The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 2, 1903, Page 1

y" € _—_vicinity_for_several_years. * Che Butler Weekly Times. VOL. XXV. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1903. ‘ NO. 22. STABBED, HE KILLS FOE AT 100 YARDS. Night City Marshal of Farmington Shoots Assailant Dead. Farmington, Mo., March 28.—Asa result of a shooting and stabbing af- fray here, Willliam Yates, a railroad employe, is dead, and A. W. Jackson, night city marshal, is lying seriously wounded. About 7 o’clock to-night Yates, who is said to have been drinking lately and to have been warned by Jackson to cease, suddenly dashed at Jackson as the latter wasentering & restaurant to get his supper. « Yates was armed with a long knife, and before Jackson had any chance todefend himself, assailant had stab- bed him twice, inflicting severe wounds. Jackson staggered back. Then, with a great effort, he pulled himself together, and felt for his revolver. He managed to get it out. The in- stant that Yates saw the gleam of steel he took to his heels and started up a hill close at hand. Despite his wounds, Jackson gave chase. He is an unerring shot with a@ revolver, Twice he fired in the air, hoping that, Yates would stop. The fugitrWekept on, and Jackson then took sight and shot off Yates’ hat. This did not halt the fleeing man, however. When Yates was 100 yards away, Jackson halted, and, taking careful im, fired twice. Both bulletsstruck ‘Yates in the body, and he fell dead. At the same instant Jackson fell. The body of Yates, clasping the stained knife in hand, was left lying in the road until the coroner could reach the spot. Jackson was speedily removed in- toa neighboring house, where he was attended by Drs. McCormick and Robinson. They pronounced his wounds extremely serious, but not nevessarily fatal. Jackson, who is 33 years old, and a bachelor, is well known in Farm- ogton, having lived there a long ime. Yates also had lived in the His age was 40, and he was married. Thecommunity is inan acute state of excitement over the affair. Robbed the Grave. A startling incident is narrated by Jobn Oliver of Philadelphia, as fol- lows: “I was in an awful condition. My skin was almost yellow, eyes sunken, tongue coated, pain contin ually in back and sides, no appetite, growing weaker day by day. Three physicians had given me up. Then I was advised to use Electric Bitters; to my great joy, the first bottlemade a decided improvement. I continued their use for three weeks, and am now awellman. I know they robbed the ve of another victim.” No one SBouldfailto try them. Only 50 cents, guaranteed, at H. L. Tucker’s drugstore. Groom 76 and Bride 77. Lincoln, Neb., March 7.—Richard “Silver, of Tamora, 76 years old, and Mrs. Sarah Roberts, of College View, 77, were licensed to marry to-day. Their first. spouses died several years ago, and they said they were lonely ‘and wanted to spend the rest of their days in each other’s company. Both “are Adventists and have property. A Thoughttul Man. wife had such an unusual case of lowing pro) h and liver trouble, physicians Scould not help her. r ‘tried Dr. King’s New a Pills she got relief at once and was é i care. Only 25c, at H. L. eker’s drugstore. ietierpmpeneietinnensnenemannts Memphis Man Accused. y, of Memphis, Tenn, a man, who follows the fairs over the West, ed here yesterday for theft. ‘was on his way to Kansas d stopped off here to visit a ing the party at home, it is that he appropriated every- in sight, including a sum of anew stop watch and some harness. He was appre- sile trying to dispose of the government levee in the rear. MM. Austin of Winchester, Ind., | @n0ual School E He thought of % School Su county bo a ag sively. ent horseman whom he knew. | Kimball pianos and o1 er reliable makes all fully guaranteed and as we have three 7piiaok DIRECTORS. JOS. M. McKIBBEN, President McKibben Mercautile Company. J W. CHOATE, Physician and Surgeon, W. B. TYLER, Farmer and Stock Grower, W. F. DUVALL, Duvall & Percival Real Estute Loans, J.J.McKEE, * Farmer and Breeder Hereford Cattle. JUDGE CLARK WIX, Government Revenue Service. O. A. HEINLEIN, President Bennett-Wheeler Merc. Co. E. A. BENNETT, President. Loans and Collections, A. L. McBRIDE, Vice-President. E. D. KIPP, Cashier. GEO. W. NEWBERRY, Ass’t Cashier. Fanunets. 