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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02
LONE BANDIT CAPTURED
m DARING FEAT
Conductor Haywood FeIIs Robber
Who Looted Missouri Train.
DESPERATE BATTLE IN SLEEPER
Truehart, Who Recently Held Up
Rock Island Limited, Strips Pas
sengers in Three Cars - Dis
armed and Caught.

Kansas City, Mo.-Truehart, the
most daring train robber since Jesse
James, was captured after he had
robbed twenty passengers on the fast
%eastbound express Of the Alton and
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
roads, 100 miles east of this city.
His captor was an unarmed conduc-
tor, who, disregarding a loaded pistol
placed at his temple, foored the
masked man. More than $4,000 in
money and a considerable quantity of
jewelry vas taken from his pockets
and returned to the passengers.
Truehart admitted after he had been
bound that he and his brother robbed
the Rock Island train at Slater on
November 9.
J. B. Haywood, the train conduc-
tor, to whose cool nerve the passen-
gers owe the return of their valua-
bles, refused a purse which was. has
THY collected among the frightened
victims. He said that he had merely
done his duty.
Smiling, and with as pleasant a
voice as ever bandit possessed, True
hart boarded the train when it
reached Slater, Mo. He waited until
the train had proceeded twenty miles
before he stepped into aisle of the
last car and called out in a steady
voice: .... . "
"Gentlemen, you will oblige and
ave trouble by throwing up your
hands"
At the same moment he drew from
beneath his coat two pistols and
called to the negro porter and the
Pullman conductor to pass among
the passengers( and relieve them of
their valuables. Detecting one man
attempting to slip his wallet under
him on the seat he called out:
Come, come; don't trife, or I'll
shoot as sure as you live"
Tie FiIet was hastily handed
over. eabtCa had left Slater at
midnight &Sbst OF rney,nsssengers in
all save the last car were -ln.-rnEfr
berths. These were routed out by
the porter and the Pullman conducy
tor, who worked rapidly and quietly
under the direction Of the masked
robber. The robbing was progressI
ing with neatness and despatch and
had been in progress half an hour
when the train conductor, Haywood,
stepped into the third car from the
front door. He found Truehart fac
ing him with a revolver at his side
and another pointed at his head.
Throw up your hands!" called
out Truehart.
Instead of complying the conduc-
tor, quick as a flash, knocked the re-
volver from the mans hands, sprang
upon him and bore him to the car
floor.
The two men struggled iercely,
while the passengers were instantly
in panic. Finally the dozen male
passengers in the car came to the
conductors aid and the robber was
pinned to the floor. .
When Armstrong va reached a
marshal boarded the train and True
hart was tied hand and foot and TAX
en- into the station. He refused to
talk except to berate the passengers
for cowardice and to declare that
Haywood was the only nervy n
among them. He is thirty-fve years
old, five feet five inches tall, and
weighs 1875 pounds. His clothes were
hashy and his hands covered with
cheap rings. He refused all infor-
nation save his name and age.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02
SHOT BRoTl
Playing Bear and the Victime
to Have the Gun Loaded

4 Utica, N. Y.-Louis, the fE3;
old son, of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilt
Newton, who reside at Hamilta4g
tire, was instantly killed at .thsea
by his brother, Leslie NewtotIH
teen years old.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newton>2RAl
daughter NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
friend and the|boys were elf at
with their aged grandf1others
boys had been .pIaglne heaf
an old gun forZsoma2 t4Rae MAeHal
asked to have the gun loaded.
lie loaded the gun as desired am
play was resumed. /.
When the gun was empty the
had snapped the trigger, and afte
charge had been placed in 1t II
spying his brother climbing nd
Iatticework on the -eranda, tooA
at him and pulled as before.
There was a report. The ell
passe.' through the little 4
through the side of the house
Knocked off some of the plaste
the inside. Leslie ran to his bro
and caught him as he fell, but
child had been killed instantly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02
ICE MEN LAUGH WHEN FINED
Five of Philadelphia Trust Members
Sentenced, the Others Let Off.

