The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-04

forcements Tor Cen Otts TO Be carried
out.
Washington. Nav The abScutcrs
| from to-day's cabinet meeting were
Secretaries Gage. Long. Algcr and
Wilson. one of the subjects Of dis
| cussion was the circulars which were
mailed to the troops At Manila critics.
ing the Philippine policy of the govern
| ment and advising volunteers whose
| term of service is about to expire not
to re-enlist. \ member of the cabinet.
in speaking of the matter. said that
Edward Atkinson. of Boston, who Is
believed to have been largely in
strumental in the preparation and
sending out of these circulars,
was unquestionably guilty of
assisting an insurrection against the
authority of the United States, and
was subject to a term of imprisonment
or heavy fine or both. What action
if any will be taken in the matter has
not been determined, but il is said that
the government i disposed to regard
the acts of Mr.. Atkinson as those of
person without any proper conception
of the gravity of the Offense commit
ted, and the government may not at
this time take action against Mr.. At
kinson and his assistants. The post
master general stated at the cabinet
meeting that he had ordered the circu-
lars stopped at San Francisco. Mem
beers of the administration regard Mr..
Atl1inson's alleged action as seditious
and disgraceful and it is not improb-
able that, if repeated, prompt and en-
ergetic action will be taken.
Parts of the report of the army beef
commission were read at the meeting.
and matters relating TO the Alaskan
boundary question were briefly dis
cussed.
More Soldiers Buried at ArIIngt
Washington. May 1.-The bodies of
90 of the soldier dead brought from
the battlefields of Cuba and Porto Rico
by the steamer Crook were inferred at
Arlington cemetery to-day with mill
tary hOnors. The ceremony was iden-
teal with that held on the occasion of
the interment of the bodies brought by
the Crook on her first trip about IA
month ago, but neither the president
nor the members of his cabinet were
present to-day as on the former occa-
sion. the military display was less elab-
crate and the crowd much smaller.
Acting Secretary of War Meiltle-
john. as the representative of the
war department in the absence of Sec
rotary Alger. however, was in attend
ance and Maj. Gen. Miles and his staff
in full uniform paid their last tribute
to the departed comrades. Col. Guen-
ther, of the Fourth artillery, with two
companies of the Fourth and Fifth ar
tillery from the Washington barracks
and the Fourth artillery band, had
charge of the funeral. The religious
services were conducted by Capt. Free
land. of Fortress Monroe, and Father
Magee, of this city, who performed the
burial rites of their respective churches.
Reinforcements for Gen. Otis.
Washington, May Arrangements
are being made at the war department
to expedite the transportation of rein
forcements to Gen. Otis as much as
possible, but owing To unforeseen OBJ
stacles it has been found necessary to
postpone the departure of the trans
port Sherman, which will be ready to
resail for Manila on the 22d inst. The
Sixth infantry, which was to have
started from San Francisco on the 9Th
inst. will not be able to get away until
the Sherman is ready To sail. That
regiment, as well as the Sixteenth
infantry, is in the vicinity of
San Francisco and will start across
the Pacific as soon as transports are
available. Gen. Corbin said to-day
that no change had been made in the
plans of the department regarding the
sending of reinforcements To the Phil
ippines to take the places of the volun-
teer troops. who are to be brought
home, and that as far as he knew the
orders for the movement of the Nine
teenth infantry from Porto Rico to
Manila. after n short stop at Camp
Meade, Pa, will be carried out.