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Evening star., 1897-07-31

honorable department to think of removing
less congenial sphere on account of an hon.
estly expressed opinion-not me, sir! So
now n. G. and name the poison. VIII you
join Us, gentlemen?'
The crowd Joined as cne man, and, under
the circumstances. the inspector could do
nothing less than come in with them. But
for all that he felt trif1e puzzled, though
he took care not to show 1t.
After that the conversation became gen.
eral and perfectly amicahle, albeit dwell
ing mainly on the somewhat ticklish sub
ject which possessed the chief interest for
every one present. But as drinks multi
piled and lies got more complicated. tie
inspector began to grow taciturn. Liquor
has that effect on some natures, and his
was possibly one of them.
At last the Yankee rallied him, quite
good-humoredly, on his lack Of fcstivity.
but rather unfortunately, as ii seemed to
the company, dragged in something about
shortage on mine returns. That vas too
much for the inspector and his long bot
tled-up wrath suddenly flared ont.
Shortage, confound it! You're a nice
You know as well as / do that there's
about f15.o0O short of the months average
on De Beers and Kimberley returns. and
you know a big sight better than 1 do
where the stones have gone to- But we'll
have you yet. You're. wide and you re
deep, but you're not quite the clevcrest
man on earth and when we do get you
well, whyn thunder don't you, bass?"
Evening star., 1897-07-31

revolver under his nose, and said in low.
but very business-like tone:
You yellow swine. you've sold me, Now
you whip them horses up, and make EN-
go for all they're worth BY thunder you
shall drive to Freetown or Glory tonight.
for IL l see you pull those reins I'll blow
the top of your ugly head of. Just so sure
as you'll never see the other side of Jordan
Whip up now! You've got to get through
or go home, 1 tell you"
The road just here ran for some distance
through a lot of broken ground and surface
workings, SO there was no chance of max
ing a detour to avoid the mounted police
whose moving forms Salter could now see
dimly in the distance. The terrified cape
boy, feeling the cold revolver muzzle In the
nape OF his neck. dashed his horses into 4
gallop. The shapes on ahead grew moro
and more distinct, and presently there rang
out the short. sharp order:
Halt. or we'n shootr'
Halt, and I'll shoot" Salter hissed into
the drivers ear, and the cart 81 d on at a
galiop.
New mounted forms seemed to rush out OF
the darkness ar close round Meanwhile
the lights of Freetown were getting quite
near row. A few minutes more and
crack crack. crack went the rifles to right
and left and In front. The of leader reared
CD with shrll neigh. and then pitched
on to his head, with the others and the cart
on top of him.
We'll, gentlemen. may / ask what Is
the meaning of this outrage on an unor-
Evening star., 1897-07-31

known. Distant sounds Of shouts and shots
reached the waiting ears OF Mr. Maggire.
but nc knew his business. and qUirlly bll;cd
the door. remlrkiEE 10 himself the while:
Smart as he il. it's meself ihat's fearin'
he's put his fut into al this time What a
hairless juggins he not 10 lave the
sparkicrs where they We're safe when ne
had them there. Wei. we'll li:.'S a gamble
anyhow. ard sos death. too SOMETIMES.
i hope they haven't hurt him beyant re-
Corery."
Shortly before 3 o'clock that morning
Inspector Lipinski and his merry men "e-
corted the threc-horse Cape cart iuto KIM
bsrlcy. The horse that was lying ,!,ua on
the weld was pad for to its full Vaiu, end
the driver got his farb. coupled with a
private intim2 ton TO the effect that ii he
ever oDened his mouth on the subject OF
that nights doinRs ~ lash.s and hN. gears
as an Illicit diamond runner would be the
least thgt he could "xnect. inspector Lip
irski slept the balance II III" might out
with a ll5.0O parcel Of diamonds under
his pillow. and the neat day there WAS no
one in Kimberley who had anything To say
to him on the subject OF doublc-SktGnel
dogs or the selling OF pups.
OF course ther" Were many in ramp who
would have given a good deal TO know
what had become of Mr. Seth Saltcr-bUt
that is part Of quite different story.
Evening star., 1897-07-31
Too Many for Him.

