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The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-31
BY H. IRVING KING.

a case of piracy which attracted
much attention about three years ago
was the capture and looting. of the
steamer Pegu and the murder of near
ly all her officers and crew by gang
of Achinese pirates.
The Achinese occupy the northwest
part of the Island of Sumatra. They
were once a powerful nation, but are
now pushed into corner of the great
island which they used to rule.
The Dutch, who possess the rest of
Sumatra, have been fighting them for
100 years, but have never been able
to bring them into subsection. They
are great pirates, feared in all the
neighboring seas.
The Pegu was commanded by Capt.
Ross who had been in the Malay trade
for years and had been attacked by
pirates twice before, driving them off
successfully each time.
The steamer stopped at Erid. one of
the little ports where pepper is taken
on board, and there eleven Achinese
men and one woman engaged passage
to the Penang coast.
The men were searched before they
were allowed to go below to make sure
that they had no arms about them and
then the steamer headed out into the
Malacca Straits.
The woman had not been searched.
And this settled the fate of the ship.
for she had concealed about her per-
feet arsenal of weapons.
AS soon as the party was below she
distributed long Malay knives. called
creeses. among them.
The captain and chief engineer were
at dinner when six of the Achinese
broke into the saloon and attacked
them, while the rest of the pirate gang
sprang 70 the bridge and cut down
the mate and the man at the wheel
hacking them 10 death with their
sharp knives.
The captain and chief engineer in
the saloon were entirely unamed
when the pirates attacked them. but
they made a gallant fight OF il, de-
Tending themselves with chairs and
driving back their assailants with
broken heads.
Just as Il seemed that the two Of
ncers might succeed In beating on
their assailants, one Of the pirates.
whose knife had been knocked from his
hand, seized the carving knife from
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ference between the image used by
the performer and the ordinary idols.
The latter are carved from one solid
piece of wood, and the former are made
from two pieces.
The head and neck of the magician's
image are made of one piece and the
body and limbs of a second piece.
The neck fits snugly into cavity bored
between the shoulders.
The magician introduces the image
to the spectators and explains that he
uses the figure as a messenger. He
declares that in an Incredibly short
space of time it cam fly to any part
of the world.
The magician then speaks to the
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-31

I the table and killed brave Capt. Ross
with one blow. The chief engineer,
Craige, fought his way through the
gang and ran to the engine-room,
where he bolted himself in
Meantime there was bloody work on
deck. and now the murderers of the
captain took a hand in it. The crew
were Malays and the passengers nearly
all Chinese. After killing the mate
taken the wheel while the others turn
ed their attention to the crew.
They killed two sailors and three
passengers and when they had been
Joined by the ruffians who had killed
the captain, the whole pirate gang
rushed in among the terrified crew and
the horror stricken passengers, hacking
and stabbing right and left.
Fifteen were stabbed. most of them
fatally, and about twenty others were
forced to walk the plank: only the pi-
rate did not stop to rig a plank in the
old-fashioned buccaneer style, but lust
made their victims walk overheard bv
cutting at them with their knives.
While this was going on, the pirate
woman, who seemed to be the leader of
the gang, shouted orders and encour-
agement to the murderers.
Only the dead, and the wounded
whom the pirates had left for dead
were now to be seen on deck and the
freebooters turned their attention 10
looting the vessel.
They stripped her of everything of
value they could find and piled their
spoiis on the deck. Then they forced
open the safe and took from il s15.0o1
in gold. 'OO'
The pirate who had taken the wheel
had steered the ship in toward the
shore where she lost Roadway, for the
engineer had stopped her engines.
When she stopped she was off a nj
rates rendezvous. The pirates now
loaded all their booty into the steam
ers boats, lowered them and pulled
away Ior the beach. When they had
gone, Chief Engineer Craige came ~. :,
from his enginee-room ana acme oF ~
crew and passengers, who had esca nod
death or wounds by hiding Themselves
IN remote corners of the shin. annaarS
ed on deck. pear
With their help the steamer was got
under way again and steered to Telak
the nearest civilized port, where the
wounded were taken ashore.
once before. in the very same spot
where the Pegu was captured, a rner-
cnant steamer was attacked and loot
ed by Achinese pirates, the weanons
on that occasion having been sn1ngs
gled aboard in the bedding of a won1-
an who had come aboard PRETENDING
that she was very ILL., Perhaps she
was the same woman who led the pl-
rates of the Pegu.
But the eastern seas are NOT the
only ones where pirates may be met
Even the Mediterranean. that much.
Travelled sea. swarming with men-of-
war; Is not entirely free from them
and the Rim pirates OF the Morocco
coast sometimes board and plunder
merchant vessels within sight OF the
great fortress OF Gibraltar.
The RIMS cruise about in swift
feiuceas, long, low, rakish craft" OF
the approved pirate model.
They became 20 bold about ten
CONTINUED on PaEs Twsnty.slS.)
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-31
CHAPTER VI.

