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Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-11

The appraisers of the Richard Cole estate
In Detroit met the other day and listened to
the financial affairs of the estate as told
by the widow. 1t seems that Cole, not be-
lieving in savings banks, had placed his
money in tiles hid in the cellar wall. Last
summer some of the bills became moldy and
stuck together so badly that he took 50, 900
or So, 900 worth out to the orchard and laid
them out to dry. A COW came along and
ate most of the amount, according to Mrs.
Coles story, and also masticated a deed Of
the farm which was in the pile. No money
was found in the house, but she claimed
that Mr.. Cole had filled a tile with bills
and had buried it in the orchard, just where
she did not know. The appraisers have no
occasion to doubt the story as given. Sew
eral thousand dollars was found in the
house after the old mans death, and it is
probable that considerable more is s~ecreted
around, as he was known to have been quite
wealthy.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-11

Inquiring ~Child-Father, there's a lot in
this book about Othello. Who was Otheilo?
Father-Othello! Why, bless me, my boy,
do you mean to tell me you go to Sunday
school and don't know a simple thing like
that? I'm ashamed of you.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-11

IT had dyspepsia for years. No medicine
was so effective as Kodol Dyspepsia cure
II gave immediate relief. Two bottles pro-
duced marvellous results" writes l.. H. war
rem. Albany, Wis. 1t digests what you eat
and cannot fail to cure.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-11
was asking his father questions the other

night.
pa" he said, "what is dehorning?''
Falhor-Why, it's cutting the horns off
cattle.
Boy (after rcnecting)-Pa, what is detail
ing?
Father growing irritated)-What in the
world are you asking so many questions for?
Boy-Well, | saw in the paper the other
day where General Butler detailed "A whole
squad Of his men.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-11
pR.TTLE or TuE YOUNGSTERS.

your papa is a very funny man, is he
not?' asked the visitor Of the humorist's
little daughter.
81 guess strangers think he is" replied
the little miss, but we are used to him and
don't worry about it any more"
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-11
Whenever littlo Tommy spoke a piece at

Whenever little Tommy spoke a piece at
a Sunday school entertainment the editor
of The local weekly paper, knowing what
would please Tommy's father, who owed
him for four years subscription, told how
little Tommy Virgins acquired another
feather to wear in his cap at the Sunday
school entertainment this week" Ma, -
said Tommy one day, "if | keep this thing
up long enough I'll be a regular little
rooster, wont -"
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-11

Tommy, aged o, was playing with two
pennies his uncle had given him, and put
ting his finger on one he said: This one /
am going to give to the heather and the
other one | am going to buy candy with
lie kept on playing until one Of them rolled
awoy and he couldn't find il.
Which one did you lose?' asked his
mother.
The one | was going to give to the
heathen,' replied Tommy.
A small boy living In Mount Salon. Mon
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-11

A small boy living in Noun Salem, Mic
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-11

Not only are my kin to be found in every
possible and impossible corner and calling
in the United States, showing their adapta-
bility and versatility but they ofttimes are
found in odd and ludicrous situations. In
a big western town once | wandered into
a show TO hear a ransomed Circassian girl,
who had been long enslaved by the Turk.
detail her wonderful experiences. Her early
life in Circassia, with all its loneliness and
Joy, was as beautifully and graphically de
tailed as her after years with the Moham-
medan, and both the pretty girl (for she
was pretty) and her wonderful tale were
doubly wonderful and interesting TO me, in
asmuch as | discovered that Circassians
speak English with an excellent County
Galway brogue. | am fond OF little crowds
and lettering along State street, in Chicago,
one night, stopped on the skirts OF a little
gathering which had congregated around an
earnest looking Kentuckian preacher, who
was seeking from the Christian Chicagoan
help for missionary work among the be-
nlghted heather Of his Kentuckian town.
This good man preached at his audience
and prayed for them by turns, and a bag
gard, big framed fellow who stood by the
preacher. bearing a standard, punctuated
his masters prayers with Intermittent Ions
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-10-22

El gasto que Sc hace de plumas
de acero en- un solo dia en- ell mundo
que escribe, esta calculado en- tres
millones 100000.
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lunlinOsO.

