davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24

Chicago.-"Feminine deceit Is all
right. Love piracy is all right. Keep
your husband loving you by any hook
or crook. But for heavens sake don't
20 to bed with a quarter of an inch
of cold cream on your face to tip him
off on how you keep beautiful"
These pregnant thoughts were
vouchsafed 800 of Chicago's wives
and mothers at the Music Hall, Fine
Arts Building, by Nine. Hatton, mat
rimonial PHILOSOPHERS to the Windy
City's Smart Set.
81 don't care what method a wom-
an uses to make her husband think
she's prettier than time has let her
be. If she succeeds in that and holds
him true to her, cosmetics are the
real agent of morality. But scores of
married women I know of deserve to
lose their husbands They think so
much of him that they leave their tot
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
:DECEIT ALL RIGHT TO HOLD A HUSBAND"

let articles lying in full sight about
the house, confess they go to massage
artists, throw rats carelessly about
and evensadmit to strenuous gyTnas-
tics to keep down weight and give ar
tifcial lustre to sinking eyes.
women ought to keep their hus-
bands guessing all the time-just as
the coy girl of romance plays hide
and seek with the grande passion, un-
til she has her sweetheart groveling
and trembling lest the Yes she has
secretly meant to say from the start
won't be said at all.
Here's the secret of keeping a
husband. Stay beautiful and don't
let the male half know the reason.
Also, don't eat too much. Given the
aid of modern corsets and lacings, the
American wife is indefensible If her
husband deserts her because she has
grown fat"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
GIRL SLAIN BY HGHWAYMAN.
Slapped Robber Who Demanded Neck
lace-Accompanied by Fiance.

Baltimore, Md.-Jennie Reid, aged
twenty-one years, of this city, was
murdered by a ,highwayman at Mount
Washington, a residence suburb. She
and Joseph Mueller, to whom she
was engaged to be married, were on
the way to visit friends at Mount
Washington, and, according to Muel.
ler's statement, left the car at South
avenue When they had walked half
a block and were in a lonely place,
they were stopped by a mar who, lev.
cling a pistol, called for their Valu'
ables.
Mueller gave up what money he
had, and then the highwayman de.
manded a necklace worn by Miss
Reid. Her reply was a slap in the
face, upon receiving which the man
fired, the bullet striking the girl be.
hind the left ear. She was carried
into a nearby house, but death had
been almost instantaneous. The high
wayman disappeared.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
Stub Ends of News.

The California Aero Club has vol,
unteered to conduct aeroplane expert.
mepts for the War Department.
Accidentally shot by a crossbow in
the hand of a playmate, Kenneth
VIM, ten years old, lost an eye, al
Winsted, Conn.
Four cases of supposed diphtheria
at Brown University, Providence, R,
l., have turned out to be simple sore
throat.
Trying to cross the Vermilion River
on the ice, near Parker, S. D., Mrs.
Herman Feikens and three children
were drnWned
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
Football and Baseball Give Har-
ward q Surplus of sec ,091.

Cambridge, Mass. A surplus OF
s26,O91.1O in receipts over expendi-
lures in all lines Of Harvard athletics
us shown by the report for the college
year l907-0S. The total receipts
were S127,31S.44 and the total SIX
penditures SOL, 227.34. The total
net surplus exceeds by s14,45O the
surplus of the previous year, the gain
being due in part to increased re-
ceipts from football and baseball and
in part also to a saving on football
coaching and the training table.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
Feminine Notes.

A benefit in New York City for the
widow of Lester Wallack yielded
$4,000.
The crews of three battleships
were the guests of Miss Helen Gould
at the Brooklyn Seamen's Y. M. c. 4,
Miss Rhea Whitehead, of Seattle,
has been made deputy prosecuting at.
torney for Kings County, Washing,
ton.
Miss Mary McCann, a young girl
who rescued nine children in the Slo-
cum disaster, will be awarded n med
al, it was announced in Washington.
D. g.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
Tho Field Of Shorts.

Yale defeated Princeton by the
score of 35 to is in the annual dual
swimming meet.
Tommy Ryan, the fighter, says he
would like to train Jeffries for a bout
with Jack Johnson.
Jay Gould and Joshua Crane were
defeated in an exhibition court tennis
match at Cambridge by Tom Petit
and Alfred White.
II do not agree with the idea that
the influence of summer baseball Is
bad for university men," says DR..
Hutchins, University of Wisconsin
mystical director
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
EXTRA SESSION CALLED.
President TaftDoes Not Mention Tariff
Revision in His Proclamation.

