The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 15, 1904, Page 10

iC “DIAMOND | ~-BRAND”” ‘SHOES For Christmas Stockings ‘es Nothing [ore Appropriate. Nothing More Appreciated. Our ‘‘Diamond Brand’? Shoe certificates Make Shoes a Practical and Desirable Christmas Present. Ask us about them. POSS SSS Se @eeeem “Diamond Brand” Shoes were given the Grand Prize at the World’s Fair—the highest award. This is the strongest possible guarantee of their superiority. We have the newest, snappiest shapes atall prices from $150 upto $5 00— whatever you want to pay. PBA BS BS BSS BSS Soe eo Hill's Cash Store, ‘ j f 4 j § The first snow of the season fell in Butler on Sunday. A little girl baby was born to Mre, J.E Williams last week. The two year old child of Mrs, W. L. Fuller, fell Wednesday and broke ite arm. Joe McKibben and wife left Excel- sior Springs the first of the week to epend the winter in California. All our goods are marked in plain figures. Macdonald the jeweler. Call on West Side new store for bargains in Dry Goods, Shoes, Christmas goods etc. You may justly be proud of your xmas present il {t comes from ‘“Mac- donald” for it will certainly be good goods. What could be nicer for a xmas present than something elevating— something educating: Ours are such J. F. Ludwick. Dr. Boulware reports Mrs. Robert Stubblefield convalescent from a se- vere attack of pneumonia. Miss Pearl Shutt has returned from a three weeks visit to her sister Mrs. E L. Thurder of Warrensbury. Mrs. N. A. Wade went to Omaha, Nebr., to spend the holidays with her son Lieut Ben R. Wade and wife. at Ft. Crook. Judge Gantt has announced, that after due considpration he has de- cided not to resign-but will continue on the supreme bench. Books—Booke—Books. We have them in the latestcopyrighte. Burnt leather and other covers that will please you. J. F. Ludwick. Francis Gilbreth , formerly an in- fluential citizen of Hudson township, now living in Appleton City, was in Butler the last of the week greeting his old time friends. Prospective candiates for appoint- ment to the offices of collector and assessor are numerious. We have heard the followingnames mentioned so far: Estes Smith, Paul Walton, J E. Williams, 8. F. Warnock, J. W. Holloway, Dr. J.T Hull. This doos- n’tpretend to represent the full list, but is all we have heard, so far. Division No. 2 of thesupremecourt granted a motion to transfer the case of William Rudolph, condemned to hang for the murder of Detective Schumacher in the Union bank rot- bery case, to the supreme court. This gives Rubolph another hearing. C J. Pahlman recently traded his arin in thiscounty for one in Finney County, Kas. Hereturned from there the first of the week and is well pleas- ed with his place and thecountry. He ssid they were raising sugar beets which will net themffrom $100 to $125 per acre. He says some lande are selling near Garden City as high as $200 per acre. They irrigate the land from drive wells. Colonel J. A ‘Trader, cigar broker of Kansas City, was making his regular business calla on our mer chante Tuesday and favored us Pleasantly. Col. Trader has been away from Butler a number of years, but always looks upon this as his home. Hes terribly stuck up over the fret that he is grand pa to two fine children, “ce and Mona Bell Mc- Donald. The ladies waiting rooms, in the he Bates County Medical Society held its quarterly meeting in tle court room last Thursday afternoon. Besidgs the local doctors there were present Dr. Overholser, Pleasant Hill; Drs. Chastain and Hulett, Rich Hill; Dr. Groashart, Rockville; Dr. Truex, Milo; Dr. Miller, Mayesburg. Mr. R. B. White will depart with his family in a few days for Boon- ville, Ind.,where he expecte to go into business for himeelf. Mr. White hae been here for twenty years and will be greatly missed from out busi- ness circles. His many friends hope that the change will be profitable to him.—Hume Telephone. Ben F. Heavlin, of Hamilton, Mont. with his wife and baby is visiting his brother, Ed. Heaviin, in Elkhart township. Mr. Heavlin settled in this county in the early days but lefthere * for Montana thirty years ago, He | north west corner of the court house eaid he was in Butler when only two have been fornished and fitted up in houses were standing. We acknowl-| convenient and comfortable shape. edge s pleasant call trom the Heav- This will bea very attractive place lin brothers on Monday. for tadiee who come, here to trade. : The news'from Washington city is that Senator Cockrell has about de- "| SWAYNE CASE IN THE HOUSE. | Representatives Listened to the Reading of the Report of Teeir Committees with Close Attention. De 13.