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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-01-13
DECISION AGAINST QUAY.

Pennsyivmnia Supreme Court Dismisses
Application For Ccrtiorari.
A Philadelphia dispatch says: The
supreme court Tuesday dismissed the
application in the Quay conspiracy
case for n writ of certiorari.
The petition of the defendants,
United Senator NJ. S. Quay, r. r..
Quay and Benjamin b. Haywood,
averred that on account of political
prejudices they were of the belief that
they could not obtain n fair and i'm
partial trial in the Philadelphia court
Of quarter sessions where the suit
against them was instituted
There was no dissenting opinion.
The charge againt the defendants is
that of conspiracy with John s. Hop
kins, the cashier of the Peoples bank,
who committed suicide in March last
in the misuse of state funds on de-
poSit in that bank. The defendants
were placed under arrest in October
last, and as n result of n preliminary
hearing entered bail for trial
The court in its opinion holds that
1t has no authority to review the ac-
tion of the court below on the demur-
rcrs and the motion to squash.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-01-13
ALL RELATIONS SEVERED.

Filipinos Will Have Nothing Moro to Do
With the Americans.
The Filipino committee at Hong
Kong, according to n dispatch, has
broken off all relations with the
United States consul, Rounsevello
Wildman.
The committee issued a writ in the
supreme court to recover the sum of
$4,000 which the Filipinos claim to
have deposited with Mr.. Wildman as
treasurer of the Filipinos indepen-
dence funds, in June last.
The members of the committee fur
ther allege that sensational disclosures
are probable showing they add that
the American government recognized
the Filipinos as belligerents by afford
ing them assistance in arms and moral
influence to cooperate against Spain,
thus indorsing the agreement made
with Aguinaldo at Singapore in April.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-01-13
FLANAGAN'S NECK SAVED.
Judge Gambler Grants ~ Continuance o.
Double Murderer's Case.

Judge Gambler Grants u Continuance OF
Double Murderer's Case.
In the fourth trial at Decatur, Ga, =,
of Edward Flanagan, the double mur-
derer, Judge Gambler granted mo-
ton for continuance.
The granting Of the motion virtually
ended that noted case, and it is be-
lieved by the prosecuting attorneys
that flanagan will now never hang,
but will finally be sent to the insane
asylum.
This sudd.n IN turn in the case was the
result Of a strong" legal fight, and re-
suited in securing decision from the
court which was paramount to a dec
laration that Flanagan is now mentally
unable to stand trial, and this, SO it is
thought, means that he will never be
arraign"d for trial again on the charge
of murder.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-01-13
CHICAGO PLATFORM REAFFIRMED.
Massachusetts Democratic Indorse tho
Work of Col. w. j. Bryan

Massachusetts, Democratic Indorse tho
Work OF Col. w. j. Bryan.
The democratic state committee of
Massachusetts, met at Boston Tuesday
and organized for the current political
year.
A resolution was adopted declaring
that the committee 'reafirms its allie
glance to the great principles of democ-
racy as snunciated in the party's ma
tional platform adopted in Chicago in
1896 and the last state convention at
Worcester; and takes special pleasure
in recording their appreciation and in
dorsement of the splendid campaign
waged in behalf of the peoples rights
by their intreped champion, who ranks
in merit and esteem with the historic
leaders Of the democracy, Col. w. J.
Bryau."
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-01-13
MENINGITIS EPIDEMIC.

Twelve Cases Of the Disease In Albany.
Ga, Result Fatally.
There is an epidemic of meningitis
in Albany, Ga.
Twelve cases have been reported i'm
the past ten days. All Of the twelve
patients died. There were seven
deaths in one day. All of the patients,
except one, were negroes.
The Albany physicians say the out
look is very alarming. No satisfactory
explanations of the epidemic has been
suggested rs yet. Every effort is be-
ing made to prevent the further spread
of the disease, which is sweeping the
section of tho city in which the me-
groes live.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-01-13
SHARKEY WHIPS M'COY.

irish Pugilist Now Has IL Chance For
Championship Honors.
A New York dispatch says: Tom
Sharkey, the American sailor, now
stands the only heavyweight posi-
bility for championship honors and
the title now held by Bob Fitzsim-
mons. He whipped Kid Mccoy good
and hard in the tenth round of what
was to have been n twenty-round bnt-
tie, and by doing so the Irish Ameri-
can pnglist forged his way so posi-
lively and undeniably to the front
rank that Fitzsimmons must now CON
slider the sailor pugilist's claim.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-01-13
ADMIRAL DEWEY'S SWORD
Is Turned Over to Secretary Long By
Tiffany & Co, the Makers.

