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The Butler weekly times., 1897-06-10
AVENGED HIS DAUGHTER.
AEgrieved Father Shoots n Younp
Farmer of Lawrence County.

Auror, No, June The Stsid
old town of Mount Vernon, the coun-
ty seat OF this Lawrsnce) county, is
in a high state of excitement tonieht
over the shooting of Fred Orr, a
prominent young farmer living near
Mount Vernon. by Bob Mcintyre,
one OF Mount Vernon's most promi-
nent citizens, and the proprietor of
two lumber yards. The tragedy
occurred this afternoon at 8 o'clock.
as the train arrived upon which
young Orr was preparing to leave.
1t Is said he was going to Kansas
City with = car load of stock. but is
believed he was going to leave the
country.
The particulars, as far az can be
learned, are that about two weeks
ago it was dicovsred that the daueht
er OF Mcintyre had been BETRAYED.
and the girl implicated Orr. Efforts
had been made by Mr.. McIntvrs
and friends to have Orr marry The
girl, which he refused to do, =, he
intended to marry an old sweethesrt
at Rogers, Ark.
Since the discovery Of his dauobt.
er's condition, Mr.. McIntyre has
bsen almost crazy with grief. This
evening he went to the depot and
shot Orr in the breast with a double
barrsled shotgun. First reports
that Orr was dead, but he is still ,livs
at the hotel, surrounded by parents
and relatives. McIntire Immediately
after the shooting walked to The
sherifs Office aud surrendered.
Both families are very prominsnt
IN business and social circles, the
man shot being Sunday school
teacher In the Presbyterian church
Each has . host of friends. Mr.. Nc.
Lntyre has the sympathy of all who
know him. as he was known bv all
to be highly devoted to his family
IL seemed to be the height of his am. |
o'tlon to live for their comfort and |
vas especially wrapped up in hi, |
aaugnter.s happiness. He gave her |
good education and all the luxur;ea |
u q hne home. She has been con. |
ndered one OF the best and finest |
Foung women Of the county.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-06-10

A new departure in business ven
etures has broken loose in Kansas
eCty. The new covenant il an invest.
ssnsnt company organized by num-
aser OF ladies Of Kansas City, and il
sknown az the "Woman's Real Estate
Company" The heading of the
incorporation papers read "Know all
~women by these presents" The
"sompany 10 composed entirely of
~vomen and the capital stock of tho
~oompany is $1,000, al paid up.
Ihs board of directors is composed
~of seven women.
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vVonIan's oqE

