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j,j, CROWE ARRESTED
HI I.IEVBD TO IIBS A PRINCIPAL ISi
the ABDICTION.
WAS ASLEEP IN HIS SALOON.
in: denies any knowledge of
THE CRIME.
Ouuilx' Detectives Slade the Arrest
l„ Dime Novel Style—Crowe Con
• eiiteil to Aeeompuny Them With
out Requisition—Oinlihu Pollee
Do \ot Credit Story of Crowe's Ar
in south Dnkotn.
( imulia. Neb., Jan. I.—The first arrest
, n : Cudahy kidnaping ease has been
Ir J. J. Crowe, brother of Pat Crowe,-
11 11 the police believe to be a principal
, abduction, was taken Into custody
i,, council Bluffs, la., this afternoon by
,ii, detectives and brought to this city.
The warrant charges Crowe with the ab
,! tion of young Edward Cudahy on Dec.
Crowe consented to accompany the
, a. ers across the river without the tortn
■i of requisition papers.
Parly this afternoon a posse of detec
tives with search warrants and cora
pl.iims charging abduction, ransacked
t,i. premises adjacent to J. J. Crowe's
s.iloou in the hope jpt discovering
it: Crowe in his place of concealment
They had the necessary papers for the
11rest of both I’at and his brother. Early
;n the day the police department had
been given information that either Pat
rrowe was making his hiding place in
his brother's saloon, or the brother knew
snore than he would divulge about the
kidnaping and the letter that has been re
eently written to Mr. Cudahy threaten
ing the death of his son if the reward
for the arrest of the kidnapers were not
withdrawn. A diligent search disclosed
t o trace of Pat Crowe, but the officers
,-ame upon the brother asleep in a rear
room. They hastily awakened him and
t ,ok away two huge bulldog pistols which
lie carried in his pockets. The man was
Hist taken to the Coupcij,, Wqffs station
by Detective Weir of the lowa depart
ment and then he was conducted across
t ie river for an examination by Chief
Donahue.
When the information that Pat Crowe
might be found in the saloon was given
to Chief Donahue he detailed five detec
tives to make the arrests. The detectives
separated before reaching Crowe’s place,
and concealing their faces in the high col
lars of their overcoats, strolled, one at a
time over the sidewalk in front of the
saloon. The building was quickly sur
rounded. When the detectives opened the
doors of the saloon and the adjoining
roams, the inmates were taken by
surprise, but there was no show of
resistance. A woman of the household
attempted to run to the room where
Crowe lay asleep, but the officers blocked
the way and entered first. So quiet had
been the entry of the officers that Crowe
had not been awakened. He was aroused
and disarmed at the same time. In his
rear pockets two huge revolvers were
found, one in each hip pocket. Crowe
rubbed his eyes as if he were dazed.
"What do yau want?” he demanded.
“We're looking for you and Pat.” was
the response. "We want Pat most, but
if we can't find him, we want to ask you
a few questions.”
Crowe took the situation complacently.
•Til do anything I can foe you, gentle
men,” he said, "but I te.l you right now,
I can't do or tell much.”
While two of (he detectives stood guard
over Crowe until he put on heavy cloth
ing for out doors, the rest carefully exam
inul the premises.
Crowe's saloon is in the midst of an iso
lated cluster of buildings on the outskirts
of the city. Crowe was escorted to the
Council Bluffs police station by Detective
Weir, who made the arrest. As Crowe
consented readily to accompany the
Omaha detectives to the jail on the Ne
braska side for an examination, he was
only registered on the Council Bluffs Jail
book and then allowed to go with the
detectives. On the book he was charged
with being a fugitive from justice, arrest
ed on the complaint of Omaha detectives.
The police here know nothing of the
Pa,t Crowe at Oelrich, S. D., and dis
credit the report.
Crowe was closely questioned by the
police to-night, but denied any knowledge
of his brother’s whereabouts or that he
had anything to do with the kidnaping.
The police expect to secure some valua
ble information about I’at t’rowe and his
recent doings.
FAT CROWE CAPTURED.
Caught In South Dnkotn Says n
Chailron, Nell., Report.
Sioux City, la.. Jan. I.—A special to the
Journal from Chadron, Neb., says:
Pat Crowe, the supposed abductor of
young Edward Cudahy, has been captured
near the state line between Nebraska and
South Dakota.
