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\I F( VOL. X. ARPHAS LOSTWira lie Is Inclined Just At Present To Be Fighting Mad. WISHES BRANN WERE HERE NOW. Ivoosrvelt-Waslilnctoo Dinner Mas Arouccd tlio Anger of tha Uartow Philosopher. It looks now like my old friend, Evan Howell has lost liis influence with the new president, and 1 have lost my faith. Hope and despair aro sometimes not far apart. Last week I was sanguine, which means hopeful, confident: and now 1 am sanguinary, which mean* fighting mad. "This world is all a fleeting show. For mam's delusion given; And you can't always sometimes most generally tell what is going t > happen." The smartest doctor can't diagn<Ve every case, nor cure a disease^Lf-Tho putient docs not want to be cured. My idol is shattered. I wish that Brann was alive with his Iconoclast. May he he could do justice to the situation and save me the use of language. B ib Toombs said that the fanaticism of our northern brethren about the negro fatigued his indignation, and jest so now our contempt is getting tired. The day nrtrr I read about it I couldn't realize it. nor did I beliovo it was as as pictured. and so I waited for light? morn light?1 had an Idea that Booker Washington in some way happened in about dinner time, and Mr. Roosevelt, having more heart than head, thoughtlessly asked him to sit down at his table. I thought that maybe ho synii aihize I with the man who had done so much for his rare and was tabooed everywhere by white people and hotels and churches and white folks, cars and opera houses, and so his heart got the bettor of his head and ho did it in ,haste and would repeat at his leisure. 1 thought it was just one ease, for the New York Press said it was unique. Then 1 remember, d that Cleveland invital the dusky queen of the Sandwich islands to the white house, any maybe Roosevelt looked upon Hooker Washington as a kind of ambassador or chief of a foreign race, and 1 kept on thinking and hunting around for an explanation or palliation until it was discovered that the ease was n t unique, for lie did a like thing before ?t. \lbany, while he was governor, and that hp sent his children to school with negro children at Oyster Bay. Then 1 iravo it up. Ho has sadly disappointed his fri?nds and dishonored the t-fafe his mother came from and desecrated the president's mansion, it is 11 o longer the white house, hut. 1 iV? the rhaxnrleon. takes any color that cotBff. Now I suppose that Mls3 Washington. who is at Wellesicy collcg*. will he a welcome visitoi at the mansion during her vacation, and maybe Roosevelt's son will fall In love with her and marry her without having t > elope. That is the tendency of this new departure?this unique case. But a hopeful man. an optimist, should wait a few days and ruminate. Time is a good doctor and I am not as mad this morning as 1 was last weak. 1 think n.avbe that it is not as bad a ras* as I think it is. By nature I am a good deal like my good old kind-hearted mother, who gently took everybody's part who was abused. One day my father came home very mad with a man who had mistreated him and when he related his grievance to mother she said; "Maybe the man didn't mean it and will make it all light after while." Father got irritated a little with mother and said: Caroline, I believe you would defend the old devil if he was here on trial." And she said: "Well, 1 have sometimes thought that too much was laid on him." I still believe that Roosevelt Is naturally a good, big-hearted man and ho didn't think that his off e n 1 pes t> limited his private and domestic r-ghts. The white house was his home?h's castle ond lie could ask in or shut our whomsoever lie pleased. He wns l orn and rearer! at the north, where a foalish and fantatlcal sympathy with the .southern negro is almost universal. !t monopolized the press and the pu'.plt, though they knew no more about the negro and his racial instincts than we lrnow about nulgarla and the Macedonian bandits. What a strange folly is that sympathy. Its tendency is t > spoil the most contended and happiest race on earth. Sometimes I envy the n their merry nature. Hooker Washington seems in earnest in his efforts t? elevate and refine his people, but 1 doubt whether he is really doing tnein any good. To labor is their