The Lexington intelligencer. [volume], April 27, 1901, Image 4

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The Intelligencer.
L a NEALE,
E4Kr uJ rwfrtetor.
Eairre. at tt Lexisft jwrtoftct
tcoarf cU c l auUrr.
TER.T5, fi.oo PER YEAR.
Sjttot. Ami. r:,
I
Vr. Carese VitfB, of Lrxrgr,
.
' tx-f rc-serotisg attorney or iaiaye..
coeaty, sad Mr. Ckas-Keith, of bl s-
' gTii's w1 1, 0 '
ship tbu week. Mr. Yivwawiilreia B
I k fie here aad Mr. Keith JI
i b at bit Higg;tville o5cf. These
geeOeoaea are both well and favora-
; b'j kaewa ib our cotBty. r.w"j
; m reared is tbe eowoly aad has
'praetking law hlggtasville lor lb
- r:t tbre year. Mr. ivies t
OUR COSTLY ULITAKY ESTAB-Wy hu w'd1,
LiHIT. . prosecctieg attorney, ia which crtic
With aa army bou: 100,000 men ' be a most excellent record. Tbe
ibe United j:m under the present '. trm is urccg out and will look care
ad m:a-tr:io a spesdisg more mosey failj after tb intreu of in client,
tbsa any one of tbe great nvuiury; Mf Btbck republican'member of
power ol Earepe lor ibe njaieteBaace, mJ n,; (fee
Hs army. It is dia4 ihtl cob- hocieta dw!tT10j, ln,t tie unifoa
parisoo are d ous uJ that they may 1 reawTejt M
be, but the truth can nana no o and D0 toBJter ,si pro-
tfce people ol tbe United State, bo b sin)p,y .yog tbe cor
pay ibe costs of our army can learn ' 0, the .uie pm
better by compansoa tban " J ! cn for , Dambet cf yean past.
EeMStbeixcobleaCdiiLarran-.lh ro;ect.oB o iQeh overcTOwn
extravagance of the present adm-.nis- j u ircn b
trntion U tbe larub peering oat of tbe , ifce t0
people', inoaey ia tbeir tflort at im-- .jj whicb
TerlaiUm aad in their ped for the ; 1B,MU htTe g.ven tbe re
aaiiiiion of territory. Only by corn- q
I j
The announcement if maae irom
Sew York that Frederick P. Fish will
lake office Jnly 1 a preiident ot the
Americao Pell Telephone Company
and American Telephone and Tele
graph Company at a aaiary of flOv.M-O
ikircr
j ! We ku a poaitioo i.
! Iu!y ki ear.kqaak bock . r.
Winery attmoca , Vl!s0B fitiled l,ibc.
T"1J '. e.,iiT and tonlaitSainnJay.
,e: "V'Vur ! Vr J M. R.44 - CUj
1 L'W
t
I
t ibown.
From reliable table reoestly peb
liibttJ we learn that tho cost of armj,
tary and pension ia the I'cited Stas
n 392.'XO,OOC, nhile the lame !e
BartmenU co Ureal Britain t;b5.00f',.
000; Franco, f ilO.MO.C'OO; Geiffljny,
l.. :..;-ikis. V. Hall and Mi Kt Stoltewew
dilator orer tbe FJ.?:o. j lira. Rom Tocker ol ii W.ithW
BoJ Taylor, -to ku-ed R:k So'-' t eiUbl-b a brancn mu-ncrj
Il w ' " - - I . .
can for a change of enoe. Mr. Henry Erdmaa and MiM Ama
TbOnFJTerb ben on a big'SlwherU Corder tiuwa e
n ine pal wec aid osocn camsc' iutr iai nwi.
ba bn done b tbe hick wa:er. Mr Wn. Meef , one oi c-
rreidut Ihaa ef Mi ht terptuiog drnggwt. IIiggu-
Tba UdtM e tb CbrUUa, ej
Friday algtt rt a Mtl a.uJT
tailUtd "A Tr1 Aroaad u. "
Tkromh Uir eo. rf
ImtxioKVcxm ki.k..
