The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 2, 1894, Page 4

| i ' sos spmne eemaesere a tg a BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES J. D. ALLEN Eprror. J. D. Atten & Co., Ptoprietors. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: The Weexry 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 Commissioner, JAMES H. FINKS, For Congress a i D, A. DEARMOND. For State Senator J. N. BALLARD. Democratic Ticket. Representative —J. W. Cuoate Sheriff—D A Cotrer Circuit Clerk—Srewart ATCHESON Treasurer—S H Fisuer County Clerk—W M Crawtord Recorder—J C Hate Brosecuting Attorney—-C F BoxLty Probate Judge—W M Darron Presiding Judge—J Z Graves Coroner—Dr. O F RENICK Judge north distrig¢—J S Hayes judge south district—W T Kemrer It ia estimated that it will take $200,000 to pay the deputy marshals for guarding the peace during the railroad strike. All of the business portion of Belle Plain, Iowa, burned Saturday even- ing. The fire started from a black smith shop. Loss $400,000. Chas. Wilson, colored, was hung Friday last in the St. Louis jail. He murdered Mose Hodges because he attempted to take his girl away from him. - While some people are condemn- ing the head of the state govern- ment of Missouri the New York banker is offering to take her bonds at 3 per cent. The two men who worked tbe tin box game on farmer Robert Mitchell of Oskaloosa, Iowa, in April last and secured $5,000, have been captured and are in custody of the officers at Maryville, Mo. The tariff on coal is 75 cents per ton. The miners struck for 70 cents for mining it. The “pauper miners” of Canada receive and have never receiyed less than 70 cents. Who gets the benefit? Warren McCollough has been ar- tested at Chillicothe, Mo., for at- tempting to bribe witnesses in the interests of Bill Taylor, one of the brothers charged with the murder of the Meeks family. The Kansas City Journal favors the free coinage of silver and the Globe Democrat opposes it. Thus the two leading republican journals of the state differ. Now we would like to hear from Boss Filley. J. 8. Richardson, chairman of the democrat state central committee of Kansas, says the populists of his state are depending upon hot winds in the western part of the state and hard times to pull their ticket through. REPUBLICANS IN EARNEST- county for fifteen years nominated, as a whole, are good, j had for most of the offices, and each | candidate was required to affirm hi | the race to completion. It was the impression in some quarters that it was to be a repetition of the fiasco of 1892, when republican candidates openly and notoriously sold out to the union labor fellows. But the pledges made to the convention and | the character of the nominees puts a quietus on that contingency and for- 3 th of the popu- ever blas hopes lists They will now be given an | Opportunity to test their boasted | middle of de road” policy. They | should send for pecan Smith of St. | Clair county, and B. R. L. Poston, of Washington, and try to correll their stampeded followers. The re- publicans think they have a fighting chance and have put forward their very best material. If their prem- | ises are Strue, their deductions are reasonable. They contend that four years ago republicans voted the union labor ticket, not with a view of linking their political fortunes to that chimerical and visionary party, but it was for the sole purpose of beating the democrats. That all the wanderers will return home this time when the full strength of the party, as of old, will be cast. There is no doubt but that a large number of republicans who voted the U. L. ticket four years ago will uow support their own ticket, but whether they will substantially all do it or not is a question that can only be answered after the election. But that as it may be,we are willing to risk our reputation as a prophet on the prediction that the republican ticket will receive one-half more votes than the populist ticket. Re- member this. Congressman Paul Sorg, of Ohio, who is a tobacco manufacturer, and one of the richest men in the state, began life in West Virginia, where he was born as a tobacco stripper earning a few dollars a month. Mr. Sorg employs 1,000 men in his fac- tory at Middletown, Ohio, and it is his boast that he knows them by faceand name. He has never reduc ed their wages and never had a strike. —Gazette. It is stated on good authority that the president will not under any circumstances reappoint Scott Harrison surveyor of the port at Kansas City. This piece of pews is brought back by Mr. Ballin- gal, chairman of the congressional committee for the Fifth district,who has just returned from Washington where he went in Mr. Harrison’s in- terest. Four hundred Coxeyites floating down the Missouri river, stopped at Jefferson City one day last week. When they marched into town the mayor met them and offered them work at 25 cents per hour. The of- fer was refused and the mayor fired the outfit out of town. That is what you call hunting for work and Eight hundred and ten men have lost their jobs on the Wyoming divi sion of the Union Pacific by reason of the recent strike and it is eaid that one hundred more will follow. The company is putting new men in their places. —____—_—_—_ Bill and Edward Howell, arrested at Nelson, for robbing the postoffice at