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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1907
Page
2
The Butler Weekly Times notes weekly Thursday printing schedule and records J D Alley Betsor and Prop as the posts es ies of Butler Missouri as second class mail matter.
Governor Folk telegraphed Monday to remove Frank Ratelle as police commissioner, after Ratelle refused to vote for convicting and removing Chief Hayes. The move, opposed by the Kansas City Star and Kansas City Post, followed pressure and a board reshaping to satisfy Folk.
The Republican Press uncovers a separate township fund system in Bates County diverted to the treasury at county organization. Each town fund paid for road work via road commissioners and was audited by the county court, with balances returned to township trustees after organization. Such funds were not county receipts and do not belong in the county financial statement. The paper defends presenting a clear treasury view over exhaustive detail and criticizes Mr Funk’s framing as partisan fault finding.
A Washington dispatch notes figures like Judge J D Fox as potential Missouri Democratic nominees for governor while questioning their willingness to leave the Supreme Court. The Kansas City Times and New Madrid Record weight opinions on party strategy and minority voter rights. In Idaho, the jury cleared William D Haywood of murder, with Pettibone and Moyer set for trial despite the acquittal.
Dr Clyde Smith, once of Rich Hill and later of St Louis, was assaulted and shot in the neck during a ride with a casual acquaintance on a secluded road near Winnipeg. He wrestled the attacker, secured the revolver, and fled to a farmhouse before being taken to hospital. the assailant escaped.
Watt Dawson prosecutor filed information against W Coughlin R L Logan both of Kansas City and H E Whigtenger of Pittsburg Kan and a South ern Railway operator Ray Rice at Home for alleged work exceeding eight hours a day. First effort in the state to enforce the eight hour law. Beard was sent to Kansas City to serve process. The case draws much interest.
In Boles Idaho on July 30, a formal motion to admit George A. Pettibone to bail was submitted without argument and promptly denied by Judge Wood. It was announced that bond for Charles H. Moyer would be ready by the form's course of preparation.
Lawton Oklahoma July 80 Brakeman W W Andrews of St Louis San Francisco freight train No 485 was arrested on the charge of murdering an unknown man on his train near Chickasha Charles Ellison negro George Wyche Lee Connor and Claude Hayes were arrested on the same charge Dorling the terrific electrical storm of a week ago Tuesday night produced a maple leaf reproduced on a granitoid sidewalk in the town’s south part photographed with electricity and described as the first such instance in granitoid form Harrisonville Democrat
A sale advertises 1 good extension top carriage 2 extra good top buggies 3 top buggies fair condition 2 good road wagons. A number of old vehicles priced from 2.50 to 5.00. 10 set single buggy harness 2.00 to 8.00. 6 set double buggy harness 5 set double team harness.
A Bates County Fair board meeting selected directors for all departments. G A Van Hall tickets, J R Douglass gates, W W Rubel grand stand, H Donovan hogs and sheep, W J Bullock arena, H H Harshaw marshals, J E Thompson cattle, C Argenbright horses, M R Lyle poultry, M F Kinney agricultural hall, G P Wyatt stalls, Mrs F H Crowell textile fabrics, pantry and store leads, Mrs I N Mains pantry, Geo G Gibeson assistant secretary.
The State department has taken up with Mexico the immigration of Japanese coolies into the United States across the Mexican border. The practice of bringing in an undesirable element has assumed alarming proportions, and immigration inspectors are taxed beyond their abilities to detect and turn back such entrants.
Mr Moore returned from Kansas City Tuesday reporting Dr Welty remains in critical condition. He is unconscious most of the time and greatly emaciated. He did not recognise Mr Moore. His injured leg was amputated last Thursday and he is recovering from the shock of the operation. His death is expected at any minute.
Fragmentary text indicates a rule or note about a person’s inability to remarry within two years after divorce. The readable portion mentions Doncaster and a person named Milla or Mila, but key details remain unclear.
Byron Walton aged 13, son of H G Walton, suffered severe hand injuries when his hand was pulled into a revolving ice crusher at Carpenter Shater ice plant Monday afternoon. The bones in his wrist were broken and flesh torn from the palm. Dr. Christy dressed the wound and hopes to save the hand though wrist motion may be limited. He was employed at the plant and taken to the doctor for treatment.
Ernest Tourtillott ten year old son of Abe Tourtillott of Rich Hill had his skull crushed when he fell from a hay trolley in his grandfather Elias Harper’s barn near Perna. Doctors Boulware Chastain and Lockwood of Butler and Delamater of Rich Hill operated, removing portions of the skull. Though the case seemed hopeless, he remained alive at last report and may recover.
A highwayman robbed two stages near Ukiah within half an hour. Eighteen passengers on the first stage to Witter Springs were relieved of jewelry and money. A second Ukiah to Potter Valley stage with about ten passengers faced the robber, who refused a plea to keep a wedding ring and a $50 offer. Two previous stage holdups at the same place were similar.
Officers and members of the Bates County Old Settlers Society met in the court room to set the eleventh annual reunion for Wednesday September 18 1907. Committees were named to arrange details and a follow up meeting was adjourned to August 7 to receive reports. The event typically draws a large crowd, weather permitting.
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