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/ , jC\ V . VOL. XV. voJUINALDO CAUGHT By Qeneral Fumtcn *nd Carried to Mat il i. BETRAYED BY TRAITORS, And Taken Prltoiltoi Bv Mm He Thought Had Eu rendered to Him, H w It Wat Ocno A dispatch from Manila sass: 'Gen. Frederick Funston's daring pr< jcot for tho oapturo of Aguinaldo in liiB hiding plaoo in tho province of Isabela, Island of Luzon, has proved oomplotely successful, ARuina'do was captured thoro March 28 Tho United States gunboat Vicksburg, Commander, E. B. Barry, with Gon. Funston and Aguinaldo on board, arrivod hero this morning." Upon landing from tho Viokpburg Aguinaldo was taken bofor Gen. Mao Arthur at tho Malaoanang palaoo. Ho talked freoly, but seemed ignorant concerning rooont evonts. - llo appeared to bo in good hoalth and was \ory ohcor ful. llo lunobed with tho officers of Gon. MaoArthur's staff and was then osoortcd to tho Anda street jail. Aguinaldo's oapturo was attondoa with con sidorablo difficulty, an insurgent major boing killed at tho tiiio of tho ovent. Twonty riflos and a numbor of important papers wcro oapturcd. HOW IT WAS DONE, Gon. Funston mado the following statemnt oonoorning tho capturo of tho Filipino loader: Tho confidential agont of Aeuinaldo arrivod Fobruary 28 at Pantabaogan, in tho provinoe of Nueva Eoija, northern liuson, with loth rs, dated January 11, 12 and 14. These letters aero from Emilio Aguinaldo and dircoted Baldor mero Agninaldo to tako oommand of tho provinoos of Uontral Luzon, supplanting Qon. Alejandrino. Ernilio Aguinaldo also ordorod that four huadred men bo sent him as soon as possible, saying that tho bearer of the lottor would load thoso men to where Aguinaldo was. Gen. Funston scourod tho oorrospondenoo of Aguinaldo's agont and laid his plans aooordinglv. Bomo months provioualy he had oapturod tho oamp of tho insurgont Gen. Lacuna, incidentally obtaining Lacuna's seal, officially obtaining Lacuna's soal, of fioial papers, and a quantity of signed correspondence. From this material two letters were constructed, ostensibly from Loouna to Aguinaldo. Quo of theso contained information as to tno of tho war. Tho other asserted that, pursuant to ordora received from Baldormoro Aguinaldo, Lacuna was Bonding his best company to Presidente Mmilio Aguinaldo. His plans oomploted and approved, Gen. Funston oamo to Manila and or ganized his expedition, seleoting 78 Maoabeaes, all of whom spoko Tagalog lluohtly. Twoniy woro insurgent s uoiform? and tho o'hors the olothing of Filipinos laborors. The Maoabebe ooropany^ armod with 50 Mausers, 18 Remingtons And 10 Krag-Jorgenaena, was oommanded by Uapt. llussoll T. Haaaard of (ho 18.h U. S. voluntocr oavalry. With him was his brother, Liout. Oliver P. M. Hazzard, of tho same regiment. Oapt. Harry W. Nowton, 34th infantry, was taken bcoauso of his familiarity with Casiguran bay, and Lieut Burton J. Mitoheli, of tho 40th infantry, went as Gon. Funston's aide. Thoso woro tho only Amcrioans accompanying tho expedition. With the Maoabobos woro four exinsurgent officers, one being a Spanish and the other threo Tagolos, whom Qen. Funston trusted implicitly. Gon Funston and tho Amorioan officers woro plain blue shirts and khaki trousers. They oarriod eaoh a half blanko* but woro no insigoia of rank. Tho Maoa bebes were oarofully instructed to obey the orders of tho four ox insurgont iffi oors. On tho night of March 8th tho party embarked on tho United Statei gunboat Vioksburg. It was originally intended to take oasooesfrom the island of Polillo and to drift to tho main land, but a storm arose and three of tho oaseAAfl n>A1*A 1 At f Tti. ?o .1 WOP VT WAV 1V( II AUIO TT BO HUBU" I donod. At 2 a. m. Maroh 14 tho Vioksburg pat her lignts out and ran inshoro 25 miles south of Casiguran, provinoe of Prinoipe. The party march to Casiguran. Tho Amerioans had nevor garrisoned this plaoo, and tho inhabitants are strong insurgent sympathizers. Having arrivod there the ex insurgent officers, ostensibly commanding tho party announoed that they were on tho way to join'Aguinaldo between Pautobagan and Baler, that they had sur prised an Amerioan surveying party and that they had killed a number, capturing five. They exhibited Qen. Fqnston and tho other Amerioans as *" prisoners, n. / 'osurgent presidents of Casi guran oolievod the story. Two of tie Laouna letters, previonriy ooooooted, wore forwarded to Aguinaldo at Pala nan, provinoe of Isabola. Gon