The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 17, 1902, Page 9

MAREET REPORTS. Kansas City; July %.—Cattle—Receipts, 14,189; calves, 2315. The market was ‘Steady to 15 cents lower. Representative sales: SLUMP IN GRAN PRES | Fine Weather and Heavy Receipts Knocked Ten Cents Off Corn on the Chicago Market Tuesday. % JOHN W. GATES’ CORNER KNOCKED OUT 20 1-2 Cents Off the Price Demanded Two Weeks Ago During Rainy Weather —Wheat and Oats Also Influenced by the Hot Weather and Clear Skies. ue & Chicago, July 15.—Corn fell with a thud at the opening of trade Jues- day. Fair weather, lower cables and immense receipts broke the market BR FA » s ~— oniaie = rd jaggedly and incidentally, it is ei 20 | thought broke John W. Gates’ corner e% 235 | im July options. All interest was cen- tered in the corn pit where July corn = = rt was cutting queer capers. The open- 1 ‘ ing was Weak, one to two cents down NATIVE from yesterday's close at 80 to 79 46 | cents. There seemed to be no sup- port within miles of the pit, and left to itself the market plunged headlong 40 | under the hammering of the elated 3% | bears. In the first hour of business 10 cents was knocked off the price 5. | of July, 69¥, cents being the price, 4.75 | or a loss of 20% cents since the fancy price of 90 cents that this option 4@ | brought during the recent rainy 450 | weather. 410 | Wheat followed the corn break, al- though it had bearish news of its own, Receipts were large and the weather was perfect with the excep- tion of a few scatteregl showers in several states, September opened weak at 72% to 72% cents and broke to 72 cents, Oats fell to the influence 1. Ae. een > none Pe Pag of the fine, warm weather, Farmers 7.8 | who visited the board said more im- 1.9 | provement was seen in the last four days in the oats fields than in the to | month previous, September opened lower at 82 eents and broke to 31% cents, bola . 2 gngngess Seue 298 2258 2203, Sheadsns ee pore ogs—Receipts, 6,231. The market was steady to 5 cente lower, closing weak. Representative sales: active and firm. Lambs range from $3.25 ; culls, $2.00@2.25; SHE WAS NOT INJURED. Nebraska Girl Blown from « Train Near Wilbur That Was Traveling 40 9 Miles an Hour, Chicago, July 15.—Cattle—Receipts, 4,- 000. Good to prime steers, $7.75 Something for Consideration, | DONT MISS IT. Owing to our limited amount of room we are going to close out our stock of GLASS AND QUEENSWARE. Our grocery business is getting so large we cannot give the glassware and queensware room wnd, therefore, will make the following prices. prices for produce. so don’t fail to get our prices queensware or not. We seli at bed rock prices. We also guarantee highest market Being unable to supply our butter and egg trade of the city, we are g going to pay higher for. them, on produce whether you want Our motto is Honest Weights and Honest Dealing and our prices do their own advertising. White ware strictly Ist. T-inch plates per set $ .35 Cups and saucers, handled teas 50 Set handled coffees 50 6-inch plates 28 Other white ware too numerous to quote at greatly recuced prices. We also have avery fine line of blue ware, Meakin’s semi-porcelain, the We also have the best line of glassware in the city. best on the market and of the latest pattern, We will also reduce prices on them. A few of our prices, Cups and saneers reg $ 80 now $ 65 Plates 8-inch - 80 now 62 Plates T-inch « 75 now\ 6 Plates 6-ineh * hOnow 40 | Plates 5-inch * 45 now 35 We have regular 5, 10, 15 and 20c assortments which we will sell the choice for 3, 7, 10 and 1de. Don’t miss these bargains as now is the time you need glass and queensware, NOR FLEET & REAM. West Side Square, where you get 3 loaves of bread for 10c. Passaic Breezes. Ben Walls bought anew hay baling machine last week. The base ball game-did not come off lust Saturday eve, Charley Kerr and wife through our village Saturday. Andy Clauneh, of Adrian, was drove ed, isa fine entertainer and its free, | Everybody cordially invited and hope to see all there, Give him afull house, Remember the dates, [twill do you good to come and bring your ) family or your best girl. Miss Lulu Conklin returned home from Ohio, Sunday, where she las steers, $4,006.75. Hogs--Receipts, 30,000. Mixed = and butchers, $7.75@8.00; bulk of sales, $7.00@ 1.%. Sheep—Receipts, 10,000. Good to choice wethers, $3.50@4.25; western sheep, $2.0@ 3.50; native lambs, $2.55q6.65. St. Louis Live Steek. St, Louis, July 15—Cattle—Receipts, 8,- 000, Beef steers, $607.65; stockers and feeders, $3.00G5.20; Texas steers, $3.00q 6.06. Hoge—Receipts, 2,00. Pigs and lights, $7.25@7.15; butchers, $7.90@8.20. Sheep—Receipts, 3,500. Natives, $3.00@ 4.15; lambs, $4.50@6.50. Omaha Live Stock. Omaha, July 15.