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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-13
PREACHERS FAMILY SLAIN
Man, His Wife and Seven Children
Cremated at Milton, Fla.
Each Skull Crushed In - Woman
Found Dead Near New Born Babe
big Reward Fer Murderers.

Pensacola, Fla. - In Santa Rosa
County. ten miles north of Milton,
Joseph NJ. Ackerman, widely known
as a preacher in this section of the
State, his wife and seven children. the
oldest between thirteen and fourteen
years old, were murdered and their
bodies cremated in the home which
was fred by the murderers.
The crime was discovered next morn
ing by persons with whom Ackerman
had an appointment, who found the
home a mass OF ruins AID the charred
bodies of Ackerman, his wife and
seven smah children among the wreck
age.
Details indicate that the father,
mother and each of the seven children
were murdered before the building was
fred, as the skull of each was crushed
in. The body Of Alderman was found
near the door leading from the bed
room in which he slept and by his side
was a revolver. The body Of Mrs.
Alderman, who gave birth to child
on Friday last, was found with that OF
Der infant outside of the sill at the
front of the house. The oldest child
was found near the door leading out
to the front porch.
All of the bodies were badly burned,
practically only the trunks remaining.
The bodies of three boys were found
practically where the bed upon which
they slept stood previous to the con-
fagratiop.
A fund of more than $1,000 has been
raised by the citizens of Milton, which
will be offered as a reward for the ap-
prehension of the murderers, and the
Governor has been appealed to to offer
at least $4,000 on behalf Of the State.
Alderman moved to the settlement
which was known as Allentown from
Opp, Ala, about three years ago, and
has always been considered good and
peaceful citizen. While he had no reg
ular charge it was his custom to preach
in the many small places throughout
that section of Santa Rosa County. He
was not known to have had any ene-
mics, and the motive for the atrocious
crime Is a mystery.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-13
|DR. CRAPSEY FOUND GUILTY
Convicted of Heresy and Sus'
pended From Ministry.
He Will Appeal, Thereby Getting
Stay Of Sentence Court
Stood q to 1.

Rochester. n. Y. The ecclesiastical
! court which tried the Rev. DR.. Alser-
non T. Crapsey. rector OF ST. Andrews
Church, of Rochester, on charges of
heresy, found him guilty and sentenced
him to suspension from the ministry.
The court is divided. four members,
w. G. Roberts, C. H. Boynton. G. S.
Burrows and John Mills Gilbert, voting
in favor of suspension, and the fifth
member, Francis S. Durham, declaring
his belief that DR.. Crapsey did not deny
the doctrines of the church.
This in brief is the sentence of the
court: THAT the respondent be sus-
pended from exercising the functions
of minister of this church until such
time as he shall satisfy tie ecclesias-
tical authority of the diocese that his
belief and teaching conform to the
doctrines of the Apostles Greed and
the Nlcene Creed"
1t was announced that DR.. Crapsey
will appeal TO the court of review. The
appeal will act as stay Of sentence.
The decision was made public by Chan
cellor Brown in the Office of James
Breck Perkins, DR.. Crapsey's attorney.
The accused clergyman was present
when it was given out, but had nothing
to say in regard to the decision.
The majority found DR.. Crapsey
guilty, as follows:
1. That in his book, Religion and
Politics." he ''impugns. if he does not
express his belief in and denial Of
The doctrine that Jesus Christ is
God, the Saviour Of the world.
9 That in the fifteen extracts from
"Religion and Politics" set forth in the
presentment Dr.. Crapsey "impugns and
denies"
(a) That Christ was conceived by the
Holy Ghost.
(b) The virgin birth of Christ.
(c) The physical resurrection.
Last of all the court found DR.. Crap
sey guilty of violating three of his or
dination vows by the doctrines which
he has preached.
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NEVER SOUGHT SENATOR'S AID.
President Roosevelt Repels Attack OF
Mr.. Tillman and Mr.. Bailey.

