jjjj5P33 &!" -"y " a' ROBJiEDFOltTlLErOOll tortured, then MAHY GLENN WAS ONE OF THE MOST NOTED THIEVES. An Incident In Her llurly I.lfu Led llnr to Adopt thu OlciumiIIi.ii of Knldicr lit it AIu.iim u( lCoiltii tho .Mliurulilo Dues. MURDERED. Anirrlcuin liy In a lonely, wretched liovol near Redwood, Texas, two workmen recent ly found the body of Mary Glenn, tho most noted hlghwnywoinnn the world has ever known. She was born In Philadelphia, and until 1G years old enjoyed all the advantages that fond and moderately well-to-do patents could give. Then her parents died and she had to light the battle of llfo alone. She was the oldest child of the family, and her brothers and bis ters were dependent upon her. Sho found employment, and her work brought to her observation the misery nntl sufferings of the poor. Her noble, Ceneroti3 heart was touched, and alio devoted her spare time and as much of her earnings as possible toward tho re lief of these suffering people. She so licited aid from the wealthy and often her requests were granted. On one occasion she found a family In dire need of food and medical at tendance. She went to a multi-millionaire, and begged for a small sum of money to lollovo the mother's ills-' tress, to clothe the new-born babe and to save tho other six emaciated chil dren of tho family from starvation. Tho rich man refused her appeal and drove her fioni his olllce. That night his palatial home was robbed of three times the amount that had been asked for, but tho thief was too late on her mission of mercy, for as Mary Glenn was hurrying along tho sheets with her booty, the mother and new-born babo died. This Incident moused her to desperation, and she solemnly vowed that from that time forth sho would rob the rich that she might suc cor the poor. For years she carried on her work ot robbery and mercy In Philadelphia. New York, Chicago, Dal las and may other cities. Near Dallas, Texas, she once held up a wealthy ranchman In the darker! of the night. Ho shot three times at her, but by striking his arm she destroyed his aim and saved her life. Hy the llah of his revolver ho saw that his assailant was n woman, and Hinging her a bag ot money rode away. The beauty and daring of the woman captured tho heart of the tanchman. The Hash of his pistol Indelibly Impressed her features upon his memory. A few days later ho met her on the plains, recognized her, and gave her tho choice of becoming his wife or his prisoner. Sho accepted the former frightful Treniiiipnt of rillplno The Manila paper, the American, of recent date, which has Just reached Snn Francisco on the transport Tartar, tells a terrible talo of burning nt tho stake and other tortures indicted upon thieo American prisoners in the hands of insurgents of Panay Island. Ho re lates how Privates Dugan, Tracy ami Hayes of Company F, Twenty-sixth Infantry, fell out of the ranks during an expedition into tho Interior of Panay and Htm ted on a search for "tuba," the native wine. They fell Into the hands of the Insurgents. They were taken to the town of Callnaga, where they were Imprisoned until tho occasion of a big "ilesta" In the vil lage, when they were led out to the public square nnil tied to stakes. The Filipinos decided not to put them to death at once. Accordingly slow Ares were lighted and their feet wero roasted, while natives under tho di rection of n local Filipino "padro" swarmed about them, Jabbing them with knives and cutting strips of llesh from their bodies. Then red-hot irons weie applied, cruelly searing them. When tho victims had all but lost con sciousness they were leleased from tho stakes and dragged through the streets by tho now frenzied mob. Finally one of their tormentors was ordered to slay tlrem, whi.'h be did with his "nolo." Some time afterward Lltut. Col. Dlckman of the Twenty-sixth, with a small force leeonnolterlng that district, dlscoveied their graves. KKrW I ? 