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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-07

why should | give this man No.
sition?' said the sultan of Turkey
Because he may be very useful in
an emergency" answered the grand
Vlzier. He knows how to say We
apologize in every modern language"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-07-30
This Man Refused a Pension.

Washington, July 27.-Walter
Vail, a citizen OF Indiana, has won
the fame in civil life which was denied
him on the battlefield. Mr.. Vail was
a soldier who served his country in
the Civil war. He read about the
millions who had applied and receiv-
ed pensions and concluded that he
was entitled to the perquisite along
with the Others. He made formal
application and the papers shortly
would have been made out. Mr.. Vail
evidently thought it all over with the
result that the following letter sd.
dressed to Eugene F. Ware, pension
commissioner, was posted on the
bulletin board OF the bureau this az
ternoon:
Kindly withdraw and cancel all
papers in relation to my claims for
pension. l do not need it and the
services rendered do not, in my iudg-
ment, entitle me to it.-WALTER
VAIL, Company B, Thirty-eighth In.
diana Infantry.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-07-30
Missouri Merchants Fleeced.

Columbia, Mo-, July PA strang-
er known as George Shafer is badly
wanted by the authorities OF Colum-
bia, Mexico and other towns. He
visited Columbia and bought merch-
andise from the merchants, giving
them checks larger than the amount
of the purchases, which he ordered
shipped to Centralia. He is said to
have worked the same game in Mexico
and Centralia.
The man Is about As years old and
weighs about $50 pounds. He has
sandy mustache and hair sprinkled
with gray. When fleeing the mer-
chants he talks with a German accent
but at other times speaks perfect
English. He left Columbia on the
west bound Wabash.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-07-30
3S-1un

Wall street was badly shaken up
Friday by the suspension OF the two
big financial firms OF Talbot J. Tay-
lor & Co. and W. L. Stow & Co. and
a big slump in stocks was the result.
Jno. F. Herrell, clerk of the county
court, was in Adrian last Friday
looking after business matters and
shakinghand with his many friends.
John is performing the duties OF the
Office in satisfactory manner. He
is alwaysa welcome visitor In Adrian,
where he resided for more than fifteen
years.-Adrian Journal.
A Jasper county farmer paid q
tribute to the literary talent OF q
Newton real estate man. Hedecided
to sell his place and got an agent to
write q notice. When the agent
read the notice to him, he said:
"Read that again. After second
reading he said, 81 believe I'll not
sell, I've been looking for q place Of
that kind all my life and didn't
know had it until you described
it to me-"
The officers OF the Interstate
Grand Army association have begun
making extensive preparations for
their reunion to be held at Lake
Park Springs commencing August
10th, and continuing until the 10th.
It is believed this will be the largest
meeting OF the kind ever held in
Missouri. A number Of
noted speakers will be present from
different parts Of Missouri and Kan
uss.-Nsvsds Post.
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Ballard Items.

Aprotrscted meeting Ia in progress
at Oak Hill, conducted by Rev. Nor
gan.
Miss Addie Keirsey visited her
brother, Lon, and family last week.
Miss Louie Mount, formerly Of this
neighborhood, now Of Warrensburg,
Is visiting her uncle, Robt. Hill, and
family.
Mrs, Day and children attended the
Chautauqua at Clinton aud are now
visiting relatives at Lewis station.
Several of our young people at.
tended the Chautauqua Sunday and
report delightful time.
Miss Maude Robinson Is visiting in
Independence.
George Keirsey sports new buggy
and Chris Greer a new carriage.
FL. Teeter came home from Wash
ington, d. C, to be with his father,
c. N Teeter, who is very sick
Teddy Barker will teach the Bryan
school the coming year.
Miss Luke Bradley, Of Sheridan,
Wyoming, is visiting home folks.
Theice scream supper atSam Budd's
Saturday night given for the benefit
OF Antioch church was well attended.
George Garten and sisters visited
Miss Wayne Kenney Sunday.
On account Of conflicting dates,
the Ballard ball boys called in their
supper last Saturday night. The
supper will be given Thursday night,
July 30. Everybody invited.
"PANsY."
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Mrs. W. H. Morris went to Har
r.'onville yesterday to visit hel
mother and sister.
Dan Embree came in Wednesday
from Ballard just as we 20 to press
for casket for Chas. N. Teeter who
died at his home early Wednesday
morning. A suita BILE obituary later
Riley Gilbert, wife and little daugh.
ter Elsie, OF northeast Bates, spent
the last OF the week with Mrs. G.'s
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. L. Edring-
ton. Mr.. Gilbert favored us pleas.
antly on Saturday and renewed.
Burt Davis, arrested on a warrant
sworn out by Fleetwood Thomas,
charging Davis with nssociating and
keeping company with a lewd wo-
man. is serving a six months term
in jail for his conduct. Davis, who
has a police record and is not q
stranger to jail life, assaulted
Thomas on North Main street for
having him arrested and in turn
Thomas stabbed him in the side.
Physically Thomas is no match for
Davis.
The editor OF an exchange being
asked IL he ever saw a bald headed
women, replied in the following vein;
mo we never did; nor did we ever
see a woman waltzing around town
in her shirt sleeves with a cigar in
her mouth, and running in to every
saloon she saw. We have never
seen a woman go fishing with bot
tie In her pocket, sit on the damp
ground all day and come home at
night drunk. Nor did we ever see a
woman yank off her coat and say
she could whip any man in town.
God bless her, she's not built that
way"
The township board Of Mt. Pleas
ant township has purchased q rock
crusher. By the citizens OF Butler
lending a helping hand they should
soon be able to have good roads in
all directions leading out from town.
A rock crusher for every township In
the county would be a valuable adj.
ton to the machinery now on hand
and would, il the citizens we're inclin-
ed to work q little, insure the much
needed good roads. We see no rsa-
son Why Walnut township should
not be making q move toward i'm.
proving their roads which are in bad
condition.-Foster Times.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-07-30
Killed Sz7, Injured n,4SI.

