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BUTLER WEEKLY tM] dadilsn | J. D. ALLEN Ep Re {- D. Atien & Co., Ptoprietors. fERMS OF SUB>CRIPTION: The Weexty Times, published every | Thursday, wil! be sent to any address one year, postage paid, for D1.00, The Owaba Savings Bank fatled Saturday ——$ it is eaid 42.000 Onioans are ask.) ing Major McKinley for ¢ fice Of the | peaker of the house o' representa tives, J. W. Farrie, of Lebason, isin the lead. ———___——_ | Thos J. Lingle, of tbe Sedalia Geutinel, has decided to be a candi date for ebief clerk of the house of teveral candidates for, There appears to baye been av epidemic of suicides and business failures Saturday The Germania bavk, of St. Paul, Minnesota. failed to open its doors for business Monday S-ven thousand people called at strongest law firms in the State. Capt Clark orgamzed the Butler Miliua in 1888, was elected captain acd bas beeu its Continucus com mauder He has taken great interest in matters wiiltary and is bigh up tu military Circles of the state After bis pouwluation tor Prose cunng Attorney be made oue of the. 4 2 TB. Ses r the White House New Years to pay igwulin the county. Hw wade their respects to Mr. and Mrs. wpeeches in every school bouse in Clevelaud The reception was # the county, acd several tines io gorgeous affa: some, vever alluded to self, but Tu the deart of Robert B McCul lagb, editor of the Giobe Democrat, | Louis has lost oue of its fore | most ertizens, and the state its moet ‘talented editor of a newspaper. The repubiteaus of Tenneseee, at I . }a weeting of the state executive com mittee, have decided to contest the election of Robt crat, elected at the Jazt election. The Spanish government has de- [struck telhng blows for bis party {and ite plattorm. He was both logt eal and eloquent and it is said of biw }that in all tus speeches he never of fended a single voter, and is many those who went away convinced Heis young, talented, brave and | brainy and we predict be wili make a record as prosecuting attoruey Instances respect it The New Sheriff weut to scoff | that will bea pride to law abiding | L Taylor, demo | citvzens, aud criminals will fear and | Pure Blood means sound health. With pure, rich, healthy blood, th gestive organs w | be vigorous, and there will be no dys eumatism and Neuralgia willbe un Scrofulaand Salt Rneum will disappear. With pure Blood Your nerves will be strong, and your sleep sqand, sweet and refreshing. Hood’s Sarsaparilla makes pure blood. | That is why it cures so many dise: S That is wh nany thousand to cure di retain good healt vent sickness and suffering. Remember Hoods Sarsaparilla Ts the One True Blood Purifier. $1 per bottle. stomach and di- eure Liver His; easy to Christmas Prese AT REDUCE BENNETT-WiiccLen MERC. C0. Buy something useyul and valuable. Our § LAMPS, CHINA AND is laryer than ever before We tires and at sueh reduced pners you these pood at red imines greativ : K star Carving se's. :able cutlery, knives stoves, Axes. Boys wagons and thin CHRIST a hundred other 3, W LA OUR INMENSE STOCK OF. —— NtS ae D PRICES A? tuck 9, GLASSWARE bav- bought such large qua that we are in as osition to offer ned prices: Eve rything in cur per then ever be fore Mrs. Potts sad irons, Pocket sleds, Skates and e have, would make a nica S PRESEN | ’ . : Last Friday EC. Mudd, elected | 100d’s Pills take, easy to operate. 2c. November last bigh sherff of this | couuty, assumed the duties of bis} office aud took charge of the jail aud | representatives cided to recall Gen. Weyler from the field in Cuba He is to be succeeded | by Gen. Rivera Gen Weyler has teu on the right the ledger. sids Plymouth, N- braska. claims to have the largest horse west of the Groceries and ardware SURVEYOR the ett sas hoon and five o’clock in the afternoon of tha { the state organization of the party.|of healthy sons, who are farmers in| Sheriff Mudd showed his good|/i0’ OER of Soe Bc ne a small children. He has two broth | iii'expensesof exeenting ght trate oat . i —_———_— ioini A - judgement in the selection of his purp : lera who live on adjoining farms but| Dated Dec. sist, 1496. ; : the vicinity of their parents’ home. | judg Oo ction J e& . lee } Se: V Hl b lected 'y P : and approved by President elect . - JOHN M. VAUGHAN, j nator Vest will be re-elected to) 7, D chief deputy, when he placed the : Seti were in no way connected with the T4t eee "Trustee, fri a on si amar Democrat i McKinley, and his trip is made at bbe: : the United States Senate without honor on Joe Graves. one of Rich cba robbery. ! : j i ition by the legislature. Th Fas Hill's most popular and energetic | ‘2° Teds! Of his associates op the} OF the $2,300 in cash taken in the | Trustee's