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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-08-14
FOR THE MURDER OF A GIRL
Louis G. Toombs Was Hanged in the
Jail at Chicago.


Chicago, Aug. S.-Louis G. Toombs
was hanged at 11:29 O'Clock to-day
for the murder OF Carrie Larson. He
made a short statement III which he
protested his innocence and express
ed confidence that his name would
be cleared of this crime attributed to
him.
The crime for which Toombs was
hanged was the murder OF Carrie
Larson, December 30, 1901. Toombs
was cook at the steamer Peerless and
had hired the young woman to as
sist him on the boat, which was living
icebound in its winter quarters in the
Burlington slip OF the Chicago river.
The only other occupant of the boat
was Robert keissig, roustabout.
1t was the story of keissig that con-
Vlcted IoOmbs. Late at night
Toombs went to the steamer and
tried to force his way into the young
woman's room. Failing in this he
ordered her to cock him meat. As
she started to comply, Toombs
strangled her, mutilated her body
and then compelled Keissig, who was
an unwilling witness, to help him
bury the body under the ice OF the
river.
Several days after the boy ran
away to the police, fearing for his
own life, and told the story which
resulted in the recovery Of the wo-
man and in the conviction OF Toombs.
Two trials were held. 1t the first
two brothers on the jury held out
for acquittal.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-08-14
Body Will Be Cremated.

Seattle, Aug. S.-The remains Of
Outlaw Tracy passed through here
this morning on the way to the peni-
Tertiary at Salem, Ore. Squabbling
over the reward has begun. Thefour
men at Creston who diu the shooting
and brought about Tracy's death
claim all the rewards. Sheriff Gard
ner and the posse who were at Eddy's
ranch claim share. The body will
be cremated, as body-snatching is
feared.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-08-14
Self Protection

demands that you be on the alert to
see that you get Painkiller Perry
Dayis') when you ask for il; some
dealers will try and persuade you to
take something else, claimed to be
Just as good; insist upon getting
Painkiller, the remedy which has
been the worlds family doctor for 60
years; it never fails to stop diarrhea,
gripping pains in the stomach or
bowels, dysentery, etc. Large bottles
% and so cents.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-08-14
ATTENTION.

When you want any kind of black.
smithing done, it will pay you to call
on us. We do all kinds OF repairing,
horse-shoeing, pillow work, and in fact
anything in the line OF a first-class
blacksmith. We do our work as
good as the best, and as cheap as
the cheapest. JACOBS 4 SONS,
Pyle's old stand,
3I-lm Southwest Corner Square
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-08-14
From Hot to Cold.

Dysentery is prevalent everywhere
in summer and is due to miasmatic
poisons, and begins abruptly with
Inflammation OF the mucous Inning of
the large bowel. In America the dis
ease is common, but properly treat
ed does not result as seriously as in
the tropics. Perry Davis Painkiller
is the best known remedy and the
most efficacious in the treatment of
dysentery.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-08-14
Spectacular Wife Murder.

st. Louis, Aug. 6.RRiley Watkins,
a laborer, shot and killed his wife,
Lille, tonight in the presence of her
parents and group of neighbours,
and then shot himself through the
head, dying instantly. Domestic
differences caused the tragedy.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-08-14

For mosquito bites, bites or stings
OF insects, animals or reptiles, apply
Billiards. Snow Liniment. 1t coun-
teracts the poison in the wound, sub
dues the inflammation and heals the
flesh. Price, 20 and so cents.-H. l..
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-08-14
BECAUSE BAILEY is A BACHELOR.
oh9f H. Atwood Found Something
Much Against the Republican
4 Candidate.
Candidate.

