The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 19, 1899, Image 1
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TOL. XIV.
AN ULTIMATTM
From the Plucky Boers to The
Powerful English Nation.
MUST BE WITHDRAWN.
London Starlled from Hopes of
Peace to Face War,
Which No Doubt is
Now On.
The London News Agcuoy published
the following dispatch from Pretoria
Tuesday morning: "An urgent dispatch
has just boot handed te (Jouynghani
Qrceno, the British diplomatic agent,
requesting an explicit assurance of tho
withdrawal within 48 hours of the
British troops from tho Transvaal bur
ders, as well as the withdrawal of all
tho British forces landod in South Africa
sinoo tho Bloouifonteiu conference."
The ultimatum has been rocoivcd
from the Traesvaal and has bocn made
publio. It demands that tho poiDts of
difference be submitted to arbitration
that all troops bo withdrawn, all reinforcements
that have arrived since-June
1 ho removed, and tho troops now on
the-*Vigh seas not to be landed. An answor
was deaiandod by Wednesday. October
11, aot later than 5 o'clock p. m.
Tho ultimatum conoludes with "in
the unexpected evont of an answer, not
satisfactory, boing received, by tl>c
Transvaal within the interval, it will,
with groat regret, be compelled to regard
the action ef her majesty's government
as a formal declaration of war,
and will not hold itself responsible for
the correctness thereof, and that in
vent of any further movement of
troops ocourriog within the abovo uiontiotiod
time in a noarer direction to its
borders, this government will be compelled
to regard that also as a formal
declaration of war.''
IN SUSPENSE.
A dispatoh from London dated Oct.
11 says up to that time no dispatches
had boen received from the Cape sinco
the expiration of the ultimatum, so it
is not yet known whother the lirst shot
has been fired. A telegram from Pretoria,
timed 7:30 Tuesday evening says:
"The situation is bcooming more critical
heurly. Numerous Americans,
Germans, Frenchmen, Swedes, Belgians,
No"*.egians, Danes, Italians,
Dutohmen, Swiss and and Capo Afrikanders
have gone to the border to
fight for the Transvaal, although they
are not hurgliors, while many British
residents havo taken tbo oath of a 11 egianoe.
The hope is expressed by many
that war will yet be averted. Nothing
since this has been reooived from Pretoria
and doubtless telegraph communication
with tho Transvaal is now cut.
LEAVE LONDON.
Montague Whito, consul general of
the South African republio in London,
callod at the consulate Wednesday afternoon
and immediately left for tho
oontinent. Mr. White's doparture was
not attended by any oxcitcmont. Bofore
shaking off the dust of England, he
saia to a representative of Tho Associated
Fress: "The oxpcciod has happen
ed. 1 only hope the hcllishncss of this
prcmeditaded crushing out of a hardy
republio is now apparent. L*t mc remind
Ansrica that the onus of war lies
ot upon those who fire the first shot,
but upon those who compel it to be lircd.
"Technically wo have temporarily
put ourselves in tho attitude of an aggresser,
but who would not have done
sd.if tho existence of his country was
at stake? 1 think wo must look far
ahead to sco the consequences of this
war. Instead of tho paeifaction of
South Afrioaf which is the alleged act
ef England, wc shall have perpetual
uarest. These very pcoplo for whom
Bngland is now fighting will turn
against hor in time to corao and protest
against her rulo as bittorly as thoy
are now protesting against ours.
"For weeka I had seen England's dot.ArmiaAt.ion
In inrro a hostile iqqnn or
" W
p. rather Mr. Chamberlain's. I am sure
Mi he is the only member of the cabinet
?j| whose mind was thoroughly made up
througheut all tho negotiations. What
Wi his intentions wcro is evident from tho
i|| - situation teday. Had the franchise
|i been the chief griovancc, onr five yoar
fp: proposition would certainly have been
aooepted. I havorcason to believe that
|p England entors upon hor warlike course
||| by no means a unit. Opposition to Mr.
||| Chamberlain's pcfiicy exists to a greater
||| extent than is generally conceived.
ji!| ALL HOPE GONE.
Ill "Our evident dosiro to conciliate has
!H boon muoh appreciated, and onr refusal
H to allow our household atTairs to be administered
by another nation has not
|?| oxoitod genuino indignation hero or in
1|| any quarter of tho globe. Ilowovcr,
jggj Mr. Chamberlain has accomplished his
purpose, and all hopo is gone. I believe,
nevertheless, that a considerable
Si revision in British opinion would bo affooted
by any serious defeat, for most
j||; of those now supporting the government
H are doing so with a light lioart and on
genoral principles, not stopping to
SH| oount tho oost of war."
