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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-18

An indignant citizen wanted to
know OF us why The TINES didn't
"sail In" TO the administration re-
sponsible for the appointment OF the
negro brute TO a position on the
House force, who recently insulted q
respectable young white woman
member OF the Senate force at Jeffer
son City. We reminded him OF the
story OF the cali that became worse
entangled the more rope that was
given 1t. We are In favor OF Civ
ing the republican majority 10 th,
House all the "rope" they want. l,
is not our funeral, but there vii
come day Of reckoning by the goot
people OF Missouri
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-18

Supreme Judge W. W. Graves, who
came to Butler to attend the funeral
OF Mrs. j. L. Ludwick, remained over
until Sunday to greet his many old
friends. The TINES acknowledges a
very pleasant call and enjoyed o
long retrospective talk over the
times, not 80 long ago, when the edi.
tor and the Judge were boys togeth.
er, one printers devil and the 9th.
or struggling country teacher. By
hard work, close application, an In.
domitable will aided by a head full
of brains, he has gained the acme Of
OF bis profession while yet q young
man, In the very prime Of lie. BE
brings TO the supreme bench q clear,
analytical mind, a luick perception,
broad Views and q remarkable
knowledge Of the law that will be oil
inestimable value to the court. he
is sure to leave his impress upon the
jurisprudence OF the state. The peO.
pie OF Judge Graves home county
are mighty proud Of him.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-18

A. NJ. Gregg, whose announcement
appears In our columns as q candi-
date for the Democratic nomination
for superintendent OF county schools,
was born In Mingo township, Bates
county Missouri, vas educated at
the Butler Academy and Warrens.
burg Normal. He has been teaching
In the county schools Of this county
for the past twenty years and princi'
pal OF the Mervin schools for the
past four years. Mr.. Gregg has al.
ways been actively identified with
the Democratic party, and has serv'
ed on the central committee severa
terms. he has q large acquaintance
throughout the county and vii
make q strong race.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-18

sec % and "a Mingo $500.
CD Parker to Zelly D Wiley pt sec
Il City Of Rockville twp 81.
Zslly D Wiley to John s Robinson
pit sec IA City OF Rockville $3.50.
g F Hartwell to Nell l Thurman
40 sec "a Charlotte 81.
Chas N Fisher to Frank C Dever
VIZ OF lot 8 blk So Rich Hill $3.50.
Carrie b Ramey to Annie Axelson As
q sec 20 East Boone $4,000.
James W Mays to 8 A Brown and
mother lots 23 1926. 26 az In the
Adrian Town Cos Add to Adrian Mo
$3.50 90.
Luchsinger Nero Co to d F Streiff
lot in Rockville Mo $500.
j I Seigel to Grant Shaw and g N
Thompson 100 acres sec SO Wessl
Boone twp 100000.
W d Aslbach ct al to K F BalrEK
OF lot 8 sec ID New Home twp
10000
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-18

A great iurore was caused in
the Missouri legislature last week
by a resolution offered by Represen.
tssive Auerswald, OF Jefferson coun.
ty, asking Tor an Investigation Of the
State University and charging graft.
The resolution called for a detailed
statement OF the Universlty's expen.
ditures, and but for the Objectionable
language and charges, would have
been accepted. Mr.. Anerswsld was
finally prevailed upon to withdraw
his resolutions In order to put it in
less harsh language. He says bis
next one will provide for a public &C
countant to 60 over the University
books.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-18

Bills have been introduced into
both branches Of the state legisla-
ture, petitioning the state to PARTED.
pate In the centennial festivities Of
St. Charles, No., and to appropriate
$15, 900 for the purpose Of an OF.
hibit. According to Perry 8. RAIDER,
omcial reporter Of the Supreme Court,
w WI. 10 tne author OF the history Of
missouri used as q textbook in the
Poollc schools, st. Charles vas the
temporary capital Of Missouri In its
territorial days, and for some time
aiser the admission Of the State to
sne Union. Not only did the Legis.
lature meet In st. Charles, but Gov
ernors McNair and Bates main sined
tne seat OF State government there,
Governor Bates dying In st. Charles.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-18

