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Evening star., 1900-12-04
SIX KILLED IN EXPLOSION.
Sixteen Others Injured in q CHICAGO
Electric Plant.

CHICAGO, December "A corrected list
of the casualties in the explosion last even
ing Of a boiler in the lighting and heating
plant Of the Chicago and Northwestern
railway shows six dead and sixteen in
jured, five of whom probably will die.
Hugh McGregor was added today to the
list Of the dead. and the injuries Of the
Evening star., 1900-12-04

Oa1SsHOHeE HesS netteR.
NEW YORK. December 4.-Police Com
missioner Jacob Hess. who has been Ill for
three weeks. was reported today as being
In critical condition. He has pleuro-pneu-
monia and acute nephritiA
Evening star., 1900-12-04
Found Dead on railroad Tracks.

+ SCRANTON, Pa. December 4.-John Car
rol: Of Franklin Furnace, N. j., aged about
twenty-eight years, was found dead today
on the tracks OF the Delaware and Hudson
railroad, In this city. He had evidently
been killed by train during the night
Evening star., 1900-12-04

Appointed q Notary Public.
The President has appointed Mr.. Cornelius
Eckhardt a notary public for the District
Of Columbia.
Evening star., 1900-12-04
ALL-DAY FIGHT WITH BOERS.

Eethulie.
LONDON. Decem 4.-General Kitch-
ener reports from South Africa that the
mounted troops Of General Knox were en-
gagged all day Sunday with part of General
De Vets forces north OF Bethulie The
Beers were headed off and retired in
northeasterly direction.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03
CLEVELAND NOT DRAWN OFT.
Former President's Recent Comur.
fcation Does Not Worry
Democrats.

A Kentucky admirer of Grover
Cleveland attempted to draw him on,
on the subject of the present politi.
cal campaign. He did not proceed d.
rectly. He only asked the former
democratic president if he had
changed his financial views since the
publication Of his letter on that sub.
ject to a number of Chicago business
men written in 1895.
In reply to the attempt to draw him
out Mr.. Cleveland said that his opin
ions had not changed. He had not
seen the letter of 1895 since It was
published in that year, but on look,
ing over it now he had no reason ia
amend it in any way.
That is all there is Of it in any
way. 1t is not a political sensation.
A great many men who four or five
years ago expressed views similar to
those of Mr.. Cleveland at the time
are as firm as he is in their old be.
liefs. They are honest money men
still. There are hundreds of this class
in Chicago. Their names appear on
the recent registration lists in every
ward.
This year they are supporting the
national democratic candidates. Their
principles have not changed. They
believe that the dangers to be apprs
hended through the reelection of Mr..
Mckinley are greater than any possible
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

my powers of description. 1t is hard to
realize that these wrecks of manhood
were once strong, healthy American
soldiers. Some lie here as the result
of service and exposure, but more, per-
haps, are the victims of sin; yet he 10
"our boy" suffering physical and men
tai agony.
As we start to leave, a nurse comes
forward, begging me to remain and
pray with two who are just about to
die. There is no chaplain to be had
for this service. These precious boys
have finished their last campaign; they
have fought their last fight, and now
the allurements of sin east them aside.
sour boy" turns his face Heavenward.
1t is indeed a blessed privilege to hold
him by the hand, ever though he may
be the victim of sin, and his feeble
voice joins with mine in a simple prayer
till the fatal rattle chokes his utter.
ances as he says: Tell mother III
meet her there"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03
WAR IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Hew the Administration IL Carrying
ON the SANCTUARY
Conquest.

Headquarters National Democratic
Committee, Chicago, 1900.
Mr.. McKinley's censor in the Philip
pines appears to be getting a little bit
careless about the private letters Of
soldiers. In this way he is letting
something get through that ought to
hurt, if it does not hurt the administra-
ton.
For example, here is q letter from
Stephen f. Windsor, of company B,
F~orty-fourth infantry. 1t was written
from Manila to a friend at Quincy, Ill.
Among other interesting things he
says:
1--WE are capturing lots of Mauser
rifles, spears and bolos; and when we
capture the negroes, we line them up
and give them all the chance they want
to run away. When they start to run,
we don't do a thing but shoot them"
And this is Mckinley war.
Another soldier, a member Of Col.
Gardeners regiment, the Thirtieth,
contributes another pleasing chapter
to the inspiring history of benevolent
assimilation. After reciting that the
Filipinos "are getting gay" and refus-
ing to pay taxes, as our forefathers
did in old times, he says:
"Our orders are to kill and shoot
everyone on sight, men, women or
children. Everything goes"
Is the censor asleep? Or does he
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03
|tions Of music, ease and vice, not tAs
t.os+ ~ which Ia had women.

