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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27
5000 TO THE PAN.
such IL the Report From s,r,.
Ashisnd-&:O, rhi. s ''"r


nS"i"hu' sept. 23.-One thousap,
dollars III gold was secured in two n.ra
81 rock pounded up and wasba1 ons
one day last week at the An,le onI
Brown strike on Mount Sterliny ohou,
~ miles south OF Ashland and ;rst
over the California line. An Ashland
man VINO has just returned from rho
scene Is responsible for the stotemen+
which is not doubted by those who ore
acquainted with the richness Of tba
lead, which is known as the KlonJ;k.
This claim is located near the spnn,;+
OF Mount Sterling, at an elevation Of
nearly 5000 feet above sea level and
was accidentally discovered about q
year ago 10y Messrs. Angle and Brown
the latter being II pocket hunteru of
experience. A small piece OF rich float
was found, AMI in tracing it up almost
the first srtoke OF the pick into the
ground uncovered streak of very rich
quartz and located the claim for then,
lhey took out several thousand dollars
III gold last year before the SHOWS of
winter drove them off the claim. tho
gold being pounded out in hand NOR.
tar. This season it is estimated that
the lucky miners have taken ont not
less than SEQ. 600 in like manner. and
how long their lead will last no one
pretenls to know.
They have run a cut into the noun
tam TOR short distance and have only
followed the pay streak thus far to a
depth of 26 feet. The gold is found in
porphyry formation or ledge which
lies on the bedrock and pitches into
the mountain ut considerable angle.
The find has led to large number OF
prospectors trying to duplicate it in
the same section, but as yet without
success
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27

New York, Sept. 2l.-A special to
the Herald from Washington says
Immigration from the north OF ltaly
and from Sweden is to be invited 'o
Hawaii. The Hawaiian minister ol
fnance was at the treasury department
TODAY to consult officials. lie SAD
that he was on his way to Europe ~
secure immigrants from among the oet,
ter classes in Northern Italy anu
Sweden to Hawaii.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27
SHIPS DESIGNATED.
Bic Dc JaneirO and sikh Will
lnasport the Thirty

I BE Dc Janeiro and sikh Will
lnlsport the Thirty-ffth.
kagion, Sept. 22.-The ships
EEl carry the Thirty-tifth regi.
b Manila will be fitted out for
|Els 1t Portland, and all sup.
|Geh are necessary will be pur.
that city.
M the instruction which Sec.
ERot gave to the adjutant-gene.
~ IN the presence of Senator
The senator arrived in Wash.
about noon. At 2 o'clock he
fscrsary Of war, and after he
Hhined the situation, the desires
people Of Portland, and the
F. for fitting out the transports,
slstaT gave the order.
secretary made only one provisc
f0usHsdng at Portland should oc.
: DO delay. Senator Simon told
|asn would be no occasion for de.
\ nsssaries could be readily pro.
| IN Portland.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Portland Mark ct.

Wheat-Walla Walla, $4,000;
Valley, 59@6lc; Bluestem, GOOGLE
per bushel.
Flour-Best grades. 1926; graham,
81. 60; supertine, Sal per barrel.
Oats-Choice white. 81 q Acc; choice
gray, SO 3sc per bushel.
Barley-Feed barley, $l5@16;
brewing, $3.50 per ton.
Millstuffs-Bran, SIT per ton; mid.
dlings. $22; shorts, SIS; chop, $1,000
per ton.
Hay-Timothy. $500; clover. 81
as; Oregon wild hay, IS per ton.
Butter-Fancy creamery, 45@ 500;
seconds. S5@40c; dairy. s0@35c;
store, 221a @271ac.
Eggs-20c per dozen.
Cheese-Oregon full cream, 100;
Young America. l3c; new cheese.
1oc per pound.
Poultry-Chickens. mixed, $4,000
4.50per dozen; hens. IS. SO springs,
~. b0@4.50; geese, s.. so @S; for old.
$4.6O@8.5O for young; ducks. $4.500
$50 per dozen; turkeys. live. 121a q
1870 per pound.
Potatoes-65 q 75c per sack; sweets,
2@214c per pound.
Vegetables-Beets, 81; turnips, 600
per sack; garlic, 70 per pound; cab.
bage. ~ @2c per pound; cauli-
flower. 75c per dozen; parsnips. 81
beans. 5@6c per pound; celery,
7O@ 75c per dozen; cucumbers. soc per
box; peas, GAO per pound; tomatoes.
25 a SOC per box; green corn, 1211a g loo
per dozen.
Hops-ll@lSc; 1897 crop, 1890.
Wool-Valley, 12@l3c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 8@l3c; mohair.
~ q soc per pound.
Mutton-Gross. best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 3 &c; dressed mutton. Ga q
&c; lambs, 71ac per Id.
Hogs-Gross, choice heavy, $500
light and feeders. $3.50; dressed, So.
@7.OO per 100 pounds.
Beei-Gross. top steers. $50 @$4. 90;
cows, $3.00@3.50; dressed beef.
6@7c per pound.
Veal-Large. 61a@71ac; small, SO
1nc per pound
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27
FALL TRADE ACTIVITY.
General Business OF the Country Goes
Forward at Good Pace.