nature ami the higher education unfits them for it. I1 suppose that Tuskcgee has turned out 2.000 or 3.000 graduates, hut where are )h".v and what are they doing? We never hear of one in th's region : n I last ycaV a professor from Tuscaloosa declared publicly in Atlanta that he had been in Trskegee and investigrt^d and could hear of only about a dozen out of 1.200 who were at work. The most of them room out mechanics or farmers, but they have been transformed into gentlemen and are living off of their kinfollts. A few have keen sent to Africa to start the cotton business, and it is to be haped that the others will go there r.nd stay. Education is not what the negro stands mast y? need of. It is a reform in mora'a. it I )R T F Is tho unprejudiced opinion of the most conservative observers that they are the moat thievish, unchaste race upon the face of the oarth, and they are infinitely worse now than they were when In slavery. In 1870 there were but 200 negro convicts in our penitentiary. and now there are 4.000 in Georgia. and the number increases as the years roll on In spite of schools, colleges and millions of northern money. The good negroes are on the farms aud under the dominion of their landlords. It is safe to say that 75 per cent of the negroes al>out the towns and cities will steal, and that 50 per cent of the negro children are born out of lawful wedlock. Two of our negro barbers ucv.<?iupt'u utTdstuaiur iiu>i wceK one has been keeping three wives and the other two, but they left them and took two new o&qs along with thorn. We have got so accustomed to this stato of negro morals that it excites no comment. Some white men will rob banks and abduct children and hold up trains and embezzle money and cheat in trade and run blind tirois and moonshine' whiskey. But nc i iy all negro servants will take little th . -*s?little money or jewelry or a poir o' scissors or stampe 1 envelopes or a little rice or coffee or sugar. They all do this, and we subnet to it because they still make kind, good-natured servants and we re d them. And so the race problem goes on. but I will prophesy some good to come from Roosevelt. He is a crank about some things, but he is fearless, independent, self-relant and will do just as ho dogon pleases. Mythology tells us that King Augean had a herd of .1.0(10 oxen, whose stables had not been cleaned out for thirty years, and Hercules came along ore day and rot 1 a whiff of the foul odors and turned two rivers through them and cleaned them out in a day. I believe that Roosevelt is for clean, honest work in the government departments and will clean out the Augrnn stables. If he h. s t:> turn the l'otoinac river through them. For thirty years their st-n h has nauseated us. lie lias just appointed Mr. Foulke to the head of the tivil service commission. Foulke has long lc en the prosecutor of frauds, perjurip*t n nrl * ? . Laciuun, me terror or pnstl masters. the watchdog of public ofiicials. but ho was handiappcd by politicians. Ho will sweep the dock now, tor ho and tho president are of one mind on that law. Tho victors w ill n ? 1 npcr get all the spoils. Hut wo want the president to lot the negro aJone. The rare problem belongs to lis and will be settled on a wise and humane basis if tho fool yankec editors and preachers will Id i.s alone. Rut we will wait rni watch and sonic good people will pray for deliverance?"deliver ; a from evil." 1 haven't given up Mr. Roosevelt yet. If vrc could only gel him down hero for two or three years he would become so disgusted with the negro and so exacting that they wouldn't hire to him. Our observation long has been that tho northern people who come south to live soon get thrir eyes opened nnd understand the situation. Not long ago the editor of a Baptist paper in New York said that the south was not ready for it now, but the time would soon come v/hen miscegenation would tie found the host solution of the race problem. And only last week the editor of a republican paper defended Mr. Roosevelt and said that in another g< neration social equality between the races would be universal at thp south and it was well to start it at the wiiite house, with such malignant fools wo can do nothing, for they are too far off. But they hail better shinny on their own side.? Rill Arp