The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 20, 1893, Page 3

Be ir Pee: Gee ; Mussouri Pacific Time Table Arrival and departure otf pas trains at Butler Station. NortuH Bounp Passenger, - - Passenger, - - Passenger, - - 15 po ms Local Freight ° 11:20 a.m. SoutTH Bounp Passenger, - = rassenger, - - Passeng Local Freight - ONE BATTLE OF THE BANDIT. Henry Starr Tells How Marshal Wilson. Henry Starr, the desperdo, has} confessed the killing of Deputy! United States Marshal Floyd Wilson It is for this crime that he is held. “That was a fight, I te said the bandit “I think I put six balls in him. He had no right to} shoot me, and I would have away from him if I could. I never shot a man I did not have to, and in thatfight I left one man alive when I ought to have killed him for heshot me in the back.” Presssed for the story that memorable fight, Starr straightened himself up and said: now} run of “It’s no use denying I am Henry Starr or that I kilied Floyd Wilson. I shot him because he tried to kill me. It was towards the end of a long hot day, when I was reaching a little settlement near the edge of the Nation. The town was hid bya hill aud was about eight miles away Thad been riding all day and was tired, also my horse. There was no trail to follow, and I was bee line for the town taking a when I saw two men riding towards me. The sight of them was nothing, as I had met several men during the ride. When we got within about 50 yards of each other, Tall ot asudden found myselt looking down the barrel of a Remington. ‘Hello, Henry!’ said Wilson, ‘I guess I will take you to Fort Smith with me.’ “ «What for? I asked him, and he said for train robbery. I told I ought not to be arrested without having a warrant read to me, and with that he said that his Reming ton was all he carried and for me to hold up my hands. “This L refused to do and I told him I would not go unless he had a With that he pulled the trigger and ther the fight began. him warrant. “It does not usually take me long gun, and that ball was not past my ear till Io had Winchester out and was pumping it for all l was worth. The fel- lows were off their horses in a minute to get hold of my my two You seared fellows. blazed away forall he w never Wilson worth, rt} of a chap, let me hear from him and I just sent one ball over to where he} and he streched out right then and there, the dirty coward} that he was for I hadn't touched | him and Tonly wanted to wing him. and I slipped off mine. saw such and the other fellow, a detective s was But all this time Wilson was doing} some close shooting, for mind you, only 50 yards apart and them Ly As soon as the detective | | ing down. | He Kilfea i ‘mine 18 near this town, jussisted in ru was shut up I felt better and I went for Wilson. I Jet him have six balls, one after the another. When I was | went to | sure he was dead TI over | where he was and caught his horse | Mine had run away during the fight | and, getting on his horse I rode oif | I bad not gone far til I thought I take. erack and something whi I heard had made at zed past me. “J looked aroundand there saw) my detective fellow sitting up and | pulling another bead on better look out’ I shouted to him! sor I'll come back, and, sir, he laid | down flat again. I honestly believe he fainted, he was so scared. | “Al I want is to go back to Fort} Smith. I was locked up there twice | | pafore for s me. *You ealing cattle and got) ithe BEATS TARSNEY'S CAS His Bald headed Pensioner not in this Class—James W. Smith's Record. DEACON BROS. & CO. Hardware, Groceries and Farm Machinery, He Draws $12 a Month tor Being To- tally Disabied.—Yet he Works ina Coal Mine.—Earned $790 tor the six Mouths Ending March 1. Weir, City, Kan., July 9 gressman Tarsney started tl United States talki by rthing plied for and secured a pe same tin » wh baldness. But for thri ¢ Yankee thrift, Tarsney led pensioner does not b tou the s: ame cl: ss asa mu & Te er em} rag Coal the Kansas James W. Sunth is about of age, 5 feet 7 inches high 140 pounds and is reported to been a good soldier. He was have ipti-] vate and after the war closed, when every old soldier, no matter how sound in body, was importuned to apply for a pension, this member of the Smith family was uot forgotten. He had James Smith was a private. two good eyes, Lis arms were intact, a fidavits be expected sett rth their loss. But lung trouble resulting total | disable ° proved and pension attorney took Mr Smith's ease and the cougressman | it through for kind