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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-07
ATTEMPT TO KILL GOV. FORT
Internal Machine Addressed to
Him at Sea Girt,
Suspicious Aroused and Package
Opened in Philadelphia After
the Governors Permission.

Sea Girt, N. Jan attempt to as
sassinate Governor Fort, of New Jer-
sey, has been thwarted by the watch
fulness of postoffice employees, who
discovered an Internal machine ad-
dressed to the Governor in the mails.
The package was a cleverly contrived
combination of powder, bullets and
matches, which had been so arranged
that opening it In the ordinary way
certainly would have caused an ex-
plosion. Had it been received by the
Governor and opened h%urriedly, with
out any suspicion Of what it con-
tanned, there Is little doubt it might
have killed him.
That the package was intercepted
before it had reached it's destination
was due to the vigilance Of the postal
officers who have scanned the Gov
errors mail with unusual care since
the executives recent crusade against
violation of the law at Atlantic City.
The attitude taken by the Governor
when he directed that the excise and
similar laws at the seaside resort be
strictly enforced, threatening to Or
der out the militia if necessary to
that end, aroused great resentment in
some quarters. 1t was to guard the
Governor as much as possible from
any annoyance arising from that at
fair that the unusual watch was put
on his mail.
Several days ago, when a package
of somewhat unusual shape was
found to bear insufficient postage, 1t
was taken by a clerk to n of the
postal inspectors. The inspector
asked for permission to open it with
out forwarding it to its destination.
The permission was given at once.
Exercising the greatest care the in
spector and his assistants removed
the wrappings from the package, to
find confirmation of their suspicious.
It was a real Internal machine, crude,
but so cleverly constructed that it
was capable of doing tremendous
damage. 1t contained a quantity OF
powder and bullets, with matches so
arranged that a hurried opening of
the package would have set of the
powder and hurled the bullets In all
directions.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-07
Women in the Days News.

The first woman dentist has beer.
licensed in North Carolina-Mrs. D.
q. Mcclure, of Asheville.
Foul play is suspected in the death
of Miss Marie Rancke, who was found
drowned near Detroit, Mich.
The Queen of the Hellenes prob
ably dispenses more of what may be
described as official kisses" than any
one On earth. Every lady presented
to her with whom she is on intimate
terms she kisses on the cheek; others
who have not the honor OF knowing
her we'll she kisses on the forehead.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-07
SaSlleS.

Sashes are used effectively on the
new gowns. They serve the purpose
Of girdles, hip yokes and shoulder
cites. A wide, handsomely embroid-
cred scarf of old pink chiffon ribbon
was worn one day around the Shout
ders in directoire fashion; the next
time it made it's appearance it was a
hin scarf. knotted a little at one side
to fall in long and limp lines to the
very hem of the gown, while on an
other occasion it was worn around
the waist as a high and much folded
girdle, with two loops and ends fall
ing in the back.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-07
Prominent People.

J. P. Morgan returned from a va
cation in Europe.
Colonel Nevins, Of Red Bank, N. j..
was elected Commander-in-Chi Of
the G. A. R.
Sir Vincent Corbett. the British
Minister to Venezuela, has arrived at
Port of Spain.
Emanuel Mandel, a wealthy mer-
chant of Chicago, was killed by a fall
from a train at Basic, Switzerland.
John A. Hall, president of the Mas
sachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
Company. died suddenly in London.
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model has the advantage Of including
the very latest features Of the sea-
son. 1t is laid in two pleats at eachS
seam, which provide just sufficient
fulness for grace, and it can be closed
either at the left of the front with Or
namental buttons or invisibly at the
back as liked. 1t is adapted to linen,
to serge, to mohair, to all skirting
and to all suiting materials, but. as IL
Illustrated is made of Panama cloth
finished with tailor stitching.
The skirt Is cut in sever cores. The
pleats e%ffectually conceal the seams
and are stitched fiat well below the
hips. 1t can be made either in walk
ing length, adapted to the street, or
in the graceful round one that Is so
we'll liked for indoor wear.
The quantity Of material required
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-07
Wee Carriage Shade.

Memories of long past days sur
round the tiny ~parasols that are car
ried in the automobile and horse car
rage alike, edged with fringe that
flutters in the breeze. Men who were
young handles in the f1fties of last
century will recollect them, and the
airs and graces they enabled a pretty
woman to reveal, for in truth they
are as useful as a fan in the hands OF
a coquette. s.
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NeUsy Paragraphs.

