Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Beneath the high oanks of tins little creek two iaitniui friends of the governor kept a boat in readiness as a last resort, should his hiding-place be discovered by the ?nemy. One afternoon in May a sudden "warning came to the refuge that his Whereabouts were known, and that at / I' ^ I- ! #f \ : % -Vv ? -' j ?: .. j . . . v. | ggcqy- ' : ..vv.-v: s Room m Which t that moment a mounted party were riding rapidly toward the house to capture him. Governor Griswold had previously arranged a code of signa.s with bis friends at the creek, by which a white cloth displayed in 1-is attic window by day or a light by night meant that lie was discovered, and was coining to the boat. Hastily arranging the day-signal, he rushed from the house. Closely pressed as he was, to take the roal m^ant certain capture. Besides, a quarter of a mile could be saved by taking the little path across the Marvins* orchard. So down the path he dashed at full speed. ; Just where this path emerged from the orchard and joined the rode sat Hetty Marvin with her dog Towser, tending the bleaching of the household linen. In those days the long web of lortj" yards or more used to be diligently spun and woven during the winter months, and whitoned in the spring. The task of bleaching usually, foi economy's sake, fell to the lot of the younger daughters of the household, ,who were not old enough to spin 01 . weave, nor strong enough for the worli of the kitchen or dairy. The heavy roll of linen would be car ried by the farmer and bis rneu tc som? grassy spot beside a spring oj hu> *<h^JA'' ^ ^ MOTHER, y 4f\ J 'lSJr? Tt? TW (or Jirh. lh? foifft tar ' I bo*v 3U V ' L<. ftu? w to ?<? f'M- **r " \W i? No>?ppftKCTK>? el (Ui>S? comcv -^iv ajl ijf Of trocXi o? fat. d OuUcrtd Ihumta. iV * .; !?f |P o< tw ??l ?r<t>row? *nj?l ?nd P?#: ft hi**. *' V? ?. ?. 01 broken itwdJef of wtj*?nrf bltl. ..*'Vy;:::.:: i / for Um chddrtn'i bmurt I ? lur' $4 . 'gu my hurt'l <1 rtU I Of inotlcf ytl/ V ? On Cui puitful Fifth of July' running brook. Here it was thoroughly wetted and spread upon the green turf to be whitened by the rays of the sun by day and the moisture of the dew by night. It was the duty of whoever was in charge to turn the fabric as occasion required, and occasionally to sprinkle it with water?not r.a onerous task, although one that required faithfulness and patience. As Hetty was sitting, this May day, near the linen, her mother's cousin, the governor, suddenly sprang past her into the road. The child was startled by this sudden shock, and by the look of desper-' ation on the fugitive's face, but quickly realized his danger, and at once quieted Towser, who. although a friend of the family's guest, consid- J ereu su?u strange oenavior on liis pait j sufficient cause for barking. The governor saw his little cousin's action, as she hastily clasped her hands around Towser's nose to insure obedience, and he stopped short in his mad 7 # # i|f #| p^j 1 ?JI| V". ; S .. J ; ; i I -<^vs? , ^??5? he Declaration of Jndepench rnco and camo back to where she was standing. "Hetty," he said, earnestly, "if the Tories overtake me before I can reach my boat I am a lost man. When they come along here tell them I have taken the north road"?the road forked near by?"to catc h the mail wagon." and he turned to run on. "O cousin, cousin!" cried Hetty after him. in an agony of distress. "I cannot tell a lie, indeed I cannot! Oil, why did you tell me which way you were going?" "Hetty, dear child." said the governor, who had returned and was gently holding her hands, "surely you will not betray me to my death! Tell them I the north road, and heaven will bless you.'" "Heaven never blesses those who ?peak falsely, cousin." said Hetty, sor, rowfully. "Hark! I hear them! I hear the . horses! Hetty! Hetty! You must do this for me!" "I will not open my lips to tell them , anything, not even if they kill m? for it! So run quickly, cousin!" 