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The Butler weekly times., 1896-05-28
On the Tariff.

New York, May 23.-A Tribune
special from Washington says: 1t is
by the friends of Presi-
dend Cleveland that he favors the
nomination of ex Gov. Mckinley at
St. Louis for the reason that the
president prefers that the next cam
paign should he fought out on tariff
lines rather than that the financial
question should secure the most
prominence. President Cleveland
regards Gov. Mckinley as most
properly the friend and defender
of protection.
President Cleveland, these same
authorities say, is firmly Of the opin.
ion that both of the great parties
will declare for "sound money"
He has arrived at the conclusion
that Mckinley will be nominated,
and he thinks that this nomination
will be offensive to what he and his
party friends characterize as the ma
chine element of the republican par
The Butler weekly times., 1896-05-28
YOUNG AMERICA REMEMBERED.
Children's Day Under the Biggest
Shows Big Tent.

Day Under the Biggest
Shows Big Tent.
II there were no children there
would be no circuses; which sapient
and self-evident dictum We supple
ment with the remark that the man
agement which most generously
recognizes this shining truth accu.
mulates the most shining shekels.
That the head centers of the Great
Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros
Americas Greatest Shows, which are
to make their first consolidated ap-
pearance at Butler on Friday June
5, take the same view Of the situa.
ton is evidenced in the extraordl.
nary efforts they have made to best
cater to the arenic wants and wishes
OF the little folks, by adding to the
calendar of holidays what may be
termed "Children's Day. Convert
ed into huge playground for that
purpose, the grand arena of the
great hippodrome, the four rings
and the two elevated stages fairly
overflow with the funniest Of clowns
and grotesques and the wisest and
most waggish of beasts. There is q
school of wonderfully trained Alaska
seals and sea lions, dancing and
comic elephants. cute dogs, cunning
The Butler weekly times., 1896-05-28
Sat Upon

Washington, ID. c., May 23.-Mr.
Howard Pop Of Alabama, rising
TO a question Of privilege. sent to
the clerks desk and had read series
of charges against President Cleve
land, upon which he ''impeached
him on high crimes aud misdemean.
ors" for the recent bond sales and
his management Of the finances Of
the government.
Mr.. Dingley Rep of Maine rails.
ed the question Of consideration,
and by an overwhelming vote the
House refused to consider the mat.
ter only two or three scattering
"ayes~ being heard, and 3Ir. How
ard apparently not voting for his
own proposition.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-05-28
Populism Petering Out.

The good results that have been
accomplished in Alabama by the
declaration OF the democratic party
IN favor of genuine democratic
principles are already to be
'sen in the dilemma in which the
LADDERS Of the populist party in that
'tate find themselves. The conven.
hon that met in Montgomery Tues.
Day in striking contrast to the tre-
nendous gathering that assembled
IN Birmingham two years ago.
The Birmingham convention was
made up 700 delegates and at.
sndants from all parts of the state,
npresenting democratic constituent
eles who were eager to protest
igainst the surrender of democratic
principles that at that time seemed
to be inevitable. Tuesdays conven.
hon was composed of barely $50
delegates, and those were lacking
IL enthusiasm to such degree as to
attract the attention Of those who
we're able to compare the two con
Vsations. -Four counties had nc
representation at all.-Atlanta Con
aitution.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-05-28
Working for Cole Younger.

st. Louis, Mo, May 26.-Regard-
ins efforts to secure the pardon OF
Cole Younger, now in Saltwater,
MINI, penitentiary, who served
under him during the war, United
States Marshal Shelby of Western
Missouri said to day: Another ef.
fort will be made shortly to secure
Youngers pardon. Whether Stephen
B. Elkins is interesting himself IN
the matter. l don't know. He should
do so. Younger saved his life
during the war"
The Butler weekly times., 1896-05-28
HOmesick Girls Awful Suicide.

