The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 26, 1893, Page 1

. er Weekly VOL. XV. BUTLER. MISSOURI, THURSDAY OCTOBER 26, 1898. Missouri State Bank OF BUTLER, MO. CAPITAL, Transacts a general banking business. mers, merchants and the public generally, promising a safe We commodation in the way of loans to our customers. all funds e ommitted to our charge. to loan on real estate at lowest rates, allowing borrowers to pay part or all ut any time and stop interest. Booker Powell H H Piggott © B Radford Oncar Reeder Geo L Smith vest JR Jenkins OTHER S’TOCKHOLDER:. Frank Deerwester D A DeArmond John Evans E Bartlett Margaret Bryner Lula Brown JN Ballard Dr J Everingham «7 A Caruthers C & E Freeman HB Chelf G B Hickman JM Courtnes DB Heath Fr ert Semuel Levy CH Morrison Dr W D Hannah a JP &S8 LColeman JR Davis ARMOUK HOLDS THE RECORD. Over 3,200 Cattle Killed at the Kan- ity Plant Yesterday. Kansas City Star. The cattle killing record of the world was broken yesterday at Ar mour’s packing house in the West bottoms, where 3,218 cattle were slaughtered in eleven hours. There were 3,204 cattle in the Armour pens yesterday morning and the sentence of déath before nightfall was execut- ed on all of them. Fourteen otber steers were sentenced to death dur- ing the day. The slaughter began at 7 o'clock, was interrupted a half hour at noon and ended at 6:30 o'clock The average was five steers slaughtered every minute. No pack ing house in the world has ever kill- ed the same number of cattle in the same tine. This wiil be a great week in tke history of Armour’s packing house in Kansas City, the record of cattle killed reaching 16,849. For the first eighteen working days of October the number killed reached 44,323 and the record for will reach 65,000, being the largest num- ber of cattle ever killed at one pack- ing house in the same time. Sixty- five thousand cattle make a big herd and would require a pasture twenty miles long and fifteen miles wide. This will be a great year of killing said that it would require 2} million acres of pasture to maintain the number of cattle that will be killed this year. “The present month promises to be a corker in beef killing with us,” said Superiutendent Tourtellot the packing house this ‘Ever since the winter gan, about the month at Armounr’s and it is of morning. be- 1, we have heen killing at arate that will avers age over 2,000 head daily. Of course yesterday the men were just season September trying to see what they really could do.” The end of the year in beef pack- jug will show a wonderful increase in the packing house's beef product In the fiscal year 1892 the Kaneas City house. Armour UTORS. | Robert McCracken ‘A McCracken w'B Tyler | MV Owen ME Turner | John Pharis Wm W Trigg Charles Pharis Wm W: ae JK Rosier GP Wy J W Reisner L B&B Starke Clem Slayback John H Sallens $110,000. | We solicit the accounts of far- depository for are prepared to extend liberal ac- Funds always on hand { Frauk M Voris HC Wyatt RG Weet Wm E Walton Dryw E Tucker Dr NT Whipple Max Weiner | TJ Wright | killing up to October 20 amouuted to 436,267 cattle. The fiscal year ends October 31 and there are yet nine more working days to be figur- ed in for the year’s busizess. It is estimated that the total fur ihe fiscal year will reach 450,000 cattle, Of this number 199,051 were killed for Armour & Co. of Chicago, a part of the Chicago house's orders being filled with beef killed Kansas City. The number of men employed will average about 3,000 daily. in Sent To An Asy! am. Springfield, Mo., Oct. 22.—George Clark, of this city, known all over ventures, was yesterday ordered sent to the St. Joseph Insane Asylum by | the County court. During the past few years he has run through a for- tune of from $20,000 to $30,000. | Some of his freaks, such as nding through the streets of the town of Nevada astride of a coffin in a wagon with a keg of beer on the coffin and a drunken companion inside, have made him notorious. He was well educated, married an estimab'e lady of this city, went to Europe on a wedding tour,and was soon after di- vorced. Heisa young man, who, before he became wrecked by dis- and at one time was a popular -soci- ety man in this city Right to Adyertise Nevada Mail. In his discourse on prayer Sunday Elder Boyle said that all people pray- ed. ‘The business men who put an | Many jin the suburbs of this city, and that the city for wild and eccentric ad-: sipation, possessed winning manners | ENTOMBED IN A FIERY FUR.! NACE. A Most Horrible Disaster on the! turand Trank Railroad. TWEStV->iX PEOPLECREMATED tHiliems Maigted and Maimed, S veral Fatally \ Battle C -k. Mich, Oct. | The error of . ue humun being—of a} man who euch & aftrighted Like al hunted aniva! in 4 p ison cell to