DAYTON HERALD,
EIGHT ARE KILLED
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Washington, A pril S3.«- I t it tha in
tent ion of Secretary Root to have tha
organisation of tha general staff per
fected and ready for business at the
time the law goes into effect in August.
For (Bat reason the order detailing offl-
eara for the general staff instructed a ll
save those in the Philippi nee Io report
a t once to General Young, who is tha
chief of staff, and who w ill hare in
hand tha details of organising tho body.
j An armed band of ladroneo ba» reap-
special boards, to which .w ill be re
pesred la Risai province.
ferrad mat tais th at w ill naturally come
The Twenty-third regiment has left before them. I t is the intention to
W bitb Springs,' a summer resort near
» Louis, was wrecked by a tornado.
Astronomers a n talking of forming a
mhfnatbm In order to facilitate their cers detailed for the general staff shall
sontfaoa their present dotiee longer
I t to asid on good authority that than to absolutely necessary, as it to
W illia m JC. Vanderbilt w ill marry tbo desire of Secretry Root that they
abon'd at once eater upon their staff
dot lee and assist in perfecting the or
A «term In Garmaay unroofed build ganisation ao that it w ill bo in working
ings, tote down telegraph wires and did order by August 15.
Captain Edward .Oatfield, who my«-
troualy disappeared in Cleveland last
immar, baa Man found in Littleton,
D r. Lew i y , secretary of the Kanaan
atete board of health, baa reported
tb at tea dlaaaaa la Rice county, Kan
ana, thought to ba bunonic plague, to
M auila, A pril 23.— Major General
Davie has returned here from Jolo
archipelago. He did not are the sultan
of Jolo. aa tbo latter wont to Singapore
throe days before General Davie ar
rived. Tho sultan’s absence compela a
temporary abandonment of tho nego
tiations for tho Abrogation of the Bate«
treaty.
’ General Davla reports that ninc-
tentha of the Lanao (Mindanao) Moroa
have accepted the American sovereign-
ty and pledged peace and friendship
Representatives of 40 towns north of
the lake professed allegiance to lbs
United States before Major Ballard yes
terday. Peace to assured until an a t
tempt to made to abolish slavery.
It
to believed that would unite the Moroe
in opposition to the Americana.
The head-hunter« inhabiting the
Sierra Madre mountain« have made a
raid in the province of Nnetva Ecija
island of Logon. They teheaded four
natives. A* force of chvalry to pursuing
tberaiderr.
a
A Tala of the Early SattlBf «
of Lottlslaoa.
C H A P T B B X V III.
Jamestown, N. Y ., A pdi S3.— A
Chopart was a bold, recklaae ■ « • and
coupling broke on a westbound freight
train on tho E r b road, at Rood boo ae cruel and avaricious. He had commenc
thia morning aa the train was leaving ed hU career as commander at tha
Natrhes fort by cruelty to h b own men,
tha main track to take a aiding for the but
out or two grare mmplalate made
east bound Now York and Chicago Itm- . «
n , . j
v „ . na:n f h:a
Ited to paw. The delay occasioned bj remoTal, and ha let the white« be la
the mishap wae the cause of a fatal ac pear«, but expended his wrath upon the
cident of a moat distreeaing nature. I’pqpr Indians. H e was sew m«»h slated,
Almost Immediately after tbo freight for be was sure that tha beautiful Tillage
train broke in two the passenger train of tha W hite Apple w ould'»«» bo his.
oame along at the rate of 60 miles an
boor. The paaeonger engine, a com I the transactioa. Oae day bl sat in hla
bination baggage and passenger car, a rude bouse, with some of hh attendants
day coach and two sleepers. left tha (about him, when a soldier demanded ad
track, running nearly 100 feet beside mittance.
"How ttdw. sirrah?** be demanded, as
the rails, crashing into a small school
tha man entered.
hooee, which was demolished.
