The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 8, 1893, Page 2

BIG PENSION FRAUDS. | They are Being Unearthed by an Ex-| aminer at Cresco, fa. Minneapolis, Minn., May 31.—The | Journal prints to-day a sensational | article on the unearthing of contin- ued and stupendous pension frauds in northern [owa and southern Minnesota. The work of investiga- tion has been carried on by Special Examiner Waite who has headquar- ters in this city and who has been at work on the case for several months. On May 26, George M. Van Leu- ven, Jr., a pension attorney who hes been in the business since 1568 at times and who has secured pensions during that time for the persous all through the territory mentioned ag gregating, it is said, over $1,000, 000 and Dr. George Kessel, mayor or Cresco, Ia., were arrested. The particular case on which the arrest was made is that of James Church. ill, of Minneapolis. It is charged that the names of the witnesses ou his papers are forged, and that the government will be able to establish this plainly. Van Leuven claims that the applicant, and not he, was re sponsible for the forgeries. It is also alleged that Van Leuven gave a pension applicant a letterto Dr Kessel saying that the bearer was seeking a penson and asking the doctor to do what he could for him But these cases are only the ones on which the warrants were issued, and it is understood that the govern ment is prepared to show that simi lar frauds have been perpetrated on a big scale for years. Col. Ebenezer Sproat, who was born in Middlesborough, Mass., in 1752, served through the revolution ary war with distinction, and, being a soldier himself, naturally thought that soldiers engaged in their coun- try’s defense deserved to be hand- somely treated, says the Chicago Post. His father, it appears, kept a tavern. Early in the war, while Eb enezer was a captain, he was at home on a short furlough and one day three privates on their way home from the army called at the house for a cold lunch. Mrs. Sproat set on the table some bread and cheese, with the remains of the family dinner. Ebenezer thought this rather scanty for hun gry men, especially as the bones were already partly bare. However the men satisfied their appetites and asked what was to pay. Captain Sproat answered that he did not know; he would ask his mother, and going to the kitchen he said: “Mother, how much is it worth to pick those bones.” “About a shilling, I suppose,” she answered. He went back to the room, took from the drawer 3 shillings, and with a smiling face handed them to the men, at the same time wishing them good day and a pleasant jour- ney. When they had been gonea few minutes Mrs. Sproat returned and asked Ebenezer what he had done with the money that the men had paid him. “Paid me?” said the captain with an air of amazement. ‘Didn't I ask you what it was worth to pick those bones and didn’t you say a shilling? I thought it little enough for sucha job and handed them the money from the till, and they are gone.” Ebenezer was his mother’s favor- ite son, and she accepted the mat ter as a good joke to be borne with- out complaining. Missouri Crops. Columbia, Mo., May 31.—The weekly Missouri crop bulletin says that the cold storms of last week re tarded corn planting in all sections, excepting the southwest. All corn will not now be planted until about June 3rd, even with good weather between now and then. The aver- age acreage will be put it. Much wheat has been plowed up. Wheat is heading, but it shows up poorly and there is complaint of cheat and chinch bugs. The out- look is very unfavorable. Oats promises excellently. Grasses look well. Stock is healthy. Fruits are declining. The valise of Louis Halberstadt |time Blount and St. | have been the scene of an active Mor- No Use For Mormons. Atlanta, Ga., June 1—For some Clair counties | mon propaganda conducted by El ders Ben W. Le Baron, Michael W. | Several nights ago an attempt was made to get the elders out, but Bat tle standing in the door with a six] shooter, held the crowd back. The elders escaped throu door, | a bac wheh chase was given. The firing | in the distant woods and the gulators apparently satisfied with their work and the! failure of the elders to reappear is dis o persing of the re, held to be convincing evidence that they have been done y with. The Mormon adherents threaten trouble and their conduct is being watched. Did an Operator Do It? Wichita, June 1.—To day it was hoped that some clue would be fur- nished here as to the whereabouts of Samuel A. Wilson a ‘Frisco tele graph operator accused of being the lone robber who held up the Mis- souri Pacific traiv near Pacific last week, but up to two o'clock no word had been received from him Wilson came here early in April from Paris, Texas, on his way to St Louis. He borrowed enough money on his watch to take him through and gave his note for the amount, payable May 1, but April 26 he wrote from St. Louis asking an ex- tension of time and saying he would surely repay the loan June 1. This letter was answered and the reply must have been found in his valise, picked up near the scene of the rob- bery. This clew brought St. Louis detectives here in the hopes of nabbing Wilson here today or finding a letter containing some clew to his whereabouts === two Two Vauglin Postmasters. . Geo. W. Vaughan, than whom no better man lives in Missouri, bas just been appointed postmaster at Glasgow. Our sister citv is to be congratulated.