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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
CROPS ARE NOT DAMAGED
Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson
Says Prospects Are Bright.
No Cause For Alarm-Thinks Cry OF
Damage Has Been Raised
For q Purpose.

Chicago.-Reports Of damage to
the crops, which have been so nu-
merous G. late, owing to the unsea-
sonable weather and the ravages Of
bugs, have been greatly exaggerated,
and for a purpose, according to James
Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture.
Spring seeding is a little back
ward on account of the cold wealth
cr," he said, "but there is plenty of
time between now and the last of
September to grow'a crop Of all kinds
of grain. In Minnesota and the Da-
kotas, where we raise most of our
spring wheat, seeding has been de-
layed about two weeks, but, with a
few days of warm sunshine, planting
will be in full progress.
while the weather has been IN
%seasonably cold in some grain re
gions, still it has not been severe
enough to retard blowing, and my ad-
States has been nearly all made ready
to receive the seed. We will have
warm weather in a few days, and I
don't see what Is to prevent a nor
NAL crop of spring wheat in the Uni
ted States.
GAS regards the Canadian North
west, the reports that this years har-
vest may be seriously diminished may
have some foundation.
However, such a condition in the
Canadian Northwest will not make a
great deal of difference when this
years crop is harvested. The Cana
dian farmer grows but a small por-
ton of the total crop of wheat, and I
am of the opinion that the deficiency,
If there should be any in that part Of
the country this year, will hardly be
noticed when the harvesting through
out the world, has been completed. Z
"In the Southwest there have been
numerous rumors for the last three
weeks of serious damage wrought by
green bugs. These reports of dam
age to the winter wheat have been
grossly exaggerated. I am in a posi-
ton where 1 getsas good information
as anybody regarding the growing
crop. While I have had many re-
ports about the green bug, still the
damage wrought by these insects has
been local in every instance, and
there has not been any general attack
by this pest, as some people are en-
deavoring to make it appear,
From my knowledge Of; the South
west, where so much Of our winter
wheat Is grown, the advices ]. have at
hand lead me to believe that the
Southwest will have its usual crop
this year. This applies to oats and
corn as well as to- wheat. The crop
as a whole may be delayed somewhat
in ripening, but not enough to cause
any apprehension. Corn will suffel
the most, as blowing for this crop
has been delayed considerably, but 1
see no cause for alarm. ~. ,.,5...
'There is considerable grain
grown between Washington and Chi
cago, and from my personal .observa-
ton of this part Of the United States
I can state without any reservation
that I never in my. life saw brighter
prospects than are prevailing at the
present time. N
Taken as a whole, I see no cause
for complaint, and I think it will be
found, when %thrashing time comes,
that all this cry of crop damage has
been made for a purpose" r.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
BANDITS MURDER ENGINEER.
Flyer Was Held Up Near Butte,
Mont, by Two Desperate Men.

Butte, Montana.-The North Coast
Limited, east-bound, on the Northern
Pacific Railroad, was held up by two
masked men, near Welch's Spur, a
siding eighteen miles east of Butte,
at 2.15 a.. m. After killing the engi-
neer and shooting the fireman, the
robbers, who planned to blow up the
express car, containing a large sum
of money, ran down the mountain
side and disappeared in a gulch.
On the tender Of the locomotive
was found a telescope valise filled
with giant powder, evidently intend
ed for use in blowing up the express
car. The men boarded the train pre-
sumably at the Butte transfer, where
a locomotive for the Montana division
was attached. One mile west Of
Welch the men crawled over the ten
der and with drawn guns commanded
the engineer to stop the train, which
he did. James Glow, the engineer,
made a show of resistance and n of
the robbers shot him through the
body, killing him instantly. The
other man shot at James Sullivan, the
fireman, breaking his arm.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
MADMAN KILLS SIX
IN SAN FRANCISCO
Man, Wife, Their Son and Three
B0arders Shot to Death.
MANIAC SPARES YOUNG GIRL
Seven Murders Committed in Five
Minutes by Walter G. Davis, a
Carpenter - Believed in Con-
spiracy to Rob Him.

