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vol. viir. IN THE CHINA SEA * A NARRATIVE OF ADVENTURE. * By SEWARD W. HOPKINS. (COFTXIGHT 1899 BT ROBERT BOWSER'S 80XS ) CHAPTER XIV. wa^that [continued.] Hcn-Ko-Hu^uld My hope make the mistake of sending a small force, which he would not do if the alarm-bells were heard all over Tal¬ mooch. I sent word to Ba!o-Ror to gather about six hundred of his bravest men, and wait with them in tho forest about Bromporrah until tho forces of Hen-Ko-Hi had passed them on the wav to Galneor, then to follow them down and attack their rear while we were engaging in their front. The men at Galneor were set to build a fort. In this the women ren¬ dered valuable assistance. They were eager enough to help. I sent a messenger into the cave for my uniform and sword. For rea¬ sons of myown„I did not wish to meet Miss Arnold then. It was late in the afternoon when we heard the hurried tramp of horses' hoofs, The fort was built on that side of Galneor nearest Bromporrah. In it I placed all the women at hand, and a force of soldiers nndev Oso-Bark. To the right of the fort I stretched a line of ambush through the woods. The force thus detailed was under the command of Garu-Saak. To the left 1 stretched a similar line, and took command myself. We thus formed a funnel, the apex of which was the fort, and into the mouth of which led the Street of the Invaders. Tho sound of hoofs was most wel¬ come. My men were becoming impa tient for the fight to begin. The shouts of the cavalry could now be heard. It was Tartar cavalry. This fact was surprising. The presence of these lawless horsemen so far away from their usual haunts was unexpected. It mado me urge my men more fierce¬ ly, although it was not necessary. But the reputation of the Tartar as a fighter is pretty well established, and I knew we had hot work before us. There were two battalions, prob¬ ably four hundred all told. On they came, galloping furiously, utterly ig¬ norant of the trap that was waiting for them. When the head of the column en¬ tered the funnel formed by my forces, I gave the order to fire. A thousand rifles blazed forth a simultaneous flash, one quick, sharp flash, and all was still again. Tho startled Tartars checked theii horses. Numbers of them fell from their plunging stee Is and lay groan¬ ing and dying on the ground. Hoarse cries came from their offi¬ cers. Their commander was a man who knew not the sensation of fear. He sat his horse like a statue, urging his men to rally. Gradually they overcame their stupor and got to¬ gether. Once more I gave the order to fire, and once more the rifles poured their deadly hail upon the cavalry. Horses and men (vent down together. For a moment it seemed as if they could nol rally again. The sudden, mysterious attack was too much for them. They were in an open road, while wo were so hidden that they could not tell oui numbers or our location. But I heard the clatter of fresh hoofs. Another battalion was rid¬ ing up. • A cry of warning came from the be¬ wildered cavalrymen, who had al¬ ready tasted two charges of lead, and and the decimated ranks fell back on the reinforcements. A Bhort consultation between the commanding officers followed, and the two commands separated. One seemed about to hold t-heir present position, and were replacing their sabres with carbines. Tbe other por¬ tion made a detour to the right, and started for Galneor past our rear. Giving my commands quickly, I led my men as fast as they could go through the trees that surrounded us. The cavalry were slowly working their way, and we soon confronted them and opened fire. This time they rose to the occasion. As one man they leaped from their horses and charged ns with their carbines. At the same moment I heard firing from the other side, and knew that Garu Saak bad reopened on the other bat¬ talions. My men fought desperately, but the Tartars were moro than a match foi them. We wore gradually driven back, and I began to despair of win¬ ning the battle. I had calculated on the forces from Bromporrah attacking the enemy in the rear, but it looked as if it would be too late. Defeat stared us in the face, and defeat meant death. Suddenly the air was rent by a great war-cry. Hundreds of rifles barked their venomous voices in the rear of the Tartars. The Kalek battle-cry was hurled through the