The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 11, 1903, Page 3

“ROOSEVELT’S TRIP ENDED, MURDERED WHILE TWO MORE ARRESTS MADE. | VISITING FIANCEE. Anheuser-Busch | TRUE BILL AGAINST MACHEN. Plant ‘iin Ex-Postal Official Accused of Tak- | From Illinois the President Will eee M’Gregor and Upton Must Explain to ! | Prof. Hicks Fought With Mysterious the Government. - | j : ee escapee wie Stranger He Saw in Yard, | Washington, June 5—Two arrest covers 125 acres—— | —__ ist Snonin Bailes Chicago, June4.—President Roose- were made to-night on warrants | ual to Washington, June 5.—The federal yelt made a “round-up” of Illinois Wooster, 0., June 5.—Prof. John eq grand jury returned a true bill which charge a conspiracy on the part of the government employees to rob the government. Thomas W. McGregor and C. Ellsworth Upton, clerks in the free delivery division of the postoffice department are under the direction of A W. Machen who was indicted to-day. They enter in- to the conspiracy with Charles T. Smith of Baltimore to supply rural delivery carriers with pouches in which money orders and registered letters could be carried. Since September 17 last the gov- ernment has purchased through the emergency fund supplied Machen by aliberal congress twenty thousand a ial ‘ sine of these pouches. They were bought iu tour installments of five thousand y H E WALTON TR UST co. each. The government paid Smith ninety for each pouch. It only cost OF BUTLER MISSOURI. him forty cents to make them. He Capital, 3 . id uc id $55,000 00, Surplus and Profits . - 19,848. 16, gave forty cents oneach pouch sold Always has read : y money on hand to beloaned on f to McGregor and Upton, making in Bates, Vernon, Barton, Cedar and Dade countics, Mo. $7.200 profit for them onaneighteen Very Lowest Rates of Interest. thousand dollar transaction, The on five yeare time, allowing borrower to pay back part legal burea of the department thinks each year if desired. Kvery land owner wanting a loan the evidence is conclusive. Smith should oall and get our rates before borrowing of others, Having on band a large amount of idle money we are probably will be arrested tomorrw. makiug low rates. We have a full and complete abstract of title to every acre of land or town lot in Bates Count from the U. 8. gm down to date, that’ we keep up wit the records daily. We furnish reliable Abstracts at reasonable prices, F. Hicks, assistant botanist of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Sta- tion, is dead from the effect of shot fired by an unidentified man late last night, as he was leaving the home of his fiancee, Miss Mary Gill, of this place. Although suffering greatly from the shock, Miss Gill managed to tell to-day the story of the shooting: As Mr. Hicks opened the door to leave, a little after midnight, we saw the form of a man run across the lawn and dart up the alley. This made me nervous and I prevailed up on him te come back into the room and wait a little longer. “When we came to the door the second time we again saw the man go through the same performance as before. Mr. Hicks insisted on going to eee who the man was, although I tried to prevail upon him not to do it. He started, and a moment or two later I heard footateps, then words, and, looking down the street, sawtwo men struggling—then ashot —a minute later Mr. Hicks came up- onthe porch and said that he had been shot by the man. I asked if he knew who it was, and he said he did 60 city blocks. {against Mr. Machen, ex-superinten- ‘ dent of free delivery, who is accused Faclagr Capacity: of taking brives in connecivion with Brew 000 Barrels Daily. | department contracts. Bottling Werks ~700,000 Bottles Daily | "Phe indictment againet Mr Machen it. Refrigera Plan ‘ons » embraces ni ts and ists of Malt Hanne 5.00 Bushels Daily. Sominine enamine anh It ee ae ua comin So pe a office department, his duties in con- Steam Power Plant—7,750 Horse Power. nection with the purchase of supplies Electric Light & Power Plant—4,000 Horse Power. and the fact of the sale of letter box Employs 5,000 People. fasteners to the government by Groff Pi Brothers, upon his advice and recom- Largest Breweryin the World [sss yesterday and to-day. He spoke at many towns, reviewed parades, un- yelled a monument, dedicated a me- ~ morial building and made a