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The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-21
WORSE THAN REPORTED.
NUMBER OF DEAD IN THE DALLAS FIRE
REACHES SIXTEEN.
Victims All Inmates Of the Buckner Orphans
Home-Fifteen Bodies Found in Ashes.
Several More May Die-0rigin Of

Several More May Die-0rigin Of
The Fire is Mystery.
Dallas, Texas. Jau II Sixteen
little girls and boys are dead as a
result of Saturdays fire at the Buck
ner Orphaus' home, aud nine others
are seriously burned and crushed
Three Of the Injured. it Is thought.
eau not recover. The awfulness of
the disaster was not fully realized
till 70 day. The fire, which com
menced about 10 O'Clock and ragged
until the boys dormitory was de-
ssroyed, did not cool enough for
search for bodies in the ashes until
early this morning.
At that time 1t was thought only
five children had been burned to
death. When the ashes had cooled
enough to admit OF search scores
of sympathlzing friends and neigh
bors began the sad task of finding
the bodies of the five whom it was
known had perished The search had
hardly been instituted when the ter
rible truth that there were more than
five bodies in the ashes appeared.
The search continued until dawn,
when sixteen bodies had been found.
When the fire WAS first discovered
the alarm spread through the dormi-
tories, and 800 children rushed
about in the wildness of fright and
panic stricken confusion. The halls,
porches, and stairway land,
ipgs were thick with the scorching
smoke. The building had stood for
number of years, and was as dry
as kindling and burned with fearful
rapidity. The wind was blowing
from the southeast, which drove the
fire into the building, into the north
west. It was eating to the three
principal stairways almost as soon
as it was discovered, and the little
fellows on the second floor of the
west wing were cut off from any
avenue of escape except the windows.
There were about 10 boys be
tween the ages of 6 and IA asleep in
these dormitories, but they were the
largest ones, and the smallest chill.
dren had been quartered on the
lower floor with view to such an
emergency. Even with this precau-
ton some of the smaller ones were
burned to death ere being awakened
by the alarm, or being in such de-
moralized state from childish terror
that they did not know how to make
their way out. Those with most
presence of mind followed the larger
ones, who raised the windows and
jumped through them. A few had
presence of mind enough to save
some of their clothes, but most o.
them escaped in their night gar
ments.
The panic-stricken little ones die
not stop even after they were out o
the burning building, but fed il
their wild terror, as If come name
less horror were pursuing them
across mud and fielde in every direc
ton. Some went to neighbors
houses as far as half a mile away
, and others were found staggering
2 along the lanes in their scant mig
t clothes, crying as if their littl
hearts would break.
The people from the neig ghborhoo'
found the little fellows who had no
reached shelter by their cries an,
3 brought them back TO the home
The loss On the building and con
tents is light, about $4,000. wit
insurance. The home will be rebuilt
, Sanford Murray, 81 years old
I'll
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-21

100 acres of land IN Pleasant Gal
township for sale at a bargain.
7-4t. DUvALL q PERCIvAL
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Indirectly TO some arrangement OF the or
gans distinctly feminine. Troubles OF this
Find are often neglected because very nat
ural and proper modesty keeps women away
frorn physicians, whose insistence upon eH- *
animation and local treatment IS generally
as useless as il is common. DR.. PieIce's
Favorite Prescription will do more tor tnem
,har M doctors in 100. II will do more than
the hundredtli doctor can unless he pre-
scribes it. It is prescription of DR.. r. V:
Pierce's, who for 90 years has been chief
consulting physician of the Worlds Dispen-
sary and Invalids' Hotel, at Buffalo, n. Y
send 2, oneceut stamps to cover cost Of mail
ing only. and get his great book, The People S
Common Sc nsr Medical Adviser absolutely FREE
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-21

Sanford Murray, 81 years old,
and once wealthy contractor, was
picked up in the streets OF st. Louis
by policeman, where be had fallen
from weakness caused by starvation.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-21
WILLIAMS CASH
GROCERY.

