The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 24, 1897, Page 4

BUTLER W EEKLY Ti ES J. D. ALLEN Eprrtor. | J. D. Atien & Co., Piopncion. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: The Wezxty Times, published eyery Thursday, will be sent to any address | one year, postage paid, for $1.00, ——————————E The dispatches say Turkey and Greece have agreed on peace terms. poe ch enim It is reported that 10,000 Spanish soldiers in Cuba have died from vyel- low fever since April let. General Steward L. Woodford, of New York has accepted the Spanish mission tendered him by President McKinley. Albert Viars, Clark Lewis and Joe Brown will be hung at Fayetteville, West Virginiu, Friday. The three will be hung together. , os ees A dispatch from Brussels states nine vessels were lost in a terrific gale which raged last Saturday. All hands on board the vessels were loat. The eheriff of Ft. Scott, Kansas, raided two joints in that town the other day and removed two wagon loads of whiskey. wine and beer. The jointer ina Kansas town is a hard man to conquer. A single Jersey town cent 2,261 names in protest against a national keer tax. The dry warm part of the year is not the best time to legislate against beer. Saloons are then over- ' gotten man--the taxpayer. to speak for those from whose pockets | ‘Plutocracy. | Prom the Speech of Senator Mills on the Tarif! Bill, I come, sir, to speak for the for- this vast eum is to be raised, from | whose labor and sweat day and night this vast contribution is to be taken. They have some right to be heard in | the councils of the nation when their property is te be taken by an act of legislutive rapine and distributed among men who have paid no con- sideration for it. What are we doing? Building up avast and solid plutocracy in this country. Somebody asked me the other day how many millionaires there are in the United States. You could count them on the fingers of one hand before 1560. The policies measures adopted by the Democratic administrations before the war did not permit the growth of such mon asters in this country. Republican policies have fostered and fattened them. They now insolently refuse to be taxed and insolently demand that other people shall work out their Jives to pay them tribute. Iread from a paper written by Thomas G. Shearman, one of the ablest lawyers in the United States It was published and republished again in the magazines. It was pub- lished in 1890. It has never been questioned. It has been sent broad- cast; hes been commented upon everywhere, and never have I heard one breadth of contradiction or crit- icism of the article I will read what he says,and he gives the names of some of them in his discussion and they do not deny it: There are 200 persons worth $20,- 000,000 each—$4,000,000,000. There are 400 persons worth $10, 000,000 each—$4,000,000,000. run with customers, who are thirsty enough to sign any kind of a wet pe- tition.—Post Dispatch. See emEnaIEEnEEnamee! Wichita, Kansas, June 22.—The meteor that passed over this: city Sunday night wae so brilliant and the noise of the explosion so terrific that colored churches have started * revival services in anticipation of the end of the world, which they believe is at hand. ——$$$<—_— A French Count, who is elevator men in a New York apartment house wants to sell his title for $75,000, and Belgian Count, near Montreal, has drowned himself rather than longer drive a laundry wagon. Nev- ertheless labor is still honorable,and it is greatly to be regretted that European Counts are so bad taught. Post-Dispatch. Richmond, Ky , June 21.—Dr. W. H. Martin, a Confederate veteran, aged 55 years, residing at Kingston, this county, eloped last night with Miranda Todd, aged 21, daughter of Alexander Todd, a wealthy saw mill proprietor. They left for Nashville, where it is announced, they will be married, and will afterward Partici- pate in the Confederate reunion. A fellow from Texas attempted to forge a check on a bank ia Columbia last week. The cashier suspicioned the genuineness of the paper, and while he was making examination the gentleman whose name had been signed to the check stepped in front of the bank. He was called in and denied the check. The Texan broke and run, but was captured and in just three days was tried and sent to the penitentiary. That's the way to do business and lessen criminal conte. Stronger than Death. Naw Yorx, June 22.—Ieaac King, of East Hampton, L.I,is a human curiosity. Heis 78 years old and up to June 1 acted as a janitor. He has just had an X-Ray taken of his neck, which has been crooked forty years. It proved that the neck was broken. But this is not the only strange thing about the man. Ever since the fall which broke his neck, his heart has not been on the right side, He also has a cancer. The ‘‘Free Breakfast-Table’’ Humbug. The Republicans in the Senate have rejected the proposed emall revenue tax on tea on the plea that they do not wish to intrude on the “free breakfast table.” What humbug! Both the Dingley bill and the Senate bill tax almost every article used or consumed on the breakfast table. The table-cloth is taxed 50 per- cent., the knives and forks from 45 per cent. upward, the china and erockery ware 55 to 60 per cent., glassware 60 per cent. Every dish or utensil used in cooking