The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 28, 1894, Page 4

BUTLER WEEKLYT aroe Lio J. D. ALLEN Epiror. J. D. Atten & Co., Ptoprietors. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: The Weexkty Times, published every Thursday, will be sent to any address one year, postage paid, for $1.00, Democratic State Ticket. Judge-Supreme Court, FRANCIS M. BLACK. School Commissioner, WM. T. CARRINGTON, Railroad Cor JAMES I. § rissioner, NKS. Democratic Ticket. Representative —J. W. Cruioare Sheritt—D A Cot Circuit Clerk—s ‘Treasurer—S H Fisne County Clerk—W M Crawtord Recorder—J C Hare Prosecuting Attorney—C F Box ey Probate Judge—W_ M Darron Presiding Judge—J Z Graves Coroner—Dr, O F Rexick Judge north district—j S Hayes Judge south district—W T Kemren CHESON $100 REWARD! In Bates County, Missouri, accord- ing to the American Newspaper Di- rectory for 1894, now in press, the Butler Tres has a larger regular issue than any other paper and the Directory guarantees the accuracy of the circulation this paper by the offer of a reward rating accorded to of $100, payable to any person who will prove that its actual issues were not as stated. All France is in mourning for their dead president. The democratic party in Bates county was never more united, and the excellent ticket presented them assures an easy victory. ——— Thos B. Reed will make four speeches in Kangas this fall. The Kansas republicans would do better to get speakers known to be in sym pathy with the western idea of money and tariff legislation. Mr. Reed is a sectional man and belieyes there is no good in this country ex- cept it comes from the east. Four more indictments were found against E. C. Sattley, cashier of the defunct Kansas City Saving bank, and failing to find bondsmen, he was placed in jail. If all is true that has been published about him in the papers in regard to his stealings, he ought to be serving a life sentence in the penitentiary. In calling out the militia m Obio | DASTARDLY OUTRAGE. The tar and feathering of Adjutant General Tarsney,at Colorado Springs Saturday itardly outra ‘an official of a | discharge of his duty, and one which |is condemned by every good citizen. | Neither labor nor expense should be |spared to hunt down the culprits |and the majesty of the should | be vindicated in a manner to afford t. was the most das- ever perpetrated on law la warning to such outlaws in the cireum | ifuture. No extenuating | stances can be offered for the perpe | tration of such an outrage in a civil- lized country. If General Tarsney | aes ; | 5 | Springs by Seyen Masked } Ruflians. | jbad been overzealous in his acts and exceeded bis authority in extending jsuccor to one or the other side in | the mining troubles, he should have |violated. Free America is Italy, where a citizen can be kidnap ped from a prominent hotel in a city of several thousand inhabitants, and bave indignities heaped upon him the most ful known to civilization, without a prompt and speedy justice overtak ing the perpetrators. despicable and disgrace TAYLOR BOYS ARE CAPTURED. Murderers of the Meeks Family Under Arrest in Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark, June 25 —Wil- liam H. Taylor, a banker from Browning Mo., and his brother, George Taylor, a farmer, who were charged with having murdered the Meeks family near Browning, Mo., and for whose arrests rewards aggre- gating $8,000 have been offered, are registered at Cleason’s hotel in this city. They are nominally under ar rest, being in charge of Hon. Jerry South, ex member of the State Leg islature, who arrested the men at Buffalo City, Saturday, and brought them to this city. The men admit their identity, but claim to be innocent of the atrocious crime with which they are charged. They are willing to return to Brown ing and stand trial, and say they fled to avoid mob violence. The crime for which the prisoners must answer is the most hideous and revolting that has ever disgrac ed the State of Missouri. On the night of May 10 Gus Meeks, a farm er near Milan, was murdered in cold blood, and with him his wife, their 5-year old daughter and their little 18 months-old baby. The parents were shot, the little ones were pounded with stones and kicked to death. Another little girl of 7 was also left for dead, but es- caped to tell the story. But for this circumstance, so diabolically had they formed their plot, the murder ers actually might have hidden, not alone their guilt, but even al! know!l- edge of their crime. The five bodies were loaded into a wagoz and driven to George Taylor's to suppress the coal miners, it has cost the State $25,000, and the ex- pense of keeping the militia out on guard is said to be $13,000 a day. The treasury of the state bankrupt, and the situation is distressing. Un- der this condition of affaira Gov. McKinley’s presidential boom will explode if he is not careful. Senator Hill in his speech Friday against the income tax, predicted terrible results to the democratic party in case the measure passed. He and his friends made similar threats at the Chicago convention in case of the nomination of Cleveland, but the result of their prediction went wide of the mark. Asa proph- et Hill