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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-12-29
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Stabbed Him Three Times.

Fit. Scott, Kan Dec. 22.-Louis
and David Bray, two young mer
from Dade county, Missouri, assault
ed brakeman Jack Harris of the
Memphis road near this city to-day
and stabbed him three times for
putting them off a freight train on
which they were stealing q ride
home. Harris wounds are serious
He was brought back to this city a
few hours after the assault
Tbs two young men wers run
down by Agent Brace at Washburn,
Kan who captured them at the
point Of a shotgun They were
about to turn on him when his son,
we'll armed, appeared on the acene.
They were held prisoners until a
special train from the city bearing
officers arrived and took charge OF
them, bringing them back to this
city, where they are in jail The
prisoners are young ceuntry boys
and confess the assault. They de.
clare they would have killed agent
Brace had he not been reinforced.
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the window.

Billiards. Horehound Syrup is not a
mixture of stomach destroying drugs,
but is scientifically prepared remedy
thatcures coughs ard colds and throat
and lung troubles. It's action is quick
anG nositiYe. q & sOc IL l. Tncker
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-12-29

Is our child Puny, Feeked and pcevish:
Does it fret and cry without seeming
cause2 Does it have commissions? II 30
it has worms and Whites Cream Nermi
tuge will safely eXpel them and restore
lis health 25c. II. l.. Tucker.
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See lot of women in another column tread
ing grapes at Do SeXio, Portugal. for wine.
Reaf all about II and about SBeers y. J q.
method and what is particularly good for.
-.er York and Washington Ladies.
In delicate condition derive great teuedt
from Speers Port Wine. Also excellent for
the aged, inirm and conyAlescent.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-12-29

Tablers Buckeye Pile Ointment re-
lieYes the intense itching. 1t soothes,
1t heals, it cures chronic cases when sur
geons fail. 1t is scientific certainty, its
sales increase through its cures, it is no
experiment. Every bottle guaranteed.
soc, tubes 75c II. L. Tucker.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-12-29
a GIVE SOLICITORS
u EDXNV EDE .

II EN cry WHERE for The story
of the Philippines'' by Murat HalsteaI
comml ssIoned by the government a.
official historian Of the war department The
book was written in army camps q: San Fran
cisco, on the Pacific with General Merritt, in
the hospitals at Honolulu, in Hong Kong in
the American trenches at Manila. in the irslr-
gent camps with Aguinaldo. on the deck Of
me OLYMPIA with Dewey, and in the roar of
battle at the fall of Manila. Bonarza for
agents. Brimful of original pictures taken by
go vernment photographers on the spot Large
book Low prices Big profits. Freight paid
Credit given. Drop all trashy unofficial war
books Outfit free. Address. +. T. Baker
sec'y. star Insurance Bldg, Chicago. 50-Igt
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K. c. Pittsburg & Gulf Time Table

Arrival and departure Of tr&Ins at wOrland d.
NORTH ROUND
No. 7 Freight daily except sunday II 10 p. m-
Eo.5 = - Sat 1850 .. III.
No ] Express daily. 49,. II ~ p. IA.
No Freight, daily except Sunday, II 80 p. IN.
No z Port Arthur Express daily, 6:2o b. IN.
SOUTH BOUND.
No 2 Express daily ................-2:2l p. m.
No & Freight daily except Sunday 90 q.
No - - - - 2:25
No 10 Freight, daily expect Sunday, II 80 p N.
no Port Arthur Express, daily. 8 .0I p.
Remember this is the popular short line be-
tween Kansas City, Mo; and fitteburg. Kan.
Joplin. Mo EeOsho, Mo, Sulphur Springs,
Ark, Sloan Springs, Ark, ana the direct
route from the south to st Louis, Chicago,
and points north and northeast and TO Denver,
Ogden, San Francisco, Portland and points
west and northwest. No expense has been
spared to make the passenger equipment of
this line second to none in the west. Travel
via the new line H. c. ORR.
Gen'l Pass. Agt., Kansas City, Mo.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-12-29

0der Causes SUICIDE.

