The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 2, 1899, Page 3

President Responsible for Crisis m Philippines, fashington, D. C, Jan. 15 —The ing ranks of anti-expansionists jred a notable accession to-day Representative Henry Jobnson fodiana. one of the foremost Jican orators of the house, away from party lines and bliely excoriated the President of Usited States for his double ling policy. Because of the nar- fa policy of the republican majority Johnson was compelled to ask courtesy of the democrats in to be beard. An hour’s time given him and he employed it yo make clear four points. They President is op in the ippines by refusing to say ther or not this country iaterded feep the islands or in time te ‘om the natives to organize a gov- sment of their own. fecond—That any ircrease in the army was but the opening »in the era of imperialism, which for its first objective the subju- ofa foreign people battling their inalienable right of self- oment. Third—That expansion on the mapped out by the President t taxing the people of the ited States for the yearly mainte sof the military establishment this republic, a sum enormously excess of the military army of y monarchial government of the ld world Fourth—That the lives which may Cape sacrificed in the Philippines be of the imperialistic plans of + Bie President and his advisers would murder, not punishable under the tutes, but murder nevertheless, directly chargeable to a Presi who would not open bis mouth wy whether a people were to be mame or made slaves by the ,overn t of the United States. Mr. Johnson's castigation of the ministration was the bitterest that yet been made on either side. hb was made calmly and withcut ion on the part of the brilliant Upoung republican from Indiana. He id that he knew what it meant politically, but, that he could not ubordinats his principles and con science to the party lash or to party He defied any administration der to deny that the President miemplated forcibly annexing the ppive Islands, and throughout day not one republican attempt da specific denial A PERTINENT QUESTION Cou'd it be “criminal aggression,” asked, to annex Cuba and not Mtiminal aggression” to annex the lippines? It was true the natives alien in race, Janguage and bits of thought, and therefore the JMole echeme was to hold them as in had held her colonies in times as England holds hers now, led over by military eatraps. They ight not be as capable as we for government, said Mr. Johnson ith biting sarcasm. They might i be able to corrupt legislatures order to hold dishonored seats in mate as we were. ‘They might not bs able to decide contested election 888 according to party considera pong, instead of their merite, as we 3 they might not be able to : ice fraud at elections. They Amght be lacking in all these essen- Mattributes of republicanism, but Were capable of constituting a anent according to their own All goverameats were pro ive and ia time they would rise M their dead selves te higher things q Mr. Jobuson paid a high tribute MAsuinaldo and Agonicillo, whose to Secretary Hay had appeared @ Morning papers. That letter, declared, was the letter of a meeman and was worthy of a place the archives of any government. Teferred to the commission the ident had appointed to go to Me islands and report on the situa- me. It not enough, he said, that ) oners should be men of seo character, but they must be lout preconceived prejudices, if truth was to be obtained. “If LEY ON THE RACK. William McKinley ever changes his | policy regarding the Philippines,” |! he declared in stentorian tones, “he }! will bend to the weight of popular Opinion, to which he bows, right or wrong.” This utterance raised a storm of applause from the demo cratic side. Mr. Johnson requested that such interruptions cease as they took up his time. Seyeral times before he had made a similar re ques Lee in Cuba, St. Louis Chronicle Gen. Fitzbugh Lee, in an address at Guines, the second largest city in Governor, outlined the attitule of the United States toward Cuba ina way which Americans attractive “There is no disposition on the part of the United States Govern ment to interfere with the Cub.na in the management of their is'a he said in effect. “The United States is merely carryinging out its pledge of the pacification of Cuba by main- taining peace and order there uutil the Cubans are ready to declare for themselves what their wishes aro” The United States bas pledged itself to establish independence in Cuba Independence does not mean anarchy cr lawlessness. Fitzhugh Lse’s presence there is a guarantee against that construction being placed upon it. If Cuba decides that she wants independence in the same way and measure that every State and territory in the great American Union