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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-10-10
He WANTED TO DIE.
A WEIRD STORY PRINTED IN oMA.
HA REGARDING THE LATE
DR.. RuSTIN.
HAD TRIED SUICIDE MANY WAYS BEFORE
World,Herald Says the Physician Once
lnoeulated Himself With Typhoid
and Tetanus Germs-Seemed to Be
lmpervious to Disease-A Gun Shot
Wound Finally Killed Him.

Omaha, Ncb.. Sept. 9.-ln connection
with the murder or suicide of DR..
Frederick RuStin prominent surgeon
who was found dead on his porch In
Omaha last week, the Omaha World.
Herald Monday printed a weird story
of alleged former attempts of DR.. Rus.
tin TO commit suicide In ways probably
never before used by any one attempt.
Ing to XIII themselves The World
Herald says;
Or Rustln had previously attempt.
ell 10 commit suicide in n manner so
Cleverly and cunningly devised rs to
avoid the appearance OF suicide and
which was SO novel and unique in the
method employed that il is probably
without a parallel in suicidal annals,
"Dr. Rustin inocculated himself
with the baccilli of typhoid fever for
the purpose of taking his own life, was
stricken With fever, was so near death
that the attending physicians de-
SPARED of his life.
" is also stated tina, at that time
he inoccuaicd himself with II" germs
OF tctanuS, or lockiaw, as well, hut
the effects Of this was overcome by
the typhoid
In May, l9Ai Rustin secured from
the hactcriological laboratory of tho
University OF Chicago two Test tubes
containing pure cultures, one OF l@
tanus hacilms or lcckiaw and the
other malignant uphold fever. These
test tubes pc carried in his pocket and
exhibited Them 10 his friends telling
them that It he put a little OF the
typhoid germs into their beer, they
would have typhoid fever within two
weeks, or il he scratched them ana
put lAp-tpt -tarfftti In wuTUf,
they would die of lockiaw.
shortly after that Dr, RuSIin
showed evidences of typhoid fever,
He also complained Of having been
bitten on the leg by a dog ana ev,
hibiIed scar. II is thought possible
that he infected this wound with the
lockiaw germs. hu, if 50 they We're
overcome by the typhoid fever pr
Rustn became seriously Ill with the
typhoid. Physicians We're in attend.
ance night and day, Tie sank lower
and lower until finally the attending
physicians. having done everything
possible, gave him up and expressed
their opinion that he could not re.
cover.
after a long. hard siege he finally
pulled through. Nothing was said by
him concerning -ntttithef-in- which
he contracted the typhoid fever unit
September. 1907. one year ago when
be admitted Ia friends that he had
taken the typhoid foyer haclli with
the Intention to end his life in such a
manner that it would appear 10 have
resulted from uatrral causes.
In 1905 m Rustin reported to
friends that he had a growth in the
trachae which a Chicago specialist
had declared to be of a malignant
/ character and that he should submit
TO an operation which in ~ our Of %
cases proves fatal. He did not carry
out the expressed intention and moth.
Ing more was heard of the malignant
; growth"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-10-10
A Ten-Mile SWIMMING Race.

St Louis. Mo- Sept 9.--Harry J.
Handy, of the New Illinois Athletic
club. won the Marathon ten-mile swim.
ming race here Monday afternoon in
hour, IS minutes, % Ii seconds.
Bob Fos,cY. Of the Chicago Athletic
club. was second; time, hour. 81
minutes, &c ID seconds. Leslie Chi.
Vile, of the Illinois Athletic club, was
third.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-10-10
Ex-C0nfederates Notice.

All members OF Marmaduke camp
and all other ex.Confederates 10
Bates cohnty are urged to meet at
the county clerks office IN Butler on
Saturday, Sept. 10Th, at 2 O'Clock
p. m. Officers are to be elected and
arrangements made to attend the
State Encampment, U. c. ", at
Nevada, Mo, on the LIST and End OF
October. The command to attend
this encampment is made by orders
OF Brig. Gen. Loudermilk.
X G. FORD,
Vice. Commander
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-10-10
British Minister in Trinidad.