Sale. ' Opposition by the legislature. There} A stranger was found dying in an i P ill fill th Bete | Senatorial committee Jacl olberyionivie Is cise clalees su f is no candidate ayainst him and the|alley in Kansas City Sunday night, |YOU5@, men- He will fill the position! he attention of the Senator was| Beet eL in hie | eeecrea’ 7 Clint enbeard and Martha A Clis. is talk of bringi t thi hat be *Ito a fraction and will give Sheriff elisa tothe (Cantons O02 discaick ound at the point indicated in his kenbeara.his wife, by their deed of trust dated See Cie econ eray man ~— cou and morphine. He was| Mudd no cause to regret the confi islished today that he-w ispated | confession, but atill the offic-ra were | ersomice within and for Bateooocte Med ft for the purpose of defeating him is| unconscious when found and being| dence placed in him Published to day that be was 01K | richly rewarded for their search. _ | 'n book No.137 page 3t¢, conveyed to the under the merest bosh taken to police head t f P ———— abroad for the purposes stated, aud| Tho treacure inventoried as fol- | cme iying-and belapaitiets interne re —_—_- Lpaher ea artek Watered County Court. that he would go with the indorse |igwe: Two shotgune. one mask, two | Bates nd state of Missouri, to-wit: vi One hundred and twenty-five years|28rd work of the doctors he was ment President-elect McKinley and , Buns. one mask, tWO) The west half of the northwest quar‘er of ; J” J aroused. Being raised to a sitti The county court for the next two was empowered, in a measu t pevolrerss ewojtoxes) 44 calibers care a ae oo pay M4 have elapsed since the signing of the ee : # ertling | years will be composed of the fol % . he ae Th & eae | ridges, $25 dollars in gold, one clue | (So) containing 20) acres ‘more or less, Wh Declaration of Independence, and _ with an effort he said: “I lowing! named ment Zi exe ee: — 5 = pec aise ae ter diamond ring, numerous articles oon ves sao yee ta ee an trae 0 ace : now the stars and stripes float over | Wil! dies my race is run. You cannct| presiding officer; associates, Judges 3 i of plated jewelry. in suid deed of trust: and whereas. defealt np jearn ting anie. for it. ould onie|Kempers addi Colaimantl: Jadpes detail the statements in the dispatch J. A. Frier the express messenger has been made in the payment of the annual § 8! y y i 4 said note which default the strongest, happiest and most| ~~ Gr a Kk He did sav, however, in reply to! who w; the train th j | to the terme and conditions of said note i gricve a loving heart to know that | AtOves a0 Surber were) members tions, that it t that at],; Sh teen oe teat ENS SeCODes ieee trust renders the who de err and prosperous nation on the face of the f the old Judge Col igi Tucomons. tat 1b was srue that alltime it was held 1 robbed. | NA Croce ee aa away Gadec Gush dition.” | Of the eld court. Judge Coleman is} at of bi eet Ae it was held up and robbed. | payable Now therefore, at the requestol § dd globe. wpeed into unconeciousness | 722%, member taking the place of| Pe velican eaucas committee for| “att to the jail vesterdey and iden. | ihe romtitione ores ascartraat" Titer Bt - He then lapsed into uncozsciousness | Judge Fuller, whom he defeated for aes at sae ae at tfied Kennedy as the man who rifled | ceed to sell the above described premises st The legislature ought to make an|and remained in that candition until | re election. Tne county court is now roa punt as es ish bimetal | the safe on the express car Morea pee in appropriation to sustain the State! death ended his suffering. solidly democratic As members of re added Bee beads other Kennedy refused to discuss Flynn's | (yagity of Butler, county of Bates ana state - University foot ball team. The - the court Judges Grayes and Kem- ic : ee arrest. Seon : = 4 = Ba 2 atters concerning hie interests of 1 Satarday, January 23, 1897, Columbia Herald rises to remark| 4 bad Misch on the main line of on pa — We sonnty —— bimetallism, which he preferred not | between the honrs of mine o'clock In the fore “that probably the team will return the Mo. Pacific railroad occurred SI 2 rae ie Sens bei ©j\to talk about. It was evident that | day tarshewurnoree er eatiamiae nea : aiitinial tou veceive: hele aici Sunday near Chamois, Mo. The| Te rction of eudge Aemper eiug | the Senator deprecated the publica | interest and costs J.D. ALLEN, : promes tan an cxeah 1 a reflection that he wasa faithful ti f latomeat : (Tat ‘Trustee. next June.” a es trave ne aiong at the servant. Judge Coleman, the new lon of any statem: n s conceruing ;— —__- — - - — usual rate, when, without warning | member comes from the east part of oo upon which he is about | One ' Publieation. v | Kansas wants a slice off of Vernon | the track sank under the engine let |the couaty and his admirable vote PeCsagEaby : | STATE OF MISSOURI ? ,, 1 Zee m . ° ~ | Mr Wolcott was asked if the pur- County of Bates. 