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THE BATESBURG ADV OC ATE. 1 ?????_??? .? ? 11 ?? VOL 1. BATESBURG, S. G, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1901 NO 30 ? TRAIN ROBBERS db a si M.rde a Blunder Wnorcby the Fx* si a press Company Profited. tl t< ATTACKED THE WRONG CARS h B i; And Obtained No Bojty Had to h Run Before Rectifying Mis 1 ii take- Lot cf Scared ri a Passengers. The Baltimore and Ohio passongcr train froon?ihc oast, which was duo to ^ arrive in tho Qrand Central station, Chicago, at 9 o'o'ook Wednesday night, was hold up by fivo masked men at 8 o'olook between KIgemoro and (irand T Calumet Hcighir, Indiana, 31 miloa C out from Chicago. One of tho inaii n oars which contained no mocoy, was Q] dynamited and wrcoked. Tho attempt at robbery was made aftor tho two mail T' oars had boon dotaohod from tho traia 11 and ruB a quarter of a mile ahead. Tho D failure of the robbers to make a rich haul was due to tho faot that tho ex D proas oar, wbioh contained tho train's fc treasure, was in an unusual place. It was tho third oar in tho train After <*] wrecking the mail oar and obtaining no 01 booty, tbo robbers disappeared in the u darkness without attempting t> notify A their mistake. The only loot that they 11 oarriod awaywi'h them as result of their bi advonturs was the gold watoh of the en- M gineer. P> Thot-ain was tbo Now York and rc Washington vnstibulcd limited. Most E1 of tho trainmen were shot at and had C narrow escapes from tho bullets. No ^ person was injured cither by tho dy namito or firearms. Tho place where the " robber ooourcd is a lonely diatriot in which few people hvo ani houses are far botwocn. No bettor plaoo for a train robbery could bo desired by tho robbers 10 Tho traiu was running at tho high rato lfc of speed as it passed Calumet Heights and immediately after passing out of P' sight of tho station Engineer .J. W. nj Collins saw dirootly in front of his engine a largo firo on wnioh somo rails had been plaocd. Hcslowod down and as he did so, throo men wearing masks w over their faces jumped into iho cab ^ and covered Collins and his hrcman, tj, James Whipple, with revolvers. Jurt tb before claiming into the cab tho throo nmen oommcnocd to firo with their revol (j, vers, in order to firiuht.-n a-juax? all ?.. a? -.-j pt sistanoe. The shots produocd tho ia liveliest kind of a panic in the sleeping tc oars, where the passengers made cv_r> effort to hido thoir money aud valu- \y ablcs before the robbers could got at 0, ^ them. No attemptwas made, however, g0 to rob any of the passengers. Toe fu ot making them w> inside of ho oe^PL., m ^^BBtfter mounting into the. cab of the l0 engine tho robbers, covering tho en- ^ gino aud fireman with their revolvers, ai, mado them step down ai:d go back the tn length of two cars. They ordered the ya men to uncouple tho firBt two cars, ju which was done. They thcu hustled w, tho two trainmen back into tho cab, and, still keeping the enginec? c-iVired jy with revolvers directed turn to pull up la some distance from the rest of the W( train. Collins ran up to 200 feet and oa was then dirooted to slop, iio did so, and while eno of tho men remained to ^ guard him, tho others jumj ? i ? tf, and aD burling dynamite at tho door of the car Uu which they juiged to bo tho express oar, burst opeu tho door. Hastily m climbing into got at tho safe thoy Wire WJ astonishod to find that they had brokou vVi into a mail car. Thoy threatened tho co engineer with death f. rnol tcliLg ilium 0j that tho cars which he had uncouple i wore not express cars and ordered him to roturn at once aid unccuplo tho next car Dohind tho baggage oars. Climb- ^ ing onco more into his cab, which the fireman was made to uncouple at tho 01 rear end, and suit with tho muzzle of sc tbo revolver at his head, Collins was ordered to run down tho track, as bo- P* fore. lie drew away from the balanoo of tho train about tho same dietanoo as f'1 on tho first occasion, and tho robbers, J01 still leaving him under the charge of ono of the number, mado for ihis ear. 8t When thoy reached it they foued to 811 their groat wrath that they had attack- * ed another mail oar and that it con- ='; , tained no money. Tho train had been l'delayed now fully 30 minutes, and fear 80 ing that if they delayed aoy 1c ngtr help AH would be coming to ihe train Ciew, the 011 robbers gavo up their at'ompt to rob the train, and jumping down ran into a ; 1 thickot of scrub oaks at tho tido of the '? traok and ditappcarcd. The train was 'llhastily made up, and came on to Chica '?. go, arriving thera somewhat iatc, a stop o! WKP having boen made at WhitiDg to report W( the robbery. Offirors wero at once sent 011 after tho robbers, and within an hour 8l: after tho robtery a large po?sc was on tho trail. Charles A. Cross, fiftndijntnr nt fhn train, brought into tho oity several sticks of dynamito that I a i been h ft by tho robbers at the Bide of tho tra:k. "1 hoard bciii: one shooting." raid the conduotor, and "'looked out to see what uc was tho matter. 1 saw tho engineer hh and fireman running down tho trark followed by throe men. 1 had no time to look at m >ro than that, for I aaw two flash b of flame o!on: to the car and a" bullet went by my head as one of vsu I?s||^?^oni called out, 'lv ;cp your head id ?c ?cu dou't want it blown off." mi "CortlNuly, I said, and 1 pulled it in fl|$j^Faa quiokly a> | know hew. I saw that at glpll^P tho men wero rnakiug a mist'ko in ox ' "> -Wm getting tho wrong oa rd m them go off up tho (rack, 1 cxpr ottd t<> : h hear thorn oorao back rgain in a few ( minutes, which they fiid. However, tb thoy had no better Juok at tliat time tJ( / than on tho first trip, and it <v*s not a wi robbery of muoh profit to thorn. 