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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-30
Obituary..

William Robbins, living four miles
east OF Amsterdam, who was hurt
by a runaway team, died Saturday,
March list, at A p. m, and was
buried Monday. Funeral services
we're held at the family residence con-
Quoted by Miss Susie Mitchell, Of In
dependence, Mo-, after which the G.
PA. lodge Of which the deceased was
q member, took charge Of the body.
Mr.. Robbins was 35 years Of age
and leaves a wife and four boys, a
father, mother, three sisters, two
brothers and q host Of friends to
mourn his untimsly death.
He was q kind husband, a loving,
dutiiul father and Q good neighbor.
To know him was but to love him.
A large circle Of friends attended the
funeral and attributed the Borrowing
their tenderest sympathies. It war
indeed sad. But death comes to ua
all sooner or later and who shall be
taken and who spared yet a little
while Is known only to Him who
doeth all things we'll. X.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-30
Folk Signed Four More Bills.

Jefferson City, March 27.-Gov.
ernor Folk signed the following bills:
House bill 33, by Huston, changing
the time OF holding the circuit court
in Cass county from the first to the
second Monday in September; house
bill 81, by Depuy, making the Char.
les B. Groom abstracts OF land titles
in fancy county or verified copies Of
the original entries therein, evidence
In all courts; house bill 6S, by Viles,
relating to the conveyance Of real
estate concerning the conveyance
and REIMBURSEMENT OF a wife's dover;
house bill 254, by Smith, regulating
the practice Of veterinary surgery,
medicine and dentistry, creating a
veterinary examining board for Mis-
souri, and prescribing a penalty ior
the violation thereof.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-30
Feudist Was to Have Shot Five.

Lexington, KY, March 81 DR..
Cox, Jim Cockrill, Mark Cockrill, At
torneys Vaughan and Marcum were
to have been shot by Anderson White
In the courthouse during the trial OF
Tom Cockrill for killing Ben Hargis,
In obedience to orders by James
Hargis, according to q sensational
story told to-day by White in the
hearing OF the motion for bail for the
Hargises and Callahan. =
Anderson White is the brother OF
Tom White, who is under life sentence
for the murder of ]. B. Marcum. He
said that prior to the killing Of Cock.
rill, James Hsrgis gave him pistol
and told him he wanted him to 20 to
the courthouse, whore the trial oil
Tom Cockrill for killing Ben Hargil
was IN progress, and be ready to do
as Judge Hargis told him.
White declared that Hargis wanted
him to shoot five men, In event any
trouble started. The men he was to
shoot were DR.. Cox, Jim Cockrill,
Mark Cockrill, Attorney Vaughn and
another, the witness recalled to b
Marcum.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-30
Has stesdlrhs Test IS Ysars.

The old, oFiginAl GROVES Tsste-
less chill tonic. You know what you
are taking. Il = iron and quinine In
q tasteless form. Mcclure, pay, Soc
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-30
Folk Gets Check
For Over 100000.

Jefferson City, No., March 27.-In
Gov. Folks mail this morning there
was . large envelope containing q
single slip Of paper, upon which was
written an order, on the United States
treasury payable to the governor Of
Missouri for SAFE, 196.13.
No letter or explanation accompa-
MED the warrant. According to the
governments custom, however, q let.
ter will follow from another depart
ment In a few days, telling that the
money Is to reimburse the state for
expenditures during Gov. CANDLES
administration in squipping and
maintaining federal troops during
the civil war.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-30
Colonel Ashley ". Ewing
Dead at State CAPITAL.

