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VOL LIV, ^ _ "" WINNSBORO. S, C, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 18, 1899. NO. 10 1 - - ? ? - I i u-.tvo a dm ttattt i i n t\t? l \tn tj f\ i t> t? t7 t? I AN ULTIMATUM iL From the Plucky Boers to The Powerful English Nation. ^ MUST BE WITHDRAWN. Anrlnn Qfar+laH from Hnnss of I P B^VIIUVII W UUI kavvi ii vi*? > . wp Peace to Face War, Which No Doubt is Now On. * - " The London News Agency published ; the following dispatch from Pretoria Tuesday morning: "An urgent dispatch has just been handed to Conyngham Greene, the British diplomatic agent, \ requesting an explicit assurance of the * withdrawal within 48 hours of the British troops from the Transvaal borders, as well as the withdrawel of all the British forces landed in South Af- i tlia RWmfnntein confer- ' A OAUVV vuv ence." 5 The ultimatum has been received from the Tranivaal and has been made < * public. It demands that the points of < diff?rence be submitted to arbitration < that all troops be withdrawn, all reinforcements that have arrived since June I 1 be removed, and the troops now on < the high seas not to be landed. An an- j swer was demanded by Wednesday. Oc- ; ^ tober 11, aot later than 5 o'clock p. m. i The ultimatum concludes with l'in i unexpected event of an answer, not ^ iatisfactory, being received, by the ( Tro7?at7*!>l within the interval, it will, i L with great regret, be compelled to re- t * gard the action of her majesty's govern- x ment as a formal declaration of vrar, and will not hold itself responsible for ^ the correctness thereof, and that in Bt event of any further movement of ^ HH* troops occurring within ike above men- ^tioned time in a nearer direction to its HM^borders, this government will be com- 1 pelled to regard that also as a formal ( . _ declaration of war." i in suspense. 4 * A dispatch from London dated Oct. i j; 1 11 says up to tnat time no uisp?u;uea j had been received from the Cape s;nce t the expiration of the ultimatum, so it is not yet known whether the first shot has been fired. A telegram from Pre^ toria, timed 7:30 Tuesday evening sa^s: ^ "The situation is becoming more criti- 3 Y cal hourly. Numerous Americans, I Germans, Frenchmen, Swedes, Belgians, Norwegians, Danes, Italians, ' i Dnf/Vh-men. Swiss and and Cape Afri- { ^ kanders have gone to the border to > HL fight for the Transvaal, although they ^ HL are not burghers, while many British t BgBL residents have taken the oath of alle- j || j^gance. The hope is expressed by many fi H Bfe&t war will yet be averted. Nothing "z ?e this has been received from Pre- 0 ^BKand doubtless telegraph communi- j fl^HHHwwith the Transvaal is now cut. e m LEAVE LONDON". f H^^^HH^&gue White, consul general of t raB^HHRph African republic in London. 1 HBin the consulate Wednesday af- 1 Ternoon and immediately left for the t 5* continent. Mr. White's departure was t (> not attended by any excitement. Before shaking ofi the dust of England, he t * mi a ! ? said to a representative or xne j^ssoci- * E a tad Press: "The expected has happen- i ed. I only hope the hellishness of this ^ premeditaded crashing out of a lardy t b republic is now apparent. Lit me re- I k mind America that the onus of war lies i ^ not upon those who fire the first shot, but upon those who compel it to be fired. I "Technically we have temporarily \ put ourselves in the attitude of an ag- c gressor, but who would not have done f a-riat-ance of his country was a at stake? I think we must look far ahead to see the consequences of this ^ war. Instead of the pacifaction of i - _ South Africa, which is the alleged act 1 ^ of England, we shall have perpetual c u. unrest. These very people for whom f ^ England is now fighting will turn t against her in time to come and pro- 1 J test against her rule as bitterly as they r Kare now protesting against ours. 1 "For weeks I had seen England's de- 1 termination to force a hostile issue, or t f rather Mr. Chamberlain's. I am sure i he is the only member of the cabinet whose mind was thoroughly made up ? / throughout all the negotiations. What ft his intentions were is evident from the , ~'r situation today. Had the franchise ( been the chief grievance, our five year t f proposition would certainly have been { accepted. I have reason to believe that ( England enters upon her warlike course j by no means a unit. Opposition to Mr. . Chamberlain's policy exists to a greater V extent than is generally conceived. ALL nOPE GONE. I _ "Our evident desire t-) conciliate has ' ^ been much appreciated, and our refusal ] B j to allow our household sffairs to bo ad- J P* ministered by another cation has not * excited genuine indignation here or in ( any quarter of the globe. However, 1 3Ir. Chamberlain has accomplished his f jy?-"'purpose, and all hope is gone. I be- ? r lieve, nevertheless, that a considerable ( : revision in British opinion would be af- ( fected by any serious defeat, for most ( of those now supporting the government ! are doing so with a light heart and on ( general principles, not stopping to 1 AAflf rr?ir ' ^ coum me vi rMr. White cited the Isandlwhama ( massacre as an instance of such a change in British opinion. He then went on to say: "I suppose there can be only one ultimate result of the hos- 1 tilities. As to the duration of the war 1 BLlam not able to ventuie a gues?. It 1 H^^BMbraed to me a matter of the greatest 1 I^M^Rcertainty. I hear that Great Britair will not begin the wiping out pro- 1 IfS cess until December. In the meantime HL we shall see what we shall see. ''I have received no special instructions or news from the Transvaal during the last 48 hours, and I expect none r _ having long ago received directions as to the course for me to take when mat* -J uforrn T dial] rr> l-erb re*v;iicu ^ main on the continent, and if-anything further can be done in the interest of my government, I shall, of course, endeavor to do it, although there