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keeper of the woodward that he might
hinder us from getting full supply. But
this did not discourage US, for even when
Andrews reluctantly gave the word tc
come on board, Wilson, who as fireman
had a great appreciation of the need OF
fuel, fingered still to get huge armload
more, and the enemy, seeing our engine
standing there, were actually obliged tc
'slow up'' to avoid the collision that
seemed inevitable. However we did not
wait for them to get close enough to use
their shotguns-at least not to any effect
though Wilson is quite positive that some
guns were fired. He says:
1--WE had, however, secured only par
tial supply when the chasing train came
in sight, loaded with armed soldiers. Oul
pursuers were worked up to an Infatuated
pitch of excitement, and rent the very all
with their screeches and yells as they
came in sight Of as, like dogs when the
quarry is sprung They opened on US al
long range with musketry. The bullets
ratified around US like hail, but fortu
nately none of our party was hit"
ITO be Continually
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THE following special dispatch is pub
lished in the Washington correspond
ence OF the Pioneer Press
1t is by no means certain that the mes
sage of The president and the counter
message of Mr.. Blaine will constitute all
the issue of the presidential campaign
On the contrary, the indications are now
that the Democratic leaders are deter
mined that the issue shall not be select
ed for them by the Republicans and
they are determined to eliminate sc
sharply defined an issue as the tariff
question from the campaign. II is GER
tain that the leaders Of the two opposing
wings of the Democratic party will dc
their utmost to come to a compromise
on tariff bill which both factions can
support. Both factions are PREPARED 10
make compromises, and they will be the
more likely to do this on account of the
the latter consider the estimate in which
the Democratic party has been placed
in the tariff states, and particularly in
the doubtful states of New York, Con-
nectIcut and New Jersey.
1t is very plain to be seen that the
wishes of the p. p. are the parents OF
the thoughts conveyed in these lines.
That paper holds substantially the same
tariff views as the Mugwumps and Car
Isle Democrats, and would find 1t very
embarrassing to fight on the Republican
side in campaign in which the issue
was sharply drawn between tariff for
protection and one for revenue only. 1t
is not likely, however, that the desires
of the p. p. will be gratified for the
President himself has thrown down tho
gauntlet and his party will be forced te
face the issue. Its only escape is by
throwing Cleveland overheard, and 1t
has not the courage for that. The Pho
neer is likely to be kept in hot water
over the tariff question for some time to
come.
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CHAPTER x.
oosrEYAULA BRIDGE

The bridge was now Just at hand.
What should we dos To leave It intact
was 70 be thought Of only In the direst
necessity. We had carried our ammuni-
tion--the fuel we had gathered-into our
last car, and while It was not as good as
we would have liked, yet In little time
we could make a fire. We now punched
hole in the back end Of our car-in fact
we had done this In passing from one car
to another previous to dropping the last
one-and now began to let ties fall out on
the track while we ran. They followed us
tend over end, and showed a most per-
verse disposition to get OF the track, but
few remained. This moderated the
speed OF the pursuing engine, which was
help that we sorely needed, for it was
now evident that they either had faster
engine than ours or better fuel. The
latter was certainly the case, for we had
been using wood very rapidly without any
opportunity for a long time past to re-
plenish it.
The first feeling of dependency OF the
whole route took possession of us as we
approached the bridge, with our pursuer
close behind. The situation was in every
way unfavorable for Us. If we passed by
without leaving it In ashes we felt that
one important part of our business would
be undone, even II we were completely
successful afterward in evading pursuit
aud destroying the Chickamauga bridges.
Murphy expresses the opinion that we
made great mistake at this point. There
was at this time long and high wooden
trestle by which the Resaca bridge Is ap-
preached As we came near we "slowed
up" and right in the middle Of this trestle
we dropped our LAST car Murphy says
that if we had but thrown it across the
| track the bridge would have been at our
mercy, as well as all the bridges above.
