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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-04
MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.
nous" and senate Disagree over the Anti
trust iiI-ApProprtstion for the Ifuf-
faio Exposition Recommended

jefferson City, Mo. %ay >. -Eithout
wasting any time in discussing the
matter, the senate refused 70 concur in
the house amendments To the WhaIsy
antitrust bill. When the hout~s. was
informed Of this action il p~auptly re-
FUSED 10 recgdr from it, amendments.
1 nus Tor the present at least. the bill
Is up in the air Each branch viii
appoint a conference committee. how
ever, AMI an effort viii bc made 10
reach an agreement.
Mr.. O'Connv0, OF the house commit
Tee on calendar work. submitted a r.
port 70 the house recommending that
= house bills and Is senate bills on the
calendar for third reading he indet-
nitely postponed. The report was laid
over after a long debate. Evidently il
Is difficult 20 induce the house 20 aban-
don general legislation for revision
work.
The house failed 10 pass States bill
10 prevent children under Il wears OF
age from working in stores. factories
and workshops. The bill also required
seats TO be provided for girls who vorl,
in stores.
The house passed Kjskaddon's bill
70 authorize a survey OF the islands in
the Missouri river in order that they
may be sued by the state and taxed
The senate passed Wright = house bill
to prohibit voluntary assignment of
banks. 1t requires banks in danger of
failing 10 At once communicate with
the secretary Of state, who Is bank COM
missioner.
The worlds fair resolutions were en-
rolled and read in the senate and signed
10y the officers OF that body. once prop
erly enrolled and signed 10y the
officers OF the house and senate
the resolutions then 20 70 the secre-
tary Of state, and viii be duly advcr-
tised by him prior TO the 1900 election.
and then placed on the official ballot.
They do not require the governors ap-
prevail
The Joint committee on appropriate
tlons of the house and senate decided to-
recommend a SIS, coo appropriation for "a
Missouri exhibit at the Pan-American
exposition 10 be held in Buffalo in 1901.
The committee viii also recommend
that committee of five be named by
the governor TO solicit private sub
scriptions. In this way il Is hoped To
secure the 30 votes Of the New York
delegation in congress- for the s.. 0o0.-
600 which the ST. Louis fair committee
Is asking of the federal government.
Gov. stephens also approved Nights
bill 10 give the railroad commissioners
power to compel railroads to run their
trains so that they win make connec-
tions with trains on other roads. lie
also approved the following senate
| bills: An act requiring railroads to set
tie for live stock killed or in jured with
in six weeks after the amount of dam
age has been asccrtained; an act re-
quiring railroad companies To make
track connections and To interchange
cars.
GOV. Stephens signed the bill pro-
hibiting the employment of non-resi-
dents a. deputy sheriffs- deputy con
stables or rs police officers. The bill is
intended to prohibit the importation
of Pinlcrton detectives to the state.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-04
NOW CLOSING IN
ON THE TRUSTS.
Most Stringent of all Bills Pass
es the House.
WHALEY's MEASURE THE LAST.
1t Seeks To Prevent Combines by In
junction.

1t Seeks To Prevent Combines by In
junction.
Jefferson City, Mo, April Is -
Probably the most stringent OF all
the antitrust bills enacted into law
at this session of the Legislature
passed the house late yesterday, and
with the approval of the governor
will become law. 1t was intro
duced in the senate by Senator
Whaley and was drawn by Attorney
General Grow. 1t received lO4
votes in the house.
In brief, it provides a way by
which the formation OF trusts may
be stopped by Injunction and confers
the necessary power upon the courts
of the state. This bill completes
the chain of law which this legisla-
ture has woven about the trusts
Three bills have been passed. One
was the anti-insurance trust oil, a
s.cond was a bill which provided a
means of compelling trusts organ
lied in other states to appear IN
this state and give testimony and
the third is the Whaley bill. A
COPY of the latter follows:
SECTION l. Every pool, trust
agreement, combination, ccnfedera
ton or understanding, conspiracy
or combination entered into or Gre
ated or organized by any corporation
organized under the Jaws OF this or
any other state, or any partnership
or individual or other association OF
persons whatsoever with any other
CORPORATION, partnership, individual
or any other person or ASSOCIATION
of persons to regulate, control or TX
the price of any article or articles OF
of manufacture, mechanism, mercn'
andise, commodity, convenience OF
repair, or any product of mining oil
sny kind or class, or any article or
thing of any class or kiRd bought
and sold, or the price or premium
to be paid for insuring property
apsinst loss or damage by fire, light
ming or storm, or to maintain sAio
price or prices when SO regulated
determined or fixed, and all agree
ments. combinations, considerations
or conspiracies or pools made Gre
ated, entered into or organized oy
any corporation, partnership lndl'
v;5ual or association of individuals
to fix the amount or limit the
quantity of any article or thing
whatsoever, or OF any article OF
manufacture, mechanism, commod
| ;tv. convenience or repair, or any
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-04