Washington, D. C.-The President
sent to Senator Allison letter refer
ring to the attack in the Senate by
Senators Tillman and Bailey, and DEM
onstrating the efforts he had made for
constitutional railway rate legislation,
incidentally showing that these Sena;;
tors had sought his aid, not he theirs.
The letter is. in part, as follows:
- after the Rate bill was reported
from the committee, and after by vote
Of the committee Mr.. Tillman had been
put in charge Of it, many Senators and
many outsiders came to see me with
reference to it. Among others was
asked to see ex-senator Chandler, as
representing Mr.. T1llman, who was in
charge of the bill. I stated In response
that I was, of course, entirely willing
to see Mr.. Tillman personally or to see
Mr.. Chandler or any one else who could
speak for him, and I accordingly di-
rected my secretary to make an ap-
pointment for Mr.. Chandler to see me.
My understanding was that he was
the representative of Mr.. Tillman.
"As to many Of those amendments
(including among others the substance
of the so-called Long, Overman, Bacon
and Spooner amendments) stated that
I should be entirely satisfied to have
them in the bill; as to others, suggest
ed notifications which would make
them satisfactory; as to none did ever
say, either to Mr.. Chandler or to any
one else, that should insist upon haV-
ing them in the bill as condition OF
my approving it. On the contrary, |
was always most careful to state that
was not trying to dictate any particu-
lar program of action" :,
Senator Tillman denied that lie had
asked Mr.. Chandler to open negotla-
tons at the White House as the Presl-
dent suggested, and this denial was
repeated by Mr.. Chandler, who de-
clined to make any further statement.
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ARMY TO QUIT SAN FRANCISCO.
General Greely Fixes June l as Date
For Withdrawal.

Oakland, Cal-General Greely has
notified the Finance Committee that he
expects to be able to withdraw all Of
the Regular Army Oh duty in the city
by June /.
In explanation of his course, General
Greely said that as matters were con-
Quoted at present there was every indi-
cation that the relief system would be
in such definite and comprehensive
shape by that time as to enable the
Red Cross to assume full charge OF
the field.
The only exceptions to be made were
in the cases of two or three refugee
camps at the Preside.
General Greedy has transmitted tc
the War Department report announc
ing that while conditions are improv
ing, the miserable situation is indicated
by the fact that food for 100000 per.
sons is being cooked on the streets.
Every relief contribution from the
East is joyfully received.
The work Of clearing away the debris
is proceeding in a systematic, we'll
ordered manner, every able-bodied man
being put to work.
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DEATH OF CARL SCHURZ.
One of the Romantic Characters OF
- American History Gone.

One of the Romantic Characters Of
- American History Gone.
New York City.-Carl Schurz, former
Secretary of the Interior, died at his
home, "a East Ninety-frst street. He
was seventy-seven years old.
For a year Mr.. Schurz had been all
ing. In the last week he suffered from
pulmonary oedema and his life was
despaired of because Of his advanced
age.
With the death of Carl Schurz one
of the most interesting and romMtic
figures in American public life has
passed. Schurz the soldier, statesman,
author, editor and revolutionist, had a
romantic past when he came to this
country as young man. On his ar
rival as a German refugee he immedi-
ately jumped into public prominence
and has stayed there. Even in his
retirement and with his unsuccessful
battle against so-called Imperialism,
Carl Schurz has always been surround
ed by a halo of romance and has re-
malned one of the last survivors of that
strong thinking, strong-talking, strong
acting circle of men who had so much
to do with the formation of the RepuD-
lie in its second great epoch.
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LOST GOSPEL FRAGMENT
Discovery Announced of Chrlsts
Words on Publication.
Written on a Scrap Of Vellun, Ye'-
lowed by Sixteen Centuries, Found
in Ruins Of OxyrhyncuS.

London.-Drs. Grenfell and Hart,
during continued researches of the
ruins of Oxyrhyncus, whose ancient
monasterieS some years ago yielded
the famous Logia of Christ. found e
fragment of 4 supposed lost gospel,
which is now in Queens College, Ok
ford
1t is tiny scrap of vellum, perforat-
ed by worms and yelowed by sixteen
centuries, but the writing is perfectly
legible. It is written in Greek char
acters, which are almost microscopical-
ly.minute, with scarlet initials. There
are about 800 words.
1t is certainly no part of any eXtant
gospel. but its theological value must
be left to theologians. 1t is unusually
we'll written from literary viewpoint.
It begins in the middle of a speech.
Jesus and His disciples haye entered
a temple and met Pharisee, who re-
Dukes them for omitting soma cere-
monial Of ablution.
Jesus asks the PhariSee what the
latter has done to comply with the
ceremonial. The Pharisee'S reply
minutely describes the process of puri-
fication. of which no previous authority
has given the details.
Then follows powerful, eloquent
denunciation by Jesus Of mere outward
publication. He saying that He and
His disciples have been purified by the
waters of life. There is also mention
of a hitherto unknown part of the
temple called the Hegneuterian, or
place of publication.
Theological circles are greatly inter-
ested in the discovery. which promises
a sensation equal to that created by
the Logia of Christ.
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CORPSE OF GAPON FOUND.
Still Hung Suspended Where He Was
Executed by Revolutionists.


