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AIR THREE CRAFT. SCANDALS
Revelations at San Francisco,
Harrisburg and Albany.
Testimony Showing How Huge Sums
Were Divided by Boodlers-
Wealthy Men Involved.

San Francisco, Cal.-Abe Ruef, the
political boss of San Francisco, when
he learned that he had been indicted
on seventy-two counts in the gigantic
hribe scandal. offered to confess if
promised immunity. The offer was
made to Detective Burns, who is
guarding him in the San Francisco
Hotel.
In all the amount of money in
volved in the disclosures will reach
$1,000 900. Of this sum nearly one
half was given up by the city rail-
roads for franchises. One telephone
company, it Is asserted, paid $780,
600, and another just half that sum.
Two Supervisors confessed as soon
as they appeared before the Grand
Jury and the others soon followed
their example. AS told to the jury,
the railroad fund of ~s450,000 was
so divided that Ruef got $4,000,
while the shares of the Supervisors
ran from $4,000 down to $4,000
each. The Supervisors got $4,000
each from n telephone company
and $3.50 from a gas company.
In the confessions made relative
to the actual taking Of money by the
Supervisors it was not brought out
that Mayor Schmitz has direct con-
nection with the deals made with the
members of the Board of Supervisors.
In the majority of cases Ruef dealt
with one man, who passed the money
out to his associates,
First and most important was the
deal by which the United Railroads
got an overhead trolley franchise.
Ruef demanded s450,000 to carry
through the transaction. This money
was drawn in installments calculated
to be small enough to, divert sus-
picion.
After giving ss5,000 to the Super
Visors and $4,000 for a person Ruef
insisted must be taken care of, but
who may never have received the
money, $4,000 was left to be di-
vided between Schmitz and Ruef.
The corruption surrounding the
franchise granted to the Home Tele-
phone Company was even worse.
Another transaction "a the prize
fight Doodle of $4,000. James Cof-
roth, Willus Britt, Morris Levy and
Eddie Graney, known as the fight
trust" each subscribed $4,000 to Sc
cure the exclusive privilege of prize
fight permits for 1906.
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FIRE. COSTS MANY LIVES
TeTorized by Flames, IS Syrians:
Perish at Wheeling, w. Va.
Explosion Of Gas Added to Horrors Of
Death by the Flood-Childrcn
the Chief Victims.

Wheeling, w. Va.--Eighteen per-
sons are known to have lost. their
lives, and it is thought that there
were a number Of other fatalities, in
a fire which destroyed the plant Of
the Warwick Pottery Company in the
flooded district of this city. Most Of
the dead are children. The fire fol-
lowed an explosion, which terrified
families Of Syrian mill operatives. liv-
ing in nearby houses. Frantic with
alarm, they Jumped from the win
dows Of their homes into the flood,
and were drowned in the rushing
waters. The scene was distressing.
The screams for help Of those in the
buildings could be heard as far as the
steel bridge, a mile: away, where
thousands of persons had gathered
to watch the blaze, unable to render
assistance. Not all Of those drowned
met their death by jumping. Five
were drowned by the. %upsetting Of a
boat into which they had clamhered
to reach a place Of safety.
Because of the water surrounding
the burning factory the hremen were
unable to reach the scene with app
paratus. Lines Of hose were carried
to the fire by boats pressed int2 SER
vice. The iremen and all the avail
able police Of the city did heroic work
in rescuing the drowning. The crew
of a boat moored across the river
from the burning building manned
a yawl and savedSabeut one hundred.
The rescued persons and their fam
lilies offered gifts and rewards OF
money to the rescuers,; who refused
to accept the gratrities.
Had the Syrians remained in their
homes probably none would have net
death. Their homes were not touched
by the flames. The loss Of life was
due entirely to the panic following
the explosion. The act Of one or two
who jumped from windows. without
reason spread terror to hundreds,
who followed suit. I,G. =
After the fire the Syrians refused
to return to their homes. Nearly
every family lost q member by drown
ing or has a member among the miss
ing, and the remainder are frantic.
It is estimated that the damage in
Wheeling alone since the food will
amount to over $4,000 600. It will
be weeks before any::of the local in
dustrial plants will be able to resume
operations. The floods are receding,
leaving the city a mass Of debris and
wreckage, and the work Of recovery
will commence as soon as possible.
There is much suffering and steps
have been taken to relieve distress.
The following is a partial list OF
those drowned: Mike Bretries, store
keeper; Rosa Bertas, Elias Litchell,
Allen Bertas, Frank Holes, watch
mar at pottery; Simon Elias, propri-
etor of dry goods store; Julia Moses,
Hayder Moses, brother of Julia
Moses; Charles Matthews, Waterman
at Wheeling Stamping Company.
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Detecting Crime in Ethiopia.

