The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 9, 1908, Page 7

b i } } ' t ie at Nae hs aie er Mingo. Urieh Herald. Born, to John Compton and wile, a fine boy. We sre glad to learn our friend Jake Kedigh ts doing such a hustling business in bis tore at Ballard. Will Thompeon and wife, of Neva da, visited H. M. Hudson a few days last week. Dr. Miller was called to the home of Ed. Parmers Saturday afternoon CONVENTION OPENED DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVEN- TION CALLED TO ORDER TUESDAY AT NOON. A LARGE CROWD WAS IN ATTENDANCE the mountain heights thé snow had been brought down to this milehigh level on a special train and hauled through the city in carts of various descriptions. The day was by no means hot, however, and the only ef- fect of the snow was the novelty of an icy street scene in July. | National Chairman Taggart reached | the convention hall at 11:45 o'clock, | accompanied by Temporary Chairman Bell, and they were liberally applaud- | ed as they made their way to the plat- | form. The apparent conveniences, facili- ' on account of their little four-year- Out of Respect to the Late Ex-Presi-|1i., and architectural fitness of the old boy, who had the misfortune to get his band badly hurt. Weare sorry to learn Mrs. Lucy Chandler, sister of Mre Estes Smith, ofthis vicinity, is in very poor health at her home in Case county. Tom Swackhammer has been) threshing in the Mayesburg nelgh- borhood. Mr. Cook, father of Mra. Will Wise, died at hie home near Creighton on Friday morning. We understand he | had been in poor health for some time. | Weare informed Rev. W. J. Siivius, of Winchester, Kansas, is again dit- trict miesionary of Butler associa | dent Cleveland the First Session Was Short—Denver People Out in| Force—The Auditorium an Ideal Place for Conventions. Convention Hall, The Democratic national convention which is to nominate candidates to oppose William H. Taft and James S. | | Sherman, nominated four weeks ago ‘in Chicago, met at noon Tuesday in Denver's new hall. Denver, July 8—| The first demon- | | new auditorium for convention pur poses was remarked by practically ev- \ ery delegate who filed in. DEAD IN NEBRASKA FLOOD. Seven Lives Lost in Vicinity of Lin- coln—Appeal for Aid. Lincoln, Neb.,-July 8.—Lincoln Mon- day experienced what was probably the worst flood in its history, causing the known loss of five lives and pos- sibly two others, minor injuries of several, a property loss which cannot) yet be even approximately estimated, | an almost total suspension of railroad | traffic to and from the city and misery to hundreds of families who have been driven from their homes and were Farmers and the Farmers’ Uniea, How does the income from the fara er’s labor in proportion to his hours compare with that of other laborers? In discussing this question there are several factors to be taken inte consideration, First, most farmers are part capitalists, ag well as laborer, and we must credit a part of his. im come to his capital. His teams, har ness, implements, feed, and seed, and also his land, if he is a land-owner, are so much capital, for which we must allow a reasonable ingome. Seo ond, the families of farmers can and do help more toward earning the living than the families of other classes of laborers. Even a six-year-old child, on the farm, can do many little turns by which it can “earn its salt,” and even earn a part of its bread. In order to make the comparison as nearly equal as possible, take the case of a farmer who works another man’s farm for one-half the income (or poe sibly leas), having everything fur nished him by his landlord, Then the living of the family may be said to depend entirely upon their labor. But even in this case the different members of the family have a much better op portunty to assist in earning the liv ing than in the cases of most families living in town, Now, a wage-earner in town is sup OUR SPECIAL JULY SALE Commenced Friday morning and if Friday and Saturday’s selling is 4n index it will be a big success; and we believe it will—for the reason that We are eure the people are going to respond to the prices we are making. NEVER before have we made as liberal discounts as now. All new up-to- date furniture, the very cream of the market. If you are in need of any- thing {n our line for the near future, !