1 -It's of no use," said the governor. . sadly. "Unless I can deceive them and throw them off my track, I am a dead . man." > Nearer and nearer came the clatter : of horses' hoofs on the hard road. The governor stood in despair, ana little H^tty wrung her hands. ' Quick!" slio said, suddenly. "Under my linen! Quick, cousin! Quick!" "It's uiy only chance." he said, and was soon concealed beneath the folds of cloth. Almost immediately a mounted party of six Tories, headed by a British officer, drew rein at the fork of the road. Hetty was quietly sprinkling her linen. The officer caugbt sight of her and rode quickly to the end of the path beside her, followed by his companions. "Child." he said, sternly, "have you seen a man running hereabouts?" "Yes. sir," replied Hetty, trembling and confused. "Which way did he go?" "T nromised not to tell, sir." "What?" thundered the Englishman. "I promised not to tell, even if you killed me!" sobbed the frightened girl. "I'll have it out of you!" exclaimed the officer, fiercely, and started to dismount. "Let me speak to her." said one of the Tories. "I know the child." Then, turning to Hetty, he asked, pleasantly, "Isn't your name Hetty Marvin?" "Yes, sir." "Won't you tell us what he said to you? We are his friends." "He?told?he." Hetty hesitated, "he was flying for his life." "Just so. Now. Hetty, tell me where he said he was going to hide. I could help him. perhaps, if I knew his plans." Hetty, not in the least deceived by this smooth speech, quickly and shrewdly decided that frankness would serve her kinsman better than silence, so answered his question. "My cousin said he was going down the east road to the river, where he has a boat in waiting, but he wanted me to tell the men that were chasing him that he had taken the north road to | meet the mail wagon." "Why did you not say so, then, when | I asked you?" thundered the officer. "I could not tell a lie, sir," was the I tearful response, "and I told him so." "Hetty, my child." again began the j smooth - tongued Tory, "everybody j knows you are truthful. Now tell us J T-/-vii?* onnoin cniri wIlATI VOIl told I liira you could not tell a lie." ' He said that if I betrayed him it i would be his death, and I promised j him I would not tell which way he ! went, if I was killed for it." "That was a brave speech, my dear. And then. I suppose, he ran down the east road as quickly as possible?" "I promised not to tell which way he went." "So you did. I forgot. Now tell us one thing more. What were his last words?" "His iast words were, 'It's my only chance,"' and overcome by fright and the thought of her cousin's danger. Hetty sobbed aloud and hid her face in her hands. The pursuers did not wait to soothe I or to question her further. They had. | as they supposed, obtained the infor- | mation they needed. They wheeled : their horses and dashed off down the : east road to the river. + Vi r* Iv\of n?oe in TPflit. I x"\ trui IUC ouuic IUC UUU c truo *?* ?? ?? * ing for the governor, and in it were bis two faithful friends, for they had seen the signal in the attic window. But now they caught sight of the pursuing party as they dashed down j the road, and the British officer's uni- | form told them who the party were. i | ' ' "1 ' ^ ipf I Jl-id- l Vt2*i -i > '..'* *ei?i? j .v <i .. ;:y .> ?. snce Was Adopted. ! The Tories reached the shore in time to see the boat as it was hurriedly i rowed out to sea, and as there were two men in it supposed their intended j victim had escaped, and so they relin- j quished pursuit. Meanwhile Governor Griswold lay i safe and quiet where Hetty had hidden j him until the time came for her to re- j turn to the house for supper. Then he bade her ask her mother to ; set the light in the attic window as j soon as it was dark and to send him ; some supper. That nijrht he made his way to the! shore in safety, found the boat again j in waiting, and after a time rejoined his family in a home secure from his I enemies. A little daughter, whom he found had been born to him during his absence. he named Iletty Marvin iu grateful remembrance of his preserver.?Youth's Companion. A Difference in the Morning. Twas the Fourth of July, And with glee in his eye Ami i?rnr?Lrnrc irnlorr* in l?w innkoL Young Ted sallied out, With an ear-splitting shout, To add to the National racket. 'Twas the fifth of July, With a patch on his eye That hinted of dire disaster, Poor Ted lay in bed, Closely bandaged his head, _ And his fingers all covered with plaatrf USERS ME WED BUCK Kansas Won't Accept Colorado's Deported Strikers. HOMELESS BECOME TRAMPS Damped in a Desolate Place Across the State Line, They Are Forced by Sheriff's Men to Tramp Back Into Colorado? Money Being Raised to Aid tU? Unfortunate Laborers. Syracuse, Kan.?A special train carrying ninety-one deported miners from Victor Co!., in charge of fifty-six militiamen, reached a place on the main line of the Santa Fe Railroad a few rods over the Colorado State line. The men were then deserted on the prairie. At the place where they were set dovm there is no