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Tilo Marlboro -. /. { ( A ./ P "Do Thou Liberty Great. Inspire Our Souls and Make Our Lives in Thy Possession Happy, or Our Deaths Glorious in Thy Just Defenoe.1 VOL. VXX BENNETTSVILLE, S. C. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28. 1900. NO. 03 et SUME fLAIN TALK. Ex-Presido nt Harrison Spanks on Our Insular Policy. IM PERI ALI BIVI ATTACKED i thl A Speech That Puts ino D s* tingulshed Qentleman Out cf Harmony With His.Pa'ty Ex-President Boajamin Harrison, nt Ann Arbor, Mich ., Friday night, at taokod tho M'Kinloy administration for taking tho position that tho o ma ti In ti.m appeals to tho United Statos, ex clusivo of Puerto Uioo and tho Philip ptuo Islands. Ile doolared that thoso lblands aro a part tf tho Uuitod States, and that tho constitution extends to thi m in epito of any treaties or oon gnesional legislation. Gan. Harrison spoke under tho auspioos . of tho Loo ture Association of tho Univorsiiy of Miohigan, and 3,000 porsous heard him The subj?ot ot 1 ia ,lcoturo was ''Tho Statut* of Annexed Territory and of Its Civilised In h -i bun utie" Ho disalaiiucd any intention of making a legal or any thing but a popular discussion of his sutjeot. Ho ?aid that recent annexa tiou of territory by tho United Statos Was somewhat out of lino with Arnon can histor), and proooodod au follow?: Wo havo now acquirod iubular terri tory uobuitablo for American Bottlors, even.ii they woro u.oi populatod RS they aro. We have takon on poopios rather than lands. Tho nativo labor is ohoap and threatens competition. Wo have said' that tho' Chmeso will not auial eamato. and tho Filipino will bo equal '1 ly >loff ht least. Ic is not open to question, I think, that if wo lind only taken over tho Saudwioh Islands and tho Weet Indies, the questions would havo boen otherwise .The- Supreme Court has said that constitution givos powor to mako war, and that oarrios with it tho powor to aoquir? territory. Tho people, then, havo dolegatod to oongrees and the prcBiddnt tho power to ocquiro terri tory; as wo have acquirod tho Hawaiian lblands, Puerto Hioo, and tho Philip pines. These iolande havo been taken . oyer not for tho temporary purposo, as Wp have taken Cuba, .but to havo and to hold for over. Indeed,-wo havo not yet in ad o up our nunan what wo will do with-them, and only.olaim now that thoy aro part of tho United Btatos and ito people munt oboy our authority. lt is urged that Spain was hot ht poobcoidon' whon oho sold tho Philip pines, but this is not provod. There ia np doubt that any international tribu ?nial would affirm our tn lo to tho Philip pines. The quoution whjoh troubles un io tho ir otaiuH. Aro th ono pooplo citizens or subjoots, which? A rooout' n'owk??por Ituiu^ug attraoiod my atton-'. tion. "CiUpiUB of Pu?rto Hioo Not Propor^?lunons of tho Uaitoo Staion." Are-l?oy improperly oitusontj or citizens properly? Th ero oe o ms to bo BoniO thing improper nbuut it. . A treaty is a p?rt of tho law in tho samo sonne that a. .ot of oongrcss is, and not as tho oonttiiution is. If tho conotitution loaves ibo subject, opon as to whether tho people Ot Putr.Q Kloo Shah bu oitiifijiib after-annexation, then the president and ootgross may deal with thom au thoy see ht. ' If tho oon ?tiiution han lett no buch controversy then tho constitution must eland no matter what tho ttoaty may say. Thero aro two vie wo to bo takon: FiiBt,"tbSt all governmental powere aro doiegaioa by tho constitution, that equal taxation applios to evory mun and' woman within tho nation s sovor oignty; he oe no, that tho term Uni tod Siuiebrdc?nea only thoso regions una popple wit hm thu organis?e titules, and that .th? govonpnent of ibo, territorio?, io"iib absolute government and noi eon DViiutiottftl, an?'v.o aro uudor nb obli gation to treat as citizen? thoso living in the territories. This idoa acorns to have lound itu birth within a oummer ciat ncOt'Ofcity. Tho mau who entirely depena upon, tho benevolence ol a Hollier is a Blav'o. A government of unlimited and abooluto executive power is not an American go vet nineiit. For one, 1 do not.bout-vo tho makers of our oonsti tution over intended to conior tho powor' of any suoh government over any ono in thu constitution, lt is not right to t>ny that tiooa?sC of ?lavery our fathers'aid hot mian, all men. lt is a dilfuront thing to allow an existing ^eondliion to continuo from creating an imiiioly different condition to moot ynineroial neoossity. jrhapH it should bo askod further lur the rulo of equal taxation apply to all pooplo. Tho im.trito [ot the president to the Philip Jommibhiou scorn to inuioato that .lonuiiiution mubt apply to any lamont that should bo established 'Ibo provisions our fathers it for wero lor ?ighto, not 'for .doges. iNo man oan road that Rioauio of rights which tho prtBidout [ ave to tho-Philippine Commission, in o invortio order,, without horror. JDid rf ou ever re.ad ono of tho troaties marlo Dy ibo Uuitod States with an (Ld World Power? On oho sido thoy speak of the "oui >j <. otu of bor Maj em y," and on tho other "tho oiuzens of tho Uni ted H.atoo. Now if therm provisions guaranteed to citizens of tho Vailed States do not apply to eitisens of the Philippi no lol anti n, it is time for us to amend therm troalios by adding "and subj nets" af tor tho words "oin zona of tho United States.." Tho constitutional provisions regu lating tho crime of treason 809m to ap Ely to Aboso pooplo. . Wo havo 'nevor nd; any tro?blo with this quostion ip our government of tho ton i tor ion bo-, fbj?