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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
LANDSLIDE FOLLOWS
FATAL GAS EXPLOSION
Half a Block Slips Into 4S.Foot
Trench in Brooklyn.
LAB0RERS PERISH IN FLOOD
Bursting Water Main mandates Ex-
cayation-Men, Women and Chill
dren Go Down Under Water and
Earth in Gold Street Sewer.

Brooklyn, N. Y.-Twenty-two. lives
are believed to have been sacrificed
in an unusual accident in a sewer
trench in Gold street, this borough.
Half Of the block in Gold street, be-
tween York and Front streets, fell
into a forty-eight-foot trench after a
gas explosion that wrecked a twenty
four-inch main and loosed thousands
of gallons of water. Men, women and
children walking on the sidewalk slid
into the excavation and were drowned
or were burned. by a gas fame that
rose eighty feet above the pavement
and burned for twenty minutes be-
fore the Brooklyn Union Gas Com
pany shut it off.
Exact knowledge as to the number
that persisted will not be had until
| the big trench is pumped clear OF wat
er. The accident is n Of the most
unusual in the city's history. The
| street Is in such a condition that Dep
uty Chief Lally, Of the Fire Depart
ment, refused to permit his men to
work at night in the trench, and Is
sued an order that 40 attempt at re-
! covery of bodies be made until Z
o'clock next morning. IT there are
twenty-one buried in the mass OF
sand, timber and water, there is not
a chance for getting any out. alive.
| One body Is out of the trench. .
More than half the block has gone
down fFom building line to building
line, and the foundations of the old
fashioned frame houses that line the
! block are washed by water.
Among the dead Is Frederick
| Scheffmeier, Of the Brooklyn Sewer
Bureau, who went into the trench to
inspect the work on the thirteen-foot
| sewer at 9 o'clock a. m. Schefmeier
was overwhelmed by the flood OF
water released from the burst main.
carpenters employed by Fag'
gerty & Rogers, Of Manhattan, the
contractors, were swept through the
finished section of the sewer to the
bulkhead at the end Of Gold street
and climbed out almost drowned.
They collapsed on reaching the sur
fade, and were cared for by n OF
the six ambulance surgeons who re-
sponded to calls.
The known dead are:
Samuel Abrams, ffty-four years
old; body recovered. IS
Gustave Anderson, foreman car
! penter. etn
Francis Armando, 1aborer, Brook
Ign.
Jacques Armando, brother Of Fran
els, also a laborer.
Emil Bachman, carpenter.
John Brady, six years old. ~.
Vincent ,Doherty, seven years old.
Charles Farrell, foreman laborer.
Felix Green, carpenter, Manhattan.
b Gustave Lane, carpenter, Manhat-
|ttan. t"5"fi%
Charles Nelson, carpenter.
Frederick S~cheffmeier, city sewer
Inspector, Brooklyn.
Gustave Wallo, carpenter.
The unknown dead are:
Two Italian laborers.
A woman,
The injured are:
Dominick Labonio, laborer; scalp
wounds.
Archie G%unochio, 1aborer; lacera-
lions Of face and scalp.
The cause of the catastrophe prob
ably will never be absolutely known,
though the general belief is that 1t
was the result Of the accumulation Of
Illuminating gas in the sewer trench
and some of its pockets. .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
TOM L.. N POOR.
Ueveland's Mayor Says Fine Home
and Autos Must Go.

Cleveland, Ohio.-Mayor Tom l..
Johnson, who for years has been cred
tied with possessing. a large fortune,
ANNOUNCED that he had lost every
thing and would be compelled to give
up his handsome home in Euclid ave-
nue. and move into smaller and less
expensive quarters. The Mayor also
stated that he would give up his auto
mobiles and other Injuries, because
he could no longer afford to keep
them.
His fortune was wrecked, the May
or declared, by his devotion to the af-
fairs of the estate Of his dead brother
Albert, who was heavily interested In
traction properties in the East. After
Albert's death it was suggested to
Mayor Johnson that he resign as
Mayor and take up the management
Of Albert's estate. H.
1t Is said Mr.. Johnson has recently
lost approximately 100000 in con-
nection with his interests at Lorain,
Ohio. -I, a."
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The World of Sport.

