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Morning
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THE WEATHER TODAY
For North Carolina :
Partly c'oudy, warmer.
For Raieigh :
TEMPERATURE:
Temperature for th$
past 24 Hours:
Maximum, 67,
Minimum, 43.
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Vol. VII
RALEIGH. N. C. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 24. 1904
No. 35
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The Speaker at His Best and a Large Audience
nil Sympathy With Him Ex-Govefnor
Joiinson of Alabama Sets the
Meeting in Motion
Editorial Correspondence
vn, X. C, Sept. 23. Special.
vrats of this place were
o a rich feast tonight by
v.;G vamlidate for elector at
I"; ink H. i-'pruill. The court
v.-.? en) .vclod and Mr. Spruill
best. The crowd hung-on
-. . : 1 and the speaker's well
I sentences, spoken with an el
t'.it few men can equal, were
; to the echo. Before Mr.
mwenced speaking, Ex-Gov--.-a-on
of Alabama, who is vis
was introduced and made
: K-iicitcas speech.
i- v.js the nrst time many or me
: ,::, !;. : ' had heard Mr. Spruill, and
j. ih ; c been any doubt about the
r.,ni;: iv Guilford the strong and force-.-
; ; , burning eloquence and great
;i:-ss of the speaker would haVe
-:.t z v.-avf of enthusiasm in motion
x:-,r vr.uM sweep everything before
;- ;o f.v?at victory in November. The
v w-kv. Democrats who composed the
bu'.k -: the audience tonight were
spurred to greater efforts, and what
hv- b-r-on" regarded as certain, victory
-a :.-:i' ir.-ade .doubly certain.
r I "". lien A. Battle of Alabama.
r f i: v
t-r of t;
nh'1 i? 1'
$20,000,000. We bought it not for the
sake of freeing the Filipinos, but for
conquest: for the love of conquest and
greed of ve'aith were running mad in
our veins. And what has it cost us?
In the five years our flag has waved
over the ' Philippine Islands we have
spent a thousand million dollars, 100,000
Filipinos have been killed, 25,000 Ameri
can soldiers have lost their lives, and
25,000 soldiers are in American mad
houses, raving maniacs, and the end is
not yet in sight. The ideal of Ameican
citizenship has been destroyed, and in
its place is substituted a greed of
gain and lust for gold.
, .Who is responsible for this? The
Republican party. The Republican
convention held in this city
recently was composed mostly of fed
eral office holders, and in consequence
thereof one of the best known Repub
licans of the state, a citizen of 'your
city, left the convention and said it
was a disgrace to the state. The Re
publican party, in its recent dealings
with the Philippine Islands, has writ
ten the blackest page of our history.
About six j-ears ago, when Cuba, was
making a war for independence against
LYNCHING DEFENDED
An Atlanta Editor Proposes to
-
Revive the Ku Klux
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 23. Defending
lynching and advocating a revival of
the Ku Klux Klan, John Temple
Graves, editor of the Atlanta News,
comes out in a leading editorial today.
He says:
"The white men of this southern
.country must protect and will protcet
their women from the unspeakable lust
of unspeakable brutes, and neither law
nor statutes, nor public opinion, nor
armed forces, nor federal courts, nor
any other courts will prevent the stern
expression of the popular . horror and
outrage toward this 'greatest and most
infernal of all human crimes.
"There is no need to try to scare the
people of this southern country with
the threat of the federal court. If the
federal court invades the state's au
thority and takes charge of these
cases, there yet remains the memory
and the renaissance of the Ku Klux
Klan, which was perhaps after all the
most effective that this southern coun
try has ever known against the crime
and lawlessness that followed a pe
riod of war.
"Let us discard for this crime the
noisy gallows, the daily newspaper
notices, the newspaper reports, thS
good fare, the comfortable quarters,
the ride to the gallows, amid a shout
ing multitude, the last speech and the
publicity which makes the criminal a
hero and the cynosure of a thousand
eyes. Putting these things away and
dealing with a seventh century race,
let us surround the criminals of the
civilization with the elements of dark
ness and of mystery to apply to their
superstitious dread, and carry more
dread than all the vengeance of modern
legal retribution."
