Chariton courier., August 30, 1895, Image 4

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THE WiUm COMER.
C. P. (YAKDI VZK. Sd. and Prop.
KEYTESVILLE, - MISSOURI.
Last Tuesday was the hottest day
of the month, in Kansas City and
St. Louis.
Gov. Stone has appointed Wm. O
Gray to be probate judge, of Pike
county, vice J. C. Reeds, deceased.
Tbe Kn:ghts Trmplar had a gala
day, in Boston, last Tuesday, when
there were 25,000 people in line in
their parade. It was said to be the
biggest day that boston e?er saw.
The post-office and general mer
chandise store of E. E. Phillips, at
Rush, Buchanan county, was robbed
last Monday night of money.stampe
and papers to the amount of sereral
hundred dollars.
A lion of 250 men did a wholesale
haoging job. at Yreka, California,
last Monday. There were four men
In jail, who were accused of commit
ins: three different murders, all of
whom were taken out and hung.
Quite a cumber of murders bad bet n
committed in that vicinity of late,
and the people nad become tired ol
the lair's delays.
The war, in Cuba, goes on with
varying success, if the dispatches tll
the truth. A few days ago Capt.
GarriJo, a Spaniard operating with
200 men in the province of Santiago
de Cuba, is reported to have cap
tured a hospital, in which 100
wounded insurgents Lad taken refugp,
ail of whom were put to tJeath in
a most cruel manner. The privilege
ofbeiagsbot was denied them and
they were literally cut to pieces.
Mexico has taken an advanced
step in civilization in the enactment
of a law looking to tbe suppression
of rfuelibcr. A recent decision of a
juJee of one of tbe Mexican courts
sentenced tbe surviving duelist to
pay a fln of $1,800, the expenses
arising from tbe death of bis victim
amounttrg to $868, and an annuity
to bis family of $4,500 for 18 years,
and If the annuity is not paid he is to
remain in prison, to which, in addi
tion to tin fines, be we s sent for three
years and four mouths.
Tbe Post-Dispatch has discovered
the headquarters of tbe "Sound
Money' Democratic club, of St.
Louis, to be in tbe office of Gen. Jno.
W.Noble, Mr. llarrison's secretary
of tbe interior, and one of the
strongest Republicans in Missouri
Tbe location is significant of tbe
work attempted to be done a disso
lution ol tbe Democratic party or
the f ducation of every Democrat in
to the gold standard idea of the
plutocrats. This club has a big job
on its hands, but possibly with sucb
assistance as Uen.Noble will freely ren
der, it may succeed. This is a world
of cLange.
Cait. Simox LIoESLEYwhos de
cease recently occurred, at Little
Rock, claimed to know how tbe no
ted confederate, Quantrell, met his
death, which has been a mooted
question since our late unplesant
ness. Capt Horsley says he was
sent by Gen. Forrest on a recruiting
expedition into Kentucky in the
prog of 18G5, and while there
Quantrell was returning from a raid
and stopped in tbe vicinity of Hard
stew and began depredations,
llorsley, at tbe request of citizens,
called npon Quantrell and asked bim
to dreier, which he refused to do.
Quantrell became desperate, lie
made another raid and in an engage-mt-Lt
with Kentucky troops be was
kiJJ-J.
The last legislature, of Illinois,
pssr-ed a law requiring tbe raising on
each school-house of an American
flag, tbe symbol of tbs government.
Tjere inconsiderable opposition to
this law. Two hundred school of
ficers met, in Mcfan county, and
resolved that such a law was "un
American and despotic" and deter
mined to resist the law in court. We
love to ee people, including law
maker, patriotic, but the enacting
of tbi port of a law savors more of
fanaticism than patriotism. Never
theless we are glad that the oppo
sition to it is manifested in Loyal. I II.
riitJ.er thuo elsewhtre, for tbe iv.
oj that an Ulinoisan. who has prov
ed his devotion to the old flag on
many battlefields, will not bs accus
ed of disloyalty because of bis oppo
sition to this silly requirement made
by a fanatical body of law-makers
THE DIFFERENCE.
