The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 28, 1909, Page 2

FALLING TO INSTANT DEATH. Man Who Had a Miraculous Es- cape Describes Sensation —Thought Enough to Fill a Volume. & C. Ctar Imai story writers have tried bo d the thoughts ofa van falling from the top of amodern akoscraper to certain death, One itheulsy with’ such stories ts that they cannot be true experiences, L_E. Trout, who, with Charlea Pep- erdine, fell from the fire wall on the fifteenth floor of the Bank of Com merce building May 16, visited the itive of The Star. He thus describes the sensations while falllng to what he belleved must be instant annihila- sion of lif “When the scaffold broke in the middle I reatized | was too far from the ropes which descended at either aeoribne N end, to selze one. I resigned myself tofate. Te took about two and a vif seconds to descend S4 feet, or ali way down, la those two sec: ads | thought of enough things to ws volume, My firat thought “Will my wife forgive me forwork{ng fn a dangerous place and nake wae this selling her | was working instde?’ 1 wondered {] the news cf my death kill my wile ‘Then | wondered why | did not sirike the bottom, [t seemed that I ad been {pn the afr an hour, and | nged bo reach the bottom and end I knew that my com- punfon was ehkead of me in the des- ent through space and | wondered what luck he was baving. “Every unkind word I have ever attered to my wife in lttle juarrels atood before me as ff painted tn flar ing fines on @ billboard, They cut me to the quick and | wondered how differently | should have acted if! hud known what a terrible death and abrupt parting was coming, I wieh- ed that instead of instantaneous death | might have a moment to comfort her, but I knew there wae no hope for that. And through all my thoughts there ran as a sort of un- dertaone feellng of wonder why | hung suspended in the air and could not get to my journey’s end. “My life from boyhood days war reviewed, I saw every act which 1 have done which I am ashamed of. I saw the windows passing up and 1 knew that I was nor yet half way down, ‘Then | felt the rope in my bands burning and scutting the flesh. The vibration of the rope which was lastened at both ends had carried {t Inward twelve fees as the middle and in my lightning like descent I had happened to make about half of my tall ut this instant the rope came nearest me Igvould have reached the bottom n two-thirds of & second more. | beard Peperdine strike and scream, The pain in my hands made me want so relinquish my hold, for I thought that | would be kfled anyway. But (dectded to be game. Next I caw darkness illuminated with millfons of sparks. I knew that I should see my wife again. I knew that death {fis came would not be {mmediate. Then { lost’ consciousness.” Trout lives at 1007 Summit street. He was injured so that he cannot do hard work. He has a common school education. If he could find uy suspense n th r sone fs familly ears The Sleep of Sovereigns. Uletn, intimate revelations,” dipiomas, wan the “were made to me you may suppose, by & fy ora tlw. Atany rate, they are suthentic “Take firsts Willem the Sitent—l nean the German Emperor, so silens now. Hesi-eps ins small room on a military fron cot) At 11 he turns in, and at 5 punctually, every morn- ing, he gets up. His sleep ts always wretched, thanks to his nervous and highly etruny temperament, “King Edward sleeps {n soft laxu rious beds. He retires and rises late; unlike youre and mine, his retiring hour is always an & m, and his ris- Ing hourisap. m. A cold chicken, «ham, ora cold partridge {8 apread on the table at his bedside. Helse wreat eater “Queen Vicvoria sleps, winter and summer, fn a room without a fire. Sae had her windows open, too, and ashivertng matd of honor read her tosleep. The books which acted as soporifices on the good queen were sho novels of Horace A. Vachell and Marte Corelli “The King of the Belgians sleeps, whiter and summer, under a quilt of He ts very shivery. No windows sre open!n his room, an!a fire, savein August, blazes in h chimney fiercely Che young King of Spain, & great dandy, sleeps on a hard perfectly flat bed. without pillows or bolster This fs to prevent him from gettlog round shouldered, “The Czar of Russla has to resort so sleeping draughts to get sutficient reat. His chamber door ts guarded by two gigantte soldiers, Theroom, all night long, fs briillantly Nghted ‘Uneasy lies the head,’ you know especially the Russian head, ‘that wears & crown,’ ” awan's down Five Hundred Thousand Caribou Stampede. Seattle, Wash., Jan.