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The Butler weekly times., 1896-10-15
OHIO GOLD MEN CONCEDE
OHIO.
Mckinley Does Not Stand a Ghost
O! Il Sh0W.
\ rLAtN BUSINESS LETTER.
; ia Er,iii l:t"n S.cre'~ are Nos.
trHHkl, Tnld.

HIhbhis tfiu'
O BIZ, Nen Oc:. l3.-An Oma
h1 sc "a Jas received letter
fru;u ;Ge Abael l.. Da,Eus i Son S
com =. :. tr.iA il, i seed u. i..aschunts
at Toledo, D, 10 The, Ii ct that that
tirm WAS dubious abvut dong busi-
ness for fear that Bryan would be
elected
1t was the same old letter sent
out for effect
The Omaha firm, whose members
know considerably more about grain
than they do about politics, promp
ly replied that there was no danger
of Bryan being elected, for even Ne
braska would go for Mckinley. The
following letter was received iii re,
ply:
"Tne Abner L Backus Il Son 8
Company, Grain & Seed Merch
ants.
Toledo, O. Oct. 10, 1S96.-Dear
Sir: Your letter came in and noted
You make us feel better at the poht
ical situation, bu, we have had three
polls here in a 1000 majority district
and dare not announce the result.
We have 10000 idle men in our
city alone who are anxious for Il
change, and we fear the labor vote
is solid against Mckinley.
We claim Ohio by 10000 to
100000, but our wisest men are not
doing anything but claiming. Why,
every straw that we can obtain
shows labor unions here arc about
27S for Bryan and for Mckinley,
and this is his own state. As soon
as the new corn moves We trust we
can work some from you.
Yours truly,
"THE ABNER L. BAcKUs & Sous Con-
PANY."
The Butler weekly times., 1896-10-15

can not be done by local jurors will
be refuted by an immediate arraign.
ment and trial. While the excite
ment is intense and the streets
crowded with earnest men, no at
tempt at lynching has or will be
made, everyone being satisfied to let
the law take its course Public seu-
timent is strong against Watkins,
who has tough record
The Butler weekly times., 1896-10-15
INDIANA FOR EkYaS.
Col. Bright Claims the State TT $4,000
Ms;aritv.

Col. Bright Claims the State TT 5000
Ms;orlty.
Washington, D. c., Oct. 9.-Col.
Richard Bright. who has just return
ed from Indiana, believes that state
will give Bryan $4,000 majority. He
has travelled through all sections,
particularly through the farming
regions, and finds the silver senti-
ment rapidly growing. Farmers, he
says, who have all their lives voted
the republican ticket are now lining
up with Bryan, because they find
more hope for relief from the oppres.
sion Of debts and low prices from
the triumph of the democratic party
than in the success of the supporters
of the gold standard
Col Bright Was particularly i'm
pressed with the obliteration Of
party lines III every direction. Esti
mates based upon former political
results be considers worthless and
believes that the victory of the
Democratic party at the polls in
November in Indiana will be won by
a majority fully up to the figures
given.
Col Bright is perfectly familiar
with Indiana politics, as he has lived
all bis life in that state The can
vess made frcn which he derived
his estimate was the entire state by
counties.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-10-15
Bryan Will WIN.
New York journal.

New Y0rh JOurnAI.
Unless there shall be reaction
within the short SPACE remaining
between now and November 3. Viii
liam Jennings Bryan will be the
next president of the United States.
And the outlook is tar more favor
able for a democratic groundsweil
than for a republican reaction.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-10-15
ieiHds His Wife Dead.

Neva,.s, No. Oc. 13.-Ths wife
of C. D. Smith, farmer living ;hir-
teen miles east of this city, was
found dead in the house this after
noon, with her head crushed. Her
husband was digging potatoes in a
field some distance away, and his
wife was alone in the house when be
went away. 1t is supposed she Wa.
murdered by tramp.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-10-15
Coming Back Dissusted.

