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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1897-08-05
COMMERCIAL WAR
May Result From the New Tanfs
Measure.

May Result From the New TanT
Measure.
Washington, d. C, Aug. Z-AI
the protests from foreign govern
ments against the duties in aAs
Dingley b Il received while that nses
was pending in Congress have srss
been made public.
There were more than twerky
letters On the subject, and ii tks vig-
orous protests are followed up HsF
retaliatory action the United Staaska
will soon be engaged in commercial
warfare with some of the most I0
porsant nations of the world, in slud
ing some of which are large coz
sumers of American farm product>
Great Britain, Germany, AustxsAt-
Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Turkey aDt
Japan are among the protestantss
The Japanese protest was ons Of
the most important and it plainly iH>
timated that dissatisfaction with tl,sr
Dingley bill had fAr more to do WAL
creating a feeling of resentnsn+s
against the United States thar, asssl
the proposed annexation OF HAwnl.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1897-08-05
oNGE A QUEEN, NOW a PAUPER
Jopiin's Mining Empress Doomed to
An Insane Asylum.

An Insane Asylum.
Joplin, No, July 81 Mrs. Nc
Allen. the Joplin mining queen, is
insane Her sad story of destitu-
tion and dependency, and her fall
from afiiuence to penury, reads like
: romance In 1889 Mrs. McAllen
Icama to Joplin and purchased a
100 acre tract of mining land near
Blendyille. two miles south OF Joplin.
and leased it to Frank. John and
Harvey Snyder, whom she bad
known at her home in Crawfordyille,
Ind. She was infatuated with Frank
Snyder, who, it is said, caused her
and her husband to part.
During the years of 1S90-91 50
she received but $4,000 in royalty
from her mines. but in 1893, when
| |ahs took possession and operated the
n.iuee Be srself, her income for fifteen
|mont53 Was over $1,000 week. She
ls4d Ia luxury and spent money
for fine horses, imported dogs,
ole She is said to have given
FrAnk Snyder large sums with which
10 1poculate in wheat Her money
bsean 10 disappear rapidly. She
|also silent large sums to assist rela-
tives. She mortgaSed her rich
mining lands, and fnally lost them.
|Snyf1ef then disappeared. It is re-
poeted mat he went East and mar
red She brooded over her losses
|aad his faithlessness until her mind
rave way She is to be sent to the
asyium at Nevada Monday Snyder
Is now cad to be living in luxury in
Charlottesville. but neither he nor
her relatives. for whom she did so
much during her reign of prosperity.
vii aid her in her distress, and the
Ter mining queen is now an object of
IcharitY. and win be sent to the ssy-
linn 81 the State. Mrs McAlien is
lyet i middle-aged woman, and is
lweIleonnected.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1897-08-05
Virginia Items.

ri,d friends If you wish the Virginia news
another year,
. 4 snr Aaron what he does for you, tell him all
The news you hear.
- rurs goes to friends in other states that
eet up till eleven,
10 1897.
DR. Christy, of Butler, was called
% zee Free McGuire Monday of last
week.
Ms R r Judy, Mrs J w McFadden
i and Miss Icy Jenkins attended the s
0convention at Adrian last week.
They stopped Tuesday night with
rs Judy near Merwin.
Dr Boulware was called to see w
D Orear Tuesday OF last week.
Rodric Harper was in Virginia one
DIR last week.
Gus Rape, wife and daughter, Miss
Vary, and Frank Smiths little girl
IL vent to Monegaw Springs Thursday
81 last week. Mrs Rape has been
under the doctors care for sometime.
she got thrown out of a wagon about
year ago. She went to try the
water in hopes it will help her.
Isaac Park and wife visited his un-
Gle, Wesley Park, northeast of Butler
Tuesday and Wednesday OF last week.
Geo Ruble and wife, Miss Rachel
and W w Park attended the s 8 con-
vention ut Adrian.
Perry Henderson, wife and chill
dren and Mrs John jackson went to
Eldorado the cath and returned
home the 3Oth. While there they
& visited the family of VIM Widdels s;
they gathered and canned 60 quarts
! 81 black berries. They report wagon
loads OF berries selling at 2 and cts
per gallon, and the person buying
Them gather them.
w j Park g. Stott Threshing Co.
were threshing Saturday almost in
the public square Of our city, for AL
ton Park.
BF Jenkins, the new postmaster,
d made his bond Friday.
Elliott Burke and family are visit
ing his brother John at Eldorado.
Lorenzo Bateman and wife Of AR
4 Kansas, are visiting their two sons
viii and Harper.
Mr. Roland OF near Pleasant Hill
Cass county, is visiting old neighbors
B F Orear of Mexico, Mo-, came
q Friday to spend a week with his
brother, w ID Orear, also Mrs Ber1
\ Orear of X. G. Mrs D j J Mitchell o
q Peoria, H., arrived at his bedside
v saturday night.
Y Uncle Billy Drysdale celebrated
his send birthday Tuesday Of las
week. Those present were Newtor
King aud wife, James Drysdale, wifi
h and two daughters of Butler, Mr.
jas Park and family, Mrs John Sher
lex and family, WIN Kennedy, wifi
d and daughter of Passaic; the!
brought with them two freezers full
Of ice creom. They had a good time
Mrs r L Judy is on the sick list.
Mike Orear says boy came to hi
Aouse last Thursday, as to how n
vii vote is not known.
An old lady living north of tn
srcek said last week that the wine
Alaw like drouthAnd the sun wa
oA but she never saw a drouth be
Ne with such heavy dews.
Mr Weiner's child is very sick.
Last Sabbath before preaching E
Af Blake, accompanied by q larg
amber Of members, went to w
)fsar's house. Mr. Orear desired t
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1897-08-05
Scores of Victims.

