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"Do Thou Liberty Groat. Inspire Our Souls and Make Our Lives in Thy Possession Happy, or Our Deaths Glorious in'Thy Just D?fonce."
VOL. XXVI
BENNETTSVILLE, .8. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 5,1901
AGUINALDO CAUGHT
By Qeneral Funeton and Carried
to Mar ?U.
BjETRAYED BY TRAITORS,
And Taken Prieonor By Mun He
Thought Had Surrendered
to Him. Hrw lt
: Was Don?.
A dispatch from Manila Baye: (lQon.
Frcdoriok Funston's daring projoot for
tho oapturo of Aguinaldo in hin hiding
plaoo in tho prov.inoo of laabola,
Island of Luzon, han provedoomplotoly
BUOOOSBful. Aguinaldo wno oapturod
thoro Maroh 23. Tho United States
gunboat Vicksburg, Commander, E. B.
Barry, with Gon. Funston and Agui
naldo on board, arrived horo this morn
ing."
Upon landing from tho Vioksburg
Aguinaldo was taken bc for Goo. Mao
Arthur at tho Malaoanang palao?. Ho
talkod freely, but soomod ignorant oon
oorning rooont o vento. Ho appeared to
bo in good hoalth and was vory cheer
ful. Ho lunched with tho offioors of
Gon. MacArthur'o staff and WM thon
esoortod to tho Anda stroot jail. Agui
naldo's oapturo was attondod with con
siderable difficulty, an insurgont major
being killed at tho timo of tho ovont.
Twenty riflos and a nu in bor of import
ant papers Were captured.
UOW IT WAS DONK.
Gon. Funston inado the following
etatcmnt concerning tho oapturo of tho
Filipino lo ad or:
Tho confidential agent of Aguinaldo
arrivod Fobrusry 28 at Pantabangan,
in tho province of Nuova Eoija, north
ern Luson,with lotto's, datoa January
ll, 12 and 14. These lottora werofrom
Emilio Aguinaldo and dirootcd .Baldor
an oro Aguinaldo to tako oommand of
tho prov?noos of Central Luzon, sup
planting Gon. Alejandrino. Emilio
Aguinaldo also ordorod that four hun
dred mon bo sont him as soon as possi
blo, Saying that tho boarcr of tho lot tor
would load thoso mon to v/h oro Agui
naldo was.
Gon. Funston scoured tho oorros
?)ondenoo of Aguinaldo's agont and
aid his plans accordingly. Soino
months previously ho had captured tho
camp of tho insurgent Gon. Ltouna, in
oidontally obtaining Lacuna's soal, of
ficially obtaining Laouua's HO al, of
ficial papors, and a quantity of signed
oorrospondonco. From this matorial
two lottern woro OOH?truotod, ostensi
bly from Loouna to Aguinaldo. Ono
of thoso contained information as to
- tho progross of tho war. Tho other
?asserted that, pursuant to ordors ro
iQoivod from Baldormorp Aguinaldo,
' Laouha was sending his host company
His plana oompl?tod and approved,
: Gon. Funston carno to Manila and or
ganieed his oxpodition, selooting 78
Maoaboaos, all of whom spoko Tagalog
fluohtly. Twonty woro insurgent's uni
forms and tho othors tho clothing of
Filipinos laborers. Tho Maoabobooom
?iany. armod with 50 Mausers, 18
lemingtons and 10 Krag-Jorgonicno,
was commanded by Capt. Russell T.
HaBsard of tho 18th U. 8. voluntoor
eavalry. With him was hiB brothor,
Lieut. Oliver P. M. Hezzard, of tho
aanio regiment. Capt. Harry W. Now
ton, 34th infantry, was takon beoauso
of his familiarity with Casigurau bay,
and Lieut Burton J. Mitchell, of tho
40th infantry, wont as Gon. Fanston's
aide. These woro tho only Amcrioans
accompanying tho oxpodition.
With tho Maoabobos woro four ex
insurgent offioors, ono boing a Spanish
and tho other throo Tagolos, whom
Gon> Funston trusted implicitly. Gen
Funuton and tho American offioors woro
plain bluo shirts and khaki trousors.
Thoy oarriod caoh a half blankot bub
wore no insignia of, rank. Tho Maoa
bobos were oaiofully instruoied to obey
tho ordors of tho four ox insurgent effi
cers. On the night of Maroh 8th tho
party embarked ou tho United Statoi
?unboat Vicksburg. It was originally
ntended to tako oasooosfrom tho island
of Polillo and to drift to tho main land,
but a storm aroBO ar d throo of tho oss
ooos woro lott. This plan was aban
doned.
At 2 a. m. Maroh 14 tho Vioksburg
put her lights out and ran ihshoro 25
miles south of Gaeigurnn, province of
Principo. Tho party march to Oasigu
ran. Tho Amcrioans had never gar
risoned this plaoo, and tho inhabitants
aro strong insurgent sympathizers.
Having arrivod thoro tho ex insurgont
offioors, ostensibly oommandiDg tho par
ty apnounood that they wero on tho
way to join Aguinaldo between Pauto
bagan and Balor, that thoy had sur
prised an Amorionn survoying party
and that thoy had kiltod a number,
capturing five. They oxhibitcd Gon.
Funston and tho other Amorio?ns as
tho prisoners.
The insurgont ?rosidents of Casi
futan beliovod tho story. Two of tho
J nou na lottors. provioualy con coo tod,
wore forwardod to Aguinaldo at Pala
wan, provlnoo of Isabola. Gon. Fun
ston and tho othors wcro kopt im
prisoned for throo days, giving ordors
at night. On tho morning of Maroh 17,
taking a small quantity of oraokoi
oom, tho party started on a 90 milo
march to Palanan. Tho country is
rough arid uninhabited, and provisions
oould not bo soourcd. Tho party ato
email shell fish, but woro almost
ntftrvod. Wading swift rivors, olimb
ing preoipitous mountains and pono
tinting donoo junglos, thoy marohod
seven days and nights and on Maroh 22
had rcaohod a point oight milos from
Palanan. Thoy Wfro now so weak
. ?*.. *aB nc0MiWf 4<> ?nd to Aguin
aldo a oamp for food. Aguinaldo dis
patohed supplies and dirootcd that tho
Amenoan prlsonors bo kindly treated
but not be allowed to ontor tho town.
