The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, August 07, 1901, Image 1
xvi7. MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY, AUT7,10NO2
TRAIN ROBBERS
4A a Blunder Wnereby the Ex
press Comparty Profited.
ATTACKED THE WRONO CARS
And Obtained No Bo.>Ay Had to
Run Before Rectifying Mis
take. Lot of Scared
Passengers.
The Baltimore and Ohio passenger
train fromithe east, which was due to
arrive i: the Grand Central station,
Chicago, at 9 o'!ook Wednesday night,
was held up by five masked men at 8
o'clock between Edgemore and Grand
Calumet Heightr, Indiana, 31 miles
out from Chicago. One of the mail
oars which contained no money, was
dynamited and wrecked. The attempt
at robbery was made after the two mail
oars had been detached from the train
and run a quarter of a mile ahead. The
failure of tne robbers to make a rich
haul was due to the fact that the ex
press car, which contained the train'S
treasure, was in an unusual plane. It
was the third car in the train. After
wrecking the mail oar and obtaining no
booty, the robbers disappeared in the
darkness without attempting to rectify
their mistake. The only loot that they
carried awaywith them as result of their
adventurs was the gold watch of the en
gineer.
The train was the New York and
Washington vestibuled limited. Most
of the trainmen were shot at and had
narrow escapes from the bullets. No
person was irjnred either by the dy
namite or firearms. The place where the
robber cocured is a lonely district in
which few people live and houses are
far between. No better place fora train
robbery could be desired by the robbers.
The train was running at the high rate
of speed as it passed Calumet Heights
and immediateiy after passing o-t of
sight of the station Engineer J. W.
Collins saw directly in front of his
engine a large fire on which some rails
had been placed. He slowed down and
as he did so, three men wearieg masks
over their. faces jumped into the cab
and covered Callins and his fireman,
James Whipple, with revolvers. Just
before claiming into the cab the three
men commenced to fire with their revol
vers, in order to firighten away all as
sistance. The shots produced the
liveliest kind of a panic in the sleeping
oars, where the passengers made evers
effort to hide their money and valu
ables before the robbers could get a.
them. No attempt was made, however,
to rob any of the passengers. The fu
sillade had the effect of making them
keep inside of the csrs.
After mounting into the cab of the
engine the robbers, covering the en
gine and fireman with their revolvers,
made them step down and go back the
length of two cars. They ordered the
men to uncouple the first two cars,
which uas done. They then hustled
the two trainmen back into the cab,
and, still keeping the engineer ecvered
.with revolvers, directed him to pull up
some distance from the rest of the
train. Collins ran up to 200 feet and
was then directed to stop. He did so,
and while ene of the men remained to
guard him, the others jaml cif, and
hurling dynamite at the door of the car
which they julged to be the express
car, burst open the door. Hastily
climbing into get at the safe they were
astonished to find that they had broken
into a mail car. They threatened the
engineer with death for not telling them
that the cars which he had uncouple I
were not express-cars and ordered him
to return at once and uncouple the next
car cehind the baggage cars. Climb
ing once more into his cab, which the
fireman was made to uncouple at the
rear end, and still with the muzzle of
the revolver at his head, Collins was
ordered to run down the track, as be
fore. He drew away from the balance
of the train about the same distance as
on the first occasion, and the robbers,
still leaving him under the charge of
one of the number, made for this car.
When they reached it they found to
their great wrath that they had attack
ed another mail car and that it con
tained no money. The train had been
delayed now fully 30 minutes, and fear
ing that if they delayed any longer help
would be coming to the train etew, the
robbers gave up their attempt to rob
the train, and jumping down ran into a
thicket of scrub oaks at the side of the
track and disappeared. The train was
hastily made up, and came on to Chica
go, arriving there somewhat late, a stop
having been made at Whiting to report
the robbery. Officers were at once sent
after the robbers, and w-.thin an hour
after the robt ery a large posse was on
the trail.
Charles A. Cross, conduetor of the
tramn, brought into the city several
sticks of dynamite thn~t 'tai been left
by the robbers at the side of the track.
"I heard scmie one sho:ing." said the
conductor, and "looked cut to see what
was the matter. I saw the engineer
and fireman running down the tra~k
followed by three men. I had no time
to look at m~re than that, for I saw
two flash s of fiame close to the car and
a bullet went by my head as one of
them called out, '%e p yeur head irn
tliere if vzu adut wan: it blown off."
"Certaimne, 1 said, and I puled it in
as quickly as I knew hcw. I saw that
the men ware making a mistske in
getting the wrong cars, so when I heard
them go cff up the rack, I exj;:c:d to
hear them com~e back again ia a few
minutes, which they di. Rovzer,
they had no b.:tter Bud at that trae
than on the first trip, and it was not a
r >bhery <,f much preti: to them. I
think there were more than threez men
engaged in the robbery, for I saW twio
other men standirg oes:de the tra:k,
jnst at the tine the er~gineer pulled out
with the two cars. T hey evidently saw
that their cono~ bad made a mei
take and jun-ei that delays were dan
gerous. for at ter shou ing something to
the men who were with the engineer
and firemen, they ran into the bashes."
F. A A'plegs:e, of Noak Ohio,
was thei exprese mesengr, an.d was
alone m his eu:. He had no idsta
a robbery was being attempted ua.t he
heard the shooting on the~ ou' i'. H
then seized a Winchester rifi m, and
climbing on top of the safe, awaited
developments, determined to make the
best fi;ht in his power. He was not
molested in any way, however. He
said there was considerable gold and
silver in the car and that the robbers
might have secured a rich booty if
they had come to the right place.
