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SONG OF THE TEN-INCH SHELL
From the noiseless gloom of the Inner tomb
They ralso the drossy ore;
JTrom tho blinding red of my flame, blrthbed
My Rlowlng frnme they pour;
With rhythmic bent of dancing feet
The Brent trl)-h:immers swing.
They forge me well, the shapely shell.
'Bride of the battle-king.
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Now ntlll I stand; on cither hand
My right companions be,
Gray, grim iind lain as the shadow Been
Of the shark In the dusky sen;
TIM the bugle shrill my time fulfill,
And away at Inst I ride
To the light of the sun, where my bride
groom gun
Shall cbop me a moment's bride.
A touch, n spark, nnd hark! oh, hark!--
Impregnated with lire,
Hot with the heat of hate, and fleet
With tho fury of desire
I Hyl I fly! my goal Is nigh;
1 light the whirling shell ,
And tho air nround shrieks to the sound
And the agony of hell)
The Iron beams give, the steel plntes rlvo
To my tyrannous clnlm of way;
"The sea leaps In where I lightly win
Down from the light of day,
Down, down wo go, the shattered foo
And I that dealt the doom,
.Back to the night, mine old birthright,
And the alienee of tho tomb!
Harold Hylcy, in Temple Magazine.
Copyrljjht. 1S95, by D. Applcton & Co.
All rlchts reserved.
CITAPTFH V.
;ontinui:i.
When he was gone I sat down to count
my money, and found I hnd but ten crowns
i in nil tho world. With prudence, however,
this would last some time. Still it was gall
nnd wormwood to me to lluolto weigh each
item of disbursement. It would be neces
sary as well to renew my attire, which, with
the exception of the leather buff eo.it, was
almost ruined by the hard wear it hnd been
exposed to on my journey. I sat down to
rest, but now that 1 had reached Florence
a reaction set in, nnd, assailed by a full sense
of my position, I gave way to despair. Inn
little time 1 became more composed: but it
was impossible to keep still with the (ire in
my heart, and I rallied into the street, tak
ing care to note landmarks, so as to Iind my
way hack. In this manner 1 must have gone
for nbout a quarter of a mile, when 1 was
Liought to a standstill by the coming of a
Ijaj party down the street, in tho direction
opposite to mine, nil marching by the light
of many torches, to the music of a band.
1 he musicians led the procession, which was
flanked 011 each side by a number of flam
beaux bearer, nnd 11 retinue of servants, all
bearing swords despite the law.
'J he merry-makers walked in pairs, each
lady resting her fingers on her cavalier's
-arm, nnd all laughing and talking with the
utmost good humor. I was compelled to
draw myself to the wall to admit of their
(passing, and, whilst thus giving them the
road, the light fell brightly on me, nnd I
became an object of alarm to sonic of the
fair, who nave utterance to pretty little cx-
. clamations of terror, with the result that I
came in for haughty looks from the gal
lants. In the middle of the promenrrlers were
two ladies, who, apparently not having part
ners of the opposite sex, had linked them
selves together, and the attention of the
taller of these was bestowed upon me for a
moment, nnd it was not flattering. As she
-wpre a mask, 1 could see little of her face
beyond the half contemptuous look in her
eyes, which were dark nt night, and a short
curl of the upper lip, with which she no
doubt intended to express the same senti
ment as her glance. I waited calmly until
the whole party passed on, ndiuiring the
grace of the demoiselle who had favored mo
- with her scornful survey. I watched them
until they turned off into nnother street,
and then went on, idly wondering who the
people weie, and more especially the dark
- eyed ladv.
The street behind me was in gloom, a few
ynrds In fiont of me n lamp hanging 11 0111 n
wall threw n dim radiance; beyond that
thcie was gloom ngaln. Through the dark
ness before mo 1 heard the sound of hurry
ing feet, coming in my direction, and, al
most before- I was aware of it, the new
comer and I felt into the circle of the light,
and met face to face.
It was D'Entranguo-)! He knew me as if
by instinct.