&. Eaukee, Wis Dee. u Mimi
RS OF Beaver Dam vas f0ucd dead
= 1r room &. tie PIanbingt0n
Hoa-c ltss night, having committed
suicide b. shooting.
She left note saying that she had
been cruelty slandered, that she was
iluccs1t and had for this reason
sought peace in death.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-12-29

London. Dec 2I.-Dr. Stanley
h-n: ii London has discovered a
v&e1a1- germ. This discovery is of
The greatest importance, as - use
II pure cultures removes thu impure
lymph which has been the cause Of
the widespread objection to vacci9
ton.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-04-01

is now $3.50 bushel. The national
debt is far larger than that of the
United States. As published by the
government in December the per-
manent debt was $500, 000,O 900, and
the annual interest charge was over
$50, 100000 This, however, does not
include miscellaneous Indebtedness.
arrears and defaulted payments. OF
these the amount is not known. but
must be very large. In Cuba alone it
aggregates more than 800, 0O0, 900, and
in Spain is said to be still larger. So
far as can be ascertained, the nation
al debt of the country is now over
50, 900, 100000. The national resources
are all pledged and even dOubly pledg-
ed, to foreign financial concerns, and
the treasury is but a short remove
from irretrievable bankruptcy and
ruin.
Under this terrible load the people
ignorant, poor and miserably. have
maintained a courage and hopeful
ness altogether admirable. But so
far as can be seen. there is little or no
hope for Spain. If it goes to war it
will be crushed, and if it does not go
to war it will collapse. In either
case the end will come to civiliza-
tion which has no longer reason for
its existence.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-04-01

Parties interested in the KlOndike
are now predicting that the first
steamers down from Dawson City
this coming summer will bring up
wards of $40, 100000 in gold, and that
the KIondike fever will rage worse
than ever. If there is to be any re-
turn whatever for the vast sums that
have been spent in outfits to 60 there,
it would seem that large sums ought
to be forthcoming this season. It
would be strange indeed If large
quantities of gold are not brought out.
II there is any gold there at all, there
naturally would be considerable
brought down, and when it comes it
will naturally cause wave Of excite
ment. But should the widest predic-
tions prove true, and ten millions
come down on the first steamers, that
will not prove that the Klondike is
the place to 60 if one wants to get
rich in hurry. Whatever sum is
brought out will belong to the few. The
many will have very small portion Of
it. AS we have said before, if a
person is making living and slight
margin is over, he had better stay here
than risk his life and health in the
frozen regions of the north. There
is more gold TO be dug out of the fer
tile fields of Minnesota than will ever
be found in Alaska, rich as it may be,
aud one can at the same time enjoy
all the comforts OF civilization and es-
cape the dangers to life and health
that threatens one there.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-04-01

Mr.. W. E. Estes, of the Madelia
Messenger, sheds copious tears be
cause majority of the Republicans
who attended the recent Second dis
trict conference passed resolutions de-
claring "the right of any individual
to free voice in the selection of can
didates to be chosen at the next state
convention" 1t is not surprising that
Mr. Estes should repudiate the right
of an individual to exercise his own
free will in matters of politics, but it
is somewhat surprising that he should
come out in his paper and claim that
men who are against permitting the
exercise of such rights, and who be-
lieves in 1.-THE right of any public Of
ticer, in retiring from his high posi-
tion should personally provide for a
successor" as conservatives. And
yet this is precisely what Mr.. Estes
does! 1t is pitiable, indeed, TO see
such high mOralists as Estes and his
ilk denouncing as rattle heads,
| ''malcOntents." etc, men who pre-
pared and voted for such a PROPOSE
tion as this:
We emphatically protest against the right of
any man or coterie of men to assume to pre-
, judge, forestall. or in any manner interfere
| with the right of any individual to free voice
in the selection of candidates to be chosen at
| the next state convention, and that we will, to
the extent of our ability, Individually and col
lectively, employ every honorable means to aid
and protect the humblest member of the party
In the exercise, free and untrammelled, of his
constitutional tights, and that we deny the
right of any public officer, in retiring from his
| high position, to personally provide for sue
cessor.
| Any man or set of men who would
refuse to endorse such sentiments as
expressed above are not the kind to
Call names. They lack a good deal of
being in line with honest Republican
sentiment, and show the kind Of tools
they are when they repudiate men
who have the honesty Of purpose and
independence of manhood to support
such resolutions. For shame, Estes!
Admit your connection with the ma
chine, and don't try to excuse your un-
republican attitude by abusing men
and measures which commend them
selves to the respect of all fair-minded
people.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-04-01

