The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 30, 1903, Page 1

_ VOL, XXYV. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1903. WHITE LOAF FLOU A Nice Lot of Honey, MOSIER’S CASH GROCERY We have another car load .of this * excellent Flour on hand. sack and you will want another. We also have the Mayflower, an all hard wheat flour. This is a home product made from white clover and is all right. Have Added a Line of Granite and Tinware, to our stock. Also machine oil. GROCERY STOCK {s complete. Come to our store for anything you need in that line and you will get fresh goods at the lowest prices, We are headquarters for Coffee, Teas, Cigare, Tobaccos, fresh Cakes and Candies. We pay Highest Market Price for your Produce. F. KE. MOSIER, Jim’s Old Stand. Try a Our AN ILLINOIS MOB LYNCH A NEGRO AND BURN HIM. Infuriated Mob at Danville Bat- tered Down a Jail Door and Secured Their Victim---The Mob Was Fired Upon By the Sheriff and Niue Men in the Crowd Received Wounds. The Negro Lynched Had Killed a Mem- ber of the Mob. Danville, Ill., July 25.—A race war broke out here to-night. While a mob of 600 men was on its wav to the county lail to lynch James Wil- son, a Bloomington negro, who had confessed to assaulting Mrs. Thomas Burgess, the wife of a farmer, an un- known negro, shot and killed Henry Getterman, white, a member of the mob. The murderous negro, a re- fugee from Evansville, Ind., was then lynched by the mob and three other negroes who attacked the whites were beaten badly. The mob finally resumed its march to the county jail, determined to lynch Wilson. The mob at the jail was fired on by the sheriff. Nine persons were wounded and the crowd scattered. Mayfield met his fate while themob was on the way to lynch Wilson. As the throng was passing down East Main street the negro becameinvolv- ed in an altercation with some of its members, They started after him and he pulled a gun, firing into the crowd. Henry Getterman, a young butcb- er, fell mortally wounded and expired. in a few minutes. The negro turned and fled but was caught by the offi- cers within a block of the scene of the : tragedy and hurried to the police sta- tion, with the mob in hot pursuit, temporarily diverted from their i march to the county jail. The offi- cers wigh their prisoner took refuge in the city building, barricading themeelves behind the doors of one of the offices. They could not check the mob, however, for it secured a long pole and battered down a sec- tion of the wall and door, both of which were frail. On account of the overwhelming numbers of the mob it was useless for the officers to resist. The negro was seized and rushed to the spot where he had shot down Getterman. It was the work of only an jnstant | unj pole. The mob did not delay , but waited to see that thelr vietim was dead. _ Life had been slowly strangled out mob changed ite mind before at- tho all and went back and eat down field’s body. They country most dan; rushed {t to the public square and: burned it in a bonfire, hacking it to! pieces with knives as it burned. Then they charged the jail, and the sheriff and his deputies fired, wounding three members of the mob. The mob scattered, but some of its members started for a neighboring mining camp for dynamite and threatened to again attack the jail. The mob in its fury threatened to lynch the sheriff and his deputies, also the negro turnkey of the jail. Colored troop K, which has head quarters here, is expected to becalled out. Three other negroes were attacked by members of the mob and severely beaten. One of them is named Ben Rich and the other two are said to be refugees from Evansville, Ind. Some of the negroes are arming themselves and others ure preparing for fight. Wilson, it is charged, went to the Burgess farm house and begged for food. While Mrs. Burgess was get- tiug him something to eat, he seized her. He fled, leaving her half dead. Afterward she managed to crawl to the nearest farm house where she told her story. A posse of oificers started in pursuit. Wilson was cap- tored and hurried to the county jail | to escape lynching. There the negro confessed. During the excitement a woman in the crowd mounted a store box in the street and shouted: “Kill the sheriff. He has shot more than one white man on account of a negro.” After the fusillade the mob recoiled for a few minutes, but immediate preparations were made for another attack. A message was sent to a mining camp at Westfield, Ill., to The Cause of Many Sudden Deaths, There is a disease | prevailing in this erous because so decep- are often the result .of kidney disease. If kidney trouble is al- lowed to advance the kidney-poisoned blood will attack the m vital organs or the break down and waste ie eae