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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-26
BURIED FRENCH NJ
RESCUED TOO LATE.

Paris.-The wife of a farmer OF
Mount de Marsan, in the Province Of
Landes, was buried while in a state
Of catalepsy.
The woman had suffered from a
lingering illness, and death appar-
emily took place a week ago. The
body was inferred on Friday, and for
some unexplained reason the grave
was not filled at once.
The following Monday a man who
was passing the grave heard stifed
cries proceeding from it, and ran
to the house of the Mayor to give in
formation.
The Mayor summoned a doctor and
hurried off with him to the cemetery.
When the coffin was opened the wom-
an inside made a convulsive effort to
rise.
The doctor put his arms around
her and raised her to a sitting posi-
ton. Her heart was still beating,
but she died shortly afterward.
The woman had torn her shroud
to pieces in her desperate efforts to
escape from her living tomb.
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Good Example Of Doctor and Patients

A true story is told of a San Fran
cisco woman and a doctor with a con-
science. The doctor performed a
successful operation for a rich wom-
an, and when asked for his bill pre-
scented one for $50. The lady smiled
and said: "Do you consider that q
reasonable charge, considering my
circumstances" The doctor replied:
"That is my charge for that opera
ton; your circumstances have MOTH
ing to do with It," The lady drew q
check for $500 and presented It to
him. He handed it back, saying:
II cannot accept this. My charge for
that operation is $50" avery well,s
the lady replied. Keep the check
and put the balance to my credit
Some months after she received a
long itemized bill, upon which were
entered charges for treatment OF
various kinds, rendered to all sorts
of odds and ends Of humanity, male
and female, black and white, who
had been mended at her expense.
She was so delighted at 1t that she
Immediately placed another check
for $500 to his credit on the same
terms, and it Is now being earned In
the same way.-Boston Evening
Transcript.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-26
CURES WIFE'S
INSOMNIA BY STAGE DEVICE.

Cleveland, Ohio.-James Benham,
a grocer, has cured his wife of rer-
vousness and insomnia by a stage
device.
He saw in a medical journal that
the patter Of raindrops on the roof
would cure sleeplessness. Getting a
theatre employe to help him, he
rugged up a thunder and lightning
maker on the tin roof of his house
rear his bedroom. When darkness
came he sent his son out with the
garden hose and urged his wife to
go to bed, saying it looked like rain.
Soon the rumble of thunder and
flashes of lightning were followed by
the patter of raindrops on the roof,
and in a few minutes Mrs. Benham
was asleep. Benham says the trick
has worked a complete cure.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-26
PENNSYLVANIA RETALIATES.
Abolishes All Communication Rates in
Return For 2 Cent Fare Law.

Observation-Disclosures all the
subterfuges employed by the Read
ing when it announced a fifty per
cent. increase in suburban fares, in
revenge for the passage of the two
cent fare bill, the Pennsylvania Rail-
road in a statement, in which far
more radical retaliation is threat
ened, boldly declares that the in
crease is due to the passage Of the bill.
The Pennsylvania furthermore
boasts that it has no doubt that it
can have the law declared unconsti-
t%utional, but it wishes to announce
that if there is any delay or if it does
not have the law knocked out there
will be no appeal.
A fiat two-cent-a-mile rate to all
suburban points will be charged and
the railroad will sell no Communication
tickets at all. Even ten ride, pack
age and workmen's tickets, the state
ment announces, will be done away
with. Excursion tickets will not be
sold after September 80 either, if the
road does not succeed in having the
new law declared unconstitutional.
Thousands of people will be affected
by the move.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-26
ROOF GARDEN VAUDEVILLE
ON A CHURCH.

Philadelphia. - When the Rev.
Charles R. Mcclellan, D. D., pastor
of the Fair Hill Baptist Church, Of
this city, suggested to his congrega-
ton that the church should be sur
mounted by a roof garden, where a
vaudeville show could be held IN
warm weather to attract men, women
and children to Gospel services, those
present manifested their approval by
subscribing $4,000 for the. project.
The Fair Hill congregation is COM
posed largely of mill workers.
DR.. Mcclellan said: "Too many
of our people find the church unat-
tractive. We must offer something
to draw them from the playhouse, the
poolroom and the saloon. If neces-
sary we must supply a free lunch,
which attracts so many men to the
saloon"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-26
ODDITIES IN THE DAYS NEWS
FROM ALL OYER THE WORLD
FISHED WITH HONEY
FOR ANT IN THROAT.

