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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-02
Called Sherman's Army Buns.

Detroit, Mich, March 27.-United
States Senator Benjamin R. Tillman,
OF South Carolina, was greeted by
alternate storms OF applause and
Kisses when he delivered an impas-
stoned address on the race problem
Tuesday at Light Guard armory, the
audience being evidently divided be.
tween upholders OF his ideas and
strenuous opponents OF them. Upon
the senator's reference to some oil
Sht rman's army rs buns. chicken
thieves and carpet baggers, his
Northern audience broke out into
such violent Kissing that the speech
was interrupted and some of tn.
more timid ones In the audience fear
ed trouble.
at will mean that more blood will
flow than was shed in the Civil war
| you persist 10 trying to subject Us t.
the domination OF the blacks" b,
said.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-02
GEN. MCDONALD A SUICIDE.
The Famous British Soldier Shoots
Himself in Paris.

London. March 25.-The London
Evening News announces that Major
General Sir Hector Macdonald, CON-
mandiny the British iorcesin Ceylon,
against whom charges based on i'm
moral acts were filed some time ago
committed suicide to-day by shoot
ing in a hotel in Paris.
A dispatch this morning from Cey'
lon stated that charges ofimmorality
had been brought against Major
General Sir Hector Macdonald, in
consequence of which the governor ol
the island. Sir Joseph West Ridge
way, had been authorized to convene
court martial.
The statement that Major General
Macdonald was to be court martialed
was the biggest sensation in British
military circles since Col. Valentine
Baker was sentenced, Aug. 2, 1875 to
pay a,hne of $500 and to undergo
twelve months imprisonment for at
tscking a woman in a railroad car.
riage.
General Macdonald was regarded
as one Of Britain's great soldiers, lie
rose from the ranks in the Gordon
Hiyhlanders and the service list
shows no more honorable record than
that OF Macdonald, while few officers
possessed harder won decorations
He was extremely popular in thu
army and in civil life.
While the army officers were aware
that charges were pending against
General Macdonald no intimation o
the nature leaked out until the dinner
OF the uiii,--rs ~ a Highland regiment
March u Macdonald was not pres
ent. Lor,! Roberts paid tribute in a
speech IN the Highland officers, but
he did not mention Macdonald. This
attracted notice Another speaker,
who was not aware OF the facts in
the ease. lauded Macdonald as d
typical Highland soldier. His re
marks were received in cold silence by
the officers present.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-02
FIGHT In THE PHILIPPINES.
FOrty-Five FiIipinOs Left Dead---Lieu-
tenant Reese Wounded.

FOrty-Five FilipinOs Left Dead---Lieu-
tenant Reese Wounded.
Manila, March 27.-Two companies
OF Macebebe scouts signally defeated
the main body Of San Miguers force
to-day. 1t is believed that San Mig
uel was killed. Lieutenant Reese was
dangerously wounded. The scouts
lost three men killed. Eleven men
we're wounded. San Miguel was one
Of the few Filipino revolutionists still
waging warfare. Reese is a firstlie
tenant in the Fourth company ofthe
Philippine scouts. He was made a
first lieutenant July 1, 1901.
The enemy occupied an intrenched
position midway between Mariquina,
San Francisco and Delmonte, and
had erected stone fort, which was
garrisoned by 200 men. The First
and Fourth companies OF Macabebe,
commanded by Lieutenant Reese and
Lieutenant Nickerson, respectively,
attacked the enemy's position. but
as the scouts were exposed to the fire
of the enemy in manner which plac-
ed the Macabebes at a disadvantage,
the lieutenants decided after an
hours fighting to surround the posi-
ton and charge, after having divided
their companies. The two officers
then led a gallant and successful
charge, during which Lieutenant
Reese fell wounded.
The enemy then broke and ran,
leaving forty,five dead upon the field,
including a general officer, who is be-
lieved to be San Miguel, though his
Identification is incomplete. 1t is
hoped this defeat will discourage dis
order in Rial province. The mill
tary authorities will direct the opera
tions of the three detachments which
are pursuing the bandit band. Ad-
ditional troops are to be sent to
Surigao later on.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-02
The Best is the Cheapest.

