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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-09-15
Shot His Son-In-Law,

st. Joseph, Mo, Sept. 7.-Thoma:
Stuffiebean, farmer, whose home il
one mile east of Garrettsburg,
walked into the office of Sheriff Hull
yesterday and announced that he
had shot and killed his son in-law,
Hugh Harlefs, and desired to give
himself up. Stuffiebeau was taken
to jail. He said:
My daughter left her husband
about two weeks sgo, and since then
he had been threatening to Kill the
whole family.
Monday morning he came to my
house and aeked if he could see his
wife. He said he never intended to
live with her again, AMI l told him
there was no use of him seeing her
He got his foot in at the door 80
/ could not shut it, and took out
two revolvers. My wife seized one
of his hans, while l took hold Of the
other. We took the revolvers away
from him and kept them.
He stayel at our house all night.
In the morning he said be wanted
his rsvolvsrs. We refused to give
them to him. He sad hs intended
to kill the whole family
just then L reached for the shot
gun and shot him"
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suming his seat in congress. he
will not haYe to go on the stump to
be returned to congress, as be has
no opposition
Colonel William j. Bryan and the
"silver regiment from Nebraska
will have to remain in the service of
Uncle Sam Indefinitely They are
included in the revised seventh army
corps, and General Corbin said with
grin on his face that he did not
expect to make any changes in the
corps.
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AT LEXINGTON,
But Want to Be Mustered Out.

| But Want to Be Mustered Out.
CAMP HAMILTON, KY, SEPT 6, 1898
Ed. TIMEs:-After so long q time
find time TO write a few lines. We
left Chickamsuga Aug q, At $50
a. M. and marched to Ringgold, Ga
and took the train. Had dinner in
Chattanooga, supper at Nashville,
breakfast at Louisville and dinner at
Lexington. After dinner pulled
out for camp II miles northeast;
had to pitch camp in the rain and
fight humble bees at the same time.
We have pretty camp here on a
hill, and the blue grass is somewhat
different from Chickamauga dirt.
We are about / mile east of Bryens
springs Our division hospital is
very near it and uses water from
there. There are some $50 patients
in our hospital about half what there
were at Chickamauga and only one
death since we have been here. Co
3 has three men there, Wainwright,
Ritner and Mock, oil getti ng along
pretty well. Mock has the measles.
The war department has at last
woke up and say they will allow
women nurses which will be a great
improvement l am getting fur
loughs for tbs boys just as fast as
they can be issued so they can
go home and build up. expect to
get off all the men unfit for duty
this week
Just received notice that Conley
L Smith another CT my boys at
Chickamauga, was dead He was
one OF the best soldiers in the 2nd
Mo never complained and always
did his duty cheeifully, and was a
model young man in every respect
It is a good thing they moved us or
L guess we would all have gone the
same way.
Nearly all OF the boys are anxious
to muster out aud 90 home, but
they are much better satisfied than
when at Chickamauga We have
good water here and cool weather
and but two hours drilling per day.
So after all, the boys don't work
much, but they are tired of soldier
ing and have no idea when they will
be- sent home. Respectfully,
Y. L. JOHNSON.
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We give no rewards. An offer OF
this kind is the meanest of decep.
tions. Our plan is to give every
one q chance to try the merit Of Elys
Cream BaIm-the original balm for
the cure OF Catarrb, Hay Fever and
Cold in the Head, by mailing for
10 cents trial size to test it's cura-
tive powers We mail the SO cent
size and the druggist keeps it. Test
it and you are sure to continue the
treatment. Relief is immediate and
a cure follows. Ely Bros, IS Warren
st. y. Y.
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Stephen A. Douglas, .Ir.

