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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-10-06

lieve we ean-in the Orient; aye, and
in Europe. too, for with our superior
machinery and workmen, we can
pay higher wages, and yet compete
with Europe for trade In her own
markets But if we want the world
markets, We must 60 to them. II we
desire 10 dominate the worlds com
merse We must be equipped for the
work.
/ To be so equipped we must have
the greatest merchant navy ahoat
All this is good old democratic doc
trine 1t was a faYorite policy OF
our fathers 10 ante bellum days.
believe it will be again. And, there
fore, l believe the next democratic
convention will push the revival of
our interests to the front and make
it leading issue; and, incidentally,
will insist on the speedy construc
ton of the Nicaragua Canal, and the
necessary enlargement Of our navy
To nv mind there Is so much OF
prosperity and glory to our country
to be gained by this policy, that L
believe it will command the sup
port of the people of all classes
and sections when it is fully pre-.
eented and understood
Apropos to this I believe it should
be the policy of the democratic par
ty to have our government seek the
closest alliance with Mexics and
Central and South America, and I
NAV add, with Canada also.
We ought to form with them, or
as many of them as possible, a bi
metallic union, aud M AXE bimetalliem
an American policy in opposition to
the European policy of monometal
lism. II we take the lead and offer
the proper Inducements and encour
agement, this can be done. We
can so unite the Americans as to rule
the world, not by force of arms, but
by arts of peace.
1 believe / have indicated what
will probably be the leading issues
of the next campaign. There will,
OF course, be other issues of more
or less importance, but l have said
so much already that l must not at
tempt to further particularize Those
L have named will be, in my opinion,
the Issues in which the people will
take the greatest interest. Expan
sion of the currency by the free
coinage of silver, and the expansion
of commerce by rebuilding the
marine should be our bat
le cry. Respectfully,
WILLIAM j. STONE.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-10-06

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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-10-06
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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-10-06

Is your child Puny, peeked ana peeviSh :
Does il fret and cry without SEEMING
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Il has worms and Whites Cream Ver-ni
tuge viii safely expel them and restore
its health 25c. H. l. Tucker.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-10-06

Is your liver tired? Does it fail to do
its duty: II 50 don't neglect its call for
help. A few doses Of Herbine may save
you spell OF sickness. Herbine is the
only perfect liver medicine. It cures
chilIs and +ever. <. Il l. Tucker
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-10-06
An Army Medical Chief.

z. H. Review.
DR.. Il ) Huidskoper, the corps
surgeon at ChickamAuga, who was
the general in chief of the medical
service of $4,000 men. never regis
tered as a physician IL New York
City. SAVE the Journal. When
President Mckinley appointed him
from that state to be the division
surgeon Of the first army corps at
Chicksmsuga, be was not qualIted
to practice medicine or human sur
gerry within the bounds of the state.
q had not been a practicing physi-
cIan for at least Is years. and his
entire experience in the actual treat
meut Of human beings could not
have extended over a period greater
than three years At the time of his
appointment he was a horse and dog
doctor. as IL shown by his advertise
ment, which res Is thus:
HsGPIrAL or TuK
NEW YORK COLLEGE, OF vETERISARY
SURGEONS.
SEu YoEK.
RATES BOARD.
Horses, per day ---... $500. ...-....- oil 50
Dogs, per day. -...-....-. ..... 80
Cats. per day .--..--..-. .-...-..... -. ..... Sc
Baths for dsgs:
20
The age-herald., 1898-02-01
JONES DENIES IT.
He Says He Did Not Remove Harrity from the
 Executive Committee.

Washington, Jan. 31.-Chairman Jones, of the democratic national committee, says there is no truth in the statement that he had removed William F. Harrdty, Penn sylvania member, and substituted the man designated by the democratic state com mittee, as his successor.
 MT. Jones says that Chairman Garman of the Pennsylvania committee and a num- Der of Pennsylvania democrats called on him last week, and MT. Garman informed him of the action of the democratic com mfttee of Pennsylvania, and said that the matter would be presented to Senator Jones in an official manner and all the papers and correspondence laid before him.
 Senator Jones informed MT. Garman that the power of removal of a member of the national committee rested wholly with the committee itself and that he would take the papers in the case when submitted to him and send a copy to Mir. Harity, giving him an opportunity to make a reply and present his side of the case.
 After both sides had been fully heard he would take all the correspondence and papers in the case and send copy to each member of the committee and get an ex- pression- of every member as to what should be done The committee then might be called together if they so elected, when the case can be discussed and decided.
The age-herald., 1898-02-01
TRIAL OF SHERIFF MARTIN
Deputy Attorney General to Re-
 present Uncle Sam. CLAIMS WILL BE FILED
By Foreign Countries If the Sheriff and Depu- ties Are Convicted Australia Makes a
 Move in That Direction.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Jan 31.-Hon. Henry M Hoyt, deputy attorney general of the United States, arrived here today to be in attendance at the trial of Sheriff Mar tin and his deputies, which begins tomor- row.
 In sending Mir. Hoyt here to attend the trial the United States has only one ob- ject in view, namely, to protect itself in case foreign governments file claims for damages for the killing of their subjects at Latmer.
 Austria has already made move in that direction, and it is understood that if the verdict is against Sheriff Martin and his deputies, Germany and Italy will also file claims at once.
 It is reported that each of these govern ments will have representative from their legations at Washington present at the trial. Secretary sherman having received notice of this, decided to have the national government represented at the trial.
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THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH Against the Establishment of
 Such a Department. MARINE HOSPITAL SERVICE Would Be Deprived of Jurisdiction Over Quar- antne Matters and This Would Be
 lmpolitic and Dangerous.
AARINE HOSPITAL SERVICE

