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THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD. $1.00 Per Year in Advance. Lincoln Institute. Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 21st 1903. A bill has been prepared and is to be introduced at an early date in the Legislature, which if it becomes a law will prevent the employment of white teachers and janitors at Lincoln Institute and is also aimed the monopoly, certain merchants are said to have in furnishing supplies for the school. The chief feature of the proposed measure, however, is that it will require that all teachers and employees of the school shall be colored persons. Some of the Missouri statesmen have been humiliated at the spectacle of white men performing mental tasks about the school for colored people. The superintendent of the industrial department, John H. Bredeman; his assistant, W. R. Menteer, and four janitors are white. Some of the legislators have been out to visit the school since coming to the capitol, and while they have been pleased with its workings, as shown in the new printed report just out, and with what they observed, the spectacle of the whites performing such humble duties as the janitors are required to do for the negroes rather gratted upon their sensibilities, and this without any reflection whatever upon the bright young people and the faculty. Representatives of sections where the confederacy was strong are especially averse to the sort of thing which Mr. Connor will attempt to remedy in his bill. But there is another provision which is, perhaps, more important. It is that there shall be not more than one member of the board of regents resident in Jefferson City. At present there are three resident members. The state superintendent is ex officio a member, and the others are L. D. Gordon and Jesse W. Henry. A. H. Bolte of Union, former lieutenant governor, is the other Democratic member. Carl Hoffman of Sedalia, R. H. Davis of Wayne county and J. Silas Harris of Kansas City are the three Republican members. Mr. Henry has a son, Donald Henry, in the grocery business on East High street, who is said to furnish the bulk of the provisions for the 350 students and the faculty and employees, and it is suspected that there are other lines through which members of the board receive favors. The introduction of such a bill will come as no surprise to those acquainted with the affairs of Lincoln Institute and such a measure has been urged and talked of constantly since the dropping of Prof E. A. Clark as president of the institution last June. In his annual report to the Board of Regents President Clark recommended that competent colored men be employed as teachers in the industrial school and that the janitors be colored men. One of the teachers employed in the industrial school is a brother-in-law to L. D. Gordon, who is a resident member of the Board, who of course resented the recommendations of the President Clark by refusing to vote for him to remain at the head of the institution. While the friends of the other white employers at the institution, who had voted for them mainly for political reasons followed suite by withdrawing their support from Clark, making it impossible for him to be elected. Notice to Correspondents. When you find it impossible for you to send the news regularly from your community after having agreed to do so, kindly notify us and do not have us reserving space for your items weekly and you not sending them. COLUMBIA AND JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI, FRIDAY JAN. 23, 1903. Blind Boone in Canada. The Boone Concert Company played to packed houses in the far north and are meeting with great success. We clip the following from the Morning Telegram of Winnepeg, Canada, of a recent date. "Zion church was crowded to its utmost capacity last evening on the occasion of the concert by the Blind Boone Concert Company, and the audience was well pleased, the applause being generous and enthusiastic. The programme was as follows: Piano—March Suite, op 91.....Raff "Last Hope".....Gottschalk Boone. Vocal—Camp Meeting Song Piano—"Old Kentucky Home," with variations Boone. Vocal—"Run, Chicken, Run," Boone. Piano—"Mocking Bird," with variations Boone. Vocal—"Way Down Upon the Swaunee River" "Eva" Miss Emma Smith. Piano—Serenade.....Schubert-Liszt Boone. Vocal—"My Castle on the Nile" "Rag Time Joe" Miss Marguerite Ward. Piano—"Rhapsodie Hongroise," No. 2.....Liszt Boone. Vocal duets—"Massa's in the Cold, Cold Ground," "Southern Camp Meeting Song," "Emancipation Day" Misses Smith and Ward. Piano—Imitation of Instruments "Marshfield Tornado" Boone. Blind Boone was, of course, the center of interest, and no person with reasonable expectations was disappointed in the marve.ous blind musician. He is a typical negro and displays all the ardent spirit of his race in his performances on the keyboard, varying from what was at times almost a complete minstrel show, to really artistic renditions of well known classics. The Gottschalk number in particular displayed excellent taste in shading, while the Hungarian rhapsody was played in a manner not merely technically correct, but with an artistic spirit. One of the most interesting features of the concert was the very evident happiness of the player, who was at times quite unable to conceal his exuberant spirits. During the programme an invitation was given for any pianist in the audience to come to the platform and play any composition they pleased, and it was promised that Boone would reproduce it note for note. The Rev. Hamilton Wigle stated that he had intended to compose something especially for the occasion, but had not had time, and introduced Miss Louise Guest. This young lady first struck a few random chords and Boone named the notes of which they were composed. He performed the same feat with several runs in major and minor keys. Miss Guest then played G. D. Wilson's "Memory"—with great taste, by the way—and when she had finished Boone repeated it exactly as played bringing in all the delicate echo effects. He then gave a number of imitations of instruments, among which were fife and drum, banjo, music box and violin. He next gave a most realistic imitation of what he called the "C. P. R. Limited coming in an hour late," using the bass for the rumble of the train, his voice for the whistle and air brake, and the treble pianoforte notes for the bell. He also played "The Fisher's Horn Pipe" and "Yankee Doodle" at the same time. He displayed a perfect familiarity with all the intricacies of the keyboard, and considering that he has gained all his knowledge through his ear, he is really a unique musician. His own composition, "The Marshfield Tornado," was a most realistic descriptive piece. The two young women who assisted Boone in the concert were popular with the audience. Miss Smith has a powerful soprano voice of good range and timbre, while Miss Ward is a contralto who sings southern melodies with good effect. Boone played the accompaniments, which were very fine, embelished by all sorts of little runs and trills. Capital News. Mrs. Annie Hickam is seriously ill. The Professional World is only $1.00 per year. Mrs. Edna W. Hardin has returned from St. Louis. A series of meetings are being held at Lincoln Institute. Rev. Coleman, of California, has been in the city for several days. Mrs. Katie Moore has been on the sick list but is in the school room again. Miss L. Coleman, of Lincoln Institute, was called home on account of the serious illness of her sister. She lives at Prairie Home. Mrs. S. M. Watts was called to Kansas City to be at the bed-side of her son, Mr. Hardy Watts, who is dangerously ill with pneumonia. The legislature is giving the white employes of Lincoln Institute a shaking up. A bill is to be introduced providing that only negroes be employed there. Mr. Nelson Brochees met with a serious accident in having his leg broken while working in the Bell tunnel on the Colorado railroad extension about four miles from Jefferson City. Huntsville Notes. Rev. D. W. Sawyers, of Chillicothe, was in this city last week. Rev. R. Long, of Shelbina, was in this city a few days this week. Mrs. Sarah Watkins, who has been quite sick, is slowly improving. Rev. J. Will Jackson, of Sedalia, passed through Huntsville Saturday enroute from Randolph Springs. Prof. B. W. Jackson, of Rocheport, was in this city several days during this and last week and delivered one of his excellent panoramic lectures at the A. M. E. church Monday evening. The remains of William Moss, formerly of Huntsville, who died last week in Minneapolis, Minn., arrived here Saturday and were interred Sunday afternoon under the auspices of Harrison Lodge of K. of P., Rev. G. C. Chinn preaching the funeral sermon. The services were largely attended and visiting lodges from Macon and Moberly took part in the ceremonies. Catarrh Cannot be Cured with Local Applications, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials free. F. J. Cheney & Co, Props, Toledo, Ohio Sold bv druggists, price 75 cents. Hall's Family Pills are the best. To Subscribers. When your subscription expires and you receive a notice to that effect and do not respond, your paper will at once be discontinued. One to be Erected in Columbia in the Near Future. An association was recently organized in Columbia composed in large part of members of the University Club the object of which is to purchase an elegible lot near the University campus and to erect thereon a club house to be leased for a term of years to the University Club. To promote this object the Club, some weeks ago, appointed a committee on plans, etc., of which Dr. John Pickard, professor of Classical Archaeology, etc., was made chairman; and on Saturday evening last a meeting of the Club was held to hear the report of the committee. Dr. Raymond Weeks, president of the Club, presided, and S. F. Conley of the real estate firm of Quinn & Conley was made secretary. Dr. Pickard made a verbal report which was clear, in detail, and satisfactory, showing that the committee fully comprehended the responsible and important duties assigned to them, and that they had discharged them with fidelity. Supplementary to the report Judge John D. Lawson of the Law Department of the university pointed out the legal rights and responsibilities of the proposed organization. He was followed by some others, composed of professors of the University and business men of Columbia, all of whom evidenced commendable enthusiasm in behalf of the enterprise. Details are not important to the general reader, but it will interest the public to know that the committee obtained an option on the property on the northeast corner of Ninth and Elm streets and on the east side of 9th Street. The lot is $142½ by 120 ft., and is offered for the sum of $4,500. F. W Niedermeyer is the present owner. Tae palms for the