Three detectives following Crowe's trail
came upon him on the Pine Ridge Res
ervation, near Oelrichs, South Dakota,
and captured him after a Wild chase.
Crowe was driving a team and buck
board. He whipped the horses and tried
to outrun the horsemen, who soon brought
him to n halt with their six-shooters.
John Delfelder, a cattleman, has Just
reached town with the news and says
the posse had stopped at a ranch about
thirty miles out for lunch and to feed
their horses.
PEAK DENIES THE STORY.
Say* Ills Wife Has Not Kidnaped Her
Children.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. I.—Stale Sen
ator J. Walter Peak of this city denies
emphatically the story from Lexington,
Ky., last night, charging his wife with
kidnaping the two children of her divorc
ed husband and bringing them to this city.
He Mated that Mrs. Peak arrived here
last Saturday from Lexington, where she
had been visiting, and brought the chil
dren with her, but only for a visit, and
not with any Intention of demining them
He adds that the children have visited
Ids wife before, and that their guardian
has never objected to it. The children
are here now for a month's visit.
Aluhnjiin Imml mid Cuttle Company.
Dover, Del., Jan. I.—The Alabama Land
rod Cattle Company of Mobile, Ala., cap
ital ?.>iO,ooo, filed a certificate of incorpo
ration here to-day.
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LABEL ON BOTTLE
COUNCILL ON THE NEGRO.
Salvation of the Negro Depends I p
on Drawing the Social Lines
Tighter, He Declares.
Birmingham, Ala., Jan. I.—Prof. Wil
liam H. Council), colored, professor of the
Agricultural and Mechanical College at
Normal, Ala., speaking at the Bessemer
emancipation celebration to-day on the
social problem said:
"This question has been an eating sore
because men have misunderstood the
negro; and because it has been used simp
ly and purely, North and South, to make
white partisans stand close together, as
if the negro with one mighty bound
would land right in the centre of white
social circles and carry oft' every heart
in them. There* has never been a time
when the true negro thought so little of
himself that he would surrender his ra
cial identity and he wiped off the face
of the globe by another jieople. The white
woman of the South, who is one of the
purest of women in the annals of the
world, has maintained on her side the
purity of both races and to-day, in build
ing the negro race, it can have no higher
example of integrity •'than the white
woman of the South. Whatever may take
place in the future, I know not. But
I do know now that the salvation of the
negro in this country depends upon draw
ing the social lines tighter, North and
South. The moment they become slack,
the white man becomes brutal—the ne
gro goes down forever.”
WITH A BILLET IN HIS HEAD.
Htam Cohen Found on Floor of His
Store In Jacksonville.
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. I.—A tragic
event occurred this morning, which will
not unlikely result in the death of Hiam
Cohen, a respectable and highly thought
of young Hebrew', and a brother to Me
thod I. Cohen, who has a jewelry store
on West Bay street.
Young Cohen left the house this morn
ing at 6:40 and came down to the store.
About 7 the colored porter came down.
He discovered the safe open and no one
in sight; he became frightened and gave
the alarm. Fred Bueky a friend of Mr.
Cohen, was passing and he at once went
into the store. He found the safe, which
is in the back of the store, behind a show
ease, open, and near by, lying on the floor
was the body of young Cohen, with a
terrible bullet hole in the right temple.
A physician was called at once and every
attention given the unfortunate man.
At first it was supposed that a robbery
had been attempted, and that Mr. Cohen
had been shot while resisting the robbers.
Lieut. Brough of the police department
made a thorough examination, and he
states that no robbery was attempted, but
that the young man attempted to kill
himself. The revolver, one that was
pawned at the store, was in the safe. Mr.
Cohen had taken it out. loaded it and
then shot himself, according to the police
officer’s ideas. There is no known reason
for such a desperate attempt, as the
young man was well fixed financially, had
several thousand dollars in the bank, was
always light-hearted and genial and
seemed to have no troubles. Late this
evening he was still unconscious and very
unlikely to recover.
Cohen came to this city in 1889 from Gi
braltar. where he was born a,nd at once
entered the jewelry business with his
brother, M. I. Cohen. The firm has done
a most successful business and the cause
of his act, if premeditated, is a mystery
The family are inclined to believe that it
was an accident and they say he was
always accustomed to handling revolvers
and had a habit of testing the trigger.
