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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-12-26
WENT DOWN HOLE
200 FEET DEEP,
Thomas McCabe Suddenly Dis
appears on Middle Mount
THROUGH AN rS-INCH OPENING.

New York, Dec. 19.-The body OF
Thomas McCabe of Hibernia was
found on Middle Mount, n. j., 200
feet beneath the surface of the earth,
at the bottom of a mine hole. Me-
Cabe had been missing form than
week. John Downs was the last
man to see McCabe alive. After GO
ing to the Rockaway the two men
started for Hibernia, deciding to go
over the top of Middle Mount.
Downs says that when about hall
over he turned around to speak to
McCabe, but could see nothing OF
him, although it was bright moon
light. Immediately he started back
to find McCabe, but although he
wandered around until daylight no
trace Of the missing man was found,
Downs then gave the alarm in the
village. Searching parties were or
gained. Andrew McCabe, teller in a
Brooklyn bank and brother of the
missing man, was notified and went
over the road last Travelled by his
brother. When near the top OF Mid
die Nount he saw "a small hole in the
earth. 1t was not Is inches across.
Where the hole led to no one knew,
as the mountain was honeycombed
with workings of the old Wharton
mine.
Some miners assistingi in the search
went into the main shaft OF the mine,
a mile away, and worked a day en-
ploring different passages, At last
McCabe called for rope. He was
let down 200 feet. He saw a hand
sticking up out of the dirt not far
away. He dug the dirt away and
soon mad disclosed his brother $ ffttee-
From the position OF the body and
the character of the hole it is evident
that the dead man stepped on
a crust OF thin earth, which gave way
with him,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-12-26
MILES STANDS BY SCHLEY.
Saws He is Satisfied With Dewey's
Judgment in the Matter.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec 16.-Gen.
Nelson A. Miles, commander of the
United States army, arrived here to-
day, accompanied by Mrs. Miles. In
speaking of the finding of the Schley
court of inquiry, Gen. Miles said:
IT am willing to take the Judgment
of Admiral Dewey in the matter. He
has been commander ola fleet, and
as such has known the anxieties and
responsibilities which rest on man
under these circumstances. He was
instrumental in the destruction OF
one Spanish feet and knows and
realizes the feelings that encompass
an officer under such conditions.
think Dewey has summed up the
matter in a clear and concise man.
ner, and | believe his conclusions will
be endorsed by the patriotic people
OF the United States. have no sym.
pathy with the efforts which have
been made to destroy the honor o.
an officer under such circumstances. >
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-12-26
SIMPSONS HEALTH BAD.
Washington Does Not Share Family
Belief That 1t is Not Serious.

Washington, d. c., Dec. 19.-Ad-
miral SIMPSONS condition. this
morning was not materially chang
ed. His family does not consider it
alarming at present. The general
belief, is that he will never recover
though the end may not come for
months.
Said DR.. P. NJ. Rixey, attending ply
stefan, this morning:
The condition Of Admiral Samp-
son is very alarming and has been
SO for weeks" He admitted, how
ever, there had been no change for
the past "a hours. Admiral Samp.
sons realization of current events
bearing so heavily on his career is
but feeble. In fact, he knows only in
a vague way the decision Of the court
of inquiry and takes nofurther inter
est in the outcome.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-12-26
Great Unrest in ireland.

London. December 1S.-There is
every indication that the govern
ment is determined to conduct a
vigorous campaign against the
United Irish league, and Mr.. Red
mond's speech at Cork is taken to
mean that the league is prepared to
defend itself.
The situation In Ireland at present
is very critical, and seemingly the
struggle between the law, represent
ing the landlord, and the league, rep.
resenting the tenant, which rendered
the early eighties historic, 10 about
to be re-enacted. Large numbers O
mounted and unmcuDted police havs
been DRAFTED into counties Care
Mayo and Roscommon.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-12-26
FOUR PERSONS FOUND DEAD.
Two Couples Had Evidently Planned to
Commit Suicide.

