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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-04-17
BEEF COMBINE.

The Beef Trust has gone to the
limit of extreme when it becomes
necessary for republican president
to call a halt. Meat is going sky
ward by leaps and bounds. 1t has
become n luxury even for the table of
the rich, and is fast passing out of
the reach of the poor altogether, SO
desperate has the situation becoming
that national administration was
compelled TO take cOgnizance of it.
President Roosevelt instructed At
tornev General Knox to proceed
against the Beef Combine and he in
turn notified District Attorney War
ner, OF Kansas City, to bring the mat
ter the attention If the Federal
grand Jury and have the members OF
the combine indicted and prosecuted
under the antitrust statutes. This
from a republican president is grant
ing good deal, when that party is
the friend and apologist for Trusts.
Further, Attorney General Knox sent
a letter to the House Committee on
Judiciary in which he announced that
he had taken steps for full inquiry
into the monopoly's methods. Rep.
resentative McDermott, of New Jer-
sey, the home and breeding place Of
trusts, presented a resolution to the
House instructing the committee on
Mays and Means to report a bill to
repeal all duties on imported beef.
wonders never cease. Are Trusts
good things? In the hands of these
benevolent gentlemen will the prices
be reduced when trusts have a full
swing, after freezing out all opposi-
ton?
This action of the Beef Combine has
brought to the attention of every
citizen the great danger of Trust
control. If President Roosevelt is
sincere and will Use all the machinery
OF the government to protect the
people against this great iniquity,
he will deserve the thanks of every
American citizen outside the rascals.
who ought tn be made wear stripes
the balance OF their days. But it is
the opinion of many well informed
people that this interference on the
part OF the President is but a bluff
and will soon be called off, or fthe
managers OF the republican party
will protect the source from which
they get their campaign slush, and if
necessary for them to act they will
call the President down hard. As
one distinguished Republican states.
man, the illustrious Jas. g. Blaine,
said, "These are private affairs with
which the public has no concern. +"
Let the human hienas grow fat off
the distress and necessities of the peo-
pie and then beef will be reduced to
something like it's natural value, but
it will not be reduced by republican
efforts.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-04-17

The New York Chamber of COM
merce adopted resolution urging
the senate aud house. of Representa-
tives to concede reduction of not
less than 30 per cent of the tariff du-
ties ON sugar and tobacco imported
from Cuba.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-04-17

Ii the Nesbit law is responsible for
the fraudulent voting in st. Louis,
will the I'll jbe-Democrat please in
form us what party is responsible
for the indicted boodlers who have
been robbing that city for years out
OF hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-04-17

Two men, fraudulent lightning rod
vendors, we're arrested at Lamar last
week. One of the fakirs gave the
officers the slip and made for tall
timber, but after long chase was
recaptured The two scoundrels had
been fleeing the farmers.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-04-17

For the splendid victory achieved
in Kansas City by the democrats,
great credit is due the World of that
city for the splendid fight it put up
for Mayor Reed, The World deserves
the support of every democrat in
Kansas City and certainly will get it,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-04-17

With Judge Given out OF the
race for Supreme Judge, Cass county
will be certain to give her support to
Judge W. W. Graves.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-04-17

Eugene +. Ware, of the law firm OF
Glead, Ware 4 Glead, Topeka, Kan,
has been selected hy the president to
succeed H, Clay Evans, as commits
sioner of pensions.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-04-17

The kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they fill
ter out the waste or
impurities in the blood.
If they are sick or out
of order, they fail to do
their work.
Pains, aches andrheu-
matism come from ex-
cess Of uric acid in the
blood, due to neglected
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-04-17
FOR CORONER .
DR.. o. Z. RENICK ,

Gov. Dockery sent his private secre-
tary to Lathrop Friday to investi-
gate the horse market and learn il
possible whether or not Lathrop is
British post. Mr.. Gentry reported
that it had the appearance OF Brit.
ish Post.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-04-17

Neither Champ Clark nor d, A. De-
Armond have opposition forre-nomi-
nation in their districts. Nominal
ton in either case means election.
This is as it should be. Both men
are needed in congress.-Lexington
Intelligencer.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-04-17

