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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-05-30
DRANK TEN HIGHBALLS
y AND THEN DROPPED DEAD.
BockwilI From the West Refus-
ed to Take Dare, Even
When Whisky Was
Bad.

New Haven, Conn.,, May 27,-John
Bockwill, aged 81, a strapping dare
devil sort OF q chap, who came from
the west and has been surprising
folksin the little village Of Union City
by his many reckless ieats, met death
as a result OF refusing to take
''dare"
Bockwill boosted OF bis capacity
for strong drink and some one In
Union City wagered him he could not
drink 10 glasses Of whiskey, known
as "high balls" and sold In a WE'LL
known groggery at Union { ity at 10
cents a drink. Rockwell declared he
would not only do the stunt, but
would wash the whiskey down with
the biggest glass OF ale he could get.
The 10 glasses we're filed, each one
to the brim with the fiery liquid
which is known to the local topers as
the kind that "burns all the way
down." All we're set in q row on the
bar and with reckless "Here goes, P"
Backwill began drinking. He did
not stop until he had drained the
dregs OF the last glass, and then call
ing for ian ale" he dashed 1t off.
Then be staggered and foil to the
floor. 1t was thought he was only
intoxicated and laughingly the wit
nesses OF his feat removed him to his
\home and tossed him on his bed.
They found him dead and physi-
clan said death WAS caused by acute
alcoholism.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-05-30

The Missouri Pacific Time Table at
Butler Station.
CORRECTED TINE TABLE.
SOUTH BOUND.
20 200 Joplin h Southwest mail h Ex b:22 m
No 2O7K.C & Joplin mail 4 Express ~ :S5 p IN
&c. 2O5 &c & Joplin mail h Express 1928 p IN
No. 29l Local freight ll:i6am
NORTH BOUND.
No. 9O6 Kansas City and st. Louis Ex. 6:42 m
No. 2O4 Kansas City mail and Express lao pm
No. 2l0 Kansas City limited mail 1925 p m
LOCAL FREIGHT
No. 292 Local Freight 1855 m
No. 252 Kansas City stock s:S5 p m
INTERSTATE DIVISION.
WRIST BOUND.
10. 2l Local freight and Pas mixed s;OOsm
EAST ROUND.
30. 242 Local freight and Pas mixed ar 8 100 pm
+. c. VANDERvoRT, Agent
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-05-30

DeWItt's Little Early Riser, famous
i.tle pills sold by Clsy'S drug store.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-04
Prison Horror.

Santa Fe, N. M.--Jap l.. Clarke CT
Torrance, under indictment for The
killing of another cowboy. was the
principal witness when the peniten-
tiary Investigation was resumed here.
Clarke had been at the penitentiary
Tor safe keeping. and he gave sensa-
tionaly Testimony as to what he wit
messed and experienced while there
He declared that prisoners were fire.
quertly kept for days in dark cells in
solitary confinement and given food
that was rotten. Convict Claude
Doane. the witness said had been KEEP.
in solitary confinement and given so
little to eat for days that he was I'M
able to walk unsupported when taken
out
Clarke caused sh,idder among the
spectators. attorneys and witnesses
when he told how negro convict
named Toney, who had tainted, was
dubbed to revive him after water had
failed to do so.
Clarke said he weighed 1877 pounds
when taken to the penitentiary and
1852 when released.
He said that the food was served
to the prisoners two and three times
over, being sent back to them after it
had become stale and rotten.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-04
Injury from Mosquitoes;

New Jersey has many places ideal
In situation and accessibility, and one
such place developed rapidly to GER
tain point and there it stood, halted
by the mosquitoes that bred in the
surrounding marsh lands. Country
club, golf, tennis and other attrac-
tons ceased to attract when attention
was necessarily focused on the biting
Or singing pests that intruded every
where, and the tendency was to sell
out. But the owners were not ready
to quit without fight, and an i'm
provement society was formed which
consulted with my office and followed
my advice. In one year the bulk OF
the breeding area was drained. mos
quitoes have since been absent al
most entirely; one gentleman, not q
large owner, either. told me his prop
erty had increased $4,000 in value,
and new settlers began to come in.
This year one of the worst breeding
areas OF the olden day was used as
a camping gorund, and 100 new resi-
dences are planned for next year
Prof. John B. Smith, in the Popular
Science Monthly.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-04
THE REoReANIzEp NEW YORK
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

