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PICKENS COUNTY HERALD.
VOL. I.
Of the S2,329 persons imprisoned io
the United States for crimes last year,
7357 were murderers.
By the pulling down of part of the
Rivington street side, the most thickly
Bottled district of the world has lost
part of its population, states the New
York Independent. The little New York
block, bounded by Ridge and Pitt, Riv¬
ington and Stanton streets, was the homo
of 2953 persons!
1 The New York Independent exclaims:
It is a word to make one’s hair stand on
end, a word to frighten children, to sug¬
gest Ojibeway scalps, tht3 word Wimo-
daughsis, which is the name of a wo¬
men’s benevolent society in Washington:
and it is derived from four such gracious
words as wife, mother, daughter aud
Bister.
According to the Boston Transcript
Berlin has followed the Chicago model
for increasing its population in a hurry.
By the annexation of suburbs, hitherto
separate municipalities, the number of
inhabitants, now 1,500,000, will be
doubled. The city will hereafter com¬
prise a radius of about ten miles from its
centre.
The Russians are at last face to faco
with the English in Asia, The north-
eastern strip of Afghanistan formed by
the Pamirs has separated the political
frontiers of tho two empires by 100
miles. The Hindu Koosh is tho British
political frontier, though the adminis¬
trative frontier is far to tho south, and
the Russian troops now face it.
“I wonder,” asks the Marquise Dc
Fontenoy, in the New Orleans Picayune,
“how many people are aware how great
is the cost of grouse to those who rent
grouse moor every year iu Scotland and
England. So enormous ar 0 the rentals,
and so large are the expenses for dogs,
keepers’ wages, ammunition, etc., that
grouse come at ’jSt to 83 per brace to
the lessee of ] uoor. As a rule,
sportsmen l r guns kept all thp.
year rou. cEPr I&j* on, the charge $6 for
cleaning- • auling being per
annum. '' . ..eapon is thus always in
good condition when wanted, and can
be forwarded, on the receipt of a tele¬
gram, to any part of north ^Jritiau.”
A clever piece of work was recently
done by the telegraph battalion, of an
English regiment in the course of some
night experiments. A cable was rapidly
laid over the roughest possible ground,
and that, too, without the slightest as¬
sistance from search lights, and the Gen¬
eral iu command was thus enabled not
only to find a lost brigade, but to contra
the simultaneous advance and attack of
three separate brigades ou an earthwork
at midnight. The telegraph, in fact,
rendered a ino3t difficult and doubtful
operation comparatively easy and cer¬
tain. With large scale maps, a balloon
and increased observing staff it is likely
to be made a most important aid to the
strategist and the tactician.
| In all the talk, patriotic and other,
about cur defenceless coast and the need
of protecting it with ships and guns, it
seem to the New York Post to have es¬
caped notice that one important stretch
of coast is. particularly open to foreign
attack—that is the shore line of the
Gulf of Mexico. Although the Navy
Department has recommended that a
yard and stations be located on the Gulf,
Congress has ignored the application.
The despatch of the Kearsage to look
alter Americans’ interests in Central
America imperilled by the rebellion in
Honduras has prompted the New Or¬
leans Picayune to read tho National
Government a lesson on its heediessness.
“If the navy yards and naval protection
are to be distributed according to the
importance of the commerce of the dif¬
ferent sections of the country,”it says,
“the Gulf of Mexico has been very
badly treated. The leading Gulf port,
New Orleans, with its foreign trade
amounting to $150,163,000 during the
last fiscal year, and with its immense
coastwise trade, is in fact the second
port of importance in the country. The
total foreign trade cf the Gulf ports
amounted last year to nearly $210,000,-
000. This is very nearly double the
total foreign trade of the entire Pacific
Coast, which last year amounted to little
more than $105,000,000, and yet the
approaches to San Fraacisco>are fortified
with a number of powerful modem
guns, there is an extensive navy yard at
Mare Island, and a naval yard at Puget
Sound; while a squadron is maintained
!cn the coast at all times.!’ . A
WE SEEK. THE HEV >3P UOTOB8T XiABOR.
