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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-22
The Garment Makers. strike.

The garment makers strike in New
York has assumed great proportions, and
it is thought the climax has not yet been
reached. Twenty-Five thousand operatives
were on strike on Thursday, with the
prospect that the number would be swell
ed to 10000 in few days more. The ques-
ton at issue is one Of wages. 1t is said
the people have to work for starvation
prices. The wages received are thus sched-
uled: "Tailors, from 50 to IS a week;
chdrens jacket makers, about 81 a week;
trousers makers about 50 a week; knee
pants makers, about s. a week; vest max
ers, "a a week" These, indeed, appear to
be prices at which it would be well nigh
impossible TO live, especially in a city
Still. il is to be taken into consideration
that a great many Of these people are inn
migrants from countries where they do
not live as we live in America. The prob
abilities are that many of the operatives,
who are striking because they get no more
than s. a week never earned so much as
$ a month previous to their emigration
While that fact does not justify star
walton wages in America, it affords a clue
to the cause Of such wages. Would it
have been possible to secure operatives
at these prices if the doors Of the ports
had not been thrown open by the repub-
leans years ago. and kept open for years,
for the importing of immigrants of all
sorts and conditions? It was this rush of
immigration, the greater part of which
stopped al the ports of entry and entered
into competition with native workers,
which broke down prices and resulted in
the institution of the sweat shop and
starvation wages. All of the larger cities
of the north are afflicted with a great
surplus of cheap labor brought in
from abroad with the attendant results
that wages are low and work hard to find.
No harm has come to the country from
those immigrants who have gone into the
interior and cleared up farms, or other
wise aided in developing the resources of
the country. But the preponderating
class, which congregates and congests in
the great cities, has been and will con-
tinue to be source of trouble.
A peculiar feature of the New York
strike is found in these facts: The strike
is nominally against the contractors, but
the contractors say they are entirely will
ing to pay higher scale of wages if the
manufacturers will pay a correspondingly
larger sum for the goods. The manufac-
turers say competition in their business
is so close that it would be impossible for
them to pay more unless all OF the man
ufacturers should come together and agree
upon selling prices. This, however can
not be done, under the antitrust laws.
Such an agreement would be comb
nation in restraint of trade" and would
be declared unlawful.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-22

SATURDAY. MAY -, 1897.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-23
HOrsewhlpped A Minister.

Webster City, To-. Dsc, 19.-Sst.
urday night a dance was held in
Wright County. just over the line,
close to Walnut Grove Church.
This morning Rev. N. A. Forrest,
pastor of the church, took occasion
in his sermon to severely criticise
those present at the dance. Two
young wemen who were in the con.
gregation took his remarks per-
sonally, aAd going to their homes
provided themselves with riding
whips Upon returning they lo,ter-
ed in the neighborhood until church
services were over, when they as.
saulted the minister with the whips.
He receiyed several blows across the
face.
The young women who made the
assault are Lille Barssow and Mary
Cunningham, the daughters of we'll
to do farmers. The minister tonight
did not occupy his pulpit.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-23
Not Always Understood.

A tact often overlooked, or not always
understood, is that women suffer as much
from distressing kidney and bladder
troubles as men. The womb is situated
back of and close to the bladder, and for
that reason any distress, disease Or in
convenience manifested in the kidneys,
back, bladder or urinary passage is often
by mistake attributed to female weak
ness or womb trouble OF some sort.
The error is easily made and may be
as easily avoided by setting urine aside
for twenty -four hours; sediment Or
settling is evidence that your kidneys
and bladder need docloring- It you have
pain or dull achirg in the back, pass
water too frequently 0, scantT supply,
with smarting or burning-these are also
convincing proof of kidneY trouble. II
You have doctored without benefit, try
DR.. kiimer's Swamp-Root, the great
kidney reTne1Y. The mild and the ex
traoydinarY effect will surprise yon. Il
sta 7ds the highes. tor its wonderful
cures. II you take medicine You should
take the best. AT druggists fftY cents
and one dollar. You max have a sample
bottle and pamphlet sent tree by mail.
Mention the BUTLER WEEKLY TIKKs,
and send Your address to DR.. Kilmer s.
Co.. Binghampton, n. Y. The proprie-
tors of this paper guarantee the genuine
ness OF this offer.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-23
Deepwater Items.

