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Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-16
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the rigging, ''do you see anything, Blue
Jacket?'
'I see that chowder faced ape at the
winch,'' Blue Jacket replied, never
shifting his eye from his quarry "and
he sees me, too, you bet. Say, you!"
he cried, put that lantern on the other
side so 1 can get you in line and don't
get funny with that lever if you don't
want to be drilled"
Van Moon hailed the dark mass loom
Ing above him like a cliff. well give
you five minutes to swing some of that
stuff out" he shouted. "Otherwise-!"
The two syllables were sinister as a
leveled rifle, and hundred voices cried
back that the treasure was coming,
and a minute later the winch began to
splutter. the boom creaked and buckled
to something heavy at the end of its
tackle, and then came slowly into view
a dozen kegs secured in sling of
netted rope. The pirates yelled with
delight as they saw the treasure, and
yelled again as the boom was swung
outboard and the kegs were gently
lowered on deck, the winchman keep
ing one eye on the job and the other
on Blue Jacket. The kegs were quickly
stacked on deck, the sling was swung
up again and the operation repeated.
and again and again until the stern Of
the little yacht rode deep in the water.
That's ALL" cried voice from the
steamship as the last load was dumped
on deck.
"Then the quicker we light out the
better" said Pass. "There's a steamer
out there coming in from the eastward
and there's another coming up from
the west We've got the stuff; why
don't we go?"
"We're going.' said Van Moon,
quick as little Ruby will take U.S.
Head for the rendezvous and go as fast
as you can"
Pass twirIed the wheel around, sig
nailed to the engine room and the yacht
slid off in the darkness, Blue Jacket
maintaining his grim watch on the
winchman until the night swallowed
up the figure, when he reluctantly un-
cooked his gun and with a sigh OF re-
gret descended from his perch. Some
thing lay heavy on the mind OF Tide
water Sam. Van Moon noticed the
troubled look and asked questions.
1--WE oughtn't to have gone away so
abrupt" Tidewater demonstrated; ut
wasn't polite
''Thats so" aequiesced Van Moon.
Here, Blue Jacket, take this mega
phone and talk TO them."
steamer ahoyN Blue Jacket bell
lowed through the cone. A medley Of
noise came from the vessel, which in
the wash OF the fleeing yacht sounded
like a mingling OF jeers and TeutonIc
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you to open up the strong box and
hoist the kegs out; or else we lay off
to get out of the swirl as you go down
and pump enough shells into you to
carry you to the bottom;" and with a
more sinister intonation, dead folks
carry no tales We'll see that none
others do"
About the decks of the liner swarmed
her thousand passengers, brought there
by the sudden stop of the vessel and the
voices of the pirates. All had listened
to the exposition of the case as put
forward by Van Moon, and realizing
that the adventurers of the Red Light
were deserate characters, and as such
had forfeited all claims to life, liberty
and the pursuit Of happiness, all clam
ored to the captain to accede to the de-
mands, convinced that these men in
masks were in deadly earnest and
meant all they said.
The sturdy viking glared at his en-
emies. gritted his teeth and yelled,
"Nein! Gott in Himmel. was he to be
stopped on the high seas in this twen-
tieth century by gingerbread yacht
that he could hoist on one of his da-
Wits. Pumpernickel un Leberwurst! He
would see everybody damned firstl"
Blue Jacket slid a shell into his gun,
clicked the breechlock shut and swung
around so that 1t would bore a hole
through the boilers; and the viking
knew from his naval reserve knowledge
what six-pounder shell bursting there
would mean. An idea had come to
him and he sought to parley Overhead
formed the arms OF the wireless system
OF telegraphy, which his vessel carried.
and Il flashed upon him that 1t might
bring him aid.
Blue Jacket had the same idea al
the same time, and being one OF those
expeditions spirits who act first and
then explain he reached inside the pilot
house. brought out a 44-caliber Hotch-
kiss raised 1t TO his shoulder. took
steady aim al the antenna wire ana
hFed. Women screamed as the several
wires came rattlins on deck ana the
captain swore 30 vigorously that he
ioosened the smolxestack guys.
GOOD boy" said Van Moon. waving
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an approving hand at the resourceful
Blue Jacket. Now them he said,
hailing the bridge of the liner. "it's your
deal, and don't delay the game. Little
Ruby is under charter and time is
money"
The captain, who was too full of
emotion to do more than shake his
clenched fist at the corsairs, had
wheeled about to face a passenger tug
g.ng at his coatsleeve and who said
something which had caught his dis
traught attention. The other passen-
gers looked on and wondered what it
was that the Connecticut Yankee was
saying the the viking. He seemed to
be earnestly urging something. and as
the two walked apart it was plain that
the captain was deeply interested.
Five minutes more,' called Van
Moon from the yacht; "get busy or we
