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1tX. XX. 1 MAN\I\, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2 Sul P'L AIN TALK. Ex-President Harrison Spec ks on Our Insular Picy. IMPERiALISM ATTACKED A Speech That Puts the D s tirguished Gentleman Out (f Ha'rmony With Hisj' a 'y Ex President Banjamn Harrsion, at Ann Arbcr, Mich , Friday night, at tacked the M Kinley acmin-stration for taking the po:itiou at the e'atitu tion appeaM to the Ucited States, i s elusive of Pu..r:o R:o and the ihn'ip p~ne Ilancs. He deciared that these bland. are a part f the United States, and that the corsituon extencs to thim in spite ef a.y treaties or c)n gr saional lt gislati-Jn. Gen. Ii rlson spoke under u.e auspices of the Lec ture As&ociaii0P of the Ui:iversity of Michigin, and 3,0)0 persons heard him The s bj et of i is iecture was "The Statn of Anncxtd Terri:o-y and of ha Civaized Inhsboants." He cisiaimnee any intention of making a l- gl o: an. thing but a popular aiseustion of n:. sut ject. le said that recent annetx ion o1 terr.tory by the United State, was somewhat out of hie wth An.eri can Listory, and proceeded as follows: We have now acquired insular terri tory unsuitable for American settleis. even if they were r;ot popuat ed as they are. We have taken on peoples ia'ber than lands. T be native labor is cheap and threatens competition. We have said that the Chinese will not amal gamate, atd the Fdipiro will be equal ly alow at least. I is not open to qucs ion, I think, that if we had only taken oser the Sandwich lslatds and the West Indies, the questions would have been otherwise. The Supreme Court has said that constituton gives power to make war, and that carries with it the power tc acquire territory. The peoj le, then, have delegated to congress and that president the power to acquire tern tory, as we have acquired the Hawaiian Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Philip pines. These islands have been taket over not Ior the temporary purp-s2, a; we have taken Cuba, but to have ant to hold for ever. Indeed, we have no yet maae up our minas what we will d< with them, and only claim now tha1 they are part of the United States ant its p. ople must obey our authority. It is urged that Spain was not in possession when she sad the Philip pines, but this is not proved. There i. no dout,t that any international trbu nat wouid affirm our title to the Philip pines. The question which trouble as is their status. Are these people citizens or subj.:cts, which? A recent newspaper headnig attracted my atten tion. *Citizens of Pu-rto Rico No1 Properly Citizins of the Uaited States.' Are they improperly citizena or ciuizsn improperiy? There seems to be some thing improper about it. A ueaty is a part of the law in th same .ense that an act of congress is and Lot as the constitution is. If th consttion leaves the subject open a to whether the pee-ple or 1'uer.o thc shalb be ciosenb af ter annexation, the: the presiaenit and cot gress may des with thiem as they see liz. If the con stitution has lef t no buoh controvers then the consA.iton must stand n matter what the tueaty may say. *Ihere are two views to be taker Fiist, that all g.overnmental powers ar naeeated by the constituuion, tha cquaL taxation applies to every ma and woman Wnthin tne nation s sot e eibnty; seceno, that the term Unite S~ae dehnes only those resions an people within the organizea. aates, an that the 6ove:nment of the ternton is an aOscture government and not cot attuonai, sa we are unoer no 0O1: gauofn to reat as citizuns those livin in the territories. This idea seemst have found its birnh winhin a commei oial neceainY. - he i'an wzno entire] depend upon the benevolence of anothe is a slave. .A government of nlimnte ana absolute executive power is not a Amerncan government. For one, I d nor benroVe the makers of our const; - tution ever intended to confer th power of any mucit government ovi any one in the constutuon. It is n< nght to say that because 0f slavery or fattiersa ot mt an all min. It: a difurent thing to allow an existir conanilon to coniti.ue from creauie-g a encurely aifferett conaiuron to met commerciai necessity. Perhaps it suieuid be asked furth< whether ithe rule of equal taxat must apply toadl people. T1he instra tuunS of tue president to the P'hili: pine Commission Eeem to indicate th the conasutuon must apply to al government that should be establiah< there. Tihe pro'visions our fathe fought for were ior rights, not I privileges. No man can read tb sch~ecuse of rights whichi the prese gave to the Paiuippine Commuissiron, an inverse orcer, wnout horror. Dl you ever read one of the treaties ma by the UCuea States with an C World Puwer? Osz one side they spe of the "su: j~cts of her )1ijes ty," si en the otner "the citizens of the UT ted Sates. L0' if inese provisto guarauteed to cziz-.ns of the Un Ssates do not apply to, citumens oft Philippine Jslai.os, it is ume, for us amend these treeaties by adding "a subj-oets" af ter the words "ettusens the Uknited States." The constitutional provisions rej lating the enime of trcason seem to ply to these people. We have ne had any mrubie with this question our government of the te~onos fore. Wr at have we been doing? if we acquired these territeries that sight hold them for e own coloni There was only one co->r of eac from the provision for uiformity taxation in the conatiutiaon, and t) was declared that Puerto Rico was a part of the United States. It wo seem that a region where the edu tional and sanitary and other rett tions are of interest to the Un1 States is of itte~f a portion of the L. ted statea. It would seem that should seek to find a way to gov this territory that Providence ha-thr< upon us, f or which we paid $20,0 But don't you see that therei grav, r peril hanging over us? Are !ard secure when we exercise arbitrary cwer ovr the people from whom we de:aud entire obedience? The fig cannot stard for the benevolent poli cies of the administration. It must stand for per ncanency. Is it not a mockerv to raise the fbg over the peo lIe of Puerto Rico and bid them re spet it, and then isue to them an asoloute power of government from the stag beneath? If the act of annexa tion d.ns not carry the constitution. I can think of nothing that does. The ecostitution goes to annexed territory because of the aet. A gentleman wrote me that it was a'solutely necesary to pass the Puerto lican tariff to protect the bcet sugar besicess. I thanked him but I could not see that it referred to the quostion. 