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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-07-28

J. F. Ludwick returned the last OF
the week from Colorado, where. in
company with his brother, DR.. A. l..
Ludwick, Of Kansas City, he visited
another brother, Gus Ludwick.
The soldiers at Camp Bates, Neva
da, Mo-, were paid off In gold Mon
day. This Is the first time in the
history OF the National Guard that
they have been paid in money intheir
state encampment.
4. B. Argenbright lost his, barn
and implement house adjoining by
fire Thursday evening Of last week
during the storm. The fire was
caused by lightning striking the
barn. He had that day finished AL
ling the barn with hay which was
also burned In addition to harness,
grain, etc. The implement house
was fired by the burning barn. For
tunately Mr.. Argenbright carried in
surance represented by county clerk
Jno. F. Herrell which partly helps
him out 10 his loss. All together he
carried $3.50 insurance.
Have you noticed that Hills Cash
Store is preparing to spread out, and
that carpenters are now at work
removing the partition wall between
this store and the large room ad-
joining on the south? Well, that is
the case. An arch.way will be cut
between the two rooms and will have
double front display windows. This
change was made because the firm
had to have more room for their
stock and increasing trade. Mr..
Hill is one OF the live progressive
business men OF this city and THE
TIMES is glad to see him prosper.
Dennis Thrall is unfortunate again.
Saturday night about IL O'Clock his
barn, situated In the north part of
town, caught frefrom some unknown
cause, burned to the ground. Besides
the barn, a lot OF baled hay, set of
harness and other articles, his fine
saddle horse was so severely burned
that it was necessary to shoot it to
nut the animal out of its misery.
This is the second barn Mr.. Thrall
has lost in the past six months. In
the first lire, in addition to losing his
barn and contents he had one horse
burned to death and another badly
Injured. 1t begins to look as though
some scoundrel had a grudge against
Dennis and was taking spite out by
destroying his property.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-07-28

Mrs. Fannie Wells, formerly OF this
county, orders The TINES to her ad.
dress at CARRIER, Okla.
The Misses Carriger, Of Morrif-
town, Tenn, are visiting Mrs. j. E.
Arnold and other relatives.
Our young friend James R. Cam
eron has his paper changed from
Butler to Conway, Mo.
Our popular friend Dixie L. Hag.
gard iavors us with renewal. He is
with the Carpenter-Shaier Co.
Mrs. Larklns has returned to her
home in Jefferson City, after a visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Cal.
B. Robinson.
Mat. Adams was badly burned by
carbolic acid last week. He had pur-
chased a bottle OF the acid and had
IL In bis pocket, when the cork came
out.
Where is there nicer gentleman
than Billy Bell? Wherea man who
would make a better or more com.
petent treasurer? He is an excellent
young man and will make popular
officer.
Our old friend John NJ. Graham,
sends us remittance for renewal. He
has sold his ranch in Wyoming and
settled In Sheridan, where he is en-.
gagged in the grocery business. We
are glad to learn that his health is
much improved.
T. W. Silyers and wife and Mr..
Pierpont and wife left Sunday night
for st. Louis to spend week at the
fair. Mr.. and Mrs. Pierpont will GO
to Ohio on q visit to the formers
relatives before returning.
Mrs. J. A. DeArmond and son re.
turned home the last Of the week from
q visit to her parents In Liberty.
She was accompanied by her sister,
Miss Ruby Bell, who will spend the
balance Of the summer in Butler.
Judge Sam Levy was about the
|happiest man In Bates county over
the result Of the state convention
The Judge was Q boyhood friend o.
ALBERT o. Aliens and always makes
| an effective fight Tor him. Mr.. Aller
photographed Judge Levy as soon 81
i be was nominated.
Argenbright Sisters are making
Especial prices on hats, ribbons
lchinoas, and fancy trimmings. Com,
Iat once before the stock is picket
over. ARGESBRIGHT SISTERS Il
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-07-28

