The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 29, 1900, Page 7

AIMED AT THE OIL TRUST. New Home Items. . = ,, | Weather. yeasure Calling on Attorney General to Lae ag Prosecute It. be Washington, March 16.—Represen- | time. ft tive Fitzgerald of Massachusetts, | Mrs. Sue Morris is very sick. Her ™ hoday introduced the following reso . jation : ery. “Whereas. It appears as a matter P 9 publie record that the Standard John Borum is issuing vitations. ji] company paid in the city of New | slighted. Me Weock on March 15. 1900, the sum of| Tom Badgett is working for Joe ld 7,000,000, this amount being an | Littlefield this spring 6 xtra divide id in addition tu the reg- Henry Briscoe will leave soon for] e, f $: lar quarterly dividend of $3,000,-/ Montana, where he will remain for rt 00; and sWhereas, It isa matter of public eord that this last dividend is $5,- 900,000 in excess of the last quarter- | A ig dividend paid by this corporation ; . Band “Whereas, It is also a matter of public record that the price of kero-}| ne oil, the sole means of lighting some time. Mrs. Curns is on the sick list Mrs. Moore of Butler, spent days last this a few week in community Visiting friends Harve Bush has rented a farm o Mr. Exline and gone to farming. He met with a severe loss by fire not lor g ago. | Pused by the middle and poorer classes | Miss Ollie Morris is now spending a of people, during the period of time | few days at home. between the declaration of these divi-| Miss Lucey Butcher was 3 cents per gal- friends in Foster last week. 30ff McCoun is going to quit mining ‘Aends, was increa | pn, constituting a tax onevery home | in the land; therefore be it and going to farming, so we hear. “Resolved, That in the opinion « f Miss Lettie Peeler spent the pongress this action of the Standard | week in the Foster community. fil company is in direct violation of Bhe provisions of the Sherman anti-| Hume v icinity now. rust law, and therefore punishable Miss Nettie Exline y fine and imprisonment, and the | friends from Butler last week. lirected, Ernest Swearens is the proud father rl. Motherand baby do Cupip. entertained ttorney general is herel naccordance with the provisions of | of a baby g hat act, to direct theseveral district | ing well. ttorneys of the United States, in har respective districts, to institute proper proceedings to bring the! bove named violators of law to jus- Cigarettes by His Side. Atlanta, Ga., March 22.—The body of Kelly Brinsfield, who disappeared ice.” severai monthsago, wasfoundto-day under the house Toallay pains, subdue inflamma- tion, heal foul sores and ulcers, the ost satisfactory results are obtain- d by using Ballard’s Snow Liniment. ice 25 and 50 cents, at H. L. Tuck- 8. ormerly occupied by him. in his accounts with son, was short his disappearance. The house has been occupied by new tenants ever young wife released it and returned to her parents. ’, Washington, D. C., March 15.—The Pistrict of Columbia appropriation ill carrying $6,608,378, was passed by the House to-day, as well as a bill qgranting the abandoned Fort Hays military reservation to the state of Kansas for experimental and normal purposes. since driven cr: man had been excessive use of When | the body was discovered a half a | package of cigarettes lay beside it. cigarrettes. The increasing death rate at Dub- lin is causing considerable anxiety. | Recently it has been as high as fifty | Sieanictea The Kind You Have Arways Bowcht n 1,000. In fact, the mortality rivals | signature Co ffltbx at in the worst Asiatic cities. ‘ of MyBO feebleness and ill health, and Old People. It Gives Them but it is wholly unnecessary. By keep- the remedy which will keep their systems young. by purifying the blood, giving blood throughout the entire system addition. had Eczema terribly on one of my legs The I feel as well as Lever did in my life. failed one by one, and I was told that my age, which is 5.S. S. FOR THE BLOOD minerals. is made from roots and herbs, and has no chemicals whatever vy s nearly all of the sickness among older people can be avoided. Most elderly Ft i ing their blood pure they can fortify themselves @! ow Blood and Life. so as to escape three-fourths of the ailments thoroughly removing all waste accumulations, and impart- ing new strength and life to the whole body It increases Mrs. Sarah Pike. 477 Broadway uth Boston. writes : “Tam seventy years old. and had not enjoyed good health doctor said that on account of my age, I would never be wellagain. ltook a dozen bottles of S.S.S. and it cured me Mr. J. W. Loving, of Colquitt, Ga.. says: ‘* For eight fen years I suffered tortures from a fi eruption on @axty six. was against me, and that I could never hope ito be well again. I finally took S. S. S.. and it cleansed the only remedy which can build up and strengthen people, because it is the only one which is guaranteed it. S S S. cures the