¢ will pay you to purchase now. We have been asked why we are making this large discount at this time, with oak $1 50 higher shan last year, and every prospect of it going till higher. Our answer is: 1st--Our Stock is too Large AND - - - 2nd--We Need Money. We have an elegant line of upholetered furniture aud are offering: $45 00 genuine leather, 3 piece suit for. 35 00 three piece sult, Im. eilk velour loose cushion fo tion. Bro. Stlvius has had charge of Monday night sheltered in public, Posed to be able to support a family thie work before. He was also pas- tor of the Cove Creek church a few | years ago and te well Iiked among the people. _ Adrian. | Mies Lily Templer and Glenn Blow are visiting in Yates Center, Kansas. Earl Chapman fell from a moving train Thureday night of last week and striking a trunk, {nflicted an ugly ecalp wound. He was laid up for a few days. James Knight hae rented the build. ing occupied by the Reeder restau- rant and will move his etock of fur-| nitare in at once. Six young men participated ina) Demoreas Medal contest at the Methodist church Tuesday night of last week under the direction of Mrs. Carrie Huddleson, district superin- tendent. but the medal was finally awarded to Roscoe Lentz, with Homer Owen holding second place. The judges were Profs. Ives and Davis, of But- ler, and Dr. Zigler, of Adrian. Mra. S. E. Forbes of Kansas City visited her son Bert and family last week, Died: of hemorrhage of the brain, Jas. A. Powell, aged 52 years, of ~ Grand River township. Therematins were interred at Jacksonville, Illi nois. The Masonic lodge installed new officers, Wednesday of last week. Died: of paralysis at his home in Adrian, W. H. Rexroad, aged 76 years and six months. Amsterdam. Raymond and Gladys Strong of Sedalia visited at the(.T. Moore home last week. Dr Z Robinson has returned from an extended business trip to Adrian Mrs. L. S. Hewitt bas resurned _ from a visit to Pittsburg. Mrs. J. 8. Amyx has returned from 8 visit to Lees Summit. Mrs, 0, H. Lawrence 1s spending a few weeks with her parents at Sweet Springs, Mo. Mrs. ©. RK. Pardee and children have returned from a trip to Sloan, lowa. John Kershner with bis mother has been called to Kansas City on account of the serious illness of Johnnle Kershner who {sin @ hos” pital at that place. W. 1. Reece underwent a. successful operation for @ chronic organie trouble in Kansas City last week. Merwin. Mrs. J. B, Stewart and her brother, W. Deen, were guests at the Feely | home last week. Mrs. Edgar Owens and children, of Chanute, Kansas, are visiting friends | and relatives. Mrs. Jane Lewis and family have returned from Denver. Mra, C. R. Pardee and children have returned from Sloan, lowa. T. W. Johnson, formerly of Gales | burg, Illinois, has purchased and | moved onto afarmeastoftown. | The Hume concert band showed | here the 4th, Mrs, J.C. Crosswhite and Messrs, | Alva and Charley Crosewhite vielted | in Rich Hill the last of the week. The Next Speaker. Montgomery, Mo, July 6.—Con- gtessman Champ Clark, of this dis- trict, it ia definitely stated, hae al ready received letters from more than @ majority of the Democratic mem- bers of the house of representatives, | tendering him their support for the minority leadership recently made vacant by the resignation of John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi, The contest was very close | | | | Theodore A. Bell. | Temporary Chairman Democratic National Convention. stration of the day came five minutes after the call to order when a big bans) ner bearing the picture of Mr. Bryan was carried into the hall. The cheer- ing lasted some minutes, j The convention was called to order by Thomas Taggart of Indiana, chair- | jman of the Democratic national com- mittee, baal | The opening prayer was made by | Rt. Rev, James J, Keane, archbishop | of Wyoming, and after a short inter: buildings and private residences, THe) known dead are: John Melson, drowned while trying | to rescue stock; three children of) Henry Amed, a boy aged 9, a girl} aged 13 and a girl aged 11, they hav-) ing fallen from a boat after being) rescued from the flooded homes; Mrs. | Schuester, who died from fright and exposure after being taken from her flooded home. A young man named Gillard Nicho- | las’ was caught in the flood while re- turning home from town about eight) o'clock