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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
ROOT CHOSEN FOR SENATOR.
Senator Raines' Speech Halls Root as
the Leader.

Albany, N. Y.-By the unanimous
vote of the Republican members Of
the Senate and Assembly in joint
caucus here, Secretary Of State Elihu
Root was named as the choice Of the
Republican organization for United
States Senator to succeed Thomas
Collier Plat, whose term expires on
March 4. Incidentally Senator Raines,
majority leader of the upper house,
hailed Mr.. Root as the future leader
Of the organization in this State in a
speech in which he warmly eulogized
Senator Plat and bitterly denounced
the Hughes type of nan in public and
political life.
The Democrats caucusec at the
same time, and chose eX-Lieutenant-
Governor Lewis S. Chanler as their
candidate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
The Field of Labor.

Alberta, Canada, will pass a child
labor act similar to the Ontario act.
About one-half Of the population
of Greece are agriculturists and shep-
herds.
Headquarters of the Minnesota
State Federation of Labor will be
moved from Duluth to st. Paul.
Owing to a wage dispute 1000
men have struck at Larmorgate col
leries, Rhouddah Valley, Wales.
Efforts will be made at the automo-
bile show, scheduled for Chicago, to
organize a national union Of chauf.
feurs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
RINEHART GETS FIFTEEN YEARS
Wrecker Of Farmers Bank OF
Waynesburg, Pa, Taken to Pen.

Pittsburg, Pa. B. F. Rinehart,
former cashier and vice-president OF
the Farmers and Drovers' National
Bank of Waynesburg, Pa, which in,
stitution failed over two years ago fol
100000, was found guilty Of
wrecking the bank, and was imme.
diately sentenced to serve fifteen
years in the pentitentiary by United
States Judge James s. Young.
The jury found Rinehart guilty Of
all the eleven counts, charging hin
with making false reports to the
Comptroller Of the Currency, and
upon all of the nineteen count.
charging him with making false en-.
tries and with abstraction in trans
actions connected with the Greene
County political campaign Of 1905.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
CHAMBERLAIN CHOSEN SENATOR
Democrat Elected in Oregon by the
Republican Legislature.

Salem, Ore.-Inability to bring in
huential State Senators in line for a
Republican blocked the attempt to
defeat Governor George E. Chamber
lain, Democrat, chosen in the pri-
mary, for United States Senator in
the Legislature. The vote in the
House stood "a, in the Senate 10, a
total of SO, or 7 more than was neces.
sary to elect.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
About Noted Peopie.

President James B. Angel, of the
University of Michigan, reached his
eightieth birthday, and declared that
teaching was mans noblest profes.
sion.
Plans were discussed for the cree.
ton of q monument in Washington,
D. c., In honor of Senator William
Boyd Allison, of Iowa, who died last
summer.
President Hadley, of Yale, declared
that the reform Of newspapers and
the Government should begin with
newspaper readers, who should learn
to weigh evidence.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
Women in the Days News.

Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay made hel
debut as a speaker in an address IT
favor of equal suffrage, in New YORK.
City.
Miss Ethel Dickens, a granddaugh.
ter of Charles Dickens, is the head OF
q large typewriting bureau in London
and is described as a keen business
woman.
In Jour States of the Union, Wyom'
ing. Colorado, Idaho and Utah, WON
en- possess the same political rights
as men, voting at all elections or
the same conditions. In Wyoming
the right has been exercised for forty
years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
Halls of Congress.

Senators Elkins and Hepburn spoke
against a change in the tariff sched-
ules.
Services in memory Of William
Pinkney Whyte, of Maryland, were
held.
Mr.. Foraker spoke on the use OF
detectives in investigating the
Brownsville affair and MI. Lodge re-
piled.
In a special message to Congress
yetoing a bill to dam a river in Mis-
souri, President Roosevelt pointed out
the danger of a gigantic water power
trust.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
FUNDS TO FIGHT LAND FRAUDS.
Secretary Garfield Wants 100000
More Because of New Information.

