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i?7 THE WIDOW TALAMANTES.
Wf; Picturesque Figure in Mexican Re.
fc/ bellion Kills Colonel.
The Widow Talamantes, who toot
the field as an insurrecto commandg?
er after her husband and two sons
had been shot as rebels by commanc
j of Col. Chiapas, says Douglas, (Ari
zona) correspondence of the Nev
SR.. York American, won her revenge it
8^ full measure, it became known her(
to-day, when the man on whose hea<i
she had set the price of $20,000 ir
gold rode, into an ambush in hei
camp.
"Don't shoot to kill!" commanded
the woman. "Remember, he's
K ? mv nrisnnor "
g- 4DV4AV*
The aim of the soldiers was good
|p? They brought Col. Chiapas dowr
% from the sadle of his galloping horse
with a bullet wound in the neck, anc
t another in the arm. Chiapas rolled
over in pain, and then looked up and
straight into the eyes of the Wdo\*
(Talamantes, which blazed like those
of a tigress met in the dark.
Chiapas took no account of his injuries
after that. He read his doon
as plainly as any could who faces
fe certain death. He lay bleeding or
3. v the sand, a pleading look in his eyes
but his lips asking no favors, while
the Widow Talamantes, resting or
Jl? her rifle, stood over him in contem0:
plation. No one in her command
w *
dared touch the wounded Chiapas
r v until she gave the order.
P Finally she leaned over and whis
pered in the wounded man's ear?
nniv a few words. His Dale face
blanched whiter still, and his lips
compressed into a thinner line, bul
^ he gave no other sgn that he hac
heard.
The Widow Talamantes signaled
M to her men and turned away. Col
Chiapas was picked up and carried tc
I ' a tent.
4 Just as the red rim of sun appeared
over the eastern horizon a
woman's voice gave a sharp command.
There was the quick roll ol
fire from a dozen rifles, and a tottering
figure, standing on the edge of a
newly made grave, crumpled up,
' quivered and then lay motionless or
r the edge of the trench.
One of the men of the firing squac
advanced and turned the body ovei
twith his foot, saw that at least ter
. of the bullets had found their mark
and then tumbled it over into the
grave. Sand was thrown quickly in
to the level and a cross made of twc
pieces of rough board, driven dowr
with a rifle butt at the head of the
grave.
So the Widow Talamantes took re
venge for the slaying of her husbanc
L; and t&o sons by Col. Chiapas of the
* Federal army!
R.; The pursuit, capture and shooting
' of Col. Chiapas is the most dramatic
y| incident in the Mexican revolution
The Talamantes, father and twc
sons, were suspected of revolution
jjy. s ary leanings at the beginning of the
jjft disturbances. They were rich, employSi
ed a large number of laborers anc
X wielded great influence in the State
9E of Sonora. They were captured or
m a federal raid by Chiapas, who ther
IjF" was in command of the Sonora dis
j|S? fcrict. Father and sons were withir
sight of their hacienda.
The wife and mother pleadec
I vainly with Chiapas to spare theii
Hp lives. Her appeals were met witl
sneering replies, and the womai
soon found she was dealing with z
|lr man brutalized by drink, but still
13k holding the authority of life anc
I death. Later she heard the shots
that announced the death of th?
three persons she loved best in th<
world.
, From that moment Col. Chiapas
was a marked man.
The widow published broadcast ai
offer of $20,000 gold for the cap
ture and giving into her hands o:
Chiapas, but none could penetrat<
the guard of Federal soldiers tha
Chiapas kept about him.
Then the widow took the field a
the head of a revolutionary forc<
made up of her employees am
friends, and commanded ;t with th<
skill of a veteran in several battles
and skirmishes.
Her force grew to be one of th<
largest revolutionary bands in Sono
ra, and all the time it was drawing
nearer and nearer to the commanc
of Col. Chiapas.
But the widow feared her oppor
tunity might not come in open bat
itle, and laid a more subtle plan. Sh<
supplied men with money to go intc
Agua Prieta and meet Col. Chiapas
on the plane of good fellowship, pi:
him with wine and see that he was
not disturbed in his carouse. Shi
knew the Federals were to evacuati
Agua Prieta Tuesday night, and tol<
her men to be sure that Col. Chiapas
went to bed drunk and slept sound
ly that night.
Yesterday morning about thre<
o'clock, Col. Chiapas awoke. H<
v found the good fellow who had beej
puv with him gone and the city deserted
The Federal forces, he was told
were 20 miles away.
