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itively that he was traitor. To this
day l believed it was he who informed
the deputies at Ardmore of my hus-
bands hiding place.
ION the first day. when we entered
the store, no one gave us unusual at
tentiOn, but on the next morning quite
a crowd had collected and eyed us
curiously. / became alarmed and sus-
pected trouble at once. We turned to
leave the store and were stopped bv q
Sheriff, who put us through a sham
trial over liquor purchase in order to
delay our journey home At last We
were set free and Immediately started
for home, filled with apprehensions of
danger.
"On the way we met one of the Sher-
iffs, who insolently inquired my name.
I refused to give it and then he said.
We'll, old girl, II you are Mrs. Dalton,
we have got your husband back there
in the wagon
II fell down at his feet. Only too well
I knew what that meant. That he
would never be taken alive, Mr.. Dalton
had always sworn, and 1 felt that the
end had come. 1t was a moment Of
agony too deep for words, and the
wagon came nearer and nearer, bear
ing the form that for ten years had
made my life one Of love.
1.-THE children had first discovered the
deputies on a ridge just above the
house and warned their father. He saw
the men, and, with his hand on the
gun which had never left his side dur
ing the whole of this eventful year, he
Jumped the fence and started for the
woods, but was stopped by a shot from
the Sheriff, who was hidden from view
in a ditch.
1.-The changeless round Of suspense.
anguish and fear was over at last, and
1 thought that life held nothing more
excruciating than what I had already
suffered. But this was not all, for the
man who killed my husband asked me
for his belt and pistols; and the man
who hunted him down wanted his body
for travelling exhibition"
Oh! what was love made for, if tits not
the same
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T JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 2.-"Barba-
rian" Brown, otherwise r. e.
Brown, an American, has just been
awarded damages amounting to
~ nearly 100000 by the Transvaal
Government. 1t Is the sequel of the Wild
est gold-farm rush of South Africa, in
which Brown pursued the tactics of the
football field and had himself driven
through an immense mob of lawless rush.
ers by a flying wedge Of 800 armed men.
1t was an exploit OF O football captain
and frontier American.
Twelve thousand miners. the very
roughest men In the gold fields. made up
from nearly every nation on the globe.
took part in this rush, which occurred on
a leyel stretch Of velvet in September.
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1895. and the goal was a galvanized iron
shanty, six feet square, wherein stood a
Government Mining Commissioner whose
business 1t was to sell licenses for claims
on the Witfontein farm.
This farm lay directly on the gold reef
and belonged to the Government, 1t was
one of the last of the rich farms whereon
the old Beers had for years been raising
their crops of mealies all unconscious Of
the hidden wealth.
The exodus began ten days before the
opening. The whole Rand was In an up
roar. Every mining company there pre-
pared for the occasion. 1t was well
known that the Wilfontein lay along the
Richest part of the reef, and that claim
there would yield fortunes.
The Pretorian Government knew this,
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too. but had not counted on any such
demonstration as followed, or the claims
would have been disposed of by lottery.
the plan afterward adopted. The procla-
nation In the Pretorian Press gave. per-
mission to any one to prospect the farm,
SO that all buyers had an opportunity for
locating the best claims.
But first they must obtain license at
the little iron shanty three miles from
the farm. Consequently every vehicle In
johannesburg had been hired or bought
to transport men to the spot.
The road from Johannesburg to Kierks-
dorp, which lies near the Witfontein,
looked like the route of an army trans
portation. Tents, cooking outfits, cases
of whisky and roulette tables were all
jumbled together on wagon.
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Through Joy and through torment,
through glory and shame.
This bandits children call another
man father" now. That other man
waited all these years-these years of
hardship, trial and eartache-waited
until the outlaw wife returned with
her fatherless little ones to the grave
In the bleak, sandy field; waited from
early boyhood when he romped and
played with the rancher's daughter;
waited with faint heart until he learned
that she was to be the bride of another;
waited patiently for the fates to bring
her back to him.
Then he offered her a refuge in her
time of trouble, flreside, home.
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Hood plan, where no price was charged
for board and lodging, but booty was
given by the guests when big haul
was made. To add to our hardships,
we all were taken sick with malaria,
and my little daughter is crippled for
life from the effects of this dreadful
disease.
