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~President Hippolytc.

WASHINGTON. March 2s-The State De-
partment has received a cablegram from
United States Minister Smythe, at Port-au-
Prince. Haiti, confirming the Paris report
or the death or President Hippolyte. OF Haiti
The minister's cab.egram gave no details.
simply reading: president dead"
The Haitian consul at Jamaica has re-
ceived a cable from the Haitian government
announcing that perfect tranquility reigns
there and that no disorder has resulted from
the sudden death OF President Hippolyte.
general H~ippolyte's career was not one
of peace; indeed. no public man IN Haiti
can enjoy more than a few months Of peace
at a time. for revolutionary plots are al
ways brewing. The full name of the dead
President was Louis Mondestin Florvil Hip
polyte. He was born at Cape Hayden. in
1897. He was a mulatto. the son OF one
of Soulouque's Ministers. Hippolyte first at
tanned prominence in the war Of 1866. He
was the leader of the sanguinary revolt by
which General Legitime was defeated. and
In October, 1883. was proclaimed President
of the Haitian government. In May, 1890.
he was elected President for a term OF seven
years. Since then he has been continually
with assassination and several
times was forced 10 use summary measures
TO retain his position.
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w. j. EDBROOKE DEAD
SUPERVISING ARCHITECT UNDER
HARRIsON's ADMINISTRATION.
Designer Of Notrc Dame University
Structures and other BufIdfnEs-
Death Of President HippoIyfe.

CHICAGO. March 2-W. j. Edbrooke. the
well-known architect. is dead. aged hfty-fve-
Mr.. Edbrooke was supervising architect un-
der Harrison's administration and supervised
all the buildings at the worlds fair designed
for government exhibitions. His handlwork
was also seen at the Atlanta exposition He
bore on the honors In both designing ana
building the State Capitol building at At
ianta- Among his most notable works are
the Notre Dame University structures. at
south Bend. Ind. and the Tabor Grand OPP
era House. at Denver
The eagle. (Silver City, N.M.) 1894-1???, 1896-02-26
New Mexico Placer Ground to Be
Opened up.
Fifty Thousand Acres Of Land Purchased
In Taos County by Colorado
Capitalists.

Fifty thousand acres of placer and
agricultural ground changed hands in
Denver yesterday. The sale Was con-
summated in the office OF Judge +. r.
Wells and nearly the entire tract known
as the Martinez land grant, near the
historic town OF Taos, N. NJ, passes in
to possession OF Denver men. The
grant is fifteen miles long and eight or
ten wide and has been known for cen
turtles as a famous placer mining Local
tion. The purchase is made from the
defendants oi the original grantee, An
tonic Martinez. The list OF decendents
number eighty persons, the entire iami-
ly being represented in the deal by five
commissioners OF whom Senator Garcia
OF New Mexico is the principal. Three
years ago the court OF land claims
passed upon the validity OF the grant
and the Denver purchasers obtain an
undisputed title vi the vast tract which
lies within sight OF the grave OF Kit Car
son and in the midst OF scenes long since
embalmed in the history OF the west.
The important transaction OF yester-
day progressed 50 quietly that nothing
was known publicly OF the negotiations
until the legal papers had been signed,
Among the gentleman interested are
Judge Wells, Charles Wheeler, o. b.
Crum, Frank Roudebush, q. w. Wal.
ters and others. A few days ago Mr.
Crum, who is thoroughly familiar with
many OF parts OF New Mexico, made Il
trip to Taos and rode lor many mile.
over the land which was offered fol
sale. Without any delay he deposited
cash payment III Taos and at meet.
ing OF the persons Interested the dea
was closed yesterday 1t is the inten,
ton OF the Denver company to proceed
at once with the construction of ca,
nal to supply water for placer and irriga'
tion purposes. The purchase price i,
not named hut it is said to be quite low
Persons who are connected with the
company feel that they have made one
OF the best bargains OF the year. "..'
Judge Cram was seen and gave {
highly interesting description of the
The eagle. (Silver City, N.M.) 1894-1???, 1896-02-26
RICHES OF WHITE OAKS.

