The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 17, 1898, Page 6

en, lene i wares Rees AGAINST EXTRA SESSION vise President McKinley Not to Call One. THE MEASUREMENT OF THE EARTH. The Conterence of the Geodetic Assoc elation at Stuttgart Expected to Bear Fruit of Far-Keaching Importance—A Cuban Port—Lafayette Memorial Com- mission Meet at Chicago November 26. Washington, Nov. 15. —There is a di- vision of opinion in the cabinet as to the wisdom of calling an extrasession. It appears that at least two members hold there should be none, if avoida- ble. They advise the president to con- tinue strong military government in the new colonies, until public opinion has crystallized fully as to the best methods for governing the newly-ac- quired territory. These members favor the sending of investigating commissions to Porto Rico and the Philippines, whose report can be held before congress before legislation of a permanent characterisenacted. The are urging the president also to re- frain from making political appoint- ments to the new territories, allowing army officers to serve as fiduciary agents to the government wherever possible. Assistant Secretary Vanderlip of the treasury will leave for Porto Rico ina few days to study personally the fiscal conditions there. Special Agent Har- den, who visited the Philippines for a similar purpose, has arrived at San Francisco on his return trip and will be in Washington to submit his report within another week. The Measurement of the Earth. Washington, Nov. 15.—The work of the International Geodetic association at its Stuttgart conference last month, which is expected to bear fruit of far- reaching importance to the scientific world, is announced by Mr. E. D. Pres- ton, of the United States coast and geodetic survey, who represented this government there and who has just re- turned to Washington. Little pub- licity was given the proceedings of the conference, but an interesting re- port now is about to be meade by Mr. Preston. The prime object of the conference, which was in session October 3 to 12, was the measurement of the earth and action was taken for the measure- ment ofan arc atthe equator. This, taken in conjunction with the meas- urement of an are near the pole now under way by the Swedes and Rus- sians, will throw anew light on the flattening of the earth. The compari- sion of the two measures will make it possible to determine how much shorter the polar diameter is than the equatorial, a knowledge of which important both in the making of maps of great extent and in the solution of many astronomical problems. ‘To Open a Cuban Port. Washington, Nov. 15.—The commerce of the United States probably will have the advantage of a port in west- ern Cuba, where American tariff rates prevail, within a short time. The re- eent action of the cabinet regarding the opening of such a port will be fol- lowed by a request from the war de- partment to the Spanish authorities that a port be abandoned by the Span- ish troops and given up to the Ameri- eans. It is probable that Cienfuegos will be selected for this purpose and that the Spanish authorities will be asked to surrender the port in season for its opening to American commerce on the Ist of December. The Lafayette Memorial. Washington, Nov. 15. — Secretary Robert J. Thompson, of the Lafayette Memoria! commission, upon conference with Commissioner General Peck, has called the Monument commission to meet in Chicago November » Mr. Thompson has been requested by the president to furnish hima report of the school collections on Lafayette day, the 19th of October. The com- mission is anxious that postmasters and public and parchial school officials holding funds should forward at once the amounts on hand to Treasurer Dawes. This should not affect those who may be holding their remittane in order to increase them, as they can continue sending money as they re- ceive it. COAST DEFENSES. Col. Smith Speaks in High Praise of the Means Taken to Protect Our Coast and Harbors from an Enemy. Cleveland, O., Nov. 15.—Col. J. A. Smith, United States government en- gineer, has just returned here after a month’s absence, largely spent in in- specting the Atlantic coast defenses, and especially the harbor defenses at New York, Boston and Portland, Me. He says: Our harbor defenses, while n Bre sufficiently far adva suicidal for a warship of to enter any of these h A great deal of work done, but work is being pt rapidly. Very few people have power and accuracy defenses are purposes. No better can be ‘The works are being rapidly will not be a great w nigh impregnable. Big Fire at Dawson City. Skaguay, Alaska, Noy. 7, toria, B. C., Nov. i .