The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 3, 1886, Page 6

= ceciensepgtiaiachatetatactmnr ont an ene BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES J. D. ALLEN Eprror. J.D. Arten & Co., Proprietors, TERMS OF SUS'SCRIPTION: TheWeexty Times, published every Wednesday, will be sent to any edaress one vear, postage paid, tor $1.25. BUTLER MISSOURI. | WEDNESDAY, NOV. 3, 1886. eT All's well that ends well. What do you think of the returns? —_—_—_————_—_—— Did anybody ever see such a narvest? ‘To build up any part of a county iielps the whole county. Therefore fet not petty jealuusies exist. A vigilant committee at Otterville, Mo., done up a horse thiet in true western style a few days ago. Away with factions now and let us all pull together for the best in- terests of our city anu county. About halt the town of Versailles, Mo., was destroyed by fire on the 25th inst. The fire 1s supposed to be the work ot an incendiary. Glazebrook has been the good citizens ot George G. sustained by Bates county fare being made upon him was se- and the personal war- verely rebuked. This being an off year in polines doesn’t hcense certain fellows to try and beat the party by betting or and will remember them in the future. otherwise, the good democrats Several stores were entered by thieves Friday night at Calhoun, a small town on the M. K. & T. rail- road, about ten miles noatheast of Clinton, and a considerable amount of goods stolen. The A. O. U. W,. paid since 1885, $1,500,000 to the heirs of deceased The aggregate amount paid tor the same cause by the order in America since 1868 in Missouri has tmembeys. it was tounded in $18,000,000. The HOW £70,000. aggregates membership 1s Mrs. Belya A. Lockwood. who was a candidate for the presidency tn 1884, is in the field again. She has just laid down a section of rail fence and ridden in on her tricycle, and is heading tor the first stump. She would haye been on the stump before if her voice hadn’t broken down when the winter broke up. ee GHE PRESIDENT DID BIGHT. that we do not, nor never have be- lieved in President Cleveland’s civil } service policy, hut we thick the Pres ident was honest when he determin- ed to sustain this policy, and after he had issued his edict to office hold- ers to abstain from active particioa- | tion in politics those coming under | | REV. R. R. PIERCE KILLED. | We have no hesitancy in saying | oa : Our Most Talented Divine Crushed Beneath the Wheels ot a Kansas City Cable Car. ~ +220 | His Charge at Butler Greatly Mourn His Loss. a me that head should have obeyed the | The Cable Line Censured for Not Com- order. While we may seriously re gret the necessity of the President in suspending a good officer, a true democrat, and a most excellent gen tleman as Col. Benton evidently was, we think he did just right in entorc- ing his order, and Col. Benton can but blame himselt in not fully ap- preciating the character of the man he had to deal with. If Col. Benton as an officer could not have conscien tiouslv obeyed the rules laid down for his instruction and government in office, then he should have resign- ed before he entered upon his politi- cal canvass. The orders of a chief magistrate should be rigidly enforc- ed, and the head of the government should know no individual excep- tions. The president did right and the democratic party will uphold him in it. ae AN ARTESIAN WELL. A gentleman tavors sinking an arte- sian wellonthe public square. So do It is said the drill and machinery be liad tor nothing and the actual 1,000 feet we. car cost of sinking the well will not exceed $500. There is more in sinking this well than mere talk, and the present dry spell fully estab- lishes the tact that something of this kind oughtto be done. It would no only be a good thing in case ot fire, but would be an accommodation teu who times its value to our farmers visit our city with their teams. A well 1,000 teet deep would afford water enough to supply every de mand made upon it ordinarily and would be a most profitable invest ment forour basinessmen. A scheme to bore this well was put on toot some time ago, but for want of harmony among a certain tew of our citizens, was dropped, after $400 machinery for doing the work secur ed. Now, friends, the election 1s over and it should be the duty of ou citizens, without regard to party, to ul public improvements that will bene tit our city. get together and unite upon We need water about as bad at the present time as anythin: else we know of and therefore sug- gest that we turn our attention to sinking well without the turther | delay. Versailles, Mo., Oct. 38.—The surveyors on the projected St, Louis, Kansas City & Colorado railway are within two miles of Versailles, and will finish the temporary survey to this city to-morrow. It is learned here that active work on the railroad is going on at the St. Louis end of the line. The road will undoubted- iy be running to Versailles within eighteen months. a There are at present sixteen pris- Onets in the county jail. Yesterday they made a tutile attempt at jai! breaking, which was detected in time to thwart their plans. With the help of a brace broken trom the staiiway they succeeded in breaking off the six inch cast iron escape pipe that extends from the yault through tie ceiling and root. It is probable that by enlarging this hole they hoped to escape; but the smashing of the pipe was heard above the unusually loud singing, noise purposely made to con- seal their work, and thus their efforts were foiled. —Carthage Press. “The Liberal Brotherhood of America,’’ an association of saloon keepers, which was organized in St. Louis two years ago to combat the Sunday law passed by the Missounn legislature, met at Turner Hall Fri- day and resolved to dissolye. There was considerable money in the treas- ury, and it was divided among those meanbers who had paid their dues up to Cate. Some of the members who Were not fully paid up became very ~ “Swarm under the coliar’’ when they found they had been cut out of the “fivy.’’ The dissolution came very *<ar ending with a general fight on count of the spoils.—Nevada Mail. <li tai The returns are not all im, but enough to know that the vyanguards ot democracy stood firm all along the hne. We have received the first and second numbers of the new edition of the Rockville Globe. The edi- torials and locals may be very good, but we can not judge, as the copies we received were so blurred that it was impossible for us to read them. Try again, Bro Berry, and we will give tull credit where it is due. —_—_—_—_—— A few weeks since the Hannibal Journal told of Mrs. Lucy (ain’s losing $105 by mice nesting in it, and ot Capt. Chamberlain's proffer- ed attempt to haye the money re- placed by the government We are now able to announce that he has succeeded and that Mrs. Cain has received a dratt for the full amount. The Statue ot Liberty was un— veiled in New York on the 35th. Over a million of people are said to have witnessed the imposing scene. The president and his cabinet and a a number ot the governors of the different states and their staffs were Present and took part. The military and civic processions were the grand- est ever witnessed in the United States. Fifteen years ago the butialo ranges ot Kansas and Colorado were covered with thousands of these animals. The other day a party went out trom Denver, and after a week’s hunting managed to kill three from a herd of twenty-nine that they found in Lost Park. It is said that there are not more than 2,000 buf- faloes now in existence. Systematic slaughter has produced this shameful result. dollars had been subsertbed and the | plying With the Law. —— IMPOSING OBSEQUIES. With sad heart and faltering pen we record the saddest death, by ac- cident, that ever befell a citizen ot our city. Rev. R. R. Pierce, pastor ot the Onno street M. E. church, a man universally loved and respected, a true man, a christian and a patriot, was run over and instantly killed by the cable street cars in Kansas City, on last Wednesday. The sad in- telligence was telegraphed to his tamily at a late hour Wednesday evening. The blow prostrated his devoted wite, who was already in delicate health, and it was greatly feared for awhile that she could not survive the blow. Early Thursday morning R. G, Hartwell went to Kansas City and took charge of the remains, and brought them to Butler the same eveniny. It was the first intention to take the first wife ot The Knight Rev, sa member in good stand to Clinton, where the deceased was buried. Templars, order of which Pierce Jer this misunderstand- Chnton ot At the latter place Hartwell corps and returned to butler. Methodist ing, acting ing, lett for by way Harrisonville. Mr. the Che con- they met with Episcopal district mm at the time, er Rev. Pierce the day be- | terence was in | at Independence, wl | j bad been in atten jfore tus death. “he conference adjourned and the members came in a body to pav their last sad respects talented brother and to their co- worker in the cause of Christ. The tuneral services were held at ‘the | Ohio street church Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The church was crowd- the nding toom in yard jed and st Was at par, so desirous were the sit'zens of Butler to show respect to The and the } the memory of the good man. R. body members of the G. A. Masons marched in a to the church, the Masons taking posses the Each ministers present, about 12 or sion ot body. ot the 14, paia fitting tributes to his oe The Kansas City Times gave the following report of the accident: From the statement of C. S. Brickell, the conductor ot the train which ran over Mr. Pierce,neither he nor the gripman, C. S. Jones, were in any way responsible for the acci- dent. Brickell states that his train Was going east, and when it reached Eighth and Locust streets it stopped to let off a passenger. After it had started Mr. Pierce, who had beer sitting on the north side of the grip car in one of the narrow seats next to the gripman’s box, arose from his seat and started to walk on the foot rail toward the passenger car. The conductor saw him, but sup- Posing that he was coming back to the passenger car, did not ring the bell for the train to stop. When Mr. Pierce reached the end of the foot rail he stepped off. Getting off as he did, against the motion ot the car instead ot with it, he was sure to be thrown to the ground, but it he had not held to the railing he might have avoided serious injuries. The motion of stepping off back- ward threw him off his feet. It he had let go the railing he would probably have roiled out of danger, but he held on tor a moment and before the train could be stopped his gmp was broken and he was thrown between the two cars. The two north wheels of the passenger car passed over his head, and when the train was