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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-07-28
A Regiment That Went to Battle Unarmed


While they We're in camp, before the
battle of Murf'eesboro, the Forty
fourth Mississippi Regiment, more
familiarly known among the men as
Blythe's brigade, was separated from
the camp on account of the measles.
In order to equip recruits, that were
constantly coming in, with the sorely
needed guns, the Forty-fourth was
practically disarmed, the intention
being to arm them later with guns ex-
pected from the rear. About this time
the Federals began the movement
from Nashville which brought on the
celebrated battle at Murfreesboro, and
when the brigade was ordered into
position an effort was hastily made to
arm the Forty-fourth, who had now
recovered their health, with the old
smooth-bore muskets. These the
regiment fatty declined to have, and
were then told that they would have
to 60 into the fight without arms.
This they did, and when the order to
charge was given went yelling and
bare handed across the field, but as
soon as a fallen foe-or friend, either
was spied he was promptly relieved
of his gun and accoutrements. So
that by the time the battle was over
the men were nearly all we'll armed
with new Springfield rifes.-Memphis
Commercial Appeal.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-07-28
Tackled q She-Bear.

Ralph Newman, trapper in the
Elk Creek country, Jackson County,
Oregon, had an exciting hand-to-hand
fight with a she-bear in her den the
other day. AS he was on his way
home the other evening, he saw the
bear on a sharp point of rocks over
hanging the river bank. Dropping on
his knee, he fred twice. The first
shot missed, but the second hit the
bear in the leg, and she rolled over
and apparently down the land side Of
the rock. Newman examined the
ground where the bear seemed to fall,
but could find no trace of his game.
He then climbed the point of rocks
until he came to rock-ribbed basin
about twelve feet deep. At the bot
tom of the basin was the bear and
with her were three cubs. Newman
was able to see that he had wounded
the bear just enough to make her full
Of fight. AS it was dusk. and as he
had doubts Of the outcome of single
handed conflict with the animal, he
deferred the attack until morning.
Early the next morning, Newman
accompanied by his wife, who knows
as we'll as her husband how to trap an
animal. went to the point of rocks and
besieged the she-bear and her cubs.
They carried trap, stout rope, and
two rifles. Newman examined the
basin and found o fair sized hole in
the bottom. Against this aperture
the trap was placed to head off the
young bears should they attempt to
escape. Newman then tied the rope
around his waist, and, with a gun in
one hand and torch in the other, de-
scended into the hole to do battle with
the bear. Newman had hardly OBJ
tained foothold in the bottom of the
hole before the bear made for him.
The first stroke of her ponderous paw
put out the light and Newman and his
game settled their differences in total
darkness. Newman escaped hug
ging by retreating into corner where
he had an opportunity to fire shot.
It caught the big bear in the throat
and took all the fight out Of her. Two
more shots finished her. Then the
trapper killed the cubs and carted his
game to Eagle Point. The she-bear
weighed 500 pounds.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-07-28

How EaGan Won Prornotion-The Modocs
Gave Him the Chance and Mckinney
Gave Him the Reward-Tigcr stories
That One Hears in Nladiyostock.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-07
HUMAN BEINGS
 SOLD AT AUCTION
Florida COnvictS Are Put on the Block and Knocked Down to the Highest Bidder as
 in Slavery Days.

NEW YORK; Jan GA special Herald from West Palm Beach, Florida auctoned off 40 being perhaps the olden chattes worth this temporary slaves They had been brought here from the western part Of the State be sold to tropical 
  bidding at auctions would bid else bid higher he
 
  indifferent while abbodied had
  white the crowd and they the saloW They of them and they secured fairly good masters things
 halfa day
  the n 
 off
 