Jefferson City, March 27.-Colonel
Ashley E. Ewing, a famous Missouri
character Of Statewide reputation,
and formerly Of prominence in the
politics Of the State, died at his home
In this city last Wednesday morning
after a lingering illness at the age Of
GO years.
Colonel Ewing was born on Deem
Der %, 1887. As q young man he
entered the Confederate Army under
General M. N. Parsons, and served
through the Civil War. He was a
member OF the bar, but did not prac
tice extensively. For many years he
was a dominant force in the politics
OF Central Missouri. He served four
terms as City Attorney Of this city
and one term as Mayor.
He represented Cole county in the
Legislature In 1876, the first session
OF the Missouri Legislature under the
present Constitution. For twenty
years he was Commissioner OF Per-
manent Seat OF Government at the
State Capital.
In bygone days, Colonel Ewing was
the social arbiter at the Missouri
capital and was for twenty-five years
president OF the Imperial Club Of this
city. He was member Of NJ. NJ.
Parsons Post, Confederate Veterans
and & vestryman in Grace Episcopal
Church.
He /, survived by his widow, who
was Miss Sallie Bolton, and by his
brother, Judge H. Clay Ewing, OF
this city. The funeral took place
last Thursday at Grace Church in
this city.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-30
Blew Off His Brothers Head.

Des Moines, Ia, March 27.-As q
result Of a quarrel over some land,
James Blee shot and instantly killed
Isaac Sailer, q hall brother at Swan,
Iowa, near here to-day. Blee drove
to the home OF his brother and was
talking to him about the land, when
b Gains, Sailer reached for his &; n
Blee warned him not to use it and at
the same time seized his own Win.
chester and fired point blank, the en-.
tire top OF the mans head was blown
off. Blee is under arrest. The dead
man was 43 years old.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-30
Cultivated Land in Mars.

New York, March 27.-"Nsrs is in
habited." This fact 10 proved, 60
cording to Prof. Robert W. Prentis,
OF Rutgers college, by the straight
lines on the surface Of the planet,
which, he says, are iertilized areas oil
land inside instead Of huge canals as
heretofore believed by astronomers.
These views, which are the result Of
his scientific researches, he set forth
last night in a stereopticon lecture
under the auspices Of the board oil
education. he said that nearly the
entire surface Of the planet Mars was
desert land and that through the
wastes are many straight lines oil
land, cultivated by .anintelligentpeo.
pie.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-30
A HERO OF KUR0PATKIN.
Russia's People Praise the De-
posed General.

st. Petersburg, March 27.-Kuro-
pstkin, the scapegoat, has been
turned into q national hero. The
ovation accorded him at Harbinand
the pathetic "God help you" OF the
soldiers Is echoed by the country.
His appointment as commander Of
the first army is applauded. Prince
Golitzin said:
"The people resented the dismissal
Of Kuropatkin like thieving domes.
tic. His proposed reforms when he
was minister OF war were opposed by
the general staff. On returning from
his tour OF inspection in the Far East
before the war, Kuropatkin reported
to the car that Japan keenly resent
ed the concessions obtained in Korea
by Privy Councillor Besobrssoff. He
advised Nicholas to abandon the
concessions or be prepared TO SEND
an army to uphold them. His ad.
vice was rejected.
"Besobrasoff said that Japan's pre-
tensions to rank as fighting power
we're beneath contempt, and Admiral
Alexieff assured the car that the
Russian navy was amply able to deal
with Japan. 1t was afterward found
that the admirals were In achronic
state Of intoxication; that the ships
we're not properly manned or armed,
and now they are scattered over the
globe or else have ingloriously sue
cumbed to the Japanese. Now the
whole army is disorganized and. use.
less. The admirals are greedy, the
statesmen decayed and the bureauc.
racy has selected Kuropatkin as the
scapegoat."
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-30
Cleveland, O., March 2.7-House

Cleveland, O., March 2.7-House.
hold property Of Mrs, Cassie L. Chad.
wick was sold ut auction to-day to
A. d. Nelson Of New York for $26,.
900. There we're twenty bidders.
Clothing to the value Of between
a, 900 and 5000, which Nm. Chad.
wick held to be exempt from the
claims Of her creditors under the
bankruptcy laws, was not offered for
sale to-day.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-30
Standing in With the Thieves.

