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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22
LIVES LOST IN COLLAPSE
OF 4 new B. & Q. PIER
Half a Score of Workmen Killed
at Locust Point, Md.
WIZARDS UNDERMINING FELL

An Engineer Explains That Outer
Wash Had Softened Clay Bot
tom On Which Pliers Rested
There Will Be an Investigation.
Baltimore, Md.-With q roar that
terrified thousands, and a rush that
drove a wave six feet high to distant
parts of the inner harbor of Balti-
more, nearly half of a new pier under
| construction at Locust Point broke
away from the shore end and plunged
into the water.
Out of the wreckage three dead
bodies have been taken. Five men
are missing, and their bodies are al
most certainly beneath the ruins, and
eighteen men are suffering from in
juries more or less severe.
The dead are Howard L.. Ellender,
civil engineer, aged tw~enty-eight;
Robert Sweetman, carpenter, aged
forty-fve, and Antoine Woelfel, ele-
vator erector, aged ffty-six.
The missing, believed to be dead:
Jacob Windenberger, laborer; Harry
Ward, elevator workman; William w.
Vaughn, colored, Whitewater; Geo.
b. Montgomery. colored, whitewash-
er; Buddy Johnson, colored, white
washer.
While many theories are advanced
no n is willing to say with anything
like certainty why the, catastrophe oc-
CURED.
The new pier was being built by
the Baltimore Bridge Company and
the Mclean Contracting Company for
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and
was to have been used by the steam
ers of the Johnson line. 1t was a
two-story structure, $50 feet long,
about 500 feet of 1t being on land.
The water end was built upon piles
upon which a thick bed of concrete
was laid and above this rose the SUI
p~erstructure Of steel. The water Sec
ton of the pier was approaching com
pletion and was under roof. This
section was separated from the land
end by a heavy wall of masonry.
About II o'clock there were heard
warning cracklings, and the workmen
were being called to places of safety
when, as many Of them ,:ere strug-
Cling through the doors in the fire
wall this collapsed, and, with 43O feet
of the water end of the pier, plunged
into the harbor, carrying a number OF
men with it.
Of the ninety-six employees of the
Baltimore Bridge Company at work
on the pier one is known to be dead,
one is missing and the others are &C
counted for. The three colored
whitewashers were working near the
extreme end of the pier, and no hope
of their escape is expressed.
Ellender, the dead civil engineer,
who was acting Superintendent of the
Mclean Contracting Company, lost
his life in an effort to warn the men
of their danger. His body was not
recovered until three hours after the
accident.
Police, fremen and others, includ-
ing Mayor E. Clay Timanus, respond
ed quickly to calls for help and every
thing possible, was done to aid the in
,jured and recover the bodies OF the
dead.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22
BLINDNESS CAUSED SUICIDE.
Ex.RaiIroad Chief Had Lost One Eye
and Other Was Failing.

New York City. - Ill health and
worry incident to the prospect of los
ing his eyesight were the reasons gen.
orally accepted for the suicide at sea
last Wednesday Of David Wilcox, ex-
President of the Delaware and Hud-
son Company. Mr.. Wilcox had lost
the sight of one eye and the other
was failing.
Fear of a life of comparative pow
erty, because his entire fortune had
been swept away by unfortunate
speculation also was declared to have
been a cause Of the suicide of the
close personal friend and adviser Of
E. H. Hartman and Henry H. Rog-
ers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22
DEFECTIVE ARM0R PLATE
Representative Waldo Says Pri-
vate Builders Practice Frauds.
Many Rivet Holes in the United States
Warships Filled With Soap
Months Needed For Repairs.