JASPER, GA„ FR ibPTEAiBUR 30 , 1802 .
EVERY DAY.
’ Amid tho tumult of the street
Ami ceaseless tread of restless feet;
"VV hat varied human forms wo meet.
Every day.
Some burdened with unwhispored woe^.
Said secrets God alono can know;
We see them wandering to and fro,
Every day.
Some seared by time's decay or blight;
With furrowed brow and fading sight,
Who haunt our feeet from morn till night,
Every day.
Some swayed by passion deep and strong,
Enkindled by some burning wrong.
Unheeded by the listless throng,
Every day.
The lust of power, the greed for gain,
Twin tyrants of the heart and bvaiu;
We see the ruin of their reign,
Every day.
Tho crafty ghouls that throng tho street,
Wearing the garments of deceit,
Who breathe to lie and live to cheat
Every day.
And some aspiring to be great,
With beaming eye and heart elate,
Scorning the thorny thrusts of fate,
Every day.
The youth enthralled by some fond dream
Or borne along on fancy’s stream,
Believing all things what they seem,
Every day. .
The aged tottering toward the tomb,
No light to lift their rayless gloom,
Nor hope their weary way illume,
Every day.
The rich and poor, the old and young,
With silent lip or fluent tongue,
And griefs untold or joys unsung,
Every day.
Thus in the drama of the town
Pome hear a cross or wear a crown
Until death rings the curtain down,
Every day.
—D. B. Sickles.
Vigilante Vengeance,
A UNITED STATES SENATOR'S STORT.
•' ENATOR SAN-
ders, of Montana,
is one of the
entertaining ^
era in the 8
\ A group of W-
J men his were sitcEp
P-mM ,-v, jj.
' day lis
0De
jmm ryfcfjim early to his tales history of f '’bl
I' JIontaDa '"ben the
J >
si fc/0
its 3 The
m talk tuined on the
different doings of
the Vigilantes, of
which Senator San¬
ders was leader.
“Yes,” said tho Senator, retrospectively,
“I have assisted m a good many send-
offs where a robber or murderer was
launched into another world without the
benefit of the clergy.” at the execution
“Were you present
of the notorious Slade?” asked one of the
gentlemen. “Yes,” replied the Montana Senator,
“and I could tell you a story about that
execution. That was the one instance
where the gentleman whom we assisted
in making his exit was neither thief nor
murderer—or, at least, that was not the
crime for which he was hung."
“What was his crime?” again asked
the gentleman. executed Slade for treason
“We Mr.
—high treason against the Territory of
Montana,” replied Sanders, thought¬
fully, “and thereby hangs a tale.
“As you know, I was chief of i the
Vigilance Committee, and we had Suc¬
cessfully engineered about forty or fifty
hangings, when we became imbued with
the idea that a little more lawful form
of government would be to the better in¬
terests of our camp, Virginia City, then
having about 10,009 population. So,
one evening, we gathered together on
the outskirts of the town in an informal
mass meeting, and proceeded to choose
from among ourselves officers for our
local government. Our organization
was the simplest thing in the world.
We would turn to one of our members
and say, ‘You are a pretty square sort of
fellow, and we know you to be as
straight as a string, so you shall be our
Judge,’ and to another, ‘You are a
heavy built chap and have plenty of grit,
and you shall be Marshal.’ I was Dis¬
trict Attorney because I had a smatter¬
ing of law, and it was upon my affida¬
vits that ail warrants were issued. It
seems strange in these days to think of
constituting a court in such an off¬
handed way and without the slightest
vestige of Federal authority; but we did
it, and our court was respected by ail
the citizens of Virginia City, Montana.
That is, most of them all. For a time
all went well, but after a while, when
they we were not hanging so frequently
as before, the lawless element grew bold¬
er and more aggressive.