product of any class or kind OF
mining, are hereby declared illegal
SEC 2 Ii any two or more per
sons who are engaged in buying or
selling any article of commerce, man
ufacture, mechanism, merchandise,
comm 0dity, )nvenience or repair,
any product Of mining, or any article
or thing wbatsotver, shall enter into
any pool, trust, agl cement, comb
nation, confederation, association or
understanding to control or limit
the trade in any such article or
thing; or to limit competition in
such trade, by refusing % buy from
or sell to any other person any such
article or thing aforesaid, for the
reason that such other person is not
member of or party to such pool,
trust, agreement, combination, con-
federation, association or under
standing; or shall boycott Or threaten
any person from buying or selling
to any other person who is not a
member of or party to such pool,
trust, agreement, combination, con
federation, association or under
standing, any such urticle or thing
aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty Of
| a misdemeanor, and on conviction
shall be punished by Imprisonment
in the county Jail not exceeding one
year, or by a fine not exceeding 500,
or by both such fine and imprison-
ment
SEC. 3. The several circuit courts
/ of the state are hereby vested with
Jurisdiction to prevent and restrain
any corporation, partnership, indi-
vidual or association of individuals
from entering into any combination,
pools, agreements, in the form OF
trusts, confederation, conspiracy or
understanding declared illegal by
this act or any other law of this
state relative to pools, trusts, con-
spiracies and unlawful combinations,
And ii shall bs the duty of the At
torney General and of the Prescott.
ing Attorneys, when go directed by
the Attorney General, to institute
proceedings in equity to prevent
and restrain ell violations OF this act
and of any other law concerning
pools, trusts, conspiracies and un-
lawful combinations. Such proceed
ings may be by way of petition, set
ting forth the case and praying that
such violation be euJoiued or other
wise prohibited When the parties
complained OF shall have been duly
notified OF such petition the court
shall proceed as soon as may be to
the hearing and determination oil
the case; and pending such petition
and before final decree the court may
at any time make such temporary
restraining order or prohibition as
shall be deemed just in the premises.
SIC 1. Whenever it shall appear
Tn the court before which such pro
ceeding under this act may be pend
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-04

Joplin. Mo, May six thousand
acres of mineral land in Jasper and
Newton counties have been sold by the
Bolcn Lead & Zine company to L. Il.
Grant for New York syndicate for
s225. 600. Another big mining deal was
closed. the Snapp-Warren lease at
Tuckahoe being sold to Dexter, John
ION Il Co. and J. L. Wallach. of
Chicago, for 500, 900. Several other
smaller mining deals were closed, rang
ing from 81 900 to $1,000.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-04
rwentr-FIre Famllie. Made Homeless.

Chicago. May Fire destroyed s50'-
GOO worth Of property in the Polish set
Element at Noble and Clever streets and
made about p families homeless. The
hundreds of occupants Of tenement
houses IN that neighbOrhood became
panic-stricken and for hours blocked
the streets with their burdens Of house
hold goods and clothing. BY the time
quiet was restored the police had on
their hands upward Of 100 lost children.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-04
Kansas City Produce.

Kansas City, May Eggs Strictly fresh.
N<c per doz.
Butter-Extra fancy separator lie; firsts,
oc; seconds, l3c; dairy fancy, lac; country roll,
ilGi2hei store packed, IIG1I2c; packing stock,
aGi0c
Poultry-Hens, nc; springs, 1Oci old roost-
ers l5c each young rooSters, zoe; ducks, &c;
geese, SC; turkeys hens, Sc: young toms, &c; old
IONS, &c; pigeons, 800 per doZ.
Vegetables-Navy beans s1.35 per bu. Lima
oeanS, 41c per ID. Onions, red globe, 50t175c per
OG white globe, 50275c per bu. Beets. northern,
eAVu per Dbl. Turnips, home grown lod2oc per
w Lettuce, home grown, 10000 per bu,
rleplant 20G30c per dog. punches. ParSnipS, Is
au
Potatoes-Home grown, 60065c per bu. Sweet
Potatoes, 5oG6Oc per bu.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-04
r1ood Ee,gree- Returning Home.