Chicago, Ill, Oct. &c. b.
Washburn of Kansas City, chairman
of the republican Congressional
committee of the Fifth Missouri:
district, and Marvin Smith. secretary
of the committee, who have been
here for several days trying to in.
duce the national committee to send
some speakers to Kansas City are
disgusted. They have not been able
to secure the promise Of any one
and will leave for home tomorrow.
''No one seems to think it worth
while to pay any attention to Mis-.
souri," said Mr.. Washburn this eve
ming.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-10-15
D. w. W.Drunmond

Floor oil Goth, linoleum, stove
rugs aud metal rug binding at
D. ". Diamonds.
Get your window glass, paans.
er's supplies, carpets, wall pa.
per and shades at u. w. Druga,
mond's.
Pictures, picture frames and
moulding at D. ". Drummond's
Paper hanging, signs, house
and all kinds of decorative paint
ing neatly executed a. very reas.
enable prices by D. W. Drum
mond.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-10-15
MURDER OF A STOCKMAN.
WYATT Williams. Well known in Kan
sHS (,ify, ~ Killed.

" SAiI I'LL tms. "eIi hHo"h Az nun
sss City, - Killed.
Ardmore, I. T., Oct. 1.-The
murder of ". Williams, prominent
and we'll stock man OF Texas
and the Indian Territory, in this
city last night. by Bud Watkins, and
the sensations. midnight chase and
capture of the murderer by United
States Marshals Booker and Tucker,
assisted by Hon G. D. Carter, who
with Winchester at the head of
the prisoner, forced his surrender,
has created the greatest excitement
known in the Territory since the
killing of Bill Dalton.
Williams was a former cattle king,
we'll known in Chicago, st. Louis,
Kansas City and the West general
Iv, and leaves a wife aud four child
rem.
Bud Watkins, the slayer, admits
his guilt. but says he shot in self.
defense, which is denied by hall
dozen witnesses. all of whom say
Williams was shot twice before be
pulled his gun. and that as he fell.
dying. h. fred one shot, and died
with his pistol cooked in his nerve
less hand
The United States court and
grand jury are IN session, and it il
the intention of the officials to Civ
the prisoner a speedy trial, as thi
is the first murder in Ardmore sine,
the courts have had complete juris
diction, and the charge that iustic
The Butler weekly times., 1896-10-15
KNOCKED OUT

Is the Brooklyn Gold Ticket by tie
Courts.
New York, Oct. 12.-Supreme
Court Justice Clement in Brooklyn
this morning decided that the name
.sNational Democratic Party is sub
stantially the same under election
law as "Democra!ic Party" This
practically nullifies the decision Of
Secretary of State Palmer, in which
he allows the state candidates of the
90 called National Democratic Party
to have a space on the official ballot.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-03-05
ALFREr PICARD

Of the Legion OF Honor, of which order
he is a grand officer. AZ engineer at
Nancy, NJ. Picard accomplished much
important work throughout the east OF
France. He built reservoirs. canals
and railroads Called to Paris to the
central department Of public works. he
was successively director of roads.
of navigation and OF mines. In 1881
he became Il state councillor. Since
1885 he occupies the high post OF presi-
dent of the section Of public works. ag-
riculture. commerce and industry. In
the state council M. Picard ia some
thing Of an author, too. His oficial
history of the Paris exposition Of 1889
is an encyclopedia, in ten volumes, Of
arts and industry. A treatise on rail-
ways. in four volumes, and a history OF
the French railroads, in six volumes,
and a teatise on water ways, are also
among his productions.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-03-05
The Thrae Generals.

The conduct OF war resembles the
conduct of life. There are rules and
principles which it is we'll to know; but
for success more is needed than knowl-
edge. The successful man sees the
world as it is. grasps the situation be-
fore him, goes straight to the point.
and keeps to it. We say of him, in
one aspect, that he has character; in
another that he has common sense, and
common sense at it's best We call gen.
ius. The command of an army is a
matter of character and common sense.
OF generals not mere ciphers there
are. three kinds. There is the COM
mander who has the force Of will. but
whose intelligence is not cultivated,
He makes a good subordinate-a Ney
or a Benedek-but is prone to fail when
left to himself Then there is the
intellectual man, apt to take in more
learning than he can carry. He be-
GENES a Brunswick, a Massenbach. a
Colley. Sometimes, but not often, a
powerful mind is coupled with very
strong backbone. Such a man. when
he has a chance, does great things
Moltke's problems are not conclusive
evidence as to character. but no one
can study them without recognizing
the master quality of mind. Their
author may have had infinite learning
but it has been digested out of sight
What is visible is the perfection of com.
mon sense.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-03-05

