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CEE EEEEEESEESEREEESEEEEE SILVER FORCES UNITED. | BOERS ASKED US TO MEDIATE. Press Bureau of Administration sie Like to Show Otherwise. | | Washington, Jan. 4.—As the time re opening of | Efforts to Bring an End to the War. Washington, Jan. press bu-/ son to believe that approaches for the act the national campaign the the T reau of the administration shows government has only recently re- nt f thei latf _ | Settlers the right to pronounced industry in circulating | quested this government to use its|TePUDHeans I their platiorm is no liasbentond entviee tales of discord in the ranks of the| wood offices to b aod to) fies | PO ae ee Or Sais bill provides tint Ves j pes 8) i -rialis —1 a cent to ‘ democracy and their silver allies. | war with Great Brit The propo-| 2" = "ape rialisy ee ee who, prior to its passage, had m That there is nothing in these sto-} sition ca through the Americ negade Americanism. a homestead entry and lost ries is well known by the authors of| consul at Pretoria. No answer has} “My mind is open, but my puree | | ecbtind tasaamance had failed them, but on the theory that they! been given by the state department closed. If the SAD to pues perfect or se title in fee simple may foolthe public th being) and unless Great I intimates | ‘Tue to the principles that have made the lands embraced therein, or wl industriously circulated. [that it is desirous of the President | this country great, then I would sub- having perfected title, the per scribe. But not if the platform com- |‘ [I tt ae Senator Henry M. Teller, of Colo-] ax, who left the St. tion when it adopted the gold pla his good offices there is no to believe th kK. | with the Boer requ is the foremost representative of the | expected that a reply He has had } sing rado, Louis conve reasou t he will comply st. It is to be will be made silver republicans. his | acknowledg ie receipt of the con- attention called to some of these an-|sul’s presentation, which he will te-campaign canards, transmit to State Secretary Reitz, “You can say for me,” said Sena-| but this probably is as far as the tor Teller, “that there is no truth ini »vernment will care to go at this the that disintegration is threatened in the that there is a movement in the national silver party to resolve reports time. forces and It from with- silver n be stated on authority that there is no intention on the part of the administration to depart from it into original groups for independ- | jrs policy of un noninterference ent action in the next campaign requests for mediation are received These reports have been started by | simultaneously from Great Britain the republican managers for an obvi-} and the Transvaal. Just before the ous purpose. The silver elements of | outbreak of hostilities the Boer eov- different’ views as to details were] ernment appealed tothe President to never so firmly united as they are at] use his influence with Great Britain present. to avert the war, but the President We cratic shall enlist under the demo-| declined to interfere and nothing has banner even more enthusiasti-| occurred to change his determina- cally and unitedly this year than in| tion. 1896. We can ace lish more this BS : = 3 ay 4 ha Ne ssi fea ar gs das Tabler’s Buckeye Pile Ointment is year than weaccomplished four ye “TS! the only remedy for blind, bleeding ago, beexuse we will enter the fight or protrudit s, indorsed by phy- |‘ with a perfected organization and | sicians; cure the most obstinate thoroughly equipped machiner. We f srt ie 50 cents in bottles. can count on every one of the group] | UVC5 (cents, at H. 1." Tucker's. of western states that we carried for Bryan without devoting much atten- TRAGEDIES OF THE KLONDIKE. tion to them this year, which will en- able us to help in the fight in other states. The republicans could not buy these states with all the in the unive: Check for $s.000 Found on One. Wash., Jan. Topeka, Four Men Frozen to Death. money r i 4.