The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 18, 1903, Page 5

SPRING AT LAST! We are at the old stand with a VERY COMPLETE LNIE OF Spring Suits HATS, SHIRTS @ NECKWEAR and the finest line of Walk-Over Shoes and Oxfords Ever shown in Bates county. The rains have been discouraging but the prospects You will certainly prosper if you buy the class of goods we offer, as you will always get FULL VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY. WE OFFER _...asarm. MENS $4.00, $5.00, $6.00, SUITS $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 be AMERICAN THE CLOTHES STORE. Tres’ Telephone No. 37. Frank Teeter, of Halbrook, Neb., sends us remittance for renewal. Mrs. M. D. Maloney is visiting her brother, R. B Hall, at ElDorado Springs. Hon. W. J. Bryan will open Clinton Chautauqua Monday, July 20th. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee will deliver an ad- dress July 26th.. Warrensburg is preparing for a street fair the las: of this month. The fair will wind up with a big Fourth of July celebration. Twenty threechanges of venue have been ordered from Johnson to Bates county. They will be docketed for x October term of court. Ex county treasurer Andy B. Owen, favored us substantially. Mr. Owen is one of Bates county’s prominent Democrats and influental citizens. The enrollment of the summer school at the Warrensburg Normal is 524. That is a pretty good show- ing. Uncle Lewis Porter went to Okla- homa last week to thr:sh. He will be associated with Dave Jennings in threshing, and will be gone until October. The Clinton Democrat says the first * duty of Judge Graves after being well enough to sit up was to sentence ~ Hugh Osborne to the penitentiary ' for five years. Jas, P. Thomas, one of New Home township’s largest and wealthiest farmers, was in the city the last of the week and favored us substan- John Peter Kamm died at his home » near Papinville onJune7th. Hewas * an old settler, having resided in Bates ~ eounty for 36 years. He was an ex- - emplary citizen. Sheriff Smith is having some good ~ work done on the court house yard, ‘and it is graded up in good shape. = When it is graseed over it will be the | prettiest court yard in the state. Hugh Powderly, 4 substantial farmer, uncle of George Alspaugh, ed us with a pleasant call and ; ga Falger, at Madon- 1] Clothing House. Men and Boys Outfitters ALWAYS ONE PRICE, 600003060 0008 600000606 6 are brightening and it now looks like GOOD TIMES WILL CONTINUE. ; oa STORE. Mrs. J. H. Frizzell left Sunday to spend the summer with relatives at Indianapolis, Ind. Former Lieutenant Governor John A. Lee bas returned from California afteran absence of about onemonth. Fred Boxley, a rising young attor- ney of Kansas City, was visiting his | family and many friends in Butler, Sunday. Harry Holloway, salesman for Armour Packing House, has been given a week's lay off and is at home with his parents. Mra. M. J. Curry and daughter, Miss Sallye, have gone to Waup: - nucka, Ind. Ter., fora month’s visit with her husband and son. Tur TIMEs regrets to learn that its long tiwe friend T. W. Maddox, is quite sick with a dropsical affection, his legs being badly swollen, and is unable to leave the house, The crops in the east are said to be ruined by the drouth. Out here in Missouri we have suffered from too much moisture, As between the two extremes we will take the latter. Three men who robbed Beasley's store at Pleasant Hill the other day of goods to the value of $175 have been captured by the officers and most of the stolen property recover- ed. Earl Woeds, son of T. J. Woods, was drowned in a pond one mile south of Milo Mo., Saturday. John Anderson who went to his rescue also lost his life. Both young men were farmers. Farmers last week hustled in their corn ingreatshape. Thereis but little if any corn yet to beplanted in Bates county. Our farmers have the right metal, given the opportunity, they will do the rest. 8. C. Alexander has moved his fam- ily trom Paesaic to Kansas City. Mr. Alexander is one of our most ac- tive young business men and we re- gret to see him leave the county, but wish him abundant success, H. H Morris, of Iola, Kansas, was in the last of the week and favored us with arenewal. Hesaid that Iola was threatened with high water and her citizens badly frightened, but es- caped with slight damages. The members of the K. of P. L of this city held memorial services Sunday and in the afternoon march- jed to the cemetery and dedicated the | graves of their departed brethren. A ! beautiful wreath of flowers was laid upon each grave. The local freight handlers of the | bedding. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe to the number of 100 went out on a strike at Kansas City Monday. The men claim as their main reason for quit- ing work that they. were about to be supplanted by negroes. Allen and McCormach, the two men brought up from Rich Hill last week charged with burglary, were arraigned before Judge Graves Tues. day morning. Neither one was ready for trial and the hearing of their cases will be had at the October term of court. A. G Moffiv died at his home near Athol, on Saturday. Funeral serv ices were held Sunday by Rev. Wil- liamson of this city, and interment was made in Onk Hill cemetery, He was 86 years old, and leaves a widow and two children, who live at Des Moines, Iowa. The flood is leaving its results asit goes back to the channel, On a ten acre piece of river bottom land be- tween Iudependence and Kansas City, owner counted 27 carcasses of hogs, horsesandcattle, The animalscame from Kansas City and were left as the water receded, Andy Ditchey, a consumptive who has been living iu Charlotte township for several months, was furnished transportation Tuesday by thecoun- ty court and sent to his kins people at Seymour, Indiana, Ditehey is in bad shape and it is thought doubtful that he lives to reach his people. Henry Meredith, a negro boy, ar- rested at Armstrong, Mo., Saturday night charged with cutting Will Bogys, another negro boy, was tak- en from jail by a posse of citizens, and a half mile from town was tied toa telegraph pole and given 150 lashes with hurness tugs. Because he could not get steady and satisfactory employment, Mor- row H. Mayes, of St. Joseph, took his life by firing a bullet through his head. His 10-year-old daughter was in an adjoining room playing the piano at the time. To make sure work of it Mayes stood in front of a mirror and pulled tle trigger, A. L. Graham writing from Bison, Kansas, says there is work in the harvest fields for Bates county boys at fair wages. He says if they will come in blocks oftive they can secure tr insportation at one cent per mile. He says Jay Reed, of this city, has his thresher there and is doing well. J. F, Taggart, a prominent young business man of Adrian, accompanied by his mother, was trading in But- ler Friday. Mr. Taggart called and enrolled his name for Tur Times. He isa sonofthe late John Taggart, who was a successful merchant and prominent citizen of north Bates for many years, He moved to Barton county a few years ago, where he died of cancer, Judge Graves on last Friday ex- cused the jurors for a week, with in- structions to meet next Monday, June 22nd, at which time he expects his health to be such that hecan pro- ceed with the business of the court without interruption. JudgeGraves has had a serious time with his throat and is still quite weak, but his many friends will rejoice to know that he ison the highway to recovery. The Butler bail team is winning laurels. On Saturday they beat the J. J. Fosters, of Kansas City, in a hotly contested game, the score standing 7 to 6. On Sunday they shut out the Nevada Athletes by a score of 12 to 0. They will soon be so stuck up with their continued vic- tories that they will be challenging the St. Louis Browns, and they will beat them, too, it given enough time to practice. Butler never does things by halves. Rev. Chas. Thomas, ‘pastor of the African Methodist church in Belle- ville, Illinois, has deserted his flock. Since the lynching of the negro teach- er, Wyatt, Saturday night in Belle- ville, Thomas has received many warnings to leave the town. Hecon- sulted a lawyer and was advised to go. Rev. Thomas a short time ago went into a barber shop patronized by white people and demanded bis shoes shined and when refused brought suit against the proprietor of the shop for $200 damages, but lost the suit. The suit caused much feeling against negroes, according to the statement of Belleville people: Farmers are busy v th and the town cons deserted appearance. ueb ly has a The committee to solicit funds for the flood sufferers of Kansas City, Kansas, sent $125 on Saturday, be- sides a large umount of clothing and | Thelake and park was well patron. ized Snnday by our people. The pump at the well was running and the little pleasure boat on the lake had up steam. The court house of Pulaski county was destroyed by fire Sunday morn- ing at three o’clock All records ex- cept those in the probate office were a total loss. Origin of the fire not known. Mrs. J. M. Christy left for Warrens- burg the last of the week to join her daughter, Miss Stella, who has been spending a vacation there with! friends. They will visit in Sedalia before returning home. Ex-cirenit clerk Jno. C. Hayes fa vores us witha renewal. Mr. Hayes was appointed public administrator by Governor Doekery last week to) fill out the unexpired term of Judge Brown, deceased, The celebration of the 4th at But: ler is an assured fact. The money has been raised and arrangements in the hands of competent parties who will prepare and announce asplendid | program of amusement. Look out| for the bills and programs and come to Butler, g Squire O. M. Burkhart, of Pleasant Gap township, was a pleasant caller on Tuesday. He had brought in some old wheat for which he received 635 cents per bushel, Mr, Burkhart said he could have sold at time of threshing for 80 cents, but is satis. fied. The oil excitement in Vernon coun- ty still prevails, and three more drills will be sent down on aninvestigation in the neighborhood of the Bellamy farm, The drills are being shipped from Bakersfield, California. The companies who are to enter the field, says the Nevada Mail, are the Union Oil, the Three 5S. and the Santa Fe, The thirteenth annual meeting of the Christian Endeavors of the Sev- euth district, composed of the coun- ties of St, Clair, Hickory, Polk, Dallas, Laclede, Pulaski, Greene, Webster, Christian, Stone and Taney will meet in Osceola on Thursday and Friday, June 25 and 26. It is expected that from 75 tu 100 dele gates will be present. Mrs. Ford and her daughter, while passing through a pasture in the northwest limits of Sedalia, cameup- on the remains of a baby in some bushes. The dead baby was neara eulvert, and while the two women went to