The famous novelist. Paul Bourget,
in writing his impressions OF America,
says the New York Times. seems to
have had the woman question constant
ly before his mind. The supremacy of
our sex In America strikes him with
surprise and admiration woman here
is even more than mans equal. The
reason for this, he finds. Is chiefly the
fact that in this country intellect pre-
dominates over emotion. Love with an
American girl Is secondary thing
She can meet men. study with them and
work with them without allowing rO-
mantle dreams on her side or passion
ate wishes on theirs to interfere with
good fellowship. An American maiden,
unlike those of other countries, Is, IL
anything, loath to marry, and very sell
dom cares TO give up her freedom until
she Is 25 or more. This Is partly be-
cause parents are careful to provide for
their daughters. SO that marriage be-
comes a matter of choice, not of neces-
sity. Consequently, when our girls are
married their characters are formed
they know their own minds and make
far better housewives than those Of
other countries. So, at least, thinks
NJ. Bourget.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-03-05

The famous English authoress, Edna
Lyall. writing of her life and early liter
airy influences and work in Ladies'
Home Journal, says: From the early
days of my authorship up to the present
time there has always been a story on
hand and writing has become so much
part of my life that it is difficult quite
tc understand what life without a vo-
cation would be like, or how people
exist without dream children They
cost one much suffering. and bring
many cares and anxieties; they are lot
what we could wish, and we are con-
scious of their faults. Still they are
our dream children and when they
cheer the dull or interest the over
worked there comes glad sense that it
has all been worth while. and We are
thankful that the gift was given Us. =
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-03-05
An Antarctic boom.

A sort OF boom in antarctic explora-
ton is developing in London, where a
syndicate has just been formed to send
two steam whalers of about 400 tons.
while a smaller whaler will accompany
them and take a small scientific party
under the guidance of Borchgrevink,
the explorer. Peary's late companion.
Astrup is also expected to be included
in the party. which will be landed at
Cape Adare or Coulman island. A like
expedition is being fitted out at LEIGH,
and the most interesting matter is ex-
pected to be collected as result OF
these researches.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-03-05

In 1873 Sir Bartle Frere dismissed the
ministry because of his dissatisfaction
with the conduct of the Transkeian re-
belli,n. Three years later he resigned
after a fiasco in regard to another re-
bellon, that of the Basutos. Sir Cor
don's appointment may be regarded as
sop thrown to the Dutch. He has
always been moderate, opposing most
of the visionary schemes of Cecil
Rhodes and his associates, although he
has never been a violent partisan on
any side Of the many questions which
have arisen at the Cape. Although this
opportunist course has led his abilities
to be moderated by many, it has given
him a reputation for conservatism
which will go far to appease the anger
of the Dutch and reassure the people
at home in England. Indeed the Dutch
cannot but remember that he was iden-
titled with the Afrikander movement.
which led to the establishment of the
Orange Free State and the South Afri-
can Republic. He is valuable admin
iStratOr,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-03-05

petuous nature and his innate love OF
adventure. Africa offered the field and
Jameson went. But he was a man who
would make adventures for himself and
his career in Africa is romance. Alone
and unarmed he travelled to the court
of the most powerful and cruel king
in Africa. Lobengula, and drew from
that savage a concession for the COM
pany when other brave men had failed.
He next explored new route to the
sea and later marched to the great
chief Gungunycna through the most
trying country of the south continent
He tramped through marsh and jungle
for two months. with none but guide
to aid him. These works gained for
him the Enthusiastically for the
South African Company and placed
him beside the great Rhodes in the
affections of that concern. He Is, or
was, the master of Mashonaland and
Just the man to undertake the almost
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-03-05

Men of brains ars given handsome
salaries to devise new schemes. The
latest and one OF the most humorous
has been amusing the patrons of New
York theaters for three or four nights
and has succeeded in escaping the no
tice OF managers. A bald-haaded man
is the instrument. On his shining pate
is painted in indigo blue the name of a
patent medicine. He sits in the front
row. and conducts himself with pro-
priety, while people behind him are
convulsed with laughter, each observer
supposing that here is practical joke
someone has played on an unsuspecting
friend.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-03-05

his staff for preliminary work, and con-
struction of the buildings. which Will
line the Seine, will soon begin. Mr..
Picard is one Of the greatest Of modern
Frenchmen. An Alsatian by birth. In
the early COS he had passed
through the polytechnic school and
was graduated from tho school Of en-
gineers. In the Franco-Prussian war
he was called from Metz. where he had
settled. to command a battalion of en-
gineers. His various services in the
war and later labors for the govern
ment were awarded with the decoration
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-03-05
SANG IN SPITE OF SPAIN.

