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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-12-22
Four Witnesses Attest
Marcum Murder Plot.

Winchester, Ky, Dec. 2O.-ln the
trial Of the Marcum damage suit at
Winchester to-day, evidence was
brought out designed to show that
James Hargis, Ed Callahan and b.
T. French we're in a conspiracy to
bring about James b. Marcum s
death.
Robert CLANCY and James Mann,
residents of Breathitt county, testi-
fed that James Hargis had offered
them $500 and their freedom from a
murder charge hanging over them il
they would kill Marcum. These Of
iers it is sworn, we're made just few
weeks before Marcum was assassin
ated, and we're made in the private
arsenal" over the Hargls store in
jackson.
Mrs. Mary Johnson, sister OF Mar
cum, testified that several months
before her brother was killed four
men-Mose Feltner, John Abner,
John Smith and Tom White-laid in
wait all night in rock quarry 200
wards from the Marcum home to as
sassinate him She said the warning
was given by Feltner, who had been
betriended by Marcum, and who did
not want to see him killed. She said
she went to the quarry early the
next morning and found the men all
heavily armed with Winchester rifles
and shot guns. Mrs. johnson said
that the day before her brother was
killed she saw all the men and Curtis
and Asbury Spicer with guns, stand
ing across the street from her broth
er's home.
John Noble, formerly police Judge
OF Jackson, told Of plans formed by
she defendants shortly after the
murder to prove an alibi for Curtis
Jett. The attorneys for the defense
during the former trials held con-
ference with Hargis, French AMI
Callahan 10 the up stairs room Of
tn Hargis store, and 1t was agreed
that Noble was to 60 on the witness
stand and swear that he saw Jett
standing on the pavement when the
shooting occurred. Noble carried oul
the plans a. formed.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-12-22
ENTIRE VILLAGE
GOES ON SPREE
Schmidt, Who Inherited $l6,'
600, Pays the Bills and
Leads the Fun.

Duluth, MINI d C. 10 The vii
lage OF Northome, northern terminus
OF this Minnesota & International
road, Betrami county, Minnesota
ls,recoveriug from the time OF it's
young lie, Otto Schmii 1t inherited
from a German estate SIG, 900, and
set n pace for money spending for a
week that made life merry for 70 per
cent Of the 500 inhabitants, 1t isn't
known how much OF his inheritance
S,himdt spent, but he vas celebTa'
ing nis good fortune for week, and
the motto, Schmidt pays for this, "
was on every lip. He has some OF
the money left, u few thousand per-
haps. Schmidt found it easy to en-
list the enthusiastic support Of all
the regulars )" Ai'er getting them
going right hemanaged by degrees
to draw nearly the entire male pop.
ulation of the place into the fun.
Sc, midi proved to be wonder He
saw the others fall by the wayside,
one, two three at time, and missed
Others who had fed from him when
they could stand the pace nc
longer and looked and commented
on these with scorn.
Schmidt refused to take change
when he bought anything, and laid
a fresh bill each time, but he appear
ed to have given no one chance t.
rob him He made the pace 30 strong
that in some places merchants clos
ed their places OF business and pleas
ure lovers were in clover.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-12-22
SOME MISSOURI STATISTICS
Annua, Reuort 81 state Labor Commiss'on-
er Discloses Wonderful Strides In States
Manufacturing Industries.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Dec. 19.-State
Labor Commissioner Anderson has
prepared his annual report and 1t dis
closes Missouri's wonderful strides in
all lines of industry, particularly manu-
features. The summary exhibits an
enormous production from factories
alone. The manufacturing enterprises
have invested in grounds, $21 ,43S,s $40;
in buildings, $2s, ,497; in machinery.
$50, 907, 112. The total capital invested
is $145,O55,626, as against $103,21S,459
in 1902, the previous year. The total
value of all goods manufactured dur
ing 1903 was $311. 074 .256, as against
$270, 456, 232 in 1902, showing the enor-
nous gain of s4O,61s,o24 for the year
The average number of days in opera
ton during the year was PSI. The
manufacturers paid out in wages to
their employees during 1905 SIS. 423,5f7
an increase of $S.S62,T75 over 1902
They employed 103,13s males and 25,'
220 females, as against S7,282 malet
and 21,S55 females in 1909. and they
had 1,713 male and lab female man
ayers.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-12-22
He SAW TODD SHOOT WALL.
The Testimony Of an Eye Wit
ness in the Murder Trial in
Nevada, Missouri.

