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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09
EXECUTION OF AN ELEPHANT.
Topzy. the Man-KIIIer, Put Dat Of She
Way with Cyanide OF PotssElum
aad Powerful Electric shock.

Topsy, the Original baby elephant"
who was brought to this country by
Adam Forepaugh IS years ago, and was
exhibited by him all over the country,
was executed by electricity at Luna
park, Coney island. the other day, $500
volts being passed through her body
for a period of ten seconds.
The employees put temporary board
flooring on the ground under her, and
electricians extended the wires. When
It came to attaching the electrodes to
Topsy's feet there was more trouble
anddelay. One was attached tothe right
forefoot without much trouble, and
the other had been wired to her left
hind foot, when she took itinto her head
that she didn't like the feeling. She
kicked off the one on the front foot,
and when that was wired on again she
repeated the operation with her hind
foot.
When all was ready Manager Muir
ray held out a carrot to Topsy. She
ate Il, and another and another, and
even twisted her trunk playfuliy as
she took them. In each carrot there
was heavy dose of cyanide of potas-
stun, and in all the elephant ate AGO
grains, the show people said. AS soon
as she swallowed the last one, and
before the poison had time to act,
somebody shouted to have the current
turned on.
Suddenly a fash and a small flame
sprang from the electrodes. Topsy
was just curling her trunk when the
current hit her. The trunk straight
ened out suddenly and stiffened out,
pointing straight to the ground. Her
body strained forward as if she was
trying to move, but she made no sound;
her body was not convulsed, and to all
appearances there was no pain. She
fell on her side motionless. She was
dead.
Topsy developed a bad temper two
years ago and killed two keepers in
Texas. Last spring in Brooklyn she
killed another man.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09
List Your Property.

Ii you want to dispose OF your
farm, let me sell it for you; il you
want to exchange it for land In west
ern Kansas and get three to six acres
for one, will make an effort to do
so. l will be at Adrian March 10Th,
Rich Hill March ID, and W. o. Alike
sons law Office in Butler March 14th.
Come in on the above dates and list
your property or write me giving de-
scription, price and terms. | think
| can sell or exchange your f,.rm for
you, if the price is right. Cheap
transportation to western Kansas
March 18th. E. B. ATKINSON,
51-ti Grainfield. Kan.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09

IT. Scott, Kan, April 9.-Roy
Mooss and Miss Pearl LITER, OF well.
TODD families near Hammond, Kan,
stood before . justice Of the peace
here yesterday to be married, and
thejustice had begun to speak the
words when the young woman,
prompted by thoughts Of parental
dispsanre, Interrupted the service
and announced to the astonished
young suffer that she had changed
her mind and would not be married
until she could be married at home.
BE had already taken the hus.
bands obligation, and the justice
was about to obligats her. The
license for their marriagsw
sevsral.days ago. The girl ID only
II years old. Her father undertook
to prevent the wedding BY influencing
officers to refuse to perform the csrs.
mony. They found Q justice whom
her father had not sssn. The disap.
pointed young man started homs
with The girl to make further efforts
TO ut eoassat.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09
MILLIONS INCREASE.
Wages Throughout the United States
Show Big Aggregate Advance.
Great Railroad and Industrial Iscer-
poratiens VIII Pay 10 Employees
Over rhirSy-Eis I'd Million More
Dollars Than Last Year.

wsge-earners throughout the United
States will receive, by many millions,
more money during 1sosthan ever be-
fore in the history of the country. In
creases in wages granted by the great
railroad and industrial corporations
within the last two months show that
during the coming year es6,s0o en-
ployes will receive $3s,350,0o0 more
than they did last year. Negotiations
are now in progress by which 10000
.<employes Of various railroads in the
west and south will receive increases
sggregating $4.0o0. 900 annually.
Scores upon scores of small corpora
tions or business firms, each employ
ing few hundred men or women, have
made wage advances. There is no way
of computing exactly the number Of
these or the employees or the amounts
involved, but a conservative estimate
OF the grand total of employees who
will receive higher wages during 1908
10 100000, and the sum involved will
be In the neighborhood Of $50, 1000 900.
Railroad men receive more gener-
Gus share Of the increase in wages
than any other class of workingmen.
There are about 100000 men en-
ployed by the railroads of the coun-
try, including everybody from the la
borer up to the president. OF these
100000 over COO, 900, or more than one
\ half, will receive on an average 10
per cent. more in wages than they did
In 1902.
Not only have direct increases in
wages been granted, but other corpor-
atoms have devised schemes by which
employees will be able to share substan-
italy in the profits. Stockholders in
the railroads which have made the in
creases will not suffer. In fact, the in
dications are that they will gain mate
rally by the increase, as ID was en-
ployed as reason for advancing
freight rates from 10 to 20 per cent
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09
Basket Ball May Kill Her.

