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FOR THEE.
(The snn, with its glories outspread, the
Is gilding the land and sea.
And I fancy Its smiles are all shed
For thee, little sweetheart, for thee!
The birds, with their songs of delight,
Are waking the morning with glee,
And they’re singing—I fanoy I’m right—
For thee, little sweetheart, for theel
The roses that grow at thy door,
The daisies that bloom on the lea,
Their sweetness I fanoy outpour
For thee, little sweetheart, for thee!
The love that endures In my brenst,
The worship my feelings decree,
I know are most truly possess’d thoe!
For thee, little sweetheart, for
—Bernard M. Itamsay, In the London Hun.
***** ******* m
CAUGHT IN A STORM.
lly Mary Maclean.
*t(*******)i©K*^et(***«ttJteii
M OW there are
some advan
tages,” s a i d
Ronald, medi
tatively, "in
being a cousin
-\G after all.”
He addressed
«.», Angelica, who
sat opposite
him. All about them was deep blue
sereuity—ou one hand stretching
away to meet in a line with a fainter
azure, on the other merging distantly
into long shining masses of greenish
brown rocks, with ragged cliffs tower- hands
ing above them. Angelica’s
voliing were thrust into the pockets of a pro
reefer coat, her hat was tilted
a little forward and the breeze darted
in among her curls, tossing them
merrily about her face. She was a
diminutive person in all respeots save
two, which two were practically large,
brilliant, languishing, aud iu every
way dangerous.
"But on the whole, Angelica,”
added Ronald, deliberately, "I regret
that I am in any way related to or
connected with you,”
"Ronald!” she exclaimed, "I really
cannot allow you to be so flatter
ing.” variable
"A cousin is a nondescript,
sort of a being—at times ou absolute
stranger, at others a sort of second
hand brother—in that capacity ex
tremely useful. Of course, that is
something; but still--”
"I think it’s a great deal; but I see
you are the same as ever. You al
ways were a greedy little boy,” said
Angelica. hand,
“Thanks. You, on the other
wore rather nicer as a little girl than
you are now—in some ways—oh! you
could still be nice if you tried.”
"If I tried? How funny! I
shouldn’t know—you see most people ■*
think”—she regarded
"I dare say; but I a not ‘most
people.’ I stand alone. -
“I thought you were sitting down,”
interrupted Angelioa. (She certainly
WA3 provoking to-day.) "And I wasn’t
aware that you were alone. But per
haps I don’t oount.”
"My dear, that’s the worst of it.
You do count, and there’s no one else
in the world who does. I just worship
you, Nan! Have I startled you?”
"Not at all,” she answered politely,
"You see they all say that or some
thing equivalent." She turned her
bend a little and dabbled iu the water
with her baud.
“Oh, yes, I know! Of course, I’m
a presumptuous fool. All the same, I
have thought lately”—he paused and
then added: "Do you remember last
week at Gowes?”
"Yes,” said Angelica' radiantly.
"On that afternoon—I don’t mind tell
ing you, Ronald—1 very seriously con
sidered falliug in love with you. There
is a yacht, quite close to us,” she
added hastily, "i considered, and af
ter due deliberation decided >»
"Well, Nan?”
"Not to fall in love with anyone at
all.”
"You mean--”
"Ronald, if you don’t row, how can
I steer? We don’t want to be swamped.
Love is so inconvenient.”
"You’re pulling the wrong rope. I
confess I don’t quite see how--”
“Well, it doesu’t always go with
other things.”
"But is it not worth more than—
ether things?”
"Ronald,” replied Angelica, sotne
what irrelevantly, “have you any idea
of the price of n Paris hat ?”
"The left rope again. Ah, now
we’re safe! A Paris hat. I—well, I
have heard that they’re something
ridiculous.”
"They are—absolutely ridiculous.
That fact alone,” said Angelica sol
emnly, "is enough to make any thought
of "Except lqve impossible and wicked.” with
for anyone a heart,
with a soul, composed in fact of any
thing but shallowness and vanity.”
"My dear boy, if yo’u goon,” she
said encouragingly, "you will in time
make tho most accomplished flatterer
of the age.”
