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CHINA AGAINST THE WORLD.

The situation OF affairs in China is
horrible to contemplate and the wis
est statesmen of the age will not risk
prediction OF what the outcome will
be. No word has been received from
America $ official representative at
fekln, Minister Conger. for about five
weeks. The last word which came
out OF China's capital was from the
British minister, over four weeks aro.
at which time he informed his GOV
eminent that all theforeign legations
were being assailed and the German
Minister had been assaSsinated He
appealed for immediate assist
ance- Admiral Seymour. with ten
thousand allied troops attempt-
ed to go TO the relief of the FOREIGNERS
III Pekin. but was overwhelmed nv
the heather hordes and forced to tiphr
his way out, and the horrible story
Is told that he was compelled TO kill
his own wounded rather than have
them fall into the hands OfthaChinasa
and be tortured to death. Wild
stories come from Pekiu that the
foreigners have all been killed, and i
Is the hope of civilization that tba
men mercifullv took the lives of Tho
women before they fell inrothe hands
OF those fanatical heather devils
All civilized nations are r,1sbing
troops TO that benighted country
and the reckoning will be sure and
the vengeance terrible. II is hard IN
determine whether China means to
war with the world. or if il is an in
surrectiou that that government can
not control. For that reason no
other nation has Yet declared war
against China. but it is well under
stood that it means the tiismambar-
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-07-19
Corn Smitten BY DrOuth.

Kansas City. July 13.-Kansas
corn Is being ruined by drouth. Re
ports received by local grain men
from the biggest corn counties in the
state-,Jewel, Republic, Smith, Phil
lips, Mitchell, Cloud, Clay, Dickinson,
Reno and some others-say the crop
Is half destroyed already and will be
almost ruined if rains do not come
in the next few days.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-07-19

The supreme court of the United
States has rendered II decision in n
chicken ease carried from Newton.
Iowa One neighbOr shot the chick
ems OF another for trespassing on his
premises The case passed through
The courts To the supreme court OF
the United States which decided that
person has right to rid his prem
fses OF all pests such as chickens, and
classes all such fowls as wild game
Liable to be killed.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-07-19

The Kansas City Star says there
N movement among the members
al the German-American Citizens
sssnion to throw a heavy German vote
an Kansas City to Bryan. 1t was
started because of the pro- Boer plank
IN the Kansas City platform of the
democrats. DR.. f. Van Quasi is
president OF the union. and, though
he has always been a republican, he
- now encouraging the Germans to
talk i'm favor OF Bryan. There are
about 300 members OF the union.
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ment of that empire. Then when the
division of the spoils begin who can
tell what the result will be. IL is
barely possible that the now allied
nations will fall out and such a war
a this old world never before wit
messed be the result. When that day
comes. if it should come. it is to be
hoped that the Mckinley administra-
ton will not have carried the United
States So far into Imperialism that
We will be drawn into the conflict for
spOils
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Richard Croker says that so per
cent of the people OF the country are
governed 10y 20 per cent He says
that the chances for the young man
for advancement in life are becoming
less and less, and that a continual
ton of the republican party policy
would cut of all chances and make
things hopeless for the young men of
the country.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-07-19
DROUGHT IN ARIZONA.
Cattle Are Dying and the Crops Are
Withered.

