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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-15
MEAT and DAIRY EXPORTS.
Total Value $3.50, 900, 900 Last Year, a Growth
of Forty.flye Per Cent. In Decade.

Washington, D. C.-The total ex-
portation of meats, dairy products
and food animals from the United
States last year aggregated over
$25O,000,00 0 in value, according to
a statement issued by the Bureau Of
Statistics of the Department Of Com
merce and Labor. This represents
IN increase Of 100000 900, or forty
five per cent. during the decade 1896
to 1906. More than sixty per cent.
of last years exports went to the
United Kingdom. Even this large
percentage, however, is less than that
of a decade ago, when Great Britain
took over seventy per cent. of Amer
lean exports.
OF the $25O,0O0,O 900 worth Of
meats, dairy products and food ami
mails passing out of the United
States last year. s4O,0OO,OO0 was in
live animals, s58,0O0,0 900 in lard,
s36,0O0,OOO in bacon, s25,0OO,O00 in
fresh beef, S21,000,000 in hams,
s1S,000,000 in oleomargarine, $14,-
100000 in pork other than bacon and
hams, s4,500,000 in butter and ST.
500, 900 in cheese.
The farmers of America are en-
joying their full share Of the general
prosperity of the country. The re-
port of the Government recently made
public announces that the value Of
farms increased thirty-three per cent.
in five years, from 1900 to 1905.
This increase extends to every State
In the Union in greater or less de-
rel Oklahoma shows the largest
Increase, %forty-three per cent, but
ven New England, which does moi
lay claim to much of a farming coun-
try, shows a gain of eighteen per
cent.
This great increase in u farm
wealth is, of course, due to the re
markable advance in the value of
farm products, which is estimated to
be about forty per cent. Increased
earnings have come with better
knowledge of conditions and better
methods of farming, and as these
methods are constantly improving,
our continued prosperity seems as
sured.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-15
DOG VICTIM TERROR|zES SHIP
john J. Clark, of JeWsit City, Conn.,
Succumbs to Commissions.
Passenger Dies Of Rabies After Fay
ing During Long Trip-Physi-
clans in Doubt A. toSymptoms.

New York City.-RaVing violently
from hydrophobia which his physi-
clan believed resulted from brooding
over frequent references friends
made to a slight bite by a dog three
months ago, John ]. Clark, q mill SUI
perintendent, of Jewett City, Conn,
kept $40 passengers in the steamer
Chester W. Chaplin in a state of con-
slant anxiety, during a trip from Nor
witch, and died in commissions just
before the boat reached Pier No. 40,
North River, in this city.
Clark and his mother were bitten
at the same time last January, but
applied only home remedies to the
slight abrasions on their hands. No
i'll effect was felt until Clark's hand
began to swell. The swelling con-
tinued until DR.. S. J. Holmes directed
him to come to the Pasteur Institute
in this city for treatment. Accom-
panied by the physician, two brothers
and several other male relatives,
Clark took passage from Norwich in
the steamer. ?
Hardly had the trip begun before
the patient began to show the first
symptoms of violence and to bark
like a dog. 1t required the combined
efforts of his travelling companions
to keep him in check, and the other
passengers were in constant fear that
he would overpower his attendants
and do himself or other persons on
board bodily harm. Heroic treat
ment was resorted to by Dr.. Holmes,
who used drugs. AS the steamer was
nearing her pier Clark suddenly COL
lapsed and died in a few minutes.
81 believe Mr.. Clark was fright
ened into the belief he had rabies by
persons who kept reminding him he
had not had the wound cauterized,
and that the disease was largely due
to the mental state thus produced in
the patient. said DR.. Holmes, dis
cussing the case. Clark's mother, on
hearing Of her sons death, started at
once for the Pasteur Institute to take
the treatment herself. No symptoms
of the disease have yet developed in
her.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-15
A Hypothetical Question.

miss de Smythe," began the
young man, II want to ask you a
hypothetical question"
The girl nodded assent.
IF a young man Of good family
and sound health and an assured in
come Of $4,000 were to meet the
most charming Of girls and feed her
ice cream for a year; if she had a
complexion like a rose, hair a crown
of golden glory, the hand Of a fairy,
the bearing of a queen; if she knew
how not to play the piano, how to in
duce her small brother to absent
himself; was versed in cooking, COM
petent to superintend a home; and
If the young man auspiciously catch
ing the girl alone were to murmur
into her ear Of pearl, Will you marry
me?' what, in your estimation, would
be her condition Of mind and what
her answer"
while not an expert %alienist," re-
sporded the girl, coyly, II think she'd
believe him a chump for being so
slow, but she'd say Yes"
With the p~reliminaries thus settled,
the naming of the day was a simple
Observation-Disclosures Ledger.
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FIND OUT
The Kind of Food That Will Keep
You Well.

