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i: i Nan SA} Settle the Question. THE ARMY BEEF INOUIRY BOARD. Army Sargeons Testify That the Canned Beet Was Unsatisfactory as Food Cabans Confeg with Secretary Hay—Penston Applications. Washington, April 1 A joint high aommission to settle ie entire Sa- moan trouble has been practically | agreed upon by the United States, | Gritish and German overnments ,ord Salisbury’s absence from London alone delays the forma! acceptance by at britain, though in his absence 4ir Thomas Sanderson and Mr. Villiers, are understood to be specially fa- ith the Samoan question, have the plan for e United States has oressed its approva mal acceptance, it is le the highest quarters, w sneedil As the proposition nates with Germany, her approv arse, is assured. This h on, it is felt, affords a pac to the whole trouble at when Samoan affairs ber most threatening. St ortant provision und mili approved ommission. formall the ed x or- from follow an ema- solution n to look tt anothe onsidera s that King Osear, of Norway and | sweden, shall be the I 2 in case the three high commissioners should fail to reach a determination. The} rto referee roval of sian of inviting King (sc a disagreement meets the she British and G 2 authorities and doubtless will be approved also by she United States as a means of insur- ing finality of deci r ough it is not known just how far this has been considered by the Washington auth ities, Pf tur arsy Breer INQUIRY Bo: Washington, April but two] af the witnesses before e army beef nquiry board yesterday were mem- of the medical stafi 10 Were on vice in Cuba during ar. The other two . George H. Gidd Wale Sypher, who had nh seeuring contracts f veef on the hoof and on army in Cuba. T Gen. Eagan had told secretary of war had give the refrigerator a yhile Mr. Sypher said that Gen. aad created the impression upon |} that he preferred beef on the block to refrigerator beef. Their testimony throughout was contradigtory to Gen. Eagan’s testimony, and Mr. Giddi said that Congressman Hawley sent at several of his conferences the Spanish tnesses wer. and Gen. J 2 interested | d that the was th Gen. Eagan. A majority of the my Surgeons expressed the opinion that the canned beef was unsatis- factory as food for the ‘oops, but some of them thought it no more rmfnl than other n the Cuban mate. UBANS CONFER WITH 5! Washington, April !.— from the Cuban assembly talon and Hevia, called te state department nad a long conversation with Secre- ry Hay. The affz Cuba were ely discussed and the delegates pre- sented the resolutio the Cuban as- sembly. Secretary Hay assured the ETARY HAY ne delegates esterday and delegates that the United States gov-} ernment would not increase the; amount of of the Cuban army above the $3,000,000 already sent to Cuba. He said this matter could not be further considered. He also in- formed them that the president would wot consent to any scheme for raising money by the Cuban assembiy to pay the Cuban troops. Later, the secre- tary mentioned the call to President MeKinley and the president informed im that there would be no other or farther answer to the delegation than had already been given by the secre- tary. A FLOOD OF PENSION APPLICATIONS. Washington, April !.— More than 200 members of the Eighth Illinois volun- teers who will be mustered out of the! service next Monday intend to file slaims for pensions as compensation for physical disabilit: eceived as a result of their sojourn in Cuba. In one company all but five claim to be disabled. The meu say their health has been ruined by tropical malaria} and that they ey in no condition te} 10! resume the positions they held prior tc going to war. Refuses to Pay Collius Poticy. Topeka, Kan., April 1.—The attor aeys for Mrs. J. ¥ the step mother of John Collins, will urge the assistance of the state superintendent ef imsurance in the collection of 9 $5,000 accident policy taken out by J . Collins in the Travelers’ Insurance company. accident companies in which J. S. C lins was insured have adm? itted liabil ity to Mrs. Collins and daughter, race Collins, excep ‘avelers’. Heavy mecciiee for Washington, Apri statement of the treasury ceptionaliy heavy rec terial decrease in th of Mare March. monthly shows ex pts and a ma diture i.