CUBAN RECIPROCITY
Not Yet Certain That it Is a
Failure
: Havana, Sept. 23. It is held by some
persons here that the failure of reci
procity with the United States has not
been demonstrated yet because of the
large purchase made in Europe in No
vember and December, 1903, in view of
the approaching treaty with America.
The Cuban market was thus supplied
for the first three months of 1904. The
failure of Cubans to purchase in the
United States is due partly to the
greater cost of production in that
country and possibly also to the fact
that European merchants give longer
credits and consult local tastes.
Rice is not considered a good article
for American growers to bank on so
far as Cuba is concerned, owing to the
high price of the United States pro
duct. It is stated that Louisiana rice
is quoted at about $3.50 per 112 pounds,
while other rice is sold for $1.9S. It
was foreshadowed some time ago that
the reciprocity treaty might not make
any material difference in the trade be
tween, the two countries.
NEWS AND VIEWS OF
THE
WAR
IN THE
EAST
Japan Concerned About Raising the Sinews A De
cisive Battle at Mukden Predicted A
Tokio View of the Persistency
of General Stoessel
-n
1 Governor Johnson in a man-.
- r th: t vt once caught the crowd and
yov-: ! a ftorm of applause to begin
Governor Johnson's rem'arks,
i nv.rh bri-f, were spicy and put ev
rybGy jn a good humor. But it wes
Gt :nv Mr. Spruill to set the grqut
vv -:f applause in motion which
M audience riveted in closest at
r v; v. He spoke for more than an
"vhich seemed all too short. The
r G- r was strongest in his arraign
; v.t, of the record of the Republican
rty. Fr? from invective, but strong
.ad powerful, convincing and eloquent,
.t was a vote getting and vote win-5
ring speech, and if it could be made
oGore the voters of all the doubti'l
t;Ges it would mean the election of
bvlire Parker, for no man who is in
:.' 'ubt about how to vote could hear
Sr.ain. the oeonle of the United States
Dr. H. W. Battle, P-i v1 vp frep. nnd the world
First Baptist church here, sto?(1 by and appjauded. We sent out
on a visit to his son, m- niir , tt'Pins to Mnnila. Rav. where
the Filipinos had declared their inde
pendence under Aguinaldo. We made
him our ally, the battle of Manila Bay
was fought and Spain was conquered;
but how have we kept faith with Agui
naldo? '
I charge that the Republican party,
by its governmental policy, has enabled
the manufacturers to charge me more
than they do the people of Europe.
For example, suppose a coat can be
manufactured for six dollars. Eng
land can manufacture it for exactly
the same. The tariff on woolen goods
is 50-per cent., and therefore the Eng
lish manfacturcr must sell the goods
at nine dollars in this country. The
American manufacturer sells the same
goods at $8.50, puts the $2.50 in his
pocket at the same time he Is selling
goods in England at $6 and competing
masterful argument of Frank S. v. ith the English manufacturer. I only
rvrl and not be convinced. lie j want a fair chance and even start, but
.1 in rmrt: j under Republican legislation I cannot
ri i A i? room in this country, broad j get it. As a patriotic and liberty-lov-
i is. for only two political parties, j ing citizen I cannot vote for a party
: rni I parties., such as the know .' that by its policy makes in thirty years
Gin- the prohibitionist, the populist, : T-.OOO people each worth $50,000,000 and
v Faring tip and live for a day; j over, and at the same time turns out
" Gy two real parties can live in ,50,000,000 mendicants and paupers.
antry. And it is a good thing j I am glad to see capital settle in
turn away from these short lived j North Carolina, but I want to see the
: ' ' .''-ntemp.late a party one j government treat the laboring man and
: rM y. ars old. For the first timeG the capitalist alike.
Done in Two Rounds
Baltimore, Sept. 23. Philadelphia
Jack O'Brien won a decisive victory
over Billy Stift of Chicago tonight be
fore the Eureka Athletic Club. The
contest was scheduled to go fifteen
rounds, but the westerner proved him
self no match for the clever Quaker
City lad and was knocked out in the
second round.
Old Ammunition Explodes
Manila, Sept. 23. While a number of
four-inch shells and a quantity of small
ammunition, surrendered by the Span
iards in 1898, were being loaded on a
lighter today in front of the arsenal
preparatory to being dumped in the
bay, there was an explosion that killed
two men and mangled seven. The vic
tims were all Filipinos.