"You!" ho exclaimed, nnd on the instant
bis sword was out. I said nothing. I was
blind, mad with anger. My whole soul hun
gered for his life ns 1 thrust nt him, and in
doing so slipped my foot over the edge of
. the narrow pavement and fell heavily. Ho
warf on me at once; something flashed in his
left hand nnd I felt a stinging ponsalion all
over my leftside. He did- not wait to see
the result qf His blo'w. Perhaps he nindo too.
sure, anil, spVinging over me. ran' into the.
darkness beyond. I scrambled up nt once,
.and made nn attempt to follow; but niy brain
began to reel, and 1. was cdmpelled tolean
against the wall to support liiys-clf. . '
Tho clash of steel, however, had aroused
some of the Inhabitants, nnd, hearing foot-.tens-approaching,
I. pulled myself together
with an effort, and, making ucrosi the rond,
turned back to my lodging.'- Hero again :l
.felt too weak to proceed without help, and
'Kink to the ground, knowing I was bleeding
hccly. Hy this time two or three men came
ap, nnd, nftcr surveying the spot under the
street lump, crossed over in my'dircction.
Tho rays of n lantern held by one of them
discovered me, nnd. thoy hastened up. 1
lieggcd the favor of thpir assistance to rn
abode, saying I hnd been stabbed, and this
the worthy citir.om readily accorded;' nnd,
not contcnt-wiUi that, when 1 reached my
room gave 1110 all help in dressing my in
jury. The dagger, which I hud to extract,
hnd none throuch the folds of my clonk,
but was turned by n steel buckle on the
strap of my buff cont, nnd hnd cut through
the cont nnd down my side, inflicting an ugly
flesh wound. This in itself was not danger
ous; but 1 had lost much blood, nnd when
the kind citizens hnd gone, in making nn at
tempt to lino from my chair, I had only just
time to tench my bed before 1 became un
conscious. CHAPTER VI.
IJERNABO CECI.
I cannot say for what time 1 Iny thus be
reft of sense; but on coming to myself 1 saw
the candle in my room was all but spent,
nnd the wick flaring in a long Hume. 1 looked
to see if my wound had broken outn-blceding
nfiesh, and was glad to hud this was not the
case, and that the bandages were in their
position. The small elfort, however, nearly
set me off once more. The room swam
round, the bright ilnmc of the cnudle dwin
dled down to 11 little star, no bigger than a
pin point, and then began slowly to in
crease in size ns the fnintness passed oif, nnd
1 was able to see clearly again. Any attempt
to move gnve me ngony, nnd, closing my eyes,
I lay still. I heard the candle expire with a
splutter, nnd leave me in darkness. Then I
began to get light-headed, and unable to con
trol my thoughts. Somehow my mind trav
eled back to the dayB of my childhood, and
the figure of the only living relative I can re
member, my father, enmc before me, standing
just as he was wont to stand, when about to
give me a lesson in the exercise of the sword,
and repeating a warning he never ceased to
din in my cars. "Learning' he said, "is of
little use to a gentleman. You need not
know more of books than a Savclli should,
but in horsemanship nnd in the use of the
sword" he finished with a gesture more
expressive than words. And truly old Er
cole di Savelli was never n bookworm,
though he ended a stormy life in his bed.
lie -,ia the sou of that Duptista di Savclli,
who was ruined with the Prefctti di Vieo
nnd other noble houses during the time of
Eugene IV. Such estates as Unptista had
were transferred with the person of his sis
ter Olympiu, who married into the Chigi,
to that family, and with them the custodian
ship of the Conclaves. Haptista di Savelli
left his son nothing but n few acres. The
latter tried to woo Fortune in the Spanish
war, but did not obtain her favors. Here
turned to Italy, and, poor as Job though ho
was, hesitated not to marry for love, and
engage in a lawsuit with Amilcar Chigi.
What between the one nnd the other, Frcolo
was ruined in a hand turn. His wife died in
giving birth to nn-, nnd, disgusted with the
world, ho retired to a small estate near Colza
in the Uergainas(ue. There he devoted him
self to a pastoral life, nnd to bringing me up
ns a soldier, Until, one fine day, having con
tracted a fever, he received absolution nnd
died like a gcntlcmnn and n Christian.
