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The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1895-10-10

~ al pOppAbACs W 2 lldA INV dp@
preached the "Smoking Tree" very
quietly, and for the sake of extra
precautiOn, had left our horses con.
cealed in a laurel thicket some dis
lance away.
We carefully examined the rocks
at the base of the Smoking Tree,
and even gently pried upon them,
but it was no use. They would not
yield even an inch. / took meas
uring line from my pocket, and
carefully traced circles about the tree
at probably distances for a trap
door, and each circle was carefully
examined, and the stones were pried
over or gently raised. It was of no
use, and at length we sat down
wearled and Disguised. 1t was of
no use to cut down the tree, for the
noise of the strokes of the axe would
warn those whom w0 were IN quest
of, and they could escape, probably
through some secret opening that we
had not discovered as yet, Besides
this, even if we had with great la.
Dor cut down that tree, the opening
in the rocks might not be large e.
nOugh to be of benefit to us, and all
our work would be in vain.
We we've perplexed and baffled.
SANS eyes roved about in every di.
rection, but he seemed non-plused
Suddenly he walked to the edge of
the cliff, which was about two hun.
dred feet from the base of the tree.
II could have sworn l saw some
more smoke!" he exclaimed.
We were all standing beside him by
this time, intently looking down.
"By JOve! there it is again!" he e.
iaculated, and sure enough, thin
wreath of smoke brushed past our
nOstrils, irritating to such a degree
that it almost made us sneeze.
We lost no further time in clam
bering down the laurel bushes, al
though it was fearfully steep, and >
single misstep meant q rather unwel-
come fall of some five hundred feet
at that point. But we landed safely
on broad, shelving rock, which was
80 far under the cliff, that we had
not noticed it in looking down from
above. Before us was the long
sought entrance, very narrow and
low, and the whlffs of smoke were
even then proceeding from 1t at
short intervals. 1t was a nervous
moment before entering, but we
were men of tried courage with
nerves of steel, and prepared 20 kill
or be killed, if necessary, in carrying
out our duty.
| |, as being commander Of the little
force, went in the lead, after we had
all carefully examined our pistols.
We also lit our dark lanterns, but
closed the slides, as we did not wish
to make our presence known toe
prematurely.
We crept along in the darkness
with great difficulty, l, ir the lead;
Jack, second; and Sam, third. Al
last, after a weary crawl over sharp
rocks and tlints, that cut our hands
terribly, we saw the glimmer Of
light. Cautiously crawling along
we reached position where the
three of us could perceive the in
mates. There were three, and so We
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1895-10-10

more than once had been forced to
take to fight before gang Of infuri-
ated "wild- CATERS, as the illicit dis
tillers are called by the country peO-
pie, and finally l learned to pride
myself that l was like one of Caesars
soldiers, patiens laboris, as / remem-
Der from schoOl-bOy days.
One morning word was brought
down to headquarters that pecu-
liar smoking tree had been discover
ed by some Northern hunters who
we've out IN quest of wild turkeys.
! was detailed at once to make an ex-
animation Of the mystery. / was
ordered to take two other officers
with me, whom | picked out myself.
/ chose Jack Hanley aud Sam Adams;
Jack, / preferred for his remarkable
quickness on the ''shoot", in the
common vernaCular of the neighbor-
hood; and Sam, became he had such
keenness of vision and was so clever
III surmounting difficulties, We
stored away an abundant supply of
provisions, sufficient for three days
at least, laid in an extra supply Of
ammunition, aud then sailed forth up
OIL our horses. The whole post
wished us abundant success in clear.
ing up the mystery of the Smoking
Tree"
1t was q beautiful day in October
and as our heavily breathing steeds
climbed the steep mountain path, |
drew breath after of the fresh, brac.
ing air. 1t seemed to me that the
world never looked half 80 beautiful
az it did that morning. The forest,
IS If for some gala occasion, was dec
Grated with the boldest and brightest
of cOlors. The valley was not to be
seen as yet for the mist, but instead
of houses and farms, woodland and
orchards, the vapor tloAted over them
like silver river. The squirrels
were hard at work even that early
gathering the chestnuts that had tai
len through the night, and more than
once we heard the tar away 'gobbie'
Of some lOrdly wild turkey, which
was engaged in gathering nuts too,
but only for his breakfast with no
thought of preserving them for win
ter like the more sagacious squirrel.
But all these ideas were crowded
out by the thought Of duty ahead,
aud we three rode on in silence, ex-
Cepting the jingling Of the accOutre-
Inents on our steeds.
The instructions of the hunters
were so vague that we did not lind
the smoking Tree until the dawn of
the second day. 1t stood alone in an
open clearing Of about one hundred
feet across, and was a huge chestnut
of a diameter of about forty inches
1t was dead and the top hAd broken
off at the height of probably thirty
feet, and now lay at the Oase of the
trunk. 1t was hollow, and probably
the whole trunk was too, for the
mysterious smoke was slowly curling
from the top in small blue films
Most anyone in casually passing
would have declared there was 1
smouldering fire inside The tree anc
that was all there was to it. | die
not think so and my next move
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1895-10-10
OCTOBER ODES.