On the morning of Maroh 23 tho ad
vanpo was rosumod. Tho column was
met by tho staff offioors of Aguinaldo
and a dotnohmont of Aguinaldo's body
guard, 'which waa ordorod to take
ohargo of tho Americios, Whilo ono
of,.the ox-insurgent offiooN oonvoraod
with Aguinaldo's aldo, another was
sont as dourior to warn Gen. Funston
and tho rest who, with ll Maoabobos
wojp about an hour behind. Having
rooolvod this warning Gon. Funston
avoided Aguinaldo's detachment and
Jo?nod tho column, ?voidlng/t>bfivrva
tiru. Tho Tagalogs iront ahoad to
groot Aguinaldo and tho oolumn slowly
lollowod, finally arriving at Palaoan.
Aguinaldo's party had troops, 50 mon
in neat uniforms of bluo and whito and
wearing straw hats, linod up to ro
oeivo tho now oomors. Gon. l^unston's
mon crossed tho rivor in small boats,
formed on tho bank and marohod to
tho right and thon in front of tho in
Burgont grenadiers. Tho Tagalos on
tc rod tho houao whoro Aguinaldo was.
Suddenly tho iSpanish offioor, noticing
that Aguinaldo's aldo was watching
tho Americana suspiciously, oxolaimod:
"Now, Maoabebes, go for them."
Tho Maoabobos opnnod firo, but thoir
aim was rather inoffeotivo, aud only
thrco insurgents v?oro killed. Tho Tob
els roturncd (ho fire. On hearing tho
fleing, Aguiualdo, who ovidontly
thought his mon woro mcroly oolobrat
ing the arrival of roinforoomonts, ran
to tho window and shouted: 'Sop that
foolishness!-quit waisting ammuni
tion.'5 Hilario Pla?ido, ono of tho
Tagalog oflioors and a former insurgent
major, who was wounded in tho lung
by tho fire of tho Kansas rogimont at
tho battlo of Caloooan, throw his arms
around Aguinaldo, cxolaining "You aro
a prisoner of tho Amerioans."
Co) Simoon Villia, Aguinaldo's obi^f
of staff, Major Alambra and others
attaoktd tho men who wro holding
Aguinaldo. Placido shot Yilla in tho
shouldor, Alambra jutnpod out of tho
window and ot to mp ted to cross tho
river. It was supposed that ho was
drowned. Five othorinsurgent offnors
fought for a fow minutes and thon flsd,
making their osoapo. When tho fight
ing began Qon. Funston assumed oom
mand aod dirootod tho attaok on tho
houso, porsonaiiv assisting in tho oap
turo of Aguinaldo. Tho insurgent body
guard ?lo'? loaving 20 ri fl is. Santiago
Barcelona, tho insurgent troasuror,
surrendered without resistance.
When ct.pt'ired Aguinaldo was tro
mendously excited, but ho calmed down
under (?cn Funston's assuranoo that
ho would bo welt troatod. Gon. Fun
ston scoured all Aguina'do's oOrrospon
donoo, showing that ho had kept in
close touch with the sub-ohiofs of .tho
insurrection in all parts of tho archi
pelago. It was also discovered that
Aguinaldo, on Jan. 28th,had proclaimed
himself diotator. Ho had boen living
at Palanan for seven months, undis
turbed except whoo a dotaohmont of
tho Sixtoonth infantry visited the town.
On that occasion tho entire population
took to tho mountains and romainod
thoro until tho troops rotirod.
Aguinaldo admitted that ho had boon
noar to hoing oapiturod boforo, but ho
asserted that ho had never boon
woundod, adding: "I should nevor
havo boen takon oxcopt by a strategom.
I was complotoly doooived by Laouna's
forged signature."
Ho fearod ho. might bj sont to Guam,
and ho was quito glad to como to Ma
nila. Palanan was guarded by numer
ous outposts and signal stations * Dur
ing tho fight none of tho Maoabobos
worvn wounded. Tho expedition rested
MV and tho? mar ohed 16 milos
tho following day to Balanan bay,
whoro Gon. Funston found tho Yioks
burg, which brought him to Manila.
Commander Barry, of tho Vicksburg,
roudored Gon, Funston splondid assis
tance
Aguinaldo, who talkod frooly of past
ovonts, said ho supposed Gon. Traisa
would proolaim himself diotator, cvon
not knowing that Trias had sunou
dorod. Ho behavod courteously and
gavo no troublo. Gon. Funston says
Aguinaldo is abovo tho nvorage in in
tolligono3 and has proposcssing man
ners.
Ki Hod About a Bicycle.
Tho record for manslaying is not be
ing diminished in any way, and Groon
ville county M i till tho theatre cf opera
tions. 'J h h i .egroos fnun determined to
maintain tho ic cord, if tho whites aro
not BQjiotivo and aggressivoas formorly.
John Dixon shot and killed Jamos
Bannoro on tho farm of T. A. Ashmore
Thursday aftornoon, and tho oauso of
tho quarrol was a bioyclo ownod by ono
of thom. Tho killing took plaoo noar
Londotmm, 10 milos south of tho oity
of Groonvillo and tho two nog roon wcro
at work in a field not far from tho Aah
moro residonco. Both men havo boon in
tho employ of Mr. Aehmorofor sovoral,
years, and they bavo always been
friendly until this difficulty, wnioh
ar oso with out any signs of previous
troublo. Tho culmination of thc quarrol
was when Dioknon drow his pi Hoi and
Bannoro picked up a rook. Dickson
fired his pistol and Bannoro Hod for bis
lifo, with Diokson pursuing him and
firing as ho wont, until Humor foll to
tho ground and tho ol i ni tx was ovor.
Bannoro was dead and Diokeon was tho
slayer. Coroner Blaok held an inquost
and tho jury rendcrod a verdict in Re
cord an co with tho faots gi von. Diok
son was arrested at onco and has boon
placod ic Jail.
- A Tempest at Sea.
BUtorcd-sby fioroo seas and tossod
about by i?rit?t<r$^tftfr]$&j^J??**t
steamer La Gasoogno arrived Wednes
day at Now York from Havre, ?18 hour?
ovorduo. Tho liner left Havre on Maroh
16 and until Maroh 20 had very fino
woathor. Oo tho morning of tho 21st
tho wind oamoup from tho northwest
and tho gales lastod thtoughout tho fol
lowing throo days, and sovoral tiraos
tho stoamor was obliged to turn tail
and run before tho fury of tho blast,
Groat seas broke ovor tho starboard sido
with enormous foro?, tho lifoboats on
tho uppor dook wcro wrenohod from tho
davits and smashod, tho davits hoing
bont almost double Two of tho lifo
rafts wcro lifted bodily from tho upper
dook and dropped d)wnupon tho uppor
struoturo, smashing skylights and ven
tilators. Tho rafts wore stoved in many
plaocs and domagod boyond repair.
