The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 15, 1903, Page 1

VERY LARGE SURPLUS. Tt has always been the policy of this bank to carry a large amount of © available cash, but at this time our surplus is unusually large. Parties desiring loans can be accommodated. MISSOURI STATE BANK. Capital $55,000, Surplus and undivided profits $10,400. < |e Yan Vw SB Se Yo Vw Wn Yon Wo Ke 5B oo § SBOE OB 5B 8B SR OB OE CBR OB OR OG SoG 7G OGG OG OG rg CGS, mana ’ ‘ ON FARM LOANS DUVALL & PERCIVAL, | BUTLER, MO. offer inducements in the matter of long time, easy payments, liberal terms and fair treatment. zinger’s last Friday night was a de- - pie cided success and enjoyed by all pres- Jefferson City, Jan, 10,—Division ee : y ake No. 2 of the supreme court met yes- | Pel toe r * |) James Harvey will give a social terday for opinions and handed down | ie 7 eg deciion in: the case ch-the atate: hop next Tuesday night, Jan. 13th, fait iohe Vinso, oh Taaesenoe We hope James success and a jolly acu be , county, affirming the decision of the |"™™@ Bronte John Vinso Must Hang. HE OPERATED IN BATES. Madrid, Jan. 11.—As King Alfonso Strange Developments in Case of a were returning from church this af- Book Agent Fraud, ternoon, a man whoafterwards gave One W. B, Lawrence, a book agent his name as Feito, fired a pistol at fraud, was recently convicted at|0B¢ Of the carriages in the royal pro- Trenton, Mo., and sentenced to two| cession. The bullet went wild and yearsin the penitentiary, Hisscheme|®° One was injured. The king heard was to sell libraries to county dis- |the shot and put his head out of the | trict school boards. He operated |°@fiage window, but he was imme- somein Bates county and the follow-| diately dragged back into the seat! ing respecting him from the St. by the queen mother. The escort of Attempt to Assassinate King of Spain. the dowager queen and the court | noo wae nome BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1903, a. 72. NO SUGGESTIONS. Mr. E, D, Kirr, Casbier, Kutler, Missouri. Dear Sir— The report of the examination of your bank, mate Wcrober «t by State Kank Examiner (, T, HKunce has been submitted to this Department, ‘The condition of your bour bank is first class; its earning capacity A. 1; and management active, conservative and eMcient and fally meeting all the requirements of the Department, No recommendations or suggestions to offer Vory traly yours, SAM B. COOK, Joseph Gazette will be read with in-|°!¥il guards threw themselves upon terest by those directors who were | te Would-be asssassin and overpow- “taken in” by him: ered him. ; ; “Few people outside of Cameron _Feito was taken to the police sta- know that W. B, Lawrence, who has| tion where he said he did not desire just been sentenced to the peniten-| *° kill the king but the grand cham- tiary from Trenton, Mo., for alleged berlain, Duke Sotomayor, at whose school book swindles, is one of the carriage he aimed. He was searched strangest characters known to legal and in his pocket were found unmail- annals. Whether he is a criminal, or |®4 letters marked “registered” and an innocent misjudged man hae nev- addressed to President Roosevelt, er been satisfactorily settled by the|King Edward, the Emperor of Ger- people of this section with whom he}|™&2y and the president of the high has passed the greater part of his court of justice at Mexico, and also life. receipts for a number of registered For years Barney Lawrence, as he letters, and the visiting card of the was familiarly known, taught in the| mayor of Madrid. country schoola, and came to be re-| Feito later was put under exami- gurded as one of the brightest and nation by the magistrate to whom most talented citizen, Some time| le repeated the statement as to the ago, however, it began to be rumor. | Object of his shooting. He insisted ed that he possessed a mysterious he was not an anarchist and said his magnetism, and that his pupils and wile, @ mr Piuoh wombay) had continu others were frequently victims of his him in