"I had no idea of what I was going
to do," eaid Applegate, "except that I
had made up my mind that there was
going to be be a fight and that I was go
ing to do the best I could."
Local express officers refused to say
how much money there was in the car.
It is estimated that $50,000 was stored
in the express car and it is believed the
robbers knew of the large amount of
money and valuables aboard.
THE FAMOUS LOOP
Of the Brooklyn Explained by Two
Noval Officers.
The statement exclusively made to
The Herald by Captain Francis A.
Cook, in which he unequivocally de
nounces as outrageously incorrect the
charges that the Brooklyn, in turning,
ran two miles to the southward, con
tinues to attract much attention from
naval officers here.
These have rot been slow to recog
nize the importance of that statement,
for if is can be proved that the Brook
lyn turned as quickly as her tactical
diameter would permit, and which her
commander no asserts she did, then the 1
whole fabri3 of accusation against Rtar <
Admiral Schley for "caitiff flight" dar- i
irg the battle, must come tumbling <
back upon the he ads of his accusers. 1
Moreover, if Captain Cook's claim is t
proved, naval (fli.er3 here say, it will 1
reduce to insigniicance the tenth para- <
graph of Secretary Loug's precept to e
the court of inq'iiry, the one involving
the colloquy tetween Rear Admiral i
Schley aad the Brooklyn na7igator, t
Lieutenant Commander A. C. Ilagson z
arid the "Pat your helm to port" order a
of one, and the "You mean to star
board" reply of the other, will lzso the
importance which hitherto attached to
this alleged conversation. t
Captain Cook today refused to am
pli'y his statement and said that he 1
must decline to say anything mole on
the subject.
THE ABOVE CONFIR31ED.
Lieutenant Commander Hodgson,
who is now stationed he:e, at first posi
tively refused to say a word for publica
tion, but after it hid been pointed out
that his former comatanding officer had
made the statement, he consented, al
though with evidenct reiuctance, to ap
pear in ;rint, and substanisted Cap
Lain Coot's statement in positive sen
tences.
"I was on the bridge of the Brook
lyn," he said, "and therefere had fall z
opportunity of observing all that was
going on.
"To my p; rionalknowledge, the helm I
was kept hard aport during the whole
time of turning tue loop until eased up
to parallel the couisc of the Viscays,
then about 2.S00 3ards away on the
starboard bow. As the Brooklyn's
tactical diameter is only about 600
yards, she therefore could not have run
further than 600 yards to the south
ward."
As some other witneses of the Brook
lyn's manoeuver have estimated the dis
tance she ran to the southward all the
way from two to five miles, it will be at
once recognized how extremely impor
taat for .Rsar Admiral Schley's casei
the recent etatement of Captain Cook1
and this supporting testimony of his
navigating cficer.
Since the order of the navy depart
ment establishing the court of inquiry
was issued every naval officer now here
who was in any way concerned with the
cont roversy re~uses to discuss any phase
of the affair.
GRAPHIC STORY OF THE "L.OOP.
But one who was on the Brooklyn
during the battle gave in a- personal
conversation this graphic description<
of the scene immediately after the yes-t
sel had completed her famous loop:
"As we straightened out on a course
parallel with that of the enemy," hei
said, "I noticed that we had three of
the Spanish ships in line abreast, the t
leading vessel being off our starboardc
bow. Every gun of the Brooklyn's
starboard battery was blazing, and the
smoke from them hid everything astern.
I looked around to see what our othere
ships were doing, but could see none oft
them, the rolling clouds of Emoke from
some of our guns obscuring everythingc
astern and to a point well for ward of
our starboard quirter.
"'I turned to Captain Cook, who was
standing near, and said: 'We are pretty
lonesome out here.' He glanced back, I
and jost then we. both saw what first
looked like a small tidal wave-a ridget
of water with foam boiling about it. As 1
we stared at the apparition which came(
out of the fog like smoke lying out our
starboard quarter the geat gray bowst
of a battlesnip came into view, and we
knew then that wave which puzzled usI
was the bow wave which the Oregont
was carrying in her whirlwind rush for'.
the enemy. The thunder of our own I
guns had drowned the crashing broad
sides of that splendid battieship, and
not until then did we know that the1
Oregon was atywhere near us."
Big Military Prade.
Aejuaat Gienr Fiord and Assist-t
ant A:jtesL General Frost ha re
ceived notice from Charleson of theiri
selection as chairman arid vice e;ar-ri
man, respec-iely, of tue comamriitcee
a-:kcd by t~e expoition company to
arrage for a big military day at thei
exposition this tall or winter. Already
much intera-t is boik mtnifet oy I
the military aw-hornties in arid out et I
Ch:lestor, and it w-as siate-d yesterday
Jast the militia of Norh Carolinsi --nd
Georgia flave aircae?' si:gn.dad trj
Iwillicg iess to vLit rtc expai i Ti
th-e timae and Lake pmr in the2 tuintary
d.uplay.. The demi of the mniiary
:tature are yet to be wso:ked ou., how
ever, a:d i.is :4s uul ely thiat a gvn
eral invitajion sill be issued to mihttia
ecnpwnies from? al S:-.tes to ctme and
take par;. in the ni?aary events wihih]
it is n.u thiought wiU e.xtxend cver an
entire wee. 1
M~ay andJ iLecember.
