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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-12-22

the the Farris case the senator hes
no show anywhere. Up TO the time
the Rock Islands new Ksnsas City
and st. Louis line ives built the
whistla Of the locomotive had nsvsr
been heard In Msries county. Tho
Rock Island runs across the extreme
north end Of the county, but the
nearest station to Vienna, the coun.
ty seat, IL ten miles over roads chat
are uniformly billy. Thefesis .
telephone line into the town, but no
telegraph wires. Vienna has .
population Of 600 people and for .
number Of years there was just or
Republican In town and that W
credited to the postmaster. The
same man Was reappointed for many
terms because there was no one else
In the town who was eligible.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-12-22

Harry Halves az president OF the
Jefferson Club OF st. Louis is push
ing his fight against the Buffers and
is determined to have them read out
OF the Democratic organization.
Five Butler members of the city
central committee were suspended
by that committee on Monday even.
ing pending the investigation OF
charges Of disloyality during the last
election. The motion for suspension
was made by Mr.. Halves. Congress-
man James j. Butler was one OF the
committe man suspended.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-12-22

After hearing evidence oil day
Monday on the plea that prejudice
existed against Senator Farris In
Cole county TO the extent that II
prevented HE securing a fair trial.
Judge Graves held that the weight
Of the testimony showed that the
people Of the county we're unfavor-
able to the defendant and granted
him q change Of venue to Maries
county, aud Get the date for the
regular April term Of that court.
Thirty four witnesses were examined
and a majority Of them testified that
the people OF Cole county believed
Farris guilty and had so expressed
themselves.
II Maries county is preiudiced in
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-12-22
Supreme Court Will
Elect New Chief Justice

Jefferson City, Mo-, Dec. 20.-Wal-
tour M. Robinson is the present chief
Justice OF the Missouri Supreme
Court. He goes out OF Office JAN
uary l.. being succeeded on the bench
by Henry Lamm. On January Bird
the court will elect new Chief JUS
tice. Judge Theodore Brace, being
the Oldest in commission, prob
ably will be elected Chief Justice, as
It Is an unvarying custom that the
Oldest in the commission shall be
Chief Justice. Il is customary TOR
the Chief Justice to swear In the
Governor, and Judge Braceis doubt
less the man who will administer the
oath Of Office to Governor-elect Folk.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-12-22
SMASHING THE TOWN NOW.
General Noui Seems to Have
Given Up the Plan Of Weaken
inQ the Notifications and
Will Wear Out the
Defenders.

TOXIC, Dec. IU.-uenerdi NoBi mas
ordered heavy bombardment OF
the town OF Port Arthur. The.
howitzer and naval gun fire is direct
ed chiefly against the now town,
which has been badly damaged. The
arsenal was struck many times and
several shells hit the chief magazine.
The fact that no explosion followed
is believed to indicate that there is
little ammunition there. 1t may
have been moved for safety. The
damage to. the town is terrible.
Buildings are burning in several
parts OF the city. The Japanese
seem to have practically abandoned
their attacks ON the Notifications
and are dropping their shells into
the town. Their object now seems
to be to exhaust the defenses by con-
stant attack and to destroy the city
itself.
Chicago, Dec. 90 Persons who
have just arrived here from Port
Arthur assert that the unprecedent
slaughter Of the Japanese during the
taking OF 2O3, Meter hill has caused
the besiegers to change their tactics.
Apparently, they no longer hope to
capture the city by assault. This 10
believed to be proved by the fact
that their shell fire was concentrated
on the Russian warships in the har-
Dor until the vessels we're sunk. Re
iugees maintain that the destruction
OF the Retvizan, Pobedia, Pallada,
and Peresviet could have been &C.
complished at any ime within the
last three months had not. the
Japanese hoped to capture the fort
ress soon and thus secure possession
OF the vessels.
Now that they have deliberately
destroyed the warships, it Is believed
they have abandoned hope OF the
early captnre Of the city. Since
December / two steamers with pro-
visions and one with ammunition
have run the blockade and unloaded
their csrgoes In Port Arthur.
Around the city the ground ID
frozen hard and the bodies Of the
Japanese who fell in the storming o.
2O3. Meter hill still lie unburied. II
is next to impossible to dig graves
for them. Thousands OF frozer
bodies strew the activities Of the bill
and the neighboring sand dunes.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-12-22
Miss Eva Booths Life Work.

