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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-11-17

St. Louis, Nov. 15-Miss Katherin
Kerens, daughter OF Col. 2. c. Kerens.
national republican committeeman
from Missouri. and Lieut. Frank Nc
Kenna, L. :. a, son Of Supreme Justice
McKenna, were joined in wedlock at
five o'clock this afternoon. Arch bishop
Kaine, of st. Louis. assisted by Bishop
Donahue, of West Virginia. performed
the ceremony.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-11-17

When it comes to wood heating
stoves we have the only Genuine
King Heater made, guaranteed TO
give more heat, keep fire longer than
any combination stoYe made. For
sale only by FRANK SMITH & SoN.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-11-17

ST. Paul, MINI. Nov. t5-The storm
Of yesterday in the w. C T. u. nation
al convention made slim attendance
AT the opening to-day. Mrs Lowell, of
Pennsylvania, introduced n resolution
deploring the great destruction of
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-11-17

To make Boston brown bread, mix
Yankee rye, whole wheat flour and In
dian meal in proportions Of one cupful
each with cupful of molasses. TO
which is added a teaspoonful Of dis
solved soda and a pint of buttermilk.
This bread is boiled for five hours
Ladies' Home Journal.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-11-17

St Petersb urg, Nov I5--The frozen
surface Of the river SucaORa, a. Fe.ic-
tusting, broke while 2 number Of pe0-
pie and vehicles were crossing the
stream and 90 persons were drowned
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-11-17
NIctorr for Cpion NIInsra

Chicago. Nov. 1.-THE Chicago-Vir-
den Coal company has practically ae-
ceded TO all demand of the striking
miners The company agrees 70 pay
the union scale Of 80 cents for hand
work and % cents for machine work.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-11-17
". c. I. j. CONVENTION. .
Mrs. Lillian H. N. Stevens Chosen
National President by an
Overwhelming Vote.
RESOLUTIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED.

The Destruction of Song birds for Mnn-
merry Purposes Denouneed-The Lynch
ings la the South-Mrs- Fry Elected Cor
responding Secretary, Mrs Hoffman Re-
eorder and Mrs. Barker Treasurer
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-11-17

Richard Croker has arranged to
sail for England Saturday on the
steamer Campania.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-16
MORE PEACE.

More peace yesterday. There was no war of any account, even in the New York Stock Exchange. It is Xossible that New Haven may not actually need to be fortified this week, and that the Wyandotte and the Naval Reserve may not be called upon to leave the peaceful mud flats. There was no quorum of the Board of Aldermen last evening, and the clamor for the im- prisonment of Alderman Dewell in Fort Hale is subsiding. It was quiet in Washington yesterday. The Cabinet was in session only an hour and after the meeting was over the members said that the reason the session was so short was because there was noth ing to keep them. It was also reported from Washington that the peace feel ing which is so apparent is not due to any change of policy on the part of fdence Is growing in the Presidents ability to handle the situation, and to his steadfast desire that the matter shall be ended by peace, without the loss of honor.
 In his speech at the Massachusetts Club dinner ex-Governor Boutwell, put the question of war or peace forcibly. Said he: If we are to engage in a war with Spain it is not enough that the alleged or actual causes are satisfac- tory to those who predict a short war, or to those who write a balance sheet of losses or gains; 1t must be war that can be justified to those who are to provide the means of carrying 1t on, to those who take part in the field or on the ocean, to those who are to meet the continuing demands of an in- a swollen pension roll, and above all, those causes must be so fully adequate as to defy the scrutiny and to com mand the favorable judgment of an impartial posterity.
 | It is reliably reported that the Presi- | dent, in conversation with members ot congress, has in the last few days giver every expression of confidence as to a peaceful yet honorable termination oi 1 the present crisis. He has said that he has never lost faith in the hope that
 the entire question would be settled | by diplomacy. He can be trusted to dc the wise and the right thing.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-16
ASSESSMENT INSURANCE.

They have had sad experience with chusetts, and yet there is a sly attempt to revive it there by a bill relative to stipulated premium insurance" which has been introduced in the legislature. Insurance Commissioner Cutting has been called on for his opinion and he has given it. It seems to him that the experience of the past twenty years has deeply impressed the general pub lie with the utter fallacy and useless ness of assessment insurance as pro- lection for the whole of life. It is true that no great system ever arose and prevailed if founded wholly on hum bug, and that the term of endurance depends entirely upon it's measure of solid sensible value. The assessment system cannot be said to be wholly humbug, but all that is of value in it is what is borrowed or initiated from the old and tried so-called old-line companies. Its catchy features that took so wildly with the populace were it's claims of improved cheapness which in present review were nothing but tinsel and vamnish. The assess ment companies have undeniably paid immense sums of money to most worthy and deserving persons, but in their fall they have wrecked innumer- ably more, just as worthy, in disap- pointment and despair. In the balance of good and evil they have wrought the preponderance is immensely to the latter.
 This is in accordance with the facts Massachusetts and other States have had all they ought to have of unsound ard fraudulent life insurance.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-16
JoUKNAL y

