The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 20, 1903, Page 2

} : BYAN BOOMS COCKRELL. Worthy to be Considered Among Those Eligible to Demo- | cratic Nomination. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 14.—In the Commoner to-day William J. Bryan, who has printed several biographies of presidential possibilities but never before declared for one, declares for) Senater Cockrell of Missouri for pres- ident. Senator Cockrell,Jhowever, it is understood, has declared he is not a candidate. The Commoner saye: “Why net-Francis Marion Cockrell of Missouri for president? His christ- ian character, his long experience, his great ability and his unquestioned integrity make him worthy to be considered among those eligible to a Democratic nomination. As one who has been in harmony with his party on every question, he would be ac- ceptable to the Kansas City plat- form Democrats, and yet what reor- gavizer could tind a personal objec- tion to him? His long service would disarm criticism and his popularity would spread as he became better known, “He is 69 years cf age, but young enough for service yet. His service in the confederate army would not weaken him; firet, beeause the war is over, and, second, because his record has been such as to commend him to those who wore the blue as well as those who wore the gray. The Com- moner has already mentioned sever- al available men and has others in reserve, but it takes pleasure in pro- posing Senator Cockrell,” Constipated Bowels, To have good health, the body should be kept in a laxative condi- tion, and the bowels moved at least once a day, 80 that all the poisonous Wastes are expelled daily. Mr. G. L Edwards, 142 Main St., Wichita, Kansas, writes: “I have used Her bine to regulate the liver and bowels for the past ten years, and found ita reliable remedy” 50e at H. L. Tucker's Drug Store. CORPORATIONS HIT HARD. Street Railway and Telephone Compa- nies’ Taxes Increased, Jefferson City, Aug, 15.—The tax assessment of the Metropolitan Street Railway company of Kansas City was raised nearly a half milllon dollars by the state board of equal- ization yesterday. The Missouriand Kansas Telephone company was In- creased $300,000, Of the railroads the Missouri Pacif ie was hit the hardest. The board has made an increase on it over last year of $1,045,000. The ‘Frisco eystem comes next. It is assessed together with the Jines acquired last year and the increase Is about $600,- O00, The Burlington system isinereased about $280,000, the Kansas City Southern 4% million dollars, the Wabash $200,000, the St. Paul $375,000, the St, Joseph street rail- ways $150,000 and the Bell Tele phone $100,000. There is nochange in the assessment of the telegraph property and the Rock Island rail- road, outside of the ‘Frisco, shows a slight decrease. The total assessed value of all praperty subject to taxation for the year 1903 except merchants and manufacturers is as follows: LUNATIC KILLS 4; FATALLY WOUNDS 3; INJURES 20 OTHERS. Fired Into a Crowd at Winfield, Kan., With Terrific Results. Winfield, Kan., Aug. 14.—A fright- ful killing occurred here last night at 9 o'clock, while Caman’s band was playing ite weekly concert on the main street of the town to a crowd of 5,000 people. Gilbert Twigg, acrazy man, 30 years of age, opened fire on the crowd with a double-barreled shotgun loaded with bullets. Asaresult four are now dead, three dying and no less than twenty injur- ed, perhaps five or six fatally. The band has just finished playing awaltz when Twigg stepped out from the alley, a half block distant, and deliberately taking aim at the band- stand fired two shots. Oliver, the bandman, fell at the first shot, but the crowd, not realizing what had happened, rushed toward the killer, believing that there had been an accidental shooting of some kind. As the crowd closed in the crazed man discharged two more shots at them, causing a scat- tering ine ery direction, With the crowd fleeing, the man stood in a demoniacal attitude, firing at ran dom in every direction, Men and women howled and shrieked and ran, but no one seemed able to stop the fearful carnage until Ofticer Nichols confronted him and fired a bullet in- to his head, but before he