Gen. Hardin, the Democratic nom
inee for governor of Kentucky, in
terprets the financial plank in the
national Democratic platform to
mean bimetallism, and the late
Democratic convention which nomi
nated him for governor, having re
affirmed the national platform, Gen
eral llard in thinks he can stand
with both feet npon the Kentucky
platform and still De a bimetallism
lie is talking bimetallism in his
speeches and for that reason the
gold basis Democrats, of Kentucky,
are trying to organize a bolt against
him.
The best way to determine the
meaning of a law is to know the in
tention of the law-makers. Tbe
same rule holds good on platforms.
Charles 11. Jones, the present editor
of tbe St. Louis Post Dispatch, was
chairman of tbe committee on reso
lutions at the national Democratic
convention in 1892, and was also
chairman of the sub-committee that
framed the platform, subsequently
ratified by the general committee
and by the convention, hence he was
in a position to know something
about tbe intentions of tbe commit
tee that framed the resolutions. Mr.
Jones says the money or coinage
rlank was debated seven hours before
an agreement was reached on its form
as adopted. Messrs. Patterson, of
Colorado, and Daniel, of Virginia,
members of the sub-committef,voted
to tbe end against it because, as
they said, it was susceptible of being
interpreted as hostile to bimetallism
and the equal rights of silver as a
money metal. Senators Vilas and
McPherson who werejtbe advocates of
the money plank as it stands, denied
this and declared over and over
again that it meant genuine bimet
allism and was In accord with pre
vious Democratic declarations on
this subject.
General Hardin's interpretation
of the plank Is the one avowedly
held at the time by its framers. The
claim that it meant gold monomet
allism was never heard till Mr. Clevi
land gave it that interpretation, and
which his aids began to promulgate
about six months ago.
And yet they call this Democracy,
crack their whips and bid tbe rank
and file to fall into line, which they
will most likely never do.
It looks as though the single gold
standard people will never cease
their slanderous talk concerning
silver money. Their latest is to tbe
effort that the government cannot
get rid of the silver that is stacked
op in her vault, that "when the
treasurer pays It out it soon re
turns." If tbls were true we do not
think it would be discreditable to
silver money, such a condition shews
it has good staying qualities. In
this particular it is not like gold
that slinks away and hides when
there is a prospect for a money panic.
They say there are $50,000,000 of
silver money that lie idle in the
vaults of tbe treasury tnat cannot
be gotten rid of. Yes, there is mors
than that, but there need not t
have been, liad treasury olticia's
liquidated the obligations of tbe
government, which were contracted
to be paid in con.t here would not now
have bten such a large surplus of
silver money in tbe treasury. It all
could have been used in paying
debts, not only so, we could have
used the seigniorage that lies in tbe
treasury In tbe form of silver bullion
in the same way.
Samuel Hennessey and Miss
Blanche Page, of Carondelet, were
to have been married last Wed
nesday, but the wedding has U- n
postponed indefinitely on account of
tbe ugly capers of a Jersey cow. On
Sunday evening la9t, the lovers were
taking a stroll through a pasture
where a dairyman kept bis Jersey
cows, one of which attacked tbe
young man, knocking him down and
tearing a bole in his side two inches
long and three deep. The young
lady screamed and ran for her life,
and got help in time to save the life
of her beloved
Last Friday night, at Springfield,
11 y , Uarrisoo Lewis went to tbe
boute of Joe Brooke, col., called him
to tbe door and shot him down
without a moment's warning. Lewis
was arrested and putiojsiL Shortly
after 2 o'clock Monday morning, a
mob, supposed to be compood of
colored peopl-, went to lb jiil m.d
demanded the keys. The sheriff being
a ay Irom home and having tbe
keys with him, tbe mob proceeded to
batter the door down, took the mur
derer from bis cell and bung him In
the rourt-house yard.
Fifty rears ago Moses U.