-- - -MXT 4;,
(U CfcrUUaa cbarcb) M abcu'n
w aaiiea ia u rood (hip h4d i
boaadiav nr tb bri t ."ft
iihtad ha llgau aioot th.'
Tillt one dy lat wetk
Mr. and Mra. Fred Bray bare moed
Tbey form-
...wa th.t K u too boT to meet
Prwideal McKinlej at the bordr
tk Iiata rcrokaw Epoi;lon j w Mr. Robert Pointer'.
comtuwion appotaied by President ly lived near Warerly.
McKinley met a' the Swtbern botei 10 . The w trren farm in tna suooioa oi
St. Louis Toedy. j the town waa aold lat week and pur-
Yeteidaj'aKanfis City pr" "-jchaKd by Mra. Ike Warren of St.
oone that like beard of police com- Louis.
Caclaad. (air. On. Jobaaoa'.rT " I
delayed oar laadJoi bar lor
au and th cbtlty wladabUw
abors. Wb aooa rel a Uadist, hoW
Bad war Mharad lau U ptbc T
kiac (Opt, J. q PUiUabo,,) ttt "
(klUa Mary Black w. 11) wo rJT
KMt sraetoaaly aad tatlud u u bk
NfrBbaMis wtla ibDi. Tblawai,
d Ib bb aiccaat aaaakM k.
loyal aitjct, aad afur t brtal
tbs eoaavrT. which wa mm.
wb abai-kd acatB aad aaat to.,
Jtpaa, (kfr.Joba Walbora'a.)
aaowaaaoixull ceaBiai,
traubte with fiaau, fc
on iimm miiain wua ttai( tbtl
jn
wb Buffered bo lack of BUeatica it 7
bMBUtul kiacdoaa wbr aott Upku ,)
abialBt tbroaib aaaay colored tl
aad lovely decoratloa. cfearactartaUua
the
ary haad. Hla taltbfal atUaaunf
(Mr. Joha Borden. Uiaae Uaad Ba.-i f
?sr. A Iw fuck combioaoG irtsi
v.v t . -wf n.vi" i i r-
fl5T,500)W aad Bowia, f 200,000,-taJrli cut in Iwdmihi enable theM
Giil Britain spend iiJT.CM,
TXK) less tbao tbe l'aivfd Stale, and
yet Great Britain dm beB maintain
ing 200,000 wldiera in South Africa,
with heavy co: of transportation and
aupplle. The armie cpported by
all tbe power are mccb larger tban
the army of tbe United State. Lng
land force i about 600,(X'0; Rnsna-,
7C1.000; Germany, Ml, 000; France,
661,'XK) aa compared with the United
State' 105,000.
Ia 1895, btlore our country bad
entered upon it mad coarae of con
qoeat, the expenditure for army, nary
and peniion amounted to f 199,000,
000; but now it ia f 392,000 000.
Nearly 1200,000,000 ia tbe cost of tbe
folly of imperialism, and the end ia
aot yet in sight. This, too, in tbe
face of our national conscience whicb
baa hitherto had ome qualm at
Boarder, rapine and plunder; regard
less, too, of tbe teaching of good
mora! and regardless of oor past pro-
leasion of abhorrence of everything
' smacking of tyrrany aad despotism.
Tbe people are paying heavily for
tbe folly into which they have bean
plunged, bat so skilfally ia tbe money
extracted from thir pocketa by a
system of indirect taxation that they
have not yet realized to what an extent
tbey are being robbed. Harrison's j
biHIoB dollar congress and McKinley"
billion dollar single session axe bot the
commencement of tbe reign of extrav
agance which the republican party,
emboldened by its large majority in
congress, bas inaugurated.
