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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-04-12
Philippine Suicides.

The long record of insanity and sui
eide among the American troops in
the Philippines does not bear out the
representations from administration
sources that the climate of these is
lands is salubrious, and that the in
surrection is so nearly suppressed
that very little work remains for the
American troops.
Statisticians who have considered
the problem assert that the rate of
suicide in the American army in the
Philippines is unprecedented in the
army annals.
From the commencement of Ameri-
can activity in the Philippines, May
/, 1898, to the present there have
been eighty-three suicides in the
American army, almost all due to
insanity Since Dec. 1, 1899, twenty
nine officers and enlisted men have
committed suicide in the Philippines,
a rate of almost three a week
At are HI Vie
ST. Elizabeth hospital for the insane,
the government asylum at Washing
ton, $50 patients who became insane
in the Philippines, and each transport
that brings troops back from the
Philippines adds to the number.
The deaths by suicide, as chroni-
cled in General Otis casualty reports
sometimes outnumber the deaths in
action.
This frequent dethronement of
reason can be attributed only to an
impairment of physical vigor, due to
the hardships of camp or campaign,
or to the fevers and ailments of the
climate.
These deplorable conditions do
much to explain the devout exclama-
ton which Prof. David Starr Jordan
credits to Governor Roosevelt of
New York:
would to God we were out of the
Philippines and had them safely off
our hands st. Louis Republic.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-04-12
DESERVING THE SHIP.
Mckinley a Dreadful Disap-
pointment to Manv Re-
pubIicans.
Roosevelt Particularly Dissatisfied With
the Administration.

Logansport, Ind, April 4.-At the
teachers convention. which met here,
President Starr Jordon OF Leland
Stanford University was the star at
traction. After the lecture he was
the center Of a group OF listeners,
with whom he discussed current poll
tics freely. He very much opposed
the Filipino war and declared that
he would vote for Bryan now, al
though he did not in 1896. He was
asked
lis it Bryan's or McKinley's view
that is gaining favor among the peo-
ple?"
after jail this talk, do you ask
what | think ?" he replied, "let me
quote you Roosevelt on that. He
said to me last week:
Jordan, wish TO God we were
out OF the Philippines and had them
off our hands, and many republicans
are thinking the same am free to
quote Roosevelt because | consider
him in many respects one of the great
est men in the republican party"
How do you size up President
Mckinley
"Let.me quote you Mr.. Roosevelt
again He said:
"McKinley has about as much |
backbone as a toy chocolate man
that you see on the confectioner' |
stand he is dreadful disappoint-
ment'"
what do you think OF President |
Shurman's report on the Philip |
pines?''
"Shurman is good man, but he is
essentially an aristocrat, and an ris-
tocrat cannot make a government |
for the masses"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-04-12
Democracy Will Win.
New York Verdict.

| New York Verdict.
1t is democracy S year to triumph.
Only in some storm of war or on the
dead swells consequent thereof does
the same party ride into the White
House twice in Succession. From
Jackson-a military heroic Lin
coin, this was true From Grant to
Mckinley it was also true. 1t is
the demOcracy's turn to have
victory. Also it is democracy turn
to carry New York; which presiden-
TALLY has swung, pendulum like, be
tween the parties since the long ago
canvass OF George B. Mcclellan.
Think what the trusts have done?
They have closed mills. They have
thrown men out of work Notably
and disastrously for Mckinley's
hopes to come-they have cast idly
loose, as commercial help not needed,
an army corps of 81 900 commercial
travellers. Think what a thunderbolt
of political war these $1,000 drum
mers' are like to prove republican,
ism! The trusts have pared wages to
the laborer. They have put up prices
to the public, Not one man in the
land but has felt them gnawing at
his substance. Look about YOU and
behold in sundry instances the work
of trusts. Bryan and democracy owe
such as Rockefeller and Standard Oil
debt OF gratitude The Standard
Oil outrages in the Occur d 'Alene have
given Idaho to the democracy. Also
they have flowed the whole current of
the miner vote into the sluiees of the
Bryan party from ocean to ocean.
Standard Oil offered Monett. Ohio's
attorney general, 100000 as
brihe. Monett refused it and brought
the attempted corruption to the no
tice of the court Monett was beaten
by Standard Oil for denomination
Within the month. when Monet
would deliver an address against the
trusts at Cooper Institute, Standard
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-04-12
DR.. n. M. CANNON.
.: TlST,