Before the Lakerimmers could rub
the amezement out of their eyes and
decide whether they were looking at
ghosts or real human beings, the
strangers began to throw remarks in
their direction-remarks which We're
meant TO be funny, and amused the
people who made them as much as
they enraged the people who receiv-
ed them.
What's that you've got there?" yell
ed one of the strangers. "a street
carr"
mo" answered another, that's one
of those new tangled floating baby
carriages"
A third one asked, Does your moth
er know you're out?"
Many other remarks of equal wit
and politeness were volleyed at the
Lakerimmers, but they could think of
nothing to say in reply, and only
stared in bewilderrnent. Now the
strangers dealt the Lakerimmers the
deadly insult of rowing across their
bow-indeed they rowed all around
them.
This Infatuated the Lakerimmers so
terribly that they tried to run down
the racing shell by rowing into it, but
the strangers were too swift for them
Then there followed a short race, and
Tug and his men fairly belabored the
water with their paddles. But the
strangers had them hopelessly out
Classed. and their light eggshell with
its long spider-leg oars simply walked
away from them.
Reddy and Heady now invited the
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in laughter Suddenly they saw the
Lakerimmers crawling up on them.
and they grew serious instanter.
But they had laughed just enough
to be out of rhythm, and their stroke
had a hard time keeping their backs
parallel with his. They were going
however, at their old speed again, by
the time the Lakerimmers' bow had
cut off the last open space astern of
the GroVetoWn boat.
And now it was tug of war. in
deed, and both crews threw their met
tie into every stroke. Neither boat
gained or lost more than an inch for
several minutes. Then the superior
stuff in Lakerimmers were made of
began to tell. The Grovetowners had
made their squirt and it had exhausted
them. Both their strength and their
spirit had oozed away and they be-
gan to grow nervous and weak, and
to try, each man to win the race for
himself
The Lakerimmers, however, kept TO
the merciless swing of the pendulum
of a clock. and when this regularity
began to tell at all. it spoke in very
loud tone. Suddenly the Grovetown
boat seemed to take anchor and the
Lakerim boat to take wing.
In a tiffy the Lakerimmers had
changed the order of things; instead of
their bow just reaching the stern of
the Grovetown boat. it was now the
bow of the Grovetown boat that just
reached the stern of theirs. Punk cast
one glance on the rival crew and real
lied that they were hopelessly done.
But he called to his own men to keep
their eyes in the boat and concealed his
joy in the business-like regularity of
his stroke. He rowed on and on as if he
were racing against time. And it was
very good time, indeed, all things con-
sidered that he made when he brought
his crew past the mark they had set in
advance for the race-a dead tree on a
high bluff.
The Grovetowners came limping and
f1uttering in, like a flock of startled
geese-about twelve lengths behind.
They were so beaten and so ratified
that they hardly succeeded in reach
ing the goal before the war-canoe,
with its two paddlers and its heavy
"Caboose."
The Lakerimmers, when they saw
their defeated hosts drifting across the
line, had not the heart to rub in their
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triumph. They knew IL required no
words of theirs to rebuke the Grove
towners for the reception they had
given the strangers in the war canoe.
But Tug felt that some kind of les
son was necessary, and, seeing the war
canoe coming leisurely along the cur
rent, he gave a surprising answer to
the captain of the Grovetown eight
who called over to Punk.
well, there's no doubt about your
giving us a good beating, and l guess
we deserved it. So now l think we had
better turn round and row back"
To this Tug answered:
Thanks; were rot going north this
afternoon. We are much obliged for
the loan of the shell, and shall be still
more obliged if you will tow it back
up stream and put it safely to bed in
the boat house. We have a very i'm
portant engagement down the river"
Then. at Tugs suggestion, Punk had
his men row across to shore. where
they got out of the boat and where
they were Joined by the war canoe.
They tied the she'll to a tree that lean
ed out across the water, and piled
into the war canoe, chuckling over
their success.
The Grovetowners raised a wild pro-
test against such behavior, but Tug
only answered:
You can't give us any lessons eth
er in politeness or in rowing. You had
better take your medicine with as
pleasant smile as you can scrape
up"
And this the Grovetowners did
though their smile was far from pleas
ant. They united their shell from the
tree and fastened it to their new SHE'LL
and went YEARLY up the river, doubly
disgruntled at the fact of having lost
the race, and of having to take two
boats up stream against the current
The Lakerimmers. however, drifted
down the stream lazily and blissfully
until they suddenly remembered that
they had allowed their pride in their
own ability, to check their pursuit of
b. j. They wondered how much fur
Their away was this city where the
Hiram Q. Mudd" was to find it's raft
The night was beginning to darken the
sky and no city lights pierced it. It
was plain that they must pitch camn
somewhere on this strange shore. and
that they must select their camp in the
dusk. -'o
(To be continued).
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cion 1t is only necessary to offer some
excuse for moving the left hand. There
are a variety of ways in which the
movement may be explained. A very
good way is to have the image refuse
ly to remember that it has not been
paid. The left hand is then used ap
parently to get some money, but in
reality it slips the body from under
the cloak and deposits it in the baggy
trousers or in some other convenient
receptacle.
The right hand holds the head and
cloak and to all appearances the body
is still in position.
The left hand is placed under the
cloak again. and at the command to
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-31