^ fy hat'havo we been doing? Havo' V?o acquired these terri tor io 11 that, wo might hold thom for oiown oolonics? Thtiro waa only one door of csoapa from, tho providion for uniformity of taxation in tho. constitution, and that waa declared that Puerto Hioo Was not a* part of the United States., It would saonrthat' a- roglon wboro tho eduoa t?otist?ud sanitary and other rogula tiona >are of interest to tho United States is of itself a portion of the Uni t?d.'t,l3ta?0i.?; lt would seem that wa sUo'tddvfiee??r to find a way to go vor a this territory that Pr?vido imo h ??thrown updtf ?tte, f?r which wd paidv $20,-000, mSmmti ?,-.. . . ' i"v i ."* But doo'* you BOO that thoro is graver peril hanging over us? Aro tho rights of tho pooplo upon tho main ? latid soouro whoo wo exoroiao arbitrary roworovor tho pooplo from whom wo douiand outiro obodioooo? Tho fhg oanuot uland for tho bonovolcnt poli des of tho administration. lt muat atand for pormanonoy. Ia it not a mockery to raino tho flag ovor tho poo plo of Puerto llioo and bid thom ro apoot il, and thon iaauo to thom an absoluto power of goveroraont from tho staff boncath? If tho aol of annexa tion does not oarry tho Constitution, I oan thiok of nothing that doos. Tho conatitution goos to annoxod territory bcoauao of the aot. A gontloman wrote me that it waa absolutely nccossary to paaa the Puorto Uioan tariff to protect tho beet sugar busioosa. I thanked him but I oould not BOO that it referred to thoquoatioo. Tho fact that we give all tho monoy aoourcd by tho tariff baok to Puerto Rico doea not offed the question. It did not satisfy our fathers when it was proposed to expend the money derived from tho Stamp Aot in thia country. Thcso constitutional qunatiom will aeon bo Bottled by tho Supremo Court, [f tho oourt shall hold that tho consti tutional provisions exton i to all por nous that aro governed by tho Unitod State?, then wo ?hall conform our logia laiion and polioy to this dootrino, and bo sorry that wo have ever hold thom at length in tho government wo off jrod thom. Tho question whothor tho gov ortmiont caa tako and control a hoatilo pooplo ia not a constitutional provision, but ono of the conditions whioh oxiet. '.'ho oonsont of tho govornod to legisla tive action is an ontiroly,dirTerent quos (iou. Tho ontiro written constitution provides no rulo for thiB quostion. Tho light to oonquor aad hold territory ia a different question from tho question of how we (?hall govern that territory * hot! WO have ai quired it ; If Great Brittan fiada tho question of expansion and territorial growth in creasingly hard, it will bo harder' for UH because we, as a republic, aro ne ooBsarily fcdoral. Tho old coach with ua power to stand as well as to movo may boa safer vohiclo for government than tho bioyolo. I have bron nuking oe argument agaioat expansion. Tho r?oont acquisitiona from 8pain may proaont a question* of grcator loaa than of gain. Von will pardon mo if I can not rejoioo beoauao of tho acquirement of territory which must bo governed by authority rather than by tho provisione of that grand old constitution, lu conclusion, allow mo to suggest tho Bontimont: "God forbid that thc day should ovor oomo whoa tho thought of man as a consumer should absorb that grand old dootrino that man is ? creation of God, endowod with inalien able rights." A Desperate Lover. I Tho Columbia Rooord says Moaor Bluoatein, who baa boen dorking foi Goldstein cfc Co., baa golton himaell into much trouble, owing to hia powis loot, Unwoiojmo and forbidden atten tions to a young lady. Tho young lad j ia a daughter of Rabbi Soh??oht*r and ihough oho naturally shrauk from thc publicity incident to appoaring in ooun against Bluoatoiu, abo folt that hor por Honal safety demandod it. lt appoan that Bluoatein was madly in lovo witt tin young lady, but his affection! won not at, all reciprocated. The yourq man poraistod in his attentions ant greatly annoyed tho young lady notonl; while aho waa walking on the atrootbu j even while aho waa ia hor own homo I for tho ovidonoo showed that ho loiter od.about tho house nt times and ovo I attempted to enter, though forOlddoi to do ao. It is further aliogod that h made threatening specohoa against th '? lady, and she buoamo afraid ti ho woul roeoivo nome bodily injury at bia handt A poaoo warrant waa sworn out agaioe Bluoatoin thia morning and ho waa ai ruined and taken before Magistrat Smith.' -Mr. John MoMaator roproaoni ed tho proBcoutor. Biuoetoin made a excuse tor Inn action, although lie ii a threatened to throw vitriol in hoYfnc unless abo marriod him. JudgoSmit decided to placo him under a bond C $500, but with tho oonaont of partie luioroatod, he waa givon tho altornativ ot leaving tho oity. Thia ho accepte and pioiuisod to IcaVO thia afternoon lc Charleston. In tho mcautimo tho poad bond will bo held opon pending hia fu liilment of bia agreomont to leave tb oity. V/orsa Than Orphans Tho divorce question iu a troubloson problem in most state J. Tho Charlot,! Cbsorvor saja; "Judge Mills, of Ka amar.oo, Mich., said tho ot hor day i the mooting of tho state board of eba aies and corrections at Grand R ?pi< that ohildron arc being ainnod again moro from di verco law than any ibu ciao. 'Children of divorood paren aro '.verso off than orphans,' ho deda cd. 'They aro allowed to grow up ar bhiftfor thbmsolvos, to form ru or ui for tho -oriminal army,' Divorce easier to utouro ,in Miohigan audi neighbor states than at tho South, b ibero id too much laxity in this roupoc and if our prospectivo reformatory, nc hoing agitated in tho public prints, hooncr or later to bo onoiiod to tho i creaking grass orphans, it ia not'rt Vc encouraging thought." Tho Columb Record thinks South Carolina's way boat. Tho divorou problem does n iroublo thia state booauso it ad heros tho dootrino .that whom God bath jd od emu should not put asunder. Will Push lt. * Senator Tillman saya that ha 'w puah his amendment to the Ht Pau no of ote treaty. The South Cai lillian's amendment is a modification the D&vU Amendment Althon Mr.