The new Board of Trustees of the
New York Life Insurance Company.
chosen by the policyholders under the
Armstrong laws, has taken charge of
the company's affairs and has begun
the work Of reorganization.
In choosing the principal officers CT
the company. the Board has adhered
to the idea that life insurance com.
pany should be managed by life in
surance men. The new president Is
Darwin P. Kingsley. college bred
man of good New England stock. who
has been in the company's service in a
variety of capacities for a period of
nearly twenty years. In the pariance
of life insurance, he began with the
rate book" and has advanced step by
step up to his present position.
The first vice president of the COM
pany is Thomas A. Buckner, who has
served the company for more than
quarter of century,-indeed has
never had any other business connec-
ton.
Associated with these men are
others long trained in the company's
service. each an expert in his own de-
partment of work. VIM. E. Ingersoll,
who has for many years had charge
Of the company's great business in
Europe, is one of the second vice pres
dents, and will continue at the head
Of the company's office in Paris.
Rufus w. Weeks, who has been in
the company's service for nearly forty
years, ranks next to Mr.. Buckner as
vice president, and continuous as chief
lctuary Of the company.
The policyholders have expressed
their belief in this company in no I'M
surance within the last two years has
resulted in great deal of misunder-
Itanding and policyholders. alarmed on
matters which were not very clear to
them, have been disposed to give up
their contracts at heavy sacrifice.
This has not been true in the New York
Life to any great extent. The COM
pany had $4,000. 100000 insurance on
Its books when the life insurance in
vestigation began. and while the laws
of the State of New York now do not
permit any company to write over
$3.50, 100000 year (Which is about
pne-half the New York Life formerly
did, the company's outstanding bust
ness still exceeds $4,000, 100000.
Policyholders generally will be still
further treasured by this action of the
Board, as it places at the head of the
company to protect their interests men
Of thorough training and unexception-
able character.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-04
One Killed; Others Injured.

Cripple Creek.-The morning Short
Line combination freight and express
train from Cripple Creek to Colorado
Springs was wrecked near Cameron.
and Engineer Ernest Steele was killed
and Wells Fargo Messenger c. c..
Baldwin badly injured. The accident
occurred at Post No. &c. twelve miles
east of Cripple Creek and three miles
from Cameron.
The cause of the accident is not
known. The train was rounding a
slight curve. when the engine sud-
denly left the rails. 1t rolled down a
fifteen foot embankment, carrying
the express and one freight car with
II. The locomotive rolled over three
times and landed in the ditch bottom
side up. Steele was caught in the
cab and crushed to death, while the
express messenger was jammed in one
end of his car. Fireman Lem Butler
leaped through the cab window when
the engine left the track and escaped
with several slight cuts and bruises.
The chief dispatcher of the road
cannot account for the accident. 1t is
thought an investigation will show
that a wheel flange broke. as the road
bed has only recently been repaired.
me BODY OF steele was removed 10
Thompson's undertaking parlors and
Baldwin was brought to the hospital
here. He is being attended by DR..
Morris, who says that. while his inju-
ries are serious, he is unable to de-
termine the exact extent of the
wounds.
According to Fireman Butler. the
train had slowed down for the siding.
which was but short distance away.
and was travelling at rate of eight
miles an hour This probably accounts
for the fact that the entire train was
not pulled into the ditch and further
damage done. Conductor Hull and
the two brakemen who were on the
rear of the train were not hurt.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-04
Kaiser a. Art Critic.

Kaiser William adds TO his many
other accomplishments skill as an
artist and art critic. In book just
published in Berlin, Prof Seidel,
curator Of art in the royal palaces,
praises the sovereign's activity in
Church architecture, forestry, land
scape gardening, genre painting, stage
decoration and the applied arts" If
he indeed is proficient in all those
branches, it can readily be understood
that he has no time. even If he had
the inclination, to disturb the peace of
Europe. AS a critic, his taste Is
catholic, although at times he is severe
in his judgments. While he has no
prejudice against impressionists, he
hates still life and uninteresting SUBJ
5ects which lack movement" His
opinions are given at random. some
times in the form of marginal notes.
When some South German amateurs
undertook to decide what kind OF
monument should be erected for Wag-
ner in Berlin, the kaiser signified his
displeasure by writing nonsense at
the end of >ne of the articles. Not
even a Winckelmann could have e1-
pressed an aesthetic opinion more con-
cisely and forcibly.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-04
LITTLE CAUSE FOR WORRY.
More Or Less Glittsring Bait Held Out
to Cow Punchers.