Mr. Whito oitcd tho Isandlwhama
BSp' massasro as an instanoc of such a
rare ehango in British opinion. lie then
went on to say: "I suppsso thoro can
Bra be only one ultinyUc result of tho hostilities.
As to the duration of the war
I am not able to ventuie a guess. It
BBi seemed to me a matter of the greatest
H uncertainty. I hear that Great Britgggf
ain will not begin the wiping out proME
oess until December. In the meantime
Mi we shall see what we shall seo.
Mb "I have recoivcd no special instruojjggft
tions or news from the Transvaal durBHk
ing tho last 48 hours, and I expeet none
wm having long ago roeoived direotions as
i BH to the oourse for me to take when matMmmm
%
fir it t
tcrs reached this stago. I shall remain
ou the continent, and if anything
further can bo done in the interest of
my government, 1 shall, of oourso, endeavor
to do it, although there seems
nothing left hut to light it out to tho
bitter, unjust ond."
MUST HE Kit EE.
Tho following cablegram was received
Wodnosday night by tho Chicago
Tribune from President Krugcr of the
Transvaal ropublio. Tho cablegram
was sent in auswor to a mossago from
Tho Tribunne requesting a statement
of the position of tho Transvaal in the
present crisis. In tho eablograin which
follows small words have been tilled in
in order to make smoother reading:
Pretor'a, Oet. 11.
Through The Tribuno we wish to
thank our many American firends for
sympathy in tho proscnt crisis of tho
ropublio. Last Monday wo gave Rugland
48 hours' notice within which wo
give assurance that the dispute will be
sottlcd by arbitratian or othor peaceful
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111 v ' u 11 I uu urn IVJU CAf'llUn ill ? U UIUUIV
today. The British agent is recalled
and war is certain. This is tho fitting,
eud of tho British policy of forco and
fraud which has marked all South Africa
with tho blood of Afrikandora. Wo
must now make South Africa froo or
the white man's grave. The repuWho
forces include all nationalities, among
them a strong American corps, showing
it is not a caso of Boer against Uitlandcr.
but all nation against the Knglish.
We have full faith in freedom and republi
-anisic and the righteousness
which guides tho destinies ef nations.
(Signed) President Krugor.
ENGLAND'S llEl'LV.
The following is tho text of the British
reply to the Boer ultimatum:
"Chamberlain to Nilnor, high commissioner,
sent 10:15 p. m., Oct. 10, 1899:
"Her majesty's government has received
with great regret the peremptory
demands of the South African ropublic
conveyed in your telegram of Oct. 9.
You will inform tho government of the
South African republic in reply that the
conditions domanded by tho govern
merit of tli? South African republic aro
such as her majesty's government deem
it impossible to discuss."
THE WAR 18 ON.
A dispatch from .Johannesburg says
that war was doolarcd by the Boors an
Wednosday, and that the fomal declaration
ooenrred at 10 o'clock Thursday
morning.
ACTIVE WARFARE.
A special dispatch from Ladysmith,
Natal, says the Beers occupied Laings
Nek the nomcnt the ultimatum expired,
and arc now pouring into Natal.
Ingogo hoights havo been occupied.
Official confirmation of the announcement
that the Orango Free Stato burghers
have enterod Natal by way of Van
Rconens pass is at hand. It loaves no
further room for doubt that acts of war
havo already bccu committed and that
the campaign has begun.
A STREET FIGHT.
Newspaper Cartoon Causes Wounding
of Threo Persons.
There was a terrible street duel in
front of newspaper row on Camp street
New Orleans Wednesday afternoon in
which Dominiok C. O'Malley, proprietor
of tho Evening Item, and a well
known promoter of sport and C. Harrison
Barker, stato tax collector, chairman
of the Democratic stato campaign
committee and editor in chief of tho
Doha, tho nnti-lottory organ, during its
existence, were both seriously, if not
fatally wounded. The trouble is said
to have originated over a cartoon in tho
Item last Sunday representing Colonel
Barker, a little dog being lod by a string
by Covernor Foster, and labelled 4'Me
too."
About three o'clock Wednesday afternoon
O'Malloy camo out of his office
accompanied by Barson Davis, and
walked only a few yards, when Barker,
who was across the street conversing
with some frieuds, turned and saw him.
He started towards O'Malley and tho
men seemed to know that trouble was
expected and began exchanging la-calibre
bullets, oach firing until his pistol
was empty. By the timo the duol was
over the men were only about thirty
feet apart, and each walked away to get
attention.