Gen, Wade Hampton died at his
home in Columbia, South Carolina,
Friday. He was 81 years of age.
His death resulted not from any dis
ease, but was the result of a general
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-04-17

kidney trouble.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble. because the heart is
over-working in pumping thick, kidney
poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
1t used to be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their Begin
ming in kidney trouble.
II you are sick you can make no mistake
by first doctcring your kidneys. The mild
and the extraordinary effect Of DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy is
soon realized. II stands the highest for its
wonderful cures Of the most distressing cases
and is sold on Its merits EN
by all druggists in fifty AlgTHk4 m.:+es!::f5
cent and one-dollar siz 3. ! 4,
es. You may have a ass.l=ssssl
sample bottle by mail Home Of swampRoot
free, also pamphlet telling you how to find
out II you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention this paper when writing Dr.. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton. N. Y.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-04-17

Two great men, Rev. T. Dewitt
Talmage and Gen. Wade Hampton,
have passed away in the past week.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-04-17

1t is very con.
venient to attribute
the disasters which
overtake us to fate.
But for the most
part man is the
arbiter of his own
fortunes. Business
m e n are struck
down suddenly as
by lightning. The
x,orJ;ot sc narara11xy
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-04-17

Mrs. Mckinley. wife of the late
President, has been granted a pen.
sion by Congress of So, 900 annually.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-04-17

In the river and harbor bill the
Missouri river is given $4,000.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-04-17
FOR RECORDER.

FOR RECORDER.
j. W. DUNCAN, OF Usage.
JAMES NJ. SPROUL, of Howard.
l.. $. PADDOCK, of Mt. Pleasant.
d. D. PEELER, of Hudson.
Z. X. Isle, of Mt. Pleasant.
IL. IL. HANELY, of Walnut.
JAS. NJ. CHAMBERS, of Elkhart.
p. Il. WILSON,
G. ". WALTON, of Mt. Pleasant.
q. CANTRELL, of shawnee.
|. NJ. SMITH, of Deep Water.
j. W. BEAMAN, of summit.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-04-17
Oyer.WOrk Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-04-17
FOR SHERIFF.
FOR PRO UTING ATTORNEY.
NJ. s. HORN, of Mt. Pleasant.
A. B. LUDwICK, of Mt. Pleasant.
FOR PROBATE JUDGE.
L. ID. WIMSATT, of Mound.
JOHN A. sILyERS, of Usage.
c. F. BOXLEY, of Mt. Pleasant.

PRESIDING JUDGE.
j. W. McFADDEN, Of Charlotte,
A. g. WILSON, Of New Home.
G. W. sTIFH.
JUDGE NORTH DISTRICT.
p. A. BRUCE. OF West Point.
L. c. EICHLER, of Mound.
JUDGE OF SOUTH DISTRICT.
o. NJ. BURKHART, of Pleasant Gap.
JOHN. MARCH, Of New Home.
FOR CORONER.
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FOR CIRCUIT CLERK,

FOR CIRCUIT CLERK.
}. II. GROVES, of West Boone,
g. q, HENRY, of Pleasant Gap.
j. A. PATTERSON, of New Home
JAMES 5. COMBS, of Shawnee.
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d ALLr> X Co., Proprietor

FOR COUNTY CLERK.
r. l.. BRADEN, of Homer.
J. +. WILLIAMS, of Mt. Pleasant.
j. I. GALLEY, OF Mt. Pleasant,
JOHN +. HERRELL, of Deer Greek.
:. T, BRoADDus,
G. C. DUKE, of Mt. Pleasant
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21
In The Philippines
Varying Manners and Customs OF the Differ
ent Races of Our New Possessions.