Washington, D. C.-President Taft
issued a proclamation calling for an
extra session of Congress on March
Is. At the extra session Congress
will consider the revision of the tariff,
which the Republican party in its
platform last year pledged itself to
bring about.
President Taft has repeatedly told
Of his intention to secure the revision
of the tariff. In his inaugural ad-
dress he declared that at the earliest
opportunity he would call Congress
to meet in special session, at which
only the question of the tariff would
be considered.
The call Goes not mention the OBJ
ject for which the special session is
called.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
SAT BOY ON HOT STOVE.
Now He's Dead and Housekecpcr is
Held For Murder.

Brooklyn, N. y Mrs. Marjorie
Miles, h~ousekeeper for William John
con, a cabinetmaker, of 125 Walton
street, Brooklyn, was arrested and
locked up in the Flushing Avenue
Police Station, charged with homi-
eide in causing the death of Arthur,
he three-year-old son of Mr.. Johnson.
The woman is accused of setting
the boy on a hot stove to punish him
Tor misbehaving.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
RAILWAY PROMOTER A SUICIDE
He Was Dependent Because Of
Failure of His Plans. .

Washington, D. C.-Heartbroken
because his dream of having an inter-
continental railroad open to com.
merce the fertile valleys Of Central
and South America had never ma.
.t~erialized, Hinton Rowan Helper, for.
mer United States Consul at Buenos
Ayres, committed suicide by gas in an
obscure boarding house here. He
was author, railroad protector and
Civil War veteran. He vainly sought
e to carry out his project for a
three Americas railway, designed to
connect the Straits of Boring and
Magellan. He was; born in North
Carolina in 1929.
In a letter found, Helper said he
had spent forty years in trying to
work out the railway scheme and
had expended nearly $4,000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
Foreign News Notes.

President Gomez of Cuba signed
the general amnesty bill.
The Budapest news telephone sys-
TEN of several years standing is a
success. The service costs only S7.31
a year.
1t was rumored in st. Petersburg
that there had been a conflict between
Russian and Chinese troops near
Hardin.
Commonwealth of Australia i'm
ports in 1908 amounted to s246,415,-
900, a decrease Of S10,170,000. Ex-
ports totaled a value Of s332,195,-
0nn-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
Glass Telegraph Poles.

In Grossalmerode, a town near
Cassel, Germany, a factory has re-
Gently been established for the manu-
facture Of glass telegraph and tele-
phone poles. The glass mass Of which
the poles are made is strengthened
by rlacing and INTERVIEWING with
strong wire threads. One Of the prin-
cipal advantages Of these poles, 1t is
said, would be their use in tropical.
countries, where wooden poles are
soon destroyed by the ravages Of In
sects, and where climatical Influences
are ruinous to wood.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
DIES IN CHAIR.
Negro Murderer is Put to Death in
Sing Sing.

Negro Murderer is Put to Death in
Sing Sing.
Ossining, N. Y.--William Jones, a
negro, was put to death in the cleo
trio chair in Sing Sing prison. Three
shocks were given before the man
was pronounced dead. Jones was
brought into the death chamber, &C.
companied by the Rev. S. E. Jones,
the prison chaplain.
Jones killed Llewellyn Bum at
Hampstead, l.. l., on September 1.
1907. His conviction of murder in
the first degree was the first that had
been secured in Nassau County.
Jones and Bum were employed in
a livery stable at Hampstead. On the
Gay of the murder they had been
drinking in a negro resort in Hemp.
stead and a quarrel followed. Then
Jones whipped out a revolver and
shot and killed Bum, afterward es-
Gaping to Jam aica, Queens, where he
was arrested.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
Tolstoy's Opinion Of Kings.

In a recent letter Tolstoy says:
"The soyereigns now living, instiga-
tors of. violence and massaeres of all
kinds. r SO far below the moral
standard Of the majority that they
cannot even inspire disgust. They are
but unfortunates, who deserve to be
pitied. We should neither allow oar.
indignation to rise against those
creatures, who are void of the most
sacred feeling Of humanity, o
should we, combat them"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
TEXAS MOB BURNS NEGRO.
P sse Also Kills a Colored Man Who
Had Harbored Him.