in Atlanta Const itnt it. P. S.?I am gratified that Mrs. Park and others have come to the rescue of , Nancy Hart and have established lier as a fa-t and heroine in our history of the revolution. Wo ought to have a state historian to record an 1 preserve these things. Fifty vasts from n.iw somebody will b saying that Hill Arp was a myth, and I wouldn't like it. B. A. ' N. 11.? We read that the Anurian Missionary Association at Chicago have indorsed the president and commended social equality between the races. It is about time now f >r the bl o and the gray to embrace again. Let brotherly love continue. B. A. Later from the front. The unique las vanished and Roosevelt's capers have neeome multifarious, ubiquitous and ridiculous. Hope for a season bids the south , farewell! To your tents. Oh, Israe ! Call off the dogs. I'm going out to work in my garden. B. A. Prophecy of Seeress Fulfilled. "'you are going to lose something and rou will never get it back," said the (Egyptian princess, as she finished read,ng the ncrvou- lady's hand. "I wonder what it can be," the lady nuscd, as she moved off in the dirccion of the "Loop-the-l.oop." An hour later she missed her umbrella, and after i minute's hard thinking recalled that she had laid it on a catnp stool in the tent r" """ The Egyptian Princess had not seen :he umbrella, and was sure that it had not beer. 1< f: in her place. "You told nie that I wa> going to lo-e something and that 1 would never get it hack," said the nervous lady. "I am naif inclined to believe the other tilings ,<ou told me."?.Ww )'ork Moil and ; Ejpress. . Tn England opm fireplaces are almost the only nirnns of heating houses, and hotels, public buildings, and office build; ings are heated in the same manner. MIL ORT MILL, S. C? WEI ^HLEVTEUSOrSfAHGHT Gives the Court of Inquiry His Version of tllP Ri^Hp r?f fs1nfiinr-? WW ? VI VM V Ct ^ V/I EXPLAINS THE BROOKLYN'S LOOP I'll* Krar-Ailmlritl Drnlr* 111* Story Thi*t Ho Shown! Fear? I>r*cril>?n Ilmr the Ilrooklyn uml Orrcnu Uestroyed the Spunlnli Ship*?llrrlurfn the llmlgMon Colloquy it Fiction?Clark** Tcntliuony Washington. I> C.?"And lhat ended the battle of Santiago, on the third day of July, 1N'.)S. I would like to say that I was very much impressed on that day with the fact that tin- officers and the men who were rugateil in that struggle fulfilled in tl>-.? very highest and the very noblest degree the traditions of the American Navy."' With these words uttered slowly, gravely and impressively, UearAdmiral Schley concluded the most absorbing and thrilling story of the Santiago tight thai lias ever been told. The story tiegan with the day Ik tore the light, when Schley saw sustucmus movements in the harbor, and sent the Vixen to notify Sampson. Karlier in the tie/ Lieutenant Harlow of the Vixen hail tistiti d that he received the order from Schley and that the Vixen carried the message. When the Spaniards came out Schley determined to head for tip tu and hold them until the slower battleships could conic up. itui this plan f.. O...I .....I . I. . ?- ?' - - 1U11VII, XIKI lill' .'||.II1|,IHI> ^ui away. Schley instantly determined to try a new plan, ami heme issued Ilie order t<? "Close' up."' ami "Follow the l?;i;_r." "Captain Clark," he said, "knew very well thai it wasn't iutctuh d for him. because he was foil twiug the ilag, and to lie repeated it to the oilier ships." At the tittle oi the loop the IbM iklyn was so near the Spanish ship thai Seliley saw, with the naked eye, Spanish sailors running from the turret to the stiperstruetur.', "ami," he raid, "I euttld see ?lio daylight hetwoeii their logs as th"y tan." t tilling the turn he never saw the starboard side of the Texas and never erossed her hows, and never was nearer than tiO't yards. She was so distant that the thought of eollisiou never onP'rod his head. The llod^son colloquy r.ever ocetiired. "In the lirst plaee."saitl Schley, "he was toi? good tin ottieer to transgress one of the plainest duties of an oliieer at such tittles, and. secondly, it he hud undertaken it i would not have permitted it '"or a second. It is lictiou. There was no colloquy." When they got out on the ocean and were engaged by the four leading Spaniards, Seliley believed that the Urooklyn would have to conduct the light aloue, because