What Denver Mining Man Reported
About the Camp.
The Denver Republican says: VIM,
H. Yankee returned yesterday from
trip to his mines at White Oaks, N. NJ.
"White Oaks" said he, 81 consider one
OF the best gold districts in the country.
The ore is all free milling quartz and is
very rich. The district is not new one,
having been worked for many years. 1t
vas first discovered by SOME Texas peo-
pie, who went out there with cattle, the
country being an ideal grazing section.
They found the free gold sticking out OF
the ground, and though they knew moth.
ing about mining they managed TO get
rich by digging to the best OF their abli-
ty. The principal mines in the district
are the Old Abe, Little Mac. South
Homestake, North Homestake, Lady
Godiva, Rip Van Wrinkle, Solitaire, Com-
stock, Homestake, South and Sager.
There are three stamp mills in the dis
trict, two OF 20-stamps each and one of
25-stamps and two Huntington mills.
There is good opportunity for Gus
tom mill, as those now on the ground
cannot handle all the ore that can lie
produced. The mines are nearly all
working and are all OF them good paying
propositions. The North Hompsake
mine has produced 100000, and the
former owner OF one OF the mines took
out 100000 through one shaft.
"The entire country down there is
especially favorable for mining opera
tions and is extremely rich in mineral.
There is plenty of wood and ample water
for mining purposes. White Oaks is
eighty-six miles from the railroad, but
new line is projected from FL Paso called
the Ell Paso 4 Northeastern railroad,
which is designed to tap the extensive
coal and mineral fields OF Lincoln coun-
ty. Ground has not been broken rs yet,
but a corps OF engineers under Harvey
G. Lowre is at work locating the line,
and when that is completed the district
will be one OF the best in every respect
in the country.
about twenly-right miles south OF
White Oaks is the Bonito district, which
is also free milling district, and mid
way between the two places is Nrgalcs,
, in which the ore is OF smelling char',c-
ter. Eighteen miles south oi the Bonilo
district again is the old Fort S,anto II
reservation, which has hoen ahnndnn",l
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property and the plans of the new own
ers. "The land," said he Giles between
in beautiful valley between the Rio
Grande and the Taos rivers. Every
acre can be irrigated and in the opinion
OF men who are competent to Judge, 8,-
700 or 10000 acres OF the tract are valu.
bic placers which can be worked at a
small cost and will yield good returns.
Across the river from the tract a placer
company is in operation and has been
cleaning up gravel for three years. The
company's ground produces % cents Il
cubic yard, and We believe our ground
is equally rich"
The judge says that Professor Sill
man, who made careful examination
OF the entire Taos valley several years
ago, gave AS his opinion that the entire
valley is good placer ground, and even
superior to the placers OF California
G. a. Drane, well known mining EN-
gineer OF this city, spent six weeks IN
making surveys in the Taos valley, and
is OF the opinion tina, the entire surface
OF the valley carries pay gravel. The
gravel is said to be 80 to 250 feet deep
The valley has been producer OF the
yellow metal for three centuries, al.
though the methods employed have
been OF the most primitive character
and no attempt has been made until re-
Gently to operate upon large scale.
Last year a company consisting largell
OF officers OF the Burlington road pur
chased 500 achers OF ground in the re-
gion and is now constructing ditcl
fifteen miles long to carry water to wasl
the gravel. The new Denver compan,
has the advantage OF having secured al
the wa'er rights pertaining to the Ri
Hondo, Il stream which is described a
equal in volume to Clear Greek in thi
state. This stream, it is claimed, will
! furnish all the water that is necessar,
both lor agricultural and mining pur
poses. The canal will be five miles long
judge Gram prophesies that the placer
will nc in active operation within sixt
days, and estimates that 10000 will pa
for all necessary Improvements.
The nearest railway station to Taos i,
about twenty-five miles, being locate
on the New Mexican branch OF the Den
yer 4 Rio Grande road. The town o
Taos is four miles from the grant.
The company will be known as tn
Antonio Martinez Land and Minin
company and will maintain headquar
ters in this citv.-Denver News.
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CHAPTER XIV.
TnE1sLAND

Ten days from the time that Black
Beard babe good by to the Altemaha, the
Charleston News contained the follow
ing: 1900. s
!, .tBlack Beard Again.-The eighteen
negroes who have been missing since
the departure Of the piratical craft
Ranger are missing no longer, but the
good planters Of the Altemah a river sec
B ton. Georgia. are missing the sum O.
\ fifteen thousand dollars, which sum
they paid for the negroes, and
TO. the redoubtable Black Beard, for
there he conveyed them.
Holding them ip terror Of their lives
until he had received his gold, and the
Inst negro, MS well as the plan tiers, had
..disembarked from the Ranger, whittier
I The planters had been invited by sign
/ hung over the schooner s side, as she lay
anchored in the stream. tsi. :
It was this sign thet Informed them
that is negroes tWoUld be sold from
tile decks Of the schooner before ia
o'clock !. I.
81 b Sch aneX ilsl l chan ged her name
Is am B.Esys her.color s.as
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you're !. 1stthsal soul. Aunt Mas.