1t is not generally known that the
inhabitants of the island of Sulu are
descended in direct line from the
natives of Borneo, but such is the fact.
The two races, now considered dis
tinct, have many traits in common.
The Sulus are MoroS, and although
long separated from the parent STOCK
preserve the original characteristics
of that race. They are in some parts
a fierce warike people who contlnu-
ally prey upon the weaker tribes
around them. They have slaves, prac-
tice polygamy, punish theft by decapl-
tation and either make slaves of their
prisoners of war or chop them into
many pieces with their creeses, pc
culiar blade with waves in it seen In
no other Pacific isle.
The Moros, or MoorS, belong to the
Malay race. Eearly in the sixteenth
century two brothers in the north OF
Borneo had a quarrel as to the sue
cession of the chiefship of the tribe.
The result was that one left with his
followers and landed on the island OF
Basilan, at which place, after awhile,
there was another quarrel; some left
and settled in the north OF Mindanao
and others in Jolo, and up to the pres
ent time 1t has been one series of war
fare between the different tribes. They
bear no relation to the inhabitants of
Morocco, hence the name Moros, or
Moors, is not a true one. They are
a Malay converted to the Mohamme-
dan faith, a very few of them being
acquainted with the doctrine of Mo-
manned.
In the lake region of Mindanao the
natives are fierce and warlike, while
those on the coast are peaceable to
certain extent. They wear tight-ftting
Jackets, pants buttoned near the bot
tom, cloth around the waist and tur-
ban for the head. They are fond OF
gay colors and many of their cloths
are of hand-woven silk. The women
wear boomers and body cloth. These
costumes differ according to locality
and tribe.
Some tribes wear short hair; others
wear long hair. giving them very eff
Terminate appearance. Some wear the
goatee, some let the ends of the mus
tache grow and some have smooth
faces.
They are warriors and sailors or,
more properly speaking, pirates, and
history tells of many daring exploits
of these people. They are also great
| fishermen, using net, spear and hook.
| They compel weak tribes around them
to pay tribute.
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CHINESE HELP THE CRIMINALS

Great Diniouley Experienced in Convict
ing . Celestial Murderer.
Just to see how hard it is to convict
a Chinese accused of participation in
one of the highbinders' wars, l will
the notice of one of the representa-
tives of great San Francisco news
paper.
A Chinese gardener named All Link
was shot in the back by a binder
while he was sitting in the Chinese
Theater on Jackson street. He was
instantly killed. Immediately follow
ing the fatal shot the usual movement
took place around the body, but the
actors on the stage never even so
much as hesitated in the delivery OF
their lines. When the man fell from
the bench the lookout at the main en-
trance of the place called out in Chi
nese that the white devils were COM
ing. The man who did the shooting
so far forgot himself as to run, and
the police on a hot scent saw him
and started after the fugitive. The
man ran out of the side entrance to
the auditorium and made his way to
Fish Alley. The police were close to
him and saw him enter building at
the corner of the next block. The
squad hurried into the place and cap
tured two well-known binders. Meth.
er of them had a weapon, but there
were powder burns on the right hand
of one of the men. Nothing could be
learned from either of the prisoners,
and they were locked up with a
charge of murder against each OF
them.
The next morning in court two
brothers of the murdered man swore
that they were with him at the time
of their brothers death and saw the
man who did the shooting, and posi-
lively swore that neither OF the pris
oners had anything to do with the kill
ing. The accused men were forth
with released. But that night both Of
the b:athers were arrested for killing
one of the men who was turned loose
by their evidence in the morning and
dangerously wounding the other
When the wounded man recovered he
swore that neither Oh the brothers had
anything to do with shooting him
Which all goes to prove that it does
not matter much what Chinese has
to swear to, and also that in his poor
weak Monaghan way he does not take
great deal of stock in the brand OF
Justice dispensed by the white devils
New Orleans Time-Democrat.
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The

Brooke abrogated rights held by her
through inheritance to the privilege
of conducting the slaughter house at
Havana and of the distribution or
meats and the collection of the fixed
charges for meats. The countess
claims these privileges by virtue OF
royal decree from the king Of Spain
The countess declares that the bust
ness under the privilege was success
full and profitable until 1899. In that
year, she alleges, Gen. Brooke, then
military governor of Cuba, issued or
ders to the effect that the hereditary
privileges connected with the slaugh-
ter of cattle in Havana were termi-
mated.
This order, the plaintiff alleges,
was in direct violation OF a section OF
the treaty of Paris declaring that so
long as the occupation lasted the
United States should assume and dis
charge all obligations under interna'
tional law for the protection of life
and property.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