—When day it had a serious du- | ty perform—that of passing on a res- } olu ition nes ing for its purpose the im- peaching for “high misdemeanor,” of | Federal Judge Charles Swayne, of the Northern district of Florida. That the members fully appreciated the respon- sibility resting upon them was evi- denced by the close attention which they paid to the reading by Mr. Pal- mer (Pa.) of the specification and evi- dence in the case. In support of the charge of misbe- havior, Mr, Palmer said the evidence showed that out of each year Judge Swayne spent on an average of 212 days somewhere else, neither in his district holding court nor‘outside of his district holding court. Judge Swayne, he said, never voted in Florida, never registered there and never lived there in any proper sense of the term. Mr. Palmer then turned his atten- tion to a review of the evidence taken before the committee, the main fea- tures of which already have been pub- lished. the ENSHROUDED IN BLACK. FOG. ChicageStreet Tre Me and Basiness Inter- fered with for Two Hoaure—Namer- ous Accilents Reported. Chicago, Dec, 13.—A heavy fog of inky blackness enshrouded Chicago Tuesday, causing confusion among pe- destrians, and seriously interfering with street car service and teams. The fog moved slowly from south to north, Numerous accidents were reported. Oc- nants of several elevated trains opped by ‘the derailing of a car were forced to escape on foot along the structure in the darkness to the near- est station. Total absence of wind, coincident with a ‘combination of smoke and snow in the fog was the cause of the extraordinary darkness. The duration of the phenomenon was nearly: two hours, INGALLS DATE SET. Statue of Former Kunese Seneto= Will Be Received by the wary 21, pate on dine Washington, Dec, 13.—In the senate Tuesday Mr. Gallinger, from the com- mittee on District of Columbia, reported 4 reeolution granting the use of the pension building for the inaugural ball. The resolution was agreed to. The house resolution for an adjourn- ment for the Christmas holidays ex- tending from Decembes 21 to January 4, was then adopted. On motion of Mr. Long the senate fixed the date for the reception of the statue of Former Senator John J. In- galls, contributed to Statuary hall by the state of Kansas, for January 21, next. Marines Sail for Panama, Philadelphia, Dec. 13.—The United States cruiser Yankee, with 470 ma- rines on board has sailed from the League Island navy yard for Panama. The marines will do police duty in the isthmus, relieving a battalion which will return on the Yankee, Storm in New England, New Haven, Conn., Dec. 13.—A bliz- zard which began yesterday has se- riously impeded trolley traffic and steam railrond business and is still raging to-day. In all parts of the state. traffic conditions were similarly affected by the storm. Bank Robber Identified. Peoria, Hl., Dec, 12.—The smaller of the two Peoria national bank rob- bers has been identified as Col. Brock- way, recently released from the state penitentiary for horse stealing. Brock- way gave the name of Percy Warner and his age as 27. Dowle Pald His Debts. Chicago, Dec. 13.—Zion City’s indus- tries are out of debt and John Alex- ander Dowie, first apostle of the Chris- tian Catholic church in Zion, is now square with ¢ figured in the. receivership proceedings over @ year ago. Aaphyxiated by Nataral Gas, Springfield, O., Dec. 13.—Mrs, Brig- get Daugherty, aged 75, her son James and daughter Anna, were asphyxiated by natural gas Tuesday. An investi- gation showed that the stove consumed only about half of the natural gas turned on. Land Fraud Cases in the Cabinet, Washington, Dec.'12—At Tuesday’s cabinet meeting Secretary Metcalf talked .briefly of the status of the’ land fraud cases, indicating that some startling developments in them might be expected in the near future. Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, Arkansas City, Kan., Dec. 13—A heavy snow is falling in western Ok- Jahoma. In Kay county, Ok., ' the snow is the heaviest in years. There was little wind. The thermometer is 15 degrees above zero. _ Slaver of De Piehve Sentenced. St. Petersburg, Dec. 13.