Yale has thirty-f1ve candidates for
positions in the hockey team.
w. K. Vanderbilt heads the list OF
winning owners on the French turf
with a total Of S263,640.
Arthur Curtiss James has been
named to succeed Cornelius Wander
bilt as commodore of the New York
Yacht Club.
There is going to be a bitter fight
to restore racing at Hot Springs, Ark.
The business men there have COM
olned in favor of the sport, and they:
say they hope to be successful in their
efforts.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
ENGLAND PANICKY OVER INDIA.
Native Hatred. Intense-Drastic Pow.
ers For Suppression of Outrage.

Native Hatred. Intense-Drastic Pow.
ers For Suppression of Outrage.
, London.-The daily records Of vio-
lence and seditious acts in India have
long shown that the unrest there Is
increasing rather than abating. The
opinion is becoming general here that
the situation is more serious than is
officially admitted.
One Of the latest indications that
the trouble is growing is the sudden
determination Of the Viceroy, the
Earl of Mimic, to cut short a tour that
he is making in the provinces. He
has resolved to return to Calcutta
ten days earlier than he intended.
Some of the newspapers here are
calling for sterner methods IN re-
pressing sedition, which, in one opin-
ion, signifies a revival of ace hatred
such as has not been shown since the
Mutiny.
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Women in the Days News.

Miss Hilma Johnson deied death
threats and frightened off two bur-
glars in New York City.
Miss Clara Howard, an American
girl, has been chosen for a free schol-
arship at Girton College, London.
Mrs. Louisa Balderman, sixty
seven, of New York City, proposed to
John D. Haight, ffty-three, her
boarder, and was accepted.
Five hundred young girl friends
escorted to the grave the body Of
Frances Grossman, a leader in charit-
able endeavor and a political worker
In New York City.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
CLOSES MOTHERS ROOM"
Thousands Of Christian Scientists
Have Made It a Shrine.

Boston, Mass.-By order of the
board of directors the mothers
room" in the original part Of the
great Christian Science tabernacle in
the Back Bay has been shut to the
public, curious or devout, without a
single explanation being given as to
the reason. e
, Ever since the original church, the
First Church of Christ, Scientist, was
dedicated, the. mothers room" has
been one Of which thousands of the
devout made a shrine: At first it was
open to the public at all times, then it
was decided to open it only on three
days a week.
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wholesale. He asserted the recent
forest fires, that swept hundreds of
acres in the northern section of
Maine, killed off thousands of young
trees. Already dealers are in the
north woods Of Maine, having the
trees cut and getting them ready for
shipment. A large real estate dealer
in Maine says the forest fires de.
stroyed Christmas trees ready for
cutting that represented a market
value of 100000.
All famine" stories, whether of
shellfsh, fruit or trees, wind up with
a certain form Of announcement. It
comes with the Christmas prediction.
1t is:
PRICES WILL BE HIGHER.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
indian Babies Don't CRY.

"Affection for children is an Indian
character" says DR.. Charles s..
Moody, of Idaho. II have never seen
an Indian mother or father punish Q
child, nor have I aver eel an Indian
child cry. An Indian child never sobs
when hurt. Just an extra snap OF
the bright black eyes and q slight
frown is all to indicate to the obser2
YER that the little fellow Is suffering.
I have never heard even an Indian
baby cry"
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of Great Importance to
Ironclads Exhibited In Germany.

Charlottennurg, Germany.-At a
meeting of the League Of German
Naval Architects, DR.. Anschuetz-
kaempfe, of Kiel, exhibited a compass
without a magnetic needle, which has
lust been invented. 1t is in the form
of a gyroscope, which, when suspend
ed in a certain way, always adjusts
itself parallel to the earth's axis.
The invention is regarded as of
great importance to ironclads, where
the compass needle: is frequently de-
flected by the adjacent metal.
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Dancing Masters Solve Problem
of Clingsome Drapery.

Paris.-Women are now wearing
skirts so tight that old-fashioned
dances are impossible, and it became
imperative to devise mean to meet
the crisis. If the present styles re-
suited in stopping dancing they would
deprive the dancing masters Of a live
lihood.
They met, resolved and forthwith
decreed that waltzes, polkas and all
other dances be danced with shorter
steps until fashion gives women freer
use Of their lower limbs.
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For SNAPSHOTS.

An album of brown paper in which
to stick all ones photographs Is 9
most useful thing. A friend Of mine
has one-merely sheets Of brown pa
per tied together at the back with
ribbon ties, and with tiny Sits into
which the n of the photographs
ran be ixed.-Home Chat.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
Two Maine Canoeists Drown.

