The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 13, 1902, Page 10

Virginia Items. We heard it and jotted it down, Y What happened in and out of town Mrs. Geo. Thompson spent last week at Hume doctoring. Her health has been failing for some time. Miss Mamie Boyer, who has been with her sister in Kansas City the past six weeks, returned to her home list. week. Mother Witherspoon died Tuesday Nov. 4. She had beenin poor health tor a number of years. She was born in Tennessee 76 years ago. She joined the church in early girlhood, and hasever since been an active worker in her Mester’s vineyard. We have known Mother Witherspoon for 23 years Her house was the home of the Free Methodist preach ers during that time and how much longer we know not. Her husband died 25 years ago, and since then a son and daughter have passed over. She was dearly loved by all her neighbors. Funeral services were held at her home, conducted by her pastor, after which the remains were laid to rest in the Forbes grave yard near Vinton. Frank Zinn’s little girl, who has been very sick with fever for some time, is reported much better, Rey. Bertha J. Bowers of Trenton, Mo., in the employ of the W. €. T. U. spoke at Virginia Friday night and Saturday night, Sunday morning and night. Her lectures were grand and to the point. 1 wish some of the late speakers in the campaign had been there and heard her. They surely would have prepared different kind of speeches for the next cam- paign, especially thechurch members. The Virginia band rendered some fine music, for which the lady thanked them. She organized a W.C,. T. U. which we hope will continue to work for the uplitting of young men and women. They will hold their first meeting Saturday night at the church. They are after the old meu who use tobacco, That is where to commence, example is what the young people want. Miss ley Jenkins visited Miss Clara Dillon and Mra. M D. Maloney, Miss Dillon leaves Thursday for her home at Pasis, Ill, after a four months’ visit with her aunt and other rela- tives. Frank Adison, of Panama, was in Virginia Saturday of last week. He purchased a red hog. Judge and Mra. J. W. McFadden entertained Miss Bower while she was in Virginia talking prohibition. One Prohibitionist voted last Tues- day for T. K. Lisle. Some on the other side think it strange that he did so. We know not who the per- son was, but do know that the Dem- ocrate were the orig, nal prohibition- ists from 1848 to 1854 when another party came into power repealed the Democratic laws. I don’t blame a person for not voting wfth a party which is running 260,000 saloons to- day in the United States and who got up the infernal system in 1862 of taking a revenue of the appetite of the men and women of the United Sates. We believe he chose wisely between the two old parties; help the men that needed help is the golden rule. The people of Virginia were shock- _ed last Wednesday when the mail hack stopped at the office with a dead man, who had died on the road from Butler. The man was Ed Penny who had gone to Butler with the mail man full of life and health and was brought back dead. He hed served in the Philippine war, return- ing last spring to his home at Am oret. He was to have been married this winter, the lady attended the funeral. Dr. Renick held an inquest at Amoret Thursday. Mrs. G. W. Park is still confined to her home with an injured knee. AARON. A Startling Surprise. & Very few could believe in looking at A. T. Hoadley, a healthy, robust blacksmith of Tilden, Ind., that for ten yeare he suffered such tortures from rheumatism as few couldendure and live. But a wonderful change followed his taking Electric Bitters. “Two bottles wholly cured me,” he writes, ‘and I have not felt a twin; in overa year.” The; late the kidneys, purify the bi and cure rheumatism, neuralgia, nervousness, improve digestion and give perfect health. Try them. Only 50 cts at H. L. Tucker’s drug store. Farm Loans At verylow rates. No delay. Mone; ready. Any land owner — Bn “4 borrow will find it to his advantage to call and get our rates. Tar Watton Trust Company, Butler, Mo. For Sate—A choice list of farms. Call or weite Sor peines and terme. A. 58. MILLHORN, Estate Ag’t, Butler, Mo. If Money for Purchase of Panama Canal Is Not Expended Soon It Will Lapse. GREAT ENTERPRISE NEAR A CRISIS. All Appropriations Not Used Before the 4th of March Cannot Be Used—Colom- bia Is Unable to Ratify a Treaty Be- cause It Has Had NO Legislative Body for Three Years. Washington, Nov. 11.