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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
ASKS ABOUT CAR SHORTAGE.
Commerce Commission Urges Rail.
roads to Relieve Suffering.

Washington, D. Gin view of the
complaints Of car shortage, result
ing, it Is said, in failure to transport
the n~ecessaries of life and coal for
household use, the Interstate Com
merce Commission has sent the fol-
lowing telegram to the presidents Of
a number of Western and Northwest
ern railroads:
From many parts Of the country,
and particularly from your section,
the Interstate Commerce Commission
Is receiving numerous and importu-
nate complaints of car shortage and
failure to transport the necessaries
Of life. In various. places in the
Northwest it Is represented that peo-
pie are actually freezing because suf-
ficient coal for household use cannot
be procured, owing to extraordinary
delays in moving that article. .Phe
commission therefore urges you to
make every possible effort to meet at
once the needs and relieve the suffer-
ing of those dependent upon the IA
cilities of your road" o..
The telegram was sent to the pres
idents Of the Great Northern, North
ern Pacific, Minneapolis, st. Paul and
Sault Ste. Marie, Chicago and North
western, Chicago, Milwaukee and ST..
Paul and Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy. g..
While the complaints that come
from the Western States are to the
effect that coal is not %procurable, ow-
ing to the fact that car cannot be
obtained to transport it, the opinion
is expressed by Government officials
that If the shortage continues a fam
inc in food may be expected in GER
tain parts of the country. The con-
gestion Of traffic at many points
throughout the United States is
worse now than at any time in the
history Of the country.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
The Field of Sports.

Soccer, which was practically III
known in Baltimore three years ago,
has had a wonderful growth there,
ten teams now playing the English
football game.
A. G. Vanderbilt's 200 horse pow
er racing car of eight cylinders may
be entered in the Florida speed tour'
nament by a Boston automobilist who
is negotiating for its purchase.
Ferdinand Garcin, the French
champion, conceded fifteen to Robert
Moore, Jr., in a court tennis mattel
at Tuxedo, and defeated the latte,
two straight sets by a score of St.
SIS. :
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
DISCHARGED, HE ENDS LIFE.
Joseph Sherwood Laid Off Because of
Failing Eyesight and Hearing.

Waterbury. Conn.-Joseph Sher-
wood, who at sixty was strong and
hearty, but whose hearing and eye
sight had failed a little, was dis
charged by the. Menden Manufacture
ing Company on the score of age.
you have been with us for a long
Joe, and you have done your
share" said the superintendent;
you'd better lie off for the rest of
your days. You ought to have saved
enough to live on"
Joe packed up his kit and went
home. -: -. -,.. .
I'm too old to be any good" he
told his wife; they've fred me. I
guess I'm not worth having around
anywhere any longer.
Next day they found Joe hanging
dead from his doorsill. He had made
a rope of his suspenders.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
WOMAN PASSED As MAN
Identity of Deraylan Revealed by
Death in Arizona.
Married Once Before and Divorced
by Woman Who Refuses
to Talk.

Cnicago.-One of the most remark
able cases of double identity in the
history of Chicago was, revo-led when
it was announced in a dispatch from
Phoenix, 'Ariz., that Nicolai Deraylan,
known in Chicago as a man for more
than a dozen years, was in reality a
woman. There ensued evidences of
some mystery in the Offices of the
Russian Consulate in Chicago, with
Baron Schlippenbach, the Cars rep
resentative, telegraphing to Phoenix
for full information on the death of
Deraylan and the details of the dis
covery of the deception successfully
maintained in Chicago during years
of work as a clerk in the consulate. +
With word of the discovery by an
undertaken that Deraylan had con-
cealed. his true sex from his &C
quaintances in Chicago came denial
from Deraylan's wife, who lives in
No.. 592 California avenue, of the re-
port from Arizona. Miss Lillian
Sweeney, for five years Deraylan's
stenographer, refused to believe the
report that her employer was a
woman.
. Deraylan was always well dressed,
careful in the selection of his com
panions and friends, neat in appear
ance and particular in the are of his
hands and hair. He never shaved,
and he spoke in a high pitched, treble
voice, p~eculiarities which often caused
/, good natured comment by his friends.
He smoked constantly, seldom be-
ing seen in business hours without a
cigar or cigarette, and his friends
say he was possessed of a discriminate
ing taste in liquors. with ability to
withstand the effects of drink better
than most other men. Deraylan was
last in Chicago about six months
ago. DR.. w. G. Rowe, of Canyon
City, COL, accompanied him to
Phoenix. Mrs. Deraylan said she was
married to Deraylan twelve years
ago. She has a son thirteen. years
Did by a former husband, whose name.
she declined to give.
Mrs. Theodore Shangenberg, of No.
700 California avenue, where Deray-
Ian lived for four years, confirmed
the statement that he was married
once before and divorced, marrying
the present Mrs. Deraylan only about
three years ago. Neighbors of the
Deraylans assert that after his second
marriage his first wife created scenes
at his home several times by quarrels
with the second Mrs. Deraylan.
Deraylan was the husband Of Mrs.
Francis P. Bradchulis, No. 3112 Hal
sted street. She divorced him in Chi.
cago three years ago, but was non.
committal on the subject of the d.
vorce.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
FORTUNE GIVEN TO CHARITY.
Decisions in Yerkes and Shipman
r Gases Liberate 100000 600.

