The Abilene Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, August 16, 1889 Page: 1 of 8
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ABILENE TEXAS FRIDAY MORNING AUGUST 16 1889.
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TWO SAN DOMINGO HIOTS.
Deliberately Beach American" Ves-
boIb which are Afterwards
Looted. '
"-s New York Aug 12-TIie United.
state government mrougn tne state de-
partment is investigating the charges
made by John. W. Wynes of the schoon
er; Marloe recently wrecked at the
mouth (of the Ozama river in' San
Domingo. Cap't. Wynes alleges that
his ship was deliberately run ashore
and plundered by officials of the San
Domingo government. He asserts in
the appeal to the government that after
the vessel had been run on "the coral
reef he anchored her left his first officer
in charge and went ashore with the in-
" tention of securing lighters to unload
. the cargo so that his vessels could be
floated.
.'Whence sought to return healleges
the captain of ithe port refused to- al-
low !him to board the ship " and when
he called the officials attention to ' the
fact that the vessel was being- stripped
of her rigging and blocks and wrecked
under the eyes of the government offi-
cials this officer treated his appeal for
potection.with contempt.
The cajkain considers-that the flag
under which he sailed has been insulttjT
auu lie ucumuua juueuumy iui uic iuss
of his vessel and cargo. .Captain
' Wynes was urjhe'harb.orot SarfDominj-
go with his vesseTduring the.excitement
over the seizure of ;the Haytten Re
public by. .the "Haytian government.
He expressed- himself freely at the
time and expected some opposition to
himself by his outspoken criticism of
JjLegitime's act -
There are but two pilots' in this port
both appointed by the government
and under the law every vessel going
out or coming jnto San Domingo must
be surrendered into the hands of
these pilot t ""' '
Immediately after the Haytien Re-
public affair the pilots it is 'statedQby
Capt. Wynes in conjunction he 'al-
leges and believes with higher govern-
ment officers conceived the plot of
venting their spits on American ship-
ping by systematically wrecking and
slandering the vessels sailing from
that port flying the American flag.
Vf'The first victim was the brig .Ozama
which was wrecked in the mouth of the
harbor.
She failed to obey her helm it was
claimed and went ash&re on tire east
of the channel. Little' was thought of
this wreck and while the captain fret-
ted about what he claimed gross care-
lessness on the part of the "pilots no
attention was paid'to the affair.
The next' victim was the schooner
H. T Marloewhose plucky captain says
his vessel was deliberately beached
and furnishes-evidence to prove that
the channel was clearly defined and
that the pilots were warned that they
were steering in the wrong direction.
The Marloe was wrecked and looted
May 34.
By this time the yankee captains in
port had become thoroughly arousedj
and when the schooner Jos Slater
which had been lying in the roadstead
just off the fort started to come into
the harbor May 30 with the two
government pilots on board her move
meiits were noted from the fort by a
nuniber of Americans. The Slater was
run by the mouth of the harbor going
out of the channel oa the east
The captain saw his danger and in
dciaace of the fact that Hk ship was
in charge of government pe ordered
few men to I go both aaehors and
throwing the colored jkUet from the
wheel hove the ship is the wind.
The anchors held a4 the schooner
swuag around with hr head to the
"jkk W so dote Wwr that her stem
truck die hard bo Haw with such force
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THE CHEE0KEE8.
dhiof Mayes Finds and Exoubo for
Not Calling an Extra Session.
Tahlequah I. T Aug; is. It is
learneoSon good authority that Chief
Mayes answer to. the commission will
says that no time could be gained by
calling an extra session of the council
at this time' as the constitution must
be amended before any pf the Cherokee
land can possibly be sold. The amend-
ment could not be. made f before the
general election in August 1891.
Chief Mayes will also ask the commis-
sion to make its prosposition still more
specific so there can be no misunder-
standing when the council meets next
November.. After some further inter-
course by written communication there
for the commissioners will be compell-
ed to visit the other Indians of the'ter-
ritory. The commissioners will proba-
bly next visit the Choctaws and Cliicka-
saws. It is reported that they are wil-
ling to sell a part of their leased dis-
trict occupied by the Kiowasj Go-
manches and the Arapahoes 'The
commission being without a quorum
in the absence of Gen. Hartranft can-
not conclude any negotiations with any
tribes the visit at this time being sim-
ply to acquaint themselves with the con-
dition bf the Indians to examine treat-
ties and secure expressions of opinion'.