Fan ston and the others were kept imprisoned for three days, giving orders .:.Li rt. .v. ? ?. - - Mb uigui. uo too morning oi maron if, taking a small quantity of graokei oorn, the party started on a 90 mile maroh to Palanan. The ooantry is rough and uninhabited, aod provisions tild not be seoured. The party ate all shell fish, but were almost starved. Wading swift rivors, elimV iqg precipitous mountains and penetrating denao jungles, they marched seven days and nights and on Maroh 22 had reaohed a point eight miles from 1 Palanan. They wtre now so weak that it was neoessarp to send to Aguinaldo's oamp for food. Aguinaldo dis patohed supplies and direoted that th? m American prisoners bo kindly trcatod but not bo allowod toontor the town. On tbo morning of Maroh 23 tho ad- i vacco was rosumed. Tho oolumn was met by tho staff officers of Aguinaldo anH ft rlnf anltntonf af A cniinalrla'o I guard, whioh was ordored to take chargo of the Americans, Whilo ono ' of tho ex-insurgent ctfioors oonvorsod 1 with Aguinaldo's aide, another was ( sent as oourior to warn Gon Funston ( and tho rost who, with 11 Maoabcboj wcro about an hour bohind. Having rcooivod this warning Qon. Fanston I avoided Aguinaldo's dotaohmout and joined tho column, avoiding obsorva- j tion. Tho Tagalcgs wont ahead to ( groot Aguinaldo and tho oolumn slowly , lollowcd, finally arriving at Palanap Aguinaldo's t arty had troops, 50 men in neat uniforms of bluo and whitoand woaring stray hats, linoi up to ro oeivo tho new comers. Gon. Kunston's men crossed tho river in small boats, fornnd on tho bank and marched to , tho right and then iu front of tho in eurgent grenadiers. The Tagalos ont< rod the houso where Aguinaldo was. Suddenly tho Spanish ofiiocr, uotioiog that Aguinaldo's aido was watching tho AmoiicanR suspiciously, oxolaimcd: "Now, Maoabobes, go for them." Tho Macabebes opened firo, but thoir 1 aim was rather inctfcotivo, and only threo insurgonts v oro killed Tho robels returned tho firo. On hoaring tho firiog, Aguinaldo, who ovidontly thought his men were merely colobrating tho arrival of roinforocments, ran to tho window and shouted: ''Slop that foolishnesBl?quit wanting ammuui tion." Ili'ario Plaoido, one of tho Tagalog cflicors and a former insurgont major, who was woundod in tho lung by tho tiro of tho Kansas regimont at tho battlo of Caloooan, throw his arms around Aguinaldo, explaining "You aro , a prisoner of tho Amcrioans." Col Siiuoon Villia, Aguinaldo's ohiof of staff, Major Alainbra and othors attaoktd tho men who wero holding Aguinaldo. Plaoido shot Villa in tho shoulder, AUmbra j lmpod out of tho window and attomptcd to cross tho river. It was supposed that ho was drowned. Five other insurgent officers fought for a fow minutes and thon flad, making thbir csoapo. When tho fighting began Gon. Funston assumed oom mand aod dirootod the attaok on tho houso, personally assisting in the oapturo of Aguinaldo. Tho insurgont body guard flod leaving 20 rifl rs. Santiago Barcelona, tho insurgent treasurer, surrendered without resistanoo. When captured Aguinaldo was tromondously oxcitod, but bo oalmod down under Gon Funston's assurance that ho would bo woli (roatod. Gen. Fan ston scoured all Aguinaldo's oorrespondenco, showing that ho had kopt in oloso touoh with tho sub ohiofs of tho insurrection in all parts of tho arohirolaeo. It was also disooverod that Aguinaldo, on Jan. 28 J),had proclaimed himself dictator. Ho had been living at Palanan for soven months, undisturbed oxaopt whon a dotaohmont of tho Sixteenth infautry visited the town. On that otcisioR tho entiro population took to the mountains and remained there until tho troops rotircd. Aguinaldo admitted that ho had been near to being oapitnrod boforo, hut ho asserted that ho had nev r hnnn wounded, adding: "I should m ver hi.vo been taken except by a stratcgem I was completely dceeivi d by Lacuna's for trod sigLaturo." lie foarod ho might bj sont to Guam and he was quite glad to onaoo to Manila. Palanan was guarded by numerous outposts and signal stations. Daring tho fight nono of tho Maoabobos woro wounded. Tho expedition rested Maroh 24 and then marohed 16 milos tho following day to'Balanan bay, whoro Gen. Funston found tho Vioksburg, whioh brought him to Manila. Commandor Barry, of tho Vioksburg, roudorod Gen. Funstoo splondid assistance. AguinalJo, who talkod frooly of past ovonts, said ho supposed Gon. Traias would proolaim himself dictator, oven