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The Washington times., 1901-11-21
Captain Parker Returns to Jersey.

Captain James Parker. associate counsel
for Admiral Schley at the recent Court
Of Enquiry. left last night for lis home
at Perth Amboy, y. J., after spending the
greater part of four months in this city
in the preparation and presentation to
the court of his clients case.
Yesterday Captain Parker went once
more about the familiar corridors of the
Navy Department, through which he had
passed on so many sitting hot days last
summer while engaged in preparing Ad-
miral Schley's case. He was saying good
bye TO the officials whom he had come
10 know so well during that time.
The Washington times., 1901-11-21

VIXEN it comes to a matter Of nego-
tiating q reciprocity treaty between two
countries, our old friend the protective
tariff finds friends in both places.
The Washington times., 1901-11-21
PERSONAL.
Red Tape Galore.

Red Tape Galore.
Illustrative of the red tape necessary
in the naval service Admiral Terry, who
arranged the quarters at the navy yard
for the Schley Court Of Enquiry, tells
the following story:
Admiral Skerrett had occasion to
place an officer under. arrest. The Of
fender presented himself wearing his full
uniform, but minus his sword.
~ cannot place you under arrest un-
less you have your sword declared Ad-
miral Skerrett: for the naval regulations
prescribe that an officer being put under
arrest must surrender his sword.
But my sword is at my home in an
other city and it has not reached me.
explained the officer.
You'll have to get one, then, said
Admiral Skerrett
The admiral waited until the young
officer could go among his friends and
find one willing to loan him sword so
that he could be placed under arrest"
General Miles Identity Lost.
One of the first orders issued by Gen.
Nelson a Miles after his elevation to the
rank Of Lieutenant General of the Army
was one prescribing a cap as the head
gear for the commander Of the army and
chapeaux for the staff officers. This or
der was the cause of General Miles los
ing his identity at the funeral of Presi-
dent Mckinley in Canton.
The general. from the moment Of his
arrival in Canton until his departure for
Washington, was taken for and pointed
to by many Cantonese as Admiral Dewey.
But the climax was reached when a
farmer boarded the train which was to
carry the Washington party back to the
National Capital and extending his rough
hand to General Miles said:
"Howdy do Admiral
General Miles gave the farmer one
fierce look and with much show of feeling
and warmth of expression declared that
be was not an admiral.
The Washington times., 1901-11-21

Miss Margaret c. Mccarthy and Mr..
Michael Joseph Gorman. both Of Wash
iugton. were quietly. married yesterday in
Baltimore at St. Ignatius Church by Rev
Father Chester. OF Hoyoia College. Balti-
more, formerly Of Georgetown Uniyer-
The Washington times., 1901-11-21

Dr.. and Mrs Otho MaGruder Munoaster
have sent out invitations Tor the marriage
OF their daughter. Rachel Nourse. to Mr..
Philip Van Sickler, Wednesday, November
II. at y o'clock. at the Church Of the Co
yenant.
The Washington times., 1901-11-21

Senator Foraker and family have ar
rived at their Washington residence, at
the corner of Sixteenth and + Streets.
The Washington times., 1901-11-21

Mrs George L. Andrews, of 1874 Kcne-
saw Avenue, has issued invitations for the
marriage Of her daughter. Miss Fannie
Loring Andrews. to Mr.. Edward Floy Cav
erly. The ceremony will take place at St
Andrews Episcopal Church Wednesday,
December 1, at II o'clock.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
Fight Blaze With Cannon.

Decatur, Ind, June 25.-The fire
which was started at Preble Tuesday
night by lightning striking a tank
OF the Standard Oil company. con
tanning 10000 barrels OF oil. is still
burning. Three hundred men from
this city, Huntington, Montpelier
and Lima, O.. are fighting the flames
and making efforts to save five other
tanks that contain over 300. 900
barrels of oil
Joe KNIT and '. y. Lewton. Of
Lima, We're loadinga cannon to shoot
the burning tank when it exploded,
and they were fatally burned. The
loss TO the Standard oil company
alone viii reach 100000. Many of
the inhabitants have been badly
burned.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
PRAIRIE FIRE IN KANSAS
Sparks From Locomotive Ignite Wheat
Fields Near Ellis.