Chiapas stormed at the men wh<
had betrayed and deserted him, am
; 5 then commandered an Arabian hors<
' belonging to Don Porfirio Terazzas
and said to be the fleetest In all So
GETS FIRST HAIR CUT.
? Unique Character Declares He Never
Looked Into Mirror Before.
: Greely, Col., May 23.?Because he
- says he looked into a mirror for the
j first time in his life and saw himself
I as others see him, "Indian Smith,"
- a unique character of Evans 'for
' years, is shorn of his long, black
i hair, which until a few days ago had
i never been cut.
I "I sort of hated to part with my
l hair, for I clipped it off myself and
* intended sending it to the government
for a present," said Smith, who
is a "medicine man," having learn'
A ^ ^Vi/v A fw/\rv* *V\cv P V* omlr oa Ttl
' cu luc an 11 Mill me viici vaw am
dians by whom he was taken pris.
oner when a child,
i For ten years he dug and dried
- herbs and learned their value. He
I says he is a great nephew of Joseph
I Smith, the Mormon saint, and that
I he can trace his ancestry back to
r Captain John Smith whose life was
< saved by Pocahontas.
Firemen to Arbitrate,
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. Washington, May 27.?The dispute
t between the Southern railway and
its firemen will be referred to the
j board of mediation under the Erdt
man act. This decision was reached
. to-day after it seemed that a strike
I .was inevitable. The firemen's repre5
sentatives yesterday flatly refused a
nrnnncal tn nrhitrflte. but tO-day
. agreed to submit the matter to dis.
interested third parties. Judge Marj
tin A. Knapp of the court of com.
merce and Dr. Chas. P. Neill, comt
missioner of labor, mediators under
I the Erdman act, have been called in.
The negotiations will begin at once.
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SHE'S A GRANDMA AT 29.
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Her Daughter, a Mother at 15, is the
Oldest ot Nine Children.
L
Denver, May(23.?Mrs. 3usie Hurl
ley, of this city, wife of Frank Hur.
ley, is believed to be the youngest
L grandmother in the country. She is
( 29 years old. The lusty grandson
i was born February 20. His name is
Edward, and he is the son of William
I Beatty and Mrs. Flossie Hurley Beat
ty. The girl-mother in 15 years old.
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Lost Fortune in Markets.
>
An interesting story comes out of
y Spartanburg about W. T. Jones, the
t Union county farmer, under life sentn-not*
fnr the murder of his wife.
Jones will begin to serve his sentence
this week..
L "It was learned yesterday that
> Jones had l06t an amount estimated
at about $100,000 through specular
tion in cotton and wheat. He has ap?
pointed the Nicholson Trust company
of Union trustee of his estate, and
j instructed the company to pay his
. debts out of the income of his plan>
tations.
"Jones owns about 5,000 acres of
[ land, 3,000 acres being contained in
> a single plantation. The annual inl
come from his property varies from
l $12,000 to $15,000, it is said.
"According to Spartanburg friends,
t Jones turned to speculation in an
effort not only to recover the attor[
ney's fees and other expenses of his
. trial and appeals to the supreme
t court, but also to divert his mind
t from his trouble. At first, it is said,
t he was successful, but later the tide
I turned and he sustained heavy losses.
I "Jones has been confined in the
5 Union county jail since the death of
? his wife on the night of July 4,
? 1908. He has enjoyed many privileges,
it is said, and in the early part
5 of his imprisonment drank heavily.
His market operations were conducti
ed from his cell.
"The supreme court recently disf
missed Jones's last appeal and Gov.
5 Blease refused to grant a petition,
t for his pardon, signed by 2,600 people.
t "Jones is now 41 years old. He is
5 said to t>e a tall, handsome man and
1 is well educated. He attended the
a University of South Carolina and
3 Davidson college, N. C., but did not
arradnate from either.
5 "Because of his wealth and promi.
nence, as well as the cold-bloodedr
ness of the crime, his case and his
1 long fight have aroused much interest."
j A Peek Into His Pocket
i would show the box of Bucklen's
> Arnica Salve that E. S. Loper, a carpenter,
of Marilla, N. Y., always carries.
"I have never had a cut, wound,
7 bruise, or sore it would not soon
3 heal," he writes. Greatest healer of
3 burns, boils, scalds, chapped hands
3 and lips, fever-sores, skin-eruptions,
I eczema, corns and piles. 25c. at
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3
- nora. He rode like mad through the
dark and coming dawn after the re
e treating army.
e The Widow Talamantas cut the!