4 sounty to correct the boundary line. | tivg it drop about twenty feet Sey-|Teceived, a majority of over five] poses of bis visit were known to | t Court of said county ruary : Theso Jayhawkers stole all our/jeral cars piled on top of it, and iv — one os twice, | Major McKinley and approved by Tee A thatie a ; atime, t fi Sorses, cattle, hogs and household /|all, eighteen cars were wrecked meek peficepalls aig ine him, and he answered that they | ae ee a I a goods during the war, and now they|The engineer, fireman and head j larity as a gentlemen qualified to fill | “aiga aes pressed for particu Te eee of Margaret 0 Lauge if wanta slice of land. We will see| brakeman were instantly killed. The| the important position to which he| \@®, declared that he would prefer | din, deceased, defendants.” t 5 ES P | not to discuss the question further. | At this day come the plaintiffs herein by thelr f it them later. engineer was found sitting in the has been called. With these men s J | attorneys CC Dickinson, James Parks & Sob, ia BSB 3 : ab theshelnithetpGrselstc f The Senator will be absent until | and Graves & Clark, before the undersi aI it C bad better quit tink cab with his hand on the throttle. Bat apr re F ace OL ome timecalRabecass: clerk of said court in vacation, and fle the 4 a ’ tition and affidavi Soon aie ongresemen had better quit tink-|py6 track at the point where the | Dates ate in good hands and will be zx things, that the defendants, George, W Biiwsisesippi. The avuimai is 184 hands bighb. The Citizens National Bank of | Fargo, North Dakota, andthe White | Hail Savings bavk of White Hull, | Mich., suspended Saturday. Fitzsimmons and Corbett have signed articles of agreewent to fight The mill is to take place Marcu 17 The place is yet to be selected. The executive committee of the state emcampment G A R has se- lected Pertle Springs, Warrensburg, as the next place of meeting,May 13 and 14. President Clevelaud will entertain his cabinet at dinner to morrow. Every member of the cfficiel family is expected to be present, as it will be the last official dinner given by the President. The St. Louie papers of Monday, report the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, on @ regular bender The Post-Dispatch says the Mississippi river broke all records by rising 13 feet between 7 a. m Sunday and 7a. m. Monday By call of Sam B Cook, chairman, the democrat state central commit tee will meet at Jefferson City to day. The object of the meeting is to provide for the maintenance of ering with the tariff, and do some- thing toward relieving the country of its present depressed condition. Assisting the rich manufacturers to further oppress and rob the people, is certainly not the relief demanded by the people. Our friend Thos J. Lingle, editor | ducted into the office of Prosecuting | “Mice in November, baving filled the; night cf December 23, at Blue Cut: | tion of the system, which the pleasant | So gnEnie teens ea ka PT EFE z office of Probate Judge is well and family laxative, Syrup of Figs. prompt- / jot No. six (6) of bioe 7) of the of the Sedalia Sentinel, will be acan | Attorney on Jan. 1st, to which office 4 4 a have new been arrested, and one|lyremoves. That is why it isthe oniv | original town of Urich, in Hen y, Mis- didate for chief clerk of the House|be had been elected by one of the —— aon to fill the eat James Fiyor. a farmer living near meraeay_werit millions of families, and is | ced anoee ane eee ee lands Tee : Sait ; |, | por ace as he ia acquainted ; 5 erywhere esteemed so highly by ta ater bach dawes is: adiacerned of Representatives. He possesses all baudsomest majorities ever given in | P P “4 ‘Inde pendence, bas confessed. Flynn Seale aied Trealth.~ Its benedh Beco ie ns eee the qualifications for an efficient elerk and his many friends, includ. ing the newspaper men, would be} glad to see him successful. C. A. Weyrich and C. D. Carpen-! ter, prominent young men of St./ Louis, ended a spree New Years night by dying together ina room | in the Planters house. Weyrich left U2der Judge Lay after a very rigid|that you are properly cared for and \County jail. Excounty Mar | to the most a bride of six monthe, and Carpenter examination from which be emerged | planted to await the blowing of the!shal Jeashlear. ex deputy J. B | need of ala was engaged to be married to al creditable. He immediately formed| born, when all shall come forth to Ross and City Marshal Hulse, of | Went Virginia lady. made a total failure in the campaign against