davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-30
LAMAR GREATLY EXCITED.
Evidences Of Double Murder Near That
Place.

Evidences Of Double Murder Near That
Place.
Lamar, Mo. Sept. 22.-The body
Of a man badly decomposed was
found today on the farm OF J. ".
Robinson, farmer, three miles
southeast of here Dogs and buz
yards had eaten part cf the flesh
from the bones, and the arms and
legs had been pulled from the body
and lay scattered around There
were four wounds on the back of
the head, and two bullet holes in
the back and ond in the shoulder
The people in the neiehborhood
say they heard four pistol shots
fired about four o'clock Monday
aud heard man cry Out: 20,
give up" From papers found on
his person, he is thought to ba a
partner OF the man who was mur
dered near this city the same night,
but his name is unknown. Indica-
tions are that b tn crimes were com
mi,ted by the same persons.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-30
\ t-,y Busy ~ i -n.aa

Topeks. hau., Sept 25. = The
Ry. Geo'g- H. Wilkins. besides
being 8 preacher, IS member OF
the police fcrce. As an example Of
his easerpr'se. 1t IS onIx nece .sarg TO
mention that while on duty as u po-
licamau last night. ne stopped d os
fight and arrested four OF the p,in-
eipals, and performed a marriage
Ceremony, united an eloping couple
and then arrested the proprietor and
several inmates of dive, and all
within an hour.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-30
Deadly Avalanche on ChiIcoot Pass.

Port Towndsend, Wash Sept. "a.
The tug Pioneer, which left Puget
Sousd on Sept. II with the bark
Shirley in tow, for Skagua, returned
at l O'Clock this morning, having
made the iuu down in SO hours
The Pioneer brings report of
landslide which occurred near Sheep
Camp On the ChiIcoot Pass last Sun
day morning 10 which eighteen men
are said to have lest their lives. Only
one body is eaid to have been recov
cred, that Of man named Choynski
a cousin of Joe Choynski, the prize
fighter. The men supposed to have
been lost were packers on the Dyea
trail.
The Ulcers of the Pioneer say
that the story was brought TO
Skagua Sunday evening by three
men who told it il such way "a to
have no doubt as To its sruthfulness
they described the avalanche as cou-
sisting Of rocks. ice and dirt which
had bean loossr ed by the recent un-
precedented hard rsin which be 5
been fsl ing continuously fer the
past month. All the bridges oa the
Skag ua river have been washed cut
AID the river is 4 rag gng torrent
", " Spragua OF Tacoma, who
started eight weeks ago with three
weeks outfit, returned from Ska2ua
on the schooner The steamer Ak,
week overdue from Alaska, arrived
this morning at / O'Clock Sae car
ried a large list of men returning
from Skagu., who were unable to
cross the pass
The snow is SIX ihctes deep at
Lake Beauett and iaree inches fell
OF the summit Of the Chiicoot pass
l. IS, Saturday.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-30
/. q. O f. Orphans Home.

Hutchinson, Kan, Sept. 2G.-The
Old Fellows OF Hutchinson are
working toward the location Of an
Orphans home to be established
during the coming year By the
Grand Lodge Of Karsas, Since the
order withdrew from the DsBosler
h ,me at Ottawa, the question of
establishing new home has been
thoroughly considered
The Grand Lodge will meet at
Topeka on October 13, at which
time the location OF the home will
be decided. There will be SIX com.
peting towns: Abilene, Ellsworth.
Sa!ina, Mcpherson. Wichita and
Hutchinson.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-30
Kerens interviews Gary.

Washington, d. c., Sept. 27.-Na,
tional Committeeman Kerens asked
Postmaster General Gary to-day il
it was true, as told in the Times,
that the postmastea general had said
to Morse. of Excelsior Springs, and
Miller, of Princeton, that h. (kerens)
had been recommending persons for
postoffces in NJ ssouri whose per
sonal characters were bad and
against whom charges OF embezzle.
ment had been made.
General Gary did not deny the
C rrectness Of the statement. bus ex.
cused it on the ground that he did
not know what he said was to be
published. Colonel Kerens insisted
that he produce papers showing bis
endorsements for places and point
out the Objectionable onss. General
Gary did make an examination, but
failed to substantiate his charges.
he apologizes finally, but Colonel
kerens is still angry aud will take
the matter to the president imme..
diatelv upon his return. He is alss
after Bristow, the fourth assistant,
and the ou t ome is not altogether
rosy for the Kansas man. Colonel
Kerens has outwitted both Gary aud
Brlstow, i'll that be has an arrange
ment a. the White House whereby
no presidential postoffice IN Mis-
souri is to be filed ueless the man
to when the com miseion goes has
b $ Endorsement.
Major S E Brock Of Macon, has
returned to renew the fight for chief
OF the bureau OF statitics.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-30
StGck Sa.p-