“ I have come with a waning," tha aol-
Tbo wrrvk caught Are immediately dler replied.
and a ll ol the cars which left the track
“I la ! —a warning Speed out."
were quickly burned op.
Baggageman
“An old woman panaee my post thia
Hotchkiss was killed, hla body being morning, monsieur, and ah« hade ma tell
recovered. After tha Are Are bodies tha French to be on (heir guard, for dan
were taken from tha horned care, ger threatened them."
“And from whopi?”
rbree of them are those of two women
“ From tho Indiana. They will rise and
and a child. They ware burned ao bad
ly as to make it almost impossible to butcher us alL”
“ Have you epoken of this before?”
identify them. The other two hare not
I t to believed that other bodies are in
the wreckage. Six more or lees seri
ously injured passengers and member«
of. the crew were taken to the Salamanca
hospital. Two private car« on the paa-
senger train kept the track,
Denver, A pril 22.— A apecial to the
Republican from Cheyenne. Wyoming,
aaya: The sheepmen of the Sweet
water country have declared open war
upon the cattlemen, and a clash ia im
minent unless stops are taken a t once
to get the warring (actions together on
the proposition of satisfactory division
ol the ranges of that section. Informa
tion from Landeris to the effect that
the m ilitia there may be called out .to
“ I baro not.”
“Then yon shall not tell It to others!”
cried Chopart, in anger. “ Have yon not
seen enough of this idle fear? W hat ho!
—without there!”
A t thia call, two soldiers entered, who
usually stood ip the passage te obey the
commander's call.
"Take this fellow and lock him op In
the prison," he ordered. “W e’d soon
have the red rata down upon ua if they
knew we lived in fear! They dare not
offer ns harm. Away with hliu!"
And for ccnreyiug thia intelligence the
poor man was cast into a strong dungeon,
and there kept for several days with hla
feet in the stocks.1
But thia was not thFodly note 6f warn
ing Chopart had. Four days afterwards,
a soldier came to him and informed him
that the Indians surely meditated the de
struction of the fart, »□ J of all its white
inhabitants.
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• f hl« warrior«, accompanied them te tba * of his
t««n», and there the dark monarch prom- I panioa.
bod Chopart that, in cooalderatloa of hla | "H e
kindness in allowing them tq remain ao terday.
Ion* In their Tillage, they would bring
W hit
more than the quantity of corn promised, qualla
“On the morrow,” he said, “ we w ill the ere
come with our tribute of corn, double was a
what wo promised, and on the neat day not loo
we shall b a re the Tillage of the W hite hie pur
Apple.”
I hurried
“ But stay,” cried Chopart, “ we w ill to shut
hare one more carousal ere we part. Thia eltfc. •
night you shall bring your warriors her«, j go. > w
and w«*U cheer our eonla.”
•
dwellln
“Our white brother speaks kindly,” re- : Ing and
turned the Croat Bun; “ but will he not 1 of bear
be wroth at the rudeness of my people?” i hearily
“No. Bring them, and we’ll pledge head t<
friendship."
from tl
fed brother x iM coma."
npua »
"And his braves with him?”
“ I t shall be ao.”
/A n d that night saw th^. scene of ca-
rental? dhangetT to NatcBkx. And thare
they sat—the doomer and the doomed!
And they pledged eternal friendship! The
white m an'had planned to rob the red
man of hb birthright—to drlre hlm*froui
bis home, profane bis temple, and plow
up hla fathers* grave«! The red Ban
hgd planned to keep his home, to main
tain sacred hla tempi«, to guard well his
fathers' graves, and that this should bo
done, the invader was to be swept away!
I t was a strange pledge, but the white
man was tbs first to offer it.
I t was after midnight when they sep
arated. and the stars lighted tha Natcbca
te their homes. When they rea. bed their
village, the Great Son, in company w ith
hla chiefs, and nobles, went to tho tem
ple and entered They approached tha
place where the sticks had hung, but
there were none there now. Tha leathern
thongs hung against the wall, but there
was aothlng In them.
