The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 24, 1898, Page 2

{ SENATOR PROCTOR ON CUBA"! Jackson's War With Spain. Ito Pensacola and sli the booty; MAY ATTACK BORDER CITIES A Statement Island Made to the Senate, Washington, March 17.—Senator sonat : ena"? | the name and with the troops of the United States, bat on his own re | Proctor this afternoon, in the made a statement concern Cuban trip. Senator Proctor began by saying that more importance had been at- tached to his visit than necessary, but he thought a public statement would be beneficial. The only thing, he said, that he had said to the president about the matter was that he was going. Onasking if there was any objection to it he was told that there was none. He had letters from Assistant Sec- retary Day and business men of the United States. He eaid General Lee and other United States officials in Cuba afforded him opportunity to secure information. He denied that he had made the statement that the Maine was blown up from the outside, but said that was the sentiment in Cuba. Outside of Havana there was desolation and misery. People were surrounded by trochasa and controlled by forts of blockhouses. His observations, hse said, were in the four western provinces. Outside of the trochas and forts there were no habitations or people living. ‘The Spaniarde, he said, held in the four provinces only what their army sits 2 8 on. Senator Proctor described at some lenghth the condition of the concentrados, saying that one half of them had died, owing to the manner in which they had been kept in the small houses and bad sanitation. It was no won- der one.half had died, he added. He went to Cuba thinking the condition of the people had been overdrawn, but found their situation terrible. What he saw he could not tell so others could see. In one place, in Havana, the sena- tor said, he saw 400 emaciated peo- ple with little clothing lying on stone floors. The children had no clothing. Amercan people may be assured, he continued, that their bounty will reach the destitute and, he added, the cencentrados will net be changed until peace shall come. No beneficial results bad followed General Bianco’s order of November 13,1897. For this he does not blame General Blanco, as Blanco looked at the matter from a military point of yiew. Asto the military situation, he said there was about 60,000 Spanish troops. He thought they would fight well. There was no artillery. The troops live in barracke. The cavalry is mounted mostly on ponies. He said the Cubans had about 30,000 men in the field and were very active. The Oubans were well armed, but poorly supplied with am- munition. About one third of the Cuban army are negroes. The cay- alrymen furnish their own horses. The dividing lines between the parties is sharp. It is Cubans against Spaniards. The autonomists he did not consider, as they were inconsiderable in number. The Spaniards did not want perfect autonomy, as it meant goverment by the Cubans. He inquired as to autonemy of men of wealth, business and profes- sional men. Without exception their reply was that it was too late for autonomy. It was, they raid. too late for peace under Spanish rule. Some favored annexation by the United States Senator Proctor said he was not in fevor of annexation. The condi- tions for self-government in Cuba were favorable and not much danger of revolutions He thought the matter might be eafely left to an American President and people. With these words he closed. Arrested for an old Crime. Chillicothe, Mo, March 18 —A mau known in the northeast part of this county, where he has lived for a year, as Robert Bragg, but whose real name is said to be Robert on Conditions on the f | American | New York World, we had a war with Spain. rather, Andrew Jackson had a war with Spain, which he carried on in sponsibility. He had made cne brilliant cam- paigo against the Creeks of South-! ern Georgia. He completely crushed | the Creek nation, and thought that they were “‘pasified” in thorough Jacksonian manuer. | But @ few thousand Creek braves fled across the border into the Span- ish province of West Florida and | joined themselves to the bloodtbiraty |horde of Semincles and fugitive slaves led by the great chief Billy Bowlegs. This tripartnership of deviltry, aided and abetted by the Spaniards, made life in Southern Georgia a series of alarms too fre- quently realized in butchery and | rapine. The Spanish official attitude was perfectly correct—deprecatory and |regretful. But really, said the Span- iards, these savages are so stroog and so wily that we can do