There was an Indian uprising, and
for weeks the men left the camp neither
night nor day. Those were days of ter
ror and suspense, and we patiently
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zMHD%$ EMMs
%
OMETIMES pushed travelling night and day
~ pursuit God the eternal Of
0those horrible hours The wretchedness OF
nights thing its intensity from
trials followed,
dwtho The
plainve wildcat rafting stirred by liz
would all thoughts
slumber; stirring might rise
bodies of kept Us
After that night sennels for
returned evening their
days tramp hunting for game
to in guarding
nearly wild with apprehension. staring
until imagined every light spot
every body. If twg
my magnfed sound my eyes constantly
the pines played ghasty my i1nagn-
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These horseless carriages are great
things"
Yes, indeed. / had one once"
''What did you do with it?"
"Outgrew it."-Jewish Comment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-29
SHAW RoAsrs ROE.
Refuses to Allow the G. A. R. Con-
troversy to Die Out.

Topeka, Kan, Sept 2S-General
Shaw, national commander-in-chie of
the G. A r., in prefacing his address to
the veterans at the state reunion to-
day. spoke of the now famous contro-
Versy of the G. A. r. with the Dewey
parade managers. He began by char
acterizing those having the big parade
IN charge as narrow minded blunder-
ers clothed with little brief author
tty. He then reviewed the whole trou-
Bile, going over the details, which have
already been printed.
Had soldier of deeds.'' he declared,
been in the place of General Roe, the
Grand Army would have marched in
glory and joy at the head of the line,
following the great admiral, where be
yond question their place should be-.
Again he said: Let this battleleSs
Major General Roe stew in his own
grease, in view of his oft-reDeated
declaration, I'll take the whole respon-
sibility in refusing the Grand Army the
right of parade I am perfectly willing
he should"
General Shaw said that soon Admiral
Dewey would be invited to visit the
Thirty-fourth national encampment to
be held at Chicago in 1900, where the
veteran survivors would expr sss their
admiration for him in their own way
adopted the following:
Resolved, That the action of our
commander chief, Albert D. Shaw,
and of Department Commander Joseph
w. Kay of New York. in refusing to
accept place for the Grand Army near
the rear of the procession, a position
never willingly occupied by the defend
ers of Old Glory in any line, meets with
our unqualified approval We, the COM
rades of Kansas, always lead the line
in every patriotic demonstration Illus
trative of American valor, and we hope
that on no similar occasion in any de-
partment of the nation viii the G. A. K.
be assigned to any other than the post
of honor; and be it further
Resolved. That the patriotic action
of Governor The odore Roc sevelt of New
York in promptly supporting the action
of our commander-in-chief in demand
ing proper recognition for the Grand
Army Of the Republic. endears him to
every true comrade of this nation and
exemplities the sterling manhood of thu
rough rider who led the line to vic
tory up San Juan hill, and in whose
breast beats warm heart for the vet
Grams of 81 and IS"
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sERENADE THE HEROES.
Twelve Hundred Singers Visit the
Warships In the Harbor.

New York, Sept. 2S.-Twelve hundred
strong, the Peoples choral union, led
by walter Damrosch, paid tribute of
song tonight to the sea heroes. ABOUT
ZOO of the singers were women. In the
steamer Warwick they left the pier at
Beeknan street at 40 p. m, and forty
minutes later the Warwick lay to fifty
wards from the stern Of the Olympia.
MY Country, IT'S of Thee was the
first number and as soon as ii was
over the jackies and officers expressed
their appreciation by three hearty
cheers and a tiger.
Then the flash lights played and
showed the Admiral's flag " the mast
head. Three cheers arose from the
Warwick and the 1000 singers broke
forth into the stirring strain, See, the
Conouering Hero Comes" The band
of the Olympia played 1.-THE Star Span
gled Banner and the band on the
warwick Joined in, and the Olympians
helped the visitors to fill the night With
the magnificent chorus.
Three cheers for Dewey some one
on the Warwick calleds and a roar
went up from the dim dark line along
the rail of the Olympia as well as on the
excursion boat
The union then sang THE Halleluiah
Chorus" from Handel's Messiah" as
the Warwick drew out, but the anxiety
of the singers to crowd the boat and
get a glimpse of the admiral cut the
singing short. Further away the War
wick drew and the singers united in the
fine music of Men of Harlech.' That
lcontinued on page Is
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vail att Pretoria. where apparently it Is
believed there is no. escape from war.
