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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-20
Roosevelt Approves
Hanging of Soldier.

Washington, June 1T.-Announce-
ment was made at she war depart
ment OF the approval by President
Roos' velt OF the sentence Of William
Taylor, a private Of company NJ.
oath infantry, that be be hanged.
Imposing on the sentence President
Roosevelt made no comment THIS
will be the first hanging in the army
for many years In time OF peace
Taylor was tried and convicted OF
having shot First Lieutenant Robert
B. Calvert Of his company
Great interest was aroused here
as to how the sentence would be
carried out. The military guard aud
the officer In charge Of the prison
will execute Is.
During active hostllities in the
islands a number OF soldiers were
under sentence to be hanged, These
increased because OF the indisposi
tlon OF the military authorities TO
force the unpleasant duty on any
particular officer or squad OF men.
A story was told about one Of
these cases 80 she effect that a native
was hired to do the actual work u
sprlnging the trap, but shat h. ,ok
so many "bracers" he failed to show
up, and hnsty order OF postpone
ment was issued,
Under >t'ess Of the clrcu N 'sa lcAs
a mandatory order was Issued &c
Cap, Harry Hale, now major, a
West Point graduate and most
humane and cultured Off 'er, Tor the
hanging of all of them. Finding nc
way OF escape, he built several sets
OF gallows and had some wholesale
hangings. The gallows are still
standing
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-20
GA 7TS7IA.
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Saws Merchant is Bandit.

Galveston, Tex June 17.-Joseph
Bertmann, a respected merchant OF
Houston, was confronted by John
T Dlckey, who positively identified
him as one OF the robbers who held
up train and robbed the express
company OF about $4,000 eighteen
years ago. Dickey was the Wells.
Fargo express messenger on the
Fl ,uston and Texas Central line and
: - huldup took place the night OF
september "a, 1889, eight miles south
of Fort Worth Two men did the
work and for halt an hour the ex-
press messenger was face to face with
the man who robbed the safe while
his companion covered the engineer
and fireman.
Dickey made study Of the mans
features and voice and declared be
could recognize either among a
thousand men. He has not been In
South Texas for fifteen years and
upon entering Bertmann's store be
was astonished to be greeted by the
robber. Bertmann is said to have
offered to restore the amount stoler
II the case be dropped.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-20
Beaten to Death BY Robbers.

New York. June 17-August
Meyer, q well.to-do shoe dealer OF
Brooklyn, was so severely beaten by
highwaymen that he died several
hours later in a hospital. One ofthe
alleged assailants, Nicholas Fenni-
more, a youth Of 20 years, Is under
arrest charged with homicide. Two
others escaped.
Meyer was on bis way to bis home
In Brooklyn when he was set upon by
the three men. He fought hard, but
the assailants were too much for him,
and he was terribly beaten before his
cries for help brought a policeman to
his assistance. Then the sssailants
fed. Fennimore was arrested as he
was running away from the scene OF
the hold-up and was charged with
being one OF the assailants.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-20
WEALTH UNDER
MEATH WATER.
Logs Belong to Farmers and Not
to lumbermen.