nothing. Then Andrew Jackson came. He had choice of two courses—to fol low the recognized international code of protest by post to Washing- ton, thence after long delay to the Spanish minister, thence after inter minable delay to Spain by slow sailing vessel, and so on through drawn-out years of waiting, or to adopt a Jacksonian code of inter- national law exactly suited to the circumstances. He reasoned thus: First—Billy Bowlegs and his ma rauders must be punished at once. Second—This is as much to the interest of Spain as to the United States. Third—I, Andrew Jackson, must do my duty by both countries. Fourth—If the Spanish officers assist me, well and good; if not then they are allies of the savages and enemies of the United States. Jackson wrote to the government at Washington just what he propos ed to do. Then, without waiting fora reply, he marched over the border into the sacred territory of Spain at the head of an army that knew no other duty than obedience to Jack son. He made straight for the nearest Spanish fort—St. Mark’s. He sent word to the governor that he (Jack- son) had been much pained to learn that the wicked Indians had forcibly entered St. Mark's and had frighten- edthe weak garrison into giving them arms and ammunition. “To prevent the recurrence of so groes a violation of neutrality,” wrote Jacke son, “and to exclude our savage enemies from so strong a hold as St. Mark’s, I deem it expedient to garrieon that fortress with American troops until the close of the present war!” The governor was dumbfounded. He hurried forward a long reply in Spanisb, tha substance of which was, he would write his government and see whether it wished him to let Jackson pursue the proposed course. That is, he said to Jackson “Wait six months or a year.” Jackson couldn't read Spanish. In all his life he never dreamed of any- one asking him to “wait.” So he assumed that the letter must bea cordial assent to his very proper proposals. He got the letter in the early moraing of April 7,1818. Be- | fore neon the flag had been hauled down from St. Mark's, the American flag was floating over it and Ameri- can troops were in possession. The governor made a dignified protest— in Spanish—and departed with his garrison. General Jackson preceeded to chastise the Indians end had his | jusual success. But again he found the Spanish interfering to save the |Indians from Jacksonian “pacitica- ) tion.” Here ara his own vivid words | of description of his further and) final campaign against Spain: “I received information that 550 | Jobnson, was arrested Iast night on | Indians had collected in Pensacola, the charge of having committed a murder in Pennsylvania several! yearsago. He was arrested just | over the line in Linn county and ta kea to Linneus, where he was turn- | edjover to an officer from Pennsyl- Vania, who had a requisition for him duly honored by Governor Stephens. Juat cighty years ago this spring | Or, | {among which was ths clothing of | Mrs. Stokes.” to Orgamzing Jast Here was injeei a casus belli. | Jackson did not hesitate between the’ jaccepted code and the Jacksonian jeode. He at once levied war against ; Spain. “With a general de | regulars and Ten marched for Pensacola. Spantards Said Seuth of the T San Aronic, Tex., March 18 —A dispatch was received Lere toda from Nueya Laredo, Mexico, og that evi there of the existance zation of Spaniards througl ico which had for its o | committing of depredations on Am- | “While on my march thither I was} icans in Mexico and the Texas bor- met by a protest of the governor of| jor cities in aS ; Pensacola ordering me out of the! Floridas or he would oppose force} to force and drive me out of the ter- ritory of Spain” xax Line, hed been Says he: } ment of seeans I of ano 690 + ) tion of a war with Spain. The he rgani- zation in Nueva Laredo, and the | work of intimidation and terrorizing dquarters for the Jackson regarded this boast of has already begun. Mayor Louis power as proof positive of the) Ghristian of Laredo, Tex, situated treacherous lying of the governor in saying that the Indians were too strong for bis weak garrison. So he marched on to Pensacola forthwith and took formal pessession of it in the name of the United States. The governor fed to Fort Carlos de Barrancas. There he thought himself safe from this terrible Jack- son. For he never imagined fora moment that even such a high-hand- ed person as Jackson would dare try to take by forces the fort of a power that was or was pretending to be at peace with the United States. But Jacksen was heels. I demanded pors2ssion of the fort to be