will sell al public sale on the
Rafter farm, one mile southeast OF
Butler on
SATURDAY. OCTOBER 10th, 1897.
the following stock; 10 head of
steers, yearlings and two vear-olds.
100 head of pigs and shoats.
Terms:-Nine months time will be
given on notes with approved seeur-
ity, TO bear per cent interest from
date. Sale to begin at 10 o'clock a.
IN. sharp.
JOE T. SMITH.
Frank LaFollett, Auctioneer.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-30

s. 81 st Louis and return: tickets
on sale Oct ), and :, good returning
Oct o.
si4-55 Dallas, Texas and return: on
sale Oct IA, ID and I6, good returning
10 Noy End. account State Fair.
Fall Festivities Kansas City Oct 5,
6, =; tickets will be on sale Oh above
dates ar rate Of - for round trip,
good returning to Octs.
- Is Kansas CITY, 30, and return,
tickets will be On sale every Sunday
until further notice, same being linz
tied for return to date OF sale.
+. G NANDFRyooRT. Agent.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-30

The Best Sslve III ;ha world for
cuts, bruises, sores, u.ctrs. salt
rbeum, fever soreE- tetter, chapped
bands, chiib!ains, corns. and all ekin
eruptlons, and positively cures piles
or NJ pay required. 1t is guaran-
teed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cente
per box For sale bv H. L Tucker.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-30
II War Must Come.

Washington, d. G, Sept. 25-
The frequent illusions to the fight
ing strength of the United States
by foreign newspapers aud officials
IN the event this country should
become involved in war with Spain,
aud the absolute confidence on the
part of some of the military men of
Europe that Uncle Sam would suffer
heavily at first, is getting to be a
subject of general Interest among
the higher government people here.
If there is war, the heavy fight
ing, for time, at least, will be on
the water. and it is the opinion Of
many naval experts that the torpedo
boats will play u mole important
part in the earlier engag emen,s than
the big belchipg battleships.
The torpedo boats Uncle Sam
now owns, and others which are
nearing completion, viii compare
tavorably with those of almost any
nation of the earth, aud they are
certainly superior to any that Spain
now has in service.
Watertown, Mass, Sept. 25,-
Orders for more work are pouring
IN on the Watertown arsenal shops,
and the small amy of workmen
which Uuc.e Sam EMPLOYS in the
construction of his big gun car
riages have more work than they
can do.
Two large carriages Of the Butlins
ton Crozier type are now com plete
IN the setting up shop and a third
will be flushed within week. The Sc
are intended for the fortidcaticns a,
Fort Caswell, n c.
The officials hele say that the
work of fortidcaiione on both coasts
OF the United States is In more ad
yaneed state than people have any
idea Of
| Should auy for4ign fleet make q
! demonstration against this ooun,l '
they declare they would sc. 3 mos,
unpleasant welcome.
J. +. Lltimer, OF Nevada, No
one of the largest dry goods houses
OF that city. made an assignment
Saturday TO David Davis. OF ST.
Louis, for preferred creditors. The
liabilities aggregate over 100000;
assets are rot known. The failure
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-08-26