—Thesteam- Alaskan Seattle, er City of from A Recent Request That America Make 4.—There is rea- isvaal CARNEGIE WON'T AID HIS PARTY. Give to the Democrats. New York, Jan. 4.—The New York World quotes Andrew Carnegie as saying: “1 will not give a dollar to help the | mits the party toa policy to which I stand unalterably and misingly opposed. “Tam in favor of securing all West Indies islands if we can do so,” he continued. “I believe they will be uncouipro- the desirable and proper acquisitions to our territory. That sort of expan- sion is o-. the right line. But, mind beyond terri- We have no polities it should not go this country you, tory in business either in morals or to take and keep the Philippines. Suppose the democratic party de- i k u Iz clares against expansion and the re- publicans for it, would you contrib- ute to the democratic fund?” “I would consider it. My but closed, as I have said “If we shut the door in the Philip- If we open mind is open, my purse is pines we arouse Europe. it we destroy the very thing that im- their reason for ul perialists give as taking the expansion. Philippines—comme: The latter itious to enjoy commerci course mits all n res there on an equality with Carne paused for a moment, and then went on: “I am with the Boers in their fight. They are fight y bravely to maintain their repub- crops, drought and fow prices of f Dp 1 leet the mortgage or pay tl est and the hold the istaken the thi he to-day passed a forty acres of lan territory of the homestead entry the same comply with the provi HOMESTEAD ENTRIES. On the Expansion Issue He Might Even Senate Passes a Bill to Protect Settlers Titles. The Republic Bureau, | Avef 14th St. and Pen Washington, Jan bill nsylvania $.—The set granting maid $1.25 an acre for d, uch person is not the ow United take ve allowed to an p-evious entry had been made Many persons, who had heretof gone into the frontier d law have for nder the homeste it impossible to perfeet the entry and | iw, Owing to sickness Or to finance isaster. Matiy persons paid $1 n acre for the land, giving a mx e thereon, but owing to jx roducts, they have been unable them hemeless That dark brown and horric breath you have i ed by inactive ! THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK | es tor awhi herstor atew Herbine cu At H. & Tucker's store 3 - killed by a Woman. Missouri Pacifie Railway Time Table West Plains, Mo. J we at Butler Station, { T. W. LECC. Their stand is for republican in- They are battling fora with which all good Ameri- mpath stitutions. principle cans should be in Many an innocent little darli " ; is | ports, brings information of five re- suffering untold agony and cannot cent deaths in the north. four of explain its troubles. Mark your hict ua t - Pee Bs may find it| Which were due to freezing le child’s symptoms, you troubled eth worms; giveit White's] bodies of two men were found frozen Cream Vermifuge and restore it to}and report by telegraph on the day quietness and 1 th. Price 25 cents, | the Tope They died on the Rotioe Tuck simmit of White apparently AN EARTHQUAKE IN RUSSIA. overcome by a blizzard. In a_ belt ote ws tied around the body of one man was found a check on the Alask lal Company for $8,000, hecks were issued in favor of a sailed. Pass, Already 800 Bodies Havs Been Found me in Wrecked Towns of the Trans- Jennings, his residence none caucasia. Tiflis, Russian Transcaucasia, Jan. | 1° PePOt 4.