—Five hun- dred thousand caribou are stamped- ing {n the ‘valley beyond the Sixty- Mile river in the {nterfor of Alaska according to cable advices trom the North. The gigantic herd, prospectors say, has been moving toward the Tanana river for the last six months and during the summer trampled down the forests and went to the White River slope. Later the half milllon caribou turn: ed backward and passed across the upper Sixsy-Mile and then turned westward headed for the Tanana slopes. They ere traveling in a pro- cession twenty miles wide. The In- dians who have been following the band have killed enough of the antl. mals to supply them with meas tor the winter. The herd is getting too far away now, however, to get the carcasses back to Dawson with any protis. Refused $3,500 for a Cat. Boaton, Mass.—Miss Ava Pollard, of Elizabeth, N. J., has refused an of fer of $3,500 for her Persian cat, Migs Mid, which recelved champlon- ship honors at the Boston cat show. This offer was raised from $2 500. Miss Pollard said that the cat ia not tor sale KG One trial does it. baking Or money ter. self. Friends Every Yea We'll soon count you among them. It’s just a matter of time. more housewives are giving up the old- style, high-priced, Trust-made Baking Powders, Thousands are turning to BAKING POWDER . Speak to yourgrocer. Lighter, sweeter Costs much less, believe it till you try for your- 25 Ounces for 25 Cents Guaranteed under all Pure Food Laws More and You'll never go back, refunded. ‘Far bet You won't be-! AT CLAY'S Drug Store BUTLER, MO Campaigns of Many Years Ago. ny Frank wave a talk at the Histor bulla Express: Severant ival building on some of she pres! ential campaigas of history. “During the recent campalgn,” sald he, “several features excited Jcommentand buve been elted as new For example, Mr. Bryan, twice de feated, wae agate nominated. So erent was the comment upon thiscir- cfustance that republicans evolved the joke: ‘Vose for Jadge Tafs for president this tlme; you can vote for Mr Brean any old ume’ “Bus this ts nothing new {tn the polltteal history of our country, Per- Laps the greatest’ man of our coun- try who never went to the White House was Henry Clay. Three times Mr. Clay was the defeated candidate ot his party and twice more did he me ke every efforts possible to get the nomination, “We have heard much about Presi- dent Roosevels naming his succes- sor. Roosevelt dida’t deny that he wanted Judge Tats and Judge Toft didn’t deny that he was being foster- ed by Prestdent Roosevelt. Some people claimed this unprecedented fp political history; but te fen’s “In she times of Andrew Jackson Shere wasa like instance. Prestdent Jackson loaded Martin Van Buren with honors and appointments and opon the close of Lis second term he recommended the nomfnatlon Martin Van Buren as his successor and pulled every wire and used every means at hls command to tnsure Mr, Van Buren's nomination and elec- Mon, ‘Another feature of this campalgn which has been erltfelsed by some is the faet that both candidates have gone before the people and personal- ly solicited support. Bus that fe nothing new ia American political history. James G,. Blaine did the same thing; so did Stephen A Doug: las fn the ‘608 acd so did William Henry Harrison back {n 1840."" Mr, Severance gave a most Inter- esting talk on the campaign Willlam Henry Harrieon for the pesidency. Some one made the uesertion that Mr. Harrison was cf lowly origin and had been raleed in alog cabin on flapjacks and cider. Immediately thecampalgn managers sook the log cabin as the emblem of the new whig party. At Main and Engle streets, where the New York Central ticket office now stands, they built a log cabin for campaign heacquarters, It was bulls in March and did active service until November, & longer time than is given to campaigning {n shese days. Inside the log cabin was @ elder barrel, well filled to constitu- ente. On the top of the cabin was a canoe emblematic of Harrtson’s vic- sory at the Battle of Tippacanoe. During this campaign more music was written and sung than during spy other campalgn in political