 
 miserable, O release until dark chains and fed
 
 pineapple plantations in nd Worth
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-07
ROBBED BY A
 NIGHT CLERK Cash and Bonds Stolen From an Express
 Office. Valuables Intended for Trans mission by Train Taken by
 an EnplOye. Annonq the Things Carried of by the Absconder Are Five Chicago
 Gas Bonds.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, Jan. 6-The American Express Company was robbed to-day of s1O.5O2 and Clark Braden Jr., trusted employe, is missing. Central officers and private detectives are hunting for him.
 Three days ago the night manager in charge of the office at Forty seventh street and Madison avenue was taken i'll. and Braden, clerk of the company for more than ten years, was temporar- ilv substituted. This office the com pany uses as a clearinghouse for all it's matter sent or received from the Grand Central station. Among the parcels to be sent out on the 6:30 train on the Hudson River road this morning were several containing cash to the amount of s55S2, and one containing five 5000 Chicago gas bonds. It was Braden's place to take. these packages to the train, return to the office and re- main on duty until o'clock
 When the day employees arrived Braden was not in the office. The safe was locked. There were no receipts for valuable packages by the morning train, although the books showed that several such parcels had been received at the office.
 At first the absence of Braden and the receipts were set down to careless ness. But a few minutes later the leather bags which had contained the packages were found under some other freight. They had been cut open and the money and bonds taken.
 That the robbery was hastily carried out is shown by the fact that $25, ,000, mostly in cash, was left in the safe and that the bonds were taken.
 Notices were sent to every bank and financial institution in the country warning them against purchasing the stolen gas bonds.
 CHICAGO, Jan. 6.-The Chicago po- lice were requested this evening by the Pinkerton Detective Agency to appre- hend Clark Braden Jr., the absconding night clerk of the American Express Company in the New York office In stead of a s1,000,0O0 robbery, as ru- mored at first, the loss suffered by the express company through the clerks disappearance, the Pinkertons allege. $30,000. According to the statement made by the detective agency of the amount taken by Braden S25, ,000 was in currency. including five $1OO and five 5000 gold bonds of the Consumers Gas Company of Chicago
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-07
AGED LOVERS
 BOUND TO WED Find an Obstacle in the Law With Regard
 to DivorceS. Michael McDonough Refused a License, Mrs. Baker Tries
 Her Luck. Sonona's County Clerk Must Show Cause Before the Superior
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SANTA ROSA, Jan. 6.-Late this afternoon Michael McDonough, aged 70 years, walked into the County Clerks office here and told MT. Full ton that he wanted a license to wed Mrs. Susie Baker. aged 53. who is a well-known resident of Healdsburg. Although MT. McDonough is quite an old man. he looked as if he meant bus mess, so the County Clerk began mak- ing out the document without further ado. That official asked McDonough a few questions as he proceeded with the work, however. one being whether he or Mrs. Baker had been divorced within the past year.
 Upon finding that Mrs. Baker had been granted her freedom from her former spouse only a few months ago, the Clerk refused to proceed further with his partially completed task, on the grounds that recent law forbids the marriage of persons divorced with in a year.
 McDonough stormed but the Clerk was obdurate, whereupon the old gen. tleman left the Courthouse with blood in his eye. About an hour later, and just as Judge Dougherty of the Su- perior Court was preparing to ad- 1ourn, MrS. Baker, accompanied by her counsel, R. W. Miller, appeared before the court and demanded and secured an alternate writ of mandate direct ing County Clerk Fulton to appear be- fore the court tomorrow morning and show cause why he should not be com pelled to issue the license without fur ther loss of time.
 Mrs. Baker says that as McDon- ough tried and failed to secure permis- sion for them to wed, she thought she would just take a hand herself.
 The outcome of the case Is awaited with interest here, where the parties are we'll known. McDonough Is resi- dent of Geyserville and one of his sons is proprietor of the Sotoyome House at Healdsburg, while another is a con- | ductor on the Donahue Railroad.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-07
WOMAN AWFUL DEATH BY FIRE Burned to a Crisp During Her Husbands Ab-
 Sence.
The Roasted Remains Nearly DevOured by Wildcats
 and Coyotes.
Terrible Hone-Conaing Of a Colusa Man Who Had Been Search
 ing for Work.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