The commission appointed to consider
the matter reported today as 10 what
officials are necessary to carry on the
government IN the event OF war and
fixing their salaries.
Serving Out Rifles.
The field cornet at Pretoria is again
serving out rifles communicating is ac-
lively proceeding and all preparations
are being made To- take the field.
An En- lishman named Robertson has
been arrested at Johannesburg charged
with high treason He is alleged To
have enlisted. recruits for the imperial
light horse
The burghers are getting uneasy at
the concentration Of British troops be-
tween Lady Smith, and Laings Neck,
especially at Glencoe and Dundee The
nominal reason for the concentration is
the protection Of the Dundee coal fields.
but the burghers shrewdly suspect that
the real reason IS the formation OF q
force which will advance across the
Transvaal frontier at Yriyheid as SOON
as war is declared.
# The Beers do not intend to be caught
mapping and are now massing around
Nriyheid, not merely as a protective
measure but to be prepared for the
British reinforcements across the boF-
der and tOi make a dash in f0rGe
through q portion of ZuIuland, crossing
the Buffalo river at a point below
Rorkes Drift and then Selling the rail-
road. cut off the British garrison at
Dundee and Lady Smith from the
south. which would not only interrupt
the British lines Of communication huG
would seriously Interfere with a Eor-
ward movement. In order to wafch
this portion Of the railroad exposed tot
a Boer incursion. a British post will be-
established at Rorkes Drift
Many Destitute People.
AEdispatch from Marching, In British
Bechuanaland, Just across the Trans
vaal border, says q stream OF desfiEute
people is arriving there from Johannes
burg
a British infantry detachment with
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division. There will be 1871 yachts in
line
The third division will consist of the
merchant marine steamers and an in
discriminate fleet of tugs, barges and
unattached vessels will bring up the
rear 1t is expected the line will be
nine miles long, and that 100000 people
will be afloat.
The parade with the Olympia in the
van will move UP the North river to the
stake boat st. Marys, an old practice
ship of the navy, which is moored OPP
posite the Grant mausoleum in River
side park After rounding the stake boat
the Olympia will come to anchor be-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-29
BOER TROOPS ASSEMBLE
ON The NATAL BORDER
Warlike Preparations Going On Throughout the
TransYaal-- Strong DiStruSt Of Chamberlain.
Decision Of Orange Free State Take Part In War Against
England Serving Out Rifles.

London, Sept. 2S---A dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Cape Town says Conn
Wandering Is proceeding in the, Wax
kerstrom district. and probably
throughout the Transvaal Two thou
sand burgherS are assembled at Wax
kerstrom. which is light miles from the
Natal border and eleven from Lainsss
Neck. Twelve hundred have been. Or
.dered to Sandspail. thirteen miles west
Of the Natal border, where they will
meet Orange Free State artillery
which has been lying low in this neigh
borhood for a fortnight. IN
The Pretoria. correspondent of the
Daily telegraph says; The TransvaaI
executives are absorbed in war prep
arationss Many Beers oppose agrees
sive! action on religious grounds. There
has been local, thunderstorns and rains
at Johannesburg and in, various parts
of the Orange Free State
: The Daily News. which appeals to the
government to await President Eru-
gers reply before sending a second dis
patch, says: If. as has been asserted
on behalf of the TTanSvaal. all trouble
would have BEEN avoided had Mr.
Chamberlain's dispatch last Friday said
convention instead of Conference "
We edo not believe a British cabinet
.sNUa14G uSSLtAo ~ slSsit Ing 1Aasie%SA ~.
1T is for President Kruger to- speak, il
it is indeed only a. matter Of a conso-
nant, for We are convinced that it is in
his power to- get the consonant cut off,
Still Hopes For Peace.
: The Daily Chronicle says: We under
stand on the best authority that the
delay attending the Boer reply is due
to hopes still entertained by the Trans
vaali of a peacefui settlement. The
Beers distrust Mr.. Chamberlain They
fear that If they make concessions he
will only increase his demands. There
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-29
HANNA IS A SLAYER.
Has No Idea Of Quitting the Rspub-
lican National Committee.