eating house or railway station, and the men were virtuAlly destitute. The Lieutenant-Colonel in command bf the guard told the miners that they were not wanted in Colorado and that they had better go East. Half a dozen Df the soldiers tired a volley into the nir to intimidate the men and the train started west with the militiamen, leaving the miners to make their way to some habitation as best they might. While the miners were deciding upon what they would do. Sheriff Jack Brady, of Hamilton County, Ivan., and forty armed deputies arrived on the 6cene and ordered the men back to Colorado. Three of the miners had 6tarted East afoot. , The others retraced their steps, at the command of the Kansas officers, along the railroad track westward. After a long, weary tramp they straggled into Holly, Col., a small town near the Colorado-Kansas boundary, where they got food a$ the Salvation Army station. Despite the emphatic command of Colonel Kennedy, the men< after a rest, again took up their journey west and started overland for La* mar. Col. Denver.?"God help the miners from Colorado and Kansas who are sent back by the Kansas authorities!" said Governor Peabody, when asked what steps he would take in such a contingency. "Kansas cannot prevent people from entering her borders, but if she finds they do not make good citizens she can pass them on, as Colorado has done. She has the right to throw them out. "The military are in control and are holding things in a normal way there. The trouble will blow over and things will be normal within a short time. The military campaign at Trinidad will soon become a matter of history. Everything is quiet in that district." i Secretary Haywood, of the Western Federation says money will be sent to the deported miners at Holly and they will come to Denver. i Topeka, Ivan.?If the deported Colorado miners will come to Kansas as quiet peaceable citizens and are willing to work. Governor Bailey will welcome them and throw about them the protection they seem to need. It is believed here that all the deported miners can find employment in the wheat harvest in Western and Central Kansas. ? Victor, Col.?General Bell heard that a band of fugitive agitators was intrenched at Clyde, eight miles east of here, and that their number was increasing hourly. He at once sent out A f nP Irtlln nn/1 C i rfrtAn xunjui jxtv^iciiauu aiiu oiaitcu with orders to bring them in. The squad sent out uuder command of Colonel John Sharpe returned after having taken a gallop of thirty-five miles over Bull Hill. But three miners were found. The largest deportation of union men ever recorded will soon be an accomplished fact. Over 300 and perhaps -100 union miners will have been taken from ? i State by the military and deputies, and in all cases the men have been warned not to return on peril of their lives. . j USE OF AERIAL WARSHIPS. The Prohibition of The Hague Conference Expires July 29 | Washington, D. C. ? Attention is called to the fact by the Post, that next month (July 29) the prohibition imposed by The Hague conference upon the discharge of aerial torpedoes from balloons or flying machines will expire by limitation, it was with the greatest difficulty that' the Powers represented at The Hague conference, through their military delegates, managed to reach an agreement upon rutes governing Avar, and this particular section was bitterly fought over, although it is one of the few 'which the United States Government accepted without reservation. At the end of July a new field will thus be opened to the inventor of flying machines and dirigible balloons, which may now enter the field of warfare without violation of the rules of war. KILLED THE BULLFIGHTER. Fatal Row Follows Burning of Show at St. Louis. St. Louis.?Manuel Cevern, bullfighter, of Spain, was shot in the heart and instantly killed in a rooui at the Mozart flats, Ewing nmnue and Morgan street. St. Louis. Mo., by Captain Carl ton iiass, a mataoor. Tlie shooting grew out of trouble over salaries. Both men were brought to St. Louis by the No it is Amusement Company, whose bull ring was burned bv a mob after a fake show bad bo^n ] given. ' Spaniards to Honor Fourth. In recognition of the honors paid by ; the American army and navy to tin; j dead Spanish soldiers and sailors buried in Manila and in Baler, the Casino Espanol. the Spanish club of i Manila, has decided to participate in the coming Fourth of July celebration I In that city. Cuba Ratifies Treaties. The Cuban Senate ratified t!ir? I>> />f Pines treaty with the United Statjs and the postal treaty with Mexico. News of the Toilers. " ' International Seamen's Union has 40,000 affiliated members. Horseshoers will bold their annual convention at Omaha, Neb., on June 27. | Team drivers at Toronto, Canada, have demanded a minimum wage of $10 a Avoek. \ Tlie Garment Workers' Convention is to be held in Buffalo, N. Y., the latter part of August. I The closing of three furnaces of the Illinois Steel Company in Chicago threw 700 men out of work. J 1 RUSSIAN FORCE TRAPPEC Japs Turn on Pursuers ani Infiicl Loss of Cvsr 300. Result of a Feint Below Ka!