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OL. XVUI.
stter From naj Almand,
OXTISI'KD KR-M last wjsek.
sc
niust he reiueinhered that
ji the first American
kS a are
mat ll ad been lure, and
Marinduqae had been in
-rtiion of the ii8..r^ni«
long before Man Ua was
ince A met i< ans. The
by I he
statement is true at'out
line Ticoa and Bunas.
at ,bate placed under
The town was
ihtavy pi- otection, aud Co. A.
lastalled. Capt. Hash
«!y with L H i ley as
imanUing- S and Lt W elis
M. and <T .
I; Gtlp f ^° rt * of the 29 h
(!ndie morning
.0 under n,y command was
n hike” Ga¬
rdered to take a l i to
town about 12 miles from
u, a
*ac. ships
■\y P t-mbaiked in the
cats at six-thirty o'clock a. m.
jnilwere soon on our w* v - We
bund a tine highway from Boac
Gvzau, a magnificent road,
in list say that no road in Rock
lale vmU favorably compare
bill it. It was about thirty
wide, well graded and
rain™- It ran through a val
by ranging from three hundred
lards to a mile in width. The
(cad ivas lined on either side by
finestluxurient tropical growth
L oocoanut palm l.omg ex
Lgjvely prominent, and the
[■Koval [reqacnt Poinciana” a not in
sight.
| yhe road is almost a town
Iron, one end to the other, the
Curios, crowding thick one ,s
Eon the other- Tho lmuses,
kith few exceptions were of
fie usual nipa, aud bamboo
Lid Over tne 8,reams which
L highway crosses are splen¬
did I sume bridge's. tl;e load
[im people along
viTo in, iidly, and white fiaj.8
pasted uVhi every gateway and
uut at least one window of ev¬
er) pretentious residence.
We arrived at Cu zan about
i leven o’clock a- m. and took
quatteis in the Ci y Hall which
iv as quite a nice building- Ibe
town was cilmost deserted, but
pveral of the most prominent
citizens stay ed. The usual
white iiag iioated from the
louse and to all appearances
fte would never have known
that we were in the enemy’s
country. They have a church
aud two good wooden school
buildings. My men cooked
their rations,which they brought
with them in their haversacks,
wd made coffee for dinner.
About two o’clock the \ dialo¬
gs. with Col. Hardin on boaid,
arrived and we wero soon a
l.oaid aud back to the Iudiaoa
*esteamed after our
flays work.
I must say that Mariuduque
fra fine place, My company
taplured in the arsenal used by
'life Phillipinos at Gozan, four
K'Uis, one bolo and a splendid
M’bcimen of a Philiipina Hag
frhich was presented to Col mel
Lifdin. Two ot the guns J
'ill bring home, if po-sihie, to
Lp them. Quite a nunibei
^tmns were captured at Boac—
Mw of them quite worthless
kd others only wooden forms.
Ti.ese were used by the in
VU! > , i!ts to support their reai
frtik, and their bolo men.
V iu can account for the few
g Ullg captured hy our
•* when you know that for
’ T ‘ rv f-ervicfable the
gun in in
Hi" n 1 lines there two
bio
CONYERS. GA, SATURDAY, AUG. 4- 1900.
men (soniHiimeg three) the one
who has the gun and the iua_n
behind him to tak«"’tlie gun !
shotilil the front rank loan get
killtd. It is nearly uupoHsd\J«
to wet, a gun in battle uniees
you are in the very midst . . of , the .
eiteiuy.
On the afternoon of the 29
Co’s. It and C. took a march
acioss the island to Santa Cruz,
a distance of about twenty five
miles. They camped that
night on th« high mountain
whi h extends up and down the
Hand and across which thetraib
ito Santa Cruz led. My compa¬
ny remained on board the Indi¬
ana and sail-d around the south
end of the island and at rived at
Santa Cruz about 8 o’clock a
m on the morning of tlm 30th
When our boats ascended toe
river to Santa Cruz they
that Companies B and C
already reached their destirm
Ron. Thepe companies were
taken aboard and at about two
o’clock p in , Mav 1st, we I« f*
tt i c be a n t i f i jl ha i; bo r. where we
had lain for two days nnd star
led for our final juumev. On
the morning of May 2nd we
came in sight of Mush.-,re nna
about, six thirty o’clock we
dropped anchor in the beauti¬
ful harbor about four hundred
yards off shore.
Companies U and D. under
general com maud of Mol. Har
din, was to form (ho 1- tiding
party. As about eight o clock
my company wont into the He
Ieria'h boats aud company 0
followed in the Indiana'* h »a,ts.
As soon as. the troops wo e set¬
tled in the boats my comi any
moved off, towed by the Hole
mi’s launch and followed by the
Baltimore .with U Oomuauy in
tow.
We had hardly h ft ihe Indi
ana-wh* n 1 he insurgents open
ed lire on us, which was replied
to by the rap d tire guns on the
Helena. The Helena then di¬
rected her shells to the old foun¬
dations of a house which was
occupied by the insurgents as a
fort and point of lookout, and
which commanded the entrauce
0
to the harbor- The boats soon
grounded on the sandy beach
aud jumping into the water my
men took extended order and
climed up the steep hill which
came down to tha water’s edge.
