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VOLUME XXXIV.
STE. GENEVIEVE, MISSOURI, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21. 11)05.
NUMBER 24.
FAIR
THE WEEK'S NEWS
TERSELY OUTLINED
An Epitome of the Most Important
Events at Home and Abroad
the Past Week.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH
l-nlc'il DcvelonnicntH In tliu Yellow
I'm fr lOnlilemir, Toether Will
Item (it Intcrvht ( illicit rrutii the
Iminirtiiiit HiiiinenliiK" AH Uvc
the Wnrlil.
YiiijLow ri:vi:n mti:h.
'I ho otllcial report from New Orlcana
covering the 21 hours ended at C p. in.
on the 13th showed: New catcs of ycl
low fever, 25; total to date, 15,281!
Deaths, li; total to date, 123. Cases
under treatment, 1G7; discharged, 2,-
Gi)li.
Natchez, Vicksburg, Gulfport, Hoxle
Hamburg, Port Ulbson and Hosella,
Miss., contlnuo to present new cases of
fever.
Dr. White, of the Marino hospital
sorvlce, thinks they havo the situation
well In hand In New New Orleans.
"With tho gradual eradication of the
disease from New Orleans and the ad
rent of frost in the near vicinity, tho
question of raising tho quarantines is
coming to the front.
Iteports from the various infected lo
calities outside of Now Orleans show
that tho stcgoniya is still getting In Its
work, and only frost can put an cud to
Its activity.
Dr. C. M. Shanley, formerly of North
Dakota, died at his home in Bayou
Baratarln, La., of yellow fever. He had
recovered from an attack, hut resumed
his labors among tho sick too soon and
suffered a fatal relapse-
cH.vnit.vi. m:vs itkms.
Alfred Gwynno Vandcrbilt nnd Paul
Sartoii, the Italian automobile driver
narrowly escaped deatli while out on a
trial spin over the Vandcibilt cup
courto on Long Island. They were cap-
tlzed while going at a terrific pace and
only escaped by being thrown into soft
earth.
One man was killed and a largo
number Injured, some fatally, by a
,i.tampeda of artillery horses attached
to limbers belonging to tho Twenty
ninth battery, at target practice near
Fort Itlley, Kas. The horses1 dashed
over a small cliff, landing In a frightful
mass with their drivers-
Sir Henry Irving, tho well-known
English actor, was seized with syncope
nfler returning to his hotel following a
peiformanco at Bradford, England, on
the night of tho 13th Inst., and died In
a few minutes.
Tho Mlssouil building at the Lewis
nnd Osark exposition at Portland, Ore.,
with all of its contents, including ex
hibits and tho art and statuary collec
tlon, wns destroyed by fire on tho night
of the 13th Inst.
MnJ.-Gcn. John F. Weston hat) been
formally detailed to the command nf
the northern military division, with
headquarters at St. Louis, to succeed
MaJ.-Gen. George M. llaudall, retired.
A dozen firemen were cut nnd bruised
by falling debris and a score of horses
burned to death In the destruction of
the Lasallo Avenue livery barns in
Chicago- One fireman and an employe
of the stable may die.
Ten negro roustabouts were drowned
when tho steamer Elk struck a snng
and sank while backing away from tho
landing nt VIcksburg, Miss.
A Mexico City dlsatch reports Alex
ander Dowlo and party leaving for
lamplco on a special ear to Inspect tho
lands it Is proposed to purchoso for tho
new Zlon city. Dowie was In good
health.
The profits of tho alleged conspira
tors in the cotton crop Ieakago aro
placed approximately at $200,000, of
which, it is alleged, E. S. Holmes re
ceived $25,017.
Gen. A. L. Mills, superintendent of
tho West Point military academy, says
that hazing In any form has shown no
symptom of reappearing among the ca
det.",. The prosldent has commuted sentence
of dismissal from the army of Louis
MeLauo llnmiltnii, a great grandson of
Alexander Hamilton, to reduction of 30
flies In rank.
There was a run on tho Oermanla
pavings bank in New Orleans, started
by a newspaper story, but all demands
wcro met, tho institution bolng one of
tho staunchest In the city
John Donahue, who was committed
to Jail, In Chicago, by Judgo Kohlsant,
for contempt of court, and who look an
appeal to the United States- circuit court
of appeals, has signified a doslro to
purge himself of his contempt.
Six miners wcro Imprisoned by fire
In tho mlno of the Clyde Coal Co. at
Frederlcktown, Pa and nt last ac
counts all hope of rescuing them had
been abandoned.
