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The Lexington Advertise]
CHE ADVERTISER PUB. CO., Pabllnhnra.
LEXINGTON, : •* MISSISSIPPI
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
He for (lie Hfder.
college professor wants
A O-l
A western
bankers to go into politics. That
more
would undoubtedly he safer than it
would be to have more politicians in
the banks.
Stop Mint Stunting.
Cleveland's denial of negro stories
grows to a shriek. In the interest of
humanity, somebody should stop this
shooting at his feet in order to make
him dance.
Quickly.
A modern battleship whose hull is
pierced gives little hope of escape for
those on board,
steel goes down quickly, as in the ease
ot tiie Maine and Petropavlovsk.
Goes !)«'
The great mass of
IK HU X'
The friends of Mr. Hearst begin to
fear that he hasn't as much nerve as
lie war: credited with. When he fail'
in his attempt to pre-empt all the
rooms In the St. Louis hotels lie didn't
set about buying the hotels outright.—
Kansas City Journal.
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hie Advice, lint —
Justice Brewer s declaration that it
is the ordinary citizen's first duty, to
obey the laws is admirable, but in
many cases it is too much to expect
that the ordinary citizen can know
what the law really is when the su
preme court Itself divides five to lour.
Ad mil
For tlie Sake of IN
It has been decided in Philadelphia
that a man does not have to teil his
wife how much money he is making
or even to allow her to superintend
the spending of it. At the same time,
for the sal e of peace in the family,
most men will continue to do so as they
always have done.
Force of llablt.
The Thibetan country is described as
"covered with stones, without vegeta
tion and swept by a hitter wind bear
ing clouds of dust." And for this bar
ren waste England is sacrificing and
taking hundreds of lives. She doesn't
need it and can't use it, but she can
not break herself of the habit of steal
ing any land that happens to be lying
about handy.
Tli UN Rohm the Talc.
Many years ago Charles Sumner sent
to tlie czar some acorns from an oak
which overhangs Washington's tomb.
A stately tree grew from one planted
near the imperial palace. Now Sec
retary Hitchcock will plant in the
White house grounds a sapling from
this oak in St. Betersburg. Isn't this
a breach of neutrality, or does it show
that free acorns can germinate in au
tocratic soil.
A Safe Predict!'
The Japanese occupy Korea. But
that does not signify that the Japanese
will continue in possession of it after
the treaty of peace is signed. If the
Russians can shatter the mikado's
forces in Manchuria they may be able
to compel his men to retrace the steps
of their wonderful march
But one
thing is sure—that the Japanese re
treat through Korea would be a far
bloodier affair for both sides than was
the Japanese advance.
Rei
rRuble 1'ulilie Career.
Senator William M. Stewart, of
Nevada, who will retire from the sen
ate March 4, 1905, is the oldest sen
ator in point of service. As a senator
he knew President Lincoln,
the only man living who was present
when Andrew Johnson took the oath
In the Kirkwood house as President
of the United States, the night that
Lincoln was assassinated. He sat in
judgment on President Johnson when
his impeachment was in progress.
He was
The 211nnk I'nne.
Isador Rayner, the newly-elected
senator from Maryland, had a Jewish
father, but married a Presbjterian
wife. He lias been described by one
Baltimore lawyer as the blank page
between the old and the new testa
ments. When he was running for con
gress he used to attend the Jewish
synagogue, of which his father was
president, every Saturday, and then
accompany his wife to the Presbytc
rinn church on Sunday. He was never
seriously inoculated with any partic
ular religious germ.
\p|)llllillK StlltiNtlCM.
James Lewis, counsel for the New
York State Medical association, makes
the astonishing assertion that 1,500
babies are annually left in the streets
of New York city and 12,000 births
are unreported every year. Twenty
five places have been located where
doctors practice their criminal trades,
making an annual profit of $2,000,000.
It Is a system similar to this and
practiced on an awful scale that has
brought the birth rate in France below
the death rate and caused national
alarm.
Wiitrii
ly by Lot.
The numerous suicide clubs sug
gested to a number of bachelors at
Waukegan, Wis., to organize a club
along similar lines, with the exception
that the members'are compelled by lot
to commit matrimony instead of sui
cide. Tlie club assembles at month
ly dinners and once during the year the
fatefut drawing takes place which bids
some number to depart from among
his companions and arter lie has ful
filled 'hi duty imposed on him by his
oath, never more to show his face at
their conclaves.
Teal of Oil an Fuel.
