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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17
SAN FRANCIsCO's IDLE ARMY
More Than 10000 Workers Losing
500. 600 in Wages Weekly.

San Francisco. - The street car
mems strike has dragged along all
the week with no material change.
Every day the United Railroads has
sent out a few more cars and oper-
ated new lines until now cars are run
over more than three-quarters of the
lines.
The company has about 500 men
employed, which permits the opera
ton of only about one-third the usual
number of cars. Service is also
stopped at Z o'clock at night because
Of the fear Of accidents. Every day
is marked by petty assaults on non
union car men, by the throwing of
bricks and stones at cars in certain
districts and by the insults of union
sympathizers.
Governor Gillett is ready to call
out the militia If he regards it neces-
sary, but no serious rioting has oc-
Cured. The fear Of insult or assault
deters thousands from riding on the
cars. The a mems and other
strikes have made 10000 idle here
and the loss of weekly wages of the
strikers amounts to 100000. OF
the unemployed out or strike 1000
are car men, $4,000 ironworkers,
100 laundrymen, 500 brewery work.
men, 500 electricians and 500 tele-
phone girls.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17

is no doubt that the apparatus Is OF
practical value. He uses a metallic
diving suit which is made somewhat
on the plan of the ancient coat-of-ar-
NOR, being built of light and strong
sheet metal having a thickness vary
ing from o. to 0.3 inch according to
the position of the pieces. The joints
and coupling points are made OF
pressed leather and rubber, and a
special form of hydraulic joint Is en-
ployed. On the top of the armor is
fixed the helmet, which is the princi-
pal feature of the apparatus. The
air is not brought to the diver from
the outside, as usual, but the air he
breathes is sent by a tube into a spe-
cial regenerating chamber containing
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17

cable serves to carry the current
which is needed for the respiratory
apparatus. The diver communicates
with the surface by a telephone, and
a number of wires run from the ar
NOR up to a set of colored lamps,
showing how the different parts are
working. There are many advan-
tages to be secured from the new ap-
~paratus, and we expect to give a more
complete and illustrated description
of this interesting device. Mr.. De
Pluvy has personally been able to go
down to a great depth, and during
the lis descents which he has al
ready made with the new diving suit
he reached depths varying from $50
to 800 feet. This far exceeds the
depth to which an ordinary diver can
CO."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17

metal, bent to form a pair of parallel
plates about an inch apart. One:
plate is longer than the other, and is
attached to the edge of the table or
in some other convenient position.
Secured to the inside of the plates
are pieces of flannel or similar clean
ing material. After the knives have
been washed and dried, to put on the
finishing polish they are inserted be-
tween two pieces of flannel and given
a slight rub back and forth. Incl
dentally, both sides of the knife are
polished at the same time. The in
yeutor is a Observation-Disclosures
Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17
WHOLESALE INDICTMENTS
IN SAN FRANCISCO
Six Wealthy Men Added to List
of Alleged BriberS.
ENORMOUS BAIL BONDS GIVEN