- Titilan says ho will urge adoption, it ia atated on the best' authority that tho majority of the eo mit too on foreign relation! aie oppot to it, and will not agree to ita adopth if tho Senator insista upon a vote his Amendment in the Senate, it not likely that it will meet with a bottor fate than it will ia tba eo mittoo. Mttskod Burglar?. Pour mucked men entered the ho of Miohftel Fr j man. living near Midd ton Ohio, early Wedneaday mom and bound and gagged hia and tt soar ohed the house. Finding not hi they released him and told him tl know he had jaak received $3,0 whioh he must prpduee, Protesting had no money, he waa twiee knool insensible. He lay helpless till next morning, when ho Waa reseued passersby. Ila ia in a serions soi tion, but may recover. k_L_ HE SAYS HIS SAY. What Cleveland Thinks About the Democracy* WHAT THE PARTY NEEDS. Tho Ex-Presldont Says it la Tims to Olva the Rank arid File a Chance. . Former Proaldouk Grrovor Olovoland contributed to Inst week's iasuo of tho Saturday K vening Po at of Philadelphia, nn oKtonded artiolo on tho plight of tho Domooraoy and tho romody. Mr j Olovoland bogino by reviewing tho his ! tory of tho party and ho disouasos its dofoots, nineo 1864, in dotail. In tak ing up tho question of tho prosont oondition of tho Domooraoy ho says that tho suoooss of tho party in .18.92 was BO deoisivo and overwhelming that a long oontiouanoo of its ouproniaoy was antioipakod. Thon carno "tho fal laoy of free silver and Populism." Mr. Olovolaud proceeds as follows: "Tho oulmination of Domooratio woo waa reaohed when its oompaqt with thoso undemooratio forooa was completo, and whon our rank and filo woro sum moned todo battle under banners which boro Btrango Bymbola and were hold aloft in unfamiliar hands. The result of Ruoh a betrayal was foredoomed This abandonment.$f tho priuuiples of true Domooraoy, this ointompuioua disobedionoo of its traditions, and this dpliborato violation of tho law of its strength and vigor woro, hy a dooroo as inexorable ss thoso of fate, followed by thainov.iablo punishment of stun ning, staggering dofoat. "Tho diaaator of 1872, invitod by similar adventure waa quiokly followed by a rotura to tho profession and prac ticos of aano Domooraoy. Hut tho ex toni and persistency of our wanderings ia 1896 ia illustrated ia a moat astound ing wny by thooommand, jasuod ou tho day ol our rout and dlaoouufituro, that a second battle should bo fought on tho samo Hold, with tho samo false orioa and tho aamo leadership that had' brought ua to tho surrounding gloom of defeat." Again ho says: "Thus in 1900 tho lossonof 1896 was ooDtomptuously rtjootod and every hopo of Democratic auoooas was wilful ly oast aside. Again'our loug-suffor lng rank and flic, whose loyalty and abedionoo doaorvod bettor things, wore soarifieod ia a oauso theirs only .in narnu; sad again it Was domooatratod, but more clearly than over bnforo, that tho only forooa that oan win DjinOoratio Buooosa aro adhereaoo to recogaiaed Domooratio principios and reliance upon Demooratio OOUOO?IB aud leader ahip. "Why should we not rotura'to thoso, and in'thoir name again achieve vioto rios no less glorious and rcnownod than woro oura in tho days of oo"ragooua ad vocacy of our timo honored faith?, A.ro our principios so shop-worn or antiqua tod as to nquiro renovation or th?ir displacement Dy others moro fashiona bip? Thenns nob an honest Democrat in this broad land that will oonoodo thcao things, nor is thero ono who would not hail the proclamation of tho old failli with that (?gluing onthuiiaam that foretokens Domooratio triumph. As now conditions arise our principios must he applied to thom; hut in tho oroed that ha9 guidod us through a O '.ntury of party exiatoneo wo shall find < be key to every auch application; nor shall wo need tho lexi jon of Populism .tb iaid:tt*;in.itttorprotiog this oroed." ?? Mr Cleveland louohos in turo on freo Bilvor and tho Fedora! Courts, and be hoves that truo Domoorata aro against condemning "lim General Government for protceting itsolf ia tho exorcise of its fuootiou against violont obstruction within a Stato." Further oo ho dcolaros: . "1 believe no Damoorat will havo tho hardihood to dony that wo have fought our last two otmpaigna in alliance with undemocratic forces, and that this al liance waa immonaoly costly in defoat. ls thoro not.'good reason to supposo that oven ia suoooss such an allianoo would hav? proved unprofitable and daog'orous?" Ho preaohos tho return of Domooraoy to its old faith, saying: . "Biooo DoinooratB'Of every condition and iu oye ry part of tho land realice that tho situation.of the party nooda ropair. Reorganisation is not nco J-SV ry; but a roturn from our waadoring is abaoluioly essential. Let us bo frank with ourselves and candidly acknowl edge tho futility of attompting to gain Domooratio victories except iu tho Domooratio oauso apd through Domo oratio m?thode. Reorganisation ia yvorno than uaoloas 'aud tho arrogation of'superior party virtue will breed only misobiof. Thia "is a timo for sober thought, tolerant language and fminm ai oounaols. -Wo aro doaling with tho condition of a party that cannot ho do utroyod by oxtornal fooe; and since its ruin oan bo wrought only from within it should ba imperishable Above all things thoro should be ? .manly re min oint ion and avoidanoo of undue pootioa al control. Domooraoy will oporatp of; fioiontly-on sectional linos. ''Thora is much for ua to do and tho future io full of Domooratio duty and opportunity, Our fighting forc?s will respond lintloBsly and falteringly if summoned to a third dofoat in a strange oauao, but if thoy hoar tho rallying dall of true Dsmooraojr thoy will gather fer battle