Executed by Revolutionists.
st. Petersburg, Russia. - The mys-
tery of the fate Of Father Gapon was
apparently cleared by the discovery OF
a corpse which has almost positively
been identified as that Of the former
priest, hanging in the upper chamber
of lonely villa in the summer suburb
of Ozerki, Finland. The villa was
rented on April for the summer, ana
a deposit paid by an unknown man
from st. Petersburg, who, after visit
ing the house several times, in COM
pany with a young workman, disap'
peared April II, taking the key with
him.
The proprietress of the villa, alarmed
at the non-appearance of the tenant
notified the police. who entered the
house. Breaking down a door they
were confronted by a body in long
coat hanging from nail, the feet
touching the floor. Decomposition or
the face made positive identification
difficult but the features resemDled
those of Gapon and the clothing cor
respond with that worn by the missing
labor leader.
The police are convinced that Ga.
pon's fellow-revolutionist executed
him as traitor.
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MURDER OF RUSSIAN OFFICIALS
Vice-Admral Kuzmich Stabbed to
Death-Constantino Killed.

DeaIl-COuSlaullllO NAIeu'
ST. Petersburg, Russia.-The cele-
bration Of the Russian May Day
Greek calendar) was marked by the
assassination of two high officials.
At the new Admiralty works in this
city yice-Admiral Kuzmtch, command
er of the port, who was YER. unpopular
with the workmen because of his des-
potic ways, was stabbed to the heart
by a workman after he had tried to
prevent a May Day demonstration.
In Warsaw, Police Captain Constan-
tinoff was standing in street with
two policemen and four soldiers, when
a Young man threw bomb into the
group. The explosion of the bomb lit
orally tore Captain Constantinof to
pieces and severely wounded a police
man aud six other persons.
The assassin tried to escape, and.
firing his revolver, wounded a soldier.
The other soldiers replied with volley,
killing the assassin and two other per-
sons. The soldiers then, with their
bayOnets and the butts of their guns.
attacked the people who had gathered,
wounding eleven persons, making a
total of four killed and nineteen
wounded.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-13
TURKEY SURRENDERS
70 BRITA|N'S DEMANDS
Fleet However, Will Be Kepi
Handy Pending Settlement.
MIDNIGHT VISIT BY The VIZIER
Last Futile Effort Made to Arrange a
Compromise Results in SuItan's
Back Down. Probable Military
Measures.

London.-In a manner characteristic
of Turkish diplomacy the Porte has
made an eleventh-hour surrender to
the British demand concerning the Ia
bah boundary. 1t had been believed
in many quarters that the Sultan
would not yield until actual force was
displayed, but his decision probably
was facilitated by the knowledge that
none Of the Powers supported his atti'
tude, and the fact that British naval
preparations had kept pace with her
diplomatic demands.
Sir Nicholas B. O'Connor, the Brit.
ish Ambassador at Constantinople, in
his earlier dispatches had prepared the
British Government for Turkeys com.
pliance with its demand, and little at.
tention need be paid to the reports OF
conditional surrender, that phrase
probably being intended to satisfy the
Turkish people. At the Foreign Office
it was learned that it was quite un-
likely that Great Britain would accept
anything in the nature of a mixed or
international commission to examine
into the frontier question, and the
Foreign Office declined to believe that
Ambassador O'Conor had accepted any
"conditionap' surrender.
1t is understood the British feet will
be kept at Phalerum Bay pending a
final settlement Of the question and
the delimitation of the frontier. Vice.
Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, COM
manding the feet, with his officers, at
tended banquet at the British Lega-
ton in Athens, at which King George
and the royal family, the Greek Pre-
mier, and the American and French
Ministers were guests.
When the delimitatiol of the bound
ary is settled it is expected that the
British Government will take meas
ures to render Egypt strateget:cally Sc
cure against any similar aggression by
establishing a strong Egyptian garri-
son and fortifying Ell Arish, and, If the
water difficulty in the desert region
can be solved, by placing Egyptian
garrisons at point on the desert routes
from Tabah and GAIA, along which an
invading army might threaten the
Suez Canal.
1t is also not unlikely that Great
Britain will demand the withdrawal Of
the Turkish Commissioner at Cairo.
Ghazi Ahmet Moukhtar Pasha, who is
credited with fostering anti-British agi-
tatiOn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-13
MINERS WIVES RAID BANK.