not knowing that Tria^ had surrendoicl. Ho bohavod oourtcouily and gavo no trouble. Gon. Funston sa>s Aguinaldo is above the averago in intelligence and has proposessing manners. A Tempest at Sea. Bittcrtd by fieroo soas and tossed bout by terrific galea, tbo French Line steamer La Gasoogne arrived Wednesday at Ne* York from Havre, 48 hours overdue. Tho linor left Havre on March 16 and until Maroh 20 had very fine woathor. Oa tho morning of tho 21st tho wind o*mo up from the northwest and tho gales lasted throughout the fo!lowirg three days, and sovoral times tho steamer was obliged to turn tail and run bofore tho fury of tho blast. Great eras broke over the starboard sido with enormous force, tbo lifoboats on the uppor deck were wrenched from the davits and smashed, tho davits being bent almost double. Two of tho lifo rafts wereiifterf bodily from the upper deck and dropped down upon the upper struoture, smashing skylights and vontilators. The rafts frero stovod in many 6laces and damaged beyond repair, ortunatoly none of the passengers was hurt. Dftrinrr IT i<tnonnai>u ~-0- %jwm. ji?.IV?Ik(?|/pVID| A daring attempt was made t> kid* nap Edward MaAvoy* 11 years of age, of Wolkeetpqe, Pa., Wednesday. Two men piekod him up in'the yard of hi* father's house, oarried him to a 6Urroy, placed a handkerchief, saturated with ohloroform over his noose and drovo away. The child baoame uooonsoious from the drug and when ho survivod found himself on the baok seat of the vehio'e whioh was then Jarring over a oountry road. Yeudfc Mo Avoy jumped from the carriage. One of the men ran after him tut the youngter's ories attraoted the attention of theocoupants, of another oarriage whioh was passing i at the time and tho kidnappers becoming soared, whipped up their horses and -disappeared. it pi CONWi BETTER WITHOUT What An Ohio Jud^e Hat to Bay About Divorcer Kvidonoo continually multiplioB that South Carolina'B laok of a law wcrks bettor than divoroe laws in other states, oven though thoy bo not very liberal. Dno dayla^t week, Judgo Frank K. Dollonbauvh grautod seven divoieos in tho divoroo division of tho common picas court in Clcvoland, O In granting tho sovonth be said: "Tho number of divoroo ca-es coming before this ooxrt is appalling." ilunliDg for an ex plantion, ho said: ' Two-thirds of the divoroo oa'os that oomo boforo mo aro duo to oar y marriagos. 1 bclicvo that tho same would hold truo in all divoroo courts. Young peoplo marry boforo thoy aro old onough to formBonsiblo views on matrimony or on tho oharaoter of thoeo thoy marry. Thoro havo boon young wivos hero wcoping for divoroos who must havo bocn bo young at the timo thoy wero married that spanking would havo been moro appropriate. Young men aro as groat fools as youDg womon. There is another olass of foolish marriages in whioli matrimony is contracted boforo tho parties havo beon acquainted long onough to know oaoh other thoroughly. Theso hasty and unfertu nalo marriagos arc usually oontraoed by very young porsons, so that it comes baok to tho samo protection of too oarly marriago. Whon tho injudicious marriage has bom mado thoro is nothing left but a lifo of misery for oaoh of tbo parties to it or tho divoroo oourt, and as tho divoroo rooord show keeps growing. It is shameful, and tho lessons .1 4 V. ~ J : A Ll 4 - A 1 vm iuu viituiu uuuurt uu^m iu leicu young peoplo who aro in a huiry to get married to go slow." It Booms to Tho lleoord that tho Ohio judgo boat around tho buBh for the roal and palpable roason for tho oondition for whioh ho was Booking a oauso If in Ohio, as in South Caro lina, divoroos wero prohibited, there would not only bo no divoroos, but tho marriage oontraot would havo greator sanotity. Knowing it to bo binding, peoplo would not so lightly onter into it a9 they do where thoy know that should tho marriage fetters prove gall ing, it is a very easy mattor to got a judgo to romove them. Worse, if a poreon aftor marriage meets somo ono whom ho or she fanoies moro that tho first partner, tho divoroo oourt offers a roady way of defying tho divine com mand, "Whom Qod hath joined together, let not man put asunder," and so making it possible to gratify the fanoy. From all suoh evils South Carolina is freo, and may she ever bo freo from thorn.?Columbia lleoord. SEVEN BOLD BANDITS Raid an Ohio Town and Blow up a Bank Building Seven bandits partially wrookod tho State hank of SomerAnnr. Ohin ??fl? ?v?, *" ??