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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19
BITS W or Ne WS
WASHINGTON.

Brigadier-General Peter c. Hams,
member of the Isthmian Canal Com
mission, who has just returned from
Panama, said that the builders OF the
canal are awaiting visit Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte
urged the death penalty for every
anarchist who has sought, directly or
indirectly, to take life.
Secretary Taft, accompanied by
Brigadier- Bell, chief of staff,
will make tour of inspection in the
Middle West early in the autumn for
the purpose of studying brigade posts.
Official tests have been made by
direction of the Postmaster General
of the adaptability of automobiles to
the rural delivery service. Rural
routes within easyreach of the Wash
ington Office presented many Of the
adverse conditions of rocky and Cor
duroy" roadbeds. ~
The Secretary of the Treasury has
awarded life saving medals to Emile
M. Wagner and Harry H. Kittell,
coxswains on the battleships Alaba-
ma and Kearsarge, respectively, for
rescuing shipmates.
Acting Attorney-General Robb de-
cided that common railroad laborers
cannot be classed as skilled labor
ers," and therefore cannot be i'm
ported under contract.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19
PALMA PUTS RIVALS IN JAIL.
Plot to Assassinate Cuban President
is One OF Grave Charges.

is One or Grave CnarSeS.
Havana, Cuba.-Half a dozen high
ly prominent leaders of the Liberal
party have been taken into custody
on the charge of conspiracy against
the Government and plotting to as
sassinate President Palma.
The events have shown that the
Government was fully aroused to the
necessity of putting down not only
the open outlawry in Western Cuba,
but also to the necessity of capturing
and confning the alleged leaders OF
this movement. who were strongly
suspected of plotting the assassina-
ton of the President and overthrow
ing the present Government by force.
The men arrested here are General
Carlos Garcia Velez and his brother
Fausto, eX-Cuban Consul at Bremen;
ex-senator rMonteagudo, Colonel Man
uer Piedra. Chief of Police in the
House of Representatives, and Gen.
eral Enrique Loynaz del Castillo, a
former Congressman from Puerto
Principe Province. The five above.
mentioned men are charged with con.
spiracy. They say they are merely
the victims of persecution.
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by the Government from Valparaiso
has not been confirmed, but it is
known that numerous buildings in
the vicinity OF the port were de-
stroyed and that there have been Sc
we're fires in the Almendral quarter.
The Mayor of Valparaiso sent word
that he did not know the number Of
killed or injured.
The known number of dead does
not exceed one hundred, according
to the best estimates.
Among the dead is the wife of
Admiral Montt, q distinguished naval
commander.
People arriving here from Valpar-
also say the situation there, though
distressing, has been exaggerated.
Senior Gree, one of the refugees
from Valparaiso says:
"The first shock was prolonged
and threw tie whole city into indie
scribable panic. People crowded the
streets and the squares, crying and
lamenting. The first shock also
threw down a number of buildings.
THE second shock was still more
severe and resulted in the crumbling
of most of the buildings in the AL
mendral quarter.
immediately after the second
shock the city was plunged into ter
rifying darkness, but this did not
last long, for fires soon started. Ihe
lights from the flames came as
welcome relief to the darkness. The
people were in an extreme state OF
terror, many believing that the end
of the world had come"
According to others the people OF
Valparaiso are utterly exhausted and
will fee the city as soon as the rail-
ways are running again.
The water pipes were broken ana
water poured through the streets.
There is even lack of water to drink.
Provisions are scarce and hunger
is beginning to make itself felt. The
Government has ordered it's war
ships stationed at Talcahuano to take
to Valparaiso Immediately the most
needed necessities of life.
More than 10000 persons have
taken refuge in the hills surrounding
VALPARAISO, which were not much dis
turbed by the shocks.
Among the buildings destroyed
were the Victoria Theatre, the Bella
vista Railroad station and the Club
de Setrembe. Most OF the severe
damage was done on the low ground
reclaimed from the sea-
, The Church Of the Espiritu Santo
and the Church of La Marced, as we'll
as a large part of the buildings on
Victoria street, were destroyed.
Avenue Brazil is almost completely
wrecked.
The masses of material that were
thrown into the streets made going
about impossible.
That portion of the city where are
the customs house and the City Hall
was not seriously damaged. A large
majority of the houses are not ut for
habitation. The storehouses of the
customs house are almost totally de-
stroyed.
An employe of the telegraph COM
pany sent word from Salto, near VAL
paraiso, confirming the news OF seri-
Gus fires in the Almendral quarter.
This employe also sent news that tie
Spanish-Italian Bank Building OF VAL
parai5o was destroyed by the earth
quake. ;.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19
FOREIGN.