Rockwell, Texas.-After having
been identified by Mrs. Arthur Nc
Kinney as the negro who attacked
her, Anderson Ellis was taken from
the Rockwell County Jail and secured
to an iron stake driven into the earth.
He was then burned to death in the
presence of about 1000 persons.
Will Clark, a negro, was shot and
Instantly killed when with his father.
Andrew Clark, he refused permission
to a posse to search his premises on
the assumption that Ellis was con-
cealed there.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
California Senate Adopts Resolu-
ton Calling Upon Congress to Act.

Sacramento, Calm lieu of an
anti-Japanese statute, the Senate ex-
pressed its views on the subject Of
Asiatic immigration BY adopting a
resolution calling upon Congress to
enact an Asiatic exclusion law that
would keep Japanese a. we'll as Chi
nese aliens out.
Senator J. B. Sanford tried to
amend the resolution so that jap
anese would be denied the right Of
naturalization, but this was voted
down. 20 to Z.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
THE TAFT CABINET.

Philander Chase Knox, Secrc-
tary of State.
Franklin MacVeagh, Secretary
of the Treasury.
Jacob Med. Dickinson, Sccrc-
tary Of War.
George Won L. Meyer, Secre-
tary of the Navy.
Frank III. Hitchcock, Postmas-
ter-General.
James Wilson, Secretary Of
Agriculture.
George w. Wicllersham, At
torney-General.
r. A. Ballinger, Secretary Of
the Interior.
Charles Nagel, Secretary Of
Commerce and Labor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
HELP FOR MINERS
q. s. Geological Survey to Open Res.
cue Stations.

Chicago.-The first of a number Of
rescue stations to be located In the
principal coal fields Of the country in
an effort to reduce the number OF
fatalities in tho coal mines, will be
opened at Urbana, Ill.
The station has been established
by the United States Geological Sur.
vey acting with the Illinois State Geo.
logical Survey and the University OF
Illinois. Its purpose +, to interest
the mine operators, inspectors and
the miners themselves in modern res
cue appliances. The services Of this
station will be offered to all miners
in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, West
Kentucky, Iowa and Missouri.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
TAFT REVERSES ROOSEVELT.
Revokes Order Closing New Orleans
and Pensacola Navy Yards.

Washington, D.. C.-Secretary o.
the Navy George Won l.. Meyer re.
voked one of. the last orders issued
by President Roosevelt - that abol
ishing the navy yards at Pensacola
Fla, and New Orleans.
These yards were ordered closed
because it was considered that they
were not of sufficient Importance te
justify maintaining them. Protest.
from the Louisiana and Florida dele.
cations in Congress, however.
prompted President Taft to rescind
the order of his predecessor. Conse.
%quently, the necessary instructions
were issued to Secretary Meyer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
POWDER MILL EXPLOSION.
One Man Killed and Two Dupont
Mills Wrecked Near Wilmington.

Wilmington, Del. - One man wax
killed and several others slightly in.
jured by an explosion which de-.
stroyed two mills in the Hagley yard
of the Dupont Powder Company near
here.
The dead man is George Whitman
aged fifty years, an employe. The a C
cident was caused by the explosion o.
an experimental barrel. The countr!
was shaken for miles around.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
Seeks Gold Fifty Years;
Finally Gets 81, 1000, 600.

San Bernardino, Cal.-Harry Par
sons, a desert miner, aged seventy
five years, left San Be%rnardino for
Philadelphia to visit relatives whom
he has not seen for fifty years. He
goes back with a fortune estimated at
$1,000, 900, which he will share with
his relatives. One of these is a sister;
who, when he failed to find gold in
California in 1S49, gave him all she
had, a little more than $500, to con-
tinue his prospecting. He amassed
his fortune within the last four years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
MEXICAN RANCHER KILLED.
Shot by Hunter After Lassoing Lat
ter'S CoErade.

