The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 2, 1898, Page 8

TUESDAY'S of Cavs The Army and Navy to Act To- gether and Strike a Blow at the Same Time. the GEN. LEE LEAVES FOR JACKSONVILLE. ES w The President Urged to Reduce Porto Rico Wefore Making an Attempt Upon Ha na, Soas to Hold Something for Ex- penses in Case Spain Should Assert That Bhe Accepts Our Demands About Cuba. | porarily t | Unite +! of Yankton, S. D., yi he be authorized | thesecretary © increase Wasnincton, May to advance has infused intense activit into every branch of military and na of Edmo: SENATE. nn Mississippl Sworn Bill for Raising Twelve Troops Callers | McKinley Tells Ought to Take Charge of the Islands. Preside That PROSPECTS OF THE NICARAGUA CANAL. | Many Senators Belleve That the Oceans Should Be Connected by a Canal nt Events—Balloone for Be Sent in View of Ree War—One May the Santiago de Cuba. provide -—Pres ferences with senators and rep ring the early part of tives circles. It was shown to-day in the] 12 troops of 1 : pe ee ee hurried but systematic preparations | or more I service in the Phil- | Sn tty apn Ges at the various bureaus at the war and] ipnines. pomiuand ie tovbe eemel fone ep ee tas ee Gera navy departments and in the keen witieaat Peemshatcumetadttcs |e nut eee ra pectancy everywhere prevailing. The) volyers. Each troop is to consist of h him over some ar authoritative statements made yester-| not jess th 60 nor m than $4] pointme is Canvadinc oficas ainktece Miles and others that the} day by Gen. | officers and wo wo incident is 4a voluntecr sereic orders for an advance had been) twenty-five thousand dol s appro-| Mant ccasived Ge tatecue. issued left no further doubt on/ priated to carry the bill into t | any important development in the war that point. The report from K — sk S : rita Gard . | situation up to the convening of the West that the steamer Florida} GREAT “SLUMP IN WHEAT. | Ne aa a eee, whee returned there this morning after} 5 feet ee = hs bila he ens ; = i ‘tant | Decline of 50 Cents in the Chicago Muy | fore no news fro he front that! successfully landing a most important id tamer to callers, presenta- expedition in Cuba was supplemented | by the information here that the ex of a Most Favorable Character bes cca ahs pedition was in command of Gen. SaAnsas City, Mo., May 3L—4'k | eats solution, spent Lacret, the well-known Cuban leader, | chicago May wheat deal went ont t0-| come time diseuseing the matter with who has with him 400 picked Cubans, | day with a drop of 50 cents in thel srr McKinley but did not express con-| thoroughly armed and equipped by | price, instead of the sensational bulge} gdence of securing a rule for eonsider- the United States. Prior to the cab-/ ayoye pede cue a Inolced tu ation Gt Hawolian atat eaaat inetimesing reports were current (h4b) @he May. price Saturday was SLT. | ative Canton: of Tilindia chairman of the president had told some of his] su1, wheat, following May down,| the house aepropeiations commit. ceuere, omy ne expect=n Commnoder | qroppel 6 canta’ to 044 cenia add | qa eas abthe Abita Kotse theta pee’ wore sbtmcic) Admiral Cervet® | closen at 94 conta, cash market | little while, though not waiting to ey ee nae arbor 77 nee se donee 23 were 10 | sce the president. He has been in con- quey tabled (9) envstantiate ~this | contaidwor Mven ut thatdedine May | gcc a, <r tie aoae’ denas meat oft report. On the contrary, those in 8/4, (iders were unable to find buyers for pee SAD aeeoeee position to know the general plans of cis wel Receipts werd large and | vied in the conacal defciones & oe Seetia Ane tenethoe, ne eg 2) | Mayenmples carried over from-Satur-| said the additional war department isan, ie uae sis waa aculeists day were on sale. The great drop in | estimates growing out of the second ago May price was not the | call for volunteers would not be less strike a decisive blow until the other T Price—Offerings Large and Crop N only nor the principal hundred and | silver bearish influ- | than $40,000,000 nor more than $50,000,- was ready to co-operate and thus py 1a? 3 is na snce. There were enormous world’s - e 3 au »fi- make the blow doubly effective. While | 2° ere were ? 