The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 26, 1902, Page 4

SB Stee. fe cana BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES. J. D. ALLEN, Eprror. ]- D. Atten & Co., Proprietors. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: The Weexty Timms, published every Thursday, be sent to any address ane year, postage paid, for $1.00. DEMOCRATIC TICKET. » C0, DICKINSON \ TL, HARPER | 1OHN F. HERRELL, | J. A. PATTERSON <. LISLE, | SMITH, | HN A, SILVERS. | y—A. BL LUDWICK T JOHNSON J..W, MoFADDEN, . North Dist—P, A. BRUCE, | South.Dist. J.J. MARCH LOOK. RENICK For Trea For Coroner— DE Committee Meeting. The Democratic Central Committee will meet at the court room in Butler on Monday, June 30, at 2:30 p.m, All members are requested to be presemt, as important business will come before the commitee T. D. Exrer, Chr'm, W.R. Benn, See’y, Six blocks of buildings were de- stroyed by fire at Portland, Oregon, Monday. The SG00,000 The Republican, a paper started at loss is estimated at Marshall tive vears ago, we suppose to till a long-felt want, has suspended publication The Montrose Recorder ought to either support the democratic ticket nominated in Henry county and quit kicking or yet out of the party, Naturally the are some senators who do not see why we should treat i] the Cubans any better than we have Those republican senators and ongressmen, that are taking issue with President Roosevelt’ on his reci- procity treaty with Cuba, would not have dared to defy MehKinley, he bitter feeling displayed in the republica this week shows that there is war to the state convention knife between the Kerens and Akins followers, The old Filley feud is not in it when it comes to the contest now being waged between these two factions for control of the party in the state, and thereby have a clear road to the national administration pie counter. ee Judge DeArmond tersely yet fully sets forth the true Democratic idea, wher he said, “we are not opposed to founded on American principles,” but are opposed to the “holding by subjugation of ten mil- lion people-seven thousand miles be- This is not only the opinion of Democrats, but should be the opinion of every true Ameri- can no matter to what parties he owes allegiance. expansion yond our border,” The New York Supreme Court has decided that a postal card is not jibelons unless it can be proved that the offensive writing has been read bey others ten He eet recipient. Auy other view presup- that the postoffice clerks and se hands a ecard So postal ecard libels will be very hard to prove, for ot s through wh y pass read it. no one in the postoftfice or out of it is likely to contess himself or herself a Paul Pry —Post-Dispateh. The Virginia State Bar Associa- tion has invited Judge James B. Gautt, of the Missouri SnpremeCourt, to deliver the annual address before that body wt the White Springs of Virginia August Sth. Judge Gantt has accepted the invitation. When it is recalled that on previous occasions, the : ciation has been addressed by James C. Carter, of New York, President Woodron Wil- son, of Princeton University, and Senator Geo. F. Hoar, of Massachu- setts, the extent of the compliment to Judge Gantt will be appreciated. ee Judge DeArmond made the closing speech for the Democrats on the Philippine question on Monday. In summing up the much discussed question of imperialism and expan- sion: “The Democratic party is not op- posed to expansion fountted u on EXPERTS One of the ERRORS. Globe-Democrat’s $1,918,000 of Mo. Pac. bonds had been paid twice, — perts” asserted that or charged up as paid, by the state. On request of Governor Dockery Auditor Allen shows that the pert got mixed on the difierent bond me > issues, and confused the Missouri i the Southwest bonds. In the showing Govern- Pacitie bi Branch (Friseo commenting cltic or Dockery sald ‘Lhave never seen a more farcical performance than the antics of these Globe-Democrat “experts.” No two of the five so-called ‘experts’ : their tindings. T should gethef and reconcile their differences before they ask other people to se- riously consider Their exhibits are out of balance, each with the other, by more than $330,000,000, was clearly and their statements, forcefully shown by The Repubtie in! its editorial of last Thursday. “Some montlis ago this adminis- tration employed a firm of experts of national reputation for ability and integrity, and had a searching in- vestigation made of the State's ac- counts for the past thirty-six years, It required weeks of hard work for the four experts to go