The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 14, 1895, Page 4

Ss Pes BUTLER WEEKLY TIME J. D. ALLEN Epiror. 1. D. Atten & Co., Ptoprietors. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: The Weekty Times, published eyery Thursday, will be sent to any address one year, postage paid, for $1.00. ANNOUNCEMENTS. We are authorized to annornce J. B. PAGET, as candidate for the office of Collector of Mt. Cieasant township, subject to the action of she democratic party FOR COLLECTOR, We are authorized to announ: J. 8 PIERCE didate for the office of Collector of Mt. Pleasant township, subject to the action of | the democratic party Call for Central Committee. Notice is hereby given to all mem- Central Committee of Bates county that bers of the Democratic there will be a meeting of that com mittee at the court house in Butler on Friday, February 15th, 1895, at ove o'clock p. m. for the purpuse of making arrangements for nominat ing a county school commissiouer, and any other business that may eome before the committee. T. K Lisre, Chairman, H. G. Watton. Sec. Governor Stone has * signed a bill passed by the legislature which makes a judicial circuit of Pettis eounty. The governor will next ap point a judge for the new circuit. ——_— The Rhineland steamship: of the Red Star line arrived at New York ‘Sunday with her deck covered with a solid layer of ice three feet thick Capt. Mills said it was the most tempestuous voyage he had ever experienced. | )I built alittle shanty and the first Has farming in Bates county in! the past paid’? That question can |truthfully be answered both in the affirmative and negative. We have in mind a gentleman who recertly! sold his farm for a handsome sum. | We put the above query to him and | he unhesitatingly said yes. Said he: | “I went in debt for 80 acres of raw! prairie land along in the seventies. winter we didn’t have any floor, and the ground got so soft and muddy that I was compelled to go to town | and get a load of plank and lay down fora floor. In three years I had paid for the land, built a good} barn, and good house, outhouses, | | ete, had a wind pump over my stock well and other improvements I} then bought 160 acres more adjoin- ing it and did not experieace any trouble in meeting the payments when they came due, making it off the land. A cripple, with an invalid mother on his hands, located on an 80 adjoining mine and I loaned him the money with which to purchase a team He was au industrious, hard working, economical fellow. In a few years I purchased his land and after he had disposed of his stock he had four thousand dollars in cash. Icould now put $6,000 in a home, stock it well and have $7,000 or $8,000 to loan out. Don’t tell me farming won't pay to a man who will work and is economical ” The next man we asked the question of, answered “No, it has not paid. I came to Bates county in the seven ties, purchased as good a half sec- tion of land as there is in the county, paid for it and had money enough left to stock it with. The first year was a drouth, then came the grass- hoppers, and then more drouths and failures. I had to mortgage my place | tageous to the public interests.” GOLD TO BE DELIVERED. ! Contract Made With New Yorkers tor! London Bankers. i Washington, D.C. Feb. 8—The| bond transaction consummated to-| day, strictly speaking, is not a sale | of bonds for gold, but a purchase of | gold to be paid for in bonds. The) jissue was not made under the au thority granted by the resumption | jact, but under section 3700 of the} | Revised Statutes, which read as fol lows: “The Secretary of the Treas- ury may purchase coin with any of} the bonds or notes of the United| States authorized by law at such | terme as he may deem most advun-| The contract was made with Au gust Belment & Company of New| York on behalf of Messrs N M Rothsehilds & Sons of London and themselves, and J. P. Morgan & Co. of New York on behalf of J. S. Mor gan & Co. of London and themselves | and provides for the delivery to the, United States of 3,500,000 ounces of standard gold coin of the United | States, to be paid for in United} States 4 per cent bonds A large! number of other banks aud financial | institutions are interested in the} transaction, but their names are not mentioned in the contract itself. The department does not know in what proportions the various par- ties are to furnish the gold coin or} or receive the bonds, as this matter for themselves. is a arrangement between