The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 6, 1889, Page 6

- BURN VEST ON J. The Senator's Tribute to the Dead Con- gressinan. An Earnest Testimonial to the Manly Worth and Knightiv 6gualities of the Departed Colleazue. 25 of In eu- Washington, D. C., Feb the senate, after the delivery logies on the character James N. Burnes by Senators Cock- rell and Ingalls, Mr. the floor. When Mr. game stillness that ebamber while Ingalls was spea was observable. Mr Vest started! off in a low voice. After a tences his tones became silvery his sentences rolled in clear and eloquent flow. He listened to by rapt attention. Hesai “In what St. Ck county, Missouri, immediately of St. Louis, the Indians last desperate struggle Vest arose the pervaded the 1 king few sen and out Was is now ade a for their homes and hunting grounds. had commanded at Braddock’s feat, and afterward Biackhawk. inveterate enemy of thi ly attempted to stem the re asistle tide of that ‘ which had driven their people fi the region of M aud was still relentlessly aggres:i east the Mississi} pressing them westward. Here, the pi of the dark and bloody g:oun der the leadership of Danicl again met the savage in decd: flict, and not until the last Ix | Indian had been driven soil of Missouri did the close his simple and upon the banks of the river whose waters his solitary « 80 often glided “Of all the Mississippi and Missouri of Towa, the Indians 1820, only a triangular tween the western sovriand the river In 1837 this oLeers from old hu dauntless fh RETOSS oe had region between h leriitory be Mis of that name. border ot was bought by the United States and added to the atate, being known as the Platte purchase. And comprising — the Atchison, Andrew, Buchanan, Holt, Nodaway and Platte. A fairer or more fertile Jand is not kissed by the sun in all his journey, and when opened to settlement it was at once filled by an immigration coming mainly from that Scotch-Irish blood whose intellect and courage have impressed so indelibly Middle and Western states. They are a vircitie Face, strong in frame and prejudice, strict in ther ideas of justice and summary at times in enforcing it, deeply religious, intensely patriotic and absolutely fearless. To quick and vigorous intellect they add the instinct of resistance to tyranny in all its torms and especially to out- side and unwarranted interference with what they consider their own business. Cee . It is not strange that men of this » lineage should give direction and | eharacter to communities, and espe- ¢ially when great emergencies bring | out the individuality and self-reli- ance which makes leaders for the | people. With other families of Scotch-Irish descent there came to | the ‘Platte Purchase’ in 1838 that of | James Burnes, the father of Col. ¢ James N. Burnes. Their home was in Platte county, upon the banks of the Missouri, and here in aregion overflowing with the opu lence of nature and surrounded by | | | | | of Hon. | Vest then took | i} Pou- | tiac, the gieat Ottawa chieftain, who Ppl iS ile ot >| pubhe tr combatant. battle. me ed, oe and watchful, ihe fought for | the prizes of life as fought the glad- jators when all Rome looked down | upon the arena. After men d typed ph tu proude pitay “Here lies one much hated a loved, but or foe! enemies, hand and without asking but no me j vi contempt or ever met him in conflict | without remembe ‘hours. H t couldn't have bee: bwouldn’t has around | yp ora 1 i tk Salvo0h, e or th halls of Con —ag pre \ unt fy | fand sued Iw la | hia: and jus thi turer, j incorruptibl { j courts al wocee i general assenbly {In th of counsel tion whict or the treasurer and his jbondsmen, and was authorized by ; Col. Burnes to proy tothe state j tate t wr tine bi be assigned to t hi So ates upon the treas 8 bow would pay the det ate treasury. 7 and every cent p the commonwealth. Never did } 1 nore teriible orde storm was fiercest ¢ : ered before it Col. Burnes exhit such courage and fertility of reseurec as won even from his enemies admi- ration and respect. In 1880 he the national house presentatives from the fourth district of Missouri, which has been represented for the two preceeding terms by a repubti- can. The canvass was bitter and disfigured by personalities, which invaded every part of his career and recognized no limit to the license of vituperation. The district was made the clearing house for personal and political grievance that had accumu- lated during 30 ye of active ag- gressive life, in which Col. Burnes had avoieed no adversary. wis elected to of S Tt was at this time. when we es | vassed together for many days, that I first came to know how tender and loving as husband and this strong and combative m father was attacks upon him were so er brutal that even old and ex politicians recoiled from t pe I : ' mistence f-contain- | i * | gether in 1} neighbor lives the tints and hues of