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* OUR NOBLE DEAD y ' Benerii) Erected in Okie to Ceafederate Soldiers Whe Died DURING WAR IN PRISON Dedicatory Exercises Held on John son's Island Wednesday.?Monument Unveiled by Daughter of a] Noted Southern Patriot.??Culmination of Movement. In the presence of several hundred Southernere, representing nearly all of the States in the Confederacy, a monument to the memory of 206 Confederate officers and privates, buried on Johnson's Island, Sandusky Bay, Lake Erie, was dedicated Wednesday. The monument, erected by the Robert Patton Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, of Cincinnati!, was unveiled by Mrs. Mary Patton Hudson, of Cincinnatti, daughter of Robert Patton, a noted Southern Ranger. The dedicatory address was delivered by Gen. Geo. W. Gordan, of Memphis, Tennessee, commander-in chief of the United States Veterans, i Other addresses were delivered by J Gen. Bennett H. Young, of Louis-1 ville; Joseph A. Mangus, of Cincinmatti, and Sir Moses Ezekiel, of Rome, Italy, designer of the monument. Sir Moses Ezekiel was a soldier under Gen. Robt. E. Lee. I The movement to erect the staue originated with the Robert Patton Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, of Cincinnati, Ohio. I The cihapter purchased the cemetery in 1908, when it was found that the spot around which so many historical memories clustered was being neglected and practically abandoned. Its only visitors were the I veterans of a Grand Army Post, who every Decoration Day held memorial services for their former foes. J Prior to this, however, one effort had been made to save the cemetery from the neglect into which it had fallen. In 1889 a party of editors and oflicials of the state of Georgia visited the island. They saw only brokeu fences and weed-grown mounds. Stirred by the sight, they returned home and raised a fund, which provided headstones of Georgia marble for each of tho 206 * 1 " '1 Rill graves, it was men iuuuu lu?.?. u ? of them must remain nameless, for the memory of the buried had vanished Lieut. Col. William Hoffman, Federal commissary general of prisoners, leased forty acres of land on Johnson's Island in the falUpf 1861 from L. B. Johnson. The inrention was to use this land solely for the accomdation of Confederate officers and, although during the subsequent years of the war small bodies of privates were from time to time sent to the island, it was usually through error and they were invariably promptly drafted to other prisons. The island lies in Sandusky Bay, about three miles from the town of Sandusky, and the post who known officially as "Depot Prisoners of War, Johnson's Island, near Sandusky, Ohio." The greatest number of prisoners confined on the island at any one time was about 8,000. This was just prior to the close of t.he war. All in all, about 10,000 officers and ^ _ eoldierS were Imprisoned there and 220 deaths were recorded. Fourteen of the dead were budied on the mainland. When the first prisoners died Mr. Johnson gave his consent to their burial on the island, and the cemetery was laid out under his personal direction. No lease on the land was ever executed, and no compensation given for its use. Subsequently, at the close of the war, Mr. Johnson, at his own expense, built a wire fence around, the plot and kept it in repair for several years. Later on an officer from the Columbus FedA eral barracks visited the island and * had the original fence removed and a more substantial one erected in its stead. For many years afterwards the cemetery was allowed to fall into decay, until in 1881, the Veterans of McMeens' Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Sandusky, Ohio, paid a generous tribute to the men who had fought against them. They had the cemetery weeded and cared for, a and on the Memorial Day following held services there similar to those held over the Union dead in Oakland Cemetery, Sandusky. Every succeeding Memorial nay up to three years ago they carried out similar services. As the veterans were all men in advanced years they were forced to discontinue their trips to the island. They decided also In view of the fact that up to that time practically no interest had been shown in the Confederate graves by either the relatives or friends of those buried there, there was no demand on them to continue the services.. This action by Grand Army post became widely