of requires a good strong, healthy And in all this region peusiouer Smith is pointed out as the sing Now if there manual labor which tim. is any constitution and lungs it is mining. miner. He cau work more hours a day and more days in a month than anybody An examination of the books of the Kansas & Texas Coal company for tke six months preceeding March shows that during this time Smith fell under $100 only twice and his average was $11742 per month During the six months this totally disabled man worked 109} days or practically every day the mine was operated and earned $703.54, which means he dug 249,475 pounds cf coal. During this time Smith's liv- ing expenses, as shown by the books at the company’s store, were $192.13 so that for six mouths he had after most snecessful keeping the wolf from the door, more than $500 to his credit, not including his $12 pension for total disability. The following table shows just what he did each month during the time. Days Amount Months worked — Received October. -- 2... 208 $147.96 | November....... 204 127.02 | December 14 85.26 PATER TVs ee) ens 0 202 101.08 February...... 19 133.00 WMIAUEN ess o-o5s 14} 68.21 Railway Accidents. The advance sheets of the last re- port of the interstate e¢ mission, as far as they have been able to obtain the facts, show that pumber oads in th ed on of men emp! » United States dari ed by the report 5, being an increase of 34,084 over the pre s year. Of these employes there were killed during the year ending June 30, 1591, 30, and the number injured was 40. aber of passengers killed ithe n jured 2.972 and those class “other persons’ bring the total } up to 7,029, and the total number nred to S81, total of killed and inju grand njured 50,910. Governor Stone pardoned Dr. | A. R. Gonce who was sent to prison from Chri county in 1881, for ninety-nine years for murder. Gonce has been in the city hospital helpless | DEERING AND WHITELEY MOWERS | “tis SPRING AND FARM WAGONS. =| fi MAN HAD TRON NERVE. A Miner Whose Aim Relieved His! Friend trou a Rattlesnake. New York Dispateh There were four of us who had encamped for the night on the Gun- Western prospecting Colorado. nison river, in | We had been jwith decidedly r success and L were there rather disheartened ‘but we endeavored to spirits while we lay about the camp id smoked. Suddenly | startled by a peculiar whirri which every man 0° us recognized instantly ‘There's a rattler Jeffries as he “Look out for it!” | We all moved rather hastily with | the exception of Bolton, who lay i quite still on his back, his hands un- | der bis head, Lis cob pipe having fallen from his teeth. “Sh!” he whispered. “For heav- | en’s sake, keep still! The snake has | crawled into my shirt!” | We knew what that meant, and} we became motionless instantly. I felt a chill of horror run down my | spine as I thought of the poisonous | reptile swuggled to Bolton’s bosom, in which it might plaut its deadly The flar- | ing firehght threw fantastic shadows on the black wall, and the |river murmured s Away in |the nicht a lone owl hooted. | of Bolton's body | moved, and it seemed that he bad in the camp,” eried started up. fangs in a few moments cannon | Nota muscle ceased to breathe. | apparent The cnly motion his | caused by the snake jhis shirt. We sat there staring and (helpless, unable to make a move to | j save our imperiled comrade. After & time the rattler his head Bol- ton’s shirt lifting it over the motion- We could the reptiles forked tongue darting out about person was rawling beneath thrust out of the opening in front of ‘less man’s face. see aud his rlittering, while his head waved from side to side. Still Bolton remained motionless, know- ing that the slightest action on his part might seal his fate We could see he was white as a corpse. Jim Nevans, the best pistol shot of our party, drew his revolver, pressing (on the trigger as he cocked it. so it ight not click. The snake's head Was within six inches of Bolton’s nnd it seemed that the venom- ous creature might strikeat any mo- ment. 1T shoot, ed Nevans “Shoot.” was the only word Bol- ton uttered The c« lifted, and every man held his breath, |The weapon spoke and the bullet eut the rattlesuake’s head from its jbedy. Like a flash Dave Boiton leaped to bis feet, tore the beheaded Dave!” softly ed revolver was slowly reptile from his bosom, and flung it | jinto the fire. Then he sank down | helpless, almost faivting, great drops of perspiration standing on his face. clear. If I can get out on bond I can | for two and a half vears, aud the But he bad displayed pure nerve. furnish $10,000, I guess. I don't | know a thing about any train rob | bery, and the Kid here is as innocent } of the charge as you I only} met him in s City a ago, and we came out here togeth- Kans month | er. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, | The Best Salve inthe world for Cuts} Bruises,Sores, Ulcers, SaltRheum Fever pardon is recommended by the pris- on inspectors and physician. He sbot and killed aman named Henry Kaiser in Christian county in 1881. Prudence dictates that great care should be taken in the selection of a ewing machine. We commend the Davis Vertical-Feed. This machine is a gem, which, once obtained, will never Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi-| of one is always glad to recommend tively cures Piles, or no pay required. It it. a teed to give pertect satisfaction se Seeey er sy Price 25 cts perbox sale by H, L. Tucker, druggist. It is the only machine on which all kinds of sewing can be done without basting. be exchanged: It is the favor | Sores, Tetter,Chapped Hands, Chiblains ite for the family, and the possessor A Deimocrat Leaders Views. Washington D. C., July 11.—Rep- | Wilson of West | ‘resentative J. L. | Virginia, who presided over the Chi- jcago convention and who is recog- jnized as one of the inevitable leaders | of the next Congress arrived in this city to-day. Questioned as to the probable outcome of the extra ses- sion, Mr. Wilson said: “It has always been my belief that | the extra session should be contin: | | uous and no r | which the ‘the House.” | ; : bodies have been chipped | refusing a good chairmanstip if it | Crisp as speaker so far as he kaew out Dr. Kiug’s New Discovery for it cured his wife who was threatened | faithful performance of said work. | Said trustees reserve the right to fame) wm = (on) = = cD le (oe) a cD e. pS mee) —_ vO pa) ~ cD i TOP BUGGIES, DEACON BROS. & CO. oss be taken. Un-} the tariff} considered. der circumstances will be soon as the committee on ways and | 3 is announced the tariff will be| taken up by it and even should there any question bea recess before the regular ses’ the continue to have sessions for the| in December, committee willl consideration of the new tariff law | committe will report to! The rumored intention to place the head of the committee on ud meaus was mentioned and he was asked if he would except the] place. Mr. Wilson hesitated a ment and replied with a smile; I bave never known of anyone} mo-{ was offered to him. But I will say that the of that com- mittee will not have his hovor with- out labor. He added that he had recieved no intimatian on the subject beyond what he had read in the newspapers. He further said there would be no opposition to the re-election of Mr. chairman and that he believed the majority of the people of West Virginia were in favor of the repeal of the Sherman law. It Should be in Every House. J B Wilson, 371 Clay St., Sharps- burg, Pa., says he will not be with consumption, coughs and colds, that ith pneumoni Grippe,” v and various phy an attack of rious remedies ups had done her no good. Robert Barber of Cooks claims Dr. King’s New ry has done him more good | than anything he ever for lung | trouble. Nothi like it. Try it Free trial bottles H L Tueker’s drugstore. Lar bottles 50e and s1 on Then. the Clinton | to people who may | That is Den be beset by traveling retail “grocery | dealers, who are likely to be here cr} anywhere. the rerat giv advice The Democrat says: | “The traveling retail grocery fraud | is abroad in the land. The newspa- | pers are filled with exploits. In Johnson county he has been taking | in whole communities. and in the! neighborhood of Windsor he found! y dupes. | of Agriculture, complaining bitterly | of these frauds. “Your coffee will He says: be third tasteless substauce—in but the soda will be} adulterated—besides you have paid | more for your bill than your groce: | at least one- | everything traveling peddlers. Set your dogs | on them; and wken you want home supplies go to your home mer- chants.” Notice to Contractors. The Trustees of the Betbel Church in Spruce township Bates Co. Mo., will receive sealed bids for the car-| penter work on a church house in! said township said bids to be left at! the R. J. Hurly Lumber Co.. office! in Butler Mo. where plans and! specifications may be seen after! July 17th, 1893, ail bids must be in} by lo’clock p.m. July 22cd 1893.) Each bid must be accompanied by a| $100 