He is right, but the difficulty in doing this
is greater than he thinks. To pull OF
push the car off by means of the engine
| involved some risk Of getting the engine
| itself off, which would have been fatal.
| We had no good means of moving it in
any other way, and the element Of time
was all important. The pursuers were
right behind, and while they could moi
| have fired on us at effective range, they
could very quickly have alarmed the town
ahead of US, and then the track could have
been INSTRUCTED to prevent our passage
1t is easier to imagine what might have
been done than actually to do it, even il
the circumstances were repeated.
There was no opportunity to turn and
| fight at this point The town of Resacs
was within few hundred yards Of the
bridge, and any noise would bring helT
from that quarter. Besides or pursuers
/ were armed with guns, and our only
chance of getting at close quarters was b!
an ambuscade. Had the day been dry
we could have flung fagots from the en-
| CINE upon the roof, but now fire even OF
the inside of the large frame bridg
would require careful nursing. With
station only few hundred feet ahead
where the track might be so easily oh
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First ms. Dec. %; last ms. Jan. u
PROBATE NOTICE.

STATE OF MINNESOTA. County of Blue
y Earth. In Probate Court. Special Term.
In the matter of the estate OF Henry G.
Thompson, deceased.
ON reading and filing the petition of Elizabeth
Thompson, administrator, of said estate
setting forth the amount OF personal estate
that has cUme TO her hands, and the disposition
thereof; the amount of debts outstanding
against said deceased, and description of all
the real estate of which said deceased died
seized, and the condition and value OF the
respective portions thereof; and pray ing that
license be to her granted to sell n part Of the
lands of which said deceased died
seized. And it appearing by said petition That
there is not sufficient personal estate In the
hands of said Administrative to pay said debts
and that 1t is necessary in order TO pay the
same, to sell a part OF said real estate.
1t is therefore ordered, that all persons in
terested in said estate appear before heJudge
of this Court, on the eth day of February. A
ID. 1888, at 10 o'clock a. m, AT the Probate ONCE
and there to show cause Of any there be) why
license should not be granted to said admins
tratriX to sell said real estate according to the
prayer of said petition.
And Ii rs further ordered, that a copy OF this
order shall be published for four successive
weeks prior TO said day Of hearing, the last OF
which publications shall be at least fourteen
days before said day Of hearing, in the Man.
katO FREE Press. Il weekly newspaper printed
and published at MankatO, in said county, and
personally served on all persons interested In
said estate, residing in said county, at least
fourteen days before said day of hearing, AND
upon all other persons Interested, according &c
law.
Dated at Mankato the Goth day of December
A. d. 1887. BY the Court
Judge of Probate.
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structed, and with the guns of the pur-
suers behind, we could not give time for
this; so we slowly and reluctantly passed
over the bridge, after dropping the car,
and on through the village of Resaca.
The pursuers took up this car as they had
done the other, and pushed them both
through the bridge, and left them on the
Resaca side track.
1t may be well to notice here how our
ignorance of the enemy and his ignorance
of us both Injured to his advantage. There
had been already many intimations among
us that it would be well to turn and fight
rather than to be chased any further.
Had the real weakness Of the enemy on
the first train been known, Andrews
would have certainly ordered the attack.
On the other hand, if Fuller's party had
known how strong we were he could not
have induced them to continue the chase,
even if the resOlute conductor himself had
not been willing to wait for help. It was
believed at first that we were but four
the number on the engine. The estimate
was never raised higher than eight, Muir
ply suggesting to Fuller even then that
it would be better to wait for the train
behind and take on more men. But Fuller
resolved to persevere aud at least DELAY US
at the risk Of his own life. Had it been
known that we were twenty, he and his
slender band would not have been guilty
of the madness of crowding on nearly
twice their number, even if better armed,
and sure of help at every station. But
this madness, this unreasonable pursuit,
the result of imperfect knowledge, served
them well.