—Earthquake shocks have shaken The bodies discove by a thirteen villages in the Achalkalak |P@Tty of snow shovelers. The men district of this government. Six of | ‘° believed fopene been Toe Klondikers. The check was dated these places have been completely de- stroyed and 800 bodies have already | November 7. Another man, D. R. Richer of San Francisco, is reported to have been found frozen in his eabin near White His body was found by an ac- q wintanee living in a neighboring been recovered. The Transcaucasia is that part of Russia lying beyond the Caucasus mountains in Asia, between the Black sea and the Caspian, It has an aren Pass ay dF 91,000 square miles and a popiila- |e" tion of 5,460,000 people. It is dbout | W#24m Somerville, a well-known 450 miles Tiflis, the eapital Dawsonite, was picked up by # squad of all the district, is a city of 160,000 of the northwest mounted police just inhabitants, and is said to be 1,440] below White Horse. He had frozen Vears old to death during the night. Somer Mount Ararat, known in scriptural ville —— superintendent ofthe British history as the resting place of Noah’s American corporation’ sien a ark, is on the southern boundary of] Pe? mines back of White Horse Rap- this region. The theory that a slight ids. Somerville leit White Horse settling of the land in that region about December 20. helped to cause the flood of Biblical] _Audrew Andochwitz, a : and Chaldean narrative, might find ious W hite Pass and } ukon estuaries support from these recentearthquake to White Horse, was killed by astone ditiieoccs. from a blast last: week. Mount Ararat itself is voleano. Its last great was in June, 1840. It reaches a height of 17,000 feet above sea level. The range of the Caucasus, to the north of the district. culminates in Mount Elburg, 18,570 feet high. The Transcaucasia is the great oil and naptha region of the Russian | From London Cable. empire. Ontheshore of the Black} Lieut. Cornwallis West. who was sea are the Batum fields, which are | &cting as aide to General Methuen, is supplying mach of the oil for eastern | on bis way home, invalided from sun- Europe. On the shore of theCaspian | stroke and fever. The lieutenant is is Baku, which also does alarge busi-| the dashing young officer whom ru- ness in oil. There are famous naptha | mor has as prospective husband No. and hot springs throughout the|3for Lady Randolph Churchill. It Transcaucasi The region surren-} Was stated at the time that her lady- dered to Russia only a half century |ship determined to go with the hos- Its people are of the most di-| pital ship Maine thatthe trip was verse nationalities. They are Ossetin, | partly due to a desire to be near her | Oss. laborer on a famous} Persons who lead a life of exposure outbreak | are subject to rheumatism, neues 4 and lumbago, will find a valuable remedy in Ballard’s Snow Liniment : it will banish pains and subdue infla- mation. Pri and 50 cents, at H. L. Tucke Lieut. Cornwallis West Returning. ago. - effects of influenza red functions of the liver. Clear the blood at once with Herbine, for it will strengthen the liver to withdraw from circulation the biliary poisons. Price 50 cents, at H. L. Tucker's. The worst afte arise from der: ange’ SULZER RESOLUTION PASSED. Secretary Gage Will Explain Bond Transactions. Washington, Jan. 4.—The House session was very brief again to-day. the adoption introduced Secretary the only incident be of the Sulzer yesterday. calling upon Gage for all information regarding the deposit of vernment funds in certain New York national banks. The resolution, as adopted, was made more general in its scope, and resolution, anamendment was added to it to cover information respecting the ransactions reiating to the sale of New York ett¢tom house, ete. Secretary Gage’s friends had been informed that he courted the fullest investigation, and was pfepared to submit all the facts te congress. Ac- cordingly, there was no friction over >of the resolution, which the pass: was unanimously adopted. Mrs. Dowden, who lives in Muncie, Ind., had gone to a buildingand loan association office tomakea payment. ad her little pet dog with her. While waiting for her turn at the cashier's window she dropped a $20 note. It was some time before she She searched She b: discovered her loss. for the bill, but it was gone. The dog innocently helped her in the search and made as much fuss as if he had a rat in the corner. Whenthe mistress gave it up the pet trotted home be- hind her. They had scarcely reached home before the dog became ill. Mrs. Dowden forgot about her loss in her anxiety to save herdog. As he grew worse he began to cough. Tothe sur- prise of the woman he coughed up the $20 note. It was somewhat torn, but she patched it up and the Union National bank gave her a new bill in exchange. Forthe first time in Nodaway : a * ‘ os county's experience a steam engine Ingash, Aisors, Hefsurs, Leseians, | betrothed, as well as herson Winston |°0U!