'ie fact it at we give all the money secnred by the taEff back to PaerA l'co does not actt the question. It *d not satisfy our fathers when it w' prop-std to expend the money derived fromn the S:tarp Act in this c.intry. These constituti nal qutstions will qon be settled by the Supreme Ceurt. If the court shall ht-i that the consti tutional prov.sions exten i to all pior tions that are governed by the United Sates, then we shal: conform our legis ration and p~iicy to this doctrine, and oc sorry that we hale ever held them at leng;h in the government we ci-red them. The questimi whether the gov ert.ment can take atd control a hostile people is not a conit.taUtioal provision, but one of the conditions which exist. The consent of thegoverned to legisla :ire action is an ensrelyidiferent ques :ion. The entire written gonstitution provides no rule forthis question. The ;ghs to c-nquer an hold territory is a .ffertnt qusstion fom the question of how we snail gowrn that territory wshen we have acqnred it If Great Britaiaffids the giestion of expansion and tericorial gro.vth in ereasingly hard, it will be harier for us because we, as ; republic, are ne cassariiy federal. 'he old coach with its power to stand a well as to move may be a safer vehile for government than the bicycle. 1have been mnking no argument againt expaosion. The recent acquisitiont from Spain may present a-question d greater loss than of gain. You will ardon me if I can not rejoice because f the acquirement of territory which ast be governed by authority rather the by the provisions of that grand old costitution. In conclusion, aLow me to suggest the sentiment: "fad forbid that the day should ever core when the thought of man as a consmer should absorb that grand old docrine that man is a creation of Gad, enowed with inalien able rights." A Desperte Lover. The Columtia ecord says Moses Bluentein, who hay been clerking for Goldstein & Co., as gotten himself into much troaole,)Witug to his persis tent, unwelc.me od forbidden atten tions to a youtg lay. The young lady is a daughter of abbi Schecnter and though she naturly shrank from the publicity incident - appearing in court agatnet Bluestein,he felt that her per sonal safety d.mated it. It appears that Bluestein wamadly in love with the young lady, be his afections were lint at all reciprated. The young man persisted in his attentions and greatly annoyed thyoung lady not only 'while she was waling on the street but even while she wa in her own home, for the evidence siwed that he loiter ed about the housE at times and even ~'attempted to ente: though foroidden to do so. It is fuher alleged that he made threatening ceeches against the lady, and she becae afraid she would receive some bodilynjulry at his hands A peae warant s sorn out against B luestein this moiing and he was ar rested and taker before Magistrate Smith. Mr. John le Master represent eai the prosecutor. Bluestein made no excuse for his aotii, although he had * nireatened to thro vitriol in her face unless bhe marriedtim. Judge S:nith decided to place hi under a bond of $5t00, but with thesonsens of parties interested, he was gen the alternative - u leafing the city. This he accepted a' nd promised to k a-this afternoon for r harieston. In the eantime the peace bond will be held on penaing his ful inilment of his agrment to leave the city. e Worse The Orphans. rThe divorce quesia is a troublesome ~problem in most stas. The Charlodte Lrtoserver say s "Jge Mills, of Kal amazEoo, Mich., ia. the other day at trie meeting of theate board of char ii.ies and currectior at Grand Ripid:, thtat chilidren are tog sinned against mioro from divorce .v than any thing eise. 'Chilorea o:iivorced parents are worse oft than ;,hans,' he declar Li d. '[hey are alled to grow up anti P ifit for themselvt to form recruits tIfor the criminal :ty.' DI)vorce is YIeasier to seure is."iehigan and its ~neighbor states thias the South, but sthere is too much hsty in this respect, tand if our prospectireformnatory, now tneing agitated in t public prints, is Lic~oner or later to bypened to the in lcreating grass orphs, it is not a vtry -d.ncouraging thougt' Tue Columbtia eRecord thinks Soutlarolina's way is dbest. The divorcerotilemn does not ~trouble this state base it adaeres to Qthe doctrine that wim God haiti join ed man should not r asunder. 