forest with the shouts of victory. Bado-Ror had come up. From this point it was simply a question of how long the Tartars would continue to fight before they fledor became wiped out. Hand in hand the men of Galneor and the men of Bromporrah fought the enemies ol their country. And before the terrific onslaught ol victorious revenge even Tartars could not stand. Finally the remnant of the once proud csTfdry turned and fled, THE RECORD I did not follow them; wo woul. have plenty to do without that. Garu-Saak came running to me, am from the fort came Oso-Bark, followei by a shouting crowd of women. “One battle -won,” I said, as nr generals reached my side, “Hov many men have we lost?” “About one hundred of mine,”sai. Garu-Saak. “I lost none,” said Oso-Eark. About fifty of my own men wev missing, and I counted them as dead I at once sent men to pick up tb wounded and give them proper enrt We found four hundred and seven ty-live Tartars dead or dying in tn woods and in the road. “Garn-Saak,” I said, after I lia looked the situation over, “we are nc half done. The fight has but jn> commenced. Order the nlarrn bel rung at once and call the entire arn, to arms.” “Sir, it shall be done at once," h replied. Bado-Ror reported to me, and the went back to bis own forces. He ha [ 0 st but few men. From tho great bells I had ordere placed in the trees an alarm rangoni Pke call to arms clanged in every po (ion of the island, wherever a Jumni pr a Iialek dwelt. From every direction men came run nlug in. Before morning I had an army c twelve thousand armed and drilloi toldiers, und as many more men ready :o pick up their arms ns fast as .bullets of *he enemy left a gun un¬ manned. Before daybreak the women pre pared breakfast bf coffee and rice and fruit; and I sent a note to Miss Ar¬ nold and Mr. Avery, telling them o! (ho events of the night and that wt were on our way to Qniental. I had no’intentiou of attacking the walled city. I had no cannon. I knew that inside the walls there was heavy artillery. To attack a fortress likt that with rifles was foolhardy. I knew that Hen-Ko-Hi would send his army to put down the rebellion of his sub¬ jects. And it was this army I was on my way to meet. As we inarched toward Quiental, we passed through Brompoorah, and the women came out of their houses and followed the army out of town signing war-songs and encouraging the men. Between Brompoorah and Quiental the narrow road broadened out into e wide plain. Here I ordered a halt. My army had not yet come to res! when I ,„heard the bugles of the ad¬ vancing toe. I hastily arranged my forces in much the same way that I had don* before. Twelve thousand well-armec men are a goodly force when in close files and ranks. But when scattered around in ambush they seemed a vast multitude. It was a delightful recep¬ tion we were preparing for the gover¬ nor’s army. Garu-Saak and his men lavup along the eastern border of the plain. Bado Ror and his brave Kaleks ranged along tbe western border. The southern end was formed by a detachment of Jumars and Kaleks under Oso-Bark. I was with Garu-Saak. To a person coming from the north, as were the soldiers of Hen-Ko-Hi, not a Jumar or a Kalok could be seen un¬ til the flanks of Garu-Saak and Bado ftor had been passed. ■ The head of the advancing column came into view. Generals in gaudy uniforms, riding snow-white horses, led the way. After them, the infan¬ try. The cavalry of Quiental had beer destroyed. As the column drew nearer, I lookec in vain for Hen-Ko-Hi. That worthy was careful enough not to expose hie lighting precious carcass going wne.n however there was any on, bravo he might be when a crowd of women Were to be subjugated. He was nol with his army. When the head of the advancing column had reached the center of the plain, I gave the order to fire, i The roar of the rifles swept alon; the line. ! First Garu-Saak poured his deadly (ire into the enemy from the east. Then Bador-Ror and his Kaleks dealt them a blow from the other side. Then the storm from the rifles of Oso-Bork met them in their very faces. Volley after volley was poured intc the rapidly decreasing army, ana t"n< generals seemed to be utterly lost. Suddenly I lost my command of my army, and ceased to be a factor in th< fight. The war-cry of the Kaleks rang out again, and Bado-Ror was seen advanc¬ ing toward the Chinamen on a ran. The entire armyof Jumars and Kaleki threw aside all thoughts of safety, anc rushing out on the plain, resolved it self into a great circle which wenl roiling around the enemy like a ser¬ pent. An endless ring of blazing rifflee jwept around the doomed Mantchoos, and above the roar sounded the cry ol factory. and alone, I stood silent a mere spectator of the thrilling scene. 