the breakfast is taxed. The table iteelf does not escepe, nor the chairs Coming to food and drink, sugar, salt and “soda are taxed. Likewise Tice, oatmeal, Preparations of corn and wheat, beans, potatoes, fish, Poultry, eggs, all meats, fruits, nuts tl every other staple article of Of all the humbugs and hypocri- sies of protection, none is more false and impudent than the Republican cry for a “free breakf, BE New York Wena. breakfast table.” There are 1,000 persons worth $5,- 000,000 each—$5,000,000,000, There are 2,000 persons worth $2,- 500,000 each—$5,000,000,000. There are 6,000 persons worth $1,- 000,000 each—$6,000,000,000. Twenty-four billion dollars owned by 9,600 persons. Then he puts 15,000 people who own $500,000 each, making $7,500,- 000,000 Thus these 24,600 people owned $31,500,000,000, or more, at that time, than one half of the national wealth ot the United States. Startling as are these figures, the work of creating and multiplying millionaires still goes on, and today the people are confronted with a bill proposing to levy $100 taxes and $200 taxes and $300 taxes on a hun- dred dollars’ worth of the necessa- ries of life—not to raise revenue and pay the debts of the Government, but to raise revenue for the private pockets of a favored class, and to an amount estimated at nearly $2,300, 000,000 a year. Now, Mr. President, what 1s all this for—the building up of great fortunes, this enormous fund creat- ing and multiplying millionaires? Have we not been witnessing for the last few years a thing that must be humiliating to every lover of the in- stitutions of this country? Have we not seen the daughters of the mil- lionaires, endowed with money wrung by legislation from the pock- ets of the forgotten taxpayers of this country, shipped to Europe like fat- ted heifers and peddled for titles? What a spectacle to see American women exported and sold like so many carcasses of mutton or fresh beef for titles forbidden by the Con. stitution of their country to be worn within its jurisdicticn—titles to be at deadly enmity with its institu tions. And yet we are constantly beholding it. Of what moment was it that the Fathers of the Republic, bearing the wounds and bloodstains of the Rev- olution,fought to secure their liberty and their posterity? Of what use was it for them to declare that titles of no bility should not be confered in this country? It was natural that they should do so It was the democracy of a free government that they were creating—a free,popu'ar government whose whole power cams from the governed. It wasa government of the governed, a self-government, a free government; and there was no place in our system for titles and titled classes. And yet we see as soon as these people get this inordi- tate wealth their daughters are ship- ped over to Europe and put on the market, hawked and peddied and sold with American money to be- come princesses and duchesses and marchionesses, and we are levying upon the pockets of the poor labor- ing people $200 and $300 and $400 to enable this girl to make the trip and to buy a title. If we are in favor of equal taxation and of equal and just laws. why should we not require the protected industries of the country, into whose pocket we pour this enormous bounty, to contribute money enough at least to support the Government that does it. Five per cent on §9,- 300,000,000 would support the Gov ernment and give you nearly $500,- 000,000. While we are creating this enormous fund, nearly two billion and three hundred millions dollars, of pure bounty each year to build up these enormous fortunes, can we not I come} eat these gentlemen kindly and con- | descendingly to submit to a taxation | of just 5 per cent instead cf 100 or | 150 per cent. You have to go to the bottom of things in this world if you wish to accompl much. It does not payto merely skim over the surface. This s true of disease as well as of every- thing else. It is the popular belief that headache and sleeplessness are due to some trouble confined to the brain. Nothing could be further from QP the truth. These troubles are merely signals that the digestive Ofgans are disordered and the blood impure. does no It rmanent good to treat them with sedatives. In order to produce acure, a medicine must be used that goes to the bottom of things, that corrects the ‘‘first cause” of the trouble. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Med- ical Discovery does exactly this. It is the greatest of all known blood- makers and purifiers. It is the ,o best flesh- builder. It fills the arteries with rich, red, tissue - building blood, in- vigorates the nerv. oe ulates digestion, rin back the healthy ae “== petite, and restores ‘Nature's soft nurse,” m™—sleep. Thousands A have testified to its m value. Dos F. — P.O. of our best phy: permanent relief. 