1 th think there wero inoro than three uion dn engaged in tho robbery, for I saw two fti other men standing be*, d 3 tho tra.k, cv just at the tiuio tho ongintor pulled ou< ori with tho two oars. They evidently saw oo that thoir companions had made a mia n? take and julgod that delays were dart it gerous. for after uhouiiog cnniothing to en tho men who wore with the engiuecr and firomon, they rati into tho bushes." K. A. Apple-gate, of Newark, Oino, was tho express messenger, and was ag alone in his car. Ho had n > ido i that a robbery was being a.tempted until ho *'c heard iho shooting un the outside. Ho oc then seized a Winchester rifle, and t t olimbing oa top of tho safe, awaited oi ??? ? cvolopmonts, determined to make the est luht in his power, llo was nol loleated in any way, however. He lid thcro wan considerable gold and ilver in tho oar and tliat the robbers light have aeourcd a rich booty il tiey had oomo to the right plaoo. "1 had no idea of what I was going 0 do," haid Applegato, "exoopt that 1 ad made up my mind that thero wat oing to bo bo a fight and that I was goik to do tho best I oould." Local express cfhocro refused to nay ow muoh money there was in tbo car. t is estimated that 150,000 was stored 1 tho express oar and it is believed the obbers know of tho largo amount ol loncy and valuables aboard. THE FABULOUS LOOP f the Brooklyn Explained by Twe Noval Olficera. The statement exclusively made to ho Herald by Captain Francis A. ook, in which ho unequivocally deounccs as outrageously incorrect tho targes that ihc Brooklyn, in turning, in two tnilos to tho Bouthw&rd, oonnuos to attract much attention from aval othcors hero. These havo not boon slow to rccogiza tho iaiportauoo of that atatctnont, >r if i( can bo proved that tho Brookn turned as quickly as her tactical lamater would permit, and wbioh her )Uiinuadi.r no assorts she did, then tho hole fabii) of accusation avainst Rear dtnirul Schley for "caitiff flight" dur kg tho battle, must oomo tumbling aek upon the heads of his accusers, iorcover, if Captain Cook's olaim is roved, naval iffiacrs hero say, it will iduce to insignificance tho tenth para aph of Secretary LoDg's precept to 10 oourt of inquiry, tho ono involving ic colloquy totween Rear Admiral shley and the Brooklyn Davigator, icutonant Commander A. C. Hodgson .d tho "Put your Inlui to port" order oue, and the "You mean to star>arn" reply of tho other, will lose tho iportanoo wbioh hitherto attached to us alleged conversation. Captain Cook today refused to ami'y his statement and said that ho usidocl.nc to - (ay anything moto on io subject. THE AltO VE CONFIRMED, lieutenant Commander Hodgson, ho is now stationed here, at first poti vely refused to say a word for publicaun, but artor it had becD pointed out at bis former commanding officer had auc the statement, be consented, al ough with evidonot reluc'anco. to ap :ar in j.rint, aud substantiated Capin Cook's statement in positivo sonnce8. "i was on tho bridgo of tho Brookn," ho said, "aud therefore had full iportuimy of observing all that was >ing on. "To my p r oual knowledge, thobe'm i i kept hard a port during toe whole no o: turning me loop until ?a^.d up parallel thn gouts 3 of the Vi.caya, cu about 2 8bO yards away ou the arboard bow. As the Brooklyn's ctiosl diameter is only about GuO ids, she therefore oould not h&vo ruu rther than tiOO yarua to tho southed." Am some other witnescs of tho Brookn'n uiaoot uv?.r have est.mated the disuce oho ran to tho soutuward ail the i; from two to five miles, it will be at ico recognized how extremely imporjt for li.ar Admiiai Schley's case is 0 recent ttateuient of Captain Cook id this supporting testimony of his ivigating i 111 aer. Siuco the order of tho navy departcut establishing tho court of inquiry is i6suod every naval officer dow hero :io w^s m any way oonocrncd with tho ntrovor*y refuses to discuss any phase the affair. oitafiiu' sTor.y uk tiik "looi'.11 Bat or.e who was on tho Brooklyn iriDg tho battle gavo in a personal nvcisation this graphic description the ncenu immediately after the vos1 hal completed her famous looj : "As wc straightonod out on a courao irallol with that of the enemy," ho id, "I noticed that wo Lad three cf o Spanish ships in line abreast, tho ading vessel being off our starboard iw. Kvery gun of the Brooklyn's arooaid battery was blazing, and tho ioko from them hid every thing astorn. iooked arouad to sao what our other ipa were doing, but could see ncno of em, the roiling clouds of tmoke from nie of our guns obscuring everything tern and to a point well forwaid of ir starboard quarter. "i eurncu to Captain Cook, who was soiling near, and said: 'Wo ate pretty nesoiuu out hero.' Ho glanced back, d just then wo both Haw what first oked like a small tidal wave?a ridgo water with foam boiling about it. As 3 stared at the apparition which camo it of the fog like smoke lying out our arboard quarter tho great gray bows a battl snip oatn into view, aod we >ew than that wave which puzzled us u tho bow wave which the Oregon is oarrying in her whirlwind rush tor o enemy. Tho lliuodir of our own ins had drowned tho crashing broadlos of that splendid battleship, and it until then did wo know that tho rcgoQ was anywhere near us." Big Military Pratle. Ac jutant General Floyd and Assistit Aijutani General Frost have ro ived nonce from Charleston of their lcution as chairman and vies ohairan, respectively, of the committee kod by the exposition oornpany to r*ngo for a big military dav at tho 1 'obittou this fall or wintor. Already nob mtcrc.it is boidg unuito-t.d by o military authoritios io and out ot? tarlcsloD, anl it was stated yesterday at the militia of North Carolina and wrgia have already signified theft llir.gocss to visit the exposition at o tinio and take part in the military spliy. Tho details of tho military ?;uro are yet to bu worked oat, bow or, ar.d it is not unlikely that a geniil iuvitaion will bo issued to militia mpanioa irom a:l S.atcn to oomo and ko par. in tbu iniiitary events which