The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 7, 1895, Page 1

VOL. XVII. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 1895. Missouri State Bank OF BUTLER, MO. CAPITAL, - . Transacts a general banking business. mers, merchants and the public generally, promising a safe depository for fa: x art all funds committed to our charge. at eny time and stop interest. $110,000. We solicit the accounts of far- | We are prepared to extend liberal ac-| , commodation in the way of loans to our customers. Funds always on hand Re tol 2 p vi y aS oan on real estate at lowest rates, allowing borrowers to pay part or all | soon meet, I remain, yours reepect- | DIREcTORS. Or. T C. Boulware Booker Powell Fravk M Voris OH Duicher HH Piggott HC Wyatt | John Deerwester C 8 Radford RG West JR Jenkins TJ Wright Wm E Welton Geo L Smith | OTHER S'TOCKHOLDERS. | E Bartlett) Frank Deerwester Robert McCracken Dr WE Tucker | Margaret Bryner; D A DeArmond A McCracken} W B Tyler j Lulu Brown John Evans MV Owen ME Tarner | Harley Lumber Co Dr J Everingham John Pharis Wm W Trigg @ A Caruthers C & E Freeman Charles Pharis Wm Walls | if B Chelf GB Hickman JK Rosier GP Wyatt JM Courtne: D B Heath J W Reisner Dr NL Whipple Robert Clar! Semuel Levy LB Starke Max Weiner | CP &8 Lvuoleman! © H Morrison Clem Slaybsck JR Davis Dr WD Hannah Jobn H Sallens, | a S NEW “GREEN GOODS” CIRCULAR. | Accompanying Each One 1s a Genuine One Dollar Bill. Springfield, Ill, February 3.—A “green goods” circular of a variety which bas not been seen here for ten yeur or lopger, is now being widely distributed in Central and Southern Illinois. There appears to be two headquarters of the gang, one at 171 Eust 106th street, New York Uity and the otber at the United States Hotel. Newburg, NY Members of tbe gang seem to be stationed at St. Louis, Chicago and Cinciunati The Secret Service authorities ae now at work on the case. The strik- ing feature of this scheme is that a sample $1 bill accompanies exch cir cuiat It is in reality 4 genuine United States Treasury note, and the victim has no trouble in passing it nt the bank. The circular says: “Inclosed find a specimen of my goods; it needs no equipment argu ment, it speaks for itself Itisa duplicate of a genuive bill now in circulation somewhere, and can not be pronounced otherwise than gen uine until both bills bearing the | same numbers reach the Treasury in Washington in course of time. I have a method of ageing, for giving | them an old and worn appearance, which is very simple, aud which 1 wili «xplain to you in person “I wish to say to you now, so that there will be noo misunderstanding when we meet that the largest amount of goods that I sell on the | first deal is $40,000, which will cost | you $2,000, and this is with the understanding that you pay me 55° per cent on all future deals. Please \ be eure and telegraph me promptly | that I may weet you promptly. # would like to have you start at once. as I um anxious to have youin pos | laround the depot or on the street. session of my goods as soon as Absolutely pure. ~ O%& VY 4 © x” . EMG oe oS: eg PLANT ego pe ot ve eT Observe the following in| possible structions: The day you leave home send me the following telegraph | dispatch: ‘Play my horse No.—, und state the amount you wish to invest If $500 say No. 5; if $700 say No 7; if $1200 say No 12. Do uot use the word dollars, but give the number only, and [ will under- | stand by that that you wish to if vest in that many hundred, and I will be prepared to deal with you for that amount, and thereby avoid avy unnecessary delay. While on your road between your home and destination, send the following dis- patch: ‘Will be at home at —o'clock,’ | and state in your telegram what time you are due to arrive at New burg. You can ascertain this from the ticket agent or the conductor of your traia. Buy your ticket to New- | burg, N. Y, that is where I will | meet you When you arrive there | go at once to the United States Ho tel, and register your right name, or ‘E. Foley, of Albany.’ Go to your roow, and I will join you promptly, as when I get your telegrams I will be expecting you. and will be on hand to meet you. “In the future send all telegrams to the following name and address: H. Adams, No. 171 East 106th) street, New York City. Donot tele- | graph again to the old address, as I | will not receive it. Sign all tele grams Foley. Do not sign anything else Time is money, particularly | in this business, and these instruc- sions should be used as soon as pos sible after receiving them. Treat | this as strictly business transaction and act accordingly. I kuow that | you are in a position to handle my goods, and I also know that you are capable of conducting this business to our mutual advantage “Caution Do not speak to anyone | and | ber of her most charming portraite} | dry humor. or in the hotel until you see me. | NORTH SEA ENGULFED 334 Recognize no ove until you see your password, which is ‘Farmer 879, | Latest Figures Increase the Num Written in green ink, also your full vame, town county and State. You} ber of the Lost on the will tuen know that you are talking) to the rigit party. To avoid all ap- pearances of being a stranger, do not Liing suy baggage, bag, satchel Elbe by Twenty. The latest official statement from the Bremen office of the North Ger man Lloyd Steamship Line shows ° piscle of any kind, as I will|the following number of persons ta s} you with that. Hoping that] have been aboard the lust Elbe: ou Ny follow the fore-|Cabin Passengers.......... - 60 1.149 “1155 Steerage passengers. 