The House on Monday refused 10
suspend the rules and pass the bill,
which would reduce the salary and
make Senator Knox eligible for the
position OF Secretary OF State. 1t
takes a two-thirds vote to suspend
the rules. In two hours time gag
rule was ribbed up by the committee
on rules and forced through by
Speaker Cannon, by which the meas
ure was then adopted, which frames
special law to evsde constitutional
inhibition for the benefit of one man.
Party lines were not strictly drawn,
and while minority leader Champ
Clark and John Sharp Williams
spoke against the proposition, Judge
DeArmond spoke In favor OF Il.
Thirty Democrats voted for the
measure, while twenty-one Republi.
cans broke loose from their moorings
and voted against 1t.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-18

Charley Hilton, In bis Appleton
City Journal, thinks that Charley
Lucas, Of the Osceola Democrat, and
Jake Allen, Of The BUTLER TINES
are barred from the President'l
Ananias Club, because Of their long
continued services In running red hol
Democratic papers, and that they
are licensed to ''take q few matches
and start . little h. club Of theil
own" Just what an h club is VI
are at q loss to know, except fst8 -
reference to matches, which leads ugtt
infer Il is q placep repaired for goot
Republicans Of the Hilton stripe, an,
Lucas and Allen will both admi
that they have been trying TO consigl
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-18

Champ Clark In opposing the meas
nreto remove the constitutional In.
hibition against Senator Knox be.
coming Secretary OF State In Presi-
dent Taft's cabinet said: Congress
buaking itself the laughing stock oil
every Intelligent man on Gods green
earth" he referred to q famous ex.
Yression BY the late Tim Campbell,
diNew York: whats the Constitu'
4lon' between iriends7" and said that
n the bill under discussion should
pass, Mr.. Campbell would stand
justified a. a constitutional lawyer.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-18

Adjutant General kumbold's mod.
esty is In full keep with hungry Re.
publican politicians, who want to
get their hands up to their elbows in
she public treasury. when he asks an
appropriation OF 5000, 900 for the
state militia, an amount equal ia
$4,000 for every enlisted man. The
var talk scare on the eve Of sppro.
priAtion bills has become exceeding.
~ disgusting to sensible people.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-18

The Waters-Piercs Company Of
St Louis has paid to the Supreme
court the lne recently assessed
against IL, Of $4,000. In addition
90 the fine the Waters. Pierce oil
Company was required to furnish
che supreme court with satisfactory
evidence that II had severed ell con
nections with the Standard OIL Com
Dany. Because Of its failure to Dc
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-18

A few schools are closing now Tor q
vacation Of from one week to two
months. This makes a serious break
in the school work and greatly him
ders progress. Some Of these schools
will b ange teachers also. The
schools that are making the great
est progress and producing the best
results are those that have q con.
tinuous eight or nine-month term
with the best teacher the school
board can find.
And this reminds me OF another
thing. There IL q shortage Of good
teachers In this county. The school
board that sits back on its dignity
and waits for teachers to apply
will usually get poor teacher. Con-
ditions are such now that the best
teachers do not have TO apply for
schools. Progressive school boards
hunt the teachers they want. know
Of four country teachers who have
already been urged BY school boards
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-18

The Cass County Democrat tells Of
IL remarkable record made by a darky
az that town In a dash to break into
jail. In shat case he was being pur.
sued by members Of his own color
seeking TO avenge abuse OF his wife.
That's nothing, we have hoboes
down here, both black and white who
race to get into Jail, when no one
Dursues,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-18

That Ia very sensible bill intro.
duced by Representative Ansmoss,
all Sedslia, In the Missouri legislature
which provides: "When the rider or
driver OF q horse holds up his hand
sis q signal the chauffeur must bring
tie automobile to a stop until the
animal passes" Failure to do 80 is
punishable by fine and jail imprison-
cnent
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-18
Real Estate Transfers.
WARRANTY DEEDS.