Despues del gusano de luz, de
antique conocido, y el hongo lumino
so, dsscubierto recientements, he
nos On presencia del csngrejo dota-
do dc Ii misma propiedad.
En- ell Oc6ano Indico han cogido
an caugrejo gigantesco, cuyo cuer
po mide SO cent1metros dc diAmetro,
y algnnss de sus patas tienen cerca
de un metro.
Despu6s de habsrlc psscado, los
marineros 10 echaron en- un gran de-
posito'de aqua de mar, en- el que va
hab1a unos so prisioneros entire crus
taceo. y peces diversos A las dos
horas desrecien venido habla devora
DO los restantes, y IL llegar Ia no
che todos quedaron sorprendidos 81
nutar que ell cangrejo de tan colossal
tamano em;tiA rayos' fosforescentes
de un blanco intense y muy caracte.
risticO.
Tan raro animal ha sido trans
portadO al aquarium de a'cuta
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-10-22

Sc VENDEN
Varios muebies usados, entire
ellos un piano en- buen estado. For
taleza altos.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-10-22
Habi3 ci DR. Zeoo Gandia

Cnnocida : Ia cOmpetencia me
aiua del Dr. Etno Gandia.
>us ConOcimientOs prOfundOs le
han colCcado, entire los primeros me
dicos puertorriquenosy y sus ensef1an
zas en- la prensa, en- el libroIy en- la
trjbu1a, le han hecho acreedOr al
tuiO { g maestro:
H2bla pues. IN maestro:
<Il.@@ cnn-tar que habiendo usa
do Las ~pI'Iclas Roconstituyentes
del Tc.,u d Mattirez,, Ell mi practi
CO mGlIca. obtrvo de elias excelen.
to- =, -ult tAdu4 en- caeos lie depression
or&anica p II Intermediates agudas,
alumias, c'or0 anemias, y en- gene
raj eli oosu~ c disoracias y perdida
g.. .d@ frrl|U~.
T.. 1~n IL '&l"s pfldoras, va Sc
g19c'u 4. p IT, 2liviO, sin dnda de
b. & 0 >ejm. chip dc las substan
ct8A cnn.tr.,.i.tes de las mismas, y
no v4>:j'' 81 pres"r1birIas, cada vez
que uue;,.~ enorgias e, receGario ct
nunicar 4 nrganism0s debilitados
enpob1 cc;jO>a
DrM IENO GAMBIA
Ponce AyOsto dc 1900:
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La guerra
de FiIipinaS;.

No ha t9rminado, >egun nos 10
nabian hecho Greer los boletines Op
timistas, de Washington, sinO que 81
que con azores brios, mas portia
da que nunca, y no por ser de que
rrillas, menos saDgrienta.
En- Ell Norte de la isla de Luz5n,
donde ell intangible Agujnaldo tiene
su guarida, numerosas partidas dc
ihsurrectOs recorren las quebradas
serran1as movierdose en- tUdas diroc
clones, emboscando de contfuuo los
conveys americanos 7 dando albaaos
en- las pequenas pOhlac;Ores. Ulti-
mamente, una fuerza de mil tagalos
sOrprendi6 ell Ia Provincia de Nue.
va ECija una escOlta de Glen sOl1a -
dos americanos, derrotandOla ha
ciendOle muchoS muertOs, heridOs y
prisioneros En- la provincia de Ca
vite Ell espiritu de Ia insurrecci6n to
ma grandes vueIos, y IL misn& uiu,
dad de Manila es un- somillerO lie
consplraciones, apeaas reprI idas
sofocadas Dor Ia marc energic~ de
las autoridadcs militares.
De TODD 10 cual Sc despfenda q.
los ti}ipinos no aceptan ui Sc someto
ran jamas q la tutela del Gobierno
de los Estados Unidos, y & 10 que pa
re2e estan resueltos q continuar Ia
lucia indefnilamente. Y en- obsa
quio de la verlad y de Ia justicia, es
pr ciso admit.r que el gobierno de
Washington hace todo 10 possible ,.ur
establecer un regimen liberal cn las
Filipinas, y hasta 1nandd ALA una. 0
mission civil con pCderes para admj-
nistrar con menoS ri2or que i,< auto
ridad militar J con in*tTG>@;"Ac@ ia
ra organizar los ramos dt H..1ieu1,y.
FomentO, Justicia 6 Instruccio2 pI
blica y preferir para los p0ea1os o.,
orden civil q los natives g.. ,,a{~
La prensa republican, a. In5 l. ,
tadOs Unidos atrlouye esa aEt..cjGn
revolucionaria 4 Ia actiluJ sum da
por el partidC dcmocl aticO : -arica
| no, el que el tOdas sus m2pl442taci0 ID
nes cOnsidera como u1 crlmCl la O.
| cupacion armada del Arohi} .iG ago;
! simpatias y actitud que han legadc
noticias de ,os rebeldes, envalcn
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-10-22
Las hue|g gas.

