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VOL. xv.
BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY AUGUST 10, 1893.
NO.
Missouri
State
lank
OF BUTLER, MO.
$110,000.
Receives Deposits subject to Check, Loans Money, Makes Collection? and
does a General Banking Business.
Booker Powell,
II. Itatirwnl.
T. B011I wine,
Joint IJeerwester.
tl. C H jall.
IHKF.tJTOIl.
Frank Voris,
Oscar iceeder,
IC Wesr.
II. II. Pisotr,
C. II. Due cli r,
(eo I. kiiimIi.
Win E. ualton.
J. Itj Jenkins,
wn K. 'Al,TO.. President
J. It JEMilXw, Cashier.
ItaII.ii 1 Kerns.
I)e O'pianion, is laid up.
Wilson is putting? up hay.
Mrs. Ida Beatty, is quite siek.
Ned Cole, lost another tooth.
Pete. Herman, is on the sick list.
McCleiinv threshed oats Saturday.
V. 13. Vole, is abos8bridgebuilder.
Mrs. Zaeh .lohnsoii, has malaria
fever.
J. L. Arburkle, lias our thanks for
a melon.
Ike Dawson, bought a jersey from
(I. 1). Cole.
Jack Moore was out with his single
driver to-day.
J. L. Arbuckle, has our thanks for
favors rendered.
Milt Beatty, returned from Henry
Co. Saturday night.
Hoard Hros. are doing tine work
with their thresher.
Mrs. Carver called to see the doc
tor, she is ouite noorly.
(ieo. I). Mosier, was quite sick a
few days with dvsentery.
The Rich Hill Fair, has billed our
town with quite nice bills.
Will some one please give us tidings
of our friend Ham'l Kiersey.
Isaac Trippey, called on his old
friend here Friday evening.
W. C. Powell and family spent
Sunday at Dr. McFarland's.
Mrs." Bradley, has two nephews
from Johnson Co. visiting her.
Peter S. was on hands Saturday for
his oats, which turned out well.
A young gentleman from Texas
visite'd M. L. Kmbrey, a few days.
Frank Douglas and his Texas friend
are visiting east of us this evening.
J. W. Cole, talks of putting up a
corn mill at our public well, and we
hope he may.
H. 1). Beatty and wife, Sundayed
in Henry Co. where he doubtless got
a square meal.
The ice cream supper at Beatty s
was a success judging from the
amount taken in $-15.30.
Wayne Short and John York of
Butler are building a house for Mrs.
Mosher, we are informed.
Dr. Laugsford, was on our streets
Saturday evening, he talks of locat
ing here" if Dr. Me. leaves.
A litrht at the supper here Wednes
day night followed by a line for dis
turbing those eating cream.
Cameron & Brown, threshed their
tlax south of us Friday last, and
pulled for their wheat Saturday.
The ice cream supper Friday night
ut T. N. H's. was well attended, and
an enjoyable time was had by all.
W. J. "Crow, died Friday morning
after having an operation performed
for Femoral Hernia. He was one of
our best citizens. The family has the
sympathy of the entire community.
Ja k. -
Choked by the Executioner
Vienna, Aug. 7. A revolting scene
occurred Saturday at an execution
that to-'k place at Krenis, a town 8S
miles northwest of Vienna. A c:n
vict named Biuuer, who vas serving
a term of imprisonment ut Krems,
attacked a warden in the prison there
and killed him. Bruner was tiied
on a charge of murder, couvieled
and sentenced to death. Capital
punishment in Austria consists of
hanging not on a scaffold, but ot: a
post, at the top of which holds a
noose. The usual formalities weie
gone through with, and Burner was
hanging with his feet but a short
distance from the ground. He strug
gled and gasped and it was evident
that something was wrong with the
arrangement of the noose. Seveial
minutes elapsed, and Dinner was
still alive aud no one could tell when
death would relieve him of his suf
fering. Finally the executiouer took
matters literally into his hands, and
mounting a ladder at the back of tl e
post, he placed one hand oyer the
mouth of the struggling man and
with the other choked him until life
was extinct.
Itouule Branch Items.
Wheat thrashing is the order of the
dav.
Born to the wife of Clem t.assa
wav a son. .
Dr. D. P. I-ee is very busy taking
care of the sick.
John Hall and wife went to 111., on
n u.-etliliuir tour.
ThiTK is considerable sickness
among the children.
The Timks has many warm friends
in this part of the county.
Louis Hall's wife, has been very
sick, also the w ife of Ueo. "afus.
The prospect, for corn crop was
never better, if we get a little more
rain.
