The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 23, 1903, Page 2

TAYLOR MET DEATH COOLLY. Walked to the Gallows Unaided and Was Silent. “Bud” Taylor, whoshot and killed Ruth Nollard, March 2, 1961, was ued at the county jail this morn- mg at 8:30 o'clock. Taylorlived for twelve minutes after the drop was sprung. Contrary to the expections of those who had watched him during his confinement in jail, his self-pos- session did not desert him, and he walked to the gallows without as- sistance. Taylor had not Intended to be hanged, even if the courts andthe governor failed him. He surrender ed to his brother a package contain- ing strychnine, with which he had planned to killhimself. His baptism and conversion yesterday induced him to let the law take its course. TAYLOR'S ATROCIOUS CRIME, The crime for which Taylor was hanged to-day was remarkable for its atrocity. He sat for three days in the window of a rooming house at 4104 west ninth street waiting with a rifle in his hands to kill Ruth Nol- lard, his sweetheart, On the third day, March 2, 1901, he shot ber as she and her sister Louise were pass- ing on the sidewalk. She died an hour afterwards. An attempt was made to mob Taylor after the shoot- ing, but the police rescued him after an exciting time. He was tried and convicted of murder. Judge Samuel Davis sentenced him on October 9, 1901, to be hanged the following November. The case was ; taken to the supreme court and the ‘ decision of the lower court affirmed. Taylor was to have been hanged last month, but a stay of execution from the governor delayed it until to-day. The legal fight made to save Tay- lor’s life was one of the longest and hardest in the history of the criminal courts. [a et een SE SR en RR te NRE eR fn beget An Old Settler Passed Away. The subject of this notice, Mrs. Su- san Rameey, nee Bryant, was born in Perry county, Kentucky, April 24, 1818, removed with her parents to Boone county, Mo., when about 15 years of age. Was married to George 4 Washington Ramsey in 1838; came to Bates county with her husband in the spring of 1855, where she lived j until the time of her death, which eceurred April 7, 1903. She was 84 years, 11 months and 14 days old. Her husband died December 4, 1862, leaving her to care for her family while the cruel war was raging and there was danger lurking in every breeze, but she proved herself equal toevery emergency in her new re- sponsibilities. She wasa good wo man and had the happy faculty of reeing some good in everybody. This sometimes brought her trouble finan- cially, unscrupulous men would take advantage of her on this line, and would borrow money from her and never repay it. She was the mother of three chil- dren. William, the eldest son, died when about two years old. Wash- ington Monroe died about 12 years ago. Sarah Martha, her only daugh- i ter, whois Mrs. George Callahan, ; atill lives on a part of the old home- stead, where Mrs. Ramsey has lived for 12 years. She has been in feeble health all this time, and demanded the presence of her daughter, who would notleave her for any cause, but wasever ready to administer to her mother’s every need. She professed religion whem 19 yrs of age under the preaching of Dr. Boyle of the Baptist church, at New Salem, in Boone county, and lived a faithful member of that church until she came to Bates county, when she united with the Christian church with her husband at the home of Dr. ‘ Urie, in which communion she lived | a worthy member until she was trans$ lated to a brighter world, for we be- lieveshe was ready to go upand pos- sess the good land. Her funeral services were conducted at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Callahan, after which she was follow- ed by # host of sorrowing friends and sn pl ti len ana the kingdom of our God forever. Sarah Martha, you shall see moth- er again on theshboresof and to hergrandchildrenI would say make her God your God and you FITZSIMMONS’ WIFE IS DEAD. Succumbs toa Relapse in an Attack of Typhoid-Paeumonia. New York, April 17.—Mrs. Robert Fitzsimmons, wife of the former heavy weight pugilist, died at her home in Brooklyn to day. She began sinking last night and Fitzsimmons summoned a number of physicians, but they were unable to save her. She had typhoid-pneumonia and was convalescent until the relapse came last night. She was Rose Julian before her marriage. Her brother is Martin Julian, who, fora long time, was Fitzsimmons’ manager. The Julians were once a noted ac- robatic team. Mrs. Fitzsimmons was the making of her husband. She cultivated tem- perate habits in him, making him a mar! of atrength at 40 years of age, She took a personal interest in all his pugilistic contests and encourag- ed him bv her faith. She was at the ringside at Carson City, Nev., when he wrested thecham- pionship from Corbett and coached him as to his manner of fighting. It was she who told him to quit hitting at Corbett’s head and fight for his stomach. Thischange of tac ties won the battle for him. The domestic affairs of the Fitz- simmonees were, as & rule, pleasant. Two children were born of the union, Two years ago Mrs. Fitzsimmons appeared in St. Louis with her hus- band in a play. May Hanged at St. Joseph. St. Joseph, Mo., April 17.