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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-12-15
A Candidate S Expenses.

A Missouri law requires that all
candidates for office file an account
of expenses incurred in the cam
paign. An exchange publishes the
following as statement of one can
didate
Lost i months and % days car
'vassing; 3,345 hours sleep thinking
about the election; 5 acres of cotton:
% acres of corn; a whole sweet po-
tato crop; 1 sheep, a beef and 5
shoats given to barbecues; 2 front
teeth and considerable amount of
hair in personal skirmish Give
away 81 plugs of tobacco, 1886
drinks of whiskey, 1884 glasses of
beer, Sunday school books, 2 pairs
suspenders, calico dresses, dol.
lars and % baby rattles.
Told 2,S89 lies, shook hands 58,
AIT times, talked enough to have
made in print 1.G00 patent Office re
ports, kissed 126 babies, kindled
las fires, cut 3 cords of wood, pull
ed Ats bundles of fodder, helped
pull 7 wagon loads OF corn, dug ii
bushels of potatoes, .oted % buck
cts of water, put in I stoves, was
bitten 3 times by dogs and a baby
broke my watch which cost me 50
30 have it repaired.
Loaned barrels of -four. 20
bushels of meal, $50 pounds of be-
con, - pounds of butter, II dozen
eggs, % umbrellas, $50 lead pencils,
a Bible dictionary. a mower, two
hoes. an overcoat, and boxes of
raper coillars,> Sone IF wRi:h have
been returned.
Called my opponent a perambu-
laling liar-doetor bill so; had 3
arguments with,my wite-resuIt, ore
flower vase broken, one shirt bosom
ruined, one broom handle broker,
two hands full Of whiskers pulled
out and bought 10 cents worth of
sticking plaster besides spending
$3.50 in hard cash.
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JUSTIFIED THE WAR.
Mrs. Cushman K. Davis Interview with
Ex-Empress Eugenie.

| MIS- CuSnnan NJ JAWS interview win
Ex-Emprsss Eugene.
Paris, Dec. Mrs. Cushman K.
DavI-, wife of the United States
peac- commissioner and senator,
had au Interview with ex Empress
Eugt ME, who is living incognito at
the hotel where the United States
peace commissioners are residing,
while on her periodical visits to
Pari'. The senator's wife left her
card as formality, The OK Empress
promptly sent An attendant to re.
quest Mrs Davis to call in person.
The latter complied, and was receiv
ed, she said afterward, by stately,
white haired, sad faced woman,
having little OF the appearance of
the Invalid which the public sup
poses her TO be.
The ex.Empress seemed to be
pleased at being addressed as Your
Maj esty," and said she had the deep.
est regard for the Americans, 'be-
cause for my escape from Paris at
perilous time L was chiefly indebted
to an Am srican,' the reference being,
OF course, to the late DR.. Evans.
Although Mrs. Davis studiously
avoided mentioning the American
Hispauo wa, rem N 5ering that the
ex.Empress is Spaniard, the latter
broache1 the topic, saying:
after the obstruction of the
Maine, war was inevitable. although
[ do not believe any Spanisri WAS
responsible for that sad calamity. 1
an sure any nation would have done,
under the circumstances, as the
United States did -
Mrs. Davis, on retiring, kissing
her hand. The ex Empress seemed
deeply touched, aud exclaimed:
81 am So grateful
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THE BRAVE TO The BRAVE.
How Lieut. Hobson Vas Received By the
Men in the Rfe-Pits.