The true way is to find out what is
best to eat and drink, and then Guilt
vate a taste for those things instead
of poisoning N4rselves with improper,
indigestible food, etc.
A conservative Mass. woman writes:
81 have used Grape-Nuts 5 years
for the young and for the aged; in
sickness and in health; at first follow
ing directions carefully, later in a
variety of ways as my taste and judg-
ment suggested.
But its most special. personal ben
eft has been a substitute for meat,
and served dry with cream when
rheumatic troubles made it important
for me to give up the coffee habit
Served in this way with the addi-
ton of a cup of hot water and a little
fruit 1t has been used at my morning
meal for six months, during which
time my health has much improved,
nerves have grown steadier, and a
gradual decrease in my excessive
weight adds greatly to my comfort.
Name given by Postum Cereal Co.,
Ltd, Battle Creek, Mich. Read the
little book, "The Road to MELVILLE"
In pkgs. SThere's a reason"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-15
CONDEMNS THE ALTON DEAL
Attorney Steads Report to Gov
ernor Deneen.
Says Railroad Companies Are Thrown
into Hopeless Bankruptcy as a
Result of Illegal Operations.

Springfield, Ill.-Attorney-General
Stead handed Governor Deneen an
opinion on the man%ipulations Of the
Chicago and Alton Railroad proper
ties within the last few years by B..
H. Hartman and some of his finan-
cial associates; including G.. J.. Gould.
Jas. Stillman and Mortimer L. Sehif.
The opinion is given in response to.
y request communicated from Gov
ernor Deneen on March 20 (soon at.
ter the return of Governor Dement,
and Attorney-General Stead from a..
conference with President Roosevelt,
at Washington, in which the Attor-i
ney-General was asked to advised
what his conclusions in the matter
and what action, if any, is contem-S
plated by the legal department of the
State.
After setting out the various man.
ipulations to which the railroad corr
porations and properties forming the
Alton system were subjected, Attor-
ney-General Stead concludes there Is
not the least doubt that a civil REM,
edy exists against the fnanciers who
have wrecked this prosperous rail-
road company, and, at the expense OF,
innocent stockholders and bondhold-'
ers, have gathered to themselves a
harvest of millions Of dollars;
By the figures set out in Mr.
Stead's opinion Hartman and his as
sociates made a total profit Of $24.-
648,600 out of their operations In
volying the Alton properties. AS a
result of this enormous profit to
themselves the railroad companies OF,
the Alton system are thrown into
hopeless bankruptcy.
The Indebtedness Of the companies,
as shown by the hguresin Mr.. Stead,si
opinion, has been increased to a total,
Of $SO,646,218 since they fell into
Harriman's hands. OF this amount
only $22,500,000, according to Har-
riman's own testimony, says the At
torney-General, was incurred for I'm.
provements, betterments or extension
of the roads. Says the Attorney
General. -.
lover s57,0oo,000 Of this indebt-
/. edness, or more than seventy per
cent: of the entire indebtedness
created by this syndicate upon the
properties Of these several companies,
was not created in ~furtherance OF any
legitimate purpose for which a rail-
road company is, or can be, organized
under the statutes of the State OF II
linois."
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Totals. ...-......... 81 1885, p,3IS Inc S9O,S4o,S9o
In exports 1906 gave us compared
with 1905 S21,000,0 900 more for less
cotton, s32,000,000 more for wheat,
100000 more for wheat flour, ST.
100000 more for automobiles, 3d.
400,0 more for railroad cars, lear
.ly $4,000 900 more for chemicals,
$4,000 900 more for copper, $780,
900 more for hops. 100000 more
for scientific instruments and ap-
paratus, 100000 more for
steel sheets, s%1,700,000 more for
wire, $780, 900 more for builders
hardware, S2,300,000 more for metal
working machinery, $1,400,000 more
for sewing machines, 100000
more for locomotives, 100000
more for upper feathers, 100000
more for boots and shoes, $1,000 600
more for tallow, $7,600,000 more for
bacon, 100000 more for pork, 49,
0O0, 900 more for lard 80, 800, 900 more
for cleo, $1,700, 900 more for butter,
s1,70O, 900 more for cheese, 3d.
1000 more for naval stores, 3d.
5000 more for oil cake and meal,
S1,700, 900 more for crude Oil, S4,-
500, 900 more for refined oil, $780,
900 more for paper and manufac-
lures thereof, $11, 900 more for
seeds, s5,300,000 more for leaf to-
bacco, s5,600,000 more for timber,
$4,000 900 more for lumber and pla-
ming mill products, besides a host of
minor increases, with very few de-
creaseS.
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EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURES.
Excasd 500, o0o, 900 a Yea---Hays Doubled
In Value In Ten Years.