The general public think that Cohen
premeditated suicide or he would not
have loaded the weapon. Some of his
friends to-day made the assertion that
they believed that the cause of his rash
act was a love affair which was not
known to the family.
FLORIDA'S AGHICI LTI HE.
Figure* of Cos in in jss lon e r for llt'lO
Slum Highest Value Yet.
Tallahassee. Fla., Jan. I.—The annual
report of the commissioner of agriculture
of Florida, will show that the total
acreage of field crops cultivated in this
state during the past year was 1,052,711
acres; in vegetables and garden crops 16,-
156 acres were cultivated; making a total
acreage of 1,066,897.
The total value of the various classes
of farm products is thus summed up:
Field crops, $8,173,547; V egetable and gar
den products, $856,308; fruit crops, $1,349,-
132; live stock, $6,503,408; poultry, $705,828;
dairy products, $811,671; miscellaneous
products, $125,634, total. $18,525,528.
This is the highest value that the farm
products of Florida have reached in any
year.
The Florida Railroad Commission will,
on Thursday. Jun. 3, grant a hearing ro
representatives of the railroads doing busi
ness in the state, who will then submit
objections, suggestions and amendments
to the freight-rate classification recently
adopted by the Railroad Commission.
TALLAHASSEE NEWS.
Only 32 Marriage Licenses as
Against 17” t Negroes fur lill’-d.
Tallahassee. F’a., Jan. 1.-County Judge
R A. Whitfield, Issued during the year
1900. two hundred and four marriage li
censes, 32 to white and 172 to negro
couples. During the month of December
he Issued forty-seven licenses, only four
of which were for white couples.
It is reported that two more companies
tvlli attend the inauguration on the Bth,
the Leesburg Rifles and the Suwannee
Rifles.
A large force of men left yesterday to
resume work on the Tallahassee South
eastern Railroad. C. S. Noble tmd James
A. Mitchell of the engineer corps, arrived
to-dny and left for the work of con
struction.
THE CLEVELAND HI NT.
Plenty of tin me Reported nnd the
Party Hus lag; Great Spurt.
Georgetown, S. C., Jan. I.—The W hlte
Lily, the steam*yacht, which ex-Prcsidetr.
Cleveland and party occupy during their
hunting expedition at Murphy Island
near thla city, came up to town to re
plenish stores. The .xiptuln of the yachi
states that there Is an abundance of
game 111 that section and the party un
having great sport. They will remain a
week longer
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 2, 1001.
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IGNATIUS DONNELLY DEAD.
Author of Famous Cryi>lsgram Pnss
(*it Away—Was on Able Orator,
Politician anil Llteratetir.
Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. I.—lgnatius
Donnelly, politician, author, sage, aged 70,
died at 12:03 o'clock this morning. He was
taken suddenly ill last night while visit
ing at the home of his father-in-law, Bar
ton Hanson. From the first Mr. Donnelly
sank steadily and soon became uncon
scious. Dr, Murphy was summoned and
when he arrived the sick man was still
unconscious. The doctor pronounced It
heart failure and stated that there was
little chance of the patient's recovery.
Later Mr. Donnelly passed away, sur
rounded by a number of his relatives.
From the first they had understood that
he could not live, as he was well ad
vanced in years, being nearly 70 years of
age.
He died at 12:u3 o'clock this morning
without regaining consciousness.
Ignatius Donnelly, known as "the Sage
of Nininger.” has been conspicuous in the
political and literary field for many years.
Mr. Donnelly came to Minnesota thirty
five years ags, and since that time had
been a member of both houses of the
state Legislature and represented his dis
trict in Congress.
During his many yeors in the state
Legislature he was a power. He was an
able orator, always had an answer ready,
and rarely failed to turn the lough upon
his opponent.
He had pronounced ideas, and during
his political career had been a member of
nearly every political party known in the
state.
Mr. Donnelly was an able ond deep
thinker, and he was o thorough Shake
spearean scholar. His many efforts in
the literary line have been well received,
and he is famous for his wrlrlngs all
over the country.
For the last few years he had been bit
terly opposed to the policy of the Demo
cratic party, and at the last general elec
tion he was a candidate for Vice Presi
dent on the Muklle-of-the-Road Populist
ticke-t.
He was active during the campaign and
spoke in Minneapolis and other cities of
the state a number of times.