club-house adopted by the committee provide for a house 57 by 36 feet., containing three stories and a high basement. In the basement there will be kitchen, janitor's room, store room, hand ball court, bath room and lockers. On the first floor a wide hall, a large reception room, a library and dining room and lavatory. On the the second floor a large billiard room, card rooms, smoking rooms, and ladies' dressing room. The third floor is devoted to sleeping rooms for rent to members of the club. Of these there are three single rooms and three suites of rooms with bath rooms attached. Total estimated cost of the house, $8,000. The income of the corporation will be the rental of the house to the University Club which is to be fixed at $1,000 a year. Deducting from the gross revenue the expenses, the net annual income will be $720, which assures a 5 per cent annual dividend on the capital stock of $10,000. The report of the committee was adopted and $6,300 of the stock subscribed at the meeting. It is expected the club-house will be completed by September 1, 1903. Hints to the Housewife. To clean white silk ties, rub them over with French chalk, and afterward hold to the fire. The heat will cause the chalk to absorb the grease, and a shaking or brushing will render the tie quite clean. Bake custards by setting the cups in a pan of water. This cooks them very evenly and makes them less liable to become watery. A teaspoonful of turpentine put into the copper will whiten the clothes boiled in it and will prove an economy both of soap and labor. A good soap for cleaning woodwork and washing clothes is a great labor saver and is easily prepared. Shave three or four bars of good soap fine, put it in a kettle and cover with boiling water. When the soap is melted, add half a pound of powdered borax and stir it enough to mix thoroughly. Take it from the fire and stir in half a cupful of coal oil. Heat the water, pour enough of the soap jelly in it to make a strong suds, and wash the clothes in it. There is nothing better for cleansing garments than borax, and it does not injure them as lye, ammonia and sal soda do. You Will Always find a fine, fashionable stock of CLOTHING with us. The only difference between our suits and the made-to-order suits is imagination. As to fit, we allow you to be judge and jury. Try us and be convinced. Your money back on any unsatisfactory article. We are bound to make a customer of you if low prices will do it. Globe Mercantile Company. 210 E. High St. Jefferson City, Mo. MAYBERRY & CO., DEALERS IN Staple and Fancy Groceries. All Kinds of Fresh Lunch Goods. Wood and Coal. Prompt and Careful Attention Given to all Orders. Telephone 580. Lafayette St. Jefferson City, Mo. SPEAKERS'OF THE HOUSE. It is but stating a truth when we declare that even some of the members of our own, (the editoris) profession in Missouri know little and do not care to know more of the political or other history of the State. In fact there are members of all professions, even of those popularly called "the learned" who attach little or no value to historical knowledge and taboo it as useless, living in the past, nonprogressive and of the out-of-date or old almanac variety. Yet now and then they indulge historical statements and in doing so not unfrequently manufacture history as well as claim to write and publish it, and mislead all who read and give it credit—apparently forgetting that if a historical fact is worth the labor and expense of publication, it is worth being published correctly. Since the recent re-election of Whitecotton to the Speaker- ship of the House of Representat- ives of the 42nd General Assembly, several Missouri newspapers have told their readers that Mr. Whitecotton was the first man in the state to succeed himself as Speaker of the House. Of course this is incorrect, and to show that it is so we have prepared a roster of the names of every Speaker of the House of the Legislature of Missouri ever elected from 1820 to the present year, and with his term of service, etc. 1st Gen. Assembly—1820, Henry S. Geyer, St. Louis. 2d-1822, Henry S. Geyer, St. Louis. 3d-1824, Henry S. Geyer, St. Louis. 4th-1826, Alexander Stuart, St. Louis. 5th-1828, John Thornton, Clay. 6th-1830, John Thornton, Clay. 7th-1832, Thomas Reynolds, Howard. 8th-1834, John Jamison, Callaway. 9th-1836, John Jamison, Callaway. 10th-1838, Thomas H. Harvey, Saline. 11th-1840, Sterling Price, Chariton. 12th-1842, Sterling Price, Chariton. 13th-1844, C. F. Jackson, Howard. 14th-1846, C. F. Jackson, Howard. 15th-1848, Dr. Alex. M. Robinson, Platte. 16th-1850, N. W. Watkins, Carigardeau, 17th-1852, Dr. Reneb Shelp, Perry. 18th-1854, William Newland, Ralls. 19th-1866, Robt. C. Harrison, Cooper. 20th-1858, John T. Coffee, Dade. 21st-1869, John MeeAfe, Shelby. 22d-1864, L. C. Marvin, Henry. 24d-1864, Wm. L. Lovelace, Montgomery. 24th-1869, Andrew J. Harlan, Andrew. 26th-1869, John C. Orrick, St. Charles. 27th-1871, R. C. P. Wilson, Platte. 28th-1873, Mont. McIlhane, Audrain. 29th-1875, Banton G. Boone, Henry. 29th-1877, John F. Williams, Macon. 30th-1879, J. EdBelle, Chole. 31st-1881, Thomas P. Bashaw, Monroe. 32d-1883, Joseph S. Richardson, Stoddard. 33rd-1885, John C. Orrick, St. Charles. 34th-1885, Jos. W. Alexander, Davies. 35th-1892, Joseph J. Russell, Mississippi. 36th-1894, Wilbur F. Tuttle, Pettie. 37th-1895, Benjamin F. Russell, Crawford. 38th-1895, John W. Farris, Lacadee. 40th-1899, William J. Ward, Stoddard. 41st-1901, James H. Whitcotton, Monroe. 42th-1901, William J. Whitcotton, Monroe. VOL. II. NO. 12 The Phi Beta Kappa. A large meeting of the Phi Beta Kappa was held in the council room of the University on the evening of the 13th., Dr. Raymond Weeks, president, in the chair and James T. Gerould, secretary, to elect officers for the ensuing year and to transact other business. Hon. Gardiner Lathrop, of Kansas City, graduate of the classes of 1867 and 1870, was elected president, Frank Thilly, professor of Philosophy, vice president, and James Thayer Gerould, re-elected secretary and treasurer. A committee was appointed to collect portraits of distinguished deceased members of the Society, memorilia, etc., consisting of Col. W. F. Switzler, chairman, and professors Wm. G. Brown and Henry M. Belden. A Request. We will consider it a great favor if our readers will patronize the merchants whose advertisements they see in this paper. CASTORIA. Bears the Signature of The Kind You Have Always Bought Notice of Special Election. Notice is hereby given to the qualified voters of Columbia school district of the county of Boone and State of Missouri, that the county will be in favor of a recordade by the board of directors of said school district, a special election will on FRIDAY, THE 6TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1963, be held at the County Court room in the County Building in Ward 10. The polls will be open from no o'clock a.m. to six o'clock p.m. of said day. Said election will be held for the purpose of sub-dividing the voting district of said district to vote a lot of Twelve Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) to be used by said board of directors in establishing, building on the South side of Broadway; to put in a steam heating plant for the Jefferson and High School buildings and to make a building on the South side of Broadway; to judge of election, W, T Watson, J. T. Ruenzi, A. M. Bruce and Irvin Rose, building. Judges of election, W, T Watson, J. T. Ruenzi, A. M. Bruce and Irvin Rose, building. Judges of election, H. B. Lonsdale and Jas. S. Wharton. Done by order of the Board January 9, 1963. F. W. NIEDMEYER, Pres. Board. JNO. L. HENRY, Secretary. 16:1-3 RUFUS L. LOGAN, B. S. D., Editor. COLUMBIA. : : : MISSOURL CONDENSED NEWS The State University building at Norman burned Wednesday. A blinding snowstorm raged at Owensboro, Ky., Wednesday. Business was almost paralyzed. It is denied in Mexico City that the plague has appeared at Acapulco or other ports than Mazatlan. George C. Perkins of California has been renominated senator to succeed himself by the Republican caucus. The total revenue of Cuba for December, including the November balance, is $3,372,558; expenditures, $1,537,676. A Caracas correspondent of the Martin says the Italian cruiser Carlo Alberto has begun the blockade of Coro. Mrs. Nicholas Murray Butler, wife of the president of Columbia university, died in New York city Friday of heart trouble. President Burt of the Union Pacific will next Sunday confer with trainmen concerning the demand for an increase in wages. It is said at the French foreign office there is no grounds for the report that France will join in the Venezuelan blockade. Robert S. McCormick, the newly appointed United States ambassador to Russia, and Mrs. McCormick, have arrived at St. Petersburg. The latest advices from Fez say that the pretender has re-established his camp at Elhillan, 12 miles from Fez, and that he is preparing to assume the offensive. D. M. Parry, president of the National Association of Manufacturers, denies the story of the organization preparing to blacklist strike leaders and agitators at Indianapolis. George Worthington of Shawnee, O., shot and killed his brother Alex. They quarreled over a game of poker. The murderer escaped. Several earthquake shocks were felt in the vicinity of Lapachula, Mexico. No damage was done, but the people were panic-stricken. The family of Archduke Leopold Ferdinand, brother of the crown princess of Saxony, has decided to pay him $500,000, provided he renounces all claims to his estates. The plant of the Peorla Glucose and Sugar Refining company has been closed for want of coal. Eight hundred employees are thrown temporarily out of employment. The officials of the Big Four stated Saturday morning that nobody was injured and only one man killed in the wreck on that road between Moro and Bethelto, Ill., Friday night. In London it is said that there is absolutely no foundation for the report published in the United States that Colonial Secretary Chamberlain has been assassinated in South Africa. Mayor Harrison of Chicago has appointed a committee to prepare plans for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the permanent settlement of Chicago. It will be held some time in September. One man was killed and half a dozen injured in the women's wing of the house of correction which was partially wrecked by a nexplosion of several sticks of dynamite in the shaft of the new filtration plant at Holmesburg, a suburb of Philadelphia, early Saturday. At San Francisco Willard V. Huntington, one of the nephews of the late Collis P. Huntington, and brother of Henry E. Huntington, has deeded away practically all his real estate to his brother and the widow of C. P. Huntington. The nominal consideration was $1. The transfer is subject to a mortgage of nearly half a million. General William Booth, supreme officer