William Mills Ivlna has been selected
as tho republican candidate for mayor
of New York city In plnco of Charles
Fr Hughes, who declined tho nomina
tion. Mr. Ivlns has accepted.
C, I. McNair, 13. F. Nelson and A. S.
Bossnrd were adjudged In contempt of
court by Judgo Ynndovantcr In tho
Vnlted States district court at St. Paul,
Minn., and' ordered committed to Jail.
They refused to produce books and nn
Kwcr questions In respect to tho conduct
of their paper mills.
Tho Marlnetto and Menomlnco pa
per mill plant nt Marinette, Wis., was
nearly destroyed by fire. Loss, $150,
000; covered by Insurance.
Yankee Consul, a noted thorough
bred, died at Lexington, ICy,, of pneu
monia. He was trained by "Huh" May,
and was valued at $100,000.
Arrangements nro practically com
pleted for the -xrhango of ratifications
or the treaty or Portsmouth at the
White HotiRe in Washington.
During tho month or August of the
present year G1.-I09 aliens lnndcd In
thin country. Tho greater number of
these weio Horn Hussia, with Italy sec
ond and Austria third.
Chairman O. J. Halley of the Peoria
(til.) school board lias been indicted
for malfeasance In ofllce In connection
with the peculations or Superintendent
Dougherty, against whom 43 additional
Indictments havo been round.
Jnmcs M. Deck, of New York, speak
ing before the Firo Underwriters Asso
ciation of tho Northwest, declared that
many of the conceded evils of the in
surance system nro duo to conditions
for which the Insurance companlos are
not responsible.
Harry A. Leonard, the young bank
clerk who secured $350,000 worth or se
curities rroni tho Natlonnl City bank
of Now York on a forged check, has
been indicted for larceny In tho first
degree.
MIhs Cornelia M Dow, dnughter of
Lorenzo Dow, and a well-known work
er in tho fields of charity, philanthropy
and reform, died at her home In Port
laud. Mo., nscd OS years.
Prince Scrglus Troubetskoy, regard
ed as the foremost liberal in Hussia
nnd a marshal of tlio nobility, was
seized with apoplexy while attending
a conrerenco with th minister of edu
cation In St. Petersburg, and died with
Ing two hours.
Tho American Hankers' association,
nt Its convention in Washington, placed
Itself squarely on record in favor or tho
rehabilitation of the American mer
chant marlno by means or a subsidy
law or such other legislation as would
bring about that end
A conrerence on commercial educa
tion Is one or the chicr reatures or the
exercises In connection with the Install
ation or Dr. Edmund J. James as pres
ident or the University or Illinois.
Tho big excursion steamer Corwln H.
Spencer, while being painted and re
fitted for the winter cotton trade on the
lower Mississippi, near the government
reservation below St, Louis, was burned
almost to tlio water's edge.
Because ber husband boasts that lio
has not bathed in 22 years Mrs. Phoobo
Neumnn, wife of an Iowa farmer, asks
for a divorce, tho custody of seven
minor children and $S."00 alimony.
As the result of the recent conference
botweeen President Roosevelt nnd the
athletic representatives of Yale, Prince
ton and Harvard, It secerns likely that
a mote faithful observance or the rules
in regard to roughness, holding and
foul play will be enforced.
The arguments on the demurrers to
tlin InillctmeiitH In tho Chlnnsn packers'
cases havo beau heard nnd Judge Hum
phrey will render his decision after a
tlioiough examination or tho authori
ties cited.
Judgo A. O. nrnndner, aged CO, com
mitted stilcido at his home In Kansas
City with Illuminating gas. He had
made three unsuccessful attempts with
morphine on tho grave of his wife at
Onaga. Kas.
J. A. Hrlckson, cx-presldent of the
defunct Second national bank of Mlnot,
iv IJ., on his plea of guilty or making
raise returns to the comptroller or tho
currency, was sentenced to live years
In tho penitentiary.
The Hock Itivcr conference of tho
Methodist Episcopal church adopted a
resolution thanking President Roose
velt "for liis magnificent service as a
peacemaker for mankind."
Capt. Rumell and four of his crew of
tho four-masted schooner Harry A.
Herwind. wero murdered by mutinous
sailors whllo bound from Mobile to
Philadelphia. Tho mutineers have been
apturert.
Edward Gcorgo Cunliffe, n substitute
money clerk at tho Pittsburg (Pa.) of
llce of tho Adams Express Co., a pack-
ago containing $100,000 In currency and
$1,000 of other funds are missing, nnd
a warrant charging Cunliffe with Inr-
ccny has been Issued.