in qoh t*jugut will extend over an tire we-.k. M.ty au<l Dcct'uibi'r. Tho mar. iagoof Mm. Mary Mathown, rd 71 years, to Mr. lien Harrisou, ed -1 yearn, is reported from Coara Ga. Tho marriage is said to have ourrod recently. Tnis in another inmoo of tho uoion of May and bleaker. ! AN UNLIKELY TALE. | i i > Aguinaldo Ttlls How Ho Was c Taken Prisoner 1 i BY GENERAL FUN 3TON. ' What tho Little YelLw Qer.eral * i Says About His Capture ? I C In Everybody's Mag- i tzine. c Pa'anan is a little villago of houses built of bamboo and thatohed with nips, i situated on the banks of tho river which J bears tho same Dame, and soma six At miles distant from tho soashoro. It is j in occ of tho most isolated places ia the province of Isabola, in Northern Luzon, a There arc no waya of communication with tho outsido world except rough A trails or footpaths that lead over tho d mountains to tho wost, to Ilagan, or 3 south to Casiguran, and its poaooful v population of soma twelve hundred * souls has heard vory little of tho tido of a war which for four years has doeolatod our country. Nevertheless when 1 first 8 went there with my companions and v onr little hand of followers, in the P month of September, 11)00, I was ro *1 oeivad with nnlhu-iasm by theso simple, w hospitable people, and everything that 3 they had was plaocd at my disposal. I 11 was accompanied by l)r. Santiago Bar- * oelona and Col Simon Villa, my chief of staff. We had eorno seventeen soldiers, o who had followed us in all our wander v ings over tho mountain* and through tho forests of Northern Luzon. Bar- u racks wore furnished for these soldiers, M and a house was set apart for tho reti- tl donoo of mysolf and my companions. c We lived horo quietly for several h weeks, enjoying tho fow diversions in ri the way of amusement that tho viliago fi oould off ir. There was a fairly capable a hand of music, and on Saturday and ai Sunday afternoons it was accustomed to a give ooncorts in tho plazi in front of r( my house, followed sometimes by a C dance in the parish bouse, next to tho ohuroh, for the young people of tho S village. This continued until November 23, b< when wo received word that a force of T about fifty Amnrioans was iu the mountains not far off, apparently coming to D Palanan. Wo has ily donoealod all w dcoumer.ts and papers and other things f( which might reveal our prcsenee?in the V| town, and then loft tho village and went w into the mountains nearby, where we di remained in biding until the Americans hi wont away, two cr three days later, fe' Then we returned to tho village and ro- P' Queued our tranquil rxis cnoo, Not long after this occurrence or lorcos were a, augmented by tho arrival of soma for.y men sent mo by command of Major jj, Na?ario Alhambra. * . During all this time wq received tho g, Manila newt-papers with moro or less regularity, although they were always r_ considerable delayed in reaching ut. e( I had the amusing experience of read Bt iug en several oocasiune tbc reports of r my own dca'.h, and subsequently a de * -- : * ?? ? init^u a.ujuui ui MI iiiisisioiry rnv^u- j.| ture in Cavito last December in whiaii 0; 1 was paid to have narrowly escaped hS being captured. tl Id January of this yoar Col Villa, jL who waa growiug tired of our peaceful jj and uncvout.'ui life, askod ini to give 0I him command of foroos in the field in p any province of Lua >d, and it was do- ^ oided between us and Dr Barcelona to lt make requisition on tho commanding jr officer of our forc.s in Central Luzon 0j for a reinforcement of four hundred w men. It was my intention to put these p, men under tho command of Col Vjila ' and to confer upon him tho oomruand p of tho military district of tho valley of tt tho Cagayan, whioh included tho three a. provincrs of Cagay&D, I-abela and Naova Nisoaya. At tho eaiuo time it was decided to eend orders to Brig Gan ^ Teodoro Sandiko, dirooting him to oomo d( to l'alanan to relieve Col Villa as ohief- 0| of-sttff. Jj, Acoordiogly, with this in view, I sent, on January 15, Private Ccoilio Segismundo, a man throughly acquaint- a] cd with the country in Central Luzod, t to deliver sovcral letters addressed to u tho officers who were in oommand of our guerilla forces in thai, territory. Wo had no nows whatever from our messenger until Maroh Jo, upon whioh \ date 1 rooeived two sealed packages, a, whioh wero delivered to mo by a man from Casiguran, a town about fifty miles 0j south of l'alanan. These packages oootainod two letters, cno from Gon llr- ^ bano Lakuna and the othf r from Lieut UJ Col HilarioTai Plaoido. Gen Laauna said in his letter, whioh was addrcssod tc to me, that in aocordanoo with my UI oid'TS of January Id ho wa i sending me one of his best guerilla oompanics, under command of Lieut Col ilil&ria Pal Placcdo and Cant l.mn K>crnu;i? both of whoat ho recommended for immediate promotion in recognition of the j, valiant and very valuable services 0) which they bad roadercd. tj Tho letter of Tal Piacido was dated A in Caaiguran on March 17. In it he 7; tiaid that, wiiilo on tho march, near the town of Pontabaug&n, ho had onoottnt- . crod a party of ten AmorioaDs engaged w in making niapa and tliat in viow of tho w inferiority of tho caouiy's force ho had |)( attacked thoin and had Buccaedcd in (j killing and wounding five of them, tak- at ing the other five prisoners. Tho dead :iJ and wounded ho had loft on tho field, ti but tho 1 rPonc-rs wore now with his e; forco. Tho letter went on to nay that thoy had exhauntod their supplies, and Q| ho thought it would bo nioossary to allow tho m* n to rest a few days in Casiguran and forage for moro provisions. Immediately upon receipt of this lot- nt tor L direolod Col Villa to replv to it, >] and to say that in view of tho oiroutu- 'S htacccs it would not bo wise to permit a) those Amoriean j risunors to come into u; 1'alanau, fur tho reason that in the ri