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AN OLD TIMER'S STORY OF A SAVAGE INDIAN BATTLE In mv thirty-four years of torri torial life I have seen many thine;: to be remembered as well as thing: to 4be forgotten. First it was tin naked frontier with its Indiai troubles, then the brawling minim camps and later that peace and safet] of life and property incident to th< westward march of law and order It is not of these things I care t< write. Cabio Blanco has exploitet his frontier experiences most entertainelv. Manv others have furrowec the same field. Largely this ha: been of white man against Indiar and Indian against white man, bu the following little story is of i scrap between the reds. It was fought somewhere near the west enc of the Pima-Maricopa villages, aboui 175 miles, in a direct line, east o: here, and much further if following the various windings of the Gib along which the attacking part} marched. ' In 1S54, when the California golf fever was at white heat, the Government established Fort Yuma. th< first post of its kind in the Southwest It was located on an ingenious bluf: ' ? overlooking the Colorado River. 11 was built for the suppression of law lessness at that particular place. Ii was at this point the old Yuma trai crossed the river. Robbery anc murder were of common occurrence In this work the hostile Indians hac but little advantage over some o; his white brethren, who infested th< of tho Pnlnmrln T.ifp wa< held lightly in those days by th< men who rough-hewed the way civili zation was to follow in the South west. Shortly after the location of th< post an effort was made to chastise 'the Indians, and thus put an end tc their continuous deviltry. The pos is on the California side of the rive) and the Indians to be punished wen in Arizona?then New Mexico. Th< troops crossed the river and made : campaign of five days without see ing so much as a hostile Indian, bu no sooner had they returned tc quarters than the Indians showed ui on the opposite side of the rivei and went into camp in full view o: their would-be pursuers. It wai later learned that the hostiles hac fallen in behind the troops, marchec when they marched, camped whei they camped, without the soldier! being aware of it. The principa rancheria of the Yuma Indians, then as now, was on the Arizona side o the river, about 100 miles to th< north of the nost. As deDredation: continued to go on it became neces sary to teach them a salutary lessoi in good manners. This was don< at the upper rancheria in the way o: "burned villages, wasted crops anc dead Indians. It was hitting then where they lived and was too mucl for paint and feathers. A peace witl the white man was made and neve] broken. At the time when the post was established the Yuma mdians?some times known as Cucaans?wer< under the command of a noted wa: chief known as Caballo y Pelt (Horse and Hair). He is said t< have been one of the greatest wa: chiefs the Yumas ever had. He diet in 1S5S and was succeeded by Pas quai. Then, as now, the Indians on th< Colorado burned their dead, and witl the body all personal belongings o the dead and such articles in th< way of weapons, food and finery a; friends and relatives contributed t< tVia or>I> ? fori nip in hi' fateful journey to the spirit land Horses were stolen from the whites sacrificed over the ashes of the dea< chief, and then roasted and eaten With much feasting, loud lamenta tions and wild outbursts of wild bar \ baric grief the assembled people re called his parting admonition to th< head men of his tribe to "neve make peace with the Maricopas." The upper river men were thei friends, but the men of the deser were their enemies, and among then the Maricopas were never to b trusted. The dead chief had been ; man of much authority in his day and his parting injunction sanj deep into the hearts of the fightin; men of his tribe. Councils of wa were held, and it was decided to de stroy the Maricopas. To this en< assistance was asked of the Chime huevas, Mojave and Yavanais, friend ]y tribes living to the north an ncrtheast of the Yumas. The tw former were river Indians, but th Yavanais were one of the hill tribe that did much to make the name o Arizona a synonym for blood an murder. The most noted fightin men of these tribes offered then selves for the occasion, and to thi force of several hundred men, th pick and pride of these severs nArtnlAc nroc* o ccmno/1 fh/i Hootrn/ >1 ao uooi^ii^u wxiv vi^kjw* u\ tion of the Maricopas. They render voused at the junction of the Gil and Colorado rivers, within the limit of the present town of Yuma. Froi v that point they began their fatefi march against the Maricopas. The Pima and Maricopa Indian lived m scattered villages along th Gila River, the nearest village bein distant about 175 miles east of th place of rendezvous. To the sout and southeast of them lived th Papagos, a tribe of desert Indian to whom they were closely allie by blood and marriage. Collective! the three tribes could gather l( gether a fighting force of about 100 men, but the Yumas and their allk had no thought of meeting such combination. The Pima-Maricopa were to be surprised and siaughtere in full settlement of centuries of a< cumulated grievances. Big with e; 1 pectation of easy victory the allies left the Colorado and followed the j Gila till they reached the first Mari- ; | copa village. This they believed to ; = have been near where the Phoenix ; & Maricopa Railroad now crosses ; ? the river. 