The Ethiopian method Of detecting
crime is quick and effective, and has
the great advantage OF always catch
ing some one. A priest is called, and
b. his e%yhortation, prayers, sorceries
and drugs-a youth is sent to sleep
with the command to dream. The
person he dreams of is the criminal.
No further proof is sought or needed.
The sanction of the church is quito
enough.
If by chance the boy fails to dream
he is promptly put to sleep again by
the same process until he does, so
that he usually manages the affair in
a short time.-Pall Mall Gazette.
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GOT $780, 4 FOR
WORK COSTING $1,000.

Harrisburg, Pa.-The Capitol in
vestigating committee resumed its in
quiry into the cost Of the new State
Capitol. The testimony showed that
John H. Sanderson & Co., of Phila-
delphia, contractors for furnishing
the Capitol, were paid by the State
s~9O,74S.40 for the rostrums in the
Senate and House caucus rooms.
The sub-contractor for this work
testified that he was paid $1,000 by
Sanderson for these rostrums. The
testimony of the same sub-contractor
showed that S~anderson's profit on the
finished woodwork in fourteen other
rooms in the building amounted to
$126,645.60.
Murray Gibson, who was an un-
successful bidder against Sanderson
for the contract for decorating and
painting the building testified that
there was a difference Of $1.99R
cents a foot in favor Of the State in
his bid and that of Sanderson's, and
that if the State had accepted his bid
it would have saved more than $780,
600 on this item alone and he (Gib-
SOM would have made a nice profit.
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JACKSON DEMANDS $117,1e1
ALLEGED CANAL GRAFT.

Albany, N. Y.-Colossal graft con
nected with the 01,O00,00O barge
canal work has occurred, according
to Acknowledgement Jackson. AS a
result, he has demanded that the
New York, Ontario and Western Rail-
road Company refund the State treas
ury s117.161, which the Attorney
General claims the last State canal
board decided to pay the company
without warrant Of law for a bridge
of the company, displaced by the big
canal in Oneida County.
Mr.. Jackson says the Improvement
of the canal necessitated the altera-
ton of the railway and the rebuild
ing of the bridge acros Wood Creek
and that It was the duty of the rail-
road company to do the work at its
own expense, the State being under
no legal obligation to pay any part OF
the cost.
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DOMESTIC.

The Memphis Charter bill passed
the House at Nashville, Tenn. 1t
abolishes the city government OF
Memphis and gives Governor Patter-
son the power to appoint new city
officials. 1t has passed the Senate.
Five Massachusetts, physicians Of
standing, after six years OF expert
ments, declared the human soul to be
a material substance, weighing from
half an ounce to one n
William H. Tanner, who disap-
peared from Lenox, Mass, seventeen
years. ago, revealed his presence in
Chicago, III.
The Standard Oil Company ad-
vanced the price of all oils in Ohio
ten cents a barrel, the new price be-
ing $1.78.
Withdrawals of steamers from Bos-
ton were announced by the Leyland
Line in that city.
Indeterminate prison terms have
been given Gotef and Gnadtus
Gnastus at Terre Haute, Ind, two
~blackmailers.
Mrs. Mary Emo Depue, said to be
heiress to 100000, escaped from a
sanatorium in Stamford, Conn, to
which her relatives wished to have
her legally committed.
William J. Bryan visited at Boston
to keep a lecture engagement. He
was received by Governor Guild at
the State House, and addressed both
the Senate and the House. After his
lecture MI. Bryan addressed students
of Harvard University at Cambridge.
Nine little Japanese girls were adj
mitted into the Redding Primary
School in San Francisco.
Wireless messages were trans
mitted from Point Iona, CAL, to
Washington and Pensacola, Fla.
DR.. Austin Flint, in answer, dur
ing the Thaw trial in New York City,
to a hypothetical question containing
$4,000 words and embodying Mr..
Jerome's summary Of the testimony,
declared it his opinion hat ThaW
knew the nature of his act when he
killed Stanford White.
The jury disagreed in the case in
New York City against the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Railroad,
| which was charged with having paid
rebates to the Sugar Trust.
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"a MAN MAY DIE"

