The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 31, 1895, Page 1

‘ seston tler Week T Vey Imes, VOL. XVII. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY JANUARY 31, 1895. NO ik Missouri State Bank OF BUTLER, MO. CAPITAL, - » $110,000. . . Transacts a general banking business. We solicit the accounts of far- wers, Merchants and the public generally, promising a safe depository for alt funds committed to our charge. We are prepared to extend liberal ac- commodation in the way of loans to our customers. Funds always on hand to loan on real estate at lowest rates, allowing borrowers to pay part or all at eny time and stop interest. DIRECTORS. Or T C. Boulware Booker Powell Frank M Voris JH Da'cher HH Piggott HC Wyatt John Deerwester C R Radford RG West JR Jenkins TI Wright Wm E Walton Geo L Smith OTHER s'COCKHOLDERS, Frank Deerweater D A DeArmond J Evans E Bartlett) Margaret Bryners Lalu Brown Robert McCracken A McCracken, M V Owen Dr WE Tucker W B Tyler ME Turner Hurley Lumber Co eringham Jon Pharis Wm W Trigg GA Carathers cf freeman Charles Pharis Wm Wallis HB Chelf G B Hickman JK Rosier G P Wyatt JM Coartne: Robert Clar! oP & 8 LColeman J R Davis DB Heath Semuel Levy CH Morrison Dr W D Hannah J W Reisner L_B Starke Clem Slayback John H Sullens. —_—————$—$——$——— | Should Vote. | Jefferson Park, negative, C. H. rison. Music by Miss Ella Durist. C. H. Morrison will be at Virginia every Tuesday afternoon to receive taxes, Rev. Galbreath is holding a pro- tracted meeting at Mt. Carmel. Bert Orear, of St. Louis, is visiting his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Orear of Virginia. He is look- ing well. pr’ W. 'T. Cowan is not yet located, Ti and talks of going south this week to look for a farm. Dr NL Whipple Max Weiner New Home Items Skyler Robb has some stock hogs for sale. J ‘IT Smith made a trip to Sprague | Monday, on business. JN Bodkins is buying cattle of all | sizes. There is talk of Rev Reese of K. C. giving a lecture the first of February at the school house. An 8-ineh snow fell here Friday. Sleighing is fine. 8. Robb’s baby is quite sick; Warren of Sprague, was called in. JT Smith has a corn planter for sale. Uncle Ben Caldwell got the gentle- man Sunday that has been killing his pigeons. He had the Kobb boys bring out their Winchesters and kill a big house cat. H Robb fo a quilt on the road between his house and the saw mill. The owner can have same by calling at his pouse in New Home. | W W Woods has quit work at the | mill; guess he got a better job. The Rich Hill Milling Co. is put- ting up a large elevator at Foster. | H Robb secured the contract for the | lumber, and is busy sawing it. { Tom Wright, of Virginia, was down | buying calves and hogs. John H Cope sold his hogs for 33.75 per hundred. Jas G MeKethen runs at the saw mill. I have five tons of hay forsale here. ‘The Christian church at Foster is shoats or have made arrangements to havea social at G, W. Park’s, the first week in February. It is to be called the New Departure. Clate Wolfe shipped a car load of cares and hogs to Kansas City Mon- day. The north and south roads were almost impassable for a few days after the snow storm on account of the drifts, Miss Icey Jenkins is visiting Miss McConnell, of Austin, Mo. NELS’ CLERK. THE CARS ROLLED OVER. Two Persons Killed and Thirty-two the engine Badly Injured. Indianapolis, Iud., January 28 — A ternble wreck, causing loss of life { | | fore the train could be stopped. The smoker left the track, but did hot go over. The two rear sht tire. but were extipguisted when the work of rescue began cars A man died soon after being taken | from the car. In his pockets were found Ietters indicating that bume was Johu W Norton, manager of the Grand Opera House at St. Louis. He was carried to a sebool beure uneorserus and lived only a short time. He did uot speak Mrs W. S. Towers, Carthage, Mos, was carned from the ear, aud lied while being taken to tbe school The injured were carried up the embankment to bou-es on house | tbe north site of the track, and soou the townspeople and physicians gathered together to give assistance. HARD ON THE HOBOS North End Saloons and the Helping Hand Simply Packed Witn Men. The