of the Salvation Army, and chief of staff, General Booth-Tucker, arrived in Omaha Wednesday, and were given a hearty recognition. They went from there to St. Joseph and St. Louis. The spread of the bubonic plague toward the United States has caused such alarm at Tucson, Ariz. that federal authority has been asked to investigate and quaranting the ports. One of the large independent iron mining and manufacturing concerns at Duluth has made a deal for iron ore leases on the Western Mesaba near the Hawkins' mine involving the payment of bonuses to the amount of $500,000. Sagasta's funeral Wednesday was witnessed by great crowds in Madrid, Spain. The streets were lined with troops. The archbishop of Toledo officiated. It is announced from Berlin that Dr. Von Holleben, the German ambassador at Washington, has applied for a prolonged leave of absence on account of his health. Dr. William G. Gano, aged 74, dropped dead at his home in Springfield, Ill., after returning from the State house, where he had solicited a clerical position in the legislature. It is believed the committee on foreign affairs will undoubtedly report in favor of accepting the treaty with the United States and that it will be approved by both houses of the Cuban legislature. The Bank of Louisville, Neb., was broken into and robbed of $4,200 early Thursday. The robbers escaped. C. C. Warren, a well known Iowa attorney, died suddenly at Ida Grove, aged 73. At a meeting of the executive committee of the Western Passenger association held at Chicago an agreement regarding the issuance of half-rate tickets was reaffirmed. Crazed by pain attending his illness from typhoid fever, Thomas A. O'Donough of New York, treasurer of the O'Donough Coffee company, sprang from a window of his room on the seventh floor of his house to the sidewalk and was killed. Three Dover women attempted to hold to a man on the street early Saturday morning, and when he resisted one woman shot and probably fally wounded him. The would-be holdups were captured. The injured man was a waiter named W. C. Thompson. Among the bills in the Minnesota legislature is one for a constitutional convention and another directed against bucket shops. DOINGS OF CONGRESS In the House. On motion of Mr. Cushman (Wash.) on Tuesday, Jan. 13, the bill providing for a delegate to congress from Alaska was made a continuing order, beginning on Wednesday, Jan. 21. The house then went into committee of the whole and took up the consideration of the army appropriation bill. The bill carried $73,875,276, being $4,613,065 less than the current law. The debate on the measure was carried on by Mr. Hull (Rep., Iowa), who argued against the abandonment of the army transport service; Mr. Shattuc (Rep., Ohio); Mr. Moon (Dem., Tenn.), who announced a policy of obstruction which he intended to pursue unless consideration was given to the Indian territory bill. The bill reported from the ways and means committee providing for a rebate on the duties on foreign coal for a period of one year was passed in short order in the house on Wednesday, Jan. 14, by the practically unanimous vote of 258 to 5. Cushman and Jones of Washington, Gaines of West Virginia, Mondell of Wyoming, and Patterson of Pennsylvania, all Republicans, voted against it. Rapid progress was made with the army appropriation bill after the coal bill had been passed. The most important amendments adopted were to increase the number of officers in the signal corps by 23, namely, one colonel, two lieutenant colonels, four majors, eight captains, and eight first lieutenants, and another to prevent the discontinuance of the army transport services without action by congress. Without further amendment the army appropriation bill was passed by the house on Thursday, Jan. 15. The consideration of the department of commerce bill was then begun under a special rule making it a continuing order until disposed of. The Democrats opposed the measure on the ground that the transfer of the bureau of labor to the new department would subordinate that department to a department which would represent capitalistic interests. The Republicans denied this assumption. Messrs. Mann (Ill), Corliss (Mich.), Adamsson (Ga.), Scott (Kas.) and Hepburn (Iowa) spoke in favor of the bill, and Messrs. Richardson (Ala.), Gaines (Tenn.), Davis (Fla.), Clayton (Ala.), Shackleford (Mo.), Cochran (Mo.) and Wooten (Texas), against it. At 5:10 the house adjourned. The house transacted considerable business in Monday January 19. Several miscellaneous measures were passed, among them the senate Hawaiian wire claims bill, the consular and diplomatic appropriation bills, the third of the regular budget, was passed and fair progress was made with the District of Columbia appropriation bill. During the consideration of the diplomatic bill, McCillian of New York precipitated a discussion concerning the diplomatic and consular service which took a wide range and led to some rather scandalous charges against our consular representatives in Mexico by Salyden of Texas. McCillian submitted figures to show that our consulates, compared with those of other first class countries, were underpaid but overmanned. Grosvenor of Ohio declared that the charges against the consular officials were unjustified, maintaining that it was the opinion of every Republican in that we had the most efficient consular service in the world. In the Senate. Mr. Jones (Nev.) on Tuesday, Jan. 13, favorably reported the resolution of Mr. Stewart (Nev.) authorizing the committee on the District of Columbia to send for witnesses in connection with the coal investigation, to administer oaths, and to compel the attendance of witnesses, if necessary. It was agreed to. The Vest resolution, directing the finance committee to prepare and report a bill removing the duty on coal was then considered. Mr. Dolliver (Iowa) attacked the senators responsible for the holding up of the reciprocity treaties in the senate. He defended Secretary Shaw for instructing collectors of customs to resolve differences regarding the grade of coal in favor of the importer. The charge that Mr. Dingley had put the rattf rates so high that they could be traded down by reciprocity agreements was true, he declared. This action of Mr. Dingley, he said, was perfectly right and proper. Mr. Aldrich (R. I.) vehemently denounced Mr. Dolliver and others for making the charge. The resolution went over after Mr. Tillman had given notice that he would "string a live wire," and lay the blame for the present coal situation at the door of the president and attorney general. Mr. Nelson concluded his remarks on the onibus statehood bill, and at 4:10 o'clock the senate adjourned. The senate on Wednesday, Jan. 14, unanimously passed the house bill providing for a rebate on coal. It was passed without debate a few minutes after it was brought over from the house. The militia bill was also passed, with an amendment striking out the section providing for a reserve force of trained men, thus removing the objection made against it. Mr. Tillman occupied the attention of the senate for an hour and a half in a characteristic speech in which he enounced trusts and monopolies and severely criticised the attorney general. The statehood bill was up for a short time, during which Mr. McCumber spoke in favor of admitting Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico. After a brief executive session the senate adjourned until tomorrow. The resolution introduced by Mr. Hoar (Mass.) calling on the president to inform the senate what government is now existing in Guam and asking why Mahini is detained on the island was passed by the senate on Thursday. The Vest resolution was called up and Mr. Tillman continued his arraignment of trusts and monopolies and again charged that the attorney general was responsible primarily for lack of action against the trusts. He declared that J. Pierpont Morgan gave orders to his "co-conspirators or servants" to attempt the arrangement between the monopoly and the strikers. He charged the attorney general with being "derelict and criminal." Mr. Spooner announced that several other senators wished to speak on the resolution, and it went over. Mr. Foraker (Ohio) then spoke in favor of the omnibus statehood bill. He did not conclude his remarks. Mr. McLaurain (Miss.) called attention to the charge that the people of Indianola, Miss., had been guilty of threats and intimidation against the postmaster and declared the charges to he untrue, remarking that his object in bringing the matter to the attention of the senate was in order that his denial might go into the Congressional Record as an answer to those who made the charge. Mr. Fairbanks (Ind.) gave notice that he would call up the immigration bill Monday. The senate then adjourned until Monday. The senate on Monday, Jan. 19, devoted two brief executive sessions to the Cuban reciprocity treaty, Senator Cullom made a statement of its purport and effect, Senator Cullom's statement was exhaustive. He produced a mass of figures to show the extent of commerce between the United States and Cuba and gave reasons for the belief that the ratification of the treaty would cause a rapid increase in the trade between the two countries. He said that on the basis of commerce of the 1901 ratification of the treaty it would cause a reduction of about $5,000,000 on the duty paid on Cuban imports and a corresponding reduction of about half that amount on American articles shipped to Cuba. He contended that the United States would secure an advantage in continuing, as the treaty does, the present free list. He would continue this agreement because there are about $3,000,000 worth of American goods admitted into Cuba free of duty, while only about $2,000,000 worth of Cuban goods to the United States free. It is important, he said, that the free list be continued as at present. Cullom said he did not believe any American industry would be injured by a ratification of the treaty. When Senator Cullom concluded Senator Bacon offered an amendment providing that "this treaty shall not take effect until the same shall have been approved by congress." The senate adjourned with the understanding that the treaty would be taken up Tuesday during the morning hour. MASKED ROBBER AT AMES. He Holds Up a Restaurant and Gets Only $10—Makes a Successful Fee Ames, Jan. 16.—At 4 o'clock this morning a masked robber entered Roll's restaurant in this city and with drawn revolver demanded of Hal Roll, who was in charge, the sack of money containing the day's receipts. Roll, who had the money upon his person—nearly $10 in all—declared that the day man had taken the money home with him, and that all the cash on hand was what was in the till, about $10. This the robber proceeded to appropriate; also taking with him a valuable 38-caliber revolver which was lying beside the cash drawer. The robber forced Roll to open the till and count over the money to him. The robber was comically masked with a hideous false face, and there is no clew to his identity. He escaped, and, although the alarm was immediately raised, the officers have not effected a capture. A VERY QUEER JURY VERDICT. An Ontario Jury Says a Man is Not Guilty of Murder Who Confesses That He Killed a Man. London, Ont., Jan. 16.