/ Wednesday by exploding a heavy ohargo of nitio glyoorino in the vault doors, secured $5,000, app opriatod two livery rigs, held a posso of oitizons at bay, and eseapod in the faoo of a heavy fire. Bonds and securities to the amount of $30,000 and $5,000 in gold coin wero overlooked by the bandits. Ihe bank was fully insured and its business will not bo interrupted. A heavy explosion in the bank building shortly bofore 2 a m. aroused oitizons living in the vioinity of the Bank of Somorset. John Hayes, whoso homo is opposite the bank building, raised a window and quiotly obscrvod four men stationed in front of the bank. Ho saw that the whole front of the two story briok building in which tho institution was looated had been shattered, and bolioving he could frighten away the mon who, it was ovident, wore muoh alarmed by tho strength of tho explosion, hastily donned his olothos and sallied forth. Whon ho reaohed tho sidewalk ho was ohallengod and, under tho influonoe of four rifles pointed at his head, again mounted the stairs and soourea arms. Meanwhile many other pt rsons began to appear in tho darkened s?roots of the village, Wm. Lovott opened fire on the bandits with a riflo, but his aim was not of tho best and his shots only served to draw tho fire of tho robber). The shooting soon booame goneral as tho oitizons crept toward tho bark from all directions, and tho robbers evidently begin to think of escape. At a sign from the four on guard. three others emerged from tho bank, bearing several sacks in which they had hurrieiy placed their loot. Tho robbers were tinder good disoipline and their leader gavo his orders like a military leader: 'AH ready, forward, maroh." Sindo file they marohed under the shadows of tho trees whioh lined the sidewalks, turned a corner, olimbedinto two rigs and drove in a northwesterly dirootion. Oitiscns took up the ohaso and at 4 a in. found tho rigs, deserted along tho roadtido. The sheriff of Perry county had been notified by tele* phone ar>d arrived at daylight with a pack of bloodhounds, whioh were used in the ohaso The robbers were successfully traocd around town by the hounds. It was found they had broken open a blacksmith shop to seoure tools, and then had taken the rigs in whioh they esoaped from a livery stable near the bank. A XIO^UUJ. At Columbus, Oft., Jim Li tile, a nogro, shot sad instantly killed Polioe Officer Elliott and was himself shot and killed Thursday by Offieer Woods. Little had been threatening to kill bis wife, and started to oarry out his threat. Officers weie summoned, aad as Elliott stepped in the door he wM shot in the breast. Wood, wbio wes following, shot the negro three .times, killing him instantly. : ' ' , ^ > , . % f, , % # 1**2 1 \Y S. C. THURSDAY, THE COTTON MARK ET The Holders of Spots Can Control 81'uition. NO REA80N FOR DECLINE High Time f >r the South to Assert its Irdepsndence of Speculators Who Depress Prlca of Cotton. That the pre? ont doprotah n in cotton in duo entirely to manipulation is tho poaitivo opinion of some of tho beat informod mon in the trade. Tho Au guata Chronicle aaya it ia poiatcd out that thoro is no inoro cotton in aight than nooccssary for con sumption and it ia urged ihat tho south hold on to tho staplo until a more normal condition of tho luarkot has again oomo about. SMALLEST STOCKS ON RECORD. Mr. Alfrod B Shoppcraon in his ro view of tho season of 1899 1900 and tho prospoot for 1900 1901 says that at tho oloeo of tho European tca^on on Soptombor HO tho atooks of cotton of all growths in European markots wcro tho amallost recorded in fifty-eight years, with tho exooption of 1803, when in oonscquonoo of tho civil war tho Euro poan stocks wcro roduocd to 250,000 bales. Tho stocks last Soptcmbor wcro not enough for two wecka' consumption of Europoan spinnors. Tho consumption of Amorioan ootton hut soason by Amorioan and foreign mills was about 11.000.000 bales. Mv friend. Mr Thomas Ellison, of Liverpool, calls it 10,990,000. being 5(50,000 bales moro than tho ostimato publishod by him at the beginning of tho season. Iuhinoireu lar of (Jotobor20ho estimatod art duo ion this season in Auiorioan and Japanese consumption of 378,000 balos, and an inoreaso in Europoan oonsumption of 90,000 balos and with tho oxpeotation of larger supplies than last soason from oountrios other than Amorioa stated that an American orop of 10,382 000 balos would bo required in order to keep tho stocks at tho end