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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-30
HANDTOHANDFNHTING
Tommy Atkins Experiences II
the Last Sudanese War.
BRAVERY OF THE BLACK WATCH.

The Arabs Fought Like Demons, Reckless
Of Death. and Broke the Famous Brit
ish Observation-Disclosures Feats Of valor
In the Battle Of Tanai Wells.
Tho English army in Egypt is advancing
up the Nile with Its guns loaded for dor
wishes
Those who remember the last invasion
OF the Sudan will expect some mighty
lively skirmishes before Dongola is occu-
pied The Sudancse fight desperately and
will put Tommy Atkins on his mettle
In tho last Sudanese war great gallantry
was displayed on both sides, as is shown
by tho following description of the battle
of Tamai Wells printed in London news.
paper March 16, 1854:
The battle was from beginning to end q
hand to hand fight. The Sudanese fought
until they were absolutely killed or liter.
ally pushed from the field. and the British
troops dubbed, sabered and baycneted until
completely exhausted muscularly. Colonel
Burleigh, the correspondent, in his last
dispatches records manyaacts OF personal
valor. The rebel tact1 consisted Of a
succession Of mad rushcs having more of
the weight and momentum of a charge in
regular formation, but characterized by
wild impetuosity and tigerish fierceness,
accompanied by an absolute Indifference
to death. The highlanders Of the Black
Watch regiment, which had to meet the
worst Of these. especially distinguished
themselves.
The largest man in the regiment, gi-
gantic Scotchman named Jamie Adams.
stood firm and maintained for a long time
his ground alone when tho second brigade
square was broken. The collision between
the armies had thrown mon from each
side considerable distances beyond eacl,
other, and so great was the crush that
there was hardly room enough for any
man to WELD weapon. When the square
broke Jamie Adams found himself sur
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-30
FHH ARGUE MoNDAY. MARCH 30. leee.

In . more essterly direction than the linz
Of advance. By this time the IRE from the
First brigade ON our right a. we'll Is 'front.'
and the cavalry on our left held the Arabs.
and the officers succeeded In checking the
retreat, the Black Watch, who were fairly
In hand, and . portion Of the marines
largely assisting in stopping what might
have been . much more serious disaster to
the brigade. The brigade was reformed,
and the men who had got out of their reg
iments were sent into their own lines
again.
II must revert to the way In which sev.
eral hundred Of marines and hiehlanders
fought back to back, firing and retiring in
excellent order. They we're over 200 yards
to the brigade front when 1t was halted
and RETURNED and to their great GOODNESS
and steadiness Is largely due the final sue.
cess of the day Ten minutes after the
rally was effected four marines brought In
wounded comradc on stretcher, and q
private of the Black Watch came limping
up to the square out of the jaws of death.
In that single struggle we lost over 20
men killed. counted the bodies Of over
SO of the Sixty-fifth and about an equa,
number Of the Forty second within q ra-
d:us Of SO yards. all shockingly mangled
and hewn with sword cuts and spear
wounds. The Arabs lay dead in hundreds
Il rode over tc the Sixty-fifth corner as
they were driven in and had ample oppor-
tunity Of seeing how the enemy did their
work Fearless and daring, they ran
amuck. SO to speak at cur men. hitting
right and left. Even when themselves
badly wounded, it was this very reckless
ness of death on their part which made
them so dreaded. think, all the same.
many Of our fellows soon realized that
with the bayonet and martini and cool
ness they had nothing to fear from the
rudely armed and nearly naked savages "
The British won the day, with loss of
100 killed and over 100 wounded
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-30