The steamship Nebraska, which
made the run from San Diego, Cel., to
New York by the tme of oil as fuel,
whereas it made the trip to San Diego
by the use of coal, furnishes an illus
tration of what may be accomplished
by tho change. According to the cap
tain ijf the vessel about $20,000 was
saved by the uee of oil. A part of this
was gained by an increase of 457 tons
fa cargo space. There was a saving
oi nine firemen in the crew. The trip
was made in shorter time with oil than
with coal.
GETTING READY
FOR THE OPENING
Director of Exhibits Skiff Says
World's Fair Will Be Ready.
GROUNDS BEING CLEANED UP
at Work,
Twenty Tlioimnnil Men Ai
an<1 (he Force Will lie Doubled
Get Things
Heady tor Opening.
if Si
caatnry t<
St. Louis, April 17.—No apprehen
sion need be entertained concerning
the opening day of the Louisiana Pur
chase exposition, according to Director
of Exhibits Frederick Skiff.
All will be in first-class order, clean
roads and unobstructed paths, invit
ing greenswards beneath towering
domes of foliage, buildings, booths and
pavilions in a state of completeness
never before accomplished, and the
v/hole World's fair one great model
city of resplendent palaces well filled
With exhibits of every description.
Mr. Skiff said when interviewed:
>f All Other.,
"We are far ahead of any exposition
ever held. Everything is acceptably
complete. Two weeks before the open
ing of the Chicago exposition Jackson
park looked like an immigrants' camp
when compared to the present fair; in
Paris the chaos was even more be
wildering, but tlie success of both fairs
demonstrates conclusively what great
things can be accomplished by an in
telligent concentration of labor.
"Just think of the unique feat ac
complished by the French government
on Hje very eve of the opening of the
Paris fair. Thousands of workmen had
tried in vain to clear away the debris
of building materials, and some of the
main paths of the exposition grounds
were more like barricades than any
thing else, when a supreme effort had
to be made to give the great fair at
least the appearance of completeness.
Aid what do you think they did? At
sundown they put 20,030 soldiers to
work, on the ground, and at the open
ing of the inaugural ceremonies the
next, morning everything looked as
clean as a whistle.
I)oi:Mi- Force if Xcee.Hary.
"No, indeed, we can not get help
from similar sources in this case, but
we will double the present force if nec
essary, and get things into a fair way
of completeness. There are now about
20,000 men employed on the grounds,
and the work is progressing in such
a way that we need not entertain the
least thought or apprehension concern
ing the success of the opening day.
Neither President Francis nor any of
the department chiefs feel shaky on
that subject.
"The idea of some men pretending
that it would take at least ten days
to cart off the structural debris from
their places is simply nonsensical.
There is no space in the grounds that
could not be cleared within three
hours.
"Besides, I will tell this much: If
the individual exhibitors do not get
their places into shape by the end of
next week, why, then the exposition
will have to take matters into their
own hands and do it. for them. * * *
Bxliibitoi
"Indeed, the great crowds will not
wait until the middle of June. We will
have them here from the first day of
next month. There will be a mag
nificent attendance right from the
start, and for every day there will be
special meets that will attract an im
mense concourse of visitors.
"Without wishing to make any too
sanguine assertion, I can safely repeat
that even the roads will be in fine or
der on opening day. The succession of
heavy rains has done great damase to
the work of the landscape and road
departments, it is true, but all will be
in good shape when President Roose
velt presses the button."
A lit-ml
Mimt Hustle.
THE RECENT PENSION ORDER
e Milken a State
ect an
Ci
linsloner Wi
ment Deslitnpil
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lull) re.
Washington, April 17.—To make
clear the actual effect of provisions of
the recent age pension order of Com
missioner Ware, about which a larg<
number of inquiries are being made,
the following official statement is
maefe:
"There appears to be an impression
among many of the old soldiers that
allowances of pensions under the 'age
order' of the commissioner of pensions
are in additon to the pensions allowed
heretofore. This is an erroneous idea
of the order. The law prohibits the
payment of more than one pension to
a person for the same period, and the
effect of the order on those having a
pension already only will be to increase
such pension up to the age limit if the
pension already drawn is below that
amount.
Sir HuRli Will Preside.
St. Louis, April 17.—Sir Hugh Gil
zean-Reid, of London, founder and first
president of the Institute of Journal
ists, will preside over the World's
Press parliament at the World's fair.
The baronet is one of the leading fig
ures in British journalism.
The Tevue Hold, the Record.