Port of Spain. Trinidad. Sept. Sir
Vincent Corbett, the British minister
to Caracas. who arrived here from
Venezuela September 10 communi-
cate with his home government con
corning Venezuelan affairs. was re
leased from quarantine Monday. He
will remain here for few days pend
ing an opportunity to return TO Cara.
cas-. Sir Vincent declines to discuss
the object of his visit here.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-10-10
Capt. Cannon CAPTURED.

San Francisco. Cal, Sept 9.-Pas.
sengers on the steamer City of sgd.
ney, which arrived here Monday from
Panama and Central American ports.
brought the news that Capt. Lee Can.
non, graduate of Cornell, who Is said
TO be one of The leaders In the Hon.
duras revolution, was captured and has
been sentenced to death According
to reports heard by the passengers,
Cannon killed - men in his last
stand but Twas finally captured
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-10-10

aud 1t will probably be the 18th O.
this month before II IL complete
The new crop will be somewhat r.
iuced In acreage on account OF the
Try weather which has prevented
blowing the ground. Recent rains,
however, have put the ground in
good shape in most counties, and
seeding are now IN progress.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-10-10
Panke Defeats KetcheIl.

Vernon Arena, Los Angeles. Sept. 3.
Stanley Ketchel OF Michigan. former
middleweight champion of the world
was knocked out in the twelfth round
at Jeffries Vernon Arena at foui
o'clock Monday afternoon by Billy
Papke of Illinois, who Is now middle
weight champion OF the world.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-10-10
French Pilnrims In Rome.

Rome. Sept. 9.-The pope Monday
received 500 French pilgrims who
came here for the purpose of present;
ing greetings on the jubilee anniver.
sary of the pontifs ordination as a
priest. His holiness made lengthy
speech dealing with the present stu.
alton of the church in France.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-10-10
Found an Old Church Relic.

Princeton, Mass, Sept. "a com.
munion set given the congregational
church of this town by Lieutenant
Governor Moses Gill of Princeton in
1867 has just been found in a deep
closet under the church organ. the
closet had not been used for nearly
100 years.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-10-10
IhaW to Stay in New York.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y, Sept o.
Charles Morschauser, counsel for
Harry Thaw, said Monday night that
Thaw would not be taken to Pittsburg
on Friday, and If taken at ALL not un.
til after the habeas corpus proceedings
on September 81.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-10-10
New Orleans Horseman Dead

Chicago. Sept. S.-David H. Barnes
OF New Orleans, president OF the City
Park Jockey club Of that city, died al
his temporary residence in Chicago
Monday night after an illness of one
week.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-10-10
Coal. Coal.

l have coal at my bank In Hudson
township ct 8 cents per bushel.
tt d. D. PEELER.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-10-10
The Memphis Union Depot Burns.

Inc memphis union pepot ourhs.
Memphis, Tenn, Sept. 9.-The Union
passenger station at Main and South
streets was burned Monday night. The
loss Is $4,000.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-07

part of those who are recommcndng tho expenditure of sl2o,ooo Instead of Q greater sum- is not cxcusable.
 If Alderman Miller and his confreres on his committee really are not cer- tain that garbage plant would be a success, they should not be willing to recommend onc-tenth that sum of money for plant IL is surely not the part of wisdom to propose to spend any of the city's money upon a plant when success fig not assured from the start, The services of a competent en- gineer, who will assume the responsl- billty at the risk of his reputation, are more apparently necessary as time goes on and no better time could be offered than the present to secure such ser vices than now when a fresh start IS to be made in tho matter on the basis of a special bond Issue. IL Is a false economy to proceed upon any other basis,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-07

comes to worse it is far better to stint the police department in its funds than the Are department
 A Aro-proof fire headquarters, with new central signal apparatus, Is sore- ly needed In New Haven So are extra engines, water towers and n new en- zinc house In tho Eighth ward The time had come as well for a general raise in tho salaries of the men. Whether the department will be bad ly handicapped by the finance boards Shaving process watts to be seen. It is unfortunate that the city does not see ht to accept the sound advice of the underwriters, Now the holders of fire insurance policies win probably have to pay extra high premiums in- stead of extra high taxes,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-07
THAT CARNAGE PLANT.