Parker lcceivcd a ball in tho side,
which is a dangerous wound, and one
in the shoulder. O Mallcy was soriously
woundod in the groin and also rccchod
a bullet in the leg. A newsboy
fully a hundred yards away was shot in
tho head by one of O'Malley's bullets.
The boy will recover. Both men arc
resting easy tonight. O'Malley has
been in several shooting affrays, and
Parker wounded Mayor 10. A. Burko,
then Htato treasurer, in a famous duel
in 1882.
The South Controls.
The Philadelphia Record, which is a
1.1 a *
very ciose ouservcr 01 tne development
of tho south, considers tho growth of
tho iron interest of this section ono of
the most phenomenal industrial ovonts
on rocord. Tho Record quotes the
president of tho Tonoessoo Coal, Iron
and Railroad company as laying:
'Twonty years ago the company had a
capital, counting bonds and stocks together,
of $700,000, and was working
500 mon, with an output of 100 tons
por day of coal and 300 tons of coke.
It was soarocly known beyond tho county
in whioh it was operated and tho city
of Nashville, Tenn., to which its coal
was mainly shipped. "Today with a
bended and stock oapital aggregating
$30,000,000, with over 14,000 omployocs
on its pay rolls, with a daily output
of 14,000 tons of coal, 3,500 tons of
ooko and 2,500 tons of pig iron, and an
approaching output of 1,500 tons per
day of steel, it absolutely controls the
prices of foundry iron for tho entire
world, putting them up or putting them
down."
\ Pot
CONWAY. S. C
NOT WORTH IT.
j A Private Soldier's Opinion of the
Philippines.
MORE TROOPS NEEDEi).
Angeles One of the Finest Cities
in Luzon and the Seat of an
Intelligent Government.
A private soldioi writos as follows to
the Washington Post from the Philippines:
It has boon a little over a-year since
Manila was surrendered to the American
troops, and from that time on it ha-i
been hard and exhausting work for the
troops, with everything at *tho present
tinio pointing to fighting and astubborn
resistance for every milo of tciritory
we arc now advancing over. What has
been accomplished in tho i ast jcar
seems so little in comparison with what
is before lis that tho sentiment is that
ten yca/s from now wo will bo lighting
in tho Philippines. It is true that we
have advanced into territory that the
Spaniards never wero within miles of,
for all of their campaigning was never
moro than five miles from Manila at
tho most. Still we are a long way from
conquering tho Filipinos. Towns and
villages that wore captured months ago
by tho- Americans on tho lino of the
railioads are giving the troops left to
garrison them a great deal of trouble, as
the main body advances farther north.
By this harassing a large body of troops
has to bo scattered along tho railroad to
protect it, thus preventing their assistance
in tho advance. Tho situation
along this road can he summed up in a
few words: We have control and the
right of way over nearly fifty miles of
the road, which wc can hold hy force
of arms,-but a mile on cither side it is
as good as a man's life is worth to venture,
and hardly a night passes that
there is not some trouhlo about Caloocan
and Malolos, towns captured months
ago. This alono seems to point to the
fact that the Filipinos aro not thirsting
to drink of the waters of protection
held out by I'nele Sam, but prefer their
modo of governing themselves.
It oan be nothing else than patriotism
with these pooplo or they would
never have hold out as long as they
have. They arc not savages nor ignor
ant and illiterate. Their mode of living
is different, their manner of dress and
culture arc different in some respects
from ours but in business respects they
aro able to hold their own with a Maxtor
street merchant. They all seem to
be fond of the advantages of education,
and very devout in their religious belief,
judging by the class of books left
bolnnd in their houses, asall the works
arc religious or historical. Their writing
shows great care in their penmanship,
and somo of their ledgors and account
hooks oompare favorably with
those of any bank in the States.
With this advantago of education
and the cunning instilled into thorn
from thoir ancestors and intermarriage
with tho Chinese, they make a foo different
from any that tho American
forcos have had to contend with yet.
It oan never be charged that the American
army was evor anything but humane
in its warfaro, but it is at times a
bitter doso with theso people. Our
forces will advance on a town and after
a slight resistance the native vamooses
and the American forcos take possession.