summon the officers a dash- ingrain came up. On their return to the spot the body of the infant could not be found. Childrens Day was observed at both the First Presbyterian and Baptist churches on last Sunday The churches were beautifully decor ated for the occasion and very inter- esting programs had been arranged. The day was bright and pleasant and a delightful time was had. These occasions are always looked forward to with pleasure by the young peo- ple. A storekeeper of Nodaway county in attempting to move a barrel of linseed oil the other day broke off the faucet and was compeled to hold his nand over the bung hole three-quar- ters of an hour before a customer came in and assisted him. Had the storekeeper been a regular advertiser, the customer would probably have been there when the accident happen- ed.—Ex. The officers are hot on the track of the third man who took part in the robbery of the Johannes store at Rich Hill the fore part of last week and made his escape. He was track- ed to Iola and Gas City, Kansas, At Yates Center, Kansas, a deputy sheriff undertook to arrest him and was slightly shot in the shoulder, McCormack, who is in jail here, said he hoped the officers would get him as his capture might help him. Rich Hill is being furnished with an overdose of gussip growing out of domestic trouble between Robert Pearson, a coal operator, and his wife at their home on East Walnut street. Saturday Pearson was ar- rested by Officer Kimbrough on a charge of disturbing the peace and put under bond to appear for trial Monday morning. Later a state warrant was served on him. Mon- day Pearson came to Butler and started divorce proceedings against his wife. SDE RT as 1 (poocovecececocsceoccoosoy McKibbens. verry, We have reduced the price of our beautiful 20¢ 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 Butterick pattern you can do your own dress-making. MeKibbens. PSSSALSLSSASALISSASSAAASA SALI Fourth at Butler. At Friday night’s Fourth of July meeting the following soliciting com- mittee was appointed: Dr. J. M. of a b Five hundred lives are reported to have been lost Monday in a cloud | burst at Heppner, Oregon, Over 100 | corpses have been recovered. Hep- | pner is inthe north central part of aoe a a am Oregon, and bad a population of Christy, James Winsett, 8. F. War-| 1 146, and according to the reports nock, T, J, Day and Frank Mabbott. | the town was swept away. Heppner We understand this committee Ras} was situated in a gulch through ‘raised enough money to insure the | ta i) — — ‘ hes age P pier auingons ote Celebre won: It is very rushed down the creek immediately rare that our people fail to have a! after the clondburstand sweptevery- rousing fourth and this will be no | thing before it. exception. The people will have an opportunity tocome to Butler and | enjoy themselves, HERE’S Your Chanee Weather Clan The Exchange grain elevator in the | east bottoms at Kansas City was) destroyed by fire Friday night, des- | troying 40,000 bushels of wheat and | entailing a loss of $70,000 Mrs. Martha Oldham, of the Vir-| ginia neighborhood, an early settler and one of ‘Tne Times’ beet friends, was a pleasant caller on Tuesday and favored us with a renewal. With Nothing But Hot Weather in Sight Mens Outing Suits $5. $7.50 $8.50 $10.00 A daughter of A. D. Hyde, of Pap- | inville, administered a dose of medi- | cine to her little brother Monday evening, and shortly afterward it/| was discovered that a mistake had | been made. She had gotten hold of | the wrong bottle and instead of the , medicine intended had given the boy | a dose olearbolic acid and Jandanum, | A physician was called and the prop- er remedies applied. Boys Outing Suits Miss Fanny Norris, @ teacher inthe | $4. $5. $6. and $7.50. French and German department of! Ottawa, Kan., University, was onan early morning train from Kansas City to St. Louis, which passed Pleasant Hill at 2:30 o'clock, At} that place a young, fashionably | dressed stranger boarded thecars and sauntered through the aisle of the chair car, As the train increased its | speed, he reached over and snatched | Miss Norris’ hand bag, in which she ; had her money, checks and jewelry, | valued at $250, rushed from the car and jumped off. Theconductorstop- ped the train and some men who had | witnessed the daring robbery, give chase, but to no avail. Miss Norri is then got off, in spite of the protests | of the conductor who told her he would take her through to St. Louis, walked back to the depot, had the night operator to call up Sheriff Bailey and « constable, told them of the robbery and gave an accurate description of the thief. In less than an hour the officers were back with a man she readily identified. The pris- oner denied all knowledge of the af- fair until the officers took him to one side and persuaded him to give up the stolen goods, when he conducted | them to where they were concealed. Miss Norris then gave her deposition to be used against him when brought | to trial and departed for St. Louis | at 8:30, having lost only about 8 hours, Such pluck and independence puts the American woman far above her sisters the world over. Mens Cool Coats Fast Color 50c. Mens pure linen pants Sizes 30 to 50 Waists $1.50 Mens Cassimere Suits $5.00 to $20.00 Boys Cassimere Suits $4.00 to $12.00 Childrens Cassimere Suits $1.50 to $5.00 For Good Clothes at Low Prices GO TO JOE MEYER, THE CLOTHIER. SF a PEE TE PG el