By "OUR Devil"
The water. melon season has gone
by,
And all the COlOred people heave a
sigh,
But we guess that after all
They will worry through the
fall
On 'possom meat aud sweet pOtatOe
pie.
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1895-10-10
MEETINGS.

Owen Church preaching End, Sun
day in each month. Sunday School
every Sunday at $3.50 a. m.
Post SO, q. A. r., meets regularly
the End Saturday IN each month, at
2:O0p. m.
NJ. Z. Church, colored, meetings
every Sunday.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-06
Army Transfers.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.-Exten-
sive transfers Of troops in the west
are directed in an order issued to.
day by the secretary OF war.
Four troops OF the Seventh
cavalry, now in the department OF
Texas, go to the department. OF
Colorado. Four troops Of the First,
now in the Department OF Colorado
to Oklahoma +; two troops going to
Fort Sill and two to Fort Reno, re-
lieving four troops Of the Third, or
dered from Oklahoma to Jefferson
Barracks, Mo.
Fort Bufford, n. D., and Fort
Hancock, Texas, are discontinued
as army posts, and their property
ordered to be turned over to the
Interior department.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-06
A Church Building Fired.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Sept. g.
The Westminster church, a hand
some brown stone structure in the
heart of the retail business dis
trict, was Quilted by fire at an early
hour this morning. There was
high wind blowing and as the fire
broke out in the tower on the lofty
roof the fire department worked at
a heavy disadvantage. Nothing is
now standing but the heavy walls.
The building was erected Is years
ago at a cost Of $l50,000. The con.
%gregation is the wealthiest and
largest Of the Presbyterian demon.
inat.0R In the state. The fire was
clearly Of incsndiary origin. The
total insurance is $4,000 which
about covers the loss.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-06
Chinese Rioters Convicted.

HoNG-KoNG, Sept. 6.-The lead
er of the KuCheng riots, in which
a number of English and American
missionaries were killed, has been
arrested. An attempt was made
by the Chinese soldiers to kidnap
this person in the hope of securing
a reward which had been offered
for his delivery to the authorities.
The total number of arrests thus
far of those concerned in the Ku-
Cheng massacre is 100. Twenty
three of these have been convicted,
but up to this time sentence has not
been passed upon any OF them, the
viceroy Of FuKien demanding the
right to review the evidence adj
duced at the trial.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-06
No Bar 10 Fllibusters.

SAN DIEGO, CAL, Sept. Gre
ferring to a dispatch from Chicago
that the Hawaiian consul there
has notified. all Pacific coast COM
missioners that another filibuster.
ing expedition was about to leave
this coast for Hawaii, Collector
Fisher says he has not yet received
such information, but an active
watch is being maintained. The
presence of the famous schooner
Wahlburg and two or three swift
schooner yachts about the size OF
the Wshlburg, from up the coast,
has probably aroused suspicion.
There is no revenue cutter here
and absolutely nothing to hinder
arms and ammunition being placed
in boats and schooners, loaded at
sea from fishing smacks.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-06
To Fight Foreign Makers

PITTsBURG, Sept. 6.-Representa-
tives of twenty-six window glass
manufacturing firms met here and
formed the Pfttsburg Window
Glass company, and elected H.Sel.
lers Mckee president. The COM
pany includes all window glass
firms in this territory except the
Chambers company. The move.
ment today Is a following out ofthc
plan inaugurated in Indianapolis a
short time ago, and it Is said the
Indiana company and Pittsburg
company will join interests for the
purpose of fighting foreign compe-
tition. Should the union take
place the combined capital will be
S25,OO0,O00. A meeting OF manu-.
facturers will be held in Chicago
next Monday for the purpose OF
fixing prices for the season.
In order to Offset foreign compe'
tition it is the intention to allow a
differential Of 74s to seaboard job
hers,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-06
1TALY's CITRUS FRUITS.
Reports Made by U. s. Consuls at
.Messina, Palermo, and Catania.

