The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 6, 1899, Page 4

{ : i Severe BUT J. D. ALLEN, Eprror. “ig D. ALLED ” ‘TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Co., Proprietors. The Wezxty Times, published eyery Thursday, will be sent to any address one year, postage paid, for $1.00, $$$ Mrs. Harry J. Ramsey, of New Zork, cut her husband’s throat Fri- day night because he snored. The President and Secretary of War have decided to send 40,000 more troops to the Philippines. A special election will be held in yhe Eighth congressional district Bept. Ist to fill the vacancy caused by the death of R. P. Bland. A. C. Stottler, a prominent farmer | all citizens and should be kept up at aad stock dealer near Mexico, Mo, zommitted suicide Friday. It is thought ‘nancial troubles caused she terrible deed. Five men were drowned in the Mississippi river, one mile above Clarksville, Mo, Friday evening by the overturning of a skiff in which} they were riding. Gen. Leonard Wood has declined she offer made him to become pregi- dent of the Washington Traction aad Electric company. He prefers army life and will remain in Santiago. We have given Gen. Otis a fair srial over in the Philippines and he has failed to put down the rebellion. Now suppose we call him home and} give Gen. Miles or Gen. Wheeler a shance at them. The Kentucky State Democratic Convention went right ahead and nominated a 16 to 1 ticket, endorsed the Chicago platform and nominated Bryan for President in 1900; Gol. Henry ‘Vatterson to the contrary, notwithstanding. While attorney J. H. Keith, of Cotfeyyille, Kan, was defending Edward McKittick, a half-breed Cherokee horse thief at Vinita, the prisoner stole a pocket book con- faining $15 and an annual railroad pass. The attorney cleared the prisoner on a technicality, but did not miss the pocketbook until his elient had gene. Washington, June 30.—A report aummarizing the yellow fever situa- dion in Satiago up to the 26th inst., has been received by the surgeon general of the marines service. It states that up to that time during the present season there have been 35 cases and 11 deaths, all but four of which were among American gol diers. Joseph Sheppard, one of the con- yicted train robbers, came near mak- ing his escape from jail at Spring- Weld, Saturday morning. He blacked himself with a burnt cork and walked out of his cell with a gang of negroes wks. were being worked on the streets. He reached the outer jail office before the guards discovered his ruse. On noticing him one of She guards exclaimed: ‘That's Sheppard.” The prisoner madea break for the street deor, but was knocked down by a guard, who struck him with a pair of steel shackles. Sheppard was then thrown mto a dungeon, where the sheriff aays he will stay until taken to the penitentary. £x-Governor W. J. Stone's views onthe Philippine question should treate nosurprise among Missouri gemoerats and especially those fa- miliar with the proceedings of the Springfield convention. His attitude ba that question at that time was| decidedly in favor of expansion and bis frien is claimed a victory for him | beauty and a joy forever.” Adjoining, = TOWN SHOULD OWN IT. | provements of a town are its public parks. Cities appreciate thie, more |so in late years in the west, and vast sums are spent each year for the | improvement of their parks. Noth- jing we can conceive of weuld con- | tribute more to the pleasure of the linhabitants ef a town the size of | Butler than a well laid off public | park, fashioned by nature and embellished by man, with plenty of shade, drives, beautiful flowers and shrubbery, and a magnificent lake of | clear crystal water. Such a pleasure | resort, for the poor as well as the |rich, where all could go and enjoy | themselves after a hot day’s labor, | would be of inestimable value to the |town. Such a resort is of benefit to | public expense, and not be left to private enterprise. Butler had one of the prettiest lakes in the whole state. It was romantically located, nature did much to embelish it. The dam was so constructed that with little ex- pense it could be made a “thing of above and overlooking its placid waters, was laid out a beautiful park, where trees were set out, roads sur- veyed, and much labor and money expended. On the lake front was erected a pavilion, bath houses, boat houses, ete, all done by a private syndicate of enterprising gentlemen. As in most enterprises of this kind when no dividends were paid or expected, the expense became a burden upon the stockholders, dis- cord arose and the company dis- banded after selling the property at Public auction and it passed into the hands of private parties who now control it. Brickyards and ice houses now mar the beauty of tre lake and the improvements are per- mitted to deeay and go to ruins. The city of Butler should own this property, rehabilitate it and open it up to the public. The coun- cil could be of more benefit to the people of the eity of Butler in this way than in any other we can