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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17

| was no turning back at that stage
of it, and he therefore tried to com-
| fort himself with the reflection that
| the dead miser had probably left no
heirs. and that the money was ca
pable of being put to better uses IN
his hands than if it had been dis
| covered by somebody else in the
presence of a number of witnesses
and had reverted to the State for
lack of legal heirs. During the next
six months he built himself a COM
Portable home in the town near Chi
cago, hunched along his financial as
sistance to his brothers, whom he
was educating, and tucked what was
left of the pile into the bank.
Then, of a sudden, the story came
out, and the hospital superintendent
was arrested, ~disgraced and sent to
prison for three years. The young
fellow who got the $4,000 peached.
He had quit his job with the safe
deposit company and had. taken to
rum and the racetracks. In a state
of suds one day he had uncoiled the
story of the find in great detail, for
he was a bit grouchy, being a pin
head and hoggish, because his share
hadn't been a half instead of a
third.
The story In the papers attracted
the attention of the heirs of the dead
wanderer in various parts of the
country, and they had the hospital
Superintendent and the young fellow
gathered in. The young fellow as an
accessory, got three years, too. He
was broke. or nearly so, when nailed
through his garrulousness, but the
Superintendent had more than $780,
600 left. which he willingly turned
over to the heirs.
That hospital superintendent is
now in a big Western city, a pros
porous and more than well-to-do
general practitioner. You'd v
me that he was a thief at
heart. His one bad minute zephyred
along, that's all, and it took the stiff
fleming out of him Just long enough
to make him give in. Those of US
who don't run into at least one of
these bad minutes in u lives,
whether we succumb or not, are
mighty virtuous people, son.-Wash-
ington Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
BON|LLA TAKES TO FLIGHT
Wictory of Nicaraguans Puts End
to War With Honduras.
United States and Mexico Asked to
Intervene For Peace Before An
other Army Is Raised.

Managua, Nicaragua. - Choluteca
has been captured and President Bon
lila has fled. The Central American
war is practically over. N~icaraguan
steamships arc following Bonilla.
General Santos Ramirez, Director
General of Telegraps and Telephones,
made the following statement:
"Nicaraguan forces have captured
Choluteca, Honduras, which was. held
by the Honduran and Salvadorean
troops, and President Bonilla has fled
by boat.
steamships will pursue the fugi-
tive President.
Il believe the wal is ended"
Choluteca was the strongest forth
fed town in Honduras, and the latter,
as well as Nicaragua, had her strong
est forces in the battle there. It is
an old Spanish town on the Choluteca
plains and has about 5000 inhab-
itants. Its value to Nicaragua is only
as a strategic point. Choluteca was
also captured by Nicaragua in 1894,
when that country was at war with
Honduras. At that time the vic
torious army followed up the capture
with the taking of Tegucigalpa.
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r. was announced In Washington
that hereafter agents would be APP
pointed to take testimony for the In
terstate Commerce Commission IN
places outside Of that city.
The Postofice Department is en-
barrassed by being unable to secure
enough Irvine to tie letters into pack
ages.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Is home
from Harvard on the sick list.
Justice Harlan, Of the Supreme
Court, granted a writ Of error bring
ing before that court the question OF
the consolidation of Pittsburg n
Allegheny.
President Mellen, of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad,
in his call at the White House SUBJ
mitted a plan looking to the solution
Of railway problems. e
The State Department has been
notified that the Chinese boycott Of
Americans has been efectually sup
pressed.
Tests made by the War Depart
ment proved that the rifles carried
by negro troops were used in shoot
ing-up" Brownsville, Texas.
Traffic in Army clothing will be
stopped by the War Department.
The Interiors Department will try
to get the Cheyenne River Sioux to
| permit the Ute Indians, Of Utah, to
live with them for a time.
President Roosevelt disapproved
the findings of acquittal in the case
Of Captain Lewis M. Koehler, Fourth
Cavalry, who was tried in the Philip
pines on charges of making captious
and unnecessary accusations against
his commanding officer, General
| Leonard Wood.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
The Decisive Battle.

