The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 6, 1898, Page 2

CAMP AT SEA. Fleets Ranged Like Armies Before Battle. England Decides to Call Out Naval RKeserves.—france Joins in Seizure in China. London, Dec. 30.—Bulletin—Ac- cording to information received by the central news the English gov ernment has decided to call out the naval reserves forthwith. Parie, Dec. 30.—During the day} there was issued a semi-cfficial con- tradiction of the report that the) French flag had been hoisted over! Hai Nen London, Dec. 30.—With the ex- ception of the reported seizure of | Hai Nan Island by the French fleet, | which is said to have been accom-! plished without opposition by the} Chinese, the latest reports show no change in the situation in the Ori- ent Mai Nan Irland is off the coast of China and separates the Gulf of Tonquin from the China coast. It bas an estimated area of 12,000 square miles, and a popula- tion of a million Chinese with the exclusion of wild tribes in the in- terior. The French press has begun to protest loudly against French inac- tion in the Far East and the alleged subserviency of the government to Russia. Meanwhile the Russian fleet con- tinues at Port Arthur, where it is moored in the outer harbor, no at- tempt having been made as yet to occupy any of the territory. In fact, Port Arthur is still held by its Chi nese garrison. A portion offthe En- glish squadron is at Chemulpo, the principal sea port of Corea There is no likelihood, of the English fleet remaining there permanently. It is probable the English fleet, and likewise a Japan- ese squadron, will take advantage of the presence of the Russian squad ron at Pert Arthur to winter either at Port Hamilton at Quelport, both of which are within 100 miles dis- tance from the important Japanese seaport at Nagaecaki, which may be considered as a base of supplies. JAPAN HAS ADVANTAGE. Therxemainder of the Japanese fleet is at Wei-Hai-Wei, which, like Port Arthur, commands the entrance to the Gulf of Pechili, and there- fore, the road to Pekin. Situated at the end of two promonotories stretching out toward one another, Port Arthur and Wei-Hai-Wei are separated by less than 100 miles of sea, which the fast steaming Japan- ese warships could cover in the space of four hours. This is the point that must not be lost sight of in the event of the Marquis Ito definitely accepting the Japanese premiership and forming a war cabinet at Tokio. eouth however, | det Peterson, and her beauty, land handsome costume attr the chaperons, a belle while ousy is no doubt the ex Crane, is the Mie Bows of exe nt Springfield, IN, a entered the dramati The Christmas d only recently professi Eve C :rleston The gov Salmon P. are ; 1 was not public ernment training ship Chase is wintering here, ticers and cadets were invited to the ball. Mise Crane accompanied Ca- her a great deal of admiration. the men sought an introdustion When it became generally known! grossly abused, one of | greed of selfish polilicane, who care with a shudder of) nothing for the deserving old shoved the fair crore | dier or his widowcr children, bes| ot opinion between them and | under her charge iato the dressing | | filehed the public pocketbook until it | is now flat. , that an actress was present, borror, room and hurriedly sought out the other chaperons These ladies | muat be ordered to leave. Capt. Hamiet of the Salmon P. Chase, and he ordered Cadet Peter- son to take Miss Crane from the ball. The cadet was forced to re- veal the situation to Miss Crane and request her to leave with him She was mortified by the treatment and left hurriedly. TERRIBLY MUTILATED. An Unknown Assassin Kills a Negro Woman With a Hatchet. Kansas City, Mo., Dec negro woman, believed to employed as 29.