The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 21, 1904, Page 2

ae I ofS the Editor Knew, The Abuse of Folk. hilethere has never been apy rea- About 1868 and 1869 there lived gon for going into hysterics over the @m the farm now owned by Percy reign of corruption in Missouri, there Woston, of Marshall, Saline county, j, sii] less reason for attacking the pear Smith’s Chapel, a family named jan who hss done more than any Britt, B.’s wile being a half sister of osherone in su:-pressing what boodle tthe New editor. One son in thefam-' there is, The abuss of Mr. Folk is By, Eugene W. Britt, was aboyof ypcalied for and ungenerous. He about twelve years. There was with }43 done a remarkable and unpre Wie another boy about his own age, (clined work in St. Louis. He has aemed Lehman, who was ashepherd, | secured twenty convictions for boodl- fm charge of a flock of sheep, owned | ing; among them the head boss of ®@y aman named McCansland. The city polities for the past twenty-five awner had brought the sheep to years. He has apparently stopped Baline county from some of thesouth- | hoodling for the time being in theSt. orn counties of Missouri, and Leh-| pois city couneil man was in charge of them. The] fe deserves practically the fu'l writer will never forget the first time] oregit for this remarkable achieve- de saw the forlorn looking German) mont. It is well known thatit would doy, who had arrived ahead of Me | not have been wrought without him fansland, how disappointed he was] Rocyuse he did not enter into the rheninquiry failed to reveal hischief, political campaign where he would ho did not get in for several days. / jaye been compelled to endorse or The boy, not over fourteen years old | oondemu men identified with those he at most, had brought the sheep] had been prosecuting, does not in *hrongh alone, mainly, with only the] » jigate his Democracy. Nor do his belp of one or two shepherd dogs. | uprors as a prosecutor disqualify him Dut the lad was equal to allemer He has ample ability rencits, having al eady laid out more} y4 §)| the office. He has the two rhan one night with his dumb fl ck | opie qualitieations, conrage and and on one of which nights there was honesty, and he backs these up with wterrible rain storm, the boy stay] 9 sutticient amount of common sense, og up all nightswith the sheepand] te pas done nothing to warrant oping them together, theabuse which is being heaped upon When his boss did finally arrive, it} jim. He isa clean, pure, brave man, vasurranged that he was to board He has a right to run for Governor, vt Britt's and herd the sheep on th] ro ig the equal of any man who isa then largely unfeneod range on the) waadidate, and a good deal better prairies of Saline, He and youne] gan one or two of them, It ix note Frith became inseparable compar=| worthy that his competitors are not Jons, especially, at night, after the]. pused. Why should he be? Surely swep were penned up, and they had it ean rot be because he has gotten a nig lit of leisure, Some of the time boodlers sentenced to the peniten ‘he Britt boy would go with Lehman] ja .y. ws thohefdduring the day. Atnight) ifthe enemies of Mr. Folk do not # boys would repair to an old} cant him to be Governor, they had fouve on the farm, and there, by thy | tte quit abusing him.—Columbia ‘ight of a faggot tire built on the oraid, vide stone hearth, or by an im- ssc i LLION 2s P STOMACH The worn-out stomach of the over- fed milhonaire is often paraded in public prints as a horrible example of evils attendant on the possession of great wealth. But millionaires are aot the only ones who are afflicted with bad stomachs. Theproportion is far greater among the toilers. Dys pepsia and indigestion are rampant among these people, and they suffer far worse tortures than the million aire unless they avail themselves ofa standard medicine like Green’s Au sust Flower, which has been a favor ite houeehoid remedy for all stomach troubles for over thirty five years August Flower rouses the torpid liver, thus creating appetite and in- suring perfect digestion. It toner and vitalizes the entire system and makes life worth living, no matter what your station. Irial bottles, 2do: regular size, T5e. for Governor mg wick, they would read and dis cnsa what they had read. Andit was 20t blood-and-thunder, cheap novels, ‘watiustead it was history, biography and works of travel, like Kane’s Arctic Expedition in Search of Sir John Fratklin, Sires of t'lutarch, Yollius’ Ancient History, United States History and History of Mod: tn Europe, which they obtained by borrowing from the neighbors, chiefly drawing on the well-stocked library at Dr. Hall—the leader—and using about every thing found in the Brit brary, whose earthly belongings a! shat time consisted mainly of books, she only thing the State Milita woulu aot steal in Civil War times which yroke up that family, as most al. others of Southern proclivities. But the boys!