<AOSoAAot $500
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.-During
the month of July the state depart
ment made requests upon it's rep
resentative in the consular service,
in the Citrus fruit growing dis
tricts Of Italy, for reports concern
ing the condition Of the growing
crops Of oranges, lemons and other
citrds fruits. Replies have been
received from the consuls at Mes
sina, Palermo and Catania, all in
Italy. Consul Caughy at Messina
writes, on the 10th of August. that
he is informed by both shippers
and farmers that the orange and
lemon crop of that region will this
wear be superior In quality but less
in quantity to last year, the falling
off in production being due to last
years frosts. The first shipment
of lemons will be made about the
5th of October, two weeks earlier
than usual. He says also that the
mandarin, bitter orange and citron
crops are we'll advanced and will
oXC66U l66b y00t . pAOuoSus AhOhO
will be a falling off in the berga-
mot crop.
Consul Seymour, at Palermo,
finds nothing exceptional concern
ing the crop, and says the pros
poets are that it will be found suffi-
Gent to meet the demands on it.
The orange crop at Catania,
according to Consul Bruht, has
been somewhat damaged by the
weather, both Of last winter and
the first part of the summer, and
will not exceed 100000 boxes.
There have been severe siroccos
during the summer, while the up
land districts were visited by frosts,
SHOWS and sleets in the winter,
most unusual occurrences in that
climate. The lemons were not SO
much affected by the winter
weather, because the trees bearing
the fruit grow in lower lands,
which were not touched. He pre-
diets a lemon crop in that district
of 100000 boxes.
From October last to July, there
were shipped from these three
places to the United States and
Canada S01,675 boxes of oranges,
and 1,9l0,97l boxes Of lemons.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-06
Bound to Hang Holmes.

TORONTO, Ont, Sept 6.-The local
authorities have been notified that
HI. H. Holmes, the alleged multi
murderer, will oon be placed on
trial at Philadelphia for the MUIR
der of Benjamin F. Pietzel, father
of the two little girls whom
Holmes is alleged to have murder
ed in a st. Vincent college In THIS
city. In the event Of q failure to
convict Holmes in Philadelphia, ne
will be handed over to the Indian
apolis authorities and will only be
brought to Canada after all at
tempts to convict him in the United
States of a capital offense have
proved abortive.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-06
VISITED BY LADIES.
The Mayor Asked to Stop the Prize
Fight and Appoint a Lady
Polica 0ficar

The Mayor Asked to Stop the Prize
Fight and Appoint a Lady
Police Officer.
A committee Of ladies, either
from the w. G. T.. u. or the Ben
Milan Home for women, called on
Mayor Elmendorf this morning
and presented two petitions to his
honor. One was that he present
to the Council for approval the ap-
pointment of a "Police woman"
for the care of or supervision o: fe-
male prisoners. They understood
the charter did not provide for a
matron so they desired that the
police woman should be appointed.
The Mayor replied that he was
favorable to the proposition, but
that the city's st~raitened finances
at present would not admit of any
further salaries being provided /;
that whenever a woman is arrested
by the officers they usually have a
woman to search the prisoner.
The other petition was one got
ten up to protest against the pro.
posed prize fight in Dallas, on
which his signature as Mayor was
desired.
The Mayor firmly refused to sign
this, saying that II the two princi-
pals desired to fight until they
both were finished 1t would con-
Germ none but themselves.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-06
Kicked Their Heads About.