Mrs Ida Kash was the guest of
Mr. Ofill last Saturday.
John Jackson was the guest OF
Willie Shelton Sunday.
Miss Temple Allison, who has
been visiting her uncle at Walker
Station, came home Saturday eve.
Uncle Chas Tyler is again in our
midst, having been at his sons, w
b Tyler's, near Butler, for the past
month. W b Tyler is one of Sum-
mit's prosperous farmers
The tax payers of township look
out for our tax collector. D II Kssh.
for be is liable to be at your door
any time.
Among those who visited Elm
Grove school last Friday eve were
Guy Freeman. Frank Zimmers, J NJ
and D d Kash.
W L Kash went to Butler on
business Wednesday.
Miss Mamie Maxey and . crowd
Of her students spent last Wednes.
day evening at the home of Arthur
Chambers practicing for an enter
tainment to be given soon.
Lulu and Gertie Shelton were the
guests of Efie and Temple Allison
last Sunday.
Mr. ConweIl and family spent Sun.
day with John Bassett and wife.
Rolin Jackson, who lives near
ElDorado Springs, came home to
spend Christmas with his father, W
L Jackson.
Mrs Bette Chambers and daugh.
ter, Minnie, went to Montrose on
business Monday.
Joe Kash was the guest Of Travie
Payne last Sunday night.
Rollo Kash sports new saddle.
S. w. Gilliland cut saw logs Mon
day. THAT looks bad, Sam.
The party at Vince Stubblefeld'a d
on last Monday night was said to be
q success.
Ed Chambers spent Saturday in
Johnstown.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-23
Over q Precipice on His Head

Neosho, Mo-, Dec 21--Yesterday
W. J. Catlip, who lives on the bluff
above the big spring in this city,
had an experience which he will not
soon forget. The bluff en which
Mr.. Catlin lives is seTenty-fva feet
over the valley.
The past three days this city has
been a glare of ice, and when he
started to the spring for water he
lost bis footing at his doorstep and
slid headfor ost to the bottom of
the hill, where he dropped over a
twelve foot fall to the walk below,
landing on his head While he was
not seriously hurt, he was badly
bruised and will be confined to his
home for some time. Mr.. Catiin
thinks the speed with which he sld
down the hill was equal to tha. OF 4
railway train.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-23
The Coming Woman

Who goes to the club while her hus-
band tends the baby, as vel. as the
good cld-fashioned woman who looks
after her home, will both at times
get run down in health. They will
be troubled with loss of appetite,
headache, sleeplessness, fainting or
dizzy spells. The most wonderful
remedy for these women is Electric
Bitters. Thousands of sufferers
from lame back and weak kidneys
rise up and call it blessed. It is the
medicine for women. Female com.
plants and nervous trouble of all
kinds are soon relieved by the use
of Electric Bitters. Delicate women
should keep this remedy on hand to
build up the system. Only Soc per
bottle. For sale by 81. l.. Tucke,
druggist.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-23

CaYe was called to ths absence of the
child, and an investigation was made
which led to tae arrest of Carr on
Monday, October 25, by Constable
John Thompson and Detective Boyle
OF Kansas City. The pris one- was
taken to Kansas City, where he
stated to the officers that he had
given the chlld to mover en- route
to Oklahoma, whom he had met on
the road near Randolph on the Sun
day hs left Liberty with her in his
arms. Ga the folio wing day, Tues
day, October 26, after bsing sweated
for several hours by Chief of Police
Hayes, Inspector Halpin and Assis-
tant Prosecuting Attorney Mastin of
Kansas City, Carr confessed that he
had carried his child to the bank OF
the Missouri river near Randolph,
tied stone to her breast, and
thrown her into the river. He
vouchsafed no explanation of his
action further than that his wife did
not like Belle When it was suggest
ed that she had urged him to make
away with the child, he protested
that be was innocent, and had no
knowledge OF his intentions.
Carr entered a formal plea of
guilty to the Indictment Of the grand
jury charging him with murder in
the first degree. Notwithstandin g
this plea, hs was tried befors Judge
Broadus at Liberty Nov i3- On
the following Tuesday he was SEN
fenced to hang to day.
Mrs Carr was indicte d by the grand
jury for manning and wounding her
stepchild. She was released On 9
bond of $4,000 for her appearance
for trial in February.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-23
Shot IN the Abdomen.

