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A NOVEL OE AMERICAN I.lFi
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Cor*rljhJ. t*?2 *nd iW
CHAPTER XX.
CO.vtinv i:i>.
^lr. Veroou laid a lieavv hand on |
hi vouug man's shoulder, and they |
stood iu silence, while the excited
people went past thoin to and fro.
The rain had ceased uud the western
sun flashed out litfally hot wee a scudding
clouds.*
"Where were yon goiug?" Mr. Yernon
presently asked.
"To General Jackson's headquarters,"'
be answered. "The army is
moving."
"We will go together."
AuJ arm in arm they went.
CHAPTER XXI.
ee ogn1tiox er fille-t.lgkt a\i> CIVSFlash.
Tt *? ou flvft nftpptiivtit nf Mia nf
Decembor, 1814. Lieutenant Balhutch*,
and. Mr. Veruoa were not tho
only frieuds of the American cause
who had seen the British soldiery
feeling their way toward New Orleans.
Major Gabriel Villere, by a most daring
dash, had escaped from the enemy
after they had capturel him at his
father's plantation-house. He brought
rfewh which, added to what the scout :
and Ballnuche reported, confirmed
Jackson iu the belief that a large
Army was, indeed, immediately before
him.
Alt was hurry and excitement.
Orders had been sent to the officers of
the varions little divisions of the army
to inove their forces at ouco down tho
east bank of tho river and take position
ir. the vicinity of the Ilodrignes
Cauai. a small ffnme or ditch stretch- j
iog irom the river to the swamp, an
hoar's ride below the city.
G'eneral Jackson, swarthy and
l>ilious, rode out to Tort St. Charles
to review the moving troops. Mr.
"Vernon joined him ther j and watched,
??- - "J n?l<vnt wltil \ ii!a An?n /I nnL'v
gUUi auu OtlCU^t HUII? UI9 vu il iftiAOAj
' riflemen iiled past, t!j?ir picturesque i
equipments aud vivacious features j
showing iu marked contrast to the j
stalwart Teunesseoan backwoodsmen's ;
copperas clothes aud leau, unkempt j
faces. TUo reckless forbaus fl tug up j
their chapea'ax witb jaunty graoo aui j
saluted the general with loud cheer- :
iug. and then, catching sight of Mr. |
Vernon, they took up his name and j
redoubled the shout. The old man ;
lifted hie hat, aud they saw a flash o: '
battle iu his eyes.
. "I>y the Eternal," exclaimed .Tack- '
sou,'- "we will uinko those redcoara j
feel as before morning! Mr. Vernon, '
, your men look like bad fellows to face j
in a fight. I'd risk mv head on them, j
ir?risk my head!'
"Ton shall not be deceived in ,
them " said Mr. Vernon, preparing to
join them in tbeir march. "They
will do whatever 1 tell theia to."'
"Then tell them, sir, to make!
ihiuromeatof those infernal invaders!" ;
Mr. Vernon extended his Uaud. and ;
J&cksou grasped it with heart v good
wilt
Near by, on a tall ptav horse, sat :
bat strange genius, Edward Living- >
ton, looking on with keeu interest.
He wao Jackson's other self, his untiring
and all-seeing friend and conn-t
aeltr. It was he who said to the !
commander as Mr. Vernon rode uway::
"There goes the kiug of all the !
outlaws, the master of the llarr'ata
Tians, tbo Chata-lluauts and the |?i-!
rates of Honey Island. Hut for him i
they would have ell been against us." i
1 "Ring or devil," said Jackson, fol- j
lowing with his eyes the grand figure ;
of the old man as he galloped along |
he marching column to its head, "he j
is superb. He is maguotie. He fas- ;
cinates me. There is something great !
in him."