Nevada, Mo. Dc 1.-THE st ~
Of the killing of K T Wall h, DE-
]. d Todd, ex state representative.
at Richards, May 30. WAS told 10y
witnesses IN DIR rodd's Trial FIR
murder this afternoon. Intsnse in
,erest was show n by the large crowd
pr. sent as C, W Wilder, who was on
the stand for more than two hours,
described In detail the events attend.
my the shooting Later, DR.. w T.
Adams, to whose office Wall was re
moved after he had been shot down.
described the wounds and the cloth
ing worn by the dead man on the
day Of the killing was exhibited. Mr.
Walls two daughters, who sat near
the prosecuting attorney, were
scarcely able to restrain their emo
ton.
G. W. Wilder said that he saw Wall
ride past DR.. Todd 8 office the morn
ing OF May 20 Todd was seated in
"A chair, leaning against the build
ing
After Wall had passed Todd arose
and Wall turned and nearly stopped"
ssid the witness. "He had gone
about twenty or twenty-five
feet further when | heard a pistol re
port and saw dust rise from the
sir et. After a very brief interval
there was a second shot and Wall
leaned forward and started to fall
The third shot hit the horse in the
jaw. Wall had not struck the
ground when the fourth shot was
fred. When it was struck the horse
jumped and saw that Wall war
losing control. / cav Wall as be lay
on the ground, but did not see Dr.
Todd in the street at all"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-12-22
ireland BIames England For
Want.

Dublin, Dec. 18-The meeting OF
the Irish Parliamentary party to dis
cuss the distress In the West OF Ire
land and consider means to 'force
the Government to provide for the
immediate necessities OF the case and
put the land act In operation in
Connaugh and other poor districts
was held here today under the presi.
dency OF John Redmond.
A resolution was passed condemn.
I ing the Government for the existing
distress in Ireland, demanding that
immediate steps be taken to relieve
it, and also demanding that powers
be given for the distribution OF land
10 the poor districts.
The Local Government Board
however, to some degree, forestalled
the meeting by taking steps which It
is considered will be effective in re
lieving the tenants who are affected
by the failure Of the potato crop.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-12-22
SUSPENSION BRIDGE FALLS.
School Children Meet Death In
An Icy River.

Charleston, ". Va, Dec. IL = he
suspension bridge connecting East
and West Charleston fell through to
day, precipitating six teams and a
number OF school children. estimated
variously from ten to thirty, into
the ice covered waters, fifty feet be
low. Four school children were res
cued with FIVE tesmsters from the
wreckage. The bodies OF Mamie
Higginbotham, 8 years old, and OF
Ray Humphreys, 10 years old, have
been recovered. Twelve horses OF
thirteen on the bridge were killed or
drowned.
Great crowds have collected on
both banks Only one strand OF the
cable remains. The bridge turned
turtle IA It went down, and the floor
is lying amid the ice foes a little
below the place OF crossing. Men 10
boats are fishing in twenty feet OF
water for bodies. The bridge has
been in dangerous condition for a
long time. The bridge floor was
covered with several inches OF ice
and snow. 1t had been considered
unsafe for heavy loads for several
months and last Labor day the OF
ficers would not allow tie fl lats in
the parade to cross the bridge on ac-
count of it's condition. The span ol
the bridge which Tell was about sou
feet long The bridge was built in
1852,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-12-22
Boston Goes Democratic.

Boston, Dec. is The municipal
election yesterday was q sweeping
victory for the Democratic party.
The city, as usual. declared for
license BY . large majority.
The only contest whereby a party
voss could BE- tested was In the bal
>lotipg for Street. Commissioner
Salsm D. Charles, the present. Com
mlssionsr, was returned TO ONCE BY
tia Democratic. dslsating Guy ~
Emarson. his Republican opponent
by 8 vote Of 50, 800 70 10. SOL.
No mayor was elected this year
ana hsesuss Of the TACT thecampsigs
II - : great dsel Of interest. Q
- hlr>ssa sldermsn elected, tsI
/: Democrats.
,uaan ]. b. Curlsy. who !
! : two nonths' ssntsncs 4
saoctsd. cufley ~ con
= In sonating snoths!
q GIN esfsfos sxspisAtlon.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-12-22

