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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-08-20
BYAN BO0MS COCKRELL.
Worthy to be Considered Among
Those Eligible to Demo-
cratic Nomination.

Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 14.-In the
Commoner to-day William J. Bryan,
who has printed several biographies
of presidential possibilities but never
before declared for one, declares for
Senator Cockrell OF Missouri for pres.
ident. Senator Cockrell, however, it
is understood, has declared be Is not
a candidate.
The Commoner says:
"Why net Francis Marion Cockrell
of Missouri for president? His christ
ian character, his long experience,
his great ability and his unquestioned
integrity make him worthy to be
considered among those eligible to a
Democratic nomination. As one who
has been in harmony with his party
on every question, he would be ac-
ceptsble to the Kansas City plat.
form Democrats, and yet what reor.
ganizer could find a personal obiec-
tion to him? His long service would
disarm criticism and his popularity
would spread as he became better
known.
"He is 60 years Of age, but young
enough for service yet. His service
in the confederate army would not
weaken him; first, because the war is
over, and, second, because his record
has been such as to commend him to
those who wore the blue a. well as
those who wore the gray. The Com.
moner has already mentioned sever
al available men and has Others in
reserve, but it takes pleasure in pro-
posing Senator Cockrell.'
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-08-20
A Mob Lynched a White Man.

Albany, Ga, Aug. 15.-Reports re-
ceived here yesterday state that q
white man named Thompson and
King Wrightman, negro, we're
lynched Thursday at Hartsfleld for
attacking white woman near Harts-
field Saturday night.
Officers deny the reported lynching
OF King Wightman, a negro, and
Thompson, a white man, at Harts-
field for attacking Mrs. Mathis, q
white woman. Two men, whom Mrs.
Mathis says were her assailants, we're
placed safely In jail at Moultrie, Ga.
after the officers had eluded mob.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-08-20
CORPORATIONS HIT HARD.
Street Railway aud Telephone Compa
MES Taxes Increased.

Jefferson City, Aug. 15-The tax
assessment OF the Metropolitan
Street Railway company of Kansas
City was raised nearly a hall million
dollars by the state board of equal.
ization yesterday. The Missouri and
Kansas Telephone company was In
creased 100000.
OF the railroads the Missouri Pacif
ic was hit the hardest. The board
has made an increase on it over last
year of $l,045,000. The Frisco
system comes next. 1t is assessed
together with the lines acquired last
year and the increase Is about 5000.
600.
The Burlington system isincreased
about $3.50, 900. the Kansas City
Southern X million dollars, the
Wabash 100000, the st. Paul
S3I5,000, the st, Joseph street rail
ways $150,000 and the Bell Tele
phone 100000. There is no change
in the assessment OF the telegraph
property and the Rock Island rail
road, outside OF the Frisco, shows a
slight decrease.
The total assessed value OF all
property subject to taxation for the
year 1903 except merchants and
manufacturers is AZ follows:
Real estate, $S3S.G45, 431.
Personal property, $25S, 575, 234,
Bridge, railroad, telegraph and
telep h o ne property, 1926, 49,
4S5 AZ.
Grand total of assessment for 1903
$1,222, 15,510.47.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-08-20
Jamaica Storm Swept.

Kingston, August 12.-Practically
the entire island OF Jamaica suffered
severely from the hurricane yester.
day and last night. The damage d
estimated at 81, 100000
The suburbs Of Kingston we're
swept and many houses blown down
orunroofed. The railway, telegraph
and telephone systems were put out
Of business. The American schooner
Rescue and the, brigantine Galstia
from Halifax were in the harbor and
we're badly damaged. Other shin.
ping also suffered.
The banana industry received q
blow from which 1t will take years to
recover.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-08-20
Calamity Jane. &"
From the New York Post.