The next day in they will conic
through our lines, dressed in their white
clothes and carrying a white llag. They
aro "Amigos" or Maoabobes then, but
wc have learned at last, at the cost of
the lives of several good American sol
dicr boys, to trust none of them, for
there is noconlidcncc or respect of word
to bo placed in any of them. The
"alcaldo," or mayor, of a town will meet
you with all the protestations of friend
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snip ana goou-wiu ior ino American
and tell you that the Filipino and
Aguinaldo are "marlow," (no good,)
and at tho same timo, as was shown a
few days ago in capturing ono of the
n ist friendly to the American cause,
have a commission as colonel or some
high nftico in the insurgents' army. It
is a hard thing to have to do, hut the
only plan beforo the American army is
to drive them before you women and
children, and if they want to comeback
in the town take the men prisoners and
send tho women outsido of tho lir os.
This has more effect than tho use of
force, as the Filipino household seems
to be a happy and pcacoble homo, and
to separate tho husband and father
from wife and children causes toars and
lamentations, more than the bullet will
ever do; but God forbid that tho American
army will ever be compelled to
resort to such actions to gain their victory.
Thorc is ono peculiar thing noticeable
as the advance is rnado farther
north, and this is that though Manila
is spoken of as tho chiof city of Luzon,
and tho scat ol learning, wealth and
culture, the farther north you go from
Manila the appearance of the country
and habitations of the pooplo show a
marked improvement. The land sccme
to bo hotter cultivated and tho homes
aro far hotter built, making a neater
appcaranco than tnoso near Manila. In
this town of Angelos, capturod by ten
companies of the 12th infantry on August
16, after tho strongest resistance
enoountored yet, overy indication points
to an intelligent, wcllgovorncd oity.
Tho housos aro largo and commodious,
a number of them built of stone, brick
and fraroo, wnile thoso built of bamboo
aro of a different design than in other
places. There is a magnificent church
built of stono and finished in mahogany
and the furnishings of tho altar will
comparo favorably with tho finest
ohurch in tho States. Thoro aro no
pews in any of tho churches I have
scon in tho interior. 1 should say bo_
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vy fp
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tweeu .'{,000 and 1,000 could worship in
this church without crowding.
On Monday morning, August 14, a
part of the 17th infantry and olst Iowa
i went out on a scouting trip, to gain
knowlcdgo of the lay of the land in our
front, and met a largo party of insurgents
some distaueo from Angeles, and
about two miles from Sindolon. After
having a slight brush with them thoy
fell back to Sindelon, having accomplished
their rceonnoissanco. Tuesday
i night orders eainc tbut ten companies
of tho 12th infantry, under command
of Col. Smith, would bo ready to movo
at daybreak to makoi a rcconnoissanee
in force. There wasrno thought of an
engagement, and we tvero expected in
1 Sindelon for supper that evening. l?y
f> o'clock next morning, Wednesday,
August 10, wo were in line, and tuaroh1
ing up tho railroad track. We covered
about three miles in this position, when
ii halt was made and tho coin panics divided
up; the 1st battalion went totho
light, the second w:tft> to continue up
the track and the tniril to go off to the
lel't. In this position wo advanced a
1 mile or more without seeing any sign of
insurgents, when tho lid battalion the
one 1 accompanied eamo to one those fro- i
<iuent streams, lined with brinbao trees, i
Here wo deployed as skirmishers, as the
dome and steeple of tlio church could i
bo seen in a cluster of trees. Hardly i
had ihc advaneo been made beyond the
shelter of the trees whon the singing of i
Mauser bullets could bo heard, though ?
wo were too far oil for thcui to do any
damage. The lirst volley lired by our i
1 hflVtt W!?H ill 1 Slid v:?r<l>4 un U'n innul
have been 2,01)0 yards oft wlien tbey ,
1 opened up, but as we continued to ad1
vauee tlic tiring became nioic deadly, (
and we protected ourselves behind those
1 saviors of American soldiers, a riec pat1
ty, which has boon the moans of saving
many a life. Ity means of these rico ,
patties you can lire a volley and then
1 advance to the next one, a distance of ;
; about one hundred to ono hundred and
fifty feet. .Just before oitr advance,
| and while waiting for developments,
> Col. Smith rodo up and, halting, said:
'"Well, boys, we will cat our dinner in
Angeles to-Gay."
H is words catno true, for after one of ,
i the hottest lights and the most stub1
born stand yet taken by tho insurgent
! army we finally drovo them from their
trenches and scattered them in every
' direction. (Jen. MiBoardo, who commanded
the army in Angeles, has been ,
several days trying to gather Iob forces,
and what started out as a rcoonnoissanco
in forco wound up in the capture of ono i
of the lurgest towns outside of Manilla;
also two locomotives and scvoral cars,
several tons of rice, the control of (
i twelve miles moro of railroad and the
best accommodations for a large number
of troops during tho rainy season.