4
| Forward at u Good Pace.
Bradstreet's says: With compare.
tively little stock or other speculative
activity, and with few strong new fea-
lures presenting themselves, the gener.
al business of the country goes forward
at good pace, and with unprecedented
! volume for this period of the year.
Fall trade activity would appear to be
at its maximum. judging from advices
of activity and strength OF demand re-
ported alike from Western and Eastern
markets. and shared in also by most
South Atlantic and interior Southern
cities.
Iron and steel are quiet but very
strong at the East.
Little improvement seems to be noted
in wheat though the government report
was temporarily stimulating. Weather
conditions are partly responsible for
the better demand for butter. The
strength of cotton goods is notable.
Lumber retains all its old strength and
some new buying is responsible for ad.
vanced quotations at several centers.
This is true also of most building ma
terials with the exception of brick
which is rather weak owing to reported
over production. Wool is trmer at all
and higher at some markets and much
interest is taken in the next London
wool sales.
Wheat (including four shipments
for the week aggregate 4, 900. 900 bush.
els against 4.353, 903 bushels last week
1885, bushels in the corresponding
week of 1898, 6.299.948 bushels in
1897, 5,966,3 bushels in 1896, and
2 692.259 bushels in 1895.
Since July /, this season, the exports
of wheat aggregate AZ ,0l2,79 bushels.
against SO. 4b9.O9 bushels last year,
and A, COZ, 700 in 1897.
Business failures for the week NUM-
Der l49. against 1873 last week. and 173
in this week year ago.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27

n spt !. S2.-The Aurore pub.
fD'syfus: "'''n HUN
ss1s'nment OF the republic has
/ n :! liberty. But liberty is
me without honor. From
\ ~ :, continue to seek repara-
- lrlghtful judicial error OF
''aain the victim. | wish
y wow J: by a definite Judgment
1, = innocent. My heart will
n N. " rest when there remains
4 frenchman who imputes
\ mother. p0' ~
ALFRED DREYFUs."
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27
WAR PREPARATIONS.
" England Nor the Transvaal VIII
BE- Caught Mapping.

-"s suo ATansNaaI w Ill
b Caught Mapping.
|fi'n' Sept. s2.-Despite all out.
|'nE Of calm, Great Britain is in
faly the same condition today
Tue united Stetes a few weeks
ae opening OF the war with
S !, the crust of diplomatic
ns omclals are working night
repairing for the signal to be.
aal'les, whether that comes or
fAaa u not going to be caught
any more than the Transvaal.
I ., Salisbury is quietly at
natneld house, Mr.. Chamber
'aned in work at the colonial
W oouble forces at the roval
nd dockyards are straining
INV ~ 70 equip and transport
~ SAID for certain that Great
VI 10 nothing to precipitate
ua tne colonial office is far
uniting that the case is
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27
DreyfusIs at Carpentra..

Carpentras, France. Sept. 23-fx'
Captain Dreyfus arrived here this
morning, and went to the home OF NJ.
Valabregue, his brother-in-law. Al
though the arrival OF Dreyius at the
home of his relative, who has been es'
tablished as a cloth merchant here foI
a quarter of century, was soon Known
no demonstration occurred NINE
Dreyfus is expected here tonight
While Dreyfus' health does not permit
of his receiving visitors, it is hoped the
climate will restore his strength during
the next few months, which he is ex'
pected TO spend here.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27
|lyA0 REBELS
rour Hundred Hostiles
Al Zamboanga.
pplCTlCALLY DESERTED
"a r,iipiuOs Are unfriendly
Between Thorn
Al. Liable to Occur

4, Sent. 22.-Cable reports
|hIh concerning the results OF
| Rites second trip among the
1. Islands indicate that only
4, rbels at Zamboanga refuse
[nnin American authority.
\ N outcome in the island OF
1 h, CITY Of Zamboanga is prac.
I serted. The rebels are i'll
n miles in the country. The
ID Filipinos are untriendly,
'sr,rbances between them are
,mur. Jolo is quiet and the
ninue friendly.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27

