The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 15, 1899, Page 2

‘ev een rama A orem enter piesa Tatar org ca rer. — iT ASSESSES A FRANCHISE BRIGANDS IN CUBA. PROCLAIMS HIMSELF DICTATOR. f | guinaldo Reported to Have Dissolved the State Board of Equalization Places : se t Itself on Record. Negro Bandits Take Posses- | _ Filipino Congress. | i d 7 London, June 8.—Special dis-| Jeff City, Mo., June 7.—The P : | ‘ ne board of equalization to-day sion of Many Towns | patches from Manila to-day say it is assessed the franehise of St. Louis _ | reported this morning that Aguinal- and Suburban railroad. This is to BOLD CRIMES COMMITTED. ‘do has dissolved the Filipino con-| | gress and has proclaimed himself | Resident Caban Soldiers Who Act as dictator. | Police Cannot Put Down the | Washington, D. C.,, June 8.—Ofi-} Outlaws, | cials here are in doubt as to whether | Havana, June 7.—Brigandism is Aguinaldo in declaring his dictator- | on the increase in the country and a ship Is animated bya desire to rid } reign of terror prevails in towns {himself of his refractory Generals, | will be determined. where no United States soldiers are | Pilar and Luna, or whether he sims| The board decided te assess the quartered. The bandits are mostly j to consolidate in bis own hands the | franchise under the head of “all oth-| negroes who came from the east | power to make peace. | er property The assessment of| with the Cuban army of invasion.| It is known from the reports of the entire property is made at $1,-| They have taken full possession of ; President Schurman, of the Ameri- 793,000, as follows: towns outside of the railroad andj|can Philippine commissioa, that Twenty nine and. sixteen one hun-! gre liying during the day and rob these two Generals own cnly faint dredths miles of track and trolley bing at night. allegiance to Aguinaldo, and their wires, $291,600; 56 moter and pas-| Mariel isa town of 2000 inhab-jattitude toward the peace negotia- | senger cars, $72,240; 13 all other/itants. At the close of the war 20) cars, $2,050; lands, buildings and) negroes took a school building as) machinery, $176,890; all other prop-| their quarters. Eight of them raid erty, $1,250,490. jed a grocery next door Friday. They | State Auditor Seibert offered a/ tired at the proprietor and took his} lirectly assessing the | safe containing $5000 into the street , but it got only his and tried for two hours to shoot it and that of Secretary of State Les-/ open with rifles. Yinally they car- neur. Seibert placed the same valu-|ried it away on a truck. Other ation on the property, but be wanct-| soldiers left the town on Saturday ed the franchise called a franchise | and probably jeined the band in the mountains. Citizens have appointed the resi- dent Cuban soldiers as police officers | but they have little faith in the sol- diers’ ability to preserve order. No werk is being done on piantations. Those starting to work have had their cattlestolen. Since the rob- bery on Friday the Spaniards have secreted their valuables and barri- jeaded their doors day aud night Mayor Quintana came to Havana and asked Governor-General Brooke for protection. The Spanish minister has cabled the Spanish minister at Washington advising taking action against the Ameri- be atest case. Itis expected that the railway company will apply to the supreme court for a writ of cer-, tiorari, which, if granted, will bring the record of the board before the court for review and in this manner the right to assess the franehises ineffectual, the civilian members on the Filipino side ef the joint com- mittee being completely overawed and dominated by the military ele- ment controlled by these Generals. It is believed here that if Aguinaldo can bend these men to his will and} assume supreme control he will at | once make overtures for peace, be-| ing able to secure better terms for} | himself than he would otherwise. vote itute assessed the prop- 93,000, ef which $743,- 010 was to represent the assessable value of tangible propetty and the remainder $1,250,490, the assessable vrlue of the assessable franchise After this substitute the ether plan which was embodied in a resolution by Attornmew General Crow, was) adopted unanimously. Attorney General Crow is jubilant over the assessment. He stated to-day that assessing the franchise as property made a record of assessment which he was confident the supreme court would sustain. Witt! Go to Supreme Court. | Jefferson City, Mo, June 8.—At- | torney General Crow is preparing to| take the case against the insurance companies doing business in Kansas | City, against which the supreme | court denied him a writ of quo war-| ranto to oust them from doing busi- ness for | |law, to the United States supreme jcourt. The law exempted these companies, but the attorney general sought to have it declared inoperat- ive on the ground that it was against public policy. The court held the law unconstitutional, and denied the tions has made these negotiations | |relief expeditions from. Telegraph violation of the anti _— MANY GOLD SEEKERS LOST. | Congressman Hull's Views »St. Paul, Minn, June 7.—Con- gressmen Hull of Iowa, Payne New York, Daizell of Pex a, Steele of Indians, and Heatwole of Minnesota, are en route to Messrs Hull and Heatwole were here of Died on the All-Canadian Route} to the Klondike. Seattle, Wash., June 7.