fill you full of holes" and, replacing his
Hotchkiss Blue Jacket swung his six
pounder to and fro on it's pivot as il
anxious to begin. There was swirl of
passengers about the decks and
babel of voices. The captain hastily
broke away from his companion, hurled
orders lengthwlse and athwartship, and
a corps of under officers went scurry-
ing in various directions. Then, walk
ing to the edge of the bridge. he lifted
his mighty hand above the yacht as II
in benediction over the pirate craft.
II am having the strong box opened"
he said. get ready for receiving the
treasure"
That's the talkl" said Van Moon
encouragingly. I'VE knew you to be a
gentleman and that you would come
round to our point of view"
The viking swelled with impotent
rage and a berserker storm Of wrath
was about descending upon the yacht
and her buccaneers when a restraining
hand was laid upon him by the Yankee
from Connecticut. who dragged him
from the rail- and e1postulated. The
action did not escape the keen eyes Of
Brick Top Mac, who forthwith buttop-
holed Van Noon and connded his sus-
picions.
THAT lank chap is putting up some
Job on Us" he said exciteuly. pointing
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finger at the criminal. And I'll bet /
know what he is up to, too. His
scheme is to have the captain lift a
dozen or so of those heavy kegs up by
the cargo boom, lift them high. and
then drop em on our deck. They are
that heavy they'll smash clean through
and come out at the bottom and We'll
sink. That's the trick they're planning,
sure as you are born"
'"Well, they won't win it," observed
Van Moon. beckoning to Blue Jacket,
AS Blue Jacket climbed to the bridge
there came hail from the liner.
Nov then you, you-"
"Pirates!" suggested Tidewater Sam.
who was always good at supplying miss
ing words.
"You damn pirates" roared the voice,
where are you going to take these
kegs?"
ION our after deck, please" said Van
Moon, suavely.
Drop down abreast that after cargo
boom then" called the viking, and as
the little vessel backed down into the
indicated position Van Moon turned to
Blue Jacket and told him of Macs sus-
picions.
'I'll fix that" said Blue Jacket. Zone
of youse hand me my gun" he called
to the group below. The still smoking
Hotchkiss was passed up to him. and
climbing to the top of the deck house.
he swung himself into the forward rig
ging. climbed up it until he was on a
level with the spar deck of the liner,
and settled himself in the rigging with
his rifle across his left forearm, Drop
her back a couple of fathoms. he called
to Pass in the pilot house, There,
that's we'll; can see him now. Hey,
you at the winch" he called to the man
on the liners deck BE plumb careful
with that lever and don't let anything
go by the run or It will be yours for the
by-by box"
told you that was what they were
up to-" said Brick Top Mac. "see how
cFestfallen they look?" The rest
couldn't see, for the shades Of evening
were falling fast
The pirates became impatient and set
up chorus Of yells.
"Peaee. brothersl" called the Con-
necticut Yankee from the rail 1.-THE
captains having trouble getting the
strong box opened. and l heard just
now II will take a half hour longer"
Then to some one standing near him
he added in lower tone, "That'll gain
a few minutes time" The aside was
not intended for the pirates, but 50 still
was the eyenips that several OF them
heard,
Gain timer" whispered Van Moon
what can he mean by that2 Aloft,
there' he hailed to the quiet figure in
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kegs2"
"Bullion, Of course!' the pirates
cried.
That's just what I thought" said
Submarine, pounding the top of the
hatch and looking fierce, land what
dye suppose they've handed out to us2
Paint, by gracious! Kegs of white
lead-not an ounce Of bullion in the
lot
Ensued an awful pause--a pause
which seemed to have nc end. and
which was broken only by deep breath
ing. Each pirate was alone with the
hurly- burly of his thoughts. and at
each thought OF the misleading stamps
which had been plastered on the kegs
there came a revelation as TO the
ing time. The silence was broken by
Erie Basin RolIo, who advanced the
philosophical opinion that II was good
practice. Whereupon Brick Top Mac
reached for his tomahawk, but before
he could fnd it there came terrible
crash which threw every one from his
feet.
No one had been on the lookout and
no one had paid any attention to the
vessel whose lights had been swallowed
up in the fog. Her prov cut the
schooner clean in half and in moment
the pirate crew were in the water.
There were hurried orders from the
colliding craft, and no less hurried
cries from the swimmers, then the
squealking of tackle as boats were
swung out, the splash OF these in water
and the grind of oars in thole pins as
the lifeboats pulled here and there pick
ing up pirates
Drenched and dripping, all were sot
on board. The vessel which proved 10
be the Peruvian bark calisaya, took
the pirates to Key West, where they
expiated their crime by remaining there
a fortnight and day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-05
PETTUS'S COURT BILL
PROVIDES FOR UNITED STATES
 TRIBUNAL IN SELMA.
Also Introduces Measure APprOPriatlng S75, ,OOO for the Erection of Government Building In
 Central City.