From the New York Post.
The news from Deadwood, 5. d.,
that Calamity Jane" is dead, re
minds us once more Of the passing q
the frontier lndian-fghting type
Contemporary with Gen. Custer and
"Wild Bill" Hickok, Jane Canary
became one Of the Vests most &C.
centric and picturesque characters.
Innumerable stories Of her exploits
some true, some wildly exaggerated
are current, one of these relating to
her ruse OF dressing as a cowboy in
order to join Gen. Custer'sexpedition
against the Apaches in 1870 An.
other admiring historian has describ-
ed the part she is alleged to have
taken in the capture OF Jack Mccall,
the Deadwood rowdy, who killed
wild Bill" In the later years OF her
lie, when the Miles and Terry and
Crook campaigns had become memo
ries, some enterprising manager fenc
ed her Montana ranch and charged a
small admission fee to the tourists
who "do" the West. She was one OF
those curious unsexed women who
helped to enrich border history, and
who were vastly more romantic in
perspective than they seemed to
those who rubbed elbows with them
in prosy, everyday life Why she
never became q part OF some long.
haired Bills circus has never been ex.
planned, for the type she represented
was not common, despite the dime
novelists' attempts to perpetuate it
as distinctively Western.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-08-20
Hot Weather Weakness.

II you feel tagged out, listless and
lacking in energy, you are perhaps
suffering from the facilitating effects
of summer weather. These symp.
toms indicate that a tonic is needed
that will create a healthy appetite,
make digestion perfect, regulate the
bowels and impart natural activity
to the liver. This, HerhiRe will do;
It is q tonic. laxative and restora-
tive. II. j. Freegard, Propr. Grand
View Hotel, Cheney, Kan, writes: II
have used Herbine for the last IL
years, and nothing on earth can beat
it. 1t was recommended to me by
DR.. Newton, Newton, Kan" soc al
q. L. fuckers Drug Store.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-08-20
LUNATIC KILLS q;
FATALLY WOUNDS 3;
INJURIES 20 OTHERS.
Fired Into a Crowd at Winfield
Kan., With Terrific Results.

Winfield, Kan, Aug. IA fright
full killing occurred here last night at
8 o'clock, while Csmsn's band was
playing it's weekly concert on the
main street OF the town to a crowd oil
5000 people. Gilbert Twigg, crazy
man, 80 years Of age, opened fire on
the crowd with a double barreled
shotgun loaded with bullets.
Asa result four are now dead, three
dying and no less than twenty iniur-
ed, perhaps FIVE or six fatally.
The band has just finished playing
a waltz when Twigg stepped out from
the alley, a hall block distant, and
deliberately taking aim at the band
stand fired two shots.
Oliver. the bandman, fell at the first
shot, but the crowd, not realizing
what had happened, rushed toward
the killer, believing that there had
been an accidental shooting OF some
kind. As the crowd closed in the
crazed man discharged two more
shots at them, causing a scat
tering In cry direction. With the
crowd fleeing, the man stood In q
demoniacal attitude, firing at ran
dom in every direction. Men and
women howled and shrieked and ran,
but no one seemed able to stop the
fearful carnage until Officer Nichols
confronted him and fired a bullet In.
to his head, but before he expired the
demented man drew a revolver from
his pocket and fired a shot into his
own body, causing death.
The dead and dying were by this
time scattered all over the street,
and the frightened people, believing
that the shooting was coming from
every quarter, 1t was fully hall an
hour before they realized what had
happened and recovered sufficiently
to take care Of the injured.
Gilbert Twigg was q miller by trade,
having learned his trade twelve years
ago at a little town, fifteen miles
north OF this city. He came to Win
field shortly afterwards and became
an employee Of the Baden mills, where
he worked for a number OF years.
The boys around town commonly re-
ferred to him as CRAZY Twigg, but
no one thought him dangerous.
Later he went to New Mexico and
worked, returning in time to enlist
as a soldier for the Philippines after
the first outbreak OF the Spanish
American war. He came back here
after being mustered out and loafed
about town a number OF months,
finally going to Montana, but return
ing a few days ago. He had while In
Montana applied for a job at the
Baden mills, but the mills would not
have him on account OF his seemingly
demented condition. For the last
few days he has been loafing about
town and this afternoon was seen at
one OF the parks carrying the same
shotgun with which he did the kill
ing.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-08-20
Whipped Shcepman to Death.

Dupyer, Mont, Aug. 15.-Four.
teen masked men, supposed to be
cattlemen, took q herder from the
sheep camp Of "Jos" Sturgeon last
night, and, carrying him ten miles
into the mountain, tied him to a tree
and whipped him to death. They
shot many Of the herder's sheep and
drove the remainder away. Sheriff
taylor and posse are in pursuit Of
The whitscaps.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-08-20
C0RK'S MAYOR A BOY.
Built on BOwery Plan He Affords No.
bility Much Amuse ment.