Marqu, tie, Mich, June 17.-With
the beds tf many Michigan streams
veritable gold mines In their wealth
OF sunken logs, little Is being done at
present In the way OF recovering this
"deadhesd" timber and putting itin
TO commercial use. This Is due to
court decisions, which have held that
the sunken logs belong TO the owners
OF the river banks and not to the
lumbermen who lost the timber rs it
was being driven down the streams
to the mills years ago.
A number OF companies have been
organized to conduct submarine log
cling operations, but as 1t is neces.
sary now to come to some agreement
with farmers and other possessors Of
riparian rights, the plans OF the
promoters have been dersnged. How
! ever, with pine lumber 100 per cent
higher than c de ago, there Is be-
lieved to be much money in the re-
covery OF these lsadheads.
Ii Is estimate hat there are fully
10O,000,000 I Of timber on the
bottom Of Saginaw river and its trib-
utries alone, For twenty-five years
these streams carried big drives Of
logs each spring There are large
quantities OF sunken logs In the Mus
kegon, Rife, Au Sable and Au Ores
rivers, which Is would undoubtedly
pay we'll to recover, and the same is
true OF the Menominee and Its tribu.
tsries In the upper peninsula; In fact,
there is hardly q stream In which
timber has been driven that does not
possess O wealth In pine.
1t long has been the custom in
making deals in Canada that the
price shall not include logs that have
sunken below the surface OF rivers or
lakes. The rocery of such timber has
been one OF the inaliensble privileges
OF the Indians living along those wa
ters and for years they have been
paid the fixed price OF 81 apiece for
each log found. How valuable this
timber Is may be gathered from the
statement made by an American
lumberman that by neglecting to In
sert such privilege In a contract en-
tered into with a Canadian concern
his company has lost about $4,000
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-20
Robbed a Woman Of S61, 1000

San Antonio, Tex, June IL
Charged with assaulting and robbing
Mrs. Sallie Gibbons, OF Columbia, s.
c., of $61, 900, Rufus Williams con.
fessed the crime In the county jail.
He was caught on an eastbound
Southern Pacific train on his way to
New Orleans. Mrs. Gibbons and vii.
liams arrived In the city from the
east, the former coming for the pur.
pose OF investing In Texas lands
She had fiity.one 81, 900 bills and the
remainder In gold coin. Williamt
obtained q vehicle from q local livery
and suggested q driveinto the woods.
Mrs. Gibbons was struck on the head
and an attempt made to drown her
Williams said he took the money
and fed back to this city.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-20
What Is Democracy?

In view Of she fact that the demo.
Gratis are twitted by the high protec.
tionists about there being many
kinds OF alleged Jeffersonisn fIllow-
ers, 1t is not smiss to publish for the
enlightenment Of the republicans and
for the benefit OF the young men OF
the country just what democracy is
as IL was pronounced by Jefferson
during his lifetime.
At this time when 80 many and
such persistent assaults are being
made upon the constitution, the
rights OF the states, the perogatives
Of the judiciary and the seli-respect OF
conscientious office-holders, q careful
reading OF the sixteen tenets OF the
party would help every citizen OF the
country who has regard for organic
law or who desires Information as to
what democracy teaches and believes
and what II will never surrender,
compromise ar disclaim:
l. The people, the only source Of
legitimate power.
2. The absolute and lasting sew.
erance OF church and state.
8. The freedom, sovereignty and
independence OF the respective states
4. The union; a coniederacy, a
compact; neither consolidation mol
GENERALIZATION.
5. The constitution of the union
a special written grant OF power
limited and definite.
6. The civil power paramount &c
the military power.
7. The representative to obey the
instructions OF his constituents.
! 8 Elections free and suffrage uni
versal.
8. No heredity Of office, nor order
nor title.
10. No national debt. If possible.
IL No costly splendor of admin
istration.
II. No prescription OF opinion
nor Of public discussion.
ID No unnecessary interference
with individual conduct, property Oh
speech.
IA No public moneys expended
except by warrant or special appro
priations.
Is. No mysteries Of government
inaccessible to the public eye.
16. Public compensation for pub
Lie service; salaries moderate andp per
vading economy Kansas City Post
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-20
No Light on MILDLY Accident.

Norfolk, Va, June II Mystery
still surrounds the loss Of the launch
from the battle ship Minnesota with
six midshipmen and five seamen.
United States secret service agents
are at work at the Hampton Roads
posts seeking information regarding
vessels that could have run down the
LAUGH. The report that of the Navy
department Is in possession OF the
name OF a boat, which 1t Is certain
ran down the launch, and that the
captain and crew OF the vessel will be
arrested as soon as the vessel touches
at the port whence 1t is bound, yet
lacks confirmation and the thorough
investigation made here for possible
clews discounts the accuracy OF the
report.
Colonel CAST and several other ex-
perts In marine matters expressed
their brief that the launch was not In
collision, but probably was overturn.
ed by a wave or by striking shosl.
Colonel OAst said that all the excur.
sion steamers from this port had
come In from the Roads long before
the launch left the exposition grounds
and therefore none OF them could
have collided wish the launch.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-20
Rich Indian Girls Play Ball.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.


