The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, August 07, 1901, Image 1
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VOL 1. BATESBURG, S. G, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1901 NO 30 ?
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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
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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. |
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> 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 ?
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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
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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,