The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 6, 1893, Page 3

Missouri Pacifie Time rable. Arrival and departure ot passenger trains at Butler Station. NortuH Bounp Passenger, : Passenger, Passenger, Sp. me. Local Freight - 11:20 a.m. Sopgtn Bouxp ssenger, Passenger, Local Freight BLOODY SIGHT AT THE FAIR. Mohammedans Celebrate The Prophet's Birthday. World’s Fair Chicago, Jils., June 25 —Strange sights were | € Witnessed in Midway Plaisance this morning. The Mohammedaus in the Queer street began the celebration of the birthday of the True Prophet and the manner of it filled the spec tators with wonder and at times with horror. The Mohammedan Christ- mas brings addition making Grounds, penance and prayer, in to feasting and merry The day had been bright ened by the sun but a few minutes when the guar‘ts and early risers in Midway were attracted to the Alge rian village by a mighty hub bub All the dancing girls and the native attendants at the bazzars were con gregated in the restaurant, and they were attired in their most gorgeous costumes. Two lambs were brought into the room by a couple of black men and slaughtered in the presence of the tire company, while the wor- thipers sang a quaint song and sank to the floor in prayer A brazier full of live coals stood just outside the door of the cafe. The blood of the lambs was caught in earthen dishes and placed near the brazier. After a half an hour, during which nearly all of the villagers remained The bes g ate The re Ever brought to Butler. ton earth. with new telescoping platform, carriage Domestic Sewing Machines. Porters Hay wire, Rope, Grindstones, Washing Machines, Churns, Screen wire, Sereen Doors, Builders Hardware Tron, Steel, Nails, and Wagon Wood Work. GROCERIES. The highest market price paid for Butter, Eggs, &c. DEACON BROS. & CO. ———_GROoOcCERIE:s,\— Hardware and Farm Machinery, DEERING STEEL BINDERS, w withont trucks, change made in The New Deering Mow.zrs, all Steel Whiteley Mowers, a Car Load Binder Twine All ee Sulkey Hay Rakes, Largest Line of Machine Oils. repository is now filled with the c TOP BUGGIES, SPRING WAGONS AND ROAD CARTS A complete line of fresh DEACON BROS. & CO. | When the alar: ven this |morning it was f t the reb- bers had locked the door before leaving. The ¢ als were slow He an eutrance as the key had il go through : Se ten minutes. been thrown away. What they dis- covered when they did foree their Carriers, CAPTU RED THE CASHIER. | Bold Robbers Take Possession of Wil- | liam Brasher and His Bank 28 Lamar. Mo., June 28.—Two bank | ixob bers went to the home of Wil-/ n Brasher, cashier of Har ly bank at Jerico, in Cedar county. o'clock last night, and at tbe of th nto the bank re 4 Brasher wh robbers ordered t open the doors, de they thre mpossible to unlock it Finally it was decided that the cashier should be escorted away | from the bank and held a by two of the men while the to the safe at twoa Tie two who were ttempted to break the bauk | held possession for ov jand did not leave until 3 o'clock t | morning The cashier was st ; quently r ed without injury. way in has not been detinitely known at this place, as telegraphic communication. | stated, that the succeeded in opening the safe and escaping with its conteuts. Posses have been scouring the country in search of the robbers. A later that the amount definitely known, but estimates place it at from $5,000 to $10,000. 3 Asked for \ Jerico is without It is robbers shoic however Buckeye Pumps. Barb dispatch says secured is not Aid. prostrate on the floor, the women gathered about the vessels. One after another the girls approached the dishes of blood and dipped their hands in the warm, red fluid. Some of the women ran to the nearest wall and placed their blocd smeared hands against the wood work so as to leave the impression 0” their fing- ers in red. Then they ran vack to the and thrusting their] f bravier hands iuto the live coals, ran with ajregulates the price of silver through handful to the blood marks on the|out the world, and the price there lower to-day than ever cording to official by Acting Mint Director ILVER LOWER THAN EVER FORE. Shutting Down Mints im India te the | ity of the representation of the Cause. June 26 —Silver is) before ac-| advices received Preston, | The London Washington, rom London. price wall aud actually burning away the|to day is 36 pence per ounce. or red stains with the fire held in their bare hands. A few of them showed that they suffered pain, but the ma jority of them did not seem to mind it at all. This peculiar ceremony lasted over an hour and was intend- ed to typify the cleansing the blood by fire after death. The greater part of the forenoon was occupied by women in penance and self-torture. Three of them took the live coals and drew them across their lare bosoms. So sever- ly did one of them burn herself that the odor of penance could be detee- el for ten minutes afterward. Oth- er women threw themselves on their faces and knees on the hard floor. One woman ran swiftly at the wall of her room and hurled herself head- foremost against it, so juring herself thet she was taken to the hospital. 