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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-07-27

there have teen in it's making this OF
any other promise to the negro. What
consideration could it have expected to
receive fo- such 4 promise, and what
possible inducement was there to make
1t! A bare statement of the facts.
SHOWS that the statement that such a
promise. was made by the party is
Dotn untrue and absurd.
Whatever promises the Democratic
party made in the last campaign upon
tne subject of suffrage generally, or
upon any other subject, WE'RE MADE
10 WHITE MEN AND NOT TO THE
NEGRO.
ana what white man in all North
carolina who voted the Democratic
ticket in the last election has said
OF VIII say to that party: Il voted the
democratic ticket, because you prom
lsed not to limit or abridge the suf-
rage OF the negro. l demand, there
1ore' that You keep this promise"
or what white man in all North Car
ollha has said or will say to that
party: Il protest against the disfran-
chlsement of the ignorant negro voter"
Emphatically we say that no such
white man has been or will be found
In the name of the white men of
North Carolina, we protest with indig-
nation against the intimation that any
white man in the last election voted
the Democratic ticket because Of any
promise made in behalf of negro suf-
fraSe.
In the last campaign, the Democratic
party did promise the white people of
North Carolina that no white man
should be disfranchisad for lack of ed
ucatlon CT on account of his poverty,
and it promised the WHITE WOMEN
as well as the WHITE MEN of North
Carolina that if it should come into
power it would PERMANENTLY ES-
TABLISH WHITE SUPREMACY
throughout the State. It was upon
the faith of THESE DOUBLE PROM
Uses that we won the great and glori-
GUS victory of November Sth. !
In the constitutional amendment
which that party has submitted to the
people it has faithfully KEPT THESE
PROA1ISES-NOT ONE OF THEM,
PROMISES, NOT ONE OF. THEM,
BUT BUrH OF THEM.
The position Of the Democratic party
upon this subject is not the result of
any convention declara tons or ante
election agitation, any more than. the
present attitude of the United States
toward Cuba is the result of q pre-
conceived purpose to turn out Spain
and appropriate that fair island to our
selves; but it is the inevitable eyolu-
ton of the situation.
There is not sensible man in the
State, of any party or race, who does
not know that the manifestations and
developments of the last days of the
campaign forced upon the minds and
censciences of the responsible elements
good order of society, and the peace
and safety of the State demanded the
elimination Of the ignorant and vicious
negro vote, and that the amen llent ia
in response to this feeling, which has
become deep rooted in the hearts as
we'll as in the minds of the people.
It only remains to be said that anv
suggestion that this amendmen. was
or is proposed in the spirit Of malevo
lence or injustice towards the negro
is false and slanderOus.
That the negro needs protection is
ali too true, but the protection he
needs is protection against his own
folly and blindness, and to rescue him
from the inevitable consequences OF
this is not a wrong, but kindness to
him.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-07-27
A STARTLING PROPOSITION
FROM SENATOR PRITCH.
ARDS ORGAN.
Raleigh Post.

Raleigh Post.
The esteemed AsheviIle Register, the
Republican organ of Western North
Carolina, in a recent article replying
to the Pest said:
''But why does the desire to elm
mate ignorance extend only to the ne
gro? If ignorance is a constant men
ace to the State, certainly it ought to
be wholly eradicated. and not stop at
the LEAST OFFENSIVE part. THY
IGNORANCE WHICH DISTU RIOS
THE PEACE IN THIS STATE is
FOUND AMONG TIE WHITES IN
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, and
not among the negroes. II the negro
is unfit for the ballot by reason of his
lack of learning. CERTAINLY THE
WHITE MAN WHO is EQUALLY
AS IGNORANT is also unfit for the
ballot. No amount Of sophistry can
destroy the force of this argument"
The capital letters used above are
ours.
AS the Register is the special mouth
piece of Senator Pritchard, we may un.
derstand the reason of the Senator's
opposition to the amendment to be be-
cause it does NOT disfranchise igno-
rant white men, this class being more
offensive" in the opinion Of the Scna-
tors organ than the ignorant negroes
We confess we did not expect such
an acknowledgment from such a
source.
The Register knows-fOr the above
is a tacit admission of the fact-that
the proposed amendment will not dis
franchise any white people. If it does
not know, we will tell it. 1t will dis
franchise about one hundred thousand
ignorant cOlOred voters who have
proven 50 disastrously their unfitness
for the use of the ballot. There are
some thousands of intelligent colored
people who will still vote under that
amendment because of their possession
of the qualification the white Demo
Gratis have prescribed. 1t is known
as a fact that it is through the igno-
rant negroes that the vicious elements
of that race. under the manipulations
of the white Office-seekers of That Dar-
ty. that the Republican party has been
a constant menace to good government
and good order throughout the State
The educated c0lOred people have
shown. from time to time, strong dis
position to break with their leaders.
hut their racial relations would domi
nate them. all. the mass of ignorance,
directed by the vicious blacks and
whites. would control. Emancipated
from such influences and control. az
the amendment will emancipate them.
thew will cease to be used to the injury
If the State. Uneducated white fiti-
as well as Demo
crats-have inherited degpee Of in
telligent capacity for the exercise of
the ballot which entities them to the
continued use Of such privilege. The.
democrats do not propose to take this
privilege from them; on the contrary.
thew propose to forever protect them
in their right to vote. The proposition
that these uneducated whites are
more offensive" than ignorant nc
eroes, and that if the one, for the
soo[. If society and of government,
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<Continued on page 49,
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1899-10-06