ima- gine. We are satistied this property can be purchased at nominal figures, and we do not believe there area dozen tax payers with the city’s interests at heart that would enter an objection. AN INCOMPETENT OFFIOIAL The Free Press says The Tiurs lays the blame fer the failure of the stock law upon James Drysdale, and was theughtful encugh to add “as we anticipated.” It, the Free Press laye the blame upon O. F. Boxley. The Free Press gets its information from Mr. Drysdale. The Trxes pre- fers toabide by tho county court records. Nowhere does the records show that Mr. Boxley called to his assistance two or three or any num- ber of county judges to cast up the returns, nor do they show, nor does the law show that it was Mr. Box- ley’s duty todo so. The law says that the county clerk shall eall te his assistance two justices of the peace or two county judges to cast up the returne, etc. The county court may have employed an attor- ney to see that the papers were in Properand legal form. It would have beens wise precaution in the court, realizing the inefticiency of the clerk. The fact that the court employed an attorney to assist the county clerk did mot relieve Mr. Drysdale ef his official obligations. He hadasimple duty to perferm, the section of the statutes bearing on that pcint was very plain and simple It needed no lawyer to in- terpret it for him. The people| elected him county clerk and they expected him to perform the duties of the office. That he neglected it | im the construction of the platform | over su: men as Bland, DeArmond, | Dockery, Benton and Clark. Hie} recent Chicago interview goes but a! step farther in that direction. If! the dex atic party is opposed to! snd expansion it should tmen holding the views! does to draft its plat-| would be but repetition | veland silver dilema. Mr. | ‘s views on the silver ques-| was well known to his ite of which they nomi.) elected him president. | ou the party is history. We repeat, if Mr. Stone is not in aympathy with his party on these | great questions he should not be! Permitted to draft its platform. and the people will have to suffer a} great inconvenience and the county be put to large additional expense | goes without saying. Some prominent republicans in Maryland decline to accept nomina-} tions for State offiee on the republi- | can ticket. They give asa reason | that the disreputable course of the| President and the War Department | towards Admiral Schley, has caused the State to become strongly demo- for some cause, has treated Admiral Schley most shamefully, and that the people of Maryland have deter- Among the most important im.| jof killing, wounding or | Three have since died but the fourth jeratic. They say the Administration, | will! probably live. |medical men in this city fails to SHOULD BE ABOVE SUSPICIeN. That the power of a sheriff should | suffer further limitation in the mat- ter of special venires is a proposition which few citizens ef Vernon county will dispute. After the regular panel for a special jury granted, the power of deciding the case comes practical- ly into the hands ef the sheriff. If that officer is disposed to exercise it with partiality, the litigant against whom he arrays himself saves time by paying the costs and devoting his attention to something more profitable than butting a stone wall. —Nevada Post. An official, and especially a demc- cratie official should be above suspi- cion. He should, and most of them do, understand that when he has a duty to peform, friendships must be ignored, past favors forgotten and only his oath of office and duty to the state kept in view. understand that the democratic press will not support him in any crooked- ness and the democratic party be the first to condemn. A disgraceful state of affairs was brought to light in Vernon county and the democratic party was anxious that justice be done. An indictment was found against an alleged defaulting official and he was brought to trial. Al- though he introduced no evidence in defense, against a strong case made by the State, six of the jurors yoted for acquittal and hung out for over 18 hours, when they were discharged by the court. The tone of the press indicates that the composition of the jury was not satisfactory to the people. Sheriff Ewing should clear bimee!f of all suspicion. “Old Bil” Jennings,convicted last week in the Wright county court ef train rubbery and given 20 years in the penitentiary, has made a confes- sien in which he claims all the re- sponsibility for the “hold up;” that he it was who handled the engine, and solemnly avers that Jack Kenne- dy, the Kansas City “quail hunter,” is innocent. He says that Kennedy was not present and had nothing to do with planning the job. If Old Bill is telling the truth, fer once in his life, then a grave errer has been cemmitted and Kennedy is a victim of his previous bad reputatien. But the chain of evidence was very strong and complete against him, and it will take more than the word of a confessed thief and robber, whose