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EVACUATION BEGINS, (PHELPS MARRIED IN CHICAGO Girls Were Sold . in Six Mon:lis the '1panese Will|The Politician’s Stenographer ‘| “Be Out of Mav churia. 7 io O+ 15 —Ir anid the goy. Became His Bride. Carthage, Mo., Oct. -17.—Colonel ooler to Mant| William H. Phelps, lawyer, cattle Hin heacquartcrs to .uamence|™&0, politician and representative of the Missouri Pacific Railway com- pany, was married in Chicago Wed- nesday, October 11 to Miss Kath- erin O'Leary, his private secretary and stenographer. This announcement was made per- sonally by Mr. Phelps to-day. The ceremony was performed at the home of the bride’s sister. The couple left Chicago Thuraday and went to St. Louis, leaving there Fri- Info Bondage, Chicago, October 23.—Sold like common chattels for immoral pur- poses has been the fate of at least 49 American girls in different parts of China. The traffic in these helpless mortals was discovered by local fed- eral and police officials. who have in their possession the names of two women, one in this city and one in Shanghai, China, who are thought to| recommendati.n of Dr. King’s New be leaders in the plot. Many girls, itis known, have been shipped far into the interior of China, where all trace of them has been lost | Beall of Heall, \i:. The most desirable, it is said, have been sold to manderins, them in abselute bondage. When they become. tired of these unfortu- nate creatures an order is given and off goes thelr heads. The price paid for these poor girls is from $500 to $1,000. The first known of this slavery came to light| Americans |: .. acq teed forthesum when two victims escaped their cap | of $2,500 000 w yeouy .t mining tors at Shangha! and sought refuge] claims +1) nisted in tie Set of Dur in @ resort frequented by American Be tvacastion of Jnnar oe troops bh will efft » complete with- drawal of its troops in sx +) nth - Koroki bad couplet d_ ti © oneen- ration of the fiwe Japure army Wiju, on the west eoa-t ol Korea, by A.ril 26,1904 By a tein* in th dirvetion «f An:ung, six mile Kuroki threw a division Yalu river favo Manchu. The two armies now are») .ut100 piles north of | ukden on t! line to Harbin. The armiatic «:!inance hich folluwed the peace nur ment t Portsmouth, N. H, was se: rad by Geveral Ovanoeky and liana fore the Mexican war. The ‘atate o Ray’ and surrounding territory was hakhedge September 13, Thereui. |~s wild and free as the very breath bout 1 million Japanese soldiers in| of untaught nature. The log houses ‘ were miles apart. People visited for twenty miles, and loved each other neighbors. The settlers clear ed out timber patches for corn, and shook their heads, declaring thatthe prairies could never, never be plowed | The houses were all built near springs, no time to dig welle—too busy get- ting up $200 to enter another 160 acres of land worth trom $3,000 to $10,000. Those happy home days were doubtless both easter and hard- er, Some claim that the people were better—perhaps they were, perhaps who hola|*om of consumption, Soe took Dr. The Good Old Days. The Richmond Missourian indulges in thie bit of reminilecence: ‘ “Great days, the good old days be- akushima in the open plea re Hilda Anderson, aged 20, who was/the Nativual vauk ot Mexico. The lured from Chicago by agents of rich | wen are all citizsns of St. Louis, Chinese, is said to have committed suicide on arriving at Shanghai, in order to escape the fate of being a slave to a Chinese master. Itis now believed that Eva Campan, Maggle Drouin and Victroia Stam- our, three waitresses, who were in- duced to come to Chicago in 1901] Gi from Montana, may have been sold into Chinese bondage. These girls were employed at the| Wilson Alexander G, 1 8 Wilson &JT Ros-| &- grook, Do you like your thin, rough, short hair? Of course you Do you like thick, Yeavy, smooth hair? Of course you do. Then why Jake Brown, a well known citizen WOSHOOSHOSOGHOSOOOSOOOOS OOOO of Jobnson county, was found dead aa Mies Petey meratag et leet “eter Business College week. He lived on a farm about ten miles southeast of Warrensburg and { was a bachelor. Noone wasin the house with him atthe