Die ullgebulo entbrannter 2eibenf6aft.
gDie Elm 9au6 tiefIter &ube unb Si6er=
belt iiberfan fie Die Gmpfinbung INNER
bon 9leuenl, ipelGe lie in Slafs Nrmen
enpfunoen. uno Elm @liidsgefiibl obne
@rensen lieB lie nit Gebniu6t bas @e=
itdnoniB bes 9eliebten Mannes ertpar-
ten.
llnseiibt in 9ersensia6en unb miB.
trduii9 gegen fid felber batte Claf,
na6Dem er i'm Grange zines Mueen=
bids feine 2iebe berratben, @reta segen-
iiber Elm gerbalten einseIdlasen, pon
benz allein er ibr ferneres 8erbleiben
i'm 9auie ieiner Sreunbe abbdngie
mdbnte. Gr pollte fie perseiien MAIDEN,
lie iiber feine @efiible tdufben.
(edluB toIst.3
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: Der 2i1aboner gorreipOubeu,

- Der 2iRaboner CORRESPONDENT
oeS Sonboner ..Stanbarb" iaat, er
tonne bic @ertidte. baB ngterbanbIuu.
gen betrehs Der Delaaoa, Bat I'm Gauas
1eteu, alS unmabr ertldren.
= Die ;. Deuti9e golouiaIata. :" In
Berlin f&reibi: Die Neesr IepubIif
2tberia In Dea 4frita mus iiber fur,
ober lang aufb6ren 3u eriffiren. gua.
ianb unb Jrautrei9 tberbieten fdb Ia
Wta1inatioHeu 3ur Nnnerion BON 81.
beria. Gar OeuifGIanb mtirbe Siberia
BON arober Widiisfsit isiu. 3wei Orit.
tel auer 6aubelSftrmen In Siberia finh
oeuti9 unb SeutfdIaub muB bober
iebsn. bob es feiueu Muibeil ober bos
gail3e 4ebiei befommt.
Der Barrier @orribpubeut her
Sonooner "Daily Mail" behouhtst
6ab bic beuti6s @sitbs.. Meaieruua I'm
Vesriffe ttebe, Dotumeute au perbtfsnt
!t1su. tpslGe bic aufbebuna bes iibsr
Drspfus perbdneten urtbeiIs sur HoIas
boben mtibteu.
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4,2 prOsent, meI6e 3abI fur a6In

gilt.
: Die @efsliaaft fur goItsbiI.
bnug In Berlin bat i'm Sabre 1898
297 Bibliotbefen nit 1852 Bdnben
neu beariinoet unb 96 BlbIiotbeten
nit 3093 8dnbeu uuterfthBt, insge.
iammt alfo in einem Sabre aur Nsuer.
ridtuug unb @rmeiterung bon 2eiean.
faltfn 81, 605 Bdnbe upentaeItlt9 ab
gegeben. Sm Sabre 1898 Rnb ber
@efe0idafi, 3umeift aus Berlin, o..
769 Shder bon 319 @ebern iibermitteli
lporben.
= Die 8erliner poli3ei fu@t ben
15idbriaeu Jrou3 Wesensr. Derielbs
bat feine @roBmuitsr, eine 6rau aaps,
tiberfalleu uEb t6btlid permunbet, mad,
benz leBtere einen @elbbrief aus Mme.
rita erbalten batte unb beKen sSubaIt
bem Saugeni9ts gu iiberlaRen R9
ueigerte.
3u stnbm In WefpreuBeu bat
Margaretbe 5auter, bic 8odter bes
@eri9t8oieners, ibre bret iuneen @es
f6witfer tn ben 8runnen gemorfen,
um He ui6t warten au rnhfen. 3uei
Der Rtnber ertranien.
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Gin ratb(flbaftfr 4flasiker nss II
t9abrblnnfrts.

