The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 17, 1896, Page 5

ot the Bets Selection of Holiday Goods — IN THE Crry SEE J.A. TRIMBLE. “Invincible, Unsurpassible, —_—_——— Without a Peer’’ Writes a regular has read it for many years, of the ‘Lwice -a—week issue of the 1 St. Lows Globe-Democra and this is the unanimous verdict subscriber, who | Nemaha County Turns Out to Capture a Pair desperate battle, in which a mother’s | stolen babe blower, kept at bay an angry mob of citizens, two men were arrested and safely put behind iron bars in the Nemaha county jail at Seneca. this place Wednesday night. One is an old man, said to resemble George of its more than half a million readers. It is beyond all com— parison, tbe biggest, best and cheapest national news and family Journal published in America. It is strictly Republican in politics Taylor, the Meeks’ family escaped murderer, the other is barely more than a youth. They steadfastly re- fuse to disclose their identity. FARMERS UP IN ARMS. of Burglars—Desperado With a Child in His Arms Defied the Mob. Corning, Kan, Dec 13.—Aftera in the arms of a safe | They are held for safe-blowing at Wednesday ‘night the safe in the 7 { | Williams CASH GROCERY We have bought bbls fine mixed candy for Christmas trade. We have sold most all the Xmas candies sold in Butler for the last four years, and we intend to do so this year. Come to us for your cau- dy, nuts, raisins, bananas, oranges, lemons, cocoanuts, citron, orange and lemon peel, celery, purest spices and extracts, mince meat, currants, seedless raisins, or any thing you may use in your Xmas dinner. Our stock is complete, and 95 2 figs, AT FEVER HEAT. | gnant Over the R2- ling of Maceo. GOV. MORTON OFFERS HIS ADVICE. New York's Chief Executive Makes Some Suggestions to President Cleveland Over the Cuban Muddie—The American Consulate at Havana Guirded. Wasninetox, Des over the report sination of Gen general, western | states, and the transmississippi states | in particular ne a tlood of let. | protest to mem- Mae and from ail the have ee te and telegrams bers and senators. mobers from } Missouri and Kansas have been tlooded with them. With public at fever heat throughe re country, the question is how long can congress | be restrained from taking action. The most alarming phase of the situa indignation | from the standpoint of the ac istration. bent on preserving neu- is the news coming | from Missouri Arkansas, s, North and South Carolina, inia and Kansas of the organiza- tion of bodies of men, for the most part trained inthe use of arms and edu- cated in military tactics The statement was made last night that within two weeks the Cuban junta could mobilize on the southern seaboard a half mil- lion Americans, eager to gosttoCuba and fight Spain. This is the feature which DON CARLOS TO ABDICATE. He Wil Waive His Claims to the Spanish Throne in His Son's Favor. Maprip. Dee. 1i—A dispateh from Rom t Don Carlos, th says that 0 the throne of Spain, intends to cate his as claim in favor of / WM his son, Don Jaime The present Don Carlos is the grand son of t preten Spanish throne.also led by the itimists Vil. of ain. Den Carlos d to have dis- playeda waning en- during the few vears over the claims put forth in his be- half to the throne of Spain. He is called indolent, and since the last ear- iest war he has eome into fortune arles DON CARLOS thusiasm lust estimated at between $20,000,000 and $30,000,000. A campaign for the throne of Sp: culd necessarily involve the expenditure of a lar money and would by the « e amount of this be discountenanced urt of Austria, at which Don Carlos desires to stand well. NO COMPROMISE. Each Faction of the Democratic termined to Fight It Out. CuicaGgo, Dee 15.