through all the accounts covering this long pefi- od, When the work had been con- cluded, it was found thatevery dollar of the State funds had been honestly accounted for durmg the entire peri- od of Democratic control. GLOBE'S EXPERTS MUDDLED, “The Globe- Democrat, whieh had} been making unwarranted assault upon the Democratic management of Missouri's financial affairs, vited to inspect the | was in- and given k the assurance-that every assist certainall the facets, The Republican ——brertertthe Fitipines Pret Hisperteh orpnn none rer tenn smPTONCOp ie invitation, but, instead, has secured the services of a number of individu- als, who have furnished that paper confused and contradictory accounts of alleged diserepancies, “The new accusation, that 1918 bonds had been paid twice, is in keep- ing with the other sensational and incorrect statements which reckless partisan organs have been making concerning financial affairs ofour State. Because bonds of a similar number, but of an entirely different series, bearing a different rate of in- terest, and in no wise connected with each other, have been paid, one of these ‘experts’ jumps at the conclu- sion that these vonds, aggregating $1,918,000, have been paid twice. “Every allegation they have made concerning these alleged discrepancies is proven to be absolutely false by the searching investigation and re- port of the corps of nationalexperts, made only a few months since. The State books balanced to a cent. There had been no overpayment, either of bonds or of interest, on the publie debt, no juggling of accounts, or any other unworthy official act which would besmrich the reputation or impeach the honor of the long line of Democratic State officials, both living and dead.” The Record has a good deal to say about the old Mt. Pleasant township railroad bonds, which, figuratively speaking, our people are groaning under, and will continue to groan for The issuing of those bonds was among the last acts ofa Republican county court in Bates county, were conceived in iniquity and executed in lust, by which the pockets of a few Republican bosses were lined, and the Judges, nodoubt, benefitted by the deal. The people were burdened for generations by the corrupt acts of Republican ofticiais, for which the people received no bene- fit whatever, This was no isolated case, the same thing happened ina large nui ber of counties in this state, and has caused endless sorrow, bloodshed and in some cases death, The Bates County Record was pub- lished in Butler at that time, and if it raised its voice in protest against this infamous steal, it has been for- gotten. Possibly Mr. Austin knows and can enlighten us on that point, as he was editing the Record at that time, and it was the official orgamof his party in the county, It seems to us that this would be a very painful subject to Mr. Austin some time to come. American principles. Expansion is! and he would fight shy of it. His one thing; colonial entpire another. The Democratic party is anxious to see the country expand, asexpansion was understood by our fathers, Ex- cratic idea of expansion, not the holding by subjugation of 10,000, erry pansion upon the American conti-/ time go by for-calling in and paying nent, north or south, is the Demo-| off five or eix bonds:—The Record complaint now is not that any cor- rupt or illegal act has been done, but that the court inadvertently let the fadmite that the bonds % | the extent of $10,000 by a fall ona lw i would be afforded to enapvle it to as. county depository | jo are drawing, and therefore no one is injured. But it grasps at a straw to urge the election of a Republican court. A tree is known by its fruits Are the people willing to again turn the county affairs over to the party that robbed them so outrageously? | A JEFFPRSON CLUB. | D.F. Thomson, editor of the Mor- gan County Democrat, at Versailles, Mo., was «pleasant caller on Mon- He was in our city for the pur- pose of interesting our democrats in day. a plan of organizing a democratic club, He is sent out by the Jefferson Club of St. Louis to organize clubs allover the state, to bear the uniform name of Jefferson, and adopt the same constitution and by-laws, so far as they are applicable to each jeommunity, To thus havea uniform organization of democrats through- out the state, but each club to be separate and independent of any or all others. Mr. Thomson met a large number of the democrats of our city, and all were impressed with the idea and promise to co-operate in the organization of a Jefierson club in Butler, with