: Tom Clarence, my brother-in-iav... but
at any rate, with all my connections by
that time made, the talk Of Angus will
be looked upon as idle. S n
II must, however, amicably settle up
this estate. By smooth work, ! can per-
haps retain e third, but i must use eau-
ton there. All, Aunt Mag, what have
you there? Ny not Scotch, I'll be
bound 's..a:ss q
Yes, Marse Herbert. / sot:a1p until
you come home, 20 you should have II
hot 3, SD \ " 81
You're faithful soul, Aunt Mag,
ard little doubt you will remain: SO
After am marricd / will take that triE
south and try and look up some Of your Z
children. :, 3 81. .5i & 81:
You goin' to marry, marster
81. \ es. Aunt Mag, on the 10th Of o.
tober next. sss1 @
Who will be my new mistress, = mars q =
ster??''
Guess, Aunt Mag" sss
II can't guess, 1narster. There is'en
but. two young ladies that 4 knows.
down here. young Miss and Miss Hill y
Itis'en Jennie bruce. is 1t r.
ennie Bruce! by y no s she i 3 ss5
Angus Bruce's sister q Smith
Vile 4 81
.sS,' Angus Bruce's sisterl ezclalmad
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NJ |l11e C1IIrse|glE lls Coast
" 81 II. E. SCOTT.
4 lcopy1ig hted 81 a n kellogg Nepspaper Co

tcompanied by several others, among
whom was large pock-marked man,
with one eye missing and oscar on his
left cheek like a sabercu
''This man." said the jailer, .'Iamcer-
tain have seen in Charleston before. :
The description of the man who led
the liberators Of Plunkett and Cobb
tailed with that of the one rho had
managed the plundering tof the bank.
and 20 armed men, headed by the sher-
itf, together with the banker and tho
taller, immediately proceeded to tho
wharf to secure boats with which to
board the Ranger. =s .....
y The schooner was nowhere to be seen.
AS they were marching up the wharf
One OF the deputies remarked: Sheriff,
speaking Of a pock-marked man being
one of them, there's q peck marked
nan runs this bar; Jim Holland is the
name he goes by here: he's been under
suspicion some time"
SWELL go in, then" said the sheriff,
"and interview him"
Mol was found behind the bar.
'Where's Jim Holland. my good wom-
nn?'' said the sheriff.
81 b'ain't yer good woman, ye guy. I
were Jim Hollands bad 'un, but Pea
skipped"
Where has he skipped to. woman? I
am the sheriff ~
"The sheriff? An'what do We wantof
Jim % 8,
"The bank was robbed last night, and
two murderers taken from the Jail
elm were not there, sheriff; 'e's TOO
big coward. E 'ad . good bitsuv
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CHAPTER XIV.

\ "a MARKED Niger WON'T HALF SELL"
as. The morning Of the goth of August
when the sun arose Cashier White still
sat bound in the armchair in the bank
3 facing the vaults. He. could hear the
football OF early passers-by on the pave
ment on the outside, but could give
I no alarm; so there he sat in agony until
s nine o'clock, when the president of the
& bank arrived, and, finding the bank
locked, supposed that something I'M
usual had detained the cashier at home,
+ and with his own key unlocked the door
and * entered 10 find Raymond White
4 half unconscious, tied securely in q
chair, and the vault doors opened.
Good God ":he exclaimed; robbery
and ruin! q nd with shaking hands ha
8 cut the cords that bound the cashier
That gent eman could neither speak
\ nor stand for some moments. but when
n he could he told his tale, and concluded
with the words: 1.-THE manager of the
! affair was the man with tine long, black
Y beard for whom cashed the checks
5 on yesterday ss
4 si What, the captain of the SLAYER q
The same; what. is, his name, or
whom were the checks made payable
IS too S ]. i ~. s;.
1.-THE checks were made payable Ia
Il Raher 4; Mills, the auctioneers, and in.
Fdorsed 'os them payable to bearer.
sss3. The president rushed from the bank
M the court house for officers to board
sths scho oner and appreh end its captain
SBs i. 49,. = -. 80
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Robbery and ruin.