—Senator Harris, of Kansas, a member of the senate committee on interoceanic canals, expressed his opinion in dis- cussing the canal situation that if President Roosevelt does not expend any of the $40,000,000 appropriated at the last session of congress for the purchase of the property of the Pan- ama Canal company before March 4 next, the date of the expiration of the Fifty-seventh congress, the en- tire appropriation will lapse, and a new law will have to be enacted, and a new appropriation made if the negotiations are to be carried on after that time, Mr, Harris declared that it was a well-known fact that all appropriations made by congress, if not used in part or in full, lapse with the expiration of that congress, In discussing the likelihood of a pay- ment of some portion of the $40,000,- 000 before the 4th of March, the sen- ator called attention to the fact that before the property could be acquired a treaty would have to be ratified by the senate of the United States and by the legislative body of the Colom- bian government. The Colombian government has had no _ legislative body for three years and is now in a state of revolution, It would seem, therefore, almost au impossibility for the president to have a treaty nego- tiated and ratified by the two govern- ments in the short time now remain ing before the expiration of the pres- ent congress, MASON FREE, NEGRO HELD. The Sensational Morton and McPhee Mar- der Cases at New Cambridge, Mass., Take a Sensational Turn, Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 11.—The dis- charge of Alan G, Mason, the Boston club man, accused of the murder of Clara A. Morton, of Waverly, a week ago last Sunday night, occurred Tues- day. The governmeat lawyer an- nounced that an investigation had failed to disclose evidence suilicient to hold the accused man and ordered the discharge of Mason. Almost imme- diately George L, O. Perry, a young negro, who had been held as a wit- ness against Mason, was charged with the murder of Miss Morton. He pleaded not guilty and was remanded without bail for a hearing November 18, After his release, Mason held an informal reception and after a short time was driven to his home in Bos- ton, {Preacher Elopes with Young Girl. Morehead, Ky., Nov, 11.—Great_ ex- citement has been created by the ar- rest and return to this city of Charles Cox, a well-known minister and edu- cator, who eloped from here with the 17-year-old laughter of Columbus Quissey, a prominent citizen of More- head, The couple were apprehended at Olive Hill, in Carter county, and brought back. Cox has a wife and five children, and occupied a high po- sition in the community. Cross Will Contest Election. Oklahoma City, Ok. Nov, 11.—Wil- liam Cross, the defeated democratic candidate far delegate to congress, will contest McGuire, the republican candidate. Returns show Mc(iuire 350 ahead, but Cross claims that five townships in Comanche county were illegally thrown out, which, if count- -ed, would give him-78-majority,—— He May Be a Fraud. Decatur, Ala., Nov. 11.—For several days past a negro has been in this locality advising negroes to leave Ala- bama and go to Liberia, Africa. ‘Thus far he has succeeded in getting about 100 families to promise to go with him. He is charging them a fee of $2, and some say he is a fraud. Lawton to Have Waterworks. Lawton, Ok. Nov. 11—The city council has awarded the contract for a waterworks system to cost $104,- 958. Nine miles of mains will be laid. The United States government pay, for the system from money deriv from the sale of town lots. Girl Killed a Negro Burglar. Poplar Bluff, Mo., Nov. 11.—Miss Lula Dees shot and killed Sumner Johnson, a negro, when he was at- tempting to force an entrance into her home. Johnson has a brother in the penitentiary for an attack on an- other white woman. . Tariff Subordinated to Trusts. Washington, Nov. 11.