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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-01
THIS ARMY SPREADING EAST
WARD.
They Seize a Train and Go at the Rat,
of Fifty-fVe Miles an Hour.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, April 2.-Shortly
after midnight 500 men 1T Butte, com
posing the Butte contingent of the
CoxeY army, entered the engine house
of the Northern Pacific Railway, APP
propIiated and prepared for service an
engine and proceeded to make up q
train of five coal cars and one box car
This action occurred after a struggle of
four days between the local authorities
and the mob, which yesterday assumed
such proportions as to OVeraWe the
officers of the law, and the departure
from Butte was without any opposition
upon their part. The train was manned
by members of the mob. tt crossed
the main range Of the Rocky Mountains
early this morning, and reached the
main line at Logan, about seventy
miles from Butte, alta o'clock. They
breakfasted at BeZeman, and few
eastward at the rate of ffty-hve miles
an hour, coming to a sudden stop at
Timberline at 8 o'clock or account OF g
cave in. Attorneys for the Northern
Pacific have wired the sheriff at Liv-
ingston to place the mob under arrest
for the larceny of a train.
Governor Nelson has been asked 20
call out the militia to prevent the
Coxeyites from entering Minnesota.
LATER The mob shoveled itself out,
and passed through Livingston east
ward at 5 p. M.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-01
ARRESTED.
The Troops Capture HOgan's Army

The Troops Capture Hogan's. Army.
FoRsYTHE, Mont, April 26.-The
Hogan army was captured while asleep
in box cars, by government troops.
The entire army will be taken before
Judge Knowles, charged with con
tempt of court, larceny of a train, and
murderous assault against marshals at
Billings Yesterday.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-04-20

before been considered good enough to print were either entirely discarded or boiled down to small fractions of their original bulk
 Perhaps the most interesting facts rel ative to icebergs are those concerning their origin. All the big floaters of the north Atlantic come from Greenland, though Spitzbergen furnishes many small bergs. Greenland is believed to be one vast sea of icev or, as scientists who affect the French delight to call it, a liner de glace."
 The yearly fall of snow in that deso- late region is very great, and as the warm weather of the summer is not sui ficient to melt the snow its depth has reached hundreds if not thousands of feet, and the lower layers are under a pressure of many tons to the square inch. The effect of great pressure upon snow is to solidify it into hard and con- pact ice, and this ice, lying on the slop- ing side of the mountain chain that is supposed to exist in the central part of Greenland, resolves itself into glaciers or ice rivers many times larger than those which have helped to make the Alpine regions of Europe famous When suffi- cient weight of ice has accumulated, the glacier begins sliding movement along the line of some arctic ravine toward the sea, and when the frozen stream reaches the water it breaks off in huge pieces, which float away and are known as icebergs. The movement of a glacier varies from few inches to about 50 feet a day, but once it begins it is continu-
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tive wilds and rule over them. No one would think Thomas 8 prince at first glance, but he admits it himself, anC there is no need of looking further fol proof. Here is the story he tells:
 My father, King Armah, son of Zo dimah, who once held the supremacy il the Wei hexarchy, died and left the sov- ereignty of his people to the youngest son of his first wife, Jassa Quey, daugh ter of the Golah people and sister o1 King Mambruro, the great warrior and plunderer, before whom the African tribes trembled, which son is myself, Solow Bey, or Boy Solow-Besolow as Anglicized.
 After my fathers death my uncle, Ifualusaw, usurped my rights, for at that time I was young and inexperi- enced. saw ono of my sisters stran. gled, and that, too, with her child. My uncle and his fellow plotters squandered my fathers wealth until the kingdom sank from power into poverty.
 II planned secretly with my relatives to bring my uncle to account, but while I was debating what steps to take I met the Rev. Thomas Haley Roberts of the Wei people, an African and graduate of the Lincoln university, Chester coun- ty, Pa. He advised me to come to Amer ica to be educated, and decided to do so'
 Now it has happened that Besolow' s people have rebeIIed against the contin. uance of the rule of his usurping uncle and desire the return of their rightful sovereign, and unless the young man is drawing on his imagination for his facts he will soon be ruler of a considerable slice of the dark continent. His uncle, it seems, has got frightened, too, and joins ill the request for his return, so Besolow will not have any opposition from him to fear.