The maniiecof M:,. Mary \Jathews,
aged ~ i >ess, to Mr. Be'n lHarroson,
aged :i ,Oes, is reportoi tren Con- 1
ysGa. Thle L'irriv~g is sei.4 to havei
.c.urred reeenuy. T'i in anothenr iu-1
-ancos o t he wuion of May anid D~e- j:
crmhw ]
AN UNLIKELY TALE.!
Aguinaldo TelLs How He Was
Taken Prisoner
BY OENERAL FUN STON.
What the L!ttle Yeilew General
Says About His Capture
in Everybody's Mag
Szine.
Palanan is a little village of houses
built of bamboo and thatched with nips,
situated on the banks of the river which
bears the same name, and soms six
miles distant from the seashore. It is
in one of the most isolated places in the
province of Isabela, in Northern Luzon.
rhere are no ways of communication
ith the outside world except rough
rails or footpaths that lead over the
nountains to the west, to Ilagan, or
oath to Casiguran, and its peacefal
opulation of some twelve hundred
souls has heard very little of the tide of
var which for four years has desolated
ur country. Nevertheless when I first
ent there with my companions and
mr little bind of folowers, in the
nonth of September, 1900, 1 was re.
,eived with enthusiasm by thess simple,
tospitable people, and everything that
hey had was placed at my disposal. I
as accompanied by Dr. Santiago Bar
:elona and Col Simon Villa, my chief of
taff. We had some seventeen soldiers,
ho had followed us in all our wander
ngs over the mountains and through
he forests of Northern Luzon. B.ir
acks were furnished for these soldiers,
nd a house was set apart for the re:i
lence of myself and my companions.
We lived here qnietiy for several
reeks, enjoying the few diversions in
he way of amucement That the villhge
ould off:r. There was a f airy capable
land of music, and on Saturday and
Sunday afternoons it was accustomed to
ive concerts in the plaz: in front of
y house, followed sometimes by a
lance in the parish house, next to the
burob, for the young people of the
rillae.
This continutd until November 23,
when we received word that a force of
bout fifty Americans was in the moun
sins not far off, apparently coming to
ajanan. We hasily concealed all
ocumerts and papers and other things
rhich might reveal our presence-in the
own, and then left the visage and went
to the mountains nearby, where we
emained in hiding until the Americans
rent away, two or three days later.
Then we returned to the village and re
umed our tranquil cxistence. Not long
fer this occurrence or forces w6re
ugmented by the arrival of some forty
nen sent me by command of Major
1asario Alhambra.
Daring all this time we received the
danila newspapers with more or less
egularity, altnough they were always I
ionsiderable delayed in reaching us.
: had the amusing experience of read
ng on several occasions the reports of
fly own death, and subsequently a de
ailed account of an imaginary adven
ure in Cavite last December in which
was said to have narrowly escaped
eing captured.
In January of this year Col Villa,
rho was growing tired of our peaceful
nd uneventful life, asked me to give
im command of forces in the field in
ny province of Lusan, and it was de
ided between us and Dr Barcelona to
cake requisition on the commanding
dcer of our forcess in Central Luzon
'or a reinforcement of four hundred
nen. It was my intention to put these
nen under the command of Col Vjils
ud to confer upon him the command
f the military district of the valley of
he Cagayan, which included the three
>roviners of Cagayan, Isabela and
ieva Niscaya. At the same ime it
ras decided to send orders to Brig Gen
reodoro Sandiko, directing him to come
o Palanan to relieve Col Villa as chief
if-staff.
Accordingly, with this in view, I
ent, on January 15, Private Cecilio
legismundo, a man throughly acquaint
d with the country in Contral ILuzon,
o deliver several letters addressed to
he officers who were in command of
r guerilla forces in that territory.
We had no news whatever from our
nessenger until March 20, upon which
ate I received two sealed packages,
rhich were delivered to me by a man
rem Casiguran, a town about fifty miles
oth of Palanan. These packages con
ained two letters, one from Gen Ur
lano Lakuna and the othr from Lieut
jol Hilario Tal Placido. Gen Lakuna
aid in his letter, which was addressed
o me, that in accordance with my
aders of January 12 he was sending
ne one of his best guerilla companies,
nder command of Lieut Col Hilaria
Ial Placedo and Capt Lizare Segovia,
oth of whom he recommended for im
ediate promotion in recognition of the
aliant and very valuable services
rhich they had rendered.
Theo letter of [al Placido was dated~
n Casiguran on Mnroh 17. In it heI
aid that, while on the march. near the
own of Pontabangan, he nad er-'ca
rd a psr~y of ten Anuericans er:ogx<
n naking maps and t aat in vio.s~ of te
rfric< y of the eacmfs force e a
ttackd them and tad succade in
~ifl:g andi scaundag five of tiic:, tak
og the other tive pno~s The dead
nfd wound-d he hai leit on the iied,
ut the iriinoners were now wn~h nis
oe. Tne letter went on to sty that
h ' had exhsusted their suple nnd
'e tnoughtE it would be utemrv to
iothe nnt> rest a few da:-s ic
ai'ur-" ard hjrsge for more pro
ImmedAtely upon receoigt of this lrt
r t diree ed Col Via to rely to i,
a o sa.y thast in view of the cirouni
;tances it wouli not be wise to permit
hese American ;risocts to comeo ito
falaan, for the reanon t'nt in the
vnt that they were set free or cnn
.rived to escape they would be ale to
erve as guide-i to Lbris their coury
xngj. do'wn to us. it sconad bette
tha' the~ prion.-:~:s huld be n.
place catiied Dieaun-luokan, whYi
s sooit nye mdeis ;ro n x'ima,
ider a guari of eleven soldie-rs co..
iia~ded by a sergean:, who e~ui is
gan, the capital of the province of Isa
bela, u:.ir cover of the darkness. Once
Ilacan they were to be liberated.