The decision of the board of finance not to recommend the appropriation or any of the city's moneys for the erec- tion of garbage -destructlng plant of any variety brings tn much discussed matter hack to first principles, Tho board has expressed the view that the matter Is worthy of special bond ls- sue, which is a wise determination, es- peCIally in view of the many demands this year upon the funds got by taxa ton in the city Now is an appropriate time to urge that the services of a san, itary engineer be obtained, q conten- tion to which this paper has held from the beginning
 The wisdom of obtaining the advice of an expert of this kind could in no better way be shown than 1t was the other night by Alderman Miller, who Is chairman of the special committee which for some months past has been Investigating the best solutions of the garbage question, MT Miller is report, ed tO have said at the regular meet ing of the board of aldermen held Mon day night that he favored the erection of small rather than of a large and expensive plant inasmuch as he believ. ed the matter would be largely an ex, pertinent in any event, and, being an experiment with its success not at all certain, if would he far better not to risk too much money Mir Miller has professed a considerable study of this important question There might be some excuse for those who are quite unfamiliar with the matter to feel un- certain as to what results might be expected, but such uncertainty on the
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The shock Unexpected.
tMeriden Record) )

tMeriden RecOrd.)
 The death of Right Rev. Michael Tierney bishop of Hartford, was so une&pectcd that It came to his people as a shock they were III prepared for During the short space between the time he was stricken and his death, the universal prayer was for hts return to health.
 Bishop Tierney's people cannot take consolation in the thought that he had finished his fight and was pacldly awaiting tho rest tO which he was en- titled The Catholic leader was active and energetic, He has accomplished much but his future plans for achieve ment were no less comprehensive than those in the past only a few days be- fore he waa stricken m he had been in MerIden, engaged In one of his numer- ous minIstrations for the church II was not only as a spiritual adviser that Bishop Tierney had endeared hTm- self to his people Besides the distinc- ton of being a prelate of note he was an administrator of ability He was tactful and diplomatic and knew how to handle men and events, By his ad- mirable methods he built mp the church he represented In such fashion that tho bodies as well as the souls of his | great flock were cared for.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-07
A Bereavement for All,
lIIartford Courant,)

iilHl llDlu iuNlhHl,l
 For fourteen years now the diocese of Hartford has had the gentle, kindly, wise, strong and devoted bishop, whose death casts q sudden shadow upon this time of civic rejoicing, Ills has been q notably successful and fruitful epls- copato. We noted yesterday the i'm pressive increase of churches, schools, pastors and communlcants in the four teen years, the bishops constant ser vices to the cause of temperance, the constructive ecclesaRticn statesman- ship that sent many of his young Le- vites ahroad--to the lands from which the immigrants come--there to- nj themselves for effective pastoral work in this polNglot Connecticut of the twentieth century. He has been throughout a pattern of the Christian and civic yiriues-a quiet, steadfast force for righteousness Singularly friendly and swect-natured he made multltudeS of friends outside the fold under his immediate charge There will be no sinCerer mourners now than the railroad trainmen whom he came to know well and who came to know him wellas he iourneyed m and down the state on his episcopal duties No warm er more afcctionate words will be said of him than have been said already by Protestant pastors, his Hartford townsmcn The death of SD good man is, indeed, bereavement for us all
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-07
THE RETURN TO THE FLAT,

The moths gre in the parlor rugs In spite of camphor balls, And mildew spots the furniture And cobwebs drape The walls. Tine mice have gnawed the portieres Of gohelin tapestry, But we have spent the heated term Al Hencoop- hy-theS The grand pianos wires. 1 find, Are just a bunch of rust; The brlc-a -brac in every room Is gray with weeks of dust. I left the bathroom gas turned on The bill will bankrupt me, But we nave spent the summer months At Hencoop- -the-Sea The cat Is dead--we locked her In Tho day we went away And burglars forced the kitchen door With none 10 say them nay. They took our winter clothes and set Of Silver flagree We left behind us when we went ro Hencoop- blythe Sea. We did not have a joyous time The truth must be confessed. The folks we met were richer far Than we, and better dressed They snubhed us. too, and left us out Of tennis. talk and tea. But we have spent the season though Al Hencoon.hy- y-the Sea.
 New York Times
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-07
THE CouRANT SPECIAL,