1 commenced and Tees nt ne rompt telief. licines I could not sleep, sy feeling all the time, an my skin was yellow aad dry. I weighed only 148 pounds. I now weigh 170 Ha’ color, rest well at night, and can eat almost anything I w ie ye hile under —— iby @ physician Fy ate nothing but graham bread." The Trust Gets ‘Its Own’’, The Senate Friday voted to take not I-ss than $53,241,000,000 out of the pc ckets of the American people and pres2nt it to the Sugar Trust. The repub'icans were abls to force the bounty through only with the aid «f the democrat McEcery, of Lovisiana, and Jones and Stewart, the two ancicnt Nevada friends of the Sugar Trust. The Reputlicans felt that they did not dere to paes this schedule in silence. So in the absence of Aldrich Senator Allison uodertcok to defend the inilefensible and excuss the inex- cusable. But he made a sad mess of it. When Mr. Gorm i proved that the Trust was getting double the pro- tection of the present tariff law, Mr. Allison could not deny it. When Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, showed that the schedule was based upon false figures furnished by the trust, Mr. Allison could not get around it. When Mr. White ehowed that the bounty to the trust was at least $53- 241,000, Mr. Allison could not wave it aside. Finally Senator Tillman reminded Mr. Alliscn of Mr. Havemeyer’s famous admirsions—that there are only 25,000 men employed in the sugar refineries of this country and sugar can be refined cheaper here than in any other country in the world. When Senator Tillman asked if these facts just‘fied any protec. tion at all not to speak of twenty millions a year, Senator Allison could ovly stammer and ratire uader cover | - of Senator Hoar's burst of eloquence about beet sugar farms. But the republicans made up for their weakness in argument by their strepgth in votes. And the trust had its way. Ani the forgotten man is still forgotten —New York Werld. Spaniwh Retreat Inevitable. Havane, June 21 —The port of Bayamo is now regarded untenable by the Span‘sh. as the Cubans have mounted a battery on a hill com. mandiag a large portion of the eastern side of the town, and the forts there have kean demolished. It is expected tkat Garci will oecupy this placa ere long, though the Spanish have re-enforce it regularly for the past two months, the garri- son now being over 8,000 men. Bat the Cubans hold all outlying pointe, and it is thought the government troops will retreat. Paul Sorg for Free Silver. Cincianati, O.. June 21.—An in- terview with Hos. Paul Sorg, of Middletown, O., is published here, in which he is mide to say that the fight this year should be made for free silver, clean-cut, alone. He de- clares himself for the free and un- limited coinage of the moneys of the constition at the ratio of 16 to 1. Mr. Sorg is spoken of as a candidate for Governor. nI | office of Coal Oil Ingpector of St. nd | Louis. > | about $18,000 a year. | COL DICK SPRED. | — | The New Coal Oil Inspector Will Establish | Headquarters in the Equitable Building. | Republic. | Col. Dick B. Speed of Nevada, | | who was appointed Coal Oil Tospec- |tor of St. Louis last Friday by Gov- His offieial bond of $5,000, for the will be presented to the city council and probably approved Tuesday, after which he wi'l at once assume the duties of the office. One of his first official acts will be to appcint George B Carstarphen of Nevada, his chief deputy. For the present the two clerks now ia the office will be retained. With the incoming of Col. Speed the headquarters of the office will be moved from the Tem- ple building to the third fleor of the Equitable building, Sixth and Locust. Theold quarter consisted of merely desk room, costing the small sum of $52 month Colonel Speed proposes to have a commodi- ous office, where he can entertain his political friends and have plenty of elbow rocm for the transaction of business. Much has been said and printed concerning the emoluments of the The Inspector keeps all the fees, and once the office was worth The common use of electricity for general domes- tic lighting purposes has reduced the consumption of oil of late years very much, and the office is not what it once was. The receipts have been investigated by Colonol Speed during the past few days, and be says that in gross they emount to $12,000a8 year. Out of this sum the deputies must be paid, but even with this de- duction the office is still worth more than that of governor end secretary of state combined. Mr. Ceratarphen, the new deputy appointed by Colonel Speed, was formerly bookkeeper at the Nevada Tosane Asylum and is a man of con- siderable political influence in South west Missouri. indorsing the Platform. Louisville Dispatch. The democrats of Kentucky open- ed the campaign of 1897 by strong and unequivocal indorsements of the principles of the Chicago platform, and there is every reason to believe that every other democratic state convention to be held in th's coun- try this year will come up to the mark set by the democrats of Ken- tucky. Ohio will be the next to speak, and if there were a doubt as to what she will say, that doubt has been seat at rest by the recent county and city conventions for the election of delegates to the state convention to be held at Columbus, June 29. Practically all of these conventions have passed resolutions declaring that the financial question is still the prejominant issue in American politics, and this merely presages what will be done when the demo- crats of the entire state come togeth- er There is every reason to hope that the party in Ohio will wina brilliant victory upon the platform to be adopted at Columbus. Gladness Comes Wits! better understanding of the transient nature of the many phys- ical ills, which vanish before proper ef- forte—gentle