—Walter Herbert who by his own confession, is a murderer, was today formally acquitted of the charge of murder by a jury and discharged by Chief Justice Meredith at the fall assizes. Herbert confessed that he and Gerald Sifton killed Joseph Sifton, Gerald's father, in 1900. Gerald was tried twice and acquitted at the second trial. After his acquittal there was nothing for the court to do but to discharge Herbert who was then in jail awaiting sentence. It is believed to be the first time in the history of Canada that a confessed murderer has escaped punishment. COMPLIMENT OUR PRESIDENT. A French Statesman Says He is a Veritable Statesman of the Twentieth Century. Paris, Jan. 16.—Baron D'Estournelles de Constant, member of the chamber of deputies and The Hague tribunal, has contributed an article to the Revue Bleue on "President Roosevelt and Arbitration" in which he says: "American peril has become an American remedy. She threatened us with material competition; her moral competition will save us at the same time it saves civilization. President Roosevelt has realized our most generous hopes. He is the veritable statesman of the 20th century, and as such deserves well of his own country and of all parts of the globe." Want Powers Increased. Chicago, June 17.—Congress is asked by the National league of Commission Merchants to pass a law granting more power to the interstate commerce commission to enforce its findings. A resolution to this effect was adopted by the league today. The league elected officers and listened to papers by a number of delegates. The next convention will be held in Louisville. Wool Growers' Convention Kansas City, Jan. 17.—The National Wool Growers' convention will be held here tomorrow. Among speakers will be Frank W. Harding of Wisconsin; L. L. Harsh of Michigan. Extraordinary High Tariff Vienna, Jan. 17.—The extraordinary high tariffs in the Austria-Hungary agreement astonish even the strongest Agrarian protectionists. The duties in some cases exceed the German tariff. Burghers As Soldiers. Durban, Natal, Jan. 16.—A contingent of 60 burghers, formed for service in Somaliand, sailed this evening. Most of the Burghers are ex-prisoners of war and have signed an agreement to serve six months. Another Musicale. Washington, Jan. 17.—Mrs. Roosevelt gave a second of her Friday evening musicals at the white house this evening. A large number of guests were present. There was a long program, solos, harp and cello and songs. Preceding the musicale President and Mrs. Roosevelt entertained a small party at dinner. Russel A. Alger has been elected U. S. senator from Michigan. HOT TIME IN REICHSTAG CHARGES AGAINST LATE HERR KRUPP DRINGS ON DEBATE. Socialists Revile President of Body and Vollmar Becomes Critical—Von Buelow Answers Him—Asserts That Socialist Was Wrong and Says the Working People Are Well Treated—Other News Notes. Berlin, Jan. 21.—Herr Vollmar, Socialist, attempted to raise a debate in the reichstag today on the charges against the late Herr Krupp and the emperor's position on the subject. The president ruled the debate out of order and interposed several times to prevent Vollmar from continuing his remarks. The socialists who reviled the president frequently referred to him as "A miserable dog." Vollmar insisted he had a right to discuss the emperor's speeches on the affair, but the president decided his majesty's expressions of opinions in sympathy, following Krupp's death, belonged to the emperor's private life. Vollmar remarked that the emperor's speeches were printed in the official reichszeiger and hence could be assumed as belonging to public affairs, but the president again overruled him. In discussing foreign relations Herr Vollmar said that the socialists wanted to know what Venezuelan ships had been sunk and why the Venezuelan torts were bombarded, adding: "We want full information on all the phases of the intermediation efforts since President Roosevelt's refusal to arbitrate. We hope the government will not repeat Napoleon's Mexican adventures, Repelling Vollmar's statement that the emperor was following anti-social tendencies the chancellor Von Buelow said: "On the contrary, the country does not exist where so much is accomplished for the welfare of the working people as in Germany. This is due to the monarch's initiative. The emperor is convinced that the century's task is to expand the social reform legislation and the monarchy is strong enough to alleviate the existing evils. Laborers have equal rights with other classes. Charges of Ceasarism and Banapartism are empty talk. I know of no case where the rights of the German people are infringed upon by the emperor. The chancellor does not need to resign whenever he disagrees with the sovereign. The emperor is able to bear conviction, and neither he nor the German people wishes the chancellor to be a mere instrument of his will." Chancellor Von Buelow, discussing the Venezuelan situation said: "President Castro has recognized in principle the justice of Germany's, of Great Britain's and of Italy's demands and has agreed to the preliminary conditions for transferring the controversy to The Hague arbitration court. The diplomatic conference is about to begin at Washington. The American government has kindly undertaken to conduct the negotiations. Our aim is to bring armed action to the speediest possible termination. The blockade will be raised as soon as the negotiations with Washington have reached a satisfactory conclusion. When circumstances admit of it I shall give the rechlag further information. A full agreement has prevailed between Great Britain and Germany as well as Italy throughout the entire matter." He then spoke of the criticisms of German policies by the English press, saying if, at all, it could be "explained through certain embitterment of English people over the violent attacks of the continental press during the South African war. Such excitement interferes with the work of diplomats but the relations of the monarchs and the cabinets of London and Berlin have remained undisturbed and public opinion will be quieted in time." SUSAN B. ANTHONY The veteran leader of the Woman Suffrage movement, who will be 83 years of age on Feb. 15. John Blumanauer is Dead. St. Paul, Jan. 21.—John Blumanaeur, formerly secretary of the American Railway Union, and one of Debs' lieutenants during the strike of 1894, who disappeared from Minneapolis in 1895, was declared dead by a jury today, and his wife, who brought suit against a secret society to recover $3,000 on a policy held by Blumanaeur, was given a verdict for the full amount. Addicks Still in Balance Dover, Del., Jan. 21.—The 21 Democratic assemblymen who have offered any six regular Republicans who will join them to elect a Democrat for the short term senatorship and a regular Republican for the long term held a conference tonight on the request of the regulars asking for more time to consider fusion plans to defeat Addicks. The request was refused and the time limit will expire after the balloting begins tomorrow. Investigate Tariff Rates. Chicago, Jan. 21.—The interstate commerce commission today began an investigation of import rates by means of which European manufacturers are able to undersell American manufacturers in the markets of the Western states on certain classes of goods. They also resumed the investigation into the alleged discrimination of live stock rates against Chicago. A number of witnesses were examined and an adjournment was then taken until tomorrow, when President Stickney of the Chicago Great Western and the vice president of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul will be examined. IOWANS ARE INJURED Struck Broken Rail While Running at Full Speed—Chicago Man Killed—State Senator Healy and Editor Stuart Among the Injured—Only Five Escaped Uninjured—Wreck Endangered Many Iowa Passengers Sycamore, Ill., Jan. 20.—Thirty passengers on the Des Moines and Minneapolis special on the Chicago Great Western railroad were seriously injured and the engineer of the train was crushed to death in the wreck which occurred a few miles from this city yesterday. Only five passengers escaped injury. The train was running at a high rate of speed when a broken rail was struck just before the train passed upon a bridge. The momentum of the long train carried it across the bridge on the ties, but in another second it left the roadbed and plunged down a 20-foot embankment. The passenger and mail coaches were piled in a heap and the entire train was reduced to a mass of rubbish. The engine was overturned, the estaping steam severely scalding the fireman and the engineer, who lived for half an hour while imprisoned under the wreck of his engine. Following is the dead: JAMES LEAHEY, 744 Kenzie avenue, Chicago; body taken home. The seriously injured: I. L. Stuart, Hampton, Ia., editor Franklin County Recorder; badly bruised. Mrs. I. L. Stuart, Hampton, Ia., back badly hurt; scalp wound. C. W. Smith, Colfax, Ia.; back hurt. I. B. Pattersen, Bristow, Ia.; bruised. Thomas D. Healy, Fort Dodge, Ia.; bruised. C. C. Smith, Neesburg, Ia. W. F. Graff, Colfax, Ia.; badly cut. Mrs. E. H. I. Briggs, 1128 West Jackson boulevard, Chicago, nervous collapse. G. L. Haebal, Waukegan, Ill., bruised. Mrs. Narina Sanford, Sycamore, Ill.; hands lacerated. James Finnegan, Sycamore, Ill., attorney; may die. John Bashore, Ida Grove, Ia. ——, Byron, Ill., mail clerk. The five uninjured passengers extricated themselves from the ruins of the train and heroically set to work to assist the unfortunate. By almost superhuman efforts the rescues lifted broken beams and heaved away at splintered timbers till they were able to drag out those who were able to drag out those who were planned down. Then they carried the worst sufferers to neighboring farmhouses, where they were cared for until a relief train from Bycamore arrived on the scene. In order to get this relief train one of the uninjured passengers ran five miles across the rough country road to telegraph for the needed assistance. All the injured were brought to the Bycamore hospital later in the day. Considering the nature of the wreck and the fall of 20 feet it is considered remarkable that a single person escaped. Many escaped with broken fingers and bruises, while others are suffering merely from the nervous shock. Colonel Phillips Testifies Philadelphia, Jan. 20.