Columbus. o., Sept. Ex-senator
Hanna denies with Characteristic en-
phasis the report that he will resign
the craftsmanship Of the national Re-
publican committee. He said today:
4 7 cannot imagine what has given rise
to such asreport, unless it is my ply
steal condition, rumorsf of which have
been Exaggerated 1t is necessary to
the perpetuation Of the present glorious
reign Of the Republican party that
President Mckinley be endorsed in
Ohio this: fall and returned to the White
House next year
r. r. II expect to participate actively in
the former endorsement, and ! do not
anticipate thatI shall be asked to stand
aside in%thei latter. + know Of no dis
position on the part of. the Republicans
to ask me to- do so. We are closer to-
getfler today than ever
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seAnd. standing In the most friendly
relationship with the imperial govern
ment and fearing that should war break
out. a hatred between the European
races will be born which will arrest
and retardI the peaceful Developments
Of all the states and colonies of Africa
and develop a distEust Of the future.
Feeling that the solemn duty rests
upon il Of doing everything possible to-
avoid the shedding OF blood
Considering that the Transvaal gov
eminent during its negotiations with
the imperial government which have
extended over several months has made
every endeavor to arrive at peaceful
solution of the differences raised by the
5alisns. Of the TransxaaI and taken UP
by the imperial government as its own
cause which endeavors have unforEu--
nately had only this result that Brit
ism troops We're concentrated on the
border Of the Transvaal, and are still
being strengthened
Will Help the Transvaa1
Resolved That we instruct the gov
eminent to still use every means to
maintain and insure peace and in a
peaceful manner contribute towards
the solution OF the existing difficulties
provided it be deemed not violating the
honor and principles of the Free State
and TransvaaI and wishes the minis
try to- make known It's opinion that
there exists no cause for war. and that
war against the Transyaal is now IN
dertaken or occasfoned by the imperial
government will morally be war
against the whole white population OF
Africa and inits consequences criminal.
for. come what may the Free State WILL
honestly and faithfully fulfill its obEI-
cations towards the Transvaal, by vfr-
tue Of the political alliance between the
two republics - ~
Intense excitement continues to pre-
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a. 4R
fore, they have been trying to approach
Lord Salisbury directly. They trust
the premier as much as they distruat
the colonial secretary and If Lord Sal
isbury would give al pledge that the
golden bridge was meant seriously they
would venture upon it.. We regret 60
say that this last effort has been brok-
en- down. since Lord Salisbury cannot
go behind Mr.. Chamberlain without
creating a. cabinet crisis.
1t il deplordble, nevertheless tnas
state etiquette should be strong enough
to obstruct the path Of peace We hope
it is not true that Mr. ChambeTlain5 In
tends to demand disarmament 81 heavy
indemnity and the withdrawal of Dr.
Leyds, which could only result in war.
The paper suggests that the Orange
Free State should appeal for arb trait on
under the arrang ements concluded. az
The Hague.
Attitude of the Beers.
The decision of the volksraad Of the
Orange Free State to join with the
Transvaal in the event of hostilities,
although fully expected, is the leading
news today and will naturally stltfen
the Beers independent attitude. 1hes
raads' resolution has made the brother
hood of arms between the Transvaal
and the Orange Free State. Of = hieh
hitherto there was only strong proh-'
ability. an absolute certainty and the.
British will have to face the situation.
The volksraad resolution was as fol-
lows:
"T1e raad, having read paragraph 2
of the presidents speech and the official
documents and correspondence submit
ted Herewith;
Having regard for the strained state
of affairs throughout the whole Of
South Africa, which has arisen in con-
sequence of the difference between the.
imperial government and the govern
ment of the Transvaal, which threat
ems to lead to hostilities, the calamitous
consequence of which to the white IN
habitants win be UNNECESSARILY,
Close Ties of Blood.
Being connected with the Transvaal
by the closest ties of blood and con-
federacy;
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WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER TALK
Filipinos Ask For Permission to En-
ter the American Lines.

Manila, Sept. 2S.-Two Filipino ma
jors came to the American lines last
night with messages regarding the
American prisoners who were. to ar
rive this morning. They also requested
permission for General Alejandrino, one
colonel and two lieutenant colonels, to
visit General Otis. They We're refused
entrance to the American lines until
noon Friday, on account of today's
fight, and General Alejandrino alone
will be allowed to visit General Otis.