™ P hers: is th | 5 5 ~ ‘ r he roads ere Russians, Armenians, Georgians, Cir-}| Churchil : ee | 4 | Sees eng was assians. Persians Ee wes anal . = = =e } = cassians, Persians, Turks, Jews an 1} In its advanced and chronic form a |} i «° mile of! Turkomaus. jeold he head is _known as nasal nd ae x hours. T i ae : eo i road was p six hours. he} It v in the village of Abbas T cognize d source t : ee man, in the 1 crow that anscauca prince ¢ but you can quick with a few hound syrup. at H. L. Tuck doses of Pri cles,old sores | d, Br. Thur- . ap is gusranteed to cure It is a boon for females. Sold by L. Tocxss. half-breed, was make second | person, and taken land e inter- CASTORIM For Tnfants and Childre ‘The Kind You Hav Aiways Bought | | 1ate | old paar } re ANegetable Ps: -eparation for tol fi} similating the Food andReg: to} ling the Stomachs and Bowe!s c and | Promotes Digestion.C sheerf rub ness and Rest.Contains neither Opmum,Morphine nor Minera}. | Nor NARCOTIC. Mace af Old Dr SAMUEL PTS a4 ore 7 md ial Aperfect Remedy for Constipa f tion, Srriesae Behay \x ‘2 Thirty Years ~ jbH9 1 0RIA wrt- or rm NEW ORE. | i| li i ; ie Fac Simile Signature of t NORTH BOUND. For all repairs, or parts of Buggies, Surrieg Cauider, shot ea _M reed wagons, farm wegen aetons £6, cilled by Belle G SFE NE, Fra M_ | shafts, neckyokes, whee hes, .o killed by Belle G puictsiotidetete icc, OR M. | top, I sell the best 7 house in the suburbs of this city at] No %12 Local Freight....-...°4 M >, > s14 Stock Express (does not carry 12:30 to-day. Caulder had ‘be passengers) zd .m. | ‘Buggy Paint on Earth, Irinking heavily. and was quarrel-| | 5 sOvEm pounD. Poe We reset tire |_| Xo. _M. some. sast 4 we te Co = one I 1 he went to i seo 5 £ M |DO NOT RUIN THE — woman's house and attempted tof yo dit Eaeai Freight....... P.M. : gain admittance. Being refused, he INTERSTATE DIVISION. Will farnish you s buggy i became abusive and threatening. ee: é sp A * HIGH OR LOW GRADE To-day he returned and was again E.C. Vanpenvoout, Agent. tar Cert tutt tities, a ordered away. He attempted to | eve patronized me b A : = CEASE —— | to doso, and if you have throw a rock throngh a window, and be convinced that ¢! whereupon the Gilliam woman began si She sho 8 surrendered to Major M io pr Heh bar B ou ianaeteenanpessctgg: ge rev ; Is stirs SEARS, ROEBUCK Eo. “chicact | , 120 and 122 Fifth Ave., Chicagc, Ill, | Studio. north side square Butier, mo few moments ‘If up to sters, 10oting. Cauiderattempted to rt x times and dropped h ith the last shot. He expired in The woman gave h officers and gave bor ublic opinion justiiies her act. Aguinaldo’s Wife Manila, 1.—Ag Taken. Jan uinaldo’s w ope and &' rch’st Be n of the Third infant ovince of that name. ESLSTZORLOLOLegen Seautiful Vvwomen eau- . Powder ties d There tiful and pair make good loc yan eee Beautiful women because he althy women are The y to have a fai li-rounded figure PE EAE i ” Bradile 's remaie Requaic This is that old and time-tried medicine that cures all female troubles and weaknesses and drains. It makes no difference what the doctors call the trou- ble, if there is anything the matter in the distinctly feminine organs, Bradfieid’s Fes male Regulator will help and cure it. It is good for ir- regular or painful menstruation; for leucorrheea, for falling of the womb, for nervousness, head- ache, backache and dizziness. Take it and get well. Then your old-time girlish features and figure will be restored. Sold by druggists for $1 « bottle. THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. are