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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-03

UNITED STATES MILITARY PRISON AT FORT
MCPHERSON.
stoned officers and privates from the
same place. You see the privates are i'm
the minority, a characteristic feature
about almost any body of Spanish SOL
diery.
These men were sent out ON some
sort of a secret expedition by Blanco,
so that they are real prisoners of war,
captured while bearing arms and en-
gagged in active hostility against this
country. The. crews of the many mer-
chant vessels which have been taken as
prizes are not considered prisoners of
war at all and are at liberty to go
where they will or can. AS it happens
most of them are tied up in Key West,
but solely through their inability to pay
for a passage home.
Among our first Spanish prisoners,
strangely enough, was brother-in law
of the much hated Weyler. Although
all the officers claim to be members of
distinguished Spanish families Colonel
Cortejo was the haughtiest and most
pompous of the lot.
For many years he has been judge
advocate of the principal courts martial
in Havana. 1t is charged that in that
capacity he has been merciless rigid
and tyrannical. He is close adherent
of the Weyler military policy, and al
though warm personal friend of Blan-
co he has been leader since the with
drawal of Weyler of the oppressive, con.
centration policy inaugurated by that
captain general.
Yet Colonel Cortejo has not been
boiled in OIL In fact, he has lately been
exchanged. Many an American citizen
can tell tales of Spanish cruelty to their
prisoners, for even before we went to
war with the dons Blanco and Weyler
had All unpleasant habit of occasionally
seizing an American, shutting him up
in some underground dungeon of MORO
and keeping him there until a demand
for his release was made by the Amer
lean consul
To keep a prisoner in one of those
damp, filthy cells three months is to
make him physical wreck, fit only to
end his days in hospital. To keep him
there six months is to sign his death
warrant. Yet that is the kind of a pris-
on the Spanish use fer civilians who are
merely suspected of giving aid to the
insurgents.
The United States military prison at
Fort Mcpherson, near Atlanta, is a far
different place from MORO Castle. There
are no underground dungeons. The
cells are all above ground, and they are
good sized, airy rooms into which the
sun shines and the breezes blow The
prison is a low, one story structure
whose tiled roof is shaded by trees.
Neither do we feed our prisoners of
war on bread and water, which is said
to be the customary bill of fare in Nor
70 Castle The prisoners eat the same
food as that served at the regular sol
diers' mess, and that is good enough for
anybody, for so. liers in q permanent
camp are we'll fed.
So accustomed are the Spaniards to
their own peculiar methods of treating
prisoners that they had at first antici
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-03

SPANISH PRISONERS AT FORT MPHERsoN
pated hard time, and it was week
or more before they realized that we
don't do things in their way. But still
they were suspicious, and when the
post barber was assigned to operate up
ON them they were nearly scared to
death. Probably they imagined each
one in turn was going to have his
throa6 cut.
Very soon we may have lot more
Spanish prisoners, and they will un-
doubtedly be treated with just as much
humanity. II is to be hoped, however,
that the Spaniards may not have an OPP
portunity of showing how they treat
American prisoners of war. We had
rather not know. We can guess, and
that is enough for as
LIEUTENANT H. r. GAHAN.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-03
Common Council Room,
OWnssn- Mich. NAV III ,a6.


Regular meeting of common council, Mayor
Thomas Kerwin, presiding.
Aldermen present. at roll call, Wiley. Dewey.
Copas. Jordan, Palmer, Watson and Walsh
The minutes Of the last meeting were read ana
approved az read.
Following claims and accounts were presented
and referred to the committee on claims and ac-
From Contingent Fund Geo. b. McCaughna
$4s5 J. b. Mcintosh, $l;0O f. I: Gilbert, LOO
Geo Haskell 90 a e. b symes Th oyer KeT
600, same 11.00 j. L. Curtis HOO, same $50 90,
+ Ash 49, T. C. Main i5 30 T. D. Royce g ~
s. Hadsal 1900, j. ID. Royce, $500.
Board of Health FUND.-. A Todd $500, b. S.
Knapp LES, Parkill Il Son 40.
Highway Fund.-. Dye $40 so, 9; Cady .@, w.
Ball S.78, q. ii. Bailey 1870, David Moss 100,
Jas. Doyle 500, John Il. Hildebrant. 1857.
Fire Department Fund-Chas. Beattie $500, E.
b. Tubbs, 81 60.
Water Works Fund-Owosso Paint & Wall Pa
per Co. 81. 40, @. A. Beebe $3.50, Floyd BOOmer,
$3.50 Chas. Jackson 1850, j. y. Hunt $50, q. III.
Cosstt 1900.
The city attorney made report on the case Of
the City Of OwOssO vs.May. May was discharged
Aid. Shaw presented the report of the commit
tee on location of West Main street bridge; re-
port was referred back TO committee.
Aid. Gould from the committee appointed to
confer with l.. X. Woodland concerning the bill
for changing water main, asked tor more time,
The COMMITTEES on claims and accounts report
al favorable on accounts rs ABOVE pTeSenteu.
unanimous consent being given same was allow
ed; ayes TO- naysO.
Aid. Dewey presented an ordinance for the
annual appropriations and asked consent to read
N first and second times by Its title, which con-
sent was given and 1t was so read. Unanimous
consent was given that II be read third time I'm
full and placed on Its passage.
Aid. Copas moved that the appropriation for
re department be changed from $4,000 To 81 500
Aid. Gould moved an amendment liking the
apprOpriation for the fire department at ~, 600
N. M nndan
Could Dewey Copas Shaw, Harmon, q; nays,
Jordan Palmer, Watson and Walsh,4
The ordinance as amended was placed upon It's
massage and did not pass; ayes, Wiley, dewey,
Could C0pas, shaw, Harmoh' o; nays T"i"o''
Watson, Walsh, ,.,
The resignation OF II. A: Todd as health oficer
was presented and accepted.
Tufiord for health officer which was confirmed;
ayes ., nays ,a or roda
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-03
FOR THE THEATER-GOER.

