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J. D. ALLSXEditgk. J. D. Allkn & Co., I'toprieiors. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: The Weekly Times, published every Thursday, will be sent to any address one year, pottage paid, for $1.00. DEMOCRATIC TICKET. Representative GEORGE II. ELLIS. Hheriff- E. C. MUDD. Treasurer A. I!. OWEN. JProecatlng Attorney HARVEY C. CLARK. Surveyor ROBERT JOHNSON. Public AJminlatrator D.V. BROWN. Coroner US. O. E. RENICK. JuMfo North district J. M. COLEMAN. Jo'lge South District W. T. KEMPER. HIE BUTLEi: TIMES hag credit for the largest circulation accorded to any paper pub lished In tho tithcongreegional district of Mls onrl, 'which has a population of 101,734 and the publishers of the American Newspaper Directory guarantee the accuracy of the rating accorded to the paper by a reward of $;oo to the first per-ion, who successful assails It. From the Printers Ink, issue of April 15th li'jfi. CEUTEAL COMMITTEE MEETING. Members of the Bates county democratic central committee are hereby notified that a meeting ot that committee will be held at the court house in Butler on Saturday, July 25th, 1800, at 10 o'clock a. m. for the purpose or selecting a cam paign committee and for the trans action of such other business as may come before it. Candidates on the county democratic ticket are invited to meet with the committee. T. L Harper, Chairman W. F. LaFollett, Sec'y. Illinois swings her forty eight votes into lino for Bland. The trusts want high protection and the gold standard. Lon Stephens is a sure winner and Bates county will have the honor of materially assisting in that con summation. There is one thing certain, the nominee of the Chicago convention for president will not be backed by the bond clippers and trusts. The parties who are now fighting Lon Stephens for governor are the ones who have been fighting Gov ernor Stone, Senators Cockrell and Vest, Mr. Bland and all the other freo silver leaders of tho party for the past year. William P. St. John, president of the Mercantile National Bank, of New York, on account of his pro nounced silver views, has been forced to reBign his position 119 president of the bank. This goes to show to what extremes tho gold men carry their prejudice. Then they talk of international agreement. "What non eenst! The following counties have in structed for Hon. Lon V. Stephens for governor: Reynolds, Miller, Cooper, Cole, Douglas, Iron, Lewis, Platte, Scott, Holt, Butler, Ozark, Mercer, Saline, Randolph, Cape Girardeau, Bollinger, Maries, How ard, Mississippi and Dunklin, and delegates elected by a number of counties are pledged to him. He is a sure winner. Fifteen hundred Bland rooters left St. Louis for Chicago Sunday night. A majority of the excursion ists wore Bland suits, consisting of a ccat, vest and pants of white duck with the name of "Dick Bland" across the front. The Fritsch brass band and the Emerald Zouaves drum, fife and bugle corps, accom panied the Bland silver club, which has GOO members in line. At the caucus of the western Bland men in Chicago Sunday, Senator Martin read a letter from San Fran cisco, stating that a club of 1,000 democrats and populists had been organized, favorable to the candi dacy of "Dick" Bland for the presi dency, and also favoring Senator j-eller for secretary of the treasury in a Bland cabinet. This suggestion of Teller in Bland's cabinet evoked a double round of applause. Politics have run bih this weej. The ball opened Tuesday at Chicago in earnest, and the first blood being drawn by tho fiee silver crowd in the turning down of Hill and the seating of Daniels, of Virginia, as temporary chairman of the conven tion, was a victory for silver, which caused great satisfaction among the followers of Bland in this city. j It is said the republican leaders are bleeding the trusts and manu facturers to the tuae of ten millions j of dollars to be used in the coming campaign. liaising this enormous sum is not done for legitimate pur poses and it goes to thow to what desperate straits the republicans are in. If they have not the votes they proposes to buy them to elect Mc Kinley. Of course these men that contribute to the campaign fund un derstand that they get back, in case the party wins, two dollars for one. A Times man had the pleasure the other day of meeting Col. John C. Brown, of Richmond, Mo , member of the Btate central committee and candidate for tho office of state audi tor. He was here in the interest of his candidacy and forming the ac quaintance of our people. The Colo nel is a native of the state and a thorough democrat. He is one cf the leading business men of his home town, and his integrity and ability to serve the people in any capacity is not brought into ques tion. Col. Brown hails from a sec tion of the state that has not receiv ed re-cognition on the ticket for many years, but which has at all times been depended upon to roll up big majorities. This being true, the Colonel certainly has every reason to expect1 due consideration of his candidacy from the delegates who will shortly assemble at Jefferson City to make up the state ticket. In the voting this fall, friends of sil ver should not overlook the democrat ic'nominco for representative of this county.Geo. B.Ellis The next