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a f you should buy | man in town, And follow the procession to the leading Where you can find the most Fashionable Up-to-date Clothes. If you are going to celebrate FLANNEL SUIT, TAN SHIRT or SHIRT WAIST, PANAMA HAT, —AND— WALK-OVER SHOES, You will be the best dressed lothing. House ‘ « WE WANT ors REP} HMEXS & | ONE PRICE TO ALL. : : } - ' Tres’ Telephone No. 37. \ The races at the lake park track this afternoon. There will be some fine steppers on t-hefrack this afternoon. H lorado to find cool weather. | Coynty Sunday school convention | at Adrian July 9th and 10th. | Mr. Kendall, residing on Mechanic | street, we understand is quite sick. Mrs. Jas. Weiner, of St. Louis, is | visiting her sister, Mrs. Max Weiner. | A town clock in the dome of the | court house would be a nice and con- | venient thing. a eee | Clinton is reaching out after the | regimental encampment of state | troops this year. The interior of the Cumberland | resbyterian churefl has been paint- and papered. ) The kicker says: “Too low, squat: | and prison like’ and the cnckoos | all repeating it. t fitt Jobn Sandson, aged 85 years, died at the home of Mrs. T. ). Sanderson, | Rich Hill, Tuesday morning. Bob Sadler and Miss Randolph, of Hudson township, were married by Judge Boxley yesterday. W. Finley, an esteemed farmer nd River township, favored us call and renewed. Miss Elizabeth Yost, of Sedalia, a ¢harming little lady, is visiting her friend Miss Nina Warnock. Mrs, J. M. Christy and daughter, Estella, are visiting friends at Car- thage, Joplin and Webb City. H. P. Smiser and family, of Okla- homa, are back on a visit to Bates couy y relatives and friends. fies Francis Catron, who has been : ing aclass in elocution at St , is home to spend her vaca- « J. H. Frizell left last week to . Visit her daughters, Mrs. Pigott, of na, Mont., and Miss Lou, at J ting machine has been z 2 this county and the wheat : ping out 28 to 32 bushels to C.F. Gent, of Zion, North Dak , is a new subscriber. Estis Smith and son Robert, were Wednesday. The Bates County Sunday School ere isno need of our going to! Association met at Altona Friday! and Saturday, and was well attend- ed. C. G. Hunt, of Hudson, was a | ant caller on Wednesday. Mr. Hunt has a fine coal bank on his farm, and is working a four-foot vein by mine. ' A dispatch from Guthrie, Okla- homa, reports thedeaths of sheriff - J. Bullard and under-sheriff Coburn, of Roger, Mills county, Oklahoma, Monday in a battle with i thieves horse- | Jobn H. Hause, the magistrate at Jefiersonvilie Indiana, claimed, married 6,000 couples dur- who, it is ing bis ten years in office. dieu Mon- day jcay He was 65 years of age. The lake and park grounds east of j town were thrown open to the public ‘Tuesday. The resort is a beautiful one and our people will enjoy a ride | hoot | th: chute, or play # game often plus, on the steamer, “May Quee Domestic trouble over her hus band’s drinking, it is said, prompted Mrs. Ernest Hamm, of Belle, who, }with her husband, was on a visit at ‘Union, Mo,, to drown herself in Flat Creek Sunday. The big dyuaino, which operates ‘the street lamps, damayed by light- png in the electrical storm a short | time a0 and shipped for repairs, ar- rived back Monday, and ina day or {so the street limps will be turned on in, Our good friend William Stone, an jold and highly respected citizen and jintluential democrat of East Boone, was a pleasant caller on Monday ‘and had his dates set ahead. He re- | ports the crop prospects us never | better in his section, Frank MeNamara, a sergeant on j the police force at Kansas City, was )shot and killed Saturday night by a {negro named Abe Emerson, who » shot twice and The The negro was will probably die an OX-COMVIEL, hegro was Thecontractor is busy at thecourt jhouse tileing the halls and court It is not probable the budding will be ready to open by the fth, as the tileing in cement, and it is hardiy possible jthe through in {time for the cement to thoroughly set by that time: proom floors, of the floors is la workmen will get Mr. and Mrs. B. Millikin, residing in jSummit township, have sold their farm, and that Mrs, Millikin talks of taking a trip back to Australia and New Zealand. ‘Tur Ti excellent family will not conclude to 2s hopes this j Pleasant callers while in the city |Joave this county, as we can illatiord ito lose them, ; Mrs. Morton came near losing her life at Warrensburg