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New-York tribune., 1908-06-28

TIE Old man leaned forward gazing II revere q
The FIRE b-1- he did not see the flames nor h
Glowing e-rt,e-s He saw TWO bows sitting haprJil
together II their rude cabin dreaming and talkir
5- their dreams J. was as i he was looking throuE
III inverted telescope back through the long wear.
The bows looked So small and so far away that the
seemed 10 him ike beings Of another race living !
s-.r-he- world. We al knew what Uncle Tom And
F5L- was thinking about and no one spoke word .
disturb his -e--osrec-iou Even little Nab fell n
---cn f sympathy. and she reached up from he
char. Slipping her dI-Dpled hand II his He lsse
i It-ed his head, sighed, and continued
An life was sweet Then he relapsed int
silence again
Ate little tine Nab whispered. " Il Is sWee
now. Clcle Tom
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-23
YALE STUDENT COMMITS SUICIDE
John Alan White Leaps; From the Top
of. West Rock, 100 Feet.

New Haven, Conn. John Alan
White, twenty years old, Of Walton,
N. Y, q student in the Yale graduate
school, committed suicide by jumping
from the top of West Rock to the
ground below, "a distance of 100 feet
The body was found by Whites
roommate, Harry l.. Agard, and was
badly mangled from having core in
contact with the rocks at, the use.
When found White had been dead
about twenty-four hours, and the
Coroner in giving permission for the
removal Of the body said that It was
undoubtedly a case Of suicide.
The finding Of the body was the
summation Of a search which was
oeing made for White, who had been,
missing from his boarding place since
Monday morning.
That White contemplated taking
oils life is borne out by a letter which
was found in his room addressed to
ais father, and which was taken to a
relative here, who opened 1T. The
contents of the letter were not given
ont, but it is understood that in it he
says that he contemplated suicide. 1t
Is thought that his mind was tempo
rarily deranged from overwork and
worry over the illness of his brother
and sister with typhoid fever.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-23

Philadelphia.-Dr. Leonard Pear
son, State Veterinarian, and other
veterinarians here are agreed upon
the main characteristics of the NAL
ady known as "foot and mouth dis
ease" In Europe 1t is also called
murrain, and the principal scientific
names for it are eczema, epizootica
and apthous fever. 1t is highly in
fictitious, and its identity Is deter
mined by the eruption Of vesicles or
blisters in the mouth, around the
coronet or top of the foot or hoof, in
the cleft between its parts, and (of
the cow or she goat) on the udder.
It is most common in cattle and
swine. The human species is also
susceptible to it, but rarely to a SER
ious degree.
The specific cause Of apthous fever
has not been clearly demonstrated.
The virus is contained in the erur-
lions. Authorities say that the u
Is presumably a germ. If that Is the
case, the germ is so small that it will
pass through a Berkefeld water filter.
The Infection may be indirect,
through the stables, the straw, hay
or other objects with which diseased
animals have come in contact. The
virus may be carried by an animal
several months after it has had the
disease and has recovered from it.
The period between the moment of
infection and that when the eruption
appears Is from twenty-four to sew
enty-two hours. The symptoms vary
greatly in different %epizootics, being
sometimes mild and at other times
severe. The first evidence Of it's pres
ence is a rise Of temperature, which
in cattle rarely goes beyond 104 de-
grees Fahrenheit. The mucous mem
brane of the mouth becomes red
dened, the appetite is diminished and
the rumination or chewing Of the
cud ceases.
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THE TWOCENT FARE UPHELD
United States Supreme Court
Renders important Decision.
Holds That the Virginia Railroads
Were Premature in Obtaining
Federal Interference.