By the terms of con- tract the parties are to bear al! the; expense of bringing the goid from | abroa.l. Another stipulation of great im- portance is that Messrs. Morgan and | Belmont agree to exert all their | | ure. Medicine Is a necessity because the tonic of winter air is gone, and milder weather, increased moisture, accumulated impurities in the blood and debilitated condition of the body, open the way for that tired feeling, nervous troubles, and other ills. The_ skin, mucous membrane and the various organs strive in vain to relieve the im-j pure current of life. They all welcome | ood’s arsa= parilla’ toassist Nature at this time when she, most needs help, to purify the blood, tone and strengthen the laboring organs and | build up the nerves. | “Last spring I was troubled with gen- | eral debility. My blood was so thin that | I would almost freeze on ahot day. My face and body were broken out with pim- | les and I could not eat soyening: At ast I thought [ would give Hood's Sar- saparilla a trial, and it has regenerated my whole system and given me a vigor- Purifies The Blood ous appetite. I have taken six bottles and I never felt better in my life. It is worth $50a bottle to me.” C. E. Bu- CHANAN, Kirksville, Mo. | | | | | | Hood’s Pills the after-dinner pill and family cathartic. 256. be submitted to the committee, but the attitude of several members to- ward it is not known. Representa- tives Wilson, Turner, Stevens, By- num and Tarsney of the Democrats are supposed to favor such a mea+- Messrs, Bryan and Wheeler are listed against it and Messrs. Whiting, McMillan and Montgomery are listed in the doubtful column. to live and in the end about lost it and now I am liying on another man’s farm. It was not my fault, because I worked hard, was not ex travagant, but somehow or other I couldn’t make it. There is no money farming in this county, I tell you.” Now you have both sides from the actual experience of two men, covering about the same period. It 18 needless to add that the first gentleman referred to isa democrat, while the latter advocates all the fallacies of the populists and blames the government for all his misfor- tunes. The bill to make train robbery or attempt at train robbery in this state punishable by death, has passed the house. If the bill becomes a law it will certainly have the effect of put- ting a stop to train robbery in this atrte. Snow fell in Ireland Saturday and Saturday night toa depth of three feet on the level, and the drifts in many places were from eight to ten feet deep. In Cork and elsewhere the train and telegraph service has been suspended. The temperature is reported to be the lowest recorded in forty years. Cass Co. Democrat: There will financial strength and influence, at | The two first named voted against home und abroad, to protect against withdrawals of gold pending com- plete performance of the coutract. No bonds are to be delivered ex- | cept in payment for gold actually. | delivered Treasury officials declare | that these terms are the best that could be procured with a coin bond. Those who are in a position to} know the President’s view on the subject, give it as his opinion that the issue will so far restore public! confidence at home and abroad that | any other issues will be unnecessary at least until the meeting of the next the Springer bill and the last for it. and their attitude upon the message is likely to be unchanged The Republican members of the committee generally decline to say what position they will take upon the question, but there is talk among them of offering a counter proposi- tion, perhaps something in the line with Mr. Reed's plan, although the talk was so indefinite that it may come to naught. Representative Cockrav, who will doubtless sustain the President in this matter, is out of town, and Congress in December. If,however, | Representative Gear is ill, leaving tt should become necesary, the Pres-| ten Democrats and five Republicans The Lagascogne, the long over due French steamship, of which so much has been said in newspapers, has finally arrived at New York, and when the announcement of her ar rival was made known the wildest excitement prevailed in the city. The big steamer when out three days from Havre, broke one of her piston rods and owing to the big storm and blizzard prevailing, had a zough and tempestuous voyage, and no tidings from her hopes for her safety were about given up and it was thought she had gone down be a called