Shrewsbury, Mass.-An ant almost
caused the death of Edgar Smith, Of
Shrewsbury.
Smith is an athlete and takes long
walks, carrying his lunch with him.
An ant dropped on a sandwich he
was eating a1d lodged half way down
his throat, clinging to the membrane
by its mandibles.
Two Shrewsbury physicians we're
unable to release its hold, and Smith
was being tickled 20 death when
taken to Worcester.
A waxed thread with honey on it
was worked down Smiths throat by
a doctor and the ant finally seized II
and was pulled out.
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FATAL TROLLEY COLLISION.
Accident Occurred on Cleveland and
Southwestern Road at Elyria, O..

Southwestern ftOaQ AT hiyrIa, W
Elyria, Ohio.-Four persons were
killed and fifteen were injured IN a
rear-end collision on the Cleveland
and Southwestern Traction Road
here. The front car was filled Win
holiday excursionists, nearly all OF
whom received more or less serious
injuries.
The wounded were taken to the
Elyria Hospital, where two died dur
Ing the night, eight Of the remain.
Ing fifteen had both legs amputated.
one lost one leg, and still another
had both legs broken. Three more
died next day.
Those killed were: E. O'Donnell.
Elyria, crockery merchant; both legs
cut off; died a few moments after &C.
cident. H. M. Billings, Elyria, Grand
Army veteran; legs cut off; died IN
the hospital. w. c. Allen, Elyria.
claim agent for the Lake Shore Rail
road. William Sala, son of the Rev.
J. P. Sala, Elyria. Arthur Hoadly,
Elyria. Miss Eunice V. Wurst, Ely.
ria; both legs cut off. c. V. Porter,
clerk, Elyria; both legs cut off.
Those fatally injured were: Mar
garet J. Alter, Elyria. Mary Dean.
South Amherst, aged fifteen; both
legs cut off. John Leslie, Carlisle.
Mrs. Sala, wife of the Rev. j. P. Sala.
w. s. Avery, conductor, Elyria.
Others injured are: Leslie Porter,
of Cottesbrook; both legs cut of.
Margaret Butler, Elyria; both legs
cut off. Homer Allen. Elyria; both
legs cut off. Miss Fulton, Elyria;
both legs cut off. Miss Suppes,
daughter Of Max Suppes, manager
of the steel plant here; both legs cut
off. Miss Davis, Elyria; Internal In
juries. George Chamberlain, Perry,
Ohio; badly hurt.
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CHILDREN SHOWED TT.
Effect Of Their Warm Drink in the
Morning. (

"a year ago 1 was a wreck from
coffee drinking and was on the point
of giving up my position in the school
room because Of nervousness.
81 was telling a friend about 1t and
she said, We drink nothing at meal
time but Postum Food Coffee, and it
is such a comfort to have something
we can enjoy drinking with the chill
dren.
81 was astonished that she would
allow the children to drink any kind
of coffee, but she said Postum was
the most healthful drink in the world
for children as we'll as for older ones,
and that the condition of both the
children and adults showed that to be
a fact.
my first trial was a failure. The
cook boiled it four or five minutes
and it tasted so fiat that l was In de-
spair, but determined to give 1t one
more trial. This time we followed
the directions and boiled it fifteen
minutes after the boiling began. 1t
was a decided success, and | was
completely won by its rich, delicious
favour. In a short time | noticed a
decided improvement in my condition
and kept growing better and better
month after month, until now l am
perfectly healthy, and do my work in
the school room with ease and pleas
IRE. I would not return to the nerve
destroying regular coffee for any
money"
There's a Reason" Read the IA
nous little Health Classic" The
Road to Wellville,' in pkgs.
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Prominent People.

District Attorney Jerome Is an in
veterate cigarette smoker.
Karl Blind, the German patriot,
died in London from heart disease.
He was born in 1926.
A letter of the late M. Pobiedon-
o~stseff, Procurator-General Of the
Holy Synod, tells how, but for him,
the present Cars father would have
granted a constitution to Russia.
Maxwell Evarts, son Of former
Senator William NJ. Evarts, Is a big
lawyer who lives in Vermont, prac-
tees law in New York and raises old
English sheep dogs for fun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-26
DIE IN BLAZING COTTAGE
Two Children and Two Servants
Perish at Long Branch
Daughters of Wealthy Walter Schiller
Roasted to Death - Destroyed
Mansion Was Show Place.

