The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 24, 1904, Page 2

STATE COMMISSION HAS $150,000 LEFT. Balance of $1,000,000 Apprc- priation Will be Turned Back. Globe- Democrat. Out of the $1,000,000 appropria- tion made by the state of Miasouri for an exhibit and propergepresenta- tion at the World’s Fair the com- mission will return to the state treasury an unexpended sum of $150,000. This amount will be augmented by what salvage the commission may receive from its buildings and material from the booths in the various exhibit build ings which will be turned over to the state insti: utions. : The showt: @ made by the state at the Fair has been on a stupendous scale, and that such an amount will remain unexpended will no doubt be surprising. Usually such state ap- propriations prove inadequate, That the Missouri commission has had all the fands at its command that it might need {s evident, The sum of $1,000,000 was appro- priated by the legislature two years ago for the state’s exposition, At the time it was uot deemed extrava- gance on the part of the state and the commission selected by the gov- ernor had full authority to expend the entire sum, Of the money spent the sum of $250,000 was placed in the magnificent Missouri building. Prizes aggregated perhaps $100,000 more and for the booths in the var- ious exhibit palaces perhaps as much more was spent, While the commission has not acted extravagantly in the matter of expenditures, the state has been the host on numerous occassions and has done its share in the enter. tainment of the visitors from abroad. Within the past month, however, the commissioners have been draw ing the purse strings tighter, and this $150,000 to be turned into the treasury is the result. A statement of the expenditures will not be given out for some time, owing to a desire to include the money accruing from salvage. The state board of equalization will as- sume charge of the property and dis- pose of it as it sees proper. Much material, in the way of desks and cases, will go to the various state eleemosynary and educational insti- tutions. Found Her “Dead” Husband At Fair. Omaha, Neb., Nov. 20—On the Louisiana Purchase Exposition grounds at St. Louis, Wednesday, Mrs. Matthew McDermoot of Fort Dodge, Io.,discovered her husband, who two years ago mysteriously disappeared from his home and has since been mourned as one dead, McDermoot recognized his wife in stantly when they met face to face and appeared to be greatly suprised and uverjxyed to see her. She ex- perienced such a shock tu coming up on him whom she though dead that she is suffering from nervous pros- tration. McDermoot says he does not know when he left his home, nor where ‘he has heen nor what he has been doing since then. He says dur ing thetwo years he has been absent from home his mind has been a total blank. Pays Bill Forty-Seven Year Old Manor, Tex., Nov. 20.—In 1857 Maj. J. W. Brown of this place con- ducted a general merchandise store at Webberville, near here, A few days ago & gentleman about 80 years old slighted from an east-bound train and asked the way to Major Brown’s house. There he inquired if Major Brown owned a store at Webberville in 1857. On being told yes, he in- troduced himeelf and said: ‘I taught echool during that year and bought some goods from you for which I never paid; the amount is between $30 and $40. I now wish topay is.” * The major relerred to some old ledgers and found that a party of the same BRYAN ELECTION COMMENT WOMAN SOLDIER AT PORT ARTHUR. Cockrell’s Defeat Aimed at Re- organizers, Says the Ne- ‘Followed Her Husband Thither, braska Man. | Clad in Masculine Attire =| And Fought With Him. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 20 —Comment- ing on election results Mr. Bryan says: “The defeat of Senator Cockrell is an excellent illustration of the man ner in which the innocent are mace to suffer with the guilty in this cam- |paign. Onevery question that has jeome before the senate during his | services he has been the champion of the people. He has the confi lence of all Democrats, and the respect of Republicans every where. The Democratic party in Missouri was unyielding iu its devotion to Democratic principles, and it loved Cockrell, and yet so great was the apathy caused by the party's action Chefoo, Nov. 20.