event that thoy wore nut free or eon- | a* trived to csoapo thoy would bo able to pi serve as guido3 to bring their oountry- nl men, down tc ns. It accmcd bettor m and Col Tal Pitoido was so direct- w ed, thai 1I10 prisoners should bo left in I l! a place called Dinundungan, wlic 1 11 is about five miles from i'alauan, st under a guard of oloven soldiers 00m- r< Imandod by a STgoaat, who should bo ov instruotod to tako tuo prisoners to lla- is ;an, the capital of tho province of laa)cla, ucdar cover of the darknesa. Onco Uagan they wore tr bo liberated. ()a tho ovoning of March 22 another lomamnioation received from Col Tal -Macido, in which ho informod Col t'illa of his nrrival with his forces at a ila^e callod Dibaoal, distant about six nilcs from Palanan, Ho also said that lis men were complctoly worn out with ho fatigue and hardships of tho march, ind that they had not.Ba-mush as a train of rico to eat in tho last twontyour hours. He legged mo to sond him i supply ot rioo at onoo, so that ho could oufiuuo tho xuaroh early in tho mornrg of tho Dcxt day. . Ia accordance rich this roquesl 1 soot him a quantity >f rioc that aarno evening by a party of ^ogritcs. Tho morning of Maroh 23 was passed n making preparations for tho t'orma oq of a lied Cross Liaguo among tho adios who had oomoupfrom Casiguran or my birthday. With this otject Dr Barcelona had sent them an invitation o come to my hotibo at 3 o'clock in tho ftcrnoon. About 2 o'clock in tho afteiuoon I aw Tal Piaoido's men orossing the Palnan Uiver in small boats, aua at onoo ir.ctcd Col Villa to sood Capt Tomas lagearilo to saluto tho nonoomors and rcloome them in my name. Col Villi lso arranged that tbo soldiors of my orsonal guatd, who woro not on duty, hould firo tho propor military oaluios. It' was not long before tho now troops, omo eighty live in number, enterod tho illago of Palanan and haltod in tho l&z* in front of my house, about tweny soldiers of my guard were drawn up raiting to reooivo them, it wis ab mi o'clock. Tho newcomers wore dressed o tho lcgular uniform of thu Filipinos rmy and wcro armod with Mauiors, I'uiicgtons and one or two Krags. The ffioors, Col Tal l'.acido and Capt Sego la?the lattor a Pouinsular Spanirr 1? ben oarno into my house. After the sual salutations 1 asked thorn what ort of a journey thoy had had. To bis Segovia replied that it had been sccediLgly hard, ami that they had not ad twenty four houro' rest Binco Foolary 24, tho date of their departure :om Mucva i?ai)a. Sogovia then told 10 that he had boon at one timo tho ajutant of tho Spanish Gen L'anera, nd had soon mo then, but I have no molleotions of having scon him boforo lis occasion. After talking with Tol Piaoido and egovia for tifleon or twenty minuteB I tvo orders that tho newly arrived mon o allowed to fall out and go to rest in nartcrs which had been propared for lcm. Capt Segovia immediately loft u house and returned to tho placo hero his men were drawn up waiting ir him. As he oamo up to them Bogota shouted, in a loud voice, an order bioh we did not near distinctly and id not understand. Instantly his men agau to s.ioot at the soldiers of my iari, Caking thom completely by surr:te. Whoa tho firing began not suspecting iy pian acaiost mytel' 1 thought it ad a salute with blank cartridges and *ving tii!3 in ornd, 1 raa to tho winj'W aad oried several times, "Coaso .ins.! ' But seeing that tae firing oonnued and that the buUaAs irom tho ti. s of the attacking pariy wore direo* 1 against uiu as Wt.il as against the ddicrs of iny guard, f for the first time a lz.ti t.iat too newcomers were oneies. I hurriedly left tho window and tn into another room in tho hope finning sonic means of escape, but 1 iw at or,ct thai the house was already Hounded. Then 1 sti?;d a revolver, ,Lending to defend myself, but l)r. arccloiia throw both arms around me, yiug out, "Don't sacrifico yoursell! do country neods your life." Thus 1 ad prevented from carrying out myinnuon. Cot Villa ran lrom tho house i an attempt to break through tho linos ino ououiy and rally our mon, but ho I aa biiol throe times and finally taken riuoner. When tho firing oomtnonocd Tal Uciio threw himself down on tho floor i avoiu the bullets, but now he got up id told us that wo were prisoners of le Americans, who, he said, were od >o other side of tho river with four undred American soldiers and would >cn teh.ro. Just at this timo sevoral t Tal Piacido'a soldiers came into the ease shouting, ' Hurrah for tho Maoai;bes!" and surroundod Barcelona and yscll. A little later fivo Americans, I aruicd with carbines, came into tho iom where wc Were. Thoy came up to a and ono of them asked, "Which of in is Agninaldo?" As soon as I had r;cn identified by the Amerioans 1 was Uocd, with Dr. Baroclona and Col nia, ia one of the rooms of tho house _d guards were posted at all tho wiuows and doors, under command of ono F tho Americana. Tho othor four .murioacs then began to search tho ouso for whatovor papers and doouicnts might bo thirj. Wo wore then informed that our cap?rs wcro Gen Funston, Capts Nowton id iiazzard and l/cuts Iiazzard and litcholi. Hug e Cost of The War. In tho house of commons Thursday iru Ltan'oy, the finnanc'.al secretary ! tho war otiioo, replying to a quos on, said tho o.ist of tho war in Sout frioa from April 1 10 July HI was 35,>0 ODD pounds, partly ohargcabio 5*inu the ii licit of last yoar. The itual oo-t iu July was 1 DOD pounds tckly. Tho nlatemont was greeted ith ironical Irish ohcers. Tho ohau dlor of tho exchequer, Sir Miohaol .oka U aoh, said if tho war continued . tho same cost for tho next throe onths it would necessitate eponding -o wholoof tl.e rosrvo ho had provid3 for tinaroing tho third quarter, but 0 had reason to hope that this would it bo ncocssary. Married by i\ Woman. An ainuhing incident ocourrod at the atcd 'Squiro Holes aomo days ago, r. Hailes is noted as the "marrying