W
+ Los Angeles, Cal. july 13.-Re
: ports from the drouth stricken 500.
tlons of Arizona are to the effect that
! every water hole and most of the
wells have gone dry. Inconseouence
cattle are dying by the thousands
and their shrunken frames dot the
desert country of the Pima. PinsI
Santa Cruz, Yuma, Cochise and parts
OF the Maricopa counties. The loss
TO owners of herds cannot be com
pnted, as in their present paunt
condition no market can be found
Rarely in the history of the Terri
tory has the water in the ella and
Salt rivers been so scarce Not
drop Is reported in the ella. and
There Is none in the San Pedro from
benson TO its confluence with the
Salt River above Phoenix.
~ Casa Grande the immense rpser-
VoIr l. dry. the supply having long
since been exhausted. Crops Of alfalfa
barley and wheat between Florence
and Casa Grande. as well as ON tho
indian reservation Sacton. where the
flinas dwell. are beyond hope Add
ed to this is the destruction of timber
by the forest fires which continue IN
rage in the Santa Catalina Noun-
taius
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ihe carrying OF our vastly in
creased foreign commerce benefits
only foreign vessels, to which the
Al11eTican people pay over $500, 900.
stA' each year in freight charges
als,aE
fA,' above Is from the Record and
We StEFEs'se Is published as an apol-
ogy FOX the ship subsidy steal advo-
Gated by Hanna and Co. and defeat
81 through the efforts OF democrats
III the hast House. Ii it paws for
eigTeEs 10 build ships and come over,
here and carry our products. why
~ould il not pay American shin
builders Then again the American,
people would hardly care to pay on
top od the S2o0,o0o.OOO transpor+a-
zion charges another $500. 600 0oo
N Subsidy for the mere name Of bar-
Hsg their products carried in Ameri.
can made vessels. II Is only another
iIa4i Bod OF s3ivertin@ millions of dol
liars from the treasury into the no,t
ess If republican campaign fund con-
EE1butors
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Charles V. Eskridge, ex-leutenant
governor of Kansas and editor of the
kmpU-sa Republican, committed sui
eide by shooting himself Sunday
morning. He was afflicted with can
Ter OF the liver and had been bedfast
Cor Dilss weeks. In answer to cues
tions rs to why he committed the
net the dying man said He was
kiTEd Of lying there, that there was
no pleasure in living a few hours
more or less, when all were filed with
untold agony. The deceased was
born in Virginia in S33, and in 1888
located in Kansas. He served four
serms in the legislature and one term
m the state senate and in 1865 was
eaecfed lieutenant governor. He es-
fahiished the Emporia Republican in
1881. He leaves a wife and four
children.
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Marching ON PEI

Shanghai. JuIv II i.
that Chinese r1ercb,n, - ported
ceived a letter fro,,, DaI-! Ia re-
> uhe 81, saying the legations ere
had been killed. = eIS
I1 Is announced from a good sourca
tnaI 80, OOo Russians are ruar..hir.,
on Pekin from the north :
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Trusts and Tramps, the Tandem Tea I'm
of Imperialism.

Trusts and Tramps, the Tandem Team
of Imperialism.
Jefferson City, July 14.-"Trusts
and Tramps, the Tandem Team of
Imperialism.
TRUSTS, expansion, large armies
the three inseparable, insatiate and
inevitable forerunnofs of imperial
ism"
The dissemination of wealth and
education is the safety of nation.
They are the antitheses of trusts and
Imperialism
''An wealth grows out of the
ground or is dug out OF the ground.
All else Is ii mere changing of the
form or bartering and trading.
where wit is pitted agains, Judgment,
or where combines and conspiracies
fatten at the expense OF ignorance
and innocence
Lon Y. STEPHENS.
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THE SENATORIAL TOGA.