East Side Square, BUTLER, MO.
WILL Re IN
FOSTER, the drst MOndayin each month 2dAys.
MERWIS, End Monday in zach month days.
AMSTERDAM. Wednesday following second
Monday, days.
AMORET, Friday following second Monday
days
ARCHIE, third Monday of ach month days
ADRIAN, 4th Monday of each month days.
Prepared to do ali kinds of Dpnlal work Con
sultation free. II. NJ. NON, ID. ID. 5
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-04-12
DEWEY WILLING.
TO BE PRESIDENT.
Authoritative Announcement
Through New York World.
IN THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE.

New York, April 4.-Admira
George Dewey is willing to be a can
didate for president.
| He authorizes the New York World
to announce to the American people
that after mature reflection and il
response to the earnest entreaties
from all parts of the country his for
mer decision, not. under any clrcum
stances to run for the presidency is
rescinded.
A World staff correspondent saw
the Admiral at his home in Washing
ton, f747 Rhode Island avenue. last
evening, when the following interview
took place:
admiral, in view of the many con-
ficting reports relative to your at
titude toward a nomination for the
presidency, will you make a state
ment, through the World, to the
country
YES: | realize that the time has
arrived when | must definitely define
my position.
When | arrived in this country last
| said then that nothing
would induce me to be a candidate
for the presidency.
Since then, however, | have had the
leisure and inclination to study the
matter and have reached a different
inasmuch as SO many
have come to me from my
that | would be accepta-
BILE as a candidate for this great
office.
Ii the American people want me for
this high office | shall be only too
willing to serve them.
1t is the highest honor in the gift of
this nation; what citizen would refuse
it,"
Since studying this subject, | am
convinced that the Office of the presi- |
dent is not such difficult one to fill, |
his duties being mainly to execute
the laws of congress.
Should | be chosen for this exalted
position | would execute the laws of
congress as faithfully as l have
always executed the orders of my
us there any political significance
N your trip west?' asked the World |
"No, am simply filing heengage-
nants made months ago-long before
ever thought seriously of the presi |
lency"
Con what platform will you stand?"
Il think | have said enough at this |
lime, and possibly too much"
1t will be recalled that Dewey said,
lpon his return from Manila: 81
lon't think anybody knows my poll
les
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-04-12
PAYNE TO SUCCEED HANNA.
Latter Will Resign National Committee
Chairmanship.


Washington, d. C., April 5.-Sena-
tor Hanna expects to announce
shortly that he will not continue at
the head of the republican national
committee during the coming cam
paign.
1t is understood that Henry G..
Payne, of Wisconsin, will be the new
chairman, but that he will not under
take the management of all details
to the extent that Senator Hanna
did in 1896.
The man who will be put forward
as the conspicuous figure in the ex-
ecutive committee will be Mr.. Perry
5. Heath. 1t has been understood
for some time that Mr.. Heath was
being urged to devote his whole at
tention to the campaign. 1t is now
stated that he will resign his position
of First Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral and take executive charge OF
committee affairs. Three months
ago Mr. Heath was urged by mem
bers of tie committee to take this
step. and it was rumOred at that time
that he would leave the pOstoffice de-
partment. The pressure has recently
been renewed, and it is now believed
that Mr.. Heath will consent.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-04-12
North aud South United.

Louisville, KY, April 3.-General
Albert ID. Shaw, commander i'll chief
of the G. A. r., who has Just returned
from a tour of the south, reached
here to-day. My trip has been most
interesting, he said. Twas greeted
by confederate and union soldiers
alike. There is no longer any feeling
between the soldiers who opposed
each other in the great war"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-04-12
KANSAS ClTY'S
HALL DESTROYED.
1t Was Burned to the Ground
in Half an Hour.
The Mammoth Building Designed for
Democratic National Conventions.

