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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-09-22
WAGONS, WAGONS.

We are selling more wagons than
all our competitors combined, be-
cause we have the best wagons and
are selling them cheaper. Can sell
you a good warranted wagon from
$50 up. We handle the Peter Schut-
tier, Mitchell, Weber and Clinton.
We handle the Hoosier and I'm
proved Indiana grain drills. If
needing a drill don't fail to see our
new Hoosier Disc drill, which is
taking the lead everywhere. Can
sell you a good hoe drill from $35 up.
We are still selling nearly all the
buggies. for the reason that we give
you a better buggy for the money
than any of our competitors. We
handle the celebrated Racine buggy
with steel corner which makes it i'm
possible for the corners to open like
they do when made the old way.
We have fine lot of road wagons
and surreys and are selling them
cheap. Please call and see US before
buying, as you will save money by
doing so.
Remember We pay the highest
price in cash as we'll as trade for all
kinds of country produce Drive
right up to our store when you come
to town and you will always get the
top price for anything you have to
sell
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-09-22
A meeting Of the democratic and

A meeting Of the democratic and
populist executive committees waf
held in Stockton yesterday. A coz
ference of the two committees wGG
held and fusion agreed upon. TIE
populists were given the offices OF
prosecuting attorney, circuit CLERK,
treasurer, probate judge and judes
of the southern district, subject "a
the withdrawal Of the democrats
candidates.-Stockton Journal.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-09-22
FLOUR AND FEED.

We are just unloading another
car Of the celebrated Pleassnton
Flour, shorts, and bran, so don't
fail to see us when needing any
Flour and Feed. You know those
Pleasanton shorts and bran are
much richer than you can get at any
other mill We will make you some
extremely low prices in large quan
titles Can sell you so fb sack of
-four from 70 cents up.
We have a good stock Of corn, oats
and baled hay.
Bring Is your chickens, turkeys,
geese, ducks, butter and eggs We
always pay the top prlce.
We thank you for the liberal trade
given us in the past and solicit q
continuance of the same in the fu.
ture. Respectfully,
Bennett-WheeIer Nero. Co.
LEADERS OF LOW tPRlcEs.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-09-22
CAPTAIN ALLYN CAPROH
DIED AT FORT MEYER.

Was in Command of Famous Battery in
the Battle of Santiago.
Washington, Sept. 18.-Captain
Allyn Caprop, First Artillery, died
at his home, near Fort Hyer, Va,
today
Captain Capron was one OF the
best known officers in the regular
army He lad devoted himself par
ticularly to the artillery branch Of
the service, having been an honor
graduate of the Artillery School in
1873, and was regarded as an au-
thority on artillery tactics. When
General Skaters corps went to San.
tisgo Captain Capron accompanied
it, and his battery did notably fine
work in the battle OF Santiago.
During the first days fight, Captain
Capron's son, Captain Allyn e. Cap
ron of the Rough Riders, was killed.
The death of his sen preyed upon
the fathers mind, but he never
swerved for an instant from his duty
in the terrible days that followed.
The seeds of disease were sown in
his system during the Cuban cam
paign, and he returned to his home
at Fort Meyer, near this city. only
to be stricken down with typhoid
fever His death occurred about II
o clock to day.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-09-22
WITH GENERAL LAYTON.
Bates County Boys Tough
Experience at Santiago.
! Yellow Fever, Now Down With
Typhoid.

N Yellow teVeF, NOW Down WIN
II Typhoid.
HE.lter G. Shields, who faced
I.tish bullets on San Juan Hill
L Fas in the trenches fronting
.tisgo at the time OF Toral's sur
kdr, 10 now lying at his fathers
LIE near Amsterdam with typhoid
III, and in his delirium charging
br.astworks and cutting those
hrbls barbsd wire fences
IEs enlisted in Co. Fl, q. s regu-
n al Denver, Col, in the fall of
Nj. This company was detailed
command and was on
II first transports that landed on
\ Cuban coast. They were in the
Ek Of the fight and bore all the
kptions incident TO that cam
Gen until the capitulation of that
E
IEslter Shields was then stricken
NJ yellow fever, which ran its
lHss in fifteen days, leaving him
L. yery weak. emaciatad condition.
vas brought home on the trans
n. Yucatan and landed at Mon
II Point Sept. 2nd. He was gwen
tlrlough for 80 days and landed
Kansas City with typhoid fever,
bEs hs wes met by his father and
kTsJed to his home.
Natter @. Shields is the son of T.
shields, resident of our county
k25 years. He was born in Bates
Ensy and spent the greater part
bio life on his fathers farm. He
las OF o fighting family, two OF his
ltss gave their lives to the Union
l!hs last war. The doctors in at
fdancs say he is doing nicely and
b strong hopes of his getting
which ia the ardent hope OF
our people.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-09-22
Why Not
Be Particular
in selecting a
BUGGY OR FARM WAGON
in selecting a

