The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 28, 1904, Page 3

RAISED SON AS GIRL. A True Story That R vals Some of Mark Twain’s F .ction. Attempted Shooting of Nellie Mar- shall, of Kenosha, Wis. by Brother en Her Wedding Day Has Strange Denouement, Mark Twain has written some re- markable stories of the errors of birth and the consequences that followed, but in all of them there is ro more remark- able story than that told by Mrs. R. D. Marshall, cf Kenosha. She has a son, Earl Marshall, who is about to attain his majority. Three weeks ago last nieht Earl Marshall suddenly gained notoriety by shooting at his sister, Nellie, and her husband, J. W. Roberts. The ceremony had scarcely been concluded when young Marshall rushed into the room and began shooting. Before he could be stopped he fired two shots, but they went wide of the mark and no one was in- jured. The strange revelations made by the mother of the boy to-day shows that the shots were fired on account of jeal- Ousy, and furihermore, the denouement of the strange story shows that Marshall had a peculiar double carecr, For eight years Marshall lived and Was reared as a girl, and the strangest part of the whole affair is found in the assertion that even his mother was not aware he was a boy, Marshall was born in 1883 and for 2% years his mother had studiously guardec from the public the history of his early life. At the time of his birth it was an- ounced that a female child had been rm, and for the first eight years o life Marshall lived as a girl. His other never discovered the error oi the doctor until after the boy was more than eight years of age, when he was sent to a hospital for treatment for a nervous disease. From childhood Marshall had borne the name of Eva Marshall, and at the time of the discovery that he was a boy he declined to accept the change, and for the next seven years he continued masquerading as a girl. When the family removed to Kenosha Marshall was forced to lay aside his pet- Among his few men friends was J. W Roberts, who was recently married tc his sister, Nellie Marshall. Marshal! was heartbroken when the approaching marriage of his sister to Robert was an- nounced. Since the time of the shooting Marshall has been making an effort tc clear himself of the guilt, and in order to do this he wrote to the papers in his former home town In Iowa and declare that the shots had been fired by Misr Eva Roberts, and asked that the papers there make an effort to locate Miss Eva Marshall and notify her perents Through the investigation started by this lefter the strange history of Fis birth and the error of his parents was made public, EMINENT DOCTOR'S VIEWS. German Investigator Does Not Be- lieve Tuberculosis Can Be Con- tracted Epidemically by Adults. The Deutschen Medicinische Vochen- schrift publishes a synopsis of a lecture which Prof. Von Behring, of Marburg. delivered before the German naturai- ists’ congress. Prof. Von Behring does not believe that tuberculosis can be inheriled or contracted epidemically by an adult He asserts, however, that a decisive factor in the spread of tuberculosis is the nourishing of infants with mill taken from cows suffering from that disease, The human infant, like the young of all animals, lacks the digestive ap- paratus and protective organs which in the case of grown-up persons pre- vents the germs from entering into the tissue. As a consequence he contends that young children should be nour- ished with milk free from the germg of tuberculosis. Prof. Von Behring’s efforts are being directed toward the substituiion of san- itariums and a system of innoculation for consumption hospitals. He is firm- ly convinced that, like animals, human beings can be rendered immune by innoculation with tuberculosis toxin obtained from cows. The professor, however, distinctly says that his ex- periments to obtain a perfect toxin are not completed. Why Not a Chair of Plowboyst Why doesn’t the university estab‘ish a chair for plowboys instead of a chair of journalism? The world can live without journalists, but it can’t live without plowboys. Most any sort of e lobster can be a journalist, but it takes a levelheaded young man to successful- ly manage a plow. Stop the plow and the world