The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 9, 1893, Page 4

J. D. ALLEN Epiror. J. D. AtLen & Co., Ptoprietors. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: The WEEKLY Times, published eyery ‘Thursday, will be sent to any address «ame year, postage paid, for $1.00. Ex secretary Charles Foster don’t seem to be in the swim of Ohio pul ities this year. The republican representatives in songress votedl almost to a man against silver. Gov. Stone spent several days in Lowa last week making speeches and assisting governor Boies in his cam Ppalgn. > f If the Sherman purchasing act was the root of all evil it is out of the way now. Let prosperity follow or down goes the promises. The report put in circulation that ‘Senator Vest had said that he would 3TLER WEEKLY TIMES TUESDAY'S ELEUTIONS. The returns of the election in the states voting Tuesday, show that aud in some instances have gained over two years ago. carried Ohio, and Gov Russel! loses Massachusetts. The Democrats car ry New York, (with the exception of Judge Maynard.) Kentuckey and Vir ginia. In Michigan both parties are will not be known until the returns are in. The Pupulists have been routed in Kansas and the indicatious are the Republicans have elected a large majority of the county officers in the state and the election is con- ceded to bea republican victory. The republicans carry Pennsylvania as usual. Both parties claim Ne braska,and the officiai vote will be re- quired to determine the matter Stricken With Paralysis. Mexico, Mo., Nov 5.—Ex Con gressman A. W. Buckner to-day suf fered a stroke of paralysis from which it is thought he will not re- cover. He was attacked while at vetire at the expiration of his present term is denied by that gentleman. A general strike on the Big 4 rail ‘road has taken place. With the ‘thousands of men now out of em ployment it is a bad time for a strike, To have made McKinley make 160 wpeeches in 120 days, and visit seventy counties out of eighty-eight and only taking special trains twice, all indicates that Neil, the demo cratic candidate, was tramping on the old man’s coat tail. A crank from “Henry: county, named Elmer E. Raub, on his way to Washington to take the office of ypresident of the United States, was locked up in Kansas City Sunday, and his mother was notified of his whereabouts and condition. A boiler of a freight engine explod ed friday evening just south of St. Houis ov the Iron Mountain road aud George Scheader, engineer and ‘Ed Kophe and Tom Scott brakemen, were instantly killed. The damage and loss to the railroad will reach $75,000. In the winding up of the world’s ‘fair, grand old Missouri walked off with the best premiums to be had -and more of them than any other wtate in the union. We had the best ‘horses, the best cattle, the best hogs, the best flour and the best beer. What more could we ask. “Consul General to Mexico, ex-gov- ernor Crittenden, is in Washington this week working up the idea of free trade with Mexico. It is said the breakfast table. finished saying grace when, ic a moment, he was deprived of his power of speech, and was unable to explain to his family what ailed im. His condition isnow regard ed as extremely critical. Judge Buckner has not been in good health for a year. He said six months ago that there was no circulation in his lower limbs. : Must Step Down And Out. Washington, D. C., Nov. 6 —Chief Justice Fuller in the Supreme court to day denied the applications of Par sons and Niniger, district attorney and marshal for Northern Alabawa for leave to fight petitions of manda mus commanding the Alabama Dis trict court to reinstate them in the officessfrom which they were remov- ed by President Cleveland. These men claimed that they could not be removed until their terms expired The court did not go into the merits of the matter, saying simply that the cases were not properly presented for its consideration, Seeks Divorce at 72. Mexico, Mo, Nov. 2.—On October 14 Robert Swan of Ralls county and Mrs. Adeline Lisenberry of Audrian were united in marraige in this city by Justice Winseoit The day be- fore the marriage they met for the first time. The groom is seventy twoxears old, but wealthy, and he @. bride who is 35 years his jenior, to a nice howe in Ralls coun ty but the bride did not remain long. She and her motber in law, who is 103, quarreled, and she came home to her folks in this county. To day the Republicans have held their own | McKinley has | claiming the victory and the result | He had about; S MAD. HE IS ARRESTED WHILE PRE- SUMABLY TRYING TO ROB A BANK. | Very Kemarkable Escapade of Kansas | | City’s Ex-Assessor. | Harrisonville) Mo, Nov. 3.