Jacksonville, Ind, May 24-At
4oclock yesterday afternoon one of
Tho most horrible attempts at suicide
ever known in this city was commit
I'd and the victim. Miss Bertha
Myers, died in agony two hours
later. The girl was native of
switzerland, and had been despon-
dent ever since her arrival in this
country, three months ago. This
morning she threatened to kill her
seli, but no attention was paid to
tne threat. This afternoon, how
sVer she went to shed, procured a
gallon of coal oil, saturated her
clothing with the fluid. and then
waited for the oil to penetrate to her
ain. With a match she lighted the
lover part Of her dress and instant
later was a sheet of flames. William
Elchenbergeg, a.brother-in law,rush
ed to the girls assistance and at
tempted to subdue the flames with
water, but the flames only spattsreG
and scattered burning oil on him
Miss Myers was burned to crisp
Eiehenberger's hands and arms wer,
The Butler weekly times., 1896-05-28
Virginia Items.

More rain than we need at present.
Mr. Henderson, of Kincaid, Kan,
while visiting the family of his son,
H d Henderson, at Ft. Scott, had
retired for the night, when his son
heard a noise and hurrying to the
room found his father dead, caused
by heart failure. His remains were
taken to kincaid for burial. Mr. II
D Henderson was formerly a fruit
tree agent from Blue Mound, Kan,
and was well known in this vicinity.
Grant Garner, John Foster, VIM
Voght and Elmer Garner were hunt
ing and fishing on the river last week
but only succeeded in capturing one
squirrel but no fish. They report the
water very high; washout south of
Virginia cemetery almost impassable.
The branch - miles east OF here is
impossible on account of mud being
SO deep.
Peter Schmuda's stable was blown
| down, but did no damage to stock.
w Gardner, Ben Watkins and \
M Nestlerode want q supply of two
gallon Jars to place over their corn
so they can pasture the grass.
Mrs Matte Famuliner and daugh-
the, Miss Annie, and Elmer Garner
We're water-bound at Butler last
Thursday.
John Foster is draining his coal
bank.
A good many are fixing up their
cemetery lots.
Aunt Sue Flemming visited Mrs
Alice Vermillion Sunday.
A good attendance at the Olive
| Branch Sunday school.
| VIM Gardner is making the hedge
| fly.
John Hedger was out looking up
| his saw logs the first of the week,
after the high water.
RT Dudley, of Gregg, Mo-, pays
| for his paper in advance one year.
FM Kennedy makes for sale the
best salve on earth. Mr. X. is blind
and this is his only means of support
y. n. NESTLERODE.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-05-28

ponies, ludicrous monkeys, actors
and jockeys,pig professors, collegiate
donkevs, Merry Andrew bears, learn
ed birds, performing goats and
mirth provoking and astonishing
creatures. in herds, troops and fam.
lilies The Mother Goose parade,
fairyland pagents and romantic
spectacle will also dazzlingly en-.
trance the young eyes for which
they are especially intended. And
nothing is anywhere introduced to
mar the high character of the enter
tainment.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-05-28

The funeral services of Mrs Sarah
J Briden were held at the residence
at eleven o clock, May 18th, conduct
ed by Rev Galbraith, after which the
remains were laid to rest in the Eli
OFT grave yard, followed by a large
concourse of friends and relatives.
At length. then. the tenderes. OF mothers Is
gone
Her sm.le., her love accents. can greet thee
no more;
Tha. once cheerful chamber is silent and lone
And for thee all child's precious duties ar
o'er.
Her welcome at morning her blessing a. night
No longer the crown of thy comfort can be;
And the friend seen and loved since thine eye
first saw light,
Thou cans't never again: thou art orrhaneC
like me- I'D. L. q.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-05-28

Versailles, Mo, May 21.-A wind
came up from the southwest about 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon and
swept over Morgan county, followed
by rain. At this place trees, ,chimneys
and windows suffered, paris of the
roofs of the court house and grand
army hall were blown off and va.
cant dwelling was moved from it's
foundations.
James P. Anthony,an old resident
of the county, was drowned while
attempting to ford a small stream,
from which the bridge has been
swept away.
Crops and school houses through.
out the county were damaged and
st Riverview last night the OsagI
rive was within FIVE feet of the high
water mark of last winter
The Butler weekly times., 1896-05-28
The Split in the Mckinley Camp.

