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would most probably have the pleasure
OF witnessing my fellow traitors re-.
ceiving their just deserts in battle while
awaiting the dreadful hour.
Chained to the Cannon
Il was conveyed from the barracks
to the plaza, and tightly chained, with
my back pressing the muzzle of the
gun. Below me. across the valley.
could see the revolutionists being mar
shaded for the fight their gaudy uiii-
forms and trappings forming a picture
almost of splendor IS the hurrying sun
silhouetted them against the trees in
front of which they were grouped
AT my side stood a padre. chanting
the prayers of the holy church. be-
seeching me to confess my sins and be
shriven. About We're groups of the sol
diers who were to sustain the attack
when delivered, which was manifestiy
to come up from the slope directly IN
front of me. 1t was panorama to me
never 10 be forgotten. and l have never
been able to analyze my thoughts as
stood there with cruel. mangling death
behind me, watching the shadows or
men and things shorten as the sun
swept up from the east behind me.
The cuckoo clock in the comman-
dant's house sounded the hour of 10; the
church bells took up the sounding few
minutes later. and still the attack, my
only source OF hope. was delayed.
Il ran the gamut of the emotions, at
one moment being overcome with fear.
the next lapsing into the Indifference
of the condemned ] hoped the entire
battle v0S,ld be fought within the range
of my vision. IN the clear atmosphere
1 could see that a council of war was
being held in the camp, or rather halt
ing SPOT, about mile away l could
even distinguish the commanding Of
ficer. I III, light. and imagined that he
was gest,culating vehemently while ad-
dressing his handful of troops. which |
( guessed numbered about 80.
Searching for Cloud.
And still they delayed. I lazily
scanned the horizon as far as / could
see to find a vagrant cloud or two which
might come up and intercept the sum;
rays at the crucial moment, meantime
wondering what disposal my captors
/ would make Of me I'm such an event
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thought OF home. of Washington and
remember that l even wondered IL ever
IL were possible to distinguish troops
en- the Avenue from the Capitol to tae
Treasury Department as clearly as
could see the hesitating trOops-about
an equal distance away.
Il remembered the stories I had read
i'm my youth of the Sepoy rebellion in
India. and of the fate of so many Of
Mani Sahib's rebels-what was 10 be my
fate so soon. blown from the cannon's
mouth. l contrasted their feelings with
mine-to my disadvantage. for whereas
they died imbued with the belief that
they were to be forthwith translated TO
the seventh heaven. reserved for those
that die in defense Of the faith. / could
only speculate about the future. / was
dying a causeless death. for crime Of
which I was innocent, away from home.
from friends. from native land
From the church of 70 my right T
could hear the nuns chanting prayer.
and then the wailing grandeur of tho
mass. enabled now and again to eaten
Latin phrase or two. I wondered how
these women Of God looked. grouped
about the altar of the old Spanish
church. in which, / remembered. were
pictures or rare worth and obvious great
value--the Stations Of the Cross-and
the altar fixtures of which had excited
my admiration and aroused in me a
feeling of covetousness which now dis
dained
Measuring the Minutes.
And still the billiards in the valley
below delayed an advance. ] counted
hundred. guessing that by the time
1 had methodically done so the hour OF
IL would strike
Il gagged 1t about right. for the clear
tones Of the cuckoo, cuckoo. cuckoo OF
the commandments clock could be heard
ere ] had reached ninety-fve. What
an interminable time, IT, seem TO me
elapsed between the cuckoo sounding
and the church bells stroke. And what
a different note it sounded when it did
peal forth, 1t seemed as though I were
in the bell tower, and the mellow tone
| Of the chime had been harshened until
a changing discord had taken it's place
Eleven o'clock. Sixty minutes more
! OF life"
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what we would call tavern which was
that night the scene of much cOmmotion
/ could not understand. In the morning
| was told that the revolutionists. under
General di Garcia. were in the hills
across the valley from the town and
that a battle was imminent
Not caring to risk my safety in a
quarrel i'm which ] had no earthly con-
Germ. [ packed my valise and endeavored
to leave San Miguel but was arrested
while leaving my hotel and carried be-
fore the commandant a brigandish look
ing fellow named Saliva e. charged with
being a revolutionary spy. Here was a
predicament, l thought, but concluded
that at its worst IL was but a temporary
inconvenience IN the way of detention,
and so was inclined to treat the matter
as something Of joke to be laughed
over in the future.
Judge of my dismay when / was told
that | was TO be tried by drumhead
court martial within the hour, and as
a precautionary measure | would bet
ter send for a priest and make my peace
with God,
Unavailing ProteStations.
In vain I declared my American cit
EtnSHlps III vain 4 SOubnl TO nave pro-
duced my properly vised passports; I'm
vain l pleaded for delay until the min
lister resident could be communicated
with. No protestation availed. and I
seriously thought of the future. The
day before ] was ennuied Of life-care-
less Of death. But this rapidly shaping
danger convinced me that life held much
Of pleasure in store for me even yet II
1 could but escape the clutches Of these
semi barbarians.
vigorously protesting against the
summary proceedings, ] was taken by a
file Of soldiers and placed I'm a dungeon
whence 1 emerged in an hour or so
heavily Tnanacled and guarded by an
other piratical-IOoking file Of military
/ nondescriuts.
Seven men tried me for the crime
with which / stood charged. and with
] less elaboration than an American DO
/ lice judge would accord a drunk
was sentenced 10 be blown from The
muZZle of San Miguels MONDAY CUR
| when ii should next explode, the judge
! advocate grtmly informing me that
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Ambergris is worth $500 an ounce.
TwO-thirds of the gold now in use In
the world was discovered during the last
fifty years.
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one OF the largest books made in re-
cent years is that one owned by the
King OF England. II is eighteen inches
thick. and weighs sixty-three pounds,
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orally throughout the land. II is to be expect
Oh that they will be maintained TO the ssd.
GAVE EI4GARA.