Ono hundred thousand Japanese troops
will remain in Manchuria nnd Korea.
Tho rest will bo gradually returned to
Japan. It Is estimated that It will take
seven months to get them all back, as
each man has to be disinfected on land
ing.
Robert Newcome, a negro, In Chica
go, while maddened with liquor, killed
a woman nnd a policeman and fatally
wounded another man before he was
captured.
Dio Norwegian storthing voted 109 to
S against submitting tho Karlstad
:igieement (.oncoming the dissolution
of tho union with Sweden to a referen
dum, nnd then accepted the ngreomcnt
by a vote of 101 to 10.
Dr. John A. Ouchterloni, tho eminent
ihyslcian, surgeon, author and profess
or, died of a complication of diseases In
Cincinnati.
Drlg.-Gen. Constant Williams, com-
mnmllng the Department of tlio Colum
bia, adds liis testimony in behalf of the
restoration of the army canteen.
A thousand students from tho Uni
versity of California assisted tho firo
department of Berkely, Cnl., In subdu
ing a fire In the Berkely hills which
threatened tho unlvorsity property,
had been found against Newton O.
Dougherty, Peoria's banker-educator,
involving 300 counts for forgery nnd
231 counts for embezzlement. Dough-
ohty surrendered to tho sheriff and was
locked up-
Tho effort to settle tho affairs of tho
Western Llfo Indemnity out or court
proved unsuccessful, nnd tho matter
will now como beforo Judgo Kohlsant
In Chicago, Judicially.
In accordance with tho will or Georgo
W, Catt, deceased husband of Cnrrlo
Chapman Catt, his body was taken to
llollcvtio hospital medical college, Now
York city, to be dissected l'.i tho inter
est of science.
J. N. Eaton, a foroman employed on
the Iowa historical building nt Des
Moines, died of Injuries received by bo
ng blown from tho roof or thr build-
nil durjes a gala
RUSSn-JAPANESE
WAR IS AT AN END
The Treaty of Portsmouth Signed
By the Two Emperors.
AN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
An R Slnrlc of Alii'i-clntlciii of the
l'nrt Taken hy I'reililent Hoone
velt, lip Wim l'"lrit I'erion Nntl
lleil li- IIiinnIiiii flu veriuneiit.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 1C Spencer Ed
dy, tho American chargo d'affaires, has
officially Informed tho foreign olllce
that the emperor of Japan ratified tho
Russo-Japanese peace treaty Saturday.
Tho French minister nt Toklo at the
same hour Informed the Japanese gov
ernment that Emperor Nicholas had
signed tho treaty.
Formally Aunomieeil.
The ratification or the treaty or peace
is formally announced In the otllclul
Messenger, which says that Us opera
tion began Saturday. The text or the
treaty Is not given.
As a grncetul mark of appreciation
of the part he took in bringing nbout
tho conference at Portsmouth nnd the
resultant peace, President Roosevelt
was tho first person to be notified by
tho Russian government that Emperor
Nlcholns had raltified tho treaty. As
Boon as tho emperor's signature had
been alllxed to the instrument, and be
fore tho treaty had been brought back
from Peterhot for the countcr-slgna-turo
of Foreign Minister Lamsdorf, the
news was sent directly to the president.
Otllcial notification to the French gov
ernment, according to the foreign of
fice, followed several hours later, when
Count Lamsdorf had completed the
ratification by his signature.
As soon as the treaty had been fully
ratified tho foreign office communicated
tho fact to the war. navy and other
ministers, and tho necessary orders
wero Immediately issued to bring homo
somo of tho ships Interned In neutral
harbors.
The date for the exchange of prison
ers of war has not yet been fixed.
Thomas Smith, American vice-consul
at Moscow, has sent to Medvld several
thousand roubles which had been re
ceived from Japan for the Japanesn
prisoner;! there.
Tho government, took no steps to
make known to the peoplo or Russia
tho fact that the'empcror had signed
tho treaty, beforo the receipt of tho
otllcial notification, that the instrument
bad been ratified by the signature.
Llttlo remains to bo done to meet the
official requirements. At a later date,
possibly In tho course of a month or
two, copies of tho treaty will be actual
ly exchanged, possibly In Washington,
by tho Russian ambassador and tho
Japanese minister or charge d'affaires,
for It is possible that Minister Takahira
will, beforo that occurrence, have gone
to Japan on a leave of absence.
I'llhl l-ilii-il In Tokln.
Toklo. Oct. 10. The peace treaty
with Russia went into effect to-day.
The text of tho treaty was published
this afternoon.