Washington, July 27.-The report
Of the interstate commerce commits
sion on railroad accidents in the
United States for the three months
ending March 81 last shows that dur
ing that quarter 800 persons were
killed and 1854 injured in train &C
cidents. Other kinds Of accidents,
including those sustained by en-
ployees while at work. and by pas
sengers in getting on and OF cars,
making the aggregate casualties 1927
killed and 1,4S1 injured. There
were 1850 collisions and 1,161 de-
railmsnts, causing -, 491 ,065 dam.
age to cars, engines and roadways.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-07-30
Overflow Land in Usage.
Rich Hill Review, %.

Rich Hill Review, %.
The various township assessors oil
Bates county are now at work CON-
plotting their lists for the annual re-
turn for taxation purposes. Mr.. A.
c. Sampson, Of this township, has
just completed his list Of overflow
lands. The number OF acres in Usage
township is 6,S40, and it's assessed
value is $27, 900, or a little more
than 81 per acre for taxation pur-
poses, yet if our County Drainage
Board gets in some good work the
next few years, the chances are most
of this land will actually be worth
from $50 to 500 per acre.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-07-30
GIRS ASSAULTED By MOB.
Crowd Repulses Reseuing Officers With
Guus---0ne Victim Maltreated.

Crowd Rspulses Rsseuing Officers With
Guus--0ne Victim Aaltreated.
Omaha, Neb., July % -Twoprom-
inent Omaha girls, Alice Gard and
Dora Osborne, aged 16 years old
each, were taken from escorts near
Benson about IL O'Clock last evening
and terribly maltreated by a crowd
Of twenty. five men. The Osborn girl
was repeatedly assaulted and may
not survive the shock.
The girls, with Guy Buckles and
Louis yalien, spent the evening at
Krug park and started home about
1890. The cars in front OF the park
we're crowded, and the four walked In
the direction OF Benson, to catch a
car. When a considerable distance
from the park, they were accosted by
four men who wore stars, and said
they were constables. They forced
the escorts to go with them. Six men
jumped from the tall grass and over
powered the girls.
Each girl was tightly gagged with
handkerchiefs. Miss Gard succeeded
in breaking from her captors, after q
desperate fight, and in the confusion
she managed to escape. She ran to
wire fence, and there lay down in
the grass, where the men failed to
find her.
officers from Benson arrived about
2 o'clock and attempted to rescue
the Osborne girl, but were repulsed
with a shotgun in the hands Of the
assaulters.
Reinforced by armed citizens, the
girl was finally rescued. Wesley
Wiseman and August Barrett have
been held on a charge OF criminal as
sault.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-07-30
Night Was Her Terror.