Washington Jan. 31.-Senator Vest from senate committee on public health today made a report upon the bill providing for the creation of department of public position and it recommends as substitute the bill for the enlargement of the powers of the marine hospital service.
 The report says the first bill would de- prive the marine hospital service of it's Jurisdiction over quarantine matters and that a change so radical would be impo- litic and dangerous.
 The opinion is expressed that if a health department is to be established it should be gradually done and that transition so sudden as that proposed would leave the gulf states without quarantine protection against yellow fever for a time at least The report defends the marine hospital service against what 1t terms the "violent assaults" which have been made upon it, saying that there is no convincing evidence to sustain them.
 The government is advised to continue the present system and to enlarge the by giving the president, through this serv- ice, the right to resort to measures to pre- vent the spread of contagious diseases from one state to another. The committee enters into quite an extended argument to show that such provision would not be unconstitutional.
The age-herald., 1898-02-01
HUNDREDS IF MEN
 DEAD OR DYING From Gold and Starvation on tke New FoundIand Coast. RELIEF CRAFT ICE BOUND And Have to Abandon Their Brand to Succor the Unfortunate. NARROWING NEWS OF THE PORu Passed the Virginia. Which Was Laden ed With Foo sScked Tight.
 -
 >fT- ST. JOHN IN RErHLn CONDITION Streets ImL z 5le, Railroads Have Sus- pendeq x .s- k, Prices on Food Have Az sd,and the Poor Suffer-
 hS Hunger and Cold.
Passed the virginia. Which Was Laden
 ed With Foo sScked Tight.

New York, Jan. 31.-The Red Cross line steamer Portia arrived today four days overdue from St. Johns. N. F., and Ha,i- fax, after a desperate encounter with packed ice off the New Foundland coast. and with narrowing tale of bizzards and destitution in the coast section of tbat country.
 dundreds or men, women and children dead or dying from exposure and starvaI ton with abundance close by and hun- dreds more threatened with a like fate. are the brief details of the condition of affairs brought by the Portia.
 Penned in Arctic Flows
 Four days the Portia was penned in bupe Arctic foes in plain sight of St. Jor,s unable to move. She managed to escana by the merest accident. Many other era fts- several of them relief vessels sent bv tha Canadian government to succor destitute fishermen, had to abandon their erranas of mercy and returns to St. Johns, where they were still in the ice when the PortIa struggled into clear water.
 Close to where the Portia lay the steam- ship Virginia was locked tight. She had been sent north by the Canadian govern. ment with food for the starving fishermen. but short distance up the coast she found the route securely blocked and was forced to return to port to prevent being ice. pound all winter. Before her departure news had reached St. Johns that unlesA assistance was promptly despatched th, unfortunate inhabitants would soon be be. yond relief
 Among the detained fleet at St Jobns were dozen or more sailing vessels load ed with codfsh for England and Brazil.
 The city of St. Johns was in a terrible condition on account of the blizzard. The streets were rendered impossible. the rail- roads suspended work and the poor were suffering through hunger and cold. Prices of food had advanced until they were be- yond the reach of the poor.
 When the Portia was working her way out to sea she was closely followed by the bark Flora and these two vessels were the only ones that succeeded in leaving St. Johns.
 Several miles off shore the Porta passed the steamer Grand Lake fast in the ice and in a perilous condition. The steamer Virginia was released from her perilous position after the departure of the Portia from St. Johns, and the position of the rest of the distressed fleet has been reported by telegraph to be relieved.
The age-herald., 1898-02-01