CONDITIONS UNFAVORABLE
A Deep WnterMiiy From the .Month
of (he IHIoIiin It I cr to St. I.iuil
1m Xot Feu h III I e.
Washington, Oct. 1G. Tho repor
of tho board of army engineers which
mado a survey of tho Illinois and Mis
sissippi rivers to establish whether a
14-foot cliaunol can bo created from
Chicago to St. Louis has been com
pleted and Is now In tlio hands of Gen
MacKcnzIe, chict of engineers and
member of tho general staff. As the
report Is In response to a bill passed
by congress, It will bo kept secret un
til it Is transmitted to that body.
In spite of official reticence, there
i3 reason to state that tho report U
most discouraging to those who arc
In favor of n deep waterway and who
secured tho legislation for tho 11-foot
channel survey The engineers assort
that tho Initial cost will bo between
$8,000,000 nnd $10,000,000. Most dis
couraging of nil is their suggestion
that a 14-foot chanuel from tho mouth
of tho Illinois river to St. Louis can
only bo secured effectively through
tho construction of a cnnnl paralleling
tho river. Tho engineers havo delib
erately renched tho conclusion that the
Mississippi river, with its shifting bars
nnd tho conditions which now exist
in It, Is absolutely Impossible of per
manent Improvement to n 14-foot chan
nel In Hint stirteh fiom the mouth ol
the Illinois river to St Iouls.
While this report may not forever
bar a deep wutorwny project being
taken up by tlio government, there la
llttlo question that tho oftect of tho
report will bo to prevent nny legisla
tion by congress nlong that direction
for some years to como.
I'rlnt'i'KS I'li-rri- llniiiiiiiirte.
Paris, Oct. 10. Princess Piorro Na
polcon Bonnparto died suddenly here.
Sho was born In 1850.
Former Well-ICim,vn 1M teller Ili-ml,
Carrollton, Mo.. Oct. 10. Frank J.
Parvln, once n well-known baseball
pitcher, died at the home of his fnther,
in this city, of tubeiculosls, aged 35
years, Pnrvln's last work was with
the St, Joseph (Mo.) team In tho West
cm league.
I'rlnon Volunteer l.riiuiu-.
.Toilet, III., Oct. 1C The tenth anni
versary of tho foundation of tho Prison
Volunteer league was celebrated at
Jollet ponilentlary. Mrs. Maud B 1
llngton Booth, founder of tho leag ,o,
delivered nn address to 1,400 convli s.
THE ROYAL BLUE WRECKED
Accident On Baltimore & OhioSouth
western Near Springfield, 111.
Mr, .loll it Mil sell, of Vlruliiln, III.,
Aucil.SU Vi'iini, lilllt-tl, anil ii I.iii ku
.'Suniher I njii.-ei), Koine r -tally,
Springfield, III., Oft. 10. Tho Royal
Blue limited train on '.tie Baltimore &
Ohio Southwestern rnllioad, west
bound, was wrecked war Springfield,
Saturday night, Killing Mrs. John
Musch, nged SO, of 71'ginla, III., and
probably fatally injuring Mrs. James
Gaidner, of Pleasant Plains; J. D. TIp
pott, of Chicago, nnd Mrs. Win, Lynd,
of Pleasant Plains, and wounding sev
eral other passengers.
Through tho falluro or a derailing
switch to work, two cars or coal had
run partly on tho main track rrom a
coal mine switch. Tlio loco'motlvo of
the pnstsenger train side-swiped tlio coal
cars, but the baggage car hit them
squarely, knocking two passenger
coaches and tho baggago car off tho
track. Tho Injured wero brought to
hospitals in Sprlngnold.
Others severely Injured are:
John Ciluckma, Pleasant Plains; In
ternally injured.
J. D. Coffey, Pleasant Plains; Inter
nally injured.
B. T. Alexander, Latonla, Mo,; back
sprained
H. S. Cox, Springfield, 111.; back
sprained.
J. T. Johnson, Farmlngdale, 111.,
head cut:
John Dobson, Pleasant Plains; back
sprained.
John Bliss, Springfield, til.; car torn
off and shoulder injured.
Mrs. T. M. Smith, Ashland, 111.; arm
bioken.
WRECK ON IOWA CENTRAT
five Trainmen KIIU-il mill Tnn l.o
eomotl vi-n mill a .NiihiIkt of
Freight Cnr.i Di-Nti-oyi-il.