Livingston smiled thoughtfully; for j
Ac biraseli was a menu 01 juhuub h ;
and (be defender of the freebooters. :
He bed had great trouble ut first get- j
ting Jackson's consent to permit any i
of them to join the aroiy; but what
was his influence or even that of La '
fitte, in comparison with Mr. Ver- j
lion's? Ho know far more tha?: he 1
dared to tell the general; but at fchift j
momeot of enthusiasm ho coii^$ ?&st ;
forbear remarking, as Dacquirs's i
ored men and Dominique's ci\i*Wu
smugglers from the water hats at Bur- I
atari* went dashing by:
"J told you. this, geuera!. Set devils
to fight the devil."
*'15at that man Vernon is a gentle- j
man. sir!" exclaimed Jackhou, impetuousty,
"he's no pirate!"
"Oh, of course not. You are 1
right." replied the diplomatic Liv- j
ingston, whose memory held on its
leaves the inscriptions of Burr and
Bameau and all the other great criminals
who had inn le New Orlcaus
their homo or their calling point.
"Vmi Fond men like urint. i/euenu.*
-y. Somehow, flattery.. no mutter how i
oald m?d obvious. wm welcome to
^b^n i: rime from tb*? lip? |
of this brilliaut and engaging citizen
whom ho had attached to his staff.
Fairfax had been assigned to duty
with General Coffee, and was already
far on the way to the Rodrigues Ca- !
nab |
When all tho troop bad passed,
Jaclt3on turned to Datezae, another
of his citizen aids, and said, while
his sunken, jaundiced face glowed
with almost startling passion:
"We aro invincible, sir, absolutely
invinciblo! We will drive these redtoa!>
into the gulf!"
^ *
i OFd^
:Y ISLAND
3 DURING THI3 WAR OF 1S12.
TKCMPCON.
by Tlnbert SoniL
auu now Uot signaled to all tiic
group and said:
"Coin* on! Couie ou! Wo will
.smash them!"
Anil away they weut at a gallop,
fo?lo\v?n_r the well-beaten road taken
by the troops.
M-. Vomou reached the neighborhood
ol' the Villcre plaututiou before
sundown, anil by the time tbut General
Jackson and his staff had arrived,
he had formed a plan of recounoissanee
of the enemy's lines; a plan
which, when presented to the commander,
was accepted at once. He
was allowed to choose llfty mounted
men, some of them well acquainted
with the country, and make u bold
ride right down through the British
pickets.
He was successful; and what he did
had ill it a smack of the old timo
aud the knightly. The invaders had
tlnng out a weak line or pickets, and*
upon one of these the horsemen cast
themselves at Headlong speed. Close
by Mr. Vernon's aitle rode > ussenr,
mounted on a wiry little Creole pony.
There, too, young Louis Livingston,
son of Edward, smooth-faced and boyish,
dashed along, eager for the most
dangerous adventure.
It was growing dark, and a thin
fog was creepiug across from the
marshes of Borgue; the lights of the
British camp-fires dared and flickered
in a zigzag line from tho river on the
west to the dark swamp on the east.
Mr. Vernon was familiar with every
feature of the country, aud there was
one with him who knew just how to
find the rustic bridges over the
ditches aud how to avoid the many
miry slonghs wherein the horses
would have stuck fast. So they rode
in a liue that was a parabola, the
longer part of the carve skirting the
swamp, while the other touched tho
river levee.
The pony was shot dead under Vacsenr.
but this scarcely caused a pause,
in the rush. Mr. Veruoon stooped
and ??wuiig tho little man up hchmd
him. A little further on, down went
Loni.i Livingston's horse. The
nimble youth was taken care of by
one of his fellows in imitation of the
leader.
At about the point where they
reached the deepest swing of their
charge they dashed almost over a
* ? ? ?_i.:? *? ..
pariT O. ujjicn ? imvtu;, ?ci? ??
Mr. Vernon was still ahead of nil
tho rest and Vassenr was clinging to
him like a leech.
