The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 23, 1897, Page 3

70 REDUCE CUBA TO ASHES 1 Rather Than Surrender to the Rebels.--Insurgents Gen- erally Get the Best of it. Havana, Sept. 15 —Reports reach - ed here of another big battle fought ® peer the sugar estate of Pedro, in Pinar del Rio Province, between Maj. Moreno, of the government : troops, and Juan Mart‘nez, who was on the staff of Gen. Maceo. From all deteile obtainable the | yobrle were deteated. They were excamped on the estate, which is FH owned by » loyalist, and through him the troops were notified. The ® estate is almost surrounded by the | river Cristobal. C The field pieces were used, and “1 the rebele who were surprised and : mrtually between two fires, were 3 panic-atricken acd could not be con trolled. Of the 300 men in the band there were only 50 or 60 who escaped. | Martinez was among the wounded, but bis men carried him away. Io other provinces the rebels were jn better luck. In the fight near Guareiras, in Matanzas Province, the Cubans, under Enrique Junco, were yjotorious, and the troops command- ed by Gen. Molina were defeated. The engagement lasted several houre, and the Spanish were forced _ fo retreat, the losses being fifty men, amoog which wera three commis- tioned officers. < Gen Weyler is heedless of the condition of the desolated provinces. q Instead of trying to remedy the situation he has issued orders to destroy utterly many towns fn Santa Clara Province, all in the neighbor hood of the City of Cienfuegos. The only reason ho gives for thie barbatity, which will leave homeless thousands of people, is that the Spanish troops can not defend those places against the raide of the in- surgeote. It is the beginning of ik Weyler’s policy to reduce Cuba to “Rt ashes before surrendering it to the Cabos Carrent Tarff Information. From Cleveland, Ohbio.—‘Presi- dent A. J. Moxbam, of the Johnson Steel Company, who is now in Eng- land, has just received ordera for “ 20,000 tons of steel rails for electric toads in Ireland. This is probably the largest order of steel raile for @ectric railway purposes ever ship ped out of this country, and the fact that they are eent to the very doors of England is one of the notable fea tures of the affairs. from the works to Ireland. Johneon company 3 ” ‘well. to construct in Formosa.” From “An Act to provide revenue for the Government and to encour- age the industries of the United States,” commonly known as the Dingley law, it is learned that to Prevent the shipment of English tails to the United States a protect- i} ive duty ef seven twentieths of one ceat per pound, or $784 a ton is required. How curious a thiog it is that the Only market in which American man “@ wlevturers need protection is their ® = bome warket.—New York Journal Guatemala. ta continuouely. _ Men, is speedily reinforced. Delled D and is growing. Moxham has obtsined a freight rate of $3 a ton The under-bid not ovly other Americin mills nearer the seaboard, but English mills as From Vancouver, B. C.—“‘Advices from Tokio say that Japan is about to place a contract in America for the railsand material required for the 1,200 miles of railroad which is Revolution is Tearing Up the Government of Guatemala City, Sept. 16.—It is stated that 3,000 rebels attacked the City of Quezaltenango the morning ~ of September 13, since which time fighting has been going on almost 4 The fall of the city _ is inevitable unless the garrison, aa which consists of less than 1.000 It is stated that Gep. Prospero Morales, until a few months ago Minister of War in the present Cab inet, heads the revolutioa. With him are Gen. Fuentes Barrios, a brother- inlaw of President Barrioa, and Feliciano Aguilar. These three men Were candidates for president to eceed Barrios,and whea the Presi- declared himself Dictator they The rebel force is now BRIBERY TRIAL ON Hot Time Over the Kentucky Legisla- tive Bribery Case. Frankfort, Ky, Sept. 16 —Thos. Tanner, indicted with Hunter, Wil- son and Franks