Fortunately nono of tho passongors was
hurt,
After tho Czar.
An attempt was to bo mado to blow
up tho palaoo of thoomporor Nicholas
at Tarskoo Sols, novontoon milos
south of St, Potorsburg. A mino filled
with tho highest explosives was aooi
dentally oaoarthod. Had tho raino boon
oxplodcd, tho palaoo would havo boon
blown lo atoms, and ovcry ono, includ
ing tho cmporor, killed. Several offi
cials aro implicated in tho plot to assas
sinate his majosty. Tho arrest of sovoral
important personages aro oxpootod to
day. The Russian press is forbiddon
to publish nows of tho disoovory of tho
plot.
BETTER WITHOUT.
What An Ohio Jung? HOM to Bay About
Divorces
Kv '.do ? co continually ra ul ti pl ion that
Souvh Carolina's laok of a law wcrks
bottor than divoroo laws in othor states,
oven though thoy ho not very liboral.
Ono day labt week, Judgo Frank 13.
Dollonbauah granted nevon divoroos in
tho divoroo division of tho common
ploas oourt in Clovoland, O. In giant
(ng tho Boventh, ho said: "Tho number
of divoroo casos coming bofoio this
oourt is appalling." Hunting for an ex
plantion, ho said:
"Two-thirds of the dhoroo oa*os
that como hoforo mo aro duo to early
marriages. I beliovo that tho samo
would hold truoinall divoroo courts.
Young people marry b of oro they aro old
enough to form sens?blo vlows on matri
mony or on tho oharaoter of thoso thoy
marry. Th oro havo hoon young wivoa
hero wooping for divoroos who must
have boon so young nt Iho timo thoy
woro mairicdthat spanking would havo
hoon moro appropriate. Young mon
aro as groat fools as young women.
Thoro is anothor olass of foolish mar
riages in whioh matrimony is contract
ed boforo tho parties havo bcon acquaint
ed long onough to know caoh othor
thoroughly. Theoo linn ty and unfertu
nato marriagos aro usually oontraood by
very young porsons, BO that it comes
baok to tho samo proposition of too
oarly marriago. .Whon tho injudicious
marriago has boen mado there is noth
ing loft but a lifo of misery for oaoh of
tho partios to it or tho divorce court,
and as tho divoroo rooord show koeps
T. :~ -i-r..i ..J a.i....
MUnlug. .V AU Pl.tauviui) ?UU unu IVDDV
of tho divoro coourt ought to teach,
young pc opio who aro in a hui ry to gel
married to go slow."
It scores to Tho Rooord that tho
Ohio judgo boat around tho bush for
tho roal and palpablo roaaon for tho
condition for whioh ho-was necking
a o&uso. If in Ohio, as in South Oaro
lina, divoroos woro prohibited, thoro
would not only bo no divoroos, but tho
marriago oontraot would havo groator
sanotity. Knowing it to bo binding,
pooplo would not so lightly ontor into
it as thoy do whoro thoy know that
should tho marriago fettors provo gall
ing, it is a Yory easy mattor to got a
judgo to roniovo thom. Worso, if a
person after marriago moots somo ono
whom ho or sho fancies moro that tho
first partner, tho divoroo court offers a
roady way of defying tho divino com
mand, "Whom God hath joinod to
gether, lot not man rut asundor," ana1
so making it possible to gratify tho
fancy. From all euoh ovils Booth Caro
lina is froo, and may she over bo freo
from thom.-Oolumbia Record.
Tho Quarrel Over Manchuria.
In unmistakable torms Japan has
givon notioo to tho powers of hor strong
objeotion to tho treaty regarding Man
churia, whioh Russia desiroB ubina to
sign. Consul General. Goodnow. ak
Shanghai, cabled Seoiotary Hay today
that tho proposed treaty had again boon
submitted to tho OhinoBo emporor, and
Russia had demanded its signaturo. Ho
added tho suggestion that tho "United
Staten join with Japan an.d Great Bri
tain to protoot tho Chinese government.
I Mr. Goodnow's suggestion v/ill not bo
adopted by tho prcsidont, as it has no
intention of foroibly intorforing in
China, but it is loamed that Japan ODB
tomplatos making vigorous opposition to
tho ratification of tho Manohurian oou
vondon. To moot tho obiootion of tho
powors, Russia modified the treaty in
sovcral important particulars, but evon
as modified tho oonvontion is not satis
factory to Japan, nor is it aoooptablo
as shown by tho exohango of notos
that has ooouired botween tho Tokyo
and othor governments, to any of tho
nations approached.
A Noble Act.
A disp&toh from Jackson, Mies., to
tho Atlanta Journal says John Caroy,
a whito oonv V, sont up from Liudor
dalo oounty for burglary, and who is
now nerving a torin of twolvo years in
tho Mississippi penitentiary, will in all
probability be pardoned by tho governor
in a fow days, booausoof his boroio no
tion in giving warning to a passengor
train and thereby saving it from wreok
and perhaps a numbor of li vos. Caroy
was upon Okley plantation, in Hinds
county, and boing sick ho was allowed
to tako a short walk down tho railroad
traok. Ho saw that ono of tho stool
rails was broken, and knowing it was
about timo for tho passonger train to
pass, ho ran up tho traok as far as ho
had timo and flaggod tho train. Tho
passongors on botrd tho tram, whoso
livos ho probably raved, havo gotten up
a p?tition asking tbai ho bo pardoned,
and after tho pardon is rooemmendod
by tho beard of control it will bo pro?
sen tod to thogovornor, and it is thought
ho will grant it.
A Narrow Escape.
Little Francis Btanfiold, tho sovon
year-old daughter of Mr. S. H. Btan
fiold, of Remo, Ga , carno vory noar
bei jg di ow nod during tho storm.
fftaQtirtl'.waH on her way to school whon
overtaken by^tfi&*?&toge .?f rftin oow
tho oomotory. Tho Htt?M-?-.w"8 ?wopt
off tho sidewalk and washed ini\WjwJS?
gutter and the ohild apod along ly vhC
swift ourront to tho mouth of a sowor.
Tho girl's soroams attraotod attontion of
sovoral children, who rosouod hor from
a horriblo death. Asido from a fow
bruisos, Franela was not injured.
Oattlo Killed by Storm.
Thousands of doad oattle, nhoop and
horsos strow plains of Wostern Nobraska
and Eastorn Colorado as a result of the
blizzard, In hundrods of ravines and
dry bodfeof orooks, tho animals orawlod
to bo oovored with drifting snow while
othor oountloss numbers strugglod
against tho blizzards to roach sholtor
but perishod on tho ridgos, incoming
passongors ovor tho Burlington and
Union Paoifio say that in ovory gulloy
aro soon tho oarcasses of animals and
that tho bodios aro soattored ovor tho
plains In every direction.