man may die
the infnitesimal part of a second.
life may come
a grain, tiny, touched by one drop from
a shower.
But what is a death?
ae slip of a soul by the hand of God
beckoned.
Is a life then so small?
lch a world to itself, feeling, breathing
Gods power.
d it come, let it go; 50 tits ordered be-
low;
But you, work, know your soul
every way,
(. Then a smile, slip away, day to
night, night to day;
your eyes; straight ahead; nov you
know.
p. H. Savage. in The Century.
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FOREIGN.

Nicaragua has seized more than a
thousand rifles aboard a steamship
destined for Honduras.
A fatal case of yellow fever &C.
Cured neal Paraje Nuevo, Mexico.
The Diet of the Duchy of Bruins
wick has decided to elect a regent,
excluding the Duke of Cumberland
and his son.
The Appropriation Committee of
the German Reichstag approved the
bill authorizing the issue or $S1,ooo'-
600 in treasury bonds.
It was reported at Shanghai that a
WESLEYAN mission near Ning-Po had
been destroyed and the missionaries
killed.
Restrictions on japanese passports
are believed by some japanese law
vers to be unconstitutional and have
caused irritation.
Lord Curzon was elected chancel-
lor of Oxford University, defeating
Lord Roseberry by I'LL to 430.
Anti-Hebrew riots occurred in yell
isavetgrad, Russia, but were checked
by the Intervention Of the troops.
The taking of bodiesfrom the hulk
of the battleship lena at Toulon'
France, was completed, 1o3 being re-
covered. 1
A dispatch from Madrid, Spain,
saws that the Government will prob
ably lease the naval arsenal at Ferrol
to a foreign company.
Russian robbers cut off the heads
Of six men and one woman. A soldier
and a child who saw the butcnery
went mad.
An official statement was issued at
Providence that the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad Com
pany had acquired a half interest in
Merchants and Miners Steamship
Line.
More than 1000 of the people of
Ispahan, Persia, have taken refuge
with the British Consulate General to
escape the alleged i'll treatment or
the Governor.
Maurice Grau, formerly head OF
the Metropolitan Opera House IN
New York City, died in Paris.
The Acknowledgement Of Missouri
| has been instructed to investigate
! the so-called Implement Trust.
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Round the new stove in the tenn
porary and hastily constructed cabin,
Drawn, Dynamite, Jennie Lord, and
the other survivors of the snowslide,
sat in the glow of the freight.
"Quite a boost for Davie," said
the cook. II hear the super is going
to make IN timekeeper on the
Mary H."
He earned it," said Drawn. "He
did more'n Dynamite here thought
O. dom, an more than any O. the
rest of US would have done. I say
he earned it,"
That's what he did," said Jem-
mic. 1T was him told un to bring
along the pipes to poke in the snow
for US, too. They e would have
got US out if they hadn't brought
those pipes along"
That's right" agreed Drawn.
They might have dug for a month
without finding any of us. Twas
Davie bye saved u.s."
The other men nodded silently.
"All right to talk about it now"
continued Drawn, but if it hadn't
been for Davies nerve, we would be
down in the gulch here, frozen stiff
fern square sets by this time. If
anybody asks me who's the bravest
man I ever knew, III say Davie, an
lick un if he disputes it,"
"Brave!" sneered Dynamite. "I
saw I'm hangin' round the dump to-
day, skeered to go in under that
tale drift for the last carload"
You may drop that, Dynamite!
Well not stand for it any more!"
growled one of the men.
"All the more reason" said Jem-
mic, that he should get to be time
keeper. He won't have to go into
anything he's skeered on then, I'M
less he gets sore on somebody, an
that amt Davies way"
WELL" said Drawn, ives a-goin'
to give him that ere gold watch for
what he done, NJ matter what he's
skeered on, an ives goin' to say spe-
cial it's for bravery"
90 course" assented Jennie, and
the other men nodded vigorous ap-
proyal.--Youth's Companion.
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HIGH FooDPRICEsIN PITTsBURG
Legislative Witness Says More Than
in Any Other American City.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Pittsburgers pay.
e~xorbitant prices for all food stufs,
according to testimony before the
legislative committee Investigating
the high prices. Of food here.
The first witness was: J. A. Lord,
statistician Of the Chamber OF Com
merce, who declared that food prices
in Pittsburg are ten per cent. higher
than in any other city in the United
States and t~hirty-fve per cent. high
er than in many other cities.> Mr..
Lord promised additional evidence.
Dennis Hayes and w. H.. Williams,
commission men,, denied that any
combination of produce dealers ex-
listed to maintain high prices, and
stated that demurrage charges and
lack Of railroad terminal facilities
forced up the prices. He admitted
later that the dealers tried to prevent
a slump in prices at all times.
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separate and are finished with hens
at their upper edges, in which elastic
is inserted so that they can be slipped
on and off at will.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is three and
seyen-eighth yards t~wenty-one, two
and seven-eighth yards twenty-seven
or one and three-fourth yards forty
four inches wide, one-half yard Of all
over lace for the chemisette, n and
three-fourth yards of applique, one
yard Of all-over lace if long sleeves
are used.
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ArmIets Glow With Jewels.