motors of the wide tire law. Inch and a half and six inch tires were used in the various trials, which included smooth macadam, loose and hard gray el, dry sand, soft surfaces with solid bottom, ruts and black soil with the mud stiff and drying on top. The same wagon was used, the wheels being changed, and in each case the load was two thousand pounds. The pull was measured by a dynamometer and speed of two and one-half miles an hour was maintained on distances varying from two to six hundred feet and return. The detailed report indi- cates that the tests were made on every kind of road known to teamsters and their fairness is shown by the can- did admission that in one or two in stances the difference was in favor Of the narrow tires. The conditions un- der which the narrow tires proved to be more efficient are found rarely and continue but a short time. It is only when the surface is soft and the foun- dation firm that the narrow tires show any superiority, and as soon as the thin mud begins to dry the wide tire reduces the draft, the dirt being pack ed instead of being pushed aside. The saving in power due to the employment of the wide tire varied from fifteen to seventy per cent, and when the con- ditions were favorable to the narrow tire the difference was very small, not enough, with a single exception, to be noticed in regular road service, while in the case of the wide tire any one familiar with wagons could not fail to see that less power was required to move the load.
 Another point brought out was the
 destructive effect of the narrow tires
 on dirt roads. Practical tests demon strated beyond question that the wide tire keeps the surface smooth and firm, and that when the roads are full of
 ruts the broad wheels tend to restore them to good condition and thus mater
 ially lessen the cost of repairs.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-16

NIAGARA POWER AT BUFFALO.
 Within six months the city of Buffalo will be lighted by electricity generated at Niagara Falls and received in a new power-house at Buffalo. At present the lighting of Buffalo is from dynamos driven by steam. In the new station steam will have no place. What work cannot be done by electricity direct from the falls will be obtained from generators driven by special motors which will, themselves, be driven by Niagara power. All of the apparatus at present ordered for this new power house will be made by the deneral Electric Company.
 The first contract made with the Cataract Power and Conduit Company covers eleven 250 K. w. air-blast trans formers wound for HOO or 22,000 volts primary and stepping down to S52 volts secondary. They will be fed by two independent sets of cables, so that the lights and power service may not be interrupted in case of breakdown of one. In this contract are included the motors and blowers necessary to keep a current of cold air constantly through the transformers and a complete switchboard equipment for connecting them to the high voltage line and to the secondary circuits, From these transformers the current will be de- livered to the bus bars of the Buffalo General Electric Company.
 The current from the falls having a periodicity of twenty five cycles, it has been found expedient to raise this to sixty cycles in order that the in candescent lights may be operated without perceptible fiickers. Frequency changers or motor generators will be employed, each of 400 K. W. capacity.
 The current for the arc-lighting in the streets will be generated by thirty No. 12 125-light Brush arc machines; these machines will be set one on each side of 250 H. P. synchronous motor to which they will be directly coupled. The low-tension direct current for small mercantile and domestic power purposes such as running elevators, driving printing presses, machinery, etc, will be obtained from two rotary converters, each of 2O0-H. P. capacity.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-16
WIDE TIRES.

It is sometimes surprising to see how slow people are to do that which is for their own benefit. It has taken a
 long time to get the good roads move- ment fairly started, and we suppose it will take a long time to convince peo- pie that wide tires on wagon wheels are beneficial in several important ways. Yet it is clear that they are.
 Interesting experiments to determine the influence of the width of tires on draft wagons were made recently at the Missouri State Agricultural Ex- pertinent Station, and the results con- firm all that has been said by the pro-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-16
MUCH Ynurn NAfEw wonDs.

If we can open our hints to the un- limited coinage of silver at the ratio of one ounce of gold for sixteen ounces of silver, when in every market in the world one ounce of gold is worth thirty ounces of silver, we shall soon part with all gold and have all silver. But that is not bimetallism. That is mo- nometallism.
 So says Senator Mills of Texas, who has decided that there isn't good foot ing for him on the free silver platform. The situation couldn't be better stated. Of course those who think the United States can Ego it alone" in finance or in war will not see any force in Senator Mills statement, but it is there all the same.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-16