We claim to have the best
An inspection of our carriage
repository and warehouse and
the good vehicles they contain
will convince you that we buy
nothing but first-class goods
No one ever tries to sell lis
shoddy because they know we
don't buy that class of goods.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-09-22
JACK TEE RIPPER
Again at Work In Nevada.


Post 18th.
Wednesday night the premises of
J. E, Smith living 6 miles north of
town, were visited by Jack the Rip
per or some ecoundrel essaying that
Gend's particular role.
A fine cow belonging to MIR. Smith
was found next morning in his barn
yard completely disemboweled in
manner similar to that pursued in
Nevada some weeks ago. The poor
animal was still alive when found,
but she had to be killed. There is
no clue to the perpetrator of the
outrage.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-09-22
Mrs. Plumb Helped a Sick Soldier.

hrS. riumo Helped SICK Soldier.
Topeka, Kas., Sept. Is While
flng home from Denver to EN-
fa a few days ago, Mrs Plumb,
toW OF the late United States
fator Plumb, found a sick soldier
The train. She had the young
tsror taken to her berth in the
Imam and ministered to his wants
Fng the long, tiresome journey
lass the state. She telegraphed
nd to her nephew and he accom-
pied the Invalid. Frank Gibson, to
home in Winfield. When asked
fesrning her action, Mrs. Plumb
h:
|-Place the young man in good
lads and have him cured; then all
hrges will be paid"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-09-22
GROCERIES, GROCERIES.

We are headquarters for gro
ceries Have the best stock il
town and can give you lower prices.
Our grocery trade has doubled the
past year and we expect to make
prices so low that we will increase it
the coming Year.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-09-22
Bucklen's Arnica Salve

|Ihe Best Salve in the world for
+ bruises, sores, ulcers, salt
PUN, fever sores, tetter, chapped
pos, chilblains, corns, and all skin
Fphons, and positively cures piles
10 pay required. 1t is guaran-
q 10 give perfect satisfaction or
paey refunded Price 25 cents
foox. For sale by H. L. Tucker.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-16

From late reports received from New
York City, it appears that the position
taken by the press Of this city, to the
effect that the Oregon Short Line man
agement viii not change, is correct.
When the news was received in this
city that the Vanderbilts had acquired
control of the Union Pacific, Short
Line and o. r. & n. roads, The Herald
took the position that even if this were
so, there was little likelihood OF q Sc
gregauOn; that the management of the
Short Line would continue just the
same. This position has been adhered
to, and the dispatches received yester-
day demonstrate the accuracy of the
view taken. The Associated Press
says:
The Financial Chronicle says: Re
garding the reported control OF the
Oregon Short Line and the Oregon
Railroad & Navigation companies by
the Union Pacific company through
purchase of a majority OF the STOCK OF
the Oregon Short Line, we are authOrl-
tatively informed that there has been
TO change in the situation regarding
the Oregon Short Line stocks Since the
Mon Pacific reorganization acquired,
seine weeks ago, the block Of stock
tees Of the collateral trust mortgage of
1891, securing Union Pacific gold note
s-xes While this block of stock gives
the Union Pacific a prepOnderaung
holding of the Oregon Short Lines
stock, Of which the total is $4,llS,60O, it
does net. we are informed, give that
company a majority interest nor is
there any intention to disturb the Ore
son Railroad & Navigation company
voting trust, which runs until 1865.
The Importance of preserving the indie
pendence of the Oregon & Navigation
as a terminal in the interest of three
companies. Union Pacific, Great North
ern and Northern Pacific, is thought TO
warrant the belief that no one of these
companies will attempt an independent
control
1t would seem from this statement
t4at the deal was simply. as claimed,
q large financial transaction. The news
that q segregation is not likely to oc-
cur will be hailed with great satisfac-
ton by people living here in Salt Lake.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-16
GOOD FOR BAMBERGER
COAL, FLOUR AND CORN MEAL
FOR THE POOR.
Will Be Distributed From Monday
Until Friday at the Pacific Feed
iLills-A Splendid Starter.