It Is said Olga Nethersole is contem-
plating a Shakespearean revival, with
gorgeous scenic equipments.
The Bostonians gave the two thou
sand five hundredth performance Of
robin Hood" in New York the other
night.
The new Operas omique, which the
French government is building on the
Place Boieldieu, Paris, is nearing COM
pletion, but will probably not be opened
until next winter. 1t will cost about
81, 100000.
Henry Dixey, who only three or four
months ago announced himself as the
successor of Prof. Hermann, has given
up magic and will appear in the annual
summer review at the Casino, which Ii
soon to be brounght out.
Georgia Busby, who appeared with
the Frawley company last season, was
married In Rochester, N. Y, to Mr..
Walter H. Sandt, of New York city, .
member of the New York produce ex-
change. She will retire from the stage.
A notable company is to be formed
in New York to be known as the Column
bus Theater Stock company. It will
include among others Frank Mordaunt,
William Seymour, Edgar L. Davenport,
Lester WalIack, Jr., Amelia Bingham,
Una Abel, Marion Abbott. Marie Bing-
ham, and Sadie Irving.
M. Coquelin, the French actor, now
impersonating Cyrano with such sue
cess, is mentioned for political prefer
ment His popularity is so great in his
native town, Boulogne-sur-Mer, that IL
Is proposed to elect him to the chamber
Of deputies to represent that constit-
uency.
Nat Goodwin.has engaged Clyde Fitch
to write a new play for him, the sub
ject of which has not as yet been de-
cided- Mr.. Goodwin also made O propo-
Eition to Mr.. Fitch for the purchase Of
q business interest in every new play
which he shall write during the next
five years.
Mr.. w. s. Gilbert, who brought suit
against the Era, owing to the pubhca-
ton IN that paper of an article taxing
Mr.. Gilbert with "pomposity, envy and
ingratitude," has been unable to get
any satisfaction from the jurymen to
whom he submitted his wrongs. Imag-
Inc librettist bringing suit in America
because Of epithets SO mild as thesei
Grown at Great Heights.
Wheat can be grown in the Alps at
an elevation of $500 feet. In Brazil at
5000, in the Caucasus at 5000. In Abyss
sinis. at 10000, and in Peru and In Boz
Huix, NJ II QQ0
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-03
CUR WAR PRISONERS.
HOW WE TREAT THE SPANIARDS AT
FORT MCPHERSON.

We Don't Put Them In Underground Dun
geons and Feed Them on Bread and
Water, but Keep Them In Light, Airy
Prison on Soldiers Fare.
Early in the present war we have had
o chance to show that we can be hu-
name even when fighting. The oppor-
tunity came when we took our first
prisoners Of war. There are 20 of them,
and they were all captured ON the Span
ish mail steamer Argonauta. Half of
them are military officials from Ha-
vana and the other ten are nonoommis-
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-03
Probate Order.

