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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
LONE BANDIT ROBS STAGES
CompeIs Passengers in Yellow
stone Park to Give Up Property.
Tourists Robbed Of $4,000 in Money
and Jewels Near Old Faithful
Inn in Wyoming.

Yellowstone Park, Wyo. - United
States cavalry and a squad of Gov
eminent scouts went in pursuit of q
lone bandit who held up and robbed
even stages in Yellowstone National
Park, robbing Che passengers of jew
elry, cash and drafts of a total value
of $4,000.
Some of the passengers who were
robbed are from New York. The
fact that tourists in the park are not
allowed to carry weapons made it i'm
possible to offer resistance.
The coaches left Old Faithful Inn
at intervals of a few minutes and
were held up one after the other as
fast as they came in sight Of a bend
in the road where the bandit was in
visible from either direction. At the
point of a rife he lined up the pas
sengers, and after taking their money
and valuables allowed them to enter
the stage and resume the journey.
The bandit, who was masked and
wore overalls, is described as being
about flfty-ive years of age, and
weighing only 40 pounds.
After holding up the seventh coach
the man disappeared into the hills,
and it was afterward found that he
had made his escape on a horse be-
longing to the transportation COM
pany.
All haste was made back to Old
Faithful Inn to give the alarm. The
soldiers encamped at the Thumb sta
ton were notified, and a messenger
was sent to the camp on the West
Gallatin River at the west boundary
of the park.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
FLOOD LOSS MILLIONS.
All Records Broken in South Carolina
---Five Known Dead.

Columbia. S. C.-Reports received
from all sections of the State indicate
that the present flood is the most
damaging ever recorded in South
Carolina. The flooded area covers
practically the entire State, and at
many points the rivers are from two
to six feet higher than ever known,
not excepting the great foods of
1912, 1885 and 1903. The railroads
are operating few trains, and no eff
fort is made to maintain schedules.
Many places in the State are iso-
lated. More than a dozen toll and
public bridges crossing the large riv-
ers have been swept away, and at
least two steel railroad bridges have
gone down. Many of the dams along
the rivers, erected for the protection
of the fertile bottom lands, have been
swept away, and the large corn crops
along the different streams are a to-
tai loss. The total loss of life thus
far reported is five.
1t is impossible to estimate the
damage to the farming interests
throughout the State, but it will run
into the millions. 1t is estimated that
the damage 10 the cotton crop alone
is ten times greater than the total
loss of property resulting from the
great flood of 1908 in this section.
A dispatch from Anderson says
that the storm damage in Anderson
County will amount to hundreds of
thousands of dollars, and no train
service is expected for the next ten
days.
A dispatch from Camden says the
crops along the rivers and creeks in
that section are a total loss, and un-
told damage has been done to the
corn and cotton crops on the uplands.
Five persons were drowned when the
toll bridge across the Wateree River
went down-George RADON and his
son and three negro women.
The floods are heaviest in Western
South Carolina and Eastern Georgia.
Property loss is enormous, and the
railroads are among the principal suf-
ferers through trestles and bridges
being washed away, washouts along
miles of tracks and cave-ins which
have buried the tracks in places un-
der hundreds of tons of earth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
PRUSSIA TO GRANT WOMEN EDUCATION EQUAL TO MEN.
Forced by Modern Conditions to Prepare Them For Earning a Living
Co-Edueation in Universities Elaborate Courses of Study to
Beain at Six Years and Lead UP to MatricuIation.

Berlin.-German homes and Ger
man newspapers have been far more
occupied during the end of the week
with the Prussian Governments de-
cree granting higher education to
women than by discussions on Ger
man and British naval ornaments or
the meeting Of the two sovereigns.
The granting of educational opportu-
mites for girls and women equal to
those of men is regarded as marking
a deep change in German life, where,
more than in the Western States,
women have been considered as the
keepers of the home and the workers
in minor industries.
The Introductory paragraphs of the
decree of the Ministry of Education,
which has been approved by the En-
peror, recite the reasons for the
change in the system. Modern life,
says the decree, develops an increas-
ing Discrimination on the part of men
of the upper classes to marry, and
more girls in the upper and middle
classes are prevented from becoming
wives and mothers. 1t is desirable,
therefore, that the surplus of young
women should have a chance of pre-
pairing themselves for professional
callings, and that they should be
trained in the higher mental func-
tions.
According to the scheme, girls are
to be educated in all studies embraced
in a specially arranged curriculum,
beginning at a minimum age of six
wears. At the end of the seventh
school year the pupils will begin to
d~ifferentiate in their studies, those
preparing for advanced instruction
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
AUGUSTA SWEPT BY
FLOOD; LIVES LOST
Dam CoIIapses and Streets Are
Under Six Feet of Water.
CROP DAMAGE IS IMMENSE
Scores of Lives Have Been Lost in
Georgia and the Carolinas-Ffve
Feet of Water in Augustus Chief
Street-City in Darkness.

