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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-08-01
Rich Farmer Threatened

Mattoon, ILL.,. July 29.-Richard
Hearne, wealthy retired farmer OF
this city. has received three threaten.
ing letters demanding $4,000. or his
only daughter, Maud. 13 years old.
would be kidnapped and put to death
with terrible torture.
The third missive, received to-day.
caused Hearne great uneasiness and
thepolice were made cognizant OF the
affair. Threats were made that both
Hearne and his daughter would Be
captured, the latter be tortured in
her parents presence. her ewes burn
ed out and heart cut from the BODY.
Afterwards Hearne would also be
killed.
Hearne does not allow his dauch-
ter to leave his side. He Is a widow
er. owns 1000 acres of land near the
city and is worth $4,000.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-08-01
PAIN ALI GONE.

HaTe taken vollT medicine with :ke greatest
salz-iactioI- writes Ms George RieHI. Of LEX
Pr station WestH0reland Co Peuua- -You-
EaEo-zte prescription has cured ne Of uterine
trouble that suffered from for afte-- Yeas ard
pa.14il- monthly troubles car honestly saw
G@1 ~c-k \ whole day and not get tired. and
oefo-S taxing Dr. PIe-ce's --e5ic1reS at~z-s
lstI 1i-sE- Ny pz1z L all gone and feel ike a
new person suffered With headache all the
lEE-e- DIT have 10 headache now since taxing
EolT medicine have been cured q troubles
ka1L ! suffered from f0- fifteen wears ard the
Oe~' Gocto- II the STATE could not cure re
Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
ADVISER, n paper covers. Is sent frss on
RECEIPT OF II oue-ceut stamps 70 pav
expense OF mailing only. Address DR..
R Y. Pierce. Buffalo. -. Y.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-08-01

Mrs Lulu Prince Kennedy. who
killed her husband Philip Kennedy.
in the New Ridge building, Kansas
City, last January, and convicted Of
murder in the second degree and SEN
fenced TO the penitentiarv for ten
years. has furnished bond in the Snm
OF $4,000 and was released from
Jail Monday pending an appeal OF
her case TO the supreme court.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-08-01

We were satisfied that Bro. Wade.
after mature consideration, in his
calmer moments, would repudiate his
baseless insinuations that something
is wrong with our county officials.
The old gag that somebody be-
bieves, or that somebody" charges
that something is wrong is too trans
parent to hold.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-08-01
Inheritance Tax Law.
sIer5on City Press.

eIerson City Press
State Auditor Alien mas just had
printed. in pamphier form. conven-
ientfor the Use OF the officers charged
with its enforcement. the collateral
Inheritance tax law with brief digest
ofsame and forms for Use III carrying
its provisions into effect. which he
has compiled and prepared with la
boTious care. About $4,000 Of
this tax has been collected aud paid
into the State Treasury.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-08-01

\ transcript of court records from
Jefferson county, Nebraska. showing
that in indictment was found
against G. f. Mcdonald for ATTEMPT
ing TO bride a county commissioner
to secure Il contract, and TO which
indictment Mcdonald plead guilty
and was fined $500, is sprung on the
public. Mcdonald claims that it
was a matchmaking scheme by the
county clerk who afterwards commit
ted suicide by hanging himself: that
the governor OF Nebraska promptly
RENTED the fine after investigation.
and he has d letter from Ex-Governor
John NJ. Thayer. of Lincoln. dated
July %, 1901. in which he said that
he had RENTED the fine because he
found after investigation that it had
been uniustly imposed.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-08-01

Congressman Champ Clark favors
nominating candidate for the
United States senate to succeed Sen
ator Vest, by primary election
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-08-01

The Sedalia public library, the gift
of Andrew Carnegie, which has lust
been completed at cost of $50, 1000,
was formally dedicated Tuesday.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-08-01
The Missouri State University Library