session of the mayors of the cities of southwest Missouri containing 1,000 or more inhabitants. at Jefferson City on the 12th of this month to consider means of amend ing the statute to the effect that cities of the above size can assess more than 50c on the $100. We are of the opinion that the limit now placed by law on the rate of taxation is high enough. That seems to be the general opinion of the people in these parts also. Remove the obstruction and the force of the taxation would be felt perceptibly in a short time in this state. ident will act as promptly as may be | necessary to protect the public cred-| it. It is confidently expected by} the president that this issue will| render an extra session of Congress | wholly unnecessary. i 1t was stated on very good author | ity that it was the President's first intention to make the loan of $100,- 000,090, and this figure was first in-| sisted by the London bankers, but after much deliberation the Presi- dent decided that the amount an- nounced to-day would probably an- | swer e.ery purpose as fully as a upon the committee to settle the question THE BOND BILL DEFEATED. Last Hope of Financial Legislation ‘This Session of Congress Vanishes. Administration Measure to Issue $500,000,000 Bonds Rejected by the House by a Vote of 134 to 161 at the End of a Seven hours’ Session and After Three Days of Spirited Debate. Washington, D. C., Feb. 7.—The last hope of financial legislation for with her cargo and crew. Kansas City had a big blaze Mon- day. The fire originated and was Alter Hats In Pablic Places. Jefferson City, Mo., Feb. 8—D Reiger of Scott county, who has de greater amount and recently he stat-|the relief of the Treasury at the ed to Messrs Morgan and Belmont | present session of Congress went by that as 3,500,000 ounces of goldjthe board when the House this confined toa four story building occupied by the Creamery Package Manufacturing company, which car- ried a stock of from $70,000 to $80 000. The bilding was packed as full as it would hold and the fire was a difficult one for the firemen to con trol. The fire started in the base- ment at 12:45 at a time when there nived fame by getting a bill through the house creating the office of watermelon inspector, is ona new track to add additional luster. To day he introduced a bill prescriving a penalty of 85 for every person who shall wear any hat or head covering in any public assembly, church, theater, or other public gathering, during any sermon, speech or performance. This is a sample of republican legislating and legislators at Jeffer- son City. For every fool bill of the above nature introduced and dis- cussed, the tax-payers pay hand somely, and while it may makea little fun for such legislators of the ability of Mr. Reiger, the people painfully toot the bills. was only two or three persons in the building, nearly every one being out at lunch. The interior of the build- jug was completely gutted by the fire but the walls were saved. The losss will be over €65,00¢. The committee on criminal juris- prudence, to which a measure had been referred providing for the exe. eution of condemned criminals at the penitentiary, offered a substitute this week, which was adopted by the Antonio Qucca, president of the Italian wholesale fruit dealers asso- ciation at New York, reports the oranges in Valencia destroyed by heuse with little opposition. It pro- vides that as soon as the death sen tence is passed the criminal shall be taken to to the penitentiary and there confined until hanged by the warden and hie deputies. The con finement in the penitentiary will do away with the escape of so many eondemned felons from county jails, and will be « great relief to the county sheriffs. One thousand dol- lars is to be appropriated to pay for providing of an execution room and the necessary supplies. the recent cold weather in that coun- try. The imports of Valencia oranges to this country ranged from containing from 420 to 730 oranges. | ee Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 9.—A spe-| cial to the Times from Newkirk, Ok., | says: The Blackwell, I. T. overland mail coach was held up and robbed thie afternoon by two outlaws named Johnson and Stratton. To-night Johnson's lies in the city and Stratton is behind the bars, the result of the active work on the part of the City Marshal. 