/ Congressman Champ Clark an
nOunces that he is "a candidate for
! the 'nited States Senate TO succeed
/ George g. Vest. Mr. Clark, no
doubt, goes on the theory that the
early bird catches the worm. and
! he doesn propose to Oversleep when
there is a prospect of so rich break
fast. Senator Vest has three years
more to hold, but if his mantle is to
fall upon worthy shoulders it is not
too early for the democrats of the
state to discuss men for the place
No state III the Union has been bet
ter or ADLER represented in the upper
House OF Congress than Missouri in
the past decade Vest and Cockrell
are always at their post of duty and
whenever any great questions come
up for settlement before the senate. |
the voices and votes of those two IL |
lustriOus statesmen are always for |
the right against might, for the peO- |
pie against corporations, for the |
greatest good 10 the greatest num-
Der, and for perpetuating the great
est and grandest republic the world |
ever knew. Whenever either OF these |
gentlemen takes the floor to speak !
the world stops to listen In dis
cussing Il successor to either or both
Of them broad grounds should be
covered. 1t is not alone essential
that he should be Il brilliant states
man OF trained intellect, with Il mind
stored with knowledge, cOnversant
With public affairs and able to cope
With the best and brainiest men that
nay come against him, but he should
IL a man of pure public and private
ife, OF rugged character and indOmi- I
able will. He should be Il man not {
asily influenced through policy or :
Xpediency, but one who makes up {
lis mind after careful and exhaustive {
esearch and matured deliberation. t
nd then ''hews to the line, let the +
hips fall where they may" And I
lst but not least, he should be n q
emOcrat, i'll full touch and sympa- ?
ny with the principles and policies Il
/ his party. a
The Tact that man is a candidate p
r his friends want him to have the o
flee is no reason that he would II
'editably represent the great state e,
Missouri in the United States Sen t
re-. On the other hand the fact that CO
gets his name into the pot b
Irly that his merits may be thor re
1ghly discussed is not to his dis \
edit. 81
The names OF a number of gentle 81
en- have been mentioned in this
viz: Ex-Gov. Vim. j. =
one, Governor LonV Stephens, the
Xt governor Alex VI. Dockery, Con-
essman NJ. +. Benton. Congress-
an Champ Clark and Congressman r.
avid n. DeArmOnd. Each of these
ntlemen have strong claims for :,
is great honor and all have enthu. -
lstic trends who, when the time III
mes will valliantly advocate their "
use.
ed
In our humble Judgment the man ~,
Ibracing more nearly all the quail
ations for Senator as a worthy 49,
ecessor to Mr.. Vest is Judge De- m
mond and we enter the prediction :,
ut his name, like Brnhadad's.
| lead all the rest ioi
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-07-19
THE PARAMOUNT ISSUE.

The St. Louis Republic sent TIN
| following telegram TO many promi
nent democrats: Please send YOU
view OF what the democratic watcf
words should be" The following ar,
the replies of Gov. Stephens, to-be
Governor Dockery and Congressman
DeArmOnd:
The Republic Against the Empire.
Gallatin. Mo, July 1.-THE thrill
ing slogan, OF which Congressman
DeArmond is the author, of The Re-
public against the Empire is a CON
else statement of the paramount is
sue OF the Kansas City National DEM
ocratic platform. 1t will be emblaz-
oned upon all the banners borne by
the uncOnquerable legions who will
follow the matchless leadership of
Bryan. Competition against consoli-
free trade for all trust-made
products, the drum-beat of COM
merce, not the drum-beat of conquest
and a large standing army, the en-
pire of commerce against the empire
Of the sword, commercial aggression,
not criminal aggression, commercial
rather than remote terri
-orial expansion; the money of the
not the money of the
banks All these notices appeal to
'eason and patriotism. but the De-
Almond war cry will probably mar
'hal more freemen than any other
lngle issue. ALIEN NJ DOCKERY.
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COUNTY TICKET.

For Repressntatiye-Thos. l.. Harper.
For TT-asureF-N. L. johnson.
For Prosecuting Attorney-MiIes s. Horn.
For >heri foe 7. smith.
FER Probate Judge-Calvin r. BoXley.
For Public Administrator-D. V. Brown.
For Surgeyox-R. r johnson.
For CorUoeF-O. +. Renick.
ForJudge County Court, North District-L.
ID Wimsett. South Dstrct-John j. March.
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Recommends Him to All.

Prof. ;. A. Neltmer:
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The remains of United States SEN
ator Jno. H. Gear, Of Iowa, who died
IN Washington City, Saturday, were
inferred in Aspen Grove cemetery at
Burlington, yesterday.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-07-19

The trust raised the price Of sugar
dive tirnes in the past month. As
soon as the season for putting up
fruit IL over the trust will drop the
price again.
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If the Hon. ThOs. B. Reed is cor
rectly reported he viii vote the dem
ocratic ticket this year.
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A DEATH BED CASE.
Truth is Stranger Than Fiction.

Nevada, Mo Oct. For nine years i was a
constant sufferer from weak lungs, neuralgia.
female and kidney complaints: my body was
one bundle of aches. Yes, / tried doctors and
medicines, but no relief, only more pain, unit
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consider that he saved my life MY address
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DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.

