The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 9, 1898, Page 5

Se are ation: Sour Light. y, diz iting, ility, eart- owsi- head, crry, J suLPE EN’: mi. The weak to 19 ] ve sale heep—Rece'r 6% The market was wasactive. The follc sales: 4sp Im.. lisp Im Hel sh.. Wel T. sh.. Horses and Mules and mules was noon and a much than was expected. with the close ly casea ~The mu! a from the dull spell buyers appeared St. Louts Live Stock. $r. Louis, June 7,—Cattle market steady to strong steers, #4.50@5.10; light butcher § ors, 88.207 Texas and Indi heifers, €2 7573. Hogs—Reccipts, 5,00 muttons, £3.80@4 35, Chicago Live Stock. Cattle CuicaGo, June 7. market steady to str cows and h G4.40; stoc! Hogs—Receipts, Sto 100 lower; li 415; heavy, #290 Sheep—Ieceipt tive, 88.40@4.70; HOGO25. Wh't—June. July...-} Sept....| Dec..... Corn—June. July .. Jul Sept Lard —June July Sept Ribs — June. July.. Sept... lu 10 10 25 fers, 82.4904. and feeders, $4.00: ; market rather slow, 4 T REPORTS. Kansas City Et owing 0; on 10 35 |" 10 45 | 10 ly to strony. sp. Im 97 nt. cl. sh 30 fdrs. T The trade in both h addres nbs, $4. 50@x. 00. Texas steers, market s $4.1034.65 | Low’st Closing Kansas City June 7.— KANSAS CITy, > to~ he tred, nominally 95e two days, 3 Sales by sample on Wo; No, 3 mixe grade, nominally Receipts ‘hi Sales by sample on No. 3 mixed, nom aominally 0. 2, nomi 3c; No. 4, nominally Receipts her week ago, two days, 49 Quotations are: Chotce pra No. 8, £005.50; liflower, dbaske Freen y per peck mu. Oni New Breyswict hraim Soden li to tell his expe swamp. For f few hours swoll his features w morning, and lo thing of value. No. o. 4 red, nominally Sc. Spri nominally 86@88c; e, 0; No ved nees »ted th t — Receipts White, No. to-day we & week ago, two days, & nomin ie; No. to-day were 2 choice timothy, clover x young toms. aj June 15. We® 1.50 31.00 per doz Mosquitoes. ‘. J., June 7.—Ol@ just long enough TUESDAY'S CONGRESS. | Tbe Senate Vasses an indian Bili-The | Urgent War Deficteucy Bill Called 1 Up in the Uoase. j transaction of routine morning busi- j ness the l for the »tection of the | Indian territory was laid before the | senate to-day. After several amend- j ments were adopted, including one ratifying the agreement made by the Dawes commission with the five civi- | lized tribes ay the payment of a nation, th 48,000 in interest to Indian bill s house passed a bill directing the of war to return tothe states il w y certain reg: ents. -d up the urgent war ith amendments as is the senate, and moved to concur in the senate amendments and add two house amendments providing nnon © bill, $70,000 for additional printing in the navy department and for work in the bureau of engraving and printing. The motion prevailed. The plution was passed au- thorizing the president to waive the one year suspension from promotion and order re-examination in the army to certain corps during the existing war. Mr. Cannon, from the committee on appropriations, presented a conference report of partial ement upon the sundry civil bill, which was agreed to. senate ANOTHER FLYING SQUADRON. The Yale Wil Be Equipped at Once with a New Battery—American Cruisers May Auxillary ail to Spain. WASHINGTON, June —Orders have been sent to Newport News to equip the Yale at once with a battery of six five-inch guns and 300 rounds of am- munition. The work is to be com- pleted by Saturday. It is said that she will join the St. Louis in patrol work, and no surprise need be ex- pressed if these two vessels are shortly reported to be cruising off the Spanish coast, endeavoring to learn anything of value concerning Spanish movements, which will be telegraphed to Washing- ton. The desire of the authorities to arm without delay the auxiliary eruis- ers of the American line is another in- dication of the ntention vo put these vessels in condition to be drafted into a flying squadron which may be dis- patched to Spanish waters when the operations against Santiago and the Spanish fleet are concluded Swedenborgians Convene. p, O., June 7.