4 Monsrose youth of II, Frank
Seleman, was dangerously and prob
ably fatally injured Thursday while
hunting rabbits with companion
named John Brown, at the Ellis
Smith farm, 81 miles northeast of
Montrose.
The lads were on opposite sides
of hedge and young Brown shot at
q rabbit, when the ball glanced and
ranged upward passing into young
Seleman's abdomen and penetrating
the bladder.-Clmton Democrat.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-23

When one who is very high up in
the councils of the nation refers to
his party in Missouri as "the-
est outfit he ever saw" and Oh
another occasion remarks in the
presence Of prominent Missourians
even some of the Dade countyB
faithful-that bed ''be- ed
if there was an honest man in Mis-
sour, if he had not yet applied for
Office" and when le who 10 the
highest official in the councils Of the
state, denounces the favored csterie
as "Hannaized Iepers" the Missouri
republicans who are outside the
breastworks may not be expected to
feel particularly eheerful.-Dsds
County Democrat.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-23
OF BUTLER, MO.

1ISblutut.
treatment of DR. Sun his life was pro-
longed. His daughter and son watch
ed over him day and night all these
many years OF his affiiction without a
murmur. Wesley Park is the tenth
of the family to die; there is only one
of the family left, Washington Park,
living east of Virginia. His father
and one sister are buried in Virginia,
three brothers in Ohio, one brother
and his mother in Kansas, one broth
er and sister in Bates county, two
sisters in north Mo. Rev VIM Steph-
ems, of Bolton, preached his funeral
at the house. They were close
friends and had been for years. 1t
was his request to be buried beside
his brother Jefferson in the Park
graveyard, where his body was laid
the 18th, to await the call at the last
day.
PM Famuliner, who has been very
sick, thinks he will be out again in u
few days.
Mr. Jones, living two miles east Of
Virginia. completed large cistern
last week and will have his new cell
lar done this week. 1t is arched
over and looked like it would be q
good place to keep wine from freez-
ing.
RF Harper has just finished \
large cistern at his barn.
Geo Jenkins took his daughter,
Miss Lena to Amsterdam, Monday,
where she is working for Mrs Emer-
son.
Geo Thompson had his sled at the
shop Monday getting it shod.
Mike Maloney returned home Mon
day from a visit with his sisters at
Paris, Edgar county, Ill. He reports
a large crop of corn there, the
weather mild; he found snow when
he reached Warrensburg.
On the evening of Dec 10th, Mr. and
Mrs w A McElroy. in honor of their
son Franks marriage, gave q recep-
tion and dinner. On account of tho
inclemency of the weather q number
of those invited were absent. Those
present were Pleasant Hill and wife,
w NJ Hardinger and wife, Jno Hen
erickson and wife, Of DreXei, s g
Eggleson and wife, A p Hill and wife,
w N Hardinger and wife, r Seller.
and wife, G H Morrison and wife,
June Harper and mother, J H Nc
Elrey and family. Emet Burke and
lady, Mrs Flora Ayers. Misses Laura
Spaw, Belle and Bessie McElroy.
Harvey Steele, Lewis McElroy, w W
Morrison. Mr. and Mrs McElroy
understand how to entertain and
make their guests comfortable. The
table was loaded with every delicacy
that heart or mind could desire. AL
were loud in their praise of the hos
pitality of the host and hostess, and
could heartily wish for a similar oc'
currence at some future date.
A GUEST.
Almost every one is getting ready
for Christmas. The indications are
that there will be good entertain
ments at both the churches Friday
night.
Ben Vermillion returned home
from Fort Scott Saturday.
Alton Park has taken out fine lo1
of coal.
John Hussey brought in 4 load o
goods for our merchants Saturday.
| The jingle of sleigh bells was heart
in our city Thursday.
AARON.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-23
KANSAS CITY'S BIG FIRE.
The Auditorium, Containing a Theatsr
and Hotel, DESTROYED.

