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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-06-07

Cannon Weiner Elevator Company
IA receiving corn. 52-ti
The coal strike In Illinois has end
ed.
More new corsets 4Sc. 81. 90, $3.50
NC Kibbens.
County court met Monday In their
regular June term.
No signs OF celebration in Butler
the 4th has as yet made It's appear
ance.
E. and W. shirts SOC and $1.00 at
McKibbens.
Sam Walls and wife came down
from Adrian Sunday to see the ball
ksme.
Miss Jessie Lane, OF Pawnee, Okla
pcms, is visiting the family OF j. r.
Douglass.
Don't forget Friday is remnant
y at McKibbens.
Jack Erickson, OF Topeka, Kansas,
visiting MIR. and Mrs. Ed. Q. Clark
this city.
rhe ladies OF the Knights and La
bs OF Security lodge gave supper
the Woodman hall Tuesday even
The Kansas City Stock Exchange
In team beat the Butler team In
10 games Saturday afternoon and
hndsy. -----------
Mrs. L. 8. Monroe, who has been
listing with the family Of j. <. Nor
heet, returned to her home at Mena,
Arkansas.
Mrs. VIM. NJ. Arnold returned
Saturday from q two weeks visit to
her sister, Mrs. Moses j. Martin, at
Webb City.
Nrs. L. 8. Monroe, who has been
Visiting with the family OF j. K. Nor.
feet, returned to her home at Mens,
Arkansas.
IA. B. Grow, who Is attending Busi-
psss College at Sedslia, was at home
Ia3t week to visit and vote In the pri.
nar ies.
Al splendid rain fell here Sunday
ching and night, greatly benefit
lpe the lawns and gardens which
Wefe needing water badly.
Herbert Walton, business manager
1t the Carpenter & Shaier packing
house ct the depot, made 9 business
rip to Yale, Kansas, Monday.
Our former fellow tewnsman, F. N:
rumley, nov residing In Kansas
~, spent Monde3 u The city on
usiness.p ntf mhstin Uld hisnds: =
8s1le R..!s. T:ss.
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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-06-07

Clear up the city and cut the weeds
and grass from the edge OF the side
walks.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-06-07