—A be Lillie a chamber maid at the Columbian Hotel, was | found in an alley back of the Gate City Laundry, at Tenth and Wyan- dotte streets, to-night, with her skull crushed in half a dozen places, her left arm chopped to pieces and many gashes in her breast and legs Beside her lay a bloody hatchet and near by wasareyolver. The woman was still alive, but unconscious, and Johnson, cannot live more than a few hours. While the Polica are certain, aa usual, that they will capture the murderer, they have but one clew to work on—the presence of un ex- in which murderer evi press wagon in the alley, the woman and her dently rode. They bave not yet learned who drove the wagon or who owns it, but they believe that John Saunders, a negro, was driving the wagon earlier in the evening. They will arrest himif he can be found. He answers fairly well the descrip tion furnished by Lucy Davis,a negro woman, who saw ths attack on the Johnson woman. It was very dark in the alley, however, and Lucy Davis could not positively identify any man as the assailant CONSUL FEARS SPANISH MOB. American Ship Captain Advised to Haul) Down Colors at Barcelona. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 29—Cap- tain George L. Kelsey of the schoon er Wallace Ward, which has just ar-| rived here from Barcelona, Spain, For the Japanese naval force at) Wei-Hai-Wei is so superior in num- ber and armaments to that of Rus-| sia at Port arthur that it would be! able to wipe the latter off the face of the earth. The situation is all tho more seri- ous for the Russians, as the great) naval arsenal of Viadivostok is al-| ready ice bound, therefore. accessible for several months to} come. So that the Russians have} really no availab’e base of supple in the case of a conflict. The almost certain of Ito to power in Japaa has made all the! and, in-| return money markets uneasy. Two Millions a Year. | people ba try, and bu: An Ilineis Girl Humthated. Miss Charlotte Crane. les lady in Hoyt’s “A Stranger-i York” , wh to nh © cotillion given by the cadets of the South Carolina ESS. Acade | vessel, and he sent word to Captain | during the remainder of insists that the American Consul at) that port fears mob violence and is j unable to keep the American flag on Uncle Sam's vessies while in port pensions who have cotillion was | th : a the face of allt and inability tor the government eq i the of-! thi ry in the world is so generous in re- grace) warding its cted for nation All| every year for service received. the liberality of Uncle Sam has been This decision was made known to| “Survivors” | get them, sometimes japply, being prevented bya keen | | : cence of honor from accepting gov- eople drawing > legal elaim te and tk bhousands more ke the revenue of ial to the pension ma No co outgo, 3 statement of t s particularly pertinent old out and no sums But soldiers, pays such vast and the sol-| A glanca at the following table | unanimously decided that the actress | tells the story of fraud and greed: Actual survivors of the war...727,122! drawing pensions..733, 187,500: Widows sions, 213,352 drawing Widows demand- ing pensions, 104,938. Pensioners | demanding increase, 155,849. Total rebellion pensioners 947,526. Total suvivors or widows getting 139,317. Last year—32 years after close of the war—54,072 siovers were added to the roils. Mere are getting in every day. They come regularly through the pension offices on rolls, or demanding pensions, 1, new pen-| aod without in- vestigation or pretense at it. Since 1883, during a period of 14 “special bills” passed | yeare, the pension rolls have been | steadily growing. In spite of deaths, which have decimated the ranks of the survivors of the war, the rolls have continued to swell. During the past 30 years the na out in pensions the enormous sum of $2,175,755,269,58 for ticn bas paid The pension expense year just closed is reported by the secretary of the treasury to be $141, 263,880. This is more than it costs to eustain the entire standing army cf any of the most powerful nations on earth, except Rusaia. The pension acts are supposed to provide that ne ona ehall receive the gcveroment’s bounty unless he is at presert disabled in whole or in part, and therefore to a degree dependent. Some figures gatheredin 1890 show, however, that of the total number of 1,034,073 survivors of the war there were 964,587 engaged in oc- Cipatioas by which, presumably, | they earned their living, Toadd tothe evil, it is known that in mapy cases those who actu- ally are entitled to ponsions do not they do not jernmeat charity unless compelled by dire neceessity remedies for the pensioa | been suggested, but none is | way to be carried