Cardinal Gibbons has written to
the Archbishop Of Paris urging
French Catholics to profess their
faith in the political arena and ex-
pressing confidence in ultimate VIC
tory.
Russian peasantry at Penza de-
feated Cossacks sent to arrest aglta-
tors and forced them to flee.
Secretary Root after a final ban
quet in Buenos Ayres sailed for Ba-
hia Blanco to inspect Argentlnas
principal military base.
Dispatches from Russia indicate
that the popular agitation is spread
Ing. Bomb outrages continued.
Germany has put into effect an
elaborate system of taxes on aGtomo-
biles which applies specially to torS-
lists.
The bubonic plague broke out in
Brazil.
The Pope's encyclicalto the French
Bishops ordered firm refusal to ac-
cept the form of cultural associa-
tions provided in the law for separa-
tion of Church and State.
A fire which destroyed property
valued at 100000 francs occurred
at Milan, Italy. 1t originated in
store of petroleum and drugs on the
estate of Paganini VILLAIN.
Many receptions, dinner and
ball were given at Montevideo, Uru-
quay, in honor of Secretary Root.
Russia for the first time in history
began to import grain from Germany
owing to agrarian disorders.
No deposits are wanted by the
British Government from foreign life
insurance companies. according to a
select committee of the House of
Lords. :
Advices from Bombay say that
Prince Ranjitsinhji may succeed to
the throne of Navanager
At Cologne. Germany, John W.
Yerkes, United States Commissioner
of Internal Revenue; /. R. Hit, Jr..
and C. A. Champion, of the United
States Internal Revenue Department.
are inspecting artificial silk works.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

Crop conditions in the islands Of
Hawaii are good, but comparatively
little trouble is being experienced
with pests and weather conditions,
for this season, are favorable.
Major-General Wood has sum
moned a commission to the Philip
pines to investigate the conduct of
certain army officers on duty in the
Philippines. The inquiry will be Sc
cret.
Scott Truxtun, Government Agent
Of Porto Rico, charged that low grade
coffee has been shipped from New
York to Porto Rico and reimported
as coffee grown in that island.
George Cabot Ward, the Auditor
General, sailed from San Juan, P. R.,
for New York on the steamship
Coamo to negotiate loan of $1,000
900 for pu''" improvements.
In the Philippine Islands 500
American and 5000 Filipino teachers
are busy educating nearly 100000
pupils of all ages. .
All the American teachers and 200
If the Filipinos are paid by the Insu-
lar Government. The others are paid
by the municipalities.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19
DOMESTIC.

President Roosevelt appointed Jas.
5. Harlan, Of Chicago, Interstate
Commerce Commissioner. .E
A Federal charge of peonage was
preferred against officials of the At
lanta and Birmingham Construction
Company, contractors for the Atlanta
and Birmingham Railroad.
Secretary Goodwin, of the New
York Civil Service Association, wrote
4 protest to Governor Higgins against
the "vindication" of Fiscal Supervt-
sor Bender, urging a reconsideration
Of the case. .
Browne. the convicted customs ex-
aminer, who was put into Sing Sing,
n. Y, in alleged violation Of the ex-
tradition treaty with Canada, won
his point and will be set free to be
tried on the charge on which he was
brought back from Canada. .. ..,
Hattie Forsythe told District At
torney Jerome's detective, OF New
York City, that she believed Evelyn
Thaw had goaded her husband to XIII
Stanford White.
The President ordered the revenue
cutter McCulioch to resume patrol
duty in guarding the Alaskan seal
fisheries.
Resolutions accepting" William
Jennings Bryan as a probable candi-
date for the Presidency in 1908 were
unanimously adopted by the Massa-
chusetts Democratic State Committee
in Boston.
The Mutual Life Insurance Com
Dany, of New York City, sued three
former trustees. Olyphant, Holden:
and Miller, to compel an accounting
for millions illegally disbursed by
them.
Norfolk and Western stockholders
are asked to authorize $34,O00,o0o
common stock increase and a CONVEX
tible bond issue in the same amount.
Henry w. Herring, cashier OF the
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, OF
Chicago, was arrested.
United States Senators Cullom and
Morgan and Judge Simeon E. Bald
win, of Connecticut, defend the Kill
Ing of japanese seal poachers on the
ground of international law.
Pauline Coska, after chasing her
aancee almost around the world,
caught and married him in Merlden,
Conn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19
Feminine News Notes.