Mr. Donnelly married about three years
ago Miss Hanson, a daughter of Barton
Hanson of this city.
Since his affiliation with the middle-of
the-road Populists he has earnestly es
poused its principles. He was bitter to
wards trusts and combinations of all kinds
and was an ardent supporter of the po
litical code in economics and social ques
tions as set forth in what Is known as the
"Omaha platform.”
Mr. Donnelly was famous for his pro
mulgation of an alleged cryptogram in
the works of Shakespeare by which he
sought to prove that Francis Bacon wrote
these works.
SCHOOLS TO REMAIN CLOSED.
Scnrlet Fever In Jacksonville the
Cause.
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. I.—On account
of several cases of scarlet fever being
reported by the health department, the
public schools here will not re-open for
some time. For a week the city health
officer and superintendent of schools have
been conferring in regard to whether or
not. under the circumstances, it was best
to re-open the public white Schools to
morrow, at the expiration of the Christ
mas vacation, and it was finally decid’d
this morning not to open, and Supt. Glenn
after consulting with W. A. Bours, chair
man of the Board of Public Instruction,
issued a notice to that effect.
It states that there have been several
cases of scarlet fever which are con
siderably scattered in the city but ail
have been of a very mild type. No deaths
have occurred from this cause nor have
there been any very sick patients. The
closing of the schools will aid in stamping
out the disease and afford an opportunity
of fumigating the school buildings, where
some children who have had the fever
attended.
McCl LLOLGH’S SHORTAGE.
Commissioners Agree to Compromise
Willi Bondsmen for S2S,IKi.
Altoona, Pa., Jan. I.—On the confessed
defalcation of between $30,000 and $40,000,
the county commissioners have agreed to
accept $25,000 from Tax Receiver James
H. McCullough's bondsmen and call his ac
counts square. He owes $25,000 on his
IS9B duplicates and $50,000 on his 1899 du
plicates. These amounts Include
the sum total of his peculations.
The compromise was effected yes
terday afier several conferences had
been held by the bondsmen, commission
ers and attorneys. The bondsmen are to
pay $12,500 for 1898 and the same amount
for 1891), the commissioners claiming Mc-
Cullough's duplicates are square up to
and Including 1897.
Although McCullough Is still missing,
he is not likely to escape punishment, as
one of the bondsmen proposes to offer a
reward for his apprehension.
HARD JOKE ON MR. HARR'S.
Burglars Visit House of Jackson
ville's City Attorney,
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. I.—The Joke of
the town, as a New Year’s tale, Is the
robbery of J. M. Bprrs, city attorney and
u very prominent politician well known
throughout the sta'e, lust night, result
ing in the loss of a coat, vest, a fine gold
watch, and some $lO In money that was In
the vest pocket. The robbers held to
climb u piazza post and did their work so
thoroughly that none of the inmates of
the house were aroused. Mr. Barrs says
the room looked ns If a cyclone had struck
It, everything lieing In confusion; he Is
rather Irritated at his being picked out
for a victim, but enjoyed the Jokes at
his cxpi nse very much. Three other rolv
1 erics were reported In different portions
of ihe city last night. A perfect carnival
of crime seems to be prevailing despite
the best efforts of the police.
WOOLEN MANFFACTI RBKI FAIL.
Samuel lllilille's Sous Seek A nluntnry
llntikrnitiey.
Philadelphia, Jan. I.—Samuel Riddle's
Sons, woolen manufacturers, with mills
located at Glen Riddle, Fa, have present
ed a petition In voluntary bankruptcy.
The assets are said to be $.’94,342, and the
liabilities $301,000. John Vane*. Jr. was
appointed temporary receiver under bond
the sum of $25,000.
LOOKS LIKE QUAY
OU) MAX STAND* A GOOD CHANCE
OF IIEIXG RE-ELECTED.
ONLY LACKS ONE VOTE NOW.
WAS 1 NAM MOT'S <4lO ICE OF CAM.
CIS LAST NIGHT.
Nearly Enough Present to Nominate,
bat Some Are Doubtful—Some Ab
sentees Promised—Lots of AAlre
Working lining ou anil Will Prob
ably Be Grounds for Another Sen
ate Investigation Before the Flee-
tlou Is Over.
Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. I.—Col. Quay was
thP unanimous choice of the joint conven
tion of Republican senators and members
held to-night in the House chamber to
nominate a candidate for Fnlted States
senator. The caucus was attended by 123
legislators, or four less ttwm the number
necessary to a choice In the Joint conven
tion of the Senate and House, which will
be held Jan. 16. Three of those present
were Messrs. Hill and Tiffany of Susque
hanna county, and MoPhersor. of Adams,
who übsented themselves last night from
the House caucus and voted with the
Democrats in the House to-dny for Gen.
Koontz for speaker.
Thompson of Center and Haldeman of
Montgomery, who are detained at home
by Illness, were pledged by their col
leagues to Mr. Quay. This apparently
gives Mr. Quay 126 of the 127 necessary
to a choice. The other absentees voted
with the Democrats on the organization of
the House and are classed as anti-Quay
Republicans.
The Quay people are Jubilant over the
result of the caucus, as the number pres
ent exceeded their expectations, and they
claim that before the vote is taken on
joint ballot for senator they will have
many more than the number necessary to
elect.
While the Quay caucus was in session
in the House chamber a secret meeting
of the anti-Quay Republicans was held
at their headquarters at the Common
wealth Hotel. At the close of the meet
ing the pledge of the anti-Qunyltes bind
ing themselves together to oppose Mr.
Quay's re-election was made public. The
pledge contains sixty-eight names.
A call was Issued to-night for a caucus
of the House and Senate Democrats on
the evening of Jan. 14 for the nomina
tion bf a candidate for United States sen
ator. Col. James M. Guffey of Pittsburg
will probably be chosen the caucus nom
inee.
ELECTED THEIR MEN.
tinny People Get Both President anil
Spenker.
Harrisburg. Ta., Jan. I.—Both branches
of the Pennsylvania Legislature met in
biennial session to-day at noon and the
feature of the occasion was the battle
between the Quay Republicans and the
allied forces of the anti-Quay Republicans
and Democrats for control of the House
of Representatives, resulting in a victory
for the Quay forces. William T. Mar
shall of Allegheny, was the choice of the
Quay forces for speaker, while the Dem
ocrats and anti-Quay Republicans were
lined up for Gen. William H. Koontz of
Somerset, anti-Quay Republican. The
membership of the House is 203, there be
ing a vacancy in the sixteenth Philadel
phia district. Of these 154 are tepubll
cans, and 49 Democrats.
Senator Snyder of Chester county was
the choice of the Quay faction for presi
dent of the Senate and was elected by a
vote of 36 to 13 for Senator Nldler, Dem
crat of Cumberland.
In the House the proceedings began
with the formal swearing In of the mem
bers, after which the rod call sheaved
three absentees. Nominations for speaker
being in order, the names of Mr. Mar
shall and Gen. Koontz were presented. As
the voting progressed it was seen that
the vote woilid be close, and it was an
nounced as ICO for Marshall and 99 for
Koontz. Four Democrats voted for Mar
shall.
A SOUR STOMACH
Is Often the Ural Cause of n Sour
Temper.
That the condition of the dlgestice or
gans has a marked effect upon the char
acter or disposition is a truism as old as
the hills. Old Ren Johnson wisely said
"the pleasure of living depends U!>on the
liver" and it is a fact which none may
dispute that a sunny disposition more
often results from a healthy digestion
than from any other cause.
Acid dyspepsia, commonly called sour
stomach or henrtburn, is caused by slow
digestion of food; Instead of being prompt
ly digested and converted Into blood, bone
and muscle, it lies in the stomach for
hours, fermenting and decaying, creating
gases which cause pressure on the lungs
and heart, short breath and general dis
comfort and Ir -Ration.
Such half digested food Is Indeed poor
nourishment of the body, brain and
nerves and the result Is shown In irrita
ble tempers, unaccountable headaches and
that depressing condition usually called
the “blues,” but how quickly all these
disappear when appetite and digestion are
restored.
Laxative medicines only irritate the al
ready Irritated stomach and bowels and
have no effect upon actual digestion of
food.
The sensible course to follow Is to moke
uglF of simple natural digestives like
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets after meals
until the stomach has a chance to recu
perate.
The natural digestives which every
healthy stomach contains are peptones,
diastase and hydrochloric ami lactic acids
and when any of them are lacking the
trouble begins; the reason Stuart’s Dys
pepsia Tablets are so valuable and suc
cessful In curing stomach troubles Is be
cause they contain. In a pleasant concen
trated tablet form all these absolutely
necessary essentials for perfect digestion
and assimilation of food.
