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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-08-11

hours elapsed after the reception OF
the news before the navics of England
and America were looking for the San
Pedro. Hendricks smiled as he saw
how narrow a margin he had sailed on.
Before the search was well under way,
he had been in the gulf and the
wrcckage of the San Pedro, which he
was sure would come TO light was, he
thought, fairly good chance of per-
plexity and delay on the one hand to
the pursuers and a safe location of the
plunder ND to the moment of transfer
on the other The betrayal of that
transfer depended on the twenty-five
men whom he had still in his service
and upon whom he believed he could
depend.
Hendricks was too shrewd aman not
to see that his scheme however cum
ming would only hold for time. lie
knew perfectly well that the sailors
whom he had got rid of, would proceed
, Immediately to get drunk and in their
rcclslessness expose the plot up 70 a
certain point But lie believed their
stories under whatever promise OF
pardon or compulsion of punishment
could get no farther than the state
ment that the San Pedro had sailed for
Panama or Venezuela. The knowledge
of the transfer to the pirogues was
locked up in his own immediate con-
federates. This fact he reasoned
would not prevent the ultimate discov
ery of the real truth, but it would de
lay it sufficiently for him to get safely
to his subterranean retreat with his
plunder. Common piracy was not al
idea that anybody would entertain
No steam vessel could keep ahoat anC
coaled up over week without run
ming across cruiser. The spccia
conspiracy and the abandonment o
the San Pedro were therefore newt
able deductions. The purchase of tn
use of the San Pedro, the shipment 0
the men at New Orleans, the landing
of the men on the southern coast mus
all sooner or later focus the search a
New Orleans, But by that time h
would be out of sight.
Two facts were of special import
, The officer and boats crew that ha
! boarded the Corinthian had been pho
, tographed by one of the passengers o
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-08-11

the steamship, but while this fact had
been communicated to New York, the
photographs had been carried to Eng
land. The other fact was that the
passengers all had the impression that
the vessel and crew were Spanish and
had gone eastward.
Two days had not elapsed before the
two pirOgues with their masts cut off
were taken in tow by small side
wheeler and pulled up the river. They
were loaded with derricks and heavy
timber. Hendricks had inserted an
advertisement in the papers and twas
known he was purchasing material for
his improvements somewhere on the
Mississippi.
On the morning that the little side
wheeler went slowly up the river in
plain view of New Orleans, the United
| States cruiser Dakota picked up and
| identified some of the upper works of
the San Pedro in the gulf, and a sensa-
tional story appeared in a New York
, paper which stated that the conspiracy
to rob the English steamship had been
hatched in the United States treasury
department, and that the San Pedro
had transferred her cargo in the bay
of Campeachy and the treasure was
now hiding at or near the Bancas d
Sisal. off Yucatan.
Everything now depended on tn,
pirogues reaching the Wash bayou be
fore the true clew led to New Orleans
1t was northumberland journey
and the vessels crawled along at a pace
of only eight miles an hour. Hen
bricks himself went direct to Memphi
bv rail, and after several days of intol
erable anxiety and constant expecta
ton of meeting with the news that tn
plunder had been tracked to the river
( he had the satisfaction of see
ing his cargo from the hotel win
dow slowly and laboriously crawlin
, up the stream undisturbed.
He got aboard the steamboat abou
, ten miles above Memphis, and, fndin
! Capt. Blinn aboard, he having bee
similarly picked mp, they congratJ
b lated each other.
8 The vessels were run safely into th
4 Wash bayou at night unobserved, an
2 the whole energy Of Hendricks and h
q | confederates was then directed to th
- transportation Of the specie 20 n
e western end Of the Laran cave
p In spite Of the urgent need Of hast
s this was done deliberately and metho
p ically, and the wild, deserted cou
e try favored the task Mule teau
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-08-11