Salina. Kan, June 26.-Reports
received here to-day state that a bad
prairie fire visited western Kansas
yesterday afternoon, destroying
many acres of wheat along the line
of the Union Pacific between Ellis
and Wakeeney.
The fire started in a wheat field
near Ellis, caused by spark from "a
passing freight engine, and very
shot time had gained such Roadway
as to frightened residents for miles
around. Farmers went to work
fighting the flames, and the section
hands near by, and men from the
railroad shops at Ellis We're sent to
assist in battling with the fire, which
ragged rapidly along the system for
distance OF fifteen miles.
The extent of the burned trrritOry
south of the track cannot be learned
but it is thought that between 400
and 900 acres OF wheat were damag-
ed and destroyed before the fire was
gotten under control
For the past two weeks freight
trains have been running on slow
time in this part OF the state to avoid
working the engine and emitting
sparks.
\ travelling man who came in from
Ellis to-day stated that one or two
outfits were caught in the !
fire
In Lincoln county Yesterday an
other fire caused by spark from an
engine burned fifty acres of grain.
These fires occur frequently during
he harvest season.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
invented the Fishing Reel.

Frankfort, Ky, June 25.-Benia-
min F. Meek, inventor of the fishing
reel, died last night of the infrmi-
ties OF old age. He was rich He
was IS years old, and until six
months ago operated a reel factory
III Louisville.
Thirty years ago Meek invented
the reel and since that time he had
made many improvements. Though
he made thousands OF reels Mr.. Meek
never fished a day in his life.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
A TRiRD AMENDMENT MOTION.
The Missouri Supreme Court Asked 10
Reconsider It's Mortgage Tax
Decision.

Jefferson City. June 26--The Mis-
souri, supreme court was asked this
morning. To recOnside: its decision
declaring the third amendment which
+ taxes mortgages, unconstitutional.
Attorney General Grow filed the mo-
tion fog rehearing, in which he alleges
that the decision is contrary to other
rulings of the Missouri supreme court
and 81 she federal courts regarding
the classification Of property for tax
alton The attorney general also
holds tIat it is the duty OF the sup
RENE court to uphold the amend
ment if il could possibly DO so, and
with this power it has authority to
eliminate that objectional clause in
the amendment eXenpting railroads
and other cuasi-public corporations
from the operation of the law, and
the amendment would Yet be effective
and accomplish the purposes for
which it was intended. 1t is contend
ed also that the amendment properly |
operated would be only the measure |
Of mortgage debts and such laws |
have been universally upheld by the
courts of various states from as
;aults on constitutional grounds
The court probably will announce its
lecision on the motion when it meets
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
A Most Liberal Offer.

All our farmer readers should take
advantage OF the unprecedented
clubbing offer we this year make in
cludes with this paper the Live Stock
Indicator, its special Farmers Insti-
tute Editions and the Poultry Far
mer. These three publications are
the best of their class and should be
in every farm home. To them we
add, for local, county and general
news, our own paper, and make price
OF the four one year only 81 %.
Never before was so much superior
reading matter for so small an
amount OF money. The three papers
named. which we club with our own.
are we'll known throughout the west
and commend themselves TO the
readers favorable attention upon
mere mention. The Kansas Citv
Live Stock Indicator is the great az
ricultural and live stock paper Of the
west: The Poultry Farmer is the
most practical poultry paper for the
farmer, while The Special Farmers
Institute Editions are the most prac-
teal publications for the promotion
OF good farming ever published. Take
OF this great offer. a. it
will hold good for d short time only.
Samples OF these papers NAV be ex-
amined by callingat this office.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
Americans Could Lick Them.
Nashville American.

Nashville American.
1t is perhaps no undue boast to
say that if American soldiers had
been prosecuting the war in South
Africa it would have been ended be-
lore this. The Americans have a way
OF going after the enemy until they
find him and fighting until some
body runs or surrenders. and then
repeating the operation with a ire
quencv and determination that can
not fail to discourage the enemy.
American soldiers would know how
to fight the Beers, and beat them at
their own game
The English. however. are fighting
under great disadvantages. and the
Beers are not an enemy TO be de-
spised. The South African war is no
child'S play.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
BIG NEW YORK
BANK FAILURE
Seventh National Caught in
Crash and::Suspends.
PERRY HEATH ITS MAINSTAY.