The Mammoth Building Designed for
Democratic National Conventions.
Kansas City, April 4.-Convention
Hall, the mammoth and superb au-
ditorium iii which the democratic
convention was to have been held on
July 4, was burned to the ground in
less than half an hours time by fire
that started in the building at 10
p. m, today.
Within a few minutes after the ire
caught the whole structure, taking
in half a block each way on Thir-
tenth and Central streets, was
mass of flame, and 20 minutes after
the first alarm was turned in the
mammoth roof fell with a crash,
throwing showers of burning embers
in every direction.
The fire started over the furnace
room in the rear end of the building.
A still alarm was turned in. and be
fore the first engines arrived the fire
had gotten beyond control.
In 20 minutes every department
in the city was at the scene, but the
work OF the firemen proved of no
avail, and efforts were soon directed
to saving the surrounding property
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-04-12
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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-04-12

Cuts, wounds. burns, sprains and
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
BRAIN FEVER AND swooNs.
lions seldom Heard OF
Now.

"Now that readers have become SO
COMPOUNDED exacting in matters OF
technical detail,' said a New Orleans
physician who c~onfesses to a weak
ness for fiction, "our modern novel
writer's are deprived of a good deal
of material hat was used with great
effect by their predecessors. This is
particularly true of a little catalogue
of diseases that figure conspicuously
in what we are accustomed to refer
to as standard Mountaineering the
fiction that vas admired by u IA
theirs and grandfathers, and that now
CONES in SETS" especially suitable for
Christmas presents.
A the head OF the list was a mys-
ferrous malady known as brain fever
Brain fever was a great favorite with
the early novelist, and has kept many
a plot from getting into a tight snarl
Tt was supposed to result from any
evere mental strain, and might be
brought on by terror, joy, remorse,
oyerwork, suspense, rage or grief
So you see how handy it was. It could
strike down the villain, temporarily
disable the heroine or excite ones
sympathy for the poor but ~virtuous
hero.
"The old-time Standard novels viii
average about three cases of brain
fever to the volume" quotes the
Times-Democrat. 1.-The author never
went into any details, but generally
announced the malady as a telling
climax to a chapter-for example: He
was too late; Grace was already toss-
ing in the delirium of brain fever or
Next morning the scoundrel awoke
raving; he had brain fever The dis
ease is so well established in fiction
that many people still believe that it
occurs in real life, which, by the way,
is a fine tribute to genius.
another valuable property effect
of the old-time novelist was the
swoon. You will find characters
swooning all through the famous TO
of so years ago, and the typ
ical beautiful heroine Of a good, rat
ting tale of adventure spent at least
five per cent. of her time in hat con-
dition. The heroine, it is worth not.
ing, was generally the only person in
the book who 'swooned.' The hero,
after being wounded in a duel or used
up by some deed of daring, quite fire.
quently tainted from exhaustion and
the villain simply pressed his hand to
his brow and fell senseless to the
ground;' but it all came to the same
thing, and was a very convenient piece
of literary machinery.
"The people in modern realistic
novels faint very seldom; in fact, al
most as infrequently as they faint in
actual life. In practicing medicine for
a quarter of a century I have seen
human beings under almost every
stress that could be imagined, but ]
have never yet seen anyone lose con.
seriousness through emotion only"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
HCHDEMT
or THE
Ursuline Sisters

The system of education pursued in this
institution is designed to develop the moral
intellectual and physical powers of the pu-
pills; to make them refined, accomplished
and useful members of society.
Pupils OF all denominations are equally re-
observation-disclosures withtheir convictiors
being carefully avoided.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
Harvard,s Great Electric Plan

Prof. John Trowbridge has installed
at Harvard university the most pow
erful apparatus in the world for the
production of electro-motive force.
The plant comprises 10000 storage
cells giving 10000 electrical units of
pressure, and this can be increased to
5000, 900 volts. But in order to OBJ
tain the full effect of so enormous a
pressure, Prof. Trowbridge says it
would be necessary to remove the APP
paratus into the center of an open
field and elevate it at least 80 feet
from the ground in order to avoid loss
from the inductive action of floors and
walls. With this great battery the
highest degree c. instantaneous tenn
perature yet attained can be pro-
duced. Prof. Trowbridge hopes with
it's aid to obtain some clue TO the
temperature at which hydrogen ex-
lists in the stars. This plant furnishes,
he adds, an ideal method of produc-
ing the Y rays.-Youth's Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
QUEER FOOD FOR HORSES.
sraminivorous Animals Occasionally
Have o. Liking for Strange
PrOyender.