whole life has bsen deveted to erime, to eonvince the public that Kennedy is guiltless of this crime. The Globe Democrat's Washing ton correspondent that the President’s taet and graciousness are drawn upon severely to maintain apparently agreeable relations ia his cabinet between Secretary Gage and Secretary Alger, as there exists be- tween the two a feeling of strong and growing hostility, which to the friends ef either is not concealed. The correspondent adde: “There is little doubt but that Seeretary Alger will go out of the cabinet in a short time. The only question seemingly is whether the change shall take place shortly or shall be held up until the annual reports of the war department are completed and hand. ed in. that he cught in justice te himself to remain in the cabinet until these reports are made. says The last legislature amended the law relating to sheep killing dogs to read as follows: If any person shall discover any dog or dogs in the act chasing sheep in any portion of this state, or shall discover any dog or dogs in sueh circumstances as to show that such dog or dogs has cr have been recently engaged in killing or chas- ing sheep or other domestic animals, for the purpose of killing them, euch person is authorizsd to immediately pursue and kill such dog or dogs; provided, however, that such dog jor dogs ehall not be killed in any!“ inclosure belonging to or being in lawful possession of the owner of such dog or dogs. _ Has Surplus of Girls. Unsien Mill, Ind., June 28.—Mrs. James Piatt, aged 16, gave birth te four daughters Monday evening. Inquiry among He should | The Presidential Contest, the Senater Says, Will bs im Donbdt to the End. | London, June 30.—Senator Depew has been refused and the demand/| who has just returned from Paris, | said: “I have coms back to London jand am proud of the marvelous suc cess of our ambassador, Mr. Choate He is going to make a great mark- We did not see the work of Mr. jsion of sentiments which possibly | knew it. | blamed him. foundation and accomplished the way for the grand revolution in pep- ular sentiment on both sides of the Atlantic. I go back confident that we have great times coming in the United States. Questions not dreamed of at the last struggle are forging to the front, and the fight will bs keen and stiff and, as reports ge. no man can tell the issue with any success until the electoral vote is counted” LESS THAN GAGE EXPECTED. The Treasury's Deficit Less Than 90 Mil- liens, Despite the War. to the statement of the condition of the treasury at the end of the fiscal is $88,575,989. The total expendi- tures for the year were $605,092,734 and the receipts $516.216,745. For the fiscal year 1898 the receipts were $404,511,081 and the expenditures $443,375,387. Duriog that year about 56 million dollars was spent on account of the war with Spain, which was then raging. The deficit for the fiscal year 1899 wae greatly reduced by the surplus during the present month. The re- ecsipts for the month of June were $47,126,915, and the expenditures only $31,382,762, making a surplus for the month of nearly 16 million dollars. The cash balance in the treasury at the end of the fiscal year stood at $281,380,468. The receipts from customs during the past fiscal year exceed any year since i891. In that year they were 219 million dollars Woman Killed in a Runaway. Springfield, Mo, June 30—Mrs. Henry Greed of Cave Springs, was thrown from a buggy against a tree in a runaway this afternoon and in- Gen. Alger’s friends insist | % bring to light a simular instance— the birth of four females at one mined to resent it at the polle. —Ex. time. Mrs Platt weighs 110 pounds. S Ps a a ie es 1; a a » 3 stantly killed. The mother of the ceived serious injuries. Its Eas To Take @ Thin, pale, anemic girls © @ need a fatty food to enrich ¥ &@ their blood, give color to¥ Vv Vv v uv v | ; 33233233239299233223329 ERESECECE ESE ECE CECE EEE ® their cheeks and restore their ¥ @ health and strength. It is ¥ & safe to say that they nearly ¥ ® all reject fat with their food. % g Y ‘Scr uLsiOn j coD LIVER OIL | 307 BYPOPHOSPHITES 9F LIME & SODA v exactly what they require; ¥ ot only gives them the im- ¥ ov L v nt element (cod-liver oi!) ina palatable and easily d ® gested form, but also the hypo- ¥ wy @ phosphites which are so valua- % @ in nervous diserders that & usually accompany anemia. 3 @ SCOTT'S EMULSION is a¥ a fatty food that is more easily ¢ ™ digested than any cther form of fat. A certain amount of flesh is necessary for health. You can get it in this way. We have known per-% sons to gain a pound a rat SLEEKCS CHE SCOTT DEPEW NOT SURE OF SUCCEss, | Bayard at the time he gave expres.) had no reality in England, and he! We did not know it and/ Bat be was laying the! |marvelous work of preparing the| Washington, July 1.