000, the exact amount being not defi - : x shipments—over 14,000,000 bushels. | nitely determined. This brings to there continues to be entire off 1 = : y e . ing : ; The receipts at western markets were | apove $200,000,000 the aggregate to be reticence as the exact points of inva-|). 004 ‘The visible sup sly Gucressed be 4a45 fh Bi oss i sion, the concensus of opinion, drawn | 505 'h0 bushels ‘The pply increased | carried by the general deficiency which from the most intelligent sources, is bee ne. pushels. : is vib ue Ws Was | will be reported to the house when the of the most favorable character. war revenue bill has passed the senate. that the eastern end of Cuba, consti- tuting the province of Santiago, with Santiago de Cuba as its capital, and Porto Rico will be among the objec- tive points. For this reason, the sit- uation in Santiago province and Porto Rico was thoroughly canvassed. Gen. Lee last night left Tampa for | the payment of troo Jacksonville on the eastern side of | the Philippines. Th the Florida peninsula to open head- | ¢ral asserts there is quarters there. But one inference can be drawn from this movement, namely, that Jacksonville is to be made a base of operations against Porto Rico. The WASHI General izes a sp ‘GTON, M anton, of tifie denial large number of M diers in depreciate: the United States Mexican Dollar Story De: negotiations for the acquisition of a part of the government to pay its sol- they will be paid in gold and silver of The president during the forenoon took occasion in interviews with callers to reiterate his conviction that the an- nexation of Hawaii should be speedily accomplished. Prospects of the 3 WASHINGTON, May 31.—As the q tion of constructing the Nicaraguz canal is likely to assume increased im- portance, if the Hawaiian islands are annexed to the United States and the Philippines are retained as a pos- session of this country, senators are, 31.—Pay master the army, author- of the reported aragua Canal. exican dollars for ps to be sent to ymaster gen- the ne no desire on 1 coin, but that town is admirably situated for this A Ohaus decliiceeu ds aihtas in a measure, con idering the two purpose; in fact, it far surpasses Key | Wasmincrox, May 31.—William J, | @estions together. There is undoubt- West as a base for operations even | Bryan may be a colonel in the volun- edly 3 ee ee 3 against any of the eastern points of | tecr army. The secretary of war has | S¢®@te who believe there sere Cuba, There seems to be little doubt | authorized the governor of Nebraska |@ 2 canal connecting the two that the plan of campaign contem- | to raise a regiment of infantry under | 0°22 but the question has been presented to the senate in so many plates the reduction of Porto Rico and the president is being strongly urged to begin this movement even before ernor previously thority to do this an any serious attempt is made | proposed to tender t upon Havana. His advisers point recruiting with the to what they regard as the | Mr. Bryanwill be its danger of a retreat on the part of | cer. the Spanish government. It might be Elitote’s Slayer 1 possible, according to their view, for Jerrerson Crry, M the Spanish to assert that they accept in full the demands of this govern- ment’s ultimatum and are prepared to withdraw their troops from Cuba. In such case the United States would be placed in the disagreeable position be- fore the world of continuing to make war upon the country which holds out the flag of truce. The dilemma that would confront us in such case would be how to secure Porto Rico without killing George S. Ell county on January sissippi county, drew against th A defendant under shot and killed by offending against international law, at Governor's island yesterday that it ea stom belentcly accepted as ihe nother | will take about three days longer to truth that the administration is de- | Ptize has been captured. She is the] get the two balloons which arrived termined that Spanish rule in the | Spanish bari Maria Dolores of Bilboa, }] there from France ready for shipment western hemisphere must cease. She was overhauled by one of the| to Tampa. Besides these two balloons 2S eee American cruisers, six miles off Porto { and the one already at Tampaa fourth } Rico. She was bound from I was ordered by the government from Oe eo NON | cancirg to Goal Tnan! del Perio) ies |anAimericau wanetacturer sume Lime with coal. Some cases, supposed to] ago. This will be shipped to Tampa