money about 'un last night wen e LETT
here, an 1 be skeered e were kilt and
robbed. Leastwise wen e left ere .
sez: .t M.
'''Moll, 'ere's bill of sale fer this
ere gin mill. If anything 'appens mo
you'll have 'un 'ome.'
.sPoor Bill-er Ji1n--'e were great
man for a 'ome. skeriff. A nice, quiet,
peaceful 'ome, SEE i'm, fer our ole age,
Moll, is all as we want, and now skeriff,
to think that 'e's gone-'e'd never left
:'on1e, sheriff, unless e were habducted.'
Abducted, woman, do you think any
one. would abduct Jim Holland?"
II knows it, sheriff, he were hab-
Quoted onc't<before:"
.Who abducted him then 2" asked tbs
sheriff. .
8 :t"'She were Poll Blaisdell. She were
younger nor l, an lad more money nor
I did then, an she habducted him; but.
he come back to his Moll agin, skeriff."
Come, men" said the sheriff, there's
nothing to learn here"
After they had gone, Moll turned .
glass of gin:
'Ere's to you, sheriff! 'Ere's to you!
Jim's very peaceful, he is, when he's
asleep; but Bill Gibbs, skeriff, els an
ard one.''
When the Wholesale house of Miner &
Strong was opened that morning,
Julius, the black porter, trusted: slave
who had been raised by Miner, failed to
appear.
SoYrn nd CS-In %rr~1 <oNR ~ -
Charleston house, could not be found
q number OF other citizens reported
servants missing, and the morning Of
the 21st the following startling article
appeared in the Charleston News. s.si
Bold and Successful Bank Robbery
Two hundred thousand dollars in gold,
silver and bank notes taken from tho
vaults Of the Charleston bank.
f Successful Jail Delivery. - Plunket
and Cobb, the murderers of Planter Os-
borne, who were to have suffered the
penalty of their, crimes this day, re
leased from their cell, and Jailer How
ard found bound and gagged in their
stead. T.:.4 i.
Nj Less Than Eighteen Negro Men
ed missing" Il: /:
Then followed a long statemento the
circumstances as narrated, and The arti-
Gle concluded as follows: s,s.
4 .s,' Many OF our citizens probably
noticed the. schooner Of Il dark green
/ hue, that lay anchored in the Ashley
river since the night Of the 18th.
as 40 negroes were taken from. her hold
and sold in this market on the 10th. ~ ~.
That she was a pirate, now seems
equally certain, as her captain. who was
a man OF staly;art fra me. IA ii an irt,-
mense black beard, but WI ese4namc
yet unknoWn,.as it Wps mo- |. ascsrtained
by the firm who sold The negrosss9 fhea
captains 81 sIaversga neral 1ytlesiringsto
have their Identity III knownl was un-s
ldoubtedly the manage of both the
bank robbery and Jail de livery
s.'''Itgis also believed. tha II; either he or
his agent. il some ds,e1:, enticstl the
missing groes aboard the ;slaver and
sailed Nth them. d 5yYh icll event the
sckoone III sprolahbll land Int sor1e
port On 'Scoa 81 i nd for
sale ksep lem tong, tied terror
until their object isl
Ea1se off III he 1,oneE ae dis
playeSlS bold tiers III
L tr
ntf
u
sl Sss.
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CHAPTER XVI.

