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PFEFFER is to be punished.
r ,i>*tatf.mk%t to cost him a
kink OF *SOO.
I. ll> (•> B- Deprived of the
to I*ln> U itU Aty Cluh Other
rliiin Lottlnville Duriug the Fret
rlll >.-!!•—Slv of tile f.eveu I'm
rlrr Selected—The llroohlyn Club
sail for Savannah.
v „ York. Feb. 28.—Following' are the
. n: ,.-s of the men selected by the base
’ i magnates to act as umpires for the
. r season: McDonald, Keefe, Lynch,
V Kntslie, and Betts. There
one more to be appointed. It
-o 1 great surprise when Hurst w as not
appointed. A petition was sent to the
. ur.g asking for his appointment. The
. -son scheduled was promulgated.
=. rotary Young after the convention ad
, ,-r.cd read to the newspaper men the
following letter:
V. E Young. Esq.: I respectfully petl
rm the National League, through you,
,o re' ommend to the national board of
arbitration, the removal of my disabili
• and that I be restored to good stand
rrig in said lague.
I am willing personally, or by the presi
dent of the Louisville Base Ball Company,
to appear before your honorable body at
any time you may name, and I hereby
pledge my allegiance to the national agree
ment. Very respectfully,
Fred Pfeffer.
Feb. li. 189a.
The secretary then read from the mln
utes the following: "At a meeting of the
national board of professional base ball
. lobs, held In New York City, Feb. 28,
a recommendation was presented by
the National League ami American Asso
ciation of Professional Base Ball Clubs,
i (onvention assembled, requesting that
•h. decree of ineligibility imposed on Mr.
red Pfeffer by the national board at a
meeting held in New York on Dee. 22,
1891. be reconsidered.
"This board in compliance with Fuch
a recommendation and holding In great
respect the large number of petitions
and personal uppeals made in Mr. Pfef
ter’s behalf, has by a unanimous vote,
agreed to remove the disability imposed
on Mr. Pfeffer on the following condi
tions:
• This board in removing Mr. Pfeifer’s
disability assigns him to the Louisville
Base Ball Club for the season of 1895, and
pp will, during said season, be Ineligible
•o play with any club, member of any
league or association identified with the
national agreement, except said Louis
ville club. Mr. Pfeffer is also required to
pay 10 ttie secretary of the National
Vague the sum of SSOO. said amount to
be paid in somi-monthly installments
iring the playing season of 1885. Any
.’allure to comply with this requirement
will render Mr. Pfeffer ineligible to play
with said Louisville club, notice of such
ineligibility to be promulgated at the
discretion of the chairman of this board.”
■V rule has been adopted that any club
convicted of paying any fine Imposed upon
a player by the umpire shall bo fined a
sum ten times the amount of the fine paid
for the player.
The board adjourned until November.
BROOKI.YVS BALL CLVB.
Tlie Players Sail From Xetv York for
This City.
New York Feb. 28,-The Brooklyn base
ball club started for Savannah this after
noon on the steamer Nacoochee. The men
were all feeling like* spring colts. Man
ager Foutz. said, and he expects good
results from the preliminary training In
the south.
The team will remain in Savannah until
March 20, when a change of base will
be made to Augusta. During the sojourn
in the south they will play six games
ra. h with the Washington and Pittsburg
league teams. Three of the games with
the Senators will be played in Savannah
and three in Charleston. The Sooty city
aggregation, commanded by Manager
.Mack, will bo tackled three times in Sa
vannah and on the same number of occa
sions in Augusta.
The Bridegrooms will remain south un
til near the time for the regular opening
games of the league.
Chicago, Feb. 28.—Capt. Anson and his
base ball team, which will represent Chi
cago in the national league contest this
season, left tills city to-day for Galves
ton, where they will put In six weeks
practicing. Weekly match games will also
be played with the Louisville club at
Houston, tho first game being scheduled
for March 5.
A NEW MILL FOR ROME.
Tlie Company Dp
ridm to liuiltl There.
