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ee eee "eee ak el ca B STLER WEEKLY TIMES J. D. ALLEN Eprtor. |}. D. Attes TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: & Co., Ptoprietors. The Weexty Times, published every Thursday. will be sent to any address @he year, postage paid, for $1.00, Gov. Waite of Colorado threatens €p visit England. All bad legislation by “the bouse @ Jefferson City, will b+ corrected hy the senate Statesman Watsou, of Georgia, 15 discontinued bis populist pauper. There area lot more yet to put ov dhe golden slippers, and one of thes+ mornings you will wake up and find fhe olizzucd bas struck Butler. eae The colored contingeut at Jeffer gon City, seeking an office at the hands of the republican legislators, were given one plac-—that of folder. K was a small piece of pie, but we euppose satisfied the colored voter We hope the preseut democratic ¢ongress will solve the financial question. John Sherman and his i!!s put the country in its present Condition and we don’t want hiw tnkering with the financial question again. The Kuights of Labor organiza #ion has gone to pieces. Sixty ousand members of the order have resolved not to pay the per capita tax. Several assemblies have given wp their charters. The order num &ered 65,000 members. The IO. O F Grand lodge of Missouri will hold its next annual meeting at Nevada, convening on Ghe 22d of May and continuing in @ession until the following Friday evening. The local lodge at Nevasa has begun preparations to entertain €he grand lodge and visitors. Missouri has shipped trom the state the past year, for the consump tion of others $31,250,000 worth of enttle, $20,000,000 worth of bogs, $40,000,000 worth of horses,$1,000, Q00 worth of sheep, $3,000,000 worth of poultry products, $1,000,000 worth of wool, $1,000,000 worth of dairy products Bradford, Pennsylvania, had a destructive fire Sunday, and in mak @g their escape by jumping from €he second story windows of Sheehan Rouse, several ladies were badly fort. A storm was raging at the gime of the fire, and a number of G@remen were badly injured by the cold. The loss to property was $159,000. Rich Hill Tribune:—The republi- cau now in possession of the Bouse at Jefferson City and they will gi.e the people of Missouri a a@avople of genuine reform. It has that appearance. The first two daysof the session only five fiundred bills were presented, not counting Filley’s election bill which coutained 25,000 words. The Fidelity Loan and Trust eompany of Sioux City, Iowa, has passed into the hands of a receiver. A judgment for $5,000 against the company closed the concern. It is said the company owed $3,200,000 on 6 per cent debenture bonds, on which January interest was default ed. It is further stated that the floating debts of the company were €1,000,000, no part of which had heen paid. The people confide and the rascals divide. Allen D. Richards, representative in the legislature frem Carroll coun- €y, died suddenly at his hotel in defferson City, Sunday. He had een in poor health for some time, ' | GET TOGETHER D+mocrats in the went have pretty | ger erally come to the conclusion j thas it 18 bigh time the democrats in jcougress are getting together and try aud redeem some of the pledges wade the people They have been jin a continual wrangle for pearly two years, aud while they are tight ing among themselves the republi Cains are taking every advantage off-:ed to strengthen their party W- had hoped tbat the defeat at the jliot election would awaken them to tue necessity of stopping their now 8 usical quarreling among themselves ac of doimg somethiug to place | far they seem worse at sea than ever. Tir necessity for a change in the Jeurr-ucy laws of the country seems to be recoguized, even by the repre seuratives and senators, but every fellow seems to want bis own pecu har nieas to be adopted or nothing Tue great majority of democrats iu the west are undoubtedly friendly to Siver as a money metal, but whue that is true the thougutful men and }yo.t democrats are not willing to x to the extreme of having free crinaye of silver or defeating all curseucy legisiation. The session of the preseut democratic congress 18 fast drawing toa close It is of cou se the policy of the republican~ to keep them from passing any needed legislation if possible With aumted effort it would be difficult to yt a bill through the senate now, and the prospects for a united effort does not seem very flattering. The Times trusts that the democrats in cou ess will recognize the insport- anc of getting together aud pass a currency law as sperd:ty as possible. The dispatches announce the cap ture of Bill Cook, the noted outlaw, iu New Mexico. The arrest was mae by Sheriff C C Perry, of Chaves sounty, and Co»k was put in tym right with the people, but +o) Adjnsting the Piffienittes. K C. Times relations between the United States | aud other goveruments, the result of | the new tariff law. are adjusting themselves im a satisfactory way. In- formatiou comes from Madrid that |the government of Spain bas con cluded to restore the