The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 31, 1894, Page 3

i St MRs. EVA M. BLACKMAN. | National pare of the ame traf | \is the remedy.” The First Female Police Commissioner On Record. Leavenworth, Kae., May 23.— Whilst Susan B. Anthony, with her | three score years and ten, can excus | ably talk of herself as being the first | woman in this country accorded the | right to address a deliberate body, |~ the modern woman continues to) make history in the world of pro | gression and equal rights quite as! uniquely as did Miss Authony, years | ba ago, startle the natives. Whilst Miss Anthony claims the} honor abo.e referred to, and paved | the way for women’s voice in public, | to Mrs. Eva M. Blackman is due the honor of being the tirst woman to} hold the position of Police sioner. Gradually have jrousivg majority if they are.” come to infringe upon what were at | ss ys | where than in Leavenworth?” “The sale of liquor is better con-| Voealeda in some other localities, that is all.” | “It bas been said that you dis-| charged a bachelor to give place to| |your husband?” “It is not true. My husband is| j AUEENSWARF AND CLASSWARE CICARS AND TOBACCO, Always pays the | Produces way. “Are you a suffragist? Do yo lieve in suffrage planks iu party | platforms?” “Yes, to both. I believe | party putting a suffrage p gain the wi in its platform will tiacnes and wip.” “Will the amendment carry?” “By a fair majority if the are not put in party pla Commis | planks vt tf aims: by a modern women one time supposed to be the exelus | A WASTE OF SYMPATHY, ive prerogatives of the sterner sex but prior to Mrs. Blackman’s brave | Alleged Case of Suspending a Pension- stroke, none had dared to cope with the intrigues of a city’s police man agement er Proves to be Untounded. Topeka, Kan., May 23.—United States Agent Glick says that the most of the stories started in his district. oe Pension Against the gibes and witticisms of the public press and apparent impossibilities, she has shown a The latest capacity and aptitude for the posi- story of this character comes from tion she holds that has practically| Beioit, where one W. E. Headley silenced all opposition and made her | was the recipient of a great deal of & power on the board, if not the ab | Republican sympathy on account of solute director or dictator of that the alleged suspension of his pen- CUTE sion of $8a month. The Republi What Mrs. Blackman bas done in} .,, papers took it up and roasted the matter of having things her own| pyesident Cleveland's administration SaYeucuuue off the official heads|and tried in every conceivable way of Chiefs of Police; firing old bache-| to puild up political capital on what lors from the force; installing her) wag termed “another of Hoke Smith's friends in office; driving a variety high-handed outrages.” The fact is, troupe out of town; making the! however, that Headley’s pension has police force doff hats to her, etc.,| never been suspended. He drew his has already appeared in The Repub moncy for the last quarter in May lie, but the following is of interest |S far as Mr. Glick knows Headly is at this particular juncture: a deserving old soldier, whose record By profession Mrs. Blackman 1s a| at the department is clear. stenographer, but gave it up to en There are 105,000 pensioners on ter the newspaper field. She edits} the rolls of the Topeka agency. Of and owns the Labor News, an 8 inch | this number 370 have been suspend- Populist paper, exercising personal | ed under the Democratic administra- supervision over the job office, e8}tion. The suspended pensionas well as doing much of the typeset-| were simply required to furnish ad- ting. She is 27 years old, small of | ditional proof of their disability, or stature, and believes that comfort} something of that sort. The most should be paramount to style in]of the 370 suspended pensioners dress Her 4 year old son is her}have been reinstated. Only 1,900 constant comrade, and measures Over pensioners bave been suspended in afoot fur every year. Mrs Black man is a single taxer. in regard to suspend- ed pensioners, ure false. the history of the Topeka agency The records show the reinstatement Shortly after her appointment as| of the most of these. Police Commissioner her attention was attracted to the horrible condi |greatly agitated on account of the tion of the city jail. For 20 years|alleged lack of interest taken in new men have come and men have gone,|cases by the administration. The but the condition in the city bastile | records at the Topeka agency show has grown worse, and it remained jan increase of from twenty to twenty for the “tirst woman Police Comis | five new pensioners daily. sioner” to break