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TWO STORMS THIS WEEK. Probably Only Rain in Southern States, Says Bureau. Washington, Feb. 25.?Two storms *> of rain or snow, or both, are predicted to cross the country this week bp the weather bulletin. A disturbance, central to-day in the Southwest, will advance to the Ohio valley on Monday and move to o* T T-t- T*ril 1 V.O 111^ OU JLjCL W 1 C11V.C V ailCvv x t n in w attended by general precipitation over the Mississippi valley and the region east, the precipitation being in the form of rains in Southern, and snow in Northern States. This disturbance will be followed by a change to colder over all districts east of the Rocky Mountains, but it will be of short duration and it is possible that rising temperature will overspread most of the West by the middle of the week. The next general disturbance to cross the country will appear in the far West on Wednesday, cross the Middle West about Friday and the Eastern States near the cloSe of the week. It probably will be attended by rains, although snows are likely in Northern States. Generally fair weather with moderate temperature will prevail during the week on the Pacific slope, with the exception that rains will set in over the North Pacific States on rrr . j Tuesday or weunesuay. Great Indians of Old Florida. A representative of the United States government was sent to Florida in 1832 to settle upon terms of capitulation wherein it was specified that the Indians were to give up their lands upon receipt of $15,400, to be presented with a new home, each male to receive a blanket and each female a newr homespun frock, says the Kansas City Star. This was the agreement made by President Jackson in order to acquire from the Seminoles valuable lands in Florida. The Indians were assembled and the contract was read for them. "I will sign your paper," said one of the gaudily attired Seminoles stepping forward. But just as the second of the chiefs was about to sign there stepped between him and the paper a stalwart chief with bow and arrow in hand. He gave one sharp glance about him and then spoke: "No treaty shall be signed which robs us of our lands. The man who sets his hand on such paper dies at my hand." The speaker was As-se-he-ho-lar (meaning Black Drink.) The name has been shortened in history to Osceola. "I shall never sign these lies," he - said, with violence. "You whites are all cowards and cheats!" and, casting his bow to one side, he seized his long knife in his right hand and pilingea it xnrougn tne paper wnu such force that it went clean through the table upon which it lay. He then turned and haughtily left the room. The conference brokp up in disorder. Osceola's hatred of the whites was increased ten-fold whefn they captured his young wife and sold her as a slave. He himself was captured, but escaped from jail in two days. After that it was war to the death. Soon all the Seminoles were in arms and the government of ihe United States was plunged into a desperate cotiflict which was to last seven long and tedious years. Osceola looked on the Indian agent as his worst enemy. Soon afterward the agent's dead body was found pierced with 14 bullets. MajoT Lee, with 110 soldiers, was marching inland from Tampa when Osceola and a band of braves flung themselves on his troops and slaughtered all but three of them. Then, with an inferior force he mairched against General Clinch and 1,000 soldiers. The Indians held off the troops until all their ammunition was gone. Then they retreated in safety. Battle followed battle with varying results. At last in 1837 a temporary peace was patched up. Under a flag of truce and promise of safety Osceola went by invitation to a conference in General Jessup's camp. When Jessup heard that the savage Seminole was nearby he immediately devised a scheme for capturing him. Finding that he could not entice him into the fort he ordered one of his officers, with over a hundred soldiers, to seize the chief under a flag of truce. This sharp trick was successfully operated, and although it was a piece of the most flagrant treachery, the wily enemy to white government was at last secured. In spite of his vigorous protests Osceola was sent to St. Augustine and afterward confined in the dungeon at Fort Moultrie, S. C. Crushed by the humiliating position to which he had sunk and brooding over the misfortunes of his race, he pined away and died within a year. The chief being dead and the war being over the great bulk of the Seminoles were sent beyond the Mississippi, and few, who were harmless, were allowed to remain in Florida. Osceola's mother was tfe daughter of a Creek Indian chief and his ROMANCE HAS SAD ENDING. I Aged Millionaire I>ies and Girl ^ Widow Seriously 111. New York, Feb. 24.?The J^onevmoon of Elijah Marshall Allen, the ? 