Know of no better way to repay the
people OF Bates county for the large
trade we received last year, than to
make extremely low prices, for he
coming year. We learned from the
past year, that we can sell to our
trade, at actual wholesale prices. We
can make our profit off the manu-
facturer aud jobber, by buying as
We do, mostly in car lots, where the
goods are made, and paying cash
aud getting all the discounts. The
reason I've can do this is because the
people of Bates county, haye joined
together and given US large trade
otherwise, We could not do it. No
firm can sell goods cheap, unless
they have big trade, and we will
say to the people of Bates county. if
they will stand by US this year. we
will furnish them the cheapest goods
they ever bought, if we save you S25
to $50 IN your grocery bill during
the year, it is the same as giving you
that much money at the end of the
year. We intend to sell the goods
this year, if good goods, at whole
sale prices, full weights and good
treatment will do it. We treat our
customers all alike rich or poor. and
Il
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-21

Window glass. roofing and build
ing papers, picture frames, carpets,
shades. wallpaper, paints. etc, al
d W Drummonds. 4 If.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-21

HARDWOOD LUMBER left at
Bennett Wheeler Nero Co.'S for all
kinds Of hardwood lumber will have
prompt attention.
1tf CHARLES SIMMONS.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-21

Buy sewing machine needles of
Skaggs, west side square l-tf
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-21

FLAX SEED FOR sALE.-I have IT'S
bushels good seed for sale at 70cts
per bushel. Five miles southeast
of Butler. J. L. HERRELL 10 81"
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-21
To Cure u Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Qujnine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
if it fails to cure. CSC. 5l-6,n.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-21

Good so acre farm for sale or ex
change. } A. SILvERs. 80 II.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-21

Buy musical instruments and
strings from Skaggs, west side square
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-21

LOCAL ITEMS

Swing machine oil, the best at
Skaggs Sc per pottle. ltf
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I,aw-abiding citizens of Rich Hill,
who have business from their homes
after night, are excusable if they
carry a cannon in their pockets.
Election day for township officers
is approaching and candidates for
the different places to be filled have
put in their appearance. The fol
lowing named will ask for the nom
ination for constable and collector
at the democratic convention to be
called.
FOR CONSTABLE
Henry Goodwin, Ed. Dalton, Dixie
McCann, Aft. Cobb, June Harper
and Jas DeJarnett.
COLLECTOR.
Joe L. Kendall, J. B. Paget, D
L. Edrington Willard Eldridge and
Geo. Wilson. ALI are good men and
either would fill the office to which
be aspires with satisfaction to The
general public.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-21

so ID straight grade -four 81 10
so fb good family flour 80
Small sack meal 1Ol
Large sack meal POI
l package Lion coffee Is
l package Arbuckles coffee Is
l package XXXA coffee Isl
II 1b finest II. P. navy beans rs
10 fb dried green peas 25
6 fb fancy Rio coffee l 90
l ii pure Java Blend coffee 20
l fb Crown Blend coffee 25
l tb pure African Java coffee %
8 1b Dwights soda 25
6 fb Gloss Starch 25
Is To- pearl hominy 25
s fb white Scotch oat flakes 25
l tb Winner plug Tobacco 20
2 fb Battle Ak tobacco As
l tb cream Taffy Candy 5
6 cans oil sardines 25
2 large cans Mustard sardines Is
6 cans pure sugar corn IS
3 cans Cal. 3 fb table peaches 25
2 qts. cranberries Is
fb pure maple sugar 10
l gallon Heinz kraut 20
bu. large Northern potatoes 80
II boxes best parlor matches 8
4 doz. clothes pins 5
doz. large fancy lemons 20
3 tb Cal. evaporated peaches 25
4 ii Cal. raisins 25
l gal, pure sugar syrup 80
s bars Lenox soap %
S bars silk soap 25
8 bars Clairette soap %
10 bars Ark soap %
l barrel fine salt, new barrel and
III the dry iu ware house l 10
No. s copper bottom wash
boiler so
! gel tin buckets 10
l gal '' Is
Largo retinned wash pans 10
2 pit cups o5
Western square washers 2 81
Best blue dashboard lanterns IS
Solid copper wash boil'r No s ? Is
l set pure lead glass tumblers 25
2 lead glass jelly stands %
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-21
Robert J. Burdett's Lecture.

