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LEXINGTON, LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSOURI, SATURDAY, JULY 13. 1901.
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No. 24
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lamp in the Stocks of Lines
tt Depend on Cora Traffic
F for Freight Earnings.
WITH A M'GHTY ROAR.
Great War. of Water Sw.pt Down olh
e" Corbln, Mont,, UMtrojlug
Track and Bridge.
Helena, Mont., July 11. Debris it
Deadly Wreck on C ft A.
Sixteen people were killed and
about fifty injured in a wreck caused
by a headend collision on the Chicago
& Alton railway between Marshall
Irht I i01 WV UB MUM.
La MLwoarl Corn. Bat llllnol and Al
low Are similarly Afreeted-Frlces The water was backed up for a quar
ler 01 a mile Deiore the
OUTLOOK HOURLY MORE DISMAL.
piled everywhere in the gulch in 81(1 Slater, Mo., at 7 o'clock Wed oes
uitu ore located Wickes and Cor
bin. Great damage to projierty was
done by the torrent of water which
poured down the narrow vulley after
the cloudburst Tuesday night. A
wave six feet high and 200 feet wide
swept down the guleh. Within a mile
of Wickes, toward Corbiu, a fill-in on
the Great Northern former! a lm
1-otnlues Soaring iruuni vwrn At
re.lclly Bl'ghtad.
m York, July 11. Prices ol
lS broke badly again Thursday,
stock of railroads depending on
corn traffic for earnings were de
nized on the fears of a failure of
crop from drought. The rest of
narket was aflected by sympathy,
r stocks apparently being sold in
blocks to protect holdings of the
grangers,
gnorteat Crop la Ten Tear.
ringfield, 111., July 11. Reports
i all over Illinois indicate that
unparalleled heat wave which has
;k the Btate since July 1 is play
havoc with the growing crops,
ures are suffering and the effect
orrespondingly adverse to live
k.
Sttnatloa la North Texa.
inesville, Tex., July 11. The con
ti hot weather and drought has
uisly dnmaged crops in north Tex
The corn crop will be a complete
ire, but cotton is not damaged
ndly as reported, and if it rains
it next ten days an average will
ithered. Water is reported scarce
j me places and stock is suffering,
present drought Is the longest in
t years.
Dtoaal Oetloen la ArkaMa.
irt Hmlth, Ark., July It. Crop
pacts are dismal. Cotton in the
nda, except where perfectly cul
l, if ruined. In the bottoms only
ect care will save a semblance ot
up. Corn In uplands is damnged
ind repair, and not over 60 per
of average crop can be made in
iinds.
Pnma Water Tea Mile,
rsons, Knn., July 11. The In-
hot weather that has been pre-
ng In this section of Kansas is
Ing many hogs, cattle and sheep.
fy cattle raisers and dealers re
in ship fat hogs for fear that
t will die on the way. No rain
fallen In this vicinity for over a
th and the city- is pumping water
fc the Neosho river, ten miles away,
templet Pailnro la Worth MUanart,
k Joseph, Mo., - July 11. For the
i time there promises to be a com
e corn failure in what is known
he Platte purchase. It has been
boast of thia section of the state
f droughts never affected the crops
pn here. The extreme heat is
tiing up every vestige of corn in
entire northern pert of the state.
Broom Cora Crop Blighted.
ansas City,, Mo., July 11. One of
evil effects of the drought in the
ft Is the Wiehtintr of the broom
i crop. In Missouri and Kansas.
re a large portion of the supply of
pm corn is produeed, the plant was
heading when the violence of heat
drought came upon it. Much of
"op is. therefore. Wlghted. Mer-
Pts and manufacturer agree that
now would not serve to rescue
crop.
Pile or Potato Ttoomlnf.
p Louis, .Tulv It. The prices of
toes took another upward Jump
wnesday as a result of the damage
the long drought. Choice home-
n stock sold ud to $1 a bushel
ttrload lots, an advance in one day
Jhetween 20 anil 91 oenta a bushel
'Mis is the lsrgeat potato dis
puting renter in the United States,
usually at this season of the year
Wi 150 tn tftn hp1a.I. a Aar are
ped out from this market, but
f year the crop is so small that only
put so carloads a dav are being
PraMa Ha HrUn Sit a a Ton.
fnsas. City. Mo.. Julr 11. Both
fothy and prairie hay sold here
prsnay as high as $18 a ton. Hy
f wund it impossible to give satis
,,,ry quotations for various grades
wise pr ces aeer..e1 artificial and
likely to liftM. Pnvlntiw.nnnlv
Ml ' 1'"- "
f'v Cbrs. acnlnof 4S n var niro
r . - .- n
pleg&tes to the twelfth session of
f TTansinissisBippi Commercial eon-
?, which begins its session in
PPplt Creek, Col., Tuesday of next
k are beginning to arrive in tnat
embankment
gave way with a roar. Mrs. Charles
Turner and six small children were in
their home in Twin Gulch. The tor
rent of rain started a landslide and
before the occupants suspected any
danger the entire side of the house
nearest the mountain was crushed like
an egg by an enormous boulder. That
no one was struck by the shower of
rocks and earth which struck the
house seems almost miraculous. As
the great wall of water tore down
the gulch it demolished the Northern
Tacific tracks and bridges. At several
points great factions of rails and ties
were picked from the roadbed and
bent and twisted into a mass of de
bris.