Chicago, Dec. 20 Mics Eva Booth,
the new commander Of the Salvation
army in the United States, at q rat
ification meeting at the Auditorium
theater last night, in outlining her
policy in her new deld, said:
Americas commercial questions, it's
industrial problem and it, educat-
ional endeavors will claim my deep
and sincere interest, but theingather.
ing Of the people, the uplifting Of the
down trodden, the leeding Of its hun
cry and the sheltering ofits outcasts,
the leading Of the guilty and the sin.
ners into the stream Of pardon vii
claim my liie.v
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-12-22

The Kansas City court of appeals
affirmed the judgement in the lower
court OF 500 fine against State
Senator William P. Sullivan, OF
Kansas City, for soliciting q bride
while a member OF the legislature,
The evidence at the trial, presided
over by Judge Timmons, tended to
show that Sullivan offered to control
the Senate in favor Of baking powder
that contained alum for "a, 800.
The court Of appeals says there is no
statute on the subject, yet to solicit
a bribe is misdemeanor under the
common law In force in this state.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-12-22
Masked Men Dynamite Kansas
City Pipe Line.

Coffeyville, Kansas, Dec 18.-As q
result Of the Intense feefiugeugender-
ed by the building Of the pipe line Of
the Kansas natural gas company
for the purpose Of piping gas out Of
the state, four different points 10 the
partially completed line we're blown
up with dynamite by y party Of
fifteen or more masked and other
wise disguised men, near Liberty,
ten miles north OF this city last night.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-12-22
Township Decision
May Be Deferred

jefferson City, Mo-; Dec. 40
Much attention has been attracted
to the matter Of township organ
izstion, upon the constitutionality
OF which the supreme court is expect
ed soon to pass. 1t is now learned
from q source believed to be re-
liable that, owing to the press OF
business and the changes to be made
In the administra ton, an opinion on
this matter may not be reached for
several months, instead OF Dec. "a,
when court meets again, and the
suspense OF those who hope to pro-
fit, or may be ousted from place
thereby, lie to be prolonged
Another interesting feature is de-
veloping, and thatis that the opir'
ion, may not even effect all the
counties which are operating under
the law. The constitution provides
that the question Of township organ
ization, when submitted, shall he de-
termined by majority OF the legal
voters OF such counties voting at
such election, and the legislature
gave the counties authority to SUBJ
nit such q proposition. But most
Of the counties which submitted the
proposition permitted it to be de-
termined by a majority OF the legal
voters voting on the proposition
which is in direct violation OF the
constitution. Therefore, in those
counties where the question was set
tied or decided by a majority vote
the openion OF the court would not
apply, even though it declared the
law unconstitutional.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-12-22

The boundry line dispute between
Missouri and Nebraska, caused by
the Missouri river changing its
channel, has been decided in the
United States Supreme court in
favor of Nebraska. The decision by
Justice Harlan Ia that the boundry
must remain In the center OF the old
channel.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-12-22

Contracts have been let for
$2s, 900 court house and $4,000
jail at Anadarko, Okla, to be paid
out OF the Anadarko townsite funds.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-19
GIRLS MAKE EXHIBITS.
Inmates of Industrial School Will Display Specimens of fNaedlework

