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IMPERIALISM CONDEMNE Ex-Gov. Boutwell, Secretary the Treasury in Grant’s Ca mi ration to be accomplished?” | If WAS MASTERFUL. eontinued Mr. Boutwell. “In my youth Thad no disguises. I turned aside and left the democratic D. } | Mr. Deckery’s Comment on Brya Speech of Acceptance. sas City, Aug. 9.—A. M. Do of party when it surrendered toslavery. b- In my old age I leave the republican | CROKER’S LIFE THREATENED. Tammany Chief Received Letters From ns “Patterson Anarchists.” New York. Aug. 8.—Ricl ' rs I threa party, now that it has surrendered /.ry, democratic candidate for govet i dig ns a . - 7 i; ee aes gnc ‘s ,;archists. Mr. Croker, w inet, Declares He has FEPU™ itself to despotic and tyrann gx jnor, passed through Kansas City to- soci : os wesc H j tives (Great applause I helper ten route for Holden, Mo., where | * diated the Republican Party create the republican party, a party ks to-morrow. He was seen dey 23 : ? oad 5 sact| ‘*‘Your turn next. and Will Vote For and Sup- ee ee Benen jy The Republic ‘corn spondent ik |(Sizned) Parerson ANaRcuist and honesty. Inow believe it a party | before taking the train, and, in re-| Herl t, tl youngest son of t mS A F : 2 | erbert, the youngest son ©! port Bryan. | of injustice and despotism, and I will H ply to a question, said: oe Z ibe : Gop rae erate a |help destroy it. And how? There is} + regard the speech of Mr. Bryan | Tammany chief | & : . ; |the story of the threat uv s j but one available means, and you} ag one of the most masterful deliv bethevsin . | Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 15 —The | know what that is. Iam for Bryan. | ances of the century. Our leader is| ies i ne oe Pee ceel first day’s session of the Liberty | (Tremendous applause. } not only one of the greatest orators eee oad “ Pie See | a z i | ; = t oes a letter addressed to m father H Congress of the National Anti-Impe-; J] am for Bryan in spite of what he and most powerful logiciams of the |* * SEE A a Leunted thatt rialistic League was held to-day. | may believe concerning the currency country, but his ability with the pen} : >" ‘ i out 300 accredited delegates were /or finances of the country. This| easily gives him first rank with the life will be taken. : ee aa present, and more are promised for | question, to which we invite the creat writers of the age. Thomas See See Bessie to-morrow. The speeches of Edwin {country’s attention, is a question of Jefferson, in my opinion, exercised | letters ees sgsigrane gee Burrett Smith, the temporary chair- | Jife or death to the republic. In such] more power with the pen than any last few days. I do not know 7 man, and George S. Boutwell, the], crisis shall we stop to consider ut his enemies are, but as t ieee lt oy permanent president, brought forth | whether silver should be worth more it is a question, in view of this singu-| “2 ed and postmarked Pa Bee, i much enthusiasm. The — public] oy Jess than it is? ed production, whether Mr. | Tt) It must nave teen ee meeting in the evening was lars ly} lia mistake is made in the next an is very much kus anferior in | One of the group to which Bresci be- attended and the reading of Bourke | administration, should Brvan be ect. This speech at Indian- longs ; Cockran’s letter was the signal for | ejected, the people can remedy it in apolis is a text book for all political] _ te ee See ob tremendous applause. _|four or eight yea the country speakers. Cre ke Fo much concern is written on} But the greatest demonstration Of| yould not be destroyed. Ifthecur-} “Jtisat once an inspiration, an plain white note paper. There was the convention so far came in the afternoon, when the venerable Gec S. Boutwell, ex-governor of Masse chusetts and secretary of the treasury Grant, in the cabinet of President concluded his address as permanen chairman, with the declaration tha he had turned his back on the repul lican party and would support Br for president. their seats and tendered to governor an ovation that several minutes. the lastec ex: Governer Boutwell was accorded a ; } he took Mr. Dockery was asked his opinio’ great demonstration when he too