promised Simmons one month to reply to all charges, the report will not be made for some time.
 Sta,lings and others have prepared other complaints besides the political ones, and of a much more serious character They deal with his social life and accuse him of immoral conduct. The charges are smiliar to those which defeated Buckley
 The committee on judiciary reported fa- vorably on the nomination of Lee Bryan for marshal of the middle district, and he was confirmed. The committee decided that the sins with which Bryan was charged were committed so far, back that his entire being could have undergone a change since then.
 Ex-Marshal Walker says he will carry his fight against Bryan and Youngblood into the senate itself, and threatens to re- veal the methods by which Mark Hanna worked up the Mckinley boom.
 Senator Pettus' Bill Senator Pettus introduced bill today to grant to the Alabama Normal college B O40 acres of public lands in Alabama. He also introduced a bill directing the secre- tary of the treasury to pay to the state of Alabama as trustee the net proceeds of the sale of coal and iron lands in Alabama which under an act passed in 1882 are re- quired to be sold. The money Is to be. used as state school fund.
 Plowman Case Thursday
 The Aldrich-Plowman case comes up in the house Thursday. Two hours side will be allowed for debate and the vote then taken. Plowman's friends will put up a stiff fight to allow him to retain his seat. A report in favor of Underwood will prob ably be made in the Crowe-Underwood case this week.
 Robert B. Logan has been appointed post master at Glen Allen, Fayette county.
 Appointments Confirmed
 Washington, Jan. a.-The senate today made the following confirmations::
 John Eagan of Florida, to be attorney of the United States for the Northern district of Florida.
 C. M Barnard, to be attorney for the United States for the Eastern district of North Carolina. 3sS sas
 Leander J. Bryan of Alabama, to be marshal of the United States for the Mid dle district of Alabama. Postmaster: Georgia-Joshua G. Harris Gainesville.
The age-herald., 1898-02-01
ACTRESS ABDUCTED.
Marion Manola Mason Wires to New York for
 Arrest of Harry Askin.

Savannah, Ga., Jan. S1.-Marion Mano,a Mason, the great operatic star, wired to the police authorities in New York today asking them to arrest Harry Askin. late manager of the Manola Mason Theatrical company, and to hold him until she could come on to New York
 Askin and his wife left here Saturday night on the steamship City of Augusta, of the Ocean Steamship line and should arrive in New York tonight or tomorrow morning. Mrs. Mason claims that Askin has abducted her daughter, obtaining her consent to go with him by making her be- lieve that she was a talented actress, and promising her that he would make a star out of her.
The age-herald., 1898-02-01

hearers were left fully informed on the fact that he thought more of his home than he did the remainder Of the state. On another occasion he said to Mir. Ken nedy:
 "I have been married twelve years and my wife Is the mother of several children, but do you know she just keeps on getting prettier every day of her life?"
 And this is the man whom his slayer charges with conjugal inhdelity.
 Lloyd's nature was magnetic; he attract ed friends in every walk of life and re- tained them. An example of this is found in his striking victory over Editor White head, the populist candidate in a strong populist county. Lloyd was the only man who could have saved the representation to democracy.
 Violence and Bloodshed
 very different picture is presented in the character of Gafford. The brush will have to be used with more iurid colors and the lines lose all the soft tones of domestic happiness.
 The career of John A. Gafford has been one of violence and of b.oodshed. He was until some years ago one of the most noted desperadoes In the south, and on more than one occasion he has been in the clutches of the law for murder, but has hitherto escaped. As a convict guard in this state it is alleged that he assaulted several of the unfortunate wretches in his charge so cruealy that two of them died. Warrants were issued for him, but "promi- nent friends hushed the matter up. Hold ing similar state position in Arkansas, he beat convict ito death. Making his way to Greenville, he obtained a horse and sum of money from a well known merchant there, and for several months evaded ar rest, but was finally captured and for ex- emplary conduct in the penftentiary was mads trusty. While serving his time in the Arkansas penttentairy hds sister mar- rded Rice Golson who moved with her to Mississippi.
 Reports reaching Gafford that her hus- band was il,treating his sister he took French leave of the penatentafry and made his way on foot ito the home of the Golsons, where he appeared in disguise and hired out to hoe cotton. One day Golson beat his sister in his presence and then Gafford revealed himself. Procuring a shotgun he killed Golson, took leave of his sister and went back to the penitentiary. where he told his story and completed fis term, without amy further trouble.
 Ways of a Brigand
 One who was intimately acquainted with Gafford describes his early days as being indicative of his manhood As young man he had the manners of Chesterfield and the ways of a western brigand. He would shoot out all the lights in church with as much complacency as he would force a repentant sinner to pray all night at the point of a pistol. His pranks as boy were condoned, his actions as young man were deprecated, but only general con- demnation has met the escapades of his later years
The age-herald., 1898-02-01