Managua, Manageable allied
forces of Salvador and Honduras, IN
der personal command Of President
Bonilla, of Honduras, sustained an
other severe defeat at the hands Of
the Nicaraguan troops, aided by Hon
duras revolutionists near the town
of Maraita.
The battle is said to have lasted
for more than ten hours, following
an attack made by the Nicaraguan
forces, and resulted in the Honduran
and Salvadorean troops taking to
their heels. The defeated soldiers
threw away their guns and ammuni-
ton in their flight. The Nicaraguan
troops pursued them.
The Honduran revolutionists cap
tured about 800 soldiers. an equal
number of rifles and three small can
non, together with ammunition.
About 200 Of the Honduran troops
deserted to the revolutionists during
the battle.
1t Is estimated that 200 were
killed and $50 wounded during the
battle. The towns of Sula, San Pa
Dire, La Esperanto and Canayagua
declared themselves in favor Of the
revolution.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17

but, nevertheless, is equally conven-
lent for use in the home. The brush
is similar to the ordinary toothbrush,
with the exception that the handle is
shorter. This disadvantage Is over
come by connecting the end Of the
handle to the holder, the latter thus
affording a grip for the hand The
holder is of a hollow metal case,
shaped to accommodate the form Of
the brush. Where the end Of the
handle and the holder are connected
there is a pivioted joint, so that the
brush can be folded back into the
holder. The latter is made infwo
sections of equal size, n section
serving as a cover, the two sections
being Joined by hinges. An Ohio
man is the inventor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
THE MERCHANTS.

I am the Frost.
III show you diamonds, laccs and tape'
tries
OF all variety
At lowest cost;
Meanings of chaste design
Perfect in every line:
Connoisseurs surely will buy Of the Frost,
I am the Dew.
Notice my elegant bracelets and neck,
All of rare quality;
Pearls not a few;
Emerald and amethyst:
Opal all rainbow kissed;
Ladies rise early to buy OF the Dew
7 am the Snow.
Let me display for you carpets most ez,
Quisite.
Choicest of bordering
Also I show,
Heavy and soft and white,
Spread in a single night;
Folk who have wisdom will buy of the
Snow.
I am the Rain. ,
Something, IN show you priceless and
Making these offers seem
5Tawdry and vain!
IT'S but a cloak of gray.
Wrapping the world away
Happy the few who will buy Of the Rain.
Isabel Mackay, in st. Nicholas.
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ships. 1t is generally supposed that
the gunner sights these immense can

ships. 1t is generally supposed that
the gunner sights these immense can
non as he would an ordinary rife.
Such is not the case, however. An
illustration of the method is shown
here, the apparatus being the inven-
ton of a gunner in the United States
Navy. The apparatus is exceedingly
complicated, and is practically USE
less in the hands of a novice. In one
hand the gunner grasps an ordinary
pistol. This pistol Is connected to the
firing apparatus Of the gun. Above
the pistol is a sighting tube and a
number of rejecting glasses. BY
means of rejecting glasses the sur
roundings are brought into the range
of the pistol. The gunner need only
sight the pistol to hit a certain object
on the rejecting glasses. AS he
brings the pistol into the correct
range, the large gun which 1t controls
is also brought into range. Pulling
the trigger of the pistol discharges
the gun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
A Whale-Headed StOrk.

Among the many curious and I'M
usual animals which have been found
by Sir Harry Johnston, the African
explorer, in the Uganda Protectorate,
is the whale-headed stock. The bird
resembles the common stork in every
thing but the head, which is anything
but beautiful. The beak is enormous
and gives the stork a peculiar whale
like appearance. 1t is rather a puz-
zle to scientists to discover the rea-
son for this enormous appendage.
The whales mouth is built to catch
a multitude of small fish, and possibly
the stork's beak may have the same
Observation-Disclosures City Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
Ask Orr Good Offices.

Washington, D. C.. - President
Bonilla has fed from the battlefield.
and the Central American war has
practically ended, says the cable dis.
patches received in Washington by
the Nicaraguan Minister, Mr.. Corea.
Minister Corea expressed the opin.
ion that President Bonilla would go
to Salvador and again recruit his
army for a second attack on Nicar.
aqua, unless the United States and
Mexico should exercise their gooC
offices to the extent Of insisting that
Salvador and Guatemala maintain
neutrality. II this was done, Selol
Coree said, the war was ended, 9th.
e-wise he was firmly convinced that
it would be a question Of only a short
time until hostilities were again re
sumed. The Nicaraguan Minister
will ask Secretary Root and the Mex
lean Ambassador, Senior Creel, to take
some steps to force Salvador and
Guatemala to keep their pledge Of
neutrality.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
NeWsy GieaningS.

A massacre of Jews has taken place
at Codohllo, Rumania.
The Sioux Indians protest against
settlement Of Utes on their reserva-
ton.
Poor shipping facilities will cause
an advance on paper and pulp prod
ucts. l+o"
Three recipients Of Nobel prizes
died soon after the distinction was
awarded.
William J. Bryan attributed the
slump in tho stock market to railroad
chichanery.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
Prominent People.

King Victor Emmanuel received
Ambassador Griscom, who presented
his letters.
Lord Avebury, of England, is hrm
in the belief that brain workers need
at least nine hours of sleep.
Henry B. Irving on returning 10
England says he believes his fatner
had more personal friends in the
United States than at home.
DR.. Woodrow Wilson said the Pres
ident of the United States was no
longer merely the executive head OF
the Government designed by the max
ers of the Constitution.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
10Y OF NINE A SUICIDE.
Brightest Scholar in Selkirk Village
Found Dead.