— | Thomas H. Edwards, for four years jassessor of Kansas City aud for two {terms assessor o/ Jackson county, once a wealtby manand prominent as ja Republican politician occupies a cellin the county jail here. The and battery, but he was captured after what is supposed was an at tempt to rob the First National bauk of Harrisonville, and that in broad daylight. It was high noon to-day that Thomas Edwards entered the First National bank and, claiming to be cold, was allowed to go to the stove in arear room. Assistant Cashier G. M Houston, who alone, was in charge of the bank at that time, ac companied M1. Edwards to the back room avd as he leaned over to stir up the fire Edwards seized a poker and struck him on the neck with it. Houston's coat collar partially broke the force of the blow, ard instead of being knocked senseless, he was only partially stunned. Edwards instantly closedin on the cashier, striking him repeatedly. Houston, although a very small man, struggled desperately, and fiually freeing him- self run back into the bank for his revolver, which lay in a drawer un- der hi, counter. Ed wards, who seems, was unarm- ed save for the poker, instantly dash- ed out at the side door iuto the street, aud ran for his life. He was follov ed by Salocn keeper Boland, and wien almost to the Gulf. depot Boland cullared him and knocked him down with the butt of a pistol. A fierce encounter followed, Edwards fighting for liberty, but he was over- powered and taken to jail. There he seemed dazed,* but answered questions readily. He gave his name and told of his wife and child- ren in Carthage. He told how he made and lost fortunes in Kansas City, and how he had been city assessor of Kansas City and county assessor of Jackson county. Fur- ther he proved his identity by tell- ing how he had been elected county assesor ove term, and had been de- feated for reelection by W. H. Moore of Independence, the Demo- cratic nominee, and how two years later he had defeated Moore by 1,- 500 votes, leading the ticket. Thomas H. Edwards is a well- built man, of about 5 feet 10 inches, weighs 175 pounds, and is about that the president andthe Ways and! swan came to Mexico and filed a|45 years old. Major G. M. Houston Means committee have been seep bY] petition for a divorce charging his|the assistant cashier, is a small mam chim on the matter and that his sug | wife with desertion and other indig-{of only 5 feet 6 inches, and who gestions have been so favorably re ceived that action on the matter may be expected in the near future. Free trade with Mexico will be a bonanza for western farmers. ~ Senator Vest has this early inform ed a number of his Missouri friends that he will retire from public life at the expiration of his present term, which will be March 3. 1897.—Roch- port Commercial. ‘Senator Vest has never informed anybedy that he would retire from the senate at the close of his present term. There are just two agencies possible for the retirement of Vest— the Almighty and the Republican ‘party. While Vest lives and Mis- souri has a democrat legislature, Vest will be senator. The only way to beat Vest is to elect a republican legislature.—St. Louis Globe-Demo orat. The annual report for the Normal school at Warrensburg, puts the to- tal enrollmont for the year at 1,045. Classified as follows: Normal depart- ment, gentlemen, 376; ladies, 511; in the training department, boys, 58; nities. Now we'll heara kick from the Gov. of Florida. Corbett and Mitch- ell have transferred their fighting grounds to Jackonville. If nothing will do these two brutes but fight they should select some uninhabited island in the sea where society would not be injured and they could pound each other to their hearts’ content. Ex Governor Campbell, who has taken the stump in Ohio, is certain that Larry Neal is going to be the next Governor of the Buckeye state. The Republicans on the other hand are talking all the way from 50,000 to 75,000 for McKinley. It is a plain case that somebody is going to get badly fooled.