On the evening of March 22 another
communication received from Col Tal
Placido, in which he informed Col
Villa of his arrival with his forces at a
paee called Dibacal, distant about six
.Hiles from Palanan. He also said that
his men were completely worn out with
the fatigue and hardships of the march,
and that they had not so much as a
grain of rice to cat in the last twenty
four hours. I begged me to send him
a supply-of rice at once, so that he could
continue the march early in the morn
ing of the next day. In accordance
with this request I sent him a quantity
of rice that same evening by a party of
Negritos.
The morning of March 23 was passed
in making preparations for the forma
tion cf a Red Cross L-ague among the
ladies who had come up from Casiguran
for my birthday. With this obj ct Dr
Barce!ona had sent them an invitation
to come to my house at 3 o'clock in the
afternoon.
About 2 o'clock in the afternoon I
saw Tal Placido's men crossing the Pal
anan River in small boats, and at once
dire cted Col Villa to send Capt Tomas
Magsariio to salute the newcomers and
weliome them in my name. Col Villa
also arranged that the soldiers of my
personal guard, who were not on duty,
should fire the proper military salutes.
IL was not long before the new troops,
some eighty five in number, entered the
village of Palanan and halted in the
plaza in front of my house, about twen
ty soldiere of my guard were drawn up
waiting to receive them. It was abut
3 o'clock. The newcomers were dressed
in the regular uniform of the Filipinos
army and were armed with Mausers,
R mingtons and one or two Keags. The
officers, C2l Tal Piacido and Capt Sego
via-the latter a Peninsular Spanisr1
then came into my house. After the
usual salutations I asked them what
sort of a journey they had had. To
this S:govia replied that it had been
taccedi:gly hard, atd that they had not
had twenty four hourb' rest since Feb
rusry 24, the date of their departure
rom Nueva .ija. Segovia then told
me that he had been at one time the
adjutant of the Spanish Gen Llanera,
and had seen me then, but I have no
ecollections of having seen him before
this occasion.
After talking with Tol Piaoido and
egovit, for fifteen or twenty minutes I
gava orders that the newly arrived men
be allowed to fail out and go to rest in
garters which had been prepared for
hem. Capt Segovia immediately left
,he house and returned to the place
here his men were drawn up waiting
or him. As he came up to them Sego
nia shouted, in a loud voice, an order
which we did not hear distinctly and
lid not understand. Instantly his men
>egan to shoot at the soldiers of my
guari, taking them completely by sur
prise.
When the firing began not suspecting
any plan against myself, I thought it
was a salute with blank cartridges and
saving this in mind, I rag to the win
Liw and cried several times, "Cease
i:in !' Bat seeing that tie firing con
inued and that the bullets from the
:fbsa of the attacking party were direct
d against me as well as against the
soldiers of my guard, I for the first time
calized thmat the newcomers were ene
mies. I hurriedly left the window and
can into another room in the hope
af finding some means of escape, but I
saw at once that the house was already
srrounded. Then I seiamd a revolver,
atending to defend .myflelf, but Dr.
Barcelona threw both armsi around me,
rying out, "Don't sacrilce yourself I
rho country needs your life." Thus I
vas prevented from carrying out my in
~ention. Col Villa ran from the house
~n an attempt to break through the lines
~f the enemy and rally our men, but he
was shot three times and finally taken
prisoner.
When the firing commenced Tal
Placido threw himself down on the floor
to avoid the bullets, but now he got up
and told us that we were Irisoners of
the Americans, who, he said, were on
the other side of the river with four
hundred American soldiers and would
soon be here. Just at this time several
af Tal Placido's soldiers came into the
house shouting, ''Harrah for the Maca
bebe:-1" and surrounded Barcelona and
myself. A little later five Americans,
ill armed with carbines, came into the
room where we were. They came up to
us and one of them asked, "Which of
you is Aguinaldo?" As soon as I had
been identified by the Americans I was
placed, with IDr. Barcelona and Col
Viilla, in one of the rooms of the house
and guards were posted at all the win
iows and deors, under command of one
)f the Ameericans. The other four
&mericans then began to search the
house for whatever papers and docu
uents might be there.1
We were then informed that our cap
ors were Gen Funston, Capts Newton
tnd Bazzard and Lieuts Hazzard and
itchell.
Huge Cost of The War.
In the house of commons Thursday
Lnrd Ltanley', the finnancial secretary
)' the war offie, replying to a ques
tsad Athe cost of the war in Sout)
A fri fm April 1 to July 31 was 35,
~> 000) p:;uede, partly chargeable
siv.:he deficit of last year. The
I3 ccst in July was 13250,000 pounds
me.cly. T.e statement was greeted
1vi cmic Irs cheers. The chan
ccje of th excheqgmer, Sir Michael
t4 's B'sach, said if the war continued
:? thcame cost for the next three
o* .h it would necessitate spending
ie whale of trne resrve ne had provid
f fr b ancinug the third quarter, but
dhdrason to hope that this would]
Snot be nsry.
Married by a Womnan.
An mu ing iD-ident occurred at the
co cd Squire Bailes' some days ago,
m.Elai noted as the "marrying
Ti." ot long ago the ' equire."
away from hvome, an't a couple drove
upc to the house sod wranted to be mar
dei a: on ce. Th~e 'aquire's wife thought,
ie the .ttended to the busness of theI
phe.Wai' dutring her lord's absence,1
ne coutld ateod to cha too. So she
rwr:ied th e coup!k in due form. The'y
se:e ~ficJ. But a few drays later
:Mfz her of the bide heard that Mrs.