'Will Bh It. heBenator Tiliman is that ho will ?push his amendut to the Hay F kauncefote treaty.i'he South Care ofnian's amendment a modification of the Davis amement. Although -Mr. Tiluman sayne w1ll urge its ~adeption, it is atd en the best of rauth"dy that the jority of the com inittee on foreign rtions are opposed -to it, and will not as to its adoption eIf the Senator ins upon a vote on e his amendaient inhe Senate. it is ? not likely that it i meet with any a netter fate than irill in the sem f mattce. S1aeked rglars. d Four masked mearered the home a of Michael Fr) maiving near Mid dle tiS ton Onio, early .daeiday morning d and bound and ged him and then o.searched the houa Finding nothing, e they released himad soed him they a knew he had jt zeceived $3,000, wn which he must proe. Protesuing ho , had no money, hs twige knocked insensible. He Ilhelpless till the a next morning, whie was rescued by the passersby. He is a serious condi in- tiOR. but may reer. lIE SAYS IlS SAY. What Cleveland Thirks Abut the Demr cracy WHAT THE PARTY NEEDS. The Ex- President Says It Is Time to Give the Rank and File a Chance. Former president Grover Cleveland contributed to last week's issue of the Saturday Evening Post of Philadelphia, an exended article on the plight of the Democracy and the remedy. Mr Cleveland begins by reviewing the his tory of the p arty and he discusses its defects, since 1864 in detail. In tai ing up the question of the present ondition of the Democracy ho says that the success of the party in 189: was so dceisive and overwheiming that a long continulnce of its suprems^y was anticipated. Then came "the f il lacy of free silver and Populism." Mr. Cleveland proceeds as follows: "The culmination of Democratic woe was reached when its compact with these undemocratic forces was complete, and when our rank and file were sum moned to do battle under banners which bore strange symbols and were held aloft in unfamili'r hands. The resuat of such a betray al was foredoomed Pis abandonment of the princip'es o true Democracy, this c ntemptunu< diobedience of its traditions, and :his deliterate violation of the law of its strength and vigor were, by a decree as inexorable as those of fate, followed by the inevitable punishment of stun ping, staggering defeat. "The disaster of ]S72. invited by similar adventure, was quickly folio ved by a return to the profesios and prac tices of sane Democracy. But the ex tent and persistency of our wanderings in 1896 is illustrated in a most astound ing way by the command, is-ucd on the day of our rout and discomfiture, that a second battle should be fought on the same field, with the same false cries and the same lealership that had brought us to the surrounding gloom of defeat." Again he says: "t'hus in 1900 the lesson of 1896 was contemptuously rejected and every hope of Democratic success was wiiru! ly cast aside. Again our lono.saffer ing rank and fi e, whoat loyalty and abedience deserved better things, were eardfied in a cause theirs only in name; and again it was demonstrated, bat more clearly than ever b-fore, that the only forcesthatcan win Dtminora:ic success are adherence to recognized Democratic principles and reliance upon Democratic councils and leader ship. "" Why should we not return to these, i-4 in their name again acnieve Vi3to ies no less glorious and ren wned than were ours in the days of courageous ad ocacy of our time honored faith? Are ur principles so shop-worn or antiqua. ed as to require renovation or their isplacement by others more fashiona ble? There is not an honest Democrat n this broad land that will concede teme things, nor is there one wh~o would not hail the proclamation of the old faith with that fighiting enthuwiasm hat foretokens Democratic triumph. As new conditions arise our principles ust be applied to them; but in the creed that has guided us through a santury of party existence we shall firnd the key to every such application; nor hall we need the lexicon of Populism e aid us in interpreting this creed." Mr Cleveland touches in turn on free silver and the Federal Counts, and be ieves that true Democrats are against ondemning "the General Governmen~ for protecting itself in the exercise of its function against violent obstruction withi, a State." Further on he declares: "I believe no Detmocrat will have the ardihood to deny that we have fou~tht our last two campaigns in alliance with ndemocratic forces, and that thie al iance was immensely costly in dtfeat. s there not good reasoa to sup'poss that even in success such an aliance would have proved uaprofitable and isogerous?" He presco-es the return f Democracy to its old faith, sating: "Since Demcarats.of every coradti'n and in every p.art of the land rea.ize hat the situation of the party needs repair- Rcorianization is not neee-s. y; but a return from our wanderingt is, absoutely essential. Let us be frank with ourselves and eindily acknowl edge the futility of attempting to gain Demcratic victories except in the L)emocratic cause and through~ Dem., ratc methods. Reorgauization is worse than useless and the arrogation of supcrior jarty virtue will breed only miscbief. This is a time for sober thought, tolerant language and fratern al conels. We arc dealing with the condition of a party that cannot be dc stroyed by external foes and eine its ruin can be wrought only from within t houid be imperishabie. A:>ove ali tings there should be a manly renun ciation ar~d avoidance of utdue sction a control. .Democracy will ojwiate ef ficiently on sectional lines. -'There is much for us to do and the future is fulh of Demnocraie duty aud opportunity. Oar figiitng forces wili respond listlessly and falt.eringly if summoned to a third defeat in a surange cause, but if they hear the rally ius cali of true Demoeracy they will gather for battle with old time Democratic en thusiasmn and courage. -If I should attempt to epitom'ze what I have written, by suggesting a plan for rehabititation and restoration of true Democracy, I should emody it in these wordi: ''Give the rank ana $1 a chance." Instantly Killed. Capbell C. McSwain, section fore man of she Louisville and Nashville railroad, was instantly killed at M.