Los anuncios publicados en- las
regiones mineras Ia semana pasada,
ofreciendO 10 pOr clentO de aumento
en- los jorGales, no han hecho impre
sion alguna e. los huelguistas de
Pennsylvania Pero ST han servido
para aumentar.'la confanza que los
leaders de Ia Liga tienen en- el exito
dc sus pretensiones.
Sin embargo, al dirigir la pala
bra Ell Presidente de la Liga a Is, 900
mineros congregados en- Wilkesba
rre, puso cuidado especial en- hacer
les comprender la imposibilidad de
atender & todas las reclamaciones q
la vez.
Ultimamente el Presidente, Mr..
Mitchell, ha decidido convocar una
convention de representa- ntes de to
das las ruinas para decidir 81 Sc
acepta 8 SO rechaza Ia oferta del 10
por 100 Cr6ese generalmente que
la mayorfa apoyara la aceptacion de
este aumentO, pues gran ndmero de
huelguistas, sObre todo los de las
regiones de carbon antracita, no po.
dram sOstenerse muchO tempo en- su
acttud actual.
El'1Ob es casi la mitad del au-
mento pedido por los mineros. Es
tos exigian de 10 a 300 de aumento,
segan los casos, ell aumento mayor
para los queFreciben menor paga; y
la reduction de 50 IS $ so en- ell
precio de la polvora, por Rey.
Ell CORREsPONsAL.
Washington 9 Octubre.
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, Do @7 %Ap &Ra 1~. q
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-10-22
lnteresante.

La Empresa de coches de don 10
s4 Ramirez de Cayey tiene estable
cida su Agencia en- el Establecimien
to sLa Luna> San Francisco 35 de
los sef1ores Zalduondo & Mier; esta
Eopresa cuenta con constante y
buen servicio y en- oompetencia con
las demas en- cuanto a sus prscios
por 10 eual llama la atenci6n de los
sef1ores viajerOs.
s-6O-~ 45
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Elf0n6grafo.

Ell uso del fon6grafo para sus-
titur mecanicamenteOa los oradores
empieza a generalizarse en- los Esta.
dos Unidos y ha ha,llegado::ya aIIngla
terra.
Ell representante de Falmuth,
en- la CAmara de los Comunes, Mr..
Horniman, Se ha' dirigido reciente.
mente q sus lectores onviGndoles ci
lindros impresionados con discursos
suyos,
En- pafses como aquellos, donde
existe la costumbre de que cl candi
dato recorra Ell distlito varias veces
pronunciando discursos, la inven-
ci6n ha de ser muy bien recibida por
los candidates tfmidos s cansados
por Ia, ,,campaf1a electoral.
Mr.. Bryan, el candidate q Ia
Presidencia de IL Repdblica nortea.
mericana, ha empezsdo tambien 4
hacer uso del fon6grafo para dirisir-
Sc sus pl osslitos.
Y el resultado es admirable, y
de grandes ventajas para los orado-
res polfticos.
Tiene ell Inconvenience de que,
dsspu@s de fonograiado el discurso,
va no hay camino para Ia retrasta-
ciOn.
Juan dc Guzman Benitez.
A B 0 G A d O.
Ofrece sus servicios profesio
males.
I'll bufete an los altos del Bauco
Territorial y Agrfcola
d a-15-11
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Dao absoutamente h,pa1cal e opinion
VariedadeS.