Three New York thieves, by their
evidence before an investigating com.
mittee, have startled that big town.
They were taken from the Tombs to
tell their stories. One Ia q baseball
player in the summer aud thief in
the winter. He told OF q detective
calling him from his bed at 8 o'clock
IN the morning to rob an old man
who had come in from Alabama with
$5, 900 to do business on Wall street.
On the way to the station the ball
player and the detective robbed the
old man OF ~, 500, but after the old
man threatened to go before District
Attorney Jerome, and all Of itexcept
$500 was given back to him. The
other two thieves told how they op.
Grated with certain policemen and
that sometimes they were given GER
tain houses to rob. One hall went
to tn, officer and the other half to
the thief. Other stories were told OF
! even more startling nature. Under
full police protection and assistance
1t is a wonder that any one can get
through New York without being
robbed.
Only two or three years ago the
same disgraceful conditions existed
In Minneapolis. Thieves and outlaws
sandbagged people upon the street
divided their plumber with the police
and then escape arrest.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-30
Greatly In Demand,

Nothing IL more in demand than
q medicine which meets modern 10
quirements for blood and system
cleanser, such a. DR.. Kings New
Life Pills. They are just what you
need to cure stomach and hvel
troubles. Try them. At Frank T,
Clay's drug store, 25c., guaranteed.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-30
Had Thousands In a BustIe.

. Cincinnati, March 27.-While work
ing over . wsshtub, Mrs. Anne Ellis
worth Werner, wife Of q contractor.
died Of heart diseass. In preparing
the body Of burial $500 in bonds
and $751; In cash Yves found in the
hustle she wore ct the time.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-30

Jefferson City, No., March IT.
Colonel AL. Morrow was appointed
stsnogrspher to Governor Folk.
Morrow has served In this capacity
tho last three Missouri GOVERNOR
Stone, Stephens and Deckery-and
Governor Folk has decided to retain
OzOW0AfA.
go IN Kid " I'm AnE esgla
-; M4zzzx.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
DEMANDS HIS $1,000.
John Mitchell Insane Over Loss of
His Legacy.

John Mitchell, a deranged Scotch
man, was picked up by the police this
afternoon and charged with insanity.
Mitchell was found at the residence
of Mr.. William Henderson, in Potwin.
where he called and accused Mr.. Hen
derson of having his money. From
what can be learned of the case. Nit
chell's sister in Scotland, sent him a
draft for $4,000 as his share of an es-
tate. 1t passed through the First Ma
tional bank. which acted as a clearing
house, and that is the last Mitchell
heard of his money. 1t is believed that
he was persuaded to sign away his
claim to outside parties and was beaten
out of his money, but he is firm in his
conviction that Mr.. Henderson is keep
ing it.
He has called on Mr.. Henderson sew
eral times, and was so persistent in his
demands as. to be troublesome. He
day until the police were called to
take him away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
ARGUMENT NEXT WEEK.
The Taggart Divorce Case is Nearing
the End.

Wooster, o., Sept. Arguments in
the Taggart divorce case probably will
begin Monday or Tuesday at the latest
Another glimpse has been given at the
old slave nurse. Mrs. Lyttle. This came
from Mrs. Nora Moors, servant in the
Culver family, who said the old ne
gress had told her she could tell many
things about Mrs. Taggarts conduct
if she saw fit. She said that Mrs
Lyttle-s mistress sat on mans lap
in the Occidental hotel in San Francis
co, where she spent 5000 in two
months. On a railroad train. she said,
Mrs. Taggart's actions with a stranger
caused passengers to think they were
man and wife. Mrs. Lyttle denies hav-
ing said anything of the kind and was
Mrs. Taggart's strongest champion.
Mrs. Ida Preston. the nurse of the
Taggarts, who in San Francisco took
Culver and riddles to see their
father when he arrived there on his
ship, and whose deposition was taken
by Captain Taggart, denied that she
had told him that Mrs. Taggart was,
in contravention to their agreement
made in San Rafael. planning to Sc
cure divorce in his absence. 1t is
this information. Taggart alleges,
which justified him in practically kid
mapping his boys and bringing them
to his fathers home preparatory to be-
ginning suit for divorce.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
PFTSTER EXPLAINS.
The Milwaukee Capitalist Denies Al
legged Theft of $4,000.