teen Filipinos hay -tf. K. C. Pittsburg & Gulf Time Table. Ill. | srrtval and departare of trains at Worland. z NORTH BOUND im | yo J. ¥. SMITH, JOHN L. STANLEY So | Kansas City datly Express ....12-49 p. m. | mise. ee OER) SMITH & STANLEY er] ve 2 Through Port Arthar Expres sip m 7 No. 4 Siloam Springe Kxprese.. "pt LAWYERS. Kemember this is the popular short line be. ween Kansas City, Mo_. and Pirteburg, Kan., foplin. Mo , Neosho, Mo. . Sulphur Spring \rk.. Siloam Springs, Ark., and the direct ‘oute from the south to 8t Louis. Chicago, snd pointe north and northeast and to Denver, Yedev, Sap Franctsco, Portland and pointe vest and northwest. ‘No expense has been pared to make the passenger equipment of hie line second to none inthe west Travel is the new Hine H.C Onn Gen’! Pass Agt., Kansas City, Mo 1 ud Office 2nd stairs east of Mo. State Bank, 8. W. Dooley. A. B. Ladwick, DOOLEY & LUDWICK, LAWYERS. Office Over the Post Office ~~ J.8. FRANCISCO, 1. . ¢| ACCIDENT ; i. 0. CLA & | Francisco & Clark . & AND. LAWYERS, t | Successors to Graves & Clark. Over Missourh £ HEAL TES | te Bane. © INSURANCE. | W. O, JACKSON, } ¢| HE FIDELITY MUTAL A1D LAWYER, € ® | ASSOCIATION WILE PAY YOU BUTLER, - - MO. ? | cratsabied by acctdent $30 to $100 per month. _— practice in all the courts, & | [f you lose two limbs; €206¢0.85.000, | nisms aeaineincbaae if you lose youreye eight, $2 000, | 5 it you lose one limb $68 to 2,000, | Thos. J. Smith, © 111 $40. .00 per mouth Se rill e 8 to ee | : den’ & Absol pa ate sick oF Aiaat ‘a coat of 81 10 $2.25 | Office over Bates Countv Bank. ®& | per month. | Butler, Missourt © | The Fidelity Matal Aid Association is pre- | t eminently the largest and strongest Accident | 't has $6,000.00 cas x 2 a & | of California and Missourl, whieh. together. | Butler. Mo Omes itich Hill, Me eserye Fund and lar, . © | maxc ite certificate av absolute guarantee of | ‘2 Fear of Farmers Bank. & | the solidity of ite protection to itemembers .- ‘Silvers & Silv s ‘or particulars ¢ J.L M. SHETTEBLY. | pink’ 1 ers, r, - nee “a aemerde® ——ATTORNEYS ‘AT LAW— 2 ~ Will practice in all the courte. A YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT aes ae 4 and, of course, want a democratic | A. Ww. THURMAN, ge |newspaper. THE CHICAGO DIS- | ‘ €|PATCH is the Great Democratic | ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, ] 3 Weekly Newspaper of the Country. | wu prect ice in all the courts. Office ove | @ |It advocates the readoption of the County Bank, Butler, Mo. (tf) s platform and the renomination of | William Jennings Bryan. ‘ | 3 There has never been a political | DR, E. 8. BALLARD, 4 campaign that will equal in grant | ance that of the one to be fought | se J & | next year. The republican party, | PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 2 | backed by the money power of this! j country and Europe, is alert and ag- | Office over Trimble’s Drugstore, West gressive. Flushed with the victory of | Side of Square. & | three years ago it will seek by every © |weans in its power to maintain its & | supremacy. © |" Demoerats must be up and doing. They must wage an unceasing war upon their enemies. In no better and J. M. CHRISTY, M.D. | S.A. ROE, M.D, Diseases of women and j Ear, Eye, Nose and Children a Speciality. § Throat specialist. DR- CHRISTY & RO: Office The Over Butler Cash Depart- went Store, Butler, Mo. Office Telephone 2 House Telephone 9 | mere effective way can this be done lthan by the circulation of # good, sound democratic newspaper. The her of THR CH1caGo Dispatcu end to every new subseriber for C. BOULWARE, Physician and urgeon. Office norta side squares Diseasesof women and chil aspecia.tv. DR; J. f. HOLL 4s DENTIST. Parlors Over Mod not already taki eekly, send only dot i Taise @ Cit yecribers » DisPaTcu isindorsed Jennings Bryan and other democratic leaders. Address THe CHicaco Dispptcu, » of ten or el Clothing Co. Entrance, same that leads to Hagedorn’s i