Sedalia Times

THE SEDALIA TIMES. VOL. VIII CONVENTION MONDAY. CONVENTION MONDAY. Nd610 Republican State Leag gue at Criminal court room. 300 Negro Delegates from all over the State expected to be present. Welcome address by Mayor Bab cock—other prominent Negro; Orators—Important questions of Race in teret discussed. Monday is the day set aside for the Negro Republican State League to meet in this city. As this will be the first meeting the league has had since the new state charter has been granted them it promises to be largely attended and interesting from beginning to end. As there is a great deal of work to be done new officers, new state committeemeen and other important questions concerning race interests to come up in the state campaign, distinguished party leaders are expected to be present and will address the gathering. Prof. J. Silas Harris, who is president of the league, has done a great deal to make this the grand st session ever held by the league since its birth, and he states that every town in the state where there are any colored voters will be represented in this meeting. The local committee here has been busy all week arranging for this convention and has succeeded in arranging everything to insure visitors a good time. At the mass meeting called under the auspices of the league at the G U O of O F had Sunday night W H Carter was elected as chairman and T A Carter as secretary. Delegates from Pettis county to attend the convention were selected as follows: W H Carter, T A Carter, A H Hickman, Dr C S Walden, Daly Steeie, Fred Bush, Wm Ruby, Wm Gray, Ben Redenburg, G Tom Ireland, D. J M Harris, Prof H L. Billups, Geo Thomas, James Newbill, W H Huston, Vest Witcher, James Thomas, C W Holiday, A G Wheeler, R H Martin, C W White, Chas Martin, Wm Saills, Smithton; William Rucker, Lamoute; R H Hopkins, George town. The following is the reception committee: Fred Bush, chairman; Wm Ruby, Lee Nelson, Wm Gray, James Ramsey, James Thomas, A H Hickman, Daly Steele, Henry Chambers, Rev. W C Williams, James Redmon, Rev W J. De Boe, Eugene Bowles, C W White. The large hall at the court house has been secured as the place for holding the convention, also the Odd Fellows hall on East Main street, which will be open day and night as headquarters for the visiting delegates. Good music, plenty of refreshments, together with free ice water will be bad. The members of the reception committee will see to it that every delegate is properly looked after, and that each one will be supplied with badges. The mayor of our city will tender a welcome address to the convention, and afterwards the regular routine of work will be taken up. The general public is invited to attend this gathering, as there will be the best and foremost orators among the Republican Negroes of the state here. At 12:50 p., m. the delegation will leave on the cast bound train for Jefferson City, where the Republican's state convention will be held the foll wing day. g, g, g, ges and nth AD m, - a ry EN the seey ye be any morning session, beginning at 10 a.m. Prayer by Rev. W C Williams, Sedila Welcome address, Mayor J L Babcock. Reading of the state call, Secretary o league. Appoint port of appointment of committees SEDALIA, MISSOURI SATURDAY JUNE 21 1902. THE COURT HOUSE Where the Negro Republican State League will hold its first Annual convention Monday June 23rd, under their new state charter, which has been recently granted them. At this convention fully 300 representative Negroes is said to attend. Address by President of the League. Report of committees. RECESS Evening session beginning at 1:30 p.m. Subjects to be discussed by leading Negroes of the state. How can we reduce crime among the Negroes. By what means can we encourage the acquiring of homes among the Negroes and improvement of those they now own. Politicial Pick Ups. What Heard on the Street concerning local Politics Judge W E Connors has announced in the Capital as a candidate for Recorner. We have not seen it in any of the other papers, and wonder if he LOGAL ITEMS If you want this paper from now you must pay for it. If the paper pleases you today let see how you will show us by taking on a subscription or paying up your bank accounts. Mr. White is said to be a candidate justice of the peace. He is a squaw old gentleman. How can we create a more friendly relationship between the Negroes and white people to the end that we may become more desirable citizens and neighbors. The consideration of those se nomi- A. B. W. H. Editor and Publisher of the SE can Newspaper, and now on it nint W. H. CARTER. Editor and Publisher of the SEDALIA TIMES, a life long Republican Newspaper, and now on it ninth Volume. ical questions affecting the welfare of the race regardless of politics. Along what lines shall we educate, to the end that the race may produce better men and women. Election of officers and selection of the next place of meeting. At night a grand entertainment will be given at the headquarters, 120 East Main st. Good speakers, music and plenty of refreshments, the No admission will be charged. There are a number of men who would like to be candidates for different offices, but will not patronize party papers because it costs a trifle, while they are the only solid support they have. Some people have an idea that no other man should announce for the same office that he does, but that is wrong. They must remember that the people say who shall and shall not be elected to office. Excurs on to Quincy, Ill. via M. K. & Try and Steamer "J. S" capacity 2.00 Sunday June 29th. Special train leaves Sedalia at 5.40 a, in $2.0) round Trip. THE "KATY" FLYER. Poiticial Pick Ups. What Heard on the Street concerning local Politics Judge W E Connors has announced in the Capital as a candidate for Recorner. We have not seen it in any of the other papers, and wonder if he thinks only one paper will elect him. If a republican candidate has not enough money to announce in the three republican papers of the city, the TIMES Journal and Capital, we would advise him to stay out of the race. DALIA TIMES, a life long Republih Volumn. There are a number of men who would like to be candidates for different offices, but will not patronize party papers because it costs a trifle, while they are the only solid support they have. Some people have an idea that no other man should announce for the same office that he does, but that is wrong. They must remember that the people say who shall and shall not be elected to office. When a candidate seeks the nomination without the support of the press he has an up-hill fight, as the press is the power behind the throne. WANTED-BRAINS Do not take of something to patent! Protect your rights they now bring you wealth. Before applying for patent, ask the local office, Inventor's Assistant and handsome view of Washington sent Free on request. Be sure to write to the COPP & CC., Patent Attorney, Washington. LOGAL ITEMS If you want this paper from now on you must pay for it. If the paper plesses you today let us see how you will show us by taking out a subscription or paying up your back accounts. Mr. White is said to be a candidate for justice of the peace. He is a square, old gentleman. Mrs. Ella Wilson of Ft. Scott, Kas., is here visiting Miss Laura Dillon. Miss Pearlie Meyers, who has been very ill, is improving. Chas. Lewis who has been ill this week is able to be out again. Mrs Win. Gray retur ed from Kansas City last Saturday. WH Huston left Thursday for Warrensburg, where he attended the Eworth League coenvention. The Sons and Daughters of Charity whoes headquarters is at Phillips Hall, on Henry street will have their annual sermon preached Sunday, undr a large arbar in front of Phillips Hall. Everybody is invited The ladies yf the Morgan Street Baptist church gave several successful entertainmentg this week in the interest of their church. Lawyer Billups made a flying trip out of the city Friday, but will return today. Quarterly and Basket meeting. Sedalia circuit will hold the first quarterly meeting at Beaman, Eo. Sunday June 22. Rev R. Davis presiding elder of Sedalia Dist. will preach at 11 a.m. Rev R. H. Smith of Smithton at 2.30 p.m. Basket ninner on the ground Preaching and administration services at chapel in this city Tuesday night at which all the city pastors and congregations are invited. F. S. Bowles, pastor The lecture given by Prof H. L Bi'lup at Taylor chapel Thursday night was an interesting one from qoeginning to end, were instructive to the large number of friends who were present' those who failed to attend, missed a rare treat of their life. QUINCY BOAT EXCURSION Sunday June 29. Via the M. K. & T R'y and the fine excursion Steamer "J. S." capacity 2000, Plenty of room. The Fayette grassband will furnish the music. $2.00 round tr'lp. Special train leaves Sedalia at 5:40 a. m. For partiellars see Katy's Agents The young people of Taylor Chapel M. E., church, under the management of Mrs. H. L. Billiaps, Wm. Huston and C. W. White are arranging for a grand three-night bazaar, beginning June 18 and continuing till the 20th. The affair promises to excel any ever given in the city. The first night will be a display of talented ladies in brilliant costumes and vocal and instrumental solos. The second night the young men will make their display, which promises to be exceedingly grand and on the third night will be a combined effort of all concerned. At this writing it has not been decided whether it will be held a. D O H hall or at the church. The admission will be 10 cents, or a season ticket 20 cents. Rev DENSMORE DEAD. Rev Joseph Densmere, who has been suffering for sometimes from Lunge troubles, died last night at 9:30 p.m in his residence at 229 West Henry st at the age of 49. He leaves a wife and seven children to mourn his lost. The funeral services will be help at Taylor's chapel at 3 oclock Sunday, $ A NEW LOCATION. The Fisher Printing Company now at 113 South Ohio Street, Telephone Q. C. 500. I desire to call your attention to the fact that I have removed my printing plant to 113 OHIO STREET. The partnership heretofore existing between L. C. Thomas and myself having been dissolved, I will continue business under the old firm name THE FISHER PRINTING CO. O. C. Telephone 500. I am adding new type and machinery to my present excellent equipment, employ only first-class workmen, which with my practical knowledge of the printing business will enable me to produce first-class work. Thanking you for all past favors, I will be pleased to meet you at my new location and will give prompt attention to all orders, large or small, with which I may be favored. Yours for business. P. S. Don't forget our new location, 113 Ohio St., and Telephone number, Q. C. 500. 