Milwaukee. Sept. 2-Charles F. Pfster.
the capitalist who was indicted three
weeks ago by the grand jury on the
charge of having stolen $4,000 which
had been placed in his hands by the
Wisconsin Rendering company, makes
public this morning a statement show
ing the manner in which the $4,000
which he had held for the company was
disbursed. After the indictment was re-
turned the president of the rendering
company denied that Mr.. Pfster had
misap appropriated any of its money and
since then the company has made full
payment on notes held against it by Mr..
Phster without offering any counter
claim. The insinuation, however, has
been circulated that the money. if not
misappropriated, was used. for corrupt
purposes by Mr.. Pfster.
The statement now issued is corrobo-
rated by the bank record showing Mr..
Phster's personal account, by a state
ment signed by President F. G.. Genoss,
Joseph Schaff and Louis Schoyer of the
Wisconsin Rendering company, and also
by statement signed by John ]. Grilly,
the contractor to whom most of the
money was paid. None of this money,
Crilley states. was used for unlawful
purposes.
The payments indicate that Mr.. Pts
ter did not steal any of the rendering
company's money and also that he did
not use any of it in an improper man
uer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
KANsANS IMPROVING.
NIarksmen at Sea Girt in 25th Place
This Year.

Adjutant General J. w. F. Hughes
this morning received a Telegram from
Major w. A. Pierce, who was left in
charge of the Kansas marksmen at Sea
Girt when Col. Hoisington left, stating
that the Kansas team secured 25th place
in the contest. There were As teams
contesting, so Kansas was pretty close
to the top of the second division.
Last year Kansas was next to last III
the shoot, and the Kansas marksmen
are we'll pleased at their progress tow
ard the top of the line.
The telegram states that the team will
start for home Sunday. j. F. Lawson
of Hutchinson, writing home about the
difficult conditions under which the
shoot was held, says:
Even bets are offered that New York
will win the match. Kansas is likely to
finish well below the middle of the
bunch.
The conditions for shooting here are
in some respects novel and different for
us. The range faces the east, the bull
let's landing in the ocean at the mid and
long ranges where the shooting is nat
urally hardest, the targets stand up in
the eastern sky and are surrounded by
the glare of the sun and the sky, re-
fleeing the light from the ocean, until
only the outline of the target is visible.
The shooter can only calculate the po-
sition of the bulls-eye and is lucky II
he guesseS Alright.
Mornings there is 6 O'Clock wind
blowing straight out to sea- BY noon
it has vered to the north then to the
east, coming straight from II O'Clock
for an hour or more, and finishing the
day by changing to the south and get
ting quite brisk. This is the record OF
four days spent here. Afternoons the
shooting conditions are ideal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
ATCHIsoN WIDE AWAKE.
Will Promptly Do Its Part Towards
Securing the Refinery.

Atchison, Sept. "A meeting of the
committee of forty was held here, on
the oil refinery matter. A telegram
company, stating that it desired to
commence work at once, and asking
if the committee was prepared to full
fill it's part of the contract. The con-
ditions are that the committee shall
provide thirty acres of land, a Mis-
souri, Pacific switch, and a half rate on
forty cars of material President
Clendinen was authorized to wire the
the committee was ready to do as
agreed. The Missouri Pacific will
build the switch upon a showing that
there will be business for it, the deed
to the land will be delivered when the
refinery is completed and in operation,
and the committee will guarantee half
rates on the cars mentioned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
BALL COMMISSION MEET.
List of Players Drafted and Purchased
Given Out.