following from Satuday’s Kansas City Times will give the | 5 - reader a bird’s eye view of bow the | saloon |Kaneas City spend their evenings Leaders, affirmative | Mors day night. bums and unfortuuate during a blizzard like that of Fi The picture drawn 18 one calculated to make the poor of | this and other towns, who have a | loaf around the street corners |the Helping Hand institute shingle to cover their heads, thank God their condition is as well with them as it is: “The weather was especially severe upon the hundreds of men who are ‘inhabitants of the North end, who spend the majority of their time and | all of their money in the saloons in Morton Jenkins and Earl Holaway | that district. As « usual thing they until long after midnight and then sleep upon the floor of some saloon, or in But last night they went in early, and the streets were deserted save for the ever-present policemen. In the Helping Hand institute men were packed like sardines in a box. The top floor is free to all, | but the accommodations are limited. , The men are allowed to stretch out upon the floor, and a hot fire drives | away thoughts of the chill cold wind and snow drifts outside. In this | free room 120 men slept last night. | They were of all ages, but their con | dition in life varied but little | could having a grand revival, 60 persons | sd maimed limbs, occurred at have been added, and the meeting is | Coatesville at 2 o'clock this after- still in progress. noon. Vandalia train No. 29, due! > ve sleig iding pt. : ae ee ie eloee ridane too etnies city at 2:35, was wrecked by ‘ the spreading of the rails Two | persons were killed almost instantly jund from fifteen seriously injured. The train was | running at full speed and was about | teu minutes late It had just passed the town of Coatesville, aud was rounding a curve, when the track }spread. The private car of Presi jdent W. R McKeen, which was in the rear, jumped the track. This Peoria of her sister getting her leg | was followed by the parlor car. and orokKen. i : , . "There will be a debate at Miami| Hen the ladies all wention Center Saturday night, February yth, | the track, the two rear cars going Resolved That Women| down the embankment, ten feet, be N. M. NESTLERODE, Virginia Items. Miss Sarah Oldham, Miss Alice Crook and Miss Leona Jenkins had a taffy pulling at G. W. Park’s last Thursday night. The young ladies hada good time entertaining their guests, Miss Kate McClements commenced her school in the Crook distriet Mon- day. She dismissed two weeks on car. om CS F OR sold at wholesale at a price so much grocers are urging consumers to buy them in at the same retail price. If you desire to try any of the pretended su Bakinc Powper bear in mind that they are all and inferior ingredients, and are not so nor of equal money value. Pay the f Powver for the Royar only. mF +3] r . to } + It is still more important, howeve is purer and more wholesome and healthful food than any other baking pow ROYAL to twenty were | EERE REE REEL LEI EISEN ILE Accept None of the Pretended Substitutes Baking Powder ECAUSE inferior and cheaper made baking | great in leavening der or preparation. han Roya, The majority of them would work if they At least, they express a will ingness to do so. On the second und third floors the men slept in eots and were charged 5 and 10 cents per cot, according to the loca tion and general superiority of the} bed Beds nearest the stove were the most in demand and brought the best price. On these two floors eighty men slept. On the first floc which is the meeting hall, about twenty men were stretched upon cots around the fire, making the grand total in the institute 220 men. | The Helping Hand was not the only | place that had boarders last night The saloons were full to overflowing A man would wander in, pay 5 cents for a glass of beer and he was en ae ere weit 2 < As A a p) SEK Rot Ne nT fuk 11, reparations are some “sf oye wen? EOE ie of the Roya anton titutes for Royvar le from cheaper re strength Bakine BAKING PowpDER more BAKING POWDER CO., 106 WALL ST., NEW-YORK. ROTI RAR a ATR IE ROR IIR IR IR OR BN ROR a 2 his | of} titled toa sleeping place upon the fluor The u ethod of sicepi ln this