San Francisco, Cal. - Walter
Charles Davis, a carpenter, in a fiji
of insanity shot and killed a family
of six persons with whom he resided
at No. Ala Pierres street, in this
city.
The dead are: Orson R. Bush,
aged ffty-seven; Mrs. Orson R.
Bush, Orson R. Bush, Jr., W. S.
Beard, a carpenter; Mrs. Lillian D.
Carothers, an elderly woman who
boarded in the house; M. E. Vinton.
a surveyor, recently from New York.
Davis, Mrs. Carothers, Beard and
Vinton resided with the Bush fam
lily, who conducted a boarding house.
Davis home is in Farmersville, near
Visallia, this State, where he has a
wife and six children. He has been
working here as a carpenter since
the fire.
The shooting was done with a
double-barreled shotgun. Davis,
who slept in the same room with
young Bush and Beard, arose short
ly after S o'clock, and after arming
himself with the gun shot his two
-roommates.
After killing Bush and Beard, Da-
Wis took a box of shells from a shelf
and walked down the hallway, where
he met Mrs. C%arothers, who had
heard the first two shots, and had
come to her doorway to find out
what was the matter. He shot her,
and with the remaining she'll shot
Mrs. Orson Bush. NJ. E. Vinton, a
Government surveyor, who had re-
Gently come here from New York,
was killed as he lay in bed.
Orson Bush, Sr., was a tallynan
in the employ of the Dickman Lum-
Der Company, and had gotten up
early in order to prepare his coffee
before going to work. He heard the
shooting and ran up stairs, where
he was met by the murderer. The
appearance of the hallway indicated
that Bush had made a desperate
fight for his life. His body was
found as it had fallen at the head Of
the stairs.
Seventeen-year-old Annie Bush
came running into the hallway and
met DdNlS, WuOSe SuOtSuu was eeiit
clutched in his hands. He turned
the gun upon the girl, aiming at her
head. She was too dazed to move or
speak or do anything but stare at
Davis. The mailman faltered and
his hands trenlbled. Then the girl
found voice to say: please don't
kill me-" and the shotgun dropped
from Davis hands.
@" can't do it." he said, "you are
a good girl. Besides, you look like
my own child, and l would see her
face if I killed you"
When the policemen came to ar
rest Davis he fought like a demon
and a riot call was turned in. Seven
officers responded in an automobile.
Two of the officers engaged Davis
in a conversation while the others
got behind him and pinioned his
arms. He was then removed to the
Detention Hospital.
The bodies of his victims were
taken to the Morgue.
Davis fancied that the people in
the house had formed a plot to kill
him and take his money.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
COURT STAMPS TT VALID.
State Has a Right to Supervise Rail
road Time Tables.

Washington, D. C.-The Supreme
Court decided in effect that the Rail-
road Commission of North Carolina
can compel a company operating in
that State to sc adjust its schedule
as to accommodate passengers on
other lines from any particular part
of the State. The commission Or
dered the Atlantic Coast Line to
make connection at Selma at 2.25 p.
m. with a train on another line rum
ming from the eastern part of the
State. The company resisted on the
ground that it would involve extra
expense, which, itcontended, amount
ed to taking property without due
process of law.
The settlement of this principle is
Of timely concern in New York State,
since the Public Utilities bill now
pending at Albany gives to the State
Railroad Commission just the power
and authority declared by the high
est court in the land to be proper.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
Late News Paragraphs.

Heavy rains have fallen in New
South Wales.
American tourists now throng the
Paris ~boulevards.
The Board of Magistrates Of New
York City voted to wear gowns on
the bench.
The outbreak of cerebro-spinal
meningitis at Belfast shows no sign
Of diminishing.
The stone pile as a punishment fol-
Chicago confidence men, pickpockets
and other Crooks" instead Of fines
is provided under the new vagrancy
law in the Illinois Legislature.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
KILLS WIFE, SHOOTS BABY.
Telegraph Operator Then Commits
Suicide-Quarreled Over Ring.

Telegraph Operator Then Commits
Suicide-Quarreled Over Ring.
Washington, D. CAS- a result of
a quarrel over a wedding ring, Will
lam o. Rice, of No. 131 Hickman
street, southeast, this city, a tele-
graph operator on the Baltimore and
Ohio, shot and instantly killed his
wife, Lillian, fired a shot at his one
year-old baby, Earl, which took effect
in the leg, and then committed suicide
by shooting himself.
Rice, who worked nights, returned
to his home and woke his wife and
baby. There was a quarrel over Mrs.
' Rice's wedding ring, which she said
Rice had and would not return.
Rice, his wife and child lived in
the house of Mrs. Rice's parents. Her
relatives think the crime was actuated
by jealousy, although they say there
was no reason for it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
PLEADED FINANCIAL INSANITY,
Court Acquits Business Man and Re-
fuses to Send Him to Asylum.