4th JULY. The Miss uri Pac fi will sell Round Trips to all Points on its lines within 200 miles; at One Face for the Round Trip. No rate less than 5 cents. Tickets so'e July 3rd and 4th good until the 7th for return. The M, K. & T will sell Round Trips to all Points on its lines within 200 miles at One Face for the Round Trip. no rate less than 50 cents. Tickets sold on July 3rd and 4th, good until the 7th for return Secretary of day care, the most useful medical discovery of the age, please art and refreshing to the taste, act geni and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels cleansing the entire system, dispel color cure lazacaine, fever, habitual constipation and biliousness. Please buy and try a box of C. C. C. to-day 10.25 50 cents. Not afforded to cure by all druggists. THE SEDALIA TIMES. W. H. CARTER, Publisher. SEDALIA. : : : MISSOURI. Herr Most's sentence of one year's imprisonment has been confirmed by the New York courts. When Most gets out he will be subject to a new congressional law against anarchy and his next sentence will be more serious. There is nothing in the Platt amendment requiring Cuba to maintain its free schools on the scale organized during the American period of administration, but if the system should break down the judgment of the world will be unfavorable. If the United States does not utilize the Nicaraguan route a private company is likely to put the canal through at that point, and it will command the trade of this country on account of its nearness and saving of time in reaching the Pacific ocean. According to the report of the committee on education and training of British army officers, recently issued, the officers are deficient in general education. The report criticises Sandhurst college as neglected,untidy and unsupervised. It isn't much like our West Point. A Havana dispatch states that 486,000 tons of sugar is held in the island to "await the result of the movement to secure reciprocity with the United States." In what way would the reduction of duty on this sugar benefit the Cuban treasury or the Cuban people as a whole? A Pretoria dispatch says of the Boers who are surrendering: "Many are youngsters of eleven years old and upward." Gen. De Wet praises their fighting qualities. If Boers of eleven can handle a rifle, Gen. Smith must have had good reason to look after Filipinos of ten brandishing a bolo. The tropical youth ripens early. Those who have followed the course of the Boers in the past have no doubt that industrial peace is assured. The deep religious nature of the Boers is of the sort to enable them, as did our own soldiers after the civil war, to direct their energies toward making fruitful the waste places and building up crippled industries. It will take a long time to wipe out the evidences of the war. Of course the coronation of Edward VII. will be a greater affair than was anything else of the sort which has been seen in many years. The king will be crowned on June 26. On the next day there will be an immense royal procession, and on the day following will take place a great naval review off Spithead. As there has been elaborate preparation for all the features of the affair there is likely to be no hitch in the proceedings. If the present promise is fulfilled the cotton crop of 1902 will be larger than has ever before been gathered along to this time. The acreage is greater that in any other year except in 1901, when it was slightly in excess of this year's figures, but the condition now is much better than it was then. The condition was never, at the end of May, better than it was as that date this year, except in 1900 and 1887, while the acreage then was not as great as it is now. According to the following the crank who contemplates an attack upon President Roosevelt would better look just a little out: A day or two since a messenger from the White House rushed into the room of the chief clerk of the ordnance bureau in the war department. "Gimme two boxes of cartridges for the president's pistols," he said, hurriedly. A clerk got the cartrigdes and gave them to the messenger, who galloped strenuously back to the White House. Countess de Rochambeau had this to say of President Roosevelt on the eve of her departure for home: "I am particularly impressed with the strength of character of your president. I had the honor of sitting next to him at dinner at Washington, and his wit and cleverness, no less than his solidity of judgment and enthusiasm, impressed me much. I have never met any one in France possessed of so many manly characteristics. It would be perfectly charmant if more men were like him." From the occasional outcropings from other localities it would appear that St. Louis is not alone in suffering from the disease of municipal corruption. Public office seems to be a synonym for "private snap" in the minds of a large percentage of municipal officials. It seems strange that men who habitually hold up their heads in public, who are presumably rearing families amid respectable surroundings, should be willing to place themselves in the same category with the pickpocket and highway robber. NEWS IN BRIEF. Compiled from Various Sources. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. In the senate, on the 11th, a motion to discharge the committee on privileges and elections from further consideration of the resolution providing for the submission of an amendment to the constitution for the election of senators by the people, passed on June 19, 1918, to bate. Mr Fairbanks, in a carefully considered speech, announced his conversion to the Panama route for the isthmian canal, and gave his reasons therefor. The senate agreed to vote finally on the Nicaragua canal bill, and all pending amendments, on Thursday, June 19, the voting day. The senate, on Thursday, Corliss Pacific cable bill was killed by striking out the enacting clause of the measure, by a vote of 116 to 77. In the senate, on the 12th, the London dock charges bill was discussed for an hour and a half, when, without being completed, it was laid aside and considered by the sherman canal question was resumed. Mr. Raykhan, who takes three hours and a half, discusses its diplomatic phase. Mr. Fairbanks introduced an amendment, providing for an amendment for the construction of the canal, which he said was the man, gan, who maintained that the cost of construction should be paid out of the treasury's current receipts.....In the house, the irrigation bill, which passed the senate in time ago, was discussed under special time ago, and was made in favor of the bill, and Mr. Raykhan of the judiciary committee, inside a long argument against it. In the senate, on the 13th, the greater part of the day was spent in executive session. A message was received from the secretary of the establishment of reciprocal relations between the United States and Cuba. The message was read, and then the secret session was resumed and continued until the senate adjourned.....In the house, the irrigation bill was passed by a vote of 146. Managers were offered, but, except those offered by the committee, only one was adopted. In the senate, on the 14th, the Nicaraguan canal bill was discussed for a short time. Mr. Morgan (Ala.) continuing to argue that the bill was in criticism of the Panama project. The District of Columbia appropriation bill was passed, and a large number of private pension bills were disposed of. The fate of the bill on the late Representative Stoker of South Carolina. In the house, a resolution calling upon the secretary of war for information as to the post from all sources of the war was passed. The pennies, was laid on the table by a party wagon, as a part of the session was devoted to private legislation, 199 bills being passed. In the senate, on the 16th, the longpending London dock charges bill was passed, after which consideration of the isthmian canal question was resumed. Missors: Colum and Kitty Mage delivering messages to the canal route. A motion by Mr. Proctor (Vt.) to agree to a conference with the house on the army appropriation was so vigorously opposed that it was withdrawn for the present.....In the house, under suspicion of a business was transacted, including the adoption of a resolution appropriating $25,000 for plans for a monument in Washington to Abraham Lincoln. Two bills amending the pension laws were passed, the resolution calling on the secretary of war, his bishop Rebecca J. Taylor, a clerk in the department, was laid on the table. 169 to M. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL On the 16th it was announced in Madrid that the Spanish government had decided to appoint a minister to Cuba. On the 16th Capt. Hinds, quartermaster of the Twenty-third infantry, was put on trial at Plattsburg, N. Y., before a court-martial, for alleged cruelty in stringing up a private of his company by the thumbs at Jolo, in the Philippines, without orders from the commanding officer. On the 16th the interstate commerce commission began an investigation, at Atlanta, Ga., in regard to the alleged pooling of certain railroads relative to the handling of cotton shipments. On the 16th Senator Hoar, from the committee on the judiciary, reported favorably the house bill providing for a commutation of sentence of prisoners in federal prisons amounting to from five to ten days per month for good behavior. On the 16th President Roosevelt received over four hundred delegates of the International Association of General Secretaries of the Y. M. C. A., fresh from the convention at Mountain Lake, Md. On the 16th Baron Schbusawa, of Japan, who is studying the financial system of the United States, accompanied by Mr. Kogoro Takahira, the Japanese minister to the United States, called on the president and paid his respects. Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands is convalescing at Castle Schaumberg, in the valley of the Lahn. She drives out daily, with the queen mother, and is recovering her color. The young queen smilingly acknowledges the greetings of way-tars whom she passes. MISCELLANEOUS On the 15th the Tippecanoe Battlefield association held its annual exercises in the Tabernacle at the battleground near Lafayette, Ind. Special trains on all roads were run, and immense crowds attended. The graves of the men who fell at the battle of Tippecanoe were beautifully decorated and appropriate addresses were delivered. A dispatch from Lord Kitchener, dated Pretoria, the 14th, says that 2,594 Boers had surrendered since the 12th, and that everything was proceeding most satisfactorily. During the night of the 14th two sharp earthquake shocks were felt at Newport, Ore., one at 8 p. m. and another at 1 a. m. No damage was done. An order issued at the war department, on the 16th, directs Gen. Busbee, on the completion of the Ryan court-martial in the Philippines, to proceed to his home in this country and await retirement. On the 16th a veritable cloudburst occurred at Scranton, Pa., flooding cellars and causing the river to rise in a threatening manner. On the 16th the geological expedition to Montana under Prof. M. S. Farr, left Princeton, N. J. The expedition will encamp near Big Timber, Mont., and will make researches for mammoth marine animal fossils in the-region of Fish creek and Fort Pierre. CONDENSED TELEGRAMS, In the senate, on the 17th, the entire day's session was devoted to further discussion of the isthmian canal question. Messrs. Perkins (Cal.), Stewart (Nev.) and Morgan (Ala.) advocated the adoption of the Nicaragua route, and Mr. Gallinger (N.H.) made a forceful argument in favor of the Panama route...In the house the day was taken up in considering bills reported from the judiciary committee, by far the most important of which was the bill to amend the existing bankruptcy law. An effort to repeal the present law was defeated, 65 to 137. The bill passed amends the law in 15 particulars to meet defects made manifest by the application of the law in actual experience. At Lebanon, Mo., on the 17th, the monument erected by the Bland Memorial association to the memory of Lebanon's distinguished statesman, Hon. R. P. Bland, was unveiled in the presence of about six thousand people, on the third anniversary of his burial. Hon. J. W. Farris, president of the association, acted as master of ceremonies, and the unveiling was by Virginia Bland, aged ten, daughter of the decreased. On the 2d a bottle was picked up 45 miles east of Halifax, containing the following note written on a scrap of paper: Steamer Huronian turned over Sunday night in Atlantic. In small boat, 14 of us." The Allan liner Huronian, bound from Glasgow for St. John, N. B., sailed from the former port on February 7, since which nothing has been heard of her. The building trades council of Denver, Col., on the 17th, decided to comply with the request of the Contractors' association that the relations of the members of the two organizations be submitted to arbitration. It was expected this would end the strike which had kept 4,000 men idle and paralyzed the building industry in Denver for four weeks. A sensational