iquiro." Not long ago tho ' squire." vay from homo, and a oouplo drove p to tho house aud wanted to bo mared at onoo. Tho 'tquire's wife thought, 1 i h attended to the businosa of tho lantaticu during hur lord's absence, e couiu a'.tend to this, loo. So she a t; u ti e coujdo in duo foriu. They ore satisfied. Hut a few days later o father of tho hrido hoard that Mrs. ailoi Was iho rffioiating olorgyjman, > to hjk mil, and ho drova to the ocuuly at, i cured a liconso and had tho ,uplc married over again by a miutcr. CERVERA SAYS Ha Thinks Admiral Schlay Ac complifhed Fully the WORK. ALLOTTED TO HIM. And Tharafora, It Doss Not 8??r to Him That Thar* is Any Room for Advarsa Clrtlcism. * Immediately after Soorotary of th Navy Lojg is3ued tho ordor oonvonin the oour'. of inquiry that is to paa upon tho ohargos and criticiams again! Hear Admiral Winfijld Soott Sohlc oonocrning his oonduct daring th great naval oampaiga off Santiago th New York Journal ordered ita epoch I correspondent in Paris to intorvio Admiral ( ?? ... . ? - ? ? 1 - -1 a* ..v..... . UOKUI*, nmj vsuui LLIUUUIJU ID Spanish floct that mat dostruotion i that momorablo coofliot. Tho intci viow with tho illustrious Spaniard i horo preeentod: When 1 prosontod myself to tho illue trious Spanish warrior, Admiral Coi vera, with a word of oommendatio from tho Marquis do Noaillos, first set rotary of Spain's embassy in Paris, th warm grasp of tho old soa dog's ban was suoh as would favorably dooido an doubtful voter. I convoyed to tho admiral tho kin irquirieB from his numerous friends i America. DoviDing the purposo of my visit, h remarked: "You know your metier well." "Yib,"I rejoined; "I took a post graduate ocurso at Madrid boforo th war" After this, ozprosBed in tho picture squo language of Spain, tho house wa mine. "1 havo a largo family," said tho ad miral, "and 1 am taking sulphurou baths an i drinking the waters of Viohy trying to get rid of a liver oomplain oontraoted during tho Spanish-Amcii oan war." Rugged as Thomas Carlyle, sun browned as tho idoal aaiior. looscl; I dressed as tho oountry Bquiro anion i his oxen, highforehoadod as Shakes peare, Admiral Ccrvera would be a lioi in a city many times larger than thii Auvorgnian to vn that is famed thi world ovor for its mineral waters The admirial is staying at the Hoto dca Alprs, a modest hostelry with i largo garden and a profusion of tiowors Ho rcoc.\^ mo in a drawing room which for i s spooklessncss and sim plioityfl^emod to havo been pattornoi after aMkppist monastery. WhenXho conversation had veerec to the 6^bj ot that is uppermost at th< presort timo in the minds of Amori aao9, the admiral said: "Aolions speak. Tho good old pro verb is 'Aotions speak leulor t..ai words,' Wby not apply it to Admira Schley? "Understand that what I say is ii light of this dietitc.ion. As a Spani ard I look upon that war as being a ur j Jet as tho war whioh Kjglaad ii njw waging against the Boer republics Personally, I Bhall novcr forget th< generous and courteous treatment tha w>u accorded to mo by the Amcrlcani and particulailv bv Admiral "Ho impressed me a.i a gallant offi oer and a high minded gentleman to thi fullest sense of the phrase. "A priori, I should say that a man o noble principles and generous impulso: cannot bo a coward. To such men wou'd look rather f r Tamilian brav cry. "The naval battlo of Santiago wai bhort and decisive -jo short that then was no time for any ezchango of oorn phments; so deoisive that 1 can hard ly believo that cowardice was thinkable The Gght was over in about three houri and three quarters. "flad 1 boon captured in the days o ancient Rome my back might havi been used as a stepping place for th< conqueror mounting his horse. "Admiral Sohlcy treated men 01 terms of ab?oluto equality. "His flagship, the Brooklyn, wa west in the blockading line, and wa thercforo tho most exposed. She wa engaged in a running Gght with th> Vnoaya and tho Colon. VVhon tin Brooklyn and tho Oregon got withii range of tho Colon they opened Grc ant the latter was compelled to run ashore Tho Christobal Colon struck her oolor to the Brooklyn and tho Oregon. "Tho Brooklyn, holding tho wostori blockading position, was within raug< of our Bhips and batteries all tho timo though our shi{ laokod certain thing necessary for full ctfootivouess. Ad niiral Sobloy showed ability am thoroughness. "it is a case of demonstrated valo against possible bravery. It is a oasi of the diGorecoo botweon tho aot an ( tho possibility, or, as tho old philoao ohcrs used to say, botweon tho esse am tho poSSC. "Tno philosophical axiom whio'i learned in my school days, natnoly, posso ad aotam non valot oonsoouth ('to bo able 'to do a thing is not tb< same as doing it'), probably applios t< this oaso. "1 don't know Admiral Sampson am | I haVO no comment to makfl nn.in him Your ahipa wont atright to work, prob ably without maoh ooiuuitodiag. "Admiral Sohloy accomplished full; the work allotted to him, and, thero fore, it does not seom to mo that thor ia any room for adverse oriliciam?a least, from tho Amorican aido." SOME MOKE TM8TIMONV. The Madrid ropresentativo of Thi Journal and Advortisor has obtained at interview from Captain Dit* Morou j woo oommandod the Cristobal Coloi I during tho naval oonfliot off Santiago Says Captain Moreu in reforonoo to thi ; movemonta of Admiral Sohley: ' All tho American officers, withou exoeption, did thoir duty in tho nava battlo off Santiago. So did wo, al though it ia oertain that we were van <iuiahed by superiority of foroo. It it absurd and unpatriotic to mako an] exoeption in tho ease of Admiral Sohloy It ia absurd beoauso the Brooklyn wai in tho thick of tho fight throughout. Sho was at tho mouth of tho harbo when wo tried to pasa out and engager I ua with a terrific fire, doing frighifu i damage to tho end. In tho pursuit o ) i the Cristobal Colon we surrendered to tho Brooklyn 45 miles west of Santiago. "Tho Brooklyn was tho first to en>. conn tor us as wo were coming oat and the first to load in tho pursuit, and sho kopt up tho load, with the Oregon vastly aiding. Tho Brooklyn landed a sholl just ahead of my ship and, with the Oregon helping her there was nothing left f >r mo to do but run ashore. ''Tho Brooklyn's oonduot was bravo, n henoo Commodore Sohley was bravo. Sohley was on poU, whore he was put by Sampson. After the battlo oommoQoed eaoh commander aoted according to eiroumstanoes, and events show that the Brooklyn boro a bravo part. I 1 ji * suouiu say mat sohloy was not ODly brave bat very oompoteat, as is Samp 16 son, whom I know personally. 