Armlets aglow with blazing dia-
monds are the latest jewelry craze.
They are more than bracelets, TAX
ing that ornament to mean the mar
row affair fashionable for so long,
though they do resemble the interpre-
tation of the word shown by Brace
lets o. the second empire period,
which were heavy gold affairs with
stiff bands and a huge ornament in
the centre.
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Marin Held as q Forger.

Frank c. Marin, alias Judge
Franklin Stone" who was arrested
in Buffalo after a search Of almost
two years by the postal authorities,
charged with conspiracy to defraud
in connection with the Storey Cotton
Company, of Philadelphia, and who
was released on bail, was arrested by
Philadelphia detectives charged with
the forgery of a check for $4,000
on q Brooklyn bank.
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Sporting Notes.

Walter Winans Coker's Rosador
won the gold medal for hackneys IN
the London show.
George Bonhag, Of the Irish-Amer-
lean Club, is quite unbeatable just
now at two and three miles.
Water Pearl, the crack three-year-
old colt, died at Sheepshead Bay after
an illness of t%hirty-siX hours.
There are being built at OsterVllle,
Mass, from designs by a naval archl-
tect of New York, three important ad.
ditions to the motor boat fleet or
1907. n of which may be entered II
The Barmuda ace
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Many Shades Of Red.

Many shades of red, especially
those of the garnet tones, are prom
ised a great popularity. This is a
splendid winter color, and an occa-
sional suit or gown in one Of these
rich tones will be in pleasing con-
trast to those of black materials,
great quantities Of which are being
prepared by the manufacturers.
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there is a group of three tucks at
each seam which effectually conceal
it. The fulness at the back is laid
in inverted pleats and the tucks are
stitched fiat for graduated lengths.
The quantity Of material required
for the medium size is eleven and
one-half yards twenty-seven, five and
three-fourth yards forty-forr or five
and one-half yards fifty-two inches
wide when material has figure or
nap; nine and one-halt yards twenty
seven, five and one-fourth yards for
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-10
THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH DEAD.
Suddenly Loses Strength After Par
tially Recovering From Operation.