Washington, u. C., June - -
Comptroller Dawes today ordered
the closing OF the Seventh Nationa.
Bank of New York and appointed
| Forest Raynor. national bank ex.
aminer. temporary receiver Later
the comptroller made the following
statement:
"Comptroller Dawes stated that
on Tuesday he received word from
the national bank examiner that
Henry Marquand x Co. had recently
become indebted in the sum approx
mating 81, 100000 to the Seventh
National bank of New York. which
was secured by collateral OF doubt
full nature. Upon receipt on We'd
nesday of further information re-
garding the nature OF the collaterals
securing this loan, he sent telegram
to E. K. Thomas, president OF the
Seventh National bank as follows:
| have Just received information
from the national bank examiner
that Henry Marquand & Co., have
loans of large amount in your bank
approXimating 100000. Unless
promptly and satisfactorily assured
that this loan will be taken up and
cash therefor put into the bank by
Saturday night, June %. | will APP
point a receiver for the bank Please |
convince your board of directors
and announce this to them. I
The following is the statement of |
the resources and liabilities of the
Seventh national Of the City of New
York. as shown by the report OF its
at the close of business
April "a, 1901
Liabiities-Capital stock, $780,
300; surplus and undivided profits,
1894, 4O6.26; circulation Outstand-
NO, $29S, 800; due to trust compa- ]
lies and savings banks, SAP, 727. 50:
1ue to national banks and bankers,
1914, 21e.O1; individual deposits,
- ,23S, OBS 20; United States de-
,osits, 500. 1888. Pc.
Resources-Loans and discounts,
=, 767, 179.79; stocks, securities.
laims, etc. $133, 332 90; United
states bonds and premiums, SOIL
.74.14; banking house. 81, 900; cash
II hand and with other banks, ST. :
81 ,219; total resources. S7,GGS.- T
65.62. .
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
Road Engines Smash Bridges.

Topeka. Kan, June 26.-kansas
has law which requires that planks
not Jess than a foot wide and three
inches thick be used with traction
engines when crossing bridges. The
Law generally is violated and little
effort Is made to enforce the penalty
OF a fine OF from 81 to $50. with the
cost OF repairs. Thousands OF dol
lars worth Of public property i de-
stroyed by traction engines in
Kansas annually through the care
lessuess Of engine owners. \ Sumner
county engine man was arrested the
other day for destroying a bridge.
and this i said 10 have been the
only prosecution commenced since
1898. when q Saliuecounty man was
fined for a similar offenSe.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
BANKERS DAUGHTER
SWALLOWED POISON.
Suicide Prompted by Fear of Arrest
Because She Whispered in
Church

Fl. Smith. Ark. June 26.-Grace
Sullivan, - years OF age, d daughter
OF President } A sullivan OF the
First National bank at Sallisaw, l.
Ty-. committed suicide at her home
last evening by drinking carbolic
acid
Monday night, with a male escort.
Miss Sullivan attended services at the
Baptist church. They whispered
several times and were reprimanded
by the minister
After the meeting il was decided
by the congregation 10 appeal To
the United States court to afford
protection against disturbance OF
their meetings.
4 rumor reached Miss Sullivan that
had been issued for herself
and escort and she brooded over the
matter until last night, when she
took the carbolic acid and died in 80
minutes.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
g "a = TT o 1 ia.
Besrs the II The K1d You iia3a Always B0rrht
0'S1 Of &<TZAzzII
Kansas Corn Grows Rapidly.

Topeka. Kan. June 26.-The Kan
sas corn crop which was given a Sc
rious set back by the dry weather is
coming out beautifully Late rains
have greatly improved the general
conditions, and one can almost see
the corn grow. in several counties
corn is in tassel. Secretary Coburn's
next report will be about the corn
crop.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
GENERAL GOMEZ COMING.
Cuban Leader Sails for New York on
Secret Mission.

Havana, June 26.-General Gomez
sailed for New York to-day by way
of Tampa. Fla, accompanied by pri-
vate secretary of Governor General
" God,
The greatest secrecy surrounded
the departure of General Gomez, and
no announcement was made of his
intended trip. There were few peo-
pie at the wharf to bid the General
farewell.
General Gomez is also accOmpa-
MED by his son. UrbanO.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
Health for 10 Cents.

A lively liver, pure blood, clean
SEln, bright eyes, perfect health
Cascarets Candy Cathartic will OBJ
tam and secure them for you. Genu-
me tablets stamped c. c. c. Never
sold In bulk. All druggists, 1oc.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
X. c. Pittsburg & Gulf Time Table.