'‘Chiefs, nobles and warriors of the once
powerful Natchea, may not this ba the
ave of our re-awakoalag? Tbo day la
past—tha more comerh! Shall not the
Natchea once more stand at tha head of
nations? To-morrow wa open the path,
and henceforth from that time let our
enemies beware! Tbs Great Spirit la with
ua, while the white man's God has for
sake« him. W hat shall we fear? Sleep
now, but sleep not too soundly nor too
long. Let the sun find us ready to bid
him welcome—so shall tye do honor ta
the parent of our great first king!”
Thus spoke the Great Sun, and aa he
closed, he moved slowly towards the
door, and his chiefs* followed him; and
ere long afterwards the village of the
W hite Apple was wrapped in silence; but
there were two there who slept not.
W hite Hand still prayed that the comiag
death Mow might hot extend tq hla fath
er, and tha wish kept sleep from Bis eyes.
And ha who watched the sacred fire now
felt his duty doubly binding, and sleep
canoe not te him, as ha still kept up bis
tireless vigila
C H A P T E R X IX .
aad Show Fight.
Wood burn. N . J., National Bank of
ficiate aay a man deposited 118.500.
te a rly all la *30 geld pieces, that had
tela buried fa hla back yard tor years.
— Burton Parker, a sorter la the Chi-
Bomervllte, ff. J ., A p ril 23. ■¡^Twe
hundred Hungarians and Petes, who
are on a strike on the relate of James
B. Duke, preeident of the American
tobacco company, held the bridge from
Raritan to the Duke estate today and
with drawn revolver! prevented team
sters from going to the Duke estate.
M r. Duke aeya kmwtU not grant tee 25
cents a day increase the men ask. The
strikers are alleged to have destroyed
many tree« on the estate.
The strikers gathered at the Raritan
river bridge last night, armrd with
B M R jrlto had remained at work sa they
craesnti the bridge to their bomee.
eonfeeeed. H e to supposed to have ee- John Lawsoa, manager of the estate,
cured *200.
placed the men in wagons and beaded
General J. C. Bates, the new com the procession for the bridge, and be
mander of the Department of the was held up a t the entrance by a Hun
Lakes, baa arrived a t Chicago. Gen garian with a gun. Lawsofi d n w hie
eral Sumner succeeds him as com-
Barer yet fully known why he was «par-
mender of the Department of the Mis
g ad. She -found W hite Hand alone Ho
became frightened and lowered
souri.
, gaaad eagerly Into her fa. a, for ho wae
weapon. The wagons were then
j anxious te know how her work progress-
Passenger train No. 4. on the North lowed to cross the bridge.
I
ern Pacific, ran into a freight on a eld
■
,h * n«M. speaking ab-
ing at a station 12 miles west off Dick
raptly, why ware you spared from death
inson, N. D. Fireman Gleason waa
when you first came barer*
kilted and the engineer injured. A
“T hat I might marry Coqualla,” replied
H v a Lives L o tt la Crash oa FLoco L in e --
switch had been left open.
the youth.
W rac k Daa t e M alice.
Tha recent high tides at Coney Is A
“ But was there nothing olse?” asked
land, N. Y., burst through the Bright
Kansas C ity, A pril 23. - Passenger
( the old woman, looking him sharply in
on Bench bulkheads, and the inrush- In i n No. 103, on tbe Frisco system,
the faca.
tog waters flooded the cellars and de which toft Kansas C ity at 11:30 last
,
"W hy, yea,” returnsd W hite Hand,
stroyed the work of the gardeners at
s rpoaking with some d ifl lance, for the real
Brighton Bench Hotel. The waves night for Memphis and Birmingham,
was partially wracked this morning
I T ' m " T “ ? *°. ,OO,i,h ,nd HiMcoloua
rose aa high as 20 feet.
near Everton, Mo., north of Springfield,,
to him that ho almost feared ha ahonld
Tha big bronse statue of Atlas, by a defective ra il.