time of his death. One of the neighbors went to the house Friday morniny and found his lifeless body in bed. He is sup posed to have died of heart divease. He was about 40 years of age. Fight Will Be Bitter, Those who will persist in closing their ears against the continual North Aolden Street, Opposite Court House. Book-Keeping, Shorthand and Typewriting Tolegraphy. B. EB. PARKER. Manager. A. LEE SMIZBR, Assistant Manager. § Ture Compiere Courses Dr. W. L. Hedges president, Com. Bank. Apviwory Boarp { T. E. Cheatham, Csabler American Bank. Eoe! Coffman, Aes’ Cashier AmericanBank. For information! Address Discovery for (-nsumption, will havealoag and litter fight with their troubles, if not ended earlier by fatal termination. Read what T. R. has to say: “Last fall wy wife tad every symp. Warreneburg Business College, Warrenaburg, Mo. XIOVOL2GOEL2OOOIOC GC IGOVOOOOOL SS oer re ne a FARM LOANS, To be able to borrow money on real King’s New Diseover, af > every 3 | estate on long time, with the privilege of thing eise tad failed, Lenprovement came at ones! four hotties entine cured hi: Guo rvoteed by Frank » Clay, Devveiss Priew S00 and $1. Triat boutle= ins Messra, Sevil), Perry & Newell, making payments before due, is an advan- tage which the frugal borrower appre- ango, Mexvo The fie! payment, ciates. We loan money in this way and $1,400,000, tas boa placed with ‘ “ at a low rate of interest. DUVALL & PERCIVAL, BUTLER, MO. PEE Ce OTTO, | a ate Executors and Administrators. Probate Court Docket November, 1905, Term, i. First Day, November 13h, 1905, Sheriff's Sale. Cope Anna M, James Crook Admr, By virtue and authority of a general execu- Set of New Wall Charts ae Henry W, A L Gilmore Admr. tion issued from the office of the clerk of the Horr Orwell C, Jno Hayes Admr, clroult court of Bates Countv, Missouri, re- West James, A’ Paige Admr. turnable at the Oct, term, 195, of sald court Absolute! Without Cost. Second Day, November 14th, 1905, polytys Jope, Py s pe wee | y A; Cope, deceased, I havelevien uponendseis: | ‘Tho publishersof THE REPUBLIC “ . Cope, decer " e levied upon and setz= » [*) © RE A Hotel de Ville, in the latter city, when | Weddle Samuel A, Mary J Weddle Admx, | edall she righty tite, Interest ‘and_claim of P air Vigor not be pleased? Ayer’s Hair Vigor makes beautiful heads of hair, that’s the whole j story. Sold for 60 years. CASTORIA For Infants and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bought two Frenchwomen estopped there as guestsand cultivated their acqualnt- ance. Later they lured the girls to] “gh Deviney John A, Aaton ilare Admit. the sald Chas di. Cope, P.S. Cope and James | St. Louis, Mo., offer & magniticent 7 he, R. Crook, admit ‘tore of the eatate of Anna y. Teeter Byron F, Maud ¥ Teeter Adrax, A’ Coo, te in und to the following | 866 of revised New Home Library Third Day, November 15th, 1905, | desortbed rea' : Wall Charts u th absol {Thomas J, Frank Allen & Chas Wright} ,, The West one-third (1-3) of the north three: | a pon such absolutely nee , rig Etee nie or te Rotana aes i liberal terms that no school or home a den of vice in Chicago, trom which | Teeter Chae N, Frank Teeter Kx. eight (2s), township forty (40), range thirty- | {n the country can afford to be with- “T have used Ayer's Hair Vi; It fs, indeed, a wonderful hair tonic restoring health to the hair and scalp, and same time, proving a splendid ¢ Da. J. W. TaTuM, Madill, Ind. T, they finally escaped and were return- Shortly afterward the girls again disappeared. It is believed anothe: visit was made the girls by two Frenchwomen, who, on a pretense of making reparation, succeeded in ship ping the victims to China for the pur pose of getting a price of $5C0 ahead for them. At the same time they! sixth Day, November 18th, 1905. killed two birds with one stone and | summers Hardin, A M Summer Admr, Wright to Go December 1. Washington, Oct. 16.