The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 2, 1896, Page 2

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The reputation we maintain for re- House prescription work in- ones—always low,quality | Times that | would sacrifice \the United States was made with a | full knowledge of the \toms in such cases, and it is with | pleasure that The Times cites among | jof the Anglo-American Contract. The suggestion made by The a war with England } British interests in and cu law 8- the legal authorities who concur in jits opinion, Judge John D. Lawson, professor of law in the Mi State University, contracts is used by nearly every law school in the country. Speaking war situation, the learned ouri whose on | jurist said: RUIN IN OSAGE VALLEY. four Hundred Miles of Rick Country Desolated by Water. LOSSES RUN INTO MILLIONS Siundreds of Thousands of Bushels of Corn Swept Away- Jefferson City, Mo , Dec. 25.—The aews from the Gasconade and Osage is reported, while the Gasconade is falling rapidly. News today con- Grms reports of farmers rendered destitute by the flood, and the con- ditian of some is deplorable in the extreme. Many lost not only their | crops and cattle, but were stripped of household goods and provisions as well. There is no way of estimat. | ing the loss, but it is very heavy. The tie and timber men have suf fered severely. One contractor in the | vicinity of Linn creek is reported to have lost about 100,000 ties. The. Ramsey Bros, of this city have also | suffered some loss, but just how | anuch they are not yet able to figure ap. Atelegram from New Haven, Mo., today states that 600 of their ties in one batch had been caught at | that place. Along the Moreau river | | through this country the bottoms! were swept clean. An estimate of | the corn loss in the Osage valley / puts it at about $2,000,000. A large per cent of the corn crop | was in the fields, and all is lest. One | estimate places the corn loss at $2,- | 500,000 alone. This may be exces- sive, but when the other losses are determined, such as live stock, hay, fencing, damage to wheat, buildings, etc., the loss will run up into mil- lions. The entire Osage valley for 400 miles is a scene of desolationand | ruin great suffering necessarily re- sulting, as hundreds of families have lost everything. Within the space -of six days one of the richest valleys in the State has been transformed intoa scene of distress without a parallel in the history of the State. The Moreau valley is also a scene of practical ruin, but the farmers in that section will prebably be able to take cure of themselves without much assistance. It will be some days yet before the full story of the flood can be told. A WOEFUL AND GLOCMY CHRISTMAS Eldor, Mo., Dec. 25.—To the farmers who live along the banks of | outside world. | Miller, a terrible condition exists. | Nearly the entire town is partially | the Osage river in Central Missouri this Christmas brought only woe and gloom. The unprecedented rise in the river of thirty five feet in three days has spread all over this section and many farmers have lost every- thing they poesessed. Some of them had their corn in shocks, others in cribs. The flood has taken all that lay in the lowlauds- Not only have many of the farmers lost their stock and buildings as well, At Bagnell the end of the Lebanon branch of Missouri Pacific, the river is three miles wide and no train has been able to get within a mile anda half of the town for four days That town and is shut off entirely from telegraphic communication with tke At Tuscumbia, the county seat of | underwater. Only the roofs of many buildings,the postoflice among them | gituation in which Great Britain is| A large flouring mill | | placed and the incident will blow | the printing office of the Eye Open-| | over. can be seen. er and several small stores and resi- | dences are entirely submerged. “There will be no war. ments. tions between the two nations. This declaration would suspend all con- tracts, though not discharge them. Every American citizen would be released for the time from any debt obligation to Great Britain, and if it became necessary the United States government could, as a war measure, wholly annul these obligations. Even without governmental action all business relations would cease. No British gold could secure return} on its investment. Take the sus- pension of English insurance com- panies doing business in America; all the obligations incurred under these would be cancelled. It will be a long time before a commercial country like England involves itself in war with the United