seems i . nothing left but to fight it out to the bitter, unjust end." MUST BE FREE. ^ The following cablegram was received Wednesday night by the Chicago -r Tribune from President Kruger of the Transvaal republic. The cablegram was sent in answer to a message from The Tribunne requesting a statement of the position of the Transvaal in the present crisis. In the cablegram which follows small words have been filled in in order to make smoother reading: Pretoria, Oct. 11. Through The Tribune we wish to thank our many American trends for / sympathy in the present crisis of the republic. Last Monday we gave England 48 hours' notice within which we give assurance that the dispute will be settled by arbitratian or other peaceful means. The notice expires at o o clocic today. The British agent is recalled and war is certain. This is the fittiag. A end of the British policy of force snd fraud which has marked all South Afn'r.a the Klnod of Afrikanders. iVe must now make South Africa free or I the white man's grave. The republic forces include all nationalities, among them a strong American corps, showing tl it is not a case of Boer against [Jitland- p sr. but all nations against the English. We have full faith in freedom and republicanism and the righteousness c| which guides the destinies ?f nations, v (Signed) President Kruger. tl ENGLAND'S REPLY. ti The following is the text of the Brit- r< ish reply to the Boer ultimatum: w ;'PV.?rr.Korl?in Vilnpr hiffh commis- bi sioner, sent 10:45 p. m., Oct. 10, 1S99: s< "Her majesty's government has re- is ;eived with great regret the peremptory t< lemands of the South African republic it xmveyed in your telegram of Got. 9. h ?ou will inform the government of che S Sonth African republic in reply that the ft ;ondi?i*ns demanded by the govern- m Dent uf the South African republic are tl >uch as her majesty's government deem c< t impossible to discuss." THE WAR IS ON. 13 A dispatch from Johannesburg says :hat war was declared by the Boers an IVednesday, and that the fomal declara- -g ion occnrred at 10 o'clock Thursday norniDg. ' ! ACTIVE WARFARE. ta' A special dispatch from Ladysmith, al Natal, says the B?ers occupied Laings fe S'ek the moment the ultimatum expir- li d, and are now pouring into Natal, tt "ngogo heights have been occupied, oi JScial confirmation or tne announce- a: nent that the Orange Free State burgh- tr :rs have entered Natal by way of Van tl X^enens' pass is at hand. It leaves no c 'urther room for doubt that acts of war at lave already been committed and that fa .he campaign has begun. to hi A STREET FIGET. m is Newspaper Cartoon Causes Wounding n( nf TTirooParcnna. h< ar There was a terrible street iuel in is Tont of newspaper row on Camp street Sew Orleans Wtdnesday afternoon in fr vhich Dominick C. O'Malley, proprie- ar or of the Evening Item, and a well te ;nown promoter of sport and C. Harri- b* on Parker, state tax collector, chair- ar nan of the Democratic state campaign li, :ommittee and editor in chief of the b< Dolta, the anti-lottery organ, during its ar ssistence, were both seriously, if not in a tally wounded. The trouble is said si o have originated over a cartoon in the cc ,'tsm last Sunday representing Colonel th barker, a little dog being led-by a string >y Governor Foster, and labelled "Me a" oo." fr About three o'clock Wednesday afernoon O'Malley came out of his office fe iccompanied by Parson Davis, and 0 talked only a few yards, when Parker, It ?ho was across the street conversing ic vith some friends, turned and saw him. m 3e started towards O'Malley and the bi nen seemed to know that trouble was fo ixpected and began exchanging 45-ca!i- a )re bullets, each firing until his pistol ar ras empty. By the time the duel was si >ver the men were only about thirty tb eet apart, and each walked away to get CJ iffAnfinr? aT Parker received a ball in the side, W( vhich is a dangerous wound, and one ti n the shoulder. O'Malley was serious- di y wounded in the groin and also re- ti :eived a bullet in the leg. A newsboy to 'ully a hundred yards away was shot in " he head by one of O'Maliey's bullets. y< Che boy will recover. Both men are esting easy tonight. O'Malley has ai >een in several shooting affrays, and A barker wounded Mayor E. A. Burke, ai hen state treasurer, in a famous duel fe n 1SS2. m V.. ~ 11J The South Controls. The Philadelphia Record, which is a is rery close observer of the development 01 )f the south, considers the growth of to he iron interest of this section one of cl ;he most phenomenal industrial events in >n record. The Record quotes the se president of the Tennessee Coal, Iron T ma Railroad company as saying: fc 'Twenty years ago the company had a to >apital, counting bonds and stocks to- to rether, of $700,000, and was working fr )00 men, with an output of 100 tons la Der day of coal and 300 tons of coke, e-* it was scarcely known beyond the coun- ic tt in tr>iir?Vi it. wan nr?ftr?ted and the citv re )f Nashville. Tenn., to "which its coal to vas mainly shipped. 'Today with a bonded and stock capital aggregating bl >30,000.000, with over 14,000 employ- n< ies on its pay rolls, with a daily output is )f 14,000 tons of coal, 3,500 tons of ai joke and 2.500 tons of pig iron, and an ci ipproaching output of 1,500 tons per M lay of steel, it absolutely controls the ai prices of foundry iron for the entire m prorld. putting them up or putting them tc 3- " OT iowu. Cost of the Navy. The estimates for the maintenance of c< :he naval establishment for the next gi S?cal year are huge compared to aoy ei 3ver made before for a similar expendi- tc Lure by our government. They amount T to $73,045,183, which is an increase a over the appropriations for the current ai 7earof $24,537.1ST. Included in the ai increase for the next year are appropri- p ations of $12,26S.474 for public works o and navy yards and station". There is ai also an estimate of $2,021,000 for the c< new naval acaaemv. The estimate for