Wannamaker, a few days ago, have confessed their gnilt. They were caught in the act of disposing of $15 worth of stamps for $5, and taken to Kansas City. It is said Judge Theo. Brace, of the state supreme court, will be an applicant for the appointment for U.S. judgeship of the eastern dis- trict. Missouri will furnish several eandidates for the position, and Mr. Cleveland will have excellent materi- al to select from. ——_——__ “The populists, interested in having lawyer Richey, of St. Louis, speak in Butler, are excusing his effort on ac- count of bad cold. He opened his speech by saying this country is ina worse condition to day than in 1861. This statement and others of similar character, caused seyeral gentlemen to leave the room before At. passed the hat. praying you will not find it. Johnson Hannon, a well known saloon keeper in Kansas City, while sitting on the railing guarding the area way of the New York Life building Friday evening, lost his balance and fell twenty-five feet, lighting on his head fracturing his skull in two places He died ina short time after being taken to the hospital. The discussion of the tariff ques tion in the senate has done one good turn for the democratic party. It has separated the goats from the sheep. The party has been made acquainted with its true and false representatives and in due time will be able to square accounts with the| liars and traitors. Coxey has deserted his army which he marched to Washington,accepted a nomination for congress and now kindly tells them they can go to work if they can find any thing to do or beg on the streets of Wash- ington where they will be given free The republican convention Satur- day was the largest and most enthve! convention which met at Harrison-| Renominated. The action of the congressional | siastic held by that party in Bates | ville, Wednesday of last week, and | The ticket | renominated Judge De Armond for | congress by acclamation, was a mat-| ~jclean men. Spirited coutests were | ter anticipated by the party in this| A Large Number of Europeans Went | district, as the Judge had no oppo- ition. DeArmond’s name before the con- vention and delegates from each !county in the district seconded the nomination. Judge DeArmond did not come home to look after his interests, leaving the matter entirely at the disposition of the party in the district, and it is a source of gratifi- |eation to know that Judge DeAr- | mond has so faithfully demeaned | himself in office. as to merit a unani- mous endorsement of his official acta by the political party he represents. bers of the next general assembly of Missouri ought to thoroughly ac- quaint themselves with the matter Out of $550,000 appropriated by the last legislature not one dollar now remains in the of criminal costs. treasury. There will be an enormous deticiency just how much no one can estimate. It will certainly be $100,000 and doubtless much great er. The greater burden of criminal costs is due to the slow process of the criminal laws. No matter how greata crime a man may commit, he cannot be forced to trial in much less time than a year. Meantime, the criminal costs are stacked up and the tax-payers must foot the bill in the end. Ifthe present im- becile criminal laws of this state are coutinuad a few years longer the state will pay more for crimiual cost thau it does for support of the pub- lic seuoole.—Jefferson City Tribune. aoe). Kinley Law Robbery. Ths New York Herald estimates that under the operations of the McKuuley law the people of this country are taxed for the advantage of the trusts and other tariff bene- ficiaries to the extent of $2,500,- 000,000 annually. This enormous draft upon the energies of the pec- ple 1s 11 addition to the ordinary ex- peuses of the government, increased to profligate proportions, for the purpose of affording an excuse for the robbery. In other words, un der pretense vf collecting about $500,V00,000 anuually to meet the current expenses of the government the peuple are taxed to the enormous extent of $3,000,000,000 and $2,500,- 000,000 of the amount is paid over in the way of increased tribute to the favorites. It is to continue this enormous bonus to the trusts aud tariff bene- ticiaries that such a determined fight is being made for the preservation of McKiuley law. It is with the hope of continuing this robbery that the characters of men are aspersed by groundless accusations. it is with this idea that baselss scandals are promulgated to the injury of the country’s reputation and credit. It 18 on this account that witnesses have beeu bribed, that subornation of perjury has become common and that scandal mongers have found their way into every avenue of pub- lic life. The priee of this prostitu tion is the hope that the period of legalized plunder may be prolonged for a time. This robbery of the people amounts to about $39 each for every man, woman and child, native, nat- uralized and alien in the country. That a great many of them don’t know that it is surruptitiously taken from their earnings in no measure lightens the burden. If the de- mand was made direct upon the in- dividual to give up that sum, he he would revot against the outrage. But it is taken in the shape of taxa- tion on clothing, implements, blank- ets, medicines, food and even drink. If was necessary to pay the