The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 15, 1885, Page 1

VOL. VII. WHY WAS HE KILLED? ° 4n0ld Farmer Near Independence, Kan., Shot by an Unknown Per- son But Not Robbed. INDEPENDENCE, KAN., April 12—, Hardly had the excitement oP this section caused by the murder of Mrs. | Bonham and her children and the | lynching of Frank Bonham for the crime, died away. ere the news came that another mysterious horror had been added to the list. | Hiram Foulks, a about 55 years, and universally re puted to be « man ot the worst type, bachelor aged BUTLER, MISSOURI, ot ransack the kitchen, us house. any money, they » the kitchen in more lish temper than bet i “he priest was dying, but they stuffed his clothing straw, set fire to itand left the h When the body of the priest was found it was burned toacrisp. The authorities have sent troops in pur {suit of the brigands. Mgr. Ram- lived alone on his handsome tarm { eight miles southwest of here was seen last Thursday attending to ‘his farm work. Friday he called in some of his neighbors and arranged to come to this city with them on Saurday. He | The neighbors passed his house | yesterday on their way to town and called for him, but seeing his forse 1 1} ne had and saddle gone, suppose gone alone. Not finding him in town, they stopped ag Not finding him about ain as they re- turned home the place, they called in the neighbors and a search of the premises was commenced. Night coming on, the search was postponed until this morning, when the well was dragged. “This result- ed in finding the body ot Hiram Foulks floating on the wate An examination of the body show- ed that the shot in the back of the head, the ball poor tellow had been passing upward through the brain. On Friday evening about 9 o’clock, pistol shots were heard by a neigh- bor near by, and it is supposed the ‘deed was done it that time. It was first supposed the murder was committed for the purpose of robbery, as Foulks was a man ot considerable means, but it was found | that the body had not been searchec and that the house had not ransacked. Suspicion 1s now direct- ed toward a young man, name un-j} known, who left the same horse with Mr. Fou!ks last fall, receiving for it the sum of $60, with the understand- ing that the animal deemed this spring. The coroner was at once summon- ¢d,and he proceeded to the place and held an inquest. There was found on Foulk’s body 51,700. The house that he hved in was nothing more than hovel, though his estate was valued at $40,000. A reward of $100 has been offere for the murderer ot Mr. Foulks The horse stolen was blac was to be re- years old. 15 1-2 hands high, with a} star m the forehead, an egg shape lett mind hoof, a few white hairs on the top of neck made by the collar. The hair showed signs of rubbing. The saddle was an old fashioned one with brass eagle headed horn and iron stirrups. Spanish Priest Tortured By Brigands. been | 6| pallo Del Fi at Madrid, i rage isco, the papal nuncio maddened at the out- Spanis H and insists that the government shall offer a large reward j tort r the capture of these murderers. A Complication Happily Avoided President Arthur attempted to sur- round the close of his admnnistr: with a sort of nmbus of ion glory de- treat 1e¢s which we were assured were ot would rived from a galaxy of foreign ievements modern and greatest ac statesmanshi infallibly redound to the wealth and 2rosper— } an The ity of the Ameri Union. all dissolved ; picked foreign glory, however, has the treaties have been to pieces by home and critics. and it has become lamentably parent that had they become laws the results would have been ot verv doubtful utility. Specially is this the case in reference to the canal treaty with Nicaragua, which was with drawn by President Cleveland. Had this treaty become bind previous to the outbreak of hostilities in Cen- tral America we should certainly have been drawn into a war of 3 harassing character in a country where the clin is abominable and with foes trom whom nor profit was to be earned. One Jed that the article of the treaty prov United inymediate ly advance to the ot $1,000,090, being the first payment of the $4,000,000 to be advanced States should Nicaragua sum that state on the security ot her share } n the canal tolls, and another article required that we shall protect the state trom invassion. It is not diffi- cult to see how these provisions | would have complicated us with the contentions and so-called ‘* war’’ now progressing in Central America. For the doubtful benefit being permitted to construct a canal at im- mense expense we would have been required to champion the cause of