Tba angina, bag-
•Pnabing of IL
which has stood on the fourth floor o f
II
And w hat was that?”
gage, express and mail care sent into
ten old Times building, Chicago, tor
I
P,r.<M?1*ed ,o
,0 th* vrtoltm
more than a third of a century, and the ditch and ware badly damaged.
» man a God that non« of tbo wkke.ln,.«a
Tha
engineer,
fireman
and
one
postal
which waa placed In the structure by
W ilbur F. Storey, has been stolen. dark and two mail clerks were killed
r to tell him how baaely the red men had
Tha statue weighed more than a ton. and perhaps a dosen pa»senger« were
'
v WTon* * ^
the iavadera; for I was
slightly
injured.
A Chicago man proposes to capture
1
V kP* OP *' aBd, ' i * 7 •uP5*«‘<f that I
Tbe
engineer,
fireman
and
tha
m
ail
Havana's stray dogs, use them as bait
should have soma Influence with mv 8n-
psema Father.”
’
“ " 7 8"
tor sharks In the harbor, and when darks wain buried in the wreckage.
sufllcient are gathered, blow them up Fireman Coffman and Poatal clerk
“T h a t’s I t r tba agad priaeesa eroaoad
W! ± her h , nd , folded acrom h e * boeo^i
with dynamite. The Havana Munici Campbell were dead when taken ont.
pal Council pays *3 tor each female Engineer Meade waa in a dying condi
H o w t asked tha youth, |B surprise.
shark destroyed, and *2 tor each male. tion and suocumbtd soon after being
i h.Jd i T X J h“t
8plrit
•
“There's millions in IL "
_
hand in thia work. Tho fort at Natchea
removed from tba wrack. Tha paasen-
la doomed past all hope?’
Aa Immenee flbw of oil was struck gar coachea remained nprigLt and the
J “ No—not doomed J”
a t 12M feet In a well at Hartford, O„ passengers, except in tbe Columbia,*
" I t la. Tha last .tick will be removed
In new territory.
escaped with a severe shaking ap and
to-norvow, and th e. tha blsw moat fall! ’
Str Chen Tung Lien Cheng, tha new alight braises.
j L o-morro w T
Chtnasa Minister, has accepted tha In
“ No—the blow falls oa tha day after
vitation of tha World's P air Commis
,t,c k ' mark tie intervening
O raat Loss of Stock la Utah.
sioners to participate in tha dedica
Washington, April 33.— Considerable
tion at 8L Louts.
Halt latke, April 22.— Between the
“And must all fsllT^atl—any»
attention ia being given in official and
Two carloada of m ilitary tents, diplomatic circles to the embarrassing ravages of an unusually severe winter
"A ll at Natchea, bnt not elsewhere, for
promised by tha m ilitia department position which Germany ia forced to oc and tha breaking ont of a malignant tbo othora w ait yet another week, and
disease known as "p ig hasd” among ere that tlm e th a w h lte . will ba warned.
tor tha uaa of Immigrants have been
received at Winnipeg. Fourteen hun cupy at Washington aa a result of tha tha flocks within tba past few weeks, But what noise ia that? H a rk l Thera
delay ia tha arrival of tba credentials tha sheepman of Utah, Southern Idaho are about, of welcome.”
dred mofa are expected.
of Baron von Sternberg, who, it is an
They both started for the door, where
The fast mall oa tha Louisville A nounced, is eventually to succeed H err and Eastern Nevada are afraid that by
“ ’ L i 8tU"< ••'W W L who
Nashville tor Naw Orleans, ran Into von Holleben as ambassador here. Tha tba time they get their sheep to tha
an open switch near Castleberry. Alai., German envpy’s present rank ia that summer grating grounds their louses caught tha youth by tho arm and foredd
w ill amount to about 60 par cant of tha him Into the bouse again.
and waa wracked. Mall Clerk Dono
“ W hite Hand,” he said, speaking quick
van and tha Negro fireman were k ill of minister on a special raiarion, and as number they had tost fall.