Gustav Stickley announced his plan
to found a craftsman's village in New
Jersey.
Roger Foster, returning from Rus
STA, said the country was in a state of
anarchy.
The Netherlands asked France IT
she couli Cooperate in action against
Venezuela.
M. de Reus, the Dutch Minister to
Venezuela, said that the letter which
caused his expulsion was published
without his consent. A blockade OF
the Venezuelan coast, he added, would
be an easy matter.
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MOTHERS THREATEN TEACHERS.
Demonstration by Parents of Collin
wood School Fire Victims.

demonstration ny TaToutS VI Noiiih-
wood School Fire Victims.
Cleveland, Ohio.-With a squad OF
ten. policemen guarding the building
against a. mob of sobbing mothers of
children who persisted in the North
Collinwood school fire on March 4,
when 174 lives were lost, Clark
School, to which the pupils and teach
ers who survived, with the janitor,
John Hirtes, were transferred, was
reopened.
A threatened violent demonstration
against the teachers and the janitor
was baked by the presence of police.
The passage to their rooms of the
teachers, headed by Miss Anna Mo-
ran, principal of the North Collin
wood School, was accompanied by
catcalls and denunciations OF the
school board, which succeeded in the
courts in retaining the teachers de-
spite injunctions obtained by mothers
of victims.
Many parents Of victims of the dis
aster kept other children at home and
others took their children from the
building. .
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Lorgnette Chains.

The new fan or lorgnette CHAINS
are exceedingly pretty, and one de-
sign in French gilt, set with groups
of ston es, or mock jewels, such as
coral, jade, topaz and lapis lazuli is
particularly effective. At the same
price there are long, slender chains
of gilt and gun metal ornamenteo
with rhinestones set so that they look
like a string Of dewdrops.
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LATEST NEWS
BY WIRE.
Secretary Root O Grandfather.

| Boston, Mass. "A daughter was
born to Lieutenant U. S. Grant, third,
u. S. A., and Mrs. Grant, who is the
daughter of Secretary Root. Lieu
tenant Grant is attached to the United
States Engineering Corps here, and is
living in Brookline.
Girl Shoots Noisemakers.
Cripple Creek, Col.-Armed with a
| rifle Miss Annie Coplen, Of Gillette,
twelve miles from here, fred as rapid
Iy as she could into a group Of men
who were making a disturbance IN
| front of her mothers home. Robert
r. Young, operator of a cyanide plant
at Gillette, was wounded over the
| right eye and cannot recover; Wilbur
| Rand was shot in the left leg. Miss
Coplen was brought to Cripple Creek.
Wrecked by Natural Gas.
Brantford, Ont.-An explosion OF
natural gas blew up four buildings,
including a theatorium and cafe. Mrs.
William Horning and three children,
occupying rooms above the store,
were buried in the ruins. One child,
an infant, is dead, and Mrs. Horning
and another son are fatally hurt.
Joseph Blaybarough was expected to
sdie.
Print Paper Investigation.
Chicago. - The Congressional in
vestigation Of the pulp wood and
print paper situation decided to go to
Appleton, Wis, when Congressman
James R. Mann, Of Chicago, chair
man of the special committee, and
members of that committee will visit
the big paper mills of that city.
Pitcher Chesbro 4 Fire Hero.
Whitinsville, Mass.-Pitcher Jack
Chesbro, of the New York Americans,
is the fire hero of this town. Practi-
cally alone he fought the flames in
the residence of William H. Carr at
the corner of Church and Prospect
streets and saved the house.
School Pays Han'y.
Indianapolis, Ind. - Through the
auditing OF the bills of the ~Indianap-
oils School Board in the Office Of the
City Controller it became known that
Governor Hanly had received $25 for
delivering an address to the gradual
ing class of the Manual Training High
School in June. Although not unlaw-
full, the transaction has excited much
comment.
Big Bank to Liquidate.
Pittsburg, Pa.-E. A. k1tZmiller,
vice-president Of the Cosmopolitan
National Bank, recently closed, has
stated that the institution would
l%iquidate.
New Head of Typothetae.
Boston.-At a session of the United
Typothetae of America, E. Lawrence
Fells was elected president.
Reports $129 295 in Treasury.
Washington, D. C.-At the session
of the Executive Council Of the A. F,
Of l.. Secretary Morrison reported that
the receipts during the last eleven
months were $184,606.01; ~expendi-
lures, s183,220.70, and balance in
the treasury, S~129,295.33.
Oklahoma Bank Law Upheld.
Oklahoma City, Okla.-The State
Supreme Court rendered a decision
UNFOLDING the bank deposit gua"anl!
law.
Nelson Got $500.
San Francisco. - The receipts oil
the Gans-Nelson fight were slightly in
excess of $4,000, of which Nelson re-
ceived $500 and Cans $5045. The
gate money was not up to expecta'
lions.
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10000 IN THE CANAL ZONE.
1t Cost the United States Nearly
$4,000 to Take the Census There.