known and drew the attention of the various Confederate organizations throughout the country to the neglected conditions of one of the most memorable landmarks of the great struggle. The Daugk- i WARNS THE DAGOES COMMANDER HINK8 INDULGES IN STRAIGHT TALK. He Threatens to Annihilate the Nicaraguan Forces If American Vessel is Molested. f/ There seems to be some danger A# a OA 114airtn hotwAAn the American I VI O WliaoavH ?? w- ? and Nicaraguan forces at Bluefields. "At the first shot fired against the American flag or an American vessel, I will level the bluff." This is the reply made by Commander Harold K. Hlnes, commanding t.he American gunboat Dubuque, to a threat made by General Rivas of the Madriz force holding Bluefields bluff to stop by force any vessels of whatever nationality entering the harbor. General IJivas had practically defied the United States, declaring that he will disregard the proclamation issued from Washington on May 31 to the effect that the United States government will deny the right of either faction to seize American owned vessels or propery without consent of recompense to the owners. He has warned Commander Hines that he will prevent by force regardless of flag, any further vessels from entering the harbor. In response to this, the American commander at once sent him the above message, which would mean the an nihilation of the handful of Madrix troops now remaining in this neighborhood. A serious situation has thus arisen which may involve the United Stater, but the Americans here are of the opinion that General Rivas will not attempt to make good his threat in an effort to collect custom duties. There are constant rumors of threats against the life of Thomas P. Moffatt, the American consul, and the whole situation at Hluefieldb, instead of quieting, has assumed a more serious aspect. COLD IS DUE TO COMET. Asheville Weather I'rophet Predicts Frost Every Month. v John P. Arthur, an Asheville historian and student, after an investigation of the weather conditions of 1835, and comparing them with those of this year, says: "Frost will occur every month of the year in which Halley's comet makes its appearance. In 183 5 there was frost every month, and there has been frost every month of this year. In 1835 the crops, due to cold weather, were a total failure, and starvation of the inhabitants was prevented only by heroic efforts in hauling from Charleston, S. C., enough foodstuff to tide them over Halley's comet is undoubtedly the cause of the extremely unreasonable weather this year." Murderer Arrested. Dispatches from Howling Green, Ky., tell of the arrest of a man who answers the description of Joseph Wendling, wanted for the murder of Alma Kellner. The police say the man talked incoherently of having blood on his hands. He had been employed as a laborer in a Bowling I Green mill only a week. It is predicted that trolley farce must rise, hut as almost everyone feelc that they can afford automoters of the Confederacy became interested. The campaign was headed by the Robert Patton Post, which raised the funds for the purchase of the cemetery and then issued another appeal for a fund to provide a suitable monument to the dead. Money was liberally contributed throughout the South, and a substantial amount was also raised in the North. The commission for the monument was given to Sir Moses! Ezekiel, who executed the statue in .his studio in Rome and shipped it here a few weeks ago. The first photographs of it will be copyrighted by the Daughters of the Confederacy and sold, the proceeds to be added to the monument fund. The statue occupies a position on the shore of Sandusky Bay, near hhe entrance of the island cemetery, and " 1 >- ? n T&C6S tO F ne SOlllIl. n l t'in cscuio ??. Confederate soldier in uniform The right hand clutches a musket, the stock of which rests on the ground. The left hand is raised to the forehead, shading the eyes and the figure seems to be peering into the far distnnrorrF tha nilthliinr). taiivui tu ?? i*? v* v??v MVV,V? The statue rests on a pedestal, constructed of South Carolina marble, upon which is engraved in largo letters "Erected by the Robert Patton Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, of Cincinnati, Ohio, in memory of the Southern soldiers who died in the Federal prison on this island during the War Between the States. Dead, but sceptred sovereigns who rule us from the duBt." On the base is this inscription, "The stono upon this was incribed and placed by the Grand Lodge of Mississippi, in remembrance of the Masons who sleep here." On the ends of the base stone are the words, "Confederate Soldiers. They were Masons." ? LIKE OLD TIMES Details Fraa ladiaa Massacre State That Tkey Camaittetl HORRIBLE ATROCITIES ? The People Were Forced to Flee From Tlieir Homes, and That the Savages Tortured Their Victims Before Massac re ing Them in the Most Brutal Marnier. With telegraph wires cut and operators murdered or forced to flee for their lives, definite information is lacking as to the present situation at Valladolid, Yucatan, the scene of a bloody massacre by Indian insurgents several days ago. Meagre advices received by the government autborities estimate the number killed at forty. > More than two thousand Indians are said to have been engaged in the attack upon the towns. The insurgents held Valladolid at last accounts having fortified themselves in the jail and other buildings. A force of federal and state troops and volunteers numbering more than 2,000 men, was concentrated at Dritas, a short distance from Valladolid, and was about to march upon the rebels. 'Those engaged in the uprising are chiefly Indians who never have been submissive to authority. Reports as to the cause of the outbreak are conflicting. Some declare that it began with a protest against certain orders issued by the civil officer in ciiarge of the municipality, known as the "Jefe Politico," while others say that it was the result of a drunken spree. Whatever the origin, it appears to .have had some semblance of organization and is sakl to have been led by political malcontents. Col. Bonllla Montenegro, formerly at the head of the civil government of Valladolid is said to have been in command of the raiders. The first attack was made upon the building whore all public offices are located. The mob was armed with machetes, pistols and guns. After sacking this building the rioters turned their attention to the Jefe Politico named Regil. The battle had begun in the night, and it was 2 a. m. when the attack was made on the building where Regil and many citizens had taken refuge. A bloody butchery followed. The wife of Regil left her four children ' - - o l. and went to tne assistance 01 ner husband, seeking through her tears and prayers to reach the hearts of the infuriated raiders. Regil was cut down before her eyes, and his body hacked to pieces. The wife, also is said to have been murdered, as were all the men in the building, numbering some twenty in all. Later the Ave or six gendarmes in the town met a similar fate. The people of the town were terrified. Many fled in the direction of Merida. TJie mob surged through the town, crying for blood and pillage. Victor Ojeda, judge of the first instance, fell into their hands, and was assassinated. Other victims were Florentino Scharretta, commander of the police; Joso Maria Hernandez, second in command; Pedro Hernandez, mayor of the town. Jose E. Triay, chief of the telegraph office at Vallodolid; Alonzo Vannuvia and Demetrio Rivero, merchants, w.hose stores were also sacked. It is said that Triay, chief telegrapher, was put to death after suffering horrible tortures. FATAL TRAIN CRASH. Three Men Killed and Twelve Are Radly Injured. Three men were killed outright and twelve injured at three o'clock Thursday morning when Iron Mountain fast mail train for Texas, which sarried no passengers left the tracks near St. Louis, and crashed through the brick wall of a manufacturing plant. The bodies of Engineer VV. B. Douglas, of DeSoto, Mo., and Fireman R. D. Shepard, St. Loius, were 1 ? * n- - .-v ^ not found iinin long aner iireiu^u who had responded to an alarm arrived to aid the survivers of the crew. The body of Mail Clerk Jasper L. Lasater, of St. Louis, was found in his ear, whlrh .had been crushed by another car. AN AGGKESSIVE CAMPAIGN Wholesale Liquor Dealers Lay Plans for Defeating Prohibition. An aggressive campaign against sumptuary laws was planned by the National Wholesale Liquor Dealers' association in Cincinnatti on Tuesday at a conference of state presidents of the organization. Previously delegates to uie annual convention of the body had listened to addresses in which it \v>s argued that the association members had remained too long on the defense and that a firm stand wo l.d be taken for the enactment aid nnIforcement of regulatory statures by whic^i disreputable saloons might be eliminated. REPUBLICANS ARE SCARED. Democrat* Stand Good Chance of Capturing Maine. A dispatch from Portland, Maine, dovo an th<? twn hier State conventions draw near?the Democratic on June 25, and the Republican on June 29 ?coservative Republican leaders admit that this rock-ribbed Republican State is in doubt. The Democrats are especially hopeful of carrying the first and second congressional districts and are working hard to elect their candidates to the next Legislature which must choose a successor to Senator Eugene Hale, who has announced his retirement. At the Republican State convention Govenor Fernald in all probability will be renominated by acclamation. Before the Democratic convention at Augusta, there will be two candidates seeking the gubernatorial nom ination, O. Gardner or KOCKiana ami Frederick W. Plaised, the present mayor of Augusta. No Democratic candidate for Senator has been named. BOUGHT WAY IN. Former Senator Says Fifty Per Cent, of Seats Purchased. "I believe that 50 per cent of the seats in the United State senate can be said to have been practically purchased." This statement was made recently at Chicago by former United States Senator William E. Mason, In the course of an interview. Mr. Mason denied a report that he had said he heard at Springfield, be fore the elction, that the senatorial toga would go to the highest bidder. "I have two democratic state representatives who will give important evidence before the special grand jury in regard to the alleged bribery in the election of William Lorimer as United States senator," said States Attorney John H. Wayman. ESCAPED AN AWFl'L DEATH. Indians Getting Heady to Torture a Supposed Witch. Driven by fear of death at the hands of her tribe whose members believe her to be a witch, Mamie G. Holmes, a Indian girl, sixteen years old, has walked for more than a hundred miles from the Coachila reservation to Santa Manuel reservation near Highland, Cal. The girl was taken in charge by Indian Agent Royce, who says he learned several days ago of preparations to torture and kill her. She will be sent to the government school at Phoenix. Sufficient proof to the Indians that the girl is a witch were the facts that several on the reservation became ill, a pumpkin withered after the girl's shadow had fallen on it, and a dog chained up in front of her parents' shack howled all night. She was shunned, and one eve ning when she saw tne agea oraves gather on a hill at sundown and indulge in strange rites she slipped away and was four days reaching the Santa Manuel reservation." In fear of being pursued she would hide in the daytime. She was found by oflicers of the reservation as she was about to redeem herself from "witchhood" in accordance with one of the superstitutions by Indians by bathing in the waters of the Arrowhead. Killed for Nothing. Apparently without cause, Ben Harper fatally shot Isaiah Jackson, near Langley, in Aiken county, Saturday night. It is stated, by other negroes present, that Jackson asked Harper to let him see his pistol, whereupon Harper pointed the pistol at him, saying, "do you see it?" and fired. Jackson died almost immediately. Marked Thicr Position. Fifty-nine handsome granite monuments, with bronze tablets, are being placed on Confederate avenues to take the place of the Iron battlefield markers which have marked the positions of southern brigades at nnf<,>oKiii>o' Tim now lirliraHo mn rU. UCHJ OUUI 1 Iiv; UV- n in ? ??.*? ? ers cost approximately five hundred dollars each. Goes to liilMM'ia. President Taft nominated William D. Crum, of South Carolina, to be minister resident and consul general at Monrovia, Liberia. Crum is the negro whose appointment by Mr. Roosevelt as collector of the port at Charleston raised such a storm of protest in South Carolina. ? ? Held Live Wire. In sight of a younger brother with whom he had gone hunting young birds, Harry Eulerg, 17 years old, was electrocuted by coming in contact with an electric wire when he climbed a pole to get a nest. The accident -happened in Chicago. Confesses the Crime. At Seattle, Wash., a negro soldier, confessed that he was the one who had assaulted Airs. Redding. He said he was drunk when he attacked her. He plead guilty and was sentenced. THE CURIOUS INK WB."** (be Veracious Seaman Relates Soma of its Wonderful Doings "You talk about fights with sharks and sighting sea serpents/' said Third Officer Carl Ducks, of the German steamship Alleghany, as he leaned over the chart table. "Do you see that spot on the map in the Bay of Bengal T Well, we were becalmed there for a week when 1 was working before the mast on the full rigged ship Arethuea ten years ago. There had not been as much as a breath of air stirring for a week and all of us lay around despondent and nopeless, for the Bay of Bengal ts not the happiest place In the world to be becalmed In. "The skipper had no orders to five, so didn't five any, and uo one Of us In the fo'cs'le knew ,.what to do with himself. On the seventh day when thin Idleness got on our nervet and we were lazily drifting with the currents, the man at the wheel suddenly discovered that the Arethusa was being pushed over to port, notwithstanding that he had his wheel hard over endeavoring to k?3p the vessel In a straight course. "None of us could understand It, for there did not seem to be as much as a small current In the sea and there surely was not a puff of wind In the flapping canvas. "Suddenly Metzger, the bos'un, leaned over the starboard rail forward and polnteu excitedly to the water below. All of us ran to him and there dimly visible and almost entirely submerged, was a huge lufc fish close to our starboard side. CARVTNO THE INXFISH. "Because the ink fish had spread her peculiar colociag on the water about her we eoald hardly make her out. It Is a peculiarity of the inkflah, this spreading of a haze around her. I think here you call the lnkflah an octopus. Whichever it la, ours was actually pushing our 3,000 ton ship over out of the course to which the helmsman was trying to keep the Arethusa. "The captain orvl j , harpoon brought out and the hook was (flopped right on top of the inkflsh, catching the monster amidships, and she *as, with the aid of a block and tackle, rigged to the foreyard, soon high and dry on the fo'c'6le deck. "One of th? boys was investigate Vk mAnaf *1' V? i TIT ikJ tr Vl 1\/1 nvorv iug ku.u Uiuuoiui n uivu v ? v? / ounce of beven hundred pounds when suddenly out shot one of the dozen tentacles from the lnkflsh. When that was withdrawn another would shoot out, and In this way the lnkflsh bent our foward stanchions, twisted the rati Into a shapeless mass and spread ruin and damage all over the forward section. "Darmsadt, the carpenter, had a bright suggestion. None of us could get near to the lnkflsh whose arms were about twenty or twenty-five feet in length, and which were now swaying all around, keeping the crew at a safe distance. The carpenter brought an axe and when the first arm reached his vicinity off catne five feet of tentacle. He kept this up with each tentacle in succession until the dozen arms of the inkfish had been shortened by five feet, Then he got nearer and again made the 'rounds' as the arms were shot forward toward him. "Finally, when the lnkflsh had only a dozen stumps left and Darmstadt could got close enough to the monster, he gave it one blow between the little doorknob like eyes and that was the end of the lnkflsh on the Arethusa. As the final blow was struck home that lnkflsh gave forth a squeal Just like a rabbit. I never knew a fifch to be able to utter a sound. But the death squal of that octopus Inkfish will never leave my ears.'* Surprise for an Oyster Sharker. As George Schuck was opening oysters In the Susquehanna House, Catawlssa, he opened one that gave him a surprise. It was apparently as solid and as sound as any he had opened, but when he removed the shell he found therein a small fl<?h about two Inches in length and a small hard-shell crab, the top of whioh was three-fourths of an inch ID widtn. i no dbii w?b ptuiup ttuu life-like, though dead, but the crab was ae lively as a cricket. There was no sign of an oyster in the shell, which was 2 x4 Inches.?Philadelphia Record. The Pet Dogs of Parle, in Paris dogs are treated as well is human beings are. They wear automobile toga when they go mo* .wring, they have a hospital, and they even have a good-sized cemetery, with monuments and headstones, and inscriptions and morte* ary wreatha. XANEXTREMLLY g | PARTICULAR ? c^ac^9oyoqPF TiM woman with the ntrlpea wool* en shawl tied round her chin took from her month the last sample of calico she had been chewing an J carefully Inspected It to sec if tho color had run* says the Chicago News. It had not* but she was not