is a failure, as a traitor he is a success. “The republicans of California have nominated Morris M. Estee for gov- ernor. In their platform they want the McKinley tariff, free silver and women suffrage. Over in Kansas the party dodge women suffrage and farm near Browning, where they were thrown in a heap upon the ground, and hidden under a straw stack. At 6 o'clock the next morn ing poor little 7-year old Nellie, her body cruelly bruised and covered with blood, recovered consciousness and managed to crawl out from the stack and reached a neighboring farm | been held amenable to the law he! not an! (aes cceeniren aieoe es joinea | y eee es Our Baby Boy in beating the woods. Trained bloodhounds were put on the trail, | rewards aggegating $3,200 were of | fered for the fuitives, dead or alive. | But in spite of. all they escaped. vereign state, in the’ Had they been captured it is almost | ‘certain they would never have reach- eda jail. Even now, if they are! brought to any of the four counties adjoining the scene of the ¢ it | | will be exceedingly difficult to keep! them from the popular vengeance. COLORADO DISGRACED. | Adjutant General Tarsney Tarred | and Feathered at Colorado | ized in the Office of the Hotel ana Carri Principal Away to Deep ace. ; Colorado Springs, Col., June 23. | Adjutant General Thos. C. Tarsney of this state, a brother of Congress man Tarsney of Missouri, and ex- congress: Tarsney of Michigan, | was kidnapped from the Alamo hotel afew minutes after midnight this morning by masked men, supposed to be ex deputy sheriffs. taken to the suburbs in a hack and there tarred and feathered. The outrage was the result of the recent Cripple Creek miuer’s war. When police officers arrived Gen eral Tarsney could not be found and up to noon to day he had not been heard from. About 1 o'clock, how- ever, he was found at Palmer Lake twenty five miles away. General Tarsney had been in the city several days attending the ex amination of the arrested Bull Hill miners. for whom he and Col. B. F. Montgomery of Cripple Creek ap- pearel as attorneys OVERPOWERED IN A HOTEL OFFICE At five minutes past 12 o'clock a call ca ue over the telephone of the Alam» botel for Tarsney. The clerk sent the vight porter, the only other man ii tue hutel office, to call him. He appeared in a very few minutes and stepped up to the ‘phone. He had hardly spoken a word into the receiver, when two inen, with masks on their faces, entered and one ad- vanced on Tarsney while the other remained near the door. “We want you,” sxid the first masked man, as the general turned | on hearing footsteps. “What do you} want?” quietly asked Tarsney. “We want you to come with us,” was the reply. “But I don't want to go anywhere” returned Tarsney, at the same time making an effort to retreat At this the masked man lunged forward, pistol in hand and struck Genera! Tarsney au vicious blow with the weapon while the masked man vear the door advanced to his com painion’s assistance. Tarsney stag | gered toward the office counter, but was ruthlessly seized by the two} masked men and hurried toward the street. The clerk did not interfere. He had been warned to keep his hands off by a third masked man who bad suddenly appeared at the door. In front of the hotel two hacks were standing and four other mask ed men were seen there. The gen | eral was hustled into one of the! vehicles, the masked me: scrambled | | house, where she gave the alarm. Suspicion at once pointed to the Taylor brothers They answered the description given by the little survivor perfectly. Furthermore. directly the bodies were found, they fled to the woods. William P. Taylor was chashier of the Browning bank, had been to in, the drivers were ordered to be! off, and up the street the party | moved at a gallop. | In fifteen minutes Police Captain | Gaithright aad Officer Harland and Henry were on horses and_ riding | furiously in the direction taken by the kidnappers and their victim. The officers had a poor trail to fol the Legislature, and while worth approximately $100,000, had for sev- eral years borne an ugly reputation. His name, with that of his brother George, had been connected with all sort of crimes, from petty thieving to arson and forgery, for several years. The two had in fact actually been convicted of obtaining $2,000 by fraud and forgery from the First National bank of Kirksville, but had by powerful influence secured a new trial, which was still pending. The murdered mar. Meeks, had, it was prohibition. In Ohio the party wants protection, equality of gold and sil- ver and to say nothing about women suffrage or prohibition. What a conglomeration of ideas there will be in the next national convention. ‘The miners of Missouri, without any grievance of their own, went out ona strike to help eastern miners. Now their eastern brethren have compromised and gone to work, and are not worrying their brains very much whether the sympathetic miners of this state get their jobs back or not. This sympathy busi- ness is all right in its place, buta man owes a duty first to hie family. After they are provided for if he wants to throw up his job through sympathy for somebody else it is his own lockout. genarally