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VOL. VIIf.
TWO GENTLEMEN
0F S HAWAII.
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By SEWARD W. HOPKINS.
ICopyrishi, by Kobebt Bon.veu’s Sons].
CHAPTER III.
CONTINUED.
is "Leprosy—an incurable curse, that
increasing, and a queen utterly de¬
butes based—utterly lacking in the attri¬
of nobility, utterly unfitted for
rule.”
“It is not good policy to say theso
things outside, is it?” I asked.
“No. Keep your tongues well un¬
ifier control. Before long we may see
I'hauges lienetit to here all.” that will be of great
us
I After this chat we took fresh horses
pmd retraced our steps to the town.
We were passing through the sub¬
urbs of Honolulu, and had just turned
into Beretauia street, when a great
butcry ftine aro.te aud shrieks of dismay
from people standing about.
Mthead of us and coming toward ns,
Bi« royal carriage, the four fiery
^p! leaping and plunging, unroll
Hhitly by rein or whip. They liml
been frightened nt souie
KHg, and had hurled driver aud foot¬
man to the ground, and were now
tearing madly out toward the moun
itaius. In the carriage sat, the Queen,
ipparently stunned with fear, simply
railing to be dashed to pieces.
1 don’t know how Gordon ever did
t. My own thoughts refused to act.
[ sat like a big tomfool on my horse,
ooking, but doing nothing. Not so
Jordon. He urged his horse, a pow¬
erful animal, forward and grasping the
iridic of one of tho leaders of the
team, succeeded, after run
some distance with them, in
them to a standstill.
There was a crowd at once. Men,
and children, whites, natives,
aud every other nationality
a representation in the excited
^fcong. Hed tho Tho Americans, showed if they less dis
Bciation queen, no np
of Gordon’s brave act than
the others. He was tho center ot
Hraction, tho hero of tho hour,
nugbiug and beckoning to me, lie
away without waiting to be
or praised for his daring.
When we told our friend Seaoamp
the occurrence, ho fairly shouted
in.his joy.
‘ Bully!" he exclaimed. ‘‘Hooray
for Gordon! I don’t take much stock
in old Lil myself, but if her horses
would run away, and if she had to be
saved by somebody, I’m glad it was
va American that did it! That’s one
nore evidence for these foreign jokers
that every American is a hero, if yon
only give him a chance. It’s in them!
i tell you, it’s in them! The inherit¬
ance of heroism left by George Wash¬
ington is as strong to day as it ever
Was. I congratulate you, boy; aud
now we ll pull tho cork out of n bottle
of California wine—American, you
know-—and again!” drink to the old "flag
Recovering Malliauki, I star ed for
The Corals, pondering upon tho mu
tability of human progress and earth¬
ly events. I might easily become a
hero-worshiper. I was stirred by
Gordon's dashing valor, and when I
had rehearsed the scene to Uncle Tom
ud Winifred, Gordon had three
‘riends at Tho Corals who would have
sethimupon apedestal and proclaimed
his heroism to an admiring world.
CHAPTER IV.
A day or two after tho adventure re
l '* e ^ r eceding chapter, 1
mounted my horse and, accompanied
:jy Malliauki, started out for a gallop
into town. It was a fine day. All
days seemed fine in Oahu. This was
simply one of many.
I had not gone far when I saw two
horsemen coming toward me. One
tvas a native, and evidently the mili¬
tary attendant of tho other. And the
other! He was something gorgeous
to behold. Before I could see his face
distinctly, I saw the sheen of an nbuu
dance of gold lace. A white plume
waved above his bead.' Huge boots,
shiny and duly spurred encased hi?
iegs. And there was something fa¬
miliar about the ease and erectness
-”ith which he rode. Certainly, I
dan aver this saw a more magnificent sight
wondrously arrayed officer
tpon coal-black prancing charger. A
fine sword dangled by his side. But
with unmilitary disregard of conven¬
tion he was smoking a cigar.
“Hollo, there, Warringford, don't
You know me?” shouted this officer,
t«; ho drew near, and I failed to make
signs of recognition. I nearly fell oil
tny horse. It was Gordon.
“By all that’s great!” I exclaimed.
“What evolution is this?”
“Allow mo to introduce myself,
Arthur Gordon, captain in the Queen’s
Guards. How does that strike you,
eh?”
