The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 3, 1896, Page 3

from their sockets, and his hair was | disheyeled ‘ | “With head down he ran toward fiilliam Withers was Leader Of|me and cried, ‘Let me pass. He Orchestra ‘Ihat Night. ‘slashed at me and the knife cut! jthrough my coat vest and under ‘clothing. He struck again, the wea- |! pon p: netrating the back of my neck | and the blow brought me to the floor | gaW LINCOLN KILLED. — a Week He Had Been Back Among he Scenes of His Earty Life, and Is a Paique Character in Augustin Daly’s|1 watched him make his exit| Agerecauio —His Story of Assassin-} into the alley, and caught sight) Not Exactly Like Oihers—He Jdentified Booth and Kept Lights from Berns Pat Our. the Washington Post There were many inquiries at the | [afayette Square Opera house dur-| ing the week just past for Mr. Wil- jam Wither, Jr., a unique character jo Mr. Augustin Daly's aggregation. fe. Withers 1s quite popular bere, jally among the musicians, and of the horse held by ‘Peanut John.’ “The commotion in the audience} |was something terrible. Several | actors, including Harry Hawke rush | ed out, and a man who proved to a/| detective, lifted me up ane said: ‘L) arrest you.” i “What's this all about” I’m stab | bed.’ I wae quickly told what was! the matter. The thought flashed | across my miud that Booth wes ti assassin. “T was taken to the police and my deposition was ree the presence of Mayor Ws ‘ That wag, I believe, the first intitos tion that they had of the tientity the murderer I was at the trial conspirators and the second te give testimony. My wound healed in a short time | 2 ee | ry qsonce a member of the “arine pend, having begun his musical ca erin that orgaization. He was born 26 West Point, in 1837, and eld positions in several theaters in Washington in the ‘60's. He was podmaster in the Twelfth New fork volunteers and 620d Pennsyl- gaois. and it was at the close of the mr that he was offer the position of leader of the Ford’s theater. He has peen with Mr. Daly as his orchestra jader for a long time Mr. Withers enjoys the distinction of having not only been at the thea ter the night Lincoln was assassin- tted, but of having been pierced by the dagger of the assassin just a few ! moments after Booth had fired the shot that made Lincoln a martyr. Every time he comes to Washington hots requested to tell this story,and sthough many and varied are the recitals of this thrilling event, Mr Withers’ is somewhat different from others. Here is the story as he tells il: “I was the leader of the orchestra at the time and as the president was towitness the performance of “Our American Cousin” I thought that as befitting the occasion I would com poeasong. Soldid. It was en- titled, “Honor to Our Soldiers,” and dedicated it to the President. This was to be sung between two of the uts bya quartette I had engaged Bryan’s Haunting Trip is Over. Springfield, Mo, Nov 22 —Wil liam J. Bryan arrived af 5:30 last evening from his four days hunting excursion in Taney County, aecomp anied by Governor Stone, Senator Jones and others. Steps were made atall the stations between Chadwick and this place this afternoon and Mr Bryan spoke for free coinage ta great crowds at every point. Immediately upon the arrival of the party in this city Mr. Bryan was driven tl North Spricgfield, where he spoke to an immense crowd, di recting his remarks to the railroad shopmen. He argued for silver along the lines he used during the campaign, and urged the friends of the metal to organize and keep up the fight for 1900 At eight o'clock the Bryan party and a number of citizens and escort occupied the boxes in the Baldwin theater to see “Sowiog the Wind” Between the second snd third acts Mr. Bryan was called on for a brief speech. 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Cleveland, O., Nov. 21.—Chairman Hanna had a conference here night with Fred W. Peck of go, in wh last “hica 2 outli ed the future fp Republican or- gan tion. he Republican party. said Mr to Mr. Peck tl , “will not have as it had in the last campai The work of edu | cation is to ly | from the pres« he next! Presidential electi “The one great power for Bryan ‘was the workingman. Bryan posed as their friend and s n get | ting them practically in line for bim. |The fight at the polls was not so! |much between gold and silver as it | jwas the fight of the workizgmen | lagainst the man they thought was exponent of trusts and monopolies |They were led to believe that Me | Kinley was the candidate of the j trusts and, not to mince matters, ; Was my candidate, and that I was! the head center of trusts. The popo jerats very adroitly made me the Whole thing and called me the op | pressor of labor. The labor leaders, | who ure friendly to me, tell me that | | i] | | if we are to be successful again we must counteract this impression, and We can not do anything with the farm jers. They have left us but we can get the labor vote, and we shail be gin now to direct i: away from Bryan and his party.” “How will Mr. McKinley do this?” “Why, he kuows too well that something more than mere assertion that the Republican