How Lieut.. Hobson Mas Received By the
Men in the Rife-Pits.
On some days we were told be
was dead, but at last We were
assured he was alive, writes Richard
Harding Davis in Scribners, refer
ring to Lieut.. Hobson. Between his
iron bars he could watch our men
moving along the yellow trenches or
peering toward him through a field
glass, and the sentries those tall
gaunt regulars who had taken the
hills with their blood and who were
now creeping upon him by night
nearer and nearer, winning the
ground between him aud themselves
by the sweat of their brows. Aud
late one afternoon, Ia the sight IF
thousands of the enemy and of his
own countrymen, he rode out a free
man and into his Inheritance. Few
men. certainly very few young men,
have ever tasted such triumph
The men who had made it possible
for him TO leave his cell ana TO
breathe free air again had waited for
his coming for many hours, crouched
by the hundreds along the high
banks of the narrow trail through
which he must come. They were
not of his branch of the service, they
were not even brother officers, their
attitude toward him was one OF
attention and salute, they were the
men who had been gathered from
every point Of the Union to be drill |
ed and hammered and fashioned into |
the thing called q regular They |
were without local or political
friends or conditions, they had no
staff of artists and reporters at their
heels to make them heroes in spite
of themselves: but they were the
backbone of the war,the professional
fighting machines, the grum bling,
self respecting, working regulars
Hobson rode down into this mob in
fresh white duck, pale with the
pallor of the prison, and touching
his cap with grave gratitude. And
they dashed at him with a roar of
ectasy, with wild welcome of
friendly cheers. As brave men they
honored brave man; and this sun
tanned, dirty, half-starved, fever
racked mob of regulars danced about
the educated, clever engineer as
though the moment was his, and
forgot that at the risk of their lives
they had set him free. that the
ground he rode over had been
splashed with their blood.
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SUED FOR $4,000.
Ed McGennis Fell on the Sidewalk and
Wants the City to Pay Him That
Amoun+

Amount.
The city of Rich Hill has run up
against damage suit. One dark
night in the early part OF last No
vember, Ed McGennis, young man
about town, working at odd Jobs
and putting up at the Merchants
Hotel, was passing along the side
walk i'll front of The Thos. Engles
property on East Maple street. The
walk is a brick one, and McGennis
alleges that some of the brick had
slipped out of position causing him
to fall and ipjuring him to the med.
est amount of $4,000.
The suit has already bean filed.
we are told. J. F. Smith of Butler.
has been retained by McGennis to
fight the battle Review.
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Judge Perkins, at Carthage, No..
raled that telegraph companies must
payi the stamp tax On their receipts.
Then telegraph companies appealed
the c hse and continue to collee. the
stamp charge, as also do the express
companies In the wind up. the cor
poratiens will get there, AID the
T pes5tp;i,e viii continue to foot the bill
for war.tsx stamps.
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TROOPS SAIL FROM SAVANNAH.
North Carolina Regiment The First to
Leave for Cuba.

Leave for Cuba.
Savannah, Ga, December 8-The
steamer Roumania sailed to-day from
Savannah, Ga, carrying the entire
frst regiment of North Carolina,
with their transportation, and part
Of the transportation Of the second
Indiana, to serve as part of the gar
rison of Havana. The transport
ought to reach Havana on Saturday,
as it is only little over forty-eight
hours sailing from Savannah to the
Cuban capital
The second Illinois Will not go
aboard the transport Michigan to-
night. Gen. Lee sent word TO the
commanding officer to-day to remain
IN camp over night and march the
regiment to the transport immedi
ately after an early breakfast. The
experiment of sending the troops
aboard ship at night, with orders TO
move the next day, which was tried
in the case of the 1st North Carolina
regiment did not prove a success
The transport Mobile, which is to
carry the 10Th Indiana, the provost
guard headquarters, and the division
hospital department has not yet ar
rived. The Mobile has been expecG
ed for two days, and was scheduled
TO leave Saturday, but on account
Of the delay in getting here it will
hardly get away on that day.
Gen j. w Keifer has moved from |
the camp to the De Soto Hotel. Gen.
Aeifer has already assumed control,
with the exception of the work con
Quoted with the transportation of |
the troops, and he will be in com
mand of every thing when Gen. Lee
leaves on Sunday.
Lieut.. Col. Fl. G Clark, of the 9th
Missouri, has resigned and his res
"a hGbAOA Ah5 OCCu aGCSkjtCGs IL 10
thought that Major j. J. Dickinson,
of St, Louis, will be made Lieuten,
ant Colonel.
The 9th Missouri has been paid
off and the men are anxiously await
ing the arrival of thu transport which
is to take them to Cuba. The regi-
ment is ready to break camp.
The 9Th will hardly leaYe within
week, however 1t was decided
some time ago that the tents used
here would go also, but an order
has been issued now that the tents
are to be left standing, which would
surely indicate that other troops are
TO be moved here. Gen. Lee does
not know what corps it will be.
THE remains of private Herman
Willen, of Company c, 9th Missouri
who died on Tuesday were buried
at Laurel Grove cemetery here, this
morning
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-12-15