—Returning dikers bring the news that the. city of Dawson has been visited with a $500,- 000 fire, in which 40 buildings were burned. The fire started in the Green Kiox Tree saloon, as the result of a row be-| ¢ tween two women of the town. Belle Mitchell threw a lighted lamp at an-| other woman. The lamp broke, oil spread and the fire startec caused the devastation. th the that Chi ae At Baltimore the extensive factory of the Carr-Lowry Giass Works com-} pany was eis destroyed by fire. Loss, $125, 6 Two Members of the Cabinet Ad-) ican actions in the Philippines. aE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE. Statewent That Mr. McKinley Will Dea: Largely With the War, Navy and New Colonial Problems. | Washir ident Me- Kin'ey is working hard now to be ready for the opening of congress. One of Mr. MeKinley’s close friends is au- thority for the statement that his mes- sage will deal with the currency only in a general w The breach be- tween the senate and house on the money question will, he believes, check the passage of currency leg tion at least until after the new con- gress convenes. Besides, there are matters resulting from the war which will require immediate action and oc- cupy the time of the period of con- gress. The recommendations thus far decided upon by the president in his message are: First—The increase of the regular crmy tc to empl the Philippines. Second—The increase ance with th tary of the nav ed me and better warships Third—The bu 9 government h of the navy in accord- vision of the system of internal t; Spain has made so odi Fifth—That each of th treated as in d over th Sixth—Th for Porto Ric islands come into p with them af must be st NO REVISION NOW. framing of adeq the Philippine ts of the ¢ of the Un s, and zzling collection of laws which ntened out by legislation nds will Chairman Dingley, Author of the Present Tariff Law, Says the Government Will Need All the Money It Can Get. Washington, Nov. 15.—The Washing- ton Post states that the war taxes will not be abolished at the coming short session of congress, and that there will be no revision of the tariff what- ever. It bases this announcement upon the positive statement made yesterday by Chairman Dingley, of the ways and means committee, who, in an interview, said: The ernment will need for some time all the revenue produced by the war taxes. Dur- ing the month of October the war expenditures e ceeded the war revenue by some 414,000,000, this month they will be #10,000,000 in ex- cess. This being the case, there will be no changes at least this fiscal year. The war rev- enue act will continue in force and unchanged, except, perhaps, in a few minor administrati features, for at least a year longer. Itis hardly necessary to add that there will be no rev sion of the tariff, although [I have seen some statements to the effeci that such a re- vision is contemplated. This session is limited to three months, he said, and that short period mainly occupied in passing the appro- in enacting new laws for the nd in deciding upon the leg! tion ne y for the government of F In addition to these important matters, usual number of rou From the well under way before the treaty with Spain will be laid before the s nd the ratification of that document may not be a complished long before the 4th of March rives. the tine matters will arise. present outlook, the session will be of peac r- Sentiment Against Extra Session. Topeka, Kan., Nov. —It is reason- ably safe to assert that there will be no extra session of the legislature in Kansas thi ear. Gov. Leedy last night held a conference with 40 or 50 fusion leaders who are believed to fairly represent the feeling of the party in the matter. While both sides of the proposition were presented forcibly, the sentiment of the confer- ence seemed so strongly against the proposed special session that it is be- lieved the last has been heard of the agitation. W. ©. 4. U. Temple Abandoned. St. Paul, Minn., Nov. —The W. C. T. U. national convention decided by a vote of 287 to 71 to abandon that temple project as an affiliated interest. Five hours of animated, vigorous and occasionally bitter and personal de- bating was necessary before the vote was reached. The opposition to this action declared it was an act of repudi- ation of a moral obligation and fought every inch of ground, but most of the leaders were against them and carried their point. Favors for Late War Veterans. Washington, Nov. 15.