Washington, D. Conformation Of
wholesale and astounding frauds upon
the public lands has come into the
possession of Secretary of the Interior
Garfield through special agents in the
field. The serious allegation is made
that approximately $110,000,0O0
worth of lands in States principally
west Of the Mississippi River have
been fraudulently acquired within the
last two years by corporations and in
dividuals. 10,
With a view of recovering these
lands Secretary Garfield sent letters
to Chairmen Hale and Tawney, of the
Senate and House Appropriation conn.,
mittees. respectively, asking for an
additional appropriation of $500, 900,
which, if granted, with that already
asked for, will give the department
$1,000,000 for that purpose.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
JOHN H. WOODBURY. A SUICIDE
Found Dead in Bed at Hotel He
Owned at Coney Island.

Brooklyn, N. Y.--John H. Wood
bury, who widely advertised himself
as the member Of ugly faces and the
manufacturer of beauty soaps and To-
tions, committed suicide in the room
he had been occupying in the. Seaclif
Inn, Coney Island, since the hotel had
closed at the end of the summer sea-
son. He shot himself twice with a
revolver and left no note or other
message to indicate what had caused
him to take his life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
TRAPPED BY FLAMES,
50 PERISH ON LAKE
Explosion Sets Fire to Wooden
Crib at Chicago.
MEN BURNED OR DROWNED
Rescuers Have Trouble in Reaching
Them-Some May Be in Tunnel
Under the Lake. - Others Will
Die.

Die.
Chicago.-Trapped by flames on q
wooden crib, surrounded by water
filled with huge cakes of ice, at least
ffty-three men persisted. They had
been living on the structure while en-.
gagged in building a section of a tun'
mel which was to draw pure water
for Chicago from the depths of Lake
Michigan. Powder and dynamite ex.
ploded and set the structure afre,
and many were burned to death,
while others persisted in the lake.
Fifty-three bodies were recovered,
and rescuers report that at least three
men slipped from cakes Of ice and
drowned. Some men may be In the
tunnel at the bottom Of the lake,
Only th%irty-nine were rescued. and
many of these were so badly burned
or chilled that they will die.
First word of the disaster came in
a telephone message to the Offices OF
the Jackson Company on the shore.
which said:
1.-THE crib ! on fire. For Gods
sake send help 1t once, or a dozen or
more of us will be burned alive. The
tug"
Then the telephone wire burned of
and the men on shore heard no more,
The crib was n established by
the George w. Jackson Company,
contractors, a mile andda. half outs
the lake, and was connected with
shore by an aerial tramway. which
proved useless as a means Of escape,
Except for a steel shaft to keep II
in place the crib was made wholly
Of wood and the flames spread rapid.
ly.
The fire was caused by an explo-
sion of powder or dynamite, and
flames Immediately ~enwrapped the
wooden structure.
Those who were not killed by the
first fiery blasts rushed out, to find
no means Of escape. On every side
were the waters Of the lake, its sur.
face almost covered by great cakes
of broken ice
A mile and a half distant near the
shore lay their only hope, the tug
Morford. It could be dimly seen
through fog and smoke.
On the shore a. dim black line in.
Dictated the gathering Of crowds at
tracted by the flames.
Captain Johnson. of the tug, had
already hoisted anchor, and the
sturdy little craft was already buck
ing the ice. The fremen. worked des-
perately getting up a, full head OF
steam.
From her deck the crib could be
dimly seen. Black spots appeared
and then disappeared into the wa:ers
below. ~ 3
Some of the imprisoned men were
seeking to escape by swimming and
some of them were see to cling to
cakes of ice for a time and then
disappear.
When Captain Johnson. after what
seemed to him an interminable trip,
reached his goal, a scene worthy the
pencil of Dore greeted his eyes.
Frantic victims, their hair singed
off and their skins blackened. were
struggling in the water and ice,
Some fought against their rescuers
only to sink unconscious on deck
when forced aboard the tug.
When everybody in sight had been
taken aboard a second mufhed e1-
p~losion was heard, probably marking
the snufing out of more lives in the
tunnel under the crib.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
PIL IS o. E:;|I Z: SC y: !; 1
Book sent b mall
YEA Co. oEpT.e.4 MINNEAPOLIS. MINI.
Bill Against aFakers.s

A Daniel has come to Judgment ia
the Vermont Legislature with q bill
Intended to guard newspapers against
takers It makes the giving Of
false news to a newspaper with In
tent to deceive punishable by q fna'
ranging from IS to $40 for each Of
tense. I'VE hope that the Vermont.
lawmakers will lose no time in maxi
ing the bill a statute, says the Bos
ton Transcript. ats enactment Will
i'll a long felt want Of Vermont edis
sors and blaze the way for the relief
Of those Of other States.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
a Change Of Tune.