Washington, D. C. The United
States now ranks third among the
worlds exporters of manufactures,
according to monograph on exports
of manufactures from the United
States and their distribution" issued
by the Bureau of Statistics Of the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor.
It is shown that not only do the
exports of manufactures now exceed
500, 900 per annum, and have
doubled in value in a single decade,
but the share which products Of the
factory form of the total exports Is
steadily increasing. A comparison
shows that in 1880 manufactures
formed only fifteen per cent. of the
total exports Of domestic products,
while in 1906 they formed forty per
cent.
In the decade ending with 1905
exports of manufactures increased
1913 per cent, while those from Ger
many increased seventy-flve per
cent; from the United Kingdom,
forty per cent, and from France,
twenty-five per cent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-15
CUBA SAVES HER TERRITORY
Legal Decision as to Ownership
Of Coveted Island.
Isle Of Pines Loses Fight-snprcme
Court Decides 1t is Not Under
United States RuIo.

Washington, D. C.-That the Isle
of Pines is not American territory,
but Cuban, was officially and judi
!cially declared by the Supreme Court
of the United States. The decision
was given in the famous case of Ed
ward J. Pearcy versus Nevada N.
%Stranahan as Collector at New York,
and the opinion of the court was an
nounced by Chief Justice Fuller, who
said:
Cali the world knew before the
treaty of peace that the island was
an integral part of Cuba, and in
view of the joint resolution of April
20, 1898, it seems clear that the Isle
of Pines was not supposed to be one
of the other islands coded by Article
II. Those were islands not constitut-
ing an integral part of Cuba and ad-
jacent to Porto Rico"
Drawing the. conclusion that the
island had legitimately descended
from SPANS control to that Of Cuba,
he spoke of the recognition by the
United States of the island as Cuban
territory as follows:
1--WE are justified in assuming that
the Isle of Pines was always treated
by the Presidents representative in
Cuba as an integral part of Cuba.
This was indeed to be expected, in
view of the fact that it was such at
the time of the execution Of the
treaty and it's ratification, and that
the treaty did not provide otherwise
in terms, to say nothing Of general
principles Of international law appli-
cable to such coasts and shores as
those of Florida, the Bahamas and
Cuba"
He referred to the effect Of the
Plat amendment, and, passing to the
status of the island with reference to
the customs, he said in conclusion:
"The Isle of Pines continues at
least de facto under the jurisdiction
of Cuba, and that settles the question
before US, because, as the United
States have never taken possession of
the island as having been coded by
the treaty of peace, and as 1t has
been and is being governed by that
republic, it has remained foreign
country within the meaning of the
Dingley act"
Justice White concurred in the re-
suit, but took sharp exception to the
courts holding on Cuba's right to
sovereignty over the Isle Of Pines in
view Of the provision in the Platt
amendment declaring that while the
island is de facto Cuban territory it
should be made the subject of treaty
negotiations. He said that by taking
this position the court puts itself IN
the attitude Of contradicting itself,
for while it processes to sustain the
attitude of the legislative and execu-
tive departments of the United States
toward the island, it Immediately pro-
ceeds to discredit the former by a de-
cision which recognizes only one pro-
per way of adjusting the matter by
treaty. Justice Holmes indorsed JUS
tice Whites opinion.
The case was based on the impor-
tation of a few boxes Of Isle OF Pines
cigars by Pearcy in September, 1908,
but it's trial was from time to time
postponed in the hope that the status
Of the island might be definitely liked
by legislation or diplomacy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-15
NO PROMISE TO CUEANS.
Taft Says National Election May Be
Held in December.