story was current in London, on the night of the 17th, of the discovery of a plot to assassinate King Edward. This story created considerable discussion in newspaper and other circles, but was lacking in anything like official confirmation. Representative Bell, of Colorado, introduced, on the 17th, a trust bill covering the recommendations of the industrial commission, of which he was a member. CURRENT NEWS ITEMS. Murry Manus shot and killed Geo. Breeden, two miles north of Dean, Ark., Friday. H. Clay Evans was welcomed to London by a large gathering. Gen. Jos. Wheeler was among the speakers. August Manewal, manager of the Manewal-Lange branch of the National Biscuit Co., at St. Louis, is dead. Contrary to first reports, there was no loss of life in the Philadelphia fire on Friday. Twelve persons were injured. A site has been selected at the St. Louis World's fair grounds for the reproduction of Burns' cottage and Stirling castle. The most destructive fire that has visited Mount Vernon, Ill., for a year occurred Friday, entailing a total loss of $10,000. The charge at attempting to bribe Jury Commissioner Geo. P. Weinbrenner against John H. Becker was dismissed at St. Louis. Leaders in both branches of congress have set July 3 as the proposed date for adjournment, and will strain every nerve to bring about this result. A juror who served in the Molineaux murder case asks New York city for $50,000 for alleged injury to his health, sustained in the course of the trial. Webster Davis will move from Kansas City to New York, to reside. It it stated that he has received an offer of $25,000 a year, but the character of the occupation is not revealed. The thermometer has registered 98 in the shade at Eldorado, Ill., for three days. Corn is badly twisted and the potato tops are scorched. Chinch bugs and hit weather are hurting the wheat. A heavy rain at Hanava, Ill., and vicinity knocked down hundreds of acres of wheat. The river is out of banks and covers the bottom lands. Hundreds of carp are caught in the fields with dip nets and spears. Columbia (Mo.) churches are warring against Sunday baseball. All spring they have been protesting against the violation of the Sabbath, and last Sunday a local team played against a team of women in bloomers. That was the last straw. MISSOURI STATE NEWS. Insurance Statistics The annual report of the state insurance department shows the amount of insurance written in Missouri for the year of 1901. The report shows: Total fire risks written in 1901 552,077,298 43 Premiums on these risks 5.9 0 949 39 Losses incurred in 1901 4,490,352 96 Marine and inland risks written in 1901 10,317,743 69 Premiums 64,734 58 Losses incurred 43,324 55 Tornado risks written 28,435,460 44 Premiums 124,110 55 Losses incurred 5,183 92 Fidelity and surety risks 56,600,081 23 Premiums 212,078 34 Losses incurred 44,650 38 Miscellaneous, including plate glass, steam boilers and employers' liabilities, personal accident, burglary, total ness risks ..... $27,939,080 45 Premiums ..... 1,257,405 33 Losses ..... 634,736 10 The report gives the fire insurance, pre- miums and losses in St. Louis, Kansas City and St. Joseph seattle. St. Louis premiums ..... $2,484,646 50 Losses ..... 2,214,732 30 Kansas City premiums ..... 614,736 10 Losses ..... 626,594 28 St. Joseph premiums ..... 233,326 11 Losses ..... 155,635 01 Received by the insurance department 2 times the amounting to one-half of which goes to the school revenue fund, and one-half to the school fund, and is apportioned among the counties. In addition to this the insur- ance department pays fees past year $40,982,692, while the expenses of the department for all purposes, including salaries for 1901, amounted to $17, Recent Deaths. John H. Hewes, for several terms mayor of Holden. He was very prominent in lodge, church and G. A. R. circles. He had been justice of the peace for many years, and was recently nominated for re-election. Mrs. W. H. Radford, of Louisiana, suddenly. Before her marriage to Mr. Radford, last March, she was the widow of M. A. Baker, of Hannibal, who was superintendent of telegraph for the Burlington lines at St. Joseph, and she was widow of the most beautiful and accomplished woman of Hannibal. They enjoyed a foreign trip for a bridal trip. Capt. J. Phil Hoehn, a well-known lumber merchant of St. Charles, aged 74. He was born in Germany, and in 1854 located in St. Charles. He fought with distinction during the civil war in the Union army, and was mustered out of service as first leutenant. He filled the offices of city councilman, collector, city marshal, deputy sheriff of St. Charles county, secretary of the local car works, and the last twenty years was president of the St. Charles Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Shut Out of the Mails. Says a Washington dispatch: The postmaster general has issued fraud orders against the World's Co-Operative league, Carrollton, Mo., for using the mails for illegal purposes and to obtain money under false pretenses. It is stated at the office of the assistant attorney general of the post office department that this so-called "league" is made up of the Eubank family, R. B. Eubank, the head of the family, being president and treasurer; his wife secretary, who, together with their two sons, aged 16 and 19 years, constitute the "board of managers." The scheme has been in operation about seven months, and all the collections so far, aggregating probably $20,000, are allowed the "league" for its expenses. Arrested on His Release. George Bray was released from the state hospital for the insane, No. 2, at St. Joseph, and was immediately arrested by Deputy Sheriff McConnell, of Ray county, on the charge of forgery, alleged to have been committed before he was sent to the asylum. Former Killed by Lightning. James S. Skellton, a young farmer, two miles south of Bloomfield, was killed by lightning. The bolt tore the flesh from his face and lower limbs and stripped his shoes and socks from his feet. He leaves a widow and two children. Farmer Fatally Stabbed. Benjamin Palmer, a well-known farmer residing west of Poplar Bluff, was fatally stabbed by a young man named Scaggs. The trouble arose over the settlement of a debt. Scaggs escaped. Farmer Injured in Runaway Richard Furth, a farmer, was seriously injured in a runaway at West Plains. His collarbone, three ribs and his left arm were broken, and his skull fractured. Kerosene on the Kitchen Fire. Four persons were burned, two fatally, at Kansas City, in an explosion that followed an attempt of Mrs. Julia Hawkes to light the kitchen fire with kerosene. A Killing in Nodaway. Dan Watson, a foreman on the ranch of J. S. Bilby in the western part of Nodaway county, shot and instantly killed George Arbuthnot, a hired man. Aged Woman Fell Out of a Window, Mrs. Minnie Friedman, aged 96, No. 1112A South Thirteenth street, St. Louis, fell from a second-story window, 20 feet, and was painfully injured. Dived From Eads Bridge: Charles W. Lewis, aged 21, dived from Eads bridge, at Sa. oLuis. His wife stood by him and encouraged him. He was not injured in the least. RICHARD PARKS BLAND Addresses Were Delivered by Former Gov. Wm. J. Stone, Hon. Moses Wetmore and Hon. Wm. J. Bryan-One of the Most Notable Missouri Gatherings in Years. Lebanon, Mo., June 18.—The statue erected in memory of Richard Parks Bland, in this city, near which the great commoner so long lived, was unveiled Tuesday with impressive ceremony. Never in the city's history has a larger assemblage gathered here. Addresses were delivery by Wm.J. Bryan, W. J. Stone, Hon. Moses Wetmore and others. Each speaker extolled the character of Bland as furnishing a rare example for the emulation of the youth of the country. The movement to erect the Bland monument was started on the day of his funeral at Lebanon, June 17, 1899. At that time a large number of distinguished democrats were at Lebanon to attend the funeral services, including Mr. Bryan, Gov. Stone, Col. Wetmore, Col. McLure, and those who had been foremost in the free silver contest in the democratic party. While Mr. Bland's death was being discussed, and the great loss to the country and the democratic party. THE STATUE OF THE MASTER. RICHARD PARKS BLAND. Acting upon Mr. Bryan's suggestion, it was announced to the public that a movement would be inaugurated to raise the necessary funds to erect a Bland monument. The subscription list was prepared that night and about $1,000 was immediately subscribed. A few days later, at a public meeting, held in Lebanon, an association was formally organized. J. W. Farris was elected president, H. T. Wright, secretary, and D. R. Diffenderfer, secretary, all of Lebanon, with Col. W. C. Wetmore, of St. Louis, vice-president-at-large, and one vice-president from each congressional district. The association at once proceeded to raise the funds, and last September a contract was made for the monument. It was made by the Western White Bronze Co., of Des Moines, Ia., and Charles J. Mulligan, of Chicago, designed it. The pedestal is six feet high and four feet square. It is a beautiful design, and has on side of the panels a silver dollar, and on another scroll with the word "Constitution." It is engraved as follows: "I do speak for the great masses of the Mississippi valley when I say we will not submit to the domination of any political party, however much we may love it, that will lay the sacrificing hand upon silver and will demonetize it." The other inscription reads: "Erected by the friends of the dead statesman at his old home, Lebanon, Missouri, the Monticello of the West." The statue is five feet and eleven inches, being the exact height of Mr. Bland. It is in the attitude of addressing the people, with the right hand elevated and extended, and the left resting upon his hip. It is pronounced by those who have seen it to be a splendid likeness of the man, and, standing in the court square at Lebanon will, for generations to come, be admired and revered as keeping alive in the minds and hearts of the people the noble character and public services of Richard Parks Bland. Coronation of EDWARD VII. Being an Account of How His Majesty Will Be Crowned King of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India, on Thursday, June 26, [Picture of a man in a white robe, holding a sword, with a serious expression.] KING EDWARD VII. IN HIS CORONATION ROBE. ON THURSDAY, June 26, Edward VII. will be crowned king of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India. All the machinery of the government and the energies of English political and social life have for months been directed towards perfecting arrangements for this unique event, which promises to be the most splendid coronation in the history of the United Kingdom. Thursday seems to have been a popular day for crownings. June 26 is the anniversary of the day on which Oliver Cromwell was installed as lord protector in Westminster hall. It is also notable that the following English monarchs have been KING EDWARD VII. IN crowned on a Thursday: Stephen John, Richard II., William and Mary, Queen Anne, George IV., William IV., and Queen Victoria. That is a fair collection of lucky and unlucky monarchs, which makes it difficult for any superstitious person to gather omens for the day chosen. Edward VII., the chief figure in the grand event, was born November 9, 1841, and succeeded his mother January 22, 1901. He was married to Princess Alexandra of Denmark March 10, 1863. Their oldest living son, George Frederick, prince of Wales, was born in 1865, and married Princess May of Teck in 1893. The other living children of the royal couple are Louise Victoria, duchess of Fife; Maud, Princess Charles of Denmark, and Princess Victoria Alexandra. THE CORONATION SERVICE. Official Form, as Amended and Approved by His Malesity. The form of the coronation service, as finally amended and approved by the king, consists of 26 distinct