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'Do Thou Liberty Great. Inspire Our Souls and Make Our Lives in Thy Possession Happy, or Our Deaths Glorious in Thy Just Defence." VOL, XXIV, BEN N E TS VILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1899, AN ULTIMATUM From the Plucky Boors to The Powerful English Nation. MUST BE WITHDRAWN. London Startled from Hopes of Peace to Face War, Which No Doubt is Now On. Tho London Nows Agonoy published tho following dispatoh from Pretoria Tuesday morning: "An urgont dispatch has *just boon handed to Conyngham Groone, tho British diplomatic ngont, requesting an oxplicit assuranco of tho withdrawal within 48 hours of tho British troops from tho Transvaal bor dors, as well as tho withdrawcl of all tho British forces landed in South Af rica sinoo tho Bloemfontein confor enoo." Tho ultimatum has hoon roooived from tho Transvaal and has boen in ado public It demands that tho points of difference bo submitted to arbitration that hil troops bo withdrawn, all rein forcements that havo arrived sinco Juno I bo removed, and tho troops now on the high Boas not to bo landed. An an swer was demanded by Wednesday, Oo tobor ll, not later than 5 o'clock p. m. Thc ultimatum concludes with "iii tho unexpootod evont of au answer, not iatisfaotory, boing received, by tho Transvaal within the interval, it will, with groat rcgrot, bo compelled to re gard tho action of her majesty's govorn mont as a formal declaration of war, and will'not hold itself responsible for tho correctness theroof, and that in event of any furthor movoinont of troops ocourriug within tho above men tioned time in a nearer direction to its borders, this government will ho com pelled to rogard that also as a formal declaration of war." IN SUSPENSE: A dispatch from London dated Oct. II says up to that timo no dispatches had boen received from tho Capo sinco tho expiration of the ultimatum, so it is not yet known whether the first shot has been firod. A tolegram from Pre toria, timod 7:30 Tuesday evening 3a5s: "The situation is becoming more criti cal hourly. Numorous Americans, GormanB, Frenohmon, Swedes, Bel gians, Norwegians, Danos, Italians, Dutohmon, Swiss aud and Capo Afri kanders have gone to tho bordor to fight for tho Transvaal, although they are not burghers, whilo many British residents have taken tho oath of alle giance. Tho hope is exprosscd by many that war will yot be avortcd. Nothing qinoo th?n lino boon-roooived from Pre toria and doubtless telegraph communi cation with tho Transvaal is now cut. LEAVE LONDON. Montague White, consul general of tho South Afrioan republic in London, oallod at tho oonsulato Wednesday af ternoon and immediately left for th? continent. Mr. White's doparturo was not attended by any oxoitemont. Be fore shaking off tho dust of England, ho said toa representativo of Tho Associ ated Press: "Tho expected has happen ed. I only hopo tho hellishness of this promeditaded orushing out of a bardy ropublio ?B now apparent. Lit mo ro mindAmorioa that the onus of war lies not upon those who firo thc first shot, but upon those who compel it to ho firod. "Technically wo havo temporarily put ourselves in tho attitudo of an ag gressor, but who would not havo dono so if tho oxistonco of his country was at stako? 1 think wo must look far ahead to soo tho consequences of this war. Instoad of tho paoifaotion of South Afrioa, which is thc alleged act of England, wc shall have perpetual unrest. These very people for whom England is now fighting will turn against her in time to como and pro tost against her rule as bitterly as they aro now protesting against ours. "For wcoks I had seen England's do torinitiation to force a hostilo issue, or rathor Mr. Chamberlain's. I am miro he is tho only member of tho oabinct whoso mind was thoroughly made tip througheut all thc negotiations. What his intentions wore is evident from tho situation today. Had tho i'ranchiso boon the chief grievance, our five year proposition would certainly havo boon aooeplod. I have reason to bclicvo that England ontcrs upon her warlike course by no means a unit. Opposition to Mr. Chamberlain's policy exists to a greater oxtont than is generally conceived. ALL HOPE (IONE. "Our evident desire to conciliate has boon mttoh apprcoiatcd, and our refusal to allow our household affairs to be ad ministered by another nation has not oxoitod gonuino indignation hero or in any quarter of tho globo. Ilowovor, Mr. Chamberlain has accomplished his fmrposo, and all hopo is gono. I bo iovOj novcrtholofts, that a considerable revision in British opinion would bo af footcd by any serious defeat, for most of thoso now supporting thc govern m ont aro doing HO with a light heart and on general principles, not stopping to oount tho cost of war." Mr. Whito oitcd tho Isandlwhama massaoro as an instance of such a chango in British opinion. Ile then wont on to say: "I supposo thoro can bc only one ultimate result of tho hos tilities.