through precedent. Se ay Women aud men, white and black, were confined ina vermin infested }C1m never rest ona body frail from dungeon from which light and air disease ap yg orainansthe lozely Ly can grow in the sterile soil. When were almost excluded. A huge far- Consumption fastens tts hold upon nace made the stench laden air un jg victim, the whole physical struc bearable. ture commences its decay. At such a period, before the disease is too far advanced, The Republican papers are also A Queenly Head Atter four mouths of pleading and lobbying, womens quarters were | yfedical Discovery will arrest and arranged over the jail, sanitary clos-! eure it. So certain is this, and bath tubs added, water ser-| offer jail cleaned up generally. Next in the comes a code of whistle signals by} which the foree is put in constant always in favor. Specific for consti- Boe vation, piles, biliousness, aud head. communication. It was formerly ie 1 ousEE SS % bei ; iaches. the custom of the patrolmen to re-| ~ an! 12 m., and 6:30} . | p- m., and it was by chance an officer | trial. improvement line | port at 6:30 a. m., Terrible Double Murder. Guthrie, remedy this, Mrs. Blackman put jthe Sac and Fox country. at all times. Tn an interview to-day Secretary Blackman was asked: ‘Are there apy saloons in Leavenworth?” “Yes.” “Why is not the probibitory law | with his skull crushed in and by bi enforced?” | flames. \side the dead body of a strange gir “Because the sentiment of the | about 10 years old with her throat) ‘stock of the same value would be | A plate with | assessed ai eaten victuals on the other) county and double this amount in| people of Leavenworth isoverwhelm-|¢cut from ear to ear. ingly against it. It isan impossibilty | | partly to enforce any law in a community side o° the table showed that th where the people are almost ove in jmurderer had opposition. Its enforement has been 10° Conner, who lived tried here and failed.” ‘motive of O'Connor's murder “Would you enforce the law if) ” on his person. you could? P the dead and strange girl makes th “Yes, I certainly would: not be- affair a deep mystery. cause I believe in it, but because it} isalaw. I believe that if the pro-| What is it? It isa bottle. What is in| ithe boftle? Syrup. Why dol see it i hibitory law was rigidly enforced it} <, meny houses? Because everybody | would result in its repeal at the next| Likes it, What is it for? For cough ds and consumption. What i searion of the Legislature. State) So's croun ane | Ss Spain! prohibition isa makeshift at best.| H.L. Tucker. SEER? Feed and Provisions f all > had control of her correspondence. | 2 The husband occasionally received inds affairs and the estate cf her parents. THREE KILLED. AND rwo The lawyer, after Mrs. Martin's dis rou 2p “Is the law better enforced a A. ‘@) U V e i G O n appearance, turned up with a power WOUNDER. of attorney from her, giying him full The Result of the Renewal of the Saylor-Middleten Fued. Louisville, Ky., May 23.—After letters from her, butinvariably when slumbering for several months fueds he followed her she had disappeared. have broken out again in Harlan jin this way he visited Melbourne, county and the jal has been redden- twice, Moscow, power over her estate, and he also not connected with the force iu any | that the | iuen’s in- Dr. Pierce’s Golden | that an ignorance of the blatant republican | made to refund the money | editors of Missoun who are trying | Atter a Search: of Three Years a Wan- vice and ventilation given and the | paid for it when a failure can be | to deceive the public in regard to, fuund under the condition of a fir the Once used, Dr. Pierce's Pellets are | portion taxation. Ok. May 23.—News of! land 100 here and there, we do not could be found when wanted. To} js terrible double murder comes from |know of any law, the provisions of | A few} | which would require them to have a into effect a schedule by which the/nights ago the settlers near by saw | whereabouts of every man is known | {that the house of John 0" Connor | | their heads with a view of enabling work succeeded in extinguishing the | proper understanding of such mat- After the fire was out they | ters. | discovered the body of O'Connor | state board of equalizationis a use-| | sitting on a chair at the supper table | less appendage and should be dis- | | eaten supper with | be assessed at 40 cents on the dollar | alone. The! in one locality and 100 ceuts in an- is | other. easily accounted for, as he had $200 editors who have been abusing the i But the presence of board kindly suggest what the board | Sold by East Side Square. Butler, Mo- FARMERS!! S. W.S. CHILDS line of Farm Machinery, Call and see him. ine and