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“JEFFERS, AN AMERICAN SOLDIER OF
FORTUNE.”
niuent the country is fairly ablaze
with local color.
Foreign war ships ride In the har
bors of Colon and Panama, the flags
f of all nations are hoisted over the
huts of the frightened Inhabitants,
while tatterdemalion native soldiers
at large through the streets.
Martial law Is In force, and the af
fairs of life are regulated by drum
taps and bugle calls. Especially is
il: gold lace (somewhat tarnished! in ev
Idence In Panama.
A few days ago an uncommonly
noisy fanfare called us to the Alcal
din. A platoon of barefooted, undor
sized soldiers was drawn up in front
of tin* portal. From the veranda tlie
Alcalde, surrounded by half a dozen
dusky policemen, read aloud a long
Spanish pronuneianilento “In the
name of the President.”
The crowd that had gathered 11st
cned to this proclamation with length -
enlng faces. What it meant was soon
made apparent when the Governor of
Hhe province. General Alban, who had
ha sternal from Cartagena, summoned
a taker's dozen of the most prominent
citizens to the Alcalde's office, and
locking tho door behind him, required
each of them to extend to the Govern
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iu Colombian silver.
For a few days the Government offi
dais were jubilant over tliclr success
ful coup.
The starveling soldiers received
some of their arrears, besides the reg
ular pay of four and a half cents per
day, and Panama’s crack battery of
artillery was even equipped with new
uniforms. I seized this auspicious mo
incut to obtain photographs of the en
tire corps, and of their young colonel,
Esteban lluertas, the hero of a recent
encounter with the liberals, where he
lost his arm.
Then eaiue bad news. In the face
of a threatened naval demonstration
on the part of Venezuela and Eeua
dor, a wretched crew ot native sailors
had managed to founder the Colom
bian gunboat La Poppa off the coast
of Cartegena. She proved a total loss,
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LIBERATOR AND THE CATHEDRAL, THE SCENE OF FRE
QUENT REVOLUTIONS. THE CAPITAL IS TO THE RIGHT.
In vain did the Government try to
suppress the news of this misfor
tune. As I traveled by rail across
the Isthmus I heard the train hands
and passengers shout the joyful tid
ings to the disaffected mosos who
gathered at the little palm-covered
stations to see the train go by. By
the time we reached Colon the
was spreading like wildfire from
Isthmus Into the Interior. Even
rebels In the military prison heard the
nows.
The results were soon forthcoming.
Word reached Panama that Honda
del Agua, a small port not fifteen
miles Inland, had been captured by
the liberals, and that a number of ref
ugee I’anamenos hud Joined their
ranks.
There was talk of an expedition
against th?tn, but before the military
governor of Panama could secure a
suitable ship for the purpose, even
more urgent requests for reinforce
ments were telegraphed across the
Isthmus from Colon. A trainload of
soldiers was shipped over to Colon on
the morning train, and another train
load followed on a freight train at
midday.
At the wharf I found the soldiers of
both detachments drawn up for In
spection.
Behind the ragged line of soldiers
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“BOCAS DEL TORO, AN IMPO RTANT BANANA PORT, WAS
THREATENED WITH IMMEDIATE ATTACK BY A SURROUND
ING FORCE OF NONDESCRIPT LIBERALS.”
crouched their women, some ten in
number, mostly mere slips of girls,
not. more than twelve or thirteen
years old. Many of their soldier hus
bands were not much older.
One little corporal of tho guard, who
carried a huge Remington rifle of .5S
calibre, and who proudly took charge
of a curly-headed Indian girl of even
more diminutive size, told me that lie
was thirteen years old. His captain
told me that the hoy had been with
the colors for two years, and had
served in three battles, earning his
rank of corporal through bravery in
tho field.
In t lie last fight between the liberals
and the Government forces In the out
skirts of Panama, the insurgents
charged up the railroad embankment
five times in succession, and were
beaten back each time with unusually
heavy losses on both sides. Herbert
Jeffers, an American soldier of for
tune, who commanded the Govern
ment forces on that occasion, told me
that the fighting on Doth sides be
came so fierce that Ills gunners were
out down with machetes while serv
ing their pieces.
By way of side comment to this
story a Colombian general told me pri
vately that Jeffers would have lost all
ids gnus had he not taken them apart
in the midst of the melee and sent
them back to a better position piece
meal. Jeffers himself was seen to
stagger out of the trenches with the
best part of his favorite machine-gun
strapped to his back, while he kept
the most, persistent of the lnsurrectos
at bay with a revolver.