Chattanooga, Tenn, Sept. 2o.-Juila
o .;son the leading lady OF the "Mr.
plaster OF Paris" farce-comedy com
a nav shot and killed Frank Leiden'
pan. manager and leading man OF the
s'"so at o'clock tonight, at the
coIrp "nera house, on the stage just be-
ivy Ivy .he curtain rose for the perform
a a to begin. Three shots were i1re''
e." a. clsoe range by the woman' an TAX
in inc effect in Leidens head ,a ne So sank INK
=! ny the floor and was dead in a few min
uteS.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27
Seattle Mark cts.

Onions. new, $l.52 D l.50 per sack.
Potatoes. new, 75c@$l
Beets, per sack, 75@$l.
Turnips. per sack. SOC.
Carrots, per sack, 500 75c.
Parsnips, per sack, 81 LIS.
Caulifiower. 75c per doz.
Cabbage, native and California
sl@1.25 per 100 pounds.
Cherries, 75c@$l.
Peaches, 75@ 90c.
Apples. $l.25@l.75 per box.
Pears, $l.75@2per box.
Prunes, 81 per dox.
Watermelons, 81 @2.50.
Cantaloupes, SOC 75c.
Butter-Creamefy, &c per pound;
dairy 17@22c ranch, 121a @17c per lb.
Eggs, 26c.
Cheese-Native. SO lac.
Poultry-13@ lac; dressed. 1870.
Hay-Puget Sound timothy. $7@9;
choice Eastern Washington tim.
othy, $14.Oo.
Corn-Whole. $2S. so; cracked, $2S;
feed meal. $500.
Barley-Rolled or ground, per ton
cal; whole, $22.
Flour-Patent, per barrel, So. 80;
blended straiehts, 1925: California
1925; buckwheat -four, 50. 80; graham,
per barrel, 80. 60; whole wheat -four.
So; rye -four, 1915.
Millstuffs-Bran, per ton, e15;
shorts, per ton, SIG.
Feed-Chopped feed, $1,000 per
ton; middlng., per ton, $22; oil cake
meal, per ton, $35.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27

San Francisco, Sept. 25.-The Chron-
icle says: Definite and reliable infor-
nation sent to the Chronicle from the
East sets at rest the rumors about the
sale of the Croker holdings of South
ern Pacific stock, and ends speculation
as to the purchaser. The Croker
shares, numbering $40, 900, and valued
approximately at $lO,00O,00O, have
been bought by syndicate of which
C. 2. Huntington was the promoter
and is the head, and of which the
Speyers, of New York, are the bankers.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27
co,d From Europe.

New York, Sept. 23.--kepor's ,' ~.
current in Wall street that the in.t r.
ta,ion Of gold from Europe is about oou ~ ~
begin. 1t is said that a'J %een nnr.
e2Oo, 900 in gold has already peGn nn h
chased in the open market III L ~ Said
for shipment to New York, ,.d ~ ua IL to
the National City bank is arransins o, W
h t,rI S.. 600, 900, 900 il gold IRON ,,;1
Enrone and that Lazara ireres f mr,,
probably import large '''''o
Paris.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27
OUR HEAD is TURNED,
So Says Goodwin Smith, who Thinks
Dewey Is Ovcrcstimated.

Dewey - OVcrCattntRted
Toronto, Ont, Sept. 25.-Goldwin
Smith, writing in Il local paper, says:
Nothing could show the extent to
which the head of Columbia has been
turned by the war more than her ador-
alton OF the hero Dewey. What did
the hero Dewey and his comrades do:
They sat in almost perfect safety and
destroyed at long range a line of help
less tubs, with some hundreds OF the
poor Spaniards who manned them,
and who alone had any opportunity OF
showing heroism on the occasion. So
perfectly secure did the Americans feel
that they adjourned to breakfast in the
middle OF their sport. There was
among them a single casualty, and had
they all gone tiger hunting one casual
ty at least probably would have oc.
Cured
'For this, however, Dewey, is de-
clared to be the equal OF the great sea.
men who conquered in the terrible days
OF Aboukir, Copenhagen, Trafalgar. If
he were so inclined he might probably
be elected president of the United
States.
Canada cannot possibly take part
in the celebration of Dewey's triumphs
without evidence Of discourtesy toward
Spain, a friendly nation, which has
done Canada no wrong. Spain, let it
be remembered, though deprived of her
possessions in this hemisphere, is still
Mediterranean power, decayed at
present, but capable OF restoration.
The British government will hardly
thank the Canadian government for
making her an implacable enemy"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27
49,. At the white House.

