The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 7, 1899, Page 1

VOL. XXII. PRIZE GOES TO THE SOUTH. Representative Richardson of Tennes- see Chosen as Minority Leader. DE ARMOND MADE STRONG RACE. Washington, D. C., Dec. 2.—‘lam for party harmony and success. I accept the result of the democratic caucus with a cheerful spirit and shall cordially support Mr. Richardson in his management of the party policy on the floor.”’ This is what Repre- sentative DeArmond of Missouri told his friends in his committee room when the result of the sixth and final ballot was announced and it was known that Representative James D. Richardson of Tennessee had won the honor of leader of the minority. Mr. DeArmond conducted a quiet, dignified canvas for the leadership. He made no promises and was given support in many states where the opposition against him was very strong. For four ballots he held the field in the number of votes received, and at last compelled a combination of Bailey’s personal followers with the democrats of Tammany _ hall to defeat him. Starting with 39 votes. Mr. DeArmond held his own and gained one or two votes on every ballot. At the last he had 47, with Bankhead and Sulzer out of it and their strength plumped to Richard- son. The Tennesseean received 90 votes. Just Saved His Life. It was a thrilling escape that Chas. Davis of Bowerston, O., lately had from a frightful death. For two years severe lung trouble constantly grew worse until it seemed he must die of consumption. Then he began to use Dr. King’s New Discovery and lately wrote: “It gave instant relief BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, CAUGHT IN CEDAR COUNTY. pemaleane ti | The Supposed Murderers of Leopold Edlinger. His Team and Clothing in their Possession. Fairplay, Mo., Dec. 3.—George and Ed Smith were arrested in Cedar county this morning for the murder of Leopold Edlinger of Bates county, whose body was found about three weeks ago in Mill creek, near Fort Scott, Kan., chained fast to a boul- der in the bottom of the stream. A brother-in-law of the murdered man was in Stockton, county seat of Cedar county, fifteen miles west of this place yesterday and indentified a team of mules, wagon and cooking outfit and clothing, which had been brought there by the Smith boys, as Edlin- ger’s property. The Smith brothers are in jail at Stockton, but refuse to talk concern- ing the affair. Fort Scott, Kansas, ofticials are expected to-morrow. The murder is supposed to have been committed for the robbery of | $800 which Edlinger had in h§s_pos- session when he started from Bates county for Oklahoma. The case was worked up by Turk brothers and C. Dixon of Bates county, and officers of this county. There is a woman in the case, but the prisoners refuse to divulge her name at present. She passed a 20 } gold piece with a drop of blood on it | in a town near Ft. Seott, Kan., a few days , but left the Smith boys shortly afterward. A full confession | is expected from them as soon as the Kansas officers arrive. Sxcitement is at fever heat and new developments are expected short- ly that will unravel the mysterious disappearance of Edlinger. The above report has several inac- of curacies, the most important which is the amount of money the hest and lung troubles. Price 50¢ young man had in his possession at tC a re 50e i and $1. Every bottle guaranteed. | the time he was murdered. Trial bottles free at H. L. Tucker’s| He was a hard working boy and by drug store. | frugality had saved eight hundred See ae | dollars in cash. He bought a piece JOHN 1. BLAIR IS DEAD. and effected a permanent cur Such wonderful cures have for 25 years Beare it’s power to cure all Throat, {of land from Mr. Walton in Okla- | homa, and made thegirst payment of Passes Away at His Home in Blairs- | $300. His team, an extra fine one,and | outfit cost in the neighborhood of = ope ney ene _ | $300, He left on deposit in the Mis- New York, Dec. 2.—Word has just’ .ouri State Bank $78. Therefore, been received here that John I. Blair jy. ¢ould’nt have had over $40 in of Blairstown, N. J., a millionaire s many times over and one of the old- est railroad builders and owners in the country, died at_5 o'clock this morning. He was 97 years old. | James A. Blair, of the firm of Blair | & Co., said to-day that the banking firm of which John I. Blair was the senior member will not be affected by his death. The partnership continues as before, his interest remaining in the firm. OSCEOLA AND SOUTHERN. With Oakes Ames he planned the | Union Pacific railroad and he_ built many lines in Iowa For finishing one of them he was given one million acres of Lowa land. He built the: Kansas City, Osceola and Southern railroad from Kansas City, and he | bought land near this city also. Here too, it was that he said a man had been hired to kill him. All of his old associates knew how difficult it was to get ahead of Mr. Blair in money matters, but in 1884 he ran across a man in thiscity, S.C. Shaeffer, who not only swindled him, but, Mr. Blair believed, afterwards tried to have him assassinated. cash on his person. The condition of the corpse indicat- ed that he had been dead some time before being placed in the water. When he left Mr. Tyler’s he hada well defined route mapped out. He | was to go to his brother-in-law’s, in the neighborhood of Rockville. Then he was to go by way of Rich Hill, Hume and onthrough Kan- road which would have taken Spre sas oné him many miles north of Fort Scott. Mr. Tyler warned him particularly against taking up withany strangers on the road and extracted a promise from him to that effeet and also that he would not be persuaded to leave the route previously marked out. His brother-in-law tried to pursade him to go by way of Nevada and Fort Scott, but to no avail. He was not seen at Rich Hill, Sprague or Hume, or in fact after he entered the Marias | Des Cygnes bottom, near Papinville. | It is therefore not unreasonable to | suppose that he murdered in those bottoms and the corpse hauled | by a different route to where it was was Meeting of Industrial Association of Missouri, at Sedalia. Tickets on sale Dec.,4, 5,6, 7 ood returning Dec. 9, at rate of one flare forround trip. Kansas City and return $2.15 on Jan. 21 to Jan. | found near Fort Scott. Mr. Tyler was very much attached ito the young man and his tragic | death affected him greatly. 2and 23, good to return| Mr. Tyler will go to Cedar county 1900. : si e » ie 4 erty. ¢. VANDERVOoRT, Agent. | to identify the property Paid Dear For His Leg. B. D. Blanton, of Thackerville, Tex., in two years paid over $300 to | doctors to cure a running sore on his leg. Then they wanted to cut it off, | but he cured it with one box of Buck- | len’s Arnica Salve. Guaranteed cure for Piles. 25 Sold by H. Drink Cream, Where? BENGSCH & MABBOTT. 5 ets. a box. | L. Tucker, druggist. DUVALL & PERCIVAL, BUTLER, MISSOURI FARM LOANS. We have the cheapest money to loan ever offered in the county. Call on us. Virginia Items. We write what we hearthe Virginians say is true; Dear reader, don’t blame usif we hear *em say what happens you. Ben Biggs was elected superintend- ent of the Christian S. S. in place of Chas. Hensley, who moved to Kan- sas last week. Ben Parker asst supt. in place of Jas. Cuzick. Both Sunday schools were well at- tended last Sabbath. Lawrence Wallace said Mrs. Ben- nett of Amoret, wishes announced that the Ne‘ghbors of America will hay: a publi: meeting at Amoret on the night of Dee. 12th. The deputy will be pre: t Thanks; ving dinner at James Walker's. The table was loaded with good things Mr. and Miss Rum- berger of Harrisonville, who spent the week with the Misses Walker, were the guests of honor. Those pres- ent from Butler were Misses Lucille Sevier, Emma Walton, Bessie Smith, Alice Henry and May Bard: Messrs. Joe Reeder, Ted Kendell, Will Smith, Dr. Hull and Dr. Zey. Walter Wallace is through husking corn and applied at the Virginia post ottice for a job, there being no vacan- cy he applied at the Amoret post- ottice. The Thanksgiving entertainment at the Christian church was well at- tended and an interesting program carried out. The supper at the hall was not so well attended. The pro- ceeds were $12.20. At the close of the supper it was found that two young ladies from Amoret had been left in the city by their escorts to get home as best they could. Through the kindness and courtesy of one of our Virginia boys they were taken to their homes and mothers, who will be more careful who they allow to take their daughters from home again. Mrs. Everett Hickman and family are visiting her sister, Mrs. George Thompson. They have been living in Douglas county, Mo., for a long time, and are now moving to Miami county, Ke n. A number of our young folks at- tended the show at Mulberry Satur- day night and report a good one. Rey. W. T. Pyle and family of Aus- tin, are visiting his father-in-law, Washington Park. Dick Craig and family left last Tuesday for their home in the Indian Territory. Charley Hensley, wife and father- in-law left Tuesday for Columbus, Kan., where he expects to farm the coming year. Charley Hensley was raised near Virginia. He sowed his wild oats while very young. In_his 20th year he married Mis Clara Hen- derson, the beautiful daughter of Jno. Henderson of Mulberry, an excellent partner fora