The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 2, 1898, Page 1

“Par Capri rAL, onage, promising prompt eervice your money. i De. T. O. Bovtwane, 4 0.B Ravrorp, Dz. J. M. Cunisry, J.B. Jexaixs, Cashier. Joun Dr T. J. Wricut, J. R. Jenkins, |THE MISSOURI STATE BANK, of Butler, Missouri. and absolute safe depository for —DIRECTORS — RWESTER, Bo KER PowELt, F. M. Vonris. Ws. E Warton Wa. E. War on, President. f Butler ‘edto call and get rates. in Bates County. “Administrator. T. J. Wricut, Vice-President. Pap uP C APITAL, =. Have on hand a large amount of Money to be loaned on Real Estate pack part or all at any time and stop interest. new loans, or desiring low rate money to pay off old loans, are invit- Have complete Abstracts to all Real Authorized by law to act as Assignee, Frank Atren, Secretary. , Missouri. 000 oo. fat LOWEST RATES and on liberal terms, allowing borrowers to pay Farmers wanting Estate Receiver, Trustee, Executor or $55.000 00. Receives Deposits subject to Check, Loans Money,. Issues Exchange | | and does a general Banking business. We will appreciate your pat- Wm. E. Watton, President. of age, and has been a teacher in the Kansas Oity schools. Misses Florida and Mattie Yantis are visitors in In- | dependence from Sweet Springs and bave been the guests of Mr. and Mrs R. D. Mize for several days. Suicide ef Garfield Currier, Clinton Tribune. Garffeld Ourrier, the 19 yar old son of L. C. Currier, a prominent and well-to-do farme™ living 14 miles from Teay’s Chappel, committed sui- cide last Sat urday morning by shoot- ing himself oyer the right eye with a 22-caliber rifle. Young Ourrier was taken sick last winter and has since been in poor health and subject at intervals to nervous spells which have effect- ed his mind. Friday night he slept on the floo: in the parlor. Arising about 5 a.m Saturday morning he went througa |} the room occupied by his parents Be replied well, how he had slept. | DUVALL & PERCIVAL BUTLER, MO: FARMUBOANS. Money to loan on farms at red interest. Your notes are payabl sad you dnd bere when You privilexe to pay any tim %@ s00n as papers are sign DEATH FOLi.OWS A RUNAWAY, Miss Hickman Accidentally Killed at Inde- pendence. K. C. Times.s1 Miss Anoa Hickman, daughter of etcounty clerk William Z. Hickman lies dead at her home in Independ- | ence, the victim of a runaway acci- | dent on the streets of that city yes terday. The cause of death was a fracture of the skull at the base of the brain, combined with a serieus wound in the left side. Miss Hickman was driving in an Open carriage yesterday morning, in | fompany with Misses Florida ard Mattie Yantis, of Sweet Spri ings. | Their horse became frightened near the fire department und bolted up laple avenue and across the north fide of the public square. After Tanning about a block the vebicle Sollided with a horse and buggy tied to the curb at one side of the street. The three young ladies were thrown Violently from the buggy as it Overturned, the two sisters falling “Several feat away. Miss Hickman, Who was driving, is supposed to have clung to the lines, and when the vehicle was overturned she fell | Upon her head and shoulders directs | ly beneath. The three young women were car- Tied intoa nearby drug store and Physicians summoned. ‘Later Misa ickman was taken to her father’s | mse on Mechanic street, where very effort was made to improve condition, but the physicians en- ined no hope: of her recovery the first. Miss Florida Yantis Ms found to have broken her right Moulder and thigh. Her sister es- | pSped with serious bruises and ‘Sctatches. was | Hickman was about 20 ene }and taking down a 2 | wall p assed cut po the yard. Ina | few minutes a shot was heard ard | he was found near the smoke house} | with a bullet hole over the right eye. | before whose legions Hie enemies of | would not accept the offer. ;cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, rheum, fever sores, tetter, chappad | hands, chilblains, corns, and all shin | | eruptions, and positively cures piks| | Or no pay required. It is guarm- teed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 sone per box. For sale by H L. Tuck Senator Bailara’s Son. | Montrose Democrat Emmett Ballard, graduated in the College, of New York City, wr | his mother that he landed sevenih | in a class ef 150 students in the «- amination, many of whom were 1l-/ ready practicing physicians. <Aftir his graduation he made an applia- tion for a position in the city hospt- ! alin New York, and in that examim tion he stood first. He will be st home ina short time on a visitio | his parents, after which he will »- {turn to New York and enter on his duties at the hospital. His mary friends here are glad of his s Os who recenfy| Millions Given Away. Itis certainly gratifying to tle public to know of one concern ‘in | the Tene who are not afraid to le 13 to the needy and suffering The proprietors of Dr. King’s Nav Be for iption, eolls 2nd coughs, have given away ovr ten million trial bottles of this grat remedy; and have the satisfaction of knowing tbat it has absolutely cured thousands of hopeless cases. Asta ma, bronchitis, hoarseness and dl diseages of the throat, chest and lungs‘are surely cured by it. Cal! on HL Tucker, druggist, and geta) | trial bottle free. Regular size 5)c and $1. ‘Every bottle guarantedi, or price refunded. cor ° sagen Trust Gompany, } 2 rifle from the! exploited us asa naval Belleview Medical | j | to their mother | would rather see my b jside of that brave | fifty-six pages. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSD HENRY WATTERSON'S Stirring Speech to the Soldiers Ken- tacky is Offeriaz te the Union. 2 Ranks May } 6 « e int 27.—Ten Lexing- jton to day t. witness the civie and | jmilitary pageant, followed bya re- lview by Gv. Bradley of the com pa 2 here, and to address to the ‘helaga by | cu are Alea to make history. | It may prove that this will not be! history repeating itself For tt first time since the has been levied for kind, war| no cause of a} | purely material and with no | selfish purpose. |shibbcleth, ‘Remember the Maine.’ | It eeems to me tco revengeful to be quite worthy. You are going to fight a battle waged by man for man. You are guing therefore, in the name of that Christ who died for men. You are going to fight a battle for the glory of God and your native land. No man can be agood soldier who is not at hearta good man. Self possession in the presence of danger is the truest courage, and he is the bravest soldier who keeps his head, who knows perfectly well the right thing to do and who does it when frightened out of his boots, his legs would fain carry him away. I believe in this war. I believe in it with allmy mind and with all my soul. If ever there was a justi- fied war it is this. Though it should rob me of lives that are dearer to me than my own life, I shall believe it conceived ina holy spirit, sanc tioned by heaven and directed to- ward the adyancement and the enlargement of the benign civiliza- | tion. The brilliant achieyement of that His mother was up and asked hin typical Green Mountain boy on the other side of the globe has already power, and you yourselves shall presentiy dem- onstrate us no less a military power. | He lived until 7 45. 4 \liberty and humanity will do well to ee Bucklen’s Arnica Salve | think before they le ap. The Best Salve in the world fr; Ane > came to me |supposed influence in getting his! }son a commission. I assured him that I bad no i But, said | \TI, I have two son rrying muskets | jin the ra I dearly | ee aad ady nt I | shall not i know that | It is er they ntry, and if it eases God to Brise them t safe sound, I shall bles as I live. In that prayer, let meinclude each you, I l and every one of thou lying by the ilor and every one of ust ritice lad whom North Caroli pas heaven's upon the altars of tl m and mankind, than feathez should be plucked from the eagle's wings ora syllable of justly cast upon the of our dear Kent The T This is an or that one name and fame ibune Primer- i mirth provokit g 4 —writ- jue style in $2, while e r the Denver Tribune. The publication contains | The proceeds of the sale of the book will be devoted to erecting a monument to the “gentle poet of childhood” at Columbia Mo. | Price, post paid 25 cents. J. West Goopwrs, | Secretary and Treasurer Sedalis, Mo. | I scarcely like the | reproach be! Ay JUNE 2. —OFFICERS.— ° D.N. THOMPS B =) : : When the pa-| | MeKINLEY ‘S OFFER OF PEACE IMADE SAGASTA GENEROUS TERMS. were ended 300) iidren sang “America.” ckinridge “then introduced vatierson, was given an ovation. When ler was resto red, | | Mr. Wattereon caid, in part: greed That We Would Return Porto Rico -And the Philipines If She Would Only Relinquish Cuba. | Washington, D.C, May 25.—Did the president offer to end the war if Spain would avandon Cuba, keeping is asserted on high authority in dip- lomatic circles that he did, and that the prompt refusal by Spain of this generous offer caused the second call for volunteers and the subse- and army circleg. As the story goes—and it is told with verisimilitude—the president two weeks ago instructed Ambassa dor Porter of Paris to secretly ascer- tain if Spain was now willing to abandon the contest on the aseur- ance that this country would make no claims to either Philippines or Porto Rico, only requiring that Cuba should be given up. Ambassador Porter went about the task. ENCOURAGED BY OUR INERTIA In the meantim> ther were inertia and passiveness on this side of the water. The ships of the navy were kept burning coal day and night, it is true, accomplished. The relief expedition fer the Philippines was made ready. rts were gather- within ea there was no | Troops and transpo ed at the seashore tance of Havana, but | foward movement. As soon as Ambass notified the president that asy dis- on this side changed jare turning, the t Yewey, sslt | the other day to ask me to exert My| Havana is to be bombarded, Porto 2on the way to roops ar Rico is to be taken, the uy is to be swelled toa grand few 1 sbort men A Clever Trick it c ke it, but there is really ne trick about it. Anybody can try it who has lame back and weak “kidneys, malaria or nervous ‘troubles. We mean he can cure himself right away by taking