The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 4, 1900, Page 1

The Butler VOL. XXII. BUTLER, MISSOURI; THURSDAY, JANUARY, 4, 1900. | BLACKBURN IS THE MAN. y Nominated by Kentucky Legis- , lature For United States Senator. © ELECTION MORALLY CERTAIN. Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 2.—After four of retirement Joseph C. S. Blackburn was chosen to-night by the joint caucus of the democratic “members of the legislature as the guecessor to William Lindsay in the ‘Tnited States Senate. Notwith- | standing Blackburns nomination was 4 a foregone conclusion and his elec- | tion morally certain, the procedcings nthe caucus to-night were enacted in the presence of a galaxy of Ken- tucky beauty and a dense throng of ‘Blackburn admirers. The caucus | convened at 8 o’clock and was called to order by Senator Goebel, chair- man of the joint caucus. There was a wild demonstration in the galleries when Goebel came into the hall before ealling the caucus to order, and the eheering continued for several min- utes. Senators Alexander and Hays, democrats, and McConnell, populist, staid out of the caucus. Blackburn was placed in nomina- tion by Senator Goebel, who said the longest and bitterest fight ever | fought for senator in this state, which ‘began four years ago,-when Deboe defeated Blacbburn, was about to reach its justtermination. Thestate capitol rang with cheers as he placed Blackburn in nomination. Senator Farris made ashort seconding speech 4 and was followed by other members, who eulogized Blackburn and con- '# gratulated the party on the union of all the democratic membersin return- ‘ing him tothesenate. Senator Thos. asked that the roll be called so that. ery democratic member might have opportunity to go on record for kburn. Senators Alexander and ys failed to respond to their names. herwise the vote was unanimous; ebel was applauded when he voted Blackburn. After the ballot was announced howing that Blackbnrn has received vote of every member present, he 8 brought into the hall by a com- littee headed by Senater Triplett. his speech of acceptance Blackburn dthat the state election, when ed of fraud, would show that y democratic candidate for state ces had been fairly and honestly cted. He said he believed the dem- ats won the fight in November, he believed that a democratic ature would not fail to carry he contests to a successful conclusion d give the state offices to the dem- ic contestants. $100,000 FOR A WHIPPING. B. Robinson Gives Notice of Suit to the Town of Liberty. .‘Ttar. ‘The town of Liberty, Clay county, ill be sued for $100,000 by John B. Obinson, formerly manager of the hur house in that city, who was pped and cruelly treated. by ed “regulators” on the night of 7. Mr. Robinson has moved lay from Liberty, and is tempo- ily staying in Leavenworth, Kan. attorney sent a registered letter y tothe mayor of Liberty de- was had immediately he would bring | suitin the United States court in! Kanas City against the town and CHANGE OF VENUE. M’COY IN FIVE ROUNDS. ten of its citizens who were in the Alleged Murderers Employ ‘Ralph’ mob, Latshawand Humphrey & Hudson. | Peter Maher Knocked Out at the Coney Mr. Spellman has the petition Attorney R. M. Latshaw of Kan- ‘sas City, who came down yesterday to consult with the Silbee brothers, alleged accomplices in the murder of Leopold Edlinger, was to-day finally employed in the ease and he there- Attorneys Humphrey & Hudson to as When asked this afternoon if they would be ready for trial next week, Mr. Hudso:., of the defense, said he didn’t know, they had just been em- ployed and were not yet familiar with the circumstances of the case. “Mr. Latshaw is said to have stated before his departure for Kansas City this afternoon, that the defense would ask for a change of venue on the ground that public prejudice would make an impartial trial im- possible in this county. In order to get a change of venue the defense would have to get affida- vits of citizens and this would be hard to do as it is generally thought -no harm will come tothe prisoners if they are not guilty. County Attor- ney Sheppard says a change of venue would cost the county $5,000. This afternoon informations were filed against the prisoners. Phillips will be tried alone and the Silbees will be tried together unless they de- mand separate trials. In accord- ance with the law, copies of the in- drawn up which he will file in the Island Athletic Club. United States court if the mayor of Liberty ignores the demands of Mr. Robinson. In this petition Mr. Rob- inson states that the only thing that saved him from death at the hands of the mob was that he was a Free Mason, and while the mob bad him tied to a tree whipping him he be- thought himself