legis lature of this state will elect a United States senator and it is absolutely necessary that the friends of silver be on their guard and not allow the republicans to capture the legisla ture. In such n contingency Filley would certainly be elected. Geo. B. Ellis, our candidate for representa tive is a true blue silver man and will cast his vote for a silver senator, therefore, it is important that his canvass be looked after and his elec tion made Bure. No voter, who is honestly for silver and who puts the cause above party politics, can afford to vote against Mr. Ellis. So in or der to make sure of securing a silver senator, the Times would advise its populist friends who intend to sup port Judge DeArmond, to also in clude Geo. B. Ellis in the make up of their ticket. The same advice is also offtred to the silver republicans. On the silver question we must stand together if wo expect to win, and the mere fact of electing a pres ident and losing the corjgress and the legislature will amount to noth ing in securing silver. We must have the senate and house in line with the views of the president, then all is well An Eastern Silver 31 an. Boston, Mass , July 2 An even ing paper states that George Fred Williams, delegate at larce to the national democratic convention at Chicago, will favor the free coinage of silver. Mr. Williams is quoted as saying: "The time has come for a great popular uprising, and I propose to be in it In taking this step of sup porting silver I realize that I am doomed politically in Massachusetts ana that I shall never be forgiven by men who claim to be democrats. I realize also that these men can pun ish me socially and financially, but I invite the persecution with a con scientioua feeling that I am doin right by voicing the sentiments of an outraged public' Shot Ills Stepfather. Eldorado Springs, Mo., July 7 Wm. Minnis, 15 years old, shot and fatally wounded his step father, A. J. Hays, last night at the Hays farm two miles south of this place. Min nis threatened to kill Hays some tiuia ago. Last night when Hays went to feed Minnis was secreted behind the barn and shot him twice with a shotgun. Minnis can not be found. Mckinley ami the Gold Question. The following editorial from the Globe Democrat defines the position of Mr. McKinley and the republican party on the money question bo clear that no voter will be deceived as to the meaning of the republican platform or the candidacy of the party, either on the electoral or congressional tickets: "It is evident that a gocd many of the hundreds of thousands of honest money democrats who are going to vote the republican ticket this vear distrust McKinley on the gold question. Their suspicions on this point are voiced by Borne of their newspapers and leaders every day. They think the candidate counts for more than the platform, and they see that the candidate is strangely shy about using the word gold in bis speeches or letters, ex cept as he joins it with silver and paper, and says that each must be "as good as the best money in the world," r something equally empty and meaningless. But the skeptics will realize before the campaign is many weeks older that the republican masses take the platform literally. If a republican president is elected a republican house of representatives will be elect ed with him. and that house will ba a gold house That body will be as sound on the gold question as the present housa has proved itself to be. No Sherman law surrender to silver will have a chance to get any republican votes. Ir advance of an international agreement no con cecsion of any 60it will ha granted by the republican congress. The republican masses are thor oughlv uroused on this question of preserving the gold standard. They dictated the gold plank in the plat form with the probabilities of a sil ver bo't uud the consequent los3 of all the mining States constantly in view. There wa3 shirking at these eventualities at the time when it was easy to prevent them, and there will be no retreat now after all the dam age possible from a gold declaration has bs en done. A backdown now would ba as useless as it would be cowardly and criminal. Of course none is thought, or will be thought of. Tho gold plank is a strong medicine, but it will not be diluted to suit eqeamish palates. It would be made stronger still if it were made to day. Desert ui u Sinking Shin. Many prominent Republicans and well-known politicians throughout the country arb deserting McKinley and the gold platform. Judge Cunningham R. Scott, of the District Court at Omaha, Ne braska, is out m a letter in which he states that the Republican party has gone back on its principles in adopting a gold platform, and that he cannot support it. Judge Scott has been a life long Republican, and ran ahead of his ticket in the last election. Lieutenant Governor Day, of Min nesota, in hi3 paper, the Fairaiount Sentinel, announces that he can no longer act with the Republican party on account of its position on the money question. J. B. C. Cook, County Treasurer of Stafford county, Kansas, is out in a strong letter repudiating McKin ley and the St. Louis platform. Boss Hanna's manipulations to se cure McKinley's nomination on a gold platform is disgusting decent Republicans in all parts of the country, and