5 In the gray dawn of early morn- , :"'r ' ctyn il.* ? Vi o wocr on a nf tVio ^ | i ii ?-> I 1^ ^ J OL* UV.il Hi V/ ' T vo C ViiU V/i VM v village with Terrible shock. To their : , surprise they found only a few old * squaws, whom they ruthlessly : a butchered, and still a few others a j little further in. an additional whet j j I to their thirst for blood. Suddenly ; I | in front and on both sides the allies j were attacked by an overwhelming ! j j force. With terrific yells they closed j 5 j in on the invaders and then began j ^ one of the most desperate and t ! bloody battles ever fought by In- j i J dians in the Southwest. Finding i , j themselves trapped, the allies faced > ! ahr>!it md heroicallv struggled to ex- ! ! tricate themselves. The overlapping j | flanks of the Maricopas and their al- ! 1 lies, the Pimas and Papagoes, dark | enea the way with flights of arrows, ? | spears and stones, hut in the agony j j cf desperation the Colorado Indians j ' succeeded in breaking through only j | to be clubbed, speared or shot in the j | running fight that followed. This is j ! known to have continued for forty i | miles. Of all that left the Colorado j River with such high hopes, but few I lived to return, and those to die of . I exhaustion and wounds. They had i put up a hard fight, but went down ! under the weight of numbers. The i fatal trap. had been barbarously j baited with a few old squaws. The | invaders unsuspectingly entered it { and their doom was sealed. Quarter i was neither asked nor given, and the brains of the wounded and exhauted were beaten out by the sav! age women that followed in the line j of pursuit. ? i Never in the lives ot the allied j , tribes had they lost so many of their j ' best men. In anticipation of easy ? | victory and consequent plunder many r J of their squaws had gone far to meet 1 j them. They were frenzied with grief \ i over the unexpected results. It is j said that their wailings and Iamenta. j lions could be heard for miles. ? ! Among the noted Yumas killed was , ! Francisco, a chief well known to the j j few whites then living in the counr j try. It was through his influence f ; that the famous Olive Oatman had 3 [ been given her liberty by the Moj ; javes, she having been purchased by j them from the Apaches. . I For a time it was feared that the 3 Maricopas, emboldened by their suc2 ; cesses, would attack the Yumas on ! the Colorado, and all available war? j riors were held in readiness to meet 3 ! them. The women and children 3 ' were sent to the rancheria on the . , California side of the river, and , numerous rafts were prepared for ? : the crossing of the warriors in case ? ; they were again beaten; but the vicj | tors were satisfied to let well enough j alone. Beyond an occasional meetj ; ing of a few bold spirits, this battle j I ended hostilities between the two P | tribes, and animosities have so far j been forgotten that intermarriages 5 j have taken place between them. This . ; has been due mostly to the schools u 1 at which the young people of the , ; different tribes are in attendance, j j The Maricopc.s had been advised 5 of the proposed raid of the Yumas r | by the Cocopahs. These were also j : river Indians, but residents of Lower . California. From 'all time," they i say, they have been at enmity with a ! the Yumas. A strip of land twentyj | five miles along the river, between f i the two tribes, was considered neu3 ! tral ground, but between the Coco3 j pahs and Maricopas friendly inter3 : course had long been kept. Cocos j pahs were employed on the steamers that occasionally found their way up the river with Government freight. I j These the Yumas invariably killed j if they were indiscreet enough to . I leave the protection of the white . i man's boat. It was while so em. j ployed that the Cocopahs learned of 0 J the intentions of the Yumas to raid r ] and massacre the Maricopas. Certain it is that Maricopa scouts kept r their people informed of every move t made by the invaders, fo" at least ^ roor-hi. f Vl o VI1 - Q tw u ua^ uciu.c