The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 6, 1898, Page 4

BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES J. D. ALLEN Eprror. J- D. Atten & Co., Ptoprietors. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: The Wzexty T1MEs, published eyery hursday, will be sent to ar address | one year, postage paid, for $1.00. According to the New York World, there are forty thousand pension | attorneys in the United States. oe EE The republican party is not both- ering itself so much over principles as it is over the success of Hanna. The president and Secretary Gage ve in perfect harmony on the money question. As for tion the gold standard goes. The republicans of Ohio are hav- ing a “hot time” at Columbus this week. The query that naturally Suggests itself is ‘what's the matter with Hanna?” Chicago is showing signs of im- provement under democratic ad- ministration. Three of her alder- men have been indicted for running gambling dens. Governor Charles A. Culbertson, of Texas, has announced himself as a candidate for United States senate to succeed Roger Q. Mills, whose term expires in 1898. Old Callaway is the first county in the state to open the ball for 1898. The Democratic Committee met and named April 30th,as the date for holding the convention to nominate a county ticket. Ex. Senator Regan, of Texas, is reported to be seriously ill at his home in Halestine. He represented Texas in the United States senate for a long time, and is the only living member of the Cabinet of the Con- federacy. rs To find out where they are, the populista of Missouri will soon meet in convention. The party appears to have a hard time finding compe- tent and honest leaders. A cam- paign is hardly over until a meeting is called to denounce men at the head of the party for incompetency and dishonesty. President McKinley will banquet in New York the 27th. He has ac eepted the invitation of the National Manufacturers’ Association to attend its banquet at the Waldorf-Astor. Covers are to be laid for 860 guests. Senator Frye, of Maine, will be the principal speaker. The President will discuss the economic features of the tariff. An honest pension does not mean a subsidized voter. The honest old soldier who getsa pension hasa sight to it, has no fear that it will de taken away, has nothing to be grateful for, has no reason for vot ing against his convictions. A dis- honest pension means not only one subsidized voter,but a group of sub- sidized voters. It catches not only the perjured pauper who draws it, but also the votes of all his relatives, who are thus relieved of the neces- sity of providing for him and wish to continue to be relieved. That is why politicians shout so loudly for “more liberal pensions” and “lenient pension laws.”—Cass County Demo- erat. The fight over the ‘return of Han- na to the senate is of no concern to this administra- | JONES’ KICK. O. D. Jones, late populist candi- | date for governor, in a studied and carefully prepared intervi ew objects tothe word “Fusion” and thinks “Union” a better one. He gets upon a very high plane in advocating that | this union of the silver forces be not |made upon the basis of spoils divi j}sion, but upon a broad, patriotic plane of opposition to the gold | standard and allied money interests lof the east. Then, apparently with- lout reason, he descends from his high plane and commits the very |blunder he cautions against. He }makes an assault upon Hon. W. J.! Bryan, the champion of and leader | in the cause he pretends to hold so near his heart. both the Chicago and St. Louis con ventions and says that since his de- feat Mr. Bryan has not made a speech that showed he was familiar with the great questions at issue, of course, as Mr. Jones sees them. in opposition to the allied moneyed interest of the east, and the con- tinuance of the ‘sound money” or gold basis. It was thought that Mr. Jones considered that of import- ance during the lastcampaign. Mr. Bryan is a strong advocate of tariff reform as his speeches in congress andon the stump bear evidence. That is important if the professions of the democratic and populist beliefs are to be accepted. Mr. Bryan has denounced the efforts of the repub- lican party to fasten a government federal judges. If Mr. Jones doesn’t thick that is of importance and is destined to become a great factor in politics he is not the astute politi- cian and statesman he is represented to be. William J. Bryan is too firmly in- trenched in the hearts of his coun- trymen to be injured by this kind of a fight, and considering the broad spirit displayed by Mr. Jones in the last campaign his present attitude can hardly be credited. An old miser named Jobn Far- ington, aged 62 years, died in St. Louis Friday. He lived alone in a small room in abject poverty. When the corener arrived to take charge of the body, an investigation of the room revealed a bank book under the dirty old mattress of his bed calling for $2,000 at the Boatman’s Bank, and in one corner cf the room amid a lot of trash, deeds for seyeral houses and lots were found The total value of the estute discovered amounted to $15,000 or $20,000. They Are Old, But Spry. Hannibal, Mo, Dec. 39.