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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-10-24
A New Idea in TeIeqraphy.

7. W. Silvers is spending a part o.
his time In Kansas City, as attorney
for the Dean Rapid Telegraph Sys.
tenn. This Is new invention which,
while in its incipiency, has passed
the experimental stages. II it does
what Is claimed for il, there is no
question but what it will revolutionIzs
the telegraph system, which has
been In use throughout the world for
many years. The sending instru.
mentis maahine, run by electricity,
Into which specially prepared mes
sages are fed, similar to sheet go
Ing through type writer, and is re .
produced in exact copy at the other
end OF the wire by receiving ma.
chine. It's promoters claim that two
operators will send forty times as
many words In the same time as two
operators under the old system, or
two operators will do as much as
forty will with the present instru-
ments. It obviates the possibility OF
mistakes by reproducing the written
copy IL can not be taken in transit
that is the wires can not be tapped
and the message obtained between
the two points. 1t Is now sending
andreceiving messages between Kan
sac City and 81. Louis over the Home
Telephone Compauy's wires, without
In any way interfering with the tele.
phone service. The company thinks
1t has big fortune in it.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-10-24
With 8 Bears and 6 Deer.

Stamboul, La, Oct. 20-"We got
three bears, six deer, one wild turkey,
twelve squirrels, one duck, one pos.
sum and one wildcat. We ate them
all except the wildcat and there were
times when We almost felt us II we
could eas It."
This was President R,osevelt's
summing up Of the result OF his hunt
on Bayou Tenas aud Bear lake. He
arrived at 3 O'Clock this afternoon
at the residence Of Leo Slields, where
he will be guest until he leaves for
Vicksburg to morrow. He came In
at iull gallcp and accompanied az he
wac by about u dozen of his hunting
companions, all mounted and at
tired In hunting garb, the cavalcade
presented tableau as picturesque
as 1t was animated. The President
is slightly more bronzsd than when
he entered the wilderness fifteen days
ago, but Notwithstanding this fact
and the additional circumstances
that his clothes bear evidence oicon-
tact with the cane and other brush,
he was never In better spirits.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-10-24
Wanted New Court House.

st. Clair county surely needs @ new
court house and that right quick II
her records are to be preserved, ifshe
following article In the Osceola DEM
ocrat truly depicts the situation:
Merely as a matter OF news and
not With a desire to create any excite
ment, the Democrat again mentions
the court house. The heavy rain
and wind OF last Thursday morning
nearly put the building ont of com.
mission. Nav cracks formed on the
west and south sides OF she structure
Settled" sufficient to break the
stone step in the rear and both the
window stones over the recor ier's
room. The new papering put on by
Mr.. Cover last spring is practically
ruined. 1t Is to be hoped that when
the structure tumbles no one will be
In the building. The loss OF the
county records, while they would be
expensive Individually to every man
who owns property and possibly lead
TO world Of litigation, are not IRE
parable, as several abstract books
are 10 existence, and these could be
used In proving land ownership.
This would be expensive to property
owners, as they would have to pay
not only for new books as county
but also for abstracts as individuals.
Whether Judge Denton will consent
to hold court In the building next
month Is questionable, but lawyers,
litigants and witnesses would all be
justified In their refusal to attend.
Courts have no right to command
personal attendance when such a.
tendance places the parties In I'M.
usual danger to life and limb. We
trust that Judge Denton will order
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-10-24

an investigation Of the building be-
fore summoning crowd. TIE DEM
oerat would rather see the county
bankrupsed financislly than to bury
one OF it's citizens from an accident
In the court house. II, after diligent
investigation, be finds the building
dangerous he should order IL vacated
by the officials as we'll as the eourl.
II 1t is pronounced safc, then the fact
should be duly heralded and the gen.
eral feeling OF insecurity put at rest.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-10-24
Daughters Death Kills Her.