lions Of music, ease and vice, moi \
least of which is bad women.
/ have seen temptations at home,
but never have l seen such ones as sur
round "our boys" out here. 1t is no
wonder that, coming out here pure, he
either perishes a victim of sin or re-
turns home defi,ed, polluted and de-
graded. The problem is easily solved.
He is only seeking that which his
social nature cravex--social intercourse
and diversion. He is unable to find It
pure, so he drinks deeply of the cup
that debauchery offers, and as a re-
suit our army is fast being transformed
into an army of drunkards, gamblers
and blasphemers. All are moi so, thank
God! vet an almost overwhelming ma
jority is drifting that way, and 'our
boy is here with the rest, and it Is
only the salvation Of the Lord that
can save him.
oh, the hearts that would grieve At
home could they but know the daily
life of the boy out here! And this Is
not all. Sickness and disease threaten
him on every side. Go with me to San
ia Mesa hospital, one of the five large
hospitals here in the city. to say moth
ing Of the others scattered over the
island. In Santa Mesa, "our boy" "a
only one Of 600 fellow sufferers, yet
so worn that he is almost beyond recog-
milton. Talk about the famine-wasted
sufferers of India! Here is our boy'
so worn and wasted by fever and dis.
ease that, although he weighed eco
pounds on enlisting, he now would
hardly tip the beam at 10. Sights OF
suffering are here, such as are beyond
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

any piece Of legislation ever or,xw,
congress. ah
The republicans pretended tb.,
amendment would not applv 70 'ns
Citations of farmers and labors..-ss $3.50
they absolutely refused to accent ou'
ton e~Nempting such orpaniz.sec'
from the operation of the trust ama
ment. That was one of The. rsns end'
why the democrats voted agains,' IN
amendment. The democrats 'ne
proposes to assist the farmer arI i,y
workingman to protect their inter.s a
not to fasten hostile legislation rsu
them in addition to the manv nm ,poa
burdens which they already bear 'OS'
The republicans propose to crush 4.
dustrial associations was again s.ar
clearly when the amendments 70 u
so-called Sherman antitrust law
brought in. we're
The democrats insisted that ~.
amendments be defined SO that +ha''
should not apply to labor orp,r;..
tons. The house republicans yerv
u~J the amendman+
passed the bill, and saw to it that ~
colleagues in the senate buried ~.
measure beyond hope of resurrection
Roosevelt is treading on danperor.
ground when he refers to the record -,
the recent congress in relation to tr,,s.
legislation. That record will insura =
democratic majority in the next hons.
Roosevelt might know, If he wer,
well informed, that the only applic.
ton the Sherman trust law has eys,
had in the District Of Columbia b.'
been for the purpose of indicting seys,
members of the Carriage Worksr.
union because they called the attentio,
of the public to the fact that a certa;,
carriage making firm was not emnlov
ing union labor. Great are the uses q
alleged trust legislation under a 70
publican administration.
ADOLPH PATTERSON
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

I am more interested in the welfare
of this nation than I am in the tenn
porary triumph of any party. I am a
young man, and in the course of ma
ture l shall be here several years. ]
say this for the benefit of those re-
publican papers which pitch into me
as if they thought this was their last
chance. / am not sure that l shall be
able to leave my children a fortune. ]
am not sure that a fortune would be d
blessing to them, but if l can leave
TO my children a good government
that will protect them in the enjoy
ment of life and liberty and in thu
pursuit of happiness, I shall leav'
them a richer inheritance than evel
left by a trust magnate who left hi
children. money of which he hal
robbed the people.-W. J. Bryan.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.