sections. The king and queen and their retinue will form in procession at Buckingham palace. They will enter the great west door of Westminster abbey, where they will be welcomed by the shouts of the king's scholars of Westminster school and by the anthem, "I was glad when they said unto me, We will go to the house of the Lord." Instead of going direct to their thrones the royal pair will kneel in private prayer on footstools in front of their chairs. Then the archbishop of Canterbury, the lord high chancellor, the lord great chamberlain and the Garter King of Arms, each in turn, will formally present the king, the lords carrying the regalia will step up and the dean of Westminster will place the regalia on the altar. The abbreviated litany and part of the communion service will follow. Then the archbishop will recite the Nicene creed and the bishop of London will preach a short sermon. Just before the sermon the king, who up to that stags of the ceremony will have been uncovered, will put on a cap of crimson velvet trimmed with ermine. Then comes the oath-taking, after which the king will be anointed. Then the king's cap and crimson robe will be removed and four Garter knights will hold over him a rich pall of silk or cloth-of-gold, the dean of Westminster will pour holy oil into a spoon and the archbishop of Canterbury will anoint the king, making the sign of the cross on the top of his majesty's head, thus consecrating him "King over this people, whom the Lord your God hath given you to rule and govern." The king will then kneel and the dean of Westminster will invest him with the super tunica. Next will come the ceremonies which caused so much discussion, including the presentation of the sword of state, the standards and the spurs, and then the orb will be placed in the king's right hand, he will again be divested of the crimson robe and will be enveloped in a purple robe of Mary HER MAJESTY, ALEXANDRA, QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN. state, and the archbishop of Canterbury will give the scepter to the king, while the lord of the manor of worksop supports the king's right hand and a ring is placed on his majesty's fourth finger. The orb is a golden ball, six inches in diameter and 11 inches high, including the cross, which surmounts the orb. Diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires and pearls are set in the orb; also, a fine amethyst, which forms the pedestal of the cross. When the crown is finally placed upon the monarch's head, instantly all that great crowd of peers and peacers put on their glittering coronets, and the abbey rings with "God save the King!" According to official rules, in theory, the coronets of the nobility are never worn except at the coronation of a sovereign, when they are put on at the precise moment when HIS CORONATION ROBE. HER MAJESTY, ALEXANDRA the primate of England places the crown upon the brow of the king. Upon occasions of state the coronet is carried before the personage on a cushion, and at the funeral it is placed on the coffin, or borne on a purple cushion. The shouts of God save the King" are caught up by the crowd outside, church bells ring and cannon are fired, not only in London, but in all chief towns. After a Bible is given to the king a solemn te deum is chanted, and enthronement follows or homage. The king is conducted to a throne in the center of the abbey, and there receives the act of homage, first from the lords spiritual, who kneel about him, pronounce the words of homage and kiss his hand. Princes of the blood royal ascend the steps of the throne, take off their coronets, repeat the homage, touch the crown upon the king's head, and kiss his left cheek. The peers of the realm follow suit, with the exception that they kiss the hand instead of the cheek. The words of homage are: "I do become your liege-man of life and limb, and of earthly worship, and faith and truth I will bear unto you to live and die against all manner of folk, so help me, God." When the act of homage is over, the members of the house of commons give nine hearty cheers, with cries of "God save the King," repeated by all. During homage medals are thrown to the occupants of the choir and lower galleries. Divested of all symbols of sovereignty, the king receives the holy sacrament, and the "Halleujah chorus" concludes the service. CROWNING OF THE QUEEN. Ceremony Will Be Simple and Take Up But a Few Minutes. After this ceremony the queen will be crowned. She will be anointed on the head, four peeresses holding a magnificent pall over her, the king will put a ring on her finger, the archbishop of York will place the crown on her head and the scepter and ivory rod and dove will be placed in her hands. Prayers will be offered, the peeresses will put on their coronets and the service will end with the communion. The crown for Queen Alexandra was made for the Queen of William III. It is set with pearls, sapphires, diamonds and other precious stones. The scepter for a queen consort is very like the king's, only not so large; the rod for the queen is of ivory surmounted by a dove and a cross. It is said that Queen Alexandra would prefer to be crowned according to Russian custom, by the king's own hands after his coronation, but she realizes that the innovation might not be pleasing to English ideas. PLEASING TO THE PEOPLE. Incidental Ceremonies Which Will Delight the Gaping Crowds. Apart from the coronation itself what, so far, has afforded the greatest possible satisfaction to the 5,000,000 inhabitants of London is that the king and queen, and with them the rest of the royal family and scores of foreign princes and potentates, will come among them, will not be content with simply riding from palace to abbey and back again, but will pass in state through the principal arteries and some of the mean streets of the metropolis, in order that their subjects may see them and cheer them. It will be the most memorable 14-mile drive ever undertaken by royalty. Queen Victoria did something of the kind on the occasion of the diamond jubilee in 1897, but great as this undoubtedly was, it will be excelled by the royal pageant to be carried out June 26. The reception of the king and queen by the lord mayor will be suggestive of medieval times. It is one of the ancient privileges of the city of London to bar, if need be, even the progress of a king into its wealthy domain. Therefore, when the king and queen ride in state along the Strand and reach the law courts, a quaint little ceremony will be gone through with stately solemnity are the royal cavalcade proceeds on its way. At the spot where old Temple Bar used to stand, but where now an martial monument nicknamed "The Griffin" occupies the center of the narrow roadway, the lord mayor, with his mace bearer, his sword bearer, and all the retinue of the Mansion house, will await the coming of royalty. It may be that, with proper regard for effect, a replica of the ancient gates of the city will shut Off Fleet street from the Strand in much the same way as was done with such striking effect when the late queen made her triumphal entry into Dublin a year be QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN. fore her death. Whether this be so or not, there will be a demand as to who comes there on behalf of the representatives of Gog and Magog, and when it is made known that it is their majesties, then the lord mayor will ride bareheaded into the royal presence, and as evidence of loyalty will hand to his majesty the keys of the city. These, in due course, will be handed back, and the lord mayor will then lead the way down Fleet street, past St. Paul's as far as the Mansion house, where doubtless he will take leave of the royal party. Another interesting ceremony will be the cutting of the first sod for the Queen Victoria memorial to be erected immediately in front of Buckingham palace. This will be done by King Edward in the presence of his illustrious guests gathered from all parts of the world. The happy idea of beginning this great national undertaking at the time of the coronation originated with his majesty, who rightly considers that the presence in London of so many foreign royalties and diplomatic personages is an opportunity that the nations of the world will gladly seize to pay a tribute to the memory of Queen Victoria. Employer—"Are you willing to work for small wages?" Boy—"Not very willing, sir."—Boston Post. turned home with a grievance against Van predicts a civil war superior officers, as so many of the Mr. Bryan also predicted naturally did, is being given an on to the presidency, the portunity to air that grievance ruin of the country under testifying before the Philippine gle gold standard, the destruc- mittee of the senate. It is if all industries under the tariff, say that most of the testing wamping of all liberties under given is based upon spite. Philippine policy, and several of it malice is plainly sheer things.-Cincinnati Commercial minded people will not tribune. HE ACCEPTS THE ISSUE. President Roosevelt Takes Up the Philippine Matter and Will See It Through. The president has disappointed those critics of the administration who insist that the issue of the independence of the Philippines is one he dare not discuss. Having insisted on that assumption for a long time it is naturally not convenient for them that Mr. Roosevelt takes up the issue in a sensible, direct and straightforward fashion, says the democratic New York Times, and declares that when the people of the Philippines "have shown their capacity for real freedom by their power of self-government, then, and not till then, will it be possible to decide whether they are to exist independently of us or to be knit to us by ties of common friendship and interest." This is practical because it involves a definite test of fitness for self-government by extended self-government as fast as order is restored. That process is steadily going on. Wherever resistance to the United States has ceased the natives enter immediately into the exercise of the elementary forms of civil activity. They have a voice in the choice of their local officers. They have a voice in the levying of taxes and the determination of the use to which the taxes shall be put. They have representation in the administration of the law and of justice. They supply the local police. They share in the regulation and in the benefits of schools, roads and sanitation. And this entrance on local self-government is assured to them without interference from other parts of their islands or from other tribes. The United States keeps the peace throughout the territory and guarantees to each community, in the words of the president. "that with their growing knowledge their growth in self-government shall keep steady pace." Now there is nothing theoretical or fanciful about this. It is plain, solid fact. We are giving to the Filipinos wherever our authority is established actual freedom, with peace, safety, order, and all the conditions of continuous prosperity and progress. And ours is absolutely the only power existing on the islands, or possible there, that can do this. No native "government" could do it. Native government in any effective shape is only possible in limited districts as the arms of the United States make it so, and protect it from internal disorder or outside hostility and attack. In the reality of freedom we are generous and steadily more generous. In the freedom to fight among themselves or to perish, or both, we must frankly confess that we do not deal. Nor do we see that it would be more merciful, or mozz just, or more intelligent to try to do so. As the president says, we are preparing the Filipinos through self-government for possible independence, sure that when they are so prepared the question can be settled wisely, and only then. PRESS OPINIONS. Oregon hit the democratic proposition to give up the Philippines a smashing blow.