Los habitantes de la TERRA al
damos con ella en- su movimiento de
rotaclon IL millas cada minute Y en-
el de traslaci6n al rededor del sol
1850 millas, en- igual tempo
La luz en- un minute anda once
millones 100, 900 millas.
En- un minute nacen 800 criatu
ras, por termino medic, y mueren
Pr6ximamente el mismo numero.
Un tren expires recorre una mi
liza en- un minute, un CARO- de tran
via 276 metros, un caballo buen
trote 176 y un pedestre 80.
Ri gastO que Sc hace de plumas
de acerO en- un solo dia en- ell mundo
que escribe, esta calculadO en- tres
millones 500,
Apreciada, en- su termino medic,
la estatura deNa humanidad de am
bos sexos de la actual epoca, dfcese
que tiene de aumento dos pulgadas
comparada con la que media Ell la
antiguedad. 4
Entire los mas ingeniosos inven-
tos puede 'nombrarse la plataforma
m6vil que funciona en- la Exposition
de Paris, aparato que demuestra
con mas eficacia que otro alguno las
maravillas de la electricidad.
La mencionada plataforma que
Sc mueve con ell pequeno gasto de
Is centimos de franco por kilometro
por hora pesa LENA de pasajeros
2, 700 toneladas.
Calculandose sl transporte de
As frances por kil6metro.
Un italiano, llamado Francisco
Erashulla, naci6 con tres costillas
menos de las que SO suponen nece
sarias para favorecer el desarrollo
pulmonar, y, a pesar de tan gran
imperfecci6n del torax, ha alcanza
do, y esto es 10 mas notable: la edad
de cuarenta y dos amos, sin que ESQ
haya afectado en- 10 mas m1nimo q
su salud.
La nueva luz inventada pOr el
frances Foar Temenfaust, consiste
entun globo de vidrio de pequenas
dimensiones, que puede llevarse en-
Ell bolsillo y genera una luz clara 6
intensa
El principle qufmico que produ.
ce la luz en- el mencionado globo, no
cesa en- su acci6n, por 10 que aquella
es cOnstante, nc Sc dice cuantO item
po.
Parece que hay una Empresa
A m a n a, con un capital de
$25, 900, 900, para la exploitation del
invento de esta luz.
El eminente escritOr LON broso
va & publican un libro con datos bss
tante luminosos, sobre la vida de
Crist6bal Colon. En- esta nueva
production, Lombroso trata de de
mostrar que ell Gran Descubridor de
las Americas era un loco.
Ell solo anuncio de la publica-
ion de este libro, ha producido gran
osensaci6n en- Europa.
Sc VENDEN
VariOs muebies usadOs, entire
| ellos un piano en- buen estado. For
taleza 9 altos.
n-a-3-3
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Contra Ia guerra

El sSun> de Baltimore, ha recl-
bida un caoleg rama especial de Lon
dres. en- el cual Sc le anuncia que
NJ Jean de Bloch, el banquero ruso
Que escribi6 uu libro demostrandO
los horrores de la guerra, ha mani
festado que 500 Logias Masonicas
de Europa han decidido oponerse a
la guerra.
Agrega que p naciones estan
lie acuerdo para que las diferencias
internacionales sean dirimidas pOr
medic def arhltraje g.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-10-22
Mas para
deStruir,

TeEemos notic:As que en- el ar
senai de Waterville So construye un
canon de gigantescas dimensiones,
ell que 80 dice sera co.ocado en- San
dy Hook, frente q Nueva York, de-
fendiendo la costa y la entrada del
puerto.
Este nuevo monstruo guerrero
mide II metros de largo, siendo su
mayor di&metro metros y 26 cent?
metros su peso 12O toneladas
La longitud del proyectil sera
de 1 metro 80 cent1metros, con peso
dc 1870 libras, llevando una carga
de 40 arrobas de p6lvora
.;Los disparos del canon gigan-
te costaran la <pequeleE, de s65 pc
sos orc oada unc!
Una bicoca!
En- esta imprenta Sc vende papel
de periodicos viejos 81 DO Ell quin
tai. s-b-5
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tonaulolos para persaverar en- la de
sfgual contienda.
Pero esa int1ue1cia os transltO-
r;a y efinera, va vcrelnOs como pa
sando, 80 pasa con ella la lnsurrec'
ciOn.
:Qu6 no darfa Mckinley por
deshacerse de ese elefante blanco:
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-10-22
Sale eI Sol

