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i~. ' ' f! iktt " * ' . I r INTHE* ** jffRi. Jri liV' ffi Bv Mflior I' I ('' 1B^**3!<*0L0NEL MILLER called ?* Lieutenant Emerson to j* Cj j| him and said: "Lieutenant, those ApjfciQICICKjfcal aches were the thieves complained of by old Don Alvares, whose hacienda lies down the Los Mexos, among the spurs of the Sangre de Cristi Mountains. The old gentleman will sleep far easier if he knows that we have driven the red devils across the range. Will you ride over with a word of our success to-morrow? H? has a daughter whose beauty will repay you for the forty-mile jaunt, and the don will treat you like a prince. I dare not leave camp myeelf, and he would deem it an honor If one of my officers brought him word of the fight. You can have an escort % " tf you wish. Will you go?" "Nothing would give me more v?". pleasure, colonel," replied the young I man. "The young lady attracts me. t But I need no escort; the trail is too plain. I'll start to-morrow at daybreak." "Thanks, my boy. Stay as you will ?a week if need be. You have earned >a leave. But take care of yourself? beart and all. The donna's eyes are glorious, but her admirers are jealous." Emerson laughed. "I'll be careful sir. Good night!" "Good night!" CA t Vl OV n Q r f a/"? aonti frw V??c WV WJVJ JJUl V.VU, VUVU IU UiO quarters, and the younger man to dream of something brighter than Indian watch-fires for the morrow. The Seventeenth were old frontiersmen, and Colonel Miller performed his duty to the government faithfully. Two days before, after a lively brush, his troops had routed a large body of Apaches, a score of miles above camp, and driven them over the range. The Indians came from the southern country, where they had been committing many depredations, and it was to one of the greatest sufferers at their hands?old Don Alvares, a rich Spaniard?that the colonel desired to send the comforting message announc. : ing this discomfiture.The morning dawned clear and golden ?oneof New Mexico's best?and ere the dew had faded from the cactus, or the breath of the night wind left the mesgg quite thickets, Lieutenant Emerson, in |p: , fatigue uniform,1 armed with pistols and sabre, was amount and miles upon bis way along the winding trail toward Hacienda Alvares ; The March sun was warm at noon $ ? nae, as the lonely traveler paused beneath the shadow of a great rock to Si; , rest his horse and smoke a cigarette, but its backward-flung rays from the Far West had grown weak and faint, BpL;v and the dim shadow of on-coming jk/V night fell athwart the narrow pathway, ere the white wall of his des& tination caught the eye of the young |J. lieutenant. p Riding slowly down the broad plateau toward the hacienda, thoughts of rest and supper in his mind, Emerson suddenly started in his saddle, and, checking his horse, his hand grasped his sabre-hilt with a soldier's intuition. I* Just before him, and a little to one side of the path, standing apparently helpless from either fatigue or fright, ^ iwas a half naked peon child?a duskyi; faced girl?gazing fixedly upon a eeiled snake that lay before her, its glistening crest raised and swaying to and fro, while its angry eyes burned into those of the fascinated child. An instant more and the venomous reptile would have buried its fangs in the trembling form before it, when, flashing through the air like the wing of the plunging hawk, the trooper's Bt)hr? fell between tho oirl nnd the snake, and the head of the moccasin flew twenty feet away through the slrThen Emerson caught tiie girl to his saddle-bow and rode forward. For a moment she trembled, speechless, as she lay within the strong arms of the soldier; then, with a soft y cry, she strove to escape. They were bow close to the gate of the hacienda, and even as the child was dropping to the ground?for the lieutenant in, . stantly released her?a young and beautiful woman appeared and with a glad cry the little peon sprang toward her. Emerson reined In his horse and raised his cap. "Pardon, mademoiselle, but the girl .was in danger?a moccasin was " , He was interrupted by tho beauty herself, into whose ear the child had poured her story. "Sir, you need no pardon. I thank you in the name of my father and his most valued servant, Jacque Duinox, for having saved the life of this girl. May heaven bless you! But will you not enter, sir? You seem weary, and night is at hand." And so, following the beautiful Guadalupe?for it was sho?Lieutenant Emerson entered, for the first time, the Hacienda Alvares. Five hours later, while the old don and the young soldier sat over their coffee and smoked, each telling to each tales of the strange Southwest, a peon entered. The master looked up, then waved his hand encouragingly. "This is the gentleman, Dumox, who vi. * fife, . ' 1 50R.GE m