—A novel wager has been made by two of the oldest citizens of Hannibal, who propose torun a foot race. The gentlemen are Dr. R G. Paynter, aged 88, and Mr. Charles Went- worth, aged 83 years They pro- pose to run aracea distance of 200 yards on a wager of $50 each, mak ing the purse $100, the proceeds to, gotothe Hannibal Relief Society for the benefit of the poor of Han- nibal. The race will take place out} on Market street, but the date has not yet been agreed upon, but will be sometimein January. Dr. Payn ter is an Englishman, hale and hearty, and the odds are greatly in He talks lightly of} the enthusiasm displayed for him at) Mr. Bryan's voica has been raised | ot injunction upon us by life-tenure | | HANNA'S MEN KNOCKED OUT! The Boss Defeated in the Or- ganization of Each House of the Ohio Legislature. Mason Beats Boxwell for Speaker by a Vote of 56 to53.—Opposition Wins Senate. Columbus, O, Jan. 3.— Hanna bas met defeat in the firet round of his fight for the senatorehip. Both the Senate and House haye been organ- ized by the opposition The exciting contest was in the! | House. It was between Mason, anti | | Hanna man and Boxwell, the Hanna} ‘candidate. The tirst ballot resulted: Mason, 56; Boxwell, 53 Mason declared elected amid great excite ment. | The result was greeted with great} |applause by the anti-Hanna men,| |who regard Mason's election as) | presaging certain defeat of the boss for the senatorship. The anti-Hanna men organized the} Senate and Senator Burke (rep.), |Hanva’s most bitter opponent, will | | be President pro tem. | Rumors are thick that Hanna will | withdraw and that Judge Day may be a compromise candidate Another rumor gains credence that the re- publicans may unite with the gold democrats on Calvin S. Brice for} senator. It is conceded that Speaker Mason will dispose of all the patronage of the House in the interest of MeKis- son and Bushnell and against Hannes, | and with the State Executive Ad- ministration also against Hanna his defeat is conceded unless radical changes are made within the next week. Jt is stated that the Hanna men} will t>morrow enter on another delegu'icns from some counties to hold indignation capitoi to express action «f certain republican mem- bers in voting against their regular party caucus nominees and in pro- posing to reverse the action of the last Republican State Convention that nominated Hanna for senator. MAY UNITE TWO CHURCHES. | Southern and Northern Branches of the M. | E. Church to Patch up Their Differ- ences at Washington Next Week. Washington, DO, Jan. 3 —Fri day next about 150 delegates repre- senting the Methodist Episcopal church and the Methodist Episcopal eburch (south) will meet in joint session here. It will be the first fraternal meeting ina quarter ofa century of the two divieions of the church, and its object is to reunite Foley and his sister Amelia iy bome about six o'clock and went horse k he home of the rows a ng bis sister there . proceeded to the home of Lg B » Ligon, a neighbor living pa one-half miles from the F oley He arrived there about 7 o'¢lo left about 8:15 o'clock wall According to bis own state B l J | | | HR he proceeded directly to bis hoa where he discovered t dead bodigits of his motherland sister. Ho wat from there to Morrows and hotitig® them of his ghastly 1d. He arrip 4 ed at Morrow's at 9:50. i 8 The murdered women were glegsita ing in a combined dining room anh bed room on the first floor, adjoin, a porch. The circumstances show January 17th, 1898. progiumme, which includes visiting | ° meetings at the} ‘ protests oa the} | 1 that a shotgun belonging to Foley” had been taken from the room a) |the east end of the porch. 4 boa, | jack had been taken from the room f Fee and used to break a Pane of glass from the window near the bed e@ | two shots from the shotgun had: ADMISSION 50 AND 75 CTS. Excursion rates on railroad. Tickets at VAN HALL’S.) PRESENTS! PRESENTS! PRESENTS! | | been fired through the window j | the prostrate bodies of the ple ; women. Both were slightly wo jed, but neither fatally. They *prang | from bed and ran into an adjoining room. The wurderer entered the houm | by cutting the screen door, unfastey. ing the door and breaking. the lok on the inside door. He followed ab saath : : one a the wounded women into the r, HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS GIVEN AWAY. where they had sought refy, oa Saree pa am ea . P pr a soy p#j | there the daughter was killed b To Persons Ordering Dr. Nv R. Champion's Magnetic discharge from the slictean, rk Salve. mother