Washington, D. C.-According to
q recent census, the returns Of which
have been received in Washington
from Panama, the total population of
the canal zone is $4,000. Of this
number 24,963 persons are employed
either by the Isthmian Canal Commits
sion or the Panama Railroad Com
pany.
Of the total population 1855 are
white, 34,7S5 are negroes and $50
are Chinese. Of the whites 6S63 are
from the United States, and of these
5213 are males and 1850 females:
1880 married men and 104S married
women; 2713 single men and 172 sim
gle women; 451 children, 232 boys
and 219 girls between the ages Of six
and sixteen years.
There are also from the United
States seventy-three colored persons,
ffty-seven males and sixteen females,
The total cost of taking the census
Is given at ~$393S.36.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-07
MOE BURNS CHURCH TENT.
Disciples Of SITS. Peter and Paul Scat
tered by Villagers.

Disciples of SITS. Peter and Paul Scat
tered by Villagers.
Baltimore, Md.-The band of re-
ligious enthusiasts who call them
selves Disciples Of St. Peter and St.
Paul" have decided to give up their
efforts t., Christianize the residents Of
Brooklyn, a village just across the
river from Baltimore. The disciples
had ar.used the ire, not only of the
sinners, but also Of the religious pee
PIE IF the town, by referring to all
other Christian :aligions as evil in
their methc1s anu hellish In their
distinction.
Shortly after midnight a band Of
villagers, masked and armed, stealth
lily approached the large tent, and in
a few minutes the tent was set on fire.
An hour later the place was deserted
and Jnly a few embers Of the sup
port poles remains ed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-07
Bolero Will Not Down.

For morning wear we g the
short, pleated skirt and a short coat,
all in ~tussore, with perhaps a piping
in striped or spotted fabrics. These
are smart and neat, and will be seen.
later on abroad, invariably accompan-
led by a hat trimmed with wide
wings, which still continues the rage
in the world Of millinery. We note,
too, that some of the short corselet
skirts show the bolero. Is
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-07
jap Spies Led by Woman.

Boston. - Double guards were
placed on duty at the Charlestown
Navy Yard here, and every visitor
subjected to special scrutiny as result
of recent visits of Japanese spies,
who are said to be led by a beautiful
Englishwoman in a daring attempt to
learn the secret Of the new Davis tor
pedo, the recent successful tests Of
which caused a sensation in naval cir
Giles and broke the projectile corner
maintained up to that time by Japan.
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Two BROTHERS Killed and Robbed.

Cuthbert, Ga.-Henry and Turner
Bus, sons Of John Bus, a wealthy
farmer. were found dead in the pub
lie highway. They had been shot.
The young men had sold some cotton
and were returning home with sew
eral hundred dollars in their pockets.
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pavnefl Goods to Kill Herself.

Mrs. James w. Johnson, of Tren-
Tor N. J., committed suicide by shoot
Ing herself with a revolver, which h
purchased by pawnlng h~ouseholu
goods. III health was the cause. MIS-
johnson was a s~ister-in-laW OF former
Mayor D. J. Bechtel.
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THREE KILLED IN MISSISSIPPI
Train Jumps Track and Two Cars G.
Down Embankment.