Payne, a Methodist preacher,
and Doctor Wm. Jewell, a Bap
tist layman, built a union
church, in Columbia, that serv
ed as a house of worship for
both denominations for a num
of years, or at least till their
respective churches became
able to build a house of their
own. There are a few persons
still living in Columbia who
were there in the days of these
two noble men, who have prov
en themselves benefactors o
theirrace. uoctor Jewell was
called to his reward long ago
but before he entered his heaven
ly inheritance, he remembered
the church he so dearly loved
and built and endowed the Bap
tist college, at Liberty, tha
bears his name in honor of his
memory. Hundreds of minis-
ters have been educated, free o
tuition at William Jewell col
lege, and have gone out to en
ligiiten tne worm, ine gener
ous donor died, but his works
live after him, and shall live til
time shall be no more. In eter
nity they stand as memorials to
liis lideiity. raitnluiness ana
love to God and man. Rev.
Moses U. Payne lived to a good
old age, having recently died, at
his Iowa home in his 89 th year.
He contributed largely of his
means to the support of educa
tional and charitable institu
tions, principal among which are
Howard-Payne and Central col
leges, at Fayette. His pious,
devoted, Christian life was as
the burning of sweet incense to
an wim wnom ne came in con
tact.
Our Populist friend's don't
like to be called calamity howl
ers. "Well, it does sound a lit
tie wolfish to apply that sort
of an appellation to them, and
so far as wo are concerned we
would call them by a more
lamb like name, but cannot call
to mind just the word found in
our vocabulary that would be
more appropriate. Mr. Ashby,
in his speech at the picnic last
week, alluded to the mortgage
system as prevailing in this
country being similar to that
which prevailed anion? the
Jews iu Xehemiah's time, and
which was ultimately the cause
of their downfall as a nation.
The cry of the Populists against
our mortgages,presaging untold
evil to this country, is not worse
nor less opportune than was
the wail of Xehemiah over the
sins of the rulers of Israel. We
do not think, however, the cas
es are parallel, for the reason
that the rulers of Israel became
such by divine appointment.
Their subjects were helpless in
the hands of the rulers, except
a9 the latter were restrained by
righteous principles. Our case
is different. In our govern
ment the people are the rulers.
They govern by the ballot.
The officials are their servants.
If the officials go wrong it is
the province of the people to
oust them and put others in
their stead. If they neglect to
do this they partake of the
guilt of their officials and be
come the responsible parties.
And our Xehemiah, whoever
he may be, should not pro
nounce anathemas upon the
rulers alone, but also upon the
people the voters who have
become partakers with their
rulers in wrong doing.
Deputy U. S. marshals had a
bout with the Christian gang
of outlaws, in Oklahoma, last
Friday. One of the marshals
was badly wounded, also one
of the Christians, who mounted
a horse behind his brother and
made his escape.
Some of our exchanges of the
Democratic persuasion think it
is about time that Democratic
politics, in Missouri, was divorc
ed from the race track, at St.
Louis. It seems whenever there
is a committee meeting, in St.
Louis, the other members of the
committee have to go to the
race track to find the chairman
of the committee, whether they
go on Sunday or on a week
day. The late member, Sher
wood, had to go out to thejock
ey club house, even on Sunday,
to find Mr. Maffit, and since
Sherwoood's death it is hinted
that the fatal fall which befell
him as he and Maffit were com
ing down the steps together,
was caused by his tarrying too
long at the wine cup. Not only
so, but it has been said that
the close alliance of Democracy
with whiskey interests, in St.
Louis, causes a large number
of St. Louis Democratic voters
to stay away from the polls on
election day. As a reason
these same voters point you to
the personnel of the members
of the city committee, the
place of political meetings be
ing in saloons, held there more
for the purpose of patronage
than for Democracy. AVe do
not pretend to say these charg
es are true, but they ought not
to be tme.
Marshals Noll and Quayle
h
f
l:
and wlien the ii us band qnestion
ed him about it, he replied:
"What's that to you?" Then
the knocking and cowhiding
episode began and continued
till the young fellow got loose
and went howling from the car.
Exchange for Chariton County
Farm Lands.
A clean stock of drugs and grocer
ies, doing a good business, located
in Rothville, Missouri.
Also three very desirably located
pieces ox residence property, in
Marceline, Missouri, all at a bargain.
For particulars, addrees,
J. U. Pfisteb,
Kothville, Missouri.