The attention which has been concentrated
an ,ba Tbomnsou bill since its sudden passage
in the Assembly last week must prevent us De-
coming law in anything like its present shape
The measure extends the life or grants 10 tne
NIAGARA. I,ockport and Ontario Power Company
and largely Increases its privileges lts enact
ment would give the company practically I'M
limited right without exacting any compensa-
tiop 70 divert water from the Niagara River, to
the injury OF that great natural wonder Inc
original grant an improper one, ana now
that II is expiring unimprcved the company
wants the State TO give ii q new ana larger
stock I'm trade for speculation, and has sue
ceeded i'm smuggling its bill through one house.
The protest and warning OF the Commits
sioners Of the State Reservation at Niagara
are timely They say that one-third Of the
volume of the river has already been given
away TO power companies the American or
Canadian side. and il is time TO call a halt.
The preservation of the falls in their beauty
and grandeur is vastly more important than the
enrichment of water power spectators. Power
can be found elsewhere. but Niagara Is unique
Its destruction would be national disgrace.
The Moslem cOnquerors who burned the IL
brary at Alexandria, the barbar1ans who
gave the generic name OF vandalism TO such
performances. were less bameworthy than we
should be il we ruined this priceless gift OF
nature intrustel TO our keeping. They were
ignorant and acted on their natural impulse as
conquerors in destroying what they did not
prize. We pretend TO appreciate Niagara and
have State laws TO guard II. yet show a dis
position to let il be sacrificed TO money making.
Even then the legislature which is supposed
TO guard the peoples interest in this river and
scenery threatens to sacrifice IL, not to the
avarice of the people themselves, but TO the
avarice of some private spectators.
We do not think this diversion OF water
should be allowed on any terms. But even II
il can be permitted without injury to the falls
certainly the franchise should not be given
away. Niagara belongs TO the people OF the
State. If it is 10 be exploited for money the
people should reap some benefit. They are
paying taxes 10 maintain the government They
are facing the necessity OF new taxes to build
the barge canal Why should their property
be recklessly given away at this time? The
companies which have developed power on the
Canadian side OF the river are compelled TO pay
large sums for the privilege into the public
treasury. II is simply criminal wastefulness
for New-York TO throw away It's valuabl prop
erty. In the last few years the people have
come 70 understand the value OF their franchises
and their past folly in giving them away Many
general laws have been passed 10 safeguard
this class Of property from uncompensated or
perpetual alienation. But IL seems necessary
TO be ever on the watch 10 prevent those who
ought TO protect the peoples interest from be-
traying their trust.
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The Virginia Republican State Convention
held the other day at Norfolk. seems to have
been a tempestuOus and belligerent gathering.
Once every four years the blood Of the Viz
ginia Republican leaders is stirred TO the hgh.-
ing heat and the political heavens reverberate
with the noise Of the captains and the shout
snr. II is needless 10 say that this startling
explosion OF energy is OccasiOned by the ap-
proach OF Republican National Convention, 10
which Virginia is required and authorized TO
send twenty-four delegates. The struggle TO
name these delegates and through them to
designate Nircinla's representative on the Re
publican National Committee. is usually Toclf-
erOus and exbaustng. and il is no wonder that
after counting the casualties OF this memorable
conflict the warning leaders sink back into
somnolence and lethargy for another four years.
From all accounts the Republican organiza-
ton headed by Park Agnew and George Z.
Bowden, put forth at Norfolk a far more az
gressire and determined effort TO maintain
its own supremacy than IL has ever ex-
pended IN chaInpiOning Republican candidates
OF policies at the polls. Under its present man.
ngement. indeed, the Republican party in Vir-
gnia has almost ceased to be a factor in State
campaigns. In 1897 the Agnew State CON-
mittee opposed putting any candidate for Gov
ernor in the field. and was only shamed into
supporting one by the action OF Republican
convention called despite the committed
wishes and against its protest Since then a
masrerly policy or lnaction and nOn-reslstance
has been proclaimed and pracfised. in cOnse-
Quence OF which. IA a State where twenty years
ago three Congress districts were Republican
and al least two were debatable. Republican
nominations now 80 begging in every district
hut one
In the face OF all encouragement within the
Republican organization. and i'm spite OF the
limitations put on suffrage 10y the new State
constitution. the Republicans OF the INth Viz
gnia District have maintained their strength
and spirit. and two years ago they elected q
Representative who now sits in Congress
the Hon. Campbell Slemp. Colonel Slemp re
ceived 10 1902 1894 votes Republican candi
dates for Congress in the other nine districts
received 24.435 votes. In the Id Disfrict-Mr
Bowden's-2.e1T Republican votes were cast
In the NilIth-hr. Agnew's-2.01I votes wer,
cnst fet-ss appears from the proceedings a
Norfolk-when a demand for more aggressiv.
and public spirited party leadership was mad,
from the only section Of the State I'm which
militant Repubicanism survives that de
Hand WIS defeated by delegates from the dis
h4css in which Republcanlsm has been alloue,
10 lsnguish. and from which delegates In,
been seated representing virtually non-xotin
population. The Ixth Districts appeal havin
been denied, Mr.. Bowden designated as Vii
txk11}xG representative on the Reuuhucau M
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tional Committee. and Mr. Agnew reelected as
the chairman OF the State Committee, the
Norfolk convention apparently considered all
ifs political responsibilities discharged. and adj
journed without even waiting for report from
its committee on resolutions No commenda-
ton was given the national administration nor
were the delegates-at-large instructed TO sup
port President Roosevelt for the Republican
Presidential nomination.
Give us the party machinery and we care
not who gets the votes" Is evidently the motto
Of the statesmen now In control OF the Re
publican organization in Virginia. The Con-
stltutiOn guarantees zach State "a republican
form OF government" Would it not be a good
idea II the Republican national organization
undertook 10 guarantee the bona fide Repub-
lican voters in Virginia a similar measure %
political protection?
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AT TIE WHITE HOUSE.
rrnox THE TRIBUNE sussAu.I