Kilmer's Saat: kidney, liver and | lessness bladder remedy. inability to hold urine and scald- ing pain in von oll overcomes thet to throw the rope around his neck © and awing him up to the nearest tele- | extrac eeeewes bh benging wills the this on to the county jail. | covery ‘Swamp-Root. mention the purpose of running down nals. | bring over dynamite to blow up the! ' jail and the mob leaders were notified that two miners had started for the | explosive. They are heavily armed and riding swift horses. Company K, the colored troops, has its headquarters here and the officers have prepared to call it out. The leaders of the mob declare they will try to kill the entire company if it comes out. On the edges of the square to-night two negroes lay in the gutter. They were beaten into insensibility with clubs in the hands of white citizons, In the mob are many women. Nearly 200 men and women from Alvin, where the assault on Mrs. Burgess was committed, are active leaders of themob. The mob has increased to several thousand, the entire equare in front of the jail being packed with shouting men and women, Martial Law Declared to Put an End to Riots---Rumors of Trouble. Danville, Ill, July 27 —Alter the riotous scenes of the past week Dan- ville is quiet again under martial law. Four companies of state troops are in town and have succeeded in | suppressing the lawless element. The a and military officers have urg- ed all citizens to remain off the streets. All saloons have been order- ed closed indefinitely. After daylight yesterday there were restless crowds on the streets. Hun- dreds of farmers poured into the city and each surrounding town continued to swell the crowd. Many miners were seen on the street. The result of the riote is two killed —John D. Metcalf, the negro lynched and burned, and his victim, Henry Gatterman; twenty-two wounded. The police station and county jail are wrecked. A MOB SURROUNDS NEGRO, Des Moines, July 27.—A special from Farmington says that Clark, the negro who assaulted pretty 16 year-old Gertrude Hess, of Kahoka, just across the state line in Missouri, is now surrounded in the woods near Medill by a mob of farmers determin- ed tolynch him. The man used a razor on the girl, inflicting danger- ous wounds, Kansas Teacher Must Not Marry ia Service. Sedan, July 27.—School boards inserted in their contracts with teach- ere this year clauses that prohibit either courting or marrying by the teacher in the school term. Many schools were badly interrupted last year by the marriage of the woman teachers, most of whom at once re- signed. Others neglected theirschool duties and gave their time to court- ing. The boards are now making thesalary contingent upon the teach- ers of bofh sexes refraining from mar- rying. Some of the teachers objet to the contracts, but the majority sign them. Poisoned the Sheep. Butte, Mont., July 25.—Word come from Columbus of a heavy loss sustained by a sheep man named Grimes. It was learned that some one scattered poison on the range 25 miles s,uth of Columbus, where Grimes had his flock ranging. Over 1,200 head are known to have died as a result, Another sheep man is said to have lost over 300 head. There is noclue. Brutally Tortured. A case came to light that for sistent and unmereiful torture perhaps never been equaled. Joe Golobick of Colusa, Calif, writee: “For 15 years I endured jnsufferable pain from rheumatism and nothing relieved me though I tried every- thing known. I cameacross Electric Bitters and it’s the greatest medicine onearth for that trouble. A lew bottles of it completely relieved and cured me.” Just as good for liver and k‘dney troubles and general de- bility. Only50c. Satisfaction guar- anteed by H. L. Tucker, druggist. fae Faulkaer’s Trial. St. Louis, July 24.—Judge Ryan yesterday overruled the plea in abate: ment offered by the attorneys for former Delegate Harry Faulkner in support of their motion for the dis missal of the case, and ordered that the eecond trial of Faulkner on the charge of perjury began in the after. noon. On Faulkner’s previous trial he was s*ntenced to imprisonment for two years, being convicted of perjury in connection with the Suburban boodle. The state supreme court r - versed the decision, however, and r- manded the case for new trial. No Pity Shown. “For years fate was after me con- tinuously” writes F. A. Gulledge, Verbena, Ala., “I had a terrible case of piles causing 24 tumors. When all failed Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured me. Equally good for burns — allaches and pains. Only 25¢c t H. L. Tucker’s drug store. Oklahoma Town Destroyed. Guthrie, Ok., July 22—The town of Landers, population 600, was wip- ed out by firetoday. Loss, $200,000. Mrs. Jason Burgess was burned to death. An Officer Held for Murder. Carthage, Mo., July 26.