a hinatic asylum, hypnotic influence, Lawrence aban- doned school teaching, and engaged exclusively in inducing his frienda|” Chicago, Hl, Jan, 11 heretostake him withsmallamounts| blizzard and the coal “famine” of capital in various enterprises of a] brought keen distress to thousan Dying For Want of Coal. A severe operations along the line apparently | weather is likely to continue for sev- brought him little income, he main-]eral days with consequences in death tained one of the most luxurious and |.and suffering that are little short of extravagant homes in Cameron. appalling. The efforts of the state Lawrence's first sensational news-|and city authorities and a special making was in connection with hyp-|grand jury have been ineffective in notiam and suicide. That was when | relieving the fuel shortage, notwith- he begun the selling of libraries to|standing the fact that miles and “scheme” character, Though his} of families in Chicago to-day, Zero | lower court and sentencing the defend- ant to be executed February 15 for the murder of William Ward. Vinso killed Ward at the depot in Pierce Stops the Cold and Works off the Cold. Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day. No cure, no country sehool boards, for which Lawrence was convicted in the crimi- nalcourt in Trenton lust week. Law- City, October 13, 1901, by crushing | pay. Price 25 cents. his skull with a rock, Ward wasa Abystander on the depot platform, when Vinso attempted to pick a} oan ga Chas, Rice, D. Clark, Harry Martin the defendant hurled u rock which he | #24 Chas. Collins, arrested at Rich had concealed under his coat and | Hill, charged with stealing merehan- struck Ward an the head, thewound | “ise, were locked in jail Monday. resulting in his death. | Sheriff Joe T. Smith and deputy D : 1). MeCann left for Jefferson City Monday in charge of two prisoners sentenced to the penitentiary at the Court House Notes. Four men, giving their names as Wonderful Nerve. ons aa C rt ematrendur- rena * Tedisptryed by sdiaat ipdlgpaoncgacide tl recent term of circuit court. ing pains of accidental cuts, wounds, broises, burns, sealds, sore feet or Bud Anderson, colored, who took stiff joints. But there’s no need for | advantage of a negro girl under the it. Bucklon’s Arnica Salve will kill age of 18 years, goes for two years. jo sag = cure = —— a 8 | Anderson after committing the crime the besi salve on earth for piles, tdo. | eae J ; : | marrie was paroled by Q5e, at H. L. bucker’s Drug Store, | MT d the girl, and was paroled by | Judge Graves, but the courtlearning of hisintention to abuse the privilege : granted him enforced the original Health reasonably good. | omer. Miss Goldie Kretzinger is better of | Geo. W. Hawk, who a short time her illness, and hopes 7 oe om | ago stole a fine horse from Dr. Bates The BOW BU URIS: HBL Ween WBE ; at Adrian, and who was captured a ” — pe eure ai): Vashos wore day or so later in possession of the lessrs. George and 1D. Vanhoy were ype Mrs. J.B animal at a small town near Kansas ee en Oe -*: ©: ey, seen guilty to the charge of Newberry, Sunday. horse stealing and will spend three I. M. Kretzinger was transacting y xs | Years in the pen for his folly. i Wed =” a wit PROBATE COURT PROCEEDINGS. The supper given by the Woodman | Letters testamentary were grant- Lodge of Spruce Thursday night was ed on estate of ©. C, Benton, Zach L. a decided success, About two hun- | Benton, executor. dred people were in attendance, The| ¢ eee issued to take proof of Negro Ministrel troupe furnished will of E. B. Conrad, deceased. ; some excellent music for the occa- D. V. Brown appointed guardian sion. of E. Burrell Sells et al minors. Miss Cordia Keen, who has been| Letter administrator granted Al. Bcctiec in the Bazar store at Butler | McCracken on estate of Robt. Me- for sometime, isat homeagain, | Cracken, _ ; We understand there is to bea box | __ Letters testamentary were issued supper at Enterprise school house W. W. Sherman on estate of Daniel next Thursday