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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-10-10
ATTEMPTED ASSAULT.
A Twelve Year Old Girl Near
Amsterdam Choked, Gagged
and Left Unconscious.

Word comes from the state line,
that dasssrdly attempt to rape q
twelve year old girl was made by a
negro, or q white man blscked, on
last Wednesday. Mrs. Cal. Reed, q
widow, lives just over in Kansas
near the mounds. Grace Long, a
pretty little orphan girl, is making
her home with Mrs. Reed. Wednes.
day afternoon, between one and two
O'Clock, Grace went out TO feed the
chickens, q few rods from the house
Mrs Reed shortly missed her and re-
peated calls and hasty search TALL
ed to locate her. Mira. r. called up
central and had general alarm sent
out over the telephone and In a short
time neighbor men gathered at the
Reed home. A search was made and
the girl found unconscious In some
bushes, a lew hundred yards from
she house. She was unconscious,
had sunflowers stuffed In her mouth
FOR a gag and q handkerchief tied
around her throat. When she Gov.
cred consciousness, she said that
while feeding the chickens, she was
suddenly seized by a black man who
choked her and carried her off to the
bush. The alarm was evidently Civ.
en- before the brute accomplished bis
purpose, for the girl was uninjured,
though her clothing was nearly all
torn off. The Linn county officers
were notified and q general alarm
sent out up and down the road, and
all that night men searched lar and
near through that section Of coun'
try, but the culprit made his escape
An old man was arrested near the
Norwood farm In West Point town
ship, but evidence against him wat
not strong enough to hold him. The
girl contended that It was a negro
who committed the assault, that she
had q good look at his face when he
first seized her. II those enrsged
farmers had caught the guilty scoun
drel, be would have been given short
shift, and the moralists of the NORTH
would have had another opportu
nifty to hold up their hands In hor
ror.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-10-10
POLITICAL SPEECHES BY CANDIDATES

William J. Bryan the Guest Of Chi.
easo Workmen-4o,o0o Marched In
New York-At Other Points-Westh-
er Everywhere Observation-Disclosures.
tlons Attended by Many Thousands.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-10-10
Bates County Exhibitor.

Bates county exhibitors at the Har.
risonvills Fair won several hand.
some premiums. Harshaw, Of But
Ter, got about the whole thing on
Poland China hogs. George Argen.
bright got first and second on two
year old draft mares. Crate Woods
sscond, snn tyo yssr ,. GID r9aa mare p.a','
r. Il Dunn ~ Az fiSst III pn ssad ddS horses .s
The Bates county boys a are IL The thb!s
show on exhibits at any faif.--Ad.
rian Journal.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-10-10

Oskaloosa, Ia, Sept. 9.-President
Thomas L. Lewis, of the United Mine
Workers of America addressed mon
ster meeting at the Labor Day cele,
bration here Monday afternoon. He
told the story Of the Alabama strike
which has just been abandoned. The
Industrial and trades union parade
was a feature of the day program.
Danville, ILL.,, Sept 9.-Samuel Com.
pers. president of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, opened his campaign
against the reelection of Joseph @.
Cannon as member of the national
house of representatives Monday when
he spoke to about 1000 persons at the
Labor Day celebration in this city.
Muncie, Ind, Sept. 9.-John W.
Kern's address was the leading fea
ture Of the Labor Day celebration In
this city. The Democratic candidate
for vice president was heard at the
fair grounds Monday afternoon.
A-litu;'e. DGs aRff
1eaefferseH CityxeMo.b Sept as-Ates
INV general General HeERffrt sfpHsalf3 3,
Monday. discussed the subject Of In
functions.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-10-10
After the Joint Owners.

Kansas City. Sept 9-The fall term
OF the court of common pl, as has
opened here In the next two weeks
forty-five liquor contempt cases and
fifty injunction suits will be heard in
this court. c. ". Trickett, assistant
attorney general. will prosecute in all
the cases. His custom has been to
recommend liency in contempt cases.
Mr.. Trickett says row all must serve
a Jail sentence when convicted.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-10-10
The Rifle Range.
Nevada Post.

Nevada Post.
Adjutant General James Dear
mond Of Jefferson City and General
Harvey Clark 8 Of Butler;wsre In Ne.
Vida Saturday TO close DIP the deal
ior ths eoyyettntns'Aas lrYhe range near
Nassau The land .Wss kaown 40 the
Quigley property and was contrast
cd for at 412, 800.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-10-10
lonqWorth Out a Stable.

