The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-01-15

Ice harvest began in Kansas City
Tuesday. The ice is eight inches
thick and of fine quality, says the
Star.
II. 81. Fox began harvesting ice of
the lake Tuesday. He has a large
house on the bank of the lake which
he will fill.
Mrs. Thos. Evilsizer, who has been
seriously i'll at her home in the south
west part Of the city, is reported bet
ter.
The Krieger-Klump Ice and Beer
company at Rich Hill began harvest
ing ice Monday. The ice they are
getting is dirty only fit for cooling
purposes, says the Review.
A petition in favor OF full pardon
for Cole Younger was presented by
the board OF pardons of Minnesota
Monday, and it is said his chances of
getting his liberty are favorable.
Two young women were rescued
from fourth story windows OF the
Bunker building, Kansas City, on
lad ders by firemen ut o'clock Sun
day night to escape flames which
threatened the building.
Miss Marion Cockrell, daughter OF
Senator Cockrell, is to be married
next month to Edison Gallaudet. The
ceremony is to take place at the
Church of the Covenant, Washington
City.
When the coal barons and rail-
roads collect from the people what
they lost in the great anthracite
strike in Pennsylvania, the blockade
will be opened and coal famine will
subscide.
A coal famine exists at our neigh
boring town, Nevada. Saturday the
electric street cars were stopped, and
fifty arc street lights were turned off
for want of fuel and will remain so
until supply Of coal is received.
Swift & Co., packers of Kansas
City, are supplying their $500 en-
ployees with coal at cost. j. II.
Rich, manager, said it was the COM
pany's purpose to see that their EN-.
ployees do not suffer for want OF fuel
this winter.
The funeral OF A. W. Jones, who
died at his home abou5 two and one
hall miles south OF town, took place
from the Catholic church, this city,
Tuesday at not. Death was due
to pneumonia. Deceased was 55
years, 10 months and 6 days old,
and leaves a wife and several chill
dren.
W. F. Morrow, corresponding Sec
rotary OF the State Sanitary Associ
alton and boards OF health of the
state has. notified DR.. Boulware of
this city, member Of the county board
OF health, to be present at meeting
Of the state board OF health to be
held in the capitol building, Jefferson
City the Goth inst. DR.. Boulware
will attend the meeting, nothing pre-
| venting.
VIM. Pittman, aged 21 years, was
committed to jail atSpriagfeld, Sat-
urday without bail on the charge OF
murder in the first degree. 1t is al
legged that Pittman shot and killed
Miss Anna Mcmahon, in Springfield,
December 18th. The tragedy occurred
at the woman's room, and there we're
no witnesses. She was shot between
the shoulder blades and Pittman
was shot in the right temple. He
claims that the woman did the shoot
ing, but the doctors testified that
this would have been a physical i'm
possibility.
A Missouri paper tells OF a man
named Jones, a newcomer, having
deposited 500 in the pastors salary
box one Sunday recently. The pas.
tor asked why be had been so gener-
Gus, and he said that he had just en-
gagged in business in town and that
he wanted to help along the cause.
Then the preacher announced that
he would surely patronize Mr.. Jones
and asked all the congregation who
would do likewise to stand up. The
whole congregation rose and the
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