Philadelphia.-The trial Of the Ice
Trust and its fourteen members came
to an abrupt close in Judge Wilson's
court. Five Of the defendants &C
cused of having conspired to stife
competition and force up the price OF
ice to an almost %prohibitive figure en-
tered a plea Of non vult i~contendre,
and each was fined SIS and costs.
They laughed as the fines were i'm
posed. Seven other defendants, upon
whom a similar charge rested, were
discharged at the Instance of District
Attorney Bell. Tie remaining two
were allowed to depart, but with the
threat of future prosecution hanging
over their heads as a deterrent to
any further effort to effect a combina-
ton in restriction of trade.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02
ANOTHER BLOW TO OIL TRUST.
Ohio Court Compels Pipe Line to Act
as Common Carrier.

Findlay, Ohio. - Judge Silas E.
Harm, of the Circuit Court, granted
a writ of alternative mandamus
against the Buckeye Pipe Line Com
pany. The motion was commenced
by Acknowledgement Wade H. Ellis,
who seeks to compel the pipe line
company to transport Oil for any pro-
Queer without discrimination.
The petition alleges that the Buck
eye Pipe Line Company charges
20 cents a barrel for transportation,
but that the Standard Oil Company,
which controls it, pays nothing. The
ate is fixed so high, it is alleged, to
keep others than the Standard from
seeking to use the lines.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02
KILLS CHILDREN AND Sd
Rhode Island Mother Locks Th
Room and Turns on Gas

~ ItOO1h d1o AuhhS oh SaS
Providence, R. Mrs. CT
G. Checkley and her two childI
girl two and a half years old
a child five months old, were
dead in a bedroom in their j
No. "a Battery street. The d
cry was made by the Woman's
band when he went home to 81
from the jewelry factory In viii
is employed. The woman, W,
believed to have been despondel
cause of continued illness, was
years old.
She had secured the door o
bedroom with a chair, turned o
gas from a wall bracket and t;
her two children in her arm
down with tom to await death.
husband found a ponciled note !
read as follows:
"To the Dearest Man on Fan
am unhappy and want to- diej
might as well so now. You viii
my pin and ring ON the littlek
heart. I love my husband, myb
and my children. Don't blamt
In want of thought we may dob
when we mean to do good.b
have mercy on me and forgih,
sins" n
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02
DIAZ DEMANDS EXECUTIONS.
Texas Refuses to Surrender Men
Charged With the Jiminez Affair.

Galveston, I exas.-A special from
Mexico City kys that President Diaz
has issued kers to Governor Car
denas and Ser officials that the il
minez outrage and revolutionary
movement demands the execution OF
the leaders, and that their heads
must be produced or there will be
official changes. r
Governor Cardenas and other Mex
lean officials -haHS dope~srcTyChins
nossibIe to prove Gonzales and Mar
nuez aud Castro, of Ell Mensajes, Inn
nlicated in the raids, but have failed,
and Governor Lanham, Of Texas, has
refused to extradite them. They
have been rearrested by Federal Off
GERS and Texas now demands an ex-
PLANTATION. ,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02
Steel Trust Raises Wages.

Pittsburg, Pa.--The thousands of
men employed by the Steel Trust will
have their wages raised starting Jan
uary /. the increase to be based on
the wages of common labor, which
will be ten cents a day greater with
the advent of the new year. Day and
turn labor will have its pay adjusted
in like ratio. Notices to this effect
will be posted at all plants Deem
her l. d.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02
Crowds Cheer Two Sovereigns.

King George of Greece was well
coined at Rome by citizens, King Vic
tor Emmanuel, Premier Gioletti,
Foreign Minister Tittoni, the Marquis
visconti- Venosta, the e~x-foreign min
lister, and all the other dignitaries of
state. Accompanied by King Victor
Emmanuel, King George then drove
to the palace, escorted by a detach-
ment of cuiraSSierS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02
WOMAN SHOOTS DIPLOMAT.
Former French Finance Minister /
Observation-Disclosures Incident.

Paris, France. - M. Merlou, for
merly Minister of Finance and now
Minister to Chile, was shot with a
revolver on the Boulevard des Ital-
lens by Nine. Dallemagne, a former
friend of his. She fired four shots
at him, only one of which hit him,
resulting in a wound in the thigh.
The woman was arrested. She as
saulted M. Merlou publicly last year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02
COMMANDER LOST OVERHEARD.
Lieutenant Garrett, in Charge of the
U. S. 8. Albatross, Perishes at Sea.