—Cattle—Receipts, 4,- 000. Native steers, $%.00@8.00; western steers, $4.75@5.75; Texas steers, $4.30@6.10; stockers and feeders, $2.75@5.00. Hogs—Receipts, 3,000. Heavy, $7.75@8.00; bulk of sales, $7.70@7.90. Sheep—Receipts, 5,500. Yearlings, 3.00@ 4.00; lambs, $3.50@6.50. Kansas City Grain. Kansas City, July 15.—Wheat—Sales by sample on track: Hard—No. 2, Tic; No. 3, 61@7c. Omaha, Neb., July 15.—Miss Marie Karons, of this city, was blown from a train running 40 miles an hour, into a Nebraska cornfield, with grain promising 50 bushels an acre, last night and was uninjured, Miss Karons was going from one car to another, when the strong wind came up and she was suddenly lifted and carried about 20 feet in the alr and dropped in a cornfield, The fact that she was not injured is attrib- uted to the condition of the ground, made soft by recent rains, and that her skirts acted as a parachute in letting her down. WOMEN AS FEUDISTS. In 8t. Francols County, Mo., the Men of the Harris-Dooley Family Have Killed Each Other Of. Flat River, Mo., July 15.—As a re- sult of the well known Dooley-Harris feud Frank Harris shot and killed Soft—No. 2 7i%c; No. 3, 6%. William Dooley last night near Mixed Corn—No. 2, Gc; No. 3, ©@66e.| Loughboro. Last Wednesday Dooley White Corn—No. 2, &@de; No. 8 $4! shot William Harris, Frank's Mixed Oats—No. 2, @4ic; No. 3, Sic. White Oats—No. 2, 51@62c; No. 8, 6lo. Rye—No. 2, nominally 6c. Prairie Hay--$4.00@7.%; timothy, $6.00@ 12.00; clover, $6.50@7.50; alfalfa, $%.00@9. brother, on a train at Doe Run. Each family has sworn to kill the other and as most of the men have been killed already the women are taking up the fight. linseed meal, 27.00 ton in car lots. Chicage Cash Grain Chicago, July 15.—Wheat—No. 2 red, Mc; No. 3, T1@T2c; No. 2 hard winter, '8c; No. 3, 72c; No. 1 northern spring, 1éc; No. 2, To; No. 3, 70@74c. Corn—No. & @@Mc; No. 3, @6c. Oats—No. 2 6 4c; No. 3, 47@47%c. Futures: Wheat—July, 73%c; Septem- ber, Ti%c; December, T2%c; May, 73\c. Corn—July, %c; September, 59%4@50%c; December, 46%c; May, 43%c. Oats—July, 4c; new, 4740; September, Wc; ne Shc; December, 2%c; new, slic At Detroit in September. Washington, July 15.—Adjt. Gen. L. C. Dyer, of the Spanish war vet- erans, has received encouraging news concerning the coming encampment of the Spanish war veterans in De- troit next September. The date of the encampment is September 22-25, President Roosevelt will be there the 22d and after viewing the parade will make an address. The Spanish war veterans now have about 145,000 members in the United States. ? St. Loufa Casa Gratn. St. Louis, July 15.—Wheat—No. 2 red, cash, elevator, Wc; track, 704%@71%c; No. hard, 7%5@76c. Corn—No. 2 cash, 6lc; track, 65%c. Oats—No. 2 cash, and track, July, 86%; September, 27%e; No. 2 white, eye. Levee Broke at Keokuk, In. Keokuk, Ia., July 15.—The levee of the Keokuk Canning company broke yesterday and thousands of acres of cucumbers and tomatoes and 2,000 acres of ‘corn were flooded. . The cause of the flood was a cloudburst near Given, Ia., with a rainfall of five inches over a large section near the river, Kansas City Produce. Kansas City, July 15.—Eggs—Fresh, 140 , extra faucy separa- To Oppose Congressman Bentop. Carthage, Mo., July 15.-The repub- licans of the Fifteenth congressional district of Missouri met in convention here and nominated Theodore Lacaff, of Nevada, for congress by acclama- tion. H. L, Bright, of this city, was chairman of the convention, and F. B. Evans, of Pineville, secretary. Whisky Killed This Woman. Kansas City, Mo., July 15.—An au- topsy was held to determine the cause of death of Mrs. Edith Fraser, wife of Dr. A. H. Fraser, 531 Tracy avenue. The examination showed t Mrs. Fraser died of natural causes, a com- plication of diseases having been ag- gravated by alcoholism. ‘Wheatos on tne Retired List. fown helping his boys put up hay last Week, Herinan Homburg has a pet on his hand, Which greatly ititerferes with his work. Thos Zimmer had an attack of the tare (rabbit) fever last winter, and jast week the hay fever got quite w hold on him, came near getting him down, Road Boss Jake Maddy, so the boys say, is doing his very best to get a housekeeper. Chas. Larkins, who has been visit- ing his wife’s people, Cal Robinson's has returned to his jobas fireman on the Sedalia & Lexington. His wife and baby will follow later on, Packer & Zimmer are closing out their dry