Atlanta, Ga.-The foods in the
Carolinas and Georgia eliminated in
the breaking of the big dam, six miles
from Augusta, which diverts the
water from the Savannah River into
the canal at that point. The great
food of water let loose soon found its
way into the city, and from Fifteenth
street to the eastern boundary Au-
gusta is under from six to twelve feet
of water.
The big bridge across the Savannah
River went down in the rush of
waters, and the dam at the lock
eve miles above the city collapsed,
adding to the food.
The Nixon warehouses, containing
thousands Of bales of cotton, caught
fire. The city is in darkness and
boats are being used in the streets.
All wires are down.
There were three deaths caused
by the food in Augusta. The damage
to the city and immediate surround
ings, it is estimated, will reach half
a million dollars.
The Union Station is in ten feet of
water, and in the residence district
in Green street the water is six feet
deep and slowly rising. The Sacred
Heart Church is in six feet Of water.
The Southern and the Georgia Rail-
ways have been unable to move any
trains owe their regular lines. All
traffic was detoured by way of Nash
vile. Trains are from t~wenty-four to
thirty-siX hours late.
A dispatch from Camden, S.. c.,
reports two lives lost and nineteen
missing as the result Of the washing
away of the steel bridge over the
Wateree River at that place.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
Where Women Can't Get a Drink.

Cumberland, In your good State
of Maryland, is about the only town
in the United States where they will
not furnish a lady with a glass Of
beer, wine or intoxicating spirit Of
any kind" said G. ]. Brooks, of Phil
adelphia.
ut makes no difference whether
the lady is alone or duly accompa-
MED by her husband-she simply a
not get any liquid refreshment. L
was at one of the leading hotels in
Cumberland last week with my wife,
and ordered two bottles of beer,
thinking to have her consume n Of
them, but when I ordered the waiter
to fill two glasses he politely told me
that the Heating license bill prohib-
tied ladies from being served with
drinks of that character - Balti-
more American.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
FRIENDLY TIP
Restored Hope and Confidence.

After several years Of indigestion
and it's attendant evil influence on the
mind, it is not very surprising that
one finally loses faith in things gen.
orally.
A N. Y. woman writes ar interest
ing letter. She says:
Three years ago 1 suffered from
an attack of p%eritonitis which left me
in a most miserable condition. For
over two years | suffered from ner-
vousness, weak heart, shortness Of
breath, could not sleep, etc.
My appetite was ravenous but /
felt starved all the time. | had
plenty of food but it did not nourish
me because of intestinal indigestion.
Medical treatment did not seem TO
help, l got discouraged, stopped medi.
cne and did not care much whether
/ lived or died.
"One day a friend asked me why /
didn't try Grape-Nuts, stop drinking
coffee and use Postum. [ had lost
faith in everything, but to please my
friends | began to use both and soon
became very fond of them.
1T wasn't long before | got some
strength, felt a decided change in my
system, hope sprang up in my heart
and slowly but surely l got better. /
could sleep very we'll, the constant
craving for food ceased and l have
better health now than before the at
tack Of %peritonitis.
MY husband and | are still using
Grape-Nuts and Postum" There's
q Reason
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, THE Road %
Wellville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above lettcr? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and. full Of human
interest.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
JEROME
District Attorney Showed Neither In
capacity Nor Indifference.