1 The Mantchoos did not know ho\t to attack this revolving volcano oj death and fire. They formed a solid square, but their firing was desultory aud uncertain. The result of this was obvious. Nor could it long be postponed. Ae file after file of Chinese wenl Devoted To The Interest Of Johnson County And Middle Georgia. WRIGHTSVILLE, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1900. down, the merciless shouts ot the Tal moochians reached my ears. The endurance of the native army would hold out forever, it seemed; I wondered how muoh longer theyoould keep ty> that gait. screaming, hissing, roaring torrent that had swallowed up the saw of H^-Ko-Hi afmy would rest only ■sWen that was destroyed. 1 migtA as well have essayed to stay the forces of Satan as to preach mercy to those men of Talmooch. The pent-up hatred of twenty years Jhad broken forth, and I was power¬ less before it. When it was over, there wore two thousand Talmooohians dead upon the plain, anffehe entire army of Hen-Ko Hi. We had won. Mr. Avery, Miss Arnold and myself were free. The people of Talmooch were again a nation, and I was for the time its ruler. The tyrant and his court were still at Qniental, but they could not hold the garrison against us now. Garu-Saak, Bado-Ror and Oso-Bark came running toward me, and the air was rent with cheers. “Free! Free!” cried Garu-Saak, grasping my nana. **iou nave maae ns free. Yon are king of Talmooch.” “I am—possibly. But before we go any further into that, let us get to Quiental and fiuish our work.” “Yes, yes,” said Bado-Ror. “We must hang—we must catch the tyrant before he makes his escape. He is the greatest prize of all." I dispatched a messenger once more to Galneor, to inform Mr. Avery and Miss Arnold of our last great victory. “Go quickly,” I said to the man. “Tell them the news of the new glory jf Talmooch, and bring them to me at mce. You will find me at the palace >f Quiental.” CHAPTER XV. AFTER THE CONQUEST. The palace at Quiental stood at the northern end of the city. Therefore it stood at the most northerly point of ^Talmooch, extremity for Quiental of the was island. the north¬ The ern palace was not quite up to the modern idea of what a palace should be, but it was strongly built, and, in its way, imposing. It was solid, square and Strong. It had towers and turrets. It was surrounded by a large park. That end of the castle facing the iitreet was, ot course, tne tront, but the facade of the opposite end was precisely similar, and faced the sea. From this end the ground sloped away to the frowning battlements that ren¬ dered Quiental a wonderfully well for¬ tified city. The streets of Quiental were nar¬ row. The more pretentious houses weie of stone. Thero were bazars, coffee-houses, gambling places, tea irinking rooms and all other places genfrally to bo found in a Chinese faty. I had little to do with the formal :aking of Quiental, I left to Garu ■laak the duty of proclaiming the end gov¬ ernment of Hen-Ko-Hi at an as well as of securing Hen-Ko-Hi and »U those who were close to him in his tyrannical despotism, Just what to do with the monster I did not know, and ordered him placed in a dungeon until I had come to some decision as to his fate. Accompanied by Oso-Bark I went to the palace aud awaited the arrival of Mr. Avery and Miss Arnold. I sincerely regret that I cannot do justice to the meeting between Han kannan and her sou Gorgret. I did pot even linger to gaze upon them in their mutual embraces. There was something sacred in that never-dying love that bade me leave thefa to them¬ selves. I wandered through the wide halls of the palace, and found a curious commingling of national arts. The stone castle bad been built years before, by the Kaleks. The architecture, the workmanship aud tbe inside moldings and carvings were distinctly theirs, but the furniture and equipments were Chinese. The combination was not nnpleasiug, and the change from the dark underground home I had known so long was