Stephen A. Douglas. Jr.. who has
forsaken republicanism and anuounc-
Ell that in tha future he will be a
democrat, says:
"Of late years, says Mr.. Douglas,
1.-The tendency Of the republican
party has been TO fastea this gov
eminent under the control OF trusts
and monopolies. The tendency Of
the democratic party has been TO
curtail the power of money and
place the government in the hands
OF the masses Of the people. l not
only believe that this should be so,
but also firmly believe that the
only thing that can prevent this
country from being wealth ridden
on one hand or mob ridden on the
other is that the government shall
be in the hands of the plain people
"All my life my sympathies have
been with the people, having been
taught this by the two men 1 honor
above all others-A braham Lincoln
and my father. There fore, to-day
l believe my proper place is in the
democratic party, and there l shall
abide"
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WILL SEE SERVICE IN CUBA


Revised List OF Regiments in Seventh
Corps Made PubIic.
Washington, D. g, Sept. s -Ad.
jutant General Corbin made public
to-day the revised list Of the seventh
army corps up to this morning. I'm.
usual interest attaches to the per
sonnet of the corps just now because
it is known that the soldiers under
Major General Fltzhugh Lse are to
compose the bulk of the Cuban
army of occupation
AS revised to date by General
Corbin these are the volunteers who
are to be first to see, garrison duty
in Cuba under the protocol: Third
Georgia; second, fourth and ninth
Illinois; one hundred and sixty
first Indiana; forty ninth Iowa; sixth
Missouri; third Nebraska; first North
Carolina; first Texas;fourth Virginia;
second United States volunteer cav
airy and fourth United States voluu-
teer Infantry. Illinois has the post
of honor in the seventh corps, hav-
ing three regiments in il, while no
other state has more than one. Nine
states are represented IN General
Lees corps AMI st least three more
southern states will have represel.
tatioa before these start to Cuba.
In addition to the volunteers IN
der General Lee, several thousand
regulars will go To the island. Some
Of these now at Montauk Point who
served at Santiago will go back, but
not under the command of the Falls.
taffian Shafter. He will remain in
the United States. Major General
Joe Wheeler, the gallant little soldier
whose son was drowned in the surf
at camp Wykof, will resign in the
near future. He will 60 back TO
Alabama for short rest before re. |
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Woman R0Dber,

Centralia, Mo, Sept. w. 81.
| Cox, residing nine miles south of
Centralia, arose before sylight yes
terday, and going to his barn, dis
covered covered wagon near his
buggy house with q woman on the
front seat. On the approach OF Mr.
Cox man emerged from the barn
with an armful OF articles, which he
threw INTO the wagon. He then
Jumped into the wagon and drove
off. Mr., Cox called his son and they
both mounted horses and followed
the wagon. Finding they would be
oVertaken the fugitives threw the
stolen articles from the wagon. On
overtaking the outfit Mr. Cox at.
tempted to chastise the man but the
woman cane to the rescue, striking
MIR. Cox repeatedly in the face with
her fist and. after tearing his coat
from his back, the woman dashed Mr.
Cox with whip until his arms bled.
Meanwhile young Cox came up with
q shotgun, and told the woman to
desist or he would shoot. The woman
threw down the whip ard said: For
Gods sake. don't shoot. I have a
little baby in the wagon over there
After some parleying the couple
were allowed to depart
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MADE ADISGRACEFUL SCENE
SPAIN HJMILIATEO BY THE CORTEs.
Uprsar on the Floor OF the Senate Would
Have Shamed the Bull ng.-GeneraI
Poaye a Organizing the MaIcontents