Pensacola, Fla., April 17.—The 12
inch gun crew of the battleship Texas
now holds the world's record for fast
and accurate work, snatching the lau
rels from the battleships Wisconsin
and Alabama.
Two Policemen Wounded.
Providence, R. I., April 17.—Two po
licemen were wounded, probably mor
tally, by four burglars whom they sur
prised while at work on the east side,
the fashionable district, at 2 a, m.
Numerous shots were exchanged
Chicago Bookmaker. Indicted.
Chicago, April 17.—A special grand
jury returned true bills against 36 al
leged handbook makers. Among those
mentioned in the indictments are sev
eral who have wielded much influence
in Chicago politics.
IN ACCORDANCE Willi WRIT
Charles H. Moyer Will be Produced
Before Colorado Supreme Court.
r. Peabody Snja There Will Dp
D elay Inter
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Difficulty
l»UMi'd IIy the Militia.
Denver, Col., April 1".—Att'y.-Gen.
Miller is authority for the statement
that Charles H. Moyer, president of the
Western Federation of Miners, will be
produced before the supreme couit next
Thursday in accordance- with the writ
of habeas corpus issued by that b.aly.
He will be brought from Teiiuride in
custody of the military authorities by
whom he was imprisoned, and their at
torneys will resist any motion for Uis
release on hail pending a decision on
the questions involved in his case. Both
sides profess to be desirous of ob
taining from the supreme court a de
cision as to the rights of the governor
to declare martial law, imprison and
deport citizens without warrant and
disregard writs of the district, court,
as has been done during the past six
months in Teller, San Miguel and Las
Animas counties.
"There will be no difficulty nor de
lay interposed upon the part of the
militia which will hinder the produc
tion of Mr. Moyer before the supreme
court," said Gov. Peabody.
"I shall be very glad to get an opin
ion of the supreme court if it will in
any way hasten the settlement of ail
the contentions now disiurbing the
business and welfare of the state."
FLEET OF OiL STEAMERS.
By
tin* Lak<
dally Built
Oil to lie Co
Tank St<*4
ed oi
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Chicago, April 17.—The Chronicle
says: A fleet of oil steamers, with spe
cial docking facilities at all the im
portant ports on the great lakes and
an immense wharf at Whiting, Ind.,
for the expeditious handling of the oil
vossels, are improvements now being
placed in service by the Standard Oil
Co. The purpose is to lesson the ship
ment of oil by rail and avoid the anti
rebate laws.
Five vessels of the oil fleet already
have boon constructed, and will make
their first trip thi3 season. As many
more will be ready to be put in service
by the opening of next season. These
oil steamers are ingenious structures
of steel, divided into compartments to
prevent "injury from the churning of
the oil. They were built at a cost of
$250,000 each. Each is a great floating
oil tank, constructed something on the
whaleback order, anti holds more than
a whole train of oil cars.
The oil fleet is to ply between Chi
cago or Whiting P.nd all the great lake
ports, and will travel even as far as
New York. As the steamers are all
owned by the Standard Oil Co., they
will reduce to the minimum the cost
of transporting oil between Chicago
and eastern points, and the company
will be nearly independent of the rail
roads.
THE U. S. GUNBOAT PETREL
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Break I mu' Target IN
Her Offlei
Her Old Style til
San Francisco, April 17.—The gun
boat Petrel, under command of Capt.
Tappan, has arrived in port from Pan
ama. While there the Petrel had tar
get practice, making a record of 1.34
hits per gun per minute on a target
with her old-style six-inch or gravity
return guns, the showing being prob
ably the best in the navy, considering
the guns.
On her way up the coast the Petrel
discovered a shoal some miles north
west of Magdalena bay, showing a
depth of only ten fathoms, where more
than 300 fathoms are shown on the
hydrographic charts.
After a brief stay here the Petrel
will proceed to the far nothern coast
for a summer cruise in the Arctic.
WAS DONE UP QUICKLY
Herbert F. Mellen *n Pri
lent
On a
Denverite, Sent to Prim
• C Ki
ibezzlcment.
Charge
Denver, Col., April 17.—Herbert F.
Mellen was sentenced to the state pen
itentiary for a term of four to five
years for embezzlement of funds of
the International Trust Co., for which
he wa3 a teller. He was arrested on
a bench warrant, pleaded guilty when
arraigned before Judge S. L. Carpen
ter in the criminal court, and was im
mediately taken to the prison at Canon
City.
The amount embezzled has not been
definitely ascertained, but is known to
be between $10,090 and $30,000. Mr.
Mellen has been one of the most prom
inent society and clubmen in the city.
