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What do you Suppose ey =m | r ‘o i It is that has brought this store its rapi lly increasing trade a : S # ? H a ; 74 si 74 i % 76 i a . 1 € an ery } — N j BC Is it the tact that the needs of the cor have % ui been iooked after and that everything ted in the 5¢ By line of drugs and medicines can be had he Or is it YQ aS because everything furnished is invariable the best- Bs % because you can feel absolutely certain about the quality of everything we sell you’ Or is it due to our system of fair prices and adoption of modern methods ee) in conducting an up-to-date drug store. = eA Doubtles all these features are responsible. sie = H. L. TUCKER a7 5 LY j Ws a 7, ee - q fe Prescription Druggist. |j-: | PSR) SEC RSREEE 2 i ——— ————____—_—---—__— — a REPUDIATE THE PLATFORM. THE SANE STORY FROM NEB. Congressman Curtis of Kansas on {Omaha Kepublican Bimetallic 4 the St. Louis Money Plank. | League Starts Independent : Movement. Topeka, Kan., July 2.—Congress-| _ man Charles Curtis returned from Omaua, Neb., duly 2.-The Re- Washington to-day and will remain | publican Bimetallic league was or- in the state during the campaign. | ganized a yearago. At a meeting in an interview he practically repu- | held here recently the following res diated the St. Louis platform. He | Olution was adopted and has been said he was surprised when he learn- ; Signed by all members of the league ed that the national convention had Who could be reached: promised to maintain the gold stand- | The Republican Bimetallic league ard until there should be an interna. | deems the tims to have come when it should make the following declar- tional agreement. : ation: “I believe,’ he ‘that it would have been better to have de- ; ciared for free and unlimited ccinage | the hope that the Republican party at least until such time.” Continu- Would, in the future, as in ing, he said, “I have not changed | be true to the behest and will of the my position on the money question. | People upon all the living issues, On March 9, 1896, the republicans }and especially in the demand for free of the 4th Kansas district honored , and unlimited coinage of silver at me with a third nomination at which | the ratio cf 16 to 1. But that hope time the convention declared in fay- | bas been dispelled. in its national or of bimetalism. I explained my Come! at St. Louis the party de- position to the people of the 4th in| clared for gold and the single stand- 1890, 92, 94 and “95 and have no/| 4rd; that this great nation, dedicated reason to change. They know jin its birth to the highest develop- where I stand and I look to the re-| ment of the human race, should en- publicans of this district for my in. | 888@ in the business of making milli- structions. | onaires and prupers; that the classes Personally, I believa in honest should dominate the masses, and bimetalliem. In other words I am| that the government of the people, for a bimetallism that will guarantee for the people and by the people the permanent use of both gold and | should perish from the earth. ; silver and am against monometalism | “We, oe league, most heartly in- of either metal, because I believe Gorse the stand taken by Hon. mouometalism will decrease our Henry M. Teller and his associates circulation. For one, I shall adhere 1” their patriotic etfo to the cause of bimetallism as enun- | this party betrayal o ciated by the Republican party in | Commend their withdrawal the Stanley Matthews concurrent | such convention when it resolution which passed the Senate |Tepresent the party of and House in 1878. This resolution | Grent and Garfield. was used in the Republican cam “Weare further perewaded that paign book of 1888 which was OUT duty is clear: we are called up-| furnished Republican orators to on as men and citizens of the Repub- fortify them with arguments for lic to resist this proposed wrong; bimetallism. we therefore invite all Republicans The resolution to which Mr, to join with us in securing the unit- Curtis refers is: Resolved, That all ed action of all pe sand parties the bonds of the United States is- | Who are, in belief and sympaty, with | sued under the said acts cf Con. +0 make one united effort to establish | gress hereinbefore recited are pay- , the financial policy of this govern- able, principal and interest, at the Ment upon the true principles of option of the government of the | bimetallism as it existed prior to | United States, in silver dollars of | 1873. D. D. Greaony, President. | said, s “Its organization was formed in sy 7 “~* rts to } prevent , and alike from ceased to Lineoln, the coinage of the United States) “R- P. Wirtiass, Secretary.” containing 4124 grains each of standard silver and that to restore 5 to its coinage such silver coins as ‘Be herald from Athens, BEY E: | legal tender in payment of said | — Scania, - eet of the | bonds, principal and interest, is not “7S ®P* Linister of Marine under | in violation of the public faith nor Tricoupis, has asked the Herald to New York, July 1.