The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 11, 1898, Page 7

RARAARAR RARARRRARA, i y MARKET REPORTS. ives, 141: 5) The m: ‘ ady to strong and psig active. The following are representative wD 369 009 409 watative sales: @.,.307 #3.90 | w. 21 385 | 72 96 ®... 81 3) Sheep—Keceipts, 6,089; shipped yesterday, {4 ‘The market was active and strong. Among yesterday’s sales of mules were the following: no | mules, 16 to 16% hands ++. 8120 00 Hmules, 15% to 16 hands. 90.00 Tmules, 15!4 to 15% hands 87.50 St. Louls Live Stock. St Louis, Aug. 9.—Cattle—Receipts, 1,900; market firm for native exans steady to strong; native shipping steers, #4.50@5. 40; light and dressed beef and butcher steers, $3 60@5.20; stockers and feeders #3.00@4.60; cows and heifers, $2.00@4.90; Texas and Indian steers, $2.20G1.50; cows and heif 2. 253. 3. Hogs—Receipts, 5,000; market 5c lower; york- ers, 42.85@3.90; packers, %3.$0@3.95; butchers, #2.90@4.00. Sheep—Receipts, 4,000; market steady to firm; native muttons, #3.50@4 25; lambs, #4.00@ 00, Chicago Live Stock. Chicaco, Aug. 9.—Cattle—Receipts, 4,000; na- tives steady, westerns, 5 to 10c lowe beeves, 4.25@5.40; cows and heifers, #20@475; Texas steers, #3.20G1.50; w rns, #3 6)Gi60; stock- érs, and feeder: Hogs—Receipts, urket slow, 5 to 100 lower; light, #3. 65@: + mixed, $3 70@3 97%; heavy, #3.65@4.05; rough, $3.65@3.75. Sheep—Receipts, 11,000; market steady: na- tives, #3.00G170; westerns, #3 440; lambs, #.00@6.55. Chicago Grain and Provisions. lopenea High’st| Low's t\Closing inally 75¢ No. Tejected red, nominally 8@e2c. Spring, No. nominally 64@65c; No. 3 spring. 638c; rejected spring, nominally 58@60c. Corn—Receipts here to-day were 18 ¢ week ago, sample oa mixed, 3ic grade, nomin Re; No. 3 white, 3 nally 2%. Oats—Receipt: %o; No. 4 white, nominally 24@25 Rye—No. 2, 49c; No. 3, nominally 48c; No. 4, nominally 46c. Hay—Receipts here to-day were 30 cars; a 8 cars. Quota- No. 1, $.00@ 34.002: choice No. 1, #62526. No 3 #1.00@4.50; clover and timothy, 50; No. 1, 8.50@600; No. 2, 85.00 Kansas City Produee. Kansas City, Aug. 9.—Eggs—Strictly fresh, We per doz Butter: tra fancy separator, 18¢; firsts, I6%c; dairy, Pp ed, 18c; packing stock, Ile. Poultry—Hens, 6%c: broilers, 9¢ per Ib; Toosters, 1 young du @e: geese, 4c young toms, 6c; old toms, 6c; pig doz. Vegetables—Roasting ears, home fe per doz ‘Tomatoes, home grown. Cucumbers, 15@20c per doz F ®rown, marrowfat, #200 p Wax beans, #1.00 per bu. Le WBdec Onions. 3 5 Beets. 3 doz bunches. ‘abbage, home Srown, 50@65c per 100-1b. crate. Celery, 40G30e per doz Potato Home grown, Se per bu in car lots. Sweet potatoes, home grown, 81.75@200 ber bu. Grand Army Camps Protest. Lincoln, IIL, Aug. 9.--Various camps of the Grand Army of the Re- public in this section have entered vigorous protests against soldiers of the present war being taken into that order. They hold that the Grand army should be associated soleiy with the civil war, and that the survivors of the present war should have an or ganization of their own, with none of} the comp the associations of the war between | the states. | | ions which would follow | x Hearse and Corpse Lost. Bonne Terre, Mo, Aug. 9.—In at tempting tocross Big river yesterday, | P. A. Benham’s hearse, containing the! corpse of Mrs. Hipe, which was being} brought here for burial, was over turned and wasked down the swollen! Stream. Mr. Benham, who was ing, succeeded in releasing the a swam ashore. Up toa late hearse and coffin had not found. driv. team hour} been | | ago. SIGSBEE GIVEN THE TEXAS. The Gallant Captain Placed in Command of the Mate to the Battleship Lost at Havana. Washington, Aug. 9.—Capt. Charles D. Sigsbee, who commanded the bat- tleship Maine when she met her fate in the harbor of Havana, and who has been in command of the cruiser St. Paul since the war began, | has been ordered to relieve Capt. John | W. Philip of the command of the bat- tleship Texas, now undergoing repairs in New York. Capt. Philip will be assigned to shore duty, probably the command of the yard at San Fran F. Goodrich, of the au ary cruiser Louis, has been ordered to and of the Newark, Commodore new flagship, to succeed Capt. ‘apt. Caspar | Albert S. Barker, who has been trans- | ferred to the Oregon on account of the | illness of Capt. Charles E. Clark. THEY ARE INCORRECT. ana Parchase to Extend Beyond the Rocky Mountains Are Faulty. Washington, Aug. 9.