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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-25
WhiteC0tt0n WithdraWs.

Jefferson City, June 22,-James II.
Whitecotton, OF Monroe county, was
here and filed his formal withdrawal
from the race as a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for governor,
but this does not mean that his name
will be left eff OF the official ballot.
There Ia no provision In the law for
candidates to withdraw, yet they can
make such declaration and their
friends will not need to cast their
votes for them In the state primary.
Whitecotton spent considerable time
conierring with Governor Folk, John
Il. Nolen, Of the labor bureau, and
W. l.. Watkins, boomer for Judge
Evans.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-25
Real Estate Transfers.
WARRANTY DEEDS

Andrew Hover to ID E Lesry, I F
Welch & John ] Brown 245 a sec l
Shawnee s11, OPS.
Chas S Bessley to L Grim SO sfe
81 Lone Oak 81, $50,
John Shut to Frank Y Aaron
157H a sec % Walnut scoops.
Kate Gilbert to Grover Gilbert 160
q eco 2.Summit $500.
Amsterdam Town Co to Blaker
Grain Co lot IL Il by $50 Amster-
dam $75.
ED March to ] Fl Crawford 4 vile
lot IL blk 4 lots IL, 13, IA 4 Is blk
8 Merwin $1,000.
rs Wilson ct al to j l. Mcconnell
100 q sec IA Howard. Sub to d T
for %, ZOO, $500.
ME- Towsley to S N Tillery 160 a
sec 20 Deepwater. Conveys all her
interest only $225.
B Kirk to Mary E Smslley lot l
blk 104 Rich Hill $500.
JH Crawford to City Of Merwin
lot IL blk 4 Merwin 5000.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-25

Kansas City, Mo-, June.-The Rev
erend T. P. Pinkerton, OF Platts-
burg, Mo-, at the Missouri Christian
Convention, speaking on who is to
fill the pulpits lett vacant by deaths
and assertions for commercial voca'
ton, said:
"The cost Of living has increased
SO per cent since 1904, yet the sala.
ries paid preachers-and they we're
always small-are the same rs they
we're twenty-five years ago. Many
are deserving the pulpit Tor more re-
munerative occupations. Dsplore
this condition as we may las being
mercenary, 1t exists.
"Then, too, some churches talk oil
a dead line-the retiring Of a minis.
ter when be has reached given age
This discourages prospective minis
ters. The remedy for these condi'
lions is In the churches themselves,
The congregation must correct the
fault"
The convention is to meet next
summer In St. Louis. The meeting
is to be a gathering OF delegates
from each church, and not a mass
meeting Of members, as in the past
A plan to hold the convention eacf
year at q fixed place was referred to
q committee that will report in st
Louis.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-25
Had Only 81. go, So Was Slain.

Shawnee, Ok, June Hal Bushby,
confined in the city jail, has confess
ed shat he was one Of she four men
who we're on the hand car when
David Conway, the Frisco bridge
man, was murdered at Muskogee.
Fonse D. Smith, be says shot Con-
way, because the bridgeman had
only e go. After robbing the old
man they went to Claremore, and
from there went to Stroud, where
they robbed a hardware store. They
had a running fight wish the authori.
ties, but escaped and tried to get to
this city. They were thrice elected
from q Santa Fe train and shot at
the crew.
They were shortly aiserward sur.
rounded by q posse and In the duel
Louis Fritche was fatally injured.
Fritche sayshe was shot by Deputy
Sheriffs and bis wife says that she
will bring suit against the railroad
company and the county.
The other three members OF the
outlaw gang, who are still at large,
robbed a store at Seminole last week,
and secured q large amount OF am
munition, revolvers, watches and
three new suits OF clothing. Several
Deputy Sheriffs from here are on the
trail oil the outlaws.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-25
Curious Story Of a Bandits
Picture.
From Leslle's Weekly.