starves. Shoot the journalists and they will not be missed. Let us have a chair for plowboys. ‘Trachoma in New York Schools, Prevalence of trachoma in New York city, over 100,000 cases of this disease of ‘the eye having been reported, has re- sulted in the determination of the board of: health to establish a hospital for its “exclusive treatment. It has been found that the majority of cases are among the ‘public school children. In the schools ge one week recently 19 per cent. children were found to be affected. Great Down: 12 hours. Or, asks the Philadelphia North American, did one of Jim Hill’s corporations burst? . Five inches of rain fell in St. Paul -FAMOU Frauces E. Willard’s Feline Pet Is } No More. Toots, the Sale of Whose Photographs | Brought Over $2,000 to White Ribboners, the Victim of Tuberculosis. Toots Willard, the most celebrated cat | in the world, is dead. Over a decade ago he came into in- ternational prominence when it was announced that Miss Frances Willard had a splendid Persian puss, who bore the stately name of Gladstone. But when the “Grand Old Man” repudiated certain temperance principles dear to the heart of Miss Willard she prompuy hristened her pet and called him He instantly became the idol of the white ribboners on two continents, ahd there was an immediate demand for his photographs. And soe it came to pass that Toots “looked pleasant” hundreds of times while the big eye of the camera winked at him. His picture hangs in thousands of homes, It graces the wall of noble houses in En: land, and cant found in the hut of an Iceiander, for h has coined more than $2,000 for the temperance cause through the sale of his photos. However, his finest picture is a life-size water color painted by Mis+ Gertrude Estabrooks and owned by Mrs Leland Norton, 3817 Michigan avenue at whose home he died. During his kittenhood hundreds o/ people visited Rest cottage to see Mis Willard’s beautiful cat and lay thei nands on his satiny coat, But adulatia: valled upon him and he became = ex wemely irascible, and with tooth anc claw protested against indiscrimina’: caresses. His naughtiest trick was tc hide in dark corners and spring out or people. But when he retired to privat¢ ife he quickly regained his naturally sweet disposition, When Miss Williard went abroad after her mother's death she begged Mrs, Nor on, who had the largest aggregation 0 \ngora cats, to take charge of her pre cious puss, and he remained there uni! he died. As long as she lived Miss Wil tard went to see Toots, and carried hir ounches of fragrant English violets. He was passionately fond of the delicious erume, and wou velvety paws, cradle them under hi: ‘hin, toss them in the air, roll on then ind finally go to sleep with his nos suried in the purple bloom. Toot's most sensational exploit wa: ‘o dig the cat kennel door open, whict vet off an electric burglar alarm. The »uzzer buzzed, the bells jangled and hel: v noisy jubilee which roused the entire household. The terrified family, armec with revolvers, crep through the hous: ind found it undisturbed, But some on was stepping softly around in the kitel on, and then came a loud crash as a pil¢ vf pans clattered to the floor. The doo: was opened wide enough to thrust in ¢ ing iron, and there in the moor t sat Toots, “meowing” a welcome, Toots’ sole relaiive was Dixie Nortor the famed trick bievele rider, whose son Royal Norton, is the most able ca n the world, Mrs. Norton heving re fused $2,500 for him. For several year: Toots had been -ill with tuberculosis ind _has been isolated from Mrs. Nor ton's other cats, and also debarred fron seeing V tors, He was a mapnificent animal, weigh fn 28 pounds, with eyes like jewels, : did, plumy brush, and long, silky ane n oat. DOG TRIES SUICIDE THRICE. Spantel Owned by Cincinnati Womar Would Rather Be Dead Than See an Automobile, Mrs. George Hauck, of Cincinnati O., owns a spaniel which has taken a vio- lent dislike*to automobiles. Whenevei one passes the home of his mistress hc has spasms. Finally he seemed de- termined to end it all and deliberate]; leaped from a third-story window. Hi was picked up by two men and carried upstairs, When placed upon the floor the dog made a second dash for the open win dow and again fell