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or the mountains, Swamps and Jungles
over which they fought, and they prac-
tised guerrilla tactics with deadly
effect.
Herrera's secret service was perfect
All through the war he knew of every
move of the government before it was
made. Nine-tenths of the people in
Panama, being Liberal at heart, were
ready to give him information. He
could have told you the number of
sheets of letter paper on the desk of
the Governor of Panama at any time,
if he had wished. One of his staff Off
GERS actually became private secretary
to the Governor for several months
and, of course, sent him copies of every
despatch and every secret order issued
by that official, delaying them when
necessary so that Herrera could get his
ambush ready first and surprise the
expeditions sent to surprise him.
One expedition sent from Panama
was captured zen bloc" by Herrera
without firing a shot-2,0O0 men, guns,
baggage, mule train, generals and all.
Herrera pretended to retreat in con-
fusion, and led the enemy a long
march into the middle of a mountain
Gus jungle. Then his troops seemed
to vanish into thin air, and hunting
for them was like looking for needle
in a bottle of hay.
The government general, in disgust,
ordered his men to camp. While they
were doing so, two men came down
the mountain side under a white flag.
They invited the general to a confer
ence with Herrera.
All" thought the Colombian, "at
last I have trapped the fox, and now
he wants to surrender"
Herrera met the general and took
him round his lines, showing him that
his guns and his troops were cleverly
ambushed in complete circle on the
heights surrounding the army en-
camped in the valley. Herrera had
only to give the order to fire and that
force would be annihilated. The gov
eminent leader stormed and swore for
a few moments, then sat down on a
rock and cried like a child with sheer
veXation. Ultimately he surrendered,
and most of his men enlisted in Her
rera's army.
Herrera seemed to have things all his
own way, and had practically got pos
| session of the iSthmus, when he unac-
! countably surrendered and made a
treaty of peace with the government.
Queer Methods of Drafting Soldiers.
| During the four years of the revo-
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cases where foreigners have been i'm
prisoned for months without any
charge-let alone any evidence-being
brought against them. The jails are
so filthy and unsanitary that impris-
onment for any length of time usually
means death"
The Panamanians' Mercenaries.
The Panamanians. like all Colombo
ans, are brave people; but, somehow,
most of the fighting on the isthmus
seems to be done by foreigners. Dur
ing the last campaign most of the gov
eminent troops were British subjects
jamaican negroes. Many thousands of
these men were brought over by the
French Company to dig the Panama
ditch, and on the work coming to a
standstill they We're thrown out of en-
ployment. When the revolution broke
out they eagerly embraced the chance
of excitement and loot. for the lanai
can negro dearly loves a fight, or a
"contenshun," as he calls it. Some
rose to high rank, even becoming gen
erals and handling large bodies of
men.
Two other foreigners bore a promi-
nent part in the fighting and won for
themselves great regulations among
the Panamanians. They were Gen
eraT Herbert o. Jeffries, an American
who graduated either from West Point
or Annapolis-it was never quite clear
which-and Capt. Charles e. Tilton,
a merchant skipper, who was a real
Capt. Kettle at heart.
Jeffries has come into the public eye
lately by taking command of the war;
ship Padilla for the Panama Republic.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-29

During the revolution he was in the
service of the Colombian government,
and became one of it's most trusted
henchmen. He was sent to Genoa to
buy the American steam yacht Namou-
ma, and brought her over to Colon con-
verted into a warship for use against
the revolutionists. Jeffries has lived
in Colombia many years, and made a
great deal of profit by the sale of his
military genius. His answering 10y
atty, his fearlessness and his SKILL
said an enthusiastic Colombian gen.
eral, have won for him not only the
confidence of the chief authorities. but
also one of the highest military posi-
tions in the country"
Capt. Tilton has disappeared from
view lately, but he is supposed to be
still knocking about the isthmus some
where. He studied at Annapolis, but
did not enter the navy. He became in
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-29