“Cracky! But how did you get it?”
“Didn’t get it. It got me. It is
simply the reward for pulling the old
lady’s horses to a standstill the other
day. I was calmly and quietly sitting
on the porch of the Nuuann yesterday
afternoon, smoking some of onr friend
Bencamp’s best, when a mighty flunkey
or something bore down upon me and
bado me appear before the queen.
Well, I appeared. I have been ap¬
pearing off and on ever since. And as
I get a good salary for appearing, clacl
in this gorgeous rig, 1 shall continue
to appear. Ridiculous, though, isn’t
it?”
I had never heard Gordon say so
much at one time before. Helaughed
as he finished, and lounged easily iu
the saddle)
JTHE
"i wns on my way to The Corals,’'
he continued, “to tell you about it..
Seriously, f wouldn’t you have accepted:
saw no chance of doing anything
else for some, time at least. My money
wouldn't hold out forever. And this
is about as easy and lazy a life as one
could wish. Just about right for s
lazy man. I am not exactly a lazy
bones. I would, of course, prefer a
career that promises something besides
gold lace and huge epaulets. But]
took it, and hero 1 am.”
“Why you are simply magnificent,”
I said. “Yon look lit to bo in com¬
mand of an army. Accept? Of course
you did right in accepting. You saved
the queen’s life, now lot her give you
a living. It seems odd for an Ameri¬
can to bo serving a queen, though,
doesn’t it?” *
“That's just it. It is against all my
principles.”
“Well, I wonldu’t lie awake nights
over the injury to your principles.
You liavo evidently got, a soft, thing
with the queen, and I’d keep it. But
yon were going to The Corals. I will
go back with you. I must be there
when Uncle Tom ami Win sea this
magnificence.”
Wo started back through tho valley,
and had a gay ride to tho plantation.
Gordon was now a different person
than Gordon before. He grow in bril¬
liance, in unison with the brilliance ol
bis gold lace trappings, nml I had
many n good laugh over liis account?
of the tip-toe dignity preserved in tlic
palace.
“Why, do you know,” ho said,
glancing around to make suro that his
attendant and mine were out of hear¬
ing, “that urban the steward, or Com¬
missioner of Grub, or whatever ho is
called, goes and nsks her tho rovn
wishes for dinner, our queen receive?
him in great state, and after a great
to-do over nothing informs him that
her page will convey the important in¬
formation later. Then sho consult!
with tho princess, and her private
secretary writes out the menu. The
page then takes it to the kitohon, nnd
eventually her royal highness gets hei
dinner."
“My! What it io to l>e a queen," ]
Paid, laughing. “But tho princess
seems of different type.”
“Shu is part English.”
“So Uncle Tom tells me. That ol
course accounts for tho tenderness the
English '..ere have for the royal
“Yes. I have a fellow-officer who
is nn Englishman. I hare already
taken a dislike to tho fellow. His
name is Jobbs—1’erioles Jobbs.”
“His name almost condemns him.”
“And his appearance justifies this
verdict. He is a cad.”
So we talked until wo reached The
Corals. The entire household seemed
to know that somebody out of the or¬
dinary was coining, for out of every
window came a head. Uncle Tom and
Winnie came out on the porch, and
stood gazing in astonishment and
wonder at our approach. When w<
were near enough for Gordon to In
recognized, Winnie threw up lici
hands and laughed gleefully. Uncle
Tom looked a littlo stern, I thought,
for the occasion
“Captain Gordon, good folks," ]
said.
“Why, Captain Gordon, how grand
you look!” exclaimed Win, still laugh
ing. “I had no idea you were a sol
dier.”
“Nor was I until yesterday,” he re
plied, removing his plumed cap, anc
resting easily against the pillars of tin
porch. Winnie eyed him from head
to foot mischievously, and he laugh
ingly posed for the inspection. H<
could stand it well. Ho was verj
handsome.
“I am not sure that I can honestly
congratulate you,” said my uncle, half
smiling; “we have long found fault
with tho extravagances of the court,
find I do not like to have a friend in
the conscienceless crowd* Still, you
are of a strong nature, and coming, as
it did, as a reward for personal hero¬
ism, I doubt if any young man could
well rofuse. But be careful. l)o.not
let them corrupt you. Above all, do
not. Jose your Americanism. There
may be a time when yon will need it
all.'”