Over in the Salmon river meadows
country. in Idaho. ranged a wild and
woolly bunch Of lons-haired COW
punchers. whose knowledge of the
world was confined mainly to trips
after cattle into surrounding counties.
Into this reckless but verdant com.
munity there came the smooth
tongued representative Of wild
west show. who hired several riders
at high salary to do hair-raising
act. the chief feature being that they
should appear to be thrown from their
horses and dragged by the foot.
After they had practiced in a corral
for a while one of them loosened
himself and rising from the dirt, dis
heveled and dazed. inquired:
Say, mister. amt this ruther dan
gerous? We might git killed"
That's all right" chirped the
shows representative cheerfully.
your salary will 60 on Just the
same."-Lippincott's Magazine.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-04
Death Yawned Below.

Boulder, Colo.-Crossing 600-foot
chasm on a three-eighths-inch wire
$50 feet above the ground. Ivy Bald
win suddenly became temporarily
blind from the strain on his nerves,
tottered and almost fell. While the
hundreds of spectators expected to
see him fall to instant death, he re
covered himself, and, guided by the
encouraging cries of his assistants at
the end of the wire. he finished the
perilous journey il safety
Baldwin's walk was the highest ever
made on a tight rope. He walked
across the entrance to South Boulder
canon at Eldorado Springs. and it took
him just six and a half minutes TO
accomplish the journey. He had no
net or apparatus under him to avert
a fall, which would have meant death
before he touched the ground.
Twice while crossing. Baldwin
stopped. Sudden puffs of wind
swayed the rope, and he was COM
PEELED to halt to regain his balance.
Several assistants stood at the end
Of the wire and encouraged him by
their cries.
Baldwin used ordinary cloth shoes.
with rosin soles. The wire was held
taut by thirty-two guy ropes, and he
balanced himself with twenty-six
foot pole weighing ten pounds, on each
end Of which was a one-pound brass
mob. One thousand five hundred peo-
pie witnessed the feat. all of which
except the last part appeared to be
executed with remarkable ease
After descending from the cliff at
the end of the rope, Baldwin lighted
a cigasStte. afterward plunging into
the pool without the slightest appear
ance of nervousness. This is not his
only remarkable performance, as in
1885 he walked nearly GOO feet at a
sixty-foot height from the Cliff House
to the Seal rocks at San Francisco.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-04
Good. II True.

Has a cure for cancer actually been
found? II so, fear of one of the most
dreaded enemies of mankind will be
greatly diminished. Discussion has
been aroused in Europe y.the appear
ance in Berlin medical journal of
high order of an article testfying to
the merits of recently tested remedy,
and in which this is said: "One Of the
foremost authorities on cancer In the
world, Prof. Won Legion, has expressed
opinions which do not appear to err
on the side of optimism when the
work of Prof. Morton of New York
and other students OF cancer is con
sidered." The article goes on to speci-
fly what has been shown by various
experiments to prove the effectiveness
of the remedy in destroying cancer
germs. and concludes with the declara-
ton that what has been learned is
Sufficient to excite hopes of the great
est results in the minds of all study
ing the problem OF cancer" OF course
1t would be unwise to be over-san-
gu,ne, even in the face Of testimony
such as this But, remarks Troy Times,
the facts go to show what progress
tho medical world is making in get
ting control of ailments once thought
beyond cure.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-04
Viewing The South Pole.

