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Show GENERAL GARCIA. FINDS A RICH MINE. Old SECOND N OF COMMAND MnlwB hhaft Dirt 1111 d wjtb . r,, About a year ago V. H. Blocker, a prominent attorney of Hondo City, Tex., heard rumors of the rediscovery lie Has Fought for tho Freedom of of an old Spanish gold mine on land Cuba In Two Wan Taken Frinouer owned by Albert Maverick In Uvalde Captured Rilbr is s Meiubor of lb Rob-'- b mllcB north of twenty-fou- r l, Roost Hand and lias a Irlce on hr Spain and Sent to Madrid, hat county, on of southeru tbs the Llano edge Ills Head Ca of tha I'ows KsaupaiL mineral district. Maverick, wlio 1: os borl iuslj Wounded. In San Antonio, discovered the mix. e ENERAL CALIX-T- twenty-liv- e years aaro, but did not think Sprinffvilie, May 30. Sprtngvllle GARCIA comthei'6 was cny mineral left In It. Mr. baa experienced the sensations of a mands the patriot Blocker leased the property from Mavbank robbery, a hard but successful forces in the easterick and began to open up the mlno. chase after the robbers, the (surroundern part of the is- It took several mouths to clear the land of Cuba. Gar- debris from the shaft. In the bottom ing of them in a patch of thick brush, cia Is one of the of the shaft a number of old Mexican the killing of one and the capture of oldest and best mining implements were found. At a the other. And to use the expression feet the ore campaigners above depth of about thirty-liv- e of the live robber after he had bee a He was a vein was struck and samples were sent ground. jailed, the old town is not as sleepy as foremost conspirato assayers and the returns gave $1,500 it looks to be. tor and lighter in silver and a trace of gold to the ton. The robbery occurred at 10:05 a. m. the rebellion of 1868. In rain and A large piece of ore In which gold was Saturday. Two men walked , in to thf shine he has fought for the freedom visible to the eye was found In the old Springrille bank end presented a of Cuba. In the first rebellion he led haft. This was assayed and showed Check as follows: a little army to victory after victory, 115,000 gold to the' ton. It was evi, ' Sprin grille, Utah, May reducing towns of 20,000 population dent that the latter sample bad been 180 A On sight pay to the order 5, and carrying all before him. Gomes thrown into the old shaft and this led 8. of T, 'Cerswcll, the sum of $200. C. II. Carteu made him a' brigadier general and Mr. Blocker to make a search for the lfy T. C. Burton. when the provisional government re- gold vein. He found this vein crossing the shaft just above tbe silver vein. They asked the bookkeeper, Mr. moved Gomes from the of the Cuban forces GarAn old drift followed the gold vein for Packard, the only person there was in the bank at the time, if Mr. Cartel cia stepped into the shoes of the San some distance. The secret of the rehak left any money there to pay tin Dominican. Garcia was captured by discovery and richness of tbe mine was did not leak out check with. He replied that he hai the Spaniards and, knowing what was carefully guarded and Mexican for him attempted to kill him- until recently. An aged In priest, store not. Then turning to his. books Mr. self, but his bullet went awry and he now living at Santa Rosa, Mexico, was Packard was startled with "Look here has lived to see Cuba as good as free. the padre stationed at the mine when young man in a commanding tone, When the present war came Garcia It was being worked by the Spaniards. and looking up found himself covered was living in Madrid, but escaped to Mr. Blocker visited this priest and learned from him that the mine was New York and at once joined the Cuby two revolvers. The robber who was afterward killed ban forces. He is strong and alert, al- closed and abandoned In 1836 by order 65 old. but bis knowledge of General Santa Ana Immediately kept Packard covered while the other though years robljcr went behind the railing and began gathering up all the mouey he could find. While thus engaged he dropped a stack of twenties, and while picking them up Packard lowered his hand and touched an alarm button. The robber on guard noticed thu G movement and exclaimed: and hand that keep it np yon! put One Robber Killed, the Other Cap lured and Money Recovered. CUBAN PATRIOTS. Sab-Ina- O - commander-in-chleftalnsh- there. The alarm is connected with Mi. Reynold's store. On several previous occasions the alarm had been accidentally sounded and this was thought to have been the case again. So Mr. Reynolds stepped up to the teleuhone, and rung up the bank to ask if anything was wrong. Receiving no reply he realized that this was no false Alarm. He grabbed two Winchesters And rushed for the street, but the turning a street corner a block away. Messengers were started on bicycles, on horseback and on foot to raise the alarm, and in an incredibly .short time a large posse was in pursuit. The robbers after securing all the money in sight, 3020, jumped in a buggy they had near the bank and Atarted on a dead rnn for Hobble Creek canyon. Near the outskirts of the city they met Mr. Snelson riding a fine horse. They took his horse from him and threw him 46. One of the robbers mounted the horse and the .other continued in the buggy. By this time Mr. Reynolds in his delivery wagon was within 150 yards of them, fired two shots which were not Soon afternoticed by the robbers. ward the robbers, seeing they were being overtaken left their buggy and took to the brush at the month of the canyon. In 20 minutes 100 horsemen were on the ground and had the .robbers completely surrounded so that escape was impossible. A consultation was held and