charac- teristic hurry up job. The president will finish Ilinois to-day with stops at Lincoln, Springfield and Decatur, “H _ and then will go to Washington. He | _- will have made the most remarkable “$F. tour of the United States ever under- %-¥*taken by a chief executive of the 18 nation in his terms of office. The "RF president left Washington to begin his western tour at 9 o’clock in the morning, April 1. He will return to the capital June5. Insixty-six days he will have traveled 14.900 miles and made stops in the principal cities of twenty-two states. He poke eeveral hundred times. Some of the speeches were so important that they have been {ncorporated in the nation's policy. The president’s most notable apeech given here April 2 gave a new interpretation to the Monroe doc trine. It has been the subject of ~*~ ] newspaper comment in every capital of the old world. The president also spoke on the trusts and on the tariff at Milwaukee and elsewhere. His mendation. The grand jurors find that June 30, 1900, Mr. Machen, “with intent to have his decisionand action as superintendent of free deli- very in regard to a purchase of Groff fasterners influenced thereby, did ask of Groff Brothers a promise that “| they would pay to him 40 per cent of any sum which might be received by them thereafter from the United States through the postoffie depart- ment in payment of such fasteners, the purchase of which might be pro- cured upon Mr. Machen’s advice and did receive the promise of the Groff brothers, in accordunce therewith.” The indictment then recites that Mr. $Machen received in all about An Unusual Monument to Pioneers. From the Indianapolis News. ” speeches on the subjects sounded the not. In Riverside cemetery, at Spencer, ; +" ‘ 20,000, keynote of republican policy in the The postmortem examination|[nd., Captain David Beem has had Interest Paid on ime Deposits. saraciecesdisanionniiainetics next national campaign. showed that the bullet entered the/erected a monument to the memory Wn, E. Walton, J. Everingham, —_ J. R. Jenkins How to Live Eighty Years. The president’s notable talk at St. groin and severed the femoralartery.|of his father and mother, pioneers John Deerwester, Ww, W. Tiga, 7.0. Boulware, ‘ P Frank M. Voris, O, H. Dutcher, ©, R. Radford, “Don’t quit work iftyou want to live The police secured a pair of blood- hounds in the hope of trailing the murderer. The dogs took the trail, but lost it in a cornfield a few hun- dred yards from the scene of the shooting. The officers believe that the shooting was the work of some jealous person, but are at a loss as to his identity. A detective.from Cleveland, who happened to be in the city, gave itas his opinion that the murder wascom- mitted by a Peeping Tom, who felt that he was being overpowered by Hicks, and that he would be recog: nized. Hicks was conscious to the last and talked with the police and physi- cian of the shooting, and to all in- sisted that he had no idea at all as to the identity of his assailant. Hicks told a friend yesterday that he had trouble in Cleveland as theresult of some financial matters with an of- ficer of the Standard Water Purify- ing Company, and this, it is thought, may show a motive for the crime. and assaciate founders of the town of Spencer. It is singular that their monument and resting place is on the very spot where, eighty-six years ago, they settled and built a home and to battle with the Indians aud wild beasts. The monument is eleven feet high and is carved like one of the giant trees that stood in their yard, now a cemetery, in years gone by. The monument builder gave the stone numerous marks to identify it with the pioneer days. At the bottom he chiseled a spinning wheel, an ax and an old flint-lock musket, three im- portant factors in early Indiana life. On the trunk of the tree is a brief history of the pioneers that sleep be- neathit. Of Levi Beem, whosesturdi- ness lent much to the building of the town of Spencer, the monument says: “Levi Beem, born in Kentucky, May 2, 1803. Came to Indiana 1810. Settled on this spot 1817. DiedJuly 27, 1888.” American Ships to China. Louis at the dedication of the Louis fana Purchase exposition was mark- ed by the broad, liberal views of an enlightened atatesmanship, At San Francisco, Seattle and Tacoma the chief executive