Should
ed. Engineer W right and mail clerks such ha necessarily is at tba foot of the this estimate be correct, tha loss in ly and sternly, “ remember your oath, for
Byars, Baton and Stratton were pain list of miaisters and jnst preceding tha Utah alona w ill amount to about 1,000,- your salvation may now depend npoa It.
The white men have come to carouse to
fully injured.
charges d’affaires.
000 head.
the W hite Apple. Beware that you do
not forget yourself! Shall wa treat you?
An explosion has occurred a t tha
m ilitary powder factory near Lisbon.
Mind—all is wall with you If you are
Barlin, A pril 23.— Tha German gov
New Orleans, April 2 2 — Boo It la ia faithful!”
Portugal.
Several
perrons
ware
ernment,
before
corresponding
with
kilted.
"Pear not, my father,” spoka the yonth,
now president of Hondnras, Arias ia in
Canada proposes to retaillate tor Great B rita in reg ard ing the «urtax im p riro n at Tegucigalpa and Sierra is a unable to repress the trembling that sein
ed bis limbs.
Garman tariff discrimination by add posed by Canada on G erm an goods, or fngil ive in Nicaragua, haying fled to that
“Than you may conduct Coqualla to tha
ing one-third to tha duty on German suggesting to tba bn ode*rath that re country for safety whan tba handful ol
Imports. Machinery M r placer min taliatory measure« provided for in tha troops deserted him in Necaome on revelry.”
I t waa a calm, warm night, and In tha
ing will ba admitted free for one year. naw tariff b ill should ba applied, in April ». On that date tbe rebels under
center of the great square were built two
lands
to
inquire
afresh
through
tbe
General
Barahona
and
Maldonado
made
F ire which started to the Capital
free af pitch-wood to servo aa torches,
Hotel at West End, a summer reeort ministry cf the interior, as to what the an attack on tha government forces and here the white men and the red were
near Naw Orleans, La., destroyed that precise trade exchanges between Ger under command of General Sierra and gathered to ancial confab and amusemeaL
building and a number o f . business many and Canada are, and how tor then marched on tba capital, where There were over a hundred whits men
housaa. Tha loss la |7S.*0».
Garman exports would Ita affected were Arias was made prironar.
Thia, with there, aad at thoir hasd was Ckopart him
Tha Cripple Creak Tunnel T ra n e the other British colonies sim ilarly to tha news that quiet prevailed, waa tha self. I a m I s recognised him at once aa a
portatian A Mining Company, of Crip discriminate against Germany.
information received by tha Timas. brutal man whom he bad ones seen at
Naw Orleans flogging an Indian girt.
ple Creak, Colo., has obtalnatr an la-
Moat of tbo whites were decent looking
Junctlon against a nunqbar of mining
Caal Strike Delays Warship.
companies to prevent them from driv
Bt. Ixmia, April 22. — G . V . Oalo, men; but before the night had passed
Hoaolnlu, A pril 23.— Tha coal strike
ing a big district tunnel through one to British Columbia Is responsible for
away. W blta Hand shrank away te his
chairman of tha southwest tariff com
of Its claims. The company has also
lodge, aad a« ha laid hla aching bead
the
ncn-errival
of
a
shipment
of
1,600
mittee, has prepared a «at of rules gov- upon hla pillow he drew Coqualla «torn
brought suit against the E l Paso Con
solidated Gold Mining Company tor tona of coal for the uaa of British war- arning the shipments of aahibita to tha to him, aad te . stoking tana ha mnr^
ships stationed hare.
H
M. 9. exposition aad return to tbair owner«. mared:
water supplied.