goods, notions, &e., at cost till Sept. 1. They will quit the dry goods business and handle groceries, hardware, implements, ete. Jas F Allen and children of Culver, has the syinpathy of their many friends in the death of wife and mother. Mr. Cowdry, of Adrian, visited the latter's folks kere (Uncle Billy Walls) afew days last week. He, Mr. €., leave soon for a point in Oregon, where he will locate if suited, so we hear. P & Zshipped a car load of hay from Adrian this week. Mr Chambers and Jno Jenkins hauled in baled hay for Geo Walls, sold to P. & Z., the hay shippers. Al Zwallen was over in Nabs creek country cutting oats last week. Mrs. Frank Lee and little girls took the train for Archie last week, where they go to visit relatives. Minnie Ray, from near Culver, vis- ited us last week, returning home Sunday. -Ed Winegardner, from near Bal- lard, was up after a load of Tath- well’s coal last Saturday, prepara: tory to threshing. WS Ray and family, from Shaw- nee, visited us Sunday. He reports crops good and land high. Geo Keirsey of Elkhart, who (as he thought) bought a farm east of Butler, failed to get a deed, we hear, @ woman in this case who would not sign the deed. So have hopes yet of his settling near here. Bryan Ave has some No. 1 musi- 8 residing thereon. Mr Crews and wife Sundayed at Uncle Eph Mosier’s. Rev. Ben Scott, from some un- known cause to us, failed to fill his' pulpit Sunday. Alonzo Lockard, who is home from Liberty on a vaca- tion, filled the pulpit. Hope he may teach the top. Jas Tathwell’s baby is sick to day. Charley Hackley and brother-in Elder Crutcher, of Harrisonville, will give a free lecture at the church here on the nights of 24th and 25th in behalf of the W. C. TA. comes highly recommend- re On July 3d, the Crescent Hotel, at Eureka Springs, opens an allyear- 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 host- | lery to.be found in the Southwest, Bod Candidates May Fight a Duel. Charleston, 8. (., July 13.—At the campaign meeting of the six candi- dates for the United States Senate at St. George, Colleton county, yes- terday, there was a war of words which may lead to a duel between Congressman A. ©, Latimer and ex- Governor John Gary Evans, two rival candidates for senator, Lati. mer, in his speech, said that Evans had once been his friend. He was in- terrupted by Evans, whosaid: “Lati- mer betrayed me like a dog.” Latimer, in retaliation, brought up the story of the $15,000 bond deal during Mr. Evans’ term as governor. Evans said in reply: “I denounce the man who repeats the rumor as a liar.” The men started toward each oth- er, but Sheriff Owens rushed in be- tween them, insisting that the court room wasno place for duels. To this Mr. Latimer agreed and Mr, Evans remarked that there was plenty of room outside and plenty of time in the future. Saves a Woman’s Life. To have given up would have meant death for Mrs. Lois Cragg, of Dorchester, Mass. For yearsshe had endured untold misery from a severe lung trouble and obstinate cough. “Often,” she writes, “I could scarcely breathe and sometimes could not speak. All doctors and remedies fail ed till I used Dr. King’s New Discov- ery for consumption and was com- pletely cured.” Sufferers from coughs, colds, throat and lung trouble need this grand remedy, for it never dis- appoints. Cure is guaranteed by H. L. Tucker. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bottles free. Good miik cow for sale. Enquire at this office. TREES. There is no crop more profitable or easy to cultivate than fruit trees. I am agent for the celebrated STAR NURSERIES, at Lees Summit and can take your orders for all of the best varieties of Apple, Peach, Pear, Plum ete. Also for small fruits such as Strawberries, Gooseberries, Uurrants, Grapes. ete The stock is guaranteed true to name and hardy. Persons wanting trees will get just what they order and they will get it fresh as the nurseries are but a short distance from this place. Call at Residence west Ft. Scott st. J I. DUNN, Butler Mo References:—Mo, State Bank, Bates County Bank and Farmer- Hanky HE’LL GET THE SEA BREEZE: King Edward Taken to Portsmouth and Pat Aboard the Royal Yacht Vic- torta and Albert. London, July 15.