The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 18, 1888, Page 2

\firm. A telegram was received at the office saying that a certain dis- patch to the correspondent had not been delivered, as he was out of town. No telegram had been sent him by a member of the firm, and investigation was made. This resulted in showing that the girl had sent the following telegram to the firm’s New York correspondent: “If we do not receive your draft by 3 o'clock we will foreclose.” For these and many other like at- tempts to get money the girl had but one excuse, that she had told her mother she was at work, getting $6 a week, and therefore she felt obliged to obtain at least that amount of money in that way each week. A BATTLE AT RISING SUN. How Rivalry in the Ferry Business Led to Bloodshed. Memphis, Tenn., July 9.—Particu- lars of the deadly encounter at Rising Sun, Miss., Saturday make it appear that the affair was fully expected by both sides. All were armed. White- worth, with McLean and Haskins, approached McCarty’s store, blowing their hunting-horns, and at the door warned several negroes standing around to get out of the way, as “something was going to happen.” The trouble between the two factions arose about a ferry, which McCarty and several other merchants had f started in opposition to a ferry ope- i ~—s rated by Whiteworth. On entering the store Whiteworth tackled Mc- Carty about the ferry, and the shooting began. The two fired at nearly the same time and both were wounded. McCarty fled out of the back door, followed by shots from Whiteworth’s pistol, and was rescued by the negroes outside. Meanwhile young Henry McCarty was shot in in the arms and breast by the other two members of the attacking party and also escaped through the kind officers of his dusky customers out- side. P. J. Ivey, another employe at the store, was shot dead as he reached the back door step, and Aston, the book-keeper, fell riddled with bullets, attempting to conceal himself in his room at the rear end of the store. The Whiteworth crowd warned the negroes not to assist the wounded, but the black Samaritans were not to be frightened away from the work of mercy. Whiteworth, Hoskins and McKean are in jail at Greenwoed, Miss. Henry McCarty will die. The Lawyers Get the Millions. New York, July 9.—Nathaniel Gilman died in 1859, leaving several millions of money made in leather. He had married twice and a litiga- tion was begun over hisestate, which has lasted ever since. George G. Gilman, a son by the first wife, and Anna K. Gilman, born of the second marriage, have been the principal contestants on opposite sides. Ref- eree Harland reported to the com- mon pleas court recently that only about $300,000 of the estate can now be properly charged to the execu- tors, and that Anna K. Gilman, who, years ago, received nearly $35,000, which she has paid out since to law- yers, is really indebted to the estate. There was argument before Judge Van Hoesen to-day on a motion to confirm the report. Henry E. Knox appeared for George G. Gilman to ask that the report be confirmed, and E. H. Bennec represented Miss Gilman. The lawyers who have been on the case from time to time were present to support their application for allowances. Decision was reserv- ed. Young Found Dead By the Roadside. Des Moines, Io., July 10.—An Ot- terman special says: Alice Kelley, a fine looking woman 25 or 30 years old, was found dead at 7 o'clock this morning in the edge of the timber on “Old Field” in the outskirts of the city. A horse and buggy stand- ing hitched near attracted the atten- tion of two passers-by, who found the body covered by a lap robe, the throat cut and head badly pounded. Lying near was a razor and an iron bolt a foot long. Miss Kelley's first appearance here was June 13, when she registered at Dick's hotel as hail- ing from Detroit, Mich. Two weeks later she left and went to a private boarding house, and was arrested for jumping her board bill. She es- caped on a point of law. Yesterday she left her boarding house, the pro- prietor refusing to keep her Icnger, and went to the Revere house, where she took supper. About 7 o'clock last evening she engaged a buggy and drove alone to | ® greenhouse, where she got a bou- quet, afterwards found on her body. An hour later she was seen on 3rd street alone in the buggy. This was the last seen of her. The nature of her wounds shows it to be murder. She was a bright, bold woman, and the opinion prevails that the murder is the result of blackmailing some- body. “Charles Miller” Is a Woman. Sioux City, Io., July 9.—Charles Miller, the convict who has been discovered at the Fort Madison pen- itentiary to be a woman, was sent up from this city for horse stealing, and has a strange history. Miller was known in this vicinity for over five years, and there never was a sus- picion that she was not aman. She dressed in man’s garb, did man’s work and associated with men. The strangest part of it is that under the name of Charles Miller she lived for three years as the husband of a wo- man who is still in the city. She supported this woman by doing a man’s work on a farm and ina barber shop. She even adopted a child, who is still living with Miller's al- leged wife. The crime for which Miller was sentenced was the steal- ing of ateam from a livery stable here. She was confined in jail with male prisoners for weeks, but her sex was neither discovered nor sus- pected. Absolutely nothing is known of Miller’s antecedents, and the al- leged wife cannot be found, although she was here till within a few weeks ago. William’s Australian Herb Pills. If you are Yellow, Bilious, constipated with Headache. bad breath, drowsy, no appetite, look out your liver is out of roder, One box of these Pills will drive all the troubles awaf and make a new being of you. Price 25 cts. Itch, Mange and scratches ot every ae EEE eee ae kind on human or animals cured in 30 minutes by Wooltord’s Sanitary Lotion. ‘This never tails. Sold by W. J. Lans- { down, Butler, Mo. 11-6m A Girl's Bold Forgeries. Detroit, Mich., July 9.