The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-08-24
James q Crawford, of Merwin.

James q Crawford, of Merwin,
made Us pleasant call while in the |
city Monday. Mr.. Crawford, besides
being very clever gentleman Is one
of the best politicians in the county. |
Few democratic conventions are ever
held IN Butler without his presence
as a delegate. 1t is limited by the
knowing ones that his name will
come before the next county con-
vention as a candidate for the first
time. His friends aud neighbors
are solicitous that he run for treas.
urer, and he hasn't said nay.
James Henderson an old and high
ly respected citizen, living in the
northeast part of the city, departed
this life on Tuesday Funeral SER
vices were conducted from the fami-
ly residence Wednesday morning
aud the remains were inferred in
Oak Hill cemetery. James Hender-
son was good man, no man ever
spoke harmful word of him. He
was the father of ex street commits.
sioner Eli Henderson and Mrs. nj.
V. Carroll, of Jefferson City. We
will publish an obituary later.
Fred Cannoy, living in Summit
township, had his horse and buggy
stolen from the hitch rack in Butler
Friday night. Saturday the horse
was found loose near Chas. Burgess
in Pleasant Gap township. It ap.
pears that A. e. Waine, who has
been working as q farm hand for
MIR. Harniss, came to Butler Friday
and traded ponies with Dug Walden
Monday Jesse Ward, of Garden
City, Cass county, came to Butler
and recognized the pony young
Walden had traded for, as one which
was stolen from him in the early
spring by Waine. Tuesday deputy
sheriff MCCAIN went out to Mr..
Harniss' and found the Walden
pony and also MIR. Wards saddle
which was stolen with the pony.
Waine had skipped and with him
another horse and, it is supposed,
Mr.. Cannoy's harness and buggy.
The officers are hot on his trail and
will probably overtake him
DIR. G. al. Bishop, writing from
Nevada to the st. Louis Christian
Advocate, makes the grave and
startling charges against the Welt
mer institute and other magnetic
healers of that town that from five
to twenty corpses are shipped out
of Nevada every week, of people
who came there from a distance tC
be treated. He says: unfortunately
for the cause OF honesty, some regis
tered physicians CT the town have
entered into collision with the mag
netic healers, and sign the required
certificate concerning the cause Of
death, which is necessary before the
body can be shipped. Tbs
papers of this city constantly print
accounts OF the marvellous cures, al
} of which this writer believes to b.
false. But they rarely, if ever, giv'
an account of any of the numerou!
deaths which occur of those whC
a have been manipulated, and in many
I cases, we doubt not, seriously in
ured land death probably hastenec
or caused) by these eharIatans."
The Evening Post of that cit.
t interviewed the resident undertaken
: and found that one firm in the 2.
{ years during which magnetic healing
has been practiced there had pre-
pared for shipment seven bodies II
cases where deceased had gone Their
g for such treatment The other un
t dertaker testified that he had pre-
/. pared four bodies under simla
Z conditions
These charges are made by
reputable minister of the gospel AM
are deserving of the closest inVestl
: cation.