- As to the duration of thc war I am not ablo to ventuio a gu?s?. It fjpomcd to mo a matter of tho greatest uncertainty. I hoar that Groat Brit ain will not begin the wiping out pro cess until Decomber. In thomenntimo wo shall seo what wo sha)' seo. "I havo rccoivod no sp ;al instruc tions or nows from tho Transvaal dur ing tho inst 48 hours, and I oxpectnono having long ago roooived directions as to tho courso for mo to take whon mat ters roaohed this stago. I sh'/?! ro main on the oontinont, and if ..nyi iung furthor oan bo dono in the interest of my government, I shall, of courso, on doavor to do it, although thore seems nothing loft but to fight it out to tho bittor, unjust ond." MUST HE HIKE, Tho following cablegram was receiv ed Wednosday night by the Chicago Tribuno iron? Prosidont Krugor of tho Transvaal ropublio. . Tho oablogram was sont in answer to a message from Tho Tribunno requesting a statomont of tho position of tho Transvaal in tho prcsont orisis, In tho oablogram whioh follows small words havo been filled in in ?rdor to make smoother reading: Pretoria, Oct. ll. Through Tho Tribuno wo wish to thank our many Amorioan fr roods for sympathy in tho prosont orisis of tho republic. Last Monday wo gavo Eng land 48 hours' notice within whioh wo givo assuranco that tho dispute will bo sottlod by arbitratian or other poaooful moans. The notioo oxpiros at D o'olook today. Tho British agont is rooallod and war is oortaiu. This is tho Utting, end of tho Ilritish polioy of foroo and fraud whioh has marked nil South Af rica with tho blood of Afrikanders. Wo must now mako South Africa froo or tho white man's grave. Tho republio t'oroos includo all nationalities, among thom a strong Amorioan oorps. showing it is not a case of Boor ngainst Uitland or. but all nations against tho English. Wo havo full faith in freedom and re publicanism and tho rightcousnoBS which guides tho dostinies of nations. (Signed) President Krugor. ENG LAND'S llEPLY. Tho following is tho toxt of tho Brit ish reply to tho Boor ultimatum: "Chamberlain to Nilnor, high commis sioner, sent 10:45 p. m., Oct. 10, 1899: "Her majesty's government has ro coived with groat regret tho peremptory domands of tho South African republic oonveyod in your telegram of Got. 9. You will inform tho government of tho South African republio in reply that tho condi iins demanded by tho govern ment of tho South African republic aro such ns her majesty's government doom it impossible to discuss." THE WAU IK ON. A dispatch from Johannesburg says that war was doolarcd by the Boors sn Wednesday, and that thc fomnl doclarn tion occurred at 10 o'olock Thursday morning. ACTIVE WA ttl?'ARE. A special dispatoh from Ladysmith, Natal, says tho Beers occupied Laings Nek tho moment tho ultimatum oxpir (d, nnd aro now pouring into Natal. Ingogo heights Havo beon oooupied. Official confirmation of the announce ment that tho Orango Freo Stato burgh ers have ontercd Natal by way of Van Roonons' pass is at hand. It loaves no further room for doubt that acts of war havo nlrcady boon oommittod and that thc campaign has begun. A STREET FIGHT. Newspaper Cartoon Causes Wounding of Throo Persons. There was a tcrriblo streot auol in front of nowspapor row on Camp strcot Now Orleans Wtdnosday afternoon in whioh Dominick C. O'Malley, proprie tor of tho Evening Itom, and a woll known promotor of sport and C. Harri son Park?r, stato tax oollootor, ohair man of the Democratic stato campaign committoo and editor in ohiof ol tho Delta, tho anti-lottery organ, during its oxistonco, wore both seriously, if not fatally woundod. Tho trouble is said to have originatod over a oartoon in tho Item last Sunday representing Colonel Parkorf a little dog being lod by a string by Governor Foster, and labelled "Mo too." About throo o'olock Wodnosday af ternoon O'Malley carno out of his office accompanied by Parson Davis, and walked only a few yards, when Parker, who was across tho strcot conversing with somo friends, turned and saw him. Ile started towards O'Malley and tho men seemed to know that troublo was expected and began exchanging 45-oali bro bullets, each firing until bis pistol was empty. By tho timo tho duol was over tho mon wore only about thirty feet apart, and each walked away to get attontion. Parker ?cccivod a ball in . tho sido, which is a dangerous wound, and ono in tho shoulder. O'Malloy was serious ly wounded in tho groin and also re ceived a bullet in tho log. A nowsboy fully a hundred yards away was shot in the head by ono of O'MaUey's bullots. Tho boy will rcoovor. Both mon aro resting easy tonight. O'Malley has been in scvoral ?hooting affrays, and Parker wounded Mayor IC. A. Burke. then state treasurer, in a famous duol in 1882. Tho South Controls. Thc Philadelphia llccord, which is a very closo observer ol' tho development of tho south, considers tho growth of tho iron interest of this section ono of tho most phenomenal industrial ovonts on record. Tho Record quotes tho president of tho Tcnncssco Coal, Iron and Railroad company as saying: "Twenty years ago tho company had a capital, counting bonds and stooks to gether, of $700,000, and was working BOO mon, with an output of 100 tons per day of coal and 300 tons of coko. ,1t wns scarcely known boyond tho coun ty in whioh it was operated and tho oity of Nashville, Tenn., to whioh its coal was mainly shipped. "Today with a bonded and stock capital aggregating ! $30,000,000, with ovor 14,000 ornploy ceson its pay rolls, with a daily output of 14,000 tons of coal, 3,500 tons of coko and 2,500 tons of pig iron, and an reproaching output of 1,D?0 tons por day of steel, it absolutely control? the prices of foundry iron for tho entire world, putting thom up or putting thom down." ?. i Cost of tho Navy. Tho cstimatos for tho maintenance of tho naval establishment for tho noxt fiscal year aro hugo compared to any over mado before for a similar expendi ture hy our govcrnmont. Thoy amount to $73,045,183, which is an inoroaso over tho appropriations for tho ourront year of $24,537,187. Inoludod in tho incrcaso for tho noxt your aro appropri ations of $12,268,474 for publio works and navy yards and stations. There is also an ostimato of *2,021,000 for tho new naval aoadonr Tho ostimato for tho navy, inoludi.. armor, guns and machinery, is $22,1)83,101. Tho esti n. ato for tho bureau ol' construction and repair is increased ovor tho current ap propriation about $3,000,000; for stoam onginooring $1,000,000; for pay of tho navy about $700,000, while tho esti mates for ordnance aro dcorcasod about $700,000 Changeable as tho Wind. If any person oan find a publio ques tion having moro than ono sido, on both sidos of whioh William MoKinloy has not boon found in tho past thirty yoars, that person will bo ontitlod to tho palm as tho greatest discovoror of mpdorn timoa.