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GHAR1T-QN GQUR1&R. p. VAMDIVK&.BA.aad Prop. cess m HEYTESVTLLE, - MISSOURI. to a half dozen, that isw I ties the convention. Mr. Hu ;J:,.. diims he should be sent back to irom mcui- ' .. t Vi- h. I 1 once, ana cnanzcu I last Saturday as icr anaouncement- The representatives from the difl : .. (rnm onl ent counties ran m uuwuvi 'DOB"ASD "ALT' TAYLOR, Chariton county had two distingush-1 i cd citizens within her borders last Fri day afternoon in the jersons of ex- Washington . sent mere -t haltaozen, uiaiisut..wv .Kmonev nution" had a representation at all. Dunk- " " - ,t it Gov. RobL 1. and ex-Congressman Alfred A. 1 aylor, of I ennessee. These worthy notables arrived at . . . ... ; C.mm I IH IUU lVWM '' lin county, m boutneasi -misoui.. .ut- 7,W doesn't know and these wereliw that showed up ' . ,..ir the Tribune. JUUIIC ""i v ... i r .v- all from the i4tn congressional Lsccured feme by his conduct of the are to counties in Call for County Convention. Notice is hereby given that a county Democratic convention will be held at ,. . w ur,)i v Atril 8th. 7S?Z ihc Vc of lectin, on,v Manon and Sn. furnished re, j.. .tk c-tf convention I resemauvc. seven acicgic w - . ti'tiAuliv. Airil 15th 3StSSd5 - -ren,ed..y .Ion. W. O. I. jc.u. tTon at "Chicago on July editor of .he She. ,.na DM Many of thc IK.,Cgalcs wcrc wt Brunswick on the fast west-bound pas I senger train alout 3 o'clock . m. on . . . I that day, en route from Mexico to tnal. and his sen- " . f ., the first district, but layior u . Chillicothe. OI ines: niutviv.. - o tence lows. On reaching Brunswick e bv Because of his faithfulness t0 they were at once taken in charge by Becaus-01 Merchant, whose nauve tV. rKwV and the law on uu ova--i - the peoe anu mc . heath is also Tennessee, Judge L. H. s on he thinks he ought to go to con- ' over the citv in carriages. At ltr,.n";Vs nv and elenant - . I r .t nf tVifxy Democratic I ... . . . . . . filial i 1 1. . .i........n4-.i . . . . i . 1 1 nir n n i ir i .1 i ..-..-.. ,rrt ann some ui nn.ni i - .... i nuuwt iuuuuin u - , .. . J V. ..nitH in tn I I icvc. .oLWU,, .ho at evory on of thc genera! assemUy -ork '. IM .fl, in ,;v,t ,n. m-iin and somctimw a50 ..... ... n tut iimii with something stronger, to defeat the 1. r .1 .u .n.rimnt of I again. win 01 mc ivoi'ic c wholesome bws restraining the grce J of soulless corporations. Chariton coun ty was represented by three gcntle:mn f om Salisbury. Hon. . b. btocw- well, C C IlammndandS. F. Tram I battle from start to finish." Wrong Hall may view the battle, tf 1 . .L- I- .11 Urn, will t cre is one. out inai - never be in the fight. The Democrats of each township, in Chariton countv. arc urgently request ed to turn out to their township moss meeangs on Saturday. April 4th, hich -win not only select delegates to thc county convention on the following Wednesday, but will also elect a new township committeeman lor the ensu ing two years. Tne basis of representation of thc Tarious townships was fixed by tie county iHrmocratic central committee on Friday, Feb. 7th. at one delegate f,Mm to votes or fraction of if J J . votes or over cast ior ,.0 . - in Ltalltef in Keytesvilie, on Saturday. a .,art). of CharhCn county gentle ,892. nm wi, pc J- Mo. ancl wilh a Jan. IIlh. men in a trip to Chillicothe to hear the XOWn'l'l'" ' i-llVJ vr ... J - . . -ren ion as follows: tragic war scene, or a glowing tribute tive lecture by F. H. Richards, esq., of" paid to some loved one or departed St. Louis, an official of the grand nero lodge