Osknloosn, la., Oct. 10. Five train
men were killed at Seaton, 111., when a
heavy double-header freight train,
east-bound on tlio Iowa Central rail
road, ran Into cattle on the track at a
speed of 20 miles on hour. Both lo
comotives and eleven freight cars load
ed with grain and lumber wero piled up
in a heap besido tho track.
The dead:
George A. Caffal, engineer.
Harry Summers, engisceer.
Harry Barr, fireman.
L. H. Brllcy, fireman.
V. T. Morgan, brakeman.
All the men killed lived In Oskaloosa.
except Briloy, whose homo was In Mon
mouth, 111. The engineers lived sev
eral hours after tho wreck occurred,
but the other three men wcro killed in
stantly. EIGHT LIVES WERE LOST
In Addition Tlilitj-I'lvc- ,re Hog.
pllill nn the UeMilt of flic Ciim
IiiiiiIm'n Tltlnl Him- Mlxlu.p.
New York. Oct. 1G.-Six passengers
swept Into the sea, two dead from in
juries and ,15 In the Long Island Col
lego hospitnl was the result of the tidal
wnvo which struck the Cunard liner
Campania 1,100 miles from Sandy Hook
last Wednesday. All those killed and
wounded were steorage passengers.
John Graham was carried overboard
with a four-mouths-old baby In his
arms. He left behind him on the ship
ti wife and soven children. Two or tho
others swept away wore young women
rrom Tlppcrary, Ireland, who wero com
ing over to bo married.
CLOSE OF PORTLAND FAIR
I'rexlileut 11 le iinoiiiirf n 'flint
Stiiekhnlllern Will lleeeUe :i( til
III for Cent. On Stock,
Portland, Ore., Oct. 15. Saturday,
"Officers' nnd Stockholders' day" at
the Lewis and Clark (fuicjininl expo
sition, was the last of tho exposition
period. To-dny thn work of wrecking
the Immense exhibit palaces and stato
buildings will (ommenre, and in a few
mouths all that will remain of the ex
position will bo a memory of its f tic
cess success ns expositions go for
Piesldent Goodo has undo public an
nouncement that the stockholder will
receive a dlvidmd of from 30 to 40 per
cent, on their stock, a record said to
oxcel nny exposition of like character
ever hold in the world.
PORTLArFAIRTTENOANCE
'I he Tiitnl Alli'iitllinee At the
mill Clin ki- t ii 1 1 ii I ii I 1 intui
tion ttii -,r trt.r.im.
Portland, Ore, Oct. 10 When tho
gates of tho Lewis and Clarke oxiicsl-
tlon closed at on-; o'clock Sunday morn
ing a total attendance of C0.900 for the
day had boon registered, making the
grand total for the entire fall- period
2,li45,50!i. The at endance for the last
day ranks third in point of numbers,
Poi-tlnnd day nnd Fourth of July being
the only gi enter clays.
'fo Dunce In Ohiii-ch.
Cincinnati, Oct. 10. In the belief that
what Is harmless in the home is harm
less in the chin 'h, hops nnd euchres
will lie glvon wrr-My In (bP VinoSireet
Congregational church. The congre
gation Ims voted for it. and the min
ister gives his appioval.
ItoiiMMelt Will lime Fnnt Mniiiilrnii.
Now Orleans, Oct. 1C The era! hoi 3
West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Colo
rado, tho fasten lighting mnchlne of
their kind afloat will escort President
Poof vcc 'rom Nw Orleans to Norfolk
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Ulinciilrl II i) 1 1 it I u llni'iieil.
Tho Missouri etnlo building at the
Portland Lewis and Clark exposlt'on
was destroyed by lire. All state exhib
its, Including the art and statuary col
lection, wcro conRumeil. The losa ii
estimated at $50,000, Ais.ua Is sus
pected, nnd secret eorvlce mrn are
probing the origin of the blaze. How
ever, Kdward Crumbaugh. of Colum
bia, superintendent of tin building,
and tho only penon within the atrue
ture at tho tlmo of tho conflagration,
is of the opinion that the fire had Its
origin In faulty electrical construction,
which has been tho causo of several
Incipient blazon which havo occurred
In different buildings at the Portland
fair.
OlirlMinnn I'leuili Xot (Inlltr-
G. Leo Chrlsman, presiding Judge of
the Jackfon county court, nppearod In
tho criminal court In Kansas City In
answer to an Information charging him
with mnireasanco In olllce, in voting to
pay county money to Colyer Bros, for
road work, when the work was done
without tho written contract and bond
required by law. With Judge Chrlsman
wero Frank P. Walsh, his attorney, and
Edward Wlnstotiley. Mr. Walsh waived
tho formal reading of the Information,
entered n plea of not guilty nnd urged
a speedy trial. Tho case was set for
trial Octobor .10. Judge Chrlsman gave
a bond of $1,000, with Mr. Walsh and
Mr. Wiustanley ns sureties.