Home. Ga., Feb. 28.—T0-day did away
any doubt as to the erection of a big
branch here by the Massachusetts cotton
mill There has been practically no doubt
for some weeks but to-day, the deeds to
'he land desired were signed up
and 200 acres became ti.e prop
rrt>’ of this company. The
land is situated four miles from the cen
ter of the city, on Silver creek, and touches
berh the Southern and Chattanooga, Rome
and Columbus railways. The situation is
almost perfect in every way. Work has
already begun, and a force of hands is
b n v digging for the foundation. The mill
to he erected must be. constructed at once,
ar - if is the intention of the company to
‘ ,a ve it in operation by Nov. 1. At first
include 30,000 spindles, and 1,000
looms, costing $700,000. The capacity will
b*> enlarged if the success expected is met
veith. Contracts for the work are to be
at once. The officers of the company
h;i\ f received letters from 750 places, offer
ing locations. The 200 acres of land were
donated by citizens.
MODJESKA I\ ROLAND.
1 he .\nthoritleM Prohibit Her From
Fulfilling; Her Engagement.
London, Feb. 28.—The Daily News cor
rf,spondent in Odessa says that Mme.
Helena Modjeska has been forbidden to
fulfill her engagement with the Warsaw
theater. He ascribes this prohibition to
1 r lectures in Chicago, and remarks
: ' ; *t under Gen. Gourko’s regime she
"oiiH have been expelled or arrested
' omit Schouvaloff, the new governor of
'■ iM-ian Poland, has issued an order per
' ittinj; telegrams in the Polish language.
■ attends the social events of the
elite, and notably has improved
'tie tone of society In Warsaw.
Thonumville Items.
Thomasvtlle, Ga., Feb. 28,-James Smith,
ier engineer of the Waycross division
' " e brotherhood of Locomotive Engi
:,'*. t r B *,, Klreß Sheriff Doss of this county
i no. rewar J has been deposited in the
, of "'aycross for the capture of the
' party Who shot Engineer Radford
A 1 * c 'y nlKht before last. Mr. Radford
doing well.
A TRAIY HELD l I AT I) VI.LAS.
The Robbers Run OB With the F.n-
Rtne and Express Car.
Dallas, Tex.. Feb. 28,-The boldest train
robbery ever committed in Texas took
place on the edge of this city at ; o’clock
last night. Fifteen thoroughly armed
men held up the Austin and Texas Cen
tral express at the Missouri. Kansas* and
Texas crossing. The engineer and fireman
were made to leave the engine. Then
the robbers cut loose the express and
baggage cars, placed men on the engine,
pulled the throttle wide open and ran
northward, leaving the body of the
train on the track. Just before starting
away with the express car the robbers
compelled the engineer to get into the cab.
He was then made to run out to a point
near \\ hite Rock creek bottom, about five
miles north of the Dallas union depot.
Here they stopped and compelled the ex
press messenger to open the express car
and admit them. The messenger was con
fronted with six shooters, opened the safe
and the robbes plundered it. They tore
up a large number of packages. After
they had finished with the express ear
they shot out the head light and ether
illuminations, leaving the engine and ex
press car in total darkness, except the
light furnished from the fire box. They
told the engineer to back his train as
soon as he pleased. The robbers then
scattered to the timbers of White Rock
creek bottoms! where it is presumed
they had comrades and horses in wait
ing.
The railroad and express officials and
employes declare that the robbers found
no money, but the belief is general that
a large sum was secured. In running
back to the balance of his train Engineer
Averett had no signals to guide him and
crashed into the oars on reaching them,
smashing several sets of bumpers. The
passengers had hidden their effects under
and about the seats. The shock to the
car sent watches, money and miscellan
eous valuables jingling and clattering
around the floor.
The facts of the robbery were tele
phoned into headquarters by the fireman,
who had to walk some distance to reach
a telephone. Detective Arnold and Sher
iff Cabell with ten mounted officers armed
with Winchesters started in pursuit
from police headquarters. The robbers
had nearly two hours start of the pursu
ing party before the latter reached the
scene of the hold up and plundering. The
police late last night arrested Joe Mills
at a variety theater as one of the sus
pected robbers. He had requested a sa
loonkeeper to change a S2O gold piece
before entering the theater, saying he
did not care to drink. When searched
$219 in gold was found on his person. He
save his address as Tennessee. Detec
tives are looking for the men with him
before he entered the theater.
new Mexico’s mine nonnoit.
The Number Killed 25, Hut the Cause
of the Explosion litdecidcd.
Cerrillos, N. M., Feb. 28.—The excitement
arising from yesterday’s mine explosion
abated somewhat to-day and the exact
number killed is definitely known. Twenty
four bodies have been recovered from the
mine, which accounts for all the men ex
cept one, a stranger, who was to com
mence work yesterday, and who has not
been found.