With these words, Uncle Tom re¬
gained his jolly nature, nnd we all sat
on the porch and chaffed Gordon.
“What are your duties, Captain
Gordon?” asked Winnie, safe behind
Uncle Tom’s chair.
“I haven't had any as yet. Possi¬
bly to fan her royal highness while
slio sleeps. Or may bo to sit on the
palace porch and tell people to keep
off the grass. I am ready for these
onerous duties.”
“But the soldier part,” persisted
Winnie. “Are you a great, tierce
swordsman? Tom did not tell me you
were an expert at war.”
“Don’t have to be. From what I
can see I know as much about it as
the rest of the queen's guards. They
are drunk most of the time. I haven’t
acquired that accomplishment yet, but
I may improve. Aud I shall practice
swordsmanship.”
“Do,” said Winnie. “And when
you arc perfect in the art give an ex¬
hibition performance. * I am. suro
Uucle Tom will give you a few China¬
men to cut up.”
Winnie had been practicing riding
on a Mexican pony Uncle Tom had
given her.
“Win, get the your riding togs on. terra." We
will escort officer back to
Devoted To The Interest Of Johnson County And Middle Georgia.
WRIGHTSVTELE, GA.. FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1900.
“Please be so kind," said Gordon.
It was a gay party that set out—wo
three, Winnie on her pony between
us and Gordon’s attendant riding be¬
hind with Malliauki. Uncle Tom had
availed himself of my projected vis A
to town, nnd when I first started I had
a few errands to do for him. When
we left with Gordon he called to me
not to forget his messages.
We left Gordon at the palace and
rode on to the Legation, where T de¬
livered a message from Uncle Tom to
Minister Stevens. A few more places
woro visited, and we started back.
Wo had attracted considerable atten¬
tion from the people, and on our way
into town I had noticed several groups
of natives watching us.
We rode gayly homeward, every¬
thing going well until wo were well
into tho Nunanti Valley.
It was by that time quite lato and
dark.
Suddenly a hideous noise arose all
arouud us. Hoots, yells nnd the noisa
of instruments startled us nnd fright¬
ened our horses. Pandemonium
teemed let loose, yet wo could see no
one. Whoever ft’was kept woll under
the cover of the trees.
Then a great white thing 'came out
of the trees. It seomed of colossal
size. Perhaps it was a man on horse¬
back, covered with a sheet. But it
seemed like tho ghost of a mammoth.
It rushed past us, and our horses
bolted. Mine plunged headlong to
ward homo. Winnie’s pony ;broko
and ran the other way. I could do
nothing with the beast I rode. He
flew- as from a pestilence.
AVhen fiually I brought him to n
halt, Winnie was nowhere to be seen.
And, despite my efforts, I could not
make my fool horse retraco his stops.
But I was near Tho Corals, and with a
beating heart aud stunned with fear
and a horrible dread of I knew not
\yhnt, I rushed in to tell Uncle
Thomas what had happened nnd to
get men to go with mo at oueo in
search of Winnie.
CHAPTER V.
My uncle was perfectly frantic with
rage when I hoarsely and excitedly
told him what had happened.
“The aconrsed fellows!” ho shouted.
"Will they never ceaso their hellish
nrncticss? Am I never t» be freo
from their persecutions? After all
these years, attacked again! Men,
got horses and guns! We’ll follow
them! I’ll tear the fiends limb from'
limb nnd throw the pieces beforo her
Satanic majesty, Liliuokalani!”
With a half-dozen mounted men,
armed, we went to tho spot where
Winnie disappeared. We found Mal¬
liauki, shivering, by tho roadside.
When I accosted him, lie shuddered
and howled and appeared to be beside
himself with fear. He was but a hoy,
and the horrible scene had paralyzed
his wits. I could get nothing out of
him, nnd, ns bis horse was gone, I
seut him homo. He could be of no
use to ns.
Wo plunged into every possible hid¬
ing place, tore aside bushes and grasses,
called Winnie by name; but heard
nothing, found nothing. We rode to
the houses of people in the neighbor¬
hood arid asked for information. No
one knew that anything out of the or¬
dinary liad occurred.