20 to 80 points lower on -four. The Liver
pool decline for the day was3 f-2@4 lad
on futures, with spot wheat quoted firm ut
I'D advance. Today's break shook ont
a great many of the weaker holders with.
out disturbing the big lines, many of which
remain for higher prices.
In the early afternoon selling was sharp
ly arrested by talk of heavy export pur-
chases induced by the fall in prices. The
news was followed by quick rise of a
cent bushel. after which values again
yielded to the pressure of long wheat,
which continued more or less frequently all
the afternoon. Spring wheat reports were
offset by reported enlarged offerings of
new wheat in the southwest. The market
| closed unsettled Mt 1896 1-Sc net de-
cline. Sales for the day reached nearly
100000 bushels, giving some idea of
the enormous dumping of long wheat. Some
of the afternoon reports made export pur-
chases of upwards of fifty loads at New
York and outports, but this could not be
confirmed. The range on September wheat
3-4c. December sold from SO LIE to 81 .O1
3-S, and closed at 50 3-4. No. northern,
New York, was nominally worth $1,0j
"a and No. . December, S1.02 81.
| Wheat-Receipts, 363,675 bushels; oX-
ports, 22S,110 bushels; spot weak; No.
red. $1.02 1-4@1.02 81; options opened
weak and sustained sensational decline
later, closing 5 3-4G6 1-Sc lower; No. 9
| red. August, closed at 80 3-4c; September
| 81 3-4c.
Hides-Firm; Galveston, 15@l6c
Buenos Ayres, 19c; Texas, II 1-2@l3c.
Leather-Firm.
Wool-Strong.
| Beef-Firm
Cottonseed Oil-Quiet; prime yellow, 2t
M26 1-2c.
Pig Iron-Dull; southern S9.750l1.00
northern, S10.50@12.0O.
Copper-Steady; brokers, S11.25; eX
change, S11.15M11.25. .L
Lead-Strong; brokers, $3.50; exchange
1897 1-264.0O.
Tin--Quiet; straights, $1375M13.S0.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-08-26
The Wool Market.

Boston, Aug. 24.-The wool market
shows an excellent demand with the
tone of values hardening and sales in
creasing. The demand is principally
from manufacturers, and dealers are
finding no obstacle to dispose of their
stock. Territory woods continue to
maintain firm tone and large lines are
being sold on the secured basis of 406i
i9c for fine medium and fine. while
choice staple sells for 45c, and many
dealers still ask above that price. The
fleece wool trade is light. but prices are
holding firm.
Australian woods continue in good de-
mand with prices hardening Texas
woods, spring medium, II months. 14M
15c: spring medium. secured, 3TM3Sc
spring medium. fine. II months, 12I14c
spring fine, secured, 42c.
Territory-Montana fine medium ant
fine 13015c; Montana fine medium anC
fine, secured, 41642c; staple, 43c. Utah
Wyoming, ETC., fine medium and fine. /.
M14c; Utah, Wyoming. etc, fine medium
and fine secured, 40M42c. Utah ant
Wyoming fine medium and fine staple
43645c. .s ....
Australian, secured basis-Combing
superfine, 55n57c; good combing, 52M
54c; combing average, 4Sa50c; Queens
land combing, 50G53c.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-08-26
CAUGHT in TIE ACT.
Two Ladies Discover Row They Had
Made Themselves Disagreeabie.

.
Two Ladies Discover Row They Had
Made themselves Dfsagreeabie.
| Two ladies were standing on the
doorstep of house in Georgetown.
where but a moment before they had
rung the bell, and were waiting to be
admitted. >. One was talking along very
intently, when the taller woman in
terrupted her.
BE careful" she said, somebody
may hear you."
"I'm very particular" responded the
other. 81 looked all around before
said anything and there was nobody
in sight"
That's what thought once, too, and
l made o serious mistake. / was call
ing once, just as we now are, and was
with a woman who could and did say
the meanest things about people ever
heard talk. I'm not given to that kind
of thing usually, but l do love bit OF
gossip, and sometimes am led into
saying things I shouldn't. On this oc-
casion the lady we were to call on was
not favorite of mine, and when the
other woman said something sarcastic
chimed right in and said l thought
she was the silliest and most extrav-
agant and homeliest and dowdiest and
stupidest woman of my entire acquain-
tance, and that l only called from
sense of duty anyhow And a few other
things, like that, said.
well, we were let in after long
wait and the reception we got was the
chilliest 1 ever met with. couldn't
understand it, for we were really on
very good terms, as those things go,
and we got out as soon as we could.
That night I told my husband about it
when he came home, and he wondered
at it, too. Next evening he came in
smiling, and told me that the next
time l had anything to say about my
neighbors on their own doorsteps l.
had better first see IL there were any
speaking tubes to tell on me. That
explained it all in second. A doc.
tor used to live in that same house
and he had speaking tube at the
door, as physicians do. The lady wn-
were calling on had never changed it,
and, as 1 found out afterward, tho
mean thing. she used to sit close to
the other end Of that tube and listen
to what people might be saying at the
door.
"She didn't make much by listening
to me, and she didn't dare to tell me
', that she knew what thought Of her.
and didn't care il she did know, only
! since that time have been more care
, full. There's a tube up there, see?''
and the tall lady pointed to an innocent
: looking mouthpiece pouting out Of the
door frame. However, there was no
: response to their ring, and as they met
J the lady coming in just as they started
away they felt perfectly safe, and had
: a nice call.--Washington Call.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-08-26