Albany, N. Y.-Governor Hughes
made public the report and conclu-
sions of Richard l.. Hand on the
charges preferred against District
Attorney Jerome, of New York, by
the minority stockholders of the Met
ropolitan Street Railway Company.
Judge Hand finds that not n of the
charges is proved, but that all are
disproved upon the evidence sub
mitted to him by forty witnesses in
support of sixteen of the charges, ten
having been withdrawn.
my conclusion upon the whole
case" says Judge Hand, "is that the
respondent (Mr. Jerome) has been
shown to have discharged the oner-
Gus duties of his Office with zeal and
ability, having the public good as his
motive, and that NJ ~incapacity, in
difference or neglect Of duty has been
shown in any case"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
ARMY MAY RAISE FUND.
Officers Reported to Have Pledged
$780, 900 For Hams Defense.

Long Island City, L. 1t was re-
ported that the officers of the United
States army were raising a huge fund
to be applied to the defense of Cap
tain Peter C.. Hams, Jr., and his
brother, Thornton jenkins Hams.
now held for the murder Of William
e. Annis. Further, it was asserted
that $4,000 had already been
pledged and that 100000 would
be forthcoming, if necessary, al
though it is not believed that any
such sum will be needed.
Within the last three days officers
of various forts have called upon
General Peter Hams, father Of the
prisoners, and assured him that the
army men are deeply in sympathy
with his sons and are eager to aid in
getting them out of their predica-
ment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
EARLE CAPTIVITY" BEATER.
Charge of Choking Soul Mate Lands
Him in Cell at Monroe, n. Y.

Monroe, \. Y.-Charged with hav-
ing "choked and beaten his wife with
his fist" Ferdinand PiIney Earle,
who only a year ago sent his first
wife to her home in France so he
might marry his affinity Julia
Kuttner, was arrested in his home
here and locked in a cell in the coun-
ty Jail in Goshen. 1t was alleged
Earle had attacked his wife many
times in the last three months, and
that the young woman had suffered
many indignities" at his hands.
The arrest of Earle caused a ire
mendous sensation here, as it came
exactly a year after the first news OF
the harmonious agreement" between
Earle and his first wife to part.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
BOY FIGHTS TO DROWN SELF.
Knocks q Man Down to Perish With
Companions in Quicksands.

Fayetteville, Ill. - IF they are
dead I might as we'll die. They've
made my life worth living. I'm going
after them, anyhow"
With these words George Schein-
LEIGH, eighteen years old, sprang into
the quicksands of Silver Creek, near
Fayetteville, and was sucked to his
death while trying to drag the bodies
Of Chris Eisenhauer, seventeen years
old, and August Eisenhauer, twenty
years old, brothers, from the mud.
The three bodies, with the hands of
S%cheinleich entangled in the hair Of
the other two boys, were recovered
three hours later.
The boys were warned against the
q%uicksands, but all three Of the
youths were strong swimmers and
laughed at the fears of their COM
rades.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
THIRTY KILLED IN A NINE.
Fire Destroys a Hosting Shaft and
Air Shaft in Oklahoma.

McAlester, Okla.-More than thirty
miners were suffocated in Hailey-Ola
Coal Mine No. l, near Haileyville,
fourteen miles east Of McAlester,
when fire destroyed the hosting shaft
and air shaft and cut off air from the
men below.
twenty-five dead bodies were re-
moved from the mine, following a
successful three hours battle with the
flames. Explorations in the channels
revealed that none of the men met
death by burning, but that all were
s~uffocated.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
Prominent People.

Fairfax l.. Cartwright. the British
minister at Munich, has been appoint
ed ambassador at Vienna.
Lightweight thoroughbred race
horses belonging to James R. Keene
and James B. Haggin were shipped
to South America.
Osman Ma Miami Pasha has been
appointed Minister of War of Turkey,
to succeed Redjeb Pasha, who died
suddenly Of apopleyy.
Governor Magoon, Of Cuba, pre-
diets that no trouble Of any sort will
follow the evacuation Of Cuba by
American troops next winter,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
WORKMEN KILLED UNDER WALL
Collapse of Chelsea (Mass.) Structure
Buries Many Laborers.

Chelsea, Mass.-A thirty-foot brick
wall, which was being put up for a
building in Chelsea Square, on the
site Of one burned in the fire last
April, collapsed and buried a score
of workmen. Five bodies were re-.
moved from the ruins, all but n OF
which were identified.
Those known to be dead are: Mey-
er Arlwok, Ferri Sarto and Francisco
Gouelifa, of Boston, and M. Zackler,
of New York. The unidentified body
Is apparently that of a Russian, about
twenty years old. Fifteen men were
injured.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
REPORTS s71,ose MORE PENSIONERS.
S Show Large DEMONSTRATING in Mainten-
ance Of Bureau.