good man. He has been a constant rustler all his life. In early life he engaged in the S. S. and church work, and has been a faithful and constant worker. In his leaving Virginia the church and Sunday school will lose two of its best work- ers and this community two of its best citizens, our loss is Columbus’s gain. We wish them abundant suc- cess in their new home. Joe Vogt and wife of Oklahoma, are visiting his brother Will Vogt and family. W. T. Cowan shipped cattle to K. C. Monday. Mrs. J. J. Wolfe is visiting her par- ents at Powell Siding, Mo. Lucius Gardner lost a steer last week. John L. Morgan and Miss Kitty Downey were married at Mound City, Kan., Saturday. H. Carter and wife of Omega, Okla- homa, were the guests of R. F. Har- per last week. Mr. Dolby of Butler, attended the M. E. church Sabbath night, came in from the north. John Zinn and Miss Eva Berry were married in the Indian Ty., last week. Dr. Christy of Butler, passed through Virginia Friday night on his way to see Chris McGuire, who has a very sore hand. Mrs. W. D. Orear has been on the sick list for several weeks. She is liv- ing with her daughter, Mrs. John Hensley. Washington Park was confined to the house several days last week. The fire on the river bottom Sat- urday made a big blaze. J. W. Nance spent last Sabbath at Amoret. John Hussey is still hauling new goods to Virginia. Grandma Cope and son Will, ate Thanksgiving dinner with her son John, at New Home. Steve Downey says that McKinley and Bryan will both be nominated and Bryan will be the winning man. AARON. valuable TREES, Apple and Peach 10 Cents, Pear, Cherry, Plum and Apricot 25 cents Strawberries 50 cents a hun- red, Raspberries and Biackberries per hundred at Speer’s Nursery limits, Butler Mo. Pie plant for os purposes 1 cent per pound. OHN SPEER 32-tf. Manager. Deacon Bios. & Co., Heavy and Shelf Hardware, ‘Guns, Ammunition, Farm Implements. Buggies, Spring id Farm Wagons. Farmers and Me- | ehanics’ Tools, Iron, Steel and | Wagon Wood work, Pumps and! pump-repairing, Groceries. Cigars | and Tobacco, Stoves, Tinware. Granite and Copperware, Washers and Wringers, Candies and Nuts, Fruits-and Paints, Oils, Glass and Putty. Flour and Feed, Salt, Barb Wire, Nails, Baled Hay. Wagons ¢ Vegetables. Special Holiday Goods Sale of Boys’ Express Wagons. Pocket Knives. Butcher Knives. Table Knives and Forks. Carving Sets. Delft: ware. A most durable and beautiful line ofenameled ware. Mixed blue and white outside a pure white inside. You can always tell when it is clean. Delft ware is coated on a very heavy steel base, and is strictly three-coat ware. Buy Delit ware, it is the cheap- est, quality considered. Wecarry three cc ladies’ and gentlemen's Skates. Wilson’s complete line of English butcher knives, also Worth’s com- plete line of butcher knives. If you need a cook stove be sure to see our new line of uplete lines of They arethe best made. The MAJESTIC Steel and Malleabled Range is the best in the market. the only all stee] and malleable range sold by dealers. There is only one ROUND OAK heater, we sell it. , CANDY AND NUTS. Our Christmas candies are now in, and onsale. Comeand see this de- licious line of confectionery, no such variety was ever offered in Butler. Yours with a merry Christmas. DEACON BROS. & CO. DECEMBER, 7 : NO. 4 ae] O wait until New Year's to make a esolution to save money, this is just as gooda day as any to commence. Come in and start your account. No amount is too small. Farmets pan Le] | Bates County Teachers’ Association | Passaic Items. On Friday last, the Association Mrs. J. W. Crews had a Thanks- began its sessions at Butler College giving dinner and the table was loaded with nice things. Those pres- ent were Mrs. L. ©. Eiebler, daughter 1 son, George Ruddle and wife, Mis» Harland trom Butleranda nam- discus- with some very interesting Model Schoc ‘How to Te sions on the ing the Child, “with J. N. Pollock, R \ ber of young people. le, E. Speece and ©. Parker as We hear it rumored that there will leaders. There a good attend- be several weddings in the neighbor- hood during the holiday There will bea Christmas tree at Passaic Christmas eve, everybody invited to come. i Mrs. E. F. Boswell went to Archie, Cass county on last Sunday to visit program were rendered in a very creditable her brother who preaching in the = M. E. chureh, South. manner and the appreciation of the |"; ‘ ‘ large audience was shown by very re will be preaching at Passaic generous applause. Special mention the second Sunday in this mouth by should be made of the exceptionally the South Methodists, fine solos by Miss Livingston, the Our neighbor Maddy is plowing so new music teacher at