'V( K HIMtM' " physician was called In, and 1k o1 AlUi HVAt 1KJ A 1M VjU. C0MrB0 lm,i t rcport u affair to the police. Senorlta Mai la ,n taken to BEAUTIFUL SENORITAS FIOHT WITH SWORDS. Olio of tli Principal Putully Cut Hcnnrltn luiiiit'it S.ititco l.uimn lit Sen urltu Marin' Hri-iint Ihiic u'lerrllilo Injury. As a result of a desperate duel with swords between two young women prominent in Mexican society ono lies In a hospital at tho City of Mexico seriously wounded and the victor and seconds arc In prison, cut off from all communication with their friends. Al though nil those who had any actual connection with the duel me women, It was conducted with punctilious regard for tho code. It became- known only through a provlallon of the Mexican law that no physician Is permlttted to treat a person who has been wounded without an order from the authorities. Tho duel grew out of the love of tho young women for the same man Ra fael Ulquelme. Rafael went to tho Vir gin do Dolores feast of flowers, accom panied by Senorltn Marta Duran. .Tuana Luna, another senorlta to whom the Juarez hospital, while Senorlta Ju aim and the four seconds were arrest ed and placed In solitary conllnement In the I loll in City pilson. MARKED FOR DEATH. Un Till en Hundred t'ltlutoi Hrfiirnmrii ilir Hun if i:mpre. The dowager empress of China, In pursuance of her plans of reform against the Chinese leformers, has prepared a list of inoio than 300 pro gressive Chinese who. she says, must be disposed of before the end of April. "Disposed of," In this case, means as sassination. Nor does the Imperial lady of Chln.i seek to sweep from her path only those Chinamen who ob struct her path In the Flow ery Kingdom, for an this list appear the names of promi nent leforin agitators In Victoria, Van couver and San Francisco. A longer limit of "111110 to live" Is graciously allowed other n formers; but In the eases of about BOO the order Is peremp tory that they die before the coining of May. There are several other new phases of the Chinese puzzle at Pekln. 'I he emperor Is again reported to bo uehoks ii i'OLLTics SHERMAN THE ONLY WARRIOR TO RESIST. 1 h jlur Aln I'rofonod I'rlinta l.lfo the Wlilto lluu.e, Mill Ylrliloil Sonio Cuimpli-uutii MieriMMM mill full-urw QUEER WEDDING. Prisoner mill I'lillliful Sueetlirnrt Mar ried In floieriiiir'n MiiiihIiiii. Ono of tho queerest marriages In the history of Missouri occurred In the ex ecutive mansion at Jefferson City the other day. Two years ago George W. Wilson won tho heart of 10-year-old Maud Mallot of Clay county. He In duced her to leave her parents' homo and together they went away. On flrst one pretext and then anoth er ho failed to marry her, and then her father found them and took his daugh ter home. Later Wilson was arrested and sentenced to the penitential y for llvo years. Tho girl overlooked tho wrong sho had suffered. Sho forgave and torgot nil else In the presence of tho fact that ho must suficr Imprison ment for live years. Sho determined that ho should be free. It was a hard struggle. Tho citizens of Clay coun ty wero loth to work In Wilson's be half because they thought ho got what he ilchly deserved. Sho got several hundred signers to her petition, and finally stormed her father, who, at llrst obdurate, finally yielded, and at last tho pardon was granted. Tho girl's struggle nwakened the true affections of tho young man, and ho proposed that sho accept him as her husband. Soon after tho stripes had been changed for citizens' clothes, tho wed ding was performed by the prison chaplain. Gov. Stephens offered the young peoplo tho use of tho cxccutlvo mansion for their wedding and they accepted It. MARY GLKNN. proposition and tho couple lived hap pily together for three years, when tho husband was killed by a broncho which ho was breaking. Ho nlways humored hfa wlfo In her chnrltablo work, and his fortune was always at her disposal. No children were born to them, and upon his death his prop erty went to two sons by his llrst wife. Mary Glenn was again poor and was soon again In her old wnlks of life, obblng the rich for the poor. Sho was tho principal In many bold frontier robberies, and captured many noted criminals for whom large rewards wero offered. Her daring and roman tic llfo was not fully known until after her death. Then It was told by an old negtoss who for many yenrs had lived upon tho gifts of this romarkablo hlgh waywoman. Other beneficiaries of .Jjer bounty have slnco confirmed tho Btory of her life. Ordor Acitlit't Dunoliic. MnJ. Stoch, tho new Indian ngent nt tho Cheyenno and Arapahoe- agency, hns Issued an order forbidding all whlto employes of tho government from dancing at tho agency or upon tho reservation. Ho declares that ho Is compelled to forbid Indian dancing, and that a good example should bo placed before thorn by himself nnil all employes, and that when ho informs tho Indians that all persons, whites as well as reds, aro forbidden to danco they will bo much more willing to obey. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. QUEER THINGS IN POKER. Anions Which In tlio I.url of lloslu nm. "There are three things In poker," said a Michigan man the other day, "which have always impressed mo strongly One Is that a beginner gen erally wins; that the simplest tricks are used by tho most successful card sharks, and that tho ruling passion Is stronger than death. One case in par ticular comes to my mind to Illustrate this latter fact. In a New York town lived a man wo will say Mr. 13. who had played poker all his llfo. Ho was seventy-two years of age when taken seriously sick; tho doctors gavo htm up as dying, but tho sick mau invited in a few of his friends and Insisted on a final game of poker. They played. That was eight years ago. Tho man Is alive today, and tho best doctors in New York say that card playing saved his life. From that timo until today a small card game is run at his homo, mid, while tho town is rabid on tho anti-gambling question, tho authori ties, understanding tho circumstances, make no kick. In an honest gnmo a new player almost always wins. I'vo scon them go in against old players men who thought they understood tho game and win whero a professional would lose his wad." Hurled Allio for Murder. From China comes tho story that In tho city of Hsuohoefu on Fob. 27 tho punishment of burial alive was inflict ed on a Chinese woman who attempt ed to poison her husband. Tho woman's niothcr-ln-law ordered tho grave dug, and then tho victim, bound hind nnd foot, was carried to It, followed by a crowd. No protest was made by any ono against tho barbarous punlBhnn nt. ELOPED WITH COACHMAN. Vouhk IlidreH Married In Iloboken After Coining from llollmid. Tho romance of mi heiress and her coachman, which has its beginning In Amsterdam, Holland, has Just ended at Appleton, Wis., where tho young couple have settled down to married life. Mario Aaltsz was n beautiful young heiress In Holland nnd Adrian Schoomakcr was coachman for tho girl's brother. An affection sprang up between the young people, which, be ing discovered bj tho brother of tho girl, occasioned a stormy sceno be tween tho brother and sister and tho discharge of tho coachman. Tho girl fled with tho coachman 'o Rotterdam, whero they endeavored to havo a mar riage ceremony performed. Owing to tho fact that three weeks of publica tion of tho bans in the civil courts Is required, nnd fearful that the Influ ence of tho brother would bo suffi ciently powerful to separato them If matters wero delayed, they sailed for Now York on tho stenmer Rotterdam. Upon arriving in New York they wero nt onco married by a Justlco of the peace in Hobokon. After a day or two In Now York they went to Apploton. If sorno arrangement can be made to savo us from our frlcnus, wo can iHake care of ni nemles nt our lei re V A mummy discovered two years ago in Fgypt has now been Identified in Franco as that of the Pharaoh of tho Exodus. SAD STATL OW CAPTURED UOERS C'rniiJo Win Hut Not n Hi fcJsBSl MARTA DURAN. Rafael had been paying attention, was present. Tho two rivals mot twice faco to face, Marta on the arm of Rafael, Juana with another young caballcro. A quarrel ensued, Juana 'slnpped Marta's pretty check, and there was consterna tion nmong tho guests. Senorlta Marta's language was so vigorous that Senorlta Juana declared that tho wrong could only bo removed on tho field of honor. Forthwith Seno rlta Juana hunted up a friend and sent a formal challenge to Senorlta Marta. The seconds arranged tho matter speedily. Tho meeting was to tako place at daybreak near tho hull ring. Tho weapons wero to bo swords. Tho duel was to continue until ono or tho other wns Incapacitated. Principals and seconds hurried homo to chango their costumes nnd to secure weapons. They drove to tho' duollng grounds In coaches, which wero left nt n consid erable distance Tho principals stripped themselves to the wnlst and set to work In deadly earnest. Tho flrst round wns bloodless. Kach wom