Is never done, and it is especially wea-in.
ana wearisome to those whose blood Is
impure and unfit properly to tone, sus-
tain, and renew the wasting of nerve
muscle and tissue. 1t is more because III
tnis condition OF the blood that women
are run down,
Tired, Weak, Nervous,
Than because OF the work itself. Every
physician says SO, and that the only rem
eoy Is In building up by taking a GOOD
nerve tonic, blood purifier and vitasize-
i1Ae p nooo Sarsaparilia. For the trou b,es
Peculiar to Women at CHANGE of seasr,>,
climate or life, or resulting from bari
Noek, nervousness, and impure blood.
'eousancs have found relief and cure in
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trate, Wednesday night. The mob
made its first arrangements to lynch
Mitchell, but its plans miscarrisd.
Sheriff McLain was warned and
called out tho local militia.
THE FIRST ASSAULT.
The militia fred at 2:3O o'clock
THIS morning upon mob of 1000
men who surrounded the County
jail. Two men were instantly killed,
one was fatally wounded and nine
others were shot
The local militia company, under
arns, was atationed in the Jail.
When it became evident that an at.
tack was to be made, Capt. Geo. W.
Leonard. who was in charge of the
company, stepped in front of the
crowd
II will give you three minute, to
disperse," he yelled. "If you do not
I must FIRE"
At this there was . general rush
from the jail When the attack was
made from tho rear, however, tie
militia took the crash of hammer on
the door as signal to fire. As the
rifles crashed out. and . dozen men
were hit, the crowd fed in every di-
rectioD, leaving the dead and wound
ed lying about the jail.
Sheriff Nolan lays the blame of
the lynching on Governor Bushnell,
who, he claims, did not respond 10
time to his call for aid. Sheriff Nc
Lain says he telsgraphsd to Gov.
Bushnell At 10 p. m. last night for
more militia The Governor replied
that local power must be exhausted
first After the shooting the Sheriff
asked again for help. He received
no r.ply. but learned that Spring
field colored company had been
ordered to come The Sheriff had
the Colonel at Springfield order q
white company in place of negroes.
Sheriff McLain aud Capt. Leonard,
togather with ten of the nilitiamen
who fred on the mob this morning,
went to Springfield to night to ss
cape the fury of the mob. The
Sheriff and Capt Leonard escaped |
from the jail, where they been taken |
for their own protection, by the back |
way. and drove away IN 4 carriage. |
It is thought that Capt. Leonard |
later left for Cleveland aud Sheriff |
McLain for Cincinnati, though it is
probable that they may stop off at
some smaller points until the excite
ment abates Word comes from
Springfield that the ten privates
were driven there in . large hack,
md are still quartered in that city. |
They ell live in Urbana and the
Ehought OF firing on their friends,
together with their terror of tho
mob, has slmsst prsstrated all Of
hem.
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The New York World, An Eastern
Sso'd standard advocate, put the cit.
'aat'on in . nutshell: "The Rspub-
lhesns are in supreme control of tho
N.ational government. They have
shad ample opportunity to try their
shand, but prosperity has not come,
nor do We see any sign Of its eeminr
saud'ws cannot even see the shadow
~6f it under the far horizon Mean.
while ths silver sentiment 10 stesdilv
growing and strengthening and the
figure OF Bryan - the man Of 1900
looms larger and larger
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Administrators Notice.

Notice is hereby given. that letters a exe-
cotfix OF the estate Of 4. J. Park. deceased. .
we're granted to the undersigned on the and
GAY OF January. 1886, by tne probate court OF
Bates county Nissouri
All persons having claims against said e.
tate are required to exhibit them for Allow
ence 70 the executrix within one year after the
GATE OF said letter., or they may be precluded
rom any benent Of said estate; and II euch
claim be not exhibited within two years from
ever barred. This slss day OF May, 1887.
SARAH j. PARK.
so-$t ExecutT1x.
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CONSUL GENERAL LEES REPORT ON
THE RUIZ CASE.
Ms Death Was Due to Unjust and improper
Confinement

Confinement.
The Republic lays bsfore its read
ers the verbatim report of Consul
General Lee to Secretary OF State
Sherman, which will be delivered to
the State Department this morning.
General Lees finding in the famous
Ruiz case is, that the unhappy ply
sician's death was due to unjust and
unwarranted confne ment. incommu
nicado, for period of 3l5 hours, or
247 hours in excess of the period
prescribed by his treaty rights.
Whether he was murd cred or came
to his death by his own hand, in a
mad frenzy matters not, because, if
the latter condition be true, the
mental disorder was due to the en-
forced confinement. General Lee
finds that Ruiz was confined on false
charges, improper jurisdiction was
exercised, and that the man had no
opportunity to prove his innocence.
A sensational feature of the report
is contained ia the inscription found
on ths chair which Ruiz used. It is
. farewell note to his wife and chill.
dren, iu which he predicts that "they
will murder ms"
Commissioner Calhoun returned
to the United States yesterday. He
spoke cautiously of the Ruiz case,
aud said that he was impressed by
the Spanish disregard of the truth
and tho horrible condition of the
people of tho blighted island.
wEYLKR TO BE RECALLED.
Warrington, D G, June 7.-Wey.
Ter is to be recalled. This is tho
understanding between Canovas aud
the Queen. Dispatches from Madrid
do not indicate it. They represent
that SPANS Cuban policy is to go
on unchanged; that the war is to be
continued as at present. Neverthe-1
less, it can be stated that Weyler is
to be sacrificed. The removal of tho
Captain General will not take place
at once. The Spanish government
will wait for the excitement to die
out and then there will be a new
Captain General and less barbarous
That is what is concealed |
in the semi official announc ements
from the Spanish capital.
Wsyler has set the 1st of July a.
The date on which he will move with
Ere and sword upon the non COM
oatants OF Puerto Principe and San
Eiago. It is expected in Washington |
that the change Of commanders and !
Of tactics will take place before that |
horrible plan of campaign goes into |
effect. The adminislra will wait
70 SEQ what there is in this secret
utiuation of bette. intentions to.
ward Cuba
To Senator who asked about tho
policy OF this country to-day toward
Cuba the President responded:
''My sympathies are with the
Jubans. I am going to do what 1
an for them, but I am not going to
nvolve this country in war with
spain"
The Butler weekly times., 1897-06-10