Base& was the cificisting clerg;yyman,
so to sp- ar, and he drz've to the county
sac prcured a license and had the
cuple married over again by a min
CERVERA SAYS t
He Thinks Admiral Schley Ac. c
t
complished Fully the t
WORK ALLOTTED TO HIM. t
And Therefore, It Does Not Seem
to Him That There is Any
I
Room for Adverse i
t
Cirticism.
Immediately after Secretary of the B
Navy Long issued the order convening I
the court of inquiry that is to pass
upon the charges and criticisms against
Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley f
concerning his conduct during the '
treat naval campaign off Santiago the I
New York Journal ordered its special
iorrespondent in Paris to interview
Admiral Cervera, who commanded the j
Spanish fleet that met destruction in f
that memorable conflict. The inter- E
view with the illustrious Spaniard is
here presented:
When I presented myself to the illus- e
trious Spsnish warrior, Admiral Cer- c
Vera, with a word of commendation a
from the Marquis de Noailles, first sec- f
etary of Spain's embassy in Paris, the
warm grasp of the old sea dog's hand t
was such as would favorably decide any e
loubtful voter.
I c nveyed to the admiral the kind t
inquiries from his numerous friends in
&merica.
Devining the purpose of my visit, he t
remarked: a
"You know your metier well." o
'Yes," I rejoined; "I took a post a
raduate course at Madrid before the n
pvar." n
After this, expressed in the picture
sque language of Spain, the house was
nine.
"I have a large family," said the ad- s
niral, "and I am taking sulphurous j
aths an drinking the waters of Vichy,
rying to get rid of a liver complaint f
Contracted during the Spanish-Ameri- t:
an war." t
Rugged as Thomas Carlyle, sun 8
>rowned as the ideal sailor, loosely t.
tressed as the country squire among t
is oxen, highforeheaded as Shakes f
>eare, Admiral Cervera would be a lion s
n a city many times larger than this y
uvergnian to vn that is famed the a
orld over for its mineral waters. d
the admirial is staying at the Hotel b
lea Alpes, a modest hostelry with a c
argo garden and a profusion of flowers, a
3e received me in a drawinrg room, a
hich for i:s specklessness and sim- ff
)licity seemed to have been patterned si
after a Trappist monastery. t,
When the conversation had veered a
o the subject that is uppermost at the p
resent time in the minds of Ameri 81
tans, the admiral said: e
"Actions speak. The good old pro- ti
verb is 'Actions speak louder taan o
ords,' Why not apply it to Admiral f
Schley? c
"Understand that what I say is in t
ight of this distiracion. As a Spani- t"
rd I look upon that war as being as tj
ijust as the war which England is ti
tow waging against the Beer republics si
?eronally, I shall never forget the ri
~enerous and courteous treatment that t)
as accorded to me by the Americans . s
nud particularly by Admiral Schley a
"He impressed me as a gallant offi- b
~er and a high minded gentleman to the al
ulleat sensa of the phrase.
"A priori, I should say that a man of f,
oble principle. and generous impulses k
sannot be a coward. To much men I n
would look rather for Castilian bray- fa
ry.
"The naval battle of Santiago w as
ihort and decisive-so short that there
ws no time for any exchange of com- 3
liments; so decisive that I can hard- d
y believe that cowardice was thinkable. .
[he fight was over in about three hours i
ad three quarters.
"Had I been captured in the days of o
mnient Rome my back might have a
aeen used as am stepping place for the 8:
ongueror mounting his horse.8
"Admiral Schley treated men on is
erms of absolute equality. g
"His flagship, the Brooklyn, was a
rest in the blockading line, and was I
~herefore the most exposed. She was
mgaged in a running fight with the e
icaya and the Colon. When the e
Brooklyn and the Oregon got within a
range of the Colon they opened fire and r.
;he latter was compelled to run ashore. j
[he Christobal Colon struck her colors i
e the Brooklyn and the Oregon.
"The Brooklyn, holding the western ti
>lockading position, was within range ,
>f our ships and batteries all the time, e,
hough our shirs lacked certain thinga n
ecessary for full effectiveness. Ad- j
niral Schley showed ability and c
horoughness.
"It is a case of demonstrated valor
igainst possible bravery. It is a case
>f the difierence between the act an d
he possibihity, or, as the old philoso-0
hers used to say, between the esse and
he posse. t
"The philosophical axiom which I 1
earned in my school days, namely, 'A
yosse ad actum non valet consecutio
to be able to do a thing is not the ~
ame as doing it'), probably applies to
his case
"I don't know Admiral Sampson and a
have no comnment to make upon him.
~cut ships went stright to work, prob- ti
bly without mach commandiag. a
"Admiral Schley accomplished fully
he work allotted to him, and, there
ore, it does not seem to me that there
e any room for t~dverse criticism--at a
east, from the American side."
SOME MIORE TESTIMONY. d
The Madrid reprctentative of The e
fournal and Advertiser has obtained an b
terview from Captain Ditz Morcu, U
iho commanded the Cristnbal Colon 1
Luring the naval cornflict off Santiago, v
says Captain Moren in reference to the ~
novments of Admiral Schleyt:t
"All the Americsn oflicers, without ci
xception, did their duty in the naval tI
attle off Santiago. So did we, al
hogh it is certain that we were van
usned by superiority of force. It is it
~bsurd ard unpatriotic to make any t<
xc ption in the case of Admiral Sehley. rt
t is absurd because the Brooklyn was li
n the thick of the fight throughout. e<
ihe was at the mouth of the harbor gi
vheu we tried to pass out and engaged w
m with a terrific fire, doing frightful i
Lamagn to the end. In the pursuit of p:
he Cristobal Colon we surrendered to
he Brooklyn 45 miles west of Santi
go.
