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VOL. XII. DR. TAIiM AGE'S SEriMONr"tw The Eminent Divine's Discourse. Sunday 8abjcct: "Bandits of Life" Inspiration Drawn From a Homely Phyase-Ufe,' Spiritual and Physical, Is Divinely Pro ! tected ISnndle Which Are Blessings. Text: 'Ihe soul of my Lord shall do bound in the bundle of life with the Lord by God." I Samuel xxv., 29. Beautiful Abigail, 'In her rhythmic plea Tor tbe rescue of her Inebriate husband, who died within ten day?, addresses David, the warrior, in the words or tbo text. Bhe Kngpreststbat bis life, physically and In taUeetually and fpirltually, is n valuablo package or bundle, divinely bound up and to bo divinely protected. - . Tbo phrase "bundle of life" I beard many times in my father's family prayers. Fam ily prayers you know, bave frequent repeti tions, because day by day tbey nckliowl edge about the same blessings and deplore about tbe same frail (.if s and sympathize with about the ssmo misfortunes, ard I do pot know why those who lead nt household devotions thoula seek variety ofi:om posi tion. That famlHar prayer becomes tbe household liturgy. I would not Rive one of my old father's prayers for fifty elocu tionary supplications. Aoraia and. again, in the morning and evening prayer, I neard tho request tl.at we mlghf nil be bonodnp in tbe bundle of life, buil did not know until a few days ago that jbe phraso wns d Bible fib rase. ' Daring the last spell of cold weatSef there were bundles that attracted the at- tention and tbe plaudits of the high heav ens, bundles of clothing on tbe way from comfortablo homes to the door of tbe mission room, and Christ stood In tho ; snowbnnks and said as the bundles passed: "Naked, and ye clothed me. Inasmuch a ye have done It unto one of tbe least of these .my brethren yo have done it unto me." Thbse bundles are mnltlbly ing. Blessings on those who pack "them. Blessings on thoso who distribute them. Blessings on those who receive them, with what beautiful aptitude did Abigail in my text speak of the bundle of life! Oh, what a precious bundle is life! Bundle of menidrlcs bundle of hopes, bundlo of ambitions, bundle of destinies! Once In . awhile a man writes his autobiography, and It is ot thrilling interest. The story of his birthplace, the story of bis struggles, tbe story of his sufferings, the story of his triumphs! But if the autobiography of the most eventful life were weli written it would make many chapters of adventure, of tragedy, of comedy, and there would not be an uninteresting step from cradle to grave. Bundle of memories are you! Boyhood memories, with all its Injustices from play mates, with all its game with ball and bat und kite and sled. Manhood memories, Witb'all your struggles In starting ob stacles, opposition, accidents, misfortunes, losses, successes. Memories of the first marriage you ever saw solemnized, of tho first grave you ever saw opened, of the first mighty wrong you ever suffered, of the first victory you ever gained. Memory tf the hour when you were affianced, mem ory of the first advent in your home, mem ory of roseate cheek faded and ot blue feyes closed in the last sleep, memory of anthem and of dirge, memory of great pain and of slow convalescence, memory of times when all things were against you, memory of prosperities that came ifi like the full tide of the sea, memories of a life time. What a bundle! Bundle of hopes nnd ambitions also is al most every man and woman, especially at Jho starting. What gains he will harvest J or wnat reputation he will achieve, or what bliss he will reach, or what loVe he" Will win. , What makes .college commence ment day so entrancing to nil ot us as we gee tho students receive their diplomas and take up the garlands thrown to their feet? They will be Faradays in science; tbey will be Tennygons In poesy; they will beWIUard Tarkers in surgery; they will be Alexander Ilamlltons In national finance; tbey will be Horace ureeieys m editorial chair; they will be Websters In the Senate. Or she will be a Mary Lyon in educational realms, or a Frances Wlllard'on reforma tory platform, or a Helen-Oould In military hospitals. Or sho will make home life radiant with helpfulness and celf-sacrlQce " una mngnincent womanhood. On, what bundle of hopes and ambitions! It is bundle of garlands and scepters frpm which I would not take one sprig of mignonette nor extinguish one spark of brilliance. They who start life without bright hopes and Inspiring ambitions might as well not start at all, for every step will be a failure. Bather would I add to the bundle, and if I open it now it will be because I wish to tako anything from It, but that I may put into it more coronets and hosannas. Bundle of faculties in every man and every woman! Tower to think to think ot tho past and through all the future, to tnink upward and higher than tbe highest pinnacle of heaven, or to think downward 'until there is no lower abysm to fathom. Power to think right, powerto thlnkwrong. power to think forever, for, once having