While Maj. Mckinley himself con
cludes that he had better say moth
ing about the money question, says
the New York Sun. and sits mum on
the Ohio straddle, his leading pro-
moters are thinking anxiously other.
wise.
The Cincinnati Commercial Ga
zette positively pleads with him to
The Butler weekly times., 1896-05-28

define his attitude toward silver and
gold, and to remove the natural dis.
trustfulness of him created by the
declaration of his own State.
The Hon. John Sherman, McKin.
ley's predecessor as the Ohio candi.
date, felt himself called upon to
speak in McKinley's silence. He as
sures the public with great earnest
ness that Mckinley is all light, hon.
estly and truly for the gold standard.
The Hon. Russell A. Alger, a Nc.
Kinley boomer from Michigan, has
gone to New York to assure people
in that region that Mckinley is for
''sound money"
Mr.. Kohlsaat, the owner of the
Chicago Times. Herald, Mckinley
ite of the Hanna class, has grown
even reckless in the effort to assure
the public thav Mckinleyls no trim
mer. MIR. Kohlsaat ventures to
reiterate, ON his own authority, of
course, an old quotation attributed
to Mckinley year o,setting forth
that the latter "would not run on a
free silver platform This quota
tion received widespread notice when
it was published, and it is perfectly
we'll known also that at the time
succeeding its alleged ltterance
the public was made to understand
very clearly from Mckinley head
quarters that Mckinley never said
it.
The Mckinley party ought to gel
together on this momentous ques
tion of ITO speak or not to speak.
Jefferson City Tribune,
The Butler weekly times., 1896-05-28

badly burned. Amputation Of the
members will have to follow to save
his life. Miss Meyers of late has
been brooding on account of being
prevented from desired return to
her home in Switzerland.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-05-28

Columbia, Mo, May 21.-Reports
from various parts of Missouri, indi-
cate that army worms are more num-
erous and more destructive than for
wears. In some localities the worms
have devoured all the growing grain.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-05-28
MEMS SUITS
MEMS SUITS
MEMS SUITS
MEMS SUITS

Great Reduction in furnishing goods We proud
Mems underwear we'll worth 3d. Models
Imported balbriggan, worth 75c garment Models a"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14
FREE TELEPHONES
FOR THE CITY,
Supervisor Taylor Demands
Them for a Fran
chise.
PRESENT COST OF BOXES
The Municipality PAYS Over
Fourteen Thousand Dollars
Per Annum.
MUNICIPAL BUILDING AWARDS
Banks Gets Second Prize, Mooser
Third and Ravens & Toepke
Fourth.
MUNICIPAL BUILDING AWARDS

Chairman Taylor of the Finance Commit
tee of the Board of Supervisors was s'loaded
for bear" when the question of awarding
the franchise asked for by the Peoples
Mutual Telephone Company came up be-
fore the board yesterday, and declared
himself distinctly against the giving away
of any more valuable franchises.
81 have been looking this matter I'D,
he said, land find that its telephone SER
vice costs the City annually s14,04s As,
which sum / will venture to say is far
greater than most of the members of this
board imagined it was.
Zone of these franchises offers the City
forty telephones free of charge, and the
other 100 phones, with an additional fifty
boxes within ten years. / do not consider
either of these offers to be sufficient. We
have 300 telephone boxes in use in the diff
ferent departments of this City govern
ment, and think that the corporation or
company receiving the franchise should
give us these free of charge.
Telephones are costing the City alto
gether too much, and some means should
be devised to regulate the matter. / find
that in one municipal department the
Office is charged $50 per month for switches
alone, most of which were used by out
side parties. This is not right, and l
think that the regulation of the matter
should receive the serious attention of
this board"
1t was decided to consider the subject of
the franchise at special meeting to be
held at 2:30 o'clock on Monday next.
The question of awarding the second,
third and fourth premiums for the designs
for the new municipal building was taken
up, and after eight ballots had been taken
the second prize of $3.50 went to W. o.
Banks with seven votes. For the third
prize of $500 Mooser & Mooser had eight
votes on the first ballot and were awarded
the premium. Ravens & Toepke recei we'd
the fourth prize of $3.50 with ten votes on
the first ballot.
Supervisor Taylor introduced resolu
tion closing all saloons in San Francisco,
except by special permit, between the
hours of II NJ. and 6 A. M. 1t was referred
to the Health and Police Committee.
The old fight between red and blue rock
was reopened when Supervisor Dimond
introduced a resolution allowing con.
tractors to use red rock in street work.
The measure was referred to the meeting
of the board to be held on the telephone
franchise.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14

South San Francisco to Have a
Pleasant Drive to the
Five.Mile House.
Contracts Let and Work to Commence
as Soon as the Surveys
Are Made.