“The leader of this tough part of our
population was Mr. Slade. I had known
him for a long time and we were the best
of friends. He was warm-hearted and a
powerful friend to those he liked, but a
perfect devil to those who had incurred
his displeasure. I have seen him come
into a saloon where perhaps fifty men
wore engaged in playing billiards, cards,
etc., and insist that everything should
stop at once and that they all drink with
him. He would line them all up to the
bar and generally had mo next to hi
He would raise his glass with tho rest o
them, would wait until they had finished
when he would bring his glass on a levt
with his eye, and about a foot from it
and stare, stare, stare at it with ternbl'
in tent ness for two or threo minute:
Tlieu suddenly lie would raise the glass
dash it from him with terrific force a
the mirror, the iloor, tho barkeeper,
anything that seemed to strike his fancy,
and draw his revolver and begin shoot
iug indiscriminately. I would say to
him, ‘Slade, give mo that pistol,’ aud in
a minute he would hand me his guu aud
quiet down.
“I suppose I have done that
thing ten or a dozen times. I neve
could understand him at such times. lid
was not afterany one with deadly intent,
He simply seemed to be seized with a
mad passion, which he could not com*
trol. lie was the recognized dozeD leader sate! ofy
the toughs, and had about a
lites always on hand to do his bidding,
A favorite diversion of theirs waa to dash
dowu the mountainside from their cabin
homes, load up at the first
saloon, and proceed to some house
pleasure, all the time getting drunker
and drunker. In the morning, when th
peaceful citizens got up, they would
a pile of logs, not one left standing, and
a group of shivering and crying
This scheme of demolishing houses was
the principal pastime of this
crowd cl.
“One morning, after we had organ
ized our court, news came that Mr.
Slade and his chosen friends had spent
a night at a disreputable house, aud ini
the morning destroyed it as usual. 'We
sent our Marshal with instructions to a‘
rest , Slade r,, , and , bring . . , him - , to court. ,
.7 ,
due tune they both appeared. i at Sit;- o „
•
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peaceable , . enough, , aud , very gentleman-.,. ,, :
After hearing the ease, the Court lA-
posed a fane of $25 which was cho*
lully paid by the defendant, and lie ,de-
parted, inviting us all to come and have
a drink. Not long after that Slade w..s
again before us, charged with the same
otlence. This time the fine was doubled
and paid with the same degree of alao-
rity which had marked the previous
payment. Slade did not seem to pro
by these lessons, D vas Itl|il’( freoutf’-j 1 !A
before us, md wau C ( *
double tiiat of thB
“Ou one occas®
^dnottht^ the su-
tO f
tyH-'.h’t _
fl wh0
to town offer sevei'i^jl to §5
not pay red
nature to long
was again in troubles rojeruo the cou!,,
Our Marshal brought ntm to
room, which was a portion of a grocery
store, with barrels of Hour and grain
around the floor ttnd bacon and hams sus-
pended from rafters. We used soap
boxes instead of chairs, and were not a
very imposing assemblage. Mr. Slade
came in peaceably enough, and stood
quietly while the Court directed the Mar¬
shal to read the warrant. As the Mar¬
shal pulled out the document Slade, quick
as a flash, sprang at him and jerked it.
out of his hands, at the same time level¬
ling a revolver at the heart of his Honor,
ft was all done-in a second, aud the six
or eight henchmen of the tough had also
drawn their pistols at the same time.
‘Now,’ said Mr. Sladq, ‘I am about tired
of this business. 1 am not going to be
drained any more, and I am not going
to recognize your authority, nor shall I
pay that 8490. I shall hold you per¬
sonally responsible lor my personal safety,
and ii any of your committee attempts
to touch me I will blow your heart
out.’