party is the friend of the workingmen, is neces sary and national legislation will be so handled that it will be the best educator of the people “The fight of silver against gold was practically abandoned by the Democrats two weeks before the campaign closed. It will never again be the main issue that is what we propose to do. jagainst the Se aE oo rc 3 RE THOS. A. WHEAT, Rome, Ga, > Wheat, the —Thomas A. who loaded the first he civil war,is hving near this city. He helped to drive the United States troops oat af Fort Ss Sumpter. ean He has a farm on the Oostenaula River about nine miles from Ro where he} P specimen of r lived since he left army lly be is a magnificent hood. Six feet high, broad shouldered and sinewy, he is as goola figh to day as f tSe Confed- y. Although in his Stth year, oes not look to bemore than 40. So devoted is Wheat to the lost cause that he still wears the gray overcoat of the Confederate service. He has gus when he was a soldiero erac ded this precious relie ;S0 carefully that to day it is a com. plete and serviceable garment, ca- pable of protecting the wearer cold and fit to be worn in another campaign. He is ready to begin the war over again, and if such a thing were possible it would see the veteran coming to the front in his coat of Confederate gray, like the ghost of the last generation. Of the firing on Sumpter, he says: “It was my business to load the first cartridge for the 10 inch mortar acd while cur commander, Captain Hallenquist, took his station near the gun I measured out the powder, loaded the cartridge and cut the fuce. : “It was just growing light, and the fog hung heavy on the water be- tween our position and Fort Sump- ter. We could see the dim outlines of the c11 fort,and back to the land. ward, as the mist thinned, we could eee figures moving to and fro along the battery to Charleston. It was the crowd gathering to witness the attack on the fort. “Suddenly the signal was given, jurt as the fog lifted and revealed the outlines of the fort, and spring- ing backward Captain Hallenquist McKinley will} pulled the lanyard. ‘Bomb!’ the shot aad the entire company, who were to assume a dignified attitude of antag-|rang out, and was echoed from beattired in the American colors. Allows interest on time deposits. Authorized by law to act as Executor, Curator, Receiver and Assignee. e solicit your business. crowd followed Mr. Bryan to the | depot, where he took a Memphis| « FRANK ALLEN, Seo’v., WM_ EF. WALTON. Prest. onism to all truets and monopolies.|shore to shore, and the frightened s! > ‘ }. A. ALLEN, Abstracter. T J WRIGHY, Vice Prest. ‘ » ie eee roOTH) NESE TES THEATER route train for Denver. ‘ Saree aah asco! J.B. WALTON, Bookkeeper. or « His inaugural message will breathe | water fowls flew shrieking in every ‘As I was on my way to the thea- BallacdisiSuoemidinient. 4 Ue RAR RAR AAAARRARRA RARARRAR RRRRRRRR AAR RAR A Rae) | 8 Spirit of abhorrence for the cen-| direction. It was like a clap of thun- ter I met John Wilkes booth just in front of George Harry’s saloon, which adjoined the theater. It was asultry night and Booth had his Mrs. Hamilton, Cambridge, Llls., says: { had the rheumatism so bad I could not raise my hand to my head. Ballard’s Snow liniment has entirely cured me. I tad pleasure in informing my neighbors tralization of such power as isto. day|der from aclear sky, but in a mo- possessed by the trusts and then we| ment the wild cheering of the crowd will expect the understanding of the| along the battery was borne across A Fortuns Awaits Them. The acts of tha coming republican | St Joseph, Mo, Nov. 13—A Tha Prospect Before Democrats. i } tion of the President's box. overcoat over his arm. ‘Good eve- ning, Billy,’ he said,‘come have some- thing?’ “As I was leaviog to enter the theater, Booth remarked, ‘I'll witness the performance tonight.’ I noticed nothing strange about his demeanor and subsequently saw him as I was coming out for the overture. “Soon the President, his wife, Major Rathbone and Robert and Tad tutered their box. I signaled fer ‘Hail to the Chief,’ aud the audience cheered and the President turned smilingly and bowed. ‘The he seat ed himself and with his accustomed modesty drew the curtains half way across the box “After the tiret act J. P. Wright, the stage manager, sent me word he would be unable to have the special fong eung at that time, but he would try to have it rendered between the second aud third acts. A similiar Message was sent we at the close of the second act, and I became some what exercised. I started to go on the stage, when I saw Booth on the balcony down the aisle, in the direc He was ®emingly attentive toward the act- ing, for the curtain bad again gone up. Lencountered a sceve shifter, Spangler, whose office was to turn out the lights in the theater as soon as the shot was fired. He obstruct ed my passage. “What do you want here’’ he de- wanded In reply I told him it was tone of his business. Mr. Wright ‘ppraring, Spangler left his position 0n the stage along side the box in Which was the apparatus for illumi tating the theater. I closed the lid Ofthe box and sat upon it to talk to