Oregon, No., Oct, 21-When Mrs.
Jonathan Culp, Of this city, received
q telephone message last night say
ing her daughter, Mrs Si!ss Allen,
had been killed by q shock from an
electric light wire, she dropped dead.
Mother and daughter will be buried
in the same grave.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-10-24

Mr.. and. Mrs, W. F. Hill spent Sum-
day in Kansas City.
Ed. Culver has accepted a position
with the A, Il. Culver Furniture
Company.
Miss Jessie McCann is home from q
months visit with relatives at To.
pska, Kansas.
C.B Mcfarland made a business
trip to Higgins, Texas, last week,
returning home on Friday.
WANTED "A plat book OF Bates
county. G. B. THAYER,
Butler, Mo.
M. c. Garard had valuable horse
killed Friday on a barbed wire fence.
It's throat was cut and 1t bled to
death.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ell. Morgan, Of
Jefferson City visited bis parents Mr..
and Mrs. Asa Morgan the last of the
week.
Our esteemed lady friend Mrs. Ada
line Smith, formerly OF Butler now OF
Kansas City, sends remittance for
renewal.
Mrs. j. M. Laster, OF Good Hope,
Ills, and Mrs G. T. Sallee, of West
field, Ills, are guests OF the family OF
j. M. Sallee.
Mrs. ]. Everingham returned the
last OF the week from a visit with her
daughter, Mrs. j. Brown Walton, at
Hobart, Okla.
4 Alva Brown and his sister, Miss
Elsie, drove over to Appleton City
Sunday and spent the day with rela-
Hives and friends.
We acknowledge renewal iavors
rom Mrs. Sam weddfe, who was in
Wednesday from her fine farm In New
Home township.
d. q. Harshaw, one OF Bates coun.
TVS fine stock men, attended the
American Royal Stock Show at Kan.
sas City last week.
Nine balloons started In st. Louis
Tuesday afternoon st 4 O'Clock In
ntest for the Great James Gordon
Bennett cup race.
R 8. Catron was resppointed Coal
Oh Inspector for Bates county last
week and commissioned for two years
from October 17th.
Mrs. W. W. Ferguson, Of Rich Hill,
and Mrs. NJ. W. Ferguson, Of Fay
cite, we're guests Of Mrs. N. B. Jetsr
Friday Of last week.
Dr.. and Mrs. T. Wesley Arnold are
receiving congratulations Of their
friends over the arrival Of . little
daughter, on Sunday last.
News was received here the last Of
the week that Q little son had arriv-
ed at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
Young IN Kansas City on Thursday
k The Butler High School basket
bAll teams entertained their coach,
u. Pyle, at The home Of Major Ed.
rlark on High street Tuesday even
hg.
William Rotsrt, The blacksmith and
bnhoer, on North Mainetreet, had
name enrolled tor TIM TnxEs for
00. he b also running an sdvsr.
pmsnt IN another column oirooma
1unt
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-10-24

! Interest In the big dredge boats is
kept up by our people and parties go
out every isw days from Butler to
view the workings aud watch the re-
suits.
Miss Mary R. Davis came down
from Kansas City the last OF the
week, and will spend the winter with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. s. W.
Davis.
N, B. Jeter, official time inspector
for the Mo. Pac. Ry. In this section,
went out over the Interstate last
week to inspect all the watches Of the
employees.
"A team belonging to Tom Engel
and driven by him, ran away at Rich
Hill Monday aud ende1 by one oithe
horses, very good animal, having
Its leg broken.
The C. E. Garner sale OF Duroc
Jersey hogs, advertised for McMul-
lens feed yard Tuesday, was called
of, owing to the small attendance
and slight interest manifested.
The recent conference OF the U. B.
Church Jailed to send q man to the
Adrian charge. 1t is expected that a
pastor will soon be secured to take
up the work.-Adrian Journal.
H. T. Wolfe, OF Chandler, Okla,
came In the last OF the week to join
his wife, who has been visiting rela-
tives here for several weeks. They
returned to their home Monday.
B. F. Richards was pleasant call
er Tuesday with a sample OF apples,
measuring 10Y inches In circumfer-
ence, received from bis brother, W.
W. Richards, at Sinnet, Oklahoma.
j. s. Vance, living southwest of
Butler, was pleasant caller the last
OF the week and had his dates set
ahead for 1908. Mr.. Vance has been
q citizen OF our county about ~
years.
Mrs. Ed. Childs and children went
to Kansas City the first Of the week
to make their home. Ed. has q run
out of that city and 1t is more con.
venient for him to have his family
there.
Michael Sherman, an aged resident
Of Lowry City and a veteran Of the
civil war, committed suicide last
week by shooting himself through
the forehead with target rife. Ill
health is given as the cause.
The laying Of the corner stone for
the new Methodist church at Adrian
was observed with appropriate cere-
monies last Thursday afternoon,
Doctors Campbell, Of Kansas City,
delivered addresses.
Mrs. H.G. Cook entertained q large
Number Of her lady friends at euchre
at her home on Ohio street Saturday
afternoon. Delicious refreshments
were served and an especially enjoy.
able slime reported.
WANTED Local representative
for Butler and vicinity to look after
renewals and increase subscription
list Of q prominent monthly mags-
zine, on q salary and commission
basis. Experience dssirabls, but not
necessary. Good opportunity for
right person. Address, Publisher,
J Boz 80, Station o, New York. 52.2t
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-10-24