entirely satisfied. "I'm In no rush." she observed tk fnrolroanar "T VAolrnn I'll Ifink Around for a pell afore I settle on ft. 1 may git better suited." The woman went, nevertheless. "Bhe's like Clay Hulbut," remark* d Washlngttn Hancock." Clay was one of them fellors alius wanted to look around fer a spell afore he gave np any of his good money. I reckon Clay never bought a thing of made a trade the first time of askIn' In his hull born days. He had an Idea he'd git better suited somewhere ehse whatever It was he dickered for." "Beems to me like hose sense not to Jump at the first thin* 'at 8 offered," said Sol Baker. "That's what Clay said when Silo Peters offered him 9 2 for 91.7 6,'* said Hancock. "Bile had a bet up on It. Clay come into tho bank to iee If he couldn't git a chattel mortgage blank for less'n five cents, which I was what the recorder wanted to charge him, an' Bile told him that he couldn't let any go at less'n IS cents or two for a quarter. 'I'vo got some 92 bills here that I'll let you have cheap, though, Clay,' ho says. 'They're a leetle might woro an' I've more o' them in stock than 1 need. If you'd like to take about 60 of 'em off my hands, you cao have 'era for 987.50.' An' he hand?^ a Knnnh with a nonop hanrt CU V/U V U 1/UiiV. 14 " '* ?? w ?/?? ?? pasted around them. " 'Seems like that's reasonable enough,' says Clay, after studyln' awhile. 'Tell ye, though, there ain't no hurryln* rush about this. I'll go over to the Drovers' bank an' see what Keating la offerln' 'em for. If he can't make a better flgger I'll come back and take these. You keep em to one side fur me.' "Then he went over to Keating an' ast him what he was selling $2 bills for In lots o 50. That's the honest truth." "If Keating was alive now, he'd bear me out," said Hancock. "You can write to Sile Peters if you like, an' ast him If it wasn't so. He's in til, Joe now, If he hasn't moved away since 1 last heard of him. "1 remember standln' behind Clay at the ticket seller's stand cno time when the circus came to town. 'How are you a-sellln' tickets today?' say* Clay. " 'Two bits gen'ral admission an* reserved seats 60 cents,' says th? feller. 'How many do you want.' " 'That the best jou can do?' say# Clay. 'Beln' It's you, I'll make It half a dollar fur reserved seats 'an 25 cents general admission,' says tha feller, wlnkin' at me. " 'Well,' says Clay, putttn' up bis weasel. 'I reckon I'll look around a rell fust.' " "That's all right," maintained Baker. "Of course there's such a thing as pushln' It to fur, but suppasln' Rufe, here, bought his goods from the fust drummer 'at corns along 'thout lnqulrln' round to see what the others was a-sellin' an* what they charged. If you want to buy a cow. you'd look around a spell, too. wouldn't you?" "Not If you come to me an' told mo the cow you'd got was kind an* gentle an' young an' a good milker an' worth the money you ast fer her," replied Hancock blandly. "Clay would come to town after groc'ries an' put In the hull day lookln' around an' then go home thout so much as flllln' his m'lasses jug. Hs put off huyln' his seed p'taters till It was too late to plant 'em, even If there'd been any left to plant. Most gen'rally he'd pay two prices for what he could have bought at half price If he had the gumption to snap at a bargain. "He was over 30 years old afor? he got married, he was so blame pepnlcketv an' nartirkler about th* kind o* gal he wanted. He'd go around and set up with fust one an* (hen another an' flgger on what kind o* ?omen they was likely to be an' how much money they had* an' how good lookln' they was. an' then he'd drive over to Tarkia an* aee what they had there, but ho couldn't never make up hla mind an* the further he got in the woods tho crookeder the sticks was until fln'l? there wasn't nobody left but Levy, Bostlck's gal Belle. "1 reckon Belle Bostick was about the homeliest critter that was ever raised on corn pone. She'd been give up to be a old maid fur ten years afore Clay seen her. Har folks was poor as cistern water, too. An' Clay might have had a'most anybody when he fust started out If he'd made up his mind an' stuck to it. They got on tol'rable well togetheg though?'bout as well aa a heap (/ other married folks." "Why didn't he look around g while longer?" asked the store* keeper. "He didn't have to tak* her, did he?" "He didn't take her," said Fr "She took him. It was ehanoe she had an' sh' ft d