promised several things and then as to the party situation in th eer ne eal ; done several things that do not run] state, and what majority he expect- “Having in mind many of the y 3 honors that I have peceived from my countrymen in times past, I shall when this day i favorable recollection of any one o them than I shall of this. S gone, have no more country is what we think it is; if the question before you and before your countrymen is the question of the continuance of the republic, then no graver question has ever been com- mitted to any assembly of men or to any country. an The delegates rose in This is an historic occasion. If the peril of this We are opposed to other statesman in our history, b rency is impaired we can redeem it. |} It was impaired during the civil war and we redeemed it afterwards. If you have not been deceived in 2 man ument and a challenge to the a ». vocates of colonial empire, whi S and he promises to do what is right, | jn November. “Thave t t you are not to blame if you try him. t Mr. Bryan to me stands in that posi- tion. een investigating the sit ation in Missouri with special refe ence to the national ticket, and if tl 6 Even his enemies say nothing against him asa man. In this very promises to sweep the democratic national ticket to a splendid victory gains which are reported from almost no attempt to disguise the hand writ- ing. It is bold, point. Mr. Croker is known to have some enemies “red” d- “h irless and to the among ti in Paterson. - During the last week several of the y-|™ore prominent leaders have been heard to say that they thought Mr. 1e Crocker had too much power in New city he has made the .most explicit every township are an indication of York politics and on ht ~ be re- || promises to pursue that policy which | the sentiment prevailing throughout moved. The an EEHUStS, nOWeTEE, 1] we advocate. [am disposed to trust | the nation, Brvan’s election may be refrained from making open threats him. If Ilook on the other side, in| considered as already assured.” against the boss’ life, and it was not my opinion President MeKinley has in harmony with his promises But ed for the democ now he pledges himself to pursue a He |. policy which we condemn. If we vote tosupport him in that policy we have no right to complain. I believe Bryan is aughingly replied : “Oh I don’t know. cans, as usual, are carrying the s about this time of The repub! at f year. s honest in his purpose to redeem this country from degrada- tion and its policy of imperialism as (jany man who sits in this aundience. howeve: Therefore, for one, | am in favor of supporting Mr. Bryan in spite of his beliefs in things concerning which he has not my approval.” tion, but their triumph usually ante dates « You ‘tion day. trim, thoroughly enthusiastic anc devoted to the principles of the par tic state ticket. This is a periodical habit with that organiza- can say, . that the demoeratie party of the state is in splendid fighting and, in my opinion, its verdict in n| Until to-day that any such purpose \Vege table Preparation for E Similating the Food and Regula tomachs and Bowels of i | Nessand Rest.Contains neitner Opmum, Morphine nor Mineral. NoT NARCOTIC. Reape af Old Dr SAMUEL PITCHER? Aperfect Remedy for Constipa- tion, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Worms Convulsions Feverish- | ness and LOSS GF SLEEP. Fac Simile Signature of NEW YORK. EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. is | WAS discovered. Herbert Croker was not in the least alarmed after read- ing the letter, and said did think he would worry himself about the matter. he not He intimated, however, that he would call the attention of eS the police to the with a view to ascer- taining the source of the threat. M Thief Proposes Marriage. Centralia. NL, Aug. 15.— a well-dressed beecar the house of Mrs. terday i stepped into ibeth Hoffman. 