Monday morning. He climbed | a telephone pole and persons say they saw him, after clinging for hours, fall) into the water; no trace of him has| since been secured, A child of Russian family, name un-| known, was reported drowned, but the report has not been verified. The drownings occurred between six and nine o'clock Monday morning, when | the flood was at its height, but the| identity of the victims could not be, learned before Monday evening. The! flood followed the greatest downpour | of rain known here for many years. | The Lincoln Gas and Electric plant is flooded. The flood Monday night | was subsiding. Acting Mayor Marshal) Monday night issued an appeal for aid for the flood victims, val Urey Woodson of Kentucky, see- retary of the national committee, read the call for the convention, | The committee on rules made its | report and the officers of the convan- | vention were announced, as follows: Temporary Chair mas THe OTS A. Bell, California. General Secretary—Urey Wise: Kentucky. Assistant General Secretary—Edwin | Sefton, Washington, D. C. | Sergeant-at-Arms—John I. Martin, | Missouri, Chief Assistant Sargeant-at-Arms— | J. C, Fenn, Indiana, Chaplain for Opening Day—Rt, Rev. James J. Keane, archbishop of Wyo- ming. | Chief Doorkeeper—Eugene W. Sul | livan, Illinois. Parliamentarian—H, D. Crutchfield, Kentucky Official Stenographer—M, W, Blum- berg, Washington, D, C. Chairman Taggart appointed Gov. Blanchard of Louisiana, Lieut. Gov. Ellyson of Virginia and Representa- tive Ollie James of Kentucky as a committee of three to escort Tem- porary Chairman Hell to the speaker's rum, itlemen of the conyention,” said Mr. Tage as the committee of three appeared on the platform with Chairman Hell, “I take pleasure in introducing to you your temporary chairman, Theodore A. Bell.” A shout of applause greeted the words, of the chairman, and as the temporary chairman anced to the front to deliver his address, the cheers were redoubled. Mr. Bell is about five feet ten inches in height, slender, clean shaven, brown eyed and brown haired. Ile was garbed in the conven- tional afteroon attire. His voice is clear and penetrating and he had no difficulty in commanding the close at- tention of the convention. The delegates were prone to ap- jfirst sentence. His manner of deliv- ery lent emphasis to his points and there was spontaneous handclapping at the conclusion of each of his grace- |fully rounded periods. Galleries, too, | Joined liberally in the applause be- | Cheers mingled in the outburst of | applause when Mr. Bell aserted that | the Democratic party. would always | stand_unalterably opposed to monop- oly of: production. At the conclusion of Mr. Bell's | Speech a resolution eulogistic of ex- | President Cleveland was read and adopted and the convention adjourned until Wednesday. A strong cordon of police was stretched about the Denver audito- jrium when the delegates to the con- | vention began to arrive at the scene of the next four days’ activities. The sidewalks were roped off to assist the officers in handling the curious throngs that began to gather about the hall early in the day. * Mounted police kept the streets clear for a passageway for those hold- ing tickets. On two of its streets fronting the auditorium great banks of snow gave & cool greeting to the visitors. | plaud from the utterance of Bell's | stowed upon the speaker, | GENERAL HORNE IS FREE. Left the Asylum in St, Joseph Monday Morning—Slayer of H, J. Groves. St. Joseph, Mo., July 8.—The board of managers of the state hospital for the insane here at its monthly meet- | _ing discharged General R, C. Horne, woh had been a patient since April 6. General Horne left for his home in Marshall, Mo. He was committed to the hospital after a jury in Kansas City, before which he was tried for * the murder of H. J. Groves, acquitted him on the ground of ins y There remains an indictment | against General Horne for assault with + intent to kill O. D. Woodward. The date of the trial of that case has not been set. Effective in Five Years, London, July 8.