Furious with rage and shuddering
with fear, we rode into town and
aroused the authorities. Then on to
tho American legation aud told Minis¬
ter Stevens of the occurrence. Quick
to respond, lie went at once to the
palace and called upon the queen to
aid in tho search. Perhaps slio did.
Whether she did or did not, the
search amounted to nothing. Tho
place was apparently without a porton
who could give us a clue. We hunted
until daylight, when Gordon took
charge of the searching parties, and,
broken and exhausted, my uncle and I
went to The Corals for rest.
My nnele was terrtbly wrought up.
As for myself, I was like an insane
man. Rest, sleep was impossible.
And wo two heartbroken men sat as
if stunned, looking at each other help¬
lessly.
“What can ha tho motive of so
dastardly an act?” I asked.
“All, what? You may well ask.
There are deed done here, the motive
for which could cmauate only in hell
itself. Tho queen’s party is at tho
bottom of it. ”
“But what goodwill it do her? How
dare she countenance such a thing 1”
“I don’t' say sho does. I say her
party. To, understand me, you must
be made fully acquainted with the
present political situation. I will tell
you, in as few words ns possible, I
fear our search for poor Winnie will be
a long one, and it is better for you to
know your enemies well.”
“Yes, goon! Tell me nil!”
I will not use my uncle’s words,
broken as they were, owing to his
anxiety, but what we told me was, in
substance, this:
(To be continued.)
An Inventor’* Wit.
C. Latham Sholes, one of the early
editors of Milwaukee, was too whimsi¬
cal to win success in tho newspaper
field. He had, however, a decided
talent for mechanics, and was tho in¬
ventor among other things of the
counting apparatus now attached to
printing presses, of the original type¬
writer and of tho hell punch used by
street railway conductors. He never
derived much profit from any'of his
inventions; others reaped the harvest
to which his genius directed attention.
Mr. Sholes liad many drolleries, and
loved a quiet jolt*. One day in win¬
ter while walking along the street with
a olergmau he slipped and fell. Tho
minister gravely remarked: “The
wicked stand ou slippery places,
Brother Sholes.”
“Yes,” responded the editor from
his prostrate position, as he surveyed
his ministerial friend from head to
foot, “yos, I see they do, hut I can’t."
‘—Chicago
BOERS AGAIN
HEARD FROM
They Exterminate a Whole Bat*
talion of Britishers.
LONDON ASTONISHED AT NEWS
It Was Confidently Believed That
Power of Burghers Was ’rre
trievably Broken.
A London special says: Lieutenant
General Sir Frederick Forestier
Walker, in command of the lines of
communication in South Africa, re¬
ports that in tho disaster to the Brit¬
ish troops June 7th, at Roodeval,
where the Boers cut Lord Roberts’
lino of communications, tho Fourth
battalion of the Derbyshire regiment
were all killed, wounded or made
prisoners, except six enlisted men.
Two officers and sixteen men were
killod and five officers aud 72 men
were wounded, many of them severely.
General Forestier-Walker’s dispatch
in full is as follows:
i i ‘Cape Town, June 10, Sunday.—
Tho following telegram has been re¬
ported from Roodeval, June 7th, re¬
ceived from Stouham, commanding
the itnperial yeomanry hospital, dated
Khenoster river, June 8th, received
here by flag of truce June 10th: “Tho
Fourth battalion of the Derbyshire
regiment (the Sherwood Foresters) —
killed, Liontenant Colonel Baird
Douglas and Lieutenant Hawley
and fifteen of the rank aud file.
Wounded, Colonel Wilkinsou.Captain
Bniley, Lieutenants Hall, Lawder and
Blanchard and 5!) of tho rnnk and file.
The Shropshire light infantry, 1; Cape
Pioneer rnilway regiment, 7; ammuni¬
tion park, Royal Marines and imperial
telegraphs, 1 each; postofliee corps, 1,”
“ ‘Stouham reports that many were
severely wounded’and the remaining
of tho Fourth Derbyshire nnd details
of prisoners, except six of the rank
and file, are in liis camp. All the
wounded are in his camp, lately occu¬
pied by the Fourth Derbyshire'. • In¬
quiries are being made as to the
rames. i >>
OVEIt 500 OAPTIMtEI).
It is inferred that the Boors enptur
cn 500 men and ns late as June 10
held tho positions cutting off the
British forces north of Krooustnd from
reinforcements.