The University library will have
30, 900 books on it's shelves bv Sep
TENDER l. This does not seem such
remarkably large number OF books
but il one would think for moment
that it would take more than ninety
years to read them all, reading a
book per day, the number is large.
The books are on all subjects and
are open to the use OF all students.
A card-catalOgue is now being made.
which when completed will render the
library much more useful for. by the
means of it, every book of the 30. 900
pertaining to any given subject can
be found in a very few minutes The
general library is in academic hall
These books have been chosen within
the last ten years by experts. are up
tO-date, and are in every way equal
in serviceableness to many collections
of 100000 made years ago.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-08-01

Gen. r. c. Horne will after August
1st succeed VI. Y. Carroll as chief
clerk in the office of labor commits
aioupr
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-08-01

No state in the unian is better pre-
pared to stand a drought than i'm
perial Missouri. She will rise and
come again.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-08-01

A corner on potatoes caused the
price to Jump 10 $3.50 per barrel in
CINCINNATI.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-08-01

The WEEKLY TIMES, published every
thursday. Will be sent TO any address
me year, postage paid, for 500.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-08-01

enCe- On those
DAYS each month.
when in other cir
cum stances sll
would 20 70 bed,
She must still be
At I'll { desk or
counter and st-ug-
gle through the
day as best she
may
Backache, head
ache. and other
pains caused By
wonauly diseases
are perfectly cured
BY DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vOrite Prescrip-
ton. It cures
the cause of these
pains. Il escab-
fishes regularity,
dries embedding
drains, heals IN
daumatiOu and
u { Grafton and
cures female weak
Z : ; 5. It makes
zszE zc,1,1fen
strong and slck
NOM - NIL
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-08-01

An epidemic Of typhoid fever Is
raging in Chicago.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-08-01

All day long and racking with pain from
her head to her heels. That is what
many self-suppo-ting girl must expert
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-08-01

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-08-01
(1tlCura
\ SOAP =

Millions OF WoaRS use CCTTcURA SOAP.
assisted BY CCTICUKA OTsTNKST, for beau,
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the stopping Of falling hair. for sOftening,
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hand-, for baby ra-be-. itchiDgs, and irrfta-
lions, and for all the purposes u the toilet,
bath, and nursery. Millions Of Women use
CUTCCRA SOAP IN baths for annoying Irrita-
tiOH-, Inflammation, and excavations, or TOO
free or offensive Precipitation, ia washes for
Lucrative weakuesses, and for many sana
tive, antisep;ic purposes, which readily s1z
gestthemseIves 70 women, especially mothers.
CTTTCURA SOAP combines in one soap a. one
price. the best kin and complexion soap and
the best toilet and baby soap IL the world
Complete Treatment for Every Humor.
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fCTTCCEA DIST1E~T. 70 instantly ailzy itcb-
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AID heal, and CUTTCCEA REzyLF KST, 20 cool
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Sufficient ~ cure the most tOrtuYing. dishgur-
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E1n4oTs, with loss Of hair, when All else fails-
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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-08-01

siOner.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-11
WARREN.

Mrs. Geo. o. Boyce of Montpelier
visited at l.. H. Brigham's recently.
DR.. Hamlin and Vaughn Brown
| visited Leon Brown in Randolph one
day lately.
Mrs. Elwood Go.e and Mrs. viii
Terrio were in Lincoln Wednesday.
Will Poland and wife are visiting
in Lincoln at present.
Mrs. Jeanette McAllster and Mrs.
AlmuS Stevens have been the guests
of relatives in South DuXbury and
Bolton for the past few days.
Mrs. Homer Hayes of Granville was
a guest of P. B. Hayes one day last
week.
Mrs. L. Fl. Brigham has been on
the sick list lately but is reported bet.
ter.
Miss Ethel Prosser of Rochester
was the guest Of her aunt, Mrs. God.
frey Summer, last week.
A young son OF Will Thayer is quite
Ill with erysipelas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Town were call
ed to Barre last week by the death Of
their uncle.
George Greenwood has gone to Mid
dlesex to work for couple of months.
Mrs. Greenwood and Master Harley
are spending the time at her home in
Waitsfeld.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-11
A. Smooth asian egg,

You don't want your head that way
You want your hair glossy and thick.
Use DR.. Whites Electric Comb and
your hair will not Fall out and you
will be troubled no more with dan
druff or other scalp diseases. Sold o 1
a written guarantee. Live agents
wanted everywhere. Send SOC post
age for one. D. N. Rose, Gen. Mgr,
Decatur, Ill.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-11

Will be one lot of Dark Prints in soo,
nice soft finish, suitable for Comfor,er. WV
Dire SEES. The price Tor Saturday only
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-16
HOUSE COMMITTEES AT WORK.
They Meet Immediately After the Ad-
journment of that Body.