tiitj x w*_., e lages, wheye they were impatiently a awaited in overpowering numbers.? . ; Correspondence in Forest and ^ Stream. s r Jiquc Wood Ties. Mahogany is often used for ties ^ by the railroads in Cuba, as well as in other tropical countries, but Sir | William Van Home has forbidden it ^ on his road. He considers it a crime 0 to cut small mahogany trees, as there e is plenty of other timber in the fors ests suitable for construction pur* poses. ^ Jique (pronounced hickey), acana, s jucaro negro, all hard woods which ' do not grow large and cannot be s utilized for cabinet work, are just I e as good as mahogany for ties and ll will outlast steel rails in this climate, because they won't rust. On the rail roaa Detween ;\euvnas auu ^amaa guey, the oldest in Cuba, which was s built in 1SSS, are jique ties which n have been taken out and used for ll fence posts after fifty years. Some of them have been taken out and lS used for fence posts after thirty e years in the railroad bed. There is s a tramway at Camaguey with rails of e jique wood, over which the cars have k been running for more than a quarter e of a century and they do not show IS wear any more than steel after the a same service. Much of the wood is y so hard and heavy that it will sink in water.?Chicago Record-Herald. ?s a In the Canary Islands many buildis ings are constructed of pumice stone, d and in Ceylon a stone called "ca> bock,'' a species cf pumice, is emk ployed for the same purpose. >: A .. . jPalmettoStatefasj' >- f V V T f t V f V V V f ? Georgia-Carolina Railway. A charter has been granted by the secretary of state of Georgia to the Georgia-Carolina Railway company, which is to be sixty miles in length. The company is organized with a million dolars capital, and is to begin at Athens and extend through Clarke, Madison, Franklin and Hart counties to a point on the Savannah river near tiartwen, ua., una .iuuc;- ( son. * * County is Selling Booze. The system of operating the brewery and several ber bottling plants in Charleston has been changed, the county board of control buying the output of the plants and disposing of it through dispensers, espicialy appointed, selling the beer at a profit, in lieu of permitting the plants to sell directly to the consumers as heretofore. It is estimated that the county will. clear $30,000 to $40,000 by the new system which is now within the dispensary act, while the former methods were contrary to the law. * * * Will Shut Off Blind Tigers. nf thp disnensary JL 11C _ v/ill be facilitated in Charleston with the passage of the prohibition law in Georgia and the city authorities look for betttr local results as SGcn as the Georgia law gees in.o effect on January 1st next. The police dspar.ment has bten much more exercised in cutting off the importations of contraband liquors from Augusta and Savannah, and with the supply of ike j blind tigers shut off from these cities, I the local authorities will be better able to handle the situation. i * * Suburban Mills Win Case. A Washington special says: In an opinion rendered by Commissioner Clements, the interstate commerce commission decided the case of Jas.L. Quimby and others, merchants and dealers of South Carolina, against the Clyde Steamship company and ether steamship companies and rillway lines in the southeastern territory in favor of the contentions of the complainants. * * - * The places oraerea u? ue put 111 l lie Augusta, group are Aiken, Laugley an( Graniteville, in South Carolina, but Blackville, S. C., forty-six miles east of Augusta, was net ordered to be included in the Augusta group. * * New Electric Line Planned. Application will be made to the secretary of state within the next few days for a charier for an electric railway from Greenville to Spartanburg. The company proposes to build a railway with electrical equipment, of standard gauge, traversing the townships of Greenville, Butler and Chick Springs, in Greenville county, and the towwnships of Beech Springs and Spartanburg, in Spartanburg county, making a totdl distance of about 21 miles. The line of the road reaching from Greenville to Spartanburg will touch the famous Chick Springs, and this is something that Greenville has always desired. * * * Supreme Court Reverses Decision. The state supreme court has filed a decision in the case of tne itrmsn aim American Mortgage company against Comptroller General Jones, which completely reverses the former decision of the same case returned some months ago. The previous decision held that the franchise license tax act / of 1904 w.as unconstitutional in that it discriminated between foreign and domestic corporations. | The attorney general filed a petlj tion for a rehearing on the ground that the court had overlooked an im