the patriots Theil ature of Penusylvania ip c1ucas A.B Penrose for U S Senator to succeed S-nator Cameron. Mr Penrose de f-ated John Wanamaker, who madea desperate ¢ffort for the nowination. W. of the National Bank of Illinois, which institution suspended business a sbort time ago, took his life Fri day night. The recent failure of the bank and following exposures of bis crookedness in handling the Tuesday nominated funds of the concern, it is thought caused him to take his life The thirty ninth general assembly convened ut 12 o'clock yesterday The session will last eighty or eighty five days it is to be hoped they will not be disappointed. The criminal laws of the state are badly in need of revi sion. The oldest married couple in the world are believed to be Mr. and Mrs Philip Hines, of Delaware Co., Ohio, the age of Phillip Hines being 106, and of Rebecca, his wife, 96 years Both are still in good health aod unusually active. They have been married 78 years and raised a family engine went down skirts the Mis- souri river for quite a distance and itis supposed the heavy rains of Friday and Saturday washed out the dirt from under it. Prosecuting Attorney. Captain Harvey C. Clark was in the county. He is a graduate of Wentworth Academy at Lexington, Mo., and Scarritt College, Neosho. high honors. In ‘91 he represented Searritt College at the State inter | collegiate oratorical contest at Pertle | Springs and won the medal over contestants from seven colleges A Hammond, vice president The people will look to this legislature to do good work and this couuty for 24 years except that of Jusiice of the Pesce of bis township, Exist Boone, where he bas re«ided for a number of years operated with success. In 1883 aud again in 1888 Mr Mudd tuvk Horace Greeley’s advice and went west. On the last uamed uate be loc-ted at Whatcom, a thrifty town iu Washington. Daring bis stop im this place he engaged 1» contracung, grading streets, build ing waterworks and railroading, aud worked from 80 to 225 men. His venture proved successful und be flouri-be {im a financial way. He re turned to Bates county Feb. 1, 1891 He ix a son of S. T. Mudd, of East Boone township, oue of Bates’ oldest and most respected citizens. Our new sheriff isa man of good judgment, has» sufficient quantity ot courage, is a sociable, clever gen tleman, aud the Times predicts he will wake as popular and efficient an officer as the cuunty bas ever hud As for his stauding and integrity ln this community, we have ouly tu call attention to the names of the gentlemen who made bis bond, which ‘8 one of the strovgest ever filed by xa officer of this county. The bond- men are: Wm. E> Walton, J. R Jen kins, C R Radford, Booker Powell, R. G@ West, Dr. Christy, Dr Boul ware, Squire Wright, S. T. Mudd, . D Mudd, W. S. Mudd, G. D. and F. M. McNeil and W. D. Auder- son. handled with economy and the tant matters will be looked after with zealous care. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR. Judge D. V. Brown, filling out resigned, aud who was elected to the with every detail of the office he is called upon to fill. Business in- | | ter and correct settlements made. CORONER. Dr O. F. Renick, re elected to the jabove office is just the right man in ‘the right place. So if you commit inmates The vew sherff is 45 years | of age and has been a resident of | He has} juever held an elective office before, | and owns a large farm, which be has | bridges, highways and other impor | the unexpired term of J. W. Ennis, | strusted to his care as public admin-| Mo. from both institutions with |isttator will be faithfully looked af) If you have bu-:mess cor with this office eall on Mr Jeb n who carries the chain, level and com pass and will take pleasure in un jraveling disputes end set your corn er stones correct Mr. Stephens Files a Report Showing the Condition of Missouri's Treasury. Jeff-raon City, Mo., Jan 2.—State Treasurer Stephens to-day filed wth Gov. Stone his statement of the transactions of the Treasury} Depart- ment for the mouth ending Decem ber 3L. It showed a balance in funds in the Treasury Dee. 1, $537 622 54; ree-ipte $591,082 64 Teral, $1,128, 705 18; disbursements, $551,242 13. Total in Treasury, $577.463 05 The sum of $97,000 in bonds was paid during the month. During the last two years $919,000 in 6 per cent bonds have been red-emed by the State and $96,000 in 34 bonds paid This leaves the St»te bonded debt at present just $5 000.060 which hears interest at the rate of 34 per cent. All of the outstanding bonds are subject to call at the option of the State WOLCOTT WILL GO. fle Wili Confer With European B1- Metalliats. Washington, D. C, Jan. 1.