^^ont jest with me, Nan. It’s
nothing to you, perhaps, but to me
it’s everything. I love you. If you
knew what the word meant,” he burst
out vehemently, "you could not sit
there coolly breaking my heart in your
hands.”
"Hush! Not so loud. Yes; I
know I’m wicked (penitently), I
oughtn’t to be here with you at all,
when I’m going to marry some one
else."
‘Tou’re going to—Nan, is this
true?”
"Mr. Rathbone,” said Angelica,
drooping.
"Are you engaged to him?”
( i He will ask me to-night.”
"How do you know that?” curtly.
“Oh, Ronald, don’t be so absurd!
How do I know?”
This was convincing.
"Well, he’s a consummate fooV’
said Ronald, savagely.
“Thanks, ” she murmured.
“And, moreover, he could not pos
sibly love you-” more.”
"Thanks—once
"Or anyone else, except himself.
But, of course, I see that he has ad
vantages. Oh, don’t trouble to ex
plain what they are! I see them. How
pleased everyone will be, especially
mamma! It will all be quite delight
ful.”
There was a silence. The sun had
disappeared and the blue sky had
turned to gray.
"It’s not so pleasant as it was, ie
it?” inquired Angelica, presently.
"No,” shortly. Are far
"I felt a drop of rain. we
from home, Ronald?”
"Yes; about three miles.”
"Oh, dear; are we? Why don’t you
turn quickly, then? Don’t you see
it’s going to be wet?”
"I thought you were steering,”
rudely. me,” she said,
"You might help
plaintively, tugging at the rope.
He gave a swift stroke or two, and
they swung round. There were an
gry masses of clouds drifting toward
them over an uneasy, ruffled sea.
"Why don’t yon row faster? We
shall never get home," she exclaimed,
petulantly. and the wind is
"The tide is strong
against us. I’m doing my best.”
“Ronald, wliat was that? Oh,
don’t say it’s lightning! I’m more the
afraid of it than anything iu
world. Oh, listen!”
There was a subdued but silent
roar iu the distance, now dying away,
now gathering force and crackling
ominously. thunder?” said
“Ronald, was that
Angelica, waveringly. thunder when
"There is generally
it lightens,” he answered, with bitter
sarcasm.
i < But we’re out in an open boat, miles
from homo or shelter of any kind!”
"I am aware of that.”
She gavo a pathetic little gulp and
pressed hpr hands together.
“Oh—h! There’s another flash!
Ronald, I—I’m going to faint!”
"Faint? Nonsense!” he returned
roughly. do
"Nonsense? What you mean,
Mr. Grant? How dare you? I sup
pose I have aright to faint if I choose'
I—ah!”
Crash, rattle, rattle, bang!
C-r-a-c-k!
"Put that over you,” said Ronald,
sternly, wrapping her in his mackin
tosh coat.
"But it doesn’t rain, and that
makes it m—much more dangerous,
d—doesn’t it, Ronald?”
"Much more,” he answered, merci
lessly. be heartless
"Oh! how can you so
and ern how el much mouuA I suffer! Meu J ‘Yaudon’l
care ale al
ways like that-” /
"Aud women never, of course,” pul
iu Ronald, with quiet irony.
i i Oh, don’t—don’t be so hard! I
know I’m a wicked girl, and this is tc
punish me!” A vivid gleam shot up
in the heavens, and something seemed
to hurst over their heads. "Oh, Ron
ald! (in a frenzy of terror) save me,
save me! Oh, let us die together! ]
love you, eh, you know I do! Don’t
look at me so coldly; forgive me, oh,
forgive me, Ronald!” Angelica sotbed. hid
her face in the cushions and
“I can better bear to die with you,
dear, than to live without you,” said
Ronald, tenderly. There was a sus
picious twitching about his mouth,
but he mastered himself heroically,
aud it did not become a smile.
A silence followed. The tliundei
rolled and tumbled away to the west,
and presently there was a gleam more
brilliant than any before.
“What’s that awful light?” moaned
Angelica.
“Look, dear. It’s the sun.”
“The sun!” she started up iu cou
sternation. "It, can’t be, Ronald (in
dignautly). Do you mean to tell im
the storm is over?”