Is Turned over to Secretary Long by
Tiffany & Co, the Makers.
The sword Of honor voted to Rear
Admiral Dewey, the naval hero of
Minila, by Joint resolution OF congress
in June last, was received at the navy
department Tuesday from the makers,
Tiffany & Co., of New York, and has
been placed on exhibition in the office
of the secretary of the navy.
1t is said to he one OF the finest
specimens of the sword-makers' art
ever seen in this country.
With the exception of the steel blade
and the body metal of the scabbard,
tho weapon is composed entirely of
twenty-five karat gold.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-01-13
MINE WORKERS DISAGREE.
Delegates Wranglr Over Appointment OF
Credentials Committee.

Credentials Committee.
The bitter wranglc over the appoint
ment of the credentials committee,
which occupied the entire session of
the national convention of United
Mine Workers nt Pittsburg, Pa, Mon
day WAS renewed Immediately upon
the opening of the convention Tues
day Charges of unfairness were
freely made by the anti-administration
factions and these accusations were
promptly denied by President Ratch-
ford, Acting President Mitchell and
Secretary Treasurer Pearce.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-01-13
INSPECTION ORDERED by WILSON
Canned Meats to Ee Analysed by the
Agricultural Department..

canned Meats to Be Analyzed by the
Agricultural Department.
Secretary Wilson has directed Chem
ist Wiley, of the department of agri-
culture, to purchase canned meat in
the open market in Washington, the
products of the same concerns as
furnished it to the government during
the war, and after identifying such
purchases rs the products of the same
parties that supplied army expedi-
tions, to make analysis of the cans
contents to determine if they were
treated by chemicals. This action on
the part of secretary Wilson is wholly
voluntary
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-01-13
CONVICTS ASSAULT GUARD.
Dcnard's Skull Was Crushed and Six
Prisoners Break Away,

PrIs0hers BreRk Away,
Mr.. Jep Denard was fatally hurt by
II convict Sunday night on Mr.. w. j..
Adams plantation, eighteen miles
north of Washington, Ga. Mr.. Den
ard was convict guard for Mr.. Adams
and while he convicts were eating
supper one of them slipped up behind
Mr.. Denard and knocked him on the
head with some heavy instrument,
crushing his skull. Immediately six
of them escaped. going in different di-
rections.
One of them was captured Monday
morning and lodged in Jail.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-01-13

Two cotton mills (total capacity 100,.
600 spindles-one mill the largest in the
South) one oil mill, one knitting mill,
one brick plant, two banks, ten churches
FIVE schools, artesian water.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-02
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Theodore Roosevelt, despite his van
tiles, has SO much endeared himself to
the American people by his cheerful
optimism that the president of his
alma mater once saw fit to make apol-
ogy for it. The subsequent events
nave shown that the student was the
master of the sage, the scholar the
head of the school. This notable cir
eumstance probably had more effect in
shaping RoOsevelt's public career than
all he learned within it's walls, and
Will certainly do him a vastly greater
service than any parchment diploma
which that ancient institution could Of
fer. For had President Eliot seen fit
to laud Roosevelt's course on the Mon
roe doctrine instead of to deprecate it,
that plucky young American might
well have asked with Daniel O'ConneIl,
What have I done wrong now?"
Since leaving Harvard Roosevelt has
been more familiar with the herd book
than with Horace, yet he has found
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-02
QUEER GAME OF BALL.
The Philippine Natives Have a Game
of Their Own.