Columbus, Ohio, December 49,
Two young women and two young
men were found dead to. night in
rooms at a boarding house, so East
Russell street, and evidence points to
aquadruple suicide deliberately PLAN
ned. The dead are:
Pearl Warner, aged %, second
cook at the Manhattan restaurant.
Lou Kline, aged Is, third cook at
the same restaurant.
Sherman dollhouse, cab driver.
John Jacobs, chief cook at Man.
haitian.
The four persons went to the board
ing house Sunday and secured adioin-
ings rooms. To-day nothing was
seen OF them, and though the rooms
remained locked and no response
could be secured to repeated calls,
suspicion was not aroused until to-
night. Finally the doors to the
rooms were forced and the occupants
were discovered lying on the beds
dead. The keyholes and cracks
around the doors had been closed
with rags, and the fumes of chloro'
form filed the rooms, disclosing the
cause of death. 1t was evident that
both couples planned suicide, but the
motive is not known.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-12-26
PLATT'S WRATH AROUSED.
Senator Resents Criticism bv
William Allen White.
Interview with President Roosevelt
Ended ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to
Sue White for Libel.

Washington, Dee. Ex-senator Il
c. Platt called at the white house
to-day and asked President Roose.
welt il he intended to countenance
the the visits of a slanderer The
president resented the inquiry and
senator left in u rage. The wal
has broken out. Allthis grew out oI
magazine article by William Allen
White, OF Kansas City, which, the
senator alleges, seriously reflects on
his political honor
1t may be said on good authority
that President Roosevelt instantly
resented the inquiry made by Sena'
tor Platt. and intimated that he was
not responsible for the acts OF every
body numbered among his casual
acquaintances. He admitted that
Mr.. White had been brought to him
by ex-Comptroller Dawes; that he
had visited the white house twice,
but that no intimation was given to
him on any occasion that any arti-
Gle about Senator Platt or any SEN
ator. was in contemplation.
The president would not argue the
matter, hut changed the subject alb
ruptly. This is far more than ru'
nor, though Senator Platt refuses
to discuss the interview. That he is
much hurt does not admit OF doubt
The incident is one of supreme i'm
portance mt this time because several
prominent republican, senators are
rapidly drifting away from the pres
ident and no longer hesitate to eX-
press unfavorable opinions.
The activity and energy OF the
president, sopopular throughout the
country, is not appreciated by the
statesmen who believe in the old
fashioned methods Of selecting ap
pointees for public office. The sig
nifcance of senator Platt's visit to
the president lies in the fact that he
took so prominent a part in his nom
nation for the vice presidency that
he no doubt believed their interests
mutual in many respects.
Before he called upon the president
he probably felt that the safeguard
ing OF his good name would be as
much desired by the chief executive
as by himself. In this respect the
senator is reported to have been dis.
illusioned. Senator Platt is in the
mood tonight to prepare an essay
on the frailty of political friend
ships.
Senator Platt has announced that
he wifi sue " iiffium Alien Hhite fol
libel and also McClure's magazine in
which the character study" appear
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-12-26
SCHLEY STRONG BILL
OF EXCEPTIONS FILED,
Saws MAJORITY of Court Has Per-
verted the Ends Of Justice
BY Ignoring Evidence.
Attacks Them on all Points.