Cuban Poetess Who Writes Stirring Songs
Of Freedom.
Senorita Leonor Perez de la Riva of
Santiago de Cuba is the poetess laure-
ate Of the Cuban republic. The senor-
ita is practically the only writer in
Cuba who has dared to defy the govern
ment. For years she has been writing
stirring songs and poems all designed
to keep up the courage of her country
men. She was born just 20 years ago
in Santiago de Cuba, where she has re-
sided almost continuously ever since.
Her verses and songs. nearly all touch
ing upon her beloved native island, and
filled with the tenderest yet strongest
patriotism, are known everywhere in
Cuba, and the sparkling-eyed daughter
of the tropics is one of the most ad-
mire. Cuban women.
Some of her latest verses, dedicated
to the cause Of the revolution, were
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-03-05
T. BRILLIANT WOMAN.
Mrs. jam Gordon of England Winning
Fame as Scientist.


Fame AS Scientist.
Among the most brilliant of the new
generation of women in England who
are winning fame as scientists and In
other professions formerly regarded as
open only to men Is Mrs. John Gordon.
Before her recent marriage to the we'll
known Scotch physician Mrs. Gordon
was known as Mana NJ. Ogilvie, and
had won fame more than national
as one of the foremost of British palace
ontologists. While this fame may
have been partly due to the incongru-
ity of association between the beauti-
full woman student and the dead relics
Of the past to which she devoted her
name, there can be no question that
her recognition as an authority in this
branch of science would be justly due
on the ground Of merit alone. Her
books on polaeontology are known to
students everywhere. and have won her
the degree of doctor Of science from
the University Of London, a very TN
usual honor to be bestowed upon
woman. Even while yet student
Mrs. Gordon gave promise Of the brill
liant future in store, capturing the gold
medal and several scholarships at the
Ladies' College Of Edinburgh, and also
at Heriot College In the same city. Her
native Scotch town not providing suffi-
cient opportunity for study, she went
to London. and, after passing the pre-
liminary South Kensington examina.
tons. entered the scientific department
OF the London University. The mos
| successful victory her industry won a
the university was the gold medal Of
fered for the best examination in zool
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-03-05
OHIO STATE HISTORY.
The Governor who Denounced the Mon~
roo Doctrine.

The Governor Who Denounced tbs NOM
roo Doctrine
The message Of the late Coy. Charles
Anderson to the LVIIth Ohio general
assembly. Jan. 1, 1866. In which tho
Monroe doctrine was denounced In Sc
we're terms. has directed At
tention to nm almost forgotten
era In Ohio politics. says the
Columbus State journal: And Ehile
the attitude Of Gov. Anderson It that
time may be considered almost mex
pllcable. much light IL she'd On the situ.
alton when the environment Of tho En-
ecutive who succeeded tho Iamented
Brough in the closing days Of the late
war Is considered. The message OF
Gov. Anderson was called ont by the at
tempt Of Louis Napoleon to force =
monarchy upon our sister republic Is
Mexico by the musket, the bayonet and
the cannon. He had fitted the baubie
of an empire across the sea before the
easily impossible mind Of the Austrian
Archduke Macmillan and hiS Ambi-S
tious consort, the beautiful Carlctta,
formerly the duchess Of Brabant, and
sister Of the king Of the Belgians. They
caught at the bait, and Napoleon sent q
French army to seat them upon the
throne. Benito Juarez was then prest-
dent Of the Mexican republic. and he
made a gallant defense, aided. Of
course, by Secretary Seward. who po-
litely told France that the United States
would not permit the setting up q =
monarchy on the American continent.
Macmillan was captured and shot. ana
his widow, Carlotta, II now In Vienna
insane asylum. The dream q mon
archy was over. When the French
army marched into Mexico Gov. Apder-
son had q brother, Col. w. NArshall An-
derson. Of Circleville. some yeprs de-
ceased. who was an ardent sympathiser
with the cause Of Naximilian. He
went down to Mexico ct the close cf the
rebellion. being strong friend Of the
south, and. completely disgusted with
the result Of the war. offered his SER
vices to the Austrian archduke. The
tender was not accepted. however. and
Col. Anderson returned to Ohio much
disgusted man.
So It appears the friendship OF the
Anderson family for the French invad-
ers was most pronounced and while
Gov. Charles Anderson was holding the
highest position In the gift OF party
In Ohio, whose chief. the tainted Lin
coin. had done 10 much to establish re-
publican rule In Mexico, he was secretly
giving aid and comfort to the foreign
enemies Of the country. 1t IL but truth
to say that, while Gov. Anderson may
have opposed the maintenance Of the
Monroe doctrine, the political organiza.
ton that gave him the only public posi-.
ton he ever filled has been constant
and enthusiastic in its support at al
times and under all circumstances,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-03-05