sprawling upon thc sidewalk, unconscious. Mrs. Hauch rar down-stairs and picked up the anima’ after being carried to the third floor th: dog in a few minutes opened his eyes. Looking about for a second, he darte¢ out of the window for the third time The last fall came near killing the des perate animal and after being tied se- curely he was put back to his bed and the window closed. WATERWAY FOR INDIANA. Engineers to Survey for a Ship Cana! from Lake Michigan to the Wabash, Charles Peters and Judge Burson, of Starke county, Ind., have engaged engi- neers to make a survey for a ship cana. to connect Lake Michigan with the Wa- bash river. A number of surveys have been made since 1831, but with the mak- ing of this survey it is understood that an effort will be made to interest the Indiana legislature in the hope of secur- ing am appropriation and eniisting capi- talists in the project. It is said that such a canal would shorten the water- way from Lake Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico nearly 450 miles in comparison with the Chicago canal. Selence Triumphs Over Balky Horse, When it comes to using an electric whip ona balky horse, says the Chicago Record-Herald, it really seems as though human beings were making an unfair uee of their scientific superiority. A Weather Explanation. The explanation, suggests the Chicago Tribune probably is that the ago was Something like this. Association of Hotel Keepers Formed to Give Swell Delinquents a Gentle Reminder. Not the vulgar or garden variety of “beat” troubles the hotel keepers these days, but the person of preten- | tious title and often of aristocratic lineage who forgets to pay his score. j It is against this sort of delinquent | debtor that the National Hotel Keep- ers’ Protective association is operating | through “moral suasion,” and the last | Teport shows it has made such prog- }ress that neglecting hotel bills is no longer considered good form among that uncertain class. The moral influ- }ence which has been brought to bear consists of an intimation that unless | the bill is paid the name of the tardy patron will be published in the hand- book of the association. “I'm not entertaining society here to any great extent,” said Simeon Ford, of the Grand Union hotel in New York, “but I know of many fashionable houses where persons who trace their pedigrees back to the revolution, go away and just naturally forget to pay their bills. If anything is said about it they rise up in ancestral dignity and say: ‘I won't submit to such a thing; I'm going right away from here.’ ” Edvar A. Waltz, president of the pro- tective association, sald: “The campaign is directed against persons high in official life or near the top of the social scale. For in- stance, we had on our books a general who owed one hotel $1,000, which he paid when his name was published, and later he paid $9,000 more to vari- ous hotels throughout the country, Another man, son of a prominent statesman, was $4,000 in arrears. Members of congress, men who pose as clergymen, and men who have the name of being in very way responsi- ble, are among those whom it is nec sary to remind of their obligations. Reports of the association show that during the last ten years $270,000 has been paid in by delinquent debtors Last year the hotels received $40,000 of what they called bad debts. TO ACLIMATE NEW PLANTS. Department of Agrioulture Has Col- lected Specimens from Africa, Italy, Siclly and Exypt. Barbour Lothrop of Chicago, who of- fered four years ago to lend his for- iunes and his services to the govern- ment for the collection of useful and ornamental plants from all over the vorld and adapting them to the sol! of this country, has returned to Wash- ngton from a trip around the conti- nent of Africa, Mr. Lothrop took with ‘im, at his expense, D. G. Fairchild of he department of agriculture, and to- ‘ether they have made a large collec ion of living specimens of plant life from distant part of the earth. It wa through Mr. Fairchild’s efforts that the Japanese bamboo was transplanted tc the barren wastes of Arizona, and the ‘ligator pear and mango were sent te Florida, Many ecnrious and useful vegetables ‘ruits and flowers will result from the rip of the two men. A visit