It remains to be seen bow locg tbe
American pet pie will submit to thii
financial bleeding before tbey rise up
in indignation and crush the party
that dare to rob them for tbe purpose
of waging an extravagant war of con
qaeat against a few feeble countries
wboe only ofleuse consists ia their
love of home and liberty.
Corn hoverio ar'uuml 6i) cents per
bushel, is the remit (if the corner which
George II. Phillips seems to bare on
tbe Chicago corn market and he has
been giving ibe hurts'' a lively dance
to tbe bigb notes in the wale of price.
Go it. Mr. t'billips. and if tbe squeez
ing process will enable tbe farmer to'
get a few cents more tor fcU corn and j
bis hoge and bW rattle, let her cjie-.ii.
Since tbe cupiure of Aguinaldo,
Secretary Root and President McKio.
ley have figured H out tbat this country
can get alorg with about 75,000
soldiers. When the people get tired
of paying for tba pomp uf war in time
of peace tkey will put a man in tbe
W bite bouse wbocan get slung with
companies .to give the people lower
rate for telephone and teiegrapa
senricc.
Tbe Columbian Minister, Dr. Carlos
M.rtinpa Silva. is still hanging anand
Washington to see what he can aecom
ohsh towaris mak'.cg a deal with
Secretary Hay to na'.oad tbe defunct
Panama canal on the United States. As
tbe matter will have to go through
ceagress, we predict that be will have
diScnhy ia selling the cartas to Lncle
Sam.
Tweaty thousand person are wait
ing on tbe borders of tbe Kiowa and
Wishita reservation to secure home
stead wbea tbese lands are opened
This large number of apparently
homeless people would lead us to be
lieve that the McKinley prosperity
is not so general as Mark and Mack
would have os believe.
Tht heirs of the Maree estate in
Philadelphia are contesting the physi
cians bill of 1190,000 for services dur
ing the illness of the late Senator
Magee. A few such bills as that
would b all a pbyaician needed to
elevate him to tbe millionaire class
Mrs. Botha has takea op the task of
arranging pace between her husband
and Lord Kitchner. For the sake of
humanity and the right it is to be hoped
tnat this unholy war may sooa be
brongh to a close on honorable terms
for botfcpartie.
Tbe death of Lieuteaant Thomas M.
Cobb Jr. wa a great shock to the
people of Lexington and was felt bv
many here almost aa a personal Iom,
so warm a place did he and bis father's
family hold in the hearts of our
people.
Tbe desertion of First Lieutenant
Frank E. Edwards ot tbe twenty-sixtb
volunteer infantry to escape court
martii Is very much ia tbe line ot
jiiniping oat of tbe frying pan itito tbe
fire.
Tbe former secretary of tbe Tcrki-b
legation at Washington declines to
return to Cuuttaminople to answer to
tbe cLarge of treason, not wishog bis
hair cut off under bis chin.
rr..ifinTs win rrooaoiv c.u
saloons tcere on Sccdsy.
The Louisiana rtrchae Exposition
Company incorporated yesterday ior
$6,000,000, of wbKb ii.WO.O'.'O is
subscribed and fOOO.OOO paid in.
Fifteen thousand or more Odd Fel
low, met in Kansas City yesterdaT to
celebrate the eighty-second anniver
sary of tbe founding of the order.
A terrible explosion was reported in
yesterday's papers from Frankfort,
Germany. It was in tbe smokeless
powder works near there and it is re
torted that 150 employees tate bn
killed or injured.
There will be do Fri-4. of PH
parade ia Kansas City this fall but tbe
nsoal anneal ball will be giv a. Instead
of the parade there will be s carnival
of eattrtainmeo's in Conveution hall
lasting one wetk.
At tbe anona! tceeticg in St. Louis
this week ol the Grand Commandery
of Miasoun Knight Templar, Horace
G. Clark was elected grand com man
der and William U. Mayo reflected
grand recorder for the twenty-fourth
consecutive year.