—Thus supplied car ted they on their studies, adding geography to their other matter use- ‘wg school geographies and perhaps, an old atlas of ancient geography to §ud che counties, localities and cities shey had been reading about. ‘bwas& great treat to lister nobser vel, to these lads, scarcely entering their “teens” discussing old-World politics, and current evente, &e., for hey were inveterate readers of the dewspapers as well as books. \nd what is the result of it all—the munsual action of the lads, who thus spent their time, instead of loafing, genday hunting and fishing, smok- wg or reading cheap, trashy litera- sure’ The Germany boy (is) none wher than the great corporation ‘wyerofSt. Louis, Fred W. Lehman, sho bas grown rich in the law prac- $e, and who, when he made aspeech at Marshall a year or two ago, told dis auditors of the time he was a yeep herder on the soil of old Saline. Britt has also grown in the law prac se, and has about the best paying yractice in Los Angeles, California, a sity something like Kaneas City, and savking there as Lehman dots in St. Louis, having also been Supreme ourt Commissioner of that State. so much for the history of the two boys, who had little, if anything but ‘keir own resources to depend upon. Think of thie you boys, who idleon ie streets, smoke “coffin nuils” and iba! your time away. Mehould be added that Judve Britt stopped off in St. Louis a year ago ao his return from Europe and renew o@ acquaintance with bis old friend Rebman.—Blackwater (Mo.) News. The new 3cent fare ordinance at Cleveland is not accepted by the street railway company, but it is an- nounced that a ninety days’ test of the proposed plan shall be tried be fore a franchise is negotiated. A Federal Judge at San Francisco rules that a Chinese born in this coun try bas the right to return from abroad, regardless of his present H'egiance, Governor Cummins, of Iowa, in- augurated for his second term Coughing Spell Caused Death. “Harry Duckwell, aged 25 years, choked to death early yesterday morning at his home, in the presence of his wife and child. He contracted aslight cold a few days ago and paid but attention to it. Yesterday morn- ing he was seized with a fit of cough iug which continued for some time. His wife sent for a physician but be- fore he could arrive, another cough- ing spell came on and Duckwell died from suffoeation.—St. Louis Globe- Democrat, Dec. 1, 1901.” Ballard’s Horehound Syrup would have saved him. 25e¢, 50c and $1.00 at H. L. Tucker's Drug Store. C. E ROBBINS, Auctioneer, Amoret, Mo. No booze-fighter. No greene hand learning the business at the ex; of those who employ me. If you want an bonevaiiie firat class job done, give meachance. Eightyears experience. The Cattlemen’s Convention at Portland indorses the policy of Presi- deut Roosevelt in regard to the Ballard’s Horehound Syrup Panama Canal. Immediately relieves hoaree,croupy| The Chicago Cit; iy Council postpones cough, oppressed, ching, “ene! | action on the proposed new fire re- and difficult begs Stearus, Druggist, Shulleburg, Wis- eonsin, writes, May 20. 1901: “I have been selling Baliard’s Hore- Bound Syrup for two years, andhave aever had a that has lations, and, in consequence, there is little prospect of the theaters open- ing again for several weeks. C4 Thame Boarahd the remedy that cures = cold im ome dag BB. L. Tucker’s Drug Store. Panama Preparing Fer War. Panama, Jan. 16.