Condensed News.
Jessie Morrison is now at the Kan
sas penitentiary, her convict number
being 9851.
At a special eleotion Jane 9th held
, - - i 1 f Ml . w l a
day morning. Seven of those killed ,u ""J"5. wwn
died instantly. The others succumb- ,80'000 ID """w'P-l bond8 ' P7
ed to tbclr Injuries either en route to streel PaTlng-
Kansas City, or after they had been Dr James Marvin, a distinguished
conveyed to one of the local hospitals, educator of Kansas, and ex-cbancellor
News of the. wreck wa received 01 Kansas university, died at his home
here shortly after it occurred. ' Pas- Liwrenoe, Kas., Tuesday afternoon,
scugtr train No. 61, from HUginsvllle William Speed and Lon V. Stephens
to Kunas City, turned back at I nde- let the contract in Uoooville Monday
pendeuco and served as a hospital for the erection of the new Stephens
trai n. All the dead, exception four I opera house. Tne house when corn-
train men who live at Slater, and all pleted will cost $40,000.
the Injured, were brought to Kansas Oil has been struck at Amoret, Mo.,
City. The bodieaof thefour)ralnmen the drill having entered and passed
were left at their home town. throueh abont tnlrtv feet of oil sand
The wreck was one of the most which will run two barrels of oil
rrible, in all its features, and one per day and which is expected to do
ot the most disastrous, all things much better as the drill goes deeper.
tnmgs considered, that has occurred 0na thousand ami ninei., ears
In lw. w -t J ..11 1 1... at. A I
.u vu. cav, duu wm u.uotu u, vue of llve 8toclt were on tfae K&ojiAa City
luust uorruyiug scenes. , mar,-H, TuBsdllv snd sn.nS3 hna.. wer
The trains which collide, were the riPiuo,i Tk,. hrU.i, k m,h
v.wwva uia vnBJ tUQ IVWI 4 V
Will Tonrh Inwa Line.
Columbia, Mo., July 11. The di
rectors of the ColumhiH. Huntsville
ruortnwestern riiwnv company
have decided to build the proposed
road northward from Trenton, in
Crundy county, to the Towa line.
.he northern terminus will be Gaines
Me, Mo., which is very near the line.
Atteodaare ?if Into Eipeetatlon.
Cincinnati, July 11. The twentieth
International. convention of the United
Society of Christian Kndeavorers
cume to a close yesterday. While in
attendance tlm meeting was not m
to expectations, the convention from
the beaimiinir to the end was a bril
liant BUCOf'4.
west bound passenger No.:7, which
leaves Chicago at 6:30 in the evening
and arrives in Kansas City aM:30 in
the morning, and the second section
of No. 88,' a fast freight, eat bound,
which left Kansas City early jester
day morning, after having taken on
a load of slock
A half hour after the wreck the
horrors ot fire were added to all the
others. The blaze came from the
demolished engines and the diner,
one chair car, the baggage car, a
tourist sleeper and one Pullman were
number of carloads and also for the
number of hogs received.
The spreading of the rails on the
Santa Ee track caused by the heat,
resulted in a wreck Tuesday six miles
west of Plattsburg. The fireman,
John Meyers, lost a foot, and the
engine and nine cars loaded with coal
were destroyed.
Near Great Bend, Kas., a fire Mon.
day burned up many acres of wheat
It all started from a match which a
careless driver going along the road
burned. The oaly ones not destroyed used 10 uZht h" r'P and then threw
uown id me grass oy me rouusiue
Baadiu (in Nurroiimled."
Helena, Mont... July 11. Keports,
have reached here that the Great
Northern robbers have been surround
ed on Pcepleu creek, south of the lit'
tie Ilockles. with seven men guarding
them awaiting the arrival of SherlH
Griffith, who has left Malta with 'a
posse of 40 men.
A Thousand Tearher Needed.
Washington. July 11. One thousand
school-tenchcrs. mule and female, will
be appointed to positions hi the Phil
ippines. Their salaries will range
from $75 to 512.1 per month in gold.
Their selection has been left to the
principals of 92 colleges, scattered
among 30 states.
Prohahlv Koitbed and Killed.
