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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY OCTOBER 2-TWELVE PAGES.
GEORGIA NEWS.
A Newton County Farmer
Commits Suicide.
CANDIDATES IN JASPER COUNTY.
Tlio A., P. St L.'s limits -Politics JlrcomlnR
Lively til tlie Twelfth Senatorial Dis
trict- Warrant Issued for tlie
Shoo;log of Daniels.
Covington. Sept 26.—[Special.]—Mr
Everett, a fanner living about seven miles
out in the western part of this county,
suicided to-day by shooting himself in the
breast with a shot-gnn No cause is known
•for the rash act. Mr. Everett was a peaca-
ble and quiet gentleman.
Mr. John Cook, of the firm of Mo rts
& Cook, merchants and public ginners, had
the misfortune this morning to have
1iis hand severed from his body while at
tending to the gin.
MONTIOKLLO.
The Array of Camltdatea-Tlie Town Clock
—Itecollectton* of Ingalls.
Monticello, Sept. 26.— [Special.] —
Superiorcourt is in session this week,
Judge Jenkins presiding.
The weather now is beautiful and every
one enjoys the cool bracing air and the
genial sunshine. The weather has been
■miserable for weeks, cloudy and rainy,
staining the open cotton and rotting bolls.
♦Farmers are very backward in gathering
their cotton, ana they all say the crop is
very short. , /
The crop of candidates, however, is not
short. Col. Luke Campbell, the nominee,
and a most sterling farmer and excellent
man, is being oppos d for the legislature
•by Mr. M. B. Key, independent, and Geo
»0. Gordon, Jr., colored.
The McKinley move in Atlanta
seems to have revived the republican party
ell over Georgia, and the teachings of the
fast campaign, wherein it was asserted
that the townspeople and the lawyers and
the court-house officials had banded to
gether to cheat the country people out of
•their rights, have resulted in lessening re
spect for the party organization, and the
disposition to break out from party lines
“•Is on the increase. Judge Francis M.
■ .Swanson, the popular ordinary, will have
• «o rivals His efficiency and urbanity have
disarmed opposition. The court of ordi
nary was created here iu 1852, superseding
ithc old inferior court. P. P. Lovejoy
•was the first judge of this court,
and his first case was the application of
•Samuel Barbour, executor of Thomas
Moreland, to have his letters testimentary
•revoked on account of disability.
Oapt. if. F. Meriwether, the postmaster,
and landlord of the famous .Meriwether
■ house and county treasurer for many
years, though a man without guile nr
shadow of turning in his accounts, will
• not be so fortuuateas Judge Swanson.
' Mr. John B. Webb will oppose him for
treasurer. The Jasper boys have a kind
pf hankering for the old captain, however,
and smart will be the man who gets his
shoes.
The Meriwether House has been a regular
• Kimball in miniature for several days. Its
arcade and corridors have been crowded
•with lawyers and visitors. Dr. Gibbs of
Madison, the prospective senator from this
district, is here having a good time with
the boys, and he has captured them, too.
'Col. F. > olbert Foster, more familiarly
" known as ’‘Fred,” is also here. He rivals
Capt. Winslow in telling a good story and
the boys have gathered around him in
crowds as he made iolly laughter crack Ins
sides. Judge Jno I. Hall, Judge Speer,
Calvin George, Judge Lofton, Charley
Bartlett and Col. Beck are here attending
court.
Few towns can rival Monticello in ex-
' jiedients. Some time since she was troubled
with safe-burglars. The valiant wntcli-
• man had cried himself hoarse in crying
" "all is well” as the hours Bped by.
The prudential committee came to his
’relief and purchased for tlie town
an immense bar of steel, which was
suspended from a huge limb ot a
tree by a wire, and now the watch
man looks at his watch, and as the
the hours go by betakes up hisliuge sledge
'hammer and gives this bar a tremendous
'lick; and the ram’s horn told about in
•‘‘Scripture, at the very sound of which the
walla of Jericho fell down, was not more
> potent in its resounding efii acy.
Ool. Anderson of Jackson entertained us
La t night with reminisiences of Senator
‘Ingalls, i ol. Anderson practiced law in
his town Atchison, Kansas He says In
galls is no great lawyer and never was, but
gained his reputation on his ability at re-
S artee and fine oratory. Ingalls, he says,
id not run as a democrat lit litutenartr-
gOvernor of Kansas years ago, as is said in
an article going the rounds of the papers.
: He was a bitter republican. But he failed
to get a nomination from his own party,
and ran as an independent republican, de
claring he wm unfairly dealt with. The
democrats voted for him, but Ingalls was
defeated.
