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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
SOCIALISTS EXECUTE A BANDIT.
Man Who Attempted to Rob Bank
Shot Dead in Waiting Room. 10y

Warsaw, Poland.-Socialists exc
cuted a bandit who made an unsuc-
cessful attempt to get $500 from the
Commercial Bank of Warsaw. The
man entered the bank and asked the
director to give him $500. HIS re-
quest was refused, w%hereupon the
man sat down In the waiting room
and announced his intention of re-
naming there until he received the
money. The bank officials feared to
ask the police for help. A Socialist
member, of the banks staff, however,
called up the Socialist headquarters
on the telephone and explained the
situation. Two men from headquar-
ters at once went to the bank. They
approached the ma in the waiting
room, threw a sack over his head and
blew out his brains with a revolver.
The police have not interefered with
the men who did the killing.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
A Useful Toy.

Very little difficulty will be encoun-
tered in making the water-clock il
lustrated here; and any boy can man
age. All that are needed Ire a piece
Of cardboard, a piece Of wire, two
pieces of cork, some needles and a
tin can
A hole Is made. in the bottom Of the
can which shall suffice to let all the
water run out in tw%enty-four hours
The piece of cardboard must be abou,
twenty-six inches long and six inches
wide, and is cut out as shown In the
diagram. This Is set up on the tir
can by means of wires.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
WAR CLOUD" A PHANTOM
Administration Condemns lnfIam-
matory Talks About Japan.
Toxic Laughs at Ultimatum Story
Kaneko Says Japanese Public Men
Know Limits of Federal Power.

Washington, D. C.-There is no
diplomatic crisis in the relations be-
tween the United States and Japan
and no danger that there will be
war now or any future time, unless
certain unreasonable ~CalifoTnians,
aided by certain irresponsible news
paper publishers, provoke it. The
administration regards with undis-
guised Impotence the efforts Of some
papers to exaggerate everything con-
nected with the relations Of the two
nations into "crises," "scares" and
sensations" The administration Is
convinced that thus far ven the atti-
tude Of certain Californians has not
strained the relations between this
country and Japan, but 1t condemns
in unmeasured terms lnfammatory
u%tterances such as Senator Perkins
made to the Geographic Society In
Washington and Representatives,
Hobson has recently given to the
press. 1t is positively asserted that
there is nothing in the San Francisco
school situation to warrant even talk
of war; that the stories that unusual
military preparations are being made
are absolutely false; that the report
that steps were being taken to expe-
dite the construction Of Notifications
in Hawaii and on the Pacific, beyond
the ordinary progress Of such works,
is unadulterated sensationalism and
absolutely without foundation; that
the assertion that the maneuvres Of
the Pacific squadron constitute a
ena to Japan is simply ridiculous,
and that there is nothing to strain
the relations between this country
and Japan except the pertinacity with
which certain persons and news
papers persist in crying, War!
War;" when 10 war is threatened.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
JAPAN ISN'T GOING TO war.
Has No Idea of 1t, Says Foreign Min.
lister Hayashi.

Toxic, Japan.-The kilograms from
London reporting newspaper talk OF
a possible war between Japan and
the United States, and that Viscount
Aoki, Japanese Ambassador at Wash
ington, had handed Secretary OF State
Root an ultimatum, are received mere
with laughter. Viscount Hayash1,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, In re-
Spouse to. an inquiry, sent the fol-
lowing message to the correspondent
of the New York Sun:
Japan has not the slightest 1dea
Of going to war with the. United
States"
The entire absence Of warlike feel
ing in Japan is explained by Baron
Kaneko, formerly Special Envoy to
the United States, who said:
1.-THE japanese understand America
better than the Americans under
stand Japan. A great majority of the
men holding public positions here
were educated by American instruct
ors, and have long studied American
institutions. Now, through the press
and otherwise they are helping the
people to appreciate the difficulty the
Federal Government lies under IN
controlling the action Of the individ-
nal. States. The American Govern
ment and people, with England, are
Japan's best friends. Wal is un-
thinkable."
Hon. Tokiwo Yokoi, Chairman OF
the Committee on Petitions OF the
lower house Of the Diet, who hoios
the most confidential relations with
Prime Minister Saienji and Marquis
Ito, president of the Privy Council
SAYS: "War with America would de-
stroy the Anglo-Japanese alliance
and Germany would step in, intrigu-
ing for a Far Eastern position: "a
pan would be completely isolated. She
realizes that American and England
are her ~sureties among the Powers.
If Great Britain could not anoro 10
remain isolated it would be su1cldal
for .Japanese statesmen to endanser
Japan's alliance with her or to allen
ate American sympathy
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
The Field Of Sports.