Mamma, I'm tired of going To.
school"
whats the matter, ,Willie?" I.
9Th teacher
"Now don't say a word against
your teacher, Willie. I've no doubt
you annoy her dreadfully, and she
seems like a very nice sort of per.
son." y
WELL she said this mornin' that
she didn't think I had much of q
bringin' up at home, an"
wait! Did she say that? Well
Of all the coarse impudence! You
sha'n't go back there another day!r
Exit Willie, grinning.-Cleyelant
Plain Dealer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
Murdered While Reading Bible.

Matilda Eclund, while reading the
Bible at her home, near Sandy, Utah,
was shot and instantly killed by Axel
Carlson, who fired at her through 9
window. Carlson was arrested, and
said that he had been "wronged by
the railroads" and bounded by union
men" until some n had to die. He
is believed to be insane.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
THOUSANDS HONOR POE.
Bust of Great Poet Unveiled and Civ.
en- to New York City.

New York City.-The Tooth ami
versary of the birth of Edgar Allan
Poe was celebrated by the dedication
of a bust of the poet in Poe Park,
Fordham, and afterward by a memo
rial meeting in the auditorium Of New
York University. The dedicatory GER
emory was attended by a large crowd,
despite the severity of the weather.
Scores of women stood in the snow
for more than an hour to pay rever-
ence to the memory of the poet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
Boston HonOrs Pee.

Boston, as the birthplace of the
poet, honored the centenary Of the
birth of Edgar Allan Poe: celebra-
lions were also held at the University
of Virginia, Baltimore and other
places.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
American Widow Brings Suit.

Mrs. Brodt, of New York City,
widow of John E.. Mcdonald. has
brought suit in London for damages
for Mr.. McDonald's death pnd iEju-
ries to herself in the Salisbury train
disaster.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03

New York City. - With the an
nouncement by Manager Billy Muir
ray, of the Philadelphia Club, that
the Phillies will do their spring
training at Southern Pines, N. c., it
has been definitely settled where all
National League.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
Spring Hill College Burns

The famous Spring Hill College, at
Mobile, Ala, the oldest in the South
ern States, was destroyed by fire.
There was no loss of life among 325
students.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
Anniversary Of Lee and Jackson.

The 1920 anniversary Of the birth
Of Robert E. Lee, coincident with the
anniversary Of the birth Of Stonewall
Jackson, was celebrated in Richmond,
Va, and throughout the South. =.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
Settlement With Venezuela.

A protocol for the settlement OF
disputes between the United States
and Venezuela has been agreed upon
at Caracas by Commissioner Buchanan
and the Gomez administration.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
american League.
Facts About Suffrage FOR Woman.

Four States give equal suffrage to ~ Colorado,
Utah and Idaho.
Rhode Island, by legislative vote, and Oregon, by popular vote,
have refused to adopt equal suffrage for women.
In Kansas women have educational and municipal Suffrage.
Eighteen States lave school suffrage for women.
Montana and Iowa permit women to vote on municipal BOND Is
Louisiana gives women taxpayers the right to vote on all que-
lions submitted to the taxpayers.
New York allows women taxpayers to vote on village taxation.
In Great Britain women who possess the necessary qualLhcatlons
can vote for all officials except members of Parliament.
Australia and New Zealand give women full suffrage, a DO n
Isle of Man, Iceland and Finland.
In Cape Colony, Canada and Sweden, as in parts Of India, wom-
e. vote under various conditions for school and municipal officers.
Last wear the English Parliament refused votes to women, n
there was a riot in the House, women claiming themselves to q
grilework of the gallery of the House of Commons, while they cried
"Votes for women!" The griles had to be removed to get them out.
There is a National American Woman Suffrage Association, Win
headouarters at Warren, o. The Rev. Anna II. Shaw Is president.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
Acknowledgement Condemns Sewer.

Attorney General Bonaparte, at
Washington, D. c., gave out an adj
verse opinion on the right of the Pas
sale Valley Sewerage Commission Of
New Jersey to empty its proposed
trunk sewer into New York Harbor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
Rabbi WEEDS Couple and Dies.

