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3 TOBACCO SPIT and SMOKE RACE RIOT AT HARLEM. You can be cured of any form of tobacco usin; easily, be made Well, strong, y= fullol TO-! ih i Four Whites Wounded and Fifteen iin mane wok Seo a men strong. Mam in =p in ten days. Over 500,000 Blacks Arrested. EEMEDY CO Chicago or New York a New York, December 25.—A race skirmish between whites and blacks CONGRATULATED MAN in Harlem to-day developed serious 7 ‘ proportions and kept the police busy WHO STOLE HIS WIFE. fora time. The negroes, 100 strong, were armed with revolvers and clubs, John Bubliez Was Only Anxious to Re- while equally as many whites used stones and weapons. The negroes had the advantage, but were driven back into their tenements by the police after they had charged on the whites with pistols and razors. Fifteen negroes were arrested. Four whites, including a policeman, were badly shot or cut. Therioting began when some white boys stoned two colored girls, where- upon a dozen negroes seized the white boys and beat them. The white boys, when released, told their cover Child and Money---Chase Ends in Joplin. Joplin, Mo., Dec. 25.—An elope- ment and a chase of several thous- and miles, ended in the capture of the elopers by the injured husband here Tuesday night. John Bubliez lived at Oshkosh, Wis., with bis wife and 4-year-old boy. Three weeks ago his wife eloped with a neighbor, G. K. Kimball, tak- ing her child and $4,000 in money story to white men in the vicinity, with her. and an organized attack was made Bubliez engaged a detective to find | on the negroes, who were driven back em. He followed them to Chicago] to their tenements under a shower of thence to Denver, then to Joplin, stones. where they arrived a week ago and] ‘The confusion increased when the took a room in a lodging house. The] white men began to bombard the detective notified Bubliez that his! tenements with stones and other mis- Wife had been located and Bubliez| giles, and the negroes fired from their hastened here, arriving yesterday. | windows into the crowd. He swore out warrantsfor the cou-| ‘Phe whites were surprised by the ple. Accompanied by the constable] shooting, and, seeing men falling he went to the rooming house. The} wounded, tnrned and ran, and were little boy came to the door, and the] followed by the negroes, who used father love in Bubliez overcame all] knives and razors freely. else and he rushed pastthe constable] At this point a force of police ar- and clasped the child to his breast. |rived on the scene, and, with drawn Mrs. Bubliez was arrested, but clubs, stopped the rioting, chasing Kimball was absent at the time. the negroes into their houses, He was found in a saloon close by, —_—— which he was trying to purchase. When Kimball was brought into the room Bubliez extended his hand to him, saying: “I congratulate you upon your elopement.” The two men then shook hands, Mrs. Bubliez broke down and wept, but the two men were calm and com- posed. She gave her husband $1,300 TRAGEDY AT A CHRISTMAS FEAST Mrs, Henderson Took Poison by Mis- take and Death Quickly Ensued. Boonville, Mo., vec, 25.—Through mistake Mrs, Hattie Henderson, widow of the late Andrew Hender- RURAL DELIVERY RULES. Civil Service Will Take Effect February. Simple Examination of Carriers--Politi- cal Indorsement Will Not Be Considered. Washington, Dec. 26.—An import- ant decision affecting the rural free delivery carriers, who are soon to enter the classified civil service list, was reached this afternoon at a con- ference of the postmaster general, supt. Machen of the rural free deliv- ery service and the civil service com- mission. This was the adoption of rales governing the examination of the carriers and regulating future appointments in the rural free deliv- ery service. ‘ebruary 1, 1902, was fixed as the date the rules will become effective. After that date all petitions for the establishment of service will be sub- mitted on blanks furnished by the department, and willinclude nomina- tions for the position of carrier, each petitioner having the right to make a nomination if he desires to do so. The special agent who reports upon the feasibility of establishing service will also examine the applicants nom- inated by the petitioners and any others who may apply. The examination will be exceeding- ly simple, only sufficient to test the applicant’s ability to read and write. It consists in filling out an application blank on which are a number of personal questions. Only persons residing on or in the immediate vicinity of a proposed route will be examined. Only such applicants will be examined as have the necessary equipment, horse and wagon or cart, or who can satisfy the special agent that they are pre- pared, if appointed, to furnish such equipment. of the $7,000 she had taken with her and, after she and Kimball paid a fine of $1 and costs each, they were allowed to leave together. Bubliez took his child with bim back to Oshkosh. Both parents wanted the child. son, took strychnine at noon to-day and died in great agony forty-five minutes later, Mrs. Henderson had prepared a Christmas dinner for a number of rel- atives, who had assembled at her house to enjoy the day, and was suf- fering from a severe headache at the time dinner was to be announced, Having a quantity of headache pow- ders in the house, she concluded to relieve her suffering and prepared a powder in a spoon and swallowed a quantity of the same, when she no- ticed her mistake on examining the paper from which the medicine had been taken, discovering that it was strichnine, Before medical aid could be secured she was a corpse. She was a sister of Mrs. Allen Betteridge, of Bunceton, Mo. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab- lets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove’s sig nature is on each box. 25c. Death of T. M. James. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 26.—T. M. James, who for more than 40 years was a leading merchant of this city, died at his home yesterday, aged 70. When he came to Kansas City in 1854 the place was known as West- port Landing. He was therefore the oldest citizen here. He was a strong Mr. James amassed a fortune of nearly $1,000,000. He was promi- tically given every Baptist church in the city its start. His benefactions to the Calvary Baptist church alone exceed $95,000, Mr. James was uncle to Frank and Jesse James, but would never discuss them in any way. ow and two sons. Miles’ Plans Not Changed. Washington. Dec. 26.—Gen. Miles resumed his duties in command of teary at his ome in the war de partment to-day, It is said that he has decided to accept the situation with the best possible grace, and will say or do nothing to continue the controversy. So far as known the incident will He leaves a wid-|cause no decided change in the pre- arranged plans, official and social, for the future. Stops the Cold and Works off the Cold. Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day. No cure, no pay. _ Price 25 cents. ‘ Cardwell met to-day in this city “for McClay Hasa’t Had Enough. the first time,’’ as Cardwell asserted New Yerk, Dec. 25 —When seen at! this afternoon. his home and informed of his dis-) (Cardwell’s own version of the affair missal from his position in, the navy |is concise, and, he avers, complete. yard by President Roosevelt Edgar} He prefaced it with the information Stanton Maclay said: that the Brown whom he met to-day “T have written to the civil service|is not the Brown of a month ago authorities at Washington asking| who paid him $5,000 to withdraw for a formal opinion on this subject. | his spit against the St. Louis Repub- Ishall be guided in my actions by } lic, ~*~ the advice received from this source.”’ Brown of Carthage, is Net the Man. Kansas City, Mo., Dee. 26.—E. 0. Brown of Carthage, and William O It is reported that Carnegie has offered a large sum of money to Co- lumbia University. For family use in numberless ways Ballard’sSnow Liniment is a useful fe, and valuable —. Price 25 and : 50 cents. For sale by H. L. Tucker. Does It Pay to Buy Cheap? A cheap remedy for coughs and coldsis all right, but you wantsome- thing that will relieve and cure the more severe and dangerous results of throat and lung troubles. What shall youdo? Go to a warmer and more regular climate? Yes, if i- Many Filipinos Slain. es Washington, Dec. 26.—The war 3 department to-day is advised by Gen. Chaffee, at Manila that Compa- ny F. Twenty-tirst Infantry, hada desperate hand-to-hand struggle in & gorge six miles south of San Jose, Batangas, Dec. 23. Twenty-two of hag been introduced in all civilized -_f- the enemy were killed. Patrick A. | countrieswith success in severe throat | J Connelly received six bolo cuts in the|and lung troubles, “Boschee’s Ger- J __ neck and shoulders. Tabler’s Buckeye Pile Ointment|germ disease, but allays inflamma- has been thoroughly testedfor many|tion, causes easy expectoration, years, and isa positive cure for this|gives a good night’s rest, and cures most and embarrassing|the patient. Try one bottle. Re- of troubles. 50c in bottles. |commended many years by all d Tubes,75 cents. For sale by H. L. » (ebb gae world. Get Green’s Prize Tucker. Imanac.