portant point in the case and the rehearing was granted. Now the court upholds the position taken by Attorney General Lyon and the act of 1904 stand?. The case was previously argued by Mr. Lyon's predecessor and | the second decision is a decided legal victory for Mr. Lyon. * * To Control Sea Island Cotton. I About $25,000 has already been sub; scribed by the Sea Island cotton plan| ters to the company which is to erect ' and operate a mill to destroy the seed, keeping it from the hands cf Florida | and Georgia farmers and to this extent controlling and monopolizing the long staple industry. The capital stock of the farmers' company is to be $50,000. Sufficient stock has been subscribed to make the scheme certain and the planters are confident that the new scheme, supplemented wi:h the cotton seed association whose mem bers are pledged not to sell seed save to members or to the farmers' mill, '' * ' 'if. . will solve the falling price of the fine grade of cotton. The planters of this state think that they are better off under the present plan than they would be if they had gone into the Valdcsta scheme of forming a big corporation to control the market. ! A Roast and an Apology. A political sensation was created a few days ago by a statement issued by State Superintendent of Education Martin, severely criticising Governor Ansel for appointing ex-Go veruor Jnc C. Sheppard of Edgefield to fill a vacancy on the state board of education from the second district. Mr. Martin declared the appointment of Sheppard is purely political i and contrary to the policy wh ch h^ has endeavored to carry out, of having only educators on the board, but he expresses his admiration for the distinguished ex-governor. He declared, however, that the appoiatm.nt is the result of gubernatroial obtu.eness and stupidity. The final outcome of the matter is a public apology to Governor An^el by Mr. Martin. The superintendent is repentant and says that he is sorry for the language contained in his letter. * # Plan of Commissioner Watson. Probably the first attempt on the part of any branch cf a state govern mout in the south to give anymmg like a comprehensive report of the condition of the cotton crop was that issued by Commissioner of Immigration and Agriculture E. J. Watson of this state, on August 1, which showed the condition cf the cotton c.op in this state to be ?0.5. Tha; Mr. Wat; sen's information was au:hentic was j verified by the government report isj sued the following day, showing the I condition in South Carolina to be | j 81. As president cf the Southern | States Commissioners of Agriculture, j which will meet in Columbia, in Ocj tober next, Mr. Watscn announces tha; | in view of the various complaints j of the government cottcn crop reports, ! it is his aim to have accurate data collected in each of the cotton growing states for the purpose of making a general report of the co:ton crop at the meeting to be held in Columbia LICENSE IS RESTORED To Southern Railway in Alabama on Road's Agreemnet to Surrender and Obey New Laws of State. After three days of conference, in Montgomery, Ala., the state came to an agreement witli the Southern railway Thursday afternoon, as a result of which the licenses of the company recently canceled, are to be restored, and in retuvn the road .puts into effect, -beginning September 1, the 2lucent passenger fere and the bill fixing freight races on 110 commodities. The result is a complete victory for the state, securing the enforcement of two acts out of which the people are expected to realize great saving. At the conference Governor Comer represented the state and Cclonel E. L. Russell, vice president of the Mobile and Ohio; J. S. B. Thompson, assistant to President Finley; Colonel Alex P. Humphrey of Louisville and James Weatherly of Birmingham, attorneys, represented the Southern. The laws in question will not be put into effect permanently. The agree men: specifically declares that the1'1 operation, beginning September 1, are cnly subject to the final determination j as to their constitutionality and their reasonableness, when a decision of these questions is finally rendered by the court of last resort. Meanwhile, the ether laws enacted by the legislature at its winter session affecting the railroads of the state will rc-main in force. The railroad's representatives agreed that they would appear before Federal Judge Jones and ask him for an order modifying the restraining order issued by the United States court two months ago, to permit of the immediate operation, subject to the final . /ic/M'eiVn of rhp onnrts nf the two acts U^W ViUiVM V/ ?. in question. In consideration of the agreement of the railroad representatives to permit of the immediate operation of these two laws, the