the battleships could not catch up, and remarked to Cook: "We tintsi stay wi* that crowd." Then the Oregon came up, and Schley said he never before realized what rapid guutire meant. The ships were a sheet of dailies. Smoke cauie out of the h: tehes of the Spaniards and streamed up in almost perpendicular column. When the Colon surrendered Schley sent Cook aboard witli orders to give no terms but unconditional surrender. lie said that he was delighted to have Sampson send him and the Oregon after what was supposed <o bo Cantata s licet, because after what those two ships had done he tel. that they could meet "anything that carried the Spanish colors." 't he Oregon went hack and Seliley went on alone. 11 got up to within is i.i yards of the stranger hoi ire he found thai site was an Austrian, ills starboard buttery had been entirely disabled outing the battle, and he was manoeuvring to got her with his pari baitort. !?'? ' ' ' ' ?? at iusIIi .in.) uiirr 114 n ri?ii? Schley denied l.icuicuant. l'till's s;<> y that lie showed l'ear sil the affair of May 111. "Mr. I'otts." lie said slowly anil quietly, "is entirely in etrur tu thinking that 1 took advantage >>f any protection at llsat lime, ii is not a fact.*' lie paused, and then added. "We were going le ad on and there wuj no protection ior anybody. A notable Mtienviiee of Schick's b,:~iii'4 the day was. "Th fact inn: this blockade, boih at Santiago and ? l'uegos, was sufficient. is proved by the faet that no vcr-ei entered the harbor or escaped." Captain Clark, who commanded .. >} Oregon, testified on the previous day. lie sahl when the Oregon joined the IJrooklyn during the battle. Schley was engaging four Spaniards at onee. lie testitied that Sampson's plan of battle was not followed, and the battle was not fought iu aeeordanee wiiii any squadron orders previously issued. "It made a deep impression on nr\" he said, "to tind the Mrooklyn there, and I felt that we should tnute.ally sustain and support each other." In faet, nil ilie testimony of thai day was to the effect that with s-onto -light a?.-istanee from tlie Texas, the whole battle was fought and won by the Krooklyn and the Oregon. When Major Murphy was recalled to correct liis testimony, he added an interesting story about the battle. When it was over and Schley ha ! sent Captain Conk aboard the Colon to re< eive the surrender, lie nddres. d his citlwuira i?*.>ii . iii* I <. * % I . ??- ' to cheer when the Spanish captain came on hoard. Schley said ih Spaniard had fought gallantly and made a good tight, and must he treat ?d any cheering. Later when the llrookchlvnlroualy and not humiliated by lyn came alongside the Iowa, when? Cervera was. Henley repeated this. Cervera heard it and appreciated it very deeply. ??? $ X 1 JNESDAY. OCTOCEE MINOR EVEHTSOF THE WEEK WASHINOTON ITFMH, Pr. P. M. Pueenr. Department of Acricnlturo export, coos to France at once to study mushroom r:tisinjr. President ItoosevcJt appointed Ceo. P. Kocster. n Hold IVniorrnt. collector of internal revenue for South Carolina. Booker T. Wnslilnrton. of TuskeCce. Ala., dined avlth President Roosevelt. The Corcrnment concluded a money order convention with Bolivia. F. W. TTnokott. Assistant Seerofnry of the Navy. will resign and bo sueceedod t?.v Judge Charles IT. Darling, of Bennington. Vt. President Roosevoll appointed Frank Tl. Mower, of Ohio. l'nltod States Consul at Client. Belgium. nun Ar?orTi:i> isi.ands. Cuba's imports for ten months, engine April r.0. 1001. were ?r, 1.412.LT.2. ngninsf $o0,0'25.o30 for the same period In imx?. Seeretary Boot will arm nee to send additional troops to the Philippines. Adjutant-Ceneral Corhin reported i 1hat the total easualties a mom; Anierieim troops in the Philippines were | t!32I. | Fiske Warren, anti-Imperialist. of j Boston, was obliged to take the natii of allegiance before he eould land at Manila. T)OM KSTIC. The safe of the Farmers* Bank nt i Fulda. Minn., wns blown open. The i robbers escaped, and S.VitH) in easli ; was secured. j The two keepers of the ligldhouse nt the entranee to tho Straits of Maekinae wore drowned while attempting ' to reach the mainland. While playing in a railroad yard at ' Buffalo. N. Y.. John Samlherg. aged thirteen, and Joseph Stack, aged si?:, were killed liy an engine. I The Covernmetit breakwaier at tlx* Portage Ship Canal. Mich, was com plotod at a cost of $.T2."