when November comes McKinley and his gold platform will be knocked higher than Gilderoy'a kite. Shot His Rejected Rival. Fort Scott, Kan., July 6. Late Saturday evening Alexander Coch ran, a well-know farmer and stock man residing near this city, shot and instantly killed J. H. Van Horn, a brakeman on the Missouri Pacific between Kansas City and Osawato mie. Cochran three weeks ago mar ried a woman who had rejected Van Horn, who at the time threatened to kill any man she married. He start ed for the Cochran farm Saturday, it is thought, to carry out his threats, but was met by Mr. Cochran, who ordered him to throw up his hands. Van Horn drew his revolver, when Cochran fired, killing him instantly. The coroners jury decided the Ehoot ing was dene in self-defense. When McKiulejs baak failed it j was found to be rotten to the core j with McKinley as principal debtor, i Had it not been for Mark Hanua and : a few other monopolists, who ad vanced money to satisfy the bank's creditors, some one would have seen the inside of an Ohio penal institu tion. And the money so advanced has ! never been repaid. Is it wonderful that Hanna and his monopolistic friends are straining every nerve to place this fellow in a position where he can discharge this obligation? And would a man with such a debt upon his shoulders give a second thought to the interest of the people as compared to the interest of his benefactors Let the people of St. Clair county ponder well these questions all through the campaigu. 0ceola Democrat. Drank Wood Alcohol and Died. Jefferson City, Mo . July 3. Lou is Kennade and Everett Horne, two convicts in the penitentiary, were found in a dying condition in their cells last night. They had stolen wood alcohol, which is used to burn ish shoes, from the shoe factory, in which they worked. The stuff is poisonous if taken in quantity, and the men, unaware of the fact, drank between them nearly a quart of it. They celled together, and when their condition was discovered by the guards it was too late to save them. Kennade came to the prison from St. Louis Y.a.y 10 for twenty years for murder in the second degree. Horne was sent up from St. Francis county June 0, 1S9A, for seven years for robbery. A Very Sad Case. Mexico Ledger. J. R. Yates and baby, of Fulton, were in Mexico yesterday enroute to their home from Kirksville, where Mr. Yates had been to see his wife, who is undergoing treatment at a sanitarium there to regain her reason, which she lot some ten months ago under most peculiar circumstances. She was in her house when the negro fiend was lynched in Fulton, about the time mentioned, and knew noth ing of the affair until sbe heard a commotion in the street in front of her home Taking her baby, she stepped on tho porch, and there saw a wagon, ttopping in front of her gate, with the dead negro's head hanging out. Tho shock completely unnerved her and since then her mind has been a perfect blank She has undergone treatment at various places and is now under Dr. Still's care at Kirksville. When shown her baby a day or two ago she did not recognize it at all. It is to bfj hoped she can be cured. ('haed by a Man-of-Var. Key West, Fla., July 6 The steamer Three Friends passed here at 9 a. m , pursued by the Spanish warship Alfonso XII. Both vessels were unJer full steam The Three Friends was between eight and ten miles ahead of the warship. It has been stated by the obser yeis that the warship fired upon the Three Friends. The warship is cut ting the three mile limit very close and is trying to head off the Three Friends. It is reported that the United States warship Maine and B;-veral United States cutters are now get ting up steam preparatory to inter cepting both vessels. Great excite prevails here. 13 what gives Hood's Sarsapariila its great popularity, its constantly increasing sales, and enables it to accomplish its wonderful and unequalled cores. The combination, proportion and process used in preparing Hood's Sarsapariila are unknown to other medicines, and mate Hoods Sarsapariila Peculiar to Itself It cures a wide range of diseases because of its power as a blocd purifier. It acts directly and positively upon the blood, and the blood reaches every nook and cornerof the human system. Thus all the nerves, muscles, hones and tissues come under the beneficent influence of Sarsapariila Tlie die Tnse Klcal P:;riSor. 1 per bottle. Li rI5f furi t ir"r I "S; easy to I lOOU S rillS take, easy to operate. 2jc BENNET WHEELER MERC. Cf tt DEALERS IN Hardware, Groceies and Stoves. AUEXTS j OKLEBA KATKD LItiHT DRAFT MlLl.WAl'KKE BISD- EHS AND CHAIN i. tf t: - v. v. J- : -y .; r ;j -y M-i .