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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-28
MOODY APPOINTED TO
SUPREME COURT
Garfield to Become Secretary of
Interior on March 4.
LAND COMMISSIONER RETIRES
Ohio Commissioner Of Corporations
to Succeed Secretary Hitchcock,
VINO Retires Next March-H. X.
Smith to Succeed Garfield.

Washington, D. c. - President
Roosevelt announced two important
changes in the personnel Of his off,
cial family. Secretary of the Interior
Hitchcock IS to resign on March 4,
1907, and James R. Garfield, of Ohio,
now Commissioner of Corporations
in the Department Of Commerce and
Labor, has been decided upon for tho
Secretaryship. The President has Sc
lected Attorney-General Moody to
succeed Justice Brown in the Su-
preme Court Of the United States.
In announcing Mr.. Hitchcocks res
ignation the President says it was
the Secretary's desire to leave the
Cabinet a year ago. He was per-
suaded to remain, and, after he de-
cided for the second time to resign,
Mr.. Roosevelt offered him the post Of
United States Ambassador to France.
Mr.. Hitchcock declined this on the
ground that he had seen eight years
of continued labor in the interest Of
the Government and needed a rest,
and it was with regret the President
agreed to his departure from the
Cabinet.
Mr.. Garfield will be. succeeded by
the present Assistant Commissioner,
Herbert Knox Smith.
It had been understood for some
time that Attorney-General Moody
would be promoted to the bench, but
it was less we'll known that Mr.. Gar
field would be taken into the Cabinet.
Mr.. GARFIELD is a close friend Of the
President and is often a participant
in the Presidents tennis games. 1t
was generally believed he was slated
for promotion, but few had any idea
his jump would be so great. He has
been prominent in the Investigations
made by the President into affairs
of the trusts, and one explanation
given Of his appointment as head Of
the Interior Department is that the
President desires the workings Of
that department shall be fully inves-
tigated, particularly in connection
with Indian affairs and land grab
bling.
Whether this explanation is cor
rect or not, the Presidential an
nouncement iucluded a statement
that Commissioner William 4. Rich
ards, Of the Land Office, would resign
at the same time Secretary Hitchcock
retires. March 4 next.
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WRECKED ON BRIGHT NIGHT.
Skipper Off on His Reckoning Lost
His New Ship.

Chatham, Mass. The British
schooner G. M. .Cochranew was wrecked
on Nausett Beach. Her skipper, Cap
tain Benjamin Tower. and five mem
bers Of his crew were taken of In the
breaches buoy by the life savers.
The Cochrane was launched in
June, 1905, and was recently pur-
chased by Captain Tower and several
of his friends at Sackville, N. B. The
schooner sailed from Parrsborough
the previous week. The night was
clear, with a bright moon all night,
and the Cochrane approached Cape
Cod, heading, Captain Tower thought.
for Pollock Rip Shoal lightship. Just
before dawn the lookout discovered
breakers dead ahead, but before the
helm could be put over and the YES
sci jibed, she struck the outer bar.
She pounded hard, and coon the
water came in through the seams.
Signals of distress were made, and
the crew were soon taken off.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-28
| SUPREME COURT BARS "THRU."
! Simplifed Spelling Not Followed in
Nations Highest Tribunal.

Washington, D. C.-The question
of the propriety of using the modified
spelling in accordance with the order
of the President was incidentally
raised in the Supreme Court Of the
United States. Solicitor General
EIoyt was engaged in. presenting the
Governments side in q case and had
occasion to refer to a long quotation
in his brief from a decision Of the
Court rendered some years ago by
Justice Bradley, in which the word
Through" was spelled thru"
Chief Justice Fuller held a copy OF
the brief in his hand, and when the
word was reached interrupted MI.
Hoyt with a question IS to whether
the extract was intended to be a
quotation from Justice Bradfey's Off
cial opinion. "In all except the spell
Ing" replied Mr.. Hoyt. "Ah!" sig
%pifcantly responded the Chief JUS
tice, with an i~nterrogative infection
that caused a general smile through
the court room. The court has not
adopted the simplifed spelling sys-
tenn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-28
LABOR SCARCE WORLD OVER.
Hopes to Recruit Workmen For Pan
anna Canal From Spain.