The sugar schedule of the tariff
1Sill has been reached and a lively
"'asbate 10 anticipated. The republi-
~'can senators are not unit on sugar,
nssnd the paragraph will have hard
aussle Of passage if it be able to get
shrough in its present shape.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-06-10

The wheat crop of Oklahoma, will
Sse much larger than was at first ex-
,pe,ted. Experts who have been
~oser the territory now put the yield
xat 80 ,OOO,O
The Butler weekly times., 1897-06-10

The majority of 5,526, given Mr.
Lloyd. for congress in ths First Dis
tsct last week 10 the largest by sew
-sral hundred ever given q candidate.
The campaign WAS made on the
s1onsy question, and the victory
goes to show ths people have not
dost interest in silver.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-06-10

Bryan tells the Indiana democrats
sthers must be no backward step in
aseas state election on tho Chicago
epaatform. No compromises will bs
atolsrated and every true democrat
must stand by his gun.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-06-10

The immigration dispute between
Japan and Hawaii is assuming an
attitude which looks anything but
friendly relation between the two
countries, in as much as Japan has
ssant another war ship to Honolulu.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-06-10
>eFOR CONSTIPATION.s~

no remedy in the world is equal to DR..
PieIce's Pleasant Pellets, which act nat
urally and mildly, but never fail to effect
a complete and permanent cure There
is no substitute for these Pellets" no
matter what any druggist may say. They
regulate and invigorate the Stomach, Liver
and Bowels.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-06-10
Gladness Comes

With better understanding of the
W transient nature of the many phys
ical ills. which vanish before proper ef-
forts--gentle efforts-pleasante efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort In
the knowledge, that so many forms Of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to constipated condi-
tion OF the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs. prompt
ly removes That is why it Is the only
remedy with millions of families, and Is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it Is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without facilitating the
organs on which it acts It is therefore
all important, in order to get its bene-
hcial effects, to note when you pur-
chase, that you have the genuine arti-
Gle, which is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists
Ii in the enjoyment of good health.
and the system is regular, laxatsves or
other remedies are then not needed II
afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, but il in need of laxative,
one should have the best, and with the
wellinfoFmed everywhere, Syrup Of
Figs stands highest and is most largely
ueed a0dgives most general satisfactioo-
The Butler weekly times., 1897-06-10
Militia Remained Passive While
aM0b Successfully Stormed
the Jail.
Swung to u Tree IN the Courtyard in
View Of the Home of His Victim.
Citizen Soldiers Denounced for the Killing
Of Residents Of the Town-Mayor and
Sheriff Hastily Leave-Three Dead
and Ten Wounded as the PesuIt