—A dispatch to | i | i | the past | NO LIFE IN THE PARTY. Kansas Republican League Co! vention a Dull Affair. Outside of Shawnee County Less Than 200 Were Present. Topeka, Kan, July 1.—The annu- al convention of the Kansas Repub- ican league in this city today was a i t to the man i than 200 | delegates present, the at- tendance from eounty- Last yeur four times that number disap Th great a. a | Shawnee | | were present. the dissatisfaction in the party on account of the financial plank in the national platform was responsible for the falling off. The proceedings of the convention were uninteresting, and many spectators left the during the Most of the speeches were lifeless, and the convention, taking it alto- gether, was about the dullest affair of the kind ever given in this city. hall Sessions. enthusiasm among Republicans, but the party will not be burdened with the enthusiasm crested today. The actual work of the organization is to meet once a year and elect ofiicers. This was the tenth meeting. A Campaign of Dynamite. bans who arrived here last night from Havava, the Saratogo, brought with them copies of 2 circu- lar issued to the Cubans, informing them that during the summer there would be many explosions in the towns of the island, caused by dyna- on jmite. The cireular advised all Cue | bans to leave the threatened district while :uis campaign of destruction Was ip progress. At the Cuban Junta headquarters yesterlay it vas said that the de struction of Hayana in this way had been under contemplation fora long time, and that private buildings and property owned by Spaniards oppos- ed to the independenca of Cuba, would be sacraficed ag well as the pubite edifices. Detroit Tribune Boits Jefferson City Tribune 26 The Detroit Tribune, of the oldest daily newspapers in the west, one aud the leading republican paper of Michigan since the birth of the party has unequivically repudiated the convention at St. Louis in declaring The McKinley the for the single gold standard. Tribune says that, while is all right, “the only important the country is damnably and unrepublican.” It says “no one’s republicanism can be impugned if he continues to staud squarely on the platform on issue before unpatrotic past, aud if he repudiates utterly the false and unamerican falmina- tion of the St. Louis conspiracy,’ and advises active campaigning against “gold monometallism by cone | gressional candidates.” Riot In Ohio. Westview, O, July 1—Over 100 shots were exchanged by deputy sheriffs and strikers this mornlng at the Berea Stone Quarries. was kilied so far as known. Qne striker had his leg broken in two places, and many have sore heads as the result of a hand-to-hand con. flict. The strikers approached the quar- ry through a woods, with the avow- in derogation of the rights of the express the wish of all Greeks that | pabhiaereiitor: United States should senda ship— : “Bay the San Francisco aid the The St. Louis Globe Democrat 8tarving fugitives, women and child- says that an “international agree. ;'e2- There are 5,000 at Gonia ment for the larger use of silver is | 80d 7,000 at Point Plate. The wo- nothing but an irridescent dream,” | men are weakened by exposure and avd that Whitney “talks about it lack of food that ti not suckle | simply with a veiw to avert the im. their children who are dy 1g by the pendeing suicide of his party.” [¢ hundreds. M. Scouloud: Says that the Globe-Democrat’s statement is Americans are the only people that correct, that portion of the republi. ¢annot be suspected of having any can platform declaring for “an inter. | ulterior motives, therefore, the only! national agreement with the leading | people who can undertake this great | commercial nations of the world, humanitarion work without exciting | which we pledge ourselves to pro- jealousy and dis: mote,” is an irridescent piece of po- litical chicanery, inserted in the Found a Nest ot Tarantula: republican platform for the purpose Pgader creat ~* Cincinnati, Ohio, June 29 —Ap of deceiving and humbugging the ,. : Sanco Noa ae geing adult taranutula and 200 young ones pel were captured in a bunch of bananas event se hd pie Red Star that arrived Saturday from the! packet Rahmanieh, bound for Sau- south. All were tak = ali Febetecacaae t : "south, x taken alive and m for Suez. broke her shaft yes given to the Natural History socie- Ki terday and drifted upen a reef, ‘ oe where she foundered. Sixty pereons $¥- Shippers say it is the first ir- were drowned. Most of them were | 8:ance of a nest of young reptiles Greeks. being shipped north. | t ray agreement. | i junion men at work. met by the sheriff and forty dep- uties, who commanded them to |stop. Foran answer began firing, nd the fight then became general. |For a few moments the strikers were repulsed and fell back to the woods. The men in the quarries are quitting for fear and through the | mportunities of their wiyes At noon fifty additional deputy sheriffa were sworn in at Cleveland, ~ jand started for Westview. Banker Re wan Suicides. Batavia, N. ¥. June 29 —Jerome | Rowan, a rich banker and father of | Lansing Rowan, the California actress. who has challenged Corbett tu meet her in a scientific sparring contest, committed suicide to day by shooting himself through the. str hear dispatch that his daughter hed chal- lenged Corbett. Mr. Rowan left a letter addressed to his wife. the con. tents of which she declined to make pub! Mr. Rowan was 65 years / old. . | The object of the league is to create | New York, June 30.