.liar 'I'r.r Suit In 1'iiiiltr.
Proceedings similar to thoso insti
tuted in the famous Northern Securities
ense will, it is said, mark the efforts
of Attorney-General Moody, acting
under positive orders from President
Roosevelt, to break up tho Terminal
bridge monopoly in St. Louis. The be
lief prevails that a suit In equity will
bo filed by tho nt'oney-gcneral in St..
Louis, probably in person or through
United States District Attorney Dyer,
the effect of which, on conviction,
would bo to force tho Terminal com
pany to relinquish Its monopoly and
may nlso result in tho dissolution' of
tho nssoclntlon Itself.
Tcpiiernle llnttle With Itnhlirr.
In a desperate pistol duel with one
of two cracksmen, who blew his safe
nnd rifled it of $1,400 In cash and
checks, "Buck" Semar, a saloonkeeper
at Claytown, two miles west of Flat
River, was shot through tho left ankle
and seriously wounded. The desper
adoes escaped on horses, leaving Se
mar oti' tho ground In a pool of blood.
MUicMirrx neiininil on HeCiill.
State Insurance Co-.nnWssKiner Van
diver has demanded ihd President
McCnll of tho New York Llfo Insur
ance Co. restore to tho company's funds
tho sum of $148,702.50, paid for political
campaigns, that ho retire from tho
presidency, or tho company's right to
do business In Missouri will be an
nulled. Chllil'i. IClnn Won fariliin.
Tony Cruye, of Knnsas City, serving
a sentence in tho penitentiary for falso
registration, has been pardoned by Gov.
Folk, and thereby hangs a tele. It .Is
said that the governor received a bribe
In the form or a kiss rrom iho Hps of
the prisoner's llvo-ycnr-old daughter,
who pleaded for her father.
They Drive the Stork .Veiny.
Tho St. Louis health department has
opened warfaro on unregistered doctors
nnd mldwlves, claiming they aro in a
great measuro responsible for the infrequent-
visit of tho stork in St. Louis.
Ono of these physicians, it Is said, re
cently advertised In a Sunday-school
paper..
In Tronlile With tlnele Sum.
Elber Glenn, assistant postmaster
nt Maiden, has" been arrested by secret
hervlce agents on tho charge of rilling
teglstored letters. lie was taken to tlio
Jail at Jackson, and will bo tried In
tho new federal court at Cape Girar
deau. Oil ('nmimiilf n AttneU MntnteN.
The oil companies have attacked tho
validity of Missouri statutes in the
ouster suits brought against thein. al
leging that tho Btatutev under which
tho proceedings are brought are In con
traentlon of the state constitution.
I'll II From Hoi ie rnlnl.
Frank Humphreys, who was thrown
from a horse whllo riding around the
public squnro at Humphreys, Sullivan
county, on September 2.1, has died from
his injuries.
Infiuit Senlileil to lleiith,
Alice, tho threo-year-old dnugh.er of
Mr. and Mrs Louis Obermoyer, 22'15
Cass avenue, St. Louis, fell Into a
bitcUot of hot water and was scalded to
deatli.
Why Wiimi't Folk Invlteilf
The St. Louis papers aro inquiring
why Gov. Folic wasn't Invited to tho
Veiled Prophet's ball. Gov. Folk says
ho doesn't know and doesn't care.
Senlileil With n CiiimJcI,
Deputy Warden R. IS. See, or the
stato ponltentlniy, Is suffering from a
badly sprained back, as a result of a
scuffle with a refractory convict.
HlK' IIiii-ii till r ii oil .
Firo destroyed a large barn on thfl
stock farm of E. M- Harber, causing a
loss of $5,000, near Trenton. Sponta
neous combuslon cnused It.
t'otl Turkey,
'A. T. Hess, who robldcs '-outhweit
of Sedalln, paid $25 for a wild turkey
which ho shot out of scntAs. The
Judge alSfO lectured him.
Injur? to I'ntliiii Not (ireut.
Although late cotton In Missouri has
hem somewhat Jainngei' by frost, it
tvlU ti'U prevent th- ttatr from pro
out nif an averago crop,
nrn song of the f avement.
They took a 111 tie gravid,
And tho? took a llttlo tnr,
lib various Iriredlctiln
Imported from afar.
They liammeied It and lol'.rd It,
And whan they went iiwu,
Thsy Bald they had a pnvtmrn!