peoclaimed America’s mastery over the Pacific ocean and showed by convincing argument that the United States, from its com dd manding position, was destined to control the commerce of the Pacific. The president’s journey across the continent and back was not all a public function. He disappeared in Yellowstone Park and rested sixteen days, not only from official business but from travel and public speaking. The president's journey carried him first here, then to the great north- west, including Wisconsin, Minne | sota, North Dakota and Montana. After his sixteen days’ stay in Yel lowstone park he turned eastward and passed through South Dakota, y Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri to St. Louis, where he assisted in the for- mal dedication of the Exposition buildings and grounds. From St. Louis the president turn- ed westward again, traversing Mis- souri, Kansas, Colorado, New Mex- ico, Arizona, Nevada, to the Pacific | coast. Then northward his journey | took bim through California, Oregon | and Washington to the Puget sound country. He returned eastward through Idahv, Montana and Wyo- ming. In the long journey of 14 000 } miles the president met with nota ; single accident. Not a mishap mar- red the journey. He was accompan- ied by secret service men. At every city detectives and police were watch- ing for assassins, cranks and anarch- iste, but nowhere were the detectives’ services needed. Kept Tryst With Death. New York, June 6.—‘“‘Three months ago I promised my husband to com- mit suicide if he died first. I must keep my word. Don’t curse me, but pity me. Fritz loved me and I will die for him.” Leaving these words penned in French and addressed to friend and neighbor, Calestine Farling, 24 years old and widowed less than a month { ago, lay down calmly upon hercouch i after turning on the gas throughout Wy herapartments to keep herlove tryst b with death. to a good old age,” says an S0-year- old president ofa bank, “Old age comes more rapidly on those who are out of active business than to those who keep busy. It rou would add ten years to yourlife saw some wood every day.” \ Other octogenarians give receipts for longeivity as follows: “Go to bed early and rise early.” “Never stop to loaf and let liquor alone.” “Wear out, but do not rust out.” “Moderate eating is the secret of long life.” “Take plety of exercise in the fresh air.” “Keep in good humor and you will keep in good health.” “Take care of yourself and don't worry.” “Long life does not depend upon heredity: behave yourself and go straight along.”—Chicago Tribune. Sam Levy, T. A Wright, t FRANK ALLEN, Sxcy, Wm. E. WALTON, PREs, LAUGH IT AWAY. Don’t put on your far-off glasses huzting lions in the way, Don’t go probing ‘round for troubles—just ign «- them day by day. Don’t go sighing, “Yes, ’tis pleasant just at present, but—ah me! There's the sorrow of to morrow—where will all our sunshine be?” It the worst is in the future and has been there all the while, We can keep it there by laughing till we take the others smill. If the worst is in the future let it stay there, for we know That to-morrow’s always threatening to bring us s)-and-so; But to-morrow with its sorrow never comes within our gaze, For all time is just a pageant of those busy old todays. Let the worst stay in the future where it has been, all the while! We can keep it there by laughing till they start to smile, When we look toward the sunset in the gorgeous afternoon Let us thank the blessed Father for the things we do not know; Let us thank Him with all fervency that He has never sent Any burden quite unbearable; that, while our backs have bent Underneath the load, we’ve had His arms about us all the while— Let us laugh away our troubles till the whole world wears a smile! Emigration Agents Under Arrest. Let us laugh away our trouble, though our eyes are dimmed with tears; Let us laugh away the heartaches and the worries and the fears; Just “be good and you'll be happy’’—if you’re happy you'll be good; For the rule’s 80 double-acting that its seldom understood. Oh, there is no future coming with a lot of trouble in— We can fight it off by laughing till the others start to grin! —Los Angelos Herald. Vienna, June 6.