-Columbus, Ohio, Pros?. NOT WORTH IT. A Private Soldier's Opinion of the Philippines. MORE TROOPS NEEDED. Angeles One of the Finest Cities in Luzon and the 8eat of an Intelligent Government. A privato soldioi writes as follows to tho Washington Pout from tho Philip pines: It has bceu a little over a year since Manila was surrendered to tho Ameri can troops, and from that time on it has boon hard and exhausting work for the troops, with overything at 'tho prosont timo poiuting to fighting andastubborn resistance for ovory milo of toiritory we aro now ndvanoing ovor. What has boon accomplished in thc past yoar scorns so little in comparison with what is boforo us that tho sontimont is that ton years from now wo will bo fighting in tho Philippinen. It is true that we havo advanood into territory that tho Spaniards never woro within miles of, for all of their campaigning was never more than fivo milos from Manila at tho most. Still wo aro a long way from conquering tho Filipinos. Towns and villagcB that woro captured months ago by tho Americans on tho lino of tho iniitoads are giving tho troops left to garrison them agroatdoatof trouble, as the main body advanoss farther north. By this harassing a largo body of troops has to bo ?oattered along tho railroad to protect it, thus preventing their asfci* tanoo in tho advance Tho situation along this road can bo Bummed up in a few words: We havo oontrol and tho i ight of way over nearly fifty milos of the road, whioh wo oan hold by force of arms, but a milo on either sido it is ns good as a man's lifo is worth to ven ture, and hardly a night passes that thero is not somo troublo about Caloo can and Malolos, towns captured months ago. This alono Booma to point lo tho faot that tho Filipinos aro not thirsting to drink of tho waters of protootion hold out by Uuolo Sam, but prefer their modo of govoruing thomsolvos. It oan bo nothing oise than patriot ism with theso pooplo or they would nover havo hold out as long as thoy havo. Thoy aro not savagos nor ignor ant and illiterate. Thoir mode of living is different, thoir manner of dress and oulturc aro difforent in somo rospcots from ours but in businoss rcspoots they aro ablo to hold thoir own with a Bax tor strcot morohant. Thoy all Boom to bo fond of tho advantages of oduoatioD, and vory devout in thoir roligious bo liof, judging by tho olnss of books loft behind in their houses, ns all tho works are roligious or historical. Their writ ing shows great ciro in thoir ponnian ship, and some of thoir ledgors and ac oount books comparo favorably with those of any bank in tho States. With this advantago of education and tho cunning instilled into them from thoir ancestors and intermarriage with tho Chinese, they make a foo dif foront from any that tho A morioan orcos havo had to ooutond with yot. It oan nover bo oUargod that tho Amor ioan army was ovor anything but hu mano in its warfare, but it is at times a bittor doso with thoso people. Our forces will advance on a town and aftor a slight resistance tho nativo vamooses and tho American forces take posses sion. Thc noxt day in thoy will como through our lines, dressed in thoir whito clothes and onrrying a whito flag. They aro "Amigos" or Maoabobos then, but wo havo learnod at last, at tho cost of the lives of sovoral good Amorioan sol dior boys, to trust nono of thom, for thoro is nooonfidonoo or respect of word to bo placed in any of thom. Tho "aloaldo," or mayor, of a town-will moot you with all tho protestations of friend ship and good-will for tho American and toll you that tho Filipino and Aguinaldo aro "marlow," (no good,) and at tho same time, as was shown a fow days ago in oapturing ono of tho most friendly to tho Amorican causo, havo a commission as oolonol or somo high oflico in tho insurgents' army. It is a hard thing to havo to do, but the only plan boforo tho American army is to drive thom boforo you women and ohildron, and if they want to como back in tho town take tho mon prisonors and sond tho women outside of tho linos. This has moro offoot than tho uso of force, as tho Filipino household seems to bo a happy and peacoblo homo, and to separate tho husband and father from wifo and children oausos toars and lamentations, moro than the bullet will ovor do; but God forbid that tho Amor ican army will ovor bo compelled to resort to suoh actions to gain thoir vic tory. Thoro is ono pcouliar thing noticea ble as tho advanoo is mado farther north, and this isthat though Manila is spoken of as tho ohiof city of Luzon, and tho ?oat ol learning, wealth and culturo, tho far thor north you go from Manila tho appoaranoo of tho oountry and habitations of tho people show a marked improvement. Tho land scorns to bo hotter oultivatod and tho homos aro far better built, making a neater appoaranoo than thoso near Manila. In this town of Angelos, oapturod by ton oompanies of the 12tn infantry on Au gust IC, after the strongost resistance onoountored yot, overy indication points to an intelligent, woll-govornod oily. Tho homes aro largo and commodious, a number of them built of stone, brick and framo, while those built of bamboo aro of a difforont design than in other places. There is amsguificont ohvrch built of stono and finished in mahogany and the furnishings of tho altar will comparo favorably with tho finest ohuroh in tho States. Thoro aro no pows in any of the ohurohos 1 havo soon in tho intorior. I should say bo tweon 3,000 and 4,000 could worship in this ohuroh without orowding. On Monday morniag, August 14, a part of tho 17th infantry, and 51st Iowa went out on a scouting trip, to gain knowlodgo of tho lay of tho land in our front, and met a largo party of insur gents somo distance