As to the origin of the explosion, Judg
ment is suspt nded. Some say the mine
is not properly ventilated and that ju&t
such a result had been predicted from time
to time for the last year. Others claim
the territorial mine inspector has been
negligent in not forcing the company to
properly protect the miners. Supt. Dug
gan, however, claims that the explosion
occurred in a room on the fourth level,
where a danger line had been drawn by
the lire boss, but that two men, taking out
rails, went over the line, it is supposed,
with an open lamp, contrary to orders. Of
course both men were killed, and it cannot
be told now' whether or not this explana
tion is correst.
Most of the victims were buried this af
ternoon, making the largest funeral New
Mexico has ever seen in time of peace.
There were seventy men at work In the
mine at the time of the accident, but none
of those w r ho escaped being killed was in
jured to any extent.
A coroner’s jury reviewed the remains
this afternoon, but will take no evidence
till to-morrow. Two thousand dollars
will cover the damage to the property.
Thomas Leaden, a member of the terri
torial legislature, is a White Ash miner,
and Sam Hardesty, who was brought out
dead, was a candidate for this scat. His
friends claim he was elected.
GALVESTON MAKES GLAD.
The Handling: of 1,r1>0,000 Hales of
Cotton Celebrated.
Galveston, Tex.. Feb. 28.—The Galveston
exchange gave a grand banquet to-day to
its members, and a few invited guests, in
celebration of the port of Galveston hand
’ing 1,500.000 bales of cotton for the season
of *1894-95. The receipts of Galveston
reached the 1.500.000 mark last Saturday.
Speeches were made by President Runge
of the exchange; Mayor Fly and George
\\\ Kidd of the Houston cotton exchange.
Business was totally suspended on the
floor and every onp gave himself over to
the enjoyment of the occasion.
A WAR IN INS! R \N< 15 RATES.
Tariff Association Companies to
Meet Their Competitor*.
Richmond, Ya., Feb. 28.—The local
board of underwriters have decided by a
practically unanimous vote to waive all
rules and rates in competition with non
co-operating companies alter March 1,
and a letter has been addressed to all
the companies represented in the board
and the Southeastern Tariff Association
explaining why this course is followed.
The. underwriters agree not to cut the
rates as among themselves, but are in
position to meet the rates offered by
agencies not in the board.
SEIZURE OF THE CAROLINA.
The Vessel Now in Charge of a Dep
uty I nited State* Marshal.
Charleston, S. C. f Feb. 28.—The schooner
Carolina, which was seized here a few
days ago by the dispensary constables,
while endeavoring to land a cargo of
whisky at one of the wharves, was to-day
taken possession of by a deputy United
States marshal, who is now in charge.
The arrest of the vessel was upon a libel
for possession instituted by the captain
and owners of the Carolina. The action
will take the dispensary law into the
federal courts.
When tfaby was sick, we ga-re her Oast nr ia.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When sha became Mi-s, she clung to Castoria*
Wfesa she had Children, she gave them Cajtoria.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, MARCH 1, I>3.
DIXIE A MAGNET FOR DOLLARS.
north*:it a capital still flow
ing TO THE sot Til.
Th* I'urchnur of Farm Land* t*>
\\ extern and Northern IV©** I c for
C oloniEntiOß I'urpone* a Loading
I- enlure of tho Present Operations
in the South—( onitl‘rallc \ctt%i
t> H*port<*d in tho Orunr.iraiiun of
Now Industrial KntrrpriMca.
Baltimore, Feb. 28.—1n its weekly re
viow of tho business interests of the south
tho Manufacturers* Record reports a
steady imrvase in the tendency of out
side people to invest in southern prop
erties. This is especially noticeable Fn the
purchase of farm lands by northern and
western people for colonies.
Tht re is also considerable activity re-
in the organization of new indus
trial enterprises, and notwithstanding
the general business depression through
out the country the south continues to in
vest its money in the organization of man
ufacturing: enterprises. Among the lead
ing industrials matters reported for the
week are extensive reduction works for
handling: refractory gold an pyrittte ores
at Blacksburg, S. C.. and at the same
place in connection with this enterprise,
but by a separate company, large phos
phate works to cost about $150,000 to use
the sulphuric acid which will be made
as a bi-product of the reduction works.
At Fort Mill, S. C.. 5.200 spindles are to
be added to a cotton mill; two cotton
mills are to be built at Silver City, N. C.,
and cotton mill enterprises are being or
ganized at Lafayette, A!a., Denmark. S.
