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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-16
MOTHER STAYS 3 CHILDREN
Buffalo Woman, Suddenly De.
ilented, StrangIes Little Ones.
Killed in Their Sleep-Says She Die
Not Want Them to Grow Up
Crazy, Like She Is.

Buffalo, N. Y.-Mrs. Bertha Mund
strangled her three children, Christie.
pher, aged eight; Helen, aged two
and Freda, aged eight months, al
their home, 925 Clinton street.
She then went to the Pennsylvania
Railroad yards, where her husband
is employed as a membersof a wreck.
ing crew, and informed him of her
action.
When Mrs. Mund met her husband
she said: Fred, I have made away
with tho three children; come home
and see." -.
Mund hurried home with her and
when they reach q the house the
woman sat down at a table and began
to cry. Mund telephoned to the police
and Patrolman Larkin found the cou-
pie at the table crying. ~
Officer Larkin arrested the woman
and she was taken to police head
quarters, where she said:
II killed the children because I did
not want them to grow up and be
crazy like me-"
The police say she doesn't realize
the enormity of her crimo and that
she killed the children while suffering
with a sudden attack Of insanity.
She has been Ill with nervous trouble
for about six months, but had not
given any signs OF mental derange-
ment.
Mrs. Mund killed the 10Y Christ
first. He was asleep on a mattress in
the parlor. She wrapped a blanket
about his head, covering his face, tied
a clothesline about his neck, t-rning
it around three times, drew it tight
and fastened it by several knots.
When found his body was half on the
mattress and half on the LOOT, face
downward.
Helen was rext slain. This child
was asleep in a crib in the parlor.
Mrs. Mund wound a clothesline
around the little ones neck twice,
and after strangling the child she
carried the body into the bedroom,
put it on the bed and covered 1t with
a quilt.
Freda, the baby, was the last vic
tim. She was asleep in a baby car
riage in the. kitchen. Mrs. Mund
killed her in the carriage. She tied
a pie"e of c%lothesline about the baby'a
neck once and fastened it in two
knots.
The appearance Of the body indi-
Gated that the little one lived only a
moment or two after the fatal cord
was frightened about its neck.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-16
PUTS THE "GINGER" IN.
Kind of Food Used by Athletes.

A former college athlete, one OF the
long distance runners, began to lose
his power of endurance. His exper-
fence with a change in food is inter-
esting.
.'While 1 was in, training on the
track athletic team my daily joys
became a task, until after l was put
ON Grape-Nuts food for two meals a
day. After using the Food for two
weeks I felt like a new man. MY ol-
gestion was perfect, nerves STEADY
and I was full of energy.
81 trained for the mile and the
half-mile runs Chose events which
require so much endurance) m then
the long daily 'jogs,' which e1ore
had been such a task, were clipped on
with ease. l won both events.
The Grape-Nuts food put me In
perfect condition and gave me my
ginger Not only was my physicai
condition made perfect, and my weight
increased, but my mind was maze
clear and vigorous SO that l could
get out my studies in about half the
time formerly required. Now most
all of the university men use Grape
Nuts, for they Havs learned its value,
but I thina my testimony will not be
amiss and may perhaps help some one
to learn how the best results can be
obtained"
There's a reason for the effect OF
Grape-Nuts food on the human BODY
and brain. The certain elements In
wheat and barley are selected with
special reference to their power for
rebuilding the brain and nerve CEN
tres. The product is then carefully
and scientifically prepared so as to
make it easy of digestion. The phy-
steal and mental results are so appar>
ent after two or three weeks use as
to produce a profound impression.
Read "fhe Road to Wellvtle," tA
pkgs, "There's a reason.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-16