rounded by horde OF inrurIated Arabs,
and 1t was kill or be killed. Neither he
nor his assailants had time or opportunity
to load their empty weapons, and. realiz-
ing instantly the futility of attempting to
meet their bayonets with his, he dubbed
his gun. and after tramping down two
Arabs for the purpose Of securing Swing
ing room" began the fight for his life.
His tremendous strength and enormous
reach enabled him to keep his adversaries
from reaching his person, but he had to
brain and kill IA ,ren before he could
make an opening for himself and get his
back to the British forces, which by this
time had reformed and regained tho
ground Jamie Adams held.
George Drummond. another soldier of
the Black Watch. won a title TO the Vic
toria cross by killing in single handed
contest the nephew of Osman Digna.
Sheik Muhammcti. This combat between
the two was hand TO hand and was even
until Drumn:ond thrust his sword bayOnet
SD far through the Arabs body that the
muzzle Of the ScotchmGn's rife penetrated
Mohammed's ribs. Twenty members Of
tho Black Watch who had become isolated
by the temporary disarrnngemcnt of the
square made desperate charge upon tho
force OF Shcik Nullah, another Of Osman
Dignas lieutcnants, and, having no time
to relond their pieces, they fought hand tn
hand until they were exterminnted, after
inflicting great slaughter upon the enemy.
In this battle the square of the Second
brigade was broken, owing &c the Gnstead
mess of the Sixty fifth regiment, which
weakness was attributed 10 the fact thH,
tho Stxty-flfth was largely composed OF
c,,.l..
fare. This incident of the fight is thus
described by n correspondent in letter
written from the field of battle:
"Our mon could lot easily he got. DESPITE
trumpet calls and officers shouts, tn re
serve their fro and aim carefully. In q
few minutes our line was cbscured by
dense smoke from o,:r own rifles, and un
der cover Of this the enemy crept up the
sides Of the nulla, and u succession 81
rushcs by our brave and resolute fors VIA:
made Mt the troops. Creeping up untlel
cover OF the smoke and sioping ground
they dashed ut the marines and Sixty-fifth
A hundred swarthy Arabs came bounding
over the rocks up the plain. spear ant
sword in hand Half were instantly sho
down, but 80 or 30 were able to throw
themselves upon our bayonctS giving ars
receiving fearful wounds
Quick as lightning the rush increased
and in less time than u takes To tell IA
Sixty-ffth gave way falling back upor
the marines. To their credit be 1t eve
said. many men distlainol to run. tu
went back with their faces 10 the foe. hr
ing and striking with the taycnet Tn
bulk Of the regiment crowded in upon In
| marines, throwing them in disorder. ar,
back everybody wns borne in q corfuset
mass. men and regiments being inextrica
| bly, mixed up. Even the Forry-secon'
was thrown into disorder by the genera
confusion. but here and there the marine
and highlanders retired slowly. Grim
steadily at the rushing Arabs. whom the.
bowlcd over like ninepins, though. trufl
to tell, they were instantly replaced b.
othsrs.
I'VE came bark about 600 yards, movin,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-30

He is an elderly gentleman of means.
He has a standing high in the church
and has contributed to charities. In the
business world he has secured an honor
ed place for his firm.
Having resided in Chicago for so
many years and having contributed gen.
erously, although modestly, to its up
building, it would seem that he should
have a reputation. And he did have q
reputation. The comparative few who
knew him held him in great respect.
of popularity until his son made touch
down.
Never until his son became public
character, with his picture in all sorts Of
publications and the glory of his deeds
put into display type, did the father
know what it was to hear people whis
pering to one another Do you sec that
old gentleman? Well, he's MIR. Rush, ia.
Their of the great half back"
Never before did he have people call
him ON the phone and say: "Congratu
lations, Mr.. Rush. This has been Q
great day."
If he happens in at the athletic club,
enthusiastic men, young and old. seize
him by the hand and tell him how he
ought to be envied, and want to know
il he had anything mp on the game.
Greatness has been thrust upon him.
The name which lay hidden in the
directory for years has suddenly become
Q household word.
All Of q sudden the father finds him.
self blinking in q glare Of reflected
glory.
His son has made touchdown.
He doesn't know how or why the
touch down was made, and secretly hi
has no concern as to the condition of hi.
sons game ankle, but he finds thai
whereas he was nobody he is now thu
father Of half back.-Chicago Record
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-30
CRACKING BILLIARD sALua