Legg repairs buggy tops. 3S.4t
Vim. Debow lie reported on the sick
list.
Miss Inez Wyer is spending a week
!, at Excelsior Springs.
Moses Morris will make most ex-
eellent and popular sheriff.
County Clerk Herrell made flying
"trip to Adrian Monday on business.
, Sickles welded, first class work.
3S.4t Legg Carriage Shop.
Y DR.. Harriet Frederick has returned
from a ten days visit to the Worlds
fair.
n | Andrew Shane and daughter Miss
| Anna, are taking in the fair at st.
Louis.
! Folks majority in this state will
u not fall far short Of one hundred
Thousand.
! Every township in the county
ought to be well organized for this
campaign.
T. W. Legg has received the plans
for his new house which he will erect
\ on Ohio street.
R. G. Hartwell and wife have re-
turned from their visit In the east
and fair at st. Louis.
]. o. Miller came down from Kan
as City to attend the funeral last
yeek Of his cousin, Newton Mckee.
) Amsterdam gets new rural delivery
butes. They will be 40 miles In
H. myth and supply a population Of
N l2O.
n 10. D. Austin left Tuesday morning
for st. Joseph to attend the Repub-
hcan state convention, to which he
! . delegate.
/ Until further notice union church
| ervices ct night will be held In the
| Spen cir In the yard OF the First
4 II
eresbyterian church.
LIEUTENANT D. D. McCann came in
"a Camp Bates, and spent Sunday
y hIs family. He reports the boys
Z lng along nicely.
u S1ph Hartxell and wife an reciev
= con atnlations Of friends 0yel
- orfiv6i Sunday morning st thsh
iome, d : me little daughter.
Homer Owen, seriously hurt 81
- Ian on do1 IN vesk By til
~ 5 barn 1olt' q ~ bead ant
puldsrs Z lepos : npeh bsttsr'
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-07-28

Two additional rural routes were
established at Amsterdam last week.
Ex-senator George G. Vest is very
low at his summer home at Sweet
Springs, No., and his death ishourly
expected.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-27
FOR IRRIGATION
President Roosevelt Writes an Encour-
aging Letter to the Congress In s'es-
sion in North Dakota.

Mandan, N. D., Sept. 27.-A letter
from President Roosevelt expressing
regret at his inability to be present,
was read at the opening of the North
Dakota state irrigation congress here
day. The president also said: Dur
ing the time of my presidency there
has been no measure in which 1 have
taken keener interest than that which
started the policy of national aid to the
cause Of irrigation. l have felt the
use OF the rivers and smaller streams
of the states of the great plains and
Rocky Mountains for irrigation was
even more important to the future of
this country than the Improvement of
the course of these same rivers, lower
down, as ar aid to navigation; and
when tecame president one of the
first. things to which l turned my at
tention was an effort to secure the
passage of law Which Inaugural ted
this system. ] congratulate the people
upon the fact that this work has been
begun. It will be of incalculable bene
fit to the people of the whole country,
for in this country whatever benefits
part Of 1T, benefits ALL"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-27
POPE CONDEMNS FREE THINKER
Solemn Function Of Atonement Called

Solemn Function Of Atonement Called
Because of Recent Congress.
Rome, Sept. 27.-The pope has ad-
dressed to the cardinal vicar protest
against the congress of free thinkers
which was held here last week. He
asks that "a solemn function of atone
ment for the outrage to divine majesty
and for the vindication OF the honor
and good name of the city" be held in
Rome. The cardinal vicar has invited
Roman Catholics to such a service to
be held in all the basilicas of Rome on
Thursday.
In his letter the pope said:
"a new cause of bitterness has been
added to the many anxieties, which,
especially in our times, accompany the
government of the universal church.
We have learned with infinite sorrow
that it is asserted that the cultivators
of free thought have met in Rome,
while the painful echo of their speeches
is, unfortunately, confirmed by their
grim designs. Intelligence is the mob
lest gift the Creator has granted us,
but it becomes sacrilegious when sub
tracted from dependency on the AL
mighty, or rejects the direction and
comfort. of divine truth
The pope says the insult was rendered
the more grave by the free thinkers
meeting in Rome, the city which had
been destined as depository of the
faith, thus taking from Rome its desig-
nation as the tranquil, respected see of
Christ's vicar.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-27
PREDICTS AWFUL WAR.
Melton Prior Says Far East cort'ic
Will Have Serious Result.