unlawful corporation, and that there
have been but few changes either in
stock holdings or management since
the old Oil Trust was dissolved.
More than one-half Of the shares
of the Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey, which earned profits of nearly
$500,O00,0 900 in eight years, are held
by ten men and estates.
Accountants who are working IN
der the direction Of Kellogg have
found also that since the formation
Of the original combination in Ohio,
in 1882, the profits of the oil monop-
oily have amounted to 5000, 100000
from the books Of the New Jersey
Standard Kellogg brought to light
the present stock holdings of the oil
magnates. There are in round num-
bers 1000 stockholders, but a round
dozen men absolutely control the Or
ganization with all its vast capital
and earnings.
John D. Rockefeller heads the list
with 247,692 shares, indicating that
the Oil King has reduced his holdings
by 9162 shares, his portion of the
liquidating certificates, reported in a
recent paper, was allotted to him.
The estate of Charles H. Pratt con-
ness estate $4,000 shares. oliver H.
Payne 10000, Henry NJ. Flagler 90
600.
BY this list, which is the %stockhold-
ers' record Of August IT, 1907, it is
shown that William Rockefeller,
brother Of lie Roi du Petroleum, as the
French call John D., owns only H.
700, and H. H. Rogers, to the surprise
of the Street, only 5000. John D..
Rockefeller, Jr., possesses only 120
shares, and his wife 80, while H. H.
Rogers, Jr., has to his credit 1850
shares. Another great surprise is
that John D. Archbold, to many re-
garded as the logical successor to
John D. Rockefeller, owns only 5000
shares Of the stock.
One surprising development of the
Standard Oil inquiry was that H. H.
Rogers, who all along has been
cfassed as the third largest holder of
the Oil Trust stock and rated as a
"Oil King" really owns only 5000
shares. His son, H. H. Rogers, Jr.,
holds 1850, and Mrs. Rogers 225, so
that the family has only 1925.
1t would appear from the above
combined figures that Rockefeller has
received from the Standard Oil in
tWenty-four years from 1882 to 1906,
something like s143,499,954 The
published list of his b~enefactions, so
+ far as a record is %obtainable of them,
amounts TO $102,055, 900, or some
thing over three-ffths Of his entire
income from Standard Oil stock.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-16
Prominent People.

II is estimated that Secretary
Taft's trip around the world will cost
the Government $4,000.
The cultivation of flowers Is one OF
the pleasures Of e. H. Green, OF
Texas, son of Hetty Green.
John D. Rockefeller, according to
Annie Besant, of the Thesophical So
ciety, is to be reborn an angel.
DR.. Henry H. Rusby, dean OF the
New York City College of Pharmacy,
Columbia University, has been APP
pointed official expert in drug pro-
ducts for the United States Govern
nept,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-16
G BLOWS UP.
Twenty-Five Hurled Into River as
Lantern Ignites Gasoline.

Twenty-Five Hurled Into River as
Lantern Ignites Gasoline.
G%allipolis, Ohio.-While out on the
Ohio Rive- with a party Of twenty
two men, the gasoline tank on the
yacht Blanche M. exploded. All were
thrown into the river and four were
drowned.
The dead were: John E. Edwards,
clerk in the Gallipolis p%ostof1ce; J.. r.
Simmons, druggist, Harrisville, W.
Va; E. H. Brake, assistant cashier,
Harrisville First National Bank, and
j. Willis Fiddler, postmaster at Har-
risville and secretary of tie West
Virginia Congressional Committee.
, . Harvey E. McGinnis, clerk OF the
Circuit Court, Harrisville, AID w. E.
Meserve were badly burned.
The party from Harrisville had
come here with a brass band to at
tend a land sale and had gone on the
river for an evenings outing. The
explosion was caused by a lantern
falling on the engine, igniting the
gasoline.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-16
N. Y. CENTRAL MAIL FINE.
Penalty For Delayed Trains-Almost
Every Railroad Mulcted.