Inmates of the Wisconsin Industrial School for Girls will make an exhibit in the education department at the Worlds fair representative of the nee dle work and basket work of the in stitution. The exhibit fills two large cases. .. ,. tG..,.e, 44.- <. ....,.
 The most elaborate and most valuable piece is hand some table cloth, with drawn work in the center, and heavy lo inch border of hand made lace, in which Battenburg work and and ten eriffe wheels are combined, the pat tern being an entirely new one. An other table cloth has three. rows Of elaborate drawn worK sinf the nortis F the corners being filled with the cross and crown design. There Is com plete set of doilies also i'll drawn work.
 There are two beautiful handker- chiefs, one as dainty as q cobWeD, W!th its rows of drawn work and It's border of lace wheels crocheted. from Batten- burg thread. No 1500, and the other having an elaborate drawn work pat tern.
 Two dolls form an interesting fea- ture of the exhibit One is dressed 1n the plain gown of gray and white sergine, which is the every day cos. tune of the girls in the. school and the other has wardrobe which Is a reproduction of the one furnished the girl when she Is sent out into the world again on parole. This costume includes a tailor made gown of blue serge. a cape and a hat. The dolls also represent work which Is done in the dressmaking and millinery depart ments of the industrial school.
 One of the cases contains several pictures of the school, with some ln- terior views of the girls at work The articles in the exhibit have been made entirely by the girls. g,, e%< N1.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-19
BRYAN AT ATLANTA.
Denounces CIeveIand's Uttexancss aa
 Sounding Brass.

Denowncea ueveland's Uttexancss as
 Sounding Brass.
 ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. 19.-William Jennings Bryan spoke here on Moral Issues," taking occasion to arraign the and it's handling of the Panama canal situation. MT. Bryan refused to dis cuss the statement of Charles A. Towne to the effect that the west is tired of the silver question, but he talked free ly of the newspaper article by forrSer President Grover Cleveland relating to Democratic duty and prospects of sue cess in the coming fight.
 "There is only one thing MT. Cleve- land says that commend" MT. Bryan said. He urges a platform that shall that shall mean exacsy what 1t says. That is what I have contended for for some time"
 MT. Bryan says MT. Clevelands op- position to imperialism comes too late His utterances now taken in connec- tion with his conduct" MT. Bryan said, ''are only sounding brass"
 Further discussing MT. Cleveland's article, MT. Bryan said:
 ~The statements made by MT. Cleve- land are in line with his utterances of the last three years. During the cam paign of 1900, when imperialism was the paramount issue and when we were pointing out the dangers of CO., lonial policy, he was silent. AS soon as the election was over and the trusts firmly Installed for the next four years he, came out from his hiding place and began to offer advice to the Democrat ic party. He has ventured to repeat that advice at intervals ever since, and in his last utterances he speaks grave ly of the dangers of imperialism, to which he seemed so indifferent when his party, or, rather, his former party, handicapped by the iniQuities of his former administration, was laboring to prevent a surrender of national ideals."
 'Will you support Mir Cleveland for president if he is nominated by the DenocratsT' he was asked
 q am not going to assume or tunag- inc any such impossibilty," replied Mr. Bryan.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-19
STORIES ABOUT SPENCER.
Professor Dicey's Recollection of the
 phil0sophar.