—The seven- ighth session of the general con- vention of the New Jerusalem church (Swedenborgians) of the United States beyan here to-day. Delegates are pres- ent from nearly all parts of this coun- try, as well as several from foreign lands. The first five days of the con- vention will be devoted to the council ministe ufter which the work of the general convention will be taken up. The session to-day was largely of a preliminary nature, the first business session not being held until to-mor- row. The convention promises to be one of the most successful in the his- tory of the church A Mother and Her Children Barned. Comancne, Tex., June 7.—The wife and two children of George Sliger, living elght miles from this place, were burned to death. The mother was in the yard preparing to do the family washing and had brought a five-gallon can of kerosene with which to start the fire. One of the children turned the can over near the fire and an explosion resulted. The boy and a baby girl were instantly in flames The mother made an herote effort to save them, but to no avail. Both died in her arms. She lingered for a few hours, suffering awful agony, before death relieved he A Meeting of Electrictans. Cuicaco, June 7.—The Twenty-first eonvention of the National Electric Light association, commenced a three- days’ session at the Auditorium to-day. After a meeting of the executive com- mittee, President Samuel Insull, of the Chicago Edison company, delivered his annual address. Calvin W. Rice, of Brooklyn, read a paper en ‘Cost of Generation and Distribution of a Unit of Electricity.” Following this paper there was a general discussion on “Prices and Diseounts for Electric Current and Methods of Billing Gur- rent to Customers.” Will Not Let It Be Sold. Mositr, Ala., June 7.—It has been found that a mortgage on the home of Mrs. Hobson, mother of the lieutenant of the Merrimac, will be foreclosed Mrs. Hobson lives at Greens- boro, Ala. clear off the mortgage and contribu- tions are caming in to the First na- tional bank of Mobile, the repository 3.008 | for the fund. at 0D Vinita, I. T., Incorporated. Muscoeer, I. T., June 7.—The town of Vinita, lL T., was yesterday incor- porated by Judge Springer under the municipal laws of Arkansas, which have been putin foree in the Indian territory by congress. Nearly every town of any importance in the terri- tory is now incorporated under this law A Freight Deratied. Mantetta, O., June 7. more & Ohio railroad, six miles east of Parkersburg at three a. m.,a freight train was derailed and a passenger train ran into it John Henry, engi- neer, was killed and seven were wounded. persons Miller Gets a New Ship. Key W Fia., June er J. H. Miller, whose s was sunk across the entr ago harbor to pen the Spanish fleet, igned to the command of | has been ass | the Pompey Monterey and Brutus Start. neisco, June 7..-The Monte- > us started for Manila at | 2:50 this afternoon. another providing for] the twelfth census bill | —On the Balti- | If you are in need of a gasoline stove this summer remember we j Sell the Quick Meal, not one of the jbest sev ei GASOLINE STOVE | MADE. Suitx & Soy. | | ; P 3 7 fr, Be sure and exam- ine Ludwicks stock IIe has the = selected stock in ; town. Prices g 4 ) for the value. ¢ ¢ 1ar- § i « anteed the lowest § JF LUDWICK. a CA J NEGRO BURNED AT THE STAKE. Awful Fate of William Stewart, Black- Skinned Fiend. Dallas, Texas, June 4 —A special from Shreveport, La, says: A thous- and people gathered at Doyline which is situated on the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific railroad about from here, to witness the bu eighteen miles William Street, anegro who attempt- edthe ruin sud murder of Mrs Parish. The crime on the ugh! of Muay 30. Tre peorle crected a post pear the railroad track near the town, quietly bod ine hghtwood and kind- ling, <avurnted with cosl oil, prepar- atory to chaining Sireet to the post. Stre-t is a gingerbread colored man of about 27 years of age fessed the crima to a colored ter, but said a negro minister named John Rhodes was implicated. When going to the stake he looked fright- ened and refused to have anything to say. Hewastied to the stake and uttered not a word as the great crackling flames shot up in succes- sion above his head. The flames were started at 1 o'clock. It was a sickening sight which lasted tem minutes, when Street was a charred mass Well-known lawyers made speeches that such crimes would not be tolerated warning the crowd of