The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 20, 1898, Page 3

] , DY BATTLE a FOUGHT AT VIRDEN. Strikers Fire on Negroes Im- ported to Replace Them. Lives Lest on Both Sides—Fifteen Hundred Men Beset Train and Riddle It With Lead. Virden, I'l, Oct. 12—The little fown of Virden is comparatively ist to-night,after a day of riot and ploodshed, the long expected clash between the union miners and im d negroes. At 12:40 o'clock this aftesnoon a Chicago and Alton jal train bearing 200 negro piners from the south arrived at the stockade around the Chicago Virden Qosl company’s moines and immedi stely terrific firing began The list st 10 o’cloek to-night stands seven dead and eighteen wounded. Tt is said that six men thja has not been verified and those inside the biux refuse t® com- municate with euteiders At 12:40 the special train passed the station and signal shots were fired from the south end of the train, announcing the special’s arrival. Im- mediately shots were fired from the moving train and outside, and the battle was on. Afew moments after the train had passed the switch where Kiley was stationed, aud while he was talking with two citizens, he threw up kis arms and dropped dead with a bullet hole through his brain. He was the first men killed. Ths train continued to the stock- ade,,the mivers firing into it all aloog the route and the negro patsengers returning the fire The moment the train reached the stock ade the miners opened a desperate fire with Winchesters, revolvers and firearms of all descriptions The negros on the train were euvsloped ina cloud of smoke and the shooting sounded like a continueus volley. Engineer Burt Tigar reseived a bullet in the arm and dropped from his seat His fireman seized the throttle, pulled it open, and with a jerk the train was under speed, car rying a load of wounded negro pas- How many were wounded is not knewn. The train stopped at the stockade but Its departure did not cause the firing to cease. The tower of the stockade was filled with sharpsbooters armed with Winches- ters, and they kept up a steady fire into the Eye witnesres say the dead miners were killed after the train had de- parted. It is not known how many men are stationed bebind the walle of the stockad>, but an estimate is placed at between twenty-five and forty. It is claimed that six within the stockade were wounded, but those inside refuse to held any com- Munication with the outside, and nothing authentic cau be learned. Word was, bowever, sent from the stockade to playsicians in town that their services were needed. sengers to Springfield. two minutes. crowd of union miners. Beauty is Blood Deep. Clean blood m: No beauty Withontit. Ca: n skin. andy Cathartic clean searet Your blood and keep it clean, by stirring up|} the lazy liver and driving all’ impurities from bed body il Begin today to banish pimples, s, blackheads, and that ion by taking Cascarcts,-b All druggists, satisf 50c guaranteed Mejor’s Face Slapped. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 12.—A hotel- keeper soundly slapped the faee of Maj. Tucker, son-in-law of Mrs. Gen Jobn A. Logan, two weeks ago. The Story has just come out. The affair occured in the dining room corridor of the Majestic, which isa fashionable family hotel. The exact cause is not known, save that Tucker is said to have been talking in tones teo loud to suit the manager, | Mr. Samuel A. Barnett. latter remonstrated Tucker resented the interference, and in the end was slapped soundly on the face by the Open palm of the manager. The MInilitary companions of the Major say he can not afford to igaore such a thing. Canton, O., Oct. 13.—The will of George D. Saxton has been found. It was made last April and was wit- nessed by James L. Grant and Oli-) verE Schliman. The document bequeaths all his estate to Mrs. M. _ ©. Barber, his sister. were) wounded inside the stockade, but! When the} KEEP AWAY FROM HAWAII. ‘*RUSTLING’’ IN THE ARMY. Free Masons of Honoluta Warn Breth- ren Against Emigrating. Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 12 —Grand Secretary Hempstead of the Arkan- sas grand lodge, A F.& A. M, has made public a circular letter sent out to the Masonic fraternity by the Masonic lodge at Honolulu, Haw giian ialands. The Masons decided to'make the letter public for the benefit of all concerned part: To Our Masonic brethren, Greeiivg: Io view of the fact that the rece st “Well, yem'll Lave to ‘ruetle’ fora annexation of the Hawatian islands) unifor» aut ¢qu'preents,” remarked by the United States has drawa the © ! wel, you'd better be The Rough Riders Had Some Striking Peculiarities. From Collier’s Weekly. When I joined the Rough Riders in the eld I had nothing but my eldest suit ef clothes and a good six sheoter. “Haven't you anything of your ow.z?” asked Col. Roosevelt, after a pityicg glance at my bicycle slippers and straw hat. “f bave rome extra eyeglasses, sir,’ I said. It says in “bat attention of the public, more ¢spo-} earefu! u doit” cially the people of the Pacifi tS At uh spection I was ar- to this group, and in view also of/rayed n a F182 Regular Cavalry the fact that many peeple know but|/hat,a -hir fom the New York little about