 My old friend, the late Sir Edgar Boehm, told me that on some occasion he went into the billiard room of the Athenaeum club and there caught sight of a member-I believe MT Mas kelyne--who was a singularly hand some man with a classical Greek pro- file. Upon inquiring what the name of the member might be, he was told by a. young waiter that 1t was Herbert Spencer. Thereupon Sir Edgar ar ranged with a common friend to ascer- tain If MT Spencer would like to have his features represented in marble and, if so, to arrange for a. meetlng' When the meeting took place. and the sculptor caught sight of the real Her- bert Spencer, his antonish1nent knew no bounds. If you could conceive a human form and face i'll adapted as model for sculptor, it was mat o' MT Spencer. In the most delicate way Sir Edgar tried to intimate to the philosopher the insuperable difficulties of the task he had offered to perform But all his arguments were useless. Mir Spencer took his stand upon the ground that he had been requested to allow bust of himself to be made: that he had agreed to the proposal ana that he intended to insist upon the ex' ecution of the promise.
 A number of his personal fr7enos who knew the extreme narroWness oi his means, who admired his extraord1- nary. energy under the most depress- ing circumstances, and who were hnx- ious to relieve his endorsements agreed to publish a complete addition of his works and to pay hlIo q sa!af! for editing the volumes and seeing them through the press. which would with his simple tastes. keep nm Ill comfort during his advancing years. After some few volumes had been pup lished the signatories of these agree ments, who were all personal frlands' found the cost of publication far ex, ceeded the amount anticipated, ana suggested to Mir Spencer that the pup. lication should be suspended, and that notwithstanding this. their engage ment with him should remain as here- tofore. But to any suggestion of th,s kind Mir .,pancer absolutely refUs'd ro listen. He informed his friends that they had made a contract and tnat he must insist on it's rigid execution There is something really heroic ahout m author who believed so implicitly, in the value of his own work. and was so prepared to subordinate all person al consideration to the perp"tuation or it's memory.--Nineteenth Century.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-19
IN THE SENATE.
Panama Canal and Grant to Queen
 Lu Discussed,

Panama Canal and Grant to Queen
 LN Discussed.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-The Pana- ma canal question again was the up permost topic in the senate, and MT. Spooner spoke on that subject during the greater portion of the days ses- sion He discussed many phases of the subject, sustaining the course of the president throughout the proceed ings resulting in the independence of Panama. He also contended for the superiority of the Panama route over that of Nicaragua. He was interrupt ed frequently by MT. Morgan.
 Early in the day Mr. Tillman moved to reconsider the tie vote by which the bill to grant $150OeO to former Queen LDiuokalan1 was defeated, but further consideration of the matter was not pressed at the time.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-19
Electricity Thavvs water Pipes.

ELMIRA, N. r.: Feb. .13.--Electricians in the employ of the local water com pany have. succeeded. in thawing out frozen water mains A positive wire was inserted at one end of hundred foot section and a negative wire at the other end. The current was then turn ed on, and the ice melted rapidly. This is one of the first times this has ever been done. The mains were six inches in diameter and located in the outlying portions of the city. Though the frost has reached down to the level of the mains in the downtown section they will not freeze, it is said, because of the larger amount of water which Is being constantly forced through them.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-19
A SURPRISE TO, RUSSIA.

Is Embarrassed by the Placing of
 Consuls Tn Open Ports.
 ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 1e.-The information contained in press dis patches from Washington that Secre- tary Hay had announced ,the negotia- tions in connection with bis note to the powers on the subject of the in tegrity of China to be closed without awaiting Russia's formal response came as surprise to oficial circles here.
 An official of the foreign office ap- peared to be rather nonplussed at this news, but he displayed no irritation and said:
 If this is true it has not changed the Russian programme. Not to await Russia's reply might, however, offend Russian susceptibilities and tend still further to increase the feeling already existing here in certain quarters that the United States Is not friendly, to Russia. fn3fg .f7a% a1
 'In this connection there is no doubt the government feels somewhat em- barrassed by the desire of the United States to install consuls in the open ports of Manchuria Immediately. The government does not like to be placed in the position of putting obstacles in the way, but that the entire territory is now under military control, and these ports would be within the sphere of the operations Furthermore, trade 1s at standstili at present, and the authorities cannot comprehend why Washington should press this mattol now. None of the other powers is seeking to take immediate advantage of the privileges accorded by the Jap anese treaties.
 "As far as concerns Port Dalny. tc which place an American commercial agent has been appointed, the situa ton is even worse, as 1t is not impos sible that the military authorities will soon request ali foreigners to leave there" %sa s
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-19
Greensboro College Destroyed.

