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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-02-27

According to the calculation offor-
mer Secretary of State NJ. X. Nc
Grath the next legislature will have
a Democratic majority of forty. His
forecast is as follows: Assuming
that in 1902, the twenty-five close
Representative districts will elect
eleven Democrats and eleven Repub-
licans, and that the designated
doubtful Representative district of
Buchanan, Jackson and jasper will
elect three Republican Representa-
tives, an estimate largely in favor of
the Republicans, the Legislature of
1903 will consist of not less than "a
Democrats in the Senate, and 81 in
the House, in ali 1eS, and 10 Repub-
licans in the Senate and SO in the
House, in all IS. or a Democratic
majority of 40 on joint ballot"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-02-27
Turkeys Eye" to Business.

Constans!nople, Feb. 20.-The
Turkish governments methods OF
saving expenses have again been e1-
emplified by the payment OF indem,
mites due to British subjects, under
the guise of improving the navy.
Out of $4,000 just paid to the
Armstrong; on account ola contract
for a new cruiser, 100000 was
handed over to the officials of the
British embassy to pay indemnities.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-02-27
Sherifr's Sale In Partition.

Notice rs hereby given. that under and by
virtue of decree in partition and order of sale
made by the circuit court Of Bates county, Mis-
souri,, at the regular February term, 1902. of
said court, in the case Of Mary Leffier, MAY T..
Crabtree and 4. 5. Crabtree her husband, N. j
simons and F. l.. Simons her husband, plaintiffs
vs.. G. A. Allen, The Walton Trust Co. and
Ralph Letter, defendants, and the authority in
me vested by said decree and order of sale a
certified copy of which was delivered to me on
the 18th day Of Febrery, 1902, will on
Monday, March IL, 1902,
between the hours Of nine O'Clock in the FORE
noon and five O'Clock In the afternoon of that
day, at the east front door Of the opera house
building, now used as court house, in the CITY
Of Butler, county Of Bates and state of Missouri
sell to the highest bidder for cash In hand. the
following described real estate lying and being
situate In hecounty Of Bates and state Of Mis-.
souri, o-wita------------
The west half of the northeast quarter of sec-
ton nineteen Qs) township forty-two (42) range
thirty g0). JOE I. SMITH,
l6-it Sheriff Of Bates County, Mo.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-02-27
Ordered Out of Town.

Danville, Ky, John Shanks. alias
John Johnson, alias Monkey John
alias Glass.eater John, alias Rock.
eater John, colored, was arrested for
breaking into John Bright residence
Saturday night and brought to trial
before county Judge Prewitt yester-
day morning.
After giviag his true name he told
the Judge that he was n former show
man, and had frequently given exhi-
billions of eating glass lamp chin.
neys, rocks, bricks and similar escu.
Tents. The Judge then said:
81 don't want you around here. |
can not put YOU in the workhouse.
because YOU would eat -up-all- the
rocks, which We need to repair the
streets with. therefore order YOU
to leave town and remain FIVE years,
ON penalty OF being hanged imme-
dlately if caught here, "
The prisoner was then dismissed.
and left town without delay.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-02-27
A Lawyer Stole From His Women
Clients.

Spokane, Wash., Feb. 19,-W. A.
Lewis, an attorney, was sentenced
this morning to serve eight years
and six months in the penitentiary
at Walla Walla for stealing 1925 be-
longing to Mary Lambert, one of his
clients. This sentence is to run con-
currently with the sentence OF seven
years already imposed upon Lewis
ferstealing money from Mary Platte,
another client. He will remain in
iailpendingan appeal to thesupreme
court.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-02-27
A Senatorial Fight in Johnson County

Warrensburg, Mo-, Feb. 19--Tbe
Democrats Of Chilhowee township. in
mass convention, decided for David
A. DeArmond for United States sena.
tor. This is the beginning Of a con-
test in johnson county between De.
Almond and Stone. The county
primary will be March 80.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-02-27
Missouri Pacific Railway Tine Table
at Butler Station.
NORTH BOUND
K. G. Pittsburg e. Gulf Time Table

Arrival and departure OF trains at Worlsnd.
NORTH BOUND
No. Kansas City daily Express -. l2:49 p. m.
NO. % Mail 900. 3:l7 a. m
SOUTH ROUND.
NO. through Port Arthur Exprese, 2:fl p m
No. SLOAN Springs Express. 49,. l2;25p m
Remember this is the popular short line be
tween Kansas City, Mo. and Pittsburg, Kan. I,
Ark, SLOAN Syringe, ARK :, and the direc !
route from the south to St Louis, Chicago ,
and points north and northeast and 10 Denver
ogden. san Francisco, Portland and point
west anu northwest. No expense has beer
spareu 70 make the passenger equipment
via the new line Fl G opp
ienpPase Agt. KansatCi Mo,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-02-27
His Sweetheart Blind, He Killed Him.
sell.


