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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-08-16

We notice'rom our exchanges that
other sections OF the country are
using fertilizer on their farms with
the best possible results. Only q
few days ago q ST Clair county
farmer told us shat be mad seen ste
test OF 1t this year o.. whea. which
gave yield OF at least Ave bushels
to the acre nves the natural strength
OF the ground. Last year he obaerv.
ed the resuls in corn-the crop on
one side the road making only a
yield OF % bushels to the acre and
on the other side where the FERTILIZER
had been used the Weld was 40
bushels. Such a difference in crops
is at least worth the iarrer's inves-
tigation.-Urich Herald.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-08-16
Won the Double Header.

The Butler Ball team excursion to
Pleasanton, Kansas last sunday
was a decided success from she point
Of attendance, glory won and tinan-
cially. About $50 people from But
Ter and Foster went over. The at
tendance at the game was large.
The Mound City and Butler teams
played first and resulted in Victory
Tor Butler by score OF 8 to 3. Then
the Pleasanton boys crossed bats
with our home boys, and went down
and out under a score OF II to 2 Il
the Butler boys keep up this liei
they will be wanting to join the
league. Manager Blood is sure win
ming lots OF glory his fret season.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-08-16
Very Conservative.

Many wonderful stories are being
told by the country press illustra-
tive OF the bumper crop OF corn in
Missouri this year. Some OF them
are so large that they tax the credu-
lily OF the strictly conscientious in
dividual. We don's think that is
right, and we wouldn't magnify a
story Of that kind above It's actual
condition, for the world. j. G. Walk
er has piece OF corn which he finish.
ed planting on the 23rd Of May,
which certainly deserves special CON-
ment. The stalks are not twenty
feet high-iar be 1t from us to make
such claim, they on'tsverags over
10y feet, but they make up In size
and healthy color what they lack in
height. The ears are not two feet
feet long, as some OF our exchanges
would claim, and we might il we were
in a Dragging mood, but they viii
measure over one foot and twelve
inches. The corn was drilled and the
stalks are pretty thick, one way. A
man can get through by picking hil
way and watching for the gaps. Thu
ears will not average over two o.
three to a stalk. Some conservative
people would estimate the probabl
yield at 100 bushels to the acre, bu
to be on the safe side we will put 1t a
99A, conditioned OF course, on tn
continued rains. Mr.. Walker ma.
object to our conservative estimates
but we would rather be right than b
president.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-08-16
FOR SALE

ANo. l COW and cali. For partic'
ulars see
Att DEACON BROS. " 20.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-08-16
FOR SALE.

Traction engine, IL horse power,
good repair. See E. A. BENNETT,
42.1m. Butler, Mo.
, 1906-05-15
CONTRACT AWARDED FCR
THE BAPTIST CHURCH

At a meeting of the board of trus-
tees of the Baptist church, in session
at the Office of Mrs. AIDA Ulen when
The Republican went to press yester-
day afternoon, the contract for the
new church at the corner of Fourth
and Grand avenue was awarded to the
w. H. Holiday company for a sum
around $4,000, the company having
until the first of December to complete
the building. Handsome plans were
drawn for the building by II. c. Sco-
field, the government architect here,
and they were accepted by the board.
The building will be of stone and brick,
some of the building material being al
ready OF the ground, and will be one
of the handsomest church edifices in
the state, cost considered. Work is ex-
pected to begin very shortly. A part
of the excavation for the old building
will be used in the basement of the
new. The church is to be congratulate
ed both upon the prospect of so nice a
church building and so reasonable a
figure. A Cheyenne firm bid for the
contract, but its bid was much greater
than that of the Holiday company
, 1906-05-15
Railroad Notes.

The shipment Of gravel from the pits
at Buford has commenced.
H. G. Apologize. a Union Pacific en-
gineer at Cheyenne, has bought a lot
in that city and will build a home
thereon.
Tim T. Keliher, the special agent for
the Wyoming division of the Union Pa
ciic, was in the city this morning, ar
irving from the west on the Los Ange-
les Limited.
Saturday evening H. A. Connect,
chief clerk in the Office of Assistant
Superintendent w. H. Peterson at
Cheyenne, underwent an operation for
appendicitis at a hospital in that city.
Timothy Ross of Rock River and L.
L. Laughlin of Toltec were here today,
looking after the shipment of several
cars of wool from the Toltec Live
Stock company to Philadelphia. The
company has three cars yet to go.
, 1906-05-15
CONTRACTS FOR HOSE
AWARDED TODAY

