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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-23
LOOKS LIKE A LANDSLIDE.

The land slide" seems to be COM
ing our way this time. Hardly day
passes without news from different
sections of the country of lifelong
republicans announcing their inten-
ton of supporting Mr. Bryan. The
most notable of these is that of eX-
Governor Boutwell,, of Massachu-
setts. in bis speech before the anti
imperialistic league at Indianapolis,
Ind. last week, extracts OF which can
be found i'll another column. A sim
liar convention To this was held in
the same city in 1896. which had Il
very great bearing upon the election
which followed Then it was former
leaders of the democratic party, dis
satisfied with the party platform and
especially the principalissue on which
the campaign was being conducted.
placed "a ticket of their own in the
field which proved disastrous to Mr.
Bryan in states where he needed
votes the worst. This time il is re-
publican leaders. together with the
same men who inaugurated the re-
volt four years ago, but now instead
OF nominating other candidates,
boldly denOunce the Mckinley poll
cies and declare for the democratic
nominees. The republican press may
belittle their efforts and brand them
as traitors and renegades, but they
will prove a potent factorin the com
ing contest. Now, as in the past,
'straws show which way the wind
blows and there is very little COM
fort in the signs for the republican
party. While the campaign is yet
Young. the democrats have every
reason to be satisfied with the out
.oOk so far.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-23

{. Reed received a consignment OF
Angora goats from breeders farm
near Kansas City. Tuesday. They
are the first seen in this vicinity-Dr
L [. Robinson sold his drug store to
Mr.. Gatlin, from Paola, Kan. and
the latter took charge of the same
Friday afternoon last.-Afterpassing
through three foot vein ofcoal. Will
Speaks struck strong flow OF gas
in the well he is drilling on the farm
a mile south of tOwn.-Amsterdam
Border Breeze
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-23

A street car collided with a baroche
at Broadway and Starke streets, St
Louis, Sunday night. The occupants
of the wagon were knocked out and
the vehicle demolished. Blanche
Skeele fell under the car and her head
was cut off, killing her Instantly,
Herman Wilesbach had is skull crush
ed, another young man had his leg
featured and the father Of the little
girl was more or less injured Mrs
Skeele and her baby were uniniured.
The motorman of the ear was ar
rested.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-23
CUPID WAITS on BRYAN.
Kansas Girl Is to We'd Her Sweetheart
if Democracy Wins.

Topeka, kas, Aug. 17.-Pretty
Mary Johnson of Haskell county.
Kansas, willingly agrees. at her
fathers suggestion. to figure as the
stake in an election bet, and there
will be no more eager follower OF the
campaign than she.
Ii Bryan wins, she wins husband.
Her father will dance at her wedding
with James Howard. IA neighboring
farmer
Mary has made hearts the para
mount issue, and every citizen may
carry two soldiers on his back and
the country may go to smash in the
clutches OF the trusts, and with cop
per as the money standard-so long
as she wins Jim"
Ii Mckinley is reelected. Mary. who
is 10 years old, must, by the man
date OF her father, cease "keepin"
company with her sweetheart" for
four years, or until she is of age.
1t was the old man who made up
the scheme over a meditative pipe.
Pa and Jim are both sure of win
ming, said Mary, with a laugh to-
day, as she patted golden mass of
butter with wooden spoon. I'm
going TO ask everybody that goes by
our house TO vote for Bryan-isn't
he handsome ?-and think they will |
when they understand hom much it
means TO Jim and myself. Say. you
don't think there's any chance for
Mckinley, do you?"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-23
MRS. GILLETT TALKS.
Says the Cattle Plunger Has No Thought
Of Returning 10 Kansas.