"I think it’s passed by. You
seem annoyed. Aren’t you glad we’re
out of danger?”
"Yes—yes, of course. Only I
thought!”—haughtily—"perhaps now,
Mr. Grant, you will take me home?’
"Yes, I’ll take you home, Nau.
They’ll be surprised, won’t they, al
our news?”
“News? What—what do you mean?”
gasped Angelica.
"I think you know.” There was
no mistake about his smile now.
"Ronald," she said pathetically.
"Now, you’re not going to he tire
some?”
"Nan,” he answored gravely, "I
do hope not. But, of course, a life
time is a severe test.”
"You know it is only because I was
frightened. It’s a mean advantage—
it’s ungentlemanly”—her weakly. voice died
away
Ronald (provokiugly)—"Are you
quite said?” sure you didn’t mean all you
Angelica (tearfully)—“It’s so ab
surd! Mamma will be so angry.”
A Woman’s Long Suffering.
There has just died near Stockholm,
Sweden, a woman nearly 100 years
old, who, according to her last words,
has had a life full of uncommon suf
fering and wrong. As a girl this Au
gusta Ivellgren was of uncommon
beauty. Her parents were poor and
her only dowry was the oharm and
natural grace of the peasant. Iu 1819
she was accused, when only nineteen
years old, of the murder of an old
peddler woman. “When arraigned in
court she protested her innocence, but
was sent to prison until she should
confess. She spent forty-seven years
iu prison, until, about ‘thirty years
ago, the king pardoned her. She set
up a small business in Stockholm aud
to the day of her death maintained hei
innocence of the charge on which she
was condemned.
GEORGIA STATE NEWS. .
__
It was announced a few days ago
that the Georgia railroad would change
its schedule between Atlanta and
gusta, and that the change would go
into effect April 30th. This order has
been rescinded by the management of
of the road, for the present. The
trains will run as heretofore. The
change may take place later.
* m *
Senator Bacon and Congressman
Bartlett have been assured by the
president that Postmaster Hertz, of
Macon, will hold his position until the
end of the four years’ term to which he
was appointed, unless, of course,there
should he some cause not now in
sight that is, unless there should be
charges growing out of the admimstra
tion of the office.
The vacancy on the board of trus
tees of the state university, caused by
the death of the late Colonel N. J.
Hammond, was filled by the appoint
ment of Hon.Clark Howell, Jr., of At
lanta, by Governor Candler. Colonel
Hammond was president of the board,
and was one of its most influential
members for a number of years. The
board will doubtless be called together
in a short while, when a reorganiza
tion will take place. It is likely that
ex-Governor McDaniel will be elected
president.
Tlie semi-centenial convention of
Medical Association of Georgia ad
journed at Macon after a three days’
session, to meet in Atlanta in May, of
next year. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
President, Dr. F. W. McRae, of
Atlanta; First Vice President, St.
John B. Graham, of Savannah; Second
Vice President, II. B. McMaster, of
Waynesboro; Secretary, R. H. Tay
lor, of Griffin; Treasurer, E. C. Good
rich, of Augusta; Censor, Dr. JohnB.
Morgan.
Tlie building boom which has been
on in Atlanta from the first of the year
continues to improve every day. Feb
ruary and March were record
ers, and April comes to the front with
prospects of furnishing an even better
record than any month this year, and
any former April in the history of At
lanta. The authorities regard the out
look as most encouraging, and the
figures are an inexorable evidence that
Atlanta’s growth is indeed remarkable.
People are not hesitating to turn their,
money loose and almost every promi
nent thoroughfare shows scenes of ac
tivity in the buildiug line.
Will and Ben Morrow, two mem
bers ot the old Morrow gang that ter
rorized Gordou and surrounding coUn
ties in 1801 and 1892, have been run
down and are now. in jail. Will Mqg
in 1892, near Plninvill^jnst across j j
ure line in Floyd county, and he will !
be taken to Rome for trial. Chester
Scott, who was implicated in the kill- j
ing of McGuiness, was captured soon ;
after it occurred, and is now serving a j j
life sentence. Other members of the
gang have served sentences for robbery
and Will and Ben Morrow are the last
cues to be brought to the bar of justice.