| of living up to them, you can have
your pay now and get"
The kickers invariably say they
guess they'll stay a while longer.
They frankly admit that the bylaws
are good and perhaps have saved
their lives; and it was a strapping
Swede who told the story of the near
est approach to a death on the sea
that Galilee has ever had, and then
| pointed a moral.
Albert Koplin and his partner went
out .lobstering in a sea skiff one
afternoon several years ago. They
were we'll off shore when a storm sud-
denly struck them. They tried to
make for shore, but at last were COM
PEELED to throw out their anchors and
| lie down in the bottom of the boat.
| Thus they rode out the night, and in
the morning, when the storm had
| abated, made the beach, to the great
| joy of Galilee, who had feared that
its record was at last broken.
And that" said the Swede, Show
ed what sober men can do. If they'd
! had bottle along, as most fishermen
! have, they'd not have been cool
| headed, and they'd have kept on try
| ing to make the beach, and they'd
have been capsized, and that'd have
| been the end of them in the gale, and
The Galileans are every bit as dill
gent in business as they are in en-
forcing their unique ordinances. They
do not miss chance to turn a penny
or to save one. They even make their
old enemies, the cottagers, help to line
their pockets. During the summer
season they send wagons up and down
the coast for miles selling fresh fish,
and as theirs are the only fish wag-
| ons that peddle with any regularity,
the co.tagers give them all their or
ders, which are by no means incon-
siderable.
The business sagacity of Galilee is
further shown by the manner in which
1t gets its ice supply for almost next
to nothing.
The noticeable thing about the viii
| lage from the beach road is the row
of eight or ten large conical structures.
topping the sand dune which partly
shields the hamlet from the sea. These
are the ice houses, and they have a
combined capacity of several thou
sands of tons of ice.
The ice is harvested from the
| Shrewsbury when the river is frozen
to a depth of several inches. Seventy
five or one hundred men work like
beavers cutting the ice and sending it
up, a ton at time, in cars on the
wooden slides that lead from the river
10 the ice houses. In this way Cali
| lee gets enough ice in which to pack
and ship its fish for a year at IA cents
ton. II is this economy that enables
Galilee to exist. say its incorporators;
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The visitor expurgated his CONVEX
sation, and soon perspired so freely in
doing it that he asked a worldly ques-
ton:
ANY saloon around here? Maybe
you'd join"
Steward Johnson raised a warning
hand.
Drinking and drinkables are not
allowed in Galilee." he said.
What" gasped the stranger a sec
ond time.
That's the bylaws" replied the
steward.
1t isn't a dead bylaw by any means.
The traffickers of liquor in the more
or less wide-open towns around Cali
lee know that to their discomfort.
They cannot even drive their wagons
through the village, let alone sell
liquor therein. On their trips up and
down the narrow strip of coast that
lies between the Atlantic and the
Shrewsbury river. they have to take
to the beach when they reach Galilee.
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Next moment Tilton fractured the
/ mans skull with a terrible blow of his
/ fist.
at was his life or NINE" says the
skipper, when he tells the story. 1.-THE
! Colombians had their knives, but
| had only my fists and, besides, 1 was
! spouting blood like a whale. 1 had to
hit him while I had my strength. If
I 1 hadn't been losing blood so fast 1
could have hit harder. When the
| others saw him fall dead you can just
bet they got move on! If had had
a Delaying pin 1 would have followed
them on to the wharf"
The blow that killed the Colombian
was such a terrible one that Tilton's
hand was broken in five places.
Jeffries and Tilton-but especially
| Tilton-are good types of the soldiers
of adventure who are to be found
mixing up in every Latin-American
| squabble. There were many of them
on the isthmus during the last revolu-
ton, and doubtless they are there
| still, helping to firmly establish the
| Panama republic.
A Noted General of Panama.
Gen. Herrera, the commander-in-
! chief of the Liberal forces on the
isthmus during the revolution, may be
expected to become a great man in the
new republic. He is a remarkable per-
son, who has to be reckoned with in
any consideration of isthmian affairs
In his way, he is fine general, though
he lacks dash, and somehow never
managed to push his victories home
That was probably because he hates
slaughter, and, for a Latin-American
general, is strangely careful of the
lives of his men.
During the revolution he occupied q
strong position forty or fifty miles from
Panama, and all the efforts of the gov
eminent for three years could not drive
him from it. His men knew every inch
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turn merchant seaman, a whaler and
an official of the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company. Then he went into
the Colombian service as skipper of
the yacht warship which Jeffries
bought at Genoa.
Stories are told of him at Panama
and Colon which make the famous
Capt. Kettle look like baby by COM
parison. Time and again he has
fought for his life against a mutinous
crew or gang of well-armed Latin
Americans.
When he is asked the meaning of
two deep scars running right across
his face from cheek to cheek, he tells
a thrilling tale of how he fought, sin
gle handed gang of Colombian
"wharf-rats" who wanted revenge be-
cause he made them unload cargo on
saints day. One of the Colombians
slashed his face twice with a knife.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-29