—It is an- nounced authoritatively that Luke E Wright, governor general of the Philippines, president of the Philip- pinecommission, will retirefrom that position about December1. Theres- son appears to be dissatisfaction w:th the situation in the Philippiner, General Wright is expected to arrive in the United States this month, and is entitled to eix months’ leave of Doing a GrNERAL got two dangerous witnesses out of} royd Wil Freep Business Inspector J. W. Burst, of the Chinese immigration bureau, has the) Seventh Day, November 20th, 1905 » Hay, Chop Feed, Poultry Food, ete’ { Candies and Cigars. j “FOSTER, -ém 000009 600000600000, Ne E Wa.to two (82). Nave Carrie, Jesse & Forest Nave Admrs, All lying and being in the sald county, and | out them. State of Missouri, and | willon oap Daniel, J W Jamison Admr, - rm - Fourth Day, November 16th, 1905. Thureday, October 26, 1905, This beautiftl set containing Nine Homer J H, Caroline K Homer Ex between the hours of nine o’clock in the fores | Complete Maps and a Cyclopedia of Yancey W: Jno K Owens & WH Dunn Exe, | noon and five o’clock in the afternoon of that . : 9 Th ady Temtel, 3 wi ‘ ah the east !ront door of the court house® | Indispensable Information, will be Smith Wm, Jno C Ha: dm. in the o} f Butier, Bates count purh, | oi prep Lightfoot BG, Thoe hifoot Ex, well the same. or 60 much shereo y be | Siven, FREE of all charges, to every Fifth Day. Darnell Mar; “_— - - require: poblic vendue, tothe higher: bid 5 November 17uh, 1905, | Seanlrs tap il et waiay at a recution | Person who sends One Dollar to pay and costes, 2 ORKIS, Ife c 49-48 unity, Mo, |iot & years subscription to the J W Jamison Admr, Metzger Mari stiand Yoss Admr, Detang Win Ay 9 Campbell adm Bates County MO. | PWICE-A-WEEK REPUBLIC of St, Hey Ww ee ink Order of Publication. Louis, and FARM PROGRESS, tte Great Agricultural and Home | Warner Anna F, W A Florence Ex. County of Bates. | fonthly Magezine published by Thé Mary A Floyd Admx In the Circuit Court, February Term 105. | Repulbie and acknowledged every: Bergman itrich, Yetta Bergman Ex, In vacation, September 50th, 1 Frazee Lydia, W A Sheeis Admr. L, 0, Crumley, Plaintit, where to be the Best journal of {ts vs. t ‘The unknown heirs of Charrick Courtney. kind published anywhere. Defendants, DeLung Emma A, Jno C Hayes Admr DBN. Now at this day comes the plaintit, L. 0, | Following are the maps in this set: STATE OF MISSOURI, Seudder Jotham, Warren @ AJ Lentz Exe, names of 10 more young women who | Leslie Elenor, Wm F Tygard Ex, Seraniey Ue eee pitoraen, Bae 8 (1) The World; (2) The United absence prior to the formal relin quiehment of his labors as governor general, It is understood that he expects to return to Nashville, Tenn., to resume the practice of law. President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft, it is believed, have decided up- on the successor to General Wright, but no intimation has’ bepn permit- ted to become public as to his identi- ty that General Wright’s successor willnot be a man now connected with the commission. Wright is a Demo- have been shipped from Chicago and other cities to pass into the posses- sion of oriental masters, Many are | Bee believed to be in the harems «f wealthy Chinese, who hold them un- der heavy guard. : In many cases the girls are lurid stories of wealth and ease in the orient and then are hired asmaid | Nintn Day, November 22nd, 1905. or high servant for Chinese homes. | Fisher Sunusl H, Thos L Harper G & C. the plaintiff’s record tite is imperfect in that Once safely across the Pacific their fate is a sealed book. STEOPATHY. Farmers Bank Building, DR. JOHN A. BELL, DR. HARRIET FREDERICK. fr DR: H. M. CANNON, | BUTLER, - MISSOURI. \Will be in Adrian every Tues- day and Friday prepared to do (all kinds of dental work. Us cacenasesnnsnenosnnsoonoonasd A few countefitters have lately been making and tryi: tosellimite | Lusk Anna 3, J R Jenkins Car, TORITA. 10 Kind You Ha Anays Boght | Heer maka ae for consumption, Coughs and Colds, , E'eventh Day, November 24th, 1905 | said charrick Courtney. and other medicines, thereby de- the public. This is to warn who | Tuttle Jno E, L B All'son G & C. Cunliffe’s Salary Only $55. Pittsburg, Pa., Oct 16.