Little Rock. Ark.,Aug 2-Malaria
is prevalent all along the Mississippi
lowiands, as result of the floods
last spring When the water reced-
ed lakes of stagnant water were left
and malarial diseases are claiming
scores of victims. In the permanent
lakes fish are dying. Near Marion
Ark, thousands of dead fish are
floating on the surface OF the water.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1897-08-05

A $4,000 hotel is 10 be erected
at Lamar IN the near future. ". 4
McMullen will have charge Of the
new building.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-23
NEGROES FOR OFFICE.

savannah Ca, Dec. 22-About 400
coiored citizens of Savannah held a
meeting tonight TO take action with
regard to resolutions passed by the Cot
ton Exchange and Board of Trade la st
NI9nuaE. protesting against the APP
pointment of negroes to office hero Tho
meeting was a quiet one and orderly
Alter several interesting speeches re-
solutions were passed, saying that the
Cotton Exchange resolutions were un-
lust and unfair, unqualifedly indorsing
>. III. DcVereauX, colored, for Collector
OF the Port OF Savannah, stating that
the creditablc holding of office by
negroes was past the stage of experi-
ment, and declaring that Bryan's com
parat!vely small majority in Georgia
WAS due to the fact that the Republi-
cans voted Tor Mckinley, whereas, on
Inc state ticket, they had no Gubernn-
tor!al candidate and voted for tho
Democratic candidate,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-23
Navy Department..
"Richmond. Va. July IL, 1851

Flag officer +. Forrest:
You will proceed with all practical
bic dispatch to make the changes in
the Mcrrlmac and to build equip and
1T her In all respects, according TO the
designs and plans OF the constructor and
engineer. Messrs. lortCr and William
SON AS time is of the utmost import
anCc. in this matter you will see that
the work progresses without delay to
COM lct!on.
rs. II. MALLORY.
'Scc'y Confederate States Navy"
Mir. Porter delivered this letter TO
Commodore Forrest and the work was
commenced. Tho conversion of the YES
sci into an irUncIud consisted solely in
iittinS on the old burned hulk the
shield which Mr.. Porter had designed
I In littsburE in 1916 and, in preparing
the drawings and making the calcula-
toms FOL! this work, he had no assist
ancc from any one. nor is there any
evidence that IL ever occurred to any
one 10 convert the old hulk into an iron
clad until the casual remark Uf Chief
Engineer Williamson about her ma
cniucry suggested IL to Mr.. Porter
Wini!c the vessel was under coEstruc-
tion n the GoSpurt navy yard fhere
was only one officer on the station who
thought she would not turn over, and
that was Captain Fairfax, and when
Mr.. Porter reported to Captain S. S.
Lee, the executive officer of the yard,
that he was ready to turn the water
in the dry dock and float her, Captain
Lee asked seriously: mir. Porter, do
you really .hink she will tloat?" and
when the water was actually turned in
to the deck the officers who had been
assigned to her were standing on the
side of The dock waitn: "a see whether
she was going to float or sink before
going to their stations. / can testify
- this fact because | was there and
saw 1t. But after the ship proved To
be success. thCn claimants Immune.
rahlc sprung up for the credit of hay
ing designed her.
Miscd by an cqulvocal report of Sec
rotary Mallory to the Confederate Con-
Eress about q year after his original or
der ID heSia tho work, President Davis,
in his book, The Rise and Fail Of the
Conted2-acy," credited Lieutenant
brooke with being her protector, but
was convinced by evidence which was
submitted TO him subsequently, that he
had made = mistake. ana. in his second
book, ~ Short History of the Confcd-
erTtc States" nc made the correction.
\ number Of authors OF small com
pil2tiors Of history which have been
go, W. ~ ti4c sFpNln recently. nave
copied President Davis mistake with
Out having noticed his subsequent cor
reciion OF it.. When Secretary Mallory
ISSUED The order to commence the worl,
lie had no doubt rs Ia whose plans he
WIS approving and In 4 subsequent or.
der 20 Commodore Forrest, dated An.
gust 18Th. 1861, he proposed TO hold
Mcssrs Porter and Williamson person.
aiiJ' responsible for their success.
Very respectfully,
JOHN w: II. PORTER.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-23
ROBBING FIXES