Panama, the new republic. is re-
markable for two things-the wide
open" nature of it's towns and the mix
ed character of it's population, which
ranges through an shades of color
from pallid white to jet black.
Panama and Colon are the most cos
mopolitan cities under the sun, and
also the most lawless. Negroes, mu-
lattoes, Indians. Chinese, Syrians, and
every race of Europeans and Amerl-
cans meet there and blend into all
kinds of crosses and half breeds. Pan
ama's Chinatown" is considerably
larger than New York's.
Talk about wide-open towns" said
a man who knows the isthmus well,
there were never towns wider open
than Colon and Panama. especially
during the canal boom and the early
days of the revolution.
Men gambled in the public streets.
Tables used to be brought out of the
gambling halls on hot nights and
placed on the piazza fronting on the
chief thoroughfares. You would see
men gambling there by the light of a
dim hurricane lamp, with piles of gold
and notes before them, and ragged lit
tie Indian boys looking on in open
mouthed wonder
Then, suddenly, some loser would
jump I'D with an oath. knock over the
lamp, and begin shooting his gun right
and left. The table would upset, and
while the Indian boys scrambled for
the scattered gold, those of us who
valued our skins would dive for cover"
The AutOcratic Soldier.
Under the old dispensation the SOL
der was absolute king on the 18TH
mus in time of war, and even in time
of peace he could do pretty we'll as he
pleased. Some years ago an incident
occurred in Panama which caused
great deal of excitement and COM
ment.
A soldier, while on duty guarding
the convicts in the changing, was
annoyed by a woman who persisted in
asking him questions. He lifted his
rife and shot her dead. 1t happened
on a busy street, and the bullet passed
through another woman in the line
of fire and broke the leg of a third.
The second woman also died, and the
leg of the third had to be amputated.
But this is not the remarkable part
of the story. What aroused comment
was the fact that the soldier was ac-
tually brought to justice. and con-
demned to thirty days Imprisonment
in the common Jail.
According to Colombia law there
is no capital punishment, though men
are often shot by court martial. The
maximum legal punishment is ten
years Imprisonment even if a man
kills half a township.
"It is Isthmian experience" said an
American who lived many years in
Panama, that the only individuals
who ever get the maximum punish
ment for murder are foreigners.
remember one case where a Jamaican
murdered a woman and received full
sentence under the law. During my
long residence there l never knew a
native of the country to receive it.
ION the other hand, 1 know many
cases where the Colombian authori-
ties have sent Americans, Englishmen
and other foreigners to Jail for sew
eral years for petty frauds, and other
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-29
THE MODERN FISHERS
OF GALHEE


Il.
CLOSE CORPORATION, BUSINESS PROPOSITION PURE AND
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-06-09
STANDARD OIL SEEKS CONTROL
Octopus After Indian Territory oil
Fields.

Muskogee, l. T., June S-It is an
open secret that the Standard Oil
COMPANY has been trying to obtain
control Of the Indian territory oil
fields as it has OF almost every field
of importance, and has its agents in
the fields securing leases right and
left In this case the interior depart
ment had, however taken hand in
the game and will do what It can to
prevent the oil and gas fields from be.
ing monopolized by any person or cor
poration. Acting Inspector zevely
received a telegram from the depart
ment announcing that the regulations
for the Creek nation had been amend
ed so that no person or corporation
will be allowed TO lease within that
territory for the purpose of mining
for oil or gas, more than 1890 acres
in the aggregate. A new form of ap-
plcation is being prepared to insure
the enforcement of the new rule.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-06-09
OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Annual Meeting June ~, 1908, at the
Carnegie Library, Oklahoma
City.

