The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-03-24
No II. p


European countries, Russia is now
twelve days behind the rest 81 the
civilized world.
We look into cradle and bohsld
male child, Az the age Of ten he na
noisy kid with bali the buttons OF BIZ.
pants and an eye for nSansss at fifteen
he is a devil In print shop, at twenty
the publisher Of = country Newspaper,
at the head Of an enterprise circulated
to improve the town aud enrich the
business thereof at lhiriy.fye he IL an
emaeiaied and worn out H.an with
bald head and holes in his pockets; at
hl'y be is corpse IN a cheap conn, and
his only resources left behind are two
cases Of long primer type, n Washington
hand press, and subscription list with
e7s deliquent subscribers, who line M
aud march pssl the coffin saying; he
was publie.spiritsd fellow bat no
could not save auylhing."-Ex.
Herald.-Butle, Mont. March Ia
Edward Meran, private In company u.
Montana volunteers, returned today
from Manila, whore he completed six
months sentence in a military prison,
having been taken there from Honolulu.
lie tells most horrible and almost
Incredible story oicruelly ~ which no
bad been subjected by The officers, rom
Colonel Kesseler down, whose ill.wlll he
had incurred Lsiors leaving San Fran.
cisco, because he acted AZ spokesman
for oompany u In ils noted strike against
pulrid fosd. History is corroboratod BY
Lieutenant MeG,ath and Captain
Gardner and. several Others who al.o
returned from Manila.
Moran said that he was a marked
man as soon as he had protested npainst
the food, and ON arrival at Honolulu a
drunken officer, Lieutenant Mercer. nut
sirnmRsA,ae, sls-.x- -xrns, emtor
fs'rk'ng an officer. on LhIoh no va.
contaminated and sentsAeed 10 suo
Years, which was subsequently reduced
to six months by the department at
Washington.
Al Cavite he was placed in narrow
dark dungeon and kept there for two
weeEs without permission to leave the
place for any reason. and no one else
was allowed to enter The resul. was
'ndeseribable Nth aud yermin. After.
wa'ds iriends provided him with clean
clothes, aud Coiolsl Kcsseler ordered
him to take tasi. ~, aud, refusing to
do 10, he was sent back to the dungeon.
From there fe Was taken out and com.
peieu 10 clean the sinks for spaniafdS
aud Filipinos and for native houses of
iil'iame. With other prisoners he sas
sent 10 clean al old sewer at giubu
prison, aud number tainted from, ,bs
stencil and begged to be sho,, but In.
stead were sent TO solitary CONSIGNMENT
Tor two weeks moro.
A number contracted Gmallpox and
died without attendance or care MurL
OF MorAn's story ia too revolving I. h.
printed.
Washington, March II The officers
OF De~ey's aeet have preferred a claim
TOR double the amout OF hsad.mo0sy
which It was at first believed they
acre entitled to receive as tho result
OF The victory over tho Spanish forces
:" Cavi1e last May day. The law prc.
"dea that 500 shall DO allowed to the
'ie'ors Tor each person on tbs captured
or destroyed vessel. by that ealenla.
ton almost 100000 would be divided
among Dewey's sailors. But ii also
provides that where the conquered
force was superior to tho attacking
force then the allowance shall be $500
per head.
While Dewey's claim is not balsod on
any superiority Of the Spanish tost, .,
is asserted that that aeet, lighting in
conjunction with the shore batteries at
o"vile' did constitute superior ioros
in the meaning Of the law.
The point isS new one, and IL nov
under canaideration before tho Judge
advocate Of the navy.
Tinlic Miner,--J. IL siallings, John
I, Hodaon and W. f. Smith have Ists