Contracts for the 500 feet of new
hose for the fire department, author
lied at the last meeting of the city
council, were awarded today, at the
office of Chief Otto Gramm, there be-
ing two bidders, the Eureka Hose COM
pany, represented by Julius Pearse of
Denver, and the Boston Woven Hose
and Rubber company, represented
by the w. H. Holiday company of this
city, The bids were so near alike and
the samples of hose submitted so little
differing, the order was divided be-
tween the two bidders, each getting
$50 feet, which will be delivered within
thirty days. The action of the commit
tee "a satisfactory to both bidders,
as giving them, when they are asked
to bid again, some way of showing the
superiority of their particular kind of
hose.
, 1906-05-15
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. Parmalee of this district has been G
Q sworn off the bench in the gam G
Q bling cases and has called / n Q
Q Judge Carpenter of Laramie to @
Q try them. These cases have gone 9
9 over to the next term of court. Ov- G
9 er ninety citizens of the county 9
Q are under Indictment for violating G
@ the anti-gambling laws. They are @
. preparing a strong defense. They G
9 claim their arrest was the result G
9 of a plan of the county authorities G
9 to secure funds with which to re- 6
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, 1906-05-15
KILLED HIMSELF.
Old Time Resident of kemmerer Shot
Himself Through Heart.

Kemmerer, Wyo., May 15.-Edward
T. Kirkwood, an old-time resident of
this vicinity, committed suicide last
week by shooting himself twice
through the body, the last shot pene-
trating the heart. Kirkwood used a
large caliber rifle, the first shot tear
ing away a large portion of the left
side just below the heart. 1t is thought
Kirkwood has been mentally unbal-
ance for several months, and at the
time was laboring under the hallucina-
ton that someone "a going to shoot
him. Shortly before killing himself
Kirkwood told his wife what he was
going to do, and, going into an adjoin-
ing room, committed the deed. He
was about As years of age and leaves
a wife and five small children.
, 1906-05-15
FELL FROM A CAR
IN AN EPILEPTIc FIT.

Under Sheriff Knadler was hastily
summoned to Buford last night, by the
agent for the railroad company at that
place, who thought a man who had
fallen from a car in a freight train had
become insane and would probably die.
Mr.. Knadler found the mar in the de-
pot at Buford. He gave his name as
Robert Taylor, and it was learned that
he is subject to epileptic fits and has
a severe case of asthma. He was
brought to tn city this morning and
taken to the hospital, where he was
treated by DR.. Hamilton, the county
physician. Mr.. Taylor suffered some
bumps and bruises when he fell from
the ear.
, 1906-05-15
TAKING POSSESSION
OF TOWN RESIDENCE.

Mr.. and Mrs. John Goetz are today
moving in from their Sand creek home
and taking possession of the Farley
Mathison residence at the corner of
Fifth and Custer streets, which they
recently purchased Mr.. and Mrs.
Mathison will temporarily reside with
the family of their brother. James
Mathison, until the Chaplin house at
Sixth and Kearney. which they pur-
chased at the time of the sale of their
W home, is vacated, about the first
of June.
, 1906-05-15
GRAND ARMY POST COMPLETES
ARRANGEMENTS FOR SER
VICES AT CHURCH AND
AT THE CEMETERY.
Annual Sermon to Be Delivered at the
Methodist Church by Rev. r. A.
lansdell and President Tisdel to
Be Asked to Deliver Address at
cemetery-committees Named to
Carry Out the Details.