Let me say I have used Ely g
Cream Balm for catarrh and can
thoroughly recommend it for what
it claims. Very truly, (Rev) II. W.
Hathaway, Elizabeth, N. J.
[ tried Ely's Cream Balm and to
all appearance am cured of catarrh.
The terrible headaches from which
[ long suffered are gone.-W. j.
Hitchcock, late Major T. S. Vol.
and A. A Gen. Buffalo, n 7.
A Toe trial size or the sos size of
Ely's Cream Balm will be mailed.
Kept by druggists. Ely Bros Sc
Warren ST., n. Y.
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The Fugitive Cattle King.

Ell Paso, Tex. Dec. "A private
dispatch from Chihu ahua confirms
the report that Grant G.. Gillett,
the cattle plunger, is in that city.
He has not been arrested. according
to the dispatch. aud is not likely to
be. Schseffer, of Kansas City. and
a Pinkerton detective arrived 10
Oh huahua yesterday in quest of
Gillett. They have a warrant for
his arrest for obtaining money un.
der false pretenses, but persons
familiar with the extradition treaties
say that the Mexican government
will not surrender Gillett. similar
cases have arisen in the past It is
believed that Schaefer will endeavor
to persuade or coercs Gillett to set
tie with him
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-12-15
HE KILLS HIS RIVAL.
Ernest Cleyenger Commits Murder
Near Missouri CITY.
JEALOUSY PROMPTS THE DEED.

JEALOUSY PROMPTS The DEED.
X. c. Times. 9Th.
Frenzed by jealousy, Ernest Clev
enger, a well known young mar
living near Missouri City, Mo, shot
and killed his rival, George Allen
and fatally wounded his cousin, Della
Clevenger, the IS year old daughter
Of Joseph Ii. Cleveoger, at the
| Clevenger school house, two miles
east of Missouri City, at $50 O'Clock
last night Clevenger and his vic
tin, Allen, are about 30 years old,
aud all the parties concerned are
highly respected in that part of the
country.
The shooting, which will doubt
less result in a double murder, was
80 sudden and unexpected that those
at the school house where it occur
red were dazed When the horror
stricken onlookers gained presence
of mind and rushed to assist young
Allen, they discovered that nothing
could be done He was dead. The
wounded girl was taken to her home
and physicians are doing all that is
possible Ia an effort to save her life
A church meeting had been in
progress, and just as the congrega
ton arose to be dismissed eleven
ger slipped up behind his cousin
and Allen, who was her escort Nut
tering a few unintelligible words,
Clevenger showed the qua to the
back of Allen head and fired The
ball entered at the base of the brain,
causing instant death Turning the
revolver on the wounded girl, he
again fred, and as she fell fatally
some one near the muir
derer wrenched the pistol from his
hand. Before the onlookers could |
collect their scattered senses Clev-
enger had slipped through the
crowd and escaped. Officers were
summoned. but the nearest officials
were ten miles away, and Olevenger
secured fair start, although a posse
started in pursuit with the deter
mined purpose of lynching the
young man if caught.
DR.. D. K Morton, of Missouri
City is attending the wounded girl.
Young Clevenger has for some
time been trying to pay attention to
MS cousin, but her father would not
allow him to do s.. Allen was the
favored suitor, and the forbidden
,ousin brooded over his defeat until
10 was in a jealous frenzy. which
has resulted in the shocking trag,
,dy.
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J. A. R. Elliott.
-ouis Chronicle. srh.