Washington, D. C.-The opinion of
the United States Supreme Court in
the two-cent fare bill was announced
by Justice Holmes. The case came
before the court on an appeal of the
State from the decision of Judge
Pritchard, of the United States Cir
cult Court for the Eastern District of
Virginia, holding the proceeding by
which the rate was fixed to be uncon-
stitutional and prohibiting the carry
ing of the order into effect.
The rate was named by the COM
mission in accordance with authority
bestowed by the Virginia constitution,
but the order had no sooner been an
aounced than the railroads of the
State began action in the Circuit
Court, in which they prayed for an
injunction against the enforcement Of
The decree. The application was
based on the ground that the present
rates of the companies are reasonable
and not discriminatory, either as be-
tween individuals or localities.
It was commended on behalf of the
roads that the effect of the rate pro-
posed would be to reduce charges be.
low a reasonable and just compensa-
ton; that, indeed, the order was con-
fscatory and would have the effect OF
taking their property without due
process Of law. The State authorities
attacked the jurisdiction of the court,
claiming that the commission itself
was a court as provided by the State
constitution, and that it's DEGREES
could lot be interfered with by a
Federal tribunal. p.
After hearing the arguments in the
Ease Judge Pritchard, December 26,
1907, issued a final decree, granting
the prayer of the railroad companies,
and e%njoining the enforcement Of the
commissions order of reduction. He
held that the commissions duties
we're administrative and not judicial.
This decision was overruled by this
action. Justice Holmes in his opinion
said that the proceeding of the com
mission was legislative and not judi
eial in character, and that the courts
decision of reversal was based on the
failure of the railroads to exhaust
their rights in the State courts.
Justice Brewer alone dissented
from the result. .', T..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-23
1War on Bird Butchers.

The appeal OF the National Assoc
citation of AudubonS Societies for funds.
with which to wage war on the bird
butchers to the country should meet
with hearty response; especially from
the whose annual cropioss:
from Injurious insects, the natural
food Of birds, is conserYatively esti-
mated at $500, 100000. In many
States the laws against the killingsof.
insectiyorous birds are practically
dead letters, particularlyain the Far.
South, where thousands upon thous
sands of these birds are slaughtered
By pothunters In the winter months
and shipped North to tickle ignorant
ppalates under the names Of reed and
rare game b~irds.-Washington Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-23

Bangor, Me.-Maine's annual log
harvest is now in progress, and an
army Of $4,000 or 10000 men are
engaged in telling spruce, pine, hem
lock and cedar for the supply of the
saw mills and the pulp mills In 1909.
In the olden time the lumbermen
used to wait for the snow to cover
the ground before attempting to haul
any logs, but now the crews are sent
in months before snow falls, and mill
ions Of feet Of logs are yarded on bare
ground. About the middle of Janu-
airy yarding is supposed to be finished
and hauling begin.
On the Penobscot alone this winter
about 5000 men and 1900 horses are
employed. Years ago there was al
ways a good supply of regular woods
men, but latterly the natives have
been seeking other employment. The
young men of this day do not care to
go into logging camps, with all sorts
of associates, to eat beans and swing
axes all winter for S25 to $40 a
month. Therefore great difficulty is
often experienced in getting crews.
2, A woods crew is composed Of sew
Sldl lCldSSSSE VI WIZ .. oAS
choppers, who fell trees; swampers,
who make the roads, clear away the
small. growth and trim the fallen
trees; teamsters, who drive the log
sleds; sled tenders, who load the
sleds; markers, who cut with axes va
rious distinctive symbols upon the
logs; cooks, who are the chefs of the
camps, and cookies, who do the, soul
lery work and wait upon the men.
The wages vary from SIS to $50 a
month with board, and the season Is
usually from four to five months.
The camps are scattered over a vast
stretch of territory, extending for 200
miles or more along the Penobscot
and it's branches, away back to the
Quebec boundary line. Woods work
is laborious and monotonous, begin
ming with daylight and lasting until
dark, with three halts for hearty
meals, consisting for the most part Of
baked beans, although in some camps
nowadays a considerable variety Of
food is provided.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-23
NAMES LOG HARVEST is ON.
Men i'm Camp Along the Penob-
of Logs.