AT the meeting of Custer post, Grand
Army of the Republic, at its hall last
night, with Post Commander E. C.
Holiday in the chair, and with a good
attendance of members, arrangements
were made for the memorial Sunday
services on Sunday, May 81, and the
Memorial day services at the cemetery
on Wednesday, May 80, the day desig-
mated for those exercises. 1t was de-
cided to have the Sunday services at
the Methodist church during the fore
noon of Sunday, beginning at II
O'Clock, when the annual sermon will
be delivered by Rev. r. Addison Lans-
dell, pastor of the Baptist church.
Rev. Bross, whose turn it Is to deliver
the sermon, is too i'll to officiate, not
expecting to be able at that time to
occupy the pulpit. Rev. Oscar Woods,
pastor of the West Side church, the
next oldest minister in point of resi-
dence, will be out of the city, and Rev.
Lansdell kindly consented to occupy
the pulpit. coming a year Dr. two be-
fore his regular turn.
President to Be Invited.
Comrade Fitch was appointed a COM
mittee of one IN speakers and to ar
range with the corps of cadets of the
University of Wyoming to act as a
firing squad at the cemetery on Memo
rial day and to secure a speaker to de
liver an address at that time. Presi-
dent Tisdel will be asked to officiate.
The cadets will be invited to join in
the procession and have charge of the
military feature. If President Tisdel
can be in the city at that time, it is
almost certain that he will consent to
speak.
Children to Decorate Graves.
Post Commander Holiday was
placed in charge of the children of the
city, who will be asked, as they have
for years, to attend the exercises and
see to the placing of wreaths and
flowers on the graves of departed vet
Grams and other soldiers. He will mar
shall the little one at the hall on
Third street, appointing such assist
ants as he may see fit to help him
carry out the program. The smaller
children will be taken to the cemetery
in wagons, Past Post Commander H.
A. Robinson being in charge of the
transportation features of the days
program.
Everereens for Wreaths.
Mr.. Holiday, as he did last year,
will attend to the getting of evergreens
from which members of Custer Relief
corps, w. r. c., will fashion the
wreaths to be laid on the graves of
the veterans. Terry Logan was de-
tailed to look after the graves before
decoration, marking each with a flag
for the guidance of the children in
placing the emblems of remembrance
and veneration. e. NJ. Richards, a
member of the post and a past com
mander. was too i'll to be present at
the post meeting last night, and so his
comrades gave him a remembrance
this morning of fruits and flowers.
, 1906-05-15
NEGRO WAS
ON TRIAL
WILL PAGE CHARGED WITH AS
SAULTlNG JOHNSON WITH
INTENT TO MURDER.
Jury Drawn and Hearing Of Evidence
Begun in First of Series Of Cases
Growing Out of Negro Disturb
ance First of ApriI-United States
Patents Filed Today.

The trial of VIII Page, the negro
charged with assaulting with intent to
kill Will johnson, another negro, on
the night of April l, was begun in the
district court this afternoon, before
Judge Carpenter and a jury, the state
being represented by County Attorney
Downey and City Attorney Will Nc
Murray, and the defendant by Judge
Groesbeck and T H. Gibson. The jury
selected to try the case consisted of
Thomas j. Alsop, George Baillie, P. H.
Jacobs, Ed Ferber, G. w. S%palding,
Hugh Vass, Ralph Lasher, j. T. lies,
A. X. Champlin, Angus Sutherland,
Louis Larsen and John Mckenzie. The
hearing of evidence was begun late
this afternoon, the attorneys for the
defendant contending against the ad-
mission of certain evidence and argu-
ing the matter at some length. Other
cases growing out of the same nights
disturbances are on the docket n
will follow the Page case.
Judge Carpenter took the case from
the jury late in the afternoon and dis
missed it. The other case against
Page, for assaulting Night Waterman
Horton, and four other defendants, will
be tried tomorrow and during the sue
ceeding days of the term.
United States Patents Filed.
The following United States patents
were filed in the county clerks office
this afternoon:
William Center, March II, 1905, for
1cn oara, IL, Cnotinn 10 tnUnChin IN
range 70.
Benjamin C. Harnden, June &c, 1905,
for 1895 acres in section 6, township
10, range rs.
Charles N. Northrup, April 20. 1891,
for so acres in section 6, township is,
range TO-.
Charles N. Northrup, October 80,
1888, for so acres in section IL, town
ship IS, range n.
Sale to Riverside Company.
Two sales were made by warranty
deed to the Riverside Live Stock COM
pany today. The first was by Allie G.
and Mary l.. Mcmahon of Pennsylvania
to the company of sections 19 and Il,
in township IS, range 76, for $1,41O.
The other deed was from the Second
National bank of Brownsville, Pa, to
the Riverside company for sections 10
and II, township IS, range rs, for
$1,524. Both deeds were dated May
15, 1900, just six years ago today.
Color Motions Withdrawn.
The motions by Judge Bramel and
Judge Groesbeck in the district court
yesterday afternoon, attacking the
jury panel on account Of the TACT that
no negroes had been drawn on the jury
were withdrawn at the night session
Judge Carpenter having given intima-
ton that he would o%verrule them as
being utterly lacking in
He held that the anne in the o mad
been placed there by the jury commis'
sion, that body being presumed TO
have stood within the law, INT the
court could o go back of it on the
showing made.
Water Certificates Filed.
Charles N. Northrup today filed Sly
certificates from the state board o.
control for water for the irrigation o.
some land owned by him in this coun
, 1906-05-15
FRISCO SUPERVISORS GRANT
RIGHT TO STREET RAILWAY
COMPANIES TO ERECT
TROLLEY POLES. q
Contention for Underground System
Brought to End by Action Taken
This Mornine-limit for Buildings
on Certain Streets to Two Hundred
and Twenty Feet-okIahoma Rail-
roads Suffer by Severe Storms.