c' inr*lri<3inp armnr. mins and I D machinery, is $22,983,101. The esiti- s< mate for the bureau of construction and ti repair is increased over the current ap- tl propriation about $3,000,000; for steam engineering $1,000.000: for pay of the p navy about $700,000, while the estimates for ordnance are decreased about k $700,000 fj ^ Changeable as the Wind. ^ If any person can find a public ques- h tion having more than one side, on both f sides of which William McKinley has p not been found in the past thirty years, n that person will be entitled to the palm o as^the greatest discoverer of" modern o times.?Columbus, Ohio, Press. a NOT WORTH IT. t Private Soldier's Opinion of the Philippines. MORE TROOPS NEEDED, ingeles One of the Finest Cities i xi . r> x. - r in Luzon ana ine oeax 01 an Intelligent Government. A private soldiei writes as follows to le Washington Post from the Philipines: It has been a little over a year since lanila was surrendered to the Amerim troops, and from that time on it has een hard and exhausting work for the oops, with everything at 'the present me pointing to fightiag and a stubborn isistance for every mile of territory e arc now advancing over. What has een accomplished in the past year ioma en little in enmnarison with what i before us that the sentiment is that in years from now we will be fighting i the Philippines It is true that we ave advanced into territory that the : paniards never were within miles of, >r all of their campaigoing was never | iore than five miles from Manila at le most. Still we are a long way from )nquering the Filipinos. Towns and illages that were captured months ago y the Americans on the line of the ! tihoads are giving the troops left to irrison them a great deat of trouble, as 1 le main body advances farther north, y this harassing a large body of troops ' is to be scattered along the railroad to rotect it. thus preventing their assis- 1 mce in the advance. The situation 1 ong this road can be_ summed up in a :w words: We have control and the ' ght of way over nearly fifty miles of ' te road, which we can hold by force 1 : arms, but a mile on either side it ia / \ good as a man's life is worth to venire, and hardly a night passes that J ier? is not some trouble about Caloo'.n and Maloios, towns captured months 1 jo. This alone seems to point to the ict that the Filipinos are not thirsting i drink of the waters of protection ' jld out by Uncle Sam, but prefer their 1 ode of governing themselves. It can be nothing else than patriot- ' m with these people or they would 1 ;ver have held out as long as they ; ive. They ire not savages nor ignorit and illiterate. Their mode of living '' different, their manner of dress and s ilture are different in some respects I om ours but in business respects they 3 e able to hold their own with a Bax- ' r street merchant. They all seem to ' i i\f f>ia o^TT^nfairos nf ednr?&tinT>. ' ' AVUU WA wuv w**Tnuvt?jjv^ V- ?" - 7 1 id very devout in their religious -be- jf, judging by the class of books left . {hind in their houses, as all the works ] e religious or historical. Their writ- j g shows great care in their penman- ' iip, and some of their ledgers and ac- ( iunt books compare favorably with ' Lose of any bank in the States. With this advantage of education 1 >d the eunnine instilled into them ] Dm their ancestors and intermarriage j ith the Chinese, they make a foe dif- ' rent from any that the American ( rces have had to contend with yet. 1 can never be charged that the Amer- ' an army was ever anything but hu- * ane in its warfare, but it is at times a ' tter dose with these people. Our ! rces will advance on a town and after ] slight resistance the native vamooses id the American forces take posses- 1 on. The next day in they will come irough our lines, dressed in their white ' othes and carrying a white flag. They ] e "Amigos" or Macabebes then, but J e have learned at last, at the cost of ! lives of several good American sol- 1 er boys, to trust none of them, for ! Lere is no confidence or respect of word ' be placed in any of them. The alcalde," or mayor, of a town-will meet )u with all the protestations of friend- 1 tip and good-will for the American ( * " j ! id ten you tnaL me nnpiuu auu guinaldo are t:marlow," (no good,) ; id at tlie same time, as was shown a : w days ago in capturing one of the 1 ost friendly to the American cause, 1 ive a commission as colonel or some * igh office in the insurgents' army. It 1 a hard thing to have to do, but the 1 lly plan before the American army is ? drive them before you women and . lildren, and if they want to comeback 1 i the town take the men prisoners and 1 ;nd the women outside of the lice3. his has more effect than the use of 1 irce, as the Filipino household seems : be a happy and peacoble home, and . V>n?V>qnr} and father ' ? ? om wife and children causes tear:, and i mentations, more than the bullet will rer do; but God forbid that the Arner- : an army will ever be compelled to sort to such actions to gain their vie- : >ry. There is one peculiar thing noticea- J e as the advance is made farther ; )rth, and this is that though Manila : spoken of as the chief city of Luzon, ' id the seat oi learning, wealth and 1 ilture, the farther north you go from ! ,'anila the appearance of the country i id habitations of the people show a arked improvement. The land seems 1 i be better cultivated and the homes 1 " 1 " - t-.