South San Francisco is expecting to be
brought into prominence by the extension
of Railroad avenue from Eighteenth ave-
nue. to the Five-Mile House before another
year passes. To obtain this desirable re-
suit it will be necessary to grade that
avenue from its intersection with
Eighteenth avenue to Its connection with
the main County road at the Five-mile
House.
The contract to accomplish this has
been already let in two sections, and the
City and County Surveyor has now men
in the field fixing the grades.
AS soon as this work is complete, which
will be in the course of two weeks, the
contractors will start on the Job and push
it to completion before the autumn rains
impede their labors.
The first section from Eighteenth ave.
nue. to Twenty-fourth has been let to
John Kelso and the second section to M.
G. Hogan, who is now cutting down N
street on the east side of the Catholic
Orphan Asylum, between Fifteenth and
Eighteenth avenues.
When this work is finished it will afford
a splendid driveway from the eastern por-
ton of the City along Kentucky street to
the San Bruno road and county line, skirt
ing along the San Francisco bay through a
dairy farms.
The Market-street railroad combine has
given hopes that the electric line of cars
will run on this new thoroughfare as soon
as finished, thus opening up the fertile
valley for residence buildings, which will
afford pleasant location for the thous-
ands of workingmen employed about the
Potrero who are by necessity compelled to
live in the narrow streets and lanes of a
crowded city, and who are subject to
double carfare at the within of Mr.. Vining
should they wish transfer from any OF
the direct lines running in that direction,
as is the case with the Fillmore and Ken
lucky streets line.
In addition to this proposed roadwork,
Thirteenth avenue, between l. and NJ
streets, on the east side of Railroad avenue,
is being cut down to grade. and will when
finished extend the building area OF that
section as business center, a necessity
long felt by the residents.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14
sEsNoN's SLEEK MOVE.
He Is Said to Have Rented Himself
House at a Low Figure.

He Is Said to Have Rented Himself a
House at Low Figure.
Agnes NJ. Agar and John G. Agar have
brought serious charges against John J.
Sesnon, who during the lifetime of Joseph
Marlborough was that gentleman's conf
Dental agent.
The Agars were appointed executors OF
the will OF the wealthy coal merchant. and
Sesnon was retained in their employ after
Macdonough's death. AS confidential
agent be knew more about the business
and holdings of the estate than did the
executors, hence his advice was taken in
concentrating many transactions. It is
charged that Sesnon abused the confidence
reposed in him and while pretending TO
lease some Market-street property belong
ing to the estate to one James Winslow
really leased it to himself, through Wins
low, at a rate much below what should
have been obtained.
The properly in question is situated on
Market street, just west of Spear, and was
leased to James Winslow on July %. 1895,
for term of i've years, at rental of $3.50
per month.
In the complaint filed it is claimed that
the lease was made at the advice of John
J. Sesnon, the executors believing that he
was acting as their agent and in their in
rerest. Now it is believed Winslow was
employed by and acting in the interest OF
Sesnon TO procure the lease and hold it in
trust for him. At any rate, Winslow has
since assigned the lease to George H. Ses-
non, brother of the defendant. who has
sublet the premises for q total rental OF
1910 per month.
1t is therefore prayed that the lease to
Winslow be set aside and declared void.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14
Twenty Additional Office Clerks
to Be Appointed at
Once.
CHOOSING ELECTION OFFICERS
A Special Meeting on That Subject to
Be Held Tomorrow Morn.
ing.