Now. here is a case of Charity worthy
of emulation. Any one wishing to see"
this and raise" it, will be welcome.
The following note was yesterday re-
ceived by The Herald;
ITO Whom 1t May Concern: We Will
distribute free. to deserving applicants,
% tons of coal; $500 pounds of flour;
1000 pounds of cornmeal. Call from 10
to II O'Clock a. m, Monday, Jan. II. 10
Friday, Jan. p, at Pacific Feed Mills,
SIS West South Temple street, or write
TO S. b., pOstOffice box 1851
The man who is doing this is Simon
Bamberger, president of the Salt Lake
& Ogden 1t is a good start. 1t means
that more Will follow. Surely there are
many in this city who will not permit
Simon Bamberger to stand alone in the
work of charity.
Now. that p tons of coal will warm
100 families for some time. That $500
pounds OF -four will keep bread in as
many families until, perhaps, the
father can get some work That LOCO
pounds os cornmeaI will work in very
handy with others.
Now, what's the matter with some
good fellow, some man with a large
heart, announcing that he Will distrib-
ute 500 pounds of bacon, and some other
fellow coming to the front with lot OF
coffee, and another man with some
sugar, and still another with some
beans and a whole lot of stuff. Then
the people will eat and will feel good
and will go out and rustic hard. and
matters viii show a decided improve
ment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-16

western made private rates tc ogden
SHIPPERS which gave them equal chance
WITH the merchants here. These rates
We're equal 10 the Salt Lake rate. That
Is TO say, the Ogden merchant could
ship goods to points south OF this city
at the same rate given the Salt Lake
merchant.
Really, it was a discrimination in ia
vor Of Ogden merchants. Neither line
could publish rate sheet with the flg-
ures, for in that event, the Southern
Pacific would have demanded a larger
proportion on business delivered TO
either line destined to points south Of
this city. When the present law be-
came operative, the Rio Grande West
ern and the Short Line were compelled
10 withdraw all private rates, because
the statute expressly states that no
private rates shall be permitted
Ogden now has to pay the same
rates south of this city that are charg-
ed Salt Lake merchants TO points north
Of Ogden, or nearly so. The figures are
much the same. The grounds for the
kick or the part of the Standard are
nil, and, in the opinion of several rail-
road men here. are published as a sort
OF bluff on the part of the paper, made
with view to melting the belief that
the paper is doing something in behalf
of the city.
a statement is accredited to General
Manager Bancroft to the effect that
he has said he expected to live to see
the grass growing in the streets of Og
den, etc. Mr. Bancroft has been out Of
the city a day or two, and has no
chance OF deying same, but his close
friends declare he never made any
such assertion, and that the Standard
did q very despicable thing when it
gave publicity to such a rumor.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-16
Notes and Personals.

Hoyt Sherman of the Gulf line left
for Denver last evening.
G. s Davidson. freight and passen-
ger agent of the Union Pacific at Hell
ena, is in the city.
Burton Q. Branch, travelling passen-
ger agent of the Erie lines. with head
quarters in Chicago, was in the city
yesterday
II. H. Sheperd, western travelling
passenger agent of the Chicago & AL
ton. with headquarters at Denver, is
in Salt Lake.
There is talk of reviving the old
trans-continental association. as a re-
suit of the war on Aleska rates begun
by the Canadian Pacific
The circulars announcing the selec-
ton of T NJ. Schumacher as general
agent of the freight department of the
Short Line, and d. w. Hitchcock as
general agent of the passenger depart
ment of the same road, at San Fran
cisco. were issued yesterday and sent
to all agents of the road and to con-
Meeting lines.
Now that the anti-scalping bill is be-
fore congress, ticket robberies are re-
ported with startling frequency. 1t has
just been discovered that several thou
sands dollars worth Of Santa Fe tick
cts have been sold in st. Joe. The rob-
berry dates back for several years, and
the great wonder is why the old forms
of tickets were not detected sooner.
The Northern Pacific, Great Northern
and lot OF lien holders are making an
effort to get possession of lot Of grade
constructed by the Union Pacific sit
uated on the north side Of the Columbia
river. and running between Vancouver
and Kalama. The Southern Pacific is
also said to have its pole reaching after
the persimmon. The cost of this bit
of work was said by Mr.. Eccles to have
been close on to a million.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-16
RACE OF RAILROADS.
Two Lines Are Now Chasing to the
Yukon.