We do not believe that the
American people can be bluffed, brow.
beaten or bought; hence we look for
Bryan's election.-Albany Argus.
There is no living man who can
say who will influence Bryan if he
becomes president. Every living man
can tell you the name of the man
who has influenced Mckinley the last
four years and would influence him
the next four.--Richmond Dispatch.
The republican campaign book
maintains that colonies are really
good things. This is taking a slap at
the men who thought differently some
years after they are no longer able
to defend in the public prints their
action in rebelling against England
Cedar Rapids Gazette.
-McKinley's policy at it's very
inception led to the quadrupling Of
pthe American army, and if it is con-
tinued no man can reasonably expect
ever to see the United States army
materially less than 100, 900 men. In
fact, an army of 100 900 men is mere
ly the beginning.-Anaconda Stand
ard.
The farmers, like the rest OF
the American public, must pay the
trusts a royalty OIL every conceivable
thing that they have to buy for sus.
%tenance, convenience and comfort,
Whether they will longer tolerate the
monstrous imposition without the
protest which the November election
will give them the opportunity to
make remains to be seen.-Buffalo
Courier.
Not until the trusts forced the
president to his knees by threat OF
Withholding campaign contributions
was the question of taxing Porte
Rican products thought of. The is
land is now impoverished; hundred.
of people are suffering for food;
prices of necessaries of life have riser
66 per cent. and restitution and wan,
prevail everywhere. This Is a sampl.
Of benevolent NOTWITHSTANDING,
Herald.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

think that the American conscience
has become so indurated that nothing
can get through so atrocious, so cruel
and so barbarous that it will hurt
the administration"
For some time those well-informed
regarding the situation in the Phil
ippines have believed that the order
has already gone forth to Stay and
spare none. That the Mckinley adj
ministration, driven to desperation by
the gallant and patriotic resistance of
the Filipino people, have resolved upon
a campaign the ruthlessness of which
would have caused Hyder Ali in his
cruelest days to draw back in horror.
The foregoing gives simply one side
of the situation in the Philippines;
it tells of the perils and suffering that
must be borne by the Filipino people.
There is, however, another side of the
picture, fully as sad and horrible. For
if the %Filipinos suffer, o boys" suf-
fer, also.
Every mother and father should read
the following graphic and heartrending
StdltIltnt. pChhCA ~ iNN' " " M
Laughhn, who is stationed at Manila,
and writes only from personal observa-
ton and experience:
l remember just what a fine alp
pearance he made on dress parade i'm
mediately after enlistment. How, with
his new uniform, shining buttons and
equipments, he stood erect, the moist
cynosure of the admiring eyes of moth
err, sister and sweetheart; but he was
in America; 'our boy" in the Philip
pines is a different person.
Life in Manila centers largely around
the life of the soldier; and, as he lives
so will he give the impetus to the so
cial and business life of the city. Amer
lean extravaganza is characteristic o
"our boy" here. He receives fairly goo.
pay, yet cares but little about savin;
any of it. He will secure whatever at
tracts his eye, no difference what tn,
cost. He run into debt, so that b,
the time payday comes around he ha
! often banked his allowance at two t.
one. And many an indulgent and toe
trusting Chinaman or native here ha
Appeared III Vail LOT Tie dcCouHtS Nulcl
'our boy" has contracted. He lives a
, fast as his means will allow, and if b
. chance on payday he can square hi
9 accounts with a small surplus he wi
e almost invariably make a day of it,
T feasting at the best restaurants, Al
tending the theaters, calling at the nj
d merous saloons, and oft times endin
up with a night in the guardhouse.
Don't condemn the boy without
hearing. My heart fairly overflow
" with sympathy for him. He has los
his personality, certainly his ambition
n in the stern rigor and routine of arm
= discipline. He has not had any soci;
opportunities for months. He has nc
y had the privilege of greeting an Anne
" lean woman of refinement and cultul
~ since he left home. and his heart fai
y iy yearns for society, co~mpanionshi,
ID The Devil knows this, and around ever
: .~uartel, on every corner, and, in fac
wherever "our boy" can be found, thel
:. have been planted the brothel and IL
y saloon, with all their attendant attra
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03
THE SULU QUESTION.
Secretary Meiklejohn's Letter TO
Bryan Evades the Real
Question.

acting Secretaryo of War Meiklejohn,
says Washington dispatch, "has writ.
ten to MI. Bryan" denying the trutho of
the latter's statement that the Nc
Kinley administration has recognized
slavery in the Sulu islands. Mr.. Mike
john "calls Br. Bryan's attention" the
dispatch goes on to say, ito the fact
that the president approved Gen.
Bates agreement with the Sulu sui
tan with the unders anding and reser-
walton that this agreement was not to
be deemed in any way to authorize or
give the consent of the United States
to the existence Of slavery in the sulu
archipelago, a thing made impossible
by the thirteenth amendment to the
constitution of the United States"
That is all very well, Secretary
| Meiklejohn. But the sultan and dole
of Sulu continue t o hold theft slaves
and keep their harems just the same
And the United States authorities IN
the Philippines-acting under the or
ders of President McKinley-have
made not the least attempt to interfere
with either OF these practices. Inc
constitution declares that slavery
"shall not exist in any place subject
to the jurisdiction of the United
States" 1t does exist in the Sulus IN
direct violation of the constitution ana
Secretary Meiklejohn well knows too'
that President Mckinley, despite his
paper disapproval-which may or may
not have been communicated to the
polygamous slave-driving sultan-has
made no attempt to suppress IT..
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

