The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 3, 1903, Page 10

Leading Actress at « Theater in Cologne Siain in Ruthiess Manner by Her Jealous Lover. | Berlin, Dec. 9—It became known Tuesday that the leading female dancer at the Metropole theater, Fraulein Frieda Boelke, was murdered at a hotel in Cologne December 2, by Ferdi- | mand Tessier, a manufacturer of ma- | several times been a nationalist can- @idate for member of the chamber of deputiés. They were engaged to be married and had dined together at the hotel and quarreled in a private | sitting room because the woman had looked too frequently, as Tessier thought, at another man in the dining room. He first tried to chloroform the dancer, but she was a strong woman and pushed him off. Tessier then took a hatchet which he had con- cealed about him and struck the woman once ineffectually and then stabbed | her fatally three times with a dagger. : The hotel people heard the struggle ; and rushed to the spot, whereupon : Tessier, with his back to the door, | £ shot and killed himself. Upon Tes- sier’'s body were found a variety of Weapons, several sorts of poison and crosses and amuiets from Lourdes, Though the tragedy occurred December 2, through the influence of Tessier's friends the facts were not published until the dancer was buried here yes- terday. TO FIGHT THE TRUST. pein NGS TE A New Stock Yards and Packing Company Organized to Begin Operations at St. Louis, "© St. Louis, Oct. Preparations for re-establishing the stock yards and packing house industry on this side of the river, and for launching an enter- prise which is regarded by stockmen and packing house managers as the opening gun in a fight to a finish be- 4 tween the cattle raisers and the beef t trust, have been quietly completed in i St. Louis within the last few days. | The Independent Stock Yards com- i pany, the first in the United States to RL __enter the lists against the so-called & meat trust, has been organized in St. Louis, and will be in operation by the i first of the year. The St. Louis Union Packing company, closely allied with, ef the stock yards company, will also a t begin operating January 1, 1904. Taoth concerns will occupy the site of the old Union stock yards, on the south side of Bremen avenue near the river, MRS. CUMMINS A MANIAC. Her Husband Is Now Serving a Peniten- tlary Sentence for a Crime with Which She Was Jointly Charged. Wellington, Kan., Dec. 9.—A tele- fy gram from the city marshal of Nevada, ‘ { Mo., states that Mrs. Clara Cummins, who was implicated with her husband in causing the death by abuse and cruel treatment of a 13-year-old serv- ant girl in their employ, was picked up on the streets of that city last night violently insane. Her husband was } convicted of the murder and is now in the penitentiary. The Cummins case was one of the most sensational ever tried in this county. Nearly three years after the crime Mrs. Cummins informed on her husband. Before his trial the family became badly di- vided, the boys declaring that their mother was the guilty one, the girls swearing for the mother and impli- cating the father. TO DECREASE THE OUTPUT. ; Cotton-Mill Men from New England and the South Would Kemedy Present Chaotic Conditions, Charlotte, N. C., Dec. 9.—Cotton mill representatives from almost every cot- ton growing section of the United States, met here Tuesday to consider the best means for remedying the se- rious, if not threatening condition of the cotton mills situation in the United States. Manufacturers of New England as well ag\the cotton growers of Mis- sissippi and other cotton-producing states, are conferring together in their endeavor to meet the situation with gome remedy. It is learned that the representatives of the New England manufacturers would favor as a solu- tion for the present prevalent condi- tions the curtailment of the manufac- tured goods. Prominent cotton men from the south are reported to also fa- vor decreasing the production. GOT THEIR REVENGE. Russians Who Had Been Attacked by Chi- mese Robbers Puraued and Slew 200 of Them. St. Petersburg, Dec, 9.