—The official maps of the government are, by the authority of the government, declared to be incorrect and as now printed per- petuate a mistake, which is being taught in many of the schools of this country. The mapin question is de- clared faulty, in that it shows the Louisiana cession toextend beyond the Rocky mountains and to include what are now known as Washington, Ore- gon and parts of Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. Commissioner General of the Land Office Binger Herman, after an exhaustive examination of authori- ties, has recommended that the new maps make the Louisiana cession end at the Rocky mountains. BASEBALL GAMES. National League. At Philadelphia—Cleveland 6-2, Washington At Chicago—Chicago 6-3, Philadelphia 2-8 At St Louis—St. Louis 4, New Yor NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDIN w. LPC} w. 31 .680| Pittsburgh ..50 Cincinnati Cleveland 624| Philadelphia 43 Boston. Brooklyn. . 56 Baltimo; 37 .584) Louisville 60.373 Chicago 44 .548|Washington..32 60 .348 New York...51 43 .543/St. Louis.....29 70.293 Western League. At St. Joseph—St Joseph 5, Minneapolis 2 WESTERN LEAGUE STANDING. i] Ww. LP. Kansas City. |Columbus....50 42 .543 Indfanapoli 3| Detroit. 36 Milwaukee. St. Paul.. Bad Fire at Bismarck. Bismarck, N. D., Aug. 9.--Fire de- stroyed the best portion of the city of Bismarck last evening, licking up hun- dreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of property. The flames originated in the Northern Pacific depot. Every drug store in the city is burned, and all the groceries but two or three, also two newspaper offices and the great bulk of the business portion of the city, with several blocks of resi- dences. Many people are homeless. The line of the fire extended from the Northern Pacific tracks to Thayer street on the north and Fourth to Third streets on the east and west. The total loss will be from $600,000 to 0,000, with insurance not to exceed 0,000. Spanish Countess Appeals for Aid. London, Aug. 9.—Countess DeCasa Valencia, wife of the former Spanish ambassador to Great Britain, appeals through the London papers for con- tributions to her fund for the Spanish sick and wounded. She says: al dispatch from Madrid received s details of the alarming in- crease of suffering caused by the war. There ny thousands lying in hospitals at San s Palmas, Santiago de Cuba, ithout banda; or lint, or even e upon, owing to inadequate funds And there are many widows and orphans who are in most urgent need of relief. Kansas Property Assessments. Topeka, Kan., Aug. 9.—The state voard of equalization completed the work of equalizing the assessment for state taxation purposes. The assess- ment, in the aggregate, was raised $2,866,351. In 34 counties the assess- ment was increased. Wyandotte was hit the hardest, the board raising its assessment $1,209, The board de- creased the assessment in 42 counties. Seven counties enjoyed a decrease of over $400,000 each. Hanna Enters a Protest. Salt Lake City, Aug. 9.—A move- ment having been recently inaugu- rated to incorporate the democratic financial plank in the platform of the republican party of Utah, Senator Hanna, chairman of the national re- publican committee, has addressed a letter to United States Marshal Miller, of this city, strongly protesting against any such action by the repub- licans of Utah or any other state. Seventeen Prospectors Perish. San Francisco, Aug. 9.—A letter re- ceived by the Alaska Commercial com- pany, dated Unalaska, July 28, says: Information received here is to the ef- fect that an entire party of 12 pros- pectors calling themselves the Colum- bia Exploring company, together with Rev. R. Weber, a Moravian mission- ary, his wife and child and two native pilots, bound for the Kuskokwim river, have been lost. Famous Colored Regiment. Springfield, IL, Aug. 9.