I
Of Returning TO Kansas.
Kansas City, No, Aug. 17.-Mrs
Grant q. Gillett, wife of the famou.
cattle plunger and absconder, late Of
WOodbine, Kansas, now of Chihua
hua, Mexico, is in Kansas City on a
business trip. She arrived yesterday
afternoon.
This is the first time Mrs. Glllett
has been in Kansas City since she
was here with her brother trying to
compromise her husbands business
matters over a year ago. She failed
in the attempt and went back to
Mexico.
Reports from there said she had
the smallpox last fall and was now
running a factory making shirt
waists. Her face shows no trace of
smallpox and she is as neatly attired
as when her husband was in business
in Kansas.
Mrs. Gillett was seen at her hotel
by a reporter. She said:
My first visit to Kansas CITY has
no significance. You know we are in
business now at Chihuahua and
am here buying goods and material
fny he 4rasz 4 I 4 ~ 10
nishings and have been busy all morn
ing at the wholesale houses buying
goods and have two statesmen wait
ing now TO go with me TO other
houses for more goods"
You have no plans, then, for com
ing back To Kansas"
None We are located in Chihua-
hua"
Mrs. Gillett declined TO discuss any
of the affairs OF her husband further
or talk Of the many reports that I
have been circulated about their con-
dition. She said she had the small .
po1 about a year ago and that her I
case was one of the worst known In Z
chihuahua She had two American 1
physicians there and two American 4
nurses.
If the financial condition OF the 4
GiIletts is as bad a. has been report {
ID, there Is nothing IN her appear
ance 10 indicate il. She was very
neatly dressed to-day and wore a
gold chain about her neck and a
dainty gold watch was fastened IN
der her belt.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-23
DID THE BEST HE COULD.

1t is told that in a dance hall of an
earl Y mining town a placard was
hung over the head of the ''profes-
sor, who was hammering away on
cracked and wheezy piano with the
words: please don't shoot the mu-
stefan, he is doing the best he can. :"
That was clearly the feeling OF the
crowd that was bored by the Hon.
Joseph Florey, in the court house
yard Saturday afternoon He labor
ed hard and talked loud but there
was no harmony in the voice and no
substance in what he said. A prom
inent local politician asked us, how
lond has that fellow been in politics.
We told him he was one of the acct
dents OF "a when a number of Mis-
souri, democrats went fishing Our
republican friend said, "well, he has
lots OF nerve, but he ought to take
along to do his talking"
Banker .Jourden, who imagines he is
running for congress against Dear
mond, occupied a seat on the speak
er's stand looked bored and yawned.
When Joseph finally run down, Jour-
den announced that it was getting
late and the weather was too hot for
him to enter into a discussion of the
political issues, the very best speech
ne could have made. Bates county
citizens who came out to hear and
see statesmen were grievously disap-
pointed.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-23

The CONVICTION of Powers of com
plicity in the Goebel murder in Ken.
lucky sounds the knell of the repub-
lican party in that state for years to
come. The evidence which convicted
Powers also convicts TAYLOR, the
acting governor at that time and
since refugee from Justice, shielded
by the republican governor of Indi-
ana. Taylor's acts were more repre-
hensible than Powers or any of the
other conspirators because he was a
stronger man and acting as gov
ernor, it was his duty to guard the
state against the crimes to which he
was party. BY Powers own testi-
mony he convicts Taylor, himself
and the other conspirators as trait
ors to their state. He testified that
they has planned to overthrow the
state government, if their plot to
kill Goebel and other senators and
representatives failed The fact that
there were three anti-Goebel demo-
Gratis and one republican on the Jury
shows that it was a non-partisan
verdict
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-23

The TT. Scott Tribune thinks that
If a poll could be taken of the voters
of all parties it would disclose that
but about one out OF every hundred
had read the Declaration OF indie
pendence. The opinion was called
out by II republican of that town
claiming it was product of the civil
war. We do not believe the Tribune
is right i'll this matter, in fact we be-
lieve there are very few Missourians
who have not read the Declaration
of Independence and understand
under what circumstances it was
drafted. We would be heartily asham-
ed OF our boasted enlightenment and
our free school advantages if it is
o therwise.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-23

) Il. Kelley writes from Oscaola
that Atkeson can be elected To con.
gress if proper effort Is made u-
heiiey, however. fails TO state who is
20 make the proper effort" or how
Il Is 70 De made. II is the opinion OF
many that Atkeson viii poll as many
votes III st. Clair county as Jur5an
but that viii not be sufficient To or;ra
a vote running into four figures -
Osceola Democrat.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-23
THE LEGATIONS RELIEVED.