one affecting passenger traffic and the other the freight, it was agreed by Governor Comer that the revocation of the license of the " 1 Alnhomft C Vin 711 VlO SClKIlfrn HI iwaua mo. ouuuiu w v??ccled. and the company permitted to do business without hindrance by the state. The compromise affects only the one railroad system, the Southern. The other railroads of the^state were not parties to the conference. A test case on the law by which the license was revolved will be made in order to determine the validity of the act and to establish a certainty of procedure in the future along this line. Xo grief is as great as the one you cannot take tt> a friend for sympathy. f ' STRIKE UNIVERSAL" Walk-Out of Telegraphers Spreads in All Directions. TRAFFIC BEING CRIPPLED ; I Officials of Beth Western Union and Postal Companies Declare They Will Never Treat With Telegraphers' Union. Encouraged by their success in hampering the facilities cf both commercial telegraph companies in Chicago, the striking operators are now planning to carry the warfare to all parts of the United States and Canada. Instructions were telegraphed Sunday by National Secretary Russell to the men in New York and other ci:i-s to "save their money and await orders." The telegraph companies are preparing to meet the issue, and declare they will fight to a finish. They declare they have been temporizing with the union for months, and that they will hold no further negotiations with the representatives of the men on strike. Cots have been installed in the buildings of both companies in Chicago for the accommodation of strikebreakers, and other preparations for a bitter struggle are being perfected. ''We are filling positions as rapidly as possible," said T. P. Cock, general superintendent of the Western Union. "We are in better position than we expected. We will not deal with any representative of the strikers, as the company only trea:s with its own emrvi/->t7oPc When the men ouit work I they ceased to be employees of the Western Union, and our relations with them are at an end. There was no ! union recognition in this controversy." The points affected by the strike up to Sunday night were: Western Union?Chicago, Houston, Kansas City, Topeka, Oklahoma City, Pueblo, New Orleans, Nashville, Columbus (Ohio), Memphis, Dallas, Meridian, Jackson, Miss.: Minneapolis, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Helena, Mont.; Salt Lake City, Colorado Springs, Denver, Fort Worth, El Paso, St Paul, Los Angeles, Fargo, Omaha, Sioux City. Knoxville and Atlanta. Postal?Chicago, Kansas City, Topeka, Oklahoma City, New Orhans, Dap las, Memphis, Jackson, Tenn.; Augusta, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Birmingham and Omaha. That the strike would be universal throughout the United States and Canada within twenty-four hours, was a declaration made Sunday .night by National Secretary Russell of the telegraph organization. This statement was made by Mr. Russell after he had been informed of the action taken by the men in New Yok, who, at a meeting there, Sunday, decided to hold a walk-out in abeyance until the latter part of the week. "The strike movement," said Russell, "has come to the point where there can be no backdown. The telegraphers have been trodden upen long enough by the companies, and we are going to use all our strength to enforce our demands. For several we-ks President Small and myself have been holding the telegraphers back and have ben advising conciliation, but they have taken matters in thiir own hands, and we are going to stand by them. "No union man will be allowed to work with anyone no: belonging to our organization, and this means that the strike will become universal. We can't go half way in this matter new. The strike has been precipitated by the men themselves without the sanction of the national officers, but we are now all working in unison, and anything that the officials of the various unions throughout the country have done in calling striKes meets with our hearty co-opcratim. POSTAL COMPANY'S RETURN For Taxation in Georgia Is Increased f by Arbitration Board. The board of arbitration in the case of tho assessment for taxation of the property of the Postal Telegraph company in Georgia made report of its award to Comptroller General Wright Friday. The Postal returned its property at about $170,000, and the comptroller general assessed it at $356,000. The board of arbitrators fixed its valua uoi at $<3uo,uuv udi. BONAPARTE SEES TEDDY. Attorney General Visits Oyster Bay for Special Coriferer.ee. Attorney General Bonaparte visited Oyster Bay Friday for a consultation with President Roosevelt. Mr. Bonaparte said i: was barely possible he might have something of interest to .say later regarding the conference. He remained to luncheon with the president. BOAD IS SEEKINGIPEACE. Executive Officers of Southern Call Off Fight in Alabama?Proposition is Made to Governor Comer. b The executive officers of the Southern railway, who have ben in conference in New York, for several days* 7r. have, according to report, reached the decision that it will be the part of wisdom to abandon the litigation instituted in the federal courts for the i n.