I followed. the profession for which I was
intended, joining the levy of the duke of
Urbino, nnd sharing in nil the tips and
downs of the times, until Fortune did me a
good turn nt Fornovo. Subsequently things
went well with me, nnd, although 1 had to
mortgage my narrow lands, to raise and pro-
ide the equipment for tho men, with.whom
1 joined 'J rcmouille, I was in expectation of
a full reward, when I was so suddenly strick
en down.
Thinking of these things in tho dark, tor
mented by a devouring thirst, which I was
unable to quench, haunted by the impression
that my last hour wn. come, nnd that I
should die here like a do,?, without even the
last riten of the church, 1 fell into a frenzy,
and begin to shout aloud, and rave as m a
delirium. D'Entrangucs came before me,
wearing a smile 01 triumph, nnn 1 strove nn
potently to reach. Then the whole room
sreiued to be full of my enemy, from every
corner 1 could see the white face, the red
hair, and the smile of successful malice. The
figures, each one exactly like the other, float
ed over me, stood by my sale, sometimes
brought their faces within an inch of mine,
until I imagined I felt 11 (lame-like breath
beating on me. Finally they flitted back
wards and forwards, rapidly and -more rap
idly, until there was nothing but a mass of
moving slindow around me, which gradually
resolved itself again into a single form. I
strove to reach for my sword to strike at it,
but my arms were paralyzed. So through
the livelong night the phantom stood at the
loot of my bed, until the white morning
came in at my window, and I fell inio
sleep.
When I awoke 1 found the old mtcndnnt
of the building bending over me. The fever
had abated, but the thirht still remained
"Water," 1 gasped through my parched
lips, and he gave me to drink.
To cut a long story short, I arranged with
this man for such attendance as I should
want, anil to do him justice Ceci for that
was liis name performed his part of the
contract, getting me food, attending to the
dressing of inv wound, to which he applied
a most soothing salve, nnd such other olhees
11 helpless person must expect. He did not
trouble me much with his presence during
the earlier part of my illness, but camens
occasion required him, nnd, when he had
performed his work, left me to my reflec
tions. I may note here that I never ngnin saw
the people who helped me when 1 was
wounded. Having assisted me to my lodg
ing, and nfded me to dress my hurt, as I
have said, they departed, and apparentlj
gave me no further thought. This I nm per
suaded was not due to unkindly feeling, but
to prudence, and a wish to avoid being
mixed up in nn affair such as mine appeared
to be; for the times were such thnt it was
better for a man's head to bo unknown to
the Mngnifici Siguori of Florence.
Subsequently, when things changed with
me, J ciuuod public cry to be made, le
questing the worthy citizens to come for
ward; but my attempt warf of no avail, be
j onil producing a half-dozen or so of rascal
iihpontors, who swore to helping me, under
cjicimi'slafiees that never occurred, on the
chance of hitting a uail on tile head, and ob
taining u -toward. -IIji t this was long after
my illness, null the block .in tlio Uaigello
my have, since thuftime, Inen a resting
prate-for tho heads of the good Samaritans
hor-nll J can say. l -took a longer tune in
mciidhrg thap I thought l-shotild., for an in
flummntion set in, the fever came back, and
.when that jvnn passed 1 recovered strength
but clowly. It was at this time, however,
that I discovered the ndvautage.of reading,
having up to now borne 'only too well in
mind 'my father haying on that subject. .
. I bc:;nn with "Pojiziaho's Orfeo,," a poor'
affair, and then procured, to my delight, a
translation of- "Plutarch's Lives."' Jlotli
these books were obtained with the greatest
dilliculty, so old Cccl, the attendurt, said,
from the library of n great Florentine noble,
in which a nephew of his was employed in
copying manuscripts, nnd the- old uinu
charged 111c an entire double florin for the
use of the lnttcr tilono; nn expenditure I
grudged nt first; but Which I would have
willingly paid twice over before I finished
the volume. 1 inquired the name of the
nobjcinau; but Ceci was not inclined to tell
me, nnd 1 gathered that the owner was
probably unaware that his books were tak
ing nn niring, and enabling his library scribe
to turn n dishonest penny. On the binding
of the Plutarch was pricked n coat of arms,
a cross azure on a field argent, with four
nails nzurc; but I could not, for tho life of
me, remember this device, nitiiougn 1 had
served in every part of Italy except Home.