Tho group of surprised and startled
Englishmen at the fire sprang up and
reached wildly for their arras; bnt
galloping over the soft, sandy soil the
horses made scareely any noise, and
the riders were npon theui before they
conld prepare for defense. One of
them, however, was qniok, cool and
ready, lie leaped forward and tired
a pistol just after Mr. Vernon had
passed. His aim was deadly; a young
creole threw np his arras aud InnibJed
from his saddte.
Vnsseur clutched Mr. Vernon, nud
cried out:
"Pierre Kamc.ru! That was Pierre
Rameau!"
There was a rush of charging men
and a volley of musketry from keliiud
" ??<*)? l/?u- trpes. Bullets saner
past, but not a hcrse or rider was kit.
The movement opened a view of the
enemy's line at this point and showed
that it was strbDg.
' Did you see Pierre Bamenn? Did
yon see Golouel Loring?" Yassenr
kept repeating from his seat behind
Mr. Yeruou.
The old man mode no answer to tho
questions; bqt they did not fail to
reach liis ears. He had used his eyes
with as mncli effect as bad Vasrenr
and had seen by the red flare of the
fire the tall form aud perfectly calm
face of Luring.
It was impossible to stop or turn
hack; the fate of Jackson's army, tho
fate of New Orleaus might, l?? depending
on the success of this recoil'
naiHssanee.
I Meanwhile' General Jackson was
1 perfecting hie lint ?t battle and pre;
paring to an advance upon the eaj
euy. Livingston was at Ins side ait
i the time aud more *.i?u once remarked
that when Mr. Vernon re1
turned with his report the whoa- plan
! of at'.uck might bare to be changed,
j They heard tho tiring, and Jackson
| looked uneasr.
| "Don t fear, general," said Ltvingi
slon, "l hey will not captnrc Vernon;
1 he knows what l?c"> aiiont I assure
! JOU."
I "Well, we shall have to wait till he
j gets back.'*
Tl/i wait was not long. Mr. Yer
noa with Vassear blill clinging <iu at
the crupper c.im? straight to the spot.
Jackson, who ai the time was not
mounted, leaned on the sweating neck
of the old juau's horse nud heard t'uc
story of what had been seen ulongthe
British front.
"We must turn their right Hank."
Mr. Vernon added, after giving a rapid
report. "We must drive them toward
the rivei."
"Zat Pierre ltnmcau, zat Colonel
Loving vat pull yo' nose, he is over
care, mo'sien le general!" cried Yas*enr,
jumping nimbly and lightly to
Lite ground. "I seo 'eem zare, zat
;!olouel, yah, sare!"
He skipped around like a jay, his
gesticulations coming ia tho proportion
of about three to a word.
"Yah, aare, 'ee pull yo' uo-n. an'
iap yo' an' zen 'ob go to ze Anglais
iii* shoot at us!"
He knur,- that Jacksou conld not
tnderstaud Freueb; therefore bis etoi
t to make himself plain in English.
"Shut your month or I'll smash it!"
>as ail the notice that the general
ave to him.
"?.Io to your place \>ilh Major J\?
piisil" Mr. Vernon ordered, :.u-.i V.ts*
.eur wen!.
-We bad been planning." H.vhl
Jackson, "and your suggestion iapis*
what we we to agreeing upon when
you arrived. Your men am just to
ibe left of u?. here. When you lie tr
ttie tjniu of the Carolina out there i't
the river, march straight to the British
linen. General Coffee in ou our
extreme left. He will turn the enemy's
Hank and drive theni toward
the river. Yon kuow yonr men. You
know what to do when you find the
redcoats. I?low 'em sky-high, sirsky-high!"
Just before going to the place assigned
to him, Mr. Vernon stooped
from his saddle and, speaking low iu
General Jackson's ear, said:
"I nui glad that you refused to have
anything to do with Colouel Loriug.
I was wrong in urging his claim. You
wire right in your estimate."
"Yes, sir," replied Jackson, with
vigorous promptness, "he's au infernal
villain, a scoundrel and a
traitor?cut throat! I'm amazed that
you? But let's talk 110 more. Go
at the enemy ami give theia fits. Rejpjember
the signal ? Ihe guns of the
Carolina. Good luck, sir."