—The menof the Eighth Illinois infantry, colored, left yesterday for New York and will | take the steamer Yale direct to Santi- ‘The men were in fine spirits, all seemingly glad to get the chance to go to Santiago. The Eighth is famous as the one regiment of the United States army that is composed entirely of col- ored men, including all the officers. ator A. N. Seaber for Congress. Macon, Mo., Aug. 9.—Senator A. N. Seaber, of Kirksville, was nominated for congress in the First district by the republican congressional commit- tee. Col. F. W. Blees had declined the nomination and the committee had been called for the purpose of choos- ing some one to fill the vacancy. Government Maps Which Show the Louist- | auxiliary | Mare island navy | the | The American Army Marching Up- on the Capital City of Porto Rico from Four Directions. FIGHT BETWEEN NATIVES AND SPANISH. | Army Officers Belleve There Will Not Be | Much Fighting—Five of the Depart- | ments into Which Porto Rico Is Divided Now Occupied by Americans and the | End of the Campaign Is Near. | New York, Aug. 9.—A dispatch to} | the Herald from Ponce via St. Thoias | says: Gen. Miles’ invasion of Porto Rico is progressing in e highly satis- factory manner. Nothing has taken e to interfere with the plans finally d upon by Gen. Miles and the Atroerican troops are gaining advanced ground every day. This plan of hav- ing the army march upon San Juan from four directions is re ded here as one of Gen. Miles’ shrewdest move- ments. He has the Spaniards in com- plete doubt and has assigned a large enough force under each general to imsure successful resistance against Spanish attacks. At the same time by this plan Gen. Miles speedily will have several thousand Spanish troops shut up in the vicinity of Aibonito unless the enemy suddenly changes plans and hastens to San Juan over the military road. There will be a formidable Ameri- can force ready to advance upon the Porto Rican capital when the troops under Gen. Henry form a junction with those under Gen. Schwan at Arecibo. It is probable that much of the artillery to be used in the siege of San Juan will be sent to Arecibo by transport and taken from there to San Juan by rail. This will be a work easy of accemplishment and Gen. Henry and Gen. Schwan un- doubtedly will be able to form a junction with other troops as soon as they can march to the capital. No opposition is expected by the American troops in the execu- tion of this plan. All of our men are light-hearted and there is plenty of good food for all. The forage for the horses is superb. Gen. Miles is giving his personal attention to the manage- ment of the details of the campaign. He intends to press forward to San Juan regardless of the peace negotia- tions unless orders come from Wash- ington for hostilities to cease. Skirmish Between Natives and Spanish. Ponce, Porto Rico, Aug. 9.—Gen. Henry, with the Sixth Illinois and the Sixth Massachusetts will move by way of Adjuntas on Arecibo, which is about 20 miles north of Adjuntas, as the crow flies. A short stretch of the road that troops will have to follow is ina very bad condition. Practically all our troops will then be in motion in four columns, towards the capital of this island, San Juan de Porto Rico. Gen. Schwan is at Yauco, Gen. Wilson is near Coamo and Gen. Brooke is at Guayama. The Porto Ricans enlisted by Gen. Stone have been engaged with a small Spanish outpost between Adjuntas and Utuado on the road to Arecibo. A skirmish took place Sunday night and during the exchange of shots one Spanish officer was killed. Maj. Gen. Miles, with several troops of cavalry, expects to follow Gen. Henry in a day or two. If peace is promptly declared Gen. Miles will be the first to enter San Jvan, going by the railroad from Arecibo to the Porto Rican capital. In view of the news received here about the progress of the peace negotiations ail the army officers appear to believe that there will be no more fighting. The fleet isin the harbor of Ponce, and Capt. Rodgers, of the Puritan, who is in command, expects orders at any time to proceed to San Juan de Porto Rico. Five Departments Occupied by Americans. Ponce, Porto Rico, via St. Thomas, D. W. L, Aug. 9—The advance of Gen. Miles’ army continues. Five of the departments into which the island is divided are now occupied by the American army of invaders. These departments are Arecibo, with 124,835 inhabitants; Mayaguez, with 116,982; Ponce, with 170,140; Guayama, with 98,814, and Humacao, with 82,251. The movement upon San Juan, the capital, has begun and the beginning of the end of this wonderful campaign is at hand. The American troops are head- ed for Arecibo, which ison the north coast, to the east of San Juan. Itis believed that within ten days the en- tire island will be in possession of the United States forces) There may be one or two battles, but they will be of little importance. A Princess Foully red. London, Aug. 9.