Following the establishment of the
Filipino currency there has been a
rapid outflow of American silver to
China. A shipment of $315,C00 was
made today.
Return of Volunteer Cruisers
London, Sept. 23. The St. Peters
burg and Smolensk, which as Russian
cruisers created international compli
cations by stopping and searching
neutral ships In the Red Sea and af
terward on the east coast of Africa,
Tokio, Sept. 23. It Is believed that at
the cabinet meeting Wednesday the
question was discussed of raising funds
for the ntxt fiscal year and that a salt
monopoly and a tax on silk were de
cided upon.
A dispatch from Hakodate reports
that yesterday the British steamer
Crusader, a vessel of 4,029 tons, bound
from Portland, Ore., for Vladivostok,
attempted to pass through Tsugaru
strait. She was captured by a torpedo
boat and taken to Hakodate.
A press dispatch from Liao Yang
says that the Russian outposts on the
east and southeast fronts have retired
several'miles towards Mukden.
The Kokumin, whose forecasts are
usually based on special information,
says it expects that a very decisive
battle will be fought at Mukden.
The Asahi interprets the Russian
persistency at Port Arthur to the de
termination of the czar and Admiral
Alexieff to still make the-fortress the
centre of the Russian general strategy.
General Stoessel is making great ef
forts, It says, to strengthen the court's
view. While firing upon ambulances
for the purpose of enraging the Jap
anese troops he has made the garrison
believe that they must defend the fort
ress until the last. He says that the
czar will hardly abandon the idea of
saving them. Accordingly General
Kuropatkin lingers at Mukden in the
face of great topographical disadvah-
FOUR KILLED MY A
MILER EXPLOSION
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The Mill r Superintendent Among the
Dead Bodies of All Badly
Mutilated
Dunn, N. C, Sept. 23. Special. A- down. The body of Mr. Fowler was
but which ceased on beine notified to
do so by the Russian government in.ataes- The PaPer remarks that the
message delivered by a British cruisey rnore Persistent the defense of Port
arrived at Suez today. i Arthur the easier the next campaign
win De.
The condition of the Crown Prince
of Corea, who is ill with scarlet fever;
has Improved.
The authorities here, at the request
of the Corean government, will dis
patch two experts to reform the Co
rean system of weights and measures.
falling in the lake simultaneously with
the appearing of the Islands, they
claiming that the water should have
risen instead. Several unusually large
land slips have taken place in the
Olj'mpic mountains and the water in
Quinait Lake, on the west slope of the
mountains, has fallen, the same as in
Lake Washington.
Financial Aid for Strikers
Washington, Sept 23. President
Gompers of the American Federation
of Labor has issued a circular letter,
addressed to "all organized labor," ap
pealing to all its members for contri
butions for the support of the 25,000
striking textile operatives at Fall
River. The strike having received the
endorsement of the executive commit
tee of the councL of the federation,
President Gompers urges all members
of organized labor to contribute finan
cially as well as morally to this most
worthy cause.
sr.rty-m-e years it is possible in
'ii Garoiina to reason about he
In the third place, I would not vote
for the present nominee of the Repub-
tv
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the
your Fvnporf
f rirnpe in th- first place, that the
"T"j!':" '!n I'-'ny stands for all that
;. U) tiie liberty of the peo-.
. ''; J- ixim was that all rights
CV, ,, ; '"'y "iv,''i to the federal gov
v. r ar- reserved to the states.
m un
reversed so as to
a nsnts not expressly given
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ai situation w ithout appealing to j lican party if I were a life long lte
G'K!i. AS 0f the peopie The: ne- publican. Rooseve't was born to in-b'-vn
put out of politics, and . herited wealth and large income. Nu
rir? an enfranchisement of the (one is fitted to be president of this
Gn th in a 'disfranchisement of (country with its mass of plain people
I am glad' to be able to ' who has not felt the sting of poverty.
