The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 11, 1903, Page 5

SLSSSSASLLSALLSLSALS ALLS LA j | N. A Butcher, formerly of New! Home, now an R. F. D. carrier, at! | Lamar, called while in the city on | | Tuesday. He was here for the pur- John Ganz, an Aged Man, Ends COMMITTED SUICIDE. | SPRING AT LAST! We are at the old stand with a VERY COMPLETE LNIE OF Spring Suits HATS, SHIRTS @ NECKWARE and the finest line of Walk-Over Shoes | and Oxfords | Ever shown in Bates county. The rains have been discouraging but the prospects are brightening and it now looks like GOOD TIMES WILL CONTINUE. You will certainly prosper if you buy the class of woods we offer, as you will always get FULL VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY. g WE OFFER _.csmm. MENS SUITS $4.00, $5.00, $6.00, $7.50, $9.00, $10.00 AND UP TO $22.00 BOYS SUITS $2.50 to $10.00. CHILDS SUITS $1.00 to $5.00 G00D Clothing House. SHOE Men and Boys Outfitters STORE. ALWAYS ONE PRICE, GS9OS 968 302606008 THE GOOD CLOTHES STORE. Trmes’ Telephone No. 37. Rey. A. B. Francisco is visiting his and the men have returned to work. brother, John 8. Francisco. Mrs. J. M. Wells has gone to Par- sons, Kansas, to pay her son, W. E. Wells, a visit. The latest reports from Topeka put the death list from the flood at seventy-eight. Rev. T. C. Puckett spent Sunday in Nevada aud preached two sermons atthe asylum. teeman from Deep Water township, was in the city on Saturday and fa- vored us with a pleasant call. Our esteemed young friend Frank E. Bratton, formerly of this county, now at Staffon, Kansas where he remittance for renewal. Attorneys Templeton and Hales, prominent lawyers of Rich Hill, are attending circuit court. & Joplin express of the Frisco rail- road. All the locomotives in the welcome. The home of W. F. Tygard at Rich Hill, was burglarized Friday night, says the Review. The thieves gota couple of revolvers anda lady’s purse with 50c in it. Bates county has been fortunatein not losing a single bridge by the over- flows of the rivers. It is against the law to sell cigar- ettes or give away cigarette papers and the law is in effect. Miss Ina Mount, of St. Louis, after week’s visit with relatives in this city, returned home Wednesday. Miss Mary Reed, of Amoret, com- plimented Tue Times with a pleas- ant call and had her name enrolled. Mr. William Palm and Miss Anna Dugan of Summit township were married Sunday by B. F. Jeter, just- five, The past week the Marias des Cygne river has been doing her ut- ~ most to break all previous high wa- * ter records. W. F. Maring of Schell City, was present at the Odd Fellows hall Mon- day night and delivered a fine lecture to the members. Twenty-eight wolves have been killed, scalped aud paid for by the county court of Cass county in the past few weeks. ' Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ward after a ' . pleasant visit with Mr. and Mrs, J. — BR. Jenkins have returned to their lA Thefarmers will plant corn yetand as favorable this year. Out of a total of 398 cases on the circuit court docket at Independence, -Mo., for this term of court, 156 are for divorce. Of this number 108 are where the wile is seeking the relief. Jas. Newberry, of Siloam Springs, brother, Hon. John B. Newberry, and other relatives, has returned home. the Journal. The strike of the freight handlers in Kansas City has been called off D. H. Kash, democratic commit- owns a good farm, writes and sends The first train to enter Union sta- tion, Kansas City, was the Carthage yards that had steam up shrieked a trust to luck. Grasshopper year the farmers planted as late as now and raised the biggest crop in thehistory|stone buildings in North Topeka of the county. Conditions might be} have caved in since the flood subsid- who has been spending several weeks in the city and county visiting his Uncle Tom Simpson, of Adrian witnessed the flood of 1844. Hewas in the vicinity of Kaneas City at that time and has a vivid recollec- tion of the effects of that flood, says Mr. McNitt, a farmer living near Washington, Kansas, had twelve pose of attending court. Sam L. Coleman, one of Deepwater township's prominent citizens and influential democratic leaders, was attending to business befare the