Washington, D. C.-Delayed mail
trains cost the New York Central
nearly $4,000 during the quarter
ended March 81 Of this year. Practi-
cally every railroad in the country
vas similarly mulcted, although the
amounts vary. The Pennsylvania
came in for it's share, losing several
thousands from its mail-carrying pay
on one route alone. One division Of
the Southern dropped about $1,000.
All told, the railroads of the country
lost V 100000 last year through
unsatisfactory handling of the mails.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-16
ROCKEFELLER OWNS
247,692 OIL SHARES
Books of the Standard Indicate
There Are 1000 Stockholders.
DOZEN MEN IN FULL CONTROL
Light Thrown on Monopoly's I'M
mense Income at Hearing of Gov
ernment's Suit in New York City
5000, 600, 900 in Dividends.

New York City.-For the first time
In the history of Standard Oil the
identity Of the largest stockholders in
the trust was divulged. This was n
of many surprises in the testimony
brought out by Frank B. Kellogg,
counsel for the Government in its suit
to dissolve the Standard Oil Com
pany of New Jersey on the ground
that 1t is a trust and is operating in
violation to the Sherman antitrust
law.
1t was known that John D. Rookie.
Teller was by far the largest holder
Of Standard Oil stock, and that his
stock in fact represented about one
fourth of the total amount in the
company, but as to other stock owner
ship the public could only guess.
Mr.. Kellogg says he will show by
the list of present stock ownership
that the most important stockholders
Of to-day are the same as in the old
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-16
YOUNG ROCKEFELLER QUITS.
Victim Of Nervous Dyspepsia, Which
Made Father Retire.

New York City.-John D. Rookie
Teller, Jr., thirty-four years of age.
and the wealthiest man in the world
Of his age, has succumbed to over
work and is bordering on a complete
breakdown from nervous dyspepsia,
such as forced the retirement of the
elder Rockefeller a dozen years ago
and drove him to a bread and water
diet.
The fact of young Mr. Rockefeller's
condition became known simultane-
ously with the announcement that he
no longer would be the leader of the
Young Mems Bible Class of the Fifth
Avenue Baptist Church. The young
millionaire admits his frail health in
the letter Of resignation sent to the
Bible Class.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-16
Feminine Notes.

Wasplike waists are in fashion now
among Englishwomen.
The prize winners in the Maine
schools are almost always girls.
Queen Victoria's automobile was
halted by a large bull while the Span
ish sovereign was on her way to Bill
bao, and she was obliged to take an
other machine.
Mrs. Helen W. Rogers, chief proba-
ton officer of the Juvenile Court, Of
Indianapolis, has left that city for a
tour of Europe with a view to study
ing juvenile court and probation
work.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-16
The National Game.

George Davis is said to be organiz-
ing a team for a winter visit to Cuba.
Manager Joe Kelley, Of Toronto,
has been drafted by the Boston Ma
tionals. =,
James Robinson, first baseman or
the W%ilkesbarre team, was drafted by
the Chicago Club.
The Boston Americans have won
eight extra inning games this season.
That is going some.
Stovall, Oldring and Barrett are
the only players in the American
League who have made five hits per
game this season.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-16
He Was Fired.

The railroad president was hearing
complaints.
What is the charge against d
brakeman" he inquired.
please, SIR" responded the spot
ter, 81 have frequently heard him
calling the names Of stations so clear
ly that people could understand what
he said"
This is . direct. violation OF n OF
our chief rules" observed the presi-
dent warmly. Fire MIN.
the Bohemian.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-16
The Field of Sports.

The day of big wagers on horse rae
ing in England has passed.
Sir Thomas Upton will challenge
for the Americas Cup this autumn.
Joe Cans is still the old master Of
the gladiatorial college, the premier
thumper of the lightweight division.
William A. Larned won the nation
al tennis championship at Newport
and was awarded permanent posses
sion Of the cup.
George P. P. Bonnell, a Larchmont
Yacht Club member, sailed his thirty
two-foot knockabout from Nova Sco-
tia to New York in eight DAYS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-16
DEFIANCE TO q. S. COURT.

st. Paul, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Young appeared before Judge Bum,
in the Ramsey County District Court.
and asked for a writ Of mandamus
against the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company to compel that road to put
into effect the commodity rate law
recently declared illegal by Judge
Lochren, of the United States District
Court.
Judge Bum issued the writ, which
is made returnable October 5, and the
papers were served on the railroad
officials.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-16
BLTTLEsHIP COAL, $2,50o,Oeo.
May Even Reach S4,000,0O0, as
Shown by Bids Open I'd.