session. The opening prices were the
best of the session, except for August,
and were followed by q decline of 10
@20 points on the positions, with the
market finally steady at net loss of
2d4 points, except for August, which
showed a net advance of Is points. 1t
appears that there is pretty close cor
ner in August contracts with few
prominent parties for the present in a
position to dictate terms to the shorts.
Spot cotton closed quiet; middling up
lands, Sc; middling gulf, s 1-4c; sales,
SAB bales. AfV r7tr0',
Futures-Steady; sales, 100000 bales
Closing prices: January. 7.0Sc; Feb.
ruary, Tile; March, 715c; April. 7.1Sc;
May. 7.21c; August, S.13c: September
7,31c; October, 715c; November, 7.04c
December, 7.04c.
Cotton-Quiet; middling. Sc: net re,
ceipts, none: gross, 1926 bales: exports
to Great Britain. 45S bales: continent
100 bales; forwarded, 1912 bales: sales
ti43 bales; spinners, 43 bales; stock, II ;.
ia bales.
Total today: Net receipts. 3SiS bales
exports TO Great Britain. 1909 bales
continent, 100 bales; stock, S3.747 bales
Consolidated: Net receipts. 15.66S
bales; exports to Great Britain. 2944
bales; France, 800 bales continent, 80:
bales.
Total since September L. Net TO
ceipts, 6,661,0I9 bales; exports to Great
Britain, 2,010,3S9 bales France. 101. II!
bales: continent, 2,149,S41 bales. chan
mel, 54S1 bales.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-08-26

and Duluth received 234 cars against
654 cars a year ago. The Atlantic, port
clearances were equal in wheat and
-four to $4,000 bushels. ;... o., ,,eitl.
). Before the close September had sold
as low as Ole and December to 50 SAC.
q Closing prices We're: September
The beginning of the end in the corn
deal was apparently we'll on it's way to-
day. Unloading was started at the
opening. Every one who had long corn
appeared anxious to sell, and it was
currently reported that the bull crowd
threw over almost their entire hold
ings. September opened at from 30 lie
to SOC, decline of from 1-2 to 1c per
the bottom for the day 1t stood at
% lac. The closing trades were at
% 5-Sc. Receipts. 1897 cars.
Business in oats were extremely heavy
and prices at that time showed a l 1-Sc
decline. Selling was liberal and especial.
ly by the long holders. Elevator people
sold heavily. Receipts, 715 cars.
Considering the weakness of the grain
markets. provisions might be called firm
Prices showed small opening decline
due to lower yard quotations. AT the
close September pork was II lie low.
er, September lard Z LIE lower and Sep
TENDER ribs unchanged.
Estimated receipts tomorrow: Wheat
210 cars; corn, 1850 ears; oats, 80 cars
hogs, $4,000 head.
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour, easier. Prices nominally lower
No. spring wheat, 91%@92Ac; No. ;
spring wheat, S5@92c; No. ? red, 91&@
92&c.
No. 2 corn, 2S1a@2s3sc; No. . yellow
2S1I@2S5sc. -.
No. 2 oats, 1Sss@1S1a; No. . white. 2.
@23c; No. 3 white, f. o. b., 1911a9211Ac.
No. 2 rye, SOC.
No. barley, nominal; No, 3, 3Od45c
No. 4, 27@31c.
No. 1 flaxseed. $10Sd1. 90.
Prime timothy seed. $3.50. ..-.,,.
Mess pork, per barrel, SS.40tdS.45
Lard, per 100 pounds, $4571b.
Short ribs sides Qoose), $515@5. 40
Dry sailed shoulders (boxedl. 5M5hc
Short clear sides (boxed), 53s05l@.
Whisky. distillers' finished goods, PEI
gallon, $1.22.
The leading futures ranged as follows
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-08-26