of Missouri. "Air Taylor lectured on -Yankee The Salisbury brethren, assisted by Doodle," and proved himself to be an their better halves and lovely daughters, orator of great ability and rare elo- showed to good advantage on this oc quence. casion. The neighboring lodges at His language was grand, and he Glasgow, Clifton Hill, Armstrong and cot a great deal out of his theme Keytesville were invited, from all oV holding his audience spell-bound for which there were visitors present to as almoit an hour. sist in the enjoyment of the good "Hob'1 Taylor is not as much of a things furnished especially for the oc- word painter as his brother, but in his casion. lecture on -Dixie" he got closer to the The table extended nearly the en audience, and so far as we were able tire length of the hall and would prol to judge his lecture was the catchiest ably seat 100 persons. The menu of the two, though not so eloquent as was extensive and prepared in thc- Mfs." The lecture on - Dixie" was most approved style ot the culinary 1 . t-i 1 1 .1 of the finest I art 1 c laulcs bingie ajiu marricu. ever heard l043 icss inemf wore tneir most oe I tj -V inir cmilpc 'PKrf 1itf1 4Vllrc lirvc; which was sung in soul-stirring melody o j by "Hob" Taylor and three young and enJed the occasion as only ' . ... vounsr innocents can enioy the jiood men whom tne lecturers carry um- . - - - them. 'l"hese two brothers not only highly entertain their audiences wherever A Multifarious Horse Thief. It will le remembered by the read- mel. all of whom, we arc reliably in- ers of thcCouRifJc that a man giving .... 1 5nttr;tpriffl lv some i 1 .U , K;i.U..r with liri'ht I 1 ' , f,i quartette vocal music we anu ueaiiiiiig uicsi iu-vt v. imjKJsing temple of learning and were introduced to tlie eminent statesmen from the land of Dixie, who seem ed delighted to meet the children. Hoth of thc illustrious visitors made . . , u irt tne cnuuren an aiiiroiruiif n, 1 . . . , lvercd m their hairiest vein, and , . . , . formed, went to St. Iuis on passes. Concerning thc icrsonncl of the his name as "Miller" and representing i himself to be a horse and mule buyer. which, of course, charmed the children and their teachers very much. It was "ye editor's" good fortune to reach Hrunswick about 4 o'clock in of the best posted iol- hired a buggy at Thrash Hros.' livery c aftCrnoon for the puriose of join- noble work in allaying old war prej- idles and blotting out sectorial strife, and arc contributing a great deal to ward bringing about warm friendships between the boys in blue and the boys in gray. We bid them God's speed. No. Vote. No. DrlcW. Bee Branch. . . . Bowling Green . Brunswick. . 137 . 97 number of state officials and depart- lfc hiti hctl a horse he had ridden two notCtl Tcnnesscans lecture on ment clerks went very carefully over to Thrash Hros.' stable to the buggy Yankee Doodle' and "Dixie. ih Vrim U Toll of honor. The sum and started out, as was supposed, on s wc of our analysis of thc list was that his horse and mule buying mission Lhe tra;n at Hrunswitk, fcr the purj)Ose ... - tr., nnmlr of I hut when he failed to return Satur-I f . for chillicothe, we Branswndc " iwnue u i"uw - 0v . 0 Chariton 9 names of gentlemen of respectability clay n.gnt rai . nr.. found Africa s ITide Hrass isand ICv .43 3 h their respective communities, such aroused, and an investigation followed 1 m discour$ing son e of dark Cockrcll Cunningham. Keytesville. . . . ..121 . 125- 536- Mndon 122. "Missouri Muvlc Fork. . . Salisbury Salt Creek nplett Way land Yellow Creek. . Total. .. 