The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 5, 1905, Page 5

TOWN WHERE ALL REVENUES COME FROM LICENSES. Revenue from Priviieze to Sell Liquor and Li and ter Rentals Suficient to Run Town of Silverton, Col. Silverton, Col.—This village of 2,000 ple is popularly ki.own throughout the country as “the town that runs itself.” The citizens have paid no city taxes for more than a dozen years, ye( the town is one of the most prosperous penses. Its entire revenues come from liquor licenses an water and light rentais, and the success ui ..unicipal ownershi» here is such . hat the citizens would not service corporations under any circum- stances. Two years ago the local light- ing plant was purchased from the cor- poration which owned it. of $17,965.40, including $1.800 which the town charged itself for street lightiny. Its operating expenses were $14,388,28 The town's income for water renta’s during the same period was $10,009.47 and from saloon licenses $14 The total receip's from all sources wer $49,859.49. an actual surplus over the town's running expenses of $15,570.5 Practically all of this surplus was ex- pended in a‘:litions to the town's watt: nm, wh is valued at approximat ne lighting at is a 2.000 The latter is now furnishing four times the amount 0! current produced at the time of its » chase by the city two years ago, the abnormal increase being due to the ex- ceptionally low price of current, Light rentals and water rentals are lower than in any other city in the west, the minimum charges being $1.50 per month, with meter service, subject to a discount of 25 per cent. if paid when due. The discount on water rent- als is 15 per cent. Under the charter the mayor and the aldermen act as a board of man- agers for both the water and the light. ing plants. Not a breath of scandal has ever tainted their efforts in this direction, though it is recognized here that a change in the statutes which would take the management entirely out of politics would be an improve: ment on the present system. ! j } { { DOME OF CAPITOL TO SHINE To Be Lighted Up with 3,000 Incan- descent Globes—Plans to Be Issued Soon, Washington.—Three thousand incan- descent globes will soon be placed in the dome of the capitol, and it will then outshine the dome of the congressional library, far famed for its great bril- ' liancy. Plans for the lighting have been drawn by Elliott Woods, the superin- tendent, and the bids for furnishing and installing of the new lights will shortly be issued. The lights are to be arranged in four | rows around the dome. The first row will light the large fresco painting at } the top. The three other rows will be at different distances, and so arranged that they cannot beseen. Only the light effect will be noticable. Lights also will e placed over the eight large oil paint- ings that hang on the wall of the ro- tunda, The corridors of the building have just been fitted with new and ex- pensive chandeliers, which materially increase thé lighting effects through the building. The dome of the capitol will soon rank as one of the handsomest of its kind in the world, so many are the improve- ments tfat are being made. The only feature that is not complete is the freize work which encircles the dome about half way its height. The contract for ~~ the finishing of this work is now under advisement. SAVES CHILD FROM SNAKE. Dog Kills a Reptile Which Had Wrapped Itself Around Body of Little One. Wilmington, Del—By killing a , blacksnake that had twined itself about the frail body of five-year-old Clara Marion, an English bulldog probably saved the child’s life, The girl, with her father, was in the chicken yard of their home, near the grounds of the Wilmington Country club. Some one had been stealing the eggs from the coop and Mr. Marion was in- vestigating. He-discovered a big hole in one end of the yard, and thought rats had been making raids on the | eggs. He stepped to another part of the inclosure, when he heard the screams of his little girl. \V: Turning, he saw a black snake twin- ‘ing itself about his daughter's body, Mr. Marion was so horrified that he could not move. The bulldog with which the little girl had been playing, stood near, and when he heard the child’s screams sprang forward, caught “the writhing snake in its jaws and ‘dragged it off and killed it. The rep- tile was five feet long. The child was not injured, but is prostrated with fright. : But Nothing Restores Life. ‘The cost of the wreck of the Twen- 3 voagr limited at Mentor is fig- in Colorado, and last year had an in-' come of more than $15,000 above all ex- ; go back to ihe era of private public | tion for giving the goods of the brib- Last year it showed a gross income | wore customary and worked no injury to his employers, but the court Ay that the action constituted a gross of 46 It is believed that only two other copies of this edition exist. One is in the British museum, and the other was sold by Mr. Lilly to Mr. Halliwell, aft- was thrown into the ring and there torn to pieces. NEW WAR TERROR. “Dunnite,” Explosive Invented by American Naval Officer, ; | | This Evil Practice Is Growing Com- mon in the Business Circles of Germany. | Washington.