night. Sherman, deceased. Tola Newberry spent last Thursday and Friday with her parents, Sam | Drake | It’s the old story of “murder will ; . SE Miss Olive | OUt” Only in’ this case there’s no Mrs. Chas. ag = ~ rm : crime, A woman feels run down, has Simpson spent Thursday with Miss | backache or dyspepsia and thinks » Spruce Items, Tried to Conceal It. rence induced the editor of the “Cam- eron Sun” to become his partner in the enterprise, with the contract, the former was to seil the books, while the deliveries were to be made by the latter. After a time purchasers be- gau to demand of the editor that he| deliver the books for which Lawrence had been paid. Presently the editor id dead presumably having commit te was fo Isnicide, Lawrence issaid to have held and collected insurance tearried on the life of his partner, The next man to fall beneath the strange influence of Lawrence wasan ex prosecuting attorney of Dekalb county, who had rece tly come with rence method had now become a theme of public gossip, and the at:| torney’s family plead with him to sever his partnership with the book, salesman, but despite his own will he continued to accompany Lawrence on his book-selling trips, One cay the wife of the unfortunate man re- ceived a telegram from Lawrence stating that her husband was seri- ously ill in Topeka, and that money was needed to care for him. The wife sent transportation and demanded thereturn of her husband. Hearriy- edsick and a few days afterward shot and killed himself in bed. The widow then found that her husband’s life insurance had been transferred mak- iog Lawrence the beneficiary. The insurance company with held pay- ment and the matter is now in litiga- tion. Though arrested several times be- foreon a charge of swindling pur- chavers of books. Lawrence has al- ways been able to squash the indict- ments on the ground that not him- self, but the man who committed his family to Cameron. The Law-|be in working miles of curs loaded with coal and billed for Chicago are lying on the tracks of several railroads within an hour’s haul of the city, President to Send Wireless Message. Washington, Jan. 10.—President Roosevelt. today. consented to-pre- pare and have transmitted over his signature the first formal m by wireless telegraphy acros Atlantic ocean. The message will be directed to King Edward, of Great Britain. Major Flood-Page, therep resentative in this country of Mar- POOR, War prone tied fac the japeni dente and requested him formally to open the public work of Cape with a message, and he pr do so. It is expeete x order in i days. “ve Lost Ten Pounds” A man says. . “Look at this.” And he is. There are some people who can lose fat to advantage, but the loss of fiesh is one of the accepted evidences of failing health. As flesh-making processes begin in the stomach, so naturally when there is loss of flesh we look first to the stomach for the cause. And the cause is gen- erally found to be tml disease of the Hf} stomach and di- gestive and nutri- tive tracts, result- } ing in loss of nu- trition and conse- quent physical weakness. Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical | Discovery restores We the lost flesh by ] curing diseases of Wm the stomach and other organs of digestion and nu- trition and ena- bling the perfect | VN Nah suicide had contracted to deliver the goods, He made the plea at his re-} eent triatin frenton, ‘but it is clair ; ed that unicalities were iynored | and the matter railroaded to the Alice Carver, who is visiting at the | it’s nothing and tries to hide it until home of Mrs. Chambers. | she finally breaks down, Don’t de- Miss Alice Raybourn spent afew | ceive yourself. Take Electric Bitters dave of last week with her aunt, Mrs, | at once. It has a reputation forcur- ~ $B. Newberry. ing stomach, liver and kidney trou- “Claude Lampkin was calling on bles and will revivify your whole sys ; ds in this community Friday. tem. The worst forms of those meala- "Mrs. James Harvey was the guest | dies will quickly yield