In several parts of the world a
resinouS substance. called ozocer1te,
and bearing considerable resemblance
to beeswaX, is found, usually in con-
nection with rock salt and coal. There
are deposits in Austria, Russia, Rou-
mania Egypt, Algeria, Canada and
Mexico, buo ozocerite has, so far, not
been discovered in sufficient quanti-
ties to pay for mining anywhere eX-
cept in the district of Boryslav, in
Austrian Galicia, and on an island on
the west coast of the Caspian sea. In
mining this mineral wax, shafts are
sunk until bed or nest" of ozocer-
ite is struck. Then connection gal
leries are driven. There is consider
able danger. and many lives have been
lost in consequence of the sudden fore
ing up of the soft wax into the shafts
by the enormous pressure to which
it is subjected. 1t is used largely fol
manufacturing ceresin, which is EN-
ployed, together with beeswax- fol
making wax candles, as we'll as in the
manufacture of Photographic cylin
ders and for many similar purposes
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TERRITORY BELONGS TO NOBODY


Frontier Town Tint Neither Prussia
Nor Belgium Can Call Its Own.
When a person speaks about the
smallest states in the world he men
tons the Republic of San Marine in
the Apennines, the Republic of An
DORA in the Pyrenees or the prfncl-
patty of Monaco. There is a little
district smaller than any of these
which is still more curious in its po-
Iitical relations. 1t cannot be called
independent, for two countries have
hand in it's affairs, and yet it belongs
to nobody and thus occupies an anon
alous position, says the New York
Sun.
This little area, containing only
about two square miles, is the ground
on which the Town of Moresnet
stands, little to the southwest of the
important German city of Aix-la-Cha.
pelle.
The Vienna congress in 1915 estab-
lished a new boundary between the
low countries and Prussia. The con-
gress was unable to agree as to how
a very short part Of the boundary
should be drawn. A temporary ar.
rangement was finally made by which
Moresnet should be called neutral ter
ritory. Subsequent events played
ducks and brakes with the frontiers
established by the congress of Vienna
But Moresnet has never been dis
turbed 1t is still neutral territory
and is SO marked to-day on every gooc
map OF Europe
The town is mentioned in very few
school or other Biographies. Writer!
would not know where to class Mores
net if they did not mention it.
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TIL Rev. E. L. Yeomans, late of Or
ange, N j., was very fond of children
and made much of them in pastoral
way One Sunday, says the New York
Times. he preached sermon from the
somewhat fanciful text, Thou Makest
My Feet as the Kinds Feet" and was
gratified to notice that the young son
of one of his congregation gave it I'M
usual attention and seemed very much
Interested Meeting him a few days
after he said
We'll. Louis. l saw you in church
last Sunday, wide awake as usual, and
listening with both ears
Yes, SIR
And do you remember the SER
mon?''
Yes, sir"
We'll l am curious to know if you
can repeat the text"
mo. sir ! don't think l can. II
was something about your hind feet
but | didn't just understand what"
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Their weapons are the complain,
long, straight sword, wide and blunt
at the point; the creese. knife with
a wide blade and waved; the baronS,
a knife with a blade wide in the cen
ter and small at the hilt, with pointed
end Their tirearm is The lantaca
small brass cannon, highly ornament
ed with a hand grip on the butt. They
use a round shield. which also serves
as a hat, also a corslet made OF Ii
bres. A datos strength is gauged by
the number of lantaca mounted on the
wall or fence of his Gotta Spears al
so are in common use, both for hunt
ing and fighting.
A head knife, curved, is used by the
executioner of the tribe. He files a
nick on the back of the blade for every
head he chops off. Decaptation is the
| penalty for stealing unless the theft is
| paid for inside of twenty-four hours.
The Jubanos show the influence OF
Malay blood. They Inhabit the prov
| inves of ZambOanga and Mesamls
| They are of good stature and nave
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From Everywhere
SEASON OF THE BASEBALL FIEND