1 vou without stirring up yourJX'would not vote for him, because he
' ': ; I am going to appeal J has tread upon the most sacred feet
a a yry and convince you that i of the southern people in eating with
party is unworthy of j Booker Washington, because he ruth
lessly insulted Jefferson Davis, the
ideal of thirty million southern peo
ple. Mr. Roosevelt poses as the evan
gel of civil service reform, yet in three
years he has presided he has suspended
the rules sixty-six times. He asked
congress for a service pension, and
when it was not granted he said, that
it was already the law, and proceeded
r-SPrvpr1 for- tVio fipfl - i tn snpnei the mrn a v rf thp TTniterl States
' t. Roosevelt is just as j without the sanction of the law.
!! !'Gf it as William' of! Compare. Mr. Roosevelt with Judge
r Nicholas of Russia. Tha Parker, the man the Democrats have
' : the Republican party is asked jrou to vote for. He is a man
!- t! ?:. H is dangerous now j who started life poor. He has felt the
: G oitixen to have a clash sting and strain of poverty. By his
Geral office holder, merits and labor he has risen to the
" :i g the face of a fourth- ; highest place, in the judicial system of
! ' r I am liable to indict- a great state. He refused the nomina-
' '-ajesty. - . tion for the presidency unless it came
,:';;'"!'n are fond of compar- with a platform upon which he could
- ;1-'luisition of the Lousi- stand. Roosevelt stands for an empire,
; -'fo w ith the recent acquisi- j Parker for a republic. Roosevelt de-
Bhilippines. There is no sires to be emperor, Parker to be presi-
h Gween the two sections. ! dent. G'Choose ye this day whom ye
ine consent, of congress will serve."
G;r- hased Louisiana; the
- that America had of the
the Philippines came
'' -vspapers. This purchase
.. .... iumgiMc luuaiao . oaiicon ascension ana paracnute leap
ns severe simplicity ask-;here today resulted in the drowning
!nr -0,000 with which to of Mrs. S. B. Hendrick in the Rock
. " an1 3'et that is what ! Island Lake here. At 6:30 this evening
evelt did, and when con- !the balloon was inflated and the ascen-
serious accident occurred at Duke at
7:15 this morning when the boiler of
the ginning plant exploded and In
stantly killed Henry C. Fowler, general
superintendent of the Erwin Cotton
Mills Company, Lee Hearst, fireman, H.
G. Braswell and George McLean, col
ored. Several others were seriously in
jured. The boiler house was complete
ly demolished. The dead are mutilated
almost beyond recognition. The re
mains of Fowler were sent to Burling
ton, where he came from three months
ago.
Dunn, N. C, Sept. 23. Special. The
boiler of the cotton gin of the Erwin
Cotton Mills at Duke exploded early
this morning instantly killing four men
and seriously injuring three others, of
which one will probably prove fatal.
The dead are H. C. Fowler, superin
tendent of the mill, Lee Hurst and a
man named Braswell, all white, and
George McNeill, colored fireman at the
gin. The injured are all colored and
the most "serious injury is from scalding.
So terrific was the" force of the ex
plosion that not a vestige of the boiler
room was left standing and bricks
were scattered for several hundred
yards. The bodies of those killed were
horribly mangled, that of Mr. Fowler
being literally in shreds from his waist
brought to Dunn and prepared for
burial by undertaker R. G. Taylor and
was taken td Burlington this afternoon.
The bodies of the others were prepared
for burial this afternoon. .
Several reasons are assigned as the
cause of the explosion, but the best in
formation at hand is that the steam
gauge was not working and Mr. Fowler
was sent for and had only been in the
room a few minutes when the explosion
occurred. It is said that there must
have been as much as 227 pounds pres
sure on the boiler at the time, and it
being of the crown sheet type could
not stand the strain.
Mr. Fowler leaves a wife and several
children. Mr. Braswell also was mar
ried and had a family. He had been
working at the gin only a few days.
There were several narrow escapes
from injury from flying debris, and it is
very fortunate that the fatalities were
not greater.
Ellis Wilson, about twenty years of
age, was crushed, probably fatally, in
the cotton press of his father's gin near
here 'this afternoon. He was in the
press packing lint and gave orders for
the screw to descend, when it caught
him before he could get out, crushing
his shoulder and chest and lacerating
his neck. His lungs are injured. The
physicians entertain slight hope of his
recovery.