-Chou? Mikado*.i Troops Check a Southward Movement to Kelieve Port Arthur. Newchwang.?The Russians attacked | a Japanese force southeast of the I Siungyo Mountains, 3000 of them purI suing the apparently fleeing Japanese I to Yaotung Pass. There it became evident that the Japanese retreat was a feinc. The men who had been retreating reformed. and, assisted by hidden reenforcements. attacked their pursuers, killing or wounding 860 of them. The Russians retreated in disorder along the Tashicao road. Some of these refugees reached New. chwang with 285 transport carts. They seemed to be terribly dejected and fatigued, as if they had made a loug forced march. Numters of the men had cuts on their faces, indicating sabre wounds. Several of their horses were wounded. A strong detachment was sent in the evening to covcr the retreat of the re muinuer. iue?e reucueu lasuiuijuu, where General Konrdatovitch inspected them. They entrained for Laioyang. It is stated that the Japanese marched to Suighai from Pulandien with the object of clearing the district, preparatory to advancing to the neighborhood of Newchwang. London.?It is pointed out here that the Russians were caught at Siungyo the same as they were at the Yalu, though on a smaller scale. The incident is regarded as being bound seriously to shake the Russian forces at Wafangkau. probably lead.ng to their final withdrawal, and the disaster, taken with other indications of Japanese activity in the neighborhood, is regarded as likely to clear che way for a Japanese landing at ft'ewchwang, xvhifh is sunnnspd tn iiA imminpnt. It is stated that Tokio is now in direct communication with every column in the field, and that each column is also linked by means of the field telegraph, so that every Russian movement can be reported by one General to the others. Nothing is allowed to be known regarding the situation at Port Arthur. A story from a Chinese source is printed reiterating upon the authority of a Chinaman arrested at Newchwang. who was supposed to have been acting as a Japanese spy at Port Arthur, such assertions concerning the strength and activities of the garrison as have been frequently made lately. It says the coal supply is now reduced to 5400 tons. Admiral Togo's blockade is effective, although the channel has been partly cleared. Admiral Togo has been successful in checking the junk traffic. The defenders of Port Arthur are depressed. and are earnestly hoping that General Kouropatkin will send relief to them. STEAMER SUNK. FIVE KILLED. Montreal-Quebec Boat Canada Run Down by Collier Cape Breton. Montreal. Quebec.?Five drowned and $300,000 loss of property is the statement given out as the result of the collision between the Richelieu and Ontario steamer Canada and the Black Diamond line steamer Cape Breton six miles below Sorel. The Canada went to the bottom ten minutes after the collision. There were 110 passengers aboard. Those who perished were: Bonneterre, purser, of the Canada; Brunet. of Sorel, he is missing and it is supposed that he perished; Alfred Thiebault, ticket agent of the company at Quebec, and his two sons, twelve and fifteen years old. The collision occurred just as the first signs of dawn were becoming visible. The Cape Breton lay at the j entrance of the Lake St. Peter Channel waiting for daylight, so as to find her way through. She was just getting under way when the Canada, making J for Sorel at full speed, came into view. BOLT KILLS ARMY OFFICER. Lightning Strikes Lieutenant Bower's Rifle on His Way to Range. Leavenworth, Kan.?A bolt of lightning immediately following a heavy ' shower of rain killed Lieutenant Na: thaniel E. Bower, Corps of Engineers, near the target range at Fort Leavenworth. Lieutenant Bower was carrying an army rifle. The bolt ran down the rifle barrel aud entered tlie right Bide of his chest. Lieutenant Hannum, who was with Bower, felt a slight tingle, and