-Ili. 1.: ? n/.otAK ( "6 iar Deuer uuin, ma&iLig a u^ai^i Dpearance than those near Manila. In lis t?wn of Angeles, captured by ten ' >mpanies of the 12th infantry on Au- ' ist 16, after the strongest resistance ^countered yet, every indication points 1 > an intelligent, well-governed city. 1 ho houges are large and commodious, number of them built of stone, brick ad frame, wnile those built of bamboo :e of a different design than in other laces. Tbere is a magnificent church uilt of stone and finished in mahogany ad the furnishings of the altar will Dmpare favorably with the finest hurch in the States. Tbere are no ews in any of th? churches I have sen in the interior. I should say be.veen 3,000 and 4,000 could worship in ais church without crowding. On Monday morniag, August 14. a art of the 17th infantry and 51st Iowa ent out on a scouting trip, to gain nowledge of the lay of the land in our ront, and met a large party of insurents some distance from Angeles, and bout two miles from Sindelon. After laving a slight brush with them they ell back to Sindelon, having accomplished their reconnoissance. Tuesday ight orders came that ten companies f the 12th infantry, under command f Col. Smith, would be ready to move ,t daybreak to make a ^reconnoissance in force. There was no thought of an engagement, and we were expected in Sindelon for supper that evening. By 5 o'clock nest morning, Wednesday, August 16, we were in line, and marching up the railroad track. We covered about three miles in this position, when a halt was made and the "companies di vided up; the 1st battallion went to the right, the second was to continue up the track and the tnird to go off to the left. Ia this position we advanced a mile or more without seeing any sign of insurgents, when the 3d battalion the one I accompanied came to one those frequent streams, lined with brmbao trees. Here we deployed as skirmishers, as the * ? . 1 t i 1 j dome and steeple ot tne cnurcn couia be seen in a cluster of trees. Hardly had the advance been made beyond the shelter of the trees when the singing of Mauser bullets could be heard, though we were too far off for them to do any damage. The first volley fired by our boys was at 1,S00 yards* so we must Viottq 9 fiflft rorils off Trfipn f}iAV opened up, but a3 we continued to advance the firing became more deadly, and we protected ourselves behind those saviors of American soldiers, a rice patty, which has been the means of saving many a life. By means of these rice patties you can fire a volley and then advance to the next one, a distance of about one hundred to one hundred and fifty feet. Just before our advance, and while waiting for developments, Uol. Smith rode up and, Halting, said: ''Well, boys, we will eat our dinner in ADgele3 to-cay." His words came true, for after one of the hottest fights and the most stubborn stand yet taken by the insurgent army we finally drove them from their trenches and scattered them in every direction. Gen. Miscardo. who commanded the army in Angeles, "has been several days trying to gather his forces, and what started out as a reconnoissance [n force wound up in the capture of one if the lariat towns outside of Manilla: also cwo locomotives and several cars, 3everal tons of rice, the control of twelve miles more of railroad and tiie best accommodations for a large number of troops during the rainy season, rhe soil i3 sandy, and soon absorbs the surplus water, and the air and tvater purer than at San Fernando. Though three of the boys were killed md several wounded, it seems miraculous that more were not hit by the enemy's bullets, as they showed in their Sring more order than any encountered vpfc. "But thev cannot stand the vol ley firing and yell of the Americano, rhe skirmish line of the 3d battalion is it advanced across the rice field made i beautiful picture?not a break in it, md every man moving forward and firing as if by machinery. But nothing less could be expected with such efficient officers, and under the guidance of such a cool and collected officer as Capt. Wood, who commanded the battalion. Always with the men, never hurryng thern, but directing their fire where ihe enemy was the strongest, and husfVioir afroncrf fnr ? final t/auuiu^ buvxi uw&vu^vu. ?w* ? ;karge, if need be, has instilled that irmness in the men that sure to win ;he day. At one time the insurgents tried a flank movement, and for a few noments the bullets were flying entirely too close to make it comfortable, but their move was discovered by Lieut. Oochen, commanding Company Gr, of :he 12th, who ordered a platoon to ;heck their move, and after a few volleys their line disappeared. In a short rime we advanced over their trenches md were in possession of their city, tvhile they were flying in all directions, [f -there had been a large force or a troop of cavalry so as to pursue them a valuable pack train could have been japtured; but the men who had taken part in the engagement were completely exhausted frem the effects of the sun and the mire they were compelled to march through. The loss of the inmrgents_ must have been heavy, as trails of biood could be seen wnere tney bad carried off their dead and wounded. The dead found in the trenches showed that they were not roving squads, but jrganized and equipped regiments, and Prom the statement of a native hotel keeper who remained there were 2,800 men, of which at least 2,200 men were nnJoT flfln MaOMrdl TTa said UUUUl \j< vui k?.*? that the day before they were entirely out of ammunition, but a large supply arrived that morning, a large quantity of which was captured. It was new and had no indication of rust on the shells, proving that they nave a steady supply 3tation. After two days' rest, with only a slight skirmish at times, Companies H and I went out to a large sugar mill to burn it,'as a number of insurgents couia De seen novenng around it. After burning the mill they decided to proceed about 1,500 yards farther on and burn a small settlement of bamboo shacks, situated in a bamboo thicket. ; This turned out a disastrous move, for the insurgents waited until the first company was about one hundred yards off, when they opened a murderous fire, killing one of the most popular officers in the regiment, Lieut. Albert Drew. i)f Texas, an officer loved by his entire company. It must have been their aim was directed at the officers, for in advancing to the relief of I company, Lieut. Uline, of Company H, was seriously shot in the