V * *
Macon was in gala attire last Friday
in honor of Colonel Patrick .Henry
Ray’s Third regiment United States
volunteers, generally known as Ray’s
immtines. In appreciation of the
splendid service rendered bythisregi
inent in the Bpanish-Americau war, I
and in recognition of the discipline,
efficiency and high character of the ;
regiment, the people of Macon ten
tered a barbecue aud reception to the
immuues. In return for the compli
ment, CD. Ray kindly consented to
allow his regiment to parade the prin
cipal streets of the city and pass in re
view. The railroads gave reduced
rates and ran excursion trains from far
and near, and a great crowd of visitors
landed in the cily.
The master out of the Third Georgia
was completed at Augusta Saturday,
company F being tlie first. The men
were all happy, quiet and orderly.
The mustering out of the Third Geor
gia aud Second South Carolina regi
ments was a bonanza for Augusta
dealers iu clothing, hats, shoes and
gentlemen’s furnishing goods. The
boys wanted to fix themselves up for
citizen’s life before returning to their
homes, aud as they received two
months’ extra pay, travel, allowance,
etc., they were in good shape. Some
of the merchants say Saturday’s busi
ness was better than Christmas eve,
and some of them are displacing boxes
0 f ten and twenty-dollar gold pieces.
One firm took in over §1,000 iu gold
alone,
Governor Goes to Clitckamauga.
There is a strong probability tbat
the state of Georgia will be represent
ed at Chickamauga on the occasion of
the dedication of the state monument
by the Atlanta troops of the state in
fantry. Final arrangements were made
a day or two ago at a conference be
tween Governor Candler aud Secretary
Gordon Lee, of the monument com
mission, for tbe visit of Governor
Candler and liis staff, which is to in
elude three days at Chattanooga. For
mal notification to every member of
the governor’s staff' was sent out by
Adjutant General Byrd Saturday, re
questing, them to be present, at the
dedication and take part in the exer
cises of tli.e day. Tho staff ns a whole
will be the personal escort of the gov
ernor, and the party to leave Atlanta
for Cha tanooga on the afternoon of
May 2d will include in addition to the
troops the members of the monument
•emmiesion.
In order to be present aud take part
in the exercises of the dedication of
+i,o XTontuckv state monument, Gov-
ernor Candler has decided to
leave Atlanta oir Mnv 2d. ihe Iv#n
.
tucky monument, which occupies a
position near that or Oeorgui* snair,
is to'be unveiled on In) AU. i e
j governor of Kentucky has u0 t,fl ®“
ho "ill . oe on
i park commission that
hand, accompanied bv the membeis o
his staff and possibly hy a it gimcn of *
state troops. 'Die chief executive
Kentucky hns also signified his inten
tion of remaining over at (..hickamuuga
and witnessing the dedication of tin
Georgia monument, which occurs t.ie
j day following.____
TERRIBLE CRIME REVEALED.
( of a youn(r Woinan Found in
FIlnt Rivpr
A terrible traged y, has come to light
the diBCOVery o£ tbe body of Miss
I p j K uo tt in Flint river, near
ear ‘The
Woolsey, Fayette county, Ga.
body was weighted down with plows,
old axes and trace chains.
The discovery was made by fisheT
men, Mr. Rivers and Mr. Yen Moore,
in searching for a fish basket. The
coroner was notified and reached the
place shortly after the discovery,when Ihe
he proceeded to impanel a jury. to
jurors afterward reached a verdict
the effect that the deceased came to
her death by a wound in the head from
a pistol in the hands of George Iverlin,
and tbat tbe act is mur der.
George Kerliu was placed under
I arrest aud carried to jail at Fayette
v jjj e Laid- he was sent to Atlanta
f Qr Fa£e bee pi u g. alleged
Tbe mot ; ve of the crime is
! to bave been that Iverlin had been
criminally intimate with the Knott
woman. He was arrested soma days
ago for abduction and carried to ray
etteville for trial. After the prelimi
nary examination Re was released, the
evidence not being sufficient to bind
him over. Sinca that time the body
has been found. Knott
It was proven that when Pearl
was last seen she was iu the company
of George Kerliu.
