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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-02
EVEN SPAIN WAS
NOT so CRUEL.
Brvan's Severe Arrangement of
the Philippine Tariff Bill
Passed by the House.
Shameless Legislation.

Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 27.-The recent
passage of the Philippine tariff bill
by the Republicans in the house of
representatives calls forth strong
criticism from William J. Bryan in
this weeks issue of the Commoner
He says:
"The Philippines tariff measure has
passed the house of representatives
practically by a party vote, 1t is
one of the most shameless pieces of
legislationever proposed by any par
ty and it ought to seal the political
fate of every man who supports it.
England, in her oppression. of the
American colonies, was never guilty
OF anything more tyrannical, and
even Spain, whose despotism aroused
our country to armed protest in be-
half of Cuba-even Spain lacked the
refined cruelty which Republican
leaders practiced with seemingenioy-
ment.
"While the West Indies were under
the rule of the Castilian they enjoyed
free trade with the mother country
and had representation in the impe-
rial parliament, but the Filipinos,
after cooperating with us against
Spain, were bought like chattels from
a vanquished foe and placed under
the control of high-priced carpet.bag
officials. Now they are to be shut
out of commercial intercourse with
the United States by high tariff
wall constructed to enable few
American manufacturers to grow rich
at the expense OF the rest of the peo-
pie and denied representation in the
legislature which taxes them.
1.-THE Democrats in the house of
-represeat atiEes- AAtatre-rrrut v
strengthened their party by their
vigorous opposition to the measure.
The short TIME given for debate in
the house makes it imperative that
the Democrats of the senate shall
present to the public through the
Congressional Record the facts rela-
tive to colonialsm as thus far devel-
oped.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-02
CAUSED BY HIS SORROW.
Shot Himself Dead Because His Little
Friend Was Drowned.

Middlesboro, Ky. Dec. 2J.-Char-
les Preston, aged about 30, and little
Jessie Marion went out for sleigh
ride on Powell river across the Cum
berland mountains tonight. Pres
ton had been IA friend OF the Marion
family for many years and felt a keen
delight in entertaining the daughter,
who was the pride of her mothers
heart and the idol of her father. Pres
ton promised the parents OF the girl
to return with her at u stated hour,
and when they failed to put in their
appearance the household became
somewhat alarmed, but renewing
faith in the mans ability to takecare
of himself as we'll MS their daughter
the anxious parents hoped and pray
ed for the safety of both. Not until
Preston came back without their
child did their worst fears surge in
their breasts, and when he related
that their daughter was no more
they were frantic with grief.
After announcing to them the death
ofthe Girl Preston related the mourn
full details. He then fired bullet in
his brain and died.
According to Preston's story, he
had driven too far out on the frozen
river with his horse and sleigh. The
Ice was thinner than he thought, and
when he heard a crack he said he
knew they were in danger.
In less time than it takes to tell it
he tried to turn his horse toward
shore. but it was too late. In the
twinkling OF an eye the ice was giving
away. Preston leaped out and turn
cd to snatch the girl from the sleigh,
but it had already overturned and
been engulied in the water, and little
Jessie was drowned.
Prestons grief was equally keen as
that suffered by his listeners, and in
a moment of temporary alteration
he ended his own life in theirpresence
by shooting himself through the
head. His own death has mernlN
served to accentuate the sorrow of
the stricken family, and the sad end
ING oi the sleigh ride has moved all
hearts TO genuine pity and SYM
pathy.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-02
kept Wedding a Secret Five Years.

Kansas City. Mo-, Dee. 2S.-An-
tU.dd'T-uf
the marriage of Will L. Murray to
Miss Nancy Washburn, now Il resi-
dent of Chicago. but formerly living
here with her mother. SimuItane-
ously comes the intelligence that the
couple were married as long ago as
1896. Fear OF a fathers angercaus-
ed the couple to keep the ceremony II
secret. During all the interval the
couple have lived 800 miles apart.
Except for occasional excursions to
Chicago, Mr.. Murray's acquaintance
with his wife was by mail
Mr., Murrayis the son of the Junior
partner of the big grocery firm OF
Guernsey 4 Murray. Ten years ago
a Miss Murray married against the
wishes of her father, and to this day
has not been forgiven. Fearing a
like fate, when Will married he was
afraid to lct-fiis--fatt1rr- know. Six
months ago he informed his brother,
and yesterday the brother broke the
news to the father, who said they
need not have kept it secret a min
ute. Telegraph for the girl, was
his Injunction.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-02

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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-02
City Marshal Slain.