State of Michigan, County of Shiawassee, S.
AT a session Of the Probate Court for said
County, held at the Probate ONCE In the City
OF Corunna, on Saturday, the 2ist day of May
In the year one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-eight.
Present Matthew Bush Judge of Probate.
In the matter of the estate OF William Shafer,
mentally incompetent person.
On reading and filing the petition of George Il.
Mason. as guardian, praying for license to
mortgage real estate
1t is ordered, that the Goth day of June
next, ut ten o'clock I'm the forenoon, at said
Probate ONCE, be assigned for hearing said
petition.
And IL is further ordered, that copy Of this
order be published three successive weeks
previous to said day of hearing, in THE Owosso
TIMES, newspaper printed and circulating In
said county of Shiawassee.
MATTHEW BUSH,
Judge of Probate.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-03

as member of the Board of Health; the appoint.
ment was confirmed; ayes, Wiley. Gould, Shaw,
Harmon, Jordan, Palmer, Watson. Walsh, 81;
nays. Copas 1.
The mayor presented the name OF Chas. Dun
ham as member of the Board of Health; appoint
ment was confirmed; ayes 0. nays o.
Aid. Gould moved that the city clerk be direct
ed to collect from all people whose houses have
been fumigated an amount sufficient to cover all
expense to the city In the matter, carried.
Council adjourned to Monday evening, June g.,
1898.
JOHN l.. ASH, City Clerk.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-03
OF A LITERARY CHARACTER.

Mrs. Gertrude Anterior, the novelist,
ia great-grandniece Of Benjamin
Franklin.
Mr.. Kipling's next volume of Short
stories will include 1.-THE Ship That
Found Herself" Bread Upon the
Water" "a Brushwood Boy" "The
Tomb of His Ancestors" GOT" and sew
eral other stories.
The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of Paris
has acquired the most valuable collec-
ton of Mexican antiquities in existence
that collected by Signor Boturini, .
senator Of Milan, who visited Mexico
about 174O.
Mr.. Sidney Colvin is now devoting
his leisure to the completion of his
biography. of r. L. Stevenson. Mr.. Col
vim purposes keeping the biography
and letters distinct-the first volume
containing the life and the other two
the letters.
While at Vienna last winter Mark
Twain received a marked copy of New
York paper giving statistics showing
the increase of crime in Connections in
the last seven years. He clipped the
article and returned It, with this com
ment on the margin: This Is just the
time that have been absent from the
state"
Elijah p. Brown, better known -
~the Rams Horn Man." by reason Of
his having been the founder and editor
Of that paper, and whose pointed say
ings and witty paragraphs have been 30
widely quoted, has recently severed his
connection with IL. He Is preparing
some Of his writings for publication In
book form, and will devote = part Of
his time to lecturing.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-03

English SPAWN LlnlmenL removes all
Hard, Soft or Calloused Lumps and BIem-
ishes from horses, Blood Spavins, Curbs,
Splints, Sweeney. Ring Bone, Sprains, Sti-
fies, all Swollen Threats, Couhs, etc. Save
$50 by use of one bottle. arranted the
most wonderful Bemish Cure ever known.
Sold by johnson q Henderson, druggists,
$780, 90
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-03
GA 9ToRIA.
Bears the HThe Kind You Have Always Bought
''s' :; &H4zzzm
BARON ROTHSCHILD'S RULES.

Shun liquors.
Dare to go forward.
Never be discouraged.
Never tell business lies.
Be polite to everybody.
Employ your time well.
Be prompt in everything.
Pay your debts promptly.
Bear all trouble patiently.
Do not reckon upon chance.
Make no useless acquaintances.
Be brave in your struggle of life.
Maintain your integrity as a sacred
thing.
Never appear something more than
you are.
Take time to consider, and then de-
eide positively.
Carefully examine into every detail
Of your business.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-03
Relief in Six Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder disease
relieved in six hours by "New Great South
American Kidney Cure" 1t is a great sur
prise on account of its exceeding prompt
ness in relieving pain in bladder, kidneys
and back, i'm male and female. Relieves
retention of water almost Immediately If
you want quick relief and cure this is the
remedy. Sold by johnson Il Henderson,
Druggist OwOssO, Mich. IT,
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-03
The tale of the Spanish outrage and bar.

The tale of the Spanish outrage and bar
barity that led to the expulsion of the
American missionaries from the Caroline
Islands, near the Philippines, few years
ago, is briefly related by the Rev. DIR. K. k.
Strong, in the American Monthly Review
of Reviews for June. There, as elsewhere,
SPANS rule has only retarded civilization.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-03
Piles. Piles. Itching Piles.