Ax attempt was made, in Paris,
France, last Friday on the life of
Baron Alpbonse D. Rothschild, by
some supposed Anarchist. A large
and heavy envelope was sent to the
bank to Rothschild's addrees, which
his confidential clerk proceeded to
W f t A t
open, in removing iue ouisiae wrap
per, a terrible explosion occurred,
tearing out the right eye of the
clerk and otherwise injuring him.
Mrs. Wm Redding, of near Maude-
vill, Carroll county, retnrned to
Ut-r home last Sunday altera visit
of several days to her mother, Mrs.
B. F. Wood, east of town.
Mrs. A. C. Yandiver spent Tues
day in Clifton Hill, tbe guest of Mrs.
Polk Catterton.
The Ohio Democratic Convention.
In the Ohio Democratic conven
tion, held last week to nominate a
state ticket, the silver wing of the
Democratic party got another black
eye.
The convention passed resolutions
endorsing and congratulating Mr.
Cleveland for his efforts iu favor of
the repeal of vicious laws paesed by
Republicans, and tbe upholding of
the credit of the country, also en
dorsing Senator Brice for his earn
est and effective support of Mr.
Cleveland. Tbe convention re-affirmed
the money plank in the na
tional platform of 1892. The ex
Democratic governor, Hon. James
E. Campbell, was nominated lor
governor by acclamation, lie is
what they call a "sound money" (?)
man, and we suppose the other can
didates are about the same way of
thinking.
The convention, as usual, reso
lutsd against the Republicans for
their misdeeds In the past.
Mr. Cleveland in his Chicago letter
declared "the currency question to
be the chief issue of the day." The
correspondent of the St. Louis Re
public, who "wrote up" the conven
tion eays "there is eo little difference
between th Republicans and Dem
ocratic platforms on silver that the
currency question is now generally
believed to be disposed of in Ohio."
It eeems to us if the currency ques
tion is the "chief issue," and. the
Democrats and Republicans are eo
nearly agreed, there is no necessity
or consistency in passing resolutions
condemning tbe Republican party.
The truth of the business is, it is
true, that the gold standard element
of the Democratic party and the
gold standard element of the Repub
lican party are not only nearljrto-
jEClner but tnev are omte tocetber.
d they are backed by the money
wer, which is to-day spending a
rge amount of money in educating
the people up to their gold stand
ideas. The alliance, offensive
11 defensive, that existed between
nathan and David was not
anger than tbe alliance that
ms to exist to-day between these
p prulet6edly opposing political
tions. There is now and then a
jkly effort or talk to make the tar-
huestion the chief issue for 1806,
jt having been beaten on that the
publicans are too smart to revive
Vt issue. Tbey will try something
; that wiil call to their aid the
ney power of the country. In
mr campaigns tne iiepubucuns
ire assisted Dy monopolies ana
lists, out of which the "fat was
?d," to an extent that alarmed
mocrats, by such astute politi
cs as Steve Elkins and others,
it as Mr. Cleveland has proven
ch a staunch friend to money eyn
satee, whose private bids tor gov-
p merit bonds he has accepted, be
ta market price, without giving the
her fellows' a chance, and thus
oved himself true and tried to the
ancial interests of the money
nrks, the probability is that they
El hold to Mr. Cleveland for even a
Ird term if he wants it, rather
an risk an untried man. And for
is reason, it would not surprise us
if the "cold standard" element o
the Democratic party should nomi
n ate Mr. Cleveland for a third term
in 1896. If so, his nomination wil
make a comparative test of the in
finance of the money power as mani
fee ted in 1896 and 1876.
At the last named period there
was a desperate effort made to nom
inate Gen. Grant for a third term,
but that effort was unsuccessful, for
the reason that the feel
ing was eo strong against the
third term idea , that pol
iticians would not risk the nomina
tion of Gen. Grant with all his pres
tige aud popularity. They will not
run that riik with Mr. Cleveland for
a third term unless satisfied that ht
is a winning card, made such by bis
"financial policy and that alone.
Mrs. John Gbimsley, who had been
an inmate of the lunatic asvlum, at
Nevada, was supposed to be cured,
and was returned to ber home, near
Nevada. Last Saturday morning
she set fire to her house and went
away, leaving her husband and five
Ifttle children asleep in the house.