Boston, Mass. -" Financial insan-
fly" was the novel plea that brought
freedom to Harry E. Lane, formerly
a prosperous business man of Wake
field, who has been on trial in the
United States Circuit Court on the
charge of criminally %concealing his
assets from his trustee in bank
ruptcy.
Insanity experts testified that Lane
was afflicted with a mania for spend.
ing money, and that he had no idea
where it went. After a brief deliber.
alton the jury returned a verdict OF
not guilty. A motion of United States
Assistant District Attorney Ham to
commit Lane to an asylum was de-
MED by Judge Dodge on the ground
that the defendant was not legally
insane.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
Prominent People.

Peary says 100000 must be
forthcoming before he will start for
the North Pole.
Dr.. Wiley, pure food expert,
weighs $50 pounds, Notwithstanding
the doctor takes his own medicine.
Now that Maarten Martens is in
this country it is important to know
that his real name is Herr ]. Van Der
Poorten Schwartz.
Wisconsin admirers of Carl Schurz
have raised 100000, which will be
used to maintain an exchange chair
in the University of Wisconsin with
some German university.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
A Tillman Attack.

Senator Tillman was attacking an
offender who pleaded q hypocriticaIe
and false excuse.
why he cried, "the man is worse
than that rich coal-dealer who said
to his weight-clerk during q bliz-
yard:
. Frank, make that ton Of coal for
Bell two hundred and fifty pounds
short. Mrs. Bell Is a poor, delicate
widow, and she will have to carry all
of it up two flights of stairs. I don't
want her to overtax her strength.
-Harper's Weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
The Labor World.

Keokuk (Iowa) Trades and LABOR
Assembly has admitted a ministerial.
delegate.
Practically all the building trades
in Spokane, Wash, will seek a gen
eral advance In wages.
Great Falls, Mont, has organized
a Drug Clerks Union, which plans tc
secure an eight-hour day for all mem
bers.
Minneapolis (Minn.) Painters
Union demand a raise of two and
one-half cents an hour, being an IN
crease from thirty-seven and one-ha!l
cents to forty cents,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
Feminine Notes.

Nineteen women have been elected
to the Finnish Diet.
Patti will sing again in Paris to
keep a promise made to De Reszke
and open his new theatre.
Bertha Krupp, the heiress Of the
late great German ironmaster, who
was recently married, has received a
new title, Queen Krupp." Her in
come goes on increasing, as does her
state and power.
Mrs. C. L. Culver, wife Of the
Sheriff of Fayette County, Iowa, sub
dued a Jail rot by knocking the lead
ers down with a rolling pin.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
1900 NATIVES PERISH.
Hcreros, Crowded Out by Germany,
Sought a New Home.

Capetown, South Africa.-Finding
it useless to further resist the Ger
man troops, $4,000 Herero tribesmen
in German Southwest Africa decided
some time ago to move northeast
ward with the object Of establishing
a settlement in the Lake Ngami re-
gion, but only 1000 of them reached
their destination after terrible suffer-
ings, the remaining 1900 having
persisted from starvation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
The World of Sport.

Harvard will use an English eight
cared shell this fall.
Alan R. Hawley travelled sixty
seven miles from St. Louis in a bal
loon, but the Lahm Cup contest was
postponed.
Lafayette football dates have been
announced. For the first time since
1904 the Eastern boys will play the
navy October &c.
After twenty rounds of fierce and
desperate fighting at Los Angeles
Mike (Twin) Sullivan o a verdict
of victory from Billy (Honey) Mel
lody.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
CLEVELAND MYSTERY SOLVED.
Body of Hoenig Child, Thought Kid.
named. Found in Barrel Of Rubbish.