Boston.-Charges of gross frauds
In the building of warships by private
contractors were made here by Rep
resentative George E. Waldo, of New
York. He spoke at a mass meeting
given in Faneuil Hall by the National
League of Employees of Navy Yards.
"Warships built under contract by
private oncerns and almost imme-
diately after their completion sent to
the Brooklyn Navy Yard for repairs"
he said, have been found to have
rivet holes plugged with wood, putty
and soap, instead Of iron rivets being
inserted. IL one instance l know of
several hundred rivets supposed to
have been put into a warship built by
contractors, whose workmen filled
the rivet holes with putty and wood"
Brooklyn, N. Y.-Representative
George E. Waldo, at his home in
Brooklyn, repeated the charges that
faulty work had been discovered in
the construction of certain warships
built by private concerns. Mr.. Waldo,
who is making a fight to have naval
vessels built in the Government
yards, said he knew of several ships
turned yer as complete to the navy,
which had to have considerable costly
work done on them to fit them for
service. The battleship Louisiana,
sister ship of the Government-built
Connecticut, was one of the vessels
delivered as completed which was
not in shape for service, MI. Waldo
said.
when this vessel was delivered by
the contractors she was said by them
to be complete" said he. inspection
Of her at the Brooklyn Navy Yard,
however, showed that many repairs
were needed. The sum of $4,000
was asked, and the Government en-
ployes worked for six weeks on the
ship before she was in proper shape"
Officials at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
declined to express their opinions of
the statements of Congressman Wal
do, either in affirmation or denial.
They ready, however, to discuss
such cases as have already been made
public, and 1t was pointed out that
the Louisiana, built by private con-
tractors, offered perhaps the best ex-
ample of such construction as Mr..
Waldo referred to.
. While private enterprise was build
ing the louisiana the navy yard force
was engaged in constructing her sis
ter ship, the Connecticut. Although
the Louisiana was delivered at the
yards some months before the Con-
necticut was ready for the water, it
was found that she was not complete,
and it required some months of work
by the men at the navy yard before
the ship could be called finished. At
the time of her delivery by her con-
structors not a gun was mounted, the
turrets would not work, and there
were many other details of construc-
ton which had not been completed.
Similar instances are offered by
the Washington and the Tennessee,
both of which needed several months
of additional labor by naval men
after their delivery at the yards, pre-
sumably prepared for service. Both
ships were built by private contrac-
tors.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22
Amazing Debt to the irish.

The newspapers of the country owe
an amazing debt to the Irish. The
New York Sun became great and fa-
nous under the guidance OF Charles
A. Dana and John M. Laffan; the
first daily paper in Boston, called the
Polar Star and Daily Advertiser, was
founded by John DAILY Burke; the
St. Louis Republic was founded by
Robert Charles; the Chicago Tribune
by Joseph Medill, and Golfers Week
ly by P. F. Collier. All Of these men
were of the talented Gaelic race.
Henry w. Grady, the former; brilliant
editor Of the Atlanta Constitution,
was also an Irishman. Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22
Shy One Bull: Fined 5000.

The manager who would advertise
his forty minstrels, count EN-" in
Mexico, and then put on his show
with about, ten men all told, would
not escape as easily as he does in the
States.
Because the number Of bulls pro-
duced for a bull fight in Monterey,
the other Sunday, were one short Of
the advertised number, the manager
was fined 5000 by the municipal au-
thorities.-Modern Mexico.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22
Feminine Notes.

Aunt Salome Sellers, of Deer Isle,
los years of age, is now the Oldest
woman in the State CT Maine.
Countess Adeline Schimmelmann,
founder of the International Mission,
and whose work among the sailors
and fishermen of the Baltic is already
known. will visit this country in Sep
TENDER next.
Nine. Anna Gould. formerly the
Countess De Castellane, since her di-
vorce has been much seen at the
watering places of Southern France
with her sister, and is reported N
excellent health and spirits.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22
HEAVY SNOW IN NORTHWEST.
Railroads Affected and St. Paul Cal
Lines Blocked.

st. Paul, Minn.-The most furious
snowstorm that has occurred in the
Northwest this season prevailed for
twenty hours. All yer the Dakotas,
as far west as Montana, the ground
Is covered with from six to ten inches
Of snow. Railroad traffic was de-
layed from five to fifteen hours.
Farmers have been delayed in their
seeding, and will be forced to re-
plant.
In Minneapolis and st. Paul the
street car system was blocked all day,
cars being pushed through intermit-
tently.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22
In the Hives of Industry

A district council of cement work.
ers will be formed in San Francisco,
Cal.
San Jose (Cal.) Street Car Mems
Union is agitating for an increase in
pay.
The Laundry Workers Union, of
Alameda County, Cal, has made a
demand for an eight-hour day.
The Granite Cutters International
Association, which has an enrolment
of 10000 members, has, during the
last fifteen years, obtained an in
crease of wages amounting to a net
average Of seventy-fve cents a day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22
Mon,an in the DAYS News.