kduuludtc.
Seneca, Kan, Aug. John H. At.
wood, at the close OF his address in
the Seneca opera house, took W. j.
Bailey, Republican candidate for
&governor Of Kansas, to task for be.
ing a bachelor. 1t was one Of Mr..
Atwood's flights of oratory, spark
ling with humor, so rare in these days,
and it electrified the audience. Mr..
Atwood said:
"Ihave known Mr.. Bailey for many
years, and until | came to Seneca |
had for him the most kindly feelings,
and personally the highest esteem. l
fully expected that there would not
be found upon my lips other than
words OF commentator and encom-
pm of MIR. Bailey, But since my ar
rNfl in your fair city | have seen
THAI (which has caused my kindly re-
gardNo abate and my esteem to
diminieh. feel constrained now to
arraign him as one who either lacks
Encourage OF his convictions, or one
who possesses such exorable taste as
to entitle him to the condemnation
OF all mankind. Upon the streets OF
your municipality l saw moving
about that which is concentrated in
this magnificent audience, namely,
the beautiful womanhood OF Nemaha
county. see the loneliness OF the
lily and the rose meet and mingle in
their cheeks; l see in their eyes the
giories OF the night, or the placid
charms of the azure sky; necks of
down and bosoms OF snow and forms
that might lead one almost to be-
lieve that the ocean shore from whose
snowy loans Aphroditesprung might
be lst outside the city limits OF
Sefca. l looked upon this; then l
tn hight that Willis j. Bailey had liv-
81 in the midst of all OF this as a
tdnty old bachelor, and | said to my
self that the man who will gaze upon
the crimson cherries that ripen on
these lovely lips and not attempt to
pluck them is only fit to be governor
OF a soldiers home, where there are
no women and where the men are all
old. SO l say my duty is to arraign
him as one disregardful of inestima-
BILE opportunities and as being 80
lacking in appreciation as to cause
to be meted out to him the mingled
pity and contempt Of his fellows"
just at this point Mr.. Atwood was
Interrupted by a friend of Mr.. Bailey
kwho announced that perhaps if Mr..
Bailey was elected governor of Kan
b be might get married, as Grover
q yeland did. Instantly Mr.. Atwood
|rst$rtsd:
4. Bailey is too truly pious to be
rsellH lucky, and besides the cases
~ ~ paralelled. Cleveland had
n0body to choose from except the
women Of New York, the ordinary
creatures that have their being in the
ttfy Of Buffalo. He never was
Brought in contact with the feminine
ussliness of Kansas and Of Nemaha
6oanty. If he had his worst enemy
qill agree with me when l say be new
would have lived a bachelor until
evas well into the iorties as Mr..
ALLEY has. y
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-08-14
Monument to Nancy Hanks.

Indianapolis, Ind, Aug. The
|opument recently erected over the
llre Of Nancy Hanks, mother Of
braA ham Lincoln, at Lincoln, Ind,
= dedicated October l. Col.
s. DENLY, Of Evansville, for
Minister to China, will be asked
lvsr the dedicatory address,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-08-14
ASSAULTED P. c. KNOX.
Three Multi.MilliOnaires Attacked the
Attorney General.

Philadelphia, Aug. S.-The Phila-
rdelphia NeFth A American prints n dis
patch this morning from Atlantic
City giving the details OF an assault
on Attorney General Knox last night
in the cafe OF a fashionable hotel at
that resort. The dispatch says:
"The cause OF the assault on Mr..
Knox was his attitude against the
trusts. His assailants were Charles
t. Schoen, the multi.millionaire OF
Philadelphia and Pittsburg; Theo-
dore Cramp, the Philadelphia ship
builder, and a Mr.. Stevenson, also
well known in Philadelphia. Attor-
ney General Knox was attacked by
three men, and superior numbers de-
feated him. Theodore Cramp is the
man who delivered the blow. 1t was
Highlander that sent the Attor-
ney General spinning backward"
The Atlantic City Dispatch ex-
plains that Mr.. Knox and a party of
friends, including several women,
were taking supper in the cafe about
11:30 O'Clock, when the three men
drove up and entered, taking seats
at table near that of the Attorney
General. The loud talk of the new
corners was objected to by Mr.. Knox.
The head waiter demonstrated and
an apology was made, The talk
soon was resumed, however, and
there was another remonstrance and
another apology. In the meantime
Mr.. Knox had been recognized, and
the three men whose talk had been
objected to are said to have begun
INDUCING in remarks disparaging to
the attorney. Mr.. Schoen, it is
claimed, was the chief offender. His
remarks are said to have been based
oh Attorney General knox's hostile
attitude toward the trusts. He did
not admire Mr.. Knox's steps in the
direction OF their dissolution, and
said so, The special continues:
CALLED MIR. KNOX NAMES.
"Just who struck the first blow
cannot be said positively, but certain
it is that while Mr.. Knox was max.
ing protest to Mr.. Schoen against
his Incorporate language he was be-
ing called names that startled every
one within hearing. Then came a
blow. 1t was struck by Mr.. Cramp
and landed fairly on the belt OF the
Attorney General, who found himself
opposed to three men, all much larg-
er and heavier than he. The blow
staggered him back against the wall.
"At that moment half dozen
walters rushed up. The head waiter
seized MIR. Cramp from behind, pin.
ioning his arms. Another grappled
with Mr.. Stevenson and dragged him
out of the struggle. Others took
hold of Mr.. Schoen. Mr.. Knox was
speedily surrounded by his friends,
and they quietly retired from the cafe
and were driven away to their hotel.
The blow he received from Mr.. Cramp
had stunned him for a moment, but
he quickly recovered.
1.-THE noise and confusion had at
tracted more than score OF the
hotel guests to the scene. They
crowded into the cafe where Mr..
Schoen, Mr.. Cramp and Mr.. Steven
son still remained. The walters had
dra wn a Gordon around their table.
Mr.. Schoen and his friends ordered
wine, but were politely informed that
it would not be served to them"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-08-14