out. the average Wasbiogton statesman! have ina evil jis too much of a coward to come}! out and speak his real convictions | | He put inte port there September | on the subject, and for this reason | |16, remaining three days. At first/ tn, pension business bas been the the stars and stripes floated proud | means of fostering mcre schemes ly from the mast head, but the/ and frauds than any other depart Spanish loiters were attracted by it ment.of the gevernment and gathered by the side of the! oo |vessel, threatening violence. The| Maud Lewis American Consul heard arumr that | St! an the crowd purpesed burning the Friends of Macd Lewis, the cn vieted murderess cf state senator Kelsey to baul down the faz. Cap | tain Kelsey detied the Spaniards, but the next day the Consul ed his advice and Captain Kelsey was reluctartly pursuaded to store the stars ani stripes below decks this stay. repeat ask my opinion, thougb,” Edmunds, Hypnotized by ©) Mo. Dec : gars, Kansas City, Jamison, a in a suit for Kate Me Javit thet the 2 was in and hypnotize that he couli on the witn idavit aff fice a new trial Peter Morrissey, are stil in their efforts to secure a pardon tried that if he were governor of Missouri he would no doubt grant the woman a pardon 1 persistent Judge Henry L Edmunds, who the case, stated Wednesday Ifthe governor should said Judge “I would say be would ng the pardon which were because Cracker Prices Advance. , of the rep wanton | finaocial forms the| they come by | the one| A cvumber of ; The truth is | jresalt of defending conjecture as to the attitu form he se currency more lirmiy gold standa bis secretary of opposed to that for bim ar Fri said to the presi ready to resign if bis i yet Secretary Gage that he views obnoxious to McKinley lay last w wes as to were Mr. jthe executive, re- | sponded that t that jhe favored the plan of currency re- |form submitted by Mr. Gage. This president's Senatorial contine | a0 clearly outlines tue | position that the | gent of the party | Hampebire, ¥ handler, of New oleott of Colorado, Survivors demanding pensions | | Carter of Montana, Shoup of Idaho, Pen- | Warren of Wyoming, Perkins of | Califo ; Dakota—which bas been fiercely ae- ace Mr. Gage for tearing off the mask, insisting that Lis views were | not indorsed by the president, and) | that the latter was still for silver, | will have to take a new tack | Representative Hartman of Mon tana, who left the ee ican party) | when} it declared for gold in the St. | Lovis convention said to day that he fayored legislation making Gage's natal day aoniversary a national ho jiday for thus jthe president on the | standard the relation of | gold fixin single 11900 of the fres. silver nominee for | the presidency. A Sure Thing for You. Called. Extra Session Nashville, Tenn, Dec. Tayler has issued bis call legislaiure to meet January 17, 30.—Gov. for the includes in the call |of railroads for the difference be |tween atse+snents ot former years land that of this year. He also includes the subject of} 1 i Y * placing a privilege tax on pilissat roads and ge of such laws ithe assessment of property or col- lection of taxes | The conflict between the officers and the federal courts |the order issued by the latter re- | etraini ing the state from proceeding | |to collect taxes levied on railway property will be | Jegislature. The clared that he proposes the taxes even if the ed upon state! over | ieuateeced to the has de- to collect goversor oo cal | Educate Your “Bowels With careis. Ottumwa, Ia, Dec 3 a prominent farmer of Les this estat», ies dead at bis tarm es north of West I bimself eix mi |tempt that was made by a mob of fa featner him for ere. to tir an the neglect an 1 father, died in abject poverty Monday affar occ irred Tuesday night aod Baim died yesterday eveniog The dead man was married and with Lim bis brot lived Their father died of starv pn. Even bis death th his burial Tw 2 sons used to aid prepared tar and fe of the prop mob appeare ere was no difference and Hansbrough of North | It made elear the issue, | | be said, and insured the election in} and) the back assessing | as will prevent tax payers enjoining | r/all the Haig now inundated. The | tor very few