Miss Maud Boliff, twenty-five years
old, of Monroe, a teacher in one of
the public schools of Bradley, and
Edwin NJ. Gray, twenty-one, of Brad
ley, were drowned in Great Works
stream about two miles from Brad
ley, Me. They we're on their way in
a canoe to a hunting camp.
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Chestnut Crop Good.

The chestnut crop in New Jersey Is
the best that the State has enjoyed in
the last ten years. In some places
the ground is covered with nuts.
While the nuts are smaller this year
than usual they are almost entirely
free from worms.
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BY CABLE.
Kaiser ERacins Himself.

Kaiser Effacins Himself. Cd.
Berlin.-The Kaiser has apparent
" begun his self-effacement disci-
pline. He excused himself from lis
customary attendance at the annual
meeting of the Association OF Marine
Architects, which he has invariably
attended and dominated, pleading ex-
tremely urgent business.
Ruler of Trade Navy Of 112 Ships.
London.-Sir John Ellerman, con-
trolling owner of the Ellerman, City
and Hall lines and other steamship
tonnage, has acquired control OF the
entire Bucknall fleet Of twenty-e1gnt
vessels, giving him 112 steamers,
with a total Of 100000 tons.
Penny Post Shows Quick Result.
London.-The Postmaster-Generai
announced that the weight OF mai
matter from the United Kingdom 20
the United States in the month OF &C.
tober increased twenty-seven per
cent. under the penny post, as COM
pared with that in September.
Moro Revolt in LuZon. "
Manila, P. I.-Several hundred
warlike Moros have gathered neal
Malabang. A column Of i've ''"''
panies of infantry, with a couple or
euns. has been sent out to make a
reconnaissance. 1t is hoped that arter
a barley the Moros will disband
peacefully.
Queen Wilhelmina Expectant.
The Hague.-In view OF the tact
that an interesting event Is expected
next spring, Queen Wilhelmlna mas
been forbidden by her physicians TO
hold her customary private audiences.
This precautionary measure IS 10
avoid fatigue.
servia Withdraws Guards.
Belgrade.-The Servian Govern
ment has withdrawn its special mill
tary guards on the Austro-HunsarIan
frontier and discharged the reserves
recently called to the colors.
All Target Records Broken.
Manila, P. lit Is unoficially an
nounced that the battleship Nebraska
during the target practice now IN
progress broke all records established
by any navy in the world for MARKS
manship with her twelve-inch guns.
Reorganizing Capuchins.
Lemans, France.-The police nave
seized evidence from five houses mere
proving that there is a movement on
foot to reorganize a Capuchin mon
astery in the neighboThood which has
been closed for some time.
Special Rate For Jews.
St. Petersburg.-The newspapers
of st. Petersburg announced the In
stitution of a special railroad passen-
ger traffic for Jews emigratlng 10
America or other countries not III
Europe as laborers. This new fare IS
approximately half the existing tnlro
class rate.
Montenegro Aiming.
Vienna.vA telegram from Cattaro
states that arms and ammunition are
being distributed to the entire male
population of Montenegro and that
the Montenegrin frontier Is STUDDED
with sentries.
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Pinchot i'll Taft's Cabinet.

At Washington, D. c., the post Of
Secretary Of Agriculture IN President
Taft's Cabinet has been offered to
Clifford Pinchot, and it Is almost GER
tain that Mr.. Pinchot will ACCEPT.
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Getting Ready to Fortify Hawaii.

Getting Ready to Fortify Hawaii.
United States engineers under Ma
jor Winslow have begun the work OF
fortifying the Hawaiian Islands. The
first task is to prepare military maps.
The dredging of the, large drydock to
be built at Pearl Harbora and the deep
ening of the channel will begin soon.
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Gas engines are rapidly replacing
the steam engine in smaller factories.
They give twice as much power for
the same quantity Of fuel.
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K Inn Burns.

Famous old Lookout Inn, on the
crest Of Lookout Mountain, Tenn,
was burned to the ground, together
with all it's contents.
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LATEST NEWS
BY WIRE.
Left SIS, 900 Estate.