Long Branch, N.J.-Four are dead
and six others in a critical condition
in the Long Branch Hospital as a re.
suit of a fire which destroyed the
shrubbery, the beautiful summer
home of Jacob Rothschild, in Ocean
avenue, West End, and threatened to
wipe out the entire aristocratic cot
tage section.
The dead are: Marion Schiller, ten
years old; Ruth Schiller, fourteen
years old; lilly Monthon, servant;
Mary Dilter, servant.
The Schiller girls were daughters
Of Walter Schiller, Of 20 West Sew
enty-sixth street, New York.
The injured are Walter Schiller,
badly burned about the body; will
probably die; Mrs. Walter Schiller,
badly burned; will probably die; Mrs.
Holt, governess to the Schiller chill
dren, burned about face, hands and
body; Kate McMurray, servant, in.
jured in jumping from third story
window; Josephine Hoffman, injured
in leap from window; John Irwin,
butler, broke arm and internal iniur-
les; jumped from third story window.
Mr.. Rothschild Is the owner Of the
Hotel Majestic in New York. He Is
in Europe, and leased his summon
home, which is one of the show places
of the north coast, to Mr.. Schiller Tor
the season. The family moved In a
week ago. Mr.. Schiller Is junior
member of the firm of Krebs, Wer-
theim & Schiller, cigar manufacture
ers, and secretary of the United Cigar
Manufacturers Company.
MI. Schiller, who slept In the front
of the house, on the second floor, was
awakened by a loud explosion, evil
IDENTIFY In the cellar, shortly after
midnight. Arousing his wife, he
rushed into the hall and found 1t full
Of flames and smoke. The whole
house seemed to catch fire at once,
and every avenue Of escape was cut
of.
The four children occupied rooms
In. the back with their governess. The
servants slept on the third floor. Mr.
Schiller and his wife had to rush
through the flames to reach the chill
dren's rooms. Mrs. Holt was already
bundling up one Of the little girls
and had started to carry her out.
Mrs. Schiffer's night clothes had
caught fire, and her husband had all
he could do to get her to the street.
She had tainted and he dashed down
the burning stairs, carrying her In hk
arms. They reached the open air ter
ribly burned, and we're rushed to the
hospital.
Mrs. Holt was rescued after reach.
ing the lower hall and carried to the
lawn unconscious. She had been un-
able to save any of the children. One
of the women servants rushed down
stairs to the second floor and sue
ceeded in throwing two of the chill
dren out of the window to the rescu.
ers on the lawn. Then she had to
lump for her life. The butler Inc
n other servant jumped from the
upper windows. The two servants
who were burned to death, 1t Is sup
posed, tried to make their way down
the burning stairs.
The four bodies we're found in the
cellar burned beyond recognition.
The cottage was destroyed with its
entire contents. Practically nothing
was saved. The loss will not be less
than $4,000. The cause OF the hre
Ia minimum
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-26
FORGER COMMITS SUICIDE.
School Principal Takes Poison After
His Misdeeds Are Exposed.

Boston.-Edric Davis Brooks, prin-
cipal of the Topsfeld High School,
organist in the Congregational
Church of that town, committed sui
eide by taking poison, following the
exposure that he was a forger.
Speculation and a fondness for fast
automobiles are believed to. nave been
the cause of his downfall.
Brooks, who was twenty-eignt
years old, went to Salem in his new
touring car. At the Mercantile Ma
tional Bank he presented a check
for $500. The cashier did not like
the signature and telephoned to the
man whose name was at the bottom
of the check. The latter replied
that the check was a forgery.
After the police had been consult.
ed Brooks was allowed to depart,
leaving his auto as security. He
took a train to Beverly, where he
purchased some morphine and some
cyanide of potassium. He swallowed
some of the former poison during
the afternoon when he learned upon
his return to Topsfeld that his mis-.
doings had been brought to light.
Later he swallowed the cyanide.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-26
GIRLS ON STRIKE
o LARGER DOWRY.

Paris.-The most curious strike in
France Is on in the suburb OF
Granges-le-Roi, near Paris, where the
girls are "out" demanding a larger
marriage dowry for the annually
elected "Rosiere," or Queen Of the
Rose.
The "Rosiere" is chosen from
among the industrious unmarried
women under twenty-five, and the
lucky girl receives from the COM
munity $50.
Six girls elected in succession this
year declined to serve, saying the
sum was too small.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-26
Baseball BrevitieS.