was killed by a shot toot es Sratiden'« Magnetic Salve teugl | 38 caliber pistol. The shots were heard by a num ber of the neighbors, all of whom | agreed that the time was about§) o'clock. According to Foley's state. ments, made to a number of wip nesses shortly after the discoyery of the bodies, he left Ligos's al not later than 8:15 o'clock. The distang which he had to travel on horseback was oneand one half miles, yet be stated that he heard no shots, and that on his srrival home he pe his mother and sister dead. be stated that he left Ligniell Po o'clock. These contradictory state ments, coupled with the fact that n remedy of its kind be Champion Magnetic Paul NESBITT, ELDORADO S t ‘I use th Dr. Champion's ue required d and the at year Dr will receiy ou 1 ents ents, 00 an ; the shotgun and pistol used in com mittiog the murders belonged Mrs. Ir. N. him, and that the murderer was ev dently familiar with where they were kept, led to his being held re. sponsible for the murder by the cor oner’s jury. His indictment followed and Jast June he was tried, and the jury failed to agree upon a verdict Ft. Champion, ELDORADO SPRINGS, MO FOLEY TO BE HANGED. Is Convicted of Having Mur- dered His Own Mother. sSedaha Girl Deceived- Sedalia, Mo, Janu. 2 —Last epring Miss Heitio Baxter, an accomplished musician of this city, became ac- quainted with David T C. Bird, of Northport, Wash., through a Chicago matrimonial agency. Birdr epresent se that be had large mining tuterests JURY TAKES BUT ONE BALLOT. at Vancouver, B.C, and owned ex- tensive rancbesin Washington He Execution Set For Februrry 18th. came to Sedelia last Apri! and being all the Methodists under one ban- ner. In 1844 Bishop Andrews of the Methodist Episcopal church was the owner of a small group of slaves in- herited from his wife. The chureh demanded that he free the slaves or quit the pulpit. He declined to give up the slaves, and that day, with his departure from the confer- ence, came the seceding of all that portion of the church south of the Mason and Dixon line. The tlave issue divided them, and from that time. fifty-four years ago, all those who believed in slavery and who followed Bishop Andrews, have formed the M. E. church (south.) It is now proposed to unite and coalesse the branches, thus making the Methodist Episcopal church membership the largess Protestant body in the world. As the slavery question was settled thirty-four years ago, and that was the only issue upon which the church split, it is believed that the meeting Fni- day will result in peace overtures his favor, notwithstanding he is tive years older than Mr. Wentworth. | This foot race is creating quite a/ sensation, and it is predicted that it | will result in adding a neat sum to} the relief society. BRYAN IS FOR STATEHOOD the democrats, except the inte rest | Says the Indian Territory Is Able to Govern | in watching the result of the revolt | in the republican party against its! greatest boss. This fight against | bossism in the republican party is| ag rareagit is interesting, and the; strength developed against Hanna) is the more surprising when it ie} considered that heis not only boss | of the party but owns the McKinley | | warm personal friends. Itself. Muscogee, I. T., Jan. 3.—Mr. and Mrs. William J. Bryan arrived here last night on their route from Mex- ico and spent the day with Judge and Mrs. Springer, who are their This after- noon Mr. Bryan delivered an ad- administration by virtue of a first mortgage claim. The President is not slow to respond to any call) made upon him from that source, as! ‘3 shown by his rushing his parasites from Washingtoa into the Ohio campaign and now sending them to Columbus to pull wires fon the grest b It is even charged that gov- e nt detectives are used to spy out the doings of the revolters and report to Hanna. Open charges of bribery is being made by both sides and those familiar with republican sactics are net surprised at that. ‘ | the mone: | erected in one of the principal streets dress to the people of this place on y question from a_ stand for the occasion. His speech was filled with good points and was gen- erously applauded by the largest audience that ever assembled in Muscogee to hear a public speaker. He declared that from his obser- vations while in the Territory the people were able to gov them- selves and ought to be admitted to the Union as a State. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan leave here to-night for Kansas ined and there to-morrow mornin, arrive eg. S- | and finally areunion of the churches First Gun, | London, Jan. 3.