Cleveland, Ohio. - The mystery
surrounding the disappearance or
three-year-old Alexander Hoenig, who
it was believed had been kidnapped.
was cleared by the discovery OF the
body of the boy in a large barrel neal
the home of his parents. The body
was concealed beneath a lot of rub.
bish. The police believe the Child
was murdered.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
London's Tupenny Tubes,

In all, London has six underground
electric railways completed and five
more are under construction and pro-
jected, and Of the 680,000,000 per-
sons carried annually on all her rail-.
ways. 25S,000,00O are accommodated
by these tunnel lines.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
Bad Spot Caused Wreck.

The State Railroad Commission
found that the wreck On the New
York Central's Harlem Division, in
which twenty-four lives were lost,
was caused by a bad spot in the track
which should have been repaired.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
Irish Bill Pleases Nobody.

The Irish Council bill to provide
for the establishment and functions
of an Administrative Council" at
Dublin, was introduced in the British
House of Commons by the Chief Sec
rotary for Ireland and was criticised
by all parties.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
Baltimore Goes Democratic.

Barry Mahool, Democrat, and
President of the First Branch, City
Council, was elected Mayor of Balti-
more over E. Clay Timanus, Repub-
lican, the present incumbent, by a
majority of about 1000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
"Silent" Smiths Will.

Following the funeral services the
contents of James Henry Smiths
will were made known in New York
City: His estate is estimated at
S25, 900, of which the widow re-
ceives $4,000, 900. Two nephews are
the principal benefciaries.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
EX-GOVERNOR ROUTT INSANE.
Millionaire Coloradon's Wife Dead 6
Weeks, But He Doesn't Know 1t.

Denver, Col.-John L. Routt, aged
e%ighty-one, thrice Governor of Color
ado, and one of the most remarkable
men in the political and business his
tory of the State, was declared by a
jury to be $50 insane and distracted
in mind as to render him incapable
of managing his estate" The estate
is said to exceed $1,000,0 900 in value.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
IMMIGRATION RECORD BROKEN
Fourteen Steamships Land 20,72
Arrivals at New York:

New York City.-All records fol
the number of immigrants arriving
at the port of New York in a single
day were broken recently.
Fourteen steamships had brough'
into the harbor since s o'clock the
night before 20,729 immigrants IRON
nearly every section of the civilized
world. This exceeds by fully 500t
the largest number of immigrants
ever landed there in single day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
Trust Prosecutions Lag.

Attorney-General Bonaparte let
trust prosecutions stagnate, spending
nearly all his time in Baltimore, and
when questioned by President Roose-
Welt said he had been i'll.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
Chambers Serious Charge.

Ex-senator Chandler, counsel for
Mrs. Eddy's relatives, said the aged
Christian Science leader was being
bounded to the grave by those at war
over her successor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
PILLAGE BY MOB IN INDIA.
Anti.English Agitators Stir Up Riots
in Punjab Towns.

Allahabad, India.-There has been
serious rioting at Rawalpindi. A mob
burned motor cars, Charles and the
furniture of two bungalows, piHaged
a mission church, destroyed a rellg-
ious book shop and did much other
damage. 80 ga. 10
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
Loans Shifting East.

Money is easier at all markets, but
shifting of loans from West to East
points to many banks being we'll
loaned up.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
Ian MACLAREN DEAD.

Dr. John watson SucCuIHUS 10 DIUOu
Poison ut Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
Burlington, Iowa.-Dr. John Wat
son. better known in the literary
world as Ian Maclaren, author OF
Beside the Bonnie Briar Bush" died
in the Brazelton Hotel in Mount
Pleasant, of blood poisoning, result.
ing from an attack of tonsilitis and
an acute case of rheumatism. He
had come from Minneapolis to deliver
a lecture before the students OF the
Iowa Wesleyan University. DR.. Wat
son was born in Morningtree, Essex,
England, on November 3, 1850.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
CONTROL OF DOMINGO.
Treaty Ratifed-Way Clear to Settle
Republics Debts. ,

Republics Debts. /
Santo Domingo.-The new treaty
between the United States and Santo
Domingo, intended to replace the
treaty which has been pending before
the United States Senate for the last
two years, was ratified by the Do
minican Congress.
The Dominican treaty marks a new
departure in the relations of the Uni
ted States with the smaller republics
of the Western Hemisphere, for In
the case of Santo Domingo the United
States now becomes legally a trustee
in a financial sense, and in the dis
charge of its new duties must go as
far in the preservation of order as is
necessary for the control of the Gus
tom houses and the collection of the
republics revenues. The treaty
really had it's birth in a revolution.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
Ruring Still Confident.