night—!ed '9 th- holocius' in the history railroad Michigan to day and twenty six buman lives have paid the penalty of the ae ment’s negligencs Two trains, potb| laden with passergers, met in a direct head-on collision on the Giand Teunk railroad at 3:45 this morning greatest tke number of dead and injured was not fourfold greater is due to the fortunate fact that the collision occurred in the euburbs of a city in- stead of in the open country, where both trains would bave been running at full epecd. As it is, twenty six charred, die- figured and unrecognizable bodies lie in the morgue to night and twen- ty-seven marred and bleeding vic- tims are groaning in agooy m the Charity hospital. How mauy of those wounded uny be in the death list to morrow no one can tell, for the injuries in many cases are inter- nil and quite unfathomable to the ouly superficial medical ex unination that is possible now. All that surg- ieal science can do is being done, and the officials of the Chieazo and Grand Trouk railroud are doing all| that is possible to alleviate the coa- dition of the suffering of the victims of the dreadful disaster. The two trains which met face to face while going at arapia raie of} speed this morniug were both regu-| lar trains, although each was consid- erably behind time. Oe was a Riy-} mond & Whitcomb special t }turning from the World's fai and | bound fer New York and Boston al ‘and the other was the regu’ express west bound train. mond & Whitcomb train ning as an extra section of a regular train and was therefore, « in the phraseology of tue | men. | Theengineer of the latter train | had positiye orders to sidetrack for | iu re- ur Pacific | oi | The Ray-} was rule “regular? railroad | \ this city. He iguored these orders, and 500 feet beyond this siding met ness. Itis right to advertise. It's business to do so. worth advertisi ing.” The Mai my press these reuaihs of Elder The thing not is uot worth hav Bayle who do not do enough the good of their business. And the Ties would like to umn press the above truths on some of the business men of Butler who foi- | | low along way in the wake of the band Wagyu: This year the) ing. advertisement in the newspaper is | but offering a prayer for more busi-! would like to im | Rye to im | composed almost eatirely of heavy | upon a few of Nevada's busiuess men | praying | thrdugh the columns of the press for | the exst bound train full on. Both {trains were wrecked and half |train of the Pacitic express was de- The express ‘molished and burned -mond & Whitcomb was | dent of the disaster was the the express at a siding a mile east of | the} Ray- | are the acknowledge Southwest Missouri. xd makers and leaders NO. 49 LANE & ADATWR in low prices for Read carefully, every line of this BOOT duced prices owing to the hard ti neck wear scarfs, ties, collars, ete goods. No old stock to push off to see how cheap we are selling them this fall. to show you what we can do whether you buy of us or not. mes. Full line of buck, calf, goat MEANS MONEY 10 YOU & SE IO | >) 1s. See our 2.50 euuay calf custom made only 2 00 5, 7 3 See our 250 custom made boot for only 2 00 Ranaur 2 on Gos dvess bid Ge onl 1 50 See our 3.00 hand made for only 2 50 See our 2.50 tine dress custom mad : 2 60 See cur 4.00 — kipp ar hand =— 3 50 San our 00 hand turned aac pid “ 2 50: 2 OR EU eae ea aD See our 150 Misses seamless back : See our 5.00 hand sewed,very tine calf only 4 00 Relsol aloes 1 00 MINS SHOES See our 1.50 misses grain shoe only 1 25 Pee : ae See our 2.00 solid calf school shoe only 1 50 See our $l 69 a ramped - eh See our 2.50 very high cut snow show 2 00 a = ne serine rae a = See our line of _— shoes, something ! 2 very der . See our 200 line of grain shoes only 1 50 ery eptey loc ven tanta See our 250 line of grains only 200 | Shirts and Furnishing Goods. See our 3 00 extension sole solid calf 2 50 A ; See our 3.50 extension sole Russian calf 3 00 Take a look at our wocl shirte. See our 550 line of calf dress shoes only 4 90 A good heavy winter shirt only Tie See our 3.50 Kangaroo calf dress shoes 2 50 An extra heavy winter shirts only $1 00 , Extra heavy cotton, solid color only 50c Ladies, Misses Childrens Shoes. Extra heavy 36 inches long solid color only 75 See our London dress shirt the best on See our $1.75 Cordova shoes for ladies $1 25 earth for the money only $1 00+ See our 1.75 grain shoes for Jadies only 1 25 Fine pleated bosom, white shirt only 1 25 See our 2.00 glove grain solid only 1 50 Fine plain bosom white shirt only. T5e We have a full aud complete line of Wool and Cotton underwear which we can sell you at greatly re- and kid gloves. A fall line of Call and see these goods and prices for yourself; it will surprise you Don't think it any trou! (temembe! on