The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 20, 1902, Page 10

0 as 00 CRUEL 1 THEW Gen. Otis Said He Could Trust a Filipino’s Loyalty But Not His Aumaneness. UNITED STATES WAS TOO LENIENT, Spaniards ead Other European Officers tn Manila Laughed at This Country forthe Homaoity Exercised Toward Natives, He Says Where Aguinaldo and Mis Fol- lewers Seoured Arma and Ammunition. Washington, March 18.~"Muj. Gen. Otis again appeured before the sem- ate committee on Philippines ‘Tues- day. When he left the Philippines May, 1900, Gem. Otis said that the} army had disposed of all Aguinaldo’s army, quiet prevailed during the months of May and June and hardly & shot was fired, It was safe to go to all parts of Luven and other is- lands and a very large trade had been established, Gen, Otis said he hever trusted native officers because they were too cruel to their men, He said he could trust their loyalty, but they treated their natives with too much cruelty. “They were as bad as the insurgents,” said he Asked where the supplies, money, arms, ete. of the insurgents came from Gen, Otis said they received 2.500 rifles from Admiral Dowey und they also received from Hong Kong cer- tain arms, shipped aboard an Amer jean vessel which landed at) Batan gas. They had received some arms from Japan and had captured some trom the Spanisrds at small garrisons which they attacked, He suid that the merchants gave him trouble than the insurgents themselves, The troops of the United States, he said, had treated the Filipinos with the greatest kindness, Lvery state ment of harsh treatment he hed of had been investigated, In fa said he, “we were Jaughed at by the Spaniards and the European army of ficers for the humanity we exer sed.” As to the capacity of the nos for self-government hé said that Aguinaldo’s former secretary of more FORAKER HAS THEM SCARED. Republican Senators Are Trying to Per- suade the Ohican from Amending the Cuban Tariff Bill Washington, March 15.—The senate committee on finance Tuesday con- eluded the consideration of bill} repealing the war revenue act and] authorized a favorable ort on it. The bill is greatly ¢ ology. The bill as it will be reported re- moves all the taxes of the war reve- nue act and the only are those of language, makir of this result. Among other changes made in the language of the bill is ene fixing the rate on tobacco at six j cents per pound. The delay in report- ing the bill is occasioned by threats aged n phrase- sure on the part of senators to offer mendments, to the bill and the de- e to avoid that possibility. Sen- ator Foraker has said that he would present a provision for Cuban reci proc This, it is would arouse long debate and the republican members of the finance committee are exerting themselves to prevent the offering of the amendment. Dem- ceratic senators generally express themselves as willing to allow an un- conditional repeal bill to pass with- out amendments. known, HENRY HITCHCOCK DEAD. Well-Known St, Louts Jurist and Brother of the Interlor Secretary Passed Away, Aged 71. Washington, Mareh 18. Hitchcock received a teleg day that bis brother, Henry Hitch- cock, died at his home in St. Louis. He was 71 years old, He was offered a seat on the bench of the United States supreme court by President Harrison, but declined on account of his large practice. He was one of the trustees of the new Carnegie in- stitution and was interested in many public enterprise, During the clvil war Henry Hiteh- cock was assistant adjutant general of volunteers and judge advocate in Sherman’s army during the Carolina eumpaign and the march to the sea, In April, 1865, Mr, Hitchcock mustered out. Deceased was the orig- inal of “Stephen Brice” in Churchill's Secretary am Tues- was ee ed Virginia Items. | We heard it and jotted it down, What happened in and out of town. Omer Drysdale went City Monday to purchase his sum- eee mer goods and visit his nephew, next Sunday. The presiding elder will preach at 11 a.m (. W. Hensley shipped hogs and cattle Tuesday, James Crook was in Foster Mon- day of this week Elder Dawson, of Belton, preached at the Christian chareh Sunday ani night. “The house was well Subject: “Christ thelight, the follower of Christ as the reflector of that light showed the condition that the members of the churches often placed themselves in and what kind of Tight: they threw over the