Newspaper Page Text
Great Clearance Sale o f Spring Suits. Having sold high grade suits almost exclusively this season, we have on hand too many of the cheaper grades and will for a few days only CUT PRICES WITHOUT REGARD TO C05T TO US WE HAVE OVER TWO HUNDRED, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, SEVEN-FIFY, EIGHT, NINE, TEN and TWELVE-FIFTY SUITS DIVI THREE LOTS: DED INTO Y 1 1 . , YOU KNOW THE GOOD CLOTHES STORE- BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES J. D. ALLEN, Editor. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION! The Wcsxi.t Times, publUhed every Thurtday, will be ent to ny addieti re yeir, potge paid, for $1.00. Democratic C"i'"tv T'nt. Tor n. irt'i'Uttlv lion. Jam N. Sharp. For rroai'OtiK Attorney A. B. I.ttdwiek. For SUt-rlir Moae B. Morrli. For Trrssim-r W. It. Hi-ll. For Surveyor Edward II. Ilorron. For I'ulillc AiItnlnltrator-8. T. llroaldua. For Coroner Or. W. II. Alh n. ForCoun'y JwIkh, South lItt , Will I.ani'y. For Counly Jugi; North A. Bruce. While the small fry republicans are eoufiJent Roofevelt and Fairbanks will bo elected, the big fellows are preparing to raise millions to be put iuto the campuign. I!.'ftJtuarteiB 1 ! the Dein icratie congressional committee hHa been transferred from Washington City to St. Louis. Congressman W. S. Cowherd, chairman of the committee lias secured rooms at the Planters hotel. Edmund Bersh, ex member of the house o? delegates of St. Louis, plead ed guilty Monday to the charge of boodling placed against him by Cir cuit Attorney Folk. He will be sen tended to the penitentiary for not less than five years. There will be 994 delegates, not counting Porto Rico, to the coming Democratic National convention Should these be admitted the full eon vention will consist of an even 1,000 delegates, ol which two-thirds (6(57) will be necessary to nominate candi dates. Speaker Cannon, chairman of the Republican national convention, left Chicago for his home at Danville in a special car a sick man. He had a low fever convention week alternating with chills, and his physicians told him be would have to hare a com ' plete rest. The reporters lor the city papers claim that the national republican convention at Chicago resembled a ' J checker board. One white man and one black man. Social equality in a republican convention may be the proper tbi g, but it wouldn't work in a Democratic convention. It was ex-Senator Thurston, of Nebraska, who not long ago referred to Roosevelt as the "man whom ev ervbody is for, but whom nobody wants." This is iu line with the late Senator Quay's remark that the "re publican party is preparing for a good licking - That the first named was correct in bis estimate is shown by the entire lack of anything ap- proachlngenthuslaem over the result of the Chicago convention, the work of which had been arranged, even to the smallest detail, months ago. Senator Quay rarely misjudged the temper of the American people on political matters. . 4 LOT ONE LOT TV0 All $7,50. $8, $9, $10 SUITS go at $5.00. LOT THREE All $10, 12,50 SUITS go at $7.50. our goods are all marked in plain figures and there is no fake business done by the old ARflER PRESIDENTIAL POSSIBILITIES. A card to Tnc Times announces that Parker headquurters are open ed at the Planters Hotel, In St. Louis until after tho Democratic National convention next week. Parker will unquestionably be the strongest man before the convention, but it Is ex ceedingly doubtful if he will have or can secure enough delegates to get him the nomination. He will be bit terly contested by Hearst, who will have a strong ally In Bryan. While these two, on the face, do not apper.r to control a third of the delegates, other gentlemen who have lightning rods up, ran always be depended on giving eucouragf nient to the de feat of the strong mnn. Mr. Gorman can always be regarded as a possi bility and while he would naturally be friendly to Judge Parker's candi dacy, if the Judge's defeat meant a show for Gorman victory, daturally ho would met some jHibbles in the way. Mayor Jno. B. MeClellan, of New York would make a very available candidate, which fait is reoogniz d all over the country. If the contin gency should arise he would be strongly backed by Tammany and a candidate satisfactory to New York must be named if we expect to have any show for victory at the polls Then there is the possibility that Cleveland's name will be sprung as the one man who can carry the piv otal states and thus insure Demo' cratlc success. His name would be bitterly opposed by the west and the Bryan element in the party and the prospects that he will be the nonii nee is very vague. Missouri will present the name of perhaps the beet equipped man for president in the person of General Francis Mtuin Cockrell. In tern perauMri.1, iu knowledge of public