Said Vice Presidential Candidate
Adlai Z. Stevenson the Other day.
THE trust evil has, by our platform
been justly condemned as a menace
to popular government. The purpose
of the trust i by destroying COMPETE
ton to concentrate The business o.
the country in a few hands. 1t car
increase or limit production at il
pleasure. Under its rule the small
dealer and the commercial trayele
will disappear. With absolute con
troll of the market the entire business
of the country will be within its uol
grasp"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

1t is provided in the thirteen.n
amendment to the constitution OF inc
United States that neither slavery
nor involuntary %servitude, except a'
a punishment for crime WHEREOF inc
party shall have been duly CONVEX,
ed, shall exist within the uni'eu
States or any place subject to tneir
Jurisdiction" Does slavery exist IN
the Sulu archipelago? Is the euia
archipelago subject to the j~urlsdic'iOn
of the United States? The first ques.
ton must be answered, as a mater
of fact, yes. The second also Is a ~,
swered, as a matter OF diploma'
agreement, yes. Then what mas ~
come Of the conststttion?-PhnA
phia Times.
, 1900-06-08
phone poles were being placed in the
center Of the road.
A BEAR STORY.
Three Young Men Succeed in Killing
Bruin Near Laramie.

On Wednesday, while Bud Congdon
and VIII Hunter were looking for
horses near Cooper Lake they sighted
a pear which was evidently trying to
make its way across the plains from
the Medicine Bow mountains to the
Laramie hills.
They had no gun, but they wanted
the bear and so decided to try to rope
him. They succeeded several times in
%lassooing bruin, but each time his
sharp teeth severed the rope with a
single bite and they finally concluded to
try different tactics, Proceeding to a
nearby sheep camp, they secured the
assistance of a sheepherder named Jim
kirkpatrick, who owned IA gun. Re
turning to the charge, they took turns
at chasing the bear around in a cir
Gle until he was completely played out.
when he laid down and was shot.
The skin of the animal was taken
and is now at the Bell ranch.
The bear did not put up much of a
fight, but his growls and the CLEAN OF
his teeth as the hunters approached
him on horseback were not the most
amiable sights and sounds imaginable.
At one time during the chase Hun
ter's horse bucked it's rider off, but it
is said he lost no time in remounting.
, 1900-06-08

Washington, D. c., June 7.-During
a temporary lull in the excitement
which marked the closing hours of con
gress, the members of the house from
the Rocky mountain states, by concert
ed and prompt action, succeeded in get
ting Congressman Lentz of Ohio to
agree to unanimous consent for the
passage of the bill granting travel
pay to certain members of the Torrey
cavalry, and the bill was passed and
received the approval Of the president.
The travel pay bill was introduced
by Senator Warren, and was passed by
the senate several months ago.. Yes
terday, when the bill was brought up
for passage in the house by Represen-
tative Mondell, objection was made by
Mr.. Lantz, who said the bill should not
pass, unless amended by a provision to
print the Occur d'Alene testimony. To-
day Messrs. Wilson of Idaho, King Of
Utah, Bell and Shafroth of Colorado
and Mondell of Wyoming, urged Lentz
to desist from opposition to the meas
ure. He would not promise. but when
Representative Bell called up the bill
for passage, contented himself with
asking If any of the beneficiaries of the
bill had been engaged in fighting the
Occur d'Alene miners. Judge Bell good
naturally said they had not. No fur
Their objection was made by Lentz and
the bill passed.
The measure will give upward Of 200
former members of the regiments liv-
ing in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Ida
no and Nevada, who were home on sick
f%urlough when the regiment was mus
, 1900-06-08
SUES HIS PROSECUTORS.
Heavy Damages Demanded from Prom
inent North Park Residents.