—The Russian troops have defeated a band of Chun- -Chuses (Chinese robbers) on the Liaux river, Manchuria, killing 200 of them and wounding a similar number. After the conflict, reported November 28, Detween a force of Russian soldiers and a body of Chun-Chuses at Tach- fchao, in which five Russians were kilidd and nine were severely wounded, the Russians pursued the fleeing tribes- en and finally hemmed them in at Liau river. 3 ‘Travel! Man Disappears. Bloomington, I[ll., Dec. 9.—Inquiry ‘being made, here concerning the bouts of W. F. Forbes, a travel- ig man of Chicago who was iast seen = Pont! He has been employed for " years by Miller & Hart, of Chi- He left the hotel in Pontiac | TA SHOT 10 AL. Armed Guards in the Colorado Min- ing District Take No Chances with the Strikers. ehinery at Vichy, France, who bad EycH SIDE CHARGES BAD FAITH, | Noo-Union Men Who Were Ambushed Near Trinidad Gave the Al and Their As- sallants, Itallans Sictlians, Were Soon Under the Fire of Winchesters— Three Will Die. Trinidad, Col., Dec. 9.—Four striking coal miners, Italians and Sicilians, were shot in the fight last night at the Segundo coke ovens with the Colorado Fuel & Llron company's guards. is dead, another is dying, a third, shot in the groin, will probably die, and the fourth, who was shot in the wrist, is in jail. There were seven in the party, three of whom escaped, Strikers as- sert that all the shooting was done by the guards, who, however, say that the miners opened the fire. None of the guards was wounded, Previous to the fight a party of five non-union men was ambushed wiiile proceeding from Berwind to Primero under the guidance of Tom Jennings, brother of the superintendent of the Colorado Fuel & Iron company’s mines at Berwind, None was hurt and Jen- nings gave an alarm, Armed guards soon hastened from Segundo and Pri- mero to cut off all roads leading into the town of Segundo, Seven men were seen coming down the hills trom the direction of the ambuscade, and when the leader was ordered to halt, Ql, according to the guards , opened fire. The guards returned the fire, wounding four, The non-union men who were ambushed all turned up safe and sound. It was reported that Jen- nings had been shot in the foot but it develops that he hurt his foot in jump- ing from the wagon ‘in which he was riding at the time of the ambuscade, WANTS THEM “INSTRUCTED.” Iowa Soclety Will Try to Compel All Ap- plicants for Marriage Licenses to Have Des Moines, Ia., Dee. Soci a Degeneracy has prepared a bill to be introduced in -the coming assembly providing for a physician's certificate of examination before a marriage li- cense can be issued. The exact text of the bill follows: “Whenever appli- cations are made to the clerk of the district court for licenses to marry, said applicants shall provide said clerk with a certificate from a reputable practitioner vouching that said appli- cants have been under instruction re- garding duties pertaining to marriage relations.” 9.—The lowa ase and y for Suppression of Di Young Bride Exe nicated. St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 9.—Letters were read in all the Catholic churches here, excommunicating Mrs. Wiley 0. Cox, Jr., who was married in Kansas City Wednesday by a Protestant minister. The bride was Miss Lillie Duncan, daughter of Capt. John A. Duncan, of this city, and she, as well as all the members of her family who witnessed the ceremony, were placed under the ban. Young Cox’s father is a wealthy banker at Kansas City and formerly owned the Kansas City Times. Death of Rev. John Lanahan, Baltimore, Md., Dec. 9.—Rev. John Lanahan, one of the most widely known ministers of the Methodist Epis- copal church in the country and “Nestor” of the Baltimore conference, is dead at his residence in this city. He was 88 years of age. Dr. Lanahan achieved fame throughout the country by unearthiny the frauds perpetrated on the Met’ ‘dist book concern in New York during which controversy he was arrested and passed one night in the Tombs prison. Wos y Gill Still Unaccounted For. New Orleans, Dec. 9.