He is a bachelor.
Rumor, of «n Kii*iiKi > nifnl.
St. Petersburg, April 18.—Rumors
were in circulation here Sunday of a
fresh engagament on the Yalu river
which had resulted favorable fo the
Russians.
Henry Hobart Porter.
New York, April 17 —Henry Hobart
Porter, for many years commissioner
of charities and corrections, is dead at
his home on Long Island. He was a
close friend of Samuel J. Tllden, and
up to the time of his retirement, took
an active part in politics.
Mrs. Anna Marlxba FI tel*.
Los Angeles, Cal., April 17.—Mrs.
Anna Marizba Fitch, wife of former
Congressman Thomas H. Fitch, and
authoress of considerable fame
three decades ago, is dead at her home
in this city.
The SlKinn Xu Fraternity.
Chicago, April 17.—The Sigma Nu
Greek letter fraternity has installed its
fiftieth chapter in the University of
Chicago. The installation ceremonies,
which were elaborate, were held at the
Auditorium.
The Knn.u. Wheat Outlook.
Topeka, Kas., April 17.—The Kan
sas department of agriculture has is
sued its first wheat bulletin of 1904.
The winter wheat area is given at
5.670,000 acres, and the present condi
tion at 83.5 per cent..
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AT INDIANAPOLIS
One Life Lost arid Several Injures
in Panic That Ensued.
LEAPED FROM FOURTH FLOOR
An ICniploye o
Krona the F
Street Del
f tin* IloMfilliil Leaped
ourtla Floor to the
taw—When Picked
I p Wum Dead.
Indianapolis. Ind., April 18.—While
the city fire deparment, reinforced by
companies from the suburbs, was being
taxed to its utmost, fighting the Occi
dental hotel fire Sunday morning, an
alarm was turned in from 3t. Vincent's
hospital. When the first fire company
arrived, one life had been lost and sev
eral were seriously injured in the panic
that followed.
Tlic Head.
Harriet Leahy, jumped from the
fourth floor and instantly killed.
Tlic Injured.
Miss Kate Beach, believed to be fa
tally injured by falling from third
floor while trying to escape by means
of a rope made of clothing.
Sister Superior Stella, seriously in
jured by shock following a surgical
operation.
Sister Nordlca, seriously injured by
shock.
William Schneider, a patient, who,
at the time of (he fire, was undergoing
an operation.
Henry Nichols, Connersvilie, just
operated upon for appendicitis, ran
down stairs.
Several other nurses and attendants
were more or less bruised on their en
deavor to escape from what they
thought was instant death.
For a time it seemed' that the flames,
which started among a pile of rugs at
the Cast stairway, and found their way
to the upper floors, would result in a
frightful holocaust.
At every window on the third and
fourth floors were crowded tlie panic
stricken men and women.screaming for
help to those on the street below, who
were, for more than twenty minutes,
prevented from entering the building
by the dense smoke The panic that
raged on the third and fouyth floors
continued until long after the fire had
been quenched. Patients who had
just undergone surgical operations
rushed from their beds to the windows
and attempted to throw themselves to
the ground.
I.enped froi
Harriet Leahy, an old employe of the
hospital, leaped from a window on the
fourth floor, and when picked up was
dead.
In the rear, men and women were
making ropes of bed clothing, by which
they escaped to the ground below.
Katherine Beach, less fortunate than
the rest, lost her hold, anti fell from
the third floor, and is now in a critical
condition from the internal injuries,
sustained. As ^n unusual number of
surgical operations were performed in
the hospital on Saturday, many of the
patients, carried from their beds by
the rescuers, were in a critical condi
tion, and the physicians in charge fear
that many fatalities may result. The
patients were carried to the male ward,
which is in the first floor, and was not
seriously affected by the panic which
raged in the upper floors. Improvised
cols and mattresses were brought into
use, and a general call for medical as
sistance sent throughout the city.
Within a short time, about a hundred
physicians arrived, and the patients
were cared for.
Owing to the fireproof construction,
the actual loss on the building will not
exceed $1,000.
That there was no greater loss of
life is due to the prompt and efficient
action of the firemen and attendants.
irtli Floor.
FIRE IX OCCIDENTAL IIOTltl,.
n Tfine the Whole Retail Dis
trict Wnu Threatened.
Indianapolis, Ind., April 18.—Fire,
which for almost two hours threat
ened 'o destroy the principal retail
district, was discovered at an early
hour Sunday morning in the Occidental
hotel. Every fire company in the city,
as well as those from the outlying sub
urbs, was summoned. The house was
filled with guests, and a panic was
narrowly averted. There were many
narrow escapes from the flames and
suffocation, the inmates being com
pelled to leave the building clad in
their night robes.