very grateful. The only unpleasant feature about the palace was the painfully apparent evidences of opium. Everything was redolent of the drusr. When Mr. Avery and Miss Arnold joined me, I had explored nearly every department in the palace, and I es¬ corted each of them to the rooms I had selected for them. Miss Arnold, still accompanied by her faithful jjuinar of woman, the equal was in shown comfort into and a suite ele¬ rooms gance to any in Pekin. Gorgret initiated his mother into the mysteries of the palace kitchen, and under her experienced manage¬ ment the place was made moro habit¬ !per, able by the production of a good sup jbroad after which we went out on a balcony to listen to the shouts of the multitude who had not re¬ covered from the excitement of victory, and were making things very lively in IQuiental. the Beacon fires blazed on moun¬ tains and in the valley. From Quien¬ tal to Galenor the Bky was lighted by these flaming tokens of regained su¬ premacy of the people. Everywhere we could hear my name. Even now the exultant Talmoochians gave me all the credit for tbe victory. “How does 'it feel to be a kiag?" asked Mr. Avery. “I never was on such intimate terms with one be¬ fore.” I “Now,” I replied, “it is time to {drop iking. all I such don’t nonsense. to be I king. am not All » want I want now is to get Miss Arnold, you and myself away from here, find Miss Arnold’s father and then com¬ municate with my friends, Langston and Ralston, who are now without doubt in San Francisco.” [to be continued, ] ARMY OFFICERS GET EXTRA PAY Senator Bacon’s Resolution Brings Out the Fact. v. ADMISSION IS FRANKLY MADE Secretary Root Says They Deserve Double Compensation—Wash¬ ington Post Criticises. A Washington special says: Sena¬ tor Bacon’s resolution calling for facts about extra compensation paid to army officers in high stations in Cuba was adopted by the senate Saturday, as was the other one on the same line calling for the details of certain elabor¬ ate expenditures said to have been made in fitting up quarters f< r the American representatives in Havana. The introduction of the resolutions, and their consideration, brought forth not only a lively discussion in the senate, in which some startling ad¬ missions were made, but it brought from the secretary of war the admis¬ sion that the allegations are true. Secretary Root is quoted as admit¬ ting that American army officers now occupying administrative positions in Cuba, are drawing additional salaries of Cuban revenues. The Washington Post, referring to the matter, says: “Most surprising of the misuse of this Cuban money is that it has had the sanction of the administration, as represented by the president aud Sec¬ retary Root. The Cubans have, of course, been powerless. They have not even been consulted. Tho United States is in control of the island, and so in the pockets of American army officers thousands of dollars of Cuban revenues merely jingle, alongside of the dollars regularly paid to these offi¬ cers ns their legal salaries.” This act, which is in direct conflict with the specilio law which provides that no annv officer shall receive ex¬ tra compensation by pointing out that it has only gone to a few, and that the money which went to these favored few came from the revenues of Cuba, and not from the funds for the payment of army officers’ salaries. Senator Baoon says he will push the investigation vigorously, as he pro¬ poses to get to the bottom of these charges. Secretary Root, in admitting the facts, also stated that the officers who were doubly paid, were worth more than their salaries from this govern¬ ment, and this he considered an ex¬ tenuating circumstance. TAYLOR SEES ROOSEVELT. Kentucklun Appeals to Governor of New York For Protection. The New York World publishes the following in Sunday’s issue: W. S. Taylor, governor of Kentucky, is in New York in consequence of the find¬ ing of an indictment against him by the grand jury of Frankfort, charging him with being an accessory before the faotto the murder of William E. Goe¬ bel. He appealed to Governor Roose¬ velt asking that any demand for extra¬ dition be denied. The interview be¬ tween the governor of Kentucky and the governor of New York lasted for an hour and a half, Tlio utmost se crecy was observed. According to a Frankfort dispatch the indictment against tbe Republican