Ffsakish Results u Bli...rd wsetAsr -
the Ivory Glsbes.
Dudley Kavanagh. the champion Of
billiards in the days Of the supremacy
OF the old four ball American game,
talking the other night about the liabil-
ity Of ivory billiard balls to crack if not
carefully protected from cold drafts, re-
cited this amusing incident:
About 80 years ago, when kept .
billiard room in Fulton street, I got ont
. box of ivories one winter morning to
do some practicing before my customers
would arrive. l had been playing for
about five minutes. when undertook to
make sharp drive with the spot ball.
struck it fairly in the middle, the cue
going clean through the ball, knocking
out what the experts call the heart or
center of the ball It got chilled and
had cracked all around the center. The
ball was ruined for regular playing pur-
poses, but had heaps Of fun with it
afterward. I explained to certain of my
customers. who were jovial sort Of fell
lows, fond Of joke, that we could make
joker of the cracked ball.
II found when replaced the heart
that the ball had all the appearance of .
sound one, and that the heart would
remain in place until the ball was struck
sharply. These customers, who were
aware Of the secret, would come in &C.
casionally with other friends and start
a game. When the proper time came,
the man who had been selected as the
victim of the joke would be engaged in
conversation with one of the players,
while another would slyly remove one
Of the sound balls when the victim
wasn't looking and replace it with the
cracked ivory.
Its your turn, George one Of the
jokers would cry out, and then the vic
tim played. Sometimes on the very first
stroke the player would knock the loose
heart out of place, and pinion the ball
on the tip of his cue. The shot generally
astonished the spectators. Then they
would roar with laughter and applaud
with enthusiasm. The maker Of the
mysterious shot was always the most be-
wildered man in the establishment. He
would examine the pinioned ball closely
and then scrutinize the dislodged
heart.
"'Well, George, they told him laugh.
ingly, there isn't q professional alive
who could beat that shot. It's the great.
est on record.
lit was many, many months before
that cracked ball ceased to be a source
of wonder and amusement to the down
town business men,"
Since Dudiey's days in Fulton street.
the same accident has occasionally hap.
pened, and Sexton, Tim Flynn, George
Slosson and Maurice Daily each have
"heartless " billiard balls. which they
keep as curiosities. Flynn's specimen
had the "heart" knocked out of it in q
game of Is ball pool, where the player
burst the pyramid in the effort to pocket
three balls or more ON the opening
stroke. New York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-30
1.-THE Fire Escape Man."

George Hartman, petty insurance
swindler, rejoices in the title of the fire
escapeman' on account of his Partially
for rooms opening on fire escapes Through
this means of retreat and by changing his
headquarters every day he many times es-
capped arrest, but the New York police cor
nered him the other night by posting men
on the fire escape before knocking at his
door. Hartman has probably swindled
more poor people during the past six years
than any man on the Atlantic seaboard.
He will have to face 80 victims in New
York
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-30

Those who contemplate q winters
trip to this amiable climate will bear
in mind the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-30

A hustling woman hotel keeper Of
Burns, Or, who 10 credited with being
one Of the best looking ~ well a. mosl
successful hotel keepers in eastern Ore
gon, advertises in recent Issue Of tho
local newspaper that she will not be rs-
sponsible hereafter for any deats con.
tyacted By her husband or her con.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-30

will do II ueed - . wash sccording to direetiooo.
prevent trane missIon Of blood diseases, skin az
eases, acute and chronic ulcers, structure 6sG11o
matism. ipasmation OF the Bidder Dieeasee e
the bones, joints and muscles. syphletic InaanttV
Scurvy. 6crofula in many forms. The above ~
directly or indirectly to syphhitic BLOOD Poisso
Tor which the Or. Jsckson's Engtish Safety rs
lets ID sure preventative. and IL . safe Gen
Killer. rende ring eontagion hardly possible he1co
its value, II neglected such troubles result 49,
y. Nailed anywhere, sealed 81; six boxes fog
A. Reiss. Fourth ave and ard 81 . Hook r ~
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-11-30
ELABORATE PORTUGUESE CELE-
BRATION FOR TOMORROW.
To Begin at ) a. M.-Music and
Speeches - Literary - Reception to
the Consul-Committee in Charge.

Tomorrow, December 1, the Portu-
guese of Hawaii will celebrate the two
hundred and fifty-siXth anniversary of
their independence. 1t was in 1910
that the death blow to Spanish rule
was struck, and on December 1 of
that year Portugal became a sovereign
state. The event is celebrated by the
Portuguese all over the world.
About o'clock tomorrow morning
the flags will go up at the consulate
and at the hall of the Lusitana So
ciety. At the same time meeting
will be held at the society hall, and
the fun of the day will be given an
auspicious start. At 9 o'clock line
of parade will be formed and the en-
tire colony will march to the Catholic
Cathedral, where services will be held
a half hour later. At ~ noon there
will be national salute of twenty-one
bombs.
At p. IN. literary exercises will be-
gin at Lusitana hall. The Concordia
band will be in attendance At 6
o'clock there will be a grand display
of fireworks from Punchbowl hill.
From Z to 10 the Lusitana society and
the Portuguese colony generally will
give a grand reception at Lusitana
hall to Charge d Affaires Canavarro.
On this occasion there will be music,
dancing and refreshments
The committee in charge of the
days program is composed of the fol-
lowing gentlemen: NJ. A. Gonzales. j.
p. p. Collaco, NJ. Costa, j. NJ. Camara,
Jr., j. NJ. Comes, j. NJ. Ferreira and +.
Ferriera.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-11-30
COMMITTEE TO MEET.