Fetty Green must give way to Mrs.
Sage as the richest woman in Amer
ica.
1t is estimated that 100000
women are earning wages in the
British Isles.
Before a Norwegian girl can marry
she must present 4 certificate that
she can cook.
Mercedes Lopez. a Mexican wom-
an, is said to possess the longest hair
of any person in the world. Her
height is five feet, and when she
stands erect her hair trails on the
ground four feet eight inches
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19
Ctri, EniIS Of News.

Trains leaving st. Petersburg are
filed with foreigners.
The Pan-AMarican Railroad has
been completed as far as Pijiliapan.
The literary ana dramatic censor
shin in France is now officially dead.
A volcanic island 1000 feet high
has been thrown UP off the coast OF
Alaska.
Syracuse IN. " University is
erecting Buildings that will cost
s1,000,00Q.
The bucket shop law passed by the
Georgia Legislature is the most strln-
gent ever enacted.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19
HOkE SMITH NOMINATED.
Landslide Ends Fiyc-Corncred Fight
in Georgia.

Atlanta, Ga.-A landslide for Hoke
Smith hit Georgia. The former mem
ber Of Cleveland's Cabinet swept
through the State, leaving his four
opponents far in the rear. Hoke
Smith is acknowledged to be the next
Governor of Georgia, and the only
question is as TO the size Of his ma
joriey over the combined four oppos-
ing men-Clark Howell, Of The
Constitution" J. H. Estill, Of The
Savannah News" James Smith, q
wealthy planter, and Richard Russell,
a Georgia judge.
Smith conducted his campaign on
the lines of opposition to present
freight rates, favoring disfranchi3e-
ment OF negroes and opposite" -
the ring rule.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19
Not q Man in Kansas Idle.

Kansas has not an unemployed ID
borer, as far as #. 3. Gsrow, director
OF the Fr.oe Employment Bureau,
Kansas City, has been able to ascer-
tain. Mr.. Gerow has application for
nearly 200 men who are wantel at
once in various parts Of the State,
and he has not had one application
for work. Some Of the demands for
help are exceedingly pressing. In
several counties men are wanted for
threshing machine crews in order %
take care of the wheat crops.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19
Hydrophobia Among Cattle.

Henry W. Ferry, Of Dan5dry,
Coma, lost five COWS from hydrophO-
bia last week, and seven belonging
to Henry Otis, OF Bennetts Bridge,
have died with rabies within the last
three days. In Derby and many other
Connecticut cities and towns all dogs
have been ordered muzzlad for per-
iods Of from sixty to ninety lays.
Hydrophobia among cattle is becom-
ing menace in Connecticut
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19
Labor World.

In the South there are now six
times as many children at work as
there were twenty years ago.
Three hundred thousand harvest
crs work their way north from Okla
homa to Canada, AMI 100000 thresh-
crs follow them.
The California Supreme Court has
rendered decision upholding the
Child Labor law passed by the Leg
islature of 1905.
The Victorian Government has de-
cided to buy 1400 acres Of land at
Maribyrnong, near Nelbourne, t. he
used for workmen's ZONES.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19
BOYS TURN BANDITS.
frisco Youths Confess to Various
Holdup- and Murder.