—Examination of Col. R. Phillips of Scranton, Pa., general superintendent of mine shipments of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railway company, took up the greater part of today's session of the strike commission. Phillips told of the condition in and about the company's collieries. He believed the men had a right to organize if they wanted to, but that no person who is not employed by the company had a right to come in and the men of the company what they should do. The timony was along the same line as that already given by the other superintendents. MARKET REPORTS. MARKET REPORTS. Chicago Produce Chicago, Jan. 20.-Butter-Market quiet and easy. Creamery, 18%25½c; dairyes, 17@25c. Eggs-Market easier at 20%. Poultry—Market market and steady. Tur- keys, 15@175c; chickens, 8@12c. Closing quotations: Rye—May, 51¾c bid, 52c sellers. Fish—May, 51¾c bid, 1.24¾ S, W., 1.19; May, 1.23¾ bid, 1.24¾ S. Timothy—January, 42¾. Chicago Live Stock Chicago, Jan. 20.—Cattle-The conditions of the market are getting worse than ever, and there is a rush of stockmen to sacrifice their half to stock shows no diminution, as theyary the receipts are increasing. The week after the run of 30,000 head. The market after a late opening was extremely dull at 10@15 lower, the sales were largely $4.00@5.15, short fed comprising the great bulk of the offerings. Good to prime steers, $4.75@6.00; poor to medium, $0.00@4.75; stockers and to medium, $2.25@5.15; hefers, $2.00@4.75; calves, $0.00@7.50. Hogs—Sixty thousand head were on sale at weak prices and about 10@15 lower. Mixed butchers, $2.5@4.50; good to choice heavy, $0.00@6.75; rough heavy, $3.5@5.5; light, $8.00@11.5; bulk sales, $3.00@5.0. Prices and prices were mostly demand, receipts, $0.00 head. Market slow. Sheep, $3.25@11.5; lambs, $4.25@6.0. St. Louis Live Stock. St. Louis, Jan. 20.-Cattle-Recolts, $-. 00 head. Market steady. Texans were slow to lower. Beef steers, $4.40:$5.00 stockers and feeders. $2.70:$3.45; cows and beefs. $3.00:$4.50. Texas steers, $2.85:$4.30. stockers. $2.00 head. Market lower. Market range, $8.10:$7.55. Minneapolis Grain. Minneapolis, Jan. 20 — Wheaton — May, 784; Ma- rshaw — June, 784; Minneapolis — July, 784; No 1 Northern, 784; No 2 Northern, 77. Butter Light at Elgin. Eling. 11., Jan. 20.—But one lot of 800 pounds of butter was offered on the board of trade; 27 cents was bid, but it was not sold. The committee declared a firm market at 27 cents. The sales of the week were 501,000 pounds. This country is not the only one where unconsidered trifles are snapped up by manufacturers and put to practical use. In China the down of the thistle is gathered and mixed with raw silk so ingeniously that even experts are deceived when the fabric is woven. It is also used to stuff cushions as a substitute for elderdown. Teller Lacks But One Vote. Denver, Jan. 21.—Both houses of the general assembly balloted for senator at noon today, and Henry M. Teller received 50 votes, one less than needed to elect. Senator McGuire, Democrat, refrained from voting, but he has frequently said he would vote for Teller if it should appear that he could be elected. Only two Republicans were in the senate chamber when the vote was taken, and then they did not respond when their names were called. Soon afterward the nine regular Republican senators, two of whom were expelled by the Democrats, and the eight contestants who had been sworn in on the steps of the capital last night, assembled in the lieutenant governor's room and formed a separate organization. Subsequently the two regularly elected Republican senators returned to the senate chamber, where they announced they would act with the "regular senate" unanimously. Mr. Haggott is presiding officer of the fourth session which will meet tomorrow to vote for senator. He will insist that the body over which he presided today was the regular senate and that its vote for senator has been accepted. The speaker of the house will then be called upon to decide which senate shall be recognized as the regular one. If the Democratic senate is recognized and the house remains with its present membership, as seems likely, Senator Teller will be re-elected. On the contrary, if the Republican senate is recognized, there will likely be no election and balloting will continue indefinitely. Edward O. Walcott, the leading Republican candidate for senator, and his followers are urging the governor to call out the militia to place Lieut. Gov. Haggott and the Republicans in possession of the chamber. The governor said today that he would not interfere with the Republican leaders in the house, and today he refused to carry out the Walcott program and unseat the eleven Arapahoe Democrats. The senate remains in continuous session, but will not remove more Republicans pending further aggression by the house. Connecticut man who will probably be chosen United States senator in the event of Senator Hawley's resignation. They Lead the Big World. Vienna, Jan. 21.—Dr. Lorenz, who arrived here from London, told the Associated Press of his impressions of the United States. "Above all," he said, "I was struck with the magnificent charity of the Americans and their immense gifts to educational institutions and hospitals. Their willingness, even when they spend money in aiding others, is almost always the doctor declared that the American doctors nurses and hospitals lead the world. Changed His Plea. Pittsfield, Mass., Jan. 21.—Eucid Madden, motorman, and Jas. T. Kelly, conductor, who were indicted for manslaughter in connection with the accident here last August in which William Craig, President Roosevelt's bodyguard, was killed today withdrew the plea of not guilty and pleaded guilty. Madden was sentenced to six months in the house of correction and was fined $500. Kelly, against whom the government had decided not to proceed, was released without ball. Elect Their Officers Springfield, Jan. 21.—The Illinois state board of pharmacy today elected the following officers: President, W. W. Bodeman, Chicago; vice president, E. B. Schwartz, Salem; treasurer, W. C Metzger, Cairo; secretary, Luman J. Herra, Springfield. Who has expressed his preference to remain as governor of the Philippines rather than to succeed Justice Shiras on the supreme bench. It is now reported that Governor Taft will be the next secretary of war. Editor Gonzales' Funeral Columbia, S. C., Jan. 21.—Two thousand people attended the funeral of Editor Gonzales, who was shot by Lieutenant Governor Tillman. Most of the members of the general assembly and the state officers and leading men from all parts of the state were present. Business was suspended during the hours of the funeral. The services were conducted by Bishop Capers and the very same minister, who was very made by Tillman. The story that he intended to resign is without foundation. Do You Want to Buy a Farm? Do You Want to Buy a Farm? 240 Acres Located one mile from a good town of about 1,200 inhabitants. Large eight-room house, latted and plastered; good cave; well and distern at the house. Two good barns, one 56x70, built about 12 years ago, painted and in good repair; the other barn 90x64, for hay and cattle, built two years ago. The barn is good. Good granery, implement shed and carriage house. The farm is fenced and cross-fenced, feed yards fenced with woven wire and gates are on hinges. Good steel tanks in all feed yards, water supplied from good wells by windmill. The farm is well equipped without washing ditches. The land is in a high state of cultivation, having been used for grazing purposes for the last 15 years, the owner having been engaged in raising thoroughbred cattle and hogs. A large part of the place is fenced hog-tight and it is all in tame grass at present ex-cess. The farm is in the summer. There are about 200 tons of hay on the place now. The farm has carried, this year, 100 head of cattle. No timber or waste land on the farm. Plenty of fruit. This is considered one of the best farms in Cass county and Cass county is one of the best counties in Missouri. Remember this city, a good railroad town of about 1,200 inhabitants and a school house located less than one mile from the dwelling. If this farm was located in Iowa or Illinois it would sell for over $100 per acre. It can be bought, if taken soon, at $65 per acre. Purchaser can secure a loan of $7,000, if not. Interest with interest with option to pay $100 or any multiple thereof any interest pay day, $2,000 cash and balance March 1st, 1903. For further particulars write to 320 Acres Near Clarence, Shelby county, Missouri Well improved, good house and barns, fenced and cross-fenced. Good grain and stock farm. Price $25 per acre. 260 Acres Near Clinton, Henry county, Missouri. Good house, large barn; farm fenced into five different fields; soil rich and productive; no waste land; 60 acres pasture, 60 acres meadow and balance under plow. Price $42 per acre. 120 Acres Four miles from Deepwater, Henry County, Missouri. This farm is well im- proved and nearly all nice land. Good house of five rooms, small barn. Forty acres second bottom land in cultivation. about 40 acres in pasture, some timber and balance in meadow. Price $37.50 per acre. 480 Acres Near Clearfield. Taylor county, Iowa. This farm is well improved—one of the best in the county. Price $80 per acre if taken soon. 80 Acres Near Conway, Taylor county, Iowa, Pasture land, about half in timber, no buildings, fenced. Price $55 per acre. A large list of farms in northeast part of the county at from $45 to $90 per acre. Write for list. 80 Acres Near Lenox, Taylor county, Iowa. Splendid land, but cheap buildings. Price $60 per acre. Eighty near by at $55 and another 80 at $60 per acre. 560 Acres Near railroad town and about ten miles from county seat of Clarke county, Iowa. Two hundred acres nice level land, balanced with a few improvements worth over $5,000. The farm is fenced into several fields and pastures. Abundance of water, which is pumped by windmills into tanks, every field on the land, with a well with a church three miles. Price $4 per acre. 240 Acres Located within two miles of a railroad town, and five miles from Butler, the county seat of Bates county, Missouri. One mile to school and church. The land is cross-fenced; good wells and springs, fine orchard and all kinds of fruit; 150 acres in cultivation and balance good tame grass. Good house of five rooms, large barn and a number of outbuildings, all in good condition a very desirable farm. Price $40 per acre. 480 Acres Near Clearfield, Taylor county, Iowa. Large house with good cellar walled with brick. Two good barns, one 40x54, and cattle barn 60x64. Buildings new and in good condition. Scales, windmill and other valuable improvements. All upland and lays well. No timber or waste land on the hills. Water at about 100 feet of land of water. About 100 acres cultivated. Hance tame grass. Price $70 per acre. Not for sale after February 1st, 1958. 