affairs, gained by a life's devotion to the peoj.k-'o and the government's interests, as a statesman, as a dip lomat he is the peer of any man. His strength lies in his personal availa bility and the high esteem in which he Is held by people of all parties. The talk that in the case of a dead lock that Bourke Cockran wonld spring the name of Mr. Folk and that Mr. Bryan would second his nomina tion, thus bringing together the ex treme wings of the party upon this distinguished young Missoarian is seriously regarded In many sections as a very strong probability. Mr. Folk Is In no sense a candidate and has stated his position frankly and positively, but if he should be "draft ed" in that way, it is regarded as almost certain that he would accept the nomination. It will a take wise man to prophesy with accuracy the nominee of the Democratic party for president at St Louis on July Cth. Joseph E. Uawley, of Pennsylva nia, says Mayor George B. MeClellan of New York, will be nominated for president by the Democratic national convention in St Louis. , Just 1,031 men, women and chil dren perished in the burning of the excursion steamer, General Slocum, in East river, New York, two weeks agd. All $5, $6, $7 cm Cabinet Changes. Washington, June 24. Sweeping changes in the Cabinet of President Roosevelt was announced officially at the White House to-day. The an nouncement in the form of a brief typewritten statement by Secretary Loeb, as follows: "The following Cabinet appoint juenta are announced: "William II. Moodly of Massachu setts, Attorney General. "J'aul Morton of Illinois, Secretary of the Navy. "Victor II. Metcalf of California, Secretary of commerce and Labor- "Tho resignations of Secretary Cor telyou and Attorney General Knox have been accepted, to take eff ect Julyl." It is expected that further changes will take place in the Cabinet ntxt winter. Postmaster Gsneral Payne prob. ably will retire from the Cabinet af" fie campaign. Ho will bo succeeded by National Chairman Cortelyou. Secretary Moodly will continue as a member of the Cabinet only until the end of the present administra tion on March 4 next, when he will re tire to enter upon the practice of law in Boston. , . Roosevelt's Biography. Theodore Roosevelt, descended from Claes Vn Roosevelt who mi if rated from Holland to America in 1649, is the son of Theodore Roose velt, of New York city, and Martha Bulloch, of Rosewell, Ga. He was born In New York city on October 27, 1858; was graduated from Har vard university in 1880; served in the New York assembly from 1882 to 1884; was chnirman of the New York delegation to the Republican nation al convention in 1884; was defeated for mayor of New York in 1886; United States civil service commis sioner from 1889 to 1895; President of the New York police board from 1895 to 1897; assistant secretary of the Navy from 1897 to 1898; lieuten ant colonel and colonel of the First Volunteer cavalry in 1898; governor of New York from 1898 to 1901; Vice President of the United States In 1901: President of the United States since September 14. 1901. John Sharp Williams For Temporary Chairman New York, Jane 25. Members of the Democratic National committee now here say John Sharp Williams. Democratic leader In Congress, un doubtedly will be the temporary chair man of the St Louis convention and will make the keynote speech. It is expected that his selection will be ratified whn the National committee gathers next week in St. Louis. ' Senator Bally of Texas has been mentioned for permanent chairman of the convention bat it Is believed to be unlikely that , both presiding officers will be chosen from the south. Uncle Sam's Big Navy. The commotion of ships now nnder construction will make our navy twice as strong a! it Is now and three times as powerful as tt was at thA hea-lnnim? of the SDaalsh-Ameri- can war. It will then rank as the third In the theoretical tonnage and the second in actual ngning power. Success. ' SUITS o at $4.00. CLOTHING HOUSE. VARDAMAN WILLING T0 ELIMINATE NEGRO VOTE. Mississippi Governor Declares for Decreased Representation and Fifteenth Amendment's -Repealr Jackson, Miss., June 27 Gov. Yardman, in the course of an inter view, made the very important dec laration that ho was ready to ac cept the proposition to repeal the tifteenth amendment, elimiuate the iiHgro from politics and, as a conces sion, agree to have the South's rep resentation cut down. Gov. Vurdaman was asked to-night what he thought of the negro suf frage plank in the Republican plat form. He said: "As long as the negro ei joys all the rights of cu American citizen under tho amendment, the represen tation in the South will not be dis turbed. Should the fifteenth amend ment be ropsale 1, however, and the Southern states, as they should do, eliminate the negro from politics absolutely, then