>ina Fla, while superiatending the unload ing of xeavy timbers from flat cars. He was eaught under the timbers and his head and body crushed and horribly mangled. He was to have been mar ied December 26sh. THEY MADE A HAUL. Safe Crackers Get Seven Thousand Dollars. In South Carolina a gang of safe blovers seems to be doing very effec tive work just at this time. Several robberies of this character have been reported during the past week. The fellows seem to be visiting only the smaller towns. Sally's on the Perry extension of the Southern, has been the last place visited. A dispatch from tnat town to l'he State says "the store of Dicks & Sally wag entered Tuesday moruing between 2 and 4 o'clock and the iron safe blo ;n open with dynainite. The robbers secured about $7,000 in cold and curren iy beside- bonds and iurtages valued at over $2.000. The robbers had with them the drill with wh'eh the hole was made in the safe, b-t the rest of the tools were stolen, some from the commissiary of the see tiun master of the Southern railway and o:-ers from the blacksmith's shop of White & Inibnet, while a screw driver was taken from the stock of Dioki & Sally. The report was heard by several cit;zens but it Doing so near to Christ uns they paid no attention to it, think ing it was some one celebrating prema Lurely. M -isrs. Dicks & Sally offer a reward of $500 for the recovery of the money and another of $100 for the ar rest, w Lh evidene to conviet, of the .are crackers. I think a detective vould do well to come here immediate ly and see the situ ttion. The authorities of the law at all ad jscent points hare been notified and requet.d t) keep a vatch out for the Irobtbers. The oss is a heavy blow to Messrs D.oks & Sally. The frm rob oed buys a considerable amount of cot ton and to this fact is at ributed the olding of so large a sum in the safe P'nis is only one of several rotberies of the kind ii the State recently. and it is confdently beiieved that a reguialy urgan z;d gang with men going ahca. to spot desirable places to rob has -truck the State and is acxious to work its swall towns for all that they can possibly se cure. A thorough applica ion of buckshot by watchful country merchants might tend to warn the gang to seek other climes. AN IMPORrANr CASE. Now Before the United States Supreme Court. The United States supreme court now has before it the most momentous is eues that have been presented for its de cision since the days of slavery and :bate's rights. Upon its deliverances cepends the immediate and pernaps the remote Iu.ure of the repueiio. Tradi tiaily the supr-me court is unbiased aud unaff. oted by political conaidei ations and prtjudices, yet it is hardly numan for a tri-sunal of nine men not to be in a measure ff acted oy past, it not present, party ties and affl.!iations in considering this phrase -or the ques tion it is remembered that three or the judges, or one third of the whole nam oer, were appointed by President Har rison, who has only recently declared so strongly for the strict interpretation of the constitution 1t is understood also that others of the judges enjy very Intimate social relations with the Re publican ex president, who was enter tained by and with them during his late visit to Wasnington. Tae Solicitor gen eral of his administration represents the plaintiff in the Pe-pke ease involv ing the status of the Philippines. Oi the memoers of the court these are R. publican appointees: Justices Gary, Sr,>wn, Sairas, Harian, Brewer and Mc1einna, and the Demtoiratic ap pointees arc Chief Justice Falier, Jus tices White and Peck ham. Of the Re puolioan memoers Washington corre apondents predict that Justices Harlan anu Bcewer williside with the Democrats in givang a decision against colonialism, which will make an anti-imperialist tu~j rity. Tne Ianter has already in a pubuc addiress declared against imper laliam. Justice McKenna is the only appointee of President MCKinley. R~e atuved from the political arena and free from the aangers of political changes, the supreme court judges ought to be soie to l oriulate decisions with impar tiality, andi until the court does other wise we are disposed to give it credit for freedoum from bias and prejudice. Tne State. More Negroes Than Whites The annual report of the superin tendent of education, just about to be ssued, wi.l show that the total enroll ment of the puollic s ahools amount to 271,787 for the entire State. Of these 126,395 arc white pupils and 155 602 are oored puptls. deliow are given the enrollment fiures for the races by conues: White. Colored. Abbeville........ .. 2,873 5 314 Aken............. 348 4812 Andrsn........... 7254 5 u39 l8anberg........... 13463 2388 darowell. ... .......3,231 4 0'80 Seaufo~rt.........-. 1.1.!3 5 768 1.rseley............ 1,493 3 557 'fharbston.......... 4 48o 7-7o9 Caerokee ...........3 3008 1 591 uneser... .........1 19.3 4351 Caeterfield.........2 2719 1,60') Carendon..........-2.131) 4218 Colieton.... ........3101 2 449 Driington.......... 20 3 845 I),>rhester. ........ 1318 1.752 Eo-efield ......... .. 2 2336 4 0i09 Falield............ 1642 4 827 Flor--nee -.. .. .. .. 2 747 3 293 Georgetown ... ..... 1 275 3 236 Grenville-..-....... 8318 4.34 Gren qood.. ........ 2 136 4 279 Elamupton-...........1 931 2 842 lo: ry.... .... .... 38-5 1.-9 Kr,haw...........2 2814 2 504 Lueaa:r.......... 2 2975 3 419 Laurens ............ 3 458 4 683 Lexington.......... 4,0U6 1 735 .\1:ion .... ...... .. 3 815 4 086 .\1riboro .. ........ 2 161 3 166 Newberry........... 37 4843 Oconee...... ... ..4,072 1.255 Ucageburg........4 6->9 9 456 Pickens. ....... ..... 3597 1 2u2 RIcehlanid.. .. ....... 2 2o8 4,817 alada... ........ 2 555 2 617 Sprtanburg .... .... 8 305 5.063 Samter .......... 2 886 7.196 Union..... .... ... 