"xybat,s the Score ?.' tho Universal
Question of the Hour.
This is the season of the year
when the baseball fiend scampers to
the center of the STAGE" said the
growler, land you will find that I'M
der the most trying circumstances,
when mems minds are busted with
other things, when men. are really
bordering over the more serious prob
lens of life, he will fall into the con-
versation suddenly as if he had drop
ped through the skylight, and ask:
DO you know what the score was to-
day.? Here is crowd of gentlemen
discussing some serious question of
state, and they are weighing problems
of great import. and they are grave
and sedate and wear worried looks.
when suddenly the base ball fiend
busters into the crowd and asks:
DO you know what the score was to-
day?' Go into the newspaper office.
The wires are all busy carrying the
story of some fearful disaster some
where which has resulted in the death
of thousands of persons, when sud
denly the telephone rings, and an ex-
cited fellow at the other end of the
line asks, Will you please tell me
what the score was to-day?' That's
the way it goes. 1t is simply one OF
the things of the season, and suppose
man ought to be patient with 1t all,
for we all have our little weaknesses.
NJ o. Democrat.
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A woman, poor, fragile and anxious
looking, went into prosperous butch
err shop the other day. In her arms
was a baby, and four children, none
of them much more than a baby, tod
died after her Il want eight cents
worth of meat" the woman said, look
ing greedily at the tender quarters
of lamb and pieces of juicy beef.
What kind?" asked the butcher. 81
don't care what it is, but l want the
most l can get for eight cents" she
replied. us that all the money you
have?" the man asked. mo, l have
ten cents, but 1 have to buy coal with
that to cook the meat" That's a
hard case" the butcher said, but
it's too common for us to do much
about tt"-New York Press.
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The Human Body.

Oral instruction in the leading facts
of primary geography and elementary
physiology is given about twice
week to the pupils in the lower grades
of the Mahanoy City public schools.
During a visit of the superintendent,
one afternoon recently, the teacher,
desiring to show the proficiency Of
her little charges in the latter branch,
asked several questions which were
answered promptly and correctly.
Then she asked. What is the com
position of the human body?" After
a GREATNESS wait of several seconds,
G little girl, six years old, blurted out:
tine composition of the human body
Is ninety per cent water and the rest
dry land"
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their homes and treat their slaves and
women with kindness.
The Filipinos and Tiruraeys are
friendly to Americans.
In one of the streets of Sulu is a
tablet marking a spot where 400 Span
iards were thrown in a pit after be-
ing slain by the Moros.
In 1870 Gen. Arolas concluded
treaty with the sultan of the Moros,
after which the sultan came to the
palace at Jolo with large silver
peace Offering for the Spanish gen
eral. AS Gen. AroIas took the offer
ing in his hands the sultan whipped
out his creese and struck off his head
with a single blow. Since then wall
has been built around Jolo, and Pasls
De Arolas has been named for the
murdered general.
At a market place three miles
above Cato Batto. on the island OF
Mindinao, there was a tragic happen
ing. Three boys of the Thirty-first
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A pescendant of Kings.

George Fitzgeorge, a reputable and
prosperous newsdealer of Trenton, N.
J.. claims to be cousin OF King Ed
ward, though he does not propose to
make any use of the relationship and
seeks no notoriety because of 1t, Mr..
Fitzgeorge says he is directly descend
ed from the morganatic marriage Oh
George " to Mrs. Fitzgeorge. Proof
of this fact was long in the Trenton
newsdealer's family, one member OF
which destroyed it, however, being I'M
willing that the record of that NOR
eanatic marriage should be preserved
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make war upon each other for the pur-
pose of obtaining slaves to sell to their
tyrannical masters, the Moros.
The Zamboanguenas have interm1n-
gled SO much with other races that
they have lost all individuality; the
Spanish blood predominates. They
will not do any manual labor and Will
not follow agricultural pursuits. The
Spanish language is used altogether
by them.
The Mandayas occupy Surigao prov
ince They are mixture of Malay
with other races, but still preserve the
ancient customs. They are at war
with each other all the time and obey
the chief who has killed the largest
number of people. Even though their
customs are so baroarous, they like
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were sitting on a log talking with
three Moros who were standing In
front of them. One of the Moros STEP
ped around behind the Americans
very quietly. drew his creese and cut
one poor fellows head off in the twin
king of an eye. Before he could
make another slash with his weapon
he was shot down by one of the other
Moros, which illustrates the feeling
for the Americans in that part of the
island. The murderer was fanatic.