Tunneling Scheme Abandoned
London, . Sept. 24. The Tokio corre
spondent of th?r Express says that the
Japanese' have" abandoned their at
tempt to tunnel under Port Arthur,
owing to the difficulties encountered in
the work.
Wholesale cremation of corpses was
necessary to prevent disease. The
bodies were piled in great heaps and
oil poured over them. Then they were
set on fire. The stench from the de
composed remains was so great that
It affected Dalny.
School Girls Meet Death
in a Horrible Form
Cincinnati, O., Sept. 23. Nine little with wraps. Mercifully, most of th03e
Balloonist Drowned
Phillipsburg, Kan., Sept. 23. The
1 to grant the request he
The hiffh handed way in
ic-ral court seized the At-
s'on took place, the balloon drifting to
the northeast. When above the lake
Mrs. Hendrick made the leap, think
iher she could swinsr the naraehute
' m Carolina Railroad, the away from the water, but her efforts
state of North Carolina, failed and she was buried under the
iitor criticised the judge parachute in twenty feet of water and
1 to prison for contempt a hundred feet away from shore. Pre
, I ceding ' the leap Mrs. Hendrick ap-
" 'uba as we promised. The jpared smiling and in the best of
Antilles is now a repub- spirits. Before out of hearing she
ahout the Philippines? We called out: "Hurrah for Roosevelt!
- t bpain did not own. and ! and those were the last words her
said she did not own. for friends heard her epeak,
school girls met death near here today.
About thirty girls, ranging in ages
from eight to 14 years, were In the out
house set apart for their sex at the
public school in Pleasant Ridge, a
suburb, during the recess this forenoon,
when the floor suddenly gave way, pre
cipitating all but one of them into the
horrible pit beneath. Their cries were
quickly smothered in the depths below.
One little girl, who had been standing
in the doorway, escaped falling Into the
vault by a miracle. She turned and ran
as fast as her little lees could carry
her into the school building where she
told Principal Zimmerman In halting,
stumbling phrases of the frightful acci
dent that had occurred. Zimmerman
dropped his work and ran to the rcu
as rapidly as possible Mr. Zimmerman
was half maddened by the affair.
Teachers and others came quickly to
the rescue. Rake?, ropes and ladders
were hurriedly brought.
In a very few minute the de4 n4
living were removed from fhe ratiX
Nine little bodijy w,-re carefully car
ried into the ccjyxil bouse and coverei
who perished had been quickly suffo
cated, it is believed. Several of the
rescued are severely burnt, one prob
ably fatally. Little Elie Schorr, who
was one of the children rescued, says
that she was one of the first of the
pupils to reach the outhouse. As the
last of them entered the floor gave way
and the entire party was thrown into
the vault.
Mi?s Olivia Ames had the presence
of mind when In the vault to request
the older girls to be quiet. Their strug
gles to get a handhold on the walls
naturally forced the ?mall children brt
ncath the surface, and this accounts
for the deith of the Httle children,
while the older ones wrr 'LJ to get
out
Union Rejected
Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 23. After one
of the most famous debates in the his
tory of Knoxville Presbytery of the
Cumberland Presbyterian church, which
has just closed its meeting at Union
church, near .Concord, Tenn., the burn
ing question of union with the northern
branch off the church was defeated by
a vote of 29 to 13. Only five ministers
voted for ! the union. The debate at
times waxed warm and much prejudice
of a sectional nature was engendered,
the conservatives being in the minority.
Many of those opposing uniting with
the northern church, however, did so on
other grounds. Chattanooga Presby
tery also opposed union.
Admiral Dewey's Anniversary
Washington, Sept. 23. Admiral
George Dewey, who commanded the
victorious American fleet at the battle
of Manila Bay, today celebrated the
fiftieth anniversary of his entrance into
the American navy. There was no
reception or other formal observance
of the occasion, but several of the ad
miral's friends sent flowers to him. The
admira.1 Is 68 years old, but does not
look it and hopes that for many years
to come he may be able to continue"
his work on the general board jof the
navy.
Fireworks at Vesuvius
Naples, Sept. 23. Mount Vesuvius is
again active and the eruption is the
greatest that has occurred in ten years.
The western crater collapsed today with
a tremendous explosion. The principal
cone is filled with huge "fissures and it is
thought that Its rupture will follow.