Joseph W. Allen proposed that they close in on the robbers. This was adopted. In a few minutes one of the robbers was found covered with leaves. He on demand and was handcuffed. He was unarmed, having lost his revolvers in the brush. The other man was Been by Mr. Allen who said to him: "Now don't yon move or 111 get you." Ill get you while you're getting me, the robber replied and fired, striking Allen in the left leg, Allen retnrned the fire killing his man instantly. It was five minutes before any of the posse came up, when the robber was found dead. Allen was tenderly cared for and cent to a Salt Lake hospital where his The thigh bone leg was amputated. was shattered. Most of the money was recovered on the robbers or found buried near their hiding place. The lire robber was landed in the county jail at Provo, where he has been positively identified as C. L. Maxwell, a member of the Robbers Roost band, for whom a reward was recently offered by Oovernor Wells. lie refuses to give the name of the dead robber, bnt M-- s he was a married man with a fau It was a Koubers Roost raid, and from A remark dropped by the captured robber, it is believed men were in waiting with horses at a point further rob-we- lp re . . sur-sender- which covers every foot of Cuban soil, will be of priceless value to the hosts from America. Dr, Johnson! Regard for Truth. It was said of Dr. Johnson that hi always talked as though he were taking an oath. He detested the habit of lying or prevaricating in the slightest degree and would not allow his servants to say he was not at home if he was. "A servants strict regard for the truth, said he, "must be weakened by such a practice. If I accustomed my servant to tell a lie for me, have I not reason to apprehend that A be will tell them for himself?" etrlct adherence to truth the doctor considered as a sacred obligation; and In relating the smallest anecdote he would not allow himself the minutest addition to embellish his story. after the battle of San Jacinto. Mr. Blocker has a large force of miners at work and the first car load shipment of ore to the emelter will be made in a few days. GRANTS GRANDSON. Algernon Edward Sartorls, the eldest child of Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartorls and the eldest grandson of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, was born in Washington, D. C 21 years ago. He w&e in his second year in the Columbia law school in New York. But as soon as war was expected he wrote to General Fltzhugh Lee asking an appointment on hie staff, and Immediately received the reply, "If I am In the saddle this time you shall ride with me. Mr. Sartorls Is now in Washington, so as not to lose a moments time when Gen. Lee receives his . - were- Thu Champion Commuter. From the Troy (N. Y.) Times: The commuter on champion record is a young Princeton man, who is employed during business in a New York banking house and sleeps in The latter city is his Philadelphia. home, and shortly after leaving college, when he went into business in New York, he took rooms there. His family did not want him to live in New York and they suggested that, as his hour of work war comparatively short, he might live in Philadelphia and join the army of New York commuters. The Princeton man tried it and the result was so satisfactory that he has kept It up. long-distan-ce Women In English Facto lie. Recently published statistics show that more than 1,000,000 women over the age of 18 are employed in factories and workshops In Great Britain. Eleven per eent of them belong to trades tary education, but has a taste for arms, and has been an aalduous student of the unions. campaigns of his grandfather and of Napoleon. Giving Him a Rtronglllnt, Visitor Is Miss Rose at home? Servant No. sir. Visitor Why, she has Where Thunder h.Sfwr HmhL There le no t broiler, or gghtnlcff. just come In! VI. saw her. Servant tOQ Within thu .Ar',Mvcirr'1e -- JIANAGING 1! AILItOADS INTERESTING A BIG DISCUSSION SUBJECT. OF Boa, M. K, Ingalls, President of the Big Four Railroad, Fmruta Some Important Facta That Will In tore at AIL Hon. M. E. Ingalls, one of the greatest authorities on railway matters, read a highly valuable paper at the recent convention of railway commle-iloneheld In Washington, D. C. His wise words will be read with Interest by all The convention was called for the purpose of considering questions of great Interest both to the railways and the people of the United States. Members of the Association of American Railway Accounting Officers were also present and were invited to take part In the discussion. Chat. J. Lindley of Illinois, was chairman of the convention. Ohio was represented by Railroad Commissioner R. S. Kahler and Chief Clerk Ed H. Archer. F. A. Hewitt, auditor of the Big Four, was one of the railway accountants present. Mr. Ingalls address la here given aa being a expression of tbe views held by railway managers generally, and as being also of general Interest to the public at large: "Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: 1 am ver r roach obliged W this opportunity of In addressing you. I understand 1 have my audience tbe members of tho inter-stacommerce commission and the gentlemen oompoatng the various railway commies tons of the different states. It Is a body that la supposed to stand as aa arbiter between railroads and tbe people, aa a friend of both: a body that ought to end does nave great Influence and especially In referenre to legislation recording railroad!. It tills audience should agree upon any legislation In that respect that was needed. I presume titers would ra semi-offici- al ts be no difficulty In