IN 0en ODrltten Des II. J1brbuft=
berts 1T bdufis BON einem Magifer,
Namens @eiar, Die Gebe. Gr tpirb.3um
geiipiel in Der nMonoreiie" oes Gprano
Don 8ergerac neben bem Softor Sauit
senannt. IS banbelte fi6, pie bas
Bulletin bu 8ibliDpbile" beri9tet, um
einen Nbenteurer, Der our 3eit 2ub=
tuigs bes 9reiaebnten lebte. Man ibrieb
@eiar auBeroroentli6e Munbertbaten
gu: go bate er ben SDb oes Mari1alls
8iron unb ben 0einrids oes @ierten
borausgeiast. Gin @eiit, giamens 60
pbofles, iprad ftiinolid au ibm unb
iiellte fid gans gu ieiner 8erfiigllng,
nm feline gefeble aus3ufiibren. SIN
Sabre 1908 fab @eiar i'm @efdnoniife
unter Der Nntlaae, einen goelmann
bur6 9ererei 9et0otet gu baben, elm
anberes DIAL purbe er bei6ulbigt, oaB
er einem jungen Manne 2iebestrdnfe
berabrei9t babe, rnb ieoesmal ioll iein
G6uBgeiit ibn tuieber in Greibeit aeiebt
baben. SIN Sabre 1915 aber tpurbe er
bDn geuem eingeiperrt, neil er BON
nensierisen 2euten @elo genommen
bate nit bem @eripre6en, ibnen ben
Seufel gu aeisen. M|an lieB iosar oas
Gerii6t BON feinem SDbe perbreiten,
uno elm S6riftlieller Der s3eit bebaup=
tete, Geiar mdre I'm @efdneniile bon
etnem Sdmon am II. Mdra 1915 erz
broiielt iporoen. 9lber nod atpet Sabre
fpdter beri6tete Der ,Mercure 5rans
eais, baB Der pberiibmte getriiaer"
IN Der galtille gefangen gebalten lpiiroe.
Spdter tritt er In 2otbringen auf, mo
er allsemein anseifaunt unb bemunoert
tpuroe. @ues be galaac, Der ii1 bei
feinem patben, benz Seraos BON Gpers
non, in 0leb befanb, beridtet iiber
ieine Wunbertbaten Golgenoes: ugelar
bat ben idOnen geifiern gan3 neue
Arten Der 3eriireuuns se3eist unb
lbnen cine groBe Meinung bon ieiner
gBliienl6aft geseben. Gr ldBt perlonen
auf elmer Sapete tanaen unb allie @e=
il6ter elmer Geiellidaft boppelt erf9ei-
nen; er ldBt einen SluB i'm Gaale
entlteben uno BON @eilfern Elm Ballet
tan5en. Eas iinb fir i'm ganS getp6bn.
ltde Nufgaben, Ooer tuie er ielblt fast,
tlur bic duBere Sdale ieiner sebeimen
Ybiloiopbie. Sic 8eftalt bes qroBen
@barlatans miro bann nod fatiriid)
bebanoelt in bem .@oman Gatprique
BON Sean De 2annel, Der 1924 er=
i6ien. Sein portrdt lit bier nidt
gei9mei9elt: uSein 8eiidt mar bon
9roBen rotben pideIn entifeilt uno iein
&opf gan8 Der 9aare beraubt. ST trua
eine unge9euere Spiben=Graile, einen
1oben uno ipiBen 0ut nit {9mieriaem
Samniet gefiittert, Der 10 ,absetrasen
trar, baB er nur mod an 6dben su-
iammenbielt. Ser 3elt ieiner Gleiouna
tpar ni6t einen 6ou tpertb.-gs mar
unmoglid, ibn obne @rauen anau-
ieben, oenn er gli6 einem @eIpeuit.-
Nuf Der Sbiir feiner Mobnuna mar Elm
grDbes edilo ansebradt, oas ieoe Dirt
BON Sranfbeit gu beilen perbieB. Gein
Saben mar poll BON ShadteIn unb
9sfdBen nit Sni6riften, mie: Waiier
tiir elm 8erifentorn, @elidtmaiier.
3dbne=Spiat paita fir bic Sdnbe unb
@noeres. "-lleber ben @elt ieines
Sebens unb iein gnoe 1T ni6ts befannt
geiuornen.
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~nlf SboresWa
0fhfnhrf