The days work concludes with a
big supper, for which the men have
ravenous appetites, and then follows
a smoke talk, when some of the men,
play cards, some sing rollicking songs
Of the woods and the drive, others
discuss the latest prize fight and q
few mend their torn clothing. The
majority are so tired that they roll
into their hunks as soon as supper is
over and drop to sleep when they
have smoked their pipes out.
1t is at the landings that the most
interesting operation Of Jogging is
performed-the marking Of the logs.
The great sticks are here branded
with various symbols to denote own
ership, just as in the case Of cattle.
The marks must be indelible or
they would be worn off by the bump
ing and grinding of the logs against
the rocks and shoals on the long drive
to the booms, and in all the ninety
years Of numbering on the Penobscot
no one has ever been able to devise a
better method of marking than with
a sharp axe in the hands of a skilled
Woodsman. - q
The marker is deft and rather ar
tistic, and makes very few slips or err
rors. There is a head marker and
several assistants, and they stand
upon the great log piles, swinging
their axes with confidence and preeis-
ion, as proud of their skill as any
chiseler of marble.
Z The marks cut upon the logs are of
wonderful variety. There can be no
two alike and each must be distinctly
cut, else there would be confusion at
the sorting booms and loud COM
plant, If not lawsuits, among the
owners.
To the common eye log marks
mean no more than the hieroglyphics
on the Central Park obelisk, but to
the markers they are as plain as A,
tB, C. There are crosses. girdles,
stars, daggers, crowfeet, fishes, va.
rious letters and combinations of let.
tiers, links, notches--a long and COM
Nplicated list, and for every new log
owner a new and distinctive mark
must be invented.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-23
NONPART|SAN POSTOFF|CES
President Puts $1,000 Postmas.
tiers Under Civil Service Rules.
Territory Affected is That North Of
the Ohio River and East Of
the Mississippi. y.

Washington, D. C.-By an execu-
tive. order just issued nearly one
third of the ~fourth-class postmasters
in the United States were placed in
the classified Civil Service. The or
der does not apply to all sections Of
the country, but covers the territory
north Of the Ohio River and east Of
the Mississippi. !
Postmasters holding office will not
have to take an examination, but all
new appointees must be approved by
the Federal Civil Service Commission.
Vacancies may be filed without ex-
animation until the commission Is
ready to make certifcation.
There are 54,312 fourth-class post
masters in the United States, Of
whom 15,4S8 are affected by this
order. Of the nupnhsr affected there
are in New York, 1901; in New Jer-
sey,- $685., in Pennsylvania, 1888; in
Connecticut, 287,, and in the New
England States, including Connecti-
cut, 1853. Other States affected by
the order are Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Wisconsin and Michigan.
Inquiry has been made without eff
feet to ascertain upon what basis the
selection of States was made, and
why all the fourth-class postmasters
in all of the States were not included.
At the Civil Service Commission it
was suggested that the present order
was in the nature Of an experiment,
and that the President might have
thought 1t wise to start with a limited
number of the most populous States
before making the order general. Z
It is suggested, too, that the fourth
class postmasters In the States in
cluded in this order may have exerted
more pressure to be put in the classi-
fled service than those in other Sec
tions Of the country. :
It is assumed that Mr.. Taft was
consulted before the present order
was issued which deprives him Of
such a considerable portion of his
patronage" There is reason to be-
lieve that Mr.. Taft would not only
approve, but welcome, any action or
movement which would free him of
the clamorous demands of the "pie.
hunters"
Il If the new arrangement is found to
work successfully, 1t seems highly
probable that, even If Mr.. Roosevelt
does not. Mr.. Taft will upon assum-
ing Office. include the fourth-class
postmasters in other States under
the terms of the order.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-23
News Before the Telegraph.

Before the advent OF the, telegraph
news travelled slowly, andsi In times of
war reports Of victory or defeat were
anxiously awaited and were at times
long delayed. One writer, relating
his own experience, tells us OF the exs
hilarating scene In Glasgow when the
mail coach arrived bearing the news
of some great victory, such as the
Battle of the Nile or the Battle of
Waterloo.
son such occasions, ? he says, the.
horses were decorated with laurels
and a red flag foated fromsthe roof OF
the coach. The guard, dressed In
scarlet, sounded his horn as they gal:
Hoped through the eehoing streets
Along Gallowgate they went With an
ever increasing crowd till at the foot
OF Nelson street the coach pulled mp.
the guard discharged his blunderbuss
into the air and communicated the:
news, which spread Ike wildfre ~.
Glasgow Times. ss elf
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-23
ALEXIS MENACED BY MOB
AS He IS DEPOSED
Haitian President Leaves His Cap
itaI, Wrapped in the Tricolor.
GEN. LEGITIME SUCCEEDS HIM
Port-au-Princc Captured Without
BIoodshed - Fallen Executive
Boards Transport, Which Will
Garry Him to Another Country.