Washington, Dec. 19.-Admirai
Schley's bill Of exceptions to the ma
jority verdict of the court OF inquiry
is in the hands of Secretary Long.
Admiral SIMPSONS protest against
Admiral Dewey's minority verdict
will probably be filed tomorrow.
Admiral Schley's points practically
cover the entire testimony and argue
that the verdict was contrary to it.
The bill of exceptions claims that
the majority Of the court gave their
opinion that Commodore Schley
should have proceeded with the
utmost dispatch off Cienfuegos with
out giving the applicant an opportu-
nifty to furnish evidence on it.
The bill further contends that over
whelming evidence was presented to
the court to show that close block
ade OF Cienfuegos was maintained;
that the majority of the court entire
ly ignored the uncontradicted testl-
mony proving that the British
steamer Adula was allowed to enter
Cienfuegos to obtain information re-
garding the Spanish feet; that the
order Of Admiral Sampson, known as
No. I, was an imperative order for
Commodore Schley to hold his squad
ron off Cienfuegos; that the majority
of the court have ignored the admit
ted fact that the commander OF the
Eagle did not communicate the situa-
ton -Cienfuegos to Commodore
Schley; that they ignored the fact
that Captain Evans failed to COM
municate to Commodore Schley the
meaning of the signal lights on shore
at r-fenfupyUs.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-12-26
ENDS OF JUSTICE PERVERTED.

ENDS OF JUSTICE PERNERTED,
The bill contends that the finding
.efthe majority opinion that ommo=
dore Schley's conduct was character
lied by vacillation, dilatoriness and
lack of enterprise is not justified by
the evidence; that the majority, opin-
ion is entirely silent upon a charge
that Commodore Schley was derelict
in the discharge of his duty; that the
majority of the court entirely failed
to determine who was commander in
chief in the battle OF Santiago; that
the majority OF the court have reject
ed the whole of the testimony on be-
half OF the applicant and the testi-
mony Of the applicant himself, and
that by so doing, has prevented the
ends of justice and deprived him OF
common law and constitutional
rights; that he has been found guilty
upon specifications substantially
abandoned by the Judge advocate;
that the testimony Of a few hostile
witnesses has been made prominent.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-12-26
NICARAGUAN BILL REPORTED.
ApprOpriates Ten Millions With Which
to Start Work.

Washington. Dec. 19.-The house
to-day agreed to take up the Mica
ragua canal bill January I. Mr..
Hepburn, Republican OF Iowa, chair
man of the committee on interstate
commerce, reported the measure to
the house, briefly outlining the pur-
poses.
Section l authorizes the president
to secure for the United States from
Costa Rica and Nicaragua control OF
territory needed for the canal. Sec
ton 2 authorizes the construction
from Greytown to Brito while section
3 and 4 make a provision for the
surveys. Section 3 guarantees to
Costa RIGA and Nicaragua the use of
the canal and harbors on the terms
agreed upon. Section 6 appropri-
ates $10,000,000 to start construc-
ton and fixes the aggregate cost at
100000.
"The purpose Of this bill, " says the
report, "is to concentrate the author
ity and the responsibility of this
great work in the hands of the presi-
dent. . 1t also urges Importance OF
the undertaking and urges the pas
sage of the bill.
At LAG the house adjourned for
the holidays.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-12-26
SHREwD POLITICS BY ROOSEVELT
Selection of Payne for POstmaster-Gen.
eral Fixes" the Factions.

Washington Dec. 1S.-In making
Henry C. Payne, of Wisconsin, the
new postmaster general, the Presi'
dent played shrewd politics.
Payne is a close friend of Senator
Hanna, at whose suggestion he was
made vice chairman Of the Republi.
can national committee. He is a
stanch supporter of and believer in
President Roosevelt, and, because OF
his influence with national commit.
teemen, is regarded as one OF the best
possible men to direct a campaign.
Mr. Payne has always been known
asa machine man. He appointment
ly connected with corporations, and
for that reason he was strenuously
opposed when mentioned for post
master-general at the time President
Mckinley was forming his cabinet.
The acceptance of the postmaster
generalship by Mr.-Payne will bring
to Washington one of the most
charming women who has ever grac-
ed unofficial circles. Mrs. Payne was
Lydia Wood Van Dyke, a descendant
OF one OF the most uTfsrUCratiUK nick=
erbocker families. She is a woman
OF delicate tact and keenest instinct.
The Paynes have no children. Mr..
Payne is SO years old.
The resignation of Charles Emory
Smith is the first break in the old
Mckinley cabinet, all the members OF
which President Roosevelt requested
foreman during his administration.
1t is said that before his term ex-
pires there will be at least two other
designations, those OF Secretaries
Hay and Gage.
Mr.. Smith has declared for Roose.
welt for 1904.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-12-26
DEATH PENALTY
FOR CONSPIRATORS
Bill For the Complete Sup"-"s, ION
Anarchy.