C., Salemn, N. C., Orange, Tex., and sev
eril other points. A $59,000 cotton cbm-
Press at Yoakum, Tex., and another of
*30,000 in the same state; two Gd-ton cot
ton seed oil mills in Texas; a 750-barrel
grain mil! projected at New Orleans, and
largo lumber mills in Louisiana; a $40,000
bridge and a $6,000 foundry in Alabama;
ice machine works, a SS,OtK) packing com
pany and lumber mills in Georgia; a $30,-
OIX> water works projected and 750-barrel
flour mill in Tennessee.
A number of large buildings have been
reported during the week, including a
$30,0d0 hotel at Kliaaheth. City; a $15,000
hotel at Norfolk; hotels at Chattanooga,
Zeidonla, Ala., Houston, Tex., and a
SIO,OOO hotel at Clearwater Harbor, Fla.;
two $20.(00 schools at Norfolk; s3o,into
courthouse at Pensacola; $120,000 semi
nary building at Richmond; two college
buildings to cost $65,000 at Jackson. Miss;
a $90,000 courthouse at Paris, Tex., and a
$20.4*00 court house in Tennessee.
Among the railway projects for the
we?k were the rebuilding of eighty miles
of road in Georgia, and changing the
guage from narrow to standard. Ar
rangements have been made for building
twenty-two miles of new road in North
Carolina, seventy-five miles in Arkansas
and Texas, and also six miles of electric
road, including a power house and electric
light plant in Mississippi.
A specie! dispatqh to the Manufactur
ers' Record from the Massachusetts Cot
ton Mills Company of Lowell states that
this* company has definitely decided to
bufld anew southern mill at Rome. Ga.
The cost of the new mill will be about $609,-
(X*o. The Massachusetts Cotton Mill Com
pany is one of the oldest and largest tex
tile coni-rns in New Km bind, having
been Established in IX3O, and having a
capital of $1,800,000, to which $600,000 is
added for this new Georgia mid. The
company at present runs 4,000 looms and
124,000 spindles. Its Georgia mill will prob
ably have about 5'J.000 spindles. The work
of construction will be at once pushed—
plans for the building having been
prepared by one of the leading mill archi
tects of New England. All the details
have been closed for its early construc
tion.
m NfoKi) oit or
A Mllledgcvllle Man liny* an Inter
cut in a Fake final no**.
Atlanta, (in., Feb. 28.—W. H. Crawford
of MtlledrevUle saw' an advertisement in
an Atlanta paper recently which stated
that a person with S3OO could get into a
good business here, and make lots of
money. The offer struck Crawford favor
ably and ho came to Atlanta for a personal
interview and wrote as directed. In reply
he received a postal card, asking him to
call at til Kills street. Crawford says ha
called at the address given and met‘a
middle-aged man, who gave his name as
F. Sweet. Sweet showed him a piacque
made of glue, oil and plaster of parls.
i which was to make the fortune of both if
properly handle*!, and Crawford bought an
interest in it for $.500. A house at 48 West
Mitchell street was rented and litted up
for a factory and w ork begun. A few days
later Sweet, brought a man who gave his
name as c. C. Do wit f to the place and
installed him ass workman. A few days
later.f. A. Bluroek was put to work. Sweet
described to Craw’ford many large orders
be was to fill in Mobile and other cities,
and business seemed to be on a boom.
Then an order of plaequcs were shipped to
Ha mil Cos., of Mobile, and a lira ft for
the amount was made on them. Th* draft
was returned and the merchants stated
they had already paid for the goods. This
set Crawford to thinking, and he began
an investigation of the business methods
of his partners. He found that Sweet
passed a bad check signed Craw'ford &
Sweet on a Nashville bank, and that O.
C. Dewitt had bought a $9 bill of goods
and given in payment a bogus cheek on
St. Louis for $31.60. Both Blucrock and
Sweet disappeared yesterday, and Craw
ford to-day appealed to the police to find
the man. who, he is now satisfied, played
him for a sucker.
DEAN'S DAY OF DEATH.
The Campbell County Murderer to
lie* Ilunged To-day.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 28.—Joe Dean, the
murderer of A. B. Leigh, an old farmer of
Campbell county, who has been held in
Fulton county jail for safe keeping ever
since his capture, will be hanged at Fair
burn, Campbell county, to-morrow.