—Secretary Long has completed that portion of his annual report recommending to congress that it amend the civil serv- ice laws so as to permit preference to be shown to applicants for appoint- ments who have served in the Spanish war. Preference is now shown to civil war veterans, but the secretary feels that such preference should now be extended to those who participated in the recent struggle. Austria Shows Friendly Spirit. Washington, Nov. 15. —The state department has received formal notifi- cation that Austria-Hungary is about to raise its legation in Washington to the rank of an embassy. This gov- ernment is invited to co-operate in we good will thus displayed by Emperor Francis Joseph and to raise the United States at Vienna to a similar rank. Important Newspaper Change. fferson City, Mo. Nov. 15.—The announcement made that Edward W. Stephens, the Columbia (Mo.) Herald, purchased all of the in-| teres he late Henry W. Ewing in| the Tr e Printing company of this that he will reorganize the ny and take charge of the prop- med Je is of Fifty-five Vessels Building. Washington, Nov. 15.—A statement epared by Commodore Hichborn, chief of the construction bureau, shows that on November 1, the navy | e country vessels, han ever undertaken | of the country. Complaint from Hong Kong Filipinos. Hong Kong, Nov. atives of G F pino government here »p what they designate ident McKinley and can people,” but what is ia ather an arraignment of Amer- | jing | | gating Commission About the Campaign at Santiago. He had observed ca tion for the disembarking troops before the expedition had concluded that they were inadequate. There was no prepara- tion for landing in the face an enemy other than that which the nav might furnish. of He was questioned at some ec erning the con of the cam- gnin frontof San o, and replied that the result was at he expected it would be. Everything there, he said, wasstrained to get men on board, and consequently there was little fort to secure equipment. xed as to his opinion of the result of the cam- paign, he said he thought it would have been different if Gen. Miles had been in command—that it would have been more satisfactorily conducted. -Gov. Woodbury s battle in front of San fought and the victory won eight days of landing. Gen. ridge in reply said the been won “when Gen. To: gave out. ef- ggested that the Juan had been within Breckin- victory had ’s nerve This, he continued, had been the war of all others when suc- cess has been won in the earliest stages. He believed that the war was the Lord’s war and that this wonder- ful success was due to His supervision. While he considered the result as mar- velously commendable, he did not feel that Gen. Shafter was above criticism in the conduct of the campaign. He could not believe the result was a mir- acle, but he ascribed the outcome to the fact that the army was one which was capable of meeting all calls. Resuming his remarks of a general character, Gen. Breckinridge expressed the opinion that there had not been enough fighting to obseure other re- sults common towar. He thought the evils which had been experienced we inevitable under our American system. He condemned this system as most reprehensible and said the volunteer soldier must alv suffer the worst of the consequences. “If the regular stands up under it better than the vol- unteer it is only because he has had time to adjust himself to the unfavor- able conditions, He traced all the trouble to the want of preparation and mobilization in time of peace, and that, in turn, to the failure of con- gress to appropriate the necessary money for reforms. Replying to a question from Mr. Woodbury, he said that ‘considering the system he thought the government had done far better in its conduct of the war than anybody had expected and just about one-fourth as well as it should have done.” Gen. McCook asked Gen. Breckin- ridge if he had visited Gen. Shafter in his tent when the latter was ill at Santiago, and Gen. Breckinridge re- plied that he had doneso. “Did he then offer the command of the army to you, as has been reported in the pres: i very much prefer not to answ question. You should ask Gen. Shaf- ter.” Capt. Robert W. Dowdy, who was master of transportation at Montauk point, stated that at the beginning of the history of the camp the supply of tcansportation facilities was inade- quate, though they were afterwards improved. While there had been much criticism of the railroad running to the camp he thought it had answered the demands upon it very satisfactori- ly. Hes there was not a sufficiency of ambulances, but that there were enough of them to carry all sick sol- diers who were not able to walk. It was not true that these vehicles had been used for purposes other than those for which they were intended and the newspaper stories to the contrary were made out of whole cloth. He described the strike of the carpenters at the camp and said that many of the men at first employed were tramps and utterly worthless. DEATH ON THE RAIL. Twelve Passengers Killed or Fatally In- jured by a Collision on the Grana Trank Rallroad. Kingston, Ont., Nov. 15.