Blind Loading Blind.
Tho Atlanta Journal says tho oivil
sorvioe oommisaion is now roady to hold
examinations and reoeWo application*
for positions in the government servieo
in tho Philipplnos. Thus wo will begin
to Bond over thousands of young mon.
who nover boforo sot foot ou toldo of
thoir nativo Rtatos, toholp govern a poo
plo about whim thoy know little and
onro, loss. "Manifost dostlny," for
oraoothl-. manifest arrogan ool
AN AMUSING LETTER
In An Antwer to a Want Ad. of a
Merchant, j
In tho Columbia Btato of Tuosday, |
March 26, appoarcd tho following ad- i
vor linc mont in the want column:
44Wantod-A bookkoopor to post a ,
light sot of books. Con bo donn at jj
night, R?mun?ration $1.00 por wc ok?
Add refit) 'Z Z ,' cato Tho Btato," |
Tha.businoss man who put in this u
ad voit nc mont did not think fer a mo- .
mont of how it would sound to tho gan? ;
eral public What ho waa tod was to |
arrange with Homo bookkoopor who,
after his regular work was dono, would jj
stop by for not moro than 15 minutos
each evoningand post up his day book .
for him, somothing that bookkeepers
commonly do for somo six tr eight
firms each evening, not only hero, but
ovorywhoro, at about tho price indi-,
oatcd. The way tho advertisement was ;
understood, however, is shown by tho
following anonymous rospon&o roooivod
Wed nc ?day by tho mo vc h ant referred to,
which ho onjoyod as an exocllcut jake .
on hiuinoK:
Box 6085, Columbia, 8. 0.,
Meron 21, 1901.
Dear Sir: In reply to your advorti&o
mont in today's Stato for a bookkooptr,
I beg to oller you my services.
I am a young man 22 years of ?ge,
having had a business cxporionoo of
olovon yearn, and foci oonfidont if you
will givo mo a trial that 1 can provo my
worth to you,
1 am not only an'export bookkoopor,
proficient stenographer and typewriter
excellent operator and erudite collegs
grad unto, but havo no vor al olhor ac
complishments which mako mo quito
dooirnblo. I am an exporienood suow
shovolor, a first class peanut roastor,
have somo knowlodgo of removing
superfluous hair and dipping puppy
dogs' oars, havo a modal for rc oiling
..Curfew Shall Not King Tonight," am
a skilled chiropodist and practical. <
farmor; can also cook, lake otiro of
hora OH, oroaso t ronner H and ropair um- .
brollas. t ? ]
Being possessed of groat physical ,
boauty, I would not only bo usoful, but
ornamental as well, lording to tho
saored preoints of your offico that de
lightful artistic oharm that a 8atsuma
vaso or a stuffed billygoat would.
As to salary, I would fool that I was
robbing tho widow and swiping the.
opongo oako from tho orphan if I wei o ]
to take advantago of your munifioonoo,
bo aooopting tho fabulous sum of $1 00 j
per week, and I would be entirely will
ing to givo you my norviooa for Ices,
and by aooopting 33 cents per week
would givo you an opportunity of pol? ,
only increasing your donation to tho
ohuroh, pay ycur butohor and keep up
your lifo insuranoo, bnt also found rt
homo for indigent fly-paper ta'camon
and endow a freo bod in tho oat homo.
Should my application meet your apo,
provalj-ploasO write 'mo at tho abovo
address at your earliest oonvonionoo,
and you will groatly oblige,
Yours very respectfully,
All Around Man.
Gold Brick Mon.
A spooial dispatch to thc Atlanta
Journal Goldsboro, N. C., says, ' Tho
ohiof of polioo is in roooipt of a lcttor
from IS. M. Jonos, of Athens, Ga., say
ing that tho description of tho throe
gold brick swindlors confinod in jail
hero fits tho mon who reoontly robbed
a citizen of that placo of a considerable
sum of money. He asks for photographs
and full descriptions of all throe.
D. H. Whoelor, of Nowborry, 8. C.,
arrivod last night and idontiied tho
prisoners as tho mon who a fow week
ago swindled him out of $7,000. They
gavo him tho samo namos as they opor
ated under here and workod tho same
soborno on him that they attempted at
this placo. He was approached by tho
minor, who mado a proposition to tako,
him into partnorship. Tho gold brioks
were exhibited and tho assayer certified
to their gonuincss. Later tho Indian
became dissatisfied, and Mr. Whoolcr
was persuadod to purohaso his intoroit
for $7,000. Then, whon tho men had
gono and it was too lato, ho diooovored
that had boon buncoed. A bulletin juBt
issuod by tho dotcotivooommittoo of tho
American Bankers' Pro ted ive assooia
tion OOH tain a a splendid pioturo and a
good description of one of tho swindlers
in jail hore. Howard, aliai Thompson,
alias Fullor. Tho bulletin says his
homo is in Brooklyn, N. Y., and that
ho is a paintor by trade sod a bank
burglar, gold bride o windier and ooun
lofoitor by ocoupation."
Boss Platt Defied.
SonatorT. P. Platt, "tho oasy boss,"
and heretofore tho diotator of tho Re
publican paHy in New York stato, is
m a fight for his politioal lifo. His op
pomont is Govornor B. B. Odoll, tho
man whoso politioal fortunes Mr. Platt
bas holpod to mako. Tho outcomo is
problematical, but many disinterested
observors beliovo they soo thoboginniog
of tho end of Mr. Platt's politioal
oareor. In Now York Mr. Platt mado
a politioal statement tba', broathos de
danoo of tho governor and a determina
t'i'?i?-1? kill bim politically if ho votos a
polioo D)Si^?^hwn W*N romovo from
New York oily^5lro1 of tho ??v??
foroo. From AlbanjKffAP08 TT *h*fc
Mr. Odoll stands by his"MuVMmfttJm
that ho will voto suoh a measured* ,
bany also has it that Senator Platt h* 9
baokoddown and will not pres) tho hill.
Govornor Odoll is boing praised by. his
supporters for tho stand ho has
lakon; and tho first skirmish of what
promises to bo ono of the groatost
political battles in tho stato has awak
ened universal intorosl, irrcspootivo of
party linos.
Blowod Himself.