From Leslle's Weekly.
Hanging on the wall 10 the home
of Hon. James NJ. Beck 10 New York
Is probably the most perfect likeness
OF Rsisuli, the famous Moroccan
bandit, In existence. Ion Perdicaris,
the American, who was so long a
prisoner Of the bandit, so regards il.
On she picture hangs an interesting
tale. Mr.. Beck was not feeling well
one morning about three years ago,
90 he directed Mr.. Perdicaris, who
was his client, to call at the house.
Upon the latter's arrival MIR. Beck
plunged into the business at hand,
but soon noticed that his client was
paying no attention to what was be-
Ing said, and was sitting with eyes
riveted upon q painting on the wall.
"where did you get i,?" Mr.. Perdi-
carts asked, pointing to the picture.
at is the most wonderful likeness OF
Raisuli that l have ever seen." The
painting is the work OF Miss Carol
Il. Beck, q sister Of the lawyer, and
one OF the most talented artists OF
Philadelphia. 1t was painted by her
from q model who was wandering
about the different Philadelphia
studios. Probably there is no such
thing as photograph Of Raisuli.
The artists on some New York pa.
pers have produced various pictures
from Imagination, and London
paper printed something that was
supposed to have been drawn from a
description furnished by one who had
seen Raisuli.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-25
Not Fair.

"Look here, Abraham" said the
Judge, "it's been proved right here
In court that instead OF doing some.
thing to help support your wife an
children, you spend your whole time
hunting 'possuml'
The old negro hung his head.
"Now, Abe, you love your wife,
don't your"
"Ah suttinly does.'
"And your children"
"Yas, subj"
"And you love them both better"
-"Better ev'ry day, iedger" Abe
broke In. "-better than q thous-
and 'possum?"
"Look hyah, iedge," exclaimed
Abe, with widening eyes, "dat'e
takin' q coon at pow'iul disadvan.
tagel"-From The Bohemian Maga.
zine for July.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-25
Three Killed in Mimic War.

New York, June 22.-Two more
deaths In the post hospital at Fort
Wadsworth brought the casualties
Of the mimic war to three. The dead
are John Welsh, George Harvey and
James Mcdowell, all members Of the
Ninth regiment Of the New York ma
tional guards.
The explosion and death Of the
volunteer artillerymen did not stop
the war game. Two futile attempts
we're made by the hypothetical bat.
tleship fleets to pass the batteries.
The mimic war was pronounced
over. ----
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-25
Platform Anglers Belmont.

Paris June 19.-Perry Belmont,
president OF the A merican National
Publicity Law Organization, has
sent the following communication
to the Associated Press:
"Our organization had hoped that
Secretary Tait's strong letter sup.
porting the campaign publicity bill
pending before Congress would have
resulted In the Republican National
Convention iavorina the publication
OF campaign contributions and ex-
pendltures.
In view OF the declarations OF the
Democratic leaders, l assume that
the Democratic National Convention
will adopt q plank In It's platform
iavoring the publicity policy"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-25
OA9ToRfA.
80 G; :: Ms:!:!;!z;!z!;;%;';: =; '''''
Flower Cure for Flies.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
The confectioner's shop was quite
free Of files, though all the cakes and
sweetmests were uncovered. "That
mignonette," he said, 'is what keeps
the files away. We have It in pots
all over the place. The odor is 90
unpleasant to files that they Won't
come near Us. got the idea from
the South. There the butchers and
coniectioners always have mignon-
cite growing In their shops, and they
can expose their wares without any
fear OF fliea' attack.
ITS q good idea. One sprig Of
mignonstte In my window keeps II
quite fly-free."
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-25
Thinks il Saved His Life.

Lester NJ. Nelson, Of Naples, Maine,
says In a recent letter: 81 have used
DR.. Kings New Discovery many
years, for coughs and colds, and |
think It saved my lie. ! have found
1t reliable remedy for throat and
lung complaints, and would no more
be without a bottle thar t would be
without food" For nearly forty
years New Discovery has stood at
the head OF throat and lung remedies.
As a preventive OF pneumonia, and
healer OF weak lungs Il has no equal.
Sold under guarantee at Frank T.
Clay's drug store. soc and $l.OO
Trial bottle free.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-25
BLACK-HAND TRIO
KILLED AT FEAST
IN VICTIMS HOME.
Millionaire Wine Merchant Gives
Battle to Guests Who
Levy BIaCkmaiI.