Indianapolis, April 1o.-Miss
Frieda Pink, an eighteen year-old
senior at the high school and the star
ofthat schools girl basket ball team,
is at the point of death as result OF
injuries receivedin a basket ball game
at Charlottesville, between Indiana
polls girls and the girls team from
that city. Miss Pink went down ia q
scrimmage in the game, which was
championship battle, and was kick.
ell in the side.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09
QUICK TRIP AROUND WORLD.
Austrian OMcial Says That II Will Be
Possible Next Year to Accom-
4 pliah Joafney In Forty Days.

The director of the sleeping-csr
company Of Austria says q journey
around the world in the course of
the next year may be accomplished
In 40 days. When the rails of the ST.
-berian line are all reiaid, It will be
possible on the first through trains to
70 from Moscow to Irkutsk in six
days, and from Irkutsk to vladivos-
took of Port Arthur in three days.
The time table around the world WIN
then be: Paris to Vladivostoci, ~
lays; to Yokohama, . days; to Van
souver, IL days; to New York. via
the Canadian Pacific railway, days;
TO Cherbourg, 8 days. and to PARIS
n less than half day. Director
Nagelmsckers says he IL now receiv-
ng letters from Picking by way of
siberia in from 20 to 20 days.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09
Aged Lovers Welded at Least

Paris, ILL.,, April 10-The marriage
OF William 81. Sexton and Mrs. Ellen
Willcoxen at Kansas, Ill, Wednss-
day marks the elimination Of q
romance begun forty years ago. The
couple were lovers In Missouri In
1863, but quArslsd, end ssiasated,
never meeting again until Brought
together BY accident ct Springfield,
ILL.,, q lew weeks ago. Though both
are now grandparents the old fame
vas rekindled and the wedding fol.
lowed.
Mr.. Sexton 10 q wealthy farmer
and IL the supervisor Of this town.
ship.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09
A Thoughtful Man.

M. NJ. Austin Of Winchester, Ind,
knew what to do in the hour OF need.
His wife had such an unusual case OF
stomach and liver trouble, physicians
could not help her. He thought OF
and tried DR.. Kings New Life Pills
and she got relief at once and was
finally cure. Only 25c, at II. L.
fuckers drugstore.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09
TO PUBLISH HER MEMOIRS.
Sarah Bernhardt Labors Four Years
On story of Her Life and Work
Will Occupy Three Volumes.

Nine. Bernhard announces that she
has been writing her memoirs Of the
last four years, and that they will be
published in English, German, LATHAM
and French. She says she has re-
ceived offers from reviews and maya
zines. but will not close with them.
The memoirs will be in three volumes,
Illustrated, and will contain her expe-
riences Of real theatrical life. The
actress works on her book in the coun-
try, and had valuable help from news
papers, some Of whose stories she is
setting right.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09
INCREASE IN LUNATIcS.
szhs Total Number Of Unfortun ates IN
UnNed Kingdom In 1909 Was
148,081.

The lunacy returns Of England
show an appalling increase during
the last generation and half. The
aumber Of registered lunatics In the
United Kingdom In 1859 was 1902;
4 1902 the number had increased to
1851, Of these 110,713 being In
England alone, where the yearly In
srease works out about 1000 victims.
No Official view n that the increase
= more important than real;. that
Ne eass Il rather one Of sccumula-
I'm; that II there be an increase II
= not ont Of proportion to the In
<coass Of population.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09
ROAD CHIEF.