bond ora guarantee for = reject any or all bids. Jso. M. Granam, Sec. Board. sion | > fact, | | nal men would have furnished it for” | | Have nothing to do with these; é ed Prison Graveyard Linproved. Jefferson Ci Mo.. Ju 1 BATES Warden Pace of the penitentiary has had the Be bn graveya “paw pay ] the «x some re for the bodies being Heret pateh has be 1 was about as Now 1 fence has been re he rickety ol placed with a new one. the € even s been smoc nud lev ives: urked with 2 warden has al for headston secured a hearse dead eor ithe r forever, yon the chaplain will attend the funerals and | eouduct suitable r Servic This is an invovation, as hereto fore the bodies have been hauled out ina dirt cart and then ped into shallow, unmarked graves, the only ceremony being the ribald jests | of the convicts who did the baryin graveyard at best is a most ut inviting place la In the summer th rrow weeds bleak ad is tuo poor to ithe winter it is and It is not behiev a are very niuainy convicts’ bones resting ther of as time after time eviderce work 0% and it is believed that for years the | to} away medical colleges. While this suspic- ion has existed nothing tangible bas The g the graveyard in ever come to the authorities. expense of puttir repair hes not been ve great, as} the warden was enabled to utilize idle labor. Ely’s Cream Balm is especially | adapted as a remedy for catarrh which is aggravated by alkaline dust and dry winds —W. A. Hover, Drug gist, Denver My catarrh was very bad. thirty years I have been with it—have tried «a number of remedies without relief. | A druggist addvised Ely’s Cream Balm. Thave For troubled used only one bottle and I can say I feel like a newman. Tinake this volutary statement that others may know of the Balm.—J W. Mathew- son, (Lawyer,) Pawtucket, 2. I Yellow Beyer in Brazil. Philadelphia, Pa, June 11.—The brig Oderillz, Captain Holland, has arrived from Santos, Brazil. The captain is the only survivor of here the original crew, cight men having succumbed to the ravages of yellow feyer. Capt. Holland’s description } of the misery aud sufferings frem ow fever in Santos are heart- jrending Thousands have been stricken with the disease and have died. Bus was ut a complete |standstill and there were 45 vessels the ly ag 1 Santos iiver without crews lof which had lost their ¢ aptain. While the Oderilla lay at Santos the death rate daily Handreds 2 river in all stages of decay aver, ‘orpses were ean be posed of n Brutes Captured. Mo., 12 Three July men >be the parties who last week co Inan near Pittsti D.. an treatr te reabouts | of moucy an robbed him of $3,000, were apprehended here} this aft a desperate fight e Here’s the Idea m thieves and falls—cannot be pulled ott the case—costs nothing extra. & The bow has a gr on each e: Ac runs down inside t endant (stem ts into the so thi cannot be ae ee eee or twisted cf as rh Can only be bad witt stamped with this tra K. Jas. Boss Filled Watch Cases =:- now fitted with this great bow (ring). look and wear like solid gold cases. ¢ only about half as h, anc for twenty years. Sold only through dealers. Remember the nai ghouls bas been discovered | Anchored near the OJeril’a | } were fully twenty vessels, every one ed 310. | afloat in | The} | patients die more rapidly than they THE OLDEST BANK THD LARGEST anno THE ONLY NATIONAL BANK IN BATES COUNTY CARIDAR |) == SURPLUS. - $125,000 0 325,000 00 Lawyers. W . O. J ACKSON | ATTORNEY-AT LAW— Prompt upstairs sunty Na- | D" ARMOND & au rH ATTORNEYS AT LAW. ctice i | Bates 1 adjoining counties. Bates Co fice over Nat'l Bank. Peek SSson X GRAVES, ATTORN.YS AT LAW. Office West Side Square, over Lans- down’s Drug DR. J. M, CHRISTY, HOMOEUOPATE PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office, front 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 aspecialtv. DR. F. M. FULKERSON, DENTIST, BUTLER, - MISSOURI. Office, Soutt t Corner Square, over Deacoun, Sens & Co. store Franz Bernhardt| On the north side of the square, | Butler, - Missour1. Does his own Watch & Clock Repairing Also Watches, Clocks, Jewelry and Sil- verware at ACTUAL COST AND CARRIAGE, | For the next twelve months. As a watch maker of 52 years experience can and will give sou satisfaction. Fine Watch Repairing a Specialty. ——GO TO—— ¢. A. VAN HALL, —SUCCESSOR TO— F. BERNHARDT & CO. —FOR— PURE DRUCS MEDICINES, TOILET ARTICLES, TOBACCOS AND |FINE CIGARS, #RTISTS MATERIALS OF ALL KINDS: Prescriptions Carefully Compounde | A liberal Patronage of the public is solicited.