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jhere the broad plains of the South-} Bates County Bank, BUTLER, MO. Successor to Eates Co. National Bank. Established in 1870. Paid up capital 3 »,000 A general banking business trans- acted. \E A Porter, Grand River as- | sessing, | Mrs Bud Campbel! sup pau, E A Hill, tem sup, 10 60 |G G Jones, tem sup, 10 09 C. Miller and'wife, tem sup 15 00 Chas Burchen, tem sup, 20 00 farm 132 00 | Maxey Bros, work 2 £0) J A Hoffman, invalid chair. 10 00 | Laura Boyd, tem s 10 60 | WH Allen, i tie. 8 Staple:Fancy Groceres, Feed and Provisions of 21] Kinds. { ‘ SNAKE CHARMERS DEATH. 15 00, . ' ice Meltwood, Who Was Here With Robinsons Show Killed by a Pet Snake. Warrensburg Democrat Lee Meltwood, snake ch in Robinson's is which exhibited here July 12, was bitten Thursday at Fayettville, Ark, by a diamond rattle spake, while a performance He was bitten above Melwood apph ne eye. ed medicines and 20 25 . > TYG cat went on with his work saying it F.J. TYGARD, - - - President. | T D Enabree, Spr SseRs NUEENSWARF AND GLASSWARE - mb i : thin His f u HON. J.B. NEWBERRY, Vice-Pres.) j erin amounted to nothing is f De J. C. CLARK - - Cashier G WW re , {gun to swell almost instartly and —.——$—$—S— MEAT FOR TWO BIG ARMIES. Kansas City May Supply The Forces of | China and Japan. Kansas City Star | The Armour Packing company of | Kansas City may prove an important | factor in the war between China and Japan if pending negotiations are | carried to a successful end. Recently | it received t cablegram trom Yoka-| hama, Japan, from the Mikado’s} government asking for its price on 4 million canned corn The pounds of beef for the Japanese army. company cabled its answer and | pending a reply, which is expected fed) = « ~ WM as [e) © 25 9 eed 5 ® Batler Water Co, Li ” soon, prepared to go into the busi | Cadogan Hatcher, oO ae! £ ness of supplying meat to battliog| Barnard & Co. 2 ® Asiatics on a big scale. Deaf & Dumb Asylam, (7) Jet Yesterday, through Congressman Boya Lumber Co, a a) b edinaed Tarsney, the company opened uego-| Deacon Bros & Co, WW Co tiations with the Chinese Jegation at! yames Drysdale 16 45 FJ — & (oe) Washington, submitting a proposi | PS Hughes, 15 00 — — tion to sapply China with meat for | Reform School. 69 00 a COON ite army during the war with Japan. | J P Reavis, $ 00 Ww S 2) = The company’s proposition to the] W EF Rosser, 2 50 WJ BG o Chinese government is to supply it] WH Izow, 50 aw poe Co xe) S with whatever meatit may want to! Annie Coats 8, 22 50 So n o & ve delivered and paid for im San] Levy & Co., 7 50 ul Smet ® (7) Francisco. Mary Comptor, 20 00 zr 0 e) Mr. S. B. Armour, the head of the} Standard Co, 6 50 fa} ue) je) company in Kansas City, said last | Thos Wolf, 10 00 —_— Cc ae night when asked about the matter] Bennett Wheeler. 13 30 OOD that the company had made a bid by | Deacon Bros & Co. 180 oF i ” oO cable to supply the corn beef wauted George Brown, 107 70 ~ ” > by Japan and also that it had tele | J B Daniel, 77 45 a) > ad) (o) graphed to Washington City a form | Frank Potter, 1 00 ~~ Sew al proposition to keep in meat the| jo Hayes, 65 a S 2. rei —. while the war ~*~ Haman bicsl: a io} @o Japan continued. Nothing daunted : = ~ by the fact that the Chinese army Boston, Aug. 9.—A horrible story fe) © may grow to tuillions if the war lasts of shipwreck and cannibalism has a = yw Acmiout just come to light here. On April 4 on said that his company would agree to supply all the canned Jong. Mr. meat munitions of war which either or both need, } Should the Coreau difficulty be long drawn out avd should the Ar- countries may mour Packing company be success fulin its pending negotiations the cattle market drawn upon to hereabout may be its highest notch. China with its millions of people has an innumerable reserve force to put | in the field in case of an emergency. 1ts national army is composed of 650,000 It has a territorial army of 70,000 men, a center army men. Barnard & Co, sheriff « W F. Rosser, ; | Barnard & C ocket, 6 00 ting, record be |G B Hickman, Jade's cuss 8 G0 | | JC Hay J C Hayes, A F Harthel, oil, &s, Produces criminal d and the drive wheels gave way under Harley Lumber Co. sidee. GL Smith carriage, CO Warner, bridge las W Hi Igow, J P Thurman, D G Newsom, J C Martin, ir engine an Joe Meyer, Lane & Adair, most complete stock the whaling bark James Allen left San Franciseo ard May 15 she went} and was lost. Five/that we desperate, and we lost with her and others} planned to exhume the body of Au- would have starved but for their re-|stin Gideon und devour it.” We were so hungry to pieces on an unknown reef. were men were voltiug practices