to the interstate commerce act as
would abolish the practice and limit
sales of passage tickets to responsible
and properly authorized channels.
AS rule, the ticket scalper, in his
province of self-constituted agent,
is unable, were he so disposed, to dis.
criminate touching the legitimacy or
regularity Of tickets rendered and
purchased in the course of his trans
actions. 1t therefore follows that his
Office creates convenient Office for
lost, stolen or fraudulent tickets, and,
likewise, an incentive and temptation
to railway employees to, through the
medium Of the ticket broker, defraud
the companies whom they serve. This
feature of the business of the ticket
scalper being self-evident, should con-
denim his transactions from moral
standpoint.
The business of the ticket scalper
does not appear to, in any essential
way, serve the economy, convenience
or welfare of the travelling public;
conversely, the unfair and unlawful
manipulation of excursion tickets to
which he necessarily resorts to obtain
profit from the business, compels
the railways to surround such forms
of transportation with restrictive
conditions initiating against conven.
lent and economical use by legitimate
purchasers, and not infrequently the
ticket scalper's methods compel the
railways, in reasonable protection
of their interests, to decline meritor-
ious applications for excursion fares,
particularly when such concessions
involve important commercial centers
or movements of large bodies of peo-
pie.
The moral influence of the ticket
scalper's avocation is deplorable
from whatever point of view it
may be considered, and in the interest
of public morals and fair dealings, the
law-ab iding, thinking people of the
cOun try should raise their voice and
influence in the direction of securing
enactment of the measures now un-
der consideration by congress.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-04-01
SUFFICIENT EXCEPT FOR
WAR.

The president and Mr.. Dingley have
had conference over the question OF
increasing taxation while the parO-
quette Republican orators are throw
ing their chests out OF shape In a
caCkle over the success OF the new
tariff law. The government is spend
ing million dollars day more than
it is receiving. The orators will soon
be called upon to hump themselves on
a different laY.-Minneapolis Times.
We had always supposed the Times
to be too fair paper to allow para
graph like the above to appear in its
columns 1t ought to know. as it DO
doubt does that the revenues of the
Dingley law are nearly If not quite
sufficient to meet the needs OF the
government on peace basis. 1t
knows as well as any one that neither
the president, Mr.. Dingley or anyother
leader in the government have not
for moment considered the question
of Increasing taxation to meet the Or
binary expenses Of the government.
The conferences to which the Times
refers have been for the purpose of
seeing what could be done in the
way of raising additional money in
case it is needed for war purposes.
Mr.. Dinghy has made statement to
the effect that unless hostilities
should actually begin between this
country and Spain there will be no
need for any legislation to provide for
additional revenue. He estimates
the surplus for March over ordinary
expenses at 100000. During April
he does not look for any surplus over
normal expenditures as there will be
a large demand upon the treasury in
the way of interest money, but the
prospects are that both May and June
will show handsome surplus, Should
war ensue of course that would
change the face Of things.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-04-01
The Launching of the Maine.
Unto the waves we give thee. O era