Frederick Trap, general manager
OF the Sculley interests 10 the west,
came In the first OF the week and In
company with local manager F. H.
Crowellis inspecting the Sculley hold
ings in Bates county.
Word was received in Butler Mon.
day announcing second son to the
house OF Edwin s. Austin. in Jeffer-
son City. Ed. was probably cele-
brating the event when he dumped
the governor into sand bank from
his automobile.
Charley s. Ewin, who Is engaged In
the real estate business, with offices
upstairs In the building he owns, over
Levi Smiths mest market, favored
spleasantly on Monday, and renew
ed for himselfand for his sister, Mrs.
j. W. Stockton, OF Amity, Oregon.
Allen Jones called to renew for Mrs.
A. E. McKenns, out on Butler No. 7.
He reports Mrs. McKenna's health
as excellent and that she has fully
recovered from the fall OF several
months ago In which her shoulder
WAS broken.
The Nevada Mail has changed It's
form from a four to an eight page
paper. Formerly the had from seven
to nine columns on page, the new
form gives them the additional space
required for advertising and does
away with the blanket appearance.
W. NJ. Arnold hands US copy OF
the Western Pilot, published at HIg.
gins, Texas. We notice a big adver-
tisement OF Chambers & Winsett
Bros. Jim Winsett was formerly q
business man OF Butler and married
Miss Florence Patton, one OF our
charming girls.
James R. Miller, OF Rich Hill, who
was witness In the Phillips case,
had bis name enrolled withl.THE
TIMES. Mr.. Miller is an old school
teacher and an influential politician
in that section and said lsughingly
to the newspaper man that he:might
break into politics again.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Vandervoort
have returned from q tour OF the
west which extended to the Pacific
coast. They spent the heated term
In the mountains Of Colorado. They
left Saturday to visit relatives In
Ohio, when Mr.. Vandervoort will re.
sumo his old place as station agent
at the Mo. Pac. depot.
Fred Boehm, the cook at the Per.
sons, Kan, state asylum, spent sey.
eral days last week with his family
on his farm at Lone Oak. he then
left to accept q similar position at
the new State tuberculosis Santa
rum recently opened at Mt. Vernon,
Mo. He made The TINES q social
call and ordered his paper changed
to that place.
W.. b. Ewin has his mail changed
from Butler postoflce 10 route No. 8.
He purchased o farm In Chsrlotte
township and moved to same this
week. Billy prospected over con.
siderable territory, tried Indian Ter.
ritory, Oklahoma and Kansas, bu,
finally came back TO Bates and loca-
ted permanently and the county ID
the gainsr, and W are mighty glad
10 welcome such good citisens back
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-10-24

AoAo ~ "AaA w y Aooo
merchants Of Appleton City would
advertise like they do at Butler,
Windsor, Clinton and elsewhere, our
streets would be thronged with busy
buyers every pretty day during the
remainder Of the fall and early win
ter. People will trade where they
are invited and where they are made
TO believe that the greatest induce
ments are offered. The merchant in
this age Of the world who has not
learned the value Of advertising In
his business has sadly missed his
calling.-Appleton City Journal.
T. P. Crawford was In Butler the
last Of the week, and II was under.
stood was looking up q location.
About 9 or 10 years ago Mr.. Craw.
ford went to Sherman county, Kan,
where be has since resided, but bis
health is such that be was forced to
leave there, and he thinks Of return
ing to old Bates. Mr.. Crawford was
twice nominated for county treas.
urer on the Democratic ticket, but
says there are too many republicans
In that county, although be made
Q very creditable race each time.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-06
The Board of Edueation.