Not how cheap but how good IL
the question.
The Twice-a Week Republic Is not
as cheap as some so-called newsps-
pers, but it is ascheap asiti is possible
to sell a tirst-class newspaper. Il
prints all the news that is worth
printing. Ifyou read it all the year
round you are posted on all the i'm
portant and interesting affairs ofthe
world. 1t is the best and most relL
able newspaper that money and
brains can produce-and those should
be the distinguishing traits OF a news
paper that is designed to be read by
all members of the family.
Subscription price, 81 ayear. Any
newsdealer newspaper or postmaster
will receive your subscription or you
may mail it direct to
THE. REPUBLU,
st. Louis, Mo.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-02
A BIG LEVEE DISASTER.
One Great Break, Flooding Missis.
sippi $50 Miles Down the River.

0ne Great Break, Flooding Missis-
sippi $50 Miles Down the River.
Greenville, Miss, March 81 With
tremendous crash the levee four
miles south Of Greenville gave way
at II O'Clock to-day. and great guam
titles Of water are now pouring
through a 800 foot crevasse, rapidly
flooding the most fertile land in the
Yazoo delta.
Major Sears, in charge Of the gov
eminent engineers Office here, says it
is the worst break ever experienced
upon the Mississippi side and he
states that the whole delta from
Greenville to Yicksburg will be flood
ed. This is the first break reported
upon the Mississippiside. Greenvillt
is about $50 miles north of Vicks
burg
Jackson, Miss, March PA dis
patch from Greenville states that thu
crevasse in the levee south OF tha
place has widened into gap Of three
miles. Immense volumes OF waite
are flooding the country.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-02
GERMAN NAVY 0VERRATED.
Admiral Dewey Thinks Ii Inferior to
Americas.

aUeTlCd >.
New York. March 26 Admiral
George Dewey, according to m inter
view in the Newark Evening News on
Wednesday night made comparisons
between the United States navy,
which he pronounced the greatest in
the world. and the German navy. He
said that in his opinion the latter's
efficiency Was greatly eveFestimated
1t was in his home in Washington
that the admiral said: "The United
States navy is the greatest in the
world, for this reason: Every mai
in the United States navy is man
OF intelligence. He knows Just what
To do. aud the right time to do it.
Il war ship is an enormous ma
chine shop, aud every part OF that
poniernus creation must be operated
By intelligence. The German navy,
for instance. is an entirely different
organization in its makeup ofhuman
material.
Il have made a deep study OF that
navy. Ny belief is that its efficiency
in possible action is greatly overesti
mated.
''The men do not begin to compare
ineduration and intelligence with the
Americans. Their men have, in my
opinion. been educated so that they
look to the officers and depend upon
them for specific instructions in the
least matters. The maneuvers in the
Caribbean were not only successful
but were the greatest object lesson o
the kind, probably, that the worlC
has ever seen.
sit was an object lesson to tn
kaiser more than to any other per
son. Think OF it, fifty four wa
ships. including Golfers and all. Ger
many could not possibly get flee
over here that could fight such a
aggregation OF war ships as that"
She Held Her Skirts Too High.
Joplin, Mo. March 26.-It is nc
unlawful for women to hold the
skirts high and dry in Joplin j
muddy weather. That was the dec
sion rendered today in Judge Pc
ter's court Miss Flo Williams hn
been arrested for holding her ski
higher than is usual. She demo
stratsd the elevation OF her Skin
ua1 * plained to the court that h
action had been prompted bya desi
to keep her skirts out OF the mu
She was dis~Iarged from custody.
Miss Williams has lived sever
years in Webb City, where she is
the dress making business. She fl
quently visits Joplin. She is said
be the daughter Of q Kansas phone
Who was once q millionaire, but lat
Lost his fortune In speculation.
..
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-02
SOUTHERN WOMEN
DRAW COLOR LINE.
New Orleans Members Refuse to At
tend National Council Of Women.

New orleans members Refuse W Az
tend National Council Of Women.
New Orleans, La, March 26 The
annual convention of the national
council OF women was called to order
at the st. Charles hotel here to-day,
To. night the officers OF the national
council entertained at reception.
AS the natioaal council had previous
" stated, it's position in regard to
the color line, there was not single
representative OF the local council
present. The local council has nail
ed it's standard to the rampants. II
is on record as iavoring no socis
function In honor of the visiting
guests which implies the socialrecog
milton OF colored delegates.
The daily papers have all had edi
torials on the subject, and the Daily
States says: ut was not to be ex'
pected that the women OF New
Orleans would give countenance to
the social intermingling OF the
races"
The States regards the obligation
OF hospitality as among the most
binding and sacred that could be i'm
posed upon the human race, BUTT
must be remembered that thesf
obligations are reciprocal and equal
ly binding upon guest and hose.
The ladies OF New Orleans hold the
hospitality OF the city above all ordi
nary considerations, but so far al
the national council OF women is con
cerned there will be no entertain
ment, inasmuch az the national coun
ell has taken its stand in favor OF thu
negro delegates, and the women o
the South want to write their stanC
Enthusiastically. They do not pro
pose to have anything to do witt
anything that implies the recogni
ton OF the negro on equal terms.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-02
A Wagon and $4,000 Gone.