community.” Sunday erowded to Kansas | | for him. Amos Drysdale. W. J. Ferguson, of Burdett, was | in Virginia Sundry. Quarterly meeting at M. E. church Willie Ruble, of Baldwin, spent several days at home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Ruble. He returned to school Monday Will Durst again has gone to farming His mother is keeping house They always make a good house There is no one like mother Wheat is looking well at present Ed. Thornburg school last Monday. The young folks are arra another contest in the 1 They are making arrangement to go to Amorett the first Sunday in April Candidates are not very thick, None called on Aaron Mr. Brave, of West Point township, was in Vir- ginia Saturday Tuesday morning. Park rested better he had for several nights, commenced — his ng for ir future Washing '« hight than When bis old neighbors come him, he livens up for the time. Phere are other things that indica? that he is getting weaker, AARON last TO set ee ee ag How People Save Their Money. By Depositing it in a good, reliable bank, Confidem that this bank fully meets the public’s needs, we tender its services to a. who believe in keeping on the SAFE siDc., Farmewank Kan., ‘/all the mandarins un va fh W Chinese Stronghold at widinag Gaia Taken and All the Soldiers Killed or Captured. DESPERATE FIGHT FOR TWO DAYS, All Business in Adjacent Towns Has Been Saspended and Inhabitants Are 'n Great Fear—Government Soldiers Deserting to the Rebels Because of Opportunity for Looting and for Better Pay Hong Kong, March 18.—Gen. Ma has been defeated by the Kwang-Si rebels who have taken possession of Feng- Chuan. They have killed or captured and have looted the town. Gen. Ma recently boasted that his expedition would in less than 30 days result in the utter annihila- | tion of all the rebels in the province, Gen. Ma attacked the rebel strong- holds but after an engagement last- ing two days, was forced to retreat The rebels then established their , headquarters at San-Sheng. The re- bellion is spreading rapidly in the provinces of Kwang-Si, Kwang-Tung | and Yun-Nan. A letter received here from Tien- Pai, 50 miles from Kwang-Chou, says all business is suspended there owing to the fear of the rebels, Marshal Su is at Tien-Chou and Gen, Ma is Chou (both in Kwang-Tung p Both of these commanders a ing reinforcements, ‘They join their forees, but the rebels are holding all the intervening passes and prevent a junction of the govern- ment troops, Many of the impe soldiers are joining the rebels owing to the superior pay offered them and thé opportunity for looting. ‘The rebel leader is Hung-Ming, a relative of the celebrated Hung-Sou-Churen, leader of the Tai-Hung rebellion, wish to ON A LARGER SCALE Waiter Vrooman, Founder of « Sovis College at Trenton, Mo., Will Locate More Co-Operative Stores Kansas City, Mo., Mareh 18.--Wal- owing to SOLDIERS WANT PAY. In Torkey and Afghanistan a State of In. subordination Exists Because Cash Is Not Fortheoming. March 13.—A band attacked the town Constantinople of 200 Albanians of Filiata or wounded on both sides. The rei forcement of troops sent to Filiata from Yiana developed signs of insub- tion owing to their pay being ars. S milar Trouble In Afghanistan, Peshawer, Punjab, March 18.—Re- ports received from Cabul, eapital of Afghanistan, say the Afghan army is in » state of semi-insubordination arrears of Only the bodyguard has been paid. The of the troops have receivéd nothing since the accession of Habib Ullah Khan, ordin in Amee st “BOTH CARRIED FIREARMS. Dantel Rowen Acquitted of Killing Wright Gillam at Ashley, Mo,—Climax of a iitter Personal Fead, Mo., Mirch 18.—The »wen for the murder of Wright lum resulted in a verdict of not gnilty last night. Gillam wai shot from ambush September 24 in! Ashley. Bowen, it was 1, fired the shot from his own ToWling Gr trial of Dan his store in ci "shment across the street. It evel cad et the trial that Gilum and Jowen have itened to shoot each 1} on sight and carried firearms, pmbh do arsenals. It Their stores re niyo s question whe would ob- in the caw outage ond shoot first, No © owas surprised, therefore, when t wes anno t one was killed, TO MAKE OUG4 TEST. Enelish Government Wants to Know It Marconi’s Wireless raph Code 1s the Rea: Thing. March 1s. The Globe’s pondent reports that en aloug the Trish British battloship Revenge Loudon bavad