manager, unconscious that I was Spoiling the plan “Mr. Wright iold me the song Would be sung at the close of the Performance, and Miss Keene had B® tnt word to the president request- | log him to ctay and hear it. ' “Ll was just about to return te the When the crack of a revolver startled Me All was quiet inetanly. I saw } &man jump from the president's box} Oto the stage. It was Booth. He Mn directly toward the door into the alley. This course brought imright in my path He had a gger in his hand, and he waved it ateningly. ‘He evidently did not ize me, for he appeared like a ¢, his eyes seeming starting | and fricnds what it has done for me, Chas Hanley, clerk ter Lay & Lyman, Kewanee IIl., advises us that Snow Lir- ement cured him of rheumatism. Why not try it. {t will surely do you good. It will cure all inflamation wounds, sore cuts, sprains etc. Sold by H. L. Tucker Montana’s Official Vote. Denver, Col , Nov. 22 —A special from Butte, Mont., says: official county returns in the recent election give Bryan a total vote in the State of 43.680; Mchinley, 10, 490; majority for Bryan, 33,190. The Palmer ticket did not appear on the ballot in Montana and the Levering vote has not been reported. The vote for congress was: Charles S. Hartman, silver Republican, 9,846. There was no Democratic caudidate for Governor. Robert B. Smith, fusion candidate, got 24,605, and A Botkin, Republican, 14,994. Both branches of the Legisiature are Dem- ocratic by large majorities. No Sen- ator will he elected this year. Nearly all women bave good hair, though many are gray, and few are bald. Hall's Hair Renewer restores the natural color, growth of the hai An analysis as to occupations of the membership of the next general assembly of Missouri, give this inter- esting result: Senate—lawyere, 15; bankers, 2; farmers, 5; merchants, 2: life insurance agents, J; real estate agents, 1; restauraaters, 1; hotel | keepers, 1; bakers, 1; editors, 1; arch- itects, 1. House—farmers 49; law yers, 28; merchants, 11; teachers, 4; editors, 4; preachers, 3; farmer and preacher, 1; physicians, 8; liverymen, 1; sawmillers, 1; insurance agente. 1; brokers, 1: mining engineers, 1; | teacher snd farmer, 1; \ farmer, 1; miller, 1. miller and A Sound Liver Makesa Well Mao Are you Billious, constipated or trou | bled with Jaundice, Sick Headache, bad taste in the mouth, foul breath, coated tongue, dyspepsia, Indigestion, hot dry skin, pain in the back and between the | shoulders, chills and tever, &c. If you | have any of these symptoms, your live | is out of order and your blood is slowly | being poisoned because your liver does } | not act properly. Herbine will cure all disorder of the liver, Stom | : | thas no equal as alive: ne. Price l75 cents. Free trial pottles at H. L. fuckers drugstore. 4tl1y Complete 1 admivistration and Congress should | search is being made in this city for and doubtless will be watched with | two women, the daughters of a man interest by every one. Swollen by | named Sanderson, who died here its triumph the republican party is ‘some years ago. Parties from Ray likely to carry things with a high | county, Missour’, are searching for hand, in which case it may open the |them with the purpose of placing a for a Democratic triumph in| fortune in their poeseseion The ifamily removed here twenty years ago from Ray county, and the father | must expect during the next four land mother died, leaving two daugh years, and others which we must not | ters, Laura and Adele, who were | expect. The people justly complain | married here. The grandfather of | of many wrony demand their! the two women has just died and redress, but we do not expect Mr. left them a large fortuce, but all| McKinley or lus cabinet to undertake ‘traces of the fortunate parties seem their cure. The trusts should be | to have been lost here. crushed, but that work will be left | Cavubints Plane: for the dewoerats some day. There Washington, D. C., Nov. 25.—A| should be a just income tax, but close friend of Secretary Carlisle | that too , will be left for the demo-/ sayg there is no basis for the report | crats some day. There are many | that Cleveland and Carlisle will form | other things to be reformed, but |a law partnership in New York after none of them will be doue unless it) March 4, or that the President, after, is done by by the Democrats some way 900 | There are many things which we} and | the expiration of bis term, will take | Gay. | It is not tco much to say. that, 'a trip arouad the world Cleveland, it is his old jaw firm, and Carlisle will | tated, will re enter , although fresh from defeat, the dem- | J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and be- i 75¢, per bottle. Georgia County Which Held No Elect people to do the rest for the follow ing three years. “Four years hence, when the pub- lic mind is attuned to the idea that McKinley is the enemy of trusts, we shall have a tariff meaaure introduc- ed. This measure will be clorely identified with McKinley. On that meacure we shall make the Presiden: tial campaigo of 1900. How's This! We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-| ward tor any