q large attendance.
d. 8. Mitchell was In Butler last
week advertising the Lake Park
Springs Chautsuqus, Nevada, Mo-,
to be held July Is to % inclusive.
We know oi>no place where one can
60 to spend d week more pleasantly
and profltably at 90 little cost. The
very best literary talent has been
employed and those who attend will
be given q treat. Read their adver.
tisement In another column.
The new $55, 900 NJ. E. Church at
Joplin, which was conceived and
completed under the psstorags OF
Rev. W. F. Jones, was dedicated last
Sunday. II is probably the finest
church structure In the state outside
Of st. Louis, Kansas City and st.
Joseph. Rev. Jones built the hne
NJ. E. structure In Butler, which is q
pride to all our people.
The result OF the primary was a
"keen" disappointment to both the
Republican Press and Record. They
had fondly hoped that the full ticket
would be punched IN ButlerAnd Rich
Hill. The Record had given ont sueh
o guess two weeks before hand
Democrats understand that they arc
NOT supposed 10 please the Rspubli-
can-Press and Republican party In
the selection Of g ticket. AZ Arule
the better the ticket the worse Il
suits them. ~
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sou wen to work to S~ubstantiate the
historical accuracy Of the stories re-
garding the service; rendered by 20
cahontas. and they also extended the
association so that it now embraces
some 700 members. including many
who admire the character Of the brave
red woman. but make no p%retensiOns
II to having her blood in their veins.
The society has 10000 in hand for the
purposes of the memorial and will
erect it whether congress assists or not.
William Ordway Partridge has been
chosen to execute the statue. and in
October Il pilgrimage will be made to
Jamestown island by many members
Of the society to select II site.
1t has been decided that the pedestal
Of the statue shall bear -four tablets.
three of which will contain scenes in
has relief. The first of these will he Il
reproduction of the famous painting
by Chapman. The Baptism of Poca-
hOntaS." in the rotunda of the capitol
ut Washington. The second will de
plct the marriage of the Indian prin-
NSSS as tSA III tlN NllNI
painting. The third will be Il relief
showing %rocahontas and her servitors
bringing supplies for the aid of the
starving %colonists. The fourth is to
reproduce II part of the old parish reg
lister ut Gravescnd, where Pocahontas
died after being taken from the ship
which was to have conveyed her back
to her kinsfolk in America. The entry
reads. "Rebecca Wrolfe. wyff Of Thos.
Wrolfe. gent. Il Virginia lady borne.
here is buried in We chancelle."
The statue of Pocahontas is to be in
bronze. AS Il contribution to the prof.
ect the sculptor chosen for the eXecu
ton Of the figure gave the preliminary
work he has done on the subject.\ His
choice for the task is recognized as es-
pecially fitting not only because he Is
one OF the foremost Of American sculp-
tors, but also because he has devoted
his talents with exceptional enthusi-
asm to Interpretation Of subjects asso-
ciated with patriotism and national
history. He has portrayed Nathan
Hale. the patriot SPY and the hero OF
Yale. and Alexander Hamilton. states
man and scholar and hero of Columbia
university. Of which Partridge was
himself student. His Hamilton
statue stands IN front of the Hamilton
club, Brooklyn. Another Of his patri-
otic works Is his equestrian statue Of
Grant. erected by the Union League
club Of Brooklyn. Mr.. Partridge was
born in SGT in lSc rio ~ Anoric.u NOV.
ents. but was brought up in America.
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associated with a career which the peo-
pie of America ought to remember
with gratitude. Had !. not been for
P0cahOntas the colony Of Virginia
might eve have survived the dangers
and hardships of the first few years of
Its existence. The statue is to stand
on jamestown island. Last year the
authorities of the jamestown EXPOSE
ton formed IL plan to bring her re-
burial with suitable hOnors in her ma
tive soil. But the vicar Of the parish
church ut Gravesend, where her bones
were laid in the year 1916 or 1917, re-
ported that all trace of them had dis
appeared. Last February some OF the
descendants of PocahOntas organic
ell In Washington the POcahontas
Memorial association. Some of the
members at first entertained the idea
that Il congressional appropriation
might be obtained for the purpose of
the memorial. \ member of the house
of representatives was one day breach
ed on the subject. He poohpoohed the
Idea and added that the Pocahontas
business was all Il fraud anyway; that
the noble Indian girl vas only a myth.
Now there are some leading citizens
who take considerable pride in being
descended from King rowhatan's line
through the Princess P%ocahOntas, his
daughter. and the worthy Thomas
Rolfe of England. whom she married.
John Randolph Of Roanoke was so de-
scended, and the Guys, Elbridges and
other +. T.. VS. claim the Indian girl
a. an ancestress. Some of these per-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-03
The Commuter and His
Untold Story About Hogs

IT HE comnlu.er from M~aplewood
rushed into his Wall street Office
in New York ten minutes late. as
usual.
Boys" he burst out, 1.-The funniest
thing ~happened'-
Say, has this got anything to do
with the baby:' asked the chief clerk.
mo, it hasn't" snapped the COM
muter. LAS l was saying
"Anythir- about the incubctor?" ask.
ed the stenographer.
NO." bawled the Jerseyman, who
was getting mad. LAS l was saying
Leave out your new garden" said
the bookkeeper.
The commuter glared and went IN.
Il was about to tell'-
"Say, has your kid got a new toot'Y"
smiled the office boy.
Then the poor man exploded.
Il won't tell it ut ALL" he yelled. II
was going to tell a story about new
hogs, but l am afraid that you will
take it as PERSONAL---VERY. York Globe.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-03
Might Have Been Worse.
The Matrimonial Game.

Another designing woman in New
York has been swindling confiding
customers out of their money by print
ing in small but legible type the al
legged fact that she was a wealthy
widow in search of a true and loving
husband. money nc object.
There is something so alluring about
the young widow with Il receptive
heart and Il pocketbook like Il Sara
tOga steamer trunk that few men a
resist her. particularly il their pocket
books remind them of hers from the
fact that it is so different.
1t is about the best bait to catch the
two legged sucker that has been de
vised. and they gladly cash their few
shares of stock and mortgage their
salaries for the purpose of letting her
know that money is no object to them
There is no ruder awakening than
to the man who discovers that
she was only after his little bunch of
savings as he loses her in the great
city and turns slowly back . the mil
to work overtime to make up for what
he has lost.
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He Couldn't Get Out of 1t.