cores her recent: eruise coust the was fitted with a wireless telegraph apparatus and received a number of private Marconigranms passing by mail steamers and the shore, The nt naderstands that the admiralty proposes to muke an at- tempt to intercept conigrams pony state had told him that it would take 100 years to accomplish this. Gen. Otis said that the Filipinos were not capable of self-gcvernment. Gen. Otis testified that he knew very little of the correspondence be tween Gen, Merritt and Aguinaldo, but he recalled Aguinaldo's reply to a communication referring to an agreement that the insurgent forces should be withdrawn to a certain point designated. He had himself di- rected Aguinaldo to withdraw to the suburbs of Manila outside the Amer- ican defenses according to the terms of the protocol.with Spain. This was not only a military necessity, but in accordance with right and duty. No nation in the world, he said, except the United States “would have al- lowed these people to have hemmed us in the way they did.” RAISING SNOW BLOCKADE. Snowplows Used to Start Stalled Traius on the Northern Pacitic—Great Loss of Pertsbable Freight, Bismarck, N. D., March 18.—Rotary snowplows an been working for 30 hours endeavoring to raise the snow blockade on this division of the Northern Pacific railway and the plows are reported at Sterling, 30 miles east of here, having made an average progress of little over two miles an hour. The plows were fol- lowed by seven or eight delayed pas- senger trains and practically no trains are being run on the road. The blockade probably will cost the railroads $500,000. The great less comes in destruction of perish- able freight, in the heavy cost of olearing the tracks, etc. Ineluding branch lines in North Dakota each railroad has from 200 to 300 miles of track buried from sight. Efforts are being made to reach the eoal mines at Wilton, to prevent a famine. Reports from the Standing Rock Indian reservation state that two Indians were found frozen to death and that many dead cattle were seen on the prairie, having perished im the storm. ENTIRELY Mouse Committee on Territories Pleads for » Reform in the Government of Indian Territory. Washington, March 18.—In the fa- yorable repert submitted by the committee on territories urging the passage of the Moon bill, giving the Indian territory local —government under the name of the territory of Jefferson, the most forcible exposi- tion of the Indian territory condi- tions so far presented to eongress has been submitted after a review of the treaties with the tribes. It is peinted out that the present form of government is entirely inadequate to meet the present conditions. INADEQUATE. Asylum for Motes Burning Jackson, Miss, March 18.—The state institution for the deaf and dumb in this city is on fire and it is fearef will be totally destroyed. It is a large building and located in the heart of the residence section of Jackson. The 150 inmates were got- ten out safely. No Water in the Boller. Wausau, Wis. March 18—Three men killed, the entire mill wrecked and one man injured is the result of a boiler explosion in Wheeler Gavitt’s saw mill near Callon, eight miles east GREETED BY THE EMPEROR. Prince Henry of Prussia Reached Cuzhaven Tuesday Evening and Started for Kiel with His Brother, Cuxhaven, March 18.--The Ham- burg-American line steamer Deutseh- land arrived here at six o'clock ‘Tues- day evening from Cherbourg, having on board Prince Henry of Prussia and his suite, The Deutschland was met at the roadsted by the German battleship Kaiser Wilhelm IJ, on board of which was Emperor Wil- liam. His majesty greeted Pri Henry cordially, The prince boarded the battleship which afterwards started for Kiel. ee REBELS STEADILY GAIN. Latest from Venezuela Says Government Troops Are Everywhere Losing— Asuncion Likely to Fall, Port of Spain, Trinidad, March 18.— A force of Venezuelan insurgents, supported by the revolutionary steamer Dolivar. captured —_ Juan Girego, on the island of Margarita and afterwards moved on the town of Asuncion, capital of the island. The Venezuelan government troops were defeated and there was every indication that the insurgents would soon be masters of the whole island. THE BIRD HAS FLOWN John K. Murrell, an Indicted St. Louis Al- derman, Forfeited His Bond of $5,000 Rather Than Stand Trial. St. Louis. March 18.