States.” From the remarks of Judge Law- son,it may be readily understood how hard England would be hit in event of war with the United States. The blow would strike at a vital spot, too. English investments in Ameri- ca may be reckoned in the hundreds of millions of dollars. War would not only stop the flow of interest on those investments. but would, no doubt, annihilate the principal. It is doubtful whether English credit could stand such a sweeping wiping out of the values of its American securities, while the benefit to the United States by the immediate dis charge of such obligations in such a fashion would be almosi incalculable Englishmen fully realize the con- sequences to Great Britain’s public and private credit which such an epormous loss would entail. The determination to enter into a war with the United States would not be made save after long and careful deliberation, unless an accidental collision of troops in Venezuela, or an unlooked for contingency should arise. It is seldom that two nations get to fighting after cold blooded deliberation on the matter. All things point to a delay in the work of the commission to investigate the Venezuelan boundary in order to | determine the course of the United Before that time arrives, the; | States | kill of British statesmanship will | j have discovered some adroit way in iwhich to get out of the awkward Meantime the work of prepa- ration for war should not cease. poe |the United States should prepare | | Twenty cars loaded with railroad | f4, the worst as a matter of precau- ties are standing on side tracks at | tion and in the interests of peace.— Bagnell and there are thousands of! K ©. Times. ties floating about in the river and | | backwater. The loss to the property | in this immediate section is estimat- ed at $1,000,000. The river is high-| of 1844. The suffering of the peo- | ple whose land and property has! His Substantial Reward. | Chicago Times-Herald. About four years ago, Henry Lew- ‘er even thar during the famous flood |i8, @ confectioner, who lived with | his wife and six children in Brooklyn found an aged woman sitting on the been devastated will undoubtedly be | | stoop of his house. She was poorly terrible this winter. ARKANSAS RIVER STILL RISING. Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 25.—The! Arkansas river here and atall points heard from is still rising. Communi- cation is entirely cut off from Perry-| ville and points south of the river in that section. The ferryboats gener- | ally are in opperative. From all parts of the State come reports of damage by high water. The rivers are approaching very near the disas- trous stage of 1882. Siloam Springs is cut off from the outer world and much of Newport is inundated. Houses are being carried away by the raging torrent near Red Bluff, but no casualties are reported. At Little Rock the river is still at the danger point of twenty-three feet, but still five feet from the high wat- er mark of May 21, 1892. | let her go. | ter to support his family. | dressed and evidently without funds. | As she showed evidences of culture, | he invited her to his home. She ac- Lewis refused to The aged visitor remain-| cepted, and Mrs. j;ed with them until six months ago, when Lewis found it a difficult mat-| Then she told him that she wouid not continue to be a burden on them, and insisted | on going to the poor house at Filat- bush, where she remained until a few weeks ago, when she returned. She had gone away comparatively a pauper, but returned worth $300,- 000, which she has turned over to Lewis for his kindness in taking eare of her when she was without a friend. The discovery that she was heir to the money was made when the surrogaie of San Franciseo in- quired through the Brooklyn surro- gate, and it was discovered that she was an inmate of the poorhouse. for the | jsimple reason that England has| given too many hostages to fortune | in the shape of American invest- The very declaration of war | would suspend all commercial rela-} Cutlery | Hardware and Trot i We are, and Gri DEACON B ROS. id Guns, “ll Chase & CO. s and Implements, s FINE BOSTON COFFEES} Stove rborn” pan Ex cclusively to the caused | | ferior coffees, then these coffees are the strength and aroma of the coffee DEACON BROs. & CO Corn tor Fuel. Journal of Agriculture. A few days ago a dispatch from Mason City, Iowa, erally used for fuel, in iieu of coal. Where corn is cheaper than coal for fuel, it might seem, at first thought, the part of economy to use corn for fuel, but there are other considera- tions than the present relative price of corn and coal. In 1889 