Boonville. Mo-, December 25.-Ed.
Middleton. marshal of New Franklin.
was shot and killed by Walter Lee in
front OF Davis Bros livery stables at
TINT place at fU:30 last night. Lee
had been giving the marshal consid-
cradle trouble during the eyeningand
finally was ordered to leave Main
street or be locked up. He refused to
leave, whereupon the marshal start
ed toward him, when Lee pulled his
revolver and shot Middleton in the
left temple. The officer died in a
short time. Lee was Immediately
arrested and taken to Fayette and
placed in Jail. An inquest was held
over the body of Middleton this after
noon and a verdict of murderreturn-
ed. Lee is the son of n. Lee, of New
Franklin, and is prominently con-
nected He is about u years old.
The murdered man was 30 years old,
single, and was elected to the office
of marshal of New Franklin last
April. He had but one arm and was
a former NJ, X. and T. railway con-
ductor.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-02
Senator Teller Indignant.

Washington, Dec. Ex-senator
Henry NJ. Teller, of Colorado, to-day
dictated the following statement
corning the rebuke of the war depart
ment to Gen. Miles:
Il think the whole proceedingfrom
the commencement to the present
time and the attack on Admiral
Schley, has been most disgraceful on
the part of the navyedepartment.
When Gen. Miles simply says that he
is in accord with Admiral Dewey, the
war department calls him to account
and delivers severe reprimand, a
reprimand that couched, as it is, /
do not hesitate to characterize as in
decent.
The American people will pay no
attention to the decision of the ma
iority of the court. They will be sat
isfied with the opinion of Admiral
Dewey, for they know that he is a
better Judge of good naval conduct
than either secretary Of the navy or
his edmirals."
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-02
Judge Peden Yields.

Kansas City, Mo-. December 90
Judge S. C. Peden, one of the three
st. Clair county Judges who have
been fugitives and imprisoned, be-
cause they have refused to vote GER
tain railroad bonds in violation OF
the order of the federal court, ap-
peared before Judge Philips, of the
federalcourt, here to-day, and agreed
to obey the order of the court il such
action would secure his liberty. Judge
Peden was instructed to give a bond
OF 81, 500 to insure the execution Of
his promise. He will be released when
he secures the bond. He ie in thf
county Jail here, and his AT torney is
trying to obtain the necessary bonds
men.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-02

President Roosevelt lays particu-
lar stress upon our love of peace and
our desire to be at peace with the
world. 1t will shock him to read the
latest treasury bulletin and learn
that the expenditures of the war de.
partment for the present fiscal year
exceed by more than three millions
the civil and miscellaneous expendi-
lures. According to that showing
the only department with greaterex,
penditures is the pension office, and
that includes pensions paid to the
survivors of all Of our wn~s IT,
navy department COMES tours /, uith
an expendiI ure nearly twr.n- tnrp.
as the nations interest arcuunt :
The Commoner.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-02
Mayor COmbe is Confident.

st. Joseph, Mo-, Dec. 26.-"I am
sure John Albus will be appointed
postmaster at st. Joseph" said
Mayor Combe, upon his return from
Washington to-day, where he has
been for a month laboring in the in
terest OF the Hitchcock-Akins candi-
date. The mayor believes the ap-
poiatment will be made shortly, pos
sibly before congress reassembles.
He says the Kerens crowd suggested
all kinds of compromises, but they
were all refused. He placed the mat.
ter squarely before the president. and
informed him that Albus'ssupporters
knew no such word as compromise.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-02
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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-02
Preacher Under Arrest.