New York, Aug. 24.-The opening of the
stock market this morning showed live.
~ reawakening of outside interests. as i'll
dlcated by large volume of commission
house orders which had come into the
brokers' offices over night, and which kept
UP an animated tone in the dealings during
most of the morning. There was also
ehavy buying for large individual inter-
ests and prices of some stocks topped the
years record. The preferred stocks of
reorgannized companies were quite promi-
nent, and the shares of southwestern reads
were notably strong and continued firm all
day. The grangers were leaders in point
of activity and strength, but realizing
sales were heavy at given point in their
advance, forming a barrier. The course
OF the wheat market was watched with
sympathetic interest. So far as its de-
cline was due to refutations of crop dam
age it helped the stock market, but when
the news of break in England came rail
road stocks responded with sympathetic
decline The falling off in prices of Amer
lean securities in London was ignored at
the opening here, partly because it was at
tributed TO the settlement which begins
tomorrow. But later in the day the cables
reported the London market heavy On the
tenor of the news from India, London ad-
vances also showing the continued fall in
silver as an unsettliag influence in that
market. Silver fell today lid in London
to % 7-Sd, which is 1-Sd below .he pre-
vious lowest price. The continued ease
in the money market is not Indicative of a
lively demand for funds from the interior
such as is looked for in period Of bust
ness revival. and while call money at l
per cent is an incentive 10 speculation, as
an index TO business awakening, it is re-
garded as distinctly disappointing. AT
the same time lenders of money are in eX-
pectation of an early demand on them for
interior trade needs, and there has been
some additional accumulation Of funds
here recently in anticipation of such de.
mand. Cotton Oil was strong and gained
2 3-4. Most of the active stocks showed
fractional net declines. but there We're
gains scattered all through the list, OK,
tending to point in Lake Shore and Ore
gon Navigation preferred.
The bond market was strong and firm
the Atchison issues leading. Total safes
$2,550O00.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-08-26
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Chicago.

Chicago, Aug. 24-The bears had an
inning in wheat today. The September
option at one time sold DC below yester-
days highest point. December beat TINS
by n cent and a quarter. The closing
figures show a loss for the day of l-4c
in September and 5 lie in December.
Heavy and long continued liquidation
was the cause of the break. The weak
ness in foreign markets and the break
in the coarse grains were factors. Inc
bull CLIQUE threw over their holdings in
corn and oats and declines of --4c in
corn and 1!2tG3-4c in oats resulted. FRO
visions also suffered. pork declining
II lie and lard lie. Ribs closed
practically unchanged.
Wheat on the curb before the regular
opening started with some show of
strength and with no signs OF the eX-
citement which ruled later on the hoard.
Opening and second cables from Liver
pool were rather encouraging TO the
bulls; 1:3O y. M. advices from that mar
ket, which were received before the
opening. showed only lMl I'D de-
cline. On this account curb prices We're
about 1-2c higher than yesterday S
close. On the regular session prices
were very irregular at the start, and
il soon became clear that numbers OF
people had long wheat in their posses,
sion which they were then, convinced
ought to have been sold the day before.
September was bringing from 96c to
95 lie in different parts of the pit ana
December from 96 1-2M95 lie. yester'
days closing prices being 96c and 30 3-4cr
respectively. The relative positions OF
the two leading options were quickly
reversed. for in few minutes Septem-
Der was bringing Csc when December
was still dragging around 90 lie. The
exceptional strength of September was
due to the fact that very few were de'
sirous of trading in it. and it was easy
to advance it by bidding for what no one
wanted to sell. But in about half an
hour all support was withdrawn and the
market began to sink, slowly at hrst
but as the liquidation grew heavier, In. tne
bottom seemed to fall ont. and not until
September touched "a IL and Decem.
Der 92c was there stop in the mad
rush. The luIl was only temporary,
however, selling soon becoming general
again and stop loss orders were reach-
ed. The price did not reach the bottom
of its severe sinking spell until sepdem'
Der was down to 81 Lac and December
90 1-4e The trade by that time mad
become very narrow and the tradeIs
tired with their previous efforts and
intfisposed to buy or sell except when
tempted by an exceptional offer OF an
enticingly high hid. The increase in
weakness as the session advanced was
caused by further break at Liverpool,
making the days decline from II to
4 1-2d per GENITAL, and an equivalent
earlier had claimed an advance, The
Paris decline was / franc for August
and 60 centimes for November-Februa,,
nv. or ) lac bushel for the one. and
2 7-S per bushel for the other Antwerp
also sent lower quotations, but was moi
so radically weak as the others.
Chicago receipts were 3S4 cars, OIL
els inspected out of store. Minneapolis