reported, been mixed up in several of the Taylors’s shadiest transactions, and for one of them had landed in jail. He was released only a short time before the murder on his agreement to turn State's evidence. This evidence, it seems elear, would have implicated the Taylors. Therefore they decided to put him out of their way. On the evening of May 10 they called on Meeks, and it is deduced from the circumstances that follow ed prevailed on him by a money of- fer to leave the ccuntry. Meeks took some of his household goods and his family and started out. The Taylors are supposed to have coc- ducted them to a lonely spot and then suddenly shot down the father and mother and beat and kicked the little ones ‘till they were dead, too. At the coroner's inquest little Nellie, the sole survivor of the fami- ly,told her awful story, it aroused the whole country side to a perfect fury. A man hunt for the fugitives low for it was pitch dark and they only knew that the masked party had gone out of town to the north Speaks through the Boothbay (Me.) Register, of the beneficial results he has received from @ regular use of Ayer’s Pills. Hesays: “I was feeling sick and tired and my stomach seemed all out of order. I tried a number of remedies, but none seemed to give me Telief until I was induced to try the old relia- ble Ayer’s Pills. I have taken only one box, but I feel like a new man. I think they are the most pleasant and easy to take of anything I ever used, being so finely sugar- coated that even a child will take them. I urge upon ail who are in need of a laxative to try Ayer’s Pills. They will do good.” For all diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and Bowels, take AYER’S PILLS Prepared By Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Every Dose Effective Suffered Impure Blood .Till Perfectly Cured by Hood's Sarsaparilia ~~ y | | | i | “C. 1. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. : “Our lit aby boy is now old. When he wa: ks old there appeared a breaking out on his head and breast. We tried various salves and soaps, but it Continued to Crow Worse And we teok him to a doctor. scrofula, but his treatment fail upon three other physicians, who termed it salt rheum oreczema. Even then he grew worse. A crust would gather on his head as thick asa quarter and puff up with corruption. Then it would come off, taking the hair with it. About three months ago we resolved to try Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Olive Ointment. To day we are happy to say that Burtron is now Entirely Well. The sores have all disappeared and his hair {ts growing nice uly taken one bottle of Hood’s 8: and used one box of Hood’sCures Ointment. We can now recommend Hood’s Sar- saparilla to others, and truthfully say it has worked wonders in our little boy’s case. Ihave also been taking Hood's Sarsaparilla for indiges- tion and liver trouble and am improving right along.” Day A. Kina, Harveyville, Kansas. two years He said it was nd we called Hood’s Pills ure prompt and efficient, yet easy in action. Sold by all druggists, 25c. * drive. They did not wear masks then. They told me to drive in front of the Alamo. Isaw the strug- gle inside the hotel office and know ing that something unusual was up I started to drive away, was stopped by men with masks ou their faces and pistols in their hands. After they all got in the hack, I was told where to drive for the first time. A compelled me to whip the =. On arriving at a point near Austin Bluffs they all got out. They made an awful lot of voise and kept on swearing and making threats. Several times on the way out I heard them threaten Tarsney’s life. I think they bad Tarsney’s clothes oft by the time they ordered the back stopped, at least I did not see many clothes on him on the ground. They had a bucket and a brush, and the deed was soon done.” A few minutes later Tarsvey was left lying on the ground and the masked men re-entered the carriages and were driven to the Rock Island tracks. There they dismissed their drivers, not paying them but simply saying. “Good night. Johnny.” Driver Crumley says that after the tar and feathers had been ap plied, Tarsney was told to move on out of El Paso county; that he was not wauted either in Cripple Creek or Colorado Springs, and that if he | ever showed up again he would meet a worse fate than a dese of tar and feathers. There was a meeting of twenty-five deputy sheriffs at Antlers’ park at 10 o’cloek, and it is believed the plot against General Tarsney was hatched there. A tremendous mass meeting of | citizens was held at 10 o'clock, at which resolutions were adopted de- | nouncing the outrage in the strong- est language. Sherman Crumley and Jean Me- Kinney, who crove the hacke, have been placed under arrest. Crumley, who owns both hacks, says one masked man remained with Tarsney ostensibly to show him the way back to the city. Some of the men wanted to kill Tarsney, but their leader held them in check. | Tarsney thanked this man and shook hands with him. | GOVERNOR WAITE DEEPLY MOVED. Denver, Colo, June 23.