The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 29, 1893, Page 3

Mursouri Pacific Time Table, Arrival and departure ot passenger trains at Butler Station. Nortu Bouxp Passenger, - - Passenger, - - Passenger, Local t re: ssenger, rassenger, Passenger, =e Local Freight A USEFUL LIFE ENDED Senator Leland J. Stanford Found | Dead in His Bed Possessed of Vast Wealth Always a Promoter of Great Business Enterprises. Menlo Park, Cal., June 21 States Senator Teli dg. r lied last night shortly after mid hight at his home at Palo Alto. He} retired about 10 o'clock last wight and when his valet went to his room he discovered him dead. Apoplexy was the cause of death. For some time time Senator Stan- ford had been in poor health and it was evident to all about him that his death might come at any time. His symptoms were «poplectic and his weight was inc ly. There was astifiness about his limbs that made ceedingly difficult task and he could sing alarming- locomotion an ex- take only the lightest exercise WAS A LEADING AMERICAN. Of late years no man has been more mentioned — in American nnnals than Senator Le land J. Stanford. He was born in Watervliet county, New York, March 9, 1824. His ancestors settled in the valley of the Mohawk, New York about 1720. He was brought up on the farm and when 20 years old began the study of law. He was ad- mitted to the bar in 1849 and the same year began to practice at Port Washington, Wis. In 1852, having lost his law library and other prop- erty by fire, be removed to Califor- nia and began miniug for gold at Michigan Bluff, Placer county, sub- sequently becoming associated in business with his three brothers, who had preceded him to the Pacific In 1856 he removed to San Francisco and engaged in mercantile prominently coast. pursuits on a large scale, laying the that has re- cently been estimated at more than $50,000,000. In 1860 Mr. trance into public life as a delegate foundation of a fortune Stanford made his en to the Chicago convention that nom- inated Abraham Lincoln to the pres- idency. of a Pacific railroad, and ed president of the Central Pacific He was an earnest advocate was elect- company when it was organized in 1861. ed governor of Califor: from December, 1861, ber, 1S¢ His marked by prudence, a sharp judg The same year he was elect , aud served until Decem- administration was ment of men and a disposition to look ahead in matters of the opment of the state. He drew upa bill for the construction of the Pa cific railroad, which devel was submitted DEACON BROS. & CO. ————_-GROCERIES ,—_— ardwate and Farm Machinery. | Ever brought to Butler. The highest market price paid for Bu every state in the Union. in the trust fund for the maintenance of university is Mr. Stanford's estate at Vina, Tehema, county, Cal , which is said to be the largest vineyard in| the world. It comprises 30,000 acres, 3,500 of which are planted in bearing vines. It is divided into 500 tracts and most of the labor is per- formed ty Chinamen. His beautiful country residence is surrounded by the magnificent es- tate which he bequeathed to the state. The total number of acres is 7,200 and at present a large portion cf the land is used for pasture, but farming is also carried on upon a The into four departments, known as the large scale. estate is divided trotting horse department, the run- ning horse department, the farming department and the house and grounds department. The grounds are noted for the most unique col- lection of trees in the world. Besides the gifts to the state Mrs Stanford has given bountifuily to the charitable institutions of C or- nia. These are works of charity she does in remembrance of her son. Various estimates from jtime have been made Stanford's wealth. He many placed as high as to congres This was the basis of}and even $30,000,000, nud the great Pacific railroad act andjthere have been those who h the opening wedge of an immense | leaped all barriers and placed mass of leg ion since placed} wealth at $70,000,000. In these upon the records Gov ernor Stanford w of congress. of the new corparation. its construction over the mountains, and | was drove the last ae >, With its extensive grounds, is building 530 miles in on May 10, 1869, spike at Promotory Point, Utah. He also became interested in other rail roads on the Paci 293 days, slopeand in the evelopment of agriculture and man lop t of ag It 1 ufactures in California. Seuator Stanford was elected to | the United States senate in 1885 for ington. as elected president As presi- dent of the road ke superintended times and considering in the Southern Pacitie great Palo bis | dif ystem, the Alto and Vina ranche city and country resi cult to arrive at what t worth. The re nees, it is etually at Palo dence ; jun doubtedly the finest of the kind is California, and perhaps there are |no country residences in America in It is here that | the senator has spent most of the |time since he returned from Wash- In his residence San il respects so tine. in the full term of sixyears from March | Francisco are pictures and statuary 4, 1886. CHE GIFT OF A KING. In memory of his only Mr Stanford gave the state of Californu son includes the us riculum not only struction in telegraphy, type-writing, journalis g, farming. civil engineering and | other branches of education. Th corner-stone was laid May 14, 1887, | and the university now ranks among | the first of the country, receiving students not only from the western | $ part of the United States but aa gist ia $20,000,000 to be used in founding at Palo Alto a university whose cur al collegiate studies, but comprises in type sethiug, book-keep that have cost hundreds of thou- jsands of dollars. He hs red like ja king, traveled all by | special car, and with a retinue of at- x} tendants that bas the richest men of the world. as know, astonished even Ww hat Isa Gus 5 If vou have a or it or lu g trouble, whooping cough, &c., a Ballard’s Horeheund Syrup giving it a tair trial, and ne experienced, we authorize our e benef adverti rm of bottle. It never t. satistaction. Price soc. Sold by H L Tucker, drug. Domestic Sewing Machines. wire, Rope, Grindstones. Washing Mac Tron, Steel, Nails, and Wayoun Wood Work. = GROCERIES.: Included interests | d agent to retund your money | to | It never disappoints. | DEERING STEEL BINDERS, ce t en earth, with new telescoping platform. w e without trucks, change made in ten minutes The New Deering Mowers, all Steel Whiteley Mowers, a Car Load Binder Twine All Steeie sini! Hay Rakes, Largest Line of Machine Oils. riage repository is now filled with the cl TOP BUGCIES, SPRING WAGONS AND ROAD CARTS Ci Porters Hay » Clinmns, Sereen wire, Ser A complete line of fresh tter, Egge, &e. DEACON BROS. = Bates Counts Teachers’ lusttute, Fellow Teachcrs: \ The Bates County Teachers’ In- stitute will open July 24 at Butler, and Profs. Deerwester of Warrensburg. Welch of Adrain, Leedy ef Rich Hull A’lison of Butler will be instructors nud the commissioner the conductor of the of past institutes has been felt by the teaclire a.d the 10,000 childrou of Bates C. We have responsit continue four weeks and institute. The influence aunty. te work in charge —the guiding Acne instructing of the cbildren’s meutal faculties, ata time when the most lasting impressions are made. The child needs whole- some food, suitable to its age, and he is considered an unwise parent who does not use judgment in his selection. The teacher goes into a Is that ha Lane room of 49 p different physical : He checks the brazen encc the timid suppress-s the brutal and vicious, draws out the dull and gives an ambition to the indifferent He looks to the manners and the s of the child, and encou physically The t broad vi of his work is rapi hool ing retired. boards gtosee that it is economy » get the best teachers at higher aries. Toey are willing to pay enough to enable the teacher to pre- The teh the work of their teachers institutes. Hew to re ter every the ch each case and pare himself. mas difficulty is the work of the institute. The teachers measure strenght, become broader in every such contact there is a feeling developed. and all work the common good. is Teachers, let every one in Bates county make a sacrifiee of a little time and money to attend the institute. Bread cast upon the waters will iu due time return. Let us strive to muintain the good reputation Bates County has attained. Let us st to make the coming institute sur pass former oues in usefulness to the teachers aud the scholars of our county An effort is being made to secure special lectures on subjects of importance to the teachers Board cau be secured at able rates. Let all friends of edu cation visit the institute. Let us have the best institute in the State | if possible. Respectfully, Jxo. P. Tavrwax, County Com. (Bates County papers please copy.) vital reason- STRUCK A CIRCUS TENT. Ringling Brothers Again Caught vy a Storm—Eight Persons Killed. Minneay Minn., June 21.—A Tribune special from River Falls, Wis., says: At 4 ck ufter- stantly n the i the lextent of the fatality surpasses de |scription; when men and women surged toward the ne and it was only by the exercise of of mind rare presence | Messrs. aud their employees that a} on the part of serious and probably total s ampede | ill go through was averted. The Ringlings did] thing possible to alleviate the zs of the injured Rough canvass men, stake drivers and ani- er attendants vied with one anoth st line of erin their attentions to the wound ed Jay E. Loucks, proprietor of the} Gladstone hotel, was passing riers, Buckeye Pumps, Barb : through the tent with his wife, three een Doors, Builders Hardware nieces and one child, wheu the shock Loucks and family fe'l ground, but none of them Mrs Louck’s was hurt by aman who killed falling against her The bodies of the dead were taken to the village engine house. of the bodies were badly but the wajority presented no exter nal appearance of the shock Death was absolutely instantaneous in all came. Mr to the were seriously injured arm was sont MISSOURI VIS!I1 ED Some scorched, The Towns of Conception and Stanber- ry Strack by the Cyclone. St. Josepb, Mo., 21.