The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-05-03

d. L. Haggard returned Tuesday
from tour to MADEIRA, Gibraltar,
Algiers, Egypt, Palestine, Turkey
and other points on the Meditera-
mean, Paris, France, London and
other points in England He is in
excellent health and greatly enjoyed
his trip.-ElDorado Springs News.
DR.. Renick informs US that j. S.
Erhart, living near Nyhart, has been
quite sick for the past ten DAYS, but
was considerably improved the first
of the week. Mr.. Erhart is one OF our
oldest and most highly respected citi-
zens and his many friends through
out the county will be glad to learn
that he Is now considered out of dan
ger.
Northumberland DeBoe took shot
or two at Cebe Walden, whom he
was trying to arrest on North Main
street Saturday night. At the time
of the shooting Walden was getting
into his buggy to make his escape.
The policeman had a warrant for his
arrest and called to him TO surrender
and upon his refusal fired at him as
above stated. The marshal was not
correct in his aim however. and Wal
den drove away at rapid gate max
ing his escape. The warrant charged
Walden with attempted rape of one
of Fleetwood Thomas little girls. In
shooting at the fugitive one of the
bullets from the pOliceman's pistol
struck the door facing in an upstairs
room of DR. Christv's residence. and
within a few feet of Mrs. Christy. who
| was standing at a window. 1t is
thought the bullet struck the tire OF
| the buggy and glanced 20 the house.
| Mr.. DeBOe is a nice gentleman and
no doubt will make a good officer.
However, in the exercise of his au-
thority he should keep his head cool
and be exceedingly discreet in the Use
of his pistol. especially is this true
when shooting on the streets, as some
| innocent person might chance to be
in line with the bullet. Better that
ninety and nine guilty go free than
one innocent person be punished. In
short it should be in cases of last re.
sort that an officer uses his gun.
Rev. Earl D. Simm., who has been
spending the past six years as a rep
resentative OF the Baptist church i'll
China as a missionary, spent several
days in Butler last week visiting
] friends. Sunday morning he preach.
ned an able sermon at the Baptist
church and in the evening lectured to
a large audience on missionary work
in China. His lecture was very inter.
esting as he gave brief description
of the life, customs and habits o.
those people. Before entering upon
mission work Mr.. Simms spent -four
years in the American navy and il
his travels has seen much of the
| world. He was in the navy during
the 'Chinese-Japsnese war and from
the deck of the Charleston witnessed
nearly all the important battles o
that campaign. After this war, feel
ing that he was called to the minis
try, bought his discharge from the
government, paving 1910 for it. Ht
then entered the ministry and for the
past six years has labOred as a mis-
sionary in China. During his stay
there he was located in the province
of Shan Tung, some six hundred
miles in the interior. where he estab
lished a mission, and mastered tn,
Chinese language. While in Chine
Rev. Simms married Miss Viva
Divers. who was also doing mission
work. They have one child. a DO,
now three or four wears old. and tn
little fellow can make a Chinamal
ashamed of himself talking thei
language Mrs Simms is a sister O
Mrs L. W. Fisk of this city. She ant
her little son are now visiting rela
tives at Warrensburg. Mr.. and Mrs
Simms will spend the summer in thi
section. Rev Simms is we'll know
here. as he was raised in Butler.