“ While he was speaking I was think¬
ing, and, before he had concluded,
quietly turned and walked out, as if
thinking of something else. I walked
out on the street, and the first man I met
was a member of our Vigilance Com¬
mittee. I explained the situation to him,
and asked him to get on his horse and
ride to a camp about two miles away
and tell the boys we needed them. He
set off in po3t haste, and I turned back
toward the court room. Just as I turned
around I came face to face with Slade
and his followers, who had walked
boldly out of court soon after I came
away. ‘Come in and have something,
Sanders,’ called the irrepressible. I said
to him, ‘Slade, get on your horse, and
go home as fast as you can.'
It i What do you mean? Why do you
tell me that?’ demanded Slade.
“ ‘Never mind what I mean?’ I re-
plied; ‘get on your horse and go home.’
“He didn't get on his horse and go
home, but he got on his horse and rode
all through town, bringing up .at last at
the court room. He was inclined to be
very proud of his defiance of the orders
of the Court, and was insulting to his
Honor, who was still there. He wa-
swaggering around the store, when
happened to look out of the window a-
saw that the house was surrounded
armed men. The next minute they
in the room, and one of them wa<
iDg: ‘We want you, Mr. Slade.
turned pale and weakened at once.
crowd of his captors surrounded him*,
and I left him safe in their keeping. 1
went home, and was not there five min
utes when one of the vigilantes came up
aud said: ‘Mr. Sanders, the boys have
about conclutjed that they won’t
be bothered with Mr. Slade any
longer and as there is no place to
keep him safely, they are going to hang
him whether the Court wills it or not.’
I hurried to the court room and saw
Judgo find iho Marshal and oral
Jiers, and after a conference we agreed
jilt as Slade was bound to hang whether
y our wishes or not, it was hotter to
^ivo him exocuted by order of the Court,
.‘.ini thus preserve our hold on the cotti-
Wo sentenced him to death for
high treason for inciting others to ro-
aud for himself seeking to over*
our form of government. When
blade heard of this ho sent a messenger
lor me to come to him at once and make
a speech in his behalf. I knew that it
vould bo worse than useless for mo to do
>o, and refused to go ou a fool’s errand,
Then he sent mo to our Judge with a
request, but the Judge, knowing
duit ho was powerless to prevent the
xecution, declined to see him. So Mr.
Slade was taken to a hill overlooking a
gulch, aud a noose from a gallows (used
to 'slaughter sheep) slipped around his
neck and a barrel placed under him.
ust as he was about to bo swung off, tho
ioise of a horse’s hoofs was heard and
amounted woman appeared in tho dis-
tance coming at a breakneck speed. It
was.Blade’s wife; but by the time she
rrived upon the scene, around which
two thousand people were gathered, the
barrel had been kicked from under him,
and Mr. Slade was no more,
“That is tho story of the' execution,
and a singular one it was.’’
During the recital of these stirring
■:* its Senator Hauders seemed to forget
!iis surrounding^ and to bo living over
again the scones which he was depicting
to his interested listeners.—Commercial
Gazette.
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Stones That Move.
In Australia, , , and also , in , Nevada, T i
’ ’
magnetic ... atones are , found , whicharo , (in¬
a , ly endowed , with tho of - io- A
pan - power
T i le stones are described as
,,° almost perfe ctly J round> ’ tho mft .
f jo j th ag t ® a8 a wa luut aud
fiom^able, - i When
’ ’ or
,, , - ,
, f Av »er, they imuiedi-
oward a common
-
1 huddling up in P
'• nest. They a C
comparatively
jstilfo district bare rock,
tg are
to a rod or
, xliQ.lK* l ' l '>m
■Unity. LTV
act! tung 150 I /
j). ilippemi. ’I'eAe
A single
- tance of not
■PpyAuj starts feet, off u]ion with
> f it/
T«V7 •5sa5 P/joins its fellows;
but ff’WiiAwVe *our or fivo feet it re¬
mains motionless. In the Falkland Isl-
ands there are rivers of stones which
slowly but surely move onward. They
consist of blocks of quartzite, mostly,
small, which fall into the valleys on be¬
ing detached from the rocky ridges
above, aud become imbeded in tho
spongy soil. They are subjected to -a
constant expansion and contraction, as
the soil is either saturated or becomes
comparatively dry. Whenever tho ex¬
pansion takes place tho stones slip down
some distance, however small or infin¬
itesimal, and therefore arc more or less
oil the move. These moving “moraines”
or stone rivers, are one of tho wonders
of that part of the world. There aro in
many places stones or masses of rock so
finely balanced that a touch makes them
move and commence‘rocking.—Yankee
Blade.