74-year-old millionaire lumber trader i and his 19-year-old bride, ended to- ( - T day with the aged man's death at i St. Vincent's hospital. His girl wife, f who was Mattie Laura Walker, a vi- 1 vacious brunette in comic opera, is ? reported to be near death from penu- i monia, under care of her mother in ' an up-town apartment. ( The wedding, at South Xorwalk, ( Connecticut, on January 10 last, was t one of elaborate festivities with a 1 gay round of dancing, which the 2 aged millionaire proudly led with a boast of his excellent health. While c playing golf with his bride at Pine- ? hurst, N. C., three weeks later, he s was taken ill and the couple hurried f to New York. t Mr. Allen became paralyzed in one s leg and suffered a general hardening i of the arteries. His bride was at his c bedside daily until she became ill 2 with a cold, which developed into f pneumonia. t ? - ?: J trie Alien was a wiuuwci. ms wife was Mrs. Elizabeth Akers Allen, author of "Rock Me to Sleep, Mother," and many other well known poems. She died last summer. Allen's girl bride is connected with the Van Wyck family of this city, and is said to be a distant relative of President Taft, whose wedding present was a gold table set. It has been reported that by a recent will the aged millionaire made his young bride heiress to half of his es- s tate, and Mrs. Daniel Cooke, of this city, Allen's daughter, heiress to the other half. FIGHT DUEL IX CHURCH. 8 p African Methodist Pillars Sing Doxo- * logy, Then Shoot. * Washington, Feb. 23.?With the e Vermont Avenue African Methodist a Episcopal church, between Q and R c streets, for a battle ground, John Brass and Robert L. Porter, two of ^ the church pillars, fought a bloodless duel with pistols shortly after the j early morning services yesterday. Many of the congregation were still in the edifice and several parted the 5 belligerents before harm came to j either. , A passing policeman, startled by the reports of the weapons from the t house of worship,.arrested the princi- x pals and three other church memberst All were taken to the Eighth j precinct, when Porter and Brass were charged with having carried conceal ed weapons and also with disorderly conduct. The others were charged with having acted disorderly. Bad blood had existed between 1 Brass and Porter for some time, according to friends of both. Yesterday they went to worship armed with revolvers and took active part in the service. A few moments after the singing of the doxology one jostled g the other. Both wheeled and drew pistols. Both fired at about the same time. Both bullets went wide of their marks, however, and tore . r large holes in the ceiling. It is thought that it will take about $25 to repair the damages. The detonation startled the depart- T ing members. Few halted to see what was the matter, the majority rushing from the place panic-stricken. When the policeman arrived James 1 S. Burke, Lane Daw, and Mary Slid- a er were engaged in a verbal alterca- E tion with the principals.. They de-1 " -4-1 5? X XI X ciarea, aner meir arrest, mat mej had only mediated between the j belligerents. E The prisoners were taken to the a United States branch of the police ^ court, where they were released on j bond for their appearance in court ^ this morning. Ross Crane Friday Night. Ross Crane, the cartoonist, claymodeler, and entertainer, will be the next regular lyceum attraction, Friday evening, March 1st. Ross Crane is no new-comer, or experiment in lyceum work, but comes with a wellearned reputation behind him. The local management has been trying to get him for several years, for he is t a man hard to get because he is pop- c ular and expensive. ; ' He will give us an entertainment t ^ ? x V? O TTA Vl O rl ainerem num unug ? c uaic uuu, and those who go to the entertain- j ment Friday night are assured a splendid evening's enjoyment. j father was William Powell, an En- * glishman. The Seminole chief was 1 born near Chattahooche, Ga., in 1 1S04. When he was a mere child his mother fled from her English ? husband, taking her son with her, 1 and never paused in her flight until she reached her father's tribe in i Southern Georgia. ( Whether because her husband had ill-treated her, or for some other cause, Osceola's mother had a mortal hatred of all white men, and she ^ made her son hate them even more bitterly than she did. Both she and , Osceola spoke English as readily as < their own language. ] LRRESTS IN C. AND W. C. STRIKE. Hen Charged with Assault and Battery?Cause of Strike. Augusta, Ga., Feb. 24.?As a