 The prince says he will probably go back ill August or September and will make short visits to France, England and Germany on the way. He is very good talker for an African and has lec- tured in Boston, Springfield and New York. He excuses his good English on the plea that he was educated ill child hood by missionary.
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WHEN THE ARIZONA STRUCK THE BERG.
 pose of safety aud exhibiting to the passengers such a display of prismatic colors, caused by tho powerful white rays of the light falling upon tho ice, as it is given to but few persons to be- hold The next day the ship extricated herself from her perilous if beautiful surroundings and speedily left tho ice fields in her wake.
 The most sensational collision between a steamer and berg that is on record occurred ill November some II or 15 years ago when the Arizona, still in commission and then accounted an ocean greyhound, smashed into vast mass of ice off tho Newfoundland coast. But for her water tight compartments the ship must have inevitably foundered, but although the bow plates were rent and torn as if they hsd been canvas in- stead of thick wrought iron and some of the bow frames were broken like fragile pine sticks the commander succeeded in safely making the port of St. Johns some 24 hours after the accident. The excitement among the passengers just after tho shock of collision is described by those on board as having been in. tense, and very naturally, but tho turmoil could not have been much greater than it was in the offices of most of the morn ing newspapers published in Atlantic coast cities The first dispatches relative to tho accident were received late at night, when most of the other current news for the next days issue had been edited, compressed and put into type. In many cases some of tho pages of the newspapers had been made up and stere- otyped. One does not need to be q maker of newspapers to understand that tid- ings of an ice disaster to a crack Atlan- tic liner would take precedence of all other news, and that almost frantic ef- forts would be made by every live man. aging editor to optdo all competitors in getting out the fullest and most com plete accounts of the accident. The cable to St. Johns was hot with messages for tho rest of tho night. Cyclopedias and files and every possible source of infor- nation regarding icebergs and previous similar collisions were overhauled, and columns and columns of news that had
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 cd States. excluding Alaska, includes Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Min nesota, North and South Dakota, Wyo- ming, Colorado and Arkansas, 10 states in all, and his duties arc exceptionally varied in character and enormous in quantity.
 Judge Caldwell vas born in what is now West Virginia in 1882. When he was child years of age, his parents moved westward in q section of the state of Iowa, which was then q part of the territory of Wisconsin. His boyhood was chiefly given over to the most ar duous kind of toll. What books he was able to secure were eagerly devoured, and at the age of IF he began the study of law ill an office at Keosauqua, Ia. Three years later he was admitted to practice, and by the time he was 24 he was prosecuting attorney of his district. He then went to the state legislature, and during two sessions was chairman of the house judiciary committee.
 The civil war breaking out, he threw aside everything to enter the service and was enrolled as major of the Third To. wa cavalry. Subsequently he became colonel of the regiment, succeeding Gen. eral Bussey, assistant secretary of the interior during Mr. Harrison's admins tration. As an officer he was intrepid, energetic and efficient and would prob ably have attained high rank had not President Lincoln taken him from the ranks to serve as the first district judge of Arkansas.
 This appointment was made ill 1864, and Judge Caldwell retained the office until March, 1890, when he succeeded David J. Brewer of Kansas as circuit judge. As presiding officer of the fed eral court ill Arkansas he mado his name as jurist. His court was the first to pass upon the many questions arising out of the civil war, and the justness and evenness of his decisions are shown ill tho fact that not one of his opinions carried to the United States supreme court was overruled.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-04-20
CHAPTER XXVu,

Uncle Ben had started out bravely enough, but after he had travelled mile or so he found himself growing faint and weak. He was not only an old man, but the exciting scenes through which he had passed in the last few hours, to- gether with the physical pain he had endured, were quite sufficient to tax his strength to the utmos; He fought against the feeling until at length the rocks and trees seemed to be whirling round and round and the frozen high way to be sliding from under his feet, and then he dropped to the earth and gasped:
 70 Lawd, doan' let it cum jest yit! Give de ole man strength huff to reach dem Yankees, an den yo kin take him away! l dun can't stop yere, o Lawd! I'ze got to keep trabblin till finds Mars Custer an tells him dat Miss Sunshine wants him!'