THU NEWS PABAIiVZINU.
Tho news that tho shutting off ot
Lord Roberts’ communications with
the outer world was accompanied by
such a serious loss came like a bolt
from a comparatively clear skv. In
London, until the news came, it was
thought that the destruction of tho
railroad wns. accomplished by Free
Staters, who were avoiding rather
than annihilating the British detach¬
ments stationed at the point attacked.
Nor are General Forestier-Walker’s
vague statements regarding Methuen
at Heilbron looked upon as reassuring.
Tlie Boers appear to be iu sufficient
strength to completely separate all
the British forces north nnd south of
a line stretching some fifty miles be¬
tween Roodeval and Heilbron. Meth¬
uen’s march upon tho latter place
seems somewhat in the nature of a
movement for the relief of Colville.
According to advices received in
London Tuesday morning, fifty thou¬
sand British troops are within half a
hundred miles of the marauding Boers
north of Krooustnd, and they are ex¬
pected, of course, to make short work
of them. Nevertheless, outside of tho
slender war office telegrams, no one
knows what is goiDg on.
Soutli of Krooustnd there is a wide
gap. The railway is only partially de¬
fended, and, us General Kelly-Kenuy
has hurried nil the available troops
northward, tho assumption is that
there is danger of a second raid. Tho
loss of the Derby shires is estimated at
from 600 to 700 men.
A Reuter dispatch from Maseru
says: “Fifteen hundred Boers sur¬
rendered to General Brabant Monday
iu the Ficksbnrg district."
DESIGNS IN HAND.
Plans For Proponed New Hattlenlilps Re¬
ferred to CoiiHtrurtioii Hoard.
Hecretary Long has reform! the
plans for the battleships to he con¬
structed under the terms of tho last
two appropriation acts to the board on
construction.
Tho board is expected to finally set¬
tle upon tho distribution and charac¬
ter of tho battleships, the plan other¬
wise being ready for advertisement.
New Iron Company Organized.
The Coosa Valley Coal, Iron and
Mining Company has been organized
by W. E. Knox nnd J. W. Gilliland, of
Anniston, and J. A. Blount, of Gads¬
den, Ala, The capital is $50,0C0.
DULLER BLOCKS BOERS.
Secure# » Position YVest of T.nJnc* Nek To
Memic* llurghem.
A London special of Friday says:
General Buller has at length taken
the offensive aud by maneuvering he
has secured a position west of Laiugs
neck, by which he believes be can
make the Boer positions untenable.
Presumably ho will immediately follow
up his success.
Lord Roberts has ocmmunicatsd
nothing for thre* days.
INVESTIGATORS AT WORK.
Atlanta Council Committee Prob¬
ing Charges of Alleged Hiscon
duct of Mayor Woodward.
The official investigation by the At¬
lanta, Ga., city council’s committee
into the alleged roprohensiblo acts of
Mayor James G. Woodward com¬
menced Friday.
A number of wii nesses, among them
prominent citizens, were called upon
lo tell what they knew concerning the
alleged conduct of Atlanta’s chief
executive.
Neither Mayor Woodward nor his rep¬
resentatives were present, being barred
from tho deliberations of the commit¬
tee. The investigation was conducted
much iu tho manner of the sessions of
the county grand jury, the object of
the committee being to ascertain if
there is sufficient evidence among the
witnesses for the prosecution to war
tout the holding of an impeachment
trial, in which event the mayor will
have an opportunity to defend him
eeU.
Tho testimony jf tho witnesses ex¬
amined nt tho iiist session of tho com¬
mittee wns in effect that Mayor James
G. Woodward was so drunk at a recent
meeting of tho board of education as
to interfere with the transaction of
business; that it was necessary upon
one occasion to detain tho mayor at
the pumping station of the waterworks
because of his intoxicated condition;
that the mayor had telephoned for a
policeman to meet him nt tho house
of Eva Clark, a white woman, and had
stated to the officer upon liis arrival
that Eva Clark had taken $100 from
his clothes wlnlo tile clothes were
hanging upon thebnek of a chair; that
tho mayor had interfered with the
workings of tho police department in
reference to the place of residence of
a bouse of ill fame; that the mayor
bad been soon in nn intoxicated condi¬
tion at the city hall.
“WAR OVER,” SAYS OTIS.