—The steamer Arkadia arrived Tuesday from Porto Rico and contrary to expectation, Wos y Gil, former president of the Dominican republic, was not on board. The agents of the line here say they understand Wos y Gil just missed the ship as she sailed and if he takes the next boat out, he will land in New York instead of New Orleans. Captured # Chineke Smuggler. Port Townsend, Wash., Dec. 9.—The United States revenue tub Arcata, Tuesday made one of the most impor- tant captures of the year when it over- hauled a sloop with five contraband Chinese and two white men on board. One of the white men is the notorious Wilkes, one of the most troublesome Chinese smugglers in the northwest. Famous Iown German Editor Dead. Davenport, Ia., Dec, 9.—Henry Lisch- er, publisher of Der Demokrat, is dead. He was 75 years old. Mr. Lischer was a ploneer German newspaper man in the northwest. He came to Iowa in 7851, and was a member of the Missouri acounted drag ons in Mexican war. He was also a veteran of the civil war. Entire Town Quarantined, Dover, Del., Dec. 9.—An epidemic of smallpox prevails at Woodland, a small town near Seaford, Del. Out of a pop- ulation of about 100 persons there are ; 25 cases of smallpox. The state board tine-on-the-town:—— International Amenities. Paris, Dec. 9.—The plan for a body of American congressmen to visit Paria and for a number of French parlia- suming a definite agpect through the efforts of Baron De Constant. One | Emerson, the eminent philosopher, in an Essay j on Eloquence, said, in speaking of a | man whom he described as a Godsend to his town: “He is put together like a WALTHAM WATCH,” Nrarty 12,000,000 Watruam Warcurs now in use. <2 POPOPSSOIOGS When we fit your glasses” alter testing and exam- ining your eyes it doesn’t coxt @ cent until you are satisfied. We are perma- nently and have a repu- tation for good work, Geo, W. Ex.is Jewelry Co. ) PHPPPPOIGO PPOOS SPOOLS iz . Those new patterns {n solid flat silverware are beautiful. Call and ex- amine. We take pleas- urein showing our goods, Gro W. Exuis Jewelry PPO PSOO000 CVPTVLEVOT 09 | 2OCOSS IDLO O0OHODTOD We buy old gold and sil- ver and you will get the highest mark-t price for it. Look up your scraps, PONS ALLL, APSO | NOTICE, Delinquent Road Tax In Summit Twp. See, 10829. Road lawacfthe State of Missouri requires the Twp, Board to make out a list of all delinquent road taxes on rol estate for the previous year and forward to the county clerk to be collected in the usual way. ‘(he Board of Summit Twp. hereby notifies the citizens of said township that this law wascom- plied with and advises them to see the county treasurer and look the matter up. Done by order of Board. P. J. Jewerr, Pres. Y, E Win, Clerk. 4-4 WANTED—trestwortity- LADY OR gentleman to manage business in this county and adjoining territory for house of solid financial standing. $20.00 straight cash salary and ex- penses paid each Monday directfrom headquarters. Expense money ad vanced: position permanent. Ad- dress Manager, 605 Monon Bldg., Chicago. 3 8t. Auctioneer. I want to ery your sales. Give me atrial Satisfaction or no charger, Best of references furnished on appli- eation, Call on or address, 0. E, Rossins, Amorett, Mo. 45-tf For piano tuning and musical in- strument repairing, address F, M. Skaggs through the postoffice or leave orders at the Endres restau- rant. 46-1f Order of Publication. STATE OF MISSOURI, County of Bates. { sd In the circuit court of Bates county, Missouri, October term, T&S, the state of Missourl at the relation and to the use of W. T. Johnson, aye Dp CR rrveune of Bates cor y, in the estate of » Plaintif, § 8 Mclatire, defendant, i . Civil Action for Delinquent Taxes, Now at this day comes the plaintiff by her at- torney before the circult court of Bates count} '. in the of Missouri, and it appearing to court summons has been leoned “in the bove entitled cause against defendant 88 lclntire directed to th riff of Bates count; Missouri, and that said if of Bates coun’ | Missouri, to whom said sammons was diree: | has made return thereon that the de! 5 McIntire cannot be found, and | tng further satisfied that served on said it is therefore ordered | the said;defendant be noti { Sak eee has commenced a sui! ‘him fn court b: ition, the ge nature of which is to enforce the state of Missouri for the delinquent since oe eerie ae sum er it commissions and fees, upon the following 4 scribed tracts of land situated in Bates | Missouri, to-wit pi southwest quarter of the northwest and 9) at the court to be begun and holden in jutler, Bates count jouday in Fel third day thereof tinue, and if not — eae 6-46 ie process cannot be defendant 38 the beast ae rate ceremonies, Gov. J. C. W. Beck- HERBERT SPENCER DEAD. ,Pamous Author's Unetpected End at Brighton, Eng.