begun to think, there shall be no terminus for that exercise, and eternity itself shall have no power to bid It halt. Faculties to love filial love, conjugal love, paternal love, maternal love, love of country, love 'of God. Faculty of judgment, with scales so delloate nnd yet so mighty they can weigh arguments, weigh emotions, weigh worlds, weigh heaven and hell. Faculty ol will, that can climb mountains or tunnel them, wade seas or bridge them, accepting eternal enthronement or choosing ever lasting exile. Ob, what ii is to be a man! Oh, what, it Is to be a woman! Sublime and innnite bundle ol faculties! The thought ot it staggers me, swamps me, stuns me, "bewilders me, overwhelms me. Oh, what a bundle of life Abigail of my text saw in David nnd which we ought to see in every nuraan yet immortal Demg! Know, also, that this bundle of life is properly directed. -Many a bundle has missed its way and disappeared because the address has dropped, and no one can lind by examination for what city or town or neighborhood it was intended. All great carrying companies have so many misdi rected packages that they appoint days of vendue to dispose of them. All intelligent people know the importance of having a valuable package pliialy directed, the . name of the one to whom it is to go plainly written. Baggage master and expressman ought to know at the first glance to whom to take it. The bundle of life tha Abigail In my text speaks of is plainly addressed. By divine penmanship it is directed heaven ward. However long may be the earthly distance it travels Its destination i3 the eternal clty'of God on high. Every mile it goes away from that direction is by Bomo human oinfernal fraud practiced against it. There are those who put tt on some other track, who misplace it In some wrong conveyance, who send it oft or send it Dack by some diabolic miscarriage. The value ot that bundle Is bo well known all up and down the universe that there are 1,000,000 dishonest hands which are trying to detain or divert it or to forever stop it progress in the rijibt direction. There are so manv influences abroad to ruin your body, mind una soui mat my wonder is not mat so many are destroyed for this world and tbe next, but that there aro not more who go I . a.... I 1 I - V. t 1 Every human being iSnssailed at. lue lnrt. WUbta-an hour ot tue time when this bundle of life U made up the assault iieglns. First of all there are the infantile disorders' that tbrtaten the body just '.lunched upon earth existence. Searlet levers and pneumonias and diphtherias and inSuenzas and the whole pack ot epidemics hurround'the cradlo and threaten its oceu. pant; und inTant Moses in the ark ot bull-rusht-ts was not more imperiled by the mon ster of the Kile than every cradle is imper- ilslby ailments all devouring, la after are foes within and Mm wffh. l out. Evil appetite Joined by outside al J Jurements. Temptations that have utterly ucvtjruyeu more peopjo loan now lnnamc tbe earth. - Gambling saloons and rammer les and places where dissoluteness reigns supreme, enough in number to go round and round the earth. Discouragements, jealousies, revenges, malevolences, disap pointments, swindles, arsons, .conflagra tions and cruelties, which make continued existence of the human- race a wonder ment. Was ever any valuable bundle ever so imperiled as this bundle of life? Oh, look at the address nnd get that bundle go ing In the right wayl "Thou shalt love tbe Lord thy God with all tby heart -and soul and mind and strength." . . Know also tbat a bundle may have in'it more than one invaluable. There, may be in it a photograph of a loved one and a jewel for a carcanet. It may contain an embroidered robe and a D ore's illustrated Bible. A bundle may bave two treasures. Abigail in my text recognized this when she said to David, "The soul of my lord is bound in tbe bundle of life with the Lord tby God." And Abigail was right. We may be bound up with a loving and sympa thetic God. We may be as near to Him as ever were emerald and ruby united in one ring, as ever were two deeds in one pack age, ns ever were two vases on the same slself, as ever were two vataaWei In the snmo bundle. Together in time of sorrow. Toetbr in time of joy. Together on eartb. Together in heaven. Close com panionship of God. Hear Him, "I will rtever leave thee, nor forsake thee." "For l.Iie mountains shall depart nnd the hills be removed, but My kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant ot My peace be removed, saith tbe Lord tbat hath mercy on thee." And when those Bible , authors compared God's friend ship to tho mountains for height and firmness they knew what they were writing ab"but; for they well knew what mountains are. All those lands are moun tainous. Mount Hermon, Mount Gilboa, Mount Geriztm, Mount Engedl, Mount Horeb, Mount Nebo, Mount Pisgah, Mount Olivet, Mount Zlon, Mount Moriab, Mount Lebanon, Mount -Sinai, Mount Golgotha. Yes, we have the divine promise that all those mountains shall weigh their anchor age" of rocks and move away