Capt. Huntley and » two boats and 15 men in The revolting details were rel: men got in}and another. | The The boat in which the 15 men were}and they have returned to te!l the got separated from the other boat| horrible tale of their suffering and the corroborated by James Sear brought th men have not been heard Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, The Best $ Capt. Huntley's two boats started | Bruis ores, Ulcers F ( Sores, Tetter,Chapped Hz . ne ska v a vas 20 = , ’ is i ao for Ounalas! a Y hic h was 1 miles Coane amd aisle Beindon distant. Their provisions were very | tively cures Piles, or no pay 1 low is guaranteed to give pertec e } Or money refunded from since. | istaction rice 25 cts per boxt Capt. Huntley tells this story: of 50,000 men and can easily put 5 | “My boat capsized May 20, and] For sale by H. L. Tucker, d st. million soldicrs inthe breach. These | the crew and my: 3 men, mers A New Army Bul men would have to eat and they thrown into the sea. 1 he other boat) Teavenworth, Kas., due. 4— eouldn’t depend on bird's nesta, | Came quickly, poe ee ake Wee Army circles were startled at Fort either. ‘They would have to depend | John White, Wilham Fitzgerald, | pe anwarth ntl See taea nt bs on eanned beef from Kansas City clude to get its ment supply from corn ; | Amd if Japan should also econ | west couldn't grow too many cattle. | The Mikado has a standing army o 35,000 men. this he ha force of 100,000 men ar Besides la of more than Armour and} reserve “Landgrave reserve” 90,000 soldiers. Mr. his associates are used to dealing in| ‘ el haul . fis veral gallons | transactions requiring long rows of \ haul of cod fish and several gallons figures to name, and they are not disconcerted by the figures which show the fighting forces of the coun- tries they may be called upon to feed while the Corean question is being decided. County Court Proceedings. Burier, Mo., Ave. 6th., 1894. Court convened with Presiding Judge Reese, Associate Judge Fix aud Hayes, Prosecuting Attorney Boxley, Clerk Drysdale, Bridge Commissiover March and Sheriff Colyer present. County T. A. Herrman sent to deaf and} dumb asylum. The question of restraining stock was ordered to be resubmitted to be voted on at general election. Ordered that Elizabeth C. Gris- wold’s school loan be foreclosed lot} 241 town of Adrian. ACCOUNTS ALLOWED. j Cc W Porter, sup pau, $12 50 I G Cantreli, Shawnee <sses sing, €5 70 | May 21 we landed at Uawak Islan }ed his hand across his forehead. | George Loy and Frank Murphy. ltelegram from the War D tment | ~ . {saying that the President had signed living there by gathering shell-fish | We made hooks! Between May 21 and June| i j me: They | Pena, | en Outhwaite bill for the reorgani- and catching eod. and that the ure Was now iu fall force. of wire. 5 six men died of exposure eal he measure referred to reduces were William Dory, Joseph ents from five to three years S : ‘ 8 ti | *.: ? oF Sam Masteraon, Austin Gide ns} and mrobibite ithe cnliskment of Henry Taylor, and Pat Connelly. | foreigners until they have been in the United States at least two years and have taken out papers. en! f five men, June 51 selected a crew ¢ visioned our boat with a fresh | } provisioned a esk uaturalization Under the former law the of fresh water, and reached Ounal | aska, June 12. I reported to the} soldier with a good record being Bear and Capt. Healy took us back | Be Teles ao f 1 given a three months furlough and to the Island, where we feunc our | discharge after three yeare’ honor- stments were for five years, a men just able to crawl about.” 5 jable service. Here the captain paused and pass- It is claimed for the Outhwaite law that desertions will be reduced WIECILY GQUSSEEESE AIT) peu a toa minimum,tbe moral of the army ‘at ' Sat QASE ec Gainearie | advanced. n full text of the new bill fire. The pot contained Pie flesh.” in service, The experience of the men on Un- jwek Island is thus described by Andrews, one of the “After the Captain left for Ounalaska we had but two fish hooks left. We could not depend upon lthem for food. Shell-fish then be- rs awaited to determine uman eee : the status of the five year men now Ballard’s Horehound Syrup. 