Railway Officials Compelled to Put
Up 6O,O00-Schmitz, After a
Delay, Gets Bonds-Trials Will
Keep Courts Busy Two Years.
San Francisco, Cal.-The Grand
Jury indicted six wealthy men on
charges of bribery and attempted
bribery, and returned additional in
dictments against Abraham Ruef and
Mayor E. e. Schmitz.
Frank G. Drum, Eugene D. Saba,
John Martin, Abraham Ruef and
Mayor Schmitz were indicted on four
teen counts, each charging that they
jointly bribed fourteen of the eigh-
teen Supervisors in the sum Of $3.50
each to make the gas rate eighty-hve
cents for 1906, instead OF seventy-hVe
cents. G.. H. Umbsen, B. E. Gren,
w. /. Brobeck and Ruef were indicted
on fourteen counts each, charging
that they jointly attempted to bride
fourteen Supervisors in the sum OF
$1,000 each to vote a trolley fran
chise to the Parkside Transit Com
pany. Judge Cofey set bail at $1,000
on each of the 1875 counts contained
in the twenty-eight indictments.
Officials of big corporations
thronged Judge Coffey's courtroom
to give bail of s560,000 so that the
indicted men may have liberty pend
ing trial on, felony indictments re-
turned against them by the Grand
Jury. t..
Louis Glass, vice-president Of the
Pacific States Telephone and Tele-
graph Company, and Theodore y.
Halsey, of the same concern, gave
bonds in the sum of 100000 on the
charge of bribing two Supervisors
to vote for the granting Of a COM
peting telephone franchise in San
Francisco. e..
President Patrick Calhoun, AS
sistant President Mulally, General
Counsel TREY l.. Ford and Assistant
Counsel William L. Abbott, of the
United Railways Investment Com
pany, had each been indicted on four
teen counts on the charge OF bribing
thirteen Supervisors and Mayor
Schmitz to grant a trolley franchise
under which the United Railways
was electrified. William H. Croker,
president of the C~rocker-Woolworth
National Bank and foremost capt.
talist of San Francisco, and President
Henry T. Scott, of the Pacific States
Telephone and Telegraph Company,
were in court to furnish personal bail
of $560,000 for them. Arrangements,
however, had already been made with
a surety company of New York,
whose attorney handed. to Judge
Cofey ffty-six bonds for $4,000
each.
tIayor Schmitz also gave bail for.
$4,000 on indictments charging him
with accepting a $4,000 bride from
TREY L. Ford and a bride Of $3.50
from Frank Drum, of the San Fran
cisco Gas and Electric Company.
On the new indictments he must
give bonds for $166,000 more, or
$4,000 In all. If he cannot do this
he will have to go to prison.
Abraham Ruef, indicted with the
United Railroads officials and Mayor
Schmitz, did not appear and offer
bail, as he is now in custody. The
fourteen new indictments against
him make eighty-seven outstanding
against San Francisco's former poiit-
ical leader.
The aggregate bail offered in the
indictments was $4,000.
The trial of the alleged grafters
will keep all the criminal courts here
busy for at least two years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17
And, O George, we'll board

alre; And, o George, We'll board
till We die-I never can begin again!
l could never find another beautiful
little house like that, never! There
| was tho loyeliest set of drawers for
table linen. And the back plaza
and the perfectly splendid great clos
et-big enough to sleep in-and
hooks everywhere"
MARY, you take the next q home
and go to bed. Don't get up till 1
come. Then we'll so round to that
that little place I-er-hunted up,
you know. 1t belongs to me for a
good fortnight yet. I didn't let on to
you, but 1 paid a months rent down.
Maybe you'll think it's better than
boarding, anyhow. Cheer up! Well
measure for carpets and things, and
have a fine time buying them! You've
got to let me u things now; you're
all done up"
Eyes, yes" she murmured, meek
ly. "You al do anything you please,
George-anything. The fight has all
gone out Of me. I'm ready to board
or keep house anywhere"
Its a pretty good little place, now
I tell you," he hustled cheerfully,
getting her under way for her car.
Don't you do any more worrying.
Leave things to me-"
They went together that afternoon.
She was still too worn and dlscour-
aged, ever after her hours of rest,
to take much notice of directions or
streets, but allowed herself to be led,
lamblike, by the cheerful George.
She kept remembering on the way
more and more charms of the lovely
house she had found and lost.
"We could almost have kept house
in that closet" she lamented. And,
o George Torrey, the parlor mantel!"
Never mind! Never mind" said
George, with splendid courage. Just
wait till you see my house! Here we
are" And lamenting still, she SUI
fered herself to be led in.
The rooms were bare, but full of
coy possibilities. In the n they
entered first lay bars of red-gold
sunlight from the illuminated west.
Mrs. Torrey gazed about her listless-
ly.
George"
The listlessness suddenly took
swift wings. George! Oh, wait a
minute-wait right here! I'll be
back in a moment"
She hurried from room to DOM
came hurrying back. She was laugh
ing radiantly, sheepishly. George!
George!" she cried. Its my house!
My lovely little house! Do you sup
pose I don't know the parlor mantel
and the coal-bin and the closet! 1
recognize everything now. It's my
darling little house!"
NO such thing" he retorted. L
discovered this house myself-it took
me less than fifteen minutes"
"And me two weeks! George, l
give up-house-hunting is a mans
work. I might have been making
popovers here this very minute!"-
Youths Companion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17

certain chemical products which re-
new the supply If oxygen, and the air
is then sent to the interior of the he'll
met by another tube. The air renew
ing apparatus is contained in a pair
Of cylindrical chambers attached to
each side of the helmet. Regulating
valves keep the air pressure within
the helmet at the right amount and
always constant, no matter what the
depth may be below the surface.
Mounting and descending are effected
by a drum and cable worked by an
electric motor. At the same time the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17
Baseball BreyitieS.