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p hay % hpd
% ~ p" - Z
p dd c % h ~ h M
4
onsumdorS Nf pa mas m
& pn h 1 r pnp
hromhn hmh dmnhr g1vh humE sion Sh *.-
dHp& h
iFArnac shodos p q~ h
@
nh N QUE h k % I.z.
m % H para
mmmenp~ wvmhh Scot" "hu n hqrd HON hh
SCOTT & BOVINE" Quncos, NUEvA YORK.
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Apreciada, en- su termino medic,
la estatura dela humanidad de am
bos sexos de la actual &poca, dfcese
que tiene de aumento dos pulgadas
comparada con la que media Ell la
antigiiedad. 4
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-05-17
Democrat Loses His Seat.

Washington, d. C., May 10Th.
house to-day, by the very narrow
margin OF two votes, unssated Mr.
Crawford of North Carolina. a demo
crat. and seated in his stead Mr.
Pearson. The latter is the third "a.
publican to be seated by the present
house. The minority resolution ie-
ciarlng the sitting member entitled
10 the seat, was defeated by one vote
Mr. Jack, a Pennsylvania republican
voted with the democrats on both
roll calls. On the first vote fifteen
repuoheans were absent and impaired
and on the second twelve were ahsa,4
and impaired.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-05-17

Unusual Ruling Made by a Judge in
PENNSYLVANIA.

Philadelphia, May 1O.-A hus
band s love is an asset Of the wife
and she has a legal claim thereto.
Such was the ruling OF Justice Me,
Carthy in a damage suit OF 800, 900
Mrs. f. g. Reading is sueing Mrs
Anna X. Gazzan for alternating her
usband's affections The defendant
is worth 81 900, 900, and was lead
ing society woman in Philadelphia.
She is dressed in black. about 60
years old. and is well preserved, and
her face indicates that she must have
been handsome when young.
The defendant moved that a non
suit be entered upon the ground that
the wife has no property right in her
husbands affections and society. The
court was quick to break in:
III q woman entices a husband
away from a wife. has the woman no
remedy? Must she fold her hands and
endure it?'
The wife can get a DIVORCE an
swered Mr.. Dale"
lis that all she can do?" asked the
judge. doesn't the law provide that
she can make the other woman smart
for it?''
1T does not, " replied Mr.. Dale "A
wife has no property right i'll the
society or earning power of her hus-
band"
81 will hear you upon that point,
said the Judge.
In concluding his argument the
lawyer said:
"A husband can obtain damages
a cainst a man who leads the wife
astray, because an unfaithful wife
may force man to support children
not his own. But q wife can not col
lect money damages for the loss of
her husbands affections
At the close of the argument Judge
Mccarthy made the following import
ant decision:
1T is nv belief that husband and
wife are equal in rights as regards
conjugal affection. The law should
not deny to her the same rights as
the husband Possesses to recover
damages for the loss of the affection
OF her LIES partner. Therefore, | |
deny the motion made by counsel for
the defense"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-05-17
THOUGHT LIFE NOT
WORTH THE LIVING.
Charles Morton, Southern Ho-
tel Clerk, Who Disappear
ed Sunday, Committed
Suicide.
RepusAs, 10th

hePuSsns, 10Th.
Charles Morton, who until recently
was night clerk at the SOuth BERN Ho-
tel, and who disappeared last Sunday
leaving letters which indicated that
he nleditated taking his life. commit
ted suicide His, body vas found
yesterday morning in ii rcOm at Ho-
tel Regent, Fourteenth AID Chestnut
streets. From the condition of the
corpse, it was evident that Morton
had been dead at least two davs. The
medium OF death was carbolic acid.
The body was found living in a ma
tural position upon the bed in bis
room. 1t was dressed only in under
clothes. MortOn's other clothing MAS
neatly and carefully folded and lay
upon II chair at the side OF the bed.
Near by upon the mantel Was an
empty bottle, which had contained
carbolic acid
Morton went to Hotel Regent last
Sunday night. He took a room and
paid for it, but did not register. His
room was retired one. and it was
not noticed that after going into ii
Sunday night he nevercame out. The
body was discovered bout 10 o o'clock
Yesterday morning. Frederick
Thomas, the proprietor OF the hotel
notified the authorities. Deputy cor
Oner Dreschler made an examination
of the body, after which it was taken
to the morgue
The circumstances attending the
suicide OF Morton are peculiar. His
motive for the deed formed the
strange part of the event He was
not possessed of fit of melancholia.
nor was his financial condition en-
barrassing. The motive. according
to the statement of attaches of the
Southern Hotel. who had been asso-
ciated with him for four years, was
simply that he did not think life
worth living. He often talked along
these lines, and in his talk frequently
considered the. idea of suicide. He
often averred that he would. one dav
or another, end his own life. In the
final deed he only carried his theory
to its natural conclusion.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-05-17
PLANS FOR THE CONVENTION
Democratic National Subcommittee
Busy at Kansas CITY.