Tacoma, Wash. Jan. IA railroad
building race involving the expenditure
of S16000,0 600 has been commenced by
two wealthy corporations. each of
which desires to own the first railroad
into the Yukon country. The road viii
be about 400 miles long. running from
Pyramid harbor, at the head of Lynn
canal. to points on Lewis river below
Five Finger rapids.
The companies back Of the railroad
projects are the London Exploration
company. and the Yukon company or
ganized last summer by Andrew T.
Burleigh, the principal stockholders of
which are Philadelphia and New York
me=.
Both corporations have engineers and
surveyors at work between Pyramid
harbor and the Lewis river. The pro-
jectors of both roads figure on an av-
erage cost of over $4,000 n mile, requir-
ing an outlay of over IS. coo, 600 for each
road The equipment for each will
cost about s. 600 600 more
Both companies have secured rights
of way from the Canadian government.
and are now working TO secure from
congress necessary rights of way
through 30 miles of American terri
tory
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-16
Made In Clerk Dunbar'S Branch Of
the County Government.
MORE WORK THAN IN 1896
A REDUCTION IN EXPENSES OF
OVER $4,000.
Comparative Statements of Salaries
and Volume of Business-County
Recorder Jensen Also Effects a
Big Saving In His Department,
Both In Salaries and Maintenance.

The Tribune is very angry at County
Clerk Dunbar. The Tribune is always
angry at everybody it can't control
1t can't control Dunbar, and it can't
bulldoze him into giving that organ.
which says it is not an organ, adver-
Using TO which it has no legitimate
claim. Warren Foster, the editor oil the
PopuIistic sheet, is also full of wrath
because the county clerk won't nelp
support the alleged newspaper whlcn
gives vent to the rawlings of a Wlld-eyed
Populist. M.
Scarcely a day passes that the Trib-
une doesn't give utterance to flock
of falsehoods either about Dunbar per-
sonally, or about the conduct OF ms
office. 1t alleges extravaganza, pup
fishes manipulated figures TO prove the
misstatements, claims that too much
help is employed, and that salaries are
exorbitant.
The Tribune couldn't control Dun
bars predecessor in office, Charlie
stanton. 1t followed him day by day,
week by week, and month by month
with false and scandalous statements
about him and his manner of conduct
ing the office. Stanton was its candl-
date. too. He is a Republican, and the
sheet in question, when there are any
SDOilS in sight, poses as a hepuDicei
organ. or flute, or jewsharp, or some
thing of that kind. but whenever any
body refuses to dance to its music 1t
is angry and vindictive. That's its
course towards members of its own
party, and it pursues a similar policy
with regard to members of the opposi-
ton. Therefore why should Dunbar
escape? Be We pure as snow or chaste
as ice. thou shalt not escape calumny
if you do not truckle to the Tribune,
and especially if you hurt it in the
matter of dollars and cents.
a few days ago the sheet. which runs
to figures, published a misleading table,
intending to show that the expenses of
running the various departments of the
county government was about as large
in 1897 as it was during the reign of the
celebrated Geddes, Roberts and Chris
topherson triumvirate. The table
showed that the expense of conducting
the department of the county clerk and
the clerk of the district court for the
year 1856 was: For salaries, Sl0,759.1S;
maintenance. S1,22O.12; miscellaneous.
81, SIS. so; total as stated, SIC, 7S9.S9. For
the year 1897: Salaries, $1i, %; main
tenance, $2,1390S; total as stated, 3d.
34129.
A more palpable and egregious dis
tortion of figures could hardly be i'm
agined
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-16
The Costa Rican Counterfeiters.

For months the Costa Rican counter
feiters have been issuing bogus notes
of the government of the island, until
the amount, it is said, has reached
81. 100000. Inspectors of the secret SER
vice bureau were chiefly instrumental
in bringing the Indicators to justice.
The efficiency of the secret service is
undOubted. but it is by no means a Sc
cret, but a patent fact, that the service
that Hostetter's Stomach Bitters does
the weak, nervous and dyspeptic is of
genuine value. There have been from
time to time counterfeits of it, but the
miniature note of hand on the label,
and the vignette of st. George and the
Dragon, are not successfully imitable.
This tonic absolutely prevents and
remedies malaria, rheumatism, liver
complaint and dyspepsia
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-16
EFFECT OF THE LAW.
What Would Happen If the Anti
Brokers' Bill Passes.