TUyII.
saa9 stodoafe. tdsli9, aussenummen
Sonntogs 300 &orm.
anfunft.
Won Stodbale, idsti6, aussenommen
Sonnta9s. s...........8:O0 Na6m.
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spmtbern 9sacific 8abm.
Mbfahrt.

gfab Stem Orleans, SouitOn uno
@alpeiton tdslid. d.............
..12:10 Mittass unb 9 80 Nbenbs.
Ma6 eagle HaB, Merico ac.......
..................11:50 80 80rm.
Na6 galifornien. .......4:45 Nadm.
Nnfunft.
Bon Stem Orleans, 9Ouiton uno Sal
peiton tdslih ......-...,.....
.....7::25 gorm. unb 1880 gia9m.
Bon Californian ac.....11 80 8prm.
Bon eagle BaB unb Meaico.
............. 200 Mbenbs.
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Giienbabn 5abr-Ylall.
s. & 9. u. sabm.
Mbfabrt.

VI fabrt.
Nad ct. Souls pia Sron Nepuntain
ober SO. e. & g.. -. 1880 geadm.
Mad ct. Souls pia Sron Mtountain
Honte. ............ $3.50 Mbenbs.
@a6 9earne tdsli@ 100 Morsens.
ytah 9areoo.. 100 @orun.
Infunft.
Ton ct. Souls, Srpn Wountain & M.
IT. g 3... 80 WDrm.
gon ct. Souls, Srun Mountain & M.
SC. & 2.............3:5 :55 gea9m.
gon Searne tdslid -. 1920 Mbenbs.
Son Sareop p.........1 12 rs Na6nl.
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q, u. & u. =. HabH.
QIbfahrt.

gead COLLECTION, 9ouiton uno guero
t1gli6 Born.
Nad Corpus gbriiti. Nranias BaB
uno Beepille tdsli@ -. 1 100 yta6m
Rad &errpille tdslid, aussenommen
Samfta9s u. Sonntass, 3:15 STADIUM
Tad &errpille, GOnntass $3.50 Born
Na6 &errpille, Gan flags 4:3O 9tadm
Mufunft.
Bon @alpeiton, SOuiton uub @uero
td9lt6. 6...-....... 200 Nbenbs.
@on Corpus gbriiti, Mranias YaB
uno Beepille tdslid. 30 9aa9m
Bon &errpille tdsliA, aussenommen
Sonntass unb Mpntag8. .......
......s........ .10:45 Hornl
BON &errpille, Sonntass. 6 80 Mbenbs.
8On &errpille, Montass g as 8orm,
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emm5et 2initeb.
U bfabrt.