VI NeSto NtitHe'
Urbana, Ohio, June 4 4-"Click''
Mitchell, the negro who assaulted
Mrs. T. NJ. Gaumer, was finally
lynched this morning at o'clock.
This was the second attempt of the
mob, which was repulsed at 2:3O
o'clock by the militis, with the loss
of two men dead and ten wounded
A few minutes previous to this
Company B of the Third Regiment,
O. n. G., Capt. Bradbury. command,
ing. arrived from Springfield with
60 guns and ammunition. The streets
were filed with bowling citizens,
who hooted the militia and threaten
ed to stone them When the troops
reached the Jail Mayor Carson Or
dered the soldiers to return home.
The company faced about and started
for the railway station, amid the
cheers of thousands of excited De ople.
ATTACKED THE JAIL.
No sooner had the soldiers backs
been turned than crowd OF several
thousand of the best citizens of Ur-
bana, unmasked, attacked the Jail
With sledge hammers they rained
blow after blow upon the locks. But
before the doors were burst open
the Sheriff delivered the keys to the
mob. A mad rush was made for
cell. The leaders of the
mob carried long rope which was
put about the negro's neck. The
victim was literally dragged from
his cell, receiving kicks in the face
and body as he was pulled along.
The Court House yard was the
objective point, and at the first tree
the end of the rope was tossed over
q limb. The negro soon swung in
midair. The rope was not made fast
to the limb, but was see sawed by
The mob, the victims body being
pulled up and suddenly lowered
alternately. At one of these jerks
facs struck q limb and |
was fattened As he went up great |
shout escaped the throats Of the
thousands of spectators of the grew.
some sight.
Many women we're in the Gro I'd or |
Just outside the Court House yard. |
Among the spectators was Mrs.
daumer's young son The guards
On duty in the Jail sscretel them
selves in a place Of safety while the
mob was deiug its awful work The
body OF Mitchell was allowed to
1ang for about an hour, when it was
tut down and placed in . rough
wooden box in the Court House
vard.
Mitchell Was about % years of
'ge, and had served as q porter at
me of the local hotels. Mrs. Gaumer
ived on a farm just outside the city
limits, and her farm supplied milk to
he hotel at which Mitchell was en-
,loyed.
Mitchell visited the Gaumer resi-.
|snce daily for the supply of milk.
nd In this way became conversant
i the fact that Mrs Gaumer was
lone most of the time after her
hlldren had gone to school each
aorning,
A few days ago on the occasion of
ne OF these visits, the negro assault.
a Mrs. Gaumer. The report was
1ven out that he bad attempted to
1ake her sign q check for $500 in
is favor. but the real motive, crimi.
al assault, was kept secret to pre-
snt mob violence. The truth be.
lue known, however, at Mitnhell's
reiiminary hearing before . msgis.
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President Mckinley will visit the
fair at Nashville Tennessee this week.

In the Kentucky state democratic
convention, held at Frankfort, June
I'D, every delegate was for silver, and
stas Chicago platfor was adopted let
Gasr for letter.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-06-10
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The Butler weekly times., 1897-06-10

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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-21
NendIand Myths.

The Maternity Is dangerous TO
Young women who wade into ponds
10 cut reeds for thatch; the sandman
mas his female counterpart; when q
boy mods il Is Hermann that has come;
when a girl gets sleepy over her spin
ming IL Is Dremotka- ReaperS who fail
IL rest for an hour at midday are IN
danger Of u ragged female demon called
PsheSpOlnZa. she comes with a sickle
bound To a pole and cuts of their
heads. She seems To have been sun
stroke perSonIiied, but Is now, like
Serpowniza, only a bugbear used 10
frighten children away from growing
crops. Here in the Spreewald exist
many Of the superstitions common To
Ireland and Scotland-the changelinC,
the whirlwind. wiIl-o-the-wisp. kobOld,
Ieprechawn. and good little people gen
orally. Here Is the crafty spirit OF the
lake and the demon that springs on
mems shoulders at night. Here espe-
cIally is the banshee; indeed. no less
a family than the Hohenzollerns have
a private and particular white lady who
appears in the unsentimenIal vicinage
Of the SchloSS in the heart of Berlin
and walls round the batllements when
a death * TO occur in the family. Con-
nection between the British islands and
the lands drained 10y the Elbe and Nis-
tula has been constantly renewed BY
migration and conquest In remote
periods the race seems TO have been
alike IN both countries.-C Charles de
kay, in Century.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-21
BOYS IN WALL STREET.
Their First Duti-s-What Ii EI Ipected
of Them.