Sunday night by lthe explosion of a coal oil lamp, | which she let fall on the floor. - Commit tee, was a ple the officer was attempting to arrest We learn irom W. B. Tyler that! She} | The elegant musie to be furnished | was alone in the house at the time, | Her death threw ui shadow over the} by the secoud regiment band at the! She succeeded in extinguishing the celebration here the 4th ought of! fire which had caught in her own } picnic Was adjourned out of respect. The two figures to be pl over the north and so awed o1 Y 1 1 i Y$ Y§ Mg ey 4% ed Y 1 court house fronts have arrived and will be on their perches without de! bree, chairman of the Bates (« LLLLLAn vy Democratic Ant cr Monday, while in the city attending a meeting of his conunit tee Th The prisoners that Sheriff Smith jhas had at work on the rock pile in the jail vard have done good work eracked several perch of Chere was | condition who has three or . as Tak Ties Went to press yesterday evening, Orr, afarmer living east of % a “vada. was held up Monday night * $I and $1.25 & jou the road home by two men and lrobbed of 80.50. He had been to | Nevada to meet his wife who he ex: | peeted on the late train phot arrive and be started for home about 11 o’elock She did i i | 9 Jack Gantz, Miss Nellie | i the and noted rw a | & emotional hee srau talented young ! i | Mrs. | ins, actress of St. | Louis, arrived in Butler on ‘Tue ona visit to the family of Ro G, ' Hartwell, She and her sister, Mrs, {Dwight Hartwell and little daug | ter Merle, will return to their homes | @ y, jin that city to-day. | f Bifeamehie es Bhutan stings | Shaaban ap ale alb ap ain ale adh adn ale Carpenter & Shafer are operating | a 4 S ‘ tHe or no change inthe Po e Mrs. N. BL Me nd, gy ha ' rously sick for * “ ; a \ § ‘ A choice lot of fancy silks, * LISS LOLSESS SS . } i ci eos i; * oer ed a rs qualities for CENTS AYARD. They are selling fast. § ‘ McKibbens.: their own electric light) plant in the | ive plant and creamery. They need-! [sane Snodurass, former yan es ‘ed light night: and day in the build-! gu, ling which made the improvement ted citizen of t now of Wash., or renewal, iis county, Spokane, sends remittance plant [necessary, as the } | runs at night city only They are also talk-| at Neve S1.0000 to sooo, The saloon license has ing ot putting ina system of fans in! i been lowered) from ie i juud | The trial of Geor mistake in reducing Tperintendent: of the Joplin Waters boon the business Louses, Dostis ob thie apiniontetr » G. Bayne, su- the license has made, as the lowering of the jeompany, charged with the taurder tieense will install in jo Wok a prominent torney of doping November 1901, was beg Monauy business irre Grayston, Ht} sponsible dealers and erowd ov 21st, | better class of saloon men. There is tan Joplin court} ne doubt bur t ' Grayston acensed tion in the pretiises is right Bayne of alienating he affections of | | Mrs. Grayston, ‘It ve : \ diswruntled citizen te prisoner pleads | ay : AEE RGRET Wen Pies the following queries: Whose selfeaefeuse, and the tr Te nterest fis attract- business koopthostreet fakirs® {ing m than any criminal crowds crossings and sides | Fease Hat bas been toed in Jasper) ; 1 i lea en ltl sa) ba jWwalks, so that people passing about town will not the mind of the business is it to hill va county in years, he ot Lito walk in Cecil, the little daughter of Mr.and street and whose Mrs. dd. (. Noble, of Ballard, Mo., died at the home of her parents on rants who gregate in dront houses and ou farks about last Thursday, of tetanus, cx used by ; | running a rusty nail in fer toot atew | ladies who pas: jdays betore, At the time of the acei-| The crossings ought not to be ob- dent the Wound bled a httie-and | steneted, and street loafers who marke seemed to give but sight patin, and i remarks about ladies ought to he punished, but we would hardly pre- seribe the extreme penalty ho pardiewlar uneasiness was felt. She died in a short: ume aiter beige tuken with lockjaw, Cel was avery } pretty and amiable hittie girl und She was 8 Mrs. Chas. Jennings, living near Rose nd, Henry conuty, committed ‘the other day by cutting her throat Shortly after j 11 o'clock the children missed their mother, am! one of them going into Was u general tavorite aii | years, 8 months and LO days old. | { with a razor. rentire community, ‘The Mo Wo A. itself insure a big crowd. One more day and then the big} 4th at Butler, and the fine racing at