with old time Domooratio en thusiasm and ooufago. "If I should attompt to opitomlaa what I havo written, by suggesting a plan for rehabilitation and 'restoration of fciuo Domooraoy, I should embody it in thoso words: - "Give tho rank and fllo a ohnnoo." > Instantly Killed. CAM pb oil C. MoSwain, soot ion fore man of tho Louisville and Naihville railroad, waa instantly killed At Molina -Fla., while superintending tho unload ing of heaiy timbera from flat oars. He WAA caught under tho timberi and his head and body oruahed and horribly mangled. Ho was to bava boen mar ried Deo? lbw 26th, THEY MADE A HAUL Safe Crackors Get Seven Thousand Dollars. In South Carolina a gang of safo blowers soems to bo doing very offco tivo work Just at this timo. Several robborios of this oharaotor havo boon reported during tho past wook. Tho fellows soom to bo visiting only tho smaller towns. Sally's oa the Porry extension of tho Southorn, has bcon tho last plaoo visited. A dispatch from that town to Tho Stato taya "tho store of Diok8 <fc Sally was ontered Tuosday morning but ween 2 and 4 o'clock and tho inn safo blo wn opon with dvnamito. Tho robbers aoourod about $7,000 in gold and ourrou jy beoidos bonds aud mortages valuod at over $2,000. The robbers had with thom tho drill with whioh tho holo was mado in tho safe, but tho rest of tho tools woro stolon, somo from tho eonimuaiary of tho noo noo mastor of tho Southorn railway and oVieru from tho blacksmith's shop of Whito ?3 In I'Onot, while a ftorow drivor wa? takon from tho ?took of Dioki ?fe Sally. Tho toport WAS hoard by sovorat oitizona but it ooing BO near to Christ mas thoy paid no attontion to it, think ing it wan nonio ono celebrating prema turely, . Messrs. Dioks & Sally offor a reward of $500 for tho recovery of tho money and anothor of $100 for tho ar rest, w th ovidonoo to oonviot, of tho safo crackers. 1 think a dotoolivo would do well to como boro immediate ly and soo tho ni tuition. Thc authorities of the law at all ad jacent points havo been notified and roquostud ti kocp a ?atoll out for tho robbers. Tho mn is a heavy blow to Messrs Dioks & Sally. Tho firm rob bed buys a oonaidorablo amount of cot ton and to thia faot is attributed tho holding of so largo a sum in tho eafo This is only.ono of several robborios of tho kind ii tho Stato rooontly, and it is confidently behoved that a regal*>ly organized gang with mon going anea i to spot desirable pla JOS to rob has atruuk tho dtato and is anxious to work its -miall towns for all that tiny oan possibly Boouro. A thorough applioa tion of buckshot by watchful country morohants might tend to warn tho gang to scok othor olimos. AN IMPORTANT OASE. Now Before the United States Supreme Court .Tho Unitod Sta.tosaupromo oourt now h ns. b of oro it tho most moinontous ie Buos that havo boon prosontod for its do oiuion sinoo tho days of Slavery and Siato'a rights. ' Upon its delivoranoos doponds tho immodiato and porhapa tho remote future of tho ropubiio. Trad i tionally thobupramo oourt is unbiased und una?t, clcd by political oouai?oi ationB and prejudices, yot it ia hardly human for a tribunal of nino mon not to bo in a me asuro, faff joted .hy past, if not present, party ties and a?iiliauous in considering this phraao of tho ques tion 'it ?4 remembered that throe ot tho judges, or ono third of tho wholo num ber, woro appointed by President, Har r ison, who has only voce inly declared so Strongly for tho strict interpretation of tho constitution lt ia understood also that others of tho judges on j iy very intimate social relations with tho Re publican ox preaidont, who Was enter laiuod by and with thom during his lato visit to Washington. Tho Solicitor gon oral of his administration reprosoutn tho plaintiff in tho P< pko oaao involv lng tho status of tho Philippines. Of tho nm moors of tho oourt thoso aro Re publican appoiiiioos: dus ti oe:) Gary, Brown, Shira?, Harlan, Browne anti MoKonna, and tho Domooratio ap puiutoes aro Chiof Justice Puller, Jus tices Whito and Peckham. Of tho Re publican o' iours Washington oorro ?pondontB ; diet that .J us ticos Harlan and Brewer w..laide with tho Domoorats in giving a deoi&ion against colonialism, which wilt mako au aoti-imperialiat m ?, j m ty. Tho latter has already ia a publio address declared against imper ialism. Justice MoKonua ia tho only appointee of.President McKinley. Re moved from tho political arena and freo from tho dangors of political ohangos, tho supremo court .judges ought to bo able to loruiulato decisions with impar tiality, and until tho court doos other wise wo aro disposed to givo it orodit lor freedom from bias and prejudioo. Tho State; More Negroes Than Whites Tho annual roport of tho superin tendent of education, just about to bo issued, wid show that tho total onroll mont of tho publlio sohools amount to 271,737 for tho ontirc Stato. Of thoso 126,305 aro white pupils and 155,602 tiro colored pup,ls. Below aro given tho enrol Imo nt figur?n for tho raoos by counties: Whito. Colorod. Abbeville. 2,873 5 314 Aikon. 3 108 4 812 Anderson. 7 254 . 5 039 Bamberg.... 1.346 2 388 Barnwell. 3,231 4 (?80 Beaufort. 1,123 5,708 Bcrkoloy. 1,403 3 557 Charl aston. 4 802 7,709 Ohorokco . 3 008 1,6? 1 Ches cor. 1903 4 351 Chostorfiold. 2,719 1.60O Clarondon. 2,130 4,218 CullotOn.. 3 101- 2 419 Darlington. 2 820 3,845 Dorohostor. 1,318 1,752 HJdgeflold. 2,136 4 000 tfairflold..-... 1 642 4 827 iflorenoo ........... 2 747 3 293 Georgetown. 1 275 3.2?8 Greenville. 8 318 4,434 Groonwood. 2 136 4 279 Hampton. 1 921 7 S42 Hoir/. 3 825 1.298 Kershaw. 2 814 2 504 LA n oan tor. 2 975 8 419 Laurons. 8 458 4 683 Lexington. 4,006 1 735 Marion. 3 815 4,086 Marlboro. 2 161 3 166 Newberry.... 3,276 4 843 Oooneo.j 4,072 1,258 Orangoburg. 4 659 9 456 Piokons. 