Melton Prior Says Far East Conflict
Will Have Serious Result.
Honolulu, Sept. 27.-Melton Prlor'
the British newspaper correspondent,
who arrived here yesterday on the
Pacific mail steamer Mongolia, from
Yokohama. says he feels absolutely
certain that the war in the far east VIII
lead to European complications and
to the most awful war in the worlds
history.
Mr.. Prior complains that Japan has
displayed bad faith toward all the COR
respondents. This, he says, is his
twenty seventh campaign. and it is the
only one in which he has seen nothing.
He believes that with the possible ex-
ception of the battle of Liao Yang. not
one correspondent has seen a shot fired
and he even doubts, II the Liao Yang
fighting was witnessed by newspaper
men.
Other correspondents are returning
on the Mongolia. Richard Harding
Davis is going to the United States by
way of Victoria.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-27
SEES HARM IN CRY FOR FILIPINO
Lady Wright Says Agitation in Amor
ica Makes Government Harder.


Washington Sept 27.-President
Roosevelt is in receipt of a letter from
General Luke F. Wright, governor of
the Philippines, in which the governor
discusses some of the conditions which
he encounters in directing the govern
ment of the islands. Under the date
of August Is General Wright wrote in
part:
"The effect of the continued discus
sion as to the capacity Of the Filipino
for self-government and his immediate
or ultimate independence is having its
effect here and makes our task more
difficult than it otherwise would be.
"In this general connection l may say
to you as matter of information tina.
the agitation in the United States for
Filipino independence and the spoken
and written utterances of prominent
mon there who are urging 1T are all
hrought here and published in the lla-
tive newspapers, and are being made
tho text for editorials insisting thai the
Filipino people are now reacy 10 oe-
come an independent nation The ef-
feet of all this is distinctly injurious
Jts tendency is to restore the influence
of the old insurrection leaders and to
make them active in preaching the "a
nronaeanda. This in turn has the ef-
foot of demoralizing and we4keaing the
moro conservative and th).5-,t FL
ipinOS.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-27
FOR JOINT DEBATE
Major Lacey Accepts Challenge Of
Candidate Brewster for Series Of
Joint Political Debates.

Cedar Rapids Sept. 27.-Major La
cey was in the city yesterday on his
way to Vinton where he speaks to-
night. He spoke last Saturday after
noon to large audience at Tipton.
Congressman Cousins presided over
the meeting. On his return home to
Oskaloosa yesterday he found copy
Of the Register and Leader containing
challenge for a joint discussion, di-
rected to Chairman Rominger Of the
Sixth district, from G. f. Rinehart, Of
the democratic committee. Major La
cey wrote to Mr.. Rominger, directing
an acceptance of the challenge and ex-
ercisint. his rights as the challenged
party to select the dates. He chose
to begin the debates at Ottumwa Oc-
tober 5. meeting Mr.. Brewster in each
county seat in the district. Major
Lacey has engagements for the 6th,
7th and 18th of October, otherwise he
would have selected continuous dates
for the joint discussions. This would
have closed the series on the 18th Of
the month.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-27
BRITISH OFFICIAL
WAS ARRESTED
Boston Judge Violates Federal
Law In Filming British
Secretary
$50 FOR FAST AUTO DRIVING
Federal Depar Bnent Of Justice Wires
Massachusetts Governor and His OF.
flee Wires Judge That Latter Had
No Right to Arrest or Fine Member
of Foreign Embassy.

Boston, Sept. 27.--Acting Secretary
Of State Adee. today telegraphed to
Governor Bates requesting him to take
proper action regarding the filming of
Hugh Guerney, third secretary of the
British embassy, $50 by Justice Phelps.
yesterday, for contempt of court and
excessive driving of an automobile
Adee calls attention to the United
States statute, which provides that
any process served on public minis
ter of foreign country is void and
any officer executing such process
shall be deemed violator of the law
of nations and subject to imprison-
ment and fine.
In the absence of the governor lieu
tenant Governor Guild Immediately
wired to Justice Phelps for his state
ment of the case. The telegram to
Judge Phelps after quoting from Adee
said:
THE assistant attorney general in
forms me if the facts are as stated
above that you have in your endeavor
to enforce the laws of Massachusetts,
for the security of life upon our high
ways, committed in this particular case
a grave breach of International law.
May 1 ask you that you telegraph me
at once if Gurney was arrested and
fined in spite of protest. Other chan-
nels of redress are open in case of vio-
lation Of the Massachusetts laws by
diplomatic representatives of other ma
tions. Therefore, If the fine was inn
posed and collected. the commonwealth
will apologize. The fine must be remit
ted and need not suggest to one SO re-
spected as YOU, the personal amend
that8you will, of course, desire to make
TO Gurney for the error In the method
adopted by your courts in this unusual
case. Kindly forward me affidavit of
evidence of any breach Of laws
Guild said no further action would
be taken until he heard from Phelps.
Pittstield, Mass, Sept. 27.-Justice
Phelps today was averse to discussing
the Gurney case. He said he did not
wish to be paraded up and down the
street.
IF find I have made mistake.
will gladly apologize. I did only what
I believed to be right
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-27
SWISS HARBoR PLoTTERs.
Recent Assassinations Traced to ST
Leaders at Geneva.