the privilege extended to every democrat in the county to join and take part therein. In or- ganization there is strength, and we heartily approve of this kind of a place to bring us into harmony with similar clubs all over the state and yet be under complete local control and separate and apart from alloth- ers. In the cirenit court at Warrensburg Friday Lulu Small was given a jud ment for $6,000 against City, claimed to have She been damaged to sidewalk, and the jury concluded she injured to the extent of 35,000 and rendered a verdict inaccordance, It is strange how people—many_ of whom were never worth as much as 3500—can go before a jury and get verdicts for such large amounts, he- cause the grievance is against cities Yet the costs of such verdicts—whether just or un- just—come directly out of the people. The money with which the expenses or large corporation, of towns and cities are paid, is seeur- The larger the expense the greater thle taxation, Every man who pays taxes bears his proportionate part. It may even go further—to the man who pays no taxes at all—for the taxpayer must liveand pay taxes, so his profits must be in proportion with the demands being made upon him. People should stop long enough to think who pays these ver- dicts? Certainly it is the people, great and small Then the people should arise in their might, to put a stop to the impoverishing of towns by these too frequent damage suits. — Nevada Mail. ed by taxation of its citizens, The coronation of King Edward VII which was to have occurred to- day, has been indefinitely postponed, because of the serious illness of the king, which necessitated a severe sur- gical operation, The operation was successfully performed on Monday, and his majesty is reported resting easy. It will be weeks, however, un- b 8, before he can be well enough to go through the ordeal of thecoronation ceremonies. He was afflicted with what in an ordinary mortal would have been termed appendicitis, but w th the king it is perityphlitis. — Kerens won first blood in the state convention Tuesday by naming the temporary chairman. Itissaid that one of Akins’ committeemen got lost in the shuffle, and the vote stood 18 to 19 in favor of Kerens’ candidate. Philippines Very Expensive. Washington, June 21.—Eliou Root secretary of war, has. transmitted to the senate, a statemeut of the money expended in the Philippines since 1898. The transportation of troops and supplies to the island to date has cost $4,803,448.21. Theex- penses of operating aggregate $170,- 326,586.. These expenditures by years are as follows: Fiscal year 1896 (twomonths, May June), $2,686.850.81; 1899, 0,673.10; 1900, $50,869,- 5: ; 1901, $55,567,422.86; 1902 (ten months, July to April, inclusive) $34,927,082. Ninety Soldiers Have died. Manila, June 22.—Ninety Ameri- can soldiers have died of cholera since the disease first broke out. Owing to the increase of cholera the health authorities here, and in the provinces are enforcing stringent regulations: The total number of deaths from the epidemic are as fol- Manila, 1,530 cases and 5,440 deaths; j Sith Sotion as said ‘*that is our’n.”’ last.”° long. orde a little. Everybody likes them. line over. seethe latest, ‘Cadet’’ Beauty. Robes. everything and will buy duce, cash or trade. BUSTED! are the trusts, that is some trusts, Trust has at least been side-tracked, don’t know who done it, whether it was done by the patron saint, Matk Hanna, Goy. Dockery or who, neither do we care, but we know, CONFIDENTIALLY of one trust that is in full blast, and as the yankee For you can still buy a Milwaukee binder for cash or trust, and if you do you will not have to trust to the weather to get your harvest cut, for they are so Light Draft and run so nicely that you can almost run them regardless of the weather. One of our competitors said: ‘Oh they won't Well he told the truth, they don’t last Our first two cars are all sold and we are ring them in local:—Beats the world how a good thing goes, especially when you push it along The Standard Mowers and Rakes are moving along, nearly all gone but more coming. buy a mower or rake until you look at our Big 6 and 7, also the Alfalfa King. Rakes, Weeders, Discs, Gangs and Sulkys. and see our wagons, something nice to show you, VEHICLES AND HARNESS. We are pretty cautious ourselves, just as glad to get next to a good thing as anybody, wouldn't he humait if we Weren’t, and when we secured the Anchor line of Buggies, Surries and Driving Wagons we done something we are proud of :— claim that everyone buys them, for there