Washington, D. Can increase
of 371,0S9 pensions issued, with a
saving OF S~1,343.666 out of the re-
duced appropriations for the main-
tenance of the bureau during 1906
'O8, covering Commissioner OF Pen
sions Warmers administration, as
against the period Of 1901-'04, is an
nounced in q compilation of figures
given out at the Interior Department.
The figures are taken from Commits
sioner Warmers report, which will be
issued shortly. Statement follows:
From 1901 to 1904, inclusive,
there were issued 516,251 certificates
of pension. From 1905 to 1908, in
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
MOSQUITOES DRIVE A MAN MAD.
Bites Bring on Delusions, But Doctors
Saw He Will Recover.

Observation-Disclosures by mos
a~uitoes all summer, Harry Kempher,
foreman of the testing plant OF the
Southern Pipe Line Company's pipes
near Eddystone, finally broke down
under the strain of constantly strik-
ing at the insects as they lit on him,
and he was sent to his home in
Lancaster suffering from decisions.
Kempher imagines that he is the ofl-
cial mosquito destroyer and swings
his arms about, annihilating with
each swing large armies of insects.
He will recover, his doctors say.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
The Field of Labor.

A new union of carpenters has been
formed at Virgues, Porto Rico.
The Waterville (Me.) textile work.
ers have applied for a charter from
the United Textile Workers.
The Scotch Shipbuilding Employ
ers' Federation and the mems union
are arranging for a joint agreement,
and the mems union has appointed
seven well-known representatives to
draft a constitution.
The Governor of Porto Rico has
recommended to the Legislature a
law creating a labor bureau on the
island.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
WOMAN MOB LEADER a SUICIDE.
Takes Poison When Arrested For
Murder i'm Springfield Riots.

Springfield, lll.-Kate Howard,
mob leader and rioter, with a police
record and conspicuous for years
about the streets of Springfield be-
cause of ner $50 pounds of avoir-
dupois, committed suicide shortly af-
ter being taken into custody on an
indictment voted by the special Grand
Jury charging her with murder.
Poison swallowed at her home just
before accompanying an officer to the
county Jail caused death before the
woman was put behind the bars.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
Deserving q Reward.

well, young man." said good St.
Peter, what was your occupation
down on EARTH"
II was a chauffeur" responded the
new arrival.
Ran people down, I suppose?"
Never ran over a chicken"
"Violate the speed laws?"
mot once"
well, young man, you are indeed
an exception. AS long as you ran an
auto with a record like that I am 60
ing to let you play an autoharp. Just
step right in."-Chicago News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
Feminine Notes.

While a successful surgical opera
ton was being performed on Mrs.
Thomas Trebell, the steamship &C.
dric was stopped three hours in mid
ocean
Jane Adams, DR.. Cornelia De Bey
and Mrs. Emmons Blaine, whose
terms on the Chicago School Board
have expired, have not been reap
pointed.
Before she left for Cowes with the
King the other day Queen Alexandra
caused it to be made known that the
sheath gown will not be tolerated at
her court.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
Notes of the Diamond.

Hans Lobert. of Cincinnati. is a
pretty good imitation of Hans Wag-
ner.
The Boston Club has loaned pitch
ar ICY" Young III. to the Jersey City
Club.
Substitute infielders Merlile n
Herzog have rejoined the New fore
team. -,
when I first came into basabaliS'
say Fred Clarke. 1--WE used to con-
slider 10000 a big crowd. Now we
have 10000 crowds, and I expect to
see $4,000 crowds soHle day when the
stands are. big enough to, hold them"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
Newsy Paragraphs.

Naval authorities discussed a plan
to paint warships a darker color.
Turkey recalled it's ambassadors at
Berlin and Vienna and its minister
at Belgrade.
The Dutch at Curacao stoned a
Brazilian schooner taking Venezuelan
goods to Willemstad.
Australia granted permission to the
American sailors to land at Sydney
bearing arms, but without ammuni-
ton.
A break of about So a bale in Oc-
tober cotton caused a bull panic on
the Cotton Exchange, New York City.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
Spain Has Used False
COip fer Fifteen Years.