! have found, say a writer In the
Contemporary Review, that the addi-
ton of a pound of fair quality of
moist brown sugar to a horse feed of
shaft and corn doubles its work pro
aucing power and that, therefore, the
ordinary feed may with this aid be
greatly reduced in weight without
proportionally reducing the efficiency
Of the animal getting it. When no
other feed is obtainable a few pounds
of -four, mixed with enough water
to make them easily drinkable, have
great staying power, but few horses
would take this, however hungry, I'M
less they had at some previous time
been made accustomed to it. / have
known horses. when there was little
grass, habitually rob the camp of
fresh, salt or dried meat. It is even
more certain that no horse would
touch flesh unless at some time ac-
eustomed to it.
What strange food gramipivorous
animals will eat when habituated to
It is almost beyond belief. In Iceland
horses and cattle are frequently fed
Un dEIC0 hSA. L 1dNS huONh SLCcp eat
meat, fruit, bread, pastry and the
like, and even tobacco in considerable
quantity without harm ensuing. Dur
ing the early times of the diggings,
when gold was being found in large
quantities and horse feed. beyond the
grass, was not procurable, many of
the rich claim holders fed the horses
used in their work on the mine with
bread sooner than suffer delay.
Bread, even ~unleavened, is better food
for horses than raw -four and water,
but It takes time to prepare and is
rarely available on an emergency,
while -four is much more likely to be
In Singapore it is not uncommon for
horses to be given a loaf of bread
soaked with a bottle of beer, which
they eat Qreedily.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
IRONTON MO

|~oTlcE TT PlcNicERs AND ExcussloNisTs
OLHacks, Spring-Wagons, Single and
Double Buggies; Three-Seated Car
riages and Two-Seated Carriages, with COM
petent drivers; also, the best OF Saddl
Horses for Ladies and Gentlemen caube had
at REASONABLE RATES.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
NATIONAL
SLITN-~rn%- n

What William j. Bryan Says.
APRIL 8, 1893.
EDITOR NATIONAL WATERMAN:
congratulate you upon the splendid work the
National Waterman is doing. tits an honest,
earnest, able, and fearless exponent of Jeffer-
sonian democracy and deserves a cordial sup
port. / hope that your circulation viii increase
until you have readers in every precinct in the
United States The people should support ths
papers that fight the battle of the people.
Yours truly, W. ]. BRYAN
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-06-05
THE COUNTY TAKERS.
Board Organized Yesterday
With Morgan as Presi-
dent.

The County Board for the Equaliza-
ton of Taxes organized at the Court
House yesterday afternoon. The Board
Mclean, James H. Love, Joseph Clark
and William c. Hamilton, Secretary
James e. Connolly called the meeting to
order and on motion of Commissioner
Mclean, James c. Morgan was elected
president to succeed the late Garrett D.
Van Reipen who filled the office for so
many years. James Connolly the efficient
secretary was reelected unanimously and
his salary fixed at $500.
Tax Commissioners and Assessors rep
resenting all the cities, towns and town
ships in the county were present. A COM
munication was received from County
Clerk Stack notifying the Board of the
appointment of James H. Love to succeed
Garrett D. Van Reipen, and William G.
Hamilton to succeed himself. County Col
lector Dugan sent notice that the State
school tax to be levied ON the county
amounts to $434
The Tax Commissioners and Assessor
were called and reported that they would
have their books ready about the first
week in July. Commissioner James c.
Clarke responded for Jersey City; H. J.
Stilson, Bayonne; William J. Dinan, He
boken Joseph Kennel, North Bergen;
John Passche, Secaucus; Edward MeDer-
mott, West Hoboken; James j. Bowe,
West New York; August Hopper, Town of
Union; John M. Hannah, Weehawken;
Dominick L. Leehrs, Gutenberg; William
Green, Kearny; Joseph Mulilgan, Har-
rison; Henry McKenna, East Newark.
Commissioner Mclean announced that
better valuations were expected from the
townships and towns this year and the
Board would carefully go over the
ratables turned in by the assessors. Presi-
dent Morgan stated that the Board would
not allow any exemptions.
Such exemptions as are authorized by
law must be allowed by the Assessors
themselves. The Board will meet again
on July 6, and sit every day, Saturdays
and Sunday excepted until July 49,