that the deceased at once drew his pistol Gafford, according to his own statement dhere was not a single eyewitness to the killing), then shot Lloyd with both bar rels of a shotgun.
 Frank Daniel and Earle Lewis. two young men who were riding on the same road from Greenville, were the first to reach the spot. Gafford stepped in front of them and said:
 T have just shot Bart Lloyd; shot him with both barrels You had better see his condition. l must be off.
 Proceeding to the place indicated bv Ganord the. two young men found Lloyd dead, covered with blood and literally rid died about the head and upper portion of the body with shot. Horror stricken they made their way back to town and on their report a posse was formed with dogs to hunt down the slayer of the man. who. if IS no exaggeration to say, had been the idol of the constituency he represented in the Alabama legislature.
 Remained In Hiding
 Gaford remained in hiding that night but subsequently gave himself up to Sher- 1n Shanks. and was immediately taken to Montgomery county jail as the popular feeling was too high for a legal trial in Butler ,county. and writer was & fitting and deeply sym pathetic tribute to one who was an ac- knoWiedsed leader as the representative of the people. or, as their philosophic teach- CT. His terrible end drew forth sponta- neous expression of grief from the state which was echoed and re-echoed even aft CT the last of his posthumous writings had been made public.
 Francis Barlow Lloyd, member of the lower house of the Alabama legislature rom Butler county, successful writer and interesting lecturer, was born close to Rock Creek, in Butler county, whicss be- came famous through his Rufus Sanders Letters' He began his newspaper career in Selma, and. afterward drifted to Mont gomery, where he became city editor of the Advertiser. It was while he occupied this position that he commenced the depic- tion of Alabama rural life and his life- like description found such good market that he devoted his talent entirely in that direction, being amply compensated by syndicate for that class of work. It is com puted that over 100 weekly papers through out the country used the Rocky Creek" letters. On meeting with this success he retired from active newspaper life, prefer ring the placid existence of his pen-charac- terS to the drudgerv of Journalistic rou- tine. and marrying Miss Lillian Carter. of Pineapple. close to his old home, he set- tied down.
 Happy Family
 Four children blessed the union, and Barlow Lloyd may be likened unto Eugene Field in his parental pride. Tn their love ! of mature, their tender-heartedness, their leaning toward the "sweetly simple" and their evident innocent contentment, the two were akin. Lloyd exhibited an almost childish pride in his wife. his children and his home. The people of Butler county were to him "my people,"
 It is related by Bruce Kennedy of Mo- bile. who was an associate of Lloyd in Montgomery, that when several friends taxed Lloyd with running off hurriedly at the close of each weeks session and bury ing himself in the woods, as they expressed 1t, he replied in such a manner that his
The age-herald., 1898-02-01
AGED COUPLE MURDERED.
One Was Eighty and the Other Seventy Years
 of Age.

Grayson, Ky, Jan. 31.--'Virginia Bill" Friley, an old citizen of Elliott county, aged 80 years, and his wife, about 70 years of age, were murdered tonight at their home in Elliott county, Ky, and robbed of from $500 to s1 200.
 There is no clue to the murderers A maui was the instrument used. No one was at home except the old couple. The crime is shrouded in mystery. Intense excitement prevails in the neighborhood. If the perpetrators are discovered lynch- ing will follow
The age-herald., 1898-02-01
SNOW IN NEW YORK.
Wind Blowing Like the Forerunner of Genu-
 inc Blizzard.

New York, Jan. 31.-Since o'clock this morning snow has been falling in this city and vicinity, and tonight a strong west wind and falling temperature, calling forth many predictions of blizzard.
 The cold weather filled the city lodging houses to overhowing and last night and tonight many women and children, who applied for shelter, were sent to the differ ent hospitals. Trains and railways termin- ating in New York and Jersey City were delayed by the storm, but none to a great extent
The age-herald., 1898-02-01
Run Down By a Train.

Columbus O., Jan. 31.-At 6:20 a. m., to- day, three miles from GreenviHe, Dayton and Union passenger engine caught c. F. Young, wife and 4-year-old girl In a top buggy, killing fahher and child and terrf4 bly, injuring the mother. A shed obstruct. ed the view of Engineer Creagan.
The age-herald., 1898-02-01
A $50, BLAZE.
Almost the Entire Town of Ashburn, Ga., Wiped
 Out of Existence.

Ashburn. Ga, Jan. 31-The first fire that Ashburn has ever had that amounted to anything occurred today. The fire started in the roof of Jeffrey & Robbins store about o'clock this afternoon and in less than one hour and half everything from J. S. Betts X Co.'S. brick store to the cor nsr of North street was burned. Eleven stores, one warehouse and two dwellings, were burned. The loss is estimated at $50,00Q
The age-herald., 1898-02-01
LOAN ASSOCIATION FAILED.
Forced to the Wall by Decision of Supreme cour
 Limiting Them to 6 Per Cent.

Lexington, Ky, Jan. 31.-The Blue Grass Building and Loan association made an assignment today to Bishop Clay, its sec- retary. Liabilities s50,00o; nominal assets the same. The failure is caused by the large withdrawals and the refusal of some of the directors to reorganize on per cent basis.