Cincinnati, Sept. 9.--Representative
Nicholas Longworth's two-story brick
stable at his Grandin road home was
completely destroyed by fire Tuesday.
causing a loss estimated at $4,000.
With the stable were burned five car
riages, but the horses and servants
who slept in the stable got out safely.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-10-10
Five Killed at Fire,

Denver, Sept 9.-Five men lost their
lives and a score of persons were in
jured, several of them seriously. in an
incendiary gire that destroyed the
Belmont hotel, three-story building
at 1923 Stout street. early Tuesday
morning. The BALANCE of the. 100
guests in the hotel got out Safely.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-10-10

Oyster Bay, n, Y. Sept. 9.-Sensa-
tional reports that an attempt had
been made to shoot President Roose-
Welt may have had their origin in the
fact that the hunting season has
opened on Long Island and there is
considerable shooting daily In the out
lying districts.
Close investigation fails to show
that there has been any overt act di.
rected against the President. II is
his custom to ride out every day. Gov.
ering various routes in the country
side, and it is not unusual for him to
encounter parties Of hunters. Also.
there is shooting club which en-.
cages In target practice not far from
Sycamore Hin.
Mr.. Loeb, secretary to the Presi.
dent, said today he did not believe for
q moment that anyone had tried to
harm Mr. Roosevelt. No attention
whatever was being paid to the mat
ter Officially, he said.
According 10 the story in circulation
here shot was fired from clump
of bushes near the roadside while the
President and friend were returning
from horseback ride last Saturday.
The report of the shot came from
| close at hand, ii is said, and after
the first shock Of surprise which
| caused the President to urge his horse
| forward, Mr.. Roosevelt turned abrupt
| ly about and prepared to dismourt and
| rush on foot into the thlcket. He was
| dissuaded by his friend, however, and
together they galloped away to Saga.
more Hill.
No Information at all regarding the
incident came from the Presidents
home or the sxseutive's offeces here,
but It appears from the story, as later
told, that Camille Weidenfeld, a New
York banker. was driving with Mrs.
Weidenfsld IN the vicinity and was q
witnesj to what happened.
The Weidenfelds were In a public
carriage, and their driver, also, is said
to have heard the report of the shot
and to have seen the excited actions
Of the President and his companion
which Immediately followed. No one
yet has been found, however who saw
the man who is said to have fired the
shot
The general opinion seems to be
that If shot were fired IL was by
| some hunter who was totally unaware
| of the preesnce of the President in
| the vicinity Even if the man later
learned Of the CONSERVATION which
| his actions had caused, il is main
tanned, there is little likelihood that he
would come forward with his version
of the story at this time because OF
the notoricty which would follow the
| disclosure of his identity.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-10-10
WAS HE SHOT ATT.
GUN DISCHARGED NEAR PREsl.
DENT ROOSEVELT CAUSES
GREAT DEAL OF TROUBLE.
SENSATIONAL RUMQRs At OYSTER BAY

The Story Is That Following the Re-
port OF the Gun the President
spurred Forward and Then Moved to
pismount and Return-Friends Com
PEELED Him to Leave Spot.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-10-10

ss .s,.ss Woman 70 Asss!ba':sa Hur..
!. rAtshSAp. ,lKss.' Sept 9lEMlss Fan ~
Viz, GaEAbdSatslsqgraPht ,, edi tS,r Of the
ries Monday night by accidentally Be
INK thrown from q carriage.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-10-03
LADIES, TAILORING.

Fashionable fressmaking. design.
Ing. Mrs. |. l.. sc0a.fe. c516 Curtis
-,.e-i
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-10-03
sHREWD SCHEME OF MOTHER.
No Roseate Postcard Without Its
Thorn Of Suggestion.

Harold's mother-well call him
Harold-went abroad a month ago,
leaving Harold under the somewhat
unsubstantial control of his elder sis.
ters.
In spite of the itemized directions
with which even unto the moment OF
final leavetaking she had not ceased
to lombard him, Harold's mother
was far from sure that her efforts
would have any lasting effect
Her voyage was more or less dis
turbed by these doubts, but before she
landed on the other side she had de-
termined on course of action. Like
all small boys, Harold is most covet-
Gus of picture postcards and had
looked forward to harvest from his
mothers trip.
He got it.
Every day she sent at least one
card. And, whatever else it bore in
the way of inscription, there was not
one which failed of this introduction:
Just as soon as you get this so and
brush your teeth"
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-10-03
WORLDS CITIES HARD TO KILL.
Rome Twice Burned, Six Times
Starved-Paris' Eight Sieges.