inducing yonder congress to enact it Into law, SAd believing as I do tfat It la essential to the public interest te secure legislation, I am pleased to havo this opportunity of presenting my views and endeavoring to enlist you In tha reforms which I think are so vital. Wo have reached a crisis in railway management when something must bo dene If ws would ovoid disaster, not alone to the rnHwayn, but to the material Interests of onr country. "For tO years a oonteat has been waged In legislatures, in congress, and before tbs courts, by tha people on one side who bpltcved that railways wars public corporations and subject to control by the power that created them; and, on thb other hand, by officials of the railways. Who did not believe that such control was State after state legal or practicable. asserted Its right These jrtehte were contested from one court to another, and decided from time to time always in favor of the people, under certain restrictions. It Anally culminated In U87 in tha enactment of the Interstate commerce law, .and sines then there has been hardly a day when some provision of that law was not under consideration by the courts or by congress, until now we may state It is as fairly settled by the highest courts In the land that the legislatures of the states have control over railways with reference to their local business, subject to certain conditions, and that the congress of the United Btatee hae the power to regulate Interstate business. The supreme court of the United States, which is the highest arbiter cf these differences, has Just decided that such control of the states, or regulation, must be reasonable, and that rates cannot be reduced below a predt where the railroads can earn their expenses and a fair return upon their cost. "Railway managers had accepted the situation, and were endeavoring to obey the Interstate cemmerce law and adapt their management to It when, In March, 1897, a decision was rendered by the supreme court which produced chaos and It was pracdestroyed all agreements. anti-trust law, tically that the Sherman which it had not been supposed did to to them, railways, apply applied and under the construction of that law was It court practlrally Impossible by the to make any agreements or arangements for the maintenance of tariffs In the case brought against the Joint .Trnfllo association In New York, this view has been combated by the railways and It may be modified by the courts. It is well, perhaps, that we should look the situation fairly In the face, and while I do not enre to be nn alarmist, I feel bound to describe plainly to you the condition today, so that you may understand the necessity for action. Never In the history of railways havs tariff been po little respected aa today. Private arrangements and understandings are more plentiful than regular rates. The larger shippers, the irresponsible shippers, are obtaining advantages which must sooner or later prove the ruin of the smaller and more conservative traders, and In the end will break up many of tbe commercial houses In thin country and ruin the railways. A madness seems to have seised upon some railway managers, and a large portion of the freights of the country Is being earried at prices far below cost. Other than the maintenance of tariffs tha condition of tha railways Is good; their physical condition has been Improved; their trains are well managed, and the public Is well nerved. If a way can be found by which tariffs can be maintained and the practice of secret rebates and private contracts discontinued, the future will have great promise for railway Investors, railway employes and the public generally. And here I wish to say that this la not a question which concerns railway Investors alone. If it was, yeu might say. Met them fight It out. It concerns ever and above everyof one else, the great public. One-fifour people are Interested directly in er employes railway, either as employes of manufactories that are engaged in furCan nishing supplies te the railways. of any body politic prosper If ene-flft- h He number In engaged In a business that la lasing moasyT The railways serve the publlo ha so many ways that their proswith the perity M cloaoly Interwoven pres parity sod comfort of the ordinary peog hi.. Oao thousand mllHona of dollars wow paid out tent yonr by tbo railways from their earnings to employes of manufactories In this country; 511.NI.00S of ll.N millions pasosofora wars carried: war carried cm mile: N5.S00.9M of tons of freight wore moved; 95, ON mlUlena of tons ware moved one mils. Do yon think that any Interest performing suck Immense th service as this r n te In difficulty and the balance cf the country not fed UT Forty millions of dollars were paid out for pulilio taxes. Over three thousand millions of dollars that have been invest-- 1 ed In railways have earned no dividend for years. This la not water, as some populist orator will say, but good, honest money. These securities are held all through the land, and their failure to pay any return hae brought disgrace upon us abroad and suffering and want In manyo a family and community e at home, e o e e e "One of the chief difficulties with tho law as It stands today la that the punishment for private contracts and rebates is entirely out of proportion to the offense. The imprisonment clause was put in ae aa amendment to tha interstate commerce law, and I believe the commission and everyone who baa watched its workings will agree with me that it has been a failure; more than a failure, that it baa caused perhaps more demoralfeation than anything else. The public has not believed In It; it hae beau