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.
Warrant lasted tor J. W. A damn for
Shooting John Daniel*.
Scotland, Ga., Sept. 26.—[Special.]—It
is reported here that a warrant has been
issued for John W. Adams, a young white
’•man, for the attempted assassination of
John Danieljj colored, near fitneky, an
umint of which appeared in yottr issue
• of yesterday
■'The evidence upon which the warrant is
baled is that he and the negro, a few days
previous to the shooting, quarreled about
some transaction that bad passed between
them, and in the course of some angry
txsmarks Adams pulled a half dollar from
hi* vest pocket and said, “Here is the
‘ money that will buy the shot that will
•send yon to your grave.”
Subsequently the negro had another dif
ficulty with another white man by .the
name of George Cooper, whose oxen ware
• getting into his Be ds and occasional! v be-
■mgyhot.
. Evidently the man who did the sbootiog
intended to do the work well, for 127 pro-
lanscuou* shots, from some scattering gun,
showed terrible work on the yard fetce,
• the negro and the wall of the house.
m A Chance for the Darkey.
% Wstkiksyuxe, Sept. 26.—Politics in
■Marne are at fever-heat. The whites are
“greatly split and there is much feeling
una Tested among them. The negroes
have a candidate in the field—Hill Few—
sod some are fearful on account of the
split that lie may slip iu.
^unikent
i :t -TA-.il LIXTJfZXT,far r‘ inis
lame Husk, SHfJeltat.
Fevers Prevailing In tlie County—Cotton
Not so Bntlljr Damaged.
Athens, Sept. 26.—[Special.]—There is
now a great deal of fever throughout the
county. In some neighborhoods whole
families are down, hut the disease is not of
a very fatal nature. ThiB epidemic of
sickness is supposed to be caused by so
much wet weather.
There is a great competition among the
steam gins over the county and many of
them are now ginning for the fortieth.
This is a losing business.
Athens promises to have ono of the most
quiet election! this fall ever held. While
there are two candidates for mayor and
there will be rival tickets in every ward,
there is no excitement whatever, nnd hut
little work is being done. Our people have
nauseated on politics and will this year
will give themselves a rest.
It is rumored that another government
distillery will be started up near Athens.
Since prohibilion has gone into effect a
great deal of corn liquor is consumed.
The cotton crops in Oconee county is
turning out somewhat better than was
thought a few days since. Many farmers
say they will make as much aa they did
last vear.
Congressman Carlton has rendered him
self exceedingly popular in his district by
getting his people a large number of new
postoffices.
There is a strong prcspect of a
small steamer being placed on
on the Oconee river to ply between the
Georgia railroad bridge and Scull shoals
now that congress has made an appropri-
ati >n to clean out this portion of the river.
Mr. B. K. Heaves of Athens is one of
largest and best farmers in Georgia. On
several of his farms he has wonderful
crops this year.
In traveling over the country it is no
ticed that a great many white women
have gone to work in the fields. The ne
groes have refused to let their females do
manual labor, and the consequence is that
the white women and children must take
their places.
EBFAULA EVENTS.
Yellow Fever Excitement About Subsided—
By Ball to Ozark.
Eufaula, Ala., September 26—A cold
wave has been passing over this section
for twosdays. Last night was almost cold
enough for frost.
The yellow fever excitement has about
subsided here. The quarantine against all
infected points is strictly enforced, and the
mayor, city council and board of health are
each, personally looking after the best in
terests of the city having all the alleys and
places likely to accumulate filth thoroughly
cleaned and covered with lime. There is
no fear of fever here, • xcept by a few of
that class who are ever ready to make
mountains out of mole hills.
Newton Beers’ “Lost in London’” Com-
my played to a small audience last night.
be play was well rendered and should
have had a crowded bouse. Mr. Beers is a
fiist-class actor and a very pleasant gen
tleman. He reports business since enter
ing Georgia as being rather dull, but
thinks it is on account of the yellow fever
excitement, and that business will revive
ns soon as cold weather seta in. Mr. Beers
ssys there are a few newspaper men in the
slates of Alabama and Georgia who have
done nothing but print aiticles censuring
the officers of their respective towns in re
gard to quarantine service, and seemingly
trying to increase the excitement instead
of quelling it. In regard to the fever,
such a course, ho says, is very unwise and
has a demoralizing effect on all- kinds of
business.
The brick work on the cotton factory is
now completed with the exception of the
boiler house. Superintendent Martin will
soon be ready to hear from those who may
want employment in the mills.
Traveling salesmen can now reach Ozark
by rail, as trains run regularly between
Eufaula and Ozark, there being one train
each way per day.
