The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 7, 1893, Page 4

‘ i Fi 1 * ‘for its free distribution. “bill were to pass, how would the BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES 3. D. ALLEN Epivor. J. D. Atten & Co., Ptoprietors. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: The Weexty Times, published every Thureday, will be sent to any address one year, postage paid, for $1.00. Keep the twointeresting questions boiling. Silver and tariff. We hope Mr. Wilson will stand by | the platform on the tariff. The places tut attract most at tention are congress and the Chero- | kee strip. The leading question now. What | will the senate do? Answer, follow the example of the house. The president arrived at Wash ington Friday and the dispatches say he is the picture of health. Bland is a little bit disfigured in his late combat for thedollar of our dads, but he will rise and come again. The relief station for the destitute of Chicago established by bauker Alexander, fed 11,412 people Satur- day. Senator Hill of New York, has in- troduced a bill to repeal the federal election law. This law and the tariff must go. The Columbia Herald suggests three Missourians for the next presi- dency—Vest, Stone and Bland Any one of them would be sure winners Bold and dare devil train robbing goes on with the same vim and en ergy as though the James and Younger boys were in the sad- dle. When the time rolls round again the people of Missiouri will not for- get their congressmen who stood up so nobly for the free coinage of sil- ver. — Silver is not downed yet. Bland is at the head of the coinage com- mittee, and under the new rules he can renew his fight for the white metal. Judge DeArmond stood by silver from the first to the last vote on all the different ratios. Heis with and for the people of his district, and they will kindly remember him for the manly fight he made. When McKinley adjusted the tar- iffhe called in the manufacturers and asked them what they wanted. Now that Mr. Wilson is to readjust the tariff he should exclude the man- ufacturer and give the other fellows the opportunity to say what they want. — Senator Peffer has introduced a bill recommending that the govern- ment print and give to each inhab- itant $60. In his bill, however, he made the fatal mistake to provide So if the distribution be made? Cholera has made its appearance in Jersey City. One person has died from the disease but it is thought by government officials that the disease will be stopped in this county as every precaution has been taken by New York city to prevent the spread of the disease. Some of the feaders of the popu- ‘list party of this county speak in highest praise of Goyernor Stone, and the firm stand he has taken in the interests of the rights of the ‘people. Some have had the audac- ity to favor his nomination for pres- ‘ident. The Tres has no objection to this last declaration and would be more than glad to see Missouri thus honored with the highest gift of the American people. The Ties is pleased to note the high esteem in which Judge DeAr- * mond is held asa member of cor- gress by the press of the country. His course and conduct in congress has not only received the plaudits of his constituents in this state, but the press in general speak of him in the very highest possible manner. _ Even those who do not agree with shim on many of the leading ques- ‘tions do not hesitate to rank him with the foremost members of the lower house. AS TO STATE BANKS. | An Important Conference ot High | Officials on the Subject. | Washington, D. C, Sept. 3.—The | demand which has come from the south for a repeal of the 10 per cent ‘tax on state banks has erystallized into formidable proportions. On ‘numerous occasions during this ses- | sion of congress, senators and repre- | sentatives have declared themselves jin emphatic terms demanding the repeal of the law. | Senator Gordon in his speech | declaring for the repeal of the Sher- man act went so faras to say that jif the state banks had been in opera jtion the present stringency would have been impossible Senator Vorhees was equally pos itive in his remarks and the posi tion which these friends of silver who favored repeal have taken, led yesterday to a secret consultation in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury which is to day the subject of all congressional speculation. President Cleveland, so it is said, was greatly interested in the confer- ence and rumor has it that he is in- clined to favor the project and that the Secretary of the Treasury is a pronounced advocate of the plan, However this may be, it is certain that the conference was held and the TRAIN-ROBBERS AGAIN President,Secretary of the Treasury, Speaker Crisp, Representatives Hall of Missouriand Warner of New York, both members of the House commit tee on banking and currency were there. About the scope of the measure which it is proposed to drait little can be learned, but Secretary Car- lisle questioned those present con- erning the advisability of a repeal of the statute imposing a tax on state banks and the issue to national banks and other banks that should qualify by taking state charters, of circulating notes, uniform in appear- ance and prepared by