wash,nrtou. March 5.-The President gave din
mar tonight in honor Of L. A rockingham. SPEAK
a. q, The Nassa chusetts House of Representatives.
invited TO meet him were Speaker Cannon. Jus
t,ce Holmes Justice Day. Senator Allison senator
Lodge Senator spooner Representative Hit. the
Attornev General the Secretary OF the Navy. Pro
lessor Albert Bushnell Hart, W. W. hoekniii'
lanes r Garfield, Afford w. Cooley, CLIFFORD I'm
cbot W Cameron Forbes and William b. dudley
Foul1e. a..
Precedence Roosevelt definitely decided that IL
will he impossible for him to go 10 Jackson Sch'
on July 6 10 attend the Under the OAKS ceie-
bration Of the semi-centennial Of the organlzauoi
Of the Republican party. Until now the Pres'oent
has held the invitation under considera'loh, = "a
believed he might his way clear 10 go re ma
decided however. TO make as few trips TINS sui',o
as nossible The only journey he now thinks re
can make will be to Gettysburg on Memorial De-.
He has promised to make an address on the oattie-
es1d that dav for the G. A r., whose guest he Will
he II "a inst possible that he will visit the World
Fair at ST Louis some time during the summer or
Fall hut the date has not settled or even con-
.iderad The managers of the show are trying 10
nduce him to attend the opening. but without much
outlook for success.
The President believes that the most oshlnsu
course for him TO pursue this summer Is TO stay AT
home most Of the time and let his friends ana
supporters do all the travelling and speechrnakins
during the campaign. The President will non =,
the .sBibIe SundavS tomorrow by attending ST
held in celebration of the centennial OF the oFssi
zation Of Bible society work ,,.. ,,so,,+
OF Public Buildings and Grounds. was at the Whlte
House this morning. ~-,-,. c-.-.,
number OF students from the Frends Cen Ia
School of Philadelphia were presented to the
President to-day.
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PERSONAL NOTES FROM WASHINGTON