Washington, D. C.-Bids opened
show that the cruise Of the battleship
fleet to the Pacific and back will cost
s2,500,O0 for coal alone if the ships
return by the Cape Horn route, the
one they will tale in getting to the
Pacific. Ii they return via the Suez
Canal, the coal bill will be $780,
900. The canal fees will amount to
100000, making q total o. $4,000
600. If the ships are kept in tie
Pacific Ocea:, the coal bill will be
s1,1S4,0O0, assuming that the bid OF
the United States Shipping Company,
of New York, is accepted.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-16
The World of Sport.

DR.. Lasker, worlds champion al
chess, won three matches in the new
game of lawn chess played at Sum.
nit, N. j.
Charles J. Glidden, whose road
tours have done more for practice!
automobiling than any other single
class of events, is now to take with
enthusiasm to ba%llooning.
w. Newton Bennington, the former
race horse owner, who was credited
with haring accumulated q fortune.
was placed in a Long Island sanitar'
ium. 1t is said he has little money
left.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-16
Dodging q Hazard.

AS an illustration of the enthusi-
asm with which golf Is pursued by
its votaries, the following aneedote
is told of a well known Scotch au-
thor and a young friend of his: The
two had spent the whole day on the
links, and had had some close and
exciting matches. AS they left Tor
home the elder man remarked:
do you think you could play to-
morrow, ladder" .
WELL" answered the youth, 7
was to be married tomorrow, but I
can put it of."-Life. I;
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-16
CARRIE NATION TO WoRKHoUsE.

She Rejected Offer Of the Court to
Accept Her Bonds Not to Repeat.
Washington, D. C.-Mrs. Carrie
Nation, who was arrested for lectur-
ing a crowd from the steps of the
Postofice Department Building. re-
jected the offer of Police Judge
Rundy to accept her personal bond
not to repeat the offence, and, declin-
ing to pay the fine of S25 he imposed
for the charge of disorderly conduct,
was sent to the workhouss for sev-
enty-fve days.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-16
ACCUSED OF KILLING BRIDE.

Philadelphia.-A Coroner's jury
here decided that Mary E. Eichen-
laub, a bride of only a few months
was killed by her husband and his
mother.
Swearing to kill a druggist who
gave testimony against him n a
Coroner's detective who WORKED up
the case, G. Russell Eichenlaub, the
husband, was led out OF court.
The testimony led the jury to be-
lieve that both the mother ana soh
procured cyanide Of potassium.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-16
:Ja,an Processes Good Will.

The Asahi, an Independent Japan
csc newspaper, ridicules the idea that
an unfriendly feeling toward the Uni
ted States exists in Japan, and calls
attention to the welcome prepared
for Secretary Taft as an evidence Oh
good will.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-16
Preparing Camp For Roosevelt.

President Roosevelt will hunt bear
in East Carroll Parish, opposite Asa
tia Station, on the Iron Mountain
Railroad in Louisiana. The camp
will be eighteen miles from Lake
Providence. Several noted bear hunt
ers Of the parish have been on the
ground more than a month preparing
q placa
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-16
DIVIDE PERSIA IMPARTIALLY.

Russia and England Create Three
Commercial Spheres by Treaty.
London.-Fhe official text Of the
Anglo-Russian treaty has been issued.
The principal clauses provide for the
division of Persia into three spheres
Of commercial influence.
The northern sphere is allotted to
Russia, the middle sphere will be
neutral, and the southern is allotted
10 Great Britain. The latter's pre-
dominance in Afghanistan is rcc0g-
.iiZed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-16
New Christian Science Bylaw.