Spectacular Run on Savings 1nstitu-
ton When They Hear President is III.
Cumberland, Md.-Several hundred
excited women caused spectacular
run on the Iona coming Savings Bank
at Lonaconing. The bank met all de-
mands, keeping open after hours. Bus
mess men paid no attention to the
alarm Of the small depositors, one man
depositing $170O when the run was at
its height.
1t is thought the run was caused by
the illness of its President, David
Sloan, also President Of the Maryland
Bankers Association, who is in Balti-
more being treated for diabetes. The
small depositors feared that his death
might interfere with the bank. The
women largely attend to business, their
husbands being employed during the
day in the mines.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-13
TROOPS SLAY COWBOYS.
Fierce Riots Over Attempt to Lynch
Colored Soldier.

Crawford. Neb.-Troops of the Tenth
United States Cavalry, negro regi'
ment from Fort Robinson, clashcd with
the members of q cowboy mob who
were attempting to lynch Sergean;
Reed, confined in the city Jail here OF
z charge Of numbering Marshal Arthur
A. Moss on Sunday night. Philip Muir
ply, alleged to be the leader, and an
other member Of the mob were shot
and killed by the soldiers, who were
guarding the Jail in which the soldier
murderer was confined.
All day cowboys from the range
gathered into Crawford, bent on lynch
ing Reed. A guard of negro regulars
was thrown around the jail. This is s
cattle country, and hundreds Of COW
boys live in the county.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-13
COULDN'T COAX CLEVELAND.

Under No Circumstances Would He
Again Run For President.
Philadelphia, Pa.-Grover Cleveland
reiterated his declaration that he never
would be a Presidential candidate
again.
Following his address before the Ma
tional Conference Of Charities and Cor
rections. Mr.. Cleveland spent the night
at the home of the Rev. DR.. Charles
Wood, 17O1 De Lancey street. in this
city.
Gould anything induce you to
change your mind" Mr.. Cleveland was
asked, concerning Presidential nom
ination?"
"Positively nothing" exclaimed the
former President Nothing under any
circumstances"
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The Field of Sports.

Carno. driving an italian car, wor
the Targa trophy at Palermo, Italy
George slosson beat George Sutton
at 1872 balk-line billiards, in Baltimore.
by 400 to 3S3.
August Belmont will race 4 string
Of thirty horses on the metropolitan
tracks this year.
Jaw Gould defeated Vane Pennell in
the tournament for the British lawn
tennis championship.
Walter and II. Chandler Egan have
signified their intentions of entering
the Western amateur golf champion'
ship.
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Kaiser Sorrows For SchurZ.
Kaiser Wilhelm sent condolences to
the family of the late Carl Schurz.
Sporting Notes.

Radtke, the jockey. is sixteen years
cd and stands a good chance to earn
$4,000 this year.
sysonby, the king of the turf, who
won mCse than $4,000 for James R.
Keene last season, will not race this
year.
Spring practice for the Harvard foot.
bali men has begun. The practice will
be held in order to try out the new
rules.
Jim Jeffries is thinking of becoming
q baseball magnate. There is talk OF
his buying the Los Angeles team Of
the Pacific Coast League.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-13
"ROCK OF AGES" AUTHOR DEAD.
The Right Rev. Henry Bickersteth
Succumbs in London.

London.-The Right Rev. Edward
Henry Bickersteth, D. D., late Bishop
Of Exeter, is dead. He was born in
1925.
He had served as an ecclesiastic in
the Church of England for more than
half a century. Besides being high
churchman, the Rev. Bickersteth was
an able and versatile writer and poet.
He was the composer Of the famous
hymn, Rock of Ages" which for
years has been sung in churches of all
creedS.
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NcWSy GleaningS.

There are 10000 Americans in Mex
leo.
Over S2O0,OO0OO0 of American capi-
tai is invested in Mexican railways.
Mt. Vesuvius has assumed its nor
nal condition, and the people within
the danger line have again settled
down to their daily work.
Carriage builders in England are
complaining that automobiles have en-
tirely ruined their trade. as there are
now very few demands for their
product.
The British National debt is now
S3,944, ,950O00.
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The National Game.