—The he month The rece from customs amo about $21, )00,000; from intern nue, $: 00, and from mi over $13,200,000, 1 7.000, 000. is total of over The dist Mare h amounted to $ To Try Municipal Cwnership. Detroit, M i Want Fans: Wichita, friends ge that the hero * brigadier general. IOAN DIFFICULTY. & Joint High Commission Will) All of the various life and} eous sources} TYGARD, President. THE BATES 6 BuUTLER, MoO. NTY NATIONAL BANE. Successor te BATES COU Bates County I Capital, = furnished, papers drawn. F. >. Tycarp, President, Iwo. C. Hayes, Abstractor. Hox. J.B, N [t will Cure You While You Wait. If you fu with that horrible csatarrh in the head, loss of amell or taste. catarrhal con- cr headache, Dr. no pay L ck Thurmond’s Ca Price 50c “s sold nocure, r bottfe at H Some ‘Tennessee K fl-men is told j concerns the prison A Filipiso the prison wall for dear life Two long legged | on guard duty. moment >| A va and it two Ten in Manila, and volunteers. climbed running nesse eon- vict hat and was | through the open. | Tenuesseeans wer ek kneelei to fir . & guess it ad yards,” 3 more than three said onc, quietly. five hundred,” said were discussing sckon it’s | the other, as if he the weather The prisoner was deer, and rapidly rowth rts, where he would: be safa. it four hundred,” suggested Tennesseean, in a con rupniog hkea approaching the underg around innumerable ittle bh | “C ae! tone. They a and fired. and the two Tennesseeanns went out what was left of him head, justed thsie sight, aime, The escaping convict fell, 0 briog in “If he's bit in the ivs shot, *T aimed low, | o | | i¢ | my | said one | to deawled the other Ths convict was fouad with acco'dia’ a'my regulations, one of his bead bullet through the back | | jand anct ther through tse lower end jofbis spine They know how to iskoct iz the moualains of Teones | gee —Harper’s Weekly. is Horehound Syrup is the best anedy for Consumption, coughs | ail throat and chest troubles. > guarante It is the best for children, 25 and soc H. L. More Men neoned: Washington, March 2y.—There is | | good reacon for the prediction that | acall will be issued for volunteers | and the army be increased to the} full limit of 100,000 men. will be for 35,000. i The call} At least 50,000; soldiers will be necessary in the| Philippines. An additional 20, 0co | |men will be sent to the islands +s! rapidly as possible. The enlistments for the provisioval jarmy of 65,000 meu has reached | | $0,000. | There are six cavalry regimente, | five artillery regiments and ten regi- | j ments of infantry available Six of | the ten regiments of infantry are | already under orders to go to Manila. | The cavalry and the artillery are to. \be held for domestic garrisons. | Tt is the present int-ntion to | withdraw some of the regulars from | Cuba | It is probable that General Joe Wheeler will soon receive orders to ; go to Manila. See two girls in another column gathering grapes for Speer’s wine. Read all about them a S wines are unexeelled by any in the wor American Institute Farmers Club Report the wines of Alfred Speer, of Passaic, Gube Waa wpaintaarinteeee Saved by Breeches Buoy, _ | Marblehead, Mass., March -29 —| The Warren line steamer Norseman, | | Captain Rees, bound from Liverpool | jto Boston, went ashore just inside | <{ Tom Moore's Rock. about 100 yards {of the Nanepashmet Hotel, Marble- head Neck, at 2:30 this morning. Charles of the life saving crew i2imen inthe breeches buoy daylight and the remainder > erew are being taken off as yas possible. The Norseman. a crew of b i colds % fails to cure yon it w shi by HON.J. B. NEWBEBRY, -3- Money to loan on real estate, title to all lands and town lots in Bates county. securities always on hand and for sale. titles examined and all kinds of Vice-President. | And Wall Street Freedom has passed awa | farmer, borribl OO a a a al Vice-Pres’t. se: ort OUNTY BANK, | 8 EsTABLisHED Dxc., 1870. A Genera! Banking Business ‘Transacted§ nvestment ee | 4 IBUTLER, MO.