 After a rest of three or four minutes he rose up and moved on. He slipped and staggered as he advanced, but he shut his teeth hard and would not yield to the weakness seeking to pull him down. Two events happened to brace him up and restore a portion of his strength. He had gone a distance of about two miles and was just passing the cabin of poor white' which had been deserted for the last month when Mrs. Baxter suddenly appeared. She had travelled two miles toward the Yan- kee lines after leaving Rest Haven in- stead of going the other way, but it was to strike pass leading over the range into the Shenandoah. She had been waiting there in hopes to hear from Ike, who had told her that he would return for his revenge. Uncle Ben was no doubt possessed of the information she longed for, and though realizing his feelings toward her she made bold to step out and accost him.
 What, yo' yereI" shouted the old man at the top of his voice as soon as he set eyes on her. ''Fo' de Lawd, wom- an, but if I eber git hands on yo' I'll kill yo' fur shorer'
 Had Ike cum when yo' left the placer" she asked, pretending not to mo- tice his outburst of anger, but at the same time preserving 8 respectful dis tance between them.
 "Yo' ole cat! Yo' ole she debbil!" he exclaimed as he rushed at her. "Yo' am de one who brung all dis trubble to Miss Sunshine, an I'll broke ebery bone in yo'r bodyl"
 She retreated before him and held up her hand as a caution to him to listen. The soldiers and guerrillas had begun firing on the camp. The distance was two miles or more, but the morning wind was blowing from the south, and the reports of the muskets came plainly to their ears. Both realized at once what was going on. The woman laughed as she observed:
 .'Ike's goin to git lem fur shorel Ike q. "A
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Attorney-I insist on an answer to my question. You have not told me all the conversation. Iwant to know everything that passed between you and MT. Jones on the occasion to which you refer.
 Reluctant Witness-I've told you every. thing of any consequence.
 You have told me that you said to Him. Jones, this case will get into the courts some day. Now, I want to know what he said in reply"
 "well, he said, Brown, there isn't any. thing in this business that I'm ashamed of and if any snoopin little yee hawin, four by six, gimlet eyed shyster lawyer, with half pound of brains and 16 pounds of jaw, ever wants to know what I've been talkin to you about you can tell him the whole story. 'u--C Chicago Tribune.
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 and divided into two parties to search the hills on each side of the highway. Steve had caught sight of two or three men moving toward the camp through 1 the scrub.
 II won't shoot to kill-not this time!" he whispered as he thrust the barrel of the carbine through the opening. "I'l jest fling a bullet down thar to let 'em know that the Confederate Yankee army has had breakfast. pulled its boots on and is ready fur blzness!"
 His shot was followed by yell which announced to the other party that the fugitives had been discovered, and 10 minutes later the camp was surrounded. Among the enemy was man who had seen Royal Kenton fall when fired upon, and it was therefore known that he was wounded. How far he was disabled, however. could only be guessed at. Stete Brayton was known to be with him, and Steve was also known to be a fighter. It was therefore decided not to open fire until other means had been re- sorted to and failed. Thirty minutes after the first appearance of the enemy a flag of truce was shown among the scrub, and the bearer cautiously ad- vanced until within hailing distance. His advance was from the south side, and both men had him under their eyes. It was Ike Baxter, and he halted about pistol shot away and called out: Hello. up thar! I want to speak to yo' uns bout a minit!'
 "Waal, fire off yo'r breath!' replied Steve.
 We uns has dun clean surrounded yo' uns, and yo'd better give in!'
 "Yes?"
 be hurt. If yo' uns don't give in, we uns ar bound to wipe yo' out! We uns is hundred strong, with two cannons!'