—The Times-Herald prints a symposium of interviews with 40 prominent democrats throughout the United States in an effort to dis- cover whether a reorganization of the democratic party will be attempted. There is deep signiticance in the re- arty De- gives intense interest to every move in the Cuban situation. Under pressure from their constituents the western and southern senators and members are likely to ignore the administration and take some action which will make plies. Without exception the demo- “ crats who stood by the Chicago plat- form and its nominees assert that the + democratic party is perfectly organized and that the gold standard democrats but ic is above all a newspaper, i and gives all the news promptly, accurately and impartially. It is indispensible to the Farmer, Merchant or Professional man who our prices will be th» lowest, we have ever made them. Will sell you fine mixed candy at 6c per lb. Having such a large stock of china office of the Jackson Grain company at this place was rifled and the echool house broken into. The first clue to the perpetrators was brought desires to keep thoroughly posted, but has not the time to read a large Daily paper, while of well-selected makes it an invaluable Home and its great variety reading matter here by country school children, who reported having seen two tramps along the railroad west of town. Deputy Sheriff Charles Andrews and ware and lamps on hand and know- ing that money is not auy too plen tiful, we have decided to give our customers th» benetit of a cut rate for two days of next week, Tuesday and exceedingly strained the relations be- tween this country and Spain. GOV. MORTON OFFERS HIS ADVICE. New York. Dec. Morton, according to a statement published in the Evening World, has sent a tele- 15. —Gov. who left the party cannot expect a compromise or concession. The gold standard democrats, on the other hand, for the most part, hold to the view that the silver men must abandon their convictions if they wish to havea united party. i City Marshal Bansing at once took a| Wedneeday; Dec. 15 and 16 and t gram to President Cleveland in relation - ~ q Family Paper. - 5 y5 nies D and two ane a No Relief for Mayor Ragsdale. y Pp buggy and weut in pursuit, overtak- days, Monday and Tuesday, Dee. 21 othe —- condition of or at: Sea Cite, Mo. Dee. 15 —-Mlayor TWO PAPERS EVERY WEEK. ing the pair about five miles out and 22. We give ten per cent off ete padatee Oa Meetd ae J. W. Ragsdale. of Moberly, who was ' FIGHT PAGES EACH TUESDAY AND FRID oY. The men were accosted but made no pics Ag oo ae OT) that the message contained the novel ee Hae ae eee ‘ a. JD ime oe ; Dect ‘lew re ’ J . vy ee soe we TEAS. reply Andrews gain asked them tolto buy your Xmas none cheap; a ee inp ombracerrgeen court of appeals, which yesterday de- i. . : "* 3 § va! EY a = ley cide y Pe ee y re % t SAMPLE COPIES FREE. wait u moment, wh-n both whipped | these will be the only days we will| Washington to discuss the most feasi- ee ener NE Pei pea Retin i f ; out revelvers, covered their pursuers | make any cuts, don’t miss this op-| ble plan to be followed by the presi-} (¢ alaeenauet Mayor Ragsdale con- ° CLOBE PRINTING co. and busty retreated to the timber. |PFtunity, for we have over five| “ent concerning the attitude of the | ia aeq that he could not Le legally re- = 3 nited States towar uba during EES z i ‘ 2 Be “ 4 ; “lthousand dollars worth of china,|Utited S : ono moved at all, but the court eited the * { b ST. LOUIS, MO. The cilicers burried to a near by 1 ae ’/ the remainder of President Cleve- |} Saecentd aaa ett lect. ¢ r i 2 amps, vases, etc , to pick from, from land's: t t offic The gov. | Statute which provides that any elect: § ! school house, aud with the aid of the very cheapest to the finest made pees eae os raat telegram ive officer may be removed for cause. * 4 : : + . r . C B: nae ee { ibe childies got the iobabitants up| Doa’t miss the sales. Our whole] the maraieatlces that might confront Balloon Expedition to the Pole. ¢ ; in arws Meauwhile two zealous|stock is several thousaud dollars| President-elect McKinley in dealing ee De Hise Spe Suen § i : aS , sti s 2 Q na re about to o1 4 = — corn buskers «spied the robbers in larger than we ever had in out house een ae sues guest cnt mea e Revised aeseni daw to the cede pole. j i Se ee z i before, and we are putting forth] @"y ill-advised act on the part of Pres- | ' XE 5 i f § Good 80 acre farm for sale or ex HE WAS CONTENT. their corn f-id, and with shotgun and every effort to reduce it by January | i2e2t Cleveland, and suggested a con- | They state that the idea was first sug- : J. A. Sitvens. 