The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 28, 1898, Page 1

THE MISSOUR of Butler, Missouri. Patp CAPITAL, I STATE BANK, | Receives Deposits subject to Check, Loans Money, Issues Exchange and does a general Banking business. We will appreciate your pat- ronage, promising prompt eervice your money. Dz. T. CO. Boutware, ©. R Ravrorp, Dr. J. M. Cunisry, J. R. Jenxrys, Cashier. —— = ————s ed to call and get rates. in Bates County. Administrator. T. J. Wriaur, Vice-President Joun DeerweEsrer, T. J. Wricut, J. R. Jenxrys, The Walton Trust Gompany, | Parp UP CAPITAL, - - $55.000 back part orall at any time and stop interest. Farmers wanting new loans, or desiring low rate money to pay off old loans, are invit- | and absolute safe depository for —DIRECTORS — Booker Powe tt, F. M. Voris. Wa. E Watton Wx. E. Warron, President. | ——— =F | of Butler, Missouri. Have on hand a large amount of Money to be loaned on Real Estate at LOWEST RATES and on liberal terms, allowing borrowers to pay Have complete Abstracts to all Real Estate Authorized by law to act as Assignee, Receiver, Trustee, Executor or Ve. E: Frank ALLEN, Secretary. | Watton, Presidert | PREM ESTATE Loans | tice DUVALL & PERCIVAL BUTLER, MO: FARM BOA N SS Money to loan on farms at reduced rates‘of mterest. Your notes are payable at our office ind you find them here when due. We give peealcce to pay any time, Money ready BS papers are signed, SETTING HUNGRY IN HAVANA. First Pinch of the Blockade is Being Felt. Key West, Fla, April 24—The first pinch of the blockade is felt in Havana Prices of food have gone up 50 per cent above normal—20 per cent since the blockade was established Food is already so searee that even at these high prices it is almost unobtainable. The silent pressure of the cordon of American warships weighs more and more heavily on the Spaniards The fate of the reconcentrados now threatens them. Hunger has already appeared among the poorer classes. Havana Was unprepared for a blockade. Food began to advance April 13, and was 30 per cent above the nor- mal when the bleckade began. Food and coal are arriving in Havana from the stores in other ports from which there is rail communication, but all the food is converted into army rations. Members of the produce and stock exchanges are trying to avert panic by promising their personal fortunes tosuceor the people. The produce exchange will expel every member who tries to speculate on the rise in prices A Chicago paper demands to know why music crazed women per- fist in sending thorny roses to pianists, who, it saye, held them in mortal terror. It suggests that send- ing a 98 model wheel down the aisle would be much better appreciated, br even a box of cigars. | ORGANIZATION OF THE VOLUNTEERS. | Each Army Corps Will Contain 27 Regi- ments, in Nine Brigades and Three Division. Washington, April 22.—In antici- | pation of the enactmsnt of the vol | unteer army bill General Miles kas prepared a table showing the exact number of officers that wi'l be com- prised within each army corps of the proposed volunteer organization. Unless the bill undergoes some rad ical changes in congress, the volun- teer army will call for the appoint- ment of officers as follows: Four major generals, nine brigadier gen- erals, four assistant adjutant gener als, ranking respectiyely a3 colone’, lieutenant colonel, major and cap- tain. One chief engineer with the rank of colonal. Two inspector generals with the rank ef colonel and lieutenant colonel respectively. Two chief quartermasters with rank of |colorel and lieutenant colonel re spectively. One assistant quarter master with the rank‘of captain. Two chief commissaries with the rack of colonel and Jieutenant colonel re- spectively. One assistant commis sary with the ramk of captain. One judge advocate with the rank of gen eral. Two chief surgeons with the rank of colonel and lieutenant colo nel, and aides de camp authorized by law for the regular establish ment. These officers are contemplated for a voluateer army organization, |comprising one army corps com- manded by a major general, three divisions, each commanded by a brigadier general, making nine in all; three regiments to a brigade, making in all 27 regiments, having the usual complement of officer. Sedalia Man May be Chiet Scont. Sedalia, Mo, April 22.