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LEXINGTON, LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSOURI. SATURDAY, JUNE 22. 1901.
No. 21
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im inn rtniiT innocent
IB UP Hllt Hil.
irneys for Jfisie Morrison Ht?
Trouble Getting Erideace
Before the Jury.
ENDAMT IS VISIBLY AFFECTED.
Chinese slain.
in-
Iatrt la All the rroaelln(s
owf Hr Great Analaty Jurf Not
l(rDtUd t Clothe MiM Mor
1MB Won tha Morning 8na It Iliad
in, Caitle, tha Youag Brida.
ldorado, Kau., June 20. Thus fax
bocond trial of Jessie Morrison oa
charge, of murder of Mrs. Oliu
.u ;8 very much against her. The
lence of the stute atill stands prac
,lly uncontradicted and the de
Se has not jet introduced evidence
much consequence to support its
m of self-defense. I he keen inter
which the accused woiiihu takes in
the rulins of the court and the
jiuioiiy of witnesses shows her anx
. What is considered a very im-
;,nt point was gained by the state
he refusal of Judge Aiknian to
it as evidence the clothing worn
.Icssie Morrison on tne day she
e the mortal wounds to Clara Cns-
Tliis clothing is cut and blood
ied. At the first trial it was all ad-
tl tor the jury, while the eloth-
of Mrs. Castle was excluded. At
trial the situation is the reverse,
torn and blood-stained dress is a
nirer piece of evidence than words
ken by witness on the stand.
M. H. Morrison, stepmother of
woman who is oa trial, testified
it ihe had had charge of the cloth-
of Jessie Morrison, worn oa the
tiling of June S3. She had kept
clothes locked up in a bureau
er. she smM on cross examination.
that they were in the same eon'
a then as now. The prosecuting
rnty, however, got an admission
her that Jessie Morrison might
gained access to the drawer,
m Morrison was In tears fre-
intly Thursday. While her old
mind brothers were on the stand
1 prisoner often wiped the tears
i aw eyes. But while a little pale
tomewhat haggard she atill bears
flf with much self-control. By
fir til of their witnesses so far
fcdneed the attorneys for Miss Mor
h sire sought to bring out two
Is: That Miss Morrison showed
jiimisual emotion on the morning
une S3 before she killed Clara
iy Castle, and that none of the
fcbers of her family had ever seen
ff&zor with which Miss Morrison is
fitd to have killed Olin Castle's
Je. Judge Aikman ruled continual
kainjt questions that tended to
p oils testimony of thfs kind.
ii?e IT. H. Morrison, the defend
1 fnther. described the injuries
h Jessie Morrison received dur-
r fatal struggle with Mrs, Cas-
Iliere were, he snid
"n her nock, deepest on the left
one on the breast, cutting
eh to the collar bone, and three
'n the arm between the shoulder
Umiw. Miss Morrison's attorney
I .Imlire Morrison what statement
"'filter had made when she re
'1 to her home after the fatal
Baa. Chaff., That ws.ra O.a B,tae
Was Killed by rorlga Troop,, nn Har.
less Matlva. w.ra Shot.
Waahington. Jun :ja.The report
or Maj. Gen. ChaiTe on the campaign
in China is being prepare,! far publi
cation at the war dpartmcnt. Some
or uen. Chaffee s comments are
teresting. At one poiut he says:
rorauout three weeks following- the
tha condition in ana about the ctty and
along the line of communication was bad
Looting of the city, uncontrolled for
aging In the surrounding country and
selsure by soldiers of everything a Chi
naman m'ght have, as vegtabl e?rs
chickens, sheep, catMe. etc., tnciiscnm
mate and general unprovoked shooting
or Chinese in citjr. country and along the
line of march and the rlver-ali this did
not tend, as was natural, to gain for the
troops the confidence of the masses with
whom It Is certain we have no quarrel,
but were in need of their iih r
safe to say that where one real boxer
has been killed since the capture of Pe
kln, 50 harmless Chinnse or laborers on
iarms, including not a few women and
children, have been slain. No doubt
the boxer element is largely mixed with
the ma9 of population and by slaying
a lot one or more boxers might be taken
In.