expenses of the government for repelling in- vasions, suppressing insurrections or protecting property from spoliation, it would be given freely, and the purpose achieved would be ample compensation. But it is handed over to swell the accumulations of creating classes in the country. The rich are growing richer, and the poor poorer. This obvious fact conceals a peril that would be ap- paling to contemplate under the most favorableconditions. But when it is reflected that the poor are taxed in violation of the constitution in or- der to give velocity to the process, the enormity of the crime is aggra- vated beyond calculation. The rem- edy is in the repeal of the McKinley law, and though the substitute sys- tem may not be all that ie desired, | board in a jail sentence. Representative Tucker is confi- dent his bill proving fer the election of U. S. senators by direct vote of the people will become a law. any change will be an imprevement, and the least reform a boon. These facts should inspire the Dem- ocrats in Congress to effort, and guide them to agreement.—Ex. Judge Mason Talbott, of| |republicanism and pledge to wake; Dade county, placed Congressman | The men who expect to be mene! the rich, and increase the chances of | WAR NEWS FROM SHANGHAI. | The Chinese Give ‘heir Version | of the Engagement | Down With Kow Shang or Were | Killed by Japanese Bullets— The | Officered by Enghshmen. | Shanghai, July 30—The follow-. jing is the latest Chinese version of the sinking of the troop ship Kow| Shung, chartered by China from the Chiva Merchants’ Trading and) Steamship company: When the Kow | Shung was overhauled by the Jap | anese cruiser, the latter sent a boat | alongside the transport, with a prize crew, to convey herto Japan. The Japanese boarded her and ordered | her commander, Capt. Galsworthy, | an Englishman, to proceed to Japan. | The captain refused to obey his or-; der, and the Japanese withdrew to report to the commander of their cruiser. The latter then opened fire on the transport, using the machine guns mounted in thetop of the Japanese ship. The fire was so well directed that it soon cleared the Kow Shung’s decks. The cruiser then discharged two torpedoes at the transport, sinking her and drown- | ing nearly all of the 2,000 souls on board. Colonel von Hanneken, a German, formerly the viceroy’s aide de camp and a number of other foreign of ticers were among those killed by the fire from the tops of the cruiser | before the torpedoes were discharg ed. The effect of the explosion of the torpedoes is said to have been ter rific. Gaping holes lerge enough to! pull a boat through were torn in the steamer's side and through these apertures the water rushed, drown- ing between decks those who did not leap overboard. NO REGARD FOR CIVILIZED WARFARE. According to the reports received here, two German passengers who were on their way to Corea, in order to settle up besiness affairs before the war begun, jumped overboard and succeeded in swimming to the Japanese cruiser, but in spite of their appeals te be taken on board, and the announcement that they were noncombatants, they were shot by the Japanese marksmen. A number of men who swam to the cruiser shared the same fate. The transport sank near Shopoint island, for which place Capt. Galswerthy was steering, intending to beach her under the fire of the cruiser, when the fatal torpedoes were discharged at the Kow Shung. A French warship, the Lion, steamed up as the transport sank and rescued some of the unfortunate Chinese soldiers, but all the foreign- ers are reported to have been killed on board the Kow Shung, while re turning the fire of the Japanese, or were drowned by the sinking of the transport. The second officer of the Kow Shung was the eldest son of an Essex, England. clergyman, and who lost his youngest son in an Es- sex theater fire. The Japanese are said to have be- haved with an utter disregard of the laws of civilized warfare by refusing to receive on board the drowning people who swam tothe cruiser from the sinking transport. CHINESE ARMY CRO8S THE FRONTIER. A large Chinese army crossed the northwestern frontier of Corea July 25, and is marching down the pen- insula. A second army is being hastily equipped to follow the first army into Corea. No details have been received of the battle which is said to have taken place at Asan between the Chinese and Japanese forces. It is reported that several Chinese steamers have been captured anda number of others destroyed at Taku by Japanese cruisers. Steamers often wait a week at Taku before they are able to cross the bar, and it is said there was quite a fleet of Chi- nese steambosts off of Taku when \they were surprised by the Japanese | war ship and was either captured or ! sunk. | Torpedoes have now been Placed | ‘in the Shaweishao channel of the | | Yang Tse Kiang river, in order to) | compel vessels to pass within easy | | range of the Woo Sung forts. The new republic of Hawaii has been recognized by this government. Chinese Transports jwhole Territory greatly DEALERS IN—— GROCERIES, HARDWARE, STOVES, QUEENSWARE, TOP BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, SPRING WAGONS AND ROAD WAGONS. Schl Clinfon, Studebaker Farm Wagons Pumps, Wind Mills, And all kinds of Pips Fittings, Barb Wire, Salt, Grass seed AGENTS FOR CRAHAM FENCE MACHINE We pay the highest market price in cash or trade for all kinds of country preduce __Bennet-Wheeler Mercantile Co, ATTEMPTED BANK ROBBERY. A Ratd Resnits in One Dead Man and an Outlaw Wounded. Guthrie, Ok, July 31.