.iMines Avbor is reioicinsr over a
new comer in his family in the shape
if a bonncimr bov.
Charles Kisner and wife are about
the happest people in this neck of
the woods, over the arrival oi a nine
daughter.
FJder James Hukle of lexas is ex
pected to arrive in this neighbor
hood Thursday. Hewasanjold set
tler of this vicinity. But for the
last nine years he has leen living
in Texas. He comes to hold a pro
tracted meeting at his old church
where he has preached so long. He
has a host of friends to welcome him
Oak.
The democratic congressmen in
caucus Saturday unanimously nomi
nated Mr. Crisp speaker of the house
In accepting the nomination Mr.
Crisp spoke as follows: The extra
ordinary condition of affairs through
out the country has necessitated our
meeting in extraordinary session. In
bo far aa that condition is attribu
table to existing laws we are in no
wise responsible therefor Now, for
the first time in more than thirty
j ears, we are in full power. We can
repeal the laws, aud we cau make
gocd ones. The people have in
trusted us wilh that power, and ex
pect us to exercise it for their be
half. Our financial system should be
revised :i'd reformed. The strictest
economy in public expenditures
should be observed and taxation
should be equalized and greatly re
luced. To these purposes are we
thoroughly committed. We must re
deem our pledges. Let us begin the
work at once. Let us lay aside every
other consideration than the public
good, and endeavor to so discharge
the duties assigned us as to restore
confidence, promote prosperity aud
advance the general welfare of all
classes of our people. Sincerely
grateful for your confidence and es
teem. I pledge nivself to devote to
the discharge of the duties of the
responsible position you have assign
ed me all the energy and ability I
possess.
Cholera In Naples-
City of Washington, August 3.
Surgeon-General Wyman this morn
ing received a cable message from
Surgeon E. B. Young of the Marine
Hospital Service stationed at Naples
stating that the condition of affairs
in regard to the cholera is growing
worse.
Mutilated While Plowing. J Shut From Ambush.
Golden City, Mo., Aug. 4. Wil-j Corjdon. Ind . Aug. G. Four
Ham Walker, a prosperous farmer men killed outright and one fatally!
wounded is the result of an Httempt
to drive two suspected patricides
from this county and the murderers
are still at larg. The eutiie com
munity is up iu aims and fuither
bloodshed is inevitable when the
murdcrtis are again caught up with.
A large posse is now organized and
in pursuit.
Seveial months ago John Conrad,
the father of Edward and William
Conrad, was luyateiiously murdered.
The fatuity lived iu a remote aud
very quiet part of the eoutiy, and ht
the time of the murder the officials
exhausted every inquiry that point
ed iu the direction of the criminal
Detectives were put on the trail
who, after au exhaustive eareb, fin
ally came to the conclusion that
whoever badonimitted the deed had
fled the country At the same true
the detectives said tl a merecircuiu
stances implicated the oroihers, Ed
ward and William, a id that they
had probtbly killed tueir father
All the people in th it vicinity b
lieve the b ys to ba guilty frm
many circumstances that had occur
red before the murder, and some
that had followed the crime. This
belief grew with the passing months.
There was much bid blood display
ed between the lather and sons, and
there were many bitter scenes enact
ed at the home last winter, just be
fore the old man was killed. During
the spring mouths several notices
were served up-m the Conard boys
that thy had killed their father,
aud that if they did not leu ye the
country the most summary veugence
would be meted out to them. Of
these notices the brotheis took uo
notice except to let it be widely
known they proposed to stand their
ground, ana luat it any mtaures
were takeu to injure them, they
would be ready to meet the authors.
Recently ihese notices became more
urgent, and the Conrads within the
last few davs stocked their house
ike an arsenal.
Yesterday they learned that a
crowd of citizens were coming to
drive them out. The boys secreted
themselves outside their house aud
when the crowd appeared on the
porch fired into them, killing John
Timberlnke and William Wiseman
iuslautly, after which the crowd dis
peised, and before they could com
mand self-possession they were again
fired into and Ed Houston aud Isaac
Howe were instantly killed aud
William May was fatally shot.
The posse was composed of about
100 men and those killed aud injur
ed are the best men iu township
The two Conrads escaped. Intense
exciment prevails throughout the
southern part of the county. The
Conrad boys have always been re
garded as vicious and worthless.
living fciht miles southeast of this
place was horribly mutilated while
plowing yesterday by a team run
ning away with a sulky plow. A
cloud of dust in the field and the ap
pearance of the detached and fright
ened team at the barn, led to an in
vestigation by the hired man, who
found Mr. Walker's body fastened
so firmly into the parts of the plow
that it was with great difficulty re
moved. He had been dragged iu
that position ninety rods, and was
almost lifeless. One ear was cut off
one eye gouged out of its socket,
and the other severely injured. The
flesh was torn from one arm leaving
bare the bone. The body and head
were covered with bruises aDd cuts.