m : i ! Hamilton II g^5 saved the life of your daughter." The man advanced. He was a genu ine South American?a peon, a body- ] servant of the old don?who had followed his master north from Peru. 1 With a gesture of absolute homage, he 1 prostrated himself at the feet of the trooper, and kissed the lieutenant's 1 sabre-tip. "My life is yours, master, at all \ times and forever!" he whispered; then he arose, and before Emerson could speak he was gone. "A splendid servant, lieutenant," said the don, as he refilled the cups; "perfect, and a man worthy to be your friend even. You have saved his daughter, his all, and you can depend upon him. He is your slave, for that act, to the death!" So began Emerson's acquaintance at Hacienda Alvares; and as the morning ( came, bringing with it the pleasures of a home where wealth and beauty * reigned, long unenjoyed by this rugged young soldier of the border, and dark- j eyed Guadalupe put her hand in his * to thank him for the news he brought, 1 and asked him to stay as a friend where he came as a messenger, a ( thrill ran through his pulses, and he j stayed?stayed until he felt that his ' colonel must be wondering, for his . week was long gone; stayed until * dusky-browed Juan d'lmray, cousin j and suitor of his beautiful hostess, frowned upon him; stayed until his heart throbbed wildly and his ears drank as divine music the rich voice of the donna?until the girl's cheeks 1 glowed beneath his fervent glance, and her bosom heaved when his hand touched hers; stayed too long, and j then rode away with a positive promise to the urgent old don to return? 1 with a single glance from Guadalupe that might mean words?with a scowl and curse from Juan that betokened a * hatred deep and fierce; and last of all, with a single gesture of unspeakable fealty from poor Dumox at the gate. ] "Ah, lieutenant!" cried old Colonel { Miller, as Emerson appeared before * him on the morning following, "the J donna was too many for you! But I consent. Make the marriage soon, and ( bring the beauty to camp." The young man colored. 'Tfni momofra ttHH hn xrffh .Trior* 1 d'Imray, colonel. Rumor says slie is j affianced to him." But the colonel shook his head. " x>au:mat imp: nis uauus are wurae ^ than those of a Mexican. The donna is a wise girl, as well as a beautiful ! one, and an American can win her, especially when that American is a ' young and good-looking soldier. Lieu- j tenant, if you want that girl, and I believe you do, and don't go in and ( win her away from that Spaniard, I'll j ?I'll order you under arrest for. a year!" And, with an emphatic shake of the j head, the brave old colonel turned i away. Emerson laughed long and hearty at j his colonel as a "matchmaker!" but ( when it so happened, two weeks later, ( that the post-commandant found another message for Hacienda Alvares, it } also happened that the lieutenant was j ready to carry it; and the bearer j found a stronger attraction than be- ^ fore in the eyes of Donna Gaudalupe ?forgot the evil lurking in these of Juan d'lmray, and remained three days at the table of his friend, the old don?three days of heaven to him, . crowned at last, one glorious night, by .J the sweet, sweet words which made . the beauteous girl his forever. J For his love overpowered him, and j he confessed it?confessed it to know that her heart was his, even as his belonged to her, and had been from the first. Together they strayed beneath the arbors of the garden. The j soldier's horse stood waiting at the 1 gate, the moon smiled down upon his lonely northern way; but his arms en- . circled the most perfect figure in New . Mexico; his eyes gazed into hers, filled j with love and longing even as were l his own; his lips plucked from her lips pisses more luscious and passion- , ate than ever before melted the heart , of man; and Guadalupe told him, by 1 word and eyes and heart, that she loved him. But at last midnight warned them, and with one parting embrace, close and long, the young man watched his ( darling slip from his hold and flee . toward the now silent ranche, while ] whispering her last words as benisons, ! the sweetest of confessions in the ( sweetest of tongues, "Yo te amo," he . sought his saddle, and rode slowly away into the gloaming. His way. took him over the broad , plateau and down the narrow trail toward Los Mexos, until, upon the little bridge that crossed the wild stream at a point known as "La Gorge de Diable," he paused and dismounted a moment to tighten a loosened girth. Then again he breathed the words : of his love, "Yo te oiua!" The girth was fastened and the trooper's foot in tlie stirrnp, when, rising from the dim obscurity behind him, a dark figure whirled its arm quickly in the air, something shot silently toward the soldier, and an instant later a lariat fell about his * * '* ^ ... ' - neck, half-strangling him. He was suddenly jerked backward to the floor >f the shaking bridge, and as his frightened horse sped snorting up the winding path, he heard at his ear the low, fiendish laugh of his rival?Juan i'lmray had caught him! For a moment Emerson lay stunned where he had fallen; then he sprang to his feet, and his hands tore at the tightening rope about bis neck; but a second time the cord was pulled, and again he fell. Then, before he could rise, strong arms bound him, and again the demonical laugh rang in his ears. "Ha, blue coat.' Americanos! Dog! You would steal my bride! Did you think a d'lmray would retire because rou had entered the field? Fool! See, , [am going to drag you at my horse's heels back to Hacienda Alvares, and liing your carcass before the gate! Donna Guadalupe will think the Inilians have killed you. She will weep, then marry me. Do you hoar?at my horse's heels? How you will bound along the way!" A shrill laugh rang among the rag ged rocks, as though the fiend himself were present in the gorge that bore his name. Emerson's heart stood still. Death was a soldier's fate?a noble death his honor! But this?Heavens! it was too horrible. "Pray. Snake, dog, spawn ?pray, while I mount!" With a whistle, the Spaniard called lis horse from the shadows behind him and sprang to the saddle, one end )f the lariat fast about the pommel. The horse and the two men were together now upon the narrow bridge, which creaked beneath their united weight, while the angry waters foamed madly on a hundred feet beaeath them. The soldier's tongue clove to the roof )f his mouth. He could not pray? ind Guadalupe's kisses yet warm upon lis lips. "In thirty seconds we start!" hissed fuan, drawing his lariat taut, and gathering the reins in his nervous lands. "Pray, poor fool, for in less Lhan a moment you die!" The lieutenant heard him not. Three words only rang in his ears, "Yo te imo!" A cloud drifted across the face of the moon; a shadow crept by the -nnnn+ftH Sn<inior^ olnn<r the narrow LUVUU tUU v. .? ? bridge, and paused close to -where Emerson lay. The murderer turned n his saddle. "Come," he hissed, hoarsely, "we nust go!" and he stuck spurs to his lorse. But even at that moment the moon reappeared, a steely gleam flashed icross the tightened lariat, it parted, ind, rising from the shadow by the rictim, stood Jacque Dumox, a long jnife gleaming In his hand. With a yell of rage, the maddened Spaniard turned, and made as though tie would have ridden both soldier and peon down; but Dumox raised his weaion and hurled it at the advancing )l^CVL HllU UVUUij The heavy steel hissed through the light air, and buried itself to the hilt n the brown flank the plunging mimal. There came a single agonzed, half-human scream, ringing with i shudder through the silence about, md then, rearing madly, with one ilind spring, the horse and rider shot downward into the black abyss beleath?downward to headlong death oelow?and Los Mexos roared on! ****** Lieutenant Emerson and his beau- j tiful bride moved to California, and the old don lived with them. His NTew Mexico hacienda was sold, and the servants were discharged, except :>ne old man and his daughter, who are still attached to the person of Alvares. But the story of that terrible night upon the bridge in La Gorge de Diable is known only to two. The third and principal actor therein has never since been seen. Los Mexos never gives up its dead!?Saturday Night. Collie Ontwlt* Terrier Foe, A collie, owned by Professor W. F. Durand, of Cornell University, slew bis enemy, a bull terrier belonging to Dr. Luzerne Colville, a leading local physician, in a manner worthy of a ieen-minded human murderer. The dogs were amoug the most valuable in the city, both being canine aristocrats with long pedigrees. For rears they had been foes, fighting fiercely whenever they met Usually the collie was defeated. To-day, as was his habit, the terrier was racing with a street car about Ithaca's noted "loop" when, at the bridge over Fall Creek Gorge, he came upon his foe. In an instant they were fighting desperately, while several university professors hurried from a distance to part them. But relief came too late. Being on the point of defeat, the collie broke away and ran to the edge :>f the gorge, at that point. 