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

| STONE FOR PARKER. 7 “ | : The Senator Insists, However, | mH That Bryan is the Greatest ‘-| Democrat. Stone gave out the following on the, Parker telegram to day My first impression was that the | whole thing was prearranged. It t cnet aaa note: atte iiNet 8 that the convention bad been bun- coed, Twas sick abed when the tele- gram came and was unable to be in the convention. If | could have been at the convention at that time I would have given voice to thestrong feeling | had on the subject, for I felt nery and resentful. Since the con- vention acjourned, however, | have been advised of things that satisfy me that Judge Parker acted in good faith and ina manly way. That his views were withheld or suppressed Contrary to his instruction is, I think, beyond doubt, and when he found out that his instructions were being disregarded and that he wus about to be placed in a false position, he sent a peremptory telegram to Goy- ernor Sheehan, demanding that his views be made known to the conven: tion, Among those who took part in the proceedings of the convention Mr. Bryan was easily and by far the most ommanding figure He was fierce!) assailed by men who only yesterday would have crowned him king, but he towered amongst them as a giant ANong pygemies Compared to most of them, he shone as a star in com- parisou with the phosphorescent gleam of lightning bugs. He is still the greatest Democrat in America adhe idol of the people. Oue,blast upon his bulge horn is worth a@ mil- lion men, and the service he will render the ticket will be more than that of all of Lis detractors combined. Williams Will Attend Committee Conference. Jackson, Miss., July 16,—Althongh hota member of the National Com- ; mittee, Congressman John Sharp i Williams will be present at the eon- ference of its members at Judge Park- er’ home in the near future, Mr, Williams, it is stated, has re- ceived an intimation that Judge Parker would like to have bis pres- entat ‘'o moeting to disenas with fh him the general issues on which the Democratie party will mak: its fight. Congresstaan Williams has{plaeced himself at the disposal of the Cam- paign Committee, and will make many speeches, visiting the doubtful States. All the other members of the Mississippi delegation have expressed a willingness to participate in the campaign work. A Missouri Farmer. Killed. St. Joseph, Mo., July 16 —Philip Bermond, 60 years old, @ wealthy farmer, was killed at his home four miles east of Clarksdale sometime last night. He lived alone and was credited with being a very rich bach- elor. The body was found by rela- tives who went to his farm to cut some wheat. Bermond was lying on a the ground, a hundred yards from ‘ his residence, with his head beaten almost into a pulp. There. was evi- dence of a desperate fight between the old man and his assailants. His home was ransacked and if he had any money there, of which his rela- tives know nothing, it was secured by the murderers. It is not believed, however, that any considerable sum was kept there. Estimates Missouri’s Crop of Wheat Larger Than 1903. Columbia, Mo., July 16 —An esti- mate on the wheat crop of Missouri by Geo. B. Ellis, secretary of agricul- ture, shows it to be better than that of 1903, although injured by rain aud rust. The acreage is pluced at about 3 per cent below that of 1903 or 2,400,000 acres, The yield in bushels is placed 31,000,000 against _ 22,194.000 in 1903-or a gain of about 9,000, 000. She Likes to Horsewhip Him. Joplin, Mo., July 16 —Lotise Car. 6on, a pretty young woman, was ar- rested here early this morning and locked up at police headquarters on a charge of horsewhipping Frank Mattis on a public street last night. Mr. Mattis is one of the wealthiest ee in the Joplin district. ant ache stewie Fe had a sinister appearance, and I felt! ~' UNARMED OFFICER CAPTURES DESPERADO. | Charles Renner Probably Fatal- | ly Injured Resisting Arrest. | St. Joseph, Mo., July 13.—Charles ‘Renner, the alleged train robber, | |footpad and pal of Pat Crowe, was , captured to-day by Patrolman John Reichen, after a terrifie fight which the police surgeon says will prove fatal. The desperado’s skull is frac- tured, his left leg is broken and he is injured internally. He was found in bed asleep at il | o'clock to-day in Mollie Lock’s room- ing house, Third and Faron streets, by Officer Reichen. Reichen was off duty when notified of Rennner's |} whereabouts and he was unarmed, He commanded the desperado te get up and dress himself. A fight was started by Renner at once, The two men swayed back and forth across | the little room, and finally Reichen threw Renner against a heavy mir- ror, He finally got clear of the of fiver and started for the door, and as he reached it Reichen caught him and threw him over the porch rail into the alley below. He landed on his head, cutting a gash two inches long on the skull. Reichen then wrenched a paillig off the porch ratl and jumped off the porch down the alley and stood over Renner. Ren- ber Was uncouscious and has re- mained so all day. Reichen