Red hot rocks are being thrown to a
height of a thousand feet. The torrents
of lava threaten to destroy the Funicu
lar railway, which runs up the moun
tain. Thousands of persons are watch
ing the spectacle, which is' one of unsur
passed magnificence.
Practical Joker Cilled
Emma, Texas, Sept. 23. Dr. J. W.
Carter, a prominent physician living
here, was shot and fatally wounded last
night whileGjlaying a practical joke on
his friend, I lL. Lockwood, a druggist
at EstacdcVhe body was brought
here today. Carter placed a water
melon rind on his head, cut to represent
a death head, and suddenly appeared at
iLockwood's window. The latter awak
ened, and as quick as possible fired one
shot, the bullet striking Carter in the
chin and going through theneck.
Japanese Transport Captured
St. Petersburg, Sept. 23. The destroy
ers belonging to the Russian squadron
at Vladivostok returned to that port
from a cruise today. While at sea they
captured a Japanese transport and a
sailing ship. No announcement has
been made as to the place where these
captures were effected.
The cruisers Rossla and Gromobol,
which have been repairing at Vladivos
tok since . their battle with Admiral
Kamamura's squadron, have sailed for
Gensan. Corea, together with three tor
pedo boats and three destroyers.
Freaks of Earthquake
T.i coma . Wash., f?pt. 2.1. Following
Hundred of pfoplj .itl the ; slight w-lsmlc tremor, wtic.'ibl dur-
pchool hou- this afternoon. I'lenrant in th pttrt fetr !jy, rrc-ptihlf din
llidge is a place of mourn in ar, . undT-! turbanre hnv ben nil In th
takers wagons i re plentiful Jn the ;rth's rrmt. Two small Jsiai.d have
streets. ' j suddenly been format! In Lake Wish-
Coroner Weaver ntrlved early from : Ir.Kton, while the fur fare of the lake
Onclnrajti and bejrnn an tftmet that j I visibly lowered. Thf Islands are
will lastj revra! days. lfr rays he hasthre aorr In length arnt are crossed
disrmerf4 that the support of the in numerous liases h? fiur, Fefen
nVor were rttt i and had teen entlrtljr I t!t to mhose .aifr.iiori th matter was
ur.sae tor a lex llnjt, j brought f tryt,r.tl by th wattr
Japanese Attack Repulsed
St. Petersburg, Sept. 23. An official
dispatch from Harbin says that two
Japanese divisions, with a strong force
of artillery, attacked the Russian left
flank on the banks of the Hun river
September 21. General Bilderling re
pulsed the attack after three hours of
fighting. The Japanese loss was over
seven hundred. The Russians lost
eighty-six killed and two hundred and
seventy wounded. G'
The Russian forces maintained their
positions on a chain of hills before the
Hun, ten miles southeast of Mukden.
MOROS MASSACRED
; ; e ; . .
New York, Sept. 24. The World's
Washington special says a letter has
been received from a soldier In the
Philippine Islands detailtofr accounts
of the killing of 250 Moros men, women
and children on August 3 by United
States troops. According to the story
the troops "Killed every Moro in sight
and then burned everything they had."
"The private letter received says the
Island of Mindano. Gen. Wood Is in
command of tha district.
In. conclusion the The World says:
"The private letters received says the
condition In the island are now worse
than they were in Luzon during the
regime of Aguinaldo. The Moros are
fanatical and complain that the Amer
icans have not kept their pledges."
HIDDEN TREASURE
Secret Revealed by a Con
victed Train Robber
Butte, Mont., Sept. 23. Forty thou
sand dollars In money and a big bajr of
diamonds, containing several thousand
stones, have been recovered from a
cache near Bearmouth, where they
were secreted last Jun! by Hammond
and Christie, the Northern-F.trlfto. train
robbers. Christie, who has
tnrM to seven years In the ptiltn
tlary, took Detective Mc-KettridKo to th
rarhe today. The treasure In th"
earhe of Hammond, the man vh y
frdhy wis sentriK'd to flf'!! yfar.
Northern Fsclfle offi lal are r tl -nf.
Th-y refuse t dis'UM th fii.d
they espeet within the rest U w d '
to ft over more piandsr cf uwiy J