the govern ment. It was further hinted that the policy would be for all national banks to transfer their charters and take out this circulation in place of that now issued, the notes to be so prepared as to afford all possible protection against counterfeiting and to be supplied to the banks at an expense sufficient to compensate the govetnment for preparing the notes. In place of the government bonds now required to be deposited to secure the money issued by state banks, the Jaw which provide in each state, under the national law and in auniform way, for the deposit of approved stocks and bonds for se curity of a character to be decided upon as a matter of detail, the egree- ment to be alike as to all of the states. This measure, if backed by the administration, would prove an easy winner in congress at this time. Without the support of the admin- istration it would have a formidable array of strength in both branches of congress To its support would be brought those representatives who have clamored so loudly and so long for a larger and more flexible circulation, and against’ it would be found many wko fear it would usher in once more wildcat money days. It is claimed that in the State of Massachusetts fifty-seven national banks are willing to sur- render their charter and take up a state charters such as was proposed at the conference, and that many strong banks in New York city would fayor the plan after it had been su fiiciently matured. Desolation and Ruin Along the Atlantic Coast. Augusta, Ga., Aug. 30.—The town of Port Royal S. C. was almost swept away by a cyclone followed hy a tidal wave. One hundred lives were lost. The victims were killed and drown- ed. Nearly all were negroes. Thirty-two dead bodies have been recovered. The town is completely cut off from the outside world, all telegraph wires being down and rail- road washed away. So far as could be learned last night there were only six white persons among the victims. On Sullivan’s Island, near Charleston, every thing is inruins and completely submerg- ed. Three colored persons were killed there. MAKE AN ATTACK ON THE'FRISCO | ROAD, i CONTRADICTORY REPORTS AS TO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY | TAKEN.—ONE PLACES IT AT $20,000. | Three Masked Men Did The Work! And They Used Dynamite. One of Them Was Cap- tured. St. Louis, Mo, Sept. 5.—Another | train was held up tonight on the St. | Louis & Sau Francisco road, this} time with the uniqueaccompaniment of a captured robber. i Express train No. 1 on the ‘Frisco’ westbound, was flagged with a red light a few miles east of Pacific, which is about forty miles west of St Louis. The train came to a standstill and two men held the engine crew at bay while a third went to the express car and demand ed atmittance. The messenger re- fused to open the door. The de- mand then came from one of the engine guards to blow here open This command was almost instant- ly followed by a deafening report and the woodwork of the car was wrecked. Then the three highway- men joined forces and tried to enter the car, but were impeded by the wreck. At this juncture the conductor and a brakeman rushed up to the robbers with pistols drawn, and commanded them to surrender. ‘I'he robbers answered with a- poorly directed fusilade, which the two brave train men gave back with in terest. Such unexpected resistance un- nerved the robbers, and two of them tool to their heels. The third was ovei powered and made a_ prisoner. So far as known no one was burt. When the train pulled into Pacific station the express car presented a sorry sight. Dynamite had torn the side «f the car. BIG HAUL FOR BANDITS. St Lonis. Mo., Sept. 5.—When the vest bound Frisco train No. 3, carrying heavy money orders for the West, passed through Cheltenham, a small station twenty miles west of this city, tbree robbers boarded the blind end of the baggage car. When the train passed Pacific five miles farther west, one of the robbers clanbered into the engine cab and ordered the engineer to stop. He did so. Two of the robbers, third guard ing the engineer and firemen, then went back to the express car, the door of which was chopped open with axes. Once in the car the safe was blown open with dynamite and everything of value taken. The amount in the safe was several thousand dollars. The two robbers then fled, start- ing to the woods. The express messenger and the conductor then went out and aided by the engineer captured the one on the engine whom his companions had evidently forgotten Hisidentity is not known It is thought that about $20,000 was taken. The sufferer by the robbery was the Wells Fargo Express Co. This is the second time within three days that the Frico road has suffered from outlaws. Sunday morning one of its trains was robbed and Express Messenger Chapman was killed at Mound Valley, Kan. On their metal. At a conference of leading republicans of Colorado at Denver, Wednesday night of last week the advisability of forming a new party with free silver, free trade, western rights and anti-monopoly asa platform, was discussed. The result of the meeting was the issu- ance of a call by the chairman of the republican state committee for a general meeting to take action in the matter./ If this party is formed what will become of the people’s party? The London Times makes the prediction that Great Britain will require at least 28 million quarters of wheat from abroad this year. France, it adds, will be compelled to import more than twice as much as it usually does, and it notes the fact that Germany has already begun to draw on America for supplies. All of this will increase the demand for the large surplus of wheat which the United States has produced this year and will tend to raise the price of grain on this side of the Atlantic! It is apparent that nature is making a heroic effort to restore the finan- cial equilibrium in this country and turn.the tide.of gold in the direction of America.