X. e. Pittsburg & Gulf Time Table.
Arrival and departure OF trains At WorlAnd.
NORTH BOUND
No. Kansas City daily Express 1870 D. m.
No. 90 :" Mail ...... S:l7 q m
SOUTH BOUND.
No. . Through Port Arthur Express 2GIp m
No. SLOAN Springs Express. ..... l2:26p m
Remember this IL the popular short line be-
tween hansas City, Mo. and Ptttsburg, Ken,
Joplin. Mo Neosho, Mo, sulphur Spring.,
Ark SLOAN Springs, Arb e., 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
west and northwest. No expense has been
spared TO make the passenger equipment Of
this line second Go none in the west Travel
via the new line II. G. Dan.
Gen'I Pass Agt. x ansat City, Mo
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
THE OLDEST PENSI0NER.
Mrs. Decker, Who Is 90 and Blind
Will Get $4,000 Arearages

Washington, June pa pension
OF $12 a month has Just been grant
ed to Mrs. Palmyra Decker OF Phila-
delphia. She is the widow OF "A sol
der of the war OF 1912. is nearly 90
years old and is blind.
Her husband was a private i'll the
first regiment of Pennsylvania, vol
unteers. He has been dead nearly
u years and Mrs. Decker will receive
Arrears of pension for that whole pc
Rod, amounting toa little more than
$4,000 Mrs. Decker, it is believed.
is the oldest person to whom a pen
sion was ever granted.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
CONFEOERATES.
Reunion to Be Held at Spring
field in August.
Several Prominent Jeffersoaians = Ill
Take Part in she Program .--Stdtre
to be Unveiled BY Miss Laura
Edwards.


The official program for the Au-
gust reunion aud unwilling IS elow
almost ready Tor the printer, says
the SPRINGFIELD Record
\ meeting of the reunion executive
committee vas held Saturday night
at which there Tas a large attend
ance Of the committee and friends.
Gen. kpuard and Mai. Rainwater
were also present and held coufer-
ence with the committee, which re-
suited in a perfect understanding as
to ali the features of the program
for tie three days meeting in AU-
gust.
Major Rainwater took great pains
to give a clear verbal outline of the |
program as far as it has been |
planned.
The forenoon OF the first day, Aug.
=. is to be directed TO registration of
veterans and the meeting of com
rades.
At 2:3O the first business session
OF the state association OF camps will
be held. During this session Gov.
Dockery and other speakers are to
deliver addresses.
At night the veterans and visitors
will be favored with an amusement
program at the Baldwin theater.
At1O:3O on the morning of the
second day there will be a grand pa
rade of confederate veterans, sons of ,
confederate veterans and veterans :
of the Grand Army of the Republic.
At p. m. the sponsors and maids ;
of honor will hold reception and at
2:30 another business meeting will .
be held at which reports from the va
rious committees will be heard. n
Inc ehtlre evening or the second n
day Will be In control OF the sons OF :
veterans and daughters Of the Con- q
federacy, who Will render a program q
at the BALDWIN theater. fl
The third and last day. Saturday, h
August 10, will occur the browning r,
event Oh the three DAYS meeting, y
That OF unveillng the monument at p,
the Confederatec cemetery. 4
For these solemn and interesting
ceremonies 60 young and beautiful 5,
iaules nave oeel selected TO take b
part III the exercises, Al
Judge Leroy Is Valiant, chair &c
man OF the State Monument Assocl- o.,
ttlon, Will deliver the dedicatory ad-
1ress, which will be responded to by :
zen. John b. Gordon, commander OF :;
jhe United Confederate Veterans as W,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
POKER CAUSED THIS KILLING.
The Jury in the Mckenzie Murder Trial
Disagreed at Columbia, Mo.

Columbia, Mo, June 25.-The Jury
in the Mckinzie murder trial. which
was out three days, failed to agree
and was discharged The Jurors
stood eight for acquittal and four
for sending the prisoner to the peni-
Tertiary for ten wears Mckenzie
shot four times and killed John
Hawkins at Centralia last February.
They had been playing poker here
and on their way home at Centralia
the quarrel, which was over the divi-
sion OF the winnings. amounting TO
$3.50, was renewed and resulted
fatally, Mckenzie's bond has been
fixed at >1,5oo, which he has not
secured
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04