New Orleans, June pa "black
Land tragedy with the unusual
sequel that all the blackmailers,
numbering four, we're wounded or
killed, while their victims escaped
without ser tch, was enacted here
In the historic former home OF Gener.
al Beauregard, in the French quarter,
and now she residence OF Pietro
Giscona, ~ wine merchant, reputed
TO be one ~ the wealthiest Italians
In IT, south, and a millionaire.
According to the police the tragedy
was the result Of an attempt TO ex.
tort money from Giacona and his
con, Sho told the police that the vie
tins had IRE luently bought wine
from them and had Invariably refus
ed to pay for Is. According to the
story ,ne three forced them TO ship a
barrel Of wine TO point In the State
and returned and ordered them to
prepare meal
REPEATING RIFLE READY.
The elder Giacona suspected that
trouble would ensue and hid a re-
peating rifle near the table. When
one OF the visiting Italians drew a
heavy revolver and ordered them to
produce money and valuables the
elder Giacona answered with shot
from the trifle.
The man he fred at fell dead and
the other two attempted to escape
One was killed before he had gotten
ten leet from the table. The Other
reached a staircase Only to receive 9
bulist n his brain as he started
down the steps, his body falling into
the court yard below.
Glscona is II years old, and how
he and his son, Carrada, managed
10 kill three armed and desperate
men Is not yet satisfactorily explain
cd to the police.
1t Is certain that the Gisconas In
v,.ed the blackmailers into theil
house and wined and dined them fol
several hours before the shooting
The Giaconas claim that the feast
was practically forced on them and
that they did not shoot until after
one OF their guests had opened fire.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-25
The Best Pills Ever Sold.

CATER doctoring 10 years for
chronic Indigestion, and spending
over two hundred dollars, nothing
has done me as much good as DR..
Kings New Life Pills. | consider
them the best pills ever sold," writes
B. F. Ayscue, OF Ingleside, n. c. Sold
under guarantee at Frank T. Clay's
drug store. 25c.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-25
Bucklen's Arnica Salye Wins,

Tom Moore, Of Rural Route l,
Cochran, Co., writes: 81 had q bad
sore come on the instep Of my foot
and could find nothing that would
heal 1t until l applied Bucklen's
Arnica Salve. Less than hall OF q
IS cent box won the day for me by
affecting q perfect cure" Sold under
guarantee at Frank T. Clay's drug
store.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-25

JH Crawford TO R C Chappell lots
II, ID, IA & 10 blk s Aerwin $1,000.
James A Thomas to Cornelius
Edwards pt OF lots I, 8, 8, 10, IL &
IL blk 9 Town Cos 1st add Rich Hill
$400.
Minnie l Marquis to Thos ] Hook
ets % a sec 3 Charlotte. Sub to D
4 for 1910, $1,000.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-25

at gives me pleasure to speak a
good word for Electric Bitters, "
writes Mr.. Frank Conlan OF No. 1876
Houston st., New York. cts a
grand family medicine for dyspepsia
and liver complications; while for
lame back and weak kidneys 1t can.
not be too highly recommended"
Electric Bitters regulate the digestive
functions, purify the blood, and i'm
part renewed vigor and vitality to
the weak and debilitated OF both
sexes. Sold under guarantee at
Frank T. Clsy's drug store. SOC.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-25
MAKING q Diagnosis.

Physician-From q hasty examine
ton, am Of the opinion that you
are suffering from clergyman's sore
throat.
Patient-The HI you sayl
Physician Quickly )-Butit ID quite
possible ! am vrong-I will look
agsin.-Ffom The Bohemian Msgs.
zine for July.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-25

Monet, Mo-, voted "wet" Wednes.
day by a majority OF iorty.iour.
Women and children paraded the
streets all day carrying banners and
singing religious and campaign
songs. The total vote was 966.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-25
GA 9ToRIA.
sss. Tie nIs Kind Y0l Han llxaE Baasa
as, q &1HNIMl

No one has right to carry a re-
volver In New York unless he has
written permit. A Kentucky paper
thinks this a good thing as when
one is held up che can demand that
the robber show his license" A
great head that editor has.-Ex.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-25
Sore Straits.

Judge.
81 tell you l must have some
money! roared the King Of Mari.
tana, who was In sore financial
straits. Somebody will have to
cough up"
"Alasl" sighed the guardian OF the
treasury, who was formerly court
jester, "all our Golfers are empty"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-25

Kodol is the best known prepara-
tion that Is offered to the people to.
day for dyspepsia or indigestion or
any stomach trouble. Kodol digests
all foods. 1t Is pleasant to take. 1t
is sold here by C. W. Hess.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-25
His Fear.