"The Brooklyn was the first to en- -
ounter us as we were coming out and
he first to lead in the pursuit, and she
ept up the lead, with the Oregon vast
y aiding. The Brooklyn landed a
hell just ahead of my ship and, with c
he Oregon helping her there was noth
og left f )r me to do but run ashore. ]
"The Brooklyn's conduct was brave, t
ence Commodore Schley was brave. 1
Ichley was on post, where he was put t
y Sampson. After the battle corn
enced each commander acted accord- i
og to circumstances, and events show x
hat the Brooklyn bore a brave part. I i
hould say that Schley was not only r
rave but very competent, as is Samp- c
on, whom I know personally. I don't a
now Schley, but I am a friend of Cap- c
sin Cook, of the Brooklyn, whose pho
ograph I have. On theoback of it you ]
an read the following: 'Daty to our f
ags brought us together in strife. r
.he sea made us friends. May God t
reserve your life and give to you that t
aeasure of blessing which your courage r
o richly deserves.'
"Of all the American ships the
3rooklyn was the most exposed to our
re and to that of our batteries.
chley's own report was a model of
lain, sailor-like and gentlemanly state
ients. Schley directed that our offi
ers retain their personal effects. A t
oward is never generous. The sug- 1
estion of cowardice probably comes
rom cowards.
"I have read in El Mundo Naval t
hat this attack upon an honorable 1
aval offic:r has a low political basis.
'he navy should be left outside of poli
ics.
"Admiral Sampson's own official re
ort is evidence of the Brooklyn's ac
Lve part and of S3hley's competency
nd bravery. The adverse criticism is
bviously an afterthought. As a
aval officer I deplore it because the t
avy should be as sensitive as a wo- a
ian about its honor."
Frogs and a Snake Play.
The Anderson Intellikencer is re
ponsible for the following story: "A
3w evenings ago, one of citizens, a
!hile sitting on his piazza on East t
oundary street, noticed that pedes
ians passing under the arc light on
ie corner of fiast Boundary and River
.reets would invariably halt and go
irough the motion of throwing some
ling from the sidewalk with their
et. The citizen grew curious and t
alked over to the light to invesdgate. t
That he saw he couid scarcely believe, 9
ad fearing lest his recital should be t
isredited he called tw3 of his neigh- a
ora, a gentleman and young lady, as
: witnesses. Under the arc light were t
bout a hundred frogs forming a circle
ad in this circle was a snare. The
ogs were not croaking, nor was the
isae hissing. Every fellow appeared 1
be attending to his own business
ad all seemed in a good humor and
rfeetly happy. Racalling the univer
ii belief that snakes are the mortal
aemies of frogs and that frogs are
ought to be a dainty meat for snakes,
ar citizens eat down to watch the per
>rmance. In a short time it was dis
>vered that there was no enmity be
een the snake and frogs, but all were
iere for a common friendly purpose,
ie snake being the centre of attrac.
on. Miriads of bugs are attracted by I
ie arc light and circle round and
und it till their wings are singed, and
ion drop to the ground. It was no
ced that as they dropped the snake
aid frogs would jump for them, there
sing a lively competion between them
i to which would get the bug first.
.fter watching this rather singular per
>rmance for some time, our citizens
illed the snake. It was an upland
occasin, and measured about three
Wild Scenes in Court.
The first lynching in the history of
ekalb county Ala., was recorded Fri- ~
y when Charley Davis, the man who
as charged with assaulting Miss
ate Haes last Sunday evening was i:
iken from the court house by a mob a
'about 25 people and hanged about a
quarter of a mile from towen. The as
mit on Miss Hues was committed last
andy evening and Davis' trial was be
ig held today. When the witness be
sin to give his testimony the friends
rid relatuves of the girl arose to make
ir the prisoner. For a time there were
ild scenes and the people were much
rited. The prisoner made an effor tod
scape by jumping from the second
~ory window of the court room. Seve
ml pistol shots were fired in the con
ision, but Davis was captured before
e could jnmp. The sheriff, one of
is deputies and a constable who were
ying to prevent the lynching, togethe I
ithe the father of the defendant, were 1
verely injured in a clash with thet
ob. -The wounded officers are Sheriff
D. Odum, Deputy Biob Odum anda
onstable Maney Pass. i
Drunken Fish3.
Thousand of drunken fish in Maiden 1
eek afforded great amusement to
undreds of people along the banks of
ie stream at Reading, Pa., one day
st week. The distillery and ware
ouse of Aron Dunkle at Barkley were
urned and two hundred barrels of p
hiskey were emprted into the water. 'j
ass, carp, catfiirh, sun-fish and eels
osted on the surface. Some were lively
ad kicking, while others were stupe-a
ed and still. Tubs of fish were cap.
ired before they got over their spree g
ad returned to quarters. 6i
Wanted to Commit Suicide. r
Mrs. Hazel Wood, of Omaha, Neb.,
young widow, who attempted suicide
t week bEciuse she owed a small
bt, proves to be an heiress to an
tate in Omnaha valued at $7 500, left t
v her father who died last November
Tallahassee. Fla. The will, made in
378, before Hazel was bore, after pro-t
ding for a son, directs that the re-t
aiD der of the este, valued $7,500, go d
his widow and after her death to anyt
ildren she may have. Mrs. Wood is t
ec principal legattee under the will.
omebody has started the following on 0
s round for publiention, and it is close
the facts, so we will give it to our
aders: "The hog is the mortgage
her, the sheep the farm fertilhzer, the tl
4W the barn builder, the hen the e;
oery bill payer. This quartette, e
ith a man and a woman not afraid for '7:
Le work in caring for them will insue w
enspeityoan any farm." a
A JUDGE PLEADS IN VAIN.
rwo Women and a Man Lynchi
for Brutal Murder.