His many and severe wounds are al
most certain to prove fatal. He is
mairied, but has no cbildien.
VrlV Hall Mill III.
Kuknille, M, August 7. The
sevnesi bail btoiui ever Iiiiowu in
this section visited the noitliein pait
of this county Sit in i ay afieri.oou
doing incalculable damage to the
growing ci ops. The p.itlt of the
stoim was about four miles wide
aud seven mihs long and all crops
that Lad not hern Larvetded were
laid wate, irardeus wtie. ruined
and roofs of buildings greatly dam
aged. Coin just iu the roasting ear
was beaieu into the ground and the
field that promised a htavy yield
will produce nothing. At 8 o'clock
this uioiuiuif, 40 hours after the
storm, inHijy hail stones were picked
up that measured 7 inches inch cum
feience. In addition to the loss of
crops theie was great loss of poul
try and sum.' cattle and horses weie
killed h lightning.
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Cash Capital.
iilERS iltv
OF BATES COUNTY,
$50,000.00
COUNTY DEPOSITORY
OF BATES CO.
D V. THOMPSON ... President
K. ROM Eli Vice-President
E. A BEN SETT 2d Vice-President
E. I. KIPP C.shiei
MUKt'TtiltS.
Clark Wiv, ;M. S, Kiersey. John K. Shntt. R.J. Hariev John Steel
M. i. Wilcox. E. A liennelt, I N. Thompson, T. W. Lejt
J. J. McKee, M. M Gailev. I. K Rotier, E. I. Kit.
J. KYtltlNullAM. Secretary
Receives Deposits subject to check, Lones Money, issues Drafts anti
transacts a general Banking business. Your patronage respectfully
Solicited.
A (iuesiii.n With Two Sides.
The speech of the Hon A. J. Bal
four, the British Conservative leader
iu Londou yesterday, iu favor of a
double monetary standard, invites
thoughtful and serious attention.
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the Hlu 8ver- I 8 u's 1 t-"e that
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substitute which will give to silver
its proper value as it circulating me
dium. This matter has been before the
Amerieau people for some months iu
such a way as to compel earnest
It Wasn (iikhI Rule.
"Twtnty years ago" said one o
Nevada's most successful business
men, "my wife and I discussed the
financial question and we settltd i
satisfactorily to ourselves The un
derslauding was that if she saw any
thing she wanted and hud the uion
ey, she was to buy it. If she didn't
have the money, and couldn't do
without, sh was first to beg it, then
steal, and if she couldn't get it either
by begging or stealing she ws to
buy it on credit A a lesult I hid
troubled but little hy the collecto : s."
Nevada Mail.
The failure of "Jack" Cudahy, in
Cliicago, while it may have its tiitct
on prices for the time being, ought
not to make any impress upou the
financial situation. Mr. Cudahy
was a heavy dealer in phantom
wheat and phautom pork. He hard
ly ever saw a bushel of actual wheat
or a bairel of actual pork, aud yet he
deals by the milliou in each of these
articles. His failure should have no
inoie commercial importance than
the closing of a big gambling house
at Loner Branch or Saratoga Globa
Democrat.
A Powerful Ally.
In the great controversy ubout
monev now absoroiuer so much
space in the press, and so much o
the attentiou of the public, the Post
expects to publish all the news with
out bias. It proposes to suppress
nothing and to publish nothing with
out crood and honest reason. This
paper, however, in its editorial pol
icy, will, in the future, as in the
past, favor plenty of money for the
people and oppose the schemes o
the gold bugs Cincinnati Post.
Devouring Kverj thinjc Green.
The grasshoppers are having ev
erything their own way south of
town in the neighborhood of the
Irou Spring.
At W. I- Daltou's place, after
stripping a young orchard of leaves,
they commenced on the bark, and
are stripping it oft very rapidly.
Several corn fields are being ruined
by them, and the few apples in the
neighborhood are being eaten.
Bushels of grapes can be seen undtr
the vines where grasshoppers have
cut the stems. The variety of the
pest is apparently one which is a na
tive of this section. Nevada Mail.
a gold standard will not satisfy
mands and necessities of commerce,
that a double standard alom will
preveut dangerous opcillntious iu
trade, and. he took p:iiua to deny
that the advocates of this theory
aimed atau inflation of the currency.