for a'leged attempt to bribe members of the Legislature, apruog the first sensation in the Dr. Hunter indic'ments by engaging in a street fight with James T. Larkin, a Hunter detect:ve Larkin po:nted out a man who he said was Hunter's detective. Tan- oer expressed himeelf with great contempt, insinuating that Larkin was employed in such service J.gr- kin replied that Tanner lied. Tan ner reached and, catching Larkin by the head, proceeded to strike bim several blowa in the face. They were separated. Judge Cantrill had the Hautsr in- dictments called at 9 o'c'ock The principal witnees-s are here among them Senator Wm. J De've, ex Senator J. C. L. Blackburo, Rep resentative Green Garrett, W. H. Lyone, J W Prewitt, J H Gilliam, Curtis S. Dodson, Walker Wilkins Serators Wm. Dingus and George Nell. Ex Senator Blackburn and Senator Goebel! have beeu permitted to go to their bomes counsel for Dr Hunter, stating that in the eveat the'r testimony is wanted they will be notified. It is not believed Blackburn will be asked to go on the stand. Both sides insist that they are ready for triel and the case will go to the jury. There is a possibility of the indict ments against Gaines and Tarner, on whose testimony Hunter wis in- dicted, being dismissed and the par ties being used as commonwealth witnesses. A large crowd of politiciaos from witness the trial. It promises to be sensational in the extreme. GREAT DAY AT SEDALIA’S FAIR. So Did Stone and Other Bright Lights. which is now being held here. Southwestern road. The Missouri Pacific had forward and Marshall. were crowded into each coach. platform. Fcir Aesociation Senator Charles, E. Yeater. was driven by four black horses. the city by ‘rain. people. features of the Fair. feir as on Bryan Day. Beauty is Blood Deep. Clean blood means a clean skin without it. your blood and kee) the lazy liver and the iy. for ten cents. guaranteed lc, 2c, 50e. . $5.15 to St. Lonis. 23, 28 and 30, and 19 and 21. E. C. Vaspevoorr. all parts of the State have come to Bryan Was There and Made a Speech, and Sedalia, Mo, Sept. 15.—William J. Bryan delivered an addrees this afternoon at the Pettis County Fair, There are six excursion trains over the Missouri Pacific, five over the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, and two over the Sedelia, Warsaw and ed 100 coaches to Kansas City, Rich Hill, Versaillee, Chamois, Lexington Fully 100 persons A committee of 15 Sedalia demo- crates met Mr. Bryan at Warrens- burg. He was escorted from Kaneas City by the Bryan Free Silver Club of that city, 500 strong, and reached here at 11:30 a. m. No less than 8.000 cheered as he came out on the A procession was formed at the Union Depot, and Mr. Bryan was was driven to the residence of Sena- tor Yeater, where he dived and re- mained until 3 p.m In the carriage with Mr. Bryan were Senator F. M. Cockrell, ex-Gov. W. J. Stone and Dx. J. W. McClure, Seccetary of the In the second carriage were Gov. Stephens, Sam B. Cook, Harvey W Salmon and Bryan By the ncon hour upwards cf 15,000 visitors had been brought to The surrounding country had furnished 5,000 more, and when Mr Bryan commenced bis speech at Association Park he was faced by between 25,000 and 35,000 The opening races were witnessed by probably 15,000 people and absorbed attention from other Senator J. B. Foraker will speak Thursday, avd as the same excursion trains will be ruo, the republicans predict es large an attendance at the No beauty Cascarets, Candy Cathartic clean it clean, b? stirring up iving all impurities from y Begin today to banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly bilious complexion by taking Cascarets,-beauty All druggists, satisfaction Tickets on sale Sep, 9, 1s, 16, 21, 5, 7, 12, 14, TWO DEAD. Wabash Passenger Crashed Into a Freight. Standing ata Switch at Keytesville Mo.—Postal Clerk Gains Met In- stant Death.