100 feet deep. No one dared to approach the dangerous point. The terrier, however, followed, whereupon the collie circled about him and then with a sudden rush pushed his antagonist over the edge, where he was dashed to death on the rocks below. With one downward glance the collie trotted proudly away, head and tail aloft. Dr. Colville had the dog's body rescued and buried.?New York Times. Liberia's Vegetables. The most common vegetables of Liberia are the sweet potato, cassada. yam and tanla. The cassada is a root varying in size from six to eighteen inches in length and from three to eight inches in circumference. When it is cooked it tastes very much like a fresh chestnut. This root is the vegetable most extensively cultivated by the natives and forms, with the rice, their chief diet. The feeula of the cassada is made into tapioca. < r-.y/f-i-.'" v\ ' j i : ' " ? ? $ A WSK" | : IN SOUTH CAROLINA. | -MIH-M IT T T 11 T W I Tf II111 f To Develop Clay Beds. The Pope Clay Product Co. has been formed \o develop kaolin clay beds near Aiken. Its capitalization is 5700,000. The cc.porators are Messrs. John C. Mosser and John M. Murphy, both of Harrisburg, Pa. ? * Big Lumber Company Chartered. The secretary of state recently granted a charter to the Border State Lumber Company, of Greenville, with a capital of $20,000. The incorporators are R. E. Johnston and W. J. Kramer, of Greenville; H. T. Kramer, of Williamsport, Pa., and W. W. Moon, of Jamestown, N. Y. * ? Voodoo Doctor Now Wanted. At Conway W. H. Meison, Jr., a young white man, was arrested, charged with being an accessory to | the poisoning of Sam White, an engineer on the steamer Ruth. White's wife is also under arrest and in jail. An autopsy was held upon the body of White and the contents of his stomach were sent to Clemson college for analysis. A warrant is also out for a voodoo doctor said to have furnished Via. 1-A Wolenn LUC pUlOVU <?V ?UCiuuu. * Asks Governor's Protection. A few days ago Governor Heyward received a rather peculiar request from a mail in Aiken, calling himself , Pope H. Havird. The man stated in a telegram that his life had been threatened unless he left the county, and owing to his business he could not go. GDvernor Heyward at once wired the sheriff of Saluda instructing him to protect the man and investigate the case. * * Irate Mather Stops prize Fignt. Will Milan and James Hoy were to meet in a prize fight for a purse of $500 at Glendale park at Spartanbu-g, and a big croi*d was on band to witness the go, but Milan's mother swore out warrants against the outfit and Sheriff White was on hand to prosecute if a fight took place. Milan's mother took him home and a disappointed crowd returned to town. Milan is an ex-sailor and Hoy enjoys some reputation in the fistic art. Both had been In training for the match. * Big Blaze at Chester. Fire was discovered In the Bewley Hardware Co.'s store, in Chester, Saturday night at about 11 o'clock, and in a snort time the whole building was in flames. A. W. Kluttz's New York Racket store, in the same block,- caught in a short time afterwards, and the entire building was a complete less. By heroic fighting the fire department had the fire under control in about two nours after the first alarm. Bewley Hardware Co.'s !*ss fs estimated at $25,000 ; insured for $21,500. A. W. Kluttz's stock valued at $23,000; insured for about two-thirds of !A 1 its vaiue. * Major Assaulted by Cadets. The trouble at Clemson college, a few days ago, was brought abottt, It is new said, by Major of Cadets Hamlin administering a reprimand to one of the cadets for being late i at revielle one morning. The major and the cadet became involved in words and finally in a fight. The cadet being a small boy, other caaets went to his oj.7 qo a result ?Via mainr was A1U, auu oo i* i uwuaw vmv - pretty badly punished before the contest ended. He had to retire from his duties because of his injuries, and he was compelled to keep to his room for two weeks. He appealed to the faculty arid the matter was then taken up with the faculty on one side and the students on the other. It looked at on etiroe as if it would De attended by serious results, but matters have been amicably adjusted. * Charge of Cruelty to Convicts. The investigation of the charge of "punitive measures of an excessive nature," being practiced by the chamgang officials of Newberry county, was begun a few days ago by Fred H. Dominick, Esq., who was appointed referee by Judge D. A. Townsend at th? February' term of the general ses* sions court This order by the presiding judge was the result of a recommendaTion in the presentment of the grand jury at that term of the court. Some startling facts concerning alleged cruelty were revealed by the investigation. Only three witnesses were subpoenaed by Referee Dominick, but others interested were given the privilege of testifying. Practically all the witnesses agreed on one thing, to-Wit: that the convicts were whipped by the guards. One witness testified that he witnessed the whipping of a convict. In this case, the man was held across a log and punishment which he characterized as "unmerciful" administered by fellow-convicts by order of the court in charge. Four men were used to administer the punishment. Tho instrument used was a heavy leather strap about 11-2 inches wide. Other