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.