It was a ghostly night. The rnoou
had risen, bat .t could not shine
through the fog that momentarily
thickened after iihe ami went down.
Some trouble was had in forming the
line, owing to the awkwardness and
nervousness of the undisciplined
troops; and this battle turned out to
be, as every one kuows, a wild confusion
of iiaudtj-liaud combats between
straggling bands of both armies.
A signal-shot and then a whole
broadside fom the Carolina set the
little, ill-formed line iuto motion just
as a flight of flaming rockets lit np
the whole Britist front.
Mr. Vernoa had reported the ground
as quite unfavorable to cavalry operations,
and so all the riders were dismounted.
J1:ven the officers set out
upon that strauge night-attack ou foot,
plashing through the mire and tumbling
waist-deep iatu ditches, leading
tbeir men amid the darkness and fog,
often utterly ignorant of the points of
direction aud unable to distinguish
friend from foe. It was an eutbusias
tic. harnm-scaram rush froui the ontset,
each little division anxious to bo
the first to fire a' the enemy.
General Coffee took Fairfax roar
him, and soon saw that he bad made
no mistake>in c'.oiug it. If evor a
man in a good soldier, it is when there
is an object for him bohiud the
enemy's lines. We are all selfish to
this degree: the personal appeal is the
strongest uppeal. It was as lover
bereft of his sweetheart more than as
patriot risking all for his country that
Fairfax rode ou through the fog aloug
the skirt of thit awful swamp and
into the first strong outpost of the
British line.
General Coffee was almost a giant
iu statnre and as brave and daring as
a lipn. He and Fairfax yvcre sido by
aide when they approached the enemy
near the houso of General Viilerc.
Here were some orchards of orange
trees and souio clusters of huts inclosed
by board fencea. The firing
began in a scattering line that zigzagged
from tfce edge of tho swamp
*- n? i?tka
ULTUftB to l-uu lorco nv iup ?>*?/?, ?uv?
was traceable ouly by the spurts of
Same from musket and rifle and by
the broad dashes from some tield-guns
that had been trundled along apace
with the infantry.
80 soon as Coffee felt that lie had
passed the British right flank, he
wheeled to the right and charged toward
the river, carrying everything
before him, until he reached a piece
of levee behind which the enemy hud
formed in strong force. Hero ho
called a halt and fell back a space, as
be found the position too well taken
for him to risk attempting to storm it.
"Hurry to General Jackson and
bring me his orders," he said to Fairfax;
and he gave the same order to
two other temporary aids, each of
which was told to take a different
direction from that pointed out to
Fairfax; for, i:a the darkness aud fog,
1 41...
JlO OUt? WttH t*uj t; VI tur wuipao.%
Tbinkiug of Pauline, the lover
stumbled away ou his missiou, trying
his best, to keep the course indicated
l>7 tlie genor il. Deprived for the
time of the light of his companion's
guns, .is he ran everything scorned to
come into his way. He bumped
against trees, fell over fragments of
fences, stepped into oozy ditches,
struggled through prickly clumps of
brushes and lore his clothes ou the
Jjrush of fallen tree-tops.
A sword, and it u clumsy affair, was
now his only weapon. This lie carried
naked iu his hand, having thrown
away tiie belt and scai>?uru uecauso
tl.ey hindered him.
It seemed to him that there wu3
firing iu every direction, north, south,
east aud west. Field-pieces here,
musketry yonder, the heavy thunder
of the vessel's guns to his left-oblique.
and all around the keetf "paug,
pang," of the well-known woodsiuau's
rifles.
<TO CONTlSVr.I).)
rropcrty In l!ir Trnn?rn:it.