Anarchy.
Washington, Dec. 1S.-Chairman
Ray of the house committee on judi
ciary to-day introduced an anti
anarchy measure which will be the
basis Of legislation on that subject
in the house.
The measure is very elaborate and
brings together features Of the many
propositions made for dealing with
the subject. It provides the death
penalty for assaults on the presi.
dent or other executive officers. It
is made a felony to advise or teach
the overflow Of the government OF
any interference with government
officers. The death penalty is also
provided for conspiracies in thii
country leading to the killing Of q
foreign King, Emperor or Presiden,
or other ruler.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-12-26
THE COAL QUESTION AGAIN.

The bill denies that the conditions
of wind, sea and weather were favor
able for taking coal from collier of
Santiago; that no reference has been
made to the orders of the secretary
of the navy forbidding the hazarding
of American ships against shore bat
teries; that the minority opinion fail
ed to contain any reference to the
character OF the blockade of Santiago,
although covered in the specifica-
tions; that the demonstration made
by Commodore Schley before Santi-
ago on May 20 and 30 was predeter-
mined and intended solely as recon-
noissance, and not as formal at
tack upon the Colon; that the major
ity opinion OF the court is ambiguous
with respect to the loop of the Brook
Ign.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-12-26
K. G. Pittsburg & Gulf Time Table.

Arrival and departure Of trains at worland.
NORTH HOUND
No, Kansas City daily Express l2:asp. m.
Nos Mall $50. SAT- o. m.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. Through Port Arthur Express, a;4lp. m
No. Sloan Springs Express. 49,. .le:2bp m
Remember this 10 the popular short line be-
tween Kansas City, No. and Pitteburg, Kan. I,
Joplin. Mo-. Neosho, NO., Sulphur Springs,
Ark, SLOAN Springs, Ark, and the direct
route from the south TO st. Louie Chicago !,
and points north and northeast and 10 Denver
Ogden, San Francisco. Portland and points
spared to make the passenger equipment o 1
this line second 10 none In the west. TraveI
via the new line He ORR.
Gent Pass Agt. KAns o. City, Mo.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-12-26

Plans have been perfected for the
erection Ola twelveDr sixteen story Of
fi,p buillii,g within two blocks OF the
ip,ntion at Kansas City. at cost
ii frnm 81, 0O0. 900 to 81, $50. 900.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-12-26

A colonization company has pur.
chased about go, 900 acres of land in
Archer county, Texas, upon which
they hope to locate 400 Missouriand
Indiana families.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-12-26

1t is said a large amount Of coun-
terfeit coin has been put in circula-
ton in st. Joseph, Mo. Government
detectives are working on the case.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-12-26

The estate OF the late Kirkland B.
Armour, president Of the Armour
packing company, who died a short
time ago in Kansas City, has been
appraised at $41 ,032, 401.53.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-12-26

How Are YOur KidneysB
Dr. Hobbs sparNgus Pills cure all kidney ills SAN.
pie free. Add. Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago o. N. Z.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-12-26
The HEPUBLIU,
st. Louis, Mo

Cures Cancer, BLOOD Poison, Eating
Sores, Ulcers.-Costs Nothing to
Try.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-12-26

fs;s signature Is op ss.s ,sx Of Ne genuine
laxative Bromo-Q dinine rsslss.
fss ssosdy tibet rrr-s "a tsssa u 60 -
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-12-26
p. L., Payne, M. D.