Port : au : Prince, Haiti. - Vainiy
seeking protection from physical in
jury and insult at the hands OF an
armed mob of men and women by
having his aged shoulders covered
with a French flag, President Nord
Alexis abandoned his palace and the
Presidency of Haiti. He is safe now
on board the French training ship
Duguay Trouin.
General Legitime has been pro-
claimed head of the provisional gov
eminent and the coup d'etat of the
revolutionists is complete. They are
in complete control Of Port-au-Prlnce.
An insurgent army of 5000 is march
ing up the peninsula.
Nord Alexis passed from the palace
to the wharf through streets we'll
nigh packed by enraged Haltlans.
They rheaped curses on the head OF
the President. =,
At the landing a woman fought
her way to his side and aimed a blow
at his heart with a knife. 1t fell
short, and before she could renew her
attack she was seized by a soldier.
A man struck Alexis a glancing
blow on the neck.
- Alexis turned to M. Carteron, the
French Minister, who was his escort
and exclaimed m%ournfully:
"I told you it would be so, Your
Excellency."
The French officials participated
actively in the scene to the exclusion
of the American. In fact, n of the
revolutionary leaders charged hat
the American Minister, H. w. Fur
Miss, was the chief Of those encour-
aging'Nord Alexis to resist.
p The flags of various nations are
flying over the doors and from the
windows of the homes Of foreign resi-
dents.
- Notwithstanding their hostility to.
the fallen President, the Haitians are
in dread of the landing Of forces from
the warships. They especially fear
the men from the United States cruis-
ers Tacoma and Des Moines, whose
reputation for putting down riot and
disorder has gone before.
Infantry and cavalry are patrollins
the streets, and although there is a
panicky feeling, 1t is believed there
is little danger to foreigners. If there
is %bloodshed at all it will be among
the various factions striving for SUI
premacy.
General Antoine Simon is the &C.
knowledged leader Of the insurgent
forces.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-23
The Field Of Sports.

The Cincinnati baseball nine lost to
Almendares, in Cuba, by a score of 2
to l.
Larchmont Yacht Club defeated
Manhasset Y. c. five in trap shoot
ing match.
The auto-aero committee of the
Auto Club Of France has offered a
prize for aviation Of $4,000. The
competition will be held next year.
Michigan's once great scoring ma
chine had a heavy tumble against the
Michigan "Aggies." A 90 score
was a long drop from 40 Of 1901
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-23
MADE HER CHILD TAKE POISON,
Chicago Woman Kills Daughter and
Herself in a Memphis Hotel.

Memphis, Tenn.-Mrs. Nicholas P,
Errington, of 242 Schiller street, Chi.
cago, killed her t~en-year-old daugh.
ter Therese and herself with carbolic
acid at the Peabody Hotel. Mrs. Err.
rington was undoubtedly insane from
i'll health.
At 2 o'clock a. m. a Waterman
heard the cries of the child and
forced the door Of the room. The
woman died in the room and the
child at st. Joseph's Hospital. The
girls face was fearfully burned Oy the
acid, and it was evident the mother
had forced her to drink it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-23
Newsy Paragraphs.

Richard Croker arrived in New
York City, and was warmly welcomed
by old friends.
Cases Of the foot and mouth cattle
disease developing in children were
reported at Danville, Pa.
United States Senator N. B. Scott
and Henry Gassaway Davis, of West
Virginia, visited William H. Taft at
Hot Springs.
Protest was made in Washington,
D. c., at the report on cholera condi-
lions in Manila, upon the strength of
which Rear-Admiral Sperry refused
liberty to the men OF the fleet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-23
Our Dumb Friends.

At the meeting of the SIP. G. As
some extracts from school children's
essays were read. Feed your horse
with horse radish and horse chest
nuts If you want your horse to grow.
said one child. Another wrote: IT
you are very kind indeed to your dog
It may ever, follow you toyourgrave.1
A little girl wrote: "The Esquimau,
are very fond indeed Of their rein.
deer; in fact, they love their reindeer
sometimes more than their wives But
then, they are very useful to them.
London Daily Mail.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-23
Feminine Notes.