ts a powerful man, and in this Oght was not seriously burt, Renner has been connected with Pat Crowe and Clate Taylor in several train robberies, and was with this pair at the hold-up near Aurora lust fall when Clate Taylor was killed, He is believed to have killed James Pyle, & saloon keeper, at Nineteenth and Frederick avenue, St. Joseph, in a holdup three years ago. . The government also wants Renner for many alleged post office robberies, “OOM” PAUL KRUGER DEAD. The End to the Transvaal Ex- President in Exile. Clarens, Switzerland, July 14 -Paul Kruger, ex-president of the Transvaal republic, died here at 3 o'clock this morning from pneumonia and auper vening heart weakness. Mr, Kruger lost consciousness Monday. He was 78 years old. His daughter and son- in-law were with him at the time of his death. He had been out only once since his arrival here at the be- ginning of last month. Mr. Kruger was staying at the Villa du Boichet. He had beengrad ually failing for a long time, but he was able to attend to affairs, read the newspapers and receive visits until Saturday. A change for the wors: set iu Sunday. He becameun. conscious Monday and remained so until his death. Paul Kruger escaped from the TrAnsvaal through Portuguese East Africa to a Dutch man-of-war in October, 1900. He was carried to Europe, where he hoped to interest continental powers in order that in- tervention might save the republic, whose soldiers were offering their last resistance. President Kruger hoped to return to South Africa, but his mission failed and he remained an exile in Europe. He was rich. Part of his fortune of 25 million dollars had been transferred to Dutch banks before the war began. Kruger was received with great demonstra tions in Europe, Holland, Belgium and Germany, but the governments, while sympathetic, failed to act. So the old man, heart broken, settled down to die in Europe. From Dr. Heymans is gathered some curious details of the daily habits and regime of the ex-president in his first days of exile. Betting as an Indicator, St. Louis Republic. Betting is morally indefensible, wholly so; but it is politically signifi- cant, and the odds made by the po- litical “sporting eleme:.t’’ furnish some index to the status of candi- dates. In a political year that great majority of the public which holds betting beneath it nevertheless casts a furtative glance now and then upon the posted figures partly for curiosity’s sake and partly for infor- mation. Those mor“:espectable o | oq tuo much, either. Bri us may at least get an inkling of the been g on here for a long business by hearsay. and every knew it, but nobody There is @ good deal of human| 88° Med a, Saat you nature—old sinful human nature— about the bettors’ transactions, gan, and pleaded guilty this morn sentence until the middle of August aconference of several minutes be tween himself, his attorneys and the circuit attorney, in Mr. Folk’s office, Schnettler’s attorneys some timeago ever, did not decide until this morn- ing, when his case was called for trial to act upon their advice. In the course of his conference with Mr. Folk Schnettler said: thie; I don’ t. think I should be blam- came. for.it when I went into o; pe lg poe fi | cites a they wish t to give as little as possible ior as much as possible. | When the betting fraternity holds} out an inducement of long odds to the public the latter may be reason- ably sure of losing—the betting fra- ternity has a “sure thivg’”’ The backers of Mr. Roosevelt for the presidency have not »xh*‘hited | the confidence which comes from the posasasion of a “eure thing.” They have made no tempting offers. For many months Mr Roosevelt's name was, to employ the vernacular, “the only entry.” He was logically the favorite. For many months his nomination had been assured. What Democracy would do was wholly un- certain, whereas a powerful organiza- tion had fixed upon Mr. Roosevelt. The Democratic party exhibited indi- cations of difference and inability to agree. On the bettors’ books there- fore, Mr. Roosevelt was placed against an unknown field, with only the possibility of a strong race against him. It might have been supposed that under these conditions Mr. Roosevelt would be a strong favorite, that he would command support at long odds, But the very first money cifered on him was 2 to 1. With Mr. Parker's nomination the odds suddenly dropped to 10 to 7, and now, in the language of the bet- ting ring, “Parker money is going begging” at 5 to 4. When they otfered 10 against 7 the Roosevelt backers were literally snapped up. Confidence behind Mr. Roosevelt has disappesred in the betting ring at least. She Cut Dynamite, Is Physical Wreck. Findlay, ©., July 14 Mrs. Frank Weltner tried to cut up a stick of dynamite with @ knife yesterday. She is lying at death’s door, with her left arm gone ubove the elbow, her right leg torn to shreds from the waist down, her left breast blowa off and her right eye out. Little 6 year-old Johnnie Kahl, who, with his mother, was visiting the Weltners, and for whom Mrs. Weltner tried to cut up the dyna- mite, is covered with