—Marshall Democrat. We know of another Geo. Vaugh- an who will soon be postmaster of a larger city than Glasgow, and there is vo better democrat in Missouri or elsewhere to be found. We refer to Mr. Geo. J. Vaughan, of this city, who was selected by the democratic primary for postmaster and who will receive the appointment. The Mis souri Vaughns are very popular democrats and it is cause for gratifi- cation to see such Jefferson City Tribune. men honored.—- Under the administration of post- master Ingels the free delivery of mail matter isto be made all that the words imply so far as Nevada is concerned. The district of carriers have already been extended to the extreme limits of the city, and those residents in the outskirts of town who have been forced to walk many blocks for their mail are now having it delivered at their doors. “It my intention,” said Postmaster In is gels toa Mail representative, “to give the patrons of the oflice every accommodation possible. I regard the extension of the carriers as an important feature looking to the ac commodation of the people.” —Neva- da Maul. © Found a Charred Body. McAllister, I. T., June 1.—The charred body of a human being was found in a deserted camp fire by S. Collier, ten miles northwest of here to-day, and are now in the hands of deputy U. S. Marshal A. McKay, who is investigating the case. The suppcsition is that they are the re- mains of Doc Pruitt, who has been missing since March 12. Pruitt left here fora place known as White Chimney, only 12 miles northwest, and had a yoke of cattle, a span of horses and wagon and quite a sum of money. A Sound Liver Makesa Well Man Are you billious, constipated or trou- bled with Jaundice Sick Headache, Bad Taste in Mouth, Foul Breath, Coated Tongue, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Hot Dry Skin, Pain in back and between the Shoulders’ Chills and Fever, &c. If you have any of these symptoms your liver is out ot order, and your blood is slowly being poisoned, because your of Napierville, Ill, who died in Brockville, Ontario, two years ago, was sold for $2. It contained gas stock worth $107,009. liver does not act properly. Herbine their work consideri: de- Reynard Items. Things in general are moving along / nicely down here The farmers are well al ary Morton @ ur that h rB - k PL Browni is think of buy- ur present p nm extremely exerc fore during Cleveland’s first) term We are informed that a movement} is being quietly engineered by Esq. | Campbell, of Pleasant Gap, to the) end that the legislature in addition | tothe statutes of Mo., give to justices of the peace a com- should also} | plete set of medical works, and when we look at the emergeney into which the Squire lately found himself, | we would not hesitate to sign a pe-| It tition of that nature ourselves. happened in this wise: | A young chap called upon him from one of the rural districts, and solicit- | ed his official functions in a matrimo- | nial way. It was afternight and the} Squire did not want to go, but he was told that his judgeship had been | recommended to him asthe best knot | tier in Missouri, to such compliments the Judge tumbled. After a ride of about 12 found himself at the bride’s parents at midnight. and of course miles he of the But it bride to-be, house seems the mother of the thot he echisedas to what vocation he follow- ed and what he was and who he was. Finally he suceeeded in identifying | ita job was being put up on avd the Squire was severely cat- | himself, and was lead into the parlor, where to his great surprise he saw the would-be bride in bed and sick. Now there not a kind heart in Pleasant Gap than beats in Squire Campbell's pity is bosom. So his} and sympathy After making hims miiliar with the surroundings he went over to the bed and laying his hand | on her head and feeling her pulse he were at one elf fa-| aroused, Alexander Sears Atrempts the ander $ B. Ellis has sold his farm tojto do > per vere. home in | He began to abuse his wife a land’s rule of notappointing any one|hundred yards away. |for Arnold's house, jthe time was that | Returnivg to the door where Sears SHOT WHILE CRAZY DRUNK. | Life ot a Neighbor and is Killed. i Pleasant Hill, Mo, June 1.—Alex-! Miller, A. M. Berrher and Alonzo = ee Ame Bout Binkerhoff. They were to conduct] Whee . p eeven royce e285 1 a mission near Pinkney at Fe suson | ae and all Kinds yee rae nda hb: school house last week, but were or | : : ae ca ae ae Siasburg, was shot and killed aes dered to leave by indignant citizens os ae ence ueusese : BARES) afternoon by un F Arnold, i A recent convert, Mr. Battle, offer- pean ate? his aearesy neighbor. The deed was| ed the elders his house as an asylum. We w ot | committed in self defense, the cor- house this time, one not so easily }Obers Jury so deci jing, Sears had been to Pleasant Hill | trading and returned | intox1 some an ated c d two) jchildren, who fled for protection to; Lover Cleve- the home of John Arnold about one the fter to office that held one under him be-| had gone Sears, crazed by the drink| Mr. Browning was appointed) he had taken, began tearing up car-| | pets and with an ax chopped out the rear end of his house, reducing it to kindling. He followed this up by} smashing tables, chairs, dishes and the household