result of attempts to pull negro firenen off two passenger trains on the Charleston and Western Carolina Railroad, and other acts of violence, our members of the local brotherlood of firemen and enginemen were irrested here to-day on county war ants charging assault and battery, rhe men, who were released to-night )n bonds of $500 each, are Harry Cary, chairman of the strike commitee; T. M. Vaughn, an official of the - - - ? __ j 3rotherftooa; tiarry rage aiiu mumis W. Price. Special officer Matthews, while :oming into the city to-day on the Spartanburg train, was struck in the stomach by a piece of iron thrown rom a crowd gathered at the Lom>ard Iron Works. Examination showed that his injuries are not seious. Police later dispersed the :rowd by firing their revolvers in the lir. It was stated to-night by oficials that no further trouble is anicipated. The strike, which went into efect Thursday evening, grew out of he demands of the white firemen hat they be given equal rights with he negro firemen. They charge that he negroes are given all the best uns. Some of the negroes, did not trike, and those who did went out n evmnathv with the white firemen. *-? --? ^here are 52 negro and 16 white firenen employed on the road. No ; reight trains have been operated ince the inauguration of the strike. Stopped the Heckler. Having done his best by every fair md unfair means during the last slection to catch the candidate tripling the heckler grew offensively personal. ! "Is it true that your mother wash(s?" he began, but before he could idd the word "clothes," the witty :andidate called out smartly. "Of course she does. Why, don't rou ?" This raised a loud laugh at the ieckler's expense, but still undaunt;d he returned to the attack. "You can't deny," he said, "that our father was a rag and bone man. bought some clothes of him thirty rears ago." "And I see you're still wearing hem!" was the candidate's lightning etort. There was no more heckling that light.?Tit-Bits. Mob Hangs Negro. Vicksburg, Miss. Feb. 26.-?Louis Andrews, a negro, accused of comilicity in the killing of Key Oakes, a roung planter, who was shot to death it Tallulah, La., several weeks ago, vas hanged by a mob at Tallulah tolight, according to a dispatch received here. Andrews, the dispatch coninues, was captured at Rayville, La., tnd confessed, it is alleged, that he lad a part in the killing. He was to lave been lodged in the Tallulah jail o-night to await trial, but when AnIrews and his guard stepped from a rain tney were seizea Dy memuers >f a mob. The guard was detained vhile the negro was dragged to a elegraph pole and hanged. Oakes was shot to death after cashng a check at a Tallulah bank. Two legroes participated in the shooting nd subsequent robbery. The second legro has not been captured. College President in Toils. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 24.?W. F. Jrown, president of the Southern Female college at LaGrange, Ga., was rrested, in company with a young roman, at a local hotel early to-day. le was taken to police court and ined $100.75. It is said he has a rife and three children at LaGrange. The young woman, whose name ras not divulged, is said to have been i former student of his and recently aught near the college. She is beng held pending word from her ather, who lives in south Georgia. LaGrange, Ga., Feb. 24.?Presi[ent William F. Brown, of the South;rn Female college, returned here his afternoon from Atlanta and pre;ented his resignation at a called neeting of the trustees of that instiution. It was accepted and the Rev. B. Vaughn, pastor of the First Baptist church, was elected president )f the college, to succeed him. In lis statement to the trustees, Mr. 3rown disclaimed any wrong or imnoral conduct on his part, while in Atlanta. The father of the young woman irrested with Mr. Brown went to Atanta and brought his daughter home. \lrs. Brown, wife of the college presdent, refuses to make any comment in the arrest of her husband. In Sydney, Australia, M. Willis, :he speaker, has to keep an eye on :he books which members hurl at lim. \V,e have 100 tons of kainit that eve will trade for cotton seed meal. 3ee us. HUTTO & COPELAND, at J. D. Copeland's store. WHEN MA SOX MEETS MASON. Two Incidents when Masons were Saved by Fellow Masons. Having seen in the Sunday News of February 4*, a communication with the head lines "When Mason Meets Mason," I am reminded of two incidents along the same lines which I will relate. In the spring of 1861, near the time of the bombardment of Fort Sumter, the war feeling being at full height, Prof. Lowe made a balloon ascension from Cincinnati, and he struck a current of wind that carried him at will