Sapulpa, l. T.-Superintendent L.
C. CARRIER, of she Euehee Indian
boarding school, situated half mile
from this place, has issued a ehsl-
lenge TO all basket ball teams In she
United States TO play his full. blood
Indian girl team Tor championship
honors. This team is composed OF
Euchee Indian girls under 20 years OF
age and has never been defeated.
Superintendent CARRIER, their man.
ager, expects to arrange matches In
the east during the autumn.
The eight girls who hope to win
championship honors against crack
teams are all very wealthy In their
own light, Five Of them own lands
situate ! directly In the famous Glenn
oil field, Their comblued wealth is
estimated at 8 million dollars. Miss
Leila Bigpond received $50, 900
bonus Tor lease on her allotment
and her annual royalties from oil
produced on the land is said to be
we'll toward the 100000 mark. She
Is believed to be the richest Indian
amman in tho wnrlI
When asked why they had decided
TO appear as professional basket ball
players this young Indian maiden
replied: "White ladies cannot hope
to compete with Indian girls in this
game. We are fitted for just such
work by reason Of our outdoor lie
and natural love for outdoor sports,
while white ladies are mere hothouse
plants and unacquainted with she
game OF basket ball.
"We are eager for the chance to
show eastern people what we can dc
at the game, and you may say that
our position will be fully maintained
from start to finish.
"No. we are not playing for money
II will be aim to teach the ladies o
this country how to enjoy outdoor
exercise by playing the greatest o
games-basket ball"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-20
Old, But Readable.

An Oklahoma editor gives out the
following valuable Information:
"Some Of you iellowe who never
had million dollars like we editors,
do not know OF what the big pile
consists. We will put you on. When
you have q million dollar-bills and
pile them up on top Of one another,
and you want to take off the top
one, you will have to reach 276 ieet.
II you lay them down end to end,
you will have to walk 221 miles. II
you had the amount In silver dollars
the pile would be IL miles,
and 90 on. We know, because W
tried Il the other night, but the bed
broke down and We woke up"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-20
HOWARD GOULD WILL FIGHT.
Will Resist Payment Of $780,
600 AIimony--may Start
C0unter-suit

New York, June II Howard
Gould is considering the advisability
OF starting countersuit for sepsra-
ton against his wife. Such an &C.
ton, he thinks, would lessen the
finances OF Mrs. Gould's obtaining a
court decree f)r alimony OF $250,OO0
year.
Mr.. Gould said, through one OF bis
friends, that he would be perfectly
willing to set aside a sufficient sum
for the support OF his wife, but that
be certainly would not entertain a
demand for a quarter OF million
dollars year.
Not only Is such sum ridiculously
large, said Mr.. Gould's friend, but
Mr. Gould thinks, owing to the con-
duct OF Mrs. Gould during the last
three years they lived at Castle
Gould, she has no valid claim for
such a sum. 1t ia likely that Mr..
Gould would be willing to give his
wife 100000 a year alimony, al
though he has never said 30 directly.
feel sure that Mr.. Gould would cor'
sent to a settlement OF the suit on
that basis. But II the other side con-
tinues to push Its case and demands
the quarter OF u million year, Mr.
Gould, will in all probability, enter a
counter suit, alleging his wlie's tenn
peris such that life with her isimpos'
sible; that her actions constantly
bumilisted him and that she is inor
dinately extravagant.
Certainly Mr.. Gould is not going
to sit quietly under her accusations
against his character. He no longer
loves her and he knows that she nc
longer loves him There is nothing
left but the wish not to be "done
Before the case is through there vii
be revelations far greater than al
ready have been made"
Briefs of the argument between
Delaney Nicoll, attorney for How
ard Gould, and Clarence j. Sham
counsel for Mrs. Gould, were submit
ted to Supreme Court Justice Mccall
and q decision Is looked for IN a few
days. This argument took plac'
last week and was on q motion b,
Mr.. Nicoll to strike out three allega
tions from Mrs. Gould's bill OF com
plant.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-20
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Shot Himself at a Telephone.