-fl ? j.. i ? ilUtlUll'cluUU kjl itruuucu rates in several s:ates of the south. President Finley and other executive officers of the system went from Washington to New York, and they ^ were joined by Colonel A. B. Andrews,' the first vice president. It is generally understood that this conference took. t place at the metropolis so that the officials could keep in touch with those who have the largest financial interest in the road. A high official of the Southern railway frankly admitted in the course of | conversation that appeal to the feder- j al courts in all of the passenger rate # cases was a mistake. These who prompted this course argued that it would be best for the railroads to go before the supreme court of the United States with a fa- y vorabie decision, and the position was taken that such a decision would be* si the most likely given in the federal jsj than in the state courts. The railroads recognize that they have lost any advantage they might have obtained from the federal injunctions given them, and what is still worse, they have aroused the hostility of public opinion. . This, they fear, will be reflected at sessions of the legislatures in th'e 7a- . rious states. Southern Makes Proposition. A preposition of settlement has been made by the Southern railway offi-. Socials in Montgomery, Ala., to be sub-' mitted to the governor. < It has been. wired to President Finley in New York and awaits his action. - v Vice President E. L. Russell of the Mobile and Ohio, representing Presi- . % dent Finley, and Attorney Weatherly tfz of Birmingham continued their conference with Governor Comer Wednesday regarding the controversy between the state of Alabama and the South ern. That it was not the intention of thp officers of the Southern railway *" % to defy the sta:e of Alabama is con- yy% veyed In statements made by Vice President Russell. He declared that ^ the removal of the case from the state to the federal court was in regular order of business, and that it was not so removed in time to come under the provisions of the new law. Railway officials discuss with con* * cern the finding of an indictment at - ^ Marion, Ala., fearing that it may cause v^i complications./The Southern was indieted there for violating the law in doing business without a license. Gov. Comer, after the consultation, gave out a statement in which he says he is standing out for the 2%- ' ' cent fare bill, saying: jig "Every time a ticket is sold for more than two and a half cents a mile, the roads violate the law and the person v selling the ticket commits a misde- 1: ' j meanor. It is the duty of every court > nhoroa thp iurv. and the duty LU 0\J vuuaqv w w , -? _ of every solicitor to make out a case. I have told CSionel Russeil that with his reputation for fairness, I shall ex-, 1 pect him to realize and concede that the railroads must obey the laws same as any other person." With regard to the removal of the gl case from the Talladega court to the ;pjjg federal court, over which the license of the Southern was revoked and Wm which the railroad people admit was ', % hasty and not intended, the governor ' says: "The administration . understands that the offense was committed against f. the state laws by the removal of the>:; ' suit, regardless of the motive which - V; prompted it. The laws are made for all ^ alike and to be observed by all and enforced by the administration unpartially." - 1 LIVING TOO SWIFTLY. Death Rate Among Men in Chicago ^ * Double That of Women. The strenuous life is killing the men . J of Chicago at a tremendous rate, while ' the women of the city are increasing their longevity by the simple life, says Heal;h Commissioner Evans, in a re* ^rfp port just issued. He declares that ar few centuries will see Chicago an Adamless Eden. Dr. Evans makes the startling statement that, during . the v last seven months of 1907, in Chicago, about 12,000 men succumbed, ae * , ' J._ n AAA n.nmori compared to o.vuu n umvu, LOW RATE FOR MICHIGAN. >v f Two-Cent Fares to be Given by Roads After September 19, Next. The Michigan state railroad commls- j 'j sioners department at Lansing has re- ? ceived letters from the Lake Shore, i Michigan Central, Wabash and Big fj Four railroads, stating that .they will^ $ comply with the new two-cent fare law ji when It goes into effect September 17. fF.