General Cronjo'8 property near Potchofstroem
consists of more than six
thousand acic*. The farmhouse is a
one story building, aud is furnished
with the utmost simplicity. Its owner
is essentially a sportsman aud a lover
of open air life. He dislikes city life, ,
and for that reason has persistently
declined to become a candidate for the
Transvaal Presidency?an office the
holding of which involves the necessity
of living iu Pretoria,
I Our. Budget
j| of Humor..
Oh, .Tor!
J lcnotr no single ta.'-e of
fco hlissiid as 10 ask a miss
If she will wed.
And then to watch her chew her thumb,
As tlioiudi ii were some toothsome nuin.
And nod her head.
?Baltimore Nctva.
Ctaulfinl.
Jo <*W?" rir> ii si.-i'i! Dollv to mnrrv him
while ii' lmtliin;.. Isn't be a bird';"
Jessie?"Yes; a seagull."
The Kea?oii.
' What makes you think that noble*
man's intentions are dishonorable?"
"Why, he wants to marry her."?
Life.
The Finishing Touch.
The Nurse?"The doctor has come to
take your temperature."
The Convalescent?"I suppose it's'all
1 have left."
Ailments.
]>r. Smith?"I've no patience with
purely imaginary ailments."
Dr. Jones?"You're lucky, t've half
a dozen all the time.*"
- Get* the Beet Altvnye.
Mprehant?"Yes'm: one t>ouud of
nails. Six. eight, or ten penny':"
Mrs. Youngthing?'"GIVe me the tencent
ones, please. I always get the
best."?Chicago News.
Boy* Will lie llojt.
"I guess you can't tell lue anything
alw>ut croquet!"
"Well, that's what I was afraid of.
I suppose there does come a time when
m man gets too old to learn!"
Its Identity.
Little Ozro?"Paw, what is a chamber
of horrors?"
Fanner Bentover?"Wa'al. good land,
Ozzte! Don't you know what your
maw.> spare bedroom4ooks like':"
In Donbt Kroiu Appearances.
Automobillst?"Say, where can 1 get
soiuc repairs made? I've met with an
accident."
Farmer?"What d'ye want?a machine
shop or a hospital?"?Motor.
Hair.
"And her liair." cried Claude, "is
something to dream over!"
"It would make a good mattress.
for a fact."' assented Meltravcrs. ever
anxious to display line sensibilities.
Mutual.
"I'm satisfied," said the angry tailor,
"tliat you intend to beat me out of
tliis money."
"All right." ehueklod the happy
debtor; "it you're satisfied; I am."?
Baltimore News.
Itone to the Ocea?lon.
Archibald?'"Mamma, gl#e me a pcnny?"
Mother?"You're too big to he ashing
for pennies."
Archibald?"Well. then, give nip a
quarter."?Chicago News.
Not Muny There Tlirtr I>aj'i?.
Willie?"Pa. ,when you say a man's
'wool gatherin* it inenns he's lazy,
don't it?"
Pa?"Not necessarily. He may bo
Withering the wool off the Iambs in
YYall Street."?Philadelphia Ledger.
Mi* Idea of Ccneroalty.
"Did you turn that needy frieud of
yours empty-handed from your door?"
"Well." answered the mild-mannered
man, "I don't value money for its own
sake, but I'd kind o' like to be in a position
where the subordinate employes
of large enterprises will say 'good
morning, sir.' instead of 'step lively.'"
?Washington Star. .
Small Boy Kntertalua HI* t'oclf.
"Did Johnny entertain you nicely,
Tnclc Abuer, while I was out?" asked
the niece the old man was visiting.
"He did very well," was the rather
constrained answer. "He spent most
of the time making me promise to let
him eoine to by funeral."
"Dear little fellow! He's so thoughtful.
"?Chicago Record-Hern Id.
Too Mat'h For th#? Xervp*.
"Your husband," said the doctor,
?'iiau wnrrimi htmactf sick. lie needs
a change."
"Where ought we to go?" asked
the anxious wife
"To the city." replied the doctor,
promptly." where he will not live constantly
in a bar-owing atmosphere of
suburban trains and time tables."?