77 ..173 ..733 74 ..196 ..179 ..170 .. 2 .. 3 ..it .. 2 .. a .. 3 ..16 .. 1 .. 4 .. 4 . . 3 out in their as bankers railroad lawyers, etc., yet resulting in mc uu..j Lcstmusic, among wimn was "w.. not one of them represents thc vote of was a horse thief, and that the horse , )oodlc anJ ..Dixie ' peculiarly ai- .... . . .1 anvbodv but himself and all of them he rode to Kcytcsvuie naa uccn a.. proi)rialc sclcction w -mm .'v i :iriii. ii ill n a mm uw . , ....v. . , - congressman a.u. ...0 . r.,n -tfH R w n fi-m. tlie deiKjt ulatfonn, waiting for the ...... I together couldn't carry cne election from precinct in the state. This estimate is not very compli mentary to the members of thc con ference, but no doubt it is true, if the question of the financial iolicy of the geitlcn.tn were Uk.n into account in ti extermination of their The Baptist Meeting. A protracted meeting .was 1 egun at -UUU.C ,he ist churtht in Keyteeville. stepped off the platform of Rey c. F. D- Arnold the, pastor, having missed the connecticn of the train in coming from his home, in Iithrop, did not arrive here until 10 o'clock p. m. Monday. A large congregation having assembled 1 n li-ir Viim nrra'-h. and in order that . , 1 I v K ' ections as ex-Gov. and ex-1 ; , Neal to things of life. The brethren looked as. though they were proud of their little ones, their wives and daughters, in short, everybody vied with everybody else to make things agreeable. The table that would have groaned under its burden of all that was nice, had it not been an inanimate object, was filled several times. The eaters,. while they came not from "the byways and hedges,' were nevertheless blessed with good appetites, and did full justice to the long list of eatables. The sten torian voice of Jim Dameron was heard at short intervals inviting all the hungry to be fed, so that none were overlooked or had cause to go away hungry. After supper the audience was in vited to the City hall where Brother A. W. Johnson in a few well chosen re marks introduced the speaker of the evening. TimtVior 1? i-Vi c ic vnnnff man- I mi .l . ...1 1 .u v r.iA with nr- ! J Subsefiucntly Thrash Bros, recov- north.l,OUnd train, surrounded by sev-1 lc r about 35 years old. He makes no- ble talker, and makes his points so inLlU(.UC 31111'""" "o" voting Anest Jons KMArrr.sr.r.Rc;F.-, Secretarv. 69 J. J. MOOKK, Chairman crcd U,cir Uutt atCarroton where crll Imiri.r5, nc ofv-hem .el, UtBVJach Miller nr.u leu iu My i,y way 01 wjhjiuuuu found their horse at Richmond, Mo.. uivcSf Hcfc bdics. but were tomioscd JnS ,nstru . . K ... .1 ,u. ilarire aid and where .i:icr was ji.uitv, "-i0ftlie male persuasion auugeun-i he succeeded in making his escape Qnr conspicuous present e bein ... . 1 from his guards while awaiting tne ar- . . . Merthant, we were c up antl introduced to the objects of our outing, and found tlum to be very On the Thursday before AfittcT ajKrccai,ie. pleasant gentlemen, plain but excellent convcr- Afo. .xua on ..rations of rival of a bondsman from Lexington, finan e. . !r.t:. ,,Hr nr. m, o: h'hircd" ITirash Bros.buggy. he wa, aml unassumin vfa v . I: nn.l li Ptter box a tegrity. out wey " . 7 - -irw' nrv. o ailed night to large aid attentive congregations. Rev. A. F. Baker, of Odessa, came yesterday to assist in the meeting which will be continued indefinitely. All are ho.iir.g and pray'ng for a good meeting. The "grip" is still holding its intellicence and w int - rv ' r ... t a fr rnr on offire in pair 01 pon.es iu. , - - as wcU. mil If I III 1L All K-i J wawa w w-- - 1 . . 