head, butit is thought oot necessarily dangerous. After re covering the bodies of their dead ana wounded commanders the companies fell back in order with no other casualties. We expect to remain in Angeles for some time, we hope untikhe rainy seasnn is over and we can be reinforced, for such weather as we are now having takes all the healt1 nd vitality out of a person. There is not a man in the company or regiment that can truthfully say after a few months' active service at the front that he is near the man he was before he came to these islands. In conclusion, the sum and substance of the whole question is: If the Uinted States intends to subjugate these islands it mus: send troops enough to push forward and keep up a steady pursuit until they have surrendered or been captured. This will require a large army, larger than some of the higher officials can figure out in Manila, and even then there will be no easy task. The Filipino, notwithstanding statements to the contrary, hates the American, and this is shown as the advance is made farther north. "We are told that the only enemy to the American is the Tagolog, and that in the Pampanga province the people only waited the chance to throw themselves in our arms and shed tears of joy at their deliverance, but our reception on the border of the Pampanga proyince was the hottest accorded the advance of any of onr troops. Instead of meeting expressions of joy at our coming and the display of white flags, as has been the capture of towns previously, we saw nothing but empty houses, everything seemed to have been moved, as if expecting us several days, and the only sign of life were the dogs and the proprietor of the hotel, who has since been sent to Bilibid prison, having been detected in some underhand work, but you will find pasted on the walla of most of the houses or hung in a frame a card with "Viva la Constitucion!" "Viva la Republica Filipina!" "Viva UU JL1U0U1C J. ICSIUCJULC . " liavl JLU T 1U vv Ejercito de Filipinas!" A3 Brig. Gen. Charles King expresses it, these people are intelligent, industrious and capable of self-government. In this town of Angels we find there were schools equipped with seats and desks similar to those used a few years ago in the States, blackboards, etc. There are a police station and cells; a justice Court room; there are a weilbuilt, jail and a pillory. They have printed forms for the payment of taxes and other provincial d?bts; they have been; using the stub book for several years in their tax department, similar to that introduced in tne collector 01 taxes' office in Washington. In the professions there are doctors, lawyers, dentists and druggists. There are a furniture factory, blacksmith and wheelwright shops, and every evidence of thrift and prosperity. The benefits to be derived by the United States in conquering this island seem small in eomparisnn to the deaths and hardships endured by the troops. There are no tracts of land to be taken up; there is no opening for the laborer or mechanic. Every available acre of ground is tilled, and in buildings suitable for this climate the native is far superior, for nothing seems impossible to -him with a bolo and bamboo. Of course, the moneyed man has jreat prospects before him in investments, bnt far the brawn and muscle of Amer ica'-js sons that are enduring the torrid sun and marching thiough vapors of malaria and typhoid fever the bright vision ever before them is to have their enlistment of three years end, and if their lives are spared, to once more set foot on the soil of their fathers, and build up shattered and broken dotfn constitutions and obliterate entirely from their minds a place called the Philippine Islands. A SENSATIONAL MURDER. A Judge Taken From House by a Mob and Shot. A dispatch from New Orleans says the killing of Judge Brazil La Place was one of the most sensational which has taken place in Louisiana in years. The report in the vicinity is that a young lady was involved. Her father was connected with the plantation and left there Wednesday seeking to take Vlio /l^nnrVifor until VIITTI KTIA AGrta'npd -i-J. Jk L_> U0U^UVVi MAVU. MMV vx ?r ? ? from him and remained behind. About 10 o'clock at night some one came to the door and called for the judge. He came out and while walking down the high stairway to the road a mob with white masks suddenly rose around him, seized him and pinioned his arms. Be was led some distance when the crowd halted, one man placed a pistol to La Place's back and sent a bullet through his kidneys, killing him instantly. The body was left in the road. Rain fell upon it duriDg the night and it was rescued frcn the mud by relatives who went up trom New Orleans this morning. These relatives aver that the killing was political, but the woman story is generally known and the mob's action was based upon the fact that Judge La Place is a married man, his Pamiltr rooi^incr at. T,a Plane away, named after his distinguished father. Judge Host has called a meeting of the grand jury of the parish for Friday. Murdered the Husband. Mrs. Leonard Neumeister and Fred W. Nye, after a preliminary hearing at Tavares, Fla., on the charge of murdering Leonard Neumeister, have been imprisoned, without bail, for the crime. Two years ago there came from Louisville, Ky., to Altoona, Lake County, Fla., Leonard Neumeister and wife, irifVi t.liflm was ft p-ian n&mfid Fred W. Nye. Not long before this time Mr. Neumeister had fallen heir to about fifty thousand dollars. About three weeks ago the old man was missing and I Mrs. Neumeister reported his absence | to the neighbors. She told them that she had just found a letter, written by j him and left in the house, saying that | he intended to drown himself. The men then went to a deep lake a few rods I from the house and-there found his lifeI less body in the water. It was thought from the appearance of the writing | that the letter was not written by Mr. I Neumeister at all, but by some