To Cure Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
let's. Ali druggists refund the money
II it fails to cure. E. W. Groves sig
nature is on each box. 25c.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-08-14
On a Serious Charge.

Joplin, Mo-, August flames Nc
Arkin, go years old, has been arrest.
ed here, charged with making coun-
terfeit money.
His house was searched to-day and
tools and devices and a large guam
tity Of email counterfeit coin was
found concealed under the floor.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-08-14
MESSENGER KILLED
ONE TRAIN ROBBER.
Burlington FLYER" Is Held Up and
Express Car Robbed Of $50, 700.

DhSs"n iiIei 10 hSiu w uhu
Express Car Robbed Of $4,000.
Chicago, August Cat daylight
this morning the body Of one Of the
robbers who held up the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy limited trainat
Marcus, ILL.,, last night, was found
near the scene of the robbery. A
pursuing party of country officers
and detectives is close at the heels OF
the other robbers. The dead man is
unidentified. He was roughly dress
ed and appears to be a laborer. 1t
is believed he was killed by Express
Messenger Byle, who fred four shots
after the retreating men after they
had dynamited the car and secured
the money and were riding away on
There are at least six members OF
the gang. Byle counted six when
they started off. One was seen to
reel in the saddle as he fired, but his
companions went to his assistance
and it was supposed he rode away.
The promptness with which the rail-
road agents acted put the pursuers
close to the heels OF the robbers and
their capture or slaughter isexpected
within u few hours.
The robbers stopped the train by
signaling with a switchman's white
lantern and exploding torpedoes on
the track. When the express and
baggage cars were uncoupled the
men compelled the engineer and fire.
man to run the engine and two cars
to spot where horses were awaiting
them. The engine was uncoupled
and the robbers blew open the cars
and the express sale. Express Mes
senger Byle estimates the value OF
the booty secured at $4,000. They
obtained six sacks OF silver coin and
three packages of iewelry. Burling-
ton officials claim that not over 81
100 was secured. The sacks contain
ed lis pounds Of large coins.
In a pocket OF the slain bandit was
found the address OF a drug store at
Bellevue, Ia. The man was recogniz-
ed as one who visited Marcus with
two other men several times during
the past week. All the desperadoes
are blieved to be railroad men. The
lantern they used was found near
Marcus this morning. 1t bears the
imprint OF southern railroad.
Adams Express officials here say
the amount secured by the Burling-
ton robbers at Marcus last night
was $4,000 in silver coin weighing
115 pounds. Messenger Byle will be
rewarded for his gallant stand.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-08-14

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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-08-14

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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-10-10
GLUCOSE.


Glucose is a sort of sugar. In its
crystallized form it is seen asa whit
ish efflorescence on dried figs, raisons,
etc, and in this form is known as grape
sugrr. 1t differs from cane sugar on
ly slightly in the proportion of its ele
ments, though it is not near so sweet
as cane sugar. 1t is made in the West
from corn. The starch is extracted
from the corn and then turned into
glucose by the action of a hot weak So
luton OF sulphuric acid, the acid being
later neutralized by the use of chalk.
Part of the corn glucose will crystalize
and this is known as grape sugar, but
most of it remains in the syrup form.
This is now largely displacny cane
syruw on the market, being sold under
a variety of names, such as corn syrup,
karomel, honey drips, etc. 1t is also
put literally into candies, artificial
honey, ETC., and it is present in large
quantities in natural honey. Experts
do not regard glucose as unwholesome.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-10-10
NO 40

had endeavored to make for Falmouth
and had been caught in the storm. As
last desperate resort Cyril had taken
charge of the vessel and had made for
the little harbor which he knew so
we'll. He had relied upon the beacon
being lighted.
Had Muriel not been told, had she
not in her strange unreason insisted
upon the beacon being lighted, Cyril
would have steered himself and his
rescuers to certain death. ...
AS Cyril finished his narrative, Mr..
Bentley rose and shook Oliver warm
ly by the hand.
~ beg your pardon, Mr.. Vernon"
was all he said. But Oliver under
stood fully and both men glanced
across at the beacon For both of
them beacon had been newly lighted
in their lives--the beacon of firm, un-
faltering truth Catholic FSreside.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-10-10
1Iuetry.
IN ABSENCE.