to south- ‘rn Italy, Sicily, Tunis and Egypt formed one interesting part of their xpedition and yielded an unusually ‘ich collection of the wonderful plants of these countries. A special trip was nade along the German African coast o Durban, and an overland trip was nade for the purpose of investigatine he agricultural conditions of the “ransvaal, It will be several years before the ollections are sufficiently large fo: eneral distribution, as they first have o be adapted to certain localities, cli- matic and soil conditions in various ‘arts of the United States. This work s being carried on under the direction of the department of agriculture. BIRTH RATE IN NEW YORK. iamber of Babies on Manhattan Is- land Now Estimated at Kleven an Hour, There is consternation among the members of the New York board of edu- sation over the assertion in a report oi Commissioner of Education Haupt, for he Sixth school district, that the aver- ige rate of increase in the number oi vabies in Manhattan has grown from ive to 11 an hour, or to one baby about every five minutes, These figures were furnished by Dr. laupt as the result of an investigation vhich the board of education is carrying vn to find out what preparation it musi uake to provide rooms which the babies of the present will need as the pupils ot a few years hence. Dr. Haupt states that he also finds hat the death rate for children is falling ‘rom one-third to one-tenth, owing to neasures for protecting babies from im- pure milk and unsanitary arrangements. de believes that in the main the increase ig caused by the tremendous immigra- tion to New York city. Dr. Haupt asserts that babies are born nt the rate of one every four minutes in the neighborhood of Houston street and about one a month in the Murray Hill residence section. ‘These two quaf- ters are the extremes of the social divi- sions. . Standard Milk. According to the department of ag- ricuiture standard milk is milk contain- ing not less than 3% per cent. of milk fat and 8% per cent. of solids not fat, and which has an acidity equivalent to not more than 2.10 per cent, of lactic acid. Trained to It. Secrétary Shaw reports that womea are in charge of 33 government light- houses. Women long ago established their ability in the light housekeeping ,ine.—Washington Post. says the Kansas City Star, ie directly S CAT IS DEAD, GUESTS WHO FORGET TO PAY LAPEL BUITONHULE MUST GO. Harry Lehr Attempts to Set a New Fashion in Men's Wear- ing Apparel, Harry Lehr has started a new brand of fashion for men. Having for years devoted his fertile brain to evolving wonderful ideas concerning dress and the behavior of the gentler sex, he has turned his aiteution to his brothers in society by appearing in a suit without the lapel buttonhole has attempted to revolutionize their attire. Mr. Lehr’s new suit is a dark brown, with three-inch checks, and no effort was made vo have the stripes meet at the seams. It has three buttons and the collar and lapels are rather wider than those which have been seen on fashionables in the last few years. Mr. Lehr’s idea in abolishing the lapel buttonhole is that the fashion- able man is seldom seen nowadays with a boutonniere except in the even- ing, and that it is therefore unneces- sary. Fashionable tailors do not take kind- ly to the innovation, They say the buttonhole fs not made to carry a flower, but for actual use. The man- ager of a well-known Fifth avenue tailoring firm which is preferred by the younger set of “smart” society men, in diseussing Mr. Lehr’s new clothes and the fall fashions for men, said: “Tailors are not making coats without the lapel buttonhole, I don’t think they will make them. The but- tonhbole is not there to hold a flower but that a man may turn up his col- lar if he wishes, and fasten it wher walking along a country road or when the air becomes chilly and he is not compelled to be ceremonions, We will make coats with three and four but- tors. Three buttons sult Mr, Lehr's fiewre, as he ts inclined to be stout, “Lapels and collars will be wide. Exclusive tailors have never counte- nanced the narrow strips that pass muster for lapels in some garment They will also be made heavier than usual, as many Americans are taking to a custom observed in