—Sasoneff, who ated the late minister of the interior, De Plehve, has been sen- tenced to penal servitude for life, and | Grandmother DeArmond. Catherine DeArmond departed this life at the home of ber eldest sor, Congressman DeArmond, after an illness of only a few hours, on Friday Desember 9th. Judge DeArmond jTeturned home from Washington jand Dr. John A. DeArmond another son, arrived from Davenport, Iowa, on Sunday. Funeral services were. conducted from the fimily residence on Monday, by Rev. Dr. Chambliss. The body was taken to Greenfield for interment, accompanied byJudge and Doctor DeArmond where she was interred by the side of her hus- band. Grandmother DeArmond had reached the remarkable old age of nearly 90, years having been born in Pennsylvania in 1815. She had a wonderfal constitution and retained her pbysical health and mental faculties up to almost the hour of dissolution. She had been a mem- ber of the German Lutheran church from childhood and lived and died in the faith. She was a remarkable woman {n many respects, possessing a bright mind and amiabl> disposi- tion. She lived a simple aud noble life of usefulness, had devoted her time to her children and saw them all successefully located in life, and passed peacefully to her reward. Eagles.Elects Officers. The Butler lodge of Eagles met at their aeria Wednesday night and elected officers for the ensuing year. The following officers were selected: Worthy President, M. H. Fox; Vice President, E. B. Childe; Secretary, W. M. Crabtree; Treasurer, J. R Morrison; Conductor, Otis Radford; Chaplain, E. P. Nickell; Guards; A Shebe, J. J. Richardson; Trustees, G. W. Newberry, B. F. Jeter, G. AL Frank; Physician, T. F. Lockwood. The remains of Lee Olive, who was killed by the cars in Chicago, last Wednesday, arrived Saturday. Funeral services were conducted from the Christian church by Elder J. W. Rogers and interment was made in the Hume cemetery. J. Lu Olive was born October 12th, 1865, and died November 30, 1904. He united with the Christian church at this placa in 1883, and temained a devoted member up to the time of]. —_—_—_———— ‘ his death, Weare unable to give the particulars of his untimely death in detail. It seems he alighted from @ train while in motion on the track in front of a string of cary which ran over him. The body was badly mutilated. His father, Mr. J. M. Olive, is in a Kansas City hovpital,in & critical condition, and has not yet been apprised of Lee’s demise. a ____ r 1,000 POUNDS —OF— Chistmas Cancie| FREE with every dollars worth of goods bought at our store from NOW until Christmas we will give one pound of Candy Free. We have the finest line of = Holday Goods: ' Every ehown in Butler, and. priced lower, : name “Macdonald” it will certainly be good goods, because we carry nothing else. & long time is apt to get rotten, Ours are brand new and beauties too. Macdonald the jeweler. sanctum and had THE TIMES sent to her son Lee Ash, who {a holding a responsible position with the Big .| Red Ranch €o., near ar Clearmont, Wy- oming. goods marked in plain figures we have them. Macdonald the jeweler. ‘Emmet Hook was taken suddenly sick at the home of friends in this city on Tuesday. He came up from his home in Hudeon township Mon- church of Virginia will have an oyeter supper Tuesday night Dec.27, All are invited to be present. night and Sunday morning, on and willcontinue until the middle of next week. gotten there was an election lastfall. "Theve to nothin Siak espe sae petting it For a Christmas Present A Good Suit A Fine Overcoat A Fine Hat Silk Umberellas $2 00 to $6.00 Silk Ties 50c to 1.00 Handkerchiefs 5e to 1.00 Silk Mufflers 50c to 2.50 : Gloves 25c to 2.00 Fancy Vests 1.25 to 3.00 b Suspenders 25c to 1.50 Caps 25c to 1.50 Dress Shirts 50c to 2.00 Stick Pins 10c to 1.50 i 4 ' Fancy Hose cto 50 Underwear per suit 50c to 3.00 Sweaters 50c to 2.00 ( Flannel Shirts 1.00 to 2.50 See our Samples of Smoking Jackets. . Headquarters forSantaClaus ) JOE MEYER The Clothier, It your xmas package bears tle| Northeast Bates County Teachers’ Association. The teachers of northeast Bates Gre requested to meet at Fairplay, Saturday night, December 17. The following program has been arrang- ed i An umbrella that is rolled up for A model recitation, Mrs Powers, ~ Co-operation of patrons and schools, Miss Vansant. fe Discussion, Edward Bradley. Results of education and non-edi cation compared, Miss Bradley. Discussion, Misa Hoover, Central high school, A. B. Crow, Q A. Pelly. : Progress of Bates county schools, W. 8. Bourland, C.C. Sackett.”. > Teachers standard of Missouri and other states compared Mine Onna a Mrs. Lizzie Ash complemented our i If you are looking for “good” Everyone that has any viteceae education are earnestly solicited be present and take part if po Don’t think that because the Virginia. The Ladies Aid Society of the M.E. are stobuded because you are n teacher bat come prepared to. vance the cause of education. Rev. Anderson preached Saturday Protracted meeting ie still going The Virginians almost have for-