and the drive wheels gave way under single buggy harness, county, Mo. They keep esand prices, from the cheapest Bring your old harness ir eng and see the less Jvariety of D BROS. Butler, Misso Call ices and the end horse millinery. es of all sty] ade in this conunty. most complete stock s in this section of the a e f < ’ al ne | al < “| nora ovo “COW BOY SADDLE -upin pr FORK new ones. d for MeFarland Bros, the F state proved too much for the rooster, ( the tremendous weight. To carry the largest and of: harness and saddl smash DUPED BY A LAWYER. We ane not responsible for the | dering Wife is Found. f | Jet asa San Diego, Cal, May 23 on in its effort to fairly ap-| action of the | equaliz: ti If these men are as to believe that it is jright to assess of the New York 'so deluded property of the same Eighty-third street, ic that ci at 2 r een: of its real worth e icine at 20 per ce e fie soruelor iSO jin one county, 30 or 40 in another | tain some ® friends. house, taking her | surgical operation performed on | | band has not seen her, i{them to arrive ata was on fire about dark and by bar¢ occasionally If their theory is correct, the | Australia to find her, spending 000 in the search. hen. warm onld baron {000 a year in Ler own right, s| continued. ontrols absolutely. state of affairs Live | psbercen te 4 1) ' delightful | Coronado, Cal., 6 or $7 per head in one | z Nos es Martin, was in San Franc e | lanother, and par bank stock would | j tectives and Will some of the republicaz | acne ed in bringing Mrs onado, i -,, | husband will arrive to morrow e ought todo when confronted with such a cordition as contained in the! former statement?—Jefferson City n| Tribune. |that Mrs. Sy is at Boston. e highet market price for County 3° mie has moved to the east side of ENG) Feccetive « novel square witha full and complete W. A. Martin, wife of the “manager “Witness,” disap | peared from her home at 2 West|paign, and that the She had given /a servant orders for lunch, and said | she would be back in time to enter- She left the} 4-vear-old boy, | problem and from that day to this the hus- though he | has ransacked Europe, America and She is a woman | of wealth, having an income of $35, which A few days ago Dr. Heydecker, of | a cousin of Mrs. | ‘0, and saw Mrs. Martin inthe street. He at once employed attorneys and de chartered a car, and j after a fight with detectives succeed- Martin to Cor- where it is expectel ib It appears from the story of Mrs. Martin, as told by Dr. Heydecker. Martin bad been kept feo eaerss ‘from her husband by the machina. | Seamus oat The Irish Nationalists of Massa- | tions of a young lawyer of New York, chusetts held their annual meeting! who had been a clerk in the old law pcg £150 per bottles cares all druggist Zook | firm that had charge of Mrs. Martin's Berlin, London, , Paris, and many cities of the Uuited States. lt also appears that. although 5.000, Mrs. Martin's income was % she says that she has received but $5,000 per year from the lawyer, but her dress and mauner indicates that far from actual Mrs. Martin Lad shown sigus of de- the birth of her boy. believe the lawyer had | | poisoned Ler wind against her hus | band for the sole | from the estate jis not yet want. | mentia on Relatives bject of protiting nd s to ot The woman's clear, but she see have moments of s anity. but is ex The story of ber wan- derings and the doctor's tive-days’! fight with detectives, who, he claim: influenced. | Were in the employ of the lawyer to regain possession of the woman, | She will be clos ly guarded at a hotel until the arriv al of her husband. i The latest swindle isa fruit tree scheme lately developed Wd Monroe Mo. A actory opened up and farmers were anxious to get fruit trees. Those who did not haye orchards want fruit trees to put out. At this juncture one, Murphy representing the J RB. canning Harris Nursery Co. Champion IIl., came along. He was a sharp and smooth talker and be succeeded in talking the farmers up finely. He cold fruit trees at about three prices with the verbal understanding that he would take one crop of fruit for payment. The purchasers were in duced to sign au order for trees and Mr. Murphy went bis way rejoicing Fow those orders have turned out 'o be bona fide orders for trees, cash 01 delivery in one corner of the or ,two of the other are jlations of one of the :| Vengeance was sworn, lof the meeting yesterday | munication |county. ed with the blood of three more Victims of the News to-day which took place yesterday on Martin’s Fork, iz Harlan county, about 10 miles from Harlan courthouse, and in the most rugged spur of tbe mountains. Six men engaged in the battle, the Three of one side were