from Angelos, and about two milos from Sindolon. Aftor having a slight brush with thom thoy foll baok to Sindolon. having accom plished their rcconnoissanco. Tuosday night orders carno that ton oompanies of tho 12th infautry, undor oommand of Ooh Smith, would bo ready to movo at daybreak to make a rcconnoissanco in forco. Th ero waB no thought of an cngagomont, and wo woro oxpootod in Sindolon for suppor that ovonipg. Hy 5 o'olook next morning, Wednesday, August 10, wo woro in lino, and marou* ing up tho railroad traok. Wo oovorod about three miles in this position, whon a halt was mndo and tho companies di vided up; tho lat battallion wont to tho right, tho second was to continuo up tho traok and tho tuird to go oil to tho loft. In this position wo advanood a milo or moro without nooing any sign of insurgents, when tho 3d battalion tho ono I accompanied oamo to ono thoso fro quont atroams, Hued with bnnbao troon, lloro we deployed UB skirmishers, as tho domo and stccplo of tho ohuroh could bo seen in a cluster of trees. Hardly had tho advanco boon mado boyond tho sholter of tho trocs whou tho Binging of Mauser bullota could bo hoard, though wo woro too far oil for thom to do any dnmago. Tho first volley iirod by our boys was itt 1,800 yards, so wo must havo boon 2,000 yards off whon thoy openod up, but as wo continued to ad vance tho firing booamo moto doadly, and wo protootcd ourselvos behind thoso saviors of American soldiora, arico pat ty, whioh has been tho means of saving many a life, By moana of theso rico patties you can liro a volley and thon advanco to tho next ono, a dintanco of about ouo hundred to ono hundred and fifty feet. Just bofore our ndvanoo, and whilo waiting for developments, Ooh Smith rodo up aud, halting, said: ''Well, boys, wo will oat our dinner in AnRoloa to-eay." His words enmo truo, for after ono of thc hottest fights and tho most stub born stand yet taken by tho insurgent army wc finally drovo them from their trenches and scattered them in every direction, (lon. Miscardo. who com manded tho army in Angol?s, has been several days trying to gather his forces, and what started out asa rcconnoisoance in forco wound up in tho capture of one of thc largest towns outsido of Manilla; also two locomotives and several cars, soveral tons of rice, tho control of twelve milos moro of railroad and tho best accommodations for a largo num ber of troops during tho rainy soasen. Tho soil is sandy, and soon absorbs tho surplus wator, and tho air and water purer than at San Fernando. Though three of tho boys wero killed and several wounded, it seems miracul ous that moro wore not hit by tho onomy'8 bullots, as thoy allowed in their firing moro ordor than any onoountored as yot. But thoy oannot stand tho vol ley firing and yoll of tho Amoricano. Tho skirmish lino of tho 3d battalion ! as it advanoed across tho rico froid made a boautiful pioturo-not a break in it, and every man moving forward and fir ing as if by maohinory. But nothing loss oould bo oxpootod with suoh effici ent oflioora, and under tho guidanoo of auch a cool and oollSotcd ofliooras Capt. Wood, who commanded tho battalion. Alwaya with tho mon, never hurry ing thom, but directing their fire whore tho enemy wRT,3 tho strongest, and hus banding their strongth for a final ! oliargo, if need bo, has instilled that firmnosa ia tho mon that suro to win tho day. At ono timo tho insurgents tried a flank movement, and for a fow momenta tho bullets wero flying entire ly too closo to mako it comfortable, but their movo was discovorod by Liout. Cochon, commanding Company G, of tho 12th, who ordorcd a platoon to check their move, and aftor a fow vol leys thoir linc disappeared. In a short timo wo advanced over thoir tronehec and woro in possession of thoir oity, whilo thoy were flying in all direotions. If ?thero had been a largo foroo or c troop of oavalry BO as to pursuo thom n , valuablo pack train could havo boot captured; but tho men who had takor part in the engagement wore completo ly exhausted from tho effects of thc sun aud tho miro they woro compolloc to march through. Tho loss of tho in aurgonts must havo boon hoavy, ai trails of blood could bo seen whero thoj had oarricd off thoir dead and wounded Tho dead found in tho tronchos ahowoc that they wore not roving squads, bu1 I organized and equipped rcgimonta, apt from thc statonicnt of a nativo hoto keeper who roniaincd thoro were 2,80( mon, of which at least 2,200 men won armed, under Gen. Mesoardo. Ho sail that tho day before thoy wore ontiiol: out of ammunition, buta largo suppl; arrived that morning, a largo quantity of whioh was captured. It was now am had no indication of rust on tho BIIOIIB proving that they nave a steady suppl; station. Aftor two days' roBt, witl only a slight skirmish at times, Com pani? a ll and I went out to a larg' sugar mill to burn it, aa a number o insurgents could bo seen hovcrini around it. After buming tho mil they decidod to proceed about 1,501 yards farther on and burn a small Bot tlomcnt of bamboo shacks, situated ii j a bamboo thicket. This turned out a disastrous move for tho inaurgents waited until tho firs company was about ono hundred yard off, whon they opened a murderous fire killing ono ot'tho moat popular oflioor in tho regiment, Lieut. Albert Brow of Toxas, an officer loved by his ontir company. It must havo been thoi aim was directed at tho officers, for ii advancing to thc relief of I oompany Liout. Ulino, of Company H. was sori ouflly shot in tho head, but it is though not necessarily dangerous. Aftor rc covering tho bodios of thoir dead aw wounded commanders tho oompanie foll back in order with no other oaeual tios. Wo oxpcot to romain in Angeles fo somo timo, wo hopo until tho rainy son , ann ?B over and wo oan bo reinforced for such weather as wo aro now bavin takes all