The soil is sandy, and soon absorbs
the surplus water, and the air and
water purer than at San Fernando.
1 hough three of the boys were k11 led
and several wounded, it seems miraculous
that umro wero not hit by tho
enemy's bullets, as they showed in their
tiring more order than any encountered
as yet. Hut they cannot stand the volley
tiring and yell of the Americano.
The skirmish lino of the .'M battalion
as it advanced across the ricelield made
' a beautiful picture?not a break in it,
and every man moving forward and firing
as if by machinery. Hut nothing
less could be expected with such ellieiont
offiocrs, and under tho guidance of
such a cool and collected officer as Capt.
Wood, who commanded tho battalion.
Always with tho men, nevor hurrying
them, but directing their fire where
the enemy was the strongest, and huabanding
their strongth for a final
charge, if need bo, has instillod that
> firmness in the men that suro to win
the day. At one time the insurgents
tried a flank movement, and for a few
moments the bullets were flyiny entirely
too eloso to mako it coi^ stable,
' but their move was discovered by Lieut.
(Jochen, commanding Company G, of
tho 12th, who ordered a platoon to
. check their move, and aftor a few volleys
thoir line disappeared. In a short
i time wo advanced over their trenches
1 and wero in possession of their city,
while they were flying in all directions,
i If'there had boon a laigo forco or a
i troop of cavalry so as to pursue thorn a
valuable pack train could have boon
i captured; but tho mcu who had taken
part in the engagement wero completely
exhausted from the effects of the
i hun and tho mire they wore compelled
to march through. The loss of the insurgents
must havo been hoavy, as
trails of blood could be seen whero they
IiqiI norrintl i?H tlmir tiofid otwl uu>mwlo<l
The dead found in the trenches showed
i that they were not roving s<|uads, but
organized and cquippod rogiincnts, and
from the Htatoiucnt of a native hotel
keeper who remained thore wero 2,800
men, of which at least 2,200 men were
aimed, under Gen. McscRrdo. Ho said
that tho day before t.hoy wero entirely
out of ammunition, but a large supply
arrived that morning, a largo quantity
of which was captured. It was now and
had no indication of rust on tho shells,
. proving that they nave a stoady supply
station. After two days' rest, with
only a slight skirmish at times, Comi
panicH II and 1 went out to a large
sugar mill to burn it, as a number of
i insurgents could bo seen hovoring
i around it. After burning tho mill
i they decided to proceed about 1,500
yards farther on and bum a small settlement
of bamboo shacks, situated in
a bamboo thicket.
This turned out a disastrous move,
for the insurgents waited until the first
i company wan about ono hundred yaids
olT, whon they opened a murderous fire,
killing ono of tho most popular officers
in tho rcgimont, Lieut. Albert I);cw,
i of Toxas, an officer loved by h's ent<ro
company. It must* havo been thoir
aim was directed at tho officers, for in
advancing to tho rcliof of I oompany,
Lieut. Ulino, of Company II, was seriously
shot in tho hoad,butit is thought
not nocessarily dangerous. After rocovoring
tho bodios of their doad and
woundod oommandors tho oompanios
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foil back in order with no other casualties.
Wo expect to remain in Angeles for
some tune, we hope until the rainy scasnn
is over and wo can bo reinforced,
for such weather as wo are now having
lakes all the health and vitality out of a
porson. There is not a man ia the
company or rcgiiuont that can truthfully
say after a few months' active sorvieo
at the front that he is near the man ho
was before ho came to these islands.
In conclusion, the sum and substance
of tho wholoqucstion is: It'the I intod
States intends to subjugalo these islands
it must send troops enough to
push forward and keep up a steady pursuit
until thoy have surrendered or been
captured. This will requiro a large
army, largor than soino of the higher
officials can figure out in Manila, and
even t.lirtn llinrn will !><? m? r>nuv Inut
Tho Filipino, notwithstanding statements
to tho contrary, hates tho American,
and this is shown as tho advance
is made farther north. ^Vc arc told
that tho only enemy to tho American
is tho Tagolog, and that in tho Fainpanga
province the people only waited
the chance to throw themselves in onr
arms and shed tears of joy at their
deliverance, but onr reception on the
border of the I'ampnnga province was
the hottest accorded tho advance of any
of onr troops. Instead of meeting expressions
of joy at our coming and the
display of white Hags, as has been the
capture of towns previously, we saw
nothing but empty houses, everything
seemed to have been moved, as if expect'
ng us several days, and iho only
sign ol life were the dog-, and tho pro
prietor of the hotel, who has since been
sent to Hi 1 ibid prison, having been detected
in some underhand work, but
you will lind pasted on tbo walla of
most of the houses or hung in a frame a
card with "Viva la Constitueion!"