—There has just been brought to public notice | here a 16-year-old forger whose | career is almost without a parallel. | + She isthe daughter of Joseph Martin, +) arespectable builder, and is known _ |. as Ismi Martin and Miss Bagg, the | |) latter name being assumed for pur- | | pose of deceit. . Her first move was | to secure desk room ‘six weeks ago © in the office of an advertising firm. Once’ established here she began i systematically to extend her acquaint @nce as an apparently trusted em- | ploye of the firm. One evening she | dropped into an office adjoining where she worked, said she had a small check which her employers fj) | could not cash, as they had made "|, 4 their deposit for the day. The check | | | was cashed. This movement was | | repeated after this in various places. + Her most remarkable exploit, how- _ ever, was an attempt to collect $580 of a New York correspondent of the Sherman “Not Talking Politics.” Cincinnati, July 6.—Senator Sher- man’s speech on ‘Change yesterday has caused a good deal of talk in political circles. The democrats claim that it showed that the sena- tor is very sore over his defeat. He said that his speeches would show him to be in favor of a reduction of the surplus. The only difference be- tween him and Cleveland was as to the manner in which it should be done. He thought congress ought to settle the question right away. The people could use the surplus. He wanted the revenue reduced to what it was when he entered con- gress, thirty-four years ago. Mr. Sherman said he wanted his hearers to distinctly understand that he was not talking politics. Eczema, Itchy, Sealy, Skin Tortures. The simple application ot “‘SwaYNe’s OINTMENT,” without any internal medi- cine, will cure any case of Tetter, Salt i Piles, Itch, Sores, Sealy, Itchy Skin how obstinate or Potent, effective, 32 ivr and costs but a trite. PUNCHED THE PREACHER. The Assailant Mistook Him for an El derly and Obnoxious Masher. Buffalo, N. ¥., July 9.—The par- ishioners of Ashbury Methodist Episcopal church are greatly excited over the thrashing of their pastor, the Rev. J. N. Dolby, late on Satur- day night, on his return home from music hall, where he had been at- tending the meeting of the national conference of charities and correc- tion. The facts did not become pub- lic until to-day, and Joseph Mon- tague,a young married man, who had committed the assault, has not yet been arrested. The clergyman says that Montague followed him through an alley, doubled on his track and finally walked up to him and asked if he were not Mr. Cur- tiss. “No, sir; my name is Dolby.” re- plied the clergyman. “You lie, you know you lie,” said Montague, who let his fist fly at the pastor's head, pummeling him and kicking him while the dominie yelled for the police. Some men in a neighboring bar- ber shop interfered and rescued Dol- by.whoat once wanted Montague ar rested, but afterwards changed his mind. Montague’s father called on the minister and apologized for the assault, saying it was a case of mis- taken identity. The young man says his wife, who is a beautiful little bru nette. has been annoyed by a 50- year-old masher named Curtiss. whor: he determined to punish. He Says it was a case of mistaken identi- by: tcregon Asks for Information. Mr. C. W. Coker, of Medford, Or- egon, writes to the editor of the Re- publie: “Please give the amount of tariff taxes levied on leading articles. I look upon the war tariff asa swindle upon the mass of the people, rob- bing them to put money into the pockets of the favored few. We are having a warm time here. Yours for truth, honesty and equal rights.” The present tariff taxes, levied on more than 4,000 articles, constitute a tax averaging 45 per cent. on for- eign prices. That is, where an arti- ele is worth a dollar in New York harbor, the tax makes the price of it on the New York wharf $1.45. The tax, paid primarily by the importer, is added to the selling price and made by the purchaser. It is also added to the price of similar articles produced in this country, and is paid by the purchaser direct to the seller without going into the treasury at all. Understanding this, our Oregon friend says, with perfect accuracy, that the war tariff is a swindle. The briefest possible review of its worst extortionsand most glaring injustices would fill many columns, and between now and November many columns of the Republic will be filled with it. To these we must refer Mr. Coker for full satisfaction. A reliable list of leading articles and the taxes on them can be found in the American Almanac, edited by Mr. Spofford, Librarian of congress. Tt can be had for 25 cents from news- dealers, and every man who intends to cast an intelligent vote in Novem- ber ought to buy it and study its ta- ble of tariff taxation. We give the taxes ona few articles illustrating the system. The American citizens who wish to build a house is taxed 35 per cent on the value of his common planed lumber; $1 a thousand feet on all