Burlington, Ia, Dec. 25.-Rev. W.
II. Illif, an evangelist whose home is
in Hamilton, ILL.,, is under arrest on
the extraordinary charge of deliber-
ately defacing some handsome pas
senger coaches OF the Burlington
route in this city. Mr.. lllif was seen
by the depot master going along the
platform with pocket knife splitting
off the edges of the panels along the
sides of the coaches. He was atonce
arrested and placed in the lookup,
He readily gave his name and address
acknowledgements -deifiett aitronnertion
with the car-cutting. In his valise
was found a quart bottle containing
IA small amount of whisky. He said
the liquor was for his sick wife.
Strongproof that Illif is guilty isfur-
nished by the fact that one car bears
his name cut in large knife strokes.
The news of lifts arrest was tele-
graphed to Hamilton and caused the
greatest sensation where the evange-
list is we'll known and respected. A
keokuk bank telegraphed the authori-
ties here that Illif was perfectly good
and they would go his bonds for any
amount. The railway company
states that it will cost fully 5000 to
repair the cars.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-02
MUCH SYMPATHY FOR NILES.
Gen. Sickles and Gen. King Uphold
Him in His Position.

New York. Dee. 23.-Secretary
Roots scathing rebuke to Lieuten-
ant-General Miles aroused great
deal oi sympathy for the command
er-in-chief here. All yesterday many
callers inquired for him at the Wal
dorf-Astoria. At frequent intervals
yards were sent to the general :
rooms, hut they brought no response,
for he had either lef, the hotel or had
determined to deny himself to all.
In the lobby of the hotel many dis
tinguished men cOngregated and
talked over the Sampson-Schley con-
troversy and Gen. Miles punishment
and when bystander volunteered
the opinion that Miles was punish
ed for telling the truth and for vote
ing an honest opinion, these gentle
men agreed,
zen. ban Sipkl.s and GeH,4teratio
King Were particularly vigorous in
their criticism oi the censure.
II read Secretary Roots rcbuke to
Gen, Miles with great sorrow, said
Gen. Sickles.
at was IN mprecedcntly bitter
rcprimand, Il very severe one. The
great public will understand it..
Admiral Schley is not popular with
the government and those who up
hold him and show their belief in him
are made to suffer for it.
at is an unfortunate fact that
Gen. Miles is not in favor with the
government either, and this is but
another public testimonial OF that
fact. fhut Miles is not in favor is
probably because he has committed
the crime OF being placed in COM
mand ui the army without having
Dcen AT West fOlllt.
as it Your belief that the rebuke of
Secretary Root will make Gen Miles,
position untenablc-oblige him, as u
high.spirited man, to resign was
asked.
mo, no" said Gen. Sickles "A
rehnkn OF ln aiure almiAiStnlDl- -
anotiirer is not to drive from the SER
vice. It's to warn him not to err
again. Technically, Gen. Miles made
a mistake in publicly expressing his
opinion of the Schley-Sampsoncase. "
Gen, Horatio e, King said
81 believe Cen Miles took the cor.
rect view in his expression on the
merits OF the verdict of the Schley
court OF inquiry. ] have no doubt
that the majority OF the people in
this country accept the opinion OF
Admiral Dewey, who has commanded
Il fleet in action, as against that OF
Admiral Benham and Admiral Ram
say, neither OF whom has command
ed fleet in action. 1t was absurd
to charge Admiral Schley with cow
ardice. He has shown during many
years Of service superb bravery under
all circumstances.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-02
QUEER OLD HERMIT
DIED TOO SOON
He Believed That the Savior Was COM
ing Again in 1909.

Utica, n. Y, Dec. 25.-John JUS
tinian William Samuel Barnes was
the full title Of the old and peculiar
hermit who was found dying in his
home in Mohawk street last week,
and who is now dead in the city hos
pital. Barnes was 60 years old, and
came from nobody knows where. He
had lived in Utica for 42 years, and
was one OF the strangest citizens
Utica has ever known. He never
married, lived alone, believed that
fresh air is the only proper treatment
for illness, and his die5 was fruit and
cold water, like that of Rider Hag-
CARDS "She.
He had n religion OF his own, and
built himself church at one end of
his yard, lie called it the Christadel-
phian church, and he went there
twice every Sunday, preached a SER
mon to himself, sang his own hymns
and worshipped devoutiy. The only
belief of his church was that Christ
would visit the earth again, and Bar
mes believed his coming was fixed for
1902.
IN the summer he slept on the roof
OF his house IN a boX-like structure
he had put there for the purpose, and
he went about barefooted when he
was ailing, sometimes in the depth Of
winter. He was.an expert swimmer,
and took long swims, lasting two
and three hours, daily, all the year
round, either in the canal or the
river.
His appearance was unkempt, but
he was scrupulously clean. He spent
his time reading and exercising, and
was reputed to be wealthy, although
no money nor will has been found.
He had no relatives.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-02