4 | Wilham | vivors; e best co the whole w great deal ee CICARS AND TOBACCO, East Side Square. Butler, Mo- suddenly be fell ina dead faint, when | the suakes appeared to be thorough . . Always pays the highet market price for Countv Jy enraged and wade a rush for the ferowd which filled the tent. The | people stampeded and Meltwood was ‘revived with dashes of water He} = returned the reptiles to their places and becoming alarmed sent for med- icines but before it reached him his jface had swollen to twice its natural size e very painful. He suffered inteusley until the following S varle |day when he died in great a i see the ty of | His Lead and neck swelled so tight | was being followed by the Skelton —— | brothers. For this act the supreme lcourt holds that Judge guilty as those A Large Waist Talley is as Is not generally considered a neces- 1 : red on Hoes sary adjunct to the grace, beauty or and he must eon tend ona charge symmetry of the woman form. With. | f murder in the first degree in the body, howe i great | waste made necessary according to} who ¢ Is a Miss Bates’ Shrewd Political Deal acall® | Minne BRON Ate i in process and requiring the perfect | P°P& I ublished at Form action of all bodily functions to | br - ord or dispel the refuse. When| connection with the nomination of there is irregularity or inaction, | yy mma F. Bates of Valley City ladies w ho value a clean, pure, he - for State A tof Sclioole thy body w ake Dr. Pierce's Fav- | ae ! tiou—the only remedy | Miss Bates had charge of her cs ma ld with a positive guar |for the noaination aud found fore antee toright all her peculiar wrongs. jidable opponents in Hon. Jobn H. _ To those about to become mothers | Dey 1 Prof. J. H it is a priceless boon, for it lessens | She was able the pains and perils of childbirth, |) shortens labor, pre abund- j by the condition of things- an N. Dak. romantic in or a for w Holland track the latter herself solid tos with the king 10tes an ant secretion of nourishmentfor the | YoU Men's Republican League child and shortens the period of |Shbe then eutered into negotiauous confinement. i with Mr. Devine, first demanding} Dr Pie us junc irrender This he tion, sick headace, in | refus r dyspepsia, and kindred | jt js ¢ ness, const 7 ou igestion, o he diseases. Henle ros State Suy The Times Campaign Rates. she would ap- In order: that no citizen of the|P°4* hi j y him South-west may have an excuse for | to the ba After some delib not being jposted on the develop-| *™tion she agreed to do this, EOE ments of the interesting political | viding he would stump the state for which her This was agreed to As campaign is just opening, 4 a : The T “ ; ~ | he is a powerful speaker, with a func The Times has made a special cam-| , i pe nd. paign rate of $2.00 for the daily and | reported to have made the shrewdest paper, and 30 cents for The | political deal yet known. A-Week Times until January | Chinese Again Defeated. Aug. 14—Additioual |battles have been fought betweeu | Japanese aud Chinese and the latter jhave been defeated. Selkoun has ibeen taken by the Japanese with ltrifling loss. The Chinese in this | The the direction of The Times is an earnest | 8 supporter of Democratic and always has been, liberal enough to open its columns to representatives of different politi- cal opinions for the discussien of their views. In the columns of The _ Times the important news of the |CP@2seent Jost campaign of 1894 will be set forth | CC¢MY fied in fully and fairly. Koshiu. } The Japanese are in possession 0 of the Ya Sbau. An imperial ordinance just is permits Chinese to resi Yckohama, 509 killed Its news facilities are unequalled by those of any uther newspaper published in the South- At the prices made either the or the Twice a-Week edition bould be in the bands of every man Pn ad e in Japan on condition that they engage in ee = Fc Boks 2 : aceful pursuits who holds to those economic princi- Pa = i ples for the success of which the The greatest excitement prevails Aug. 8.—A} 'p scratic State Press Aassociation Meeting and Ratification. An adjourned meeting of the Dem oeratic State Press Association will be held at Pertie Springs (Warrens- burg) Friday and Saturday, August 24th and Itis hoped that Demveratie editor in Missouri will be present, th, next. every not only but will have their names enrolled upou the It is tt to mal roster of the Association pose of the committee ays ied letter days history of the Democratic yin Mi rn The State Central committee has jtaken up the matter aud will make these dates the opening of the state campaign Prominent — speakers | 5 . among whom are: Vice President Stevenson, “Silver Dick Bland. Governor Stone, Ex Governor Fran cis, Champ Clark aud others are ex- pected to be bere U. A. McBrive, See'v Dem. State Press Ass'n. Warrensburg, Mo Just Like Sheol. » Ind, Aug. 9.