—Fireman Smith Was Horripiy Crushed. Night pas-enger No. 15 on the Wabash, which left St. Louis at 9 p m. Wednesday, and freight train No. 98, which lef; Kansas City at 1:45 p Wedcesday, met in a teadexd cliso. at Keytesville, Mo, 2:45 Ttusday morning. Cwo wen were kil-d, two tramps seriors yt jared, aud both engines, be wat! evr 1nd two bexcars wreck- de Tie acei den. cecurred at the west cud of the at Keytesville. Noe fermt: smn bad orders to go w'O the svt bere and await the It was a miaouta to enter the passenger came dashing up and bit the engine of the freight at almcst full speed. Both engineers aud the fireman of the pessenger jumped, eaving then selves. Fireman W. B. Smith of the freight waited too long, and was crushed to death under his engioe. Both engines were smacked. Twe of the freignt cars were splintered and derailed. The mail cer was crushed end thrown from the track. Mail clerk Edward Gaines and two tra‘ops, William Clark and Paul Street, who had boarded the front e.dofthe mail car at Salisbury, were caught in the wreck Gaines was killed almost instantly. The two tramps were seriously but not fata'ly burt. Found. At Trimble’s drug stor for all kidney complain’ and female weakvess. Cure. wa. at ewitel é passenger at 2:45. lat». and bal stopped switcn when the & marvelous cure ervous exhaustion it is Foley’s Kidney Bonfield, Ill., Aug 14, 1595. “*T am eubject to cramps and colic, and have used many remedies, but find Foley’s Colic Cure beate them all.’ W.L. Years. At Trimble’s dr A Bride Tortured. Lehigh, I. T, Sept. 15.—At Coal Gate two wecks ago Martin Ross married a daughter of Nelson Win- ters. They had frequent quarrels in which he beat her with his fists, clubs and guns. One week ago he pounded her over the head with a Winchester and fractured her skull He then placed a rope about ber ueck and hung her up to a rafter in the house, placed a can of powder beneath her and started a fuse. The powder failed to explode. He then earried her to the woods, where he kept her for several Her parents, discovering her absence, summoned assistance and began a days without anything to eat. search, which resulted in her discov ery Monday. Ross was hurried off His to Atoka to prevent lyoching. wife w li dis Knit Goods Soar, New York, Sept. 16.—Three hun- dred membera of the wool knit goods trade, from all parts of the country, ihe National Association of Knit Goode Manufacturers, were present at the meeting here to advance man- ufactured goods 33 to 50 per cent. A. B. Valentine, president of the association, was in the chair. Resolutions were adopted that the selling price be based on the cost and figured on the price of raw material or yarn at the time of sale; to the relative amount of wool and cotton used, an immediate advance is necessary from 15 to 40 per cent to recover the in creased cost of knit goods, and that, if necessary to carry out the above resolutions, “we will curtail produc tion even to the stoppage our mills.” that, according All for Silver. Akron (O ) Dem. man family was held at the | hill, Jast Thureday Ohio and Illinois. and as lively as any- recitations present. Before the company disbanded a straw vote was taken by Henry Mueller, with the following result: Voters present, forty-nine; for silver forty-six; for gold, ene; doubtful, two. F The annual reunion of the Frey- ue cf Benjamio Fredericks, on Sherbondy The grounds were covered with tents and tables, where 122 members of the family were treated to sll kinds of eatablee* ‘thea reunion was attended by members of the family from bcth The oldest mem ber present was Joel Freyman of Homer, O. He was 93 years old, Entertain ment was furnished by music and volunteered by those LYNCHING.—THREATS AGAINST THE STAFFLEBACK FAMILY. Two Girls and a Peddier Foully Murdered. Their Bodies Thrown Down a Shaft. Joplin, Mo , Sept. 15.