It is worth noting that despite the
bad crop reports from the Southwest
buying from that section in n lead
ing markets is still confident.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
Pixies TcothAche Drops
Cure In One Minute.

Garfield Tea, Natures remedy, brings
relief from many ailments; it overcomeas
constipation, regulates the liver and kid
neys, purifes the blood and clears the COM
plexion. 1t is made of Herbs, and is abso
lutely PureI .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
Panic Costly to Florists.

The panic in stocks in March cost
the florists of New York City half a
million dollars in lessened sales dur
ing the week before Easter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-29
CAPTAIN MACKLIN NOT GUILTY
Court.Martial Finds He Was AslecE
Whom brownsville Was Shot Up.

San Antonio, Texas.-The court
martial that tried Captain Macklin
in connection with the shooting up"
Of Brownsville, Texas, by negro
troops last year, found the Captain
CAPTAIN Mackin was asleep durir'!
an.the trouble caused by the soldiers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-21

before DECIDING whore you will 20 for the gum,
- mer, send for the Summer Hotel and Boardlni
house Advertiser covers entire district
BY mail. &c. postage. Issued by ESTATE
BUILDERS EXCHANGE. 346 broadway n Y
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-21

tober, and the New Jersey realty boom will be well
under way some weeks before that time, IT is
thought. Values IN Jersey City Newark, Bayonne
and IL other New Jersey cities and towns within
the Of the McAdoo tunnel system are rising
an unusually large number Of profitable deals in
New Jersey suburban property will be made in the
next five months.
One OF the leading Manhattan transactions re-
ported last week the sale by Potter g. Bro. to
the J. c. Lyons Building and Construction Com
pany Of the Broztel, twelve story hotel, Nos. 3.
payment for the hotel Potter & Bro took No. 1Oh
Madison ave- six story dwelling house, lot
23xl00 feet adjoining the home Of Stuyvesant Fish,
the northwest corner of 18th st.
Benedict & Badt sold through Slawson & Hobbe a
Elk story elevator apartment house with storez. on
plot 40xl0O feet, at the northwest OF 18th
ST. and Broadway. Charles B. Morgan is the
buyer.
F E. Barnes sold for the freeman estate Nos
18th St. old buildings. plot 47.3xs51 feet. The
plot comprises about s.3s square feet The pur-
chase price about Sc square foot The buyer
intends 10 erect the plot hotel
The Eldean Realty and Construction Company
resold No. IS to 80 West sd St, three four story
dwelling houses, plot e. l0x9S9 feet. Joseph
Fahys who has leased the property to the selling
company FOR a term of twenty-one years with
ifewels six story store and loft building will
be erected on the site. In part payment Mr.. Fahys
gives TO the Eldean company five story dwelling
house. lot 5x1oo5 feet, No l6 West ed ST.
Joseph D. Cronan sold for CHARLES r Hoffman 10
William Ferris No IS Duane St. five story store
and loft building, on lot 24szH feet. This is the
first sele OF the property IN ABOUT nrty years.
Henry NJ Well leased for Andrew Gilsey the two
four story buildings Nos i54 and l5s West 32d St
for a term OF years. The property has a frontage
OF BE feet and depth Of q feet and is directly
opposite the proposed terminal OF the Pennsylvania
Railroad.
Gustav Heneke leased for varick D. Martin to
Donald Campbell No l47 East cd ST., three story
dwelling house, for a term OF three years.
Tie II. u. Fuller Realty Company leased for the
LORD Electric Company William NJ MacMahon
the store and portion of the basement in No. 2l3
West 10th ST. for a term Of years.
Eduard DRESSER sold for a client TO Wendell
Bieser Nos. zs4 and 2Cs Amsterdam ave, a six
story law house. a plot 50xS0 feet; also sold
No. ga West 9th St. five story tenement house,
on a lot z5zl54 feet TO Abraham Ruth. who has
cold the property.
Posi- & Reese sold for Francis O. Lloyd No 1853
Last Gath ST.. 3 slTee story dwelling house. a