Albany, N. Y.-Howard Shutter,
aged nine. and one of the brightest
school children in the school at Sell
kirk, about ten miles from this city,
committed suicide. The little fellow
was found hanging from a rafter in
the barn of Charles Niver, the dis
covery being made by the boys faith
cr, who is employed on the Niver
farm.
Howard had been playing around
the neighborhood during the day and
was apparently in the best of spirits.
Members of his family are at a loss
to account for the boys determine
ton to take his life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17

the upper edges of the plates are
pressed toward each other against the
power of the springs. A handle at
tached to the rear plate serves as a
mode of operation. In use the plate
is saturated with oil and applied to
the floor very much like a mop
Philadelphia Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
Nothing But Encouraging Facts.

A survey of the country reveals
nothing but encouraging, most en-
couraging, facts. Our foreign com
merce Is enormous, the internal trade
of the country never was so active,
the farmers prosperous, labor every
where we'll employed. railways have
not enough cars to move the traffic
that is offered, and in the iron indus
try, which many regard as a barom-
eter, the mills are unable to promptly.
fill their orders.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
A Young

The Kentish fat boy, Charles L:A'
Watts, of Woodchurch, has just
celebrated his sixteenth birthday
During the past year he has increased
in size, and he now weighs 373
pounds. On his fifteenth birthday
he weighed $50 pounds .-London
Daily Mail.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
SchoolboY Killed at Play.

Michael Ramsey, of Syracuse, N.
Y, eleven years old, left home for
school with companions and ran from
them to hide, choosing a place be-
tween two piles of heavy timbers.
The top tier of n pile became dis
lodged and fell upon the lad, killing
him instantly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
Insane Man Kills His Wife.

Just released from an asylum for
the insane in Snakeville, N. j., An
drew Lindeblad, forty-two years old,
a matchmaker, of Jersey City, killed
himself and his wife, forty years old,
in their home. They had lived hap
PLY for a score of years. Lindeblad
had a religious mania.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
GEN. JAMES M. vARNUM KILLED.
Auto he Was Riding In Struck by
Trolley Car.

New York City. - General James
M. Varnum, at one time Brigadier-
General of the staff Of the New York
National Guard and Surrogate OF
New York County by appointment OF
Governor Roosevelt in 1899, died in
Roosevelt Hospital as the result OF
injuries received In an automobile
collision with a Broadway trolley car
The police said that the accident
was due to the disobedlence of traffic
regulations by Alfred Quarl, the
French chauffeur of General Var
NUNS machine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
Curious Korean Animal.

A countryman reported that a curl
Gus animal had appeared in the dis
tarict of Chungwha. 1t has long hair
and is different from anything be-
fore seen there. 1t roams through
the villages at night, and many do
nestle animals have been carried of
by it.-Korea Daily News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
STUDENTS IN TRAIN WRECK.
Si: Persons Killed and IL Injured a.
Los Angeles.

81" persons IAllieQ anu IA lnJufco IL
Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, Gala special train
on the Santa Fe Railroad, carrying
scores Of students home from an in
te7collegiate field meet at Claremont.
coilided head on with the outbound
limited train while both trains were
moving at a rapid rate within the
city limits.
Four persons were killed and sew.
enteen injured, several Of them prob.
ably fatally. The dead r c. G.
Franklin, student at University OF
Southern California. and A. H. Ed.
wards, Major c. Gall, and Fred Hodg.
SON, students at Occidental College.
Both locomotives, one Of the bag.
sage cars on the limited, and the
smoking car on the special train were
demolished
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
Railways Raise Freights.

Western railroads announced that
they will raise freight rates and such
action will result in testing the Rate
law in the highest court.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
~Beloian.Dutch Alliance.

The Belgian and Dutch Commits
sioners in session at Brussels have
arranged the terms of an economical
alliance between the two countries.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
Toothbrush Holder.

A simple, but novel, device recent
ly patented is a combined toothbrush
and holder, shown below. 1t was de-
signed primarily for use in travelling,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17

Only seven per cent. Of the men
in the French army exceed five feet
eight inches in height.
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Son Excluded at Dowie's Funeral.
Followers of John Alexander
Dowie refused to allow his son to
take part in the Zion "prophet's'
funeral.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
Sighting Machine.

Few people are aware Of the meth
DDS employed to sight the large
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-07
WOULD DUST POLICE LEADER.
Boston Attorney Suggests Governor
Ask Commissioners Resignation.