AllilEVILLK.
Judge Klbhee Too III to Uold Court—The
A., I*, niul L.M float* <Cf op Note*
Abbeville, Sept. 26.—The regular
term of the superior court for this county
which®was to have convened Tuesday,
was adjourned yesterday to its regular
spring term in consequence of the illness
ol Judge Kibbce,
Tbt A., P. and L. railroad is in mourn'
lug over its popular superintendent, Capt.
J. N. Bass. The cars and engines and
steamers arc appropriately drapul. Prof.
Hardaway, who wus chief engineer in the
survey of the road, is appointed to fill
Capt. Bass’ place.
The sleumer Abbeville left this place
vest relay morning loaded with about 500
• ides of cotton. The following are the
river steamers belonging to the road which
were built here: City of Americus, Abbe
ville and Sweeney, the la-t not quite com
pleted. The road has purchased a half in
terest in the Swan. Each of the above
boats has a capacity of 800 bales of cotttn
They new boats built here are unexcelled
in every respect as river steamers. Thqy
have sta erocinsand will carry passenge s.
They will connect at Binnswick with the
Maggie Bell, aside-wheel steamer recently
completed by the road to run from Savan
nah to Brunswick. The road has'euffered
somewhat recently from washouts. Every
thing is in fine working order now.
This place is growing right along.
We have lovely sunshine after a gloomy
wet spell.
Sugar cane, coni and sweet potatoes ait
promise a fine yield.
Cotton is damaged by the recent pro
tracted rains.
This place pays Americus and Hawkins-
ville prices for cotton.
Hot Politic* In tlio Twelfth Senatorial Dis
trict—Fever ticare.
Lumpkin, “ept.26.—[Specia 1 .]—Politics
are working up to fever heat now, and will
be up to the boiling point in a short while
over the senatorial question of the twelfth
district. 1 he friends of Mr. Fitzgerald are
sanguine of success and think that the ma
jority over his opponent Mr. Sear of Web
ster, will be several hundred
Our school building has recently been
fitted up w-th fifty hew patent desks of the
latest and m st approved style. The school
is increas ng daily, having risen from 70 at
the beginning of the term io 121 at present.
Our neighboring little city, Lauvale,
caught the yellow fever scare Hunday,
from the report that a ease was fully de
veloped in Americus, and forced aft the
train hands to remain on their train for
shelter. The scare proved to be ground
less, and now “The psby” and crew are
allowed to sleep serenely' in their old quar
ters once more.
A large crowd went from here to Rich
land Sunday, to attcial services at the gos
pel tent, w hich has b[en there for several
days. All spoke well of the meeting and
all enjoyed the trip. !
Our editor, Mr. A. W. Latimer, has been
in bad health for several weeks and will
go to-dav to north Georgia and rusticate
among tlie mountains a while for Lb his
health. j
PERKY.
Colton Coming In Itnpfilly—Death—Per.
sonsl >i»tos.
Perry, Sept. 26.—[f pecial.]—The farm -
ei8 around Perry certai lly utilized the few
days of fair weather la t week to the best
hdvantage, for cotton s coming to this
market perhaps more rapidly than at any
time before during thekeason. The price
paid here sometimes co aes within a quar
ter of a cent of Macon market. Another
big rain Saturday nigh injured the open
cotton and took money >ul of the farmers’
pocket.
Mrs. Evcrlee, wife of Mr. Everlee of the
Feather Bcnovating C ompany, who lias
been quite sick at th > hotel for nearly
a month, died yesterday morning and was
interred in Evergreen JCsmetery at five
o’clock p. m.
An interesting series of meetings is being
carr.ed on at the Baptist church here by
the pastor, Kev. J. C. 1 Brewton, and hn
earnestness and zeal in the cause of the
Master have been rewarded by two ac
cessions to the church. The meetings will
probably continue for several days.
Three or four of our Lest citizens have
been on the sick list for the past few days,
but, with perhaps one exception, they are
all convalescing.
Superior court convenes here next Mon
day.
Hon. Louts Arnlietm Nominated Unani
mously—A Farmer's Serious Fall.
Albany, Ga., Sept, i 26.—[Special.]—
The democrats of Dougherty held a large
and enthusiastic meeting here to-day, and
nominated Hon. Louis Arnheim for the
legislature by a unanimous vote.
Mr. Rachel, a Terrel county farmer, fell
backwards from his wagon to-day while
unloading cotton and was seriously in
jured. , l
OVER THE STATE.
Yesterday’s Look Through the Telegraph's
Correspondence and Kxchnnfjes.