Contemporaneously with the open Ing of the new Hartford bridge, the Hartford Courant generously opened mp It's big printing press yesterday morning to the extent of sixty-aiX pages. The result was workable Jumbo among newspapers on much the same order as one of New York monster sunday editions, but with the pleasing elimination of the dreary wastes of small want-qd pages in the latter. The Courants bridge special Is the largest paper ever printed in Hart ford. but our esteemed contemporary s to be congratulated not SO much upon the number of pages printed as upon the uniform excellence of every one of these pages. Any newspaper, whether in New York or not, would have good reason to feel proud of such an issue.
 one entire section is given over en- tirely to statistics of the new bridge including a complete history of all the preceding structures built at that point over the Connecticut. Another section treats of the many and varied insurance interests of Hartford for which the Capital City ot Connecticut has and win continue to be better known far and wide than because of any bridge or series of bridges. still other sections deal with the financial and industrial interests of Hartford. The edition is comprehensive, it re- bounds o,thc Ereat credit of those in the Courant office who conceived the idea and worked t out to such sue ccssfu conclusion in all its many de- tails
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-07
The Change nt inle.
lNnm Ynrh nrenlnn pnsl


 No longer can Yale pretend to be q university in the true sense of the word, This year the faculty Is going to enforce . much debated rule which will, we fear strike a deadly blow at New Haven socologists t ls decreed that students shall henceforth forego their accustomed week end trips to the eenters of civilization How now shall the sophOmOriC truth h-seeker collect ma terial-organc and inorganic for his thesis on Bowery lodging houses or West street lunch rooms2 How can the liquor problem be studied fin q broad, exhaustive way How plot the curve of walters tips or the density of population on Chinatown wagons? one might almost think that Yale cares not h whit either for original research or aboriginal joys The faculty excuses It's legislation with the remark that college spirit has been weakened by the Saturday exodus 10 New York The confession is significant The highest authority has testified to tho tenuity of that wonderful enthusiasm for alma mater which pays Sb for football tick. ct rends the air with gibberish and steals street signs, If college spirit Is such q frall thing that week end ab- senceS send 1t into a decline II is no' worther of cultivation than the expert mental sociology sacrificed for It.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-07
HIGH PREMIUMS oR TAxEst

The decision of the board of finance to take st30,0OO 'sllce" off the amount asked for by the fire depart ment in Its estimates is not at all a wise determination. Especially is this the case fin view of the fact that the competent inspectors of tho National Board of Fire Underwriters, who were here recently looking over the local situation, practically recommended the very changes which the fire conmis- sioners had in mind when they sought funds this fall.
 If there is any regular department of the city in which 1t is an Unwise policy to skimp on expenses, It is the fire departments Ths1eason for this is not at all hard to see. The testimony of many city which has been put back IL decade or more in it's growth by a devastating confagratlon fig at hand. New Haven's fire department has made an cnviable record ln years past, a record which should not be smlrched, If tiremeu were more in evidence on the streets of cities every day with their apparatus, their existence would probably be more generally realized and the need of them recognized. But tiremeu unfortunately are one of those agencies which are not much in evil dence except in an emergency, when they take the center of the stage to the exclusion of all else, 1T worse
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-07
Fighting for Ills Life.
lprnrldnnce Innrnnll

VI UNTT"TTT" 'UWT TTTT'T
 This year Speaker Cannon seems to be fighting for his political life His district has at previous elections given him q decisive majority and it ia dif- hcult to believe that he can be defeated, yet the fact that he Is calling for out side help shows that he is having no easy time. And even if he goes back to congress, there will be opposition to his re- election as speaker, II ls stated that every republican candidate in Wis consin has pledged himself not to vote for him. and all through the Middle West this promise is demanded, That Mir, Cannon Is the heaviest load his party has to carry in the campaign must be admitted Had those who wished to see him nominated had their way the triumph of MT. Bryan would have been q forRone conclusion.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-07
THE WOODRUFF Q. K.