0uu AOtc1, DeslIOycu'
Kansas City, Mo, Dec. 21.-The
Auditorium, the largest and finest
play house west of Chicago, and the
Auditorium Hotel, one OF the most
fashionable family hosteiries in the
city, situated at Holmes and Ninth
streets. were gutted by fire that
started in the theater part shortly
after l o'clock this morning. The
los hotel guests escaped in safety,
although many were compelled to
leave the building in their night
clothes. The loss on the entire
property, which is owned by Alex
Fraser, q local business man, will
aggregate $450,OO0. The aggregate
insurance amounts to but $4,000.
Owing to a high insurance rate, a
great deal of the insurance had been
allowed to lapse.
In the theater the Woodward
stock company, which has been the
standing attraction since the re.
opening of the play house last Octo-
Der, managed to save the bulk of its
property
Luckily the structure stood alone.
and at no time was surrounding
property threatened. The 6remen
worked heroically, but within few
hours both theater and hotel had
been gutted, the bigger part of the
roof had fallen in and about one.
third OF the west wall OF the hotel
had collapsed.
| The Auditorium was built in 1886
by Col. w. Warder at q cost ol
$35O,OO0. It was named the Warde,
Grand Opera-bouse and was opened
by Booth and Barrett. After brie
/ but unsuccessful season Warde1
) traded the property to George W
Henry Of Chicago Henry reopenet
the theater, but it again failed t.
pay expenses. In 1896 the Nationa
Bank of Commerce purchased tn
property, and, installing John r
Slocum, a we'll known Eastern the
atrical manager, the house was rul
for a season in the most approved
, metropolitan style. After anothe
failure, the bank traded the propert
last October to Alex Fraser, and tn
latter leased the property to Paxtol
t 4 Burgess. Fraser expended S92
900 in improvements and repair o.
both hotel and theater. It has bee
very successful recently.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-23
Virginia Items.

KiAd friends IL you wish the Virginia news
another year,
Do for Aaron what he does for you, tell him all
the news you hear.
The TINES goes to friends in other states that
TO read what happens you and what other folks
do in 1897.
Doc Dutton of Fort Scott, Kan,
visited his father-in-law, Clark Ver-
million, last week.
Jacob Cowgilrs wife, who died in
Kansas City, was buried in the Nor
ris Graveyard Saturday.
The TIMES should have said last
week that Miss Hattie Stephens had
four Americans in her school and the
rest were Mexicans.
H B Francis and wife. of Mulberry,
called at Aaron's Saturday. They
were on their way to Butler.
Christmas tree at the Christian
church Friday night.
Arthur Westover has lot of coal
for sale at the bank at Pinchum.
Ed Corlett and two sisters returned
from Kansas City last Saturday,
where they spent two weeks visiting
relatives.
Nell Green will leave this week on
visit to his parents in Nebraska.
Wesley Park was born in Hamp-
shire county, Va, March 13, 1919;
died Dec. 12, 1897, at 2 p. III. at the
age OF 7S years and nine months. He
was married to Miss Highet, OF
Hampshire county, Va, who died
In 1853 leaving two children, Miss
Susan and Griff. Wesley Park never
ma, ried again, his daughter and
son never married, but lived with
him and took care of him down tc
the hour of his death. When about
% years Of age he joined the NJ Z
church. He moved to Bates county,
Mo, in 1859, bought farm northeast
Of John Woody's. The war sooI
broke out and he had to leave hii
farm and go to Kansas, and wa.
there till after the close of the war
During that time his property wa.
destroyed. His mother died in Kan
sas and was buried east of LaCygne
About ten years ago he sold his farm
and bought one southeast of Butler
where he lived several years. H,
sold this farm and rented of Mr. Wolf,
east of Passaic. FROM there h,
moved on what was known as tn.
Wilson farm, where he died. Wesley
Park had many friends in Bates Co
He was of a kind disposition anC
loved the company Of his acquaint
ances; he was kind-hearted anG
always ready to lend a helping hant
to those in need. For four years h
was confined to his home, not being
able to be outside his door yard fo
several years. He was not expected
to live from one month to the other
1t is believed by many that under tn,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-04-16
nedieval Rome.
(Editoral Correspondence. J

The history of medieval Rome is the
history of the rise and progress of the
Roman Catholic church. And whatever
our opinions may be upon the relation of
church and state and religion in politics,
we must give the popes great credit for
preserving throughout all Italy the ruins
| have briefly described in my last letter,
and for developing an army of painters
OF whom the world will never see their
equal. When the Coliseum was being
used Tor quarry it was pope who
stopped such devastation and succeeding
popes consecrated the spot and the build
ing has been unframed since. The chisel
and brush and architectural genius of
Michael Angelo was developed along re-
ligious lines and as result we have his
Moses in the church of St. Peters in
Chains, his iresco of the Last Judgment
IN the Sistine chapel in the Vatican and
his browning achievement, St. Peters
with its magnificent dome The paint.
ings of Raphael, Titan, Andrea del Sarto
and many Others were almost entirely
upon sacred subjects and painted for
churches in various parts OF Italy. The
popes encouraged these maste painters
and then preserved their works for all
time.
Rome is the city of churches and some
OF them date almost to the dawn OF the
Christian era. The church OF San
Clemente is interesting from an hstori-
cal standpoint because three churches
have been built on the same spot. and
the hrst church was pagan temple.
The latter is buried by water but the
RUNS Of the second church are plainly
! visible underneath the present edifce.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-04-16
Steps in a WarIike Direction.