—From St. Peters- burg it is reported that a band of thieves entered the residence of Prin- cess Chunkaloff, near Simferopol, cap- ital of the government of Taurida, in the Crimea, foully murdered the prin- cess and two lady companions, stran- gling them in their sleep, and, after pillaging the house of valuables, de- camped. Jones Says We Need No New Issue. St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 9.—Senator James K. Jones, chairman of the dem- ecratic national committee, has come here for a three-weeks’ rest. In an in- terview to-day he said: ‘We shall not need any new party issues in this coun- try until the old ones are settled. Sil- ver will be the issue in 1900.” Shafter’s Report for August 7. Washington, Aug. ¥.—Gen. Shafter’s sanitary report for August 7 is as fol- lows: Total number of sick, 3,445; to talnumber of fever eases, 2,493; total mumber of new cases, 412; total num- ber of fever cases returned to duty, 406; deaths, 11. The president has appointed Johz K. Martin postmaster at Rich Hill, Mo., and Frank P. Stearns at Shaw Bee, Ok. a ~ A MILES’ IIASIN | BENNETT-WHEELER | MERC. 60. | DEALERS IN | Hardware, Groceries, Queens- | ware, Stoves, Farm Ma- chinery, Wagons, Buggies, Road Wagons, Surreys, Grain Drills, Corn Cutters, Pumps, Tinware,Barb Wire, Nails, Woven Wire Hog Fenc- ing, Harness, Flour, Feed, etc. of the celebrated Pleasanton flour and can make you the following lew prices en same: 50 tb Gold band $ 85 50 Tb Klondike 1 00 50 fb Full Moon 110 50 tb Firet premium high pat. 1 20 50 tb Gold medal 115 50 th Golden crown, nigh pat. 1 25 We also have the Kansas Rose we are selling at 75c per sack. We have a large quantity of Pleas- anton shorts and bran on hand and can furnish same in any quantity. Our grocery department is strict- ly up to date and prices lower than ever. We have some first-class cook stoves that we will give you a bar gainin. Will sell you a good No. 8 stove from $10 up. We are unloading another car load of buggies, which makes the third car we have received this year, 80 you can see that we are selling most all the buggies. The reason we are selling so many is that we handle the celebrated Racine buggy with steel corners and are making such low prices that our competitors are not ‘in it.” In wagons we handle the Peter Schuttler, Mitchell, Weber and Clin- ton, and can sell you a good wagon from $50 up. If needing a grain drill don’t fail to see our new Hoosier Disc Drill which does the nicest work of any drill made and will not gather trash like most oth- ers. We also ce!l the Hoosier, Im- proved Indiana, and Clipper Hce drills. Prices from $35 up. If youare going tocutup any corn come in and get one of our Dain corn euttera. It will save you money as well as time. We are headquarters for sulky and gang plows. We handle the Deere, Brad ley and New American. Can sell youa good sulky plow for $30, warranted to do first class work. If needing a new tin roof,spouting or guttering, don’t fail to see our tin- ner, as be is the bestin town, We handle a full line of pumps, windmills. gas pipe and all kinds of fittings and are prepared to do all kinds of plumbing. Remember we pay the highest price for all kinds of country produce in cash as well as trade. Thanking you for the liberal trade you have given us in the past and soliciting a continuance of same, We are yours truly, Bennett-Wheeler Merc. Co. Leaders of low prices. P.S. The fall number of the Furrow is now ready for distribu- tion, so please call and get your paper. Deepwater Items. Mrs. George Callahan is reported on the sick list. Rev. Auld preached at the Jobns- town M.