worst cases of Scrofula, Cancer. Feze Rheumatism, ter, Open Sores Chronic Ulcers. Boils, or any other disca~ he blood 4 ; Age does not necessarily mean 45.8. S. Is a Great Blessing to people are very susceptible to illness, from which y suffer so generally. S.S.S. is the appetite, builds up the energies. and sends new life- for twenty ye I was sick in different ways, and in completely. and Lam happy to say that my skin. I tried almost every known remedy, but they py blood thoroughly, and now I am in perfect health ” from poreen. mercury, arsenic and other damaging t ks on these diseases will be sent free by Swift Specific Co , Atlanta. Ga. ] “A FAIR FACE MAY PROVE A FOUL BAR- AIN.” MARRY A PLAIN GIRL IF SHE USES SAPOLIO _ PACKS AND STALLIONS FOR SALE. Jacks Black with white points, 1 to 7 years old, 14 to 16 hands ) high, tested and excellent breeders—colts toshow. Raised , therefore acclimated. Must be sold. First come, first served One oe SSTNUT SADDLE STALLION, 16 hands 12 years old, large Poue, stylish. One Cherry Bay 8 gh. This is a fane) d registered. One Fancy Black Stallion, 4 years old 16 hands high, no mark but very Standard and registered. Une Bay Clydesdale (grade) stallion 9 years old, 1,500 Ib, a good oneand Pedbreeder. Some colts registered and subject to registry and 15 Jennetts. All the above stock for sale at reasonable prices, will try to make terms Pedigrees on application. D. A. COLYER, Butler, Mo. lion, trotting record 2-244, 5 years old, 154 hands individual and has few equals in his class. Standard We are again having some winter The dance at Frank Robb’s was a | success; everybody reported a jolly ) many friends hope fora speedy recov- wedding in- Hope we will not be an insurance company at the time of Brinsfield’s When Brinsfield dis- appeared his father issued a state- porting me, and I do not feel willing " ment of his belief that the young|to take the hazard of alienating one telegraphs from Bloemfontein under zy by the| friend or losing one vote to my party.” iNGZt {2V Vifd [OL . PHELPS. Nota Candidate for Delegate to the National Convention. Globe-Democrat, 19th. Col. W. H. Phelps was encountered by a Globe-Democrat reporter vester- day and was asked if he had read the announcement of ex-Governor Stone that he (Stone) would begin the cam- paign against him (Phelps) for delegate at re to the democratic national convention next Saturday at Independen : “You mean,” replied Col. Phelps, }vhis campaign against the railroad companies. No one will spend his tine campaigning against me until I um a candidate. ‘Are you not a candidate for dele- it large to the national conven- * Col. Phelps was asked am not,” he answered. My name has been mentioned in tion with the pl and [coniess that to represent this state in a national -onvention is an honor to which any humble democrat could aspire, and which would be pleasing to me. But when Isee that demagogues would seize any candidacy to rehabilitate themselves politically by fanning the flames of prejudice against interests which I represent professionally, my fidelity to my ¢ ts will not permit me to allow my personalambition to jeopardize their welfare. Gov. Stone has stated that his. opposition to me connec- Miss Rosa Elgin is staying in the|is not personal, but solely because of my connection with the Missouri Pa- citic Railway Company, and that that company seeks to control con- ventions and takes too much interest in politics. This he knows is not true. When he sought my support for the nomination for governor, which was before he had decided to become a candidate, and when heexpressed the fear that on account of the campaign he expected to make among the rural democrats in opposition to Dalton, the Missouri Pacitic company might oppose his nomination, Isaid to him that the company never sought to Brinsfield, who is a minister’s|influence my support of candidates: that I was as free then as 1 ever had been in all political matters, and that the company nevertook any interest in conventions. It was true then. It is true now. But no one recognizes better than Ido that on an issue of this kind, though a false one, much bitterness might be engendered and many friends embarrassed in sup- “Are you surprised at the opposi- tion of Gov. Stone?” inquired the reporter. “Tam not,” said Col. Phelps. “He may think I was misled by what was said in the conference held in_ his ef- fice in January, 1897, held for the purpose of considering his chances to succeed Senator Vest, but I was not. I knew him then as | know him now. The opinion I held of him when I left that conference was thesame as when I was invited to it, and has never changed.” See a lot of Portuguere men tn another col umn treading grapes witn their feet for msk ing wine. Read about ,also about Speer’s improved method of masuing grapes and wine. Noah After the Flood Planted the first fruit, the grape the most healthy of all the products of the earth. Speer, the oldest wine grower in the U.S has vineyards of the Portugal grape from which his wines are made and fully matured by great age aud fully matured by great age and valua- ble. GOLDEN TO TESTIFY FOR THE STATE Militiaman Has Information Bearing on the Goebel Assassination. Frankfort, Ky., March 18.