Chicago, March 27.-Thieves drove
of with wagon loaded with fifty.
seven cases Of merchandise valued at
s., 900 from in front Of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy freight depot
Tuesday. No trace OF the wagon OF
the merchandise has been found.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-02
Many Danes are Emigrating.

Copenhagen, March 2S.-The He'll
golav, the new 10000 ton steamer
OF the Scandinavian:American line,
left Wednesday on her maiden trip
for New York. She carried 1,50C
passengers, which is a record number
from any Scandinavian port. The
American emigration fever is now
worse than ever throughout the Dan
sh peninsula and has called forth 9
number Of newspaper protests.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-02
Dakota Woman Moved a House.

Grand Forks, n. d, sarch 81 "A
sensation was caused here Tuesday
night when house. the ownership Of
which was claimed by Mrs. John
jackson and Phil Bitts, was moved
into Minnesota despite vigorous pro.
tests OF Bits. Several attorneys
were called, but before injunction pa.
pers could be secured the house was
| in Minnesota.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-02
WATCH ST. LOUIS.

The greatest worlds fair the world
has ever seen will be held at st. Louis
in 1908. To keep in touch with the
work of preparation for this great
worlds fair and to get all the news
of all the earth, every reading person
should at once subscribe for the
great newspaper of st. Louis, the
GLOBE-DEMOCRAT. Itstands pre-
eminent and alone among American
newspapers, and acknowledges no
equal or rival. Its circulation ex-
tends to every state and territory In
the union, to Canada and Mexico,
and to every part OF the world where
there are readers OF the English lam
guage. 1t ought to be in your home
during the coming year. See adver-
tisement elsewhere in this issue.
1S-6t
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-02
A Big Chicagoan Dead.

Chicago, March 29.-James Fl.
Hahler, the largest man in Chicago,
il not in the United States, is dead.
Mr.. Mailer is president of a medical
concern. He was so broad he could
not edss through the turn styles,
Only surface cars having double
siding doors could admit him.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-02
A Clinton, No., Monogenarian Dead

A Clinton, No., Monogenarian Dead.
Clinton, Mo-, March 26.-Mrs. An
ma M. Marvin, widow OF the late l..
C. Marvin. died here this morning
She was IS years old. Her husband
was speaker OF the house in the Mis-
souri, legislature in 1862-63 under
the Gamble administration. Mrs. G
Y. Salmon Of Clinton is her daughter
Mrs. Marvin was born in Hudson, N
Y, ago came to Missouri with til,
early pioneers.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-02
Missouri Pacific Railway Time Table
at Butler Station.
K. G. Pittsburg & Gulf Time Table.

Arrival and departure OF trains a. worland.
NORTH BOUND
No. Kansas City daily Express ..l2;49 p. IN,
NO.S " +" Mail $3.50. SALT Q. m.
SOUTH ROUND.
No. Q Through Port Arthur Express, 2:4lp. m
No. 4silosm Springs Express. ..... l9:26p n
Remember this ls the popular short line be-
veen Kansas City, Mo. and Pittsburg, Kan. /,
Joplin. Mo Neosho, Mo-. sulphur Springs |,
-onte from the south 20 at. Louis, CHICAGO !.
md points north and northeast and TO Denver,
Ogden San Francisco, Portland and pointi
vest and northwest. No expense hos beer
pared to make the passenger equipment c
hie line second 20 none in the west Trsvs
Ia the new line nc. ORR.
qanp Pass Art Kansar City, Mo.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-04-24
Chance For Prospectors.