you. Call ani see us. LANE ble. We are anxious and willing r all our gocds are new fresh Very Truly, & ADAIR, and burned, and - a twenty-six human remains at morgue to-night, conjectures can on- ly be made as to the identity of six. | Twenty remain entirely unidentified. Probably the most pathetic inci- death | lof Mrs. C. W. Van Dusen. She had | | been pinned in the wreck, but was | perfectly conscious and called out escoped | | | for assitance. Men worked desper- | ately to rescue her, but the flames | spread rapidly and hope was gone. Then she said calmiy: “I can die. O, yes, I cau die if I must.” moment later her voice was heard | from the midst of the smoke singing A} | sleepers and it escaped jury, and none of the lost their lives. The engineers and firemen of both excursionists trains jumped im time to save their | lives, but twenty-six passengers of | the Pacitic express train met almost | °| instant death. The day coaches ‘lee front part of this train were tel- CXS WS. bets — ter te Bs ROYAL Baking Powder is re- ported by the U.S. Government, after official tests, highest of all in leavening power. best and most economical; a pure cream c. tartar Baking Powder. It is -the IRICEN Serious ius) dames were CoC} in| “IT am aCbristian.” Then, while the | ‘ed fervently, and after her \name and address and messages of i giving | love to her husband and family she passed away amid a prayer. An jhour later the husband for whom she had left aloving message was released from his sufferings by | death. | Nebraska White Caps. | Stromsburg, Neb., Oct. large and well developed sensation | broke loose last evening in our neigh- | boriug town of Osceola. It is report- jed here that the Women’s Christian Temperance Union organized iteelf linto a white cap society for the pur | pose of chastising severa! resident | young ladies whose reputation is not jabovereproach. Last night between 'T and 8 o'clock, by use of decoys, | the white caps succeeded in trapping their victims and, according to the | best information, one of the victims i was flogged into iuseusibility. while two others escaped with their cloth- ling torn and somewhat bruised. | Eleven of the perpetrators were! jrecognized and at once arrested. | Some of them are out on bail and come oft to-morrow at 10 o'clock. | Overdrafts by solvent custom’ rs | Pnrniture and Fixture 22—a| “FARMERS BANK OF BATES COUNTY, i\Cash Capital. $50,000.00 COUNTY DEPOSTORY OF BATES CO. Officiai statement of above Bank at ¢ lose of business Sept. i6th, 1893, rer dered to Secretary of State. RESOURCES. | Loans and discount~ Real estate cash value Cash and Sight Exchange Tota We hereby KIPP « fy above stateme DEEDS OF DEMONS. sence S Attempt to Poison the People of Ver- satlles Mo. Versailles, Mo.. Oct. 21.—Excite- ment is at fever Leat here over an attempt at wihviesaie poiscuing and the burning of this place. William Ratcliffe, who supplies the town with water hauled in | discovered 2 white powder floating ou the water iw the tank just before starting ov his rounds. Becoming suspicious he had the water analyzed, which showed aisen- ic sufficient to have killed all who used the water. To add tothe ex citement the Columbia Hotel, a three story aud baseweut building in the center of the town. was burned to the ground during the night. the i mates barely escaping in their vight clothes. The fire was the werk of an incendiary beyend a doubt. | When Baby was sick. we pave hor Castor. When sie was a Cnild, ste cried 2 xi cs Vike aie akt ceing oeeletin When she had Children, she gave them Castorg tank wagons, ; LIABILITIES. 350,000.66 2,846.55 65,691.25 Cash Capital stce’s Surplus Funds Deposits Total Lt is correct, D.N. THOMPSON, Plattenburg is Free. Lexington, Mo., Oct. 19.—Th- ‘ease of Harvey W. Plattenburg | charged with murder in the first de gree, was dismissed in the erimina. | court yesterday by Prosecuting A:- torney Aull. Plattenburg shot amt killed David M. Gray and James McDowe t Heaile’s saloon, § Sey tember 26, 1892. Two indictm~ were preferred agaiust him Ede wee acquitted of the Gray killing at the’ June teri, the jury being | out only six minutes The evidence in the McDowell case was the cane as the Gray and Mr. Auil, bo heving s conviction impossible dismissed the _ last indictment. Plattenburg was a bi othez-in law of the late John N Edwards. THE WORLD'S FAIR Photographed and described. Wid- | awake Sa Sree wanted for our new } World's Fair book by Director Gen- j eral Davis, Mrs. Potter Patmer an other officials. Over 509 i nearly all ooh pager ® } photsraphe. ee. Low price. ig comission. id. 20days’ credit. Selling fi | Men or ladies make for cireuiars; or for gente outat P.W. fare St., St $10 a day. Send send 80 cents to-day *tuataing 100 Se Loa mee Coe