Samuel Hagorty, a prosperous and
wealthy farmor, living throe south of
Plymouth, Ohio, committed suioide in a
most shocking manner. Ho took a
quantity of dynamito and went to tho
fiold, announolng his intontion to blast
stumps. Lstor a violont oxplosion
alarmed tho neighbors and on investiga
tion they found a fovr soattered rem*
nants of tho despondent man. ICequiro
Rubin was caliea and held an inquest
whioh diselosod tho faot that tho de
ooasod farmer had plaood several pounds
of tho explosivo in a largo stump, sat
theroon and deliberately lightod .tho
fuse. Despondency ovor tho loss of his
wife ls thought to bo tho oauso.
THE COTTON MARKET
fha Holders of 8pots Can Con*
trot Situation.
NO REASON FOR DECLINE
High Tims f ir tho South to Aa
' sert hs Indeptr.denco of
Speculators Who Depress
Price of Cotton.
!i That tho project depression in cot
ton in duo entirely to manipulation is
tho positivo-opinion of some of tho host
|n for mod mon in tho trade. Tho Au
Susta Chtooiolo says it ia pointed out
hat lhere is no moro ootton in Bight
han hcooessary for oon sumption and it
io urged that tho south hold on to tho
Uaplo until a moro normal oondition of
th? market has again oomo about.
I SMALLEST STOCKS ON RECORD.
Mr. Alfrod B, Shopporson in hie ro
low of tho season of 1899 1900 and tho
?rcspo?t for 1900 1901 says that at tho
dofo of tho European soason on Hop
toiribir 30 tho s t ook s of cotton of all
growths in Europo&n'markots were.tho
Hinr.lloot rcoordoU in fifty-right y oars,
with tho exooption of 1863, Whon in
yonucquonoo of ihooivil war tho Wuro
'jftoatf stocks wt ro roduood to 250,000
bales. Tho Blocks lau September wt ro
hot enough for two weeks' consumption
of European spinnors. Tho ooosnmp
tion of A morioan ootton last soason by
American and foreign mille was about
.11,000,000 baloo. My friond, Mr
Thomas Ellison, of Liverpool, oalls it
10,990,000. being 566,000 bales moro
than tho ostimato publishod by him at
tho beginning of tho season. lu hiaoirou
hu- ot (jo tobo J 20 ho < flt im atod a rc duo' ion
dds season in American and Japaneso
jonaumpt?on of 378.000 halos, and an
i orease tn Europoan oonsumption of
?0,000 bales and with tho expectation
)f larger supplies than last season from
oountrios other than America Btatod
(lut an Amerioan orop of 10,382,000
halos would bo required in order to koop
tho stocks at tho end of tho soason from
falling bolo w tho.limitod supply at tho
i poi mon oomoo t. .
I WILL HE NO 8URPLUS.
V 8o wo 800 that, the leading exports
agree that a crop of moro than ton mil
lion bales ia neooossary to mcot tho re
quirements of tho spinnors and yot Mr.
^hepporson's ostimato of tho orop made
ip. Doccmbor is 9,900,000 halos. Allow
ing fer a wido divcrgonoo thero is not
any moro oottor in tho world than tho
any moro ot
irado needs
ffe*' NO RBI
II^ NO RRLIEF KO? SPOT MARKET.
{':Again Mr. Shoppersousays:
.VL^A^is most likoly that thoro will ho
.Vfc'gurjlde?able htoreituo in tho ootton
a eh-ago in'this o?untry noxt spring.
While this faot would'doubtloss dopross
to sorno dogrco tho prioc of "futuro
ue?h?rioa" for tko noxt orop, it would
not relievo tho ?oorkot for spot ootton.
1 fully agroo with Mr. Fllison that thero
would not bo any plethosa of ootton
even if the crop should exceed 10,750,
000 bales, a1 tho distribution would bo
spread over nu ob a wido aroa that thoro
would be no great' aooumulation of
stocks any whore,"
Allowing for all tho advorso condi
tions in tho cotton goods outlook and
tho rumors of troublo in Asia thoro ls
no reasan why tho south should throw
hor holding* of ootton on tho market.
Tho Soutn must assort hor indepon
denoo. ?
. "Tho south," said ono gontloman,
"cannot afford lo play into tho hands of
tho manipulators who would rob this I
seotion of tho honest fruits of toil,
Thoro novor wai a moro opportuno timo
for this seotion asserting its indopon
donoo. It ia io their power to saorifice
the remnant of tho orop that is hero."
And this is not moroly a viow from
a southern standpoint. In tho Atlanta
Journal of Wednesday is a letter ad
dressed to Coronrs-doner O. B. ?tovens
from a prominent Now York cotton fao*
tor who urges Mr. Stevens to continue
his efforts with tho farmors not to in
crcaso thoir cotton acreage. His lotter
follows:
Now York, Maroh 19, 1901.
Hon. 0. Ii. Sievons, Commissioner of
Agrioulturo, Atlanta, Ga.:
Boar Sir-1 havo obsorvtd that what
ever has como from you in regard to
cotton bas carried considerable ?eight,
and I want to say that unless some
thing is dono that tho southern farmor
will bo Confronted with fivo oe&t cotton
again noxt fall. Tho idea prevailing
that it will take y ea ra for tho staple to
go baok to that prioo is all wrong. Cot
ton in January sold at 12.75 and today
next January sold at 7.40, a deolino of
about 4 12 oonts por pound in six
wookB. This condition has boon
brought about by tho mills absolutoly
rofusingto pay tho prioo, and a combin
ed effort on tho part of tho Mills, dry
f;oods pooplo, ootton factors and spoou*
ator. Should tho aorosgc bo as largo
as last year, mills all ovor tho world will
buy from hand lo mouth until tho now
crop is mado, should conditions bo
faverAblo As cvory well posted porson
known wo oould have easily mado 1212
millions last year wit fa vor aldo seasons.
Shou'd tho aorago bo increased to any
oo?sidornblc ext ont. and conditions re
main good for tho growing orop with
present trado conditions six coots will
le ok high for cotton noxt Novcmbor.
Th \ on'y kopo tho farmor has is to
rtl,.\?_ v\rop, and not plant all cotton.
but oom) *nd othor thi"8?' BU
E&LSjf !l tholr ootton orop ono-Jfourth
ftff??LS they would gota big pies
fir offil n0" hold by ?hom. Also, for
ii? ??S W ?nd I? tho.event tho
?i>S i? Increased they will soll
S?S f?a now havo ohoapor than tboy
VSEAA ?idnoxtat tho most ruinous
Srioo ooM,WoriB? th0 COflt 0< hbor?
CBi iflftgftioattho prioo of ootton
MUMti southern farmer. Consider.
