The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 15, 1894, Page 3

Vs tL Tr / erg ne ON THE BRINY DEEP, A BUTLER BOY WITH THEU. 8. . NAVY,WRITES THETIM INTERESTING LE’ FROM RIO DE JANERIO. From the Decks of the Charleston, He Watches the Battle and Hears the Roar of Artillery. The following letter giving a pen picture of the war now going on in| | board the Ttalian ship, Etua; had aj n |pleasant time. In the afternoon | UEENSWARF AND GLASSWARE CIGARS AND TOBACCO, Brazil, was written by Earle Sims, a former Butler boy, now a sailor in in the U.S. uavy, aboard the great war ship Cha: leston. U.S. 8. CHARLESTON, ) RIO DE JANERIO, BRAZIL, JA , ISv4. ’ Epitor or rue Tran Butier, Mo U.S. A Continued from last week. Nov. 18. The Brazilian cruiser Almsraate Tamandara, was put in commission by the insurgents and Admiral Da Gam raised his penant on the vessel. of this monster vessel was a power ful »ccession to the insurgents fleet When the Admiral raised his penant herauchor hiosted she cruised around the bay, saluted the iusurgeat ships and dropped auchor beside the Aquidaban and both commenced firing at Sta Cruz. The new vessel had powerful guns and used smoke less powder, and each report shook the entire bay. Oct. 20. Admiral Stanton was re called to the United State because of tha salute and official visit he paid Admiral Mello on his arrival. Noy. 26. U.S. S. Detroit went 3 miles out at sea and tranferred Dr. Boynton, the prisoner who attempt ed to destroy the Aquidaban under the British flag, to the English mail steamer Serius, to be sent to the U S. for trial. Nov. 30. Thanksgiving Day was celebrated, mot as we do at home in going to church and thanking God fer his many mercies, but in carous ing and sports. All the foreign fleets were invited on boarc the Charleston, and by noon over 1,000 people were assembled there. The boat races,and various other sports, contests in singing, sparring and slog dancing, and music furnished »y three bands were enjoyel by all. At night the insurgent Ft. Villeig agnon began firing on Ft Jaco. Ft. \ Jaco turned her search light on Ft Villeigaguon and began shaking it soasto blind the gunners, while thus occupied the Aquidiban steam ed into the harbor. When discover ed Ft. Jaco signaled the other gov ernment forts, but too late, she was _ out at sea She want to Ilha Grande, _. the quarantine station, took every- thing, proceeded to Destrow and re mained six weeks, leaving Da Gama in charge of the rebels in Rio. Dee. 9. The government tried to take Cobra island, after a fierce bat tle in which many were killed, they Were repulsed. Dec. 11. The government forces gok entire charge of Nicheroy again, thus weakening the rebels in Rio, as The commissioning ers. der of the president. He allow any correct news to be pub- lished. Before the war there were 22 newspapers printed in Rio, now ~The Opiaz” printed by the presi-j dent himself isthe only one. Dee. 18. Ft. thrown overboard. was again defeated. Dec. 23. The ships fiercely po victory gained. |, Dec. 24. A mutiny broke out on i W W Eldridge, paper case, the U.S. ship Rose imes. The Dr., | 20 soldiers and I went on board) and found that ten drunken men} had taken possesion, and had shot} two men, both in the They | were promptly arrested and orde arms. | once more restored. the usual way. About 500 attended services on board our ship. The only} jchaplain in all the foreign fleets is} a Catholic priest I took dinner on | they had a theater, and at night a ball, with sweet music by two bat and @ piano, was very enjoyable. Dec 26. At night the government aguon, but after losing 600 men. were repulsed. Dec. 29. A citizen of Butimor.,| Md, was the Charleston, who had been a pris re} Produces brought on board er among the rebels forn mouth Dec. 31. Sunday I spent ple ly ov the Italian ship Dogatle, at- tended a watch meetiag at mytr. Tu the past year I bave taken part in two national events: the Columbian Naval Review, in New York City aud the Brazilian Revolution. Iam 21 that Lam aloue without friends, a stranger in a strange land. Have visited with all nations stationed here. The ships are all powerful modern cruisers. Jan. 9. Enchades island, the in- surgents hospital, was fired upon by gov. soldiers, and the wounded, 70 in number, were more or less cruel- ly injured and frightened. Jan. 10. The U. 8. S. Detroit had several cases of fever on board, so they