his- tory. Choruees and glee clubs were formed, and they marched thestreets of Buffalo singing choruses. Octo ber 4, 1840, was a big day in Buffalo during that campaign. Log cabins on wheels paraded Matin street by the hundreds, and girls from all wess- ern New York came to ride in thi mighty procession. Following the parade a great barbacue was then held. In speaking of campaigns of still earlier days, Mr. Severance sald that presidential candidates were nomi. nated by congress convention and that the people had little or nothing tosay as to the choice. Tickets were not nominated. When Jefferson ran against Aaron Burr, the man who received the highest vote became o! president. During the —— of}; 1800 it took four months to find out who had been elected, and 1 wassev- eral months before the news of the results of the election reached the various states, so slow was com- munication. “The campaigns of to-day are|{ much more free from mud-slinging and abusive epithets than they were in earlier days,” sald Mr. Severance. | ® Washington | j “The opponents of openly denounced him as trying to assume the crown; while Jefferson |} was accused of trying to betray the United States to France. Posters covered with coffins.” Jackson | § was denouvced as the man who|§ ordered soldiers shot down without} trial and the fact was advertised by | § | WOW TO GET CASH IS STATE PROBLEM. TEA /Fstimate of Receipts for 1909- 1910 Indicate There Will Be $2,000,000 Shortage. Jefferson Cisy, Jan. —The few mem vers of the General Assembly left t: ivffersou City during the election re sunt discuss the difficulties thas wil iave to be metin providing mone: or appropriations for the next two years According to the statement of W W. Wilder, retiring State Auditor there will be more holes to fill thar shere are pegs to go around. Wild- er’s last report shows the estimate: recelpta for 1909 and 1910 are $8,- 782,000, while the estimated expen- ditures are $11,161,922.95, Where all of this money ts to come from will have to be worked out by he Appropriations Committee as soon as tt can be namd by Speaker Speer. In worklog out the problem the commlttee will have the advice { Gov, Hadley. Io his {naugural address the new Governor recited the fact that the appropriations two years ago exceed the revenue by $1,- 487,254 24, while the report of the State Auditor shows that the re- ceipts for the two years closing jusy ashe retired from office were $8,810.- 070 40 It is probable that some of the money will be raleed through an in crease in assessments to be made by the Ssate Board of Equalization ef ter that body meets, The firat ses- sion of the new board will be held on the third Monday in February. A Horrible Hold-Up. “About ten years ago my brother was “held up” ia his work, health and happiness by what was belleved to be hopsless Consumption,” writes W.R Lipscomb, of Washington, N. C. “He took all kinds of remedies and treatment from several doctors, but found no help till he used Dr. King’s Discovery and was wholly cured by six bottles. He 1s @ well man to-day.” It’s quick to relleve and the surest cure for weak or sore lungs, Hemorrhages, Coughs and Colds, Bronchitis, LaGrippe, Asthma and all Bronchial affections, 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Guar anteed by F. T. Clay. Congress Drops Gov. Lilley. Washington, Jan—George L Lilley, Governor of Connecticut, was dropped from the rolls of the House of Representatives by a unanimous vote of that body. Lilley was drop ped from the House, because he had failed to hand in his resignation when he wae inaugurated Governor. When Lilley was inaugurated, he sent his resignation to his predeces- sor, who fulled to act upon it. After his {nauguration, Lilley Inslated he could not accept his own resigna- tlon, and put 16 up to Congress: The resolution declaring his scat vacant was Introduced by Repre- sentative Gaines, of Tennessee. President Helps Orphans. Hundreds of orphans have been helped by the President of The In- dustrial and Orphan’s Home at Macon, Ga., who writes: ‘‘We have used Electric Bitters in this inetitu- sion for nine years, It has proved most excellent medicine for Stomach, Liver and Kidney troubles. Were gard it as one of the best family medicines on earth.” Is invigorates she vital organs, purifies the blood, side digestion, creates