&?8a big price, the only
hogDo the/oufch hft?no* i? ^onrtail
?eTgo in*mm ?4
evrrvthinffW0 11808 akhom?4 , .
C t iWhl? matter up and ask
ovory sccreAl^y of *#)WWf* ft }ho
south to hfttP you to inoroaso this Im
tor theoropB?^^0 WM?$
south is helplVX ^ Pr 'WWM'
Providence Sf \?> interfere oyery
years it dldlf fours ^uly.
iMW??H?feJNf?t?Diot
SKVEN BOL? BANDITS
Raid art Ohio Town and Blow np a
Bank Building.
. Soven bandits partially wrookod tho
Stato bank of Somorobct, Ohio, oarly
Wednesday by exploding a hoavy ohargo
of nitio glyocrino in tho vault doors,
toourod $5,000, app opriated two livery
rigs, held a posse cf oitizons at bay,
and osoapod lu tho faoo o?a heavy Uro.
Hoods and soouritios tb tho amount of
130,000and $5,000 in gold ooin wore
ovorlookod by tho bandits. 1 ho bank
was fully iosurod and its business will
not bo interrupted.
A hoavy explosion in tho hank build
ing shortly before 2 am. aroused cit
izens living in tho vicinity of tho li ink
of Son orset. John Hayes, whose homo
is opposito tho bank building, raised a
window and quiotly observed four mon
stationod in hoot of tho bank. Ho saw
that tho wholo front of tho two story
briok building in whioh tho institution
was looatcd had boon slattored, and
bolioviog ho oould frighten away the
'mon who, it waa ovident, nora muoh
alarmed by tho strength of tho explo
sion, hastily donned his olothos and sal
lied forth. When ho roached the side
walk ho waa ohallongod and, under tho
influonoo of four rifles pointed at MB
head, again mounted tho stairs and BO
outod arms. Meanwhile many other
persons began to appear in tho darkened
st roots of tho village, Wm. Lovott
oponed Aro on tho bandits with a rifle,
but his aim was not of tho best and hia
shots only sorvod to draw tho firo of tho
robbcri. Tho shooting soon booamo
gonoral as tho oitizons oropt toward tho
bank from all direotions, and tho rob
bors evidontly began to think of cs
oapo.
At a aign from tho four on guard,
three others omergod from tho bank,
bearing several sacks in whiohthoy had
hurrioly plaood their loot. Tho rob
bera were undor good disoiplino and their
load or gavo bia ordors like a. military
loader: "All ready, forward, march.
Simd o filo they marohod undor tho
shadows of tho trees whioh linod tho
sido walks, tur nod a cor nor, olimbodioto
two rigs and drovo in a northwesterly
dirootion. Oitizons took up tho chase
and at 4 a. m. found tho riga, doaortod
along tho rondado. Tho ahoriff of
Porry oounty had boen notified by tele
phono and arrived at daylight with a
paok of bloodhounds, whioh wero utod
in tho ohaBo. The robbers worn suc
cessfully traood around town by tho
hounds. It was found they had broken
opon u blacksmith shop to soouro tools,
and thon had takon tho riga in whioh
thoy osoapod from a livery atablo noar
tho bank.
Tom Reed's Plain Talk.
Ex-Speaker Thomas B, Hood han a
mind and a tongue of his own-r? vory
bright and well-stored mind and ono of
tho sharpest of all the tongues that are
now wagging. Mr. Reed does not liko
the preaont national administration
and does not mind saying co. Ho was
in Baltimoro a fow days ago and Tho
Nows of that olty has this to say of tho
manner in whioh ho unbosomed him
self while thoro: "On tho groat ques
tions now before tho people Mr. Rood
has dooided opinions, and dooi not
hosititato to oxpress them. He reaffirm
ed most emphatically his opposition to
tho imperialistic policy pf tho'adminis
tration. In his opinion, Dowey havo
sailed away from Montojo's fioot, leav
ing tho government of tho islands to
the Filipinos. Onha and Porto Rioo,
too, should bo loft to their own devices.
Tho prosent policy towards Cuba ho
regards BB piooo of hypooiisy. Mr. Rood
liko tho late ex-Prosidont Harrison, is
an ardent friend of tho Boor?. '? aym
pathizo with any pooplo on earth,' said
ho, who aro struggling for freedom.'
Aflkod whothorho thought tho Filipinos
capable of solf government, ho Faid: 1
think overy pooplo is oapablo of Bolf
governmont. It may not bo tho kind
wo havo or want, but it is tho kind that
is satisfaotory and sufficient for thom."
Mr. Rood is treading dangerously near
tho yorgo of "treason," aooording to
tho imperialist definition of that orimo.
Atlanta Journal.
A Plucky Governor.
Whon Thomas O. Platt ontorcd the
U. S. Sonate in 1881 ho was so over
shadowed by his illustrious colleague.
ROROOO (Jonkling that he was dubbed
"Mo Too." Si nco that timo Platt has
booomo tho most powerful and most ar
bitrary boas his party has in New Y oik
and has his own "Mo Toos," a brigado
of them. In this number Governor
Odell was gonorally included until a
rcoont dato, lt was saidythat ho was
nominated at Platt's dictation and it
was expected that as tho ohiof cxeou
tivo Of New York ho would bo littlo
moro than Platt's took Governor Odoll
has proved,' howovor, thatthis was
too low an estimate of him and
that ho is no man's man. Ho has
flatly rofusod to rooomtnond or sign a
stato polioo bill though Senator Platt
has thrown tho weight of his influ
onoo in favor of that moasuro and
has dono his bost to make gover
nor Odoll pull with him for it. His
indopondont and oouragoous oomoo
has won tho resnoot and pvaiso of
Domoorats as woll as Republicans
and Odoll is now a biggor. man that
Platt in New York. Tho Arm stand ho
has taken will probaly bohango tho
courso of Republican politico in tho
stato very decidedly and many mark
tho boginning of Boss Platt's over
throw.-Atlanta Journal.
Now Trials Qranted-.
Tho Kentitoky court of appoals Thurs
day granted new trials to Caleb Powers
and Jamos. Howard, sontenood in tho
lowor oourt to lifo imprisonment and
death, roepootivoly, in oonneotion with
the shooting in Fobruary, 1900, of Gov.
Wm. Goabol. In the Howard ease tho
ontiro oourt oonourrod, but in tho Pow
ers dooiaion Judges Hobson, Paynter
and White dissented. The decision in
tho Powers osno holds tho Taylor par?
don invalid, but ordors a now trial on
tho ground of erroneous instructions to
tho jury and admission of inoompotont
testimony. Tho Howard ease ls revoreod
bcoauso of erroneous instructions, in
competent ?vldonoo admitted in tho trial
and other mfoor points, Tho trial ol
Powers p?obabjy will tako platte at
Georgetown, in May. Howard's ease
probably will bo passed until tho fall
term,
HE EAT 48 BANANAS
Gus, Keller Satiefiod a Great Craving
for a Noble Fruit.