The Christian Science Church is
sued a new bylaw requiring that in
all cases when Scientists die suddenly
every assistance shall be given the
State and city authorities to deter
mine the cause Of death.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-16
FIRE SWEEPS BIG HOTEL.
Saranac Lake Resort Burns Quickly
When Flames Start in Its Interior.

Saranac Lake, N. Y.-The big four
story frame Ampersand Hotel, at the
end of Lower Saranac Lake, and two
miles from the village, was totally
destroyed. Half a dozen ouibuildings
also went up in flames. The damage
is estimated at 100000, and this is
covered by $4,000 insurance. The
hotel had been closed to the public a
week before, and it was occupied by
about q dozen employees, Who had re-
NAMED behind to clean up and pr
pare the place for the winter, when ::
would stand untenanted.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-16
Belmont Defiant.

August Belmont declared New
York would have no transit improve
ment until confidence was restored,
and that the Steinway tunnel would
be opened when a fair arrangement"
was made with the city.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-16
e. 5oo 600 to Fight Local Option.

The Pennsylvania State Federation
OF Liquor Dealers is preparing 10
raise a fund of $7,5OO,OOO WIN
which to prevent the passage OF a To-.
cal option law at the next meeting Oh
the Pennsylvania Legislature.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-16
Smith Attacks Trusts.

Charles Emory Smith, formerly
Postmaster-General, attacked trusts
at the American Bankers ConEchti1"
in Atlantic City.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-16
LEADING HOLDINGS IN OIL TRUST:
THEIR VALUE At PRESENT PRICE.

In the course of the days Proceedings in the hearing of the
United States Governments suit to dissolve the Standard Oil
Trust, the Federal representative, Deputy Attorney-General
Frank B. Kellogg, developed the following interesting list of
leading shareholders of record last month. The value of their
respective holdings at current Quotation is also given:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-16

Japan's first interurban railroad was 10
Gently opened.
Mrs; misunderstanding Syrupforg hildren
teething, softens thegums, tedtcesinfanrina-
tion, allays pain, cures wind colo, 25cabottb
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-16
AERONAUT'S FATAL FALL.
Five Thousand See Tragedy at Miami
County Fair, Ohio.

Troy, Ohio.-Edward Richard, of
Dayton, an aeronaut, plunged to his
death from the parachute in which
he was descending from a balloon
during an ascension from the Miami
County fair grounds here. Five thou
sand persons watched in horror the
1000-foot drop which ended in the
young mans instant death.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-16

FITS, st. Vitus' Dance, Nervous Diseasesper-
manently cured by Dr.. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. 81 trial bottle and treatise fres.
Dr.. H. R. Kline, Id, 93l Arch St, Phila., Pa.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-16

Marble deposits in New south Wales arc
the finest in the world.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-06-26
NORTH BENNINGTON

Mrs Frank Frazier IL visiting IN
Cambridge for n few days.
Mrs Verona Mattlson II visiting Mrs
G. y, Galusha In Bennington.
Mr. and Mrs Edward Moahcr are
visiting relatives at Newton. n. J.
Mr. and Mis- Edward yelling are
visiting friends IN western New York.
The olymplcs will play against the
Arlington Base ball team Saturday
afternoon.
Rev II. l.. Caulkins Of Yarmouth.
vile. Me-. preached nj the Baptist
church Sunday.
The ladies' aid society Of the Bap.
list church met Tuesday afternoon
with Mrs A. NJ. Martin.
The ladies' OF the wCTU will serve
Ice cream aud cake nj village hall
from until . y. m. today.
George Phillips Of MIddletown
Springs who has just completed the
school year nj Iakeyllle. Conn. In the
guest OF friends IN town.
The boys OF the X. o. X. A. are
10 40 into camp at Hedges
Lake for the week beginning July \.
Rev J. y. Harper will be Ia charge OF
the camp.
The following officers were elected
at the meeting Of the g. v. society OF
the Congregational church last even.
Ing: President. Miss Grace Newton:
ylce-president. Fred Cushman: aecrc.