Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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LAN VQL.""lX.~" Theep T I^AiMhinnl Iwuyiiiny ? _Vc know of nothing better to tear the lining of your throat and lungs. It is better than wet feet to cause bronchitis and pneumonia. Only keep it up long enough and you will succeed in reducingyour weight, losing your appetite, bringing on a slow fever ana making everything exactly right for the germs of con- I sumption. | Stop coughing and you I will get well. I Ayer's I Cherry s Pectoral f 1 cures cotigba of every kind. I An ordinary couch disap- I pears In a single night. The g ! racaing cougns 01 Drone nuts are soon completely mastered. And,' if not too far along, the coughs of consumption are completely cured. Ask your druggist for one of Dr. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Plaster. It will aid the action of the Cherry Pectoral. V, If Ton ktra any complain' whatever and dealre the boat medical advice yon can poatlbly obtain, write na freely. Ton will receive a prompt reply that may be c? great value to yon. A<Mr?-?,?. m DR. J. C. AY EH, Lowell, Man* I U- I *_ LIEUT. GILMORE'S OWN STORY. THia r.APTivri-v i\n iiumi'itv r' *' ? ' t .m mmm </<? m V a a A ii */ JTJ OF HIMSELF AND HI8HEN. Terrible Hardships While Being Dragged Along in the Trail of Their raptors?Kindness oi Aguinnldo and Cruelty of (Jen.: Tino?All Ordered bv Oen.j Tino to be Killed, but a Fili-j l pino Officer, to Whom Their Execution was Entrusted, Safd His Conscience Forbade llim! / to Massacre Them, and lie r Abandoned Them in the Forest. Manila, Jan. 7.?S : *>() p. m.? j Lieut.. .J. C. (iillmore. ol the United States gunboat Yorktown, who was captured by the insurgents last April, near Baler, on the east coast of Luzon, and res | eued it few days ago by Colonel | Luther It Hare, of the 33d vol -1 timber infantry, sat today in the i apartment of his sister. Mrs.i Major Price, at the Hotel Oriente.' in Manilla, iind told a retnarka bio story of his eight. months, in captivity, ending with his dramatic dolivorance from a death that scorned inevitable. The steamer Venus came into harbor hist evening from Yigan, pro' nee of South 1 locos, with Lieut. Gillmore and nineteen other American prisoners, in. eluding seven sailors from the T> Vorktown. Lieut. Gillmore, after f %\ reporting, came ashore and hobbled along, with the aid of a| ' " . 5ASTE LANCASTER, S. C cane, to ilie Ilotel Oriente, j where American officer* and j ladies were waltzing through the! hall* t<> the strains <>l "Aguinal- , do's March '' (IILLMORK's condition. Although tanned and ruddv! I 1*1 It.. ,.V Itliollff. Iw. ... *" ' - -...J I i "in ' AfK'sui r? in- i> wrjiK <111(1 , nervous. showing the resu'ts oft long hardships. He speaks warmly of Aguinaldo and ver* hi'torly against Gen. Tino, declaring that while in the former's jurisdiction he was treated splendidly, but that after he fell into Tino's hands he suffered everything Col. Hare and Lieut. Colonel llowse. the latter of the 34th volunteer infantry, rescued Gill morn's party on December 18, near the headquarters of the Alabut River, after they had been abandoned bv the Filipinos, and were expecting death from the savage tribeB around them. When the rescuing party reached them they were nearly starved, but were hu lding rattt in the hope of getting down the river to the coa*t. Lieut. Gill mere made the fol lowing statement to n correspondent of the Associated Press: ABANDONED BT FILIPINOS. "The Filipinos abandoned us on the night of Dec. 16. We had reached the Alabut River, near its source, that morning and the Filipinos rafted us over. We then went down the stream along a rough trad, guarded by a company ot Filipinos. Tbat night we were separated from this guard and another company, armed with Mausers, was put in charge of us. I suspected some thing, and questioned the lieutenant in command. He said: '1 have orders .rom (Jen Tino to shoot.you all, hut my conscience L.i.ltwlu t .11 I......." "I heggcd 11iin lor two lilies to protect us from savages, adding that I would give him letters to the Americans, who would pay him well and keep him trom till ' harm. I!" refused this, however, saving that he would not dare to comply. Soon afterwards he left ' wit h hi^ company. "We had seen some savages in war paint around us, and we prepared to light them with clnhstones, theoulv weapons that was left to us.The next morning we fol lowing the trail of the Filipino! soldiers, feeling