Columbus, O., Feb. 19.-The body
of Lieutenant Clarence NJ. Furay,
who committed suicide by shooting
himSelfat the United States barracks
Monday, was taken charge OF last
night by his brother, Frank Furay.
He confirmed the story that his
brother was engaged to IA young wo-
-nHu IN tUTTfTH who was suddenly
stricken blind, and who telegraphed
him that, such being the case. she
was not fit to be an officers wife.
Then lie killed himself.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-02-27
SUPREMEICOURT DENIED WRIT.
MandamuS Against State Equalization
Board Denied.

Jefferson City Press
Judge Il. +. Rombauer. attorney
for the st. Louis school board. yes
terday presented an application to
the supreme court for a writ of man
damuS to compel the state board of
equalization to assess corporate
property. including franchises at its
full corporate value.
In making the assessment the
state board has followed the rule of
county assessors, fixing the value for
taxing purposes at about one third
of the actual value of the property,
as heretofore.
That is, in assessing corporate
property, the state board has taken
the value OF all tangible property,
added to it the franchise value, and
then applied the one-third rule to the
.uhpla
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-02-27

The supreme court unanimously
refused to issue the writ.
Should the state board OF eQuali.
zation.assesS corporate property at
its full cash value, then it would com
pei the assessment of all real estate,
farm and personal property to be
raised to its full cash value in order
to maintain an equality of assess
ment as the law requires. This would
operate to enormously increase the
taxes of farmers. business men and
other owners of real and personal
property.
This rule oi assessment has never
been applied in the history OF the
state, and the state board of eQuali-
zation!in its assessment simply
following Il custom as old ms the
state itself.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-02-27

Richard Harding Davis related this
incident, which happened while he
WIS Il correspondent during the
EngliShBoer war; 4 regiment OF
Scottish highlander, noted for their
bravery in action, during the heat OF
one battle was suddenly seen to
break ranks aud run in every direc-
tlon. The officers AS we'll shared in
the stampede, and apparently made
no attempt to urge the men under
them into line. Their behavior was
II surprise to everybody on the field
and after the colonel of the regiment
was summoned before General Rob
erts. "What the devil was the mat
ter with the regiment" asked
"Bobs. Well" remarked the col
onel, there is not Il man in the req
iment afraid OF Dutchman's bullets
but We were steered into n field liter
ally infested with wasps' nests, and
you know general, we were all in kits
and with bare legs"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-02-27
GaHe+ NEv,

at her in!her coffin, Then he haC
- N,ty5,---'----- -'
Maria B,sllapin, as she signcC
herself to the affidavit ON October
-, 1881, ten wears after the birth
@i her son, IN which shrmade charges
against Grover Cleveland, was mar
ried three times-Hrst. to Frederick
Halpin, who died before she went to
Buffalo in search Of employment and
where rs widow she met the man
who fi,rrrrrirrrr IIr7y
idrut OF the United States. the soc.
Ond time To Albert Sccur. with whom
she lived mauy years IN New Koch
ellie, ana the last time, about tire,
years ago,'to Wallace Hunt. Of the
same town, who condutS prosper
Gus zinc and tin store there.
She lived IN New Rochelle during
the campaign OF 1884, and had lived
there ever since.
Many in New Rochelle had never
heard the story that stirred the
country in lSNi others had forgot
ten the chief features of the story.
and some did not know that Mrs.
Wallace Hunt or Mrs. Albert Secor,
as she had been known was Maria
Halpin.
The funeral will be held on Sunday.
at > o clock in the afternoon. the
Rev. Francis T.. Smith. officiating.
but none seem to know whether her
SOFT, tf0 Young Mr IIalpin, who
called yesterday, will be there. The
uIllEEL4lsnE-,,+I .-..--+--ii--f-wrrrr: ~
and GO years old, hc thuugot, but
would not say anything more as he
had beer forbidden to talk.
Possibly one Of the most dramatic
Incidents oil the observation-disclosures
campaign, growing out Of the Maria
Halpin charges, was in Brooklvn.
where she was born, Maria Hoyerton
as 1t was stated in New Rochelle.
yesterday.
Henry Ward Iieecher, advocatin.
the election OF Mr. Cleveland. read
the presidential candidates letter to
Mr.. Beeeher denying the charges of
immortality in Buffalo and Albany.
and then said:
when, in the gloomy night OF nv
own sufferings, in years gone by, |
sounded every depth of sorrow, |
vowed ii God would bring the day
star OF life to me would never suffer
brother, friend or neighbor to 90 un-
befriended should a like serpent seek
to crush him. Ii | refuse to interpose
a shield OF we'll placed confidence be-
ween Grover Cleveland and the swarm
OF liars that nestle in the mud. or
sling arrows from ambush, may my
mouth and my right hand forget its
cumming"
After the death OF her first hus-
band Mrs. Hunt went to New Rocb-
ellie, and was a housekeeper and gov
erness in several of the wealthy fam
lilies.
Former President Cleveland also
had many friends in New Rochelle
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-02-27
p. l.. Payne, M. D.