Finally it came to my mind that the bear
ings, no 'doubt, belonged to some merchant
prince of Florence, and would therefore bo
unlikely to see anything more of fighting
than a street not, and therefore 1 dismissed
the subject.
I did not neglect, whilst lying in enforced
idleness, to take such steps ns 1 could to dis
cover tho whereabouts of D'Fntrangucs,
nnd specially instructed old Ceci to make
inquiries of the follower of La Palusc. He
brought 1110 news in a couple of days that the
Frenchman had left Florence a fortnight
ago, and it was understood he was going to
join the nrmy of Ccsnre llorgin, that cursed
serpent who was lifting his head bo high in
the Komngnn. This was ill news indeed,
for I had been lying helpless for close upon
n month; but I was on the mend at last, and
resolved to follow hint ns soon us 1 hud
strength to travel.
During my illness I had frequently thought
of inadnnie, nnd with tho thoughts of her
there mingled recollections of the dark eyes
of the lady who had looked at me through
her mask, on the night I was stabbed. 1
could think of madame in no way but with a
kindly feeling: but, strange ns it inuy seem,
any recollection of the other made my heart
beat, and 1 would have given much even to
have obtained nnother glance at her. In
the meantime, however, my first business
wns to try and replenish my funds, for my
supplies were uhnost exhausted by the drain
made upon them during my illness.
Old Ceci, the intendant, hnd in his way
formed a sort of attachment for me, and
now that I wns better generally (-pent nn
hour or ho with me daily in converse. One
day I let out sonic hint of my condition, and
Ceci, nftcr a little beating about the bush,
approached me with a proposal.
"Signore," he said, "there nre those in
Florence who would like things changed.
Wo wtnl our -Medici back; but we want
also a few good swords, and I could tell you
of n way to fill your purse."
"Say on," I replied, and the old mnn, hav
ing first bound me to secrecy, informed me
OomovhlnR flnshod In )i(3 left hand nnd I fait a
Btinc'.nd Ronsutlon.
that ccrtiin nobles in Florence wanted n
good swoid or two, to rid them of a great
political opponent, in order to pave the way
lor the return of the Medici; and without
mentioning names in any way, which, he
said, would be given to 1110 later, pioposcd
that 1 should undertake the task.
I realized at once that his suggestion
meant nothing short of assassination, and
saw that my old acquaintance was apparent
ly up to the ears it a political plot. My first
idea was to spurn the suggestion with mdig
ration; but reflect inf; (hat it would bo bet
ter to know more, and by this means, if pos
sible, save a man from being murdered in
cold blood, I nirected to treat the matter
seriously, and replied that I was as jut unfit
for active work, but that as soon na I wns
better 1 would discuss the subject again. He
then departed.
Perhaps tho time will come when the
minds of men will shrink with horror from
crime, even for the sake of a good object,
and however much, I loathed the proposal
made to me, 1 could not but recollect that
the noblest names of Milan weie concerned
in the Olgiati conspiracy, and thnt a pontiff
had supported the I'azt attempt on the
Medici. '1 his being so, thero was excuse for
Ceci and his lenders, whoever they were;
but my whole soul was wroth in meat the
thought that I had been deemed capable of
doing the business of a common bravo, and
if it were not for the reason stated above,
1 would have flung the old conspirator out
of the room. This insult also had to go down
indirectly to D'Knliangues, and as I grew
better my ijcsirc to settle with him rose to
fever heat. The question, however, won rfly
lesources. Turn which way I would, there
seemed to bo no way of replenishing them.
The idea presented itself to 1110 to join the
Horgia, who with nil his faults was ever
ready to take a long sword into his pay.
After nil, it would perhaps be belter to seek
to fill my purse in Florence, and let my ven
geance sleep for awhile. It would be all the
sweeter when it came.