San Francisco, Cal, May 15.-The
supervisors have granted to the united
railways permission to erect trolley
poles on all streets. The action ter
inmates a long fight for an under
ground system. The committee on
building laws has decided that the
height of buildings on the 10O-foot
streets shall not exceed 22O feet. The
board of trustees of Stanford univer-
sity has appointed a subcommittee to
arrange for the reconstruction of the
damaged buildings in al earthquake
proof manner.
, 1906-05-15
BODY IDENTIFIED.
Inquest Proves Remains to Be Those
of Father Capon.

st. Petersburg, May 15.-Today the
inquest was completed over the body
of the late Father Capon, whose muir
dered remains were found in a lonely
villa in Finland. 1t was denied that
this body was that of the once leader
of the revolutionists, but at the in
quest today the identification was made
absolute, and the fact that he had
been strangled by those whom he had
betrayed was brought out very wildly.
, 1906-05-15

last week, asks The Republican to con-
tradict the report that he had asked
for his old position back and had been
refused by Superintendent McKeen.
Mr.. Baillie stated that at the time when
he vas supposed to have made the re-
quest he was absent from the city on
a fishing trip and had dismissed the
mill question from his mind. He said
that while he vas not satisfied with the
arrangement with the company regard,
ing the paying of helpers, he did not
want to put anything in the way of the
company in regard to its operation of
the mills here.
Mr.. Bailey said hat while he signed
the agreement at the opening of the
mills he did not consider it binding
that he should remain with the com
pany any longer than he desired, and
when Mr.. McKeen stated that he could
not alter the agreement with the men,
he politely told him that unless the
company had another man to put in his
place the fires need not be lighted on
Saturday morning. He did not want to
be understood as taking part in a
strike, he simply resigning his position
and leaving it open for anyone who
desired to take it.. He very much de
sires that the Laramie mills be kept
in operation, both with profit to the
company and the employees and citi
zens generally, and would do nothing
to obstruct company plans or proven
anyone who desired from securing EN-
ployment there. There was no speci
fed time in the signed agreement am
he had the same right to quit that tn
company would have had to dismis.
him if his services were unsatisfactory
Mr.. Baillie said that he hoped anC
believed that the mill would soon be
in operation again and trusted that
any little differences among men and
the company will be settled satisfac,
torily to both.
George Baillie called at this office
this afternoon to enter his denial, also,
of the statement that he had appliedfo
reinstatement. He says that when he
has anything to say on the subject he
will say it directly to the authorities
and will say it to no one else.
, 1906-05-15

New York, May 15.-The jury will
be completed today to try Josephine
Terranava, the child wife, who killed
her uncle and aunt because they
robbed her of her honor and her hus-
band. The girl does not appreciate
her position, but is happy in her belief
that she has avenged her honor and
secured the forgiveness of her nus
band.
, 1906-05-15
VERDICT REACHED IN CASE OF
PASTOR OF THE EPISCOPAL
CHURCH AT ROCHESTER
THIS MORNING..
Offending Consists of Denying Divinity
Of Church, Conception of Virgin
Mary, Bodily Resurrection and the
Holy Trinity-Dr. Rufus johnson
of New York to Become President
of Chicago University.

Rochester, N. Y, May 15.-The YER
dict in the case of Rev. Algernon Crap
sey, pastor of the Episcopal church, is
that he is guilty of heresy. Suspension
was recommended as the punishment.
Rev. Crapsey was accused of denying
the divinity of the church, the concep-
ton by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin
Mary, the birth of the Savior, bodily
resurrection and of the trinity.
Four members agreed to the verdict
and one d%issented. The alleged heresy
is in Crapsey's book, Religion and
Politics. and in a sermon delivered
last December.
, 1906-05-15
Acting Niaht Yard Master.

James Slaughter, the night yard
master here, is taking a few days lay
off to attend to some private business,
and during his absence Martin Hansen
will have charge of the office at night.
Yardmaster Crooks is sort of living
around today, finding office room
wherever he can, as the painters are
, 1906-05-15
THE TALlEST VET.
New Type of Skyscraper to Be One
Hundred stories.