Boston, Mass.-Percival Lowell, d.
rector of the great observatory at
Flagstaff, Arizona, has detailed some
of the results of his observations OF
Mars made this month.
This year there has been opportun-
ity to view the south pole of that
planet and in SO doing some confirma-
ton has been secured of what was
seen. fourteen years ago when that
part of Mars was last under view.i As
with the earth, the snow cap OF the
south pole is much larger than that
of the north pole, and the melting of
this has now been seen under excel
lent conditions. Mr. Lowell has been
able to view particularly well the phe
nomena of the melting of the southern
polar cap.
The cap at first observation was
enormous in extent, covering an arc
on the planets surface of more than
100 degrees. At the second preser.a
ton this cap had diminished greatly,
and at its base were certain appear.
ances that seem to bear out Mr.. Low
ellis idea of vegetation. The first pre-.
sentation of a large area adjoining the
polar cap showed this to be a dark
bank lying between the SHOWS and the
continental areas.
1t was curious appearance at first,
because these intermediate areas were
supposed to be light ones and had
been already defined and given names
as seas and islands,
At the second presentation of this
region, the dark color had diminished
and there were symptoms of dark
lines, separating lighter spots. AS the
same area came in rotation for the
third time to the observer at the tele-
scope, the light islands were distinct
as they had been noted in chartings
of Mars. and they were divided as
they should be by darker lines.
A second important observation has
been the connection of certain of the
known canals with bays which
formed along the polar cap as it
| melted. There was for while no
such connection TO be seen and it
might have been assumed that the ca
mails observed were not connected
with the south at all, but rather with
the north pole. across the equator, but
here at last was the evidence of an
actual physical connection with the
pole which was at the time in a melt.
ing condition. This phenomenon, al
though before observed in the north,
has been seen for the first time at the
time at the southern pole.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-04
Three Hanged Same Instant.

Jefferson City, Mo.-Harry Vaughan,
Edward Raymond and George Ryan
were hanged simultaneously in the
county Jail here for the killing OF
Prison Guard John Clay during con-
certed attempt to escape from the pen
itentiary in November, 1905.
The trio were hanged at the same
moment.
Sheriff Scott sprung the trap and
| five minutes later all three were pro-
nounced dead. No statement was
made from the scaffold.
The execution of Convicts Harry
Vaughan, George Ryan and Edward
Raymond is the termination of a des-
perate attempt they made on the af-
ternoon Of November "a, 1905, to es-
cape from the penitentiary. During
the outbreak Prison Guards John Clay
and E. Ellison and Convict E. Blake
were shot dead.
After two trials the trio was con-
victed of the murder of Guard Clay
and sentenced to be hanged. A verdict
of conviction was rendered in the first
trial, but was reversed by the Supreme
Court and new trial ordered.
Vaughan was admittedly the leader
of the outbreak by which the three and
Convict Edmond Blake endeaVored to
gain freedom Each was secretly
armed with revolver and they had
secured dynamite.
When favorable opportunity pre-
scented the four walked into the Office
of Deputy Warden See and Vaughan,
with drawn revolver, commanded him
to throw up his hands The deputy
warden hesitated and Blake fired a
shot that injured Vaughan's hand and
seriously wounded See. Deputy War
den See and two farmers who were
visiting in his office were marched
quickly to the prison entrance.
At this moment Guard Clay swung
the inside gate open to admit team.
He was shot down and the four con-
victs rushed into the enclosure to the
outside gate. This they quickly blew
open with dynamite and ran through
the opening. A running fusillade en-.
sued between the escaping convicts
and prison guards. and Convict Blake
and Guard Allison were killed. After
hard chase through the city Vaughan,
Raymond and Ryan were captured.
The four convicts were serving sem
fences for robbery when the prison
outbreak occurred.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-04
CONVENTION BEARS FRUIT.
Secretary Garfield Visits Grand juno
ton and Starts Ball.

Grand Junction. Colo.-One of tho
results of the visit of Secre.
rotary of the Interior Garfield
to Colorado will be the build.
ing by the United States reclamation
service of the great High Line ditch,
at a cost of between 100000 and
100000. The building of this ditch
means the reclamation of 10000
acres of land, which will be made
highly productive agriculturally and
horticulturally and provide homes and
sustenance for at least 10000 people.
Work upon this vast and important
national irrigation project will prob
ably begin within the next twelve
months. The proposed ditch will ex-
tend to cross the Utah line, and all
land that will be watered by 1t is trib-
tutary to Grand Junction.
State Senator d. T. Long of Mesa
county, who was a delegate to the re-
cent land convention at Denver, is re-
sponsible for the announcement. 1t
was he who induced Secretary Gar
field to change his itinerary and stop
over at Grand Junction long enough
for himself and party to go over the
line of the proposed ditch and inspect
the land that would be reclaimed by it.
Secretary Garfield explained to the
local committee that the principal diff
ticulty was one of finance, as there
was not now in the reclamation fund
available for expenditure in Colorado.
enough money to undertake this prop
osition and carry 1t along for ten
years. This was met by the PROPOSE
ton that Grand Junction would help
the government in the matter. The
tentative proposition now under con
sideration is that the government
shall begin the work and carry 1t
through. while Grand Junction CAPT
talists shall arrange a plan by which
the installments remaining due from
settlers after three years shall be
funded and the government paid up in
full.
The ditch, as planned will take
water from the Grand river above Pal
isade, will swing along the base of the
hills north of Grand Junction, extend
ing across the Colorado line.
1t is estimated that the canal, lat
erals, headgate, bridge across the
river and other improvements will
cost somewhere between 100000
and 100000. The land reclaimed
will accommodate population of not
less than 10000 people and carrying
through the project will treble the
population of Grand Junction within
three years.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-04
THE NEW ERA
High-spesd Steel.