Just as caught sight of squatter's
cabin down the road | came upon a
man who had been chopping wood, and
soon learned that he was the squatter
himself As night was coming on |
asked if could be fed and lodged, but
he didn't answer until he had given me
good looking over. Then he said'
Stranger if it rested with me Id
be only too glad to take yc in, but as
it is I'm afraid yen hev to go TO miles
further"
81 see how it is" said-'large fam
ily and no accommodation for stran-
gers. That's all right, however"
81 hain't got no large fam ly, sab, and
we've got an extra bed all ready, but it's
on account of my ole woman. She's got
way with her"
IAN odd way?'
"Sorter odd, sah-sorter If should
take you in she'd want TO know II you
was Baptist. If you said you was, out
you'd hev to go"
"But I'm not Baptist
ut would be just the same If you
was a Methodist
"But I'm not"
"Presbyterian, then?"
mo"
"Universalist?"
"No."
"Seyen-Day Advent, mebbe?"
mo, again"
"Mebbe ye heven't got any rengur
'tall?" he queried as he scratched hii
head.
"No, l do not belong to any sect ol
creed"
"Jest a sorter common good maj
without any religun tall, eh?"
That's It. Your wife can't turn M
out doors on account of my belonging
TO this or that"
, Lord help ye, stranger" " he grooned
"but We couldn't stay five minits!"
why not?"
"Bekase she'd say that any man VII
i hadn't any religun tall was too blame
k onery fur us to keep over night! Sorr
$ fur We, as | said befo, but my ole won
n an is a critter with way, and recko
/, you'll hev to foot it along 70 miles
: SCOTS"
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-08-11

ocean grcyhounds spoke the Corinthlan
and got her story, the news would
reach New York and set the telegraph
in operation much too soon for his
safety. He had informed himself of
the position of all the government yes
sells and he knew that there was at
last accounts fast cruiser in Mobile
bay He, therefore, calculated as close
ly as he could the chances of the Cor
inthian being intercepted; for, dis
abled as she was, it would be her cap
tain's plan to put her in the route of a
westward-bound steamship.
lie betrayed his anxiety to the cap
tain, but that parsonage filed himself
with Medford rum and insisted that the
worst part of the job was done.
The first thing that Hendricks did
was to throw his guns overheard to-
gether with all his superfuous shot
and ammunition. He then got up steam
and stood off in a southeasterly direc-
ton until the Corinthian was hull
down, when he shifted his course and
went directly west.
There was another source of anxiety
in his crew, but here his matchless
cunning and self-reliance stood him
well in hand. He knew what he could
do with them if he got within American
waters, and they were equally anxious
with himself to get off the high seas
1t blew a stiff gale all the first nigh
and his vessel labored badly Finally
he took his captains advice, which wa
to save his coal till he wanted to shov
his heels to something and take it cas-,
under sail The consequence was tha
it was nearly six days before he strucl
the Gulf stream and he had not seen
puff of black smoke on the horizon
He had provided himself with fou
boats, and managed to land thirty o
his men with a thousand dollars O
American gold eagles in each man
pocket, at San Augustine in the night
They were as anxious as he to par
company, and with a thousand dollar
every man of them felt as rich as hi
leader. The moment he had reduce
his crew, he clapped ON steam, wer
down the coast and rounded Cape Fe5
well to the south. He is known to hay
landed a few more men somewhere O
the coast of southern Georgia, similarl
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-08-11

were providcd the two journeys were
made at night under guard, and IN
three days after the landing there were
two million nine hundred thousand
dollars in the Baran cave.
Hendricks plans for the immediate
use of some of the money arc in part
known. Three months before the rob-
berry of the steamship, he had, by some
scheme, managed to borrow six thou
sand dollars, which he converted into
gold and deposited in the First ma
tional bank of Memphis to be drawn
against. lie now went to the Second
national bank of Louisville, KY, with
the certificate of deposit and expressed
desire to change the specie from one
bank to the other as a matter of con-
venience. 1t was an ordinary business
transaction and created no suspicion,
He then instead of drawing the six
thousand from Memphis, made fresh
deposit of six thousand in Louisville
This gave him bank capital sufficient
for ordinary and immediate use in cur
rency, and the fact that he had not
withdrawn the money from one bank
to put it in the other either escaped
notice at the time or was not regarded
rs of any significance.
His next move was the formation OF
a s,ipposititious syndicate to purchase
the land in Tennessee for national
sanitarium. This project was exploit
ed in the Kentucky papers with great
cunning. A corporation of medical
men had surveyed the land and were
about to purchase it and erect mag
nifcent hotel, and they had made Mr.
Hendricks a handsome offer for it
While all this was maturing the woman
whom Laport had met as Miss Frank
lin was making purchases in New York
Boston and Philadelphia and shipping
goods to Memphis and Frankfort. lie
plan was to make small purchases a
|. widely separated stores, giving gold IL
payment and getting currency il
change. She must have sent to Hen
dricks during a month of operation
several thousand dollars in bills.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-08-11

at makes me think so much Of
Christmas" she said the morning OF
the Fourth of July.
"Of Christmas!' he roared, as he
mopped the perspiratiou from his face.
"Of course" she answered, sweetly.
well If you can tel! me any way in
which the Fourth Of July resembles
Christmas" /" he returned, I'll just about
buy you that new hat that you have
been asking for"
They are the only two days 10 the
year when you don't have any trouble
getting the children up iu the morn
ing" she replied.
She gets the hat, but be isn'tthrough
kicking himself yet.-Chicago POST
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-08-11
WE'D TO ART