from the earth before a loving and sympathetic God will move away from us if wo love and trust Him. Ob, it we could realize that according to my text wo may bound uo with that God, how independent it would make us of things tbat now harass and an noy nnd discompose and torment us! In stead of a grasshopper being a burden, a world of care would be as light as a feather, and tombstones would bo marble stairs to the King's palace, and all the giants of opposition we would smite down hip and thigh with great slaughter." Jtnow, also, that this bundle or. lite win be gladly received when it comes to the door of the mansion for which it was bound and plainly directed. With what akicrity and glee we await some package that has been foretold by letter, some holiday pre sentation, something that will enrich and ornament our home, some testimony of ad miration and affection! With wnat glow of expectation we untie the 'knot and take off the cord that holds it together in safety, and with what glad exclamation we un roll the covering and see the gift or pur chase in all its beauty of color nnd propor tion. Well, what day it will be when, your precious bundle of life shall be opened In the "house of many mansions," amid saintly and angelic and divine inspection! The bundlo may be spotted with tbe marks or mucn exposure, it may Dear inscription after inscription to tell through what or deal it has passed, perhaps splashed of wave and scorched of flame, but all it has within undamaged of the journey. And with what shouts of joy the bundle of life will be greeted by all the voices of tho heavenly home circle. In our anxiety at last to reacn heaven wo aro apt to lose sight of the glee or wel come that awaits us If we got In at all. We all have friends up there. They will some how bear that we are coming. .Such close and swift and constant communication is there between those uplands and these lowlands that we will not surprise them by sudden arrival. If loved ones on earth ex pect our coming visit and are at the dppot with carriage to meet us, surely we will be met at the shining gate by old friends now sainted and kindred now glorified. If there were no angel of God to meet us and show us the palaces and guide us to our everlasting residence, these kindred would show us the way and point out ne splendors and - guide ns to our celes tial borne, bowered and fountained and arched nnd illumined by a sun that never sets. Will it not be glorious, the going in and the settling down after all the moving about and upsettings of earthly experience? we will soon know all our neighbors, king ly, queenly, prophetic, apostolic, seraphic. archangelie. The precious bundle of life opened amid palaces and grand marches and acclamations. They will all be so glad we have got salely through. They saw us down here in the struggle.. They saw us when we lost our way. They knew when we got off the right course. None of the thirty-two ships that were overduo at New York harbor in the storm of week before last was greeted so heartily by friends -on the dock or the steam tugs that went out to meet them at Sandy Hook as we will be greeted in the heavenly world if by the pardoning and pro tecting grace of God- we come to celestial wharfage. We shall have to tell them ot tbe many wrecks that we have passed on the way across wild seas and amid Carib bean cyclones. It will be like our arrival some years ago from New Zealand at Syd ney. ueoDle surprised that we got in at all. because we were two days late, and some of the sbiDS expected bad gone to the not torn, and we had passed derelicts . an 1 abandoned crafts all up and down that aw ful channel our arrival in heaven all tho more rapturously welcomed because ot tho doubt as to whether we would ever get thereat all. Once there it will be found tht the safety ot that precious bundle of life was assured because it wa bound up with tho life of Got in Jesus Clirist.. Heaven could not afford to have tbat bundle lost because it had been said In regard to its transporta tion and safe arrival, "Kept by the power of God through faith unto complete salva tion." The veracity of the heavens is in volved in its arrival. If God should fall to keep' His promise to just one 'ransomed soul, tbe pillars of Jehovah's throne would fall, and the foundations ot the eternal city would crumble, and I u finite poverties would dash down all the chalices, and close all the banqueting halls, and the river of "lire would change Its course. sweepine everything with "desola tion, and frost would blast all thegjrdens. and immeasurable sickness slay the im mortals, and the new Jerusalem become an abandoned city. "with no chariot wheel on the streets and no worshippers in the temple a dead rompeil of the skies, a buried Herculaoeam of the heavens. Lest any one should doubt, tho God who cannot ue smites his omnipotent nana on tne siae of his throne and tafees affidavit, declaring, "As I live, saith the Lord God, I have 1 no pleasure in tbe death of uitnluat aietn. Ob, I cannot tell you. hwl feel about