 That yo', Ike Baxter" called Steve, as if doubtlng the other identity.
 "Yes.r
 "Waal. I've got my gun pinted fur a shot right betwixt yo'r doggone eyes, and if yo' hain't back thar among yo'r gang befo' l count 10 I'll pull trigger! If yo' want us. cum and git us.'
 Five minutes later fire was opened on the fort from all around the circle, and the enemy were shouting and cheering as if a victory had already been nearly won. While most of their bullets flew clear over the piled up rocks, those which were better aimed did no damage whatever. Not a shot was fired in re- ply. Kenton s position caused him con- slider able pain, and Steve removed the prop from his back and laid him down with the remark:
 "They uns will keep bustin away fur half an hour yit, and We uns kin take things easy. reckon the firin will make the gal bit oneasy, but it'll also hurry up tho Yankees in case they ar on the way.
 That < what we must hope for, y an- swered Kenton, ''but watch out that we are not taken by surprise"
 The firing attracted the attention of a party of seven or eight guerrillas who were hunting for the fguitlves on their own account, and they came up and joined forces with the larger body. The entire force then numbered, as near as could be estimated by the firing, about 9 men. All they could hope to gain by their blazing away as they did was that stray bullet might find tar
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Tho Court Was Convinced.

Suit in q far west court to rec over certain moneys of which 1t was alleged that the plaintiff had been defrauded by thimb rigging Counsel for plaintiff undertakes to enlighten tho court as to t<c moduS op erand. He takes three cups.
 "Then, may it please the court, the de fendant, placing the cups on his knees, thus began shifting them so, offering to bet my client couldn't tell under which cup was the little joker meaning thereby, may it please ehe court this balD, with the inten' tion of defrauding my client Ol :he sum thus wagered. For instance, when raise the cup so, your honor supposes that you see the ball."
 Suppose see," interrupted the judge who had closely watched the performance and was sure that he had detected the bal as one of the cups was accidentally raised "Why, any fool can see where it is and bel on it and be sure to win. There ain't nc defraudinS thar"
 Perhaps your honor would like to go a dollar on ita" insinuated the counsel.
 "Go a dollar? Yes, and double it, too and here's tho rhino. It's under the middle cup" man of the jury.
 . And I and l." joined in the jurors, one after the other, until each enc had invested his pile.
 Up" said his honor.
 "Up' it was, but the little joker" had entirely disappeared. Judge and jury were enlightened and found no difficulty in bringing in verdict in favor of the plain tiff, on the ground that it was the worst possible kind of defraudin. ."-Tit-Bits.
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umes for the stanchness of our modern craft and the seamanship of tho officers who command them, though it may not be that much of the immunity nova days enjoyed from destruction by ice is duo to mere size.
 The steamer Pacific of the ill starred | Collins line, that was never heard of aft CT leaving the port of Liverpool for New York one June day in 1856, is believed to have run against an iceberg, but there never was any definite proof, or, in fact, any proof at all, that such was the case beyond the circumstance that not so much as q spar or a piece of a boat belonging to the vessel was ever found floating on the surface of the waves, and no ordinary marine disaster will so absolutely blot out of existence a vessel of the size and character of an ocean steamer.
 Although swift moving steamer is likely to suffer greater immediate dam- age from collison with ice than a sailing vessel, owing to tho greater speed with which a steamer moves, the chances of getting away from the danger after the collision arc vastly superior in the case l of a self propelled vessel. The steamer also is apt to fare better than the sailer when region of bergs is unwittingly entered, because the steamer can move ill comparative independence of either wind or current while the sailer cannot. But it needs hardly to be said that mas ters of steamships arc quite as shy of approaching too near floating islands of ice as are masters of sailing craft and every reader of the newspapers can re- member the publication of many dis patches telling of disastrous contact be- tween bergs and transatlantic liners within the last few years.