—Bribing employes who act as buyers for mercantile houses or | who in the capacity of salesman or | saleswoman attend to customers in re- | shops, especially in the depart- ment stores, says United States Con- ul General Guenther, is an abuse which has grown in Ger- many for some years and has caused many complaints in business circles. It has become so serious ihai the chambers of commerce and other mer- cantile bodies have considered it necessary to discuss measures for re- j lief. The commercial traveler or repre- ,Sentative of the manuiaciurer who ; Wishes to sell to the retail dealers, will, in many cases, pay employes of {the latter commissions in considera- ing house the preference, showing them to the customers in the shops and keeping the goods of other frais out of view. Some of the jarge retail {firms employ men or women to pur- ‘chase supplies; others, when order- ing, consult their salespeople as to making selections, This practice of bribing extends to other branches. of business. aA case has just been decided by the supreme court of appeals at Cologne, where the technical manager of a car-building concern was discharged by Uae com. | pany which had employed him bee jue accepted a commission from a ii which he procured orders. The manager claimed that such gifts, that is. percentages paid him in money | breach of trust and that the manager was in duty bound, to study the inter- est of his employers and not to be in- fluenced by selfish considerations, The lower court decided against the man- ager and the supreme court of appeals affirmed the decision, RARE OLD BOOK SOLD. | Perfect Copy of “King Richard ITI.,” Printed in 16C5, Bought for $8,- 750—May Come to America, New York.—A perfect copy of the fourth quarto edition of Shakespeare's “Tragedie of King Richard the Third” has been sold at Sotheby's for $8,7.0 to A, Jackson, and it is understood that it Will come to America, accord- ing to a London dispatch .to the Times. The book was printe® in 1605 by ‘Thomas Creede, and was sold by Matthewe Lawe, “Dwelling in Paule’s Church Yard at the Signe of the Fox Austin’s Gate,” § Near 8. Tt cons: eaves, erward Halliwell-Phillipps, ah js in the Bodleian library at Oxf6rd. The example sold is of special imter- cause in five places an aii i nut Pean is found. The signi ture is probably that of the celebrated admiral, father of the founder of Pennsylvania. THROWN INTO BULL RING. Drunken Man Who Causes Goring of Matador Cast to Certain Death hy the Spectators. City of Mexico.—A drunken spectator, who was responsible for the goring ot Sylverio Chico, a famous matador, was torn to pieces at a bull fight in Durango. Vive bulls had been killed by Chico, and he had exhibited such skill that the thousands of spectators in the amphi- theater were wild with enthusiasm. The sixth and last bull of the exhibition proved to be particularly large and fierce, and the cleverness of the matador in—playing” the animal gained him fresh applause, Just as he lunged for- ward, his sword penetrating the heart of the animal, a drunken man hurled a piece of iron pipe. The pipe struck the matador on the head and he fellin front | of the bull, The enraged anima! was upon him in an instant and succeeaea 1n goring him six times. As soon as the people realized what had happened there was a rush for the drunken offender. He Causes Havoc. New York.—That a 12-inch shell loaded with only a small charge of dunnite, the world’s mo&st effective ex- plosive, will crumple in the side of the heaviest armor-clad vessel, though the shell fall short of its mark by 20 feet, has just been demonstrated at the beginning of a series of tests at the government proving grounds at Sandy Hook. The great value of this explosive lies in the fact that the shell will pierce armor plate and explode in the interior of a vessel. The explosive substance is named after its inventor, Maj. Beverly W. Dunn, U. S. A., and is a closely guard- ed government secret. Foreign na- tions have sought in vain to learn of its composition. Servant Girls in Demand. The demand for girls for general housework in Chicago is much larger than the supply. Managers of a number of the large employment bureaus, in- cluding the three conducted by the state, say that they are receiving every week more calls for domestics than it is possible for them to fill The Swedish and Norwegian girl of all work still holds her place in the Carnegie Institute May Offer Reward Wyoming Ranchman, Defendant in for Reliabie Antidote—Rep- tiles Kill Many. Brooklyn, N. ¥.