Washington, Jan. 4.-(Special)- Senator Pettus has introduced a bill providing for the holding of sessions of the Circuit and District Federal Courts at Selma, Ala.
 The bill establishes the Northern Di- vision of the Southern Judicial District of Alabama. to be composed of the counties of Dallas. Marengo. Greene. Monroe, Perry, Sumter and Wilcox of the Southern and Middle Districts of the State. The bill also provides that the marshal clerk and other officers of the Southern Judicial District shall at- tend these courts.
 In cases of the removed of suits from the courts of the State of Alabama to courts of the United States, in the southern and Middle Districts of Ala hama. such removal, the bill provides shall be made to the United States Courts in the division in which the county is situated and from which the removal is made
 Senator Pettus, in providing for the new judicial district, also introduced bill appropriatlng $75,OoO for the con struction of new Federal building in selma. This building is to be used for holding sessions of the Federal Courts as well as for postofice and other gov ernmentaI uses. R. H Watkins.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-05
PRoPosEs AMENDMENT.
Weapon to Be Used in Fight Against
 Joint Statehood.

Joint Statehood.
 Washington, Jan. 4-An amendment to the statehood bill has been intro duced by Senator Foraker intended to permit the inhabitats of either New Mexico or Arizona to reject the con- stitution of the proposed State to be created by combining the two territo- ries
 The bill as reported to the Senate from the committee on territories pro- vides that the constitution shall be submitted to the people of the pro- posed State for it's ratification or re- jection, "and if a majority of the le- gal votes cast on that question shall be for the constitution, the said can wasting board shall certify the result to the President of the United States etc.
 The amendment proposes that ma jority of the votes must be cast "in each" of the territories in order to ratify the constitution.
 Opponents of the Statehood bill, that Is those who advocate the admission of the Indian Territory and Oklahoma as one State, but urge that no action be taken at this time in regard to Arizona and New Mexico. believe that the Foraker amendment outlines the character of the contest that will be waged against Statehood legislation. They declare that the people of Arizo- ma are not ready for Statehod if com pelled to accept 1t in the form of an annex to New Mexico.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-05
TRINKETS AND PAPERS
CONTENTS OF THE FAMOUS CHAD-
 WICK sATCHEL.
The Documents Are Not securitieS and the Jewelry is of Little vA>., in the Opinion of Mir.
 Gr0ssman.

Cleveland. O.. Jan. 4.-Louis Cross man, attorney for Receiver Loeser, to- day opened and made an examination of the contents of the satchel belong ing to Mrs. c. L. Chadwick which has been the subject of a great deal of speculation. The trunk belonging to Mrs. Chadwick will be opened to- morrow.
 According to MT. Grossman the satchel contained a large number of documents and papers of various kinds. MT. Grossman is not willing to state the nature of the documents and pa- pers except to say that they were not securities. He will make further in- vestigation before he reports officially on them. Some jewelry was also found in the satchel. A pair of what looked like pearl earrings was the most valuable articles. in Mir. Cross mans judgment.
 A large number of trinkets were also found, but they were not articles of great value so far as MT. Grossmap could judge.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-05
GOVERNOR TAKES A HAND.
Believed That He Has Settled Muddi
 in Delaware Legislature.