expired the demented man drew a revolver from his pocket and fired a shot into his own body, causing death. The dead and dying were by this time scattered all over the street, and the frightened people, believing that the shooting was coming from every quarter. It was fully half an hour before they realized what had happened and recovered sufficiently to take care of the injured. Gilbert Twigg wasa miller by trade, having learned his trade twelve years ago at a little town, fifteen miles north of this city. He came to Win field shortly afterwards and became an employe of the Baden mills, where he worked for a number of years. The boys around town commonly re- ferred to him as ‘Crazy’ Twigg, but no one thought him dangerous. Later he went to New Mexico and worked, returning in time to enlist as a soldier for the Philippines after the first outbreak of the Spanish- American war. He came back here after being mustered out and loafed about town a number of months, finally going to Montana, but return- ing a few days ago. He had while in Montana applied for a job at the Baden mills, but the mills would not have him on account of his seemingly demented condition. For the last few days he has been loafing about town and this afternoon was seen at one of the parks carrying the same shotgun with which he did the kill- ing. CORK’S MAYOR A BOY. Built on Bowery Plan He Affords No- bility Mach Amusement. Dublin, August 14,—Lord Mayor Fitzgerald, of Cork, whom King Ed- ward has created a baronet in recog- nition of the royal party’s cordial reception in that city, is a politician [OLD FAMILY FUED ENDS #N| KILLING. to death in a Fignt Near Ozark, Mo, Dead Mao Nearly Slain ia a Previous Battle, Assailant Arrested by Can- Stable who Witnessed Fight. Springfield, Mo., August, 13.—Jim McCuy shot and killed John Hancock his brother in law, five miles south of Ozark, the result of aiong family fued. Hancock about a year ago was cut severely by McCoy. The tirst fight took place on the public highway, and the contestants were alone. The men fought with knives and Hancock was one the worst mutilated men ever carried away from a private battlefield. He lingered between life and death for several weeks, and at last got on hi feet again. Late Tuesday afternoon the two men met near the Vaughan farm, on the Ozark and Forsyth road, Sever- al other persons were present among them Constable Jake Kessinger. Hancock was whitling on a stick when McCoy came to the crowd. Hancock droppeb his stick and started toward McCoy, according to one report of the battle. MeCoy backed off, and as he retreated drew his pistol The sight of the gun frightened Hancock and he turned torun, Ae- Coy pursued Hancock, firing as he ran. Hancock took refuge behind a tree. McCoy ran to the tree and tried to shoot his enemy, Hancock dodged for time, but McCoy kept poking his gun around the tree. At last he fired a ball into Hancock's neck and the fight was over. Han- cock died almost instantly. » Constable arrested McCoy on the spot. The prisoner was taken to Ozark and Prosecuting Attorney Hays filed an information againt him, charging murder in the first degree. The case was held to be bail- able, and McCoy’s bond was fixed at 34,000. John Hancock was the son of Mart Hancock, a veteran of the civil war, well known in Springfield. He was one of the men who, forty years ago raided southwest Missouri with the noted John KR. Kelso. McCoy {s 4 son of the late Captain John McCoy, a noted ante-bellum politician of Missouri. Captain Me- Coy was president of the Arkansas Constitutionaf Convention which abolished slavery in that state at the close of the ciqil war. “Calamity Jane.” From the New York Post. The news from Deadwood, &. D., that “Culamity Jane” is dead, re minds us once more of the passing of the frontier Indian-fighting type. Contemporary with Gen. Custer and “Wild Bill” Hickok, Jane Cannary became one of the West’s most ec-) Tickets on sale daily until Sept. 30th; centric and picturesque characters. | poturn limit 30 days at one and one- Innumerable stories of her exploits— some true, some wildly exaggerated —arecurrent, one of these relating to her ruse of dressing as a cowboy in order to join Gen, Custer’sexpedition against