immediately threw away his rifle and tore his cartridge belt off. i The deceased officer was a graduate of West Point, class of '97. lie was to have been married in July, t ' TWO DIE BY LAW. i Albert Koepping and Oscar Borgstrom Put to Death in'Sing Sing. Ossining, Is'. Y.?Albert Koepping, who murdered John .Uartine ia Port Jervis, and Oscar Borgstrom, who killed Ills wife in Mount Kisco, were put to deatii in the electric chair in Sing Sing Prison 011 the same morning. The executions were accomplished without a hitch, and within twentyfour minutes after the first man to be electrocuted was led to tlie chair the second man was pronounced dead. Koi p.;iing, the younger of the men, was the first executed. Both went to their deaths without flinching. * Rockefeller Grandchild Dead. Edith A., the nine-month-old child of Harold F. McCorhiiclc and Edith Rockefeller McConuick, and a grandchild of John D. Rockefeller, is dead at the family summer home, in Glencoe, 111. The child has been ill for some lliutr. Nan Patterson Indicted. Nan Patterson, au actress, was indicted for the deatli of Caesar Young, with whom she was riding in a cab iD ! New York City when he was shot. Sporting Brevities. Warren E. Sclmtt. lf)05. was elected , captain of the Cornell track team fot next year. Schutt is the holder of the ' intercollegiate record for the two mill i run. Harvard won the intercollegiate J lawn tennis championship, by taking | five out of six matches with Columj bin. Harvard had alreadv defeated j Yale. Murray Olyphant. Jr.. defeated C I H. Blake, Jr., by eight up and sevec I to play in the fiual for tb* New Jersej | State golf championship at Emrle wood ' liNOB EVENTS OF TH E WEEI I WASHINGTON ITEMS. .Tames N. Tyner wrote a letter tc President Roosevelt appealing for f reversal of the President's expressed judgment of Mr. Tvuer's case. President Roosevelt appointed W E. Cochran, now chief postoffice in spector, as purchasing agent of the Postoffice Department, with $5000 a 1 year salary. President Roosevelt, in behalf of the Government, accepted the statue ot Dr. Benjamin Rush, auveiled in Wash ington, D. C. Senator Cockrell, of Missouri, was run dawn by a bicyclist iu Washing ton, D. C.. and severely injured. The visiting Filipino Commissioners were the guests of President Roosevelt at luncheon at the White-House. It was reported in Washington thai the Lake submarine boat Protector was on its way to Japar., and that the Holland boat Fulton had been bought and would shortly be sent thither. A daughter was born to the Baroness Moncheur, wife >f the Belgian Minis i ter. who was Miss Clayton, of Arkansas, daughter of General Clayton, U. S. Ambassador to Mexico. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. 1 The four Porto Rican delegates to the Republican National Convention arrived. ' , The President appointed Charles F. McKenna, of Pittsburg. Pa.-^to be dis- i trlct judge of Porto Rico. | The Philippine Government, wishing 1 j to sell tffo Manila ice plant, gave no| tice that no bids under $1,000,OOt would be entertained. 1 DOMESTIC. ; San Francisco and San Jose capitalists have beeu granted a franchise by Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock to build an electric railway into the Yosemite National Park. , Chairman Payne and other promin.ent members of the Republican National Committee are in Chicago pre paring for its meeting. Total admissions to tbe St. Louis Exposition from April 30 to June 10 were 1,944,911. More than 3000 acres of cotton land in the vicinity of Pine Bluff, Ark., was inundated by the breaking of the Ar- 1 kansas River levee. Cripple Creek, Col., mines are re- f opening and citizens are relaxing hos- 1 tilities to unions other than Western ! Federation of Miners. Deported men returning to Colorado. I An appeal for assistance, financial ( and advisory, was sent out from the flood-stricken Arkansas River Valley district of Kansas. J The Democratic Convention to nom- < inate State officers in Washington has been called for August 2. : Receipts for May "lu fifty of the s largest postoffices show a seven per ! cent, increase over last year. Dayton, < O., giving the greatest gain, forty-two I per cent. i Herbert G. Squiers, the American ' Miniater to Cuba, arrived here and told of the progress in that country. 