—The Natural Gas aud Oil Com | pany has an elephant on its hands in {the for Koko: Kokon of an uneontrollable gas | that his eves were nearly forced from | well. Two weeks ago, the company, <o" |their sockets, aud blood oozed from | thinking the well dry, started to pull (‘e L his mouth and nose. The skin be | the casing, when a tremendous vol- fav} n A came black 1 bursted ume of water and gas gushed from a be | He was unconscious most {the 1,000 foot hole, driving the crew —T = ve and death was a welcome relief| from their work re) e = His body was sent to his] torrent still continues and QO o Z 1 Cincinnatti ee formed on artificial lake. The -_ A Judxe impeached esenping gas coming through the ce) 7. | Afonisomer Milas Auseo-- Tiel body of water keeps it boiling and fe <= < Supre Bs eouch of ictews to day seething like acauldrou. Above the oa a |handed down the decision in the im wate is a huge volume of flame < re} oY | peachment case of Judge Job Talley | S888 phe and thither with the we BS lofthe north Aluba:ua Cireuit court. | Wi0d, endangering the houses and oO ae |The court decided Judge Talley is | Killing the trees in the vicinity. 3 ” L nD | guilty of murder and that be is. or Paint on houses U0 blocks Sway, red) oa z oS | dered stripped of his judical ermine fee) bee vealed off by the intense lo) Oo . mL 2 The case grew out of the killing of “ce “ Lateran Sy a SS bes 3 zo | Robert C. Ross, cashier of the Bank ; sones its Sate een oat : = 2° jot Scottsboro ut Scottsboro, Ala, |Cemtral part of the city, it ee oon To" @ 352u jseveral months ago. Ross was shot stent bau te to property. The City c cL Cc = ae Eg | by thirearGhkeltow brothers) for ihe Cae ibeHast Session. condemn- = ao ae S |ruination of their sister. Ross was e} tie well as a dangerous nuisance oO a= a coe - lattempting to leave the country but the gas company is powerless - E =) E€ 3 os Fe | when he was overtuken and murder {© bring it under contro). D Oe Ss a S ed in his tracks. At the impeach In attempting to Boe the casting wes D Laks | ment trial it was shown that Judge [the tubing broke off 500 feet below Qe i @ Sanne | Talley, who is # relative of the Skel- | he ground, making the the removal Ooo = GSS tons, prevented the delivery of a tel of the lower section or a substitu- fe) & = e) 3 ae ram to Ross warning hie that he} tion for the upper section impossi- 243 O85. « 2 = ble, consequently there is no known method of stopping the torrent of water and gas This is the first instance of the kind in the history of the gas belt. {Gas men dechie that there is no | | way bui to pernit the well to ex haust itself, which will take many years. All the water wells in that | part of town are going dry. Hon. Jolin Peet Insane. | Nevada Mail. | Ex-Repre utive Joho Teel of | | Lawrence county was brought lLere | Wednesday for treatment at the } a0 | Asylu | Readers of the Mail will remember jof Mr. Teel’s exploits in St. Louis a |few weeks ago. He had been taken jto that city tor treatment. While at the Laclede hotel he throttled a sitor in his room and was about to |do him great violence when a guest He also at- tan in the corridor, Teel bought many jarticles of different kinds about and had them sent to the hotel for collection. | of the bouse interfered. tacked another jusing a Caue. j town This act near- ily drove the clerks crazy, and they uuloaded tueir troublesome guest ou Liudell Hotel He created a scene by loud cries in the corridors, and lof wit and repartee. Miss Bates is the management sent him away. Mr. Teelis a lawyer aud farmer and his home is uear Mount Vernon. He was prominent in politics in his part of the country as an influential democrat. He served his county in the legislature with J. C. Murray of | this city, who speaks in the highest terms of bim may have you ought ucker. Jugde McDonald's Injuries. Fort Scott, Kan, Aug. 9.—Judge J. F. McDonald, who was assulted two weeks ago by Warden Dick Chase of the Kansas penitentiary during an investigation of that in- | the supply. people of the West are contending. Liberal terms to agents and post- masters. Sample copies free. came our food. We scoured the is- land for bivalves and soon exhausted There was a spring of water close to the dug-out. We al-! individual who has ever used most lived on water. June 10 our | every druggist who has eye a : Such evidence indisputapie. fishing line got caught in the ae H. L. Tucker. At Glasgow the other day notes| + | calling for $15,000, assets of the| Howard county bank soid for 21.15. . i here, at Tokio, and at other large stitution, is confined to his bed from towns as a result of the victories of | the effects of a blow on his head. It the Japanese troops. | bas affected the brain and his physi- Rumors, however, are current that cians say that paralysis of the left the Japanese naval forces have been| side is developing. They attribute defeated in an engagement with] hilfpresent serious condition to the Chinese war ships. warden’s rough treatment.