2267 2.925 Williamsburg.. ... ..2,636 3 862 York.. ........... 406 5 979 Trtl...... 128,3DE 15 82 A BUY KIDNAPPED And Held for Twenty-five Thous and Dollars Ransom WHICH THE ROBBERS GOT Before They Released the Boy. Picked up in the City of Omaha What the Boy Says. Edward Cudahy. Jr., 15 year old son of Elward A. Cudahy. millionaire packer and head of the Cudahy Packing company in Omaha is missing from his home in that city, and his pareats te lieve he has been kidnapped. The en tire police and detective force of the city and a half a hundred men employed by Mr. Cudahy have been scouring the city and country throughout the day in hopes of locating the young man or se curing a clue which would lead to a knowledge of his whereabouts, but without success. Business at Mr. ('udahy's packing plant in South Omaha was practically su-pended, near ly the ermire force there j icing in the search. Tee boy's parents are distract ed at his disappearance and the father has offered to pay a substantial reward and no q iestions asked if his son shall be returned to his home. An anony mous letter has been recoived at the Cudahy home substantiating the fears of the family that he has been kid napped. Young Cudahy left home at 8 o'clock Wednesday night to take some books to the residence of Captain Rus tin, about two blocks distant, and that was the last seen of him. As midnight arrived and he did not return the po lice were notified and two detectives were detailed to work on the ease. It was not until near 8 o'clock the next morning, however that the matter be gin to assuma a really seriousaspect. At that hour a man on horseback rode rapid ly by the Cudahy mansion and as he passed the front gate threw a letter into the yard in substance, reading: "Mr. E A. Cuhady: Your son is safe. We have him and will take good care of him and will return him to you in enn sideration of the payment of $25,000. We mean business. "Jack." The remainder of the note the police refuse at present to disclose as they say it relates to the place where the money is to be left and where the kidnappers are to leave the boy iD case Mr. Cudahy complies with their terms. The servant who saw the man on horseback was able to give a good description of him and this is the clew upon which the police are working at present. THE NOSEY PAID. The Boy Released and Returns to His Home. There is rej icing in the home of El ward Cudahy. Eiward, Cudahy, Jr., who was kidnapped Tuesday evening, after being held 36 hours fora ransom of $25 000 in gold., which the young man's fac her unhesitatingly paid, has been re turned to his family, and Thursday nig'ht the boy and his parents were re eiving congratulations from relatives and friends throughout the country. A statement of the conspirators, over eard by the lad while he was in their power, indicates that they had been at empting for a month to secure p'ossea sion of one of his sisters. Young udahy related the story of being over powered, placed in a closed carriage, blindfolded and bound and carried many miles from the city to a place, the loca tion of which he cannot identify. and ia father made known the details of a long ride into the country to deposit a bag containing $25,000 in gold in a place indicated in a letter written Wed nesday to Mr. Cudahy by the outlaws, aming this condition as a surety for the return of the boy. Thia sum was eposited in a place indicated about ive miles north of the city, on a lonely road leading up to the bank of the Mis souri river. Mr. Cudahy called into consultation the chief of police and his friends and discussed the plans lo ,king to the capi ture of the gang when they should appear at the point of rendezvous named in the letter. The great strain on the family, however, caused Mr. Cudahy to abandon all idea of captur ing the mcn in whose power was the lie of his son, and decided to at once comply with all the demands of the bandits. Absoiute secrecy was neces sary, and a trusted mtissenger was dis patched to the bank to secuire the gold After securing the money he started out entirely alone. To iderntify himself he had attacherd to the dashbard of his buggy a red jantern, which was one of the conditions in the letter. Mr. udahy drove to the appointed place, where he found, near the road, a white lantern -suspended from a short stake driven in the grourcd, near the river bank. Nobody was in sieht. He at once alighted, placed the bag of gold conveniently near the stake and re turned to the city without hearing a sound. That the bandits were near the spot and at once secured the valuable pack age cannot be doubted, for about 1 o'clock this morning the young boy ran breathless up at the door of of his fat her's home and rang the bell for admis sion. T ro police~men, who in the early evening had been placed near the faily mansion had later been Bent to the stable by Mr. Cadahy who feared that the men sceing the of~oers would drive away without leaving the boy. Not wibsaning the entire police and detective force of the city, several Pinkerton's from Chicago and half a hundred of Mr. Cudahy's own men ae been searching diligently for a clue looking to the capture of the out laws ever siace the return of the young man, up to ll o'clock tonight nothing has developsa to giv, the least idea of the identity of men who operated the crime. Young Cudiahy say. there were six of the men but that all were masks. Chief of Police Donahue said that every effort was being made to bring the abdactors to justis, that there were probanly three instead of six men, that they had been figuring on it fcr as least six weeks, and that the police suspect certain parties. He said that Mr. Cudahy evinced but little de air to