340 Acres Near Garnett, the county seat of Anderson county, Kansas. All bottom land except about 30 acres where buildings are located. Creek and timber on land. The bottom is all cleared and no better land anywhere. Thirty acres timothy and clover meadow, 15 acres alfalfa. Twenty acres of clover plowed up last fall and put in the barn for adobe roofing, making 60 acres now heated, which fine condition. The improvements are good. House 20x32 with 20 ft. studding, wing 16x36 with 14 ft. studding; two large porches, good cellar, good cistern and pump on porch. House well painted and insured for $2,500. Big horse barn, tool house, chicken house, hog pens, 25 with shingle roofs. Large hay barn with sheds in the barn. Room for machinery. Spring runs into a trough breast-high for stock, located between house and barn; water also runs through cement trough for cooling milk, etc. There is a tenant house of six rooms, barn and sheds. The alfalfa will pasture two head of cattle eight months each year. Price $50 per acre. For further information address C. O. HALL, Agent. The port of Ocos, on the Guatemala coast of the Pacific, continues to be threatened with submersion. It appears that the sea advances every day, eating up the sand and diminishing the ground occupied by the population. The pier of Ocos is in great danger, and the sea's progress is so rapid that some people say that Ocos will disappear in a few months. Chicago's chief of police says that he has been on the force for 36 years and that in all that time the only increase of salary that Chicago policemen have had has been two reductions. The high price which turkeys are bringing this year will make everybody want to raise them next year. At $2 a bird they are a very profitable crop. A STRUGGLE FOR LIFE Eagle River, Mo., Jan. 19th—Margaret E. Decker, a hard working woman 49 years of age, whose home is here, has just gone through a thrilling battle for her life. Many another would have lain down and died, for for twelve long years she has suffered the most awful pains. She had Kidney Trouble and Rheumatism combined with a very distressing stomach trouble. At last she got so bad that she could not sleep for she ached all over, and was so lame that she could scarcely walk. She spent over a hundred dollars in different medicines but only to be disappointed for everything failed to help her. At last, however, just when she was beginning to despair of ever finding a remedy, she heard of Dodd's Kidney Pills and bought six boxes. She says: "Now I can eat well, sleep well, and am feeling splendid. God bless Dodd's Kidney Pills for they save my life. My troubles were many but Dodd's Kidney Pills cured me completely. But for them I surely would have died." --- REMARKABLE SHOT. Fired in the Dark, Injured Three Men a Half Mile Away. "C... of the best and most remarkable shots made during the late war with Spain," said a gentleman who made an effort to get into the thick of the fight, "was, in my judgment, made at Miami, and the man who fired the shot was a Louisiana boy and member of my company. He was duing duty as provost guard at the time. It was late at night when the soldiers were aroused by the sharp, clear crack of a Krug-Jorgensen on the outskirts of the camp. No particular attention was paid to the matter at first, as only one shot was fired. But with a couple of officers we went out to where the guard was stationed in order to find out just why it was that he had fired at that time of night. He explained that he had seen a man slipping through the bushes some distance away, and had called on him to halt. He failed to obey the command and the guard blazed away at him, more to frighten him into a stop than anything else. Of course, the fellow never halted. He was probably too badly frightened to stop at that time. While we were talking to the guard we heard a fearful noise at least half a mile from the guard's station, and we made a break for the place to see what the matter war. We heard several people screaming as if in great agony. Down the road we went at full speed and in a short while we came upon a little cabin which stood on the roadside. The noise was in this cabin, and I never heard such groaning and walling in my life. We found three men in the house. They were in great agony and we asked them what was the matter. 'We have been shot,' they said, and sure enough they had been shot. One was shot in the right arm, another in the back and the third in the hip. They had all been wounded by the same bullet. The man who was wounded in the arm was lying on his right side. The ball passed through his arm. Next to him one of his companions was sprawling out on his back, and the bullet split the hide on this part of his anatomy as smoothly as a knife. Then it passed through the fleshy part of the third man's hip and sped on. We could not find the ball. It had passed through the side of the house, wounded the three men in the way indicated, bored through the wall on the opposite side, and kept on going, and there is no telling how many trees the ball had passed through before it reached the cabin. Now, that cabin was fully half a mile from the point where the guard was stationed and yet the shot he fired had wrought all the havoc we found. The ball had plowed its way through the woods and into and out of the cabin, and I suppose it is going yet. It shows what kind of guns we fight with in these days."—New Orleans Times-Democrat. BEWARE OF OINTMENTS FOR CATARRH THAT CONTAINS MERCURY as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting on the bloom and mucus surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure you sure get the genuine. It is taken internally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney % Co. Testimonials free. Sold by Drummists, Price 75c per bottle. Ha!"Family Pills are the best. The Grand Army of Titles The American people live and move and have their being in an atmosphere of harmless shams, many of which take form as titles and dignities. They are pure wind and mean nothing at all. There are judges who know nothing of law. There are doctors of laws, medicine, theology, and philosophy who never even passed through the primary school, to say nothing of accumulating university degrees. There are colonels galore, generals not a few, and a captain here and there who doesn't know the difference between a repeating rifle and an Australian boomerang and never smelt gunpowder, except on the Fourth of July.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup the best remedy to use for their children during the teething period. Mr. Charles M. Schwab has placed in Paris an order for two bronze statues to typify "Labor" and "Metallurgy," which are to be placed in his palace in New York. The pair of figures will cost $150,000. There is no improvement in the health of George Greville, the British minister to Mexico, and it is reported that he has asked to be recalled, as the climate of Mexico does not agree with him. A lady who this year raised over 300 ducks, whose husband kicked a good deal because, as he said, the birds ate their heads off, made him make out a bill for the food consumed and was able to pay the bill and have $10 left from the sale of the feathers which she picked from the ducks before she sold them. FARM NOTES (Copyright, 1901, by J. S. Trigg, Rock- ford, Iowa.) Correspondence Solicited. The condition of winter wheat throughout the winter wheat growing section has seldom been as good as it is at the present time. She then sold the dressed product for $150, no part of which the stingy old man had the nerve to ask for, or would have got if he had asked. Men in the soft corn sections of the country who bought four and a half cent feeders to consume their soft corn will get rid of their corn crop, and that is about all. A successful fruit grower recommends the plowing of the orchard just before winter sets in as the best means of retaining and conserving the melting snows and the spring rains. It is possible now to send 100 pounds of freight half way around the world for the small sum of 40 cents. We use to get that much for hauling the same amount by team a distance of 50 miles. Varieties of peaches which will stand a temperature of 20 degrees below zero are being successfully grown in many parts of the country where heretofore peach growing has been considered impossible. The twin evangelists of agriculture always working and blessing the waste places of the country are blue grass and white clover, ever creeping by wavside and highway, uninvited and always welcome. Old black walnut stumps are being dug up all over the west for use in the manufacture of gun stocks, the stumps in some cases bringing more money than the tree which grew upon them did fifty years ago. For some years there has been a craze or fad for the all red Shorthorn, and this, too, in spite of the fact that the prize winning animals at the big shows have quite generally been of some other color, mostly roan. The color fad is sometimes carried to an extreme. The close of the year 1902 sees more hogs in sight than ever before and a more active demand for their product at higher prices than the hog raisers have known for many years. Coupled with this condition of things is an almost entire absence of epidemic diseases among the herds. Here's a point: If you empty the warm cream from the farm separator taken from the morning's milk into the cold cream skimmed the previous evening, you have done about all you could well do to spoil the whole batch. If you have to mix the cream, cool down the morning product before mixing. Don't forget this. If we wished to establish a herd of blooded stock, we think we would wait a little while before investing, prices for this class of stock being at high water mark. We look for a reaction inside of two years, when such stock will be more easily within reach of the average farmer. The mineral products of the United States loom up in large figures—gold, $78,000,000; silver, $31,000,000; copper, $87,000,000; lead, $23,000,000; zinc, $11,-100,000; abrasive and chemical materials, $38,000,000; clay products and cement, $239,000,000; coal, petroleum and natural gas, $442,000,000—making a grand total of $949,000,000. A few days since we traveled through a section of the west where scores of men were busily engaged in digging out and hauling to the barns the shocks of corn which were half buried in snow. Laying aside the waste connected with this process and viewing it simply from the standpoint of convenience, surely the silo has very much to recommend it. While it is true that your eighty dollar an acre farm will not, if rented for cash, pay you much in excess of 3 per cent, we still would hang on to the land in preference to selling and investing the proceeds in some other form of investment. Farm land will neither burn up nor be lugged off and for all time to come is bound to be most valuable of all assets. A very common mistake in the planting