—Authentic in- formation from the frontier is anx- fously awaited here as it is ramored that the Colombians have already started to march upon the isthmus. The Panama troops are ready to leaveimmediately. Theconseription has been completed, and it is said that 12,000 men can be placed in the field Rifl-s and ammunition will be shipped to the Indians of theinterior, who have agreed to join against the Colombian forces. It is said that 400 to 500 men stationed in theonly three passes available to the Colom- bians can defeat an army. Many light cases of fever are re- ported already in the camps of the United States marines, especially among those who have been scouting along the trails. There is some yellow fever In Panama, but none has appeared in the camps. A Missouri Militia Order. Ji fierson City. Jan. 16 —Adjatant General Dameron issued an order to- day to the national guard of this state commanding strict compliance with the Vaited Staves army regula- tions as adopted by statute for the wovernwent of the national guard, sofaras applicable, All su hregula tions heretefore atopted and pro- mulgated are rev ked and abro gated, This general orter cf the adjutant general also adopts the uniforms of the Uvited States army for the national guard. Fol! dress, however, will not be maqnired for either officers or men, With suchex- ceptions, all offivers are required to equip themselves forthwith SCA BSBSTONRIA. Bears the Tho Kind You Have Aleays Bought os Lit Uitdeu “ Viiedint The Commoner in St Louis. dianapo a } —A dian: h tothe Indianapolis News from Evans ville says: Before leaving here Will iam J. Bryan confided to several local Democratic leaders that he will become editor of a new daily paper at St. Louis this year. It is said William R. Hearst will oe associated with Mr. Bryan in the new venture. Chicago, Jan -16.—Mr. Bryan tele- graphs as follows from Hannibal, Mo.: “Have not heard of Hearet St. Louis paper. I shall publish daily edition of the Commoner in St. Louie during the conventiva—W. J Bryan. Around the World on Foot. Washington, Jan. 15 —Baron Sternberg, the German ambassador, presented to the President to-day Dr. Oscar Radvancr, a Romanian, who is making a tour of the world on foot. Heis a representative of the ~thletic societies of Bucharest, hav- ing been selected to make the trip from 200 candidates. He has been onthe road four years, visiting in that time all of Europe and Asia. He will visit all of the countries of North and South America, and then will go to the transvall and Austra iia. He is obliged to complete his tripin eight years. President Roose velt chatted with him brietiy and in scribed his name in the autograph book of Dr. Radvaner. CASTORIA. eis The Kind You Have Aways Becght a Justice of the Peace Frank Early and Constables Joseph Gambrill and O. T, Johnson, of Springtield, Iil., are found guilty of contempt by a jury in defying an order of the Cir- cuit Court. GOOD SPIRITS. Good spirits don’t all come from Kentucky. Their main source is the liver—and all the fine spirite ever made in the Blue Grass State could not remedy a bad liver or the hun- dred-and-one ill effecta it produces. Yuu can’t have good spirits anda bad liver at the same time. Your liver must be in fine condition it you would feel buoyant, happy and hope- ful, bright of eye, light of step, vigor- ous and successful in your pursuits. You can put your liver in fine condi. tion by using Green’s August Flower —the greatest of all medicines ‘or the liver and stomach and a certain cure for dyspepsia or indigestion. It haa been a favorite household remedy for over thirty-five years. August Flow- er will make you healthy and active and thus insure you a liberal supply of “good spirits.” Trial size, 24c; regular bottles, 75¢ At all drug- glare’. CAST . a ——————————— FIVE MEN SHOT IN PITCHED BATTLE. Attempt to Move Bridge Results in Clash Between Citizens of Rival Territery Tewas. Guthrie, O«., Jan. 16.—Five Moun- tain Park men were shot in a pitched battle between the Mountain Park and Snyder citizons last night. Theliat of Snyder wounded has not been obtained. The battle occurred at the bridge across Dry Otter C.eek, and resulted from the attempted moving of sixty- three houses from Mountain Park to Snyder. Mountain Park people thought by destroying the bridge they would stop the moving of the building, sud three attempts were made to destroy it. When the news reached Snyder that anotherattempt was being made Constable Gilbert organized 8 posse, Sheriff Morrison, of Kiowa county, has notified the authorities at Hobart, the couuty sest, that he has arrested twenty-five citizens of Sny der and Mountain Park, charged with having taken part in the battle, He will place at least twenty-three in jailat Hobart to-morrow, He fears more teouble to night. A