Princess Louise has celebrated ner
ffty-ninth birthday.
Chauncey NJ. Depew advises Wom-
en- to go into politics.
The late Marchioness of Ripon lett
an estate valued at over $4,000. .
Mrs. Howard Gould has to pay
$4,000 damages for using the o
damn" in complaining to her archl-
tect.
Mourning customs are now so little
observed that Mrs. Letters return to
society so soon after the death OF
her daughter, Lady Curzon, will not
come as a surprise
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22

passages Of the kidney secretions
were too frequent and contained sedi-
ment. Three boxes Of Doan's Kidney
Pills cured me in 1897, and for the
past nine years 1 have been free from
kidney complaint and backache."
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milbu-n Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22


"Without hesitation Turtle To- thank you
for the great relief I haze found IN your
valuable medicine, Psrund, and tutH caA
the attention Of all my friends suffering
NTH cdtarrh to thdttdct. Besides cheer.
fully recommend it to all suffering tgitiy
catdrrh in an Jorm."-Miss Dora Raydent
s19 9th st., s. ", Washington, Dc.
A Case Of Spring Catarrh. :,
Mrs. N. P. Lawler, 423M N. Broadway,
Pittsburg, Kas., writes: LAST spring I
caught a severe cold, which developed into
a serious ease of catarrh. felt weak and
sick, and could neither eat nor sleep, well.
"A member of our club who had been
cured of catarrh through the,use Of Peruna
advised me to try it, and I did so ateonce.
l expected help, but nothing like the won-
derful change for the better ] observed al
most as soon as l started taking; it.. IN
three days I felt much better and within
two weeks ]. was in fine health. Peruna
il a wonderful medicine
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22
South Carolina Game Cocks to Mexic.

OOuCu CarUIIud UdIIc OUChS 70 u1eNSU
MI. M. s. Pickens Is now shipping
twelve game cocks to Mexico, for
which he receives So each. He has
also an order for 100 at So each and
fifty at SO each, aggregating 1896.
Mr.. Pickens has a large number sof
fine chickens at different walks in
the county, and is getting together
the $50 for the 1895 order.
The breeds raised by Mr.. Pickens
are the CHM grays and the Warhorse.
They are excellent pit cocks and SO.
lected and bred to stand steel.-An-
derson Intelligencer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22
NITRATE MILL BLOWS UP.
Two Men Killed at Du Pont Powder
Works Explosion.

Haskell, N. J.-I In an explosion
which could be heard for miles, the
nitrate plant of the Du Pont Powder
Works was blown up. Foreman An.
drew Larson, of Pompton Lake, and
Nicola Gurello, an Italian assistant,
were blown to pieces. Nothing re-
mains of the nitrate mill, and only a
ten-foot hole in the ground, fifty feet
a marks it's former location.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22
BOMB KILLS TEN MEN.
Thirty Terrorists Escape With $4,000
at LODI.

LODI, Russia. - Thirty terrorists,
armed with automatic pistols, held up
a carriage in Rokicin street in which
part of the money derived from the
Government sale of vodka was being
transported to the bank. The car
riage was escorted by soldiers. The
terrorists threw a bomb, which de-
stroyed the vehicle, killed three Of
the soldiers outright and mortally
wounded five more, as well as the
coachman and a Government employe
who had the money in charge. The
robbers seized $4,000 and escaped.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22
r GIRLS KILLED.
Bodies Crushed by the Fall Of
Smokestack at Millville, n. j.