of tho Boa*on from falling below tho limitod supply at tho commonooment. WILL HE NO SURPLUS, So wo 800 that tho leading exports agroo that a orop of moro than ton million balos is noooossary to moot tho roquiremonts of tho spioners and yot Mr. Shopporson's estimate of tho orop mado in Decembor is 9,900,000 balos. Allowing fcr a wido divtrgenoe thcro is not any moro ootton in tho world than the trado neods. NO UK LIKE EOK SPOT MARKET. Again Mr. Shopporson says: "it is moBt likely that thoro will bo a considerable inoreaso in tho ootton aoreago in this country next spring. Whilo this faot would doubtless depress to somo dcgrco tho priea of "futuro deliveries" for tho next orop, it would not reliovo tho markot for spot ootton. I fully agroo with Mr. Kllisonthat thoro would not bo any pljthosa of oo ton evon if tho orop should oxoeod 10,750, 000 balos, as tho distribution would bo sproad over suoh a wido aroa that thoro would bo no great accumulation of stooks anywhoro." Allowing for all tho advorse conditions in the ootton goods outlook and the rumors of trouble in Asia there is no roasan why the south should throw hor holdings of ootton on tho market. Tho South must assert hor indopondonee. ('Tho south," said ono gontloman, "cannot afford to play into tho hands of tho manipulators who would rob this sootion of tho honest fruits of toil, Thero never was a moro opportuno timo for this sootion assorting its indopondonoe. It is in thoir powor to saorifioo the remnant of tho orop that is hero." And this is not merely a view from a southorn standpoint. In tho Atlanta Journal of Wednesday is a lottor addrossod to Commissioner O. B. Stovons from a prominent New York ootton factor who urges Mr. Stovons to oontinuo his offorts with tho farmers not to in oreaso their nnttnn Hia ? MV?ww^Wt **?0 IWVVVi follows: New York, March 19, 1901. Hon. O. B. Stevens, Commissioner of Agriculture, Atlanta, Ga.: Doar Sir?1 have observed that whatever has oome from you in regard to cotton has oarriid considerable weight, and 1 want to 6ay that unless some* thing is dono that the southern farmer will bo confronted with five oent cotton again next fall. The idea prevailing that it will take years for the staple to go baok to that prioe is all wrong. Cotton in January sold at 12.75 and today next January sold at 7.40, a decline of about 4 12 conts per pound in six weeks. This oondiiion has been brought about by the mills absolutely refusing to pay the prioo, and a combined effort on the part of tho Mills, dry f;oods people, cotton faotors and spoouator. Should the aoreage be as largo as last year, mills all over the world will buy from hand to mouth until tho new crop is made, should conditions be favorable. As every well posted person knows wo oould have easily made 1212 millions last year wit favorable seasons. Should the aorage be increased to any oonaiderable oxtont and oonditions remain good for the growing orop with present trade oonditions six conts will look high for cotton next November. The only hope the farmer has is to out his orop, and not plant all eotton, but oorn and other things. Should farmers eut their ootton orop one-fourth this year, they would get a big pice for ootton now held by them. Al&o, for *the next orop, and in the event the next orop is increased they will sell What they now have oheaper than they lie tali VPRIL 4, 1901. should ?nd next at the most ruinous prion, considorug the cost of labor, provisions, etc., wo havo ovor seon. Kvorybody is againbt tho prioo of cotton exocot tbo southern farmer. Consider ing 7 to 8 cents a big price, tho only hopo tho south has now is to curtail aerago in ootton and ra'so plenty of ovrrything sho uses at homo. IMeaso take this matter up ard a k every scoretary of agrioulturo in tho south to holp you to iuoroasn this important fact of planting less cotton. Af tor the orop iB onoo in tho ground the south is helpless with goed tea^ons. I'rovidouoo ui 1 not intoiforo every years it did last. Yours vory truly, li 10 Barlicn. Gold Brick Men. A special dispatch toll Atlanta Jturnal Goldsboro, N. (J , sayp, "Tho chief of p;lioo is in receipt of a letter from 10 M. .Jones, of Athoos, Ga , Buying that tho description of tho throo gold brick swindle confined in jail here fits tho men who recently robbed a citizin of that placo of a considerable sum of money, llo asks for photographs and full descriptions of all throe. 