San Francisco, Cal.-With a cool
ness and a nonchalance that amazed
the police, Fred Peterson, William
Meares, Walter Westwood and Frank
McAuliffe, four youths still in their
teens, confessed that they were lie
quartet that committed the series ol
hold-ups which eliminated III the
killing Of Fred MulliaeauX on the
Ocean Boulevard.
Peterson, who is but seventeen
years of age. admitted that he fired
the shot which killed MullireauS
when the latter resisted robbery.
Peterson told in detail OF the rob-
berry OF four persons az hour betoFt
the murder Of MullineauX, and
hold-up on the boulevard the night
previous.
Westwood, the acknowledged
leader Of the youthful gang, is but
sixteen years OF age, and resided Wlth
his mother and stepfatner. Patrlch
RYAN.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19
Prominent PaODIc.

Richard Harding Davis is support
ing Winston Churchill for Governor
Of New Hampshire.
Arthur J. Balfour has an expert
knowledge Of music. Bach and Han
del are his faVorite composers.
Representative Charles Curtis, of
Kansas, is the only man in Congress
who has Indian blood in his veins.
One of his remote ancestors was a
noble red man.
Colonel w. W. Lumpkin, of South
Carolina. has gained renown through
his brief opposition to Senator Till
man.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19
DEFEATS THE MAD NICLLAH.
Sultan of MiiertaiJ. Victorious After
. Fierce Battle.

London.-According TO the cor
respondent at Alden of the Daily Mail:
after devastating nineteen OgadeD
villages the Mad Mullah attacked the
territory of the Sultan Of Miiertain.
Both sides lost heavily in q bat
tie. The Sultan had nine near rela'
tives and 700 warriors killed, but
eventually repulsed the Mullah, who
retrcated toward Illig AID the coast
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19
Horse Kills Il Clergyman.

The Rev. Thomas Wood, senior
pastor Of the Great Fails Circuit Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, Of
Baltimore County, Md, was killed
by his horse while he was trying to
take stone from the animals hoof.
Mr.. Wood was found OH the road
and taken to Il house near by, where
he died after telling how the accident
occurred
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19
Boy burglar" Kills Baby Brother.

At Philadelphia, playing burglar
with & loaded revolver Claude Lam
ciano. eight years old. shot and
killed his baby brother, Edmund,
aged three. Claude also shot Eim-
self through the hand. The child
procured the pistol from a bureau
drawer, a.. running TO the room oc-
cupied by his brothers, Claude and
Victor, shot at them. crying that he
was burglar. He then dropped the
pistol and it Tas again discharged,
the ball striking him in the hand.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19
TOWN DROPPED INTO SEA.
Report Regarding Mincha-Estin:atc
That Earthquake Killed 1000.

New York City.-Advices received
from Valparaiso by the cable COM
panies were to the effect that the
small towns and villages along a
large part of the Chilean coast suf-
fered terrible destruction by the
earthquake, some OF them being COM
pletely wiped out.
1t was estimated that the loss of
life in Valparaiso and elsewhere in
Chile would reach 1000, with doz-
en- important places still to be heard
from. Mincl a, little town on the
coast, had, it was thought, been com.
pletely wiped out, as couriers arriV-
ing at CoQuimbo reported that Min.
cha had dropped into the sea. Ligua
also suffered greatly, losing about
half it's population and the majority
Of it's finest buildings.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19
Ared Woman q Suicide.

Mrs. Timothy Walker, sister OF
Sheriff Sibley, of Eastford, Conn.
drowned herself. She was seventy
five years old and was Respondent
over the critical illness of her hus'
band.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19

A dispatch received from IeheTan,,
Persia, says the building intended
for the new Parliament was opened
with solemn ceremony. The function
took place in the presence OF the
prjests who have returned from exile
and who are being entertained Tor
three days by the Snah.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19
Veteran Drops Dead in Station.

At Chicago, Joseph Colyer, Of New
ark. n. j., dropped dead from heart
disease in the Grand Central Station.
Colver, who was veteran of the
Civil War. had been attending the re-
union of the Grand Army of the Re-
public in Minaec rroiis.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19
Watched Himself Die

After taking caTbolic acid w:tF: c't.-
cdal intent, Otto Radeck Of st. Lo%:s,
alo., stood in front OF a mirror, his
wife and two children by his side,
and watched his face grow paler and
paler until he dropped dead.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19
Seven Wor!lmcn Killed.