Have Shamed the Bull Ring
Poayiea Organizing the MaIcontents.
Madrid, Sept 8.-The disorderly
scenes witnessed in the chamber
yesterday evening would have
shamed bull ring. Fists and sticks
were shaken 10 the air, and invec-
tives were to he heard on all sides.
AS a result, several duels are ex
pected to take place.
It is understood here that Spain
intended to bargain at the Paris
peace conference to retain part of
the Philippine islands, but the i'm
preston somehow prevails that a
republic will be established there
under the protsctorate of the Uoited
States, Great Britain and Germany.
General Polavieja, the former cap
tain general of Cuba and of the
Philippine islands, who has just
issued q manifesto intimating that
he is ready to place himself at the
head of neutral political party, is
understood to be recruiting a strong
party of discontented liberals and
others, with the object, it is claimed,
of destroying the military prepon-
dersnce of the government General
Polavieio's new party is assuming
the greatest importance. His pro
gram has met with the warm
approval of the great newspapers,
particularly Ell impartial, Ell Heral
do and FL Nacional Ell Nacional,
until lately, had supported General
Weyler, but it will rally now to Gen.
Polaviejo. who proposes reorgani
cation of Spain from the fnan cial
and political view points.
It is understood that General
Polavieia decided to organize q new
party, after several conferences with
a high parsonage" whe, however,
has not interfered directly in the
formation of the party. His mani
festo is now under consideration. If
the military censor refuses to grant
an exequateur, the manifesto will be
read in the chamber of deputies
The general conviction is that as
soon as the treaty of peace Is signed
the Sagasta cabinet will resign and
be replaced by either Silvela or
Polaviejo ministry. The speech of
Count d'Almsnas in the senate yes
terday has greatly excited the mill
tary party, whose hot espousal of
the cause of their Cuban comrades
threatens to make trouble
Senior Sagasta said this evening:
"The nomination of the peace COM
mission is delayed, because the com
missionsrs ought to have the full
confidence of the government, but
who can say who will be in power a
month hsnce?"
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G. A. R. NAMES A CHIEF.
Colonel James A. Ssxten of Chicago Elected
Commander Philadelphia Wins Over
Denver and the Other Cities.


Denver and the Other Cities.
Cincinnati, o, Sept. 8.-Tllinois
aud PENNSYLVANIA are celebrating
their victories at their respective
headq 1arters to night. The one has
secured the commander in chief in
the Colonel James A Sexton OF
Chica 20, aud the other is the location
of the thirty third annual encamp-
ment of the G A. r at Philadelphia
next ear
CAREER OF TIE NEW COMMANDER.
Co onel James A. Sexton OF Chi
cago, the new commander in chief
OF thu G A r, was born in Chicago
January 5, 1914 When Lincoln, in
April, 1861, issued a call for $4,000
volunteers Colonel Sexton enlisted
on April 10, 1861, as private SOL
der. He was then only II years old.
After three months service be re-en-
listed in the sixty-seyenth Illinois
infantry volunteers, and was COM
mlssloned first lieutenant He was
later transferred to the seventy Sec
Ond Illinois volunteers, aud was
made captain of D company. He
served in Ransome's brigade, Nc
Arthur's division, seventeenth army
corps of the army of the Tennessee,
and participated in its campaigns,
sieges and battles As regimental
commander he fought his regiment
in the battles of Columbia, Duck
River, Spring Hill, Franklin and
Nashville, and throughout the Nash.
vile campaign. In 1865 he was en-
the staff of Major General A. j.
Smith, the commander Of the six
teenth army corps, and remained
with Smith uRtil the end OF the war.
Upon assault and capture of the
Spanish fort, Mobile, Ala, April 8,
1865, he had his left leg broken
below the knee, being struck by
piece OF shell weighing seventeen
ounces. He was wounded at the
battle of Franklin aud at the battle
Of Nashville After the war he
remained two years in Alabama,
working a plantation near Mont
gomery. In 1867 he returned to
Chicago and founded the firm of ].
A. & T S. Sexton. In 1872. after
the Chicago fire, this firm was sue
ceeded by Grit ben, Sexton & Co.
aud is still manu- featuring stoves,
hollow ware etc
Colonel Sexton has been prosper.
ous and an active citizen in every
movement for the public President
made him postmaster Of
Chicago in April. 1899 Colonel |
sexton gave himself up to his duties
As postmaster. and did much to /
make the office a we'll managed pub /
ic concern The Worlds Fair vas !
1eId during his term. He Is an
active worker in the Grand Army. /
he military order OF the LOYAL
legion and other soldier AMI army
ocietiss He is a past commander
II the department of Illinois. G.
l r st the present time be is
president OF the board OF trustees Of
he Illinois state soldiers and sailors
lone, located at Quincy. He has
'een presidential elector, a Lincoln /
ark commissioner, a colonel in the
llinois national guard and has held
everal positions Of honor and
esponsibility in the state.
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Body kanEIed by Hogs.