—At 5 o'clock this evening aoyclone struck the town of Conception, sixty miles of Two houses and barns were torue June cases except one. Six form of a young man the named Lewis men carried paralyzed north this city. dozen down and the Omaha and St Louis depot founda- Rossois, whose face and breast were terribly burned aud whose lower ex- uvroofed and torn from its At a late tremities were paralyzed. tions. The house of Johu Doyle) hour he had recovered consciousness was torn to atoms and Doyle; his) and was receiving every care from a wife and an old mau who lived with} purse. them killed. The old gentleman was Mrs Clendenping, one o7 the in terribly mangled, his head being jured, has recovered consciousness, severed from his body. The abbey | put the fact of her husband's and New Englebary was wrecked, over} son's death has been kept from her. | 10,000 feet of the front wall being | She thinks they have gone home to blown down aud the rain pouring attend to the chores. She will re-| in, completing the work of the des |egiyea sad « wakening to morrow. truction The damage to the abbey | None of the e people y were burt. It was = A Wronge a Man’ s Reve ence. —Dr. will amount toc 25,000. . 1 | just nearing completion aud was be- | Milan, Tenn., June 21. ing built by the Benedictine monks. The country all about Conception Hood of Aden, sixteen miles north was laid waste by the wind. of here, who had been jealous for} Stanberry, Mo., June 21—A_ ter-|80me time past of the attentions paid to his wife by William Piper. merchant, left home Monday Mach damage was done to buildings ostensibly on a visit to a putiex and otber property. Judge Mas-|vut instead, the ton’s house was streck by lightining dence and svou saw Viper visit the and burned. William Cummings, a |place. Theu he farmer liviug five miles southeast of | tempted to shoot Piper, but the pis ritie wind, rain aud hail storm struck Stanberry at 5o’clock this afternoon. nigh hid near resi- rushed in ie : n | i > S$. i r honk © j the city, was iustantly killed. Three | tol snapped Svizing a coul oil lap AES Z | pain toneartabicmert bv ihe aoc members of John Doyle’s family in| buruing ou a tab‘e near by, the doc the same neighborhood are reported | tur dashed the at Piper's s horribly catting his s of tire over killed. ly are seriously injured. Other members of the fami-| head, the ace. Th lamp in stre John | and at | BATES COUNTY National Bank, BUTLER, MO. THE OLDEST BANK THE LARGEST AND THE ONLY NATIONAL BANK IN BATES COUNTY CAPITAL, - - $125,000 6 SURPLUS, - - $25,000 08 TYGARD, e Na}. Bo NE C. CLARK - - Cas! Lawyers, Ow ACKSON —ATTORNEY-AT LAW— W Otice upstairs tee | ntv Na 2 = DE ARMOND & qurn, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. } nd adjoining 8 O Bice over 5. Nat'l Bank. DJARKINSON & GR ATTORNYS AT LAW. Office West Side Square, over Lans- | down’s Drug Store. DX. J. M, CHRISTY, HOMOBOPATHIU PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office, tront room over P.O. All answered at office day or night. Specialattention given to temale dis- eases. call t C. BOULWARE, Physician and + Surgeon. Office north side square, Butler, Mo. Diseasesof women and chil- en a specialtv. DR. F. M. FULKERSON, DENTIST, BUTLER, - MISSOURI. Office, Southeast Corner Square, over Deacoun, Sans & Co. store Franz Bernhardt On the north side of the square, Butler, - Missourt. Does his own Watch & Clock Repairing Also Watches, Clocks, Jewelry and Sil- verware at ACTUAL COST AND CARRIAGE, 1 |i For the next twelve monthe. Asa watch maker of 52 years experience can and Will give you satisfaction. Fine Watch Repairing a Specialty. GO TO—— G. A. VAN HALL, = — | burning him fearfully and inister’s Severe Loss death in less than an hour. ae Saree ues | The wife Poa herself on the body j F. BERNHARDT & CO. Little Rock, Ark, June 21.—P ar-) and cried for death to take her also. ticulars reached here today to the | _FOR— effect that while Rev. S. H. West | brooks of Howard connty, Ark., was | attempt to the E satot | oing 0 river near Locksburg the v chicle | PURE DRUGS careeved, throwing his wife, daugh-| ‘Buy a Watch? ter and son into the stream If so, buy one that ¢: only thief, proof acoule are ees coil The daughter was drowned but the mother a were rescued after a hard stru A purse containing | $1,000 floated away and was lost. | An Elopements End. Denver, June 21.—James C. Jones from 1880 to 1884 deputy postmas-! ter of Harrisonville, Mo.. who arder in the Bows. __ Here's the Idea: | was The bow has a groove eonvicted of u degree for the killing of Thor Cc Strawn Juve 9, 1591, i: H Ous rage, Was iast eveni senten¢ by Judge Burns to imprisonment for life at bard labor in the peniten- titary. His wife’s father was sheriff fi eer seats of the county for many years. They} one to the famous Bos Bees had married against the will of oe KeystoneWatch Case Co., parents. PHILADELPHIA. 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