The regular annual meeting of the
Oklahoma Historical society will be
held ct the rooms of the society in Ok
lahoma City on Friday. June y, at
2 p. m. (The meeting is adjourned
from the first week of June for rea-
sons making It expedienD. All editors
of the two territories contributing
their files are members of the society
and entitled to vote In the election OF
the board OF eleven directors for the
current term. Other persons regular
ly elected members, are entitled to
tn same privileges. and are requested
to attend this meeting.
AS the editors of the two territories
constitute the great per cent of the
membership, it is essential that they
be present at the annual meeting II
the work of the society is to receive
the enthusiastic support that it should.
Make your plans to attend.
All other persons OF the two serrl-
tories, who feel an interest in the work
of the Historical society, are cordially
invited to be present
Lincoln mcKinIay, Pres.
Lon Whorton, Sec.
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N. J. c. johnson,
County Clerk.
(First published In the Daily Leader
June 3 l9031

(First published In the Daily Leader
June 8. l903)
Application for Liquor License.
Territory OF Oklahoma, County o.
Logan, IS.
Notice is hereby given that
Nicholas Bourger
has .hIs day filed in the office OF the
County Clerk, in and for said County,
his petition, asking THAI q license be
granted him to sell at retail malt
spirituous and vinous liquors on
Lot in block 22, Fourth Ward in
own OF Marshall, in said County and
Territory
II no protest be filed on or before
23rd day of June, 1903,
his petition will be granted and
license issued.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said County hereto affixed this
sth Gay Of June, 1908.
tSEAL.)
N. J. c. johnson,
County Clerk.
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HEArA,s RELY woRRlEs PAYNg


Washington, June THE reply of
Perry S. Heath, formerly first assist
ant postmaster general, and now sec
retary of the Republican Nltional
committee, to the charges preferred
against him by Seymour w. TullocI,
ex-cashier of the Washington office,
was received today by Postmaster
General Payne. 1t is being carefully
studied by Mr. Payne, and it is with
evident reluctance that he speaks of
making It public. The answer is seem
ingly not OF a character to suit the
postmaster general
It is considered probable that Mr.
Heath confined himself strictly to the
charges made by Mr.. Tulloch and did
not take up any other feature of his
administration when he acted as the
agent Of Senator Hanna IN paying the
political obligations Of the Republi-
can National committee which were
incurred during the first Mckinley
campaign.
The lawyers engaged in the prose
cution of August W. Machen, accused
Of accepting bribes in the purchase of
letter box fasteners are trying to get
the case before the grand jury, secure
an indie ment and forestall any pre-
.liminary hearing Postoffice inspect
ors engaged in the case do not want
to show what evidence they have
against Maehen. as they would be
compelled to do in part if there was
a hearing.
The inspectors have again resumed
consideration Of the division of salar-
les and allowances, of which George
w. Beavers was superintendent Work
in examining the files Of this division
was almost suspended when discov-
cries of irregularities we're found in
the free delivery division. 1t is ex-
pected the next important ievelop-
ments will come in connection with
this feature Of the inyesdgation 1t is
said that the end of he investigation
lis in sight. but this, accompanied by
the statement that it will be com
pleted and that no person guilty OF
any wrongdoing will be allowed to es-
cape
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WORE A PETTIcoAT
FOR WEDDING GOWN.


Frankfort, Ind, June In order
to live up to her vow 70 be married
in white, Mrs. Martha Gordon, Of this
city. took OF her dress skirt and was
married in her white petticoat Henry
Harris Of this city, was ahe bride
groom.
The couple were married in tie
county clerks Office, by Justice Of
the Peace William Campbell. Just
before the ceremony the bride elect
asked County Clerk Smith If there was
a room convenient where she could
arrange her toilet MT. Smith direct
ed her into a privare room. and then
the assembled guests waited
Presently the door opened and the
bride appeared. The squire, a white
beared official. gasped and turned red
about the ears. for the lady came for
ward with ner whltepetticoat thsmost
pfominens portion OF her trousseau.
= said I'd be married IN white aud
viii. Proceed with the ceremony" /"
she said.
.After the ceremony the bride retired
to the roomand again. donned her
skirt
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tFlrst published in the Daily Leader
June 8, 19O3l
Application for Liquor License.
Territory Of Oklahoma, Logan Coun-
ty. IS.
Notice is hereby given that
Nicholas Bourger
has this day flied in the office Of the
County Clerk, in and for said County,
his petition, asking that license be
granted him to sell at wholesale, malt
liquors on
Lot in block %. Fourth Ward in
town of Marshall in said County and
Territory
II no protest be fled on or before
2Srd day Of June, 1888
his petition will be granted and
license issued.
Witness my hand and the seal Of
said County hereto affixed this
Sth day Of June, 1908.
(SEAL)
N. J. c. johnson,
County Clerk.
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AorEL rALk.