R T Taliaferro and wife, of Carrolltc
ounty, Miss., were found dead in be
ednesday with their heads split ope1
:t is thought the murder was commi
ed by negroes out of revenge for ti
ecent killing of a negro man who a
empted to poison the family. A di
>atch from Carrollton says the mu
ler of Mr. and Mrs. Taliaferro on
ninated Thursday night in the lynol
ng of Betsie McCray, her son Belfie]
deCray, and daughter Ida MoCray, a
colored. The mob was composed
bout 500 white citizens of Carrollte
county, who marched to the jail in o
ler, demanded the keys from Jaili
)ake, proceeded to the cells of the i
ortunate negroes, bound them by ti
teck and hands and carried them I
he corporate limits of the town, whet
hey hung them to a tree by the publ:
oadside and riddled their bodies wit
iullets.
The mob resisted the earnest appea
f Judge W. F. Stephens and Hon. \
L. Hill, who stood on'the steps of tl
all and appealed to the mob in tl
tame of law and order. They even fo
owed the mob to the cell doors wil
heir arms around the necks of t1
eaders, pleading to let the law tal
as course, but with no effect. Id
dcCray confessed to the knowledge
he murder, and stated that her moth
3etsie and brother Belfield helped con
nit the murder. She further impl
sated others who will probably meet
ike fate. Betsie McCray rbfused I
nake any statement. (ov. A. I
. ongino arrived on the scene by spea
al train from Jackson just a few mi
ites after the hanging.
Judge Stevens and Mr. Hill went i
he j ii early in the day to examit
nd iL vestigate the Tallaiferro killin
end report to the people in the couw
souse before the jury of inquest shoul
troceed with their work. This the
ere doing in- a quiet and sucoessfi
nanner when it was learned thi
aout 75 men, growing impatient
he delay, had organized themselvt
nto a mob and were to come to t0
ail and take the suspects out. Tk
ommittee immediately went to th
ourt house and called the people t<
ether. Mr. Hill, Mr. L. M. Souti
north and Senator George addresse
hem and told them what they. wei
rying to do. They seeme.d fairly we
atisfied when they were assured thi
he negroes would not be spirite
way, and that the final investigatio
could be had in public in the coaw
louse.
The peace committee proceeded i
he jail to complete its work. The
rorked until 3 o'clock, when an a
ourament was had to report progrei
ad for dinner. The mob continue
inpatient and restless. In the mean
ime, Gov. Longino had telephone
fudge Stevens that he would leas
Fackson for Carrollton on the 2 o'cloo
rain. The committee being apprise
If this, did their best to kill time e
hat the governor might arrive and us
tis infiuence. However, they deeme
t necessary at about 4 o'clock to mak
nother report to the people. Toe
>roceeded to the court house where Mdi
{i reported that the committee ha
ioncluded, after a. faithful and thol
ugh examination that while Belfor
nd Betsy McCray knew that th
Taliaferros were to be killed and ha
,bsented themselves from home s
hat they might prove an alibi, th
nes who had actually committed tb
,eed had not yet been caught, but thi
hey believed that these would finall
ivulge the whole plot. Mr. Hill lel
t to the crowd as to whether the con
ittee should proeed with the invest
ition or drop it and have the jury C
aquest proceed. The crowd was unan
ious in instructing them to procee
rith the investigation.
However, as the crowd was disperi
og from the court house they mi
bout 50 men, armed with shot gar
nd rifles, and who had not been in ti
out house to hear the last repor
These men proceeded to the jail whe1
he deputy sheriff promptly opene
he door [or them. Three men wel
Lp! stairs and brought out Belfori
setsy and Ida McCray. Judge Steveni
desars. Hill and George and other cit
ens begged and pleaded with them:
1id Lynn Taliaferro, the son of ti
nurdered couple, not to kill these n
;roes as they would thereby thwa
he ends of justice. But it was all i
to purpose. The mob took the negroi
nder the hill about a quarter of
nile from town and hanged the thre
iring at least 500 shots into the
lodies, The governor arrived just
he mob was returning. He went I
he court house and addressed a larg
nd saddened crowd. It is believe
E he could have gotten there in tin
te might have prevented the lynohis
The governor returned on the evenir
rain.
A Sad Mishap.
The waves from a passing steam<
ear Central City W. Va.. late Frida
ight upset a small boat containing
leasure party, drowning four people
~heir names are:
Mrs. Fanny Hemming, aged 45.
Kathleen Hemming, her daughte2
ged 14.
Imnogene and Theodore Apperson
randdaughters of M.r. Hemming, age
and 7 years.
Two other occupants of the boat wer
esaued. None of the bodies have bee:
ecovered.
A Big Dividend.
The New York Evening Post say
hat the extra dividend declared re
ently by the First National bank be
yre taking over the National Bank c
he Republic, wras 1,900 per cent. a
he capital stock of $500,000. Thi
ividend was more than large enoug
>enable the stockholders to pay ic
heir share of the new stock to be is
red on the increase of the bank's capi
d to $10,000,000 without the outla;
! other cash.