Governor Taylor,charged with being an accessory to the murder, will be held up till after the argument of the gov¬ ernorship contest cast, which is dock¬ eted for hearing before tho supreme court at Washington, April 30tb, and it is said by persons in the councils of the prosecution that no steps will be taken in the case till after that time. The rumor that Governor Reckham had been applied to for a requisition is without foundation. Monument to Texas Heroes. Saturday vas San Jacinto day in Texas. It is made notable this year by the unveiling of a monument in Galveston to the heroes of the Texas revolution, the gift of the late Henry Iiosenburg to tbe people of Texas. HAWAIIAN GOVERNMENT BILL. The Measnre Calls Out Sharp Criticism In th© Senate. A Washington dispatch says: The senate had under consideration during the greater part of Friday’s session the conference report on tho Hawaiian civil government measure. Senator Cnllom made an extended explanation of the changes in the bill. The report was the subject of sharp criticism, “Not Guilty” Said Youtsey. In the circuit court at Frankfort, Friday, the case of Henry E. Youtsey, one of the men indicted as principals in the assassination of Henry Goebel, was called. Youtsey pleaded not guilty, Sultan Will Pay? According to unconfirmed advices from Constantinople the porte has re¬ plied to the American demands, stat¬ ing that Turkey will compensate American missionaries under tho same conditions as in tho case of other for¬ eign subjects. Cobb Left Light Millions. Letters testamentary in the estate of the late Silas P. Cobb were filed at Chicago Monday. The testate* left an estate valued $8,000,000. BOLTED CONVENTION. Tennessee Republicans Will 5end Two Sets of Delegates to Philadelphia. A Nashville special says: The ex¬ pected split in the Tennessee State Re¬ publican Convention came Friday with the result that not only were two dele¬ gations sent to the Philadelphia con¬ vention, but two full state tickets were nominated, two platforms adopt¬ ed and two state committees named. The Evans men were patient to the supreme moment and exhausted their resources for getting what they called fair treatment before choosing the on¬ ly alternative of bolting or submitting. The convention sat for two hours awaiting the report of the committee on credentials, which had worked all night Thursday. This committee finally reported at noon Friday, recom¬ mending the seating of the Brownlow delegation in twenty-three counties, the Evans delegation in one county, and that both delegations be seated and the votb divided into twelve coun¬ ties. A minority report, favoring the seat¬ ing of the Evans delegations in nine¬ teen counties -was presented, and a motion to substitute the minority for the majority report was voted on without debate,, the vote being ayes, 163; noes, 309. As soon as this result was announced Colonel W. S. Tipton hurried to the rear of the hall, and after a moment’s consultation with Newell Sanders, Evans’ manager, returned and called upon all of Evans’ friends and all the delegates who were for the fair thing to leave the hall. The majority of the Evans delegates left and proceeded to the lower floor of the capitol, where Colonel Tipton made a speech, telling how Turneyism in Tennessee and Goe* belism in Kentucky had been outdone. A band, which was on hand, then struck up a lively tune and the hun¬ dred or so delegates who had quit the hall and the four hundred or more who had been refused admission, marched to the Amusement hall and organized mother convention. “SENSELESS AND SILLY.” I'h i-lfttlan Science la So Characterised By llevcrend Vance. A sensation marked tile first session iho Christian Endeavors’ convention in Atlanta, Ga., Thursday night. Rev. James I. Vance, of Nashville, in the course of an able strrnon, attacked the Christian Scienists’ creed vigorously and condemned it as senseless and silly. Dr. Vance made an allusion in his remarks which is believed to be at least a partial endorsement of Dr. Hil- 1 is’ and Dr. Parkburst’s attack on the Westminster confession of faith. He said: “I want to say that I do not delieve we should be held back from truth by a dead hand. The modern conception of God is truer, I believe, than it has ever been before. If I am cliDging to any faith that can be torn down by the light of truth, the sooner