Nicaragua amid all the schemes, con- spiracies and revolutions incident to Central American politics. The countrv may heartily congratulate itself upon having escaped the re- of sponsibilities and annoyances of such | an alliance, Ineeed, had not Presi- dent Cleveland withdrawn the treaty so promptly the consequences might have been decidedly reatv was pending. we unpleasant, while such at could hardly have permitted Nicara- | guato have been overrun by her enemies. President Arthur’s famous treaties ‘are likely to suiter in popular esti- } London, April 7-—A terrible out- |} tage is reported from the village of Tulencos in Spam. A party of brigands entered the village at night and easily gained | accomplished something an entrance into] the house ot the parish priest. They demanded that he should tell them | where he kept the money. He te- Phed ‘tall that he had r io the poor of his parish,’ and so re- fused to disclose its hiding place. They proceeded to torture him to compel him to reveal the secret. They threw him on the floor, and Wo ot the ruffians gouged out his fyes with their thumbs. They re- peated their demands, and the priest Still retused. “They ‘Ongue to us full mith a hot his pulled out neth and seared it time was in the most frighttul agony Sai? was i iron. e priest by this k, but he to reveal the Inding x. The bngands floor mation the more they are examined. The unfortunate reference to Nicaragua will **indefin- | ately postpone’ the proposed treaty with that state, and this sad example | will exercise an untavorable influence | on the other propositions submitted. The republicans at one time seemed to thin that their last president had extraordin- but much The truth the eral interests of the country are con th ary in these prosposed treaties ot late we have not served t he subjec seems to be, that so f jubilation ont AS gen- cerned, there objections to every one of the pro- posed arrengements. Mr. Arthur. in his desire to do something, ap- pears to have overlooked the ind prince: s new enter- prises are aways dangerous unl the party who has m are sor tubstantial ne le of business ws rst involve The ex- ed to shine the ; neither glory | developments in| MISSOURI SILVER. Great Mining Excitement at Thayer. Oregon County—Prospectors | Striking It Rich. ee There is an old Indian tradition | dating back to the De Sota times in | Tegard to the burying of a large quan j tity of smelted! =r and silver coin j towhat is s the Narrows, a 0INt sone twenty niles east ot Phaver, in the soutcastern part ot | Oregon county, and only a few miles from the Arkansas State The Narrows are formed by the nearness Poit line. ot the Eleven only di- being j feet high and feet wide known by abound in miner and as to nember ha -n looked upon j as the burying t valuables by the time of the De Sota explorations Al local Indian traditio: 0 | this place as a cache. There is a company at work now on some of the old claims, and the | claim to have struck it rich. ey are getting out the ore and are look valuables. ing for the h has created a great deal tall over Orege ally at T est railroad Another point w plies. have undoubtedly struck payi inthe northeastern at Thomasville, part ot Oregon county. The county isrich in aniserals, and now they | have railroad tacilites for marketing, great things « pected from the hearly devel >. indications show copper, lead and iron besides thes:ilver. The excitem daily, and every tram brings pros pectors | & Dying Quakeress and Her Children. A member of the Society of Fnends living at Settle, in Craven, had to ot take a journey to to the borders cotland, She left her family, con- sisting of a boy and two girls. aged respecttully, 7, 6 and 4, behind. Af- ter an absence of three weeks, | Quakeress was seized with illness, jand died at Cockermouth. The |friends at whose house the | event occurred, seeing the hopeless | nature of the attack, made notes of every circumstance attending the last One morning, en the nurse at Set- | tle gomg into the sleeping-room of she found them sitting \ the childre up in great excitment and delight, i crying out: **Manima has been here’’ | and the little one said: ‘She called, Nothing Pescher? = could ‘come ain the mother on he pected return home. That same morning. rbed at Cock ‘I should be : he | dying on said ; I could but seee mv ch then closed her eves, it was thought to open them niunutes of pertect st:lIness she looked up and brightly said: and Frederick } and | | when on ber homeward journey, the | hours of the dying wife and mother. | “Tam ready WEDNESDAY i amite For Hoadly. Cosechecton, O \pril 10.