Left 100000 Estate.
Chicago, III. - Edward, Ira and
Mrs. Sarah Morris, executors Of the
estate of the late Nelson Morris, filed
an inventory in the Probate Court.
The value of the estate was fixed at
about $1S,0O0,000 at the, time the
will was filed for probate.
Woman Dies at Church Fair. z,
Cincinnati. - Mrs. D. Lee, aged
sixty years, of South Carthage, a SUBJ
urb, was stricken with apoplexy while
in charge of q booth at a fair in st.
Peters Episcopal Church, and died in
the booth before a physician reached
her. 81.
Auto Driver Killed, Others Hurt.
Washington, D. C.-Noble Davis, a
chauffeur, was killed and several 9TH
ers were injured by the overturning
of an automobile LEI H%yattsville,
Md.
Plan Huge Auditorium.
Washington, D. CA great audi
|. torium for the use of national conven-
tons and for the holding Of inaugu-
raj balls and other large functions, >is
to be constructed in Washington If
the plans Of a committee of well
known men are carried out. e.
Chambers Kills a Physician. {.
Chicago. - Death FROM CHAMBERS,
ARE in a human being. overlook DR..
Thomas NJ. Wilson, of Atwood, Onta-
rio, at the Presbyterian Hospital, in
this city. DR.. Wilson absorbed the
germ of the disease while conducting
experiments at Rushwell College. D.,
Frauds May Total 100000.
Chicago. - Further developments
in the, real estate frauds of Peter Van
Vlissengen indicate that the total
amount obtained through his forger-
les will total S2,000,000, instead Of
100000. The Blatz estate may lose
100000. Van Vlissengen was taken
from the county jail to Joliet to en-
ter upon his sentence, fears being en-
tertained that he might attempt sui
eide.
Initiation Breaks Leg.
Lincoln, Neb,-Governor-elect A..
C. Shallenberger IS confined to his
room at the Lincoln Hotel with a
fractured leg. He was injured while
being initiated as a member of the
Shriners. = trt
The Emmanuel Movement.
. . .-..- . -. 70"
New York City. - The first of a
course Of lectures on the principles,
methods and results Of the Emman-
uel Movement, which have been ar
ranged for in accordance with the re-
quest of a number Of clergymen OF
this city. was delivered at Mendcis-
sohn Hall by the Rev. E. Wood Wor-
cester, D. D. a.
Fertilizer Merger.
New York City.-Representatives
of many fertilizer companies, princi-
pally of the South, met here to per-
feet plans for the merger Of the com.
panies into a concern with ~$25,O00,-
900 preferred and s25,000,000 COM
mon stock.
100000 a Month For Canal.
washington D. C.-Construction
work on the Panama-Canal Is now
costing the Government about 3d.
100000 a month. ~
y #-f F. ..a..~.. S .e. .."
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PRIEST SENT TO PRISON.
Father Crociata Gets Three Years
For Participation in Murder.

Rutland, Vt. - The Rev. Francis
Crociata, a. Sicilian priest, who was
found guilty several days ago of as
sault in connection with the murder
last July of Accarito Sanford, was
sentenced in the Superior Court to
not less than three nor more than
five years in the House of Correction
in this city.
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PROSPERITY WAVE FELT In COUNTRY'S INDUSTRIES.
Railroads Plan Gigantic improvements Costing Millions Q
No More Work to Do, DiSbandS. =" T.

The certain return of prosperity is eloquenty indicated in items
in the news of the past week. '" y
From all over the country have come reports of the reopening of
factories after ten months Of cessation. Whiring machinery tells Of
the employment Of thousands of men and women who have had moth
ing to do. tE IN t%~ ~,
While only a short while ago mills were running OF half time.
to-day they are rushed with work and are giving employment to all
who apply. -.s,l IL ~ " 90 E.
Railroads are feeling the Aladdiniike touch Of prosperity and are
planning to expend millions Of dollars upon improvements. There has
been q loosening up Of the money market SO that funds to carry On the
gigantic projects contemplated aret be had readily.
Correspondence send in glowing reports of conditions in all the
manufacturing centres. In the Northwest, the South, the East
everywhere there + signs Of better times. .~f ~, - "
One positive evidence of the improvement in conditions is given
in the disarmament of the National Prosperity Association, of St. Louis.
Its chairman, E. c. Simmons, explained that now that prosperity Is
swiftly returning, there is no more work for the organization" to do.
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MIR. ROOsEyELT's LECTURE.
Accents an Invitation of the Royal
Geographical Society.