CN Nicklin TO P A Sargent lot 8
blk SO Amoret $500.
Elias Leonard TO Jasper Varnes Is
q sec 8 Hudson $500
John Wright to Harry French 40
q sec 4 Mt Pleasant $500.
Chauncey L Smith to Jacob r
Harrison ct al 821 q secs 4 and s
Walnut e14,0 900
DIN Copper to Geo g Wick 100 q
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-18
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

this Attorney General Major has filed
with the court an application for
final custer against the Waters
Pierce Company, notwithstanding
the payment OF the $4,000.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-18
By supt. A. L. Ives.

By supt. A. L. Ives.
For several days the county super.
intendent has been busy mailing out
the annual supply Of school bfanks
to the district clerks. Warrant books
will be sent out upon request. The
supply Of school laws IL exhausted.
No more will be printed till after the
statutes have been revised by the
present Legislature.
The Spelling Contest IL growing In
interest. Townships are nov hold
their preliminary contest ready fol
the County Contest TO be held In But
Ter, Saturday evening. March 20
There are now four prizes In the flns
contest az follows: First prize, e1t
in cash, offered BY Missouri Stat,
Bank and Walton Trust Company
second prize, $40 In cash, offered b.
Walker cKibben Mercantile Com
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-18
ANNOUNCEMENT.

We are authorized to announce Porter NJ
Allison, Of Pleasant Gap township, aicandidate
for County Superint endent of School. of Bates
county, subject to the action OF the Democratic
party.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-18

them to that abode, or club, II you
please, Tor the past thirty years.
Charley Hilton has an invitation to
enter as charter member.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-18
pany; third prize, IS in cash, offered
by Ellis Jewelry Company; fourth
prize, Webster's Collegiate Diction-
airy, offered by j. N. Hunt.

The same plan for county gradua-
ton will prevail this year as in for.
mer years. The examinations will
be held In various places In the coun-
~ about The middle Of April. Ex.
aminations will be required In nine
subjects as follows: Arithmetic,
Grammar, Spelling. Geography,
Physiology, Civil Government, His
tory, Reading and Literature and
Agriculture. An average Of 80 viii
be required for graduation With no
grade In any branch lower than go.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-18

We are authorized to announce S. Nj. Gragg,
or Herwin, Mo-, as a candidate for Superin-
tsndent Of County schools of Bates county,
subject 30 the action Of the Democratic party.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-18

Entered at the postofiice of Butler, No., ss
'..3ond-class mall matter.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-18

to take their schools next year. You
won't find these teachers running
around applying" for schools.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-18

M. Sergei Roukhloff, the new minister of Russian imperial railroads, has set out incognito and in disguise on a six weeks journey as third-class passenger on the lines under his control. He has resorted to his supervision at first hand because of the long-standing complaints of the dis comforts that the humber classes have to support.
 It Is believed that M Roukhloff who used to be chief inspector of prisons will also devote his energies to clearing up some mysteries in which employees of his department are involved. Eighteen months ago passenger rates were raised considerably on the Russian government railroads as means of bringing fresh revenue to the treasury. But although the number of passengers has increased. the receipts have fallen. There have re- gently been arrests of gangs of ticket forgers at leading railway centers-one or them had issued tickets of the face value of over $500.000 in the past year-but it remaints unexplained how their confed- crates in the railway service were able to pass the false tickets for so long through the usual stages of inspection.
 M Roukhloff will also investigate enor- nous defaloations in the goods depart ments. On two lines alone over sI 800 900 worth of goods were systema tically stolen in the three years, 1905-i907 with the con niyance of government employees. It was at time when all the energies of the department were devoted to combating the general strike and to conveying troops and police to the scenes Of political troubles
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-18
 UNBREAkABLE RAIL A FACT.
Pennsylvania Steel Company Backs
 Invention With Guarantee.