The committee chosen at the caucus
meeting of the off GERS of the AnneXa-
.tion Club on Friday night will meet
this afternoon in Judge Hartwell's
law offices, to agree upon a constitu-
ton, bylaws and general plan of ac
ton in the coming annexation cam
paign to submit to a general meeting
to be held within the next fortnight.
The Committee consists of A. S. Hart
well, l.. A. Thurston, f. b. McStocker,
B. +. Dillingham; and j. II. Fisher.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-11-30
NEN CANE CAR ADOPTED
THREE TURNED OUT COMPLETE
IN A HONOLULU FACTORY.
Has Special Practical Features-Time
and Labor Saving-To Be Built Loc-
ally in Large Numbers.

The Hawaiian Carriage Manufactur-
ing Co., queen street, has constructed
three of the labor-saving cane cars in
venter by Mr.. j. a. Hughes, master
car-builder of the o. r. & l.. Co., for
one of the plantations on Hawaii
They will soon be ready for shipment
to their destination.
The advantages of this car have
been detailed in these columns before.
1t is distinctively a labor and time
saving device. The car is loaded and
run down on the track to the place it
is desired the cane shall be deposited.
Then, by a shift of the mechanism the
body of the vehicle tits over sidewise,
with the ease of dump-cart, and
discharges itself. This process is in
stantaneous and requires no physical
labor.
Several improvements in the car
have been made since the first model
was turned out, especially in the stake
and pocket arrangement and the gen
eral construction. The cars are in
tended to work between fumes. They
are II feet, 6 inches long, feet, 10
inches wide and feet deep. The
doors or gates are so constructed and
attached to the car that they open at
the bottom and swing outward auto
matically. Cars requiring stakes only
are much simpler and are easier op-
Grated.
The design of the stake pocket is
such that the stakes do not have to
be pulled nor driven up out of their re-
ceptacles.
Arrangements have been made with
large car factory at st. Louis, Mo-,
for the manufacture of this car and a
consignment of iron work is now on
the way here, part of which has al
ready been sold. 1t is the intention to
keep supply of iron work on hand
here, so that orders can be filled on
short notice.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-11-30
UPPER TRIBUNALS.
Supreme Court Decsion-Cases in the
Circnit Court.

Associate Justice Frear is the auth
or of the unanimous opinion of the
Supreme Court in the case of James
\. Low, administrator of the estate
of Thomas Newell, against John NJ.
IIorner.
The judgment, involving $4,000,
favors the Newell estate.
In rendering this decision the Su-
preme Court held that although a
Judgment is assets for the purpose of
administration, where the record is,
yet, if the Judgment debtor removes
to another jurisdiction, administration
may be granted there also and the ad-
ministrator may there maintain an ac-
tion upon such judgment"
Circuit Judge Perry passed on this
case in the place of Associate Justice
Whiting, who was disqualified. Paul
Neumann and \. S. Hartwell were at
torneys for the plaintiff and Kinney g.
Ballou for the defendant
Before Circuit Judge Carter today
the jury in the case of j. w. Kaikaina-
haole VS.. II. n. Boyd, rendered ver-
diet for the plaintiff.
James S. Kalakeila was today adj
mtted to practice in the lower courts.
The bond of S. II. Oni, as guardian
of Sam Kalama and Kalama, minors,
was approved today by Judge Perry.
F. w. Hardy has filed his answer in
the case of John T. Baker VS.. Young
Hee and others.
The case of d. Lamb VS.. j. w. Kalma
and S. NJ. Damon was discontinued to-
day.
The bill of exceptions in the case of
l.. II. Dee VS.. Jas. f. Morgan was
filed today.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-11-30
EXTRA STEAMER qSNHRT " IS IN GEA INDEPENDENCE DMM HUI ALOHA ALMA
SAYS HE WAS PUT DOWN BY OUT
SIDE INFLUENCE.
He Is Mad Through and Through and
SO Is His Wife-Statement from the
Latter-Doubt