Statesboro Eagle: Sclilety, a son of Mr.
Wm. Bird, near here, wfs bitten by a
? [round rattlesnake on last Hoi day, on the
oot. Only a swollen leg the result.
Impaired health coinpclsRditor Latimer
ol the Lumpkin Independent to retire
from work for a few weeks,-wliiuh iirne he
will spend amid the hills oi north Georgia.
Thomaston Times: Fobl Bradley raav
not be able to burst the bagging trust thfs
year, but he is sol d if tbs monopolists
should form a hat trust. He was in town
to-day wearing his pine straw hat anil
cuckle burrs in his hair. Bgb : 5s an alli
ance man and don’t you forgit .t.
Albany News: Pelhats >quarantined
against Albany yesterday on the strength
of the little yellow fever scare that was
gotten up here oil Wednesday, hut the
Albany agent of the Southern Express
Company received notice that be could
hum—that the quarantine was not to
affect the jug trade. Pelham is a dry
town.
Wrightsvilie Headlight: During the
wet weather a lady of this town to preserve
her spices, etc., from dampness put them
up in bottles. Some time ago she was
making preserves and added what she sup
posed was a bottle cf ground giuger. The
peculiarity of he taste of the condiment
led to an investigation, and imagine her
dismay when she discovered that instead
of ginger she had used by mistake a lot of
south
Americus Recorder: .Southwest Geor
gia is uuted for its beautiful flowers. Mon
day morning Judge Latimer came to this
city from Lumpkin with a lovely box of
(lowers from his wife to Mrs. W. H. Allen.
They were admired by everybody. Tlie
box contained thirty-five different varie
ties, though Mrs. Latimer has eighty-four
in her yard, hut had not time to gather
one of each that morning. She has almost
every kind that grows.
Statesboro Eagle: Yesterday afternoon,
as “Uncle Jep” Him*, the faithful old
mail cairier from this place to Ogeechee,
was crossing the river and on his return
home, the bateau struck a snag, which
capsized 1 it. He swam to a vine which
was near, but had it not been for that, lie
says he no doubt would have been drowned.
While clinging to the vine he yelled to
some parties at work on the bridge some
distance down tlie river, and they came to
Isis rescue.
Greenville Free Press: Col. Jas. H.
Gaston his seen seventy*four summers,
and he is still active and vigorous. Unlike
most men of his age, Col. Gaston main
tains his energy and follows Ins agricul
tural interest closely. We dare say there
are few men who ptoduce as much with
equal force. Of late years Col. Gaston
very seldom comes out to G eenville to
see us. For many years prior to the war
lie was a power in Meriwether polities.
He was elected once to the House and
twice to the Senate df our genera! assembly.
Sanderaville Mercury: Mr. J. A. Roil
son was sentenced for two »»•*.
penitentiary for embezzlement.* Mr. Bob-
son has given bond and made a motion for
a new trial, which will be heard the third
Monday in October. The bond is 82,000,
and the following gentlemen are on bis
bond: Dr. A. Mathis, R. J. M. New man,
B. C. Harris, J. D. Franklin. B. W. Frank
lin, 8. G. Jordan, 8. G. Lang, R. L. Smith,
J. D. Newman, E. 8. Peacock, II. J.
Griffin, 8. T. Hall, J. D. Hall, a Pughiey.
John A. Robson, O. II. Wilt, E. L.
Houghton and G. C Clements.
Summerville News: Tuesday at a full
meeting of the stockholders ol Trion Man-
ufacturing Company, held at Trion, it was
! unanimously decided to build at once a
11300,COO factory, to be located ntar the
j present one. At this meeting no dividend
j declared, as it is the intention to qis
the funds in erecting the new factory, but
• a most favorable showing was made for the
past year. There is a surplus of $244,000
on hand and this, with the earning* ot the
present factoryfor thenext vear, will it i»
j thought be sufficient to buiul the new fac-
j lory without assessing the stockholders. *
j Albany News; On Hunday morning,
Joe Lee, the colored train hand who runs
on the passenger train betwrm this city
thifSTANfi LINIMENT MUSTANG LINIMENT
CUBES 8WINNKY. SADDLE AND HAR
NESS SORES IN HOBS1SS A MULES 1
SEALS INFLAMMATION, OLD SCREE,
TAK KO ltlltAAT.i A INSEC T lilTES 1
and Thomasville, discovered a rooster on
the trucks of one of the through passenger
coaches from Savannah. Joe thinks that
the chickcri^oafed around the train yard
in Savannah, and that he went to roost on
the trucks before the coach started out
from Savannah, on Saturday evening.