—As the result of information imparted to the police by United States Emigrant Inspec- tor Braun, thirteen emigration agents in the country districts of Hungary bave been arrested and sen- tenced to heavy fines and ten to eix- ty days’ imprisonment for infraction of the emigration laws. Washington, June 5.—Coming close on the heels of a long report from Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, commander in chief of the Asiatic squadron, eoneerning the grave in- ternational situation in China, the assembling of his squadron in Chi nese waters is regarded here as sig nificant. The battleships Kentucky and Oregon and the protected cruiser New Orleans have arrived at Chefoo and the monitor Monterey and the collier Pomey at Shanghai. The gunboat Villoboles has sailed from Kow-Kiang for Nanchang. Robbers Killed a Conductor. St. Louis, June 5.—Three masked men boarded the suburban car run- ning east from East St. Louis to-day and killed the conductor, John N. Keith. There were only a few pas- sengers in the car. The robbers signaled the car to stop and boarded the front platform. They “held up” the motorman and Keith, who hur- ried to the motorman’s rescue, was shot as he opened the door. The robbers jumped from the car and es- caped. People Are Wearing Overcoats in Rebels Want Recognitien. New York, June 5.—The Venezue- lan revolutionists who have been fighting the government of President Castro more than a year willpetition the United States for recognition as belligerents. Mail advices received here from Venezuelan ports say that Dr. Pedro Esiquiel Rojaes, the diplo- matic agent of the provisional gov- ernment established by the insurrec tionists, has been ass:gned to the mission of securing for them the rights of belligerents. Dr. Rojaes, who was minister of foreign affairsin the cabinets of President Crespo and President Andrade, is now in Trini- dad, where he has been making his headquarters. The request of the rebels is based on the fact that they are in absolute possession of all the porte of impor- tance in the country La Guaira, Maracaibo and Puerto Cabello, and hold also the entire eastern portion of Venezuela, over which they exer- cise the power of government. If the State department at Wash. ington does not decide favorably on the application, the revolutionary government, it is announced, will make the same request of Great aT _|Britain. The reason the United . She kept it faithfully and it was States is applied to first is that the not until to day that the opening by! rebels would like to maintain the coroner of several letters penned just good relations with this country before she died, revealed to them her] which now existe, and also because whole sad heart. In the depth ofher| the United States is mosh interested despair she has not hesitated evento | trom » commercial point of view. found for her until the parents are MONTHS OLD BABE IN FLOOD. again able to provide for her in com- bei "| fort. apse ATi SERN ae Re To have good health, the body Severe Drouth From Maine to Virginia. | should be kept in a laxative coudi- New York, J _«T oan’t aco | tion, and the bowels moved at least » June 4—“I can’t 8} once a day, so that all the poisonous Spent Night in Box Car. any rain ahead,” said Forecaster} wastes are expelled daily. Mr. G. L K. C. World, Emory, looking up from an intricate | Edwards, 142 Main St., Wichita Mr.and Mrs. Harry Reddigof 2001 | cart he had been scrutinizing in the | Kansas, writes: “I have used Her- East Seventh street are entertaining | hope that a young storm center _ to regulate the liver and bowels ‘i tat : ‘i hain 2 ._ | for the past ten years, and found ita a little visitor from the flood, who in might be steering its course in this} reliable remedy” 30e at her short life of two months has | direction. Tucker's Drug Store passed over a perilous incident. “No, I can’t see any.” Last Monday night a mother and For more than three weeks the sveral small children were brought | Prophet has been pointing his tele- from the east bottoms to the Chris-| 8¢9pe, figuratively, of course, to ev- tian church, Seventh street and|é@ry corner of our land for a storm Prospect avenue. They had been cloud, but each morning his doleful rescued from a box car, where they| Prophecy has been: “Fair to-day had spent several hours. and to-morrow.” BABE LEFT BEHIND. F¥om Maine to Virginia the farm- In the excitement of the rescue the oe have