After passing Resaca, we again forced
our pursuers back by dropping ties on the
track, and not knowing whether it was a
telegraph station or not, we again cut the
wires No distractions were placed on
the track at this point, but it was on q
curve, and taking a rail which had been
bent in lifting it / placed one end under
the rail at ore side and the other project
ing diagonally toward the train on the
other side. The pursuers saw us start,
but seeing no distractions they ran at a
good rate of speed right over this rail-
Their escape was marvellous. Persons on
the tender jumped foot high, and one of
Fuller's stanchest helpers demanded that
the train be stopped to let him off he
wanted no more such running as thati
But Fuller, though considering this the
greatest of their dangers, would not stop;
and it was impossible for him to keep a
closer lookout than he had done.
But what conjectures did we form to
account for the unexpected appearance Of
this pursuing trainS The story as given
to the reader was totally unknown then
and we were greatly perplexed. The
matter had great practical Importance.
Was the engine started after us by an
authority which had also alarmed the
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essay the far more difacuIt task OF
escaping on foot II Andrews thought
either OF these probably true, It would
fully account for his reluctance in order
ing the capture Of pursuing train; for
such capture conld do no permanent
good, while every one of his party wounded
In the fight would be disabled for the In
evitable and terrible land journey ahead,
and would surely be lost. In view OF the
almost hopeless situation as ii appeared
TO us then--far worse than the reality,
for the road ahead had not been warned
as yet--the heroic constancy Of Andrews,
who continued TO put forth every possible
effort as coolly and quietly as II success
had been within his grasp, is made
brightly conspicuous. There were now
three chasing trains; first, Fuller and his
men with the locomotive of the down
freight; second, the Calhoun passenger,
which had Immediately followed him and
was not very far behind; and last, the
train started from Marietta, and loaded
with soldiers
For time after leaving Resaca we did
not run very fast. 1t was evident that we
could not get away from the engine be-
hind us by mere speed; the only hope was
In some way TO disable them, or to OBJ
struct the track; and we were obliged to
be saving OF our fuel. But now we were
approaching Green's, q wood station near
Tilton, and we were determined to have a
| fresh supply at any cost. So the last wood
In the box, with a little of our precious
oil, was showed into the furnace, and
Brown, who had now taken the throttle,
turned on a full head of steam, and we
| once more few along the track. At the
same time we who were in the box car
| put a line of ties along its floor and kept
them moving to the hole in the end, and
| let them drop as fast as possible on the
track. This was rapidly exhausting our
ammunition, but it was effectual in enforc-
| ing slowness and caution upon our pur-
suers. Fuller could not run rapidly in
the face of such succession of obstacles.
He did the best he could, giving the sig
mai to reverse whenever he saw a tie on
the track, jumping of and removing it,
and on again, when the engineer would
start with full head of steam, and re-
6uce speed, as the engine gathered head
way to such rate as would admit of
stopping in time when another tie was
seen. 1t was fearfully perilous, and the
only wonder is that he was not wrecked
long before the chase was done. But he
probably understood that we were racing
for the wood yard ahead.
When we reached it there was no linger-
ing in the work of loading up. The wood
was piled in frantically by men working
for life; but before we had half filed the
tender we again heard our relentless fol-
lower. So eager were we to get the larg-
est possible supply of wood that we did
not take their first whistle as a sufficient
intimation to start Then came scream
after scream Of the most unearthly char
acter, obviously designed to alarm thH
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DIbOEEtN1 lied OEN Adh 1nAOhs
whole road ahead of uss If so, we would
do we'll to abandon our efforts for the
destruction of bridges and seek our own
safety OF one thing we felt sure, it
must have been one of the trains we had
passed at Calhoun or Adairsville that was
following, but whyi There were three
possibilities only to choose from. The
first and less serious was that the sus-
picious conductor at Calhoun, who had
been so unwilling to let us pass, had de-
termined that we were impostors, and at
his own motion had set out to follow u.s.