giad galifornien, 5reitass. 3:35 Mors.
gea6 Stem Orleans. Dienitas unb
5re,tag -. s......2:20 ytahm.
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Bon galifornien, Dienffas unb Jre,z
tag. g..............3:15 Wtorgens.
8on SEEM Orleans, Oienitas iiub
Sreitas ..2:0O gsa4m.
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Jerb. etaifeL 331 gaa gom'
tlleree. StraBe. Gelb' unb 8arten.
6dmereieu Hets frifd. Winter Surf
Oats. Roaaen unb 8erhe ftir Winter
paffure. Pratts Food ftir pferbe.
sftibe unb 0hbuer. Das bette Mittel,
um Stbuer Iegeu 40 ma&en.
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pMoOame nliiiien babon erIf nebmen,
menn ste i'm 9ett liesen. Ser G6laf
fornnlt balo."
n9effo. beiier. SD mill nit elmer
lei6ten 9piis Den &erfu9 MAIDEN. Wo
lit Dos Slaeon?"
.Sier. 9arf i'd Die Sropfen ab8db-
len!
.SS9 nebme fir jeBt nur Die Sdlite, !"
faste Snes, bitter ld6elnb. u2e9en sic
mir cine 9efe iiber Die Gbaiieloneue.
Siible i'd feline @irfung, tuerben sic
gerlfen tperoen. Stellen Sic Siacpn
unb 20ffel in 8ereitibaft neben mid. .
SlDrence ui0erifrebte Dem 8efebl.
,Mabanle, Elm 8efannter, Der Mpo-
tbefer9ebiife 1T, bat mir beinlli6 obne
drstlide @orfdrift oieie Sropfen sez
seben. SD oarf lie ni6t aug Der Sanb
laHen.
vGie fonnen ntorsen meinen 9ienif
berlaiien,4 perfeBte Snes, ibrer Geelen.
quail faum nod Serrir.
n9ier 1T bas 0lacon, Mabame,~
fliiiferte 6lorence oemiitbis. SD tparte
nebenafl.
Sic bate ben 8or6ang nod ni6t
D0llig hinter ii6 sefdloilen, als Snes,
ben @laspfropfen forti9leuoernb, ben
Snbait Oes Slaeons auf einen 3ug
binunterititrste.
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~. 6. & z. 8abm.
or 4

Gbtabrt.
gea9 @aco, Sort @ortb, Dallas.
&anias Gitp, ct. 2ouis unb Chi
caso tdstib. ..................
$500 Morsens unb 8 80 Mbenbs.
Mnfunft.
Bon gbicaso, ct. Souls, aanias
giip, Dallas. Sort @ortb nnb
@aco, idslid
....S:30 @orm. ilnb 10 20 Gbenbs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-07-05
SHERIFF ROUGHLY USED.
Tar and Feathers For an Unpopular
New Hampshire Man.
He Got Authority to Act as Sheriff, Ar
rested Bis Foe and Then Foil
Into Trap.

HANOVER, N. n. Especially D.-The town OF
Haverhill, N. H., has established prece.
dent in the proverbially peaceful Granite
State. Citizens opposed to the service OF
an officer Of the law tarred and feathered
and e1iled him.
Such was the unpleasant experience OF
Frank Yatter, OF Haverhil. who has taken
to the adjoining State OF Vermont to find
peace and rest. Yatter first came to HaVer.
hill five months ago und opened black
smith shop. His neighbors found him none
too pleasant man to get along with, anu
certain insults which he Is alleged to nave
offered to woman IL Hayerh1ll only serEeo
to make matters worse.
His strained relations with his fellow
townsmen finally came to head few
days ago, when he became engaged In q
hot quarrel with Nat Clark, citizen OIL
Haverhill, who was intoxicated at the time.
The next day Yatter repaired to the neigh.
boring county seat Of Woodsrille, and
made application to the Selectmen for ap.
pointment as Sheriff OF his town. His ap.
plication granted, he Immediately began
to exercise his new powers by arrestlne
Clark and bringing him before Judge west
gate, OF the Haverhill Police Court, on the
CudtS0 VI SA@AN PNo~~
guilty and settled his fine.
But there the matter did not end. Just
two days had passed when Yatter was sum-
moned by one OF his fellow townsmen to
quell an alleged drunken disturbance In q
district known as North Haverhill. Arriv-
ing at the quarter, whittier he was direct,
ed, he was decoyed into basement, seized
on by dozen men and covered with tar
and feathers.
Yatter was rescued later by friends.
smarting under the rough treatment he
had undergone, Yatter Immediately started
proceedings against seven Of his assailants
for s1O, 900 damages, and three OF them.
Newell c. Wright, Fred Hall and Lawrence
Joudro, were arrested.
Although public opinion is against the
men responsible for the violence, at the
same time part OF 1t has diverted against
Yatter. His authority as Sheriff was
proven invalid on the ground that 1t was
obtained from an incomplete Board OF Se'
lectmen and was taken away. However
life In Haverhlll became 80 warm for hin
that he has crossed the line into Vermont
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-07-05
CLEVELAND CAR STRIKE.
Police Unable to QuelI a Riot in Which
Several Persons Are Injured.
BUGLE CALLS STRIKERS TO ARMS.