—The steamship Laurada isin port from to-day and wil! join the rest at V Wrangel, Alaska, with detailed news nepeg Mr. Hull said that he of death and terrible suffering that going for rest and recuperation, but has been the let of American miners aber of the who tried to reach Klondike gold ava: fields over the all-Canadian route from Edmonton. Several parties reached Wrangel ; last week from the interier, after’ Alaska was Payne. asa me joint c ittee, of the opportunity to invest boundary. “What do you think of the situa tion in Mani! may * was asked spending from twelve to twenty “As to Manila, Gen. Otis thinks months on the trail in a vain endea- 30,000 troops sufticient to quell the Vor to reaoh the gold fields. They trouble and restore peace, but in say that not less than 200 prespect-| my judgment at least 50,000 soldiers | jive miners have lost their lives by! would be far better to force the! drowning, starvation, exposure and | emergency. In crisises such as pre-! freezing during the past winter. | vail af Manila at this time. the gov- Most of these were Americans from ernment shculd meet the enemy] Eastern states. with an overwhelming force, as Scurvy is now ravaging the miners who are stalled on trail, and before relief can reach them, many others| | nothing is to be gained by delay. There was sent to the stats p rison} 5 a = from Kansas City yesterday a con- will have perished. The Hudson! ee e ne eee ns They signment of twenty pri s. They Bay Company and tke Northwest)" ® : pA a = were a very bad lot, too, the ee mounted police have started small tences aggregating > years, and jthe averaze s years. But of Jac twelve | eing Creek. Government action on a large scale will alone rescue hun- dreds that are unable to get out of the country by their own resources. | The list of dead from various| causes furnished by miners who have reached Wrangel number but | 22. It is extremely difficult to secure | pal resources | Twenty eight prisoners under ceatence still re main) in the jail. The cate calls for a little! reflection. Does this crease of criminals me seeming in an that Ka a ‘ sas City is growing worse or names, although the miners tell of | Tig xg rf 3 A ithat it is growing larger’ In the many accidents which cost the lives; | ie jconsignment yesterday there were of parties of five or ten. a a = ¥ a | | five white men, nineteen black men IDENTIFIED DEAD. Saas This i = and one negro woman. is en Drewned—C B Preston, Trenton, fer cat ct ceeia an ihe no | = : ‘ . 71 | tirely out of proporti t he nu- N. J.; Harry Hitchcock, Texas; F L i : : | ,.; merical representation of the two Bremner, Brooklyn; F Presten, Phi! jracesin this community Does it adelphia: Capt Mason, Alaske; C P| . . | mean that the tendency of the black Smith, 8t Louis; H P Munson, Chi-| rine Lape E = jto commit crime is three four eago. {times as strong as among white Frezen—Dan Taylor, Nansime, B | men, or does it signify that in the C; Hulton, Vancouyer, B C; Jebn/|courts there isa greater chance for Paynes, Vancouver, B C; Leightes,} the conviction of blacks than whites or Germany Made a Failure, Washington, D. C., June §.—In view of the agitation in this country and particularly in the west against the existence of the great depart- United States, holding the icans responsible for the death of Jose Lobregat at San Antonio Sun- day. of Cubans infuriated over the fact Lobregat was killed by a mob ment stores, the state department that he — formerly a Spanish has published a report from United guerilla. His funeral occurred this General Mason at|#fternoon. Feeling in the town is States Consul Berlin upon special taxation for de- partment stores in Germany. Mr. Mason shows that a movement be- gan in Germany in 1896 to restrict the growth of these stores and he describes in detail the various meas- ures that were proposed in the reichtag and elsewhere to effeet this purpose. Asin some of eur western states, a-progressiye tax was the) basis of most of the suggestions, but the German goyernment go far has been unable to find any measure | that does not violate the higher law | of the empire. ! incidentally a short history of t result of French legislation on th subject i reference is made to n of a retail organi league soldiers. afternoon that when the Republic was formed it was the intention to kill all the guerrillas. The report includes! situation in the Philippines is de- very bitter against former Spanish A Cuban seldier said this Gen Brooke sent to San Antonio & company of the First Isfantry and acompany of the Seventh Cavalry | this morning. Gen. River says there is no fear ef further trouble but the} Spaniards wanta larger force andjAs Helpless as a Babe. Murderer Kindred and aleo garrisons in all tewne. eee as | Otis on the Merong Campaign. Washington, D. C., June 8.—The writ. The attorney general then filed a motion for reheariag, which the court likewise overruled. This ends the case, unless the supreme | court of the United States is ap- pealed to. Attorney General Crow stated to-day that he would) take it up to the supreme court right away. He has one year in which to do this, but he states that he will apply to one of the judges of the supreme court for a writ of error, and if this is granted the appeal will be perfected in a short time. CARRIED TO THE NOOSE. is Hanged at Princeton, Mo. Prineston, Mo.,¢ June Kindred, who murdered Andrew Allen at Mercer, on February 5, 7.