Few of the worlds great cities have
not faced, at one time or another, to-
tai destruction. But city is hard to
kill
Take Rome, for instance. She has
been swept by pestilence no fewer
than ten times. She has been twice
burned and six times driven to submis.
sion by starvation. Perhaps it is on
account of her great vitality that she
is called the Eternal city.
Paris has gone through eight sieges,
ten famines, two plaques and one fire
which devastated it.
Constantinople has been burned out
nine times and has suffered from four
plaques and five sieges. In addition
she has been ruled by monarchs who
were worse than plague. Yet Con
stantinople still f1ourishes.
London has been decimated five
times by plaques, in addition to vista.
tions of typhus, cholera and other epi.
denies. She has been burned more OF
less severely several times.-Stray
Stories.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-10-03
Photographins the Stomach.

An improved apparatus has been
made by DR.. Fritz Lang of Munich
by which the inside of the stomach
can be clearly photographed. The
camera is actually swallowed by the
patient, and no sooner does it reach
his stomach than the walls thereof
are illuminated by a small electric
lamp attached to the apparatus. At
the bottom of the camera is wound
Photographic film 20 inches long and
quarter of an inch wide. All the
surgeon has to do is to pull cord
and thus run the film past the lens
The electric light is then turned on.
and after the sensitive film has been
impressed with the image the current
is turned off and another section of
the film is brought into play, until the
requisite number of pictures have
been obtained. When this is done the
entire apparatus is withdrawn from
the stomach.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-10-03
CAUSED LISTENERS TO SMILE
Clergyman's Announcement TickIed
the Risibiities.

AS may be inferred, each profession
has its stock jokes-its stories in
numerable-each of which having a
flavor of its own. That the point of a
joke or jest lies not in the tongue of
him who makes it, but in the ear that
hears, is the testimony of the great
dramatist.
The doctor on his rounds and the
judge upon the bench have both an
audience ready and willing to accept
as the highest wit the bon mots OF
the speakers; and there is no club or
gathering of men that does not ac-
claim one of its members as supreme
in this respect, and are ready to
yield due recognition of the gift.
1t must be admitted that the blum
ders and jests clerical stand for some
reason pre-eminent both in number
and in mirth producing qualities. The
reason, of course, is not far to seek
the very surroundings, in which they
occur-the very upsetting OF ones
preconceived notions of reverence, all
tend to cause reaction in the or
ditary mental equilibrium, and the
simplest mistake or accident under
such circumstances assumes the pro
portions of huge comedy.
Recently a divine, in drawing the
attention of his congregation to spe
cial communion service on the follow
ing Sunday informed them that "the
Lord is with us in the forenoon and
the bishop in the evening"
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-10-03
WENT BACK ON eENEFAcroR.
PhiIanthropie Women Disappointed in
Their Protege.

The late Mrs. Clara Dewey How of
Philadelphia, whose philanthropic
work among immigrants made her
well known. had trenchant wit, and
one afternoon in Philadelphia, dis.
cussing the N suffrage movement
with a clel. i, she said:
You men are all alike. You all re-
semble the orphan that Mrs. Stanton
and her friends brought up. Mrs.
Stanton and body OF ladies from her
church, all interested in woman suf
frage, once took little newsboy from
the gutter and educated him superbly.
They sent him through school and
college and finally made a minister Of
him.
This young minister, the work OF
their hands. preached his first sermon
in their church. That was a proud
Sunday morning for the good ladies'.
They thought they had at last firmly
planted among the male sex strong
and splendid supporter. So. in their
best bonnets, they filled the church
that Sunday morning. They were on
tiptoe with expectation. Who could
tell but that their young charge might
preach In their honor a woman suf.
frage sermon7
Imagine their emotions when the
youth arose In the pulpit. looked calm
ly and even sternly over the congrega
ton and announced that his text
would be from st. Paul:
Let the women keep silence in the
church,"
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-10-03
TOOK THEIR MATES ON TRIAL.
one.Year Marriages Once a Common
Thing In Scotland.

They who talk glibly OF short-term
marriages and affinities do not know
that In Scotland one-year marriage
termed hapdfasting. was once legal
and fairly common. 1t was abandoned
on account of It's injustice to the wo
man.
Scott, in The Monastery" mentions
this one-year marriage. making Sir
Julian Avenal say:
we take our wives. like our horses,
upon trial. When we are handfasted.
as We term It, We are man and wife for
year and day; that space gone by.
each may choose another mate. or at
their pleasure, may call the priest to
marry them for life"
There was no disgrace attached to
handfasting It was. indeed. more
often practiced among the great than
the lowly. But the poor girl whose
trial husband rejected her at the
years end rarely found It possible TO
secure permanent mate.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-10-03
SeaquIls Of Auchmithie.