—Gover- nor Waite was greatly excited over the outrage committed upon Adja- tant General Tarsney. reward of $1,000 for the arrest and conviction of any of the participauts and at 10 o'clock said that unless Tarsney was found before noon he would increase the reward to $5,000 and they did not arrive on the scene in time. The drivers of the two hacks first brought the news tu town. Stating the masked men had taken their vic tim toa point near Austin Bluffs, between two and three miles out of town and covered bim over with tar and feathers. Sherman Crumley, one of the drivers, told the following story: “My brother and I own the hacks. Shortly before midnight, two men|with grief. aby Boy annalt Wheeler Mere. Co. GROCERIES, HARDWARE, STOVES, ETC. AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED Light Draft Milwaukee Binders & Mowers Deere & Keystone Hay Loaders, Sulky Hay Rakes, Top Buggies, Spring Wagons, Phatons, Carriages and Road Wagons. Schuttler, Clinton & Studebaker Farm Wagons. Binder Twine, Machine Oils, Barb Wire, Wind Mills and Iron Force Pumps. The highest market pmece paid for all hinds Country Produce. Bennett-Wheeler Mercantile Co. Northeast Corner Square, Butler, Missouri _ came to our stand and said they | Liberty, Mo, June 24 -—A severe wanted to engage two hacks for a} rain and wind storm passed through He also decided to go to the scene at | Clay county east of here af 5 o'clock once. Tarsney’s wife and daughters were in the general's office, in the state house, all morning almost in hysterics. Mr. Tarsney was appointed adju tant general of Colorado by Gover nor Waite and was the personal representative of the governor during the police board troubles whep the militia were opposite the city ball. His undaunted bearing at the time antagonized the police and their sympathizers, and it was freely stated that if shooting commenced he would be the first man to fall. In the earlier stages of the Cripple Creek trouble he was legal adviser for some of the miners and since the settlement of the strike had resum ed his services in that capacity. While the militia were in the field at Cripple Creek he was again the di- rect representative of the governor through whom orders were transmit- ted to General Brooks. In this service he found himself opposed once more to many of the men align ed against him at the city. The A. P A. was bitter in its threats against him. General Tarsney is a member of the G A. R. and fought through the war in a Michigan regiment. Prior to that time he was a locom- tive engineer. After the war he studied law at Ann Arbor and went to Durango, in 1880 and opened a law office. He is a married man, and older than his brother. the Mis- souri congressman. DEATH IN THE WAVE. Twenty-Four Persons Find Shrouds in a Watery Grave. excursionists and a crew of ten or twelve, sank at about 1 o'clock this afternoon three miles off the High- lands. Fifty-four of those on board bave been accounted for, the rest were probably drowned. When about three miles east of the Highlands, and about four miles south of Scotland light ship the her starboard rail. gan to run around to the port side and to climb on top of the deck house. The boat careened alarmingly to port and the water swept in over | the rail. The terror stricken meu rushed back to starboard and the tug swung deeply down on that side At the same momenta number of} heavy breakers struck the boat in quick succession. The captain, Wil liam Hyatt, stuck pluckily to his He offered a] post and sounded the whistle in a | prolonged scream for help. Even as! he did so the tug filled with the! water that poured into her from both sides, and sank out of sight in the water. She went down like a stone, carrying many of the passen- gers with her. Leona, the youngest daughter of David Weikal, president of the La- monte bank, was drowned Saturday afternoon while bathing in a pond at home. in company with two child- ren. The little girl was seven years old and her associates about the same age. The family are stricken New York, June 24—The tug! James D. Nichol, with sixty three | waves began to break heavily over | To dodge the; water and wind the passengers be- | j yesterday afternoon Trees were | blown down, out houses toppled | over and window panes broken. Special Rates. The Mo. Pac. Ry. Co., willsell tiek- ets to those desiring to attend the }annual grand session United Sons of protection at Pleasant Hilland return at rate of one and one-third fare for the round trip on the certificate plan limited to Aug. 7. Tickets on sai¢e from Butler Mo.. to Pertle Springs, Mo , at rate of $2.85 for the round trip limited for return until Oct. 8 To Sweet Springs, Mo., until Sept Ith, tickets will be sold at rate of $5 20 tor the 1ound trip, limited until Oct. 31. ‘The Fourteenth Annual Meeting Photogra- phers association of America at St. Loui 24 t svt, tickets at rate ofone and third fare ‘for the round trip on the certificate plan. Seventh Annual grand session Knights and | Daughters of Labor at Independence, Mo., July 24 to 29, ticket will be sold at one and one-third fare for the round trip on the certi- fleate plan. John Rodinson’s Co bined Shows at Pleas- ant Hill Jaly lth, rrisonville July 25rd, Butler July 24th, Nevada July 26th. 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