From the New York Weekly.
Sweet Girl-'I hope you will call again,
Mr.. Coolhead."
Mr.. Coolhead new w.admirer)-'Thanky You,
l should be delighted to call very soon
again, IL 1 were sure of finding you at
home"
"Oh, I'm nearly always at home: but-let
me see-it won't do for you to call Tuesday
evening. for that is the night OF the Home
Mission meeting: and Wednesday night the
Emperor's Daughters meet; and Thursday
the Blue Ribbons have most important
session: and Friday is the monthly meeting
of the Dorcas Club; and Saturday the
Browning Club-really. hardly know what
day to set; but"
Undo you expect to belong to those
societies alwaysT'
'Oh. yes. indeed; I'm life member of
them ALL"
'Er-I should like to call again soon, but
this is our busy season, and shall be con-
fined very closely to the Office for several
months. Good evening"
Evening star., 1897-07-31

an easy smile sard the mcst perfect polite
ness of tone:o
"Ah. good evening, Mr.. salter. was just
talking abouts you. No thanks. the de-
partment is not buying any dog flesh just
now. not everf skiks. AS to your kind in
vitation, wella as Il say. I was talking
about you just now when you came in. and
perhaps" "A
If ever man uttered fighting words coolly,
and as II he meant them. Inspector LIP
II ski did just then. Seth Salter had never
been known to take anything like that
from any man Without prompt and usually
fatal reprisals.H The crowd waited breath
lessly. and silently scattered a little more.
But no. the Yankees hand did not even
move toward his pistol pocket. There was
Just little criiikling of the outer corners
of his eyes, noticed only by the inspector
and one or two others. but it vanished i'm
mediately and there was no trace of anger
in his voice, in fact, 1t seemed even more
good -humored than usual. as he replied:
Don't take the trouble to say it again,
boss. I've known your opinion of me for
a long time; and now I've. heard it. If
you'd backed down you might nave heard
something drop, but as you didn't. I'm free
to say that I've too much respect for your
Evening star., 1897-07-31
Protecting the Birds.
From Harpers Weekly.


A new law in Massachusetts, makes the
possession Of the skin or feathers of any
bird which is protected by the laws of that
state punishable by the same penalty as is
imposed for killing the birds. This seems
to mean that the guileless maid who buys
her feathers of a milliner runs as much
risk Of fine or Imprisonment as the hard
hearted n-with-a-gun who goes out and
pots the bird. In a state where the school
master Is less comprehensively abroad
than in Massachusetts this law might make
trouble. but The presumption Is that in the
bay state every school girl is ornit noloeist
enough to know which birds are protected
citizens, and which are aliens and safe TO
wear. The ostensible purpose OF the new
law Is to preserve the birds which eat the
bugs which feed the crops of Massa-
chusetts. but the promoters of the law are
not Likely to grieve IL il goes beyond that
and discourages the wearing of feathers
in hats altogether.
Evening star., 1897-07-31

company occupied house which was used
regularly for that purpose near where the
old Northern Liberty market stood I'M
mediately upon their disbandment I had
the building turned over to the trustees of
the public schools. and 1t was changed into
a public school building. 1t is now used on
an enlarged scale, and is known as the Alb
bolt School. / think that movement, al
though l say 1t myself had a salutary IN
nuence In bringing about the condition of
things which followed.
During my service Of nearly four years
l was subsequently re-elected-the revenues
OF the city were very small. They never
reached, / think $500 600 and we had a
debt Of about 81. 10000 or more upon which
the interest had to be paid: so that you can
readily perceive that there was but little
margin for the development of great city,
formed upon the plan of Washington But
still. we did the best we could and 1t is
Que to Congress to say that when they
found this measure we had adopted of or
gantzing police force was an efficient one,
they promptly consented to the payment of
one-half Of the expenses consequent upon
the organization.
With less than $780, 900 revenue of course.
nothing could be done of very much ac-
count. We managed to keep out of debt
We managed to sustain the public schools.
which at that time afforded a limited edu-
cation to some 5000 children, but not of
very high standard. The teachers were all
highly reputable people, and subsequently,
tic schools. which are now justly regarded
as among the first educational institutions
in the country.
Permnncncy of the Capital Uncertain,
Congress was very little disposed, as
everybody in Washington knows, to do
anything looking to any great development
of Washington city. and that feeling arose
simply from the fact that there was no
permanency attached to the capital In its
then location. The exciting questions grow
ing out of the agitation of slavery at every
presidential election threatened some dis
aster to Washington, and effected very
seriously the values of real estate property
in the city. That continued until 1850
when. through the patriotic. efforts of such
men as Webster and Clay and Crittenden
ard Calhoun and Hunter and Mason and
William H. Seward. and a host of other
prominent men. measuring up to the stand
ard Of those whom / have mentioned, there
was passed what was called the compro-
mise bills of 1850. That seemed to bring
repose to the country; so that In the presi-
Dental election OF 1852 the excitement
which occurred In the previous ones had
entirely subsidized. and the election of Gcn-
erai Franklin Pierce. over his distinguished
competitor. Gen. Winfield Scott, by vote
which wiped out every idea Of sectional
feeling seemed to give courage to the peo-
Evening star., 1897-07-31