secret"' Arthur--"I should say so! Why, she won't let me even tell her father!"-Puck.
 ous,-She-"True love should cause one to forget all else--'Love me, love my dog" He-"What kind of dog is it?'-Chicago News.
 After Talent.-'That theatrical man ager acts as if he wanted the earth" But he doesn't. He merely wants a few stars, Browning, King & Go. S Monthly.
 Modesty.-"It seems harder for men to be really great nowadays than it was four years ago." said the student Of history That's very true,' replied Senator Sorghum; "very true indeed. But l am inclined to think that we are better paid for it nowadays. "-Wash- ington Star
 Not His Fault.-'Fweddy why don't you let your moustache grow?" "Why don't l let it? Good heavens, deah boy, do; but 1t wont" Chicago Tribune, A Prerequisite.-First Citizen-"It was an outrage for De Lome to express such sentiments.' Second Citizen -  9es indeed! If a foreigner wants to say things like that about the president he ought to take out naturalization pa- | pers."-Puck.
 Making Distinction.-Mis Cayenne had caused her partner a great deal of annoyance by forgetting what her long suit was and remaining obvious to trump signals. He mopped the perspi-
 ration from his brow and ventured the
 observation; T was under the impress sion that you said you were accustom-
 ed to playing whist" Yes" she an-
 swered sweetly, q play it. don't
 work at it as some people do."-Wash-
 ington Star.
 1 Joseph has gone into the service of
 two old bachelors, brothers, who are
 so much alike that they can hardly be | told apart, but of whom one is deaf.
 Thinking he was speaking to the lat
 ter, Joseph brings the letters and news
 papers on his first morning, and re- l marks:
 There's the paper you old buck" What is his confusion to hear the old | gentleman answer 5enevolently Tt is my brother who is deaf, not IT. -Gaulols.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-16

earth the garment was ever cut to al- low for the tucking. The skirt that must fit like sheath to the hips is made to do so by tucking, and the cling to the rest of the figure is regulated by the discrimination with which here a few tucks are allowed to extend a little further down, or there several go to the edge of the skirt, or at another place a whole bunch stops short Dressmakers are hard-worked lot al- ways; it's a wonder they are not abso- lutely tuckered out this season.
 All the new characteristics of the coming shirt waists are due to tucking, the rows running every which way and usually a different way in front than in back. Silk waists, too, that are meas urably dressy while partaking in some degree of shirt waist character, come in for similar treatment. One is shown here of turquoise blue taffeta. The fronts were tucked at either side, and the small lapels were faced with white silk. A small tucked yoke also showed in front. The sleeves were plain and tight fitting. A linen collar and white four in- hand gave the neck finish, and the bodice belt was turquoise blue silk.
 Silk Things to cloth bodices are prac- tically separate blouses now, and what slashing the cloth garment gets to show the silk beneath! Sometimes the edges of the slashes are finished with loops of ribbon and through the loops cord is drawn to lace the edges to- gether. Such devices add to the elab- orateness of a gown, but meaningless elaboration isn't admirable and hack ing up of new goods is almost shame ful. Yet if you are making over all these expedients may be of service.
 OJ2 I1rrTLy
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-16

These are of the same type as those in stalled by the General Electric Com pany in the Niagara street power- house of the Buffalo Railway Com pany, and will deliver the current at 300 volts.
 The total capacity of the plant Will be about 5,900 H. r. Thirty dynamos will furnish current for S,750 arc-lamps; the incandescent lights will number about 24,OOO, and the esti- mated number of small motors is 500, The company now lights 2,5OO arc lamps on the east side and 862 on the west, and the arc-light capacity of the plant will shortly be increased.- Rail road Gazette.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-16
FURS STORED
 and Insured Against Loss.

Messrs. BROOKS & COMPANY take plea- sure in inviting attention to their increased facilities and improved service in the mat ter of Fur Storage.
 With more than twenty years experience in this class of work, without instance of loss either by moth, fire or water, they beg now to emphasize the value of system which offers the advantages of absolute se curity and cleanliness with garments com mitted to their care.
 Furs and fur-lined garments, evening wraps, cloth garments, fur sets and single pieces, received on storage and insured against damage of any nature whatsoever
 Customers leaving town, or fearful of sub jecting their garments to risk, are informed that upon receipt of word by mail or tele- phone, articles will be called for, most tho roughly examined and cleaned, and stored by competent men. A receipt for the arti- cles left, with the charge mentioned, will be given.
 References may be had at any time to ar tlcles upon storage account.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-16
EXPRESSTONS,

Harry, do you love your little baby brother?" Whats the use? He wouldn't know it if I did!"-Tit Bits.
 Did you ever notice the expression of the face of the Venus de Milo?" "Oh, yes; she looks all broke up."- Truth.
 Spiritual Adviser.-"You have a trust in the future life?" Dying Financier- "No, no! Merely a reorganization, I assure you."-Detroit Journal
 Nery.-F'red-"S your engagement is
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-16
ADVERTISING RATES.

advertisements, One Cent Word each in sertion. Five Gents a Word for full week (seven times)
 Display advertisements, per inch, one m, ifno cents; one week, $32O; one month, $1o ; one year, $40. ,-
 Obituary Notices. in prose or verse, 10 cents per line. Notices of Births, Mar riages, Deaths and Funerals. 30 cents each. Local Notices 15 cents per line
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immediate business (all matter to De qnobiectionable) and their contracts do no' inclnde Wants, To Let. For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-16
FASHION NOTES.
Tucks on the Increase.