Cleveland, June 17.-Howard F.
Weissman, ticket and freight agent
OF the East Ohio Traction company
at Chagrin Falls, shot himself at the
Colonial hotel and Is dying at Huron
Road hospital.
The general manager of the com.
pany had called him by telephone
and informed him that q shortage
had been found In his accounts. In
the middle Of the conversation Weiss.
man pulled out his revolver andshot
himself in the head. The shot could
be heard at the other end Of the tele'
phone line, as Weissman dropped the
receiver ana fred the bullet.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-20
Sour
Stomach

No appetite, loss OF strength. nervous
ness headache. constipation, bad breath.
general debility. sour risings. and catarrn
Of the stomach are all due to indlgestioh
KoSoi relieves Indigestion. This new dlscov-
cry represents tho natural juices Of diges
ton as they exist In a healthy stomach
combined with the greatest known tonic
and reconstrucrve properties. Kodol Tex
dyspepsia does not only relieve indigestion
and dyspepsia, but this famous remedy
helps all stomach troubles BY cleansing.
purifying. sweetoning and strengthening
the mucous membranes lining the stomach.
Mr.. S. s. Ban Of Rsvsnsvood. W. Va, sayss-
e" was troubled With sour stomach for twenty year4
Kodol cured me and We He now using 10 miA
for baby"
Kodol Digests What You Eat
Bottles only. Relieves Indigestion. sour stomach
belehing Of Gas, etc.
Prepared By e. O. DEWITT 4 Co., oH'oAoo.
Clsy's drug store north side square,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-20
More Floods in Kentucky.

Lexington, Ky, June.-The third
cloudburst within q week passed
over Central and Eastern Kentucky
doing great damage to crops, farm
lands and low lands along the rivers.
In Clark, Montgomery, Bourbon,
Bath, Fleming, Scott, Nicholas, Lee,
Wolfe, Rowan, Carter, Boyd and
other counties corn, tobacco and
wheat lands we're washed out. In
many sections crops are practically
ruined. The Kentucky, Big Sandy,
Red, Cumberland and Licking rivers
are rising rapidly. Several towns
along the Licking river are threaten
cd with inundation. All the rivers
In the mountains are filed with logs,
thousands Of which will be lost.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-20

There Is no case Of indigestion, no
matter how obstinate, that will not
b speedily relieved BY the use Of
Kodol. Kodol contains the same
juices found In q healthy stomach.
Conforms to the Pure Food and
Drugs Law. Sold BY Clay's drug
soDre..
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-20
CA To7EA.
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A Fatal Shock in Chile.

Santiago, Chile, June.-A severe
earthquake was experienced at Val
viva. Several buildings and the
railroad bridges there were destroy.
ed and Eve persons were killed.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-20

All stomach troubles are quickly
relieved by taking a little Kodol al
ter each meal Kodol goes directly
to the seat OF trouble, strengthens
the digestive organs, digests what
you eat. Sold by Clsy's drug store.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-20

For scratches, burns, cuts, insect
bites and the many little hurts com.
mon to every family, use DeWitt's
Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve. Sold
by Clay's drug store.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19
SHAPED LIKE AN UMBRELLA.
Pincushion Made Of Old Pieces Of Silks
and Velvet.

A pretty, and at the same time dur
able pfncushion, may be made In the
form of an umbrella. 1t will, per-
haps. meet the needs of those who,
when renewing their toilet table ac-
cessories, want to use up old pieces
of silk and velvet. It's shape makes it
particularly suitable for hanging upon
the mirror frame. To construct, OBJ
tain first of all a wooden stick (such
as a pen holder), upon the end of
which fix with pin glass or colored
bead, and stick this through the GEN.
tetr OF circular pincushion. Then
cut out 16 triangular pieces of card
board to form the folds of the UNI
brella, and cover each one on both
sides with silk, velvet or any conven-
lent material. Then sew them togeth-
er as in the diagram, taking care to
keep the ends as close together as
possible, and bind them firmly round
the stick with band of narrow rib
bon to form the ferrule. Attach the
umbrella to the cushion firmly with
glue or strong thread, and finish each
point with fancy pin of some kind.
The alternate folds might be of con-
trasting shades; but 1t would look
better to keep to one color for the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19
SOME APPROPRIATE AND HAIR
MoNIous ACCESSORIES.
Hostesses Now Devote as Much Atten-
ton to This Feature as to the
Menu-Recent Ideas That
Have Met With Favor.

Every host and hostess realizes the
Importance OF appropriate and har-
monious table accessories, which to-
day occupy quite as much attention
as the luncheon or dinner menu itself.
Indeed. these festive details go far in
imparting character and beauty to the
whole, charming the eye as well as
squirting the palate.
A branched electrolier may be very
effectively employed as center piece
for the dinner table. Bank the base
with little pots of asparagus or maid
en- hair fern, putting them on inverted
bowls or broad fiat dishes. At the
base. to prevent the pots from show
ing, lay strip about six or eight
inches wide of green crepe paper.
Arrange the pots so that they will
partly overshadow the green paper.
Choose yellow and white chrysan-
themums of good size, entwining these
around the electrolier and placing
here and there among the green's,
finally encfrclfng around the green
paper, leaving on their own foliage.
, For an entree or an ice a chrysan-
thcmum case would be an excellent
choice. II you are clever in fashion
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19
A School of Zoology,
LOUISIANA.

DR.. Gustav Loisel, who is professor
Of zoology in the Sorbonne, is making
persistent efforts to have the mena-
gerie in the Jardi In des Plantes adapt
ed to the needs Of experimental sci
ence. He would have it so transformed
as to become a school of geological re-
search without at the same time ceas-
ing to be place of entertainment for
the people. Such a plan has been
partly carried out in Bronx park, 50
says the New York Post, 80 that GER
tain fauna are permitted to live and
breed almost as If they were In 'the
wild" The experimental stations in
this country where marine animals
and plants may be studied have proved
OF the highest value to science; and
the laboratory in connection with the
Naples aquarium has long been ia
vorite resort for naturalists. Two of
DR.. LodseIs suggestions are not likely
to meet with popular approval. One is
to do away altogether with the monkey
house. which he says is infected with
tuberculosis, and the other is to dimin-
ish the number of the more formidable
wild animals b make room for beasts
whose habits may be more convent
entity studied. But In general there is
no good reason why the geological col
lections of the world should not be
adapted to the needs of students of ma
tWal history who should have advan-
tages analogous to those already en-
joyed by workers i'm botany and in the
tine arts.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19
Pastel coIorinaa Ponular

Pastel colorings still hold the fort
where frocks of formal intent are con.
cerned. Especially is this so when
one comes to consider the tailor.made
The palest of pale blues, soft safYron
shades of yellow, a tender willow or
almond green and a blush mink com.
prise the seasons favorites in these
and broadcloth is far and awav the
first choice. Velvet, MORE and hand.
some braids that match exactly arc
the favored trimmings, and where a
touch of fur is introduced, as II an
often will be this year. a scrap or two
of real lace is expected to accom-
pany 1t. The combination OF fur ana
lace In the trimming scheme ia ono
that is always well liked. since II gives
an air Of luxurious extravagance AZ q
comparatively small cost-one aIwav.
has such little scraps in the catch.
all bag. and one is given to saving
such things-that can be pulled ont
and made to do duty time and again
and always with delightful resu,tg.