testimony of a like character was taken. The investigation then adjourned to be taken up later, at which time additional evidence will be submitted. The officials of the chaingang were represented by J. B. Hunter, Esq. The report of the invesugaOon will be li made by Referee L>ominick at the | April term of the court of general sessions. H Bound Over for Arson. At Greenwood a preliminary hearing was had before Magistrate Austin, of the case against J. N. Schench, a prominent farmer of Edgefield, and 11 his son-in-law, Marion Burnett, formerly of Greenwood, but now living at Saluda, charged with having burned Bthe residence owned by MYS. M. E. Addy, which was being usea as a graded school building. This structure was mysteriously burned downed last November. The first witness examined was E. Waidrnn who testified that several st days ago, while repairing a fence at cj the site of the house he found a bun- ^ die hid in the honeysuckles which e( covered the fence. Unwrapping it he found two pint bottles of kerosene, p( four cotton rcTls in which powder had been sprinkled and also a letter. This ir letter bore the postmark of Saluda, and also the receipt stamp of the Edgefield postoffice and was addressed r* to J. N. Schenck, requesting him ro w come up and burn the Addy house. * The signature, the prosecution claims, is that of "Marion S. Burnett," wnile p C( the defense has already served notice that the signature is "Marron S. Bur- 1 nett" and therefore not even a good forgery. * After hearing other wlisnesscs Judge Austin bound the defendants over to the approaching term of court ^ in the sum of $1,000 each . Anderson to Atlanta A"special from Gainesville, Ga.t says: * A company of Ohio capitalists who are interested in a number of southern electric railway lines are at present having a line surveyed from Anderson, S C., to Atlanta, Ga. Civil engineers ^ are at work ^etween Anderson and ^ the Georgia boundary and a corps of surveyors are expected ?t Commerce or Winder this week. I The proposed line will run via Hart- ? surveyors are expected at Commerce ' Winder and Loganville. An enthusiastic meeting was held ^ at the last named place looking to se! curing the road, and the citizens of i Commerce and Winder are talking i-p the projected line. . t - *h To Choose Craft's Successor. A Columbia dispatch says: Under the law Governor Heyward must issue a writ of election ordering one to be jj held in the Second district of this 3 state for the people to chose a succes- ^ sor to the late Hon. George W. Croft. Of course no action has been taken ? r yet by the governor, but as several t names have been mentioned in connection with the vacancy mention of ^ these would not be out of order. Among these are L. J. Williams, of Longmires, late chairman of the dispensary board;* M. B. Sweeney, former ^ governor; H. H. Crum, former state liquor commissioner; W. J. Talbert, ^ who represeiited the district in con- ^ gress for years; D. S. Henderson, for ffnm A ilren S. G. mer siait: scuawi nvm ? ^ Mayfield, former state senator from ^ Bamberg and Robert Alarich, state senator from Barnwell. I MORMONS SWAYED BY CHURCH, c Must be Chosen Apostle Before Secur- j ? \ ing Senatorial Toga. That Reed Smoct could not have j <; been elected to the United States sen- * ate without having first been chosen c as an apostle cf the Mormon church ( and that after he was so chosen he i could not have been defeated, was as- j c serted by Judge Ogden Hiles, assist- j t ant United States attorney from 1886 } c to 1390 and later a judge of the dis- j I trict court of Utah, who was a witness j ^ Saturday in the Smoot case. c He claimed to have procured more indictments and conducted more prosecutions against the Mormons on charges of polygamous cohabitation | than any other official wno has served in Utah: He told an interesting story of the prosecutions and said the first ? cessation in the flagrant practice of 1 polygamous cohabitation came after ; ] * *- ??J" Ti.nlrnp I 1 the passage 01 me ^umuaua-mtnvi t act making adultery a crime and pre- 1 scribing heavy penalties for viola- ! ^ tions. Up to that time the people ! < went to jail or paid fines, declaring it preferable to obey the laws of God rather than the laws of man. The heavy fines for subsequent prosecu- , tions for adultry, he said, brought a change of view. Many of those "prosecuted were poor and unable to pay the j fines and then they accepted the offer of the courts to waive punishment if promise was given not to continue to violate the laws. ^ An Interesting feature of Judge ^ Hiies'testimony was a declaration that ^ former United States Senator KTtv- ^ lins was still a Mormon, even though j he stoo.d against the church on the i matter of political interference. Attor- j ney Van Cott took the Witness to task ; for .the statement