Dublin, August l4.-Lord Mayor
Fitzgerald, OF Cork, whom King Ed
ward has created a baronet in recog-
milton OF the royal party's cordial
reception in that city, is politician
of the New York Bowery order. He
is builder, his business being chiefly
in carrying out municipal contracts.
Locally he is known as "up with the
shaft" because the final installment
on public contracts being paid when
the chimney stack is erected. Fitz-
gerald's constant abiurgation to his
workmen is "up with the shaft"
When Prince Henry OF Prussia Wis.
tied the Cork exhibition last year,
Mayor Fitzgerald wrung his hand at
parting and said: ''Look here; don't
i)rget to send your brother (Emper-
or William) over here and the Cork
boys willgive him q Jolly good time. I"
While King Edwards brother, the
duke Of Connaught, and the duchess
we're vislting the exhibition In state
the duchess and the countess of Ban
don hesitated about stepping into a
carriage, the horse being FESTIVE.
Fitzgerald INTERNATIONALLY bundled
them in from behind, saying: "Hur-
ry up, girls; the lunch will get cold"
On taking leave OF King Edward
the other day Fitzgerald consoiingly
said: I'm zee you before long again,
as I'm going to London in October. /"
Both the king and queen were de.
lighted with Fitzgerald, and the king
tells everybody about him.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-08-20
Watch For a Chill.

However slight at this time oiyear
and in this climate, it is the forerun
ner OF malaria. A disposition to
yawn, and All all tired out feeling
even comes before the chill. Herbine,
by it's prompt stimulative action on
the liver, drives the malarial germs
out Of the system, purifies the blood,
tones Up the system and restores
health. SOC at H. l.. fuckers Drug
Store.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-08-20
Twenty-one Were Injured.

Nevada, No., August 1.-The
northbound Katy flyer was derailed
seventeen miles north Of Nevada at
11:30 O'Clock last night. The wreck
was caused by spreading rails. Two
cars were splintered and three derail-
ed. Twenty-one passengers were Id.
jured, three seriously. A special
train was sent irom here and the in
jured were taken to the company
hospital at 9 o'clock this morning.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-08-20
Constipated Bowels.

To have good health, the body
should be kept in a laxative condi.
ton, and the bowels moved at least
once day, so that all the poisonous
wastes are expelled daily. Mr.. g. l.
Edwards, 142 Main St., Wichita,
Kansas, writes: 81 have used Her
bine to regulate the liver and bowels
for the past ten years, and found tia
reliable remedy" soc at Ii. l.
fuckers Drug Store.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-08-20
Graceful women
4 Desire Tor Q Perfect Figure 10 inssparabls
from q Love Of the Dsautiiui,

Ueshe tos reTect rteufe " lhsepaIeoso
from Love Of the Beautiful.
The scent of the violet or rose il -
precious as the lovely flowers whose
breath they are, and while the lives Of
flowers are brief and we can only enjoy
them for day, the beautiful woman gives
the pleasure Of her fragrance to US a. Q
permanent blessing. The soft fragrance
Of a beautiful woman suggests purity,
health and elegance; she Is the refinement
of civilization; an index always of good
taste and an unerring badge Of gentility.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-08-20
b RADFIELD'S
Female Regulator

in regulating the lunar periods in woman
permits Of no wrinkles, pale cheeks or
tortured nerves and shapeless figures. It L
Natures remedy. The druggist may offer
something else and call it Gust as good"
but the menstrual organs will not be de-
ceived, and permanent injury may result
Try our Regulator. Of all druggists 81.
Our treatise on !. Woman" mailed free.
rHG saApFIelp REGULATOR CO.. ATLANTA, "a.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-08-20
Missouri Pacific Excursions.

ElDorado Springs, Mo-, Tourist
Tickets On sale daily until Sept. both
return limit 30 days at one and one
third fare round "trip.
H. X. SHANKs, Agt.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-08-20
A Tragedy Of Rural Life.