fly the head of the image is allowed
to drop down inside the cloak into the
left hand.
The right hand brushes up the cloak
and waves it about while the left hand
disposes of the head or simply closes
over it. The head should be small
enough to allow the hand to cover it.
The trick can be played with any
small doll which has a detachable
head, or a doll can be made as shown
in Fig. 3.
The more grotesque and misshapen
the figure is the better will be the eff
feet of the trick.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-31

image, giving it. a commission to carry
to some very distant and outlandish
place. A small cloak is slipped over
it, covering all but the head. The
magician gives the word to start, the
cloak collapses and-the image disap-
pears.
The cloak that is thrown over the
image has but one opening-a small
cut through which the head is slipped,
as shown in Fig. 1.
The cloak is made of some stiff ma
terial which will not follow the lines
of the image that wears it.
1t will be seen from the illustration
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-31

that the magician sits with his legs
crossed and holds the head of the i'm
age in his right hand. This hand he
keeps outside the cloak.
The body of the image he holds in
his left hand, which he keeps inside
of the cloak, as shown in Fig. 2.
The position which the performer as
sumes appears to be natural attitude
adopted merely to allow the image to
rest on his knee. AS a matter of fact
he sits that way in order to hide the
movements of the left hand.
1t will be understood. if the illus
tration is examined, that if the body
of the image is removed by the left
hand, the right knee will hide the act
from the spectators.
To do this without arousing suspi-
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-31
CHAPTER V II

Everything was against the chances
of the Lakerimmers, and Tug blamed
himself bitterly for being foolish
enough to answer challenge under
such conditions. The Grovetown men
would have the laugh upon them
doubly now, and the name of Lake
rim would be a by-word in this Grove
town Academy.
There were just two things in favor
of the Lakerimmers; their long ex-
perience in team play of all kinds.
which had taught them how to work
together, and, besides. there was the
Lakerim grit that had pulled many a
victory out of the very jaws of de-
feat, by never counting a battle lost
till the time was called or the goal
was passed.
1t was to these two hopes that Tug
now turned. He was not the captain
of the crew and made no pretense to
set the stroke. or to criticse Punk's
management of the oars but he felt
at liberty to use a certain amount of
his magnificent lung power in urging
the men to do their best and he called
to them:
Remember Lakerim. fellows. and
remember the stroke you learned-and
remember il takes all eight to win the
race. and If any one man tries to win
il alone we will lose it sure. Put your
nedTL INTO your work ana Keep your
mind on it. and keep your eyes in the
boat. and think of Lakerim. and row
hard"
There was something about Tugs
manner rather than his words which
! came out jerkily as he went forward
and backward, that lighted a fire in
the breast OF every member of the
eight Pretty was at last in the swing
and he vowed TO himself that he would
not lose T.. After Tug had spoken
the oars seemc TO bite the water a
little more firmly and TO take the re-
cover more lightly, and now Punk felt
that he could safely quicken the
stroke; and he raised il gradually 10 a
humming pace from his favorite SO 70
the minute.
Hist'ry was the only one IN the shell
who could see the result Of this new
squirt. Before he spoke Tug could tell
by the Joy on his face that they were
picking up the lost water HiFt'ry be-
gan 10 cheer up the crew with the in
formation and Punk felt able 20 raise
the stroke still higher.
The Grovetowners. thinking they
had the race already won. had slowed
their stroke and relaxed their efforts
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-31
THE WONDERFUL
DISAPPEARING IMAGE.