It was brought out in the coroner’s
investigation by a sister of the deceas
ed that Kerlin came to her house ou
the 13th of April between 7 and 8
o’clock and that her sister was there
at the time. Pearl Knott told her sis
ter, Mrs. Wilson, that she was going
off with George Kerline to marry his
son, and Wilson swore that George Ker
lin carried her sister off in a top buggy
on tbe night of April 13, between 7
and 8 o’clock.
"FIFTY CENTS A YARD.”
Captain Coglilan, of the Raleigh, Relates
Story of Admiral Dewey.
At the entertainment of the officers
of the cruiser Raleigh at the Union
League Club in . !New York Friday
n ’ght, Captain Cognlan i elated the
following story of his admiral:
jGnofficer of onr friend, Admiral
J uj -iut
make a''complaint. It was my pleas- deck
ure to step out on the quarter
just as he eam e aboard. It was partly
accident aud partly by design. I
heard him tell the admiral about his
complaint and I heard the admiral re
“ ‘Tell your admiral those ships of
his must stop when I say so. I wish
to make the blockade of this harbor
complete. ’
"The German officer replied:
■" ‘But we fly the flag.’
“The reply of the admiral was just
^ke Dewey. He said:
“ ‘Those flags can be bought at a
ba ^ dollar a yard anywhere.’
Dewey further told Deidrichs that
anybody could fly the German flag,
aud tho whole Spanish might come
upon bim showing such ensigns,
PEN’DLEY IMPLICATES ROBERTS.
-
A Third Man Charged With Murder of
l’oiicemnn Ponder,
ie louder murder case at Atlanta
day t 00 , ^ morning, a ue ) v and and start before ling turn the Y\ day ednes
was
over Jim Roberts, a young white man,
was arrested and locked up, charged
with complicity in the crime.
In his first confession Pendly, who
has just received a life sentence, said
there was a third man in the crime and
since that time the detectives working
on the case have been quietly securing
evidence to fasten the guilt upon the
third man who was believed to be re
sponsible for the murder of the po
liceman.
For several weeks they knew Jim
Roberts was the third man to whom
Pendley referred, but they lacked suf
ficient evidence with which to convict
j Roberts. Now they believe they have
secured that evidence, and with it
they faced Peudiey, who has made
another confession, and heard from
his own lips the full story of the crime
with Robert’s name in it.
NEW EXTRADITION TREATY
Between United States and Mexico Ratified
By the Mexican Senate.
The Mexican senate Thursday unan
imously adopted the new extradition
treaty with the United States,
The case of Santiago Morphy, charg
ed with embezzling $70,000 from the
National Bank of Mexico, is likely to
be in some sense sensational in its de
velopments, as it is expected h*f will
disclose the names of his accomplices,
He is rigorously incommunicado in
Belem prison,
QUAY AT WASHINGTON.
ConKrutulatod Friends, But Declined
To Be Interviewed.
Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania, was
met at the station on his arrival at
Washington Friday by a number of
friends, who congratulated him upon
the outcome of his trial aud
ment as senator. There were a null#
ber of callers at the house and
congratulatory telegrams were
e( j.
ii m raw lira
BARTOW MAN TAKES A FEW RET
ROSPECTIVE GLANCES.
TALKS OF FRIENDS OF HIS. YOUTH.
William Get* Letter* From Some of Them
In Which They Recall Event*
of the Bonn A|jo.
How theso old men do cling to
gether. Almost every day brings a
good kind letter from some venerable
man who is lonesome or has a commu
nity of interest with me, and wishes
to write, for he knows that I will
listen. There are many more of them
living than I thought, for old men
grow silent as they near the end. They
ponder and ruminate, but make no
noise. Providence is kind in giving
to most of them children and children’s
children to .comfort them and to
brighten up the passing hours. An
old man must be forlorn, indeed, who
has none of these. Charles Lamb, in
his old aud mellow days, wrote sadly
when he said:
“Where are my childhood playmates, the com
panions of my in the joyful
school days? All, all are gone—the
old familiar faces gone before me to
tbat unknown and silent shore.” But
Lamb was wifeless and childless and
had a right to be sad. He should have
adopted some bright little orphan child
who would love him and call him father
and cling to him in his declining years.