&C co n p aniea by
mucous patches n
the II . nth l-lD-
tons on the skin.
sore throat. copper
colared splotches.
The age-herald., 1901-07-14
THE LANDS HIGHEST TRIBUNAL
What the Justices of the Supreme
 Court Did Before Their Appointments.
lew York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune
 The supreme court of the United States is composed of, cnine members. Melville Weston Fuller Is chief justice. His asso- ciate justices are Horace Gray, Henry Billings Brown, George Shiras, Edward Douglass White, Joseph McKenna, John Marshall Harlan, David Josiah Brewer and Rufus W. Peckham. They receive salaries of s10,0OO a year. The chief jus tice draws s1o,5Oo. The appointments are for life.
 Chief Justice Fuller was a hustling newspaper man in Maine before he left his native state in 1856 to practice law in Chicago. He was appointed to the su- preme court in 1888. Justice Harlan, Kentuckian. came near choosing a sol- dier's life for his vocation. Tn 1861 he raised the Tenth Kentucky infantry regi- ment, and served under General G. H. Thomas division. In 1883 his name was before the senate for confirmation as a brigadier general, but his father died just then, and he felt compelled to resign from the army. He practiced law in Louisville and was commissioned associ- ate justice in 1S7.a Yesterday was his birthday. Justice Gray is a New Eng lander. Born in Boston in 1928, he took to. the law early. and won his present distinction in 1881.
 Justice Brewer came to this country
The age-herald., 1901-07-14
HOBO FREIGHT CARS.
Long Wandcrings and the Difficult
 Task of Capturing Them.
From Ainslee,s Magazine.

From Ainslees Magazine.
 The car accountant is a typical in- stance of development in the railroad business. In the early days he did not exist. The superintendent was supposed to know in a general way what was being done with the company's cars The custom was for railroads to carry through freight as far as the end of their own lines in their own cars. Then it was transferred to the cars of the foreign line and so assisted on the next stage to Its destination. So much time however, was lost in making the trans fers that the needs of shippers forced upon the railroads departure which has now become their general custom. Railroads permit all loaded cars to go through to their destination without transfer and allow one another a certain sum for the use of cars. This results in scattering the cars of the different roads over every section of track in the coun- try. It produces the extraordinary pro- cession of many-colored travellers from distant lands that delight the eyes of youngsters at a railroad crossing.
 In theory the cars are permitted to run through over foreign roads to their destination, on the condition that on their arrival they shall be unloaded prompt ly and started on the journey home. In practice the freight agent is apt to use the cars that are most handy, regardless of their ownership. An agent in Minne apolis would hardly think twice before filling up a Maine Central freight car with a consignment for Manitoba. The agent at Manitoba would not suffer Q pang of conscience when he found him. self stuffing the same Maine car with cargo of supplies for Waco, Tex. Thus are begun the wanderings of a car to which. if it were not for the car account ant and his memoranda, there would sometimes be no end.
 It is by no means easy to bring the wanderers home When the Maine Gen. trals car accountant learns that his car Is being unduly knocked about on for egn roads his first news Is that it has spent two weeks in the yards at Minne- apolis. A tracer Is a once forwarded to the transportation department of the railroad which is supposed to be holding the car. By this time the car is on its way to Manitoba. A tracer follows it there but with the similar result of find ing that the car has been dispatched for the Southwest. A letter to the company operating out of Waco brings an answer to the effect that the car is there, but is being held to await the disposition of the consignee; or that 1t is crippled and has been run into the shops for repairs, or that 1t has been loaded again, in which case the company promises po- litely to unload it and send it home im- mediately. Then the car is promptly switched off on to a branch line for some local consigpee and is not heard of again except by the needy agent who captured it, until 1t turns up in tail end collision in the State of West Vir- ginia Luckily, 1t is not a bit injured, and is able to continue its wanderings, pursued by more and more vigorously worded correspondence, until somebody sends 1t home.
The age-herald., 1901-07-14
Notice.

Bids will be received at the office of the undersigned until F o'clock July 25. 1901, for the remodeling and enlarging of the present city jail building, also for addl- tional cell-work for same.
 Bidders may bid on either the remodel ing and enlarging the building or the cell-w work, separately or jointly as they may desire, but in each case they must deposit ten dollars in cash with the architect to insure safe and prompt re- turn of drawings and specifications.
 All bidders will be required to enclose with their bids a duly certified check for $100, made payable to the Mayor and AL dermen of Birmingham, Ala, to hold by them as a guarantee that they will exe- cute the required bond if contract is awarded them.
 A separate check and bond will be re- quired in each case.
 D. A. HELMICH, Architect,
 SO6s Nineteenth St.. Birmingham, Ala.
 7-9-t.d.