negroes in a civilized community. The woman whom Street assault is ina most critical condition and could not identify Street when caught until a doctor held open her eyelids. A mirage in a desert has been the means in many stories of luring un- fortunates to endless wandering and despair, and it is therefore a decided novelty to read of such a phantom recueing & body of men from certain death, especially a body of men so well able to rescue themselves asa troop of British soldiers. An ac count of this strange matter is con- tained in the opening stery of Har- per’s Round Table for June 1. The tale which won the first prize in the recent Short-Story Competition is also published in this number of the} A fund will be raised to | Round Table, and a strong cosmo | politan flavor is imparted by the issue of the| chapers of other stories to this periodical. Additional “The Adventurers’ and “The Coup and many stirring and artistic illus attractive number. On | Comic-Sketch contest. Sampson’s Squadren. comprises the following vessels The first-class battle ship Oregon, | Iowa, Massachusetts, and the sec-| | ored cruisers New York and Brook. | lin,the protected jleans, Detroit, Minneapolis | Marblehead, the gunboat Nrshville,| +. 3+ the disposal of the Missourians unsat the stake of was committed He con- minie- | GLAD NEWS TO WASHINGTON j j | Officials Declare Destruction of mac a Well-Conceived M | Washington, D.C, June 4—The| | heroic achievement of naval con- structor Hobson and his crew of seven nen in running the gauntlet of the Spanish guns and mines in |Santiago harbor and sinking the collier Merrimac just where it would blockade the harbor channel, has jbeen the one absorbing topic in jnaval circles to-day. i PRISONERS WILL BE EXCHANGED. and makes it for the president and to properly reward the men Who volunteered for what was practically certain death. Until Ad- miral Sampson's dispatch was re- ceived this afternoon showing that the eight heroes captured alive by the Spaniards were being held and treated as prisoners of war by Ad- miral Cervera, there was much un. certainty concerning thier fate. The president was deeply concern- ed and to all his visitors he an- nounced that if they were mistreated swift retribution would be meted out to all concerned. An exchange of prisoners will now be negotiated betweea Spain and the United States and seven of the Spanish prisoners cenfiaed at Fort McPher- son will be exchanged for the eight of daring of the war impossible congress about the cns fest on the part of the American communder. Cervera and his ships sre now doomed to de- struction. They can be dispatched whenever the administration elects to give Sampson the word to begin the annihilation. It has been learn ed that the war beard, which was in session at the navy department sev- eral hours to-day, considers that the United States is now in a position to scorch the Spaniards at their con- venience aud pleasure. The deliberate sinking of the Mer- rimac at the narrowest point in the channel leading into Santiago bay was well conceived. Sampson will reduce completely if be has not done so already, the fortifications located at the entrance to the barber of Santiago de Cuba. Then he will denoée the mines to the point where the Merrimac’s stack sticks out of the water. This accomplished, he will be able to place his big battle- ships where they can throw shells and prejectiles into every foot of the inner harbor and bombard the city. THE CORK I Hobson's Choice Nebly and Bravely Executed It easily outranks any of the feats | ROUGH RIDERS AT TAMPA Teddy's Terrors’’ Create a Favorb!e Im- pression on the Veterans. Tampa, Fla, June 3.