Hawaii exs-p’ the infor | Seveaty firet DSpioish trousers, & mation gleaned from sensational navy revolv-r, a a German eavalry newspaper articles it is rexsonable |hestier frou: the Prussian military te suppose that lar.e nuubers of!attu: « Cao macaete, a Red the unemployed will desic+ to rush | Cros; a'ket urd s mule driver's to what they believe to b+ a new! ponch> country with a fins climate, a rich} soil, a sparse'y civilized po and large tracis of land ! and ouly awaiting possession of The influx of strangers has begun, and whiler1o doub perience of seekers of ewploywent will find ex pression in the newspapers of the ;coast and elsewherea date “Where did you get the clethes?” uation |asked Col. Roosevelt, adding quick- idie lly, “I won't ask. Ag long as you have | » by owne a uciform yeuil do.” the first newcomer | With this emcouragemeat from a high quarter I was duly started on my military career andit was not my fault 1f I lacked for aught hencefor ward. Yet [ learaed that the thing could be overdene. That same night there was 2 seme Napoleonic genius succeeded in filching the only peekage of sugar in the outfit just after the captain's orderly had formally domated 16 to the troop. Every man’s band was lifted against the other, and the jquarrols and recriminations became so fierce that several of the former cattlemen fondied their six shooters dangling at their hips. Next day I was ordered to report at division headquarters across the hill. While I was standing at at- tention I heard the following dia- logue between Gen. Wheeler and already | the ex maby lisappointed an early terrific row because —and perbaps deter some intending emigrauts from “muakiog a leap in the dark” —still the sev eocietiss of Honolulu deem it a dut a eral fratermal to sound a note of warning to their brethren in the hope that much suf fering and disappointment may be avoidei To that end Hawaiian lodge No 21,A.-F & A M appointed a committee to communi cate with the Masonic grand lodges respectfully petitioning them to ad- vise the bretbren of their jurisdic tion through their local the present state of affairs at the islands, and warn them that there is | his adjutant: little or no opportunity for those “I bave found your saddle horse, who, being unemployed, are secking | sir.” a livelihood The letter state that there is but an occasional and uncertain demand for skilled workmen, aud the supply have ledges of “Where was it?” “In the Rough Riders’ camp.” “Well, Pll be damneé! How did it get there” of boekkeepers, stenographers, clerks, etc., already far ex demand, while all the pr medical, dental and the more than overcrowded, Honolulu “They stole it, sir.” “Where is it now? “Tt it is their own and refuse to give it i the sions, s still over there. They claim law, He aud mavyjup. They say they found it grazing in their trenches feur days ago.” | The old General arose in his h, exclaiming: ‘Is there any- thing those devils won't steal? port the facts to Col. Rosevelt with my compliments, and tell him I must insist on having my heree re- turned to me.” The adjutant departed and Gen. Wheeler turred to me. As be ree- ognized the croes sabers and No. 1 his face clouded are arriving in ouly to meet with distress. There is no remedy on eerth equal to Herbine tor the cure of constipation sick headache, indigestion vertige, loss ot memory, uncertain appetite u ful sleep or skin eruptions. If you want a tonic for the liver, Herbine will not dis- appoiat you. H. L, Tucker. te- The American Navy. Washington, Oct. 13—The re markable rapidity with which the naval pewer of the United States is being increased at the present time may be realized when it is stated that 55 war vessels are now under contract for the government and that their aggregate tonnage far exceeds that of the vessels building at any ove time during the civil war. This 2 : worst [have ever known. Why, vast construction programme which . eae broad | YOUr camp is known all over the attention soroad g jarmy as the den of thieves. Itisa than at heme, has been author = ae i ia eee enue Geleee gradually by congress until the ves | zs y ag 2 ever manage to get out of here un place rank | ddition | on wy army hat, and he eaid: “So you are one of the Reugh Riders. Well, you may be good fighters—in faet you have shown yourselves to bs good fighters—but for downright thievery you are the has excited more {sels soon to be completed w the United States third in among the sea powers. I to the enormous fleet including aux in commissior banged.”’ j “We have the sheriff of Cripple Creek to keep us straight, sir,” said | I, caluting, and wes promptly sent} | away on detail. When I got back to our campI found the general's horse still graz ing at its place, while the general's }adjutant was making excited expos-| tulations in front of Col Rocsevelt’s| ent. | iliaries now present time 20 vessels are now | various stages of readiness and the| | shipbuilders are hurriedly gatheri | material for 35 others. Of the véssels, eight are first class heavily armored sea going battleships, 5 jare torpedo boats, f are monitors | jand one is a powerful cruise | | Robert Bradley, who returned! from Henry county last night, says} W. Graves’ candidacy for the} judgeship is fairly fiymg Dead Man to a Skill St. Josepb, Mo.. Oct. 12-—James | of White Cloud, | Kan, while rowing up ths river to- : : circuit | Waters. a citizen | over there. |isa republican and was assured by day, discovered the dead body of 8 | him that a large number of republi- jman ina skiff two miles below the |... would vote for Mr. Graves on city. The boat, painted blue, and/ his merits. We are pleased to learn | without oars, was drifting in a mass | vat Sic: 35 Jett tiie mokier comeaiaes jof brush. The bedy hung partly | .yiy improved —Rich Hill Review. j over the gunwale, clad only in uader Fs es - Crippled by Rheumatism. Those who have Rheumatism find |], themselves growing steadily worse all the while. One reason of this is that| the remedies prescribed by the doctors ||| contain mere and potash, which ul- timately intensity ee prom by =< ing the joints to swell and stiffen, pos & severe aching of the bones. . 8. 8. been curing Rheumatism for twenty years—even the worst cases which seemed almost incurable. Capt. O. E. Hughes, the po Ir conductor, of Columbia, Sa fetes comer eumatism w : 2 that there is only one Bich convinced Lim cure for that painful dis- ease. He says: “I wasa great sufferer from mus- cular Rheumatism for two years. I could get no permanent relief from any medicine pre- scribed by my physician. I took abouta dozen bot- tles of your S. S.S., and S| now I'am as well as I ~ ever was inmy life. Iam % sure that your medicine cured me,and I would recommend it to any one ons suffering from any blood disease.” _ Everybody knows that Rheumat is a diseased state of the blood only a blood remedy is the only treatment, but a remedy potash and mercury only a, the trouble. $S.S™.Blood being Purely Vegetable, the very cause of the d manent cure always re only blood remedy guaranteed to ¢ tain no potash, mercury or other da: gerous minerals. Books mailed free by S Company, Atlanta, Geor; zoes direct to SEVENTH HUSGAND. | Mrs, Lottie Dougherty, of Humansyile Gets Hitched Again, As an institution, matrimony may | be a failure, but Mrs. Lottie Dough-|} erty of Humansville, isn’t going to so decide without giving it smple trial. She was married op the Sth to Col. B. D. Smith, a respected citizen $9 years of age. This was Mrs Smith’s seventh marriage. Her former busbands were as follows: George Vice, Allen Depriest, Frank Milligan, James Neff, Jacob Crosier and G. W. Dougherty. Mrs. Swith is about 50 yeare of age and is a good looking, well to-do} woman. Five of ber former hus-| bands are buried in Humaneville what is referred to on the streets as| “her private cemetery.’ She keeps their graves green. She has the wedding garz of | each one of them and takes great] pride in keeping the moths out | Wher ehe married James Neff che} got owt the clothes from the ward-| robe and as she brushed them one by one, shs told him what had become of its wearer Neff took fright and left without further notice, and bas never been | heard from since Mrs. Smith is arespected woman, and is a sister to Elder Allen Bridges and Elder Isaac Bridges. two ministers in the Coristian church in this part of the State. She has one daughter, Mrs. Sam White, of Humansville. Mrs. Smith told a neighbor that when she was a young lady she bad her fortune told by a gipsy and was told she would have seven husbands, and that two of them would be sent to the penitentiary. Neff has not been heard from and it is not known whether be is in prison or not, but those who know her latest husband do not believe be in | will ever go to prison, and it is} thought the gipsy spell is broken at | last.—Clinton Democrat. A stomachful of undigested food is about as unhealthy a mass as one can well imagine. What can be done with it? There it stays. It wont digest It churns up, ferments and decays; becomes poisencus (as al! putrid matter does) and causes great pain and deep-seated disorders In order to change all this, take Shaker Digestive Cordial It stops fermentation and decay He hasa brether who | ** once, so that co more poisons are | created It clears the stomach of poisons already there It helps to turn the food that remaine, into healthfu _THE MISSOURI STATE BANK, | of Butler, Missouri. Receives Deposits subject to Check, Loans Money, Issues Exchange ; snd does a general Banking business. We will appreciate your pat- ronage, promising prompt eervice and absolute safe depository for your money. i —DIRECTORS. — Dr. T. C. Bovrwang, ©. R. Raprorp, Dr. J. M. Cunisry, Joun Dernwesrex, T. J. Wriauxt, F. M. Voris. J. R. Jexxrss, Wm. E Watrron. Wa. E. Warvos, President. Booxrr Powsx1, J. R. 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The dead man jcourt yesterday for endeavering to was apparently 25 years old, well- | secrete a person wanted by the offi | built and handsome, smooth faceand cers. His punishment was heavier black eyes. He had not been dead /|than that of the person the officers over twelve hours. finally found hidden in his house. it. Shaker Digestive Cordial is for sale by druggists, price 102 to $la bottle. cAsST RIeEA. ‘Bears the Bigeatwe of G \2 oF fad Wines and Bran Every family sh i } | } et a SL oe