Gpenite Workers Of Massachusetts Win
Aftsr Long Sutherland Jury Finds
True Bills Against the idaho Labor
RIoters-To Test the Constitutionality
OF the Colorado Elght-Hour Law.
CLEVELAND, Ohio (SpeciaD. D.-When cars
began running few days ago over the
lines opened by the street railway COM
pany since the strike began, the tracks in
every direction were found piled high with
obstacles OF all kinds. These were re-
moved with some difficulty, and cars were
running In the forenoon on all the line1
but one without serious interruption. A
few stones were thrown at points on all the
lines, and on Perkins avenue two cars swere
stopped by crowd, which was easily dis
persed.
On tho south side, however, there was
considerable rioting. At II o'clock two
oars at Clark and Jennings avenues found
the switches broken. These were repaired
In the midst OF a bowling mob, aud the
cars rushed on to Clark avenue and Pearl
street.
As they arrived, bugler gave warning,
and the crowds congregated In vast num-
bers. Four thousand people were soon on
the scene. Wagons, trucks and other con-
veyances we're purposely taken across the
tracks, and the blockade was complete. n
The police then charged the mob. The
usual volleys of missiles were hurled, and
the windows OF the cars shattered. As the
mob was beaten back at one point 1t ad-
vanced at another. Edward Miller was
struck over the head by an officer and
badly injured. Half a dozen others we're
also seriously injured, among them being
DR.. George and Conrad McIntlre. An un-
known baby in its carriage was hit by q
stone. The police, fairly outmatched, gave
up the battle and went back to town.
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DARING MAIL ROBBERlES.
Two Wagon Drivers Arrested For
Stealing Letters in Chicago.
Checks as High. as $4,000 and Much
Other Property Stolen by the Thieves,
One Of Whom Confesses.

CHICAGO (speciaD.-What IS regarded by
Postoffice Inspector James Stuart as one
of the largest and boldest mail robberles
In the history OF the Chicago Postoflce
was detected few days ago. and the ar
rest Of Walter Porter and John Newman,
drivers OF mail wagons. followed. Porter
made full confession, duplicating New.
man.
A large amount Of letters, money orders
and packages taken by the men was found
In their lodging-house. In the pile were
letters, money orders and checks directed
to all parts OF the country and Europe.
One check found In the pile was for $780,
900, while another for large amount was
sent from Marcus Days bank at Ana
eonda.
The robbers had been in the employ Of
the Chicago Postofflce since June l, and
all the thefts were committed since that
time while the prisoners were driving
their wagons.
The mail was all taken from pouches
while being carried In the wagons and
from railroad stations, and 1t has been ad-
mitted that three sacks were taken IN one
day.
The prisoners will not admit that they
secured much of value from their depreda-
items, but declare that they would have
been considerably richer had their scheme
not been discovered so soon.
They were preparing to destroy the mall
matter when arrested, and had hidden
most OF 1t away In sacks In the attic OF the
house In which they lived.
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HORROR OF THE KLONDIKE.
Three Eastern Men Were Driven to Canni
balIs1n by Starvation.

Three Eastern Men Were Driven to Canni
balIsm by Starvation.
CIRCLE CITY, Alaska (via San Francisco.
Special. A story Of possible canniballsm
and death on the Yukon trail has just
reached here. Three men who left Dab
River for Jimtown were not heard Of again
and they were supposed to have been lost
Nothing was heard OF them here till the
steamer Rideout brought terrible tale OF
suffering and horror.
The men were Michael Daily, Victor
Edair. and NJ. Provost. They WIRE from
Providence, R. l.; Woonsocket, R. l., and
Brockton, Mass, respectively. Their bodies
were discovered seventeen miles from the
mouth Of Old Mans Greek, they In all proba.
bility having lost the trail and become be-
wildered. They left D ahl River with only
three weeks food, which was amply sut-
Acient for the $50 miles to Jimtown, but
they were soon reduced to starvation.
Daly's partially eaten body was found on
the stove In the tent just as It was left
when death overlook the others. Some
scraps OF moose hide and moccasin, OF
which they were endeavoring to make
stew, were also found. Days body was
identified by means Of the clothes. The
other two men were found dead five miles
away from the tent. The fact that the
tent flaps were shut down would seem tc
preclude rne possibility OF Days BODY
having been eaten by animals. The other
men were doubtless driven to the awful
extremity of cannibalism by hunger. Four
hundred dollars were found on the bodies.