ct Cuyler Smith, Farmer"
That is the way the card Of the
erstwhile authority on genealogy. and
the correct attire for horse shows
may read some day.
Mr.. Smith who now lives in New
York is at the Astor
''The bright young men Of the south
are ultimately going back to the farms
as the best place to make a good liv-
ing" said 4. CuyIer Smith yesterday
The intelligent management of the
plantation Of ten to twenty thousand
acres with its own supply stores. re
pair shops. banks and other things
usually found in the cities will require
our best college bred men | believe
the south Is going to see her young
men go back to the farms
Never in all the world were there
any finer gentlemen than those on the
southern plantation in the good ante
bellum days. We have few or none
such highly educated mon in these
days"
Mr.. Smith says he sees bright days
ahead for the south when the young
men quit hooking to the cities and
begin to take up the life of farmers
again.
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A Serious Mistake.

E. c. Dewitt & Co, is the name OF
the firm who make the genuine Witch
Hazel Salve. DeWitt's is the Witch
Hazel Salve that heals without leaving
a scar It is a serious mistake to use
any other. DeWitts Witch Hazel
salve cures blind, bleeding, itching
and protruding piles burns bruises,
eczema and all skin diseases. Sold By
j. N. Wallace
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WHY NOT RENT A SAFETY D.
PosIT BOX m a MODERN STEEL
VAULT AND FEEL THAT YOUR
vALUAsLss ARE sEcUREG FROM
81 TO 81 PER YEAR PAYS FOR ONE.
ACCORDING TO SIZE. SEE TIA
CAPITOL NATIONAL BANK AsoUT
IT.
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Missouri will come up smiling with
a big majority for the Democratic tick
ct in 1904" said Mr. Warwick NJ
Hough, st. Louis lawyer, at the
Royal.
Il am not led away by party en-
thuslasm in thinking that there will
be a change in the administration CT
the government after March A. 1905.
Many Of the best politicians of the
country. men who are not influenced
by sentiment, are expecting the cleo
tion Of a Democratic president, and
they have good reason for their faith.
There is but one thing necessary, and
that is for the Democrats to get to-
gether. This they are already doing.
The nomination Of some strong man.
who will not represent a faction and
who is known to stand for moderate
policies, will follow as matter OF
course.
"Just now, It looks as though the
country was turning toward Senator
German, and doubtless a better selec-
tion could not be made The kind OF
people who are infueStial in electing
presidents have a preference for a
man of Mr. Germans caliber"
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Are you a deputy United statss
Marshal. or possemanl II 80. yOu
need day book Special printo1
forms. For sale ~ The Leader.
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MT. e. Il. Ellenwood an able lawyer,
of Prescott. Ariz.. who was United
States district attorney during ae last
Cleveland administration, and who
speaks with authority of affairs in his
territory said to a Leader reporter at
the Royal last evening:
"As keenly desirous as our people
are Of sta ehood, rather than to obtain
it by consolidation with New Mexico
we would prefer remaining a territory
indefinitely Such a union as is pro
posed would be the most disastrous
thing chat could happen to Arizona,
for it would fasteR upon us the rule
of a class Of people whose sympathies
and feelings are not in harmony wi h
ours. and who 90 not represent the
beliefs and ideals of the Anglo-saxon
race.
There are thousands of good citi-
zens In New Mexico, and | do not
speak word in derogation of that
territory but when it comes to such a
vital question as sta ehood the peo-
pie of Arizona, knowing full well that
they possess the qualifications for ad-
mission into the union. naturally re-
sent the idea Of such an injurious abb
sorption. Besides, the enormous
combined area Of the two would make
a state so unwieldy and with such In
convenient distances that 1t would
work extreme hardship to thousands
OF the population"