telegram from Lawton says the men of Mountain Park were ambueb- ed while removing a bridge they had bought. stops the Cold and Works off the Cold, Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets sureacold in oneday. No cure, no pay. Price 25 cente. St. Louisan Shot His Ex-Wife. Springfield, Mo , Jan, 16 —Charles Brown, of St. Louis, attempted to kill his ex-wife, Mrs, Oscar Lowery, here to-night; shooting her inthe arm. Before shooting Mrs, Lowery he fired one shot at her sister-in law, May Lowery, 16 years old. Theshot took efiect in the left cheek, Brown came to Springtield Monday for the purpose of killing his ex-wife, he told the oftivers when arrested. He wait- ed for a chance until this evening, when he weat to Lowerr’s home. At the gate he met the girl and mistook her for Mra, Lowery. Aftershouting the girl he discovered hia mistake and fired a shot at Mrs. Lowery. The girl will recover. Brown said he had intended to kill himself. He is 35 years old. He says Lowery alien- ated his wife's affections and then married her, Convict's Freedom Was Short. Jefferson City, Jan. 16.—Jamis Gilbert, who was released from the Missouri penitentiary here November 23, after serving a three years’ sen- tence for burglary and larceny, was brought back to the penitentiary to- day by the sheriff of Christian coun- ty to serve thirteen years forrobbing the bauk of Ozark. Gilbert commit- ted this bank robbery three days af ter he was released from the peniten tiary. “Joe” Carson, another ecn- viet, who was released from the penitentiary the same day as Gilbert, was associated with Gilbert in the bank robbery, but made his escape and is now a fugitive. The Massachusetts Committee on Relations Between Employer and Employe reports compulsory indus- trial profit-sharing impracticable, The Chief of the Chicago Fire De- partment blames the Building Com- missioner’s office for conditions that existed at the Iroquois Theater. Henry Wrape, of St. Louis, iselect- ed president of the Tight Stave Manufacturers’ Association. President King, of the Missouri Editors’ Association, places ~his stamp of disapproval on the efforts of the Akins followers to adopt a res- «lution indorsing President Roose velt. Three peraons are killed and two uthers poisoned at Alexandria, Ark., by drinking ginger ale flavored with lemon extract. Mayor of Severance, Kan., issues a proclamation that a bachelors’ tax will be placed on all the’ bachelors who do not get married this year. CASTORIA Th Kind Yo re Aways Hogi Gignatare of ‘clining to furnish collateral on the HOT LES Russia Will Accord United States and Japan Only ‘‘Treaty Rights” in Manchuria. CHINESE SOVEREIGNTY IS IGNORED. | Minister Hayashi Dectares That the Gravest Issue Hangs on This One Concession— | Efforts to Hurry Ratification of Com- | mercial Treaties Before War Breaks Out—British Warships Follow Japanese. | Washington, Jan. 12.—The following announcement has been posted at the state department: “The Russian am- vassador called upon the secretary of state and conveyed to him the assur- ance of his government that the Rus- sian authorities would place no ob- stacles in the way of the full enjoyment by the powers having treaties with China of all the rights and privileges guaranteed by such treaties in Man- churia.” Rome, Jan, 12.—According to news received here the Japapese cruisers Kasaga and Niasin, bought at Genoa from Argentina, have gone in the di- rection of Gibraltar, followed closely by British ships. Pekin, Jan. 12.—The United States and Japan are sirenuously endeavoring to establish their rights in Manchuria under the new commercial treaties be- fore war breaks out. The ratifications of the American treaty were to have been exchanged at Washington but with the view of obviating the delay involved in mailing the Chinese copy to Washington, Minister Conger is urging the government to send a tele- graphic copy, and to authorize the Chinese minister at Washington to make the exchange therewith. | London, Jan, 12,—Baron Hayashi, the Japanese minister to Great Britain, said that the Russian circular refer- ring to treaty rights in Manchuria is that it is contradictory, “No treaty rights,” the minister said, “can be of any real good, unless Russia recog- nizes China's sovereignty in Man- churia, By this last declaration Rus- he same A crop that pays may not pay as welt-as it should. Potash is a plant food