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Mr. Bryan says "there are things worse than political defeat." He is right—and he has unusual opportunities for knowing.—N. Y. World (dem). A British shipping trust has been formed. We presume the republican party and protection will be blamed by Bryan and his followers.—Iowa State Register. The Dingley law has proved a practical triumph in conservative statesmanship, and no reasonable person believes that it can be improved by academic cranks or democratic botches.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Certain newspapers see in the proceedings of the late democratic convention an attempt to yoke Cleveland and Bryan together. Naturally, the proceeding is full of interest to each and every spectator.—Indianapolis News (ind.) Mr. Bryan declares that "the next nominee will be a democrat who stands squarely on the Kansas City platform." If that is the case we beg to inform Mr. Bryan that there will be no "next nominee" of the democratic party.—Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser. It is noticed that exchanges are speaking of the probable defeat of Senator Teller in the next legislature Papers which did not extol his ability and virtues while he was a republican are doing so now in a profuse manner, thus admitting that a common sort of republican is a man of importance when he turns democrat.—Indianapolis Journal. Every ex-enlisted man who served in the Philippines and who re- AN UNNECESSARY MEASURE. Something Which the Protective Tariff Renders Entirely Superfluous and Uncalled For. Gen. Grosvenor's bill requiring all manufacturers of goods made of wool to attach to each piece put upon the market a card declaring the materials of which it is made is again talked of. This is a measure of the Wool Growers' association and is designed to compel manufacturers to use pure wool instead of shoddy, cotton and other substitutes. The champions of the bill attempt to create the impression that more shoddy is used in American cloths than ever before, and that it is very bad. Shoddy as now manufactured contains nothing unwholesome; it is simply wool which has once been used, being manipulated and used again. It has been used for years. The British manufacturer was the first to use it in large quantities, and he does so now. At the present time our tariff so discriminates against shoddy for manufacturing purposes that it cannot be imported to advantage, says the Indianapolis Journal. Cotton has always been used more or less, else the phrase "all wool and a yard wide" would not be nearly a hundred years old. Those who advocate the bill are proceeding upon the assumption that if each piece of goods offered by a tailor should be stamped with the proportion of wool and the substitutes customers would demand an unadulterated article. If the unadulterated should cost much more they would not. Besides, a large part of the American people, and, by the way, the best clothed people in the world, purchase ready-made clothing; would the authors of this bill compel the manufacturers of such clothing to attach an affidavit to each suit, stating the proportions of wool, cotton and shoddy which the material may contain? If so, how many inspectors would it take to make certain that the tag gives the proportions correctly? During the brief existence of the Gorman-Wilson tariff law, in which the woolen industry suffered most, our markets were filled with the cheap woolens or alleged woolens of Europe, and particularly of Great Britain, whose manufacturers were past masters in the use of shoddy and other adulterants in the manufacture of woolens before we had begun woolen manufacture in this country on a large scale. Having the notion that whatever was British was the best, we were more nearly being clothed with shoddy and other substitutes for wool than even before or since. To tag every piece of American-made goods to show the materials of which it is made, and allow the woolen goods of Europe to come in without such labels, might so interfere with the use of shoddy and cotton by home manufacturers as to give our market for the cheaper cloths to foreign competitors. A NAMELESS TICKET. The Nondescript Nature of a Combination Which Is Characteristically Democratic. The official report of the populist and democratic conventions at Hutchinson would be regarded as a hoax if they came from any other state save Kansas. Nowhere else on God's green earth could the transaction of important duties be made so silly and nonsensical, says the Kansas City Journal. A populist committee went into the democratic convention to negotiate for a fusion between the two parties. A democratic delegate got up and said: "The populists can either take the democratic name or go to the devil. Thereupon the populist committee withdrew in great anger and reported to the populist convention that it been "insulted," and the populistvention adopted resolutions scour democratic convention for its r. But almost immediately a c of grave and reverend dempeared in the populist con said the populists need v devil; that they were ver and that the democrats have them come over "Our delegates spoke frats liberation," said the committee. "We to do we are populists, aiming don't know who or populists, eman who would be to less doesn't to be either ket on which tions setty principles he And so up for. The was no inventions don't know he ticket they will he wying election or the willidates will repredey of American political ky be searched without lg more trifling and con- SEDAIIA TIMES W. H CARTER, Editor and Man'ger Mrs W. H CARTER, Editoress Send all Money's by Post-Office, Orders, Express Order to W. H. Carter, Published Evary Saturday Evening at The Times office 120 E. Main st OUR MOTTO. Help us to help each other, Lord, And feel each other's care. Suddenly words are scattered abre So let these words be scattered abroad And each one do their share. Announcements under this heading will be run for any ard ll parties at the following prices, payable in adva ce: Any Township office..... $ 5 00 Any County office..... 7 50 Cor gressman..... 15 00 Representative..... 7 50 ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR PROBATE JUDGE We are authorized to announce the name of F. E. HOFFMAN, as a republican candidate for Proba'e Judge, subject to the actions of the Republican Party. PROSECUTIN GATTOREY. We are authorized to announce the name of C.C. KELLY, as a republican candidate for the nomination of Prosecuting Attorney, or Pettis County, subject to the actions of the republican convention. Aug. 18th CIRCUIT CLEBF We are authorized to a rounce the name of Jas A Robb, as a republican candidate for Circuit Clek, subject to the republican convention Aug.18 FOR CONSABL We are authorized to announce the name of Mathew Meyers is a republican candidate for Constable of Sedalia-Township, subject to republican convention. We are authorized to announce the name of James C. Conners, as a den oeratic candidate for Constable of Sedalia-Township, subject to the democratic convention or primary. We are authorized to announce the name of Jno. Baker, as a republican candidate for Constable of Sedalia-Township, subject to the Republican convention Aug. 18 JUSTICE OF THE PEACE We are authorized to announce the name of N. H Rogers, as a candidate for Justice of the Peace, of Sedalia Township, subject to the actions of the republican convention Aug. 18 We are authorized to announce the name of A. F. Tessmer, as a republican candidate for the nomination as Justice of the Peace, subject to the action of the republican convention Aug 18th We are authorized to announce the name of Mr F. W. Clark as a republican candidate for Justice of the Peace. Subject to the Republican convention Aug. 18th We are authorized to announce the name of Judge David Kinsey, as republican candidate for Justice of the Peace; subject to the actions of the republican convention Aug. 18 We are authorized to announce the name of Judge J. L. Smith, as a Republican candidate for re-election of Justice of the Peace, subject to the actions of the Republican convention Aug 18 We are authorized to announce the name of James N. Harper, as a Republican candidate for Consulate of Sedalia Township, subject to the republican convention JUDGE OF EASTERN DISTRICT. We hereby announce the name of Mr. Gabe Alberts, of Smithton to enshrine as a republican candidate for re-election of Judge of Eastern District, subject to the actions of the republican convention Less have a barmonous convena Monday. next thing is Fourth of ion from Sunday. and p.m. game today at tween Ft Scott called at 3.30 The C Sons and Ha.l next V be worth seal Charity will Again we than ies and gents of t job work they give us this week Well! we seem to please them, why can't we please you; Mr? Remember the meeting of the Negro Republican State League, which mets in our city Monday. We are thankful to Rev Burton of Tipton, for the job work he has sent us this week, and we had more such race men who are preachers our race enterprises would be much better than they are today. The two leading hotels of our city are now employing colored men as head cooks, and are well pleased with them. This goes to show that there are a few Negroes in Sedalia who are on the upward glide. Col. Ed Butler objected to being tried at Columbia because it is a center of education and culture a place where the people read newspapers. If Butle had looked after these things when he was voting his Inians so rapidly he would be better off now. Democrats are expecting to carry the lower house of Congress on the theory that people have forgotten how the Wilson bill affected the county, but every time you think of Grover and clover an apparition rises to view, with free trade and free soup well to the front. One of the most indiscreet thing the Republican State convention could do, would be to nominate a candidate for United States enite. The party is in the manority, but if it becomes the majority party in the legislature, there is plenty of good material to select from. Fred Bush seems to have been having trouble all week, the first thing was he was faultsely acquesed of beating his daughter by the papers, and secondly his wife applies for a devorse, third, his team meets an accident while out on a fishing Wednesday, breaking his wagon tongue, ripping his pants and injuring himself. Mr Bush is a hard working man and a christain, and a man who is respected by all. While we don't know any thing about his family troubles yet we believe his troubles can be easy settled in a few days. The republican State convention which met in Jefferson City, Monday next, cannot find a better man for chairman of the Republican State Committee the Mr. T. J. Akins, the present chairman. He understands the surrounding and the situation of affairs in the State, and understands what to do and how to manage the campaign to win out victorious this fall. He is not a man for self interest, nor is he tied down by any party bosses, but is doing what he can to carry old Missouri for the Republican party. He treat every man with the same respect and never attempts to shun anyone one account of his color or his wealth. He has made hundreds of new republicans and we believe that he is the man that can and will bring enough into Republican ranks of Missouri, to be able to wave our flag of victory over the state this fall. In this issue of our paper we present to our many reader the announcement of Mr. James N. Harper, who is a republican candidate for Constable of Sedalia- Mr H. TRADING MEC MEC AMERICAN MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATION 723, 724, 725 Wainwright Lldg. S. Leuic; Mo PERCY STONES, GENERAL MANEGER. Weekly Benefits for sickness and accident, death claims FREE USE of surgeon or physician to all members. The FARM HOME SAVING and LOAN ASS'N OF MISSOURI Have decided to place on sale