The insurgents. recently entrenched
and garrisoned the town of aPaeto, on
Laguna Bay in the provine of La
guna Bay. Subsequently Captain Lar
sen, commanding the gunboat Napidan,
landed for a. conference with the citi-
zens. AS he, was proceeding up the
main street of the town with a squad he
was received with a vol1ey from hid
den trench The party retreated to their
boat under cover of the buildings and
regained their vessel. The Napidan
then bombarded the trench for an hour;
completely destroying it.
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DEWEY IS A REPUBLICAN.
So Says Senator Redfeld Proctor of
Vermont.


Vermont.
New York, Sept. Ex-senator Red
field Proctor Of Vermont is here to
greet Admiral Dewey. The senator
said that as soon as Dewey had been
properly received here and had gone to
Washington and performed his duties
there and had got somewhat settled,
Vermont expected him to como there
and get welcome from his home
state.
"In the letters I have received from
Admiral Dewey" said the senator yes
terday, .'he has always expressed him
self as most anxious to get back 70
Vermont. He loves the state aud we
would give him U royal welcome. we
don't know Just when he viii come, bu1
he can have all he wants When he does
come ;"
Senator Proctor was asked about the
reports that Dewey. might be a candl-
date for the presidential nomination.
"That is" said the senator in reply,
"a. question he must answer fer him
self. In all my correspondence with
him. politics has only been touched
upon in a general way, and l cannot
speak for him. Some time ago | had
talk with his brother, Charles Dewey,
and asked him whether his brother was
Democrat or a Repuellcan. he sal9
then that he never knew of the admiral
to come home to vote at but one cleo
ton and that he was of the impression
that he voted the Republican ticket
then.
/ . aWe have no actual contest in YER
mont in political election. you see,
our state election comes short time
ahead, of the national election. We
make some effort to set the vote out
for the state election, and this tells how
the other election will probably &C. AS
there is mo. contest and everything IS
so Overwhelmingly Republican, what
ever way man votes does not neces-
sarily determine his political status l
iieyes IN Republican principles.
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Said to Be Responsible for Terrible
Accident In,Montana.
FOUR MEN WERE KILLED
BODIES OF THREE WERE LITER
ALLY GROUND TO PIECES.
Particulars of the Wreck On the
Great Northern Tuesday Morning
Head of One of the Firemen
Severed From the Body-Scene
Presented CHASTITY Spectacle.

Butte, Mont, Sept. ga special
from Glasgow, Mont, to the Butte
Miner says: The most disastrous wreck
that has ever been reported in this sec
ton of Montana occurred two miles
west of Paisle yesterday, a small sta
ton just west of here on the Great
Northern at o'clock Tuesday morn
ing. The wreck was caused by a head
end collision between the second sec
ton of No. 8. coming east and d light
engine backing up west bound and as
result four employees of the railroad
are dead.
The Dead.
Harry Mashengale, engineer on No. s.
AL Neitzke, his fireman.
Charles Strahan, head brakeman
E. Peion, fireman on light engine.
The Injured.
James Kennehan, engineer on the
light engine.
Jack Kelley, conductor.
Second brakeman of No. s, name I'M
known.
Kennehan sustained a broken leg,
while the others were only slightly
bruised by their fall Engineer Mas
hengale was found pinned to the
ground beneath a box car with a
broken leg and head badly cut. He was
removed with difficulty and, with En-
gineer Kennehan was brought to Glas-
gov. where he died in the afternoon of
the same day.
( A jury was impaneled and proceed
ed to the scene of the wreck where a
CHASTITY and sickening sight met their
gaze. Nine cars were in the ditch and
the engine coming east had run direct
ly on top of the one backing west.
Fireman Was Decapitated.
Fireman Neitzke was buried beneath
two trucks of the engine and so badly
mangled that his body could scarcely
be recognized. His head was complete
ly severed from his body, his arms and
one leg cut off and pieces of the body
were picked up in a dozen places.
Charles Strahan, the brakeman. was
cut up equally as bad both legs be-
ing severed from the body and his body
literally ground to pulp.
E. Peion, the fireman on the light en-
CINE, was the only one whose body was
intact. His body presented a most
CHASTITY spectacle, the tongue protrud-
ing from his mouth and his intestines
laid at his feet, presenting a. gruesome
sight.
The coroner's inquest was concluded
this morning and the jury broughtsin
a verdict declaring thattlIe men came
to their death through the negligence
of Kennehan.