Omaha Neb.. May 2.-Ihe l-Vo0 or
more food refugees Of this section are
ranidlv returning 70 their wrecked
homes as the high water recedes- On
the Iowa side Of the river practically
ali Of the farmers have returned 70
their lands. bat on this side the refaDIl
itation Of homes i not progressing 80
r1Ts-r1--
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-04
Lumher workman strike In View Mexico

Fl PasO, Tex. May 2.-The men en-
ployed by the Alamogordo Lumber com
pany at AIamogordo, y. NJ, all struck
Yesterday. They have been receiving
s1.5O and SLIGO a day and working /
hours They demand g. day and ten
hours work. The company refuses TO
comply and say they viii fight to the
last. To-day everything in the town
was at a standstiIL The company )
mill l. closed and i heavy guard is
stationed there.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-04
Killed bv a Solar Ptexus Blow.

Albany, n. Y, May a.-Frank Mar
IN, 17-year-cld boy. was killed last
night by solar plexus blow struck by
i4-year-old Frank McHenrv in a boxing
contest at the White Hall Athletic club.
neither OF the boys was in proper phys
cl condition and both belonged TO the
sSa.nerweight class. All the principals
q the affair were arrested,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-04

Akron. -. May at = stated that
denomination Of the American
Cereal COMPANY Is about 70 take place.
T. g. r,ro-.oz-d % increase the capital
s.cc2z rom ;. 800. 600 10 So 600. 900. Il
i understood that the same parties
who are interested IN the present com
pzny win control the new organ4zs-
ton.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-04
Kansas CITY Grain.

Kansas City, May Wheat Receipts here
to-day were "A cars; week ago, 3S cars; Il year,
ago, "a cars. Sales by sample on track: Hard,
No. 2 671s616S1sc; No. 3 hard, 641&GG65Rc; No.
hard 6Ih664.c. Soft, No red, nominally 81
GSsc; No. 3 red 716lS0c; No. 4 red, 62067c; re-
jeeted red 60c. Spring, No. 2 nominally 6561
&c; No. 3 spring nominally 6lGg64c; rejected
spring, 64l1c
Corn-Receipts here to-day were 81 cars; a
week ago. 20 cars year ago, Sc cars Sales by
sample on track: Mixed, No. p 32GG324c; No.
mixed, slac; No. mixed, nominally 3OGG3O1@c.
White, No. ,, 33s10G3Ic; No. white, 3S12c; No
4white nominally 321ac.
OatS-Receipts here to-day were i cars; a
week ago, 10 cars; year ago, 13 cars Sales by
sample on track Mixed, No. ., nominally y
Sc; No. 3 mixed nominally &c; No. mixed
nomnally 26c White, No. ,, 2SAG129e; No
white, 2S4c; No. white, nominally 27c
Rye-No. ., 54I8c; No. 3, nominally sic; No 4.
nomnally 53c.
Hay-Receipts here to-day were II cars; a
week ago. q cars; u year ago, 10 cars. Quota
tons are: Choice prairie. S7.50017.75; No. |, S67a
Geo. Timothy, choice, 81. 75619.25. Glover, pure,
@5SG750 Alfalfa, S7.O01S.00.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-04
MARKET REPORTS.
xsas CITY Live stock

,,.,sas City, May 2.--Cattle-Receipts, So''63;
csAsn0zT ri. shipped yesterday, Liza cattle; no
Az az The market was active ana steady
eaN. s~,,o1vfng are representative sales:
me lo llD prpE AND SHIPPING STEERS.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-04
GILMORE IS HEARD FROM.
The Lieutenant Reports That His
Party Were Captured and Taken
Across the Mountains.
GEN. lGHTOE MARCHING ON BGLlSAG.

Large Body NJ Rebels said to Isc Congre-
gated Al the Tlacr- FILIPINO Ensoys
Trying 90 Make Peace with Gen. OTIS
Fred tnnstoa Appointed a urigadicr
ri
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-04
Chicago Cash Grain.

Chicago, May Wheat-CaSh, No red,
74175c; No. 3 red, 71M6g721ac; No. hard winter
@hc; No. hard winter, 6706Sc; No. northern
spring 7aD73c; No. northern spring, 7lQ172ci
No. snorthern spring, 66G7ic.
Corn-Cash, No. :, 332lG634c; No 3, 33c
oats-Cash, No. J, 276G2714c; No. 3, 262iG1"7c-
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-04
ST. Louis Cash Grain

St Louis, May 2.-Wheat-CaSh, No. red
elevator, 76c; track 7Sc; No. hard, zoe.
Corn-Cash, No. =, Sic; track, 35GD35lac.
Oass-Cash, No. ,, 2sl4c; track, 2S3llD29c; No
white, s1Q3l4c.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-04
st. Louis Live stock.