appetite. To strengthen aud bulld up thin, pale, weak children or run-down people it has no equal. Best for female com- plaints. Only 50c at F. T. Clay’s. ORR ERE ERE EIB B48 SO : Our Burdock Tonic ® Compound is a blood purifier and ton- § ic combined, | ‘ i Taken this season of the ¥ year it gives the niost grat- § ifying results in toning up &@ the system gnd aeting also as a oatiiinesa against 9 colds and other maladies § so prevalent in winter and } early spring. $ Ask us About It. CLAY’S ¢{ Prescription Druggist. : * What you buy We Stand by. Phone No, 4, Will Sift Panama Affair. Washtogton, January —Thorov ventilation of the purchase of the Panama Canal property by the Unit- including the summoning Nason Cromwell witi lan voks and other rreards to divulge tall details of the disposttion of th *40,600, 000 patd by the Govern ment, it beeame known Wednesday. vas been practically decided upon as vart of the libel sult. Cromwell, claiming his communi cations with the new Panama Canal tlal, refused flatly to give certain fp. rmation to the Senate Committee Interoceanic Canals, when that body attempted to Investiyate the purectines Phe decision of the Grand Jury wastaken up with the examination of the witnesses summoned from In dianapalis. They inciuded Hilton U Brown, general manager of the Indianapolis News; Bart Parker and Edward Harding, Joseph Barry, township assessor; Albert Sahm, the county auditor, and Charles Clark, a member of the Indianapolis Ne “ompany as couneel, were confider- casbler’s staff. THE MISSOURI STATE BANK | BUTLER, MO. 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Our cash in bank vault is guarded against burglars by electricity, and with time lock and burglar-proof safe inside a fre-proof vault. \Ve also carry insurance forevery dollar of cash tn our safe, Under State Supervision and often Examined by State Bank Examiner. WE WANT YOUR PATRONAGE. The Missouri State Bank “THE OLD RELIABLE” $9806 99.9-00-9000000 00-00 0008000000000 90000 FARMERS BANK OF BATES COUNTY. Capital Surplus... | We are protected against robbery by insurance and our LARGE _CORLISS SAFE, guaranteed by the manufacturer to be Burglar Proof. DIRECTORS, Cuark Wix, Frank Houvanp, O, A. HEINLEIN, E. A. Bennett, Homer Dvvat, F. N. DRENNAN, J.J. McKee, J. W. Cuoate, W. F. Duvaut. WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS. E, A. BENNETT, Pres. J.J. McKEE, Vice-Pres. W. F. DUVALL, Cashier, HOMER DUVALL, Asst. Cashier. 120-0-00000000000000-800000000000080004 PP PLPLIPLONA LLP Led DUVALL-PERCIVAL TRUST CO. -CASH CAPITAL, $50,000. Farmers Bank Building, Butler, Missourt. FARM LOANS. Wehave money +o loan on real estate at a low rate of interest with privilewe to pay atany time. ABSTRACTS. We have & complete set of abs- tract books and will furnish abstracts to any Real Estate tn Bates County afid examine and perfect titles to sume. INVESTMENTS. We wit! loan your {die money for you, securing you reasonable interest on good secur- ity. We pay Interest on time deposits. : W. F. DUVALL, President, J, B. DUVALL, Vice-Pres. ARTHUR DUVALL, Treasurer. W.D. YATES, Title Examiner. ? OPP LPL PLL DALAL LPIPLAIM RS PAPI rang erage ~~ tatatee vtoe! en P72 2 aera armas HFS SS BS SSENX SVB SBeeoewOwew f =. \C. F. Beard, | f . Auctioneer \ § TRELYs YEARS of successful selling, also member of she State Auctioneers’ Association. Have wide acqualutance with the farmers and stockmen, and thoroughly fsmiliar with the price of your stock. Willget for you the highest porsible price for your property. My record: the High Dollar and a Square Deal for both seller and the buyer. Having madea m»jority of the largest and best eales in the county, gives me a thorough knowledge of conduct ing large sales. Is pays to employ the best, one who has a déseo years of solid experience, which is certainly the very best of sch ing. Send or ask for free booklet of complete {netructions on ar ranging and advertising fora Public Sale. Terms reasonable. See or write me for ewrly dates at Butler, Missouri, Phone 53. a C.F". Beard, BPG GBA SOBA BBB SBOOOPBBZF gee ee gp i f f ) ! f Iam out to buy every inch of FUR and all kinds of Junk that comes to Buitier, Get pric- es anywhere, everywhere. Then see me. That's all. It will be my fault ifI1 don’t get the goods. J. M. SALLEE Ohio Street, Butler, Mo. 'Phone 130. if) {. j