which all crops must have. Without sufficient Potash to feed upon ro crop can reach that point where it pays des’. Experiments have de- monstrated the value of Potash, We will send free, to any farmer who will write for it, a Hi tle book that wil give fac.s im full, GERMAN KALI WORKS New York— 93 Nassau Street, or Wi St. Louis, Mo. — 4th aad Olive Sts, 5 and 6 per cent Money t0 Loan. Close Loans at onee, Abstracts furnished, MILES $. HORN, | Attorney at Law, East Side Squire, ae BUTLER, MO. | DIRECTORS. W. F. Duvall, J. M, McKibb cr time she persistently refuses Japan's demand for a formal recognition thereof. That is the point on which such a grave issue hangs.” Port Arthur, Jan 12.—It is reported here that owing to threatening news received from Korea the commander of the Seventh Russian brigade has gone to the Yalu river to select tempo- rary camps and effect-a concentration of troops. Owing to the apprehensions of a daring dash on the part of the Japa- nese at Port Arthur, the authorities here have taken extraordinary pre- cautions in and about the town and along the whole line of the Manchurian railroad. Pekin, Jan. 12.—Authentic informa- tion has reached the legations here that two divisions of Russian troops are coming by the Siberian railroad. MAIL CLERKS AMALGAMATE. A Membership of Twenty Thousand In the Organization Which Takes in All North America, Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 12.—‘Twenty thousand railway cleris in the United States, Canada and Mexico are members of the new association formed by the National Railway Clerks’ association and the Order of Railway Clerks’ ot America,” said W. F. Gorman, of Buf- falo, who helped bring ebout the amal- gamation. ‘‘The new order will prob- ablly be called the National Order of Railway Mai! Clerks’ of America. It will in no way have uny connection with the American Federation of La- bor. The first national convention will be held at St. Louis on the third Mon- day in June.” The announced ob- jects of the new organization are ‘‘thr elevation of the standard of efficiency the promotion of the welfare of it members, socially, morally, intellectu- ally and financially, and the assisting of worthy members to employment a: well as to give them peciniary aid ir time of sickness,” Driggs Must Pay $10,000. New York, Jan, 12.—Ex-Congressmar Edmund H. Driggs, of Brooklyn, was sentenced io imprisonment for one day in Raymond street jail and to a fine of $10,000. Driggs was convicted of accepting money, while a congress- man-elect, for securing a government contract for the purchase of automatic cashiers from the Brandt-Dent compa- ny for the post office department. His Position Saved Him. Washington, Jan. 12—The charge of disorderly conduct against Jonah K. Kalanialole (Prince Cupid), the Ha- walian delegate in congress, was nolle prossed in the police court Tuesday. He was arrested a week ago anfi, de- ground that he was immune from ar- Test, was locked in a station cell all night. epee Charged with Killing Babe. Burlington, Kan., Jan. 12.—Peter Wimar, 72 years of age, is on trial here for the murder of Lowell Slagel, the two-year-old son of Frank Slagel. The prosecution charges that Wimar tried to shoot Mrs. Slagel, who was trying to keep him from entering the kitchen; and shot the babe Mra. Slagel held in her arms. Ex-Gov. Bashnell’s Slight Rally. Columbus, 0., Jan. 12.—Ex-Gov. Bushnell has rallied slightly but is un- able to speak or move. He is able to Tecognize his family. i ee 0. A. Heinlein, E, A. Bennett, Clark Wix, J. W. Choate, A. L McBride, W. B. Tyler. J.J.McKee, G, W. Newberry Capital - $50,000.00 Surplus - 10,000.00 With abundant capi- tal and with ample fac- ilities, this bank is pre- pared to meet the needs of this community in the fullest measure. Famers Rank: Of Bates County. ec STANDARD “STANDARD ORAND, SWELL FRONT. LOCK AND CHAIN STITCH. _ TWO MACHINES IN ONB. BALL BEARING STAND WHEEL, ‘We also ~~ NORFLEET & REAM, Agents Notice of Final Settlement. oiine 6 Say ven to all creditors and others in the, eetate of ,Deldrick oxeeutrix of eald ratate, intend 0 frobte gata te opney tutes? On the 8th day i : of KebrveiTA BERGMAN 10-4t Exeoutrix. Administrator’s Notice. fe that letters of adminis. I want tocry your éales. Give me a trial. Satielaction or no charges. Best of references furnished on cation. Call on or address, Rosains, Amorett, Mo. 45-tf Bi