It was my good fortune today to wit
ness a remarkable game of match ball
between the natives. | came upon
them in little green spot near by
while the game was in progress. 1t
was easily understood, but most won
drOus was the playing. There were
but four engaged, two against two, one
feet apart, surrounded by crowd of
spectators. One of the players, on the
left, was just serving the ball, a very
light one of leather, small and with
corrugated surface He did it with
light toss. 1t was received by one Of
the opponents, not with his hand but
with his foot, in a most curious man
ner. Judging the ball quickly, he pre-
pared to receive it by leaning we'll for
ward in a STOPPING posture. The ball
described circle and dropped square
ly between his shoulders behind him.
Turning slightly to one side, not his
read, but his body, he made a kick up
ward with such swiftness that the eye
could not follow the movement, strik-
ing and delivering the ball almost N
a straight line to the server, who re-
ceived and drove it back in the same
manner. Eighteen times did the ball
pass back and forth before a.miss was
scored. AS a display of Judgment,
quiclness and agility, it passed belief,
when it is rememb ered that when the
ball passed the back of the head it was
lost to the view of the player. A miss
counted one for the opposing side; ten
was the game. 1t took them, alter
mating between the four players, an
hour and twenty-five minutes to run
out the score. I had never read nor
heard of this game before, and as an
exhibition of skill [ believe it is the
peer of any field game known.-M Manila
Soldier Letter
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-02

capture GLORIOUS coincidence!
Havana, which was assaulted by both
land and sea. Altogether ne army
received e 500, 155 lis Id and the navy
X ooo,USz lis 4d. The earl OF Abe
marie, who commanded the army, and
MS second in command received the
same sums respectively as Admiral
Pocock and Commodore Keppel, but
the 21,1OO private soldiers who took
part in one affair got "a Is Sd each.
The Glorious First OF June" fought
on a Sunday did not yield much in
the way Of prize money. Each Of the
sailors received 2 guineas, which does
not sem adequate for the gallant work
accomplished, while each of the petty
officers received $40 and each of the
warrant officers G25.
There is no record of the amount
which Lord Howe secured, but it is
known that the victory earned him an
earldom, a 3,000-guinea sword with a
gold chain and medal from the king,
and thanks of both houses of parlia-
ment and the freedom Of the city OF
London in gold box. Lord Howe
was u when he gained this great vic
tory over a strong French fleet.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-02

New Orleans, La, Dec. 28.-The 95th
anniversary of the raising of the Amer
lean flag in this city is one of special
interest this year, for the entire west is
preparing for a monster celebration of
the coming centennial of the Louisiana
purchase. Governor Stephens of Mis-
souri, has addressed the governors of
all the states formed out of the Louis
lana purchase, asking them to name
delegates to a convention in ST. Louis
Jan 10 for the purpose of formulating
a request to congress to sanction a eel
ebration on a national scale. The flag
which was raised in New Orleans 95
years ago last Wednesday had II stars
and IL stripes, one for each of the
states then in the union. 1t was not
until 1912 that the flag of Is stripes
was declared the national emblem.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-02

one of the most serviceable of the
city's hospitals. Colonel RooseyeIt's
debut in public life was conceived with
the view of making manifest the inf1u-
ence of the scholar in city politics; and
in this purpose he succeeded sufficient
ly to give increased power to the may
or of New York and to take away from
the aldermen the power of confirming
appointments. He was also the candi-
date of the republican party for mayor
of New York in 1886, his opponents be-
ing Henry George and Abram S.
Hewitt
Col. Roosevelt, however, was des-
tined to be identified with New York
politics later on. But meantime he
was making the, most of his opportuni-
ties to shape his own and the country's
future. Two years after leaving Har-
ward Roosevelt wrote history OF the
naval war of 1872. The book took
high literary rank and paved the way
for his entrance into public service
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-02
MONGOLIAN SEA ROBBERS.
In China Their Business Is Neither
Hard Nor Dangerous.