worth of its stock. This stock annual, under the supervision of Also can use $50,000 of paid per annual interest payable semi For further information see I Agent for the Colored peo Have decided to place on sale in this city $100,000.0 worth of its stock. This stock will pay 10 per cent per annual, under the supervision of the Banking Department. Also can use $50,030 of paid up Stock at 6 per cent per annual. interest payable semi-annually. For further information see Rev J. P. BISHOP Agent for the Colored people of Sedalia --- At the New Meat Market, at 315 north Ohio street, where you get only fresh meats of all kind and at living prices. Ring up Phone 380. Geo, E. Uhlman. been for some times an employee at the electric light plan, and has always been a man of whom the masses highly regarded as a gentlamen, a laborer and a true blue republican. He was a candidate for this office two years ago, but was beaten by a rub by con table who was seaking his second term Those know him, know to be an honorable, upright and a perfect gentleman, one who will do his whole duty without regard to man color or wealth. If the republican convention is looking for men who fully capable to assume each duty of this office, they make no mistake in nominating Mr Harper, We present to our readers this week the announcement of Judge Gabe Alberts of Smithton township as Republican candidate for re-election as judge of the Eastern district. He has served the county for the past two years, and in every instance his decisions have been satisfactory to the people of the county. He was elected two years ago by a handsome majority, and we believe he will be re-elected should he be re-nominated by a much larger majority than before. He deserves the honor of a second term, and should receive it from our convention without trouble. Johnnie Quinn and brother has charge of the saloon formally owned by Mr. Agees, in the old Jas. Glass stand at 102 east Main st. The young men are very popular. and are good friends to the colored people. The solicit your patron age and at the same time gaurantee you the best drinks and the best treatment at all times. ```markdown ``` BUY YOUR INDUSTRY—For Your OWN GOOD. AID ASSOCIATION right Lodge, Louis; Mo GENERAL MANEGER curry, is an accident, death claims physician to all members. LIVING and LOAN ASS'N URI- e on sale in this city $100,000.0 this stock will pay 10 per cent p division of the Banking Department 0 of paid up Stock at 6 per cent table semi-annually. Action see Rev J. P. BISHOP colored people of Sedalia ← G. J. 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After Discussing the Question with a Number of Leaders the President Decided Not to Allow His Political Prospects to Interfere With His Duty. Washington, June 14.—After talking with a number of the leaders in congress regarding Cuban reciprocity, President Roosevelt determined to send a message to congress reaffirming his attitude on the subject. The president earnestly considered the matter for several days, and it is stated that the action of the anti-reciprocity senators in deciding to hold out against the policy advocated by the majority of the party did not influence the president in the least in deciding to transmit his message to congress. The president's action, it may be stated from sources close to him,was influenced by the broad question of the duty of the United States to Cuba and of fairness to the new republic. It has been pointed out to the president that his warmest political support is in the section of the country where there is the greatest opposition to reciprocity, the west and northwest, and that he should remain content with the stand he had taken without accentuating his views in a special message. It is known, however, that the president did not hesitate to arrive at the conclusion that he would not let his political prospects interfere with what he regarded as his plain duty. It is further known that he told his friends that it was a source of great regret to him to take a position hostile to the wishes of his warmest supporters, but that he felt it would not be in keeping with his own nature and his position of chief executive to longer remain silent on his subject and thereby give an opportunity for false speculation as to his attitude. The president was further led to conclude that the relations of the United States and Cuba must necessarily grow closer, and that the United States should not, at the outset, after its declared purposes toward the island, assume a position contrary thereto, and thus arouse the suspicions of the Cuban government as to our real intentions toward it. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. Message of the President in Behalf of Reciprocity With Cuba. To the Senate and House of Representatives. I deem it important, before the adjournment of the present session of congress, to call attention to the following expressions in the message which I have proposed upon me by the constitution I sent to congress on the first Tuesday of December last: "Elsewhere I have discussed the question of reciprocity. In the case of Cuba, however, there are weighty reasons of more importance. The policy should be held to have a peculiar application, and I most earnestly ask your attention to the wisdom, indeed, to the vital need, of providing for a substantial reduction in the tariff duties on Cuban goods in her constitution affirmed what we desired, that she could stand, in international matters, in closer and more friendly relations with us than with any other power; and we are bound to pass commercial measures in the interest of her well being." This recommendation was merely giving practical effect to President McKinley's words, when in his messages of 5, 1888, and December 5, 1899, he wrote: "It is important that our relations with this people (of Cuba) shall be of the most friendly character, and our commercial relations close and reciprocal. "We have accepted a trust, the fulfillment of which calls for the utmost integrity of purpose and the exercise of the highest wisdom. The republic of Cuba must needs be bound to us by ties of singular intimacy and strength, if its enduring welfare is to be assured. The greatest blessing which can come to Cuba is the restoration of her agricultural and industrial property. June 12, I received, by cable, from the American minister in Cuba, a most earnest appeal from President Palma; for "legislative relief before it is made and (his) country financially ruined." The granting of reciprocity with Cuba is a proposition which stands entirely alone. The reasons for it far ultweigh for agriculture, for foreign trade and for other national and are entirely consistent with preserving intact the protective system under which this country has thriven so marvelously. The present tariff law was designed to promote the adoption of the tariff law, provided for a reduction not to exceed 20 per cent. upon goods coming from a particular country, leaving the tariff rates on the same articles unchanged as re-entered into the ground. It has been made to the granting of the reduction on the ground that the substantial benefit would not go to the agricultural producers of sugar, but would inure to the same extent to the payment provision can and should be made, which will guarantee us against this possibility, without having recourse to a measure of doubtful policy, such as a bond or form of rebate. The question to which it may of the different schedules of the tariff ought most properly to be revised, does not enter into this matter in any way or shape. We are concerned with getting a friendly reciprocal arrangement with Cuba. This arrangement applies to all countries. We are not in Cuba. It is not in our power to determine what these articles shall be, and any discussion of the tariff as it affects special schedules, or whether than Cuba, is why aside from the subject matter to which I call your attention. Some of our citizens oppose the lowering of the tariff on Cuban products, just as, three years ago, they opposed the admission of the Hawaiian islands, lest free trade with them might ruin certain of our interests here. In the actual event their interests would be threatened to wail, and their apprehensions as to the damage to any industry of our own because of the proposed measure of red-proximity with Cuba seem to me equally baseless. In my judgment, no American industry will be hurt and many American industries will be benefited by the proposed tariff. It is better as a nation that the growing Cuban market should be controlled by American producers. The events following the war with Spain and the prospective building of the isthmian canal, render it certain that we must take in the future a far greater interest than hitherto in what happens throughout the War of the Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean, and the adjacent coasts and waters. We expect Cuba to treat us on an exceptional footing politically, and we should put her in the same exceptional position economically. The proposed action is in line with the course of the war as a result of lands with which we have been brought into relations of varying intimacy by the Spanish war. Porto Rico and Hawaii have been included within our tariff lines, to their great benefit as well as ours, and without any of the feared detriment to which stand in a different relation, have been granted substantial tariff concessions. Cuba is an independent republic, but a republic which has assumed certain special obligations as regards her international position in compliance with her request. I ask for her special economic concession in the form of benefits and benefit us as well as her. There are few brighter pages in American history than the page which tells of our dealings with Cuba during the past four years. On her behalf we waged a war of which the mainspirit was generous indignation against the oppressive faith absolutely. It is earnestly to be hoped that we will complete in the same spirit the record so well begun, and show in our dealings with Cuba that steady continuity of policy which it is essential to establish in foreign affairs if we desire to play well our part as a world power. We are a wealthy and powerful nation; Cuba is a young republic, still weak, who owes to us her birth, whose whole future, whose very life, must depend on our attitude towards her. I ask that we help those who are suffering along the painful and difficult road of self-governing independence. I ask this help for her because she needs it; because we have already aided her. I ask that open-handed help, of a kind which a self-respecting people can accept, be given to Cuba, for reason; we have given her freedom; for reason, we have given her sentatives, civil and military, have toiled unceasingly, facing disease of a percularly sinister and fatal type with patient and uncomplaining fortitude, to teach her how to use aright her new freedom. Never in history has any alien country been given the right to pursue the integrity of purpose, such wise judgment, and such a single-handed devotion to the country's interests. Now I ask that the Cubans be given all possible chance to use to the best advantage the freedom of which Americans have such right to be free, for which so many American lives have been sacrificed. [Signed] THEODORE ROOSEVELT. White House, June 13, 1902. How the Different Parties to Reciprocity Find Comfort in the President's Message. Washington, June 14.