. =. IN l..
y CANT BREATHE EASY WHILE HE
' LIVES" *-&
On the 1st of September at eight
o'clock in the evening two men were
seated in Squire Hills library; one Of
them was the owner Of Orion, the other
was Herbert Lathrop.
"Well, Herbert" said the squire, IT
the information brings you joy,I wish
that it may long continue Clara has at
length consented to become your wife"
Squire, I'm the happiest man alive.
'.She will probably inform you that
she does not love you, and consents to
the union because her father and elder
brother desire it, but in time trust
you will win her heart. You see,
shifting ones affections from an uncle
to nephew is not a 1uatter to be effect
ed in so short time; then, too, remen,-
Der that Angus Bruce saved the girls
life, and, but for the fact that he
proved the murderer of your uncle,
and turned pirate, I doubt not we
. should have trouble in that quarter.
/ You know, when a man risks his life
to save q woman he is apt to remain
hero in her sight
II believe, squire, that Clara and
Fannie have decided that their mar
rage shall take place on the 10th OF
October, her birthday. ] know the
time is very short since her fathers
death, but also know that he would
not desire the wedding deferred, and
under the circumstances think best
that it should take place as early as
possible. You see, this is no ordinary
case-an orphan. and one that one day
will come into possession OF her inner
itance. Who but husband could con-
fitle her interests to? / trust, squire,
that Clara will be willing that our mar
riage take place at the same time.
Eyes. I think so. Have Fannie urge
her, YOU also, and with Clarence and !
Is help the cause she can Z but ac-
auiesce.s But. you have seen to-days
paper, Herbert?" .l ts " I
4 mo, squire; anything new ?''
51 "a. 81 should say there was, Black Beard
again ) IS; j... Il 5s:s :. D.
Il. .What! Where now?.'' 81 .
First. up at Beaufort, where he
/ plundered banK OF paV,UVl 0V1 Liz I tl1
3 of 20 niggers, which he sold the ne next It
I day further up the coast Twosnigh e
later, the Chesapeake bank. Of Balti-
more. yielded up its contents and
7 though the United States sloop Mervine
got hot on the pirates trail, she proved ed
! the faster, and got away in the dark
i ness; but take the paper home with
you and read it. !" Il 'sa2
!. I'll d will, squire. and now as its get
]. ting late, good FIJI; S. and Herbert
called Fannie, who had been spending,
the evening with Clara, ASservantw was.
ordered to summon their coachmaI1,
and they took their departure for Ken
dali IS l5sS
when they had gone. the squire g.
tered the parlor. .##
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li191il if3 S y 4 u
81
Ss
Bionson news from
gton22 ssss u.
,llaplsy afI Well On orr
iers. CO The for Black
Beard Capture, deed or alive, IL raiaed.
TO 500, OO0:s iii Caro- Ina and Mary
land join with South Carolina md
Georgia." 81 ssS
aryland! II y W ~, lads, that ) wrong
We haven & tackled Mar land at ALL.
and, hero. she Joins . gain rs. We will
lay in orr next sup plies at altimore; =
hut what else NJ! 3ss s.. f.,
5-t s., 900 for the head of each man
OF your crew, and a pardon Of any Of
& them that turn against you.'' :s & '.5.s
Thy didn' you turn informer 2"
Il plain, do you think I'd give your
} life, away to save my own ~ didn't
think You had that opinion ofi1ne,'' : and
tears actually stood in the eyes Of the
buccaneer.. & ....,s'l. !. II
Nc, Bronson, no. Fill up your glass
man, for tomorrow you leave here for
Washing you must @go finely
dressed, and apply for a position in the
treasury department. Whether you get
1t OF no. hang around there constantly.
until you ascertain who carries the.
vault keys, who locks the outer door at
night, and where they live--you will
also after Is days watch the harbor for
the Fisher Boy
Captain, Herbert La hrop has bought
Kendall, and become a planter. He
is administrator of his, uncle's estate,
without bond; be was left besides. $780,
900 by the bankers will"
.'Why. then all is plain az day; but
we'llleave him until the last. Now, then,
as the next two months will probably
I've risky ones to every man who follows
me, If there is q. man in all my crew who
wishes his release, let him: speak now,
and he shall be put ashore, with his full
proportion of the spoils, and no one
shall blame him. ~.
There was none who spoke.
The painters now returned to their
work, while most of the other men dis
posed of their time cleaning and polish
ing their arms.
At the upper end Of the cabin was an
immense fireplace, seemingly carved in
the rocks. and over it huge cranes hold
ing pots and kettles; the smoke from
the fire beneath them assembled through
the assures in the rocks, coming out in
100 places, and cooling in its ascent, SO
that when it reached the surface it was
not discernible.
The culinary department. was pre-
sided over by the Only negro Black
beard had in his crew; this negro was
an ungainly, black, bow-legged man Of
middle age; his long arms causing his
hands to reach almost to his knees.
when he was standing erect, or as erect
as he could; he was known to the cap
tain and crew. as Bow Legs; they had
picked him up one night, from the bot
tom of an upturned sailboat. He had
said that he was trying to make his
escape from a hard master, and that his
boat was swamped-anyway, he was
clinging to it, but must soon have per-
ished. 'ssa, ga =
The crew saved his life, and Black
Beard had not now a more faithful adj
herent than Bow Legs.
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