= P = $50,000. at low rates. Abstracts of Choice § Abstracts of title « real estate . CLARK, Sec’y. & Treas. . F. WARNOCK, Se EWSERRY, J.C s Mv Country Tis ef Thee For Tue Times. My country ’tis of thee Sweet land of Of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, Land ot the pilgrim’s pride, From every mountain side, Let freedom ring. Revised version up to date My country ‘tis of thee, Land of plutoecracy Of thee I sing. Land where the railroads pool, And corporations rule, And tricksters always fool The people here. liberty, My native country thee, Mortgaged from sea to sea At Eogland’s will. gets a share Of interest every year, And says its very clear That all is well. Let trusts and combines grow > Till people hardly know How they can live. Then let the English plan, Be set up in our land, With standing armies grand, And we'll behave. Old England ’tis of thee, We fought for liberty, And whipped you good. But you have gained the day, With Wall Street’s mighty sway For gold our god. Let bonds and Dewey be There, for haumanit And nothing more. The stamps and tariff bills We pay with willing wills, Bondholders pocket fills While we srow poor. W. C. WOLFE. Virginia, Mo. Logan Mo, Has Excaped. March Gieorge Richland, has escaped | jail at Houston who from the Texas county Logan isthe boy H. C. Thomas, the mangling bis body murdered | and concealing it 10 a ravine in this |county after bauling it over the }country for several days. Only a {small reward is cfifered for his cap- ture by the Sheriff. but the citizens of the county and the County Court will increase this and will also ask the Govervor to offer a reward for | his apprebension. THE FIRST BABY. {ts Coming is Looked Forward to With Both Joy and Fear and its Safe Arrival is Hailed With Pride ané Delight by All. The arrivel of the first baby in the household is the happiest and most im- portant event of married life. The young | Wife who is to become a mother delights to think of the hzeppiness in store for her when the little one shall nestle upon her breast and latterly she shall hear it lisp the sweet and holy name, ‘ “mother.” But her happy anticipation quickly van ishes when she realizes the terrible pain and suffering through which she must pass while bringing g the ttle one into the world. Ani [eseribabletear of the | danger attendant upon the ordeal scon sipates her joyfulness. Thousands of women have learned by experience that there is absolutely no necessity for the sufferings which at- tend child-birth; t! the use of **Mother cl a ien- weeks before xpectant mothers can ves for the final} and suffering of the | rely obviated and safely pa: vely little ai: All women are interes and es- lly expectant mothe: > for the ime at lor, time heve to und ro value to all. It ny one who sends Bradfield Regu- r address to tor Co., Atlanta, | 29.—1t 18 | {reported by mail that George Logan : v know that by! with com- | i World's | Bul—Fulton Asyiam and Chillicothe In- Mouse Fasses the St. Louis dastrial School May Be Investigated y. M house passed the wor i unanimous vote. The bil incorporation of a shall h Louis in | | | | the | company, wh $j the exposi & | will go to the ‘enate Monday, it will ‘be acted on at once. tedies-’ A Curative Medicinal Treatment Founded on Modern gate vent to engron Scientific Truths is More Potent | expe on in The bill was amended | propriation $15,000 instead 7 Aaeal rT oi eines FREE TREATMENT FOR G WEAKNESS, | Lee, of Ca cou | the hou member of P 3 : therefore ial, Ss . 1 " y all that reform school a dry a se ve to offer at t or ¢ n and all \ cheerfu ly Treatment to all suf- FREE The the Lexo employ couns resolv commit ion provided the tee and co phers and al he Bohart, of Clinton, who was a member of the committee last fall, moved the reso On a roll democrats divided and the re voted against Bohart’s the result that it failed, resolution was then The senate ps mot 68 to 42. . 