1 severely in- What Is a Guametee 1 It ist It you have a cough or cold, a tickling in the throat, which keeps you constantly coughing, or if you are afflicted with any st, throat} or lung trouble, whooping gh, Xc.,} and you use Ballard’s Horeheund Syrup | as directed, giving air trial, and ne benefitis experienced, we authorize our advertised agent to retund your money onreturr of bottle. It never tail give satistaction. It rever disappo Price soc. Sold by H L Tucker, drug- gist. | Train Robbers Foiled. Albuquerque, N. M., June Six men flagged a passenger train this side of Coolidge, this morning, and covered the conduetor and brakeman with Winchesters and or-| dered them to demand the express messenger to open the express car. While the robbers were parleying with the conductor the egineer saw a chance and pulled out, leaving the} conductor and brakeman with the| | 99 robbers. The latter liberated the} prisoners who returued to this place. Having been three times ¢ convicied | of stealing chickens a citizen of Ohio | has been sentenced to imprisonment stoue’s of commons statement in the jernment in closing the India | to the free coiflage of silver jing away | morrow. about 782 cents per ounce United States money, cuunting in the ex change expenses. at which silver has been purchased ; by the treasury department heretc+ fore was $8,3220 cents per ounce. The lowest figure The cause of the decline in the price of silver is stated to be the de- termination of tie English govern- ment to shut down India, which ave almost exclusively devoted to the coinage o metal. ¢ the white When Glad- house the of Mr. announcement in the Lord Kimberly's House of Lo:ds gravity of the sit report and were received the uation became apparent. Secretary Carlisle immediately the white house b li yurs discussed action with the webl to over nd for nearly two Ae rut reaehi 3 e lusion as jtv aline of action to ie adopted: The conference was renewed at Woodley, the pre = retreat. later in the eve was protracted unti! far into the night The cireumstane are regarded jas too serious to permit of any au-| thentic expression of opinion to the future po fe) sf t j States urt'l all the facts are fully di- gested. This much, however, can —that the action of the India gov- mints garded by the United States with the nee convening the Irternational Mone liy j tary Conference, which was to haye }Me: again at Br ssels this fall. All the members except | Secretaty Gresham are in the city. Anarchists Pardoned. for life. If such a law were to be enforced in the south it would break up the republican party in that sec- tion.—Post Dispatch. Neebe have been pardoned by Gov-} ernor Altgeld. The pardon was an- nounced at 2 o'clock. RE- | the state, but because be is its miuts in} the United | be stated with absolute confidence | of ree There is no stiou that this matter will come up for extended | discussion at the cabinet meeting to- Springfield, Ill, June 26.—The anarchists Fielding, Schwab and! Misso rans In the Departments. Washingtop, June 27.—Ex-Gov. | | Fletcher, iu speaking of the unequal- states in the departments, calls at- i tentioa t» the appointment of Jobn | L. Thomas as attorney general of | the post- flice department, not only because he is a man of very superior ability aud one who will do himself | credit in the position and bovor to | au vative Missourian and appointed from the state of his pativity, and is the only native Missourian important the He cites the fact that of the S67 clerks in the general oifice of the post office in any positiou iu government. department only four of them are native Missourian, and of the four only two were appointed from Mis souri. Of all the S67 only fourteen are appointed as from Missouri, aud about one saw Uke state. The fifth state of the Union has cousiderable less than two per cent. of appointees. that the civil service he was infermed, something to do with equalizing the representation 1n the appointments in the but the ways of civil to clerkships departments, service as LOW and finite practiced are past finding out past the comprehension of the mind Searching aba, Mo., Jun Keroline of Knobnos to- day and reports that the company, resently organized there for the pur- pose of searching for the $1,500,000 in gold supposed to have been buri- ed near there ago by Spaniards, has a foree of men who many years are working both day and night in the hope of lo g the treasure. The town is Ami between two large hills or knobs. It was at this identical spot, also, that Thomas Corter, a reputable citizen, had the gold revealed to himinadream. It was because of these facts that the company set to work at this particu- lar spot in the hope of unearthing the gold, but so far the develop- ments have uot been of an aging clnracter. evucour- Millions for Circulation. Washington, June 23.—Late last | evening Secretary Carlisle decided | to prepay the July interest, amount- i ing to $7,534,000 at once and this | will be done as fast as the checks !can be delivered. Extensive ship- | ments of money from New York to | San Francisco were made yesterday by order of Treasurer Morgan. The pension payments will be 1j millions less than the appropriations. | and | tural districts of the couutry. ulf of those scarcely ever | He added | Commission, 2s | pretended to have | Topeka, Kan, June 28.