Boston Attorney Suggests Governor
Ask Commissioners Resignation.
BOSTON. Mass. Jan. 7.-District
Attorney John B. Moran today sent a
letter to Gov. Guild suggesting that
the latter call for the resignation of
Police Commissioner Stephen OMeara,
on the ground of O'Meara's alleged in
competency as demonstrated in his pol
icy relative to the enforcement of the
Sunday blue laws.
Mr.. Moran declares that the commits
sioner's ignorance of law, self-con-
fessed at the start of the controversy.
has been emphasized by his orders to
the police and subsequently the annoy
ance of many persons innocent of viO-
lation of the Sunday observance stat
utes.
Inasmuch as O'Meara was Gov
Guilds personal selection for the head
of the police force it is believed the
governor will ignore Moran's letter.
which politicians believe to be only
an effort to embarrass the republicans
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-07
WON'T STR,~: NO PENSION.
Civil War Veteran for Third Time Re-
uses Examination

OMAHA, Neb.. Jan. because he
balks at stripping for medical exam
nation. John Darnough, aged so years
a veteran who withstood the rigors of
the civil war and distinguished himself
for bravery in battle. cannot get a
governmen mt pension, of which he
stands SorCly in need. Although he
lives on a homestead in South Dakota
and has spent most of his time in the
west. no tenderfoot from the east prob
ably ever was more fastdious than the
veteran. Three times he has applied
for a penson and each time he has
refused to undergo a medical examin-
alton. In a letter received today by
the pension examiners in Omaha. he
again positively refuses to strip in the
presence of a physician. Darnough's
comrades say when he was in the army
he was never known to smoke, chew,
or drink. although he swore like any
other trooper.
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WAS IT 1UOWING?

1T blew so hard yesterday" re-
marked the champion heavyweight
liar. that it blew four words out of
a dispatch l was sending to Seattle
and the receiving operator had to ask
for service on it twice before he got
it all.
THAT was mere trifle. hardly
worth Mentioning" added the welter-
weight champion Il notice two but
tonhOles are missing from the bronze
figures coat in the Plaza this morn
ing"
ran backwards for two hours when the
gale was at its height" explained the
lightweight Ananias.
You'll have to do better than that"
chirrups the middleweight. You cam
not find a foot-rule that is more than
IL inches long today
Come again." interpOsed the heavy
weight, taking a reef in his cigar. MY
wife laid bar of soap out on the back
step early yesterday morning and it
rained and blew so fast that the whole
chunk had disappeared in bubbles within
10 minutes
1.-The wind picked six ducks for me
that l had hanging in the wOodshed
over night" added the welterweight
sparring for wind.
Twas rather a smart puff of air. ,
retorted the middlewAght. It's the
first time | ever knew wind could blow
the smell out of limberger cheese OF
the juice out of a lemon. Now, if it
could only blow about 10 cents off the
price of eggs
That broke the sessOn.-Portland
Telegram.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-07
Cured of .uno Trouble.

at is now eleven years since I had a
narrow escape from consumption
writes c. O. Floyd, a leading business
man of Kershaw, 5. c. Il had run
down in weight to 135 pounds. and
coughing was constant, both by day
and by night. Finally l began taking
DIR. Kings New Discovery, and con-
tinued this for about six months, whe1
nv cough and lung trouble were en-
tirely gone and 1 was restored to my
normal weight, 10 pounds" Thou
sands of persons are healed every year.
Guaranteed at E. L. Smalley, drug
store. soc and $1.O0. Trial bottle free.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-07
KILLS SISTER AFTER TESTING.
Richard Hill Of Hammond, Ind, Aims
"Unloaded" Shotgun at Girl
With Fatal Result.

CHICAGO, Jan. IL have shot and
killed my sister and you had better
come to the house." was the telephone
message received by Capt. Peter
Austgen at the Hammond QndD pO-
lice station from Richard Hill. a young
painter. last night. When the police
arrived they discovered Hill had killed
Miss Dolly Smith. IS years old, his
halt sister.
Miss Smith had planned to attend a
New Years ball last night and had
prepared her toilet with unusal care.
Her escort was late arriving. and Mr..
and Mrs. Hill, the latter an invalid
from the result of burns she received
in a gasoline explosion last summer.
tried to cheer up the girl.
Hill was preparing for hunting trip
today with a friend and his efforts at
consolation having failed. the young
man entered the dining room. where
Miss Smith sat. with two shotguns
which he started to clean. AS he
came toward the table he remarked:
We'll. Dolly if you feel so discon-
ISOLATE about it | might as we'll blow the
top Of your head off
Hill insists he did not know either
gun was loaded One of them, in
some way he cannot explain. was dis
charged. the load entering Miss Smith's
head. blowing off half of it.
Mrs. Hill saw the entire affair and 1t
is feared will lose her reason in conse-
Quence.
Coroner Faskins held an inquest,
the verdict being accidental shooting
Hill was not arrested.