1). II. Wheeler, of Newberry, H. (J ., arrived last night and identfi d tho prisiners as the men who a few week ago swindled him out of 17,000 They gave h'tn tho paiuo names as thoy opcr atcd under hero aud workod tho samo sohemo on him that they attempted at th's placo. He was approached by the miner, who made a proposition to take him into partnership. Tho gold bricks wero exhibited and tho asRaycr oertitiod to thoir gonuiness. Bator tho Indian bcoamo dissatisfied, and Mr. Wheolcr was persuaded to purohaso his intoioit for $7,000. Thou, whon tho men had gono and it was too lato, ho discovered that had been buDoocd. A bulletin just issuod by tho doteotive oommittco of tho American Bankers' l'rotcotivo assooia tiou contains a splendid pioturo and a good description of one of tho swindlers in jail here. Ftoward, alia* Thompson, alias Fuller. Tho bullotin says his homo is in Brooklyn, N. Y., and that ho is a painter by trado and a bank burglar, gold brick swindlor and oountefoitor by ocou|ation." Tom Rood's Plain Talk. Kx Spoaker Thomas B. liood has a mind and a tonguo of his own?a very i :_i.. 1 ?? ? ungm auu wcu-Bioroa unna ana ono oi tho sharpest of all tho tonguoB that aro now wagging. Mr. llocd dooa not liko tho prosont national adminiBtralion and doon not mind naming ho. Ho was in Baltimoro a few days ago and The Nows of that oity has this to say of tho manorr in whioh ho unbosomod himself whilo thoro: "Oa tho groat quostionfl now beforo tho pooplo Mr. Hoed has decided opinions, and doos not hesititato to oxprcss them IIo rcaflirmcd most omphatioally his opposition to tho imporialistio polioy of tho administratfon. In his opinion, Dowey havo sailed away from Montojo's floot, loaving tho governmont of tho islands to tho Filipinos. Cuba and Porto Kioo, too, should bo loft to their own dsvioos. Tho proscnt polioy towards Cuba ho rogards as pieoo of hypocrisy. Mr. Hood liko tho lato ox-Prosident Harrison, is an ardent friond of tho Boors. 'I sympathizo with any pooplo on earth,' said ho, who aro struggling for froodom.' Asked whothor ho thought tho Filipinos capablo of self government, ho paid: 1 think ovory pooplo is oapablo of selfgovernmont. It may not bo tho kind wo havo or want, but it is tho kind that is satisfactory and ouilioiont for them." Mr. Heed is troading dangerously near tho vorgo of "treason," aooording to tho imperialist dofinitionof that orimo. Atlanta Journal. A Plucky Governor. When Thomas C. Piatt entered tho U. S. Senate in 1881 ho was so ovorshadowed by his illustrious colleague, Hosooo Conkling that ho was dubbed "Mo Too." S?inco that timo Piatt has booomo tho most powerful and most ar bitrary boas Ms party has in New York and has his own "Mo Toos," a brigado of them. In this numbor Govornor Odoll was gcnorally inoludod until a rcoontdato. It was said that ho was nominated at Piatt's diotation and it was cxpeotcd that as tho ohief exeou tivo of New York ho would bo littlo moro than Piatt's tcol. Govornor Odoll has pro7ed, howovor, thatthia was too low an csiimato of him and that ho is no man's man. Ho haa flatly refused to rooemtnend or sign a stato polio i bill though Senator Piatt haa thrown tho woight of his influence in favor of that moasuro and haa done his host to mako governor Odoll pull with him for it. Ilia independent and oouragooua courao has won tho rospcot and praiso of Democrats as well as Republicans and Odoll is now a bigger man that Piatt in New York. The firm stand he has takon will probaly bohango the course of Republican politios in the stato very dcoididly and many mark the beginning tf Ross Piatt's overthrow.?Atlanta Journal Hits Us Hard. Oar oonsul at Chofoo reports that the deoli 10 in exports from the United States to China following tho Boxer outbreak does not nearly represent the loss in trade which this oountry has incurred on that aooount; for large amounts of morohandiso sinoo oxportcd from the United States aro piled up in Chinese ports and are yet to bo sold or worked off. Tho losses to the Amerioan cotton trade alono he estimates at $3,000 000 At aorno of tho Ohioose ports, Niuohwang, for example, Amerioan trade wa< praotioally annihilated. This is had enough to fight abont. But our Washington government has tvidontlv oonoludtd it will not pay to fight; io faot that it will not pay to do anything at all. Shall we let it go at that??Co lumbia State. it. HE ATE 48 BANANAS Qua. Keller 8atlifted a Great Craving for a Noble Fruit. 