cir- cult court on Tuesday and favored us. Frank Fitch, Adam Poe and Otto ‘Herrelson, three bad boys sentenced to the reform school by Judge Graves at the recent term of the circuit court at Clinton, were taken to Booneville Saturday. Thieves stole a horse and buggy from John R. Perry at Lamar, Mo., the night they headed forthe Kansas line, but a short distance from town the buggy was found in the woods stuck fast in a mud hole. The horse and harness went on. The Butler madstone was applied to the hand of Willie How, a Rich Hill boy Tuesday and the stone ad- hered to the wound fifneen hours, The boy tad been bitten by a dog belonging to W. F. Tygard at Rich Hill Sunday evening. J. M. Catterlin and W. 0. Jackson owned property in the overflow district in Kansas City. Mr. Catter- lin believes his houses to be in tact, while Mr. Jackson fears his house has been swept away. Neither of them have been up yet toinvestigate their loss. W. H. Lowder was attending to business before the circuit court on Tuesday and complimented us with a pleasant call, Mr. Lowder owns and operates a fine farm in New Home township, south of the river, and is a serong mau and influential Democrat of that section. He is a genial, clever gentleman and very A farmers telephone line is being put up east and south of Pleasant Hill, About thirty phones will pe on the line, says the Times. It is evident that in a few short years the farmers in this section of the country will be connected by telephones, not only their own houses, but also with the towns, Ex County Treasurer Oscar Reeder of Mound, was a pleasant caller on Saturday and had his dates set ahead. He and his wife recently took @ prospecting trip through Kansas. Mrs. Reeder was not favorably im- preased with the country. He sold his fine farm here recently, but their many friends hope they willconclude to stay in this county. W. A. Radford, of Paris, Texas, is visiting relatives in this county. In company with his brothers, Chas. R., of Butler, and R. Davis, of Deep Wa- ter, he complimented us pleasantly on Monday. He lived in this county before the war, was in the southern army and settled in Texas in 1863. His wife died early this spring, notice of which was made in THe Times at the time._Mr. Radford is the oldest of five brothers. Home owners in North Topeka, Kansas, are offering $5 a day for men to clean their houses of mud left by the recent flood. There is a large number of negro loafers among the refugees who refuse to work, and the chief of police has ordered their arrest for vagrancy and proposes to com- pellthem to work. The dispatches report a score or more of brick and ed. the American Express Co. barn in Kansas City, was accidently shot and C.C Parkinson, transfer clerk at His Life by Sending a Bullet Though His Brain. John Ganz, aged 75 years, a high- ly respected and prosperous farmer | residing two miles north of Lone Oak, in Lone Oak township, com- mitted suicide Sunday morning. Mr. Ganz had been afflicted fora long time with a chronic ailment from which trouble he had been a great sufferer. His disease was of such a nature that hefeared he could never get relief and of late he became despondent and on several occasions remarked to neighbors who called to see him that life wasa burden to him and that he did not care to live longer and suffer. So Sunday morning while his chil- dren were absent from the house, and his wife was in the yard, the old gen- tleman concluded to carry his threat into execution, aud securing a 32| caliber Smith & Wesson revolverfrom @ bureau drawer he seated himself in a chair in the hallway of the house and seut a bullet through his right temple. The bullet passed through his head. He lived buta few minutes. His wife and sons heard the shot and hasted to the house only to find the old gentlemansittingin the chair still alive, but breathing hislast. The pistol had dropped to the floor be- side his chair. Coroner Renick was notified and went down and held an inquest, The (SISA ASASLAIASASIAASALIAAIAAASADASAD 2 oe’ jury rendered a verdict in accordance with the above facts. The deceased was reckoned among the best citizens of the township and was highly esteemed by all who knew him, He owned a fine farm and was