In the fishing village of Auchmithit
you may frequently witness seagulls
flying into the houses of the fisher
men and partaking of food from their
hands. One Of these sea birds was in
the habit of staying in fisherman's s
house all the year round except at
the breeding season, when It left.
About fortnight ago while the gull
was away, the fisherman removed his
home some three and half miles
from the former place.
The fisherman never expected to sec
his old friend the gull again. 1t was
therefore, much to his astonishmen!
that he beheld on a recent Sunday
the sea bird come walking into his
new residence with stately steps to
resume his old familiarities and house
hold ways.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-10-03
Simple Remedy for LoekIaw.

Cal Johnson, an old-time printe
was in the city recently and claims t,
have a simple and effective cure for
lockjaw. one that never falls. Re
membering his boyhood days when the
rusty nail was always lying In walt
for the barefoot boy and serving as q
menace to all who attempted to pass
the summer months without shoes on
their feet, Mr.. johnson thinks that his
advice may be OF some use TO the ia
theirs and mothers who still have bare
foot boys
The remedy is to smoke the wound
caused by the rusty nail or other i'm
plement Of torture to the small boy,
with woolen cloth. Twenty minute'
with this kind Of treatment, 1t is said,
will take out the worst case Of In
Aammation and cause speedy heal
ing Of the wound without disagreeable
results.-Kansas City Journal.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-10-03
Truly Rustic Bridge.

A rustic bridge at Beach Haven, Ga.
contains Sc kinds of wood and vines,
grown on the so acres of Beach Haven
park. Following is list of the woods
and vines: Short-leaf pine, long-leaf
pine. post oak, white oak, Spanish oak.
water oak, red oak, poplar, sweet gum
black gum. red haw, black haw. red
bud, prickly ash, chinquapin, wild
plum, persimmon. cedar, wild sloe,
wahoo, sumac, red elm, pig hickory.
scalybarl. hickory, hook or sugar berry.
willow, china, black elder crab ap-
pie. wild mulberry, wild cherry, dog.
wood, sourwood, winter whortleberry,
black locust, sassaffas, cottonwood.
buckeye. laurel, beech, holly, ash, iron
wood, birch, magnolia, sycamore. wal
nut, sweet bay, evergreen, spruce.
Vines-GFape, muscadine, bellflower,
rattan, bamboo.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-10-03
Getting Out Of Tight Place.

When the late William Window.
secretary of the treasury, dropped
dead at a chamber of commerce din
ner in New York some years ago. Just
as he was speaking, there were but
two reporters present, says the Sat
urday Evening Post. The others had
written their stories, sent down their
copy and the text of the speeches. and
gone to more interesting places. In
one newspaper Office the news did not
get in until minute before time for
going to press. Two columns OF Win.
dom's speech were in type in the form.
AS it was too late to make over and
catch the mails, an enterprising ed
itor wrote: THE Hon William Win.
dom dropped dead at the chamber OF
commerce dinner last night II he
had not dropped dead he would have
spoken as follows" Thus 1t s.ood un-
til they could make over.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-10-03
Increasing Our Ills.

1t is rather surprising to hear that
a German doctor who has drawn up
a list of all the diseases to which the
human body is liable has returned the
number Of them as only 1,100. Any
one among whose acquaintance there
is an amateur invalid would have sup
posed that there were many more
ways of being Ill than that One thou.
sand one hundred is poor figure for
these times, too. With all the advance
made in medicine in the past century.
one expects something in six figures
at least. Still, the number OF diseases
known is mounting steadily. There
are already dozens of ailments, from
slee--',g sickness to tennis elbow, that
our fathers never had.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-10-03
Made Carlyle "ShelI Out"

Rev. Thomas Alexander. Presby.
terian minister, long resident in Chel-
sea and well known as brother Scot,
was most anxious to know Carlyle. but
had no opportunity of getting an in
PRODUCTION to him. One day in the
Kings road he saw Carlyle coming in
his direction and took advantage OF
the opportunity by going up to the
sage and saying: Thomas Carlyle,
believer" Carlyle's reply was: Tom
Alexander, know" They became
good friends, and later Mr.. Alexander
wrote to Carlyle for subscription to
ward school building fund, and Car
lyle wrote back a refusal In doggerel,
whereupon Mr. Alexander replied that
If he did not send him G5 ($25) he
would sell his poetry to collector or
publish it, The 95 was at once
forthcoming.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-10-03
Railway Apprentice Schools.

