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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-07-27
The Bafalo Not a Suece-s.

Washington, July 16.-The board
of naval chiefs decided st ther meet
ing to day to completely reft the
cruiser Buffalo as Davai transport
AZ cost of about S70.0oO The
ship was bought of the Brazilian
Government at the time Of the war,
and was commonly known 80 a dy
Mantle cruiser She has not proved
all that was expected, however, afd
4 seemed desirable TO transform her
into transport
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-07-27
Boats In Manila Streets.

Washington, July 20.-The follow
ing diepatch has been received at
the War Department from General
Otis at Manila: storms still pre-
vailIng. barometer rising, indicating
improving weather conditions. Az
erage rainfall fer July for several
years al, for 20 days now closed,
fully IL Inches, country flooded.
Troops on outposts have suffered
and former lines of communication
cut in some instances; not serious.
No material increase in sickness re-
ported. Telegraph communication
maintained to San Fernando, Bacor
nearly all other points. Unable yet
to coal returning Transports"
Manila, July 20.-There has been
terrific rains here during the last two
days In consequences, it has been
necessary to use boats in moving
about the streets of Manila and the
whole country is flooded. The total
precipitation thus far in July has
been thirty FIVE inches and in the last
thirty one hours twelve inches o.
rain have fallen.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-07-27
HARkER's PROPERTY ATTACHED.
Prominent Sedalian Accused of hsspacing
St0,252,26,

Prominent Sedalian Accused of hisplacing
st0,252.2S.
Sedalia, No., July 20.-E. P. A. J
Harker, better known in Sedalia as
Percy Harker, is charged by the
Ilgenfritz Hardware Company of
this city with the misplacing of
S10,25 %. a suit for that amount
has been filed, and late last night
attachments were placed on Mr..
Harker's property.
Percy Hsrker has for many years
enjoyed the confidence and esteem
of the people OF SedaIia. He was
considered a model young man, and
was an official and prominent mem,
Der OF the First Congregational
Church
The information filed by the hard
ware company alleges that Harker,
who had been in the employ Of the
firm for the last nine years as book.
keeper, collector and cashier, had
''craftily and subtly," by classifying
the firms books, misplaced SO,
2522S.
Harker lost his position of book
keeper last January when there was
a change in the personnel of the
firm, but remained as collector and
salesman until a few months ago,
when he bought an interest in the
Servant Drug Company, the name
being changed to the Servant Har.
ker Drug Company. Learning yes,
terday that he was to be prosecuted
for embezzlement, he resigned as
manager of the drug company.
Criminal action against Harker, il
is claimed, will be brought this
week. The publicity of the charges
against Harker has created decid'
ed sensation here Hsrker declines
to make a statement further than te
say he is innocent, and that 6
thorough investigation will show
, that he is not short cent in his &C
: counts. He has retained Sangree &
{ Lamm to look after his defense.
Percy Harker was also agent aut
8 collector fer the Ilgenfritz estate
: An examination of the estates &C
3 counts is being made.
: Prosecuting Attorney ". d. Steel
: is making an investigation.
g The firms cash book is missing
: as are also many pages of a petit,
a ledger showing thousands OF dollar
9 of business.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-07-27
Double Execution .

Muscogee, ]. T., July 2O.-Cyrus
A. Brown, formerly Of Salina, Kan,
was to-day sentenced by Judge
Thomas to be executed here on
August %.
Brown was convicted in 1897 Of
killing Daniel Cuthbsrt, near Web
Der Falls. L t, en- the Arkansas
River. The evidence showed that
he shot Cuthbert while he was
asleep and then tied rocks to his
body and threw it into the river.
Brown has been twice convicted Of
the crime and twice sentenced to
death, having obtained q new trial
after his fret conviction.
Matthew Craig is also sentenced
to be execution here on August 25
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-07-27
PRESIDENTS THANKS.
Ms Message 10 the Philippines Volunteers
Made Public.