Way 1 elect a soit board as near the stuye us possible The logger then spreads a newspaper upon the floor. This serves as mat | | trees, springs aud sheets. Then the} man removed bis shoes and coat aud | jof the two made a pillow. Then, |with one last lingeriug look at the! foaming glasses standing on the bar} the lodger wrapped tbe draperies of | the couch avout him and laid him | down to pleasant dreams. Io wus, saloons withiu a stone's throw of | ponce headquarters there were over | 500 of these lodgers by the actual | count of the policemen ou the beats AT THE PROVIDENT ASSOCIATION. There were 280 applicants for| assistance at the Provident ussocia | tiou’s headquarters at Fourteenth| and Locust streets yesterday. Over | $60 io orders and a large amount of | clothing, gloves and caps were given | away. The officials anticipate the} heaviest day of the year to day.” } | JEFFERSON cITY. | | Proceedings of the Legislature. | Special to the Tiwes | Tuesday kad been set apart to| eulogize the late Senator James C | McGiwnis. The widow and sons of | the late Senator were present and due, probably, to this being the first opportunity to air their oratory and | in part to the character of the man eulogized, the addresses were un-| usually fine War reminescenses are Senator Biedsoe’s forte and atthe “Camp Fire” last week he made the speech of the evening. He says he was much more at home in battle than he is in legislative halls, but he is popular in the Senate and it is whis pered that the near future may bring greater honor to the venerable sol- dier. | Bates has been without a repre- sentative in either house during this | week. Senator Ballard returned Monday after a protracted attack of la grip but after a half day’s service | was taken sick again and up to Fri day was not able to get home, but is| now at his home with no immediate | | prospect of return. The fire at) Johnstown took Dr. Choate home, | but will probably return the early | part of the week. There is a great desire on the part of this assembly,not limited to party | | to increase the revenue of the state by reducing all offcers now receiv-} ing fees to a salary basis and having \all fees returned to the State Treas ury. The first Junket of the | was provided for Friday when a res session FARMERS BANK OF BATES COUNTY, Cash Capital. $50,000.00 COUNTY DEPOSTORY OF BATES CO. OSCAR REEDER ... President R. J, HURLEY President E. A BENNETT Vice-President 2 RISE. co cceeee Caster Receives Deposits subject to check, Lones Money, issues Drafts and transacts a general Banking business. Your patronage respectfully Solicited. DIRECTORS. D _N. Thompeon, Kiersey, John E Shutt, R. J. Hurley John Steele Wilcox, Clark Wix, E. A. Bennett, Oscar Reeder, J.J, McKee, J.K_ Rosier, MH. M. Gailey, E. D. Kipp. J. EVERINGHAM. Secretary NON EST VIVER. “Life is not mere existence, SED VALERE ’ Se But the enjoyment of heaith.” — Many times this enjoyment of health depends upon the Druggist. The best medical attention, the most careful nursing, will be of little avail, if the medicines be of a poor quality or combined in an unskillful way. We point with pardonable pride to our PRESCRIPTION DEPARTMENT. We have made it so that we can justly do this, by care- ful attention to all details. Promp, reliable service; erude drugs, pure; and chemicals obtained from reliable sources and all preparation carefully made. In mid winter one is apt to bave sudden calls for me ficine. rescription epartment wil be found equal to the occasion, TH. L. Tucker. ls. | nations, and recognize to the fulieat —_ j extent the right of every people tp Robbers Hold Upa Cotton Belt adopt and maintain their own forda Vrain. | of government unawed and uninflu- Ss enced by foreign dictation; that tlm The Booty Supposed to be About $: jalministration of President Cleve- 000—A Neat Job Made of It. ‘land in maivtaining this policy as to Pine Bluff, Ark, Jan. 25.