—Investiga- tion into th recent Adams Express robbery, whenG E. Cunliffe, amoney ware of such people, rofit, through stealing the lon of remedies which have! ‘twelfth Day lly curing disease, for | young Frank Wright Robert N, Robert L W ignt Admr, files his petition a Lattin Ursula A, Wesley 1 “s said plaintiff, whe - | States; (3) Topographte ma Badgley Emily, oa lejer & JW Poffenbarger unis the owner of, . pogray p of the Exe. 7 orthwest quarte! 2 Russo-J spanese War, with facts and Jane, Jno W Jamisoi ° ci * a ownship forty-one (41) 1 Jal nd Jam ° n EX in Bates county, Mo., | fures of the contest brought down Guardians and Curators Docket. 1 a those under Whom bE | + Gata: (4) Al ar ; : * s 7 one |e , has been in the actual, open, noto- | 60 date; (+) Alaska; (5) Hiwaii; (6) Eighth Day, November 21at, 1905 » continuous and adverse possession of | Porto Rico: (7) The Philippines: Schealiman Elizabeth, Jno Yosa G &C g title thereto for more than ined my Eee Owe; (6) Oto C KogersG &C. thirty-one years last past, during all of which | Panama; and (9) Your choice of told | Prector Virgil's, S| Hoggard G & C time plaintif and thoe under whom he claima i , ! . Or a vy " y title have paid all taxes steaid realestate, | large map ©! " Boenmann August & Eitzabeth, J W Jamison} MVC ihatattther the defendant, nor toss ua: | cree TOP any one of the follow Dunlap Roy & Chauncey D, J B Dunlap G & C, | der Whom they claim title have during said time | ing eighteen States and Territories: set up an: aim to, Deen imshe possession * : 5 ’ . of, nor paid any taxes ‘against, said Jand; that | Missouri, [lilnois, Arkansas, T Xas, Oklahome Indian Territory, Ladi * suid real esta'e was entered by, and patented 40 Territory, ladiana. Fier eee ha Lee at to, one Charrick Courtney In February, Is, | Kentucky Wyoming, Te a M 4 Couper Hobert, Chas HCo per @ &C but there is no record titie of any deed of con- 7 9 x, Tennessee, Mis- ith Day, November 23rd, 1905, | son. Arizona, New Mexico, ( Tenth Day, , 1905 That said Charrick Courtney has long since cite xico, Colurado and Frow Archie, Mary E Frow G & C. dieu intestate and that the names of his heirs | Louisana. Gentry Bertie et al, Sarah E Gentry G &C, are unknown and for that reason cannot be in- | ae “ Feed J, AB Ls le Car, serted in the petition; that their interest in the D orcering, subscribers will please Morris Oliver et al, Seth E Cope Cor. as noire of eaid Courtney by reason of the tees | 8PPcHty the State map they desire in Talbot Chas P, Loulss J Talbus G & C. aforesaid, and are derived by inheritance from | their get, Whe refore, it 16 by the clerk of said court in " neh 9 4 Krelger Abe ot al, Katharine Kreiger G&C. | vacation. ordered. that the defendants be noti- Three large ahvets, each 28 by 36 Wright Frank J, HH Wells G & C ed by publication that the plaint.f bas brought | inches in dimensions, comprise the Colbert Veell, CA Denton Cur Simos fecasanbia @ ihe Fostears ine; |charte. Everything that : . Missouri, returnable to the February term, | ( . Every 0 Blizzard Jas 5, Jesse 5 Blizzard G &C. 1006, of said court, the object and purpose of ‘ i « you want November 25vb, 1905 Watch sad sult is to eve the Hefendanta ai- to know about your own State, your ves! ol a rent intercst in, or title to, 3 R Walters Cur. bald real estate; thet the same be vested in the | OWO country and the countries and years. A sure protection to you | Livingstou Ethel et al, Ann Swarnes G &C. plaintiff and that he be declared to ve the own- peoples of the world, will be found in clerk, disappeared with $101,000, is our name on the wrapper. Fetal, KlizaJd Leggist G &e, erand holder witn the full title to said real Le} ook short Alsie et 81, arper G & C estate, and tnat unless the detendants be and | this great Cyclopedia and Geopraphy Physician anf? Surgeon. Office. North Side Square, Butler, Mo. Diseases of women and children special! for it, on all Dr. King’s or Bucklen’s | Browning Ernest K ct al, Lou Browning G &C. | appeat in said court on the firat day of the next remedies, as all others are mare Lt eg imitations. H.E. BUCKLEN & CO. Chicago, Ill., and Windsor, Canade A Kentucky Banker Arrested. Louisville, Oct. 23.