On January %, the people of
Butler will have the privilege OF
hearing the world renowned humor
ist, Robert J. Burdette.
He plays on all the heart strings
OF humor and pathos. His lecture
will be rare entertainment. No
one should miss it. This is the
third in the lecture course.
The board will be open and tickets
on sale at Van Halls Drug Store,
Friday Jan. 20, at s o'clock IN the
morning.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-21

Do not buy any barb wire or nails,
until you see Us. we have a car Of
each coming aud the price is away
down. We will make things warm iu
barb wire and nail line We have
also bought largely, of wire chicken
netting, aud stock wire fencing,
we also have the largest line OF fine
axes in Butler and will save .;ou 25c
on every axe. if you don't think We
will save you money on anything in
the hardware line (which are too
numerous to mentioo) just come in
and price them.
We are not cutting on ! dog articles,
to make people think We are selling
goods cheap, as some are doing, but
we are knocking prices silly, on
everything we handle. thanking
you for past fayors-
We are trulv yours.
yfIfIlfh nc OOnc
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-21
There Is no JOY In

There Is no joy In
this world equal to
the happiness OF
motherhood.
A woman's health
is her dearest pos
session. Good looks,
good times, happi-
ness, love and its
continuance, depend
on her health. AL
most all of the sick
ness of WON en- IS
traceable directly or
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-06
CALLED Aw Az.
Death of Mrs. j. Hay Wodehouse,
Jr., This Morning.


The grim reaper, Death, has again
called around, and this time happy
young household has been thrown
into misery by the unrelenting
wielder of the scythe
At $50 o'clock this morning Annie
Pauahi Wodehouse, the wife of j..
Hay Wodehouse, Jr., passed away,
and left devoted husband and
three young children to mourning
deeply the premature departure OF a
loving wife and mother.
The deceased was daughter of
the Hon. Archibald Scott Cleghorn
and half-sister Of H. r. H. Princess
Kaiulani.
Prominent in society here he late
Mrs. Wodehouse was one of the
most popular and respected ladies
of these islands.
Since her confinement a few weeks
ago OF baby girl, the deceased had
been unwell, aud yesterday an oper-
alton was performed. A collapse
took place which unfortunately end
ed in the death of Mrs. Wodehouse,
in spite OF all that medical science
and careful Nursing could do.
The heartfelt sympathy of the
community goes out to the grief
stricken husband and to the two
little girls aud the boy who do not
yet realize their loss.
And our sympathy goes far across
the sea to the two old men, one Of
whom will feel heartbroken at the
loss of a beloved daughter, and the
other who. will grieve because the
happiness of his eldest son has been
marred by this terrible blow.
The funeral takes place tomorrow
Sunday from St. Andrews Cathe-
dral at o'clock p. m.
1
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-06

Mr.. Editor, "Kupa Hawaii left
this island in 1896 for the islands
good and with just as unsavory a re-
putation as Meyer. He belongs to
the family nest and this explains his
position.
Mr.. Hanuna, Representativeelect
from Hama stated in the last Legis-
lature that there is a teacher on
Molokai who gets drunk every day
and all complaints are ignored.
This unfortunate teacher was con-
demned without hearing also.
Mr.. "Kupa Hawaii" who hangs
out near the Marshals Office had
better read up a little. This relation
ship to Meyer causes him to be in
ignorance and darkness.
WIN. T. CALLow.
Waialua, Molokai, March 9Th, 1897.
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The INDEPENDENT would like to
know who is Chief, Minister of the
Interior King, or master Of the mule
Rowell. We are credibly informed
that the Minister ordered the tres
passing houses on the st. Louis
College grounds to be removed, and
that the master OF no trades, and
mule of all, removed one house, and
then all his tools and implements
and quit work leaving the job un-
finished, fences down and the
grounds aud premises in a Disgrace
ful connition. If we were Minister,
and our subordinates would not
obey us, they would be given a short
shrive and long time for vain re-
pentance. Get a move on that mule
Rowell before a damage suit against
the Government is brought, or a
French man-of-war comes thunder
ing in our port.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-06
Majority Rule.

