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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28
N LINE WITH TIE WEST.
President Roosevelt's Message, 1t
Is Said, Will Handle Railroad
Combinations Without Gloves.
MORGAN CANNOT OWN THEM ALL.
The Prince of Magnates Warned That He Is
Only Precipitating n Universal Agitation
for Government Control. for the People
win Demand UncIe SANS Intervention
Should Competition he Wiped Out.

Washington, Nov. 93.-President
Roosevelt's message, il is said, has II
strong chapter on trusts and another
on interstate commerce. Without
attempting to suggest the power of
legislation the president calls the at
tention of congress to the danger of
the former and the inadequacy of
the interstate commerce law. The
presidents position on both these
questions is in line with the senti-
ment of the west and against the at
tempt to merge the control Of the
great transcontinental railroads.
1t is known by government officials
that the Northern Securities compa-
ny owning all the stocks in the North
ern Pacific, Union Pacific and Chicago,
Burlington d Quincy railroads is on
ly the beginning of the scheme which
]. p. Morgan and James J.,llill have
in mind. Morgan's ambition is to
control the transportation lines of
this country, not only the railroads
but the steamship lines. Those who
have talked with Morgan say that
he regards himself as a benefactor in
trying to rescue the railroad proper
ties of the country from ruinous
competition, and that he believes
such consolidation of railroad stock
will be beneficial to the whole coun-
try.
A close friend of President Roose-
welt, who discussed the question with
Morgan. pointed out to him that he
was taking the greatest step that
had ever been made toward govern
ment control of railroads. you may
be sincere, Morgan" Said this gentle
man, "and you might succeed If you
were God. But no human agency,
except the government of the United
States, will ever he allowed tn own
and control the railroads of the
United States. There are just two
alternatives to this question of trans
neutrality-suspicious. or govern
ment control. When the people are
convinced or have good grounds to
suspect that railroad connection is
ended, they will insist on government
control. You are on most dangerous
grounds, and if you go forward in
tbs gigantic scheme you will precip-
tate the greatest political question
of the age, and bring the federal
government face to face with the ne
cessity of government control"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28
IS FIFE THE MuRDERER9
Former Clerk Of Frank Richardson At sa-
vannah, No, Under Arrest for Commit
ting Sensational Crime.

Savannah, No., Nov. 23.-The pros
eeuting attorney has formally
charged Stewart Fife with the muir
der of Frank w. Richardson, the mill
lionaire merchant who was killed
in his home here on last Christmas
eve. Fife/was a clerk in Richardson's
store. He left here last June and has
not been seen since. Two grand jul
ries have investigated the Richardson
murder. but Mrs. Ada Richardson, the
dead mans widow, has been the only
person indicted. She was in the house
al the time of the tragedy and il is
believed she knows who killed her
husband.
One of the principal witnesses
against Fife will be Mrs. King, the
wife of a crippled man. Fife was in
Kings place the night of the murder,
and when he left Mrs. King noticed
that he went in the direction of his
boarding house, which is also in the
direction of the Richardson home.
Mrs. Richardson admitted that she
went as far as the railroad tracks
that night on her way to the church
entertainment, and must have been
very close to where Mrs. King saw
Fife at eight o'clock. The theory on
which Fife will be prosecuted. if he
is ever arrested, will be that he met
Mrs, Richardson the night of the muir
der, and returned to the Richardson
house with her. Richardson learned
that his wife was not at the church
entertainment and hurried home. He
made the tracks in the snow under
his wife's bedroom, when he stopped
there and looked through the curtain,
which had not been drawn entirely
down. Richardson then rushed into
the house. where he was shot.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28
SHE WILL BE PhROONED.
American Girl Recently Sentenced to q
London Prison for Forgery Is Not
Strong Minded.

London, Nov. 23.-It is believed that
the movement to secure the immedi-
ate release of Miss Eastwick, the
American woman who was sentenced
to six months Imprisonment for
forging 100000 stock certificate will
be successful. A petition to the home
secretary. Mr.. Richie. in her behalf
is now in circulation. 1t is signed by
the jury and other persons interested
in the case and prays for her release
on the ground that she is demented
and upon 4 promise given by her
friends that she will be taken TO
America by relatives and properly
cared for. Tn the meantime Miss
Eastwick is in the prison hospital re-
ceiving.every care and attention. She
is undergoing none of the rigors of
prison life.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28
Cures Cancer, BLOOD Poison, Eating
Sores, Ulcers.-Costs Nothing to
Try.