65 to y Drabel ado ssed a bi prohibiting the city council of an corporated city from grantin rig tolay down ra rad a | anv street of the cit ept upon the petition of represent than one-half of so much of t of the street as is used for such purposes. WOULD ENCOURAGE TRUSTS. owners age BU Recommended to the Missourt Legisia- ture That Would Make the State a Kival of New Jersey. Jefferson Mo., committee on private ec prepared and recommended for passage Irpo a bill which would make Missouri a rival of New Jersey as a home for trusts. The bili provides that corpor- ations doing similar business can com- bine and have their capita stock . eqtic Cemipiete Pr: Course of Treatment Consisting eq in amount to the combined 2 eo of Four Preparations, tormula of capital of the companies in the < berer Dr. Stox combination. It provides for : * all Write the Doctor. common and preferred stoc ; RES 1 alae be issued the conso t Justa tt Ponat ’ nad oxbe ose, to } ing companies may agree upon. will rter of acent m. Lalo 6 and o8 jis no restriction as to th ¥ h t N y cit ting that tion ar ne old d culty in the way |s t < th t t per, when of unlimited consolidations, obj ons | ev « R FRI PREPARATIONS by minority stockholders, is wiped out | oth Thr I yo tog er with free entirely by the following clause in the | ha: studie ed apted to your case new bill: *‘And provided further, tha any non-assentit der of eny| “HE THAT WORKS EASILY, WORKS of the old companies shall be paid in ‘ mn the 1 SUCCESSFULLY.” CLEAN HOUSE WITH at the da ==. SAPOLIO- said conso Married Wathoat Kansas Ci knev the g in th been the marriage until » her fat > n and r D fink’ a an ; tended the parent He had strenuously ected to daughter's marria account of her yo beeen A Married Couple ae ed to Death. Philadelphia, April 1.—Henry Lap- pin and his wife, aged pe and 42 years respectively, were burned to death late last night in their home on a track farm in the lower section of the city. A flagman at the railroad cross- ing gave the alarm, but before assist- ance arrived the building, which was a frame structure, was a mass of flame. South Side Square Butler Mo. Read and See Whatjwe Kesp ip Stee We keep everything that horse owners need Double wagon harness from $10 to $30. The bodies of Lappin and his wife . were found in the ruins, burned be- Single harness, $7.50 to $25; second hand yond recognition. Origin of fire un- harness from $3 to $15. Saddles of all known Noval Piea Made in Court Macon, Mo., April 1.—In the case of the city against G. W. Keller. night clerk at the Paiace hotel, tried before Poliee Judge Cox, the defendant's counsel putup the plea that it was / not a misdemeanor for a man to get | styles and prices, from the cheapest tothe steel fork cow boy and sole leather epring seat saddles. Lap robee, horse blenkets dusters and fly nets. Harness oi! and soaps full line machine oils and axe) grease. Trim drunk aod raise a racket in his own | buggy tops new and repair old ones Bring house. The judge could not see it | la b that way and fined Kelley. The case | your o arness and saddles and trade for was appealed. | new ones. We have the largest retail bar | Crushed by « Fattlng Tere | ness store in the Southwest #1d cu be . | April 1.—Joseph ness are all made at home. One bundred yuntr, was ed } sod thirty sets on hund. Come, inspect and th and a br. Allen, - clearing some land. Asa get our "99 prices. We will surprise you. tree started to fail Allen yave the } aiarm and Joseph, instead of running | under tree and away, r was erushed. McFARLAND BROS. B UL ER. MoO- | " Notice to Contractors. | Notice is hereby givem that I will from the east front door of the Court House at B: Mo, on Thursday, April 6. 189%, let by public outcry to lowest bidder contract for builc steel bridge and stone abuim “ nut Creek in Walnut townsni Wood Famine at sedalis, Mo. 50 YEARS EXPERIENCE } a bad con the past two pha cese{2l bidder muet deposi posts at bridge commissioner $4) to ine cents eac Wins fro: will be on Arkansas c, A of id estate, al eettiement thereof, at Bi County Probate travrix <cientific American, Nustrated » | court. in Bates Brasch OfSce, 65 F leo oi : of Missouri. to be held at Butler “ - F | br a supposed to be mad. The —- | ani led after a tong chase. 19-4¢ Tjaden, MUNN fi Co. astern New to i