Pike County Democrat, Volume 31, Number 4, Petersburg, Pike County, 1 June 1900 — Page 2

I ll EM. Society of the Army of the Potomac Hold Memorial Services at , Fredericksburg, Va. PRESIDENT AND CABINET WERE THERE. flf Principal Incident of the Day was the Iejrlas of the Coraer Stone- of the Fifth Corps Mono* anent tn the National Cemetery— Souvenir tor Vtrslala Masons. Fredericksburg, Va., May 26.—On the very ground over which the old Fifth corj)6 charged at Fredericksburg, President McKinley, his cabinet and Gen. Miles, yesterday witnessed the laying of the cornerstone of a shaft which will perpetuate, in bronze and granite, the heroism of the Army of the Potomac. It was an impressive ceremony, and rendered the more so by the fact that among the hundreds who witnessed the event were noted leaders of both the federal and the confederate forces. The monument was the personal gift of Gen. Daniel Butterfield, to the National Memorial association. This in itself was a unique feature, as the battlefield monuments heretofore have been mostly the gifts of corporated societies or furnished by popular subscriptions. The president and his cabinent were welcomed at the courthouse, which was decorated with the national colors, and the various corps flags of the Army of the Potomac. Welcoming speeches were made by prominent veterans from both sides of the civil war, and afterward the president held an informal reception at the home of St. George R. Fitzhugh, where he was welcomed by hundreds of the town folk, both white and black. The President end Party.

The special train from Washington crrived at 11:10 and found the whole population of the staid old Virginia town groujied about the depot or massed along the main street with tha national colors appearing everywhere. The special carried all the members of ‘he cabinet except Secretary Wilson. There also were ih the party Gen. Nelson A. Miles and his chief aide, Col. M ichler, Gen. Joseph Wheeler, troiner Adjt.-Gen. Ruggles, who wa3 colonel of the i president’s regiment during the war, and the Marine band. Retention on Arrival. The train was met at Quantico by h reception committee from Fredericksburg, consisting of Hon. Horace F. Crisraan, Maj. T. P. Morris and Postmaster John M. Griffin, who accom* panied the presidential party to Fred* ericksburg, where they were turned * over to the hospitalities of the local rommittee. Procession and Exercise*. The procession formed at the depot, and. headed by the Marine band moved at once to the courthouse, where the public exercises were held and an official welcome tendered to the Society of the Army of the Potomac. The addresses of welcome was delivered by St. George R. Fitzhugh, and the response made by Gen. Martir. T. E. McMahon. The oration cf the day was delivered by Gen. Daniel E. Sickles.

. Mr. rUihagh'ii Address. Mr. Fitzhug-h’s address was a striking piece of oratorical work. lie paid the highest tribute^ the army of the Potctnac and to their confederate opponents, saying that to erase the nam^ of the Spotsylvania battlefields from the history of the American army would be to rob it of half its glory. The same blood shed on the Fredericksburg- fields, he said, stiH flowed in the veins of the American soldiers, wherever the American arms might be in the future, whether those who bofe them were ex-federals or exconfederates, or descendants of the two, they would stand shoulder to shoulder, and their record would be one that would take no luster from the glory won by the Stars and Stripes on the bloody battlefileds of Yirgiuia President McKinley and his cabinet o'Beers appla.ided this sentiment hcartHy, and the speaker was lustily cheered bwthe large audience. Lvaeheoa at the Opera Mouse. The exercises at the courthouse were followed by a luncheon served in the opera house to the members of the society, the ladies and invited guests. « This was over by two o'clock, after which the president held a brief reception at the residence of Mr. St George R Fitzhugh, before the party proceeded to the national cemetery for 'he ceremonies incident to the corner etone laying of tire Fifth corps monument, * £*> earner Stone Laylas. The corner stone of the monument was laid by Gen. Daniel E. Butterfield. He had prepared for the ocearkm a handsome silver trowel appropriately inscribed, and after the ceremony this was presented to the Ma- ° sonic lodge of Fredericksburg. SURROUNDED BY MYSTERY. Herbert Noyes. Found Shot In Cleveland, O^. Died Without ReValnittV Consciousness. Cleveland, 0., May 23.—Herbert Neyes, broker, who was shot while walking on Euclid aveuue late Thursday night, died without having regained consciousness. It was at first believed that Noyes had been attacked by footpads, but the police are now ineliued to think otherwise. There is a great deal of mystery surrounding |; title case ; \