burns from head to foot; not a spot as big as a quarter escaped burning and his little body is perforated with glass dust. While tramping the ruins of the Lake shore Novelty Worksexplosion Floyd Weltner, a son of the wounded woman picked up a stick of dyna- mite, thinking it a torpedo explosive. Taking it home, he secreted it, but it was found later by his mother and laid out in the summer kitchea, When the Kahls arrived Johnnie asked Mrs. Weltner to cut it up for him to shoot in his cane. She took the stick, went into the kitchen and started to cut it with a case knife. The back of the house was blown out and the screen door was filled with small pieces of flesh blown off the un- fortunate woman. he windows were blown out and the glass pene- trated the little boy's flesh in a most terrible manner. ONE MORE PLEADS GUILTY. John Schnettler, St. Louis Boo- dler, Gives up the Fight. St. Lous, July 13—John H. Sch- nettler, ex-member of the house of delegates, one of the “combine” of nineteen, followed the example of his fellow members, Edmund Bersch, Charles J. Denny and Perry Hanni- ing to the charge of Bribery. Judge McDonald, before whom the plea was made, announced that he would sen- tence Schnettler to serve two years in the penitentiry, but would defer in order to give him time to put his busluess affairs in shape. Schnettler gave bond for $10,000. Schnettler’s plea of guilty followed advised him to plead guilty as Berach and Denny had done in theexspecta- tion that his sentence would be ma- terially reduced. Schnettler, how “Mr. Folk, I don’t blame you for A were the little things \Take Me Back to Old Kentucky. (W. 8. Taylor to Gov. Durbin.) Take me back to old Kentucky, Where the crystal waters glint, As they dance along their borders, Thro’ their fragrant beds of mint; Where the lasses and the horses Are but terms of grace and speed, And the whiskey and the statesmen, Both are noted for their bead.” Take me back to old Kentucky, Where strong waters flow so free, Where they cool off in the summer Neath the spreading julep tree; Where the highballs and the lowballs Always hit the center equare, And you never have next morning Rheumatism in your hair. Take me back to old Kentucky, Where the blue grass decks we hills, Where they have no use for water, Save for operating mills; For they scorn it as a beverage On that dark and bloody ground, As they claim e’er since the deluge That it tastes of sinners drowned. Take me back to old Kentucky, To the state where I was born, Where the corn is full of kernels, And the colonels full of corn; Where to disapprove that beverage Is to toy with certain death, And they have a bonded warehouse, Where they-harrel up their breath. Take me back to old Kentucky; Let me hear the rifles pop; See the pigs and politicians, With their snouts eye deep in slop. Take me back to her blue mountains, ~ Whore they argue points with lead, But you need not rush the matter, Take me back when I am dead. ~Laterior Journal, Stanford, Ky, Soldiers ‘Shoot Up’ Summer Resort. New York, July 16.—Armed with revolvers, 20 artillerymen, said tobe from Fort Totten, Willets Point, have given the summer residents in the neighborhood of Great Neck, L, I.,a taste cf early life on the frontier. After spending some time about the saloons, which they visited on leave of absence, they began to shoot out street lamps and finally took posses- sion of five summer hotels along the shore front, Terrified guests were driven to their rooms, where they barricaded the doors. Mirrors, glasees and bottles behind the bars were made targets. One proprietor who remonstrated was bound and thrust into a closet. After amusing themselves for a time the men started for the dock, two miles away. The road waslight- ed its entire length by electric lamps. Not one lamp was left unbroken. Meantime a posse of citizens start- ed in pursuit, but the soldiers reach- ed their boats first and escaped. Harrison Plans Campaign. Chicago, July 16 —Carter H. Har- rison will formally wheel his followers intoline tor the Democratic national, stateand county ticket onSaturday, August 29. The second annual “Middle West” demonstration of the] No. Harrison Democracy, under the man- agement of the Chicago Democratic Club, then will be launched, and Will- iam J. Bryan will probably make his first speech for Parker at this meet: ing. Judge Parker and Henry G. Davis, the vice-presidential nominee, will be invited. Mayor Harrison will pre- side, and, besides Bryan, Charles A. Town, of New York, and Congress- man Champ Clark, of Missouri, have been enlisted. MUST HAVE A BEGINNING. Do not postpone the opening of a bank ac- count simply because of thesmallnegs of your first deposit. All things, you know, must have a beginning. The big things of to-day’ of yesterday. Remember, we receive deposits as low as a dollar. seamapenda ec nenarangasmeasmeneaengnemanas: FARM To be able to borrow money on real estate on long time, with the privilege of making psyments before due, is an advan- We loan money in this way and at a low rate of interest. 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