If you want anything. try an ad. In Ths
Star. II anybody has what you wish. yos
will get an answer.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-11-25
CONDENSED TELE3RAMs

THs Harrison Telephone Company At
Toledo. O.. passed ints the hansis Of a
rsceivcr oa the 81
GEoRsE \. TAFI@H cashier q the de-
funct Argentine ka~ isaak- va on
the I'D sentenced to f.sur sears IN the
Kansas peni,sutiary for rcc~iving de-
Posits when he knew the bank vas IA
an ins,lvent eondifioa-
IoHS and Floyd Willis. murSierers u
u. V. Perkins. threw themselves upon
the mercy - the eourt at Harrisburg.
Ark. on the I'D. and rcceivet each a
sentence of tweniy-bne years in the
pensentlary.
THE treasury department on the I'D
received from the reorganization COM
nittee of the Union Pacific Company
sls.s45. 80 in cash. and turned over to
the committee that amount in bonds
which have been on Deposit with the
government in the sinking fund of the
road
Gov JoNEs of Arkansas on the I'D
offered a reward of $500 for the arrest
and -eanvie,ion Of the assassin or assas-
sins of Col. John VI. Clayton which
occurred at Plummeryille several years
ago.
MRs. VI. A. TRIsG. aged 81 years. and
her iO-yesr-old daughter. Ethel. of To-
peka. Kas.. lost their lives in n fire that
DESTROYED their residence on the 2ist-
~ q al II
were felt at Randsburg, Cal, ON the
slst. The vibrations were from north
to south.
A NEW counterfeit $40 national bank
note has been discovered on the Los An
geles National Bank of Los Angeles,
Cal. 1t is a Photographic production,
printed on two pieces of paper pasted
together. containing no silk or imita-
tion of it.
DIR. GUIrERAs has filed his report on
his itinerary in the South during the
recent fever scare.
RUSSIA and Germany are at cross pur-
poses ia their treatment of Turkey.
Two men pleaded guilty to robbing an
International Il Great Northern train
at Austin. Tex, on the 10Th, expecting
to receive light sentences The judge
gave one a term of fifty years and the
other a term of forty-five years
Axartillery wagon loaded with powder
and gun-eotton exploded in the City of
Mexico on the 18th, killing four men and
wounding eight soldiers and citizens
fatally and shaking the ground for
many blocks.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-11-25
PRACTICALLY DESTROYED.
rss EVerett Isat- crl.ts Railroad
Washed tuss

TACOMA. Wash Nov. = Supt.
Poster Of the Everett 4 Monte Cristo
raHrua3, vino went - Monte 6 isto ol
Welnes laF's train. walked in from
Robe, arriving at Everett SATURDAY
night. lie reports Tire damage tp the
road by high water beyond eomputa-
tioa at the present lime The water
in the canyon Ua> many feet higher
than ever know "A hefprr. washing the
entise track away. About the only
evidence left that railroad WAS ever
built tzscrr are th. six tunnriS-
In ali probability the road viii not
sse FebaiIt through the canyons. The
Great Northern has about - miles Of
roal aimast entirely destroyed In
many eass> tae Iron i washed away
aud c.svered with saai. The road can
not h repaired before December Is.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-11-25

GREAT FIRE IN MELBOURNE
n-ss sf the Larger Ba-ia.-. Hsas~. De
.tr.y~a t.--.. E-ttast-si al s5.03o.ooo.

.trpy~a I.--.. f-ttssst-d al s5.03o.ooo.
MELBoVRSE- Nev. s2-A great hre
broke cat here at two o'clock yestsr-
day morning. and in = very short space
Of time DID enormous damage II
started at the warehouse 81 CrNig
Williasa~ou. in Elizabeth street, IN the
very heart yf the city. A stroag wind
uas blowing aud the aereely famed
iames rapidly engalfed baiilin. aftsr
building.
Despite the desperate effprts Of the
firemen. the entire blOc'Ss b1andsd by
Elizabeth, Flinders and >wanston
streets. aud Flinders lane. with the
exception Of two bgiliing, On the
swanston-street front. were destroyed
within three hours
1he burned section included many
OF the largest business houses in Mel
bourne. The baiiding, were com
pletsly gutted. a. most Of them con-
tanned soft goods, the flames progress
Ing with a rapidity whieA dehed all
checking. and in the furious wind
ashes aud burning debris were carried
into the suburbs "a distance of two
miles.
1t is estimated that the loss will
reach IS, O0O. 900.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-11-25
WATER FAMINE IN FORT SCOTT.
Artesisa Wells the Oniy supply blasting
the River B-t LA Nsia-

FoRr Scorr. ka>. Nov. ss---save for
one or two artesian wells this city j.
without water The continued efforts
OF 20 men who for two days aud nights
have been dynaniting the MarInaton
river bed for water To supply the city
have failed. and Saturday night the
water eompany's pump house began
drawing wind and the entire city sup
ply was shut off.
The rainfalls for the pas. month or
50 have been too light to afford relief.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-11-25
sTRUcX IT RICH.
A Day E,bar.r Suddenly Beepm-. . KIoa-
d4ke Iionshts Ming.