It, the thought is so glorious. Bound up with God. Bound up with Innnite mercy. Bound up with infinite Joy. Bound up with In finite purity. Bound up with infinite might. That thought la more beautiful and glori ous than was the heroic Abivja! who at the foot ot the crags uttered. "Bound In the bundle ot lite irith tho Lord tny uodi" Now. my bearer and reader, appreciate the value ot tbat bundle. Seo that It U bound up with nothing meu.aut with tne unsullied and the immaculate. Not -with a pebble ot the shitting beach, but with the kohinoor of the palace; not with some fading regalia ot earthly pomp. baJL-with the robo washed and male white ta Ue blood of tho Lamb. - ,vC , A Roam at PliUbnrr. . ; A wave of prosperity In Tittsbarc started every mill, factory uvud workshop toiU, fullest capacity. v., . E BY THE SO-CALLED MILITARY AS SEMBLY OF CUBA. MOLD HERO IS NOT PERTURBED On the Contrary, Ho Notifies tho Assembly By Telephone That "He Enjoys the Situation." A special from Havana says: The Cuban military assembly in public session Saturday afternoon impeached General Maximo Gomez and removed him from his command as gen-eral-in-chief of the Cuban army, the first ballot taken resulting in 26 votes be ing cast in support of the motion to impeach and. remove General Gomez against 4 in opposition. The meeting lasted from 2 until 7 o'clock. - ' General Gomez's only supporters were lieneral (Jespedes and General Nunez. The original motion, which was introduced by Senor Manuel San guilly, provided for the abolition of the grade of general-in-chief, bnt an amendment was offered to this by Senor Aguerro, which read "to abol ish the grade of general-in-chief and to remove General Gomez for failure in his military duties and disobedience' to the assembly. ' - Senor Aguerro declared that Gomez was insubordinate and should be pun ished, and Senor Sanguilly insinuated that the' general was a traitor to Cuba. ' Much passion was evident in the speeches, in some of which Gomez was declared to have been delinquent in his duties and disobedient because he had accepted the proposition of Robert' P. Porter, President McKin ley's special emissary, without con sulting the assembly; because he, had taken upon himself the arrangements for the payment and disarming of the Cuban troops independent of the as sembly, and becanse he had declared to the assembly that he would observe its rulings in so far as he considered them beneficial .to Cuba, -j Tbe assembly declared tbat the 83,000,000 "was insufficient, and that it has not yet accepted the proposition. The discussion of this question will soon be taken up, now that General Gomez baa been removed. . ' Senor Gonzales de Quesada, ' who J accompanied Mr. Porter in Cuba, was attacked by Senors Gualberto Gomez," Sanguijjy and Aguerro, who declared that he had acted in bad faith, and had deceived them. Senor Aguerro likened the present conditions con fronting the assembly to those that confronted theFrench chamber when it was proposed' to impeach President MacMahon. Colonel Morra and General Nunez declared that, the present step was useless, and would make the assembly ridiculous in the eyes of the world. - General Gomez is believed to be stronger than the assembly in the affection of the Cuban army. Many privates are anxious to leave the army and go to work, especially when they are able to obtain money to start them m life anew. The position of the assembly is no tably weak, as the military adminis tration supports General Gomez, as do also the planters and property owning element, who are tired of the Cuban army, which subsists half upon charity and half upon contributions levied by means of threats. General Gomez received at Molinas Saturday evening a telephone message announcing to him the decision of the assembly. He' answered calmly: All right, I enjoy the-situation. " , ' GEN. WHEELER TALKS. Says Qaettlon of His Remaining In the Army Is Not Decided. General Joseph , Wheeler saw the president Saturday concerning his future status. Subsequently he said that while the question of his remain ing in the army had not been definite ly decided, it .was probable that he would not remain in the service. ' He thought the president would be unable to find a place for him and he was not pushing the matter. .. "But I would like to remain in the pervice,"he 'said, "and be sent to the Philippines, where there is fighting. I would not care so much to stay in the army if I had to remain in this coun try." LANDING JAPANESE LABORERS. "Every Month From 500 To l.OOO Arrive In Paget Sound Cities. Labor circles in the northwest are much agitated over reports which are received with general credence that hundreds of Japanese contract labor ers are being brought into Puget Sound cities. Every month from 500 to 1,000 Jacanese laborers are landed at laco- m- Vancouver and Portland. Practi MM . o-li h rpnnir cally all pass in through the require ments of which are sound body aud $30 in cash. It is said that hundreds of these men are finding employment on various railroad lines .SAMPSON'S SQUADRON SAILS. Vessels Proceed By War of Jamaica 1 : Island of Porte Rico. ' "" A dispatch' from Havana ears: The north Atlantic squadron, under Hear Admiral Sampson, sailed at 1 o'clock Fridsy. proceeding by way of Cien- fuegos, Guant&namo and Kingston, 1 Jamaica, to Porto Rico." V Major General Lee, commander of the seven tn cr my corps, win go on the battleship Texas to Cienfuegos, re turning from that point by rail., 1 GO HID SALISBURY. N. G. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 15: 1899. UEXERAXS TO BE RETAILED. President Hi Prmoltcm.Ur Had Up tho List as Regards Tolaatoors. A Washington dispatch cays: The president has practically made np the list of the general officers to be re tained in the volunteer branch of the service.- The basis of all the calcula tions is anf army of 65,000 men, for the president has so far insisted that he will not call for volunteers in addi tion to that number nnlees an emer gency should arise. - The organization act limits the num ber of major generals to be appointed to one for each 13,000 men, and the brigadier generals to one for every 4,000 men in actual service. On this basis, as there are already three major generals in the army, in tbe persons of General Miles, General Brooke and General Merritt, there is room for but two more. - - To fill these two places the president has selected General Shafter and Gen eral Otis, now in command at Manila." It is safe to say that the list of briga diers to be appointed will include the following names: . General Wood, at Santiago; General Wilson,' at Matanzas; General Lee, in the province of Havana; General Davis, now on duty with th court of inquiry into the beef supplies; General Lud low, in command hi Havana city; General Lawton, near Ingmalia; Gen eral Mc Arthur, at JJanila; General Chaffee and General Frank. - - TALMAGE KESIGXS PASTORATE. Divine Says nis Kelijrious Journalism In terferes With Pulpit Work. Eev. Dr. T. DeWitt Talmage, who for nearly four years has been thepas tos of the First Presbyterian church of Washington -sent a letter to the ses sion of that church Thursday tender--ing his resignation. The explanation made in the letter is as follows: "The increasing demands made up on me by religious journalism, and the continuous calls made for more gen eral work-in the cities, have of late years caused frequent interruptions of my pastoral work. It is nolright that this condition of affairs should further continue. "Besides that, it is desirable that I have more opportunity to meet face to face-in religious assemblage those in this country and other coun tries to whom I have, through the kindness of tho printing press, been permitted to preach week by week, and without the exception, of a week, for about thirty years. Therefore, though very reluctantly, .. I have concluded, after serving nearly four years in the pastoral relation, to send this letter of resignation." - r; , ' V;v V-"'' It is his intention to continue his residence in Washington. . He will de vote most of his time to literary pur suits. ADDING TO REGULAR ARMY. Recruiting Begins and 25,000 Additional . : Men Will Be Enlisted. . A Washington dispatch eays: The war department has. commenced the work of the recruiting of the addition al 25,000 men to give the regular army a strength of 65,000 instead of 40,000 men. -. -: ; " . The number of recruiting stations has been increased from about forty to between seventy and eighty. . The principal stations are at Chieago, New York'and Philadelphia. ; New stations have been establisbel at Augusta, Anniston, Albany, Chick amauga Park, Macon, Savannah, Hart ford, Conn.; Harrisburg, Pa. ; Raleigh Columbus and other towns, principally in the east. Men will be first recruit ed for duty in the Philippine islands and will be ordered, upon acceptance, to join the-1' six regiments Ninth, Sixth. . Thirteenth, , Sixteenth anu Twenty-first infantry and Sixth artil- ery which are under orders to rein orce General -Otis at Manila as soon as the transport can be arranged; As fast as possible stations at wnicn regiments have been mustered out will be selected, for recruiting stations in or4er that the volunteer soldiers who have already had service may he given the first chance to re-enast. EXPRESS ROBRER CAPTURED. Agent Beehler, Who Skipped With S50,- OOO, Caught In Mexico; . Authentic information reached Lar edo, Texas.ThursdaT that Beehler, the Wells-Fargo express messenger charg ed with absconding from Ban Antonio with $50,000 in his charge, has been captured at Buslameute, Mexico. . . It is not known whether Ueehler will resist extradition or be volvntarily returned to ban Antonio. NEW LINE PROJECTED. The Knoxvllle and Bristol Usiltrny Com pany Preparing For Extension. - Atlanta, Ga.,- is to , have another northern outlet, and. the Southern railway another competitor.: It was learned Thursday that the Knoxville and Bristol Railroad company had se cured tbe money to extend its line to Bristol, and run a connecting link into Knoxville, where it will tap