GRASS VALLEY, Jan. 6.-Particu- lars of a most horrifying casualty were brought to town tonight by Coroner Hooking. A woman burned to death, her child frightfully burned about the face and from which injuries it will die, and husband and father frantic with grief. briefly tells the story. On Tuesday last Paul Vetch, who with his family resided in small dwelling six teen miles south of here on the Colfax road, came to Grass Valley in an en- deavor to secure employment in one of the mines. Being unsuccessful, with his brother he started for home on Wednesday afternoon, reaching there after dark. He expected to see a light in the house, but there was none to greet him. The husband entered the rear door and called to his wife, but there was no response. Thinking she had perhaps retired Vetch told his brother to strike a match while he went to the front room, but his wife was not there. Again he called her by name, and no answer coming he was mortified with fear.
 Running out to the back door once again his calls met with no reply, and II. going about fifty feet Vetch stumbled upon his Wife's inanimate body The sight that met his eyes wasstoo awful to describe. Every stitch of clothing had been burned from the woman's body, only her shoes remaining The lower portion of the woman's body had been burned to a crisp, her legs be- ing twisted into peculiar shapes by the heat. The face and head were not ht1y~ ,ad hut 7fcrI have been, for they but furnished food for ravenous coyotes and cats The head was torn and presented a terrible sight.
 Search was next made for Vetch's four-month-old child, which was found in its cradle almost naked with its head badly burned and chilled through from exposure. as the woman in rushing out of the building had left the doors wide open. Kind neighbors were summoned and re- vived the child, but it is doubtful if 1t will live.
 r It Is believed the woman was starting a fire in the fireplace and in doing so her dress caught fire, enveloping her in flames, and that in her frantic ef- forts she probably threw a piece of the burning dress on her baby's head. The woman undoubtedly tried to get out of the house by the front door but it being locked she escaped through the rear door. Appearances indicate that she had rolled on the ground several times, hoping to smother the flames. when she finally lost strength and con sciousness and was burned to a crisp.
 The Coroner's inquest brought in a verdict in accordance with the above facts. Mrs. Vetch was 23 years of age and a native of California. Her maiden name was Annie Cook. and she had been married to her husband about if teen months.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-07
OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE
 OF THE PACIFIC COAST.
HIborn Introduces q Bill Granting Pension to the Widow Of Lieutenant
 Robinson

WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 6.-Rep- resentative Hilborn to-day introduced a bill granting a pension to Cora Rob- inson, widow of Lieutenant Leonidas K Robinson, of the revenue cutter ser vice, who was drowned in Alaska The pension asked is S15 month.
 The pCstoffice at Baden. San Mateo county, has been changed to South San Francisco.
 By direction of the Acting Secretary of War, Private William E. Bennett, Company B. First Infantry, now at Benicia Barracks, Cal, will be dis charged the service of the United States on receipt of this order by the commanding officer of his station.
 Pensions have been granted as fol- lows: California, original-Phillip Rich, San Luis Obispo, s6. Mexican war widows-Frances Hudson, Lakeport, $S; Carmen l.. Hert, San Francisco. sS.
 Oregon, original widows, etc.-Orpha M Gardner, Hillsboro. sS. Mexican war survivors, increase-James R. Brown, Grants Pass, sS to SIP. G. w. Garside of Juneau. Alaska, Is at the Riggs House.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-07
HAD K0 BEARING UPOH
 SENATORIAL cAEDIDATES.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6.-The annual meeting of the Los Angeles county branch of the National Republican League was held this evening It had been intimated that the annual cleo tfon of officers for the branch would have some bearing upon the candidacy or the two aspirants from Los Angeles county for the United States Senator ship, Robert w Bulla and Henry IT
 Gage, but the fact that officers were elected by exclamation as follows dis sipates this rumor: President. s. M
 Haskell, Pomona; secretary, Lester L. Robinson, Los Angeles; first vice-pres- ident, Gilbert E. Overton; second vice. president, Walter F. Haas; third vice president, James B. Scott; financial secretary, A. J. Wheeler; treasurer. e. M. Giffen. w J. Variel, R. N. BulIa and R. A. Long delivered addresses.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-07
Rncin1 nf New QrLeans.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 6.-Light rains last night made the track trifle slow to- day. In the fourth race Ultimata fell within ten feet of the finish, but both boy and horse escaped injury.
 Six furlongs-J. A. Gray won, David second, Sallie Clicquot third. Time, 1:23.
 Six furlongs-Tabouret won, Wilson sec ond, Eitholin third. Time. 1:161a.
 One mile and a quarter, over five hurdles-Brakeman won, Repeater sec ond, Zaldivar third. Time, 2:21A.
 Selling, one mile and one-sixteenth-Sis- ter Stella won, Viscount second, Sister Clara third. Time, 1:511e
 Seven and one-half furlongs, selling pr. Sheppard won, Sea Robber second, Albert S. third. Time, 1:37.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-07
LiGHTSHIP 50 fS
 FORMALLY ACCEPTED
WIT Shortly Be Put m Commission on tbe Columbia River-Steam Schooner
 for AiaskuH Trade.