Seven men were killed and seven
were seriously injured when fast
freight train on the Pennsylvania
Railroad tore through q work lain
near Johnstown.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19
Mazct q Sage Appraiser.

Robert Mazet. who once headed a
legislative committee investigating
New York City's government. will be
appointed appraiser Of Russell Sage's
estate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19
Tried TO Interview President

Miss Liza Case, or All l.. Esac, as
she calls herself, made a scene in
Christ's Church, Oyster Bay, by call
ing to the President after the service.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19
Railway Wages 1taiscd.

A scarcity Of railroad trainmen in
Pittsburg led the management of the
roads entering that city to raise
wages and cut down the age limit.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19
151 Drowned From the SiriO.

The number OF persons lost in the
wreck of the steamship Sirio is now
officially stated at Geneva, Italy, to fa
one hundred and ifav-one.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19
Police Chief Killed By Bomb.

NJ. GcIcew, Chief of Police of Sic
dice. Russia, has been killed by
bomb.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19
German Editors Charitable Requests

Edward Uhl, late president OF the
Staats-Zeitung, of New York City
left $4,000 for benevolent pur.
poses.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19
lightning Kills Three of Family.

Lightning mis- ThTes OF IaH1iIy.
Mrs. Elizabeth Prince, of Fair
chance. Pa, and her two daughters
were killed by lightning during 4
storm and two Of her sons badly
shocked.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19
Throngs Witnessed G. A. r. Parade.

About $4,000 visitors were in Min
ueapolis to attend the Grand Army
cnCur:pment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19
Haadcuffcd Negro Shoots Deputy.

E. R. Abernathy, Deputy Sheriff Of
Littleton, Ala, was shot by a negro
prisoner and died shortly afterward.
The negro was handcuffed when he
fred the fatal shot.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19

Dynamite Used With Good Effect to
Check the Fires That Followed
the Destructive Shocks-Huln
More Complete Than at San
Francisco. Captain Says-Caole
Companies Estimate That 1000
Persons Were Killed in Chile
100000 Homeless-Fugitives
Huddic on Icy Hills-Wintry
Rains Drench Hundred Thou
sand Refugees From Ruins.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-01-28
QUERY FOR ARIZONANS

The joint statehood bill has passed
the house and been ordered reported on
favorably from the senate committee on
territories. 1t is expected there will be
a bitter contest in the senate, but with
the probabilities favorable to the final
passage of the bill uniting Arizona and
New Mexico in a single state.
But Arizona and New Mexico do not
want to be united, and anyone who
understands or knows the two terri
tories approves their stand. They are,
to begin with, quite dissimilar in pop
ulation, New Mexico being so largely
of Spanish descent and proclivities as
to use that language almost entirely
while Arizona is only slightly so. The
territories differ in their products, their
traditions and their customs. Above all
else, they are both so large that united
they become unwieldy and too vast for
proper handling of the public business.
All these facts have repeatedly been
brought before congress, but the selfish
Republican party, fearing that separ-
ately New Mexico might go Democratic,
insists that no such chances must be
taken That is the sole and only eX-
cuse for uniting them.
But the question arises, after con-
gress has passed this bill, will the ter
ritories accept it? Can they be forced
into the union under its pro-
visions, if they desire to remain as they
are? The Arizonans have threatened
not to avail themselves of such a. law,
and public sentiment there, at least, is
very strongly against accepting it.
Admitting that Arizona refuses state
hood, can it be compelled to accept it?
That is a new question; none such has
ever arisen. The usual territory has
been so eager to become a state that
| it has accepted almost any conditions
| proposed. But if Arizona is in earnest
in claiming separate statehood or none
problem will be placed before the
| United States such as hitherto it has
never confronted.
! Doubtless, when the issue is joined
the territories will come in, no matter
/ how dstasteful the conditions But il
would be interesting at least did Ari-
iona decide 10 stay out. What would
! the United States do about it?