The Board OF Election Commissioners
have aroused to the fact that danger exists
that all the voters of San Francisco will
not be registered by the time registration
closes on August 3, and this as we'll as
other important matters occupied the
Commissioners at yesterdays session.
In order to facilitate registration in
every possible way it was decided to hire
at once twenty additional clerks at $125
per month each to insure prompt attend
ance on those who call at the bureau to go
through the necessary form. Heretofore
the office has been open on Saturday
nights only, but from now until August 8
it will be open for the accommodation of
prospective voters from to each even
ing.
In order to warn all voters that their
time for registering is growing short, it
was decided to employ five wagons to
travel the streets, carrying transperancies
calling attention to the date of closing and
telling voters where they may register.
This measure was the result of an opinion
rendered by City and County Attorney
Creswell, that while he was inclined to
think that precinct registration would be
legal he was not at all sure, and thought
that 1t would be better to be on the safe
side and have all of the San Francisco vo-
tiers register at the Hall.
Both wings of the local Democracy were
represented at the meeting, Messrs. Roth
child, Donovan and O'Brien looking after
Buckeyes interests, while Max Pepper
kept an eagle eye on those of the Junta.
When the question of selecting election
officers came up, and IL became apparent
that the time-honored custom of allowing
the County Committees to select the
names of those who are TO serve was to be
kicked over in favor of new plan, there
was a scurrying on both sides.
Commissioner Creswell exploded the
bomb when he mentioned the plan to be
pursued. 1t was to appoint two Demo-
Gratis and one Republican and allow them
to select the names. These men must be
citizens above reproach and competent to
select proper officials.
When this committee has finished its
work 1T will hand the result of its la bors
over to the commission, which will revise
the list to suit its own ideas.
The plan was perfectly satisfactory to
the Republicans and Junta representatives
present, but did not suit the BuckIeyites,
who talked OF chances for fraud and other
disagreeable things including combina-
ton between the Republicans and Junta
people to shut out the regulars"
No vote was taken on the plan, though
all the commissioners expressed them
selves in favor of it and it will be further
discussed at special meeting to be held
on Wednesday morning next.
Registration is increasing day by day
and yesterday the Office was crowded from
opening to clos in ghours
Judge Hebbard will hold court this even
ing, between the hours of and 9 O'Clock.
to naturalize citizens. The last day for
naturalization will be August 8, 1896.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14
DON'T LIKE sIEBE's FIGURES.

Two Big Protests Sent in to the Board
of Equalization.
Among the protests against assessments
sent in to the Board of Equalization yes
terday were two from large corporations
the Crocker-W oolwozth Bank and the
Mutual Electric Light Company.
The bank wanted its assessed valuation
reduced from S461, $50 to $500, on the
ground that its fixtures, amounting to the
latter sum, are the only assets taxable i'll
this State, all the rest being exempt.
The light company complained that it
was assessed for $50 600 franchise which
it does not possess and that its own state
ment was the only correct one.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14

Clement and Forty-second avenue-312 feet
Siemen. ana Eorty-third avenue-306 feet
Clement ana Forty fourth avenue-2Sl feet.
Clement and Forty-ffth aven ue-269 ieet
element and Forty sixth avenue-263 feet.
Clement and Forty-seventh avenue-234 feet
Clement and Forty eighth avenue-204 feet.
Street COMMITTEES Report.
Folsom Third TO Sixth Recommending con-
tract be awarded to Alva b. CIute for paving at
net cost OF $12,603
IN FAVOR OF STOPPING WORK FOR SIX MONTHS
Sacramento, Stockton to Powen-Stone side
walks
Hickory avenue, Buchanan to Webster-Paving'
Ivy avenue, LaguDR to OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES etc.
Ivy avenue, Buchanan to Webster-Paying, etc,
Pierce, Haight 10 Withdrawing.
Eighteenth avenue ySouth-Grading.
Greenwich, Baker to Observation-Disclosures,
Fifteenth avenue. and N South-Grading, etc,
by private contract
Hampshire, Twenty first to Twenty -second-Im-
provement.
army, sanchez to Church-For six months to
lay plank sidewalk.
Duncan, sanchez TO Noe-Sewer.
PROTEST REPORTED ADVERSELY.
ing.
PETITION PLACED ON FILE.
Stanysn, Haight to Fell-For sewer.
WORK STOPPED FOR SIX MONTHS.
York, Twenty-first to Jy-second-Paving.
Prospect avenue, Virginia to Emerald avenue
Grading, etc.
sadowa, Capitol to Plymouth-Grading, ETC.