The New York Central railroad
maintains nine apprentice schools
along its lines where workmen are
trained for the shops of the company.
These apprentices are paid from l2 to
20 cents an hour, according to the
length Of time which they have served,
and upon serving three years satisfac.
torily get diploma, after which the
pay Is 80 cents on hour. The nine
schools had 400 pupils last year, and
the cost of their operation was $4,000.
They are presided over by superin-
tendent Of apprentices, whose entire
time is given to this work. He maps
out the course Of instruction and at.
tends to all the details Of the operation
nf tho ecLcc'-
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-10-03
Children's Bad Teeth.

Governments, the world over. are
coming to realize that 1t is their duty
to look after school children's teeth.
The crushing power of false teeth Is
only from one-fifth to half that of
natural ones, and the mouth filled
with false teeth cannot be quite
healthy. But even by taking hold Of
the teeth in childhood 1t is difficult
to make them last lifetime. Out of
100000 children S5 per cent. are found
to have diseased teeth This is the
proportio-i in America Germany, Eng
land and Russia. OF 100 children of
u years, only Is have teeth that need
no attention
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-26
MRS. HARRY KEARNE CARRIES
AWAY TOURNAMENT HONoRs
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
RIVERSIDE, May 25.-Mrs. Harry
Kearne is the winner in the women's
singles tournament in tennis, which
has been holding the attention of the
players Of the Casa Blanca Lawn
Tennis club this season, and as such
will have to meet Miss Coulson, VIM
ner of the woman's championship cup
for the past two seasons, In the match
to determine the possession of the cup
and the honors OF this year. The mems
singles has narrowed down to w. g.
Irving and HUMPHREYS for the finals
of the tournament. The winner must
meet Robert NJ. Irving for the possess
sion of the mems championship cup.
These championship games have
been scheduled for June 6, as next
Friday and Saturday will be devoted
to one of the most notable tennis tour
naments ever held in this section. No
table among the visiting players will
be the famous Sutton sisters of Pasa-
dena, Miss May, holder of the worlds
championship in women's singles, Miss
Florence and Mrs. Bruce. Charles
Sutton and Sinsabaugh will be among
the we'll known men players from Pas
adena. Santa Monica will contribute
Mr. and Mrs. Symons and Mr.. and
Mrs. Farquahar to the list of notables,
and Los Angeles will send DIR. and
Mrs. Martin and Redlands J. H. and
w. D. Botterill. Women's and mems
doubles and mixed doubles will be
played.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-26
Riverside
Office sII Main.
Home Phone 1891.
CLUBWOMEN MEET
AT ANNUAL BANQUET
GLENWOOD HOTEL SCENE OF
NOTED GATHERING
Riverside Organization Gives Its Sew
enth Yearly Breakfast with Many
Well Known Workers on
the Toast Program

Special to The Herald.
RIVERSIDE. Nay 25.-One OF the
most notable club and society func-
lions of the year in Riverside Is ar
ways the annual breakfast of the Ex-
temporaneous Drill club, marking the
climax of the club season and the sew
enth annual gathering at IL O'CLOCK
today at the Glenwood hotel was no
exception to the general rule. covers
were laid for 100 on artistically dec
GRATED tables which had been grouped
in the hotel refectory SO as TO form
the letter e.
At the close of the repast Mrs. L. F..
Darling greeted the guests ana ex-
pressed on behalf of the club their
appreciation of the work of the re-
firing president, Mrs. l. w. Gleason. In
token of :, hich she presented her with
a beautiful souvenir spoon.
DR.. Louise Harvey Clarke was in
troduced as toastmistress and the fol-
lowing program was enjoyed: "At
Home" Mrs. K. d. Harger; Our
Dearest" Mrs. ]. B. Neel; Our City,"
Mrs. r. E. Densmore; "Our Club
Mrs. M. e. Sammet; "Our Vacation"
Mrs. 7. ]. Leeds; 1.-THE Modern Wo-
man." Mrs. J. R. White; "Our Friends,
Old and New" Mrs. J. e. Shaw; Our
Noble Selves" Mrs. F. w. Enderley.
Mrs. j. F. Hervey, prominent club
woman of Chicago, and Mrs. German
of Los Angeles, federation state Of
ficer, also spoke at the call of the
toastmistress. The program closed
with the singing of God Be With
You Till We Meet Again." led by Mrs.
Stanley J. CaStleman.