Made Public.
Washington, July 2o-The War
Department to-day made public q
telegram from the President to Gen.
Otis, thanking the men in the
Philippines for their patriotism in
remaining in service after the ratifi-
cation OF the treaty of peace. The
message, which was forwarded
through the War Department, is
dated July /, and is as follows:
Executive Mansion, Washington,
d. O., July /, 1S99.-Otis, Manila:
The President desires to express in
the most public manner his appreci-
alton of the lofty patriotism shown
by the volunteers and regulars Of
the Eighth Army Corps in perform
ing willing service through severe
campaigns and battles against the
insurgents in Luzon, when, under
the terms Of their enlistment, they
would have been entitled to their
discharge upon the ratification Of
the treaty Of peace with Spain.
"This action on their part was
noble and heroic 1t will stand forth
as an example Of the self-sacrifce
and public conservation which have
eyer characterized the American
soldiers.
"In recognition thereof. / shall
recommend to Congress that spe-
cial medal OF honor be given to the
officers and soldiers Of the Eighth
Army Corps who performed this
great duty voluntarily and enthusi-
astically for their country.
"WmLIAM McKIxLEY."
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-07-27

A Kansas mans view as reported
by the Wichita Eagle: We look into
a cradle and behold male child. At
the age of 10 he is noisy kid, with
half the buttons off his pants and an
eve for meanness. At the age OF 10
he ia a devil in a printshop; at 70
the publisher of country news
paper, at the head of every enter
prise to improve the town or enrich
the business thereof; st 35 he is an
emsciated and worn out man, with
holes in his pockets and bald head;
at the age of so he is corpse IN a
cheap coffin, and his only resources
left behind are two cases of long
primer type, a Washington hand
press and a subscription book with
500 delinquent subscribers, who line
I'D and march past the coffin, saying
"He was a public spirited fellow,
but he couldn't save anything.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-07-27
NELLIE SULLIVAN
SAVED THE TRAIN.
Weman's Heroism Prevents a Dlsas-
trous Wreck on the Chicago
and Alton.
WENT OUT IN HER NIGHT ROBE.
In the Darkness Tagged the Fast Mail With
a Blazing Brand From the
Burning Trestles.

Springfield, H.. July 19.-The
heroism of Mrs. Nellie ISullivan pre-
vented disastrous wreck on the
Chicago & Alton railroad this morn
ing. But for her courage and fore
thought the fast train which runs
through Springfield at 1890 o'clock
IN the morning, would have dashed
into a gully north of Pontiac, and
the awful Chatsworth disaster might
have been duplicated.
Mrs. Sullivan lives near the Chi
cago & Alton track, two miles north
of Pontiac. Her husband was away
from home Tuesday night and she
was alone, and when she awoke and
saw a fire on the railway right-of-
way at a gully near home, suddenly
it occurred to her that the trestle
which spans the gully might be on
fire.
It was yet dark, but faint streak
in the east proclaimed the hour
when the early morning train would
arrive. If the bridge had burned
the train would dash into the gully
with it's load of human freight.
springing from her bed and with
out waiting to change her night
robe for a dress, SIZE ran out of the
house and saw that the wooden per
ton of the bridge was in flames.
Then she ran for the track, intent
only upon saving the passenger
train which she knew must soon ar
rive. She soon heard the distant
rumble of the on coming train. Pick
ing up one of the blazing brands
that had fallen from the burning
bridge, the woman ran down thu
railroad track as If her life depend
ed upon the speed she made. En-
gineer Smith, who was pulling tn
night mail train, had his engine run
ming at high speed. Suddenly
light waved back and forth on tn
track ahead. As quickly as possibl
he began to slow down the engine
The fireman thrust his head GU
of the cab and exclaimed:
cit looks like ghost"
Then the engineer saw that tn
signal was being welded by IN
spectral appearing figure of a VIC
man. A moment later, when tn
figure stepped from the track t
allow the engine to pass slowly by
the engineer knew it was not
wrath, for Mrs Sullivan, almos
exhausted with the race she ha
made, was excitedly calling to hir
that the trestles ahead were afire.
The engineer brought his train t
stop, aud Conductor Roberts hal
tened forward to ascertain the caus
The sudden slowing of the trai
aroused the sleeping passenger
and soon they learned the story {
the woman's heroic deed and wei
! piling off the train to thank the
: delivsrer. But Mrs. Sullivan hs
1 fastened home to dress.
] It ia announced that the Chicae
j & Alton will handsomely rewaE
Mrs. Sullivan for her heroism.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-07-27

Let De say 1 have used Eye
Cream for catsrrh aud thoroughly
recommend il for what il claims.
Very truly, Rev II. w. Hathaway,
Elizabeth, \. j.
I tried Eiy's Cream Balm, and to
all appearances am cured Of cstArrh.
The terrible headaches from which
I long suffered are gone.-W. j.
Hitchcock, late Maj. Z. s. Vol, and
A. 4. Gen Buffalo, y. I.
A Zoe tri1 size or the SOC size OF
Elys Cream Balm will be mailed
Kept By druggists Ely Bros, So
Warren st, n. 7.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-07-27

See picture of Alfred Speer in another col
umn the original wine grower in the nited
States whose wines have become famous over
the world also his "'s Climax Grape Brandy.
See What President Says of Brandy
for Sickness.
The President of the Baltimore Medical Col
lege, who has thoroughly tested Speer's Wines
and Brandy says:
.'speers Climax Brandy Is pure and value
able article In all cases of disease in which
reliable stimulant Is required. regard IL gu
perior to NEST French Brandies.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-07-27
Does Coffee Agree With You?