are a few people in this world who don’t want a good thing. We have styles cnough to suit everybody, vehicles made in modern style, after modern ideas and the prices are extremely attractive. to see you before you buy. Come in and look our Wish you'd do that—and do it right away, before our stock is too badly broken, ask to If you are going to build, figure with us on your hardware, we have a splendid stock. Everything in haying tools :—Sickle Grinders, Lawn Mowers, Armstrong Mowers, Ice Cream Freezers, Hammocks, Fly Nets, Harness and Lap In Groceries we are loaded for bear. any kind of country pro- Drop in, you wont be sorry. Yours truly, AT BUTLER. The 126th Anniversary of will be Celebrated at Butler in a manner befitting the American Independence BUSTED! The Meat Glorious History of the Day and Nation. Three Big Brass Bands will en- liven the oc- casion. You are invited. Bring your whole family, You will be glad you came when you see the GRAND PARADE AT 10 A. M. and happy all the day. Don’t Also have Drag Wait and the eagle will scream. Vocal readings will entertain. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT will race at 7 p.m. The Flambeau perform at about 8 p. m. music and patriotic Of course, we do not We would be glad Club will If is the name, and its a you have seen it, you will want to see it again. If you never saw it, you can afford to walk all the way to see it. The new steam boat ‘May Queen’’ on the Lake will iand Sell at the grounds every 30 min- utes, and you may enjoy aride for a nominal sum. All Sorts of _ ennett-Wheeler Mere, Ch eave yee eee aoe alae ay aee] Amusements On the afternoon of the 3rd and 4th. DeArmond Addressd Students. Washington, June 233 —Represent- ative DeArmond, of Missouri, hasac- cepted an invitation to address the graduating class of the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington, Va., on Wednesday night. Too Many Hands. Salina, Kan., June 22.—This city is filing up with harvest hands, and there is much condemnation express- ed for the agencies and newspapers that are instrumental in bringing to the stateso many men. ‘There are probably enough men in Salina to harvest the wheat crop of all the counties in the Fifth district. The citizens are compelled to feed hun- dreds of these men, who, although willing to work, are unable to get jos. A man may be so bow legged that his best girl can’t sit on his lap with- | Batier, out a hammock, yet be an infinite- ly better citizen than the walking fashion plate whose organism is delicate that he dare not clean his finger nails for fear of taking cold. You can’t atways judge aman by his appearance Or occupation, Wa taligioes del? pe was emnbice on a religious paper to Sunday school stories about a gout provinces, 7,869 cases and| little Bobby and bad little Willie — Ex. ¥ The Butler Driving Club will give matinee races at the Lake Park track near the Pic- nic grounds. Nearly $500.00 in purses will be taken down by the winners. President at Kansas City. Kansas City, Mo., June 20,—Pres- ident Roosevelt has accepted an invitation of the commercial club to visit Kansas City upon his western trip. The date of hisstop in Kangas City will be September 29 or 30, It is intended, if the president’s stay will permit, to hold a public levee in Convention hall, to have a military display and later an elaborate ban- quet in the great auditorium. Atul neers ae a Notice of Final Settlement, Notice is hereby given to all creditors, and ali others interésted in the estate of william Minnick, deceased, that 1, k B Campbell, ad- ministrator of said estate, intend to inake Anal settlement thereof, at the next term of she Bates County Probate court, in Bates county, state of Missouri, to be held at Butler, Lo eeaniad onthe llth ay ot August, A.D, There will be a hot contest for the mon- ey. Only 25 cents admission. Children under 10, when oc- companied by their parents, “ia ‘Aamiaisirator, | free. Notice of Vinal-Settlement, Butler has made great prep-. Notice 1s hereby gitén to all creditors and ti 5 ‘i others, interested ‘nthe fats of Florence arations to entertain the great ministrator, Of said estat ini al settlement é fini Bi ays oy Mate of Migsoury be ates county, s! to Misbouri, on the 1ith day of Aust A D.. loa. 8. A. McDANIEL, crowd she expects on the 4th. You are URGED to come. Tf you are thinking of going elsewhere put it off. till next trator. Executor’s Notice, ay DR. J. M. CHRISTY, Chairman, W. 0. ATKESON, Secretary, T. J. DAY,- ‘ ©. B. MeFARLAND, A. 0. WELTON, Executive Com. ULY 4 ‘day Hil flow — '