The good news to the whole civil
lied world comes from China, that
on the 10TH the allied forces captured
the outer city of Pekin and relieved
the besieged legations. They met
with spirited resistance and the ia
tallties have not been received. All
the ministers and the people in the
legation were well but somewhat
starved A COPYRIGHT dispatch to
the New York Herald quotes Minister
Conger as saying: They tried to
annihilate US the day before you got
in. Prince Ching. President of the
Isung Ii 1amen, sent word that his
officers had received orders to cease
firing on US under pain of death. At
o'clock IN the evening of the same
day the Chinese opened fire, and this
continued all day. If the relieving
column had not arrived we would
have succumbed. This dispatch
further states that the whole move
ment is purely governmental one
The Boxers are only a pretense. hay
ing no guns. Sir Claud Mcdonald
the British minister. said: The
Chinese broke every engagement with
the foreign ministers.
The allied forces, at last accounts
were storming the inner or sacred
city The Dowager Empress and her
court with her treasure train. guard
ed by 10000 troops. ESCAPED 10 Nj
Ial-San, III the Shan 81 Province
he Japanese cavalry went in Dur-
suit OF the Empress.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-23
CALEB POWERS
FOUND GUILTY.
Sentenced for Life for Com
pIicitv in GoebeI Murder.
THE Jury WAS UNANIMOUS.

Georgetown, Ky. Aug. 1S.-"We,
the jury, find the defendant, guilty
and fix his punishment at confine-
ment in the penitentiary for the rest
of his natural life.
This was the wording of the verdict
| in the case OF ex-Secretarv of state
Caleb Powers, charged with being an
accessory before the fact to the muir
der of William Goebel The jury re-
tired at 1872 and returned its YER
dict at 2:25, having been out only
! ffty-three minutes. Juror Craig
stated afterwards that the verdict
could have been returned even sooner,
but considerable time was taken up
reading the instruction.
VOTE UNANIMOUS.
The vote in favor OF a life sentence
was unanimous.
When the jury retired the belief
was general that the jury would fail
to agree, and in this opinion the de-
PENDANT was firmly convinced.
Powers, always pale, grew CHASTITY
as the verdict was read, and his face
betokened great mental anguish.
This was only for a few seconds, how
ever, and then, regaining his COM
posure, he turned to the Misses Dang
erfield, who had been in converse
ton with him, and said:
Il was not expecting this. The
verdict is unjust"
There was no demonstration fol-
lowing the verdict, and the vast |
crowd filed out OF the courthouse, al
most in silence. Powers remained in
the court for some time after the YER
dict was rendered, III conference with
his attorneys, who will at once move
,or a new trial, and, failing in that,
will take an appeal.
When the jurymen entered the jury
'oom juror Stone, the Oldest man on
he panel was elected foreman. Ju-
or Poris, the only republican on the
ury, the first to speak, said:
Gentlemen, | am IL republican,
md have said that | did not be-
ieve Goebel's murder was the result
# a conspiracy. | did not think
aleb Powers could be guilty, but | :
ave heard the evidence, and | am 1
Onvinced that he is. - d
Others also made talks and it is
aid that one of the jury intimated J
hat he thought the death penalty t
ught to be inflicted. However, I
hen ballot was taken all twelve I
the jurors voted for life imprison- ;
tent. The jury was composed of Il
ght democrats, three anti-Goebel a
and one republican. b
POWERS HURT BY OWN TESTIMONY. -
One of the jurors said tonight that
le iurymen We're influenced in max
e up their verdict by many things
the evidence, but that some of the
lief points were Powers own admis-
on on the stand that ne organized
crowd of 1900 armed mountain L
rs, which came to Frankfort jan
ary 10, his confederation of parts
the testimony Of Noakes, Golden }
nd Culton, the proof that he gave .
Outsey the key and that the shot
as fired from his office. tits doubt
| whether the Ioutsey case will be 7
led, though it will be called Mon s
". \
Mr.. Crawford of the defense made a 3
atement in court this afternoon (
at 1outsev, according to the adj {
&c OF his physician. is still threat I
ed with typhoid fever 6
La the event the Youtsey case is
one OF the other cases /
her Davis, Whitaker or Combs /
II be taken up. !
GREAT KANSAS WHEAT CROP.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-23
Wh1f Is II?

A man who has been running race
with steam and electricity for years
finds himself suddenly stopped. Il
seems as if a cold hand clutched bio
heart. His brain whirls he can hardly
see. what is itl1 he asks himself -
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-23
COUNTY TICKET.