II can never paint picture;"
So she said,
And she cut In twain tho canvas
She had spread
Put her paints and brushes by,
Had one little harmless cry,
Still she said: Resolved rm
Art to we'd"
$50 Ill write a wondrous poem
To the moon,
When itshines in solemn splendor
At nights noon.
Though l paint no., can write,
Now my poem I'll indite,"
And she rhymed the livelong night
"Moon-roon-spO
But she ne'er became poet
Her young head
Had sufficient sense 10 know IL,
So she said:
"Since I've missed the muse OF song,
And to art may not belong,
Would 1t then be very wrong,
Jim to we'd"
Now she makes her home picture
Cunning artl
Lives tender poem daily,
Fame apart
Better these than written rune,
Rhymed harmonlously with spoon,
Poems of love s honeymoon
or the heart
Mrs. NJ L. Rlyne, in Detrclt Free Press.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-08-11
A mnnIh-nr Amasen.

"No, Henrietta" said Sir. Meekton,
81 should not think Of encouraging
your ambitions to fight for your coun.
try, although ! admire your patriotism
aud 30 not question your ability.
81 suppose you doubt my bravery
''Not o BIT. But there's omething be-
sides fighting TO be considered. And
when think Of your being put urder
anybody else's orders, instead of tell
ing al the officers exactly how the war
ought 10 be run. it seems ike sheer nom
sense Washington Star.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-08-11
[ro BIZ ooNrINUEDl

Mrs. Cumso-Oh, how my head aches.
Mr.. Cumso labsorbed ia his news
paperl-Why don't you have It pullede
Mrs Cumso-It's my head, ] said.
Mr. Cumso lstill absorbed Have IL
hued. then -Harpera
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-08-11
[CoPYR1GHT, 1894 ]
CHAPTER VI.-CoNTINUED.

CHAPTER VL-CONTINUED.
To the captains utter amazement
twenty other passengers shouted;
ave, aye, shut off your steam
Even then some horrible suspicion OF |
the truth must have flashed upon the
wretched officers mind as he looked |
down upon this group. He caught the
rail moment with both hands, then
wheeled round and, folding his arms,
said to his companion on the bridge;
''Stop herr
AS if in anticipation of this the San
Pedro had slaclScned speed and was
now blowing a white cloud of steam.
For ten minutes everybody on the
Corinthian watched the vessels APP
proach each other and, when they
were less than a thousand feet apart,
every one could see the line of heads
along the smaller vessels taffTail.
The sea was unusually calm and
CLASSY, and presently boat manned
by six men put off from the San Pedro.
When the young man who repre-
sented the pirate had reached the deck
of the Corinthian he found himself
facing a crowd of men and women in
every condition of alarm and anxiety.
He was dressed in a blue shirt and
common duck trousers and glazed cap;
in his belt he carried regulation navy
revolver lie saluted the captain po-
litely and said, in pleasant voice:
II am instructed, sir, to ask you to
a xxyil
come alongside and remove your spe-
Gle. No harm will be done and no in
dignity offered to your crew or passen-
gers"
Damn your impudence, sir" re-
torted Capt. Jamison. I've a great
mind to chuck you into the sea myself.
Go back and tell your buccaneer that
a British captain sinks with his ship
and cargo. He doesn't hard them over
to the first cowardly rascal he meets.
"As YOU please, sir" the young man
replied. "Itwould be cruel necessity
to send this vessel and its people tc
the bottom"
He turned to go to his boat after
making another salute and one of the
passengers again interfered
1--WE object to the arrangement" he
said, "and are not going to be mur
dered on the high seas to save you
gold"
Whereupon twenty other passenger
armed with revolvers stepped out ant
repeated: aye, aye. Take the gold
but we want to reach our destination.
The upshot was that the captain an
his officers were locked in the cabin
the passengers ordered below and tn
San Pedro dashed alongside. It too
seventv-fve men two hours and hal
TO transfer the gold from one vessel t
another, and a sharp lookout was keI
for approaching steamships. Whe
the task was accomplished, the eI
gineers were ordered on deck an
three of the Pedro's crew went belo
and effectually disabled the mi
chinery Of the Corinthian. This too
another hour.
The last thing the pirates saw WI
the white hair of Capt. Jamison bloy
ing in the wind that had sprung I
from the northeast, as he shook h
fist al them. And the last words the
heard were: "I'n hang every dog
YOU before ! die"
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-08-11