This opinion, coming foui so able
aud conservative n sourc, can
scarcely fail to strengthen the cause
of bimetallism in America. It is a
position to which ix.i present fiuan
cial situation iu this country aud iu
England gives weight and signifi
cance It is uot the utterance of a
superficial politician, but it is the
judgment of au earnest and patriotic
man, who has studied the currency
question iu a comprehensive way
and who speaks upon this subject as
one with authority. His judgement
regarding this conspicuous problem
reflects the views of mauy thorough
ly informed aud patriotic Americans
who are deeply concerned in the so
lution of the currency problem. The
double standard has a sufficient
number of enlightened champions,
both in this country and in Eugland,
to discredit the claim that the bin et
allist3 are cranks aud inflationists
aud that they sympathize with a
scheme which seeks to cheapen and
debase the currency.
The more the silver question is
discussed the more patent it be
comes that there are two sides to
the question. When the efflux of
cold to Eurone assumed a v 1 ri;e
o 1
which threatened the reserve iu the
national treasury at Washington,
fear seized the people, aud the feel
ing of alarm which spread over the
country caused depositors to with
draw their money from banks, re
suiting in the suspension of many
financial institutions which hate
since been proven to be solvent.
Now that the tide has turned, and
gold is begiuuing to flow back to
this country, England looks forward
with apprehension to the result, and
is a prey to suspense as to the effect
of this movement upon her finances.
This pregnant lesson at least
raises the question whether the sup
ply of gold is sufficient to carry on
the operations of commerce and to
meet the demands of trade. It will
face Congress when it meets in extra
session next week and it strengthens
the belief that while the people de
sire the repeal of tke Sherman act,
thev will also demand for that law a
tendency to elicit a vast access of
information iu regard to tbe claims
of silver as money. It in not be
lieved that this general and search
ing examination of the subject has
increased the sentiment in favor of a
single standard. Silver has been
used as money since the earliest
dawn of history, and it in also true
that where the two metals have been
employed the cheaper has always
had the larger circulation. It is
questionable wheter this valuable
and time honored metal cau be dis
honored as a factor iu our currency
without serious embarrassment tc
trade It would seem, as between
the uarrow policy of the monouie
tillists and the vagaries of the ultra
s'lveiites, (hit it ought to be possi
ble for Cougress to devise some fea
sible plan for circulating silver with
gold au maintaining it on a parity
with the more precious metal. Many
propositions looking to this solution
of the matter have been suggested.
The Windhm scheme of buying sil
ver at the treasury at the market
price, whatever that may be, aul
issuing certificates in payment seems
to be regarded with more or less
favor, as obviating the inconvenience
of carrying around silver coin with
an ibtrinsic value equal to its face,
aud as adjusting itself to the fluctu
ations in the price of that metal.
The idea of silver notes or certifi
cates basd on a ratio representing
the difference in the cost of produc
tion between gold and silver appears
to be growing in popularity, anil
will have its advocates in Congress
It is obvious, of course, that the
Sherman law is not what the people
want, but it is by no means settled
that the people will consent to the
repeal of that measure upon the con
dition that Congress shall replace it
with a law prescribing a single
standard and crowding out silver as
a medium of circulation. K. C. Star.
Jefferson City, Mo , Aug. 3 Hou
Johu T. Heard of the seventh Mis
souri congressional district wash
tbe city to day en route to Washing
ton. He says he anticipates a long
session and iu his opinion tbe Sher
man silver law can cot readiy he re
pealed unless a law is enicted in its
place more favorable to silver coin
age. He says that he will adhere
strictly to the pledges of the dera
cratic platform not only cn the
silver coinage question but in all
other matters of national legis'atioa-
Jasper county has two female con
victs at Jefferson City, May Colvin
and Delia Oxlev, but the delegates
are not harmonious as they should
be and want to figbt each other all
the time.
The only Pure C rears of Tartar Powder. No Ammonia; No Alum.
Used in Millions of Homes 40 Years the Standard
Children Cry for
Pitcher's Castoria
Children Cry for
Pitcher's Castoria.
Children Cry for
Pitcher's Castoria.
Gov. Waite of Colorada missed it
by uot moving his army of tramps
o j to Washington City. This would
prove more ffectnal in removing the
blockade on silver rut her than 'riding
in blood to the btidle bits.
Highest of all in Leavening Power..
Marvville. Mo.. August 7. Wilbur (
t. Wray residing nine miles north
east of t'ais city, shot himself
through the heart Sunday. Cause:
disappointment in love.
-Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
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