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Florida Officials Hack From to Buffalo. Tallahassee, Qcc. 2.—Governor Jen nings anaparty, who have been at Buf falo and other northern points for three weeks past, reached home yesterday. The party went north primarily to ct tend the Florida day exercises at the Pan-American exposition on S,‘Pt. 12. They were in Buffalo when President McKinley died, and expressed personal ly to those close to the martyred execu tive the deep grief which the people of Florida felt. The return of the governor will be at tended by tiie resumption of greater ac tivicy in the administrative departments at the stacehouse. Not that his absence has occasioned any let down in the worn of the several departments, but in Fior ina most of the important worn of the executive branen is transacted through different boards, of each of which the governor is president, and all or a por tion of his cabinet are members. Among these the most important are the boaru of commissioners of state institutions, the state board of education and the board of trustees of the internal im provement fund. Condition of Florida Crops. Tallahassee, Oct. 1.—The forthcom ing issue of the monthly bulletin, pub lished by the Florida department of ag riculture, will give the following facts relative to the condition of Florida crops, as compared with same date last year: Upland cotton, 80; sea island cotton, 80; corn, 88; sugarcane, 92; field peas, 89; rice, 94; sweet potatoes, 97; cassava, 109; peanuts, 98; hay, 99; velvet beans, 106; bananas, 9i; pineapples, 110; guavas, 96; orange trees, 106; lemon trees, 96; lime trees, 103; grapefruit trees, 108. Every bottle you take of Johnston's Sarsaparilla means better health, and every bottle contains a full quart. It makes better blood—purer blood. For thirty years this famou3 remedy has been creating and main taining good health. Johnston’s Sarsaparilla builds up the system, tones the nerves, and strengthens the musclea more promptly and effectually than any other remedy known. The pallor of the cheek disappears, energy takes the place of languor, and the rich color of health flows to the cheeks. Unequalled for all disorders of the stomach and liver, and for all weakening com plaints of men, women and children. Sold OTerjwhere. Price, $1.00 per full quart bottle. MICHIGAN DRUG CO., - Detroit, nich Kor v a ir by H. B. Mi-MlSTEK, Wajm-sbdro, Ga. CHAPTER I. | IRE, a fresh dispatch.” “Whence ?” “From Tomsk.” “Is the wire cut be yond that city?” “Yes, sire, since yes terday.” “Telegraph hourly to Tomsk, gener al, and let me be kept, informed of all - r? Tv-fcy * He appear ed unoccupied, and there was nothing suspicions in his conduct.” “Then he was not under the surveil- Negress Used a Knife. Athens, Ga, Oct. 1. —It turns out that Sam Gregory, the negro man who came near bleeding to death Saturday night, was not injured by falling against a curbstone, as be said, but was cut across the head with a dull kni-fe driven with sufficient force to sever the arteries in the right temple and bring him close to death. He admitted that he was ent by Emma Smith, a negro woman, but refused to say why she did the cutting. The woman was arrested. AN ACT to authorize the Mayor anil Coun cil of the City of Waynesboio to issue bonds to the amount of 140.U00 0U and to provide for the payment of principal and interest of same by local taxation for the purpose of taking up and paying off same. Said bonds to be issued for the purpose of erecting an Electric Light aud ater Works Plant or Plants and to purchase lots o- which to erect the same and for othe pur poses. AN ACT to amend the Charter of the City of Waynesboro authorizing and empoweri g the Mayor and Council of said City to require all property holders or owners in said city to keep sidewalks adjacent to their respective property pav d and in good condition and giving said Mayor and Council authority to repair sidewalks at the expense of property- owners refusing to do sl V, I. HEMSTREET 6 BRS, March Plant. Enlarged. DeLand, Fla., Sepc. 30.—Last year the Seminole company harvested and worked into starch a iitcle over 1,200 tons of cassava. This year they have a promise of more than twice as much and will haudle over 2,500 tons. They have made many extensive improve ments in their factory, and can handle twice the quantity with only two or three additional hands, and have put in machinery that will extract a much greater percentage of starch from the roots. Big Phosphate Ideal. Ocala., Fla., Oct. 1. — The biggest phosphate deal made in many years has just been consummated here. The land contains about 12.000 acres, and was purchased by Ford & Hiiler. A spot cash price oi' $15,000 was paid, and roy alties are reserved. The property was sold by Walter Roy aud D. A. dark, aud was purchased by tnem for turpen tine purposes. An examination showed that the land is very rich in phosphate deposits. Arrested For Intimidating. Tampa, Fla. Oct. 1.