dollars 1am thankfal to all who “ers are hig rher than rae ten years he be convinced that this te the right place ‘ | past. The town of Newaukum ie} __ anak , floatir The warm weather has} 4 | foating hus} WwW. O, JACKSON, { | melted the snow on the mountains, | |causing the greatest winter floods = LAWYER, i | known here BUTLER, - MO ' yan 1 » «| What Do the Children Drink? Will practice in all the courts, P Don’t give them ‘ea or coffee. Have you tried i9 ge a | the new food drink called GRAIN-O? It 1s de- j < igC. | licous and nourishing and taxes th ; place of Smith & Francisco, coffee. The more Grain-O you give the chil- E | dren the more health you distribute through LAWYERS, thelr aytems:_Grain-O Is made of pure grains and “hen properly prepare tes like the | Once over Ba Sount che ote ara ote aks PB sage otters Byes Office over Bates County Bank | mach. All grocers sell It. Isc. and 5c. Butler, Missourl. J Mince Pie Ten Feet Across. Soe ee —a q New York, Dec. 28 —As a Christ-! Sete er oe aE ‘ai ee ‘ | mas preeent to his friend John Mee- | '* 8! of Farmers Bank ! | ban, owner of the doted race horse |Silv ers & Silv ers , | Dolando, Presidert Thompson, of a | ——ATTORNEYS !aT LAW— i THE RECORDS SHOW CURES OF unatisii L OF CHRONIC CRIPPLES THERE'S NO CENYING, re AwAET S ANC cuR OF BEO-RIDOEN ome, ean a “THE WALTON TRUST ‘COMPANY, if Ot Butler, Missouri AAR 2 Has on hand a large emount of money to be loaned or v 7 P Date or sbort time. ils 2 We invite every ‘ounty , oF that desires a new » 4 t B ; me and see us on 5 } 5 Rates lower and terms more reasonable than > st g ever before given in Bates county. s oa § FRANK ALLEN, WM. E. WALTON, § : Secretary President. fi I iissalitll a sensei hse ioslahticiaiesieseninadinalane a me | th BIG FLOODS. | sf | | BOSTON |; Have Done Great Demage in Washing- | a ton- have caused damages state] at ¥1,- ten C. W. PROCTOR, Pror’r Successor to J, F 000,000 in the Northwest during last three days Hemstreet This shop from now on will be in first-class style. Will k The Northern Pacific, Canadian | Pacific and Great Northern tracks |are washed out and traflic is almost }suspended. The Shelton and Soutb- western, Tacoma, Orting acd South- run none but the best meats on hand for sale, Give me 4 calland | guarantee satis- faction. Cuas. W. Procror, Southeast corner of the first eastern, Seattle and International, door east of the | Everett and Monte Cristo and other ae | tocal roads have sustained T. W. LECC. { square, Grange store severe 1. | damage by washouts and landslides. In more than a dozen western Wash- jiogton valleys bridges, |farm property have For all repairs, or part road wagors, farm wa shatts, neckyo top. Isell the of Buggies, 8 fences and ‘ swept been away Paint on We reset tires and ) , aa Bugor Earth. Several pereons have been drown ed in the Upper Cowlitz and Tilton : DO NOT y?. but particulars are not RUIN THE WHEELS, Will furnish you a river val! | yet obtainable Degsy Stock bas been drowned in nearly; HIGH OR LOW GRADE |local pie concern, had made to order jan elaborately iced mince pie, ten Will practice in ali the courte | feet in diameter and four inches ‘a |thick. The crust was ci tions t ast im section A. w. THURMAN, jand then set in pleca by four pie |molers The insides of the pie psc acai oe weighed eighty pounds. On top was | Wil! praction tn all ihe Ne ge: with a = G RAVES & CLARK, ATTORNZYS At LAW. built a frosted race track, | judges’ stand anda bunch of sugas | race horees, with Dolando winning. When tive men were carrying the pie into Meehan’s hcuze it proved Office te too big for the deorway and broke. a A equad was sent to the kouse a repaired the breaks. The pi on exhibition all day yesterday. HOMOGLDOPATHIC Dec 30 —Th RGEON, d salery law adopted Topeka, Kan f : Tee an ver McKibbens day o1 last legislature wil Januery 10. It places t go into ale dis of the coun- eases. ty officers of ipon a popula-| ~ : POF sae salaries and basis, g down of being oder the present law “For five weeks I lived water, 6u to " writes a who suffered terribly from ir DENTIST He could hardly keep anything ox 5 Seog a his et What stayed. wasn't omach ave bia t In.) 4 chascnaBdlad . tne # ite ews DR. J. M, CHRISTY,