Aguascalientes, Mexico.-Thomds
Ocampo, Jr., and his brother, Adolfo.
sons of a merchant of this city, while
hunting on the hacienda of a friend.
and who were unknown to the fore,
man of the ranch, Jose Alonzo, were
ordered to leave.
The foreman, when they refused
lassoed Adolfo and began dragging
him to the ranch house, and Thomas
shot the foreman three times, killing
him instantly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24

The Mexican Herald announces
that a movement is on foot for the
erection Of a grain elevator at Mexico
City. At present the only one in the
republic is the small elevator on tie
Co~atzaeoalcos River, near Santa Luz
cretia, in Vera Cruz.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24

Large quantities Of cherries are
sent from Europe to this country,
simply preserved in brine, to escape
the high duty on fruits preserved in
sugar. They are then made into
"Maraschino" cherries.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
PRISON FOR LUMSDEN.
Jury Finds Him Guilty of Manslaugh-
ter in First Degree.

New York City.-The jury in the
ease of John c. Lumsden, the young
inventor from North Carolina, on
trial charged with shooting Harry
Suydam, a curb broker, returned a
verdict of m%anslaughter in the first
degree.
1t was charged in the indictment,
which accused Lumsden of murder
in the first degree. that he shot Suy-
dam in the latter's Offices
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
LABOR LEADER IN JAIL.
Frank MCGEE ~Surrenders at New
Haven For Years Sentence.


New Haven, Conn.-Frank ]. Nc
Gee, the New England organizer OF
the National Iron Moulders' Union,
decided to report at the County Jail
to begin the sentence of a year, I'M
posed upon him for intimidatina
strike breakers during the recent
labor troubles at the McLagon
Foundry.
He came here from Pittsfield az
soon as he heard that the Supreme
Court had sustained the Jail sentence
imposed upon him after two consec
utive lower court trials.
The Moulders' Union has voted to
pay his salary during his jail term to
his wife. MCGEE declares that a great
injustice was done him In condemn
ing him to jail, but he will see his
term through
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
NORMAN E. MACK's HOME BURNS
Loss at Fire In Buffalo About $4,000
Family Away From Home.

Buffalo, N. Y.-Norman E. Mack's
home in Delaware avenue has been
practically destroyed by fire. A gale.
blowing %sixty-four miles an hour,
made hard work for the iremen. The
fire started in the servants quarters
on the third floor.
The roof fell in a few minutes af-
ter the fire was discovered. The Sec
ond floor was also burned out, as was
Mr.. Mack's fine library. Mr.. Mack
was in New York City and his family
at Atlantic City. The loss is about
$4,000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
'POSSUM HUNTERS BARRED.
Seven Months Closed Season in Geor.
gia-Prices Rise to $40.

gia-Prices Rise to $40.
Atlanta, Ga.-"Marsupial blind
tiger" is the correct appellation Of the
concern in Georgia which deals in
'possums between March l and Octo-
Der l, and unless the %violator of the
law continues to supply the mad de-
mand of the Eastern market there
will be no more 'possums shipped
from this State for the next seven
months.
A rise in the market price of from
fifty cents to $40 is recorded within
less than a month, but the hopes Of
Georgia 'possum hunters of amassing
fortunes have been ruthlessly cast 10
the ground.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
BACHELOR LEAVES $500, 900.
Harry 3. Shaw, of Chicago, Dies in
Texas.

Texas.
Chicago, Ill.-News Of the death
of Harry B. Shaw, a former member
of the Chicago Board Of Trade. wa:
received from San Antonio, Texas
He was seventy-four years old.
Mr.. Shaw was a bachelor, and for
nearly half a century had lived at
Chicago hotels. He left a fortune
estimated at 100000, which was
made in the produce business. The
bulk of his estate was bequeathed tc
his cousin, S. P. Bradley, a shoe man
ufacturer of Milwaukee.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
L HIS WIFE.
Policeman Then Turns Revolver on
Himself.

HIMSELF.
Boston, Mass.-Daniel Spillane, g
policeman at the Hanover street sta
ton, shot and killed his wife, Della.
at their home, 1T London street.
East Boston, and then turned the re.
volver on himself.
The woman died instantly, tie bull
let penetrating her brain. Spiliane
will die.
Spillane had been mentally de-
ranged for over a week.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24

Every Woman VIII Be Interested.
II you have pains in the back, Urinary,
Bladder or Kidney trouble, and want q
pleasant herb cure for woman's ills, try
Mother Gray's Australian Leaf. It is areli-
abb regulator. All Druggists so cts. Sample
FRL The Mother Gray Co. LIE Roy. NY.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24

The largest wooden building in the world
is the Parliament building at Wellington,
New Zealand. ass.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
STEPHENSON REELECTED.