Q line of the Federal retreat ten miles
.. from Augua Prieta and established
., an ambush. She waited for hours
until finally the sound of rapid hoof0
beats came from the road from Au1
gua Prieta, and Chiapas, in a vain
3 race for life, galloped in among her
i, men on a foam-flecked and exhaust
ed horse.
A GREAT TRIP.
An Old Soldier Writes of His Trip
to the Reunion.
Little Rock, Ark., May 22, 1911.
M. A. W. Knight, Editor Herald:
Dear Sir.?When I left home the
18th instant I was the only veteran
aboard, spent the night in Augusta
with relatives and felt quite rested
for the long trip which I resumed,
taking the 8 a. m. train for the
great reunion. We soon found that
we were in a merry band of brothers,
all joyful and jubilant, journeying
through Georgia, as we journeyed
singing the dear old songs. Let us
for "Auld Lang Syne" mention a
few that we mostly admired. First
on the program "Old Rosin, the
Beau."
i
"I live for the good of my nation,
And my sons are all growing low,
But I hope that my next generation
Will resemble Old Rosin, the Beau.
I've traveled this country all over,
And now to the next I will go:
For I know that good quarters await
me,
To welcome Old Rosin, the Beau."
"My Old Kentucky Home," "Tis
Midnight Hour," "Vive La Campagne,"
"Dixie," "We're Tenting Tonight
on the Old Camp Ground,"
"The Campbells are Coming, O! ho!
O! ho!" "Annie Laurie," "Just Before
the Battle Mother," "I Am
Thinking Most of You," "Her Bright
Smile Haunts Me Still."
" 'Tis years since last we met,
And we may not meet again,
I have struggled to forget,
But the struggle was in vain;
For her voice lives on the breeze,
And her spirit comes at will,
In the midnight on the seas.
Her bright smile haunts me still."
"Oft in the Stilly Night," "Oh
Don't You Remember Sweet Alice
Ben Bolt."
These are the songs that came
from the heart, and I could mention
many more. They breathe of the
spirit of home and our native land
and they should find a welcome place
in every home and school throughout
our broad land, and do away with
the present jingle "that has no sense
or song."
In Augusta I met with Mr. Winton
Walker and Mr. Henry Walker, from
Baldoc, and was in their company as
far as Atlanta, but here our routes
diverged and did not meet them
again which I greatly regretted.
So often nave i passed over tnis
part of the country that the scenery
is quite familiar to me, but there is
one that I never lose interest in.
Looking up, there stands the silent
sentinel, Stone Mountain, that guards
the pass to the gate city, only a few
miles from Atlanta. It does not appear
to be much of a mountain when
first you see it, for you are traveling
on a high ridge, but as you go down
and descend into the valley it seems
to rise higher and higher and broadens
and as you pass close , by you can
see it on a much larger scale in all
orranHonr
ivo ?2* uuvavua
We were detained several hours
in Atlanta and night coming on
spread its dark mantle on us and
veiled the beautiful landscape from
our sight. But let your imagination
reach out and picture the
scenery as your fancy may suggest,
and your ideal I dare say will not
surpass the natural beauty and pictured
scenery of this charming country.
All night we bumped and tugged
along?no sleep, no one could
sleep, for all bedlam was turned
loose, for Dixie ruled and reigned
supreme with rebel yells, shouts and
songs and martial music that made
the welkin ring with joy and gladness,
for we were rushing on where
we knew a hearty welcome awaited
us. During the night we had traversed
what remained of Georgia
and the entire State of Alabama, and
when day was breaking we were far
into Mississippi, for some one halloaed
Jupla and then Holly Springs
and then I knew we must be passing
through Mississippi and would soon
be in Tennessee and Memphis.
Here the conductor said 20 minutes
for lunch. I and my road companion
rushed out to get a hot cup of coffee,
for our heads were bursting and
nothing else could so fully satisfy
our wants. But what was our great
surprise when we got back to where
we had left our long train of 12
cars. It had shifted and we were left
high and dry, sans culotte, sans grip,
sans baggage, and in a foreign port.
But we did not worry long ere the
old ponderous mogul came coughing
along, for it too had drawn off to
take a drink or to be groomed for
another run. No sooner placed and
we regained our former seats.
What a sight now bursts upon our
vision. We are on the long, tall
bridge that spans the great Mississippi
river. See that great flood of
water as it sweeps below and spreads
before us spontaneous and irresistible.