—Tte Democi Standard ot this place j has private information ot a plot to assassi > Governor Hoad! Last i the governor re-, cewed the mail a small wooden box, from one end ot which hung a st eS overnor'’s sus j Picion being aroused, he cause the cover or box to be removed, and a carefully arranged internal machine loaded with and slugs spikes was disclosed to view. The string had been soa thataf the governor bad pulled it h+ would have caused | an explosion and doubtless lost his ite. tis said that the authorities tre at work on the case and for that reason the facts were not before a4 Mio vy. Mo. April 7—Bob | Young, wt ietarmer bov, at- | tenpted to kill “Villam Eddings, | yesterday atternoon. He was waived pretiminary cxan tion and was ¢ umitted to jail. | Young says that he was bird tor| Ss vy arnan aa red Granville Wui- to assassinate Eddings. Wil-} grew out of ano d crudgze, Eddings | having been one of a committe who | thout five ye »noutied Wilson say 1 t k i I nis colored hat he o wite must leave the neighborhood. Wilson oped ce comand and sent his wife away, | but since that time has always treas- | jured a bitter hatred against Eddings. | | He bad not the nerve to do the mur- | derous work hinselt,but hired Young | to throw a brick at Eddings. which | barely escaped ats mark. Wilson, | sut increases | more ; but after ten ! ‘is worth 3 cents per pound at whole- who is worth $20.000 was arrested | A Probable Bonanza. Uncle Bob Evens was in Osceola last Monday and showed us a of while digging a well on his place near Tiffin. He to Se- dalia where he had the stuff assayed, spec- imen sienna, which he found had been and they pronounced it to be the genuine article. One of the speci- | mens was as it came from the earth, and the other after it had been burnt. The former was ot aclay color and | the latter a pink, | Sienna is used by paimters. in! fact, all the cars and depots in the | country are painted with it, and it! sale. Uncle Bob reports his vein at twety teet thick, and by calculat- ing a tair value of his find can be dad. He informs us that he will at once begin the organization ot a company for the purpose of getting out the mineral. He is now in consultation with several paint and oi! manufact- ures, and should reports be favorable there will be plenty of money at his disposal to vigorously | their prosecute the work. Many a Lady is beautiful, all but her skin; and nobody has ever told her how easy it is to put beautyontheskin. Beauty on the skin is Magnolia Balm. Itch and Scratches ot every kind jcuredin 30 minutes by Woolford’ i Sanitary Lotion. Use noother. This } now ; [have been with my chi : and then at once peacefully passed away. When the notes taken at the wo places were Compared, the heur and the minute were the same Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The g Il wonder ot the | world. W. r Bruises. . Lansdown, 4getvr never fails. Sold by W. drugzist, Butler, Mo. APRIL WHICH . ——~ Sd 15. 1883. CLOSING OUT SALE! We have determined to Close Out our IXEXLIENSSI ros = nD STOCK = Consisting of $18,000 Worth of ~ oots and Shoes at Cost As we are going to leave Butler and enter into the whole- sale trade in St. Lous. Our house is filled with a new ana elegant line of the best makes of Boots and Shoes In the Next Sixty Days |} sale to quit business and the goods see it von want a bargain. MIL & C UST BE CLOSED Cost. This 1s a positi l go at a sacrifice. Come a 0., orth Side tquar Farmers Buy the Best. FLYING DUTCHMAN Sold by T. W. CHILDS, Butler, THE CLYDESDALE STALLION GRAY. Vivian Gray No. 2494, Scotch VIVIAN stud book No. 1507, American C. PR: B.. will make the season of at the stable of Frank P. L two miles north and one mile west ot Foster, IMPORTED ie, | in Walnut township, Bates county, Mo. Description and PEpIGKEE Bi | Bay, Black mane, tail and leggs, very lit- white next to hoof on right hind tern, 17 hands high, and weighs 1,700. Foaled May 1SS1, bred by Geo Arm- x, Kirkland, Wighton, Cumberland, Robert Hol- ¢ Clansman pas- d by Lord by Sir Scott, (797) Clansman , the sire o (2494), 150), who wo ; of great po with all good action. well arched neck rrel service, }is no Ir LOOK HERE FARMERS! comes ALBRANT, ——the OLD PLOW SMITH, Blacksmith Shop! 1 your plows to ton asrhare of or ra and Jobbin ne, Will be glad to old customers ew on possible IRA AILBRANT ADVICE 10 NOTHER:s. Are vou disturbed at night and broly lor vour rest by a sick child suffer he poor little sufferer imu Depend upon it, mothers, there take about it. It cures d G d diarrhoea, regulates the ste d colic, sottens th on, and glgr whoie syotgn. zg Syrup casant to 1 of ORG nurses ed States, and throughout a bottic. Mz | diately tery