London.-President Roosevelt has
accepted the invitation Of the presi-
dent of the Royal Geographical So
ciety to deliver an address before the
society on his visit TO London about
April, 1910. The subject of his ad-
dress has not been determined, but it
probably will deal with his impress.
sions of his African tour.
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Fertilizer Merger.
New York City.-Representatives
of many fertilizer companies, princi-
pally of the South, met here to per-
feet plans for the merger of the com.
panies into a concern with 25,000,.
900 preferred and s25,000,000 COM
mon stock.
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Chambers Kills q Physician.

Chicago: - Death from CHAMBERS,
are in a human being. overlook DR..
Thomas NJ. Wilson, of Atwood, Onta-
rio, at the Presbyterian Hospital, in
this city. DR.. Wilson absorbed the
germ of the disease while conducting
experiments at Rushwell College. w..
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Plan Huge Auditorium.

Washington, D. CA great audi
torium for the use of national conven-
tons and for the holding Of inaugu-
raj balls and other large functions, >is
to be constructed in Washington If
the plans Of a committee of well
known men are carried out. ~
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Auto Driver Killed, Others Hurt.
Washington, D. C.-Noble Davis, a
chauffeur, was killed and several 9TH
ers were injured by the overturning
of an automobile LEI Hyattsyille,
Md.
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Montenegro Aiming.

Vienna.vA telegram from Cattaroi
states that arms and ammunition are
being distributed to the entire male
population of Montenegro and that
the Montenegrin frontier Is studded
with septries.
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$4,000, 900 a Month For Canal.
Washington D. C.-Constructfon
work on the Panama. Canal Is now
costing the Government about So
100000 a month.
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Left 100000 Estate.
Chicago, III. - Edward, Ira and
Mrs. Sarah Morris, executors of the
estate of the late Nelson Morris, filed
an inventory in the Probate Court.
The value of the estate was fixed at
about $1S,000,000 at the, time the
will was filed for probate.
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Special Rate For Jews.

St. Petersburg.-The newspapers
of st. Petersburg announced the In
stitution of a special railroad passen-
ger traffic for Jews emigrating to
America or other countries not IN
Europe as laborers. This new fare IS
approximately half the existing third
class rate.
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Woman Dies at Church Fair.

Cincinnati. - Mrs. D.. Lee, aged
sixty years, of South Carthage, a sub
urb, was stricken with apoplexy while
in charge of q booth at a fair in st.
Peters Episcopal Church, and died in
the booth before a physician reached
her.
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day afternoon. Nothing occurred
on the return trip of much interest.
The boys still kept up pelting the
wasp nests with sticks and shot some
of them. None of them cared to
leave the camp while up there, al
though they had several pressing
invitations to spend the night on the
hill. They said they started out
to camp and would rather stay in
the swamp around the camp fire
than in comfortable house. Harry
Britton was chief of the camp and
did all the cooking and camp duty.
I have given you rough account of
our trip and if you think it will
interest some of your readers you
can put 1T in THE RECORD.
The fish law is in force now and
from what We saw on our way up
the river ! think the fishermen are
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Mr. Dan Epps, Sunday. That is
another place like home to me. He
has two daughter and five sons, lus-
ty fellows, full of fun and nothing
that they have is too good for their
friends orConrad. l spent the night
with one of the sons, Charlie, a
jolly good fellow.
We had good trip up the river.
1t was quite laughable to see the
boys fighting the wasps. l never
saw as many wasp nests. Nearly
all the ironwood branches hanging
over the water had one or two nests
upon them-some of them very
large. The boys would presist in
knocking them down. David Scott,
Johnny Britton and Roy Flowers
felt the stings of some and it
made me laugh to see them fight
and yell when one would pop them.
We returned to KingStree on Mon
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1t would be unfair tojudge wom-
ankind by the "woman's page" of
the, average Sunday newspaper.
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respecting it generally.
No more at present from
pooRfCoNRAD.

Poor CONRAD.
P.S. I have just had handed me
by Mr. Robert Smith, letter that l
wrote to his mother while the war
was going on, which you can pub
lish. 1t will show where / was at
the writing and some of my old
comrades who are still alive may be
pleased to read it. I think Col ] D
Epps, S Flagler and our sheriff,
George Graham, remembers the visit
my letter has reference to.
PC.
Letter will appear next week in
connection with another ter.-Ed.