SULLIVAN, Ind, Sept. 6.-The
most horrible tragedy in the his
tory of Southern Indiana occurred
last night. James Ward murdered
his father-in.law, Aaron Hunter,
and his brother-in law, John
Hunter, cutting off their heads and
kicking them around. The murder
er was pursued by a mob and just
as he was about to be captured he
took his own life.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-06

A Democratic paper, true blue,
has been started at Floresville.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-06
u. eements in Cuba.

u,w,v. 9 ,pt. 6.-Oficial dis
patches say thai ~ I o1n cartr;Ggns
10000 rations, l. V,oVo Sa 49,
100000 in MONEY anu CATS
quantity of merchant use 49,
was attacked by a form uap Jan
of insurgents near MI elv o.
Gasco, who was guaro 800
train, made a determined i.L
assisted by a gun boat which, "an1
a m~itrailleus directed so hot a -.
upon the attacking party that th> =
were obliged to retreat, losing q
killed and 80 wounded. The Span
ish lost one lieutenant Of the mill
tary guard, one marine and two
volunteers killed; and five soldiers,
two machinists and m marine Of
Acer wounded.
According to an official report "a
detachment of 20 soldiers from
Fort Campechuels we're attacked
by a force Of 300 soldiers. The
soldiers 80 overwhelmingly out
numbered, made a heroic resis-
tance. Ten OF their number were
killed and two captains, n ser
geant, one corporal and hve
private soldiers were wounded.
The arrival of achievements for
the brave survivors compelled the
insurgents to retreat. The latter
left seven killed, but carried their
wounded sway with them.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-06
\ Child ..Murderess Convicted.

~, ND HAVEN, Mich, Sept. g.
Msv %, arce, a ID year old girl, was
found on 'Ity of manslaughter this
mor,1;s@ "a We jury having been out
IS bnnrs tn g child was accused
Of being an a, Hcomplice Of Geo.
Chesbro, Is year old, IN the muir
der of her mother, July Sth. Ches-
bro was convicted ofh 'urder at the
last term of court and h ho" serV-
ing a life sentence.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-06
A Sorry Merry-go-Round.

NEWARK, N. j., September Ga
merry-go-round, at the Waverly
fair went to pieces, throwing
women and children in all direct
ions. Four women were so mucn
hurt that they had to be carried
-, 4 stretchers to the ambulances
IL ich were hastily summoned
w. v were taken to st. Michaels
- tai in Newark. There names
.ares Emma Goldberg, Victoria
ale Iachael Mask and Mrs. j
Wastsun .. 1t is thought they will
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-06
Deserted His Wife,

Celia Fox filed suit for divorce
against Jack Fox in the Thirty.
seventh District court this after
noon, alleging abandonment. They
were married in Edna, Tex, in
October, 1889, and he left her in
August, 1890, and she never heard
from him since.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-06
IN AN HOUR.
An Engine Being Built That Is to
Travel Ninety Miles in Six
ty Minutes.

ty Minutes.
Mr.. j. Holman, of Minneapolis,
is having q locomotive built, which
is to travel ninety miles an hour,
or make the run between Philadel-
phia and New York City, and vice
versa, a distance Of 80 miles, with
in an hour. This locomotive Is
now being built by the Baldwin
works, and will cost the regular
price Of $4,000.
The locomotive is not, however,
to be set on the rails as engines
generally are. When it Is com.
pleted, 1t is to be placed on what
are known as the Holman friction
geared trucks, which will raise it
30 inches above the surface OF the
rails. 1t will be just like any other
locomotive except that each OF its
driving wheels will rest upon and
between two smaller wheels, which
in turn will rest upon and between
| three other wheels that finally rest
| on the rails. The instant the driv-
| ers OF the locomotive begin to turn
| they necessarily through friction
| give an opposite rotary motion to
| the small wheels upon which they
| bear, and these small wheels just
| as necessarily give a forward rota-
~ motion to the third set OF wheels
upon which they are bearing. The
natural and inevitable result Is
that one revolution OF the locomo.
tive's driving wheels by this mul.
tiplicity Of wheels in pyramid
form carries the locomotive for.
ward Just twice as far as a single
revolution of the driving wheels on
the rails themselves. In other
words, the speed Of the engine,
whatever that speed might be, on
the rails themselves is exactly
doubled by the use Of this newly
invented truck.
In an experiment which was
made with an ordinary locomotive
thus mounted in Minnesota ON q
branch OF the Northern Pacific rail
road recently a speed OF 50 miles
was said to have been easily az
tanned. The invention has been
kept quiet, says the New York
World, it being the purpose OF
those interested to say nothing
about 1t until its practical utility
was demonstrated by a run from
Philadelphia to New York within
an hours time. That, it Is be.
lieved by the inventor, will be the
shortest and quickest way Of let
ting the world know that a new
marvel in mechanics has come in
to existence.
In addition to the increase OF
speed attainable this new inven-
ton will, 1t is claimed, save mil
lions of dollars through the dimIn-
ished wear and tear upon the
rails, for the weight OF locomotives
will then be farther distributed
along the track, and at no point Of
any rail will there be q pressure
more than one-third as great as is
now exerted by the driving wheels.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-06
Chicago Market.