—Kansas City Star. weighs only about 130 pounds, and the battle, although won by Major Houston, was au unequal one. Maj or Houston stated to-night that, io his opinion, Edwards was perfectly sane and that it was bis intention to rob the bank. The fact that Ed- wards did not demand money, did not make a show of weapons and did not so far as is known make an at- tempt to seize any money forbade any charge except that of assault by the Harrisonville officials. The prisoner was arraigned Satur- day afternoon om charges of assault and battery with attempt to kill and torob. He plead guilty. He said he did not want bond fixed, as he could find no bondsmen. Henry Starr, the noted robber, is charge agaiust biw is that of assault; ltrue condition. By your and bold career of crime you skow |that you possess a heart void of so ‘cial duty and a mind fatally bent on | mischief, These deeds committed | by you show you te be the personi- fication of the man of crime, and in this age of terrible and 0 have even excelled the most wick ed and the most crimiual in the very atrocity of your crimes ~ Murdered His Father. At 5 o'clock M nday evening, Jo- sepb Meyer, Sr, a farmer who re- sides five and one half miles north of Sedalis, was brained with a hatch. et in the hands of his son Joseph Meyers, Jr., an unmarried man aged 34 years, Father an son reside on the same farm, and last evening they quarreled over the rigging out of a wagon that was to be used ir hauling rock, when the son picked up a hatchet and dealt the old gen- tleman, who is 83 years of age, a powerful blow over the left eye. The corner of the hatchet penetrated the skull, carrying with it a piece of the skull, which was forced upon the brain, producing a wound of the ' might be brought to u sense of your | wicked | wicked | crimes, when innocent human life is so cheap, and just punishment so rare, you seem in your short career | THANKSGIVING DAY. | President Cleveland's Proclamation Fixing Upon Thursday, Nov. 30. Washington, D.C., Nov. 3.—The president to-day issued the follow ing Thanksgiving proclamation: | By the president cf the United | States of Awerica—A proclama- tion. While the American people sbould | jevery day remember with praise and |thauksgiviug the divine goodness! jand merey which have followed | them since their beginning as a va | tion, it is fitting that one day in each | | year should be especially devoted to | the contemplation of the blessings {we have received from the hand of God and to the grateful acknowledg ment of His loving kindness. Therefore, I Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, do hereby designate and set apart Turs day, the 30th day of the present | mouth of November, as a day of, Thankegiveng and praise, to be kept | and observed by all the people of our land. On that day let us forego | our ordinary work and employments | and assemble in our usual places of | worship, where we may recall all | God has done for us, and where | from grateful hearts our united tri- | bute of praise and song may reach | brai. itself. After committing the crime the son proceeded leisurely to the farm of a neighbor, where he reported what had transpired and remarked: “You had better go over and sce, how badly the old man is hurt ” To-day the son came to town and retained an attorney, after which he was arrested. He refuses to be terviewed, but claims that he acted in self-defeuse. The death of the in- the throne of grace. Let the reunion of kindred and the social meeting of | friends tend cheer and enjoyment to | the duty, and let generous gifts of charity for the relief of the poor aud needy prove the sincerity of our} thanksgiving. | By the President: | Grover CLEVELAND W. Q. Gresuam, Sec’y of State | | A groundless scare was on last | injured man is momentarily expect- ed.—Clinton Democrat. Working Johnson County Farmers. The farmers of Jobnson county have been thoroughly worked by piow swidlers aud the scamps are now ready to seek green fields and pastures anew. Tieir plan of operation was uni que. They would sell a farmer a bill of gouds and take bis note for the amount. ‘Tuey would agree to board out $10 of the amount and give credit for this sum on the back of the note, spelling the word “teu” out. When the note turned up, the “Ten” had been converted into a =Five” putting a eress on the eapi- “T,” changing the ve” to an “i” and adding an “e ’ This was only one 2 week at Nevada, over the report that the Franklin school building of that city was not safe. { i | | Nearly 100 Conversions. Sedalia, Mo.. Nov. 1.—A series of successful revival meetings were con cluded last night at the Pleasant Grove Cumberland Presbyterian chureb south of Knob Noster, John- son county. The ministers in charge were Pastor Poteet and Rev. Sbarp of Boonville As a result of the meeting there were nearly 100 con- versions, seventy-five going to the Cumberland Church and the remain- der to other denominations. KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. 