1 The submarine torpedo boat Fulton off Newport, R. I., made r. twelve-hour , submersion trial successfully. At the 155th commencement of Columbia University, held in New York City, 985 degrees were conferred. j The International Association of i Chiefs of Police, meeting at St. Louis, I re-elected Major R. D. Sylvester, of Washington, D. C., as President. i The '"Town of New Harlem heirs" 1 served notice on the Mayor and other 1 officials of New York City that the city must vacate the northern half of Man- I hattan by virtue of a patent granted in i 1G86 by King James. The Western Federation of Miners \ appealed to President Roosevelt to investigate mining conditions in Colorado. Judge Cose, of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, declared there were too many laws. Prince and Princess Abbas Pacha Halim, brother-in-law and sister of the Khedive of Egypt, arrived in New ' York City, on the Prinzess Irene for a long tour of the United States. Professor Winfield Ayres, before the I American Medical Association Conven- i j tion. in Atlantic City, announced that i ] he bad found a successful cure for I j Blight's disease. J I FOREIGN. i ' j Empress Augusta received members j of the International Council of the 1 ' j Women's Congress in Berlin, and sev : eral Americans made addresses at the i sessions. I Advices to the London Daily Mail 1 from Tangier predicted a revolution , ' and tbe overthrow of the Moroccan Sultan within two months. ' I < King Victor Emmanuel decided the dispute between Great Britain and ( ( i Brazil over the Guiana frontier. The French Chamber of Deputies apj pointed a committee to investigate-the , charges of bribery in connection with j the Carthusian Order. , Disgusted witn his reception in Lon, Ion. John Alexander Dowie has gone 1 :o France, with his wife and son. An International Woman's Congress ' . ' jpenpd in Berlin. America was well 1 : represented. , i King Carlos of Portugal was enter- ! i tained at bwakfast by Hear Admiral , Barker on board the United States Uagship Kearsage. j | Earl Gray has been appointed to sue- j i ceeil Lord Minto as Governor-General i of Canada. ' Tho bodies' of "04 Russians left on the field after the battle of Nausban, were buried by ta^ Japanese. The Lake torpedo-boat Protector, with two Connecticut members of her crew, is en route to Japan to join the \ i AliKiUlo s navy. I , ! The Russian Emperor and liijrii naval ! officials decided to carry out tin* naval | ' program adopted before tho war: 110 provision is made for the I'acitie tieec j , Miss Lena Morton. daughter of the j former Yicc-Fresident of the United j States, died at Paris. Two infernal machines, whr/sc meeli anism was working when found, were discovered in the Russian Emperor's palace at Tsarkoe Sido. A bill providing i'or the constructor of twenty-eight warships was inlro dticed in the Brazilian Congress. The Cuban Senate ratified the Isle ! l of Pines treaty. i More than oOOO cabmen went or j strike it> London, England. i Chinese authorities will investigate [ ; tlio killing of Lewis EtzeK an Amcr ican. correspondent of the Londoii I ilingiandi Telegraph. Etz.cl's mothei will demand an indemnity of for his death. I Ramon Corral. Minister of the Inte ' rior. was nominated for Vice-Presideu by the Nationalist party in Mexico. * ' / ! j MASSACRED BY NATIVES White Men Killed in British and Germa.i New Guinea. S?T?!{ei TT*? Poisoned Arrow* and the (!nntt*linl?i'? Firp TTnnn t.hn Auallautl c? Three Planter* Murdered. Vaucouver, British Columbia.?Twen? ty natives slain in British New Guinea in a conflict with the police force, three planters and half a dozen native servants massacred In German New, Guinea?such is the sensational new? brought by the Australian steamer Manuka 011 her initial trip to this port. Poisoned arrows were used 011 one side and modern rifles on the other in the engagement, which resulted Jn the killing of the twenty natives of British New Guinea. The New Guinea Gov- s ^ ernment steamer Merrie England went to Goaribari Island to arrest the murderers of the Rev. James Chalmers an<J Mr. Tonkins, a report of whose violent deaths at the hands of the blacks was received some time ago. Judge Robinson. acting administrator of New (iuinea, was oil Doara wuu a squaa or police. Several of tbe supposed murderers were seized and taken aboard. Tliett the islanders decided to attempt a rescue. Tbe Government party, not suspecting this design, allowed a large number of canoes to approach the vessel. An arrow with a poisoned tip jsvas Bred at Captain Harvey. This was the signal for a general shower of arrows, most of which went over the steamer. Several, however, dropped on board. The arrows are terrible weapons as, once they enter