A special dispatch from Fort Collins
to the Denver News says: Patrick
Mortha began suit in the district court
oday for s25, 900 damages against Mon
tie Blevins, Fletcher Campbell, Frank
Boyer, Horace Boyer, Manly Capron,
Charles Bebee and Jacob Hartzell. The
parties to this suit are from North park
and the plaintiff claims that on July
5, 1899, the defendants made an assault
upon him, knocking him down and
compelling him to drink intoxicating
liquors against his will until he was
helplessly drunk.
He further charges that they removed
his shoes and stockings and other parts
of his wearing apparel, burned him with
lighted candles and firecrackers and
then hanged him up by the neck until
he was nearly strangled to death. They
wound up, as he charges, with kicking
and tramping upon him. breaking one
Of his legs, so that he was laid up in
bed for five months afterwards.
The defendants are prominent in
North park and the suit promises to
create something of a sensation. Judge
Ballard of Denver has been employed
as one of the plaintiffs attorneys.
, 1900-06-08
BATTLE OCCURS.
Between Chinese Troops and the Box
ers Near Pekin.

London, June IA special dispatch
from Shanghai, dated 1880 p. m. to-
day, says the dowager empress has ord
cred General Meth 81 Chang, with 5000
men, to protect the railroad at Picking.
A severe fight, it is added, has occurred
with the Boxers, whose ranks include
many soldiers from other generals
commands. When the battle ended 200
dead were left on the field.
The dispatch goes on to say: Zone
hundred and eighty British marines
with a machine gun. are about to force
a passage from Tien Tsin to Picking
Altogether about 800 British have been
landed from the fleet, a greater number
than has been landed from the COM
bined vessels Of the other powers. This
|evidence of Great Britain's intention tc
assert her position strongly gives great
satisfaction here"
, 1900-06-08
Personal PARAGRAPHS.

Ora Haley returned today from a trip
to Kansas.
Mrs. c. E. Judson returned today
from a visit to the east.
John McGill came in from his Rock
Creek ranch on No. 4 today.
Mrs. F. G. Bowman and children re-
turned today from a visit to Denver.
VIM. Jones of Walden was doing
buiness with Laramie merchants to-
day.
Frank McCaslin is in the city from
North park getting supplies for the
summer.
Hans Olson and William Nottage are
in the city from their ranches near
Sheep mountain.
c. b. Root arrived in Laramie on No
3 this afternoon and will visit in his old
home during the summer.
John w. Ernest left at noon today
for a few days visit in Denver to re,
cuperatn from his recent illness.
Rev, Father Gupitosi, who has had
charge Of St. Lawrence church during
the absence of Father Cummiskey, left
on the nOOn train today for Denver.
George r. Brown of Indian creek
brought his wife down last Friday ant
Left Saturday for Laramie. Mrs. Brown
, 1900-06-08

Cheyenne, Wyo., June7.- Reports re.
ceived from Evanston and the For
Bridger county would indicate that the
outlaws who killed Sheriff Tyler and
deputy neal ThOmpson's, Utah, last
week, are headed for the Jackson's
Hole country in Western Wyoming. A
cattleman named II. Green, who resides
! near Vernal, Utah, and close to the
Utah-Wyoming line, states that he ran
across three heavily armed men on Pot
creek, 40 miles north of Vernal. The
trio, who closely resembled the pursued
outlaws, was engaged in running down
a band of range horses, evidently fol-
the purpose of securing fresh mounts.
Green says that he positively recogniz-
ed Joe Rose, a notorious cattle r~ustler,
as one of the men. From Green's story
and other reports brought in it is be-
lieved that the outlaws have estab-
lished headquarters in the Taylor
mountains and will remain in hiding
until the posses have been withdrawn,
when they will come forth and attempt
to get out of the country.
AS the outlaws were last seen headed
for Uinta county and the Teton noun
tains, Sheriff John Ward of Evanston
has been requested to organize a posse
and head off the bandits if possible.
The descriptions of the five desper-
ADDE'S wanted for the killing Of Sheriff
Tyler and deputy and the murder of
Frank Lesleur and GUS Gibbons neal
St. Johns, Arizona, last March, are as
follows:
Tom Capehart, alias Wilson, weight
175 pounds, 5 feet 10 inches. Wore
short black beard.
Tod Carver, weight us pounds, 5 feet
1O14 inches tall.
Jess Black, alias Joe Rose, alias
Franks, weight 100 pounds, height {
feet s inches.
Mack Steen, alias Bob johnson, six
feet tall and weighs $50.
The fifth man is not known. He il
short and heavy set.
kilograms received here tonight from
Utah state that the outlaws have mad,
their escape from the country and tina
the several posses now searching 70,
the desperadoes will be recalled a
once. Private parties and detective
will continue the hunt, however, in tn
hope of capturing the outlaws AM
winning the big rewards offered 70
them, dead or alive.