A Tragedy Of Rural Life.
There's many a man has said q joke
That ended in getting his hatrsck
broke.
But when what be said amt under
stood,
The jokes on him, and it's doubly
good.
The Dustin est laugh ever had
Was a case like this back on the
farm,
When Nav she misconstrued poor
Dad,
And Dad he came to dreadful harm
Back on the farm in the days gone
by,
When the corn grew clear to the
bending sky.
An our hired man-so it seems to
me-
Was as tall as slippery ellum tree.
When weeds grew fast and taters
slow,
Paw nailed US kids to a grubbin' hoe,
And We hoed the spuds with many a
groan,
Till the last rows OF summer were
blooming alone.
Then the mornin's came at moon o.
night"
And the roosters crowed in ornery
spite,
Till Day flung open his winder wide
And stuck his orburn head outside.
Then each XII shouldered rusty
hoe,
And back to the later patch he'd go.
One day when my hands was hot and
swelled
| thought OF fishing and | rebelled.
30, why do you plant so many spuds,
I'd like to know | said to Paw.
He said, ITO clothe your back with
buds
And fll your blamed capacious
nav"
| dropped my hoe right there and
fled.
| went and told Nav what he said.
At dinner time, when he come in,
She knocked him down with a rollin'
pin.
She SEE, "I'll tell you, Henry Brown,
earn bout all that comes to me,
Jest let me hear you blusterin round
Again this way and talkin' free
Tellin' the boys some truck or other
Topizen their minds agin their moth
An I'll dress you down In a proper
style
That you won't iergit in little
while"
And she was mad! | tell you what,
She had Paw bout laid on the
shelf.
l heard him grunt as he limped away
Bout "a man what marries be.
meath hisself."
But the funniest part is this, l swan:
Twas several years lore caught on
That what Dad meant by "fillin' my
NAV"
Was nothin' else than film my craw.
But Dads word-pieturin' wasn't
good,
And me and Nav misunderstood.
C. l.. Epson.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-01

chance Of the death or removal OF important
Witnesses the lapse of public concern and
the pailiation OF crime which always comes
criminals who would have peen surely con.
victed II tried promptly, but who by the
tricks Of delay simply wear out Justice and
escape punishment altogether.
This is the most serious temptation to
lynching. When a henous crime is com.
mitted the public is led by long experience
and observation to assume that the regular
process OF the courts will be unavailing, and
the impulse is to make vengeance sure by
summary execution.
Besides technical delays, the legislature
should give some attention to the serious
abuse Of Jury service. II is always irksome
to serve on a jury and the busy man can
hardly be blamed for taking advantage OF a
fanciful disqualification With an artful at
torney trying to have an intelligent juror
rejected and with the juror anxious to be
rejected 1t is comparatively easy to find
disqualification. All the fctions and frills
on this score should be eliminated and a
statute should be carefully framed to en-
AO''o 'hS 7elHlSo VI JUST such uh"liiihs
jurors. Trial judges could then press them
into action without mourning the risk Of
reversals which they naturally dread out of
professional pride and which further hinder
the cause OF justice.
An earnest effort to correct these abuses
should be made regardless of the Hodges bill,
and II that will work the economy and the
dispatch which IL promises we may be able
to substitute common sense and decency
for the present condition of confusion and
! mockery.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-01
Houston, Texas, sunday, February /, 1908
40 PAGES TODAY.
"sTAND PAT, Mr.. BOWEN"

That is the advice of the Washington
Post in respect to the contention OF England,
Germany and Italy for making their claims
against Venezuela preferential The
stand pat policy is the only one that
should be considered for a moment,
France has legitimate claims which she
has a right to insist upon, and the United
States has claims which assuredly must not
be ignored or deferred. The allies seem to
think that Venezuela is a bankrupt debtor
with not enough assets to go around. Even
II this were true It would not warrant pref
erences. They must have known that Vene-
zuela was in debt to other powers who would
not sit by and BEE them seize the entire
treasury and all future collections.
The allies are proceeding precisely as II
they had conquered the country and we're
selling IT out under the hammer They have
no claim superior to the claim of any other
nation or individual except such superiority
as may develop under arbitration and TO
recognize all their claims in advance would
be to PREJUDICE the settlement 1t need not
be doubted that many items will be pre-.
scented which fair tribunal will reject, but
~ '''N NiO "a NAo HAAAoa lAsoN WOulu al IN
validated and there would be nothing left
OF Venezuelan revenues for years to come
Mr. Bowen as the representative Of Vene
zuela takes the position that the country is
going concern. that it intends to pay all
It's debts as rapidly as it may be able anC
may be permitted. It owes nothing OF oh
legation or courtesy to England or German,
or Italy that it does not owe equally to ever!
other creditor
As the French diplomats correctly state it
the making Of the claims OF the allies pre-
erential will be an invitation to creditor
nations hereafter to proceed by force rathe
than by arbitration. The nation that frs
establishes blockade and begins lombard
ing will be the frst-and perhaps the onl!
one--to collect its debt
The procedure does violence to the who'll
principle of arbitration, and reduces tn
present negotiation to n mere process o
guaranteeing payments Of accounts alread
audited and approved.
The allies are so clearly wrong that Vene
Euela will have the sympathy OF all othe
creditors and Of the fairminded world be
sides, The allies will be compelled to re
cede, and their diplomats may as we'll be
gin studying how they can back down with
out seeming TO do so.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-01
RECENT LEGAL DECISIONS.