II not, drink Grain-o-made from pure
grains A lady writes: The hrst time l
~ one week nothing would induce me to go
hack TO Coffee Itnourishes and feeds the
svstem The children can drink Ii with great
beneft IL is the strengthening substance OF
pure grains. Get q package to-day from your
grocer, follow the directions in MAKING II anu
Beverage fer old and young. 15c and csc.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-07-27

To eradicate worms from the sys.
tenn give the child plain, nourishing
food and Whites Cream Vermifuge.
The result will be, the worms will
disappear and the child become
healthy and cheerful. Price ESQ.
Sold by II. L Tucker, druggist.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-07-27
ALFRED SPEER,
THE ORIGINAL

Port Grape Wine Producer In America.
The first native wine sold and
used in San Francisco and Sacra-
mento was from Speer's Passaic,
n. J., vineyards, was shipped
around Cape Horn before there
was any railroad to California,
and are now being used by physi-
clans and first families there as
the richest and best wine to be had
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-07-27
NEW SILVER ASSOCIATION.

New England Bi-Metailic League Organized.
Chicago, Ill, July 2o.-Three
National Committeeman and the
Mayors of several cities in New
England met this morning and or
ganized the New England Bi metallic
Association.
The meeting was held in Sam
Cooks Office, in the Unity building
G.. W. Green Of, Rhode Island was
elected president, Homer S. Cum
minis, of Connecticut secretary, and
w. q. Bohannon, of Connecticut
treasurer. The president was EN-
powered to appoint an executive
committee of one from each New
England state. A resolution was
adopted that mass meeting be held
probably en- next Labor Day, al
Worcester, Mass at which Bryan
Stone, George Fred Williams, Judge
Tarvin OF Kentucky, Tillmsn OF
South CareIina and "Coin" Harvey
have agreed to speak
The Eatisnal Committeeman par
ticipsting In the organization Of the
association are: George Fred vii
liams of Massachusetts, Alexander
Tro5p. of Connecticut, and T. L
Norris, of New Hampshire.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-07-27

Is your liver tired? Does it fail to
do it's duty? if so, don't neglect it's
call for help. A few doses of Herb
inc may cave you spell OF sickness.
Herbine is the only perfect liver
medicine. 1t cures chills and fever.
Price so cts. At Fl. l. Tucker
drugstore.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-07-27
We Will Give You a 81 Watch

II You will show our publication TO ysur
friends. We don't want you to sell them
anything. The watch Is made by a we'll
known American firm, in two sizes, childreu's
and adults nickel or gold plated hunting
particulars. Overland, 81 Park Row, New
York City.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-07-27

The Juice Of the Portugal Port
Wine grape grown in y. IS thick
and rich same as the Juice Of pears
and other fruits grown acre. From
California pears you can squeeze
water as from a sponge: 50
with all fruits grown in Cailtor-
MIA; while those grown in New
Tersevare solid IN substarce-less
Juice but thick and richer The
New Jersey apples, for instance
make q cider that was always
popular the world over. II you
want a wine for sickness or tor
entertainments don't take cheap,
waterv wines but choose q hrsr
class old, full bodied, high grace
wine from Speer's Passaic vine
yards. Sold by Druggists
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-07-27

That dark brown taste and hoTTld
breath you have in the morning is csus-
ed by an inactive liver; some medicine
relieves for awhile; others tor few DAYS
but Heroine cures. At II. l.. fuckers
dr,1vsfrre. 3
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-07-27
,rcRETARY ALGER
HAS RESIGNED.
Accepted and Sue
eessor Will Be Named.
WILL FIGHT M'KINLEY NOW.