Memphis, Tenn. - The passenger
train, No. 1874 on the Yazoo and Mis-
sissippi Valley Railroad was wrecked
nea C%larksdale, Miss. Three per-
sons are reported killed and thirty in
jured.
The dead are: Mrs. Virgie Graham:
wife of A. NJ. Graham. of Glendora,
Miss; unidentified girl, fifteen years.
ticket reading to Memphis; unidenti-
fed woman.
The train was running at a high
rate of speed when at Durham, a
small station near Clarksdale, it
Jumped the track. The chair a and
one of the passenger coaches, both
filled with people, turned over an en-
bankment and were badly smashed.
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NO CHANGE IN ARKANSAS.
Democrats Have Usual Majority-Lit
tie Rock Votes For License.

tie Rock Votes For License.
Little Rock, Ark.-Returns re"
ceived from the election indicate the
success of the Democratic State ticket
by the usual majority. Bruce Boul-
lion, secretary OF the democratic
State Committee, says, George W.
Donaghey's plurality for Governor
will exceed $4,000. =
Judge John I. Worthington, the Re.
publican nominee, polled the full Re
publican vote and In scattering places
received the votes Of some Prohibi-
tionists. Judge Worthington ran on
a Statewide prohibition platform,
while Mr.. Donaghey said that prohi-
bition was not an issue, but he would
recommend submission of the Ques-
ton to the voters of the State by the
next Legislature.
License carried In Little Rock, Ar
genta and Pulaski County by a good
majority.
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;Japan Cuts War Expenses.

Premier. Katsura thinks the world
should know that Japan's new policy
Of economy will enforce heavy sacri-
fees in the wal department. Works
planned for the next eleven years, but
now postponed, mean a saving Of
S130,0OO,0 900.
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Blown to Pieces by Dynamite.

'Twenty-three hundred pounds OF
dynamite exploded in the plant of the
Atlantic Dynamite Company, at Ash
laid, Wis, and D. R. Webter, an en-
plvye, was blown t. pieces and the
general superintendent, S. T. 3er-,
was seriously Injured.
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Baseball PLAYER Commits Suicide.

Charles I. Van Zant, aged thirty
three years, a baseball player and a
member of the Albany team of the
New York State League, committed
suicide at his home in Nashua, \. H..
by shooting himself through the,
heart.
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Bryan Elated Over Maine.

Baltimore, Md.-Upon his return
from the Fifth Regiment Armory,
where he delivered a political speech,
William ]. Bryan was elated over the
great Democratic gain and said:
Il am very much gratifed at the
returns from Maine. They indicate
that the trend toward the Democratic
party extends over the whole coun-
try; they encourage Democrats to be-
lieve that victory in November is GER
tain"
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Eermit,s Hunting Comrade.

CAPTAIN Seth Bullock left Dead,
wood for Huron, S. D., where he will
meet Kermit Roosevelt and 60 for a
three weekst hunt on the STANDING
Rock and Cheyenne River Indian res
eryatiOnS.
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Row of Fourteen Kills Himself.

William, the fourteen-year-old son
of Leander Sheetz, a hotelkeeper, at
Lancaster, Pa, committed suicide by
shooting because his parents com
PEELED him to go to school.
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Cranbcrry Harvest Short.

The harvesting Of the cranberry
crop in South Jersey has begun, and
hundreds Of berry pickers have ar
rived at the various bog barracks.
The crop will be short.
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Secret Alliance Discussed.

Pekin, China.-The Emperor and
Dowager Empress of China discussed
the Chinese alliance in secret with
Mr.. Yuan Shin Kai il Pekin.
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MAINE REPUBLICAN
BY 5000 PLURALITY
All Four of the Congressman Are
of the Same Faith.
DEMOCRATS GAIN 81 PER CENT
Republican Congressman Elected
Resubmission of Liquor Question
the Big Issue-Contests in Sew.
eral Counties Were Hot.