KILLED THE ENGINEER.
Alton Railroad Freight Knglna Bit Mm
at tba Famous Ulaaitala Cut Cut
of lndepeadeuca, Ho.
Kansas City, Mo., June 20. One of
the big freight engines of the Chicago
A Alton railroad exploded at, the 0,leu
dale cut, four miles east of Independ
ence. The engineer, George L. Gerew,
wa so severely injured that he died
after being brought to the hospital
in Kansas City. Fireman Crawley sus
tained painful injuries and is at the
hospital. The track was torn up for
more than 100 feet. A piece of the
engine' weighing" probably t.OOO
pounds was thrown over 100 yards
Into A pasture at the side of the track.
The explosion brought A few neigh
boring residents to the scene and
they fully ejperted to hear of another
hold up. 1 was at this very plane that
the laat Blue Cut robbery occurred
And the robberies before it.
Kazme Eiploded. !
A Chicago & Alton freight engine,
No. 332, exploded just west of Blue
Cut, two and oae-ha'.t mile? east of
Independence, about 12:45 o'clock
Thursday morning, killing the engin
eer, George L. Gerew, and so seriously
Injuring the fireman, Willis Crowley,
that he will probably die. The loco-
molitre was drawing a train of fifteen
stock cars west towards Kansas City,
the train having slatted from Slater
And been made up by cars picked up
along the line. It was d je to arrive
in Iupependence at I o'clock yesterdey
morning and was running on time.
The explosion was terrific In force
and the report, although muffled by
the steep embankments of Blue Cut,
awakened neighboring farmers. The
blue cut is approached frwn the east
by a steep grade, and freight engines
have a hard pull in drawing a load
over it. Tde overhead waeon bridee
had just been pa-?ed - when thb ex.
plosion occurred.
The boiler, weiguir.z tor' v-tons was
LONfe WOLF KNOCKED OUT.
Aaaaaass COart Wnaa HI lajaaetla to
tha larttea RaeervattoM Oae4
Apaaal is tha Praaldaat.
Washington, June 20. Associate
Justice Bradley hint refused injuae
tion in the Lone Wolf vase. He
holds that he has no jurisdiction
This means that the Kiowa, Comanche
and Apache reservations in Oklahoma
will probably be opened for settle
ment before September 0. Lone
Wolf and his followers asked that
the interior department be enjoiued
from opening these lands untit on
press meets.
Former Congressman Springer has
filed with the president, a memorial
praying that he exercise his discretion
under the law and withhold the issu
nnce of his oroclamation for six
months after the final allotments
the Indians are made and thi! (five
two long congress an opportunity to repeal th
present law.
BIG BLAZE AT ST. LOUIS.
lifted from the trucks and carried for
ward a distance of 1 S3 i-et where it
struck the tracks, yrinding the ties to
plinters and btr.dir.2 th-? rails out of
recognizable for a. The Are box burst
on either s'.de. as might an esrasheli:
the smoke 8r.ack, weighing a ton, was
Ptted up above the sides of the em
bankment and fell 150 yards distant io
a pasture, and the cab was eompletely
destroyed. Vet with all this evidence
of awful force, the wheels under the
firebox merely fell to either side of the
track, the trucks under the pilot did
uot leave the track and the tender was
apparently unlr jtred.
The wrecked tram was to charge of
Conductor McAona. No member of
the train crew other tbao Gerew and
Crowlet was iniuti. Gerew lived in
Slater, Mor" He U united by
motherless son add dtwgbler. Crowley
was brought to i?t. Joseph's hospital.
He is badly scalded and little hopes
are entertained of his recovery.
.1. n. Hlrkle Saddlery Conipaor. T. T. Kara
nidi Carriage Company and Othars l.oa
rrnperty Valued at A3O0.000.
Pt. Louis, June 20. Fire which
'o the hone nf Olin Catle. Conn-: originated in the establishment of
r the state objected and the oS- the J. B. Sickles Saddlery company, at
f n was smtalned.