s
 Dover, Del, Jan. Ex-Governor r-elect Preston Lee tonight intervened in the Delaware legislative situation and it Is believed has brought the warning fac- tions to terms The Governor at a conference with influential Republican legislators is said to have assured them that he had no Idea of appoint Ing any other than q Kent County or Sussex County man as Secretary of State, a revelation so encouraging to the Union Republicans that they im- medaitely considered overtures to be made to the regulars. The Union Re- publicans are strong in Kent and Sus- sex counties, while their followers in Newcastle County are greatly in the minority. The Union leaders therefore consider the Governors assurance to mean that he will select Union man for Secretary of State.
 Indications are that the Republicans will agree on Friday. if not tomorrow, and organize the Legislature with Sparks, Regular Republican. Speaker of the House. Today's balloting show e1 the same result on all roll calls for the election of presiding officers: Sem ate-Colner. Union, z; Sparks, Regular, 3, Rose, Democrat, T; necessary for choice, g. House-Denney Union, IA; Wilson, Regular. 6; Smith, Democrat, IS; necessary for choice, IS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-05
,ris,e and other great opera singers.

Grisie and other great opera singers
 The real beginning in Mir Thomas's music career was through series of chamber concerts at New York during the years intervening between 1855 and 1872. In 1864 Mir Thomas's first sym phony concerts were given at New York and these were continued until he left that city in 1878 to take charge of the College of Music at Cincinnati. He remained in Ohio for year. then returning directly to New York. he was elected conductor of the New York and Philharmonic Society in 1879. and this position he held until he left New York in 1881.
 Tn 1883 Mir. Thomas and his orches- tra made a tour from New York to San Francisco. appearing at all of the principal cities en route. On his re- turn to New York, Mir. Thomas con- ceived the idea of permanent or chestra in that city, but after several years of endeavor he came to the con- cfusion that Chicago would be a better place for his future work. He came here in 1891, and formed the Chicago Orchestra Association.
 On December 15, last year, Orchestre Hall. the permanent home of the Chi cago Orchestra, built at cost of more than $S00,000, was formally dedicated. It Is a monument that bears witness to the undying efforts of the dead mu- sician.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-05
WAR WAS NOT DISCUSSED.
Russian and Japanese 0ficers Meet and
 Crack Jones.

Russian and Japanese 0fficers Meet and
 Crack Jones.
 General Kurokrs Headquarters. in the Field. Jan. 3. via Fusan.-A re- markable episode occurred between the entrenchments of the two armies New Years day, showing a lack of animos- ity among the combatants.
 A Russian and Japanese officer met under their flags and spent the after noon in friendly conversation. Each officer had an escort of two soldiers. The affair was entirely unofficial and was the result of an exchange of notes between the two junior officers. whose organizations occupied battle grounds alternately. They conducted friendly joking correspondence by leaving let ters in the Chinese houses. When the officers sallied forth to the meeting place. one of the Russian trenches, be- ing unadvised of the truce, opened fire. The Japanese party fired and the Rus sians ran to the lines and stopped the shooting.
 They then advanced to meet the Ja- panese Both officers brought refresh ments, and although only half an hour 8 time was arranged for the visit, 1t was pSolonged two hours. War matters were not discussed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-05
ACTS OF BANKRUPTCY.
Amended Petition Filed by Creditors of
 Mrs. Chadwick.

Mrs. Chadwick.
 Cleveland, O., Jan. 4.-Creditors of Mrs Chadwick filed an amendment to their original petition in bankruptcy against her today in the United States district court.
 It Is averred that Mrs. Chadwick com mitted several acts of bankruptcy shortly after the beginning of her financial troubles. The first of these acts to be complained of was the grant ing to the Savings and Deposit Bank of EIyria, Ohio. a $10.00O chattel mortgage on the contents of the Chadwick home- stead. The petitioning creditors say that this constituted d preference of the banks claims.
 It Is further declared that Mrs. Chad wick rented q safety deposit box at a Cleveland bank in the name of Daniel Pine, her brother-in-law. It is claimed that at that time she placed a package of valuable securities in the box and on December 1 the package was sent to her in New York
 This act Is complained of on the ground that 1t was done for the pur- pose of "concealing and removing a part of her assets with intent to de- fraud her creditors"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-05
TAKAHIRA AND HAY.
Japanese Minister Calls on the Amerf-
 can Secretary.