—Celouel Woods’ regiment of rough riders, | Officially known as the first United | States volunteer cavalry, went into jcamp to-day negr the sixth regular | | calvary regiment, in Tampa, on the | ground heretofore used for drilling | purposes. The regiment was un-| loadedjin the city and rode to the | camping grounds. The men, fully equipped, made a magnificent ap. pearance and many favorable com- ments were passed by who congregaated along the road leading through the camps and} watched the westerners as they rode | by on their bronchos. Several volunteer regiments, in cluding the one hundred and fifty- | the veterans Chickamauga before nightfall. Most of the these troeps will prob- ably be placed near Port Tampa for the present, as all the available ground around Tampa has been taken up. Captain Stewart M. Brice, commissary of subsistence, U. S.V., has been attached to Major General Shafter’s staff He is a son of ex-Senator Calvin S. Brice. Thousands of volunteer troops re- cently ordered to Tampa from Chickamauga arrived here during daring men who have won substan-/the day. The first Ohio, one hund- tial promotion by their brilliant)red and fifty seventh Indiana, third achievement. There is no doubt} Pennsylvania and first Illinois have all been sent out to Port Tampa and were unloaded in the fields and along the beach opposite the artillary camps. The first Disrtict of Colum- bia, fifth Maryland and sixty-ninth New York are now on their way and will be here before night. These regiments will be placed temporari- ly at Tampa. These regiments are the pick of the volunteer troops, all are well drilled and equipped and are apparantly in splendid condition. Major General Miles and General Shafter had a conference to-day, lasting for several hours. Texarkana Lynching. Texarkana, Ark, June 3—Ben Hayden, alias Levi Hayden, was lynched at Texarkana shortly before noon te-day. About 9 o'clock yes- terday morning Hayden criminally assaulted Miss Jessie Scott, the 12 year old daughter of the late Circuit Clerk J. V. Scott. He made his es- cape on a stolen bicyle, Posses were quickly organized and every part of the surrounding country was searched. Late in the afternoon City Marshal W. F. Cassey captured him as he was riding through tne woods about twelve miles from Tex- arkana. The negro was returned to first Indiana, second New York and |” first Ohio, are expected here from} Six Ships of Spanish Sqadron in Harbor. Washington. June 4—The Navy Department, at 3 o'clock receved the following dispatck: Mole St. Nicholas, Hayti, June 4. —Succeeded in sinking Merrimac in the channel of Santiago at 4 a. m., This was carried out most gallantly under command of Naval Constructor Hobson and seven men. By a flag of truce frem the Spanish Admiral, Cervera, tion of their bravery, lam informed all are prisoners of war, two slightly authority to approve exchange, if possible, be tween these and prisoners at Atlanta. Six of the Spanish squadronin the sent in recogni- per Princess,” the usual departments | Key West, Flo., June 3.—The fleet} under Sampson at Santiago now last week of the summer vacation, harbor of Santiago, unable to avoid being captured or destroyed. Sampson Missouri Day Selected. Col. Frank M. Sterritt announced that a date had been finally selected \for Miscouri Day at the Trans Mis- sissippi and International Exposition at Omaha. President Sterritt of the |trations, go to make up an unusually | Missouri Commission consulted with the last |Governor Stephens and afterward | page are published the winners of | with General Manager T. S. Clark- the first and second prizes of the| .on of the exposition, and August 30 | was set as the day for Missourians |to turn out and honor the Imperial | State of the Union. The date will fall on Tuesday, the -|the week before the courts and |schools of the State usually open, and ata time when horticulturists will have an abundance of fruit and | ond class battle-ship Texas,ahe arm-|,5ples, and a large crowd of Mis- - | sourians is expected. Two car loads| cruisers New Or-| of peaches and apples will be given| we back down?” and with a seating capacity of 6,000, will) to the visitors. The auditorium, the torpedo boat Porter and the dis-} 5, that day and music and eloquence patch boats Wasp and Hornet. will hold sway. town and placed in the Miller County jail. Mies Scott was called to ident- ify the negro. During the examin- ation crowds of people surrounded the jail. The child could not ident. ify Hayden positively, on account of excitement, and was returned to her home. Hundreds of people guard- ed the jail all last night. Atnine o’clock this morning a committee of seven of Texarkana’s leading citizens took Hayden to the seenof the crime. The girl then identified him, even to his voice. He was returned to the jail. The committee then report- ed to the