All the Efforts of the Management Now | contain ammunition, were found under | with the two French balloons Ac- Bent on Making the Opening a the coal. the president’s second call. had supreme court to-day sentenced Jgmes Albright to be hanged on July who was prosecuting attorney of Mis- Albright for Large, and in attempting toarrest the The gov- requested au- d the regiment he he government is expectation that commanding offi- phases that opinions differ radicall as to which of the various proposit should be adopted. To some is believed in both houses that, United States adopts a policy of terri- torial aggrandizement, the caragua canal may become a necessity. The difficulties in the way of its construc- tion are manifold, however, and grave doubt is entertained regarding the Mast Hang. o., May —The g - » for | feasibility of the scheme. The report iott in Mississippi | 4¢ the recently-appointed commission 12, 1807. Elliott, of engineers, of which Admiral Walk was a member, is awaited with gre interest, as it is thought the fate of the project may depend upon the re ommendations of the commissioners. Balloons for the War. New Yorks, May 31.—It w up an indictment killing Isaae e indictment was lbright. s learned cording to the present plan, one of the be tried first, the = Sl a French balloons will Omana, Neb., May 31.—The exposi- 3ALTIMOE Md., May 31.—The car] Others being held in reserve. This tion management issued instructions | barn and 130 box or winter cars stored balloon will probably be sent up from that all work on the grounds cease to-| therein of the Consolidated Railway | the deck of one of the warships off | ight. It is the desire of the manage-| company were burned, entailing a | Santiago. =e S ent that all the energies of the em-| loss of . ‘Phe barn was located aa eee es be directed toward the success | at Ir - William A. House, gen- Paris [RG the meatine of xe the opening. Some details of minor | eral manager of the company, ape : Hanes tae imporgance remain incomplete as far | loss is fully covered by insurance. ae iain cea | as the’ grounds are concerned, but this Right-of-Way for Miles’ Train. the s al agree feature is not of sufficient magnitude Ma —Gen. Nelson | ment with ates. Inso to interfere in any way with the! 4 Miles and his staff were expected doing he po dedicatory ceremonies. For s al| to arrive in Tampa ata late hour to-| ment was nights 500 men have been con-| night. The train be ring the com- tinucusly employed on the grounds preparing for the grand opening. The surroundings have been ren- dered as light as day by the numer- ous electric lights. These extra ef- forts have been largely instrumental in bringing the enterprise to almost completion. Many delegations of va- rious states have already arrived to participate in the initial exercises to- morrow. After the formal dedica- tions the exposition executive officials will banguet the guests of the exposi- tion on the grounds. The spread will be an informal affair. mander forces w everythi in-chief of t Stephens Offers Bryan a Regiment. |° Low May 31.—A special from Jefferson City, Mo, says that Gov. ! Stephens has offered the command of} ® Missouri regiment to William J.| © Bryav, of Nebraska, “in view of the fact that he (Bryan) cannot lead a reg- iment from his own state.” Are Spanish U Hoye Koye, May l advices 27, there is the United s r Noted Robber Escapes Jail Sovtn Benp, Ind. May 31.—George » Them Back. © count een the tw A Purely Democratic Battalion. Fort Scott, Kan., May ber of the leading young stock Wilson and Karnes counties areo izing a batta be purely dew ve been se thoro and or Adispatch ivices KA, receiv ort that } eet] n., id were struction sing Poison? Beston. It] West, alias Charles Rivers, has sawed! is believe is poisoned | se the senate: out of jail here and escaped. West/ the fish. aetcee New York, to be was convicted of robbing the South} Texas’ Big Wheat Crop Being Harvested. 3 James W. David- Bend national bank of $15,600. Tex., May ‘ har > be consul at She Took a Pilot te Seniey. El a d to be} Kiyestoy, Jamaica, May 31.