nn showed herself possessed of great skill in fencing. In tho second round Senorlta Mnrta became, aggresslvo, while her opponent, who seemed pos sessed of a grim determination to win in the end nnd who played a waiting game, acted on tho defensive. Senor lta Marta's terrific thrusts began to wound only by tho narrowest margin. Tho seconds wished to end tho duel. Senorlta Mnrta Insisted upon going on. Sho again faced her rival and received a scratch on hor cheek. Tho third round found Senorlta Marta weak from loss of blood. Tho ndvantngo was all with her opponent, and when Senorlta Juana Inflicted a ripping wound In Senorlta Marta's sword arm tho latter dropped hor weapon and Senorlta Junna was do clared tho victor. Immediately they ceased tho duelists kissed each other. In true chivalrous fashion Senorlta Mnrta renounced Ra fael and then was carried to her coach. When sho reached hor homo her condition lincnmo so serious that very ill. Several members of tho Im perial College of Physicians wore hast ily called to tho palaco recently, Ills majesty being 111 again. It Is tho com mon belief thnt ho Is contlnunlly un der tho Influence of drugs, adminis tered by tho dowager empress, which will before long tako him out ot the disturbed nrenn of his country's poll tics. Advices from China state that by order of tho empress downger two of tho most prominent Chlneso reformers havo already been seized mid probably executed. They aro Wcng Tungho, formerly tutor to tho emperor, nnd Shen Peng, who last winter memorial ized tho empress to oxeeuto Jung Lu and Kang Yl for treason. Held Up StinrlfT mill Ktcnpntl. While tho guards of tho Jail at Tombstone, Ariz., wero nt lunch, Wil liam Stiles, who recently tnrneil state's evldenco and gavo Information thnt led to tho arrest of Port Alvonl and a man named Dowlng for tho robbery of tho Southern Pacific train last Sep tember, held up Doputy-Shorlff Ilravln, secured tho keys and liberated Alvonl and Uravo Juan, Tho latter Is ono of tho robbors'who hold up tho train at Fairbanks less than two months ago. All three stnrtod west on foot, headed for tho Dragoon mountains. Family Keud IteiiilU lu I'.'iitli As tho result of n fnnilly fmd of two years' duration, G. W. Roberta, n farmer living near Mount Vernon, 111., was shot and Instantly killed by his stepson, Hnrry Hughey. Tho troublo grew out of tho belief of tho Ilughoy children that Roberts was seeking to tako advantage of them by appropriat ing their mother's farm and other property to his own use. The solitary, brilliant exception to the popular heroes of this country, one who would not accept the nomination for the piesldeney. was Gen. William Tecumseh Slieriunn. Repeatedly ho was urged to be a candidate and ear nestly besought "to sue our party" by becoming n standard bearer; but no arguments thnt were presented, no In ducements that could be made, Influ enced his decision. Ills lenly to all such proposals was that ho waa not n politician; that he could not become one; did not want the place, and, final ly, when his patience was eliausl"d with the Importunities of those who assured him that he would be elected If he would run. he roaied out his last emphatic, "No, let mo hear no moro of It. 1 will not accept the olllce." Kvory other American over whoso head has been suspended this tempta tion has succumbed nnd welcomed tho opportunity to be the recipient of this greatest of civic honors. If theie bo an exception Gen. Tilor would represent, In a measure, that exception, lie ob lected and then protested that he did not want the olllce. but finally permit ted himself to become a candidate and whs elected to (111 the olllce. Ilia can didacy was not furthered by himself In any way. When urged by u delegation of visiting statesmen to visit the north for electioneering purposes his reply was: "I would not go across yon ferry to Influence tho public choice or to secure my election. I havo never aspired to tho presidency; If tho people elect mo of their own free choice my humble services aro at their disposal. If they elect sonio other candidate I shall not bo In tho slightest degree morti fied." Taylor deplored the necessity that compelled him to resign his commis sion lu the army, nnd his election did not compensate him for the severance of tics that bound