81 would cough nearly all night
long" writes Mrs. Charles Apologize
of Alexandria, Ind, "and could
hardly get any sleep had con
SUMPTION so bad that II / walked a
block | would cough frightfully and
spit blood, but, when all other med.
cine failed, three $1.00 bottles OF
Kings New Discovery wholly cured
me and l gained SO pounds" 1t s
absolutely guaranteed to cure coughs
colds, Lagrippe, bronchitis and all
throat and lung troubles. Price soc
and 81. Trial bottles free at H. l..
fuckers drug store.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-07-30
900 Typhoid Cases in Kansas City.

Kansas City, Mo-, July 25-The
typhoid situation in Kansas City is
becoming serious, principally as a
result OF the food. There are sixty
nine cases in the five leading hospi-
tails, and it is estimated that the ag-
gregate number OF cases in town is
3O2. More than twenty have occurred
within few days and a dozen of the
hospital patients cannot live. In
almost every case the doctors are Of
the opinion that the typhoid fever is
due to drinking infected water.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-07-30
Watched Them Burn.

London, July 2S.-The st. Peters
burg correspondent Of the Daily Mail
sends report to the effect that near
the village Of Schalaiiia, in the dis.
trict Of the Don, thirty. three female
field laborers were burned to death
in a barn where they had locked
themselves to escape molestation by
male laborers, who in revenge fired
the barn and watched the burning
without needing the shrieks OF the
victims.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-07-30

Pittsburg, Kan, July 49,. Flor
ence Westfall, aged IA, committed
suicide at her home by shooting
herself in the head. Dependency
after being reprimanded BY her moth
er is the probable cause. C. h. West
fall, the father, Is master car builder
at the Southern shops, coming here
from Kansas City two years ago.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-07-30
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
BIT WARRANTY DIsps,

BIZ WARRANTY DEEps.
From July rs TO % inclusive.
j II Brown tsA K Garrison s A sse 7. How
ard, els5.
&c Smith TO Adrian state Bank pit lot 10,
Adrian, ssoo.
Geo rtzgeralds to A K Besree 20 A sec 9,
Hudson, $500.
Theo Fitzgerslds to Nancy A Hunt 20 A sec
IL. L Boone, o. 200.
Richards to Ann R Vaughan lots 8, and
scott's Ad, Butler, el50.
Thos Vaughan to Ellison Ingram 20 A sec.
81, New Acme, $500.
b Woods to Tobitha Ford 100 A sec IL,
shawnee, $500.
FG Ruddsll to Hayden Ray pit blk %. Butler.
s450.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-07-30
Mound Items.

The weather past week very hot.
We are needing rain.
R. j. Williams & Co. are baling hay
for r. NJ. Wilcox.
j. W. Packer is shipping hay to
the X. e. market.
The hog market is improving. R.
M. Wilcox says, he will pay five cents
provided he can get q car load.
Geo. Walls. who was accidentally
shot in the hand by a toy pistol inA
the hands Of q small boy on the 4th
Of July, is improving slowly.
Hay harvest is in full blast. With
seasonable weather the farmers will
be through In about ten days. Hay
Is quite light in some places.
Mr. Smizer and Judge long will
commence threshing next week.
Miss Anna Rsdcliff, OF Passaic, who
has been quite sick for the past two
weeks, is improving slowly.
Uncle John Mccain was stricken
with severe pain over his left eye,
and DR.. Boulware has been treating
it. 1t is some better, but the sight |.
is almost gone.
Mrs. NJ. A. Harlow has been con.
fined to her home the past two weeks.
Jim Chambers and family Sundayed
at Ike Walls.
We went over to visit our niece,
Mrs. j. E, Crowder, while there we
took a look at Richard Harper's ele.
CANT new home.
j. B. Rice has all his hay in stack
and in his barn. He is rustler from
away back in the Kentucky hills.
Bro. Stewart will not fill his regu-
lar appointment at Mt. Vernon next
Sunday week, as he goes to Buckner,
jackson county, to assist Bro.
Campbell in a protr acted meeting.
Elder Ishmael will commence a
protracted meeting this week and
will continue a week. Everybody
come and hear some good sermons.
We want everybody who is inter-
ested in caring for the graves OF their
relatives and friends to meet
at the Ike Concklin cemetery on
Monday, August 10th, to confer with
j. d. Woody as to the best means of
identifying their graves.
We are having some very valuable
work done on some Of our bridges.
The north approach Of the bridge
across Bones Fork ~ miles west Of
Passaic, had badly cracked.
Born, to the wife of W. Packer,
a baby girl. All parties doing we'll.
Mrs. VIM. Kennedy came in from
southwest Texas last week to visit !.
her daughter, Mrs. j. W. Packer. She
says they raise lots Of cattle and
horses In Texas.
Johnnie Eichler and Dayton Rice
were out on their new wheels Sunday.
Col. Sharp says he intends to SOW
a big crop Of wheat this fall. L.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-07-30

BATES COUNTY FARMERs:-When
you sell your farm, re invest the
money in the cheaper and better
land in the Kansas Oil and Gas Belt.
For particulars address,
THE OIL BELT LAND Co.,
Scat Coffeyville, Kan.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-07-30
Farmers.