and the "colloquy enlivened the close of the day's hearing. I FISH BLOCK RIVER. Saw and Grist Mills Forced to Shut ! Down by Deluge of Carp. j ( A dispatch from Grana Rapids. j Mich., says: Immense quantities of | j carp have literally filled the river at I \ Hustingford, causing the saw mills and ! ( grist mills to shut down for several j , days, the fish getting into the water ! wheels and choking them up. ' 9 11 VRANGLE RENEWED louse Members Continue Tirade Against Bristow. WESTIGATION IS BALKED y Strict Party Vote Republicans Turn Down Proposition Calling for * More Light on Postal Scandal. A Washington special says: By * ;rict party vote, after a day full of exting debate, the republicans of the ause of representatives Friday defeati the democratic proposition for a mgressional investigation into the astoffice department. The resolutions calling for such aa ivestigation were ruled out by Sp?3akr Cannon, and the appeal from the iling was tabled by the republican majority, by a strict party vote. Subjquently the house adopted the reso- \ ition of Mr. McCall, of Massachusetts, roviding for the creation of a special ammittee to investigate the charges gainst members contained in the Bris>w report, but this does not open the ray to a complete Investigation intd le rottenness of the postoffice departs lent. :V The wrath which swept over the ouse of representatives Wednesday as ae result of the report involving ceriin members of congress, and which ras temporarily stemmed by adjoprnient Thursday on account of the , eath of Representative Croft, broke ^ ut afresh at Friday's session. Mr. Gillett, of Massachusetts, preented a minority report when Mr. lay, of Virginia, promptly objected to :s consideration. The speaker, in ruling on the point, aid the Hay resolution was a matter f highest privilege, and he recognized Ir. Overstreet, of Indiana, who deired unanimous'consent for an order iving the members ten days' leave to xtend their remarks. Mr. Cooper, of Wisconsin, enterjd-r^y n emphatic "No." - > Mr. Tawney, of Minnesota, enterained the view that every member ad the right to speak indefinitely as , matter of privilege. Mr. Overstreet then submitted two iropositions, first that the discussion ie extended until Monday at 4 o'clock, ,nd, second, ufiuT 4 o'clock Saturday, o both of which Mr. Hay objected. He hen renewed his motion for leave to irint, which brought Mr. Williams to k. lis feet with the declaration that whatever is said on this subject should ie 6aid in the open house, and he t herefore objected. He was greeted rith applause. Mr. Cowherd, of Missouri, was recignized and defended the action of he committee representing the report. 4 Phere was no occasion, he said, to reer the matter to the committee to ee whether the charges against memiers had been made. The report of xeneral Bristow had gone out with the t ipproval of the president. "I say now," he declared, "that Seavers has usually complied with revests of members of congress, re-' jardless of the merits of the case, the * mswer is that the charg^ is trrfe." "If members had made unusual re[uests upon the department,' he said, 'the propriety of their conduct was a [uestion between themselves ^nd their :onstituents. It is not a violation of aw," he insisted, with emphasis. "The :ommittee could not undertake to edit he department's report nor could they liscriminate between the cases cited, f they had done so the committee * vould have been lashed from the floor >f the house." BAPTIZED IN HIS COFFIN. V Before Execution Murderer Goes Through Unique Ceremonial. * A dispatch from Richmond, Va., lays: John Clements, colored, ,was langed at King William court house Friday for murder. He was baptized )y immersion in the box in which his )ody was afterwards used as a coffin md which was shipped to a medical lollege in Richmond. ' ' ? ' . MORO STRONGHOLD TAKEN. ; , -J " $ ' r * ^ food's Forces in Pnilippines Attacked by Strong party of Rebels. The following cablegram from Major General Wade, dated ftaiula, 4 March 13, was received in Washington Monday: ' ; "Major General Leonard Wood reports an attack on a reconnoitering 'orce east of Cottabato by a strong '* party of Moros, made hostile by the passage of the anti-slavery law. The " VIoros' position was shelled and the / Moros flanked and the outworks ta>? a : wu. QUIET AT SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. Presence of Many Military Companies Checks Riotous Proceedings. The race disturbances which terrorized Springfield, Ohio, for three lays, as the result of the murder of + Patrolman Collis and the subsequent lynching of the negro Dixon, who shot Collis ,are held well in check by the eighteen companies of State militia, * and the authorities are of the opinion that no moYe troops will be needed to control the situation. < ^fvsT*