—The Carnegie insti- tuce, Which has the spending of the $10,- 000.000 ed by the great ironmaster, has been asked to set aside a good-sized appropriation for the research work to discover an antidote for snake venom. granted, For thousands of years the se- cret has been sought in vain. it was Prince Lucien Bonaparte who, in 1843, first made a chemical analysis of the venom of the viper, separating and determining its active principle, which he called “viperine.” A similar princi- ple has been separated from the poison of the rattlesnake by Dr. Weir Mitchell, the celebrated physician, scientist and author, which he named “crotaline.” But until recently there was lite know- ledge of anything antagonistic to this | Rippin, a young school-teacher, exe- cutes her threat to sue Simon Brandt : ground tha Frankfort. | [t is probable that the request will be | > | | NO TAXES NECESSARY "BUYING UP THE BUYERS. ; WANTED—SNAKE BITE CURE, PROPOSED IN HIS SLEEP. | —" : Breach of Promise Case, Makes Singular Plea. Bordeaux, Wyo.—If Miss Katherine promise, Brandt will go ! 1 defend the suit on the! his knowte for breach « into court a se he never made a jp: sal of marriage to Miss Rippin, ani that if he did propose to her he did it when asleep, and there- | fore us not * held to a moral or legal accountability for his act. Brandt is a ranchman, well to do and good looking ‘ss Rippin has ob- tained lega! ond the case will soon com Miss Rippin will testify vu. ade a proposal of marria ised to ma ter when | tiles i that she prom- ‘ nieht last win- nd sat up great toxic agent, although so-called with her UNE ation? cures for snake bite, ranging from whis- | Bran" WET cAlmit he xe even: ky to the Indian sponge stone, were | !ng w-* is hina ap with plentiful enough. her until aidaienae « he will} In 1895 the experts of the national mu- | deny th: musclonsly made a pro- seum announced that strychnine was an | posal of mi eur hon absolute antidote for snake venom, but this statement later was modified very considerably, Several years ago a Japa- nese investigator working under the di- ection of Dr, Weir Mitchell, announced a sure cure for ratlesnake venom, but, as a matter of fact, a satisfactory anti- dote is yet to be discovered, A surpris- ingly large number of persons die from snake bite in the United States every year, and the public, as well as the medi- cal fraternity, welcomes the announce- ment that the Carnegie institute has set ide a fund for the purpose mentioned, SUIT OVER MILK BOTTLE. abi “WIPES” ENGINFS. Plaintiff Sues for Five Cents, Which Grocer Fails to Pay Over—Court Coniest Leated. Mrs, Rena C, Sheffield be- »ieita deposit of tive ewhich wentwith a tot m ased by her from the CurLer Brace t ihe return of the bot should be acknowledged by the re- turn of the five cents, But for some reason—the grocer said the clerk wav sola tne milk Was oul, for vne thing—tie five ceuis Was nol re funded, Mrs, Sieitfeld made several trips to the grocery storeof Martin C, Flor, on Amscverdam avenue, near Oue Hiundred and ‘wert sireet, Where Mrs, duellicid lives, Gu ae last trip Flor ys that Mrs. Sh lost her temper nd smote hin with the milk botte, Mrs, Sheffield cousulted with her bus band, who isa lawyer, Mr. Sheffield chought it over from a legal standpoint and decided that ii was a civil case, and ibat Flor, the grocer, had wilfully, fraud- ulentiy and n.aliciously withheld tive cents, Suit was brought. Judge Thoias BE. Murray, he-Pweltth Jusicipal court. gravely lis ened to the argument by Mr. Sheiieli, ‘Then he summed uj and announced thai the case Weal to the plaintitf. Shettield, and ordered that Flor, the grocer man. pay five ceuts to the plaintiff. Sheffield, and two dollars costs, New York, lieved, When s on Uh sitting in NEW WAY TO COUNTERFEIT Reproduce by Electricity — Genuine Bilis Used to Stamp Spurious Ones, According to Story. New Haven, Conn.