Euon, Sept. %. Cardinal
khd half an hours conference
president today. He was ac-
u by Father Stafford, OF this
|Iaher than to admit that the
him related to the Philippine
Il Cardinal Gibbons declined
Y, statement regarding the con.
I Anew Of the Catholic clergy
Ia very much exercised by the
hi The dissertation OF chucrh
hin the Philippines by our SOL
|uiitis presumed this, together
| nsr subjects relating to the
3 church in the Philippines,
|sused.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27
"'' Coming to America.

n sept 2s.-The Times pub.
~'lowing dispatch from Ma.
!, it .s OF luggage has ar
n y ~" ~ Havre and Folkestone
i" NINE. Dreyfus, and rooms
~ 'aken at a local hotel.
,s,. u marked for New York,
IN pp'ssd that Dreyfus is going
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27

wool-Spring-Nevada, 12@ lac per
pound; Oregon, Eastern, 100 lac; Val.
ley, 17@19c; Northern, S@10c.
Onions-Yellow, 75@S5o per sack.
Butter-Fancy creamery. asa geo;
do seconds, 23@24c; fancy dairy,
2l@23c do seconds, $4,000 per
pound.
Eggs Store, 20@23c; fancy ranch.
25@2Sc.
Hops-lS99 crop. 10 q 13c per pound
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27
s4rnck fnr Spree MOney.

Joliet, H., Sept. 23.-Five hundred
J., horars on section Is of the drainage
canal struck today. The contractors
have been paying them twice month
but, owing to the frequency .. .ns
sprees, which resulted from this, IL wa,
decided to pay monthly. the m1n
objected. and struck. They are larsei'
foro;gners and trouble is feard
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27
iyphoOn at Manila.

Enton, Sept. 22.-The war de-
ii has received the following
rih, Sept. 22,-Adjutant-Ge
Fshington: Typhoon prevail.
liniall, 4s hours, 50 inches.
Ahur, SO inches. Delay ship.
d volunteers. Iowa probably
nnow. Tennessees detained by
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27
v.t In the Morgan CITY

Washington, Sept. 23.-General 0 w.,
,os informed the war department 'ii"'
six or eight bags OF mall SEM ~ ;r
transport Morgan City were ioS' ~
the wreck OF the vessel.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27
Lumber Barge Sank.

Chicago, Sept. 26.-Dnring a severe
wind and rain storm this evening the
staam barge Cleveland, laden with loo''
sto" .aa+ - 1umber, sank in the harbor
w. .,oor tho mutho OF the Chicago river.
% ro" Henry Davis and a crew OF IL
non were rescued by tugs WIN cohsio'
IL lift entity.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27
:. 'n'fsr Hawaiian Lands.

i ,a, sept. 22.-The presi-
, 4. a PROCLAMATION declar.
b, local Hawaiian officials
al. p !! to transfer title to
! sos. - Hawaii, pending legis-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27

W, A.; '.a Minor, Sept. 22.-
m A u;,ssastrous earthquake this
sus. .u' a town on the Men,
Mi os Uasneast of this place.
s.sons were killed in the
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27
TRAIN
wounded

y of insur-I
ain a mile
this morn
IN the de-
ticket close
Americans
Lieutenant
who were
us defense,
flee. Six
found in
rebel fire
t conlpan.
to the re-
rC0S were
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27
Us Man
er y nd r
ALA.


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'"'la. /
h,lre,l va
ary, a trivz
en- , anil;
lifting in 81
70 men. b
Fible criun2
/. n
re yestert,e
earch of p
bf her MOI
serted M
ago, sinS
nd, a broti
tier learn
of jealou2
to kill tie
on his loX
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for the la
Ing to XII
Eilsore, an
n end 70 p
4
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hat to -
So | viii
God ha%
4
FLAND." 4
lie procure1
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bee, he sho|
bit. who RAJ
Il dead. D
he turned
ed into thS
/. When +
he shot he2
|eeding and
|, she aros2
rible strug}
and wifae|
szaged oyei
It to wrench
again fell
the face. /
milton the
lis wife and
top of hid
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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27

Word was
morning
hughter of
Eing from
Tuesday
ere organ
body was
tn fork OF
ne tied to
,oner Tut
I'D an in
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27
er.