Chicago.-The decision of Judge
Walter H. Sanborn, of the United
States Circuit Court, in the Charles
T. Yerkes case and the will of Daniel
B. Shipman, throws about $%10,000,-
600 Of the estate of wealthy Chica-
goans into the scales of charity.
In the Yerkes case Judge Sanborn
held that the $5,0O0,00O in bonds of
the Chicago Consolidation Traction
Company. which is said to constitute
half of the Yerkes estate, was not the
property of the underlying compa-
MES. This decision leaves the execu-
tors of The Yerkesr estate in a position
to proceed at once with the erection
of the hospital and art gallery at
New York, and enables. Mrs. Yerkes-
Miner to begin the construction Of a
hospital at Chicago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
Diplomatic Changes.

The President sent the following
nominations to the Senate: Ambassa-
doris extraordinary and plenipoten-
tiary: Henry White, of Rhode Island,
to France; Lloyd G. Griscom, of
Pennsylvania, to Italy; John W. Rid
die, of Minnesota, to Russia; Irving
B. Dudley, of California, to Brazil.
Envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary, Leslie Combs, of
Kentucky, to Peru.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
Ellenborough,s Sarcasm.

There are few places that have
given birth to more humor and wit
than the court room. Many have
heard Of the humor Of the famous;
Lord Peterborough.
One day a young member Of the:
bar rose to address the Court In .
grave criminal case. "My unfortu-
nate client"-he began; repeated
1t two Of three times, and then
stopped short.
go on, sir, go on!1 said E1lenbofr
ough. $50 far the Court Is with
you."-New York Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
SUICIDE FOR. LOSING SHIP.
Skipper Of Wrecked Liner Blows Gu;
j. His Brains.

Kingston, Enthusiastically after
his vessel, the Hamburg-American
liner Prinzessin Victoria Luise went
ashore off Port Royal, Captain Bru-
inswig, who was in charge, went to
his cabin and blew out his brains.
The vessel, which was engaged in
tourist voyaging, sailed from New
York on December IL, and was on
her way back to New York when she
struck on a rocky ledge. All her
passengers were landed safely.
In accounting for the stranding of
the steamer it is explained that she
was without a pilot, and the captain
in charge. He followed a wrong
curse and piled her up on the rocks
just under the lighthouse. Two
hours later the captain locked him
self in his cabin and blew out his
brains. -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
HOLD UP BANK IN DAYLIGHT.
Two Men With Pistols Cow Cashier
and Ride Away.


Tezarkana, Ark. - The Bank of
Horatio, at Horatio, was looted by
two robbers. They entered the town
on horseback, and after hitching
their horses near the bank walked
in, held up the cashier with pistols
and took all the cash in sight, about
$4,000. Then they mounted their
horses and rode away.
The alarm spread while the rob-
bers were in the bank, and by the
time they had remounted a number
of citizens were running toward the
bank armed with rifles and revolvers.
They fired several shots at the flee
ing robbers, and it is thought wound
ed one of them, as he was seen to
reel in his saddle and almost fall.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
Molasses is Scarce.