Bea 11. Morse, the man who swind
led so many widowa, volontarily went
to Jefferson City this week and asked
to be put ia the penitentiary. He bad
to wait for the neceary papers to
come from Kansas City before the
warden would take htm in.
Two officers were shot by tramps
last week at Joplia while the officers
were trying to take the tramps, of
whom tbere were six, to the jail, feix
men snppoed to be the Joplia murder
ers were captured in Kansas City in
the east bottom near Fleimi brewery
J. A. Slatea and O. II. Monroe
pleaded guilty before Judge Philips in
Kansas City Wednesday and were fined
25 and costs and sentenced to tbe
penitentiary for one year and one dav.
Burt M. Hawkins, who plead guilty to
tbe same charge was granted a stay of
sentence on condition that bis father
take bim back to Oklahoma.
The commission of five delegates of
the Cuban contitutional convtniion,
Mr. Harmon Wahl who bad hi foot
injured in a runaway several weeks
ago is now able to get around on
crutches in a rather lively manner.
Mr. asd Mrs. Allen Harwood left
last Wednesday for Idaho where they
will reside permanently. Their daugh
ter, Mis May, who is teaching in
Kansas City will join them later. Mr.
a.,.ui rine of Poor's oldest
citizens, and he and his family will be
missed very much.
Mr. Frank Gordon entertained
Buaiberof young people last Friday
at bis bachelor' hall near Lexington.
All who went from here report i
o:easant even-ng and praise Mr. Got
.......
don very highly for bis hospitality ana
the surpwitg neatness of his toase-
keener who w uiderstand wi.i arrive
later.
The little city of Dover bas awaken
ed to renew her strength and enlarge
her bound aria to tbe extent of several
oew residence. It is probably tbe
prospect of 1 the new rilran an
electric Href plant" or something
magnanimous that Mr. Carnegie pro.
poses to do. Whatever it is that ha.
excited this possible boom," It Is to
be trusted that the glimmer ot hope
which has been aroosed will not flicker
and die.
Lewie Bates, Nancy Huston, caT
O'Roaka aad Carpeetor, aad Ut. jf
Lyoes) arrayed ia tb ehariniat ootnatf.
Concordia.
Toe number of pupils attending tbe
different parochial school here is 326
Peteriug and Lob man shipped a ear
load ot hogs to Kansas City, Monday.
Editor Sevin. of the Higginsville
Thalbote, visited relative here, Sun
day.
Otto Krease, of Shreveport, La., has
been here ibis week visiting bis
parents.
Mr. John Petering ha ben re
engaged to teach tbe Eureka So. 2
school for another term.
In a game of bell last Suoday be
tween the Stars and Blue tbe or
was 42 to 5 ia favor ot ibe Bine.
Saturday i market day here and a
large number ol people are expected
in town that day il the weather is good.
ot tbU saaay land. aowd . ,
eooBtry aad aerved c with tb frtf
tea from hi ewa apeciai table, I
CenUaaiet oar foaraev w
acts oa America, (afr.CiarBBeeiViiu
tb land of th tre aad tbs born wa,
oraxe, woere uaci ea ir. jobs Ti
bibb) was ha viae a aacctal Mitbhtn,
hosor of oor arrival. Ha wa a&lj i
m cy rroi. eir aaa oiaer was I
alahed deliehUal tncs'c aad aant lot
special favor ma ay of tatir Ui&
aattona! soon, as item ol tbe tin
who eaolated la raunaiaiag o wenkJ
daatbter S1:m Colanba (M: UriiJ
Warres), xaxk Uaaaa (Hr. Low
Mor). Agu.oatdo (Mr. Ed. Price), ,! .
had Just srriv4 troa H aasia, a tavitfu
Iadiaa eaaldea (UiaeOrrti Jatamii!
tb ooetum ot tb l?ta eeictv.nn't
a;uagaioa ua.oi tecoioait,inM!