I find it out tbe better it will be for me.” Referring to Christian Scientists, he said: “How do you explain that so many senseless and silly isms get so many followers? Any creed can get a fol¬ lowing these days. If a man should say that dropping off this house and falling on tho hard flag stones below is the only way to salvation some peo¬ ple would drop off the house to be saved. Take, for example, Christian Science. Can you explain how it is that sensible people can bring them¬ selves to believe in such a creed as that ? I believe it is because they have never been able to establish them¬ selves in God’s doctrine.” The preacher took for his text the tenth verse of the fifth chapter of first Peter, and founded on it his subject: “God’s Altar Stairs to Perfection.” He referred to the admirable faith of the Boers in the South African war. “Whatever side we are in sympathy with,” he said, “we cannot help but admire the Boers for their sublime faith in their God." Commercial Congress Ended. The eleventh annual session of the Trans-Mississippi Commercial con¬ gress adjourned at Houston, Texas, Friday afternoon to meet next year in Cripple Creek, Col. A plan was adopted for the organization of the congress on a permanent basis. RAILROADS HONOR EMPLOYE. All HusinesR Sa*pen<le<l While Body Wai Being Burled. The Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis and Western and Atlantic rail¬ roads paid a last tribute to the mem¬ ory of Superintendent of Motive Power James Cullen, who died in Nashville Thursday night, and was buried Sat¬ urday at noon. While the funeral ceremonies at the grave were being conducted and the body was being lowered into the grave, business of all kinds was sus¬ pended absolutely on the 1,300 miles of the railroad system that Mr. Cullen had served so long and so faithfully. Mammoth Bridge Wrecked. A Scranton, Miss., dispatch says: One-half of the L. and N.’s magnifi¬ cent bridge over the the West Pas¬ cagoula river is gone, and if the wind shifts the bridge will be totally de¬ stroyed. The wreck of the structure now is bad, and it will require muoh time to repair it. Boers Reinforced at Wepener. Latest advices Rtate that Boers around Wepener have been reinforced and.are now stronger than ever. SENATORCLARK MUST GET OUT Report of Elections Committee Is Submitted to Senate. HIS SEAT IS DECLARED VACANT Resolution to Fire Montana Man Unanimously Recommended By the Committee. A Washington special says: Senator Chandler, from the senate committee on privileges and- elections, submitted to the senate Monday the report of that committee in the case of Senator Clark, of Montana. The report says: “The finding of the committee is, that the election to the senate of Wil¬ liam A. Clark, of Montana, is null and void on account of briberies, attempt¬ ed briberies and corrupt practices by his agents, and of violation of tho laws of Montana defining and punish¬ ing crimes against the elective fran¬ chise.” Tho committee unanimously recom¬ mends the adoption by the senate of the following resolution: “Resolved, That William A. Cla’^i was not duly and legally elected to a seat in the senate of the United States by the legislature of the state of Mon¬ tana.” The report concludes: “The senate should, as a duty to it¬ self and to the country, demonstrate by its action in this case that seats in the United States senate procured as Senator Clark’s has been procured cauuot bo retained by the deliberate judgment of the senate. The senate also owes a duty to the people of Mon¬ tana, who, conscious of the bad re¬ pute into which the state has fallen by reason of vast expenditures of money in connection with its elections, mani¬ fested such a public sentiment that the legislature of 1895 passed a stat¬ ute which, if obeyed, would have re¬ deemed the state from its bad name. Montana lias a right to expect a prompt and decisive remedy from the action of the senate upon the report of this committee.” Tho findings are based on the fol¬ lowing admitted aud undisputed facts appearing in the testimony: “1. The expenditures in the contest of 1895 as testified to by Senator Clark and Governor Hauser. “2. The law of 1895 relative to crimes against the elective franchise, limiting tho purpose and amount of political expenditures in any election. “3. Sennt&r Clark has been con¬ stantly a candidate for