Colorado Springs, COL, Dec 19.-That
the young woman VINO was Todnd dead
ON Cutler mountain between North and
South Cheyenne canons on Saturday
was murdered, was proven by the posi-
norton examination. The removal OF
her matted hair and scalp rev called the
wound in the head and resulted in the
recovery of the bullet.
There is as yet absolutely no clue
TO the identity of the girl, the author
tiles here being wholly at loss to es-
tablish anything in this connection.
Many inquiries have been received
from large cites the east relative to
details in description of the girl, but
nothing beyond that revealed yester-
day has been discovered, the corpse
showing nothing in the nature of birth
marks or scars.
The first part of the operation was
the removal of the skull cap and this
revealed the cause of death beyond the
shadow of a doubt The bullet on
tered the left side of the head. pene-
trating the skull about two inches
behind and one and half inches above
the ear. Its course was almost direct
through the head, the perforatioa in
dicatjng its second passing through the
skull about one inch lower than the
point of entrance. The bullet. which
was of 3S-caliber. lay between the
skull and the scalp. the latter not be-
ing perforated. The bullet was much
nattened by its contacts with the
skull.
Dental work in the mouth Of the
murdered girl will afford sure iden-
tification If its description is seen by
the dentist who did the work. The
work was worth ut least $3.50.
Coroner Law is anxious that the de-
scription of the dental work be given
publicity in order to help in the work
of Identification.
The upper right wisdom tooth Is IN
developed. On the upper right side OF
the mouth n solid gold bridge extends
from the first molar to the cuspid. The
second molar Is present. The first and
second hicuspids are absent. filed with
solid gold dummies. There are two
gold filings, medium size in the mesia
of the upper central incisor.
On the upper left side gold bridge
extends from the first bicuspid to thu
second molar, worn on the mesio lin
quail portion Of the crown. The second
molar is made from bicuspid dummy
The third molar is present.
The lower right three molars or wis
dom teeth are present. The sncont
nnolar is cold fil'ed in the mesio oc
clusial surface. The first holar is alb
sent and has been gone several years
All the teeth are nreeent on the left
lower side. Large gold filing on occlu
sion of first molar. Large gold fill
ing on occlusion extending on to dis
| tai surface of second molar.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-12-22
A Prod For The "Beef Trust

Washington, Dec. 1S-Representa.
tive Baker OF New York introduced
a resolution today requesting the
Attorney General to report to this
House whether he has assertained
that the so called Bel trust is in
restraint of trade, and il no what
steps he has taken under the provis
ions OF law to cause forfeiture Of
the property lin course Of transpor
tation from one state to snother) ol
those constituting the so-called Bee
trust.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-12-22
A Kansas Heavy Man Dead.

Paols. Kan, Dec. 49,. l. Will
liams Of this city, who probably was
the heaviest man in Kansas, died
last night after q short illness. He
weighed nearly 500 pounds. He was
born in Kentucky and was about GA
years old. Sixteen years ago he
moved here from Kansas City, Kan
SIS.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-12-22
Prom,o.n. odd Fellow A.phyz,.sed

New York, Dec. 19.-James P. San
ders, aged Sc years, believed to be the
Oldest past master of the order Of odd
fellows in this country, was found
asphyxiated by gas in his home In
Yonkers. He failed to entirely turn Of
the gas from heater in his room be-
fore retiring. At the time Of his death
Mr.. Sanders was grand sire of the SOW
ereign grand lodge Of odd fellows In
the United States.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-12-22
Kansas State Treasurer
Injured by a Street Car.

Kansas City, Dec. 17.-Thomas K.
Kelley. state treasurer Of Kansas,
was struck by an Independence ave
nue. car on the elevated platform al
the union depot this afternoon and
severely injured. Immediately alter
ward he boarded Q Union Pacific
train for Topeka, where he was ex
amined BY . physician and II va
found that he was suffering from q
fracture Of the thigh bone. De viii
BE- laid up for several weeks.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-12-22

Lincoln. Neb.. Dec. ls.-W. s. Nc
CARNEY. patient at thesstate insane
asylum, member Of leading Nebras-
ka family. was strangled to death By
. fellow-patient, DR.. Olaf Ancora.
Both men were confined in the violent
ward, and were momentarily left alone,
The tragedy occurred several days
ago, but the authorities did not an.
nounce II until Sunday.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-12-22
A MOUNTAIN MYSTERY
Body of Unidentified Young Woman
Discovered Near COLORADO
Springs, Col.
POST RORT;R REVElLSCtU;t or DEATH

Was shot Through the Head from the Rear
AUTHORITIES Have No Clue I" Locality
OF Perpetrators ar NietIn-Aibute De-
scriptiou OF Dental Work IN Glri's
Mouth Given by Coroner.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-12-22
Has Stood The Test Is Years.