generally. Then he went out into the yard and set fire to a barrel of machine oil and into the blaze threw the household geods he had demolished He had a five buggy and some farming machinery which he ruined with his ax. Stl armed with the ax he set out furniture where his wife and children were being sheltered. His errand was a wicked one, for he meant to punish Arnold for “med- dling with his family affairs,” as he it. When yard Arnold came to the door and the termed he entered the warned him him not to come in house “My family always comes to you for protection,” Sears replied,*when ever I attempt to run the house, and Iam going to settle matters.” Ax in hand he advanced and said: “I have come to kill you.” Arnold belieyed that Sears what he said. His meaut at of a desperate Arnold at once stepped back into the house and seized his musket. appearance? man. was about to enter, he emptied the contents of the gun into the latter's excitedly remarked that she had fever, and he wassure she was wor e| off than they Howey e i the groom soon put inhisappearance | suspected. and the couple were nade man and! wife. It was a good while before they | could get the Squire to leav said he g worse, but finally he started, think-| to himself that dead ina few days. Now imagine the Squire's and when the news was brought to him a] day or so afterwards that an heir had been born to the two hours after he left that night. , as he} rowing | thought she was be| | ing she would chagrin humiliation couple about Now, in the light of these facts, | who could interpose any objection to plan to further accidents. All the opposition the Squire's prevent any to the scheme down here is of a pe sonal nature and is headed by one “Bud” Henry, also. It seems that some time last spring, Henry was seized with an amc as the the set about to, procure the seed for] a prominent citizen bition to be known greatest watermelon raiser in state, and | planting. And so it happened Camp- | bell of course, having nothing to do with it) that his first application for seed was toa widow lady for $5 worth. booted him off the and made him send an apolo-| She promptly plac . she thinking he was having some fun at her expense. pected turn in his affairs caused him , and Such an unex-) to shed his vegetable ambit the first thing he knew the boys at the Gap had heard of the incident and had lots of fun out of him. He laid the blame toCampbelland swore vengeance, and now it is no trouble} to discern the real motive in his an-] tagonism to the Justice’s laudable | scheme. Among other thi thatthe Squire alleges in his complaint is a complete of business in the conjunction line, all eandidates for matrimony giving him a wide berth}(as though he could help it) and Za some money and a good deal of time in getting up a “‘nobby” ceremony he is to be condoled. “REBEL JIM.” loss s hefhas spent Strength and Health. healthy, try Electric Bitters. If “La Gripp” has left you weak and weary, use Electric Bitters. This remedy acts directly on liver, stomach and kidneys, gently aiding those organs to perform their functions. If you are afflicted with sick headache, you will find speedy and permanent re- Heft ‘constable aud his preliminary hear- ! Friday morving at 10 o'clock. | Arnold had acted in self defense. -|not have | will make the season of 1593 at my If you are not feeling strong and | bre: this failed check Sears’ advance, eu to and he was felled with a blow upon the forehead from the butt end of the weapon. Death was almost instantaneous. delivered himself of the township Arnold at once into the custody iug will take place at Strasburg Ata late hour Jast evening the coroners inquest was held and the jury ren dered a verdict to the effect that Mr. Arnold is one of Cass county's most influential citizens. and it is that except as he did. the general opinion he could acted S Sears was a hard working farmer, and had been quite suceessful tinan cially, but wheu under the influence of liquor he was quarrelsome was considered a dang Us man. --GOODLOE-- This fine young saddle stallion barn, 5 miles east of Butler. Goop og, Bay Stallion, bred by John T. Woodford, Mt. Sterling, Ky. Foaled in 1888, sired by Blue Jeans, one ot Ken- tuckw’s greatest saddle stallions. First dam Kitty Fogg, by Beauty; 2d dam Puss, the dam of more high-priced sad- dle horses than any mare living or dead: third dam the tamous Haggard mare. Blue Jeans, sired by Philips’ black horse, he by G Tavlor; 1st dam by Gray Eagle jr.: he by Gray Eagle; 2d dam by Oden’s Crockett,ne by Roanoke, 3d dam by Potomac, 4th dam by Sir Archie. Beauty was sired by the noted sire Magic, sire ot Post Boy, 2:23 1-2: Clem- ' mie G Mystery NO 2:33 1-2 and ma her fast on His first dam by Benton’s Diomede; 2d dam by Crip- | ple, son ot Medoc:3d dam by Tiger Whip he by Blackburn’s Whip, he by import- jed Whip. This stallion is not only a jfashionable bred saddle horse but has and | Feed Produces East Side THE Fink’s Leather Tree Saddle THE DIC Did you ever les manufacture by Mr. Noyes dictionary? The story ren ask another question of the Aermotor Comper: 45 sold in ‘ss NARY HOLOER rew ont of the to hold th | erent Harvester companies) was whoily tarnished by the Dictionary Holder baspem, 1 OZMANLIS Eger one cross that inakes him connected with | some ot the best and fastest trotters. 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