]. 4. r. Elliott of Kansas CITY.
defeated Dr. J. ". Smith IN their
live bird match at Dupont park
Wednesday afternoon, By a score of
81 to "a. Dr.. Smith did not show
up to his usual mark, and will en-
dssvor to get return match.
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Missouri City, Mo-, Dec. 9-The
fugitive was captured this morning
and taken to Jail at Liberty. He says
he regrets having shot his cousin,
but if ready to stand the conse
quences.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-12-15

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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-09-15
s1Oo Rewao, 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages and
that is catarrh. Halls catarrh cure
is the only positive cure now known
TO the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires
a constitutional treatment Halls
catarrh cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system, there
by destroying the foundation of the
disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitu-
tion and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much
faith in its curative powers that they
offer one hundred dollars for any case
that it fails to cure. Send for list of
testimonials.
Address, f. ]. CHENEY, Toledo, o.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-09-15
New use for soldier-

A standing army Is not such a bad
thing after all, even in peaceful times.
With considerable trouble and more or
less opposition from ignorant legisln-
tors, the Massachusetts, general court
appropratee every year thousands of
dollars to provide the gypsy moth com
mission with ammunition with which
10 exterminate the caterpillar. But
there is 30 much fuss over preparations
that many worms escape, ready TO
propagate in multitude in the following
year. The kaiser does all this different
ly. The other day he heard that cater
pillars were destroying the fine timber
In Rominten, in East Prussia, where he
has jagdschloss. The mighty oaks,
some Of which date back to the Cru
sedes, were being wiped on. by the
hundred The kaiser promptly ordered
two battalions Of his pioneer corps into
the district, led by officers who were ex-
pert agriculturists and entomologists.
They swept down upon the caterpil-
lars ss their companions-at-arms did
upon the French at Sedan and Metz,
and they are said TO have exterminated
them. This work may seem like an in
sult to the German uniform. but It is
rery worthy Office all the same.-N. Y.
Times.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-09-15
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The number of stars visible to the
naked eye is less than 5000. The num-
Der of stars visible through the largest
telescopes rs probably not less than
100, ,000, 900.
How far away the milky way is there
nre no means of judging with much con-
fidence. Prof. Barnard has given good
reasons for thinking that its ground
work consists of stars, which are much
smaller than the sun, perhaps hun
dreds of thousands of times smaller, so
that its distance from us may not be
great, as star distances go.
Some experiments recently made in
Belgium tend to throw doubt on the
truth of the assumption that insects are
guided to flowers by the brightness of
their colors. Brilliantly-coiored dah-
lias were covered SO as to show only the
disks, and butterflies and bees sought
these flowers with the same eagerness
and frequency as those which were fully
exposed. The conclusion reached that
the insects were guided by their sense
of smell rather than by their sight
seems conclusive.
The long familiar laboratory method
Of drying the air by means of a mois-
ture-absorbing agent has been bor-
rowed by a Frankfort inventor fer a
patented dry barrel or box for preserv-
ing vegetables and other substances.
The new apparatus is simply box with
false bottom of Stats, under which is
placed a metallic tray containing caus-
tic potash. The vegetables, fruit, etc,
are placed on the false bottom, and the
air-admitted only through the bottom
lis dried before reaching them by pas
sage over the potash. One charge of the
drier Is claimed to last six months.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-09-15
Who Goes Homef

There IS nothing more amusing, per-
haps, In all the quaint and curious Gus
toms of the house of commons than the
strange ceremony which marks the
termination of it's every sitting. Then
ment the house Is adjourned, stentor-
ian-voiced messengers and policemen
cry out In the lobbies and corridors:
"Who goes homer" These mysterious
words have sounded every night for
centuries through the palace of West
minister. The custom dates from a
time when Il was necessary for mem
bers 10 go home in parties accompanied
by links-men for common protection
against the footpads who infested the
streets of London. But though that
danger hos long since passed away, the
question: who goes homer" Is still
asked, night after night during the
session OF parliament. No reply is
given, and none is expected.-Nine.
teenth Century.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-09-15
WHERE THE JOKE CAME IN.
The Boys Hauled the Professor Back
Much to Their Chagrin and
Discomfort.