crowd which at 11 o'clock had increased to thousands. When they learned that Hayden was guilty they went to the jailand demanded the prisoner. After some resistance the officer gave him up. A rope was placed around his neck and he was dragged to the woods near the Iron Mountain rousdhouse. He was quibkly swong from the limb of a tree, within a few feet of where Ed Coy was burned a few years ago for a similar crime. After filling his body with bullets the crowd dispers- ed. A coeler mob was never collect- ed, and leading citizens were most prominent. The Advantage of Cowardice. From Judge. An oid darkey in San Antonis, Texas, went last week to her mis- tress, asking to haye the war situa- tion fully explained to her. When it was done she was nearly scared to death and exclaimed: “Ob, Lord! Miss Mary, why don’ “Why, aunty, you would not have us dotbat? Why, then they would call us cowards.” “Don’ car’ what dey tays, Miss Mary. Cowards tote whole bones.” ee l CAMPAIGN IN FAVOR OF PEACE BEGUN. Senor Moret Convinced That If a Plebiscite Were Heid the War Would Be Stopped Even by the Soldiers—The Meuaced and Affairs in Com order—Spain’s Oficial Protest. Lonpox, 7.—The Madrid cor +] Morn rview with Senor of the col- ch he said ts ts republic, > a movement was menaced, has been taking > queen have attack, Itis ner the regency will be y does not happen it will b ne to Spain = Parliame . who s divided as ot whether to rs of Spain sorder. Official Protest. June 7.Duke Almodevar MADRID, de Rio, minister of foreign affairs, has mailed to all the ambassadors of Spain a note and memorandum declaring the United, States has violated interna- tional law by capturing Spanish ves- sels before a declaration of war, by bombarding ports without notice and by using the Spanish flag at Guana- tanamo. pared o: J WILL HELP CONSUMERS. Dealers Say the Proposed Tax on Tea WIIL Insure a Better aud More Health- Wasnrxoron, June 7.--The treasury department looks at the tax on tea as one which will provide considerable revenue. The importation of tea for the year ended with June last reached 113,347,175 pounds, which is the great est quantity ever imported in any one year. On that basis, the proposed duty of ten cents per pound would yield $11,900,000 Dealers and im- porters have been advocating duty on tea for some time, upon the belief that its effect would be to excinde the adulterated and low grade teas that now come here from London in large quantities. The per capita consumption of ten in the United States is i}; pounds, so that the proposed tax of ten cents a pound would be equivalent toa tax of 15 cents per capita. It is contended, however, that the imposition of the tax will make no addition to the price to the consumer, while it will, on the other hand, insure him a better and more healthful article. BIG CORPORATIONS COMBINE. The Standard Ol and Other Trasts Will Hamper the War by Fight- ing War Taxes. New York, June 7.—The New York Journal says: Instead of money the United States gets leg- {slation The efforts of the government to prosecute the war against Spain expeditiously are being hampered by those whom the war most benefits Seven rich and powerful cor- porations They are th: trust, the Pullman Car jorthern Rail- ieago, Milway 0 & St and the Boston & The Standard O11 nd the sugar trust will contest the tax on the arg vision imp The stam: car compa: sleeping not been mate Nellie Grant Sartoris to Wed. Bar Hargon, Me., June 7.—The en- gagement of Mrs. Nellie Grant Sar- toris to Gen. Henry Kyd Douglass, of Maryland, is announced. Gen. Doug- lass fought against the union in the civil war. He is the surviving member of Stonewall J son’s staff and is one of the most noted military men of the last war. Before non Sartoris Gen. lile Macex, Mo., Jv as, one of the recr with the Third United St when Lient. Medekin serted and came ho sent after him He returned to not been marr posed that he some little dis afterward repented Arthur Thom- t enlisted tes cavalry Social Democracy opening nes convention of First Convention of th Cu1caco, Jane 7.— sion of the first na the Social Democra hel ates to the con- ates were repre- s, some of whom those present Topeka, Kan., # welcon vention. were women. was G. C. Clemens, of brother of Mark Twa