held by American troops until a guarantee could be given for the}n. y. safety of the frontier. This wasre-} Ths World's special dispatch from fused. Washington to day is highly import- IT approached the Barrancas with|ant. It indicates that powerful in- one 9 pound piecs and five 8 inch | tluences, political aud c>mmercial just opposite Nueva Laredo, has re- ceived a number of threatening let- ters declares that all arrangements struction of the torder cities of Tex as with dynamite in case of war with Spain Mayor Christian has given instructions to officers to airest all suspicious characters in hope of ee- curing information that will lead to the capture of the leaders of tha or- ganization. Beauty is Blood Deep. Clean blood means aclean skin. No beauty without it. ts, Candy Cat ¢ clean hot upon his guaranteed 1 Delay is Dangerous. World. howitzers. They opened their bat-| are at work to secure a delay in the teries upon me. It was returned | Maine report that will prevent euc- spiritedly. cessful intervention until next fall. The white flag went up in the evening. I had my ladders ready to go over the walls. I believe the garrison discovered this and sur- rendered, fearing a night attack.” Spain was now powerless beceath the besl of Jackson. Her savage allies soon yielded to Jackson's sharpshooters. The real war with Spain was over. But the diplomatic war, which usually precedes the real war, had to follow in this case, thaaks to Jackson. And how it did rage in Florida, in Washiogton, in Madrid! Spain was furious, and many Amer- icavs said that Jackson had really gone too far. It is perfectly well koown that active operations in Cuba will be impossible on account ef the weath- er and the climate between May 15 and Sept.15. Senator Proctor, who has just returaed from Cuba, says that whatever action is taken ought to come quickly. Delay for six months meass starvation te tens of thousands more Cubans. It means the dulling of our national interest in securing peace througb justice. President McKinley has done so well thus far that it seems impossi- ble that he would give his sanetion to a scheme to postpone the pressing issue, involving the nation’s honor and the ea'vation of Cuba, until the political campaign next fall But the upshot was that the i Z Z United States government disavow-| Albany Ledger: “‘Two little sons ed Jackson’s acts. restored the forts|of Mrs. A. J. Lusk, aged respective- and thanked Jackson publicly and|ly 6 3 years, were playing profusely for ending the alliance of |around the yard, when the yeunger Spanish perfidy and Indian savagery. | accidentally fell into an open cistern As for the people, they made Jack-| He fell twenty feet and landed in son their idol, as they do every man| water five feet desp Mrs. Lusk took who prefers doing to dalliance. io the situation at a glance, and has The quotations from Jackson/tily procuring a rops she tied it used above are in a letter which|around the waist of the 6-year old Jackson sent to a friend at Washing-| boy and hastily lowered him into ton for use in defense. This brief|the well, instructing him to catch account of Jackson's splendid war! hold of the little brother and hold with Spain can not be ended more/ontohim. The little hero obeyed fittiogly than with the closing para-jorders, and in a short time Mrs. graphs cf Jackson’s letter: Lusk was hauling both upwards, “I eould adopt n> other way (to | whea the rescuer slackened his grip put an erd to the war) but by pos-! and allowed his littls brother to fall sessing myself of the strongholds|again tothe bottom of the well. that were a refuge to the enemy and | Mrs. Lusk again lowerei the boy, afforded them the means of cffense | with instructions to try it again. Self defense juetified me in every |The second time proved successful, act I did. I will stand justified be-| and both were bauled out.” fore God and all Europe. And I regret that our government has ex tended the courtesy to Spain of withdrawiog the troops from Pensa. cola before Spain gave a guarantee for the fulfillment of the treaty and safety of the frontier.” and The man who ataried the story that Judge Williams, the rapublican member of the supreme court, will resign, may as well take it back. Judge Williams says it is a “pipe story.” Will be Armed With Rapaaters. Sick poison is a poison which tmaakes you sick. It comes from the Joplin, Mo, March 17.