Probably never since Canton was
open to foreign trade, says Mr.. Consul
Brennan in his report on the trade Of
the city, has piracy been so rife as
during the last year. The boldness of
the pirate is, however, surpassed by
the apathy of the provincial govern
memt. Perhaps the word piracy is
scarcely applicable to the acts of these
adventurous robbers. They have no
armed craft of their own with which to
give chase and run down their victims.
The usual plan is for band of half a
launch disguised as honest men. When
a suitable spot is reached they throw
off their disguise, overawe the crew
and passengers by fiourishing regolvers,
and then half the party stand by ready
to shoot while the rest proceed to
search the passengers and their lug
gage, and when they have taken all
they want they transfer themselves to
another boat or land near friendly
village, where a division of the spoils
takes place. They are not devoid of a
certain chiyalrous feeling. Cases have
been known where, after having
robbed some rich passengers and made
a good haul, they have restored to the
poorer passengers what had already
been taken from them. On other oc-
casions they have overpowered the
master and crew of a launch and "bor-
rowed' the use of the vessel for a few
hours, during which they have over
hauled junk known to have valuables
on board. Having pillaged the junk,
they have steamed away to their own
village, and before landing they have
offered to pay the master for the time
his launch has been detained The
owners of passenger boats are now
given to engaging some old pirate as
a detective. He points out suspicious
looking characters whom it is better
not to take on board, and keeps in
check any of his own friends who may
have been premeditating a coupe
London ST. James Budget.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-02

time while administering law to the
ranchers and rough riders of the west,
to make more notable contributions to
American literature than any public
man of today, and finally to win glory
in war and political success in his own
state. But he is no mere dilletante
maker of books and fine phrases.
Whether as a rancher on the banks
OF Bitter creek, or as chief of that de-
partment at Washington which aims
to purify the spoils system and to re-
form the public service, or as the sec
ond in the navy department or at the
head of the rough riders up San Juan
hill, Colonel Roosevelt has invariably
proved himself to be man of convic-
ions and courage. Il would rather
see this administration turned out be-
cause it enforced the laws, than to see
it succeed in violating them is char
acteristic phrase Of the man, and which
gives his character in nutshell.
Phrases like this might be culled from
his sayings, but it would be only a
rosary of Roosevelt's manly straight
forward qualities. He speaks as
straight as he shoots, and Roosevelt's
record as a cowboy is % bullseyes out
of possible 25, while astride mus
tang in full gallop.
His first step after leaving Harvard
with the blessings of the faculty, was
to mend New York politics. For two
hundred and fifty years the name of
Roosevelt has been connected with the
business interests of the metropolis.
1t is a name associated with one of the
oldest of New York's streets, and with
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-02

several times since that historic day in
1882, when at the mouth of the Mis-
sissippi, La Sale took formal posses
sion of the country drained by that
river, and called it by the name of
his sovereign, Louis XIV, of France.
The name has for several years now
been restricted to single state of the
union. In 1903, when Louisiana was
bought of France, the name covered
virtually all the territory between the
Mississippi and the Pacific ocean, with
the exception of what is now Texas,
New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada
and California. There was also a mi
mute fragment on the east side of the
river near its mouth. It covered this
extent for the preceding 40 years, or
since the end of the war in which
France was driven off the mainland of
the American continent, when Frances
possessions east of the Mississippi went
TO England and those west to Spain
Under La Sales delimitation Louis
lana comprised the entire Mississippi
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-02
NAVAL PRIZES BRITONs WON.
Rich Hauls in Marine Fights of a Cen
fury Ago.