UNCLE SAM TAKfcS A HAND, Kotlflex Ckiu that the “Boxer*" Moat he Suppressed With* eut Delay. _____ t -• Washington. May 26.—The U»»l4«*d States government has taken a mind in the suppression of the .“Boxers” iu China. Minister Conger has been insti acted by the state department to inform the Chinese government that the government of the United States expects it to stamp out promptly and thoroughly this society, and to provide proper guarantees for the maintenance ot peace and order, and the protection of the life and property of Americans in China, all now threatened by the operation of the “Boxers.” There is no indication in the instructions as to the course that will i be pursued by the United States in I case the Chinese government fails to j observe the warning conveyed in this ; communication. Mr. Conger is acting j on parallel lines with The represents- • tives of every European power at the 1 Chinese court, but has not joined in any concerCof action. It is realized here that the Chinese government, in dealing with the “Box- ; ers” will encounter much difficulty, as the society claims to be purely patriotic in purpose. Its contention is that the teachings of the Christians are in their results aboslutely destructive of j the Chinese system of government. The “Boxers” now are not attacking foreign missionaries, but are killing the ! Chinese, who allow themselves to be • converted to Christianity. This phase of the matter is difficult • to deal with, as it heretofore has been | a well-recognized right of a nation to ; deal with its own subjects at its \ pleasure. This rule does not contemplate excesses, such as are ascribed ' ' to the “Boxers,” and there is believed ; to be reasonable ground for foreign i i intervention, which would include the ; ! participation of United States war ; ships, and even troops, if such should t be necessary.

Mr. miesi aavice 10 me state department indicates that this troublesome society is waxing strong ' in the very heart of Pekin, the 1 Chinese capital, and it was evident , from the tone of his dispatch that a crisis was approaching which would J either cause drastic action by the Chinese government or a hostile demonstration by the powers in the near future. AN INTERESTING INQUIRY. Chinese Six Companies Seek to Enjoin the San Francisco Board of Health. San Francisco, May 25.—The hearj ing of the application of the Chinese j Six Companies for an injunction against the board of health of this city, restraining that body from interfering with the freedom of the Chinese residents of the city, and reI straining them from leaving the city for other sections without first submitting to inoculation by the haffkine prophylatic method, is being heard today in the United-States circuit court, j The attorneys for the Chinese argue ! that by singling out the Chinese and I others of the Mongolian race for :nj oculation the board of health has exceeded its authority, and aside from this discrimination had never actually proven that plague exists in this city or anywhere else in the United States. United States Attorney Coombs, on behalf of the board of health, and Federal Quarantine Officer Kinyoun read the order from the treasury department authorizing the restriction . complained of and also the resolution j adopted by the state board of health ! declaring that bubonic plague has existed in this city within three days. Local Japanese filed in the United States circuit court a petition for an injunction similar to that asked for by the Chinese Six Companies.