ASTORIA, Jan. 6.-The Columbia River iightship. No. 50, which has been under repairs for several months. was finished to-day and formally ac- cepted by the Government. She will be put in commission again as soon as the new inspector of this district. Captain George c. Riddle, appoints a captain and crew for her.
 M. M. Picken to-day chartered by wire with San Francisco the steam schooner Protection, which will arrive here January 27 and run between As toria and Alaska It is understood that this is the first of a fleet of vessels to ply from this port in the Alaska trade.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-07
SANTA CLARA DEMOCRATS
 PREPARING FOR BATTLE
Mil Tnke nn Active Part in the First cjtv Election to Be Held in San Jose
 Under the New Charter.

SAN JOSE, Jan. 6.-The Democratic County Central Committee will meet tomorrow afternoon and make ar engagements for taking an active part in the city election to be held in April. The election will be the first under the new charter, and at that time a nom mating board of fifteen is to be select ed to fill the appointive offices which at this time will be named by the Mayor.
 The campaign promises to wax warm, and 1t is to get the local Dem ocratic party in good working order for the fray that the meeting was called so early. The new primary election law directs that certain per sons shall be selected to serve at the various precincts, and this and other details will be the first attended to.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-07
Disappears From San Luis obisoo.

SAN LUIS oBISPO, Jan. 6.-This city is troubled over the disappearance of Neil Kjal-, well known citizen Kjar left a note to his wife stating that he would probably never see her again and that she would find s400 on de- posit in the bank. Kjar took a consid- erable sum of the mopey which he had on deposit.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-07
NEW TO-DAY.

A man cannot run
 away from Death. If he would con. quer it he must stand and fight with the weapons of common sense and science. Thou. sands of men and women try to es- 'cape Deaths most a~%,-A a~art oAu
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-07
Foundered in the Mediterranean.

MARSEILLES, Jan. Tt is report ed that large steamer, as yet uniden- tified. has foundered with all hands off Beaudoc, in the Mediterranean.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-07

sumption, by running away. They flee from one climate to another, and from one end of the world to the other, forgetting their demon is within them and not to be escaped from by change of locality. Con- sumption has been pronounced incurable. It is not It is curable and without change of climate If the proper remedy is resorted to, in reasonable time.
 oS per cent. of all cases of consumption are cured by Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It goes to the seat of the roub- le. It cures all disorders of the digestion. It makes the appetite keen and the assimi- lation of the food perfect. It ilis the blood with life giving clements. 1t is the great blood purifier, flesh builder, and nerve-in- vigorator It acts directly on the lungs. IL not only cures consumption, but all other wasting diseases due to improper nourish- ment. All good druggist sell it.
 "I have used one bottle of your Golden Med. ical Discovery and am now on the second one, 1" writes Amanda E. Biankenship, of TemPleton; Dyer Go. Tenn. I am pleased to say that have received more benefit from 1t than from all the medicine have taken from our home doctors in the last twelve months"
 Whoever would like complete medical library in compact form should send for Dr, Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser. This is a book of I,ooS pages, illustrated with more than 300 drawings and colored plates. Dr. Pierce is one of the best known medical men in the United States. The best of what he knows is boiled down " in this book. He talks to you in plain En- glish of all the sickness you ever heard of. Several chapters relate to the physiology of woman's reproductive organs. This book, until recently, sold for SI. 50. At this price 6So 900 copies were sold. Now an enor- nous edition in paper covers is to be distrib- uted absolutely FREE. Send 2I e-cent stamps to the Worlds Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y, to pay the cost of mailing onLy. If copy in fine French cloth with embossed covers is desired, send 10 cents extra-3I cents in all.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-26
neNrrR GrowN> rRoeLEn

