The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 19, 1888, Page 7

Fcommissian of experts to examine ‘J ounced sane, and upon again being . powTO KILL BY ELECTRICITY. A BROTHER’S VENGEANCE. A Plan Erccones for Legat Execations Shooting a Negro Who Had Assaulted in New York. His Sister. New York, Dec. 12.—At the meet- ing of the Medio-Legal Society to- | night the report of the committee Glasgow, Mo., Dec. 13.—On few occasions has greater indignation on the best method of executing the been aroused here than was the case Igw providing for the putting to| yesterday evening and to-day caused death of murderers by electricity, | by the attempted assault of a young was adopted. The report recom- lady by a negro and his subsequent nds that the alternating current shooting by her brother. Late yes- a be used with alternations not| terday afternoon Mr. 8S. R. Hierony- . than 300 per second. Such a | mus and several boys were on their slain should Me allowed to pass | way home several miles out in the for from 15 to 30 seconds to insure | country when they were startled by ns Th He aatechouldibece:| = woman’s screams, and galloping o Saasdin : table or chair ,forward found Amy Haston very we 7 lai helmet onthe headsan much frightened by the attack of a en ee be inserted in the | 28?» Who had been scared away by ia = Pack of the clair. impining |tcc spbrosceme Hormemen. “Shesnys upon the spine between the should- | he haere <9 to cae he eon Tho chair is preferred to the | horse and threatened to kill her if o 3 * a ag 7 aT table. Rheoproes should lead offto ake wane ean) Aa a o through the floor to an- On learning of the affair Mr. Jesse as Th igure ahould | Haston of Miles City, Mont.,a broth- ee sae a ee hich | er of the young lady, who happened ~ is ue ted Dee aa pen eae | to be here on a visit, at once came = eee cnonition to nes to town and instituted a search for — s5 ene PP eioacht that the negro. Direeted by some sec- og Sea ogee nae tion men he had two negro boys, Been eoountino - P Ollie Thixton and Frank Jenkins ar- “ae Be | rested, they having been seen com- PUNISHED FOR NOTHING. jing in from the direction of Salt Springfield, Tll., Dec. 13.—In 1880 | Springs, where the affair occurred. aMr. Allen was murdered by two| Public feeling ran high, but in the men at Sandwich, Ill., who were at-| absence of positive proof no violence tempting to rob his residence. Al-| was attempted. This morning, how- len’s daughter identified William | ever, the young lady came to town Thompson as one of the murderers. | and positively identified Frank Jen- He endeavored to prove an alibi on | kins as the would be rapist. thetrial by several witnesses ofdoubt-| The City Marshal then started fol character, but their testimony | with his prisoner back to the lock- was discredited and he was found} up, when Jesse Haston fired a shot guilty. Some three years ago James | at the negro.’ The latter started on Young, a convict in the Joliet peni-} a run, closely pursued by Mr. Has- tentiary, confessed that he alone was | ton, who sent four bullets after him, guilty of the murder for which | one of them striking him in the left Thompson was convictedand Young | side making a slight wound. He was takan out on a writ of habeas | was quickly capturedand again lock- corpus, and the judge before whom | ed up. he was brought refused to accept| Socertain were the authorities his plea of guilty and appointed a| that the prisoner would be tried in Judge Lynch’s court if he remained here to night that they sent him to Fayett, the county seat, this after- noon for safety. It was hardly thought he would reach there alive, and no one would be surprised to see his body brought in with a bul- let hole through it. his mental condition. He was pro- taken into court reiterated his con fession or guilt. He was then sen- fenced to imprisonment for life. Ef- Hforts were at once made to have jpThompson set at liberty, but it was urged that Young. who was dying of consumption, knew that he had not long to live and therefore undertook | odo a fellow convict a good turn Pibst could not harm himself. The Gath of Young a few months ago itvived interest in the case and ef- arts were made to set Thompson [vliberty. Governor Oglesby gave case elose attention and last ght decided to pardon him. An election will be held in St. Wair county on the 29th inst. to ac- 4p or reject a proposition to com- omise the county bonded indebt- iness. Tne bonds ($250,000) were for the building of the old Kansas yfity, Memphis and Mobile railroad id have been in law for something 22 years, every suit having decided against the county. These be times of war and rumors of war. At Bevier and at Birming ham the citizen soldiery gallantly hold the fort, talk mightily ef blood and wounds but burn no powder. On the Maryland coast the oyster pirates are defiant and the police nayy of the state is about to be re- inforced by steam launches and Gat- ling guns from the United States naval academy. As for the navy of this free and enlightened republic it was at last accounts stuck in the mud at the entrance to New York harbor, waiting for the tide to rise that it might continue its journey to the tropic seas where it will make things still hotter for the people of Hayti.—K. C. News. | JUST OPENED A New and Fresh Line of GROCERIES, CAN GOODS, &C y stock has just been opened up ‘Pd is new and fresh and you will @d everything usually kept in the grocery line. WRODUCH OF ALL KINDS WANTED. The Publfic is Invited to Call and see me, A. F. HICKMAN, of Bates County National Bank. ¢ Doors South A BANK CASHIER KILLED. Fatal Quarrel Over a Stranger’s Check. Robbery Probably Intended. San Bgrnarvixo, Car., Dec. 13.— Two strangers entered the San Ber- nardino national bank this morning and one of them presented a check and asked thatit be cashed. E. H. Morse, the cashier, told him he would have to be indentified, and some words followed, when the stranger drew a revolver and shot Morse through the body. The lat- ter returned the fire and put two balls into his assailant. Six or sev- en shots were fired in all. The two rer nu away but were arrest-j iin jail. It is believed steunded to commit ee 1 | Sed balf an hour) The wen who avethe uame of i io talk. ris opulagon. Jefferson City, Mo., Dee. 12.