Blood poison or deadly cancer are
the worst and most deep.seated
blood diseases on earth, yet the east
est to cure when Botanic Blood Balm
is -used- If you have blood poison,
producing ulcers, bone pains. pin.
pies, mucous patches, falling hair,
itching skin, scrofula, old rheuma.
tism or offensive form of catarrh,
scabs and scales, deadly cancer, eat.
ing, bleeding, fostering sores, swell.
ings, Jumps, persistent wart or sore,
take Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. b.
1t will cure even the worst case after
everything else fails. Botanic Blood
Balm (B. b. B. drains the poison out
of the system and the blood, then
every sore heals, making the blood
pure and rich, and building up the
broken down body. B. B. B. thor.
oughly tested for 30 years. Sold at
drug stores, 81 per large bottle, A
trial treatment sent free bySwriting
Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, ga. De.
scribe trouble and free medical ad,
vice given until cured. Botanic
Blood Balm does not contain mineral
poisons or mercury Gas SO many ad-
vertised remedies do), but is compos.
ed OF Pure botanic Ingredients. Over
5000 testimonials Of cure by taking
b. b. b. 32-1m
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28
KANSAS THE GREATEST.
Margin In the Production OF Wheat
the Present Year.

Topeka, Kan, Nov. 23.-The official
bulletin by the Kansas board of ag-
rieulture, giving the years yield of
winter and spring wheat and corn,
and their home values, was issued Sat
urday. 1t contains the first figures
emanating from the board as to the
seasons products. The state produced
90,045, 514 bushels of wheat, valued at
$50, AIS, $40, from an acreage of $685.
SAT. The crop of corn aggregates only
a., SOS, 672 bushels from 6,722, 973 acres,
but the value of the crop is placed at
S21,731,215. According to the records
of the state board of agriculture, this
years winter wheat yield exceeds
that of 1900 by 1s,45O,O71 bushels and
it's home value is greater by ss,s55, 4s3.
Likewise the yield, the greatest in
the history of Kansas, averaged 61.s9
bushels for each inhabitant, worth
S34.39. 49,
This years yield is more by 1885,
1873 bushels, or 1872 per cent. than the
United States department of agricul-
ture has ever reported raised by any
state in any year, barring the Kan
sas yield in 1900, which, according to
the same authority, had for the pre-
ceding year the distinction of being
the bulkiest, but only until Kansas
had another season, when she of all
the states surpassed her own record
and produced still greater crop. The
combined value of this years wheat
and corn is only 11.3 per cent. less
than that of the same crops grown in
1900.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28
IN ABSOLUTE DESTiTUTION,
Morocco Sent 5000 Troops on a 4OO-Mile
Expedition without Clothing or Wis.,
ible Supply of Food.

City of Morocco, Nov. 23.-The 5000
troops which form the expedition to
punish the mountain tribes for alb
Quoting a Spanish boy and girl left
the capital in a state of absolute
restitution. Many of them are in
rags, and no uniforms were provided
before their departure. The cold,
rainy season is beginning. The condi-
ton of the soldiers after the noun
tain marching and fording in the
course of their journey of 400 miles
will be pitiable. Food will scarcely
be obtainable. The Spanish govern
ment will surely be unsatisfied with
the result of the expedition, which
should have been postponed until the
spring.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28
HE WENT THE LIMIT.
To Raise Money the Insurgent Leader in
Samar Taxed Everything from Births
to Cock Fights.

Manila, Nov. 23.-News from the is
land of Samar is encouraging. Fill
pinos captured there by our troops
show evidences of suffering and hun
ger. The coasts of the island are
closely patrolled by gunboats and the
use of the searchlight makes it al
most impossible for the natives to
land on the island for the insurgents.
The system of taxation and the col
lection of taxes maintained by the
insurgent leader Lukban was perfect
and exhaustive in every particular
and produced revenue from births,
marriages, deaths, cock fights and
from the fish ponds of Samar.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28
MACCAREES- AGAIM-
Work OF Burglars This Time and the
Amount Was Small-Post Office
and Store Looted.

Rollersville, o., Nov. ga gang of
five robbers blew open the post office
safe here last night and secured $500
worth of stamps and $50 in money, be-
sides funds belonging to the local
lodge of Maccabees. The gang drove
here in a rig stolen at Helena where
they had previously looted the gen.
raj store of L. f. Weaver of valuable
merchandise and small amount of
cash.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28
"PASSES THE DEAD LINE"
A Southern Magazine Rejected Serial
Story Wherein the Heroine Was Forced
TO Marry n Negro.