of the Mason’s cry of distress and gaveit inas louda voice as he could. He says that two men in the mob gave the answering signal and at once the abuse stopped and the mob dispersed, allowing him to go home. Mr. Robinson describes in his peti- tion how the mob broke into his hotel after midnight and took him out by force. He was barefooted and wore only a thin muslin gown; the weather was cold and a raw rain was falling. In thiscondition of dress and weather he was marched to the square, out on Water street to the Hamilton & St. Joseph railroad tracks, down the tracks to the new cemetery over a road of broken rock which cut his feet. He begged to be allowed to walk on the grass beside the road, but this was refused. In the cemetery he was stood with his face to a tree and beaten and punch- ed until he gave the Masonic cry of New York, Jan. 1.—‘*Kid” McCoy won in the fight with Peter Maher at the Coney Island Athletic Club this afternoon in five rounds. Maher had the worst of it from the start. In the first round he went down twice, once from a left hook from McCoy and the second time by a slip in trying to return a blow. In the second round McCoy knocked Maher to his hands and knees. No knockdowns followed in the third and fourth, but the fifth was over in two minutes and twenty-two seconds. It was a hard, fast and very scien- tific battle with all the science on McCoys side. Maher depended on rushing tactics. He appeared very unsteady on his feet and missed swing after swing. Neither man wasmark- ed to anyextent. Maher’scheek bore aslight eut and McCoys nose was slightly reddened. Summit Items. After a lengthy rest for want of un- usual happenings we will make an- other bold attempt at a ‘‘write up.” The debating contest at the Her- rell school house Saturday night was well attended. The question was an landing $100,000 for injuries done H Mr. Robinson, and notifying the | the mayor that unless an adjustment DUVALL & BUTLER, MISSOURI. FARM LOANS. We have the cheapest money to loan ever offered in the county. interesting one and there was good speaking on both sides. The last thing onthe program wasenjoyed by all. Will Parker, who is attending school at Warrensburg, spent vaca- tion at home. Quintus Kaune, who is attending school at the Conrad-Smith business college of Kansas City, returned Wednesday, after spendinga few days with home folks. Burr New and family of Blue Mound, Kansas, returned Monday after a two weeks visit in this locality. Chas. May, of Drexel, is visiting his cousin Will Beam of South Summit. C. W. Ray and wife returned Satur- day after visiting a week at Warrens- burg. Walter Hiatt, who has been attend- ing a business school in Chicago, ar- rived Saturday for a week’s visit with home folks. We are informed Walter won first prize, a gold medal, in a short-hand contest at the college. He will, in aashort time, accept a posi- tion with a firm in Boston, Mass. Arthur Trombley left Monday for Kansas City never to return, so he says. He goes for the purpose ef seeking his fortune. Hupp Bros. of Butler, were out “hare” hunting Monday with good success. — Miss Bertha Shubert, one of Sum- mit’s most charming young ladies entertained a number of her friends Thursday ata party. The evening was spent in playing games and other popular amusements. o'clock elegant refreshments were served and thoroughly enjoyed by all. Those present were Misses Lucille Sevier, Lulu and Jessie Parker, Dolly White, Nellie Grant, Daisy Walker, Quincy and Josephine Mitchell; Messrs. Parker, Caldwell, Sears, Haw- thorne, Butler, Jett and Will Smith. Robert Glover made a short visit to Burdette last week, visiting his sister, Mrs. Dr. Boone. ,| John Beaman returned this week 1} to Central Business College of Sedalia, after spending a couple of weeks at home. distress. When he was released he walked home and two towels were soaked full of the blood that ran from his cut feet. Mr. Robinson alleges that the mob gathered and abused him, with the connivance of the town marshal and his deputy. In proof of this he says his wife will swear that after the mob had taken him away she ran to the square and shouted for help and the deputy marshal heard her and laugh- ed at her. Mr. Robinson has a paper signed by 150 men of Liberty who say his hotel was an orderly and respectable one, although the excuse of the mob for beating him was that he kept a disorderly house. When a new star floats into the field of vision of some watchful astronomer, the world honors the discoverer, gives the new star a fitting nanie, and records the addition to the sum of human knowledge gained by this discovery. Yet of what small profit to humanity at large is this dis- covery? What will those cold star rays do for the