(U1 leetaa sad KM aa Vqmi
Warreel. A tweetleth twalar atilni
(MUa Mayase Adrw, ekowednw'
tb beaaufBl csuslry aad artr Hjpfv
tb sittsu aad taking rvrrewBseati wa
eil for Bpalo. (Mr. T.J. BaadoalV
We war we joined to this aOnaa
eoeatry by tb Ppasieb ISMdeiiSw
Mattie 0-eat wo eti Hl!ri
paruk ot th hospitality of uWt
terued oe over to tb 9path g:fdi Je
Laa iTaubsaaa) who ld
aod'.eoe with E at FerdiBaad (Mr.Qa
I
Barroa) aad Qmb Iablla (Hue iw;
Bcflmaa) who reootf i o bvjU fr' -ly.
Ib oar Uael we hi &3mo (1. :
Watur Se4r) wooicg wiU act: ami ;
bis coaraiar Jjllrt (! BuJ
9f aoieb Di (Mr. Ert HoSjuD j
lag rwet maslc ob his er.aa& ia, ttii
Gypsy ataidee (Miss Let Ysaac) tt4
teat to Mil your lortaee, AeoUerW
ataldea (Mlaeill kUodoa) alB;
lac aa Urcaeh tbU laadwkm
lovely fl jwere and tb Beoaieb eaitn,
od yellow, eaadea bBifol P
vited u to rcrreebBBtaU aad
with beet wlabe to OymeJ (Dtl
Pay).
Hera we were rteeUd with "
Abj RbiBi,n saaff by alz liUUQev.
aoagaf Ib ooiaae to tt oc mpt.
BSMaC Sri th ptMO, B4VM 9J
Get ones l Is tb eoraer (
"Oeiehrteetabe" aat Dr. Pall 'a
scBacbait (UordoB Grobaiw), wrlUi
tea volant work oa bbrw vtritf
the (erlur recraeeatisf tbimoer:a
wa eorod liroteeaas E e w'i
tt Qtrer gmadier (Ert 1
aad prtoaler UeaUoaot voa
nkllrr .Tt RnVimulll ot 100
RonsMing 01 ujrotago M-odei tapote WHjnr,,, t,v , fire a)snn ,t Mr.
1'roE. B-'aocvort, INk-l M. I'or. ! I)tniailD
Tbe OvU &iube wM a bu ,
(Jfn3 p9t mei.1. Mi te-l
Pyne, yaa ttkadler r
oicf n
Fred C. M-irr, uoajai'ia-iuuer of mp
plies in st. Louh i advertuing to buy
sponges, lie ougtit to t a Me to girt
i . ntP.r ,.h im,M,rl f.n,-i;.h .m ! eigtioein .-t,ep am- toe e.ectioo.
Australian
honors
Tbe revival of ratlro.t l builJing in
the west and soutbwe-t is aiiother
evidence thit ibe roaifiiercial center a
well an tbe center of pt'pulation is
moving weMwurd.
Tbe o-clled eraiv lk-r general, Ie
Wet, s-ems to hnve en'iuh go)d com
moa wok lrft to kwp tb British
guessing as to wber- be will hve his
next fit.
less.
American bounds at tbe L'nioo
courniDg park in San Kranc.sco recently I
with imMru-0 hogusb and '
hfiund f nrrip J nft lkl Th. n n !,, .1r,". . h..l ... tt...
Our fit cousia and bis docs (round m Ttis.4 ir,.l -t.'n it i,i...ti.
on tbe othir side of tbe pond are too ' lor a o.l prj-uect ba J:c-ov-tnUb
niucb on the it' wngon ity!e. procef -t miikitg oil a&d wtr nut.
toondo, llirgo Taniata and Pedro
Gooznl-s Llorente, who were sent to
Washington bo o nfer with tbe presi
dent rcgaiding Cuban reliefs with this
country, arrived bre Wednedj
ro Toing, tog-tb-T w itb so interpr-tor
aod represnititiives ol the Havura
prtss. Tb--y were received by tbe
piesid-ni TbursdnT.