I0DEO OVER LOVE AFFAIR.
f trm Haad, Aftar Ahaanreaf Twa
n. Hatara to Coaantt Mardar
for Allagad Urtaraace.
fomington. III., June 20. At Bro-
mii county, T. J. Keece, a farm
bo had returned from two
' ranching In th west, ahot and
Hy wounded- John Young, a
?r. sod then set a strawstack anr
f lot himself and was cremated.
? ppeared at the home of 8aa-
n4e and told Rhodes he meant
11 im. Rhodes talked him out
idea and Reeoa left and went
home of Yoinj. It is thought
rirniy went insane from prob-
f rooding over a lore Affslr of se-.
Pn ago which wss connected
1he families mentioned.
fk Ixlaad Aloaa ladrpaadent.
f" City, Mo.. June 20. If the
island railroad can keen on its
por a few monttia Inniver tt. will
. , e'
"n a reinitntion for Ueinr the
.line west that wn nt rnnirht in
Wpinp. movement. It is believed
the corner of Twenty-first and Wash
inirton avenue, consumed property
valwed at almost $20,V0. The UvsinR
firms are the J. B. Sickles Saddlery
company, T. F. Reynolds Carriage
company, the Lambert Pharmacy
company and several other concerns
of minor Importance.
Rnu ! fa' "ark Baaaa.
Chicairo, June 50. William J. Bry
an, in a Ulk with Chicago newspaper
men. said: "I am f'r Mark Hanna
for the republican candidate for pres
Went next time and hope the republi
cans will nominate him, but I'm not
sure I can control their convention
aiuMri Dalvenlty Balldlag.
. Columbia, Mo., June 20.-Cpe
Stewardson, of Philadelphia, have been
architects of the new
aricxicu f - . .
KoiMlnM of the University of Mis
.assist! linAII which $200,000 will be ex
jIj WafL will be bee-un on the
penuru. ..v. -
plans at once.
a-ni.i.n Taaehera Comlag Hara
f:t .Tune 20. Washington ha
been asked for an appropriation of
sia.000 to defray the expenses oi -
ilitu.. ... i .. . .. .. who are to stun
") 'inicinis inai tne comm'i- M-nioinu i , , ,
1 interest" scheme hn been .if r- fr.r a vear in normal M...UW.S
- . . . . nr..u. rne
In the west with the exception
Wk Island.
OTer the SUte.
Wayoeavilie in Pulaski county had
quite a blow last week, but no serious
damage was done except to fruit trees.
The board of managers at the Fulton
asylum last week let the contract for
the second and third stories of the
dormitory building to Jown W. Ruf
sell, of Fulton, for $8,000.
Westminster, college at Fulton, will
start a college paper next year. It
will be known as the Westminster
Monthly and will be under the man
agement of Martin Yates, Jr. '
.Souie of the farmers lu Henry
county, south of Clinton, are talking
of straightening Grand iver by cut
ting across some of the bends in the
river in order to prevent overflows.
Some men in the sewer pipe works
at Deepwater struck because they were
ordered to go into a kiln and unload
while it was yet heated io 150 degrees.
This may properly be cs'.led a hot
strike.
Out of 124 young men and women
who took the teachers' examination
Isst week lor positions in the schools
ot Kansas City, only twelve have
pushed. The successful ones are:
Lulu Moore, Annie I.. Cox, Kose
Wlckey, Minnie l)resser, Mabel C,
Cook, Ola . May Warford, Clara
Sweeuer, Edith ' S toner, Nellie Shoe.
maker, Carrie Chadwick, Lthel Lois
Slaughter and Clara Z. Stringer. All
these passed the ward school examina
tions. There were no successful can
didates for high school positions.
BUr Coal Deal.