the college, and | “* to be ready for early spring work and get his crop in early, Miss Everingham. : . On Saturday, the printed program J. B. Rice has commenced to build his tobacco and grain barn. He has ance of teachers and citizens of But- ler. Friday evening Butler College en- tertained the teachers with a select program. All the members on the was carried out with one or two ex- Eitnesy The discussions on all the subjects were interesting and enthu- siastic, and many good points were brought out. Miss Ludwig's talk on supplement- ary education, received general com- mendation. The college chapel was crowded, and when the for ad- journment came, many expressed re- gret that the sessions did not extend over another day. A permanent organization was ef- fected, providing for an annual meet- ing of the Bates county teachers’ as- sociation. It was decided to meet again in Butler next . a few days prior to the me wz of the State Teachers’ Association the last part fof December. The people of Butler provided for the teachers substantial evidence of their hospi Saturday an especially ) inner was served for them at the College, when tousts were responded to by Rev Jewell, Rev. Jones, Prof. Allison. Mr. Robinson, Mr. Speece. Prof. Saxton, Mr. Austin and others, with County Commissioner Raybourn acting as toastmaster. Resolutions were adopted, thank- ing Miss Ludwig and her assistants for their hospitality in ‘throwing open their building for their home during their stay and for their un- tiring efforts to make their stay pleasant.” endorsing the course of Commissioner Raybourn and com- mending his energy in*his efforts in behalf of the teachers meeting; thank- ing Revs. Jones and Jewell for the interest manifested and assistance given the teachers,and a vote of thanks to the students of Butler College for their excellent entertain- ment and to the citizens of Butler for their kindness and hospitality. It was the sense of the gathering that the meeting be held annually, recommending that as many of the teachers as possibly can should at- tend the meeting of the State Teach- ers’ Association at Jefferson City the last of December. JAS. H. SMITH Comes before the people witha car load of first class flour which he pro- poses to sell at a very low price, to advertise his new grocery and meat market and get the best farmer trade that prices and good goods can se- eure. The prices quoted below are for guaranteed flour and not cheap, low grade goods: sack. T5cents. Victor flour, sack, 90 cents. hard wheat, Oregon, high patent, hard wend | 50 tb sack, $1.10. Grand Medal, soft sack, $1.00. 50 tb wheat. the frame up and if the weather will 50 tb} continue good a few weeks, he will finish it. Crews, Rice and Eichler are the builders. We learn that J. N. Shar) has been papering Wm. Wall's house. He is an expert at the business, Reason Williams and Arthur Johns are engaged in fall plowing. Mrs. Eichler had a nice dinner the other day. Mr. Crowder and wile, who live near Adrian, Mrs. Crewe and family, Mrs. Lindsey and Mrs. Harlow of Butler, were there and all had a pleasant ti Luther Crews has gone i »in to therestaurant iys it will pay. buying hogs and says good hogs are scaree and the prices have gone down 5 cents. Uncie William Walls is up and see- ing to his stock, but sit is getting too chilly to be out much. Charles Walters has rented Mra. Wm. Conklin’s place for next year and she will move to Butler to go iri- to the dress-making business. All the farmers are through gath- ering their corn erop by now and all say the crop was not quite as large as they expected. to Webb busi- ness and R. M. Wilcox is still This morning, the 4th, the ther- mometer registered 18 above ro. The day has been cold and bleak all day. If this weather continues for a few days it will stop the plow for this fall. L. C. E. di — Administrator’s Notice Notice is hereby given, that letters of administration on estate of C D_ Cole, deceased, were granted to the undersigned om the 22d day of Nev ime, by the Probate Court of Bates County, Missouri All persens having claime agai: required to exhibit them for all edministrator within one year after the date of reciuded —_ pablicati barred. This dd day of es es, 5, im. H. BELL, istrator. oat Admin! WANTED, HIDES, FURS, | OLD IRON, Centurion flour, hard wheat, 50 tt / RUBBER, COPPER. | Spot Cash paid for the above delivered at my warehouse om Snowflake, best high patent. 50 th} sack, $1.10. When we say guarantes we mean satisfaction. or money refunded. Come and get prices before you buy. JAS. H. SMITH, Cash Grocery and Meat Market, First door east Mo. State Bank. Ohio street Butler, Mo. J, M. SALLE. 3-2m.