the Apaches in 1870. An otheradmiring historian has describ- ed the part she is alleged to have taken in the capture of Jack McCall, the Deadwood rowdy, who killed A Tragedy of Rural Life. | There's many 8 man has said a joke That ended in getting his hatrack broke. Jim McCoy Shoots John Hancock | But when what he said ain’t under- stood, The joke’s on him, and it’s doubly good. The bustin’est laugh I ever had Was a case like this back on the farm, When Maw she misconstrued poor Dad, And Dad he came to dreadful barm* Back on the farm in the days gone by, When the corn grew clear to the bending sky. An’ our hired man—so it seems to me— Was as tall as a slippery ellum tree. When weede grew fast and taters slow, Paw nailed us kids to a grubbin’ hoe, And we hoed the spuds with many a} }j groan, Till the last rows of summer were blooming alone. Then the mornin’s came at “noon o’ night,” And the roosters crowed in ornery spite, Till Day flung open his winder wide And stuck his orburn head outside. Then each kil shouldered a rusty hoe, And back to the tater patch he'd go, Oneday when my hands was hotand swelled I thought ot fishing and I rebelled. “O, why do you plant 80 many spuds, I'd like to know,” I said to Paw. He said, “To clothe your back with duds And fill your blamed capacious maw,” I dropped my hoe right there and fled. I went and told Maw what he said. At dinner time, when he come in, She knocked him down with a rollin’ pin. She sez, “I'll tell you, Henry Brown, I earn ‘bout all that comes to me! Jest let me hear you blusterin’ round Again this way and talkin’ free— Tellin’ the boys some truck or other To pizen their minds agin their moth er— An’ I'll dress you down in a proper style That you won't fergit in a little while,” And she was mad! I tell you what, She had Paw ‘bout laid on the shelf. I heard him gruntas he limped away *Bout “a man whit marries be- neath hisself.” But the funniest part is this, I swan: ‘Twas several years fore I caught on That what Dad meant by “‘fillin’ my maw” Was nothin’ else than fillin’ my craw. But Dad’s — word-pieturin’ wasn’t good, And me and Maw misunderstood, C. L. Epson, Missouri Pacific Excursions. ElDorado Springs, Mo., Tourist.— third fare round trip. H. R. Suanks, Agt. ~ FARM LOANS. | To be able to borrow money on real estate on long time, with the privilege of making payments before due, is an advan- i ! L, | Cures Eruptions and Hives and Thrush, Removes and Prevents Worms. “Pere A. COUNTERACTS AND OVERCOMES THE EFFECTS OF THE SUMMER'S HEAT UPON TEETHING CHILDREN, Kansas Wheat Crop Greatest in History CASTORIA —~ 3 [9° IED |B or Tnfants and Children. ene The Kind You Have Always Bought ness and Rest.Contains neither .Morphine nor Mineral. OT NARCOTIC. Reape of | SUMCEL PITCHER pe af Ota Ir: Pamphin Seed ~ Arse Sool Aperfect Remed for Cons! — Stompch, Diarrivten Worms Convulsions Feverish- ness and LOSS OF SLEEP. 3° Use For Over Thirty Years THE CRNTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY, Bates County Investment Co, } IBUTLER, MO.: iOapital, = = 850,000. Money to loan on real estate, at low rates, Abstracts of title to all lands and town lots in Bates county. Oholee securities always on hand and forsale, Abstractsof title furnished, titles examined and all kinds of real estate papers drawn, ¥. J. Tra@anp, Hon. J. B. Newaenny, President, Vice-President. ti. Jno. C. Harns, Abstractor. J.C. Oranx, Seo’, & Treas, 8, F. Wannoox, Notary. § WELLL LL tage which the frugal borrower appre- ciates. We loan money in this way and at a low rate of interest. DUVALL & PERCIVA } BUTLER, MO. a On MOFFETS. Gres Coe EE THIN /\ fees “the Cunt endtines ING POWDERS) —_— A Mob Lynched a White Man, Topeka, August 15.—The wheat Albany, Ga., Ang. 15.