Honolulu, Hawaii. - Lieutenant
Commander Leroy H. Garrett, COM
mander of the United States steam
ship Albatross, was washed overheard
from the ship while the vessel was
500 miles northwest of Honolulu.
After Lieutenant Commander Gar
rett had been lost overheard the AL
batross stood by all night playing her
powerful searchlight across the water
in the neighborhood of the spot
where the tragedy occurred.
At daylight the search was aban-
doned and the steamship proceeded
on her course with the first officer in
command.
Lieutenant = Commander Garrett
was a native of New York, and his
mother is a resident of P%lattsburg.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02
Newsy GIeanings.

Great floods have inundated Ven
ice.
The Viedomosti, a reactionary Or
gan of Moscow, demands the expul-
sion from Russia of Count White.
Senator Plat said that all reports
regarding his intended resignation
from the United States Senate were
untrue.
The explosion Of a bomb in st.
Peters Church, Rome, did little dam
age to the edifice and killed no one,
but a panic ensued. The miscreant
Iescaned.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02
Labor World,

The Australian Federal Govern
ment has decided to pay all its em-
ployes fortnightly.
Mary Mcguire, discharged as cook
by Us. Vetterlein. OF Philadelphia,
Pa, brought suit for $4,000 against
he's former employer.
All the switchmen in the Atlantic
Coast Line yards went on strike st
IWaycross, Ca, because OF the dis
A>pf the night yardmaster.
I'D effort is being made
nipto the National
asS pro-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02
Head Driven Through q Board.

Alexander B. Stewart, an aged
farmer, was killed while unloading
milk cans beside the Schenectady
Railroad track at Ballston Spa, N. Y.
A trolley car, speeding at forty miles
an hour, struck him and drove his
head through the one-inch boards Of
a platform beside which he was
standing.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02
To Annex Canada.

The annexation of Canada, tenta-
lively, and the establishment of re-
ciprocal trade relations, with a re-
moval of all tariff duties with the
British Dominion, specifically, is the
purpose of an organization to be
known as the British Association of
Illinois, started in Chicago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02
CRAPsEY QUITS CHURCH.
Rector Convicted of Heresy Asks DE-
missal From Ministry. x,szz-z-

I1lcSSl RIonI FFTT-T.E
zFraRochester, 4. YsIn view ot his
CONVICTIONS Or hAresy and failure Of
HIS atssai, fteY. III. ~Algornon 8.
;Grapssy, rector OF ST Andrews
Ghureh4th4s city, sent to Bishop
Walker a letter requesting dismissal
from the Protestant Episcopal min
istry. DR.. Crapsey, in his letter,
stands staunchly by the beliefs for
which he has been deemed heretical
and announces his determination to
preach them to the world-at-large
with the ultimate hope of winning
the support Of the public conscience.
Although he makes no direct as
sertion Is to the e he intends
to employ in p~ropagating his So
called heretical ideas, DR.. C~rapsey's
assertion tends to lend color to the
report that he has been offered and
will accept the pastorate of a large
church Of another than the Episcopal
denomination in New York iCty.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02
wR1GHTs HAVE WON
Professor Bell Announces That
teal Flying Machines Exig

Boston, Mass.-Alexander al
Bell, of telephone fame, del
that q practical flying machinj
been invented by the Wright
ek3ssQf Dayton, Ohio. 1t was !
:seya3fSpnual meeting of the MAJ
'Ana6ehy Of Sciences, in the HI
Medical Society.
Ha said that Professor I'd
M4dsg4e first discoverers OF a nj
1eagtar than air that would
l4xf1er soar; a feat he accomp
as long ago as 1896 with a sm
pertIhental machine.
aryffle md Wilbur
4aytGns siceekdAd in sG6fn63yf3
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02
CHINA STOPS USE OF OPIUM.
Opium Dens Qosed-Persons Addict.
ed to the Drug to Be Registered.