—Several Cua-! action cf the republican National | National and State platforms of the! No one | ed intention of driving out the nen-| They were/| By his side lay a copy of the | | Batavia Daily News, containing a Deacon Bras, & Co vood-werk, lron, Barb Wire, Machine Oil. Farm Produce ev Pai Buggy Groceries and aE) eles ~ Peoples’ Ticket, It is supposed that} the ranks cf) BINDER. For Vice President, DEERING IDEAL MOWER. of I For DEERING PONY | | | | AO01s. i r Secretary of Siate, it | PORTER'S HAY CARRIER | | For Secretary of War, | DEERING STEEL HAY RAKE. / For Secretary of the Interior, | CHASE & SANBORN'S COFFEE. For Governor, MAJESTIC STEEL RANGE. For Sheriff, AMERICAN ROUND For Recorder, ANCHOR BUGGIES. (ae PLATFORM: Machine oil, oil cans, binder twine, cold punches, ehisels. wrenches, rivets, sections,square head machine bolts, tin fruit cans, glass fruit jars, ice cream freezers, refrigerators, pre- croquet sets, grass, bush and weed | seythes and snaths, rubber hose, screen Wire. sereen doors, buggy paint, corn and hedge knives, grind- of i stones, greese, large line pitek forks, pumps, &e. ‘ DEACON BROS. Low & CO. Price Hardware and 2Gzocery House. Wo are for frce aud unlimited purchases at ourtstore. TELLER ON THE SITUATION. Denver, Col., July Henry M. Teller will mountain 2.—Senator go to his home at Central City, Col., ior a week or two to recuper- ate. deliver u number of speeches in the interest of the silver ticket in Lilinois jand Indiana, and probably also in | Ohio and several other j States and in California. “Just now it looks as if Bland or Eastern garding the situation at Chicago. | "I believe that the Democratic par- |ty will declare for silver at 16 to 1. |The silver peop jearnest to allow le are too much in a straddle. I do not think the gold Democrats will bolt the convention, but ithey will | knife the ket at the polls. | gold forces of the country will be a | unit in November.” “What would you advise, should ithe Democratic party declare un- jequivocally for silver?” he was ask- led. “{ would advise all Silver {forces to support that is ,tne only way we cao win,” he ans- ;wered. “We must meet the enemy i with a solid front. if the silver forces unite, and there is a genuine silver ticket in the field on a straight silver platform, we will succeed this Noy D +h the oS for at, jis gaining stre | rapidity in all parts of t jand Iam grow from subject d is diseu sure it will continu 10w on. It isthe ly sed, and the more it d the more adherents it The tariff has been ga the battle will be on the cial question.” 7 ed, and Did You Ever Try Electric Bitters as a remédy for your troubles? If not, gat a bottle janow and get relief. This medicine 2 oe 2 4t | ARTHQUAKE IN THE PACIFIC. | WASHER. |! serving and stew kettles of all kinds, | During the campaign he will! | Boies were in the lead, with Bland a little ahead if anytbing,” Senator | Teller seid today, when asked re- The! I believe that! | Hundreds of Lives Lost on the Coast of Asia, B. C. July 1—The ba arrived last night ws to June 18 | Regarding the recent earthquake |wave the Yokohama Mail s | It will be some time do Vancouver, Empress of C ; with Yokohama 8 s be- bt |fore the full particulars reach Tokio of the cruel disaster that has over- taken thepeople living siong the coast nand Rikuchu. Between | p- m. on the 15, a violent of Rikuze ‘Sands: | seistuic disturbance occurred in the | ocean that bathes the northeastern jecoast of the main land. Accounts | thus far received place the center of | disturbance in the vicimity of the) I leelebrated island, Kinkwa Zan. , Fo lowing the coast line northw | Kinkwa Zin, we find these reports |from the vatious places on the | beach: Onagawa, Fatahema—Many lives jlost, animals destreyed and houses | inundated, but no definite number | Stated. Washinghami—Forty houses des- | troyed, several deaths. Okatsuda—Fifty persons killed, thirty houses washed away. Prison doors thrown open an several pris- oners supposed to be lost, as well as some of the wardens; quantities of mail matter swept away. Motoyeski (or Shiqua)—Eighty houses swept away. Seventy three corpses recovered up to 1 p. m, on 16th. Kamaishi—Over half the town Swept away; many persons and animals killed: telegraph office wash- ed away. Miyako—Much injury to life and property. Kuji—The same fate as above. Hachinoye sons killed; Minato—Eleven per- two missing: school building destroyed; bridges swept away. Stephens Well Ahead. Jefferson City, Mo, June 29.