CHICAGO, Sept. 5.-Cattle receipts
5000, including 30 Texans; market
steady to stronger; bseves So so to
1915; cows and heifers $1.40 to
1915; western S2.75 to $3.50. Sheep
receipts $4,000; best firm, others
weaker.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-06
Philadelphia to Entertain Druggists

DENVER, Sept. 5.-Philadelphia
has been selected by the National
Wholesale Druggists, association
as the place for the next annual
meeting.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-06

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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-01-05
New NOrk'S Slaves.

Tire cIimgx Of slave importation into
View York must have been reached be
tween the years 1870 and l735 Accord
ing to a report made by Governor Hun
ter June -, I7l2J the population of the
co'onv in the wear 1908 consisted OF
..Christians 1867, Slaves, 1902; and in
I1i2 Of ''Cbrlstians. III. III. Slaves. l775. >
Collector keunody's figures ll726) show
importation only, and not until we
some 10 the census OF 1871 do we find
the total If slave population, then
amounting to 1902. This Azure covers.
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-01-05
4 Reform In Beer.

of Congress, has offered a rare example
ofwhat comes ofelectingmen toCongrcss
whose intellccts do not rise above the
aldermanic standard. His latest effort
is his announcement of bill requiring
saloonkecpcrs to give their customers q
full glass of beer. 'In Germany" he
says, "the law compells every saloon
keeper to give good measure. There
Is a mark near the rim of the glass, and
there must be pure beer up to that
mark The bartender can put all the
foam he likes on the top of the glass
above the rim, but n man gets his
moneys worth of beer. Congress has
control over the legislation for the dis
trict and if Extraordinarily were
passed here the example would likely
be followed by the common council Of
other cities" Nobly thought out,
statesman Goldzicr. An amendment
making it a criminal ofcnse to put less
than three oostcr~ in bowl ofsoup and
enc offering bounty on cockroachscalps
would earn the Undying gratitude ofthe
ten cent lodging house vote for which
you are evidently catering. Hadn't
Won better make Il few such additions
lou show Your astutcness by gra~piug
the great political secret that bum :
vote Is Just as effective as the vote Of an
intelligent citizen and Il good deal
cheaper Western Rural.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-01-05
He is now in Superior.

\ late member of one of our down
country exchanges. the Chronotype, we
believe. contained the following notice
of a journalistic dead beat and general
knave, who infe5t8 this city. Can YOU
guess who is.
Down in Eau Clair they are telling a
pretty good story at the expense OF Il
brilliant young Journalist who had a
brIet, though metoric career iii the con
duct OF a paper IN that city year or So
ago, but who, from lack OF appre ciatiUn
OF a substantial kind, was forced to sus-
pend the publication OF his paper and
seek other fields Of conquest, which he
did leaving train of sorroWing credit
Ors behlnu. Just before his departure,
as the story goes, several Of the princi-
pal sufferers, who had trusted not wise
~, but alas, too well, called at his office
to learn ii possible whether anything
could be saved from the wreck. They
found him almost buried under an av-
alanch OF bills, and he was very sorry
for them. Il regret very much, gentle
men he said, but | have practically
nothing left. Ny property is mortgaged
Tor it, 1uII value, and the salary winch
| derive from the office which / hold Is
barely sufficient to support my family,
and / have nothing else. Believe me,
if | could do such thing would give
you my body and let it be divided
among YOU, for there Is ABSOLUTELY moth
ing else | can give ''Nhat's that
proposition? asked somewhat deaf
old gentleman, who was bringing up the
rear of the mournlul company. lie
said" explained one OF the sufferers,
that We can have his body and divide
it among Us" "Well, in that case"
said the deaf old gentleman, II speak
for his gall"