1t is an open secret here that, by
the end Of the present week, at least
ten thousand Greek "irreeulars" will
be in Macedonia, Albania, and Epi-
rus, thus really making successful
steps in q warlike direction before
possibly shot is fired in ealearnest
between the regular forces of either
country.
Greece, it will thus be seen, is gain
ing advantages every hour and is
pushing forward her irregulars
under the pretence of badly main.
tanning the status-quo in obedience
to the representations OF the powers.
This plan OF campaign shows the
shrewdness at least OF Greek leaders
and progresses steadily while the
Turks are apparently helpless.
The Greek government has given
"strict orders to stop the departure
OF this force OF "irregulars," but, it is
semi-officially explained, the Greek
commander at Arta, Colonel Manos,
is unable to spare men to intercept
them" Nobody ever expected be
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-04-16
Superiority of American Railway
Methods.

A commission representing the
government of Germany has made a
special study of railway methods in
the United States. Its report now
made public is hattering, to say the
least, to our pride. But then we
are not easily pulled up, ard now
and then only overmuch inflated
with our importance. We already
knew what this report tells the Ger
man people, that the passenger
trains of this country are unequalled
in all Europe for speed, fares and
comfort and that in the matter OF
checking baggage, thereby relieving
passengers of all care and RESPONSE
bility in its transportation, Euro
peans are not in it. At the end OF
journey on all European railways,
travellers must claim their baggage.
The German commissions report
commends our methods of lighting
and heating railway cars, our
method of checking baggage, our free
time tables, bureaus of information,
facilities for taking out accident poll
cies at railway stations, and in the
amount or weight OF baggage
allowed to each ticket. The commits
sioners are quite certain that in the
comforts of travel afforded by our
passenger coaches, we lead Germany
and all the rest OF Europe, and, of
course, the world. In this opinion
they are heartily supported by the
Chinaman Ii Hung Chang and his
suite, who crossed our borders last
season, and by the testimony of
thousands of strangers who come
annually to our shores.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-04-16
Explorer Nansen's Wife.

OF DR.. Nansen's wife not much informa-
ton has found its way into print. She
seems to have very mperiectly devel-
oped taste for publicity, but what is
known of her is interesting and indicates
that she is an uncommon woman, both
in talent and character. 1t is recorded
by DR.. Nansen's biographies, Brogger
and Rolfsen, that his first meeting with
his future wife was in the woods about
Frogner Seator, where one day, observ-
ing the soles of two feet sticking up out
of the snow, he approached them with
natural curiosity in time to see the head
of Eva Sars emerge from snow bank.
DR.. Nansen was married in 1889, after
his return from his successful expedition
across Greenland. When he started in
the Fran in 1898 his wife, left at home
at Lysaker, near Christiania, with one
child, turned for occupation to the
development and use of her gifts as
singer and with notable success. King
Oscar of Sweden is one Of her admirers,
and especially likes her singing, which he
has often heard, and since she has been
in England the compliment has been
paid her of asking her to sing before the
queen. She is stanch hacker of her
adventurous husband, whose departure
on his perilous errand cost her anxieties
and misgivngs as to which she said little
at the time. Since her husbands return
she has sometimes spoken in converse
ton Of her fears, and has said that care
full comparison of DR.. Nansen's diary
with her record or remembrance of her
own sensations bears her out in the
belief that the times when she was the
most concerned about him were the sea-
sons of his greatest peril. That implies
telepatnic communication born Of
intense sympathy and solictude, the
possibility of which science seems no
longer disposed to deny. Mrs. Nansen's
father was Prof. Sars, a well known
zoologist. Zoology, it will be remem-
bered, is branch of scierce OF which
DR.. hansen has made a special study.