Pitcher Keefe, of New York, looks
very light for fast company, but he
has a puzzling delivery.
They are a game bunch" says
Charles Dryden, in the Chicago Trib-
une, speaking of the New York Ma
tionals.
The shinguards of Catcher Clark,
of Cleveland, are different from Bres-
nahan's. They do not project above
the knees, as do Rogers.
With all the changes that have
been made in the playing rules of the
game in forty years the ball itself
remains about the same.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-26
WHOLE TOWN BUSY


Sandy Hook, Ky.-Marble playing
is monopolizing the time of men,
women and children at Sandy Hook.
Everybody is playing the game.
Gray-haired men and women enjoy it
as much as children.
Even Judge Hargis, who is ready
for trial, charged with killing Dr..
Cox, plays in the courtyard with
other prisoners all day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-26
LIGHTNING BOLT KILLS
BALL00N|ST IN AIR
Hurled to His Death at a Review
of italian Troops.
VICTIM DROPPED 1900 FEET
Victor Emmanuel, Queen Helena and
$4,000 Troops Watch in Horror
as Lieutenant Falls - Military
Celebrations Stopped.

Rome, Italy.-A military balloon
1900 feet in the air, ascending at
royal review in Rome before the SOW
ereigns of Italy and an army Of
troops, was struck by lightning and
hurled burning to the earth with its
occupant, Lieutenant Olivelli. The
aeronaut was fatally hurt and soon
died in a hospital.
This occurred on the occasion OF
the festival of the Italian constitu-
ton in the Campo Farnesina at 10
o'clock a. m. King Victor Emmanuel
and Queen Helena reviewed troops OF
all arms of the garrison OF Rome,
numbering $4,000 men.
Afterward the sovereigns inaugu'
rated the international rifle match,
which takes place every five years,
with a large attendance of good shots
from Italy and foreign countries.
Then the King and Queen reviewed
a parade of cyclists of the bersagllerl
and a large number of volunteer
cyclists.
It was twenty minutes past IL.
The sky was the color of lead, threat
ening a severe tempest over the
shooting ground. In the air, at a
height of 400 metres, was a balloon
of the military engineer corps,
manned by a very well known and
esteemed captain of engineers named
Olivelli.
Unexpectedly a bolt of lightning
darted from the clouds and struck
the balloon, setting fire to 1t. A cry
at once arose from the crowd on the
shooting ground, which numbered
nearly 100, 900 persons. The basket
Of the balloon fell precipitately with
a whirling motion in space until 1t
struck the ground.
The volunteer cyclists ran In all
haste to the spot and found Olivelli
unconscious, with his legs entangled
in the ropes Of the basket. A doctor
who ran to the spot examined Olivelli
and said that his spinal column had
been broken.
King Victor Emmanuel and Queen
Helena witnessed the accident, and
the King at once sent his W auto
mobile, in which the dying man was
placed and taken to the hospital.
The King followed in another auto
mobile and went to. the bedside of
Olivelli, who recognized him. It was
a very moving and affecting scene.
The King spoke to him very affection
ately. The accident caused a great
sensation in the city.
Olivelli was a native of Monte
Pulciano. He was a tall, handsome
man, thirty-three years old. He
leaves a young widow.
Olivelli died at twenty minutes
past 2, and the King at once an
nounced that he would not attend
n more of the military events
planned for the day, and these were
at once suspended and the illumina-
ton of the girandola was counter
manded. ...
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-26
MIsER SPENDS $4,000 IN
FEAR OF BEING SLAIN.

Pulaski, Tenn.-Stricken with the
fear that he would be murdered for
his money, Willis Smith, eighty-four
years old, has flooded the country
with 100000 in quarters and half
dollars, which he has been hiding in
fruit jars for many years.
The money was coined two genera
lions ago, but is not worm. Many
years ago Smith put some money in a
bank and the cashier at once paid 1t
out on a check. Smith saw this and
withdrew his money, saying he would
not do business with a concern that
would not keep his money "be!ter
than that"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-26
The National Came.

The great Mathewson is coming
back to his old form.
The Boston Americans are wear
ing brown stockings this season.
Bill Coughlin, of the Detroits, has
been banging the ball in rare style.
Catcher Spencer, of st. Louis, is a
good hitter, but he is said to be a
slow thinker.
Friction generates heat, and heat
kills germs. Consequently a Cincin-
natl man suggests that a hard soak
with the willow Is the batsman's best
course in sanitation in dealing with
the aqueous toss.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-26
About Noted People.