—The lynch spirit, so strong ia Columbue, just over the line in Kansas at the trial yesterday at the Staffelbacks, has not yet broken out in desde. The Staffelback family consists of three sons, mother and step-father and the wife of one of the sons. They were tried for the murder of Frank Galbreath last Juiy, whom they killed and robbad, then threw his body into an old abandoned min- ing sbaft near by. George Staffel back broke down and confessed all yesterday, and his wife directed the officers to another old mining shaft, where three other yictims cf this murderous family were thrown. One of these was a peddler, whom the Staffelbacke murdered and robbed two years ago. Two gitls were inmates of the Staffelback house at the time, and witnessed the murder of the peddler. Two weeke later Mike and Ed Staf- feltack, their lovers, fell into a quar- rel with theze girls, and Mike choked one to death. The other girl tried to defend her, wh«n Ed Staffelback crushed her skull with a pistol. The dead girls were thea wrapped in sheets and thrown uader tha bed until late at night, when the bodies were thrown into the shaft with the peddler. These ghast'y sights were wit- nessed by George and Cora Staffel- back, and were told ov the witness stand. Pumps were at oace put into the old shaft preparatory to making a search for the bodies. A woman's waist, a man’s vest and drawers were fished out. Clnging to the drawers were particles of de cayed flesh and skin. Standing about these shafte watch- ing the work are several hundred determined men who propose wreak ing summay vengeance upon these murderers as soon as the moulder- ing remains prove the truth of George and Cora Staftelback’s con- tgssions. It is also said that other mysteri ous dieappearances will be traced to the Staffelkacks, whose crimes are supposed to have excseded those of the Benders. A Sound Liver Makesa Well Man 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. 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The feast lasts as long as the fish hold out, and the Indians make merry with their queer games and plays, which are always witnessed by large crowds of white citizens. Going Down Hill. a People ney Diseases feels gradual but steady lose of strength and vital- ity They should lose no time in trying Foley’s Kidney Cure, a Guaranteed Preparation. AtJ A. Trimble’s drug store. Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 16.—H. broken. Removal. Tncker. } Whole Villages Swept Off By Floods—Many ental advices up to August 27. L Farrian, formerly of this city, died at Fert Smith, last night, after having lived a month with his neck We take pieasure in announcing that after this date Parks Sure cure will re- move all traces ot rheumatism, kidney roubles and liver complaint from the user. It is the only medicino that is teed to cure these diseases or no aa: Par's sure cure is sold by H. gL. RRR RRR PER PL LILI OOOO y ¥F.J. TYGARD, HON. J. B. NSWBEBRY, President. Vice-Pres't. THE BATES COUNTY BANK, BUTLER, wo. Successor to BATES COUNTY NATIONAL BANK. 3. C. CLARK, ‘ Cashier. g EstaBiisnep Dec., Is70. CAPITAL, $75,000. A General Banking Business Transacted. aS z BUTLER, MO. Capital, B30,000. Money to loan on real estate, at low rates. Abstracts of title to all lands and town lots in Bates county. Choice securities always on hand and forsale. Abstracts of title furnished, titles examined and all kinds of real estate papers drawn. s F.J. Tycarp. x vEw r President, picid B yine Eraauieat o ess Sve Jo. C. Hayks, Abstractor. 8S. F. Warnock, Notary. 3 t. as. a RES RARARRRARAG epegeae: G. W. CLARDY, Mayor. | : J.D. ELLWOOD. CLARDY, ELWOOD & CO., Succesors to CLanpy & Bruner, Real Estate, Loans “4 Abstracts. We do a General Real Estate and Exchange Business, and Make a Specialty of Abstracts. We are now preparing a revised list of Lands, for sale or exchange by us. Bring or send us complete description of your property. If you are now listed with us, please give us new description and price. Yours for business, CLARDY. ELLWOOD & CO. Ri icictinibusciatacen FLOODS IN THE ORIENT. a CASTORIA Tacoma, Washb., Sept. 15.