Washington, D. C.-Through their
efforts to obtain labor for work on
the Isthmian Canal members of the
Canal Commission have found that
there is a dearth of labor in prac-
tically all parts Of the world. So
great is the demand for labor in con-
nection with railroad building and
other improvements on a large scale
that countries which formerly have
sent thousands of laborers to this
country monthly are now using thler
labor at home.
Leroy Park, an agent for the COM
mission, has been in Spain for some
months recruiting laborers, and has
found many difficulties in obtaining
the Spanish workmen who have
shown, themselves so well adapted to
the conditions in Panama. Hundreds
of men whom he has sent to the
canal zone are writing favorable re-
ports to their friends in Spain, and In
a short time Mr.. Park expects to send
a large number of workmen.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-28
LIBERALS ARE ROUTED
IN LONDON ELECTIONS
Borough Councils Will Be Con.
troIled by Reformers.
UElONISTS WIN IN COUNTRY
Campaigns, There Conducted on po-
Iitical Party Lines-A Rebuke
For Extravaganza in London
Result Attributed TO Discomfort.

London.-The triennial elections
of the London Borough Councils have
resulted in an overwhelming victory
for the Municipal Reformers, who in
some Of the boroughs absolutely
wiped out the Progressives.
The victors were formerly known
as M~ederates, and represent the
Unionist party, the Progressives rep
resenting the Liberal and Labor par
ties. After several years of a Pro-
gressive regime, during which, it is
commended, the taxes were increased
to abnormal figures in consequence
Of huge expenditures, including
palatial warehouses;. Turkish baths
for workmen, who did not use them.
and cIubhouses and other similar
municipal lw0uries, the Borough
Councils are once again great strong
holds Of Toryism. J..
Complete returns show that the
Reformers won I011 seats, the re-
naming 351 being divided between
the Progressives, Laborites and In
dependents.
The provincial municipal elections
have also resulted in a rout for the
Liberals. The campaigns III the prov
inces were mostly conducted on polit-
ical party lines. Incomplete results
show that the Liberals have sustained
q net loss of thirty-three representa-
tives and that the Conservatives have
a net gain of ffty-nine. The Labor
party has a net gain of nine.
In London the Labor party candi-
dates Jared even worse than the Pro-
gressiyes, but they made small gains
in the provinces.
Ex-Premier Balfour, speaking at
a dinner given in his honor, said the
result of the elections throughout the
country had. surprised both parties.
He attributed the result to diseon-
tent with the present Liberal Admin
istration.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-28
GENERAL WOODS REPORT.
Number of Deaths of Americans in
the Philippines.

Washington, D. C.-Statistics fur
nished by General Wood to show
what the occupation of the Philip
pines by the United States has cost
In lives Of Americans show that 1884
soldiers, officers and regulars have
died in the islands; navy and marines,
207; scouts. 436; State volunteers,
1867; total, 6342; civilian volunteers.
ST.; United States volunteers, 1857;
total, 3342; civilian employees, 479;
civilians not employees, $50; total,
939.
The grand total is 1881 persons,
of whom 1876 were suicides.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-28
PEARY'S PER|LS IN ARCTIC
He Returns From the Frozen Sea
Undaunted.
Telegram Tells of Romantic Fight
With the Elements-Fought Every
Inch of Way Through Ice.

Lenox. Mass.-Commander Robert
/ e. Peary will make another attempt
| to reach the North Pole. This was
indicated in a telegram received by
Morris K. Jesup, president Of the
Peary Arctic Club. The commander
deprecates the danger Of the trip, and
says the steamer Roosevelt is return
ing for additional supplies.
The details of this last voyage.
| when filled out from the skeletonized
telegram, make romantic reading.
Buffeted about in a field of ice, his
ship without coal, his dogs poisoned
by impure food and a portion of the
interior of the vessel torn apart to
provide fuel for the boilers, the eX-
plorer fought every inch OF his way
north and back. The telegram says:
."Hopedale, Labrador, by way OF
Twillingate. N. F.-Steamer Roose-
welt now here. Repairing rudder
stern, taking ballast and awaiting ar
rival of mail steamer to secure coal.
Return voyage in%cessant struggle
with ice to Cape York on September
26. Then storms and head winds to
Labrador coast on October %. Car
ried away two rudders, stern post
and two blades of propeller, foretop-
mast and .spanker boom. Lost n
boat. Burned all coal and some in
terror beams, using wood and blub-
Der. along coast. Expect to communi-
cate again from Chapeau Bay. All
progress will be slow, and have no
anxiety for our safety, and give no
credence to exaggerated reports. The
Roosevelt is returning this year for
additional supplies and for repairs.
Several tons of whale meat and dog
food thrown away last fall after poi
soning a number Of my dogs. Other
supplies lost by breaking Of ice in
April. PEARY.'
st. Johns, N. F.-The news Of
Commander Peary's latest achieve
ment in Arctic exploration was re-
ceiyed here with great satisfaction,
Captain Bartlett and the other OFF,
GERS and crew of the Roosevelt being
Observation-Disclosures. Sir William Mac
gregor, Governor of Newfoundland,
himself. an explorer and geographer
of worldwide reputation, wired his
heartiest congratulations to Com
mander Peary, and invited the com
mander and Captain Bartlett to at
tend the state dinner at Government
House in honor Of King Edwards
birthday.
Shipping authorities here expect
that the Roosevelt will come to St.
Johns to obtain a supply Of coal, as
It Is very scarce on the Labrador sta
lions.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-28
The Sfmplon I anncl.

r. The making Of the Simplon tunnel
has been the dream of three genera
lions. But although the people OF
the various nations concerned were
ready and willing to fraternize over
the common desire. their Govern
ments created difficulties, which;haye
only just been settled. The opening
of the Simplon tunnel was not only
a great engineering feat, but also a
triumph of diplomacy.-Le Figaro.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-28
He Was Accustomed to Idiots.

A clergyman was dining in a hotel
with some commercial travellers, who
made jokes about him. He moved
not a muscle of his face, and after
dinner one of them approached him,
saying: How can you sit quiet and
hear all that has been said without
uttering a rebuke?" my dear sif,"
said the cleric, lam chaplain OF a
lunatic asylum."-Preacher's Assist
ant. ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-28
NeWsy Gieanings.

The battleship Minnesota made
1906 knots on her trial trip over the
Rockland course.
A constitution for China is prom
ised in an imperial decree, but no
date Is fixed for carrying out the
promise.
According to a dispatch from st.
Petersburg the Gear has lowered the
loan rate of the land bank to relieve
peasant purchasers.
Every railroad in the United
States on which members OF the
Switchmen's Union are employed was
notified of an expected raise OF wages.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-28
Prominent People.

John Armstrong Chanler pub
lished a book attacking his foes.
The President went turkey hunting
at his estate near Scottsville, Va.
Mayor Mcclellan, Of New York
City. Is an %inveterate novel reader.
Professor West, of Princeton Uni
versity, has declined the presidency
of the Massachusetts, Institute OF
Technology.
The Prince of Wales, who has been
enjoying some good shooting, has
made wonderful progress as a shot,
and is one of the deadliest " Eng
land.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-28
Stub n of News.

Trouble is brewing between Aus
tria and Italy.
It was decided to abolish football
at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn.
Budapest has the only newspaper
in the world which telephones instead
of printing it's news.
The International Congress of the
Chamber of Commerce has voted
unanimously in favor of universal
penny postage.
Less than two weeks after the muir
der was done, George Williams, col
ored, was sentenced at Indianapolis,
Ind, to be hanged:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-28
MOODY TO AID JAPANESE.
Joins in Their Fight For Admission
TO San Francisco Schools.

San Francisco, Cal.-The Govern
ment at Washington has taken steps
to aid the japanese of San Francisco
in their fight to procure admission to
the public schools. Attorney-General
Moody has instructed United States
District Attorney Robert IT. DeVlin
to lend his aid to attorneys R. M.
Fickert and Masuji Miyakawa, repre-
senting the japanese, in the injunc-
ton proceedings brought in the Cir.
cult Court to compel the Board OF
Education to allow Japanese children
to enter any Of the schools OF a
Francisco to which white children
are admitted.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-28
One Station Railroad.

The people of Haskell County think
they have stood this thing Of being
without a railroad long enough, and,
believing that there is no other way
out of the difficulty, are beginning
to form a home company and threat
an to build a railroad all by them
selyes.-Kansas City Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-28
NEGRO SOLDIERS RIOTING.
One Man Killed and Two Seriously
Wounded in Texas.

El Paso, Texas.-Negro soldiers
from Fort Bliss, five miles from here,
started a fight in a saloon outside the
reservation. One man was killed and
two seriously wounded.
The negroes belong to the Twenty
fifth Infantry, members of which,
while stationed at Fort Brown, made
q raid on Brownsville, shot into
homes and business houses and killed
one white man and wounded another.
The affair aroused so much fndigna-
ton that the War Department trans
eerred the negro troops to Fort Bliss.
The man killed is Private Mat
thews. Private Lewis and Alexander
Johnson, a saloonkeeper, were
wounded. A card game Is said to
have caused the fight. .ij
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-28
UTEs sKIRAISH WITH TROOPS,
Recover Fifty Ponies Seized by Army
in q Stampede.

Sheridan, Wyo.-A skirmish &C.
Cured between a band of the rene
gade Ute Indians and a troop of the
Tenth Cavalry on Bitter Creek. The
;troops had captured fifty Ute ponies,
severely frightening five Indian herd
ers.
AS the troopers were driving away
the ponies 100 Utes, fully armed,
surrounded the c~avalrymen and the
ponies, stampeding the ponies with
revolver shots and val whoops. The
Indians recovered all the ponies but
five that were killed by the troopers
in an effort to stop the stampede.
The Indians did not fire at the SOL
diers. The soldiers desisted from at
lacking the Utes as the reds greatly
outnumbered the troopers. Troopers
say that, as far as they can ascertain
from rumor and observation, the In
dams will fight with little provoca-
ton.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-28
Hartman Gusts Fish.

James T. Harahan was elected
President Of the Illinois Central Rail-
road at the special meeting of the
directors in New York City, replac-
ing Stuyvesant Fish. This marks a
victory for E. H. Hartman in his
controversy with Mr.. Fish over the
control Of the road.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-28
CONGRESSMAN Hoar Dead.

Congressman lockwood Hoar died
at Worcester, Mass. lockwood Hoar
was born in Worcester, Mass, Au.
gust "a, 1855. He was the son OF
the late Senator George F. Hoar. He
was graduated from Harvard In 1879
and commenced the practice OF law
in Worcester. He was president OF
the Common Council of, Worcester
when he was elected to Congress
from the Third Massachusetts, Dis
trict.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-28
Word From Peary.

Word was received in New York
City that Commander Robert E.
Peary had reached the "farthest
North" In a message to Herbert l..
Bridgman, secretary of the Peary
Arctic Club, he said he reached
eiehty-seven degrees six minutes, or
about 203 miles from the Pole.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-28
The Ultimate Unit.

The Lancashire clergyman who 9
Gently left the word "ohey" out or
the marriage service gives as his
reason that he does not wish women
to start married life at a disadyan-.
tage. But it really matters little In
practice. 1t has. long been under
stood that though a man and his VIE
are one the wife Is that one.-London
Globe. $3.50,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-28
TONI JOHNSON RUNS CAR.
CIeveland's Mayor Acts as Motorman
of Low Fare Line.

of Low Fare Line.
Cleveland, Ohio. - Mayor Tom
Johnson was motorman and A. B.
Dupont conductor Of the first three
cent fare street car ever operated In
Cleveland. !
The Forest City Railway Company,
amid the cheers o. crowds OF people,
formally opened It's line on the west
side. Hundreds crowded about the
car eager to be passengers on Its
first trip.
'This IS one of the happiest days
In my life" said Mayor Johnson,
after he had completed one trip as
moterman. "The actual operation
of the road makes the fierce struggle
with our opponents in the past only
a pleasant memory
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-28
Union,s Funds Not Exempt.

An attempt by the Opposition in
the British House of Commons to
have removed from the Trades Dis
putes bill the clause placing union
funds beyond attack was defeated,
372 tO 70.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-28

Bull-Baiting on Third Birthday.
The third anniversary Of the foun-
dalton Of the Republic of Panama
was celebrated at Colon. There was a
bulI-baiting and other amusements in
fine afternoon and fireworks at night.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-28

Vermont Commissioners Indicted.
Two former members of the State
Cattle Commission Of Vermont we're
indicted at Burlington on a charge OF
selling to a rendering company cattle
which they had condemned.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-28

Joins Church Day She is Ninety.
Mrs. Lucy A. Andruss observed her
ninetieth birthday by joining Trinity
M. E. Church at Springfield, Mass.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-28
Kicked to Death in Football Game.