A very good story Is told of the head
Of q college, who was the possessor of
a very clumsy, old-fashioned vehicle, to
which he was very partial and which
be constantly used in riding through
the streets Of the town, to the disgust
Of most Of the students.
A plan was formed among some of
the boys that on a certain night they
would remove this offensive vehicle
from the ooach-house to q wood about
half q mile from the college. Their in
tention was to run the carriage into the
thickest Of the woods and underbrush
and leave II there.
But the principal by some means
learned OF suspected their intention.
Accordingly, in the evening. he quiet
" went out to the coach-house, and,
we'll wrapped up, crouched in corner
Of the carriage, and waited.
Soon the boys came, very stealtbily,
and, without looking into the vehicle,
began their operations very quietly;
and In whispers, and with many
Hush" and Take care and Look
out" they succeeded in getting il out
OF the house and yard. and into the
road.
There they were all right, but they
were puzzled to find the thing so heavy
to haul; and amid grumblings and puff
ings and paintings, varied occasionally
With q strong expression of disgust,
they succeeded in reaching the woods,
the principal listening to their com
plants. and rather enjoying the situa-
tfon.
Having With some difficulty backed
the carriage into the brush, they began
to congratulate each other on the sue
cess Of their maneuver. The old gen.
tieman, letting down the window, to
their utter surprise and alarm, very
quietly said:
Now, young gentlemen, just take
me back very carefully, II you please"
Spare Moments.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-09-15
WELL DEFENDED HARBoRs.
Those of New York and Boston Are
Well Protected Against
Hostile Fleets.

In these days of war alarms the ques-
ton of our coast defenses has come &c
the front; and on this score Boston, ap-
parently, has little cause for uneasi-
ness. The numerous islands make Bos-
ton harbor one of the most easily de-
Tended of American ports; and the for
tifcations at the mouth of the harboI
make il impossible for hostile warship.
TO project missiles from their heaviest
slowed away, as il Is, at the head of the
harbor. There is little doubt also that
the .defenses OF Manhattan and Brook
lyn boroughs are adequate to protect
these chief factors in the Greater New
York from bombardment. An enemy's
fleet could certainly enter Long Island
sound, but II would be terribly har-
raised in its progress toward New York
by mortar stations, and Its troubles
would begin in dead earnest when II
reached the neighborhood Of Fort
Schuyler and Willet's Point, with thelr
great disappearing guns and the
heaviest of modern ordnance, by which
they control the expanse Of sound
waters for miles to the east Of them
New York is the second greatest COM
mercial port, being surpassed only by
London, while Liverpool, It's nearest
competitor, has now been eutstripped
by Hamburg. The time was when the
region of New York bay was above the
sea, and then the valley Of the Hudson
extended far out beyond the present
land limit and the broad valley, eroded
by the river waters, may still be traced
for Is or 90 miles out to sea- 1t plays
On important part in the protection Of
New York harbor; for large part o4
the sediments from the Hudson and
the sands that are swept along the
shore in the direction OF the harbor fall
into this trough and are thus unable 10
accelerate the formation In the lower
bay of shoals, which, as Il Is, grow ali
too rapidly for the peace OF mind of the
shipping trade.
New York harbor is the best because
the largestillustration of the important
services which our government renders
to commerce. The earliest work Of the
coast and geodettc survey was done IN
New York harbor. II discovered 0ed-
pey's channel, one Of the harbor's most
important thoroughfures. Its seven
surveys between 1885 and 1878 resulted
In many important recommendations
But harbor work has been much neg
lected in recent years and the mef-
chants of New York are now demand
Ing that the Swallowing channels be
deepened to meet the needs Of the ship
ping interests.-Cyrus C. Adams, In
Chautauquan.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-09-15
Reiga of Roses in vienna.

In Vienna the rose has been declared
the flower of the year, and win appear,
not only on hats and bonnets, or dinner
tables, but also worn in the hair, tucked
into the bodice, and even carried In the
hand. This is due in great measure to
Kaiserin Elizabeth of Austria's passion
for roses, which is 80 greet that her
apartments are filed with them at ell
seasons In the grounds of the Achii-
leion-Schloss, in Corfu, magnificent
rose park was Laid out o. her special
command, while at Schioes Lainr sven
the telegraph and electric light poles
are rendered things OF beauty by trails
Of climbing roses. The paths are bor-
dered with roses, marble vases are
filed with them, and out OF the vel
vety green turf spring roses, not tor
tured in stiff designs, but trained In
exquisite festoons and groups Of coiors.
Boston Globe.