1 don't g know Sohley, but 1 am a friend of Capis tain Cook, of the Brooklyn, whoso pho tograph 1 have. On tho back of it you can read the following: 'Duty to our ? flags brought us together in strife, o Tho sea mado us frionds. May God io prcscrvo your lifo and give to you that measure of bloesing which your courage so riohly deserves.' "Of all tho Amerioan ships tho 0 Brooklyn was tho most exposod to our n tiro and to that of our batteries. r~ Sohley's own roport was a model of 18 plain, sailor-like and gentlemanly statements. Sohley direoted that our effil* oors retain their personal effects. A ooward is novor gonorous. The sug n gostion of oowardioo probably oomes ' from oowards. ? "I havo road in El Mundo. Naval " that this attack upon an honorable y naval offic r has a low political basis. Tho navy Bhould bo loft outside of polid tios. n "Admiral Sampson's own official report is evidenoo of the Brooklyn's ao0 tivo part and of Schley's oompotoney and bravery. Tho advorso oritioism is obviously an afterthought. As a naval officer 1 deploro it bcoause the 0 navy should bo as sensitive as a woman about its honor." i s Frogs and a Snake Play. The Anderson Intelligonoer is re spontible for tho following story: "A 9 low evenings ago, ono ot citizens, ? while sitting on his piazza on East 1 Boundary stroot, noticed that pedestrians passing under tho arc light on the oorner of ?ftst Boundary and River stroeta would invariably halt and go V through the motion of throwing somai thing from tho sidewalk with their , feet. Tho oitizMn grew curious and 1 ww^ked over to the light to investigate. 8 What he saw he could scarcely believe, 9 and foaring lest his reoital should be discredited ho oallod .tw > of his neigh' bore, a genlloman and Young lady, aa * co-witnesses Uudor tho are^jgQt were about a hundred frogs forming a oirole * and in this oirole was a snaxc. Tho ' frogs wero not croaking, nor was tho i snake hissing Every feilow appeared to be attending to his own business 1 and ail boomed in a good humor aud 3 perfectly happy, ltecaliiag th3 universal belief that sa-kos aro the mortal oacmios of frogs aud that frogs are thought to be a dainty meal for snakes, | ourcuizana tat down to watch the per' formauoe. la a snort time it was discovered that there was do enmity be 1 tweea iLo sDakc and frogs, but ail wero there for a common friendly purf ose, 3 the bnake being tno centre of aitrao3 tion. Miriads of bugs arj attracted bj th* aro light and oirole round and 3 round it till their winga are singed, and 1 tnon drop to tho ground, it was uo9 ticcd that as they dropped tho snike aud fiogs would janip for them, there being a lively coinpction between them 3 as to which would got tho bug first. After watching this rather binguiar per' formanoa for somo time, our citizens 3 killed the snako. it was an upland 1 moccasin, and measured about three * foot." 3 Wild Scenes in Court. 3 Tho first lynching in tho history of K.okalb county Ala., was recorded Friday whan Charley Davis, the man who was oharged with assaulting Miss 9 Kato Hats last Sunday evening was taken from tho court house by a mob 1 of about 25 pcoplo and hangod about 0 a <piartor of a mile from town. The as0 sault on Miss flues was committed last Sundy evening and l>avia' trial was be3 ing held today. When the witness bogain to give his tostimony tho friends 9 and relatives of tho girl aroso to make 6 fcr the prisoner. For a time iluro were 8 wild sceues and the people were much e exjited. Tho prisoner made an ellor to 8 Cboapo by jumping from the seooud 3 story window of the court room. Sovoral pistol shots were tiro 1 in the contusion, but Davis was captured before B he could jump. Tho Bhorifi, one cf his deputies and a constable who wore 3 trying to provont tho lynohing, togolho 0 withe tho father of tho defendant, wero * severely injarod in a clash with the 3 mob. Tho wounded ofbeers aro Sheriff , J. D. Olum, Deputy Bob Oiurn and Consiablo Manoy Fuss. r Drunken Fish. Thousand of drunkon fiih in MiidoD crock afforded great amusement to 1 hundreds of people along tho banks of tho stream at Kjading, Fa., one day i last week. The dintillero ?n?1 w?r?. ^ house of Aron Duokle at Berkley woro , burned aad two hundred barrols of B whiskey woro omprtcd into tho water, j Bass, carp, oalfnsh, Bun-fish and eels floated on tho surface. Some were lively I and kicking, while othors woro stupetied and still. Tubs of fish were cap tured beforo they got over their spree and returned to quarters. y Wanted to Commit Suicide. Q Mrs. Hazel Wood, of Omaha, Nob., 1 a young widow, who attempted suioido last week becauso sbu owod a small debt, proves to bo an hoiress to an 0 oatato in Omaha valuod at 17 5(H), loft 1 by her father who died last Novomber , in Tallahassoo. Fla. The will, mado in i 1873, before Hazel was bora, after pro, viding for a son, directs that tho ro9 mainder of the esto, valuod 1^500, go to his widow and after hor doath to any t ohildron she may have. Mrs. Wood is 1 the principal legatteo under tho will. Somebody has stirtod the following on % its round for publication, and it is oloso 7 to the laots, so wo will givo it to our . readers: '"The hog is tho mortgago s liflor, tho sheep tho farm fertilizer, the cow the barn builder, the hen tho r grooory bill payor. This quartotto, i with a man and a woman not afraid for 1 tho work in oaring for thorn will insuo f prosperity on any farm." A JUDQE PLEADS IN VAIN. Two Women and a Man Lynched for Brutal Murder. 