Monroe City, Mo-, Sept. THE
dead body Of Henry Fink. a harne =
manufacturer OF this city, was found
IN a woods pasture about six miles
north Of this city by Chester Shaw,
who Immediately notified the officers.
When the body was found the flesh
of the head, neck, arms and upper
part of the trunk had been DESTROY
ed by hogs Fink's hat, coat. spec
tRc'es and a book at the foot of the
tree, about so feet from the BODY
indicated that he had been sitting
there reading, and died from heat
Fink was last ssen alive Welues.
day. Aug. 5 Friends here supposed
be was visiting a friend near Warren
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-09-15

Il Is not what manufacturer saws
about his own medicine that cures a "a
tient, but what the medicine does. BAL.
lard's Horehound Syrup does the work
and does i well. Il cures coughs and
colds in I day. Il is healing, soothing
and quietiug. 25c and soc At H. l..
TUCAer's drugstore.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-09-01
Killed By Mistake,

Wichita, Kas., Aug. 25.-News
comes to this city from Chandler,
Okla, of the killing of John Thomp.
son by Leonard Bridge. the latter
having mistaken him for another
man. Alex. Bridge was shot some
time ago by young man of the
neighborhooj ofthe name of Bryant.
He was never arrested.
Leonard Bridge, 1t IS said, threat.
ened to kill Bryant if ever the op
portunity appeared. He suspected
that Bryant was at home, and. with
two companions, went to the Bryant
barn to investigate.
Thompson WAS asleep in the barn
when Bridge entered. He avoke.
and as be started TO rise Bridge
fired, it is alleged, thinking it was
Bryant. Thompson was instantly
killed.
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ImpRled on a Spoon

Joplin, Mo-. August PA fatal
accident of a peculiar nature befell
Charles Schultz at the Perry mine,
in Lone Elm, a mile northwest of
Joplin. Schultz had been drilling a
hoe on six-foot slanting slope, and
was sliding down it to the drift level
At rapid rate, when he struck a
miners spoon which bad been left
in drill hole and extended ne arly
two feet above the hole. The spoon,
which is long piece of iron. with a
followed shovel end. was driven
through Schulte's abdomen. it took
two men to pull the spoon out of
the unfortunate man. body.
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CAS- TO = "a.
Bear, the 1Tha Kind You Have Always Bought
s's. sf &2ztZx
GOING HOME.

sick Missouri soldiers at Union Station
St. Louis Chronicle. %.
Seventy six sick Missouri soldiers
of the Second Missouri Regiment,
Volunteers, passed through Union
Station Tuesday night on the hospi-
tai train, bound for their homes in
various cities of the Southwest
All were wan and emaciated, and
were afflicted with malaria, chills and
camp fever. Those that were able,
while the train stayed half an hour,
got out Of their cramped quarters
and strolled around the station.
All tell stories of the horrible con-
ditions at the camp they had left,
and heartily condemn the action of
the authorities in maintaining a
camp under such unfayorable condi-
tions.
The hospital train was in charge
of Rev. G. lei. Gilman, chaplain of
the regiment, and Edward Churchill
hospital steward. The train pulled
out at SIS p m. for Sedalia, Ne
vada, Springfield, Jefferson City,
Joplin and Carthage.
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SAMPSON Invited to Omaha.