The Cincinnati Club has turned
pitcher Chapple back to Scranton.
George Stone is beginning to worry
because he has fallen off in his hit
ting.
Big Dan Mccain, the Giants first
bagman, is looking for his lost bat
ting eye.
Manager Griffith, of New York, Is
not so much of a line coacher as in
years past.
Mike Donlin is playing first base
for Jimmy Callahan's Independent;
team in Chicago. Mike has not been
hitting the ball safely.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17
THE OTHER FELLOWS JOB.

The doctor notes with envy
The lawyers bouncing roll,
And wishes he had studied
With Blackstone rs his goa;
The clerk is far from .atistied>
He sees the artists daub.
And cries. oh. how much better!"
The other fellows job.
It's quite the style to grumble
And sigh for other stars,
To wish we were transported
To somewhere, even Mars;
And if we reach the Happy Land
This thought the joy will rob,
For some will surely covet
The other fellows job.
Commercial Telegraphers' Journal
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17
An Armor For Decp-Sea Divers.

A novel form of divers apparatus,
which we are told by the Scientific
American promises to be of great
value in salvage operations, has been
invented by a Partisan photographic
engineer named De Pluvy. Says the
paper just named:
"As De Pluvy has had many years
experience in diving operations there
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17
Change In China.

kaleidoscope b~ewildering change
is the outstanding characteristic of
the political prospect of China at the
present time. Let him that thinketh
he standeth take heed lest he fall
is, in the China of to-day, a thorough
ly worldly wise and eminently practi-
cal piece of advice.-Shanghai Mer-
curry.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17

The farmer looks discouraged,
He hates the rake and hoe;
He wants to try the city,
Where money seems to grow;
The other fellow gets the grain,
And leaves for him the cob,
So in his heart he covets
The other fellows job.
The business man is worried.
Both ends will scarcely meet;
Last month he lost 4 million
Upon a deal in wheat;
He looks with longing to the farm,
And drops a fearful sob;
1t seems to him like heaven
The other fellows job.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17
ESCAPED Lynching Narrowly.

w. r. Fulton, who narrowly es-
capped lynching by a mob after he
had shot his former wife three times
in Wichita, Kan, killed himself. The
woman will recover.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17
Murder to Avoid Arrest,

To avoid arrest Felix Itson, nine
teen years old, shot and killed Town
Marshall Gregory at Brookside, Ala.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17
Smothered in Sand.

Michael Markowitch and John
Toutzbat employed in a sand bank
in Youngstown, Ohio, were smoth-
cred to death by being caught in a
poVn-;n
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17
Suicide in. Paris.

Charles J. Steedman, of Provi-
dence, R. l., who committed suicide
in Paris, was buried at the former
place.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17
Knife PoIiSher.

Every woman welcomes the addi-
ton of little accessories which help
to make her household duties lighter
and less irksome. The daily polish
ing of the knives may be a small mat
ter, but with the assistance of the
knife polisher shown here it can be
accomplished in one-quarter the time
it ordinarily takes. This little kitch-
en- appurtenance is made of sheet
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17

According to the most reliable re-
norts there are 100000 Sunday
schools in the world, with a total en-
rollment OF 26,000,000 pupils.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17

en- appurtenance IS M
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-22
His First Game Of Ball.

The good old game OF FOUNDERS" and
sides now berins to resound wherever
there are youngsters, and few OF us
are able to resist the impulse to stop
and watch the game In the April
McClure's there Il story by i. Con.
STAINS, called MY Baseball Debut,
which tells Of man who stopped to
watch a game Of youngsters and was
pressed into service to make up an
even number Of kids on both sides. Now
il happened that he didn't know base
ball very WELL and what the kids did to
him is a sprightiy comedy. The follow
ing extract shows one OF the many ludi-
clous situations that developed:
As the ball caroined off my ankle, far
out into the field, he, regardless OF the
suffering | exhibited by hopping wildly
about on one foot while | clasped TIE
other tightly between my hands, strobe
out before me III fury. A run had
been scored; that was sufficient To him
victory was everything; the loss of =
limb, or Of life, nothing.
@Cut out dat minyuetl' he ordered
/ complied.
"What uh yu take dis fer he now
demanded referring TO my recent ex-
plot, "A football gamer"
! tried to plead my case but he would
have none Of it. Hey, SpiderlN he
cut in abruptly addressing himself To
the lad on third base, play second an
let de old man play third--they won't
80 many sat round tn him there
We godsl the cruelty Of this last cutl
A ii. already, the punishment did not
far outweigh the crimel
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-22
aoId Times on the Mississippi