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Ohce over Nichols Shoe Store, East Side
Square, Residence on ONO street on, 49,
east OF West School building south side. 6-tf
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-02-27
MARIA HALPIN DEAD.
The Sad Death of a Woman
Who Was an Issue in the
CIeveIand-BIaine
Campaign.
New York Herald.

Maria Ilalpin is dead And so re
tired was her life i'm New Rochelle.
-where she lived for many years.
and died, that many of her nearest
nei@hbors had forgotten or had not
heard the story of 1884. which stir
red the nation and figured SO largely
in the campaign that preceded the
election Of Grover Cleveland to the
presidency of the United States.
In neat frame cottage in the
WestcheSter town, she died ON Thurs.
day. after weeks suffering from
pneumonia, anu almost the last
thing she did was to beckon her hus.
band, Naiiarc Hunt, TO her bedside
and say; do not let the funeral he
too public, | do not want strangers
To come and gaze.on my face. Let
everything he very quiet; let me
rest
And her husband, grici-stricken,
would not talk Of her life or death
because she had asked him not TO.
Her sister, who came from an up
state town, sal SobbinY in the little
parlor where the coffin lay Her son
Il man OF, twenty-five or thirty years,
who was only known to the under
takers as MIR Ilalpiu, from some
town up the Hudson" had arrived
in time To soc his motherdieand look
at her in!her coffin. Then he had
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-09
MORTUARY.

Funeral services were held for Gen.
Francis ]. Lippett in Washington.
- Emile lola, the famous novelist,
was found dead in Paris from as
phyxiation.
Ben Bella M. Hughes died at Den
yer and Judge Mason B. LOOMS OF
Chicago, both of pneumonia.
Rear Admiral James E. Jouett, q
S. ~, retired, died at his home, The
Anchorage, Sandy Spring, Md. He
was "a years of age and had a long
and distinguished career.
Rev. Frank A. Lynde, formerly as
sistant pastor at Aurora, Dixon, and
Elgin Roman Catholic parishes, who
died at Bowlder, Colo, was buried il
Chicago. Father Lynde was born in
Wakegan, and was 80 years old.
Colonel H. c.. ST. Clair, a unior
veteran, eX-member Of the Kansas
legislature, is dead at his home il
Kingfsher, Ok. He represented
| Oklahoma at the Chicago exposition
in 1893 as a commissioner and was il
charge of the Oklahoma exhibit a
the Omaha exposition. The remain:
will be conveyed to Mount Pulaski
H., for interment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-09
KILOGRAMS IN BRIEF.
POLiT ICAL,

Gen. r. A. Alger will be sworn in as
United States senator in December.
The Vermont legislature elected
Gen. John G. Mccullough, rep, gov
ernor. He had received plurality,
but not a majority, of the votes.
The Michigan democratic state com
mittee chose l.. T. Durand of Sag
inaw for a gubernatorial candidate in
place of. Judge G. H. Durand, his
brother, who withdrew.
Ex-Judge y. P. Birdsall Of Clarion
Ia, accepted the republican congress
sional nomination to success Speaker
Henderson and declared for tariff re,
vison to prevent monopoly.
Senator Dolliver, of Iowa, in an adj
dress at the National republican
league convention in Chicago, pre-
dicted that competition would down
the trusts finally and that over
capitalized combinations will disap
pear.
Senator Hanna, in a Cleveland in
teryiew, declared Tom L. Johnson
favored high taxes for street railways
only after selling his own road; hasty
tariff revision would cause panic;
careful investigation by conservative
men should precede changes, but the
demand largely is local and selfish
he declared.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-09
and Workers
Come TO No Agreement
President RoOseveIt's APP
peal TO No Purpose
Split on Recognition
Miners Union
[ } !