stopped and he was picked up he was dead. His head was almost cut from his body and his brains spattered the track. The body was taken to the city morgue in a patrol wagon. Henry Co. Democrat. Elder Pierce was for tice seats in charge of the Methodist churc!: at Clinton, and our reporter cal'ed on On west remains direct | Dr. 5. Jones tor information rela- Rev. Pierce came to Clinton in ’76 and remained until r8So. He was aman of com- manding appearance, black ‘curling hair, fine physique, pleasant tive to the deceased. long, }tull eye, an elegant speaker, rather | pathetic, and withall very pop iwith everybodys While nere wife, who had borne him a tamily| | of three or tour sons and one daugh | ter, died, while the family occupied 'the residence tormerly on the lot occupied by the Southern Methodist | enurch, and was buried in Clinton. | A couple ot years after the death of | his wife, he was married to Mrs. | Ostrom, a highly respectable widow lady of Clinton. After leaving | Clinton he was sent as pastor to a number of important places—Rol!a, Holden. Neosho or Pierce City, Pleasant Hill, a prominent church GRAND AT THE STORE OF — T STEELE & COG]. | FREE, | _ ADMISSIO in St. Louis and to Butler, where his tamily now resides. Rev. Pierce was born in Cincin- nat!, Ohio, and was about 55 years old, but appeared to be much young- er. He had served 26 or 27 years im the ministery. THE COMPANY CONDEMNED. The coroner’s jury impaneled to inquire into the cause of the death of Rev. R. R. Pierce, who was killed Eight and Locust streets Wednes- | day, met at the morgue yesterday morning, and after hearing a part of the evidence adjourned till the after- noon. The evidence substantiated the account of the accident given in showed the Times yesterday, and that Mr. Pierce’s death was due to his attempting to get off the car back- returned a wards) And the jury | verdict to that effect. But the qury also went further and severely con- demned the failure or the cable com pany to comply with the ordinance requireing the company to place ten ders pround the wheels of the cars. Some tme ago the council passed an ordinance requireing the company to do this, butit has neyer complied with the proyisions of the ordinance, | The jury, realizing that Mr. Pierce’s {death was primarily due to his igno- rance of the danger of getting off the car while in motion, went further | and took congnizauce ot the fact that had the company complied with the city laws and placed guards around human lite In Chica- placed the wheels of the carsa would have been saved. go atender is not only in front of the grip car, but the wheels j ot the passenger cars are also protect- ed. An ordinance requremng the Kansas City cable company to adopt the same precautions to prevent acci- dents has already been passed, but authorities have never compelled the company to comply with it. The following 1s the verdict of the jury, which, 1t is thought, will be read with some interest and possibly with a tew pricks of conscience by the authorities: We the jurv empaneled and sworn to enquire into the cause of the death ot Richard Randolph Pierce, which occured on the 27th day of October. A. D. 1886, in the City of Kansas, county of Jackson, State of Missouri, do find from the evidence that said deceased came to his death by being run over by « cable car on account of his inexperience and lack of know!l- edge of traveling on cable cars. But we severely condemn the cable railway conipany tor not complying with the spirit of the city ordinances by refusing to furnish proper safe- guards and protection to 4 liberal public who patronize said cable rail- way; and we the jury, recommend that our city council take such imme- diate action as will insure the safety of the public in traveling over said railway in the Citr of Kansas, (Signed. ) James Anderson. Foreman. Philip Johns. {. W. West, Frank Taylor | Edwin Acker. \ William Wellx Ft. Keogh, Oct. 28th. A cowboy, named Boker, hearding cattle near Bozeman, yesterday conceived the idea of running a race with a freight train just passing. Putting spurs to! his broncho he caught up with the } {cars and tor a while the race was ar | ;even one. While galloping lke ; Sudden lurch the horse and rider , by being run over by a cable train at, sad along beside the tanin, by a, Ne The chief attraction will be new, fresh ang first-class goods at unheard of low pricag _, lew: = we ACT 1. The sacrifice of high tariff on flour. The celebrated brands of the INDEPENDENCE FLOUR Bl Paline tonight Grades pra Famous Roller Process, - $1.0} Challenge Patent Process, - 2) ween of the Pantry, - - Lif to suffer an enormous reduction as follows: ACT 2. e: OUR IMMENSE STOCK OF — iz ‘Sugar, Coffee, Rice, Cans} > ‘ned Goods, Jellies, Dried] : and evaporated § Fruits]: California Fruits, and seas]: sonable goods, such as j Krout, Pigs Feet, Mince}: Meat, Oat Meal, Cranbere ies &c.. must go and willl], come under the general reduction. sa ACT 8. Glassware, Queensware | Woodenware, Hardware, including Nails i Locks, Bolts, Strap Hinges and many oth things we have no room mention. Call a Visit the matinee and we will make the ® Visit interesting. } | Were thrown against the cars with | iy ‘taftal result. The horse was killed | instantly, having three legs broken. | The cowboy was aiso killed instantly, ; : His head was split open and his legs were broken. E. T. STEELE & CO |North Side Square. * ,