35-tf. rifle commanded them to surrender. | 1st, and such bargains as you =i derenes ene ve oo ae oe ean ee i ~ ee RecA Sa SS a x + ; 7 4 . : é ; incoming chief executives. The Wor v climan, At u * Broa xext—A good barn, one block Hon. RP. Giles Given His Wish for] The parr meekly submitted until the | beard of, we will give you from now pert Sn atacer: “It is not probable |ist, but the idea was given up owing to \ , square. Enquire at this office. ' Twenty Years of Lite. farmer lade, confident of their game, | until New Year that Gov. Morton would have proferred | the attempt of Prof. Andree. ¢ - , y 1 Macon, Mo, Dec 11.—A curious approached, when a fusilade of shots Our trade has been almost double| his suggestion unless he believed that NEWS NOTES. 3 » | Buy musical instruments and siete aera = ae ie ig: wevelcarece! thovbesiopedl this year over any previous year,| it would be acceptable to President- ‘ ; 8 from Skaggs, west side equare story is being told in connection | ‘rom the revolvers Oe © besieged | and while we have sold only the| elect McKinley. Indeed, it issaidthe | Charles Dunt, a farmer, was —* 0 Bu ¥ hi al f with the death of Hon. R. P. Giles, made the tramps the victors and the| pest goods, ata very low price, we| S°vermor has nad Soe agian aan oi runaway accident in Argentine, rf y sewing idee ange mee a congreseman elect from this district |farmers the prisoners. The owner of iiavesmimde aome money,/and wel 0, 7° Pees OO | aw. gomtad. a tarmeridesr Guile 8, west Bi is eared i On November 19, 1870, Mr. Giles|the farm drove up with wagon to = a sal to St acai “THE AMERICAN CONSULATE GUARDED. Ok., is in jail charged with selling | -. | Why suffer with Coughs, Colds Phe, hs carry of the outlaws, only to be him |'0" ® andivg by us, asthey have, we| Havana, Dec. 15 —The United States | mortgaged property. 4 LaGrippe Shan Taative Beagle married to Miss Anna Logan ri 5 : pont will make every concession to them, | consulate-general in this city is under] Attorney-General-elect Boyle, of Kan- , ine will cure you in ono day. and seven years later to the day he|self made captive. from now until New Year we possi-|a special guard of armed policemen. |sas, has chosen J. Herrick, of Fort * ¥ not produce the ringing in the wrote in his diary the pledge that} At the command of the robbers, | bly can, and we ask everybody in ‘This precaution is taken by the Span- | Scott, for his chief clerte » like Sulphate of Quini Put| would ever keep sacred the memory {enforced by drawn revolvers, all| Bates Co., to come and enroll them-| ish authorities owing to the fear that | Saucy Chief, a full-blood and the | ni Llane ray peer : F .\aelveaadourcustomers, where you| tte maicnetion expressed by Spanish |nead of the progressive party, bea beow i in tablets convenient for taking | of his wife who had died two years mounted the wagon and were driyen “i : ayes p = You] .vmpathizers against the United States | stected governor of the Osage Indians. } ; teed to cure, or money re- | before, and jealously watch over and|to the farmer's house. Here they Rei aE anes the pore aa We would find vent in an attack upon the | pe st. Johns, N. F., mail steamer 4 ._ Price, 25 Cents. For sale} puard his two children until they| were confronted by the officers But) nave just is Seater ee Sneak consulate. There have; veer ober from the north reports that seven | ri W. H. McClement. 33-6m bad gained their majorities. To do ave just gotten 1 car oO nest | signs of the hostile feeling against the ‘ \ted to live twenty years longer he this, he wrote that if he was permit the law bad no terrors for two des- perate men fortified behind two white salt at$1 10 per bb] Our crown | United States in view blend coffee for 25c a Ib is fine) from there of the ardent sympathy felt of the news with the insurgents over the death of schooners were wrecked in last Wednes- day’s gale. Prof. James Hightower of Arkansas 4 , , : enough fora king, it is co a sty. K. isi ag would be contented. His death oc-|husky farmers’ bodies. After con |°" oe government Palle ai Antonio Maceo and the allegations Oe ak igs Cereal in- ih curred exactly twenty years after he siderable parleying and shifting for Rio, and is a regular 30c coffee. No there of the manner in which he was erate. 