A capitalist never yet found a mine
he buys them after they are found,
says the Salt Lake Mining Review. 1t
is the prospector who makes the first
discovery. He is the one who blazes
the trail, finds the way, and guides
the man of means to the mountain
ranges, the canyons and the hills to
the cropping ledge, the mineralized
zone in which nature has placed her
richest treasures.
This is the era of mining-an era of
mining. Men of wealth have the few
er They have come to a realization
of the fact that mining is Legitimate
pursuit; that it is vastly profitable;
that there are more millionaire mining
kings than there are railroad or manu-
featuring magnets, and they want an
inning in this fascinating pursuit and
o occupation. Hundreds of investors
and capitalists are Of the same mind.
However, they will not find mines,
but they win buy them after they are
found if they can. And right here is
where the opportunity of the pros
pector comes in. With his ability to
trace the float to the mother lode, and
his mining experience, his knowledge
Of mountain life, his training in judg-
ing the value OF different classes of
ores, and with an understanding of the
formations, the distinction between
porphyry, granite, lime and quartzite,
it only remains for him to make a
valuable discovery in order to COM
mand the attention and assistance of
capital in order to transform a pros
pect into producing mine and dividend
payer.
While the West is possessed of many
almost matehless bonanzas, the fact re-
mains that our mountain ranges and
canyons have been but barely pros
pected "a yet. In fact there are great
areas of country in the West, much of
which are doubtless richly mineralized,
that have as yet never been visited by
the prospector and miner What such
boundless tracts hold in trusts for
the future no1one can tell, but it will
b. the prospeetor who will reveal the
secret, and, in time to come, it will be
through his aid that the world will be
given innumerable metallic wealth.
producers which will be the equal, if
not the peer, of the great Monte Cristo
propositions of the " est in which we
all take iustifiable pride in this day
and age. The prospeetor of today has
an opportunity never before enjoyed
| by his fellow-eraftsmen
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-04-24
Learn From the Animals.

Learn of the animals. The horse
teaches us to be silent under punish
ment and patient in suffering. From
the lion we learn brayado. From the
cat we learn TO prowl at night. From
the dog we learn how to be faithful to
n friend. The camel teaches Us absti-
nence. The elephant teaches rs how TO
be calm in adversely. The hippopota-
mus teaches us repose. The shy little
rabbit teaches us how to die without a
mulnur The antelope teaches Us the
foolishness of idle curiosity. The hop
toad teaches us the evils Of gluttony.
The ant teaches us industry and wis
dom in council. The hen teaches us to
go in out of the wet tyet ! have seen
fool hens which did tot know the diff
ference between sunshine and RAIN.
Some men might learn Of hogs how to
be sentlemen,--N York Press.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-04-24
INACTIVE OLD ACE.
More Conducive TO ureRriness Thnn
to shortomlns. life.


There is far more evidence for the be-
lief in the dreariness of old age after
active work has been laid aside than
for the shortening of life which results
from the enforced inactivity. Two not
able Instances and perhaps freer from
doubt than most as to whether 1t IS en-
nui alone that kills and not the disease
of old age or Il more specific malady
are those of Napoleon the Great and
Bismarck. The one lived six years in
ST. Helena, the other eight years at
FrIedrichsruh, each "eating out his
heart" If ever there were men who
ought on the supposition to have been
killed by the total suspension Of their
activities, these two ought 10 have
been but il would be extremely Diff
cult to show that they were. Though
Napoleon was no more than tifty-three.
yet it was the specific disease of cancer
of the stomach OF which he died, and
the connection between his exiled lone
iiness and the direct cause of his death
does not seem very apparent. On the
other hand, Bismarck at the age of
seyentyfve, when he was dismissed
from the chancellorship, could not have
had likelihood Of more prolonged
years than he actually achieved out of
Office even if he had continued in office
until the end. A wise man if not too
dyspeptic viii never lose touch with
actual life. There are old men with
young hearts. and the elder when he
has young heart Is perhaps the most
delightful type humanity can show US.
Saturday Review.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-04-24
The Collector,