—The House of Com- mons passed Monday night the second reading of the bill under which, five years hence, all miners in the United Kingdom will work only eight hours daily. The house also concluded the committee stage of the old age pen- sion bill, which has been modified by the adoption of a sliding scale, the pensions varying with the amount of, the recipient’s personal income. Another Rebellion in Honduras, Washington, July 8—A_ rebellious | movement has broken out against the government of Hondur Senor Ugarte, the minister he received word that the town of ¢ 8, about 20 miles from the Salvadorian border, has been taken by a force coming pre- sumably from Salvador. It has a gar-| rison of 40 or 50 men and its popula: | tion is about 3,000, To Confer Over Chairman. Hot Springs, Va., July 8.—Represen- | tative Watson of Indiana, Secretary of State Thompson of Indiana and Powell , Clayton, a-member of the executive | committee of the Republican national committee, arrived here Tuesday to} consult with Judge Taft regarding the | chairmanship of the Republican na- tional committee. Annie Gould Married. London, July 8.—Mme. Anna Gould, divorced wife of Count Boni de Cas-| tellane, and Prince Helie de Sagan, | Castellane’s cousin, were married at} a registry office in Henrietta street, off Covent Garden, Tuesday. A sub- ; Sequent ceremony was -conducted at the French Protestant church in Soho square, Hear Evidence Against Bookmakers. New York, July 8.—Many witnesses, mostly detectives and deputy sheriffs, were before the grand jury in Brook- lyn, Tuesday, testifying as to the al- | leged betting at the race tracks. They | were subpoenaed in an effort to prove that betting is now going on at the | tracks despite the anti-betting law. Clint M, Heaton, a restaurant keep er of Iola, Kan., was shot and almost instantly killed in his restaurant by his divorced wife, ° in respectable style, almost entirely, by working eight hours per day whea 20 00 five piece suit for... 85 00 davenporte for.. | he has steady work, Thanks to the results of organization. But where can we find even one farmer who cam ; ducts.—Union Farmer. | to take an active interest in the Farm- | ers’ Union, says: ‘ | business problems that corfront us. , tle for justice, equity, and the golden do this, unless he has a considerable 9 00 amount of capital to assist his labor, 10 00 to say nothing of all of them doing 12 00 so, Even a man who owns a five 15 00 thousand dollar outfit, consisting of 18 00 land and supplies, must work more than eight hours a day in order te 14 00 make ends meet properly and lay up @ 11 00 little each year for old age. 9 00 Now, we don’t want to be understood 8 00 as begrudging the wage-earner what he 5 00 has gained by means of his union, for : we believe in labor unions, as well as 80 00 9x12 rage » 25 00 in farmers’ unions, The point intend 25 00 9x12 rouge. 21 00 ed {s to show that farmers ought te] 22 50 9x12 rugs. 19 00 strive as earnestly and as successfully} 15 00 9x12 rugs. 12 50 to improve their conditions, as wage} 10 00 9x12 rugs. 750 earners have done and are still doing. 8 00 3x6 roge 200 The farmer's independence that we 450 hear so much about is a nice thing no 5 536 rouge 3 50 doubt, but he should have an income} 3 00 27x60-rog 2-50 sufficient to support and educate his} 2 50 27x54 rug 200 family in a manner befitting an Ameri-! 2 00 27x54 rugs. 150 can citizen, And in order to secure this he must devote enough time, money and earnestnéss to his union to enable him to price his own pro Women and the Farmers’ Union, Mrs. S. C. Mirrell, writing to the Jasper, Florida, News urging women “I think the ladies can promote our privileges very much by joining the union and working for it, while our fathers, husbands, and brothers are endeavoring to solve and master the “Since I joined the union and learned more about its principles, the better I like it, and hope that it will succeed, Sisters, let’s join in the bat- rule, then, when we have succeeded we ean enjoy the victories as much as any one, “There are so many things which require the best thought and action of the farmer. The financia] exchanges should be so adjusted, that when the farmer has anything to sell, he could realize as much profit on his invest- ment as any one else. We should raise everything that we need {f pos- sible and buy only the luxuries, An- other subject, and I think the greatest of them all, is the education of our boys and girls. Oh, how we wish them educated and refined, but 80 | many have to be denied the opportu: nities and privileges that should fit them for the positions of life. “Tf the