Presently the order came to embark,
and all were bundled aboard without
further ado.
Next morning we drew near the
const until we came within a mile of
j j the shores said to lie held by the en
emy. All hands were called to quar
j tors, and the soldiers were ordered to
j lie down on the upper deck and to re
move their red caps. Be it that our
j information was false or because of
the drizzling rain, no enemy showed
himself—nothing was to be seen but
thick groves of palmetto, prickly pear
and high cocoauut pulius. A few ten
tative shots into the thickets brought
forth no response.
At last we skirted the jutting point
of the last island in Chirriqulgito La-
goon, commanding the entrance to the
harbor of Boons del Toro, and came In
plain sight of the palm-leaf huts
the liberal forces besieging the town.
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I/IRUTEN ANT-COLONEL ESTEBAN HUERTAS
(IIo began as a soldier at tho ago of nine
and Is now twenty-five. He weighs
Jess than ninety pounds and Is stand
ing by the gun ho captured at Tomuco.
A volley of shots sent Into the hamlet
sent some women and children flying
Into the thicket The answering shots
came from a high bluff further Inland.
The bullets splashed Into the water
some twenty or thirty feet short of our
vessel. I was In hopes that an Imme
diate reconuolssnnce in force might
be made, but those in charge decided
otherwise. The engineer was ordered
to put on full steam. With a fine
burst of speed we cut through the
clear water of the lagoon and put into
port.
At the wharf we found a large
crowd assembled In an indescribable
state of excitement. The debarking
soldiers were received with wild
cheers. It appeared that an attempt
to rush the town had been made but
the night before.
It was determined to send a recon
noitring party at once, so as to pre
pare for a counter attack on the rebel
island.
The “attack” was made at dead of
night. 1 was invited to accompany
the expedition. We ran into a thick
ly shaded cove and waded ashore. De
ploying to right and left, the troops
made a rush on the rebel hamlet. It
was found deserted. Somebody from
the town had given the alarm. All
night long we scoured the bushes
withoift finding a soul. At last, at
daylight, I heard a distant bugle call.
It was repeated again and again, and
the officer in charge of our detach
ment led us in that direction. Pres
ently there came a quick call of “Hal
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to! quien vive!” with the simultaneous
click of a rifle—loading. Our captain
gave the cry, “Colombia!” and was
answered at once by the countersign,
“For Siempre.” It. proved to be the
second detachment, that had effected
a landing on the other side of the isl
and, and was manoeuvring into the
thicket without any hotter success.
In the end it was decided to return
to Bocas del Toro, to ascertain from
reliable sources whether the liberal
forces had uot crossed over to the
mainland. Once more life In town re
turned to the intolerable conditions of
martial law.—Edwin Emerson, Jr., in
Collier's Weekly.
Had Seen it Before.
Dr. C. W. Crawford, manager of the j
Grand Opera House at Spencer, Iowa, i
vouches for this:
At a recent performance at this thea
tre an over-dressed woman, after rust
ling ostentatiously into her seat,
finally composed herself and looked at
her program. Opening it at the sec
ond page of the bill she saw in prom
inent letters, “Synopsis,” which she
mispronounced in an audible toue.
“Pshaw!” she remarked, turning to
her companion, “we’ve seen this here
play before; let’s go home.” \ :
But after a whispered objection on i
the part of her friend, who probably
explained her mistake to her, she set
tled back iu her seat somewhat dis
comfited.—New York Clipper.
TEN ACTORS DIE
IN RAGING FIRE
Caught in Top Story of a
Theatre Building.
ESCAPE WAS QUICKLY CUT OFF
Tragedy Occurred in Little Town
of Hurley, Wisconsin—Other
Buildings Were Burned.
Ten lives were lost and four build
ings destroyed by a fire which started
In the Klondike theater at Hurley,
Wls., Wednesday. The dead are: C.
W. Cleveland, H. P. Clifford, Thomas
Le Claire, George Benefit, H. D. Em
ory, Timothy Ryan, F. L. Gay, St.
Louis; Tomas Ozanne, Harry Ray
mond, Clare Bonne.
Seriously injured: Jennie Bender,
Annie Scott, Laura Russell, ‘‘Billy’'
McLaughlin.
The Klondike was a vaudeville the
atre and all of the dead and injured
were connected with the theatre as
performers. Most of them lived at
Hurley, and Thomas Le Claire was a
brother of tho proprietor of the thea
tre.
The fire started on the stage and in
a few minutes the entire structure was
a mass of flames. The top story was
used as sleeping quarters and the rap
id spread of the fire cut off the escape
of the occupants.