At any rate, Joe is quite certain that the
rooster rode into Thomaeville on the
trucks, where he was found, and that he
either came from Savannali or some point
beyond Thomasville, roosting on the
trucks, where lie was discovered edrly on
Sunday morning. Joe caught the rooster
and brought him through to Albany.
Greenville Free Press: Mr. John Bur-
dett of Lone Oak brought to our office last
Monday 6ome cotton stalks which had
been Btruck by the hail storm ot last July.
Thtse stalks were then nearly stripped of
every limb and leaf. There was enough
vitality left in the stubs to start a second
growth, and now the scarred stalks are
about thirty inches High, having short
limbs witii usual foliage, some squares,
blooms and young bolls. This cotton can
not make enough to pay for the guano
under it. Mr Burdett has a four-horse
farm and only four acres of his crop, es
caped destruction. The half-beaten strip
is three miles long and a mile wide. Sev
eral other farmers suffered equally with
Mr. Burdett in the loss of their crops.
Waynesboro Citizen: The prohibi
tion and anti-prohibition colored republi
cans have put on their war paint and are
iu the fight. Each side has nominated a
legislative ticket, and herculean efforts will
he made to save the country. On such
occasions the colored troops fight bravely.
In this contest the “Binews of war” will be
lacking and the leaders will have to work
for glory. It will be a novel,warfarc and
old cuff will feel as though he had been
left out in the cold. The issues originated
with them, and the engagement will be al
together a contest of amateurs. The firing
along the lines will only be done with
blank cartridges and nobody will be hurt.
There will be no free whisky and the
candidates will not roll out their “bar
rels” and the campaign will therefore be
devoid of both fun and profit.
The Valdosta Times appears in a hand
some new dress, eight pages, forty-eight
columne, all home print. Editor Pendleton
says, in his model notice of tlie improve
ment of his paper: “The Times starts iliis
week upon a new era in the mission of its
usefulneg. It has encountered storms, and
it has seen fair weather; it lias gone
through fire nnd floed, and it lias seen
peace and plenty. Like the barometer
whicli indicates the varying states of the
weather, it lias ever been responsive to the
conditions in and around this little ^ity of
ours. For 6ome years after the war the
town and the p-per struggled alike for ex
istence, but as the one grew the other
waxed stronger. To-day there is none ol
its size and pretensions fairer to look upon
than our little city, and if the Tildes is
not a creditable exponent of its pluck and
push, we will make it so.”
LaGrange Graphic:_ Mr. Rutledge
Hunter, lately of Florida, but now of
Brighton, S. O., and a brother-in-law of the
editor of the Graphic, last week sent us
samples of a discovery recently made by
him that is destined to work a revolution
in the manufacture of cotton bagging, nnd
will everlastingly bust the thieving bag
ging trust that is now so sorely oppressing
; he farmers. Mr. Hunter is an ingenious
inventor, and has made many valuable
discoveries, as well os patented several
very useful machines and articles. Ho has
given a great deal of attention to fibrous
plantsJ-Rnd when the cry first went up
from the southern cotton planters for a
serviceable subst tute for jute bagging, he
immediately began looking around the cot
ton field to see if he could not find what
the farmers wanted at their own doors.
He succeeded beyond all expectation. At
the Graphic office can be seen samples
which he made from the cotton stalk itself,
which experts in LaGrange who have ex
amined it say is far superior to jute for
bagging purposes. It is stronger und less
intlammable than jute, and can be mami-
facturrd much cheaper. This discovery
shows that everv cotton planter raises his
own bagging right along with bis cotton,
and it gives to the troublesome cotton stalk
a value never before thought possible.
WANTS A DIVORCE.'
Sirs. Dixie ilnygood Files Her Petition—
The Story ot the Suit.
It was mentioned s<une time ago that it
was the intention ol Mrs. hrnbry, better
known as Mrs. Dixie Haygood, the electric
soman, to take steps towards securing a
divorce from her husband, but it was not
BRtil 7«UnUv that the legal machinery,
was set in motion to ■ ring about that re
sult. This was done by Attorney L. D.
Moore, who tiled the bill in the office ot
the clerk of the superior court. Tlie pe
tition goes on to say on the 24th day of
April, this year, she was married to T. D.