—Born Eighty-Three Years Ago. London, Dec. 9.—Herbert Spencer, the famous author, died Tuesday morn- ing at his home in Brighton. His health had been failing for some HERBERT SPENCER. months. The illness took a critical turn a‘few days ago and he became unconsicious Monday night, passing away without pain. By his own de- sire the least possible information was given out during Mr. Spencer's illness, He was born in 1820. The newspapers all publish long ap- appreciations and anecdotes of Mr. Spencer, whom they universally de- scribe as the “last of the great think- ers of the Victorian age.” WANTS CONGRESS TO ACT. Senator Gorman Says Frauds in Postal De- partment Demand More Thorough Probing Than Has Been Done. Washington, Dec, 9—When the resolution for the investigation of the post office frauds came up in the sen- ate Mr. Gorman strongly opposed the reference to a committee of the reso- lution, He declared that the majority should not shrink from an investiga- tion. He said there had been positive assertions that men who had unlaw- fully placed employes on the rolls were to escape. Mr. Gorman said fraud and corraption were admitted and com- municated to the senate by the pres- ident. He said oor Se satisfied with the ifivestigation, ndr accused had said others higher up were as guilty as they, while they have been made scapegoats, “Let us have all the facts,” said Mr. Gorman, “and see if the president will turn the rascals out.” EXPLOSION CAUSED FIRE. Parsons Ballding Containing Fireworks and Ammunition Burned, Causing Loss of 840,000, Parsons, Kan., Dec. 9.—A gas ex- plosion in the store of Ed Bero, Jr., sporting goods, completely wrecked that building and the one adjoining, which latter was being overhauled for the State bank. The force of the explo- sion cracked plate glass windows a half block away. The Bero stock con- tained fireworks and ammunition and a spectacular fire followed. Total loss, $40,008, Accused of Robbing Many Banka: Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 9.—Tom Free- man, John Gardner and Fred Bordman, accused of robbing many banks in Ne- braska, were arrested here ‘Tuesday. Freeman confessed that he and his two companions robbed the bank at Pleas- ant Dale a few weeks ago. During the last few months probably a dozen banks have been robbed or damaged by dynamite, Must Live on the Land. Washington, Dec. 9.—To nullify at- tempts of cattle companies and others to obtain public lands in violation of the law, the secretary of the interior has overruled former decisions of the department that widows or minor or- phans of soldiers or sailors do not have to reside on the land on which they make homestead entry. Date for Kansas Editors. Leavenworth, Kan., Dec. 9.—The executive committee of the Kansas Editorial association met here with Col. D. R. Anthony, the president of the association. Lawrence was selected as the place for the annual meeting and the time set for Monday and Tuesday, February 8 and 9. A Young Kansan Accused. McPherson, Kan., Dec. 9.—G. A. El- more, who was shot at his home near here through the window, is in a dan- gerous condition. The sheriff arrested the son of Mr. Elmore, 16 years old, and accused him of the deed. There had been family trouble. Beckham's Third Oath as Governor. ~Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 9.—In the pres- ence of 10,000 people and with elabo- ham was Tuesday for the second time inaugurated as governor, making the third time he has taken the oath in that office. Kansas State Grange. Arkansas City, Kan., Dec. 9—The thirty-second annual session of the Kansas State Grange opened in Arkan- gas City Tuesday for a three days’ ses- sion. The attendance is large. E. W. Westgate delivered the annual address of the master. Would Prosecate Packers. Topeka, Kan., Dec. 9.