Atlanta, Ga, Nov. 23.-Because a
beautiful young white woman, the
heroine in Sir Walter Besant's serial
story, mo Other Way" is forced to
marry negro criminal, the Sunny
South. leading literary weekly of
the south. has announced the discon-
tinuunrr- NJ the pubfirHttUn Of the
story. The Sunny South declares the
story. passes the dead line of southern
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28
Must Not BE a Charge.

Topeka. Kfn.. Nov. a233.-tiov. STAN
ley's attention having been called to
the advent of a shipment of New York
foundlings to Kansas, he will ask the
state board of charities to ascertain
if the men who brought them here
have furnished guaranty that they
will not become a charge upon the
state
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28
Children Drank Poisoned Milk.

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 23.-Five
small children in the family of Police
Officer Connors drank milk at their
luncheon and few hours later all be-
came sick. Ptomaine poisoning was
the cause. Two physicians were
called, and after an hours treatment
all were declared out of danger.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28

Philadelphia. Nov. 23.--The expend-
itures to be made by the Pennsylva-
mia Railroad company i'm 1902 for roll
ing stock will aggregate $25,0O0,000, a
sum unprecedented in railroad his
tory. OF this amount about $4,000
600 will be for ears and the other &c.
100000 for locomotives.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28
The Daily OIL "Craxe,'

Brookville, Kan, Nov. 23.-Brook-
vile is undergoing the first stages of
an oil craze. Indications of oil have
been discovered near town. Leases
have been secured on several thou
sand acres of land.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28
Mush Is the Scene of Riots.

Constantinople, Nov. ga band
of Armenian revolutionists command
ed by an individual named Andranik
has seized an Armenian convent in
the neighborhood of Mush and is now
entrenched therein. The convent is
surrounded by troops.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28
Reginald Vanderbilt to MARRY.

New York, Nov. 23.-Reginald Van
lerbilt, fourth son of the late Corne-
Illus Vanderbilt, will wed Miss Kath-
leen Nelson, New York belle Of re-
markable beauty, who is yet in her
teens. Reginald Vanderbilt is stu
dent at Yale.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28
A Rough Rider for Governor.

Washington, Nov. 23.-Col. A. O.
Brodie, formerly of the trough rid
ers," is slated for appointment as gov.
ernor of Arizona. Nathan Cakes Muir.
ply, the present governor of Arizona
is serving the unexpired term of Gov.
McCord.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28
DIR. Cartel Must Hang.

Butler, Mo-, Nov. 23.-The jury in
the trial of DR.. James L. Cartel for
murder Of d. B. Donagon brought in
q verdict of murder in the first de-
gree. The defendant was perfectly
unconcerned and read a newspaper
while the verdict was read.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28
Afflicted Youth Tries Suicide.

Mount Hope, Kan, Nov. 23.-Be-
cause he was made blind and deaf by
a malignant attack of catarrh Claude
Williamson, son of a prominent farm
er, last night made third attempt to
commit suicide, but physicians saved
his life.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28
Gigantic Interests of Liquor Traffic.

Washington, Nov. 23-Indications
multiply that the whisky distillers
intend to make tremendous effort
to have their tax reduced from $1.10
a gallon to 20 cents. The stake
amounts to something like 100000, 900.
The distillers at present have in bond
in this country 14s,O74,471 gallons of
whisky.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28
Many Boer Captures Renort.d.

Pretoria, Nov. 23.-Many more cap
lures are reported in the Transvaal
and Orange River Colony. In the
southeastern district of the Trans
vaal the British troops are still deal
ing with isolated parties of Beers.
The captures are generally of small
parties.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28
Russls Belittlea England,

st. Petersburg, Nov. 23.-The Novoe
Vremya belittles Great Britain, say.
ing she has fallen greatly from her
former high estate, as is shown by
her concessions to the United States
and Germany.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28
Speed VIII Not Accept.