heaven. f dezth rested upon months. The which The suadow o Col. Burnes stealthy and deadly for disease dually triumphed often gaye notice | of its progress. In the last campaign we spoke to- Platt county, where he had grown address he upto mauhood.and dee! lida | the last, and told his old friends and vred his ew many of whom lad known from childhood, that he propos- his to devote few remaining aisto ar iis private business for inevitable +} ud preparing ihe | hour which must soon close his ea- cer. Wheu we ched my m I i} attempted to rally him upon his sol-} femn words, but he repeated them so at T could not uded which aud to many alariw- result, then reverent! of that great question wh wisdom can solve ieu he avoided suc d shrank from the em i ite hereafter. citly upon t intellectual 1 crownes t ther move clutions. © continue tu- eed and ulcer- sore. SWAYN hing and bl « Sts) or ne & Son, 32 nvr e<Tiines’ Abject Apology. Feb. 28.—The Times 1ts leading editorial quoted in full the apology tendered hy Attorney Generai Webstsr before the Parnell commission for the pub- lication of the ecutinued: idon, ay in forged letters, and We desire to endorse as appro- priate every word of the foregoing statements. It is our wish, as it is our duty, Moreover, Mr. the witness box stated that the letters are forgeries we accept in every respect the truth of that statement. In these cireum- stances we deem it right to express our regret most fully and sincerely at baving been induced to publish the letters as Mr. Parnell’s or to use them in evidence against him. This expression of regret includes also the letters falsely attributed to Mr. Egan, Mr. Davitt and Mr. O'Kelly. It is scarcely fitting now to enter in- to the circumstance under which we receive and published them. We are bound, however. to point out that Pigott was not the person with whom we communicated. Moreover, we must add that we firmly believed that the letters were genuine until the disclosures made by Pigott on cross examination. to do so. Parnell having in It must be evi- dent to all reasonable persons that if agery, but no word of ¢ the strong, adventurous pioneers, Yas. N. Burnes passed his boyhood. In his surroundings there was ev ery- thing to develop intellect and ener- gy. In this young and vigorous | _ community there was no room for | the idle or timid, and the fresh pure air strung every nerve of mind and stretching to tho boundless West, + the silent solemn forest, the great : river rolling in resistless volume to | the gulf, all naiure and majestic | mould, quickened and elevated am- BY bition. Never did young knight put on _ armor for the ists. with higher as- Piration or more dauutless courage ~ than did James N. Barnes for the . “Dattle of life. In every fibre he was | came from his lips for h j only solicitude was f jing from out of the heat s body to its best. The wide prairie. : his family of ' especially for her, the | youth, for many years w | from whose sick chamber ored to shut out the he ! cordant cries of the rse and ¢ Cc combat. caluny I saw him one ner night kneel at her side, as if befo: a shrine, whilst the s anxoius fight passed away look of a: bridegroom him. It is not in the world’ strife, when armed and m: rested ked we meet as foes, that men are rightly judged. When the armor is put off and the mask has fallen, the scft light of home br out in | & couspiracy existed the Times was | | j | i | i j | j | mauy rugged , victimized by and not a party to it. Errors in judgement have been com- mitted and for them the penalty must be paid. It must be clearly understvod that what we have done | is altogether upon our own motion and our own responsibility and in the publicivterest alone. This with- | > - : | drawal of course refers exclusively | to the letters obtained from Pigott. | doubt his ! warned him of } HE HELPED BURY THE DEAD. W. R. McBride's Reminiscenses of Bloody Centralia Butchery. “Yes, Dh off the batt “said W He rald correspon Ce ra! er up uiter the R len t recently, it wasa ghas ly job you may be sure. There were i: MeBride to a hundered and —— With You Once More | F.M.CRUMLY &60, one firty bodies, seventy-uine of a which we buried in o grave AM] ; jeagent eae he With a Clean Fresh Stock of JE re from Knox and j other counties and removed their re- latives. All were ¢ ed except the seveuty- “DT notice that struck that every ; thro the j GVery obe head. ¢} th » bodies aul Know nt to be absolute! ; this state row that - ver hen but sup- ged to escape edto th let: aad Centr: [the main bo ly went out to find Todd One Man was found in the field ly- sort of: ail which a when ina gally and partially assand w Is, He stat s had ridden in but er he would ce 1 thit ten fect failed to hurt several times have been shot. Another man a ter having been lesperately wounded was spared the villas—the ony ce of the kind in the ory of the tight. A’ gueriia had shot at