Omaha, Neb., Aug. 25.-A spec al
from New York states that Manager
Il. Rosewater has extended an invi
tstlon on the part of the exposition
to Admiral Sampson to participate
in the peace jubilee as a representa-
tive of the navy on army and navy
day. The admiral said that if, on
his return from Havana, where he
had just been ordered with the com
mission, the secretary of the navy
should grant HIM leave or designate
him to represent the navy, it would
afford him great pleasure to visit
Omaha.
Mr.. Rosewater received assurances
from the war and navy departments
that a number of distinguished off,
GERS would be detached from active
service and detailed to make the
army and navy day during jubilee
week impressive. An effort is being
made to have the great war balloon
used at Santiago and now at Tampa,
transported to Omaha and made q
feature of the exposition, with q
detachment of signal officers TO
operate it.
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TOWN WRECKED.
Burglars Tried to Blow Open n Store
Safe.

Midyale, Neb., Aug. 24-Only a
deep hole in the prairie marks the
spot recently occupied by Hanson
IL Graham's general store at Hsmil
ton Corners, two miles north OF
here Most of the other buildings
in the hamlet are in more or less
diapidated condition Burglars at
tempted to crack safe there few
nights ago with disastrous results.
August 10 Hanson & Graham got
in a 20 pound package of dynamite
which they concealed behind their
safe as the safest place in their
store. A few days later they made
collections amounting to nearly y
$1,000. As there was not time to
bank it, the money was locked in
the safe for the night. In some way
the fact of its presence leaked out,
and about 2 a. m. burglars visited
the store IN search or the casn.
There was no way to get it but
by blowing open the safe, and this
was accordingly the plan adopted.
The dynamite and the powder in
the safe door went off almost stimuli
taneously. What became Of the
burglars can only be copjectured.
The store was blown to fragments,
the safe scattered over half an acre
Of ground and the thieves are alto
gether missing. One of their num-
Der was stationed outside, however,
to guard against interruption. He
is frightfully Injured, but was able
to give some particulars of the at
tempt. His life is dispaired of
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The Dreaded
Consumption
I. 4. Slocum, II. C., the Chemist and
Scientist, Will Send Free, to the
Afflicted, three Bottles Of his
Newly Discovered Rene
dies TO Cure Consume
ton and All Lung
Trouble.

Nothing could be fzirer. more phiIanthrople
q carr more JOY 20 the afflicted. than re
oaer 81 } a = Slocum. NJ C., OF - Pearl
S'nbdFnL that be has discovered an sbsoIuta
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ne Doctor considers i his religious dutv-
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Return of n Rough Rider.

Joplin, Mo, Aug. 25.-Joseph
Cline, one of Roosevelt's rough
riders, arrived in Joplin on sick
leave, carrying three Mauser bullet
wounds, which he received in the
battle of La Quasina- Cline was a
member OF Capt Capron's company.
He tells a touching stcry Of the
hardships and suferings that the
wounded American soldiers were
forced TO endure After being left
to lay where they fell for many
hours they were crowded into am
balances and hurriedly driven over
the toughest OF roads by careless
drivers. He says be was without a
morssl Of food for forty hours. The
Americans engaged in that charge
threw off their knapsscks 70 Tighten
their loads. and the Cubans snesked
in and stole what the Americans had
left, rations, blankets and every-
thing.
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Germans American Wife Found Dead b,
the Wayside.

tHe WI ISiOe'
Rome. Aug. 22.-The dead body
of the wife of Ernest sPossel, Ger.
man, was found beneath the cliffs
near Florence, and the man was ar
rested, charged with murder
The couple had been staying at
Florence since July l. The husband
returned home alone after a drive,
and Mrs. Possel's body was after.
ward found.
The authorities ordered that the
remains be exhumsd aud the bus
band 10 now under bail. The de-
ceased was insured for $4,000.
Mrs. Possel was about twenty two
years of age. Her maiden name was
Eleanora Beckett. She was proba-
bly, an English woman, but may haye
been an American.
Possel calls himself the Marquis
Gonderville, and claims to be a
French subject. He was married in
England last March, and apparently
insured his wife's life immediately.
He says she fell over the parapet on
which she was resting while he WAS
mending the harness of the horses
which he was driving.
Several witnesses testified that
they saw Possel some days pre-
viousIy throwing large stones from
the same place and watching their
descent. The mother of his wife
expressed her belief that Possel is
innocent.