Philadelphia Public Ledger,
The congressman WAS leaving
Washington for bis own town.
We'll, good by" said a friend. 81
suppose the citizens will be out In
force to meet you2"
w-Pm afraid they WILL replied
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-25

Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup
is the one that children like 80 we'll
to take as II tastes nearly as good as
maple sugar. 1t acts gently yet free
ly on the bowels and thereby 1t drives
the cold out OF the system. 1t is
sold by C. W. Hess.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-25

DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Il is
especially good for piles. Be sure to
get De Witt's. Sold by C. W. Hess.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-25

If we could take you through
our establishment. and show you
the vast care and cleanliness
which produce the old original
egg and sugar coated Arbuckles'
Ariosa Coffee, no one could
ever tempt you to change to
any other coffee.
ARRuCKIE RRoe Nov GO.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-25
A Grand Family Medicine.

the congressman.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-15

because he shall conclude they are not
 worth the effort on the one hand, or deserving the notice on the other. The opposition of these two papers to the cause of popular home government in Alaska would seem to indicate fear on their part of local legislation, in case the people are entrusted with the law making power, of the en- actment of such provisions as will tend to wholly protect the characI r and standing of individual person in and out of office. against the brutal assault indulged in by Irresponsible publica tions. With these two in particular, personal journalism of the most reprehensible kind is fast becom- ing the rule rather than the excep-
 tion. To the general public, their
 brutal assaults upon the personal and private character of Judge Wicker sham will appear not only wholly un- juust and unjustifiable, but their course will rather tend to insure his success at the polls than to compass his defeat. The people will be much more apt to love him for the enemies he has made than accept as true and to his discredit the unsupported charges they bring against him.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-15

or parti san, he might ask in view of these incidents whether Bryan is flirt- ing with the Wall street interests or Wall street with Bryan. Neither, however, has called out any adverse comment from even the most partisan opponents of Bryan and Kern, and there is nothing in them which calls for criticism. The point is that in this campaign there is no class which regards any other class as wholly giv- cn over to evil, that while there are differences of opinion regarding some things all feel that they can dwell ogether in peace, and while thus .isagreeing can unite in those things negarding which there is no disagree ,Dent.
 Mir. Ingalls, emphasizes this point ln his interview. He believes, he says, that whether the election goes to Bryan or Taft business will not be upset. Things in the business world will go on just about as before and nobody need fear radical action.
 Somewhat along the same lines, but from different standpoint, are the remarks of Thomas F. Walsh, the Col orado millionaire mine owner. Col orado, he says, will cast her vote for Taft. He believes also that Taft will bo olootod ay1 ,,rodio
 ''The railroads will obey the law when Taft is president. He hardly will have to make any declarations about it, because the railroads and corporations which have violated the laws in the past know just what to ex- pect and are not likely to invite trouble. Things in this country need curbing and correcting. It will come in tim', tte necessary and wholesome respect of the law"
 sWhile alluding to different phases oi the situation, Messrs. Ingalls, and Walsh are agreed that the election will not result in disturbance to busi- ness. All know about Wnat to eXpect and are prepared for it. It is likely therefore that this year will be an ex- ception to most campaign years in showing steady improvement in. busi- ness conitions. The fee ling that en- terprise should be. held in check until the new administration has taken hold and its policies have been outlined is lacking and business institutions are goi ng ahead just as if there were nc election pedning. This is it should be in every election. It is libel on the good .sence of the American people to expect that more than half of them are going ssto ..agree to put into effect any policy which means ruin to busi- ness.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-15

Paris, August 12.-Wright Bros. the American aeronauts, are astonish- ing all Paris, and have surprised even the ardent French aeronauts who have been experimenting for many years. Wilbur Wright made special flight yesterday with remarkable suc- cess, and the interest of all classes in Paris is now directed to these A Ameri . cans.
 Washington, Aug. 12-Mosmed Ali Bey, Minister from Turkey to the United States. who has been summ on- ed home after but a short term of ser vice, admitted today that the diplo- matic service of the sultan was being entirely reorganized, and stated that his recall was but an incident in the program already laid down. The min ister's father, who is now fleeing from his native country to save his neck, is accused of instigauing the re- cent Armenian massacres, %but this is most emphatically denied by the son.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-15
WHERE LUSITANIA IS.