—The Northern Pacific line steamer Ta | Mahe oe coma arcived to day, bringing Ori- | seman. Z ME Lider me. Heavy floods are reported from Takata, Naoyetzen. At Naoyetzen nine persons were carried out to sea on the roofs of houses They were picked up by the steamer Talwan Mav. The drouth at Matsu is reported to be so serious that persons along the coast there are using salt water for cooking purposes. By the receat floods in Nyligata Prefecture over 100 houses bave been destroyed and 56 lives lost in the Nishima district of the prefec ture. Over 40 houses were swept away and 40 lives wera lost in the village of Matsugasaki, Sao district. By the swelling of the Agono River, 1,300 bouses in San Jose Machi and 700 houses in the village of Ichinokido were submerged. At Izumozaki one shrine, four temples and half a score of dwell-| mgs have, been crushed by landslides from the mountains, five lives have | 4ying for waut of water. been lost and 10 persons severely | In Indiana no drop of moisture aounded. \ bas fallen for two moathe, the corn 18 being buraed to death, the pas- tures are as inflammable as powder aod prairie fires are ragiog. All over Nurthern and Eastern Indians. prayers for rain are being offered. Jowa has averaged nearly 90 de- grees for ten days and never in the- State’s history has there been so Row in a Lunatic Asylum. | TR SH s pm Pub- s ic schools are closed in many towne,. Nevada, Mo., Sept 16 —Judge D. | workmen are forc2d to quit toil aud: P. Stratton to-day granted 8 te. | prayers for rain are going up on porary order of restraint against the | every hand. board of managers of State Lunatic) 5° 6), stag piblie shocks weae yee oe _— Seem mye om | forced to close during yesterday on se as de : "| account of the extremely hot. a } Groschart. The petition was et itn. by LL peor Se ae Michican; toa an ng he payer and in bond, upon oe | ekies and watching every newspaper tion that the contract 7 t0 | and weather bulletin for the promise Miller & Young of St. Louis fora) of g downpour. Farmers are anx- light plant at $69,000 was in excess | ious, fruit raisers are dowacast and of the sum appropriated by the State | ‘he people of the cities are discour- Legislature for the pnrchase and | aged. tts operation of the plant The tempor- | Wheat Crop Moving Seaward. ary order requires the defendants to! poitisnd. Ore , Sept. 16.—The appear before Judge Stratton at | wheat crop of 1897 ia moving sem: Lamar on September 24, to show Jar at a rate that is breaking all cause why the temporary OFT! vious efforts. Within the past. ehoald not be made permanent | seven daya five cargoes, totalli What's the Use ot Tatking | 481,737 bushels, valued at $331,512 About colds and conghs in the ae haye cleared from Portland and are i < e a tickli mer time: jivie sold or baby may have {now on the way to England. A the croup and when it eeaes See coer | cargo of flour cleared for the Orient k that Parks yruy is the! . : . to know that corks oid by H.L-Tucker | ineluded 19,188 barrels, valued at == | $87,830, bringing the value of wheat Chicago, Minois, Sept. 16 —Mre. | and wheat products for the week up Nelli ird, 44 North Clark, com / to over $500,000. : — — morning by leap- |. Reports have been coming from aes ea es \the grain districts north of Snake ing from the fourth-story belcony of | or this week have been of a very the building to the street below. | discouraging nature. Many tracts Her husbend is being held pending | of spiendiz wheat have been # total loss. the inquest. PRAYERS FOR A RAIN. Illinois, Indiana, lowa and Parts of Ohio Parched. Chicago, Ill, Sept. 15 —Illinois, Indiana and Iowa are parched. Un- til last evenivng Kuneas was in the same condition, but rain came. Weather Bureau men say grateful showers are cue in the other States in a few days. In Southern IJilinois the tempera- ture has averaged 90 degrees for fourteen days. Nerthern Hilinois and Chicago are having an unusual- ly bot period for so late in the sea- json. Corn is being destroyed in all the Egyptian country and no such record has been made in heat and drought since the September of 1879. 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