th.it it was better to stick to them than to he I murdered hv savages, hut we | could not catch tip with them. Glorious News. i;omes irom ur. u. li. < argiie, of Washita, I. T. Ho writes: "Four bottle? of Electic Bitters has cured Mrs. Brewer of scrofula, which hud eaus'-d her great suffering for years. Terrible sores [ would break < ut on her head and j face, and the best, doctors could give no help ; but her cure is complete and her health is excellent." This shows what thousands have proved,?that Electric Bitters is the bes blood purifier known, it's the supreme remedy f r eczema, J tetter, salt rheum, ulcers, boils and running sores. It stimulates liver, kidneys and bowels, expels poisons, helps digestion and builds up the strength Only 50c. Sold by Crawford Bros. Druggist Guaranteed. 4 9 H ElS SRMI-WBBKLY. WEDN ESD AY, J A Then 1 ordered the men to buih rafts, in the hope of iloatin down the river. It was? a forlor hope, but I knew the river mils empty into the sea somewhere I was so weak myself that I di not expect to get, out, but thought some of the men could. TUB UKSCUK "On the morning of Decern be IS, while we were working o the rafts, the Americans cam toward us yelling. One of m men shouted. 'They are on ua He was lashing a raft of ban boos. I. however, knew it. wa not the veil of savmres. but t.H ""7 "s"-v v yell of Americans. The rescuin troops thought we had Filipin guards and caLed to us in Enp lish to lie down so that the; could shoot the Filipinos. Tht was the finest body of officers an men I ever saw." Lieut. Gdlmore could nc speak enthusiastically enoug about the 140 picked men wh had rescued him and his partj The command spent the day i making raits. Col. Hare thougl Lieut. Gillmore too weak to li* through the trip, but there wi no alternative. They shot man rapids, the men losing all the: effects and Lieut. Gillmore som irol 4 V ? 1uauiu O- lUUrt^B out of the thirty seven rafts sin vived the first night s experienc* and eighty men were practicall unable to walk when Vigan wa reached. Describing THE FIGHT FROM BENGUET. when the Americans approachet Lieut. (}tl I more said: "The Filipinos, completel terrified, left Benguet on Dim 7. They hurried the prisonei from town to town, often ret rat ing ihe trail, not knowing whet the Americans would attack After bring almost without ton for tnree days, they killed seven horses and we lived on Itors flesh for several days. I did n< have a lull meal from Decrmla 7 until I reached Vijian. Indoei the rescuing parly lived larked upon rice without sail. Tlmr was one day when I was reduce to chewing grass and hark. "While we were in the ham of'(Jen. 'lino's men lie issued a order that any person aiding a Aiic-riean I?v food or mone should he treated as a crimina One citizen ot \''man. Setior Vcr; was prohahly killed lor hefriein ing us. We would kave starve hui for ilie kindness of some < I he presidents of the towns an some of the Filipino colonel hut others treated us hrutalh Whenever there was a prison \s were kept there. When tiler was no prison they would lodjj its in a convent. We suflcre greatly from want of exercise, s well as lack of food." For week Lieut, (iillniore was covered wit hoils and in great pain. Whe the Filipinos found the Amer cans were approaching the trea ment became Letter. TO IURK LAURIPri: 1.1 TW IIAVN Take Laxative Hkomo Quinine Tai i.kth. All druggists refund the mom If If loll. f? V /I 1- -1 ?v ini"1 vw uuir. r*. . unovn, n nip ature on every box. 'Jftnenta. *2 rITER* NUARY 10, 19QO. I Rot* (il ^ Absolutely Makes the food more d WOYAt OAKtHQ PC 1 IIOW TIIK TRAIL WAS liLA'/.KI). n There was a si^n painter it r party and lie painted advertise v ments on the rock* throughou the retreat, with other emblems l" like a skull an<l the word "veil 8 geance," by means of which th< e Americans were able to follow. ? "The Filipino treatment o ? the Spaniards," said Lieut. Gill : more,"was brutal in the extreme ^ The insurgents had ohl grudge; to wipe out against them. Main " talk about the reconcentrados ii Cuba, but I have seen Spaniard! )l dying at the rate of two or thret ^ per day of starvation in the hos ? pitals at Vigan. 