The court has upheld the board Of cdu-
cation and the superintendent of schools
IN their efforts to maintain discipline i'm
The schools OF Washington. All the talk
we have heard about the public school
system OF the District going to smash
has been set at naught. We are too much
i'm the habit Of crying out that systems
are bad just because one link in the chain
seems a little weaker than it ought to
be. and now, even that one weak link
seems strong enough TO pull the load we
have to carry.
The Washington schools are good
schools. We want them TO become bet
ter schools. We want them to be the best
i'm the land. Judged by his past record.
rather than from what he has accom-
plished here. We believe that DIR. Chan
cellor is a good and capable superin;end-
ent. and We know. from the character
Of the men who comprise il. that our
board OF education is as good as any
similar board in any city i'm the country.
The schools of the District must not
continue to be made a storm center.
The CardoZO case is not an altogether
oiN ollt. t4tl US nope Alistt ii VIII
quickly vanish from public view. with
other unpleasant things attached TO it,
The decision OF the court leaves no doubt
that there is power sufficient 10 run the
schools efficiently and well The average
pay of school-teachers is higher in the
District than it is anywhere else. We
ought 10 have the best schools in tho
country.
Congress is not going to pass any new
school law. The Smith bin, the Greene
bill. and other school bills that may bob
up will be put in pigeon holes. The pres
ent system will stand-stand until IL has
had a fair test, at any rate. This state
mcnt made by The Washington Herald
may be accepted as authoritative
1t is time for peace, and good, earnest
school work.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-06

OF ali the pesHly and pestiferous indi-
Viduals that roam this mundane sphere.
the iconoclast sometimes yclept the
knocker, Is the most aggravating. He
meauders about, seeking whom he may
devour, and from the reach OF his ham
mer even our most cherished idols seem
not exempt.
Just az this time that animated bundle
Of concentrated wisdom. Capt Richmond
Pearson HobseH. is giving TO the coun-
try great gobs of nerve-racking nfor-
NATION concerning the precarious state
Of the republic. MT H0bs0n has ran
sacked the entire historical lore OF the
land, and nowhere can he find evidence
that there ever before existed q crisis
that parallels the awful probabilities Of
the present He can sight a war cloud
upon the fairest summer day. and he
can smell the smoke Of battle long be
fore tine powder Us manufactured or the
bullets nodded
Just now the doughty little kingdom
Of Japan, the right little tight little
isle OF the Oriental seas. is troubling
the erstwhile more peaceful sleep Of the
Alabama warrior. Scarce passes 4. night
that the MikadO does not come forth
and camp upon the manly chest of Capt.
Hobson. Dragons, snortinE fire and brim-
stone. are the stun OF which his dreams
are made. For this proud and glorious
republic OF the West, the melancholy
captain sees nothing but utter annihila-
tion and ruin. Devastation and daspair
are the keynotcs of his tale OF woe. and
he plainly warns the country. out of the
frankness and depth of his SOUL that IN
less it be mp and doins. shifting right
and left. the Japs will be upon us be
fore we know il, and our national inde-
peudence DE promptly reduced to a
cipher.
And what does this output of thrill
win by way of reward from the country ?
Praise and thanks, as it should? Not at
all Here comes that chief Of iconoclasts.
the New Orleans States, and calls il
gable "GabbIe7" Gadzooks; and also
POUNDS, What are We coming to2 What's
the use having heroes. statesmen. and
and-thinss standing around. ready 10
save the country. if the country is TO
laugh at them and cry "gabble?" Why
should a legislative battle ship of the
Richmond Pearson Hobson type go 10
the trouble and annoyance of getting
himself elected TO Congress if he is to
be scoffed at and staggered about? Why
have war clouds at all If such states
men are not TO be allowed to pull the
strings without setting the galleries in
a roar?
For our part, we bail the captain as a
The Washington herald., 1907-02-06
ELECTION UNCONDITIONAL.
Bailey Made No Promises in order
TO Retain His Seat.
From the Houston Post.