11T Taliaferro and wife, of Carrollton county, Miss., were found dead in bed Wednesday with their heads split open. It ib thought the murder was committed by negroes out of revenge for the rooent killing of a negro man who attempted to poiBon the family. A dispatch from Carrollton says the murder of Mr. and Mrs, Taliaferro oulminatod 'Thursday night in the lynohing of Betsio MoCray, her son Belfield McCray, ?nd daughter Ida MoCray. all colored. Tho mob waB composed of about 500 white citizens of (Jarrollton county, who marched to tho jail in order, domandod the hoys from Jailer Duko, proceeded to tho colls of the unfortunato negroes, bound them by tho ncok and hands and carried them to the corporate limits of tho town, where thoy hung them to a tree by tho publio roadside and riddlod thoir bodies with bullets. Tho mob resisted tho earnoBt appeals of Judge W. F. Stephens and lion. W. S. Llill, who stood on the Bteps of the jail and appealed to the mob in the namo of law and order. They oven followed the mob to tho ooll doors with their arms around the nooks of the leadcrB, pleading to let the law take its course, but with no offeot. Ida MoOray oonfeosod to the knowledge of tho murder, and statod that her mother Betsie and brother Bolfield helped oommit the mutder. She further implicated others who will probably moot a liko fate. Botsie MoCray refused to mako any statement. Gov. A. II. Longino arrived on the soene by speo ial train from Jackson juBt a fow minutes after tho hanging. Judgo 8to na and Mr. Hill wont to the j?U early in tho day to extinino 1 and ii. vestigato the Taliaiferro killing and 10port to the people in tho oourt bouse oeforo tho jary of inquest should proceed with their work. This they wore doing in a quiet and successful manner when it was loarnod that ] about 75 men, growing impatient at the delay, had organized themselvos ' into a mob and were to come to tho 1 jail and take tho auspeots out. The 1 committee immediately went to tho oourt house and oalled the people to- ' gother. Mr. Hill, Mr. L. M. South- , worth and Senator George addressed them and told them what they were ! trying to do. They seemed fairly well satihficd when they wore assured that ' the negroes would not be spirited away, and that the final investigation , would be had in publio in the oourt , home. ; Tho poaoo committee prooeo^ed to i the jail to oompleto its work. They 1 worked until 3 o'clock, when an ar- j journment was had to report progress < ana for dinner. The mob continued ] impatient and restless. In tho meantime, Gov. Longino had telephoned < Juugo S.tvcna mat ho would leave Jajfcbon for Carrollton on the 2 o'clock \ train. The committee being apprised ? of this, did their best to kill timo so c that tho governor might arrive and ubo * his influence. However, they deemed e It QUCOBHtrv at. ahi.nr -1 n'n'nr,* ~ - 1 v wtvv? iW 11JS&U I anotnor roport to the pcoplo. T oy I piocteued to tho oourt house where Mr. \ tlili reported that the oommiuee had t ooiiotuatd, alter a faithful and thor- 1 ough examination that while BHford aud Basy AicUray knew that the < Taliaferros were to bo killed and had t aosented themselves fcooi homo so 1 that they might prove an alibi, the i ones who had actually committed the e deed had not yot been caught, but that e they behoved that those would finally < divuigo tho whole plot. Mr. LI ill loft t it to the crowd as to whother the com- ' mitiee should proceed with the investi- i gationor drop it and have the jury of ' inquest prooecd. Tho orowd was unaui- y muus iu instructing them to proceed i with the iovcstigatioa. 1 However, as tho crowd wa3 dispersing from tho court house they met ' about 50 men, armed with shot guns ' and ritlcs, and who had not been in the | oourt houso to hear the last report. Theso men proceeded to the jail where ' the deputy sheriff promptly opened the door tor them. Three men went upj stairs and brought out Belford, 1 Boisy and Ids MoCray. Judge Stevens, ! Messrs. Hul and George and other citi- ; zens begged anu pleaded with them as did Lynn Taliaferro, the son of the murdered couple, uot to kill thoso no- 1 groos as they would thereby thwart the ends of justice. But it was all to no purpose. Toe mob took the negroes under the hill about a quarter of a milo from town and haugtd tho three, i dr:ng at least 501) shots into their i bodies, The governor arrived just is tho mob was returning. Ha wont to the court houBo and addressed a large and saddonod orowd. It is bolievod if ho could have gotten there in time < he might havo proventod the lynching i The governor roturncd on the evening train. i A Sad Mishap. Tho wavos from a passing st-amer near Central City W. Va., lato Friday night upsot a small boat containing a pleasuro party, drowning four people. Their namos are: Mrs. Fanny Homming, aged 45. Kathleen Hemming, hor daughter, aged 1-1. Imogcne and Theodore Apperaon, granddaughters of Mr. Hemming, sgod 6 and 7 years. Two othor oooupants of tho boat were reseuod. Nono of tho bodies have been recovered. A Big Dividend. The Now York Evening Post says that the extra dividend declared recently by tho First National bank before taking over the National Bank of tho lloiublio, was 1.900 per oont. on tho capital stook of ?500,000. This dividend was moro than largo enough to enable tho stockholders to pay for thoir share of tho new stook to be issuod on the increase of tho bank's oapital to ?10,000,000 without the outlay | of othor cash. Nearly Throe Million. , Tho bureau of admissions announoed tho attendance at tho Pan Ymerioan ' exposition during the first th:oo months, ' ending