4 ct Sewing machine oil, the best at| came separated from his companion|1 Ib broken Java coffee $ 10| charge of Vice Consul-General Joseph- ee a ney rar-gyn ie } 7 | Skaggs 5c per pottle. 1tf |and quickly became the victim of|1 = Jaya pope 20] A. Springer. ‘ see nat a ca ah oi t, — — \ ee Sheriff Andrews. The elder robber |1 1b crown blend coltee 25 os eo é 5 ; OR 4 ~_— | The Modern Mother pce his living fort to retreat 34 Ibs finest African Java 1 00 ee is pepsronpasansnresiast he 2 4 ji $ has found that her little ones are im to the house and enter. There he 21 paneer ——— ae 2 Bo need tana eet eueticcaaeeeee Mo., who swindled many persons on * “ 3 proved more by the pleasant Syrup = - d Fine mss ee eee eee b oe WasuixGTon, Dee 15.—Postmaster- forged bills of lading. = > g 8 | of Figs, when in need of the laxative marched the trio upstairs and made/ Large fine Missiua lemons 25] General Wilson has issued an order ex-| The overturning of a lantern led to | id &% effect of a gentle remedy than by any them lie face down on the floor, | Cocoanuts each 5c and 10c tending the house-to-house collecting | an ose = ot —- —— : ne SANTA CLAUS other, and that it is mére acceptable |threatening death to the first one Dry ealt rea _ sides . = and =. ee ig = oe eon ae i ee i and ‘*| who should 7. 3 ibe Cal icin ots dasingd 25 Hpecial delivery stamps dcaek oulece A dispatch from Cincinnati said the , dt MAK SRS benefits them. The true remedy, | poing on. <F ty > | iocetter carriers on slips, contained in | United States court had dissolved the | MAKES HEADQUARTERS AT | gyrap of Figs, ie manufactured by |8°08 : ___|8 tbs Cal raisin cured peaches = 25} 0° a Ggicial stamp-selling envel- |cordage trust receivership and the » THIS STORE. | the California Fig Syrup Company ae ey Gis TERE REE is stairs |§ Ibs snow white honuny flakes 25 ope, to be furnished by the postal im- | trust would soon be reorganized. 2 { “4 ouly. at the point of revolvers, the robber | Rope any size {2 | provement company. The order pro- Representative Loud, of California, ar Wehave alarge line of Holiday goods, and) “AUCTIONEER. stooped over the cradle in the room Shot per Ib 74| vides for one of the most radical im- | chairman of the post office committee, st tadiess variety of trinckets for the little AUC 2 i below and snatched a 5-months old Water proof caps 2 05 | provements yet made in the postal sys- | has introduced a bill providing for the he . Big presents for the larger people. We| E. ©. Ogburn, of Spruce, isan a z o' | Best sporting powder in lots 20} tem. It will be tried in enero” eonstncHon ol a ee ant { Mt Pave some dress goods that we will sell below | auctioneer of years’ experience. He babe, telling the terrorized mother] Finest shells per hundred 60 ——— 7 Epnp eM Agmeame aan y the Pacific . of 2 fe mt. Come and see us. | is patronized liberally by citizens of|to hasten him some supper, and as| New club loaded shells ne 35 2 qeenerae ssfo ee as ee a Bier ey ene tae a _ east Bates and west Henry where he|she loved her child, to tell no one 100 Ibs bread winner flour 31 SO at home, at least so far as ordinary annual report just issued, opposes the i BIG RACKET is best known. He guarantees sat-|that he was in the house. grade ; 1 E : transactions are concerned, and it is |abolishment of the state militia _He "| isfaction. His postoffice is Johns | with one man safely in their pow- 100 Ibs Dandy flour 2ad grade 2 00} ..,ected to largely increase stamp |favors placing officers on the retired , ~ Beat side s ast, | town, Mo 4 2t tg antiee See Le 100 tbs White Star flour 2.15| caies as soon as the system becomes |list after eight years of continuous “Sela ape fits é er, the officers brought him to Corn-} 199 fh Silver Leaf flour general. The house-to-house collec- | service. ing and took back a large posse. By straight grade 2 25) tion of — — - ae The Cleveland ©) Ministers’ union. To “ d Medal half contrive: oxes has already en |composed of al rotestant ministers 7 o'clock the house was surrounded Bor —_— 2 35 | adopted. and extended to 25 free de- | of that city, adopted resolutions sym- S by 300 or 400 men armed with Win- paten 2 5 ex| livers cities. thizing with Cuba and pledged the p OFFICERS » 7 100 Ibs Snow Flake high patent 2 65 3 pa z FARMERS BANK BUTLER: MO. We Want Your Busines Capital Stock $50,000.00 Surplus Fund $5,000.00 D, N. THOMPSON, Pres. E. A> BENNETT, V, Pres. E, D. KIPP, Cashier. G. W. Newberry ; Assistants. G. Pratt Wyatt i] DIRECTORS. —o — DR. J as AM. Ss. chesters, shotguns and revolvers. The outlaw, in the face of all this demonstration, ordered a light to be JNO. W. G, WILCOX. put on the stairs so that he might see the crowd and eat his supper. With three citizens and the baby in his clutches the order was obeyed. One of the posse requested him to surrender. He replied that he would if he be allowed to keep his 100 Ib Royal Crown high patent 2 No one can touch our prices on same grade of flour. Lower prices on 500 pound lots. : We have almost a car load of rai- sins, candies and nuts of all kinds, and the firms we have been dealing so heavily with during the year almost gaye them to us, so you know no one can compete with us | on prices. guns. After some consultation his proposition was agreed to, and the | must have them and will pay the; Norta old robber lies safe in the Seneca jail with his young confederate. Several sets of burglars tools, camp ing outfit and eight gold watches | made up their minds to deal with us| were some of the plunder recovered. Harpwoop Luuser.—Orders left at | Bennett Wheeler Merc. Co.'s for all/the Jowest possible price. we are) | We want 300 fat turkeys, 200 fat | ducks and 75 fat gees for Xmae; we highest price for them. | ‘Thanking all those who have stood i |by us during the” year, and also | thanking those in advance, who have \ during the coming year, and promis wer to furnish you goed goods at ing you we will do everything in our! Not Worth Improving. Wasnixetox. Dee. 15.—Seeretary of War Lamont transmitted to congress the report of Capt Sibert, board of army engineers, on the proposed im- provement of the Neosho riser, from \ the north line of Neosho county to the south line of Labette county, Kan. Capt Sibert says the river is not sas- ceptible to improvement, vecause there are three mill dams and 1% county bridges across the stream. between the points mentionei. and the stream is too shallow to be navigable Met a Horrible Death. Bexp. Neb.. Dee 15.—Thomas Starkey. junior member of the firm of Starkey & Son, proprietors of the city roller mills, met instant death by be- ing wound around a shaft in the third story of the mill. Starkey was placing a belt, when his clothing caught ina coz-wheel, and the force of the revolu- tion of che shaft could not be resisted. | The Cuban League of the United to aid the igovernment support in any humane effort toward securing Cuban inde- pendence. i The secretary of the treasury has sent to congress @ statement of re- ceipts and expenditures of the govern- ment for the fiscal year ended June 30. 1896, including the postal service. The total receipts as reported were $49%4.- 475.408, and the expenditures £434,678,- | The monthly statement of the princi- pal articles of domestic exports issued | by the bureau of statistics shows that \ during the month of November the ex- |ports were as follows: Breadstuffs, $ 050; cotton, $29,304,599; mineral oils, $4.807.147; provisions, $10,429.2 75: eattle and hogs, $2,314,976. Total for the month, $ 049. The secretary of the treasury has sent to congress estimates of deficien- cies in appropriations amounting to $6,691,532, required to meet urgent de- the gorernment for the serv- rent and prior fiscal years. | mands of lice of cx ’ ‘The deticiency in each department 1s i i States, an organization 3 ; kinds of hardwood lumber will have: Snes truly Cubans in securing political imdepen¢- given as follows: Legisiative, pees — _ e ence from Soain. has been organized ia |treasurs, $1.499.812; war, $3,546, 1-tf. Cxarces Simons. Fi | WILLIAMS BROS. | New Fork. f nary, $700,000; justice, $734,728.