Embry in the Slate of Tennessee. On the
tlay after they had been in .de one, Embry
took his departure for Little Rock, Ark
On his ar ival there he telegraphed to his
bride to send him at once $150. As she
did not understand this rathe premature
draft on the treasury so soon after the
vows had been said, and thinking
perhaps her husband was in ^rouble and
distress, and believing that it was her duty
as a wife, she wtnt to where he was iu-
s’ead of honoring the draft. On meeting
him at that place he immediately carried
her to Cincinnati and there registered as
L. L. Embry of Lowell, Mass., and regis
tered her as Mrs. Dixie Haygood of some
place, the name of which was strange to
her, but she did not discover this fact
until afterward, when tic resist.. was
consulted. While at the hotel in Cincin
nati Mr. Embry was fearful his wife would
lose her money, and volunteered his
services as the treasurer of the family.
Mrs. Embry, re [losing that confidence in
him which all good wives re|K>se in their
husbands, gave into his keeping the sum
of 8360, all the money sho had, and then,
without even a p.ii*kig kiss, skipped out,
leaving his wife penniless in a strange
land to care for herself the best she could,
and from that day to this her
eyes have never beheld him. .She
says in the petition that Mr. Embry after
ward procured letters to be written stating
that he was dead, but on investigation she
has learned that he is yet iu the land of
the living, and the last she Heard of him
he was in the state of Mississippi. And
all of which cruel treatment ami fraudu
lent acts the said Embry did without the
least provocation. She therefore asks for
a divorce and that she resume the name of
Mrs Dirio Haygood.
It will be remembered that Embry was
an actor, that he fell in love with his wife
in Augusta and followed her through
Alabama and finally into Tennessee, where
he was duly and legally married to her.
GERMANY'S STOLEN GEM.
•^JSTAKG LINIMENT
VUI0A9 MUSTANG UNIX K XT, n*«J Tlgor-
-Lt/i U iJmi o to Hr * loiwr. WluJ twfc*
How tlie Europeans nre Getting: Ahead of
Us in atld-Paclflc,
From the Philadelphia Record.
Washington, Sept. 22.—We are acting
very strangrly about Samoa. Samoa was
getting along very well without us on her
beautiful and luxuriant islands half-way
between America and Asia when first our
missionaries and then our mea-of-war went
down there. The Samoans were very hos
pitable. They gave their hearts to the
missionaries—their harbors to the men-of-
war. They liked the Americans from the
first, and apparently the Americans liked
them. They are a strong and sincere peo
ple of high natural ability and deep nat
ural morality. They have not beenspoiled
by their contact with civilization. They
have not been greatly changed, except in
religion. They have kept their old cus
toms of thought and of dress and all their
conventional manners as strictly as the
threo languages which mark their castes.
They seem as simple a dll steadfast as chil
dren.
THEY THINK CIVILIZED PEOPLE HONEST I
Sad to say, they calculate upon similar
frankness and constancy in others. They
took all the professions'of the Americans
who went down there in an official capac
ity. from Sleinberger, the brilliant com
missioner 6ent by President Grant, dawn
to tlie present consul, as representative of
a friendship on the part of the United
States upon which they could rely most
implicitly. They cherished the presents
of cannon and other munitions of war
which Grant stnt with Steinbergvr among
their national treasures. They seemed
symbolical to them of the strong arm of
the American gevernment which would,
they fondly thought, be exerted for their
relief it they ever needed it.
OTHERS RE * CHINO FOR THE PLUMS.
Of late years England and Germany,
which seem to gobble up between them all
the unprotected spots on the globe, have
been looking hungrily at the Samoan Is
lands, ns well as at the Hawaiian Islands
nnd the Tonga group. The three groups
have the best hathors in the Pacific Ocean.
Each has peculiar advantages as a stopping
place between America and Asia. When
a canal is cut through the isthmus or across
Nicaragua their value will be increased
fifty-fold. But as it is to nations like these,
with teeming population and large navies,
war and merchant, they are very tempting.
There can be no doubt that England and
Germany have made up their minds to
seize them.. England has already got par
tial possession of the commerce, politics
and nuance, ol the Hawaiian Islands, and
Germany has got her strong hand on Sa
moa, while botli are rea hing out to Ton
ga. It really matters little to them which
of them gets there first, because their poli
tics are just the same, and either greatly
prefers the oilier to the United States.
OUB DUTY IN THE MATTER.
Now, the United States has solemn
treaties with Hawaii,Samoa nnd Tonga, in
which she promises to maintain their
autonomy and independence from the
aggressions of outsiders. It is its duty to
see that England does not get nbsolute con
trol of Hawaii, or Germany of Samoa. It
■is the duly of congress to recognize this
international obligation nnd provide ships
and •oris to meet it with. Vet congress
sits squabbling about home politics with
out ever taking time to read Secretary
Bayard's able anil interesting reportson the
Samoan situation, for if they read them
they could not help acting on them at once.