Henry Kirkpatrick of Lawrence. Mass.,
says; "Men and women whose occupation
precludes an active out-door life should
make it a daily practice to use ■Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets after meals. I have
done so myself and I know positively that
I owe my present health and vigor to
their dally use.
From the time I was 22 when I grad
uated from school with broken health
from overwork until I was 34. I scarcely
knew what it was to be free from stom
ach weakness. I had no appetite whatever
for breakfast ond very little for any oth
er meal,
I had acidity and heartburn nearly ev
ery day and sometimes was alarmed by
Irregularity and palpitation of the heart,
bnt nil this gradually disappeared after
1 began using Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
and 1 ran eat my meals w'th relish nnd
satisfaction which I had not known since
1 was a growing boy."
The success nnd popularity of Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets Is enormous, but It Is
deserved, and every druggist in the United
States, Canada and Grant Britain has a
good word for this meritorious in ‘ para
tion.
Twentieth Century
Clothing Sale!
MEN’S
Business Suits,
Strictly All Wool,
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The Metropolitan
WALTHOUR STILL LEADS.
Number of lliilers In Six-day Race
Reduced to Nine. Three Drop
ping Out Yesterday.
Boston, Mass., Jan. I.—ln a hurricane
'finish Bobbie Walthour again finished first
in another day, the second, in the six-day
bicycle race at Park Square Garden.
Fischer's closing sprint was such a sur
prise that he caught the other riders nap
ping and came very near finishing in first
place. He had been plodding along be
hind the bunch, when, at the pistol report
for the last mile, he pedalled out into a
good lead, making the others work hard
to overtake him.
The day was a quiet one, with but few
spills.' The forced retirement of Gougoltz,
the steady Frenchman, was the cause of
much regret.
The men are all in fair shape and riding
well. Ryser, Accoutrier and Fredericks
were the others who quit.
The score at the end of the twenteth
hour and second day was as follows:
Walthour, 390.6; Kaser, 390.6: McEach
ern, 390.6; Stinson, 390.6; Fischer, 390.6;
Babcock. 390.1; Miller. 389.4; Gougoltz,
300.1 (not riding); Fredericks, 289.2 (not
riding); Ryser, 223.3 (not riding); Accoue
rler, 196.3 (not riding)).
THE OLDEST R AILWAY MAN.
A. AV. Millspnugh Dies nt Kansu*
City, Aged SB.
Kansas City, Jan. I.—A. W. Mlllspaugh,
the oldest railway man in the United
States in point of qctive service, died at
his home here to-day, aged S6. Mr. Mills
paugh was born in Middletown, N. Y.,
in 1813. During tho Civil War he was em
ployed by the government to superintend
the transportation of soldiers to nnd
from the South. In Ihe Lincoln-Douglas
campaign Mr. Millspaugh was prominent
in the management at Washington of
Douglas' cau e.
Ministers Commend Mrs. Notion.
Wichita, Kan.', Jan. I—At the regular
meeting of the evangelical ministers of
Wichita, held to-day. a resolution com
mending the action of Mrs. Carrie Nation
in smashing saloon furniture, was de
fended by an overwhelming majority.
BLIND MAN’S RIG WALK.
Fifty-six Miles In One Day Over n
Fnmillnr Rond.
From the London Mail.
Harry Vowles, n b ind musician of
Brighton, England, not long ago set out
to waik fifty-six miles to London, aided
by the sense of touch and hearing alone.
He was accompanied by a reporter, who
thus describes the trip:
”1 shall walk all the way," he said to
his brother, "unless," he added laughing,
"1 get a lift on a motor car.”
Then he grasped his stick firmly and
swung down the road ot a sturdy pace.
The rattle of a vehicle sounded in the
distil nee.
"What’s that?" Bald the Daily Mall
representative.
"Only a m'lk cart?" said the blind man
with th confidence horn of knowledge.
"You are goinJS the wrong way.” he
laughed a little later on, as the Dally
Mall representative branched off to the
left at a cross-roads; "our way lies to the
right.”
Soon there came another cross-roads.
"We'll go to the right again,” said Harry
Vowles; "it's not such pretty country,
but It’s shorter. How do I know pretty
country? Ah, I fee: the trees. I wish the
wind were not so strong," he continued,
“I could hear the road bet.er. Did you
hear that turning?"