Washington, Nov. 23.-Horace c.
Speed, United States attorney for Ok
lahoma, is here. He will not accept
the governorship of Oklahoma, which
was recently tended him.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28
Flows SO. 600 600 reet . p.v

Upton, Ind, Nov. asa 5o,0oO, 600
foot gas well came in on the Hobbs
farm, four miles south of this city.
When the flow came in the drillers
had TO run for their lives.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28
Telephone Manager In Trouble,

Atchison, Kan. Nov. 23.-Ernest
Gemeny, local manager for the Mis-
souri, & Kansas Telephone company,
was arrested on warrant charging
him with embezzling $1,000 from the
company.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28
Negro Desertsrs In Luxon.

Manila, Nov. 23.-It has been off,
cially reported to Gen. Chaffee that
the insurgent leader Cabellos has 500
fully armed men, including a number
Of American negroes, under his COM
mand in Laguns province, Luzon.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28
Boy Stole 40 Diamond Rings.

st, Louis. Nov. 2a.-Percy Vance,
aged 10, was arrested here and taken
back to Chicago to answer to the
charge of stealing 40 diamond rings,
valued at 5000, from his employers.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28
schIsy Accepts Only Two.

Washington. Nov. 2a.-Rear. Admi-
raj Schley has accepted invitations 10
attend banquets at Chicago snd Nom
phis. No other than these two wfu be
accepted.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28

Norfolk, Neb., ". SIT II re-
ported that the Norfolk asylum for
the ,insaae, which. was burned recent
ly, win not be rebuilt. The institu-
tioa win be removed to Lincoln.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28

Secretary Of the President George
B. Cortelyou and Mrs.. Cortelyou are
1t Canton, o. on brisf social visit
- Nm. Mckinley.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28
X. G. Pittsburg & Gulf Time Table

Arrival and departure Of trains Of Worland.
NORTH BOUND
No | Kansas City daily Express l2:49p. m.
Nos Mail ...,.. SAT- 8. N.
SOUTH ROUND,
No. Through Port Arthur Express, 2:4lp. m
No. SLOAN Springs Express. 49,. .ls:2bp ~
Remember this 10 the popular short line$e<
Joplin. Mo. Neosho, No, Sulphur SPRING..
Ark, Sloan Springs. Ark, and the direct
route from the south to St. Louis. Chicago,
and points north and northeast and 10 Denver,
Ogden, San Francisco. Portland and points
spared to make the passenger equipment Of
shis line second to none In the west Travel
via the new line nc OaR
9enpPass Agt.. Kansas City, No
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28
Twenty Five Millions for Equipment.

sentiment
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-28
p. l., Payne, M. D.

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
once over Nichols Shoe Store, East Side
Square. Residence on Ohio street. 2nd door
east Of West School building. south side. eff
Rock Island Argus., 1901-10-08
TELEGRAPHIc BRIEFS.

The county court house at AleXan-
dria. =. D.. burned Sunday, together
with nearly all the county records.
The United States supreme court
will reconvene next Monday. Oct. II,
after a recess of four months.
Emperor William has left Romin-
ten. having killed twenty-one stays
during the fortnight he spent there.
General Macarthur has arrived in
Washington.
The directors of the United States
Express company have declared Il
semi-annual dividend of , per cent.
Reports from various parts of Ger
many tell of violent storms.
Immigration at New York last year
aggregated 453. .496 persons and showed
an increase from southern Europe and
Asia.
A 6-year-old boy has been found
murdered ut New York. His name
was Albert Ryan.
Mrs. A j. Wilmer is held at Day
ton, o., on suspicion of having COM
Elitted fourteen murders. including
four husbands and five children.
John Ketes, a stockman from Gales
Vile. Wis. was probably fatally
crushed while attempting to board a
cabooSe at the stock yards, Chicago.
A bank at Nome has been swindled
out of $1,000 by bogus checks.
\ Danish cruiser will start Oct. 10
from Copenhagen on visit of cour-
tesy to the United States.
President Seth Low has delivered
his farewell address to the officers and
students of Columbia university. he
being a candidate for mayor of New
York
Rock Island Argus., 1901-10-08

the coming tower and exclaimed TO
me: WHAT'S that off our Starboard
quarter looked in that direction
and saw the heavy bow of ship. and
said: That must be the MaSsachu-
setts.' He said: No; it could not be
the Massachusetts: she has gone TO
Guantanamo l said: 1t must be the
Oregon and he remarked: God bless
the Oregon / said: Well, l am very
glad TO see her. The Oregon was at
that time about. 1 should say. 400 or
500 yards off our starboard quarter, ut
full speed"
In short, the witness said the Brook
lyn got into action as quick as she
could, and then did the best she could
in the fighting
Rock Island Argus., 1901-10-08
sampsou Not Likely to Testify.
PIrH OF THE CONTROVERSY
Between SchIey and HOdgson-WItness
Examined by Rsyner.