I could not refrain from giving
vent to my feelings. Oh! Father
of Waters you are bringing youT
waters from Itasca's crystal springs
or from the great northern lakes or
from the far off Rocky mountains,
but where on God's green earth
sweeps a stream along whose margin
TWO DUELS.
The Second One was to Avenge the
Victim of the First.
A certain English gentleman who
was a regular frequenter of the
green room of Drury Lane theater in
the days of Lord Byron's committee
and who always stood quietly on the
hearth rug then with his back to
the fire was in his usual place one
night when a narrative was related
by another gentleman, newly returned
from the continent, of a barrier
duel that had taken place in
Paris.
A young Englishman, a mere boy,
had been despoiled in a gaming
house in the Palais Royal, had charged
a certain gaming count with
cheating him, and gone out with the
count, wasted his fire and had been
slain by the count under the frightful
circumsances of the count walk
ing up to him, laying his hand on
his heart, saying, "you are a brave
fellow?have you a mother?" and
on his replying in the affirmative remarking
coolly, "am sorry for her,"
and blowing his victim's brains out.
The gentleman on the hearth rug
paused in taking a pinch of snuff to
hear this story and observed with
great placidity, "I am afraid that I
must kill that rascal."
A ' few nights elapsed, during
which the greenroom hearth rug
was without him, and then he reappeared
precisely as before and only
incidentally mentioned in the course
of the evening: "Gentlemen, I killed
that rascal." *
He had gone over to Paris on purpose,
had tracked the count to the
same gaming house, had thrown a
glass of wine in his face in the presence
of all the company assembled
there, had told him that he had come
to avenge his young compatriot and
had done it by putting the count out
of this world and coming back to
the hearth rug as if nothing had
happened.?Ex.
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grave to-day," writes O. H. Brown,
of Muscadine, Ala., "if it had" not
been for Dr. King's Nev Discovery.
She was down in her bed, not able
to get up without help. She had a
severe bronchial trouble and a dreadful
cough. I got her a bottle of Dr.
King's New Discovery, and she soon
began to mend, and was well in a
short time." Infallible for coughs
and colds, its the most reliable remedy
on earth for desperate lung
trouble, hemorrhages, lagrippe, asthma,
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and its tributaries there is more
wealth, prosperity and happy homes
than in this goodly land of ours,
^ee how the flood of waters widens
to embrace that large island that is
just below the high bridge which we
are crossing, and this swamp continues
for more than 40 or 50 miles
and the many immense saw mills
with acres of piled up lumber indicate
the great resource ,of wealth
there is in these swamp lands that
are just beginning to be developed
and brought into use. From this
point on our progress was necessarily
impeded on account of so many
trains converging and centering on
this line of approach to Little Rock.
You can well imagine what crowds
there were when I tell you we had
thirteen cars, all packed, and we
were one of sixteen sections. It is
reported that there was an average
of 82 daily passenger trains for five
days at the union depot at Little
Rock, and most of them were as
crowded as we were.
I am leaving here to-night at 12
o'clock for Montgomery, Ala. Please
send my Herald there, and if you
can give space for such as this I may
write you again when I shall have
more time. Remember me kindly
to the dear ones at home, and I do
wish that all of my comrades could
Jiave been here to enjoy what I have
seen and felt. I have met them from
every quarter of Virginia, Texas,
Colorado, and California.
Yours sincerely,
L. N. BELLINGER.
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.
Olar Lodge, No. 268, A. F. M.
May 9th, 1911.
Whereas, the Almighty Ruler of
the Universe has been plesaed to call
the spirit of our brother, George J.
Bessinger, from labor in our earthly
lodge to rest and refreshment in the
grand lodge on high; therefore be it
resolved:
1. That while we deeply deplore
our loss in the death of our brother
and will never cease to miss his
genial presence in our lodge, we bow
submissively to the will of our Grand
Master above.
2. That in the death of our brother,
George J. Bessinger, Olar lodge
u^ i/-?o+ o ncafiii momiipr tb#* breth
II d ^5 i vot U UO^XUI mwiii vv., ??
ren a true and faithful friend, and
Masonry a warm and loyal supporter.
3. That a page in our minute
book be inscribed to his memory, a
copy of these resolutions be suitably
engrossed and sent to his bereaved
family and published in The Bamberg
Herald, and that the lodge be draped
in mourning for a period of thirty
days.
H. R. PEARLSTIN,
tH. H. KEARSE,
W. Z. AYER,
Committee.
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