Sheriff Camp of Campbell county arrived
in the city to-night and will leave with
tho condemned man for the scene of the
execution on the 5:30 o’clock train in the
morning. For a man with death but a
few hours off, Dean’s mental condition is
remarkable. He is cheerful and appar
ently ready, and willing to die on the
scaffold for his crime. He confessed the
murder when captured, and has ever since
professed resignation, saying he deserved
to die. His motive for the murder was to
secure money. For several days past
prayer services have been held for Dean at
the jail and he Joins in with as much fer
vor and happiness as if leading a church
meeting.
A Sad Aflli*tion.
Atlanta. Ga., Feb. 28.—Gov. Atkinson's
w : fe has developed a mental affliction and
was taken to Baltimore to-day to a san
itarium by the geovernor.
TIIKV W AAT MIA AGE.
The QurMioa at laitac L One the In
terpretaltoa of a Contract.
The trial of the libel suit of the Pro
peller Towboat Company against the
British Steamship Dalegarth was taken
up in the United States court yesterday.
The libellant was represented by Messrs.
T. P. Ravencl and A. Minis, anl the
claimants of the ship by Messrs. W. R.
lxeaken. and Convers and Kirlin of New
York. Mr. Kirlin appeared in court.
Several witnesses were examined be
fore Judge Speer at the morning ses
sion and the court adjourned until 8
o’clock when the testimony was again
taken up. The main point at issue is
whether the service rendered by the tug
Jacon Paulsen in aiding in putting out the
fire in the cotton on the Dalegurth was
one of salvage or simply performed un
der an oral contract between the Pro
pellor Towboat Company and the Central
railroad.
Gen. G. M. Sorrel testified that the con
tract was for tiro service jaJong the
wharves of the Central railroad, or on
.stationary or floating property adjacent
thereto. The tow'boat company was paid
$H a night for this service. It was stated
that the Central railroad had
at one time intended to . build
a tugboat for this purpose,
but when this became ..nown the Pro
peller Towboat Cos. offered to fetation a
tug at the wharves at night for $8 per
night.
Capt. Jacob Paulsen of the Propellor
Towboat Company stated that the con
tract did not cover such services as
were rendered the Dalegarth. He held
that the money paid his company was
merely for the presence of the tug at the
wharf, and that It was only enough to
pay expenses. He said he kept a captain
an engineer and a fireman on board
whose salaries aggregated $l5O a month
and that the balance was taken up in pay
ing for fuel and board for the men. Ac
cording to his view of the contract this
was only for the presence to the tug in
a condition ready for fire duty and he
had the right to claim extra compensa
tion, he said, for any services rendered
in the way of putting out fires even though
it was on the Central s property.
If Gen. Sorrel’s view of the contract,
which it seems was made sever* years
ago, is taken, the libellants could not
recover, but if that of Capt. Paulsen is
accepted as the Correct, then the service
would be one of salvage. The question
is one mainly of the interpretation of this
contract. The towboat company agreed
seven years ago to send a tugboat to the
Central railroad wharves every night in
the year for $8 per night to guard the
property from tire. On the night of Nov.
15, 1891, when fires occurred on nine ships
along the wharves the l’aulscn was in
the Central slip as usual, and when tho
lire broke out on the Dalegarth went to
its assistance. Agent Trezevant testi
fied that h* hired the tug for the Central
railroad and not on account of the ship
itself. In his testimony Capt. Paulsen
stated bis company had received $3,000
for putting out the fire on the Naples, and
SSOO for service# rendered at a lire on the
Pawnee. He said this was the tirst libel
suit on account of a fire he had ever had
in court. The testimony will be con
clude.l this morning.
A Util) ON MOONSHINERS.
Government Officials Make n ltlg
Haul in Alulmma.
Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 23.—A special to
the Advertiser from Anniston, Ala., says:
“Government officials have just returned
from a raid on the boundary between
Randolph and Cleburne counties. Within
a radius of four miles five illicit distiller
ies were found. One had a capacity of
150 gallons and was run by steam. A
running fight was had between the opera
tives of the last on and the officials, but
no officer was hurt. Two of the moon
shiners are thought to have been
wounded. A great deal of beer, whisky
and mash were destroyed, and the officers
have the offenders located.”
NYAIFS FROM THE WIRES.
Sonic >f the Da?’* Events Set Forth
i Short Storied.
London, Feb. 28.—William Henry Wellos
ly second Karl of Cowley, is dead. He was
I born in 1831.