Wisconsin Senator Wins on Twenty
third Ballot.
Madison, Wis.-United States Sen
ator Isaac Stephenson was reelected
by the joint assembly Of the Wiscon-
sin Legislature on the twenty-third
ballot, having received GO of 1913
votes cast.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24

Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes
Relieved by Murine Eye Remedy.
Conforms to Pure Food and Drug Laws.
Murine Doesn't Smart: Soothes Eye Pain.
The entire Hebrew Bible was printed in
1883.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24

SOLD eY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS
one SIZE only. regular price 5ot per bottle.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1909-05-27
DIED IN INDIA.
Chaplain at Fort Dodge Receives Cablegram
Announcing Death Of Son.

Rev. J. W. Crouch, newly appoint
ed chaplain at The Home, arrived
there last week and next day received
cablegram telling Of the serious i'll
ness OF bis son at Poons, India. A
second message quickly followed with
the announcement Of his death.
The son, John 7. Crouch, 26 years
old, was born at Beulah, Kansas, and
at Keokuk, Iowa received the degree
OF D. d s. AMI was then made a
member Of the State Dental Faculty,
in which profession he remained un-
til he received the degree OF NJ. D.
He went to India under contract to
do work in the line Of his profession
for the British government, but died
q victim Of smallpox, four months
after selling.
This is the second sad happening
to this family, as another son was
drowned at Mead in 1891, at the age
OF 16 years. who was then high
school student in Dodge City. The
family now consists OF a wife and two
daughters, all at Ft. Dodge. They
will receive the earnest sympathy Of
many friends at this end of the state,
as Mr.. Crouch has ministered IN
churches at Spearville. Meade, Ness
CITY, Kinsley and Harper, coming
now from Bell Plain.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1909-05-27
TESTING IMPORTED TIES.
Santa Fs Road Laying Ninety Pound Steel
and Making Test Of Hard Wood
Ties. on this Division.
Ties, on this Division.

Beginning the first Of the month the
Santa Fe will relay the road from Kins-
ley to Hutchinson, on the cutoff, with 90,
pound steel. This s'eel will be laid on
imported ties that will be new experi-
ment on the Santa Fe The company
has had man all over the world looking
up the tie question, and upon his recon-
mendation has purchased 170, 900 import
ed ties, Of a very hard kind OF wood.
The wood is So hard that screw spikes
will have to be used 10 fastening the
ties 10 them. After the holes for the
screws are bored the ties will be treated
by process which the company has
adopted. They will be laid from Kinaley
east on the cut-off, and will cover dis.
tance of 81 miles. This stretch of road
will be used for the test Of these import.
ed ties, and will be visited and inspected
at different times by the officials Of the
system. The ties are guaranteed to last
for 25 years. In placing the foreign ties,
about 30 600 new ties. recently placed,
will have TO be takea up.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1909-05-27
DEATH OF JOHN MADDEN
Was Resident Of Dodge City for Twenty five
Years, and Served Sixteen Years
as Street Commissioner.

John Madden, who has been res
ident Of Dodge City for the past
twenty-five years, passed away at
noon last Saturday May %. His
death was sudden, but peaceful. He
was well advanced in the seventies,
and his death came as the close Of
the allotted time
Funeral services were held on
Monday morning at 10 o'clock from
the Catholic church, conducted by the
Reverned Father Mennis, who
preached one Of the most impressive
funeral sermons upon this occasion
that has ever been heard at this place.
Everyone in Dodge City had a
kindly feeling for John Madden, and
the business houses Of the town were
closed at the time Of the funeral.
The old settlers Of this place have
been meeting him daily for the past
twenty-five years. For sixteen years
or more he served as street commits
sioner Of Dodge City. Up to few
years ago he remained the same type
OF physical strength that he had been
when he cane to the United States in
1870, and he probably never felt that
be was becoming an old man until he
was injured in an accident about two
yesrs ago. AT the time of his death
he was in the employ Of the city,
having charge Of flushing the sewers,
and when he was told by his doctor
that he must quit work for awhile be
did so reluctantly, telling the mayor
as he started home that he wanted to
do the work again, as soon as he was
able.
John Madden was born in Belfast,
County Antrim, Ireland. He was
married in Glasgow, Scotland, in
1867, to Margaret Mooney. who sur
wives him. From this union nine
children we're born, seven Of them
surviving him. He came to this