Leo c. Brown, aged eighteen, OF
Hancock, Mich, died from injuries
sustained in a football game under
the new rules. Young Brown was
half-back on the Houghton High
School team and was kicked just
above the heart and In the head dur
ing a game with the Calumet High
School and never regained his senses.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-28
"Dear!"

Eyes, dear, I was married last
month. I'd like you to call on me
and see the pretty little fat I have"
"I've seen him, my dear."-Life.
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Dyspepsia Of Women !.
Caused by Female Disorders aud Cured BY.
Lydia E. Piakham's Vegetable Compound

A great many women suRepwith O.
form Of indigestion or dyspepsiaNhichl
does not SEEM to yieldto ordinary treat
ment. While the symptoms seem tobe
similar to those Of ordinary indiges4t
ton, yet the medicines universally pro-
soribed do not seem to restore the pa
TENTS normal condition. -rabt.s7
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-28

Rockefeller E%nstructs Bible Glass.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., told his
Bible class in New York City that we
cannot successfully fool people into
the belief that we are honest, when
we are not.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-28

itants are left without a maaTet for
their produce.
Terrorists neal st. Petersburg, by
Disgusting themselves as soldiers, had
obtained high explosives from the
Government stores.
Severe punishment was inflicted
upon Englishmen in Cairo as an IL
l~ustration of Lord Cromer's new pol
icy of equal treatment Of British sub
jects and Egyptians.
The French Cabinet has decided to
recommend the purchase Of the West
ern Railway; M. Barthou has a plan
for the control Of all mines by the
State.
Claiborne Gathorne-Hardy, first
Earl of Cranbrooke, who was twice
Secretary for War and Lord Presi-
dent of the Council, died at Hemsted
Park, London. He was born In 18l4.
A man named Sprogge, once a
prominent revolutionary leader in the
Baltic provinces, was killed at Mitau,
Courland, while on his way to Amer
lea, because he had betrayed his
party.
Lieutenant Konovaloff, an artillery
officer at Kiev, Russia, has been SEN
fenced to five years Imprisonment at
hard labor for having bombs in his
possession.
The University of st. Petersburg
has been closed for the reason that
the students have been holding revo-
lutionary meetings in the buildings.
The International Congress of the
Chambers Of Commerce, at Milan,
Italy, voted nearly unanimously in
favor of international penny postage.
.Twenty-three members of the crew
of the German steamer Hermann
were drowned, the vessel having sunk
In the Channel after a collision.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-28
Insurance Agents Restored

Insurance Commissioner Prewitt,
of Kentucky, ordered the Mutual Life
to restore to their positions FIVE dis
charged managing agents.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-28
Stricken on the Bench.

Judge Thayer Melvin, while pre-
siding at court at Wheeling W. va
was fatally stricken with paralysis.
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Husband and Wife Dead.

With their threats cut, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Quazea were found dead
in their home at Shelton, Conn, the
husband having killed his wife and
himself.
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Last year $500 native Christians
were added to the church in Japan.
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DOMESTIC.

While w. G. Atkins was ill-treat-
ing his wife, she appealed to Chief of
Police Nelson, Of Williamson, s. c.,
for protection, and he killed the hus-
band. =.
The sealing schooler Dora Stewart
reached Clayoquot, B. c., with I'll
sealskins, and reported five other
vessels bringing in 2870 skins.
Locking himself in the bathroom,
Dr.. M. G. Pingree, of Chicago, turned
On the gas and killed himself.
Pleading guilty to the embezzle-
ment of $4,000 of Ne%wburyport,
Mass, former City Treasurer j. w.
Felker had sentence deferred until
January.
Claiming that he was driven to it
by shame, Bert Kemp is' under arrest
at Port Huron, Mich, for numbering
his baby, born a week after he was
married.
Recently discharged from an
asylum for the insa lie, Mrs. Nellie
Cahill jumped from a third-story win.
dow in Baltimoresand killed herself.
The death of Mrs. Robert Arrol, at
Anderson, Ind, from eating toad
stools in mistake for mushrooms,
makes the third in that family from
the same cause.
During a disturbance at a political
meeting at Coeburn, Va, Policeman
George Hughes was shot and killed
by Clark Edwards.
The Supreme Court has issued a
ten-day restraining order against the
city of Cleveland to keep it from In
terfering with the Cleveland Electric
Railway Comnany. n ..