Tucks will hold their own, and they hold a lot, too, for if you are going to have your gown tucked you should buy about a third more material than would be necessary if you thought you could do without tucks. Tucks and shocking are used to do all the fitting of the gowns made of very soft wools or silk. Extra fullness is gathered into tucks, spring is given by emitting tucks. Skirts show little patches and punches of tucks that seem to have nothing to do with anything except to make the beholder wonder how on
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-16

be based on the thought of the scien- tist, of the savan who has studied the philosophy of human progenitiveness, rather than on the enthusiasm of the sentimentalist, of the patriotic devotee of his people.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-16

Bernardo O'Higgins, after whom the Chilian war vessel was named, was the son of an Irishman named Ambrose OHiggins, who, as Ambrosio OHig- gins, became Captain General of Chilli in 17S8. Bernardo was born in Chilli in s1776, and, after taking part in num- Der of kaleidoscopic revolutionary movements, he became Supreme Dicta- tor in 1877. He governed that country for six years, during which the last of the Spaniards were driven from Chilli. AS the result of a revolution which oc- cured in 1923, he was forced to resign.
 He went to Peru, and died at Lima in 1842. The Spanish pronunciation of his name is O-ee-geens, the second sylla- ble being accented.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-16

According to recent returns, the total number of women over the age of eighteen employed in factories and workshops in the British Islands is a little over a million, of which about eleven per cent. belong to trades unions. Nose of these have a member ship in common with the men, but there are some separate women's unions, organized, officered and con- ducted exclusively by female members. Among these are the Felt Hat Trim mers' and Wool Formers Association, with 2,486 members; the Female Cigar makers Protective Union, with a mem- bership of 8 little over thousand, and few other associations, with a still smaller list of members. The great bulk of the women workers are includ- ed in the mixed unions, showing dis position to work out their industrial, like their other problems, in company with the men, rather than separate from them.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-16

The Westminster Gazette is authority for the statement that bicycles have been introduced into a convent in the suburbs of London, and that as a part of their daily exercise the hooded nuns are required to spend so many minutes wheeling about the grounds.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-16

State insurance has reached enor- nous proportions in Germany. Work men. including agricultural laborers. to the number of 1S,OOO,OOo were thus pro- tected in 1897, and for 3S1,000 accidents among these men the sum of 16,000 900 marks was paid out. Provision is also made for ill-health and old age.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-16

A French scientist declares that the American race must die out in few centuries. This somewhat discourag- ing conclusion is based on several ar gunaents, the first of which is that American marriages are diminishing the birth rate, another that the ideal of consumptive beauty in women en- tertained by American men is fatal to large families or to good blood in chil- dren, and, most novel, that the Aneri- can tendency towards individualism, with it's development of the purely per- sonal element, is bad for the race. The writer of the article says that of course the numerical increase of a people must be in inverse proportion to the develop ment of individuals. The deduction at which this statement enables the tal- ented Frenchman to arrive is that de- mocracy, if it is to be successful, must
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-16

The Philadelphia Ledger tells of back county man who worked for nine teen years to get the appointment of postmaster, and when he finally got it, and discovered that he was rated as fourth class" he promptly resigned, saying that he had worked long enough to be first-class postmaster or none at all.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-16

Lent has closed all theatres in Russia since the beginning of Alexander III s reign. A recent ukase now permits plays to be performed during the peni- tential season, with the exception of the first and last weeks. A distinc- tion is made, however, between grand opera and serious dramas on the one hand and comic opera on the other, the latter being strictly forbidden un- less given in a foreign language. Local authorities may prohibit any perform ance if they see fit.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-16

An electric power transmission line one hundred and eight miles in length is being projected in southern Ca1ifor- mia, transmitting the current from a dam on the Kern River to Los Angeles It is proposed to use a pressure of 30,- GOO volts, which is possible owing to the dry atmosphere and the infrequent rainfall of this locality. This line will be the longest power line in the world, and it's building will be awaited with much interest by electrical engineers.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-16

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, 15 GENTS A WEEK, 50 CENTS A MONTH, $3 FOR SIX MONTHS, SC A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-16

THE TONPUBLIsHING co.
 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.