From Tue Topeka STAG l'Hr1-
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trrtor's arms while a shower ~ kisses Mt ~ i,ss
ralp,d upon her upturned i1'' j. M'u'G hsrk MO
but a minute. lud Brown WHi.l .iA"'"e' ""
his ci.iu. cHb and pull uu. - rd ths
TIL h.,. been going "n TOT -'i'' . my hat hs
fireman has hr.pm. go .tcrurt1ucb 20 i. 10 an.
would reach over open thr throttle ana x. u nnon
zine started AS To, engineer would chhp 80, va,
the seat in IN, cab. ON" ulsh fnB 80 took his
absent from the run AMI another "hsneGG' ,bs new
place When ia. crossing w1H ir''hru -" aoman
engineer stopped 1nd whi~i'I ana 81"
cmrre,. from the shadow 81 the Ure
'.What'. that" he asked the UteWan' - Lsssi"
"Wh, its Browns girl waiting 70 70 The en-.
rep,ed the fireman and h" t\pl''nc" "
gincer all about H. ,,, run Il guess
well said the new man on in' ia'hh T.. climbed
cnu kiss her Is we'll rs Brown anu =, lad
down out Of the cab and after 'nt S outside the
heard several loud explosions from t liz the cab
engineer cam" clLmDcrhs '''"
chuckliug To himself ,,, The run foi
several days and when the CIR Si,ht and mona
came that he had \ mustachr On, ,,'h, again ne
IN, next night and then must, ,',yn is trynS
et,rv am, ont and now Engineer hlo"' ~ me lins
to figure out how many % the engineers W
have been kissing has sweetheart
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-26
now NE BIILT THE ROiD.

From Tho Washington star
WashnrtOn who put III ven 'nr''m,,od
soldcring IN the Regular Army Of NE ,, ' nov
S,aie. I've years Of the frontier WIN w IT,
All ~ Indian campaigning and ia" oih"r h'' III
The heavy artillery. was recently appoIh." ,i,'nn
Tain ard Assistant Adjutart General IN th' N"d""
Ter service and be Is now attached 10 lh' an VI
(;en.rd, Miles He IL IA man OF ablil'S anu So,
EInnrctrntionsness a few days before ne d2in'n
rs uniform he went over TO Fort Mcfirnty' Ian,
more on official business. War Depir he,'
clerk went along with him. When the TWO mn al,
rived Al Fort McIcnry the new captain I'oih'e' W
n long shell road that runs through the post
'Do you that road asked the captain
: "Yes' ,, :. ..s q. a
) "VrlI made that whole road myself II was as
tough 4 FOB As ! performed. ana az pi'ufi d
period bat IT did n heap Of cool ! was scrV.
fng with an artillery regiment part OF WhIch was
xtati TONED here. and night when was on 8uhru
tn officer of the day crcp; up on me unawares ana
found me sitting down pile OF Suhny SACK
Dcelecting my post. got general court-mar tiM
for neglect 81 duty post. and was sentenced 10
six months in the GuardhOuSe My sentence ucKen
s1he Old provost sergeant nightly, for he was IN
oecd of a steady prisoner to build mat ROAD. ]
buil it. and crunched many million oyster shells
Suding it, never find myself feeling chesiy ana
high and mighty. and all that SORT OF thins that
Cont shut my eyes and think OF inns she4i roam
's,ver in Fort NriIenrv.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-26
.iGUINALDO.

From The cleveland Plain Dealer
We rather like your sy'e'
Agunaldo ,,.
you are at il all the whlle'
Agunaldo. I'll,
You step right out ana nsn night
And you hit with an yo"' sight,
And YOU make the DonS S'e"'
Agunaldo.
And when alrs said and do"''
AguinaldO.
Well remember YOU. my so"'
Agulnaldo: c,m
You're the friend OF Uncle o,ra''
And yon'll find he's not a clam an,
~ Whei, he hands around THO '"''7
Aguinaldo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-26

you can leave her laundry with me. and IN
that she gets it," ''' Ill ses
"Wcli." said the woman who had hrou,s, .
clean linen there's 81 ~ luc" 'sn' the
That pat new Light On affairs. The poli,o
man turned 20 fellow boarder and said. 90 Young
take this for Miss SwnorfOn." '"! you
NO hanks. replied the friend "Tye d,,.
bofOrci' And the whole assembly laughed ,e mat
the discontinue Of the polite young man "''eh 10
"Wcl it's one on mo" he finally said 81
produced the 81 So But he never ans,vS aa he
dOOrDcll. ''S me
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-26
THE OBLIGING YOUNG MAN.

s;rom The Chicago Journal.
Af,e~ dinner half dozen OF the colony In the
North Side fashionable boarding house had as
ssmbled in the parlor to discuss the war ana
ri her questions The dcOrbell rang. and an Oblg
ing young man hurried to answer 1t was the
laundry woman.
as Miss SwnertOn in ?" she asked
ono ma am" said the polite young fellow, but