uinimum rates of duties on American products re ceived in Cuba aud other Spanish isiand whet prevaled under the \fraudently reciprocity treaty by ‘which Mr Blaine buncoed the Span- at Washington This result was brought about by | the declaration of Secretary Gresham hat ucless tue discriminating policy abandoned ports would be civsed to the products of Fish Minister Wis American the Spavist colonies This created the greatest consternation lu Three fourths of the products of that island are marketed in the Unit- ed States, and to bave that advan- taye cut off to gratify the whim of a stupid Ministry would, it was plain- ly 1uti:ated, bse resented to the ex- tent of revolution. This brought the yovernmeut tu terms in short order Ot course it will be impossible to bring the same influenaes to bear with Germany, Franc: aud Belgium. Lhe vuly weaus of restoring trade relations with these countries 1s to repeal the differential sugar duties, which all the Democrats in Congress, with two or Lbree exceplions, are willing to do. If this is net accom pushed at the present session the Republicau Senators will by respou- sibie for it. Their oblizations to the Suyar trust have held them in oppo sition to the public interests thus far but how long it will do so re- maius {vo be seen. Ovgamzation Effected. Nevada Mail, 1. i Au organization of ihe associated water, yas and electric light compa- ues Of Missouri and K»usas was ef jul The capture of Cook was made at » cattle ranch on the plains a few mies southeast of Fort Sumner. Th Sheriff aud two deputies were hunting horse theives when they suddenly came upon Cook, who was rec ynized by the sheriff aud before th. dessperado had time to defend himself the officers demanded his surrender with winchesters present- ed Cook quietly gave up and strayped to his horse was taken to jus aud the authorities of Oklahoma Arsansas and Texas were notified by wir The rewards for the capture of Cook amounted to $15,000. Dr. Joseph Field, of the Citizens Stuck Bauk, at Slater Mo. which fared about a mouth ago and which was found to be the worst wrecked insi:tution in the history of bank failures in this state, dropped dead fecied here this atte: noon There were represented the Neva- da water company, Butler water company, Carthage water company, Reh Hill water compary, Aurora water company, Springfield water company; Pierce City water compa ny, Webb City water company, Mar shall water company, Nevada Light Co., Webb City Light Co, Joplin Gas Co, Joplin Light & Power Co, Carterville Water Co, and the Ma- nicipal Investment Co, of Chicago. F J. Tygard, of Butler, was elected president; Chas F Strohm of Neva da, was elected secretary and treas urer. The object of the organiza tion is to protect the interests of companies of Missouri and Kansas The next meeting will be held at Butler on February 4, 1895. Rope and Bullets. Jackson, Miss,. Jan. 7.—Saturday | night a negro ex-convict by the name of Spencer Costello walked into Ed Greens store near Pocahou Ou tbe streets of El Paso, Texas, the otier day and his remaine were shipped to Kansas City for inter- weut, arriving in that city Sunday. The Doctor had fled from Slater to avoid arrest. Kansas City Times.—-There were 9,900 murders committed in the United States last year and unly 132 ef these cold blooded murderers le- gally executed. When it is taken into consideration that there were 9,568 tempting cases left for Judge Lyuch it will be agreed that dignity was very modest in his operations after all. Col. Breckivridge, as a public lec turer, is not meeting with financial success. At Charleston, South Car olina, his audience consisted of 35 persons. This was a severe rebuke tas, this county, knocked the clerk Guy Dewees in the head with a hatchet, robbed the body and cash drawer of $20 and left. The clerk regained consciousness and alarmed the neighborhood. Fifty men joined the hunt for the assassin and caught him Sunday near the scene of the crime, hanged him to the nearest limb and riddled his body with bul- lets. and esting to the man who was at one time the pride of Kentuckians and the silver tongued orator of the state. By the explosion of three cars of giant powder at Butte, Montana, Tuesday evening, seventy-five per- sons were killed, and hundreds injured. Nearly the entire fire de- end since coming to Jefferson City | partment of the city, who were ebout ten days ago, suffered from an working at the fire, were blown into eternity. The citv was shaken as ettack of inflammatory rheumatism and tonsolitis. This, together with mon tips wngaer ne ay Moe @ gun shot wound in the neck receiv-| busmess part of the city was left in- e& during the war, caused his death.