Ed. The INDEPENDENT:-
How in the name of that demure
un- Anglo-Saxon pro6led Hatch, can
you so far forget your understanding
as to stumble thus: "The people
not using a wheel are yet in a major
ity and majority rules" Are you
not yet aware Of the fact, that since
the 18th of January, 1898, (of blessed
Stevens memory that the large
majority in Hawaii are in the ditch
and held there at the point of the
bayonet, by a minority of devout
Christians and their armed hench-
men? Thou shouldst by all means
avoid the crooked and prevaricating
tangle-brains Of the Star and Adver-
tiser, and keeping in the straight
path of truth as you have in the past
the gate OF St. Peter will always
stand ajar for thee and thine.
Majority rule is not as dead as some
have supposed, but is apparently
getting quite strong and confident
of restored health since partaking
Of the pardon-supplied in kind and
gentle doses by eminent government
physicians, who now seen to curse
the fates that prompted them TO
prescribe the royal medicine.
Mystic SHRINE.
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The Infallible Man of 10 olokai.
Ed The INDEPENDENT:--

Ed The INDEPENDENT:-
The steamer Mokolii running on
the Molokai route is paid $50 week
by the Government, and you would
suppose that ell residents OF the isl
ands would have equal privileges
unfortunately they do not.
If you wish to reach Honolulu as
speedily as possible, to see sick or
dying relative or on important busi-
ness interests, you will be astonished d
to be told, "that although the
steamer could leave earlier there is
an agreement that she shall not
leave Kaunakakai until the great
Meyer has written his letters" The
various mails from windward and
the Leper Settlement are ready early
in the day; there is also telephone
to Kalaupapa.
Mr.. Editor, you may kick and
demonstrate in vain, the petty tyrant
is all mighty on Molokai and no
just cause exists for the delay, ex-
cept that Meyer has not written his
letters; this is selfish and tyrannical
and causes great Inconvenience and
injustice to the travelling public
but then Meyer is the great man up
here. | have spoken with all the
intelligent people from Halawa to
Kaunakakai aud everyone Of them
disliked Meyer and his doings. | see
Meyer had got one friend and even
that one hides his name. My state
ments about the school house and
Kaunakakai post office still stick
the truth generally does,
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CORRESPONDENTS
TOO Thin. Rot! Rot u

Ed. The INDEPENDENT
1t will require thicker whitewash
than "Kupa Hawaii" is putting on
to cover over the official sins of the
Infallible Meyer.
The whitewash is too thin, there
is too much water in it. 1t must
have been made in Hilo, that place
always erred on the side of too
much water.
Even Hilo whitewash made in
Honolulu is too thin for Molokai
people. ANOTHER UNBELIEvER.
Kamalo, Molokai.
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Timely Topics.
Honolulu, March 2, 1897.

We now have the pleasure of
announcing to our clientele that
we have fulfilled their desires,
by removing our storage prem
ises of Plantation and Agricul-
tural implements, etc., to the
commodious building on Fort
Street, adjacent to our store and
formerly occupied by III. w.
Schmidt Il Sons.
Here, are conveniently dis
played all that is required for
plantations of sugar, rice, fruits
or farms. RICE PLOWS of all
sizes and kinds with all their
extra pieces, and the CELE-
DRAFTED 10, ID and 16,
BREAKERS, acknowledged by
every plantation manager to be
the VERY BEST introduced
into the country.
Here are SUBSOIL, SIDE
HILL and SULKY DISC
PLOWS; CULTIVATORS and
STUBBLE DIGGERS and
SHAVERS, and all that is neces-
sary for Sugar Lands. The
famous ASPINWALL POTATO
PLANTERS. Wheel Barrows,
Plow Points, Shares, Wheels,
Hoes, Spades, Buckets, Step
Ladders, Rice and Coffee Clean
ing Mills, Aermotors, Fencing,
Ropes, Stoves, Sewing Machines
and hundred other things
necessary for farm and planta-
ton life. We are now open,
call and see us.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-06

The San Francisco police recently
ran in over 800 Chinese gamblers in
one day. How the mouths of our
Marshal and Police Court Judge
and lawyers must water at the very
thought OF such raid here.
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TOPICS or TIE DAY.

Cuba will furnish, in spite of the
rebellion, 100000 tons of sugar this
year. Two plantations are grinding
in Havana, eight in Santa Clara and
eighteen in Matanzas.
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Cromwell or History Repeats Itself.