tho hoalth and vitality out of porson. Thoro is not a man in th company or rogimont that can truthful ly say after a few menthe1 aotivo aorvic at tho front that ho is noar tho man li was bof jro ho oamc to thoso islands. In conolusion, tho sum and substano of tho wholoquostion ia: If thoUintc States intends to subjugato thoso il lands it must Bond troops onough t push forward and keep up a stoady pw suit until they havo surrendered or boo captured. This will roquiro a larg army, larger than somo of tho higln officials can figuro out in Manila, an ovon thon thoro will be no onay tool Tho Filipino, notwithstanding stat? monts to tho contrary, hates tho Amor oan, and this is shown as tho ndvam is mado farthor north. Wa are tel that tho only onorny to tho Amorior is tho Tagolog, and that in tho Pan panga provinco tho. pooplo only wait< tho ohanoo to throw thomsclves in oi arma' and shod toara of Joy at thc dolivoranco, but our voooption on tl bordor of tho Pampanga provinco was tho hottest accorded tho ad vaneo of any of our troops. Instoad of mooting ox prossionB of joy at our coming and tho display of whito flags, as has boen tho oapturo of towns previously, wo saw nothing but empty housos, ovorything ooemod lo havo boon moved, as if ox pooting us several days, and tho only sign ot lifo wore tho dogs and tho pro - prietor of tho lintel, who has sinoo boon sont to Bilibid prisou, having boon do tooted in nomo undorhand work, but you will lind pastod on tho walli of most of tho housos or hung in a framo a oard with "Viva la Oonstituoionl" "Viva la llopublioa Filipinat" "Viva Su IlustroProaidontoI" "Vivaol Invioto Ejoroito do Filipinasl" As Brig. Qon. Oharlos King oxprcssoa it, thoso pooplo are intolligont, indus trious and oapablo of self-government. In this town of Angels wo find thero were schools cquippodwith soots and dosks similar to thoso usod a fow years ago in tho Statos, blackboards, oto. Thora aro a police station and colls; a juatico Court room; thoro aro a well built jail and a pillory. They havo prinlod forms for tho paymont of taxoa and othor provincial debts; thoy havo boon using tho stub book for sovcral years in their tax department, similar to that introduced in tho oollootor of taxos' oflioo in Washington. In tho professions thoro aro doctora, lawyers, dentists and druggiats. Thero aro a furnituro factory, blacksmith and ; whoolwright shops, and ovory ovidonoo of thrift and prospority. Tho benofita to bo derived by tho United Statos in conquering this island seem small in comparison to tho doutha and hardships ondurod by tho troops. Thoro aro no tracts of land to bo taken up; thovo ia no opening for tho laborer or mechanic. Fvory available aoro of ground ?B tilled, and in buildings suit able for this olimato tho nativo is far Biiporior, for nothing scorns impoBsiblo to ?him with a bolo and bamboo. Of oourso, tho monoyod man has groat proBpoots boforo him in investments, but fer tho brawn and musoloof Amor ioa'a sons that aro enduring tho torrid sun and marohing thiough vapors of malaria and typhoid fovor tho bright viaion over boforo thom is to havo their enlistment of threo yoara ond, and if thoir livos aro sparod, to onoo moro sot foot on tho soil of thoir fathers, and build up shattorod and broken down constitutions and obliterate entiroly from thoir minds a placo called tho Philippine Islands. A SENSATIONAL MURDER. A Judge Taken From House by a Mob A dispatoh from Now Orloans says tho killing of Judgo Brazil La Plaoo was ono of tho most souaational whioh has taken plaoo in Louisiana in yoars. Tho roport in tho vioinity ia that a j youpg lady was involved. Her father was connected with tho plantation and loft thoro Wodnosday Booking to tako his daughter with him. Sho osoapod from him and remained behind. About ! IO o'olook ot night sorao ono oaino to tho door and oallod for tho judgo. Ho carno out and whilo walking down tho high stairway to tho road a mob with white masks suddenly roso around him, seized him and pinioned his arms. Ho was led somo distance whon tho crowd haltod, ono man plaoed a piatol to La Place's baok and sont a bullot through his kidnoys, killing him instantly. Tho body waa left in tho road. Rain foll upon it during tho night and it was ro souod from tho mud by rolativoa who wont up from Now Orloans this morn ing. Thoso relatives avor that tho killing was political, but tho woman Btory is gonorally known and tho mob's action was basod upon tho faot that Judge La Placo is a marriod man, bia family residing at La Plaoo, a few milos away, namod aftor his distinguished father. Judgo Rost has oallod a moot ing of tho grand jury of tho pariah for Friday. Murdered the Husband. Mrs. Leonard Ncumoister and Frod W. Nyo, aftor a preliminary hoaring at Tavaros, Fla., on tho cb argo of mur dering Leonard Noumoistor, havo boon imprisoned, without bail, for tho orimo. Two yoara ago thoro carno from Louis ville, Ky., to Altoona, Lako County, Fla., Leonard Noumoistor and wifo. and with thom was a man namod Fica W. Nyo. Not long boforo this timo Mr. Ncumoister had fallon hoir to about fifty thousand dollars. About throe wooks ago tho old man was missing and Mrs. Noumoistor reported his absonoo to tho noighbors. Sho told thom that abo had just found a lottor, writton by him and loft in tho house, saying that ho intended to drown himself. Tho mon then wont to a dcop lako a fow rods from tho houso and'thoro found his life less body in tho water. It was thought from tho appearance of tho writing that tho lottor waa not writton by Mr. Noumoistor at all, but by somo othor porson. This lod to tho belief that tho old man had boon murdered by his wifo and Nyo. A Dovolict Schooner. Capt. Sabiston, of tho sohoonor Hot tio J. Dorman, luinbor laden, from Bogue Inlet, bound north, passed, on Ootobor tl, seventeen milos south of Capo