—Col. Caf- stomach. Tbe stomach makes it out have been completed for the de | | - . |) country on a war basis, have decided fee, commanding the 2ad Regiment ;® oS) f : : of undigested food. National Guard of Missouri, has | The blood gets it and taints the been notified that in event of war| whole body with it That's the way his regiment would ba armed with of it. 9 repeating rifles instead of the Spring-| The way to be rid of it is to look | : s : after digestion. | field rifle, with which the regiment | If your food is all properly dizest- | is now armed. It is said that the jed, there will be none left iu the other regiments of Missouri troops jstomach to make sci poison out of. also will bs similarly armed. | If your stomach is too weak to see! i Sara |to this properly by itself, help it Nevada, Mo., March 17.—Albert|!epg with a few doses of Shaker D Marsh, a | gestive Cordial. j | wer fed by the governor, and that | s party furnished by the gerernor, | had issued forth and in one night | jhad slain eightean of our citizens, | and that another party, with the! knowledge of the governor, went out publicly, murdered a Mr. Stokes and family and in open day returned | clew to his whereabouts. at home without him. search has failed to eecure a single} At druggists. Trial bottles ten) FREE interest to all women, will be sent to | ang farm hand, living | | six miles southeast of this city has! Shaker Digestive Cordial isa de mysteriously disappeared. He ex /licious, healthfu!, tonic ecrdial, made hibited a roll of bills while in a sa-|of pure medicinal plants, berbs and | loon during the afternoon Wednes.|Wize. = pe : day, and that night his team arrived! coe cae indigestion end | = | prevents tke formation of sick poi- A two days | gon. | } cents. } | Without pain—is left strong and | That's the cure of it. |- Knocked out by LWIMbDALo? It’s because you don’t cure it with ST. JACOBS OIL, whi etrates to the seat of the pain and subdues, soothes, cy ee POPSPOSPPDIOMPOO OO DODOG O08 OOH GH, POO SOHO OP POOD ODOT T = THE BEST OFFER EVER MADE BYA NEWSPAPER t 34 “WEE tonosuy” $1.50. World, cone Magazine one was the new A home joup tf ‘pages of the brightest 5 than were tribute to very week, 4 pa { | re high sand cart a. 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Proctor, Southeast corner of the square, first door east of the Grange store, appropriation even larger than that | —— contained in the Canoon bill, but in | the event of war, unusual modes of ' raising revenue would be necessary. | The first step taken would be the |imposition of a fax on beer Bills increasing the beer tax one dollar a barrel have been introduced in the | past to congress but failed of pass | DO NOT RUIN THE WHEELS, age. Asa war measure there is only | Will furnish you a buggy little doubt that such a bill | HIGH OR LOW GRADE be promptly passed. A beer tax of | this kind would bring in enormous | have patronized me and hope you will continue to do so, and if you have never tried me, come revenues.” | and be convinced that this is the right place — -t. Fata! Duel of Cowboys. | Gutbrie, Okla, March 17.—Yes terday morning the bodies of Bill Scrugsby and Jim Newlin, cowboys T. W. LECc. 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THURMAN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Will practice in all the courts. Office over Bates Coanty Bank, Butler, Mo. (tf) Perry, Ok. March 17.—News comes from Washington that the townsite settlers of North Perry, the Principal residence portion of this | city, have their hows, as against a| homesteader. One thousand pople lived on ths coatested 100 acres and the property involved is worth over $100,090 Graves ‘& CLARK, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Office over the Missouri State Bank | North side square. THE DANGER to which the Expectant Mother is exposed and the foreboding and cread with which she looks for- ward to the hour of woman's | severest trial is appreciated by but | few. All effort should be made| DR, E. G. ZEY, PHYSICIAN ANI JSURGEON, Day and night. Oftice oyer Wo mack’s Store, North side square, Butler, Mo. DR. J. 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Safety to life of both is assured by the} use of * Mother’s Friend,” and ‘a eee) the time of recovery shortened. | esi FH t “I know one lady, the mother of three Pee LOdS 2 BHL S2HONIL children, who suffered greatly in the é birth of each, who obtained a bottle of other’s Friend’ of me before her | irth confinement, and was relieved ] easily. All agree that their horter and less painful.” NG. PoLwitt, Macon, Ga. if at SwUspoTag cua pauayibuans syoea yEOM $1.00 PER BOTTLE at all Drug Stores, by mail on receipt of price. KS ining invaluable information of upon application, by | THE BRADFIELD REGULATORCO., AriamTa,Ga-