\ Wall street hoy il expected to be
at the office at nine O'Clock in the morn
ing and remain there as long as his
services are needed, though he usually
gets away about four o'clock He has
an allowance of half an hour at noon
for luncheon, but the rest of the time
belongs to his employer. He is expect
ed To be neat in appearance, clean as
10 hands and face, well hammered,
truthful at all times, prompt in obedi-
Cnce and faithful in guarding the
crcts of his employers.
The duties first assigned to him are
to carry messages, deliver stocks at
Cther brokerage offices. and obtain
checks for them. After awhile he is
advanced to making comparisons of
sales of stocks and taking the checks
received from other brokers to be certi-
fled at the banks.
OF late years the stock exchange
clearing house has done away with so
much of the stock delivery by boys that
the number of them on the street is
not more than half what it used to
be. Formerly it was not uncommon
to see from 25 to 100 boys waiting ia
line at each of tine prominent hanks
=
bank employed private policeman Ia
keep the boys in line and in order.
y story is told Of ID new boy on the
street W no once went to make delivery
of stock. When the bookkeeper made
up the accounts at the close of the daN
hc found himself $4,000 short, and al
examination OF the books showed that
one OF the boys had failed to bring
back a check in return for some stock
he had delivered.
lie was perfectly innocent about the
matter, and said that he had handed the
papers in at the office where he was sent
to make the delivery, and as they gave
him nothing he supposed there was
nothing for him To get. His employer
treated him kindly, and told him To be
careful not to make the same mistake
again. He never did. That boy is now
at the head of one OF the largest broker
age houses on Broad stTeet.-Harper's
Round Table.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-21
AN AMERICAN ARCTIC CITY.
The singular Town Growing I'd in

\ correspondent sends from Circle
City, Alaska, an account of that singular
town, which has grown up out of the
rush of gold-miners to the Yukon river
and which derives its name from the
fact that il is within the Arctic circle.
Perhaps no town, inhabited by civilized
people. was ever built before in so re-
mote and inaccessible a place, even in
Siberia. Its nearest neighbor, as set
tlement, is 24O miles away; this is
Forty-Mile City, another American
mining settlement.
Circle City is 1000 miles from any
place of consequence. To transport
freight to or from the mines which
center at Circle City costs 40 cents a
pound.
However. at last accounts Circle City
was booming" Real estate was ridic-
ulously high. The buildings are sub
stantially constructed of logs. which
cost from four to six dollars apiece
Rough whipsawed lumber costs $50
a thousand The unskilled laborer re
Ceives ten dollars a day for his services,
ard any kind of skilled labor is paid two
dollars and a half an hour.
For long time every letter that any
Nircle CItY man received cost him one
dollar to bring up from the coast. Now
the government brings the letters. but
declines to bring newspapers, so that
Circle City, though in it every branch of
business is represented, never has Il
newspaper unless il is brought up by a
newcomer. All the summer the Circle
City people knew nothing about the
presidential sitIation-not even who
were the candidates.
However, business was good: the peo-
pie. without any lawful government
made a government of their own. and
lived peaceably and prosperously, eat
ing canned and desiccated vegetables.
with moose meat In abundance
Spokane Spokesman.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-21
HE FOOLED THE BARKER"
Supposed Customer Only Wanted to Light
HIS Pine.

-Overcoajs, hats. suits, boots and
shoes at half price-best IA town-iiJ
YOU or treat you-more goods for less
money hole stock must be. Step
right in, sir. Overcoat, sire Step right
in"
The barker in front Of a State street
clothing house was earning his money,
and h. knew IL. SAYS the Chicago Post
the customer ne had caught was tai
and thin and only tolerably well clad
\ new overcOat was especially needed
He looked along the line displayed,
took note of prices, and at last seemed
overpersSuaded by the barker and
turned in at the entering OF the door
The barker watched him, tossing aft
er him scraps OF guaranty and frag-
ments of recommendation. The shabby.
thin man had been worked off the
street" and was al last clearly within
the door. There he took a filed pipe
from his left-hand pocket, anna tch from
his right-hand pocket, and stand
ing where the recess and the dressed
dummies protected him from the wind,
lighted his pipe, buttonei his frayed
oVercoat and passed on
-Overcoats. hats. suits. boots-dad-
bing him, he fooled me-and shoes at
half price-best IN town. resumed tbs.
barker, and looked for fresh victims