Washington Oct 1.-The great coal conference end
yesterday afternoon with failure reach agreement Appar
emily the rock upon which the conference split recognition
of the union The president urged the conendng parties
their strife interests of the public weare the Miners
through the president of their unon expressed their willingness
submit the differences the arbitration of tribunal be named
by the president and agreement abide by the
fixed by the arbitration from EMPLOYERS
through the president Of the railroads and coal companies and
leading independent OPERATOR uaey refused arbitration and de-
nounced the miners organization awes anatc body with
which they could and would have dealings; demanded federal
troops complete protection families
and proceedings against the miners the
returned work to submit the grievances Individual
er the decision of the Judges of the pleas
for the district Pennsy in which the oey located
There the closed night both operators
still in the city but today they their localities
each saying the struggle will continue.
1t remarkable chapter
try written yesterday For the first time the president of the repub
lie had interviewed directly between the forces of capital and labor
effort what he himself regarded great national
calamity The result bring the principals
the whole country eagerly intent and wahfu of their dong
Technically the issues between the great stand they
did before the president summoned the representatives the CAPT
to and forgetting his suering besought
of country and of pity for the countless hongs suffer
ing people adjust their differences and work together peace for
the veal What anything, will result from the confer
for the indefinite future Yesterday the views of the
tending in the great industrial struggle extreme and
wide apart there middle ground possible and the
ended without any agreement for its continuation.
What the administration will take prepared
say One of the operators he left the
regarding this and replied:
eff any what the president next that is more
than know
1t announced the white house last night
had to make on the conference.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-09
FOREIGN.

Another great storm ravaged Sicily.
/ Emperor William pardoned another
duelist.
A tidal wave near Yokohama. Japan.
is believed to have killed 500 persons.
Lord Salisbury started from Lucerne,
Switzerland. for his villa at Beaulieu
near Nice.
st. Vincent authorities are &C.
cused of administration of sup
plies for volcano sufferers
The divorce decree obtained March
q by Lord Francis Hope against Nav
Yohe was made absolute in London.
1t is reported that Maria Christina,
queen regent of Spain, has married
Count de la Escasura, her master of
horse.
Sc. Petersburg advices from Khar-
bin say that the Russian troops are
beginning to evacuate south Man
churia.
Andrew Carnegie has donated
81 800 to the union for women stu
dents of st. Andrews university, OF
which instituation he is rector.
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, speaking
at Bristol, England, deprecated the
suggestion of refusing to pay taxes if
the British educational bill is passed.
The Peruvian chamber of deputies
has confirmed the grant of $4,000 al
ready sanctioned by the senate pro
viding for the representation of Peru
at the st. Louis exposition.
Robert H. Willard, the English
lawyer who arranged the duke of
Marlborough marriage settlement,
was arrested on the charge of misap-
propriating $4,000 from a firm.
! The breaking of rope attached to
a car which was ascending the shaft
OF a coal mine at Pontypool, Wales,
precipitated the car, which contained
eight men, 800 yards to the bottom.
All were instantly killed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-09
CARE OF THE NAILS.
French Manicures Do Not Use Steel
Cleaners Nor CuticIe Knives.

French Manicures Do Not Use Steel
Cleaners Nor CuticIe Knives.
A young woman who has been
living in Paris for year says that no
French manicure VINO treated her
hands used a cuticle knife about her
nails or a steel nail cleaner. The
little orange wood sticks sharpened
to a broad point were used to push
back the encroaching cuticle, and to
clean the nails after each washing of
the hands. In this way the delicate
enamel of the nail is not injured, and
the under surface of the nail point is
kept smooth. The French manicures,
too, polish more often with a bit of
chamois rather than regular
polisher, and cut the nails with a clip
per instead of curved scissors. These
clippers come in pairs, one for cutting
the nails of each hand. Emery
boards or a velvet file is recommend
ed for the little fling needed to shape
the nails. Never cut the cuticle
around the nail, but press back lightly
with the orange wood stick. Daily
brief care when the nail is soft from
the use Of soap and water is all that
is needed to keep the hands in goou
condition with a weekly manicuring
Use lemon juice instead of any other
acid to remove stains.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-09
THE COAL SITUATION.