—In making an estimate of what will be the population cf Missouri, January 1, 1889, Secretary of State McGrath figures that it will only fall short of 3,000,000 by 250,000. This result is ES WE 4 AVE TO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE JAN. ist. Are hard to move without loss from breakage and we would rather sell them at or below COST than to move them, and then we havea large stock of 'TTRN W ARE and it gets “badly battered” in moving, so that it will have to go at a sacrifice, and what discount we will make 10, 20 or 50 per cent. Well since the campaign when we did so much figuring on the Tariff we have gotten so mixed that we could not know the Dutchman’s per cent. if we were to meet it in the road. SELL OUT AT COST” ser eewurse The Stock you HRunow. QUEENSWARE AND GLASSWARE. REMOVAL!! reached by estimating the number of voters in the State at 551,000 and multiplying it by five, which is con- siderad a fair ratio. According to this estimate the population of the State in 1890 will exceed 3,000,000 and the increase in the 10 years from 1880 to 1890 will be slightly above 30 per cent. In the estimate for next year he gives St. Louis 450,000 and for 1890, 500,000, plac ing the other large cities in the] State as follows: Kansas City, 250,000; St. Joseph, 75,000; Spring- field, 50,000, and Hannibal, 25,000. the mean time we Conerassmax Tansngy, of Kansas City, says: “Maj. Wm. Warner, the present Grand Commander of the G. A. R., was a private citizen in Wisconsin after I had been a soldier at Gettysburg, and a prisoner at Andersonville. The records of the war nowhere contain anything to prove that Warner was a soldier, ex-; cept that he had been mustered in and out again.” OPEN LETTER. To THE PEOPLE: Franz Bernuarpt’s stock of holi- day goods is unsurpassed, and his prices If you intend making presents see if you are the lowest to be found in the city. won't save money by buying there. SANTA CLAUS. So we will just say these Goods must go at once And if you want any of them we will not fall out about the price, but sell them to you regardless of per cent. Cost and Carriage or anything else. In will keep our Grocery Stock Booming as it is NOW and if we should get excited when carving the prices on QUEENSWARE, TINWARE, &c., and should hit the GROCERIES a whack do not be surprised. Do not miss this opportunity. Sale Begins Saturday, Dec. Sth. LE. T. STEELE & C0. A NATURAL CURIOSITY. | Pair of Antlers Covered With a Growth H of Fur. Mr. M. D. Chipley, now with Sam uel C. Davis & Co. of this city, who recently returned from Washington Territory, brought with him a trophy that is one of the greatest | curiosities of its kind in the world. It consists of a very large and per- fect pair of Caribou antlers, which are entirely covered, from base to tip, with a fine, close growth of fur The deer was killed by an Indian hunter, near the British Columbia | line, and Mr. Chipley purchased the antlers from him. Tne hair is of a soft mouse color, shading into a silver-gray at the tips and is almost asfine and soft as plush. It is about a quarter ef an inch long, and the antlers are remarkably handsome in this unique covering. So far asis known, this is the only pair of horns in the world covered in this way. They have been seen by a large num- ber of sportsmen in this and other cities, who pronounce them abso- lutely unique, and Mr. Chipley has received several large offers for them. They can be seen at Mr. L. M. Chip- ley’s office in the Bank of Commerce building.—St. Louis Republic. Badly Scared Darkies. | Lexrsetos, Mo. Dec. 13.—The negroes of this city, with the super- stition characteristic of their race, have been wrought up to a high pitch of excitement. To-day they are going about the streets casting furtive glances over their shoulders, lest some one spring upon them and spirit them away. They they say, unless absolutely obliged to go about at night, to remain off the streets for a period of two weeks. This resolution was reached this morning, when Jim Misener, at an early hour, reached home from dance the night before, arousing his intend, | = | Record. | Full dissection. His face was somewhat bruised, and his head looked as though it had been dragged through amud puddle. Friends went back to the mine with him, and abou} half way from the entrance his hat was found. He sticks to his pre- posterous original story, and as nons_ of the negroes are anxious to be- come “stiffs” they intend to keep out of the way of all chances of cap- ture by the “students doctor.” Desperate Convicts. Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 12.—Ths failure of the desperate attempt ef the convicts of the main prison af this city to escape four weeks age was but the beginning ofa still morp. desperate attempt. The prison off cials for some time had suspected that another effort to get away was contemplated, and yesterday discov ered concealed on the persons of convicts and in beds between fifty and sixty knives, fifteen or twenty razors, one revolver and three ropes. It is believed by the authorities thag: the convicts had arranged to make a desperate break for liberty and that the weapons were to be used tp the best advantage against the guards who mightinterfere. In onp of the cells were discoved a lamp, ®& ladle and white metal used for make ing counterfeit money. Pieces of bogus coin were taken from a con- vict, but no dies came to light. Mr. W. H. Holloway wassummon- ed to Harrisonville on Saturday evening last by wire, announcing the serious illness of his mother. He went up on the early morning train ; Sunday morning, but his mother was past consciousness and died the jsame day. She was 74 years old and | until quite recently had enjoyed | good health. Mr. Holloway returned | on Tuesday from his gad journey.— family by cries for assistance, saying | Sam Simon was in town Thursday he had escaped from “student doc- | looking for a place in which to open tors,” who had overtaken him on the|a clothing and gents’ furnishing way home, and had dragged him in-| goods stock. Sam is anfjold_ mer- i to a coal mine where they endeavor- | chant having been in business in {ed to put him ia au sack, to carry | Harrisonville s number of years. = away toa medical college for | Record.