other person. This led to the belief that the [ old man had been murdered by his wife and Nye. A Derelict Schooner. Capt. Sabiston, of the schooner Hettie J. Dorman, lumber laden, from Bogue Inlet, bound north, passed, on October 9, seventeen miles south of Cape Lookout, light bearing northeast by east, a large derelict, nothing but the stock of the foremast standing, a flag pole aft, but no flag attached, apparently abandoned; no signs of life aboard; lay by her part night; wind sprung up and during night lost sight of schooner. Supposed to be schooner Carrie A. Lane, lumber laden, whick 1 - T^__; "D- ? J? was iOSt oul rryiug xau uunug gale. The wind has been prevailing northeast for the past week, and if it should shift southward the wreck would drift to the beach. Quite Old. Mrs. Mary S. Wilpon, who reoently celebrated her 91sfc birthday at Oyser Bay, L. I., is living in a house which is nearly 890 yean old, and on the porch of which George Washington -T 1, Vnn/lo Tuifli tVio nofmlo of rhp auuua. UAUUO TT AUM V?? town. England Barrs Dogs. The board of agriculture of Englaad ha? promulgated an order forbidding the landing of dogs from Ireland in Great Britain, under a penalty of 20?. This is done to prevent the spread of rabie?, which is common in Ireland just now. : F1KI3T1NSTALLMJLN1. Mr. Ouzts Starts His "Book of Revelations-" REASONS OF HIS RETICENCE. he Keviews mis suspension ana Charges Members of. the Bssorrl /vf ^nn+rftl With UV/ai V4 VI WJ VI mwmmmm Breaking PromisesMr. D. A. G. Ouzta gave out Thursday the first of & series of letters he has written about the dispensary. In the introduction he makes the following ex | planatijon of why he ha3 not heretofore made public the charges henowbrings: ''During my years of seivice in the dispensary I have seen a number of things done which I knew were wrong. These I reported to members of the board, who were, I knew, honest, able and pure. They thought, however, that it was be3t to say nothing publicly about the wrong-doing until menl like themselves were a majority of the board. Tiiey believed in the dispensary and earnestly strove to make it a success. In their judgment the dispensary could not withstand the effect of such exposures, if its control was in the hands of the men against whom these exposures were made. They wanted to save the law for the great potential good that was in it. But as the contrary element has trrown so confident of its power that it has gone to turning honest men out of office at the dispensary, so as to fill all places with its tools, thus facilitating the carrying out of its plans, I deem it'my duty to make public all I know, so as to expose these men, deeming it better that the dispensary should die than to continue under their control, but hoping that the effect of my criticism will be to drive such men out of the dispensary and place its management in the hands of men above re1 V. ll? !--X i- 1 proacn. 1 mase tms staiem&uL utxause I do not wish to be considered a sorehead or as exposing things 1 condoned as long as I held office." He first shows that he had no intent to do wrong in selling a bottle of contraband, that he was ordered to do so by his superior officer and that he thought he was carrying out the wishes of the onrl t.Wt.fwn mAtnhfirs of the board so assert. He next charges that Miles, Haselden and Robinson promised to give him a hearing before voting on the question of his permanent suspension and that they failed to keep their promises. He asserts that the majority faction is conspiring to sccure complete control of the dispensary. He asserts that Chairman Miles has* shown favoritism to Shipping Clerk Black, who has been reported for being drank and disorderly in the dispensary, against a rule of the board, but who was not disciplined. He charges Chairman Miles with partiality to [his nephew, Receiving Clerk Young, *ho Tta^ reported for inj competency and making serious errors in counting shipments received at the dispensary. Friday Mr. Ouzts gave out another installment of his "Book of Revela tions," and there is more to follow. His "Revelations" make rich, rare and racy reading, but we have not the space to publish them. He makes many charges against many people, all of which is backed up by evidence which seems, and which he claims, to be irrefutaVe. We shall see. Kodaks for Lynchers. An eastern newspaper, which ihas given profound study to the lynching problem has at last found a remedy which iw recommeids with absolute confidence. This ingenioui newspaper is coavincftd that the kodak is mightier than the | lyncher and that a mob which would defy the rifles of a sheriff and his deputies might be easily put to flight by "snap shots." It therefore proposes that all sheriffs and jailers in regions where lynchings are frequent shall be armed with kodaks aid that as soon as a mob attacks a jail or makes a demand for a prisoner these terrible instruments be turned upon it. The effect, accord isg to oui sanguine contemporary, wtuld be intantaneous and complete. No would-be lyncher could for a moment hold his ground while his picture was being taken. He would not mind being shot, but the idea of being kodaked would put him to hasty and headlong flight. They Want More Pie The colored Republicans of New Jersey profess to be dissatisfied- with the course of the administration and allege that if nothing further is done for them by the Cranberry State Republicans in the way of appointments to ?ffice, some of them may be impelled by a profound seme of political duty to vote the Democratic national ticket in 1900. Man y Jersey Democrats h*pe that they won't. Antipathy to negro suffrage has always been a marked feature of the Democracy of New Jersey. New Jersey was *ne of the sixStaxaof the country which rejected the fifteenth amendment to the federal constitution providing for negro suffrage. The other States which opposed it were | Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland, California