The old, original GROVES Taste
Jess chill tonic. You know what you
are taking 1t is iron and quinine 10
a tasteless form. Mcclure, no pay SOC
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-07-12

The program is out for the fourth
annual session of the Urbana Chsutau-
qua to be held from July % to August
10. Among the department leaders and
speakers will be Rev. A. 81. Ranton,
of Toronto, Canada; Mrs Anna Hobbs
Woodcock. Prof r. b. Smith, of Rip
ley, Ohio; Rev. J. T. Abrams, of Ur-
bana, who will act as superintendent
of the assembly Bishop W. f. Oldham.
of India; DR.. Mary Baer. missionary
to India; Bishop Henry Spellmeyer.
Hon. Oliver w. Stewart, of Chicago
Mrs. Kathsaine Ertz Bowden. Prof p
NJ Pearson, A. W. Hawks. Sam. p
Jones and Rev. A. W. Leonard. In
cluded in the entertainment features
will be the Euterpean Glee Club. Ross
Crane in character sketches, Capt.
Jack Crawford the poet scout, the Dun
bar Concert Company and moving pic
tures presented by the American Vita
graph Company.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-07-12

up by the Moorish government. He Is
treated by them as no other subject Of
the sultan is treated, and on his arrival
some 5000 infantry were turned out to
line the road outside the city gate. while
the great officers of state. with retinues
Of cavalry met him some miles away on
the road.
He was a little bit shocked at first at
the idea OF a dog OF Christian being al
lowed to come near him. but on the rep
Presentations of the sultan's officers, he
agreed to meet Capt. Noble. This gen.
tleman was extremely fortunate in hav-
ing a camera with him. and without loss
Of time proceeded to snapshot the
prophet. He at once betrayed nervous
ness at the black box as he called 1t, and
promptly demanded his umbrella, the
usual appenage of an eastern potentate.
This was handed to him, as seen in the
photograph. and to Capt. Mobiles intense
amusement. instead Of being the cum
bersome affair, was thin-rolling, latest
pattern Bond street production. Where
and how this had got into the interior of
the Sahara. however. no one was able to
explain. Capt. Noble said he found the
shiek an extremely intelligent we'll
read man. He was utterly unable to
form any conclusion as to what nation
ality he was. as he kept the green veil
over his face all the time he was in pub
lic The language he used in convers-
ing was classical Arabic.
Capt Noble feels sure that should M.
Lebaudy actually carry out his idea Of
endeavoring to locate himself in the Sa-
harra. he will find the existing ruler an
extremely difficult person to oust from
his present position.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-07-12
Damage Crops
in Kansas.
Streams Are on the
Rampage.
Reported Near Abb
lene.
Three Persons Have Been
Drowned and Many Homes
Are Ruined
SPECIAL to The Daily Inde..

Special to The Daily Index.
Kansas City, July S.-One-h half OF
Armourdale. the packing house town
In the suburbs Of Kansas City, is un
der water from the overflow OF the
Kaw river. The water is still rising
at q rapid rate and conditions ap-
preaching the great flood of 1898 are
feared. The stage of the river is
higher than at any time since then
The lowlands of Argentine and Rose
dale. other suburbs, also are flooded
and hundreds OF laboring people have
left their homes.
There has been almost incessant
rain in this part of the southwest for
five days. and for a month past heavy
rains have fallen intermittently.
This great volume of water Ia
coming this way, doing great damage
in its course. and II is feared that
many OF the scenes of devastation OF
a milder way
Heavy damage is reported through
| out Kansas, from Abilene. Arkansas
City, Ottawa and Lawrence, where
the Smoky Hill. the Solomon, the
Walnut and the Marais Des Cygnes
| rivers are rising at the rate OF two
inches per hour. The damage to
crops will be enormous. In the vicin.
| ity of Abilene alone It is estimated
that the damage will amount to $780,
900. The Kaw has made a new chan
mel at North Lawrence, cutting the
west portion on from the rest of the
town
Hundreds OF wagons were engaged
all day in removing household goods
from the suburbs of Kansas City
Kan, along the Kaw river, while in
| the west bottoms near the Missouri
Kansas line, thousands of dollars
| worth of goods were either removed
from the district or placed upon upper
floors. Over 1900 people fled from
Armourdale and many were forced tC
leave their belongings. Water in the
packing houses caused an almost
total suspension of work in those
plants.
Topeka, Kan, July S.-The Kaw
river is above the 22-foot mark and
| rising slowly. In North Topeka the
water is running through the princi-
pal streets knee deep and the town Is
deserted. All of Wednesday night 9
constant stream of humanity poured
across the big Metan bridge to higher
ground on the south side. The well
to do class of people stacked theil
household goods in the upper storie:
of their homes and fed.
Wichita. Kan, July S.-wichita Is
flooded worse than ever before In its
II ~ rr-r-
along the Little river gave way be
fore the rush Of water which poured
down Waco avenue, one OF the prin.
| cipal residence streets, in a raging
torrent, becoming waist deep.
The house of Cass Woods. a parl
policeman in Riverside park. wa:
was washed away and Mrs. Wood:
and her two children drowned.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-07-12
THE SAHARA DESERT
OF ITS VAST INTERIOR WE
KNOW BUT LITTLE.
Its Ruler a Despotic sheik Known as
the "Veiled Prophet"-ItI Is Not
All a Great Barren
Waste