—Charles May was hanged in the jailcourtyard at 9:43 o'clock this morning for the murder of John Robert Martin. May walked firmly to the scaffold, accom- panied by a priest. Not once during the ordeal did his hands tremble or did he show the slightest emotion, “My friends,” said the condemned man, looking over the crowd, “I want to say that I have done wrong and I hope you will fergive me as I haveforgiven those who have wrong- ed me. I did not intentionally kill Robert Martin. I hope to meet you in a better world.” Just before the noose was adjusted May bowed his head and prayed silently for several minutes. Then the noose was placed about his neck, the black cap was put on, and May whispered to Sheriff Spencer, who stood beside him, that he was ready. His neck was broken in two places by the fall. May shot and killed Robert Martin at acountry dance near DeKalb the night of December 27, 1900. He shotat a brother of Martin, who was preparing, as he thought, to shoot at him. Three trials were given May. His sentence of death was af- firmed by the supreme court. Many of the relatives of May were in the elty, but did not see the hanging. The body was sent to Williamstown, Jefferson county, Kansas, the home of his aged father. Doesn't Need a Clerkship. Washington, April 15.—Miss Re- becca J. Taylor, who recently sought unsuccessfully in the district courte to compel her reinstatement as clerk in the war department, from-which Secretary Root dismissed her on ac- count of articles published by her for sharply criticising the administra tion’s Philippine policy, has received information that she has been left about $300,000 by the death of an unclein San Francisco Sunday night, The dispatch said she had been left the bulk of her uncle’s estate and been made executrix of the will. She left here for San Francisco Tuesday, but before leaving the city said she would return to Washington in October, when her case will be heard in the court of appeals. In thelower court she appeared in. her own behalf and madean argument lasting about two days to the court. Webster, Mass., April 16.—William Russell, 11 years old, has a malady that puzzles the physicians, The boy is unable to k or utter syllable when it pir On clear days he speaks English and French fiuent- Snow does not affect as rain, but weakens Pt dacke. stop & A cures, writes: our it crowned the operation performed on ‘| Lolita Armour, the little daughter of congenital hip dislocation. The cast cradle of their baby. His defense i | After Baby Comes Ry there is nourishmert for both convales- cent mother and nursing child in ANHEUSER-BUsoy, Whine Tt is an already digested food easily retained by the most delicate stomach. It restores health and s the nutriment needed—builds flesh and A real malt extract—not an intoxicant; 4 contains less than 2 ¢ of alcohol. All droggists sell it. Prepared by the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass’n trength—supplies St. Louis, U. 8. A. BSCR Bic Boe Bo Bice hic Ose Bc Bc Bie Bo We Rio Bic Bin Bie Bic Bin BiB ECO PIONEER - DRUG - STORE SAM WALLS. Opposite Court House. West Side Square, of SEBO AE Eh og era ren: BUTLER, MO. ee | { of the low down blocky kind. Can sh ROVER ant BRILLIANT BOY Two grey Percheron stallions, will weigh in good flesh 1,800 and 1,700 pounds respectively. Both registered. ow colts of them on the place that {ll weigh one thousand p ounds at one year old. Will stand the season of 1903 at my barn 3 miles northeast of Butler, on old North place. $12.50 for colt to stand and suck. ‘This stock, to be appreciated, should be seen. J .W. BARNHART. | nc rr Lolita Armour Now Walks. | Chicago, April 16.—Success wal Mr. and Mrs. J. Ogden Armour, for placed upon the child last November by Dr. Adolf Lorenz was removed by him at noon to-day and when the lagt bit had been cut away the little girl in her childish glee walked about the room, Standing near, the great surgeon, who, for the second time had come from Vienna to treat her, watched watched every movement. At first heseemed anxious. Then his features gave way to a smile. “The operation was successful,” he said to the parents. “Miss Lolita is cured.” And it is doubtful whether there was a happier family in all Chicago han-the one which gathered around the table at the Armour home at noon. Dr. Lorenz was the guest of honor. Acruss from him sat his lit- tle patient. The father and mother, relieved of their anxiety, were also happy andthe meal was a merry one. At 2 o’clock the surgeon returned to his apartments at the Auditorium hotel. He was bubbling over with good humor. For Wife Murder 30 Years, Chicago, April 16.