quite a lavish display of wedding
presents. isn't it,"
Eyes. l don't know that l ever saw
70 many beautiful one before"
"1diotic. though. What do the peo-
pie who give them care for the bride
and groom: Everybody who brought
q present merely did SO for the purpose
Of showing off. If the cards Of the
people who gave these things were not
attached to them III bet you nobody
would have brought anything more Law
ish than a fifty cent spoon. They don't
get me to make n fool of myself in
that way. Why should these young
simpletons who are getting married be
stocked up with enough stuff to start
a jewelry store? Did you give 'em
%anything!"
Yes. l gave them that $500 check
over there. You see, l am the girls
father and couldn't very we'll get out
Of it."-Chicago Record Herald.
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and there was set upon by thieves,
who cut off her ears and fingers to rob
her of her jewelry. She was taken in
q dying state on board the Chilean
warship O'Higgins.
1t was at the beginning Of President
Riesco's term that the important con-
vention with Argentina was concluded
regarding arbitration Of any difficulties
arising between the two republics.
The convention also provides that the
two countries shall maintain an equi-
lIbrium Of their respective ~navies, SO
as to avoid causes for "anxiety and
suspicion"
Santiago. the capital of Chile, is a
very progressive city Of about 100000
Inhabitants. 1t has imposing public
buildings, universities, art galleries
and art schools. libraries, a natural
history museum, an astronomical OBJ
servatory and botanical gardens.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-03
JOSE MIGUEL N
Cuban General Arrested For Alleged
Completely In Revelation.

Cuban General Arrested For Alleged
Completely In Revolution.
After four years Of comparative free
dom from internal strife the Cuban
government has been having trouble
with insurrectionary bands. Among
the Cuban indictments Is General Jose
Miguel Gomez, who was the Liberal
candidate for the presidency last fall.
He withdrew before the elections were
held and President Palma was re-
elected without formal opposition.
Gomez and his partisans claimed that
the government would not permit a
fair election. and hence that 1t was
futile for an opposition candidate to
remain in the field. General Gomez
later paid a visit to the United States
and in interviews here charged Presi-
dent Palma with despotic acts and the
officials of the Moderate party, Of
which Senior Palma Is head, with cor
ruption. On his return to Cuba he be-
came administrator Of the Silveira
Sugar company at Ciego de Avila, a
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-03
The Passing of the Pass.


1t isn't half so easy
As M it used to be
To walk up to the station
And get your riding free.
Those happy days are over.
And now we view. alas.
With little satisfaction
The passing Of the pass.
Most any common duffer
Could work them for a ride
On any kind Of pretext
When things were running wide.
The alderman or maybe
The captain Of the ward
Could brace the railroad agent
And land the bit Of board.
And cOngressmen-Oh, mammal
Why. they could work their pull
On any kind of pretext
And get a pocketful.
And every seventeenth cousin
And those who voted right,
Besides his wife's relations,
Were riding day and night.
But those good old days are over.
For at the ticket sash
Before you start a journey
You have to show your cash,
And senators and judges
Are in the common class
With ESQ, at least. they tell us)
The passing of the pass.
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Crucial Test.

Eyes. the prisoner was a woman of
extraordinary nerve. They tried in
every known way to make her nerv.
GUS"
"That soY"
Eyes. They shot OF a gun unexpect-
eddy, yelled 'Fire!' and told her a dis
tant powder blast was an earthquake.
Still she was unmoved. Then they lib
Grated a mouse"
IN wager a bank roll against a sto-
gle that the III made her nervous"
"Not at all. She only stepped on it
and laughed"
"Great Jupiter! Such a woman as
that wouldn't lose her nerve If the
earth exploded"
"Oh, yes. One of the detectives STEP
ped up and whispered in her ear that
her hair had been mussed up for two
hours, and then she collapsed.-Chicago
News.
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gerations to require any answer in de-
tail. The Utterances for the most part
carry with them their own rcfutation.
The most active dissemination OF these
criticisms is Winston Churchill. Mr..
Churchill as II novelist is capital, but as
a novelist he has evidently become
accustomed to diSrcgarding facts or
to twisting them to serve his purpose.
In this campaign. true to his literary
instincts. he has shown himself n mas
ter of fiction"
Mr.. futile was born In Hartford in
1916, received Il high school education
and began railroad work in his TWEEN
tieth year. He was chosen head Of the
Boston and Maine road in 1888.
Colonel John Hicks, the United
States minister to Chile, has been kept
busy conveying to the authorities of
that country assurances Of sympathy
and support from the government and
people of our own republic since the
earthquake shocks devastated Val
paraisO and other Chilean cities. He is
a Wisconsin man, an editor and an
author. He was born in Auburn, n. ",
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charmed by the tinkling fountain and
the murmur Of politics. and in due
time, as he absorbs the mysterious in
duences Of the place. he understands
and even shares in the affection law
lshed upon the gal by the chivalry o:
Georgia. Hoke Smith. 1t happens. is
one OF the of the Piedmont
hotel and is therefore entitled to his
share Of the revenue received from
those who visit the shrine Of the I'M
known goddess. He is a leader Of Il
Sunday school and early in the cam
paign appealed to the prohibition e'e-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-03
THE PRESIDENT OF CHILE.
Senior German RiescO and Ills Ela.
cient Administration,