Remarkable Surgical Operations.
Of the many results of the rapid strides
which science has made is tho remarka¬
ble skill which medical men have brought
to bear upon difficult and dangerous sur¬
gical operations. It was not many years
ago when it was thought improper to
attempt operations upon the human body,
but the steady onward march of human
progress lias given surgeons such a
knowledge of the human anatonj^y that
they are now enabled to perform feats
which formerly would have been credited
to witchcraft and the black art.
At the annual meeting of the Welsh
branch of the British Medical Associa-
tion Dr. Damar Harrison gave an account
of an operation he had performed upon
a boy, which he claimed to be unique.
The boy had the misfortune to cut his
wrist with plate glass, which caused him
to lose all sense of feeling in the hand
and was followed by complete paralysis,
The lad’s wrist was laid open and it was
found that a portion of tho nerve about
two inches in length was entirely de-
stroyed. A young cat was obtained and
chloroformed and immediately after
death the surgeon cut a nerve out of the
leg. The nerve was then wrapped
f a cloth soaked in wanned carbolic lo-
"qi Valued and afterward connected with what
of the boy’s nerve. The re-
> most the gratifymg Sensation re-
and boy was cured.
equally interesting and successful
non wa^ peiformed upon, a boy who
.wallowed a nsa hooK. He tried to
/ease it by pulling upon the line, but it
had become firmly attached in the lower
aid back part of the throat. A medical
man was called in and he procured a pis-
’ol bullet ami bored a hole tbrorugh it.
It was then allowed to slide down over
the line to the hook. Tho weight of
the bullet dislodged the hook, which,
sticking in the lead and being protected
by it, was safely removed.— Washington
Star.
THE VOICE GF THE PRESS.
What Prominent Papers Have to Say in
Regard to Politics.
wot;i,i> they wimir as honest:
The essence of toveo bill legislation
and Negro Domination at tip; South is
extracted by the lion. Frederick I)oug-
luss. This is wlfat he says:
“I believe that this in to bo ultimately else stony a com¬
posite nation. There is nothing incline) in for
us. It is almost certain to come. I am to
think that there will evoatually conic in this
eJnntrv a Oictatoiship. ’there is a growing
(leniatnl for a strong government that trill be
able to protect all of its citizens, rich and poor,
white ami black, alike.
”1 mu working with the republican party be¬
cause I believe that it is the la st instrument to
secure tin’s condition of justice to all. In fact,
there is nothiug better for us. Tits election of
Cleveland eighty cars atm turned loose arro¬
gance an ! assumption gradually evort wliero. and Tho coun¬ in¬
try wits growing worse more
tolerant in its lu wring of all questions relating
to the negro."
A strong central government, even to
the Mr. extent of dictatorship! and That is is what
Douglass wants, he working
with tho Republican party becauso ho
believes that tho Republican party is
most likely right to give him what he wants.
He is about that. With Federal
bayonets at the polls nod Necro domina¬
tion in tho South, Douglass’ ideal dicta
torship would not be so remote.
Tho situation would bo simpler if all
white Republicans wero as honest and
candid as the Hon. Frederick Douglass.
—New York Sun.
PIIESIIIKNT IIAKRISON’S BETTER.
Piesident Harrison’s letter of accept¬
ance is simply 'epistle. a stump is speech in docu¬ the
form of an It less a
ment to elucidate his views or to explain
his party’s purposes than an attempt to
gain votes by accommodating those views
and purposes to a hostile public opinion.