—Two men sup- posed to be William Gober and Samuel Fastow, of New York, were arrested at the point of a revolver in a boarding nouse here, where they had been for three days. In their rooms was found a new counterfeiting outfit which had turned out several one dollar bills, the police assert, almost as good as the gen- uine. The police believe that an entirely new counterieiting method has been discovered, as the plan of turning out bogus bilis is a departure from the en- graved plate and other meihods general- ly employed. ibe plan apparently was to take a new bill of any denomination, pour a fluid said to be from Russia over the bill and then stamp iton plain sheets of specially prepared paper. After the pieces are pfessed together for some time the whole is taken off and placed on acylinder much the same as arecord is placed on a phonograph. This is fol- lowed by an electrical process that makes a perfect reproduction on the white paper. After a drying process the bill is peeled off apparently as good as the one from which the copy is made, The original is not spoiled and the proc- ess, it is alleged. can be repeated as many times as desired. BROTHERS’ ODD MEETING. They Are Engineers on Two Trains Which Narrowly Escape Collision at Ononcaga, Mich. Onondaga, Mich.—What is said here to be an error of a Michigan Central dispatcher caused two freight trains | running toward each other near this city to almost plunge together in a head- end collision. One extra freight was bound far Jacksoa, the other for Grand Rapids. and with orders to proceed re- gardless of each other. When the dis- patcher discovered what he had done, it was too late, and there are no night offices between Charlotte and Rives Junction. He immed.uaely orderes wrecking crew to be in readiness, as it was thought a wreck was almost inevi- table. The engineers saw each other’s head- lights, and each made strenuous effort to stop. and succeeded, with the engines within ten car lengths of each other. What is especially interesting in con- nection with the incident is the fact that the opposing engineers who were nearly trapped by the foolhardiness of the dispatcher, were Dan and Ed. Crow- ley, of Jackson, brothers. . | He wil! .. to show by witnesses that ever ho wr ‘oy he has been addic 0 f talking, walking ano ‘eine other things in his sleep, and t t! rid and did in his st ve WAS Una recall after i They \ tootify iat have known hia i] , sleep, or q | =a: me mental ste sung sleep, when sitting in his chair, and in his sleep carry on an apparently rational con- versation, and then to wah conscious of a word he ha T. C. BOULWARE, Physician and Surgeon. Office North Side Square, Butler, Mo. Diveases of women and children & specialty, up un 1 | wieoades Of Woinen wad Children & Spociaily Offlee The Over Butlers Cash Depart- meal dture, Butier, so, OMoe Telephone 20, House Telophoneld, Rev, Potter, of Oakland, Cal., Begins Work in Railroad Yards as Sociological Study. San Francisco.—That he may tamil- jarize himsel’ with the trials, tribula- tions and temptations of the a y of, railroad men in Oakland, Rey. Dwight E, Potter, pastor of the Union Sireet Presbyterian church, has begun as an ob, . JELER, ; Attorney ati Law and Justice, ‘ Office over H, H, Nichols, ordinary engine wiper in the West Oakland railroad ds, Attired in| Bast side square, Butler, Mo. blue overalis and with a buneh of) 7 - 7 aste . © Poti e i i ‘ waste in hi » Mr. Potier erawled | DJ, ‘2B, Bt under a hot, dirty locomotive and be- | gan his task. DENTIST. The pastor's church is not far from the yards of the Southern Pacific com-| #atrance, same thatlead to Ragedorn’s, pany and many large manufacturing sil es ai le establishinents ways have } s sympathios al- | with the men who tt oe So | work and his ambition has been to i ie = p a benefit them in any way in his power. | ? on. ti. iM. CANNON, 9 He wants to work and live with the j § railroad men, whom he wishes to ; Dentist, g h in a spiritual way and to come i mien Tiemann r into intimate contact with them in] , BUTLER, - MISSOURI pursuit of his sociological studies, © Willbein Adrtan every Tucs It is Mr. Potter's desire to work inJ& 7" Abe a ene every department for a time, and he! ? day and Friday prepared to dog chose the lowly position of engine} 2 All kinds of dental work, 2 wiper to begin with. He asked that] % z LWW IE OOO: “ wevere aes he be given exactly the treatment that would be accorded the newest and greenest hand on the road. He was given what he asted for Mr, Potter OSTEOPATHY. Farmers Bank builtin. id not to his am rel home after the first day's work. He Butler Missouri had hired a small rvom in a West Oakland lo house that the DR. JOHN A, BELL, home of many of the laboring ain the West Oakland yards. He desires that his experience shall be thorough. DIDN'T WEAR TROUSERS. 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