Insure your property with the
Prairie Farmers Mutual Fire Insur-
ance Co. c. HIRNI, Sec'y,
27-3m Papinville, Mo.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-07-30
For Sale or Trade.

Five room house and four lots In
East Butler, for sale or trade. A
good bargain. Enquire OF Mrs. NJ.
V. Carroll, Butler.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-07-30

An all steel HAY PRESS for sale.
New last year. GEO. l. LYNCH.
3S-1m
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-10
Boyd's and Vicinity.
dependence Ct The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence Ct The Evening Star
BOYD'S. Md, December 8, 1908.
The residence of DIR. S. B. Milford, IN the
town of Poolesville, caught fire last night
at @ O'Clock and burned to the ground.
The fire is supposed to have originated from
defective fiue. The house was valued at
81. 800, and was partly insured.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad will In
the near future build its depot platforms
on concrete, thereby saving large expendi-
lures for repairs.
The condition of Lloyd Jones, whose arm
was recently crushed by a husker and
shredder, is improving. His arm was am
putated near the shoulder.
A peculiar accident happened yesterday
to a yard engine in Brunswick in charge
of Engineer Smith. An incoming freight
train hit it rather hard The trainmen
jumped and the engineer was knocked from
his post and received some broken bones.
The throttle was thrown partly open and
the engine started toward Harpers Ferry
UP the main track. The tower switchman
at Weverton was notified to sidetrack it,
but it did not reach there, the steam run
ming down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-10
STRIKERS SHOOT TO KILL.
Deputies and Clerks Fired Upon Near
Berwind, Col

A dispatch from Trinidad Col, last night
says:
While a number of deputies and clerks
were driving from Berwind to Tobasco this
afternoon they were fired upon by several
men hid behind rocks and brush. The dep
uties and clerks jumped from the wagon
and returned the fire. The shooting con-
tinued at intervals for thirty minutes.
though no one was injured
Sheriff Clerk and posse were preparing
to leave for the scene on a special train,
when word was received that reinforce
ments of guards had arrived from Tobasco.
half a mile away, and the ambush party
fed. No arrests Were made.
The trouble is said to have originated this
morning when a miner came into the mine
He was kicked out by deputy, and II is
thought that he stirred up his friends TO
start the difficulty.
The double funeral of Velano and Band,
the miners killed by guards in the battle at
Segundo, Monday night. will be held in
Trinidad from the Catholic Church tomor-
row afternoon under the auspices of the
miners union.
This being the first blood shed since tho
strike began, great preparations are being
made for demonstration. Over 1909 union
miners are expected to march in the flu
neral parade.
The relations between the miners and
guard at Segundo are still strained and
trouble is expected there at any time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-10
ATLANTA PATROLS SAN BIAS.
Movement Entirely Of Precautionary
Nature

A cablegram from Colon last night says
The United States cruiser Atlanta IS sui
patrolling the eastern end of the San BIAS
coast and keeping outlook for any at
tempt on the part of the Colombian govern
ment to land troops on the isthmus, Wmch
the Atlanta would at once prevent Inc
Atlanta is also endeavoring to ascertain IL
the Indians know anything of the move
ments of troops from the interior across the
frontier, and is also seeking Information
concerning the alleged concentration OIL
Colombian troops at the mouth or the
Atrato river on the Gulf of Darien.
The movements of the Atlanta are en-
tirely of precautionary nature, and TOT
the purpose of securing informal on.
The United States gunboat Bancroft left
today to patrol the western end or the
San Bias coast in cooperation with the
Atlanta. 1t is expected that the latter
vessel will return here in day or two to
reOOrt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-10
MOST SUICIDES AMONG MARRIED
Coroner Reports Startling Figures
Carbolic Acid Favorfte.