Kansas City, Mo-, May S.-The
members of the subcommittee of the
democratic national committee were
busy all day in making preliminary
arrangements for their party's com
ing convention. During the dav the
last pound of steel for the new hall
sarrivsd, and the members of the
committee now feel assured that the
dig hall will be rebuilt before the con-
vvention day.
an accordance with the ideas Of tho
committee, it has been arranged that
10000 seats shall be provided for
spectators in addition to 5000 seats
On the main floor for the DELEGATES
Desks will be provided for 600 work
ing newspaper correspondents. and
500 seats win be reserved for editors
at weekly papers. Thes stage will seat
800 persons
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-05-17
Rim DOWN By A TRAIx


HErsinsVille, Mo-. May S-P N
Cav one % the oldest citizsns osf
tayests county. WAS Instantly kin
here saTlS this morning by,a pas.sn
ger train on the Chicago a. Alo.
Mr. Saw who was in his 10th Wa,
was walking on me track when a.
accident occurred. He failed tn h.,
the whistle until too late. and in !,
tenating to step from the track r,.
struck by the engine aud kpo.l.s
about twenty fset, killing him =
stantly.
Cav lived wx,h his daughter. Nm.
A. +. Ashbury- The residence \. A..
waited near the Chicago, X Alton r.a
road and Mr.. Cav was in the hah;.
OF walking ca. the rack, altAourA
often warned of his danger.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-05-17
SIX NURDERERS DOOMED.
Missouri Supreme Court Affirms Yer.
dict Against Them.

Jefferson City, Mo, May S.-Divis'
ION No. of the Supreme Court rend.
cred opinions in twenty-four cases
to-day. nearly all of them criminal
cases argued at this term of court.
1t was bad day for murderers. as
the sentences of six of them were at
firmed and their execution set TO the
same day, June Is.
This is probably the largest num-
Der OF persons sentenced to be hanged
at one time in the history of rho
court, and certainly the largest num-
Der sentenced at single sitting in
many years. The murderers sen
fenced to-day are:
John A. Holloway, Usage county:
Ernest Clevenger, Clay county: Robt.
Clinton county: Jack
Bradford, Peniscot county; David
Miller, Holt county; Sam Waters
New Madrid county.
In each case the supreme count
found that the lower courts had tried
the cases fairly and the court unani.
mously affirmed the sentences.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-05-17
BRAVE TEXAS SOLDIER
Kills Seven FilipiDOs Single Handed
When Attacked.

Texarkana, Tex, May 9.-Charles
Birtscher of this city. received to
day cablegram from Manila, signed
bv Colonel Hare of the Twenty-third
Regiment, confirming the report that
the old gentleman son, James, had
been attacked by a band of fourteen
Filipinos while doing guard duty
and that young Birtseher had met
| his assailants sicgle-handed and
killed seven of them.
The cablegram stated further that
Birtscher was wounded in the should
er, but not seriously.
There has been "a great deal of en-
thusiasm here over the news convey
ed III the telegram. but it portrayed
to those who knew the young man
nothing more than realization of
what was always expected of him.
He was born and reared in this city,
his parents being old and respectable
residents of Texarkana.
In his bOyhOod days, young Brit
scher betrayed the greatest courage
in all things that he encountered. He
was always ola fearless and dauntless
character. A hero second only to
Dewey is about to be made by Tex
arkana.