The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-07-09

General New
A solution Of carbolic acid, whic
her parents applied to mosquito bite
caused the death of Ethel Vauqhn.-
years old, Of Chicago.
Members Of Springfield's polio
force must pick their teeth and d
their smoking at home as a result {
an order just made by Chief Of Polio
Thomas Hunter.
Fire which started at Dana, Illinoi.
at 8 O'Clock Monday afternoon, wa
: still burning when telephone wire
went down at 6o'clock Monday nigh,
The loss is estimated at SIS, 600.
President Wilson is preparing t
take an ocean cruise on the presiden
tial yacht Mayflower. How long h
will be gone or where he will 90
unsettled, but the trip probably viii
be made in August.
The Georgia State Senate ha
passed bill making it unlawful fo
police, detectives or others to subjec
prisoners to the so-called third
egree"1examinations. The measure
now goes to the house.
The Catholic Educational Associa.
ton, at its closing session July 2 al
Atlantic City adopted a resolution
condemning the teaching of sex n.y.
giene in schools. The resolution de-
clared such teaching degraded NOR
ais rather than promoted them.
1owa's so-called blue sky law,
providing for the regulation and
supervision of investment companies,
has been held unconstitutional by
Walter l. Smith, United States Circuit
Judge, and Smith Mcpherson and
John C. Pollock, United States Dis
trict Judges.
1
Trying to make Hayti, NO., one of
the. beautiful towns in the State sent
Mrs. Laura M. Trautlnan and Mrs.
Mamie A. Dunn, sisters, into bank
ruptcy. They filed a petition of
bankruptcy Friday, in St. Louis,
placing their liabilities at $83, 523 and
their assets at 500. They gave their
occupation as housewives.
A cooperative fruit storage and
canning plant with capital Of $4,000
S being organized at Marshall, Arkan-
las. The stock will be held by farm
RS and fruit growers residing near
Marshall. The purpose is not to
market the raw product. but to can it
Ind then place the products on the
market.
Two women took the place of strik-
ng bartenders in one of the hotels in
lew Bedford, Mass, July 6. The ;
was the only hotel man ,
Who had not signed a wage agree .
nent with the union, reinstating the ;
trikers. He said he would keep the )
vomen behind the bar. ,
The 5000 steam road GRADER re- a
emily purchased by the Brookfield, '
10. township board has completed S
rading seventy-five miles of road. t
commissioner Frank Dick has gone I
ito Charlton county and demonstrate
/ there the advantages of grader
y gratuitously grading several miles l
county roads. Il
DR.. E. B. Cooley, a wealthy ply =
clan of Danville, ILL.,, has announced y
S candidacy for the Republican :.
animation for Congress in opposi- :;
IN to Joseph G. Cannon in the :;
ghtcenth Illinois District. DR.. Cool =
Y says he is impelled by the com. =;
Amt that "Uncle Joe" is no longer -
touch with the younger element. N
The transportation Of freight on the al
ssissippi River from the Gulf to its ct
has been resumed after "
enty years suspension, when barge til
}. S left New Orleans left Monday Ell
St. Paul. The barge is one of 81
e to be used in river traffic. It is ce
'hioned after those used on canals ga
Holland and is propelled by its
N power.
Public pen holders that do service on
desks in banks, post offices and fe
Ter public places in Kansas may be w
nished from the state as have been mi