When do want you most?
WHY, dear, at morn;
When first wake and re alize another day is born!
golden fringe,
And all the sky is tender yet with dawns du.l rose
atinge;
When every futed blade and leaf with fairy gems
is strung
Then is the time want you most: tecau e the day
syoung!
When do want you mos
Why, dear, at nOoi;
For these enchanted meadows smile as II it still
were June,
A hundred fields of blossom ng fl K are blue as
when came,
The oriole flashes up the sky in narrnw lines of
flame,
When the white roads are drenched with sun. and
pine-woods sweet the air
Then is the time want you most, bee ,use the day
Is fair!
When do want you most?
Why. dear, at night;
Wher, in the stars that rise for both, read your
love in light;
When memory tells its re sary. and days you did not
share
Slip silent on the sken string. like beads without
prayer!
When fire flies swing their lin lamps t lead my
longings on
That is the time l want you most, because the day
is gone! -Godey's.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-10-10
Seleft MisrrIlunu.
Truths Beacon.

1t was dull, threatening day, but
there was deeper grayness than the
sky S on the face OF the solitary occu-
pant of a compartment in the Great
Western train which drew up at Read
ing. on its way to Cornwall, on Sep
tember morning some two or three
years ago. Since leaving Paddington
he had nesl, c,ed his newspaper, ignored
a novel. and with little observation
and less interest had watched the pass
ing scene. Now he was looking out
on the busy pla,fo without definite
vision of anything. hut with vague
p,rcrption Of tall. dark object indi-
vidual;zing itself from the crowd and
moving towards him. Then he became
less vaguely aware of an outstretched
hand, smiling face, and CHEEKY
voice saying:
"Noll Vernon, of all fellows in the
world! How are you. old man! You
seem quite disguised without your
wellknown smile"
The solitary passenger awoke to in
terest.
care you coming on by this train?'
Eyes, l am booked for Exeter, and
jolly glad am to meet you. am
fond OF more agreeable company than
my own
And checry Dick Maynard pro-
cceded to make himself as comfortable
as the compartment would permit.
Later, when the train was racing
westward again, he leaned toward Yer
non and said:
"What is it, Noll? You look as
gloomy as if you were going to your
own funeral
~ hope, Dick, replied Vernon, "that
should attend such function with a
lighter heart than have just now
What is ii? May know" Dick
asked, sy alphabetically.
"Oh, yes, you may know" Vernon
answered. A!lrra s!i sht pause he went
on: "lou remember Cyril Gre,?'
"'rhe ornamental boy; | should think
| remember him
He should have been making this
trip with me-"
"Why isn't hep
"God knows! s!'-buL The remark was
made quite seriously and revcrently-
81 saw him last at Dteppe. three weeks
ago. have waited for him fortnight"
"And he hasn't turned up?'
"No. His yacht did-n a double
sense. Wrcckagc came ashorc; two
dead bodies have been recovered, but
no sign or words of Cyril
"And You have given up all l,"p'?'
"Ahsolu,eIy. seem % have seen
nothing for week but his handsome,
graceful fl urr, lying with the deep,
clear water tossing over him"
"Do his people know
"IIe hadn't any
"And he wasn't marric,l?'
"Hc was to have been married ut
the end Of the month";
Poor old Cyril!''
Your sisters would know the girl
-Murel Bentley OIixer asked.
Poor grill
"She doesn't know it yet. wish
to Heaven she did, for l am now on
my way to inform her.
"Poor old Noll! What a task"
1t was surely one of the saddest OF
possible tasks, and Oliver had been
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-10-10
ARTHQUAKES ES.