—H. L. Tucker, Druggist. United States bonds has, it is under- strood, been offered direct. to the treasury department at Washington for purchase by thegovernment. The ble; if not possible for you, then in| amount is believed to be more than either case take the oNLY remedy that | $2,000,000, and the bonds them- selves will be probably presented to the local subtreasury here in a day man Syrup.” It not only: heals and|or two. A New York bond house has stimulates the tissues to destroy the| made the offer. association warns the public against “gchemes” which purport to be for the purpose of raising funds for the memorial. Pp petitioners to suggest the names of earriers is expected to obviate the recurrence of political squabbles over appoint- ments, such as that which Mr. DeAre mond, of Missouri, recently brought to the attention of the house. The rule goes so far to specify that polit- ical indorsement will not be received nor entertained, The examinations will be confined to persons over 17 years of age and under 55, with the exception of honorably discharged soldiers of the civil or Spanish war, to whom the age limit does not ap- ply. Applicants will be examined by a board of examiners selected from the clerical force of the rural free delivery service examining board MAY RELINQUISH CONTROL. Reports Converning China's Dowager ___Empr IBUTLER, MO. Oapital, = « Money to loan on real estate, at low rates. Abstracts of securities always on hand and forsale. Abstracts of title furnished, titles examined and all kinds of real estate papers drawn, | Bates County Investment Co., } t WANTED. On quick delivery I will pay the ( | reliably stated that Dr. Z. 'T. Martin ? é at the Missouri penitentiary, and hi highest market price for l : i Iron, Steel, Copper, Brass, > Zinc, Bones, @ | points Dr. G. ‘8. early part of January. Hides, Furs, | For the Next 60 Davs- J. M.SALLEE, | Ohio Street, BUTLER MO, VIGOROROUS WORK IS URGED BY CHAFFEE. Thinks There Has Been Entire- ly Too Much Ta What Filipinos Mav Expect, ticians of the western part of the Washington, Dec. 26.—In a letter | state who are interested fn the mat to the War Department, Maj. ‘én. | ter, Chaffee makes clear his belief that drastic measures should be employ- ed to maintain American sovereign- ty over the Philippines. Progress is being made in convincing the natives that the United States have no in- tention of withdrawing from the de- termination of the question which they have set. themselves to solve, but the task is a slow one. In his letter General Chaifee says: “My opinion is that there has been entirely too much talk hitherto of | what the Filipino may expect from us. The commission recently passed a treason and sedition act. Vice Goy. Wright's speech opened their eyes. Té was irom the shoulder and a won- | derfully good blow. The good it has | done was very great. The politicians | Stree Bt days ago that the appointment o! made, It seems that the governo’ lum at Fulton, the former in the ca pacity of superintendent and the lat would ehange the management o that asylum back into the hands o! the allopathic school of medicine anc will cause dissension, Dr. EB. B Wray, the present superintendent is a homeopath, and his school o| medicine will likely consider i Burned Before Their Eyes. Sharon, Pa., Dee. 27.—Three met were burned to death and severa thousand dollars’ worth of property was destroyed at the Old Sharpsville furnace this morning by started in the hoist, and were working about 80 feet from the ground. The flames cut off their escape. Hundreds of people watched in hor- roras the flames raged about the doomed men. Dixon was to have been married His afternoon Fierce Hand-to-Hand Fight Pekin, Dee. 25 —The continued re- ports of theempress dowager’s inten- tion to relinquish control of the gov- ernment gained considerable credence among the foreigners here, although the Chinese, who for some time have been much concerned regarding the attitude of the ministers who are de- sirous of a solution of all unsettled questions, do not believe that she would voluntarily surrender power, or if she did surrenderit was that the relinquishment would be sincere. Great preparations are being made at Paoting Fu for the reception of the court. The fact that the em- press dowoger will stop over at Pao- ting Fu supports the confident as- sertion that the emperor will return te Pekin first. . Sir Robert Hart, whose influence with the Chinese is increasing, says that the present negotiations with Russia regarding Manchuria are more satisfactory than the former conferences. He believes that Russia will modify her orignal demands, thus making it possible for an agree- ment to be reached. Government Bonds Offered. New York, Dec. 26.—A big batch of The National McKinley Memorial are beginning now to act in it way) Manila. Dec. 27.—Adviecs from they should have acted long ayo— | Cathalogan, Island of Sama: report that is, using their influence for! another wuinary affray between peace.” asmall detachment of Americans General Chatiee cordially approves | and a horde of Filipino bolomen. the vigorous operations conducted | The fight occurred at Dapdap. Cap- by Brigadier General Smith in the Island of Samar. “If Smith can make a ten-strike in Samar,” he says ly attacked. The enemy was repuls- “by a vigorous course there—which | ed, after a fierce hand to hand fight it is hoped he may do—the influence Liyith heavy loss. But the little band will be immense toward subdueing | of Americans also suffered severely, Malvar, the hardest nut in: the bas-|Two non-commissioned officers and ket.which we have to crack at this | five privates were killed, and six pri- time. tain Schoeffel and 18 men of com- pany E. Ninth infantry, were sudden- vates and Captain Schoeffel were wounded. Five of the soldiers were dangerously hurt. Toy Cannon Exploded, Sedalia, Mo., Dec. 25.