Chicago Dispatch to the Philadelphia
 Record.
 The railroads of the United States can have a steel rail guaranteed not to break. provided they are wiling to pay the price. This statement is being made by off, cials of the Pennsylvania Steel company. an independent manufacturer of steel rails.
 While the officials of this company are trying to impress this fact upon the op- trating men or the country, nearly 400 engineering and operating experts are gathered at the Auditorium hotel try ing, among other things. to draft such specifications and compel such tests as will insure a rail which will not break and cause loss of life and property. Among the exhibits is one by this inde- pendent steel company which stands ready to guarantee that the new rail has a life many times as great as the fam ous Bessemer steel rail. Should this statement prove to be fact, 1t will end the vexed steel rail problem. which is costing many lives each year. The new rail. called the mannard, ia made of manganese" steel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-18
DIckiNSoN's HEROiSM.
New Secretary Will Not Talk About
 It, But President Knows.

Gus J. Karger in Cincinnati Times-Star.
 There's an incident in the life of J. M. Dickinson, the new Secretary of War, which his innate modesty will not permit him to discuss.
 It's a mighty interesting incident, and shows the stuff of which the man is made. And, moreover, it made William Howard Taft take notice of him in such a way that thereafter he could not be for gotten Perhaps that made him mem Der of the Taft cabinet. Who knows?
 It happened some 12 or 15 years ago. the year the American Bar association met at Detroit. The business session had come to a. close and that evening the party went up the Detroit river in yachts for an excursion. They were late returning. It was pitch dark.
 One of the members of the party was James F. Joy then a man about 80 years of age, one of the prominent and distin- guished men of Detroit, president of the Michigan Central railroad. and otherwise identified with the best commercial so- cial and political interests of his state He question, Mr. Joy started to leave the boat off the gangplank The darkness de- ceived him, and what he supposed was athwart the water. He stepped from the boat out into space. There was splash, a muffled scream. then silence.
 Dickinson, he who Is now Secretary of War was directly behind Joy. He did not hesitate an instant. There was no time to pull off a coat or kick off shoes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-18

It was a case of instant action, or no action whatever. An expert swimmer, d man of daring and judgment, Dickinson required no preparation. He plunged into the darkness and the water below to save a life if to save it were possible. For a moment the water closed over him, then he came to the surface, tread ing water and looking about. Within a few second he spied Joy. who was sup ported by the great coat he wore bal
 looming about him. The octogenarian was growing feeble, and help came just in time. Dickinson seized the caps of the coat and enveloped Joy and held him above water The greatest danger that threatened now was that he might be crushed between the wharf and the boat. In the meantime the excitement of the situation had communicated itself to the other members of the party and the en- gineer was warned in the nick of time. Dicklnson's son. then a boy, now q man engaged in business in Seattle, was the first to render practical assistance. He caught up coil of rope and threw one end over. His father grasped 1t. the boats searchlight having been turned on to aid him in his work of rescue. and gave it to Joy, who was yet able to cliag to it and help in some slight measure those who then pulled him out of Gie water Dickinson kept himself above water until Joy had been rescued and his own turn came. Then, his wet clothes sticking to him and the water running
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-18

to commence she was giving singing lesson at her flat Suddenly fashionably attired young woman called, in state Of violent agitation and demanded an imme- diate private conversation with the singer. The pupil was asked to step for few minutes into an adjoining room.
 While she waited she heard an inter- change of angry words, then a couple of shots.
 Other inmates of the house rushed into the room, where they found Fraulein Barthold lying dead on the floor, with bullet through her head.
 The murderess had taken to flight, but she was arrested at the station just be- fore the train, by which she hoped to reach Berlin, left. She made no attempt at concealment, but at once admitted both the crime and the motives which inn peIled her to 1t.
 She is herself singer. by name Au- gusta zobel, who. though born in Berlin 3s years ago. had lived for some years in Paris. There she had made the acquaint- ance of the agent of large Berlin ex- porting firm, between whom and herself an intimate love affair soon developed.
 It had been arranged that their rela- tions were to culrriinate in marriage, but one day the lover announced that their intimacy must come to an end. and short ly afterwards she heard that he had be- trothed himself to Fraulein Barthold Maddened by jealousy she concealed a re- volver in her muff and shot her success full rival dead.
 The management closed the theatre on hearing of the murder Fraulein Earth old's agonized parents first learned of the tragic event from the newspapers They had been getting everything ready for her approaching marriage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-18