1V~UUH NU ~OHPES ""o 7F~'F
Rabbi David Bliddem, for twenty
years a leader of orthodox Jews in
Philadelphia, Pa, dropped dead at
his home. He had just performed a
marriage ceremony.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
WHERE TIE Big BASEBALL TEAMS WILL DO THEIR TRAINING,

the National and American League
teams will prepare for the champion.
ship season. g..
Following is a list Of the training
camps Of the big league baseball
teams during the coming spring:
AS;ETicQn League.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03

Commander Brown Dead.
Commander Jefferson Brown, Z. S
~, died at his home in Brooklyn,
NJ v
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
PROHIBITION WINS AGAIN.
Holiday Bill Passed Over Governors
Veto nv Tennosses LEGISLATURE,

FCIO ny ItUlC5oLO LO5ISI]eH1S'
Nashville, Tenn. The Holiday
Statewide prohibition bill has been
passed.. over Governor Patterson's
veto in both houses Of the Legislat-
ure. The vote in the Senate was 70
to 13, and in the House 81 to 36.
An enthusiastic demonstration took
place in each house wAen the vote
was announced.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03

Gift to Bowdoin College.
BY the will of Joseph E. Merrill, Of
Newton, Mass, Bowdoin College is TO
receive 100000.
The Washington times., 1909-03-08
PIETR| ON TRAIL
OF MAT MALONEY
Dorando Orders Managers
to Cover Money-Now
Up to Yonkers Man.

NEW YORK, March S.-Dorsndo
Pietri, who is matched to race Johnny
Hayes in Madison Square Garden over
the full Marathon distance, 26 miles 3S5
yards, on Monday night, March II, is
hot on the trail of Mat Maloney.
MaIoney's hackers have been shoot
ing at the little Italian through the
newspapers, talking about $4,000 side
bets and saying that all the Marathon
champions are afraid to race the pride
of Yonkers. DoTando saw Maloney de-
feat White in the Sixty-ninth Regiment
arnory. After watching the race and
Maloney's action carefully Dorando re
quested his managers 10 accept the
challenge and cover the $1,000 which the
Irishman has had posted for the last
few weeks
Dorando expressed his willingness to
take part of the side bet himself, so
that all that now remains is for the
hackers of the Yonkers man 10 stand
by their challenge
The Washington times., 1909-03-08
MORE DAYLIGHT BILL
IS HEADED THIS WAY
English Advocates Of Measure to Set Clocks Ahead In
Summer Now Aim to Seek Similar
Law In America

LONDON March s.-With the passins
20 the second reading Of the more
daylight bill, members Of parliament
in favor of the measure as today plan
ming to take the matter up in the
United States and see if a similar meas
ure cannot be enacted there.
Daylight by law" is what the bill
has been dubbed. II is planned by ener-
getic members Of parliament who fig
ure that people would be better off If
they began work earlier in the morning
in the summer time. worked the same
number of hours, and then took the re-
mainder of the day off 1t would give
nearly the whole afternoon for hoh-
day every day
The specific provision of the bill is
that the official clocks be set forward
twenty minutes on each of the four
Sundays in April, and then moved back
correspOndingly on the four Sundays in
September.
The Washington times., 1909-03-08
PLANS LONG TRAMP
ACROSS CONTINENT
Weston Will Celebrate Seventy
FIRST Birthday BY Walking
4 400 Miles
4.3OO Miles.

NEW YORK March 8-Edward Pay
son Weston. who is 20 celebrate his
seyenty-frst birthday by starting "A.
walk from New York 10 san Francisco,
has partly chosen n route which win
cause him 10 cover upward of 1890 miles
within 100 days, Sundays excepted.
Weston has made arrangements 70
start from the New York general post
office through the kindness Of Postmas-
ter Morgan, who is TO act as starter
AT 4.lI IN the afternoon Monday, March
y. lie will be accompanied by an at
tcndant aud two Judges, who will tol-
low him the entire distance.
The Washington times., 1909-03-08
ELBERFELD SLATED
TO LEAD YANKEES
Rumor Unconfrmed in Absence of
Stallings Practice Games
Order For Today.