Gen. Hartraft will go to Europe
for the benefit of his health and on ac-
count of his business engagements al-
;o which require1 most ofpis attention.
It is thought possible that he may re-
sign as a member of the commission
but the commissioners have announced
their intention of pushing the work as
rapidly as possible when Hartranft' or
his successor returns proceeding to
the Cheyene and Arapahoe country
then. The disinclination of the Chero-
kees to negotiate with tlie commission
which was set forth through the nego-
tiation of the Cherokees themselves
and their quibbling about an amend-
ment to the constitution can have only
the effect of inducing congress to take
hasty action in the matter. It appears
and the Cherokees are apprehensive
it will be so that the "result will be
Cheyenhes; Arapahoes and .Kiowas
Comanches and Apaches Pottawat-
tomies Kickapoos and ' Shawnees
Iowas and Sacs and Foxes will be al-.
loted' 160 acres eachOf the strip land
under the treaty which the Cherokees
madejn 1886 and the land now oc-
cupied by the wild tribes will be opened
.to ; settlement in the near future.
"""Itwasto give thelCherokees an
opportunity to escape the. complications
that might arise that we came here
.first" said Gen. Fairchild. ''Here are
vthe Cheyennes and the Arapahoes
claiming part of the strip. We virtually
said to the. Cherokees by pur propo-
sition that; we would give them $1.35
per acre for their claim and that the
United States government would
assume any other claims to the strip
thereby freeing the Cherokees entirely
from any result that may come of other
interests."
A Love Message.
Editor Kauffman. of the Chester
Valley Union and W. W. Pbtfs of
Warwick superintendent of one 'of the'
extensive granite quarries at Falls of
French Creek Fa. furnish here one of
'the strongest stories on record and
vouch for its entire authenticity. -
Recently while a new quarry was
being opened at Falls of French Greek
in a wild section of country a. cave
was discovered with a skeleton in it.
A green glass bottle was found along-
side the skeleton and Mr. Potts took
posession of it. In the evening at his
home he opened it and found a manu-
script 'faded and discolored by time.
The manuscript is addressed to Miss
Virginia Randolph of Richmond Va.
The writer signs his himself Arthur L.
Carrington of the same place and
states that he was with Washington at
Valley Forge in 1778. He goes on to
say that he was sent out on a foraging
expedition to the neighborhood of
French Creek when he received word
that the British had sent a considera-
ble force to cut him off. The ytttt
says that his men took refuge with
friends while he made his way to the
cave where he had hidden before. It
was marked by a rock just oyer the
entrance so nicely balanced that a man
could move it slightly with one hand.
The fleeing patriot took shelter in-
side and had hardly done so when the
enemy came near and fired three
shots after his retreating men. The'
concussion must have destroyed the
balance of the stone above the entrance
for it fell and held the writer a prison-
er. A ray of sunlight alone streamed
through the top. The manuscript
proceeds to say that after many weary
hours the writer became convinced
that be would have perish there.
He feek fever cawing on aW with
reason almost dipmnsJ Mftii this
letterhaving wjpag watemto in his
pocketwith Mm that Jha woW may
sow &y know Ifefhtt; He speaks
his betrothed and concludes as follows:.
He who created us must know What
is good fof us and we can only submit
and trust. To know that your heart
is mine atones far more than atones
for all I have suffered or can yet
suffer. My life seems to have begun
with our love; only since then liaye I
truly lived. You have shielded trie
from every evil thought; I have been
in every way a better man since I
loved you. When I gaze into the
pure depths of your dark blue eyes
doubts and shadows flee far from me.
God is good: God is 'merciful to let
you seem so near me. You are pray-
ing for me now at this moment I feel
it; I know it is so my beloved. It is
not farewell I cannot say farewell
there is no farewell to love like ours.
This agony will soon be.overand;I-
will be free twsll be waiting for you
;in' thcr land of the hereafter. Vir
ginia my best beloved I .am almost
there' and something tells me I will
not have to wait long for your coming.