Women Of China ale said to be
keenly anxious to have a voice in pub
lie affairs.
The Victoria Legislative Council
has passed the bill empowering wom-
en- to vote at State elections.
Mrs. Josefa Osborn's will, filed in
the Surrogate's Court, in New York
City. left $4,000 to Ernest Lawford,
the English actor.
DR.. Charles H. Parkhurst told his
congregation in New York City that
any woman whose big hat ~obstructed
the view of those behind her COM
mittad q theft
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-23
LIVING ADVERTISEMENT.
Glow of Health Speaks For Postum.

II requires no scientific training to
discover whether coffee disagrees or
not.
Simply stop 1t for a time and use
Postum in place Of It, then note the
beneficial effects. The truth will ap-
pear.
six years ago | was in a very bad
condition." writes a Tenn. lady, y
suffered from indigestion, nervous.
ness and insomnia.
"I was then an inveterate coffee
drinker, but 1t was long before could
be persuaded that 1t vas coffee that
hurt me. Finally l decided to leave
1t off a few days and find out the
truth.
THE first morning / left of coffee
| had a raging headache, 80 ! decided
I must have something to take the
place. Of coffee" (The headache was
caused by the reaction Of the coffee
drug-cafeine).
Having heard of Postum through
a friend who used it, l bought a pack
age and tried 1t. | did not like 1t at
first, but. after | learned how to make
1t right, according to directions on
pkg, l would not change back to COT
fee for anything.
when | began to use Postum [
weighed only III lbs. Now l weigh
ITO, and as l have not taken any
tonic in that time | can only attribute
my recovery of good health to the use
of Postum in place of coffee.
my husband says | am a living ad-
vertisement for Postum. | am glad
to be the means of inducing my many
friends to use Postum, too"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich. Read 1.-THE Road to
Wellville." in pkgs. There's a Rea-
son."
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true and full of hue
man interest.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-23
b O Nored People.

Former Congressman Darwin R.
James died at his home in Brooklyn.
Victorien Sardou, the great French
dramatist, died after a long illness in
Paris.
Andrew Carnegie in a magazine ar
ticle declared that our industries are
no longer infants in need of protec-
ton.
DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler, in q
speech at Kansas City, declared the
Sherman antitrust law a menace.
and asserted that amendment was
necessary to give the people them
selves, not the corporations, relief.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-23
KILLED IN EMPERoR's JUBILEE.
40 Persons Injured Owing to Crowd
ed Condition Of Streets.

ed Condition Of Streets.
Vienna, Austria.-1n honor of EN-
peror Francis Joseph's diamond jubi-
lee the city was Illuminated on a
scale of unprecedented ~brilliancy.
The pressure of the enormous crowds
In the streets caused several serious
accidents. Four persons were killed
and forty or more seriously injured,
and a hundred others slightly injured.
At one time a panic ensued directly
in front of the Hofburg, where the
crowds converged from three direc-
lions. Hundreds were trampled to
the ground, among them being Par
liamentary Deputy Holzl and a wom-
an, both of whom were crushed to
death. 1t is estimated that there
we're 100000 persons in the streets.
1t Is believed that in addition to the
official list of killed and injured many
others were injured, but were able
to reach their own homes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-23
AGREEMENT WITH JAPAN.
Mutual Guarantee For Peaceful Com
mercial Development Passed.

Washington, D. C.-Despite official
reticence information from reliable
sources has been obtained of an
agreement of far reaching Importance
between the United States and japan
covering the policy of the two coun-
tries in the Pacific.
: The agreement is based upon the
Idea Of encouraging and defending
free and peaceful commercial devel-
opment in the Pacific. 1t contains
not only a mutual guarantee to re-
spect each others territorial posses
sions there, but defines the attitude
of the two countries toward China,
binding each to defend by every
peaceful means China's independence
and integrity, and to give equal COM
mercial opportunity in the Chinese
empire to all nations. But more i'm
portant still, the agreement, in the
event of complications threatening
the status quo, binds the United States
and Japan to consult each other with
a view to acting together
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-23
Among the Workers.

The unemployed question is becom-
ing acute in Great Britain, New Zea.
land and West Australia.
Trouble is brewing at Bluff New
Zealand). Colliery, where the miners
have been notified of a slash in hew-
ing rates.
The Melbourne (Australia) Timber
Stackers' Union has scored a victory,
the recent strike having been settled
in its favor.
President Roosevelt gave a dinner
at the White House for a number Of
personal friends closely identified
with the labor movement.