office.. The organization of a committee in his in¬ terest in the summer of 1898, to which the report says: ‘He gave unlimited authorited to spend money which he agreed to furnish; an estimate, how¬ ever, being made that at least $35,000 would be necessary to secure the state convention aud that $75,0()0 might be needed to secure the state legislature. “4. In the cauvass which ensHed the approximate expenditures admit¬ ted by the various members of“ : liis committee, and their assistants, were as follows: By Charles W. Clark, $25,000; by McDermott, $22,000; by Davidson, agent, $22,300; by Well¬ come, $25,000; by Corbett; $5,0p0; by Whitmore, $4,000; by Cooper, $2,900, mainly furnished by Charles W. Clark, and the amount cf these expenditures Senator Clark himself paid to his son. The advances and payments made by Senator Clark to bis committee and agents, as admit¬ ted by him, amounted to about $139, 000 . “5. None of the members of his committee or their assistants made the sworn returns required by law, nor did Senator Clark himself make any return.” Sections 6 to 15 deal with the busi¬ ness transactions of Mr. Clark and his representatives with members of the legislature. Nicaragua Ilill Day. In the bouse Monday upon the re¬ quest of Mr. Hepburn, unanimons consent was given to set aside May 1 and 2 for the consideration of the Nicaragua canal bill. TO USE DOG TAX. Atlanta, Ga., May Soon Boast of An Up to-I>ate “Pasteur Institute.” A “Pasteur Institute” seems p, probability for Atlanta, Ga. The re¬ port of the Georgia Medical Associa¬ tion to investigate with a view to establishing a Pasteur laboratory in that city, was adopted by the Georgia Medical Association. The committee was instructed to make further investigation, and given power to act, without, however, bind¬ ing the association in a financial way. The idea is to secure, if possible, 50 per cent of the dog tax, to be devoted to the opening of a “Pasteur Insti¬ tute" in Atlanta. EX BANKER INDICTED. Declares Efforts Are Being Made by En¬ emies to Blackmail Him. An indictment was returned by the grand jury at Lima, Ohio, Friday af¬ ternoon against N. L. Michael, ex-vice president of the Amerioan National bank, which was mysteriously robbed two years ago ot $18,000. Michael de¬ clared some time ago that the to connect him with looting the now defunct bank blackmail, were being made for the purpose of . NO. 6. Three Papers a Week FOR ABOUT THE PRICE OF ONE. 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Columbia (Union Depot) 1140a 8 30a Ar. “ Asheville Spartanburg 1 3 0Op lOp 11 2 4 25a Op “ Cinclnnnati............ Knoxvil* . 4loa 7 7 20p “ 7 30p 45a " Louisville (via Jellico). 050a To Washington and the East. Lv. Augusta................. 240p 980p “ Batesburg............... 41 «P i 2 07 a “ Columbia (Union Depot) 5 845p 23p 915a 2 loa Ar. Charlotte______ Ar. Danville....... D5Kv 122p Ar. Richm on d .. fiOOa i l 25 p Av. Washington.. 7 49a 906t> “ Baltimore Pa. R. 11....... 912a 1125-1 “ Philadelphia... 1135a 250a »• New York..... 20Sp 0 23a Bleeping Car Line between Charleston and Atlanta, via Augusta, making connections at Atlanta for all points North Charleston and West. and Ashe Solid Trains between Parlor villo, carrying elegant Pullman Buffet Cars. Columbia with through trains Connections at Jackson¬ for Washington and Points. l ho East; also for ville and all Florida FRANK S. GANNON, J. M. CULP, Third V-P. <fe Gen. Mgr., Traffic Manager, Washington, D. O. Washington,!). O. GEORGE B. ALLEN, DiV. Puss. Charleston, Agt., S. C. W. A. TURK, S. H. HARDWICK. Gen’l Pass. Agt. Asst. Gon’l Pass. Ga. Agt. Washington, P. C. Atlanta, DECLINED THE PROPOSITION. North Carolina FJpnlist Asked For Joint Debate With Democrats. A Raleigh, N.C., dispatch says: Sat¬ urday,Democratic State Chairman Sim¬ mons received a letter from Populist State Chairman Marion Butler saying the Populist candidates for state offices and senator desire a joint discussion with the Democratic candidates for said position “in order that the voters' who must next August vote in appro¬ val or disapproval of the proposed constitutional amendment, the election laws and other issues in North Caro¬ lina, may hear the facts and arguments which may be presented by both sides, and render their verdict accordingly." Chairman Sinmons in reply respect¬ fully declined the proposition, -v