him to his comrades lu arms, nnd tho llfo ho loved. Mrs. Taylor had shared with her husband his frontier life, and bad for a quarter of a century practically lived In a tent, his happy comrade and caretaker. Sho used all her Influcnco to prevent a con sideration of the proposition made to Iter husband, and when he had reached the conclusion that ho should accept tho call of his countrymen, she sadly pointed out to him thnt his acquired habits as an nrmy olllcer would not permit him to llvo under tho restraints of llfo In Washington, and sho repeat edly expi'essod the fear that If elected his llfo would bo shortened by reason of tho new responsibilities put upon him. When Taylor's untimely death occurred a year and four months after his election, there wero sincere mourn ers nmong thoso who had known of Mrs. Tnyor's opposition "to tho plot," an sho had termed It, to tako hor hus band from tho nrmy nnd nominate him for tho place which had, In u sense, cost him his life. Jackson was tho flrst military man after Washington's tlrno, who becamo president by reason of bis services In tho field. Ho was a volunteer soldier, whoso great success In nrms had mado him a hero In tho west and southwest, and whoso nomination wns duo to this fact. It was a political Issuo that per suaded him to go into politic?. Gen. William Henry Harrison was tho next mllltnry hero who reached tho presidency by way of tho battlefield. His unfltncsB for tho olllco wan such that ono month of worry and rcspon ilblllty In It killed him. Gen. Grant's military reputation car ried him Into tho white house, nnd no more eloquent judgment has been passed upon his fitness for tho place of chief magistrate, or his success In per forming its duties, than tho place as signed him in history. There ho Is ranked ns ono of tho greatest generals of modern times, and the statement made regarding his presidency Is usually tho simple announcement thnt ho was twice elected to fill the ofllco. His famo rests on his achievements ns a soldier. No distinctly military man can hope to add lnurcls to his crown by becoming president of tho United Stntes. Tho truth that they do not Is attested by tho history of evory soldier who has held tho position. Military men who havo boon candi dates, and beon defentcd as such, havo Injured their military prestige without gaining anything In tho populir esti mation. Among those defeated presi dential candidates havo been Gen.Wln (lcld Scott, Gen. George IJ. McClel lan, Gen. Winfleld Scott Hancock. All theso men bitterly regretted having run for tho ofllce, an olllco for which not ono of thorn hnd the training or tho temperament to fill with distinc tion. Tho nnvnl branch of tho national military service was not represented In tin list of presidential candidates un til Admiral Dowey offered himself as BUCll. II Hiilteti Crmlio I I'm. Tho thing was gallantly done, and we may all well be proud of this uehlcNoniont of tho Canadians. An examination of tho laager disclosed a state of niralts which It would bo Im possible to describe. The wrecluiRO and confusion wore bad enough, but the lllth and stench wero such as to make one feel sick, says a London Nowa correspondent. Within a space of 100 yards lay over forty dead horses anil a half dozen dead oxen. Men themselves wero only burled six lot lies beneath the soil. No rcgnrd had been paid to sanitary arrangements nt nil. They drank the water within a few feet of n petrifying curcns. Wounded men lay about unenred for, their wounds undressed, left to look after themselves. In most case.i gan grene had set In. Slight scratchoi, which with ordinary caro would havo entailed two days' rest only, had de veloped, Into huge ulcerated cancerous soi oh. Our iloetoia, who took charge of over two hundred such cases, tie clam that nlne-tentlm must die. Com paied to tho horrible conditions under which the Uncrrf had for tho past ten days lived, our lire wns more clilld'n play. It proves the Indomitable pluck call It obstinacy If you llke-ot Cronje. It was only tho gen eral who made tho men hold out so long. The prisoners for most part seemed pleased when taken. Cronje was sullen; n beaten but not crushed foe. To us It felt like death to temalii live minutes In the place where tho Moors bad spent ten days. One's stomach turned