New crop Louisiana molasses is
merely nominal in most markets. No
one seems to want it, as the quality is
poor and the price unusually high.
Advices from the South indicate that
the present crop besides being a short
one will be all in within a few weeks,
and that there will be sufficient de-
mand from manufacturers, distribu-
tiers and consumers to consume it i'm
m%ediately.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
Feminine Notes.

. Mary Anderson de Navarro recent
ly issued her memoirs.
The Rev. DR.. Parkhurst denounced
Mrs. Herbert Parsons plan Of trial
marriages as nothing more nor less
than polygamy.
The thirteenth annual dinner for
the newsboys and messengers of New
port, R. l., was given there by Mrs.
Frederick W. Vanderbilt.
The Duchess of Marlborough
stripped Blenheim Palace Of all her
personal belongings, and the Duke
seems determined to air his alleged
wrongs in court.-s
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
Prominent People.

Former Governor George w. Hen
dee, of Vermont, died at Morrisville,
VT, aged seventy-four.
Lord Curzon, after attending to
the adjustment &C his late wife's es-
tate, sailed from New York for Eu-
rope.
Pope Plus directed the Catholic
clergy in France p~assiyely to resist
the enforcing OF the C~hurch-State
Separation Law.
General Ignacio Mejia is dead at
the hacienda of Ayotia Mejia, Mexico.
He was one of the most noted men
in recent Mexican history, and was
almost ninety-three years old,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
Labor World,

Pennsylvania is first and 1tassa-
chusetts is second in the employment
of child labor.
According to the last census there
are eleven female well-borers in the
United States.
Toledo (Ohio) City Council will in
troduce an ordinance to compel en-
ployers to pay their men in cash in
stead of checks.
{ The cost of living in San Francisco
has advanced forty per cent. since the
fire, and as there are 10000 idle men
in that city employers are taking ad-
vantage by keeping wages down.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
Congress Prefers Old Spelling.

A large majority of the members
of the House, Washington, D. c., de-
clared themselves opposed to simpli-
fed spelling when an amendment to
the Legislative, Executive and Judi
cial Appropriation bill was adopted
by a vote Of 142 to 25 declaring that
all documents ordered by Congress
must conform to the spelling used by
generally accepted dictionaries of the
English language. :.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
RIVER PACKET BLOWS UP.
Ten or More White and Negro Vic.
Tins Of Steamboat Disaster.

Vicksburg, Miss.-One of the most
disastrous accidents in the history of
the Mississippi occurred when the
steamer W. T. Scovil, plying in the
Vicksburg and Davis Bend trade, was
destroyed by an explosion. Owing to
the large number of negroes on board
it is impossible to asc ertain the exact
number of dead and injureds but off,
GERS of the boat who arrived here
state that no less than ten nor more
than sixteen we're killed, The proba-
bilities are that a like number were
injured.
The white dead are as follows:
Captain John Quackenboss, master
of the steamer, V~icksburg, Miss;
Wade Q~uackenboss, clerk, Vicksburg,
Miss; Lavell Yerger, commercial
salesman, Jackson, Miss; Joseph
Smith, clerk, YaZoo City, Miss.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23

Senator Depew introduced a bill
providing for the issuance OF emer-
gency currency.
Representative Bradley, of New
York, has been placed on the House
Military Affairs Committee.
In executive session there was
some opposition to the confirmation
of Charles J. Bonaparte as Attorney
General.
An international agreement has
been sent to the Senate by the Presi-
dent to prohibit the sale or importa-
ton of firearms, opium or ~intoxicat-
ing liquors to the South Sea Islands.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
BURNIIAM GIVEN TWO YEARS.
Insurance Officer Sentenced to Prison
For Robbing Company.

" IFOo01D OOIIE~NJ
New York City. - George Burn
ham, Jr., general counsel for the Mu-
tual Reserve Life Insurance Com.
pany, who was convicted of larceny,
was sentenced to serve two years in
State Prison.
Supreme Court Justice Greenbaum,
after passing sentence on Burnham,
granted a motion for stay of execu-
ton pending an appeal.
Frederick A. Durham, president
of the Mutual Reserve, and George
D. Eldridge, a vice-president of the
company, r at liberty under bonds
Of $4,000 and $4,000, respectively,
charged with the same crime for
which George Burnham was sem
fenced.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
STEP TOWARD CENT POSTAGE.
One.Cent Rate For Each Ounce After
First Up to -Four Pounds.