The husband was awakened after
the roof began falling in and suc
ceeded in rescuing the children from
the flames. The latge barn of a wid
ow lady of tbe same neighborhood
was burned that morning, and it is
supposed Mrs. Grimsley started that
fire, too. She denies it, but acknow
ledges burning ber own house, her
object being to burn her husband and
children. She was found in the barn
of anotberneighbor with a box of
matches. She was returned to the
asylum last Monday. j
Weeky Weather-Crop Bulletin.
August 27, 1895
The weather-crop Bulletin issued
by the Missouri weather service for
the week ending August 24th, eayr
Across the central portion of the
state the mean temperature of the
past week was slightly below the
normal, but in the northern and
southern sections it was about the
seasonable average.
The precipitation was decidedly in
eccess of the normal over the north
ern and portions of the southwest
sections, but in the eouthern coun
ties the rainfall was generally very
light. The average precipitation
for each section was as follows:
Northwest, 2.60 inches; northeast,
2.51 inches; central, .68 iuch, south
east, .65 inch, and southwest, 1.14
inches. At a number of stations in
the west-central and northern eec
tions the total rainfall for the week
exceeded 4 inches.
The rains in the western and
northern counties have been of
great benefit to late corn and also
to pastures, and many correspon
dents report that the entire corn
crop is now assured, but in a num
ber of the central and most of the
eouthern counties they were too
light to be of any material help, and
late corn has been injured by drouth
in some localities. The conditions
have been favorable for showers
during the past two days, however,
and quite heavy rains fell in some of
the central counties on the night of
the 25th.
Erly corn is ripening rapidly and
cutting has commenced in a number
of counties.
In many of the southern counties
plowing for fall seeding is still de
layed on account of the dry weather,
but in those sections where rain has
fallen it has progressed favorably.
Cotton and tobacco are generally
doing well and sorghum is beginning
to ripen.
Railroad and Telegraph Taxes.
The following an the amounts of
railroad and telegraph company
taxes that are paid into our county
treasury by these corporations that
are doing business in this county.
It will be observed that quite a
source of revenue is derived in this
way for state, county and township
purposes, and yet some people will
continue to "cuss" railroads and
other corporations:
Wabash Ry, main line... $6,075.72
Wabash R'y, Brunswick
& Chillicothe branch... 2,624.33
Wabash R'y, Glasgow
branch 860.49
C. B, & K. C. R'y 336.33
Chicago, Santa Fe& Cal,
R'y 4,505.84
Western Union Tele
graph Co 257.44
Total $14,660.20
We learn from the Press-Spectator
of tbe vandalism of some thieving
boys who broke into tha watermelon
patch cf Will Racker, near Salis"
bury, and after smashing all the
wateimelons in eight, tore up the
vines and piled them up over a half
acre of ground. Mr. Rucker took
close notice and measurements of
the tracks and thinks be will furnish
some work for the grand jury at tbe
coming October term of circuit
court. At th same time one of bis
best blind bridles was taken from
the barn. We hope Mr. Rucker may
be able to obtain sufficient evidence
to convict tbe perpetrators of the
outraffe, and that the fullest punish
ment prescribed by law may be
meted out to tbem.
LOST.
A breech-loading shot-gun, No. 12
bore, on the road between Keytes
ville and the Red bridge on Thursday
1 "is
morning, Aug. 29m. rinaer win
please leave same at the Courier of
fice and get suitable reward,
L. V. PlGGOTT,
Boomer, Mo.
Samuel Gauss, col., got up a
row at tne restaurant 01 Marshal
Baker, col., in Reytesville last Sun
day, was arrested by Marshal Em-
bree and placed in the cooler till
Monday, when he was taken before
his honor, Mayor Gilliam, pleaded
guilty to disturbing the peace nd
was fined $2 and costs.
Miss Nina Rucker is in St. Louis,
where she will spend the next three
weeks 'trimming in a Jarge millinery
establishment and posting herself on
the latest s-.. li headgear. Miss
Nina is in the employ of Misses Ruck
er & Hodges, one of Keytesville's
popular millinery firms.