enjoys it, she can signify her wishes. If she desires to Operate as a distinct republic, she will be ellowed to try that experi- ment if it is consistent with the safety of the interests io the island for which the United States became ina measure responsible when the island was cut loose from Spain. will find There is no pain or discomfort when Tabler’s Buckeye Pile Ointment is used. It relieves that itching increased by scratching. It is prepared with scientific accuracy and protessional knowledge, andis the kind that cures blind, bleed- ing, itching and protruding piles with no pain or loss ot time. tH.L. Tuck - er’s drugstore. z Filipinos’ Demands, Washington, D OC, Jan 25 —The document filed with the State De partment yesterday with the Filipino Junta, while not in the nature of an ultimatum, as reported yesterday, is defiant in tone. In it Senor Agon cillo points out the critical condition of affairs at Manila and Iloilo, where over zeal on either side might cause a grievous loss of life; urges the necessity of an early and frank com muunicatton between the representa tives of the two countries, and asks for the recognition, for this purpose of the Commissioners sent over by Aguinaldo of which Agencillo ie the head. a The paper points ous the strength of the American forees in ths Phil ippines and says: : “Are my government and people to be left to suppose that it is be cause of some desire on the part of the American government to enforce its unsound title secured from Spain that the United States is massing its forces at the late capital of the Philippioe Islands.” Ballard’s Snow Linimen cures rheu- matism, neuralgia headache, sick head ache, so e throat, cut prains, bruise: old sores, corns, and pain and ir mation. The most penetrating liniment in the world. Try it 25c and soc, at H. L. Tucker’s drugstore. 3 The President’s Plan, 296 26 Washington, Jan 6 is wholly due te the counsel of President MeKinley. To the ad ministration leaders in the senate who feared rejection ifa vote should be taken in the present the senate, the President said: ‘The yote must be taken. get the two thirds necessary, enter a motion to reconsider. I will then call au extra session for the fifth of March.” showed a way to have a vote and yet not permit rejection if the two- thirds was wanting. Senator Davis and the others went from the white | house to the Capitol. A meeting of | the foreign relations committee wes i held, ehairman Davis and was | = 'In executive session he announced treaty for a final vote on the 6th of February. the district of which he is Military | Tho deter | mination to vote on the treaty Feb | temper of! If you fail to} The proposition was accepted. Ic} | the readiness of the friends of the! THE MISSOUR of Butler, Parp CAPITAL, - change, Total $ii2.2 | | ie Walton Tru pay back part or all at any time a new loan or renew an old one, of Butler, Missouri, at the close of business Dee. 31, 1898. | Statement of the condition of | oF Bills Receivable 1 7 | Real Estate 94 j Furniture and Fixtures... 1! n band ard sight We certify the above is c Money to Loan at Lowest Ratest. | of Butler. Missouri. Is lending Money on REAL ESTATE at lower rates than ever | and on time from one year to five years, allowing borrowers to Money on Hand. lute neutrality of Great Britain had BES pees not been proper! ) 1 by I STATE BANK, || ove of the contestants: the Bogle a people bad been gratified at the Total correct, Ws E. WALTON, President. J R JENKINS, Cashier. ~~ $55.000 00. the Missouri State Bank iE st Company, | | and stop interest. If you want be sure and get our terms and rates. No Delay. Sixty-Yhree Army Officers trom Mejor | General Lawton Denounce It. Washington, Jan. 25 —Reports cf 63 officers, representing more than adozen regiments, scores of com panies and thousands of soldiere, were to night Isid before the special investigating commission, furnish- ing overwhe'ming proof that the men in the army were made victims of an outrageous beef scandal. Major colonels, majors, captains, sargeants, lieutenants aod members of hospital and Brigadier generals, and medicinal staffs join in that it was totally unfit for use Corned beef escapes without great censure, but the canned roast beef | appears has been granted, the privi and the eocalled fresh beef with which the soldiers were served is denounced without exception According to the eyidence placed in the hands of the commission the beef was uofit for use. It was taste- lesa and nauseating; all of which was stringy and devoid of nourishment; none of the soldiers would eat it ex cept from extreme necessity, and many of those who did were made sick thereby Great quantities of the beef were thrown away and Major J. M. Lee, who served as a sanitary inspecter in the