London. Fob. 28.—Lord Roseberry’s con-
I dition is much Improved, despite the con
: tiuuanee of his insomnia.
Denver. Col., Feb. 28. The Colorado Sen
ate to-day passed a bill prohibiting cap
ital punishment In the state.
Vienna, Feb. 28.—The Fremdenblatt says
Austria is willing io send delegates to
an international monetary conference
should on* be called.
Galva. HI., Feb. 28. —George W. Prince
of Galesburg wfls to-day nominated on
the 1.476 th ballot b> the Tenth district re
publican convention to succeed Gen. Post
in congress.
Berlin, Feb. 28.- The kaiser has nomi
nated Emperor Francis Joseph of Aus
tria as field marshal of Germany to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of Arch
Duke Albert of Austria.
Washington, Feb. 28. —Chief Postoffice '
Inspector Wheeler received a telegram
to-night stating that the mail carrier on
the route between Forest and Trenton,
Miss., was murdered gnd the mail robbed
on the 26th inst.
Fort Worth. Tex., Feb. 28.—A heavy rain
has just visited North Texas.* At Claren
don it has fallen steadily for thirty hours, j
Wheat is about dead, on account of the
long existing drouth.
The long drouth in the Texas Panhandle
Is at last broken. It has been raining at
Quanas for the past twenty-four hours.
Reports from all over the Panhandle In
dicate a heavy rain.
London, Feb. 28. A dispatch to the Pall
Mall Gazette from Chee-Foo says the Jap
anese have evacuated Ning-Ha! and a/1- j
vanced their positions at We!-Hai-Wei, j
and have mostly gone to TaHen-Wan.
Paris, Feb. 28.—Kx-Empress Eugenie
will start from England for Corsica Sat
urday. She will sojurn for some time in
Ajaccio. The government is taking pre
cautions to prevent royalist demonstra
tions likely to be attempted during her
stay.
Raleigh. N. C., Feb. 28.—The Senate
to-day passed a bill appropriating SIO,OOO
for the confederate monument.
The new county government bill passed !
its third and final reading after being I
amended to suit the demands of the pop
ulists.
Vienna, Feb. 28.-The Fremdenblatt
claims to have obtained information from 1
a most trustworthy source that Prince
Lobanoff Rostoviski, Russian ambassa- I
dor to Austria, will be appointed Russian
foreign minister to succeed the late M. !
DeGiers.
Dover, Del., Feb 28.—Rumors to the
effect that a United States senator would
be elected to-day proved untrue. All sides
were firm, and the one ballot taken re
sulted: Higgins, rep., 9; Massey, rep., 4;
Addicks, rep., 6, Wolcott, dem., 6; Bayard,
dem., 4; absent, 1.
Havre, Feb. 28.—The municipal council
of the city of Havre have resolved to
board the steamer La Gascogne Immedi
ately upon her arrival In the harbor and
congratulate Copt. Baudelon and his staff
of officers upon having safely brought the
ship into New* York.
Hoxie, Ark.. Feb. 28.—Four large saw
mills and seventy-five car loads of lum
ber were destroyed by fire last night at
I Hack rock. I*. V. Deland, the St. Joseph
Furniture factory, the Herkart Lumber
Company and McKay were the. losers.
The loss is estimated at $75,000.
London. Feb. 28.—The Vienna corres
pondent of the Central News telegraphs
that a large number of i*ersfns. mostly
students, have been arrested in KiefY
and Odessa on suspicion that they were
engaged in revolutionary plots. Among
the prisoners are several Poles and Jews.
St. Isolds. Feb. 28.- Five deaths from
smallpox were reported from quarantine
yesterday. Three new* cases developed
yesterday and were moved to the pest
house. The health authorities claim the
disease is being rapidly stamped out. Over
55,000 people have been vaccinated in the
past two weeks.
St. Louis, Feb. 28,-The strike situation
at tho Tudor Iron Works is becoming se
rious. Armed guards have been placed
at tho gates to protect tho non-union
workmen and the company ha* secured
beds for tho men to sleep on at the works.
A commissary department is also being
organized iti the works.
New Orleans. La., Feb. 28.—Applleation
for a new* trial for Councilman Lewis C.
I >es forges, convicted of trying to prevent
Railroad Superintendent Marshall from
testifying before the grand jury regard
ing the boodle eases, was to-day over
ruled. He was sentenced to five years In
the penitentiary. The case will nowr go
to the supreme court.
OLDTIME Ol TL A AYS.
