The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 25, 1888, Page 2

DEATH'S VICTORY. CONKLING COMES. EX-SENATOR ard Strnugeie 4 nally Ciosed, New York, April 1 Roseoe Conk piss earth at 1:40 this morning bedside of the dying man were J Dr He passed a limb Conkling, Judge Coxe. ton and Mrs. Oakum away without moving looked as though peacefully ing. sons outside on the to catch the report. Within there were between forty and persons also waiting to hear the worst. They were compo of representatives of the p friends of the dead senator. pRoee yo | bribe the gran + railroad franchise alderimc 1S#4. stimony, las Mr. Conkling, A. Seward, an arguinent which res way he board of n in the about three months, ] sleep- eA eae 1 A aking of te There were a number of per- street waiti ‘ ree together with Clarence doors oa made fifty . 1 1 * | the repeal of the Broadway railroad : charter. chiefly and Missouri. It has been called Old Missouri” so long that it is not easy to convince people that we have here one of the greatest states in the Union; one of the richest in natural products; one of the broadest in acreage, Poor BRIEF 6KETCH OF CONKLING'S CAREER. Roscoe Conkling was born in Al- bany, N. ¥., October 30, 1829; ceived an academic education, and studied law three years under his father’s tuition. In 1846 he entereu the law office of Francis Kernan, afterward his colleague in the sen- ate, and in 1850 became district at- torney for Ondida county. He was admitted to the bar in that year, and soon became prominent both in law and in politics. He was elected mayor of Utica in 1858, and at the expiration of the first term a tie vote between the two candidates for the office caused him to hold over for another term. In November, 1858, he was chosen as a republican to congress, and took his seat in that body at the beginning of its first session, in December, 1859—s sion noted for its long and bitter contest over the speakership. He was re-elected in 1860, but in 1862 was defeated by Franci over whom, however, he was elected in 1864. His first committee was that on the District of Columbia, of which he afterward He was also a member re- and one of diversified climate, making it possible and easy to produce nearly all of the products of the soil, mon to this zone. The length of this state north and south, is 274 miles, and its breadth apout 245 miles, giving an area of 65,000 41,824,- 000 acres, almost equal to that of New England. The portion of the state north of the Missouri river consists of rolling come square miles, or prairies, wa- tered by deep rivers and this portion of the state cannot be excelled for The embraces vastly more territory, is more broken hills that are underlaid with rich mineral grazing and farming purposes. southern portion which abounding in and mountains deposits, and overgrown with the finest timbers. Thus boundaries Kernan, with the . the products of Ohio and Pennsylvania mbine of this we oc state was chairman. | There is no state more of the that goes to make mittee of ways and means and of the com ul of resources, aud no stat special reconstruction committee of fifteen. My. portant speech was the Fourteenth constitution. the The climate i so much to first im in support of Conkling’s He vigo hip of McClell: posed Spaulding’s legal tender act. and firmly upheld the the Conkling was re-elected tumn of 1866, but in Jan + 1867, before he took his seat, was chosen United States senator to sueceed Tra Harris, and 1873 and 1879. In the senate he was from the first a member of the judiciary ed the gener serious doing government | almost unknown. Mr. au- in the prosecution of war. in the’ state 1 to the averaging from 50 to 75 bushels re-elected in the acre, with frequently above 100) bushels. A of the state is re portion by climate and admirably adapted to the cotton and hemp, while « soil committee, and connected with near- i ly all the leading committees, hold- ing the chair of those on commerce and revision of the laws. rasi fruits common to temps Senator | grow here in unstinted Conkling was a zealous supporter of President Grant's administration and largely directed its general policy toward the south, advocating it in public and by his personal influence. Missouri's finance dition, Ss are » of taxation | bonds at a premium and her rate of interest never exceedi Her modeled after tems of the has ample funds which are ed liberally. her rate IX per school system excel He was also instrumental in the pas- sage of the civil rights bill, and favy- aded a SyYs- and she the best gr eastern states, ored the resumption of specie pay- ments. He took a prominent part in framing the electoral She hasas ity which is unexcelled tional facil and commission bill in 1877, and supported it by an able speech, arguing that the ques- ities leges of greater or less numerc importance. In mineral deposits this state is especially rich and as yet her tion of the commission's jurisdiction should be left to that body itself. Mr. Conkling received 93 votes for the republican nomination for presi- dent in the Cincinnati convention in 1876. In the Chieago convention of 1880 he advocated the nomination of General Grant for a third term. In 1881 he became hostile