Elec- tric Bitters. This med e tones up the whole system, and acts as a@ stimulant to the liver and kidneys, is a blood purifier and nerve tonic It cures constipati: oD, headache, fainting spells, sleeple melancholy. It is pu a mild laxative, and r' tem to its natural vi : tric Bittera and be convinced th at they are a miracle workers Every bottle guaranteed. Only 50c a kot- tle at H L Tucker's dr Over Fifty Lo Caleutta, May ticulars regarding the dis lision on Tuesday between the B ish Indio Steam Nav 0 pany’s steamer Me and her sister ship, the Lindula, s that the for- |mer had 390 persons ° Her passengers were mostly ee The Mecca was towing the arther par. nstrous COi- atics. | Lindala, which was disabled, when | the hawser parted and two steamers The Meeca sank | Address ee her eaptain and 52 others were crashed together. drowned. The Lindula brought! theZeurvivors to this port. Porto Rico and the Philippises? It ' quent extraordinary activity in naval | but nothing tangable was | but the order to sail was not given | 1898. We beg to offer our feeling that positors all the ady ing from experien and vigilance. PROC CSO OOO OULOOLED0 COLDS COOOOG POON SEH PPI PG OF DP LOOPOP LNG SLOOP PPONT POE oore 6 Bank Robber ts Caught, Utab, May 28 —Two men entered the Springville bank at 10 o'clock, and at the point of a pis tol compelled the cashier to band over $4,000 The rs then mounted their horses and disappear- ed. A large posse was immediately organized and started in They overtook the robbers in a can- yon, some distance from town, called upon them tosurrender. The | robbers fired wounding a man named Allen. The posse returned the fire and killed one of the robbers and |compelled the other to surrender. Half of the stolen money was recov- ered. It is supposed the robbers | are members of the ‘Robber’s Roost’ gang of outlaws. pursuit Trans-Mississippi Exposition - We are in receipt of a beautifully engraved invitation card to the Trans-Mississippi and International | Exposition at Omaha, Neb., which opened yesterday, June 1st and con- tinucs to November lst. This | the second most important Exposi- | | tion ever held in the United States and first in importance to those states embraced in the territory west of the Missiesippi river. All of the principal features of the great | Columbian Exposition have been copied anda great many new ones adopted. One may learn as much of cur great West ina week's close study at thistimeas he would ina years steady travel. All of our citi- zens who can, should attend this ex- position and we assure them that the time and money spent will never is | be regretted - oe How Long W WarL basis of a peaceful blockade may last until after the next Presidental clection: war on Capt. Mahan’s plan would be ended in thir ys. In bis book e 1, “Interest of the United States in Sea Power,” page 192, Capt. Mahan says ie simple de- ewaris ruin. War once de- clared, must be waged offensively, aggressively. The enemy must not be fended off, but smitten down You may ther epere | € c- action, relinquish every gain. But till down bh st be struek es- santly and remorselessly,” A month has passed and w been done to reinforce Dewey? More thar and what font out of Cu has on Fre 1 days after war was deci France; and ia the she captured one army o pensive. | Capt. Mahan's elixir in the | of Strategy? er. Beard “—National Intelligenc- nn eeeeeenenesheeneneeesnal anabaahannncionanneenl for a part or all of you FARMERS BANK. SS > @ \ NO29 eee ee = servi u“ e a | POO AMD MOOG 608 69 OFS Melee: be’ Neg Kills AW Independ a } 27 George MecKar negro about 3 years of age, ¢ as at rested ast by Deputy Sheriff McIntosh and Marshal Mor gau, charged with assault with io tent to kill, McKane has for sever- al weeks been wo Joplin, Mo. Abouta had some trouble with a white cook of the hotel. He threw a glass at her striking her on the head and inflicting a wound which has since proved fatal He immediately skip- ped out of Joplin, just in time to prevent being Jynched. He was found by the officers at his home in the east part of town and was held un til this morning when he was taken in charge by officers to Joplin, where he will be taken for trial. It is thought an effort will be made to lynch him as soon as he gete to Joplin. 7 ng ina hotel at week ago he Foreign Paise For The Army. Washington, May 27.—-The for | eign officers, especially Captain von Goetzen of the Germanarmy, Major d’Arville of the French corps of en- gineers and General Mertwego of Russia, are greatly impressed by the completeness of the cogineers corps’ Captain dArville landing services. writes an attache of the bassy here: “I had no sort of of these rench em appreciation of American equipment until I zure to your- the completeness officers’ landing saw a psrt of it I self a poutremer (sea bri toon £ of over half long, compact train of any service in six guaos ventured upon u a daring experi t? Idonot. But it is success- curacy apy artillery I have ever seep There is o1 2d praise fo the army and its He hilled Tine Marderet 9 —The Austin oing Ajainjosay Rernen97 pus smosajoas ‘aand pool 2G) sequms (ehod