The civil service commission has
announced, through President Proc
tor, that the discharge of Edgar s.
Maclay by the secretary Of the navy
by direction OF the president was not
ir viol''ion NJ civil service rules.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-02
X. G. Pittsburg g. Gulf Time Table

X. G. Pittsburg g. Gulf Time Table.
Arrival and departure OF trains at Worlsnd.
NORTH BOUND
No. Kansas City daily Express .12;49p. m.
No. 5 +" " ." Mail SAT- q, m.
SOUTH ROUND,
No. Through Port Arthur Express, alp m
No. SLOAN Springs Express. ..... l2:2bp m
Remember this is the popular short line be-
Joplin. Mo-, Neosho, Mo. Sulphur Springs
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 point
spared to make the passenger equipment o 1
this line second to none in the west. Travel
via the new line H.C,ORR
Gen'lPass. Agt. KansasCity, mo.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-02

-i'ir rpor,i SUN of SSO.oO0 has
been paid tor seat on / he New York
StWk Exchange.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-02

The trouble grew out OF a game of
craps, the negroes having euarreled
over the winning Tom Holley shot
at one Of the party, when J. Bird, a
white man, came up and advised the
negroes to stop fighting. Holley be-
coming angered at the interference,
fired on Bird, mortally wounding
him. Bird 5 two sons rushed to his
side, and one OF them shot the negro
Holley, intlictipg IA fatal wound By
this time the negroes were firing on
both the boys, and they began to
seek shelter. Reuben Bird went to
his father, who was dying, and was
ordered by George Woods, a negro,
to run.
The boy begged to remain by his
father, but on failure to move, was
shot dead. Charner Woods, father
of George Woods, then shot the elder
Bird again. George Bird was shot
in the legs while escaping. A large
crowd OF whites quickly gathered, and
surrounding the negroes, captured
them all and took them to ITALIA
dega.
For awhile it seemed as if a rae,
riot would result, but the quick &C
ton of conservative citizens prevent
ed an outbreak
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-02
FATAL RACE RIOT.
Two White Men Killed by Blacks Over
Game of Craps.

Birmingham, Ala, December DO
In general fight between white men
and negroes at Childersburg, yester-
day afternoon, "A white man and his
son we're killed, while IL white boy
and one negro We're killed. With
great difficulty IA general outbreak
waspreyented The negroes aren now
in Jail at Taladega. The dead are:
j. Bird, middle aged white man; Reu-
ben Bird. his son. aged L. Years The
wounded: Tom Holley. a negro,
probably fatally; George Bird, white,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-02
The Best is the Cheapest.

Not how cheap but how good is
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-08-28
AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
p NINTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

l The following salient offered favor OF Cyrus
Smith, county, himself candidate the
District Minnesota And making this and submitting
his the this district for their sanction and at the
Primary Election held September 10th inc does with pro-
found before him nominated
will Of his ability discharge
the Also his to the
this district he with feeling prompted by
OF Minnesota and his record Republican Who amid the
opposition and criticism during the decade
which fully demonstrated
all the which have placed the
American nation the forefront Of the nations the earth In his
dying security purpose republican
in
be with of the questions OF national and
international which presenting themselves the American
people at this sseE 4 ~
choosing them the Halls of Congress
whose
whose ability known and whose repa
before the Ninth District asking for
Smith fearless with
confidence that Of which
humble He proud of his record and should he
be twenty years. platform
has bored unsef add the total human happiness
his reputation speaker and writer confined to alone
but has confines OF the
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following biographical sketch partially indicates the lines OF work
which Mr. Smith has been engaged previous to his being candidate for
office: &5t"t+#s %''>'"'
county January
1886 while subject of
family Michigan his early
1861 Mr. Smith enlisted
He became member Of Company
Michigan infantry served three and months princ
those of Stone River Cckamauga Lookout
Mission Ridge and the battles before Atlanta
republican Mr. Smith has been especially active 1885
he has done much work the repub
condition
people have convinced him that notwithstanding
ali the party his choice principles policies
Mr. Smith
clubs and made against the popuic influences
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-08-28
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