—General Fitzhugh Lee has written to Colonel Stephen Olmsted of Sedalia, offering him the position of chief of scouts of the army which will invade Cuba. Colonel Olmsted won distinction in the confederate army during the civil war. While captain ef cavalry in General Forest’s command he was detailed for two years on de- tached service under General Lee |and became prominent for daring | and bravery as a leader of ecouting | expeditions, inside the officers’ union | lines. Colonel Olmsted and two ex- confederate officers went to Havana in 1867 for the purpose of passing | through the lines and joining the insurgent forces under Gomez, but their plans were thwarted by Spanish detectives and they were compelled to return to the United States. | | | | | the jwill ¢ | State BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY APRIL 28, 1898. NO 24 MR. SHERMAN RESIGNS. After Forty Years of Service the Secretary of State Retires From Public Life. Washiogtor, April 25.—Another |reaignation f om the cabinet occur red to day when the venerable Sec- retary of Siate, John Sherman, jbandei bs r--ivnation to the Presi dent this morning. The resignation willto e@ef ct rten early date, and with it Mr. Shicrmau retires from public if after a service of over | forty yeare, embracing the House of Represenixtiv-s, the United States Senate, as S.ccetary of the Treasury and Seerst«ry of State The reason for the resignation is of the Secretary’s The venerable Secretary is condition health. |now within afew days of 75 years of age. JUDGE DAY THB PROBABLE SUCCESSOR While no definite announcement jean be meade at this time as to who cesed Mr Sherman, it is er probable that the next altog |Secretary of State will be William R Day, first assistant Secretary of Mr. Day has been urged to teke the office by the President, but is persovally more inclined to return to Canton to the practice of law, thcugh it is believed here that he will yield to tha President's wishes in the matter. itis Good News, All Miseourians who take pride in their State will rejoice at the news that a creditable State exhibit at the Omaha Exposition is now assured. At one time it locked very much as if Missouri was to be unrepresent- ed at that exposition—a happening which wou!d have been deplorable in its reflection upon the Empire State of the Middle West and the fifth state in the Union. Fortunately, however, under the strenuous efforts of the Missouri State Commission for the Omaha Exposition, there has been a boom in subscriptions during the past two weeks, and the official announcement is now made that the exhibit is essured. t is also stated thet no effort will be epared to make this exhibit from Missouri better than that from any other state, and the Commissioners feel confideat that this will be done. It is in order, therefore, for loyal Missourians to rejoice that their imperial commonwealth will not be} conspicuous by its absence from the Omaha Exposition and that it will more than hold its own there. Also, it is well thanks of the entire State are due to the Commissioners themselvee, whose enthusiasm, pertinacity and State pride have accomplished so much for the assured success of the undertaking, Republic. Piant Notice. I will baat the following points on dates named with sweet potato plants fer sale at 20c per 100: Spruee and Johnstown, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, Ballard, Thursdays and Friday of each week until further notice Ds O'Baxxon 24-tf Not Always Understood. A tact often overlooked, or not always understood, is that women suffer as much trom distressing Kidney and bladder troubles as men. The womb is situated back of and close to the bladder, and for that reason any distress, disease or in- convenience manifested in the kidneys, back, bladder or urinary passage is otten by mistake attributed to female weak- ness or womb trouble of some sort. The error is easily made and may be as easily avoided by setting urine aside for twenty-four hours; a sediment or settling is evidence that your kidneys and bladder need docloring. It you have pain or dull achirg in the back, pass water too frequently or scanty supply, with smarting or burning—these are also convincing proef of kidney trouble. It you have doctored without benefit, try Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy. The mild and the ex traordinary ettect will surprise yon. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures. Jf You take a medicine you should take the best. At druggists fifty cents and one dollar. You may have a sample bottle and pamphlet sent tree by mail, upon receipt ot three two-cent stamps *o cover cost of postage on the bottle. Mention the BuTLER Werxty TIzEss, and send your address to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghampton, N. Y. The proprie- tors ot this paper guarantee the genuiae- ness of this offer. to remember that the Comparative State: business ent showing heavy in of FARMERS BANK, eac months. for the past two years. On Jane 15th, 1896 ..... On September A COMMAND FOR A WOMAN. | Antonia Hernanasz Maceo Wiil Take | Partin the War With Spain. From a Chicago paper. Antonia Hernaud:z | sistor in-law of the late General Ma- ceo, and a woman who has cuffcred in every Way possible through Span- jis tyranny in Cuba, is Chicago this week to part in the war with Spain at preeent in Toledo, C |recently been commi Miacso, a ooming to take active @ is She has ned lieuten- being formed by Colone! Ccoper, and she is ready tostart for the fi at a moment’s notice. She will be no tyro aga soldier, for she was a member of the famous Cuban ama zons, and was a bearer of dispatches for her husband until he was slain. Her history isa sad one. Father, mother end husband were assaseioat ed and of the seven childrem she has ed by the Spaniards. Her first born, yet a mere child, is with General Gomez, who was a lifetime friend of the father, and is guardien of the boy. in her soldiering. Ste says she can ride much better than she can walk, and will be perfectly able -to ride with her regiment. no less than three times while serv- ing as adispatch basrer, and was cut across the baek with a matchete, but seems as anxious to return to the battle ground as if it were a fes- tival. Her father was a republican and a man of advanced ideas. He took part in the ten years’ war. He taught bis daughter the uee of arms from childhood, saying “that as heaven had not given him a son he must make a soldier of the girl. He was himself assassinated by political murderers when the ten years’ war was over. Mrs. Maceo’s mother was killed at the hour of her daughter's birth. She herself bas been dragged through a Havana street with a rope about her neck, and her life spared almost by a miracle. It is emall won- der, therefore, that she hates the country a year ago and went over the United States on behalf of the insurgents and was very suecessfal |in sending arme, men and munitions jot war to Cuba Robert T. Liaceln’s Son-ia-Law. Creston, Io, April 22—Warren Beckwith ef Mount Pleasant, son-in- law of Robt T. Lincoln, of Chicago, was the first man to present himself before Examining Paysician Barnes new rules. He paseed examination aud will go to the front with the company, if itis called. Beckwith bas had six years’ exparience in nilitary service. “The Talmage ot Kansas City,’’ Dr. Geo. H. Combs is called the “Talmage of Kansas City” on ac- count of his dramatic eloquence His sermons are published each week in the Kausas City papers. He will lecture next Friday night at the Christian church on “Vacation Ram- bles Abroad.” This lecture will be bright and witty. Admission 10¢e; season ticket for remaining three leetures, 25c. ant in the blue and gray legion, now | borne six were ruthlessly slaughter- | Mrs. Maceo is somewhat crip- | pled from wounds she has reosived | Ske was shot | Spanish and has devoted her life to/ vengeance. Mrs. Macce came to this | for enlistment in Co. G. under the | 15th, 1846 First Great Nava a Washington, D. C. April 24— Unless plans go wrong the first great naval fight of the war will take place off the Phil- ippine islande. There the comman-}| ler of tha As engage the Spanish fice? in ed by the administration | win a decisive vietory. cess at that point will, it is believed, materially shorten the Admiral Dewey has received | his orders and by this time is on his way to Hong Kong to the Philip- | pines. With the fagehip administration will jose waters. war. Oly my und the Boston, Raliegh, Monacacy ard Herel, ho is expected to engage i) yezsels now in the vicinity of Philippine islands While wait- jing for news of Admiral Dewey's success the big blockade of Havana | will be continued and preparations | continued to get into shape the will and army of invasion It require {time for the latter, rntime