AS / have already remarked [else-
mherel sold Times on the Mississippi
got the kaiser's best praise. II was
after midnight when ] reached home !
was usually out until toward midnight
and the pleasure Of being out late was
poisoned, every night, by the dread Of
what | must meet at my front door
an indignant face, b resentfui face, the
face of the porter.
The fact IS, | was ignorantly violat-
ing, every night, a custom in which he
was commercially interested. | did not
suspect this. No one had told me Of the
custom, and ii had been left 20 guess
il, it would have taken me a very long
time to make success OF it. 1t was a
custom which was SO well established
and 50 universally recognized, that it
had all the force and dignity Of law. BY
authority Of this custom, whatsoever
entered a Berlin house after ten at
nigh must pay a trining toll to the
porter for breaking his sleep to Let him
in. This tax was either two and hall
cents or five cents, don't remember
which; but ! had never paid it, and
didn't know | owed it, and as ! had
been residing in Berlin several weeks
was 10 far in arrears that my presence
in the German capital was getting to
be serious disaster to that young
fellow.
| arrived from the imperial dinner
soTrowful and anxious made my presence
known and prepared myself to wait in
patience the tedious minute or two
which the porter usually allowed him
self 70 keep me tarrying as a punish
ment, But this time there was no stage
wait the door WAS instantly unlocked
unboIted. unclaimed and flung wide
and in it appeared the strange and vel.
come apparation Of the porter's round
face all sunshine and smiles and well
come, ia place If the black fTowns and
hostility that / was expecting. Plainly
he had not come out OF his bed; he had
been waiting for me, watching for me
he began TO pour out upon me in the
most enthusiastic and energetic way q
generous stream OF German welcome and
homage. meanwhile dragging me ex-
citedly to his small bedroom beside the
front door; there he made me bend down
over q row of German translations 81
my books and said,
"TheTe--you wrote thaml | have
found it out BY God, did not know
it before, and ] ask million pardons
That one there, the old Times on this
Mississippi Is the best book you ever
wrote - From Mark Twsin's Auto
biography in The North American Re
view for March 18th.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-22
ENGLISH MILL HANDS WARNED.
urged Not to Seek Work in the United
States.

Fall River, March 22.--'I'he officers OF
the United Textile Workers Of America
sent letter yesterday to the cotton
factory employees Of England. says The
Times Of Manchester England, warning
English operatives against inmigrating
60 the Southern states to work in the
mills under the direction of immigration
agents. The letter Is the result Of the
recent eases at Greensboro, ). q, whore
.twenty.six English operatives were
brought in, twenty-one of them being
later deported The letter is signed by
John Golden, general president Of the
United Textile Workers, and Albert Hib.
bert, general secretary. II 4 accom-
panied by copy Of letter from Pres
aent Samuel Gompers Of the American
Federation Of Labor, endorsing the senti'
mants expressed. No encouragement V
offered 70 English operatives to come TO
the North, the general tone Of the letter
being discouraging to all prospective
English immigrants.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-22

At the recent annual meeting of the
Rutland Hospital association, an mr.
gent appeal was made by President
Henry f. Fiaeld in his annual report
for new building. Over $4,000 was
reported In the building fund
In the financial report deficit Of
S9l4.66 was shown Special funds 10
the amount Of S7,902.76, aside from Che
building fund, are held by the assoeia.
ton
Two hundred and thirty-seven pa.
tients have been admitted during the
year. This is the largest number in
the history OF the institution. The re.
suits were: Cured, 176; improved, 80 (:
not improved, 6; died, s. Eight nurses
have been graduated from the hospital
during the year
The old officers who were reelected
include, President, Henry H. Fiheld;
vice president, Charles S. Cayerly
secretary, Egbert g, Tuttlc; treasurer,
u. p. ellison
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-22
PUTTING Down PEASANT ROW.
Calls Out Reserves and Will curtail Ten
ants Privileges.