—S. M. Scott, state lecturer of the Farmers Alliance and of the state board of public works, issued an appeal to the populists and farmers through the columns of the Advo cate to day in behalf of the striking miners in southwestern Kausas. In his letter Scott says the “plutocratic mine propose to starve the poor miners into submissien, and in order to prevent this he asks for The Silyer Stir. Congressman Bland deciares that the action of India in stopping the free coinage of silver is not “a knock out for silver in I | think,” he. “that if congress | does not adopt some measure look- member this country. said ing to a bi metaliic the battle | coming isste in this country. staudard, it will of standards the This | battle will disrupt political parties a contest between the commercix] centers aud the agricul- make oi owners cause 5 7 ss contributions of money, provisions and clothing to assist the in their fight. To the Times corres- poudent this afternoon Mr. Scott said: “Our people are with the striking men Congressiian Morgan says: ‘Tne suspension of silver coinage in India, will, iu my opinion, tend to} ly draw the lines at the}. e | miners in this fight, and propose to ouly wore shar} | Coming session of congress between iiges i : . as ... |help them win it. They are in the | the representatives of the patriotic |. : | fight and should be protected by and Wall The battle now Every free sil- peopie ou the one side the people who desire to see justice ard fairness. mine owners have attempted to re- j Street on the other. is one to the fiuish. ver man will make the fight of his ‘ ; é a : ; RNG duce the wages of the miners from life, and the result wiil be the full] 2, : : ,, | 29 to 25 per cent. restoration of silver money in all -Ex. ) America — Will Spezk at Butler. Superintendent W. J. Hawkins|increase the old schedule on the Eine ately Eepairins) s)2pectelty- will attend the Bates County Teach-| new basis of measurement 10 ernts era’ Tustitute to be held at Butler, ! per ton. He said that if such an of- . | August Ist, 2nd and 3rd, and will} fer as that were made it ought to eae = deliver an address before the teach] terminate the ike lers on the afternoon of each day.! ., ae a ——GO TO-— ne 5 sas eects el Topeka, Kau, June 28 —Mrs. tes Se er eee. | | Sohne Watter ofthis city, has fallen garding district schools as follows:!, . E = oes : ee heir to alarge fortuue and in com-| {@ 1st—Their origin, growth | 5 : 5 ; fici pea A }pany with her husband, will sail . . 5 icieucy, St anc resent. } ~ ~ 7. : nie pe : aa from New York Saturday to Abo, school as or = z agen ; !Firland. On March 28 her father} aren : t | died. the chers and the pupils. 3rd—The a factor in our civilization. | fortune, which will ar Prof. Hawkins is oneof the oldest | $490,000. and best educators in Missouri, and | those who attend the Bates county | institute may confidently district school teacher, ! she had come into px expect to! information from Lis} Nevada Mail gain practi remarks.— | Washington, June 28.—The annu- | , 2 1 al review of salaries of presidential jis stamped = the best watch postmasters has Leen completed by cases made. It is the trade Frank H. Jones, first assistant post mark of the Keystone W atch mnaster general, with the following Case Company, of Philadelphia, result: Number of salaries reviewed | the oldest, largest and best and adjusted 3,376; number of first-| known factory in the world— 1,| 1500 employees, capacity 20 , 1893, 151; number of second class; C45€S daily. Its products a | offices, 675; number of third class, | sold by all jewelers. It make : 2,511, total number presidential | the celebrated Fas. Boss fi postoffices in operation July 1, 1893, | FVateh Cases, now fitted wid 3.337. Aggregate of salaries of pres-| the only bow (ring) which idential postmasters, July 1, 1893, | HOt be pulled off the case— $5,665,700. Total gross receipts of | presidential offices for four quar-| ters ended March 31, 1893, $59,162, | 801, being an increase as compared | with the four quarters ended March 31, 1892, of $5,003,828. class offices in operon Juiy of } c Askyour jewelerfor pamphlet. National Bank. aor -THE OLDEST BANK | CAPITAL, "| SURPLUS. Ww I understand that the The correspondent asked him if he had heard that the operators had made a proposition to the miners to A sister of Mrs. Watts’ wrote her of his death and of the f fact that BATES COUNTY BUTLER, MO. THE LARGEST AND THE YNLY NATIONAL BANK IN BATES COUNT sO Os 5,000 0D Luwyers, ~ O.J ACKSON ~ATTORNEY-AT LAW— D° ARMOND & QMITH. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Will in Bates counties. practice aud adjoining ) Bank be Onice over pe Seeison & GRAVES, ATTORN:sYS AT LAW. Office West Side Square, over Lane down’s Drug Store. DX. J. M, CHRISTY, HOMOEBUPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office, tront room over P. O. All caii answered at Office day or night. Specialattention given to temale dis~ eases. T C. BOULWARE, Physician and « Surgeon. Office north side square, Butler, Mo. Diseasesof women and chi en aspecialtv. DR. F. M. FULKERSON, DENTIST, BUTLER, MISSOURT.. Office, Southeast Corner Square, ove Deacoun, Sans & Co. store Franz Bernhardt] On the north side of the square, ' Butler, - Missour. 1 Does his own Watch & Clock Repairing Also Watches, Clocks, Jewelry and Stl- verware at ACTUAL COST AND CARRLAGE, For the next twelve months. As a watch maker o ars experience can and will give you satisfaction. SUCCESSOR TO— F. BERNHARDT & CQ. —FOR— PURE DRUGS. MEDICINES, TOILET ‘ARTICLES, TOBACCOS AND FINE CIGARS.,. 4RTISTS {MATERIALS OF ALL KINDS! | Prescriptions Carefully Compounds A liberal Patronage of the public is solicited