Recent Assassinations Traced to Six
Leaders at Geneva.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 27.--While
some Of the features of the plot which
eliminated in the assassination of M.
Won Plehve, the minister of the inter-
ior, still BATTLE the police, the author
tiles profess to be now perfectly GER
tain that the conspiracy was Matched
in Geneva by half dozen Russians,
mostly Jews.
The authorities know the names and
addresses of the conspirators, but are
unable to take legal action against
them owing to the failure of the laws
of Switzerland to interfere with polit-
ical refugees and therefore Russian ter
rorists are at liberty from their haven
in the Alps, to continue the work of
assassination of Russian ministers so
long as they are able to find emissaries
willing to risk their lives, the organ
izers never venturing to carry out their
own designs.
Six Men in Plot.
Six men, who engineered the Plehve
plot, according to the result of the Rus
sian police investigation, are declared
beyond shadow of doubt to have or
ganized the series Of political crimes,
with the exception Of the murder of
M. Bobrikoff, the governor general Of
Finland, which began With the assassi-
nation of M. Bogdanovitch, governor Of
Ufa, on May 19, 1908, and ended with
the blowing up of Minister Plehve on
July % Of this year.
Gerchunin, whose plot resulted in the
assassination of Minister Of the Inter-
ior Sipiaguine on April Is, 1902, now
turns out to have been only an ennis
sary Of these Geneva terrorists.
Attempts are Frustrated.
For the first time the fact is now re-
vealed that NJ. Plehve's murder has
been preceded by four abortive at
tempts TO encompass his death, which
the department of political police frus
trated in the nick of time by the ar
rest of the would-be assassins who
were quietly imprisoned or banished.
Only one, of these attempts has hither-
to become public, and that was re-
vealed by the accidental explosion IF
a. bomb in he Hotel Du Nord in St.
Petersburg.
Sasoneff and two of his accomplices
continue to maintain obstinate silence
regarding the assassination of Minister
Plehye although one of the accom-
plices has confessed that he threw q
bomb into the canal the morning of the
a ssa ssination. Bersterin, the other ac-
complice, obeying the injunction Of the
terrorists, refuses to make any state
mont a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-27
NO DECIs IN TODAY
Crowds in Wisconsin Supreme Court
Room Disappointed At Failure To
Read Decision in LaFoIIette Case
Expected Tomorrow.

Madison, Wis, Sept. 27.-No decision
court today in the LaFollette case, as
was expected.
The court room was jammed to its
iticians anxious to hear the decision
and its postponement was a keen dis
Appointment. Rightly or wrongly, it Is
hands of Chief Justice Cassoday, and
he was detained at his house by ill-
ness His condition Is reported az
very much improved this morning. Ir
he is able to appear on the bench to-
morrow there is a strong hope the de-
cision may be rendered.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-27

where the main body of the Japanese
is gathering. constantly strengthened
by fresh troops. outpost fighting of
considerable proportions has taken
place at Inpu, just south of Mukden,
which may or may not be a diversion
to puzzle the Russians.
However, the belief grows that the
tombs of the Manchu rulers are likely
to he more potent in saving Mukden
from a battle thu all Of kuropatkin's
men,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-27
Further Details.
Special to Times-Republican.