the" At lanta, Knoxville and Northern ' and supply Atlanta witn a tnrougn line from Bristol that will almost parallel the Southern. COURT MEMBERS IN CHICAGO. Inquiry Board-Makes a Thorough Inspec tion of Plant of,Meat Packers. The court of inquiry to examine the beef questions began lis work in Chi cego Thursday where are located Ahe plants of the packers which had tbe contracts for-aupplying the army with animal foodL ; -..v :'-, . ... ' The whole day was spent at the stock yard and the going over of -tOO acres of floor space of one of the es tablishmenU was all the court was able to do. - - - .LOADED ON TRANSPORT "AT NEW YORK FOR CUBANS. . STRONGLY GUARDED BY SOLDIERS Safes and Casks Will Be Delivered to Gen eral Brooke, Who Will Superin tend Distribution. . A New York special . says: . The United States transport Meade sailed Saturday for Havana,'pa&sing quaran tine at 5:15 p. m. She has on board the $3000,000 provided by the United States government -to pay Cuban troops. Of the total amount half is in gold and half in silver. The weight of metal is forty-eight tons. Much interest centered in the re moval of the treasure from the sub treasury.. A large crowd gathered and watched the proceedings. ' , V Captain Littell, of the quartermas ter's department, had 'charge of the detachment of soldiers from the forts in the neighborhood of New York City. There were about fifty men, each with a Krag-Jorgenson and a full belt of cartridges. They formed in line at the treasury building and the boxes and safes of coin were passed out be tween them. Half a dozen ordinary trucks were in readiness in the street and men dragged out, the money on small hand trucks to the Pine street entrance of the buildings. ' V " ; Half the money wis in iron' safes about a foot and a half high and weigh ing about 10O pound each. . All the money was -got on the trucks and. eight men boarded each one. They stood on the safes or casks holding their rifles, and tho trucks were then driven. through Broad street. The treasure was then taken to pier , East river, where the General Meigs, of the government service, was in wait ing to receive it. - The soldiers again ormed in line and a dozen policemen stood at the gang plank while the money was being placed aboard the Meigs. ' .There were over a hundred casks and safes mall. ' The Meigs steamed over to Brook- yn, where, at pier Tit the coin was placed on the Meade. Paymaster General Garey, " accom panied by Major Rogers, of the pay master's office, will have charge of the money and will turn the com over- to General liroofee, who will supervise its payment to the Cuban soldiers.- Rolls Incomplete.? ; A dispatch from Havana says: The only obstacle no w in the way of paying off the Cuban troops is the completion of the rolls, a work which is being hastened by Inspector General Roloff. He says that in some cases the rosters are, missing or too defective to be use- ul. He points out that the insurgents often have no paper, pens or ink. General Gomez explains that 6,000 commissioned and 1,000 non-commis sioned officers "are relatively large numbers in an army of 32, 000 privates, but that these orhcers in many cases received their' appointments because the Cubans have had no other way of recognizing bravery and stimulating enthusiasm. ' " "It may seem," he says, "a cheap sort of promotion, bnt it meant a good deal to the Cubans." GS SAME GALLOWS. A Man and Woman Are" Executed For a Font Murder. At St. Scholastidue, Quebec, Mrs. Cordelia Poirier an- Samuel Parslow were hanged on the same gallows for the murder of Mrs. Poirier's husband. Life was declared extinct in eight min utes, the necks of both haying been broken. -':- -- V :" Mrs. Poirier was firm and collected throughout. The crowd inside the lail leered at her, but her composure did not desert her, and at the sugges tion of the executioner she. turned and faced the ieerers and stood erect and prayed to the last. Parslow exhibited much less cour age, and was more, dead man auve when the drop fell. The condemned were taken to the scaffold separately, and were prevented from 'seeing each other by a screen placed 'between them. MANILA DANGEROUS PLACE For Residence of American Navy and Army Officers-Families. The war department Saturday gave out the following cablegram received from General Otis: "Manila not safe place for officers families. .Great difficulty experienced in caring for those now here and their safety one of the chief causes of anx iety, pfficers families should remain in the United States." - - Under'such conditions, the seretary of war regrets that no more families of officers or enlisted men can be per mitted to accompany troops. . ; MONUMENT TO WINNIE DAYIS. ''. -r'-;. --; - - Women of the Sonth Honor Memory of "Daughter of the Confederacy." A Richmond. Va., dispatch says: Without solicitation of any kind, and solely through the voluntary contribu tions from those she loved, the mem ory of Winnie Davis, the Daughter of the Confederacy, will be honored by the erection of a bandsome monument over the grave in beautiful Hollywood cemetery. It will be the first tribute cf.the kind ever paid to a southern wo man by the womenof the south. PORTO IUCAXS DISSATISFIED. respondent of Chicago Pane They Are Beady to. Revolt, ay Ine Chicago Tribune prints the following special correspondence from uuiu a xnuuue correspon dent: ; " - " v Saw Juaw de Pobto Rico, March 4. The real situation in Porto Itico is not understood. People in the states generally regard Torto Rico as a sort of haven of .peace.' The war depart ment has just requested of ' General Henry that he immediately report how many regular i troops he could spare from the island - r S " "I need twice the troops I have,", said the general at his residence in San Juan. 