Deen eeniing disheartening 2-months-old baby was left behind, rn arta “i a andl the er of the the mother of the family being un- lanhattan Life building: “Peaches : i : a failure,” “germination and growth conscious of this fact uatil thechurch pe ee hai ahod, of all crops retarded by drought, ‘ . | “hay and oats spoiled,” ‘‘strawber- It was then 8 o’clock in theevening ” 46 i and another rescue could not be at- Hoa de 1966 eens sae meadows Gemaoted that night, ‘The alesnnd | 7TS >, bay cropucasiy ruined, P 2 untilit really seems that the finan- distress of the mother were heart- eid ose by the Groockt in the # rending and in the early morning the nara ride mapa relief party returned to the box car, hy pig — Shae tee eae ty eed where the baby was found, safe and Constipated Bowels. Lost in the Turmoil of Thrilling Rescue Missouri Pacific Excursions. St. Louis, Mo.—Tickets on sale June 15th and 16th limited for re- turn June 22nd. Rate $10.85 round trip. Baltimore, M. D.—Tickets on sale July 17 and 15 limited for return; leaving Baltimore July 25th. . Rate one fare plus $2.00 round trip. Sedalia, Mo., State Fair.—Tickets on sale Aug. 16 to 21 limited return Aug. 24th. One fare round trip. Second Class Colonist one way tickets to the west and southwest at very low rates. Tickets on saleJune 2 and 16, July 7 and 21, Aug. 4 and 18, Sept. 1 and 15. Be Detroit, Mich.—Tickets on sale July 3 14 and 15 limited for return July 20. Rate one fare plus $2.00 for round Texas. Dallas, Tex., June 3.—The June weather record for cold in Texas was broken yesterday. At7 o’clock yes- terday morning the thermometer registered 48 above zero. No one ean recall a time before when over- cegaae ber cely — epee — yen ie iL snstiog he ‘well. The water was so near the| Barnes Indicted on His Wedding Day ¥ ee three years old, barn one y Carrollton is Flooded. child that its little eyes and ears were i ‘ourth of July.—Rates to pointe = 2 growth of cotton and corn and doing aaiinentai within 200 miles at rate of one fare splashed with mud. . ‘ Mexico, Mo., June 4.—Clarence A. nears an Resiea i cncindl : Barnes was indicted yesterday, four When the little girl was tabon te ieee before the time set for his the church, Mrs. Reddig’s carriage | wedding, on a charge of murder in was at the door and she took the | the second degree for the killing of cold and famished little one home | Representative Rhodes Clay, July 10, with her, where it has been tenderly | 1902. cared for with her own little ones. | Barnes was ready for just such an The parents of the child are in the | emergency and bond of $10,000 was tentcolony in North Wabash. They | quickly arranged. The marri Huyck-was 90 years old avd had) owned a torty-acre truck garden, all | took place on time in the Precis - Jefferson City, Mo., Teachers Asao- been an Odd Fellow sixty-seven years. | traces of which has completely di:- | a large audience. ciation.—Tickets on sale June22.and He claimed that he held the record! appeared. The bride was Miss Ruth Lakeman | 23 limited return June 27. Rateone forlength of membership in theorder| ‘The child is a beautiful little girl | whose father is the business partner | fare plus 50 cents round trip. in this country. and some temporary home must be | of Barnes’ father. H. B. Suanks, Agt. plus 50 cents for round trip. Except to points where one fareand one-t’~| makes less rate in which case lowest rates will be used. No tickets sold for leas than 50 cents. Dates of sale July 8 and 4 limited July 7. Rich Hill, Mo., Spring Carnival.— Tickets on sale June Ist to 6th limited return June Sth. Rate 50c round trip. she was wedded to her Fritz. , ‘ undid Remedy. aa Mo., June em ute injury to truck and fruit crops. A Sp . re sout n Carroll « a akin, Vaawetehtons, Weal smrecte POrtlOD ot cae | “Oldest Odd Fellow” Dead. sciatic pains yield to thed .ouri river is ten miles wide. Mvery| Lockport, N. Y., Jume 5.—Wilbur influence of Ballard’! use stands at least three feet in| Huyck, eaid to be one of the oldest Odd Fellows in the United States, ed and 1,000 persons are without died Thursday night at the New York Bi blood, its healing properties | shel oo eee to every part of the] The State Odd Fellows’ home in this city : ‘and effect some wonderful and was buried at his former home in Franklinville yesterday afternoon.