—King Edward left Victoria station ‘at 11:35 o'clock Tuesday for Portsmouth, where he was put aboard the royal yacht Vie- toria and Albert. The king was con- veyed from Buckingham palace to the railway station in an ambulance drawn by two horses. The only other occupant of the am- bulance was Queen Alexandra. The vehicle was driven at a walking pace. Although there was a small crowd at the station there was no demonstra- tion, in compliance with the express wish of the king. The doctors and nurses awaited the arrival of the ambulance and a party of blue jack- ets removed his majesty from the ve- hicle to a royal saloon car formerly used by the late Queen Victoria, Ab- solute privacy was secured by a lofty screen of red plush which surrounded the platform. The removal of his majesty from the train to the royal yacht safely accomplished by blue, j and the king's couch was placed in a reception room which had been es- pecially constructed on the upper deck, The warships in the harbor fired a royal salute as the ki barked and all the vessels dressed ship and manned yards or decks, The royal yacht steamed off almost imme- diately after the transfer was com- pleted, was ckets y em- CONTEST FOR “PRINCIPLE.” Only One-Half Cent an Hour Retween Striking Freight Handlers and Employ- ers and Neither Will Yield, Chicago, July 15.—EFight hundred policemen were held in’ resery Sat downtown stations or at the road warehouses Tuesday in anticipa- tion of an attempt to raise the em- bargo of freight oceasioned by the freight handlers’ strike and the sym pathe walk-out of the The situation was regarded as even more serious than yesterday, as the failure of the conferences is believed to mean that the merchants, who are suffering over $1,000,000 loss every day of the strike, will assume a deter Teamsters, of the teamsters after midn night, when it was arran the freight handlers should make one last proposition to the managers, the merchants changed their plains of ac- tion to await the result of the con- ferences. Few were found to express hope that these meetings between the men and their former employes would re- sult in peace, The men are in structed, among otler things to de- mand 17 1-2 cents an hour for truck- ers, and on this point the railroe have taken a decided stand, Seere- tary Driscoll, of the Team Owirers’ association, is quoted as stating that eight of the rai to pay 17 1-2 cents, but there would remain 18 still pledged to pay no more than 17 cents, oads were willing ROOSEVeLT MUST DECIDE, Gen, Chaffee Has Disapproved Sentence of the Court-Martial Which Acquitted Maj. Lyttleton T. Walter, Washington, July 15.- Gen, Chaf- fee's emphatic criticiesm of the tind- ing of the court-m al which ae- quitted Maj. Littleton F. Waller. who was tried for killing a number of Filipino: prisoners, has opened the entire question up again, The pa- in the hands of the president and an early report is ex- pected, The record shows that Maj, Waller was acquitted of the charge of murder, but that Gen. Chaffee, de- elaring that “there has been a mis- earrin of justice in the case,” dis- approves the finding and the acquit- tal, with the exception that, while Waller should not have been found guilly of murder, the court should have included a lesser offense, pers are now ve Remains of Lord Pauncefote Interred. London, July 15.—Memorial serv- ices for Lord Pauneefote, the late ambassador of Great Britain at W ington, were held at noon ‘Tues- day in the chapel Royal, St. James palace, All the members of the American embassy and many mem- bers of the government were ent. Simultaneously with the here the remains of Lord Paunecfote were interred in the churchyard of East Stoke, near Newark-upon-Trent, pres- reices For Mississipp! River. $10,607,622 Washington, July 15.—Maj. ©. MeD, Townsend has made his annual 1 port on the improvement of the Mis- sissippi river between the mouth of the Missouri and St. Paul, Minn. It shows total expenditure and appr priations from 1878 to date 622; estimated for the fiscal 1904, $1,030,0000. year Has Not Abandoned Survey. Ardmore, L. T., July 15.—Friseo railroad officials deny that they have abandoned the survey through the Chickasaw nation to Lawton, Ok. The Frisco, it is said, is seeking an outlet to connect with the Fort Worth & Denver. Vietory for World’s Fair Company. St. Louis, July 15.—United States Circuit Judge Sanborn denied the in- junction asked by Mrs, Laura Tesson against the Louisiana Purchase ex- position company to prevent the con- demnation of her property for ex- position purposes. Train Service Out of Topeka Resumod. Topeka, Kan., July 15.—The Kaw river is falling rapidly and business along the river front is resuming normal conditions. All trains are running again with slight delay. The Santa Fe is using the Union Pacific tracks cast. ROOT AND TAET Aan The Vatican’s Effort to Inject School Question into Friar Negotia- tions Will Fail. ADMINISTRATION'S COURSE IS FIXED. Proposition That Cath Charch Teachers Instract the Youth in the Pablic Schools Will Not Be Agreed to—Condemnation of Friar Lands by Judicial Process Is the Alternative. Washington, July 15.