ROAD CHIEF will stand ct our barn In But.
Ter NO. at el0 for . colt to stand and suck paw.
able when colt comes; or % to insure in feai.
A lein will be held for service. win not be-
responsible for accidents. w
DESCRIPTION AND PEDfGRKR:-Brovn horss
10 l-2 hands high; weight about 1900 pounds:
nne style and action; good bone and muscle;
bred BY j. @. Mcclure, Winchester Nv: sIrs1
BY Roderick Jr. First dam BY Blood thief IN
second dam BY King William; third dam by
Oden's Crockett. Extended pedigree 1t barn
This stallion 10 proving himself to be 4 dpe
breeder On mares Of all Glasses. HE colts are
large and stylish and many OF them are now
commanding fancy prices; one 2-year. old belus
reesntly sold for $500 and many Others n sstis.
fnctory prices to the breed r.
GEN. Lee Aip ,s e: a 2: ,S Ss: .. Gen L:
y to insure living colt; other terms zane e
Road Chief. Gen, Lee ID . blask jsck Win
mealy nosei 10 l-2 hands high; reed bene asd
heavy body; 10 proving 10 Be 8 6ns mule jecS.
We invite breeders 70 zee this stosk before
breeding. sal.ls
Us. and J. w. WARNOCk.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09

The latest proposal for falling of
Of population in France comes from
Col. Toutee of the general staff. He
proposes that children and grand
children shall have equal succession
rights, 80 that a man with many
children will receive larger share
than his brother, who may have none
or few. An only child would be al
lowed to receive only one-half Of his
fathers estate, the other half going
TO the next heirs.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09

We buy our Pianos and Organsfor
cash direct from The manufactures
company. This enables % to save
HON $50 to 800 on Pianos, and
$15 to 926 on Organs from the prics
paid by the commission dealers.
Terms to suit purchaser.
g. W. DIXON.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09

Bret Harte left an estate valued at
n, s00--slmost ~ much as captain
Of industry can earn in 20 minutes,
Gays the Chicago Record-Hersld.
when conditions are ordinarily favor.
able.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09

WHY NOT come to Aaron, No., to
buy your spring millinery goods,
where you can find the latest and
most beautiful styles. You will And
prices reasonable. We take produce
same a. cash.
s23.2t Mrs. ANNA B. STATION.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09
Too Mach hog Fence.

loo Mucn hoS renee.
Try me on prices Tor the next TWEEN.
~ days. 9. O. THOMPSON,
Agent for Pages Wire Fence.
21-4t Passaic, No.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-09-10
LOSES HIS JOB.
Certain Politicians In Mis-
sOurl Should Study
This Case.

Many people in Audrain remem-
ber Ed. d. M. Granfeld, of the
Christian church; they will be in
terested to hear about his boy
not guilty, perhaps, but he mixed
too much with "Old Dog Tray"
Hear this from the Fulton Sun:
Among the names of those who
are said to be booked for the polit-
ical headman's axe in connection
with the recent postal scandals at
Washington is the name of G. P.
Granfeld, assistant superintendent
of salaries and allowances, who was
formerly an old Fulton boy. He
is the son of the late Rev. D. M.
Granfield who at one time was Bas-
tor of the Christian church of this
city and was we'll known thruOut
this section of the state. There have
been no charges preferred against
Mr.. Granfeld; but he was the con-
fidential man of Beavers, one of
the accused men, and it is said
that the department has deter
mined to clean out that branch of
the Office ''CharIevO is we'll
known to the older set of Fulton
boys and many friends regret to
hear of his dismissal, but are glad
to know that he goes out of office
without any discredit to his repu-
tation.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-09-10
MISS RING.
Refuses to Be Run9 by Two
"BIackguards." )"

To gain the hand and heart of
Miss Julia Ring of Louisville, KY,
two young men fought seventeen
rounds with bare knuckles. They
were friends. Both were suitors
of Miss Ring. Neither would give
her mp for the other. So they de-
cided to fight for the girl.
Both lost out. The young wo-
man spurns them, ,svictor and van
quished, and declares she will
horsewhip the first one who steps
his foot into her yard.
will l marry the man who won
the fightG / will not. What right
had those two blackgaurds to fight
over me and bring me all this un-
pleasantnessi I'll give those ras-
calls a solid lashing with horse
whip if they come to see me.
Good for the girl! exclaims the
st. Louis Chronicle. During the
stone age men fought one another
like animals for the possession of a
female. The biggest brute got
the best things. Muscle was king.
But physical prowess is no longer
the true measure of manhood.
Miss Ring rightly asks why suit
ors should bring a girls name into
an affair of fstieuffs. And she
rightly reasons that one suitor
wlfo successfully pummels another
does not prove thereby his supe-
riority as a husband.
The hint Of horsewhipping, it
must be confessed. is rather stren-
nous and somewhat akin to the
scrap itself. But-it's Kentucky
1.-The home Of feuds aud fights
aud duels and horsewhippings. In
the fervor Of her indignation she
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-09-10
cALLAWAY DRUGGISTS.
Been Dealing Too Freely In
Corn Juice.