,,..,.pingrse Combination Expected to
r..,t Itself TO Send an Anti Mckinley
nsIspation to the Next Republican
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-26

The Hon. Henry Clay Evans. COM
missioner of pensions. is another prom
inent member of the administration
who has been under fire pretty steadily
for some time. although the case OF
Gen. Alger has held the center of the
stage rather TO the overshadowing of
other subjects. There is a difference.
too. in that the source of the attacks
on Commissioner Evans is not of the
kind TO arouse very much public SYM
pathy. The pension attorneys who un-
der his administration OF the respon-
sible office bave found their business
cut down materially are the fellows
chiefly indignant but so far they
have not been able to work up any
thing like the same amount of indlgna-
tion either in the ranks of the Grand
Army of the people generally.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-26
WIRELESS TElEGRAPHY."

II will be asked what are the possi-
bihties of wireless telegraphy?" VIII
1t sIpersede cables for telegraphng
across the Atlantic? Will IL come into
use on land? Well, at present there is
no reason to think IL will do either In
the first place il has the obvious defect
that, as electric radiations spread in
every direction, and not simply in one
straight line, anybody who sets up a
pole of the proper height can READ any
body else's message, If indeed the num-
ber of messages did not become so con-
fusing as to prevent any being read at
all. This can be got over i'm two ways:
either by concentrating the radiations
i'm BEAM by means of "A suitable reflec-
tor, SO that they do not spread i'm
every direction,or by tuning the trans
mitting and receiving apparatus so
that Qike the Delaney instruments)
each pair responds to one frequency of
vibration only. Mr.. Marconi has sue
ceeded In applying a reflector in the
way suggested, but only by great
sacrifice OF the distance traversed; he
is now supposed to be working out the
solution with some success, and from
his station at the South Foreland can
telegraph at will to the Goodwin light
ship or to Boulogne, without the other
station receiving his message. The
next objection is that at present sig
Mailing without connecting wires ~
slow, the limit of manual dexterity be-
,ng from 10 TO 20 words a minute:
Next we do not know yet what effect
the curvature of the earth will have
in preventing signals over very great
dlsta ces. although minor distractions
seem TO be unimportant. This has yet
to be tested. For signalling between
forts in time of war. however; between
lightships and the shore, and in all
places where cables are subject TO
much wear and possibly between
ships at sea and permanent stations
on land a great deal OF usefulness ap-
pears to be open. Governments. tele-
graphsts, war departments and adj
miralties are all keenly watching the
outcome of these experiments and in
augurating tests on their own account:
and before ten years are out, we ought
either to see wireless telegraphy" in
stalled amongst the everyday facts of
life. or relegated TO that great lumber
room OF forgotten inventions where so
many sensational and brilliant dis
coveries lie perdu for all-tlme.-July
Pail Mall Magazine.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-26
AMONG ARCTIC WHALERS.

The nine months that the whalemen
were compelled to lie in idleness. while
not enivened by soc al gayeties, were
for from monotonous. With lumber
brought up from san Francesca there
had been blmit on shore IA commodious
.one-room house, whose most conspicu-
GUS, articles OF furniture were big
stove. that roared day and night, bill
liard-table, and a number of benches
and chairs. THIS was the club room OF
me sixty or seventy officers of the
iieet. and here they congr gated TO
play billiards and whist. or ST. about
through the long arctic evenings, while
the wind howled outside, smoking and
spinning yarns OF many seas, or OF boy
hood days at New Bedford, New Lon
don and Marthas Vineyard. There
were veterans who had whaled on eV-
cry ocean. and had been i'm nearly ev-
cry port ON the globe; men who recol-
leeted wen the raid of the cruiser Shen-
ahdoah, when she burned the ieet on
the coast of Siberia thirty years before,
and who had been in the Point Barrow
dlsaster when nearly score OF snlps
were crushed I'm the ice-hOe. The sail
ors ana firemen of the fleet did not
nave the privilege of this house. but
contsnted themselves with games ana
amuSements OF their own They had an
orchestra that played long and vocif-
erously, and there was an amateur dra-
matte troup that gave entertainments
during tie winter. But IL was on the
great nat Onal game OF base bail that
officers and men most depended 10
break the tedium OF their long i'm
n t..l. Il.
outdoor exercise.
All the whalemen were dressed In the
Esquimauy fur costume. only the face
ing exposed. and on their hands wore
heavy fur miutens. These clumsy nit
tens, together with the fact that one
was apt 10 fall on the Zee unless he
gave a part OF his attention 90 keeping
his feet underneath him, made good
catching practically Impossible" "Muifs'
were the rule. and the man who caught
and held the ball received an ovation,
not only from the whalers. but from
the hundreds of EsquimauX who were
always crowded about the rope with
the ball frozen as hard as a rock, no
one was apt 10 repeat an experiment
of catching with bare hands. one OF
the centrefelders was a corpulent
Orkney Islander, whose favorite meth
cd of stopping a hot grounder was 10
lie down in front OF II. The EsquimauX
F, considered him the star-player OF the
fleet. Sliding was the only ia ng done
TO perfection, the ice offering excellent
facilities for distinction in that Inc;
and there was always a wild cheer
when a runner. getting too much head
way, knocked the baseman Oft his feet,
and both came down together. The
scores were ridiculously large, seldom
less than fifty on a SIDE. and sometimes
twice that. on the smooth ice good
hit meant a home run-Harper's
Round Table.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-26