corn crop of Kansas amounted to 240,000,000 bushels, andits extreme cheapness coupled with the great scarcity of money led to the burning of large quantities of corn is some parts of that state. Next year, however, the corn crop of that state fell to less than one fourth the yield of the pre- vious year, and many who had burn- | is iniversally accepted as the Leadi i112. Fine Coffee of the World. Prices 25e—30ce—33ic—35e and 40e per pound, just as low as you can buy in then placed in tight tin cans on the shelves for retailing, thus retaining all , Low “Priced Hardware and Groce ry House. | ling together in peace and harmony. said that eorn' was so cheap that it was being gen- | | the fed ed corn actually suffered for bread. When 12 cent corn was burned in Kansas in the fall, the Chicago price next spring reached 60 cents a bushel. No doubt many who contemplate using corn for fuel do so because they are unableto hold their corn and buy coal, too; but in every come munity there should be at least one philanthropist with means sufficient to assist his less fortunate neighbors in purchasing coal, securing himself with a lien on their corn. The corn could thus be held for a rise, which, judging by the past, is nearly sure to come; or it could, at least, be stored up and prevent a famine or dependence on charity in the event of a failure of crops next year. It is the same old story and yet constantly recurring that Simmons Liver Regulator is the best family medieine. ‘We have used it in our jtamily for eight years and find it the best medicine we ever used. We think there is no such medicine as Simmons Liver Regulator "—Mrs M. E S. Adingtov, Franklin, N. C. “Each member of our family uses it as occasion requires."—W. B. Smith | Mt. Vernon, Ky. President Cleveland has declared | didate for re-election to dency, and this reminds | Abraham Lincoln once said: ‘Don't Mr. Cleveland is probably the best man British lion's tail. If Great Britain should turn her lion loose, it would tion and election of Grover Cleveland by the solid vote of every state in the American Union. There will be no side issues or difference of opin- jion in acontest of that kind. The ;American people are all one way | when it comes to strict regard for , the Monroe doetrine.—Clinton Dem- ocrat: Our special Washington corres. pondence outlines the programm the republicans in the house as inated by Speaker Reed. It ia par- tisan to the last degree, as might have been expected. tures are tariff new and need! Its main fea- tinke I ing of the peopl of 3 per cent co lief of the treasu f the currency. the jingo cuckoois do not think Mr. ea will president.—N. Y. World hapa we ever be | masses the presi- for the first time since his trip to us that ! swap horses while crossing a stream.” | : | the rebel cause, in the country to twist the! | as ber debt, and yet our columns undoubtedly result in the nomina | have advaneed steadily from the | through strategic military lines and | trained armies, until we have reached | the territory ‘ 5 | trada Palma, Cuba’s minister, time and again that he is not a can-| Million People shipped tous in sealed tin cans and oe - O. Shelby fand congress- | man Jobn C. Tarsney are not dwel- Shelby accuses Tarsney of instigat- ing the investigation of his office by ral authorities, and Tarsney accuses the general of aiding in the election of Van Horn to congress. While we are great admirer of Tarsney, we believe he is worth a a ten-acre field of men like Van Horn. The fulsome laudation in which Gen. Shelby indulged, just after the elec- tion, in speaking of Col. Van Horn was the most disgusting episode of the campaign. It was extremely nauseating to all the friends of Gen. Shelby.—Clinton Democrat. bo It begins to look like the political rascality at the election in Kansas City, was “not all on one side.” The republicans have all along charged | ni, that there was a conspiracy among democrats in that city to ‘steal the election.” A recount of the votes cast for probate judge, in the con- test of S.S. Winn and J. E. Guin- otte, the precincts in Kansas City Guinotte, democrat, gains 125 votes aod Winn, republican, loses 13. In the contest for county collector, Mc- Curdy, democrat, gains in the city 87 votes, and DeBord, loses 13 votes. Guinotte and Me. Curdy are now in office. Spain’ «Sad Christmas. Madrid, Dec. 26—The war in Cuba has made a gloomy Christmas in Spain. Besides the absence of 116,000 soldiers sent to the island, many families have been crippled financially by redeeming their sons from service in Cuba. 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