The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 22, 1907, Page 2

—_— — Ee Prtated on Thursday of each week. 4. D. ALLEN, Eutsor and Prop. Eat in Old Missouri. The Butler Weekly Times BATES CO. BOY IN TEXAS. BACK FROM CUBA. After Ten Years Bish Childs Remembers the Good Things to pays His Old Home a Visit. Riymom B. Childe, general man- Ratered at the postofice of Butler, Mo,as ©. R. Barton, a: Grapevine, Tex , |@eF «f the Coluntal Sugar Company, GER am aa in sending remis-xnce for renewal ae ee en, ee Tee country newspaper men—the «Phe spring op-ued very wet, then “osegallas” fellows who are nearthe fojjowed dry, which injured the stand Pople and constantly keep a floger of yur tropa, tu-u came the green G2 the pablic pulee, have been bene tag which ate nll the wheat and @a the Kansas City police depart | oats, but nature has put torth her meat matter, and outside of those ‘pegs efforts sinc» wd our prospects e@udsidized by iittle appointments for corn and cutwon are good ar hey are aimost 8 unit in condemn- coyid be expecte [he weather has fag the governor for his arbitrary ad Wlegal course in removing one comailesioner, against whom no been extremely dry the past month, and the heat has been very oppree- sive, but it has been death t» the Change had ever been msdeand refus- | ho!] wevil which is thecotton rateer’s faz to even investigate another | snomy Gcalaet whom serious charges of mis-) The past three years of abundant eoadect had been filed Death of Mrs. Steele. Mre. Maliesa Caroline Steele, @iai at the home of her son, Ed. Steele, in Nevada, on Sunday afwernoon. Ed. called up his sis‘er, | Mies Lila, who was visiting friends fm Batier, and informed her that sheir mother had taken suddenly and seriovsly Il] and to come on the firet train, and when he returned to the house be found she had died during ler absence The remains were brought to Butler on Tuesdey after- moon train, taken to the Presbyterian church, where Impressive funeral ervices were conducted at 2:30 o'clock by Rev. McCoy, and Inter- meat was had fn Oak Hill cemetery. Mra. Steele was born in Cooper county, Mo, July 14, 1836. She came with her husband to Butler in July, 1879, and resided here up to @ few yearsago when she went with hereon Walton and daughter Miss Lila to St. Louis to live. Her hus- band died several years ago and was burted here. Mrs. Stesle united with the Camberland Presbyterian church fa early life, and always lived up to the faith. She was a good woman, 4 loving and indulgent mother, a kind and thoaghstfal neighbor, and had lived the three ecore and ten years ofa wetal and consecrated life. She leaves three childron, Edward T. dvele, of Nevada, Walton and Miss Lita Steele, of St. Louis, to whom the sympathy of their many friends here are extended in their great b - Rarement Back to the Old Home. Judge William T. Cole and brother J. W. Cole, of Culver, returned Satur day irom a week’s trip through La- fayette, Saline and Johnson counties, Taey were born In Dover, Lafayette county, and had not visited the old bome for aboat twenty-two years. The brothers went first to Sweet Syrlngs, where they have a aleter, Mrs. Sarah Knott. After a few days the brothers and sister went to Blackburn for ashort vistt,then went to Marshall where they visited a Bumber of cousins and old friends, From there they went to the old homestead at Dover, where they ‘were all born and raised. Judge Cole says many changes have taken place but she old home Is just as it was the last he remembered {t. I¢ is a large, two story frame house, eight rooms, bullt of native lamber, with big porch im front. It has stood now for fifty Years and ts well preserved and occu- pied by @ cousin of the Cole boys. Tae Judge reports a delightful time. “He eald that just two of the cousins of his eet are still there, but all the old neighbors remembered and éver whelmed him with kindness. Bill Svephens and Aaron Crumley made this office a pleasant call last Thareday and during the call declar ed themeecives heartily in favor ofa eounty infrmary. These gentlemen favor the direct tax plan and think the proposition should be put to the people at once. The geutlemen voic- ed our eeatimente to the letter. Itis e@chame thata county co large and riches old Bates has such a disreput- able home for ite unfortunates. Let * the movement be carried out at once - while it fs young.—Amsterdam En- terpriss. My Dear Old Father in Missouri, crops has put the finances of the country upon @ stable basis and most people are in easy circumatan- ces. The country ie improving fust and the prices of land re increasing with the advance fo improvements. It has been 14 years since I was in Butler, yet a longing will sometimes creep over me to ave the old friends, old haunts, and then comes that never failing appetite of mine for the good things to eat which none but a Missourlan can enjoy. Tur Tres has been my reliance for news from the old home since I was there, and it relates many changes, but one thing I eee has not changed, the political faith of the news carrier. Its face {s turned to the guiding star which is fixed and anerring. Long may THE Times live to advocate the cause.” Parker’s Practical Business Colleges. Seven schools. Thorough, prac- tical and uptodate. Positions guaranteed to graduates of the Bookkeeping and Shorthand Course. It interested write for Illustrated catalog. School opens September 2nd. Ben. E Parker, Pres., Warrensburg, Mo. Prefered Death to Prison, Moberly, Mo. Aug. 19—At an early hour this morning, Reuben Linsley, a young Wabash brakeman charged with taking merchandise from a Wabash freight train, commit- ted suicide by shooting a bullet through his brain. BARGAINS AT THE BARGAIN STORE New Dress Ginghams worth 12 1-2c at 10c. New Lace Shoes, Slip- pers and Oxfords at Cost. Mens Dress Shirts worth 75c at 50c. Dress Goods for School Dresses at Bargain Prices. New Back and Side Combs, Belts and Hand Bags. of Cubs, is at