Unto the waves we give thee, o grand
and noble ship,
And speed thee forth to action, with
heart and hand and lip!
Go forth to strive or cOnQuer-gO
forth to do or die.
So on fate's scroll thou writest thy
name unfadingly!
Go forth! and strength be with thee,
0 vessel bright and brave.
So mayst thou win thy laurels; so ride
the strong wave!
AS in the futures story thy power
and deed shall serve,
So, after years we'll garnered, still be
not thine to swerve.
AS a brave battle-cOurser, whose
charge has answered call.
Sweeps DER the field to victory, though
in the end to fall
Covered with wounds unnumbered-
blinded with shot and she'll
Faithful to trust and duty, serving
his master we'll
So be thy record, dauntless; so be thy
prOweSs told:
Gallant in youth and vigor; faithful
as years unfold;
Named for state whose glory Is In
her sons, we give
Thee to our cause and history
worthy to strive and live!
Miriam Lester in the Army and
Navy Register, November 2o, 1871.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-04-01
THE ANTI-SCALPING BILL

By formal action. practically all of
the trans ortation companies of the
country and boards of trade and kim
dred commercial organizations, and
religious and other societies, have
sanctioned the bill known as the
"Anti-Scalping Bill" and urged upon
congress.the expedlency and justice
of it's enactment.
After several comprehensive and
exhaustive hearings by the senate
and house committees on interstate
and foreign commerce, the bill has
been advanced to the calendar of the
senate by vote of eight to three, and
to the house by a majority of fifteen
to two
The bill cuntemplates the abolition
of traffic by irresponsible and unau-
thorized persons, in railroad and
steamship tickets, and confines such
transactions to the duly constituted
agents of the transportation COM
panies, and obligates all common car
riers to promptly and equitably re-
deem passage tickets when for any
reason unused in whole or part.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion in its annual reports to congress
has again and again reviewed the
evils of ticket scalping and uniformly
urged upon congress the expediency
and justice to the travelling public
and the railways, of such amendments
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-04-01

Further time has been granted by
the executive committee Of the
Omaha expos tion, to intending eXhi-
bitOrs to close contracts for space at
the Trans-M ississippi Exhibition. On
May 25th, no further exhibits will be
received, and any exhibitor not hav-
ing his material on the ground at that
time will be shut out. This rule will
be strictly enforced as the entire time
between then and June 1st must be
utilized for the installing of exhibits
so that everything will be in readi-
ness for the inspection Of visitors
when the gates are opened. Excep-
tion will be made to this rule in GER
tain cases where exhibits have been
unavoidably delayed for some good
reason. When such cases occur eX-
hibits will be admitted to the ground
after June 10th, but between May
25th and June 10, no exhibits will be
received. This step is necessary in
order to avoid confusion in the install
ling work preparatory to opening.
Ten days later a few exhibits, chiefly
those of horticulture and agriculture
which cannot be made ready by June
1st, will be received. On May 1st the
floor Of each of the exhibition build
ings will be diagramed with black
lines showing the proper space assign
ed to each exhibitor.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-04-01

The Home Insurance Company. OF
New York, has decided to pay j. G
Noes loss in full, and the matter has
been left to builders to determine
what the amount is. State Agent w.
D. Lowry, was in the city today, and
after looking over the situation, said
that that would be the action Of the
Home company.
A good many wagon loads Of pota-
toes are being marketed, now that
most of the danger Of freezing is over.
The farmers are receiving from 40
to As cents bushel and say that they
have made Is cents bushel by hold
ing their stock over the winter.
The potatoes now being marketed are
in fairly good condition.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-04-01
THE HORRORS OF CUBA.