From the Houston Post
Many OF the important newspapers OF
the North have printed the statement that
Senator Bailey was reelected on condition
that he would resign if the investigation
proved his guilt Of the charges which his
enemies have made against him. There
is not one word Of truth in the statement.
Senator Bailey's election was absolutely
unconditional 1t is true that he had
stated 10 his friends that ne would resign
in the event of an adverse verdict, but
that such a statement was made in order
20 secure votes IS untrue. It may be pos
sible that a few members voted for him
as a result Of the statement but that the
legislature exacted any promise Of him
is oUtra geOusly false. He would have
been elected had ne remained silent. so
sure were the majority that he was limo
cent Of wrongdoing. and so confident
were they Of his ultimate vindicatlon.
Senator Bailey's election was Just as
complete and just as final as that Of any
OF the many Senator's reelected on the
same day. and so far as the legislature
is concerned, there are no strings at
taChed 10 the election
Naturally, il the verde; of the investi-
cation should be against Senator Bailey.
resignation could be the only course open
TO him-resignation and an appeal to the
people. To accept an election 10 the Sen
ate with a verdict impesching his integ-
rity would be simply out Of the question.
II would Imply that Senator Bailey cared
only for the Office and nothing for his
reputation.
OF course, Senator Bailey's friends
that is TO say, those who believe in his
integrity-are a majority OF both branches
Of the legislature Most of those who de-
sired the election postponed until after
the investigation do not believe that he
has been guilty Of wrongdoing. They
were simply differing from the majority
on question of procedure. OF course.
he has his enemies who would be willing
90 see him defeated. regardless Of the
verdict of the investigation
1t is safe to say that when the investi-
CATION shall have been concluded. the
Senator's vindicatiOn viii be so complete
that only his bitter personal enemies in
the legislature will be willing to occupy
the attitude of still ciamoring for his
humiliation. So far as the country at
large is concerned, il may understand
now as later that Senator Bailey's re
election itself was q decisive expression
Of the will and confidence of the people
Of Texas, and that the investiga ton will
simply set forth in specific terms that
the charges against him have been duly
and exhaustively investigated and found
to be untrue
The Washington herald., 1907-02-06
sideIights on Shin suhsidr

From Boston comes the mournfuI an
|nouncement that three American steam
erS viii be withdrawn from the Oriental
trade on account of the competition of
japanese subsidized ships Before this
unhappy incident is magnihed into an
argument for ship subsidies il would be
well TO examine into the facts regarding
the withdrawal of the Boston-owned
steamers from the Oriental route and
their entrance into the coastwise trade
When the news was given out at Seattle
that these steamers would abandon the
.trans-Paciic route, it was accompanied
with the intimation that their owners
acted in the belief that Congress would
not pass the ship-subsiGy bin.
The real motive. however. was a purely
financial one-nameIy, that the steamers
could make more money in the coastwise
trade than by carrying goods TO the
Orient in competition with British and
Japanese steamers. This competition has
reduced freight rates from s. a ton to
500 and 81 ton, whereas the coastwise
rate is $3.50 a ton. As It took one Of the
American steamers sixty or seventy dqvs
Ito make the round trip to the Orient. and
they can make FIVE coastwise trims in the
same time. they can earn. 10 quote the
Portland Oregonian. from which these
facts are taken, $3.50 a ton in one-ffth the
time they have been using in earning 81
"A ton.
Commenting on the reduction Of freight
rates by reason Of japanese competition.
the Oregonian SAYS tnat il gives the
producer from 81 to $50 a ton more for
his shipments than he received before the
rates were cut; so that it is quite clear
that he viii not suffer by the retirement
of the American steamers" 1t would re-
quire, the Oregonian thinks. subsidy of
al least SO ton to induce the American
steamers to remain on the Oriental route
under these circumstances. II a subsidy
were given them sufficient TO enable them
to meet existing competition. it would
amount TO payment out of the pockets
.of the American people 10 shipowners
.of an equivalent Of the sum which now
goes 10 Western producers and shippers
by reason OF competition In other words
it would DE an artificial attempt to null
lily the operation of the laws of competi-
ton 50 far as they affect shipping. More