1t is always the fate of a man who
tries to collect an old bill to get snub-
bed. Now we think Of it, the old bill
collector who trudges painfullythrough
the streets from day to day, trying to
find the man who is ever trying to
dodge him, ought to have more SYM
pathy. lis only business is to per-
shade delinquents to pay their just
debts, and yet everybody looks upon
him very much as sailor looks upon
craft that has raised the black flag of
piracy. Poor fellow! He has hard
time of 1t trying to catch sight of the
man who has just gone 'round the cor
ner, who will be back in five minutes,
50 the clerk says, but never until the
old bin collector is gone. II is on
record that by some strange faulty Of
fortune a collector once found his
debtor at home. Such a circumstance
nearly took his breath away, for, like
the Wandering Jew, he had been flying
from pillar to post for nearly year,
and had never found the right man in
the right place; but he took out his
battered wallet and presented the ac-
count, yellow with age, and humbly
asked for a settlement. "You must
call again." was the stern, imperative
demand of the man, who never in
tended to have money to pay the bill
The victim with the threadbare clothes
and wornont shoes suggested that it
was not easy to go up three flights of
stairs three times a day to find the
ominous word "out" on the office door.
"Well, said the naughty debtor, per
haps you would like to have me rent
room on the first floor for the sake. of
my creditors The old bill collector
uttered deep sigh, put his wallet
back into his pocket and walked into
back alley, where his home was, while
the jaunty debtor sprang into his Ian
dau and went up to the park for a
drive.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-04-24
Freak of n Thunderboit.

The annals of a French academy Of
science tell Of tailor's adventure with
q thunderbolt He lived in house pro-
vided with two chimneys-one for n
fireplace and the other for a stove. the
latter not In use. During a thunder
storm a tremendous report was heard,
and everybody thought that the house
had been struck by lightning, Instant
ly q blue flaming ball dropped into the
fireplace and rolled out into the room,
seemingly about six inches above the
floor. The excited tailor ran around the
room, the ball of fire playing about his
feet. Suddenly II rose above his head
and moved off toward the stovepipe
hole In the ceiling. which had a piece
of paper pasted over it. The ball moved
straight through the paper and up the
chimney. When near the top, 1t ex
ploded and tore the chimney into thou
sands of fragments. The sight of the
debris left by the explosion showed the
family what would have been the con-
sequences had II exploded while on its
syrating passage through the room.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-04-24

To know how to Use money, how to
save it and how to spend it are very
important parts of education. Every
penny is an opportunity, and pennies
make dollars. There are very few
young ladies and gentlemen who do
not spend generous sum in the
course of the year, and so often it goes
for trfles of no real value that when
the year is over they have nothing to
show for it. Economy is noble word.
1t does not mean stinginess, but rather
good management of whatever one
has, and care in the use of ones means.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-04-24
The worship of the Moon.

The Moslem still slaps his hands at
the sight of the new moon and mutters
Il prayer, although the Koran appears
to forbid the practice In the words,
Bend not in alteration of the sun or
MOON" Herodotus accuses the ancient
Pcrsians of being moon worshipers,
and, though they denied the practice,
the following passage from the zend
Avesta would seem to be conclusive:
I'VE sacrifice to the new moon. the
holy and master of holiness; we sacri-
flee IN the full moon, the holy and mas
ter OF holiness
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-04-24
Your Mission.

This was President Lincoln's favo.
J rite song, one which he encored no less
than eighteen times when sung at q
Sunday school convention in Washing.
ton in 1864
If you cannot on the ocean
Sail among the swiftest feet,
Rocking on the highest billows,
Laughing at the storms you meet,
You can stand among the sailors,
Anchored yet within the bay,
You can lend a hand to help them
As they launch their boats away.
Ifyou are too weak to journey
Up the molnta'-, steep and high,
You can stand within the valley
While the multitudes go by;
You can chant in happy measure
As they slowly pass along
Though they may forget the singer,
They VIII not forge. the song.
Ifyou have not gold and silver
Ever ready at command;
fyou cannot toward the leedy
Reach an eyer-helping hand,
You can suecor the afflicted,
0'er the erring you can weep;
You can be true disc pie,
Sitting at the Masters feet.
If you cannot in the harvest
Garner up the richest sheave,
Many grains, both ripe and gol len,
Will the careless reaper leave;
Go and CLEAN among the briers
Growing rank against the wall,
For it may be that the shadows
Hide the heaviest wheat of all.
If you cannot in the conflict
Prove yourself a soldier true;
If where fire and smoke are thickest
There's no work for you to do,
When the battlefield is silent,
You can go with careful tread
You can bear away the wounded,
You can cover up the dead.
Do not, then, stand idly waiting
For some greater work to do;
Fortune is a lazy goddess
She will never come to you.
Go and toll within life's vineyard;
Do not fear to do or dare
fyou want field of labor
You can find it anyN here.
S. NJ. Grannis.