Chicago Evening Tost.
,Tu?t Wanted n I'lmncr.
"Mister Jedgo." called out the colored
witness, after he had been on
the stand a full hour, "kin I say oue
word, suh?"
"Yes." replied the Judge. "What is
it?"
"Hit's des dis. sur. Ef you'll des (
make de lawyer set down en keep still
two minutes, en gimme a livin* chanee,
I'll whirl in en tell de t rut hi"?Atlanta
Constitution.
True Genius.
Hicks?"We had a great time at the 1
club last night. Sorry not to see you
there, Charley."
Mrs. Porter (after nicks had gone)?
"Why. Charles, you told me you spent
the whole of last evening at the eiub." i
Mr. Porter (with great presence of ]
mindi?"So I did, my dear. The rea- ,
soi^ Hicks didn't see me was because ,
be wasn't there himself. Trying to ,
deceive his wife, probably."
' Mrs. Porter?"The wretch! And he i
would try to rob me of the confidence I
I have in you. I always did see some- 1
thing about that man I didn't like."? '
Cleveland Plain Dealer. j
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CANAL TREATY REJECTED
Tliought to Be the Ccusc of the Rev
olution.
Panama. Special.?The revolutioi
which occurred Tuesday and which re
suited in the proclamation of the in
dependence of the isthmus of Panara:
v. as not. unexpected. Since Sunday las
all kinds of rumors had been in cir
? ' ition. hut it was not until Tuesday
night that the hour so long looued ror
ward to bv the inhabitants of Panamt
arrived. Kor two days previously
groups of people had been gather-in;
about the town discussing the sitna
tion. which caused alarm upon the par
of the authorities, for the houses o
P". Manual Amador, Jose Arango am
Frrderieo Boyd and other leaders ol
the poptilar movement were watched by
the police, but the revolutionists fearlessly
went in and out of their residences.
issued their orders and theii
plans were carried out. ,
The revolutionists derided upon 5 p
rn. as the hour to proclaim the independence
of the isthums, hut a change
occurred- in their plans and word was
sent to Santa Anna* where over 2,00(
men had congregated, Tor tne revolutionists
to disperse until 7 p. m.. bu<
tley wore already marching towardt
the Plaza Chiriqui, cheering enthusiastically
for the independence of th<
miliums. Thereupon signal was givor
to Genera! Huerta, of the revolutionary
forces, who. in the name of the Republic
of Panama, arrested Genera]
Tovar and his staff and escorted them
to police headquarters amidst wild
cheering for the new republic, for Dr.
Amdor and for the other leaders oi
the revolution. The flag of the Rc
j.ublic of Panama was then formerly
hoisted.
The cause of the revolution may be
briefly summed up as being the result
of the action of the Congress of Colombia
at, Begota in relecting the HayHerran
canal treaty. The Panamalang
are almost to a man in favor of the
construction of the canal by the United
States, and it had repeatedly been
prophesied before and after the
meeting of Congress that Panama
would secede if the treaty was rejected
and would probably come to terms
with the United States for the building
c? the great Isthmian gateway.
The revolutionary junto is composed
r?f Jose Auguatin Arjano, Prederico
Boyd and Tomas Arias, who have
r\f th? rrnvernment.
Wliuigv v?4 ?.?' O
The composition of the provisional
cabinet is as follows: Minister of the
(Jovernment. Eusbis Morales; Minister
of Finance. Dr. Manuel Amador; Minister
of Foreign Relations. F. V. Do La
Esprllla; Minister of Justice, Carlos
Mendoza: Minister of Public Instruction.
N. Victoria: Minister of War and
Marine. De Obarrio, Jr.
While Dr. Amador war, In conference
with government generals, the officer
who is in,command of the government
warship Bogota, sent an ultimatum
to the Colombian government.
the time to expire at 10 p. m..
yesterday, but before receiving an answer
the Bogota began a bombardment
of Panama. Her fire was answered by
the guns of the town forts and by
those of the gun-boat PadiUa, which
had declared In favor of the revolution.