3 597 1 202 Riohland.i 2 208 4,817 Saluda.... 2 65.5 2 617 Spmanburg. 8 305 6.062 Stonor. 2,886 7,196 Union. 2 267 2,925 Williamsbarg ..... . 2,636 3 862 York. 4 066 5 979 Total.120,305 166,602 A BUY KIDNAPPED And Held for Twenty-five Thous and Dollars Ransom WHICH THU ROBBERS GOT Before They Released the Boy. Picked up in the City of Omaha- What Ihe Boy Says. Edward Cudahy, Jr., lb year old son of Kl ward A. Cudahy, millionaire paokoraud hoad of the Cudahy Packing oompauy in Ornaba is missiag from his horns lu inst oity, and his paronts bo liovo bb har boen kidnapped. Tho en tire p?>Koo(;'ahd detective foroo of tho oity and a half a hundrod mon oin ployed by Mr, Cudahy hare boon scouring tho oity and country throughout the day in hopes of locating tho young man or so ouring a oluo whioh would load to a knowlodgo of bia whoroabouts, but without 8UOO09B. Businoss. at Mr. Cudahy's paoking plant in South Omaha wa?? practically suspondod, noar ly tho entire ferco there j doing in tho soaroh. The boy'? paronts aro distraot od at bis disappoaranoo and the fathor has offered to pay a substantial roward and no questions asked if his son shall bo returned to his.homo. An anony mous lotter has boon reooived at tho Oudaby homo substantiating'the fears of tho family that ho has bcoa kid napped. Young Cudahy loft homo at 8 o'olook Wed not-day night to taka souio book? to tho rosidsuoo of Captain Rus tin, about two blooks diotant, and that was tho last Boon of him. As midnight arrived and he did not return tho po lioo woro notified and two doteotives wero dotailod to work on tho easo. It was not until noar B o'olook tho noxt morning, however that tho matter be gin to assume ? really sorionsaspoot. At that hour a man on horsobaok rodo rapid ly by tho Cudahy mansion and as ho passed tho front gato throw a lottor into tho yard in substance, reading: ' "Mr. ID A. Culudy: Your son is safo. Wo havo him and will lako good oaro of him aud will roturn him to you in oon sidoration of tho paymont of $25,000. Wo moan buaincss. "Jack." The romaindor of tho noto tho polioo ref uno at prcsont to diBoloso as thoy say it rolatoB to tho plaoo whero tho monoy is to bo loft and where tho kidnappers aro to leavo tho boy in oaso Mr. Cudahy oomplioa with their terms. Tho servant who. saw tho manon horocbaok waa ubi o to givo a good description of bim aud this is tho olow upon whioh tho polioo aro working at prcsont. THE MONEY PAID. The Boy Released and Roturas, to His Homo Tbcrois roj lioing in tho homo of Si ward Cudahy. Edward Cudahy, Jr., who was kidnapped Tuosday evening, if ter being hold 36 hours for a ransom of $25 OOO in gold, whioh tho young man's father unhesitatingly paid, has boon re turned to his family, and Thursday nig^t tho boy and his paronts woro ro oeivloK congratulations! from relatives and (nonda throughout tho oountry. A siatomont of tho conspirators, over board by tho lad whilo he was in their power, indioatos that they had boon at tempting for a month to sooure posses sion of ono ol' his sisters. Young Cudahy rolatod tho story of being ovor powered, plaoed in a cloned oarriago, blindfolded and b >und and oarricd m *ny milos from tho oity to a plaoo, tho loca tion of whioh ho cannot identify, and his ffcthor made known tho details of a long rido into tho oountry to doposit a bag oontaining $25,000 in gold in a plaoo indicated in a lotter writton Wed nesday to Mr. Cudahy by tho outlaws, naming this condition as a surety for tho roturn of tho boy. Thia sum was deposited in a placo indioatod about five :ui 1 cfi north of tho oity, on a lonely road loading* up to tho bank of tho Mis souri river. Mr. Cudahy oallod into consultation tho ohiof of polioo and his frionds and di8oussod tho plans looking to tho oap* turo of -tho gang whon they should appear at tho point of rondosvous nanud in tho lotter. Tho groat strain on tho family, hpwovor, oausod Mr. Cudiihy to abandon all idea of oaptur ing tho men in whose powor was tho Hie of his son, and decided to at onoo oomply with all tho demands of thc bandits. Absoluto socrcoy was nocas sary, and a trufltod mcssongcr was dis pato -cd to tho bank to m onro the gold After soouring tho monoy ho started out <n ti roly alono. To identify himself ho h .d attached to tho dashboard of his l'ug?> a rod Inntorn, whioh was ono of t te conditions in tho lotter. Mr. Cudnhy drovo to tho appointed plaoo, wheo ho found, noar thp road, a whito lantorn susponuod from a short stako drivon in the ground, noar tho river bank. Nobody was in night. Ho at onoo alighted, placed the bag of gold conveniently noar tho stako and rc turno'd to tho oity without boating a sound. That tho -bandits woro near the spot and at onea nco ?rod the valuablo pack ago oannot be doubted, for about i o'olook this morning tho young boy ra? breathloHsupat tho door of of his fat her's home and rang tho bell for admis sion. T ito polioo mon, who in tho early evening had boon placed near the family maision had Utor baen sent to the stable by Mr; Cudahy who foared that tho men seeing the officers would drivo a\?