—The Port Arthur Novikrai of November 12, a copy of | which was brought to Chefoo by the | Rastoroppy, coutains a romatic | story of Haritena Korotkiewitch, who, although a woman, served valorously in many fights at Port} Arthur ‘until death closed her strange career. The Novikrai gives many details of the adventures of the woman which go to make the story one of undoubted authenticity, The husband of Haritena Korot kiewitch was serving at Port Arthur at St. Louis, and so dee; was the indignation felt by the ra:k and file of the party that Senator Cockrell received the shaft thatevas aimou at the reorganiz rs. It the Missouri Democrats, who hb leeted to vote; had thonght th» Senator in danger, they would lave been present at the polls, but they did not carry the process of reason- ing far enough to estimate the full effect of their course, Folk of Missouri had lead enough to escape, but his majority is woe- fully short of what it should have been, and he, too, would have suffer ed defeat, but for the number of votes which he drew from the Republican party.” In endeavoring to join him she was stopped at Harbin and was not al- lowed to proceed further owing to uve sex, Side then donned masculine attire and succeeded in reaching Port Actbur shortly before the landing of cue Japanese on the peniusula of Liotuug Finding her husband’s regiment, she enlisted in it, She particip» ted in uumero us sorties and in the de- fense of forte, and, although her sex was soon discovered, her record for bravery, tirelessness and attention to the wounded, aud the excellent moral influence she exerted over the soldiers who never swore ‘n her pres- ence, wou her permission to remain in the ranks. While fighting side by eide with her husband the latter was wounded. His wife nursed him until the crivis in his case was passed when she re turned to the front, where she be- came messenger to Capt. Gauza- kefiky of the Thirteenth regiment. [n the performance of her duties as messenyer she was often seen riding fearlessly from one position to an other, seemingly unaffected by the bursting of shells or the din of battle. On O:t, 16 she visited the trenches with dispatches when huge shells trom the Japanese guns struck and destroyed the Russian position. Haritena Korotkiewitch and eight others were instantly killed. They were buried in one grave, with the Russian flag wrapped ardund Haritena’s body. The Novikrai concludes its story by raying:: “Haritena Korotkiewitch had won the respect and admiration, not only of the soldiers, but of the bigh- er officers and had shown all how to die nobly,” The four issues of the Novikrai brought by the Rastoropny show evidence of a merciless censorship. Two of them contain no war news and uot one publishes a single explicit statement having reference to the fighting on land. Commissions to be Issued To 1105 Missouri Officers Jefferson City, Mo., Nov 20 —The work of issuing commissions to the 1106 offivers selected at the recent election will soon begin. The name of the successful candidate and the office to which chosen, together with the name of the cuunty, must be written in and thesignatures of Gov, Dockery and Secretary of State Cook an the seal attached. Of the total number 1035 go to the county offi- cers, 41 to judicial offivers, which includes the Missouri state supreme court, the St. Louls and Kananas City appellate courts, four criminal cir cuits and thirty-three judicial circuits and seven go to state officers, Six teen certificates will be issued to the congressmen-lect. The state sena- tors-of whom 17 were chosen, receive their certificates from the county clerk of the county first named by the law in the information of their districts, and the members of the lower branch of the general assembly receives their certificatee from the county clerks of their respective counties, upon the presentation of tax receipts, Hunter Finds Dead Man. St. Jacobs, Ill., Nov. 20.—The dead body of & man apparently about 70 years old, was found on .a creek bank, two miles northwest of here, by H. Goss, who was hunting. This is the second instance of the kind that has occurred here within the last three weeks. The other was the finding of the bodies of two young mon who had committed suicide on the Vandalia-Pennsylvanis tracks. The body of the man found by Mr. Goss was brought to town and’ the coroner’s inquest held. - The jury de- clared that death resulted from old age and exposure. In the man’a pockets were found $7 and a return ticket from Caseville to St. Jacobs. ‘There was nothing on his person by which he could be identified. George Gould Shoots Man By Accident. Raliegh, N. C., Nov, 20.—While George Gould was shooting birds near High point, this state, to-day, he accidentally shot Eiward Burns, an attendant. Several shot entered Parker Begins Parctice of Law in New York City. New York, November 20.