No one should ever doubt the good-
ness the love of Cod. I feel his ways
are the best. He has bound our souls
together forever more. Blessed behis
holy name!
The date of the ihaniiscript is May
30th 1778.. Mr. Potts says that he
wrote toian old friend in Richmond.
This friepd sent' him word that her
grandmother's maiden name had been
Randolph and' that in ah old family
burying ground near her house was a
monument with this inscription:
Diel of a broken heart on the 1st of March
1789 Virginia Randolph aged 31 years and
9 days. ''Faithful unto death."
This friend also sends Mr. Potts two
old lettlers written no years ago to
Alice Peyton by Rachel Randolph' in
which the disappearance of the young
man is referred to and approaching
end of the young girl. Mr. Potts con-
cludes his statement as follows: "Ar-
thur Carrington's remains are about to
be removed and will soon rest by the
side of his beloved Virginia." ' Mr.'
Potts says that he has the original
manuscript and Editor Kauffman gives
the entire story a strong editorial in-
dorsement. .The Spanish. Minister Talks..
New York- Aug. ist-A. special
from Narragansett.piefsays:.p.bn Emil-
ioof Murnaga the minister of Spain
to this country returned to the peir
this morning jrom .a short visit 'to New
York. I called on him "at his apart-
ments at the Ocean house this morn-
ing for the purpose of interviewing him
concerning the Behring sea controver-
sy. He said:
'I have not kept myself very well
posted upon thisAcontroversy as I con-
sidered i( alt along a matter of inter-
est' only to the United States and En-
gland. -
"I do . not .think that the United
States wiil.be able to sustain the mari-
time closure of the' sea as according
to the international law a nations' wat-
ter boundary extends out three miles
from the coastj and a country has only
jurisdiction over these three miles.
Because the seals stray beyond these
three miles it is absurd for this country
to think that they will have jurisdiction
oyer these animals. The question the-
oretically is a very important one; but
practically I ;see very little in it. '
'As for its disturbing the peace of
these two great nations the though is
absurd as they have too many interests
in common. I have no doubt that the
question will soonbe settledpeacefuljyv
probably by arbitration' to the satisfac-
tion of both nations. The United Stat-
es might aS well 'think of closing the;
sea about Key West as attempt to claim
jurisdiction over Behring sea"
HowGilmore Maintains Discipline
How Bandleader Gilmore retains
discipline overshis performers is one
of the unfathomable mysteries but a
New Yorker tells a story which ex-
plains it easily. He went up to the
band .room one day where they were
practicing a difficult composition and
he says': Mr. Gilmore was standing on
a httle platform waving his baton iot
ergetically. The band was playing for
all they were worth Suddenly Mr.
Gilmore stamped his foot frowned vi-
ciously and on the instant the music
ceased. I wondered why this was asJ
my untrained ears could detect no dis-
cord. With a stern look on his face
the great bandmaster turned and
Eointed his baton at a cowering trom-
one player over in one corner. In a
voice that sounded like the wrath of
the storm-king Mr Gilmore said
"Karl that war very very bad. The
beers are on you." Then he raised his
magical wand aloft and the music be-
gan again. "Pat" said I shortly af-
terward in low dulcet and somewhat
familiar tones "what dd you mean by
saying 'the beers are on yotk V " "Don't
you knowi" he repbed. "WeH l'fl
teN you. When oh of my musicians
makes a mistake I fine htm by com-
pehiag him to buy the beer for the
crowd after rehearsal. It's a great
sehemei and pleases everybody but the
vkti."New York Graphic
A FAIRY TALE
A Cavo of Wdndorous Boauty Found
in -the Mountains of Colorado.
Denver Col. Aug. x. A most re-
markable story reached here yesterday
from Aspen Colo. regarding an unex-
pected find in one of the principal
mines on the Aspen mountains. Last
Thursday night as the story goer the
night shift in the Minnie mine of Mes-
srs. Donnelly Mackey Taylor & Gil-
fillan put in two thirty inch holes in
the breast of a 500 feet level and fired
the last just before leaving for the
surface. On returning to the mine it
was' found that the two shots had brok-
en into n cave the extent of which
they proceeded o explore. Going in
a few' feet they found the-wclls etivefed
'WifhT:1fystaTize(nrrnc and' lead that glit-
tered like diamonds. .Here and there
Jittle stalactitics hung from the ceiling.