 It is the good ship Ems of the North ! German Lloyd line that has suffered most severely from ice so far this year. She was so badly injured about her pro- peller that she had to go to the Azores for repairs, but before her mishap many more bergs and much larger fields of ice than are usually seen ill the north At lantic were reported. The French liner La Touraine reports vast quantities of field ice and exceptionally enormous bergs. One of the latter is said to have been about GOO feet long and 200 feet high, immediately after the sighting of which the vessels course was changed, only to bring into view another berg not quite so large as the first, but still of such dimensions as to inspire Q most wholesome and "keep your distance re- spect. An hour later an area of field ice many hundreds of acres ill extent was seen and actually run into by the ship, and directly she was fairly hemmed in by field and berg ice. The engines were stopped for the night then, and the ships electric searchlight was turned upon the frozen masses that were float ing about the craft for the double pur
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-04-20
TERROR OF THE SEAS
FLOATING ICE IS EARLY IN THE AT
 L&NTlC THiS YEAR.

The Experience Of the Ems Was Not So Bad
 as That of the Alaska, and She "Got on
 Easy" Compared With the Pacific. Lest
 In 1856.
 The white terror of the Atlantic-arc- tic ice-is af1oat and about its deadly business early this season, and weird stories of dangers narrowly escaped are brought to port by the officers and the crew and the passengers of every incom- ing ship from Europe.
 It is many years since a steamers loss has been attributed to collision with an iceberg-in fact, so far as I have been able to gather, tho loss of but one transatlantic liner has been laid to this cause. This fact argues more than vol
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would be detailed to go and burn Rest Haven and wreak revenge on Marian Percy.
 It was threat intended to strike Royal Kenton heavy blow, and it suc- ceeded. As he heard the words and re- alized their import his face grew white as snow, and he whispered to Steve that the terms must bo complied with.
 "Don't you believe it!',' was the blunt reply. Its simply a game to rattle us. Don't yo' remember that Uncle Ben was to start out the fust thing this mawnin to find the Yankees? He un's had time, and it's likely they are on the way. The gal is southern and loyal, and even though sum of these chaps ar guerrillas they dasn't go that fur
 But suppose they dared to-" pleaded Kenton.
 ''Then they'd do it arter they had cut us to pieces, the same as befo'. Look at them dead folks out thar. Dye reckon they'll spare us arter that? Hark! Whoopee! By the Twin jingo, but the Tanks hev showed up at last!''
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-04-20

A DISINTEGRATING ICE MOUNTAIN.
 ous, and so every Greenland glacier is constantly discharging bergs into the Arctic sea to float southward and harass and sometimes destroy the shipping that dots the surface of the warmer oceans. The sight of piece of ice as big as half dozen cathedrals falling into the water must be worth going to Greenland to see, but one would not like to be afloat in an ordinary vessel near enough to feel the waves that must be ere ated. The splash must indeed be the grandest part of the whole business, and it is quite possible that not even great Atlantic liner would survive contact with it. The glaciers of Alaska are larger than of Greenland, and so the Pacific icebergs outclass those of the At lantic.
 Owing to the great specific gravity of ice a much larger part of every floating piece is below than above the water s surface, the proportion being somc- thing like eight to one. It hardly seems possible that an iceberg 200 feet high can reach 1,60O feet into the briny deep, and it is not likely that it does. Those who have considered the matter have often lost sight of the fact that it is not eight times as much apparent bulk that floats below as above the line, but eight times the weight. Naturally the submerged part of a berg is prOpor- tionally heavier ill respect to bulk, for the exposed ice is generally scanned and honeycombed by the rays of the sun, and it's highest parts are often mere pin nacles. The accompanying cut will show how berg may show almost as much in height above the water line as it has depth below and yet preserve the pro- portion of eight to one as to submer- gence.
 Of course icebergs are fresh, and when they melt they produce fresh water. Thore are records of ships that have run short of drinking water procuring new supplies from melting bergs. There is at least one recorded instance of such an attempt that resulted most disas trously to the daring sailors who sought to get water. The berg was well honey combed, and the shock produced by the ice anchor when the ships boat made fast to thn ice caused collapse, and the boat and it's mon were overwhelmed and lost by the falling ice and the waves its fall created l. D. MARSHALL