COUNTY TICKET.
For Representatve-Thos. l.. Harper
For Treasurer-N. 7. johnson.
For Prosecuting Attorney-Miles s. Horn.
For Sheri1-Joe I. smith.
For Probate Judge-Nslyin r. BoXley.
For Public Administrator. v. Brown.
For Surveyor-R. T. johnson.
For Coroner-O. r. Renick.
For Judge County Court, North Dis'rict-L-
u. WimsaEt. South District-John j. March.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-23

the attack passes.
If his que stion
meets a right an
swer, he'll be told
that his seizure is
a warning TO pay
more attention to
his stomach, which
is already deranged
by irregular meals
and rich foods.
Doctor Pierce's
Golden Medical
Discovery cures
diseases of the
stomach and or
gans of digestion
and nutrition. Il
eliminates from the
blood disease
breeding poisons.
II makes the blood
rich and pure, and
furnishes a found
alton for sound,
physical health.
~AbotEt ten years
ago ! began to have
tro bic with my
stomach 4" writes lfr.
VIM Connolly. Of sss
walnut Street, Lorai1,
Ohio EFT 20. 30 bad
that ! had 20 lay "a
quite often-tEo and
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-23

three days II a week. have been treated ~
the best doctors N this city. but got 20 beip
Some said had cancer II the stomach otnels
cztarrh. others Dyspepsia Then wrote y
you for advice. You advised the use 81 y1@
Co-ceu Medical Discovery and Plezszuf fer
lets These MEDICINES have taken a. cfrect11s
! commenced TO get better frOf1 the start -
have not lost day this sumEaer accO1nt =
ny s;onach- i feel tip-top. ard better fnaD
have for ten years.
Keep the bowels healthy by using Ln
Plerce's Pellets. They don't griPe.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-23
Democratic National Ticket.

For President:
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
For Eice-President:
ADLAI +. STEVENSON.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-23
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION +:

The WEEKLY TIMES, published every
Thuraday. will be sent 20 any address
-ne wear, postage paid. for 81 90.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-23

DEMOCRATIC STATE TICK EFT.
For supreme Judge-.James Il. CAN'T.
For GoVernor-AiexauderA Dockery.
For Lieut.. -GoyernOr-John A Lee
For Secretary Of State-Sam Il Cook
For AuditOr-AIbert . Allen
For Attorney General-E Crow
For Treasurer-ROhert r. Williams
For Railroad and arehouse Com Joseph u
Harrington.
The Atlanta constitution., 1900-07-30
OUTLAWS LIVES ARE SAVED.
South Carolina Officers Successfully
Dodge Infuriated Citizens.

Columbia s. G. July 2i.-(SpeciaL)-At
o'clock this morning "A special train
chartered by order of the governor. DASH
ed into Columbia. Ii bore n company OF
militia. two shcriffs and John Livingston
and Jim Clinch. two young negro men.
charged with aEsaulting a white girl I'm
FlOrerce six days ago. Livingston was
on a stretcher. having been probably fa
tally wounded when captured four days
ago. For several days the sheriffs have
been playing hide and seek with mobS
that have followed them on chartered
trains and attempted 10 intercept them
in stations and towns Although accom-
pan.ed by forty armed men. the officers
feared to face the populace either in Ma
rion or Florence counties. They landed
nj Marion and took their prisoners to
taiI hut soon decided to fly overland.
Reaching a station with their charges,
they got another train and for one full
night used various measures TO outwit
the men waiting at stations between them
and Columbia. Finally. after circling
about a third Of the state they reached
the capital safely. The wounded man
was sent TO the prison hospital: one leg
will have to be amputated. He cut his
own throat in an endeavor to stab one
Of his csptoTs. lie was then shot In the
The Atlanta constitution., 1900-07-30
Mob Chases Negroes.