Take Samoa.
GERMAN AOGRK88IONS.
Eighteen months ago five German raen-
of-war sailed into tho harbor of Apia, the
capital. The commodore of the fleet made
a peremptory demand upon tire king,
Malietoa, for $12,000 damages—$10,000 for
a German resident whose rose wus broken
in a street squabble and $2,000 for some
fruit stolen from another German resident's
garden—$2,000 for fruit in the very land
of fruit, wbere tuns could be bought for
half that amount. It was a mere pretense
of course, and c.umsy, probably because
the German commodore thought it would
never be questioned elsewhere. Malietoa',
treasury had no surplus of $. 2,000. Even
if it had ha-1 he would not have yielded it
up without the customary deliberation ol
his race, s s it was, he had every reason
for saying to the commodore's representa
tive, os he did, that he must first consult
his chiefs and his people. Thereupon the
the German commodore declared war
against the king personally and not against
the Samoan nation.
HR TOOK TO THE WOODS.
King Malietoa might have applied to
the American consul lor protection, but he
knew very well that the American consul
could no: protect him, so he took to the
woods, leaving his minister to protest to
the American consul, which they did, and
the American consul protested to tlie Ger
man consul, nnd the German consul prom
ised to transmit the protest to i iermany by
the nezt steamer, w bile the German com
modore went riglit on with tin- work Bis
marck had sent him to do. He formally
denounced Malietoa as deposed from his
throne and as a public enemy. He got a
fisherman named Tamerese who had been
in rebellion against Malieioa.and who had
been lately in training for the succession
as nominal king, and proclaimed him
king with all pomp and ciVuni tauevs. in
cluding salutts from all bis ships. Then
Tamesese appointed Brands, a German
clerk in the German trading house at Apia,
who had trained Tamesese for his kingly
honors, as prime minister.
_ SURRENDER OF MALIETOA.
Having thus secured practical control of
the government, the Germans proceeded to
surround the island with ships and the
woods with troops, who were to nnnt down
the fugitive king. Seeing that resistance
would prove s-rious loss of lite to his peo
ple auu ultimate defeat, Malietoa came
into town against tlie protests of his chiefs
gave himself up to the Ge-man commo
tio, e, who promptly put him on board ship
and carried him off io Africa, sucre he has
been kept since.
WIPING OUT THE SAMOANS.
Tamasese lacking all the elements of
even Samoan royalty, a mere stalking
horse from Germany is now king de facto
at least, and resistance to Lim in the things
which his German prime minister makes
him d» is rebellion an. will be punished
as such, while all koown friends of Malie-
to» are suspects at once. Most of the
hnlf a hundred Americans there fall
under this head. The prime minister is
diverting trajje from them by arhilrary
acts by way of p unishing them. Sterner
and more direct methods are taken with
the people. The object of Germany seems
to be to wipe them out as quickly as pos
sible. There are only 35,000 of them, and
although they are brave, virtuous and well
equipped, it will n»t take Germany long to
dispose of them once she has provoked
them to the revolt she hopes for. For all
we know she may have begun this bloody
mustang Liniment
18 FOR MAN A BEAST. PENETRATES
MCSCLB ABftmM T« TO BOX*.
work on a large scale since the last m .a
left Apia with its information that im>,r,,
lar conflicts between the Samoans and it
Germans were in progress. In their „
tremity the Samoans throw themselves n
our proffered friendship, and appeal toon?
strength for safety from their merciless Z
cause mercenary foe.
WHY OUR CONSUL IS VISITING Ug.
Our consul at Apia, Mr. Harold -eV»ll
an intelligent and discreet man who h,.
the respect oi all sides in Samoa, is here tn
lay the situation before the government
I he President and Secretary Bavard
done their full duty. It remain's
gress to take such action as will at on»
redeem our pledges to the Samoans and
conserve our own interests in the islands
Some day we shall have greater freedom
of ,rade wtih lower tarill taxation than
now. 1 lltll WO Khull h n rrn A • , .
{ . . v nauaute aj
stopping place for our merchant vessel? as
it is now for our naval vessels. But if
Germany gets control of it now we shall
be shut out then.
OUR OWN CONGRESS AGAINST US.
Yet the members of the committee on
foreign relations of theS-nate are too bow
trying to embarrass the President and the
Secretary of State for political eflect to
help them maintain the national honor
It is a national disgrace that the people
the plain people who are ignorant oi it’
would blush to know. Yet what could you
expect from a committee which killed the
extradition treaty and the fisheries treaiy
and sent tlie Chinese treaty back to China
for no other reason in any case than to
make a little fiat political capital? I
would not be surprise! if the President
should point out their duty in this Samosn
matter in plain terms.