the flesh, the only way to get Them out is to pull them right through. The constabulary quickly replied to the attack and firing was kept up until the native assailants of the vessel had had enough, when they hurriedly made for the shore. There are conflicting reports as to the number of , s natives killed, some putting it as higb ri a aiffhfr Hiif hranfr Sa cHtrnn a c thft IAO V,t^U IJ f UUl blf VUiJ JO fj* ? VM UU V?w most reliable figure. Nobody on the Merrie England suffered. There were , between 400 aDd 500 natives in the at- N tacking party. p A passenger on board the Merrie England having asserted that some of the natives were shot while held as hostages, Captain Harvey has emphatically denied the charges. The captain; cleclnres that the islanders began the conflict, otherwise there would have Deen no fight. Concerning the massacres in German: Sew Guinea, the most atrocious was that of Mr. Reimers, manager of the Wahlen plantation, on Durour Island. A. band of 500 natives took possession jf the property and seized* Mr. Reimsrs. While two of them held him dowa mother thrust a spear into his mouth imd then forccd the weapon right :hrough his body. The natives weight?d the body with stones and cast it into the harbor. Retribution overtook the , J ittackers, for as they fled to a neighjoring island in the hope of escaping iustice a big storm arose and most of them were drowned. Large numbers . - ^ )f empty canoes were washed ashore. Another band of natives swooped lown on the steamer Meta, belonging :o Peter Hansen, managei: of the Petershafen station of tlfe New Guinea comsany. The vessel was berthed at a private jetty on the shore. The murderers, who were armed with spears, killed the engineer, Dobell, and half a' iozen of the native crew. Then they ittacked Mr. Reinhardt, the agent of the company, who was on shore, and ieit uim j;or ueau. ireier auuavu mo? shielded by friendly natives. Except Tor their help he also would hare been' massacred. v The government of the German archIpelago immediately organized a puni:ive expedition. Several of the vllages were destroyed by n German wari ship as a warning to the islanders that ill attacks on white traders will be luiclcly punished. p ' LAKE STRIKE BROKEN. Masters and Pilots Give in After Six Weeks' Tie-Up. t Cleveland, Ohio.?After six weeks of tie-up on the Great Lakes that has lirectly involved only a couple of thousand men, but indirectly more than a liundred thousand, the strike was broken by the surrender of the masters, who, with the pliots, have been holdiug out for a more uniform scale of tvages this season than was offered bythe Lake Carriers' Association. The strike was declared off by Paul Howell, District 'Captain of the Masters' and Pilots' Association, who gaver jut tiie following statement: "The Masters' and Pilots' Association have concluded that it would be ;ood policy at this stage of the game,. owing to existing conditions over which we have no control, to adviso our Captains to go to work and niakt* the most of a bad situation." FIVE SHOT IJN FISUD JBAXXJLJi. Three Men Killed and Two Woundecl in an Indiana Town. * Bryantsville, Ind.?Throe men are lead and two wounded, one fatally, as tbe result of a pistol fight on the streets of this village. The dead are James and Charles Rout and Milton Tow. James Tow is fatally wounded and Frank Tow js badly hurt. The fight was the culmination of a feud between the Rout and Tow families. The Routs lived at Bedford, fight miles from Bryantsville, and the Tows are farmers, living nenr here. The Tows are relatives of the Towfamily which participated in the TowBass feud some time ago. HEARST CARRIES ILLINOIS. Springfield, 111.?By a vote of 930 to 382. the fifity-six delegates from Illi* nois to the National Democratic convention were instructed to vote for H'illinm T>r,?.1r>!nll I-To'll'St" fflV PrPSi dent as long as he is a candidate. Miners' Attorney Jailed. General Bell, in charge of the Colorado troops in Cripple Creel:, has caused the arrest of tlio union miners' attorney "for the good of the State." Newsy Gleanlugs. The British Museum eelcbrates this roar its 150th birthday. The memory of Hazen S. Pin.gree was honored in Detroit, Mich., by a mouument. Long Island Sound boats are becoming generally equipped with wireless telegraph outfits. The German Government is preparing to exploit the water powers of the country on a large staie. The price of beef has been increased again aud promises to re-ch the fam^ ins point of two rears aso. i tl | |