'Pekin, China.-Regulations issued
for carrying into effect the anti-op-
lum edict are more severe than any
regulations ever previously issued
in China and do honor to the official
whose patriotism, supported by the
influence Of Vlceroy Yuan Shi-Kai,
prompted the issue Of the edict.
There are eleven regulations. 1t
Is provided not only that the cultiva-
ton Of the poppy, but also the use of
opium, must cease in ten years. No
new ground can be placed under cul-
tivation and the ground now under
cultivation must be reduced one-
tenth annually under penalty of con-
6scation. All presons using opium
must be registered, and so must the
amount consumed. Only a registered
person can buy opium. No one is
permitted to begin the use Of opium
after the issue of the regulations.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02

Russians Stop Registered Mails
The Russian GOVERNMENT decided
to carry no more monsygdn5the|regis-
tered mails, the lossessthrough rob-
berry by revolutionists being 80 heavy
as seriously to embarrass it. !,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02
Trade Strike in Italy.

A general trade strike was declared
in Italian ports by representatives of
several cities as a protest against in
sufficient rolling stock, causing par
alysis of industry.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02
DAUGHTER KILLED N
Supposed Accidental Deaf
Turn Out to Be- Murder az

Upper Sandusky, Ohio
Stutz has rendered a verdf(
death of Mrs. Henry Harma
daughter Mary was a case
and suicide. He says the,
killed her mother and hei
morphine.
It was at first believed
two women hal been asph1
escaping gas in their room
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02
Sentenced For Life.

For the murder of Miss Gerret
Hast, to get her insurance, Garrett
Van Wyk and his wife have been ser
fenced at Wray, Col, to life impris-
onment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02
CHNiPANzEE CATCHES FEVER.
New Point in Mosquito Theory Made
by Investigators.

Liverpool, Eng.-The expedition
of the School of Tropical Medicine,
which has been in Brazil for nearly
two years making researches regard
ing yellow fever, telegraphs that 1t
has been successfully proved that
chimpanzees can be infected with yell
low fever by means of the mosquito.
The discovery is considered to be
of the highest Importance.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02
Against Death Penalty.

The French parliamentary com
mission has reported in favor of the
abolition Of the death penalty.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02

Archbishop of Posen Dead.
The Archbishop of Posen, in Prus-
sian Poland, was found dead in his
study from heart disease.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02
Strange Suicidal Disease.

A strange disease, believed to have
originated in Long Island, beginning
with tremors and ending with suici-
dal dementia, is spreading to other
States.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02
CoDarat;on RiII AnDrOVed,

Separation Bill Approved.
The French Chamber, by a vote OF
416 to 1853, approved Of enforcement
Of the Church and State Separation
law without modification.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02
Morocco to Be n

The measures Fran
have taken to dispatch
troops to Morocco al
Paris to be strictly pr
their nature. -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02
Not Guilty of Peonage.

Peonage charges against Carl Ber-
ger, bookkeeper for R. B. Oliver at
Knoxville, Tenn, were not sustained
by a Federal jury.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02
Increase in Army DeS

Increase in Army Dies
In the year ending jun
were S25S assertions
United States army, or IL
100 soldiers. In 1905,
desertion was 6.8, and fo1
years previous 6.1. VIII
showed a desertion aver
per cent; negro soldie1
cent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02
BEAR KILLS BOY HUNTER.
Animal Had Bccn Shot by Him in
Mountains of Pennsylvania.

Dubois, Pa.-Jolln Dielt, eighteen
years old, was killed by a bear while
hunting in the mountains of Elk
County. Dielt had shot the bear,
bringing it down, and supposing the
animal was dead, started to bleed it.
The bear arose suddenly, attacked
the young hunter, and after tearing
off one of his legs and on arm es-
oonnd
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02
Commander For Ireland.