Evidently the writer Of the, forego-
ing article was not true prophet
when he said that the women who
make their lives noble, refined and
worth living would be diametrically op-
posed to Miss Anthony. This lntecna-
tional Council Of Women is the mos
rroadly representative body OF women
In the world and Miss Anthony was its
most distinguished delegate. Through
the efforts OF such women, these meet
ings OF brainy and highly cultured We
men have become possible. When she
began her pioneer work fifty years ago.
Il was no uncommon thing for her to
be Kissed and howled down Dy the mob
universal which denied TO women The
npht to 81. ak in public. rhe cvat,ons
gi en- her NJ erever she goes are htt'nS
tiibutcs q Ter greatness.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-26
COLLAR AND BELT BUCKLES.

The newest effects are in the belt and
neck buckles worn with the almost too
popular shirt waist. Just how to
finish a shirt waist at the throat and
belt is always a problem, particularly
il woman is inclined to be stout. The
broad belt and the high stock collar are
all very we'll for slight young girls, but
as shirt waists are supposed to be cor
rect for older women, it is time that
something else was found to make them
possible. The new style OF wearing a
belt made of a piece of soft sa.n ribbon
quite wide, and then putting the ends
of that ribbon into the buckle, is a very
satisfactory fashion The riLJon Is
soft enough TO draw down at the back.
where IL can be fastened to the skirt.
thus avoiding the ugly gaping apart Of
skirt and waist. The buckle. quite a
small one, can be in silver studded with
precious stones, or in enamel, oxi-
died silver. or fire gilt. The de-
signs are charming, and the buckles
most inexpensive. These waist buckles.
however, are not 50 fascinating as the
neck buckles, which fasten a soft tib-
bon just at the throat. The idea Is 20
have "a piece of ribbon from two II
four inches in width and three-uuartcrs
OF a yard in length, or even longer II
necessary, SO that IL will go around the
neck twice. The ends are put into this
small buckle. which is worn lust at th,,
throat a little bow OF lace being nut
ON underneath, If desired.-,Harper s
Bazaar.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-26
THE BIRTH OF A FASHION PLATE.

An. for the good old times when art
ists-real ai'tists-could be persuaded
to design costume. One OF the princi-
pal items of expense 10 lady OF old
italy used 60 be the retainer she paid
70 DaNinci a Bramante, or some
other artist OF note Ia furnish her with
designs for her court and other dresses
OF ceremony.
Today some one who can draw is
gwen an Idea by a cOstumer-that is,
~ some one who has made or cut
uIssses under some other ccstumer
tutelage. Neither one has studied or
Sares aught FOR art proportion, har-
hlohy, or the other superlluities; they
are costumers, what have they to do
Win such details? a wonderful as
setnpiage of ideas is the result CON
icctioh I'm silk. satin, chlhons, ana
iaces. These ideas and materials are
pcdutitully and painfully drawn upon
PAPER, and draped upon an alleged re-
mare figure at least seven feet tall,
Win head slightly turned, auburn hair,
sylph-llke waist. a stage smile, and a
packground of palms and ferns. rms
uraWins being reproduced upon thou
sanus and thousands of sheets, 10! a
laSnion-plate is born. with the name
ol the great designer I'm the left-hand
corner, the password. the hallmark.
Every woman Cor rather, nearly every
woman) studies e, admires 1t, and, be
she lean or fat. tall or short. her next
uress must be like that. Perchance her
uressmaker has not signed he, soul
away entirely. and protests feebly that
that special style is not adapted TO
ner patrons particular figure; but for
ner enrontery she may lose a customer
That dress has to be made i'm that way
ana In none other.-Self Culture.