"Viva la Republics Filipino!" "Viva
Su Ilustro Freaidonte!" "\ iv.icl Invioto
Kjcrcito dc Filipinos!"
As Brig. (Jen. Charles King expresses
it. these people are intelligent, industrious
and capable of self-government.
in tins town of Angels wo find there
wero schools equipped with scats and
desks similar to those used a lew years
ago in the States, blackboards, etc.
There area police station and cells; a
justice Court room; thcro arc a wellbuilt
jail and a pillory. They have
printed forms for the payment of taxes
and other provincial debts; they have
been using tho stub book for sevoral
years iu their tax department, similar
to that introduced in tho collector of
taxes' oflieo in Washington. In the
professions thcro arc doctors, lawyers,
dentists and druggists. Thcro aro a
furuituro factory, blacksmith and
wheelwright shops, and every cvidonco
of thrift and prosperity.
The benefits to bo derived by tho
United States in conquering this island
seem small in comparison to the deaths
and hardships endured by the troops.
Thcro arc no tracts of land to bo taken
up; thcro is 110 opening for the laborer
or Miechanio. Kvcry available aoro of
ground is tilled, and in buildings suitable
for this climate tho native is far
superior, for nothing scorns impossible
to diim with a bolo and bamboo. Of
course, tho moneyed man has great
prospects before him in investments,
but for tho brawn and muscle of America's
sons that aro enduring the torrid
sun and marching though vapors of
malaria and typhoid fever the bright
vision ever before them is to have their
enlistment of thrco yoars end, and if
their lives arc spared, to oneo moro set
foot 011 tho soil of their fathers, and
build up shattered and broken down
constitutions and oblitcrato entirely
from their minds a place called tho
Philippine Islands.
Cost of tho Navy.
Tho estimates for the niaintenauco of
the naval establishment for the next
liseal year are huge compared to any
ever made before for a similar expenditure
by our government. They amount,
to $73,045,1811, which is an increase
over tho appropriations for tho curront
year of $24,537,187. Included in the
increase for tho next year aro appropriations
of $12,268,474 for public works
and navy yards and stations Thcro is
also ati*ostimato of $2,021,000 for tho
new naval academy. Tho ostimate for
the navy, including armor, guns and
machinery, is $22,983,101. The ostimate
for tho bureau of construction and
ropair is increased over tho current appropriation
about $3,000,000; for steam
engineering $1,000,000; for pay of the
navy about $700,000, while the estimates
for ordnance are decreased about
$700,000.
A Derelict Schooner.
Cnpt. Sabiston, of the schooner I lettie
<). Dorman, lumber laden, f.om
lioguc Inlet, bound north, passed, on
October 0, sovontoen miles south of
('ape Lookout, light boaring northeast
by cast, a largo derelict, nothing but
the stock of tho fo/ooiast standing, a
flag pole aft, but no flag attached, apparently
abandoned; no signs of lifo
aboard; lay by her part night; wind
spiung up and during night lost sight
of schooner. Supposed to bo schooner
Carrio A. Lane, lumber ladon, which
was lost oil Frying Fan during recent
galo. Tho wind has beon prevailing
northeast for tho past wook, and if it
should shift southward tho wreck would
drift to tho beach.
Changeable as the Wind.
If any person can fiud a public <|uestion
having moro than one sido, on both
sides of which William MoKioloy has
not been found in the past thirty yoars,
that porson will be oniitled to tho palm
as the greatest discovoror of modorn
times.?Columbus, Ohio, Fross.
"I have used your 'Lifo for tho Livor
and Kidneys' with great bonofit, and
for Dyspepsia or any deraugemont of
tho Liver or Kidneys I rogard it as boing
without an equal." James J. Osborne,
Attorney at Liw, . Boliston,
Hooderson Do., N . 0.
made a bio haul.
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Burglars Secure Four Thousand Dollars
Worth of Jewelry. C
Speoial from Durham, N. C., says
Two daring burglaries worn committed
at tho residences of (Jen. Julian S. Carr
and Judge ii. W. Winston, in thisoity, c
Tuesday night.