II takes an kinds Of men 20 make
This world spin o. its AXIS.
same 70 10 fVht whle some atag hone
Ard rrumble e. the taEsa
-WashlnFicn EtaF,
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-08-11

No one knew so well as Hendricks,
who sat in the cabin Of the San Pedro,
tbat all this was child's play TO
vrbst was TO come. He had sixteen
hundred miles TO run. lie was loaded
heavily with coal and the gold had
weighted his vessel too seriously to
tbink Of getting anything like the
speed out Of her that be desired. She
was schooner-rigged and there was a
s,iH Wind blowing from the northeast.
mat was. in his favor But he calcu-
lates thatif one Of the westward-bcund
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-12-09

A man, who gave his name as
Albert Kauifer, was struck bv the
locomotive Of passenger train No. 2,
Thursday just as he was about
to crosse the tracks at the crossing
below the depot. kauffer was
muffled up to suh an extent that he
did not hear the apprO8ching train,
and was not on the track when
struck. but waH close enough to
come in contact with the snow pillow.
He was struck In the side and hip
knocking him down, and had the
train not been running very slowly
be would probably have been killed.
The extent of his injuries was not
known at last accounts. He stated
that he lived in Minneapolis. and
that he was here looking for work
He asked the station agent to send
him home, but when the agent tele.
graphed. to the superintendent for
authority to- ship him, that Oficial
instructed the station agent to turn
him over to the city authorities here.
1t ia thought that the man is not
dangerously hurt.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-12-09

Disease Of the Blood Resulting from Some Constitutional Taiu
Inherited or Acquired by Impoverished Blood which
is Always Shown by the afflicted Ones PaIor and
Emaciation How it ETay be Cured. ~~
From the Grorhtc, R,lshri;lc, Ind.

worth trying, they were worth . thorouxln
trial but Ill the medicine was never used.
by the time l had finished the secop6
box | found | was growing better. don't:
think | was ever more happy III my life than
over the fact was getting we'll. After taking.
the third box, the pain which had made life ..
q misery, had left me, and when had 6nisheG
the fifth box was WELL"
Neuralgia is the result of some constitu-.
tional faint which has been inherited. or
acquired. Ii il the direct result of an i'm.
pOverlsl,cl condition OF the blood which ~
alway" shown by the afflicted ones pallor and
enlaciuti0n. Any Part Of the body which haas
sensitive nerves may become affected.
Among the many forms Of this disease are
and locoinotor ataxia. Some of these were.
considered incurable until DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People were formulated. To-
such diseases by these pills.
No discovery Of modern times has proved,
such boon to women a. DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People. Acting directly on the.
blo0tt and nerves invigorating the body,
regulating the functions, they restore the
strength and health to the exhausted woman
when every effort of the physician proves an
availing.
For the growing girl they are of the IT.
most benefit, for the mother indispensable.
for every woman invaluable. DR.. Williamos'
Pink Pills are recognized everywhere - o.
specific for diseases Of the blood and nerves..
and have proved their efficacy in thousands,
of cases They are enc Of the greatest bleaD-.
ings ever bestowed upon mankind.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-12-09