Lookout, light bearing northeast by east, a largo derelict, nothing but the stook of tho forotnast standing, a Hag polo aft, but no flag attached, ap parently abandoned; no signs or life aboard; lay by hor part night; wind sprung up and during night lost sight of sohoonor. Supposed to bo sohoonor Carrie A. Lano, lumber ladon, whioh was lost off Frying Pan during recent galo. Tho wind has boon prevailing northeast for tho past weok, and if it should shift southward tho wrcok would drift to the boaoh. Mrs. Mary S. WiUon, who rooontly celebrated hor Dist birthday at Oysor Bay, Jj, I., is living in a houso whioh is noarly 800 yoari old, and on tho poroh of whioh Goorgo Washington shook hands, w|th tho pooplo of tho town. England"ijarra Dog?. The board of agriculture of England han promulgated an oidor forbidding tho landing of dogs from Iroland in Groat Britain, under a penalty of '?O.e. This ?B dono to provont tho sproad of rabio?, whioh is oommon in Iroland Just now. and Shot. Quito Old. FIRST INSTALLMENT. Mr. Ouzts Starts His "Book of Revelations'" REASONS OF HI8 RETICENCE. He Reviews His Suspension and Charges Members of the Board of Control .With Breaking Promises' Mr. I). A. G. OuztB gavo out Thurs day tho first of aBorios of lottora ho has written about tho dispon?ary. In tho introduction ho makes tho following ex planation of why he ha3 not hcrotoforo tn ade publio tho ohargos ho now'brings: "During my yoars of Boivioo in tho dispensary I hayo soon a number of things dono whioh I know wore wrong. Those I roportod to mombors of tho board, who woro, I knew, honost, ablo and puro. Thoy thought, howovor, that it was host to say nothing publioly about tho wrong-doing until mon like. thomselvoB woro a majority of tho board. They boliovod in tho dispen sary and earnestly ?trovo to mako it a success. In their judgment thc dispen sary could not withstand tho offcot of suoh oxposures, if its oontrol was in tho hands of tho mon against whom thoso oxposuros woro mado. They wantod to savo tho law for tho groat potential good that was in it. But aa tho contrary elcmont has grown so confident of its power that it has gone to turning honost mon out of office at tho dispensary, BO as to fill all plaoos with its tools, thus facilitating tho carry in g out of its plans. I deem it my duty to mako publio all I know, so ns to expose those men, dooming it better that tho dispensary should dio than to continuo undor their oontrol, but hoping that tho effoot of my oritioiam will bo to drivo suoh mon out of tho dispensary and plaoo its man agement in tho hands of mon abovo re proach. I mako this statement booauso Ido not wish to bo considered a sore head or as oxposing things 1 oondoned aB long as I hold offioo." Ho first shows that ho had no intont to do wrong in soiling a bottlo of con traband, that ho was ordored to do so by his superior offioor and that ho thought ho waa oarrying out tho wishes of tho board and that two mom hers of tho board BO assort. Ho noxt charges that Milos, Hasol don and Robinson promised to givo him a hearing bei oro voting on tho question of his pormanont suspension and that thoy failed to koop their promises. Ho assorts that the .majority faotion is conspiring to Boouro oomploto oontrol of tho dispensary. Ho asserts that Chairman Milos has shown, favoritism to Shipping Clerk Black, who has boon roportod for being drunk and disorderly in tho dispensary, against a rulo of tho board, but who was not disciplined. Ho ohargos Chairman Miles with partiality to Chis nephew, Boooiving Clork Young, who vtai ropcrtcd for inj competency and making ?orion? errors in counting shipments rccoivod at tho dispensary. Friday Mr. Ouzts gavo out an o thor installment of his "Book of Revela tions," and thcro is more to follow. His "Revelations" mako rich, raro and racy roading, but we havo not tho spaco to publish thom. Ho makoB many ohargos against many pooplo, all of whioh is backed up by ovidonoo whioh scorns, and whioh ho olaims, to bo irro futab'o. Wo shall soo. Kodaks for Lynchera. An eastern newspaper, whioh i has gi vi n po found study to tho ly neilin g prob h in has at last found a romody whioh ic rooommends with absoluto con fidence This ingenious nowspapor ia convinc ed that tho kodak is mightier [ than tho lynchor and that a mob whioh would dofy the rifles of a sheriff and his depu ties might bo easily put to flight by "snap shots." It thoroforo proposes that all sheriffs and jailers in regions where lynchings aro froqutnt shall bo armed with kodaks and that as soon aa a mob attacks a jail or makes a demand for a prisonor theso terribie instruments bo turnod upon it. Tho effoot, accord ing to oui sanguine contemporary, would be intantanooua and oomploto. No would-bo lynohcr could for a mo ment hold his ground while hi? pioturo was hoing takon. Ho would not mind hoing shot, but tho idea of hoing kodak ed would put him to hasty and headlong flight. They Want More pfc Tho oolorcd Republicans of Now Jor soy profoss to bo dissatisfied with tho oourso of the administration and allego that if nothing further is dono for thom by tho Cranberry Stato Republi cans in tho way of appointments to of fioo, some of thom may bo impollod by a profound sonso of political du\\y to vote tho Democratic national tiokot in 1900. Man y Jorsoy Domocrats hope that thoy won't. Antipathy to negro suffrago haa always boen a marked foal uro of tho Doinooraoy of Now Jersey. Now Jorsoy was ono of the six Si a x s of tho oountry whioh rejected the fifteenth amendment to tho f?deral constitution providing for negro suffrago. Tho othor Htatos whioh opposed it were Kontuoky, Delaware, Maryland, Cali fornia and Oroj,on. Bad Wreok. Wodneaday at Short Crook, nino milos above Wheeling, W. Va,, a north-bound passenger train collided with a spooial from Pittsburg, tho lat ter bringing delegations