1 have seei ,r* Tagalo officers strike Spaniard n in the face with whips and re vol vers. e NO PEACE WHILE A TAGALO LIVES 18 Lieut Gillmore declined t *v speak regarding political eon ir ditions, except to say that h e thought the insurrection woul< n last as long as there were am r" Tagalos left. The members of the party re y ported to Gen Otis this morning 18 They were barefooted sun burned and ranged. Some car ned rifles, others pet monkeys 1, They attracted a great deal o .... -1 ? <i^ int*y |ici?xau itiun; y the streets. T'hho whose enlist 2. ments are about expiring will b< s sent to the United States. Th< others will be returned to tliei e respective organizations. uii.mork's comrades. (1 Antony the prisoners arrivini d with I.ieut. (iilniotv were F. .1 ? Iluhert. Ivlward Burke and J. .1 d I Farlex,sailors front the I rdanota 'f Von (ialen. ?>1 the Baltimore: A Mil (iordon and tJeorjse Sackett .Viol t lie JJil infant r.v ; Belaud Sniitl and Irunk Stone, ol the sifjna d corps ; llarrv lluber, <?t the lios | pital corps; Williain Bruce an< l> I Ivlward llonevinan. of the Ne o vada cavalry; Martin Urennai n I and .lames t'urran, of the lCtl v | infantry ; Albert Bishop, ol tli h dd artillery, and John (t'Briei a,land Ihtvid Brown, civilians. 1 an ai.i.koko tka itok. (1 Brown, who was formerly i ?! j Discovered by a Woman. Another ureal discovery ha ' 'I been made, and that too, by a la V dy in this country. "Disease tae ei tened its clutches upon her am e , for seven years she withstood it , severest tests, but her vital organ were undermined an<l deat d seemed imminent. For thre ls months she coughed incessentlj and could not sleen. She linall ^ : discovered a way to recovery, b purchasing of us a bottle of Di n ! King's New Discovery for ('or j | sumption, and was so much rr j lieved on taking lir-t dose, tha ' she slept all night : and with tw bottles iias heen absolutely curec ~~ ller name is Mrs. Luther Lutz I Thus writes W. (J. Hammck < Co., of Sbelbv, N. C. Trial bottle 11' free at Crawford Bros. Drug Stor Regular size 50c. and $1.0 t Every bottle guaranteed. > ? v 4 * / p >RISE. 1 "~^NQ 82 ,m 5akino ^ Powder Pure elicious and wholesome IWOIR CO., Wiw YORK. preacher in Honolulu, twi-e re\ v**aled to the insurgents plots of - the Americans to escape, iti the t hope of gaining the good will of , the Filipinos. The rest of th? - party openly accuse him of treach? ery and entertain the bitterest feelings toward him. f Charles Baker, of the .'Id artil lory, was formerly one of the . prisoners, but he became too s weak to travel and the Filipino j guards bayonetted him during 1 the last flight through the mouns tains. 0 PREVIOUSLY ESCAPED. 1 The prisoners of Lieut. Gills more's party who escaped after leaving Vigan were MacDonald, of the 21st infantry ; Von Galen, of the Baltimore, and Farley, of the Otegon. They were captured by savages, recaptured by the insurgents, who had stripped ^ and prepared to heat them, and ultimately rescued by the Amer) leans. ANOTHER FILIPINO SLAUGHTER. : Manilla, Jan. 7.?11 30 P M. * Reconnoissances out of Imus, Cavite Province, this morning, resulted in the loss of three ' Americans killed and twenty " wounded. The enemy's loss is " estimated at sixty killed and 0 eiirhly wounded 0 Col. Bukhimer, with a battalr ion of the 28th volunteer infantrv, advanced toward Noveleta. Major Taggert, with two battal ions ot the >ame regiment, moved toward Perez lies Marinas. A part ot tin- I'll inl'antrv was en: trailed sotit b of I mils. OII.LMoltK ANI> OTI1KKS SAPK. I, Washington, dan. 7 ?The navy | department received the following cablegrain todav : i 1 Manilla, dan. G.? To Secretary ..Navy, Washington; (lilltnore, ,1 Walton. Yandoit, Ellsworth, ii Brisolese, Anderson. Peterson, Edwards arrived. Also Farley, x Burke and Herbert,of I'rdaneta. Only X'i nville unaccounted lor. Last seen at Baler, June 15. 111 Watson. Manilla, .Ian. <5.?Secretary ol the Navy, Washington: Brutus towing disabled transport Victoria. Watson. J| B 8J He Fooled The Surgeons. i I All rl < tr\ 1/1 I I ?v\ i mi \iuuiwin iuiu ivruii IV * * n 111 e ilton, <?f West Jefferson, <al ter , suffering IS months from Bectal y Fistula, lie would (lie unless a y costly operation was performed ; j. hut he cured himself with five hoxe-> of Hucklon's Arnica Salve, the surest Pile cure on Karth, and t the best Salve in the World, 25c. n a box. Sold by Crawford Bros, j Druggist. 4 .1, ! '. Macki'V Si fVi cnaranton every hottle of Ohamborlin's Cough Iternedy and will refund S ilio money to any one who is not satlstled nfter a using two-thirils of the contents. This is the best remedy in the world for la grippe coughs, 0 colds, croup and whooping cough and is pious 4 ant and safe to take It prevents any ten dency of a cold to resQlt in pneumonia. 2t.