Higginvill,.
Fred (inu shipod lour cars of
caUle to St. I.'iu'h Monday.
Mtk. Mury ls.rj, j.'.-.l ;-. par, i
ftill Saturday and broke a rib Dear tbe
baevbon.
The Iliggin-vile Lead- r is siU'iog
an improvement in the el'ctr:c light
and ater c)-trnn.
'i'he p'ipili of ro")nj tie, u
seven gtve a hu-rary progtaiume la-t
Friday niornicg in room sii.
Hums who wb arrested Mob.
dy at lno-ion, will be tru-d here
on the cbarije of a-iult on Mrs
t.' ... . , t I Hoeoiter I. lurerd tbe eMO
uamaiatiD s oon". i'u u prvej uiwi '..
r I. erf ft kjf- j iM Lr'
oo'.j the burning v..t of a chimney. ,ef ffi Ufftf a. ji.
Ao iuteresrti.g piorani hi been
arraig-'d for Gernan Pioneer T)
here May l5tb. ILeie will be a grand
picnic during thr day and -a mooo
light picnic at cig'it.
Tbe eo'.er.aiDUjerit by the Kpwortb
l.-sgue "t the M. K. churi-h Tum.isj
night at H."it fc;l was a uecf and
reil'f.'Mj a oioe saru l-r the church. Tbe
t'oncordi orchestra lurnished the
mu-ic.
ilttlES.
D.ed, ia Cofder. Saoav. April It, 1901,
Oeorf Ucrh'o, tsj about 78 year.
Died djodsj afteroooa, April 21. till, i
. a o ciwf. i u i rveiaeoor Iw
Blickojrn. v0 , Col. John DoealdsoB.
ared aboji M lyears. tie waa burled et
Warerly. wBere ki wit I baried, Tu
day at 2.30 p. b.
Married, at Odresk, Mo. at tb Metb- I
Aim FntliHI rh.wh U V D f
aad Miee Uee.e Aadrrwe, dtOKbtr ot
Jodre Aedrtw. Rei. K. Y. Oam, fBcia
Uor. Perfect d. option 1 the oat fnanH.i...
Sir, i ... . . . . i. ...
- yrirn. nrmiir. in IO04 W rel
arte,. w,do. livitg ,aihoty, with..M ln. 6llo1 hlr,. whlr, lB
alt-n pt to mp". i.rn t-4, ewT;0.re, mul tad tinea
la tb body. Htrbiae quickeaetb appe-
i. unuiTMip, oi titr il jm, Wi ou-Uje, gi too sod ior
Pyo tb teoecbrr bdM -cherry
sUa abend aad loit
Dsruk-i l and k5'.'
Tbie aded our loaf wb.eb ft
enjjyen by all tb r-aeeesrerf ssM'ij
bip.
Notket
The oederetcaew iw.mujiti '
poieted by tbe Itafd d ir
LetieeDo. Mo., to -solicit f
spocifitaiion lor a aadf ,osl
school bulldiac. K w,'s.
to the board of edeeatioa el
lb lOtn dy ot May lr
rjcttoa.
liiaftca, Mo., April.
B. T. Wf-"
Joe. I V
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Dialer
ra. aear Corder. Ttorf-
he wif ol Mr ffceeard
B.r. at Cocordla,ro",'Je
19Qt. to the wit ol Mr.
bov.
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BIT, armi u.
W. IH01, to Ib wll ol Mr.
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Uoro. ar Ooocjfdie. h,,i
a. to tL. wile ol Mr. B"fJ
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w.-Vi3i c!:r at oor 1:ce ' ' tb 'ee':.t ud iour rood
biu. Frtw, oeat. ror Ml by
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