The following is clipped from the
Fulton Gazette;
Arrests as the result of the in
dictments returned by the. grand
jury which was in session during
the sitting of the August term of
the circuit court are now being
made. On Monday DR.. w. w.
Wallace of Guthrie was arrested
on charge of using fraudulent
prescriptions for liquor, and re-
leased on a bond of 81, 900 to APP
pear for trial at the December
term of the circuit court. There
are five separate charges against
him.
On the same day August Leh-
man, of MOkane, and Harry Brown
Of New Bloomfield, both druggists,
were arrested on charges of selling
liquor unlawfully. There are II
charges against Lehman and 12
against Brown. Each gave bond
for $500 for their appearance at
circuit court.
DR.. S. E. Vawter aud DR.. w.
Q. ingram, both physicians at Ce-
dar City, were arrested Tuesday
for issuing fraudulent prescriptions
for liquor and were placed under
bond of 81 900 each for appearance
in December. There are about
twenty counts against each.
Wednesday, j. A. Mcintyre, of
Mexico, recently in the drug busi-
ness at Auxvasse, was arrested for
selling liquor illegally and gave
bond for appearance at next term
of circuit court.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-09-10
Hereford Cattle.

Moberly, Mo-. Sept. 3.-The
Central Missouri Hereford Breed
ers' Association held its first an
nual sale in this city this afternoon
Fifty animals, representatives from
some Of the best herds in North
Missouri, were sold. These cattle
were not prepared as for a show,
but were taken right off the grass.
Prices ranged from $50 to $3.50.
The counties of Randolph, Monroe,
Charlton, lafayette, Linn, Schuy-
Ter and Howard comprise this as
sociation, and representative Here
ford breeders from all of them
were present.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-09-10
SOCIALISTIC PLAN.
Preachers ASsail a st. JO-
seph Judges Idea
for a State
DiSpenSaFy.

The Mexico correspondent of
the Globe Democrat sent the fol-
lowing dispatch to that paper last
week:
Mexico, Mo. Sept. A notable
discussion of the problem of con-
trolling the liquor traffic occurred
at this afternoons session of the
Missouri conference of the Method
list Episcopal Church, = South, in
this city and caused considerable
excitement among the 800 dele
gates and ministers present. Judge
B. j Casteal of the criminal court
of st. Joseph had been asked to
speak on the subject of temperance
and his remarks created the stir.
God never attempted to con-
troll mans will by compulsiOn, I"
said the speaker, and man cannot
successfully supplant his method.
/ believe that many good people,
both preachers and laymen, have
crippled their influence in the tenn
perance cause in seeking by force
and compulsion, rather than by
love and persuasion, to have men
lead sober lives"
The speaker held that the state
should take sole charge of the Ii
quor traffic. aud put it under rigid
avs and regulations. He believed
the best solution of the problem
would be to adopt a dispensary
system, such as is now in vogue
in South Carolina, with possibly a
few amendments.
Judge Casteal's address was re-
ceived with respect by all present,
but when he had finished there
was great clamOr, those present
looking on his plan as a movement
for high license.
Following the demonstration of
disapproval, calls were made for
j. M. 0,Brien Of Shelbyville, who
is looked on as a leader in the
church for prohibition. Mr.. o O'Brien
stated that he had high regard
for Judge Casteal as a Christian
man, but that he desired to em-
phasize the fact that the Methodist
church was in favor of anuihilating
the liquor traffic entirely; that it
was the great enemy Of the home,
state and nation.
Prof, Thompson Bond OF Cen
trial College and Judge Thomas
Shackleford Of Glasgow also took
strong stands against the ideas ad.
yanced By Judge Casteal.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-09-10
POOR GIRL
Dead-A Love Letter--Fath-
eT ScOIded About
IL.