Oharlotto Obscrvor:
Mr. and Mrs. Gui Kol lor, mill opera*
tivos, visitod the storo of Sovers &
Lawing, on North Tray cn otro ot, huit ro
eontly, and whilo di cussing tho mayor*
alty olcotion atd divors other topios,,
Mr. Koli or's cy o rostod fondly on BOY
oral Uno bunohes of bacanas. Ho ob
served that he WAS somolhiug of a
banana fancier and had nevor in his
lifo ? rv i i ft ii o d a oraviug for that fiuit.
How many did ho think bo could oat,
ho was abkod.
"Oh'bout four dozen," ho ropllod.
Mr. H. F. Sovors, of tho firm, thoh
told Koller that ho would give him four
deston bananas if ho would oat thom
thoa and thoro, but if he failed to oat
that number ho would havo to pay for
what ho ato. Keller aeooptod tho prop
osition. Mrs. Kollor roinaikod that aLo,
too, had never soothed tho inner yearn
ing for bananas, and asked that tho
offer mado to her husband bo extendod
to hor. Sovors was not avorao to this,
but stipulated that Kollor should first
outer tho oontost.
Kollor wont at thoso bananas hko a
man who bad fas tod for dajs, Ho ato
ono dtzon while a ponooful smile illum
ined his faeo; ho ato two dozen and
said his appotito was atill on tho im
prove; ho Hkta three dozen, utiloosonod
his waistcoat and began to look seri
ous. Oommonoing with tho 39ch ban
ana it w?a up hill work with Koller.
Ho no longor smiled and procuration
gathered on his brow. Uut ho shook
himsolf, eat down and laboriouely
stuffed ono banana after another down
his throat. His heart was no longor
in his tusk and ho comm ono od to "swell
visibly boforo tho toked oyo."
Whon ho had, within 20 minutos
from tho start oonsumcd his 48th ban
ana Kollor's wifo who had boon watch
ing lum oloaoly, said sho boliovod oho
did not want to repoat his oxporimont.
Sho oallod upon hor worthy spouflo to
and go homo with her, but ho oould not
riso From his ohair. Ho grew quito sick
had to bo oairiod homo. Heroic xomodios
w< TO rosorted to, but whon last hoard
from Koller was too still full for oomfor
tablo uttoranoo and moat unhapy man.
A MURDER MYSTERY SOLVED.
A Gruel Man Chained His Wife in
a Dungeon.
Workmen romoving a collar wall un
der a dolapidatcd building just north
of tho bridgo that orouaes Fair Haven
river, a quarter of a milo abovo
Carver's Falls, Velmont, have apparent
ly unearthed ovidonoo wbioh solves tho
mystory of a murder whloh ooourrod 70
yoara ago. The diaoovcry was made hy
nooidontj tho laborers havlug fallon into
a pit while trying to lift come heavy'|
at?nos. Tho pit was about eight foot
<loop, with a solid stone wall about 20
indies thiok surrounding it. In tho
co?ter of tho pit r/na act a solid iron
post attaohed to whioh was a heavy
iron ohain and an old fashion od pair of.
handcuffs. Nearby wai a hoap of hu
man'bonos.
Inquiry di&oloaod the faot that in
1831 For ry Bordon, a young Fronoh
man, brought his young wifo to Poult
noy to live in the houao whioh tho
workmen aro tearing down. Sho was
witty and vivaoious and attracted eon
sidorablo attention. In a short time
Borden booamo jealous of her and ,for
bado hor visiting a oertain tavern near
by. Tho wife would not submit tobo
diotated to. Ono night in February* !
1831, sho wa9 at tho plaoo whon at about
10 o'olook Borden called for her. She
loft tho placo with him. She nevor was
seen by hor friends af tor that. Mr. Bor
don aaid his wifo had deaorted him and
fled to Canada.
Aftor a yoar Bordon wont away and
waa not heaidof again until 1882, whon
ho suddenly reappeared in town. Ho
said ho had hoon at son for tho 50years
ho had boon away. His mind Boomed
ahattorod. He wont to the litt1 o houso
and remainod two years, neighbors sup
plying him with provisions. Ho finally
took aiok and tho town took o li argo of
him. Ho died in 1887 and was burled
in Potter's field.
Tho discoveries mado by tho work
men have led every ono in this vicinity
to boliove that Bordon chained his wife
in the under ground collar/ and hfc hoi*
to dio a horrible death. ^ '
Daring Kidnap por H.
A daring attompt was made to kid
nap Edward Mo A voy, ll years of ago,
of WelkoBuane,PA., Wednoaday. Two
mon piokod him up in tho yard of his
father's house, oarriod him to a aurroy,
plaood a h and kendi ic f, saturated with
chloroform over his nooso and drove
away. Tho ohild booamo unoonsoiou?
from the drug and whon ho survived
found himsolf on the baok Boat of tho
vohio'o whioh was thon jarring over a
oountry road. Young MoAvoy jumped
from tho oarriago. Ono of tho men
ran aftor him but tho youngter's erl?s
attraotod tho attention of tho occupants
of anothor oarriago whioh was passing
at tho timo and tho kldnappora oooom
ing soared, whippod up their horses ana
ditnppoRvcd.
Hits Us Hard.
Our consul at Ohofoo reports that
tho doolino in exports from tho United
States to Ohina following tho Boxer
outbreak does not nearly reprosont tho
loos in trade whioh this oountry has in
ouriod on that account; for largo
amounts of morohandiso sinco exported
from tho United States are piled up in
Chin?se ports and aro yet to be nold or
worked off. Tho Ionios to the Amotinan
cotton trade alono ho osthnates at $3,
000,000. At nomo of the Chin?se ports,
Niuohwang, for oxamplc, American
trade was practically annihilated. Thia
is bad enough to fight about, But our
Washington government has evidently
concluded it will not pay IO fight; in
faot that it will not pay to do anything
at all. Shall wo lot it go at that?-Co
lumbia State. ,y/;v'; .
In tho market reports of '.'almost any
of our tfowspapors you may road,
"Country pr?duoo BCUTOO add prices
strong?'. You may also noto that tho
piloo of ootton if? atoadily declining.
Tho Gaffney I.odgor vory \vu\y oays
thoso short statements, are . moro elo
quent than sormona. mid that farinorfl
who is not improssou by thom ls in s\
stato of blind infatuation.