Rill Cook NVnt an Amntenr Com
pared \\ itli Some of These Men.
Oklahoma Special in New York Advertiser
Just now*, while the attention of the
while country seems centered on tho
Cook gang of outlaws, whose chief has
Just been sentenced to forty-five years*
imprisonment, a few reminiscences of the
old-time outlaws of that section will be
Interesting to everybody.
These outlaws, like the present maraud
ers, were nearly all of mixed Indian and
white blood, but so much more daring
were their exploits, t?o much more des
perate their character, that the exploits
of the Cook gang appear as mere boys*
play when compared to their deeds of out
lawry.
The most notorious of these old-time
outlaws w as Henry Starr, long since dead.
Much of tho story of his life Is shrouded
in obscurity and other parts greatly mag
nified by tradition, but it is known posi
tively that he alone killed over seventy
men, fully a dozen of his victims having
been felled with a single blow of the
mighty fist. He was a Cherokee, with a
tinge of Seminole blood, nearly seven
feet tall, massively built and with an arm
and fist like a sledge hammer.
He terrorized the whole Cherokee nation
for years, and so great became his power
that the Cherokee council finally entered
into a regular treaty of peace with him,
granting him amnesty from all past deeds
if he would cease his outlawry—the only
Instance on record of a nation entering
into a treaty of peace with a single in
dividual.
At on time SIO,OOO reward was offered
for Starr’s head and $5,090 for the head of
one of his lieutenant: 1 . One day the lieu
tenant was killed by tho accidental dis
charge of a gun at the outlaw camp, and
Starr cut off Ills head, and, putting it in a
sack, went to Tahlepuah. the Cherokee
capital, and walking boldly into the office
of the national treasurer, covered the
officer with a revolver, took tho gory
h id from the sick, and laying it on thf
table compelled the officer to pay ower
$5,090 offered for the head, then walked
out. mount! I his horse and escaped.
After the treaty of peace the old man
lived quietly for a number of years and
died a natural death.
In later years ore of the most cunning
of outlaws was Hill Starr, a grandnephew
, ; f Henry, and father of the notorious
I telle Starr. lie did not turn outlaw until
well along in years; hilt In a rhort time
became the leader of one of the most
adroit gangs of thieves that has ev<V in
fested the Indian country. He was not a
common thief, and In one hi use was not
actively in the business, bring rather a
superintendent or general manager His
gang was large in numbers, and he had
spies in every town, trading post and
community in the territory and adjoining
rfates. He did not make a practice of
stealing for fun or excitement, but waq in
it for business, and would take only the
best and when he was sure of a large re
turn for the work, but once making up
hts mind to steal a thing, there was noth
ing at which he would hesitate. There was
not much ready cash in the territory to
steal in those days, and they confined their
work mostly to stealing horses. A mem
ber of the gang in a neighborhood would
take n line horse, ride it a few miles and
turn it over to a confederate, who would
do the same, which procedure would be
repeated in turn by a dozen different Yuen,
and as each one would bent home the next
morning detection was almost Impossible.
The gang had a cipher language whereby
they could converse intelligently among
themselves about their work, and an out
sider listening would think them convers
ing about some ordinary topic.
Occasionally, when there was some par
ticularly valuable horse to be stolen,
Starr himself would do the work. He
was an expert blacksmith, would carry
shoeing tools along with him. and after
riding the horse a half day. would take
the shoes off and put them on backwards.
Thus those in pursuit were fooled, and it
was a long time before they discovered
his strategy. They would he on the trail
nil right following the horse’s tracks,
when suddenly the footprints would be re
versed, indicating that the animal had
been traveling In the very opposite direc
tion. llad they followed the trail suf
ficiently long they would have come to a
place w’here the tracks changed, but they
seldom went far enough, and gave up the
chase in disgust. •
Bello Starr was a fit successor to her
father, and led a gang equally an daring.
The narration of a single one of their ex
ploits will serve to show the character of
the work they did. One day about eight
years ago. while Maj. Neal was agent of
the Sac and Fox Indians, Belle Starr and
her broth* r Frank and Bill and John Wade
drove up to the agency with a barrel of
whisky, and In plain view of the agent's
quarters, end the officers of the Indian
police began selling the fiery liquid to the
Indians, two of the gang keeping up a
constant firing into the agency building
with Winchesters. They sold as long as
any of the Indftins had money to buy and
then drove leisurely away. The Wades
were captured soon after and bought their
freedom by turning traitor and delivering
Frank Starr to the officers, who turned
him over to the Texas authorities, where
a life sentence for murder was given film.