Every old bachelor should.
I have just received a good long let
ter from an old and forgotten friend
whom I kne w in the long ago aud sup
posed was dead. He is nearing his
four score years, but writes the same
old school master hand that his gener
ation were taught to write. He is in
good health and strong of mind and
loves to commune with memories of
the past—the halcyon days, as he calls
them. I wonder how many college
boys know that the pretty word hal
cyon comes fromtwo Greek words that
mean the sea and an egg.
When the elder duck lays her eggs
on the cliffs by tbe sea, it is always
warm and pleasant weather, and hence
came the word halcyon—als,the sea,and
oon, an egg. My friend’s name is J.
J. Richards and he is the survivor of
the three brothers William C. and T.
Addison Richards, who were our fore
most literary men away back in the
forties. They published "Georgia Il
lustrated” and the Orion Magazine,
and many beautiful legends of the
Cheorokee Indians. This brother
published a war paper called The
Soldiers’ Friend, of -which I have some
oo ancrar@"Yittle p^s is sued in 1864, both-'in in Augusta, editorial Ga.,
gyms, He
ana selected matter. now lives
not far from McPherson barracks,
near Atlanta, and is the postmaster at
Golden Gate, and still finds time and
pleasure in writing poetry when the
spirit moves him. He, too, has added
some verses to “John Anderson, My
Joe.” These old men do not like the
way that Burns left John, and his
spouse sleeping at the foot of the hill,
but want them to rise again and enjoy
heaven.
Wallace Reed ought to go out to that
Golden Gate and interview Mr. Rich
ards and chronicle some of his memo
ries, for he is about the only literary
link between the present and the past.
These pioneers should not be forgot
ten. Most nil pioneers are. We eat
the fruit of the orchards and vineyards
and take no concern about who plant
ed them. Not 13,V)00 a dozen people in Rome,
a city of people, know who
planted the trees that give such mag
nificent shade around the. churches, or
who first laid out and ornamented the
beautiful Myrtle hill cemetery. Who
knows of the long and patient toil of
Mark A. Cooper in developing and
building up the iron industry of Cher
okee Georgia? What engineer sought
and found the winding way for a rail
road from Atlanta to Chattanooga
nearly 60 years ago and planned all
its curves and spanned the rivers and
creeks frith bridges?
Not long ago I asked a conductor on
the Nashville – Chattannooga railroad
to tell me who planned that magnificent
work across the Cumberland moun
tains, and he could not tell me. Who
founded old Franklin college, now the
University of Georgia and who con
ceived and projected the estab
lishment of the Wesleyan Fe
male college, the first female college
in the world? The antiquaries and
relic hunters will pay big prices
for old things, such as ancient
coins aud furniture and cu
rios, but care nothing for tlie pio
neers of our civilization, the men -who
cleared the wilderness and blazed the
way for the generations to come. This
reminds me that a one-armed confed
erate soldier who is now pinched with
poverty wishes to sell two very old vol
umns that were published in 1542 —
the “Had” aud "Odyssey” of Homer.
The binding is in whitish leather with
raised images' and flowers stamped on
it and the'autographs on the title page
are Albert, Prince Glenbevrie, and
Philip Melanchthon. And there is a Lat
in inscription as follows: “Sum Johani
Conradi Rbeumati, 1615.”
Now if this be Melanchthon’s genu
ine autograph these volumes are of
great historic value, for no greater
man has lived or died in all these cen
turies—the man at whose feet Luther
knelt in reverence, and of whom Eras
mus exclaimed, “My God, how pro
found is his learning, how exalted is
his virtue.” These two, Luther and
Melanchthon, sleep side by side in
Wittenberg, and in 1860 the king of
Prussia erected over his grave a beau
tiful monument, a duplicate of that
over Luther’s. I do not know what
evidence this veteran hns that Mel
anchthon ever owned these ancient
volumes, but I will know. It is J cer*
tain, however, that they were publish
ed in hir. day and he could have owned
them.