—W. B. Smith, ex-president of the Western National bank of this city, was indicted by the Federal grand jury on ten counts charging him with embezzlement. making false entries and the misap- propriation of the fonds of the bank. The total defalcation charged ia the indictments is $198,013, divided as follows: False entries, $135,966; misappropriation, $12,047; embez has brought to light the fact that this clerk, although handling mil- Hoas, was paid only $55 a month in selary and wae under only $2,000 bond. DR: J. Me CHRISTY: Diseases of women and Children @ Specialty Office The Over Butler Oash Depart- , ment Store, Butler, Mo. Ofige Telephone 20. B. F. JETER, — Attorney at-Law and Justice, Office over H. H. Nichole, East side square, The continued search for Cunllffe and the $101,000 belonging to the Adame’ xpress company’: has not brought to light any definite clew. Theaathorities and the general agent of the Adame Express company sald that there was absolutely: nothing new jn the big éxpress robbery. One of the theories advanced is that Cun- liffe has sailed for a Soath American LVKR» February term, 1906, of said court 1o be veguu | combined. You can’t aff. . Judge of Probate, and held in the city of ‘Butler on the first Mun- | : . = urd to miss day of February, 1915 on or before the fret | this opportunity. The Twice-a-week he term thereof answeriug the petition 5 tif, heaame will be takenascontvesed, | Republic is the leading semi-weekly GOO UN nt rendered accurding to tn | ad D for OLD and YOUNG oft peiiion. a viet a ati Lewspaper and home journal in the tis farther order P 8 peti- tiun be published in the Buren WEEKLY procera pte Progress bas no limes, @ weekly newepaper printed sod pub- | euperior in its of On Jished in Bales county, Misseuri, forfour weeks © pe i chosen field. Eicher e.cceasively, the lust insertion tobe not lees paper alone is worth a full dollar a than thirty days before the first day of tue Uad ri a February term, 16, ofthis court. | year. Uader the terme of this special “ 88 Mm) nd as clerk of our: Se) H . ; court ant “he seal thereor. me ac Offer, which is good for a limited SEAL e at office in Butler, in thecoun- 4; » f ty atoresald, on the sib day of Ucto- ie cn te wet. both these ex- ber, 5 . j ” JA! PATTERSON, Circuit Clerk, | Cellent journals the entire year, and 50-4t Cuas, M. bauavey, D.C. j the complete set of charts, all for only one dollar. If you appreciate a Notice of Final Settlement. | good thing you will lose no time tn Notice is hereby given to all creditors and | taking advantage of this opportun- th arrie Nave sectesedy that wey Je nd Fores $i aves ity at once, before the offer is with- it » intend to make y . toes ttiement thereof atthe nextsermorthe | GFaWN. ‘Ine papers will be sent to zlement, $50,000. Greatly in Demand- Nothing is ave in demand than |“ a medicine which meets modern re-| august lower keeps thechildren healthy and uirements for blood aud lh r, such as Dr. K Life Pills. They are just what need to cure stomach and liver troubles. Try them. At Frank T. Clay’s drug store, 2u.., guaraureed. ~ A.5,000-Mile Auto Journey. Torin, Italy, Oct. I taly, 23 —Dowager of 5,000 miles in| ' 4 zea F iff z =. Hi final Bases County Probate Court, in Bates county, . . Pane oe eo eatelieliat Baier, hiesox” | Separate addresses, it desired, and ri, on the eae yey ee the charts will be securely mailed, “si AND T Soest Administrators. | free of all cost, in a large tube, ineur- Notice of Final Settlement. ing them against loss or damage of sti any kind. They will last lite- ie hereby «given to all creditors and you a life. Brisenetate tater tie | tetra teT SESS atte | tise aad prove thelr wares erory and dhodt 6 the druggist: “Please give it to Jone Meyer, executors of the day inthe yeur, Don’t delay, but Lan , oat “Terese, at the next, tor send your order at once to the Ma b mages bj up brisk and fresh in| County Probate Court, in Bates cnanty, State | Department, The Republic, + Tonf moruing, lack of appetite, pallor, re 30 Be Sele St a bess aaeenn, oo Mo. , /ouls, ae Se “oe and _ ba Fee) W. POFFANBARGER, JOK MKYER, : and bed: wot Executors. ot Notice’of Final Settlement. sure wud duaa, executors of sald seiste, tn Spat at Sng (Eee ars See by Frank T. Oly. 2 JOHN E. OWRX ano W. H. DUNE, Ay a Administratrix’s Notice