The SUI
cision in
" the de-
aving 60
|btes over
Eision is
pages.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27

Est. Vim
destroyed
Ing. The
NIcCune,
en- found.
ken from
cen iClen-
was in
The prop
ill reach
Ice. The
the best
18th.
rds.
lis after
buildings
here were
the time
of them
Ehere the
pie, with
|itions OF
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27

Henry Piltz is accused by Edgar
Mizer of converting to his own use
$3.50 from the French Hill claim.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27

Thomas Mahoney, general manager
of the North American Trading &
Transportation Company, has pur.
chased the mercantile holdings of the
British American Company. The pur-
chase price was 100000.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27

Alfred
ing left
cen con-
wills is
l., where
es. His
! ticed.
n who,
Ton, yes
IS upon
cashier
q town
gunshot
&C., who
l by a
he price
$1,000.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27

1t is estimated that fully $1,000 tons
of general merchandise has been
shipped to the Yukon valley via st.
Michaels and White Pass. There is an
abundance OF food at Dawson to supply
all requirements.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27

The government is building wagon
trail from Caribou crossing to point
below White Horse rapids through
Watson valley and around Thirty Mile
river. This will lessen the distance
Oh the winter trail fully 100 miles.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-27

The remains of Chester Payne Hughes
have been shipped to Seattle for inter.
ment He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. II. Hughes, and died as the ice
went out of the river ON the 18th OF
last May. ]. L. Bell, who died on De-
cember 20, 1898, has been exhumed
and sent to his old home in Whatcom,
ut the request of his son, J. H. Bell, jr.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-09
SggTAERN FARM MAGAZIN s
OF BALTIMORE, MD.
PUBLISHED by
Manufacturers Record Publishing g..

y Monthly illustrated journal de.
'otrd TO Southern Agriculture, dealing
YIN all matters related to Genera,
earning, Live Stock, Poultry, Dairy
ny, Truck Farming, Fruit Growing,
INA every farm interest and pursuit in
he South.
1t is widely read by Northern I'd
Western farmers contemplating MOI
ing South.
1t ought to be in every Southern
family, for it is "of the South, by the
South and for tho South"
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-09
A Notorious Prcctdeus

During tho war of 1928 tho
Secretary of War assumed direct
control of military matters, and at
ono tlmo established his hcadquur.
ters at Sackett's Harbor, N Y. It
was during this timo that disustcr
and serious misfortune befcll tho
nation. The Capitol at Washingt N
was captured, ransacked and burned.
and Canada was lost to our Republic
possibly forever.
Jackson's brilliant achievements,
with the minimum loss of life, we.t
tar to retrieve the failures of others.
Long after tho war was over, tho
Secretary of War explained his con-
duct by saying that fr,m the | to.
ness OF the season, tho inclomenc OF
the weather and tho continued ind,s-
position of the commanding general.
he had expected that the campaign
would end as it did, "with the dis.
grace of doing nothing"
The spectacle of the Secretary Of
War hastening to the frontier, plan
ming an expedition which ho know
must fail, yet collecting troops and
stores at an immonso cost, and send.
ing forth his generals with assur
ances that he believed they would
succeed, was humiIi ting enough;
but what followed was so much more
80 that wo may well decline to pur-
sue tho subject fnrthcr-Ma:or
General Nelson A. Miles, in Frank
Leslie's Popular M ,nthly for Nav.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-09

lIo was on tho alert. and had not gono
far, when he deserted that for which he
was looking. From Il dwelling on tho
left shono u light. its few rays piercing
tho trees and reaching tho highway,
from which it was separated by IL long
lane, inclosed by tall trees. whose tops
appeared almost to meet
The lieutenant hurried his pace and,
turning through the open gate. entered
the avenue that recalled many he had
seen in his native state and for tho mo.
mrnt caused Il touch of homcSicknnsa
He half expected TO hear thr oaying OF
dog. but the place" like General FL
dNdgc's. seemed to be unprovitlcd with
the convenient nuisanccs The house
ana grounds were similar to those he
mad LETT short time before but Of
much more modest proportions
This dwelling. it may as we'll be
stated. Was the residence of two sisters
one of whom was II widow and tho 9th.
er unmarried. both in middle life. They
were the only occupants. with tho cX-
ccption Of Il number Of colorcd servants,
some of whom dwclt in small wing of
the building and the others in their
regular quarters.
Without hesitation. the lieutenant
stepped upon the porch and was in tho
act OF reaching up 10 sound the big
brass knockcr. when the door was drawn
inward and Il woman. tall slim. severe
OF feature and plainly dressed, stood re-
r"alrd hy the light of 4 candle on II table
at the side of the broad hall
.'lS this Mrs Eruw,rrY - osl,J +I,