—K. C. Star. The democratic administration will be a remarkable one if it can Spread prosperity in a few months over a country misruled by republi- cans for over thirty years. If Cleve- land can so administer he will be a mighty medicine man.—Ex. | New York has made such a reputa FEDERAL ELECTION LAW. ! { } Efforts in Congress to Secure its Lmme- | diate Repeal. { Washington, D. C, Sept. 3 —One | of the first efforts of the deimocratie congress will be directed to secure | | the repeal of the federal election law under which J. L. Davenport of | tion as supervisor of elections | Senator Hill has taken the initia | | tive in this matter in the senate and 1 |General Black, ex commissioner of! ea | pensions and now a member of con -| gress, has prepared a bi!l to the! same purport for introduction in the | house, Senator Hill has imade such | substantial progress that Le has se! cured the consideration of his bill by the senate committee on judiciary aud a day or two ago the measure was ordered reported to the senate! with recommendation that it pass. Senator Hill's bill is very brief and is as follows: “That title 26 of the revised stat utes of the United States (being sec tions 2202 to 2031 both inclusive) entitled therein, ‘The elective fran- chise,’ and generally known as the Federal Election Law, is hereby re- pealed, but this repeal shall not af- fect any proceeding or prosecution now pending for any offense under said sections, or either of them.” The bill prepared by General Black of Illinois, is practically in the same words and totally abolishes Federal supervision of elections, in cidentally abolishing the office of federal supervisor of elections and thus throwing John L. Davenport of New York out of a vocation. The democrats in their fight to get the repeal of this law do not expect to encounter serious opposition either in the house or senate, and they ap- pear to be assured that the measure is one which will secure the imme diate approval of President Cleve land. Senator Hill and General Black and the other democratic leaders who are preparing to secure a prompt repeal of this election law are receiving very substantial en- couragement from the administra. tion. Under direction of secretary of the treasury Carlisle the postmas- ter of the city of New York has just ejected Supervisor Davenport from his office in the postoffice building and has barred the door in sucha manner as to prevent the supervisor or his assistants ever again securing entrance. It is belived Davenport will appeal to the courts to decide the right of the administration to eject him from the offices heretofore occupied in the New York post office building, but it is expected by the democrats that before he can possibly secure any favorable action in the courts, the bill will have pass ed both houses of congress and have been signed by the president repeal- ing in toto the section of the law creating a federal supervisor of eleo- tions, and under which Mr. Daven- port has operated for many years WENT THROUGH A BRIDGE. Fifteen Person Killed and Many Injured in a Railroad Wreck. Springfield, Mass, August 31.— Another railway horror, this time on the Boston and Albany Railroad, hurled fifteen souls to eternity this noon, and of the big train load of passengers whose lives were spared at least two score were mangled and bruised in the wrecked cars. Sever- al of these can not survive their in- juries. This record of death was made near the little town of Chester, twenty nine miles from this city. The Chicago express was speeding toward Boston at its ordinary speed ts choaches loaded witb excursion. ists from the World's Fair. It was a heavy train pulled by engine No. 4, the heaviest on the road. It left Pittefield on time, a few minutes past 11 o'clock, and was only a few minutes behind time when Chester was reached. The engineer, Herton slowed dow a bit when he approach- ed the bride over the west branch of the Westfield River. The bridge has two spans, and workmen had been busy repairing them. Shoring was placed beneath the bridge, and at the moment the accident occurred the bridge was deserted. The work- men were eatina their dinners be- neath the shade of thetrees in the neighborhood. The train rolled out upon the bridge and there was an exehange of salutes between the engineer and fireman and the work- men. The passengers looked down into the shallow water, little dream- ing that it would be the grave of many of their number. THE FATAL PLUNGE. The first span of the bridge was passed in safety. The whole weight of