well-to-do in this world’s goods. Jim Draws Fifteen. Jim Franklin had been convicted at Guthrie, Okla., of highway rob- bery, in the firat degree and the court sentenced him to fifteen years in the penitentiary, His lawyers gave no- tice of appeal and his bond was fixed at $5,000, in default. of which Jim will be taken to the Lansing peniten tiary. This will be no newexperience for Jim, as he has served two terms in the pen. and the old saying that the third time is the charm is prov- ing very apt in this case. Jim never could withstand temptation and that court took pity on him and fixed it so temptation can’t get at him for along time. We are satisfied Jim appreciates the kindness. There was a time when Jim kept things pretty lively around the police courts in this city, but thetown grew too slow for him and hesought more exciting scenes. He was arrested many times for various offences, but he generally managed to wiggle out. He probably now realizes that a public saloon is a mighty poor place to divide the spoils of a successful rebbery. County clerk Herrell’s force is busy extending the tax books. The rate of tax for the state is 18 cents, coun- ty 35 cents and court house 15 cents. The towship and school tx vary. The court house tax will be wiped out this year. The Baptist college here has been sold for $28,000 to the Great Wes- tern Business college. The original cost of the building was $75,000. An effort was recently made to have the state buy it for the establishment of a Southwestern Missouri Normal School.—Webb City News. Miss Anna Day Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. J. Smith, who last week. A dispatch to the St. Louis Post Dispatch said he was a brother of Miss Elizabeth Parkinson, now finishing her musical education in Paris. This must be a mistake however, as Judge Parkinson had only one eon, Phillip. He must be between twenty andtwenty-five years old, about the same age of the young man who was killed. Our people rejoice that Judge Graves was able to be brought home on Sunday and is now convalescing. On Tuesday morning he was not able instantly killed by a fellow employee has been attending Herdin college, returned home last week a graduate of that schoel. Miss Smith is a beautiful and chasming young lady, and Tue Timzs takes pleasure in congratulating her on finishing her school course. C. 0. Blake, residing north of town, lost a fine cow the other day. The cow, it is said, was afflicted with hydrophobia. J. B. Armstrong, residing west of town, also lost a cow from the same cause about the same time. The two animals had evidently been bitten by a rabid dog. to be present to open court, when} Governor Dockery on Wednesday the members of the barelected Judge | appointed John C. Hayes, public ad- lerty is valued at $296. | MeKibbens. (SALA We have reduced the price of our beautiful 20c Batistes to I5C Yard The styles ar exclusive and the quality is fine and colors fast. Come and see them we want your trade Butterick Patterns and Delin- eators for July. With the aid of a Butterick pattern you can do your own dress-making. . MecKibbens. The summer school isj the Mecca for progressive teachers, The last legislature did well in,making appro- priations sufficient to enable the State Normal Schools to have con- tinuous sessions. Hereafter these schools will have four terms of twelve weeks each. The summer term will be as largely attended as any regular term. The cost per pupil for the en- tire summer term need not be more | than forty dollars, one months sal- | ary for average rural or gradeteach- er. Twelve weeks under good ped- ogical influences should make a (SISSSSASASASALA SDA Led A BRACE OF BURGLARS. Johannes’ Store at Rich Hill Robbed Again, Two of the Thieves Captured. The city marshal of Rich Hil brought to jail Monday evening two young men who gave their names as John McCormack and Edwin Allen. The two were handcuffed together, and Allen was coatless. Allen claims to hail from Dallas, Texas, and McCormack said he was , a native of Missouri, but refused to , 8 locate himself, as he said he did not | teacher worth ten dollars more per want his folks to know of his trou- | month. It is believed that school bles. boards will recognize