That would unit for mnny a ln.
Hut they enmn with pick and smiotc it
To lay a water main;
And then they railed th workmM
To put It bank again.
To run a railway cable
They took It up some more;
And then they put It baek nunln
Juit where It was before.
Thoy took It up for conduit
To run the tc.ophotie,
And then they put It back again,
At hard n any aton.
They took It up for wires
To feed thii 'Pxitrlc light,
And then they put It hark again.
Which was no more than right.
Oh, the pavement's full of furrowi
There are patches everywhere;
You'd alk a to ride upon It,
Hut It's aeldom that you dare.
It'i a very hundoomo pavement,
A creillt to the tnvn ;
They're always (JlRirin' of It up,
Or put'.ln' of It cJc r
ChlciiRO Inter Oreun.
trig u
argatn A
HOW MYRTLE AND MR.
SKIBLINQ MANAGED
YRTLE did not
think anything
particular about
tho young man
the first tlmo sho
saw him. That
was when sho went
to get some earn
pies of mixed suit-
irir for a skirt. Ho
1 I i A I was pit'iiBum una
U LS-jTL and tnat was all
sho cuuld havo
said.
S o m n clerks,
however, aie not
pleasant w hen
girls como nround bothering them to
tnke down a dozen or more rolls or goods
rrom their shelves nnd snip a llttlo cor
ner rrom each, with only tho most for
lorn hope of n sale. Of course they
don't say nnythlng, but they sort o' look,
and they aro sharp and snippy, like
their shears. This young man was so
-nlco thnt Myrtle ought no Jto have for
gotten him. But she did.
So much so that sho actually went to
'.Hat very self-same identical store nnd
counter nnd clerk within three days and
asked for samples of tho same mixed
suitings. You see Myrtlo did not get
tho goods of a skirt every day in the
week. A skirt with her was an event of
first-class Importance.
"Did you lose tho others I gavo you?"
asked tlio young man, smiling.
Then Myrtle looked closer at him and
remembered. She blushed In her confu
sion as sho told him that sho had for
gotten about getting samples from this
particular srtore, and then she laughed
and the clerk laughed, too.
"It's no wonder I get mixed up,
though," sho said. "I believe I'vo been
to fifty stores if I'vo been to one."
"Making a crazy quilt?" suggested
the young man not impertlnontly, but
with nn air of sympathetic interest.
"No," answered Myrtle. "I want It
for a skirt."
"Then let mo give you n tip," said the
young man, confidentially. "If you
ain't In a rush. Just wnlt till next Friday.
That brown plald'll bo marked down to
19, and It's the best value at C3 of any
thing wo'vo got."
"Let me look at it," said Myrtle. "I've
got samples nt home. I hate to trouble
you so much, though."
"It ain't no trouble," said this polite
young clerk. "It's a pleasure."
He dropped the brown plaid lightly
on the counter and deftly tumbled It
open; then spread tho fabric over his
it, f - '. 1,A..
LKT MIC 11 IV
hand, displaying Its texture. "Thero
Isn't nny cotton In this," bo said. "I'd
toll you If there was. Honest," ho add
ed, as Myrtlo smiled. There was much
earnestnoss In his tone. "Would you
like to look at It in tho light?"
Myrtlo assented and ho took tho roll
of cloth to tho window. Myrtle foltqulta
embarrassed; ho was Inking so much
pallia, and for so llttlo. "I think its
real pretty," sho said. "I guess I'll tako
It, if you don't think It will bo gone by
FiVlay." .
"I'll seo thnt it ain't," said tho clerk.
"It mntchos your eyes." he remarked, as
ho started back for tho counter. "I'll
look tor you on Friday "
On Friday Myrtle went back to Hr
More Tho joung man waa waiting on
K YOI' A TU."
another customer, out he saw her an sho
approached olid lie seemed glad to sea
her. Another young mnu bustled up
add smilingly naked if ho could show
her anything, but Bhe shook her fcead
and denied him. She thought his man
ner w ' "fresh."
"I'vo been looking for you nil morn
ing," Mid Myrtle' clerk, radiantly,
when ho had disposed or his customer.
"I wan arraiij you wasn't coming."
"I couldn't tnlsg that bargain," said
Myrtle. "You must have a good mem
ory for faces. Think of you remember
ing about Klvlng me those samples!"
"Anybody'd have a good memory for
some faces," said the cleric "I'd havj
remembered yours If It had been too.
years from now."
He did not look at her as ho said thin.