—John Hoffarth, whe has been on trial for the last two days accused of the murder of his wife, has been found guilty bya jury and sentenced to the peniten- tiary for thirty years. Hoffarth, who had been on a spree, shot his wife while she was bending over the was insanity. Walks Without Crutches. Found Frost on the Moon, Cambridge, Mass., April 16.—Prof. Pickering of the Harvard observa- tory thinks he has discovered unmis- takable evidence of hoar frost on the moon, strenghening his previous theory in that direction. He is now busy working out his calculation madein the recent eclipse of the moon, and will make known the re- sults in afew days, In the total eclipee last fall Prof. Pickering found that the dark spot around the Linne crater had greatly increased during the darkness away from the sun’s heat, and that it was hoar frost, he asserted, was shown by its diminuni- tion as the light increased. If the spot were stone, he argued, no light would have been reflected while the earth’s shadow was upon the moon. Recent measurements tend toconfirm this belief. A Big Fire in Marshall, Mo. Marshall, Mo., April 16.—There was 4 disastrous fire on the east side of the public square here about 1 o’clock last night. The fireoriginat- ed in the confectionery store of B. W. Atkinson. It destroyed that build- ing and those of Hayes & Russell, clothing, and Miss Mattie Brown, millinery. Part of Hayes & Russell’s .| stock was saved. B. W. Atkinson’s loss was $2,500; Hayes & Russell’s $20,000; Mrs. Susanne Erhman, building, $1,000, fully covered by insurance; Mattie Brown $2,500, in- surance $750; Dr. Sharp, dentist, loss $100. Theloss on buildings is about $15,000, partly insured. Rome, April 16.—To the invitation sent by the St. Louis exposition au- thorities to the vatican to partici- pate in the exposition Cardinal Ram- polla has replied that it is above all indispensable that the same proced- ure be followed as in the case of the ment. Stops the Cold and Works off the Old Maid op Race Suicide. $10,000 00 TO BE DISTRIBUTED. 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Dear Sin:—We have formed a so- ciety of Bates county boys, who are studying agriculture in the Univer- sity. We invite all Bates county men, who have taken an agricultural course to send us their names, Our purpose is to increase the in- terest in educotion for the farmer in ourcounty. We know that a man can make farming pay more after he has taken a course of this kind, forit is evident that when a man under- stands the conditions under which he works he can do his work better, be- sides, men who have taken this course @re morse successful on the farm. A greater reason for studying agricul- ture, however, is that it enables the farmer to get. more pleasure out of his work. To the man who is un- conscious of the principles behind what he does, farming can be little more interesting than sawing wood or other mere muscular labor, butto the man who understands theseprin- ciples and consciously works hand in hand with nature farming is asinter- esting as anything a man can do. Weare proud of the fact that Bates county has more students in theagr!- cultural course than any other coun- ty, and we want to get some of the work of the school before the people of the county that she may lead further than ever after.this. Ws. H. Cuanpuer, Sec’y, Columbia, Mo. 1106 University Avenue. 4 Watch St. Louis, The Greatest World’s Fair the world has ever seen will be held at St. Louis in 1904, To keep in touch with the work of preparation for this great World’s Fair and to get allthe news of all the earth, every reading person should at once subscribe for the great newspaper of St. Louis, the GLOBE-DEMOCRAT. Itstandspre- eminent and alone among American newspapers, and acknowledges no equal or rival. Its circulation ex- tends to every state and territory in the Union, to Canada and Mexico, and to every part of the would where there are readers of the English lan- quege. It ought to be in your homes uring the coming year. See adver- tisement elsewhere in this issue. 9-6t W. H. MORRIS will open a stock of the Latest Sheet Music next SATURDAY, and give SPECIAL PRICES. Also has a nice stock of the best Pianos and Organs tm and Sewing Machines on which he will give spe- cial prices, SABSBSTORIA. Will take old instruments and Boars the The Kind You Have : Boagit machines in exchange for new. a y Come and see him. He lives and expects to stay Platform Must Have Temperance Plank ss sige in Butler and make good Clinton, Mo., April 16.—The Kan- sas City presbytery, composed of Pi bibensalet ministers and laymen from Jefferson| + 18nos and Organs Tuned. City to Kansas City, in/ecesion at| With G. W. Dixon, North Main gt, Osceola, to-day unanimously adopt- | ——_—_$______ ed an overture to the general aseem- bly of the Presbyterian church insist- ing on its disapproval of ministers occupying an equivocal position on the temperance question. It came out in the debate that the resolution was aimed at Rev. Dr. William ‘The accident was of the contents