The late Do0rkeeper Bassett always
knew when to conduct United States
senator to his committee-room, beyond
the vulgar gaze Of people In the capitol.
and put him to sleep on lounge. In
this way the venerable man endeared
himself to the senators. without distinc-
ton of party and threw veil of secrecy
over the eccentricities Of those states
men who occasionally indulge In too
much cold tea of the senatorial brand.
Boston Herald.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-03-05

a newspaper reporter in Lon
don. His physician advised him
to emigrate for his health, which
had been broken as the result of over
work. When he was carried on board
of the vessel which bore him from his
native land he little thought that he
would be premier of the new country
to which he was being conveyed. In
fact, he has been three times premier,
being first chosen in 1878 and serving
until 1881, and then again from 1886 to
1890. From 1884 to 1886 and again
from 1890 until his reappointment as
successor to Sir Cecil Rhodes, Sir Cor
don was treasurer OF the colony. The
circumstances upon which he first
gained the post were similar to those
upon which he now returns to power.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-03-05
Emily Vanderbilt sloane.

1t may be that one day the house Of
Vanderbilt will rival that Of the Astors
In a literary as well as social way.
William Waldorf has taken his family
name out Of commerce and stocks and
written 1t on the roll of authors. En-
lily Vanderbilt Sloane has compiled a
volume of extracts, which Is entitled
Ideals" The young woman recently
entered society, but did not permit
rOuts and balls and such affairs to keep
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-03-05
Tho Angler Fish.

The angler fish angles for his prey
From the upper part of his head pro-
ject two long tentacles, with fieshy ex-
tremities, which wave about in the
water and attract small fish, that. ap-
preaching and attempting to seize the
supposed bait, are themselves captured
by the angler. Without this device to
procure food the angler fish would
starve to death, as he is heavy and OF
comparatively slow motion.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-03-05
LANDS AWAIT IRRIGATION,
Vast Rarren Tracts of Country That May
Yet BE Made Productive.

Aet 1Se NtduV
Between the Rocky Mountains ana
the Sierra Nevada range and extending
over portions of Idaho. Utah, Nevada,
California, Arizona and New Mexico is
a vast extent of arid land upon which
little vegetation ever grows, says the
Fresno tCal) Interior Most of this
land will be redeemed in time through
artificial irrigation, but at present prog
gress in that direction is very slow.
Government aid has been urged In fur
thering Irrigation works. but ii has not
been forthcoming There is an album
dance of water in natural streams 10
water the entire region between the two
great mountain ranges if it could be
Systematically handled. Irrigation
has made good Roadway in Utah under
private ownership of bitches, rescr-
voirs, ETC., but in Arizona, New Mexico
and Nevada the area of waste land is
so great that private enterprise has
made little inroad upon it. One Of the
unpleasant features Of a trip to Cali
fornia by either one of the southern
railroad routes is the crossing of the
CACTUS Dell OF N6W MEXICO anu All
zona There are stretches of territory
miles in extent where no vegetation
| greets the eye of the traveller. then
there will be miles OF country covered
with a growth of sage brush, mesquite
and CROSSWORD, intersperSed with in
Vulnerable species OF prickly cactus
plants. Cactus grows in every conceiH-
able shape and in as many diterenl
sizes upon the mesas of Arizona. One
known as the giant cactus, grows in
solid trunk usually, though sometime.
sending out one or two branches, ant
reaches height from twenty to thirty
feet. No better use has ever beer
found for the plant than the manufac
ture of paper, and even for that purpose
it is not perfectly adapted. What i
now known as the great American des
ert will become the most productive
section OF the country when prope
system Of irrigation has been devised
and put into practical operation.