Lieutenant General Arthur Henry
Paget was selected for commander
in-chief of the forces in Ireland.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02

Unveil Wade Hampton's Statue.
A great military and civic parade
preceded the unwilling at Column
bia, S. c., of a statue of Wade Hamp-
ton.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02

Game Birds Scarce
Game birds of all kinds are very
scarce this season.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-02

DEPOSITS ii !
Last 1000
ne Geological
! While Cons1
supply is Al
Washingtof
biological s.
Iesent gene
fbw and
1sa woM
ao rraaoN

3curate pr0pAscy,
n ssy that TIE suvEs
lates WIZ last lo
2a nsan ia isdentist
hnrte. stroked his
Id repeated: narfecfco
ses + coal deposits
tuntrys Will not s Be zears.
ltohsSly 1900 OF 500 .,st;cs
sama interesting statisLsTs Z
Ls sGms and consumption. ss3
& tie United States
iaraS ~ the survey
anss Of the year 1855
ASnsS in the following Co.
t,Taased to 419,425l o4
a,s setalSnroduction up
thap 700;000,00o torss
9Fand total Of coal prooqca7t
Country up to 1902 8 N
l7lkherttons nro6ad
EafsMhen considsred
populau0p
furnishes
report,
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-08
BONNIE CLAIR MILL STARTS UP

The new mill at the Bonnie Clair mine
in the Gold Mountain district was COM
pleted last week and Is now in commits
sion and crushing out ore from the mine.
Ten stamps are In place and ten more
the mill will then be about 75 tons a
day. This will be doubled in the near
future by the addition of twenty more
stamps. The plant is equipped with
five tanks, at present, with ten more
going in at once. The tanks have a
capacity of sixty tons each. OF the
eight concentration tables. three are in
place and five are to be added. The tall
ings are sluiced by a special water
from a pump station a quarter
of a mile from the mill.
The process employed at the mill in
cludes amalgamation. concentration and
cyaniding. The entire plant is operated
by electricity from a Westinghouse gen.
orator, which also furnishes current for
lighting the company's offices, board
ing house. bunk house, stables. ETC., n
plans are being made to convey the cur
rent to the mine for lighting and power
urpos a distance of six miles. All
pumping is lone by electricity and the
plant is one of the most complete in the
Bullfrog district.
General Manager v~ahrenkamp VI
there is enough ore in sight in the Bon
ne Clair to keep a fifty stamp mill run
ming for five years. The upraises n
slopes are full of ore. broken down and
in place that will run $40 a ton and 1t
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-08

with. the desert section can readily see
that the number of posts erected in
these counties is totally inadequate. and
he believes that some means should be
devised to place additional posts in that
region. There Is an ~unexpended balance
in the hands Of the highway commits
sioner of $2.644.16, which sum is in
tended for the purchase of the guide
posts. and as the state is prepared to
make this expenditure, 1t rests with
the boards of supervisors to make APP
plication for their posts and to see that
they are erected.
Whether it has been because of a
lack of interest on the part of the
supervisors or a lack of funds that the
posts have not been applied for has
not been determined. The state miner
alogist suggests to the miners and
prospectors who are operating in the
different districts that they inform the
supervisors where these posts are
needed. Some miners have advised Au-
bury h IL the posts were provided
they would gladly defray the expense
of erecting them. Hundreds of pros
pectors from outside states are seek
ing to develop h desert section. These
men are totally unfamiliar with the
roads. trails and water holes. The sup
ervisors should display more public
spirit. A county supervisor shoul not
be q clam. but should remember h q
there Is a large portion Of the earth
outside of his particular shell.-Mining
n Engineering Review.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-08

OF the management to sink the shaft on
the ledge.
This strike has attracted attention to
the operations on the Wonder Witch,
which opened up the Billy the Kid ledge
half a mile to the northwest. The ledge
is So feet wide on this claim. where a
shaft is down SIS feet. A 25-horse power
hoist was installed or the property dur
ing the week.
In addition to the Wonder Witch the
company is operating IN III Shepherd
Light estate, which has the Spider Wasp
vein and the Alice which Is close to the
Colorados. Seven men are at work trench
ing on this property and the same num-
Der are at work on the Nancy Brown.
New additions taken over by the syndi-
cate are the Black Horse and the Por-
phyry.
COLORADO LEDGE CAUGHT
After running a tunnel 116 feet, the
Golden Fleece Of the Rich Gulch group
caught the Colorado ledge and assays
have been secured running as high as
five hundred dollars a ton. The trend
OF the ledge is northeast and southwest
similar to that on both the Colorados
and the Ajax.
Trenching was started on the Port
and group which adjoins the Mizpah.
The Colorado vein has been traced
through the last named estate and for
some distance into the Portlands.