“Alas! I am ashamed of my awn peo
Kansas bank deposits bow amount Am phitrite haa appaaled to tha local I t is provided that all exhibits shall be
to 2M.0M.flfl», or over * M tor every station to give bar 2,000 tons to enable carried to tha exposition at toll tariff ple. W ith all their advents««, b f birth
her to make tha return trip to Hong rates, but upon proof that exhibits (ex snd education -w ith the enlisbtenment of
man. woman and child to the state.
• • their heritage, they are but sav
Tha Methodists propose to merge tha Knng, towing the (arpado boat dastobv- cept in« livestock) hare not clan g *!
The bands, they w ill ba returned free over ages still!"
Methodist Book Concern of NOw York etodwa there (roan Kequlma’t.
The next day found soma doaan of tho
aad tea W aster» Methodist Book Ooa- ■aval station wired te tha navy depart tba same road by which they w an sent
Frenchmen still at tho India« village.
cara of Cincinnati and Chicago.
ment at Washington for parmiasion.
to tha fair.
But tha Great fian himself, with a flaw
A t an early hour tha Great Bus and
for wan
others i
“Bit i
“ for I 1
Quick
hoped 1
that w<
cion,
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TRU STS.
J n p ite r F la v in e K n o c k s« O at a
C orner la O ly m p ia n N e cta r .
The boas of high Olympus looked up
from bis cup with • wry expression.
"What's the matter, Jupe?** Inquired
Juno, as she dipped Into the ambrosia
platter.
•Tt’a thia nectar,” replied the eminent
Olympian. “I t ain't up to the standard.
W hat’s the matter with ItF*
“In my opinion,’* said Juno, as she
took a spoonful of the honey of Hybla,
“I f a all tho fault of the tru s t They
have let the quality run down. And
at the same time they have raised tho
price."
"Truet!” cried Jupiter. “W hat trust
to that?”
?
/
“The Olympian Nectar t r a i t ” replied
Juno. “I thought you knew all about
It. Mercury to the president and gen
eral m anager, and he and Apollo are
the board of directors. Mara wanted to
buy In, but they wouldn’t let him. They
claimed he waa too quarrelsome. They
gave Neptune 100 shares of preferred
on condition that he'd help them water
the stock. I thought you heard of it
a t the time.”
Jupiter looked black, aaya the Cleve
land Plain Dealer, as he pushed away
“I hear of It now for the first time,”
ho growled, and the echoes of his growl
reverberated among the distant hills.
“And what’s more. 1 don’t expect te
hear of It again. Syndicate my nectar,
w ill they! Why, blame their pesky
bides, what do they mean by It?**
“There, there. Juple,” «aid Juno, in
Jber moat soothing tone, “don’t got so
riled. The boys didn’t know bow vexed
you’d feel about IL**
“Well, they’ll soon find out! Haven't
they a plant somewhere, or aomw-
thing r
“There It la,” said the statuesque one,
as aha pointed to a lower terrace.
JupUer grim ly smiled.
‘*W £ won’t have“to w ait for any Su
preme Court decision in this case,” ha
remarked, ns he stepped to the nearest
cupboard snd d re w out w h a t looked to
be a half-dozen me tai Me skyrockets.
At sight of them Juno gave a little
scream and put her bands over her
ears. A moment later Jupiter stood
by the open window and drew back
hla massive arm. There waa a blind
ing flash and a startling report, and
the nectar plant on the terrace below
trembled to Ita base. Thunderbolt fol-
lowed thunderbolt, and when the sixth
waa thrown there wasn't a vestige of
the building left.
"There,” eald Jupiter, as he wiped
hie hands on hie napkin and calmly re
sumed hla seat at the table. “ I fancy
that's one way of solving the trust
problem. Paae the nightingale tongues,
please.”
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•»parlateadeaL
Only Tr*n«c<mttn»»t«l Line
f u s in g Directly Tbrouafc
Salt Lake City,
Leadville,
Pueblo,
> Colorado Spring»
and Denver.
Three tnlendidlr «quipped train,
all r o i s ix bast , tv
Through Sleeping ,4 d M ala« Oars
Roelli liig ch a ir Cara.