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
once over Nichols Shoe Store, East Side
Square. Residence on Ohio street, End door
east Of West School building. south side. eff
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-23

beneficiary or pensioner of another
war takes his place at greatly re-
duced yearly pension, however, in the
former instance
The increase and decrt sc in size
and amount of the pension roll is a
matter of congressional action. As in
teresting as may be speculative figuring
on known present and past facts, it is
impossible to foresee the action of con-
gress as to the future. Whatever ac-
ton congress may take will be obeyed
until repealed by the same legislative
body, and present calculations would
be necessarily upset by subsequent acts
relative to pensions.
while have confined myself to the
one point under discussion, it seems to
me that there is one other point which
is gernlane to the subject and ought to
be considered in connection herewith,
and that is, that the beneficiaries of all
classes on the roll are our own citizens,
and the money the government dis
burSes is distributed among our own
countrymen and in our own country,
except the comparatively small amount
which goes abroad to pensioners living
in other lands OF the sum paid out
for pensions most if not all enters al
most Immediately into the active circu-
latiOn of the country The 800 900, 900
or whereabouts which it is estimated
Americans spend abroad every year en-
ters into a foreign circulation of money
and stays there
L. WILLIAM THAVIS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-23
PRIZES TO TEACHERS.
Inducements For Large Attep dance
at State Association.


There is always considerable rivalry
between the counties and larger towns
of the state at the meetings of the
State Teachers association during the
holidays over securing the prizes offer
ed for attendance at the association.
An unusual number of prizes are offer
ed for the coming association.
The silk ff>sg awarded each year to
the county having the largest compare
tive membership in the association is
now held by Geary county, but it will
be competed for again this winter. The
number of teachers in actual attend
in this contest, but the percentage of
the teachers of any county who are
members of the association. The county
which has the largest number of mem
bers in proportion to the total num-
Der of teachers in the county gets the
flag.
A number of school supply compa-
MES, including Crane & Co., of Topeka,
also offer number of valuable prizes.
The Central School Supply company
renews it's offers of last year. The Of
fers are as follows: To the county
which has the greatest enrolment and
portion to the number of teachers en-
ployed in the county. not counting
teachers from cities of the first class
or of the second class, this house will
give Swigert's splendid Lunar Tellurian,
valued at $42. To the county standing
second in the list on the above cOndi-
tons this house will give a politico-
relief map of the United States, valued
at $40. These prizes to be placed in
the offices of the superintendent of the
winning counties. for the use of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-23

streets in Kansas City. apparently aban-
doned and left alone. He died the same
One wintry day in January. a few years
since, was sitting in our office in To-
peka, when a blonde, robust looking wo-
man of perhaps 40 years, walked in and
called me by name. Some one had di-
rected her to me, for she did not asso-
nara ted. In subsequent attention to her
business she sent for me one day to call
Informed me she had long been a resi-
years had kept a hotel in Parsons and
then directing our attention said: THAT
looking up sure enough there was Jake
Mclaughlin looking down upon us. do
not know what became of her, whether
she is living or dead; but she never knew
that we had ever Aeen or heard of Jake
Mclaughlin. Wash Berkaw, Frank Ny
ers or the two federal prisoners.
but what has some political significance.
The sheriff stood for reelection next year
publican ticket was defeated. The oppo-
sition made a campaign on the cry Of
Down with the court house ring" The
escape of Frank Myers and subsequent
events had much to do with that election
Labette. county at that time was, the
home of the Union Labor Party and the
defeat of the Republican county ticket in
1887 by 700 majority gave that organiza-
and Labette county was the rallying
ground for that party and its successor
the Farmers Alliance in the two or three
Years Following BY this time the move
ment had swept the state. Many a valiant
worker in the ranks ;os Of the Republican
ty and has been fighting the Republican
party ever since
ing from the oft-traveied path in the ca Sc
Of many Of these valiant Partisans was was
refty y tine result pd 81 tdf s IeeRg 0I fh o
lowed the events herein narrated.