1 in this city, while she was counting her money. He wanted something East Side Sqaare, AMSTERDAM, AMORET, ARCHIE, thirc ADRIAN, 4th } Prepared te sultation free DR. H. M. CANNON, DENTIST, 1 WILL BE IN FOSTER, the first Mondayin each month 2days. ERWIN, Monday in each month 2 days. inesday following second Monday, Friday following second Monday 2 days Monday of each month 2 days. londay of cach month 8 days doall kindsof Dontal work. Con_ .M. C\4NON, D. D. 8 to eat and was refused. About dark imperialism. We are in favor of a For ee fen On November will be exceedingly satis- he called again and proposed mar- - . r ness, pains im le side, atulence, | fac ry to every a i eTi- oe. a republican form of government. We diz Be wakefulness, head ae aa factory to every opponent of imperi Mrs. Hoffman, who is 84 respect the teachings of our ancestry. | (ther annoying accompaniments of alism from the Ozarks to the Iowa years old. She rejected him. He the history they have left us; and standing between the past and the] unparalled remedy. future, it is our duty to transmit to ¥ posterity the principles of the fathers , an} the institution that they found- ed. ‘That is your mission to-day as the representatives of forty-five states of this union. It may be repre- sentation without an organized con- stituency, but it is a representation i that speaks for itself and for the peo- ple of the country, and for the gener- ations that are advancing to take our places; and it is a representation that has a right to speak; a repre- sentation that will be heard at Wash- ington to-day, heard over the world; speaking as we do for the preserva- tion of republican institutions; rep- resenting the American republic, the light of which, if it shall go out, will never be rekindled on the surface of the earth. M’KINLEY'S WORDS AND We are told there is peace in the Philippines and that our 60,000 sol- 1 diers there are merely performing police duty. The president has said the Philippines are ours and that there will be no abatement of our rights and no scuttle policy... This Seems to indicate that we have enter- ed upon a colonial policy. I always follow the president by his doings, not by his When the Speeches of men and the actions of men appear not to harmonize, I look to their actions for the truth. There- fore L have never looked to the words | of President MeKinley as presenting | substantial evidence of what he would | do. | Lam not able to explain the tive of Mr. MeKinley in taking policy. I believe he is the master et mind in his cabinet and that nothing | gr has transpired except that which he} ¢ himself has originated. And he has} earried it through thus far without | interruption. He interpreted the} gt protocol with Spain contrary to its | language, and framed the treaty of | a HIS WORKS. speeches. { costiveness, Herbine isa prompt and line. Price 50 cents. Extreme hot weathe upon the dig when puny For sale by H. L. Tucker. Doesn’t Mention souri. Chicago, Aug. 15.—Vice-chairman aaead . Price 25 cents. Henry C. Payne received at republi-| H. L. Tucker, can headquarters this morning a copy of the itinerary of Gov. Roose- velt, as far as agreed upon, by the Poison in Watermelons. tee. city, the people are greatly worked Gov Roosevelt will make his first ]UP Over the wholesale poisoning of z speech at Detroit Sept. 6. He wil]|!Uumber of white speak at Grand Rapids, Mich., Sept.| Went into a farmer re Bend, Ind., boys watermelor 7; South Crosse, Wis., Sept. 10. Sept. 8; melons. From La Dakota, North Dakota, Montana,|they were going to visit his patct Idaho, Utah. Wyoming, Colorado, | @2@in and would get even more mel- Kansas, Nebraske Indiana, Kentuc ons than on the previous visit. Illinoi Towa, speech-making in New York. See a lot of young girls in another column with their garments tucked up treading grapes in a Quinto village of Portugal during the wine mak- ing season. ‘The practice is kept up to this day. Speer of New Jersey, however. 8 rubber rollers and makes the’ most superior wines in the world. In Europe Speer’s Port Grape Wine Is ordered by families in Dresden, Londen and Paris for its superior medicinal virtues and its blood making quality. It is made trom rare Grape vines procured from Portugal, melons. Two boys died inthe patch, died after reaching their homes. Piles are not only in, and of them- selves very painful and annoying, but often greatly aggravate’ and often cause other grave and painful affec ind should, therefore, not be neglected. Tabler’s Buckeye Pile Ointment is a great boon to sufferers as it will cure them. Price. 