General Talks For (iilcngo Paper* On Af¬
fair* In Philippine*.
Major General E. S. Otis, of the
United Btntes army, arrived iu Chi¬
cago at 7:20 o’clock Friday morniag
from Sau Francisco and Mamin, and
left nt 1:30 for Washington. Mrs.
Otis and dnnghter arrived in Chicago
Thursday night from New York, and
the general and his wife aud daughter
spent tho hours between trains to¬
gether—tho ending of a separation of
two years. General Otis said, among
other things;
“The war is over. The guerrilla
warfare can’t last long. To lie sure
we will have to repress those people
for a number of years, but there is no
organized forco of Filipinos. The
depredations that are going on are
conducted by robbers nnd drones.
The United States troops are now en¬
gaged in defending the inhabitants of
the Philippines against, the robbery
and murder committed by their
own people. But the conditions are
generally improving, and iu some
parts are better than they hare ever
been.
“Wo have 55,000 effective troops
under arms in tho Philippines. Esti¬
mates regarding the number *f inhab¬
itants in the islands are all wild, but
the number is between six and seven
millions. Tho groat majority of the
people desire peace nnd wish to again
take up their business pursuits. Busi¬
ness in Manila has again resumed ac¬
tivity nnd the inhabitants are peace¬
fully pursuing their avocations.
“I oannot seo that the administra¬
tion of our distinguished secretary of
war has made any mistake in this
campaign. Wo may have made a mis¬
take over there, but, if so, they have
been the result of human liability to
commit error.”
VISITED KRUGER’S HOME,
Wlfo of llie President Exchanges Greet¬
ing* With Itrltish Ofltcors.
A special dispatch from Pretoria
describes the visit made by officors ol
Lord Roberts’ staff to tho Kruger resi¬
dence in Pretoria. * It says:
“We were received by a Dutch pas¬
tor, and sliortlj joined by Mrs. Kru¬
ger: She composedly exchanged greet¬
ings wither visitors, who notified
her of their intention to replace the
burgher guard by a gmard of British
troops. Tho burghers thereupon laid
down their arms on tho asphalted
porch of the building.”
GENERAL PILAR CAPTURED.
He Was the Most Aggressive of Agulnal
(lo’H UcutlMlUIlt*.
A Manila special says: General Fio
del Pjlar, the most aggressive and
most persistent of the Filipino lead¬
ers has been captured and made a
prisoner nt Guadalonpe, six miles east
of Mnniln, by some of tho Manila na¬
tive chiefs.
Hanna Will Hold On.
A Washington dispatch says: It is
stated on high authority that Senator
Hanna will succeed himself ns chair¬
man ot the Republican national com¬
mittee and will conduct the coming
''ainnaicrn.
ELECTRIC CARS COLLIDE.
Frightful Smivshup In Which Four People
Are Killed Outright.
A frightful accident resulting in the
loss of four lives aud tho injuring of
twenty-six persons, occurred on tho
Oakland Beach electric rond at Provi¬
dence, R. I., Sunday noon, one of tho
injured D, being Lieutenant Governor 0.
Kimball. Two cars met in a heat?*
on collision on a sharp curvsi
CHINESE TREACHERY
Is Brought Out By Murder of
Japanese Chancellor.
BRITISH MARINES FIGHT THE BOXERS
Sixteen liml Coats, With Maxima, Clinse
2,000 of the Outlaw*, Killing
Half n Hundred.
The London Times, in an extra
edition Tuesday, published the fol¬
lowing dispatch from Pekin, which
had just been received:
( ( The chancellor of tho Japanese
legation, Sugi Yama Akira, while
proceeding alone aud unprotected on
official duty, was brutally murdered
by soldiers of Tung Full Siaug, the
favorite bodyguard of the empress, at
Mauigate—railroad station—yesterday
(Monday).
"The foreign re-enforcements are
daily expected. Tho present isolation
of Pekin, the destruction of foreign
property niul tho insecurity of life are
directly attributable to treachery of
the Chinese government.”