1 - i;mnrv trial bcforH " ; A.n. one of these was here last rnoay, auu amu jv." j luaanton coumy, uu. ...... ititrn: on some of our church-goers, sationalists and accomplished listeners . h be ab,e tQ be 1 Sittonand CoUier at Fultor . . and make succeeded in obtaining suffiaent n o . vm isnip in wnw.11 uk.j t . rcc0vcry of his 7u5tices u c;Kiri1 ?!rre was held 11 a bond of $2,500 on a charge of as sailing Jack Muir on Feb. 26th. Muir's condition remains critical. Ar.RAis elevator, in Minneapolis containing 750.000 bushels of No. J -wheat, burned last Monday. Afte. the buiMing took fire the spouts wen opened and about 40 per cent, of thc grain ran out on the gjound and wa5 saved. The loss will amount to $500. ooo, fully covered by insurance. Kansas City insurance company is : sufferer to the amount of $I75'000 the financial issue the basis of their strength. And we have good reason io b.lieve the same can be said of a large majority, if not of every delegate to the Fr-incis-Mafnt cor.f.rence. Amorg thi speakers present was Rlcy Hall, the dis:i igu's'icd (?) repre sentative fr m t ns congressional dis trict. We s ipto?c from the tenor of his remarks he will soon le in the sad die again among his constituents to make whit he ca l "the fight of his life." Well, we will see how he comes out. The time wai when we thought a represcntaiive who wouU neglect his Hon. John M. Glovkr. ex-cor-pressman of St. Louis, was awarded $ 50.000 in jungc - hJs fcnces for race, wa5 un. Monday, as damages against the 1 he m Tneiirinrr romiUnT. OI AniaHw 1 ' mation to lead to the recovery lony Jillcr sold to Fox. Mr. Fox in thc mean time had traded ofTboth thc ponies he got from filler. The one belonging to the man who was here last Friday was a bay mare, and he succeeded in tracing her to a point near Wcnttvillc, Mo. and regained possession of her. It seems that helostthe buggy. team of ponies, harness, etc, from his premises aliout 18 miles west of Kan sas City, and one of these ponies thc thief (.1ulcr) traded oft to a man near Hardin. Ray countp, where the right ful owner recovered it The bugy was found at Blue Springs, Jb., and er:?r List. duties at Washingtcn during the sit- Wm. at arother nlace in fact. . I t ting of congress and go home to menu Qf oulfil was found CXCept one Robert 1 Taylor is a Democrat and Alfred A. is a Republican. In 1886 they made one of thc most celebrated campaigns against each other that was Tennessee, or in this whole country, for the governorship of 1 nee Jar. Cth, 1896 that state, but Robert I-held the cuter and knocked "Air out. Thc following vear the latter gen tleman was nominated for c ongress in his district, to which high office he was elected for three successive terms, and then voluntarily retired. Kobt. I has also partaken of con gressional pie. he having been nomi nated for congress by the Democ rats in his district. He had a Kepui.ncan majority of 5.000 to overcome, but found that easy to do, and he was clear that he is easily understood. He? spoke of the order as being fraternal in its character, rather than a laborror insur: nee organization. He made the broad assertion, which he proved to the s itistscdon of his hearers, that, next to the church, it had done most . good as a philanthropic institution. Its growth since its organization at Mead- ville, Pa., by John Upchruch in 1868. had been phenomenal, having a. membership in the United States and Canada of 356,000. The first lodge- The following is a list of unclaimed was organized in Missouri in 1875, litters in the Keytesville Mo., post-of-: amj TC are now 24,600 members in this state. Since its existence in the- out soon. Lewis Drew, H. G. Hall, Joseph H. Jackson, James JcCoy, Charley Phillips, William Wiilson, Jake Williams. When calling for the above letters, please say "advertised." Jno. Chivi'RS, P. M. latest style face veilings at Mrs C P. Vandivcr's. United States there have been distri buted on beneficiary certificates to widows and orphans $65,000,000. In Missouri alone there has been a distribution of $6,000,000 on benefic iary certificates. Consequently there are no alms-houses for children of de ceased members of the A. O. U. W. Notwithstanding predictions made nearly 30 years ago by the emissaries of old line insurance companies thatj the A. O. U. W. organization woulrtj f6 timore. for printing his name in a list of alleged embezzlers and defaulters in a position of trmt. The libelous pub lication, for which Mr. Clover was awarded damages, accused him. a administrator, ot embezzling $S6.ooi belonging to the estate of Clover & Shapleigh, a law firm that did businev in St. Louis for many years, thc scnioi mml erof the firm being Hon. San. T. Clover, father to John M. worthy of the p but some of them arc such terrible nuisance now-a-days that it makes no difference to the inter .-sts of their con stituency where they are. especially in Hall's case, when his constituency is io terribly misrepresented. But our ammunition is too valuable 'o be wasted on such antmals as Hall. - - u. :. ..1i;-il!v n4 deau Hrtor. and isn't worth skinning SlrinSs' Kas' even for his hide blanket. ituMcr," whose rightful name is B. B. Ryan, of Kansas city. now ( . from his !lclL in jail at that place and has confessed tl,se obse to having stolen 20 auiereni nwu v horses in .l".ssouri and Kansas. The man, who was in Keytesville last Friday on the hunt of his stolen ponies, buggy and harness, is n.imed Oscar H. Yoost and lives at Bonner i...wi i.v- 1 i.lnr.tlitv of 7 so. and en tered the halls of that august national 25cts? Ask S. M. White, he will "put assembly with the carpet bagger's you on scalp, against whom he made thc race. fail in a few years at most, it is g . I r,r mtiiHIv nnrl is more nrosierous vt.r ran vou cet 2 mackerel icr f v -- --- . - t .scrvations in or der that our readers may readily call First recciv terday. to mind who "Bob" and ".MP Taylor Miss Stella Evans of near Snapp .... , - KvUiiln'r Kansas Citv friends this ui understand wny we u.ivi-w 1 e Tiir. executive committee of thc to rd of curators of the state uni versity met in Columbia last w.ck and among o.hcr things thc committee th annual charircs lV' . . . .1. .U1.; and rrechanical I w say uw. 00 T T.VOS MIXED. Thc Chillicothe Tribune's editorial oncerning the sentiment and con- did Sessional candidates among Demo- . I : ,u . vnml rlittnrt is amusing n thC I eruLa ii .v-v..-- To show how much The case of Wm. Bell against R. P. Clarkson, tried by jury in Judge H. C. Minter s court on Thursday of last week, resulted in a verdict for plain tiff, by which he was released as the ward of defendant. The defendant is an uncle to the plaintiff and had been his guardian since thc death of young ... . . 