mrosecnte, but Mr. Cud ahy announced that he would pay $25, 000 reward for the apprehension of the abd a tors. The Cudahy boy in his statement of what took place says, among other things. He was across the street from his own home, on his way back from R astin residence Tuesday evening when two men approached him. One said: "We are sheriffs from Sarpy Bounty and arrest you as Eddie McGee, who escaped from the reform school. They drove to a house, supposedly in the southwestern part of South Omaha. The boy was taken in and chained to the floor. He rem?;ned there all night and the next day. From a conversa tion between the abductors and hm self the young man learned that the abductors had been seeking to abduct one of the girls of the family. A TERRIBLE MARCH. Experienetes of Hall's Command in the fountains of Luzoa. The following passages, desoriptive of Gen. fall's expediien lant October to Binangonan, over the Siniloan Moan taine, are taken from the Manila Times: Gen. Hall had in the meanwhile started on what was probably one of the most difficult marches ever under taken in the Philippines by a large body of troops. He had in his com mand on. company of Macabebe scouts, two companies of the Second United States Regulars (H and K), two com panies of the Eighth United Slates Reguars, and two companies of the Tairty-seventh United States Volun teers. Owing to the d ffibalt and dan gerous trial over the Siniloan Mountains he took also 300 Chinese as packers, mule-wagons being useless. Gen. Hall left Sin!oan for Binangoman, situated about forty-five miles distant; but it took him six days to make the march. His ofcial report covers thirty pages of legal-cap, but is will be a ddfiauls mat ter to understand the hardships endured by the troops on this march by merely reading a report of the expedition. The Pasig Rivers and its tributaries were crossed forty-five times. Rain fell night and day; the rice and bread were soaking wet, and became scur and unfit for food. In addition to this the troops were loaded with their equip ments and 100 rounds of ammunition. The march was farther hampered by the Cainese packers, who, after the thirty days, gave out entirely, and in crossing the swollen streams would lose the provisions on which the troops so much depended. The Chinese had a most severe task, and suffered much more than the soldiers; *ad to lighten their burden each man took an extra 100 rounds of ammunition in his h aver ack. In spite of all that could be done, however, the expedition was ha rassed at every turn by the packers Many of them would have been drowned had it not been for the bravery of the troops (three privates are mentioned in the official report for special acts of heroism ) On the fourth day out, three insur gents were captured, and a rebel camp, only a few hours old, was found. About this time Gen. Hall's horse was kilicd. Tne fearful strain of the march nad told on every one in the expedition, which was now stretebed out in a long, sraggling line of suffering men, some six miles in length, half of them bare footed, and with clothing torn from them by the heavy jungle, worn out bry loss of sleep and food, and with their rations reduced to a slice of raw bacon a day per man; bat relief came when the head of the column crowded through the last canyon and struck the beach. For the next two days 165 disabled men were under treatment, one of whom (Private Chapman, Company L, Thirty seventh U. 8. V,) died from complete exhaustion. Eight Chinese died on the trail, and four afterwards died on board the Garon no. Rural Free mail DeLivery. Congressman Stanyarne Wilson, of the Fourth Congressional District, has sent out the following letter regarding the success of the rural free delivery system, and the way of ootaining its extension: "Free rural delivery being no longer an experiment, this Congress will ap propriate several million dollar for its exten-ion. A bout every community in ho district can secure the benefit of the service daring the coming year, by making application therefor. Tne ourse to pursue is this: 'Present a petition, addressed to the First Assistant Postmaster General, signed by those who desire the servie.ic Ta'is petition shouid be signed only by heads of families, and should mention the number in each family, it shou~d set forth tho nature of the c.atry whre the delivery is desired, whether densely or sparsely populated, the principal avocations of the people, the haracter of the roads, and the distance which, under the existing conditions, each fatron has to travel to receive his mail, and should be aecompanied whencvir possible by a rough map in dicaing the route or routes proposed. '-Tnis petition when properly signed should be sent to the Representative in Congress, or to one of the Senators, with a request that he endorse there n his recommend'tion of the rerv ice asked and forwqard the petition to the epartment. "T.he route should be be ween twenty and twenty five miles in length, and serve not less than ose hun dred families. Upan receipt of the peti on a special agent will be detailed by rae department to visit the location, map out the route and select the car rier" Those who want the benefits of this admirable law shouldmake arrangements at once to secure it. All they have to do is to follow the general instraetions given above. A Large Meteor. Dr. Herbert Howe of Chamberlain observatory Denver, Col., is collecting data concerning the largest meteor seen for more than thirty years. It was ob served December 8 between 3 and 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Reporas come from both sides of the Rocky Mutain divide as far north as Sara toga, Wyoming, and as far souih as Delta Col , judging