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 needs of physical being, will attest the value to Vreatth of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas- | ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax- ative ; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers and permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kid- neys, Liver and Bowels without weak- | ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug- gists in 50c and $i bottles, but it is man- ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if offered. THE OAK- of their many trieks and echifts to trap tbe unwary farmer —Ex. Of course the n-xt county these Joplin, Mo., Nov. 6.—Mrs. Byron |to be hung at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, D. Mowry, wife of the Mayor of|Feb. 20th. In passing the sentence Carterville, spread some butter mix-|the Judge said: “Ido not believe ed with strychnine on a piece of | that you yet have even begun to ap- bread today to feed rats, but the|preciate the enormity and wicked bread fell into the hands of her 10/ne8s of the act you have committed. year-old sun, who ate a portion of it. You do not realize what you have The boy died within a short time.|Gone. In fact, when we consider a - the-number and character of the girls, 97. Sixty-nine counties are represented in the enrollment for 1893. The report says: “The school The St. Joseph Gazette is aiding | great crimes which have been prov- the country papers in fighting the|en to have been committed by you, fire insurance trust. The Gazette| your young life becomes a marvel of sas organized in 1871 with an ere! has habit of talking on the right|wickedness. Here you are ecarcely rollment of 87, 1n 1872 there were 7 graduates. Total since the organi. zation 1,106. The number of stu- -dents from Missouri this year is 873; side of a question at the right time. | arrived at majority,with a conscience The great metropolitan moulders of | staired with larceny, with highway public opinion are too busy trying|robbery, and with what is worse to bulldoze Missouri representatives | still, the great crime of having wick- from other states, 17; pledged to|in congress into voting in the inter-|edly, deliberately and with malice teach in Missouri, 860; students re-jests of the London-New England aforethought taken a human life— sporting themselves as self-depen money sharke to discover that the/|the life of one who was seeking to dent number 365; those following | citizens of the state are being rob- check you in your wild, mad, reck- the occupation of farming, 565;|bed bya fire insurance trust.—Jef- other occupations, 323.” less career of crime by having the ferson City Tribune. law lay its hand on you that you rascals visit will be Bates, but We hardly think there is a farmer in thisj;cousty who could be gulled by such a trick. If there is he ought to take his medicine without squeal- ing. Greenup, Ili, November 5.—T'his evening about 6 o'clock Miss Mari- etta Wheas, a 16 year old girl of this city who was the possessor of lux- urious aud beautiful growth of raven black bair. was seized by an un- known person. who cut off ber haiz close to tbe head. Noclew can be obtained to perpetrator. in much in Durning sensation in the wind THOUSAND gion of the heart and below lower rib. pain in the of . sleeplessness, weakness rn a ii i EH Fe (2) e 0 Ms OF Sold ca a Positive Guarantees. OR MONEY RXTUANED. GARLAND The OAK GARLAND Makes No Clinkers It has an Air-tight base and will keep fire longer than any other seove of same pattern. It is made of heavier material and will wear longer than other stoves. It has cold air flues which keep up a circulation of air, thereby producing more heat than any oth- er stove of same size. It has a large ash pan which ie a great convenience in taking out ashes and makes no dust or dirt. nickel trimmings and urn are very heavy and handsome. The We guarrntee every Garland Stove we sell to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Bennett-Wheeler Merc. Co. GEN’L AGENTS for Bates Co. BUTLER, MO. New Fall Millinery Our fall stock of Millinery has arrived and is now ready for inspection. We have the very latest designs in all the nov- elties in millinery goods and our Is pot to be surpassed for quality and attractiveness. ‘Fall Supply of Hats and Bonnets Our line is large and a visit to our store will convince you that our Prices Are the Lowest. We spent several weeks in the east investigating the and can assure the ladies desi Fall Millinery that the very latest novelties will be found in our store. Call and see us before buying. Harper & VanCamp.