Cincinnati, Sept. AT the meeting
of the national commission the first i'm
portant business transacted was the
adoption of an amendment to the draft
ing rule, offered by August Herman of
Cincinnati, intended to give better pro-
lection to the players and to prevent
covering up players by drafting. The
rule as adopted was as follows:
whenever the minor league player
has been purchased by major league
club such player cannot revert back to
any minor league club during the year
following such purchase unless all
major league clubs in both the National
anG American leagues shall have waiv-
ed claim to his services. And if such
waivers cannot be secured then the
players shall either remain with the
club having purchased him or be trans
ferred to the club refusing to waive
claim to him by sale to such club. And
in such instances the purchase price shall
be the same as is now fixed by Nation
al and American leagues, 81 900 in like
cases.
The commission refused to reopen the
case of ". B. Douglas, claimed by the
Philadelphia National league team and
wanted by the Kansas City American
association club.
The list of players drafted and pur-
chased by the National and American
leagues shows many from the American
Association and one from the Western
L
Valley league. Following is the list:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati-Dorner, Columbus; Mar
shall, Minneapolis; Goodwin, Milwau-
kee- =f=s..s
st. Louis-F'rautz. Kansas City; Sullf-
van, Louisville; SIattery Milwaukee;
Adams. Parsons, Kan.
New York-Wright, Kansas City; Rob-
inson, Milwaukee.
cago-Noonan, ST. Paul.
Brooklyn-Butler, Kansas City
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Philadelphia-Geier and Wheeler St.
Paul.
Detroit-D Jones' Schmidt, siever,
Wigs. Minneapolis; Congarton. Column
bus.
New York-Moriarity Toledo; Tom
Hughes, Topeka.
Cleveland-Bateman, Milwaukee: Bar
beau. Columbus.
Boston-Clay, Louisville; Sessions, st.
Paul.
St Louis - Morgan. Indianapolis:
O'Brien, Kelly Sullivan, Hemphill, SIa-
gle, ST. Paul: Young. Pittsburg. Kan.
ago-Clark, Dougherty, O'Neill,
Hemphill, Milwaukee; Fiene. Toledo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02

Time, 2:1s, 2:171z, 2:2O, 2:21h
Mile novelty race, purse $1O0-Irish
Maid took the three-quarter and mile
and Miss Lila the quarter and half
Time, first quarter &c. half :561a, third
quarter 1923, mile 1:51. Other starters
We're Ernsbee, r. NJ B., The Nurse and
belmont.
c. L. Garrison of Harper. while driv-
ing one of the horses in the 2:25 pace
at the races in the afternoon was
thrown from his cart and dangerously
injured. He was driving Joe c. in a field
of nine starters. On the last half Of
the mile Joe c. had gained enough TO
take the pole in the center of the bunch.
He swerved in a little too far and the
sulky hit the fence. Garrison was
thrown out into the track and was
struck in the head by Blue Boy, driven
by McQuitty. The other drivers pulled
to one side.
Garrison was hurt severely in the
groin and his skull was fractured. He
was Immediately brought to town and
placed in the hospital His injuries are
such, however, that no hopes of his re-
covery are entertained.
In the next heat of the same race
bad mixup among the drivers was mar
rowly averted when the mare Nellie
Roi toppled over on the track at the
finish of the heat. She was taken out
of the race.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
BIG DAY AT PROVIDENCE.
Sweet Marie Defeated Tiverton in
Straight Heats.

Providence, R. L, Sept. 2.-The fea-
ture event of the fourth day of the
Grand Circuit meeting at Narragan-
sett park was the $4,000 match between
Sweet Marie (2:04A) and Tiverton
(2:04H), handled by Alta Mcdonald
and John Howell. respectively. liver
ton was the favorite, but Sweet Marie
took the event in straight heats. The
time for the miles was 1905 4 and
2:06A.
The really grand race of the day,
and of the meeting in fact. was the
free-for-all pacing event, two in three
heats, purse $500, in which seven
of the fastest light harness horses
started. Betting on the race was ex-
ceptionally heavy and While John Nj.
was the favorite. many bought the field
against him. The final outcome of
choice. Nathan Strauss, was the best
of the field.
In the unfinished 2:25 pace event
of Wednesday, in which Albuta had
two heats and Interocean one, Albuta
was picked today to win and the pick
ing proved good for he took the
fourth heat and first money after In
terocean went to bad break.
Another race on Wednesdays card
was decided today. which was the 2:16
trotting race, in which Choir Boy was
the favorite at short odds over the
field, but the bay gelding, w. ]. Lewis
won in straight heats with ease. The
2:24 trot was won by Boreazelle in
straight heats easily.
The last race on the card was the
2:09 trot and after The Roman had
won the first heat and Jim Ferry the
second. the event was postponed be-
cause of darkness until tomorrow. The
summaries:
2:25 class pace. three in five purse
$1,000. concluded from Wednesday.