Tha most megulfioenl seeapry la Al
daylight.
W . C . M c B R lD E , G e n . A g t
P o rtla n d , Ol
Stung Serpent were astir, and rwhtta the
first rays of tha morning sun darted into
tha beautiful vale, they rested upon all
the warriors of the Natchea there as
sembled. Such as- had pistol, carefully
loaded them, aad hid thepi away with
their hunting knivas to their bosoms.
Their tomahawks ware sharpened and
slang to their belts, and all took their
gnns.r Than each man of the common
claaa want sod get kto bag ef-cern, and
baving*set It down, they commenced their
war danca. But they made not each hide
ous noise as usual—only enough to pro
pitiate tha G reat Spirit, and make him
acquainted w ith their intent.
I t waa well in' the morning when they
set ont, and by the middle of the forenoon
they reached Natchea.- They entered tha
place dancing and singing, and straight
Through P tilliran Ktandard and Tourist
way carried their corn to the fort. Then
Bleeping Care dally Io Omaha, Cklcaao. »po
the rod men began to separate—some thia
k a n a ; Tourist sle ep in g Car dally m Kansaa
way and some th a t Every house had
City: Through Kullin an Tourist Sleeping Cars
personally eondueten) weekly to Chicago,
one or more visitors, according to tha
t n s u (Tty, Mt. L oul, and Mani phis; Reclining
number of people in IL Some begged for
milk,1 some naked to bay powder and shot,
far which they promised to pay in corn
at some future day.
A richly stored
barge lay at tba pier, which had come up
r s il
M TU 1ST,
Port land | Ft. Worth,Omaha.
the day before, and qn board this a num
SMetal
I Kanaa* C ity, St.
ber of Indians crowdad. Into tho fort
• :10a. m. I 'LoulsXhlcacoaad
via
! Koat
they crept by different ways, presenting
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themselves wherever there waa a white
man, until at length they were distribut
ed wherever there was a blow to be
struck.
V E R S A T IL E MR. H IL L .
A t length « sort of solemn stillness
reigned over the devoted town, aa though
■ a llr o a d M aa ta a te W kw K n o w B o w te
the death-angel had bashed all hearts.
H a n d le a D e ra ile d B n a tn o . r
Bnt hark! W hat la that horrid yell that
James,J. H ill's wonderful versatility
cornea from tho fort—a yell that makes
tha very blood (reeae, aad causes the aad grasp upon tbe multitude of details
hair to stand oa end? W hat are those of practical railroad management bave
fearful cries-rthoee maniac shouts—and been a source of much comment among
thoM despairing groans?
railroad men In recent years. While
The general aasassination of the on a tour over the Great Northern road,
French took so little time that tha execu his train, which waa going down a
tion of the deed and the preceding signals steep grade, became derailed. Running
were almoet one-and the same thing. One
at a low rate of «peed as the train was.
single discharga closed the wbola affair.
telleverr » Saga
It coat the Natchea only twelv« men to no damage was sustained by the offi
destroy two hundred aad fifty, through cials further than a general shaking Up.
tha fault of the commanding ofleer, wbo Mr. H ill was the first man to alight
alona deserved the fata which was shar when the train stopped a fte r running
ed by hla unfortunate companions.
several rods along the ttoa. He found
Some half dozen Frenchmen escaped, that the locomotive had been thrown
aa by a miracle, this general massacre, from the rails, and stood watching tha
aad made their way to Naw Orleans ia
Ineffectual effort« of the train crew to
safety. The women and children of the
place
the engine back on the track.
whites were-mostly saved to bo kept aa
Jackscrews were used, but tbe men did
prisoners.
Iadepen-
I, (Lorvailla
O f course the Natchas supposed that not seem to thoroughly underatand tea
all tha whites in tha country were now work.
dead. Not one of them ‘ dreamed that
“That won’t do." said M r. HUI. “Tour
they had been deceived Into striking a jacks won't lift It when In that posi
1:«Sa.».
week too early. So they caroused In tba tion.”