SYMPToMs-Moisture, intense itching and
81 nging; most at night; worse by scratching.
II allowed to continue tumors form, which often
bleed and ulcerate, becoming very sore.
SwAYNEs OINTMENT stops the itching and
bleeding, heals liberation, and In most cases re-
moves the tumors Al druggists, or by mail, for
60cents. DR.. Swavne &Son Philadelphia.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-03

SLEEPING AND PARLOR CAR SERVICE
wEsTBOUND
100 a. m. train has Parlor car to Grand Rap
Ids. Extra charge % cents.
7:l7 p. IN train has Parlor car to Graz Hav
en-. Extra charge rs cents.
EAsTBOUND.
900 a. IN. train has Parlor car to Detroit. Elk
ira charge % cents Pullman Parlor ear. De.
troit to Toronto connecting with Sleeper for
the east and New York Connects with G. &
G. Il. division at Durand for Chicago and PIT,
Huron and with c., s. g. M division for Saginaw
and Bay City.
6:O3 p. m. train has Parlor car to Detroit Ex.
TIA charge 25 cents, and Pullman Sleeping car
Detroit to Toronto, Suspension Bridge, Buffalo,
Philadelphia and New York. Connects at Du-
rand with c., ), and M. div. for Saginaw and
Bay City and with o. & q. II. for PIT Huron and
Battle Creek.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-03
NORTH.

Cheap rates and good connections with boats a,
Frankfort for the west and northwest.
w. H. BENNETT, @. p. A
Burt. s. Stratton, Agt., Owossc
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-03
MICHIGAN CENTRAl
"The Niagara Falls Route"
SAGINAW DIVISION.
OWOSSO TIME CARD.

RAINS SOUTH.
Chicago Express leaves 1853 a. m, arrives In
jackson l0:55 a m, Chicago7:15 p. m.
Chicago Express, leaves S:45 p. a.. arrives
In jackson 1850 p. m, Chicago $3.50 O. m,
Through Sleeper (Bay City to Chicago).
m. arrives Owosso IL 40 p. m.
Owosso ACCOMMODATION leaves Owosso at l:4b
p. m, arrives In Jackson at $3.50 D. m.
TRAINS NORTH
Bay City Express, leaves 900 a. m arrives
at Bay City ii 10 q. m. Sleeper, Chicago to Bay
City,
Marquette Express leaves Owosso 7:15 %. m.
arrives at Bay City 9:20p. m.
Owosso accommodation leaves jackson II :Ib
q. m, arrives Owosso :25 d. m.
Bay City Accommodation leaves Owosso 2 80 %,
m. arrives in Bay City $40 d. m.
All trains daily except Sunday
j. B. GLASGOW, Agent, Owosso
w RUGGLEs, G. p. g. II. A.. Chicago
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-03
Grown at Great Heights

drown at Great Heights.
Wheat can be grown in the Alps at
an elevation of $500 feet. In Brazil at
5000, in the Caucasus at 5000. in Abys-
slnis. at 10000, and in Peru and In Boz
uvia at IL .000
The Paducah daily sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898, 1898-05-09
TO OCCUPY MANILA.

Washington, May 9.-The pre-i-
dent has decided 10 vt once send
troops TO Manila to occupy the
island, and to protect the lives and
property Of American and foreign
residents. Orders have been issued
by Gen. Miles for 5000 troops,
made up of regulars from San Fran.
cisco, the volunteer regiments from
Idaho, Washington and California,
in command of Brig. Gen. T. An.
dersou, to be conveyed to the Philip
pines by May 10.
The total army Of occupation OF
the Philippines will be 10000 men.
The first to 60 will be 1000, who
will likely leave the Pacific coas,
some time this week. These will bt
followed within several days by 8 ,00(
more. Enough additional troops
will be sent to make the aggregate
10000. The first attachments will
be from the Pacific slope states, ant
be mostly composed Of regulars. Tit
second will largely be made up from
the Pacific volunteers, and the las
will be regulars and volunteers from
all the mountain states to the ives
! OF Denver.
The Paducah daily sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898, 1898-05-09
A GALLANT KENTUCKIAN.

A special to the Globe-D Democrat
from Key West says:
Admiral SIMPSONS fleet will soon
be sub-divided, as reported from
Washington, into two divisions. The
New York, the three double turreted
seagoing monitors Puritan, Amphi-
trite and Terror, with the Iowa and
Indiana, will form the heavy armor.
clad division to be massed at some
central point. This command will
remain directly under Admiral Samp-
son.
The Cincinnati, a fast steel cruiser,
Detroit, Montgomery and Marble
head, all of the same class the Hele-
ma, Nashville, Castine, Machias,
Yicksburg, Annapolis and Newport,
all steel light draught gunboats the
Mayfower, the finest torpedo gun
boat in our navy; vesuvius, four 500
pound dynamite guns Bancroft and
Fern, and a feet Of thirty torpedo
boat destroyers and torpedo boats
will be under the command of Com
modore John Crittenden Watson,
who will, with the feet mentioned,
continue the blockade of the Cuban
ports and conduct operations against
Cuba.
The Paducah daily sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898, 1898-05-09
SCENES IN THE CORTES.
IAN Unfortunate Nation Whose
BOYS Are Kings