?,0t 10. | Mrs. Charlotte Nichols, wife of a railway man. and l>r. Burnotto. a dentist. took poison at a Chicago hotel. The woman died, hut the dentist will recover. Many Ponea and O:oo Indian tnicks In Oklahoma wore sent to jail for , being bachelors. | Thomas C. Fuller. Associate Justice of the T'nlted States Court of Private l.and Claims, dl.nl at Raleigh. N. C. | Because his wife didn't hang curtains on the kitchen windows <5u?tnve Reck, of Buffalo. N. Y.. attempt o.l to kill her. Then he committed suicide. i .lames R. Wood, who drew the capital prize, worth $.10,000. In the Oklahoma land lottery last August, died after a brief Illness, i A panic occurred In a theatre at T.oulNville. Ky? In which more than a tiw/.i-ii pt*i 7?uii? were nun. n was caused by n cry of "Fire!" arising from a slight accident to a polyseope lictwcpn the acts of a piny. Item- Admiral Kiiiiicik Marvin Hnnn'. IT. S. N.. retired, <lio<l at bis homo In Hartford. Conn. Admiral Hunce, when lio was retired on Christmas Hay. 1SPS. bavins reached the ago limit of sixty-two years, was tlu> ranking officer of the Navy. His attainment to the rank marked the climax of fortysix years of active service. Captain McCalla. IT. S. N., obtained I the use of the Sea Cirt. N. .1.. range for practice by men of warships, who. ' he said, were poor ritlc shots, j Quartz was discovered on a farm north of Moweaqua, 111., which nsj snyed J?l"."? In silver anil per ton in gold to the ton. Professor Howard, of Columbus. Ohio, a chemist, reported traces of arsenic in the stomach of Mrs. Anna l'ngh. Ilurglars stole from the i\x*?oniee at Haldwin, Mich., registered letters and postage stamps valued at nearly $100t>. Snow to the depth of several inches fell in the northern part of New York and in the Southern Adlrondacks. FOREIGN. The new Ameer ordered the release of selected prisoners iu various pasts of Afghanistan. In n municipal election light at I,in gltizzeln, Corsica, three men were killed and six fatally wounded with daggers. Several deserting Spanish dragoons arrived tit l'erpiguan. France. They deserted because of ill treatment, and refuse to return. There is renewed agitation In tier many for n European customs union against America. The Dowager Empress of China Is said to be considering the appointment of a new hell- to tin* t'liino-. The Marquis Itu's party initiated n strong movement to overthrow the Japanese Cabinet. Important political developments are anticipated. The London Daily Express learned that (leneral Kitchener litis wired tut urgent demand to the War Office for more trained ununited men. King Alexander opened the Servian Sktipslitlna, pledging himself to uphold the new Constitution. A cartoon against Emperor William in Simpliclssinms, a comic weekly of I'.reslau, caused the confiscation of the paper. Twelve more Boer leaders, including Commandant Scheepers, were permanently banished from South Africa. King George of Greece reopened a discussion among the Powers over the independence of Crete 1ME 90,1901. TERRIBLE FIRE DISASTER Mar.v Persons Perish in a Fierce Conflagration in Philadelphia. HEARTRENDING SCENES OF DEATH Prniicil In mi Klclil-Slnrr linllilint; Mm n tnl Winiinn l?ln M'IiIIp Tliomnnilii I.onU nil Viinl.1t* to Hplp Tlirtn?AVlioln llnitlP.locU T'iriiilpiipil?Ciiuip of Tlr* 1'iikiiniTii? !.??? R.IOO.OdO. TMtilniloipliin. TVnn. Twenty known lloilll -111.1 . ii-ss amount in? to U|>w:inl of is the result of a tiro which oeeurred in tho business see.ion of the eily. Over a score of persons were injured. niid they were treated in she hor-nitals. The buildings destroyed were tile ci?:lit story strnefures Nos. 121b and 122! Market street, nreimied by Hunt, Wilkinson & Co.. npliols.erers and furniture dealers, and tiiree ihree-slovy buildings oeeuuied by strall nmivlsantmen. The hig furniture hnihlini: extended back n half block to ('oinniereo street, and was owned by llcnrv l,ea. Philadelphia never in her history experienced a lire whieli snroad with sueh jrrenl rapidity. At in.20 o'clock a. in. the ldar.e started in the buildin? occupied liy lltmt. Wilkinson ?V Co.. and one hour later the sacrifice of life had been made and Iho itntnense loss of pronerty had been areotnnllsbed. The ??riirin of the lire is unknown. Men and women died n limreritiiT. nconlKiii'; ileath in the tircsenee of thousands of sneciriiors. who were unable to lift a hand to their assistanee. Tin* rear of Hunt. Wilkinson ?V Co.'s building faces on Cotnnieree street, a small thorouvnifaiv. <>n the tire eseapes a; tins end of the linildim: two men fiii-l " wrc siowiy roasted in d< a 'i. while the horrorstrieken throng on il?e si root below turned sii'i. hi jlu> sight. In I ho front on Market sir.' M n woman, ilrlvon to desperation. homed from n window on the top tioor and was dashed to death on the pavement. These are only a f? w of the heartrending scenes attending the eon narration. Seventy-nine of tlie H?? persons in Hi.uit^ Winkinson & Co.'s building v'lnhi tile lire started were employes, and th?' ?vst were customers and outside wpAknien who were encased in nut line the finishing touches on the ii< eighth floor. More than half 'if ftie firm's employes were on the nnpi r five floors, and it was a 111 one these that the greatest number were killed and injured. Hv noon the fire was under control, and at 2 o'clock p. m. a force of men ordered by the Tiepariineiit of I'ubiie Safety began the work of clearing away the debris for the purpose of recovering the bodies of the victims buried in the ruins. The loss is estimated ni ?.100.OOP, most of which will fall on Hunt. Wil kinsou Co.. whose loss is estimated a; ?.i if in. Henry <I.cn's loss on tiie building is alioiu Sloft.OlMi- Will hurt F. IVitis iV Son suffered a loss of StttMNHi. while other occupants of the l'olis buildings ;m?l surrounding prop oriy owners suffered losses aggregat lug S'Jo.OOO. MURDER OF A FARMER'S WIFE. I\i 11rit Willi*- ltrivlnc to Mrrt Il*r Ilntic'iIrr?14 A Trusty '' Convict Arrrstod. Concord. N. I(. Mrs. Nancy Jane j Folsoni was niordcrcd in the town of ito sen wen, ; sparsely settled farming eoiiimunity tifte m miles from Concord. She was the wife of an industrious farmer. While driving from her home to the railroad station to meet her daughter returning from a school in this city she was waylaid, dragged from her carriage, assaulted and murdered and left among the roadside hushes. The road from the Folsnm home to the station is almost as wild as any in New 1 lainp.-liirc. Mrs. Fnlsmn was waylaid about half way from her home to the station. Her head was crushed in with a conical stone, wh'.eh was found near llr* scene, and was covered witli lilo'?d. (leorge < Sr n!i -aan inmate of the county house of correction, was placed under artv-i. One of his duties was to drive the cows to pasture, taking a route over the road where the murder was comniiltcd Footprints were found which the auihoriiics sav tally with those of (>reeiilca f. (Hood was found upon his slioes and clothing. PAN-AMERICAN LOSSES. Ktocklioliler* Will I.okp tlic 8'I,500,000 anil \nr> * uiuniciuva .~%i>r?Ul 3J? i ,OIIU,UUU. llulTalo. N. V. The decision of the directors to close the Pan-American exposition en the night of November 'J Iijjs enabled tiie accountants to make a fairly aeetirate estimate of the loss which the l'an-A merican will suffer. It will exceed $!.(KM).(*()(). The stockholders will receive back nothing for the SJ.."0:t.0O'? which they put in. Con traeiors who built the exposition will lose 51.tl0ft.0tMt. and the issue of ST,00,unii recond luoivgug bonds will be defaulted a* well as twenty per cent, of the iirst mortgage bonds. The l.ritlsb 11 t?li l'nllr.Y. Jos'ph < flirt rile .lain. Colonial Pecretary. in a speech at Kdinburgh, ttnnouneed the Intention of tin* Itritish (?ove.nns"nt to propose new rules for limiting Irish obstruction and to reduce Ireland's representation. l'hllinptiin Army Stan<l?. Secretary Knot hits decided not to send any more troops to the Philippines. . ii S HH flHB i ' j % f s. W NO. 33. TRAIN ROBBERS FOILED AUack an Express Car With Dynamite, But Are Driven Oft llrtT* MfHrncor on the Sonllirrn rarifi* MMkrk n Stand With a ??? uml Win* * f lsW. Port In ml. On*. The north-bonnd overland express train on the Southern Pacific was liehl up by two masked men tlfteen miles south of Eugene. The robbers blew open the express ear with dyr.amlte. but see;i '<-*'? .w booty, having been driven ofT by the f express messenger. The only booty / secured was one pouch of