Lebanon, ILL.,, Sept. 4.-The
body of pretty Elsie Duckett, into
whose life came far more Of trag-
edy than a girl of sixteen should
know, was buried in the College
Hill cemetery, just back Of Me-
Kendree college, to-day.
Among the pail bearers was
William Coffley of Benefits Pit,
whose boyish letter, ending with a
quotation that was harmlessly al
though perhaps foolishly sentimen-
tai, led to the censure from her
father, after which she hanged
herself;
AS long as the vine runs round the
stump,
I'll be your darling sugar lump.
Thus had the boy written at the
end of a letter which contained his
acknowledgment of her consent of
an early visit from him. In her
letter she had quoted:
Roses are red and viOlets blue;
Sugar is sweet and so are you.
Old quotations, both of them,
and familiar to boys and girls in
all sections, whether rural or ur-
ban, but never, perhaps, the cause
Of suicide before this time.
When Cofiey's letter reached
the home of Jacob Duckett, Elsie
was at work in the cOrnfeld with
her brother Elmer. She was cut
ting corn, for violent deaths had
been the fate of her three brothers
and she often did a boys work
about the farm. Her father and
younger brother, Jacob, were in
another part of the field, close to
where the rural mail carrier left
the letters that came to the family.
When young Jacob took the
mail he told his father that one of
the letters was from boy and
that it was for Elsie. The father
ordered him to open it and read it.
When the boys voice repeated
the quotation at the end the faith
er's anger broke forth. He firmly
declared that he was going to
stop that foolishness," and
straightway went to where Elsie
was working, commanding her to
refuse to see Coffiey again and to
stop writing to or receiving letters
from him.
The daughter said little but her
eyes filled with tears. She cOntin-
ued listlessly to cut corn. After a
while she complained that her
knife was dull and said that she
would go to the griudstone at the
back of the house and sharpen it.
She went alone. An hour later,
when she had not returned, her
brother Elmer went to the barn.
He found her body hanging from
n rome mite dead
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-09-10

A superstitiOus Ozark young
man who tried to kiss a bride on
Monday. before the groom could,
for luck, is now nursing a broken
nose and two black eyes. He got
the luck all right but it wasn't the
kind he wanted.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-09-10

Prof. Basil Brewer is home from
his studies at the Chicago Univer-
sity. Resumed his duties in the
Mexico public schools this week.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-09-10
Rev. II. T. Cooke has returned
from a pleasant visit in Oklahoma.

Mrs. w. S. Barbee, of near
Vandalia, and her father and
mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Wiltshire
Keithly of FrankfOrd, attended the
Methodist conference here last
week. They were the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Beal.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-09-10

j. N. Mitchell at Centralia has
a three year old mule that stands
161! hands high. The animal is
on exhibition at the Paris fair this
week.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-09-10

Joe Considine Of Thompson
bought stock from the following
parties lately: j. H. Edwards,
three mules, 1925; ALVIN Sellers,
two mules, 800.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-09-10

doubtless follows the custom Of the
country.
Anyway, she has set a good pre-
eedent. The foolish young fellows
may now proceed to bind up each
others wounds. Certain it is
Miss Ring will pour no Balm of
Gilead upon them.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-09-10

Giesel Bros. at Worcester sold
1000 bushels of corn a short time
since to Rush Hill parties at 43
cents bushel.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-09-10

TT, ,Hesse, near Farber, has sold
his 800 acre farm to Iowa parties
at $50 per acre Mr.. Hesse has an
other fiue farm rear Farber which
will become his home.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-09-10

A Folk for governor club Of $50
members was organized at Festus
last week: 1t is expected to run
the membership up to over 500 in
a few weeks.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-09-10

Egbert Sims and Samuel Gray
of Centralia sold so head of three
year old cattle to M. H. Pember-
ton at $40 per head.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-09-10

Great revival in progress at the
Centralia Baptist church. Over
twenty additions to the member
ship at last reports.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-09-10
indicted for Gambling.

The following dispatch appeared
in the st. Louis Chronicle II few
days ago:
jefferson City, Mo. Sept. A.
John Paul against whom the Cole
county grand jury returned an in
dictment last March for gambling,
was brought to this city by the
sheriff of Audrain county to-day.
He was captured at Mexico, Mo.
Paul is also charged with seduc-
ton He gave bond in the sum of
$500 in each case. Paul is one OF
the men who was indicted for gam
bling brought out by the Brooks
crusade.
U. G., Skelley and wife of Van
dalia visited Mexico friends this
week.
Miss Ola ire TnekeY of tbis e;t,,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-09-10

S. NJ. Locke is enjoying a vaca-
ton at Eureka Springs.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-09-10

Butler Brooks of this city will
attend school thru the coming
year at Notre Dame, Ind.