—Attor- ney T. C. Campbell of New York, chief counsel for the prosecution of the men charged with complicity in the assassination of William Goebel, came here to-day with common- wealth’sattorr Bob Franklin and county attorney Polsgrove of Frank- lin county to meet Sergeant F. W Golden. of Barbourville. Inroom 54 of the Phoenix hotel they held a se- cret conference, lasting several hours. Sergeant Goldenisa staunch repub- n, but for the last two weeks, it is he has been gathering evidence against parties under suspicion in j connection with the killing Golden is a brother of Captain B. B. Golder ho was in Spanish-Amer- an war and who was shot by Col. D G. Colson at Frankfort t dav Colson killed Ethelbert Scott have evidence against the men who planned the assassination of Goebel. This was learned by detectives from a lieutenant of militia, who had been stationed at theStatehouse, and who had got drunk one night and talked a great deal. Golden had a long confer-nce with who are working to convict Goebel’ and he was ordered by them to go back to Barboursville and find out certain things about sus- pects from that section. This was done When the republican leeders in Frankfort discovered that Golden would be a witness for the common- wealth they recalled several import- j ant letters they had mailed to him. | Secretary | was greatly surprised to learn that | Golden would appear for the prose- ;cution. | At the conference here to-day Gol- den imparted considerable import- ant information. He went over the entire ground. going as far back a the bringing of the 1,200 mountain- eers to Frankfort. It is said that he has learned the names of those who gathered the men and furnished them assassins. Croebel. | tect, The figure can be preserved beyonc It is} said that Golden and two other men } Attorney Campbell and other men | of State Caleb Powers} with arms, ammunition and _trans- portation to Frankfort. He also obtained a list of the men from the southern counties who were retained by the republicans in Frankfort from January 21 to January 30, the day Goebel was shot. 3 Some of these men remained for weeks after the shooting and a few of them are in Frankfort nowas a body guard to Governor Taylor. ; | Itis also said that Golden bh: learned of references held prior to t sination of Goebel. ASS: SUMMONED TO WASHINGTON. Macrum Will Appear Before House Committee. Washington, March 21.—Represent ative Dinsmore of Arkan introduced a_ resolution requesting information from the state as to any corresponden is to-day | secretary of with Great Britain in relation to the leged detention, opening and subject- wg to censorship of official corre- spondence addressed to Charles Macrum, late United States Consul in South Africa. The house committee on foreign affairs has decided to investigate the allegations made by Charles F Macrum, 6x-consul to Pretoria, Sout! Africa, relative to the opening of his official mail by the British authori ties. Representative Wheeler of Ken- tucky introduced a resolution to this end, which was referred to the com- mittee on rules. After some consultation, chairman Hitt, on behalf of the fore committee, agreed to inve 1 affairs tigate the charges without the direction of the house, if that would to Mr. Wheeler, the author resolution. Mr. and has wired Mr. Macrum to Washington as soon to appear before the committee. In view of this determination, Mr. Dinsmore’s resolution probably will not be pressed by the democrats. be satisfactory of the Wheeler assented to come as possible Roberts Gathers Them in. London, March 22.—Lord Roberts date of March 21 as follows: “So many brughers have expressed a desire to surrender under the terms of the last proclamation that I have sent small columns in various diree- tions to register their namesand take over their arms. cavalry brigade has gone to the eastward to Thahanchuanda de- tachment Springfontein has occupied Smithfield, where some Transvaalers and a wagon with arms and amuni- tion were captured. The Scots guards are at Edenburg and Redders- burg. General Clement's br marching hither by way of Phillipop- olis and Fauresmith ~ ade is Have you a cough? A dose of Bal- lard’s Horehound syrup will relieve it. Price 25 and50 cents, at H. L. Tuck- e'rs. No Peace Overture. March 22.—It has been learned that no new peace overtures London, have been made to Lord Salisbury. nor are any expected at present by Great Britain. The telegraphic cor- respondence has been confined to the treatment of British prisoners. 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