at midnight on July .'11, as 2,- < 721,008. With the exoeption of one ' week, the admissions have shown a < a steady inoreas. I' 1 I A FATAL FALL I Two Palntsrs Plunged to the Pava- H ment from a Scaffold. I ONE'S SKULL IS CRUSHED I And the O her, Though His Thigh I Ha1 a Compound Frac- 9 ture, Lighted e fl Cigarette. H There was an accident on Main street 9 Thursday afternoon that made many 9 who witnessed it turn their faoes away 9 for the moment and seemed for a short 9 time to loavo all horror-strioken and 9 inert. As a result one man will pro- 9 bably bo dead before the sun rises this morning and the other is badly injured. I The two men, William Parker and B Thomas Lake, both negro painters, B wcro working upon a swinging painters' fl soaffold, on the front of the Robinson fl building on Main street, when the steel fl hook holding the rope supporting the fl south end of the ladder pulled out I bringing a portion of the wall with it. I Instantly this end of the soaffold fell fl from under the two men and down they fl oamo a distanoe of some 30 feet to the fl concrete pavement bolow. They struck I the pavement with a thud and both fl forms lay there quito still for some I moments before any who witnossod the I horror oould rooover themselves and go I to their assistance. I It seems that tho men wore working I on their "last strotoh" cn the front H just above the seoond story windows. I They had placed tho hook too near the I south end of tho wall and it is said that fl even then it was not all tho way over I the wall. Tho result was that the H weight of tho mon pulled a portion of I the wall off. I Tom Lake was the first to strike the I pavement. He fortunately struck the fl wall, breaking his descent Bomewhat H and saving his life. As it was his fl right arm and shoulder was out slightly I and bruised and his left side was badly I bruised, the most serious injury, how- I ever, a compound fracture of tho right I thigh, tho bone penetrating the flesh. fl Tom lives at 921 Colloge street. As I toon as h& recovered from the shook he I Look the thing quietly. William fl Parker, who was toe heavier man of I the two, was on the ond of the soaffold fl that did not desoend and consequently fl fell from a higher elevation. He pitohed I forward and turned a oomplete somer- dfl sault before he struck the pavement \B squarely upon the top of his head. The body then bounded over and the man's I foot hit the psvemept. Ho unconsoiouf from the be the him. As as possible the twol^^^H^Hfl^^^^^^^H vere picked up taken aoross and upstairs to the offioo of lolored physioian, Dr. Lighter. Lake vas laid on the floor, where after a ^^^B ihort time he got the man attendigg fl lim to wipe the paint and dirt out of A lis faoe and then give him a cigarette, I vhich he oooly lighted and began to I imoko, talking of the accident, despite fl lis own serious injuries. fl Parker was placed upon the operating I louch. On the top of his head a little .0 the right was an ugly hole. Dr. A'atson, who had been called, came in fl ind assisted for a while in the neoes- I tary operation. The hair was qniokly I ihaved from about the wound. It was fl )no ohance fot saving the man's life, I .hough he was of powerful physique. fl rhe skull was evidently fraotured and I ntcrnal hemorrhage wai resulting. fl rhe diffioult operation of trephining fl was performed and the hemorrhage was I itopprd. The man's big toe on one fl foot was also badly broken. Late I Thursday night the physioian stated fl that ho had no hope whatevor that I Parker would live through the night, fl that ho was much weaker than just be- fl fore the operation, which had been sue- fl cossful, jfl Ltice was removed to his home and ^ Jfl Dr. Kendall attended hiiu. Dr. Kendall V stated late Thursday night that Lake 9 would pull through all right, but would I be in bod fcr a long time to oome. The A men were in the employ of a oolored fl painter named Isaao Perry, who had the fl contract for tho painting of the build- -fl ing.?The State. H Five at a Birth. fl Tho Augusta Chroniole say: "Ellen- S ton is just now boasting of a groat in- fl oreaso in population and is only regret- fl ting the fact that the increase did not fl take plaoo before tho consul enumera- fl made his rounds. Tho inorease took fl place a few days ago on tho plantation fl of Mrs. Mary Dicks and was in the shape of the birth of a quintette of lit- fl tlo nogroeB to ono mother on the same a day. Tho ontirooutfuof babies woighod JK forty pounds a few hours after birth, fl when they were all collected together 3? and put on tho scale. All of the ba- fl bios are robust and give every evidence fl that they will grow up to be husky and strong. Even tho white people of the community are elatod tbat such a great ? reoord should have beon made in their fl midst." fl Sensible Dogs. fl Tho dogs in Central Borneo, it soems, fl wnen wismng to cross a river, have I considerable difficulty in doing so, ow- m ing to tho fact that alligators find them ?? vory toothsome morsels. They, there- sm fore, oolleot on the banks and make a B terrific noise by barking and yelping as I loudly as thoy oan. The alligators are ^B attracted to the spot by the noise, and IB the dogs, as soon as they see that their bait is suooossful, set off up the bank ?BB at top speed and oross higher up. A ^ wB Borneo travcllor statos that ho has B watched this manoouvre times without B number. fl Saved from a Mob. JH After and oxoiting ohaeo from a mob, bent on lynching tho prisoners, Sheriff Mageo of Simpson oounty, Miss., ar- *$#8 rivod in Jaokaon Thursday, having in sustody Sterling Johnson and Kouben Tazolle, negroes, who murdered a young jip white man named Mantum. near M?gee, jga Mies., Tuesday night. A mob surroundid tho Jail last night and ondoavorod to .^B >r?ak down the gate. Tho Bherig os cap- Bjj id through the back way with the pri- . B toners,