—The president's reciprocity message gave senators a live topic of conversation yesterday, but so far as is yet apparent there is no change in the situation. There was a disposition on the part of the leaders on both sides of the controversy to claim, when speaking publicly, some advantage from the message. The straight reciprocity men urged that the effect would be to cause at least some of the beet sugar republicans to abandon their opposition. They contended that many of them had misunderstood the attitude of the president, and now that this had been made clear there will be no longer excuse for opposing straight reciprocity measures. The message, they argued, would clear the atmosphere, render the president's attitude unmistakable and, therefore, bring opponents within the party face to face with the fact that in continuing their opposition they are antagonizing the official head of the party. "We have known all the time where the president stood on this subject, and have told the republican opponents of reciprocity just what the facts are," said a leading reciprocity senator. "They refused to accept our assurances and professed to have expressions from the president to the contrary. The message confirms all that we have said to them. It clears the atmosphere, and necessarily the result must be beneficial for a reciprocity bill." The beet sugar leaders declared at the close of the day that the message had caused no loss whatever to them and that those senators who stood with them yesterday are still with them. They also asserted that the president's interposition in the matter had had the effect of causing to hesitate some senators who heretofore had not taken a positive stand against reduction, because of the feeling that the president should leave congress to deal with the subject in its present stage. Senator Deitrich was among the most outspoken of the beet sugar men, and he made an unsuccessful effort to secure the attention of the chair after the reading of the message. Those who are in his confidence say that it was his purpose to move for the discharge of the committee from the further consideration of the house bill, in order to permit the immediate consideration of that measure. THE WEATHER AND CROPS. The United States Weather Bureau's Weekly Summary of Crop Conditions. FAVORABLE WEATHER IN CORN STATES. Wheat Harvest Progressing In the More Southern Localities and Continues Promising Elsewhere—Lice Doing Some Damage In the Cotton States. Washington, June 18.—The following is the weather bureau's weekly summary of crop conditions: Highly favorable temperature conditions prevailed during the week in the great corn states of the central valleys; the central and west gulf states suffering from excessive heat, and the districts from the upper Missouri valley to the New England coast have experienced temperatures too low for favorable growth. The lower Missouri and upper Mississippi valley to the New England coast have experienced temperatures too low for favorable growth. The lower Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys, and the southern portion of the upper lake region, where, in previous weeks,farm work has been interrupted by heavy rains, have received additional heavy rains, and crops in portions of these districts are much in need of cultivation. Abundant rains have effectually relieved drought in the south Atlantic states, but the almost entire absence of rain in the central and west gulf states has intensified drought conditions previously existing in those sections. Weather conditions on the Pacific coast were favorable, except in Oregon and Washington,where the nights were too cool. Corn has made rapid growth in Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri, Indiana, and portions of Illinois and Iowa, and is much improved in Ohio. In portions of Iowa and northern Illinois the crop has suffered from heavy rains, and in Wisconsin and Michigan from both excessive moisture and low temperatures. In Kentucky, Tennessee, and generally throughout the middle and south Atlantic states, corn is doing well, but is suffering seriously from drought in the central and west gulf states, and is being cut for fodder in portions of Texas. Winter wheat has made generally favorable progress during the past week, further improvement being reported from the Ohio valley and lake region. In northern Illinois the crop has suffered to some extent from heavy rains, and much lodging on rich soils is reported from Wisconsin. Harvest has begun in Kansas and southern Illinois, has progressed under favorable conditions in Missouri, is about finished in the Carolinas and Tennessee and wheat is ripening in southern Nebraska, with a very promising outlook. Winter wheat continues in promising condition in Washington and Oregon and a good crop is being harvested in northern and central California. Spring wheat has been damaged by floods in the valleys in same parts of Nebraska, but has done well in some of the dryer sections of the state, but of the later sown in South Dakota is weedy. With these exceptions, the crop is in excellent condition throughout the spring wheat region. Oats have suffered some injury in northern Illinois and portions of Iowa from heavy rains, and too rank growth is reported from Nebraska and Wisconsin; elsewhere throughout the central valleys and lake region the crop has advanced favorably and is in promising condition, but less favorable reports are received from the middle and south Atlantic states. Over the northern portion of the western and central districts and generally throughout the eastern portion of the cotton belt cotton has experienced generally favorable conditions, although lice are causing injury in portions of South Carolina and Georgia. Over the southern portion of the central districts and throughout Texas the crop has made slow growth; lice infest many of the fields in Mississippi and Louisiana, and rain is now urgently needed in these districts, especially in Texas, where, however, despite adverse conditions, the crop is holding on well and the reports of lice and boll weevil are diminishing. The crop is generally well cultivated throughout the cotton belt. The general condition of grass continues favorable, except in the Ohio valley and middle Atlantic states. New York, June 18.—The new steamship Blucher, of the Hamburg-American line, arrived on her maiden voyage. A SENSATIONAL STORY. Alleged Discovery of a Plot to Assassinate King Edward—Meager Details. London, June 17.—A sensational story is current in London to-night of the discovery of a plot to assassinate King Edward. This story has created considerable discussion in newspaper and other circles, but it is lacking in anything like official confirmation. According to the current report, King Edward's sudden illness at Aldershot was not due to a cold, but was merely an excuse for withdrawing his majesty from public functions owing to the discovery by Scotland Yard of a plot against his life. The principals in this plot have not yet been arrested. 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Let the nails in top strip slant upward and those in bottom one slant downward, to prevent the slipping of netting from nails. Nail top strip on first; measure down on post driving in nails every six inches; then nail on bottom strip. Have a ball of gardeners bunching twine (cost, five cents); tie end of twine to nail at left upper corner; cross diagonally to B; wind twine once around nail, and go to C; then to D, etc. Draw the twine snug, always wind once around each nail Fill the entire frame ending at E. Tie the twine very securely, and break off; this is the warp. For the filling, tie end of twine to mail marked F, cross to G then to H, then to I, etc. Weave the filling into the warp by passing the ball alternately over and under the threads of warp. Peas do better on a trellis of this kind than on brush or wire netting. We have no difficulty in coaxing them to climb to the top or beyond; the vines never burn on this trellis as they will on a wire one, during the heated term. When the frost puts them out of business, cut the strings loose at the four corners of frame, pull the vines and the entire mass of vines and twine can be slipped off the frame in two minutes and carried away to be burned on the rubbish heap. Anyone who has tried to clear the old vines from wire netting will appreciate this easier way of disposing of them.-J. E. Morse, in Rural New Yorker. A POTATO COVERER. As a Tool for the Purpose Made Evident by Its Name It Certainly Has No Superior. I have for years used a potato coverer that is made entirely of wood and at little expense. The boards that do the covering are 1x10x22, nine inches apart at the rear end, and 24 in front. I use two horses, going FOR COVERING POTATOES. astride the row. The tongue is in one piece, and is bolted in so as to make the implement run smooth without too much work for the driver. The weight on the handles regulates the depth of the covering. It scrapes in the surface dirt, leaves a ridge to harrow down, and kills the weeds just before the potatoes come through. I have tried different cultivators with covering attachments, but they do not give such perfect work. As a tool just to cover potatoes, the above has no equal.—Epitomist. Look after the trees—any sprouts starting where you do not want them to grow may be rubbed off with the hand when they are young. This is a good way to prune.—Farmers' Voice. Sprouts of red raspberries outside the hills or rows, which ever way you train yours, should be treated as weeds and hoed or plowed up when very young. ROUGH ON MARK TWAIN. An Englishman's Appreciation of One of Chauceyn Depew's Little Jokes. Once upon a time Senator Depew and Mark Twain were fellow passengers on a trip across the ocean. One night a dinner was given and Twain was called upon for a speech. He made a number of characteristically humorous remarks, and then sat down amid applause. 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COTTON-Middling 9 @ 2% BEEVES-Steers 4 75 @ 8 00 Cows and Heifers 3 50 @ 6 90 CALVES-(per 100 lbs.) 5 00 @ 6 25 HOGS-Fair to Choice 6 50 @ 7 55 SHEEP-Fair to Choice 4 50 @ 5 50 FLOUR-Patents 3 60 @ 3 70 Other Grades 2 90 @ 3 75 WHEAT-No. 2 Red 78 @ 781% CORN-No. 2 62 @ 621% OATS-No. 2 457% @ 571% RYE-No. 2 457% @ 571% WOOL-Tub-Washed 15 @ 241% Other Grades 11 @ 161% HAY-Clear Timothy 11 00 @ 14 00 BUTTOR-Choice Dairy 15 @ 181% EACON-Clear Rib @ 111% EGGs-Fresh 12 @ 113% PORK-StandardMess(new) 17 62% @ 18 07% LARD-Choice Steam @ 110% CHICAGO. CATTLE-Native Steers 6 75 @ 8 00 HOGS-Fair to Choice 6 75 @ 7 55 SHEEP-Fair to Choice 5 00 @ 5 50 FLOUR-Winter Patents 3 70 @ 3 90 Spring Patents 3 50 @ 3 80 WHEAT-No. 2 Spring 781% @ 781% CORN-No. 2 Yellow. @ 638% OATS-No. 2 42% @ 43% PORK-Mess 17 50 @ 17 80 KANSAS CITY. CATTLE-Native Steers 6 50 @ 7 40 HOGS-Fair to Choice 6 75 @ 7 40 WHEAT-No. 2 Red @ 721% CORN-No. 2 69 @ 60 OATS-No. 2 @ 43 NEW ORLEANS. 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To enter a homestead of 160 acres one must be the head of a family or have attained the age of twenty-one years; a citizen of the United States or one who has filed his declaration to become such. To establish a title to the land, residence must be maintained thereon, improving and cultivating the land continuously for five years. With the completion of the North-Western Line from Verdigne to the Reservation boundary at Bonesteel, there will, without doubt, be a tremendous influx of homesteaders as soon as the President's proclamation sets a date for the opening. Interest in the matter in Nebraska is intense. Another Step Forward. The manager of our bureau has thought out a splendid scheme for the children's supplement." "Eh! What is it?" "He has had one of the artists draw a full page picture of Mont Pelee in action, and then, right on the summit, he has rubbed a lot of explosive chemicals. When a match is touched to the stuff the eruption occurs. 