Shortly afterwards, the Bogota left the
bay. but as she has very little coal on
board, she will not be able to go very
far. Communication by telegram with
Bogota in interrupted.
The Logical Candidate.
Cleveland, 0.. Special?Senator Hanna.
referring to the renewed suggestions
made In various quarters to the
effect that he is the logical Republican
candidate for the presidency next
year, as a result of the unprecedented
victory in Ohio at Tuesday's election.
Siade this statement: "The result of
the election in Ohio Tuesday In no wise
changes niv opinion in reference to my
proposed candidacy for the presidency,
of which position the public has been
fully advised."
Boy Kills a Man.
Richmond, Va., Special.?A .Stuart,
Patrick county. Va., special says:
"William O'Dell was killed at Liberty
Tuesday in a row with some boys
one of whom threw a stone, striking
O'Dcll on the nose wun gumcirui. !<< ?
to knock him down. ODell fell against
a log. and broke his Heck. The parties
concerned were arresetd.
Fought to the Death.
Wytlieville. Va.. Special.?A fatal
} hooting affray between brothers occurred
Wednesday night on Potato
Creek, in Grayson county, next to the
North Carolina Hue. The brothers, Ira
Halsey and Dick Halsey, had an old
grudge.Dick Halsey was seated on his
horse, and his brother was standing
on the ground when the latter shot
twice at Dick without effect. Dick
dismounted and the two clinched.
Dick was getting the better of the
fight when Ira shot him through the
heart, killing him instantly. Ira was
held for trial.
Virginia Genera! Assembly.
Richmond. Va,, Special.?The latest
returns from elections in Virginia
s ho v.- that the complexion of the General
Assembly wilt he littlo if at all
changed from what It is now. There
will be about 19 Republican votes on
joint ballot, two Fuslonist votes and
one independent voto. The total membership
of the assembly is 142.
Cabl-Ca s Collide.
Kansas City. Mo., Special.?One person
was killed outright and 51 othot-3
Injured, two of them perhaps fatally, in
[he collision of two cable cars in a fog
?arlv VVednc.iday, on the steep Twelfth
street viaduct. Most of the Injured
were shop girls on their way from
[heir homes in Kansas City, Kan., to
the big department stores on the Missouri
side. The dead girl, Nellie Tus?ombe,
sged 20, a clerk, was killed instantly.
She was found burled beneath
[he debris of the wrecked trains.
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County Settlements.
r There are still 1C counties of the
State with which the comptroller gent
eral has not hail settlement, on account
of the tangled condition which
some of the county treasuries were.
The counties yet to be settled with are
Charleston, Florence, Georgetown,Williamsburg.
Newberry Laurens, Darlington.
Greenville. Anderson, Clarendon.
Beaufort and Colleton. The comjK
troller general last year only witnessed
12 settlements, and this year practically
two years work has to be done.
r In four of these counties the settlements
will be delaped, and as a result
| the work will not be finished until the
> first of next year. The Legislature last
s year only appropriated 1500 for the
I expenses of this work, and this
. employment of experts In some coun- ? . ^
: ties to straignten out arraire. As a re- ^
i suit the comptroller general will have
. to pay further expenses trusting to the
I general assembly to reimburse him.
i Last year, however, the senate committee
refused to increase the approp.
riation of $500 and Mr. Jones stands
! a good chance of being out seme mon- , *.
i oy. The law requires that settlements .
I be in the hand of the comptroller geo,
eral by July 1st, but some
! of them were not received until a few
days ago, and this, is partly responsible
for the delay..
Mr. SSimpson' s efforts to have the
i dispensary directors authorise the
i opening of a beer dispensary, at
Winnsboro were again balked by theopposltion.
His petition, fortified bjr
i a certificate from the registration
i board to the effect that the signers
were qualified electors of township No.