Just on top of this bluff was the
stone fortifications above men¬
tioned and just to the right of
the fortifications were trenches
so well made that it was
possible to discover same from
the ship. The insurgents could
not stand again3t our charge
and gave way, my men prese
!j n g fi ieln very hard. About
two hundred yards from the
point where we first landed is
the church which was deserted.
and just beyond the church we
catne in clear sight of the in
j s urgents who had lied before
jus. Tne pursuit began in ear
uest and was quite lively.
Our right was fired upon a
bout this time and the peculiar
souud of the Mauser, Reming
-on and Murata could he plain
ly heard over the report of our
Krage. Their attempted stand i
only made my men press for
ward more rapidly, and one of
the insurgents who tried to take
a pot chot was duly made n
“good Philiippino.” I got his
gun, cartridge box and bolo.;
The gun was presented to the
Colonel, the bolo aud cartridge
I ox I will ke.p and it theyj
don't get lost will bring them
home. ThRwasIhe only gnu
captured, though q me a mim- !
her of the natives were w< mu¬
dwl. if not killed, hut dime fed
. lows succeeded , , . carrying them . i
in
from the ground. After advatl-j
through the town as far
as the cemetery, which is about
1
one and one- half mile’s from
the church , ree l’d was sounded:
the troops, which had gone far
in the advance, gave up the
pursuit and “rest” was ordered.
Chaplain Miller of the
Cavalry was with n.y company.
He took charge of the dead man
and in the af ernom gave it a
deceit bu'ial
Outposts were establi-hed
and the day passed without
furihur incident, except the cap
tare of , t wo natives, . one or t
whom has since proven to lie
lie order I v to ,!ih commanding
<flreer of the Phillippiiie foices
on this island.
So passed May 2,1900.
TO BE CONCLUDED.
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Done on short notice and
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COLUMBUS HART, GENERAL SMITH
P. G. & R. W. TUCKER.
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My l*ffl spring nnliiiiory ITJIliLIPEKY. ready for inspection and
new* is now
nvite the ladies to call f nd exa nii e same* My prices will be
and goods new and stvlish. I have engaged the
of Miss Ragsdale, an evj ert Dimmer, and all work will |
)e ppopcrly done. !
VERY RESPECTFULLY, I
Miss Emma Riey.
ARMORED COFFINS.
V.'orc Onrp l'*P(l l*» » (harcli
yard I :i Srntlnnd.
in tho <*»rlli*r half of the niiietmUli
tho practice of stoaliujr bodies
from Hit* Hum-Uyimls for the purpose
salt* as subjects for dissection, which
w:is kuowu us "boilv switching.” w»»
fo .. u ti|11( , vprv H(V
Various plans won* made to (Went :
tlu* nofarlous and sacrilegious proceed
tugs of tlu* "body snatchers.** or "re&ur
rectionists.” as they were sometimes
called, a very common one being the
erection of two or more small watch
bouses whose windows commanded
the whole burying ground, and In
which th(> friends of tlie decensed
mounted guard for a number of ulghts
after the funeral.
A usual method of the grave robbers
was to dig down to the head of the
coffin and bore In It a large round hole
by means of a specially constructed
center bit. it tvus to conntornct this
maneuver that the two curious coflln
like relics now lying on .either side of
the door of the ruined church of Aber
foyle, in Perthshire, were constructed.
They are solid masses of east Iron of
enormous weight.
When an interment took place lowered one of
these massive slabs was by
gnjtal) j t , derricks, tackles itnd chains
on to the, top of the coffin, the grave
was filled in. nml there It Was left for
some considerable time. Later on the
grave was opened and the Iron nrnior
plate was remove-d nnd laid aside
ready for another funeral.
These contrivances still lie on the
grass of the lonely little churchyard,
objects of curiosity to the passing cy¬
clist nnd tourist.—Scientific American.
Th. RsplMimtlnn.
One mon.ing the renders of a pertain
newspaper were perplexed to see In
type the announcement that ‘•the Sco
tiis handed down an Important deci¬
sion yesterday.” The afternoon paper
of the town, with which the morning
paper for years bad held i*. hitter con¬
troversy. Interesting none hut them¬
selves. laughed that day. as the poet*
say, "in ghoulish glee,'* nnd It was up
to the morning paper the next day to
explain that "the types” made them
say that the Scot us did so and so when
the telegraph editor should have known
that that word was merely the abbre¬
viation of the telegrapher for supremo
court of the United States.
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, m(>m lf in f t (t ever belonged there.
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j (* t , n (, lr | PS before America was dlscov
. PI . Pf ) public ownership of public mill
j tips was highly developed. The city
Of Home 2,000 yenrs ago possessed its
splendid public baths. Its superb
aqueducts nnd otlmr utilities owned
an( t mauaged by the govcruiunit.
won< j,, r they cult it ronsiliiR a
ni , lt , )0 |. n | :p bit), over the coat*.—Phila¬
delphia Record.
The man who in afraid he may work
t0 ° 1,1,1,11 nt ‘ ver does.— Chicago Times*
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• V ,
of ice next. week aud can
supply ail comers. Prices
will be reasonable
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Bicycles for sale at owl
prices, Bicyc t 9 tout • •s
done fit short notice and
inbest manner. lT<! me.
YV. W. T. STEWART.
Ifa’s Lira? S:ab os;
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Terms very reasonable.
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