II so, we would have to deal only with
him, and might yet accomplish part Of
our work Or 1t might be that the freight
had run to where we had broken mp the
track, had escaped wreck, and, turning
back, had telegraphed ahead before
we had cut the wire. In this
case all the road ahead would be
alarmed, and this was probable indeed
Or, once more, messenger might have
been sent down to Marietta from Big
Shanty, and dispatch sent to Atlanta
and around the whole circuit of the
Confederacy back to Chattanooga, and,
before the wires had been cut, to one Of
the trains we had passed, with orders to
follow us closely and prevent us from
damaging the road until train could
be sent out from Chattanooga 10 secure
our capture. II either Of these latter
conjectures were true-and they were the
most probable-our raee was almost runl
We would be obliged to lsaye the read, and
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READERS of the st. Paul and Minneap,

READERS of the st. Paul and Minneap.
oils papers must by this time be praying
that the annual review" be let up on.
About every day for two weeks one OF
another of the Twin City papers has
been devoted to padded statistics re-
garding the growth, building or business
of the two places. The fact that gives
it all away is that no two of them are
anywhere near alike in their estimates,
and in several instances the difference
has been ridiculous.
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First ms. Dec. IS, last ins. Jan. 8.
PROBATE NOTICE.

cTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
= Earth, in Probate Curt.
In the matter of the estate OF NJ. ID. L. Col
lester, deceased.
The State Of Minnesota and the said Probate
Court TO all persons interested in the estate OF
NJ d. L. Coli Nster, deceased. Greeting:
Whereas, p. A. Foster. of the county
of Blue Earth, State of Minnesota, has lately
delivered to the Probate Court OF the County
OF Blue Earth, State of Minnesota, an instru-
ment in writing. purpOrting TO be the last will
and testament of NJ. d. l.. CUllester, late OF
said county. deceased. and has applied to the
said Probate Court for the proof OF the said
will.
Therefore you and each Of you are cited and
required 10 appear mt the Office OF the Judge
of Probate, il the city of Mankato, in said
county of B'ue Earth, on the l4th day nf jan
uary, A. L., 1898, at ten o'clock in the fore
noon of that day, and attend the probate Of
the said will.
in testimony whereof | have hereunto set
nv hand and affixed the seal of the Probate
Court this 10Th day of December. 4. D. 1887.
G. W. MEAD,
TSEAI.1 Judge of Probate.
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T. E. BYRNEs, who was charged by the
convention of Republican clubs in New
York with the duty of organizing {
state Republican league in Minnesota
has called meeting for conference Al
the rooms of the Union league at II
O'Clock Wednesday, Jan. 49, The ides
is to get together representative Repub
licans from all over the state. 1t is de-
signed to organize clubs from which the
state league shall be made up by repre-
sautot;nn
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TIE Nova Scotia legislature has passed
a law forbidding the sale of bait to for,
eign fishermen--which of course mean'
United States fishermen. This sort O
business ought to be met by retaliatory
measures on the part Of the state de-
partmsnt and the sonceited Englishmer
would seen come to their senses.
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First ms. Dec. 80; last Jan. Il
IN PROBATE COURT.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
y Earth. In Probate Court. Special Term.
In the matter of the estate uf Henry Francis,
dec asCd.
The State of Minnesota and the said Probate
Court tn all persons intCrei ted In the estate OF
Henry Francis, deceased. Greeting:
You and each Of you arc hereby cited and
required personally TO be and appear before
the Judge of Probate Of the county Of Blue
Earth, State Of MINES Ia, at his Office in the
city OF MaukaIo in said county, on the 28th day
of January, A. ID. 1sss, at ten o'clock ia the
forenoon of that day, then and there TO attend
the final settlement of the account of L. II.
Gilmore, administrators of the estate of
Henry Francis, deceased, and the distribution
OF said estate.
In e stimnny whereof, | have hcreuntn set
my hand aud affixed The seal of the Probate
court This 18th day Of December, 4. ID. 1887.
G. W. MEAD,
[Sral1 Judge of Prob9te.
First ins Dec. 90, last Jan. IS.
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speed in this way had BEEN ohseRn and
the pursuing train was quite close and
still going fast, we unconpled and bounded
on again. But the skillful pursuers were
not thus to be beaten. They saw what
they were about, and checking their head.
way when the car was dropped, they also
reversed, and coming up to Il with moder-
ate force, coupled on, which was easier
because their tender was in front
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