BROKERS Bill RaSSeS.
The dispatches announce that an
amendment had been offered to the
anti-scalping bill which was adopted
providing that passengers applying for
redemption OF tickets should not be
given the benefit of the through traffic,
but of only the regular rates to the
point where the journey ceased" Tick
ct brokers here say that this is all a
bluff and that the passenger would not
derive any benefit at all from such an
arrangement. The following Illustration
IS given by one of them
Time, 1898. after the passage of the
bill; scene, ticket Office of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy at Chicago.
Passenger-What is the price of a
round trip ticket 10 Salt Lake?
Agent-Forty-three fifty.
PaSsenS er-Let me have one.
Passenger gets ticket and in due time
lands in Salt Lake. Strikes a job and
decides to remain. Has a return ticket
in his possession and as the law for
bids him selling it goes to the ticket
Office to get same redeemed. Enters
light hearted and says:
Passenger have here the unused
portion of a ticket reading from Salt
Lake TO Chicago. I understand l can
have same redeemed; is that correct?
Agent-You have come to the right
place; let me have the ticket.
Agent takes same, does some figuring
and says L can do nothing for you"
Passenger with panied look)-Why-
not; don't you redeem tickets here?
Agent viii explain the redemption
clause. Passengers applying for re-
demption shall not be given the benefit
of the through tariff, but of only the
regular rate to the point where the
journey ceased" Now. you paid S435O
for this ticket To show you how falla-
cious Your claim is. I will cite: The
regular fare from Chicago to Kansas
City is SO; from Kansas City to Den
Yer, $17; from Denver to Pueblo, 81. 65:
from Pueblo to Grand Junction, SIS;
from Grand Junction 10 Salt Lake, Sl3.
Total, S64.65. You paid $3.50 You
have had $6465. You owe US S1L15,
besides surrendering the ticket.
Passenger.-And 1 get nothing back?
Agent.-Nit-
ssenger.-And I cannot sell this
ticket TO another man?
Agent.-Of course not; it's against
the law.
And there, say the brokers, we have
the benefcent effects of an anti-scalp-
ing bill.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-16
THosE oGDEN RATEs.
Standard Has Something Which Dis
pleases Local Officials.

On Jan. s. this paper exclusively an
nounced that there was trouble in Og-
den over the application of new rates
by the Short Line and Rio Grande
Western, which added to the prices
charged ogden shippers sending goods
TO points on the Short Line and Rio
Grande Western. south of this city.
This natter was taken up by the Og-
den STANDARD yesterday, in an article
N which the statement is made that
both roads have an unfriendly feeling
towards Ogden. The language Of the
statement is:
The merchants of ogden have good
reason TO feel that the Rio Greade
Western and Oregon Short Line are
trying to kill off their business, when
the roads place the ogden merchants at
q disadva- age, compared with Salt
Lake merchants"
Nov. IS a matter of fact, the ogden
merchants have no reason for COM
plant IT all. as viii be seen. Prior to
the enactment of the law now in force,
the Short Line and the Rio Grande
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-16

of the ticket brokers. it would be pos
sible for commercial travellers to make
much better arrangements for their
transportation than they are now able
to make.
Mr. Lyon held that as a business
proposition, the railroads could afford
to sell transportation in large quanti-
ties at a lower rate than they could
sell small quantities. He held, there
fore. that the commercial traveller, VINO
was on the railroads practically all the
time, was entitled to lower rates than
the person who travelled only occasion
ally. and then a short distance.
Mr.. George NJ. Mckenzie, the Chicago
ticket broker, presented afiidavits from
various ticket brokers in Chicago, St
Louis, Boston, Louisville and other
cities, setting forth that they had pur-
chased tickets directly from the au-
thorized agents of railroads, in some
cases receiving commissions. In re-
Spouse to inquiries by Senator Cullom,
Mr.. Mex enzie named among the lines
with which ne had done business in
Chicago. the Big Four, Chicago &
Great Western, Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy, Chicago & Alton, Union Pa
ciic, Monon Route, Wisconsin Central,
Canadian Pacific and Rock Island. He
was unable to afford the complete de-
tails and particulars concerning the
business done with those lines.
Senator Elkins inquired what the
annual volume of Mr.. McKenzie's bust
ness was, and he replied that it ag-
gregated last year S660,000
No wonder you are making a fight
against this bill" said Mr.. Elkins.
The questioning of Mr.. Mckenzie
brought out the statement that the bulk
of his business was done over the weak
lines. He said that he could do little
business with the Canadian Pacific. be-
cause a law of Canada prohibited
brokerage in railroad tickets within
the limits of the Dominion.
Mr.. Mckenzie did not say that he
himself had received commissions from
the railroads for the sale of tickets,
but he presented statements from other
brokers that they had been paid COM
missions from various railroads.