camp at Mostauk Point, recommended that large lots be removed “as sanitary measures.” Neither climate nor transportatioa according to te-day’s evidence, can be held responsible for the quality or condition of the beef served to the army. The testimony of the 63 officers shows that it was uniformly bad in Cuba, Porto Rico, southern camps in this country and lat Montauk Point. The evidence also indicates strongly that all of the nourishing qualities of the beef |the soldiers, and these nourishing | qualities saved by the great packiog }companies aud sold as ‘extract of | beef.” In other werds, the members of the “Big Four” beef combine in Chi- in the mauufacture of beef tea and | shipped the refuse to the American jarmy in Cuba and Porto Rico. Major General Heary W. Lawton, | writing in October, declared that the beef was of euch quality that | the men still were refusing to eat it, }and that it had been decided not to | issue any more of it. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt wrote that tbe “canned roast beef was | practically worthless,” and the pres- | ent governor of New York, speaking generally of the beef served to the troops declared: “The meat ration was so bad ger- lly as to be inedible.” | authorized to set a date for the vote. | taste. and horrid morning is Cats. e liver; some medicine or awhile; others tor a tew days ine cures. AtH,. L, Tucker’s drugstore. declar- | ing, in their reports upon army beef | take mea’s places in defense cf inde at the! were taken out before it was sent to | AGUINALDO HAS FULL POWER. Filipino Congress Delegates to Him Author- ity to Declare War. Manila, Jan. 21, via Hong Kong, Jan. 26.—The Republica, tbe official organ of the Filipinos, announces that the congress at Malolos adopted the Philippine constitution, in Ag- uinaldo aud empowered him to declare war on ths Americans when- ever he may deem it advisable. At amass meeting of women at Cavite yesterday, th: paper adds, it was enthusiastically resolved to pe- tition Aguinaldo for permission to has passed a vote cf confidence | pendence and to bear arms if neces |sary. Paterno bas asked for, and it | lege of “taking a prominent place in | the line of battle agaiust the Ameri- | cans.” | An American sentry yesterday | evening killed a captain of Filipino | artillery at the Tonto outpost. Asa | result the native press is intensely | excited and denounces it as a “cow | ardly assaesination.” Oo Saturday evening, January 21, five Filipinos, determined to have revenge for their captain's death, at tempted to enter our lines. An | American sentry killed cne of them, | who was armed with a revolver. Afcer an exchange of shots the | others were arrested. The ineident has intensified the excitement here The Mabini cabinet yesterday in sisted upon the liberation of the Spanish civil prisoners in commem oration of tbe proclamation of the Filipinos republic and also donated money to the native clergy A de- cree to that éffect was assigned The} Spanish clergy, however, still remain prisovers. Nothing was accomplished at th conference here yesterday and it is rumored that the Filipinos at their next meeting will give the Ameri leight dayain which to acccda to | their @emandsfor recognition. The} | rumor is discredited | The strictest form of martial law| No natives are| | | prevails at Manila | 10 o’clock at night. The insurgents | refuse to allow the Americans to go | through their lines. They even com | pelled the Ameriean officers who | started out to pay the water works | employes to retura at the point of | the bayonet, because the officers did | not have Aguinaldo’s pass. | AMERICA’S | Speech of Sir Mathew Ridley, Brivieh Home Secretary | orien, Jan 26.—Sir Mathew | White (Ridley, secretary of state for | the home department, was principal \s ef this evening at the great sae t demonstration at Black- to the historical events t year, and particularly to Ameriean war, the home > paid that, while the — been to make it important factor, not but possibly, also, Capital Stock 1343 a Surplus and undivided politics, and tc to fa th s proble and “This,” he contic event for the great world, but it is not advantageous to the | which gladly acknowle | ly sympathy and the sense of com the citizens of | America, and feels that the continu-| jance of the growth of this feeling | must tend to the peace and prosper } jity of the world |such a feeling 1s far better than the | | formal alliance suggested by some lon C A Shaw's farm women in | masic at RESPONSIBILITIES. | » tween tlh Britain ited States The res and Great of the war bad Great Britain bad } ges the mon affection now animating alike Great Britain and The growth cf ¢ in another co of lovely | Legar tre ¢ See the pic ans in Europe and| them. Orders sre 8 Ie atteste