registered ( mail. Two men tionrded the train at Pottage Prove, a short distance this side, near Saginaw, put off the fireman and his helper, uncoupled the express ear. and made the engineer pull ahead n short distance. Tlieir first net was to blow open the door of the express ear. which they did with dynamite, tearing the door to pieces and badly ( damaging the ear. Express Messenger P. Phnrlrs was * ordered out. but lie refused to go. and with his shotgun commanded the situation inside the ear. The robbers told lilni to emtio out or lie would be blown up with the ear. but lie replied. "Plow ahead." A fusllade of bullets followed, riddling the car. toil tin* mescnger. who was uninjured. kept up a cotit iuuotis tin? from the inside, which held the rohhers at hay. A charge of dynamite with a hurtling fuse was then thrown into the car, hut Charles grabbed it and extinguished the fuse. Next the robbers compelled the engineer to crawl up to the opening inside " " *. *\ir. hoping to ues him as a 1-2 {{ton from the messenger's shots, jvert i'10 mcssenger kept up a steady..^ |?ver the engineer's lead and still . jyho rohhers at hay. The robber1" n gave \ up their efforts to secure > Vxnresa treasure, and went for the t? Jit. They secured the registered mail. Jjen cut the engine from the rest of V> train and ordered Kngineer Lucas*o pull ahead. They ran to Judkin's I'olnt. in the outskirts ??f Kugcne, where they stopped and ordered tlu? engineer to return and get his train. The train arrived here in the afternoon. The express ear is badly shat ten d, hut it was brought in with the train. C RL RESTORED TO PARENTf " K l<ltm|tr<l hy Cvpslrs Nine Years Ago * nml Cruelly Trrutcd, f Rt. Marys. Ohio.- Nine years ago the daughter of 1'eter Itell, who then was ten years old, a miller living In St. Marys failed to return homo fron* school. The lieiief was general that she had been drowned. A gypsy recently told Itell that his child had been abducted hy a gang of gypsies nine years ago. Hell at once made preparations to go In search of the girl, and with Mrs. Loll and their other daughter started for Indianapolis by wagon. They walked to Peoria, 111., from there to Qulney. to Keokuk, Iowa, and linally traced the hand of gypsies to Cartilage. Mo. When the gypsy lender was confronted hy the father of the girl and local otliccrs he drew a gun. hut the nlil/inru 1 I.I - ,-it-ii mill ii 1111 ne gavi* U]? the Kill- The young woman says she liml be* n compelled to lies food and clothing for the entire hand of < gypsies, who treated her eruelly. Mr. Hell intends to have the gypsies indieted and extradited to Mercer County. Ohio for trial. FLORIDA'S ORANGE CROP GOOD. Some I'rpitlrt 'Mint tlic Tiilitl Will Itn 1.500,000 lloii-M. Jaeksoiiville, Fin.- Florida's orange yield ihl; i will lie about 1,200,0(10 boxes, ae ). to the best estimates made nowja J' fruit is tine, and some say that ' yield will he 1,000,000 boxes. Many people have eonie into South Florida since "the freeze" from the norihern part of the State, and the y have acquired small groves, which have been enlarged, so that the orange growing acreage is increasing each year. A larger number of oranges will lie sold on the trees this year than heretofore. The crop in the Indian ltivcr region is also said to he good. SEVENTY AND SEVENTEEN WED. Clit lit-llrlilr of n Veteran Itrroum* ? GreatGrandmother. Vnlcmno, I ml. Milton Carrions, commander of the Indiana <?. A. U., njft'd seventy years, ami Miss Mario Thomn.-, who has seen but seventeen summers, liavo been married. Hy tin* alliance tho child-bride bcronieR a {treat-grandmother. The ceremony was performed at N<-w Castle by the Itev. Mr. Wing, pastor of the Christian Church of that plaeo. Alien Carrions, a son of tlie groom, was best man. GMd DOooverr In Holland. Hold lias been discovered in the I'rovin e of Overyssel, Holland, whicli borders on the Zuydcr Zee. The exact location of the mine is kept secret. It is said that the yield in gold is three-quarters of an ounce to the English ton. HO CliinfRA Krhrlrt Kxcrntfil. It is announced iu a dispateh re v.v,11 cvi ii vjiii owuiuw, * iiina, 111a i it^i rebels have been executed, and that order has been restored in the Using Xing district, where several missions recently were destroyed. 1 9 1 I'M lii il ft