sleepless sufferer who coughs and burns the long night through? A far greater discovery for the sick is Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, a remedy which has cured thousands of such sufferers. Obstinate and deep- seated coughs, bronchitis, weak and bleeding lungs and other conditions, which, if neglected, lead to consump- tion, are permanently cured by ‘‘Golden Medical Discovery.’” It contains no alco- hol or other intoxicant, neither opium, cocaine nor other narcotic. “Thad a terrible cough over a year ago and could to stop it, or even to do of ,” writes J. M. of Cameron, Screven Co., chanced to see an adver- formation were this afternoon fur- nished to each prisoner in person- The names of fifty-four state witness. es are endorsed on the informations. Phillips had along talk with his attorneys this afternoon.—Ft. Scott Tribune. Old People Made Young. J.C. Sherman, the veteran editor of the Vermontville (Mich. ) Echo, has discovered the remarkable secret of keeping old peopleyoung. Foryears he has avoided nervousness, sleep- lessness, indigestion, heart trouble, constipation and rheumatism by us- ing Electric Bitters, and he writes: “It can’t be praised too highly. It gently stimulates the kidneys, tones the stomach, aids digestion and gives a splendid appetite. It has worked wonders for my wife wnd me. It’sa marvellous remedy for old people's complaints.” Only 50c at H. L. Tucker’s Drug Store. Boutelle in a Sanitarium. Boston, Mass., Dec. 28.—No infor- mation could be gained to-day at the McLean asylum in Waverly, to which Congressman ©. A. Boutelle of Bangor had been taken for tréaytment. E. P. Boutelle, brother of the con- gressman, admitted that the latter was at the institution. Mr. Boutelle, while refraining from disclosing the exact nature of his brother’s disease, said that the patient had been taken to the McLean asylum, as his symp- toms were such as called forthe most skillful treatment. A rumor gained currency during the day that the congressman was dead, but E. P. Boutelle denied it. He said: ‘There is really nothing in my brother’s con- dition that would indicate that his illness is fatal.” Dr: Daniel A. Robinson, the Bou- telle family physician, is with the congressman, and he will remain for the present. something find nothing bought a ‘Golden fore I had taken half a bottle I was well.” 4 Winter before this, my oldest boy (who is now nearly five years old), had a terrible cough ; he haa it the whole winter and all summer. Phy- sicians did him no and nothing my wifeand I could do did him any After your * Dis- covery’ had cured me so quickly I wrote my wife to bring him back from the country, she having carried him there to see if the change would do him good. We were g ae Savannah, Ga., at the time. She back, and’ after giving him your great “Golden Medical Discovery’ for a time he entirely re- red," "The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser, 1008 pages, is es Be recei of stamps, to pay expense of mailing only. Send rypeeek stamps for the book cs Tr cover, or 31 stamps for the cloth- Gea volume. His Wife Saved Him. My wife’s good advice saved life, writes F. M. Ross. of Winfield, Tenn., for I had such a bad could hardly breathe. I grew worse under the doctor’s treat- ment, but my wife urged me to use Dr. King’s New Discovery for con- sumption, which eg eo cured me. Coughs, colds, Bronchitis, la grippe, pneumonia, asthma, fever and all maladies of chest, throat and lungs are positively cured this marvellous medicine. 50c¢ $1. Every hottle ranteed. Trial bottle free at H. L. Tucker's Drug Store. Fatal Play of William Tell. Columbia, S. C., Dee. 28.—Robert Chaffin, 16 years old, of Bennetts ville, allowed a playmate, Edward Johnson, to attempt the William Tell act in thestreets of Rennettsville. Jobnson used a rifle to shoot the|lose another buggy whip. It’s too} apple off Chatfin’s head and sent the} bad, Charley, that you can't keepa ball through his brain. Johnson did|whipatal. You ought to report not know the gun wasloaded. __—_[ the fellow to the grand jury. Edward Drotts of Autle, Kan., is visiting at the home of his uncle Joha Herbert Sears of La Plata, Mo., and Dr. Hawthorne of Livingston, Mont.. Saturday for their respec- tive after a short visit with their uncle, W. P. Sevier. In spite of the cold weather we have not heard of any one being on the sick list. On the first day of the week, month PERCIVAL, at Frank Van Draff's. Call on us. C. E. Smiser had the misfor‘une to | | | HAPPY NEW YEAR. We send you this greeting with the assurance of our hearty appreciation of the liberal patronage the Farmers Bank, has received at your hands during the year just end- ing and our desire to serve your interests with even more