With these ideas in my head, I was silting
one afternoon at tho little window of my
loom, putting a finishing tom.li to the edge
of tho (lugger which D'Kutrangues had left
with, or rather in me, nnd congratulating
mjsclf that the blade was not a poinoneii
ohe, when 1 heard, as from a distance, ahum
"of voices', which, gradually swelled into .1
great roar, nnd above this tho claugirig of a
bell with a peculiar discordant note. Almost
lit the same lime old. Ceci bustled into my
loom, evidently -in a stuto of high excite
ment, and (idled out:
".MeiSper Donati Messer Donnti! It is to
be war war!"
I. should ndd here thai i had judged if
prudent to tnlio' another name on entering
Florence, nnd ndoptcd tho first one thnt
fitruck mo, although I nftcrwnrda thought
that Ponuli was not quite the name to win
favor with tho Florentines, nmonRsl whom
the memory of Mcsser Corso was still green,
although so many ears hnd pnsscd since ho
was done with. Whether 1 let my own nnmo
out or not during niy illness I nm unable to
say; at any rate, Ceci never gave me any
such hint. The news the old mnn brought
was not unexpected by me, yet I caught n
touch of his excitement ami answered:
"War-where? Tell me."
"It is this way, signore; Naples has risen,
and the CJreat Captain hns driven D'Au
biguy out of Calubi in. All the Ilomagna has
gone from Cesare ns that," he waved his
hand ns if throwing a feather in tho air.
"The Holy Father has cast his interdict on
Florence, and Pisa is burning the Vnl di Nie
vole." "The devil!" I exclaimed, "this is more
than I thought. The interdict is bnd, Mcsser
Ceci."
lie grinned ns he answered: "Had for the
pope. Medici or no Medici, wo will not
have a priest interfering in Florence."
"I see," I said, "you are a Florentine first,
and eonspirntor afterwards; hut how do tho
French stand?"
" ith us, for we pay. It is said, however,
that things nre uncertain with them, thnt
Monsignoro d'Amboise, who is now Cnrdinnl
of Houen, hns gone to Home, and thnt Tre-
mouille is awaiting the king."
"The king! Louis is nt Mncon."
"Yes, Louis himself, nnd the Lord knows
how ninny barons besides, with pedigrees bh
long ns their swords, who will eat up our
corn, nnd pillage our vineyards from tho
Alps to the Adriatic. Hut I came hero to
mil;, signore, if you will come with me to
see. It is hurry and mnke haste, for I can
not wait. The Carroccio has left St. John .
I had almost recovered my full strength,
and was accustomed to walk otit daily nt
dunk in order to nvoid observntion, whilst
at the same lime I could by doing so excreiso
my muscles; yet nt first I felt inclined to de
cline Ceci's invilntion, alleging weakness as
my excuse, for my anger was still warm
against him 011 account of his proposals to
me. Hellcctiiig, however, that if I offended
him it would probably falully injure any
prospect 1 had of saving the person whom
the conspirators intended to kill, I thought
it best to affect n friendliness I did not feel,
nnd clanging my mind in regard to nccoiri
pnnying him slipped on my sword, nnd fol
lowed the old mnn downstnirs. We hastened
ns fust as wo could to tho great square. The
people weio swarming out of the houses,
and tho streets were full of n hurrying
throng, all directing their steps to the point
whence we could hear die bellowing of thu
mob, echoed with answeiiiig cheers by those
making towards th'i place of assembly.
Around us there was n ivinnur like thnt of
millions of bees, ns men, women nnd chil
dren jostled their way o the Palace of the
Signory. My companion, who stopped every
now nnd again to open his jaws as wide as
the mouth 0? a saddle-bag, and give forth n
yell, hustled along nt a great pace, and 1
made after him with scarcely less speed.
Hy good fortune, and a considerable
amount of pushing, wo made our way
through the pi ess, which appeared to me
to be composed entirely of elbows, nnd at
Inst reached the market place. Here tho
crowd behind us slowly drove us forwards,
and finally gave us the advantage; of a good
position. 1 he square was lined with men nt
nrnia nnd stout citizens with boar-ureara in
their hands.