THE DYNAMITERS SENTENCED, Chancellor Boyd Make* the “Punishment Fit the Crime*’ by a Lite Term to the Penitentiary. Welland, Ont., May 26.—Karl Dullman, residence unknown; John Walsh and John Nolin, of Dublin, Ireland, but latterly of Washington, D. C., and Richmond, Ya., were yesterday convicted by Chancellor Boyd and a jury of having attempted to wreck'Lock 24 of the Welland canal with dynamite and sentenced to imprisonment for life in Kingston penitentiary. Walsh and Nalin were the active participants in the crime, having lowered two valises filled with dynamite and with fuses attached alongside the lock; but owing to a mistake in calculating the distance to the water’s edge the force of the explosion was minimised, and the' damage was trifling. Dullman accompanied the men to Niagara Falls, and directed proceedings from there. The three were caught almost redhanded. The jury was only five minutes arriving at the guilt of the accused. Neither made any remark on receiving sentence. No evidence was produced as to the motive of the men, although the crown claims thatwt was hatched by the Clan-na-GaeL Emergency Elver and Harbor Bill. 1 Washington, May 26.—The senate committee on commerce, through Senator McMillan, yesterday reported the emergency river and harbor bill. The provision in the bill, as it passed the house, concerning the Eads contract in the Mississippi jetties, ia stricken out, and a substitute inserted authorizing the secretary of war to negotiate with the Eads heirs, with the view of ascertaining the value of property owned by them near the South Pass and to report to congress at its next session. ■

Sill 11IL Hie Boers Are Retreating Before Lord Roberts1 Advance Toward the Vaal River. ARE 0FFERIK3 LITTLE RESISTANCE. Gen. Bn Her Has Crushed Into the Transvaal Near insuso, and la Dae to Plank the Boer Position at La lav’s Xek-Bocr. to Defend Jokaanesbarf. London, May 24, 2:05 p. m.—Gen. French has reached Prospect Station, I about five miles north of Rhenoster i river. The Boers are retreating straight on the Vaal. Bat Little Resistance. A dispatch from Rhenoster, dated Wednesday, May 23, 7:45 o. m., says: “The general opinion is that we will arrive at Pretoria as fast as we can inarch, though the Boers annonced to all the countryside that they intended to fight to the death.” Roberts’ Onward March. Gen. Ian Hamilton is co-operating in the advance on the right. Thus Lord Roberts,who,presumably is a few miles behind Gen. French, will reach the Vaal before the end of the week. Nar tives report that the Boers have buried two guns in the Rhenoster river. Gen.* Boiler’s Advance. In Natal Gen. Buller’s forces have crossed into the Transvaal near lngogo, but are still held at bay at Laing's Nek, where the Boers are intrenching themselves. With the exception of this pass, Natal is clear of Boers. They have, a big gun posted, but it is doubtful if they will be able to hold the position when threatened by a flanking movement from the force that crossed the Ingogo river. A Pretoria Dispatch.

A dispatch from Pretoria announces that the first train north entered Mstaking. May 22, and that the first train south is exepected next week. It is said that the relief of Mafeking- was due to a blunder of one of the .federal officers. by which Gen. Delarey was foiled in his plan to cut off the relief force after driving them away from the Molopo river. >V1I1 Unfesd Jol»num**ln*r«r. It is added that the federals have resolved to make a determined defense of “the city of Johannesburg. Klimke, the state mining engineer, has been given six moths’ leave of absence, presumably for protesting against the proposition to blow up the mines. DlstfuMetl RvNNiaiiM. A special dispatch from Newcastle, Natal, says the Russian ambulance corps with the Boers, is disgusted with their conduct, and has requested th$ czar to recall it. BOER BULLETINS. Accounts from Boer Source* of Recent Event*. Boer Camp, Volksrust, Tuesday,. May 22.—The British crossed the Buffalo river and were within sight of otir position yesterday. They are busy emplacing heavy cannon at Schuinshotgte, near the scene of the battle on the Ingogo river, in 1SS1. It is re* ported that fighting occurred at Botha’s nek yesterday. Chris Botha, brother of the coraman-der-in-chief, has been appointed assistant to the commander-in-chief, and has given great satisfaction. He has revived the fighting spirit in many of the federals. In the ambush between N’Qutn and Mount Prospect eight British were killed and 13 wounded.