—Several Resis- tencia men have been arrested by the regular officers, charged with threaten ing and intimidating those men who want to go tc work. Some of them were caught red-handed in their work. Tde officers have secured the confidence of the rank and file of the men, and when they are threatened they walk right up and make the complaint. There is a steadv gain in the factories. 623 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, : : GEORGIA FISHING TACKLE, And palding’s Baseball Goods a specialty. Y.iung 3ian*s Shocking Death. Bartow, Fla, Oct. 1.—Mr. Mitch j Fortner, tho eldest son of Mr. Charles Fortner, lost his life at the Electric Phosphate company’s plant here. He was oiling the washer, when the “jumper” he was wearing caught in the cog wheels and he was palled into the machine, disemboweling him. Med ical aid was summoned, but he died in great agony four hours after the acci dent. Try one of our clubbing offers Advertizing r*t«« liberal. | :: Hunter, :: | Pearce & Battey, Cotton Factors, And Wholesale Grocers, :: Savannah, Ga. : : -+o+- Money loaned Cotton Shippers on approved security. To AUGUSTA . . . . . and hETURN. FREE TICKET Go see the Big Show for Nothing! ypgF Write for particulars to FLEMING Sc BOWLES, O-eorgrlsu GIRARD SPOT CASE STORE! Few Leaders in Staples Not Trash ! Good Coffee. 6 3-4c. Better Cotfee, 7 1-2. Arbuckle’s Cotfee, 12e. Granulated Sugar, o W. & C. Sugar, 7-8c. . 5 3-4c. Sterling Call Potash, 6c. Bailey Bros. Tobacco, 36c. Early Bird Tobacco, 37c. Sweet Pea Tobacco, 37c. Schnapps, 37c. Good Rice, 4 l-2c. provinces, the object of which remains Best Rice, 6c., Best K. Oil made, 15c. Gallon. Shoes—Men’s unknown -” Best Oil Grain Creole, $1.15 pr., l est Oil Grain Tie, $1.15 pr. Best Call Tie $1 15., 2-qt Oil Can, 5c., 8-qt Dish Pan. 5c, 4-qt Covered Buckets, 5c , 6-qt Milk Pad, 5c., 2-qtRice boiler, 5c. that occurs.” “Sire, it shall be done,” answered General Kissoff. These words were exchanged about two hours after midnight, at the mo ment when the fete given at the New palace was at the height of its splen dor. An hour later General Kissoff, who had just re-entered, quickly approached his majesty. “Well?” asked the latter abruptly, as he had done the former time. “Telegrams reach Tomsk no longer, sire.” “A courier this moment!” And, leav ing the hail, his majesty entered a large antechamber adjoining. The czar had not so suddenly left tho ballroom of the New palace when tho fete he was giving to the civil and mili tary authorities and principal people of Moscow was at the height of its bril liancy without ample cause, for he had just received information that serious events were taking place beyond the frontiers of the Ural. It had become evident that a formidable rebellion threatened to wrest the Siberian prov inces from the Russian crown. Asiatic Russia, or Siberia, covers a superficial area of 1,790,208 square miles and contains nearly 2,000,000 of Inhabitants. Extending from the Ural mountains, which separate it from Russia in Europe, to the shores of the Pacific oceao, it is bounded on the south by Turkestan and the Chinese empire, on the north by the Arctic ocean, from the sea of Kara to Be ring strait. It is divided into several governments or provinces, those of To bolsk, Yeniseisk, Irkutsk, Omsk and Yakutsk; contains two districts, Ok hotsk aud Kamchatka, and possesses two countries now under the Musco vite dominion—that of the Kirghiz aud that of the Tshowktshes. Two governor generals represent the supreme authority of the czar over this vast country. One resided at Irkutsk, the capital of western Siberia. The river Tclionna, a tributary of the Yeni sei, separates the two Siberias. No rail yet furrows these wide plains, some of which are in reality extremely fertile. No iron ways lead from these precious mines which make the Sibe riau soil far richer below than above its surface. The traveler journeys iu sum mer in a kibiek or telga; in winter, in a sledge. An electric telegraph, with a single wire more than 8,000 versts in length, alone affords communication between the western and eastern frontiers of Siberia. On issuing from the Ural it passes through Ekaterenhurg, Kasi mov, Tionmen, Ishim, Omsk, Elamsk Kalyvan, Tomsk, Ivrasuoiarsk, Nijni Udinsk, Irkutsk, Verkne-Nertsc-kink, Strelink, Albazine, Blagowstenks, Rad- de, Orlomskaya, Alexandrewskoe and Nikolaevsk, and 0 rubles aud 19 co pecks are paid for every word sent from one end to the other. From Irkutsk there is a branch to Iviatka, on the Mongolian frontier, and from thence, for 30 copeeks a word, the post conveys the dispatches to Peking in a fort night. It was this wire, extending from Eka terenburg to Nikolaevsk, which bad been cut, first beyond Tomsk and then between Tomsk and Kalyvan. This was the reason why the czar, to the communication made to him for the second time by General Kissoff, had only answered by the words, “A courier this moment!” The czar had remained motionless at the window for a few moments when the door was again opened. The chief of police appeared on the threshold. “Enter, general,” said the czar brief ly, “and tell me all you know of Ivan Ogareff.” “He is an extremely dangerous man, sire,” replied the chief of police. “He j-anked as colonel, did he not?” - “Yes, sire.” “Was he an intelligent officer?” “Very