and Oregon. Bad Wreck. "Wedneiday at Short Creek, nine miles aboye Wheeling, W. Va., a north-bound passenger train collided with a special from Pittsburg, the latter bringing delegations from Western Pennsylvania to the Tri-State encampment of the Uniform Rank of Knights of Pythias. Eight persons were seriously injured, two fatally. The special had orders to take the siding at Short Creek, but the engineer of the special, it is said, forgot, and a minute later the two trains came together, and were bad ly wrecked. Sew York For Bryan. The Xew York State Democratic Committee meeting "Wednesday night i was controlled by Richard Croker and i Ex- Senator David B. Hill was turned i down. A Bryan resolution was adopted, seconded by Croker, andoppoaed by Hill. a. J3J.V7 Aiau -Ut Burglars Secure Four Thousand Dollars Worth of Jewelry. Special from Durham, N. C., says: Tiro daring burglaries were committed at the residences of Gen. Julian S. Carr and Judge R. W. Winston, in this city, Tuesday night. At Gen. (Jarr's the loss will amount to $3,500 to $4,000. The burglar of i- 1 x j r\? n ourgiars eniercu vjreu. 3 ucuiuuw and stole a diamond stnd from a shirt beside the bed on which the. general was sleeping. This diamond ornament was rained at $1,000, and was a registered stone. It was stolen during the world's fair at Chicago, but was afterward recovered by Pinkerton men. A geld watch belonging to Gen. Carr, valued at $500; a gold walch belonging to I Mrs. Carr, valued at $700; a diamond scarf pin, a pair of gold cuff buttons, set with diamonds, belonging to Claiborn Carr; gold ear-rings, gold broaches, etc., were taken. It is not known what time the rob bery occurred. iNot a ciue was icit Behind to indicate how the guilty party got in or out of the residence. Some of our people think it was evidently the work of a professional. At the residence of Judge Winston, as was the case at Gen. Carr's, it is not known in what way entrance was made. Two watches, a gold one aad a child's watch, two gold necklaces, two gold pins and Mrs. Winston's jewel case were stolen. All of these were found tills LUUlUiUg, ileal a piuo gaw AM vmw back yard, where it i3 supposed they were dropped by the burglar in his flight. Th? front door of the residence was found open this morning and it is thought that exit was made in this way. In neither of the two robberies were the occupants of these houieholds in the least disturbed, and knew nothing of it until they awcke the next morning. JTEW YORK'S MURDER MYSTERY. A Boy Finds a Package With More of the Hacked up Body. Interest in the murder mystery growing oat of the finding of the left thigh of a woman's body in West Seventeenth street last Saturday had an increase Wednesday by the recover} Wednesday morning of what is believed to be a portion of the same body on the beach at the quarantine station of Staten Island. John Heineman, a boy 12 years eld, found the package wrapped in newspapers and Manila wrapping paper. When he opened it he found that the cuts in the neck were jagged, showing that the head had probably bee a backed off, and the arms were cut off close to the shoulders in a clumsy manner. The police were notified and took charge of the find. The" flesh was taken to the morgue * '*? ii -t- _i? _ lor comparison witn trie parts 01 cue woman's body already there. The parts of the body now missing are the head, the arms, the legs from above the knee down, and the right thigh, which was found but was carted off to the city dumps. A name that looks like "J. J. Numan," and the laundry mark "J. J. N. 1QQ " ttt?? noc^QT7 -mnrn JLLHJj YT AO UiOWTCAVU T t vuuvumm; ing on one of the white skirts in the bundle of clothing fonnd in the basement of 219 West Fifteenth street. The letters forming the name are not distinct They are partly washed out and a little 1:1 .?tcJ. The "J. J. X." of the laundr J mark is very distinct, how* " . . xT ever, ana is rjpectea. to ieaa 10 tue identification of the owner. Hold Your CottonAieiTs reduction of his crop estimate from 12,000,000 to 10,000,000 bales can hardly be considered *'bearish," though that seems to have been its effect on the market. He always overestimates the yield, and his revised figures would indicate a crop not over 9,500,000 bales. But, assuming that he is correct, this would make the crop a million and a quarter bales below that of last year. Now consider the further facts that cotton goods are in great demand and rising, that every available spindle is running, that the consumption of cotton in this country will increase by 500,000 bales, with perhaps an equal or greater incaease in Europe, and the question is presented whether even 1U,UUU,UUU Dales win meet uie world's needs? "We doubt it. Liverpool and New York count on the souths maiing a ruse to sell. Moral: Don't do it. Hold on to every bale you can and after this reaction the prices will go higher still.?The State. Killed About Hogs. John McJUlmurray, proprietor ci tne Gooaall farm, near Augusta, Ga., shot and instantly killed his cousin, J. A. McElmurray, Thursday and seriously wounded a Negro wh? was near when the ehot was fired. The two white men had quarreled over the possession of some hogs. Robbery of a Bank. The Reynolds Bank, at Reynolds, Ind., was looted by robbers at 3 o'clock Wednesday noning, the safe being blown up by danmite. From $3,000 to $10,000 was taken. The explosion demolished the frame building in which the bank was located. The thieves escaped. Violent Earthbnake. A dispatch to The Handelsblad from Batavia, capital of the Netherlands Indies, Java, says that a violent earthquake has visited the south side of the Island of Coram, next to ihe largest of the Moluccas, between Booroo and Papua, completely destroying the town of Amhei and killing, it is estimated, 4,000 people, as well as injuring some 500 others. The dispatch says that details of the disaster have not yet been obtained. Retires From Command. A dispatch from Fort