The outcome of the election of
new president of the Hui Aloha Alma
on Saturday afternoon has been the
source of a great disappointment to
one member Mt least. That man is
Robert w. Wilcox, well known
throughout these islands, who had as
pirations for highest position in the
society but who was defeated by j. X.
Kaulia by nearly two dozen votes.
Now Robert w. is "sore." He says
that he did not want the position,
would not have accepted it under any
circumstances on account of his busi-
ness. Wilcox has refused to leave his
house. it is said, since the result of
the election was made known. At any
rate his absence was conspicuous at
today's meeting of the patriotic So
ciety of the Hawaiians.
Robert w. and his wife claim that
the hero of two revolutions was killed
in the election by word from a
famous and high-bred native lady.
This can scarcely be believed, but Will
cox and his wife declare and reatfirm
it. Few others credit the report that
Liliuokalani has had anything at all
TO do with the session or deliberations
of the Aloha Alma Society.
Shortly after noon today, Mrs. Rob
ert w Wilcox furnished The Star
with the following statement, which
she brought to this Office of her own
free will. 1t speaks for itself:
"Mr Robert Wilcox was induced by
a majority of the delegates of the Hui
Aloha Alma to run for the position of
President in place of Nawahi, de-
ceased and this was contrary to his
desires, because of the injury bound
to result to his business; but to his
surprise he was defeated by the mach
ina atoms OF woman whom he had al
ways supposed was a friend, and for
whom he has in the past made very
great sacrifices, even to the extent of
going to jail Such action, he thinks,
is not likely to deepen the bonds of
friendship between them; and great
many Hawaiians have expressed to
him their regret and disgust"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-11-30
PROGRESS.
Improvement and Extension Postal
Service Watchwords.

Postmaster General Oat is winding
up the year with very marked inn
provements in the service, including
extension, which have cost him much
close figuring and effort. There will
be at once two new Offices on Hawaii:
Papaikou, with either +. Thrum or
w. w. Goodale as postmaster.
Honomu, with Mr.. Schmidt, former
ly of the custom house here, as post
master.
The establishment of these offices
will be very great convenience to all
the citizens in the locality. Their mail
will leave Honolulu in separate bags
and reach them with the quickest pos
sble dispatch
Another big improvement is the es-
tablishment of a five day service from
Hilo all through the TIamalua dis
trict. This has been a pet scheme of
the postmaster generals for long
time and he is more than pleased to
put it into operation. 1t will no doubt
be fully appreciated by the citizens in
terested.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-11-30
AT TWO CHURCHES.
Men of Power Talked of by Rev. d. p
Birnie-"Angels" by Rev. Peck.

At the Central Union church Sun
day evening Rev. ID. p. Birnie began
his series of sermons on "Alen of Pow
er," with an interesting discourse on
abraham the Man of Faith" y large
congregation listened TO the sermon.
Misses Richards and AXtell and
Messrs. Wichman and Woods COM
posed special choir for the occasion.
At the First NJ +. church Rev. II. W..
Peck spoke of The Angels" The sub
iect contemplated the Biblical descrip-
tion of the angels, and accounts of the
visits by them to earth chronicled in
the Old Testament. The talk was re-
plete with instructive references, and
many points were given modern appli-
cation.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-11-30
SUGAR OTTPUT

An official statement issued by Pro-
fessor Maxwell, director of the Ha-
waiian Sugar Planters Association,
shows that in the season of 1895 and
1896 there were 55,729 acres of cane
manufac+ ured. an increase of s,329Is
acres, over the previous year. The
total tonnage for the last year was
227,093, an increase of 73,673h tons.
In '05-'96 there were on an average of
S,14s pounds raised to an acre, while
in '94-'05 the average reached 6,472
pounds.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-11-30
POLICE COURT.
Quite a Docket Disposed of by the
District Magistrate.

In the Police Court this morning
Judge De la Vergne fined Lin York
and All Ping each $25 and costs for
issuing che ia tickets.
Moses Publ pleaded guilty to the
charge of selling liquor. His SEN
tence was suspended pending good be-
havior in the future.
The cases against John Cristo and
Louis Rich, charging them with EN-
bezzlement were dismissed.
Tom Carey, who was arrested for
violating a carriage regulation, will
be heard later in the week. The car
iage inspector has ordered that all
carriages must obey certain instruc-
tions laid down by him in the matter
of receiving people in front of the
opera house after the play. Carey re-
fused to comply with Macey's request.
York See, who sold spoiled fish,
thereby breaking the Board of Health
regulation, will be given hearing to-
morrow.
Kimo was given three weeks at hard
labor for assaulting Kamola.