4is Pearl Wood, popular young lady OF
Arlington, Indiana. Two years ago Miss
Wood became seriously afflicted with facial
neuralgia and was not relieved Of her sui.
fering until about eight months ago.
She says, ~ had fi.irly' good health until
two years ago when the facial neuralgia de.
veloped. 1t started with occasional pains
In my jaws and ] did not know what the
trouble WAS. I went to dentist, thinking
my teeth needed treating but the dentist said
such was not the cuse Ms it was facial neural.
gia. Our physician sai,l the same thing and
he gave me medicine which relieved the pain
for awhile.
"A few weeks later T woke up one night
with fearful pain in my head. trietl dit.
ferent remedies, but could not yet rid Of the
awful pain. managed to pull through, how
ever, till morning, when the doctor was sent
trouble and was apt to have a serious time
Of it. His prophecy proved true. | suffered
severely from this disease for many weeks.
The pains often came in the night and were
% severe that it was. impossible I" sleep.
We tried different doctor, hut he did me
no good. had read articles in the news.
papers concerning DR.. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People. aud although ! had never
read of cure Of any trouble similar to mine
through them, somehow felt thnt the pills
might benefit me. Some Of our ncighhors
had used them with successful results, and
decided to try them. sent to Rushville for
half dozen boxes I concluded If they were
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-12-09

It was a highly pleased, but not a
very large audience that filed out of
the Gross opera house ut the con-
clusiOn of the performance OF the ex.
ceeding laughable comedy my
Friend from india" Wednesday
evening. Walter e. Perkins, in the
title role, was Of course. the center
of interest. but the company as a
whole, notwithstanding that the
acting Of two members Of the c. st
were somewhat amateurish, was
one OF the best that has ever visited
this city. 1t is, az we have stated
before, unioI tuDate that such attrac-
lions do not receive the patronage
In this city they deserve. for It has a
tendaucy to keep other frstclass
companies away.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-12-09

Daniel Walstrum ard Alice Strand,
two young persons OF the town OF
Randall appeared at the clerk OF
courts office for II marriage license.
The bride elect was not OF sufficient
years to contract marriage Of her
own account. but she was accom-
panied by her parents, who gave
their consent. After the license was
issued the young couple proceeded to
the office VI Judge of Probate Rich
ardson, where they were united In
marriage.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-12-09

j. Burton went to theci,ies eater
day On business.
L Chas. fitzpatrick. ofRuyaltDU, rsvas
Ea city visitor Tuesday. s..
Roadmaster g. W. Downing. was
q city visitor Wednesday,.
I ca. Weyerhaeuser was ut Brain
erd Wednesday on business.
CA. Weyerhaeuser went ~ St.
Paul yesterday on business.
r G. w. Maesy went to Wadena
Tuesday evening on business.
Dan Mcclellan, of Wiu"na, was n
visitor In the city Wednes ."y.
|; Dr.. Chance made q professional
Isvisit to Swanviile Wednesday.
7 RID. Alusser returned yesterday
From u trip to the Twin Cities.
T Chas. Fish. Of Sank Center. was "a
Little Falls visitor yesterday.
T C.. Weyerhaeuser returned from
"a st. Paul visit Monday evening.
G. w. Maynard, OF Long Prairie,
was a Little Falls visitOr Tuesday.
Nick Hennen. OF Melrose, was n
kRuest Of.aOtel Buchanan Wednesday.
+ VIM. Reed returned Tuesday rven-
ing from u visit Of two days ut st.
Paul.
J.F. Taylor spent Tuesday night
in the city on his way home from the
cities.
Miss Edna Chounard went to Park
Rapids Wednesday for u visit with
friends.
"A. Lyman, OF Cedar Rapids, H.,
was registered ut the Buchanan
yesterday.
Dr.. Frank M. Phelps, Oi Fargo, N.
D., was registered at the Columbia
Wednesday.
DR.. w. H. Scruby, the st. Cloud
veterinary. was IN the city Tuesday
ON business.
Louis A. Larson, Of Duluth, state
boiler inspector, was In the city
"wednesday.
Mrs. Fred Stanxle returned yester.
day from visit with relatives at the
Twin Cities.
Miss Mary Fordice went to Royal
ton yesterday to visit with relatives
and friends. 49,
Samuel Mooers and Mrs. u. s.
AloOers, of Fl. Ripley, were city Wis
titors yesterday.
Mrs. F. x. Gouiet and children, OF
Staples. arrived in the city } yesterday
ON Il visit to relatives.
! Mrs. j. w. Cloee and children left
Monday evening for their future
thome at Spokane, Wash.
+ B. F. Nelson, Of Minneapolis, presi-
dent of the Hennepin papercOmpany.
was in the city yesterday.
J. "A. Kennedy came down from
Ruckman's logging camps III the
Rainy lake country Wednesday.
Miss Ada Archer. who has been
[emplOyed az trimmer In Mrs. A. Du-
mOnt's millinery store, left Wednes-
day for her home at ST.. Paul. =.