cient Administrations.
The government OF Chile has been
prompt in meeting the various en.c--
gencies created by the wreciing Of
Valparaiso and other cities through
earthquake and fire. st tie head Of
the republic is Senior German H;esco,
who was elected president by the Chill
can electoral college June %. 1901.
He took office Sept. Is, 1901. and his
term has been characterized by peace,
progress and prosperity for the repub-
lie, with the exception Of the terrible
disaster that has recently overwhelm-
ed Valparaiso and some other towns.
The term Of a Chilean president is FIVE
years; therefore that Of President Ries-
co will soon expire. He will be sue
ceeded by Don Pedro Mont, whose
wife was a victim of the earthquake III
Valparaiso. When the house Of Presi-
dent Elect Mont collapsed, his wife
fen from the balcony into the street
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WV
came Of his fathers death on the bat
tletield. The boy had n struggle in
making his way in the world. getting
a college education and obtaining Il
start In journalism. He is now pro
prietor of the Oshkosh Northwestern.
has written II book called 1.-The Man
From Oshkosh" and is well known I'M
He was appointed minister to Peru by
President Harrison and was sent to
Chile by President Roosevelt about II
year ago.
Justice William j. GaynOr Of New
York. who gave the opinion that caused
the recent warfare between the Brook
lyn Rapid Transit company and its
patrons Yer the question of paying
s cents or 10 cents to Coney Island. has
been spoken of in connection with the
Democratic nomination for governor of
New York. He is noted for his fair
ness and ability rs Il jurist and also
for his generosity. His unique tenn
permanent was oncc shown when he
was sitting in trial term Of the state
supreme court In Ncwburg, y. Y. 4
farmer was sued for 500 penalty for
auulterating milk. The justice charged
strongly against the defendant and the
jury found a verdict for the state. The
penalty and the costs amounted to
more than 5000. 1t was shown that
the farmer owned only twelve cows.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-03
-Four Ages Of the Kiss,