AFFAIR AT SCUORPER'9 NEK. m Place Where ties. Bethea* Lwt Sixty-Six Ben. Pretoria, Wednesday, May 23.—An official bulletin here today says: Sixty British cavalry came into collision, cm May 20, with 80 of the Swaziland commando, at Schoeper’s nek. The fighting lasted an hour. The British lost 27 killed, 25 wounded, and 11 were also captured. The federals lost one killed and one wounded. They assisted to remove the wounded and bury the dead. The advance guard at Heitbron retired on the main body at the northern border. According to Free State advices, the British yesterday were at Greyling’s drift, on the Vaal river, 25 miles from Wolmaranstad, with a large force. On Sunday, Kalbe engaged the British between Heilbron and Lindley. The federals had to retire before an overwhelming force, losing one killed and •even wounded. A Rocky Ro»« Ahead. Washington, May 25.—The Louisiana Purchase World’s fair appropriation by congress does not look as promising as It did since it has been discovered that Speaker Henderson is decidedly opposed tc it. He says: “We have too many shows; the west doesn’t care anything about it,” and he will smother the bill in committee if he cak . To Rcgalate Indian Marrlases. Washington, May 25.—The senate committee on Indian affairs yesterday authorized a favorable report on the bill providing for the registration of the marriage of reservation Indiana and otherwise regulating Indian marriages. Ordired to Retain Their Poets. Pekin, May 25.—The Chinese ministers at Washington and London have been ordered to retain their posts for some time longer on the recommendation ot Li Hung Chang, who pointed out the uxAarsirability of changing.

IT IS M’KIXLEYISM. O*rra»tloi la Office of AdalaUtnu tloa AppoiatcM ta tkc Cobaa Postal Department. One of the chief grounds of com* plaint against Spanish colonial rule was the corruption which permitted men like Weyler to assume office in comparative poverty, and retire with large wealth. Indeed, the Spaniards | treated their colonies as Klondikes, to be worked for the benefit of the officials fortunate enough to be appointed to the posts of authority in those places. This fact was well known in Kew York, where exporters of articles needed in Cuba had to take into account the peculiar methods of the Spanish custom house authorities. . . It was hoped that when the island of Cuba fell under American control, to be fitted for independence by American precept tnd example the methods of administration would be such ts to prove to the Cubans the superiority of the United States over Spain in all the attributes of free government, and espej cially in honest dealing with the funds which of right belong to the Cuban people, and are supposed to be collected and expended for their benefit. Every patriotic American, irrespective of party, desired that Americans intrusted with authority in Cuba would make an honorable record for themselves and their country. And now it. appears that under the McKinley plan of appointing men to office, without regard to character, proi vided they have the backing of the po- | litical ring which holds the president in trust, thefts have been perpetrated in the postal department in Cuba which amount sto many thousands and may amount to half a million dollars. Presi

HOW IT WORKS. Am IUu(r«tlT« Iailaaet of the Short- ■ aliktetaeu of Repakltcaa Spellbinders. Senator Shoup, of ldahot gives ns an illustration of the way in vrtiich the prosperity argument is going to be worked in his part of the country. He takes lead for the purpose of presenting the argument in the con* Crete. During the Harrison administra* tion, he says, the price was from $4.20 to $4.30. Under Cleveland it tumbled all the way along down from $4.30 to $2.30. But when McKinley took hold and waved his magic wand up shot lead to $4.70. That is bound to fetch ’em. Every lead producer is sure to fling his hat aloft and yell: “Whoop! Hurrah for McKinley and prosperity!” “Now, take sheep,” says the sena* tor. Under Harrison sheep were bringing from $2.25 to $2.50 per head in Idaho. Under Cleveland they went down, down to $1.27. But' under McKinley they have bounded away up to $2.80. So there you are again. Is any shepherd going to throw McKinley over and take his chances with a democratic president again? Not if he appreciates the force of republican logic. . 1 “Our people are not fools,? says th« Idaho senator. “They know what it good for them.” Which implies that , they know that when the democrat! are in power they put prices down and when the republicans' are in power they put prices up. The assumption is anything but complimentary to the popular intelligence. But, granting it to be true for the sake of the argument, what