Monroe, Ya., says that Rear Admiral Sampson retired from command of the North Atlantic squadron Friday evening at 5:30, when his flag waa hauled down from the after mast of the cruiser New York. A crew made up of officers of the flagship rowed the admiral to the wharf. He j left at 7 o'clock for New Yerk. As the steamer passed the New York, the naval band played the national air. Admiral Farquhar, Admiral Sampson's successor, will take command at 8 ' o'clock Saturday morning. ! A dlttAlMliL UAiU^Utt Of a Lunatic Now in the Lock Up at Atlanta. CASE PUZZLES THE POLICE. The Prisoner, Who is Confined in Padded Cell, Tells a Wierd Story of Adventure. For one week there has been confined in a padded cell at police station probably the most peculiar and at the same time best educated lunatic e^er dealt with by the local police, and it has developed since his arrest that h? is wanted by no less than five different insane asylums. The chief of police is now vainly trying to get the case thoroughly straightened out. Last Tuesday night a telephone message to headquarters stated that a crazy man had effected his escape from the Grady hospital and was terrorizing me entire Fourth ward, having torn off nearly all of his clothing and was acting more like a monkey than a man. Call officers Chosewood and Cornett answered the message and after an exciting chase arrested the crazy man, who, at the police station, gave his name as John "Williams. He was looked in the padded cell and before morning he had torn off what remained of his clothing and also all of the padding of the iron cage. He was the wildest man ever confined in the local police station. Next day Officers Cornett and Chosewood ascertained that Williams had been employed at the race track, attending many of the fast nags that are do enter tne racca at wc tiutu; iau. Gradually Williams has improved in mental condition, and now to talk with him no one would ever suspect that he was ever bothered with mental trouble. He's perfectly rational about everything and is too wise to impart to the officers -his real identity. Last Saturday the two arresting officers put "Williams through a very thorough questioning, and before they were through they had learned fromv him many things, obtaining probably the most peculiar story ever unfolded to an officer of the law in the city of Atlanta. "Williams, as he now calls himself, is the son of a wealthy saloon and hotel m:m in the city of New York, but for many years he has had a mental affliction, which has caused him to depart from the quiet path in which he was raised and take up the life of a tramp, during which time he has been adjudged insane no less than five times. Upon each occasion Williams was sent to an asylum and he has always been cunning enough to effect an escape. - ' "* ^ ? 11 fl He is well educated ana taiKS nuenuy and with much ease, and while telling his story the only trace of insanity that could be observed was his seeming fancy for boasting of the shocking experiences he has undergone. "Since I waz three years of age," said "Williams to a Journal reporter, "I have been affected with mental trouble, and at times I get wild and do things that I know nothing whatever about, whilfi at others I have the cunning and the sense of the slackest criminal that ever lived. "These spells come upon me when I am least expecting them, and they stay with me from one week to three years. I was confined in an insane asylum in Philadelphia for three years, escaping some two years ago. Since that time I have been following the horses. "My father lives in New York city. He is a hotel and saloon man, and a Federal veteran, having had one of his legs shot off during the civil war. I left home when only 10 years old and have never been back since. '"In Harrisburg, Pa., about six years ago I was detected by a policeman while trying to do some dirty work. I ran and the officer shot me three times, the last bullet entering my back and causfoil T no nfnrpH fl.nd Sent 111? 1UC tu X A to the penitentiary, but was afterward transferred to the State insane ayslum from which I escaped." And just here this peculiar lunatic exhibited three pistol wounds. He continued: Jt* "Long before that I was sent to an asylum in New York State, but they were not slick enough to keep me, and I got away, after remaining there not a great time. The prison for crazy people in Wilmington, Del., was not strong enough to hold me, and I walked away without any great trouble. 1 'While working with horses in Ken1 r 1 5 e xt. e ?-1J? tUCKy, J. naa one ox muse muuy oyeuo and was sent to the asylum at Frankfort, from which I escaped and went to Philadelphia, where I was adjudged insane and put in another asylum. I remained in this place for three years, and two years ago, when an opportunity presented itself I left them. I would not tell you who I am, for the Philadelphia people still want me." Williams gave the officers thrse different names, Simon Reiner, Simon Davis and John Williams. The chief of police is now in correspondence with the Philadelphia people and it is expected that the matter will hp straifrlitfmpd nnt in in a few days.? Atlanta Journal. Cracked a Bank. A special from Xavada, Mo., says burglars entered the Farmers' bank at Schell City, near there, Thursday night, blew open the safe and secured $3,500 in cash with which they escaped. Previous to the bank robbery the town watchman was captured on the street by armed men and bound and gagged. The robbers left no clue. Held Up the Train. The Northwestern limited tiain, leaving Chicago 10.30 Friday night, was held up not far from Dekalb, 111., and robbed. It is not known whether the robbers obtained any great amount of booty. The express car was dynamited. A special train containing a number of men and detectives left the Northwestern Station in Chicago short| ly afterwards bound for the scene of the robbery. It is said there were five [ masked men engaged in the operation.