—The Grand Trunk railway express, fr for Toronto, collided with tr: near Murray Hill last night Twelve passengers were killed or fa- tally injured. Twent passengers, most of them being in the Pullman cars, were more or less seriously hurt. The accident occurred at a place called the Diamond crossing, about two mi from Trenton. he express, was due at Trenton at 5:35 a m., ran into an open switch and dashed into | the freight train. Favorable Conditions at Manila. w ashington, Nov. 15.—The follow- patch has been received at the war department from Gen. 9 Hea th ty competent female nurses who give | | = threshed a nice crop of wheat. /almost impossible to recognize him. Strict attention to work would render | beneficial services. a FCKNAIGE' SVEN Inspector Gezeral Tells the Investi- THE WAR BELIEVED TO BE THE LORD'S. | asually the prepara- the eft and quite | length A AP Clark had $25 bushels of oats Virginia Items. lw 130 bushels of flax seed. write what we bear the Virginians say is | Since our last issue Thomas Pur- ee | dy’s child was buried, ursday | three more of the family are ” | quite sick with malarial fever. Kirney Worley and Wm Stilwell say they are going to enlist in the | regular army. They expect to goto St. Louis with Dade Worley when he returns. Walter Shields has an extension to his furlough. This will give him 90 ader, don’t bl at happens y< me KC still ev Hulet we Tt of last week. | Roadmaster Durst is |road work. | Virgil Jenkins and |J Park left Thursday of last week |for Armstrong county, Texas, where | Mr and Mrs Jenkins will do the cook- ing for a large stock ranch. finishing the} wife and Mrs A Gen. Shafter's ane of the Campais=| ‘The election was yery quict at Vir-|days at home. Carats ot Mecting ail Caite—amertese |Sinia last Tuesday 96 not voting that| Sproul & Miller. grocers at this System Condemned—tapt. Doway Tes-|COUld be accounted for. The demo-| Place want to buy 2,000 bushels tifles About Transportation. | crats are one ahead on state tieket, | Corn; also all kinds of country pro- : : they had 53, republicans 52. The | duce. : ,_ Washington, Nov. “| populist vote on representative in| There will be a box supper in con- ds 2al i he canmpaien 1 1004, 108; int 80, nT. Miss Mary Campbell, a missionary to-day It dealt with the campaign * > » s in Cuba and the transportation of |and the world still moves on. who has been in India for the past troops tothat island. He had, he said, Ned Maloney reported very sick! fifteen years. It will be a rare treat gone to Cuba as inspector general, ar-| Saturday with congestive chill. tohear her; everybody come out, riving at Tampe on the’ 9th of Jnue-| 5, Cline of Lee Summit, has been | Mulberry U, P. church, Monday night working round Virginia for several | Nov. 21st. "__Mosss. daysin the interest of the Baker] Yor a good air tight coal heater Medicine Co, of there is no stove that can equal the Grandma Forsy Moores air tight, a stove that will heat the floor as well as the ceiling, at her and a firet class fire keeper as well daughter Mrs now ge Thompson's, where she ex-| as heater Frayk Saute & Son. | pects to spend the winter. - Will Requa, of east of Butler, ATTACKED BY A LION. preached at the M Echurch Sabbath in place of the pastor, WT Pyle, who Show Manager Narrowly Escapes Being is holding a meeting at Summit. ms to P i Ed Dudley and wife visited rela- Torn to Pieces. tives near Passaic last week. Kansas City, Mo, Nov. 11— ank C. Bostick, manager of the Hagenback Winter Show, recently opened here, was seriously injured to-day by the big lion Brutus. One of the lionesses, Spitfire, was ugly and wculd not perform. Bostick jumped into the cage, and while whipping the licness to make her obey the big male jumped on his back. Only the quick work of Mme Andrew Simpson turns the ground with a new riding plow. S E Jones is hauling coal in a new wagon. Dave Jackson i sick with fever. Mrs Morton Jenkins and two chil- dren, of Beatrice, Neb., her