—Peter| Victoria; H Reardon, Cincinnati; J P McCrumm, Pittsburg: Robert | Tensil, New Mexico. Scurvy—Fritz Klingman, Enffslo: James Monat, San Francisco; £ V Thomas, Los Angeles. Starvatioa—V. Seebrook, Paeley, Sault, Ste. Marie. Suicide—C. Richter, Mew York; Arthur M. Collies, British Celum- bia. Exposure—Valentine Wendier, Philadelphia. Fifty miners lost their lives by drowning in the Great Slave Lake. | known. Whele parties foundered tance from shore, and so one knews the identity of the unfortunates Many othera terding various rivers Of these, the names of but three are| together im boats when a great dis-| were drowned while | The question is one of interest, at | least, to negroes.—K. C. Star, 7th. | Hay and Arcos at Dinner | ambassadc rgave a dinner to night jin which Secretary of State Hay and the new Sparish minister were again | brought together under ple@sant au spices. The list of guests included }a number of representatives of vari | ous embassies and legations | SPEER'’S | | GRAPE WINES. | UNFERMENT | | TO THE I Washington, June 7.—The Freneh | 2° scribed by General Otis in the fol | 1898, was hanged here this morning. | The drop fell at exactly 9:45, and he Boats were wrecked while trying | to shoot the Canyons of Mud, Laird} eral, Washington ng cablegram: Manila, June 8S —Adjutant Gen- The result of) 40,000 members, all merchanis, to] the movements in Morong Province oppose the department stores. Ac-| was to drive the insurgents into the ‘ cording to the statement of the | mountains, capturing Antipolo and | founder of one department store it! has supplanted at the outset end soon extinguished about 900 small retail shops and now does a b ness of $30,880,000 annually, suff-| cient to maintain 1,800 to 2,000 email! stores Yeung Men in Politics The Mayor of Hays City, Kan., is only 22 yeare old, the president of the C and the oldest man istrod f Post-Dispatch Tess | fou m The inhabitants of ther towns in that section, with} point of land projecting into the They retreated and scattered efore our advance, leaving twenty- ve dead on tke field. Our loss is dand a few wounded, light. The city of Morong, nland route on the bay, is gar- ned; all omer troops withdrawn ingtes. D.C. June 7—The f the Philippise peace nothing in sight but war cntil the gests are brocgbt ico terms utes later. For the past month Kindred has | either been insane or feigning insan- | ity. convened and Dr. C. R. Woodson f asylum No. 2, St. d as an expert that he Many other witnesses d but the trial resultedin a standing that he superintendent o Joseph, te: Was sane te jary. €i was sare and The re rror b sace. ut he refused to in- the g go y when the time came for be sheriffacd guard © carry him te the He was as limp in a chair. no attention to what was If ke was F Shot at the Elepers. r City, Io, June S—Frank Starr was shot ard dangerously in- jerei near Homer yesterday br Re He pursued the couple on = range be Sred the fall charge, a clares that if ke recovers ke will surely marry the ciri Oictmest gives infammation im i actoic is the &ing <iscomfiort. “¥ 39t Boss T5c. thst he was in | t was submitted to} a babe and appar-) 2bex S. Spencer. while attempt-| * ing te elope with Spencsr’s daugh-! SD ter, agei 17 years. Spencer is a * iarmer. berseback_ gained rapidly, amd when | in the back Starr de; | was pronounced dead fourteen min-/924 Nelson rivers, and parties of | | from two to five were lost. Fuller ure and starvation will be had when On May 22 a sheriffs court{the big party of miners, now fight-} ing their way eut of arrives | Many parties are reported mies: jhaviog started througk the moun | tains intending to get to a certain | post, but failed to arrive. the country, War Not Uver. of the warts a long ways eff. w Brigadier General Hall, in the Philippines, in a friend in this city. The le } that cur officers had the reg strictly censor all news consistent. The War Department is the same policy as tb moath or sit weeks pri ltack of tke Fillipinos Americars Payiaz the Cabes Army were paid yeeterdar at Santiago Je Las Vegas, under ihe supervision of Celene! Randall. Ore hundred and | mine men received $75 each. Iwentr- ene spplicants. whe bad ne arms and jwho did not furnish identifeaticn were refused payment The arus (surrendered were delivered by Col | Randall to the alcalde Col Randall! jand the pay train left last night | Melens, where paymect will be made) todsr. = details of death from scurvy, expos. | “= : . 1 Washingtoa. June §.—~The end} r was dated early in May Havana. June 1—Caban troops > INvaLip WINE. ApopiTEep Properties inthe + about the time Aguinaldo was mak . 5 laret ing his over we sie cali Speer’s #*#* Climax Brandy ISSPCRE tugdaien of . . = 's ar-tras — - ~ —— ry rere Siiv F rc S$ FIXES T. W. LECS. me, come £2t place ee, SvesoBOSONOTeNZCrOMORORERS Beautifull Women \ 13 = © 2 6 o e a © < 2 . g c = male R nd s 1 e e e @ x . e = \2 ua ;@ >) : : it. c ak bottle, : m THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR C0, § 4 ATLANTA, GA 9 @OneneLekenceenucnens Missouri Pacitic Railway Time Table at Butler Station. 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