—The presi- dent’s message will unquestionably deal with both the control of trusts and the revision of the tariff; bat the tariff question will be subordinated in a most marked manner to that of the trusts. A Horse Broke His Neck, Poplar Bluff, Mo., Nov. 11—John Walter, a wealthy farmer near here, was thrown from his horse while chasing cattle. His neck was broken and he died. He settled in this county in 1840. Farmers to Try Butler Columbia, Mo., Nov. 11.—-The jury to try Col. Ed Butler, of St. Louis, COLOMBIA MUST Be GK HYPAOIN AS & TEST TS a eee eet Pusey | Georgia Officers Resorted to Unu- sual Method to Extort Partic- ulars of a Crime. ILLITERATE NEGRO WAS THE SUBJECT. He Had Confessed to Two Murders, Bat Al- leged That a White Man Hired Him to Commit the Deeds—After Being Pat inte a Trance He Contirmed the Story Previously Told. Savannah, Ga., Nov, 11—Hypnotism has been appliec a test toa former convict named Miller, a negro who confessed to the murder of Bourquin and his colored body serv- ant. Miller claimed that he was hired by a white man to kill Bour- quin, His confession has been gen- erally regarded as a pure fabrication ind he was put under hypnotic intlu- ence in order to prove or disprove his strange story, Miller in his trance said he did not fire the shots that killed Bourquin, but that he heard them and knew who fired them, He was put into a buggy with two officers and made to go through what he alleges to have been in connection with the tragedy. Still in a trance he drove into the country and pointed out the exact locality where he claims the shoot- ing occurred, Miller deseribed — mi- nutely four men who, according to his story, murdered Bourquin, Miller is illiterate, being able neither to read or write, His story is not believed to be ‘true in spite of its apparent hypnotic confirmation, as Gugie CHAFFEE ItS HOME AGAIN, After ‘Three Years in the Far East He Reaches San Francisco, Though Voy- age Was Pertlous, San Francisco, Noy, 11.—The United States transport Sumner arrived in port this evening from the Philip- pines, after a most stormy and peril Gus voyage. Shortly after leaving Yokohama the vessel encountered one of those terrific storms peculiar to Asiatic waters—the typhoon, were smashed, portions of her rig- wing carried away, and during the night-of the storm a-inunch wes tort from its fastenings and struck Mrs. Chatfee’s stateroom with — terrific torce. On board the babeiryta dhabeh Gen, Adna R, Chaftee and wife, and Vice Gov. Wright, of the Philippine commission, acompanied by Mrs. Wright. Gen, Chaffee has been ab- sent from the country for over three years, during which time duty called him to Cuba, to China, and to the Philippines. His services in China were such that he was recognized the world over as a tactician of wonder- ful knowledge and _ force, and a diplomat of unusual ability. To Gen, Chaffee’s efforts was due the speedy and peaceful settlement of the Chi- nese diffietity, and in recognition of his services in China he was detailed to go to the Philippines to bring about a more harmonious condition Boats She Wouldn't Return to Him. Aurora, Mo., Nov. 11.—Lynn Wil- liamson shot and fatally wounded his wife here yesterday evening, board- ed a westbound ‘Frisco train and escaped. Mrs. Williamson recently went to Kansas City, where she ob- tained a divorce. She returned to Aurora for a visit and Williamson asked her to live with him again. When she refused he drew a revolver and shot her, the ball passing through the abdomen. Smaller Guns Are Booming Cannon, Chicago, Nov. 11.—A majority of the Illinois delegation to congress gathered here yesterday and indorsed Congressman Cannon, of the Eight- eenth Illinois district, for speaker of the house of representatives to suc- ceed Speaker Henderson. “A com- mittee, with Congressman Mann as chairman, was appointed to further Cannon's interests. Boys Were Cleaning a Gun. Ottumwa, Ia., Nov. 11—Frank Per- kins, 17 years‘ of age, is dead; Asa Noe, 20 years old, is minus a hand; Oliver Fothergill has a bullet in his thigh and Frank Cejka may die as the result of a careless examination of shotguns by the four youths. The boys were cleaning the guns prepara- tory to going hunting. Spectacular Fire on Big Bridge. New York, Nov, 11.—The new East river bridge, in process of construc- tion between New York and Brook- lyn, was damaged to the amount of at least $500,000 last night by a fire that for four hours raged 355 feet in the air, on the summit of the great stecl tower on the New York side. A Suicide at 82, Salt Lake City, Nov. 11.