The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 1, 1898, Page 2

ene eRstsnsitimadin sensi — " = WHO HAS BLUNDERED IN CARING FOR OUR TROOPS? Responsibility for Crue! Conditions to Be Fixed.—Only Twelve to Attend to Commissary Affairs. Washington, D. C.. Aug. 25.—The question of who has blundered in the case of the American troops at Santiago, at Tampa, at Montauk Point, et Chickamauga, at Camp Alger and at Fernandino is to be officially inyestigated. The complainis have been numerous to be passed without! action. Unless the officials of the| Administration at once begin the! investigation, and a thorough one at that, it is certain that congress will take the matter in hand as soon as it meets. There will be no immediate pres- sure for an answer as to the State camps or as to the Porto Bican cam peigo, which seems to have gone well It will be sufficient for the present if Secretary Alger and Gen. Shafter will tell why there was such bitter and cruel failure in the handl- ing ef the army of 29,000 at San- tiago There is an opinion that the great problem of assembling an army of 280,000 men throws no mantle over neglect in handling and caring for the 20,000 men at Santiagv. They were sacrificed at Santiago, and they are now suffering at Montauk Point. The ball of blame has been tossed from one government official to an- other. Shafter has cabled defenses of himself, and Alger has arraigned the Generals and Colonels because they cried out for the men. Figures secured from Commissary General Eagan reveal the amazing fact that the Commissary Depart- ment is composed of only 22 regular officers It is due to Gen. Eagan to say that he desires to have all the facts published in connection with his department. Five of these 22 men are on staffs and two are in Washington. One ie old, another ill and the third is in Manila. This leaves 12 men of the regular establishment under orders from Gen. Eagan to do the work of distributing 111,000,000 rations is sued since the beginning of the war Only one of these men was at Santi- ago—Commissary Wheaton. He was assisted by Commissary Henry, who was a volunteer. They did the best they could. Commissary Henry was shot while in the fighting line distributing supplies. This left one man under orders of General Eagan. After earnest representations, eight volunteer Majors and twelve volunteer Captains were added to the Commissary Corps. They were under the orders of General Eagan, but in many cases they were so new to the work as not to be able even to make out a requisition. It is contended that the Secretary too arrived in Santiago in a weakened | |eondition and ill disposed toward HONEST food that was not tempting. | z 3 The choosing of Tampa was | scat mistake, made with the idea that the! sea distance to the battlefield should | |beas short as possible. This lack} | of foresight has marked the Montauk | preparations. The conclusion forces | itself upon one that there was gross | incompetency in fitting out the San-/ | tiago expedition, and that there was | /an incompetent force in the trans-)| |portation department, ss in other} branches of the service. | MAD ANIMALS RUN WILD. Brings honest customers. The kind we are catering for and continuance of this honest advertising builds up a good trade—that is, a trade composed of people who continue to trade at eur store mainly because they know that it pays them and partly because they have gotten used to the store. Good will has never been built other than with hon- | esty and enterprise and by | conducting the business | along lines acceptable to | the customer. i Would rather give money | back for an empty bottle than havea dissatisfied cus- tomer. That is our method of business. HoH. L. TUCKER, Prescription Druggist, BUTLER, MO. People Terror-Stricken Plague of Hydrophobia. Salina, Kan., August 24 —News reached here to day of an unprece dented hydrophbobia plague at Digh- ton, Lane couaty. A number of horses, cows and hogs are afflicted and Mrs. Maude Marlin, cousin of Miss Mabel Mar- lin, superintendent of schools in this county, was knocked down by a mad cow and painfully but not seriously injured. The plague. was started by a mad dog biting ite owner’s cow and all the dogs in town except two. The mad cow was killed and the county commissioners were called together in special session to take steps to dispose of the dogs. The cemmissioners ordered that all afflicted dogs be killed by the administration ef chloroform. The animals were captured and drugged, but when the time for burial arrived it was discovered that two of the dogs had recovered from the effects of the drug and escaped. In their madness they ran all over the town and almost created a panic. Ten horses belonging to one man were bitten and have gone mad. A num- ber ef cows and hogs were also Dighton North Side Square, es WILD DRIVE. Chained Insane Woman Escapes Her Keeper With a Team, and No Trace of Her or the Horses Can Be Found. Columbia, Mo., Aug. 24.