to President Garfield's administration ona ques- tion of patronage, el colleague, Thomas C. great pockets of ore have hardly been touched. ing In Missouri a P. >,000 square mi producing territory. Th deposits nickel 25,000 square miles. amount of iron ore next to Michigan 2 There : the ning, with his and manganese. latt, the right | federal appointments in The president having ap vointed a political opponent of Mr. Conkli the port « posed } confirmation that he should have been ¢ in the matter, and that tion he pledges given the president. Mr. Gartield, as soon | as Mr. Conkling had declared his | opposition, withdrew all other nom- inations to New York offices, leaving | the objectionable on by itself. Find sources are all unworked to control his state. s to the collectorship of New York, the latter op- corn. wheat an itwasa ‘on a with her schools and ¢ neces that are in to him by one to be ulted in | parts of the state, the vield| of corn | 1 vos a the United States navy. j launched on Satt - } disburs- She has a coal field cover- } | the h A BURGLAR’S BULLET. uinent Citizen of Mexico. Me. Kill the main buil | then « pistol The . fer the 1 of the breast staggered brck into the exclaimed: *I’m shot.” his under | outside shot bullet stru hin He and in the center room The wite. report He pulow 1 : of the pistol awoke had which he grasped and started again a rev er for the rear door, but before he had hardly taken a step he fell to the floor and in a very few moments ex- pired. The only occupants of the house at the time of the wurder were Mr. and Mrs. Apgar. Her| screams brought the neighbors to | the scene of the murder. ner and The coro sheriff were immediately sent for, and diligent search was made for the murderer. At 9:30 this morning the coroner inquest began, and a post-mortem | was held immediately after. The with which the shooting was 22-calibre. The burg- evidently pisto! done. was a lar kitele u was bo ribs tk was standing in the shot the | when the fatal The ball entered the second he of door ired ly between t tha le ft downward, and the sternum through ribs Many learned that Mall the passing fourth and fifth under shoulder — blade idvanced. theories It is to Atchison » Gurbo: liam Cramp & Son | buildin be gned It will pneumatic guns for each with a The train the guns is accom 1 the vessel done by stes inch cz be fired with minute. itee the shells, which can at accuracy twice a will con atine, equivalent to 852 pounds of | dynamite or 943 pounds of guncot- ton. It is declaré handled tive er gun, prope destru invented, > most f war yet for the the a € xed ships in world will go : » pieces from explosion of shell much the guns These guns are than those i] on de- wn by | the Yorktown. signed to work prinely y on under-v srtions of the hulls of ecuracy in aim oped on account of > ship icted upon the po RecheHtes Ne Y- | other under the vehicle, .| behind the only tree near }was ordered to pull out. and third | the} | tion went to Steet 4 | ever, ! cooked, jners they are differ | the Indians in the jand ible the | have ever | the jroll is taking ae A GAME OF PEEK-A-Boo. Interesting Diversien Indulzed in by a 21: rt. Hi tter out from a thick driver to . who was sitting on the le with the driver, drew his pistol, but the rob- ber jumped behind the stage and | prevented the passenger from shoot- ing him. The bandit ordered the driver to get out of the way, could the p: Cook was forced toobey. Jameson jump- | ed off on the opposite side of the | stage. and he and the highwayman | tried for some outs! so he shoot senger. shoot each but neither being able to get a shot the robber | ordered the driver to goon. As the | stage moved off the highw. rinan got and open- ed tire on the doctor, who was oblig- | ed to make a hasty retreat, the rob- | ber firing several shots at him, but _without effect. When Cook had | driven the stage a few yards he was | ordered to stop and throw out the mail pouches. time to This being done he There | were seve registered packages on cus stage. Bucklen’ 8 Arnica Salve. | The Best Salve in the | Bruises, Cuts, Sor Te world tor Cnts ‘eers Salt Rheum, Fever Pi 2ins, Corns, : amedis ands Iskin erup- and postively cures S, Or no pay red. [tis guaranteed to give pertect | action, or money refnnded. Hor all lre sale by s Indians ona iched the which the Raid. that bits Gulf ; Mex., to tribe in of | raiding | boldness r to the Mex > coast out 300 in al, lest ve Seris nr are one of the races on | » continent, ne asuring | It are cannibals. the America inches. is claimed by | How only Indians that they they are rth rows, and they pre in using poisoned ar- | BY decc that hes facet, live posed meat to meat bee and, in entirely | upon raw food. In stature.look ruage and man nt from any of Americas. A few ; 9 a Turk visited their island | In ars he they spoke tongue. Gov. to pl of the 4 rabit. “ps ion island they them state. Lee j under the domi | Globe. | | Ohio's Habitual Cc nel Act Annulled. 18.—Robert | prison- | | Columbus, O., Apr | Patterson. of Miar sentence will jbeing Patterson's third or fourth; | term, ‘a life he was marked for retentior prisoner under the habit n act. 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