Fairmont, W. Va., June 17. The
largest coal deal ever consummated in
this state was closed today, the Watson
coal operators having practically
secured control "of the entire Fairmont
region. A new company with $12,
000,000 capital has been .organized
and is known as the Fairmont Coal
Company. The Watsons have asso
ciated with them several New York .
nspitahsts, but they will retain the
controlling interests. The mines ab
sorbed in this deal comprise practically
every mice in the district, a total of
thirty.seven plants. The annual out
put will be over 6,000,000 net ton3 of
coal. Over 4,000 men are on the
monthly pay roll.
Baptist College Directors and
Officers.
The stockholders of the Baptist Female
college, of tbls city, met last 9aturdy,
Jane 15th. sod elected the toiiowinr
trustees for the co loir vear: G. W.
Hye, Waltr B. Waddelt, H. W. Winsor,
John O. Worthinetoo. M. F. Bovle.F.
Lee Wallace, R. F. Waddell, A. U. WH.
Hams, Harry Wallace, Dr. Charles Msoly,
I. W. B. Tevis, R. M. Inlow, R. M. Jonas.
H. A. Hoot, W. T. Campbell, W. M. Bell,
M. Browo. J. W. Rucker, Noah fif.
Given, W. I, Cole.
The trustees met immediately after th
election and organised by eleotlog tba
following officers: Q. W. Hvds. pres s
H. W. Winsor, seo'y.jiWalierB. Waddell,
tress.
Musoun Mortgitce Amendment
Illegal.
Jefferson City, Mo., June 13. Tne
supreme court of Missouri met in bane
this afteraooo and rendered opinions
in ten caees. Probably the most im
portant is the decision which over
throws the third constitutional amend
ment adopted a: tat last general elec
tion, commonly known as the 'Mort
gage Tax" amendment.
The decision was made in the cases
of Kuisell vs. Crov and Holmes vs.
Croy, appealed from Buchanan county
and decided is a single opinion by
Judge Valliait. Considerable public
interest ha a'.tached to these cases be
cause of the fact thut among grounds
of Invalidity urged upon the court was
one that, if upheld, would have invali
dated all cf the amendments adopted
last tall, aad among them, of course,
the world's fair amendment.
This most important contention was
that the publication of the amend
ments was insufficient, but the court,
fortunately for the world's fair, did
not concur ia the view of the appel
lents in this respect, and as the de
cision stands it has no bearing upon
the validity of the other amendments.
The court does not unanimously
Agree upon any point in Judge Val
liant's opinion, but a majority of, them
reach the conclusion that the third
amendment is invalid because io con
flict with the fourteenth amendment to
the constitution of the United States.
This was the decisive point in the case,
and the judges who concurred with
Judge Valliant were Robinson, Brace
and Gantt, J. J. ; Burgess, C. J., Sher
wood and Marshall, J. J., dissenting.
The amendment is held to be illegal
and unjust because of the classification
it mates for the purposes ot taxation
bad Storm at Boonville.
The mo?t destructive storm that has
visited Boonville, Mo., for years came
upon that city without a moment's
warning at 6:80 o'clock Wednesday
eveoing, sweeping everything before it
Beautiful shade trees along the resL
deoce districts were uprooted and
broken or? as mere saplings. The
bouses of several residents and eev
eral business bouses were completely
unroofed and for a while it seemed as
though the entire city would be wiped
off the map. The root of the Com
mercial bank is a total loss, as also
many private houses, while the livery
bam of Lee Robertson and the foundry
of H. hrfier are total losses. Tobe
Fisher, a colored man, had sought
shelter in the barn of Lee Kobertsou
and thinking the storm about over
started out for home and when be bad
scarcely reached the sidewalk the
entire front of the building fell on him
killing turn instautly.
Decision a National Isaae.
Chicago, III., June 18. In an inter
view here today S. E. Morss, of In
dtanapoiis, ex-consul general to Paris
said :
"The supreme court's recent deci
sion presents an issue which will be
the central question in politics for
years to come. At'.er we have bad a
little more experience in trying to
govern distant people by force without
their consent the voters of this country
are going to reverse the deoision, just
as tbey did in the Dred Scott decision
forty years ago.