— The instructed for Lon Y. | Stephens for the democratic nomina- tion for governor number 72 so far and include: Bollinger, 3; Butler,2; | Cape Girardeau, 4; Cole. 4. Cooper, 15; Douglas, 1; Dunklin, 4; Holt, 3; Howard, 5; Lewis, 4; Maries, 2; Mer- j cer, 2; Mississippi.2; Scott, 3; Miller, 2; Taney, 1; Saline, 10; Ozark, 1. Six of the seven Macon county votes jare for him,as are the three of Linn, \the seven of Chariton, two of Atchi- json, two ef Iron, three of Montgom- jery, oue of Gasconade, one of War- ren and two of St. Clair. David A. | Ball bas the seven of Pike, his own home, while Judge Hockaday and | Major James Waddiil have no in- | structed votes. i votes Savanah{Bank Robbery. | Portland, Ore, June 29.—John | McGinner and John O'Brien, both }men of many aliases and both notor- ious bank robbers, were captured in | Vancouver late yesterda | by deteet y afternoon | ive Joseph Day of this city, | jand are now safely housed in the| | Clark county jail. A man giving his jname as Fred Martin, who was with ; the pair was also arrested. When | captured the trio was found to be! | equipped with pistols, dark lanterns | sticks of dynamite, fuses and caps. a | big bunch of skeleton keys and sev- | eral pairs of new oarlocks tis be |lieved that they intended to rob | a Vancouver bank last night, steal a| | boat and ba off down the river be | | fore daybreak this morning. O'Brien | lis wanted in Sayanab. Mo.. where | with two xecomplices, he looted a DR. Fred R. Jones, | more . il, is condensed Nourish, or the building Up of the system to resist the attacks of dj | It should be taken in reasonable dou BF, { all summer long by all. those w below the standard of health are losing ground, try a bot tood ¢ | wei > by all rugeists at soc. and fg eee : THE q Bates County Ban BUTLER, MO. Successor,to - Bates Co. National Bank | Established in 187(. Paid up capital $125,000 | A general banking business tramp. | acted. F.J. TYGARD, President HON. J. B. NEWBERRY |) Vice-Preg J. C. CLARK Cashier . R. WOODS, Real Etate and Life In urance Agent. ADRIAN MISSOURI I have a large number of farms for sale, ranging from 40 acres up, This land is located in Bates county and is choice real estate. Call and see te | before buying. : Graves & CLARK, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Missouri State Bank i Office over the North side square. DR. J. M, CHRISTY, HOMOEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office, tront room over McKibbem store. Ail callanswered at office dayo #3 night. 4 Specialattention given to temale di eases. DR. J. ‘T. HULL sDENTIST. Newly Fitted up Roows, Over Jeter’s Jewelry Store. Entrance, same that leads? to Hagedotn’s Studio, north side equare , Butler, Mo, T.J. Smit. A.W. THCRMAS SMITH THURMAN. LAWYERS, Office over Bates Countv Natn’l Bank, Butler, Missourl, Physician, Office in Deacon Block. Residence, M. Be church parsonage, corner Ohio & Havannil ~ streets a - BOULWARE, Physician saé- e Surgeon. Office norta side square Butler, Mo. Diseases of women and en a specialty. DR. TF LOCKWOOD. ies ot 2 ‘prneral pedi . Calis eng Me Special att ) Nervou both in at ail times. side [}. | bank safe of $14,000 worth of bonde. Gavel With a History. | Ossiu Guthrie, of Chicago, will | present to the National Democratic! Convention a gavel with a peculiar | fhe bead is made from v! piece of oak timber taken from the. corner of the old block house Fort Dearborn, in 1856, Jones. The handle from the tru story. Fernando Is constructed of tree found 20 feet below the surface of the ground by hea Gem to be peculialy and Pope glacial drift, at the | | adapted to and cure of ail C°Fer Thirt uth street and Cot. Feme 8, exerting a won-/tage Grovs avenue. This wood is f uence in giving | believed to be 7,009 years old. to the organs. If ———— —————— onstipa-| Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, Tur OF are} he Best Saive inthe wi f Sutn| ean: > melan iciiler alin Ule Baie. see ate ckoly or troubled v leetric Bitters i jneed. Health an guaranteed by its use. Fifty cents ,and $1 at H L Tucker's drug store. ¥y spells Sores, Tetter, n ll Skin Eruptio ly cures Piles 2.aing n3, and posi- nO pay required. I is guarant 2 | pertect satisfaction or money refund Price 25 cts per box; Por sale by VU. uch 4 } Forsaie Sy H,L. ucker druggist r Joe Mevers om The Oid Reliable : HOTOGRAPHER North Side Square. Brides on £ P Has the best equipped gallery A . i issouri, All South Styles of Photogrphing executed inthe highest style of tht art, and at reasonable prices Crayon Work A Specialty. nteed 16 id se€, kin my line is guara satisfaction. Callan samples of work. C. HACEDOR All wor! give