So they passed through Patchum and
up the hill to Hassocks.
“That's the way to the station.” said
the blind man, directing the man with
sight.
"Well, good-by,” he said- as they part
ed, and turning resolutely, he started
down the hili at a Jog trot, singing gayly
to himself. He tinned and called: "I'll
mi el you at the Alhambra <(t 10 to-night.”
Then he waved his hand ami trotted on.
Punctually to the minute Mr. Vowles
met the Dally Mall representative at the
apjioliited place. "I've hail a Jolly wulk,"
he said, "and feel as fresh us paint. It
took me two days last year, but I told
them I'd do It this year In one, anil so I
have."
—There are now 2.777,497 tiorses lH' (he
United Busies, not counting those Jn s*ock
farm) and ranches. The largest num
ber are found In New Yck siaie. where
there are 302.271, Illinois ranks second,
with 233,807; Pennsylvania has 215.977;
Ohio, 185.683; lowa, 147.275; Massachusetts,
132,016; Missouri, 124.95.', Indiana, 124,072;
Texas, 106,819, and Michigan, K 0.410.
SOUND SENSE TO NEGROES.
EX-CONG HESS 31 AN MILLER'S AD
DRESS AT BEAUFORT.
Good Will Between White nnd lllnck
Prcnclicd and Reduction of South's
t niiKrenslnnnl Representfitlon Op
posed— Wonld React I'pon the Ne
gro— Neither the North Nor the Re
publican Party Wnnt the Negro,
He Said, and He Hus hut n Few
Pr lends Left Among the I,ending:
Re publicans.
Charleston, S. C., Jan. I.—Emancipation
day was celebrated with more than the
| usual enthusiasm in Beaufort, this state,
to-day. There was a street parade of ne
gro veterans and militia nnd reading of
President Lincoln's proclamation at the
schoolhouse.
Gen. Robert Small described the first
emancipation celebration In Beaufort in
1863 end read n congratulatory telegram
from Gen. Rufus Saxton, who had been
present on that occasion. The main fea
ture of the day wns the address of ex-
Congressman fttuder (colored), now presi
dent of the South Carolina State Colored
College.
He preached good will between white
and black, said that when till the cir
cumstances are considered it Is a matter
for congratulation that the white people
ore doing so much for the educating and
uplifting of the negroes.
He opposed any reduction of congres
sional representation claiming that it
would indirectly be a blow to the colored
man, who will eventually come to his
own. He cited the alleged persecution of
negroes by Gov. Tanner of Illinois, and
said that neither the North nor the Re
publican party wanted the negro, that
nothing In favor of full suffrage rights for
the negro could be found In President
McKinley's message, and that perhaps
UTe only leading Republicans now stand
ing up for the race were Chandler, Ma
son, Allison, Tom Reed and Harrison.
LIKE TWAIN’S FROG STORY.
Ain using He-translutlon of a Tleii
Tslu Pruc In inn I Inn.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Washington, Deo. 25—Lieut. Henry D.
Long of the United States Marine Corps,
stntioned at Cavite, Philippine Islands,
has sent a copy of a proclamation Issued
at Tien Tsln by the American forces and
translated into Chinese by a friendly
Chinaman. It is translated back from
the Chinese into English. The China
man showed the usual cunning of his
race by Inserting a clause providing for
his own protection. The proclamation is
as follows:
1 am very sorry for all the good inhab
itants that there Is a great confusidn
took place on which you met with. Now.
I inform you to be peaceful by major of
U. R. M. C., when this proclamation is
hanging to all buildings of all the streets;
so I order ull the people stuyed within
the American section and all the soldiers
of all nations as follows:
First. Many kinds of weapons are not
allowed to keep In all dwellings belonging
to this section nnd your inhabitants
should send the weapons to the Interpre
ter of U. S. M. C., 8. S. Wah's house, if
you have kept bet . *■.
Second. You should take the great care
for the fire setting out in any time. The
Tien Tsln Water Society must be allowed
to carry water in putHng down the fire
as possible.
Third. You should come to U. S. M. C.
reporting ull soldiers of all nations or the
native robbers when they disturb in any
buildings of this section.
Fourth. I have paid the wages to the
labors to bury all death and clean all
streets to take away the dirts, and you
should keep the cleanliness.