father, Ben C place. reported quite are visiting umiford, of this Geo Thompson, and Jas. TA Wright, Geo. Crooks, Peter Denning and >, i a Peter Jundy dehorned cattle at Andy | Pianka, the lion tamer, eaved his Simpson’s Monday. life. She fircd a blank cartridge Query? Aftera young man prom-|into the lion’s face and then hung ises to marry a young lady and some other girl goes with him, is she not going with another hus- band? J J Wolfe lost a last week by being cut on a barb wire. JS Pierce of Butler, was our city Monday looking after the inter- est of the Continental Insurance Co. Don’t forget the supper at the M E ehurch Wednesday night, Nov. 23d. The congress at Grandview school n to his neck, while Bostick ttag- gered out of the cage. His left leg, left thigh and loins are horribly io carcerated, and from one thigh a chunk of flesh as Jarge us a base bal! was torn away. ‘he attending phy sician says he will recover. however, unless blood poisoning should set in. The lions today were taken from a to circular woman’s good horse in fquare cage a house meets every Friday night and |¢cage for the performance and the they are having a good time. change made them ugly. The man. CH Morrison has advanced over agemert has never been able to give Lash Graves inthe practice of law!» ghow iu the circular cage without in the Amoret court in the gpecieess troubie Claude Downey against Lucius Gard- ner for threats before Squire Crooks We are still in the market for last Thursday. C H Morrison, attor- ney for Gardner, tried the case once, the divorce that now pending in circuit court. We have not learned whether C W Wolfe, delegate to road convention, is going or not. your chickens, eggs, butter or any thing you haveto seil, and will at all times pay you the highest market price in cash or merchandise. Frank Smits & Son is Boy Dies of Hydrophotna, AARON. Sedalia, Mo, Nov —Thomas SeeeS Moore, the 7-year-old son of E. J Passaic Items, Mocre of this city, was bitten two Mrs Harris, who lives on the Hall weeks ago by a supposed mad dog. farm, east of Passaic Yesterday the boy was seized with has gone to East Tennessee to see her father; i she will be absent several months. |CO2Vulsions aod frequently barked She has not seen her father and|like a dog and endeavored to bite his attendants. Dr. W. J. Ferguson said the boy had a well defined case of bydropbobia and all efforts to save his life were unavailing. He idied at midnight last night after the most intense and pitiful sufferings. The father of the boy is a member of company I of the second regiment, Missouri volunteers. mother for twenty years. R M Wilcox has put a new roof on his barn. Lucy Eichler has gone to Warrens- burg to attend the Norinal. W F Maddy is preparing a new barn on his farm. Bro Wooldridge preached his first sermon to the Passaic people last Sunday toa large and appreciative audience. The ladies of the Christian church intend giving an oyster supper on Thansgiving evening for the benefit of Bros Lotspeich, their pastor. The Southern Methodists expect to commence a protracted meeting on the first Monday in December. Ev- erybody get ready by that time to come and have aglorious revival. We are giad to state that our brother, whe has been sick for eral monts, is some better. Ben Wallis sold 500 bushels of corn jto R. M. Wilcox for 25¢ a bushel, to | be delivered at Passaic. | The Bates Co. Elevator at this j Place is paying from 23 to 25e per bu { | to erect In Oak stoves we have the cele- brated Supsrior aud Gem, which for style of finish, good mounting can vot be excelled by any stove in the market and at prices to suit every one. Frask Sura & A Rale That Works Both Ways An exchange say+: Inasmuch as you would like to have your home paper be a good local paper, just reflect a moment and see how much local news you have furnished fcr| your paper As you would like that your home paper speak a good word | about you, also reflect and eee bow) many gocd words you have spoken! for the paper; or do you suppose} editors are foola and do rot notice these things’ sev- for corn, according to quality. Corn husking isthe order of the | day. All are anxious to get through j setae cold weather sets in. Uncle Wm Walls is having the roof | of his house repaired, and flues fixed Minister Kiiled by Tratr. | and two or; MARKET REPORTS, City So city y tire sta Cattle— ey) ug iow ond wereld \ so 5 calves | EP AND SMLPPING STEERS Price \N NATIVE RRUFERS ‘a -1,061 84.25 1. i 1 ass | 1 Becceeceeee CHO 350 a. NATIVE COW 136 12.60 S15 16 Hows 2, shipped yest 220. ‘The market was 10c lower. ‘The following = are sentative sales 40... 