—With her feet chained together and heavily lashivs a spirited team of horses Eva South, an insane woman, escap ed from her keeper here Monday night and has not yet been found The woman is a daughter of R-v. H. South, a minister of Fayette, Mo She r-cently became se violently in sane that it was determined to send her to the asylum at Fulton, Mo. Monday night William Jackson of Fayette srrived in Columbia with the insane woman, bound for Fulton. bitten. They were in a wagon, and the The son of Frank Maple was|wom.n’s feet were securely fastened bitten on the arm and his parents |together witha chain, but she was allowed free use of her hands. Jack- son stopped in front of a restaurant, and, hitching, the team toa post, went inside to get supper, leaving the woman alone outside. While awaiting his the woman called a passing negro and asked him to unbitch the team. Sus- pecting nothing, he did so, and she then engaged bim to drive her, as she said, to the Columbia flour mill, achort distance away. The negro started the team, and they bad pro ceeded but a short distance, when the woman sprang up and shrieked: “Drive for your life; drive for your life; lash the horses; my feet are tied and I am pursued by enemies ” Jobuson became frightened and leaped from the wagan, and the woman seized the rains She plied the whip with terrific energy and screamed at the horses. They, frantic with fear and pain, dashed along the road at lightning speed, and were goon lost in the took him to a madstone at Great Bend. The stone stuck to the wound twelve hours altogether, six hours and twenty minutes at one time. It is not yet known whether the bite will prove fatal. The mad cattle are attacking other animals and it is not knowa where the plague willend. An effort is being made, however, to wipe it out by killing the afflicted animals. The town is in a state of intense excitement. Bob Taylor's Forget-Me-Nots. Long after the poet governor of Tennessee shall have passed away, bis portrait takes its place on the silent walls of the capitol library, his speeches will live as the personi- fication of perhaps the sweetest sen timent and soul touching melody of all oratorical literature The fol lowiog poem in blank verse is an ex- tract from a lecture recently deliv- ered by Gov. Taylor in Atlanta: “I heard a great master play on a return ‘tines that had before been Se ere mostly by touriste. The a 2220O604-00-0-4 04-000000-06-00 60-04-9000. 00-0) 0.00 O00 00-0 9 19000.0000 000000000006 of war should have so presented to| wondrous violin; his bow quivered Congress the possible exigencies as |like the wing of a bird; in every not to have the Commissary Depart-|quiver there was a melody, and ment dependent for the feeding of|every melody breathed a thought gathering darkness Word was sent to all the neigh- boring towns to be on the loekout 280,000 soldiers upon the manage- ment of 12 regulars and 20 volun teers. Thus the food—the part of it that was uoloaded—was thrown upon the beach, with only two men to receive it. Then came confusion. General Shafter seemed to forget that there was anything to do except land men. The subsistence stores that were not landed were in many cases re- turned to Old Point or to New York, just as they were laden. The mon bad to shift for them. selyes. Thera was no lack of food. The total am t of food sent to Tampa was 6,000,000 ra The amount that reached Santiago was over 2,500000 ons. These rations went army, which it took only 70,000 rations a day to feed C ary Wheaton, wh im with the was at his report to General ere was never a day that there was not ac much as 60,000 surplus rations on the fighting In proof of this he says the 18,000 refugees came from San-/ musician can equal, tiago they found plenty of food} strument, this sentiment in words awaiting them. | he would quickly make his fortune. At Tampa troops were mercilessly | crowded in vessels fur days. This wag partly due to lack of railroad facilities, there being only two little and searching parties have traversed in language sweeter than was ever the country, but so far no trace of uttered by human tongue. I was conquered; I was mesmerized by his music, I fell asleep under its power, and was wrapt into the realm of visions and dreams. The en chanted violins poured out its sweetest soul, and in its music I thought I heard the rustle ofa thousand joyous wings, and a burst of song from a thousand joyous throats. Mocking birds and linnets They have vanished as completely as if the earth had opened and swallowed them up Sayed By a Dog Decatur, Ala, Aug. 24.—The sec- ond attempt was made Monday night to poison the family of Reve- nue Collector John E. Logwood, filled the glad air with warblinge: oe re yang ee ngsRaT thrushes, goldfinches and bobolinks | si s = gece tated a : : jcaught near Nashville a few days trilled their bappiest tunes, and the! ate : ._|ago and jailed at Athens, together oriole sang a lullaby to her hang 2g} with i ae fag a3 jcradle that rocked in the wind. I : Se ee ee jheard the twittering of skimmieg | sw lows and the scattered covey's | Piping call; I heard the rok | whistle, the croaking of | her accomplice. Monday night ¥ cook was i by Mrs. Logwood, and sat og. which had been g an just down to sur scolding of blue jays an e n- } \ | RUT ete enced to howl, and in jcholy coo of a dove The sway-! died. Th < i - es died. e new cook jing tree tops seemed vocal with } =u | was arrested and, with an | birdsong while he played and the a a vant, put labarinths of leafy shade echoed the : jai’, making f the crime. A I cbarged with | chorus.” ees : cS p jguard is aroun ail, s The only comment which could th : tk reget, 2 | x ee 8 2 people in the county are g 1 at when | be offered upon this is that if any! aS : a igh satecierd _” jereited, and a lynchihg is feared at in song orin any moment for an investigation of the methods the captain of the Indiana declares |! tee war department. They will that in the report of Cervera’s defeat/™ake public facts and statistics Proper credit was not given his ship | about Santiago. In a letter to Admiral Sampson the woman or team has been found. | Miles and Roosevelt are anxious | | AGAINST ALLIANCE. | Stanley Writes Opposing Anglo-Amer- | ican Union | Chicago, Ill, Aug. 24.