killed outright and vendetta. reached here from Pineville of desperate affray j Sides being equally divided said to have been wounded, but not serious. For a loug time bad blood has ex- isted between the Saylors and Mid. dletons, because of the alleged re- Middletons Gilbert Saylor. and the rela with the wife of ie : j tives of each party have taken sides against the other. The particular are very meager, the excessive rains having mountain streams and parctically cut off what littl com- Harlan According to the report Sinclair Middleton, John Middleton Jr. R Shackleford on one side and Gilbert Saylor, Noble Hensley and Bert Hensely, Jr ,on the other side met at Martin's Fork. The three former were killed. It is reported that the Middletons and Shackleford were attacked unawares by Saylor and the Hensleys The fire was immediately returned, however, the men shooting as they lay bleeding swollen the there is with A Bad Taylor: —R. Ashford Tay- lor, grandson of President Zachariah Taylor, who went to Denver early in Murch, assuming the name of Mo Gowan on account of having shot « man at Loussville, Ky., in a quarrel over a woman, has fled from Den der in modest type is expressely stated that the company is not re sponsible for the acts ef an agent out of his scope of authority The orders were offered to local banks. but they refused to have avything to do with them in the hands of the company, The contracts are which of course, is not responsible fo Murphy's bargains, so the trees must be taken and paid for. Doz- substantial were caught for sums ranging from $200 to $1,000. Farms are being mort gaged in some cases to pay the debt The matter may have an eus of farmers airing in the courts but there seems to be lit tle hope for the victims The Silver Question. Washington, D.C, May 2 Speaker Reed is devoting his spare hours to an exhaustive study of the silver question. He is not studying one side of it, either As opportun ity has occurred recently Mr has engaged Mr. Bland in sation and has prompted discussion conver in order to bring out the Missourian’s Senator that the tariff will be x matter in the next Presi Qaay believes secondary ntial eam financial iseue will be the one on which the two] parties will make their chief conten tion. Mr. Reed does ret go so far as Senator Quay, but he is giving a! great deal of thought to the money. Jobn Crowe, who was supposed to be dead, turned up alive at Jackson, = | Mich ,anud John Van Iuman. who was serving a life sentence, was re- jleased from prison. { & no ar e for the first time to go woman's severest trial cffer “Mothers Friend” dy which, if used as directed a few is before confinement, robs it of its er PAIN, HORROR AND RISK TO LIFE id, as thousands who 10% is resu stem h the ordeal of enild-turth to will use robconfinement of #: = Bd sf eres 2, toltfe of fal Bias. Sam ae Tostgoe? Ce Mo. a on receipt of | _ BRADFIELD REGULATOR Con Atlanta, Co. Reed | views as to the immediate future of| Mrs. | the issue ‘oung Wives OTHERS FRIEND forafew | ver, leaving behind six women whem it is said he had promised to mazry. Each of the six women charge Tay- lor with having obtained money and jewelry from ker after promising t¢ marry her. BATES COUNTY National Bank. BUTLER, MO. THE OLDEST BANK | ‘THE LARGEST AND THE} ONLY NATIONAL BANK IN BATES COUNTY. CAPITAL, - - $125,000 0¢ SURPLUS, - - $25,000 0¢ FP. J. TYGARD, - -.- President HON. J. 8. NEWBERRY, Vice-Pres es SLARK - - Cashier | TO Exchange for Farm: } $15,000 stock lumber and hari j Ware, situatec ood Hlinois town. | doing good buisn want good farn:. $16,000 stock of gents furnishing | goods i in good Illinois town of $6. (000. Want good farm. $12,000 general stock, residence and istore building 26,000. Largest and best store w of Salina-Railroaé center. Wan vod farm. 0000 st 5,000 is in groceries and provisions, balance dry goods, shoes, and clothing, doing good busi ess of $10,000 a month, no poure tion. Want $25,000; in good improv ed farms or rental property and &8,- | 000 to $10,000 « 218,000 gene doing a large | | farm and three « Jars cash. 35.000 general stock. Want good farin in eastern Kansas at its value Noinflation. 23,000 stock of hardware and $2,506 stone building and will put in from $1,000 to $5,000 in good notes, due September 1, 1804. Want good farm. 3,000 general stock want good farm and $1,000 cash Will assume neumberance. ”) hardware for good farm. 000 ock and 34,006 dwelling in good north Missuoritown for good farm 35,600 dry ¢ and $35,000, Wii 36,000 stoek dr farm. Addre=-, | 6. W. GLARDY, BUTLER MISSOURL } ock, well situated, ‘iness. Want good r four thousand dot want good farm ssume $35,000. goods, want good SECON STONE" CRN AONE HI