1 Sheep—Rec shipped yesterday, 1,512 The market was steady to The following are representative sales? 10 N. lms + 9495.40 | 20 N, ims... 80 A15 |e 08 415 . 8 32 Stock. Cattle—Receipta, 3,000; rket steady to slow; native shipping steers, #4.00@5.25; light and dressed beef and butcher teers, 13.60@5.10; stockers and feeders, 8285 435; cows and heifers, #2002450; Texas and Indian steers, $270@385; cows and heifers, Receipts, #500; market 5 to 10c lower; yorkers, #3 15@3.30; packers, 83 30@3 45; butehe ers, $3.49@3.50. Sheep—Receipts, 1,200; market lower; nae tive muttons, #3.75@4.25; lambs, 4.60@3.50 Chicago Live Stock. Noy. 15.—Cattle—Receipts, 4,000; market steady; beeves, $4.00@5.60; cows and heifers, #1.75@4.50; Texas steers, @275@400; westerns, 43.00G1.50. s—Receipts, 40,000; market fairly active, Sto 0c lower; light, €3.10@3.45; mixed, 50; heavy, &.15@3.50; rough, 6% 153.25 33.50@150, stockers and feeders, Sheep—Receipts, 15,000; market steady to strong; natives #2 60@4.60; westerns, 83. 10G4.50; lambs, #8 75@5.80. te @ in and Provisions. lopes oat, n'st|Low (Closing Wh't 66 66s Corn a at B35 Oats cal aa os Pork 7% 7% se Lard 480 40 4 oe Ribs 4a 4h Ke Nov. 15,—Wheat-—RKeceipts here to-day were 16} cars; a week ago, year ago, 91 cars. No}, 124 cars; o jos by sample on track: nominally 61% 76240; No, 2 bard, No. 3 hard, 58%4@69%e; No.4 hard, rejected hard, 514 @! Soft, 3 red, 61@33e; No. 4 red 5844 @S9Gos nominally 54%4@5s) Spring, No. 3 spring, 54@30c: ro- Corn —Receipts here to-day were cars; @ week ago, 51 cars; @ year ago, 87 cars. Sales by sample on track: Mixed, No. 8% D29% No. ee 4 mix nomi- nally White, No. W4@2%4e; No. 8 white, nominally 28% 4 white, nominally Oats—Receipts here to-day were 8 cars; & week ago, 4 cars: a year ago, 4 ¢ sample on tra No. 4 mixed, Rye nally Hay—Receipts here to-day were 12 cars; week ago, 32 cars: a year ago, 17 cars. Quota- tions are: Choice prair: No. 1, 6.25 67 thy, choice, #7.00. Clover, #6. 00@6.50, Alfa 00. Kansas City Produce. y ov. 15.—Eggs—Strictly fresh, Extra fancy separator, 20%e; firsts, 15 fancy, 160; country store packed, Ile; packing stock, dal Hens, Se: broilers, 6%¢c; medium roosters, old, I5e each; young de; ducks, 6c; geese, 6c; turkeys, 8¢5 jc per doz rown, #2.5093.09 per bbL Hon Vegeta s. #130 per bu. Lima Onions. red globe, 40@500 globe, #1.00 per bu. Cabbage, Be per doz Celery, W@ASe 1.0) per ¢ Squash, home grown, 5@%e rown, 25c per ba Cot Of Their Kations Kan., Nov. 15.—Maj. Wood- an agent for the Arapahoes, after a new schoolhouse had been built old White Shields, of the Moon branch of the Cheyennes, re- volted and persuaded many Indians to Wi keep their children from school. By order of the Indian commissioner their rations were cut off, which brought them at once to obey treaty rules. nd on the Trac Coffe Kan., Nov. —Nathan Sheffield, a wealthy cattleman, was found dead Iron Mountain railroad trac railes south of this city The body had been run over by the train and muti- lated. is strong evidence that | getting ready for winter. His wife red and his jhas returned home from her visit Macon, Mo, Nov. 11—A fast} placed on the railroad track to bag reports a good time. E. | mail train on the Santa Fe run over| up the crime. | EU Te and crushed the life out of Rev W A Fancy Price for = Sea\ | s oe | H. Brown just weet of Ethel sester-| Bases pact sae Rae ft |__ Electon over—democrats elected day. His home was in Evelyn, a 5 rday 28,000, the highest price |throughout. It went off very quiet. Il vill t of Ethel d i ars. The advane [Wolly one husired not out. HOG|o Oe ee " b iias bese dna todo ti Clark led the way here as well as had been at the latter plecs attend | street business and the over the county. We wish him well. jing to some business, baving walked | prosperous condition of affairs in the Hope he will prosper in his good|over,and was going back on the work as he has done in the past. railroad track. He had been : Mrs H B Francis is stillon the sick |qu ite deaf for a number of years! list; she has taken a relapse and the} doctor was called in again. jand it is supposed he did not heer Threshing has been the order of |the train approaching. His body the day fora week or so. DR Bra-| was mengled so badly that it was financ A “Katy” 5 Station a Agest Held Up. Savannah, I -The sta tion of the ilway here was held up ye ening by two robbers. Ab e company’s money, $50 personal money and a gold watch was taken from the agent Lhey rode horses south irom the sta tion, .