Smokestack at Millville, n. j.
Melville, N. by the topping
over of the engine room s~mokestack
at the glass works of T. c. Wheaton
& Co., two young women yer
crushed to death and a third was so
badly injured that she died a half
hour later. The dead are:
Sylvia Gallagher, seventeen years;
Lena Doughty, sixteen, and Lydia
Thurston, eighteen years. Three girls
also were more or less injured.
While the wind was blowing a gale
there was a terrible crash which
shook the whole plant. Thousands
of bricks came down on the roof of
the grinding room, where twelve men
and seven girls were at work. The
roof of the building was crushed into
sp%linterS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22

known far and VIDE,
having already mar
ried some 400 'cou-
pies. Ten years 81
he was Deputy Coun-
ty Treasurer. AT
that time" said JUS
tice Law, II was suf-
fering from an an
noying kidney trou-
BILE. My back ached,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22
Two Men Drowned in Otsego Lake

William Lee and John Kelly, OF
Amsterdam, N. Y, who were fishing
in Otsego Lake, were drowned. Their
boat had a hole in it and soon after
they left shore it began to sink n
the men were unable to swim to safe
ty. They were seen by other fisher
men, but by the time help arrived at
the spot there was no race of the
Taen or their boat.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22
Turks Battle With Greeks.

There has been a sa%nguinary con-
flict between Turkish troops and a
Greek band at Morihoven, in Mace
donia. The latter were eventually
dispersed. Their chief and sever
other members were killed. The
Turks lost twenty killed. .4v-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22
Save Those Trees.

Every citizen should indorse the
stand taken by the scientists for the
preservation Of u forests. One may
have to take to the tall timber at any
time, you know.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22
RIG Attendance at Football Game.

All previous attendance records at
sporting events were beaten recently
by the crowd that attended the Grand
National Steeplechase at Aintree, Liv-
erpool. There passed through the
turnstiles leading to the grand stand
no less than 49,270 persons.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22
Pike Not a Marrying County.

Not a marriage license has been is
sued in Pike County this year, and
there is no little guessing as to what
Is at the bottom of this state OF. at
fairs. - Stroudsburg Correspondence
Philadelphia Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22

Russia Abolishes Drumhead Courts.
Bills were passed by the Russian
Duma regulating the years military
service, abolishing drumhead courts
martial and appropriating ~S5,ooo'ooo
For famine relief.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22
PEACE TREATY SIGNED.
Salvador's Conditions Accepted and
Nicaragua's Demands Rejected.

San Salvador-A treaty of peace
between Salvador and Nicaragua was
signed at Amapala by ministers rep
resenting both countries. The terms
of the treaty are honorable to both
countries. The conditions proposed
by Salvador were accepted, and the
demands made by President Zelaya Of
Nicaragua for reparations for Saliva
doris part in the recent wal between
Nicaragua and Honduras and that
there be a free interchange of COM
modities between Nicaragua and Sal
vador were rejected.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22
Frost in Tennessee.

The Tennessee State Board OF
Agriculture reports serious injury to
wheat from frosts. Complaints or
green bug damage are less numerous
with none received outside of the
Southwest.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22
Former Minister Dead.

Stanford Newell, Minister to the
Netherlands, 1897 to 1905, died at
his home in st. Paul, Mimi, of pleu-
risy, complicated with asthma.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22
No Rain in Six Months.

Prayers were offered in all the
churches throughout the Island OF
Cuba for rain, which has not fallen
for six months. The country is
parched, cattle are dying and forests
orc burning.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22
WALL FALLS, KILLING FOUR.
Three Other Laborers Injured at a
New Building in Chrome, n. j..

Chrome, N. J.-Several Hunga-
rian laborers were caught under a
falling wall at the De Lamar copper
works here. Four of the men were
crushed to death instantly and three
were dragged out badly injured.
The wall was to form part OF a low
extension to the copper plant. n
laborers were excavating under the
wall for a drain pipe line when the
loose dirt collapsed, causing the wall
to sag and the bricks to come tumD-
ling down on top of them,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22
Zelaya to Fight Guatemala.

Passengers from Honduras arriv-
ing at Mobile said that President Ze-
laya would declare val against Qua
temala in two months.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22
Henry Fielding's Tablet.

A memorial tablet recently was
placed in the house in which Henry
Fielding and his sister Sarah lived in
Bath, England.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22
uonduran Factions Fight.