At Washington four dealers have
all the anthracite in the city-950
tons.
Coal famine is already grave in
New York city. More troops were
called out in Pennsylvania.
Detroit officials called a conference
to meet in that city to devise means
for ending the coal strike.
In Chicago, wooden sidewalks, bill,
boards and unguarded building
material are being stolen for fuel.
A carload of anthracite-the first
received in Washington since the be-
ginning of the strike-arrived con-
signed to the white house
At Tamaqua, Pa, a coal train on
the Central railway of New Jersey s
tracks was wrecked by strikers and
rescuers were fired upon.
President George F. Baer of the
Philadelphia and Reading railway
said in New York that the talk of a
coal famine in the winter is Simply a
scare"
President Roosevelt conferred with
Attorney General Knox, Postmaster
General Payne, Secretary of the Navy
Moody and Governor Crane of Mas.
Sachusetts concerning steps to be
taken to end the coal strike.
The presidents of the coal roads
held long conference and at it's close
declared that federal action could
have no influence on the strike situa
ton. Coal is held at $25 a ton in
New York, with very title of it in the
market.
President Roosevelt invited John
Mitchell, president of the miners
union, and the presidents of the an
thracite coal roads to conference on
coal strike settlement at the white
house. Mitchell and five operators
accepted at once. The president de
clared to them that he appealed tc
their patriotism to end the famine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-09
The Presidents Statement.

The Presidents Statement.
The official statement of the confer
ence given out last night gives the de-
tails Of the opening and the names OF
those present. The president after
the formal greeting, made the follow
ing statement:
Il wish to call your attention to the
fact that there are three parties
affected by the situation in the anthra-
cite trade-the operators, the miners
and the general public. The question
at issue which led to the situation
cerned-the operators and the miners
but the situation itself vitality affects
the public. AS long as there seemed
to be a reasonable hope that these
matters could be adjusted between the
parties it did not seem proper to me to
intervene in any way. 1 disclaim any
right Or duty 10 intervene in any way
upon legal grounds or upon any official
relation that | bear to the situation;
but the urgency and the terrible ma
ture OF the catastrophe impending
over a large portion of our people in
the shape Of a winter fuel famine i'm
pels me after much anxious thought
to believe that my duty requires me to
use whatever influence I personally
can to bring to an end situation
which has become literally intolerable.
Il wish to emphasize the character
OF the situation and to say that its
gravity is such that I am constrained
urgently to insist that each of you
realize the heavy burden of RESPONSE
bility upon him. We are upon the
threshold of winter with an already
existing coal famine, the future ter
rors Of which we can hardly yet ap-
preciate. The evil possibilities are
so far-reaching. so appalling, that it
seems to me that you are not only justi-
fed IN sinking but required to sink
FOR the time being any tenacity as to
your respective claims in the matter
at issue between you.
In my judgment the situation i'm
peratlvely requires that you meet upon
the common plane of the necessities
OF the public. With all the earnest
ness there is in me. I ask that there be
an immediate resumption of operations
IN the coal mines in some such way
as viii, without a days unnecessary
delay meet the crying needs of the
people.
I do not invite discussion of your
respective claims and positions. ap-
peal to your patriotism, to the spirit
that sinks personal considerations and
makes individual sacrifices for the
general good.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-09
THE REVOLUTIONS.

The Venezuela government is ere,
pairing to cut the cable lines ana
Minister Brown has asked for war.
ships.
President Castro of Venezuela
reached Villa de Cunra with 5000
troops to attack Mendoza, the rebel
commander. The latter was not there
Venezuelan rebels under Matos
and Mendoza joined forces and now
have $500 men. Castros' troops are
deserving and forced recruiting is
going on in Caracus streets.
Commanded Mclean, at Colon,
has notified both government,
and insurgent leaders that no action
by gunboats of either side will be al
lowed in the bay of Panama or within
gunshot of the line of transit of the
isthmus.