Kansas City, Mo., July 11. The
body of a man who is believed to be
Frank Homelky, of Mt. Vernon, 111.,
was found in a deserted spot about a
mile northwest of Sheffield, just north
of Bndd park, and every indication
la that he was murdered after a fierce
struggle.
Commercial Tra.eler at Buffalo.
TSuffalo. N. Y., July 11. Thursday
was Commercial Travelers' day at the
Pan-Amerienn exposition. There was
a parade in the morning and, not
withstanding the threatening aspect
of the weather, several thousand men
were In line with numerous bunds
of music.
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AbniKloalnC Kaom 'lr.
Topeka, Kan., July 11. Secretary
Coburn, of the state board of agricul
ture, says many of the Kansas county
fairs will be abandoned on account
of the drought. The managers of
the Topeka state fair have also aban
doned the enterprise.
A girl It yesrs old is in jail at Car
thage, Mo., charged with stealing
$1,000 worth of diamonds from a jew
elry store,
Revenue Km' -int Ierealat.
Washington, July ll.-Tho receipts
from Internal revenue during the first
ten days of July have been $11,862,
098. The figure was a surprise to
the officials of the internal revenue
bureau, and Indicates that all es
timates which have been made aa
to the effect of the reduction of the
war revenues will have to be revised.
Machine and Wheat De.troyed.
Larned, Kan, July H.-A thrashing
machine at work ix miles northwest
of town caught fire from ft hot box
"L, was destroyed. The fire was
driven to two adjacent farms and 13
large stacks of wheat were burned.
were the two rear Pullmans.
dead
Anderson, S. J., freight utflnecr.
of S'ater; leaves wife and three
Children.
P..tgtfs, Frank, engineer of passen
ger train; bidy under the wreck.
Over 200.000 bushels of wheat were
destroyed in the path of the fire which
was about two miles wide and eight I
ten miles long.
Fice at Arrow Rock, Saline county
caused by a lamp explosion, destroyed
Ionnelly, Daniel, of Mexico, Mo., eleven business bouses Tuesday night
Uremua of freight, dkd at Uuivcrsity as follows. Sndlery store, Martin
liosDltal. Kansas Cltr. dry goods store, C. B. Wood's grocery,
Dickson. Mrs aced 87: died Bank J Ar.row Rock' Wheeler's drug
at University hospital. Kansas City,
Missouri University Dews.
The board ot curators ot the Uni
versity of Missouri has selected Cope
and Stewardson, of Philadelphia, as
architects for the new buildings at the
University in Columbia.
The architects selected were selected
for the $3,000,000 buildings at Wash-'
ington University after a competition
open to the world. Tney designed the
buildings at the University of Penn
sylvania, Bryn Mawr, and other col
leges, and are regarded as one of the
three or four leading architectural
firms of the United States, ll is,
therefore, confidently expected that the
five new buildings for the University
hich were authorized by the General
Assembly will be the peers of those ot
any University in the country from the
architectural standpoint, as well as in
other respects. It has already been
decided by the curators that the
buildings are to be built ot Missouri
stone.
Considerable interest usually gU
tacbes to the relative popularity of the
various subjects taught at such a
school as the State University of Mis
souri where the free elective system is
in vogue. A compilation recently
made by the registrar of this institu
tion shows the number of students tak ¬
ing the several courses offered in the
University to be as follows:
Agriculture, 160; Bacteriology, 6;
book-keeping and stenography, , 82;
botany, 82; chemistry, 374; classical
archaeologv snd history ot art, 60;
drawing, 160; elocution, 161; engi
neering, 147; Engllsb, 6-8; entomo
logy, 08; experimental psychology,
32; geology, 34; gertuanic languages,
300; greek, 120; history, 267; Hy
giene, 32; economics, 61; horticul
ture, ISO, latin, 2IW; mathematics,
611 ; pathology, i'6 ; pedagogy, - 83;
philosophy, 63; physics, 260; physi
ology, 34; romance languages, 292;
sbop-worg, 2;17; sociology, 66; Veteri
nary science, wt." ; Zoology, 119.
Curtis Uhoda. of Simpson, Kas.,
aed about70, died at Marshall, Mo.,
terribly scalded.
G-illam, Mrs. . and daughter,
of Ooodlund, Iod.
r .... i t . tr -1 c ......... X' v
iiuoaer, L". m ., oi B) induce,
died on the way between Indepen
dence and Kansas City. .
Jones. . of Chicago, died at
St. Joseph hospital, Kansas, City
M'Anna. Daniel, conductor of
freight, of Slater, unmarried.
Phaser, J II., United States Express
Company's messenger, Chicago.
Kider, Miss Lulu, of Kentland,
Iod., died at University hospital
Kansas City.
Unknowu man at Eylar's UDder
taking rooms.
Unknown woman at Eylar's under
taking rooms.