A dispatch from Madrid Saturday
says that the Chamber has just wit
messed the most uproarious scenes In
the annals of the Cortes. Senior
Mella, Carlist deputy, in a speech,
made use Of Scriptural quotation
referring to ian unfortunate nation,
whose kings are boys" adding that
women were always the cause Of the
fall Of thrones.
Senior Sagasta, the Premier, sup.
ported by a majority Of the Chamber.
protested, amid the greatest confu-
sion, against Senior Mella's language,
The Republicans sided with the Car
list.
The speaker requested Senior Mella
to withdraw his words, but this the
deputy refused to do, saying that
hey were Scriptural.
The President warned Senior Mella
thrice, declaring that his refusal TO
withdraw the language he had used
was disrespectful to the reigning dy-
nasty, aud then submitted the ques-
ton of the expulsion from the cham.
Der of the offending member. A
division was taken amid a terrible
uproar, resulting in the expulsion OF
Senior Mella by vote Of 1919 to 10,
the Republicans voting with the
Carlists.
Upon the announcement of the re-
suit both the republicans and Carlists
walked from the chamber. The Car
lists declare they will not return un-
less Senior Mella be readmitted. The
president of the chamber explans that
the expulsion applies only to the
days sitting. This is the first ex'
pulsion in pursuance with the new
rules.
Senior Mella first censured the COY
ernment for not making an allianc,
with France and Russia and severely
denounced the scheme Of autonomy
which, he asserted, far from
averting trouble, had provoked it
He declared that President McKin
ley's messages were full of insults
which the Spanish government haC
tolerated. He said that Senior Moret
the minister Of colonies, who was
failure, was Obliged to be escorted
when he goes into the streets, Will
Lieut.. Gen. Weyler is obliged t,
hide himself, owing to public ova
ltions.
Senior Mella then quoted iron
Isaiah ill.,: Gas for my people, chill
dren are their oppressors and wome
rule over them. o, my people, the,
which lead thee cause thee to err an,
destroy the way of thy paths"
The Paducah daily sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898, 1898-05-09
WITHOUT A PARALLEL.

Washington, May AT the EN-.
bassies and legations, Commodore
Dewey's reports we're read with great
interest, and served to renew the high
tributes Of the foreign authorities TO
gallant American commander. The
remarkable disparity betwee the
casualties on the American and Span.
ish ships, as shown by the Dewey re-
ports, was a source Of special com.
ment, and the military attache at one
of the embassies, said such a dispar-
ity probably was without parallel in
history.
How the Spaniards could have lost
$50 killed and 250 wounded, while
the American loss was confined to a
few men slightly inj ,red, is regarded
by the foreign observers as clearly
disclosing the utter worthlessness OF
Spanish arms. The ambassador OF
one of the great powers said itshowed
that the guns Of the Spanish forts as
we'll as those on their ships, were
worthless, otherwise they would have
inflicted some mortality upon the
American sailors.
at recalls Solferino," said he.
l"At that time France and Austris
we're at war, but the range OF the
French guns was longer than that OF
the Austrians. That brought then
together on equal terms, and the sim
pie difference in the length OF tn,
", nge OF the French guns determined
The Paducah daily sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898, 1898-05-09
EXPECTS THE ENEMY.

st. Thomas, Danish West Indies,
May 9.-When the Herald and Cou-
rier-Journars dispatch steamer ap.
preached Jan Juan Saturday night at
dusk, her coming was evidently known
in the Porto Rcan city, though it was
evident that her mission was not
known.
Excitement ashore was intense. As
VIC drew near the harbor. almost I'M
der the lighthouse, two miles from
the entrance, there was a puff of
smoke from Morro's guns, and in q
flash the light in the lighthouse was
turned out. From the Herald and
Courier Journals steamer could be
seen the lights in San Juan Cape ex-
There were no lights in
Culebri,a, and no wsrships could be
seen in or near the harbor.
Plantation fires are raging from
Areclto to the Cape.
Consul Hanna told me today that
be Is very anxious to go with the
United States attacking fleet to Porto
Rico in order to point out the new
guns and forts at San Juan.
The British steamer Aldborongh
arrived here from Scotland today
with three thousand tons of coal for
San Juan, and sailed few hours
later. The German warship GER has
sailed from here for Ponce, Porto
Rico.
There is an upconirmed report
here that the Alfonso XII. arrived at
San Juan yesterday.