England ibis summer, that of wearmg the lapels ‘roned down to the bottom button o° ‘he cot. With the sack suit the Yorby hat ts, of course, worn, and lace shoes with black enamel vamps ane vellow nprers are proper. No jewelry, rot even a aearf pin, should be worr with the sack suit.” SAYS HE CAN COLOR D Dr. W. C. Fachs Announces the Dis- covery of a New Use for X-Rays, AMONDS Diamonds of the purest white anc most dazzling brilliancy will soon b« vithin the reach of the smallest wage earner, if W. C. Fuchs’ X-ray process of changing the color of gems proves o be all that experiments indicate, Mr ‘uchs, who is a Chicago man, hopes tha vith the perfection of his process ht ill be able to bleach poor yellow stone: > a clear white. Mr, Fuchs has beer vboring for five years, and he is now Hle to announce that he can change ¢ ‘iamond to any color desired. In his experiments, du sas used $1,000 worth of stones, he har hanged a one and one-half carat dia nond to a brilliant green, with addec uster. He also produced a stone © » rich brown, similar to the $25,000 gen n King Egward’s crown, and further hanged a six-carat white stone to blach Whe coloration is permanent, if de ired, though Mr. Fuchs can return the tone to its original color. Topazes, pearls and other gems sub uit readily to the treatment, a yellow opax having been changed to a deer veen by the process. The method con ists in directing the X-rays through the nbstances from which the color is te e@ obtained before the rays touch ane enetrate the diamond. Mr. Fuchs de lares that ft isa known fact that a dia 1ond has large pores and that it {: artially through these that the parti les are able to pass into the body of the tone. The inventor says that he wi! eep part of the provess secret until he as further perfected it. i Which he LAT HURLED NEARLY A MILI ‘et of a inte dessey Divine Live: After a Remarkable Experience —Has Six Lives Left. With three of his lives risked, an: s good as lost, Thomas J., a large lack tomeat, once the property o ‘rank O'Neill, of Kenvil, N. J., st’! 3 interested in things mundane. Th: ast of his most remarkable exploit ras the other night when the forcit: vorks at Kenvil were destroye’ b: n explosion which shook the coun ‘y for miles around. Thomas J ust have been on the roof of one of he build'ngs at the time, pzeparin: or an evening musical, perhaps, be ‘ause after the explos’on he was founc inged and considerably broken up na tree at Ledgewood, three-quarter fa mile from the scene of the wreck Ie was recognized by the cuiiar which he employes of the forcite works had mt on him. Thomas J. was howling feebly and vitifully when found. Twice before nas Thomas J. been near death. Age of Concentration. Eupatorium rebandium is the name of the new plant that is to supersede sugar cane and the sugar beet, being 20 or 30 times as sweet as either. When used in connection with tabloid coffee, says the Chicago Tribune, and con- densed milk, it ought to be a great thing for picnics. Pity the Men. Recent investigations show that the men and boys in Chicago far outnumber the women and girls. This proportion, reversed in Kansas City, as any man will discover who tries to obtain a seat in one of its street cars. Groceries, Hardware, (P-L DENGAN ASA. a a ae —_ MISSOURI'STATE BANK, BUTLER, MISSOURI. » .t¢ Cash capital, ad Loans, Total assets, servative wanegement, alwaye ing vules. Dr T. C, Boulware John Deerwester Dr. JM. Christy O. HW. Duteher A. R. JeNKUNS, Cashier Ella Meek, Clerk, SRY Pt SE G. E. CABLE, — DEALER IN — Stoves, Tinware, Farm Implements and Buggies. Produce Wanted. We guarantee satisfaction. 