Aged unknown woman, died at St
store, Dan Kuhn's bnrber shop, Crsw
ford's hardware store, H- W . Kdwards
& Co., grocers.
nUs Helen Gould's Saddle Mare.
Monday Mr. Frank Tutt came
down from Kansas City for the
purpose ot buying a saddle horse
After looking around he bought the
beautiful brown saddle mare owned
by Deputy Sheriff Charles Klnkead
and the price paid was 9180. The
mare was bought for Miss Helen
Gould and was shipped that night
to her beautiful residence at Irving
ton, on the Hudson, in New York
Miss Gould showed excellent judg
ment in coming to Lafayet te county
Missouri, to get a good animal, and
she could have entrusted the pur
chase to no better representative than
Mr. Tt tt, who is a good judge of a
horse and knows that they grow i
Lafayette county. When "Bird
r.Ata tt IrvinrrrAti Bhn n 1 1 1 t.chrin
Irwonli liru.nlt:ll Ht 1 1 n. m. iivw "
""""f" r .U .1, l.o Irln f ctl ...
Harry, Mrs. S. C. I) , aged 40, of "
Hooneston, 111.; scalded about face
Where the Unwisdom Lies.
Independence Sentinel.
Nuthing could be more ludicrous
tban the matter of fact manner with
which the protected interests assure us
that it would be unwise to reopen the
tariff discussion. Of course it weuld
be unwise lor them. But It would
be even more so for tbe people to
submit to taxation for the support of
such monopolies as the steel trust.
Jell-O, the Nw Desert,
pleases all the family. Four Savors lemon,
orange, raspberry and strawberry. At your
Grocers, locenta. Try It today
t, -.cBALL.
and arms chest and back; died at St.
Joseph hospital at 2 a. m.
Walker, Mrs. Frances, Flatbusb,
Brooklyn, N. Y.j face and chest and
hands badly scalded; Inhaled steam;
have in Missouri and she will carry
Miss Gould in safety wherever she
may wish to go.
Youngers Paroled.
Another Railroad Story.
Those readers ot McCIure's who
"always look for a railroad story"
died at St. Joseph hospital at 10 p. m. and there are many of them, judging
In addition to those killed about from the letters received will find a
fifty were more or less injured. tale to their liking io the July cumber.
Frank H. Spearman, who is carving
out a reputation in a hitherto unwork-
St. Paul, Minn., July 10. me ed fiedf contributes 'The Striker's
state board of pardons today approved gtoty . ow Mc'l'erza Stopped the
the parole application ot Colemen Railroad Kiot." According to the
Younger and James Y'ounger, who author, "The reputation ot Jimmie
have been In the Stillwater peniten- McTerza is classlo stuong the good
tiaryfor the last twenty-five years men of McCloud;" snd it is likely that
for complicity In the Northfleld, ihe hero will beoome a olassio among
Minn., bank robbery. They proba- $ti Spearman's readers. As tbe
bly will be coafined to the boundaries striker puts it, 'He Is the head of fhe
of the county lo which tho Still- pUb." And after his single-handed
water prison Is located. fight against hundreds of strikers, one
roMiwKiNDBSTs WANTED- The Is does not wonder thai "royal Kate
tklmgrnobr wants a correspondent lo Mullenix," -but why "give awav" the
every town In Lafaystte county. Write " '
Natioaal I-ae.
Won. Lost. 10.
Flttsburgr 25
New York S3 25 .66
BL Louts 37 29 .Ml
Philadelphia 36 29 .654
Brooklyn M 83 .615
Boston 29 31 .483
Cincinnati 27 S .4a
Chicago 22 4T .SU
American. League.
Won. Lost. Pe.
Boston 37 21 .(38
Chicago 42 24 .631
Baltimore 32 25 .663
Detroit 36 29 .664
Philadelphia 25 25 .SCO
Washington 2 29 .4TJ
Cleveland 24 39 .381
Milwaukee 22 43 .333
Weetera League.
Won. Lost Po.
Kansas City 40
Omaha 33
Minneapolis 31
St. Joseph 32
8t Paul S2
Colorado Springs ....26
Pes Moines 24
Denver 21
22
27
23
29
30
32
33
35
.645
.660
.623
.625
.616
.443
.421
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TO JAIL Fort CONTEMPT.
rwo Striken at York, Pa., Reeetva ftevaee
Sentence for "Pleke tlag" and Otherwise
Interfering with Workmeu.
York, Pa., July 11. Judge Stewart
rendered his opinion in the contempt
eases growing out of the mold erg'
strike here in which Oeorge W. Test
ind John P. Frey were adjudged
guilty of contempt lu violating the
Injunction restraining them from
picketing and otherwise Interfering
with the York Manufacturing com
pany. Test and Frey, the leaders of
the strike, were sentenced to pay a
fine of $250 arid costs and undergo Im
prisonment for days.
for particulars. "
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