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dent McKinley's cabinet has taken this astounding disclosure under special consideration, and it is asserted that there will be a thorough investigation into the system of plunder which has evidently been organized in the postal departments, and perhapOs in other departments of,the McKinley administration in Cuba. It is a most shameful affair, and peculiarly distressing to all Americans who are concerned in the honor of the American flag and the good name of the republic. It is worse than similar plundering would be at home, for it is the robbing of a trust fund; it is embezzlement from the estates af a helpless ward who is in our care and whose very weakness should exciteour sympathy. The training of the Cubans for self-government must go on, but it is manifest that, if continued under republican auspices, the lesson they receive will not be of a sort calculated to promote honesty in the administration of public affairs, or to increase the respect of Cubans for their Washington rulers and plunderers.—N. Y. News. - The Truth Concealed. The administration has notbeen displaying much anxiety to furnish information concerning its tariff doing) in the crown colonies. On January 21i the senate by resolution called on the secretary of war for “full and exact copies of all proclamations issued or made respecting the collection of customs, internal and other revenues* in Cuba and the American island territories, together with the rates and amounts and total amount of such revenues, and a list of persons with their compensation engaged in the services narndj. No information in reply to that resolution has been furnished. Why? Is the department afraid to expose even the shell of the colonial system?—Washington Times. -Over 12,000 men are said to have been thrown out of work by the new departure of the steel end wire trust. The tobacco and sugar trusts have also dispensed with a good deal of assistance. When the presidential campaign opens there will be a good deal of analyzatiou of the claim that the trust system assures continuous employment for all who want to work at high wages. The truth is that the success of the trusts, depends largely on the cheapness of labor, and the trust managers get their work done at as low a figure as possible, and when they get overstocked they discharge mer without compunction. There is no sentiment about these een'-lemen. ■ ai

may we suppose the people who usu lead and woolen clothing'—and xnosli people do use them directly or indirectly—think about it? If they are not such fools as th-j republican bosses take -them to b 2 they will understand that if the republican party puts prices up it force j them to pay more for the things the/ need or go without.—Chicago Chroiicle. . * ■— ■■■ ■ PRESS COMMENTS. ——Mark Hanna has at least accorded belligerency rights to the constitution.—Memphis Commercial Appeal. -Secretary Hoot is quoted as saj • ing that there is need of a man ci iron will in the white house. Mi . Root, being at the head of the mil • tary establishment, should suppl ’ j some of the iron himself.—Cincinna i Enquirer. -A republican exchange says .t would be ridiculous to make a can - j paign issue of Neely, the administr - j tion’s post office treasurer in Cub , ! who stole. $60,000. Neely iis, of cours , j a small fellow, but as a specimen ax 1 1 a symptom he is quite important.-!- [ Atlanta Journal. - ■ President McKinley would ha' 3 j been highly pleased if the Boer er - { voys had kept away from the Unite I [ States until after the November ele - tion. Their presence here is embarrassing to an administration which j i so strongly pro-British in sympath :. | —Boston Traveler. -The chief justice of Porto Ri< :,j j must have a fine sense of humor. I > made Gov. Allen to swear, in his oai ; of office, to defend the constitution • j" the United States in the island. Ha . not Hanna, Foraker and GrosVen* ; proved that the constitution cuts 1 ; figure there?—Providence Journal. -Although the Hanna ship su sidy bill is done so far as the presei session is concerned, it is very evidei that it is to be made a star featu - of the . republican performance ne: winter. That $90,000,000 in the tree ury is too juicy a plum for the tru r combination to lose. — Washington Times. * - | I ——The republicans are making fiiS headway at wiping out the surph piled up by the war tax. With a fej more appropriations of the size th| .hey have been making recently the; irill be no surplus left and the wi tax will have to be retained for yea n 1 a come to meet the running expens t f the government.—Savannah New, I *