—When the ease of John K. Murrell, member of the house of delegates, indicted for bribery in connection with the Sub- urban franchise deal, was called Tuesday, the defendant failed to ap- pear_and his bond of $5,000 was. de- elared forfeited. The bond was signed by E brother of 2. E. Murrell, the defendant. LIBERALS GAIN. VICTORY. Commander Rodgers, of the Gunboat Ma- rletta, Says Fighting Is Expected on the Isthmus of Panama. Washington, March 18.—Secretary Long has received the following ca- blegram from Commander Rodgers, of the gunboat Marietta, dated Colon: “Liberal army has gained a victory. Rebels have possession of country west of Panama. Fighting expected on isthmus.” Grand Jury Indicts a Railroad. Louisville, Ky.. March 18.—An in- dictment was returned against the Louisville & Nashville railroad by the federal grand jury. It charges a violation of the interstate commerce law in charging less for the trans- portation of corn in carload lots than the interstate commerce law _ pre- scribes. Seventeen Thousand Pastors. Kansas City, Mo., March 18.—Bishop Henry W. Warren, of the M. E. church, who was in Kansas City en route to Louisiana, Mo., said the Methodist church now has 2,750,000 inembers and 17,000 pastors. Bishop Warren was elected a bishop 22 years ago. Charged with a @100,000 Shortage. New York, March 18.—Max C. May- er, an employe of Rathbone & Sons, brokers of this city, is under arrest, charged with embezzlement. It is of here. There was not enough wa-|'charged that his total shortage is ter in the boiler. $100,000. DUVALL & PERCIVAL, FARM LOANS. Money to Loan on Reai Estate at Lowest Rates of Interest Com: Ad get our rates. _ Ein “PRR PEPRRRARPPRRARL AL PAB OA RR OAALR ALN The Walton [rust W Hare Loaning Money in Bates, Counties, at Lower Rates of Interest tha J.B Duvaun, SAAR RAR RR RRR RR RALPRPPLPDS i op Farms Vernon and Barton Missonri, hut -Vrooman, one of the leading So- cialists of the United States and founder of Ruskin hall, Oxford, Eng., and a socialist coll at Tren- ton, Mo.,, is in Kav City employing experienced men te take charge of the Missouri stores of the Western Co- Operative wiation, of which he was one of the found The associa- tion owns stores in burg and Maysvill: to enter the field in St. Joseph. Mr. Vrooman is also maki to open co-operati City within the comi and is pre in K few months. sas KING EDWARD’ PURSE OPEN A Half Million of I the Guest of Hix Majesty at a Cor- onation D aner. London, March 18.-Half a million of London's poor will be the guest of King rd during ition week, His majesty has notified the mayors of the metropolis that the sum = of $150,000 was placed at their disposal, and he invited them to make the nee- essary angements to entertain the very poor to the mumber of 500,000 at ond a dinner in celebration of his corona- tion SWAM N ICY WATER Ever Offered Before - Ed Dameron, of sville, bey*Monky on Hand, No DkLAY We Fool Wager Made on th ask each Land owner wanting a Loan ern-Sullivan Fight. to call and examine our Rates and — Terms Have CoMPLETK ABSTRACTS Louisville, Ky., March 18.—Ed Dam- toever Farm and Town Lot in Bates eron paid a bet that he lost on the County, that we keep up with the MeGovern-Sullivan fight by taking County Records Daily Will furnish a swim in the Ohio river with the Reliable Abstracts at reasonable prices, thermometer hovering around zero, Wm. E Dameron swam 75 feet through the icy waters and when he reached the bank his moustache was frozen stiff and icicles hung from his hair. Company, [jutler, No. FRANK ALLEN, \| Secretary, | W. D. Yarxs, Title Examiner, Warton, President, C, A. ALLEN, Bookkeeper, A. H. Pracu, Clerk, CAPITAL, “smn 0 Surplus and Profs, 12,000.00 Cockrell to Ald Missour! Farmers. Washington, March —18.—Senator Cockrell will see Secretary Wilson, of the department of agriculture, to se- cure seeds for the drought-stricken farmers of southern Missouri. The senator has received numerous re- quests for aid, the farmers ciaiming that hey have not sufficient seed to plant the next crop, and their con- dition without help will become al- most helpless. ae ee oe GIVE HEALTH! A CHAN‘E. H0I000 G00: _ Roosevelt Wore the Green. * Washington, March 18.