—The) { ‘ tis Tae Warvard sailed yesterday to 5 Com- one eae o | modore Schley's squadron. She nerd a ee ® pilot familiar with the south coast The M et Cuba. pany, of Sedalia, Mo., has failed. story of the state, on. g & Loan com- TANEXATION OF AWAD, "sss | ree | Iwo Up at} | the late General Some Who Have Been Commissioned. —This list of who bave Washington, May 27 men isS1OLS as ari ived ¢ ficers from a President MeRiuley will [be f | ive Campbell E. McMiacheel, ; Clayton W. MceMiachael law of C. C. Harrison, son of and son in- | man Jobn A. Logan, clubm John A. Log son of former Mayor A. Erskine Hewett, representative and Hewitt of New York Fred M Alger, son of the Secre- tary of War J. G. Blain, son of the late S-cre- tary of State James G. Blaine William B. Allison, nephew of Senator Allison Fra P. Fremont, son of Gen- eral Fremoat, Robert Sewell, son of Senatcr Sewe Jospbh B Foraker, son cf Foraker. Edward Muphes, son of ator Sevator | Murphey Brediey Strong. son ef foro f New ¥ cb Astor, grandson of William B Astor Chas. A Whittier, of New York, clubman Cartis Guild Jr, scn of the editor of a Boston paper. Larz Anderson, son of N. Ander son, an Obio wine merchant. Williem Astor Chanler, gran ’ of B. Aster. Alexanler Roc Don Cameron. . C. Creighton Webb, bro law of William H. Vanderbil* Russe! B. Harrison, son of former president Benjamia Harsison John A Hull, son Repres Hull. Avery D. Audicwe, General Scofield Harry S. New, New. Loyd C. Criscom, svn Criscom, president of the Transportation C. mpany D. V. Voorbis, sou of Rapresenta- tive Van Voorhis gers, son in-law of her-ine ntative s0n-in law of son of John C. of CA American J. C. Cook, grard-cn cf J®Y Cook Gecrge McDerby, son of Jobn P. 6 Derby of the Engineers. Algeron See grandson of General U. S. Grant Stewart ps son of CalvinS Brice. Fitzhugh Lee, Jr, son cf General Fitzhugh Lee. George S. Hobart, son President Hobert Hugh H Gordon, Senator J. B. Gordon of Vice ton of fcrmer Seth M. M. Milliken, eon of the late Representative Mliiken of Maine. William G. Gambrill, nephew « Senator Gorman. The story circulated that a ccrre-| spondent at Cornland to a certain weekly newspaper ‘‘wrote up” scme young men of the neighborbood,ac- eusing of chicken stealing. The said young men objected to the allu- sion and proceeded to give the corre- spondent a good, scund flogging. | Review. Beepwater Item, Misses Tempa Allison and Gertie Shelton nt last Wednesday night jin Johnstown visiting Misses Nannie | Maxey and Pearl Raulins. Mrs Lavada Vanau'stine, of K C, who has teen visiting her mother, Mrs Thompsor, near Johnstown, returned hore Morday | Georgie Shelton and Jesse Al jgon are learning to be cowboys ni tended church at jany j 2 Judge Cole Mrs Marie McCool is reported on | the siek list Several of our young people 1 last Sunday night. There will be Childrens Day exer- jcises atthe M E church, south, in| Johrstown the 3d Sunday in June at 7 p.m. Everybody cordially ir vited te attend. It is repcried th.t George C nell left last Monday for Montar D H Kash and wife went to Mont rose Mondar, Mrs Wi trad day H ¢ St two years her spent cape week vie- Pleasant Home}; health for some time Bi White and wif ea or . at League Oklaboma scon, where ¢ will ithe s We w th a pleasant trip ao r rr —— Quite a crowd attended S at Low J last Sunday 6-4; Clevg rter of Califorr AN iting his mother in Johnstc week. It has years | & r and j for Okla, : vhere he will spend the ‘ enced hau > en L to Montrose last week. | : ses Bean and brether) s ‘ and Miss Dora Connell attend-| « . bnstown ! lay Western went ntroee at : ee Rapiie a — en' Jay on busines; relied i Mrs Amanda Most 1 at ALD bic gr her brothers W H Shelton, last i : sic: i m4 Rock 1 y dinner given at the/ bavi, > ‘solse Ss Gus Davall cn las A WOMAN CONMEME 4 honor cf Mrs D. was ES. mb iedand a good time] mrs. rosthtewatte, of Hautehinson, Kan, kit | Creates a Sensation by Declaring She ant tt 1 wife atiended| nee ae IC t Pl Isasant I me Sun lay | + Kan., May sl. —There z ing scene in the courtroom mic, in company with] at Hutchinson last night. Aweek ago ison tended Antioch | Jast Thursday, W. C. Boyd, of this city, SS last Sunday afternoon and re | “** ™YSsteriously murdered. His body 4 | was found ina dit with his skull ported a good attendance. Rose | crushed in several places. He had last been seen alive at Sh Mrs. Posthlewaite and her two sor Virginia Items. | and the oldest son, agedubans’ | suspected of the murder. No arrest had been made, the inquest ha been continued from time land C E Gates| When the inquest was enlisted