Though some perhaps nay reckon less.
Some calculate It more.
This much Is safely specified
The kiss has ages four.
On some defenseless baby's cheek
The first kiss leaves its print,
While doctors disappearing stand
And microbes darby hint.
The second kiss Is quite the best
Since Eden's bubble burst.
For then the maiden asks the youth,
Am I the very first?"
Then the kiss the husband gives
Upon ais wife's fair brow.
Whereat she sagely speculates.
what Is he up to
Last comes the kiss promiscuous.
When past the years have whirled:
On some fine woman is bestowed
The smack heard round the world.
-0cLandbursh Wilson In New York
Press.
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H. b. BROWN. national encampment
OF the Grand Army In Minneapolis.
When a boy of sixteen he offered his
services to the Union cause and served
from the outbreak of the civil war
until its close. He was u private in
the Fifteenth Ohio infantry and served
In the Fourteenth army corps Of the
Army of the Cumberland until his mus
tering out In 1864. He was then n veter-
an. though still but a boy of nineteen,
and he %re-enlisted as such, serving as
q noncommissioned officer until the
last gun in the great struggle was
fred. He has long been active In the
Grand Army and enjoys wide popu-
larity among those who wore the blue
forty years and more ago.
A writer in Harper's Weekly quotes
a story attributed to DR.. Rice of
Springfield apropos of the recent meet.
ing Of railroad men and their lawyers
to find out what the new rate law
really a DIR. Rice, it seems, used
to tell Of a young Methodist who went
forth from Wilbraham academy to
preach his trial sermon.
"What was your tcxt?" he was ask.
ed when he came back.
"How shall We escape il ye neglect
90 great q salvation?"
"A good text. How did you handle
IT."
First I showed 'em how great this
salvation IS; then l showed 'em how to
escape if they neglected it,"
George Bernard Shaw, the English
playwright, is considered one Of the
most epigrammatic writer's of the day.
He has recently taken the negative
with regard to the question that is &C.
cupying a good deal Of attention in
England just now. "Should Christians
make fortunesY" A London journal
suggests the possibility that some good
Christian who has piled up his million
or two may retaliate ON Mr.. Shaw
by p%ropounding n rival conundrum,
''Should v%egetarians write playsY" Mr..
Shaw could not we'll take the negative
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support of the Lin
coin Republicans
Mr. Churchill named
the Boston and
Maine railroad as
the chief cause of
impure politics in
the Granite State.
The president of
this road is I.ucius
Tuttle. He Is out
with Il statement in
which he says:
1.-The campaign full
limitations against
this railroad are too
and
nre too gross eXHY-
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cline. Below her
are four lions.
s pouting waters
from their marble
tllroats into II r y
tai pool. In the
depths OF the pool
Il few mud cats
SLOUGH about. shout
dering aside gold
fish and pickerel.
The waywOrn stran-
ger. ca ught in Il
stream Of Georgia
chivalry that flows
all III way. Is
swept into the bar.
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Quaker sat down in the courtroom
with his hat on. \ bailif attempted
to put the man out OF court because he
refused to take his hat Off. The Quaker
loudly appealed to the court. declaring
that he was living In Il free country
and had Il right to keep his hat Oh ac-
cording to his conscience and religious
belief, %whereupon the justice ordered
him to resume his seat and keep his hat
on rs long as he pleased.
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large concern controlled by the New
York banker. Juan NJ. Ceballos. When
a slight disturbance occurred last
spring General Gomez was accused Of
completely in it. but Immediately de-
clared that he was out Of politics and
assured the government Of his loyalty
to 1t. Notwithstanding this. when the
present outbreak occurred he was ar
rested and imprisoned in Havana. He
10 fifty years Of age. has been governor
OF Santa Clara province. participated
IN two Of the struggles for Cuban liber-
ty and was Il delegate to the Cuban
constitutional convention.
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Before the court
adjourned the jus
tice gave his check
for I II W II ole
o of the .iudg-
IN 4 t. explaining
that his father had
owned just twelve
cows and he knew
that the Judgment
would eat up the
farmers profits for
a whole e II On
a II t her occasion
the judge was hold
ing court ut River
head. in Suffolk
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know the play is all "''"'H
right. The rest re- SHAW
mains with the public. But, after
writing plays for the public for most
Of my life. l have concluded that 1t Is
a safer investment to keep IL corner
saloon. You Il always depend upon
q certain number Of people wanting a
drink every day in the year. You can
never tell what the public wants. If
Man and Superman' fnils. expect me
to open II saloon ut once"
His saloon. however, will not be
opened for some time. as the profits
from MAN and Superman" and other
recent works have exceeded by many
thousand dollars his probable profits
a. the keeper Of such an establishment.
Hokc Smith. who has won the pri-
mary contest for the Democratic nOmi-
nation for governor of Georgia, Il
nomination which is equivalent to an
election. put up !; hot fight for 1t. and
III canvass was no without pirtur-
esque features. Among them was the
incident of 'tlc gal in the fountain"
A certain attractive bronze female
stands in the ENTER Of the barroOm Of
the Piedmont hotel. Atlanta. holding
alOft 4 never failing electric beacon in
the sllap" of lunches OF grapes alleged
to he Georgia muScadincs. cousins of
the scUppernong. Upon her lips is II
welcoming smile and upon her form
Y tunic admirably adapted to IL trupic
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in 1877. but his fam
lily removed to the
w State
while he was Il boy.
When the civil war
broke out his father
enlisted In the Union
army. and &
Hicks was longing to
reach the age when
he. too, could 60 to
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-03
Bertha's Idea.

Belle-Rertha is getting to be quite
famous.
~Blanche-Oh. we'll. Bertha's idea of
fame is to ride around in a hanson
and have people say That's herr
American Spectator.
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4 Dim n, bra

ITS just flashed on me who that
young man was that spoke to ME just
now"
who ie he?"
Il forget his name. but I was engag-
"a to him in the mountains before I
went to the seashore ~ Baltimore
American.