13 ious and that we will : i outs Crew (including two pilots). . fuliy, aud in conadence (Sigvedl) “You Kyow” Total Packed With Stolea Goeds St. Josepb, Mo, Feb. 4—For some time past a gang of robbers have been at work in the city anda very large amount of goods have been stoleu. Among the places robbed were several business places, principally jewelry stores. To day the police raided Sue Wab'’s laundry and opium joints on Edmuud street and were astonished at the result. They found hia place to be a fence literally packed with stolen BOM. oes aiSini< =i London, Feb. 1 —The number o° }ost by the sinking of the steamship Elbe has been increased by twenty According to figures given out yes terday it was believed that 314 per sous had been drowred, but later figures place the loss at 334 Of the cabin passengers 44 were bound for New York, and six were booked for Eugiand; of the steerag< 139 were for New York aud 10 for Englaud. The crew consisted of goods, consisting of diamonds, jew- the captain, 145 petty officers anu elry, silks, fure, sporting gooda and|crew aud three stewardesses. Ii a miscellaneous assortment of goods. | addition there were four mail elerke Among the atuff found was over 200/and two pilots. Of the entire num- ounces of opium, which had been |ber of persons aboard, twenty were | smuggled in without duty being; saved. paid. The police estimate the goods} A cablegram announces that the recovered to be worth avy way from|neme of Antonio Fisher, of Wash $3,500 to $6,000. Sue Wah was|ington, D C., was correctly printed locked up. in the het of those lost. Doming« pec et ear oa |Furret, who was also reported lost. ECGEBE eae (OE Eetrusey bowever, sailed on a British vessel. contains a portrait and sketch of| 1, 4, ply to a message of sympa- Amalia Kussner, a young girl frees thy from Queen fo al the agent Fg barely twenty three Ae of the North German Lloyd Steam- cig : two EY ago nage d et ship Company at Lowestoft bas tel- presen as eatranger, wae egrapbed to her Majesty saying that ber brave heart and her deft band, no hopes whatever are eAGertainad aud who in the the two years, bas} 95 any more of the passengers or achieved a phenominal success. Her) oy of the steamship Elbe having miniatures are in great demand, and] 1 on saved. she has painted scores of society) 44 pecame known to day that the women, beauties, belles, and leaders SilbolHad on lioard tie boay of M . ame pares more re | C. Conners, of Dakota, who died re- she can fill, and charging very large cently in a sanitarium at Berlin. ums for ber work. In the same » = oH Soni B ork STATEMENT OF THE CRATHIE’S CAPTAIN. e are also a num- number of the Bazar are a a hom. Rotterdam, Feb. 1—Capt. Gor- | don, of the British steamship Crathie The fashion features) which is generally admitted to have : attractive; 'been the vessel which ran into and and the short story “Salyage, by| sunk the Elbe, has madea statement Grace Livingston Furness, is full of to Lloyd’s agent here in which he quaint Nantucket phraseology and says that he was knocked down by | the force of the collision, and that when he regained his feet the ships Kansas City Times 6th. | Were some distance apart and the Specia! Examiner C. B. Anderson | Crathie so damaged that he expect made out pension vouchers repre jed her to sink at any moment. Ib senting nearly $2,000,000, the quar | spite of this, Capt. Gordon added, terly payment for Missouri pension |he followed the other steamer, but in miniature are as usual extremely ‘Two Millions in Pensions ers, yesterday. receives nearly $5,000,000 in pen-| Crathie, and so he thought the ves sions and has a list with over 55,000 | set he collided with was safe. | The Crathie has been sequestered Only five States, } Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Iu-jat this port. Her captain had been names upon it. diaua and Illinois, receive more pen- | detained sion n oaey than Missouri does. PROVED A FALSE HOPE. —! New York, Feb. 1—The custom of the North German Lloyd Steam x Ss der, Hence Royal Baking Powder makes the lightest, sweetest and most wholesome food. Oa oleae ly pure, yielding 160 cubic inches of leaven- ing gas per ounce of pow- whic all others and more . above the average. OOO IORIOR . | Elbe belouged, of gelling tickets in Europe for passage to America .. gave rise to the hope that jbave taken passage on the Ems, of }the same live, which sailed from jhere last night. official re- port shows Royal Baking Powder chemical- | however. with those reported on the Elbe proves the hope to be unfound ed. } THE OFFICIAL INQUIRY. Bremen, Feb. 1 —The official in- jquiry into the foundering of the ‘city. The charis show that at the | place where the Elbe went down the water is126 feet deep. h was greatly in Men We find the following in the Sioux | City (Iowa) Journal,being an extract | from an address delivered by a Dr. {Jenkins of that city: Success in | achieving wealth is partly the result Unsnecesstal FARMERS BANK { Missouri annusily;found she went faster than the ship Company, to which the steamer | which may be used on any of their} some of the passengers