The theatre building was quickly
consumed and the flames spread to ad
joining structures. The Ironwood,
Mich., fire department, the nearest
within reach, was called to the assist
ance of the Hurley firemen and only
by the hardest work was the town
saved from being wiped out.
The losses follow: Le Claire’s Klon
dike theatre, $7,000; Cumming’s sa
loon, $4,000; Harrigan – McPherson’s
saloon, $G,000; D. P. McNeil, of Chi
cago, $1,000; Constantine Erspaner,
$500.
The charred remains of six of the
victims were soon recovered and
search was in progress for the others.
The Klondike theatre burned once
before—in July, 1887—when eleven
women lost their lives.
NEW HEARING FOR CARTER.
Convict Ex-Captain Will Testify In
Civil Court at Chicago.
Oberlin M. Carter, now a convict in
the government prison at Fort Leaven
worth, Kansas, and formerly a captain
in the United States engineer corps, is
to have a rehearing cf his caise in a
civil tribunal. He now has the assur
ance of the government authorities
that all the evidence is to be reviewed
bfore Judke Kohlsaat, in the United
States circuit court in Chicago, the
hearing to take place probably within
a few months. Carter will he called
on as a witness in his own behalf, and
for the purpose of testifying in court
he will be released temporarily from
his place ofconfinement.
This is the result of the suits
brought by tne government some
months ago in several federal courts
fur the purpose of recovering * 70 2,582,
which, it is alleged at the court mar
tial, Carter had embezzled from the
United states.
GOV. CANDLER OPENS FAIR.
Georgia State House Officials and Leg
islature Spend a Hay In Savannah.
Governor Candler, fifteen members
of his staff, several state house officers
and about 150 members of the house
and senate left Atlanta Tuesday night
at 9:30 o’clock in a special train over
the Central of Georgia railway for Sa
vannah to attend the opening day of
the state fair.
The party reached Savannah Wed
nesday morning at 8 o’clock. At noon
Governor Candler opened the fair. He
reviewed the military and raised the
state flag over the grand stand. He
made a short speech, saying the first
state fair of the 20th century had
opened. Wednesday afternoon was
spent at Tybee .where an oyster roast
was in progress.
The party returned to Atlanta Wed
nesday night.
PRESIDENT DEPOSITS BALLOT.
Went to New Y ork, Thence to Oyster
Bay to Cast Vole.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt and
party arrived in New York at 6:20
o’clock Monday night. The party re
mained in New York over night and
were taken Tuesday morning to Oys
ter Bay, L. I., where the president
cast his vote.
Owing to the care with which the ex
act itinerary of the trip was guarded
from the public, there were but few
people along the line waiting to see
the president.
TEXAS PKESIJiTS CLAIMS.
State Attorney Geieral Asks Uncle
Sam For Sum of $S8,699.
Attorney General D. K. Bell, of Tex
as, has forwarded to the United States
“ epartment the jn.erior the claim of
the state agamst theljnite d States for
moaey ex P en ded on account of Greer
county ’ w ' vas fo ' merly considered
a part of Texas, but vihich now belongs
to Oklahoma. The Haim aggregates
$88,699 and is filed in accordance witn
an act of congress.
LI HUNG CHANG DEAD.
After Lone Illness Noted Chinese
Diplomat Passes in His Checks
At His Home in Pekin.
Advices from Pekin Btwte that Li
Hung Chang, the great Chinese diplo
mat, died at 11 o’clock Wednesday
morning.
At 9 o’clock Tuesday evening, while
Earl Li was still alive, the court yard
of the yamen was filled with life-size
paper horses and chairs with coolie
bearers, which his friends sent, in ac
cordance with the Chinese customs, to
be buried when he died in order to car
ry his sou-1 to heaven.
The Chinese official's are somewhat
uneasy concerning the effect his death
will have on the populace, and to guard
against a possible anti-foreign demon
stration the Chinese generals have dis
posed their troops about the city in
such a way as to command the situa
tion. Trouble however, is extreme
ly improbable.
Robert Coltman, an American, who
was one of the physicians attending
Earl Di, told the correspondent of the
Associated Press that he, when called
to act with Dr. Velde, of the German
legation, November 1, found the pa
tient very weak from a severe hemor
rhage due to ulceration of the stom
ach.
“The hemorrhage was readily con
trolled,” said Dr. Coltman, “but owing
to the underlying condition of chronic
gastritis, with persistent nausea, only
the mildest liquid food could be di
gested.”