Boxing clubs are doing very well
in New York just now.
It is seldom that boxmen, once
they lose their grip, r able to re-
gain it.
Jack Dunn is working hard to get
a team of pennant winners for Balti-
more, for he gets a $1,000 bonus il
he turns the trick.
John J. McGrath, prominent S a
manager of semi-professional teams
in and around New York, has been
appointed manager Of the Savannah
team of the South Atlantic League
for 1907.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06

A stiff wire twenty inches long has
a small piece of cork fastened to one
end, and a shaving Of cork at the
other, this last piece of cork to float
nthe water of the can, which is to be
open at the top. The bit of cork at
the top, which is to act as a pointer,
can also help to steady the wire by
having two needles inserted so that
they will move up and down in the
groove, being fixed crosswise. e
; One of the needles will thus serve
as a pointer; and to mark out the
hours on the cardboard one simply
lets the water run out for an hour
from the opening at the bottom, and
going to the card, makes a mark;
the other hours are determined in the
same way. "-5
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
hog of Brilliant Color.

That really beautiful species the
Red River hog Of West Africa is now
well represented in the o In COM
mon with other Juvenile wild pigs
the Red River hog is striped In the
early part Of its life. When about
three months old It loses It's mark
ings and the body has a spotted APP
pearance.
The adult is one Of the most bril-
liantly colored mammals in existence,
but it's bright red hue no doubt har-
monies with It's surroundings. the
soil in many parts OF West Africa
being red. It is of an elegant shape
and with its tufted tail and long,
pencilled ears has considerable pre-
tentions to beauty. atf 2
Though it has not the enormous
tusks found in many Of the Wild
swine the Red River hog is not de-
void Of NEAR Of defense. It's face b
protected, by hard callosities on each
side, Just below the eyessta there
is a bony ridge on each side of the
! upper jaw. And that these growths
are not merely ornamental Is proved
by the fact that this animal can hold
it's own with the wart hog, q species
provided with formidable upturned
Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
difficult problem. The ordinary
methods employed are slow and tedi-

difficult problem. The ordinary
methods employed are slow and tedt-
Gus, and often unsuccessful. A more
up-to-date method is shown in the
illustration, the invention of a New
Jersey mechanic. He provides q
clamp which can easily be placed in
position, and by a" simple method
frightened up. Encircling the column
Is an iron chain, at n end of which
Is the clamp. The clamp comprises
two sections, one connected to the
chain and the other having a hook,
onto which any link Of the chain can
be hooked, according to the size OF
the column. Connecting the two
parts of the clamp is a threaded bolt
having reverse threads at each end.
It will be obvious that by turning
the threaded bolt the two sections OF
the clamp will be brought together
until the pieces of the column are
brought tightly together.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06

and declined an invitation of STAN
ford White to accompany him to the
Madison Square roof garden.
van, went to the Madison Square
roof garden and sat alone at one Of
the small tables there watching the
first production Of a play called
'Mamzelle Champagne
THE defendant was there with his
wife and two friends, Truxton Beale
and Thomas McCaleb. The defend
ant walked constantly about the
place. In the middle of the second
act the defendants party started to
leave the roof. The defendant let his
party go ahead and he Jagged behind.
Passing the table where Stanford
White was sitting, this defendant
suddenly faced Mr.. White and DELHI
erately shot him through the brain,
the bullet entering the eye
"Mr. White was dead!
"The defendant did not know this.
work and fired again, the bullet pen
etrating Whites chest.
"Still, to make sure, he fired a
third time.
"Mr. White, or rather the body OF
Mr. White, tumbled to the floor.
The defendant turned and, facing
the audience, he held his revolver
aloft, with the barrel upside down,
to indicate that he had completed
what he had intended to do. The
. big audience understood. There was
no panic"
Mr.. Garvan concluded by giving
the details of Thaw's arrest and in
dictment by the prosecution.
Thaw sat with head downcast and
face flushed.
Not once did Mr.. Garvan mention.
save casually and in order to make
the narrative complete, any name
save the names of the two principals
White and Thaw. In plain, but
impressive, manner, without waste
Of adjectives, Garvan sketched tho
main lines Of the big tragedy. These
were the last words:
Gentlemen Of the jury, we expect
to show you this crime was the cruel
malicious, p~remeditated taking Of {
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
PRISON WARDEN KILLED.
Governor Shot on Basil Island-Mur-
derer Escapes.