FICTION OUTDONE.
If the Reinarknbla Story or n Man’s Li(,
'is True.
The Machias Republican tells the story
of a Maine man who spent a night in
Machias last week. The hero of the re
markable series of adventures is Harvey
P. Osgood, who says he was born in Prince
ton in 1828. Ln 1843 he ran away and en
listed in the United States army, serving
in various commands until the close of the
war ol the rebellion, being several times a
prisoner and in fact escaping from Kirby
Smith act oss the Rio Grande ia the last
days of hostilities. But Osgood was no
sooner in Mexican territory than he became
the capliveof a bund of marauding greasers.
Mr. Osgood claims to have passed twen
ty-two years of his life with these men,
tfttrit g which time he learned to speak
their language fluently, which, he says, is
the cause of his long captivity, he having
been retained os an interpreter. He clakns
to have made frequent trials for liberty,
but without success, for some of these rov
ing bauds were sure to recapture him be-
fore he could reach the b irder. ,
Tile last trial he made for this purpose
was March 7,1888,but he wa3 pursued and
when he found escape impossible he threw
up his hands to%urrunder, but was too late
to avoid the offects of a volley fired by the
pursuing part}, which caused the lossqf
nearly one-halt of ihe right foot, another
bullet splitting his scalp, htill another
bullet entered his mouth, knocking on
three le.lh and breaking his jaw, and ia
now lodged under the car; still another,
which was copper, struck him in the side,
passing around tiie body, and is now lodged
in tho breast, and, being poisonous, esuses
him much trouble. It is by reason ol this
that he travels on foot rather than by rail
or carriage, as any serious jar will bringon
hemorrhage.
Shortly after Osgood’s recapture Mexi
can troops ran down the greasers, and the
American’e long captivity was at an end.
He made his way to the City of Mexico
and then north through the United States
to Maine.
In addition to the loss of a part of one
hand and oue oot, [tsgood carries seven
bullets in various places in hi« body, some
of which could doubtless h.ve Wen taken
out had be been in position to have re
ceived proper treatment. He has papers
Irotn tlie commanders ol various army
posts throughout the c untry, stat
ing that they have examined him
closely, and believe the account
which he gives of himself to be true, and
recommend him to the consideration of
comrades farther on. He has also dozens
of papers of n like nature from noted men
in various places, all of which seem ’to be
genuine. Whether the story he tells istrue
or not, lie is certainly a remarkable msn,
and has undoubtedly seen rough times
somewhere. He says he has not slept m a
bed for thirty years, and wants nothing
better thau a blanket upon the hard now-
Successful Forgery*
From the Danbury Democrat, September 15.
A young man, between 25 and 30 vests
old, well dressed and of good appearance,
ha. been working a forgery trick very suc
cessfully throughout the state during the
jiast few weeks.
His sche is to go into a store and buy s
p i-ent of some kind or other for a sister,
who he casually mentions and pays any
where from $5 to $10 lor it. He then ssjri
lie wishes to send tier some ro ney, but in
a manner in which her husband cannot
get bold of it, and enlists the merchants
attention. Tlie upshot of "
is that he asks * the merchant
to make out a check for ihe requisite
amount, which he pays for, taking tne
check made cut to the sister in the mer
chant’s name anti leaves the store.
then has what he wants, the name ot
merchant, hut bank deposit, the number
of his check, his handwriting and, w M *
more, his signature. It is snboequenti.
easy to procure a bank check on the bans,
which he fills out, and by tracing t
name of the merchant, has a check, tj 1
signature of which it would be hard too
tect the falsity. , , • l
Choosing a time when business is bru
at the bank, he presents the check,
far has not hern detected, and the <n
ranging from $100 to $300 has not b**
large enough to create suspicion, and he ’
so much ahead.
A Woman’s Confession.
“Do you know, Mary, I once actually con
tcmplnted suicide?" “You horrify me, » •
It. Tell me shout It” "I was snlftnU
from chronic weakness. I b-lieved nl j r '|
the most unhappy woman in the wort ■
looked ten years older than I rt*IK >
aud I felt twenty. Cife seemed to
nothing in it worth living for. 1 .*/„
xperieneed all these symptoms say -.
“Well?” “Writ, I was saved attheeleventa
hour from the commission of a daeil wn
shudder to think of. A friend advise'
to take Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescripts •
did so, Id un ini reditabls short time * ,
like a new beiog. The 'prescription ,
me, and I owe I lr. Pierce a debt of grst
which I esu never repay.” —
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