other articles of sawed lumber; 15 cents a thousand on his laths; 35 cents a thousand on his shingles; $2 a thousand on his pine clapboards; 5 cents on every four pounds of cut nails; 2 cents a pound on wrought nails; 40 per cent on the carpenter's handsaw and other tools; 32 per cent on his paints and colors, and from 54 to 150 per cent on his win- dow glass. When he begins to furnish his parlor he is confronted by a tax in- creasing the price of his carpets and rugs from 49 to 67 per cent; of his wooden furniture 35 per cent; of his mirror from 40 to 60 centsa square foot. with an additional tax of 30 per cent on the legitimate price of the frame. The tax will add 35 per cent to the price of his cotton curtains; 82 per cent if the curtains are worst | ed. He will be obliged to pay $1.35 for every $1 worth of furniture he buys for his bed-rooms. In his kitchen he will pay 5 cents tax on ev- ery pound his stove weighs; 12 cents on his eight-pound sad-irons; a cent a pound on his stove pipe; a cent a pound on all tin vessels; and the same on all baking pans and hollow ware of iron. In his dining room he will pay 35 per cent on his table and chairs; 25 per cent on his britannia tea and coffee pois; 35 per cent on his table knives and forks; 60 per cent on his tea cups and saucers; 55 per cent on all his crockery, and 45 per cent on his glassware. On clothing for his wife and fami- ly he will pay 35 per cent on cotton stockings, suspenders, garters, braces and braids; 40 per cent on cottm laces, trimmings and insertings; 3 and 4centsa yard on unbleacied cotton cloths; 40 per cent on pants, calicoes, bleached and dyed cottons; 35 per cent on brown and bbached linens, ducks, diapers, crash towels, handkerchiefs and lawns; @ ready- made clothing, part wool, 40 cents a pound, and in addition % cents ad valorem. On women’s avd children’s dress goods, part woo, worth less than 20 cents a yard, 4 double tax of 5 cents a yard and 3sper cent of for- eign price; if all-wool or alpaca, a double tax of 9 cezts a yard and 40 per cent of foreiga price; on flannels, blankets, hats, bslmorals and all knit goods of wool, a double tax of from 10 to 35 centsa pound, and from 35 to 40 per cent of foreign price; on woolen shawls the double tax of 35 cents a pound and 35 percent of for- eign price; on lacies’ and children’s cloaks the double tax of 45 cents a pound and 40 per cent of foreign price, and at the same rates on all other manufactures of wool. Noth- ing is left untaxed. Every article in the wife's work basket pays a tax of from 35 to 60 per cent. Even the children’s slates and slate pencils are taxed 30 per cent above foreign prices for the benefit of the slate pencil trust. Every article in use in the house- hold, in the shop, or on the farm is taxed from one third to three-fourths of its foreign selling price, and these taxes, as president Cleveland has pointed out, are “surely added to the cost of the nation’s life.” Fighting at Church. Knoxville, Tenn., July 10.—A feud had been existence between Michael Rose and one of the Fuston boys, living in Whitley county, for some time over $5 which the former accused the latter of stealing from him. A few weeks ago Fuston way- laid Rose and seriously wounded him with a Winchester rifle. Some time after that Rose shot at Fuston from ambush and clipped off one ear. From that time on the feud grew stronger and last week both parties, backed by a large number of friends, laid in a liberal supply of shotguns and Winchester rifles. Sunday morning just as the min- ister of the little church at Laurel Forks was announcing his text, a volley of fire arms was discharged just outside the door. The worship- ers were thrown into a state of in- tense excitement and many women fainted. Outside the battle raged fiercely between the two factions and when the smoke cleared away it was found that Ewell Lawson and his son John, aged 13, belonging to the Rose faction, were dead, having been fairly riddled with buckshot, and that three Fuston boys, Tom, Jim and Enos, and John Porter, belong- ing to the other side, were seriously and perhaps fatally wounded. A dozen others, whose names could not be ascertained, were more or less seriously wounded. Great excite- in ment prevails in the county andj trouble is daily expected. Alexandria, Vs., July 12—An ac- | cident occurred on the Virginia Midland railroad early this morning. The through southern train that left here at 11:25 last night went through a trestle between Orange court house and Barboursville, a distance of 15 | feet, killing five persons outright and wounding upwards of 40, some se- of the road. verely. Among the killed is Cornelius | Cox, of the engineering department | ox WOOL WANTED, I will pay the highest market price in Cash for all kinds WOOL offered. Wool Sacks Furnished on Application.~ LEWIS HOFFMAN. NORTH MAIN STREET, BUTLER, MO. March 30, Keep the Largest Stock, Atthe Lowest Prices in, Harness and Saddlery, | F FNUING UNLE THIS. “TR Spooner Patent Collar! } —PREVENTS CHAFING CAN NOT CHOKE A HORSE Adjusts itself to any Horse’s Neck, has two rows ot stitching, will hold Hames in place better than any other collar. SCHWANER’S CT Prevents braking at end of clip, and loops TT a from tearing out. USED ON ALL OF OUR HARNESS. SOUTH SIDE SQUARE BUTLER MO. WHY NOT i BUY YOUR Dry Goods BOOTS AND SHOES NTS FURNISHING GOODS, Where you can get them asrepresented. A large stock to select trom. Good quality, low prices, a call will convince you of the fact. RESPLCLTFULLY. J, M. McKIBBEN.