—While a number of boys were celebrating Christmas to-day at Lincoln, Ben- ton county, Edward, Boehmer, | Galveston—News was received here the 18-year-old son of F. Boeh-| to-day that Gen. Marin, the Colom- mer, a leading merchant of that] bian revolutionary leader, attacked place, was seriously, if not fatally | Honda, on the Magdalena river, Dee. injured, by the explosion of a toy} 9, with 1,200 men. cannon, made out of a gun barrel. A] The garrison, consisting of 430 sliver of the barrel penetrated young | men, fought from 6 a. m. until 12:30 Boehmer's head, destroying the eye}p.m. At S a.m. the garrisonfreceiy- and inflicting a frightful brain }ed reinforcements numbering}j 200 wound. men. The battle started on the outskirts of the city and ended at Caracol, nine miles from Honda. Bayonets and machetes were used. The government forces were victor- ious. Four hundred men were killed dur- ing the battle Real Battle in Colombia. Colon, Colombia, Dee. 27.—Via Death from a Boy's Banter. Wichita, Kan., Dec. 25.—William Mullin, 14 years old, while leading a game on the ice this afternoon, was drowned in the river. Two other boys narrowly escaped. Mullindared the boys to follow him over a part of the ice which was known to be very thin. The weight caused the ice to break. About a dozen of the boy’s companion were witnesses to the ca- tastrophe. The boys were pulled out, but when Mullin was taken from the water life was extinct. The St. Louis Republic has this to say: “Democrats have begun the work of driving corruption from Jef- ferson City. There isalready a clean house as far as the democrats are concerned. After the elections next aE fall there will also be a clean bill of How Are Your Kidneys health for the senate. The demo- pe mohes Sees Pocus co: Chekvor n'y crats are in earnest.” | § cago and other cities. ‘ 850,000. i title to all lands and town lots in Bates county. Choice ‘ | Wife, who is matron at the institu- | tion, are to be transferred to the }000 or 340,000 | State Hospital for the Insane at Ful- ton, by Gov, Dockery when he ap- Hardin and wife, of | Marshall, physician and matron at 5 Rubber, Rags, ' the penitentiary, which will be in the |t Eldorado Springs the saddle turn- Dr. Hardin and his wife would be} checked. ter matron of that.institution. This fire which The dead are Howard Dixon, James Bartlett, Mar- : ; tin Clancy. The men were top fillers |&d governer on the fusion ticket and Ce ee aE ENR Miss Roosevelt's Party. Wd ed: HON. J. iar a ie : Washington, Dec. 27.—Invitations i |have been sent out by Mrs. I THE BATES COUNTY BANK 4 velt for the dance that is to be 5 } in honor of Miss Alice Roosev 1 BUTLER, mo. {juary 3 The : president 8 eldest Suocessor to BATES COUNTY NATIONAL BANK i| daughter then will formally be intro- ¢ | duced to society. The guests will enemas ae } {include all the government dignitar- ; CAPITAL, $75,000. - A ee eee. ; | ies, diplomats-and society leaders of es * | Washington, New York, Boston, Chi- | The grand | dance will be held in the east room and the reception preceding in the stute parlors Fire in Cudahy Plant Omaha, Neb., Dec, 27.—Fire de stroyed the two-story brir building coupler » pharacutic lepart- #3, Saka, Hox. J.B. Newaruny, Veoh ovccupi d by the pha uti ul depart > President, Vice-President? Seo’y, & Tress ment of the Cudahy Packing compa- Jro. C. Hayes, Abstractor. 8. F. Wannocx, Notary § ny’s plant yesterday afternoon, Owihg to lack of water present. the tire companies were unable to vet the flames under control for several hours, The gum and box . factories also | of Plattsburg, the present physician | occupied this building and were de. s|stroyed. The damage is estimated at $35,- Dragged Over Two Blocks, Nevada, Mo,, Dee. 27.—While Peart Hartline, aged 12. was riding a horse ed, throwing the boy off, One of his This confirms the report of a few | feetewught in the stirrup, The horse f)ran about two blocks before it was The boy is in aeriticaleon- r{ dition, Every particle of his clothing recently decided to make the change} #8 torn from the body while the of Dr, Martin and his wife to theasy-] horse dragged him, Another Phillipyine Suicide, Washington, Dec, 28.—The war f} Department is in receipt of a cable- f} gram from Gen, Chaffee, Manila, re- I} porting that Odus Reeder, Second Lieutant Philippine scouts, commit- ted suicide on the morning of Dee, f] 24, by shooting himself with a ear. bette at them by the administration rath- | suifering from temporary insanity er than a political change, This re-] due to illness port is confirmed by prominent poli- Lieutant Reeder was a native of Beverly, West, Va. : Governor Rogers Dead. monia caused the death last night of Governor Rogers, Harry G, MeBride is now the states chief executive, i 1} John R. 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