&. church, south, last Sun day at lle. m., but as the weather was so unfavorable he called in his appointment at night. Mrs. Lee Simpson and children, from Waooms, Okla, are visiting her parents and other relatives near Johnstown this week. Jim Jackson, who has been in Granite, Oregon for the past two years came home Saturday. Mrs. W. H. Shelton and daughter visited near Mt. Hope Saturday. Several of the Johnstown people attended the negro picnic at Cliaton the 4th and report a grand old time The social hop and ice cream sup- per given at the residence of Walter Moore was well attended and a good time had by all. W. H. Shelton the public that he will soon be ready to make sorghum at his old Stand and wants his old cusomers to remember him and also as many new ones as feel so disposed. Otto Allison visited his brother George in this community Saturday night. Barney Johnson of near Montrose is reported seriously sick with pneu- monia There will be preaching ut the M. E chureh at Spruce next Sunday, also a basket dinner. Everybody | come and bring well filed baskets and enjoy a grand sermon and good dinner. Jobn Simdeon, who went to Okla- homa in March, came home on a visit. H. P. Callabao with bis grapha.| |phone, visited the residence of his| : : | Grandma last Saturday night and | We have just received a car load| rendered some five music to acrowd| | of young people who hed gathered) there. John Bassett belped move his mother and brother, Horace, to Rockville one day last week. Horace will teach school near that city this winter. Mesdames Anuvie Coleman, Lulu Choate, Millie McCoun and Miss Mollie Oniel visited Mre. D R. Beaty one evening lest week “Rose.” “Virginia Items. We write what we hear the Virginians sey is a Dear Reader, don’t blame us if we bear ‘em sey What happens you. Miss Mattie Sullens of California, is visiting her brother Wim Sullens. Geo Pilgrim and wife of near Mer- win, visited the families of Henry Feebeck and Albert Pilgrim Satur- day and Sunday. Mr Peterson and wife of Amoret, attended church at Virginia Sab- bath. Miss Mattie Cuzick went to Rich Hill Sabbath to attend the institute. Miss Ida Cuzick has been quite sick the past week. Miss Rosa Garner returned from Illinois Friday, where she had fol- lowed the remains of her cousin, Miss Williams who died here a few weeks ago. Mrs H H Flesher and daughter, Miss Leona of Butler, is visiting rel- atives and old neighbors around Vir- ginia fora few days. Prof Parker of east of Butler, has been employed to teach the Nestle- rode winter school. Geo Jenkins left last Friday noon for Chadwick, Christian county, Mo, to see his sister, Mrs V 8 Brown, who is dangerously ill. Lewis Porter Jr, Threshing Co., threshed for A W Simpson Saturday. Sam Hamilton and daughter, Mies Cora, of Welda, Kan, spent Saturday and Sunday with Albert Pilgrim and other relatives. Elder Jones preached at the Chris- tian church Sabbath. The S S was not well attended. There will beaS S picnic Thurs- day August 28th, two miles south of Amsterdam. Mrs Burdet of Butler, is visiting her brother, Henry Feebeck. Mr Metz moved in PM Famuliner’s house the first of this week. Mrs Mike Maloney was able to come to town Monday. She says her time to have the hay fever is near at hand. If her health was better she would take a trip to Michigan, Elbert L Marsh was taken sick last Tuesday and died Sunday. The fu- neral was preached on Monday by Miss Eliza Witherspoon. He was seven years old. There was a large amount of plow- ing done to sow wheat this fall. Most ef the farmers who have been inthe habit of feeding stock, are anxious to buy cattle and hogs. They think the corn will be very low here this fall. It is the best for many yearson the upland; en the riyer bottom south ef Virginia there is no corn, but a large crop of grass, the tallest for years. The country round Virginia is well dotted with hay stacks; large amounts of sugar cane and Kafr corn were sownand is fine. Quite an excitement was caused Sunday by Ben Biggs’ dog, which was supposed to be mad. It ran in John Cuziek’s house, and he had to kill it. Some think it was poisoned or had a distemper fit. Alfred Jackson and Fred Hecka- don passed through Virginia Tues- day morning en route for Linn coun- ty, Kan, to plow for wheat on their