st. Petersburg, Russia.-M. Guide
ma, Governor of the political prison
On Vasili Ostrow (Basil Island), a
suburb of this city, was shot in the
main street of the island and died al
most Immediately.
The assassin, a boy Of eighteen,
dressed as a workman, went out from
a teahouse as M. Guidema vas pass
Ing, and shot him twice in ice stom-
ach. The terrorist also shot and
MORALLY wounded a prison warden
who accompanied M. Guidema. The
murderer disappeared and the police
have been unable to find any trace
Of him, owing to the fact that the
population of the island generally
sympathize with the revolutionists.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
THAW DEFENCE HEREDITARY
INSANITY AND EPILEPSY
Prosecution Completes Its Case
Against Whites Slayer.
SPEED IN FAMOUS MURDER TRIAL
Peoples Side Begun and Finished in
Two Hours - Opening Address
Made by Assistant District At
torney Caravan.

New York City. Two hours to the
minute was the time taken by the
prosecution If presenting to the jury
the case against Harry K. Thaw, who
Is on trial in the criminal branch of
the Supreme Court for the murder of
Stanford White on the Madison
Square Roof Garden on June 25 last.
Orders were given to exclude every
n from the courtroom with the eX-
ception of the talesmen and those
who had immediate business there,
so the police had their hands full, as
with the coming of the first day of
the real trial they were assailed by a
horde of men and women yainly seek
ing admittance.
1t was 1915 o'clock when Assist
ant District Attorney Garvan began
the opening address for the State. At
l2.45 o'clock, after calling nine wit
nesses, Mr.. Jerome announced that
the prosecution rested. He had
made good his promise of presenting
his Ease at the first session. With
his closing, and after the notice he
had given, the defence was prepared
to open for Thaw when court con-
vened again in the afternoon.
All of Harry Thaw's own people,
except his sister, the Countess of
Yarmouth. and his brother-in-law,
George L. Carnegie, heard the young,
,lean-cut Garvan arraign him for the
leath of Stanford White.
Mr.. Garvan told how Stanford
White had on June rs last taken his
ION Lawrence and a schoolmate of
The latter to dinner at the Cafe Mar
lin. The boys had bought tickets to
The New York Theatre roof garden
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
Gov. MATA SLAIN IN VENEZUELA
Castro Leader and Others of Govern
ment Force Fall Victims.

Willemstad, Island of Curacoa.-
According to advices received here
Governor Mata, at the head of a body
of armed troops, surprised a secret
political meeting in the yard Of Vice
President Gomez at Caracas, Vene-
zuela, during the night of January
27, and in the fighting which 1olioWeo
Governor Mata and several e
were killed and a number, including
the commander Of the troops, were
wounded.
DIR. Luis Malta, ex-Minister of Pub
lie Works, of Venezuela, was ap-
pointed Governor of the Federal Dis
trict of Caracas on the recent return
of General Castro to the Presidency.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
Feminine Notes.

Louisiana has enacted a law which
permits cities of ove 10000 inhab-
itants to appoint women factory in
spectors.
Princess Mary Of Saxe-Altenburg,
former Queen of Hanover, who died
in Gmunden, Upper Austria, on jan
uary 9 last, left $4,000 to various
charities in the former Kingdom Of
Hanover.
Mrs. James Bryce, wife Of the new
British Ambassador to the United
States, was Miss Marion Ashton be-
fore she married Mr.. Bryce. in 1889.
Her social success has been notable
In London.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
Halls of Congress.

An adjournment was taken because
of the death of Senator Russell A.
Alger.
A message from the President urg-
inc ship subsidy legislation was re-
ceived.
The House Committee on Naval
Affairs voted in favor Of authorizing
a second big gun battleship of 10000
tons.
A message was received from the
President recommending provision
for American representation at the
international Maritime Exposition at
Bordeaux this summer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
Suicide Nipple Was Deeply in Debt

A Coroner's jury of Philadelphia
brought in a verdict that he had
committed suicide while insane in the
case of Edward P. Nipple. brother of
the self-slain president Of the Real
Estate Trust Company. Nipple was
heavily in debt. One judgment en-
tered was for S~120,414.66. It is
said that there are many other debts.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
The Field OF Labor.

Unions in the Netherlands comprise
1921 members.
Davis, 1. T., reports the importa-
ton Of 5000 Bohemians for railroad
construction work.
All Great Northern sections
throughout The Northwest will be
manned by negroes.
Horseshoers have obtained the
nine-hour day without reduction OF
pay In Toronto, Canada.
The inside electrical workers OF
San Francisco are on strike for an
increase of wages from IS to IS per
day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06

MAY it please Your Honor, the
State now rests it's case, said Mr..
Jerome in almost an undertone. It
was 1916 o'clock. 1t had taken the
District-Attorney a little less than
two hours to offer his evidence in
chief in New York County's greatest
murder case.
Thaw listened to the recital of the
shooting for the most part in a mat
ter-of-fact way, although his eyes
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
Rogers Settles Gas Suit.