5 G. KE. CABLE, OOOO EAGAN SARIS SA ALE SS> Surplus fund and profits, Deposits October 13, 1903, Cash on hand and in other banks, With twenty-three years successful experic pce the Missouri Stave Bank offers its rerv ces to the peop e of Bates county promising tiem absolute safety for their ceposits, our ¢ istomers every favor that is consistent with souad benk is | DIREC J. R. Jenkins, A. B. Owen, C. R Kadford Geo, L. Swith Butler, Mo. PAGANS ETT pen oe ene wn $ 55,000.90 10,148.71 ‘ 186,744.20 66,554, 20 174,653.70 g 254,109.02 ‘ With carefal and con- have money toloau, Wegive + TORS: Frauk M. Voris, ( Ww. E Walten ¢ L, Whipple » Wright, Wm E. WAuron, President a Wesley Deaton, Clerk and Bookkeepes PEPER EI PPR PIES EOE I Capital, Sarplus and Profits ‘ Always has ready money on hand to beloaned on tarm.,» ‘Very Lowest Rates of Interest. on five years time, allowing borrower to pay back part. each year if desired, Every land owner wanting & loaa: should call aud get our rates before borrowing of others, Having on hand # large amonnt of idle money we ars We tiave a full and complete abstrass of title to every acre of laud or town lot in i from the U. 8. patent down to date, that'we keep up wita We furnish reliable Abstraots a making low rates, the records daily, reasonable prices, Wn. E. Walton, John Deerwester, Frank M. Voris, Sam Levy, FRANK ALLEN, 8xcy, (wer es Pet SRA RARAR ORR Re To Cure a Cold in One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Sableta. All druggists refund the uoney if it fails to cure E,W, rove's signature is on each box, Ae, Wek ongressman ile suit for & Curran, of Pekin. UW, ar ff, of Peoria, Ill ). 000 against the San ary Canal District, allegi' g dum | ae berause of the overtlow whiel uned their crops SCASTORIA. Boars the The Kind You Have Always Bought jon QeffUtEn “ GTA Tie National Educational Asso- iation refuses to give up any of its aghts in St. Louis to theDemocratic Convention, declaring that itis too ste to make any changes. HERE’S A BABY Its Mother is Well. The baby is healthy because during the period of gestation its mother used the popular and purely vegetable liniment, Mother’s Friend Mother's Friend is a soothing, softening, relaxing liniment, a muscle maker, invi orator and freshener. It puts new power into the back and hips of a coming mother. It is applied externally only, there is no dosing and swallowing of nasty drugs, no inward treatment at all. ‘The state of the mother during gestation may influence the disposition and future of the child; that is one reason why moth- ers should watch their condition and avoid pain, Her health, that of the child and their lives, depend on Keeping free from pain, worry and melancholy, Be of good cheer, strong of heart and peaceful mind, Mother’s Friend can and will make you so, Bearing down morn- sickness, sore breast and insomnia are relieved by this wonderful remedy, Of druggists at $1.00 per bottle. Serer tock: “Pothertanea?® free TWE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., ATLANTA, GA, HE WALTON TRUST CO. OF BUTLER MISSOURI. interest Paid on Time Deposits, ~-—— DIRFCOTORS—— J, Everingham, Wn, W. Trigg, 0, H Dutcher, T. J. Wright, PE PLE RPP LIPRLIR PRIA AR $0 255,000 00, 19,348 28 wees <- ~wEy os sates County ROSES: ~ J.R. Jenkias, T. CO, Boulware, C. R. Radford, Wa. E. WALTON, Prax ome Ee ed ' ree nee nee , SHERIFF RETURNS ROBBE ge WHO HELD How ka Joho Davis’ Friends Make Des MDI Effort to Procure His Keleas on the Train Galena, Kan., Jan. 19 —Shea ® L Raines returned to day from Fort Smith, Ark, with John Days. w=. witha companion, held up thas» at the Baxter Springs depos, +t weeks ago to-night, relieving 4a, f his revolver, watch and whas mawey he had upon his person ter tip: the two bandits placed Raines os 4 a train and returned to him hisreyoJs - er. stating it was too small for sys is business. As the train pulled out for Co¥am- bus the highwaymen entered the et re- ion und, ordering the agens ae throw his bands, tapped the sis» what money it contained. The twe> then made}\their esr ape and ne ete finite trace was heard until yesterws ~ when a message was receired by Sheriff Raines at this place Troi the Chief of Police at’ Fort Smith, whim said he had a suspect Sheriff Raines identified his max aw tirat glance. Davis confessed ¢ rer + thing. 2 As the train pulled out from Foy Smith this morning Davis's con erates made an attempt to seesrs ‘wie release. Davis was bound and’ -&- ed toa seat in the smoker and vie train crew armed in case of trowd Turning to Davis, Sheriff Rainespa 2 “Davis you're a good f llow, but Boa fight is started on the train Vas gn ing to kill you first.” Davie thera signalled his friende, who made 3bei> escape from the moving train. i DR. H. M. CANNON eo > Dentist, BUTLER, - MISSOUREL Will bein Adrian every Fagw. day and Friday prepared %e at» all kinds of dental work.