from Wes torn Pennsylvania to tho Tri-Stato encamp ment of tho Uniform Rank of Knights of Pythias. Eight nor son s wcro seri oualy injured, two fatally. Tho speci al had orders to tako tho siding at Short Crook, but tho englnoor of tho spcoial, His said, forgot, and a minute later the two trains carno togother, and wore bad ly wrookod. Now York For Bryan. The New York State Domooralio Committee meeting Wednesday night waa controlled by Riobard Croker and lix-8enator David B. Hill waa turned down. A Bryan resolution waa ndopt od, Boooudcd by Crokor, andoppoaod by Hill, MADE A BIO HAUL. Burglars Seoure Four Thousand Dol lars Worth of Jewelry. Spooial from Durham, N. 0., says: Two daring burglarios woro oommittod at tho rosidonoes of Uon. Julian S. Carr and Judgo R. W. Winston, in thisoity, Tuesday night. At G on. Carr's tho loss will amount to $3,500 to $4,000. Tho burglar of burglars entered Qon. Carr's bedroom and stolo a diamond stud from a shirt boBido tho bod on whioh tho gonoral was Blooping. This diamond ornament was valuod at $1,000, and was a regis tered stone, It was stolon during tho world's fair at OhioiigO; Iwt was after ward rooovorod by Pinkorlon mop. A gold watoh belonging to Cori.1} Carr, val ued at $500; a gold watoh belonging to Mrs. Carr, valued at $700; a .diamond soarf pin, a pair of gold ou ft Luttons, sot with diamonds, bolonging to- Clai born Carr; gold oar-rings, gold brooches, oto., woro takon. \ It is not known what timo tho job bery ooourrcd. Not a oluo was loft &o hind to indioato how tho guilty partK got in or out of tho residence Homo of our pooplo think it was ovidontly tho work of a professional. At the residence of Judgo Winston, as was tho oase at Con. Carr's, it is not known in what way entrance was made Two watohos, a gold ono and a ohild's watoh, two gold nooklaoes, two gold pins aud Mrs. Winston's jowol oaBo woro stolon. All of theso woro found this morning noar a sido gato in the baok yard, whoro it is supposod thoy woro dropped by tho burglar in his flight. The front door of tho rosidonoo was found Opon this morning and it is thought that oxitwas made in this way. In neithor of the two robberies woro tho ocoupnnts of theso households in the least disturbod, aud knew nothing of it until thoy awoko tho noxt morn ing. NEW YORK'S MURDER MYSTERY. A Boy Finds a Faoka^e With More of the Hacked up Body. Intorost in tho murder mystery grow ing out of tho finding of tho loft thigh of a woman's body in Wost Seventeenth stroet last Saturday had an increase Wednesday by tho recovery Wodnos day morning of what is boliovod to bo a portion of tho sanio body on tho beaoh at tho quarantiuo station of Staton Is land. John Hoinoman, a boy 12 years old, found tho paokago wrapped in nowspapors and Manila wrapping papor. When ho opened it ho found that tho outs in the nook woro jaggod, showing that tho hoad had probably boon hacked oft, and tho arms woro out off closo to tho shouldors'in a clumsy marmor. Tho polioo wore notifiod and took ohargo of tho find. Tho flesh was takon to tho morgue for comparison with tho parts of tho woman's body already there Tho parts of tho body now missing aro tho hoad, tho arms, tho logs from abovo tho knee down, and tho right thigh, whioh was found but was oartod off to tho city dumps. A name that looks like "J. J. Nu man," and tho laundry mark "J. J. N. 183," was disooverod Wodnosday morn ing on ono of tho whito skirts in tho bundlo of olothing found in tho baso mont of 219 West Fifteenth stroet. Thc lottors forming tho namo aro not distinot. Thoy aro partly washed out and a littlo blurrod. Tho * 'J. J. N. " of tho laundry mark is very distinot, how evor, and is oxpoctod to load to tho idontifioation of tho ownor. Hold Your Cotton Noil's roduotion of his orop ostimato from 12,000,000to 10,000,000 bales can hardly bo considered "bearish," though that scorns to have boon its effooton tho market. Ho always ovor ! oBtimates tho yield, and his revised I figuros would indioato a ?rop not ovor 9,500,000 halos. But, assuming that he is oorrcot, this would mako tho crop a million and a quarter bales bolow that of last year. Now oonsidor tho further faots that ootton goods aro in great de mand and rising, that overy available spindlo is running, that thc consump tion of ootton in this oountry will in croaso by 500,000 bales, with perhaps an equal or groatcr inoaoaso in Europo, aod tho question is presented whether even 10,000,000 balos will meet tho world's needs? Wo doubt it. Livor pool and Now York count on tho south's making a ruso to sell. Moral: Don't do it. Hold on to ovory balo you can and after this reaction tho prices will go higher still.-Tho Stato. ^Killed About Hogs. John MoElmurray, proprietor of tho Goodall farm, noar Augusta, Ga., shot and instantly killed his cousin, J. A. MoElmurray, Thursday and soriously wounded a Negro who was noar when tho ?hot was fired. Tho two whito men had quarreled over tho possession of somo hogs. Bobbery of a Bank. Tho RoynoUls Bank, at Roynolds, Ind., wa&Jpoted by robbors at 3 o'olook Wednesday morning, tho safe being blown up by danmito. From $3,000 to $10,000 was taken.- Tho explosion de molished tho framo building in whioh the bank was looatod. Tho thieves os oapod. .?