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Show n'Unt General Butler ltuoivs. Chicago, 1. The Journal's Washington Wash-ington correspondent says; General Butler said to your correspondent today to-day that he knew better than the press whether he owned land in Colorado. Colo-rado. The deed of record mentioned in the dispatch from Colorado is simply security for a debt due, which will be cancelled when the debt is paid. The general also stoutly defended de-fended Evarte for continuing his law - practice, asserting that it was his' duty to finish up hiB engagements before coming into the office, he ' deems the criticism on his course ; unjust. |