CHARLOTTE, N. O., Feb. 1o.--The Greensboro Female college buildings at Greensboro, N. O., have been de- stroyed by fire. There were ninety in mates, including the faculty, all of whom escaped, saving their trunks. wearing apparel and most of their bed ding and furniture. The fire originated back of the sleeping rooms in the same locality in which five was discovered two weeks ago. A student was awak- ened by the smoke and gave the alarm. The fire department found the fire be- yond control when it reached the col lege. Only two out of the twenty pi- amos were saved. The loss is estimated mt $12b 900
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-19
Tried to Prove mn Alibf.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19--The de fense in the trial of Milovar Kokovick made a strenuous effort to prove an aIibi for the defendant on Sept. 25 last, when Contractor Samuel T. Ferguson was murdered at West Middletown. They placed witnesses on the stand who testified under rigid cross ex- animation that the accused man was at Steubenville on the day the crime was committed and fitted testimony together with nicety that would seem convincing. Certain details, how ever, were brought out by the prosecu- tton contradieting to certain extent the testimony as to the alibi
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-19
Corona Gone to Santiago Jail.

HAVANA, Feb. 19--- Congressman Corona, who was sentenced to six years Imprisonment for. killing Senor Insua, an editor, in Santiago and whose term of Imprisonment was re- duced to four years by the supreme court short time ago, has left here for Santiago, where he will now serve his sentence instead of in the peniten- tiary here. Corona has been at liberty since the court modified his punish msnts
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-19
Russia wanted yapane.e Type.

LONDON, Feb. 10.-The Russian ad- miralty has ordered a number of tor. pedoes of the Japanese type from Msssrs. Whitehead at Plume, and six have already been dispatched to Cron- stadt. It is not known whether this was a recent order or one given some time ago. Unlike Russia, which usual ly manufactures torpedoes for herself on the Whitehead model, Japan some time ago bought an immense stock of finished weapons from Messrs. White head
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-19
One Cont.

word pays for an adv for one day in our penny word" column. It costs only % cents for three days. and a handsome bound book Is given to every advertiser to the amount of 25 cents or more.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-19
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damaged during the bombardment are rapidly proceeding The Cesarevitch. RetviZan and Pallada will Soon reioin the fleet. --. ..
 About hundred Russian families who left Japan intending to proceed Do Port Arthur and other points are now living here under the protection of the Russian consul
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-19
A GOOD HORSE

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-19
EarI z. RatcheHler Dead.

GLovERsvILLE, N. T., Fob. 19-- Bari s. Batcheller, president of the Ghoversville board of trade and presi- dent of the board of managers of the Rome Custodial asylum, is dead here, aged ffftyfo years. He was born in Lowville and for many years lived in Rome
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-03
TRtaTAE CHAMPIONSHIP
TENNIS TOURNEY

CINCINNATI. o, Sep. S.crack
tenris players from Indiana. Ohio
and Kentucky are taking part in the
sixth annual tournament for the TIL
state championship, which opened
today On the courts Of The clnein-
nati Tennis club. The tournament.
which continues through the coming
week, il conducted under the au.
species 81 the Ohio Lawn Tennis as.
ISOLATION.
The programme Of events consists
Of mems slngles and doubles, ladies'
singles and doubles. and mixed
doubles, The number and class OF
the entries gives promise of d highly
successful tournament.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-03
school nulIdIna. Santa &c, N. N.

& 2&&&
Scaled proposals will be received
until IL O'Clock noon, September q
1901, for the erection IL a IL room anc
assembly hall School Building, for III
hoard Of Education Of the City d
santa Fc. according 70 plans ana
specifications and instructions 10 bid,
doris On file n the office of the Clefl,
OF the Board: also. at the office 81
Il II. & w N. Rapp. Architects, I.as
Vegas. N. III All proposals must liz
accompanied by a certified cheek
amounting 10 4 per cent. Of such pro.
posal. bids must be made out on
printed forms obtained of the archi.
tects. The board reserves the right
70 reject any or NIL bids,
Address T. ~ catror, President. 81
a. Wood Clerk.
Santa re. N. NJ. August 80, 1904
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