Earl Li’s persistent refusals to re
frain from attending to government
business aggravated his malady, while
the refusal of the family to permit cer
tain measures customary in western
medical practice for relieving the
stomach contributed to bring his end
near.
PLAGUE REPORT RECEIVED.
Surgeon General Wyman Hears From
Liverpool and Glasgow.
Surgeon General Wy man, of the ma
rine hospital service at Washington,
received from Passed Assistant Sur
geon Thomas, at Liverpool, Wednes
day, the following cablegram on the
plague situation:
“There have been five cases and
two deaths. The last case was isolated
October 26. All necessary precautions
are being taken. The existence of the
two cases at Glasgow has been official
ly declared.”
TO REDISTRICT THE STATE.
Next Kentucky Legislature Bill Be
Controlled By Democrats.
As the result of Tuesday’s election,
the democrats of Kentucky will have
complete control of the next general
assembly, which will be one of the
most important convened in the state
in many years. It will redistrict the
state for senatorial representatives
and appellate and circuit court dis
tricts, which is required every ten
years by the constitution. It will also
elect a senator to succeed W. J. De
boe.
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Tl UHEES GIVE UP JOB. !
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Management of Porter Military Acad
emy Gets Into a Tangle.
A Charleston, B. C., dispatch says:
Seven members of the board of trus
tees of the Porter military academy
have resigned and a sensation in edu
cational and religious circles is the
result. The chairman of the board, •
the Rt. Rev. Ellison Capers, bishop 1
of the Episcopal diocese of South Car
olina, was the first to quit.
Dr. A. Toomer Porter, founder of the
academy, could not agree a« to man- j
agement.
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DOCK AT NEW ORLEANS.
rcople Welcome tile Big Floater Witli 1
Elaborate Ceremonies.
The New Orleans floating dock was !
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received in the Crescent Uity Wednes- i
day with an extraordinary outpouring j
of people and elaborate ceremonies in ;
which federal, state and city officials
and members of congress participated.
The weather was idea/1 and as the af
ternoon . made , semi-holiday thou
was a
sands went to the naval reservation 1
on
the west bank of the river.
CONFERENCE AT WHITE HOUSE.
Several Members of Ways and Moans
Committee >ee President.
A Washington dispatch says: Four
republican members of the house ways
and means committee, Messrs. Payne,
of New York, Russell of Connecticut,
Grosvenor of Ohio, and Steele of Indi
ana—were at the white house Thurs
day afternoon in conference with tho
president. It was learned that the
president discussed with them some
features of his forthcoming message,
which relates to the revenues and to
the tariff.
HANNA’S FIRST CALL.
Senator Visits White House and Con
fers With President Roosevelt.
Friday Senator Hanna, of Ohio,
made his first visit to the white house
since the death of the late President
McKinley. He was accompanied by
John G. Milburn, of Buffalo, at whose
residence McKinley died. The presi
dent received both of them cordially,
and had them dine with him. Senator
Hanna’s visit was in connection with
McKinley memorial project.
The Japanese and Their Shirt Collars.
The increase in stature among the
Japanese . perceptible;
is very and the
substitution of tepid and even cold wa
ter for the hot baths among many of
the people is responsible for an increas
ing floridity of the complexion. Before
the advent of military discipline on Eu
ropean models the Japanese were not
able as the smallest necked race in the
world, a firm of London collar makers
with a large trade to Papan asserting
that thirteen inches was the nortnal
circumference of a full-grown Jap
anese’s throat. In a little over twenty
years, owing to more athletic develop
ment, the average has risen an inch and
a half! To athletic development should
also be added greater avoidupois, inas
much as a more generous diet and ab
stention from parboiling is bringing its
reward in an accumulation of muscle
and tissue.-'-Chambers’ Journal.
Ylic First Ironclad.
According to records built recently in iho discovered,
tho first ironclad \va* sixteenth
century, but as it proved unmonvgable was
soon abandoned, in the present century peo
ple are trying thi-s medicine and that one in
the hope of finding relief from ailments oftho
stomach, liver and bowels. Thera is only one
medicine that will cure indigestion, dyspep
sia, flatulency, biliousness and malaria, fever
and ague, and that is Hostettor’s Stomach
Bitters. Try it end you will be con vinced.
The man who can never find anything
when he wants it can usually be depend
ed uDon to find fault.
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hardly breathe. I then tried Ayer’s
Cherry Pectoral, and it gave me im
mediate relief.”
W. C. Layton, Side!!, III.
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Leave it witli him. We are willing.
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