new farm. It isa mistake about the repabli- ean chairman appointing the dele- gates, as they held a convention in BF Jenkins’ blacksmith shop, but on account of the rain there were not many present. AAROS. Passaic items. W F Maddy isabout through plow- ing for wheat; he expects to sow about the last of the month. There will be a large acreage sown this fall. wishes to ssy #0| Geo Church is quite sick again. -" was better, but overworked himself and took a relapse. Jot Lotspeich n fleldsin of the 200d, ill not next spring, home me to see Mrs Har! sick for so slowly, Uncle Wm Walls t 1ad avery serious illness, but is able to be « Mrs | m her itagain E Eichler received a letter living in Lafayette She states they had a very hard rain and wind storm. It allthe early corn down; a church was struck by lightning and burned tothe ground. It had been in use by the Methodists and C P.s for the past forty years. Claude Williams came home from Kansas, where he has been for the past year. He reports times good. All the little towns are flooded with immigration from all parts of the world. Heexpectsto go back this falland putin a wheat crop. His brother Reason, met with quite an accident. He had a sharp corn knife in his hand and struck ata fly buzzing around him and cut a very painful gash in the other hand. The social club will meet at John Wright's Aug. 12th. Everybody in- vited. Plenty of lemonade, ice cream and cake, only 10 cents admission. Geo Thompson is out trying to buy mules; he expects to pay a good price for them. Miss Lula Conklin willreturn home with her grandmother to Illinois, where she will remain two years, then goto Ohio and spend a year with her father’s people before re- turning home. Fred Moshier will start for Blue Mound, Kansas, in a few days. Forest Barnett of Rich Hill, is,vis- iting his sister, Mrs J B Rice. His mother and little son have been with Mrs Rice for some time. Geo Walls has a fine new buggy. Mrs Col Sharp and three little daughters will start for Appleton City in a few days to visit her moth- er. The Col. will be lonesome; he will have to do his own cooking, but expects to have a good time. E. fr county. sister blew Extra Session, Says Hanna. Cleveland, O., Aug. 4—Senator M. A. Hanna stated to day that an extra session of congress will un- doubtedty be culled early in the autumn. “The beginning of the end of the war is at hand,” said the senator. “An extra session will have to be called in order to consider the ratifi- cation of the terms of peace. I do not know when President McKinley will assemble congre As far as I knew, no call has been issued for an extra session but it is sure to come soon. “I believe that the negotiatious for peace will be acceptable to both this governiwnent and Spain. The war will s20n be over.” Tbe Suita of Turkey says he is eo much iwpreseed with the terrible execution done by the American war ships at Manila and Santiago that he bas ordered for his own navy, eimilar guns to those used by the victors of these two fights. But the guosalone will not be effective. tis the men behind the guns who count. The Spaniards bad good cannon and so have all the other nations of Europe, but neither Spain or any other na- tion bas men to handle them who equal the Americans. From the war of independence onward the United States gunners bave shown their cuperiority in every conflict in which this country bas been engag- ed ‘he talent which makes the cannon ball go straight to the mark cannot be bought at the gun faeto- ries.—Globe Demoerrt. A Coutinsous Firmmg Squad. New Yerk, Aug) 4—The Wasb- ington correspondent of the New York Evening World saye: Owing to the number of deaths among the volunteer eoldiers at the bospital at Fort Myer a firing squad is kept on duty continually at Arlington cem- etery. The surgeons bave removed jall the typhoid fever patients from | Camp Alger to Fort Myer bospital, | and there is hardly « day paesing in | which there are not ten or fifteen deaths. The firing equad is kept in ithe amphitheater at the cemetery land when # fuserai cortege ap- | proaches the men march down to ithe grave and fire a -olley. The re- | moval of the camp to Manassss is |expected to materially reduce the death rate