ED. The INDEPENDENT:-
Notwithstanding the ardhous du-
ties imposed upon him as tabulator
OF Paris donkeys and cocks and
hens, the government-pap fed genius
who presides over the Star, has man
aged to find ime to extend even to
the Royalists his deepest sympathy
because they Gidn't become rene
gades like himself and forswear their
true allegiance. At the same time
he condescends to impart to the be-
nighted Royalists, something about
English history in general and about
the Stuart Kings in particular. Now,
it may be asked OF our editorial
statistical historical POLITICALLY and
carolly inclined friend il he has
ever read about the fate of the oil
garchy that existed in England dur
ing Cromwells time. Cromwell had
abolished the monarchy in England
as he thought, forever. He and his
crowd of psalm singing, whining
canters used to talk themselves
hoarse about the "malignants" and
the ''rotten royalists" of those times,
and doubtless thought themselves
to be "the best government these
islands ever had" Yet their reign
was brief, and but a few years
elapsed ere their names we're "mud."
The Stuart dynasty was restored,
the people being only too glad to
get chance to free themselves from
the sanctimonious, hypocritical
clique who had kept them in bond
age.
Our Star historian lays it down as
his dictum that the whole OF the
Stuart line of rulers, with the excep-
tion of Charles 1. were bad lot, and
that even Charles l, was not up to
the Smith-Dole standard. What
about the long line OF Scottish
Kings down to James w. Of Scot
land and l. of England, were none
OF these good men? What about
Queen Mary, the eldest daughter Of
James III. of England, who ruled
jointly as sovereign with William Of
Orange, or the "Good Queen Anne,"
another daughter Of the same James
aud who was the first to be styled
"Queen of Great Britain;" had nei.
ther OF these any good qualities in
them? In our own times, Queen
Victoria, who will shortly complete
her sixtieth year Of reign over the
British Empire, owed her succession
to the throne solely to the fact that
she happened to possess some of
that same Steuart blood in her
veins, an inheritance which she has
always been proud to proclaim.
The editor OF the Star may keep
his plying sympathy, which he
feels for the Royalists, to himself,
and as for his historical essays, the
best thing he can do with them
would bs to inhict them on the Ho.
nolulu Social Science Saints; that is
all they are fit for.
The Hawaiian Royalists are men
who having taken an oath to sup
port the monarchy and constitution
of their native land have kept it and
refuse to perjure themselves. The
editor Of the Star and many Of his
Jealous Republican % friends on
the other hand, took solemn oaths
} to support the monarchy, but when
} it was case of winning the almighty
} dollar, cast all their solemn VOWS tc
| the wind. Men of this stamp would
} be among the first to flop back
again if they thought it would pay
and crawl as they did before at the
feet of the lady upon whom they
now cast their filthy abuse.
HooMAU,
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Opposite Spreckels' Bank.
NOTICE.

SUBsCRlBERs ARE RESPECTFULLY
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SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1897.
INTERCEPTED TELEGRAMs.

Dole TO THURsToN Have you seen
Claus Spreckels9 What's the mat
ter with him2 Can he not be fxed9
Poppie- -cornie looks worried and is
losing flesh. Instructed Advertiser
to boom Plat and damn Choate.
Show Platt a copy and ask how
much he costs. Find out the price
Of Claus.
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THURsToN TO DOLE - Amt got
money enough to buy Platt. Spreck-
els wants grass to grow in Honolulu.
No Reciprocity Treaty. No aunexa-
tion. Moses and the S. o. w. are
boozie. Queen not poisoned. Am
returning to Hawaii. Was not in
vited to take seat in Macs Cabinet.
No more kilograms without cash
down. Send more money and more
officials. Where is Doctor Rodgers
and Armstrong?
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-06

AT THE THEATRE.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How l wonder who you arel
I'm behind hat so tall
can't see the stage at all.
A bookkeeping and cash-register-
ing machine has been designed by a
Brooklyn man.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-06

The San Francisco Board Of
Health has passed an ordinance sub
ject to the approval Of the Super
visors prohibiting Chinese laundry
men from spraying clothes from
their mouths. The offender is sub
jected to fine of $50 or imprison-
ment. The millennium will reach
Hawaii before our Board of Health
will adopt such a salutary and
wholesome law Too much "pull."
If the property on Nuuauu street
between Hotel and Beritania streets
once reported to be unfit for
human habitation, and the XII
Chong sidewalk on Konia street, did
not belong to persons possessing
high influence with the Government
they would be Immediately attended
to. AS it is the "pull' is sufficient to
prevent the officials from discharg-
ing their duty. The next Legisla-
ture will overhaul a few OF the
delinquents and ask for their official
scalps, The people will some day
rule in spite OF the obstacles in
their path,