—A special to the Tribune from Wellsville, Utah, says: William Richards, aged 82, of Wellsville, committed suicide yester- day afternoon by hanging. He was a veteran of the Crimean war. Bradford Urges Gov Washington, Nov, 11—Government control of all wireless telegraph sta- tions along the coasts of the United States is recommended by Rear Ad- miral Royal B, Bradford, chief of the bureau of equipment, in his annual report. Stole $2,000 in Silver. Denver, Col., Nov. 11.—A special to the News from Tucson, Amiz., says three masked men held up the office Pree ee We ees aa none tne bd . has most remarkable tonic proper- Ayer Ss ties for all who live in malarial dis- Malaria and tricts. A never-failing remedy for Asue Cvre all malarial diseases. ‘ries, BB. ASK YOUR WIE? And she will tell you who has the largest and beat assorted line of imported and domestic chinaware. We bought it right and are eell- ing it right and are selling it at lower prices than ever before. Come in and look it over, This will bea Great Winter for Weddings And there is nothing nicer for a present than CHINAWARE, And then Christimas will soon be here. You have been prosp: rous, Come and buy your wife that new set of dishes you promised her. The Election is Over, And you all know why it went the way it did. It did not suit all of us, but let’s be sweet and try and make ourselves comfortable for the winter, You Will Need A good substantial, up-to-date heater, What is the matter with the Wilson heater, amd for something more elaborate, see the stove that (SSD aA tukes all the Gold Medals wherever shown— The Garland Oak, We need hardly mention the Peoria Round Oaks, as well! as wood heat- ers, for one-half of the children in Bates Co. have—been_warmed_ by their_pleasant—heat; there is one of them in Butler that has been burnt. steadily for twenty-one winters, and we expect to celebrate its silver wedding four years fram now, We have an elegant stock of groceries, fruits—canned, dried and fresh rom the tree. Meats of all kinds. We carry the largest stock of hardware, pumps, har- mesa and robes in the county and big three in wagons are still rolling out of our ware- house; Schutler, Mitchell and Moline, Highest prices paid for seed, and all coun- try produce. We want some fine turkeys for Thankegiving. Your friends, Bennett-Wheeler Merc, Co, pp fSSSSSS SA SSS SS SS SS ASS AASSASSSSSDASASDSSSSSSSSASSASSSSSSSSASSSSSIAP SSSSS = SILDADDADSDADILDASDALD La | : | 3 , On FarmLoans ! DUVALL & PERCIVAL, BUTLER, MO. ffer inducements in the matter of wo DISTINGUISHED GUESTS. dent (Cleveland ennai Roosevelt and Cleveland Deltvered Greases at Dedication of New York Chamber of Commerce building. Ad New York, Nov. 11.—With the presi- dent (Roosevelt) and a former. presi- ) of the L nited States nd with rep- as its guests of honor @ resentatives of foreign & wernments and other distinguished persons, th New York Chamber of Commerce f mally dedicated its building in this city to-day, The new building, 8 handsome structure of white marble, is situated in Liberty street between Nassau and Broadway. The proceed- ings were opened with a) prayer of dedication by Rev. Morgan Dix, rector of Trinity church, An address of wel- come by Morris K. Jessup, president of the chamber, followed, and then the oration of the day was delivered by Former President Grover Cleve- land. The address of President Roose velt followed, and was brief. When Mr. Cleveland rose to speak he was greeted with loud cheers from the assemblage, and several times in his speech he was interrupted by ap- plause. At the conclusion of Mr. Cleveland’s address, Morris K. Jessup, president of the chamber, announced that President Roosevelt, although reserving his address for the banquet in the evening, had consented to a few words, As President Roosevel stepped forward to address the cham- ber, the whole assemblage rose and* cheered, Towa May Save Building, Des Moines, Ia., Nov, 11.—The state of Towa is going to make an effort to make a partial saving on the building which will stand for the state at the Louisiana Purchase exposition in St. Louis in 1904 A building is to be erected with special reference to hav- ing it so construeted that it can be moved into Lowa after the exposition is over, and with a view to having it as useful as possible after it Is re moved to Iowa and erected again, ————_ 4 Greeting to the Bankers. New Orleans, Nov, 11.