Sixteen British marines, reconnoi
tering in advance of the international
column marching to Pekin, fought and
chased 2,000 boxers Monday, killiug
twenty or thirty. A correspondent
accompanying tho column in a dis¬
patch dated Tien Tsin June 12th, via
Shanghai, June 13th, 6:15 a. m., says:
“While the working parties, accom¬
panied by a patrol of sixteen British
marines, commanded by Major Johu
sou, were repairing the line Monday
afternoon, eight miles beyond Lof,
they encounters small parties of box¬
ers who ware destroying the line. The
boxers moved away from the advanced
marines and apparently dispersed into
tho country, leaving tho rails moved
and the sleepers burning.
“The marines, when two miles iu
advnnce of the first traiu near Lang
Faug, suddenly perceived boxors
streaming from a village on their-left.
It was estimated that they numbered
2,000, some of them being mounted,
and they were trying to get between
the marines and the train. Most of
them were armed with spears and
swords. A few had firearms, which
they handled awkwardly.
The marines retreated, keeping up
a running fight for over a mile and
killing between tweutv and thirty
boxers.
“The boxers pursued the British
for some distance. Then seeing more
marines from the train coming to their
assistance, Major Johnson’s sixteen
halted aud poured a heavy continuous
fire into the crowd, driving them
across the front of the reinforcing
blue jackets, who punished the boxers
severely with Maxims.
“The boxers tied and the Europeans
following up their success, cleared out
two villages. The total loss of tho
boxers is estimated at forty killed and
wounded. Seven of their wounded
were attended by British surgeons.
The British loss was nothing.
“Unless their loss cause s the boxers
to lose heart, the international column
will have much trouble before it
reaches Pekin.
FATALITIES AT BIG FIRE.
Three Men Killed, Three Mi**inp; nnd
Uight. In Hospital.
A New York special says: Three
men were killed, eight so badly wound¬
ed or maimed that they are iu the
hospital and three other men are miss¬
ing ns tho result of a fire iu the coop
eragement establishment of Paul
Weidmann, iu Williamsburg, Brook¬
lyn, Tuesday night. The property
loss is estimated at from $75,000 to
$250,000.
The firo was discovered at 6 o’clock
on the ground floor of the building,
which occupies a city block. While
the alarm wns being sounded, the
flames had crept up a chute to the
third floor, and by the time the fire¬
men arrived, the entire building was
a mass of flames.
The South American Revolution.
A Washington dispatch says: Al
though there is much conflict as to
the status of tho revolution in Colom¬
bia, all advices agree that armies ag¬
gregating 25,000 or 30,000 men have
been facing each other with sanguin¬
ary results.
Van Wjck on the Rack,
Mayor Van Wyck of New York was
called to the witness chair Saturday
in the proceedings against the mayor,
the dock commissioners aud Charles
W. Morse, president of the Amerioan
Ice Company, which were begun some
time ago before Snpreme Court Jus¬
tice Gaynor, in Brooklyn.
Boers Demolish Railway.
A London dispatch says: The
Boers have torn up tiventy^one miles
of Lord Roberts’ vital line of railway,
between America sidingnnd Roodeval.
It is a bold raid nnd vexatious, but it
does not disquiet the military author¬
ities as yet.
KEENE BACKS BRYAN.
New York Stock Broker Said to Have Met
H&25.000 on Nebrnnkan.
Jamos R. Keene, the famous stock
operator, of New York, who is now iu
Europe, is said to have hot $25,000
that W. J. Bryan will be elected presi¬
dent this fall. Mr. Keene says he will
return to the United States in time to
work for Bryan, and Keene’s friends
say he will contribute to tho Demo¬
cratic campaign fund,
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Southern R/ulway.
Condensed Schedule in Effect June 11th, 1890.
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Connections at Columbia with through trains
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Washington, Dh C. Atlanta, (4a.
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O’HEARN HOUND OVER.
Young Man Who Plied Cowhide Held
For Trial In Jacksonville.
J. D, O’Horn, of Atlanta, who as¬
saulted Frank Clinse, of Jacksonville,
Fla., on account of alleged derogatory
letters regarding liis character, writ¬
ten by Chase to his sister-in-law in
Atlanta, upon a hearing before the
county judge, wns held in a $300 bond
to answer to charges of assault and
battery at the next term of the crimi¬
nal court.
Donald Durlism, the young man
who accompanied O’Hern aud who
held a revolver, preventing outsiders
from interfering or aiding Chase, was
held in $200 bond to answer charge of
handling deadly weapons in a earelesB
and reckless manner