-n. - i; -1 ....... ! v.' Racine and Bradley high grade Buggies, Carriages, Road Wagons and Spring Wagons Weber Schuttler and Clinton Farm Wagons, Machine Oils, Binder Twine and Qaeeuswai e. The highest cash or trade price paid for all kinds of country produce. REMNCTT UUCEI CD MCDA fin ULI1I11.I I IIIILLUE.il IIILIIUl UUi Jail Delivery atUntbrie. Guthrie, Ok . July G. Fourteen prisoners overpowered the guards in the United States jail at 9:30 p. m. Sunday and broke jail. Bill Doolin and Dynamite Dick, the last surviv ors of the Dalton gang, who were wanted for the murders committed in the Ingalls fight, at which four deputy marshals were killed, were the principal actors. Fourteen out of fifty-nine prison ers escaped. They were the most desperate characters. They are: Bill Doolin, Dynamite Dick, Charles Montgomery, Jim Black, W7alt Mc Clain, Bill Critteudon, Ed Lawrence, George Lane, Kid Phillips, Uenry Irvin, Bill Jonep, C. O. Nix, Lee Killiam and William Beck. They got the guards' two revolvers and a Winchester by a rush out of the cages when the gate was opened, and knocking one of them down. placed the other two into the steel caes. They came out at the noint f their revolver. Having the guards safe, the ring leaders called for every one of the prisoners to escape if they wanted o. Only fourteen followed. William ?eck, one of the escaped prisoners returned and said that Doolin was so weak he sat by the side of the road out of the city wondering how he would escape. La'er the outlaws made a man named Schofield and his girl get out of a buggy and give it to them. A posse of deputy mar shals, headed by Bill Tilghman, who captured Doolin, went in pursuit of the escaped prisoners. Marshal and Outlaw Both Dead. Adairsville, Ky , July 5 -The dead bodies of Town Marshal H H. Har mon and Wickliffe Younger were found this morning lying in the road about a mile from town, the men evidently having killed one an other in an encounter. Younger was a notorious character, who spent most of his time drinking and ca rousing. Siturdav evening he mAa w w o by Harmon and shook his pistol in his face Harmon mounted a horse hitched to a post near by and started in pursuit Overtaking Younger, each must have fired on the other, and the first shots must have proved fatal. The horses wandered back to town during the night. Harmon was a young married man, and bore a good reputation. Younger was a Tennesseean At the time of his death he was under a bond of $5000 f or killing a man in Tennessee 3linmKota Republican Bolt. Minneapolis, Minn , July 2 Sil ver Republicans of the State to day issued a manifesto announcing that they can no longer stand by the par ty, on account of its single standard platform. Bimetallism is pointed out as the fundamental principle of Republicanism, and the dire results feared from a monometallic financial basis are dilated upon. Among the signers are Congressman C. A. Towne, of Dulutb; ex Congressman John Lind, of New Ulm; Cbunty At torney Frank M. Nye, John Dain smith, of Minneapolis; John B. San born, of St. Paul. All these have been very prominent in State politics. FOR THE HEAR MOWKHS. , VI. vk ". x S .veiling the School Fond. Jefferson City, Mo., July 2.-14! meeting of the Board of State Faa4 Commissioners yesterday afternoon, an order was made transfering $925,. 338 83 to the public school fund. During this month the State Sup. intendent will appropriate the fonj named among the various countiei in accordance with their school pop. ulation. The fund this year is 5i,, 032 24 in excess of 1895, and is mack up from one third of the revenue 873S.872.74; interest on certificate of indebtedness, $186,090, ud amounts refunded, S376.ll. Warden PaeVn (Juoil MaiiHgeinrBt. Jefferson City, Mo , July 3 Wtt' dn F.ice's maintenance statement, made to the Board of Petiiteuti&rj Inspectors to day, for tho month, U an admirable (mowing for the min agement of the inbtitut ou. Oo June 30 there were in the prison 2,203 lualeK and 52 females, a total of ! 255, the average maintenance ol which cost, the State in the aggre gate $149 01 j.f r day, or G.59 cent! per capita Add to this t be cost ef clothing and other necessary el penses, and the expenne per day to thn State foi each convict is about 30 cents. The largest cr;p of strawberriei in the United States is raised ud shipped from Strcoxie, Mo Tbt land is owned by a stock company, who have 500 acres in strawberriei and employ over 5.009 people eferj day to pick them, who camp near the pl-tee in tents. They eend out teu car loads of strawberries every day The company is going to pur chase 500 more acres adjoining Uul land, and by next year they will hava a, strawberry patch of 1,000 acres Schell City News. Gladness Comes Wi riti a Ite-iU r nn1ers,tfin2inT of tie transient natum of the many - - - ieal ills, which vanish before VVea' forts gentle efforts pleasant efiw rightly directed. There is comfort IT the knowledge, that so many forms sickness are not due to any aftuall" ease, but simply to a constipated coo tion of the system, which the pleasa family laxative, byrupof Figs, pnxnpr ly removes. That, is w hy it is the cnJ remedy with rriillionsof "families, j3? everywhere esteemed so highly who value good health. Its henefi effects are due' to the fact, that its one remedy which promotes interw cleanliness .without debilitatiog" organs on which it acts. It is thereu all important, in order to get its bene ficial effects, to note when yott P eha.se, that yon have the frenuine a cle, which js'raamifaetnred by the tjr f'imia Fig Syrup Co. only and all reputable druggists. " . wfcl If in the enjoyment of good ne" and the system "is r.-gular, Jaxa5t u other remedies are then not neetled afflicted with any actual disease, may be commended to the most physicians but if in need of a TS one should have the best, ct-d .wlt" well-informed evervwhne, Bjriip Fi?s stands highest and is most largev ased and inves mr- treneral sans""