Between Schley and HOdgsOn-WItness
Examined by Rsyner.
The nub of the correspondence with
Schley is about this: Schley wanted
Hodgson to deny this grOteSque lie, -
meaning the story that he (SchleyT said
Damn the Texas" HodgsOn thought
the "groteSque lie' was the newspa-
per's representation of him (HodgsOn)
carrying ON a controversy with his
commanding officer in the midst of a
battle. This last he denied, but he
stuck TO the statement that Schley
wanted denied.
Rayner began his croSs-eXamination
by asking HOdgsOn whether the Mar
blehead had hailed the Brooklyn when
the two vessels passed each other as
the Brooklyn was on her way to Glen
fuegos. The witness replied in the
negative. Commander Hodgson said
he had seen the lights on the shore at
.Cienfuegos which were afterward de-
termined to be signals. but supposed
they We're signals between different
branches of the Spanish forces on
shore.
Referring to the distance away from
the enemy that the Brooklyn made
while executing her loop the witness
said ii was about GOO yards; not 1000
as others had said; and the loop was
made in the quickest way, the vessel
firing all the time from her batteries
as they came into range. During the
chase after the dOns HOdgsOn at one
time remarked to Captain Cook that
il seemed rather lonely for us out
there He asked 'Whyy' l said that
we were all alone with the three Span
ish vessels, and it seemed that it de-
pended upon us to knock them out"
1t turned out, however, that the
Brooklyn wasn't so lonesome as she
seemed. The smoke was thick all
around. and ii is a naval axiom that
ship only hears its own guns. Hodg-
son proceeded: He stepped out of
Rock Island Argus., 1901-10-08
LAST WORDS OF MCKINLEY.
Statement ON That subject by DIR. Mann,
who Heard Them.

Washington, Oct. S.-Ohioans liv-
ing here held a memorial meeting Sun
day night at which was read letter
from DIR. NJ. b. Mann, one of President
AEcKinley's physicians as he lay
wounded to the death at Buffalo. The
letter gives the last words of the dy-
ing president as heard by DR.. Mann,
and says:
AS President Mckinley was dying
stood behind a screen I'm his room
and heard him say his last words. His
wife came into the room and he said
TO her Goodbye. all. goodbye. 1t
Is Gods way. His will be done, not
ours There was some further con-
versatiOn with his wife in the way of
leave taking, but this should not be
repeated.
About an hour later he said to his
wife: Nearer my God TO Thee, e'en
though it be cross. has been my con-
slant prayer He tried to say some
thing more, but I could not catch il.
i gave out at the time the first sen
tence as being the most appropriate
TO be remembered as his last words.
wrote them down at the time. so
that there can be no question about
1t"
Rock Island Argus., 1901-10-08
AMIsH NEED NOT SWEAR.
Scot Gains It's Contention as to the Oath on
Tax Schedules


Wabash. Ind. Oct. S.-For several
years there has been much friction be-
tween the tax officers OF Adams coun-
ty and the members of the Amish
church. who reside in the county in
large numbers, and own much valuable
real estate. The county assessor di-
rected his deputies to require all
Amlshmen to make oath to their tax
returns. and mOst.of the radical mem
bers of the church refused to do SO,
asserting that the creed of the denom-
ination forbade them TO swear
The assessor refused to accept the
lists. and fled complaints against them
in Justices courts, and t1ley were fined
Finally members of the denomination
around Berne made a protest to the
attorney general. They said that while
they were willing to affirm they could
not make oath. and asked him to grant
them that concession. Attorney Gen
eral Taylor sustains the churchmen.
The Amish are Jelated over their vic
tory
Rock Island Argus., 1901-10-08
sure Proof.

When France and Germany were at
war, an Englishman was arrested by
the French AL accused of being a
German spy. A letter dated Berlin"
and signed by his mother was found
upon him. He was tried by drumhead
court martial and condemned to be
shot.
On the way to the place of execution
he said that he had left something be-
hind and insisted on going back for it.
"You can't go back was the reply.
"You are about to be shot
II can't help that" said he. Il have
left something. and 1 must get it."
What have you left?"
"My umbrella
That settled it. He was released. No
enc but an Englishman, said his cap
tors. could be such a thorOughgoing
imbecile as that.