The senators who have been to Gu
ba and have looked into affairs there
a little and noted the terrible scenes
connected with the starvation now
going on there as result of Spanish
cruelty, have made profound i'm
preston with their statements of the
case before the senate. They are
men not given to sensatiOnaliSm, and
have not attempted it in their state
ments of the case. Senator Gallinger,
of New Hampshire, says that the
scheme of human suffering and sorrow
devised by Weyler puts Dante's In
ferno in the shade. He says that ''the
war in Cuba is war of starvation
and eXtermination--a war more cruel
than the world has ever known. uMat-
anzas is literally place of beggary and
death. Never before did my eyes be-
hold such suffering, and never again
do expect to see such havoc Wrought
through cruel and inhuman decree. !"
1t is estimated that 100000 people
have been driven from their homes
under the orders issued by Weyler and
concentrated in cities and towns,
gathered there to starve. The lowest
estimate made Of the number who
have succumbed to the terrible pangs
of starvation is said to be $50, 900, but
the Senator said that the Red Cross
has figures showing that 450,0 have
persisted from starvation, and that
200, 900 more will doubtless fall vic
Tins to it's ravages.
There is no difference in their
stories, and probably no man living
possesses that gift of language that
would enable him to paint the situa-
tion as black as it really is. Much has
been done in the last few weeks by
the people Of this country to relieve
the terrible situation, but it is but a
drop in the bucket. There is now be-
fore congress bill appropriating a
quarter Of million dollars to aid in
carrying on the work Of relief. Spain,
while she would do nothing herself to
aid the starving people there has al.
lowed this country to do what it
wished, though some of the leading
Spanish papers have protested and
held that it was really indirect aid to
the insurgents. 1t is said that Spain
| does not like the movement of our
government helping directly in this
relief work through an appropriation,
and it is rumored that it may be be-
cause of this that the Spanish torpedo
fleet was yesterday ordered to leave
the Canaries, where it has been, and
proceed to Havana, But the admin
istration is said to be firmly resolved
to carry on this work of relief even if
it has to be done at the point of the
bayonet. 1t has succeeded in bringing
the great nations of the world to a
point where Intervention can take
place in the name of humanity and
none of them will join Spain in resist
ance. Such Intervention cannot now
come any too soon, and if Washington
reports are to be credited, such a
move is likely to be taken by the
president within the next week.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-04-01

silver certificates in silver. and the
silver dollars in gold. This would ne.
cessiGate the maintaining of large
gold reserve as at present which is
the very thing that ought to be OBJ
waited. 1t would give chance in
case of a run on gold for export for
one to gather up silver dollarS,as they
can greenbacks at present, and go to
the treasury and get gold for them.
They can take silver certificates and
get them redeemed in silver dollars
and turn right around and in turn de-
mand gold for these. This seems to
be regarded as the only weak point of
the measure, though when the full
provision is made known to the pub
lie it may be found that danger in
this respect has been amply provided
against.
On the whole, however, the mea-
sure seems to be regarded as strong
one, and Washington advices are to
the effect that it is likely to pass the
house within the coming month after
some changes in minor points.
OF course it will be held up in the
senate. The silverites will object to
it because it will place our currency
upon firm gold basis and make it
impossible for them to work a panic
in their interests. 1 is a measure
that all friends of sound money sys-
tenn can go before the country upon
and ask for an endorsement and will
amply fulfill the pledge the epubli-
can party has made to the people.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-04-01

The roasting" that those who
favored the passage at the recent
Second district conference Of the re-
solutions denouncing machine poll
tics, are getting, shows what power
full grip the machine has on a class of
newspapers in this state. When
David Moses Clough pulls the escape
valve these machine papers let off
steam at terrific rate. But they do
no harm. The very fact that they
squirm is proof positive that some
thing hit them.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-04-01

Dan Shells organ, the WorthingtOn
Herald, feels awfully bad about the
Second district conference outcome.
Bro. Smith doth protest too much.
Wherein do the resolutions smack Of
"machine," Ed? The fellows who
''bolted," and Bro. Smith was one of
'em, are the ones who should be
ashamed of their actions And they
are the only ones who seem to have
been hurt.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-04-01

Weyler is reported as saying that if
war breaks out with the United
States, he will return to Spain. 1t
such a case he will dc we'll to settle
all OF his personal affairs before he
leaves, as he may possibly meet par
ties who will usher him into a new
on short notice. The Gu
bans will have no time for him.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-04-01

The st. Paul Review remarks that
the charge that the opposition
at the Mankato gathering lacked
generalship is hardly true. The
truth is, it says, that all were gen.
erals and "the week is page in Re-
publican history which contains the
neatest discontinue that has yet been
dealt the combine.