—Sena- tor Wolcott of Colorado, the chair- man of the special Senate committee to arrange fora bimetallic confer ences of the natious of the world is going abroad to confer with Euro- | THREE UNDER ARREST. 1 jJames Flynn, a Farmer, Confesses to the Blue Cut Robbery. Kanees City Times. Three of the men who robbed the Chicago and Alton express on the | was arrested Saturday night at his home rear Glendale. | He madea signed and witnessed | confession of all the details of the | robbery and told at what point the | plunder was catched. The confession | was made and signed at the Laclede He read law with DeArmond & | suicide or freeza to death the doctor | hotel in Independence, last night Smith and was admitted to the bar| will attend to your caseand see!before Flynn was tsken to the! & partnership with W. W. Graves, | give an account ef their deeds good | Independenee went out this mor which is considered among the and bad. May their names be writ- jing and discovered, in an unbroken nected | ‘how 2D Re thon ig 2 Ways con pe. wer and almost uvclesret field about the bandits weapons and cousicer- able of the plunder takeu Fiynu was arrested at his home early in the evening by the Chicago and Alton railroad ofliciais aud «x deputy marshals, who drove ou: from Independence in hacks to the man’s home. He was brought to Independence toa private room in the Laclede hotel, where he war kept till 1 o'clock this morning = It tock the: flicers that length of tim te get a confession from him. He did make a full confession and sign ed bis name to it His confession tells in minute detail how the two hold ups of Chicago & Alton trains at Blue Cut were planned w th Joho Kennedy as the arch plotter. tella how the money was divided and where the jewelry was buried near Cracker Neck. The eonfession gives the names of all the men in each of the hold upe;Kennedy, now in jail, and two othere, whose names are suppressed in the hope that they | will be arrested. The officers are bunting for them to day and expect to bave them in custody before to night. Flynn is 35 years old, 5 ft 7 inches tall, is married and the father of two Gladness Comes Wit a better understanding of the trausient nature of the many phys- ical ills, which vanish before proper ef- forts—gentle efforts—pleasant efforts— rightly directed. There is comfort ir the knowledge, that so many forms 0’ sickness are not due to any actual dis- ease, but simply toa Bedieel Sere hacen © effects are due to the fact, that itis the one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness ‘without debilitating the organs on which it acts. It is therefore all important, in order to get its bene- ficial effects, to note when yon pur- chase, that you have the genuine arti- } ele, which is manufactured by the Ca | fornia Fig S ‘0. only and sold by nd is most large used and give most an unle distant from the robberies, all! It] eneral satisfaction. i H mber, eS 0 everythin: pric before A MERC, C0 eve Youos Hanna Loses. Cleveland, O, Jan 1 —Justigg Brown rendered adecision yesterday inthe case brovebt agamet Dan R Hanna, son ef Hon M A, Haun, on an election bet Allen Armetrong a Chicavo traveling man, and Hanna bet $250 each on the result in Ohno, The stukebolder decided that M- jor McKrnley had over 50,000 plurality, and Armstrong thinking he was not treated right, cued for the $250 be had pot up Justice Brown gave {him judement and charged the coats against Hanna Vio tree's Sate. ; Ville ed plat of said to conveyance Was made in trust to secure the payment of @ oem tain promissory note l fully describ ed and whereas, said note has become. due and isunpaid. Now, therefore, in accordance with the provisions of said deed of trust and at the request of th holder of said in 1 shall proceed to the above described at the court house door in the’ city But county of Bates and state aforceaid, to the est and best bidder for cash, at’ publie aw ou ther, Fridav January 22nd, 1897. between the hours of nine o’clock in the fore Theodore Welsh, Lorenzo Welsh, Frank Wels’ Susanna Bronghten, Hanna Query, Hough and the unknown heirs of MargaretO Laughlin, deceased, are not residents of the state of Missouri: Whereupon it is ordered by the clerk in vacation that said defendants bene tified by publication that plaintiffs have com j menced a suit against them in this court the | Purposes and general nature of which is to have the dower interest of defend. uma Wels as widow of Samuel Welsh, » set of admeasured or commuted, ne following lands, to-wit: The northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section No. twenty-six ed. or the proceeds thereof partitioned ds are ordered 50) defendant | appear at this court, at t! | to be begun and | the city of F said coun next, and on or before the