from, these distances Prof. Howe, esuimates its height above the earth as at least 500 miles. Is appeared nearly as large as the moon and was incandescent. When apparently just above -Norti Park, Col., it exploded with accompany ing phenomena resembling an earth quake, houses being shaken and a mhin& sonnd Doreepiile for miles. THE SHAME OF CHRISTIANITY. Disgraceful Conduct of Some of the European Soldiers. A dispatch from Pekin says that "Minister Conger personally believes that the Chinese have 3 been taught a lesson by the looting." They should certainly have been taught "a lesson in batred, in revenge, in debauchery and in cruelty which their nation will not forget in a thousand years and of which it has had very little need, Minister Conger speaks under the smart of his own wrongs, and though his temper is easily understood it is not the proper guide for a governmnrnt that is seeking e:mply to be j-tt. 0i the contrary, the more it is in evidence the more ap ;arent i3 the reason why the adminis tration should have put a check upon its too zealous representative, as it is r.ported to have done by Tne Times Herald's Washington correspondent. The Times-Herald says: If the people of this country could realize all the horrors that have been wrought in China in the name of civil ization and Christianity there could not fail to be a whirlwind of protests from every part of the land, a thorough expression of public indignation at pun lic meetings. It would be incumbent above all upon the minissers of the gos pel and church organisations to show that they bad no sympathy for the frightful work which is repaying Chin ese barbarism that is just as savage and far more extended. Surely Christianity cannot stand for such atrocities; the missionaries in particular cannot stand for them. And if they are willing to face the taunt of the Chinese Minister Wu that the simple teachings of Christ on meekness and forbearance are not practical they cannnt afford to substi tute revenge for justice. Right here in Chicago there are large and influen tial bodies of clergymen which meet weekly, from which some energetic de claration might be expected against the course of the repacious, blood-soaked allies. The looting is only part of the out rages that are being committed, but it has been carried so far beyond any pos ibility of honest military justification that it can be regarded only as a con tinued series of crimes. In the gen eral and utter demoralization no respect is had for the fundamental principles upon which justica is supposed to rest among western nations. And since Mr. Conger's comment would indicate that there has been little if any change for the better we may suppose that, as a correspondent of The Westminister Ga zette wrote late in October, it is still "Loot, loot, loot from morning till night, and sometimes from night till morning." True, the Americans, the British and the Japanese have attempt ed to stop the practice, but orders that all goods must be paid for are evaded is the manner revealed by the following brief anecdote: One well-known officer of a certain nationality a few days ago came back to his quarters with a large piece of most exquisite embrodiery, two fur coats and several pieces of carved jade -all of which he said he had purchas ed for 20 cents. -'How did you man age it?" he was asked. "Well," he re plied, ''I gave the man who owned it, besides the coin, an opportunity of in specting at close range the muzzle of my revolver." Tnis officer was a brigand supported by the new Holy Alliance, and his vic tim was probably some inoffensive Chin ese who had never raised his hand against a white man. The single inci dent is eloquent of spoliation by whole sale. And aside from the thievery, burglary and highway robbery what a story of dreadful brutalities is told. Six thousand Chinese driven into a river by Russian soldiery to be drown ed like rats, and not an armed man among them, only helpless captives of both exs and all ages. Paatitive ex peditions like one which was reported recently, which went on its way rav aging and plundering and killing where tnere was not a Boxer to oppose, only friendly nad.ies to be murdered and de spoiled. As the details come in they are more and more horriole and execrable. From the beatitudes of the Savior to these orgies is a shocking transition which should make the blood of every true Christian boil with shame. Train Robber a Suicide. With a gaping wound in the back and another in the left wrist, inflicted by the police, C-ianning B. Barnes, trainroboer, dre; the keen edge of a hunting knife across his throat in a swamp near New Orleans Wednesday and ended his career. His body bore two bullet wounds-one in the back, the other iu the wrist. In the pockets were found the watch of the conduc tor of the mail train, many registered letters and a quantity of dynamite. ['he body was identified as that of Channing B. Barnes, with many aliases, who was wanted for partici eating 'in the daring hold up of an Ilhlnois Jentral express train at Wick lffo, Ky., last Jtly. A Louisiana Lynching. Special from Lake Providence, La., says: The Belle of the Bends, which has arrived here frcm Arcadie, Miss., landing reports a murder and robbery at that place Sanday, which, it is thought, resulted in the lynching of two negroes there Tuesday. Two negroes from a neigh borhood levee camp went to a trading boat kept as the land ing by a white m an, and killed him and his wife and baby. They then robbed the bate and left, after burning the craft to the water's edge. The negroes were recognized by the property of the white family and arrested. They con fessed, and it is said, were taken in charge by a mob. Bank Robbers. Burglars