One of the Most Mysterious of the
Great Hindu Juggling Trtcks-HOw
1t Is Done.
The images used by the Hindu ma
gicians for the disappearing image
trick usually represents some one of
the gods popular among the people. To
all appearances it is just like the little
figures with which almost everybody
is familiar.
There is, however, a pronounced diff
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-31
"Bang!"

"Bang!"
The two crews threw their souls and
bodies into the getaway, but the
Lakerimmers were nervous and their
form was spoiled by so much padding
with the canoe, and, consequently, they
made rather slovenly start. The
Grovetown men were used to each
other, and had been practicing every
day for weeks together, so they made
considerable gain.
Pretty had had very little practice
in rowing in a shell and he missed
the cadence of the stroke completely
In place of the wonderful ratchet mo-
ton with the eight cogs, there were
seven cogs and one loose joint Hist ry
kept yelling to him:
Get the swing No. 1. get the swing
Keep your eye on No. 2's back Watch
out No. l. That's better; now you're
going it,
But by the time Pretty began ito &c
it, the chuckling Grovetown men were
a good three lengths ahead. and the
two spectators in the war canoe were
covered with chagrin.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-31
Percy's Predicament.

said Percy Hare. Il cannot bear
Upon the street my shoes 10 wear,
J mean / hate upon my feet
10 wear my shoes when In the street
or rather IN my shoes ! hate
10 on the street pedestrianate,
beesnss you see my shiny shoes
Their perfect pTistlna pOllah ioasg
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-31
TRUE STORIES OF
PIRATES OF TO-DAY

The Achinese Pirates Who Cap
tured the Big Steamship Pegu.
Malay and Chinese Pirates and
the Sea Robbers of the Medi-
terranean 0cean-RaiderS of
the Red Sea.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-21

rel was ignorant of the identity of the
assassin, attributed to Frederick +.
tlartzell, Mrs. Burdick's lawyer, is de-
MED by Mr.. Hartzell.
In an interview, this afternoon.
Supt of Police Bull emphatically de-
MED published report quoting him as
saying 1T looks more like Pennell's
job than at anytime since the muir
DER
His opinion, he said, had not been
changed at any time since the muir
der. Il believe a woman killed Bur-
dick and 4 suspect the same woman
now that 1 did the day of the murder
~ believe Mr.. Cusacks and the district
ia torney are of quite the same opinion"
EEer since Burdick was murdered
! the police have been trying to learn
among other things what kind of a
Weapons was used In the commission
OF the crime. A golf stick and the
missing cocktail bottle have been con-
E'sadered DR.. Danser, the medical ex-
aniler, said, this evening. that a cock
tan sbottle never could have made the
wounds which killed Burdick. It was
was possible, he said, for the back of
q Ratchet or a golf stick to- have
caused the wounds.
Former District Attorney Attorney
fhonas Penny said, today. that mot
dollar of Mr. Pennelrs life insurance
will go to Mrs. Burdick"
Mr. Penney made this statement In
view of the publication of report that
only $4,000 Of the enormous insurance
carried by Mr.. Pencil was made pay
able to his estate. The circumstances
gave rise to surmises that Mrs. Bur-
dick might be the chief of the benefi-
ciary.
a. f. Arid. general manager of New
YORK insurance company confirmed the
statement of Mr.. Penney
Mr. Pencil had $4,000 life insurance
IN our company" he said. "and this IS
made payable to his estate From all 7
nave heard | believe that the rest of his
me insurance Will be found to be payable
TO his estate or to his family"
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Church Notices.