—Reporte re- ASTORIA \ by ite prompt stimulative action on “drove the remainder away. Sheriff} Both.the king and queen. were de- of the New York Bowery order. He is a builder, his business being chiefly in carrying out municipal contracts. Locally he is known as “up with the shaft,” because the final installment on public contracts being paid when the chimney stack is erected. Fitz- gerald’s constant abjurgation to his workmen is “up with the shaft.” When Prince Henry of Prussia vis- ited the Cork exhibition last year, ner of malaria. A disposition to|Mayor Fitegerald wrung his hand at yawn, and an all tired out feeling| parting and said: ‘Look here; don’t even comes before thechill. Herbine, | srget to send your brother (Emper- or William) over here and the Cork boys will give him a jolly good time.” While King Edward’s brother, the duke of Connaught, and the duchess were vielting the exhibition in state a the duchess and the countess of Ban- Whipped Sheepman to Death. don hesitated about stepping into a Dupyer, Mont., Aug. 15.—Four-|carriage, the horse being restive. teen masked men, supposed to be] Fitzgerald unceremoniously bundled cattlemen, took a herder from the|them in from behind, saying: “Hur- sheep catnp of “Joe” Sturgeon last] ry up, girls; the lunch will get cold.” night, and, carrying him ten miles} On taking leave of King Edward into the mountain, tied him to a tree] the other day Fitzgerald consolingly, and whipped him to death. They|said: “I'll see you beforelongagain, shot many of the herder’s sheep and | as I’m going to London in October.” Real estate, $838,645,431. Personal property, $258,575,234. Bridge, railroad, telegraph and telephone property, $125,495,- 485 47. Grand total of assessment for 1903 $1,222,715,510.47. Wateh For a Chill. However slight at this time of year and in this climate, it is the forerun the liver, drives the malarial germs out of the system, purifies the blood, tones up the system and restores health. 50c at H. L. Tucker's Drug Store. vaylor and @ posse are in pureuit of lighted with Fitzgerald, and the king the whitecaps. tells everybody about him. crop of 1908 is the greatest-inthe ceived here yesterday state that a history of Kansas. The yield ts 90,-| White man named -Thompson and 270,000 bushels, the crop running | King Wrightman, 8 negro, were on an average of filteen and twe- | 'ynched Thursday at Hartefield for tenths bushels to the acre. Thisis attackinga white woman near Harte- according to the report of Secretary , field Saturday night. Coburn of the state board of agricul- _'ficers deny the reported lynching ture, which was issued this morning. Of King Wightman, a negro, and This year’ crop breaks all records) Thompson, a white man, at Harte- of the state by a quarter of a million | field for attacking Mrs. Mathis, o bushels, The biggest previous crop | Whitewoman. Two men, whom Mrs, GPACCHUL Wome myrrh 22 8 | nce ently n jl at Mouters Gas Say bg nape pied aera Keds ere? Figare te 1 os The t shows that Kansas has | “ter the officers had eluded a mob. was not common, despite the dime ‘The seek "ce Git oe le in as yale hegre a1 ste acreage year. novelists’ attempts to perpetuate it the lovely flowers whose as distinctively Western. be and Chile the lives of general condition of the crop is .70. “Wild Bill.” In the later years of her lite, when the Miles and Terry and Crook campaigns had become memo ries, some enterprising manager fenc ed her Montana ranch and chargeda small admission fee to the tourists who “do” the West. She was one of those curious unsexed women who helped to enrich border history, and who were vastly more romantic in perspective than they seemed to those who rubbed elbows with them in prosy, everyday life. Why she never me a part of some long- Jamaica Storm Swept. Kingston, August 12. — the entire island of Jamaica suffered severely from the hurricane yester- day and last night. The is estimated at $2,500,000. baile. The suburbs of Kingston were swept and many houses blown down Hot Weather Weakness. It eee fagged out, listless and lacking iu you are suffering trom Thy adbiliteting eflecrs of summer weather. These symp- tome indicate that a tonic is needed | taste and am unerring badge q Twenty-one Were Injured, that wil erate eee petit BRADETELD’S| seveds, Mo, August 11—The ral tor’ | northbound Katy fiyer was derailed | 894 telephone systems were put ous in woman | seventeen miles north of Nevada at | of business. The American Rescue and thebrigantine G from Halifax were in the harbor " ) ee were badly damaged. Other trom here and the The banana industry received, @ }, the ¢ blow from which it will take aft Getclock tle morning.” ers years orunroofed. The railway, telegraph _ | | | {