Advices from Puerto Cortez told
of a fight in Tegucigalpa between
Honduran factions, in which seven
persons were killed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22
Billiardist Ordered Out of Paris.

The police Of Paris have issued an
expulsion order, under the Proven
ton of Gambling law, against George
Sutton, the American billiard player,
who recently ran a school for bill
lizards there.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22

Fine For Contempt Confirmed.
The United States Supreme Court
upheld a $1,000 fine imposed by a
court in Colorado on Senator Patter-
son for saying the court was corrupt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22

Hertzian Waves Explode Torpedoes.
Successful experiments were made
at Cartagena in the explosion OF tor.
pedoes at long distances by means OF
the Hertzian raves system. The de-
vice was invented by a Spanlard
named Balsera.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22
PATHS Income.

Baroness Cederstrom, az plain
Nine. Patti, has made as high as
$350,OOO in a single year by means
Of her voice. -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22
1.-THE MARRYING SQUIRE"
Justice Geo. E. Law, of Brazil, Ind.
Has Married 400 Couples.

Justice Geo. E. Law, of Brazil,
Ind, has fairly earned the title NThe
Marrying Squire" by which he Is
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22

More than one-fourth Of all the
English newspapers are published IN
London.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22

Finley Urges Square Deal.
President Finley, of the Southern
Railway, in a speech at Memphis,
urged a square deal for the railroads
in the matter of legislation.
The Washington times., 1907-03-06
West Virginia's
Speaker of House
Praises Strother

CULPEPER. Va. March 6.-Since the
trial begun. ten days ago. the Strother
brothers have received a number OF let
tiers and notes from cranks. fanatics,
and others seeking newspaper nOtorieJy.
Today. however. James, "a member Of
the West Virginia legislature, received
a letter from Speaker James a. Seaman,
OF tie house OF delegates OF West Nir-
GINA lie prizes This missive above all
others. Mt. sea man and James Strother
are warm friends. Their Initials are
identlSal.
The letter IS as follows.
Charleston. W. Va
ITO James Strother, Culpeper.
MY dear, dear fTiend-It IS with pain
ful SOliCituGe that ] watch the proceed
inES of YOUR trial. and / assure YOU that
| II heaven heard the appeal Of one as un-
worthy YOU would be benefited thereby.
/ I am sorry 20 see you involved in TINS
] trouble. my mind has never changed.
( Whatever may be- the verdict of the jury.
/ or the judgment Of the court. / feel
proad OF your manhood, and l am glad
l 10 be accounted your friend / am moro
/ than proud TO see that we still have men
+ in West Virginia who VIII risk life with
I all its ende9rmcnts In protection and
! defense Of the sanctity Of our daughters
I sisters. wives. and mothers.
| I shall watch with intense feeling IN,
outcome Of your struggle. Nv sympathy
I and kindest regards 10 your little wife
! AND believe me 10 be, as ever. vOui
friend. JAMES A. SEAMAN.
Speaker
The Washington times., 1907-03-06
WASHINGTON PROOF

Richard Young. retired, of SG39 NJ
Street y. W, Georgetown. says: I
was kidney sufferer for many years.
and triec about every remedy which
could be applied either externally or
internally. but nothing did me anv good
until l got Doan's Kidney Pills. I had
never been confined 10 my bed, but suf-
fered terribly with pains in my loins.
which made life a burden to me all day
and all night. The kidney secretfons
were also much disordered, both in color
and consistency, and were decidedly ir-
regular. 1 could never tell when l was
going to be bothered in this way. but il
ached just as often at night when I
went TO bed and ought to have been
sleeping as in the daytime, and the loss
Of rest had bad effect on my health
Doctors prescriptions seemed to do me
no more good than the prepared RENE
dies which L used, but when cot
DOan's Kidney Pills at Stevens Phar-
macy and began using them / was al
most Immediately relieved. I have no
backache now. my kidneys are acting i'm
natural and healthy manner, and the
secretions arc clear and free from sedi.
ment besides being easily controlled
Doan's Kidney Pills are fine. and | can
not say too much in praise of them"