of groves of timber around the prairie farm homestead is to have the belt of timber too narrow and too near the premises. In such a case it operates to catch the drifting snows and becomes almost a nuisance. This might be entirely prevented by planting another row or two of trees out away from the grove at a distance of 15 or 20 rods. The canneries of the west are now making their contracts for the crop of sweet corn for 1903. The price being paid is $5 per ton, which makes it a very profitable crop to grow. The yield in extreme cases is as much as seven tons per acre. To this should be added one and a half tons of choice fodder and the further fact that the crop is in no sense exhaustive of the soil. Some of our most successful feeders are coming to the conclusion that a steer may be more economically and profitably fed by mixing his grain ration with his roughage, the claim being made with reason that this manner of feeding secures a more thorough and perfect mastication and assimilation of the ration. This fact has been brought prominently forward by the few man who have fed a ration of silage to their beef cattle. We have one or two inquiries about spelt as a crop. Like other crops, this one has its place determined largely by the question of latitude and rainfall. We do not think that where wheat, oats, barley, rye and corn can be successfully grown there is any place for it. It is especially fitted for the semi-arid sections of the West and Northwest, where the rainfall averages from ten to fifteen inches. It withstands drought and the hot winds better than any of our common cereals and produces a crop of equal feeding value with oats. The wet season of 1902 has given a great impetus to drainage schemes of all sorts and kinds. Many of the wet counties of the West are conducting large drainage enterprises involving the expenditure of thousands of dollars to provide ample and permanent outlets for the surplus water of their wet areas, while thousands of men are preparing to tie large tracts of farm lands which such a season as the past has rendered entirely unproductive. The production of farm and garden crops is being carried on very successfully in connection with the state institutions of the Western states. In the state of Iowa extensive additions have been made during the past year to the farm lands of nearly all the state institutions, it being found that when under proper supervision the convicts and a very large per cent of the imbeciles can thus not only contribute largely to their own support, but in the doing of the work are greatly benefited mentally and physically. A sight which might have been seen last July at one of the insane hospitals was a brigade of 75 patients engaged in hoeing a 40-acre field of potatoes. The superintendent held told them that if they did not hoe for dear life they would not have any potatoes for winter use, and you should have seen them hoe. They had plenty of potatoes. The state of Iowa has taken a marked step in advance in the matter of working the public highways. Hereafter all road taxes are to be paid in cash. The good old times are gone never to return when John Smith would turn up about 9 o'clock a. in. in response to the call of the road supervisor, plow a few furrows alongside the highway so as to dam up the water and spend much time lying down in the shade of a cottonwood tree, spinning yarns which he dare not tell at home, going home at 11:30 and repeating the performance in the afternoon, getting credit for work to the amount of $2.50 faithfully applied on the public highway. John will now pay his $2.50 in money, and some man will be hired to do a day's work of ten hours under the supervision of a township officer, and twice the work will be got for the money. The West should take to heart the lesson taught by the abandoned farms of the East—that of a wanton waste of soil fertility. This evil was not brought about in any one year or decade, but like interest on a mortgage or the progress of an insidious disease worked cumulatively and continuously until the earth refused to yield her in crease. The most splendid heritage of the West lies not in its landscape scenery, its waterways or climate, but in the inherent fertility of its soil, the impairment of which is only possible by greedy and barbarous methods of agriculture which, unfortunately, are too often to be found. Today the buildings on many an Eastern farm are worth more than the land itself, and any effort for the restoration of the fertility of such farms is of necessity exceedingly tedious and expensive and in many cases utterly useless. The owner of a fertile Western farm should study no question so closely and intelligently as how to preserve and maintain this natural fertility, for, like a man's reputation, it is very hard to restore when once it is impaired. A Foolih Old Bachelor. This man was an old bachelor, and his kind do some mighty foolish things. He was 60 years old, owned a quarter section farm worth $12,000 and was free from debt. The recent land craze struck him. He fell into the toils of a smooth tongued land agent who gave him a free ride up to the jumping off place in British Columbia, where he was induced to buy $10,000 worth of range land at $8 per acre. He gave his note for the first payment of $4,000, which his local bank discounted, and loaded himself up with a yearly interest charge of $600, while he rented his good farm for $500 per annum. As he paid as much for his Canada land as it will probably be worth 20 years from now, he has got himself into a nice financial fix. Had he married some bright woman years ago, it is not likely that he would have done so foolish a thing. Don't be an old bachelor. Forty Acres and Six in Family Forty Acres and Six in Family. A reader of these notes in central Illinois wishes to know how his forty acre farm may be operated so as to support a family of six and pay off a small mortgage which there is upon it. The land is level and good and located within three and a half miles of a thrifty town of 6,000 people. It may be said that any of the old methods of farming could not be made to accomplish the result desired. Something new must be tried, and it must be in the line of an intensive and diversified agriculture. There should be on this farm six cows of the strictly dairy type, capable of producing 325 pounds of butter each per year; there should be not less than 300 hens. Plymouth Rocks recommended; there should be a small silo with a capacity of seventy or eighty tons; there should be two or three brood sows well bred. The farm should be divided into four fields of ten acres each, the boundary lines being fruit trees of varieties suited to that latitude. Ten acres should be kept in pasture, twenty acres in field crops, such as corn, potatoes, clover, millet, sorghum, oats, peas and alfalfa if it will grow. The remaining ten acres will include the homestead, a small fruit garden of five acres devoted to blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, currants, and the remaining three acres to be devoted to plieplant, asparagas, celery, beans, onions, sweet corn and other salable vegetables. This family of six will find all the work they want to do, and more too, on this small tract of land thus operated. Thus conducted there will not be a day in the year when some product or other of this farm may not be taken to town for sale, and if intelligently operated upon the foregoing lines, proper attention being paid to the items of crop rotation and continuous and heavy fertilization of the soil, we would almost guarantee a good living for the family, an early payment of the mortgage and the steady building up of a comfortable bank account. 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The representatives of the principal Australian papers were taken out to sea, about 50 miles from Brisbane in the pilot boat to meet Mme. Melba on Sept. 16. She was traveling by the mail steamship Mlowera. While the pilot boat was waiting for the Mlowera the ship's company had a remarkable and probably unprecedented experience. A great gray shark, about 12 feet in length, was hooked on a schnapper line, which broke. A second time the big fish got on the schnapper line and escaped. Then a large shark hook with a chain was thrown out, and the ravenous brute grabbed it, and was caught. All hands, pilots, cook and pressman, tugged the shark to the vessel's side. A huge hook on the anchor tackle was put through his jaw and one eye, and the fish was then hauled out of the water. One of the crew ripped the monster open from the head to the tail. The vital organs and entrails were thrown overboard, and then both jaws were hacked out for the sake of securing the teeth. 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Probably ,the most pitable ex- cuse of a man that God ever created (if he created him) is the excuse of a man who orders a paper and never pays for it. It is gratifying to note that the Missouri legislature is at least be- ing made cognizant of the fact, that the most needful thing at Lincoln Institute is a Board Re- gents. That Missouri has always made liberal appropriatious for the support and imaintenance of this institution no one will deny. But have these moneys been wisely and judiciously spent? What reason ean be given for the employment of an ordinary blacksmith as super- intendent of the industrial school at a salary of $1200 per year? Or what reason can be given for the employment of four white men to do the janitor work at that instita- tion. Large appropriations are made each year for the support and maintenance of the Industrial School at Lincoln Institute whieh has been in operation ten years and has never produced a practical mechanic. From the Colorado Springs Evening Telegraph : The name of J. H. Jackson, of this city, has been prominently mentioned for the position made vacant by the recall of Dr. Cross- land as minister to Liberia. Dr. Crossland is a Missourian and the colored politicians of that state have already suggested the name of Mr. Jackson, The Professional World published at Columbia, Mo., has this to say of Dr. Crossland’s sue- cessor in a recent issue: ‘(As to Crossland’s successor, it is not very probable that his sue- cessor will be named from Missouri. Nor would it give satisfaction to those interested in politics for the President to make another selection from Missouri. Just at this time, owing to the factional strife which exists among the Missouri political workers and party leaders, as it is not at all probable that any man in Missouri could be named whose appointment would meet the ap- proval of all factions. It would probably be well for the President to select some western editor. For instance, Editor J. H. Jackson of Wa iy yj DR. D.W.OULP ofthe Western Enterprise would be an excellent selection.” The Western Enterprise, the leading colored paper