Mow Much You Eat Is not the question, bet, how much job digest, because food does good only when it is digested and, assimilated, taken up by the blood and made into muscle, nerve, bone and tissue. Hood’s Sarsaparilla restores to the stomach its powers, of digestion. Thru appetite is natural and healthy. Then dyspepsia is gone, and strength, elasticity and endurance return. Stomach Trouble—"My mother had a very bad stomach trouble. She weighed only 111 pounds. After taking four bottles of Hood s Sarsaparilla she weighed 136 pounds. She took it again after the grip and one bottle got her up.” Miss Otie McCoy, $28 Lafayette Ave., Lebanon, Ind, Hood's Sarsaparilla Is America's Greatest Blood Medicine. Hot Quite Ready for Heaven. An Usage Indian named Laboring Miles was taken before Indian Agent Pollack a few days ago for some medicine. As it is a rare tiling, says the Chicago Inter UCean, for an Indian to ask for "white man’s medicine,” the agent said: “Sick, Laboring?” “Sick, heap sick,” replied'the redskin. “Pretty sick, eh?” continued the agent. “Pretty near die,” replied Laboring, aftei k pause. “Looked lip in sky. Saw big light; saw Jesus and Jesus’ mother.” The Indian then, said his father beckoned him to come up into the clouds. “You ought to have gone,” advised the •gent. “Maybe you won t be called again.” The Indian shook his head. v “Don’t you want to go to Heaven?” asked the agent. , “Not now,” said Laboring Miles. “I want to kill one heap d—d Indian before I ko.”

Number “Slxieei." In his history of New York, one. of the daeaios of American authorships, Dkdrick Knickerbocker (Washington Irving) wrote lovingly, yet with unctuous sarcasm, of the beauties and traditions of nis loved “Nieu Netherlands,”- the peaceful valley of the Hudson from Albany to Manhattan, the many legends with which the entire region abounds—notably that of Rip Van Winkle and his long sleep—and of the ancient names and families whose descendants are still a power in that locality. So far-reaching were the effects of the “History” that in time the name “Knickerbocker” became the popular one for the patron saint of New York City, he usually being represented as a benignant ojd German of ample girth, clutching firmly the long-stemmed clay pipe w hich Irving immortalized and gazing over his beloved City. Recognizing the vein of sentiment in the American people long agoa train service was inaugurated to New York from St. Louie to which Father Knickerbocker lent his name and through the efforts of the line which introduced the service the “Knickerbocker Special” has become as familiar to the average traveled American a* to the residents of his own City. Leaving Si. Louis at noon, the traveler is borne swiftly and safely to Father Knickerbocker’s abode, traversing by daylight those scenes with which he was so familiar, arriving at New York the next day in time for a leisurely preparation for evening. So popular has the service proven that the Big Four has started a new train as a companion, it leaving St. Louis 8:00 A. M.. receiving all Western and Southwestern connections and arriving in New York at 2:35 the next day. This tram is known as the New York and Boston Limited, but the wayfarer who travels much will call it Number Sixteen in emulation of hie railroad brethren and inquire if “she” is on time. A month’s business has demonstrated that it is a success. The Big Four’s motto is “Comfort in travel,” and the train amply lives up to the motto, as a trip on it will prove to those Who desire every convenience in travel, A letter to the General Office of the Big Four at Cincinnati about any of their train* will always receive a prompt and courteous ( reply. The Vicious, tu Boston. “Yes,” replied the Boston parent, “a boy soon acquires vicious habits if he is suffered to mingle with street boys. Once I thought otherwise, and permitted our Emerson to choose his playmates as chance should throw them in his way. It wasn’t a week, sir, until that boy, in spite of his hereditary tendencies and the careful home training he had received, was asking me hypothetical questions that simply reeked with casta** try! —Puck. The Beet Prescription fur Chill* and Fever i* a bottle of Gaova’s Tastzlcss Chiu. Tome. Itis simply iron and quinine iu a tasteless form. No cure—no pay. Price,30c. Mother (sternly)—“He kissed you twice, to my knowledge, and I don't know how often after that.” Daughter—“Neither do 1, ma. 1 never was much good at mental arithmetic.”—Philadelphia Press.

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