1 Charlotte Observer: Mr. aud Mrs. QuttKollor, mill operativftfl Vl'uit A(1 \\t\ ut Afn r\t VlnuAva AV Lawirg, on North Trayon stroot, last rooontly, and whilo diious>iug tho mayoralty olcotion atd divers othor to|<ich, | Mr. Kollor's cyo rostod fondly on scv oral f'no bunohos of bananas llo ob served tl at ho was something of a banana fancier and had novor in his life sa'hficd a craving for that fruit. How tuany did ho think ho oou'd oat, ho was atked. 'Ou'bout four dcton," ho ropliod. Mr. II. F. Sovors, of tho firm, thon ' told Roller that ho would givo him four 1 dtzen banauas if ho would oat thorn ! thon and thoro, but if ho failod to oat j that number ho would havo to pay for ( whathoato. Keller aoooptod tho prop- ( osition. Mrs. Roller romarkod that sho, ( too, had novor soothed tho iancr yearning for bananas, and askod that tho ( offer mado to her husband bo cztondod ( to her. Sovors was not avorBo to this, but stipulated that Kollor should first j enter tho oontest. Keller wont at thoso bananas liko a man who had fas^od for days. Ho ato i ono dozon whilo a poaooful smilo ilium- ( incd his faco; ho ato two dozjn and ( said his appotiio was still on tho improvo; ho ato throo doicn, unloosened his waistcoat and bogan to look aorious. Commencing with tho 119th banana it wis up hill work with Roller. Ho no longor smiled and prospiration gathorcd on his brow. Hut ho shook himsolf, sat down and laboriously Btuffed ono banana aftor anothor down bin throat, ilia heart was no longer in his task and ho oommonood to "swell visibly boforo tho naked oyo." When ho had, within *20 minutos from tho start consumed his 48ih banana Kollcr's wifo who had boon watoh ing him olosoly, said sho boliovod sho did not want to ropoat his exporimont. Sho called upon hor worthy spouso to and go homo with hor, but ho could not riso from his ohair. llo grow quito siok had to bo oarr cd homo. Heroio romodics W( ro rosortcd to, but whon last hoard from Roller was too still full for oomfor tablo uttoranoo and mist unhapy man. A MURDER MYSTERY SOLVED. A Cruel Man Chained Hi* Wife in a Dungeon. Workmen removing a oeliar wall nodor a delapidated building just north of tho bridge that orossos Fair Haven rivor, a quarter of a milo abovo Carver's Falls, Vermont, have apparently unearthed evidonoo whioh solvos tho uifstory of a murdor whioh occurred 70 years ago. Tho disoovory was made by aooidont, tho laborers having fallon into a pit whilo trying to lift some heavy stonos. Tho pit was about eight foot doop, with a solid stono wall about 20 iaohos thiok surrounding it. In tho oontor of tho pit was set a solid iron post attaohod to whioh was a heavy iron ohain and an old fashioned pair of handouffs. Noarby waj a heap of human bonos. Inquiry disolosod the fact that in 1831 Porry Borden, a young Frenchman, brought his young wifo to Poultr nn (a 1 i vta in mL'^L a 1_ uu/ vu iitu u vuo uuunu rvinuil II1U workmen aro toaring down. 8ho wan witty and vivaoious and attraoted considerable attention. In a short timo Borden booamo joalous of her and forbalo her visiting a certain tavern noar by. Tho wifo would not submit to bo dictatod to. One night in Fobruary, 1831, sbo a as at tho place when at about 10 o'olook Borden tailed for her. Sho loft the plaoo with him. Sho nevor was soon by hor frior.ds after that. Mr Bordon said his wifo had doscrted him and fled to Canada. A.ftor a yoar Bordon wont away and was not hcaidof again until 1882, when he suddenly reappeared in town. Ho said he had been at sea for tho 50 years ho had been away. His mind seemed shattered. He wont to tho little house and romainod two years, neighbors supplying him with provisions. Ho finally took siok and tho town took ohargo of him. Ho died in 1887 and was buried in Potter's field. The discoveries made by tho workmen havo lod every ono in this vicinity to believo that Boiden ohained his wife in tho underground collar and left her to die a horriblo death. 11 Write for our elegant H-T catal A wo can gave yon money in the pun I and the easy terms of payment # factory or through our regular aul 0 tunity you cannot afford to pasa. Vo< 5 manufacturcrg. Therefore, a"7Te ' construe.ton is unnecessary. If yc J tie tan offer moat liberal termg. 1 \ WHITE SEWING MACHINE COMM For Sale by 8pivey Mercantile C< JH m PH. 10FF gi^teeti >3# JL (T?dhMg H Costs olySoMts NO. 36 SOM IE SI I) K LIGHTS 3n th? Pacification of the Phillpp'n > Islands HUNTING THE FILIPINOS. H w Our Soldiers Kill and Are Killed. An Amerlcrn O;fleet '* Narrow Escape from Amigo Bullets. An officer of ono of the Nee York rolur.t cr rogimoata in tho SpanishAinorican war, who in now a first lieul.nnan f 1 n f Ka T w /? ?I no i ? i K I f ?