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Show I NEW LIGHT UPON THE GOLIAD MASSACRE ate Civilised astlo. If they rou 14 not get Mli essuranee' they would fight until net I men survived. At ur rate they weull malt a fight for liberty." That we the situation ihw ths (feme ef eepHutttlsa were iftMl upon, rhe mare thai followed wae heralded herald-ed far Ml will a rroee vlolatlos of military cartel. Whether It ni or was act. It was an act ef brutml savagery that laflamad InImI of terrifying the exans, from that time trior neither ex- Kcted li or gave quarter. They would jot toothing to liextoen honor thereafter. there-after. "Rinwmbtf tho Alamo, "Remember "Re-member Oollad," became tho war' orioa Sn tho Teaans. At tan Jacinto Houoton a4 groat difficulty In esvlng Banta Ana' lift. Klo object In saving tho bloody tyrant' lit waa getting hla slg-nature slg-nature to a treaty acknowledging tho Isdepcndenoe of Texas. All thooo who figured In that sanguinary san-guinary drama of tho eouthweat havo passed sway, aad tho tangled okoln of Ito history la only beginning to bo unraveled. un-raveled. Profeasor Barkera dlaeorery removes re-moves a ataln from tho namo of Qen-aral Qen-aral Urrea. but It dooa not lighten tho blaok atorr of tho Qollad massacre. For that Santa Ana waa oololy rooponalblo. Ho murdorod unarmod prisoners In cold blood, and aoloctod ont of tho holiest aanlrereerlss of tho Chrtitlan churchoo aa tho day on whlofi to porpotrata an atrocity that eorered hli namo with Ignominy Ig-nominy and left an Indelible ataln on hla country'! escutcheon, Oakland (Cal.J i Tribune. Or. M. 0. BHSHS bead W the Mstevy deaawtMeiit 4 lb Vnrvrslhy wt teaaa, haa dleaevered la til , Meaieae) mrs merit arehfvM Mil artll al aftHiaia-tlea aftHiaia-tlea (en which Ceiea rsaefn's 'Jj Pl7a4 Yn yareti, TlC lnIsaWirnei" If genuine, proves that FMuila surrendered surren-dered "at dlaerettoaw'; It..l heretofore hereto-fore beea eontenaea by alt Tsaaa aim Amerloan hieteruuia thai Oensral Urrea, the Meaiaaa general te whom fannla surrendsredi agreed In the artwlea of capitulation to lreat the Teaana aa Biis pnere of war, Fannin ssruinly indueed hie men te surrender by assuring them that they wars to leeelva kasusratle terms aa prisoners ef war. A wseli arief the surrender.' lamrtrh IT, 111 Palm lunday rannln'a men were mareaed out and treaehereualy ahot to death by order of (anta Ana. A few eeoaped air throwing themselves over the rocky bluff of the Ouadaloupe river. The butchery waa an Inhuman act, whether la violation of the articles of capitulation or not. To hla eternal honor Oensral Urrea etrere In rain to avert the massacre. He pleaded with Banta Ana to spare Fannin's men, but the Uexleaa despot was Inexorable. Oensral Caa bad hoisted the blaok flag at the Alamo oa hla order, and at Oollad pearly 400 man were shot down la oold blood to gratify hla ferocity. Mexican authorities hare always eon-tended eon-tended that Fannin surrendered at dle-eretioa dle-eretioa and that the anaeaaore of his command waa not la violation of the articles of oap! filiation, but the articles themselveo nave never been printed In any Amartoaa history. Professor Barksr will bring a photographic copy of the cartel of surrender back to Texas that the elgnature to It may be oompared with ether otnntsjres-oc' raasHOts"Cajo Texaa archives. Burvtvore of the Ooltad maaeaora havs alwaya contended that the terms ef surrender sur-render were read at the head of each company before the men laid down their guna. and that the articles provided thai the prlaonere were to be given the uaage of honorable warfare. Unless given such terms, the men had decided to fight to the death. Either Fannin, deceived hla men or he waa deceived by the Mexican commander. The known facta of Fannin's surrender are aa followe: "Fannin and hla command were on Coleto creek, near Oollad. They -were hard pressed by the Mexican army under the command of Genera! Urrea, and were without food or water. Colonel Fannin himself waa wounded, and the altuatloa waa desperate. It seemed to be a cues tlon of dying on the