to the curative . yatter- | power of Electric Bitters. Only 50c, ofGrandma KretzingerSunday after- | Pit guaranteed by H. L. Tucker, “Phe oyster supper at I. M. Kret- pp = jury. Is Lawrence the vietin of circum. ! stances aud things ouly apparent, or is he a remarkable hypnotist and! eriiuinal? This is what the people are now asking.” if Sehraetacet rane | Wantep —All the old feather beds! in Bates county. Lre Cutyer, 6tf West Side Square. Hii i | digestion and as- similation of food from which flesh ait strengilr are for led of the entire five Unger, of Meconti affected, and she days but only receis got very poor in flesh and of Dr. Pi s our druggist an si like a new wor it p with stomach and f "Her heart was ative every few t one bottle ing. Has gained fifteen poundsin waght.” | Call or write for prices and terms. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con- stipation and biliousness. sound is heard, station | over-laps his coat to show how loose it | 2p transportation ta west uty relief. She | Secretary of State DIRECTORS. RK. A. KENNETT, President, E.D *P, Cashier A. L, MeBRIDE, Vice Prea, G. W. NEWBERRY, Ass t Cash Joseph McKibben, Clark Wix, Dr. J. W. Choate, W. 5. Tyler, J.J. McKee, W.F. Tyler, OU, A. Heinlein. We Want Your Business, Virginia Items. Whereas We heard it and jotted it down, What happened in and out of town, loner” ; Emmett Burke's child died Jan. | Sth and was buried in the Virginia |} graveyard on the {th Mrs. George Thompson stayed in Hume last week, She is under the eure of Dr, Chastan She is resting much better than slie did Miss Rachel Park days in Rich Hill with her siste (Pyle, and attending the Salvati i} A ‘army meet ings, Miss ley Jenkins spent Saturday aud Sunday with her uncle George, south of Butler, Quite a number of lind buyers in Virginia lust week, Will Heekadon moved east of Bute ler last week, Emmet Burke moved to the Mike Maloney farm Monday. Isaac Park made @ business trip to) she a head | heirs of iy Lees Summit Friday, Jants Int Judge McePadden was nlling his ice | andor above house Monday. | Tereole John Hussey, of Merwin, came | down Monday to look after the dig- | beiween ths ging of George Pilgrim's grave and day at the w arrange for the funera! The telephone poles are still laying | where they were dropped and not a 1 Geo. Ruole has his gouse lighte | jand heated by } strong flow in his new well an thought that Virginia rounding country w 1 Mra. G. W. Part | from her brother, A. ¢ Sourder, Mout.. s ‘ Tinst built { miles ‘} owns 3,000 acres of land it hag.) 6908 ve been very cold there wit ' \ than usual for the time of N is | says he is coming tothe World's Fair, xotic and will visit her. George Pilg im died Sabbath ni ing at his home near Merwin. The funer- | the Sates Be 1 j Nerer ty, state of Missour jal took place from the Virginian M. ou'the ori day ot 1 E. Church Tuesday and bis remains Lists Adtwin strate were laid to rest be his parents in the Virginia veyard. He had Women as Well as Mer been sick fora long time. He leaves Are Made Miserable by four children. He was raised on ae a farm whieh is wow part of Amoret. Kidney Trouble. He married Miss Fannie Wild. | J. H. Park has for sale one Poland | China male May pig also two 3-year- old Duroc sows, due to farrow the) 7% first of March, also some July and August gilts, AAnoy, List Your Property. | If you want to dispose of your farm, let me sell it for you: if yout, want to exchange it for land in west- ern Kansas and get three to six acres ntr for one, I will make an effort to do | soo“ so. 1 will be at Adrian Jan. 15th, Rich Hill Jan. 16. and W. 0. Atke- son's law office in Butler Jan. 17h Come in on the above fes and Tist your property or write me giving de- j scription, price and terms. LT think vis | Lean sell or exehange your farm for jyou, if the price is right. Cheap The erm Kansaw, Swai INSON, by d E. B. At o1-tf Graittield, Kan, For 8: -E—A choice list of farms , A. 8. MILLHORN, 40-tf Real Estate Ag’t, Butler, Mo | & Co | Mention this p |