In all that has been written about the noble steamship Lusitania, which is breaking the world s records across the Atlantic, nothing that we have ever seen has said any thing about the meaning and origin of the name, and, while the word is so little mysterious that any mod erately well read person ought to know all about it, only a little questioning is needed to show that this is ore of the bits of infor- nation which everybody, or almost every ybody, 'Oho has ever heard it has forgotten--for the reason, probably, that it was of no use. Looking q little deeper ,an explanation is found in the '.urious withdrawal, after a period ,f intense activity and enter prise f Portugal from the rest Of the world S sight and hearing. Of all the surv wing nations of Europe, Portu- gal seems most set apart, and for D Aany year it has but rarely made a visible ripple on the surface of events as known to international journalism, which is to the most Of us modern history.
 Lusitania is the ancient name Of the country inhabited by the Lusitanii, which included the greater part of modern Portugal, and ran over into the present Spanish provinces Of Es- dremadura and Toledo.
 James J. Doyle.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-15
FEEL SAFE ALL AROUND.

Not all of the railroad magnates are fighting Bryan. M. E. Ingalls,, one of the best known, announces that he willsvote for MT. Bryan, and although Mr. Bryan and his associates bitterly denounce corporation managers as a class none of them have to date re- jected he support thus rendered. Mr. Bryan also assails--the tariff protected interests, arraigning them as robbers. Yet Mir. Kern, the Democratic nomi- nee for vice-president, the other day took very pominent part in the ex- ercises at the opening of Gary, the town founded, built and owned by the steel trust.
 Were one disposed to be iIl-natured
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-15
2. ROUNSEFELL'S FISHING
 TRIP,

TRIP. Mir. Rounsfell went out fishing,
 So the story goes, With hundred dollar watch
 And a nice, new suit of clothes; But the plagued boat was rocking
 And quicker than a wink Now wasn't it quite shocking,
 He fell into the drink? He made some lively splashes
 And softly swore "By Heck !'' And many, many dashes-
 Pm wet up to the neck But now comes Old Dan Whipple, w ho for truth can not be beat; A nd says he went down little
 Over twenty-seven feet! Next time he goes in diving,
 He'll have diving suit And have something for reviving
 That pops but does not shoot; And he'll go out by his lonely
 To some deserted isle Where there'll not be living soul Within half mile. Now his watch has stopped its ticking, And his pants have shrunk yard, And to himself he's kicking
 Because the times are hard! H is watch is in the blacksmith shop, His pants are out to dry :. He sings all day without stop
 "When the waves are mountains
 high" --Ketchikan Poet.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-15
WITHOUT WAGE CUTTING

The recent panic with its accompa- nying' industrial depression presents a marked contrast to all previous ex- periences in one important respet t
 There has been almost complete ab- sence of wage cutting. Men have
 been laid off and hours have been re- duced, but there has been practically no reduction or wages per hour or day.
 There has been some complaint re- garding this on the part of many who consider themselves economic authori- ties. These say that in order to bring about revival of business activity 1t is necessary to reduce the cost of ar ticles of consumption. In hard times people do not buy unless absolutely compelled to, it is alleged, and in order to start production on larger scale it is necessary to put down prices to a point where consumers can afford to buy more literally. The cost of
 production depends largely on the price of labor and therefore one of the first steps in case of panic and depres- sion should be cut in wages.
 In all previous depressions this reasoning has been accepted, but this time employers have proceeded along different lines. Not all of them have done so willingly, but the unwilling ones have hesitated to run counter to the current and have adopted what seems to be the popular course.
 Employers recognize as never before the fact that labor is entitled of right to a fair share of the profits on his product. So hard-headed and un- sentimental man as President Hill of the Great Northern railroad objects to reduction of wages, while still insisting that the railroads are abso- lutely compelled either 2 to increase their incomes or cut down their ex- penditures. The roads, he says, in effect, are on the verge of bankruptcy but "wages should not be cut. Eff. cient labor is essential to successful operation. Railroad employees have peculiar responsibilities. They have to meet hard test. They should get a fair compensation. Cut wages 10 per cent and the man who got $15 last week gets $l3. 50 this week. It is the difference between meat and no neat"
 .Other employees do not expre ss it in the same way and the great majority do not say anything about it at all, but the sentiment voiced by Mir. Hill seems to be entertained by much the larger number of employers. The time when the workingman was class ed in the same category with the trip hammer or lathe has gone by in this country forever. The millennium has not come, but this change seems to bring it somewhat nearer.