case ot catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHeney & CoPros_ ., Toledo O. We the undersigned, have known F. lieve him perfectly honorable in all bus- iness transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their | firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo O. WALDING, KINNAN & MAR- vin, Wholesale Druggist, Toledo, O. Hall’s Catarrh Cure 1s taken interna the water. “The firing, of course, became general, and the guns from old Sumpter answered our challenge. I was kept so busy working the gun that I paid little heed to what was going on until the order came to cease firing. “Then I saw the officers in the toat being rowed across to the fort to complete the articles of surren- der.” Nature's | Scuences Remepy z rte SS Mianore IVER j P ( LiverPn OM PLAINT | Kentucky's Vote. Louisville, Ky., Nov. 18.—Secre 3 i acting directly upon the blood mucous surtaces ot the system. F Soid by all d Testimonials free, Si |tary Gus Richmond of the State Democratic committee announces \that the party bas definitely decided } to contest the election of eleven of the McKinley electors in Kentucky. Atlanta, Ga., Nov 22,—There 18 The Democrats co:ceded the elec and thickens tbe) or bowels, ocrats can even now prepare the way | lfor trium.t in 1900. All they have to do is to get together and adopt a | reform — i | policy of s« New York W« aad bess if { — —_—__—_——_ | ‘Too Much of a Landstide. | Helena Independent. i That plurality of 1,000,000 means about 7,000,000 votes for McKinley, | about 6,000,900 for Bryan, and say, i 1,000,000 scattering. Thus McKin- ley has about 7 votes to Bryan's 6. MeKipley’s vote doesn’t appear to | be such 4 landslide after all. A vote | lof 7 to 6 is dered pretty close tin n City Council; one of 70 to 60 is | | pretty close ina Irgisiature: one of | 700 to GUC pretty close in a county; land one of 7,000 to 6,000 very close lin w territory. The mere getting of | | more votes duen’t eut much figure ir | la presidential election. ‘Tilden jhad a plurality of 250,945 over | Hayes. Andrew Jackson had a |plurality of 50,551 over John | 'Qumey Adams ia 1824, but the) representatives made Ad- | | house | of resident. (ams presi probably locate in New York, as he | has pratically abandoned all idea of ever again trying to reinstate hime Post- js also ex- himself in Kentucky polities. master General Wilsov pected to become a citizen of New York His friend, ex Congressman Straus, will see ‘bat he forms good | connectiovs there. What’s the Use ot Talking About coldsand coughs in the sum- mertime. Yor may haye a tickliug cough or a little cold or baby may have | | the croup and when it comes you ought | to know that Parks cough Syruy is the best cure for it. Sold by H. L-Tucker The Omaha World Herald sa ' “Counting the states known only to have chosen Bryan electors, Mr Bryan will have 177 votes in the! electora! college. This is thirty- two were than Harrison received in| 1892: it is nine more than Cleveland: received in 1888; it is five less than. Mr Blaine received in 1834; it is twenty two more than General Han-° cock received in 1580; seven less than Tilden received in 1875, and ninety seven more than Seymour re- ceived in 1865S.” one couniyee en Waited Sie ¢ aR | tion of the formost McKinley elector, i kK of th pi en) _ did not know of the national elec 13 H. Kash who ran abead of W. H io i ‘bar} ye SAS ty és tion. It is Charlton county, Georgia. |Smith, the leading Bryan elector, j The officials in the office of the See! 1, in turn ran abead of bis aseoci- retary of State are authority for the! ates by over 2.000 votes, the other pigoeees that the people of the civen McKinley electors receiving a county could cot have known of the; greatcr number of votes than the election, for no election was held there, and the official digeet of the! election in Georgia has been made | up with Chariton left out. The fa-| mous Okefenokee Swamp covers! moat of the territory of Charlton/ county] which is on the Florida line, ; and indeed runs down into Florida. | According to the maps there are sev | eral towns in the caunty, with Trad- | ers Hill as the county seat, but all efforts of the Secretary of State to. get returne from there have proved) unavailing, and it is claimed as a. certainty that no election was held. Removal. We after t | move all traces of rheuma rovbles and lis compla user. It is tt ; guaranteed to cure se diseases or no Parts sure cure is sold by H. L.| ‘ | other Bryan electors The grounds of contest are given a6 irregularity aud fraud in a large number of coun- Tbe Republicans meke as many charges of irregularity as the Democrats. The State conteet board is composed largely of Republicans ties. Silvery Mexico. Keneas City Times. We learn from a local gold stand ard paper that Mexiec-“silver cursed Mexico”—is having a tremendous boom on account of large invest- ments, made principally by people from the United States, ia coffee | plantations, manufacturing establish- Isn't it rather ld standard go ont of ments and railroads. euricus to the local paper that people shoul a gold standard country into a silver one to invest their money?