At (Ion. Carr's the loss will amount
to *3,r?0U to #1,000. The burglar of 1
burglars entcrod (Jen. Carr's bedroom
and niolo a diamond stud from a shirt
beside the bed on wh'eh tho goneral
wan sleeping. This cumond craauient
was valued at 11,000, and was a registered
stone. It was stolon during tho
world's fair at Chicago, but was afterward
recovered by Pinkorton tnon. A
gold watch belonging to (Ion. Carr, val- 11
ued at #.*>00, a gold watch belonging to ^
Mrs. Carr, valued at #700; a diamond ti
scarf pin, a pair of gold oulT buttons, w
sot with diamonds, belonging to (Mai
born Carr; gold car-rings, gobl broaches, Q
etc., were taken.
It is not known what timo the robbery
occurred. Not a eluo was loft bobind
to indioato bow tbo guilty party
got in or out of tbo rosidonoo. Homo of s
our people think it was evidently tbo '
woik of a professional. r
At tlie residence of Judgo Winston, o
as was tbo case at (Jen. Carr's, it is not '
known in what way entrance was niado.
Two watches, a gold one aid a child's '
watch, two gold necklaces, two gobl
pins and Mrs. Winston's jewel ease
were stolen. All of theso were found ,
this morning near a side gate in the ^
back yard, where it is supposed thoy
woro dropped by the burglar in his .
flight. I,
MMio front door of tbo residence was
found open this morning and it is j
thought that exit was made in this way.
In neither of the two robberies were the t
occupants of these households in the
least disturbed, and knew nothing of it
until thoy awoke the next mora jj
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NEW YORK'S MURDER MYSTERY. b
A Boy Finds a Package With Moro of JJ
the Hacked up Body.
Interest in the murder mystery grow- ?
ing out of the finding of the loft thigh b
of ft woman's body in West Seventeenth
street lust Saturday had an inoreaSo o
Wednesday by the recovery Wednos- t
day morning of what is believed to bo a v
portion of tho same body on tlio beaoh 1
at tho quarantine station of Statcn Is- t
land. John llcincman, a boy 12 years t
old, found the paokago wrappod in I
nowspapors and Manila wrapping paper.
Whon ho opened it ho found that tho t
euts in the nock worn jagged, showing n
that I he head had probably been hacked n
off, and the arms wero cut olf eloao to t
tho shoulders in a clumsy manner. Tho f
polieo woro notified and took chargo of r
ihe find. d
Tho flesh was taken to tho morgue c
for comparison with the parts of the
woman's body already there. Tho s
parts of the body now missing arc tho b
head, the arms, tho legs from above tho c
knee down, and tho right thigh, which
was found but was cartod oil to the city s
dumps. li
A name that looks like ".J. J. Nu- c
man," and the laundry mark ".J. J. N. c
189," was discovered Wednesday morn- e
ing on ono of the whito skirts in the
bundlo of clothing found in tho baso- s
merit of 219 West Fifteenth street. 1
The letters forming tho name aro not a
distinct. They aro partly washod out t
and a little blurred. Tho "J. J. N." of *
tho laundry mark is very distinot, how- t
ever, and is expected to load to tho c
identification of the ownor.
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Hold Your Cotton- v
Neil's reduction of his crop estimate I
from 12,000,001) to 10,000,000 bales can
hardly bo considered "bearish,"
tlio gli tliat seems to havo been its
effect on the market. He always ovcrostiniites
tlio yield, and his revised
figur s would indicate a crop not over
0,500 i 0 bales. Hut, assuming that
ho h correct, this would mako tho crop
a million and a < martor bales below that
of last year. Now consider the further
facts that cotton goods are in groat demand
and rising, that every available
spindle is running, that the consumption
of cotton in this country will increase
by 500,000 bales, with porhaps
an equal or greater incaease in Kuropo,
and the qucstiyn is presented whether
even 10,000,000 bales will meet the
world's needs? Wo doubt it. Liverpool
and New York count on the south s
matting a ruso to sell. Moral: Don't
doit. Hold on to ovory bale you can
and after this reaction tho prices will
go higher still.--Tho State.
Killed About Hogs.
John MoKlmurray, proprietor of the
Goouall farm, near Augusta, Ua.. shot
and instantly killed hiscousin, J. A.
McKlraurray, Thursday and seriously
woundod a Negro wha was noar whon
tho shot was fired. Tbotwowhito men
had quarreled ever the possession of
some hogs.
Robbery of a Bank.
Tho Reynolds Rank, at Roynolds,
Ind., was looted by robbers at 3 o'olook
Wednesday moraing, tho safe being
blown up by danmite. From 13,000 to
?/\ OAA . 1 mi 1 . J_
? 1U,UUU was taken, ino explosion ae
molished the frame building in which
the bank was looatcd. Tho thiovos oa- (
oaped. 8
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NO. i:5.
V STRANUE CAREER
)f a Lunatic Now in the Lock Up
at Atlanta.