Taos., Thar.
town all night, and on tba naxt morning
But the men applied the levers, think
they started for their village. They had
ing
they would show tbe president that
spared two men whom they retained as
prisoners, and who escaped from them they knew their business. The Jacks
after having served them some weeks. slipped, totting the pondérons machina
Lv. L e e lataa
Ona waa a wagoner, named Mayaax, who down on tho tlea with a bump.
4:06 a. m.
s.esa.00.
was kept to transport tho goods of tba
“ Let me «et that Jack,” said Mr. H ill; Pally cxeapt
Pally ax rapi
Saturday
Preach to the Indian village; aad tha oth “I don’t think it wUl slip then.” And.
Friday.
er was a tailor named Lebeau, whose ser grabbing the ecrew, he set It at an in-
vice» they wanted in fashioning tba
B. GABRIEL A,
cllne to hie own satisfaction, and. after
French garments to their own use.
. Dayton* <
throwing
a
little
sand
on
the
top
and
On the next morning. W hite Hand was
startled by the return of tbo Natchea. bottom, he exclaimed, "Now go ahead.”
The train men were a little dations at
Ha went o«L bnt bis heart sickened at
the scene ha was destined to witness. first, but they applied tbe lèvera, and
the huge machine slowly lifted Itself
Tw o hundred and fifty human heads—
Bnt those who know tho Indian charac Into place and slid quietly onto tha
ter can imagine tha horrid orgies they rails. The delay was only twenty min- J
mittht hold when fired w ith revenge and utee.—New Y o rk Tiroes.
flushed with victory. Eves tha historian,
who deals only with stubborn facta, lays
Q n e a t lo n o f Degree.
down hla pea to silent horror when ha
Tha phlloaephy of human existence
finds himself In tba midst of Lebeau's
nsrratlva of whst bo saw In tha Indian wa« discussed to tbe presence of tbe
villas», and bids bis readers spare him representative of tba Washington Star.
tba recital.
M t la my opinion.” remarked tbe Aral
Tratna leave Payton tor Portland and way
W hite Hand crept bach to his Io Ike. sage, “that a man wbo has a college de stations at S:22 a. aa. Lea*, |or b*nea t>:is y.
rn.;
deny except Sunday.
and Coqualla found him there pal« and gree la vary likely to ba successful to
falnL She bathad hla temples and brow, life."
Lea»«« Portland «jM a ■ - I : » « m
Eraree Alfaeay is m a. m.; 1I:H p m
and after a while ho revived, but ha dar
‘T ru e .” answered the other, fresh AFriras A t e ^ d U : » a . m.; U:«fp. at.
ed not vesture ouL
from
the
reports
of
tha
commencement
“Alas, my companion!” murmqred the
“ ten P r a n e ts e o T 8 |, B .: I : I U a .
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princess, “they make horrid pomp over exercises to the newspapers, “and It Is
a
rale
that
works
both
ways.
A
man
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their victory, hut It baa coat thorn dear,
“ Port W o rth t:W « .a .; < : » p ■
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though they realise It not now. My peo wbo la aocceasful to Ufa Is vary likely
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Maw rerk 13;4S p. a . ; U:4S p. a .
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“ 5’
Mr. Brown Goad morning
Mr.
P nllaen aad Tonrixt Cara on botfc trains
Jones; how's your wife?
Ctaatr Care tecraaen to to El Paso, aad Tourist
Mr. Jones (who la deaf and didn’t quite Care 4a Mew Orleans aad Waahlnatoa.
anderstand)—Very blustering and die
Connecting at ten Pranetseo «1th eererel
agreeable again tbla morning.
M araer tinea fat Moaolala. Japan, Chiaa,
Grief hallow» heart« even while It
Phlllpptnee. Central and South Aanrlea