There IS an act of the I,ar,s,,.urn
mar prohibits the setting OF fixes for
me purpose OF catching FISH above the
hayward. Notwithstanding this theya
are Il great many set In that locality.
ana some large rocks are caught One
gentlemen caught near thousand
pounds IN one eight. Lately some one
mas been rohhing them. One night
'hiS week some parties cleaned them
our ard offered the fish for sale at
different stores. 1t is one Of those
things that Will have 10 be submitted
TO- The owners OF the fixes canno,
make complaint because they IRE vio-
iaiing the law themselves ana are as
much amcniable to the law as those
VINO steal their fish so n lively time
may be looked for between the parties.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-23
Communicated

Great heaven! what streets! was the
ejaculation Of many Yesterday. who
not only travelled by teams. but on
foot. Was the like Of It ever seen he
iove? and what redress have we? An
Swer none. Economy IS the watchword
"hlie those who pay The taxes suffer.
because no money can he found to put
them IN better condition. Sill $500 can
ne appropriated for IL road leading to
The county. and So for another leading
10 the Hospital Park. and still there Is
no money nJr the city.
Unless something is done people Will
not be able to drive through them.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-23
BAsK ETS DIsTRIBrrrED

The u. u. o. E!ks. one Of the most
charitable ordars in existence, on yes
terday distributed their annual 100
BASKETS 10 the poor of this city. The
baskets contained -four, meal, lard,
shoulders. coffee, sugar, yeast powder.
tea. cakes, candies, nuts ana apnies.
and no small quantity Of either. The
neaft OF macy poor woman ana their
niue ones were made glad ut the sight
OF these things. The members of thia
benevolent order had more than one
prayer sent 20 the throne OF mercy for
them last night by those whom they
so Kindly relieved.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-23
y LITTLE NEGRO THIEF MAKES 4
RAID

eatercay morning Il small negro boy
went to the home of n lady on County
street extended, name suppressed by
request, and asked for something to
eat The lady said she would give him
so'ncfhin% If he would cut her some
Woo1' This he readily agreed 10 do.
Shejsent him in The yard and put him
20 WORK. which he did cheerrully At
yer he had cut as much as The lady
thought would ray FOR the meal she
called him in the kitchen ana gave
nan MS breakfast The lady thought
iesslN laid her pockcthook down and
wen. III the house, but before she re-
turned 10Th bog and book were gone.
'ir did MT fGi! to take his breakfast
either The lady's grief was loud. MS
sAH was gcinG To buy Christmas pres
emis with the money later in the day.
fherc Is no Gnubt but .hat he Is the
same person vino stole Mrs. Nichols
jewsiry. etc., on Tuesday. 4 boy came
20 her house and did idantically the
Sane thing. Whoever he is he is a
utt'c sharper, hut he VIII sooner or later
be caught
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-23
BY Townsend e Joynes, Auctloneers. 2o7
Main street.