3 WE THANK OUR MANY FRIENDS for the assistancein making our bank the LARGEST in the county by over ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS. Weespecial- ly solicit the accounts of any having no bank connections or those contemplating a change. Call and lets talk it over. WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS. NO SUGGESTIONS. Mr. E. D. Kipp, Cashier, Butler, Missouri, Dear Sir:— The reports of the examination of your bank, made October 6th-7th ed State Bank Examiner C. Ss Buhce, has been submitted to this Depart- ment. The (condition of your bank is first-class; ite earniig” capacity A. 1; and management active, conservative and efficient and fully meet- ing all the requirements of the- Department, No recommendations or suggestions to offer Very truly yours, SAM B. COOK, Secretary of State. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF DEPOSITS. February 28, 1899, $112,080.66, February 28, 1900, 127,581.70, February 28, 1901, : February 28, 1902, 276,564.02, February 28, 1903, March 13, 1903, OFFICIAL STATEMENT. (CONDENSED) aati February 28th, 1908. RESOURCES, Loans and Discounts - = - $202,878.12 Other Stocks, Bonds, &c + 38,168.07 Banking House (including P O bldg. 14,555.61 Furniture and Fixtures (including $5,000 Corlis safe) 1,500.00 Cash on hands and due from Banks 134,476.84 Total - - $391,578.64 LIABILITIES, Capital Stock > * + = $50,000.00 SurplusFund - - + - + 9,000.00 Undivided Profits - - .- 2,259.78 Deposits—Individual Deposits—Banks Deposits—Demand Ctfs. 206,702.04 13,491 82 20,125.00 330,318 86 — Total - - $391,578.64 The above statement is correct. bk. D, KIPP, Cashier. Total Resources, March 13th, $455,063.30. Negro Fiend’s Crimes, Spokane, Wash, March 30— Thinking himself dying, robberies in St. Louis, Cincinnati, a murder at El Paso and another at A. Green of the Tenth cavalry at Marcial, N..M. Signs and Vetoes, 1,000 inhabitants. The governor giv# as his reason for vetoing this bill that under the ly in Philadelphia. annually and he sees no sufficent | been asleep at Holy Cross hospital | of the 40 aeres Inst described and that unless the reason for the proposed change. Another Levee Has Broken. Vicksburg, Miss., March 29.—Thir- have failed. She lies with her eyes said cause, the same will be taken as confessed ty thousand acres are flooded Tues-|‘!08ed, breathing naturally. What F age hae day by the breaking of a protection | °#US¢d her long sleep physicians have | Wenxty Truks, a weekly newepaper prints | here is always a satisfied feeling in knowing you are get- Thats the kind we sell. PE psiteeeny casei | DEACON BROS. & CO. Hardware and Grocery House, levee around Lacona Circle, Ark., twenty-five miles north of Rosedale, Miss. The crevasse, according toa ‘ ple living in the inundated territory were forced to take refuge on the School Election Notice. Notice is hereby gi that at the| farm, let me sell it for you; if you psc 9 8 Pavey of anys is. held ae — to poe it sed land in west- ; April, 1903, the fol-|¢rn Kansas and get tl to Bix acres what to do in the hour of need. | the 7th day of aoe Pag * ‘ = Poon one a ml mae an art to to te otes of B. - | 80. at in Mare! attorney or Hill Mareh 13, and W. 0. Aths the ae the adopt ty | 80n’s law office in Bu larch 14th. |. a vee be on Fg ‘aid Come in on the above dates and list } elect a County Superin- | your property or write me siving de- tendent. Those voting therefor shall | scription, price and terms. I think have written or printed on their hal- | I can sell or exchange your farm for lots, “For Supervision” and those|you, if the price is right. Cheap printed on their ballots, “Agatnet | March 17th ‘Rich Hill, Mo., March 28.