the engine and five cars wes upop the second span when the passengers felt the cars sinking. The engineer — Ao A aS on the bank knew e ible import of thst sinking. The engine had barely cleared the bridge when it sank with a crash B ENNETT-WHEELER MERC. C —— DEALERS IN — Hardware, Groceries, Stoves § Queensware, Studebaker, Moline proved Schuttler Farm Wagons, | Indiana Grain drills, and Im- Sulky and Gang plows, Top Buggies, Road Carts and Spring wagons, Wind Mills, Pumps and all kinds of Pipe Fittings, Wire and Salt. We always pay Grass Seeds, Barb HIGHEST MARKET PRICE in CASH or TRADE for all kinds of Country Produce. Bennett-Wheeler Merc. Co, BUTLER, MO. and immediately ail the scenes of death and destruction were present. The engine remained on one side of the chasm, but the tender had been torn from it and dragged into the river below. On the other side of the wreck stood the two regular passenger coaches and the smoking car. The remainder of the train was a mass of splintered wood and broken iron and mangled buman flesh, and here and there a body to show that death had taken posses- sion of much of the human freight. One car was tilted up against the abutment in the center of the river, with the lower end resting upon the river bottom. The passengers in that car were hurled with terribie force into the lower end. The other ears were broken by the force of the fall of 20 feet into the mver. There is but little water in the river at this season of the year, and to this fact several of the passengers must owe their salvation. That any one.could escape alive seemed almost a miracle yet there were persons who were not even bruised. They crawled out of the windows and apertures and assisted the workmen in re- moving the dead and wounded. DR. GRAVES IS NEAD. Tragieal Closing of the Great! Barnaby Murder Case. Denver, Col, Sept. 3.—Dr. T. Thatcher Graves, the convicted pois oner of Mrs. Josephine Barnaby, committed suicide in his cell at the county jail last night, presumably by poison. He was found stiff and cold in death at9 a. m. to-day by the “trusty” who hasbeen caring for him. On his person was found the following letter: To the Coroner of Denver. Denver, Col, Aug. 9.—Please do | not hold an autopsy on my remains The cause of death may be rendered as follows: “Died from persecution. Worn out. Exhausted” Yours re- spectfully. T. Tuatcner Graves, M. D. The corpse was quite cold when found. No direct evidence of sui- cide was yisible, but the above letter tells the story. There was also let- ters to Mrs. Graves, wife of the doc- tor; to jailer Crews and an address tothe public. That the prisoner had long contemplated taking his own life is eyident from the date of the letter Aug. 9, last. As is well known, Dr. Graves was in prison awaiting bis second trial for the aileged murder of Mra. Jo- sephine Barnaby, of Providence,who at the time of her death was visiting friends in Denver. She died April | 19, 1891. On April 9 she drank from a bottle of whisky that had come by mail from Boston and that | was labeled: “Wish you a happy New Year. Please accept this fine | eld whisky from your friends in the woods.” The whisky contained a solution of arsenic. Dr. Graves was accused of sending the bottle. After one of the most famous trials in the crim- inal annals of this ccuntry, Dr. Graves was sentenced to be hanged. The supreme court granted him s new trial, which was to have the latter part of the month. i j | fee) meee A MULTI-MURDERER HANGED. Columbia, S. C. Sept. 1.—The hanging of George S Turner at Spartansburg to -day was a most un- usual execution. Turner was a man of great wealth and prominence being the proprietor of the Finger- ville cottou factory. He ruined his sister inlaw and then killed her brother and for three years he used his great wealth in employing the greatest legal talent in the state to defeat the death verdict through all sorts of techuicalities aud by false witnesses He was hanged at 12:57 to day. Ou account of threats of his rough mountain friends and the herculean efforts Turner was making to defeat the law in some way, the jail was guarded by troops. Turner said nothing on the scaffold but met death with fortitude. There is no telling how many men Turner killed. He is popularly credited with three. Several years ago he killed a friend!ess German by firing at hin through the win dow. He got out of this chiefly through the evidence of bis sister in- law, Clara Finger, and her brother Ed, which is said to have been made up for the occasion. Shortly after that he took Clara to town and by the use of drugs and foree accom- plished her ruin. For this Ed Fin- ger wanted to kill bim, but could never nerve himself up enough, as he was afraid. In course of a dispute Turner killed Finger before the latter could draw his pistol. When placed in jail the angry people tried to lynch himand turned a cannon on the jail to blow it down. The caunon was spiked and Turner spirited away. KNOWL GE Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when Tightly . The many, who live bet- ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world’s best products to the meee of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. 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