At a meeting of German actresses in Berlin this week, steps were taken to or ganize for mutual protection after the manner of trades unions. Over a hun dred stage favorites attended
 Discussion ranged mostly around the question of costume It was decided to use every effort against the custom of theatre managers to compel actresses to furnish their own apparel except for his- torical productions. 'Directoire gowns of 1909 pattern and beehive hats" argued Traulein Hedvig Wangel "are as legtl- mate part Of the stage decoration as furniture. and ought to be supplied by the management in the same way The practice of making actresses provide their own costume was, she said, an inheri- tance from the old days of court theatres, when pretty actresses were the play things of princes and cavaliers who clothed them like queens"
 F'raulein Frieda Barthold a beautiful and talented young opera singer. engaged at theatre at Rostock, Germany, was murdered on Thursday py Fraulein Au- gusta Zobel, whose grievance was that a young man to whom she was much at tached had become engaged to Fraulein Bsrthold
 Fraulein Barthold was the only daugh- ter of a piano manufacturer of Stettin. She was gifted not only with a voice of exceptional richnsss and tone, but with a rare degree of personal beauty, and at the beginning of the musical season the Municipal theatre of Mecklenburg engaged her. She had been trained by one of the best singing mistresses of Berlin and had commenced her career by filling minor parts in the Emperor Williams Opera house.
 Her success at Rostock had attracted the attention of the director of one of the chic; German court theatres. at which she was shortly. to have made probationary appearance with a view to a permanent engagement as prima donna.
 On Thursday night Fraulen Barthold was to have taken the chief feminine role in the Tales of Hoffman," and couple of hours before the performance was due
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-18

Colonel Gaedke. the we'll known military and naval critic, writing in the Tageblatt tonight, says:
 Through the circumstance that orders were placed as early as the end of last year for battleships of the l909-10 budget despite the attempts of the reactionary press to delude the German nation on this point-it is undoubtedly possible that the German fleet will possess not less than lS Dreadnoughts and three Invincibles in the course of 1912. Through semi-official declara tions we have bound ourselves not to exceed that total by the time stated. (The exclamation point Is Colonel Gaed- ke's). Our present financial position would sanction greater naval estimates than the present ones. We could certainly com plete the above number of ships by the beginning of 1912. In the course of the same budget year England will have at least IF Dreadnoughts and four Inylnci- bles-or IS modern fighting vessels against only 13 German
 These figures show, nevertheless how extraordinarily near we have approached to the English since we finally determined no longer to lag behind other nations in size and fighting power of the individ- ua1 ships. Only since we reached this de- termination has the German fleet become an enemy really to be seriously reckoned with, even by England and the United States"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-18

ONDON. April 17-Lord Charles
 Beresford, who has so long com A-A manded the channel fleet, and who joined the navy as a cadet 30 years ago, has bade good bye to his old shipmates. amidst the thunder of applause which betokened the love that the British seamen have for this genial admiral.
 The hero of the Condor and the holder of three medals for saving life. his name is perhaps better known than that of any other man in the British navy, and on his flagship King Edward the Seventh, no commander-in-chief has been more popular
 There is always something singularly pathetic about the farewell of a man to profession which he has well repre- sented, and last week when the crews
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-18

from them, he. too, was pulled aboard. He was hurried into a cabin. The first man to enter it was William Howard Taft, one of the members of the Bar as- sociation He didn't care how wet Dick inson was. He just threw both arms around him and hugged him in the ex- tolerance of his joy and admrat tion.
 That was a splendid thing you did to- night, old man." he shouted.
 The next day everybody made a hero of Dickinson. The whole town wanted to tell him what 1t thought of him. But Dickinson couldn't stand it. It was en- tirely too much for him. He just took a train and sneaked away.
 Today l called on Secretary Dickinson, and charged him with the act of herolsm in question. He didn't want to talk about it. He just laughed
 ''If you want to know what really hap pened," he said, ask President Taft. He was there"