:ase puzzles the police.
"ho Prisoner, Who i3 Confined
in Padded Cell, Tells a
Wierd Story ofi Adventure.
For one week there lias been confined
1 a padded cell at police station pr?>*1*1
y the most peculiar and utthosame
line he?t educated lunatic ever dealt
'ith hy tho local police, and it has doolopod
since his arrest that he is want1
by no less than iivo difforont insane
sylutns. The chief of police is now
ainly trying to got thocaso thoroughly
traightonod out,
hast Tuesday night a tolophono mosage
to headquarters stated that a cra/.y
lan had ofTocted his csoapo from the
Irady hospital and was terrorizing tho
ntirc Fourth ward, having torn off
early all of his clothing and vraa
oting more liko a monkey thau a
lan.
n?n ei. ??,i ?.i / .
V>rtll WHIUUin V^UUnfWWWU V/UIIIUI t
nswcrcd tho message and after an ex
itiag chase arrested tho ?ra/.y man,
rho, at the polieo statiou, gave his name
s .John Williams. Ho was lockod in
ho padded coll and before morning he
ad torn oir what remained of hisolothug
and also all of tho padding of the
ron 'cage, llo was tho wildest man
ver confined in tho local polit e staion.
Next day Officers ('ornett andChoserood
ascertained that Williams had
eon employed at tho race track, atending
many of the fast nags that ara
o enter tho raoea at tho State fair.
Gradually Williams has improved in
nental condition, and now to talk with
dm no one would over suspoct that ho
fas ever bothered with mental trouble,
lo's porfootly rational about everything
rid is too wiso to impart to tho ofliocrs
ds real idontity.
Last Saturday tho two arresting ofli
ors put Williams through a very
horouga questioning, and before thoy
rero through thoy had learned from
dm many things, obtaining probably
ho most peculiar story ever unfoldod
o an officer of tho law in tho city of
Ulanta.
Williams, as ho now calls himself, is
ho son of a wealthy saloon ami hotel
nan in tho city of New York, hut for
nany years he has had a mental atllicion,
which has caused him to dopart
rom the quiot path in which ho was
aisod and tako up tho life of a tramp,
uring which time ho has boon adjudg
d lnnano no loss than hvo times.
Upon each occasion Williams was
ont to an asylum and ho has always
teen cunning enough to effect au osapo.
lie is well educated and talks fluently
nd with much oasc, and whilo telling
lis story the only traco of insanity that
ould ho objorved was his seeming fany
for boasting of the shocking experi
nces he has undergone.
"Since I was tkroo years of ago,"
aid Williams to a Journal reporter, "I
lavo boon affected with mental trouble,
,nd at times I got wild and do things
hat I know nothing whatever about,
vhilo at others 1 have tho cunning and
ho senso of tho Bl'ckcst criminal that
iver lived.
"Theso spells como upon mo when I
iin least expocting them, and they stay
vith mo from ono wook to three yoars.
was confined in an insane asylum in
'hiladclphia for thrco years, escaping
omc two years ago. Sinco that tiino I
lave boen following tho horses.
"My fathor livos in Now York city.
Io is a hotel and saloon man, and a
'cdcral veteran, having had one of his
ogs shot off during tho civil war. I
eft homo when only 10 years old and
lave novcr boon back since.
"In llarrisburg, I'a., about six jears
igo I was detected by a policeman while
rying to do some dirty work. Iran
ind tho officer shot ino throo times, the
ast bullet ontcring my back and earning
mo to fall. I was captured and sent
o the penitoatiary, but was afterward
ransfcrrod to tho Htato insano ayslum
rom which I escaped."
And just here this peculiar lunatic
ixhibitcd thrco pistol wounds. Ho
iontinucd:
''Long before that 1 was sent to an
isylum in New York State, but they
scro not slick enough to koep mo, and
[ got away, after remaining thero not a
treat timo. Tho prison for crazy poodo
in Wilmington, Del., was not strong
;uough to hold me, and [ walked away
without any groat troublo.
"Whilo working with horses iu Kenucky,
I had one of those funny spells
ind was sent to the asylum at Frank'ort,
from which I esoaped and wont to
Philadelphia, whero L was adjudged iniano
and put in another asylum. I renamed
in this plaoo for thrco yoars,
ind two years ago, whoa an opportune
y prescntod itself I left thom. I
vould not toll you who I am, for the
Philadelphia pooplo still want mo."
Williams *ave theoflicors thrsediffor nt
names, Simon Koincr, Simon Davis
tod John Williams.
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