Washington, D. C.-What amounts
to an initial step toward one-cent
postage is represented in a bill intro
duced by Senator Penrose regulating
rates on packages. The plan was
devised by ex-Postmaster Huidekoper,
of Philadelphia. The bill provides
that mailed packages up to four
pounds shall be accepted as frst-class
matter on payment of two cents for
the first ounce and one cent an ounce
for each ounce in excess of one ounce.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
Newsy GIeanings.
Germany's debt is S950,000,O00.

Germany's debt is S95O,0OO,O0
The Pure Food Commission goes
next to Lexington, KY, to hear the
whisky interests.
Bishop George F. Seymour, Of the
Episcopal Diocese of Springfield, ILL.,,
died Of pneumonia.
The Southern Pacific has just Or
dered constructed about S6,500,000
worth of new rolling stock.
The American Public Health Asso-
citation at it's meeting in Mexico City
decided to convene in 1907 at Allan
tic City.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23

Doan's Kidney Pills cured me Al q
few short weeks. I am now enjoying
the best Of health, have q fine appe
tite, the best Of digestion, and restful.
sleep, all due to your splendid pills."
Sold by all dealers. SO cents abox.
Foster ilburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
Driven Mad by Study.

Frank Schleimann, a convict in
Sing Sing, N. Y, sought an education
to be worthy of his girl bride, who
wed him in prison. He committed
suicide when driven mad by his vain
study of fractions.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
Bank Directors Liable.

Directors of the Saybrook Bank, of
Essex, Conn, which loaned $4,000
to a man whose estate was only worth
$4,000, had to guarantee depositors
to stop a run on the institution.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23

Doan's Kidney
Pills, as ] have
found by personal
experience that
are an idesl
kidney remedy. {
suffered with COM
tplicatfons OF kid
ney complaint for
nearly ave years,
spent over 500 on
useless remedies
uhita I've bnyaarH
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
Former Actress Dead.

Sylvia Gerrish died alone in the
Hilton mansion, on Morris Heights,
New York City, recalling the infatua-
ton of Judge Hilton's son for the
actress.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
Justice Brewers Warning.

Justice Brewer, of the United
States Supreme, Court, speaking at
New Rochelle, N. Y, said the nation
everywhere is running heavily into.
debt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
Forced to Candles and Wood.

A famine of fuel oil prevails at
Phoenix, Ariz., and the gas and cleo
The people must resort to wood for
heat and use candles.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
Absence Of Prime Mutton.

There were no lambs in the market
good enough to bring over 81 and
sheep sold from $3.50 down, indicat-
ing that there was an absence Of TOP
kinds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
Paupers in Ohio.
Halls Of Congress-.

Ohio has 1925 paupers receiving
State aid.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23

Lords Amendment Rejected.
The House of Commons by a vote
of 416 to LOT, the Irish members sup
porting the Government, rejected all
the amendments of the House 'of
Lords to the Education bill.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
TRYING EXPERIENCE.
Spent Over 500 in a Vain Search For
I Health.

Miss Frances Gardner, Of 369 Jack
son Boulevard Chicago, Ills.s writes:
Gentlemen: I Heartily endorse.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
Western Wages Advanced.

In the last five years the price Of
wages paid to labor in certain West.
ern States has increased four times as
fast as the per capita circulation of
money.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
LEAVES 100000 FOR POPE.

Mgr. Adami, One of Rome's Wealth.
lest Prelates, Passes Away.
Rome, Italy.-The death was an
nounced of Mgr. Adami, one of the
wealthiest Roman prelates.
Mgr. Adami made very valuable
presents to both Pope Leo XIII. and
Plus X, his gift to the latter being a
gold pectoral cross set with brilliants.
In his will he left 100000 to
the Pope.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
Cigarette Smoking Fatal.

julius Persky died at Hammond,
Ind, as a result of cigarette smoking.
He smoked from sixty to 100 cigar
cites a day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
,epression Has Succeeded.