and landed him in his balloon on Pea Ridge, in Union county, on the afternoon of the same day. The balloon landed near where the little town of Kelton now stands. The neighborhood was thickly settled, and several people saw the balloon descend, and light on the ground, and they soon gathered upon the spot, and learning from Prof. Lowe that he was right from Cincinnati over in Yankeedom, the crowd branded him as a Yankee spy and were threatening him with immediate death?the death of the spy. About this time Esquire John P. McKissick, a hot Secessionist, and advocate of the war, as all others of the community were who lived near by, appeared upon the scene ready and willing to join the mob and mete , out to the professor the death that spies deserve. Prof. Lowe, being a Mason, and Enquire McKissick being a Mason also, the latter came to the relief of Prof. Lowe, quieted the mob, sent and had his wagon and team brought, and carried Prof. Lowe and his balloon to Lnion Court House,, ten miles away, where he met with other Masons, who treated him kindly and permitted him to depart in peace, and he made his way back through the lines of the Southern Army to his home in the North. Another instance occurred during the War Between the States at the battle of the Crater, near Petersburg, Va., on the 30th of July, 1864. Gen. Grant used negro troops in this battle, who charged our lines, and many of them were killed, wounded and captured. The officers of these negro troops were white men, and the feelings of the Confederate soldiers were wrought up to a high 'pitch, because these negro troops were being used against them, and they were about ready to declare no quarters, and in fact but little quarters were shown the negroes. One captain that commanded a negro company was captured, and brought to our rear under guard at the old ice house, near Petersburg, where there were quite a number of wounded, and here the guard set upon the captain, abusing - - ' ?- - - 1-M1 * 7 A ana tnreatening 10 kh^ mm iui icauing negro troops against them. They would soon have carried out their threats; the day was hot and the circumstances made it more so, for the Yankee captain, and the perspiration was rolling "from his face, when he cried out in the anguish of his soul, "Is there no Mason in this crowd?" At the same time he gave the distress sign of a Master Mason, and immediately one of the Confederate soldiers and one of the guard, who were in the act of killing the captain, stepped to the side of the captain and called to his comrades to hold up. He stopped the mob, saved the captain's life and had him sent off safely, under guard as a prisoner of war.?W. H. S. Harris, in the Sunday News. Sand Drifts Blockade Texas Roads. ' Galveston, Tex., Feb. 24.?Southern Texas, or what is known as the Brownsville country, experienced the severest sand storm in its history yesterday and traffic on the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railroad was blocked for many hours. The sand was piled from eight to twelve feet deep at points along the line and trains could not buck the packed dirts, especially near Katherine, where several trains were held up until an army of men cleared the track so as to permit the operation of trains under a slow schedule. The terrific wind storm, which blew for nearly twenty-four hours, carried millions of cubic yards of sand. Worth the Money.General Sherwood, author of the dollar-a-dav pension bill, thinks the opposition to that measure unreasonable. The opposition, he thinks, might profit from this story: A recently married couple and a friend were traveling by train when they were suddenly plunged into the darkness of a tunnel. There was no light in the carriage and when they abruptly returned to the daylight the bride and the bridegroom were caught in the midst of a furtive kiss. The friend was dreadfully embarrassed, and to cover his confusion he said the first thing that came into his head. "That-ah-that tunnel cost $2,000,000." The bridegroom nodded his head wisely. "It was worth it," he said. Spending by Check ! -To The Public : A checking account in our hank presents no added expense to you and yet guarantees additional safety and an accurate system to use in j your business transactions. | Every person whether "business man", housewife, employed person, A traveler, farmer,"mechanic, or professional man, in fact every one who earns money, must spend a portion of it. This spending should be done by ? check, which will keep an exact rfl record of the income and disburse oents.^ * All oheck hooks and hank hooks, are free. Checking presents no^ added expense. ^ . ! 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