50 cents in bottles. Tubes, 75 cents. For sale by H. L. Tucker. Bystander Lost an Eye. Nevada, Mo., Aug. 16.—A peculiar accident occurred here last night whereby a bystander at a fight lost the sight of an eye. A couple of brothers, named Veal, got into an alter kee “We heard a barber talking pros- perity last week,” says the Hiawatha Democrat. “He had all the republi- in campaign thunder down fineand he was reeling it off to a customer in fine shape. Finally the customer inquired how much barber's wages ation witha saloon per named D. E. Bernardi, a fight ensuing. The saloonist struck one of the Veals over the head with a beer bottle, a piece of which flew and k John Dickey in the eye, piere- e eyeball and destroying the “Oh, barber's wages are just the same.” glibly said the knight of the razor. A Strong Fortification. Fortify the body against disease by Tutt’s Liver Pills, an abso- lute cure for sick headache, dys- pepsia, sour stomach, malaria, | constipation, jaundice, bilious- | “Well, can you live as cheap now as you could a few yearsago,” asked the customer? “Everybody knows that things cost more,” said the barber. Paris according to his own ideas; | ness and all kindred troubles. | “Well, then,”’ said thecustomer, “‘if or is agreat tax ive power of babies: id feeble they should be ven a dose of White’s Cream Ver- For sale by Cleburne, Tex. Aug. 11.—At Buff- governor and the national commit-| dale, an isolated place west of the The boys La] Patch and ate and destroyed many Afew days later the boys Crosse Gov. Roosevelt will visit South | WFote the farmer a note telling him The y, Ohio, West Vir-|farmer split the stems of some of the ginia and Maryland, finishing his|™elons and inserted strychnine. Six = a boys visited the patch and ate of the two died on the way home and two j had risen during the last four years. ! and he has since interpreted his} “‘ The Fly-Wheel of Life” powers upon his own theory as to! 2, ee <= what he was authorized to do. He/| = bi vow as pf dreuaas is the one person responsible for} M€ y-wheel oflife. I shall ever what has been done, and if we are| be grateful for the accident that opposed to what has been done our! broughtthem tomy notice. I feel shi i bh th > . a ehict duty is the overthrow of the| .. i¢7 had a new lease of life. ee SaaS |. Fairleigh, Platte Cannon, Col. administration of which he is head.” “How is the overthrow ofthead.| Tutt’s Liver Pills i | things cost more and your wages are | just the same then where in h—lis a prosperity?” After after ea to preve Dinner dicestion, relieve distress ng or drinking too heartily, nt constipation, take Hoscd’s Pilis Sold everywhere. 25 cents. then walked to the place where she had put the money and took it. He secured $1,500 cash and $1,100 in B DR. W. J. McANINGH, VETERINARY SURGEON. Scientifically treats all domestic ani- mals, Office at Gailey’s Feed Yard. atler, Mo, securities. Mrs. Hoffman was so excited that | she did not report to the police until midnight. caped. Foul Play Feared. Henderson, Ky., Aug. 16.—Robert The robber e: F. SMITH, JOHN L. STANLEY SMITH & STANLEY LAWYERS. Office 2nd stairs east of Mo. State Bank. W. Ball, a mail carrier of this city, is missing under circumstance that make it almost certain that either joul play ora sudden death has come to him. He was given a oO weeks’ vacation and left here July 9. for Colorado Springs, to recuperate his health. Diligent inquiry at that 1] place shows that he has not been there. Relatives in St. Louis report that Ball left that city for Colorado Springs on July 12, since which time nothing whatever can be learned of his whereabouts. d H 8. s a J. Postmaster Worsham and the Young man’s family believe him dead. Bal bears an excellent char- acter. Pretty Ghidren Successors to State Bank. W. Dooley. A. B. Ludwick. DOOLEY & LUDWICK, LAWYERS. Office Over the Post Office ee S. FRANCISCO. H.C, CLARK. Francisco & Clark, LAWYERS, Graves & Clark. Over Missouri W. O, JACKSON, LAWYER, BUTLER, MO. 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