AM EKlCAN EART HQU Az Els.
Besides the Charleston earthquake
of 1885 in which Al lives were lost and
about S5,O00,OOO worth Of property
was destroyed, says the New York
"Sun," there have been two other no
table earthquakes in the United States
within historic times--one near the
head of the Mississippi delta In. 1911
l2, and one in the Inyo Valley, CAL,
in 1872. .st
The former, known as the New Ma
drid earthquake, was remarkable for
the length of time which its phenom-
ena covered. There were several
shocks at short intervals for several
months, and the whole series of shocks
lasted about two years. M
The country was sparsely settled,
and no scientific records of the distur-
bance were made, but it is related that
the alluvial land of the bottoms was
trayersed by visible waves, which
rocked the trees to and fro and up
rooted many. Huge fissures were
opened, and lakes were drained by the
escape Of. waters into them. The
largest sunken area is said to have
been 60 or 80 miles long and nearly
half as broad. ts .4H
The Inyo Valley. earthquake was
caused by renewed movement along
the great fault plain at the eastern
base of the Sierra Nevada. The chief
shocks lasted only q few minutes,
but others of less violence con-
tinued for two or three months.
A tremendous 6ssure was formed
along the base of the mountain range
for about 40 miles. The land west of
the tissure rose, and the land east of it
fell several feet. n~ -a
Owens river was temporarily swal-
lowed up. In the village Of Inyo all
the houses were thrown down and one =
tenth of the inhabitants were killed.
THE ROYAL MONTH AND
THE ROYAL DISEASE.
Sudden changes of weather are es.
pecially trying. and probably to none
more so than to the scrofulous and
consumptive. The progress of scrofu-
la during a. normal October is COM
monty great. We never think OF
scrofula-its punches, cutaneous erup-
tions, and wasting Of the bodily sub
stance-without thinking of the great
good many sufferers from it have de-
rived from Hoods Sarsaparilla, whose
radical and permanent cures Of this +
one disease are enough to make it the
most famous medicine in the world.
There is probably not a city or town
where Hoods Sarsaparilla has not
proved it's merit in more homes than
one, in arresting and completely erad
icating scrofula, which is almost as
serious and as much to be- feared as its
near NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-10-10

Give us trial on the next bill of
Lumber you need. We can give you es-
innate on your own list or can figure up
what you need from our plans
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15

Nightwatch Rorka rrested suspicious
character at O'Clock Thursday morn.
ing in the vicinity of the Hawkeye Lum.
Der Co.'s Office. Mr.. Rork had seen him
in the alley by Simmons bank acting in
suspicious man ner, and when arrested
the stranger had two bricksin his hands.
Mr.. Rork had been watching the fellow
and thinks the stranger meant to assault
him, and perhaps contemplated bur.
glary. On being searched S1,sOO in
money was found on the strangers per.
son, labeled in $500 packages of April
dates. The stranger is young man Of
about 25 years Of age and gave his name
as M. ]. Haines. He had deposit slips
on Creston bank and blank checks on
a St. Joe and other banks. He was
lodged in jail.-Osceola Sentinel.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
Business Opportunities for All.

Locations in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota
and Missouri on the Chicago Great
Western Railway; the very best agricul-
tural section Of the United States, where
farmers are prosperous and business
men successful. We have demand for
competent men, with the necessary cap
ital, for all branches of business. Some
special opportunities to creamery men
and millers. Good locations for general
merchandise, hardware, harness, hotels,
banks and stockbuyers. Correspond.
ence solicited. Write for Maps and Ma
pie Leaflets. w. j. Reed, Industrial
Agent, 604 Endicott Bldg, St. Paul,
MINI. 37-8t
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
Walter Hosler sustained a painful in

Walter Hosler sustained painful in.
jury at the electric light house Monday
night. A charge of lightning came in on
the line and put out the lights about
o'clock. Mr.. Hosier reached for Ian.
tern and placed one hand in band
wheel. The spokes raped against his
fingers in such manner as to strip
nearly all the flesh of the fingers of one
hand. The joint water was let out OF
the first finger and it will remain stiff
One leg was injured also by contact with
the wheel. DR.. Sells dressed the wound
-Osceola Sentinel.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
A Trenton. Mo. press dispatch last

A Trenton, Mo-, press dispatch last
Thursday, stated that the wind of few
days ago played an expensive freak. at
the farm of Hugh Markley, near Gilman
City, The farm, which consists of SO
acres has been literally robbed of its top
soil to the depth of.from four to eight
inches, leaving the bare hard pan. The
removed layer was blown into the road
which skirts the field, forming a drift
which averages from three to five feet in
depth over a quarter of mile long.
Mr., Markley estimates the damage to
his farm at $1,000. The phenomenon
was never before known in that coun-