Each club in the Western League
posted $4,000 guarantee to finish the
season. The schedule calls for $50
games by each club.
If Terry McGovern succeeds in get
ting on the Brooklyn team Mr.. Nc
Graw may we'll look TO his laurels
ana the umpires to their welfare.
Manager Lajcie of the Clevelands
has weakness for big men. Yet
every pennant winning team in the
BIC leaguers in recent years has had
a liberal share Of small and medium
sized men. Size IS impressive nIiy in
the box.
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Prominent People.

Samuel L. Clemens Mark Twain)
has purchased summer home in Red
ding, Conn.
King Edward dined with President
Fallieres in Paris, and mutual OK.
pressions of good will were inter-
changed.
Chancellor Day. or Syracuse Uni
versity, denounces Presidents Stan
dard Oil message rs IAN amazing
blunder"
Speaker Cannon had the biggest
birthday party ever given in Wash
ington, in honor of his seventieth al
niversafy.
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Burning 10000 Freight Cars.

The Pennsylvania Railroad is burn
ing up 10000 old freight cars. which
were in use on lines west of Pittsburg.
The cars are of small capacity, worn
out and We're built long before the fast
freight schedule came into effect. The
iron is removed from them before they
are thrown into the heap.
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General Tidball Dies of Old Age.
Brigadier General John Caldwell It'd
ball, U. S. A.. retired. distinguished
artillery officer of the Civil War and
first Governor of Alaska, died of old
age at his home, in Montclair, n. j.,
aged eighty-one.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-13
WHITECAPPERs SENTENCED.
Mississippi Lawbreakers Plead Guilty
in q Body and Take the Penalty.

New Orleans, La.-Three hundred
and thirty-two whitecappers, indicted
Tor intimidation in the counties of
Amte, Pike and Franklin, Mississippi.
have pleaded guilty before the United
States District Court at Jackson, Miss,
and have been sentenced to three
months Imprisonment and fine Of $25
each. The outrages occurred in 1902.
At first it was found impossible to
suppress the Whitecaps or get evil
dence against them. The vigorous pol
Icy of Governor Vardaman, however.
succeeded in getting at all the facts In
the conspiracy.
The indictments and arrests broke up
the Whitecaps, and there has been
peace in the disorderly sections since.
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HOLD UP CANADIAN EXPRESS.

Highwaymen Rifle Mail Car on Pa
cifc Railway Near Vancouver.
Vancouver. B. C.-The imperial lin
tied was held up on the main line OF
the Canadian Pacific Railway near
Kamloops, 250 miles from here. The
robbers compelled the engineer to un-
couple the mail car from the rest of the
train and haul it a mile away, where
they rifed it of registered letters.
The discarded packages contained
upward of $4,000 in gold and bank
notes.
During the search of the car the
mask slipped from the face of the lead
er, and he was recognized by Mail
Clerk Thorburn as Bill Miner, who
held up the express at Mission City on
September ., 1904.
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RELIEF OF SMALLER CITIES.
Fund OF $4,000 Will Be Spent in Alt

Fund of $4,000 Will Be Spent in Ait
of Others Than San Franciscans.
Sacramento, Cal.-Rollin P. Grant
cashier of the New York National EX
change Bank, placed fund Of S20,OU
in the hands of George W. Pettier
vice president of the California Bank
ers Association, to be used for the re
lief outside of San Francisco. Mr.. Pet
tier says that the money probably will
go to persons in Santa Rosa, San Jose
and other places which, because Of 10
cation, did not receive any aid from the
general relief fund Of San Francisco.
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Shoots Stepfather to Death.

P. L. Cannon was shot to death on
the principal business street at spar
tanburg, S. c., by his stepson, UD! V.
Millicent, a student at Wofferd Col
lege. because of Cannon's ill-treatment
of his mother.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-13
1anan Has Her Own Wireless.

It is semi-otficially stated, at TOXIC,
that the Japanese Government has
adopted wireless telegraph system as
the result of special investigation
which has been in progress since l9OO,
which is unique and totally independ'
ent of other existing systems.
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General Amnesty Demanded.

A committee of the Russian lower
house has partly completed an address
in reply to the Emperor's speech; there
is q hint of force behind the demand
for general amnesty.