—As the result of another attempted bank robbery in Oklahoma one citizen is dead and one outlaw dying aud the excited. Soon after 10 o'clock this morning five armed men rode into Chandler from the east, dismounted back of the Lincoln county bank and three rushed inside while two stood guard at the doors with winchesters. Two men covered the president, Harvey Kee, aud his brother, the cashier, and demanded that they turn over the cash pretty quick, while the third rushed into the private office, where Teller Hoyt was seriourly sick, compelled him to walk to the safe and attempt to open it Though a winchester was poiuted in his face he could not staud long enough, but fell to the flocr and the robber kicked him and shot at him. The men on guard called out that it was time to go and the three men yrab- bed vetween $200 and $300 lying on the counter and ran out to the horses. In the meantime the guard at the front door had shot and killed J. M. Mitchell, a barber, who attempted to give the alarm The bandits had scarcely passed out of the city when @ posse was mountel and started in pursuit. Twice were the horses shot fromm under the fleeing men, ! but they compelled farmers coming to town to give up their mounts and went on. | Finally a battle was fonght for nearly fifteen minutes, when one of | the robbers was shot through the hip and the others scattered and dis- appeared in the Creek country. The | wounded man gave his name as Earn est Lucas, aged 21, said the others were the notorious Cook gang and | he had been with them but a week. | Briefly summarized the forest fires | in Wisconsin have burned as follows: | The city of Phillips is entirely | wiped out, 3000 persons ure render- | ed homeless and twenty five others are believed to have perished. | The city of Masson is practically destroyed, with the White River | Lumber company and 30,000,000 feet | of lumber. SS / M, Lumber company near Shores cross- | KNOWLEDGE ing is eatirely wiped out. A special train on the Omaha. con- sisting of sixteeu cars and the loco motive was entirely destroyed having broken through the bridge near Ashland Junction. The camps of the Thomson Lum ber company are burned at White River. Two bridges were burned on the main line of the Omaha railroad and two on the Wisconsin Central both Some manner escaped through the suffocating tlames and smoke. eRefugees inve begun to arrive at Ashland. Rawnfait tn Nebraska. Omaha, Neb. July 30.—General rains fell throughout Nebraska late this afternoon It is not believed much good wil! result, however, as the seven davs of hot winds last week about finished the corn crop in Nebraska. hen, too, the rain of to day was quite light, while noth- ing less than a flood would help veg- etation in Nebraska at present. On the low lands seme Lope is still en- tertained that crops may be saved partially by today's rains, but noth- ing is expected of high lands where corn fields were yreen and luxurious a week age. ° The Weekly Kansas City Star ‘Addresses the farmer as a business man and a citizen. Doesu’t tell bim how to farm, but hpw to sell, and where and when, and keeps a vigil- aut eye upon his rights as a shipper & producer and a tax payer. All the news, too, aud plenty of “good read- ing” for the family. Now read in 100 000 farm houses. Fifty two big eight-page newspapers for 25 cents. To any one who seuds the Weekly Star five yearly subscribers together with $1:25 the paper will be sent one year free. A dispatch from Abilene, Kansas, says no rain bas fallen in that sec- tion for a month. ‘The themometer stands at 100 in the shade and the het winds the past five days has knocked out-the corn crop, destroy- ed the prospects for hay and dried up the pastures. ‘The headquarters of the Ashland Brings comfort and improvement and | tends to personal enjoyment when | rightly us 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 health 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 on the main line just south of Ash- | beneficial properties of a perfect lax- land. Besides the above the damage to! It has ative; effectually cleansing the system, These are the losses specifically. | pes pa colds, headaches and fevers permanently curing constipation. ven satisfaction to millions and timber and logs scattered through | met with the approval of the medical the woods to individual homestead | ers’ houses and other property, to | cut cordwood, etc, will swell the| general damage to appalling figures. | Several parties of berry pickers | from Ashland narrowly escaped with | their lives, and it is almost certain | that some of the lone homesteaders scattered through the barning tim- ber were killed unless they have in profession, because it acts on the Kid- neys, Liver and Bowels without weak- ening them and it is perfectly free from wery objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug- gista in 0c and $1 bottles, but it is man- ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, Sheet era is prec oe ee kage, name, Syrup of Fi rad being well akira, oa will Bee accept any substitute if offered. Bennelt-Wheeler Mere, Co, | } | we