|tact The damage to property will Mfr Richards was born in Pemnsyl-| reach $1,000,000. vania, in March 1833. Heentered/ The attentions shown the widow the army in Ohio as a member of of the late Senator Hearst by Sena tbe Ninety-ninth infantry. He rose|tor David B. Hill, of New York,have @o the rank of captain and received | started the Washington gossips in a the wound, which primarily caused | new sensation. Mrs. Hearst: dis death, before Vi jurg- Hejes several millions of money, and ame to Missouri in 1869, and for | besides being a very pleasant middle- eight years was principal of the|aged woman, Mr. Hill will find the public schools at Brunswick. Hej millions a very handy thing fer an then located in DeWitt, Carrolljaspiring pelitician to have in the county, where he taught scheol until | family. Mrs. Hearst in her younger elected to the legislature in Novem- was a echoel teacher in Craw- ber. He was a strong republican. |ferd county, Mo.—Ex. 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The auxiety and unrest occasioned | Will be a great leverage in this direc by the wait for the announcement of | tion for, if there is anything in the committees 18 over, apd Friday both line of progress the tramp detest ae Houses adjourned unti! Monday at | '® work of auy kind, aud especially a 2P. M. rock pile and ball and chain There was the usual disappoint- Jan Break at Sedalia. ment and consequent hitter feeling! Sedalia, Mo., Jan 9 —Mike Davis over the distribution of committee | murderer under sentence of death chairmanships, but the general and four other prisouers escaped em oe Pee from jail here Jast vight ie expressed is that the chaur- | Davia lulicd dames’ Nicholacuicat manships are well placed and com | Alden two years ago. His case | mittees judiciously made up. | was brought here on change of ven The Senate coramittee on enrolled | ue and on trial he was sentenced to bills, always coveted on account of | be banged January 25. A large distribution of patronage, was given peas = sind sheriff is acour- to Senator Ballard, but the patron Bi ene Loree age was not so great as usual, aj warfare for economy being waged at | Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 9.—Rep- each end of the Capitol. Senator |resentatives Hall and Burks of Ballard was the only member honor | Saline County, who are interested in Pauperized. ed with two chairmanships. | the bill creating the office of State If one is to judge from the dis-| Bank Examiner, say that the two tribution of chairmauships and com | bank failures at Slater have stripped position of the House committees, | the county of nearly every dollar in the factions are wholly united. The | it. most coveted chairmanships going | to Bettinger, Bothwell, Davis. Hig | before the failure worth thousands, bee and Taturn. didn’t have money enough the next The friends of the several public | day to buy postage stamps It was Men who went to bed the night institutions of the State express | like the devastation of war. pleasure in the appointment ef| There are also authority for the Taturn as chairman of the Appropri | statement that the rottenness of the ation committee expecting that he | institution is absolutely incredible. will favor liberality. | The general impreesion prevails that | the estimate of the needs of the} University are extravagantly high | |and it is expected that after the | jmembers visit Columbia next week. | jhaving accepted the invitation to, inspect the new buildings on next | | Saturday, they will be better able to | judge. In view of the recent agita | tion and resolutions passed by tie several Agricultural and Horticul-} tural societies relative to the Agri- | ,cultural College, the appointment of | Mr. Murray as chairman of the committee on Agriculture was con- strued as meaning a yigorous effort to separate the College management from that of the University. There is not a thought of removal of the College from Columbia but only make the College a separate and distinct school. Fifty thousand KNOWLEDG Brings comfort and improvement and | tends to personal enjoyment when rightly . The many, who live bet- ter than ae and enjoy life more, a less ex] iture, by more prom acest world’s best products cf the meets of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid has done me lots of good. I was subject to cramps in the stomach, liver complaint, indi- gestion, palpitation of the heart, and that tired feeling. Two years ago I gave Hood's Sarsa- parillaa trial. 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Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas- ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly but whether the evil can be remedied and more students obtained by a total separation remains to be seen. The establishment of a chair of pedagogics in the College of Agri. jeulture. where the State already supports three excellent Normal schools, is pgm the ardent supporters of the lege to ve an we waste of College funds. House bills have already reached second reading and sixty-one Senate bills are now on their way to be- coming law. Yours, Toa L. Cave. . beneficial properties of a perfect lax- ative; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers aa permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kid- aeys, Liver and Bowels without weak- ening them and if is perfectly tree from every objectionable substance. Hundreds are Going To See Him. 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