T. P. O'Connor, NJ. P, was re-elect'
ed president of the United Irish
League.
w. E. Corey was reelected Presi'
dent of the United States Steel Cor
poration.
King Edward, desircus of relieving
the dizziness of male attire, IS Wear
ing a pink shirt.
Baron Rosen, the Russian Ambas'
sador, is one of the finest piano play.
ers in Washington.
Jack London arrived at Honolulu
in his dory, twenty-seven days Out
from San Francisco
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-26
TIGER D G BULL
AND ARG CROWD.

Colon.-The arms-carrying habit
in Panama City came in handy at the
last tiger and bull fight.
Three thousand persons, one-third
of them Americans, were in the
grandstand, when the tiger broke
out Of its pen and made for the
crowd.
There was almost a panic, but a
fusillade of shots ended the are
of the beast after he had gone
through the first ten rows of seats.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-26
INDIAN MAIDS SEEK HUSBANDS.
Chickasaw Girls Want Only White
Men in Marriage.

Charlotte, N. C - Twelve Indian
girls of the Chickasaw Nation in In
dian Territory, have written to Presi-
dent Winstone, of the State Agricul-
raj College, requesting his aid in pro-
curing white husbands. They nave
entered into an agreement to marry
none but white men. AS they have
much land, they think students at the
Agricultural College would make the
right sort of husbands.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-26
Life Sentence For Assault.

The first life sentence ever imposed
in Indiana for criminal assault was
given to George T. Anderson at Shell
byville. Anderson, who is forty
years old, was convicted of assault
ing his nine-year-old niece. The law
making such a sentence possible was
passed by the last Legislature.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-26
J. A. KAssON BREAKS AN ARM
Diplomat and Lawyer in a Serious
Condition-Now S5 Years Old.

Washington, D. C.-John A. Kas-
son, of Iowa, famous as a diplomat
and lawyer, fell here and fractured
his arm, and after being carried to
his home was reported in a serious
condition. He is eighty-five years old.
Mr.. kasson has been special reci-
procity commissioner of this Gov
eminent, member of Congress-, mem
Der of the American-Canadian Joint
High Commission, and has held many
other high Offices and is a member OF
numerous clubs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-26
SNORER SHOT FOR
WILD BEAST IN IOWA.

Oskaloosa, Iowa.-Richard Hard
ing's alcoholic snoring, while Sleep
ing behind a hedge at Durfee mining
camp, caused him to be shot and
killed by friends, who mistook the vi
b~rations of Harding's uvula for the
snorting of a wild animal. The STAY
ers surrendered to the Sheriff.
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THREE BURNED TO DEATH.
Disastrous Fire in Turn Verein Hall
in Newark, \. j.

Newark, n. J.-Three lives we're
lost and t%housandso OF dollars damage
was done in a fire in Newark, Turn
Verein Hall, 1SS William street. The
known dead are:
Joseph Hoenecke, janitor of the
Turn Hall, burned to death in his
apartments. .,.
Mrs. Joseph Hoenecke, vile OF the
janitor, overcome by smoke II
burned to death.
A child of the janitor overcome BY
smoke and burned to death.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-26
MRS. MCKINLEY LEFT $500, 900.
Amount is Exclusive of the Estate
Left by the President.

Canton, Ohio.-Mrs. M. C. Barber,
sister of Mrs. Mckinley, and sole heir,
was appointed administrative of Mrs.
McKinley's estate. Mrs. McKinley's
estate is valued at $4,000 in per-
sonal property and $4,000 real es-
tate.
This is exclusive of the estate of
the President, which will go to his d.
rect heirs, Mrs. Duncan and Miss
Helen Mckinley, of Cleveland, and
Mrs. Hermalus Baer mabel McKin-
leyl.-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-26
tuberculosis in Milk.

In a paper read before the Nation
al Anti-Tuberculosis League Nathan
Straus declared that a diet of az
milk, without pasteurization is q
diet Of consumption germs"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-26
Jesse James Son Studies Law.

At the graduating exercises of the
Kansas City (Mo.) School of Law.
held at the Shubert Theatre, Jesse
James, the son of the notorious
bandit, received the highest grade
for the years work. James IS about
thirty years old.
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Friendly Act Cost Him His Life.

Just after he had said: This is
the last time 1 can help YOU" Asa
Van Keuren, a sawyer, was killed at
Pine Bush Hill. N, Y, by being
caught under a log which he was
helping a friend to take from a
wagon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-26
DIED IN ROOM WHERE
HE WAS BORN.

Wilmington, Del. - Born seventy
years ago in the house at No. 405
Shipley street, William H. Jack, one
Of the best known men in Whining
ton, died from paralysis in the
in which he first saw the light of day.