Portland, Me.-Four hours after
the polls closed on the hardest-fought
campaign in the history of Maine poll
Tics the Republicans could claim a
victory in the Maine election, and
Bert M. Fernald, of Poland, was
elected Governor over Obadiah Gard.
ner, of Rockland. The figures esti-
mated will give him a plurality of
about 5000, the smallest Republican
plurality in a Presidential rear in
twenty-five years.
The main question before the
voters of the State was also won by
The Republicans. This dealt with the
-esubmission of the liquor question
20 the people. There IS now a prohi-
5ition law on the books, and the DEM
ocrats wished to have the question re-
submitted to the people.
The vote was the heaviest since
1888, running well up to 100000.
The gains, however, were mainly by
the Democrats, the party vote increas-
ting more than $4,000 over that of
1904, while the Republican vote fell
off about $500.
Contests in the several counties of
the State were hot and closely fought,
out the Republicans won out in near
iy every instance. In Cumberland
County, in which Portland is situated
and where the contest has been fierce,
che Democrats, who have been in
power for four years, were over
thrown.
The four Republican Congressman
elected are: First District-Amos l..
Allen, of Alfred; Second District
John P. Swasey, Of Canton; Third
District Edwin C. Burleigh, Of Au-
gusta, and Fourth District-Frank E.
Guernsey, of Dover. Messrs. Guern-
sey and Swasey will be new men in
Congress.
Knox County, the home of Obadiah
Gardner, the Democratic nominee,
gave a Democratic majority of 1900,
although he was unable to carry his
own ward, the only ward in the city
Of Rockland which went Republican.
No United States Senator will be
elected by the next Legislature, as
the term of Senator Hale does not
expire until 1911.
Augusta, the home Of the Repub-
tican State machine, was carried by
the Republicans, after having been
Democratic for three years, while
W~aterville, the home of William T.
Haines, who was a candidate for the
G]ubernatorial nomination against Mr..
Fernald, the Republican candidate,
went Democratic by a majority of
1913. Mr.. Haines was the pronounced
candidate of the Republicans who
favored the resubmission of toe pro-
hibitory liquor law to the people.
Mr.. Fernald, the successful candi-
date, is a corn packer, and has served
In both branches of the L.eeislatnre ,
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Taft is Not Disappointed.

Cincinnati. Ohio. - The result Of
the election in Maine was not disap-
pointing to Judge Taft. although it
looks like a serious matter to the Re-
publicans.
MI. Taft said: 1.-THE result in Maine
Is in line with my information from
that State. I was informed that it
would run about 5000 to 1000. The
result has absolutely no national bear
Ing. The fight was made on local is
sues entirely, and national issues had
no part in the election"
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Fraud il Cuba.

Governor MagooD, of Havana. OF.
dered an Investigation of charges Of
fraud in connection with army ST..
plies brought into Cuba.
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DIES OF RATTLEsNAKE BITE.
Boy at Uniontown, Pa, Kills Reptile
After He is Bitten,

UniontoWn, Pa.-Harry Wallace, a
sturdy nine-year-old gypsy boy, gave
battle to a s~ix-foot rattlesnake on the
mountain near the grave of General
Braddock. He killed the snake after
a fearful fight, and dragged its car
lass in triumph to the gypsy camp
one mile distant, but he had been bit
ten several times, and he died in
agony some hyurs later.
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New York City.-Such a pretty
coat as this one cannot fail to find It's
welcome. 1t is jaunty and chic yet
absolutely simple withal, and in
wolves no difficulties in the making.
It is cut with sleeves and coat por-
tons in one, but in the later manner,
which means snug fit under the arms.
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BY CABLE.
Jan Finances Unrestored.

Jap OnreS'oreu'
Toxic, Japan.-Marquis Kamura.
the new Premier and Minister OF
Finance, outlined a polio" OF rigid
economy for Japan in an address Pc
fore the Bankers Club. He stated
that he had found the Governments
financial conditions unrestored.
Celebrates Golden Wedding.
Observation-Disclosures BJorn-
son, the Norwegian poet and dram
atist. and his wife celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary on their
estate at Aulestad, near Lillieham
mer. Their home was crowded Win
guests. Gifts and congratulations
were received from all parts of Nor
way.
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GirdIes.

Hand embroidered linen girdles.
with the work all done in soft pale
colors, are seen. They are fastened
invisibly with hooks and eyes, max
ing the girdle appear as though it
had no opening. This gives the
waist a round and youthful effect.
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Attendance at Schools Increased,
New York City's public schools
opened with 625,000 pupils.
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Seven Gored Skirt.

The seven gored skirt Is always a
graceful and attractive one, and this
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Celebrates Golden Wedding.
American-Built Yacht Burned.

Southampton. Eng.-The schooner
yacht Ceylon, built at Shooters ISL
and, has been burned to the waters
edge off St. GATHERINGS Point. The
owner, Captain R. V. webster OF
Colombo, and the crew left in a
and were later picked up by a tug.
The hulk has been towed into Vent
nor, Isle of Wight. The Ceylon was
cruising in the Channel when she
caught fire.