against the fetid stench of rotting bodies. For a day ono could not get the smell out of one's niiMtrlli. Yet the pi tanners do claro that hail It not been for tho C.inniUans getting so close to them they would have held out for somo days yet; and with food It would have been weeks before they would have bi ricndered, It may bo Interesting to Fay that one prisoner told mo that thv knew that wo wero longing to wipe out Mnjuba, and that they thought that if they allowed us to charge with the bayonet none of them would bo allowed to llvo, even had they shot our soldiers down by hundreds. Tho liner. IhmIiIch having a whole some di end of cold steel, Is capable ot arguing with himself. HUNTING FOR PEARLS. Two Slum In Till l'erlloui I.lno of Worh. Two fninous peml divers recently visited San Francisco to buy a largo quantity of air pumps, diving suits and like paraphernalia of the sea. Opu and Talpu are their names, and they me generally tegarded an Btarti lu Up Ir perilous lino of work. They were born on ono of tho Islanita of tho Dan gerous archipelago group. They speak good F.ngllsh, however, and both nro thoioiighly familiar with the civiliza tion of West Australia, where they havo spent most of their lives ns pearl huntcis. says tho Now Yoik Telegraph. Talpu Is the principal natlvo pearl merchant of tho many hundreds who havo embarked lu tho trado slnco tho natives of tho Paumotu hlnudn first dabbled in that form of commerce. Ho owns a pearling dredger nnd n ship; both arc engaged In the trado in south western waters. 1 1 In ship, however, U a moro hulk that travels less than ninety miles along the coast. They depend principally upon pearl Bholla for Income, slnco to stake oarnlngs on the pearls alone would bo to Invito loss. Valuable pearls are not frequent enough to make It pay, but tho com meielal mother-of-pearl Is mado from tho shells that they ileal In. When It comes to hunting for the real pearl theio la not any kind of n scoop or dredger than can tako tho placo ot men's eyes; diving and trending tho deep is tho only way to Hnd vnluablo pearls. As a rule, theso tire some dis tance apart, scattered over the rocky bed of the ocean. Sometimes n man will pick up a fortune lu a few weeks mid sometimes ho will hardly mako expenses In a Benson. Pearling Is still profitable, for tho crudo shells aro sold at from 100 to $7.r0 a ton, and thero is nlways a chance that n diver Inay mnko enough In ono day to quit lor life. "We do not dive farther tlum i-lxcy to 100 feet," said Opu, "for tho piessnro Is too great. 15 von at theso depths men cannot remain down over llvo or ten minutes, nnd tho avorago life of tho deep dlvor Is short." Six Timet Married lu 100 Ycnr. Aunt Rodgers, colored, who wns R,r yenrs old, and who had been man six times, fell dead nt Perry, Oklu. Sho married four ucgrocs, ono Indian mid one white man. HtrnMborrlcn on True. At last M. Pallet, tho great French ipeclnllst, has been eunbled to grow strawberries on plants of ti decidedly trcellko nnture. Tho method is sim plicity ltBolf. The runners nro trained up vertically and tied to a itako, in tho muno way that a pot J oninto plant is, nnd then tho lateral "iids aro pinched out. Result a straw berry tree on a small scale. London Leader. v v llli Oroit Opportunity. Applicant Is there nn oponlng hero for a Blimp young man? Kmplnyor Whnt can you do? Applicant (ionll dently) Anything. Kmployer Very well, Take my chair hero and toll mo how to run my business on a profita ble basis. We'v'o been waiting yeara for you to bo born. Stray Stories. Tim Trouliln irlth HlnnltlnH. "I haven't hoard anything from Slanklns for a long time. Ho wont out west and got to bo a county treasurer or something of thnt kind. How wns ho getting along nt last accounts?" "His last accounts, I nm Informed, did not balance." Chicago Tribune. At lli Dlnnvr Table. "Georgle, don't staro at Mr. Cuim ley that way. It Isn't pollto." "I wna Just waitln' to seo him pick up his glass of water, ma. I heard pa toll you thnt ho drinks like n fish." f'lovo land Plain Dealer. Tli Henult. Little Isaacs "Fador If a man has one t'ousandt tollars and puts It outlt nt 1 bor cent Intorost, vat vouldt It amount to?" Isnncs Sr. "Down right foolishness nuln Bohnl" Puck. . k ij mty 1 Ul M sassy . - ammi ,MiMMaiamMay&Ma.tfMfr?WMMJP