—Wm. ate oviten™ Sanh ie oo ” Blaf 19-td County Clerk. Our new music store is located on | To whom it may concern: west side square, and we handle ev to the q Missouri, to-wit: shall ha’ and done. buy by the car load lots we big discount and can afford to sell much cheaper than the people that W.W are handling one or two pianos on | Manufacturer of commission. If you are going to UL buy, call and see us. 50-tf Leave orders at W. G. CLement, Mgr. | resuarant. Accidentally Shot By Wife. Paris, Ky., March 30.—Junius B, | STATE OP MISOURL ? 5g Convict | Clay, one of the largest landowners | 1” the circuit Court of Bates county, No., Nigger” Baker wrote a confession | of this county, wae accidentally shot 7 admitting to over fifty crimes, com- | and killed by his wife, while they were | nxomattal# day comesthe piaintit heretn, by prising @ murder in New York, many} at target practice to-day at their Penton gad, bs ome SAN alleging, Wile ‘ go | home near here. The shooting was done with a shotgun. The charge | 2° Rea ean cent Ge Gefenlant hes Laredo in New Mexico. He also kill | severed the jugular vein and entered | state with latent to hinder Feet corse bie ed Flinto Sutor at Baltimore; shot | the left lung. He was a son of Cas- Ferldeat fh Bate’ Mt four; Wh soaps J. Paupina, a soldier at Fort Robin-| sius M. Clay, president of the late ant be metine Oy, “pubileation that plain: son, Neb., and killed Trooper Charles | Constitutional Convention. Naval Lieutenant a Suictde. From defandant the farther nara of 9) de Fall River, Mass., March 30,— | bape 4 Lieutenant W. H. Henderson, U. 8. Jefferson City, Mo., March 29,—|N., who has been in charge of dredge | has been assigned to plaintitt Governor Dockery to-day signed the | ing work in the local harbor for the penalty election bill, but vetoed the | last three months, committed suicide | {ered the lefendant, which claim has been as- house bill providing for the biennial | last night by inhaling illuminating | {28tdetvadant has not, to amant’s knowledge, election of officers in cities and towns} gas. He has a sister residing in | Stachment in this state anc he therefore pravs under special charters and having | Brooklin and his home was former- | lowing land be andthe same has been | Salt Lake, March 30.—The case of | te and the sonthwest quarter of the southeast present law these officers are elected Bessie Knecht, 22 years old, who has forty: 80a (42) of range thirty-one (31) in said arousing great interest among phy- ; sicians. All efforts to awaken her | 2% and on or before the first day of said not been able to learn. Lost.—On Sunday, March 15, be pi owed next irie City and Bo! a | oir } special to the Herald, is several hun- page ein conetale ladon "end — Tata en cat dred yards wide. So suddenly did| children’s clothing and also a pock- ; the water rush through that the peo. | ¢t book with $31.35 in it. Anyone | ©. M. Banxury, Deputy. r rt returning the same to A. 8. > will be suitably rewarded. List Your Property. * Or esoangy Of Bates { & If, you want to dispose of your | ,the erent’ court of Bates county, Missouri, ve written or| transportation to western Kansas E. B. ArKinson, Grainfield, Kan, Piano Tuning. This certifies that the bearer, F. taining to music exclu-| 4. Skaggs, has“ done considerable “end eare handling the reliable | work for us, and we always found sand oth-|his tuning and repairing perfectly aoe «ge . — ion and perfectly re! workman and | W: get 8! anyone ery ing. work Be Nae - are sure it w jonesat organs, }* : Mrs. Endres’ Order of Publication, y, June term, 1908, W. G. Dillon, Plaintiff, ye. Hicks H. Wiloox defendant T W Silvers, and files his ngs shat defend: icke cox has abscondet from his usual place of abode in this state so that the ordinary process of law can his property in this lent of the State of Missouri; Wh pon, this court the object and general nature of which is to recover the sum of $28.50 due the m defendant to M L Dillon for borrowed 3. which account has be i Rater Also to recover from defendant the her sum of #0 due T W Silvers for