Several of the House committees met
Yesterday afternoon immediately on the
adjournment OF the House and got down
TO business at once. One of the most i'm
portant of the meetings was that of the
committee on elections. of which j. III.
Mnturn is chairman. This committee has
a contest to decide. Abraham Skidmore's
seat in the House is being contested by
Arthur L. Cooper The case comes from
Clinton county Skidmore is a Democrat.
and his election is being contested on the
grounds of illegal voting. The committee
yesterday opened the documents i'm the
case and looked them over There are
lumber of dispositions to be examined. and
some oral evidence will probably have to
be taken The chairman OF the committee
was instructed to correspond with the at
torneys on both sides as TO when IL will
suit them TO appear with their witnesses.
The committee took up the primary cleo
ton bill and discussed IL at some length.
II was decided TO have copies OF the bill
printed so that each member of the COM
mfttee may examine the measure and
thoroughly acquaint himself with its de-
tails The committee has another bin to
investigate bearing on elections. This is a
bill relating TO the buying and selling OF
votes. Ii was introduced by Mr.. Slack
Democratic representative from Morgan
county. committee OF one was appointed
TO examine the bill and ascertain whether
or not Il will conflict with any other
statute. The elections committee Is COM
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-16
THE SENATORIAL HoLD-up

Senator Beverage is reported as saying
10 reporter that he took the days in which
a few men are filibustering over the bill to
reorganize the army to run home and attend
the Inauguration of Governor Durbin and
look after few private matters. If the
junior senator did not say that. he could
have done so with the utmost propriety
A few senators like Teller. Pettigrew. AL
len. Butler and Tillman are preventing the
majority from coming to a vote on the bill
by wasting the time in idle chatter and
irrelevant speech. They cannot change a
vote. Even what they say is not listened
10 by senators and will be read by the com
paratively insignificant number of the
American people who receive the Congress
sional Record free and have no better use
for their time than 10 read it. Senator
Beverage. under the circumstances. does
well to come home and mingle with con-
stituents. since. IL he should remain in
Washington. all that he could do would
be 10 await the pleasure or the physical
exhaustion of the four or five filibusters.
Many viii ask why seventy or eighty
senator's. who are ready TO dispose of that
important bill permit this insignificant
number OF misfits in the Senate to hold Il
up for ten days or two weeks. or as long
as they may choose. This is the question
which practical people all over the country
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-16

The bill introduced yesterday afternoon
by Representative Muller, OF vanderburs
county. provides for the erection OF an
institution for the deaf and dumb near the
city of Evansville. The bill would ap-
propriate $4,000 for the erection Of the
building and $4,000 a year for current ex-
penses. 1t is proposed to vest the man.
agement in three trustees TO be appointed
by the Governor. The bill provides that
each trustee is to receive $1,000 year sal
airy and his travelling expenses Ii is said
that citizens OF Evansville will pay the
State bonus to have the institution erect
ed there.
One Of the measures that will be of in
terest to many is the one introduced yester-
day by Mr.. Kirkman. joint Representative
from Fayette and Wayne counties. IL is
a bill to regulate the taking of fish from
the waters of the State. IL forbids, among
other things. the use of spear, seine, pond
net. gill net. dip net, etc. except In lakes.
private ponds and the Ohio river One
section regulates the number of black bass
to be taken or possessed. and another linn
its trot lines to fifty hooks The sale Of
game fish caught In the waters of the
State is forbidden. The bill revokes IL
censes to own or possess seines, issued
under the law OF 1899. and provides for the
return of license fees on the return or
Seines.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-16