I see no special harm or wrong in cutting down the South's representation in Congress. "The truth is, I stand ready to ac cept the proposition to repeal the fifteenth amendment, eliminate the negro from politics, and, as a com pensation to the North for that con cession to the South, I would most cheerfully surrender that part of our representation in Congress which is bised upon the negro population. ' With the negro foreverelimlnated from politics in the South, we can stand anything that the white peo. pie in any other section of the repub lie can stand. Since the negro has been made such an important plank in the Republican platform, I sincere ly hope that the Democrats may accept the challenge and come out squarely for a white man's govern ment. I do not believe that an an nouncement that could be made by the convention at St Louis would go quite so straight to the hearts of the white American voter as a clear cut declaration against permitting negroes to participate in the govern ment of the nation. The time Is opportune for the Democratic party to speak ont on this question." The Last of the Range Steers. Muskogee, I. T., June 25 In the closing days of Jane there will be a' tremendous movement of cattle from Indian territory ranges to the mark ets. . This movement has already be gun and the railroads are taxed.to supply the demand for cars. This is the last year for the cattleman. When the fattened cattle go off the ranges this month theyVill never be replaced. The day of the range steer has passed. All the big pastures, from 25,000 to 100,000 acres, hare been cut into allotments. Many of the cattlemen of the territory who hare handled thousands of cattle ev ery year have quit the business, and those who remain say that this is their last season, O O I Removal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I will close out ray entire stock -at cost, nothing reserved, until further notice. REPAIRING PROMPTLY DONE. $Q CHILD HELPS LYNCH NEGRO ASSAILANT Fourteen-Year-Old Girl Places Nooses Around Neck of Man who Assaulted Her Memphis, Tenn., June 20 A spe cial to the Commercial Appeal from Europa, Miss., says: Starling Dunham, a negro wanted on the charge of criminally assault ing the 14-year-old daughter of John Wilson, a white man, near Belle fountatne, two weeks ago, and with attempting to criminally .assault three yonnff wnniu mnned Dunn, near thi dty, ull liuring the course of the siirue day, was hui g-d in the public FqiM here .to day by a mob. The no mo was placed 'about the negro's n- ck by the little Wilson girl who positively i ientifled him as her assailant. The negro was then placed upon the back of a black horse, and a signal from the leader of the mob, the wilson girl led the horse from nnder him. " Over 8,000 persons, white and black, witnessed the hanging. The lynching was as orderly as a legal execution. After being assured that the negro was dead, the mob cut down the body and turned it over to relatives for burial. Denounces Negro Plank. From every section of the South come denunciations of the negro plank id the Republican platform, adopted by the Chicago Convention. The resurrection of the bloody shirt is, in the opinion of Republicans as well as Democrats,' calculated to make the Booth moretalld than ever. The threat to reduce Southern representation in Congress is looked upon as a threat for which the Presi dent himself is responsible, since he sanctioned evary plank before the nlfttform was anhmlttaA tn Kl r . iu, ucih gates, J reliable THE GOOD. SHOE STORE. J) .. . o 0 o 0 o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sale ! N. B, JETER, "Watch Inspector of Mo. Pac. Ry. Pointer On Prescriptions. If you would have your prescription com pounded from the best and purest drugs'; skil fully and accurately pre pared; tearing the full measure of medical value. If you would have the eatisfection of knowing that it is absolutely right come here. Ask your doctor. FRANK T. CLAY, PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST. Hortt Sid Sqnan, Tnokwr'i oil Stood. Alarnfed at America's Navy. St. Petersburg, June 24.-The re sults of the Chicago convention arriv ed here too late for press comment this morning. The 8t Petersburg Novoe Vreyma devotes a long edl-' torial to speculation regarding the object of the enormous naval expan sion of the United States. It says: ''It Is difficult to suppose it is for a . pacific purpose and more difficult to imagine that it is doe to fear of ag-. gressiononthepart of a European power." " . Continuing, the paper says that the only presumption left is that the' Uuited States is preparing at no dis tant time to atnack some one, and warns the European statesmen to 'beware of the boundless appetites of American exporters, which, other mfans lauiDg, must be suppled bv force of armi.!' , -