Nearly Three Million.
The bureau of admissions announcee
'e attendsnee at the Pan-Americal
tposition during the first three months
ading at midnight on July 31, as 2,
24, 908 With the exception of on
eek, the admissions have shown
steady increas.
A FATAL FALL.
d Two Painters Plunged to the Pave
ment from a Scaffold.
d
a. ONE'S SKULL IS CRUSHED
te
t- And the Other, Though His Thigh
e- Ha: a Compound Frac
l
- ture, Lighted a
d
[1 Cigarette.
There was an accident on Main street
Thursday afternoon that made many
r who witnessed it turn their faces away
- for the moment and seemed for a short
0 time to leave all horror-stricken and
inert. As a result one man will pro
e bably be dead before the sun rises this
h morning and the other is badly injured.
The two men, William Parker and
Thomas Lake, both negro painters,
were working upon a swinging painters
' scaffold, on the front of the Robinson
e building on Main street, when the steel
e hook holding the rope supporting the
south end of the ladder pulled out
bringing a portion of the wall with it.
:e Instantly this end of the scaffold fell
e from under the two men and down they
came a distance of some 30 feet to the
concrete pavement below. They struck
the pavement with a thud and both
forms lay there quite still for some
a moments before any who witnessed the
a horror could recover themselves and go
1 to their assistance.
It seems that the men were working
on their "last stretch" on the frons
just above the second story windows.
They had placed the hook too near the
0 south end of the wall and it is said that
e even Ihen it was not all the way en
the wall. The result was that the
weight of the men pulled a portion of
the wall off.
Tom Lake was the first to strike the
a pavement. He fortunately struck the
t wall, breaking his descent somewhat
and saving-his life. As it was his
right arm and shoulder was out slightly
e :nd bruised and his left side was badly
e &ruised, the most serious injury, how
e ever, a compound fracture of the right
thigh, the bone penetrating the flesh.
Tom lives at 921 College street. As
soon as he recovered from the shock he
took the thing quietly. William
i Parker, who was tne heavier man of
t the two, was on the end of the scaffold
d that did not descend and consequently
R fellfromahigher elevation. He pitched
forward and turned a complete somer
sault before he struck the pavement
o squarely upon the top of his head. The
y body then bounded over and the man's
foot hit the pavement. He was, of
ia course, ugonscious from the moment
d he struck the pavement. Lake gives a
vivid description of the flight of his
d companion behind him.
e As quickly as possible the two men
k were picked up and taken across the
I street and upstairs to the office of the
o colored physician, Dr. Lighter. Lake
a was laid on the floor, where after a
I short time he got the man attendigg
e him to wipe the paint and dirt out of
y' his face and then give him a cigarette,
,which hec"Oy lighted and began to
I smoke, tali. -of the accident, despite
-his own seriou~s injuries.
I Parker? was placed upon the operating
e couch. On the top ofhis head a little
I to the right was an ugly hole. Dr.
o Watson, who had been called, came in
e and assisted for a while in the neces
e sary operation. The hair was quickly
,t shaved from about the wound. It was
v one chance for saving the man's life,
t though he was of powerful physique.
- The skull was evidently fractured and
-internal hemorrhage was resulting.
fThe difficult operation of trephining
-was performed and the hemorrhage was
dstopped. The man's big toe on one
foot was also badly broken. Late
Thursday night the physician stated
that he had no hope whatever that
SParker would live theough the night;
Sthat he was much weaker than just be-.
fore the operation, which had been suc
cessful.
Lare was removed to his home and
d rKnall attended him. Dr. Kendall
Lstated late Thursday night that Lake
would pull through all right, but would
"be in bed for a long time to come. The
men were in the employ of a colored
painter named Isaac Perry, who had the
e contract for the painting of the build
'ing.-The State.
0Five at a Birth.
a The Augusta Chronicle say: "Ellen
, ton is just now boasting of a gra in
r crease in population and is only regret
s ting the fact that the increase did not
o take place before the qensus enumera
e made his rounds. The increase took
I place a few days ago on the plantation
e of Mrs. Mary Diets and was in the
g shape of the birth of a quintette of lit
g tle negroes to one mother on the same -
day. The entireoutfitof babies weighed
forty pounds a few hours after birth,
when they were all collected together
r and put on the scale. All of the ba
y bies are robust and give every evidence
a that they will grow up tobe husky and -
strong. Even the white people of the
community are elated that such a great
record should have been made in their
midst."
Sensible Dogs.
jThe dogs in Central Borneo, it seems,
when wishing to cross a river, have
e considerable difficulty in doing so, ow
Sing to the fact that .alligators find them
very toothsome morsels. They, there
fore, collect on the banks and make a
terrific noise by barking and yelping as
loudly as they can. The alligators are
s attracted to the spot by the noise, and
the dogs, as soon as they see diat their
7bait is successful, set off up the bank
at top speed and cross higher up. A
a Boraeo traveller states that he has
a watched this manoeuvre times without
i number.
- Saved from a ktob.
- After and exciting chase from a mob,
Sbent on lynching the prisoners, Sheriff
Magee of Simpson county, Miss., ar
rived in Jackson Thursday, having in
custody Sterling Johnson and Reuben
Tazelle, negroes, who murdered a young
awhite man named Mlangum, near Magee,
Miss., Tuesday night. A mob surround
'ed the jail last night and endeavored to
break down the gate. The sherng cs cap
ed through the back way with the pni