Governor Durbin declared himself thor
oughly in accord with the impressive max
i'm first uttered by the late distinguished
jurist, Judge Cooley, that "a public office
is a public trust" The principle is SO
just and obvious that 1t must have occurred
to statesmen of earlier times than ours.
Matthew Henry, the celebrated c6mmenta-
tor on the Scriptures, wrote: 'It is not
fit the public trusts should be lodged in
the hands of any till they are first proved
and found fit for the business they are to be
intrusted with" This implies the merit
system. Thomas Jefferson said in 1907,
when man assumes public trust he
should consider himself as public prop
erty." In a speech delivered by John c.
Calhoun in 1885, the South Carolina states
man said 1.-THE very essence of free gov
eminent consists in considering offices as
public trusts, bestowed for the good of the
country and not for the benefit of an in
dividual or a party" Charles Sumner said
in 1872: 1.-THE phrase public office is a pub
lie trust has of late become common prop
erty." Dorman B. Eaton, president of the
Civil-service Commission wrote in 1881,
1.-THE public offices are public trusts" and
ex-Mayor Abram S. Hewitt, of New York,
said In 1883, Public office is public trust"
President Hayes put the same idea in good
form in his inaugural address in 1877. when
he said: HE serves his party best who
serves his country best" 1t matters little,
however, where the idea originated. The
important point is it's growing prevalence
and force in Indiana.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-16
WILLIAM p. FIsnBAcK.

The death of William Pinckney Fish
back removes an interesting and some
time conspicuous personality from the
community. Coming here in the early
fifties, when the city had less than twenty
thousand population, and bringing with
HIM a mental and professional equipment
such as few young lawyers of the time
possessed. he soon became prominent In
social. professional and political circles.
He possessed in high degree some of the
prime qualities of lawyer-an exception
ally keen and clear intellect, remarkable
analytical power fine legal acumen and
ouicknes of perception, mind well dis
ciplined by study, retentive and re-
sponsive memory, andunusual felicity OF
diction. These qualities brought him rapid
success at the bar and also popularity as
political speaker. His qualifications as
lawyer did not include the judicial temper
ament, and while he was calculated TO
shine as trial lawyer and advocate he
would have been grievously out of place
on the bench. Nature never intended him
for a Judge 1t Is probable that II he had
been called to serve in that capacity his
judicial opinions would have consisted
largely of obiter dicta, which, interesting
as they might have been, would have in
numbered a judicial record. Mr.. Fishback's
intellect overshadowed his affections. His
watch movement, so far outclassed his
body that in his best days people wondered
how so slight man physically could do so
much work. He had the toughness that
belongs to finely tempered steel. Outside
of his purely intellectual qualities his domi-
nant Characteristic was his consciousness
or disposition TO criticise. This often took
the form of scathing sarcasm or bitter
satire. In the exercise of this quality he
spared neither friend nor foe. Yet with
him, ii seemed to be more an intellectual
habit than a matter of malice. He was
not vindictive and could laugh lightly at
wounds he had inflicted as if it were rather
joke. In argument or controversy he was
so intent on making his point that he was
merciless in exposing the weakness of his
to be considered an adversary. Nothing
excited his wrath more than can't dishon-
esty or injustice, though he was some
times unjust in his own criticisms. His
power of vituperation was great that
its exercise seemed to be a sort of intel
leotual pastime. and he would go out OF
his way to find objects or subjects for ii
in matters that did not concern him
But this trait Of his character was super
fetal, and his deeper nature was kindly
genial and lovable. He was a charming
writer. and the columns of the Journal
have contained many brilliant contribu-
| tions from his pen, once active and mill
tant in every good cause, but now silent
| forever.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-16
THE DECISION In THE NEELY CASE.

