The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, October 18, 1899, Image 2
'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MUST BE WITHDRAWN.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that hil troops bo withdrawn, all rein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