of this see: tion, heartily endorses the position taken by the Missouri politicians, Mr. Jackson was formerly editor of that paper and is one of the best known colored residents of the Rocky Mountain region. However, it is doubtful if he would accept the appointment if tendered to him, as he might not be able to stand the climate of South Africa, In speak- ing of the matter the Enterprise has this to say editorially: “Professor Jackson's ability fits him for any position the President may deem wise to appoint him. He is both a scholar and a gentle- man. But the climate of South Africa would be detrimental to Professor Jackson’s health.”” Arrested for Adultery. On Tuesday last, at the instance of the City police authorities, William E, Bowman, known here as adancing master, was arrested upon information filed by W. H. Roth. well, city attorney, on the charge of living in open adultery with a certain white woman of Columbia and arraigned before yanee Gerig of the Police Court. He plead not guilty. The Judge granted him until 2 0’clock p. m., to leave town, but he preferred to remain and stand his trial. He was then re- quired to give bond in the sum of $100, and’ instead of it deposited that amount of money with the Court and was discharged until next Monday at 10 0’clock a, m., when his preliminary trial will be held. On Wednesday forenoon, Mrs. Effie M. Henley was notified, at her place of business on Broadway, by L. J. Slate, chief of police, to appear before Police Judge Gerig at 2:30 that afternoon to answer to the same charge for which Bowman had been arrested, She tailed to appear, whereupon Policeman Rothwell served the warrant for her arrest, after which M. R. Conley, her attorney, appeared _be- fore ‘the Police Judge, waived formal arraignment and entered a plea of not guilty. A bond in the sum of $100 was fixed guaran. teeing her appearance at 10 a. m, next Monday. HINTON HAPPENINGS. C. A. Fenton, who has been on the sick list is able to be out again, D. L. Mayes bought a sow from Ernest Crosswhite for $18. I. M. Batterton delivered _4¢ head of cattle in Columbia this week at $4 per hundred. The young people enjoyed a delightful social at the home of W. B. Reid last Tuesday evening. J. R. Goslin, of Sedalia, is visiting in Hinton, Edgar Richards and family, of Sturgeon, are the guests of Mrs. J. M. Allton, J. M. Stover’s children have chicken pox. Willard Shock’s family have same malady. Mrs. Lizzie Stice delivred 50 fat hogs in Hallsville last’ Wednes. day at $6 per hundred, Frank Fenton delivered fat hogs to J. C. Jones, Wednesday at 6 ts. Eld. B. F. Goslin began his fourth year’s work with Perche (Christian church last Sunday tander very favorable auspices. Eld. B. F. Query, of Benton, lL, filled his regular appointment at Rockyfork last Saturday and Sunday. James Armstrong and family entertained the young folks very pleasantly last Tuesday evening, WEBB FOOTED PEOPLE GET A LARGE FORTUNE. Joplin, Mo., January 17,—Three heirs to the estate of William Bowers, who recently died in Yonkers, N. Y., resides in Jasper county and have received their share of the estate so far as a settle- ment has been made. Much interest is attached to the story of how the claimants in the estate established relationship by a family characteristic, that of webbed feet. In all there are five to claim the half million dollars fortune, which has been only partly distributed. Those residing in Jasper county are Messrs. John and Sidney Bowers and Miss Julia Bowers, who are grandchildren of the eccentric old man. Upon the receipt of a belated announcement of their grandfather's death the two grandsons of this county immediately left for the Eeast to assist in settling up the estate and came back with their ‘shares of the estate as well as that of their sister. John Bowers has_ established his relationship and claimed a share of the big estate from the fact that his feet are webbed, a deformity said to be characteristic of the Bowers family. The litigation started when in March, 1901, @ policeman picked up the aged and eccentric miser, Wililam Bowers, on the streets of Yonkers. Bowers was suspected of being intoxicated, but the officers found that he was the victim of epileptic fits. He had lived ina squalid cellar for thirteen years, and when found by the policeman was almost starved. At the hospital later it was found, however, that he was not so poor as he appeared tobe. About $2,000 in paper money was found sewed in the lining of his coat, and when he died afew days later a search in the cellar revealed property deeds aggregating at least $250,000 and bank notes showing at least that much more. Man claimants ap- peared on the instant. The dead man had a friend named Garfield, who remembered that he had talked about his folks in Missouri. He communicated with the authorities and the result was that John Bowers went to Yonkers to estab- lish his claim to the fortune. When they arrived the body had been interred for several months. The grave was opened by per- mission and the old man was recognized, although his relatives had not seen him for nearly half a century. Those at the grave were struck by the resemblance, but the main marks of identification were revealed when the toes of the corpse were examined. They were found webbed together like a duck’s toes, the second, third and fourth toes being joined together. John then removed his stockings and showed the same characteristic. He said that his father’s toes were webbed identically in the same man- ner, as were also his sister’s. ROOSEVELT’S BILLS TO CURB TRUSTS, Washington, January 9.—Two bills embodying the administra tion’s views of the best methods of curbing trusts have been drawn by Attorney General Knox and introduced in the house by Repre- sentative Jenkins. One bill would amend the Sherman anti-trust law by making it an offense punishable by $5,000 fine to offer, grant, solicitor recive any freight rebate onthe published tariffs. Proceed- ings are to be had in the federal circuit court. ‘The second bill urges the appoint- ment of a commission to specifical- ly see that the law is enforced. ‘The number of commissioners and their salaries are not fixed in the bill. ‘The bill would give the new com- mission powers similar to those of the interstate commerce commis. sion, but far greater in scope. For instance, this commission is to in- vestigate great corporations, and refusal of any one to testify is penalized by a fine of $500 and im- prisonment for one-year, ee (NS ; \ CHEAP EXCURSIONS ONE WAY RATES —VIA- WABASH ROUTE. February 15th to April 30th, in elusive, to Points in California Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Mon tana and intermediate. THROUGH TOURIST CARS For full information in regaré to rates, time of trains, etc., appl} to nearest ticket agent or address HL EB, WATTS, P. & T. A., Moberly, Mo. SA The Railroads. a Time Table—Columbia Branch, Gone sourn. No. 33) Arrive Columbine ss. 815 a m. No. 3, Arrive Columba 0.2058 B No: $8 Arrive Cotumpla as be eS GOING NORTH. No. $0, Leave Columbia versseecss, 9:40. tu No. $0) Leave Sotumble.c000000020..242 $i No $f: Heave Golumnbee 2200000000018 Ba M.K. & T. Ry. TRAINS NORTH. aie A.M. | A.M. P.M, No. 36 | No 38 | No. 49. 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Mrs. Liz- Ee Richardson, W. 8S. LADIES COURT. Golden Queen Court No. 19 meets first. Friday in each month. Mrs. Annie Williams M. A. M. Mrs. V. L. Waldon See. ST. PAULLODGE, NO. 12. St. Paul Lodge, No. 12, A. F. & A. M., meets every first and third Tuesday in each month. A cordial invitation extended to all visiting brothers. J. A. Mosely, W. M. J. A. Grant, Secretary. SECOND CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Rey. J. B. Parsons, pastor. Preaching Sundays 11a. m. and 7:30 p. mn. Prayer meeting Wednes- days 7:30 p. m. Everybody cordially invit- ed to attend. K. OF P. Harrison Lodge No, 12, Huntsville, Mo. Meeting the second and fourth Thursdays ineach month. M. W. Tony, C. C., W. IT. Ansel, K. R.S., I. A. Robinson, M. E. A. M. E. CHURCH. Rey. P. C. Crews, Pastor, Preaching Sundays 11 a. m.; 7:30 p. m. Sunday school 2:30 p. m. Prayer meeting — every Wednesday eve, at 8:30; ev- ery body invited to attend. M. EB, CHURCH Rev. J. Arlington Grant, pastor. Preaching Sundays 11, a. m, and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school, 9:30 a, m. Prayer meeting Wednes: days 7:30 to 8:30; all are made welcome. SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH, Rev. A, A. Adams, Pastor. Preaching Sundays 11 a. m., and 7;30 p, m, Sunday school at 2:30 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening, 7:30. A. cordial invitation ex ‘tended to all. 00 TOs Lartonoix & Walendorf, ...For School Books and Supplies... Fine Stationery, Musical Goods, Magazines, Etc. No. 222 East High St. - Jefferson City, Mo. : CE ae eo ee Le The Columbia Gro- 3 cery Co., Keeps constantly on hand afresh supply of staple and FANCY GROCERIES. | ee : YOUR PRODUCE WANTED. | ” Owing to close confinement in business, I suffered from a bad touch of indigestion, so much so as to cause me intense pain. My tongue was coated; had severe pains around my eyes and felt mis- erable. Through the persuasion of a friend I tried Ripans Tabules, and after taking them for two days I obtained some relief. I kept on taking them, and can safely say they have cured me. AT DRUGGISTS. The five-cent package is enough for an ordinary occasion, The family bottle, sixty cents, contains ra a supply for a year. | Read The Professional World | | RFEAT | | WeEwspaPer| $1.00 a year Sent to Any Address. Expect to Begin in March. W. A. Cauthorn, engineer for the proposed electric railroad through this county and on to Cuivre Junction, was here Sunday. He has headquarters at Glasgow, and is working with an office force to complete the profile and maps needed to build the road. It is the belief of Mr. Cauthorn that the road will be in operation during the present year, and he says the work of construction is expected to begin as early as March 1, or not later than April 1, if the stock is taken up. Boone county has not yet taken her part of the stock though some of the counties have completed their subscriptions. Boone is farther behind in this matter than any of them. We hope our capitalists, business men and farmers will show proper in- terest in the road, In Probate Court. Estate of W. Emmet Maupin assessed with inheritance tax of $37.56 ; Estate of Laura J, Todd assessed* with inheritance tax of $6.45. Estate of J. E, Hays, widow files renunciation of will. In the matter of John Turner, Frank Seymour appointed guar- dian, Charles Thompson against the estate of W. E, Dawson, appeal taken to circuit court. Estate of Thomas Forbis turned overto J. H, Reid, public ad- ministrator, and order of private sale of personal property. Estate of James Lankford will probated, Dr: W. A. McCalisters ‘appointed executor,