The hotel, which fronts for half a
block on Illinois street, south of Wash
ington, is valued at $100,000, and is
gutted. The loss is estimated at $15,
000 .
F<
Robbed a Poet Office.
Dayton, Tenn., April 18.—Burglars
broke into tho post office here early
Sunday morning, cracked the safe and
took $700 in stamps and $75 in ca?h.
IROQUOIS TO BE REBUILT.
Piny IIoubp to Re llebullt on
Mite of Ill-Fnteil Chicago
Theater.
New
Chicago, April 18.—The Iroquois
theater, in which nearly six hundred
lives were lost during a fire last De
cember, has been sold to Rich & Har
ris, of New York and Boston. The
play house will be reconstructed, re
furnished and opened early next fall
as a vaudeville theater under another
name.
Bank Pre*!«lent Arrested.
New York, April 18—David Roth
schild, until recently president of the
wrecked Federal bank, was arrested
here Sunday night and taken to police
headquarters. At his own request, no
effort was made to secure bail for him.
Premier Maura Recovered.
Barcelona, April 18.—Premier Maura,
who, on April 12, was attacked and
slightly wounded by a would-be assas
sin, has quite recovered, and delivered
a speech at the Catalan institute Sun
day.
Lowest Priqes
f P\jr© Drills
Pest SKill.
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On this Basis we ask Yoar Prescriptions.
We keep only one Grade of Drags . •
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THe Best
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COMPLETE oi to ^ et perfumery, writing tablet* and fancy
stationery, schoolbooks, cctlery, paints,' oils, varnishes,
JLlfNJbL . • • • cigars, high-grade chewing and smoking tobaccos.
Swinncy & Stiglcr.
FIRST FLOOD MASONIC
BUILDING- j>honc Nos » &
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FresH Drugs
Every thing that we carry In stook le new
and Fresh p no shelf worn Goods. We oarry
a complete line of everything found b a first
olase Drug Store. Call to see us.
In the C. A.
Pttchford Bldg.
East Side of
Public Square.
Lexington Drug Store
T.J. JORDAN
Proprietor.
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SPRING HARDWARE
We have increased oor stock and are receiving oar Spring
Goods by the Car load such as
Ranges,
Cutlery,
Crockery,
Shelfware,
Glassware
Harness,
Fire Arms,
Cooking and
Heating Stoves,
Reed's Anti Rust.
Nails,
Plows,
Plow Fixtures,
Rarbed Wire,
Graniteware,
fact we keep in stock a complete assortment of all Hardware. Don't
forget we are agents for the New Capital Wagons, also for the John Deer
Plows and Brinly's Goods. Before you place yoar orders call on as and save
money.
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fl Good
Hardware
JHanu Stores
But you oan't do without a good Hardware Store.
To a housekeeper it la aa esaentlal aa the houae
Itealf. The atook la made up of many things in*
dlspenaable to tho home, farm and the workshop
auoh aa.. . . . .
...store
Ia a necessity in any oommunity.
Don't break down your hard
ware store by buying from other
stores. Don't ordr off after
anything kept in my ine before
getting my prices. The needs of
the k 'tohen and dining room met
to the advantage of the pocket
book.
Stove., Rang.., Orate., H.avjr Hardware, Pump., Piping, Belting and
Bnglne Repair Parta, Ouna, Loaded Shell., Cartridge*, Shot, Powder, Capa,
Bridle., Collar., Baggie., Harn.aa, Saddle, Blanket., Wagon Otar, Wagon
and Buggy Spoke, and Rime, Thimble Skalna, Buggy Shaft and Poiaa, Cart
Skafu, Wooden Churn., Stone Churn., Jar. and Crooka, Pocket and Table
Cutlery and Shelf Hardware, Home-made Tinware guaranteed better than
any yon oan bay eletwhere. Tin Roofing and Oattaring dona ,ta order
1HAVB A TIN AND RBFAIR SHOP IN CONNECTION IN OHAROR C)4
AN EXPERT WORKMAN. SELECTION 18 EAST. STOCK ATTRACTIVE.
BEKIWI It BUTIWI BAXTER WILSON.
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Quality Here
Bcmcmber this when you are in need oi.. . .
Drugs, School BooKs, Stationery,
Paints, Oils, Window Glass
: J ; or anythin,, Kept in a Hrst-class drug store.
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