SOME SIDE LIGHTS
On th? Pacif{cation of th? Phillp?
pino Islands.
HUN TINQ THE FILIPINOS,
Hew Our Soldier? Kill and Aro
tCHIod, An American O? fi*
cer'8 Narrow Escapo
from Amigo Bullets
An offioor of one of tho Now Yolk
volunteer? rogiinonts in Ihe Spaniek
Ainorioan war, who is now a first lieu
tenant in tho Twoaty-sixth United
Statoa Voluntcor Infantry in tho -Phil
ippines, tolls, in a lot tor to his for mor
oolonol, now an ofiioor on Gov. Odoll's
staff, of tho t&otios pursued in hunting
tho .Filipino band on tho Island, of
Panay. His aooount, under the doto
of January 29. throws a re mm kable
sidelight on tho Manila oablo dis
patohos, which .innounoo that tho ia*
land of Panay bau boon paoifi?d. Tho
writor Was stationed, at tho time tho
lettor was writton, noar tho town of
Z uraga, and ho states that notivo
oporations were hoing pushed against
I tho natives.
! "With tho exooption of tho first two
weeks af tor landing at Hollo," tho lieu
tenant writes, ''I have boon .almost '
constantly in tho fiold, no muon that 1
havo not boon nhl o to say what 'shook'
nv 'nunn' va au minn hi nm? ll1 i ni ri. ?'?>
work began on Novombor 10,' 1899,
who?, iu oom mr. nd of my company, I
was sont to drive in tho onomy's out?
posts, bofore tho advacoo of tho Kigh
toonth Unitod Btatos Infantry. This
wo not only aoooniplishod, but had the
brunt of ail tho fighting that day.
But with all my expprionoo sinco thon
I boliovo today I havo as mortal a fear
of a bullet, Rt tho beginning of n
Wnp,' aa any man in or out of tho
sorvioo. After tho first fow rounds^
howover, ono gota ono's blood np and
does not mind it. I have had many a
tight nhavo, and in nomo of thom I am
not ready to bol levo it Was no huk,
but rather P.vovidonoo. .
"On ono oooxsion rooontlyjl had
ohargo of several small pueblos, and
war. Blooping in a oonvont at ono bf
them. Near, my bod on a oholf was a
picture of my wifo and tho boys.' At,/ !
night about 300 of my 'mucho amigos' ^.^
(Filipinos) got through tho outposts
and past a patrol to within 200 yards of
tho oonvont. Knowing, perhaps, tho ox*
not looation of my room, about half a
dosen of thom climbed a mango troo
and took a fow shots at my room bo
foro tho goo omi shooting began? Ono
Mauser bullet went through tho.pic
ture-, of .my wifo aud tho boys, four
j moro s'trUok n#'p?o',- ..'anaron?^l?piano'- r
tnrod a pocket: in mytrousers, which
woro undor my pillow.
4'Thon bogan as good ? 'B?rap* as
ovor I got into. I Only had forty men,
and it was very dark, but we had thom
on tho run in loss than three-quartera
of an hour. Whoo it was over X found
that I had ono man ki Hod and two
wound od. Their loss, I waa told,
amounted to thirty. Nono of thom
oould bo found whoa daylight carno,
not oven an orapty sholl. Both of my
lieutenants, Fornal and Wagner, havo
sinoo lost thoir livos, ono of them
drowned and tho other killed in am
bush. I have also lost olovon onhV.ecx
mon, whioh is tho highost company
loss in the regiment.
"Sinoo theeleotion of MoKinloy, wo
have been pushing tho insurgents hard
and fast, Oi'dors aro very open now,
so that you aro not afraid of boing re
called trom a torap beforo you could
got into one. as was many timos tho
oaao beforo oleotion. 1 havo been in
tho fiold sinoe oloet?on day, and until
raoontly I oould run into as many aa
throe or four soraps a day, but now
dry woothor is coming oh, and together
with MoKinloy'a eleotion, and our hit
ting thom hard all around, things aro
moro quiet. You have to hunt for> ^
'scrap' now. I have boen givon adis
triot to donn up, mid havo a dotuoh
mcnt of forty-Ave men together with
some native eoouts. Work hero is quito
hard from tho nature of the ground,
and tho fnot that you begin your day's
work in most ossos at la. m., andoovor
from eighteen to twonty-eix miles a
day; jot whon you find a "striko" you
forgot that you aro tired until it is all
over. That was a pretty good 'biko'
wo had togothor down in Virginia,
from Camp Algor to tho Gap, but this
ia of a different color. Wo are not
trouhlod with stragglers hero. Thoy
koop up without warning, for they
know thoir fato if thoy drop behind,
and fall into tho hands of the bolo*
mon.
"Men out' horo in tho volunteer, sor
vioo who aro anxious to get a oommis*
alon in tho regular army, think it ia
'hard linos' to bo oomoollod io stay
right on. boro two moro years without
going homo. A person staying hero
two y oars without a oh an go cannot
stand it without'serious results.- I haye
got along pretty well-^notivo fever
twioo and dysontery onoo-loaiug about
ono month in tho hospital,
"Ihe other" day I ran down a chief of
a notorious gang oallod tho Polahans,
whom I had boon after for mero than
threo months. I surrounded his harn
eado with ten men at 2 a. m., and
waited for daylight. WhoniUnmo.it
took us half an hour to feroo our way-."
inoido, and then wo could not find cur
man. Wo were about to givo up, when
wo saw a pilo of bamboo, and upon in
vestigation tit waa found to oovor a
bolo Tn tho ground whioh lod to an un
derground hut, out of which wo smoked
tho ehiof, also forty-throo members of
his gang. Ho fought hard, and two of
his men wero killod bofore he tmrren
dcrod,"~-Now York ISvoning Post.
An Unatablo Jury.
Thorb is no tolling what a jury will
do. On Marok,6, irt^ Spartnnhmg,, a
jury ??uuu ?uwU'Vi?w . AiUtiio K?yty 0?
violatie^ the dispensary law. "' IU WM
aontenood to threo month's imprison
ment or to pay o fino of $100. Tho next
clay tho jury got to^other and dooldod
that-Burke WAS not guilty, after a?l,
that tho oheumstantlal ovido)ioo upon
whioh ho was eonviotod waft in?ut?oicnfe
and that ho had boen oohviotod , inoro
on suspioion than proof, ? petition fer
his pardon Wai promptly jprepared : and
as piomptly gVAtttod^ Burke h 67 years
oldond was a Uonitodo?Ate soldier;'
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