14, was attacked on the ground that It
did not show a majority because some
of the signers might not be now reorients
of No. 14, .although the registra.
tion books so indicate. The matter was
deferred till the next meeting, whenhe
was advised to get ah affidavit
from the auditor tnat his petition - .
shows the necessary majority.
Seal Paper a Will.
Yorkvillc, Special.?William Young
is the name of the safe-craeker, who
was shot at Wright's Perry on Monday.
The writing he left with Dr. ct Duliu
was in the nature ef a wMl. an#
it reads as follows:
"Point, S. C., Nov. J, 1903.
"Mv Dear Brother-in-Law:
"Accept this as a release of thw
mortgage I hold on your property. My
TVof/ih Voon vnnr.
I IU? JVU UJ . Tf UI.VU nvvy /v?.
self. Am shot pretty badly. Doctors -/j
claim I cannot get ov^r it Try * to
bring my body home.
(Signed) "NED W. YOUNG."
Tiiis writing was not executed until
Young wa3 assured that there waa no
further hope for him. and he instructed
Dr. Dulin to wire L. Hleronymous.
at 2820 Waverly, Baltimore.
Hierony mous reached Dr. Dulln'a ^
Thursday afternoon, and Dr. Dulin attested
the paper for him. He did not
talk a great deal about Young, but
said his brother-in-law was a steam
fitter, who had quit work on account
of bad health.
Palmetto Notes.
Mr. J. D. Saamuela, the Southern , '
Railway's night telegraph operator at
Aiken, met a tragic and an awful
death on the Southern's bridge near
6 o'clock. He waa caught near the centre
of the bridge by train No. 133,
bound for Augusta and waa Instantly
killed, bis body being horribly muti
lated. The engineer saw him too late tfS
to stop the train. As the locomotive
was almost upon the body the engineer
saw the victim raise his head and look
toward the approaching train. Near
the body were found two broken whiskey
bottles. Why Mr. Samuels was on
the bridge at that hour is a mystery to
the railroad people there, the bridge -t- -<h|
being several miles from Aiken.
Jim Smith, a colored man. who was
wanted on a criminal charge, was shot
near Andersonville and died of his
wounds.. He was shot while trying to
make his escape. a
Walter McHam, a sixteen-year-old
negro boy, is lodged in the county Jail
on the very serious charge of haying
assaulted a negro girl about 4 years
of age. at Cowpens, a few days ago.
Immediately after perperating his deed
McHam disappeared from Cowpens,
where feeling was intense against him
after the action became public. He
came to Spartanburg and was arrested
here yesterday. The colored child on
whom the assault directed, is said to
be in a critical condition.
The Southern Express Company has
sucecede/l in locating the $50 that was
stolen from the Fishing Creek wreck*
but the probability is that there will
Lv no prosecution. The management of
the company figures that there is a
possibility of failure to convict, and in
that event the thief will probably be
/induced to sue for damages.
General Edward McCrady, the first
man of letters in the State, ^uthor of
the monumental four volume History
of South Carolina, died suddenly Tuesday
morning at his home in Charleston.
in his 71st year. He was a gallant
officer, rising to the rank of colonel in
the war between the States; a distinguished
member of the Charleston bar
an J the father of the celebrated "eight
box law." which made negro domina- . . .>$|
tion impossible in South Carolina after
the advent of the Hampton regime.
C. D. Kenner, the foreman at the
Palmetto Roller Mills In Spartanburg
had a serious fall Saturday morning
and it seems a miracle that he was not
killed. He is said to have fallen about
twenty feet, .his head striking one of
the grain bins. Mr. Keaner went Up
the steps on tbe platform, where the .
2rain makes its entrance into the mill. J
While on the platform he made a mis- JL
nten and v.-a.s precipitated to the floor
beneath. For a time it waa thought fl H
he had been fatally injured, fie
was unconscious for several minutes. H
He Will be laid iri for tome time.
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