SANTA CKtk. Cal Nov. ss-In Iso.
john II. Johnsoa left Bowlier creek for
Alaska He obtained employment near
Juneau - day laborer. working
faithfully for two years. and earning
enough "a Purehass AN outfit with
which he started for Circle City. Moth
ing being heard OF hun for two years.
the local court Of Foresters. of which
he ~as member. appointed "A com
mitt-e to ascertain his whereabouts.
His friends were gratiiied to learn.
from letter written ia Dawson City.
September ;. that johnson Is there,
known as the ''Ionanza King" his
claim in KlondiLe being worth hun
dre,ls of thousands OF dollars.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-11-25

The railroad commission held two
days session at Jackson last week The
clerk was authorized Ia summon all
freight agents Of lines doing business
in Mississippi to appear before the com
mission ON Tuesday Of the December
meeting for the purpose Of arranging a
uniform rate ON cotton seed. \ tele-
graph Office was ordered opened at
Cruger. subject To being closed if not
profitable to the telegraph company.
The Kansas City. Memphis & B;rminv-
ham railroad filed a schedule of tariff
rates on corn. which it asked the com
mission to approve.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-11-25
soUOAnEsL TRoops RIvoLI.
several nsiil-. oaie~r.sst E,fte-a soldier.
nard.r-d ue.sy Nstts~ L....e.

tis~sr~
LNSxHAR Nov. - Particular, have
reached herr of revolt among the
.,sudanese troops in haj. MeD5nald's
expedition IA the Lake country. south
uf the equatorial prov .n.es.
IL appears that the expedition was
advancing into the Interior from the
[ ganda country for point a. 10
which Information is wanting On
ostober last mutincerS. assisted by
Ia Mohainmetan tribrsm-n. attacked
the camp at Wasoga. la the fierce
fighting that followed. Lieut. Fielding
Maj. fhurstnu. Launch Engineer
se"tl. elsil o1icer W ton aud Is sol
diers We're killed.
The wouudcl numbered 20. inciud-
ing Capt Mcpherson aud Chief civil
Officer jackson The mutiuecrs were
tiually defeated, after losing TOO killed
aud wounded Maj Macdonald has
been joined b. the Waspga native
army. and il Is hoped tllat he viii be
able 10 qacli the mutiny IA few
weeks \ detachment Of Indian troops
from Mombasa vii start Immediately
TO reinforce Mai Macdonald.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-11-25

John >cerr> was Indicted On charge
- Illicit disti.iiug At Chattanooga.
Tenn, aud he offered - take officers
L. stills in the mountain fastuesses 81
McNinn and Polk counties IL they
would release him. The court accept
ed The proposition aud. accompanied
by several deputies. >-cres directed
the movement oi the raIding party.
The result was that s~vernl stills we're
destroyed with thoasands - gallons of
muonsh ne. The raid was one Of the
most successful ever made by officers
ia the district- scores wili not 70 10
the Pcniieniiary at Columbus. O.. a. a
first ordered
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-11-25