Havana may be starved into submis- me BE sion. | Sedalia Depot ta Burned, Sedalia, Mo, April 24 —The hand- | some Miseouri, Kaneas & Texas rail- | | way station on East Third strest, | which was completed a year ago at | | a coat of $35,000, and which was the | finest depot on the entire system, was destroyed by fire at 3 o'clock | this morning. | The fire started in the kitchen of | the dining room and the flames 800 hed possession of the entire struc-| ture. The tickets and books in the ticket office, the records in the gen- eral offices on the second floor and all the baggage eaved, but the desks | of officials containing many official | records were destroyed. | The station will be rebuilt at once, | and in the meanwhile the old Fifth | street station will be used for depct | purposes. The local officials opened | offices to-day in the Bell building on | | East Fifth street. The total loss is | over $40,000, and is covered bya | blanket form ef insurance, the | | | amount not being estimated. } Born Amid Stirring Scenes. St. Paul, Mion , April 22 —On the Northern Pacific special train carry- | | ing a portion of the second regiment | of United States infantry, a robust | and healthy baby girl was born to Mr. and Mre. Charles Ericson at 16:45 a. m.today as the train was | | being rushed at express speed with | its lead of living life destroyers to! |the seat of war in the southeast. | The fact of the birth of the baby on | the war train was telegraphed to | this city, and on the arrival here the | train was met by city physician A. | B. Ancker, with an ambulance, and | mother and child were removed to | the city hospital, where this after- noon they were reported as doing well. } i John Jacob Astor’s Patriotic Offer. | New York, April 22 —Joba Jacob | Astor, who last week offered to place | bis Western railroad at the disposal of the Government for the free transportation of troops snd muni-| tions of war in the states of Illinois | and Obio, has also volunteered to) furnish and equips battery of ar-} tillery. Volunteers will be enlisted in few days if Mr. Astor's preposi- eg is accepted. icrease in ‘h three letter, which was amorous Swain, Dative ci ald Isle, to his lady fair My Darlin’ Peggy—I met you Isst night and you nevercame’ I'l! meet you again tonight whether you come cr whether you stay away. If I'm there first sure Il! writ mm. name on the gate to tell you of it and if it’s you that’s firat, why rob it cut ds : wiser. trystin place, keep away from th are whether you Your owr, Paddy nd no ore will be the er fail to the Peggy, for faith I can't be at spot where you there or not Funston Gets a Command, Topeka, Kas , April 22.—Governor Leedy to-day announced that he had | appointed Colonel Fred Funeton as colonel of the first regiment of Kan Colonel Funsten the Cuban army,and was wounded several times in action. One Spanish bullet went through both lungs, acd he returned aos volunteers. was for along time in to this country a few months ago completely broken in health. He has regained his health, however, and is more than anxious to get to the front and revenge himself upon the men who filled him with Spanish lead Will Escort the Young Soldiers, Sedalie, Mo, April 15.—The blue and the gray of Sedalia and vicinity have completed arrangements for a public demonstration on the day Co. D, Second Regimen‘, N. G. M., takes its departure from here tor the seat of war. Last night General George R. Smith Post, No. 58, G. A. R,, passed a resolution to escort the company from the armcry to the place of «mbarkation, and a com- mittee was appointed to invite the Sons of Veterans and the ex confed- erate camp to join the veterans in blue. Both of the crganizations heartily agreed to become a part of the escort and S. H. Olmstead, com- mander of the ex confederate camp | to-day iseued the following notice | “All longing to the camp or not, sre in- ex Confederates, whether be yited to turn out to escort Co. D to the depot when they are called to the front. We will gladly rank and file with the veterans who wore the blue and cement perma- nently the north and south, making it one country, all under cne flag, and will if need be, mingle our blood with theirs in teaching Spain a lesson for the destroying of one of our men of-war ina peaceful bar- bor.” march, Royal makes the food pure, wholesome and delicious. § se arm rr oes