intelligent, but a man whose spirit it was impossible to subdue aud possessing an ambition which stopped at nothing. He soon became involved in secret intrigues, and it was then that he was degraded from his rank by his highness the grand duke and exiled to Siberia.” “How long ago was that?” “Two years since. Pardoned after six months of exile by your majesty’s favor, he returned to Russia.” “And since that time has he not re visited Siberia?” “Yes, sire, but he voluntarily return ed there,” replied the chief of police, adding and slightly lowering his voice, “There was a time, sire, when none re turned from Siberia.” “Well, while I live Siberia is and shall be a country whence men can re turn.” The czar had the right to utter these .words with some pride, for often by his clemency be had shown that Russian justice knew bow to pardon. Did not Ivan Ogareff,” asked the czar, “return to Russia a^second time after that journey througli the Siberian lanc-e of the secret police ? “No, sire.” “When did he leave Perm?” “About the month cf March.” “To go”— “Where is unknown.” “And since that time it is not known what has become of him?” “No, sire, it is net known.” “Well, then, I myself know,” -answer ed the czar. “I have received anony mous communications which did not pass through the police department, and in the face of events now taking place beyond the frontier I have every reason to believe that they are correct.” “Do you mean, sire,” cried the chief of police, “that Ivan Ogareff has a hand in this Tartar rebellion?” “Indeed I do, and I will now tell you something which you are ignorant of. After leaving Perm Ivan Ogareff cross ed the Ural mountains, entered Siberia and penetrated the Kirghiz steppes and there endeavored, not without success, to foment rebellion among their no madic population. He then went so far south as free Turkestan. There in the provinces of Bokhara, Khokhand and Ivoondooz he found chiefs willing to pour their Tartar hordes into Siberia and execute a general rising in Asiatic Russia. The storm has been silently gathering, but it has at last burst like a thunderclap, and now all means of communication between eastern and western Siberia have been stopped. Moreover, Ivan Ogareff, thirsting for vengeance, aims at the life of my brother!” The czar had become excited while speaking aud now paced up and down with hurried steps. The chief of police said nothing, but he thought to him self that during the time when the em peror of Russia never pardoned an ex ile schemes such as those of Ivan Oga reff could never have been realized. A few moments passed, during which he was silent, then, approaching the ezar, who had thrown himseif into an armchair, he said: “Your majesty has of course given orders that this rebellion may be sup pressed as soon as possible?” “Yes,” answered the czar. “The iast telegram which was able to reach Nij ni Udinsk would set in motion the troops in the governments of Yenisei, Irkutsk, Yatutsk, as well as those in the provinces of the Amur and Lake Baikal. At the same lime the regi ments from Perm and Nijni Novgorod, and the Cossacks from the frontier are advancing by forced marches toward the Ural mountains. But unfortunately some weeks must pass before they cau attack the Tartars.” “And your majesty’s brother, his highness the grand duke, is now isolat ed in the government of Irkutsk and is no longer in direct communication with Moscow?” “That is so.” “But by the last dispatches he must know what measures have been taken by your majesty and what help he may expect from the governments nearest to that of Irkutsk?” “He knows that,” answered the czar, “but wliat he doc-s not know Is that Ivan Ogareff, as well as being a rebel, js also playing the part of a traitor and that in him he has a personal and bit ter enemy. It is to the grand duke that Ivan Ogareff owes his first disgrace, and what Is more serious is that this man is not known to him. Ivan Oga- reff's plan, therefore, Is to go to Irkutsk aud under an assumed name offer his services to the grand duke. Then, aft er gaining Ids confidence, when the Tartars have invested Irkutsk, he will betray the town and with it my broth er, whose life is directly threatened. This is what I have learned from my secret intelligence, this is what the grand duke does not know and th/s is what he must know!” “Well, sire, an intelligent, courageous courier”— “1 momentarily expect one.” “And it is tc be hoped he will be ex peditious,” added the chief of police, “for allow me to add. sire, that Siberia is a favorable land for rebellious.” All communication was interrupted Had the wires between Kalyvan and Tomsk been cut by Tartar scouts, or bad the emir himself arrived in the Yeniseisk provinces? Was all the low er part of western Siberia in a fer ment? Had the rebellion already spread to the eastern regions? No one could say. The only agent which fears neither cold nor heat, which can nei ther be stopped by the rigors of winter nor the heat of summer and which flies with the rapidity cf iTghtning—the elec tric current—was prevented from trav ersing the steppes, and it was no longer possible to warn