\y without leaving tho boy. Not withstanding the entire polioo and deteotivo foroo of the oity, several Pinkerton's from Chicago and haif a hundrod of Mr. Cudahy'e own men kavo boon nearohing diligontly for e oluo looking to tho capturo of the out laws ever di nco tho return of the young me?, up to ll o'olook tonight nothing hen developed to give the loaBt idea of the identity of mon who operated the oiimo. Young Cudahy says there were sig of tbs mea but that ?ll were masks. *Cliief of Pol iee Donahue said that every effort was being made to bfing the abduokors to Juitiee, that thora were probably three instead of ?ix mon, that they had been figuring on it for at least six weeks, ana that the polios suspeot oortain parties. He ?aid that Mr. Cudahy evinced but little de lire to prosoouto, bul Mr. Cud ftliy annoUoood (hat ho would pay $25, 00U reward for tho approhonsion of tho abductors. Tho Oudahy boy la bia statomont of what took plaoo Bays, among othor things. Ho was aoroes tho stroot from bis own homo, on his way baok from Hastia rosidonoo Tuesday evoning whon two mon approaohod him. Ono said: "Wo aro shoriffd from Sarpycounty and arrest you ns 13 ldio -MoGoe, who oBoapod from tho roform school. Thoy droTo to a houso, oupposodly in tho BouthwoBtorn part of South Omaha. Tho boy was taken in and chained to tho floor. Ho remained thore all night and tho next day. From a conversa tion botwoen the' abduotors' and him self tho young man learned that tho abduotors had boon Booking to abduct ono of tho girls of the family. A TARRlBLB MARCH. ExpoiIontBs of Hall's Command In the Mountains of Lux OK, Tho following pasaagoi, descriptivo of Gen. Hall's expedition l?stOotobor to Btnangonan, over the Siniloan Monu tains, .are taken fromthe, .Manila Timos: G on. Hall had in the meanwhile started, on what was probably ono of tho most difficult" marohos ever under taken in the Philippines by a largo hoily of troops. He bad in his* oom maod one company of Maoabobo scouts, two eompaniea of the Second United States Regulars (H and K), two com panies of tho Eighth United Siatos Uvulars, and two oom panics of tho Tnirty-Bpvonth Uuitod States Voluu teors. Owing to tho d ffimit and dan gorous trial ovor tho Siniloan Mountains ho took also 300 Ohinoso au paokers, mulo-wagons hoing uiolcss, Gen. Hall loft Sinloan for Binaagpm?n, situatod about forty: fi vp miles distant: but it ?UU* III ut ii* un jr? ty umm ?nu mnmii. Hi? of?oinl report oovors thirty.pages ol logal-oap, but it wUl bo a difficult mat tor to uudorstaudtho hardships endured by tho troops on this march by morel] reading n ri port of tho oxpodition. the Pssig. Rivers and ..its tributaries wero orodsod forty-fivo timos. Rain fell night and day; tho rico and brear woro soaking wot, and' became ?eur and unlit for food, la addition.-to this thc troops woro lotdod with thoir equip monts nod 100 rounds.of ammunition! Tho n\aroh was further haiuporod by tho Ouinoso paokors, who, aftor thc thirty days, guvo out entirely, and ii crossing tho swolloustroams would lose tho provisions on which the troops s< muoh depoadod, Tho Ohinoso had s most, novoro task;, and nufforod muol moro than tho soldiers; and to lighter their burdon aaoh man took aa extri 100 rounds of ammunition 1Q his. h ayer saok. in spito of all that could b done, however, the expedition -was ha rassod at overy turn by tho paokors Many of thom would have been drowno* had it not boon for the bravery of th? troops (toree privaten aro moutioned ii the o?uml report for epeoial nota c heroism ) On tho fourth day out, throe ir.nu gouts woro oaptarod, ead a rebol cami oqly a few hourn old, was found. Abeu this tims' Jen. Hali's horse was kilioc Tao tearful strain of the maroh fta told on ovory one in tho oxpodition which was how strotobod out ia a long straggling lino of Buffering men, sea six miles in length, half of thom bare footed, and with clothing torn froi thom by tho heavy jungle, worn out b loss of sloop and food, and with tho: rations roduood to a ol ico of raw bnoo a day por man; but relief carno who the head of tho column crowded throug the last Canyon and struck tho beach. For tho next two day ii 165 disable mon woro under troatmont, . one < whom (Private Chapman, Company I Thirty seventh U. 8. V,) diod fro oomploto exhaustion; Bight Ohirioi diod on tho trail, and four . nf tor wan diod on board tho daron no;. ' :> Rural free." Mail JDolivory, Congressniaa . litany arno- Wilson, tho Fourth Congressional District, h seat out tho following letter regardia tho SU000A8 of the rural fros doiivci ny at om, and tho way of obtaining i extension:. . "Froo rural del ivory being no long an experiment, this Oongross will a propriato sovoral million dollar for i oxtonsion. About ovory community the district oan ooouro tho bonofit tho sorvioe during tho coming y oar. I making applioatioa therefor. % oourse to pursue, is this: "Prosont a petition, addressed to t First Assistant Postmaster Gonori Bignod by thoso who desire tho servie ThiB potitioa should bo nignod only. I hoads of f&milios, and' should monti tho number in each family, lt n h o ti set forth tho nature-of tho cen at whoro tho delivery is desired, whoth donHoly or sparsely populated, t principal avocations of tho poo plo, t oharaotor of tho roads, and the distan which, unc;or tho existing. oonditior each . vat ron has to tra vol to ? rocoi his mail, and should be aooompani whenever possiblo by a rough map : dioating tho romo or routes propose ' Tins potition whon properly sign should be sont to tho lio pro non tau in Congress, or to ono of the Sonato with a requoBt .'that ho endorso tho on his rooommpndttion of tho perv nuked and forward tho petition to t dopartmont. "Tho route should be I tween twonty and twonty fivo miles length, and sorve not less than ono ht dieri families." UpTn rbeefptof tho p< cien a spesiel agent will be detailed ino d 'jpavt-K'Hiu to visit tho* looath map outs ',ho routs aad seiest th? c mr." Those who wat?, the nanon to ?