—An in- quest on the body of Isaac Gear- heart, who was shot and killed Sat. urday night near the public equare in Sarcoxie by city marshal Fred Stump of Sarcoxie, was held to-day, resulting in @ verdict that Gearheart came to his death through criminal negligence of the officer. Stump was committed to the county jail in this ety pending bond for his appearance on a charge of murder in the fourth degree. Gearheart, with four otherfarmers, was leaving the city on a hayrack, when Marshal Stump attempted to make an arrest for disturbance of the peace. It is asserted by, the of- ficer that while stopping the team his revolver, carried at the time ina basket, was discharged accidenally, the bullet piercing Gearheart’s head and lodging in the jaw of a compan- ion, Noah A. Thompson. . Gearheart was 24 years of age. : Train Three Years Behind Time. Beaumont, Tex., July 23.—When the Fulf and Interstate train arrives here Sunday it will be almost three years late. The train left Galveston September 8, 1900, on a straight track. The great hurricane wrecked the roadbed and left the train stand- ing in the prairie with only enough rails to support it. The owners of the road have been rebuilding it since at the rate of @ mile a month, and will reach the train which is now ready to run in Saturday evening. The engine will be fired Sunday and brought in, but not by the same crew. Why is it that Ayer’s Hair Vigor does so many remark- able things? Because it is a hair food. It feeds the hair, puts new life intoit. The hair Hair Vigor cannot keep from growing. And gradually all the dark, rich color of early life comes ‘back we digg gray hair. aval ray Ayer’s Hair i. But now we faa rhe 4 ease Working Night and Day. The busiest and mightiest little thing that ever was is Dr. chatige weaken Life ee el weakness into mental come building Ay “Only a Sold by H. L Tuckerearog: Bloodhounds Hurt a Woman. Arkansas City, Kan., July 25,— Mrs. E. A. Cuthshall was crippled Thursday by a couple of bloodhounds belonging to her son. She attempt- ed to feed them and one of the doga caught her right hand, ft severely. The dogs are kept here for thick as [ could wish.” PFENSTIEN, Tuscum| ies SPLSLSS LSS LL LL TLS LAS LTLAD LA LAL ALAS ASSS SALA AAAS ASA A ao) oe ee ae Dies Cach Tevaten Lucky Purchase In several lines enables us to offer’ you some exceptional values NOW let a lot of summer up-to-date Dress Goods, At 20 to 50 per cent Discount. 10 to 12 cent goods at 5e 15 to 20 cent goods at 10¢ 22 to 25 cent goods at lie 35 to 39 cent goods at 25e 45 to 50 cent goods at 30¢ All bright, snappy up-to-date patterns. Most of our fall Woolen Dress Goods now in and ready for inspection. We pride our- selves on being headquarters for Fine Imported and Domestic DRESS GOODS. 50 pieces standard calicoes 62 inch mercerized table liuen.. 58 inch all table linen... 60 inch linen damask... 2 inch tine German table linen.. 72 inch satin damask table linen.. 84 inch fine satin damask table linen. Good napkins, bleached Good napkins from $1.00 to.. Fine I'ne of embroideries direct from the importers 4c Best spool cotton 100 yard speol silk. Roger Bro, 1847 knives and forke All Straw Hats at actual COST. The best 25¢ 50c and Sec corset ever shown in Butler 10-4 cotton blankets....... 2 quart ice cream freezer. 3 quart ive cream freezer..... 4+ quart ice eream freezer. Good duck skirt... Good wash skirt Good covert skirt... Good woolen skirt.. Good black dress skirt........ Good gray dress skirt Fine gray skirt nicely trimed.. Castor gray dress skirt... Walking skirts... $6.50 fine voile skirt... $6.50 Coinaltic dott brilliantin SSO 85.00 $5.00 Finest line of embroideries ever shown in Butler. Good bleached vest.... Fine bleached vest. Good line 14c, 19¢, 24¢ and 39e Swiss UNION BUIG........ cece 25e The Best Spool Cotton 100 yard spool silk... Will Close all Shirt Waists at Cost. A lot of jelley glasses bought out of a flooded cellar in Kansas City. Nothing the matter with them, while they last, per dozen 20c. Barbed wire galvanized Nothing the matter with it except its muddy. The rain will wash all the mud off, our price while it lasts $3.35 60 bed eprings all wire epiral Spring each worth $2 50 the world over ourprice... «$1.50 We have about one ton of 8 foot bale ties which we will close out at 90c A big lot of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10 quart ice cream freezers at actual cost. During the balance of July and up to August 9th we will give a picture with every cash purchase of $1 00 or more in the Carpet and furniture dept. Butler Cash Department Store, § SSSA IS SSASAIALASAAG AS ASDADS AS AS ALAS ASAD ISS AAS ASASALAPAALAGSASALASAAAAALSAAAASAS ALG