Perhaps he thought he might bo consid
ered "fresh." But it did not striko Myr
tle that way. She noticed that ho waa
wearing a knitted silk tie and wondered
If he had bought it ready made or If soma
girl had bought it for him. He had bluo
oyes and huir that was nlmost yellow,
and his skin showed a heulthlcr pink
than that of many young men behind tho
counters of stores. That, nlso, Myrtlo
remarkod. It was impossible not to ad
mire his dexterity In measuring and
cutting that skirt length. And certainlr
Myrtlo was not cheated in tho meas
ure. "If there's anything wrong with that,
you bring it back," said the young man
as ho handed her tho parcel and her
change. "Ask for me. My natno's
Skibllug-lJarry Skibllng. You will,
won't you?"
"Yes, Indeed," answered Myrtle.
There were no more skirts to bo pur
chased and tho material proved entirely
satisfactory, so there was no occasion,
to tako it back and ask for Mr. Harry
Skibllng. Myrtlo saw the young mau
not Infrequently, however, on her way to
tho notion department, or tho ribbon de
partment or to somo other of tho de
partments. Ho saw her. too, and never
failed to smile as sho passed and to look
wistfully nftor her. It seemed to him
ages beforo sho stopped.
"I don't really want to buy anything,"
sho said, "but I did want to look at that
gray broadcloth."
"It doesn't matter whether you want
to buy anything or not," said Mr. Skib
llng. "I'll show you nil tho goods I'vo
got and bo tickled to death. Say, don't
you want to como In to-morrow?
Thcro's a salo on and I may find another
bargain for you. Why don't you atop
once in awhile?"
"I am stopping, ain't I?" asked Myr
tle. "I wish you'd had that suiting I sold
you sent," said Mr. Skibllng, with
seeming Irrevolancc.
"Whyou earth?" asked Jfyrtlo, won
dcrlngly. "Becauso I'd know your name and
where you live if you had," said Mr.
Skibllng, with desperate boldness.
Myrtle picked up a corner of the gray
broadcloth and examined It intently.
Mr. Skibllng looked decidedly uncom
fortable. "I didn't mean to get t'x
gay," ho stammered.
Myrtle looked up with a smile. "IV
Just as soon tell you ns not," sho said.
It was perhaps three months later that
Myrtle entered tho store and walked to
thedress goods counter without the least
hesitation. Mr. Skibllng was waiting
on another customer, but though tho
other clerk wns disengaged he made no
offer to wait on her. Nor did tho floor
walker attompt to reprove him for his
inattention to business, but passed on
with a glance and an indulgent smile
"Hello, Myrtle," said Mr. Skibllng,
presently. "I've got another bargain
for ynu to-day."
He stooped and
brought from L-t"
ncath the counter
a roll of soft, shim
mering stuff nnd
spread It out be
foro her.
"Oo-oo-oo!" ex
claimed thn girl
her eyes bis with
admiration." Aiu't
that 1 u v o 1 y ,
though?"
'II o v many
yards?" smiled
fo you moan Oh,
MYRTLE.
Skibllng.
Mr.
no; I'm going to at end to that myself,
Mr. Skibllng."
"Harry. pIchso." said Mr Skibling.
firmly, tapping th atiiff with his scis
sors. "How many yards? This u
something I've been keeping for you
spoclul I'm doing this, too."
"Hnrry," salJ Myrtle. "Are you dead
sure thnt it win hu ttbnrgaiu nt thnf"
Chicago Dally News.
Common Color-Blindneca.
The most common form of colorblind
ness is an Inability to distinguish rec-
Last year ol orarers and would-be of--etirs
of the British mercantile mariisn
failed on their color test. 2.1 being ret
blind, and the lemalndtr uuablo to tie
tingoisji en-eii Tlie4.fiiiPianclidatt.st.,r
certificates wero nlsio submitted to tun
form-vUIon tests, and 22 of them foiled
to distinguish the form of the object sub
mitted.
Just to Show the J'nps.
Ono of tho large typewriter factoiun
bus just produced its tirst machines w'tli
a Japaneto keyboard, In filling nn or r
from the Jupanese Kaverument. it m
pretty safe to predict that the writing
macnincs lor mat country will soon bo
made at homo. If thoy are not now pro
duced thoro. The Japnncso aro prepar
ing to enlist In all phases of the modern
ini'iistrlnl race.
Economy.
"You told him to diet himself." said
the oung doctor's wife.
"Yes," replied the young doctor. "1
told him to eat only lb very plntne.ii
rood ami vory llttlo or that."
"Do you think that will help him?"
'It will hrlp him to nay my bi'l,"-.'
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