought to have shot
the girl in the head with a % calibre
rife while she lay asleep on the couch
and then killed himself with a revolver,
both weapons being found beside his
body. On a table was this note in the
fathers handwriting:
AT $40 I have taken my daughters
life and my own. 1 do this rather than
see her the wife of Francis Perry"
so far as can be learned, Townsend
bore Perry no i'll will, but had spoken
in tons; o. regret that his daughter
was to marry and leave home.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-04-25
FOOD tElPS
In Management of q T.. Il.

Speaking Of food a railroad man
says:
"My work puts NE out in all kinds of
weather, subject to irregular hours for
meals and compelled to eat all kinds OF
food.
"For 7 years I was constantly trou-
bled with indigestion. caused by eating
heavy, fatty, starchy. greasy, poorly
cooked food, such as are most accessi-
BILE to men in my business. Generally
each meal or lunch was followed by
distressing pains and burning sensa-
tons in my stomach, which destroyed
my sleep and almost united me FOR
work. My brain was so muddy and
foggy that it was hard for me to dis
charge my duties properly.
"This lasted till about a year ago,
when my attention was called to
Grape-Nuts food by a newspaper ad.
and I concluded to try it. Since then
l have used Grape-Nuts at nearly ev-
cry meal and sometimes between
meals. We railroad men have little
chance to prepare our food IN our ca
bosses and | find Grape-Nuts mighty.
handy for it is ready cooked.
10 make q long story short, Grape
Nuts has made a new mar Of me. I
have no more burning distress in my
stomach, nor any other symptom Of in
digestion. can digest anything so
long as l eat Grape-Nuts, and my brain
works as clearly and accurately rs an
engineers watch, and my old nervous
troubles have disappeared entirely"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
There's q reason. Read the little
book. The Road to MELVILLE" iii pigs.
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able to quench my thirst. Terrible
headaches and dizzy spells oppressed
me and my back was lame, sore and
stiff. A months treatment with
Doan's Kidney Pills rid me Of this
trouble, and now 1 am strong and
healthy and weigh 230 pounds. I
give the credit to Doan's Kidney Pills"
Sold by all dealers. sc cents a box.
Foster ilburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-04-25
Among the Toilers.

There are more than $4,000 factories
in the State of New York, and there
are only about thirty inspectors.
The Consolidated Brotherhood of
Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders
of America has refused to indorse the
ship subsidy bill now before Congress.
About $4,000 French miners have
gone on strike as the result Of a belief
among them that the recent Courrieres
horror was due to mismana cement and
economy on the part Of the owners OF
the mines.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-04-25
Plants Are Like Men.

NJ. J. Irons, who, says the New York
Tribune, has been growing plants with
wonderful success under an acetylene
light at the Cornell department of ag-
riculture, said recently:
"Plants are like men. They adapt
themselves to the conditions confront
ing them. If a plant can't have ten
hours Of sunshine it contrives to get
along somehow on Eve hours.
ut is like mankind. A-man said to
his friend one day:
"'Do you think two can live as
cheaply as one? ;
before my marriage I thought
they could the friend answered.
"tAnd afterward?
"tAfterward I found they had to-"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-04-25
FAMILY OF SEVEN KILLED.
Three Generations Meet Death in Grade
Crossing Smash on the Reading.

Sunbury, Pa.-A fast express Oh the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
struck a wagon containing a family Of
seven, killing six of them instantly and
SO badly injuring the seventh, a child,
that she died before reaching the hos
pital.
Washington Neidig, a farmer, was
returning home from this place accom-
panied by his sons, Cyrus and Clar-
ence, the latter's wife and their three
children. At a grade crossing just out
Of the city the wagon was struck by
the train.
When the train was stopped 700 feet
from the crossing the bodies of two Of
the children were on the pilot. The
others were terribly mutilated. Mr..
Neidig saw the train when it was too
late, according 70 the engineer, and
whipped up the horses to clear the
tracks. The horses escaped without
injury.
The family is completely wiped out
with the exception of the aged grand
mother Of the children.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-04-25
The Field OF Sports.

W. A. Pierce, of Boston, stands ready
to back Marvin Hart against George
Gardner, of Lowell, at 4 club in Cbel-
sea, Mass.
A tennis league will be formed Mt
Dickinson College this spring. The
matter will be taken up by the fra
ternities.
A flaw in the trotting rules recently
enacted by the National Association
threatens, unless corrected, to prevent
the lowering of the worlds record for
many years to come.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-04-25
RUSSIA'S SLAUGHTER LIST.

Govrnment Admit Killing of 14,130
During Internal Disorder.
st. Petersburg, misunderstanding
to the newspapers the Government has
received reports showing that 14,130
persons were killed and 1854 wound
ed during the internal disorders last
year. The newspapers assume that the
casualties have been minimiZed by the
officials.
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STATE OF OHIO, CRY OF TOLEDO,

IUChD OOUNIIs
FRANK J. CHENEY makes cath that he is
senior partner Of the firm Of F. J.CHENEY b
Co., doing business in the City Of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum Of N HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case OF cATARRR
that cannot be cured by the use OF HALI's
CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
t-, presence, this Gin day Of Deem
SEAL. Der, AID, 1886. A. W.GLEAsoN,
t~l. Notary Pubic.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send for testimonials,
free. F.. j, CHENEY & Co., Toledo, 0.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c. !
Take HALLS Family Pills for constipation:
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News of the Hour.

The Steel Trust is to have a plant in
Canada.
Police Justice Higgins, Of Jersey
City, sent q masher to Jail for sixty
days.
Machinery has been ordered for en-
cavating the so-called diamond fields
of Elliott County, Ky.
The coal supply of Canada has been
reported to the Bureau of Manufac-
lures as $1,000, 000, 900 tons.
The government of Switzerland has
planned to apply electricity to all the
government railway lines.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-04-25
Carnegie Gives 50, 1000 900 to Schools.

Andrew Carnegie has given $1,000
900 in addition to previous gifts for the
maintenance of the Carnegie Technical
Schools at Pittsburg. The gift was
made through Il special committee of
the the trustees of the technical
schools, who visited Mr.. Carnegie at
Hot Springs, Va. Mr.. Carnegie has a.
ready given upward of 4 million. and
this latest proffer is in United States
Steel five per cent. bonds. None OF it
is to be used for the erection of build
iuTS.