_ Violent Karthbuake. A dispatch to Tho llandolsblad from Batavia, capital of tho Nothorlands Indies, Java, says that a violent oarth ?uako has visitod tho south side of tho sland of Coram, noxt to tho largest of the Moluocas, botweon Booroo and Papua, oomplotoly destroying tho town of Amnei and killing, it is estimated, .1,000 pooplo, as woll as injuring' somo 500 others. Tho dispatch says that do tails of tho disaster havo not yet been obtained. Retires From Command, A dispatoh from Fort MonroO, Va.', says that Roar Admiral Sampson rotir ed from command of tho North Atlantic squadron Friday evening at 5:80, when his flag was hauled down from tho after mast of tho oruisor Now York. A crow m?do up of offioors of tho flagship rowed tho admiral to tho wharf. Ho loft at 7 o'olook for Now York. As J.ho etoamor passed tho Now York, tho naval band playod tho notional air. Ad miral Farquhar, Admiral Sampson's suoooS?or, ^will tako command at 8 iv ? Of a Lunatic Now in tho Lock Up at Atlanta. CASE PUZZLES THE POLICE* Tho Prisoner, Who 13 Confined ' in Padded Cell, Tolls a Wierd Story of Ad venture. For ono wook tkoro has boon oonfinod in a paddod ooh at polioo Btation pro bably tho most peculiar and at tko samo timo boat eduoatod lunatio over dealt with by tho looal polioo, and it haa do volopod sinoo his arrest that he is want ed by no loss than fivo dit?oront insano asylums. Tho ohiof of polioo ia now vainly trying to get tho oaso thoroughly straightened out. Last Tuosday night a tolophono mes ingo to hoadquartors stated that a crazy n?a\? had offooted his osoapo from tho Grady hospital and waa terrorizing tho ontiro F?h'?th ward, having torn oil noarly all (rf his . olothing and was acting moro fnVfl a monkoy thad a man. ... Call officers Chosowood^tta^Oornott answered tho mosaago and aftor^tMiXr oiting ohaao arrested tho orazy maiv"^ who, at tho polioo station, gave his namo aa John Williams. Ho was lookod in tho paddod ooli and beforo morning ho. . had torn off what romainodof his oloth ing and also all of tho padding of tho iron 'oago. flo waB tho wildest man ovor oonfinod in tho local polioo sta tion. Noxt day Offioors Cornott and Ohoso wood nsoortainod that Williams had boon employod at tho race track, at tending many of tho foat nags that aro to ontor tho races at -tho Stato fair. Gradually Williams has improvod in montai condition, and now to talk with him no opo would, ovor suspoot that ho was ovor bothered with montai trouble. Ho's porfootly rational about oYerything and is too wiso to impart to tho offioors his roal identity. Last Saturday tho two arresting offi oors put WillianiB through a very thorough quoBtioning, and boforo thoy woro through they had loarnod from him many things, obtaining probably _ tho most pooullafBtoty-ovof "unfoldod to on ofticor of tho law in tho oity of Atlanta. Williams, as ho now oalls himsolf, is tho son of a woalthy saloon and hotel man in tho oity of Now York, but foy many years ho has had a montai afilio tion, which has oausod him to dopai t from tho quiet path in whioh bo was raised and tako up tho lifo of a tramp, during whioh timo ho has boon adjudg ed insano no loss than five timos. Upon oaoh occasion Williams was ? sont to an asylum and ho has always boon cunning enough to effeot an os oapo, Ho is well oduoatod and talks iluontly and with much oaso, and while tolling his story tho only tra?o of insanity that could ho obsorved was his scaming fan oy for boasting of tho shOoking oxpori oncos ho has undorgono. "Sinco I was throo yoars 'of ago," said Williams toa Journal roportor, "I havo boon affeotod with mental trouble,, and at tiraoB I got wild and do things that I know nothing whatovor about, whilo at othors I havo tho ounning ana tho sense of tho sh'okest criminal that over livod, "Theso spoils oomo upon mo whon I am loast expecting thom, and thoy'stay with mo from ono weok to threo yoars. I was oonfinod in an insano asylum in Philadelphia for throo yoars, o*oaping sonio two yoars ago. Sinoo that timo I havo boon following tho horses. "My fathor lives in Now York city. Ho is a hotol and saloon man, and a Federal veteran, having had ono of his logs shot off during tho civil war. I loft homo when only 10 years old and havo novor boon baok sinoo. "In Harrisburg, Pa., about six yoars ago I was dotootod by a pol i oem nu whilo trying to do somo dirty work. I ran and tho offioorshot mo threo timos, tho last bullet ontoring my baok and oaus ing mo to fall. I was captured and sont to tho ponitontiary, but was afterward transforrod to tho Stato insano ayslum from whioh I osoapod." And juat boro this peculiar lunatio oxhibited threo pistol wounds. Ho oontinuod : .*> "Long before that I was sont to an asylum in Now York Stato, but thoy woro not alick onough to koop ino, and I got away, after remaining there not a groat timo. Tho prison for orazy poo plo in Wilmington, Doh, wasnotstrong onough to hold me, and I walkod away without any groat troublo. "Whilo working with horsos in Ken tucky, I had ono of thoso funny spoils and was sont to tho asylum at Frank fort, from whioh I OBoapod and wont to Philadelphia, whore I was adjudged in sano and put in another asylum. I io? mainod in this plaoo for throo yoars, and two yoars ago. whon an opportuni ty prosontod itself I loft them. I would not toll you who I am, for tho Philadelphia pooplo still want mo,",: Williams gavo tho offioors thrae diffor ont nomos, Simon Itoinor, Simon Davis and John Williams. Tho ohief of polioo is n?w lu oorros pondonoo with tho Philadelphia pooplo and it is oxpeotod that tho ninttor will bo straightonod out in in a fow days. - IAtlanta ?J our nal. Cracked a Hank. A special from Navada, Mo., says burglars ontorcd the FarmorsV hank at Soholl City, noar thoro, Thursday night, blow opon tho safe-'and soourcd $3;500 in oaoh with whioh thoy encapad. Previous to tho bank robhory tho town watchman wa? oanturod on tho stroot hy armed mon and bound and gagged, Tho rohbors loft no oluo. Hold Up tho Train, Tho Northwestern limited hain leaving Chi?ftgo 10.80 Friday night, was hold up.not far from JDokalb, 111., and robbed; lt is not known whether tho robbors obtained any groat amount of booty. Tho oxpro?a oar was dyna mited. A spooial train eoniainihg a number of roon and doto<#vcs lofting Northwc?tcrn Station in Chicago short ly afterwards bound for tho 'scone of tho robbery. It ls naid . thoro were live masked mon engaged in tho oporptio