vigilence during the coming year. 2 Sincerely Yours, E. D. KIPP, Cashier. So That the Peopie May Know THE NEW KANSAS CITY TIMES. The recent change in the management of THE KAN- SAS CITY TIMES has made such an impression on the minds of the thinking public of Kansas City that it seems but fair to let our friends know what we are doing. By the infusion of new blood, the employment of new energy, the backing of ample capital—under the personal supervision of Hon. A. A. Lesueur, Secre- tary of State of Missouri, as Editor-in-Chief—it is the determination of the present management to make THE TIMES the greatest morning paper that enters the Southest territory. With this purpose in view, every department is enlarged and placed under competent direction, more Associated Press news is printed than by any other Kansas City Paper, a most efficient staff of corre- spondents is being established, and the finest service which modern ingenuity can produce is placed at the disposal of the TIMES patrons. If you want to get ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME from up-to-date sources through the only mete ropolitan democratic daily in the Missouri valley READ THE KANSAS CITY TIMES, The Kansas City Times Company. Deepwater Items. | We understand that there has been several good resolutions made this year. We hope they are good ones and will be kept. John Simpson was called to Okla- homa last Sunday on account of the illness of his sister. Joe Hail, who was married in Ft. Scott, Ks., some few weeks ago, brought his bride back to his old home in Missouri last week. We wish them success and happiness. Grandma Wilker was the guest of W. H. Shelton last Sunday afternoon with grandma has just returned from Walker, Mo., where she visited sev- eral of her daughters and their fam- ilies. They report a good time. Preaching closed at the Christian church last Sunday night. John Radford and Bart Oneal made a business trip to Rockville last week. Mrs. Maude Alexander was the guest of D. H. Kash one day last At 10| week. Elm Grove school will close Janu- ary 6, 1960. The party at Tom Strodes on last Thursday night was largely attend- edand the rank and file of three neighborhoods were well represented. By the kind hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Strode the crowd enjoyed them- selves hugely. Olaf Chambers spent Friday with George Shelton. The young men of our vicinity have been putting in full time on the ice. Mr. Dave Stubblefield and wife went to Butler on business one day last week. The youth and beauty of German- town met at the home of Mr. Hoit’s one day last week and tripped the light fantistic toe to the music of the home string band until a very late hour. Uncle C. C. Clizer, one of Spruce’s most noble and energetic men and) also who will be in the race for sheriff. | spent afew daysin Johnstown last } and year there was a surprise party | week chatting some good old demo- | erate and smiling on all the pretty! girls. ee cee j “Mrs. Sam Gutridge’s daughter} Lillie, is quite sick at the present writing, but we trust she will be well | soon. i Commodore Coleman spent one; day last week visiting in our neigh- borhoo1. D. H. Kash went to Thursday on business. Putting up ice is the general work among the farmers this week. Rose. Butler last Mayor Becomes Ice Bound. Bowling Green, Ky., Dec. 31.—Fire yesterday morning destroyed the city hall, with its records, five stores and the Elks’ lodge room The mercury stood at nearly zero and many firemen were frozen to the house and to theground. Asastrong gale was blowjng, volunteers were called for, and many society men re- turning from a ball, relieved the fire- men. The mayor, G. E. Townsend, took a nozzle, and while on duty was arated from his comrades by a falling wall. The hose burst and he was del- uged with water, which froze instant- ly and a mass of ice formed about him from head to foot. Five men with axes chopped him out just in time to save him from freezing to death. A New York Advises His Patient to Take Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. [Lerrer TO MRS. FINKBAM HO. 73,996) “ Dean Mus. Prvxuam—I have three children and suffered with falling of the womb and flooding. My physician scraped the womb, still the flooding continued and I was no better. At last he advised me to use Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, Then I thought I would write to Mrs. Pink- ham for she could advise me better than any one if I was to take her reme- dies. I received her reply and followed all her directions and I am very glad to send you this testimonial, for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is just what it is recommended tobe. 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