The decision of the United States Supreme
Court in the Nicely case illustrates, as they
have often been illustrated before, the i'm
movable equity of that great tribunal and
its infallible quality of getting at the heart
of justice in spite of intervening obstacles.
Everybody knew that Nicely had committed
an outrageous crime and ought to be pun
lous relations to Cuba, his lawyers sue
ceeded in raising so many legal and inter-
national doubts that many persons predict
ed he would escape punishment or even
prosecution The Supreme Court brushes
these doubts and bubbles aside, lifts the
puts it on the broad and solid ground Of
justice. The essential point of the decision
is that an American citizen who commits
a crime in foreign country must submit
to such mode of trial and punishment as
the laws of that country may prescribe.
unless different mode be provided for by
treaty stipulations between that country
and the United States. In reaching this
conclusion the court effectually disposed of
some political contentions-such as that the
independence of Cuba was recognized By
the United States at the beginning of the
war with Spain; that the temporary occu-
pancy and military control of the island
by the United States is unconstitutional:
that courts established in the island under
orders issued by the military governor are
invalid; that the act of Congress of June
6. 1900 extending the extradition act to
Cuba was unconstitutional because Cuba
was not a foreign country, etc. By deciding
adversely to all of these contentious the
court has cleared the ground of all inter-
national complications between the United
States and Cuba and defined the respective
positions of the two countries so clearly
and exactly that there is no room for
further discussion of the subject. Mr..
Nicely will be sent back to Cuba TO get his
deserts. and Democratic politicians will
have to turn their batteries from the adj
ministration against the Supreme Court
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-16
FLOOD OF BILLS.

dren to attend school between the
ages of seven and sixteen, but where chill
dren between the ages of fourteen and six
teen have to work for the support Of
parents they cannot be compelled to attend
school more than twelve consecutive weeks
each year.
Mr.. Mummert introduced a bill regulating
the sale of personal property, providing
for the recording of instruments pertain
ing TO the same with the county recorder.
and making violation of the act mis-
demeanor.
The House adjourned about noon until 2
o'clock. AT that hour the roll call Of coun-
ties for the Introduction of bills was con-
tinued. This work was finished about 8
o'clock The House will convene again at
o'clock this morning
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-16

The Senate committee on contests will
meet this afternoon at o'clock in Room 4
of the Statehouse TO take up the Fleming
Ryan contest for a seat in the Indiana
Senate. Mr.. Ryan was elected i'm 1888 on
the Democratic ticket to succeed Senator
Bobilya In the district then composed OF
the counties of Allen and Whitley. Senator
Bobilya resigned. Mr.. Fleming was nomi-
mated this year on the theory that Ryan
had been elected only to serve out the rn-
expired term of Senator Bobilya- Ryan
claims the seat as holdover senator. in
spite of the fact that the Legislature OF
1897 changed the district so as to be COM
posed OF Allen and Adams counties. An in
teresting constitutional question Is Involved
in the case. The Constitution provides that
twenty-five senators shall be elected every
two years, so that there shall always be
twenty-five holdovers. II Ryan wins the
contest, there will be twenty-six followers
I'm the Senate hereafter. Very little testf-
mony will be adduced. but the time of the
committee will be mainly consumed in lis
tening to arguments OF attorneys for Ryan
and Fleming. Frederick K. Matson Is chair
man of the committee.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-16

have been asking ever since the majority
of the Senate has been dominated by an
insignificant minority whenever the latter
has pleased to assert itself. There has been
no answer but the longtime precedent of
senatorial courtesy and that the Senate is
a deliberative body which holds to free and
unlimited discussion. 1t is no answer.
since there is no courtesy in sixty or eighty
senator's being kept from legislating by
half dozen members who show no courtesy
for anybody. Simply 10 waste valuable
time and to put in jeopardy the interests
of the country is not debate. but hold-up.
The passage of the bill for the rcorganiza-
ton Of the army Is measure Of the ut
most importance-yes, urgency. Delay is
harmful-a fact that the filibusters well
understand.
Why should the American Senate longer
tolerate this increasing practice of filibus-
tering? Why should a majority of the
ablest and most dignified legislative body
in the world be driven as a last resort to
sit out and wear out a half dozen filibus-
AS to precedent, where is the precedent for
filibustering? Why should it not be extir-
pated as hostile to the legislative respon-
sibility of the majority? IT seems to a large
portion of the American people who do
not visit Washington that it is time the
precedent which encourages the tyranny
of small minority should be ignored. Sen
atorial reform would seem to be a subject
to which senators like Mr.. Beveridge might
devote some time, to the great benefit of
the Senate and the country.