150,000 to 200,000 cases, each case | purchased. would place our reserve about the 100,000,000 point, he would not consent to purchase a_ greater amount. His decision was reluctant- ly concurred in. There is eaid to be no provision in| the contract obligating the govern ment to dispose of any future issues to Messrs. Morgan and Belmont, or to anyone whomsoever, nor was there any specific or implied under- standing to that effect. It is under-| stood that the gold called for by the terms of to-day’s agreement will be) shipped from London at the earliest day practieable. The agreement on| the part of Messrs. Morgan and Bel- mont to use their best endeavors to! prevent gold from being withdrawn from the Treasury was underatvod to mean that no part of the gold’ bargained for should either directly | or indirectly be taken from the Treasury and therefore it is fully be- lieved that the reserve will be aug-| mented by the full amount of gold WHAT WILL THE HOUSE Dot j Washington, D. C., Feb. 8.—The action of the House wsys aud means committee upon the President’s message cannot be predicted with certainty even by members of that body, although they were engaged im & canvass of views nearly all day. It is understood that a bill based upon the President's message will|third reading and engrossment of jown the depot, made up of the dif.{ "™%, | with the amendments thereto, were |rejected after the bill was reported | tothe House. The Reed substitute, | | authorizing the issue of coin bonds, jafternoon, by a vote of 134 to 161, rejected the admiuistration bill to authorize an issue of $500,000,000 bonds. The bill was beaten before jit reached its last parliamentary stage. This result was reached after three days of spirited and. at times, heated debate, and at the end ofa seven hours’ session. From 11 until 3:30 o'clock to day, when the bill with the pending sub- stitutes was reported to the House from the committee of the whole, amendments were offered in rapid succession, most of which were voted down as fast as they were offered Many of them were designed to load down the bill, and the votes thereon were in no sense test votes. The Beli amendment, for instance, to make the bonds payable in gold and silver, was defeated by the de cisiye vote of 76 to 106, while the; bill was defeated by 134 to 161.; Both the Reed and Cox substitutes, : for the replenishment of the gold reserve and certificates of indebted- ness to defray deficiencies in the revenues, was lost, 109 to 187. It was a party vote, save for the fact | pring Bennett-Wheeler Merc. Co. Dealers in The celebrated John Deere & Bradley Stirring Plows, Deere Champion all steel Planters, er Combined. aN with Drill and Check Row Lever Harrows Deere Spring Trip Cultivator, Bradley and’ New Departure Tongueless Cultivators,Grub Plows, Schuttler, Clinton, StudebakerarmWagons TOP BUGGIES, ROAD WAGONS, SURRIES,; CARRIAGES and SPRING WAGONS. .'- The Largest Stock —- .- of Groceries, Hardware, Stoves and Queensware in Bates county. All kinds of Grass Seeds, Barb Wire, Nails, Wagou wood work ete. The highest market pr Country the bill, the whole opposition con- centrated while the vote was being taken, which resulted in the refusal of the House to order the third reading The interest centered in the vote of Mr. Reed. He sat quietly in his seat during the first call and did not answer to his name, but on the second eall he voted for the bill. As soon as the result was an- nounced, Mr. Reed attempted to make an explanation of the attitude of himself and those of his col- leagues who had voted for the bill, { but objections were made He after- | ward explained, however, that he’ had submitted a proposition (bis | own substitute) which he considered | would meet the situation. The} Democrats bad rejected this and | then he and many of his colleagues, although opposed to features of the bill, had voted for it in the hope it would pass and be amended in the Senate. Mr. Springer then moved to re | consider the vcte by which the third reading was refused, but the motion was laid on the table, 135 to 123, and the bill was killed, parliamen tarily speaking. An analysis of the vote shows forty four Republicans and ninety Democrats voted for the bill and fifty six ninety seven Democrats and eight Populists voted against it. ST. JOE DEPOT BURNED. The Handsome Unien Station is | Completely Destroyed. LOSS WILL EXCEED $450,000. But Little Bagguge, Mail or Express; Matter Saved. St. Joseph, Mo, Feb. 9.