{ COMMISSIONERS SALEM P1JR-
SuanSe Of authority given US, the
nt no Tasreal special commissioners. by
Chancery OF the city of Norfolk. one " en- N.
Tered on the 18th day Of May. 1897, in the
SIT or John Mahoney VS.. S. j.. Taylor ct
us, anu me other entered on the Sth day
of December, 1897, in the suit OF II, Vanca
Us. >. Marx, trustee, ct ais, which suits
sac s.. ne public auction, ut the Real Estate
Exchange. No. 23G Main street in the civ
OF Norfolk. Va, THURSDAY. the 9Th day
% January. ISIS, at l. o'clock m. the fol-
q THAT CERTAIN LOT or LAND,
with VII u dwelling house thereon, situated
from $: j; Taylor to S. Marx, trustee,
made raads,t the Sth day OF DECEMBER, 1893, and
feet on Rielcy street, and extending baci,
(2l THAT CERTAIN VACANT LOT or,
LAND situated on Mariner street. in the
CITY city, Of Norfolk, va; and described N the
trustee as No Ito Mariner street frnn I.
ing thirty-fivc feet, more or less, on Mar
iner street, and extending back sixty feet.
60 THAT CERTAIN VACANT LOT OF
LAND situated in the city of Norfolk,
va, and described in the said deed from
vacant lot Immediately In the rear and
adjoining the SAID lot No. 40 Mariner
street. extending northwardly and south,
w,nrdly sixty-four and n half feet, more or
less, and castwnrdIy and wcstwardly sew
onty feet, more or less.
% Onc-third of the fee simple estate
in the following TRACTS OT LAMB sit.
mated in Rcrtic county, North Carolina:
lst. certain tract or parcel containing
ing the same land heretofore conveyed 10
Nathan Hyman by deed OF Ebcnczcr
I,riee' Of record In said county In Book
parcel of land known as tho Jenkins
place, containing twenty acres more or
less, and being the same land conveyed to
Price and wife, of record in said county
In Book Q. O.. folio 1SG. 3rd A certain
tract or parcel of land known as Long
branch, containing one hundred and sew
enty acres more or less. and being the
same conveyed to Nathan Lyman by deed
1 y IN Ro5 5Shns0a Of fo, Tec8rd IN said conn
tract or parcel of land, upon which Alex.
LYMAN now resides Cor recently resded),
Lyman. by deed of Ebcnozer Price, re-
corded in said county In Book @. G., folio
Isl.
All of the above references are accord
Ing TO tho deeds from ]. Is. Martin, trus-
county, n G., in Book Is. rs. g and %. "
4 CERTAIN TRACT OR I.OT or LAND
situated In Martin county, N. c., lying on
the Roanoke river, In the town OF James
vile, and designated on the map or plat
of said town as lot No. !, with all the i'm
provemcnts thereon, saving and eXcepi-
ing n portion of said lot which has bcrn
conveyed by deed to II. III. Morrison md
containing about one-third of an acre,
more or less
TERMS-As to the first and second
pieces. onc-half cash and the balance i'm
ono year. secured on the property at OK
penac of the purchaser As TO ali of the
other pieces, cash.
r. II. BORLAND.
G.. NJ. DIBLARD
Special Commissioners
TOWNSEND &c JOYNES,
Auctioneers.
hereby certify that the bond rcouircd
by the above decree has been given nc
cordinE to law L. ROYSTER, Clerk.
"a, hy III. l.. DuPUY. Deputy Clerk.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-23
PURSUANT TO A DEED OF TRJJST
made by Charles D. Oldfleld md Ir AZ

PURSUANT TO A DEED OF TRUST
made by Charles B. Olafeld and +. M,
Oldileld, his wife, to mo, as trustee, dated
the 10th day OF December, 1896 and record
ed In ID. Il. 1877, p. 95, Clerks office County
Court, Norfolk county, Va, shall sell at
public auction to tho highest bidder at the
lteal Estate Exchange, Main street. Nor
folk, Va, THURSDAY. the 23d day of
December. 1897. at IL o'clock M, tho fol-
TWO TRACTS OR LOTS OF LAND,
situated in Tanners Creek District. Nor.
folk county, near the city of Norfolk, Va.
between the Princess Anne and Broad
Creek Turnpikes. Being the same land
where the said c. B. Oldfeld Is now car
ryinS on the brick manufacturing bust
ness. Also all machinery, boilers, en-
Eine5, shafting, betting, pulleys, and brick
machinery. and all other personal proper
ty OF every nature. kind and description
on said land, including bricks now manl-
tactured or In course of manufacture.
Also Also lot of land situated at Lamhert's
as lot No. thirty-nine, in block ono hun
dred and seventy-eight, on 35th street, ac-
eording to the plat Of the Lambert's
Point Investment Company. Size of lot
twenty-five by one hundred and twenty
five feet.
The real property first above mentioned
ana the personal property will be sold
subject to prior deed Of trust to w. J.
Baxter, Jr., trustee, dated January ID,
lSa6. under which there is now due
TOWNSEND & JoYNEs. Auciloneers.
del2-tds
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-23
INVASION A FAILURE