Havana, Cuba.-fhe members OF
the committee Of insurgents with
whom Secretary Taft and Mr.. Bacon,
Assistant Secretary of State, made
arrangements for peace in Cuba IN
September last, had a conference with
the Secretary, lasting from 10 O'Clock
in the morning until 100 in the after
noon. Secretary Taft, in spite of the
demand of the committee, refused to
give his visitors the date of the with
drawal Of the American forces from
Cuba.
At the close of the conference Sen
ators Zayas and Morua Delgado and
General Jose Miguel Gomez said that
Mr.. Taft had informed them that 1t
was impossible to hold elections IN
Cuba until a complete census OF the
island had been taken. This would
occupy about four months He added
that municipal and provincial cleo
lions would probably be held some
time in September. The National
election may be held in December.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-15
COST OF LIVING LESS.
Commodity Prices Fall, Partly Because the Hen
is Busy.

New York City. - A decline of
nearly two per cent. in commodity
prices is attributed by Dun's Index
Number In large measure to the
spring activities Of the American hen
and the consequent decline In the
price of eggs Of ten and a half cents
a dozen, which resulted in a heavy
increase in the per capita consump-
ton.
1t is usual at this time Of year for
the prices Of dairy and garden pro-
ducts to recede, but last month the
decline was exceptional. Comment
ing on the causes Of the decline, out
side of the influence of the break In
eggs, Dun's mentions the relief to
railway freight blockades, nat mace
it possible to move grain and many
other products more freely to
ket, and the feeling of conservatism
in some industries, which restricted
purchases of raw materials.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-15
j. L. BARILLAs KILLED.
Ex.President of Guatemala Assass-
mated in Mexico.

City Of Mexico.-General Manuel
Lizandro Barillas, formerly President
of Guatemala, was assassinated in
Gale Seminiaro as he sat in a. Quad
elupe street car. A youth about sey-
enteen years old climbed aboard, and,
rushing to the general, stabbed him
twice, the first blow severing the jug
ular vein and the second cutting his
face. He died Instantly.
The assassin was captured. He
gave his name as Jose Estrada and
his home as Ocos, Guatemala.
Barillas was generally regarded as
strongly opposed to the present gov
eminent OF Guatemala. He was six
ty-two years old, and was a strong
candidate for the next Presidency of
the country.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-15
Sportin@ Notes.

Sorel, in an automobile, made a
record run Of 16h. Ism. acros
france, from Paris to Nice.
Emanuel Lasker won the worlds
chess championship from F. J. Mar
shall without suffering q defeat.
Prizes aggregating $4,000 have
been offered by the Aero Club. of st.
Louis, for aeroplanes and dirigible
balloons.
Allan Lard, of Washington, D. c..
defeated N. F. Moore, of Chicago. II
I'D and II to play, in the final for the
Chief Cup, at the golf tournament at
Pinehurst, N. G.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-15
Heavy Fire Losses.

The year 1907 doesn't start of
promisingly for the fire insurance
companies. January showed a total
fire loss of S24,O64,9O in COMPARE
son with s17,723,S00 in the same
month of last year, while February's
twenty-eight days rolled up a loss OF
s~19,S76,6O0, as compared with $751;
249,35O for the corresponding four
weekN of 1906. Thus the two months
showed an increased loss Of $685.
$50, as compared with the first two
months of last year.-Springheld
(Mass.) Union.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-15
A Fighting State.

; Whenever you scratch Kansas his
tory you find a fight. No territory Of
equal size has had so much war over
so many different auses Her story
in Indian fighting, gambler fighting.
outlaw fighting, town-site fighting
and political fighting is not ap-
preached by any other portions OF
the West.-Outing Magazine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-15
DIES AFTER READING OF DEATH
Newspaper Error Throws Indiana
Woman Into Fatal Mysteries.

Evansville, Ind. Thrown into a
state of nervous prostration by read
ing an account in a newspaper of her
supposed death Mrs. Louisa Dudley
passed away.
Through an error the death of a
woman Of the same name was report
ed as having occurred in Mrs. Du-
ley's home, and as she read the story
she fell from her chair to the floor.
A physician was called, but was una
BILE to learn the reason for Mrs. Du-
ley's collapse. Later she became ra-
tional but, after talking a few min
utes, began to cry: Il am dead, I am
dead! I saw it in. the paper" and
died in Mysteries.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-15
KILLED IN POWDER EXPLOSION.
Ton Of Explosive Discharged at Hills
vile {Pa.) Plant.