The lime formation resembled lace
and frieze work of wbnderous beauty.
The cave has adescentof about twenty
degrees and there were found in it
rooms and chambers grand beyond
description. They had entered about
two hundred feet when they found a
flint ax. A little further was a. pool
bf freshwater and further on a strong
current of fresh; air was felt. Further
on a'chamber. was discovered covered
with brownish muck that- was sticky.
Filfillin who was in the lead suddenly
stopped and said':
"There sits a boy."
Sure enough there sat a. human
form'. His head was resting tin his
knees and his arms were drawn around
the legs Indian fashion. A stone
bowl and ax were found beside the boy
The body was well preserved but in
trying to lilt it one arm broke off.
Other bodies in different attitude were
found in the chamber but when dis-
turbed they crumbled. One stone man
was brought out with the. loss of arms
and feet. The discovery has caused
great excitement in. Aspen as the
bodies do not seem to be those of
Indians.
Charters Filed The Denton County
Farmers' letter in Regard
to Cotton Bagging.
Austin. Tex. Aug. 13. The foljowi
ing charters were filed in the secretary
of state's office to-day : The Simmons
Jn medicine. company of Grayson ;
;capital $io;ooo. s
Gaffney hardware company of Ter-
rell Kaufman county ; object general
manufacturing business. J- '
" Waco tree transplanting company
.The following extract fromfttie letter
of thefarmers' committee of Denton
county to County: Attorney Bbttorff-
which was forwarded to Attorney-General
Hogg who advised -against the
combination explains the position of
the farmers arid the attorney-general.
The committee consisting of G. W.
'Halford M. M. Williamsand C. Copen-
haven say : Now what the farmers
wish to do is to form a combination or
association similar to those in Georgia
Alabama and other Southern states
agreeing among themselves o use and
recommending to all cotton raisers the
use or adoption of cotton bagging such
as is now manufactured by the. Lane
mills of New Orleans and other mills
as a permanentcovering for their cot-
ton or at least until jute bagging com-
panies reduce the price of bagging
to what it was before the trust was
formed. But after careful examination
Lpf the trust law enacted by the last leg
islature we fear that we cannot take
the desired action in the matter with-
out violating the law'which of course
we do not think of doing. We also
admit that in agreeing to use cotton
bagging if the agreement is carried
out it virtually bars' the jute bagging
from free competition in the markets
and does resinct trade as far as jute
bagging is concerned and is in facta
conspiracy against trade as to jute bag-
Sing and we justify our movements on
le ground that they J'fhe manufac-
turers of the jute bagging;" first con-
spired against us and we see no redress
Tor our grievances. Now we as law
abiding citizens do not wish to become
violators of the law and we have defer-
red taking any action in the matter
until we could become informed on
the subject.
A farmer once employed a young
man to labor on his farm without in-
quiring as to his habits and upon learn-
ing that he was somewhat addicted to
drinking the farmer offered him a
choice sheep if he would refrain from
drinking during the season. A grown
son of the farmer on hearing this said:
"Pa will you give me a sheep too if I
will keep sober during the season V
"Yes" replied the father" "you may
have a sheep." Then the httle boy
spoke up and said: "Pa will you give
me a sheen tod if I'll not drink T"
Yes son you shaM have a sheep
also." After a moment's pause the
kittle boy turned to hie father and said :
"Pa haeVi't you better take a sheep
too. The father mutt have Wt sheep
Wt. Cohan's Rwal W6fhJ
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J. 0. LOWDON Cashier.
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The Largest Banking Institution
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Capital and Surplus $155600
-DIRECTORS :-
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E.B. HOLLINS n J. MV-DAUOHEIITY
J. W.BED -' W. B. BRAZZELTONv J. OiXOWDOK
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Accommodations consistent with judicious hanking cheer-
fully extended. The Collection Department of this Bank-
is an important feature. Collections madte on all points and.
promptly remitted for on day of payment.
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Brooke Smith Otto W. Steffens T. S. RoDine E. IT. SintimlB.
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