tFRoM THE TRIBUNE BUREAU
washington March 5-Mrs. Kean gave luncheon
to-day Among the twelve guests was Mrs. motifs
X Jesup Of New-YOrk.
Mr. and Mrs Jesup have taken the house Of
Archibald HOPKINS for the next six weeks
The Misses Lucy and Elizabeth Kean. younger
sisters OF Senator Kean OF New-Jersey. have gone
10 New-York for the opera They viii be absent
about a week
Lieutenant Colonel S W. Fountain. who has Just
returned from Manila, is temporary duty here
prior to Joining his regiment at Fort Riley. Kansas
On his trip from the Philippines Colonel Fountain
avaiIed himself OF a leave OF absence TO visit Japan
China India and Europe
Justice and Mrs Thomas III. Anderson have gone
TO New-York for a short stay.
Joseph Letter Is visiting his father l.. 2. Letter
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To say that the Arctic regions have mastodons
Ito burn would be extravagant statement
OF the case. but discoveries like that now re-
ported from the upper Yukon are not unusual
Several fairly perfect specimens have been
found in Siberia and Alaska In the last few
years. and British territory ought to yield them
too Fragments of skeletons have been ex-
humed in Canada and the northern part OF the
United States. Lucas says that mastodons did
not work their way east OF the Connecticut. so
far as is known. but they were once abundant
in New-York and New-Jersey. Cope believed
that the race invaded America from Asia when
there better facilities for migration at
Behring Strait than exist now. The great
beauty OF the representatives reported from the
extreme north from time time is that they
are the most complete yet observed the flesh
and ska having been preserved spmstimss bx
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WASHINGTON SOCIETY NOTES.
rrnnn TILE rRrRuNr RrREAu.I

Washington. March 6-"The Dream or queen
Elizabeth is the title OF entertainment 70 be
given al the Lafayette Opera House on April II by
a cast OF fifty fashionable matrons and maids. IN
der the direction Of Mrs. A C. Barney the author
Mrs Lincoln who commenced only a few days ago
to sell the house. has already disposed OF boxes to
Mrs Hitchcock. Mrs. A E Bates. Mrs Henry
Kirke Porter Thomas F. Walsh. George Bradley.
Mrs Westinghouse. Mrs. Nicholas Anderson. Mrs
Julian James and Mrs. Herbert wadsworth. Mrs.
Barney will be assisted IN staging the piece BY
Edward Mitchell. Francis B. LOOMS, George Brad
lev and f. 8. Morse. Mrs. Hunt Slater. as cos
tuner will have as aids Mrs. John Rodgers Miss
Josephine Patten and Miles Thompson. The pro-
ceeds VIII be devoted TO a philanthropo Cause
The Misses Bell. daughters OF Mr.. and Mrs
Charles ]. Bell. Of Connecticut will sail on Tues
day with a party Of trends for the West Indies
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WILL

Are you Wild US agin us?''
OF Corea asks Japan
Were Wiju," says Corea,
We're VIII 10 man.
That's very friendly OF you.
Says Japan, with smiling face;
And since the matters settled.
We'll take WIFI for a base"
-(roronto Star.
II is obviously the faith OF the headkeeper OF
the Trenton State Prison. George o. Osborne. that
Will, some men are born 10 be hangmen and others
achieve that invidious distinction. there some
who will not have Il thrust upon them or these
he is one and he gives notice that IL the bill pro-
vidtng that all the hangings In the State shall
take place at Trenton and that he shall perform
the1n while he holds his present Office is made a
law he will resign and look out for some softer
snap. in the public service. He Is not unwilling
to hang his fellow once in while in re-
tail way, q matter of business and civic duty.
but when the Job is forced him at wholesale. he
is ready to quit-a moral and official attitude which
does him credit.
Passive Christanity.-'IIttie boy inquired the
minister. who had called the man OF the
house, lis your father Christian
Yes replied the boy, II think he Ii, but
don besYe he In working at It these days.-lllp-
ptpco6ta.
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Companies which have electricity to sell for
light and power in England are considering the
policy of owning and renting to customers small
motors for shops. No doubt IT would help the
sale OF current. but. THE Electrical Review"
(New-YorhD remarks. the programme would
lock up a good deal OF capital which the COM
panies might like TO use in other ways. Strictly
speaking. the motor is a part OF the consumer
equipment, and he should provide It himself.
He would do eagerly in many cases II he
foresaw the practical convenience OF the
.fap
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About People and Social Incidents.