Japanese Minister Calls on the Amerf-
 can Secretary.
 Washington, Jan 4-Mr. Takahira- the Japanese Minister. had a long talk with Secretary Hay today. and, as this was the Ministers first visit since the news of the fall of Port Arthur. his ar- rival at the State Department gave rise to the rumor that he had come to ask Secretary Hays assistance in mak- ing overtures to Russia for peace.
 Inquiry later in the day failed to substantiate this rumor in any partic- ular. The Secretary and the Minister did not talk about the outlook for peace from the standpoint. not of in- tervention, but of the effect of the fall of Port Arthur on the military situa- ton in the Far East.
 Should Japan ask this Government to transmit a communication to Russia regarding peace, this Government. as a friendly neutral, 1t Is said, would de- liver the communication. but no such request has been received nor is 1t an- ticipated at this time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-05
TRIBUTE TO GALLANT ENEMY.
,Japdneae said to Have Allowed EscaPe
 of Destroyers.


 London, Jan. 4.-The Daily Malls correspondent with General Nogfs army before Port Arthur. in a dispatch published this morning. says that the Russian torpedo boat destroyers were purposely permitted to escape from Port Arthur under the eyes of the Ja- panese fleet as a tribute to the bravery of the Russian garrison.
 The correspondent adds that 200 Ja- panese prisoners were discovered at Port Arthur, many of them having par ticipated in the desperate efforts to block the channel and who, hitherto, were supposed to be dead.
 The Daily Telegraph's Port Arthur correspondent telegraphs a picturesque account of the scene at the time of the negotiations for the equalization of Port Arthur. He says
 Tt was a magnifcently sunny day, with d wonderful stiffness reigning on the belligerent lines. A strange con- course was gathered in the vicinity of the cottage where two white flags showed that the preliminaries were be- ing deliberated, and outside Chinese peasants. children and smiling Tom mics, all grouped around nine dis mounted Cossack escorts, who carried on a jesticulatory conversation with the Japanese escort. Thrice the par liamentaries separated and went to their respective tents before the first document was completed. and at o'clock despatched to General Stoessel at Port Arthur
 An hour later the second document was completed and handed to another COssack who. accompanied by Japan csc cavalrymen, dashed toward Port Arthur. Later, when dusk set in, Gen eral Stoessel signed the documents and the telephone informed the investing troops of the glad tidings. Immediate ly 'Banzais were shouted and bengal lights and flames flashed across from ridge to ridge until midnight, when all again became strangely quiet"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-05
LEAVES ALL TO PRESIDENT.
Mann Introduces BiII AboIishIne Canal
 Commission.

Washington. Jan. 4.-Representative Mann of Illinois. a member of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, today introduced a bill abolishing the Isthmian Canal Com mission and providing that the powers now vested in the President be extend ed until the end of the Fifty-ninth Congress The President Is authorized to employ such persons with such off, cial designation IS he may deem neces- sary until such time as Congress may otherwise direct and Is authorized to fix the compensation until regulated by Congress.
 In effect the bill permits the PresI- dent to perform through persons he may designate the duties now perform ed by the Canal Commission.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-05

the question with the correspondent of the Associated Press. today voiced the sentiment of the majority when he said;
 We are confronting a situation which continues to be purely military. The present problep, is created by General Kuropatkin's army and by the Russian second Pacific squadron. We are devoting all attention to them. We anticipate that the Russians will renew more determinedly than ever their effort 70 drive Field Marshal Oyama back and that they will strive to get supremacy It sea We are pre- pairing to defeat both the objects. The situation makes talk of peace futile"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-05
NEUTRALITY OF DUTCH.
BeIliGerents Must Respect Holland
 East Indies Possessions.

BeIligerents Must Respect Hollands
 East Indies Possessions.
 The Hague. Jan. 4.-Prernier Kuyper has abandoned his projected stay in the south of France Tor the benefit his health, as he considers the question of the maintenance of strict Dutch neutrality in the East Indies demands his personal attention.
 In the event of 1t becoming neces- sary the marine ministry Is prepared to call out the naval militia for the pur- pose of safeguarding the neutrality of the Dutch Eastern Islands.
 It is understood that the Japanese cruisers reported in those seas are of small fighting value and that they were merely sent to watch possible move ments of the Russian second Pacific squadron there.