Newcastle, Pa.-Three men were
instantly killed at Hillsville by the
explosion of a ton of powder at the
plant Of the Burton Powder Com
pany. The accident occurred in the
corning department, a small building
twenty-four feet square. A spark IS
supposed to have dropped in the pow
der.
John King, of Lowellviile, aged
thirty years and unmarried, n two
italians were the victims. The va
rious departments of the powder
plant are located several hundred
yards apar. for safety in such acct
dents, and no other department was
affected.
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The National Game.

It looks like. Tom Corcoran for the
second base berth OF the New York
Nationals.
The Hudson River League has
dropped Glens Falls and admitted
Yonkers to membership.
The Trenton Club, of the T-i-State
League, has sold Outfelder Dan Nc
Mahan to the York Club. .
Manager Cantillon is of opinion.
that Falkenberg will be Washing.
tons star pitcher this year.
Jesse Tannehill, of the Boston
Americans, touts the Cleveland Club
as the 1907 pennant winner.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-15
A BILLION PAID FOR AUTOS.
French Statistician Says That AHsrica Now
Leads the World.

Washington, D. C.-M. Faroux, a
French statistician, according to a
report received by the Bureau OF
Manufactures, estimates that about
$4,000 motor cars have been manu-
featured in the nine years since the
experiment of s~elf-propelled road We
hicles first succeeded. These ma
chimes sold for more than a billion
dollars.
Until a year ago France, the plo-
neer, led the world in the production
of the motor vehicle. Now the United
States has taken the lead. Accord
ing to M. Faroux, the United States
built 10000 automobiles in 1906,
France $1,000, Englard $4,000, Ger
many $4,000, Italy $4,000 and Bel,
GUM $4,000. In 1901 the United
States built only 314 cars, and that
same year France built 23,711.
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STANDARD OIL DENIAL.
Senator Penrose Never Told of Fund,
Says Director.

New York City,. H. Hartman
declined absolutely to talk about the
report from Washington that the
Standard Oil and associated inter-
ests had raised a fund of S5,000,0 900
to prevent the nomination for Presi-
dent Of a man of President Roose-
velt's choosing in 1908.
One of the directors of the Stan
dard Oil Company, when told about
the specific charges coming from the
White House, said: THAT statement
is absolutely false, absolutely false.
I don't know when or where the din
ner was held, but Senator Penrose
never said that. I am positive Pen
rose never said it."
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M'CREA AFTER r. r. WRECkERS.
President Bound His Road Shall Be
Made Safe.

Philadelphia.-At the close Of a
conference held at Broad street sta
ton, President McCrea, of the Penn
sylvaniaR railroad, announced his in
tention of going to Pittsburg to lead
operations against the gang of train
wreckers who, in less than two
months, have caused eight wrecks on
the Pennsylvania lines, seven of them
within the last two weeks.
This conference was called by Pres
ident McCrea and. attended by sew
eral of the roads yice-presidents,
General Manager Atterbnry,, heads of
the railroad detective force and Pink
erton officials. . a... ...,s .~-.,-
The detectives revelations decided
MI. McCrea, it is said, to go in per.
son, and to indorse the extraordinary
measures proposed for the suppress.
sion of the wreckers.
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TORNADO SWEEPS LOUISIANA.
Passes Over 800 Miles of State, Do
ing $500, 900 Damage,

New Orleans, La.-1A tornado
swept over 300 miles of Louisiana,
Mississippi and Alabama, killing a
score of persons, razing buildings,
uprooting trees and tearing down tel
egraph wires. The damage will ex-
coed $780, 600. The insane asylum at
Jackson was wrecked and FIVE in
mates were killed, including three
women.
At Bayou Sara six r reported
killed.
The known dead are: At Alexan-
dria, Amer Beck, Matthew Dunn,
white, and Ora Dudley and Lydia
Harding, negroes; at Bayou Sara,
several negroes; at Jackson, f7e In,
mates of the insane asylum.
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$4,000 LOSS, THEN SUICIDE,
Society Matron Ends Life Because Of
Husbands Misfortune.

Lowell, Mass.-Crazed by illness
and worry over a 100000 loss her
husband is reported to have suffered,
Mrs. Gertrude Burke, wife of John C.
Burke, a social leader, ended her life
in her home by shooting herself in
the head. News of the suicide shocked
the whole city. Burke, who is a
prominent lawyer, refused in the last
campaign to run against John B.
Moran for Governor. He is the senior
member of the firm of Burke & Cor
bett. The family occupies a fine
house, No. "a Eleventh street.