The amount of the prize money
CLEANED by America from the recent
war with Spain is comparatively trif-
ling. Admira4 Sampson is the one to
be most congra tulated from a pecun-
larry point of view, his share of the
receipts" of the Cuban blockade
amounting to the respectable sum of
$4,000, to which can be added a mat
ter OF $4,000 as the result of his eff
forts in the battle of Santiago.
Though Admiral Dewey gained such a
complete victory at Manila, the yield
in bounty only provides him with
$4,000, while Admiral Schley will have
to be content with $4,000. The COM
manders of the various American
ships engaged will get about $4,000
each, while the lower grades will re-
ceive from $50 to $500 each.
Compared with what our irresistible
jacks of old used to get, the above
sums, in certain instances, fall into
absolute insignif1cance. 1t is curious
to note that the loser of the greatest
treasure in the past was Spain. There
was nothing that our seamen liked
more than a war with that Inflated
country, because prize money was sim
ply waiting to be picked up. Perhaps
the argest amount of prize money
which one ship has ever obtained was
that which Admiral Arson brought
home after his voyage around the
world during 1740-43, Arson cap
tured the far-famed Manila galleon
which used to sail once a year for
Spain laden to the matches with treas
ure. The value of this find was
100000 and the division among one
ships company must have left the
lowest boys with a fortune, though no
particulars of that kind are available.
The reception of the admiral and the
seamen, it is recorded, was most cor
dial, and they had more friends than
they knew what to do with. The
treasure was drawn in triumph
through the city of London in thirty
two wagons, which, according to an
old naval chronicle, were preceded by
a band Of military musicians and
guarded by a detachment of the ships
company. Arson was often in luck's
way as regards prize money. Only a
few years afterWard, in 1747, he cap
tured a French fleet with upward of
100000 in money aboard, which was
carried from Portsmouth to London
in twenty wagons and conveyed to the
bank Gin great state"
Ao11 IN
prize money from poor Spain at the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-02

as assistant secretary of the navy. The
vigorous style of this initial work did
much to arouse the country to the ne
cessity for an enlarged navy, and to
quicken the patriotic sentiment of the
country, which was then beginning to
be tinged all over with FURNISHED hue
of gold. A year afterwards he gave
the public some glimpses of his stud
les of pioneer life in a work on ranches
in the west, and Of the Hunting Trips
of a Ranchman, which are filled with
delightful "reminiscences of western
life; and in which much that was
worth knowing has been rescued from
forefathers or mere hearSay and tradi-
ton. His experience hunting the bison
or the buffalo, and the physical wiri-
ness then developed proved as use
full to him in Cuba as his knowl
edge as a student of naval history
made him an invaluable aid in the
navy department in preparing for the
war In nothing is this broad American
spirit so well borne out as in consider
ing the number of those works which
treat Of the noble examples of the
west, and of the bounding nature OF
the backwoodsman that Roosevelt has
given to the reading communities OF
the east. In the view of this descend
ant of the early Dutch settlers of New
Amsterdam, the winning Of that vast
empire nursed by strong men, and
taught by fate to know Ichovals plan
THAT mans devices can't make a
man." ought to be the great theme OF
our statesmen. For it is upon the
character and prosperity of the ives
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-02

The Louisiana purchase was the
work of two famous men, Robert Liv-
irgst0n, who represented us at Paris,
and Charles Pinckney, who worked for
the purchase at Madrid. The price
paid for this vast territory, extending
from the Mississippi river to the Rocky
mountains and from the gulf of Mex
leo to British America, was $15,000,000,
and was sorely needed by Napoleon
The story OF the exploration and con-
quest of this vast territory of Louis
lana is one of the most picturesque
and fascinating chapters in the worlds
history. Three nations Spain, France
and England-had share in it, Spain
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-02

that much of our future as nation de-
Ponds. Colonel Roosevelt, therefore,
is never weary of telling in the
eight volumes of his work en-
titled The Winning of the West, of the
part which the frontiersman has
played, and of the part which his de-
scendants will play all through the
coming years in shaping our national
future. having thus thoroughly
familiarized himself with the west and
having absorbed of it's large
sympathies and of it's Duoyancy and
dash, Roosevelt was no less successful
at the national capital. There the
scenes were changed but not the man.
He was as popular in Washington az
he was in Dakota, and when he babe
goodbye to his colleagues recently,
to actively enter into the Cuban cam
paign, his office at Washington was
strewn with flowers, and there was
scarcely a dry eye among those various
officials who called to say farewell.
1t is Frederic Harrison who says
that 1.-THE man of culture in politics IL
one of the poorest mortals alive" But
Col. Roosevelt has shown that the man
of culture can WELD great influence in
political life; and that men of culture
have as great opportunities before
them in American as in European life.
It is the lot of too many men OF So
called culture that they really are not
men of culture at all, but that they
belong to the affected class of men
whom Matthew Arnold called "our bar
barians.' And if this lackadaisical,
jejune class, who are stepped with an
insousiance proportionate to their de-
sire to patronize the plain people.