Four years ago Mr. Harrison had only
contempt for “cheapness.” Now he ar¬
gues that the law passed to increase prices
has really lowered them. The paradoxes
of protection never had a more daring
adapter than the president. According
to him the same law has increased prices
to the farmer and mado food cheaper to
the consumer; has lowered the cost of
manufactures by taxing their raw mate-
rials; has enabled the producer to pay
higher wages by reducing tho price erf
his product.
In one respect only has Mr. Harrison
the entire-bravery of his Bourfconieai: he
defends the Billion Dollar Congress from
its initial usurpation to its closing out -
rage. That the people condemned this
congress, and incidentally his adminis-
Nation, by a majority of more than
1,300,000, is cnlmly ignored by the pres¬
ident. He says that “a vote of want of
confidence is asked by our adversaries,”
as if that vote bad not been given in 1890
and repeated in 1891. The election this
year is simply a demand for judgment
upon a verdict once rendered and con¬
firmed .
President Harrison’s tardy recognition tfie
of Mr. Blaine’s action in forcing par¬
tial amelioration of original reciprocity upon a
bill that had no suving clause
will hardly atone for his previous action
in claiming all the credit of it. Good as
far as it goes, this so-called reciprocity is
still “a sham,” as the Democratic plat¬
form declares it to be. It untaxes for¬
eigners only. It applies to our poorest
instead of to our best customers. And it
favors other countries at the expeaso of
our own.
Tho President’s contention as to the
effect of tariffs on wages is thoroughly
disingenuous, not to say dishonest. He
knows that the duty under the McKinley
law in many schedules is more than the
and entire labor cost in the articles deceptive protected,
yet he repeats the clap¬
trap about the necessity of covering “the
differences in wages” between this coun¬
try and Europe. He claims that “pro¬
tective duties strongly tend to hold up
watres, and are the only barrier against a
reduction to the European scale,” when
ho knows that the wages in free-trade
England arc from 30 to 100 per cent,
higher than in any protectionist country in
in Europe, and that the variations
wages in tho same industries in different
States cf our Union, under the same tariff,
are as great us the difference between the
average wages here and in England.
It is characteristic of this nefarious
system of false pretenseB that it should
convert the letter of acceptance of a
President into the dishonest screed of a
speciul pleader.—New York World.
THE PENSION KUAN HAL,.
A correspondent from Texas says that
the Third party leaders are making some
stir with tho statement that more pen¬
sions were granted under Cleveland than
under anj >her administration.
This is one of the preposterous “state¬
ments” that proceed from ignorance,
and can be accepted by me n who will
not keep informed concerning the course
of public events.
Next to his tariff message, the most
notable public sei vice rendered by Mr.
(; leveland t’f vcto of the De P enden t
menage “"3? f
£ directed ! to the Intelligence ijj of the
A erican pt ople . It a protest
against the looting of the treasury under
^ f , p l re tense of patriotism.
M r Cleveland well knew that it ar-
rayed against him the organization
known as the Grand Army of the Re-
public, and there can be but little doubt
that it was one of the most effefive
influences leading to his defeat in 1888.
To-day all over the North the political
influence of the Grand Army of the Re-
public is Used in behalf of Mr. Hard-
son against Mr. Cleveland. It is tur-
prising, therefore, to hear that in the
State faf Texas people aro listening to
NO. 37.
Third party dc inngogm s, who stop at no
misrepresentation, and lusitato at no
slander.
Under the law of Jnno 27, 1800, nenrty
1,000,000 pensions were oranttd in the
year ending June 30. 1801.
Tho first year of *lr. Cleveland's ad¬
ministration, 35 767 pensions wero
granted. The ,r
first year r. Harrison’s nd-
ministration, granted. 51,b.. msions wero
Tho second year of Mr, Cleveland’s
administration, 40,850 pensions were
granted.