eight tines jand struck hia ouly ones and thet t did not kill him. Capt. Todd rodeup and the Federal gave the Masonic of distress and th’s saved his life. Todd asked him if | he bad not rather be killed on the | tield and die like aman than to be taken to camp and take his chances of being shot afterwards. He he would rather take his chance Todd then held a consulta- tion with his officers and they voted to spare his life thuugh Bill Ander- son protested bitterly against such The | was taken toa farm house He afte pose is living now. ' said in camp. a humare act. wounded man lefi. rds recovered and I suy- After the fight s rode over the field kill ing all who showed any signs of life. One man told us that one of the guerillas rode up to him and made and the guer BR land” s Snow Linament. This wonderful remedy is guara to cure Neuraigia. It is a positive cure. e Rheumstism no matter how Tt will cure that oul | in the small of the back. IL sprains and bruises the fire.trom a ld or burn, and stop all pain. Itis | the most penetrating Liniment in the world. It is good tor all inflamat It is guaranteed to do all elaimed tor or money refunded. Dr. E, Pyle, Agent. } will nstantly take ou it | Discovery,” eed | ture a remedy which never fails to | | cure this scourge of our race (which | | ported at Maryville. his horse paw him but he did not move. The guerilla then rode away supposing him to be dead. The poor fellow only prolonged his suf- fering by the subterfuge as he was mortally wounded and died soon after being removed from the field. “One of the guerilla’s, a slight boyish looking fellow, crippled from a wourd received some time before, followed some of the fleeing Federals nearly te Sturgeon killing his last man at the bridge near that place. He boasted that he had killed seven- teen men that day with his own hand.” “One Foot In the Grave.” How often do we hear the above said of some poor pilgrim o'er life’s thorny path, whose tottering steps, pallid face, unnatural glitter of the | eye and hacking cough, and its ac companying involuntary pressure of the hand over the lungs, the seat of the dread disease—consumption— that causes the remark? Too fre- quently, alas! and in the interests of such unfortunates this is penned to assure them that their steps need, tend no longer toward that nar: row. receptacle that awaits all—that is, until life’s allotted space is covered ; —from any such cause, for the sci- | entific researches of Dr. R. V. Pierce, resulting in the “Golden Medical have wrested from na- is really nothing more nor less than | Serofula of the Jungs), if taken in jtime. Druggists sell it. One death from smallpox is re A striet quar | antine is kept upon houses wh: se ire mates are known to be infected. DERUGS., al Paints, Oils, &e, Come and seo us as we can do you good wnd would be vlad to see you, Birst door south of sates County nat} bank. RLAND Eg BROS. AT BUTLER—_ KEEP Tilk LARGEST STOCK** “HE BEST PRICES IN HARNESS and SADDLERY. SPOONER PATENT COLLAR —-— -PREVENTS CHAFING— ANNOT CHOKE A THOR Adjusts itself to any Horse’s neck, has two rows of stitching, dea will hold hames in place better than any other collar. xa: BUTLER _WM.P. TALBOTT. |) TAILOR. : | Cleaning, Dveing and Repairing a Spe NATIONAL BANK, -- IN New Bank Building BUTLER, MQ. Velvet Collars, Sleeve lin- ings and Facings neatly placed on short notice. South Side Square, S66.,000, $6.060,00.; Capital, SURPLUS Butler, Mo. DIRECTORS Dr, T. C. Boulware, H.C. Wyatt, Judge y. H Sullens, G. B. Hickman Frank Voris, C. H. Dutcher Booker Powell, Green W. Walton John Deerwester, Dr. N. L. Whipple ; Wo, E, Walton, J. Rue Jenkins. “ TONIO red sole} Le complatuts at nflict all womankind. It ves tone amd sire! he uterine organs, and { re % Receives deposits, loans money, and ans é eplacements, and Seog transacts a general banking business. EMALE TONIC urinzpreg: 2 70 We extend to ourcustomers e en a — ta pare 1 C ati istent wi sa pank- ‘4 from girlicot commodation consisten with sate ange from : WSS ing. Price, $1. 3, CORRESPONDENTS. ! »7-LOU1S. st Nat’l K Fourth National 2 Hanover National JOHN H.SULL BOOKER POWE Wa. E. LTON . RUE JENSINS DON KINNEY...- SCOTT'S EMULSION GF PURE COD LIVER O!L “32 HYPOPHOSPHITES Almost as Paiatable as Milk. So disguised that it cam be taken; digested, anc assimilated by the most sensitive mach, when the pisim oil cannot be toleratcd; and by the com bination of the of! with the "ny pophos- pinites ', much more efficacious. BATES COUNTY National Bank, d in 1871.) OF BUTLER, MC. (Organize Bazerkable 33 a fiech producer. | Capital paid in, oe. + OTT’S EMULSION ia..s to be the Finest and Best prepa- in the world for the reli-f and cure of - $75,000. COMSUMPTION, SCROFULA, GEHERAL DZBILITY, WASTING DISEASES, EMACIATION, SOLDS and CKRONIC COUCHS. vemedy for Comnsumptian, 4 IEas ty al Druggists- Fol. ARD, HON. I. B. MEWB . C. CLARK TYG ting in Children.