battlefield of surrendering. sur-rendering. The members of Fannin's command were desperata. Company by company they discussed the situation. Should they surrender? Only a few days before had King's band been massacred near Refugio. Other parties of Texana had met a similar fate. Should they trust the Mexicans? "After disrupting at length the quee-tlon quee-tlon of eurrenjr. thsv agreed to surrender sur-render provided they might be assured that they were to be treated as prisoners of wsr sccordlne to the usa.ee of the of her, and is as carefully chaperoned by her mother as rour sister." Finally George Gould did meet Edith Kingdoh and her mother, who entertained enter-tained him in their modest litle. flat. Hie mind never changed, and one day the voting actress b'ushingly tendered her resignation to Mr. Daly. The New Idea Woman's Magasine for-January. CHAMPIOK EATER. "Boots" Repettl. "champion long distance dis-tance eater of the south." le hungry again. Hla latest feat rather "lays It over" any recent record. At t: o clock Taursday night. In a little back room In a saloon In southeast Washington. Boots leaned back In hla chaff, wiped his mouth with the back of hla hand, bit off a piece of chewing tobacco and voiced a few scathing remarka anent the nlarardly hospltsllty of his hosts. The latter In the preceding two hours end forty-five minutes bad furnished the following repast to him: One boiled ham. unlimited water, one barrel of kale aad two gallona of beer. Boots had no bet on the result, but others had. and several hundred d oilers changed handa m the room after be had finished. . - In a email room, so crowded that his Jaws. It la said, were only parte of hie person he could move unimpeded. he munched and munched, took a fresh start and munched some more almost oblivious to the Jeets and exctamatlone of wonder paaetng between the eereral hundred spectator ef the performance. Ocea-e Ocea-e tonally he would smile at some sally directed at hm. but ae a rule be waa loo bufily eeeapied te reply. The ham, supplied by a Center market butcher Is the eeoasloa. came first on the atfrnu. Armed wlta a knife, fork fhrte settle ef eateup and a gallon ailehee tt water, Boots attacked It rig-ereuelr. rig-ereuelr. In eeaetly forty-two minutes he bai (Upatehed all that part usually eaten ef a'haoi. Then he ate the ekln and fat, Ms washed tt down with a gullea ef Water. White waiting for the ale If he IrreagM te hie table. Boots teJW for his frit gallon of beer. His Biaaaaer sampled it for him, a proceeding proceed-ing Ptfetf eyed Jealously. After eome en) S.SS Bad tasted the beverage Boole eel las It "na count," aad demanded a freak gjtehsr, whloh he guarded c refill re-fill I y, The kale, which when boiled down Oiled si Blatter, waa brought on at lilt e'sTeek, The last empty platter waa taken frost the table aa hour and a ha,f later. A naif pint of vinegar and a pmt ef olive oil had keen eon-sumea eon-sumea as a seasoning. The geoond gallon gal-lon of beer washed ft down. He petti a a former employe of the Fivy yard. At present be le working r a building contractor. Hs Is about feat, 10 roohes te height weighs 1M pounds aad Is ei rear old. He measure meas-ure lea thaa el tncheo around the waist. Another famous bout la ths net of Kts' baaaueta took place en the May-war May-war laat winter. To determine a wager ate a nasal sufrtoisat tor a family of twelve, at the behest of the crew of the Mayflower. Tha meal wae prepared by John SchueTrer, aad comprleed one roast turkey, welching tea pounds; one euart of cranberries, three Quarts nf sauerkraut, sauer-kraut, eae loaf of bread, ewe-half pint ef ail re ell, one half -gallon ef raw oysters, oys-ters, eae plat of catsup, twelve stalks of eelsry and a gallon, of beer. Oa another an-other occasion ha ate out aa oyster bouao and a few days later stowed away a good Bleed roast pig at one elttlng. Repettl eats slowly but sffeetirely. Hs auuuoatae hie food carefully and will take part la aa levity while "banqueting. "banquet-ing. One of hie favorite breakfaete eonshrta of Bio aad milk. Washington Times. |