went out fora few days’ sea breezs. Onthe 11th, two U. S. cit- izens enlisted. Jan 12 The Aquidabaa steamed into harbor, despite tbe shot and shell poured into her on every side by Gov. guns and batteries. It did hoist Admiral Mello’s flag, but it is thought he is aboard and does not want itknown. The arrival of the Aquidaban caused consternation in gov. forces, but joy tothe insurgents The U.S.S. San Francisco also ar- rived flying the flag of Rear Admiral Benham, who has assumed com- years of age aud realize AREA DART DE RACK 1 i mand of the Naval forces on this station. Jan. 14. A musket battle was| ~ fought between the soildiers on the Rio shore and of Cobra island. Jan. 15. A desperate engagement occurred lasting many hours, fight- ing for possession of Coal island. ‘The insurgents succeeded in re tak- ing the island. Jan. 16. The U.S. S| New York arrived. She is the pride of the navy. The U.S force consists of five war ships. Many foreign vessels haye returned home. soldiers S. W.S line of The health of our ship bas been well guarded, but should yellow fever break out we would be power- less to cope with it. Fifteen deaths reported from this disease, within | the past week. at Rio Janeiro. We have been here four months| w PF Rosser Hdl Wa O Welton ec”. StaplezFancy Groceres, Feed and Provisions of all Kinds. soldiers, 15,000, attacked Fr Villeig-| 4 WaY~ pays the highet market price for County East Side Square. Butler, Mo- Eales F Zag of Bates county, Mo. They keep les of all styles and de in this conunty. McFARLAND BROS Double wag Sic y nar 0 to $25; second-hand barness from $3 to $1! ything that qorse owners need. to the best STEEL FORK “COW BOY SADDLE” Bound for McFarland Bros, the p and trade in on new ones. $ FARMERS! CHILDS has moved to the east side of the ‘square witha full and complete Farm Machinery. Call and see him. Queen of Battle-ships- , Breakwater, Del., March “battle-ship Indiana, which lef 50 | Cramp’s ship yard in Philadelphia yesterday morning, dropped anchor late this after | off the breakwater | 6.—The —— ———4 Shot atan A.P A. Lecturer. | Dallas, Tex., March 8.—An A. P. |organizer named J. W. Hale, from | Kansas City. reached here to day and distributed a lot of anti-Catho literature. Tonight at the Auditor. | ium Hale attempted to speak. After the audience had assembled and the) _ ball well filled with all sorts of citi | zens, aman named Tom Duffy, be | 'fere Hale had gotten far on Lis ispeech, sprang to his feet and, draw | ling a revolver. fire four times in rap | lid succession. The shots went 4 jand all missed Hale one struck a} : | jmanin the audience named John | Russel in the neck, slightly wound | ing him. A panic ensued in thej| audience, but in the stampede down he stairway no one was hurt | | Hale loudly pounded the floor with} his cane and succeeded in restoring | jerder. Hethen ‘proeeed with his speech. Duffy was arrested an put} in jail. A Sound Liyer Makes a Well Man Are you Billious, conszi; bled with jaundice taste in ated or trou- adache, bad shoulders, chill If you have any of these sym our liver is out of order and you is slowly being poisoned beé ; liver does not act properly. Herbine will cure ali disorder of the liver, Stomach or bowels Ithas no equal as aliver medicine. Price 75 cents. Free trial bottles at HI. L ‘Tuckers drugstore. 4d ry use you BLANCHARD TO SUCCEED WHITE. He is Appointed Senator from Lomsi- ana by Goyernor Foster. New Orleans, La., March Governor Foster to day received the resignation of United States Senator White. to take effect Monday, Mareb 11. The governor accepted the sam, and appointed Hon. Newton C. Blanchard as senater to succeed Judge White. Mr. Blanchard will serye as senator until the legislature fills the vacancy caused by the resig nation of Judge White. The gov ernor has authority toappoint during a recess of the legislature only. Judge White's term will expire in 1897. Mr. Blanchard was a candi date for the senate before the legis lature of 1888 and also before that of 1892 His promotion to the sen ate naturally leaves his seat in the house vacant and an election will be ordered at once at which his vacaney will be filled. Mr J. ©. Pugh of Red river, now a state senator, anc Speaker Bottum of the house of rep resentatives are the gentlemen most mentioned for the vacancy. MR. BLANCHARD'S ELEVATION 7 eee Washington, D. C., Mareh 7.