Impossible to secure conviction; It has prevented tbe railway official who desired to bo honest from complaining of hla competitor whom ho thought waa dishonest. In fact. It has been what every law la that la not supported by public seutliaent a failure. What, In fact. Is the manner of conducting business today? The railway official who desires to bo honest and sees traffic leave his line and finds the freight that he was carrying hauled to tha warehouse of his rival, the earnings of hla line decreasing and complaints from the management of loss of earnings, and In the distance he sees looming up tho loss of hts position. At the same time, the shipper who desires to obey the law sees some rival selling merchandise to his customers at prices he cannot meet, and he knows very well that he is securing concessions from some railway to enable him to do this. The railway agent and the shipper who wish to obey the law sit down together and look it over. What relief 1s there for them? They can complain of their rival, possibly convict them under the Interstate commerce law and send them to the penitentiary, but such action would ofbring tfio down upon them the condemnation publlo and would ruin their business; for, as I stated before, the public does not In this severe feature of the law, and will not support anyone who enforces It The result to, these men. In deepalr. ar driven to do Just what their opponents are doing they become lawbreakers I have drawn no ?qnF themselves. ture; It to what If CCttlTTlPS CVT around you. "Is it wise, to It broad statesmanship, to leave a business as largo as that of at the railways ono in which ono-flftleast, o i our population Is engaged, one which affects the comfort and happiness of nine-tentof the people to It wise to leave It outside pf he law? Jt is sai that the must expensive occupation to tho community to that of tho btifflar, he has to spend so much tlms and deaifP so much to get so little. Is It worth white to fores tbo great railway interests of the country into the same position? Who opposes this legislation? First, certain people who desire the government to own and operate the railways. Second, others who wish that ths interstats railway commission should, make all rates. Third and lastly, certain railway managers who are opposed to any and all legislation and who object to any control, and believe that they should be left alone. entirely ' e e e e e p All of ue who have any Interest In our country, who desire Its prosperity, are Interested In toe solution of this great question. It to not a time for the demagogue to howl about corporations.- - It to not a time to talk about the wrongdoings of railway managers. There are always some. In any business, who will not do right, and there always will be, but the I great mass of railway managers assure you. era as honestly seeking a solution of this question as era you or any member of the legislative body. X believe I voice the belief of a very large majority of them that ths two provisions I havo mentioned are necessary and will lead to the settlement of this question. If this body will Join and heartily Indorse this course and work for It, Its We accomplishment can be attained. have unwittingly in this country applied to railway laws that It was never intended should be applied to transportation companies of this nature. Wo have gone back and taken decisions that wers wise a hundred years ago, whan civilisation was In Us infancy and when tho and masses needed certain protection, have endeavored to apply these same principles to ths great transportation Interests of modern times. Tho courts, unfortunately, have followed In that line. Every business man., every statesman, knows that It to a mistake, tkat wo havo hers aa Immense Interest aueh as ths world has never seen, and the principles which should govern it must be worked out in harmony with the ago and tho needs of this country. There should be no friction between tbe Interstate commerce commission and the railways; there should be none between the state comThere has missions and the railways. been too much of n feeling with these bodies that tho railways wars against them. In the contest with railways, in the courts, ths commissioners havs drifted nwsy somewhat from ths ground they ought to stand on; that to, they should be the friends of tho railways of their enemies, and should aid In securing the proper legislation, and tho railways. In turn, should glvs their supeffective. I port to make auok legislation believe It can be dona In n better way than by tha true method I have pointed out. First, tho change of tho criminal section: second, authority to contract and Either one ef them divide business. would be of groat advantage, but we ought to have both. There also should be such legislation aa will glvo mere force to the recommendations and orders of ths interstate commerce commissioners Instead of trying to break down tho commission tho railway officials should try to build It up, should make tha commission Its old and .use It os a bulwark of etrength In congreee and In tho states to beat back the tide ef populism that to rising continually against thorn. law-abidi- be-lls- vo h, hs to-da- y, ad Cheerful side ef Ufa. Prosperity was saver won by the hand or tongue of n pessimist; look aloft and keep the cheerful side of life in rlew. A mail who goes about with his head cast down and eyes on tho ground, may pick up many a nickel, now and than a gold plsos, and perhaps some dty n bank note; hut he misses the great blue shy above, ths great green beauteous earth beneath him ami ths sunlight In ths sir. Ces trails Fireside Guard. |