The last of the old school of outlaws was
Ned Christy and Bill Pigeon, both Chero
kees. Christy led many a daring raid
years ago. but for nearly a decade has
been wholly on the defensive, living in a
stone fort in the mountains of the Creek
country, defying the deputies and repuls
ing attack after attack, only to at last fall
a victim of treachery. It was less than
a year ago when he was shot down by a
traitorous member of his gang, who,
Judas-like, agreed to deliver him to the
officers for a monetary consideration.
In the mountain fastnesses forty miles
northwest of Muldrow, in the Cherokee
nation, still lives Hill Pigeon, over 80 years
of age, and the only surviving member of
the old-time outlaws.
The story of his life and adventures
reads like a sensational romance rather
than the account of every-day life. For
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nearly a half a century a fugitive from
Justice, a man after whom the officers
sought vlg'lantly for years and for whose
arrest large rewards were offered—a
man whoso hands in the past were often
steeped in crime—he now lives In quiet
obscurity, asking only to be let alone
and to live his few remaining days and
die In peace.
It appears he did not. at first become an
outlaw from choice. For a long time lie
was engaged In bringing whisky Into the
territory in large quantities, and was
very successful in eluding tho officers.
Aftor a long chase the deputies cornered
him once, and he was in such close quar
ters that he was compelled to kill a dep
uty to escape. A price was then put on
his head, and from that day ho plunged
into the wildest of crime and became an
outlaw whose acts terrorized tho whole
southwest. Alone ho committed many
deeds at which tho whole Cook or Dalton
gangs would quail, and many a wild chase
ho led the deputy marshals and the
Indian police over the territory. Finally
wearying of his carnival of crime, he
•retired to 'the mountains and settled
down to live a quiet life with a wife whose
influence and promise to marry him were
undoubtedly the greatest motives lead
ing him to give up his wild life.
Entrenched among the wild hills and
passes, surrounded on all sides by friends
and neighbors who admire him for his
bravery and loyalty, he. feels secure
and altogether at home. If any stranger
appears in the neighborhood he is al
ways warned, and should they come to his
abode he is always prepared to receive
them, sometimes in an unlooked for man
ner. It is said that several marshals
and detectives who have gone to his home
in disguise have never returned to tell the
tale of their adventures, and other offi
cers who scouted in the vicinity have
iVcelved such effective warnings that
nothing co-uld ever induce them to return.
He has an Interesting family, among
them a handsome and well educated
daughter. He spends a good portion of
his time in farming pursuits, arid has the
reputation of being a good neighbor.
Of late the deputy marshals and other
officers have given him a wide berth, and
to the outside world the name of Rill
Pigeon, the Cherokee outlaw, is almost
forgotten, but very few people knowing
that he is sill alive.
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display of Jewels Is very remarkable, par
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rigor of their long winters. Their usual
life during tho wintry months In a sing
ular one. They keep very late hours, (t
refer to the fashionable world), and ap
pear to wish to exclude the light of day
as far as possible. The fashionable lady
rises late and docs not appear In her
salon before 2or 3 o'clock. If It Is sunny,
and the temperature Is not too low, she
will generally take an hour’s drive In her
sleigh. On her return she will find her
salon lighted and the curtains drawn, and
then she will receive her visitors, whom
so regales with tea. If going to the opera
sho dines early and returns at about 10
o’clock. If going to a ball or party after
ward, she reart-s till It Is time to dress,
so as to appear at the ball or party at 12.
from which she does riot get home until
3 or 4. Suppers are the great fashion at
St. Petersburg. They continue till an
early hour in the morning. The men play
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talk, but In the winter they rarely man
age to retire to rest before 3 or 4 In. the
morning, consequently they rise late and
have not more than two or three hours
of daylight to contemplate the snowed
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From the Post-Express.
There is a bright young man over In
West Washington (old Georgetown) who
belongs to one of the oldest families in
that extremely aristocratic section, and
everybody who is anybody knows him.
Some time ago a young woman tempted
him Into wagering that he could grow
a head of hair as long as hers. He Is doing
It. Already his hair reaches his shoulders,
and neither ridicule nor persuasion has
prevailed to induce him to visit a barber.
Prince Henry of Rattenberg Is one of
the most enthusiastic of the followers of
the hounds In England.
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