Madrid, Spai1.-Tle Government
will sustain a heavy loss as a result
Of the decision to retire from circu-
lation 100000 worth Of counterfeit
five peseta coins.
These coins have been in circula-
ton for the past fifteen years, and
they have been practically accepted
as legal tender from the people. The
only return the Government will get
will be from the sale of the ingots
into which the coins will soon be
melted.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16

elusive, there were issued, not includ-
ing 202,577 increases under the act
of April 10, 1908, made by directions
to pension agents, SS7,340. This
makes al increase of 371,OS9.
From 1901 to 1904, inclusive,
there was paid as pensions s554.SSS,.
977, and from 1905 to 1908, inclu-
sive, S571,391,648, an increase OF
S16,502,671.
While the appropriations for the
maintenance of the bureau have been
reduced each year since 1904, there
has been saved and covered into the
Treasury as u~neXpended of such ap.
p%ropriations that year S1,343,666.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
Dividing Line at Cape Hatteras

Cape Hatteras is the true. dividing
line between the North and the
South. North of it there is not a
trace Of the palmetto and other forms
Of vegetation, which, sub-tropical in
character, cease there also.
Mason and Dixon's line is an mag
mary sort of a thing in the North,
but Hatteras is the outer mark Of the
real dividing line, and 1t affords a
fine opportunity for study.-Forest
and Stream.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
Big Hay Crop West.

There is a big crop in the West and
a good deal of old hay not yet sent
to market, but in the Eastern States
the new crop is undoubtedly a little
short, and farmers will have a small
er surplus for shipment and for sale
to local markets.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
GAG AGED COUPLE FOR SIS.
Rose VIRTUES For Hours Before He
Releases His Wife.

Ithaca, n. Y.-Breaking into the
residence of William Rose. on the
Ellis Hollow road, near this city.
three masked men bound and gagged
the old couple, ransacked the house
and made away with SIS, all the cash
they had.
Mrs. Rose was overcome By sufIo-
cation and exhaustion and her hus-
band writhed for three hours in an
endeavor to release himself from the
ropes that bound him and rescue his
wife. Just as she was nearly dead he
broke the cord and released her.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
Harvard Has $50, 900, 900 In
vested-Income of S945,176

Cambridge, Mass. - According to
the report of the Harvard College
treasurer, the investment funds Of
the college amount to $1~9,977,911,
and the annual income is $945,176.
General investments aggregate
s~17,344,229. Over 100000 are
invested in railroad bonds, over ST.
Geo. 00 in railroad stock, ,00O,0 900
in real estate and $1,500,000 in trac-
ton bonds. Besides, yer 900
are invested in sundry bonds and ST.
IFS 900 in mortgages and notes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
MISS PARSONS SHOT DEAD.
Daughter Of New York Railroad Pres
ident Ends Her Life in Paris.

Paris.-Following closely on the
death of her fiancee. Miss Winifred
Parsons, daughter Of the late Charles
Parsons, president of the Rome, Wat
ertown and Ogdensburg Railroad
was found dead in her apartments.
There was a bullet wound in the
side of her head and at her side lay
a revolver. She had been dead Iaore
than an hour when a maid came UPON
her body.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
KILLED IN THE ALPS.
Actress and V%iolinist Fall From Free
ipicc-The Former Dead.

Innsbruck, Austria.-As Leontine
Roman, a Polish actress, and Posselt,
a yiolinist, we're ascending the Gerlos
peak, they fell over a precipice. The
actress was killed. Posselt was Sc
yerely injured.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
Snrinp Colts Scarce

Frederick Wagner, president of the
Fiss, Doerr & Carroll Horse Com.
pany. New York City, remarked that
in going 200 miles recently through
n of the best horse breeding sec.
tons of New York State he did not
see enough spring colts in the pas.
lures to fill the stalls of the com.
nany's coach horse department.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
To Found Esperanto Institute.

Dresden.-The Esperanto Congress
passed a resolution to found a teach
ers' federation and also an interna-
tional Esperanto institute, which
shall draw up rules by which the
new language may be kept pure.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
Wade Ellis Appointed.

Wade Ellis, Attorney-General of
Ohio, accepted the position of assist.
ant to Acknowledgement Bonaparte,
recently held by Milton D. Purdy.