For Supreme Juige-James Il. CAN'T.
For GiOVernOr-A lex ander II DOckery.
For LIsng -tIoyernor-JOhn A Lee
For Secretary Of State-oam Cook
Fer a aditor-Aibert Allen
For Attorney 6eneral-Et Crow
For THeasuFer-RObert z, Williams
For Railroad and y arehouse Com Joseph
Herr ngt0n-
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Mark Hanna and Mckinley favored
Bates county with an elegant rain
Sunday and Monday and every drop
went INTO the ground to insure a big
crOp d.
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Saved From the Grave.

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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-07-19

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trouble
e an a of humanity
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spond with the
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Now Walk With Ease

Prof. s. A. WeItmer:
oakland n l., June -, l9oo.-Dear Sir:
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Cured a Lifelong Trouble.
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Prof. 8. a. Wsltmer:
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RMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:

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Thursday. will be sent to any address
one year, postage paid, for SI.oo.
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Kentucky democrats hold their
state convention this week to nomi-
nate a governor.
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Despotism Alone Needs Large Standing
Armies.


Armies.
Butler, Mo, July 14.-Among
many good democratic slogans con-
tanning the pith of great issues are
these: The Republic Against the
Empire; control the trusts or be
controlled by them: love of liberty is
stronger than a common language.
the constitution and the flag to-
eether; the Declaration of Independ-
ence is not worn out; nopartnership
with Great Britain; no entangling
alliances: Despotism Alone Needs
Large Standing Armies: Jefferson
and Bryan century apart in time.
bur one in principle; follow the teach
lngs OF any great man OF our past
and YOU will tind yourself in compa-
ny with Bryan.
DAVID A DEARMOxD.
New-York tribune., 1900-03-25


"Oh. no! dear grandpapa," she answered, with
a trace Of malice Sit down and tell me all
about yourself; about your exploits in the East
I want 10 hear particularly about them; for the
newspaper reports are SO stupid I never can
understand them"
"ExpIoitsr" said The Colonel: Z never had
one TO my name"
Don't be modest with an old crony," she re-
turned. I heard Of what you did in the Black
Mountains were they Blue?-aIthough con-
fess I could not make out exactly what il was"
Upon my honor" declared the Colonel, 7
never did anything at all"
WHAT exclaimed the widow laughingly.
You never marched from some place to the re-
lief Of some other place, carrying your guns
over snow mountain
"Ah! I know what you're thinking off, said
the Colonel. 1t was a man called Whippett
did that a splendid chap he is, TOO; you really
ought to know him
The papers said you did it. persisted the
widow.
That was a confusion in the names. Jemmett
and Whippett Wkippett said nothing about it
but il was corrected as soon as possible"
I don't see that Jemmett and Whippett sound
at all alike" protested the widow
No but Oh the telegraphic code they're much
the same"
How stupid Of these horrid neVspapers.' the
widow CALCULATED disgustedly.
Well, it really was not stupid" the Colo
mel argued For il might n a sense. have been
L instead Of WhiDpetL that did it."
How do you mean?" asked the widow
sharply.
Well. you see" replied the Colonel, trife
nervously, All Pindah, where was Ben Will
hanson. who had to be relieved, was at the
apex Of an isosceles triangle Of which q line
drawn between Fort Dufferin, where Whippett
was, and Fort Nicholson. where I was. would
have been the base"
That conveys no idea to me" returned the
widow pettishy Can't you use plain Eng
IIsh?"
4 mean 70 convey" said the Colonel desper-
ately, that Whippett and I equidistant
from Ben Williamson, and it was a toss up
which of made q dash for him"
And why were you not the one 70 do it%
queried the widow.
You know I never was dashing fellow"
answered the Colonel humbly.
You don't mean to say you were afraid ?'
she said after a little while
The Colonel nodded MS head 7 was afraid"
She waited yet awhile before delivering wha2
she meant 10 be taunt; II cannot understand
why you did not follow Jour fathers profes-
SION
"I had not enough brains for IT," he said
simply. Besides I attached to my own
trade-so attached that do not know what will
become Of NE after another year"
What happens them" she asked, without in
terest-