—A sensation has | been caused byarumor from Ply | mouth that the English Admiral! has | \fired ona Russian man-of-war in| Chinese waters. Nothing is known as to the rumor at the Foreign Office or the Ad- miralty. The morning papers publish also | the statement that England is pr. } ing China to declare Port Artbur free port. Itis suppesed that the presence of British warships there 1s intended to insure freedom of ac cess for tri ding vessel orge V anderbil t. after spend-| irg $10,000,000 on his North Caro lina Castle, ““Builtmore,” has decid | ed to abandon the ener Dee main building alone cost him & 000 and other buil dings on the place in proportion. For example be put up chicken house that coat around $100,000.—Nevada Post. San Antonio, Tex, Dec 30 —Ad- have been received here of the suicide at Bracketville of Smith, former private ie Company B, Twenty-third iofantry, who was discharged at Fort Clark a few days ago. He recei #500, and go- ing to Bracketville began gam. bling. He lost every cent of the ew his head of a shot-gur. ;money and ee bl | with the conten Jonah |{ Liberty, Me., Jan. 1.—William S. Foley was this afternoon found guilty of murder in the first degree sud sentenced to be hanged Febru- ary 18 ‘The jury spent ooe hour aud thirty minutes iu arriving at the verdict. But ene be..ot was taken, aud it Was unanimous for the yer ;dict as returned. Attorney Jo Williams, special assistant prosecu ter, closed bis argument at 12:05 o'clock. The jury was taken direct ly from the court huuse to Sheriff Hymer’s home for dinner. It was one o'clcck when it was taken to the jury room. It organized by elect- ing R H Atwater as foreman. The instructions of the court were read over. “Are you ready for a bullot?” ask ed Foremen Atwater after the ia stiuctions had been discussed for a few wicutes. Helcoked from one | member of the jury to another. Each avswered with a n«d of the head. The ballots were prepared and when examined it was foucd that they all| sompia. She had just recovered from a bs. from Jobn Biggerstafl's horse. physician bad warned her to Coad ful and told her that she would = be entirely well fur a month. thie reason her brotber Clell tel vainly ‘o persuade her to defer bes visit to a more favorable time, she insisted on going Her brother sent bis wife with ber in the buggy. The road which is hilly and badly kept,wae ina wreteh ed condition, the weather the colé- est experienced in Kentucky this winter and the enow was fying thickly. They got half way wheos farmer took ‘them in to get warm. He told them the further on and persuaded turn back. Dora says she will try Whitehall! to day or as so doctor wil] allow her. well supplied with money, he cu: quite a dash. Miss Baxter was pleesed with him end they were mar ried here on May 2. Later they went to Kansas City te live with ths young lady's mcther, who establish ed a boarcing Louse there Bird remained with his bride ouly afew weeks when he left for the west osteutibly to look after his large properties Acoupls of wecks ago Mrs. Bird heerd ugly rumors about her hutbind and commenced to make inquiries. A marked copy of the Spokane Spokesmaa Review, received h-re says that after a resi- dence of fifteen years in Stevens county, Le deserted his family, leav ing a wife and six children in desti- tute circumstances and was short in his accounts with the lodge of For- esters of Northport roids were wort them to ¢ to go to o as the Correctly says the Cincinnati Eo Gen. Clay's Wifo Tries Vainly to me Him Valley View, Ky. Jan. 3.—Dors } Clay tried to visit her aged and sick husband, Gen. Cassius M Olay, yew terday, but failed She was ral that he was sick with cold and in : ) 2 @ der a ed it was foul 5s Gf MS sz ™“ —~ constant read “Gui'ty.” Guilty in that case |4U ‘rer: “There is one c mplet e sod An 7 2 Srp meant the death penalty It was| wholes me remedy for the ‘endless —— Dimmer and de- | then 2:30 cclock end deputy eheriff| chain’ evil, which neither Harriso, Bave was notified that the jury was! | Cleveland nor Mc ay bag tried Bt ready to report. When cour: adjoursed for the | Pay ee ye senting gceenbacks BF 6 Loon recees the room was c-owded. | the New York eu’ treasury io silver. More than half the audierc> was!It would be according tolaw and comp¢ sed of women. moral contract, and there would be “Have you a verdict? csked Judge, jno trouble Broaddugs, looking at the foreman | | “We bave, replied Foreman At | ~ “s ( water Arlip of paprr was handed to clerk Kee?, who read as follows: “We, the jury find the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree. | R. H. Atwater, foreman Monieiont varae r s : Foley eat alone at the table used More a vc chscesnabeute yg dt aa ee juripg the triai by bis counsel. He ex ‘ facture. j held his handkerchief in one hand It aber and upon it reatei bis chir When More bur it « a= the verdict was read his lips rs : : tightly end his face set as if i 5 process, brouze There was no other move . ake It p ment. No stone could have received More 5 ree 1 ce the news of his fate more sto] dls 5 ea ee aber — " year Ag | ss rsaparils Sars aparilla + True Blood Purifier. ¢ . : ‘wae sme