Neal Dow and the Prohbitory Law
will be the subject OF Rev. e. W. Wen
bcr's address at the Universalist church
tomorrow morning.
st. Matthew's church, fourth Sunday il
Lent Morning service at 1870 O'clock
At the evening service at Z o'clock, thf
vested choir of Christ church, Gardiner
will sing Sermon by Rev. Mr.. Plant.
Old South Congregational church
Preaching by the minister, Rev. G. A
Wight, 1870 A. M. and 2. M; Sunday
school, lie A. M; Y. p. S. c. E.. 6.15 =
NJ A cordial invitation is extended to thC
public.
Methodist Episcopal church, Rev. W
Canham. pastor 1890, morning WORSHIP
with sermon by the pastor; L M. Sunda!
school Tor Bible study in the vestries; 8
meeting of Junior Epworth League; 615
devotional services of the Senior Epworti
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lection turned up was a human skele-
ton, no one has been able to account
for it's presence there except by the
time-honored theory that it was an In
dian. The whole lot that is being ex-
cavated has never been built upon be-
fore, although there have been some
small buildings very near it.
A good quantity OF bones that are
plainly not human have been turned
up and perhaps are the remains of
roasts, soups and stews that tickled
the palate of some good citizen a half
century or more ago. Almost enough
evidences of one kind and another have
bee found to indicate that the lot was
ut one time a part of a cemetery, but
there is nothing definite to prove this
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has been arranged to fittingly observe
this event by holding a public meeting
on Sunday afternoon at o'clock in the
Episcopal church. The mayor, city gov
eminent and other city officials will be
present in body and general invita-
ton is extended to all the people of
Gardiner to attend. Short addresses
will be given by NJ. c. Wadsworth
Joseph e. Ladd. Josiah S. MaXcy and
Henry Richards. 1t is hoped that the
church will be filled to it's capacity
This meeting will in no way interfere
with the proposed celebrat ton of the in
corporation of Gardiner which will oc-
ON. in June
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NOTICE.

The recent change in city officers neces-
states the immediate collection OF out
standing taxes which are to be paid to the
retiring collector. Notice is hereby given
that all poll and personal estate taxes not
paid by April /, 1868, will be enforced as
provided by the statutes governing the
collection of taxes. Real estate taxes not
paid by Oct /, will be enforced against
the property by advertisement and sale
as provided by law. The collector will be
at the City hall office during the remain
der of the present month daily from 2 Ia
5 o'clock p NJ, and on Saturday even
ings, for the purpose of receiving such
payments as may be rendered,
G. X. TILDEN,
Collector of Taxes.
IIallowell. Me, March II, 1909.
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John Cullen.

John Cullen, member of the Home
since January, 1899. died at the hos
pital, Friday. Mr.. Cullen was born in
Ireland, Aug. 20, 1888. He enlisted at
New York City, May Q, 1861, as a pri-
vate in X Co. of the 31th n. Y. Inf
Vols. and was discharged June %, 1868
by reason of expirat ton of service; re-
enlisted in July. 1864, as a private in
Co. G, N. Y. Inf, and was discharged
in the following November. He was
practically a lifelong resident of New
York City,
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The Water District Meeting.

A Large number of the citizens of
Gardiner congregated in the Opera
house, Friday evening, for the second
and LAST time TO discuss the problem
Of municipal ownership of the water
works. Mayor Blaisdell presided over
the meeting and opinions were dis
cussed freely.
Among the speakers were Messrs
G. w. Gardiner. Richards, G. M
Holmes, j. w. Berry. G. II. Harrington
J. w. p. Johnson, Rev. j. l.. Quimby
and A. c. Stilphen, Esq.
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kennebec Ice Started. FRIDAY.

The ice started all along up the river,
Friday, and was going past the city
steadily all through the afternoon. 1t
started well up above somewhere and
damned fora time at the Maine Gem
trail bridge at the north end of the
yard here, but was not solid enough
TO remain long and broke about noon.
From that time on the river was pack
ed full. with good evidence of clear
ing in good shape from the mouth to
the lake. The ice is now too soft to
cause much damage anywhere and will
doubtless leave as easily as the logs
come down in the spring