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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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
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