entered Kennedy's band at Hope Lod., early Wednesday and blew open the safe and secured $15.000 Two burglare looted the bank while a third kept watch outside with a car riage, in which they all escaped. A posse is in pursuit. Two Hundred liassacred. A dispatch from Vienna reports re cent Mloslem excesses againet the Chris tian population in the central provinses of Turkey, where 20J0 Christians have hean killed. THE FIRE FIEND. Columbia Visited by Worse Burn In Twenty Years. THE JEROME;HOTEL BURNED. The Total Loss Wiil Amount to Somsthing Like One Hun dred and Fifty Thous and Dollars. Wednesday night -Columbia was visited by the most disastrous ire in twenty years. The Jerome hotel and three large mercantile cstablishments on Main street and four smaller ores on Assem bly were destroyed. The total eati mated loss is $142.000; insurance, $53, 000. The fire started at 8 o'clock in the rear of Van M'ter's furniture store, a lamp having exploded. A livery stable and a hay ware louse adsi ining eauht in almost a second's time and the fir started to burning through to Hain and Assembly streets, clearing everything until stopped by an alley aividing the squire. The Jerome has been politieal head quarters for the state for years. The nilding and furniture were valued at $75 000; insurance, $20,000. Other losses were: J. M. Vua Meter, two store buildings, $15,000; stock (furniture), $34000 in surance, $20,000. M. Mcianey, stock groceries and household effects, $9,000; insuranee, $4 000. King Racket store, stock $6,000; in surance, $6 0J0. May's stables, contents $1,000; in eured. B. F. P. Letarart, two brick store buildings, $4,000. Wm H. Lyles. store building, $3,500; insurance $3.000. The Are was under control at mid night. The fire had to be fought with two engines, as the third was off being re paired. Hard work to prevent the fire spreading. Augusta, Charleston and Newberry were asked for assistance. Terrible Tales from Africa. Pitiable stories reach Holland con cerning the fate of the reconcentradoed women in the British camps in the Transvaal. Madame Hardus, of Kim berly, reports: "Today arrived eight women and twenty-four children from Potchef stroom by the train. They had a terrible tale to tell of how they were dragged away by Kafirs, thrust into jail, after being kept somhetime without food, taken by soldiers to Kimberly. When they arrived there their clothes were in rags, having been torn by sol diers. Two of them had been subject ed to indignities. Some of them were widows; two had husbands in the army. I was glad to be able to get them some food, which they badly needed." An other correspondent describes the ar rival of six poor women from the same district in miserable plight. 'wo wom en who had suffered from the violence of soldieis were taken to the hospital for treatment. A nursing sister, who has just arrived at Harlemfrom Africa, gives hai-rowing accounts of the condi tion of many victims of soldiers. An other letter relates how two young Imothers who were brought into recon centrado camp were not allowed to take infants four and six months old with them. _ _ _ _ _ Charged With Brutality. Mr. Elward 0. Dean, of Spartan burg, who is well knowa in Charleston, where he wasn engaged as a newapaper reporter first on the .Evening Post and later on the News and Courier, is in serious trouble in New York. Mr. Dean has been for some time employed as a nurse in Bcllevus Hospital. On Man day, he, with two other nurses were dramned from the institution because of brutal treatment of an inmate of the insane pavilion. The patient, L H. Hiilliard, died last Wednesday, and the coroner of New York has sworn out warrants for the arrest of the three nurses, charging them with responsibil ity for his deattn. .Dean had not been arrested at last reports, but detectives were looking for him. The case will be folly investagated by the coroner to de termine whether death was die to the :ll treatment received at the hospital. Sensationalism Rum Mad. Thne Methoiist church of Austin I.1., was fill Sunday evening in answer to a want advertisemnent asking f ar 500~ girls to attend the services. "if I Were a Girl" was the subject of the sermon delivered by the pastor, the Rev. A. N. White. He said, in part: '1f I were a girl I would seek for the foundation principles that would bring to me a pretty face, form and dress, without the use of paint or powder or Arts of the tailor. I would seek to have a sound, healty body, and in seCuring this I would be temperate in the use of earamels and 'fudges.' I would use more Indian clubs and tennis rackets and less of the dance raeket." The girls seemed pleased with the sermon. A Woman's Secret. An extraoriinary story of a woman's serrible secret at last revealed comes from Ostend, Belgium. Three work men were tried about seven years ago and found guilty of having committed a series of crimes, among them the murder of an aged woman at Haut mond. Although they declared their innocence until the last moment, one of them was sentenced to imprisonment for life and the others were guillotined. Now a woman named Souinange has just denoun ced her husband, 1who she says committed the crimes. Sae is said to be quite sane and the authorities are investugating the charges. In the Philippines. The news from Manila today is the same old story of a rush of na.ives to swear allegiance, and incidentally of battles in which from two to a dossa heathen are transformed into corpses. Periodically for twenty years past we have been hearirg about the rebellion in South American countries being over, and it begins to look lhke the peo pie who live twenty years hence will recognize a familiar ring jin the news from the Philippines.