bome to visit bis moth er, Vre. T W Childs, and family, for the first time in ten years. The plan nti no controlled by Mr. Childe, owed by New York capitaliets, com prives 50,000 acres Is has its own suasr wills, railroad with 50 loco- motives and 500 cars, a steam boat and during cropping season employs 2.000 men. Mr. Childs said that he expects to make 150,000 bag« of sugar this year. They work 1,000 bulls, as they are more economical than horses or mules. The plantation controlled by Childe is io the heart of the revola- tionary country of Cuba. At this time the United States government hae a detachment of troops in camp on his place. When the revolution broke out some time ago the malcontents de mande! of Mr Childe that he furnish them several thousand rounds of ammunition at once. They threat- ened to blow up bis place with dyna- mite if he refused. He did refuse and quickly made his way to the coast, where the United States crul-er Marietta was {fn port. Procuring 50 marines he returned to the plantation. Later the gov ernment sent troops to the Island. Mr. Childs {e an American of pro- nounced views, but he declines to discues the political conditions in Cuba. Alexander Jester Dead. Alexander Jester died at Shawnee, Okla., last week. Jester was tried at Mexico, Mo., several years ago for the murder of young Gilbert Gates near that town In the early seventies, Jester and Gates were traveling through the country and young Gates disappeared, Jester was follow- ed through th: ee states and arrested at his home in Kansas, returned to Mo. and broke jail before the day of trial. He was arrested in Oklahoma thirty years after, where he was liv- {ng under the name of Hill, having been betrayed by his sister, with whom he quarreled. His victim was the young brother of John W. Gates, the millionaire speculator, whospent largesume to bring Jester to the gal- lowe, but who escaped, {t 1s alleged, because the jury was persuaded that Jester being a poor man was being persecuted by Gates’ wealth. Jest-r was 90 years old, and had lived a life as full of wild adventure asanyevr told in anovel. Jester was a Civil War veteran, a traveling showman, a border hunter and, in the latter years of hie life faced the gallows for a crime, which, it fs alleg- ed, he had committed thirty years previous. Upto the time of his ar- reat Jester, or Hill, as he wasknown, took & prominent part in all Grand Army meetings in the territory, and had been drawing a pension of $20 a month for many years. : MARKETED HOGS. By Superintendent of Soldiers Home at Higginsville. Dally National Live Stock Reporter. Cul. J Pace, superintendent of the Confederate soldiers’ home at Hig- ginevilie, Mo., marketed a load of hogs to-day that were fed at the above institution, selling at $6 45 percwt. There were 72 head in the load averaging 210 lbs. and the pro- ceeds on the shipment goes toward maintaining the home which was founded by the late Mrs. McClure, for years a prominent figure among the Daughters of the Confederacy. Col. Pace has been identified with the ' _ | New Fall We are Receiving Constantly Now New fall Dress Goods, New fall Waistings, New fall Ginghams, New fall Percales, New fall Kid Gloves, New fall Rugs, New fall Linoleums, New fall Outings, New fall School Shoes, New fall Shoes for Men and Women, New fall Blankets, New fall Underwear, New fall Topsy School Hose, New fall Gloves for Men, New fall Umbrellas. Lowest Prices for Good Quality. Walker-McKibben Eggs taken same as cash. Everybody’s Store. BACK BROKEN IN RUNAWAY.| SASSMAN FOUND GUILTY. each other for years, made the ac quaintance of Miller near Holden. Will Ison Knocked Down by His | Life Imprisonment the Sentence Mules and Heavy Mower : verdict of guilty was found in the Wheel Passed Over His Body. Robert Sassaman murder case late While Will Ison was enaeavoring | ¢hig atternoon. The sentence is life to unhitch his mules from a mower, imprisonment. Counsel for Sasea- at hisfarm in Lone Oak township, Tuesday noon, the eximels took man prebably will move for a new fright, ran over Mr. Ison, knocking se Carl Miller, 60 years old, was mur- him down, and the wheel of the heavy mower, to which they were at- dered May 30, 1904, two and a half hekads 4 over his body. miles west of Holden. The body was thrown into an abandoned well. The Doctors Lockwood, Boulware and Chastaine, of Butler, were hastily crime did not come to light until October of that year, when Anna summoned and found that Mr. Ison’s hack Wan beoken aad thine tbe Bentley gave her version of theaffair fi torn from their sockete. The lower mehey be gon lhe ge rap yo ~ yt ng — are —_ crime. The body of Miller was found Bac bed tary — in the old well and the coroner’sjury, and emall hopes for his recovery are “ on the evidence of Anna Bentley entertained by the physicians. rendered a verdict that Miller came Mr. Ison 1s an en' to his death at the hands of Sassa- man. According to the woman’s story, she and Ssssaman, who had known children. Mr. Ison does not soffer | “~~ Warrensburg, Mo, Aug. 19.—A was thrown into the well. Notice to Teachers. be given in the following order: Friday—Geography, metic, Literature. History. —BUY— GOODYEAR any great pain and is very hopefal. | wana A ww wm WELT SHOES They persuaded him to accompany them to Kansas in a camping outtit. They were delayed by a swollen stream and the night of May 30, while around the camp fire, Sassa- men murdered the old man with an ax. The motive was the possession of Miller’s team and wagon. A heavy stone wae wired to the body and it The regular examinations ‘of appll- cants for teacher’s certificates will be held at the west school building in Butler, Friday and Saturday, Au- gust 23 and 24, beginning at 8 o’clock each day. The subjects will Grammar, Algebra, Spelling, Language, Arith- Saturday—Reading, Civil Govern- ment, United States History, Science, Physiology, Pedagogy, Advanced A. L, Ives, Co. Supt. of Schools. NE ee ee ee Ne,