who were lbooked to sailon the Elbe might] | Breman on January 22 and arrived! | Elbe will probably be held in this’ lof personal elements, but partly to} Cash Capital. OSCAR REEDER .. R. J. HURLEY E. A BENNETT....... E. D. KIPP eae Solicited. D N. Thompecn, John Steele Oscar Reeder, tieo W Kiersey, M. G Wilcox, ¥, J. McKee, E. D: Kipp. NON EST TITARE —— SED VALERE SRE oor TITA. But ERSTE Druggist. DIREC “Life is not mere OF BATES COUNTY, $50,000.00 COUNTY DEPOSTORY OF BATES CO. . +» President ice- President Vice-President se sceeee Cashier Receives Deposits subject to check, Lones Money, issues Drafts and transacts a genera! Banking business. Your patronage respectfully TORS, John E. Shatt, R. J. Horley Clark Wix, E. A. Bennett, Jas. M McKibben, H. M. Gailey. J. EVERINGHAM. Secretary existence, the enjoyment of heaith.” Many times this enjoyment of health depends upon the The best medical attention, the most careful nursing, wil! be of little avail, if the medicines be of a poor quality or combined in an unskiilful 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 have sudden calls for medicine. ur be found equal to the oceasion, the product of fortuitous cireum-| stance. Certain moral elements con | tribute to it, but they do not of themselves insure it. Certain intel | lectual traits go to make it possible, | but they do not makeit certain. The | idler, the improvident, the self in , dulgent will never thrive, whatever | his chances, but the industrious, the | economical, the self denying, with out opportunity, remains a poor) man to the end of his days. It isa gross ipjusice to set every unsuccess-| ful man down as lacking in the bet ter elements of manhood. or to exalt | the victorious toniche of a saint. The fact is that the maj rity of men must remain poor and cannot help | fail in the ambitions that incite them Out of 3,600 adult persons who died in New York City lately only one- fourth left estates, and the most of these were small. Probably nine t-nths of the entire population of | the globe live from band to mouth aud if the whole wealtu of the United | States were distributed pro rata we should have about 65,000,000 citi }zens no one of whom ne would | haye enough capital to own a house jand lot, even ina third rate town. For at least 1,000 years to come the | population of the globe will be com prised of “unsuccessful” men Bat it is a grave mistake to think | that the men who have been enabled | by the combination of personal and | | impersonal | wealth are the most blest of earth He spoke of two brothers whom he { | elements j bad known, differing widely in fioan j A Sumpereon of } cial circumstance as merchant prince | | the names of the Ems’ passenger list | | and western homestezder. in whose | |families wealth wrought untold in- \ jury, while proverty brought out character. Happiness could not be tabulated by bank ac counts. Many a so called successful | comparing man tosses upon a sleepless couch while daily toil takes sweet content under a battened ro Herod's guilty conscience makes kim tremble while Paul within his palac within bis p ; heaven is «: stance, but ru sei!. Dr. Jenkins then weet ou to show len ai acquire | H. L. Tucker. that no man ever achieved a fortune by throwing up a certainty for um- cetainty. He had read of a good many reductions of wages, but he supposed no class of wage earnerg in the United States had had their income so reduced as the ministers of churches, but so far as he could learn none of them bad goneastrike. He did not see how it was possible for labor to protect itself without | organization,but organization should be for reason and mutual help rath- er than for war. When it came to a matter of force the history of every strike is the same. Thirteen states, with some hundreds of thousands of armed men, organized a strike against ; the force of the nation in 1861. Met who were in that fight do not need to be told that when an “industria} army” without so much as revolver _ attempts to “capture” a train, they | can only capture what is cet out for | them to take. The moment a strike takes the sword it is doomed. Tho road ts success does not lie in that way, not until the whole character of | American citizenship is changed. But, the pastor coutinued, succees is never achieved by sacrificing is- dependence. A man that cannot wih bis own way cannot win it by proxy. A half a million of unemployed men can be cared for if scattered through- out 5,000 communities; but masp 2,000 of ther: ina city wholly un- provided for such az emergency,aud the only one who can be benefited by such a proceeding is the dewa- gogue who having led them into p position where relief is impossible, poses bow as their ‘friend.” Let the unsuccessful man remember that he belongs to the great majori- ty; the msjority that Gol bas hon- ored always. and depth of poverty did not prevent Jesus Christ from bonor or Lazarus f rom Paradise, ‘The Modern Invalid Has tastes medicimally, in keeping with other inxuries. A remedy ranst be pleasantly acceptable in: form, purely wholesome in coraposition, traly benttieii in efiret and entirely free from every objectionable qnsl ; ity- If really ill he cozsulte a phy how men coald nut achieve success. | sician; if constipated he uses th And the first thieg to be noted waz | gentle family laxative Syrup of Figa.