tsvie.. Tor that gwsatry e. ,asttau. a.
Msiatsia trisaaiy Rotations ~tth tm.r.
hs.
nAtNS2. VIA Key West. Fla. Nov.
ei-La Lucha. ia rrccntiy published
editorial cNprcssrs doubt a. ta the
sincerity oi the friendship Tor spain
proirssci h. the American govern
nent and .avS.
III The American government cannot
prcvcui the sailing from the ports Of
that country %! expeditions IN aid %
the ia.urSeuts aht does not rcspond
in other ways 90 Spains efforts 20
come g. favorable terms "a j. use
less fpr spain 10 maiat.n friendly re-
iA,iun~ with America
Report, ffom Matanzas say that the
conservative. having bccome xcd
at the change ia the g1vcrnmcnts pol
icy. are disturbing public order. EN-
Mayor Cr.spo Initiated the di~orderiy
conduct by publicly giving offcnse Ia
senior Arma,. the ncv civil governor
Of the province The chief % police
followed Scnor Crc>pc's lcai by en-
deavoring "a prevent aid being given
u the suffering rccouccntraios ~
newspaper correspondents aud others.
Of the reconcrntrad,, in Matan-
sA~ Numbering more than - 0o1.
~ died IA two DAYS, 81 Perishing 'rum
hunger. Yesterday H. deaths were re-
ported. large proportion ~ which
were the result ot starvation. in
JAruce. about dS per cent of the
deaths are caused by starvation. aud
the Sane is true % many other towns.
owing to the lack OF proper clothing
and of blankets. the situation of the
rcconceu;, sdos j. bccomiag worse a.
the winter scason approaches despite
the efforts made to relieve them.
ten. Hernandez vcia>c, confirms
thc statement tia; the insurrcui, in
finar del RIO are abundsntly supple /
With ammunition. seventy OF ten
Neia~co's men have arrived az Pinar
dee Rio suffering frum wounds re
ceived in recent engagement,
The financial situation ot the mill
tary administration !, bad. The snl-
diers have not bccn paid in eight
months. There Is scarcity IN the
meat supply for the hospital, and ia
many towns NO meat has been obtain
able for many days.
ten Losaia. sub-inspec'or II the
health department. said recently "a the
correspondent of b. lniparcial Of
Maieid that there were actually IS. 011
soldiers ia the hospitals OF CuDa aud
that about Is. eol Of this number were
not suffering frafa any Iis.a.. tut
SIMPLY fruin need of nouri>hiug food
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-11-25

Warden McI.aurin has increased his
estimate Of the number of bales of cot
ton ne will make with convict labor to
1000 bales. A few weeks ago Mr..
MeI.aurin thought the State would get
abou, 5000 bales. but another visit To
the State farms in the delta has con
vinced him that his previous estimate
was several hundred bales too low. ON
one plantation in sharkey county where
it was thought 100 bales might b,,
raised. the State is now confident of
Leo bales This place was several feet
under water last May.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-11-25
Au Exploring Party Locates = Feasible
koate for Nukon k.iirnad.

SAN Francisco. Nov. ss-The de-
tails have been received from the
Pierre Humbert Alaskan exploring
expedition which sailed from Seattle
October Is The party Is located ten
miles up the river from Chill5oot inlet.
The course is being surveyed on both
sides Of the river aud the explorers
have already located u pass over the
range ? SEQ feet lower than either Chill.
cat or Chilkoot- A perfectly feasible
and an easy route for railroad inte
the valley Of the Yukon has been dis
covered.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-11-25
NORTHERN PROGRESS.
To Draft "A Cote Of Criminal and Civil
Laws for Alaska

SAs Francisco. Nov. ai.-A bill has
been drafted for Introduction into con
gress at the next session providing for
the appointment of board of code
commissioners for the district OF
Alaska 10 draft code of criminal and
civil laws. aud TO revise the act Great
ing the civil government for the dis
trict- The measure is drafted in ne
cOriance with the ideas of the five
principal commercial companies doing
business in the territory.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-11-25

A. a sample ~ elegant farming and
tremendous crop. ilenry Haywood. " he
lives on J",. u liair,i plarr. on Nound
bayou, takes the cake. Haywpp.i rents
twenty acr,-s frum Mr. Baird and this
year has already gathered. ginnrd snd
>s'ld cotton enough to pay for his past
year, furnishings. pay his rent II e.
an acre. and hs, sss ia cash. with eight
ialc> - cotton y-; ,o gin and Hisu, 100
bushels ~ corn in the crib. That is
the best farming we ever knew Of
lndisn"ls T,-->in
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-11-25
BURGLARS CAPTURED.
Quo of Them Wounded In sa Exchange OF
shot. with Cittx -ns-

NEWTON. Conn, Nov. 2l.-Two bur
glars were detected in tue general
store of Warner. Taylor Il Curtis.
at Sandy Rock, near this place,
Seven shots We're exchanged be-
tween the burglars aud two citizens.
the result being that one of the former
was shot in the leg and hip. lie sur
rendered. and mis- companion was
caught later. They gave their names
rs Thomas L. Hilton and Frank VIII
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-11-25

Lafayette county = fast coming To
the front n a cattle shipping point. A
train load ~ twenty ears of cattle left
oxford one day last week for sterling.
Gel. Thi, j, only one of many ship
men's made THIS season to the North
west and All the cattle were raised on
ths tnc pasture lands of Lafayette
county. The cattle shipped from this
eoan,y arr equal - the cattle frori any
point. Cattle bring good price and
the farmers arr arvo,ing considerable
attention ta the industry.