bucharest, Roumonia, March 22,--All
the army reserves hayc been called to
the colors, and the government has plen-
fty Of troops to speedily suppress the
agrarian troubles.
The calling out Of tho reserves at Ber-
lad, Moldavia, led to serious rioting
Some $50 reserves paraded the streets
smashing windows and pIuudeIing jew
ish shops. The police restored order.
Troops are being rushed to Betosahni
the scene Of repeated raids by maraud-
ing peasants.
Large numbers OF Jews from ,Iassy,
Xaslui, Botosahni and other Moldayian
towns, terroriEed BY the peasantry, have
arrived here They say the Russian por.
tion Of the population largely partici.
pated with the peasants in piundering
and incendiarism at Botosahni.
A law will be promulgated curtailine
privileges Of large tenants and absentee
farmers to whose abuses the recent dis
orders are largely attributed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-22

An interesting relic in the form Of an
ola desk has come to light al a second
hand furniture store III Rutland The
desk was made in 1889 and was the
first one used in the Offices Of the Rut.
land h Burlington railroad. II was
given 10 Orlando Wooster, now deceased,
as keepsake by railroad officials, when
he retired from the roads employ few
years ago after iifty-one years Of ser
vice.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-22
FOR SALE IN THE +. y. CATE REAL ESTATE
AGENCY. BOLSTER BLOCK, BARRE, VT.

rwo-tenement honse On Hill street, near
South Main street. Eleven rooms, two water
closets connected with sewer, city water.
Large lot, good garden. WIZ rent for S22.O0
per month. Will sell low, with small payment
down 309ff
Cottage on FarweIl street Large lot, % feet
front and $50 feet deep. Spring water runs 70
the house. Price $1,000. 500 or $500 down.
Bond for deed. @stf
A nice NEARLY new cottage and barn on Per
rim hill. House has six rooms, Barn Is teEis-
Good hen house Spring water Large ~,
LOG IL xT5 feet Gas range goes with the
house Must he sold before April LIST. 500
down or less. We can give you a bargain on
this. 3c2tf
Farm in Washington on the Chelsea road.
Contains 4ie acres. Abundance Of wood and
some small timber. VIII keep 40 COWS and
team Running water, Buildings good. Tel
ephone and r. +. ID. Price low. VIII exchange
Tor other property xs2tf
Farm OF III acres. IL miles from Williams
town village VIII keep 20 COWS and team.
Hay all ent with machine. Plenty OF
wood, Good buildings. Running water.
Price s3.20000. 2s2tf
Farm one mile from GTaniteville, contains
ines Brick house. VIII exchange for rent
ing property. 2s2u
We also have cottages. tenement houses,
business blocks, building lots, granite quar-
ries granite cutting plant, etc, also tifty-eight
thousand acres of timber land, estimated 20
ent four hundred million feet. Price only
$4,000. There is fortune in this for you. Adj
dress above. 262tf
FOR sALE--B Rest residence lots in this city at
bead OF French street View unohstructei
clear 70 Washington street. Convenient .
both lines Of trolley. Good air, dry soil. No
filing required. See plan. AVeriu Granite
Co., Averiu Building. City lott
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-22

The Essex Realty Co., Of Portland,
Me-, has heen granted the necessary
papers BY the secretary of state en-
abling il to do business in Vermont.
The company does mining and quarry.
ing, develops land, and does mercban-
disc business. Its Office In Vermont viii
be at Island Pond and Harry D. Alncy
will be it's agent on whom papers may
be served.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-22
NinetY.seven Years oId.

Mrs. Albert Ufford observed the
ninety seventh anniversary OF her birth
Thursday, March IA, with party al
the home Of her son, RI. S. Utford. Of
Fairfax. Mrs. Ufford's health is very
good for 50 old woman and she took
much pleasure IN receiving oongratn-
Iations and good wishes. Those present
were. Her daughter and husband, Mr.
and Mrs. ID. j. Norton; her grandson and
wife, the Rev. and Mrs. f. A. Uiford
her granddaughter and husband, Mr.
and Mrs. Warner Brush; her nephew
Fdson Ufford, Of Grand Isle; and hel
niece, Miss Mary Ufford, Of Fairfax.