—Henry M. Stanley, the famous explorer, journ- jalist and author, once an American citizen and now a member of tbe {English House of Commons, has | placed himself on record as opposed |to an Anglo-American alliance. In a letter received by Major J. B |Pond frem France, Mr. Stanley }openly discoureges any agreement between the twonationg. The letter says With regard to the Anglo-Amer |ican alliance—it is a good thing and ja natural thing for both nations to make a league of friendship; but the | necessity for that is not imperative on either side. with the world, though she frets herself now and then. America bas her enemy at her mercy and nobody is going tointerfere with her. Where is the need for this hurry” “The two nations are gravitating together and true friendship cannot be forced. “Wisdom suggests we leave the feeling to grow and solidify If either country were in distress that would be tbe time tv breathe more life into that spirit of friendship and kindliness which we know exists and bring the reserved and proud people together but today there is no neees- ity for either nation to think practi cally about the matter. One is fat and is proud, with its Bank of Eng- land and its big navy. iu a quiver of delight over Manilla aud Santiago, and the glorious he- roes, Dewey, The time is not suitable for speak- ing of alliance. If you Americans come out of that continent and take cerne, you will know bezter what an | alliance means.” Henry M. Sranrey. Were Starying. A special to the Chronicle from Seattle, Wash., tells of the terrible experience of Joseph Bolten of St. Louis and Albert Swanson of Chica- | goin the Klondike. For thirty days they were lost in the Stickeen river country, and lived en bugs, frogs, grass and tree bark. On the thirtieth day the little steamer, Monte Oristo, paseed and took them aboard, living ekeletons and almost insane from hunger. Neither could speak and both were gray haired although Swanson is a young man They bad started with two years provisions to explore the Stickeen river. When they had gone a con- siderable distance their boat was overturned and all their provisions lost Captain Clark, former commander of the Oregon, was given an ovation when he landed from the auxiliary cruiser St. Paul at Cramps’ shbip- yard, Philadelphia. He left on the noon train for New York, where he entered the naval hospital. His principal ailment is dysentery. The Successful Remedy for Nasal Catarrh must be non irritating, easy of ap- |slication, and one that will by its own action reach the inflamed and | diseased surfaces. Exy’s Creaw Baru combines the | important requisites of quick action and specific curative powers with perfect safety to the patient. This tarrh as nothing else hae, and both physicians and patients freely con |cede this fact. All druggiste cheer- | fully acknowledge that init the acme |of Pharmaceutical skill bas been | reached The most distressing |Symptoms quickly yield to it. In acute cases the Balm imparts almoat instant relief. A Repub! mittee has reported to a Republican Governor that a Republican canal ring has “diverted” over $2.50 of the people's money in less than a yeaa And after ten days the canal ring is still in office, with only vague and Janguid prepsrations te look about and eee whether there is any Peal necessity for making some sort of attempt at criminal proceedings | some day or ether.—N. Y. World. } } | come together and sbeke bands and | England is at peace | The other is | Schley and Shafter.|®@*t January the probabilities are your share of the Old World's con-| agreeable remedy has mastered ca-| Gloomy Outlsok. St. Louis Republic. Facts and figures sbow that the republican party was never in more desperate straits in Missouri than at present. Exclusise of St. Louis the party has no assurance of carrying 12 counties in the state Judging from the way the vampaign is shap ing itself, 3t would be a very liberal estimate to give the Republicans 30 and eight of the next general assembly out of the 147 compose that members of the house members iu the senate members who will body. In all the large territory lying south of the Missouri river exclusive of St. Louis, the republicans count with carrying only | Franklin, Gasconade and St. Louis jeounties. They may carry Osage, | Ozark, Polk aud Stone counties, but | certainty on | the chances are against them and | they are almost certain to lose Ben-} ton, Cape Girardeau, Christian, | Crawford, Dallas, Hickory, Taney and Wright by decisive votes Even if they carry every one of the 165 representative districts in St. Louis, something that is deemed impossible, they still will ba so com pletely in the minority as scarcely to attract any attention in the general assembly. Of the 34 members of the senate 18 are to be elected this fall. In all probability the republicans will elect tbree of this numbex, two in St. Louis aud one in the fourth district. | In the eighteenth and twentieth dis- tricts the democrats fand populists have formed a fusion and the repub- licans willlose both of these. When | the general assembly is reorganized the republicans will fiad they have eight votes in senate and about 30 in the house. | Big Monitors Ordered North. Washington, D. C., Aug. 25.—The | Big Four monitors, Terror, Puritan | Milantonomoh and Ampbitrite, and | the cruiser Montgomery have been ordered north by the Navy Depart ment to Newport, R.I. It has been thought the monitors will be used in the large ports of Cuba and Porto Rico, but it has now been decided to hold them north. The Miantono- moh is at Dry Toriugue and the others are in West Indian waters The extreme heat has told severely on officers and men of the monitore, these craft having very limited ac- eommodations above deck. The Hewaiian commission arrived at Honolulu on schedule time August 17, and immediately got down to work. The first business sessio2 was held in the old Throne Room of the executive building. A Strong Fortification. 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