—Alton B. Parker today took up the practice of law with Sheehan & Col- lins; corporation lawyers, and will in a short time become & member of the firm. In making the announce ment that he had come here to practice law, the ex judge announced that he would take up his residence in this city and that he would be joined later by fre. Parker and that they would select a home here. He also said that he had not formed a partnership with any one but the location of hig offices in the Sheehan suite identified him with the firm, and it is understood that he will later become a partner. Alleged Moonshiner Caught in Mother Hubbard. Mo., Nov. 20.—Deputy Joplin, NOUVEL Hus RACKS, NEW FORM OF SUMMER ENTER- | TAINMENT IN CATSKILLS. | | Women with Scissors Are the Jockeys and There Is Lots of Cutting Up During the Pro- ceedings. In the Catskills during the summer season appeared a new game called | horseracing. The jockeys were women, reports a New York paper. First a jockey club is formed by the men, who proceed to select stewards and other officers. No handicapper is needed, because no handicap is given to the racers, A starter is necessary, as well as judges, timekeeper and scorers. “Having elected officers the jocxty club receives applications for the privi- lege of making books. Each bookmaker pays 25 cents for the privilege. The jockey club then selects the names of enough favorite race horses to make six starters in six races and is then ready for the applications of the jockeys. Each jockey draws from a hat the name of the horse she is to ride. Two days or less before the races each bookmaker posts his odds on the horses and future betting is done, The jockey club provides each bookmaker with the money he is likely to need and prepares a lot which is placed in the hands of the clerk to sell to the sports who wish to make wagers on their favorites, The money for the betting is made of paper and is sold to the bettors at 25 cents per $100, The jockey club also buys six pairs of scissors for about ten cents a pair. On the day of the race six pieces of muslin about one and one-half inches wide and 20 feet long are fastened about three feet apart to frames at each end and drawn taug Three feet from one end a bit of red twine is drawn across the muslin strips. This is the post from which the start is made. The bookmakers, perched on high stools, boxes or any other thing that will elevate them, display their slates with their prices written thereon. Plenty of time is given to the bettors to purchase coin of the realm and to place it on their favorites, With the starter at one end of the lines of tape and the timers and judges in proper po- sition, all being ready, the jockeys take their places, Back of the starting line each jockey cuts with her scissors into the middle of the particular line of tape at which she has been placed by lot and waits the word to start. Each jockey is to cut through the middle of the tape with her scissors from the start to the finish without running off. If her seissors leave the tape she is disqualified and so cannot win, There are few simple games which give so much excitement, either in the preliminaries or in the actual work of the game. Men, to support their daugh- ters, sisters, wives or sweethearts, will buy money freely and bet fabulous sums of paper. Each bettor is allowed to root for his choice. The more excitement there is the bet- ter, for the jockeys are sure to become excited and make all manner of breaks in their efforts to reach the finigh first. One jockey got so rattled that she turned right around and cut for the start in- stead of for the finish after she was more than half way over the course and was leading by several feet. With the dues collected from the members of the jockey club and the money taken by the bookmakers in the future betting, if necessary, prizes are purchased for presentation to the first three jockeys to finish in each race. From what remains after the races are over the members of the club are reim- bursed, thus making thetr expenditures the same as those of the other men— just what they have paid for money to bet on their choices In the raee. The game is capable of variations, of course, and sometimes it is played with only 30 entries, the last race being be- tween the winners of the other five. This is cheaper, since it necessitates the purchase of only three prizes, the losers in the heats getting nothing but the fun out of the game. 4 The game may be for charity, to raise money for a ride to some interesting point, or for any other object. By one game recently a lad of 15 who needed the services of an expert oculist was sent to New York for treatment which he would have been unable to obtain without some such assistance, Poisoning Trees. A gardener discovered the fact cently that trees are often sent to | FARM LOANS, ~ MISSOURI STATE BANK, BUTLER, MISSOURI. .. 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