The Latin inscription reminds one
of another that was sent to me for
translation not long ago by a friend
in Alabama. It is on the top of a
massive gold-headed cane that is an
heirloom in the family. There is a
crown engraved upon the golden head
aud undorneuth are these words:
“Epis non cbor,” which are not good
Latin or Greek, but I suppose are ab
breviations. At any rate tliey pass
my comprehension. Tho cane de
scended from a distinguished Episco
pal bishop of New York city. The
more I try to solve such problems the
more I am convinced that "a little
learning is a dangerous thing.” AVill
not some college boy tell me what that
Latin means? —Bill Akp in Atlanta
Constitution.
LINES WILL BE THINNED
Tflien General Oil*’ Troops Are Detached
For Garrison Duty.
A Manila special says: Spain’s
evacuation of the Philippine islands
will be practically completed by the
withdrawal of the Spanish garrison
from Zamboanga, island of Mindanao,
and from the Suln islands.
As the United StateB assumes con
trol of Mindanao aud the Sulu islands
on ihe Spaniards withdrawing, the
military authorities at Manila must,
in order to garrison those islands, di
minish the forces of American troops,
which are already too small.
Inhere was almost mutiny among the
Spanish troops in the islands because
they were ordered to proceed to the
Ladrone islands and the Caroline
islands, some of them refusing to do
S'), claiming that their enlistment had
expired. The latter were exempted
and were allowed to return to Spain
on board the transport Alva.
The native troops in the Spanish
garrisons are in a sad plight. They
must accompany the Spaniards or risk
the vengeance of their compatriots.
The Spaniards propose to disband
them, but they refnse to give up their
arms.
The natives of Zamboanga, embold
ened by the successful capture of the
armament on board the Spanish gun
boats which were purchased there by
Royes, of this place, as cabled to the
Associated Press of April 13th, are
likely to prove troublesome when the
Spanish garrisons are withdrawn from
the coast towns of the islands of Min
dano. It is believed that the smol
dering tribal wars will then be re
sumed.
Anarchy will prevail and the inhabi
tants of nearly every village will fight
with their neighbors.
A tri-pavtite exchange of prisoners
will be arranged if if is possible to ne
gotiate with the Filipinos. If they
consent to release the Spanish prison
ers the Americans might release the
Tagalos they hold prisoners, in return
for which Spain would free her politi
cal prisoners. The provisions of the
Paris treaty would thus be carried out.
The Spanish commission, however,
hesitates to enter the Filipino lines,
fearing treachery, although Aguinaldo
has guaranteed the safety of the com
mission.
GERMAN OFFICER IMPRISONED?
Report That Commander of the Falke Is
Under Guard at Apia.
A Seattle, Washington, Times spe
cial from Victoria says that the steam
er Aorangi, from Australia, brings ad
vices tbat the commander of the Ger
man man-of-war Falke, at Samoa, had
been arrested by the British and is
now held a prisoner on the British
vessel Porpoise.
He was surprised by a squad of
British sailors handing arms and am
munition to Mataafa’s men. Tim re
port was brought to Australia by the
passengers of the steamer Uploa.
After the arrest of the Falke’s com
mander a conference was held betw r een
Captain Sturdee and Admiral Kautz,
and the Porpoise and Philadelphia
steamed in a position on either side of
the Falke. Orders were then sent
aboard that if she made a move of any
kind she would be blown out of the
water.
No one-was allowed to go aboard or
leave the German ship of war without
permission, written and signed either
by Captain Sturdee, of the Porpoise,
or Admiral Kautz.
Fighting continues between the
forces of Mataafa and Malietoa Tanus.
Bush fighting, with slight loss, is a
daily occurrence, and business is prac
tically at a standstill. There is con
siderable sickness among the seamen
of the Porpoise and Philadelphia.
Three of the Porpoise’s crew died from
fever.
Mataafa’s cause is waning. April
4th is the date on which the reported
arrest was made.
A Washington special says: Thr
statement that the commander of the
German cruiser Falke had been ar
rested at Apia by the British naval
commander was at once scouted by
the administration officials to whom it
was referred. Both Secretary Hay and
Secretary Long expressed their disbe
lief in the accuracy of the report. fact
Attention was directed to the
that the navy department had heard
from Admiral Kautz by cable from
Aukland at a later date than that upon
which the steamer just arrived at Vic
toria must have sailed from Apia on
her long eastward voyage.
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