special TO Iln0S-RepuD1can.
Eldora, Sept. 27.-Details of the trag-
edy on the Bird farm, fourteen miles
northwest of this city, are hard to OBJ
tain, but from information secured
from neighbors of the family by
phone, it appears that Mr.. and Mrs.
Bird were accustomed to sleep down. Z
stairs and that the children were put to
bed, three Of them in one room, ups
stairs. It WIS the custom to leave
lighted lamp in the room with the chil-l
dren. The family retired as usual last
might andsat about a o'clock Mr.. ana !
Mrs Bird we're awakened from sound
siaep by the 1atil and ulasterina; falling
from the ceiling to their bed. 1lles
upper part Of the house was 'bt1fntlia
fiercely. The frantic parents made
heroic efforts to reach the children,
and in doing SO Mrs. Bird herself was
terribly burned. One of the children
was rescued alive, but died In few
minutes. The other two were dead
when taken from the room. It Is stated
that the family consisted Of but three
children, but another report says there
were five children in the family, two
being unharmed. Neighbors were OH
the scene early, but nothing could be
QOUC 10 stay Lie llCIIlcS ebIlu IHS llOuSS
was entirely consumed. All that could
be was done to comfort the grief strick-
en- parents. Bird is well known far
mer and is in fairly comfortable cir
cumstances He is about so years Of
age He is we'll known, especially in
the northern half Of the county. It is
supposed the lamp exploded IN the
night, but there is possibility that one
of the children got up in the night and ]
in some manner overturned the lamp.
The former theory seems the more
probable, as the parents were not 4
awakened until the fire had made
great headway.
The Bird farm is situated between y
Macy and Robertson. the latter town
being on the Rock Island and the for
mer on the Illinois Central, both ON
the northern edge of the county.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-27
Student Plays Hero Roie.

Rochester, N. Y, Sept. 27.-Victims
of the New York Central wreck at
Lyons are talking about the courage
and heroism Of James Cox of Holyokc,
Mass, student and athlete, who was
on his way te, the University Of Michl-
gan.
When the sleeper was ditched Cox
plunged thru the window and, seeing
the approaching freight train, ran a.
long the overturned cars smashing
windows with a. stone and warning
the terrified passengers Of their dam
ger.
BY sheer strength Cox had dragged
seven passengers out of the cars be-
fore the freight struck the wreck. He
was uninjured and proceeded on his
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-27

tracts much attention here. The for
eign office expresses itself generally
assaympathetic towards the idea, II the
presidents propositions are confined 10
practical tangible measures, without
attempting anything like general dis
armament or adjudication of difficult
ties which TOUGH the sovereignty and
honor of states, AS would be involved
in any scheme of compulsory arbitra-
ton.
Among the foreign embassies here it
was learned that the idea Of an inter-
national peace conference during the
Russo Japanese war would be conSid-
cred inopportune by Russia. The
necessity Of conference after the war;
to define contraband, and the extent
to which neutrals may assist belliger-
ents by the sale of ships and munitions
is fully recognized.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-27
ANOTHER WRECK
Iron Mountain Train Derailed and
Twenty People Hurt in Southern
Missouri-None Killed.

st. Louis, Sept. 27-The southbound
passenger train on the st. Louis Iron
Mountain railroad, which left here last
night for Hot Springs, Ark. suffered
derailment of the baggage, chair car,
coach and sleeper today near Vulcan,
Mo-, 125 miles from here, resulting in
the injury of twenty persons, none of
whom are thought to be seriously hurt.
A wrecking train with physicians has
left ST. Louis.
Piedmont telephones that thirty one
persons were injured, a number Of
whom 1t is thought will die. Among
the seriously hurt are Frank L. Law
son, of Fulton, Mo-; r. S. Hayes, Fay
cite, Mo-; w. w. Strothers, Delsart,
M
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-27
STORM DOES MUCH DAMAGE.
Farmers Suffer Heavily Near Daven
mort and Moline.

Farmers Suffer Heavily Near Daven-
port and Moline.
Special to Times-Republican.
Davenport, Sept. 27.-Reports from
the country surrounding Davenport
show that Sunday nights storm did
great damage. In places it had cyclon-
ic features, farms near Blue Grass suf-
fering particularly. Trees were blown
down, orchards denuded of their fruit
barns demolished, fields Of grain beaten
down by wind and hail. and stock kill
ed.
On the farm of Chris Buttenob a cow
was lifted into the air and onto the roof
of one of the buildings. Heavy hail
storms did damage short distance
across the Illinois border, and at East
Moline a number Of factory buildings
were unroofed, stacks blown down and
other damage done. Over two inches
of rain fell here in a short time.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-27
American Bar Association.

st. Louis. Sept 27.-At the second
session of the American Bar Assocla-
ton today addresses were delivered by
Hon. Amos M. Thayer, federal judge OF
ST Louis on Louisiana Purchase, Its
Influence and Development under
American Rule" Benjamin F. Abbott,
of Georgia on ITO What Extent VIII
the Nation Protect It's Citizens In For
eign Countries"
The committees on international ana
commercial law and Jurisprudence ana
law reform submitted reports with
numerous recommendations.