legal services rendered to defendant, which account a um of $50 dne Gilmore & Gilmore for medical services ren- from defendant the farther signed to the plaintiff. Affiant further states any goods, chattels or personal effect subjeet to that writ of attachment isane and that the fol- and seized on by the sheriff of Bates county, and all the right, titleand interest of defen d ant attached to satisfy che above debts and costs, viz: the south half of the southwest quar- uarter of section seventeen (17) in township county except five acres in the southeast corner said defendant be and appear at thiscourt at the in said county, on the 9th day of June term, answer or plead to the petition in and judgment will be rendered accordingly. And be it further ordered that a copy hereof be published, according to law, in the Burier £ and ra pene in ta easy fed tH the bb ates ir four weeks encceesively go Pp p| published at least once aweek, the last inser. | 1G the est. ion to be at least fifteen days before the first June term of ee i this 3ist day of March, 1903. 4 J. A. PATTERSON, Circuit Clerk. Th | GOOD ENOUGH Stands for all that’s good, so does the Blackhawk Corn Planter, Cocata att tmenty ight days, is eater wero roots mt tact OHIO Cultivators and Moline Cultivators, Plows, Harrows, Disc, Etc. BUTLER, MO. Kemper| vr 21-26 Order of Publication. Turkish Cruiser. June term. 1903. A. & miner, end Barbara } panda, ¢ Ym. RB. Gregory, defendant. Order of Publication. Now at this day come the plaintiffs herein b: Tt Ww Slivers'and file tip te velt, the daughter of mced a which is to procure 4 parti- ing real estate lying ‘and belug county of Bates and state of Mis- early in fay to the owners thereof; then ifs will ask that aron land be soid ive owners thereof, and that unless said defendant be and appear at this oo term thereof, to be begun and | ore or court house inthe elty of Butler, 0 it man navy. said county, on tbe 9th d or be to the petition is | give her @ at sponsor. Sultan Asks Miss Roosevelt to Christen | Philadelphia, March 29.—Not to! W dessa. Pesta td secon eet — be outdone in diplomacy by Emperor | Hissar in Roumania and fastened to William of Germany the Sultan of Turkey has asked Mis Alice Roose. | to the sultan in which it was threat. President | rt Roosevelt, to christen the Ottoman cruiser Medjidja, when that’ vessel is | be delivered up to the torch and him in this court, the object and | Jaynched from the Cramp shipyard, | knife and blood should flow and fire the construction of the Medjidja in | There's nothing like doing a thin proceeds divided among the conjunetion with Lieutenant M, Ali thoroughly. Of all the salves you Bey, naval constructor in the Otto- | ever heard of, Bucklen’s Arnica Salve lay of June jp, " \ the first day of | Lt S°Mfict he Mil Roosevelt! has | vers, skin‘eruptions 1 wi eee DART EMY 2c a pone her father, @, gat most ela « arrangemente®ite being made by the | S'8*- Turkish officers at Washington to make the occasion more notable than . | the launching of the German Emper- sown, or’s yacht Meteor more than a year | fyministestor in charge of said estate Make Europe’s Sick Man Well. Constantinople, March 30.—The Macedonian evolutionists to day cut the telegraph’ wires near Deruir the end of the wire a note addressed | ened that unless the reforms were up: | plied immediately and in the broad- jest possible sense Macedonia would the j burn as has never before been wits The authority for this information | e=sed in the histery of the world, rty-one | is Lieut. Sabri Bey of his Turkish | thont | Majesty’s navy, who has charge of | Makes a Clean Sweep, z is the best. It sweeps away and curer burns, ser’s, bruises, cuts, boils, ul Riles. It's ) , ‘ ntéed ‘Go ,, vo Flite | Satisfaction by H. L, Tucker, drug { Notice of Final Settlemed. s Notice is hereby given to all ers interested in te eae ot Charles. v Bi thereof, at i, end ago, when Miss Alice Roosevelt was | etmof the Bates reer ate, court, in county, state of Mi to be. heli at <i ane aaa”