Advices from Warsaw, Poland, say
that the Russian Governments policy
of repression has been successful.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23

Indictment Causes Suicide.
Following his indictment for steal
ing public funds, Matt Priestly, a
county supervisor, committed suicide
at Sioux City, Iowa.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23

DROPSY s'7s: W. D. !ss:? V s:sss
pput oascs. Dock oG testinonials and 20 Day.' treatnest
Eree, D.. B. = GREEN'S Sous sa q Atlanta -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23

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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-09-26

a physical impossibility and should
the irrigation company be made 10
restore'the river to its former bed
the diversion would have to be
made with artificial work.
The irrigation company. should
it be made to change its present
system of obtaining water from
the river, would not be hampered
in the least in its purpose, for all
that would have to be done would
be to remove its pumping plant
further up the stream and pump
the water into a large earthern
reservoir which it has already con-
structed and allow the water to
flow from this through its various
canals. The only hardship that it
would work upon the irrigation
company would be that of putting
it to an enormous additional ex-
pense and cause some delay in
completing the irrigation system.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-09-26
u. S. Consul for TampicO.

Many will be glad to know that
a consul has been appointed for
Tarnpico, Mr.. P. Merrill Griffith,
uuti1 recently Consul at Matamoros
Is 70 be our new Consul. He visit
ed Tampico last week to see his
new home, and it is expected that
he will assume the responsibilities
Of the consulate about the middle
of October. He is married, and his
'szife is said to be a charming lady.
Mr. Griffith is a graduate of the
che Chicago University, is a gen.
Eieman of fine address, and from
the short visit, it is judged that he
viii make a fine officer and the
government will be well represent
I'D. The colony will give Mr.,
Griffith a genuine welcome.-Tam-
3ico Times.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-09-26
Letter to James B. Wells.
Brownsville, Texas.

Dear Sir: We should like to
print your opinion of this guaran-
tee in this paper, where all your
ueighbors will see it:
Well furnish the paint to paint
aalf the house of any fair man on
ehese terms: He shall paint the
either half with whatever other
paint he likes; same painter (any
1Eair man) same way (the way of
all fair painters, to make a good
Job). If our half doesn't take less
gallons of paint by one-tenth to
seventeenth, we'll give him the
paint. If our half doesn't take less
tabor by one tenth to seveu-tenths,
veil give him the paint. If our
half isn't sounder three years
hence, we'll give him the paint. If
Sar half isn't sounder six years
hence, we'll give him the paint.
Any color.
We say one-tenth, because there
axe two or three paints with about
chat difference; we say seven-there
zrc dozens of paints with about
Skat difference-we say one to sew
~n, because there's a hundred that
waste one-third of the money paid
Cor both paint and labor.
Is there a paint we haven't COW
cred?
Yours truly
So FW DEVOE & CO
RS. Frontier Lumber Company
sells oar paint.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-09-26
AGenerous Act.

A few days ago the leader Of the
5and of the Second (Mexican)
Cavalry brought the members of
shat famous musical organization
10 Brownsville in order that he
might show each Individual his
appreciation of the work heis doing.
When the band arrived here they
were take to the store of Jose. Bes-
5eiro & Brother, where the worthy
leader ordered a new suit of cloth
ing, underwear, shoes and hat for
every member of the band. It is
no wonder the musicians are so
loyal to the capable leader of the
Second Cavalry Band.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-09-26

THE HERALD has heard it said
Cuat some of the citizens of the city
Of Brownsville have not complied
with the sanitary ordinance and
that they have in many cases defed
the sanitary inspectors to enter
their premises for the purpose of
uaking an inspection. That some
one is violating the law about the
screening of water barrels and els
terms is certain-the multitude of
mosquitoes prove it. If there IS a
citizen in Brownsville who refuses
90 obey the sanitary ordinance and
who refuses to allow the proper Of
icials to inspect his premises, he
should be summoned before the
corporation court and fined the
limit.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-09-26

HARTMAN and Fish are again
measuring 1ances in the tournament
for the control of the Illinois Cen
&raI Railroad. Printers ink is
being used literally in an effort to
besmirch those interested. Well,
printers ink is a grand article for
painting such characters in their
natural colors.