—According | year made public to day the deficit | deceased was in the buggy and re-| =|the surreunding ceuntry districts 4 A | aellars and that the total loss in the | ** % | state will eertainly reach 200,000 [INSURANCE TRUST IS KNOCKED ouy es Seventy-Three Big Fire Companies Must Leave Jefferson City, Me, June 30. This is the first case in this » te in which the anti-trust law of the state bas been enforced by the highest court of the state | This case involved all the legal constitutional questions that ean be raised, and the court met eack ques. tion equarely and sustained fully the nan | Constituti lity of the Anti trust _ It |law of Missouri, and, in the jadg. -. |ment, the defendant Corporations are ousted from the right to do Missour business in this state, and under the |law of Missouri the licer se they have ; | heretofore obtained from the super. | intendent of insurance is now revok jed and seventy three of the largest insurance companies of the world are now barred from further buat, ness in this state Many attempts have been made to Prove insurance pools and trusts, but this is about the first case in which it has been successfully estab. lished and the law maintained and enforced. E. C. Crow, Attorney General | | | fe Lew Wallace on Trusts, Crawferdsville, Ind. June 30,— General Lew Wallace, in divcussing trusts yesterday, said: “I know nothing more reprehensi- ble than the neglect which has been shown this evil by the national au. | thorities from President McKinley down. He bas an Attorney Gen eral who sits in his elegant office in the capitol and sees the indignity every day—almost every hour—right under his eyes. The public will hold the president responsible for the negligence and DROWNED IN A TEXAS FLOOD. | A Report of the Less of Thirty Lives in the | Brazos Valley. | Dallas, Tex., July 1 —A long dis- tance telephene bulletin was received here at half past S o’cloek to night from Calvert, Tex., which states thet from thirty to fifty lives have been lost in that towe and in the vicinity | imdifference of the attorney general, by the fleod in the Brazos river and/ The only hope in the future of ae tributaries yesterday and to day. tion by the authorities is in the This is the first communication of any character with Calvert since Wednesday. The bulletin states that all the persons known to have been drowned are plantation negroes, exeept five im Calvert Calvert is a town of 3,500 inhabit- antaon the Housten & Texas Cen- tral railroad, 130 miles northwest of Houston. It is in the cetton district and is supplied with cotton gins, iron foundries and machine shops Trains eannot get within twenty miles of the town. The district is flooded and row boats are the only means of travel. The town of Cal- vert is under water and the towns- people are sleeping im the upper steries of the higher buildings. In organization of all laboring men,” Do you headache? Is there a bad taste in your mouth? Then you have a poor appetite and a weak diges- tion. You are frequently dizzy, always feel dull and drowsy. You have cold hands and feet. You get but little benefit from your get up with a food. You have no ambition to work and the sharp pains of neuralgia dart through your body. What is the cause of all this trouble? Constipated bowels. every high piece of ground is oecu pied by eampers. The property loas is estimated at about one miliicn dollars. Miles of railroad tracks have been washed away and no bridge nor culvert is lefc in the country. Railroad traffic will mot be resumed for many days. There is great confusion and alarm at and about Celvert to-night Both the Big and the Little Brezos have overflowed and united and for miles upon miles is a solid streteb of water, with @ second rise in the upper Brazos reported. Much of the Robertson county crops ere ruined Other sections of Central Texas, particularly south of Waco, are in distress, but definite reports caanot yet be obtained. | To-day reports were reeeived of floods in the Nueces, Guadaloupe and otber streams of the southwest |erm part of the state. The full effects of the floods ef the Brazos and Colo catccereras rade rivers are now felt in their far | Write the Occtor. lower courser and for a distancs cf| 3 pra ly Move ype Sm more than 100 miles back from} ' where these streams empty into tLe gulf and for a width of 150 miles! |the whole country is under water. | | The immediate bettom lands are not) __ jonly overflowed, but hundreds of jthousande ef acres back from the | main channels of the streams are |floeded to a depth of several fest. | | As this still water bas no outlet it will remain for some time after the | high water in the streams has eub-| sided, totelly ruining the growing | crops. | Benry Larowe of Houston arrived | | here from the floeded district below | | Hearne to night. He stated that the |less to cotton planters in that sec. tion alone will aggregate 7 million) will give you prompt relief and certain cure. Keep Your Bicod Pure. If you have neglected your case a long time, you had better take Ayer’s Sarsaparilla will remove all that have been in your blood tly strengthon | ca bales of cotton. | as: «6 =m @ amerr ee i a A a2 2e70 = eruc ce cc ep =pee Sten erner