—The ‘our foreign relations deserves tite south bound Cotton Beit train was | 4PProval and support of the Amezi- held up aud robbed by two masked | C80 people 3 a ment near McNeil at 7:05 p. m. last The vote Meio aes EBEEy, lines, ue nght. The robbers were nding on | the exception of Mr Pettigrew ‘Re- the blind baggage, and as the train | publican), of South Dakota, wy lane was going through a deep cut Engi- | voted wake the Demoorate. By > neer Crowly saw them crawling | Singular coincidence this one vota over the tender of the engine. Bs carried the resolution, as it wo fore he realized what was up he was ; Dave failed on a tie had the vote looking into the muzzles of a pair of been on strict party lines. The ac- lrevolvers. Therobbers commanded! tion today practically disposes of , the Hawaiian question in the Senate, |him to stop the train aud marched ; *” a js him to the express car, in charge of | aithough a expected see Messenger J W Massey. Massey | attention from time to time on ieee cared by the bandite. xs was | Various pending resolutions criticia- ANOTHER BIG HA ‘olution to investigate the office of |Excise Commissioner located in St. Louis was introduced by the mem- ber from Sullivan and after , amended by the member from Mar |rion to include the office of City Cul lector in St. Louis, was adopted Of the eleven members of the committee on agriculture six signed & majority report on the bill provid- ing for the removal of the college from Columbia and being appropriating £160,000 or as much thereof as may he required to establish it at her place within this State 1ere has been some introduced into the House a bill providing that real ‘estate shall be assessed for taxation only to the amount of valuation in excess of mortgage indebtedness. | This seems on its face to bea most equitable measure for under present conditions the owner of a mortgaged farm or other real estates is practi- cally paying ou what he does not possess. In his message to the assembly the Governor recommended an Im. migration Bureau and Mr. Porter field of Green has prepared an ex cellent measure providing for the appointment of a commissioner of immigration to be appointed by the Governor, and his office to be lecat- © the State Capitol. The bill carefully defines the duties of the commissioner and provides for an appropriation of only $7,500 for the! bi-snnial period. The extremely unpleasant weather | pathize with tlic of the past week has given new life republican | to the talk for Capitol removal. the! that efor members seeming to think that the! sun shone in parts of the State. | also Conductor Harris, who bad | 'P8% the administration. The p _ leome out im the meantime. They | 'i8t pores voted with the republi- took the money Harris bad on bis | C825, apL oe they adophon: cr tis iverson. The amcuct of money taken | T*0'UU0n- from the express car could not be ascertained | After an ‘open th inefivctual attempt to in the express | bandits compelled the messenger to assist them he amount from the safe is estimated at 5 |000. The watch and chain taken ‘from Couducter Harris was return- edto him upon the assurance that / they belonged to hi:a individually. It is tho nembers of the Jook > were implica a robbery near z ased for want jof proof are the men who did the job. They remarked when leaving the officers: ‘You have the laugh on (us this time,but we will come again, KNOWLEDGE d improvement and and it seems they made good their tends to i al enjoyment when threat. The passengers were not ne ane sao tif 20 live bet- molested, nor was any one hurt by and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more prompil aiaponene wi we best asics e the needs of p al being, will at 2 value to pure liqui embraced in the the bandits. STANDS BY CLEVELAND. , Senate Sastains the Administration’ Hawahan Poliey.—Vete Was 24 Yeas. 22 Nays. Washington, D. C. Jan President Cleveland's policy toward Hawaii was sustained in the Senate to-day by avote of 24to22 The resolution was offered by Mr. Vest as an amendment to a previoas reso {lution on the subject by Mr. Allen. ‘and is as follows: ts presenting le and pleas ng and truly of 2 perfect Jax- ing the system, 3 on the K vithont weak- y free from sevs, Liver ening them and every objecti ¢ Resolve jof the T BE ee ES ured wherever! Co. only, whe made. we reaflirm the | package, also th: policy of non interference unless by | 40d being well agreement with the affairs of other | #¢cept any sub j effort » ear h stitntions