trip the newly married couple viii max. .,...
ind house to suit them. The bride Of sol,.,...
was Miss Pauline Cory, and obtained her div.-
from her first husband last January
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Haven and Mss Mr.
Haven left town yesterday for JekyI Island. ana
viii be away for several weeks.
Bishop Coadjutor Greer ami Mrs. Greer a.. ,.m
at the rectory OF st. Bartholomew their ~ -
gave a large reception day before yesterday -
Mrs. Leighton Parks. the wife OF the new r.-.,
Of 81. BarthoOmew's.
Announcement has been made at Baltimar. :.
the engagement Of Benjamin Howell Griswosa :
Miss Bessie Montague Brown. daughter OF Mr. an,
Mrs Alexander Brown. which. in View OF ~,
fact that Mrs Brown and her daughters ara ~ ss
known IN New-York society. is Of interest to ~.
fashionable set here.
Yesterday afternoon there was the usual ~,
ing OF the Badminton Club. the French Como
ence at Mrs. Laniers house and a numbs- !,
small dinners and bridge whist parties
Nine Schumann-Heink NJ Pablo CasaI. 49,,
several other well known singers viii take a..
in the concert at Mendelssohn Hail on next rbr--
day afternoon. at O'Clock. for the bensat az ~.
Music School Settlement. Among the p.s-ons...
OF the entertainment are Mrs Edmund L. BavI.,
Mrs. Jose Aymar. Mrs. Douglas Robinson. ir M,
Hamilton Mex Twombly. Mrs. z. H. Harrn..
and Mrs. Seth Barton French.
The engagement is announced OF Miss Bern.
Won HOrnemann Munde. daughter OF the Iats n
Paul H. Munde. to DR.. Henry sabin Lsske A.
Williamstown. Mass
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ROOSEVELT CHILDREN SEE awIzasn.

Washington. March 5.-Mrs. Roosevelt with NJ,
Wood. wife OF General Leonard Wood; Mast.r~
Archibald and Quentin and Miss Ethel Roossvsr
and James G. Garheld's three sons occupied n.
Presidential box at the New National Theatre ri,
afternoon. witnessing the performances Of the mu-
steal comedy The Wizard Of or" The chldr.r
seemed especially pleased at the antics OF the I'm
WOodman and the ScarecrOw.
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THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

Iron THE TRIBUNE BUREAU
Washington. March 5-Eh Kioki. the new secre-
tary OF the japanese Legation. assumed the duties
Of his Office to-day. His predecessor. Count Mutsu.
who was operated last week for appendicitis. Is
progressing favorably at the Providence Hospital
where he will remain several weeks. He has been
assigned 20 a European post
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=. s. CARPENTER TAFTs SECRETARY

Washington. March 5.-Frederick 5. Carpenter has
been appointed private secretary 10 Secretary Tar
succeeding Mr.. Merritt o. Chance who has beer
appointed chief Of the supply division OF the Post
Office Department Mr.. Carpenter Is a native q
Minnesota. and was graduated at the Minnesota
University. He became private secretary to Mr.
Taft while Mr.. Taft was Governor OF the Philip
mines
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George Fox or William Penn would not have
anproyed of Philadephias interest I'm the oc-
casionaI prizefght. and with opportunity either
OF them would have SHE'D his broad brim into
the ring to break IT up. But that pious town
seems 10 be losing rome OF its drab colored
moral rfgors and becoming even as the ungodly
and the heather outslde-all the worse for hav-
ing been so exceedingly straitlaced in it's old
practice and tradition.
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MY heart is tornr' exclaimed Mascagni as he
narrated the vicissitudes OF his American Odys-
sey Patti, the other hand. serenely goes her
way across the continent. followed by suits and
criticisms She has had "farewells" before and
knows that so long as her bank account con-
tinues to grow all Is we'll