MACON, Ca, March s.-Midsummer
weather greeted the Highlanders to
day.
Real practice has begun. The first
week of work merely showed the pltcH-
ers' form
Today Stalliuss will divide the men
into two teams and have two five in
ming games each day in order TO size
No his infield material. In Elberfeld S
absence Austin will likely be placed on
third and Ward or Gardiner on second.
A WeIl-founded rumor says Elberfeld
has been selected by Stallings as cap
tain Of the team. Because Of the alb
spnce of StalIings from the city this
report is unconfirmed.
The Washington times., 1909-03-08

The greatest opposition TO the bill is
based on the fear OF increasing the diff
ference Of time between New York and
London. The operations Of the stock
market would be considerably upset.
brokers say Hence the hackers of the
move hope to have il become popular
in America.
They declare there is no reason for
not having more daylight in America.
by May !, o o'clock by the new style
would in reality be twenty minutes to
8 o'clock, and Z o'clock by the clock
would really be twenty minutes to 8.
But with broad daylight. wOrkmen
could go to work at o'clock, work
eight hours, to > O'Clock by the clock,
and in reality knock off twenty minutes
TO o'clock by the sun, thus having all
the long afternoon for recreation. They
would be ready 10 go early to bed. and
they would save money for light, in
addition TO having that much more time
in which to get the benefit OF daylight
recreatiOnS.
The Washington times., 1909-03-08
FEVER JACK POTS
MORE BASE HITS
Manager Clarke Draws Rigid Rein
On Pirates Where Gam
bling Is Concerned.

PITTSBURG, Pa, March S.-Less
jackpots and more stolen bases, fewer
two card draws, and more two-base
hits will be in order on the training
trip Of the Pittsburg ball team, which
will start from this city tonight
Outhelder Tommy Leach, who starts
for West Baden with most Of the
pitchers and with a few other players
to put in week before Manager Clarke
and the rest of the crew join him, has
received letter from Clarke, which
he admits contains some rigid rules
laid Down as TO gambling among the
bOyS
The Washington times., 1909-03-08
CHRlSTY IN SHAPE;
LIKEWISE CHARGES
Mathewson Completes Engage
ment at Harvard, and Sets
Out to Join Giants.

BOSTON. Mass March S.-Christy
Mathewson has finished his work with
,he Harvard baseball squad, and is off
or Marlin, Texas where he will join
the Giants IN their spring training
Mathewson is late joining the team, but
He says he is in better condition than
be would have been had he gone South
before.
Let me tell YOU coaching d bunch Of
husky college men gets man in good
shape he said. They had me jumping
az around ten-acre lot trying 20 teach
them the game. I've been pitching and
atching. batting and running bases. I'm
m shape 10 60 in and pitch a fun
game.
The Washington times., 1909-03-08
HOMECOMING WEEK
FOR JACK JOHNSON

GALVESTON, Tex, March sack
Johnson. heavyweight champion. will
6nd that he is not forgotten in his ma
rive town. when he arrives there short
" on a visit 10 his mother.
The natives here are working hard
today completing arrangements Tor
big parade and reception 70 their IDOL
The Washington times., 1909-03-08
WILL TEST RACING
LAW ON THE COAST

SAN FRANCISCO. March st is ad-
United today that an effort will be
made by racing men to test tho Walker
Otis anti-race track bill
Thomas II. Williams, president and
owner of the Oakland track. and chief
stakeholder of the Santa Anita track.
has employed the best legal talent
available in an effort 10 find a loop
hole in the new law by which the rae
ing men can save the game
The Washington times., 1909-03-08
BICYCLES.

WE HANDLE the best line Of bicycles in
the city al The lowest prices; straight fork
bicycles, $50, double bar bicycle $40. easy
payments, old wheels taken in exchange.
headquarters FOR Unicorn Puuctura Proof
Tires. Sis5. WENDELL < CO., i7eS 7th nv.
mh3-Set
The Washington times., 1909-03-08
MCFARLAND COMES EAST.

CHICAGO, March S.-Packey McFar-
land leaves today for New York. where
he will begin training for his bout with
Leach Cross before the National Ath-
letic Club. March q.
The Washington times., 1909-03-08
HELP wANTED-FEMALE.

W ANIED-Ladies 20 learn hafr5reSsinS. mar
cel wave. manicure. facial massage. cleo
tIOlySis. Only short time required. Write
TOT free catalOuge. MOLER'S HATRDIsESS-
ING SCHOOL. 155 Sixth ave. New York city.
nh5-Sts
The Washington times., 1909-03-08
WIDOW CLEANING.

I CAS KEEP your windows clean cheaper.
sucker and easier than You can. / know
bow LEON l.. CALHOON. Acme Nipdoy