All at once there went up a shout louder
thnn ever, the crowd swayed backwards nnd
forwards, then opened out, and admitted
the Carroccio or wat-car in Florence. It
was painted red, and drawn by oxen housed
in red trappings. The great beasts had
dragged the car slowly from the chapel of
St. John's, where, ii stood iij times ofyieaee,
and labored along under its weight. From
the car itself projected two poles on which
hung the banner of the Coininbnwealth, a
red giglio on a white field. Immediately be
hind this came another car, bearing tho
Martinello or war-bell, which was incessant
ly clanging out its angry notes. It was to
ring now for a full month, without ceasing.
Around the cars were the principal nobles
of the city, and the oxen being guided to
the "bankrupt stone," were there unbar
lies jed. Piollo Sodcrini, the brother of his
eminence of '.'oltorra, who was then Con
faloniere for life, raised his hand. In n mo
ment there was silence, and tho vnst nudi
(nee listened to the brief oration that fell
from the lips of their chief magistrate, lie
painted in stirring words the dangers of the
limes; he called to the people to forget
parly hatreds in the face of the common
crisis; ho appealed to their past, and then
concluded: I licreiore, said he, lor me
safety of the Ktnte, have wo to whom that
safety is intrusted put our hope in Cod, nnd
our hands to the sword. Citizens, we give
to our encmicM, to Home, and to Spain, war,
icd war -and Cod defend the right!" With
that, he drew off his glove of mail and flun,
it on the pavement, where it fell With asud
ten crash.
The silence of the ciowd continued for n
little, and then, from 40,000 throats rung out
cheer after cheer, as the sturdy citizens
loured out their approval of the gnge thrown
down.
In the midst of all this some purtisun of
the Medici, hysterically excited, raised a
shout of Pulle! Palle!
"Hlood of St. John!" cxclnimed Ceci,
"who is that fool? He will die."
It was the well-known cry of the exiled
Medici, and it drove the crowd to madness.
Instantly there was nn answering ycH.
"Popolo! Popolo! Death to tyrants!"
1 cannot tell what happened exactly; but in
tho distance I saw a man being tossed and
turn by the mob. For a moment, his white
face lose above the sea of heads, with all the
despair in it that the face of a drowning
man has, when it rises for the lust timu
above tho waves; then it sank back, and
something mnngled and shapeless was flung
out into the pjuzzu, where it lay very still.
1 stood awestruck by thin vengeance.
"Vet the Medici will come back, signore!"
Ceci whispered this in my car, uh he stood
with his hand on my shoulder.
TO I1IJ CONTINUED.
. TZiiini1. I.nvfiiu- (alrls,
Mniido Aunt Mary has a look of
George Wiu-Llngton'.s hair. It has been
in our family ever sinec the revolution
ary war. '
Clara Indeed! l wasn't awnrethat
one of your .ancestors was a barber.
Chiengo Daily News.
ANOTHER STRONGHOLD TAKEN
Mon Under Cot. I.ookntt Ciipttiro n l'lnoo
llnrotnforn Ciiimlilornd IiiirRiiibto,
with rrUoiiim nnd Ammunition.
WnHhlngton, Dec. 30. The ndjiitmtt
Ijcneral received n cubic ihchhujjo from
(leu. Otis tolling- of the capture of a
mountain stronghold beyond Mont
Albun, nor t beast of Sim Mateo, for
merly supposed to bo impregnable, and
tho capture, of many prlsonera nnd a
large quantity of arms and ammuni
tion. The dispatch 1h ih followH!
Manila, Dec. 30. ISDU.-Col. Lnckett with
regiment and two battailous of tho Forty
ulxth, 0110 of tho Korty-llftli nnd 11 com
pany of tho Twenty-seventh Infantry,
with two guns, attacked tho enemy, COO
strong, on their mountain Htronghold be
yond Mont Albnu, northeast Ban Mateo.