Fifth. If nil the escaped people like to
come back to their original buildings. I
must protect you by the American force,
and you may stay here as usual.
Sixth. All native shops should open for
sale, because you certainly live upon this
shops or do not pay the money for buy
ing things, I must give some puniahbent
to them.
Seventh. All soldiers of the United
States forces in the city will give pro
tection to the Chinese Scholar Wah. Ail
people are directed to preserve order and
behave in a quiet, orderly manner.
By order of the guard of American
troops in the Southeast Quarter
July 22, 1960. i
THE REGION OF MOW.
Winter In the Callforalk
Sierras.
From the New York Sun.
"Even the horses here have to wear
snowshoes, or they would be useless; and
when you hear a man talk about break
ing a horse In Plumas county, you can
know that It is not riding, but snow
shoeing he refers to. About one horse
In ten will make a good snowshoer, and
It Is extremely difficult for a horse to
walk with them. The shoes are made of
Norwegian steel, about eight Inches
square, and are covered with leather or
rublrer, according to the taste of the
maker. There are two holes In them
through which (It the points or Ice picks
of the regular shoe. These shoes weigh
several |>ounds apiece, and are fastened
over the hoof with Iron and leather
bands. Without them a horse would be
helpless lid Plumas, and It Is a curious
sight to see them. At first It comes hard;
the horses stumble and often fall down,
but once the trick Is acquired they walk,
and even trot, easily, lifting each foot
and setting it down so that It Just avoids
the other.
“'lt's a great day when the mall ar
rives, but It's a greater sight to see the
mall carrier—a champion ski rider—com
ing down the mountain. When he is seen
at the top of the hill there Is a shout, and
the next minute he shoots down at a mlle
a-mlnute rate.
“You might think that such a life would
not be worth living, but we get used to
It, and we have our parties and enter
tainments under the snow just as well as
outside. The great amusement of the
country Is ski racing. Every town has
one or more clubs, and men have beaten
a mile a minute and the fastest railway
train ever ran. You couldn’t get around
In our country without skis, so every one
has them. They are strips of board about
eight feet long, four Inches wide and very
thin. The ski maker is a big (pan. and
while all skis may look alike to you, thers
Is supposed to be the greatest difference
lo their make, And some that have
brought their owners In winners In many
races can’t be bought for love or money.
“The great point In the ski is to have
the groove down the center perfectly
true, and to get a polish on the bottom
that will beat that of the other man; and
about every silk racer has some partic
ular ’dope,’ which he considers the best,
and no state secret Is better guarded. The
ski Is rubbed over with tar and beeswax,
then polished until it Is a mirror, and
then the mysterious ’dope’ Is put on and
rubbed In until It Is hard work to stand
on the ski; they seem to want to fly off
Into the air.
“When the big races are on all the
clubs meet at a famous track, which real
ly Is about 2,<ho feet of the side of a
steep mountain, coated with Icy snow,
so slippery that once started you go as
though shot out of a gun, even If you
are lying on your back trying to hold
back; and so your speed when mounted
on the wing-llke skis can be Imagined.
There are purses of from SSO to S6OO for
the events; and when the day comes ev
ery man, woman and child who can get
out Is there.
"The men selected as the cream of all
clubs line up on the edge of the glass
like slope. Each man has a six or ten
foot pole with which he can push him
self off. and each man hna his own meth
od of riding; but there is one thing, they
all go at a pace that takes the breath
away from a novice. It's simply a dash;
you see them whlazing through the air,
us It were, and they are there, one al
ways In the lead, owing to his special
•dope.’ The winner Is made much of, and
the crowd goes to the hotel, If there Is
one, or to some house, and a ball follows
to celebrate the event; and generally
there are three days of racing and throe
dancesr
“The people are very social, and when
lhe snow Is very deep parties go out to
help keep the chutes clear, splice chim
neys, or have a dance. 80 the winter
wears away, and In summer you would
never believe that Plumas and Sierra had
been burled out of sight many a time.
About the only suspicious things are the
marks on the trees—boords that have been
nailed on thirty-five feet from the ground
when a man could stand on the snow and
do It; these marks being nailed to trees
between town* and mines, so that when
the heavy snows cover up everything else
these can be seen. These, and the tall
chimneys and the sloping roofs, are the
telltales of the heavy snows.”
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