The suit of the Bay State Gas Com
pany, of Delaware, against Henry H.
Rogers in connection with the own
ership of stock Of the Boston Gas
Company was practically settled at
Boston by an agreement to pay the
receiver s1,500,000 in consideration
of the abandonment of claims and
stock.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
TWO HANGED IN PORTO RICO.
Governor Refused to Interfere in Spite
of Many Appeals For Clemency.

San Juan, P. R.-Francisco bones
and Francisco Rivera were hanged at
San Juan. This is the first hanging
that has taken place in Porto Rico.
Many appeals for communication OF
sentence were made by members OF
the Legislature and others, put the
Governor refused to interfere. mere
is a strong sentiment in Porto RICO
against the infliction of capital pun
ishment, particularly by hanging.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
Railway Lease Threatened.

A bill has been introduced in the
Massachusetts Legislature cancelling
the lease Of the Boston and Albany
to the Central on the ground that
..the lessee is not giving the citizens
the service to which they are en-
titled"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06

Rain May Save Cuban Tobacco Crop.
The tobacco crop in Pinar del Rio
Province, Cuba, probably has been
saved by the recent rains. This crop
had been given up as almost a total
loss because of the extreme dryness. ,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
Testimony Against Hartman.

"A witness at the Interstate Com
merce Commission hearing in San
Francisco said that E. H. Hartman
throttled the Oregon and Oriental
Steamship Line and forced it out OF
business.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
Mutual's Suit Dismissed.

The suit of the Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company against D. G. Halde-
man and the North British and Mer-
camille Insurance Company was dis
missed in the Chancery Division of
the High Court of Justice at London.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
West Pointers at jamestown.

Secretary Taft has ordered that the
West Point. cadets be taken in a body
to the jamestown (Va.) Exposition.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06

Among men, fifty-one per cent. are
stronger in the right arm than in the
left. In thirty-three cases the left
arm is the stronger; in the rest the
two arms are equal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
Grin Feared in New York.

According to the Health Depart
ment New York City is in the grip of
pneumonia, and an epidemic of the
disease in the next three months
is feared.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
Cleveland's New Office.

Ex-President Grover Cleveland
was elected chairman and chief coun-
sci Of the Association of Life Insur-
ance Presidents at asalary Of $4,000
a year.,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
Attorney Dodd Dead.

Samuel C.. T. Dodd, since 1875
chief solicitor Of the Standard OIL
Company, died at Pinehurst, n. Z.
Mr.. Dodd was a native of Franklin,
Pa. where he was born in 1886.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06

A fool and his money are soon
parted-and a wise man soon dies
and his heirs take what the lawyers
leave.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06

this mans family, to a marked ez-
tent, there were insanity and epilep-
sy."
And yet once more he shouted:
ION both sides of this defendants
family, both as to his father and
mother, we will produce to you direct
evidence that there was insanity"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06

Oklahoma Forbids Intermarriage.
The Oklahoma constitutional on
vention adopted a clause prohibiting
the intermarriage of negroes and
whites and negroes and Indians.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
Postal League Election.

The annual meeting of the Postal
Progress League was held In Boston;
Frederick c. Beach, Of Boston, was
elected president.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
Railway Fare Reduced.

A reduction Of fare went into erect
on the Boston and Maine and Maine
Central Railroads.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
McKinley's Memory Honored.

Mchln{cyS MeInUry HouoIeu'
Carnation Day, in memory of Pres
ident Mckinley, was widely cele-
brated.
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]. THE SECRET DRAWER

pers were valuable to complete a'rec-
ord and establish claim.
The ferret-faced man knew 1t, the
young woman knew it and the suave
Mr.. Perkins knew it. They were IN
caRoots to get possession, and not for
one moment did Mr. Treadwell be-
lieve that any of them had a legal
right to the documents.
He had read them over and over
and he sat bordering on the matter
when his bedroom door opened soft
ly. He sat with his back to 1t, and
the hour was almost evening. he
heard nothing and had no Fremont
ton.
The first he knew two hands grip
ped his throat and pulled him over.
backward on the floor. Then he
looked up to find Mr.. Perkins sitting
on his chest, and another man in the
room.
Don't kill the blole!" whispered
the other man. 1.-THE documents are
right here under our noses, and we
ought to be obliged to him."
Mr.. Treadwell was not throttled to
death. Mr.. Perkins had evidently
come prepared for such an event. but
gave over grudgingly and slipped a
gag into the mouth VI his victim.