"Bigness in everything is become SO
characteristic of the material tht.gs
that go to make up modern civiEHa-
ton that only undertakings of tremen.
doMs magnitude attract more tran
passing notice. Thus writes o. M.
Becker in the Technical World Maya
zine. Thirty story buildings, three
mile dams, and Panama canals alone
are able to hold the public eye long
enough to be even seven-days' won
der. Next week 1t is an old story and
not at all wonderful. The great engi-
neering feats which appeal so strongly
to the eye undoubtedly have an i'm
portant part in the remarkable indus
trial and commercial development now
writing itself in such bold letters into
the history of civilization. There are,
however, other agencies at work in
this development, some OF them surely
destined to bring about great changes
in methods and efficiencies now re-
garded as superlative. and one OF these
agencies, yet quite unknown to the
general public, but nevertheless al
ready exerting powerful influence
upon industrial eficiencies. has made
. place for itself in the modern ma
chine shop. The essential function Of
the machine shop is to fit accurately
the various metal parts which are to
be assembled into other machinery of
1T. l.,
orally done by cutting or pairing away
any excess and unevenness OF metal
left in the casing or forging. This sort
of cutting obviously is something
very different from that seen in the
wood shop, for example. Special tools
and machines, the former strong and
hard enough and the latter rigid and
powerful enough, are necessary to re-
move the excess of material from
steel, iron, or other resistent metals.
Ordinary cutting edges, as they are
commonly understood. would not do q /
all. An account of the processes by
which high-speed steel has been per-
tected and the uses to which 1t is put.
forms subject matter in an exceeding
ly interesting article of some length,
amply illustrated.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-04

A Cleveland scientist announces,
with the air of making great discov-
cry. that there is an advantage In be-
ing tall because the tall mans head is
higher above the germs Of the street.
This is neither a new nor an original
idea, says Indianapolis Star. Long
ago when "fever'n ager'' was prevalent
in the valley of the classic Wabash
the extreme tallness of the natives Of
the region was accounted for as being
. provision OF nature to lift their
breathing apparatus safely above thc
miasmatic smanations Of tho ssly
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-04
Home, Sweet Homo.

The wife of naval officer attached
to the academy at Annapolis has in
her employ an Irish servant, who re-
Gently gave evidence of nostalgia.
you ought to be contented and
not pine for your old home, Bridget"
said the lady of the house. You are
earning good wages, your work is
light. everyone is kind to you, and
you have lots Of friends here"
"Yis, num-" sadly replied Bridget;
but it's not the place where be that
makes me SO homesick; 1t is the
place where l don't be-"
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-04

One day Marjorie, aged three, want.
ed to play doctor with her sister.
Marjorie was the doctor" and she
came to make call on her sister,
who made believe she was sick. DO
you want to know what you've got?'
the doctor asked, after critical ex'
animation. Yes" family assented
the sick woman. You've got dirty
hands" said Marjorie, dropping in dis
gust the wrist on which she had been
feeling the pulse.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-04
7homa. F. Walsh for Senator.

Washington Til ,ma' F W:.lsh. of
Colorado, is reported to be after the
senatorship to succeed Senator Teller,
and President Roosevelt is said to
favor his candidacy. Walsh, who is
now at Wolhurst, his country home,
which he bought from the late Senator
Wolcott, will make that place his po-
litical headquarters until late fall.