this aud ¢ : When caught Allen was wearing ao jyuiny spacers” Dy paring pet bo salaries to those who improve their coat such as is given convicts when | opportunities. released from the penitentiary and was armed with a revolver. After being searched by Sheriff Smith, the two men were locked in the steel cage. The two men are charged with | burglarizing the hardware store of | Johannes & Sons at Rich Hill Satur- | day night and with stealing fourteen | shotguns, four pistols and an over- | coat. The value of the stolen prop- | A MONEY SAVING _ SOAP SALE — A big purchase of soap direct from the manufacturer enables us to place them on sale at jobber’s prices. The robbery was quickly discover- | Thursday, Friday ed, and the above men were captur- | and Saturday, ed at the depot red-handed, as they | were waiting to take a train out of | June 11th, 12th and 13th ——We Will Sell town. The stolen property was re-_ turned to Johannes & Sons. | A third man over six feet tall with 2 500 boxes Armous “Witch a gold front tooth interested inthe! Hazel.” toilet soap worth 25¢e robbery made his escape, although per box, special sale price for the officers had him under arrest three days earlier in the evening for disturbing | the peace. Allen also had been ar | PER BOX 10c. rested and the tall man paid his fine. | § The two under arrest are rough | oy boxes Armous famous 411 looking characters, and it is evident || Tar Soap, equal to the high- that this is not the first time they est priced Tar soap on the have looked through the bars. market, regular price 25¢ per Both asked for dinner as soon as box, sale price for thee days they were locked up. Dinner hour PER BOX 10c. being over at the jail Sheriff Smith a - sent out and bought them a lunch. 500 boxes “Apple Blossom” A Times reporter was present and and Violet extra milled and questioned the prisoners. They said high grade toilet soap worth they had been about Rich Hill for 25ca box in any first class three or four days, but further than store. Our sale price for three days PER BOX 10c. 500 boxes Daisy Bloom Bo- quet toilet soap 4 cakes in a that they refused to talk. box, a good soap, something almost for nothing. Our sale price for three days PER BOX 4c. The Kansas City papers report that train service into that city has been resumed and the old union de- pot isagain the center of operation for passenger trainsin and out of the city. “The farmers are busy in my sec- tion of the county plowing and plant- ing corn,” said Judge J. L. Porter, 500 bars Armours famous Pea- coek laundry soap, equal to was in te city Tuesday doing some head of cattle to die from hydropho-| 7 p smith as special judge, who] ministrator of Bates county, to fill shopp! The Judge said all the bia last week. It is supposed the]. vened court in due form, and| out the unexpired term of Judge D. ofthe eer neighborhood, who | home at Leavenworth, Kansas. any made. If you want sweet, ". The Mt. Vernon Baptist church | cattle were bitten by arabld dog. | with grace, dignity and ability pro-|V. Brown. There is no more compe- | way along the road to town hecould clean clothes use Peacock ‘near Vinton P. 0. will observe Child-| ‘The victims of the Gainesville, Ga,\|ceeded with the business. Sheriff|tent man in the county. for the office|eee the farmers busy planting and |} Laundry soap. In our three ‘ren’s Day next Sun., June 14th. ‘an account of which was| Joe T. Smirh, Clerk John A. Patter-|than Mr. Hayes. Heserved our peo-| was satisfied that with anything like |} days sale 7 bars a season Bates county would raise a good crop of corn. The Judge has most of his farm in grass and is de- voting his time to raisiag whitefaced cattle. FOR 25c. HILL’S CASH STORE. publishedin last week’s Trze,reach-| son, Prosecuting attorney Brace] ple as circuit clerk for eight years, con- | ed the aetounding number of 425 per. | Ludwick, as direct officers of the cir-] and no man-ever made a better rec- 125 of whom are dead. 1,500|cuitcourt have their work well in| ord asa county officer. He is cour- aska, is back | people are homeless, 400 homee de-| hand and in shape to facilitate the| teousand affable, and the business dtriends, | stroyed. court’s business, will be safe in his hand.