The region of Sahara, which has come
to the claim of NJ. Jacques Lebaudy to be
emperor of it, is a practically unknown
land. Very few Europeans have visited
its interior, and the few attempts that
have been made to trade with the inhab-
itants from the coast have resulted in
failure. sometimes with disastrous re-
suits to the people engaged.
Capt. Rider Noble, an officer in the
English army. who was lent some four
years ago to his majesty, the sultan Of
Morocco, has had an exceptional oppor-
tuniy Of penetrating into the country.
under the protection of his sherifian
majesty. He found the country rich in
minerals, and in many places capable
of agricultural developments, inhabited
by large number of nomadic tribes, av-
aging about 500 members each. The
whole were ruled in despotic manner
by religious chief, or shiek, known as
the 'veiled prophet" whose actual name
is Sheik Malain. So great is his power
that the sultan of Morocco has an ar
rangement with him to keep his fero-
cious subjects in order and prevent them
attacking the country under the sui
tan's rule. This he does for fixed
tribute. Periodically he issues from the
interior to pay a flying visit to the sui
tan, and 1t happened during Capt. No
ole's stay in Morocco the time had ar
rived to pay this visit. Contrary to his
usual custom of coming only to the bor-
ders of Morocco, he had accepted the
sultan's invitation to come as far as the
city OF Fee, and Capt. Noble had the op-
portunity offered by his friend. the sui
tan, of meeting this illustrious person.
age. He came accompanied by his sons
and relations, and a retinue of a hun
dred or more of his tribe. for the most
part mounted on the slight camel OF the
southern desert. There is no doubt
that Sheik Malam has profited by his
religious renown to add to his prosper
Ity. Not only has he obtained temporal
as well as spiritual ascendancy in his
own country, but he has played up to his
reputation further afield, and in his
manner and costume, he does all he can
to obtain notoriety, in which he is backed
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-07-12
SUITS
Filed Against
Harshman,
Wealthy Springfield
Manufacturer.
ALLEGATIONS
|Of a SenSatiOnalN Ma
ture Made.
He is Accused of Defrauding
Creditors of an Estate.
He is Accused of Defraudine
Creditors of an Estate.

The first step in what promises to
result in sensational disclosures in the
bankruptcy case brought against
Jonathan S. Hsrshman, Springfield.
Ohio. was taken yesterday morning
when William II. Griffith, Bankruptcy
Trustee, filed three suits In the United
States District Court. One is against
Mary S. Harshman, wife of the bank
rupt, the second against James P.
Goodwin, trustee under the will and
testament of Henry Snyder. deceased.
and Jonathan s. Harshman, and the
other is against Oliver A. Miller. ad-
ministrator of the estate OF Catherine
Hertzler, deceased, and the bankrupt
In the first case it is alleged that
Harshman was the qualified trustee
under the last will of Henry Snyder.
and that on April 80. 1904. he resigned
and was succeeded by Goodwin. 1t is
charged that when Harshman resigned
he owed the estate S12, 600; that he
had appropriated to his own use all
the proceeds of his trust, and that be-
ing unable to pay the Indebtedness,
with intent to prefer the trusts he
transferred three tracts of land and
thereby defrauded other creditors.
The second suit charges that Harsh
man was the administrator until April
80 last, when he resigned and was suc-
veeded by Miller. 1t is alleged that
Harshman had appropriated to his own
use all of the proceeds of the trust, and
that at the time of his resignation he
was personally indebted to it in the
sum of Ss2, 900. Being unable to pay
the Indebtedness he transferred three
tracts of land with the view of pre-
ferring the trust. The third suit
charges that he also conveyed a tract
of land to his wife with intent to pre-.
fer her
In all the suits 1T is charged that
Harshman. well knowing that he was
insolvent at the time when he made
the above transfers, did 80 with the
view of defrauding other creditors. in
violation of the provisions of the bank.
ruptcy act.