'Because of the easy vic tory of our troops here in the war and the apparent friendliness of the natives to the American -soldiers when-they-invaded the island, a notion prevails in the states that there is little neces sity for a strong force to maintain or der in the island, : The idea is erroneous.-- ,: -v.- u.-i-Z'Z "The conditions here are alarming These people have been given' every opportunity, ,but they have thrown them aside. They are clamoring now. for local self-government. They are no more fit for local self -go vert men t than I am to run a locomotive, v More troops are needed in the island.' The seeds of discontent planted by profes- ; sionat agitators are rapidly growing, i aud can be kept down only by a strong j military force. "..:;- - j "The ill feeling between the natives and the-American trcops seems to grow stronger every day. - The Amer ican officers have to maintain the greatest vigilance to prevent their men from wreaking vengeance on the natives, and especially on the : native police, for acts of. violence that are continually committed against the troops." "BADLY TREATED" WITNESS. Mahon Says He Will Not A rain Testify . Acalnst Mrs. Moore. Martin Mahon, the New York hotel man, who is now m Atlantic City, jn. J, says that hewill not return to New .York to testify again t Fayne Moore.. . , '. Mahon figured prominently as pros ecuting witness in the badger trial which resulted in I sending William Moore to prison for nineteen years, but he say s he was so badly treated while on the witness stand in that trial that he will not present himself to tes tify in the trial of Mrs. Moore. n"Mr Mahon's statement made to a reporter is as follows: " -r "It may be as well for me to make an authoritative statement and. put a stop to this continual newspaper hounding. You may state, positively,, that I shall remain here, or at least without tne jurisdiction of New YoTk courts, for at least a year; that I will not, under any circumstances, appearagainst Mrs Moore, and that I do not. fear the pro ceedings in contempt which I have been threatened with. My business in New York has been so adjusted that I s e a can remain away maenmteiy, ana,- u necessary, I will .go abroad to escape annoyance. ; . I ? believe every man is master of his own action. 'I did what I thought was right in instituting the case against Fayne Moore and hey alleged husband, but I was badgered and ill-treated worse . a a. V upon the witness stand man x naa been by them, and I will not undergo such an ordeal and uncalled for bonnd- ing again.-i,:...:r--i - " - " "All rumors that I have been bribed or begged into not appearing in the retrial of Fayne Moore are absolutely and nnrmalifiedlv false. "This is the first, last and only - . statement I shall make regarding my position." GOVERNMENT IS ANNOYED Over Reports of Trouble Caused By Mas- v ; tered nt Soldiers. A Washington dispatch says: Re garding the report from Atlanta of rioting by the Tenth colored immune regiment after its muster out at Macon, Ga., it was said at the war department Thursday that no official report had been received and that as the troops in question had been mustered out of the - service - they would have to be dealt with by the local authorities for any breach of . law they might have committed. The fact is, however, that the re peated occurrences of this sort are be coming a sore question with the, war department, and it is highly probable that hereafter troops to be mustered out will be sent to their own tate and given their discharges there. PROPOSITION TO WHEELER. President Asks Iltm to Accept a Brljradter . Generalship. A Washington dispatch says: The president has asked General Wheeler to accept the commission of brigadier and remain in the army. There is no major generalship io which he can be J appointed in the new organization. General Wheeler has the matter tin der consideration, but has not given a final" answer. It is understood, how eyer, that General Wheeler will do as the president wishes in the matter and will ; now start for- the Pmlippme, where the administration thinks his experience will prove most valuable. POSTMASTER" UNDER ARREST; Borert, of Wilkesharre, Charged With Tampering With the Malls. The arrest, of E,' FY Bogert, post master at Wilkesbarre, "Pa.y on a charge of tampering