— Representative Blanchard in th honse heard with much satisfactio late this afternoon of his elevation to the senate from Louisiana Speak- er Crisp expressed regret that the house was to lose a valuable It is settled that Representative Catching jof Mississippi will succeed Mr Blanchard as chairman of the import ant river and harbor committee Mr. BlancHtard’s position va ta.if such and hard-working member. and silver will give additional inter est to his entrance to the senate. He t| voted for the Wilson bill, despite the fact that it bore heavily against the sugar interests of his state. He worked hard to change the sugar Dec. 17. The English paper, Rio 1 News, has been discontinued by or- will not Sta Cruz landed a shell on the decks of the Almirante | w TP Johnson. Tamandara, an explosion followed] yy 4 Crawford, which threw a mau in the air, and) pyojiand afills. hundreds of bales of cotton were! yy > Kemper, Dee. 21. Another onslaught was! Other made on Cobras island, but the city | bom-/ Warded Nicheroy again, but skill was/| evenly displayed by both sides and reot theme Soldat H. L. Tu County Court Prolonged. Court met with Presiding Judge | proceedings were bad: The following township collectors | have settled: | Geo W Newberry. SL Starr, Pleasant Gap collectors given further time, and others still to settle. The following accounts were al- lowed: { i N L Livingston, bridge work, “r | WS Flemming, tem sup, Reese and Associate Judge Fix and} Hayes present, when the following} nting, : they now, have not one foot of mam/and the thermometer registers 100 |W H Igow, eicnaee 6 00 ,, fand and could not go near the har-/ and sometimes exceeds that. Trust \F M Oldaker, mdse, 1 85 bor without being fired upou. They} ing to be pardoned for this long let |W W Ross, flue. 1 owned several islands, but could not |ter, I remain as ever a Butler boy, J Hartsock, janitor, 30 00 anchor. They cruised helplessly Earte D. Sius. | Moore oso det. 1 50| a t the bay, the gov. guns show RES oa lw PR sock : | . seca on Ae diem aidtedee one} Four Big Successes. 1 | ge oe , of them striking the Charleston I the needed merit to 1 en | F Thomas a = 3 50 Pyleck, but did no damage ie huaatese Bree work, 195 Dec. 15. Another battle was | 2" hed a phen: l ArekKihhe a a 34 20 \ gu | ew Discovery on} McKibben Mere Co. mdse 4 2 Jfought between Roi and ee 1 pacientes saci ee Bea | F Field, cleaning jail, 2 80 7 island, but with no definite result. | : Pas ae 7. | owls Webb. < 3 \ Dee. 16. The president sent eut} : iM Momien enn: 5 00, on egies eocry —. are |S H Steele, guarding prisoners 6 00° island. e insurgents killed a res Reva ante poeta 3 70 great many and took the rest prison- | z re iS . | W C Brown, paupers, 6 00 | E Pyle. mdse, 20 lc F Boxley, salary, |O F Renick, salary, E Henderson. work, SB Hart, bridge work, Sheriff Colyer filed quarterly state- | ment. WB Cole appointed justice of Spruce Spruce township. Osage John Green balge ordered to have Homer | patent for let 7-34-38 31. East Boone — The following schoo! loans order- Prairie ed foreclosed: Jerry Roof, JG McPeak and W) H Mead and J H Pottest to be noti- tied. Purchase of school land by Jas Batiby and school bond for $841, W H Allen, Inquest Carson, $15 00, approved. 5 00) 34 00 j repairs at county farm. Mrs. Hall allowed to have certain 00) 00; ; h | odul t ling Fs bis e noon after a most successful prelim. | 8che Jule, but failing in this he inary trial. She will be back at her| Would not follow the course of so:ne dock in Philadelphia to to-morrow, of his Lenisiana associates by voting |1 The result of to-day’s|#gainst the entire bill, On silver trip was so far ahead of expectations | Mr. Blanchard has always voted and | lacte 1e that Edwin Cramp, who has charge | acted with the | of the ship, gave orders this evening | ™€P: £0 he will undoubtedly afternoou. radical free silver} ally | that she should return to the yards | himself with that element in the | instead of taking a run to see, cus pe ee ] tomary with ships on a first trial, | Ballard’s Horehound Syrup. 4} | Everybody aboard is well pleased) yy, guarantee this to with the behavoir’of the Indiana. | syrup n | The machinery works perfect. The | ee steamer has no rock, and there is no} i : doubt that she will take her desti ed place as the queen of battle ships of the world. For | $100 Reward $100. 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