G.. Louis May .-Cattle-Receipts, 2,5)J;
market steady; native shipping and export
steers s4.5Oa5.60; light and dressed beef and
butcher steers, s40O14.90; stocl<ers and feeders,
anla4 80; cows and heifers. S2OOGli55; Texas
and Indian steers, $500 50; cows and helfers,
E0Q4.50.
Eogs-Receipts, $500; market steady; pigs
and lights S36O0375; packers, 3.6J03.85;
butchers s3.S5GD3.90
Sheep-Receipts, $500; market steady; ma
tiyes, s35014s 50; lambs, Sf.0O55. 10; springs 5000
6Q00
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-04

Chicago, May .-Cattle-Receipts, 300; mar
ket steady: beeves 81. 10d5.3o: cows and hcifers,
gsOl490; Texes steers, S3.80O4o0; stockers
and feeders, So. 50(5500.
Hoes-Receipts, $1,000; market steady TO
strong: mixed and butchers, S3.65U3.S5; good
heavy, ss7593s71z; rough heavy, $3.50 $3.50;
light, ss.65Gt3s2h.
Sheep Receipts, 10000; market steady; ma
tiyes, S35065.l5; lambs Si.5006.O0.
Chicago Grain and Provisions.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-08
AN OVER ESTIMATE OF The COT
CROP

The New Orleans Times-Democrat is
of the opinion that a horrible mis-
take" has been made as to the great
cotton crop. 1t thinks h estimates
are very greatly over-estimated. 1t
calls for a speedy correction before the
damage is done. 1t has at much ex-
pense'' gathered returns from trust
worthy correspondents. 1t makes no
estimate itself. 1t says:
I'm this issue of the Times-Democrat
will be found our monthly report on
the condition of the cotton crop. With
one possible exception, the story is the
gloomiest we have ever been called
upon to tell"
If it will make cotton rise to s or 9
cents the calamity of a short crop will
be much mitigated. The Natchez
(Miss.) Democrat says tina the best
thing to do is for the farmers to hold
back at least one-third of their crops.
1t is of the opinion that the "two-
thirds will bring nearly as much
money marketed in this way as the
whole crop marketed in the usual
! way" 1t is surely worth trying. We
quote an QdSSdSe from an
editorial in it's last issue, and North
Carolina cotton planters might consid-
er what is said with benefit to them
selves:
THE government says the acreage in
cotton lands is eight per cent less thar
last year n that the July condition
is "a (three four tenths) per cent less,
or a total depreciation of ia eleven
four-tenths per cent?
Estimating the current crop at H.
200, 900 bales it mean a s~hrinkage of
1,277, 900 bales, or a crop of 1928, 600
bales for 1S99-1900.
Notwithstanding all this, and the
further fact hat the cotton mills
throughout the country are making
profits ranging from 20 per cent to &C
per cent, mighty efforts are being
made to create the impression that the
crop will be an enormous one, with
the view of getting your cotton cheap
and it is for O to determine whether
the greedy spinner will succeed.
You will be assailed by the willy
| Spectator with all kinds of arguments
to prevent you from holding your cot
ton, but it is your only weapon and
your financial salvation depends upor
it's USE"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-08

Dreyfus may not gain his case in that
miserable t~ravestal of justice before
which he is so foully arraigned, but the
great intelligent public has long g
acquitted him and condemned his in
famous nemie and prosecutors. Tens
Of thousands of bright children have
read that fascinating English book en-
titled Alice in Wonderland" 1t has
been noticed that the author gave a
classic forecast of the devilish Dreyfus
trial-the most Internal of farces-and
it is added that "the bordereau has
been argued about quite in the manner
employed in reference to the copy of
| verses picked up by the White Rabbit:
Are they in the prisoners handwri-
ting?" asked another of the jurymen.
mo, they're not, said the White
Rabbit, land that's the queerest thing
about it," (The jury ali looked puz-
zled.)
HE must nave initiated somebody
else's hand said the King. (The jury
all frightened up again.)
please, your Majesty" said the
| Knave, "I didn't write it, and they
can't prove that I did; there's no name
signed at the end"
eff you didn't sign it," said the King,
that only makes the matter worse.
You must have meant some mischief,
or else you'd have signed your name
| like an honest man."
There was a general clapping Of
| hands at his; it was the first really
clever thing the King had said that
day.
THAT proves his guilt, of course"
| said the Queen"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-08