America who shipped to Dresden Vi CYCLONES IN THE SOUTH SEAS. Hundreds ef Lives Lost and Villages and Shipping Destroyed. Victoria, B. C, Jan. 26—Th steamer Aorangi, from Australia, brings the details of the terrible cyclones which swept the South Seas about the middle of devastating villages, wrecking slip ping avd causing many deaths At Samara!, in New Guinea, on Decem ber 11, the gale was terrific palms went dowa by bundreds and Decembe Cocoa were carried to tea. Torrents of rain fel Twelve vessels were wrecked. The cutters Mayflower and Nabua were total wrecks a! Basilika The Ketches Bebem and Baldan were lost «ff Good enough Island and Mr Kennedys. manager of the New Guinea Deve'- opment Comrany, togethe: with his crew, save one boy The miszio. Albert Me Laren went ashore and the lugger Lysunder enithe cutter Fleetwing were totally wrecked at Wedan. The cutter Portia was smashed near Port Glasgow. The scheoner Ellen Gow was drowned, steamer | that makes f eee Hame Items, te at T last w J J Petty nt several davs at Lamar ast week J.T. Bosley visited in Kansas City last week M. H. Tharp. who bas t locat- ed at Elsworth, has. for the past year, bas accepted nerth- ern Bates, and will comm > teach- ing Monday ser t t of “What the pastor paster They much E Q Covert has sold bis residence to Mrs Reynolds He expects to move to Pittsburg, Kan, soon ES Morton is opening up a bard- ware store in opera houre building air hardware stocks in Hume—money in it Mr Morrell who is stripping coal just south of town, reports tinding a 40 inch vein Howard township bas th oal as well as the best landino the county. J M Thempscn of Bourbon coun- ty, Kan, was bere last week, says be is prospering in Kansas. Mr. A. Guriv, southeast of town, sold last§week to Rich Hill mills 8,000 bushels cf corn, which he raised on 160 acres of land, price paid, 30c We call this a big crop, a good price, and etill contend « farmer who will farm, pay bis debte, stay away from town, will get rich in Missouri Miss Fannie Blasdale died at her home Monday, after a lingering ill- ness. She was an exemplary young lady. Aftercalling ber friends and relatives about her bedside and bid- expressed her- ding them goodbye, self as ready and willing to die Mrs J N Senior died Tuesday morving at her home Sbe wasa patient sufferer of consumption. Her children are all here. She was laid to rest in Hume cemetery beside her husband who died some five yeare ago, with the same disease — Is your child pu pecked and peev- ish? Does it have convulsions? It so, it wa. worms, W Cream \ ituge is the o sate cur Every bottle is guar ito bring worms. AtH. I Tucker's Drugstore We look into « cradle and behold acryiug babe. At the age of ten ke an and the cutter Ivv were lost in the Kossman group and Capt. Godet and crew were drowned. In the Solomons the hurricane did most damage, whole villages bring destroyed tations were uprooted and Over Hundreds of cocoa 4 lan yam patches leveled. 500 vativer are reported to have been killed Capt Pentecost, of the yacht St Aubin, who brought the news of the disaster to Sydney, says be saved a womau who was to have ben killed as a sorceress, she being accused of having caused the hurricane He bought her,the purchase price being a pig, took her to snother island, where she was released The Cruel Knife! and wh cago extracted the beef juice for use | permitted to be in the streets after | Sticn + At for Cancer is Sw $S.S/%.Blood 2 ©o., At is a voisy kid witb balf the buttose off bis pants and an eye for mean- ness; at fifteen he is the “devil ine print shop; at 21 a publisher of country newspaper, at the head of every enterprise calculated to im- prove the towr, cr enrich the buei- ness inen thereof, at thirty-five he ie an emaciated, worn out man with s bald head and bolee in his pockete at fifty he is a corpse in » cheap cof- fin avd his only resources left bebind are a few cases of worn out type, ae Washington press snd subscription book witb’500 delinquent subscribers who line up and march past bie ecffin, esying, “He was a public spirited fellow, but he couldn't save avytbiog.”—Pilgrim’s Progress. Halstead government a rat artment e official historia: b * 83 San Fran- ook was written | >, on the Paciéi ejitals at Ho Hong Kong. in . in the ineur- ———— ee nue |The Semi-Weekly Republic. The Semi-Weelly Republic bas so many advantages ewe gatherer that no cther pa Tke whe asar £ er can claim to be its equa field of news 8 covered thoroug The special features and illustrations are slwaye the best. More noted writers con- tribute to its columns than to any ase. It is pub- the wanta of that elas aders who have not the opport ty or canvot afford to read a daily paper The teleg nd cable service of The bas never been equaled i rv of Jcornaliem