*i t a/J >vu?*u? I U ?UU / nonVJ'DIAVU 17 u IlrOU Statos Volunteor Infantry in tho Philippines, tolls, in a lot tor to his former solonol, now an offijcr on Gov. Udell's itaff, of tho taotios pursuod in hunting tho Filipino band ou tho Island of I'anay. His account, undor the date )f .January 29. throws a remarkable udelight on tno Manila oablo dispatohos, whioh announoo that the island of Fanay has boon paoified. The writor was stationod, at tho time the lottor was written, noar tho town of /jtrraga, and ho states that aotive operations woro boing pushod against tho natives. "With tho exception of tho first two wooks after landing at Iloilo," tho lieutonant writes, "I havo boon almost constantly in tho fiold, so muoh that I havo not boon ablo to say what 'shaok' or 'oasa' was mino to oall homo. Fieldwork began on November 10, 1899, whon, in command of my company, 1 was sont to drive in tho onemy's outposts, boforo tho advanoo of the Kightoonth United Btatos Infantry. This wo not only aooomplishod, bat had the brunt of all tho fighting that day. Uut with all my exporionoo sinoe then I bolievo today I havo as mortal a fear of a bullet, at tho boginoing of a 'scrap,' as any man in or out of the sorvioe. After tho first fow rounds, howovor, ono gets ono's blood up and docs not mind it. 1 have had many a tight shavo, and in some of them I am not ready to boliovo it was no luck, but rathor Providenoo. "On ono occasion rooently I had ar<VA aI OAV*A?al ?. ? .Ivl?J u<.u> I]T u 1 R1 OLUBI1 )' 11 0 U1UD, >UU w?n sleeping in a oonvont At one of thom. Near my bed on a sholf war a pioturo of my wife and the boys. At night About 300 of my 'muoho amigos' (Filipinos) got through the ouiposts And p?Ht a patrol to within 200 yards of thooonvont. Knowing, perhaps, the exact location of my room, about half a dozon of them olimbod a mango tree and took a fow shots at my room beforo tho gonoral shooting began. One Mauser bullot went through the pioturo of my wifo and the boys, four moro struck my bod, and one punoturod a pookot in my trousers, whioh woro undor my pillow. "Then began as good a 'scrap* as over I got into. I only had forty men, and it was vory dark, but we had them on tho run in loss than throe-quarters of an hour. Whon it was over 1 found that I had ono man killed and two woundod. Thoir loss, 1 was told, amountod to thirty. Nono of them oould bo found whon daylight oame, not oven an empty sholl. Both of my lioutonants, Fornal and Wagner, have sinoo lost thoir livos, ono of them f] TAUT n f> fl enrl fKn L J11 ? J i - ?av?f MV%t NUVft DUV UiUOl A11IDU 1U 1U' bush. I have also lost oleven enlisted men, which is the highest company loss in tho rogimont. "Sinoo tho oleotion of MoKinley, we havo beon pushing the insurgonts hard and fast. Orders aro very open now, so that you aro not afraid of being reo tiled from at crap bofore you oould got into one. as was many times the case boforo olootion. I havo been in tho Gold sinoe olootion day, and until rooontly I oould run into as many as throo or four soraps a day, but now dry weathor is ooming on, and together with MoKinley's oleotion. and our hittiog thorn hard all around, things are moro quiet. You have to hunt for a 'scrap' now. 1 have been givon a district tooloan up, and have a detaohmcnt of forty five men together with somo native soouts. Work hore is quite hard from the nature of the ground, and tho faot that you begin your day's werk in most oases at 1 a. m , andoovor from eightoen to twenty six miles a day; jot when you find a "strike" you forgot that you are tired until it is all [Continued on page 4 ] fwvvr * wvwv Iwwwrw wit EWMMM1M] HBHMBHHHi < 1 qI Change in Marketing Methods J [ Applied to Sewing Machines. < > ital glati under which you can obtain { 1 and bettor value In the purchase of # nous "white" Sewing Machine than ^ offered. J ogne and detailed particular#. How 2 chase of a high-grade sewing machine ^ we can offer, either direct from e horized agents. This is nn oppor- 0 a know the "White." you know # tailed description of the machine and w iu have an old machine to exchange ? Write to-day. Address iu full. \ MY, (Dep't A.) Clevctoid, 0M?. 5 >., Conway, 8. 0. 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