Ditterest little wars which England has
had since the rebellion of the American
Monies She Is pitted against a small
out compact people, nation OF colon
lists n plainsmen, who wrested their
present territory from the fiercest sav-
ages OF South Africa-spiendid marks
men and horsemen, accustomed to en-
during all the hardships OF an inhos-
pitaole land, and. If their history speaks
truly, strangers to fear That they viii
put up a good fight Is a foregone con-
ciuSaon; that they viii ultimately be
whipped. IL not practically exterminat-
cd, must also be conceded"
The war Great Britain waged against
the American colonies was righteous
ness and justice compared with the
war threatening to be waged asains,
the Beers. Dc not look at the specious
plea OF Great Britain now, but az the
historic facts as given IN part in yes
terday's Messenger. The Post repeats
the story We printed yesterday. bu;
IN few words. 1t tells how when the
Beers found themselves crowded out OF
Cape Colony by the English, they har-
messed UP their OK wagons and trecked
out into the wilderness for the sole pur.
pose Of establishing a government o.
their own But hardly had they estab-
llsned themselves and made the desert
blossom like the rose when the hated
Outlande We're pon them again. Had
valuable mineral deposits, especial,
diamonds, nc been discovered in thei,
territory, they might. have been per.
united to enjoy pastoral simplicity in
peace They moved out into the viii.
derness Of Africa twice and built tbei,
MONIES n erected a government. Now
1t is surrender or die or fly.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-08

time that the world knew the real facts>
in the tour years war.
We give a sample we found in a work
by an Englishman with two chapters
by IAN experienced teacher and head
ed the American Rebellion" It said
the northern and southern armies al
the first battle Of Manassas were near
ly equal, having about twenty thou
sand ON each side" In fact Mcdowell
had $4,000 men and the confedera.es
10000. Mr.. Stephens puts the federal
at 10000 and confederates at 80, 900.
The official statistics are nearer
the former statement. Reinforce
ments came TO the confederateS
about 2 o'clock, and fastened The VIC
tory, but several thousand OF the origi-
nal 10000 never fired a gun during the
day, being stationed several miles
away.
II the northern histories were fair,
were free from all glaring imperfec-
tons, We should insist that southern
histories should have he preference,
and because of the imperative neces-
sity OF doing all we a to sustain ma
tive writers and educators. Is any
southern man really yerdant enough
to p that a New England teach
err or parent would use southern pub
locations in preference to works by his
own people? Can any southern nan
suppose that anyswerely truthful his
tory of the war would be tolerated in
New England, specially if written by
a southern man. M~uchless, then, would
they allow the use of any history in
their public or private schools that per-
verted the truth continually to mag
Nifty the powers Of the southern SOL
diers and to cast a deep reproach upon
| universal and irrepressible Yankee
| ~doodledum? Let southern schools use
southern works bearing on the a
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-08
MIGHT LAKES NO RIGHT

1t is healthful to- see many leading
German newspapers taking the side of
the Beers because they say the men Of
the T%ransvaal have right clearly
on their side. 1t is astonishing to see
with what readiness, with what zeal
newspapers in the United States take
up the cudgels for Great Britain and
how very glibly they write in the old,
cruel strain of the robber peoples, and
give the old fierce story of might con-
quering right, and that it is right for
might to so conQuer 1t is barbaric,
unchristian. undemocratic, %unrepubli-
can. The Washington Post admits that
theoretically the Beers are right
Their crime is now they are impeding
the commerce of the world" and must
get out Of the way or "be crushed" Ii
says: This is a cruel proposition, blu
a true me-. Commerce has no con
science, and economic laws are the only
Interchangeable m on this earth" In
fact, the most barbaric, remorsesess
constituencies nations now, after more
than eighteen hundred years of Chris.
tan civilization, are the great nation:
that boast of civilization and law and
mouth Of Righteousness and the worii
to come. The Beers are to be driver
to the wall, IT scattered to the four
winds. or even annihflated, unless the,
accept Great Britain's unholy and I'm
just demands and become their slaves.
The Beers are plucky and viii Civ,
the British some serious trouble befori
they are swept out of the track Of tn,
car of commerce and the whfrswind o
imperial progress. The Post saws:
IF it does conn to that point, it vii
douorfess ne q of the hloodiest ans