Neo- orleans La, July N-Mayor
Capdevielle was at ocean springs last
night when the mobs swept over the
CITY. hut when he arrived at his ONCE TO-
dav he came. with q fun determination To
take mold of the situation WIN Il nm
hand. lie found awaiting him deleSa-
ton of the leading merchants of the city'
who said the interests OF the coiiiiii"ili'y
and its commercial welfare uehi"hueu
prompt and vigorous action.
About the same time Lieutenant Cover
nor Estopincl who had witnessed scene
of outrug,, Upon negroes on Canal street.
ioined the conference at the MOTEL lie al
once advised Il conference with Governor
Heard at Baton Rouge.
The result was that Mayor Capdeville
called up the governor over the long dis
tance phone and laid the local disordered
situation before his eXcellency.
Governor Orders Out Regiment.
The governor acted prompt and said
he would order out all available troops.
Without delay he sent messages to Colo
mel Hodgdon commanding the First bri-
gade In the absence of General Glynn, and
had him to Immediately order out the
Washington artillery, the Louisiana Field
and the First regiment The members of
the three commands responded with great
alacritv and at twilight there were 1.500
men congregated in the armories.
AT the same time the mayor. in proc
lamation, appealed for 500 special police.
Before p. m. 400 of the representative
citizens of the community had been
sworn In.
The mayor made requisition on the Lead
ing hardware and ammunition establish
ments of the city and the specials were
heavily armed and then sent to various
sections of the city where II was conSid-
cred most likely that trouble would hap
pen.
Hoodlums prowled the streets through
out the day. and whenever they spied a
negro. assaulted him. In some cases cit
liens rallied to the police. and with their
assistance beat off the attackers. One
of the most fragrant instances of coward
ice shown was that of a man who slipped
into the morgue and. pointing his pistol
through a window, made an attempt to
shoot one of the female negro prisoners
In the parish prison.
Just after daylight the remnants of one
of the mobs gathered at the Spanish Fort
railway station whence a large number
of negro laborers daily leave for their
work at Chalmette. They saw crowd
of darkies approaching and started to
chase them. Louis Lapuyard got in their
way and received bullet in the leg.
Later In the forenoon a nervy negro
emptied his pistol into downtown house
and wounded child. AT IL O'Clock mob
marched through Lafayette square,
which is opposite the city hall, and dis
covering some negroes in the park,
jumped on ard beat them until the Sene-
The Atlanta constitution., 1900-07-30
CHAS. H. HERTY IND0RSES
VIEWS OF L. F. MklNNE 7
BY Chas. 81. Herty.

Zurich. Switzerland. July S.-(Special
Correspondence)- This weeks mail mas
brought TO me a copy of The Constitution
of June 18th containing the interview
with Hon. l.. +. Mckinney. OF Maine, on
the necessity of the south seeking an out
let for its cotton goods, and a copy or
The Constitution for June 18th contain
ing an editorial on this interview In con-
nection with the study OF Spanish at the
University of Georgia.
No more striking proof of the sound
ness of Mr.. McKinneys views could be
offered than case which has recently
come TO my notice In Switzerland.
During the past week | had the good
fortune TO visit n number of dyeing and
printing factories I'm the canton of Gla-
rus. This small canton I'm the small re-
public OF Switzerland has developed
unique industry. The mountainous char
acter of the land has made 1t impossible
for the Inhabitants TO wiring bare living
from the soil. and so the people were
forced by sheer necessity to seek other
means of livelihood
Fortunately the canton possessed one
good river flowing through the narrow Lin
valley and on this rapid stream. fed
constantly by the melting SHOWS of the
Alps. factories have been built and an
energetic and thrifty people find n com
Portable living, not merely because the
factories have been built. but because
the owners OF these mills have sought
market for their goods. This market they
found I'm the East Indies. Turkey and
the northern parts of Africa. These mar
kets We're found by sending their own
Swiss people to these lands. In each of
these countries they have their branch
houses and special agen's whose duty con-
sists not only in disposing of the goods
sent out to them. but to study the tastes
of the native people. what colors they pre-
fer what are their favorite designs. ETC.
Accurate reports are sent TO the factories
in Switzerland and only such goods are
sent out from these as the customers
want. Further. all packages are labeled
In the language of the country to which
they are sent. And so the East Indian,
or the Turk or the African finds his tur-
ban. lody sash shawl I'm his favorite
color. carrying his favorite design, la
beled in his native language and naturally
buys IL. regardless of the fact that II
was manufactured. dyed and printed In
Switzerland and that the raw material
is the cotton OF our own southern states,
and so in turn the thrifty Swiss people of
the canton of GlaruS eat their cheese in
cOntentment. and enjoy their loved noun
talns simply because their industry has
been developed IN thoroughly rational
manner.