tillers of the soil could get their share of the wealth which they produce, they could have more money to spend, spare their children long: er from the farm and give to them the much needed advantages that their cousins of the cities have.” Of the 19,493,441 bales of cotton manufactured for the 12 months from Sept. 1, 1906 to Aug. 31, 1907, two thirds or 12,885,626 bales were from the southern states. And the 1907 crop is not only nearly 2,000,000 bales short bu 3,000,000 bales or more are being withheld from the market, making a total shortage in the south’s supply for the factories nearly 5,000,000 bales. Cot- ton ought to go to 15 cents. No flock will pay unless healthy and Lace curtains, summer and winter portiers at from 15 to 33% per cent discount. Come In and look over this feast of good things. All goods sold at a discount except Swings, Porch and Lawn Furniture See our front window for bargains. A. H.LCULVER FURNITURE CO. Headquarters for Good Furniture, ECHOES OF BATES | leges the amount given over to the Evidence in Masonic Suit in St. Louis. | Republic. Taking of testimony in the suite of | the Bates National Bank of Butler, | Mo., against the Masonic Home of | Missour! Grand Commander, Knights Templar, aggregating $25,000, was | resumed yesterday before Referee | Robert F. Walker in the Rialto, building. 8. F.'Warnock, of Butler, former assistant cashier of the Bates Nation- | al Bank, and Robert F. Stevenson, | grand recorder of the Grand Com- mandery, were examined. The test! mony was confined to proving the amount of money which actually ex- changed hands {in the transactions | under controversy. The hearing will | be continued to-day, after which the cases will be briefed and submitted to Judge Rule, of the St. Louts Cir. cuit Court. The suits, now overa year ago, | grew out of the defalcation of F. J. Tygard, former president of the Bates National Bank of Butler, who {e now serving a sentence in the Fed- eral‘ Prison at Fort Leavenworth. Tygard was former treasurer of the Masonic Home, and as president of the Bates National Bank passed funds of that institution to the cred- {6 of the Masonic Home and the Grand Commandery. The bank al |home was $22,000 and $3,894 to }amounte the bank entered euit in Circuit Court. It Would Have Paid. | U. A. MeBride, of the Warrensburg | Star, writing of the Missour! Pacific jwreck of July 2 at Knob Noster, saye: “This is but another place where | she expenditure of the paltry sum of about $50 per month on the part of | the ralroad company, to pay a rail- road man at Knob Noster, would have saved the lives of eight human beings and the pain and anguish of |forty more, who will, ifthey survive | the awful affair, hobble through life maimed and crippled to say nothing of the thousands of dollars lost in the destruction of railroad equip- ment. No Block System in Use. Knobnoster, Mo., July 6—Tne coroner’s jury finished its investiga- tlon to-day of the Missouri Pacific wrec k here last Thursday. The jury returned a verdict blaming the dis- |patcher, F.8. Strang, of Sedalia, and the operator, Charles Taylor, of Lamonte. The Missouri Pacific rail. way was aleo blamed for failure to have the block system on its line. Taylor says he told Sirang he prob- ably could not reach train No. 3 with the order holding {t in Lam onte. Strang denies this. Nine persons were killed In the wreck and about thirty were injured. | when those of your neighbors appear vigorous. If your fowls are often sick in good health, both having good management, it indicates a constitu- tional defect of some kind, and a lack : . | of vigor, Usually it requires too much time to attempt to breed vigor into | such fowls, and nothing short of a com- | plete change of stock can effect a cure. | If you can have help enough to keep , | your household machinery in perfect | running order without making a ma chine of yourself, do so by all means, | White floors are lovely, shining ti» ware is very fine, spotless windows and highly polished silver are a de light; the mending basket, emptied every week is much to be desired, but there are things of more import: | | ance, and if it all depends on one, pair of hands, one back, and one set, of nerves, for Heaven’s sake, for your seke, for your childryn’s sake, don't on all Summer Suits e SEE US BEFORE YOU BUY BLACK & ARNOLD CLOTHING CO OO