An insurer which receives an assignment OF
the mortgages claims against the mortgagor upon
paying him the amount duc by it under its policy
on mortgsged property is held in New Hamp-
shire Fire Insurance Company VS., National Life
Insurance Company C, C. A. 8th c., - l. r.
A., 6ez, to have right in an accounting of
all sums received from the various policies on
the property by the mortgage, who is seeking to
enforce his mortgage for unpaid balance to
insist that he should be charged with the portion
of the sum received under another policy which
he is charged to have wrongfully permitted to
go to the mortgagor, where the amount kept by
him out Of such payment was more than the
share OF the mortgage indebtedness chargeable to
that policy
A clause in policy OF fire insurance requir-
ing the assured to keep the books and inventories
of his business securely locked in freproof safe
at night and at all times when the building is not
actually open for business is held in Phoenix In
surance Company vs.. Schwartz (Ga.) 81 l. R.
A. 7sa, not 70 apply to q suspension of business
caused by FIRE raging in the vicinity and threat
ening the consumption Of the building the same
not being actually shut up and business opera-
tons being interrupted because OF the threatened
danger.
Insurance against loss through liability for per
sonal injuries is held in Balm vs.. Atkins Mass
81 /. r. A" 791, not 10 constitute trust fund
for the benefit OF the injured person and he is
held to have no right to maintain an action
against the insurer to reach such fund, where.
before his claim against the insured is estab-
lished, the insurer satisfies its obligation to him
under the policy, although by reason of the
insolvency OF the insured, the claim will be other
wise unenforeeable.
An executor offering land for sale at public
cutlery is held, in lillman Dunman (Ga.), q
/. R, A., 7s4, to have the right to withdraw the
same at any time before the hammer falls A
note 10 this case discusses the authorities as
10 the right to withdraw property from an aue-
ton sale after il has been offered
Annual crops growing on the land are held, In
Aldrieh VS. Bank Of Ohowa (Neb) 81 l. R. A..
geo NOT to pass to purchaser at judicial sale
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-01
FOR JUDICIAL DISPATCH.

II is for lawyers and court officials TO pass
upon tho working details OF the judiciary
bill introduced in the house by Representa-
tive Hodges OF Lamar, but the layman is
safe in heartily indorsing It's purpose To
dispatch business in the trial courts.
AS these courts are now organized the
county courts try many cases which go
directly 10 the district courts on appeal,
and the same testimony must be threshed
over at another cost TO Iitigants and the
State. Each district court includes several
counties, and sessions in each are far be.
tween, It is a sensible proposal to vest the
powers of the district court in one local
tribunal and thereby dispense with the delay
and expense OF the county court where trials
too often amount to mere preliminary hear.
iRgs. II would insure prompter disposal of
cases of district jurisdiction which must now
await the recurring term OF the court in fits
circuit OF the several counties, Certainly
II would be great convenience TO lawyers
and witnesses,
Independently OF this bill, there is urgent
demand for reform in the matter of delays.
Under the customs of the practice. especial.
~ OF the criminal practice, It is only mat.
ter Of form 70 secure a postponement ANY
sort Of exeuse-the convenience OF an at.
torney, the alleged expectation OF securing
new evidence or such trihing circumstance
is sufficient for delay and the case goes over
10 the next term three months or twelve
months hence.
Delay Is the criminals or the dishonest
nugants best defense. He stands the