—President Roosevelt had occasion to tell many of his callers Monday that he has a strain of Irish blood in his veins, and that he is quite as proud of it as he is of his Dutch extraction. He wore in his coat a bunch of green Illy leaves in honor of St. Patrick’s day. _ i It pays to heed our health. The most serious ills are those that creep upon us almost unawares. If you are expending energy faster than youmake it the reconing will come. Those who are trying to do well persons’ work while hardly fit to do any work had better try IMPERIAL BITTERS. It is an effective tonic; a cure for those minor uil- ments which become serious through neglect. It aids digestion, increases nutrition, overcomes uervoug conditions and increases vitalenergy. If you feel tired-out, run-down or are conseious of flagging menta] or muscular energy try this re- liable tonic. La Plata Post Office Robbed. la Plata, Mo., March 18.—One of the most successful burglaries in the history of the town occurred here last night. The large safe in the post office was blown open with ni- troglycerin and the burglars got away with $400 worth of stamps. He Is Rockefeller's Son-in-Law. New York, March 18.—S. Parmelee ; Prentice was Tuesday elected a di-| rector of the Missouri Pacific rail- way. Mr. Prentice is a son-in-law of J. D. Rockefeller and is the second” Rockefeller representative in the Mis- souri Pacific directorate. May Extend to Port Arthur. Fort Worth, Tex., March 18.—It is reported that the Chicago, Rock Is- | land & Pacific railroad is to extend its | Texas line from Fort Worth to Port ee nal a Money back if it fails to benefit you. : 75 CENT: H. L. TUCKER, Jest Drag Store in Bates Vo, Butler, Mo. epoceeseoen 000, | | | | | | ssuseotbabeciees Tom an experimental station across the Atlantic with the view of deter- mining whether Signor Marconi has perfected his syntonic system, ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIND, Skeleton of a Prehistoric Man Found 65 Feet Below the Earth's Surface Near Cansing, Kan. Lansing, Kan, March 18.—While digging a cave on their farm near here Joseph and M, Coneannon found what appears to be the skeleton of a prehistoric man, The find was made in the red clay of the river bank, 65 feet below the surface of the ground. Practically all the bones were found, and by comparing them with a man of average stature it would seem that the owner of the skeleton stood about eight feet tall. ‘The bones of the arm at the wrist measure 2Y, inches in diameter and one of them is as long as the average arm, e GUILTY AS THE REST. John Young, Hanged at Mount Holly fer Killing an Aged Man, Said He Only Led His Fellow-Murderers, Mount Holly, N. J., March 18—John Young was hanged in the yard of the county jeil here Tuesday for com- plicity in the murder of Washington Hunter, an aged and wealthy farmer, who was killed in his home at River- side on the night of January 25, 1901. sion in which he admitted having led the murderers to the Hunter home, but denied having struck the blow. Young is the second the four men who participated in the murder of Mr. Hunter to pay the death penalty. Young made a confes NEBRASKA'S SMALLPOX SCARE State Board of Health Has Appealed to the Government for Help to Stamp Out the he Bhenee, Lincoln, Neb., , March 18.—Follow- ing a meeting of the state board of health at which it was announced that there were 764 smallpox cases in the state, the secretary of the board was ordered to communicate with the federal authorities as to the best means of stamping out the dis- ease. It was decided to telegraph the army and hospital marine corps to send a special messenger to Me- braska. SOLDIERS WERE DRUNK. A Riot Occurred at Fort Morgan, Als, and One Man Was Killed and a Dozen ee Mobile, Ala., March 18.—A report re- ceived here from Fort Morgan, Ala., at the entrance to Mobile bay, says that a riot between soldiers and civil- ians occurred there, One man is re- ported killed and 10 or 15 wounded. About 40 or 50 soldiers were drinkiag in a saloon on the outside of the res- ervation when the fight started be- pe the boys in uniform and a crowd of civilians who were making repairs at the barracks. The Frisco May Bulld to Frisco. oy Angeles, March 18.—President . F, Yoakum, of the Frise who is in Los Angeles, has sti | intimated that his company will build ' to the Pacific coast, with San Francis- co as the ultimate terminus. aR New Doorkeeper of the House. e ae a March 18.—When the jouse me’ esday Frank B, of Cuba, N. Y¥., was elected di he » to succeed the late W. G. Glen, Several men were killeq