New York, May 15.-One hundred
stories in height, and the area of an
entire block for its other dimensions,
are striking features in the plans for a
new type of skyscraper to be erected
in this city. The elevators in this stu
pendous structure will be of the pneu-
matte tube sort and the passengers will
be shot up. to the top, a distance of
more than 900 feet, at the rate of forty
miles an hour,
, 1906-05-15

New York, May 15.-The higher
courts have refused to quash the in
dictments against Abraham HumInel,
charged with s~ubornation of perjury
in the celebrated Dodge-Morse divorce
case, and he must stand for trial. He
has already been sentenced to a year
in prison, and that is now on appeal.
, 1906-05-15
Noted Horseman Dead.

Lexington, KY, May 15.-Major
Thomas, aged 80, the Nestor of the
American turf, died today. He was a
confederate and was engaged in horse
racing for fifty years. He bred some of
the most famous horses in the country,
including Domino, the largest money
winning horse in history.
, 1906-05-15
PASTOR WAS GUILTY
OF HERESY TO CHURCH

to become president of the Chicago uni
versity, made vacant by the death of
DR.. Harper, who was the closest friend
day declined to discuss the appoint
ment, but it is known that DR.. Johnson
becomes the head of the Chicago uni
versity, to which Mr.. Rockefeller has
contributed many millions.
, 1906-05-15
ADDING to Store Department.

An order has been made placing the
car department stores at Hanna under
the jurisdiction of the stare department
here, and hereafter all supplies to that
office will go through the Laramie store
department instead of the Rawlins de-
partment. Supplies will be sent from
here to Hanna and the accounts will
be kept here.
, 1906-05-15
DANGER OF FIRE IN
DEFECTIVE ASH PIT

The chemical engine was called to
the ash pit in the rear of the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Davis, at 20
Grand avenue, at $3.50 this afternoon,
to extinguish a fire in the rubbish
piled in the pit, and which was send
ing sparks and fragments of burning
matter for some distance around. The
ash pit is said to be defective and the
fire department will ask that it be
condemned.
, 1906-05-15
Operator Goes Insane.

Atlanta, Ca, May 15.-J. H. Clark,
night operator at Chamle, went insane
last night, armed himself and went on
a rampage. He killed one man, wound
ed four, set fire to the house and lay
in waiting to shoot the occupants as
they ran out. He is still at large.
, 1906-05-15
ARRESTS MAY FOLLOW.
Some Interesting Facts Brought Out
in Coal Case Hearing.

Philadelphia, Pa, May 15.-The in
terstate commerce commission this
morning resumed its investigation of
the charges that the coal carrying rail
way companies are discriminating in
favor of certain companies and to the
detriment of the public interest. Ger
tain specific allegations were made,
which, if sustained, may lead to the
arrest of several high railway officials.
, 1906-05-15
IN MINE.
Distressing and Fatal Affair at shenan-
doah Colliery.

Pottsville, Pa, May 15.-An explo-
sion of gas in the Shenandoah City
colliery today seriously burned twenty
men. who have been taken from the
mine. Two unacceptable bodies were
recovered. Owing to the fire, the res
cuers cannot re-enter the mine. Forty
men are believed to be still in the
mine.
, 1906-05-15

at work in his office. Sometimes he
can be found in the trainmaster's of
fee, at other times he is in the tele-
graph office, and may be he will show
up trying to write on the iron fence.
He hopes to be lat home" in a day
or two.
, 1906-05-15
Railroads Suffer From Storms.

Lawton, Okla, May 15.-The road
beds of the railways in southwestern
Oklahoma suffered from tremendous
rains and electrical storms early to-
day. Train service is interrupted.
Three hundred feet of the Rock Island
track near Hastings is reported gone.
, 1906-05-15
Will Appoint Neoro.

Washington, D. c., May 15.-The
subcommittee of the senate commit
tee on finance has decided to confirm
w. T. Vernon, the Kansas negro, for
register of the treasury. The charges
filed by a negress affecting his moral
character were not substantiated.
, 1906-05-15

Denver, Colo, May 15.-The election
today is passing off without violence,
although there is much excitement.
Many millions are involved in the mat
ter of franchises to be voted IN, and
only taxpayers cast ballots. All sorts
of charges against the integrity of the
watchers are made. The voting is
light.
, 1906-05-15

Columbus, o., May 15.-WiIliam
spaeth, charged with stealing 5000 900
from Sells circus at Tarboro, N. c.. in
1904, was seized while Hagensback's
ticket wagon at Cleveland last night,
handcutfed, thrown into an automo-
bile and fastened to a train.
Claimed He Was Robbed.
The robbery of the ticket g
was one of the sensations of the circus
world. Spaeth claimed hat the keys
were taken from his pillow. He was
discharged and entered the employ of
Hagensback's.