the lake park track in the afternoon. Come and bring ail the family, Dr, Boulware reports Mrs. F. J. Tygard much better, and her many frieuds will be giad to learn that she is uble to vet ubout again. Miss Lulu Siceloff, daughter of | Rev. Sicelofi, former pastor of the South Methodist church, this city, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Geo, Lucker. John Hall, a prosperous young farmer of Pieasant Gap township, in | company with Jobu Lotspeieh, made us a pleusuut call and had his name euroliea on our books. Heury Gough, an old, substantial and intluential ciuzen of Pleasant Gap township, was a pleasant caller ou Monday and bad his name enroll- ed on our books. Kev. J. G. Donnell, of this city, has accepted a call from the Presbyterian church at Centerview, Johnson coun- ty, and moved his family to that | place last week. Miss Daisy Stauley entertained the younger set in honor of her cousin, Miss Glaadis Weich, of Kansas City, onlast"l hursday evening. Delicious Tefreshments Were served and a de- lighttul time reported. W.J. Magee, for eighteen years pubhe administrator of Macon county, is im the insane asylum and his administration of the office as been iound to be in bad shape. No need to hold prayer meetings for rain this year. We are getting a little more than the larmwer actually needs at the present time, when he is anxious to save his wheat, and har- vest his oats and hay crop. | clothing, and then fainted. Soonthe) fue Tistes joins their many frieuds jentire building was ablaze, but neigh- | tn sympathy for Mr, and Mrs. Noble, | | bors discovered the fire just in time The County Democratic Campaign to rescue her. committee met Monday aiternoonat the court house and organized by the DeAr- Bell, secre- | _Vrof. Ira Ludwick made us a pleas- | z lan callow Saturday. He has given |elecuon of Captain Jas. A. Fup teaching for awhile and willen-j mond, chairman: W. Kt ‘gage in the realestate business, with Moreland, headquarters in Butler. He is an | Urer. ‘The committee went into exe- active, energetic young gentleman, of | . good judgment and has a good idea | Pertaining to a close OTRAS DOL OF the county. ‘Phis committee is com- | posed of young, active, enetyeticand | enthusiastic party workers who will | devote their time to party work un- til the close of the cumpaign. ‘The | iselection of Capt. DeArmond, Mr. j Bell and Mr. Moreland for its vitice : F isa merited compliment to the ability was at work in the surveying depart-| of these young gentleaen, and they ment in Ilinois, He owns a ive | will demonstrate that the trust was! | residence on Quality Hill, aud willyo! wisely bestowed. | {to housekeeping in the near future. jturo, aud James treas- cutive session and discussed matters of values, and we have no doubt will Take @ success. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Smith, who; {have been spending the past three | ‘months at Lincoln, lL, returned | home last week. Mr. Smith hulds a | position in the Scully land office, and Mr. Roy Phillips d= Miss Ruby Harris Lisle, eldest sou of T. Kk. Bese tiibe Au ; oe Lisl ata j i Goodwin were united in marriage at ee) ENO) AES OCR. GOR Oni | the home of Lhe bride’s mother, Mrs. | etlicient express Messenger on the} alittle grove near the house found the mother’s lifeless body with a razor in her hand. Her throat had been cut from ear to ear, The little boy ran to the field) and notified his Thede ed was 32 years of age and a father who was plowing terof Emmett Journey, one of the miost respected farmers She left: four small children, and no cause can be assigned for the count, act “Lmurdered my mother, but father told ine to do it, confession of William Coats, aged 17 rans, of St. Joseph, Friday. The aged lady was found ieurdered in her house, south- east of the stock yards, > is the startling years, to chief of police Joseph, a few days ago, where she lived alone, her husband having been divorced from her a year ago. The boy was arrested on suspicion, when he mi the above confession of the er The father, James Coats, was ¢ arrested, but denies the s ry told by of Henry | | Emporia vrach for some time, has | Henry Goodwin, in the north part of | his son. He says he never told the j the city Sunday evening: | been promoted and was oraered to | Socloek,| bey to murder his mother or sug- last of the week. Hurris, by luis in- dustrious Labits and gentiewanly who rejoice at his success, and waut to see him climb quickly to the top. Roy Burns, a practical joker, was fined $100 in police court in Kansas City ‘luesday for saturating Joho Haney’s clothes with alcohol, and then applying a lighted mateh, Haney, who was @ farmer and lived at Lenape, Kansus, bad fullen asleep ina chair in a saloon, and Burns | played the joke to wake -him up. Haney’s neck and face were badly | burned, and while being carried into the police station, he became uncon- scious, but his burns were not con- sidered dangerous. report at Kansas City for duty the | behavior, hus made many friends | spore Soot uuaaa $ x Rey. Jones othaating.’ Phe wedding | zested that she be mistreated | was a quiet aliair, oily the hunanedi« | A mass convention of the Prohibi- fate family being present. Atter the! i j tion party of Bates county was held ceremony reifeshuients Were served, itv Mon- jand the bride aud groom were eS*| day. and the following ticket was | tended hearty congratulations and | yo minated: Representative, Wm. B. best wishesfur Cieiriuture happitiess, | Miller: treasurer, A. H. Culver: sheriff The bride is tue eldest duuguter off 4.9), WW. MeRoberts: : the late Henry Goodwu torney, —————;_ recorder, Miss |young lau, possessed of ai amiable H Alameda Cusick; presiding disposition, and tie young man tol Wm, A. MeElroy; jud whom she has huked ber future, can | tpjer, Everett: Crooks: cougratulate himself on his good} gictriet, Alonso E pevrese th securing her band. The) werk, John H. Burnham; eounty / groom is the son of Judge J.C. Phil- clerk, W. H. Halloway; probate Hlips, and holds a position with the | judge, E.T. Inman. Kennet- Wheeler MercantileCo, He is!” Hon, Volney Cushing, of Maine, }@ young man of excellent habits atid} who was advertised to be here and industrious. THe Times joins with! address the convention, was unable many friends in extending best Wishes | to comply on account of a washout | to the happy couple. | of the railroad. at the court room in this« prosecuting at- Me is al dge South Perkins; cireuit ry ~ judge, | we North dis-|, CELEBRATION, “All Roads Will Lead to Butler Friday. Come and Sce the Sifhts. het Butler Friday, the weath avorable onght to be Providence Jauis) cer- Jon the land this Las the town vid and \ people should celebrate tt awiuanner befittin \tuericans i hearrangements forthis oven picnic have been completed and noth inet emains, but for the people to come, and enjoy theniselves tothe fullest exter Hear the speaking listen to the bands of musie, take a boat ride. shoat the chute at the lake and see the races tn the afternoon at Inthe after. noon of Friday it would be a gener the dake park track ous as well as a wise act for every merchant and mechanic in the town to close his] sof business and al take a halt d at the pienie grounds and the race In St. Louis the agreed to close their doors Thursday ¥ olf to see the sports big stores have night and remain closed until Mon- day morning in order to give their clerks ah iy Wooden Wedding General and Mrs. Harvey ©. Clark entertained a large number of their friends to an “At Home” on Monday evening, June 50th, 102, in com- memoration of the at. their Delaware street. It Sth year of their marri beautiful new home on Nort! Was quite an informal affair, and ev had a refreshments were served, ery body good thie. Dainty The General and his wife were in receipt of many valtable presents in the shape of beautitul chairs and and a number given ina spirit of fur which afforded much amusement. them a substantial check, with a let- ter, written In quint ornaments Judge DeArmond sent humor and ‘| which was yreatly enjoyed by all, The word “wood ) used li every sentence, Was ingeniously M. V. Burekhartt. Fayette, Mo., July 1—M.N. Burek- hartt, one of the oldest and most us teemed citizens of Howard county, died at bis home in bayette this inorhing, aged 79 years. He wasthe father of Mrs. George H. Boughnea, of St. Louis, Henry Burchartt, edi- toroftbe Windeor ( Mo.) Review, and tWo sous une Ole daugiiter in Fay- ette. His wite also survives M. N. Burkhart was formerly a | citizen of Butler, and was the father Vof Henry Burkhart, editor and | proprietor of the Windsor Review, | ~ | On July 3d, the Crescent Hotel, at | Eureka Springs, opens au ail-year- round resort, under the Management of the FriscoSystem. Extensive ren- ovations ond improvements have been effected Which will make the Crescent Hotel the equal ofany hust- , lery to be found in the Southwest. 3o-4t