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Speer's winery and vine are the only Port grape vineyards in the United States; only vineards that cultivate the real Port wine grape of Portugal; while wines or mixtures called port are made without a single Oporto grape in them. Mr. Speer is the first and only one who imported the vines and acclimated the real Port wine grape vines of Portugal. The spent thousands of dollars as a hobby to see what he could do toward acclimating these Portugal vines here. It took eight years for them to become acclimated to include Mr. Speer got a single grape; during these years all died except about eight hundred vines, when those began to grow vigorous and bear fruit; from these, layers were made for new vines. The vineyards now cover fifty six acres. It has proven success. The grapes are allowed to hang on the vines until they begin to raisin, when they have parted with some of the water and are rich in sugar; and the wine made from. Port wine grapes is the only real genuine Port wine made in America. It is by far THE wine the weakly persons, the aged and for evening entertainments. Gold by Druggists and Grocers. CASH OR CREDIT. Catalogue FREE. to send for our Catalogue No. 6, quoting prices on Buggies, Harness, etc. We sell direct from our Factory to Consumers at Factory Prices. This guaranteed Buggy only $33.50; Cash or Easy Monthly Payments. We trust honest people located in all parts of the world. Write for Free Catalogue. MENTION THIS PAPER. CENTURY MF'G CO. DEP'T East St. Louis, Ill. From Infancy To Age MOTHERS Laxakola for Babies.—It is the best and most effective remedy for children. BEST because it is pure and safe being made entirely of harmless ingredients. BEST because it is non-irritating and never grips or causes pain or irritation. BEST because it is sure and never fails. BEST because "Children like it and ask for it." BEST because its tonic properties are so good and so strengthening that it keeps the little ones in fine, hearty condition. It is a dangerous thing to give little babies violent catharsis that rack and rend their little bodies. DON'T DO IT—give them LAXAKOLA. For constipation, coated tongue, simple coils, restlessness, loss of sleep and fever it is invaluable. A few drops can be given with safety to very young babies, and it will often relieve colic by expelling the wind and gas that cause it. It will aid digestion, relieve restlessness, assist nature and induce sleep. Great relief is experienced when administered to young children suffering from diarrhea, accompanied with white or green evacuations, as LAXAKOLA neutralizes the acidity of the bowels and carries out the cause of the fermentation. My baby is 1 month old and is beetling. He was sick and I tried a good many things, but nothing seemed to relieve him. I had a doctor, who said it was inflammation of the bowels, and that I would never pull him through piles if he were a doctor. When I saw he was getting worse, I stopped him his medicine, as he could not walk. I tried to treat him with colic relief with cole oil and used to screen when he had a cold. I did not know what it was to close my eyes day or night. I gave him a new drops of LAXAKOLA and it relieved him. I took him a new time, and it worked like a charm, and he no longer rests pretty fair all night. He is a great deal better now. I took him LAXAKOLA, and I think it helps them give nothing else to their sick babies. Laxakola for Young Girls on the threshold of womanhood, has been found invaluable. When they become pale and languid, face bloodless, eyes dull, head aching, feet and hands cold, appetite gone or abnormal, and their systems generally run down, they need building up, and their blood needs cleansing. Give them LAXAKOLA; its gentle bowel action to cleanse, and its tonic properties to build up the system, will show immediate and most beneficial results. It acts promptly, surely but gently on the bowels, and while stimulating the liver to increased activity, its tonic properties strengthen the nerves, renew vitality and restore color to the face and life and animation to the whole system. It is the only tonic laxative that strengthens and tones them up. Laxakola for Mothers. It is particularly valuable and useful to women, especially mothers, as it is a gentle and safe remedy to use during all conditions of health whenever their peculiar and delicate constitutions require a mild and efficient laxative and tonic; while to nursing mothers, worn out with the care of infants and whose systems therefore are particularly susceptible to disease, LAXAKOLA directly appeals. It clears the complexion, brightens the eye, sharpens the appetite, removes muddy and blotched condition of the skin and cures sick headache to a certainty by removing the cause. To women suffering from chronic constipation, head-aches, biliousness, dizziness, sallowness of the skin and dyspepsia, LAXAKOLA will invariably bring relief and a positive and permanent cure. What Mrs. Edw. Puch, E. Palestine, O., Boy 125, says about LAXAKOLA "March 11, 1991. Received your free sample, it has done so much good, send me a 360 bottle." March 28, "Bottle came say, did me a bit of good, drugged bea don't know it, so enclosed is 360, please send me quickly another bottle. The last bottle did me so much good, want another at cure." April 26, "Enclosed is 360, for one more bottle LAXAKOLA. It has done me much good." Laxakola for Old Folks. In the Autumn and Winter of Life, when the various organs through long years of action have become more or less sluggish, it becomes necessary to stimulate them by some remedy best adapted to that purpose. So long as the stomach and bowels are doing their work properly and the liver and kidneys are active and strong, your food is assimilated properly, your blood is kept pure and rich, and your nerves are strong. The feeling of nervousness, general weakness and debility means that the whole system is run down and needs a general toning up. That LAXAKOLA DOES IT, has been proved beyond all question. Its gentle warming, soothing action on the bowels, liver and kidneys, stimulates them to increased activity, cleanses the blood, quickens the circulation, and puts the whole system in a condition of health and enables it to ward off disease, while its tonic properties tone up the system and keep it healthy. Laxakola Does It. Pale, Weak, Run-down, Overworked Mothers with Fretty Children, half sick, nervous, tired out with household and maternal cares, headaches, constipated, nervous, tired out with complexions, blood thin and impure, need building up and a thorough renovation of their systems. This is the time you need such a great nerve and stomach builder as Blotched, sallow, unwholesome and muddy skin, with its consequent mortification, often leading to morbid seclusion and aversion to society and friends, and to the loss of the way to clear the complexion and restore it to its normal healthy, velvety condition is to clean out the entire system, purify the blood and remove the skin. gently moves the bowels and thus removes the cause, acts directly upon the liver and kidneys, keeping them active and strong, while its marvellous tonic properties clear the complexion, stimulate the liver, quicken the circulation, increase the flesh and brighten the eye; the nervousness speedily disappears and the entire system recuperates and tones up to a condition of perfect and permanent health. WARM, is a gentle and safe remedy to use during all conditions of health, of all ages, of all peculiar and civil constitutions require a mild and efficient, laxative and diabetic is invaluable in assisting to relieve obstructions which otherwise would lead to more or less severe pain or illness. well as acting directly on the pores and assisting the perspiratory glands in throwing off impurities. It purifies the blood as no other medicine can, and your skin will not only be well but you will be well. LAXAKOLA acts as a tonic to the whole female system, strengthening the organs and purifying the blood. It will cure the moorning case of constipation. With your bowels and stomach free from freezing and a warm blood pressure rich, backaches, headaches, weak nerves, bladder, muddy, sallow complexions will vanish, and you will feel and look strong, healthy and vigorous. WHAT IS LAXAKOLA? It is a gentle, painless and harmless laxative. It is a wonderful, thorough medicine. It is a general builder of health and strength. It is a general remedy for all troubles arising from the bowels, stomach, liver or kidneys. It moves the bowels gently and painlessly, tones up and strengthens the mucous membranes of the stomach, and removes the cause of troubles of the liver, kidneys and blood. It is a gentle, bainless and harmless liquid laxative. It is a wonder-ful, thorough medicine. It is a general builder of health and strength. It is a general remedy for all troubles arising from the bowels, stomach, liver or kidneys. It moves the bowels gently and painlessly, tones up and strengthens the mucous membranes of the stomach, and removes the cause of troubles of the liver, kidneys and blood. A Spoonful of Laxakola, Nightly on Retiring, will Cleanse the System of all Impurities; Stimulate the Liver; Clean out the Kidneys; Quicken the Circulation; Quiet the Nerves, Prevent Sleeplessness; and Speedily Cause a Healthy Condition of the Entire Body. and reaches every part of the body with strengthening, cleansing and healing influences. It is a most excellent Spring medicine or blood purifier. Because of its purity, pleasant taste and gentle, yet effective action, infants and the older delicate invalids can take it without disagreeable or harmful after effects. It is the most wonderful and valuable kidney remedy of the century. Isn't it Worth 25c. To Be Cured of Constibation People who suffer from habitual constipation with all its attendant lills, clogged stomach and bowels, sluggish liver, heartburn, tion, bloody blood, are too apt to believe that the only remedy is violent purgatives. Such cathartics are irritating and gripping, leave the stomach inflamed, cause severe diarrhea, and create a greater difficulty of cure and the sufferer constantly growing worse. There is a laxative that moves the bowels without pain or gripping, clears the intestines, supplains the liver, strengthens the nerves, and purifies the blood, while its marvelous tonic properties toge up the entire system is healthy. Its remarkable tonic properties reach every organ—the liver, kidneys and stomach, nerve, heart and brain—and removes the cause of debilitation by allowing the body to act as a general tonic. This is its only way to secure an absolute and permanent cure. In order that all may test this great curative power, I will present you with a sample of this tonic. 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For faded women, whose faces have become drown or thin from nervous troubles or other causes, HAZELMELIS CREAM is a price-less boon, as its peculiar qualities enable it to be an IPEAL SKIN FOOD. The tired out, weakened bones eagerly about the relaxing, penetrating properties when applied with a gentle massage action, and speedily to snow the most wonderful results in restoring the skin to its original quality, and the flesh to a firm rounded contour. AKE-N-THE HEAD tablets will cure them. Just think of it-a CURE, for E-Hea- tress, for NETS, for NETS. Send the Lakaxola Co. 45, Vesey Street, New York. dime and a box will mailed at once. Is now. Don't suffer any HAZELMELIS CREAM FOR FALLING HAIR, dandruff and scalp irritations, is the best and most elegant remedy ever offered to the public. A dressing of HAZELMELIS CREAM after a thorough washing will remove all traces of scales and dandruff, stop the hair from falling and not only increase the growth of hair, but prevent premature grayness, add a magnificent lustre and gloss, make the tresses long and thick, and the scalp clean and wholesome. HAZELMELIS CREAM also particularly appeals to gentlemen, for use immediately after shaving, to remove all soreness and dryness, roughness and irritation, and as a preventive for gashes, pimples and quickly heat. AKE-IN-THE HEAD will cure you Price $50. sent on receipt of price. Send for circular and sample free. The LAXAKOLA CO., 45 Vesey best New.