Fomeroy, Ohio Dec. 22-The eSpect-
ed invasion OF Ohio miners into West
virginia to-day to stop the non-unt0n
miners from working al New Haven.
was q failure. The hundred who did
set there were served with injunctions
by United STATES deputy marshals re-
straininS them from going on to the
premises of the Consumers and Goal
Mining company. Fifty non-union men
worked In the mines to-day undlsturb
ed.
The sheriff and his deputies left the
scene tonight. Two United States Off
GERS are still there, but no trouble IS
anticina ted.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-23
AUCTION sALES-rurUnE DAY.
AbShNpN SAhES-FU'FUNE DAY.
c. II. Terrell G. Co, Real Estate Auc-
tloncers
RUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE
SUBURBAN PROPERTY,

BY virtue, of certain deed of trust to
us as trustees from c. c. Walton and
WIG, dated October 9th, 1896, duly record
ca IN the Clerks office of the County
Court OF the county of Norfolk CA H.
October 10Th. 1896. in D. b. 202, p. SIP, and
secured, default having been made, we,
the undersigned trustees, will sell at pub
lie auction. at the Norfolk Real Estate
ana stock Exchange, Norfolk, Va.
ON WEDNESDAY,, JANUARY, 5th, 1898,
at 12 o'clock m, the following properly,
located In the county of Norfolk, near the
city of Norfolk. In the suburb known ms
Georsetown,' lying on the west side of
Co0ke avenue and comprising lots Nos.
u" 80 and 20" in block &C." as the
same are laid down on tho plat of proper
may book 8, p Is, in said Clerks office,
said Cooke street being extended through
northwnrdly from Highland Terra &C. -
In the city of Norfolk. The lot Is n TRAN
gular one, fronting 1870 feet inches on
sald Cooke avenue, and the dwelling
thereon is a large frame house with hall
IN centre. and contains S large rooms,
with good cistern: The lot contains tho
necessary outbuildings, including stable,
ana tho property Is we'll adapted TO Tho
purposes of small dairy.
TERMS-One-third cash; balance I'm
TWO equal installmcnts, payable six and
twelve months. respectively, from date of
sale, the same to be evidenced by two NO
gotiable notes, bearing interest from their
date and secured by q deed of trust upon
the said property, or the whole purcIa SO
money may, be paid in cash, at the ontion
OF the purchaser.
GEORGE w. GILBERT.
NJ GLENNAN.
WILLIS w. VICAR,
uc2S-lUt rHrIIsinne
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-23

of fine explanations given of the disas-
ter which befell the Thrasher torpedo
boat was that 1t had unluckily COM
mcnccd its cruise on the penultimate
day OF the week. Soldiers, though not
quite so superstitious as sailors, are by
no means free from similar prejudices.
and gamblers, who live the life of the
nerves believe in luck With obstinate
tcnacity. The theatrical profession,
again, has its fixed beliefs. No stage
manager in his senses would make his
company repeat the final tag of n play
until the actual performance, and the
presence of Il black cat Is supposed to
insure success. Before many Of the
most prosperous pieces produced at THE
little house in Tottenham street it was
noticed, as Lady Bancroft tells us in
her interesting memoirs, that cat OF
kitten of sable hue used invariably ito
make Its appearance on the stage. What
is the good of opposing the cold deduc-
lions of reason to charming fallacies
OF this description? They form a part
OF the romance and poetry of life, and it
would be n duh world which had no
primitive unreasoncd instincts and i'm
aginative theories to save us all from
being submerged under the sombre tide
of logical syllogisms and rule-of-three
sums.
Besides one could only combat the
superstition about thirteepE byCaht ex-
haustivc inquiry into the doctrine OF
chances. and the higher mathematics,
however necessary for the astronomer,
do not form an agreeable mental eXer-
else for the majority OF mankind. Who
cares for the statistics which prove that
the New York Thirteen Club has had no
very extensive mortality among It's
members? Each OF us knows instances
i'll private experience where some strik-
ingly deadly result followed the pres
encc of thirteen guests at table In be-
iieis of this kind no one is so wanting
IN humor as to try to collect negative
Observation-Disclosures where through
some accident n fourteenth conrive
tailed TO appear, and yet nothing very
remarkable happened. The ancient
story about sipwrecked mariners applies
10 this. as 1t does to many similar cases
or the kind. When the old world sailor
escaped death by drowning II was lbs
habit 10 hang up a votive tablet In the
temples 'of the god or goddess TO whom
he had made his VOWS and through
whose benevolence death had been
lVerted. il was only q dull-pated and
Mighty reprehensible slieptic who ven
nured to ask for instances in which.
despite all kinds of promises to the
olynIpian deities, the poor seafaring
man had persisted all the same.