—St. Jo seph’s maguiticaut union station which was opened with such pomp aud ceremony May 1, 1892, is now a mass of swoldering ruins. About 8 o'clock flames were discovered issu ing from the office of the United States express company in the north end of the structure. At first it was thought there would be no trou bie in coutroliing it, and no alarm was sent in for several minutes. This was a fatal delay The flames in a few minutes bad eaten through the upper floor, aud reached the long corridor in the Union depot hotel which is above the lower floor. This corridor is 580 feet long and tiie flames were carried down it the same as a chim- ney. When the fire department did arrive they could do nothing. In an hour the immense etructure was razed to the ground, together with all its contents. A number of the guests in the Union Depot hotel had narrow escapes for their lives. ! Morrison's Faust company lost | their entire baggage as did some 26 families. and all of the beardere at ; the hote!. The transit guests had | the same fate. Major Laughlin, the proprietor of the Union Depot hotel that seven Democrate voted for it. | When the question came up for the | lost $25,000. He had an insurance of $13,600. The Union Depot company, who 3 Republicans and | | levi ice paid for all kinds of Produce. BENNETT-WHEELER MERC, C0. ferent companies entering the city, erected the building at a cost of $250,000. The tote! amount of in- surance carried is $40,000. The guests and boarders at the hotel will lose $10.009. All of the United States mails and alarge amount of express matter owned by the various express com- panies was destroyed The loss on thie will, it is expected, run up into the thousands. A very large awouot of baggage and goods stored in the station at the time will increase the loss. It is expected the total loss will aggregate $450.000. | | | | | Brings comfort and improvement and | tends to personal enjoyment when | rightly used. The many, who live bet- | ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the werld’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 beneficial properties of a perfect lax- ative ; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and | met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kid- | geys, Liver and Bowels without weak- ening them and it is perfectly tree from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug- | gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man- ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only whose using is penton on a kage, also the name, Syrup of Figs, La being well informa sald rill oh accept any substitute if offered. Sheriff's Sale. an By virtue and authority of an execution for costs issued from the office of the clerk of the circuit court of Bates county, Missouri, re- turnable at the February term, 1*%5, to me di- rected in favor of Obe Hawkins, Wm H Haw- kins, Martha Hawkins, three of the four ebii- dren and heirs of Anthony Hawkins, deceased Emma J Drysdale, ove of the the two children of Mattie Allen, deceased, daughter of Anthony wkins, deceased, Wm Wrigh, James J. Wright, two of the three heirs of Elizabet): Wright, ceceased, J U Clark, Sallie Cox, heir» z Pateey Ciark deceased ; Levina Sneed, Susan need, M K Langblin, Caroline Summers. Hannah Hedden, heirs of Polly Klanton, Jobs G Farmer, Mary F Wise, H M Farmer, Ceci! Cook. Luia C Stone. J E Cook, Kate Farmer and William F Cook, heirs of Catherine Farm - er. deceased, J W Slaughter, O B Carlisie JA Durham. Mattie Bashford, heirs of Parah A McKee. deceased, 0 E Hawkins and Will en: G Hawkins, and against Edward © Wright. Wm B Wright. Samuel © Wright, James Ii Wright. Charies A Wright, Mary E Epperson. Marths G Tinsley, Kittie A aval. sarah k Crockett, heirs of Rebecea E Wright, deceased. Jobn M Wright, one of the three heirs of Ells- abeth Wright, deceased, and Richard N Aller a miner. ee RTP Allen, his guardian, one o1 the two heirs of Mattie Allen, deceased, [ have ied and seized upon ali the right, title, in- terest and claim of the above named defena- snts, in and to the following descrined ree! estate situated in Bates county, Missouri, to- wk: The southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 20, township 3%, range 32 al! ‘mn Bates couaty, Me.. 1 will on Wednesday, March 6, 1895. between the hours of mine o’cieck in the fore. noon aa Bre o’clock in the afternoon of the Y. Bt the east front deor of the court house" im the city of Butier, Bates courty, Missoa:' Sell the same orse much thereof se msy be st public vendne to the bid- ¢ash. to eatisfy_said der tor Tints