>J t nd mi ra bia law shouldmake arrangome at onoo to neotiro'if. All they have do is to follow tko. general iustrueti given above. _. A Largo Meteor. Dr. Herbert Howe of Chamber! observatory Donver, Col.j is oolleol 'ata eoneeraing tho largest meteor s . - more than thirty years, lt was servod Dooombor 8 betweon 8 aad o'olook in tho afternoon. Ber eome from both sides . of the R Mountain divide as far north as toga, . Wyoming, and ai far BO as Delta Col-, judging, from tl distanoos Prof. Howe, . cs.icoi its height above tho earth aa at 1 500 inilofi. lt appeared nearly ai L as tho moon and wai ineandeso When apparently inst abovo ?N Park, Col., it o ?pl a dod with a ooo mp: in ( phenomena resembling an ea quake, houses being ihaken an rumbling Bound porooptiblo for mil THE 8HAME OF CHRISTIANITY Disgraceful Conduct of Oomo of tho European Soldieri. ? dirpatoh from Pekin oays ' that "Miniutor Conger personally boliovo? that tho ChiocBO have , boon taught a lesson by tho looting." They should certainly have been taught ?a lesson.in hatred, in rovongo, in dobauohory anti in oruolty which thoir nation will not forget in a thousand yoara and of whioh it has had vory littlo neod, Minister Congor speaks under tho smart of his own wrongs, and though hiatomporia easily understood it is not tho proper guido for a government that is Hooking simply to bo just. Oa tho contrary, tho moro it is in ovidenoo tho moro ap parent is the reason why tho adminis tration should havo puta check upon its too Eoaloua roprosentativo, as it is reported to havo done by The Timos* Herald's Washington correspondent. Tho Tiraes-Horald aaya: . If tho pooplo of this oountry oould reah'ao.aU tba horrors, .that havo boon wrought in China in the name of civil isation and Christianity thoro could not fail to bo a whirlwind of protests from ovory part of tho land, a thorough expression of public indignation nt pub lic moo tinga, lt would bo incumbent abovo all upon tho ministers of tho gos pel andohuroh organisations to show that thoy had no sympathy for the frightful work which ia repaying Chin ese barbarism that ie just as savage and far moro extended. Surely Christianity cannot stand for auch atrooition; tho missionaries in particular cannot stand for thom. And if they aro willing to f??o tho taunt of tho Chin?te Minister Wu that tho simple toaohings of Christ on mooknesa and forbcaranoo aro not praolioal thoy oannnt afford to aubsti tuto rovongo for justice Hight hero in Chicago there aro largo and influen tial bodies of eiorgymen whioh moei weekly, from whioh some onorgotlo de claration might be expootod agtinst tho oouruo of the ropaoioui, blood-eoakod allies. Tho looting ia only part of tho out ragea that aro hoing committed, but it has boen carried BO far beyond any pcs ibility of honest military' justification that it can bo regarded only a's a con tinued scries of orimos. In tho gen eral and utter demoralization no respect is had for tho fundamental principles upon whioh justice ia supposed to rent among weatcrn nations. And since Mr. Conger's comment would indioato that thoro has boon littlo if any ohaogo for tho bottor wo may eupposo that, as a correspondent of Tho Westminister Ga rotte wrote late in October, it ia still "Loot, loot, loot from morning till night, and Bomotimoa from night till morning." True, tho Amorioans, the I British and tho Japanese havo attempt ed to stop the practice, but orders that i all goods must ba paid for aro evaded ia the manner revealed by tho following brief anecdote: Ono wolf known offloor> of a c?rtalo nationality a few daya ago carno baok to bia quartern with n ^hwKO , jaiaaaol most exquisite embroaiery, two fur coats and several piooos of carved jado -all of whioh ho aaid ho had purchas ed for 20 oenta. ''How did , you.man ..gs it?" ho was askod. "Well," ho re plied, 4T gayo tho man who owned it, besides tho coin, an opportunity of in specting at oloso range the mu?le of my rovolvor." This officer was a brigand supported by tho now Holy Alliance, and'his vio [ tim was probably como inoffensive Chin ; oso who bau no vor raised his hand ! against a white man. Tho singlo inoi I dont is eloquent of spoliation by whole sale And asido from tho thievery, burglary and highway robbery what a story ...of dreadful brutalities is ? told. Six thousand Chi nebo driven into a nvbr by Russian soldiery to:bo drown ed liko rats, and not an armed man. among them, only holpless captivos of both aexeaand all ages. Puntitivo ex peditions Uko ono which was roportod recently, whioh wont ,on its way rav aging and plundering and .killing whoro tuero waa not a Hexer to oppose, only friendly natives to be murdered and do spoiled. As tho details oomo in they aro moro I and moro horriblo and oxeorablo. From tho b?atitudes of tho Savior' to thoso orgies is a s hooking trau oit ion whioh i should mako tho blood of ovory trae j Christian boil with shame. ' Train Robber a Suicide. With a gaping wound in tho baok and another in tho loft wrist, inflicted by tho polioo, O banning B. Barnes, train rob ber, dro?y the keen edge of 0 hunting knife across his throat in a swamp hoar Now Orleans Wednesday and ended his oaro?r. His body boro two'bullet wounds -ono in tho baok, tho other in tho wrist. In tho pockets woro found tho watch of tho conduc tor of tho mail train, many registorod letters and a quantity of dynamite. Tho. body waa iden ti dod AS that of Channing B. Baroos, with many aliases, who . was wanted for partici pating in tho dr.vLj hold up of an Illinois Central express train at Wick liffe, Ky., last July. A Louisiana Lynching. Spcoiftl from -Lake Providence, La., says: The Bollo of the Bonds, which has arrived hore from Aro adi?, Miss., landing roports A murder and robbery nt that place Sunday, which, i it is .thought, roaultod "in tho ly oohing of .two negroes there . Tuesday. Two .negroes from a neighborhood lovoo camp ? went to a trading boat kept at the land ing hy A white hun, and killed him and his wife and baby. Thoy thon robbed the heat and left, after burning tho or aft to tho water s edge. Tho negroes were reoogniaed by the property of tho white family and arrested. They eon fiosod, and it is said, were taken in charge hy a mob. . . iBank B?bber?. Burglars ontorod Konnody's hand at