—Additional instructions were sent to Gov, Taft at Rome upon the return of Secretary Root from Oyster Bay, where he went Saturday to consult with Pres- ident Ro It concerning the nego- tiations with the vaticun with respeet to the questions involved in the proposal made by the United States that the friars be withdrawn from the Philippines, Notwithstanding the reports from Rome, said by the officials here to en te from church sources, to the effect that the negotiations include the question of church teaching In the public schools, it is positively said on the best authority that this qu tion does not form a part of the ne- gotiations, the vatican has sought to injeet this subject into the negotiations, but it has been diplomatically avoided by Gov. Taft in his replies, and he is to be told by Seeretary Root to make it clear to the council of cardinals that under the laws of the United States the “un be no recognition of church t ngs in the public On at least two ovcnsions schools, In view of this declaration, it is not thought likely that the United States will agree te the pr Gov, Taft that the prit the Philippines be church teachers, It is now determined to insist upon the withdrawal of the Spanish friars as dent to the final purchase of church lands in the ishinds, It is thought here that the ehurch will recognize the uselessness of re- ssition made to ry schools of conducted — by a condition preee- the een sisting the American terms, as in the event of a breaking off of the newotia tions the Philippine government. will take possession of the church prop- erty) by condemnation lingers, authorized by act of cony nd will make a settlement for it in such way that the friars will have to be withdrawn, prove AMERICANS PUZZLE THEM. Lower Freight Rates Than England Can Offer Will Secure Large Orders from the Transvaal. Johannesburg, Transvaal, July 15. —At wu meeting of the chamber of commerce Tuesday, called to meet the British trade commissioners, a member read a cable dispatch which he had received offering freight from New York to Natal at ten shillings per ton, Other” members of | the chamber said that they had received similar offers, This freight is not remunerative but is the outcome of competition, It is 2ls 3d below the lowest freight rate from England. The merchants do not see how the able to Nevertheless, Ame Ss are offer such low rates, they are overhauling their sfock to see what they can order in the United States. A majority of the members of the executive committee of m are ad- vocating a coast duty of 5s to 7s 6d per case of dynamite in order to pro- teet the local factory. The proposal is strongly opposed as tending to create a® worse monopoly than ex- isted during the Kruger regime and to establish a precedent in the di- rection of protection. LOTS WILL BE SOLD. Federal Judge Refuses Lojanction Asked for by Owners of Groand on Creek Nation Townsites. Muskogee, 1. T., daly 15.—Judge Raymond rendered a decision refus- ing the injunction a 1 by the new towns along the ‘Frisco railroad to prevent the Creek Townsite —com- mission from selling unimproved lots in those places at) publie auction. The decision affected the towns of Mounds, Beggs, Okmul- gee, Winchell, Henrietta, Alabama, Wetumka and Foster. The injunetion by owners of ground that ide by the Dawes commis- s townsite property, all lots unimproved to be sold at publie aue- tion, They fought on the ground of misconstruction of the law, the land- owners claiming the right to all such property oat — appraisement prices. 2.200 lots in sion Missourt Retall Grocers. Kansas City, Mo. July 15,—The third-annual convention of the Mis- souri Retail Merchants’ and Grocers’ association began in Music hall Tues- day. Nearly 100 delegates were pres- ent when George A. Bond, president of the local association, called the convention to order. Rey, Stephen A. Northrup offered a prayer and Mayor Reed delivered gn address of welcome, Farmer Shot at School-Teacher, Nevada, Mo., July 15.—On the pub- lie square here W. E. Hill, a promi- nent farmer, shot twice at Prof. Ira Benson, a school-teacher at Walker. Both shots went wild. Hill was ar- rested, The shooting was the result of an old feud. Opened with a Parade Denver, Col, July 15.—With a pa- rade and pontifical high mass, the biennial natioanl convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians began Tuesday, 2 oer