with ordinary mail, was reported to Chief PostofSce Inspector Cochran at .Washington Thursday afternoon. Wilkesbarre is an Important post oSce, and Postmaster Bogert'e salary is $3,200 a year He has been joet masler since 18U6. ' NO. 20. m m:m m GEN. ITIIEATON'S 2IEN CAriTJ:. THREE AMERICANS TERE KILLED.' loses of Plllplnoe Paid' to' Be Severe. Rebels Were Utterly Routed aad City Easily Taken. A Manila special , says: General Wheaton -attacked and captured the ciiy of Pasig, east of Manila, Monday afternoon. s The enemy made a stand for an hour, but at the end of that time waa forced to retreat. At daylight General Wheaton'a di- . visional brigade consisting of tbe . Twentieth United States infantry, tho Twenty-second infantry, eight com panies of the Washington volunteers. seven companies of the Oregon volun teers, three troops of the Fourth United States cavalary and a mounted battery of the" Sixth artillery, was drawn up on a ridge behind San Pedro Macati, a mile south of the town. The advance was; sounded at 6:30 a. m., the cavalry led the column, at a smart trot, across the open to the right, eventually reaching a clump command ing the rear of Guadalupe. Supported by the Oregoirfclunteerf , . the advance force opened a heavy fire on the rebels. , The response was feeble and desul tory, apparently coming from hsnds ful of men in every covert. While tho right column was swinging toward the town of Pasig, the left advanced and ' poured volleys into the bush. A small body of . rebels made a de termined stand at Gaudalupe church, but was "unable to withstand the as sault." .-l: ' .; ' '.- , '"', At 7:30 a. m a river gunboat started toward Pasig.- The rebels were first encountered by this vessel in the jun-. gle near Guadalupe Steaming slowly, the gnnboat poured a terrific fire from her gatling guns into the brush. ; For -all of an hour the. whirring of the rapid fire guns alternated with the booming of. the heavier pieces on board. ; " , The artillery moved to a ridge com- , manding Pasig and Parteros. By this , time the enemy was in full flight along a line over a mile long and the firing was discontinued temporarily in order to give the troops a rest before making an attack on Pasig." ' At this stage of the engagement ii was raining heavily, and after a short rest, General Wheaton resumed the attack on Pasig.; ,4 . " The first shot shot from the Ameri can field pieces at 1,200 yards range dislodged a gun of the enemy at Pasig. After the town had been shelled, the Twentieth regiment lined up on the bluff and the Twenty-second took up a position on the left of the place, with the cavalry in the center, whereupon the enemy retreated to the town. Tne rebels were met opposite Pate- . ros, but the enemy bo 1 tea and the city . was captured. ' Thirty of the rebels were killed and sixteen were .taken prisoners and the Americans lost three men killed and fourteen wounded. ' A publio demonstration was made at Havana Monday morning in honor of - Gomez. When - Federico Mora. civil governor of Havana, learned of the preparations he directed the police to prevent ihe parade. They tried to 1 3. 1 . t-S BO out uueny laiieu When near Quinta de, lot Molinas the demonstrators began to shove the pplicemen, pulling their coats And at tempting to take away their clubs. There were more than a hundred police within ten blocks, but they did not act together.' Indeed, they were thoroughly scared, and one policemen ran to Central park, where the Tenth regulars were camped. . v The Twentieth regulars, who were sent at double-quick with fixed bayo nets to protect the policemen, charged' down upon a crowd of a thousand. Everybody jan, including the policfe and men, women and children tum bled over each other in the rush. Two minutes later the avenue waa' cleared for blocks, but not a person was hurt by the regulars. WILL TISIT CUBA. Georgia Editors Are Preparing For Trip to the Island " Mr. H. H. Cabaniss, president of the Georgia Press association, is ar ranging to take that body of editors on a trip to Cuba. The trip will be a ' short one and at moderate cost. It is estimated that the expense will . be from $C0 to $75 for each person. It is the 1 intention of President Cabaniss to call a meeting of. the Georgia Press association at Tampa for Friday morning, the 21th of March. - It must be distinctly understood that no 'one can enjoy the privilege of taking this trip except the editor, pro- prietor or publisher of a Georgia newspaper. , One lady will be allowed to accompany each gentleman, but she must l)e a member of the family of such editor, proprietor or publisher. SAMPSON MAKES PROTEST. Asks Secretary Iong to Omit Ills name In ' i. ' 1.1st of Proraol ions. . Secretary Long of the Navy, has re ceived a letter from Bear . Admiral Sampson in which tbe admiral after referring to the allegations that listn of f3cers recommended for promotion tor pallantry ofTB&ntiaro Im 1 i f continuation Jffoanse it irsel - J 'i name, uketl Ika ecr J ,ry i i tIy reappoint these t-wi. ere, c m.j is own name.