Hopo Ind., early Wod?enday and blew open the safe and scoured $15,000. Two burglars lootod tho bank while A third kept watoh outside with A oar risge, in whioh thoy all oaoapod. A posse ia in pursuit. Two Hundred Massacred. A dispatch from Vienna reporta re oont Moslem exoossoa against the Chris tian population in tho central prov?noos of Turkey, whoro 200 Christians havo bean killed. Hs ii THE Ipi FIEND. Columbia Vlsi tod by Woreo Bum In Twenty Yours. THE J ERO ME.MOTEL BURNED, Thu Total Lost Will Amount to Oom a th lng Uko Om? Hun dred, and Fifty Thous and Dollars., Wednesday night > Columbia wa? vlnltod by tho most diuantroun fire 1? twenty year?. Tho Joro mo hotol and three large moroantilo establishments on Main atroet and four .smaller ones on Aasom bly woro doutroyod. Th? total osti muted loss is$142,000: insurance. $58, OOO. Tho firo started at 8 o'clock in the roar of Van Motor'a furniture atora, a lamp haying exploded. A livory atabla and a hay warohouto adi.nain g caught in almost a second's time and tho fir? etartod to burniog through't? Mala and Aesombly strcots, dearing everything until stopped by an alley dividing tho squaro. Tho Jerome haa bonn polltioal hoad quarters for tho stato for yoars. Tho ttuilding and furniture woro valued ot $75 OOO; insuranoo, $20,000. Other losses woro: J. M Vaa Motor, two store building?, $15 000; stook (furniture), $30,000 in surance, $20,000. M. Mottanoy, ?took groceries ?nd household ofloots, $0,000; iusuranoe, *i nan , */ M \* v U . King Raokot store, ?took $6,000; in nura nco, $6,000. May's atables, ooatonta $1,000; In sured. B. F. P. Loanhari, two briok alor? buildingo, $4,000. Wm H. Ly loa. store building, $3,500; insuranoo $3,000. Tho firo was under control at mid* I night. . Tho firo had to bo fought with two oogiuos, as tho third waa off boin? re paired. Hard work to provo at tho fire spreading. Augusta, Oharloston and Nowborry woro askod for assistance. Terrible Taloa from Africa. Pitiablo?'r?torios roach Holland oon* - coming tho fato of tho reooooontradoed .womon in tho British oatnps in the Transvaal. Madame Hardua, of Kim berly, reports: "Today arrived eight women and twenty-four children from Potohof atroom by tho train. They had a terrible tale to tell of hoff they were dragged away by Kaffirs, thrust into jail, aftor being kopt sometime without food, takoa by soldiers to Kimberly. When they arrived thora their do tho a woro in Togs, having boon torn,by aol <H**??--T?wo ct' tHt m-bwVboon subject^ ed to indignities. tSomo of thom woro widows: two had limb and s in tho. army. I waa giad to bo ?blo to got thom soma food, which thoy badly noodod." An other oorrospondont desoribe* the ar rival of six poor womon from tho samo district ia misorablo plight; Two wom en who had euftorod from tho violeno? of soldiois wore taken to tho hospital for troatmont. A nursing sister, who has just arrived at Ilario m from Africa, gives harrowing aooounts of tho condi tion of man> victims of soldiers. Aji-. other lotter relates how two young mothers who woro brought, into reoaa centrado oampwero not allowed to take infants four and six months old with them, ._ _ Charged With Brutality., j Mr. Edward O. Dean, of Bpartan burg, who is woll known in Oharloston, where ho.waa engaged aa a newspaper reporter first on tho l?voning Post and later on tho Nowa and Oourlor, ia in serious troublo ia Now York.'Mr. Dean baa boon for some time employed aa a nurse in Bollovuo Hospital. On Mon day, ho, with two othor nursoo wore drumed from tho institutiou booauso of brutal troatmont of aa inmato of tho -insane pavilion. Tho pationt, L. ll. Hilliard, died last Wodnosday, and the coroner of Now York has Bworn out warranta for tho arrest of tho throe nursed, charging them with responsibil ity for bia death. Dean had not boon arrostod at last reports, but ddtootivoa wore looking for him. The caso will be fully invoatigatod by tho coroner to de termine whether death was duo to tho ill treatment roaoived at tho hospital. . Sensationalism I ?un Mad. Tho Motholiisb ohuroh of Austin III, waa filio i 8uuiay ovoniog in answer to a want nd vcr tum m ont asking f ir 500 girls to attend tho sorviooa. Vlf I Woro a (liri" wau tho nub j jot of the sermon dolivorod by tho pastor, tho Hov. A. N. White. Ho said, in part: 4 'If I wore a giri I would; ec ok for tho foundation principien that would bring te mo a pretty faoo,. form and dress, without the uso of paint or powder or Arts of tho tailor. I would soak to have a sound, hoalty body, and in scouring thin I would bo temporat o in tho uso of oaramols and 'fudges.' I would use moro Indian clubs and tennis riokpts and lesa of tho danoo raokofc." The girl? seomod pleased with tho sermon. A Woman's Secret. An extraordinary story of a uoman'o terrible noorot at last revoalod oomofi from Ostend, Belgium. Threo work men woro triod about sovoti yeara ago and found guilty of having eemmitted a aerioa of orimea, among thom th? murdor of an aged woman at Haut mond. Although thoy declared their innooonoo until tho last moment, one of thom waa sontenoed te imprisonment for lifo and the other? wero guillotined? Now a woman namod 8oumange has just denounced her husband, iwno ?ho naya oom m itt od tho or i mos. Soo ia said to bo quito nano and tho authorities sr? Investigating tho ohargos. In the Philippines.. . .1 Tho nows from Manila today ia the same old story of ?rush of natives to awoar alhtglanoo, and incidentally of battles in which front two to a doa an heathen are transformed into corpses. Periodically for twenty ye*;-? past we have boon hoaring about the rebellion in South Amorioan countrlos hoing over, and it begins to look Uko the poo* pie who live twenty years hon?? will reoognlao a familiar ring ?in tho nowa from th? Philippines.