Boston. - Thomas Bailey Aldrich
died at his home in Mount Vernon
street, aged seventy.
/ Some weeks ago Mr.. Aldrich un-
derwent an operation at the Homoeo-
pathic Hospital in this city, and al
though for a time his convalescence
was extremely slow the past two
weeks nave been so promising that
the patient was removed to his home;
It was thought the change would
prove beneficial, although it was rec.
osnized that his condition was still
serious. 1885,.
Early next day MI. Aldrich sud
denly became worse and graouaily
lost his strength. lie died about .
o'clock.
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Two Negroes Lynched.

Flint Williams and Henry Gard
ner, negroes, were taken from the
city Jail at Monroe, La, and lynched
by a mob. Both confessed to having
shot and robbed two foreigners.
Gardner also confessed to having en-
tered the room of Miss Jessie Bum
puS.
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Buttonholes in Collars.

Some new collars have little but
tonholes worked in the rundown part
and link collar buttons are passed
through this, holding the collar in
place without pins. A stud matching
the link buttons goes with the set.
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Feminine Notes.

Sarah Bernhard has been appoint
ed to the professorship of declama-
ton at the Paris Conservatory OF
Music and Defamation.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett
wrote her first story at the age OF
fifteen. 1t was accepted and she re-
ceived for it O check for SIT.
DR.. John F. Goucher, president OF
the Woman's College, Baltimore, now
travelling in the Orient, has offered
scholarships which, when in opera
ton, will permit four girls from India
to be continually at the Woman''s Coll
lege.
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HONDURAN REBELS LOSE.
Three Leading Generals Killed
Force of 5000 Routed.

San Salvador, Republic of Saliva
dor.-General Barahona, the Minis
ter of War of Honduras, according to
adyices received here, has, after three
days fighting, defeated at Maleras,
.Izaga and Sabana Larga 5000 men
commanded by General Dionisio Gutl-
errez, the General in Chief OF the
Honduran revolutionary forces.
The dispatch adds that Generals
Gutierrez, Balladares and Camera
were killed and that Generals Bara-
bona and Lopez we're pursuing the
defeated troops. General Gutierrez's
followers are said to have left many
dead and wounded on the field, and
the Government force is reported to
have captured a number Of prisoners.
The fighting is said to have extended
over a front eight miles long.
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BretelleS on BlOuses.

Bretelles of braid, velvet ribbon
and silk combine charmingly with lin
gerie blouses of nonwashable variety,
especially the nets and lace effects.
These are worn with separate skirts
of pleated wolfe, silk, cloth, etc., and
look very dressy, indeed.
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Light Tops For Shoes Popular.

Though the shops are attractive in
all their departments, the fact re-
mains that it is in the shoe section
that the newest fad has developed.
The wearing of light-topped boots
has become extremely popular.
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ACCUSES A
Saws South Dakota Executive is I'M
piicated in Land Frauds.

Washington, D. C. Representa-
tive Mann, of Illinois, has pupllcly
charged the Governor OF south Da-
kota, Coe I. Crawford, with being
guilty of a premeditated scheme to
defraud the Government of public
lands and with evading punishment
through political influence. Mr.:
Mann presents afidavits of agents or
the Interior Department n others
in support of his charges.
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White Velvet Adds Beauty.

Trimmings of white velvet en-
broidered in gold heighten the beauty
of gowns in the new shade Of hello
trope that has a pinkish tinge.
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Sleeves of Different Fabric.

An oddly Of some evening gowns
is that the short puff sleeves are Of
different fabric from the rest Of the
gown.
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The trimming also can be almost any
thing that may be liked. A very
pretty effect is obtained by making
the shaped bands of silk and either
embroidery or braiding them in some
simple design, but applique or band
ing of any sort can be used.
The waist consists Of the front n
the backs, which are tucked to yoke
depth and joined to the band. The
chemisette is separate and is adj
justed under it and the two are
closed invisibly at the back. The
sleeves are comfortably full, tucked
at their lower edges and. Joined to
the bands. The cuffs are entirely
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Peace Will Follow.

The recent victories OF Nicaragua
have been so decisive it Is believed
peace with Honduras will result.