—The Ameri ean Bankers’ association began its annual meeting here Tuesday, Ad- dresses of welcome were made by Acting Mayor Melle, City Attorney Gilmore, on behalf of the city; Prof, W. C. Stubbs, on behalf of Gov, Heard, os and R. M. Walmsley, of the clearing 4 house association, on behalf of the = ¢ local bankers. President Herrick ree 4p / plied to the welcomes and delivered ¥), / his annual report. pe #) Horrified Spectators Saw Him Die. ’ ¥ Chariton, Ia., Nov, 11.—Hundreds of horrified spectators saw Thomas Baxter, an aged resident of Chariton, cremated in a fire which destroyed his residence Jast night. The blazing body could be seen through the win- dows of the burning house, There is much mystery surrounding the case and it is thought he was murdered and the house set on fire to conceal the crime. i + Missoarl Town Votes to Advance. Linneus, Mo., Nov. 11.—The city of Linneus has just voted to erect an electric light plant, buy and improve @ elty park and purchase a fire en- gine, al} to be owned and managed by the city. Tjyneus has just built a née, Modern schoolhouse, paid the — last bond on the city hall and expectg to have her electric light plant in operation by Christmun, tA Probably a Compromise. Washington, Nov, 11.--It is freely peosicted in diplomatic -circles that on the jgriff rebate to be allowed upon Cuban suguy and tobacco enter- ing the United States theye will be a f compromise between the 25 per cen ff which the United States einernmenh is wiling ta allow, and the 50 per cen which the Cubang demand, Polled Triggers with 9 Poker. : Bloeminygton, Tl,, Nov. 11.—A horrs ble suicide of a wedithy farmer, Johp Werner, of near Mason City, was dis- covered this morning. He blew out his heart with a shotgun. After plac ha PRP ERRRA RERLPDLF FEE DAFA long time, easy payments, tiberat terms and fair treatment. PARR EREREAER Diane PPEPE ARERR LLDPE PDPDP AA OP PRP PLELPPIPP PS OUR GREATEST NEED in a financial way just now is alarger demand for loans. We havea large aurplus, which is steadily growing larger. The situation, therefore, compels us to again announce that we are in need of desirableloang. The terms and conditions of our loaning are such as to make them acceptable to all good borrowers. MISSOURI STATE BANK: Lynching is imminent. Luck in Thirteen, Annjstop, Ala., November 8.—The} By sending 13 miles Wm. Spirey. state troops have been ordered out | of Waltun Furnace, Vt., got u box of here to prevent the lynehing of @ pooner seg Arnica Salve, that wholly negro who attacked Mrs. Williamy Hosting ele sce ea eetivety anene and who is said to have been caught} Hrujseg, pelo) ate i ulcers, near Anniston. A mob of 1,000isat | b ieee Only d Ae hy. Packer, | Boke Perse? Star oo ing the muzzle of the weapon against hig heart, and the butt of the gun on os the floop, he pulled both triggers with cy @ poker. , tg . Nolselens Elevated Traing, ; Bloomington, Ill,, Noy, 11—A Bloomington inventor, James Keeran, thinks that he has solved the probe lem of noiseless elevated trains. He has invented a wooden wheel which ja now being given a test on one of, fhe elevated lines of Chicago and o whieh great things are predicted, Cajl for Single Statehood Conven| Oklahoma City, Ok., Nov. ‘11. 8 executive committee of the Bingle Statehood association of Oklahoma and Indian territory met here and voted to call a convention to be held at Claremore, I. T., on Wednesday, Pegember 3, The call was issued for 500 delegates, Not Frisnaly to the . 5 Jondon, Nov. nthe Eoeiieh presg eantinyes to regard the German em: peror’s visit with suspicion and dig- trust, He is not lampooned op caricar tured, but it is generally assumed 1 he is here for business purposes and must not be allowed tu have what he wants. — Lacroned Has Made a Confession. ‘ ‘ankfort, Ky., Noy. ¥outsey, convigt in het pierel 5 nerving a life sentence for the Gob : bel murder, has signed a confession one os ragged of the plot and the confession is in the h state attorneys, peer Lay Not Up Treasures on Earth, - Columbia,.Mo., Nov. 11—The home of Rev. Winders, pastor of the Chi tian church, was entered and a Ree ee a