A largo number were killed and wounded;
24 taken prisoners. Loekett captured 0110
cannon, 40 rllles, "0,000 rounds of ammu
nition, r00 pounds powder, arsenal forti
fications, nil food supplies and consider
able other property. Thin captured point
la located on mountain trail mid former
ly wns supposed to bo Impregnable. Our
casualties: Lieut. Knslow, Klevonth cav
alry and live enlisted men wounded,
mostly alight. Prlvato Matoon, Forty-
fifth infantry, drowned.
HE BRINGS PROPOSALS.
A New Filipino llolngiitn from l.ur.uu W.ttit
tlio l'rnnlilant to JWik Home Kind
of ComproniUo.
New York, Deo. 30. Tho Journal
quotes J. L. Do Fernandez, who elalinu
to bo a delegate from tho Filipino,
congress to America, an miylng: "If
President McKlnley will decide 011
anything llko reasonable tornm for
the surrender of Agulnaldo and tho
Filipino;; under him ami will Inform
the Filipino congress through us, lt
representatives in this country, tlio
Filipinos will lay down their arms
within the next mouth or two and tho
war will end." Do Fennande. said
this army was not. satisfied with Agul
naldo since bo ordered onu of its most
popular generals killed, but be added
that the contest would continue sr
long as tho president should refuse
the Filipinos tho terms they asked
and that two countries were anxious,
to supply them with arms.
TERRORIZING THE NATIVES.
IimurgoulH Who AVr t'oiupllil to Kvuo
mitii Count Town In I.uzini Arn Hu
mming In Hunt 11 HitiidH.
Manila, Dec. 30. The. insurgentB
who evacuated the coast, towns be
tween Dagiipan and Vlgun, fleeing to
the mountains before the. advancing
Americans, nro returning in small
bands to the towns the Americans do
not occupy, terrorizing this nativen
and Chinamen who showed friend
ship for the. Americans. The natives
und Chinamen tiro seeking tho pro
tection of the American garrisons.
Col. YVcssels' cavalry, while scouting'
in the vicinity of Trinidad, found evi
dence of Filipino soldiers being iu
that iciiiity, but it was impossible
to bring about an engagement. Tho
recent increase in garrison of Nainac
piionn against a threatened rebel at
tack oir Christmas day, averted
trouble.
Will lln No Iiiilmi.
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 30. The
people's party state central commit
tee met here to-day. The state con
vention will bo bold in this city Feb
ruary 22. The committee believes.
Hint it will have at least W.OOO votes
at the next statu election. There will
bo no fusion with either of the old
parties.
Ovr 15,000 Mnn Put to Work.
Hertford, Intl., Deo. 30. Last night
at midnight, 11 window-glass plants,
representing 1,700 pots, went intu
operation. These plants have, been
idle since last Juno and furnish em
ployment to 1 5,000 glass workers in
this state and about 1,000 in this city
where the largest plant in Indiana is
located.
KriiliDH to IlicreiiMi Jortt llofmi'ii.
Paris, IJec. 30. The government
will submit to the chamber of depu
ties at tlio beginning of January, a
bill, providing for the defense of tho
French coasts and colonics, and to in
crease the strength of the fleet. Tho
cost of the defense of the coasts and
colonies is estimated at 120,000,000
francs.
Would Not I'orijlvB III- HiiIh-Iw.
Guthrie, Olc, Dec. 30. At McKln
ley, five miles from here, John
Thoinns shot and hilled W. C Ihiylcs,
Ills son-in-law. llaylcs married
Thomas' M-year-old daughter last
May against the father's objections
and the disagreement has since ex- -isted.
Olio Killed, Klnvim Injiiriid.
Denver, Colo., Dec 30. The Chey
enne flyer on tho Union Pacific rail
road crashed into tho Houlder Valley
train at Hrigbton, Col., at six o'oloclc
this morning. One man was killed
and 11 persons were injured, among
whom is Mrs. Young, of Mansfield,
A.o.
Tlio Montgomery')- M jKliirloim Ciulhc.
Washington, Dee. 30. It develops
Unit the United States cruiser Mont
gomery lias been on u secret mission
to Liberia, Africa, performed, it is
believed, with a view of locating a si to
for an American coaling station oa
the Liberiun coast.