The second your q( Harris
ministration, CO/’ ' ’
>* ■
granted, JSB&wzt-u A.
granted. . „ \ \
The t>
minister-
granted eoverir. Hurir A
102.07C iUi u'tm |
Dunn, ■
n.inisUat B
granted. B
During tlu|
administration
vison grant' d. :miuistraUoi^B The ii^H ,'app?
s a .,
000, or more than douof^l
(luring the administration of
land.
Under Mi. Cleveland the r
reau was conducted in a •V’
justice manner; under every applicant * ‘ ' "
the law. p.nx '
Mr. Harrlaofi. when he
dent, appointed Corporal TulflB
missioner of pensions, a man utter]
lit for the place, and instructed h
“be generous with the boys.” Co:
Tanner beg; h by making laws pensiewj for,
self. He gave everybody a
asked for it. Tho scandal after 1 I
months reached such proport; vU
Mr. Harrison removed Tanner *
Commissioner Raum. Raum/’
prove matter at all. We
that the president intentjuM
political thorn. But Oommissioner^B than '
sagacity
and has been able t. JB!||lllf •
party without mak' '
It':.- Us Ml.>10.-1, in tl
it ;
i he nnr,u
.
uii jM
tate-^l
•■■•I- 1 B ■ ' y /
B| „
’! hero r mi". ’ '
■ili/’
A'.ii gi'.eintii , sj^B
"rgHtuzed, so ^B
■so d> fruofivu to
the people, so pr - /B
vice as tho pensio- . ;
States.
It grows worse yeu. J 1
.
publican check it. president Mr. llarri'.’ woC 1 '.’ v '"^B _
to
Mr. private Cleveland pension examined bill pc“™
ou
this character, and delug,, Av.!]
with his vetoes. >. <
In view of this record it is shouh^^BB BfcfiY
that any Intelligent man iu|^Bg^
the. record of Mr. Glcwdand
lion wit!: the pensions lie has
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in ins veto
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THE HEW d-uN,
The War Department Approves the
Iteport on Magazine Arms.
General Grant, acting Seoretni; War,
has approved the report of the Boa on
Magazine Arms. The Board tested >i ffl
fifty-three euns, including, besidas IPO-
ducts of different private firms both
American and foreign, the small arms
adopted Belgium, for Denmark, the armies England, of Austria-Hungary, France,
Japan, Portugal, Ger¬
many, and Bwitzerlaud. Uoumania, Russia
After a careful examination they
are unanimously in which of opinion that tho
arms tho magazine can
be • changed and then held in re-
serve zine fire while being, singlo fire is delivered—maga¬
however, suitable available for at any
moment—aro more our service
than those of the merely repeating type.
Further, self be they find efficient that an single arm showing it¬
to an loader and a
plainly rapid magazine indicating arm, with 1 a cut-off
to tho officers
which class of fire is being delivered, and a
system adaptable to either a boaded or a
flangeless shell, is the weapon most suitable
for our military service. Such a system,
they guiis report, No. Was 5, found improved, in tho Krag-Jorgen-
sen as and they rec¬
ommend their adoption.
DALTON GANG CAPTURED.
Deputy Marshal AVilliams Succcss-
tul Alter a, Uon^ Chase.
For some time past Deputy Marshal Sam
Williams, of the Paris (Texas) Court has
been quietly following tho Dalton gang, who
robbed the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Rail-
way at Adair, Indian Territory, on July 14,
last. He trailed them out of the Territory-
into Kansas, and thence into Colorado and
New Mexico. tat*2
ft JJ ^ efforts w«e dtscomaged
doggedly followed his clew. Tho other
night he wired from Doming, New Mexico,
that ho had captured Bob Dalton, Am v Dal-
finger Tack, andthatHm time, wouldgeUbe other
three in a short of-
The railroad and express arrast companies
fired $5TO each for the and convic-
to ". n t he Daltons in California aggregating
$1^000 more. Tho parties will be tuken to
Fort Smith tor trial.