Says the Waterbury American; ''Tts ingenuity in assigning motives to thoso who favor MT. Lilley does not desert The New Haven Journal-Courier, Mir. Hill, 1t said, did so under compulsion from the necessities of his own cam ,paign for reelection. Governor Woodruff, 1t says. did so because he was probably 'pestered to death to say something.' We don't believe Gov ernor Woodruff is tho kind of man to be induced to make so important an utterance just to please somebody who asked him to-"
 We have learned during the present campaign to completely distrust the Americans judgment of men and mo- tives. It's support of Mr Lilley in the face of the opposition of well known Waterbury business and professional men eliminates it from serious consd- Iteration as judge or prophet. As for our explanation of the conduct of the i two gentlemen 10 whom 1t refers, though it is exclusive in it's originality. we have no doubt whatever of It's ac- curacy. We do not for moment be- lieve that Congressman Hill, who Is a man of the highest character as well as a man whose mental operations are reliable and accurate, approves or ever did approve of Mir. Lilleys sub marine cruise. Even though he be- lleves that Mn Tilley shot at "a skunk we do not believe he believes that in doing so he showed the slight est trace of sound Judgment. He may not question MT. Lilley's motives. but he dare not. endorse his conduct as demonstrating his fitness for an office which calls for sober judgment and cautious scrutiny of proposed iegis- lation. For that reason we still as- sume that Mir. Hill's approval of tho Lilley candidacy was forced by pos ltical edgencles. On that ground and on that ground alone Is his action defenslble-
 As for our Interpretation of Gov ernor Woodruff's Q. k, of TiIley we believe that too to be accurate. If he was enthusiastic to say something of actual value to the Liliey canvass he would have said 1t. That he did rot do. He said as little as could have been said by man who must have been pestered to death 10 say what he did say. Does the American know that he was not asked to say more and declined? Until 1t is ready tc make that declaration, which we can, not of course make, we shall continue to believe that the governor made nc voluntary statement at all We can not reconcile what the governor diC say with any of the other forms o speech in which he has induleed sinct taking his oath of office. on the wholj then we shall let our original explan ations stand.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-07
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE INCALLED FOR DELAY.

To the Editor of The Journal Courier; In the local report If the republican senatorial convention of this city tvo or three days ago I read the following: After the roll had been called anl 1t was found that nearly all the dele gates were present Colonel Isaac NJ. Ullman moved that a ten minute re- cess be taken 30 that the various sen atorial districts might select their can dldates This motion was carried
 Why wait ten minutes? Was not Colonel Ullman there?
 INQUIRER,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-07
GLOVES
 AND GLOVES

The man who cares Just enough about his every day feel and fit and fash lon asked some time ago for comfortable, durable, attractive street glove at a moderate price. In answering him we put out our Chase Glove at one fifty This seemed to satisfy and still satisfies. We have fresh importation of them-they are made in England. You may not remember that VIC guarantee them. We have other good gloves at two dollars, and other good gloves at more than two dollars
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-07

teal character A man who aas been proved to be unat to sit in congress Is not at 10 occupy tho shoes made famous by a Hawley, a Harrison m lngcrsol and q Waller to mention n few of the men who have added to the reputation of Connecticut.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-07

fIetty Green says she is tired of the bell boys and all tho artificial life at the Plaza where she has been living, She has resolved 10 return to the semi obscurity of nat-lfe in Hohoken again, Probably it ls this trait in the famous milllonaircss moro than anything elsc that has won for her millions It Is the mlllon-dollar tastes on n ten-dolara a- week income that unfortunately pre- vent the accumulation of riches with SO many
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-07

Some small idea of what Mir Taft, as the Republican candidate for the presidency. Is urging when he asks for radical reforms to eliminate as many of the present long delays of the courts as Is possible, may be had in view of the fact just disclosed that there are at present awaiting trial in the su- preme court of New York after the summers vacation as many as 1000 cases, of which only 1,65O are new is- sues. It is deep evil worthy of Mir Tafts best effort to eradicate.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-07
OUR CoNTBMPoR
nIsHoP TIEpNEy.
The Beloved Ucnd of the Hnrtford bio.
 c"se is Mourncd by All.
The Presidential Succession.

(New York Evening Post)
 Taft tll 1917, then Roosevelt 10 1925. when Theodore, lr,. will be old enough to carry on the bdrden to 1888 when Charlie Taft can come into his own
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-07
SAVINGS AND DOINGS.

Corn salad Is found wild throughout Europe, Asia Minor and Japan