Saturday as volunteers. nD es Mrs. Posthlewuite took the stan and took the coroner and jury by su [no tiussey’s house caught fre] — 1.5 ty suddenly deslarae aan | Tharsday of last week. It took 1,000| was the murderes of WC torn ae list for some tin s they go to Butler Tuesday morn- ‘ been bu ver since in get- ing. We want your items, so please| ting their men rether here. Gen send them ontime 1 that he had 500 Mausers On Monder « teak r i from th Spanis! which, number of ladies of that ate he surprised Mrs McElroy with al tet ; now in the dinner, it being her 54th birthday. Cavite It is reported they had a good time. Those present were Mesdames Hill,| sz Loci Mer ol dns Under Corlett, E Eggleson, Hardinger, Sr.| wood, of Nx wark, J., a trave and Jr., Green, P Hill, Frank Mc- lesman for the Champenois Je Elroy, Steele, Ison, Roe, Burke and Osburn. If the dear ones want their dinners | | written up in full they ought to have| , the reporter at the feast. | Peter Denning | Kan, Monday. Perry Cowgill, | Manu met an steré drink was at Pleasanton, | si: M Eila Wiiliams reported as feeling better Monday evening j eon- | @ black silk parasol between Butler ———— y nas taken steps for and Virginia May Will the = Sirti hHH Flesher at orOM I | Drysdale-at Virginia. ¥ | Alton Park is riding over his corn! , | field on a new cultivator. | 7 | Ed Dudley, Virginia poultry Not One Was Overlooked. j man, has the est potato; atch and AGO, M In addition tothe | garden near Virgir { anion sc e buried mat Vir-| the f The pops held a ec ;@inia Saturday and elected | lowing delegates to the nee Bgiass on: Grant Park, B the ¢ s there oe Fe e} t i , RM Foster AsaW d wife of oa Home day. a has not had a Dewey day ope an mother, Sr has ( a , ited irg v a restaurant run by shingles to repair the roof, aid he threatened to | Geo Cowgill of K © is visiting his} she married him and |mother, who has been on the sick] She beat him to death rod. Her confession is be many to have been made | | Mixs Daisy V is visiting at} . me | Warrensburg. - ne 7 | Miss Myrtle Cowgill has gone to] FIRST CALL NOW FILLED. | Rich Hill, where she will live this summer, Uncle Sam Has 125,000 Men tn Fightin | The 1 AS t i in z Trim—Only Three States Delinquent | The brass band will play for the and They Are Not to Blame | strawberry supper at Hotwater Fri- seme lda ght. p Lips TON, May S!.—Adjt. G Elder Coffey, of Sprague, talked orbin said yesterday that 12 hes : Sek ER troops had been mustered Into the to thet iday School at the Chris-]| vy, untecr army under the call for | tian church last Sabbath, illustrating | 000 men and that the remaining | to the children how easy the boy or] men were in state camps ready for the | girl could be led astray by bad asso-| Visit of the mustering officers. He lciates. he hadtwo vials and used} *#!4 that all the states and territories | a h filled their quota so far as the | certain drugs inthbemto show that] | tae of tt é soncer’ pO Sa he shits lid cruiting of the troops is concern ry Hime the children did wrong and that while three states were app how nu » darker their character] ent)y behind, it was not their fault, looked, and when they did ri t how was due to the inability of the | white their actions looked. This was| ™ustering officers to complete their done by reversing the drugs. His il- st fhe apparent shortage hid lustration was the best we ever saw | ‘ited among the states of low » Mise doom Sag sissippi and North Carolina. The | on he RESO Som Meter Plain tothe! troops in these states are in camp, nand very piain to the older| howe awaiting the action of the onei. He preached at eleven o'clock | government officers, and will be mus- and returned to Sprague the same| tered into the volunteer army in a day day or two. i ; The piece that was written up on Rifles for Aguinaldo. the Sshing party did not getio Aaron| | N&w Youk, May 31.—A dispatch from Manila, Mz t ong Ko [till some time after the young folks) aye yiytiny sper cai: liad hate Aas The ite 1¢ Philippine insurgents | ad their good time. The items must | jagt -r 2,000 Mauser breech 1 be at Aaron's office by Monday night | ers and ) rounds of ammunit acturing company, ath whi ar Necessity. kill her unle: in self-defenss with an iro rlieved by te shield he! of th r, Mr. ssintoa two yanide potas an 15 of them, s overlooked nies at