A dispatch from Chicago says that
married people are more prone to seek
death as a relief from lifes sorrows than
are those who are single. according to Cor
roner Trager's report for the year ending
with November Out of 459 suicides the last
year 800 were married, while 132 were
single.
Fourteen widows, thirty widowers and
only ten Divorces committed self-destruc-
ton. Almost three times as many men as
women took their own lives. and in all but
eight of the cases investigated the VIC
Tins were white
Out of 225 persons who chose poisoning
as a means of death 1859 took carbolic acid
the most painful of drugs to take but the
easiest to obtain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-10
Railroad Smoke.
or of The Evening Star:

TO the Editor of The Evening Star:
This would seem to be good opportunity
to amend the railroad act to require the
several railroad companies entering this
city to use electrical locomotives exclusive
ly within the city limits. The electrical
locomotive has passed the experimental
stage, and is used in New York and Balti-
more. Unless this condition be imposed
now, at the eve of the work, we will have
for years to come the same smoke nuisance
that has prevailed for years in South Wash
ington. The steam locomotives can be kept
In readiness at the boundary of the city or
beyond just as well as at the station. X.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-10
A Bright Thought.
he Detroit Free Press.

From the Detroit Free Press
Yes. ma'am." said the obsequious gro-
Gerry clerk to Mrs. Bridey, who was order
ing her first bill of supplies. I've put
down parlor matches; what next?"
We'll, err, suppose ought to have some
kitchen matches, too; oughn't IT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-10

employer and employee; If its publications
can furnish facts from which there may
come fuller understanding; if. having gain
ed the confidence of the people. it can from
time to time point the way to better 1eel-
ing and broader views between contend
ing interests, it will accomplish one OF the
most benefcent results of its organlza-
ton"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-10
OLD AND NEW WAY.
Hyomei the latest Scientific Dis
eovery for the cure Of Catarrh.

The discovery Of Hyomei has wrought a wonder
fuI change in the treatment of catarrh.
Prior TO three years ago the medicines ordinarily
employed in the cure OF this disease Dauseat-
ing drugs and worthless tonics. In some instances
they benefited. but the improvement was hot last
ing.
With Hyomei you take into the afr passages OF
the throat and head a balsamic air that goes to the
minutest cells enectually killing all germs and
microbes Of catarrh. 1t enters the blood with the
oxygen killing the germs In the blood, and
stores health 10 the whole system. Many astonisA-
in, testimonials have been received from those who
have been cured by Hyome
complete outfit costs but S1.o0, and includes
an inhaler dropper and sufficient Hyemei for sew
oral weeks treatment
Perhaps the strongest evidence that can be given
to doubters is the fact that Henry Evnns. e22 AID
a94 n ST NV, has much faith In Hyomei that
he sells every package under a positive guarantee
TO refund the money IL II does not cure.
New is the time 10 begin the OF HyoEei-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-10

Mrs. Homeleigb-"Your husband is at his
club a good deal, isn't he?"
Lady Gadabout-"Yes The poor boy
hates being at home alone, you know"
Punch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-10
MOMuette Rugs.

Exquisite colors; new patterns.
Note the prices for this Friday.
The Sl.25 ones for. .................S1.1o
The S2.I5 ones for. 2.39
The $500 ones for. Observation-Disclosures. $50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-10
Department Building Needed.

The Secretary calls special attention to
Ills recommendation Of last year for an ap-
preparation for the construction of a build
Ing for the department
Provision is made in the estimates for an
appropriation to be expended under the i'm
mediate direction of the Secretary for the
investigation Of trade conditions at home
and abroad. with the object of promoting
the domestic and foreign commerce of the
United States. and for other purposes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-10
pruggists 2. s. wnIlams s Co. sign the BOND.

With every box of Mi-o-na sold by r. S. Williams
& Co.. 9th and SITS. NV, they will give t,cir
signed bond TO refund the money IL 1t -es not reg
uiate digestion and give natural incrt Of good
cold flesh.
You run no risk whatever when you by Mio-na.
You are the judge as TO whether 1t costs seu aays
thing or not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-10
Wool Smyrna Rugs.

New patterns and col rs a 90
Ors; size 3oXjO; regular u II NV
s.. % values; Friday. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-10
Fire Screens.

Filled with printed Tap
estry Panels; very great MUG
special at Observation-Disclosures. 70
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BleaChed Sheets.
2Scs Sheetings 20c.

l case 21a yards wide I'm @N
bleached Sheeting; the &c. Z1pC
grade. Friday at............
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Panama Canal.

The work of constructing the Panama
canal will probably soon be undertaken. 1t
will involve the transportation of consider