—Gov. Bailey ‘would prosecute the Kansas City pack- ers if the Kansas anti-trust law is held valid in the United States supreme court. He says he ts convinced the States congress. tary methods with those of the United ML LEVY & C0. Nengente agintetinginttligintlieginty allay ale We have inaugurated the greatest Holiday Sale and offer goods in every Depart- ment at Special Prices. We have at this writing an enor- mous line of Ladies, Misses and Chil- drens Garments and are forced to move then and will make special {n- ducement to distribute them at very special prices. 50 Childrens long garments in blue, brown, red, castor sebeline kerseys sizes from 4 to 12 years regular prices $4.00 $5.00 and $6 they allgo atthe uniform price of $3.00 per garment. 50 Misses Box Coats neatly trimed Mune, brown and eaatora ange 12 to 18 years reenlar Wig tb etc neers OOD Ladies Box Coata in black, tan and castor regular $7 50 to @10,08 Garmenta at the uniform PTH Of .....ccceseeeeseseee iSapaiand $5.50 45 For Sears all new and un-to- date reguiar #4 $5 and $6 goods all at one price $3 00 each. Ladies Silk Plush Canes, Fur Trimmed 28 to 80 inches Jong, full aween recular price $7 50 @ \ price $3.75. Do not fall to eae these gar- mente ae we are alling them at RED HOT PRICES. We have about 100 childrene anite sizes 4 to 10 good materiale nicaly mada 2 and enme 8 nieee anita regular prieces $800 to 5.00 will eloae them very special @ $2 00 per suit. Boys Suits, aizen 12 to 18 venraall new this segaon, atvles canimerea and chevinte nicely tailored recular $5.00 ana $7 00 anita all at the uni- form price......... hues Viens Casimere and Worated anita up-to date regular $10 00 to $12 00 suits our price $7.00 per suit. We make apecial prices 'n our Overcoat department. Come and let ns show you what we have to offer in thie department. Mens Heavy Fleeced Underwear sizes 32 to 50. Shield front and double back shirts double seated drawers our regular 50c gargment 40 each or 75c per suit. Heavy Jersey Overshirta fleeced, full garmenta sizea from 15 to 18 regular 75c and $1 00 shirts 60 at the uniform price... ..... C We closed out a large lot of all wool Dress Fabrics 44 to 54in width we sold these goods the entire season @ $1.25 to $1.50 per yard.g Every piece goes @ 100 per yard. Come quick they will not last long. All Wool 52 inch wide broad cloth all new and up-to-date full line of colors regular $1.25 goods @ 85c per pard. Table Linens and napkins special- ly addapted to the holiday trade, we show in great’variety, in matchless styles and also matchless prices. We beleive we have on sale the best line of Kid Gloves ever shown over our counters during our exist- the best kid glove ever SHOWN fOT......sceseseseseeeseees $1.00 The Manley Mocha Gloves for vat lore pele 0 LOU It is the beat glovein the country and there is none to equal them. Our shoe department you will find the greatest variety of the best makes, all new and up to-date foot- wear 40 paire of Mens heavy calf and grain shoes regular $2.00 and $2.50 @ 1.50 per pair. Ladies Vici Kid, Welt and Turn goods regular $2.5@ at $200 per pair. A large line of childrens shoes 3 to 4 lote that we intend toclore re- wardleas of value siaea 7 to 12 @ The per pair. 13 to 2 @ $1.00 per pair. Be sure and visit our Shoe De- a ee partment if you need any Foot- wear. In Ladies and Gents furnishing goods we show all the novelties especillly addapted to the holiday season. Ladies stocks find neckwear in order to close them out we have re- duced the entire line at a disconnt of 33% per cent of former low prices. Rugs and Carpets. We have acomple line of floor rugs especiall addapted to the Holl- day Trade and we make special prices to close them during this sale. This is our twenty eight-Annual Holiday Announcement which has always been the great- est success son. tale. iy a of the sea- We kindly ask you to. visit: us and pick up all the bargains you wish as figures tell the prices and prices tell the ————