efforts—pieasantefforts— rightly directed. There is comfort ir the knowledge, that so many forms of sickness are not due to any dis- ease, but simply to a constipated condi- tion of the system, which a family laxative, Syrup of ly removes. That is ra is the said remedy with millionsof or Its A everywhere esteemed s0 who value effects are due to the fact, that itis the one remedy w 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 you pur- chase, that you have the genuine arti- cle, which i is manuf: by the Cali- fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by all reputable druggists. If in the enjoyment of good health, and the system is regular, laxatives or other remedies are then not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, one may be commended to the most skillful physicians, but if in need of a laxative, one should ners the best, isigy econ the well-informed everywhere, Syrup of Figs stands highest and is most largely weed and gives most general satisfaction. jernor Stephens, is at the Laclede. | faitful performance of official duties | sPAID HIS TAXES 1N TIME. Ousted City Attorney of De Soto Re- 100< ties, not that we like to in the season. $3. med! Put one on and se and hangs. sapanangapoannnganennas—-pagnengagenagnennanaaanansabaenansannnanans $35. they last you can have them at MENS PANTS up from our regular $3, $3 one big lot, while they last MENS HATS under $1 50, our price fine leather belt 25s. look them. :° ur Clearing | Never before have we had to offer so many good thing tv the people of Bates and adjoining coun. a manner, but owing to the fact, our stock so large, that we are compelled to make sacrifice so early ook at these handsome all wool weaves! Examine the soft andfine texture. . ook the way they are lined and trim- e how perfectly it fits Nine out of ten people will believe you paid S10 or $12 instead of the paltry price of BOYS AND YOUTHS SUITS Its mighty rare when money is given away,but this comes as close to it as anything you ever saw! There are not many suits ofa pattern, nor of a kind, nor many of a sizes but we have enough to please you and while About 400 pairs all wool pants embracing every kind and color under the set A mixed lot made 50 and $4 lines, all in OTHER CRACKERJACK BARGAINS FOR THE BALANGE OF THE SEASON The celebrated St. Louis bat, fine fur in all the latest styles,colors and ehap<s and sold nowhere FURNISHING COODs. These are the stuff that crowd our store. The best overall made 60c; a good working shirt 25, a nice aus- pender 10c; a real heavy sock 4c; handkerchiefs all colors and sizes 3c; a niee working jacket 20; a fine percale shirt 39c; a Our neckwear, percale shirts, under wear, sweaters, tine silk umbrealle, you cannot offord to over- BEST THAT EVER HAPPENED FOR BATES COUNTY. We have made a big purchase of Men’s, Ladies and Childrers, shoos and slippers, really more than we can crowd in our little store and if there is anything in that line you need all we ask is come and look; and a sale is assured. Model Clothing Co. FOOO0000000000060000% dispose of those in such oO O00 stored to Office. Jefferson City, Mo, June 22— Some time ago James Berkley was ousted from the office of ci'y a‘tor- ney of DeSoto, Jefferson county, on quo waranto proceedings under an information filed by the prosecuting attorney The ground on which he was ovated was tbat he was delin- quent in his city taxes whea electe3. It was proven for Berkley that he paid his taxes at 9 o'elcck on the morning of election day. The supreme court to-day in an opinion written by Judge T. A. Sherwood of Division 2, reverses the decision of the lower court, agd Berkley is rettored to the office from which he was ousted The court holds tbat he paid his taxes in time to become eligible to the cffice, for at 9a. m, the election was ia pro-| gress and was not over until the polls closed. In such cases J udge Sherwood says that the law, if nec- essary, will regard the fraction of a day. Disbursed School Moneys. Kansas City Times. Jzrrzesoy City, Mo., June 21.— | State Treasurer Pitts today disburs- ed emong the various counties of the State, under the Yeater law of 1895, the university endowment fax col- wee —™e Lor ae lected from corporations on the filing of articles. Tke amount collected under this law and apportioned to- day was $5,122 75. Of this amount $1,468 50 is held ia the treasury under protest pending litigation to test the law. The seminary fund under the law gets one-fourth of the amount, $91357, and the amount that went to the university endow- ment was $2,74068. Of this, Jack- son county gets $1,200 and St. Louis City, $950 44. Nervous People often wonder why their nerves are so weak; why they get tired so easily; why they start at every slight bat sudden sound; why they do not sleep naturally; why they have frequent headaches, indigestion and nervous : e Dyspepsia The explanation is simple. It is found in that impure blood which is contin- ually feeding the nerves upon refuse _ instead of the elements of strength and nerve compounds si: deaden ae ne t es 4 natural sleep, perfect oe gestion, is the true ened eal nervous troubles. Hoods Sarsaparilla Is the One True Blood Purifier. $1 per bottle. Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. era te RP Hood’s Pills : wn SOS Ses all. EP = ee nf: