The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-27

Important BUSINESS called me Eaet soon
after tho meeting with Han described IN
| che foregoing chapser. and before ! again.
saw the Grand Teton very stirring events
had taken place.
As the reader ~ aware. DR. SyNs aRree-
| meat with fhe various governments limit
"a the output Of his mine. An interna-
tional commission. continually ia session
IN New York. adjusted tho differences
| arising among the nations concerning
| financial Affairs. and allotted 90 each the
| proper amount Of artemisiun for coinage.
| or coursc thls amount varied from time
| 20 time but fair average could easily
| b. maintained Tho gradual Increase q
| wealth IN houses, machinery manufactur-
| I'd and artistic products called FOR a cor
/ responding increase IN The circulating me-
! dum. but thia. TOO, was easily provided
I for An equally painstakng supervision
I was exercised over the amount OF the
] precious metal which Or. SyN was per
[ uitted 60 supply 20 the markets for use
I in the arts. on This side. also, tho de-
! Tuand gradually increased. hut the won
derful Teton mine seemed equal TO all
calls upon its resources.
After the failure Of the mining opera
lions there was moderate revival Of the
efforts 20 reduce the Teton ore. but no
success cheered the exf-erimenters. Pros
/ pectors also wandered al over the earth
| looking for pure artemislum. but Boz vain
I The general public. knowing nothing Of
I what Hall had discovered. and still be-
I nevnr syx's story that ne also had found
pure arteuisium in his mine. accounted
1 FOR ne failure OF tho tunnehng operations
4 on tho supposition that fhe metal. IN
/ free state. was excessively rare, and that
/ DR. syN had had the luck 20 strike the
I only vein OF IL that the Grand Teton con
tained. A. n 10 give countenanco 90 this
I opinion. Or Syx now announced. IN the
a a
/ -eivcd again ard that the vein of free
metal he had struck being exhausted. no
I other had appeared Accordingly he said.
{ he must henceforth rely exclusively, az N
the beginning, upon reduction or the ore.
Arternisium had proved itself an i'm
mense boon 20 mankind. and the new
ere OF commercial prosperity which u
I had ushersd IN already exceeded every
I thing tina, the world had known In tho
/ past School children learned that hu-
I man civilization had taken five great
I strides. known respectively. beginning az
/ the bottom. az the age q stone the
7 age Of bronze" the age OF iron" the
age Of gold and the sge Of artemis-
ium."
Nevertheless sources OF Dissatisfaction
finally began TO appear. and. after the
nature OF such things they developed
with marvellous rapidity. People began
| TO grunlble about contraction Of the cur
rency" Ia every country ycre arose a
4 party which demanded "rree money"
/ Demagogues pointed 10 the brief reign OF
/ paper money after the demouetizatlon or
/ Foid as a happy period. when the people
had enjoyed their rights. and the money
barons'-borrowiugaa term from nine
! tenth century hlst0fy-were kept az bay
Fhen came denunciations OF the inter
4 national commission for restricting the
| coinage DR. syN was described as "a
devil nah sucking the velns Of the planet
and holding Il helpless IN the grasp OF his
| tent acular billions In tho United states
meetings % agitators passed. furious res
olutaons deaouncing the government, as
/ sailing me rich. curslng DR.. Syx. and cali
ing upon the oppressed 70 rise ana
take their own" The final outcome was
| Of course violence. MODS had 10 be sup
pressed BY military force. But the most
/ dramatic scene In the tragedy occurred az
the Grand Teton Excited by inhamna-
tory speeches ana printed documents.
some thousand armed men assembled IN
the nelghbodhood % Jenny's lake and pre-
pared to attack the Syx mine For some
reason the military guard had been de-
plsted. ana the mob. under the leadership
o. A man named Bings. who showed no
u,tle talent as a commander and strate-
f-ist surprised the small force 81 soldiers
and locked them up In their own guard
house
Telegrnphio communication having been
cut on BY the astute Biugs, a neYce at
tack was made on the mine The as
sailants swarmed up the sides OF the can
Won and attempted 20 break IN
Through the foundation Ct the buildings
Rut the masonry was stronger than
they had anticipated and the attack faii-
"A sharpshooters then climbed the
nslehborine nights ard kept up an tnces-
sant peppering OF the walls with conleai
bullets driven at 400 feet per second
No reply came from the gloomy sruc-
ture. The huge column OF black smoke
rose unlnterruptedly into the sky and the
| noise OF the great engine never ceased
| for an instant The mob gathered closer
on an eidess and rodoubled the ire OF the
rides TO which was now added the helch-
ing OF several machine guns Ragged
holes began 20 appear IN the walks. ana
al the sight OF these the assailants yeled
| with delight II was evident that the
mu1 could not long withstand 80 destruc-
live a bombardmcnt. II the besiegers had
uossessed artillery they would have knock
| 81 the buildings into splintcrs within y
minutes. AS Il was. they would need
a whole day 90 win their victory
Suddenly ~ became evident that the
besleged we're about TO take hand in
the light Thus FAR they had not shown
themselves or fired a shot, but now a
movement was perceived on the roof,
and the projecting arms or some klnh
| OF machinery became visible. Many
marksnen concentrated their FIRE upon
the mysterious objects. but apparently
with little effect Blngs mounted on q
rock. so as TO command a cloar view 81
the feId was on the point Of ordering
a marty 20 rush forward with axes ana
beat down tho Formidable doors when
there came "a binding fash from the roof.
s.omething swishod through the afr. and
a gus Of heat met the assailants IN the
face. Bings dropped dead from his T'ercn.
and then. as n the scythe % the Destroy
er had swung downward. and 20 right and
ef, N Quick succession the close packed
mob wac leveisd. rank after rank. until
the few survivors crept behind roclss for
refuge.
Instantly the atmospheric broom swept
up and down the canyon ard across the
mountains hanks. ana the marksmen
feu ia punches like shaken grapes. Nine
tenths OF the beeiegers were destroyed
within ten minutes after tho first move
ment had been noticed on the
roof Those who survived owed
their escape 20 the rocks which
|, concealed them. ana they Lost no
time ia crawling on into ncighhoring
q chasms. and as soon as they were be-
yond eyeshot from the mill they Ned with
panic speed.
Then the towering form Of Or syx ap-
.HaK.