'Who will be the next presidential
nominee? Well, I personally favor
either Chief Justice Fuller or Justice
Harlan."
ica, these s-
hools having offered them
Miss Li trie Slasher went to Richmoed
Thursday mornlag to attend the opening
ol the new opera house and to visit rela
tives.
Mrs. L. A. FiSfen, ot St. Louis, arrived
Wednesday night aad is the guest of Mrs.
T. C. Sawyer at her pleasant suburban
heme.
A Texag n onuer.
RiU'B 02EAT DI800V&BT.
On small bonis ot Hall's Great Dta-
oovery cares all kidney aad bladder
troubles, removes gravel, cares diabetes,
seminal emissions, weak and lams backs,
rheumatism aad all Irregularities ot th
kidneys aad bladder la both men aad
women, regulate bladdar trouble 1
children. It aot sold by yoor druiwtat.
will b sent by mail on rolpi ol ft. On
small boUi is two month' treatment.
will car any cam above matioad. Dr.
C. W. Hall, sole manufacturer. St LoaLa,
formerly Waco, Texas. 8and for testi
monial. Sold by Crenshaw A Yonng.
KEXO XHI8
8t. Louis, Mo., Feb. 27, 1900, -This I to
certify that I bav beea cored ol kidney
and bladder trouble with on botti ot
The Tela Wonder, Hall's Great Dis
covery, and can recommend u to other
snrrerlng la the same manner.
HENRY LINZFER.
At Lindell Barber tihop, 615 Washington
Avenue.
Excursion Train.
Th special excursion train for Kansas
City, Bnnday, Jun 23, will not ran via
Lexington. Passenger desiring to n
this train mart get on and off at Myrtolc
station. Th far from Myrick on this
train will be 76 cent for th round trip.
Th usual Sunday rate will be on sal at
Lexington passenger station.
A. S. Loom is, Agent,
BULL ruE 8aLB-
Young bull (or sale; good siis; good
color; good individual; thoroughbred.
6 22tf T. B. Campbkll.
Eniland is after 1U
A. Kershaw Walker, electrical en
gineer of London, England, traveled
from Wellington, New Zealand, to
Kansas City for the express purpose
ot investigating a Kansas City inven
tion be saw in the far away island
capital. He arrived in Kansas . City
Tuesday aud stopped at the Midland.
The invention is the Barr-Fyke post
marking and stamp canceling machine
which is used extensively io the post
offices of this country. Messrs. Barr
and Kjke are Kansas City men.
On-idg to ill health Rev. J. p. Given
will not preach at the Benton ecbyol
bouse next Sunday. He will preb,
however, at bis chareh ia Lexington.
Kev. Otto, of the Christian church
at iifgiusville, preached io the Chris
tian church at Corder last Sunday.
At the annual election of orfioers ot
Lexington Lodge No. 119, A. F. and A, M.,
at their lodge room Monday night the
following were chosen tor tn coming
year: R. F. Norfolk, W. M.; Chris Walk.
9. W.; Thomas Walton, J. W.; JohnS.
Blackw!!, treasurer; H. W. Wiasor,
secretary. Th officer will b iastalld
at a special meeting Monday night.
At their annual meeting In Jan th
board of curators of Central college, at
Fayett, Mo., conferred npoa Rev. Z. M.
Williams, of oar city, th agr ot
Doctor ot Divinity. This U a wU de
serted honor conferred upon Mr. W-fi
Hams aad th lnstitntlon conferring la
degr may b assured that Dr. WilUam
will b an honor to It. ,
Bodalia i preparing to have a graad
frN barbcu th Foarth of Jaly. They
propose to bav an old-fashioned barbae
such as our forefathers need to have, wit
oattl, hogs and aheep roasted whole.
grand parade, band eoneert, at hi
games and sports aad first class hi
race are among th attraction prom
Col. John S. White, ot Odessa,
Monday in our city oa business an
shaking handa with his many Lex
trienda. Col. White is one of JjT
school true blue democrats, alwa y
to help with his vote and intrM "
help win democratic victories, ?
of Lafayette county's most srl
7 mm ar
farmers and stock raiser t
always pleaaed to ee him f cottntlr
seat.