the grand duke, shut up in Irkutsk, of the danger threaten ing him from the treason of Ivan Oga reff. A courier only could supply the place of the interrupted electric current. It would take this man some time to traverse the 5,200 versts between Mos cow and Irkutsk. To pass the ranks of the rebels and invaders he must dis play almost superhuman courage and intelligence. But with a clear head and a firm heart much can be done. Shall I be able to find this head and heart?” thought the czar. piled General Kissoff. “Have you found a fitting man?” “I will answer lor him to your majesr ty.” “Has he been in the service of the palace?” “Yes, sire.” “You know him?” “Personally, and at various times he has fulfilled difficult missions with suc cess.” “Abroad?” “In Siberia itself.” “Where does he come from?” “From Omsk. He is a Siberian.” “Has be coolness, intelligence, cour age?” “Yes, sire; be has all the qualities necessary to succeed even where others might possibly fail.” “What is hi3 age?” “Thirty.” “Is he strong and vigorous?” “Sire, he can bear cold, hunger, thirst, fatigue, to the very last extremities.” “He must have a frame of iron." “Sire, lie has.” “And a heart?” “A heart of gold.” .. . “His name?” “Michael Strogoff.” “Is he ready to set out?” “He awaits your majesty’s orders in the guardroom.” “Let him come in,” said the czar. In a few minutes Michael Strogoff, the courier, entered the imperial li brary. The czar fixed a penetrating look upon him without uttering a word, while Michael stood perfectly motion less. Michael Strogoff was a tall, vigorous, broad shouldered, deep chested man. Ilis powerful head possessed the fine features of the Caucasian race. His well knit frame seemed built for the performance of feats of strength. It would have been a difficult task to move such a man against his will, for when his feet were once planted on the ground it was as if they had taken root. As he doffed his Muscovite cap locks of thick curly hair fell over his broad, massive forehead. When his ordinari ly pale face became at all flushed, it arose solely from a more rapid action of the heart, under the influence of a quicker circulation. His eyes of a deep blue looked with a clear, frank, firm gaze. The slightly contracted eyebrows in dicated lofty heroism—“the hero’s cool courage,” according to the definition of the physiologist. He possessed a tine- nose, with large nostrils, and a well shaped mouth, with the slightly pro jecting lips which denote a generous aud noble heart. Michael Strogoff had the tempera ment of a man of action, who docs not bite his nails or scratch his head in doubt and indecision. Sparing of ges tures as of words, he always stood mo tionless like a soldier before his supe rior, but when he moved his step show ed a firmness, a freedom of movement, which proved the confidence and vivac ity of his mind. Michael Strogoff wore a handsome military uniform, something resembling that of a light cavalry officer in the field—boots, spurs, half tightly fitting trousers, brown pelisse, trimmed with fur and ornamented with yellow braid. On his breast glittered a cross and medals. Michael Strogoff belonged to the spe cial corps of the czar’s couriers, rank ing as an officer among those picked men. His most discernible character istic—particularly in his walk, his face, in the whole man, and which the czar perceived at a glance—was that lie was a “fulliller of orders.” He therefore possessed one of the most serviceable qualities in Russia—one which the cele brated novelist Turgeneff says “will lead to the highest positions in the Muscovite empire.” In short, if any one could accomplish this journey from Moscow to Irkutsk across the rebellious country, surmount obstacles and brave perils of all sorts, Michael Strogoff was the man. A circumstance especially favorable to the success of his plans was that he was thoroughly acquainted with the country which he was about to trav erse aud understood its different dia lects, not only from having traveled there before, but because he was of Siberian origin. When he was fourteen, Michael Stro goff had killed his first bear quite alone. That was nothing. But after stripping it he dragged the gigantic animal’s skin to his father’s house, many versts distant, thus exhibiting remarkable strength in a boy so young. Gifted with marvelous acuteness, when every object was hidden in mist or even in higher latitudes, where the polar night is prolonged for many days, [continued on sixth page ] Gibson’s Rye Whiskies, North Carolina Corn, And Holland Gin. fgjSg 5 * Special attention to the Jug 916 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, - GEORGIA. AV GITA Dental Parlors, rn.UKSs nKxrisruY. Lowest Prices All Work Uuaran'eed Crown and Brdge Work a Specialty. POORE & WOODBURY, 821 Broad St., Augusta, Georgia. Bell Phone. 520. Dealer in • Stoves, GRATES,. HA.N (xES 830 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, : : GEORGIA fl-V'o m m i& Distilier* of PURE CGRrl Whiskies, Cunra Wines > nd liter. tedUgual It v an dp roof, per Cal. $[50 JUG TRADE OK BURKE Solicited. 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