1 rn . . . arc, an a distance of 40 miles and back to hear them lecture. Thc Chariton county party that went to Chillicothe to hear the Taylors, con sisted of Messrs. J. A. Merchant, Judge I.. II . H firing. Ceo. Staubus and Dr. T. F. Martin, of Brunswick; J. N- Gaines, ofTriplctt; W. R. Million, cf Salisbury; 1- B. Kellogg, of .Sumner; and than ever before. In view of its pros-l perity and the hard times prevalent al over the country the initation fee wasv st invoice of new spring millinery reduced by the late grand lodge frorn ,-ed at Mrs. C P. Vandiver's yes- $10 to $3.50 leaving, every man with out excuse tor not providing ior rus dependent lamily. I A new feature of the order is oi recent oricinand is called "the degree of honor," designed especially for thf wives, daughters and sisters of thi Cnnt. Webster Nance went to town members. This, too, is fraternal in it last Monday. character, designed to bring lhe familit 1. little mrl is renort- ot the A. O. U. W. organization clos J S.l 1 mutv. O ed on the sick list this week. week. Hubbard Hash. together, and put them in fuller syr The Mount Carmel school closed pathy with its objects last week. All report a good time. itr Ww hmond. of near Darks IIIVVI V 'Vhf members of this decree unde - - o & 50 and over 16 years of age may pre cure beneficiary certificates if tho Wi 1 .... c'-.-rliT 11 M Anderson anu iv.'iiv.ii -' , , ..... -.. w.t.:. i...r !c r c t n.r n this neiirnnornouur - ' 1 -us." of Keytesv.ne. c in. u.c, 0 tQ do go rovided they starf M.-nlnt. Staubus. Martin t ns week. I , . . i 'i"11 -v. , , con. mill 1 aiitiroveu exannnauons. mcic ' . . . 1 r .. 'linii-11 MT " 1 UUaiUlitil Jmvv uiv uw.m. i ra I . ... PI I mil IIUS IllUiv-u ... - . college ot agruur.ure -m. . f which iwf, mother. Mrs. R. V. Glenn, four (James and .person at - . -li.At'.VA nnit'pr. 1 Lift t. " 1 - 1 , .1 1 . .i.i.it 1 imn un int. " r Til Ti70. 11 caiaiv uih'v-i .. ... . i l nnii niiiiv 11:1:1 .1 lh.ui .... r . arcs 11 j 11 . I. . i,n .m i nri.il in last r.v v-.r arro. hhiiwu j c. Salisbury in tne near iuture. j the nc wrue, ... r j o- tl.-nted fellow-statesmen liuunara. i - f . . ... " -' t . ... ronn old ,Q fat ho-S. which All tne items ncre menuoneo. w. Carpets! Csrpetsf a. "Bob and -au . a,or, ... ... , t n;fton imlhe ,,d cernhg the order were gathered frc m. .tnpTitr luivwii kii : it- iiLiiti vu wU-,inrWint line of camet ed our pari) ee. u..-., a.i.lress of Brother Richard I. 1 .1"! . r c..ki ot th i:.imes e mcniioneu uiu not u.c uiuiv n" itriiii vi aiiwi 1 . . s,y ha, .hK sou - " - I .Kk.s issuc. he ..JuJ,c W. W. ,)to,.riarions from Ae gcnl go.crn- r. of moil amountmi ion., - su)poscd that a man who nualiv, enougn, u swui . j- . ... I 1 f u samples, and can make you bottom and Mmn convinc ed us t ut tne M ia " ' ' Fraxicr win OPen her Some others ciually favorable mi w 1 1 .-..,....1 t tI! truthful ac- r. ..r- n nnvth nt n th. rartet line. InOrougnorevu . , 1 1 f t 111111 itir uuiuu " ii.u.v.j w. - 1 r --- 1 tl.v free tuivon to cvciy ogricuuurai tt,.r would L.. k,v.. i m.-ule to fit felbws. ' . 1 a., mum ui 1 v,mvA.i-v 1 w - 1 a nient. Wc have hearu n .u u. Kansas gives stu lent in her agTicul tureal college free tuition, and icrhaj s tliat is thc reson that she has four or five times as many students in agricul ture as Missouri has. THE GOLD'BUO COSFERESCE. Dave Francis' cal for a conference rr :i;Kovri Dcmocrrts ho arc e 1Kevl to tlx tree coinage oi M vcr at a r vo of 1 6 to 1. came off in Su Uui your room, and there is no waste. count know enougli to tell thc jcople where lhe candidates belong, but mistaking y )V1 need a carpet don't fail to ihe home of Judge Rucker is by no and see our samp.es. spru rrcans thc greatest blunder thc Tril:ine K.m-..l.v Itsavs: -Col. Miller, of Chi'ilicothe. claims the plum because he is a sound free silverite and has never been sent to Washington. Mayor i.ecpcr is banking on thc brilliant and ai.tA.-Wul tampa-xn he made lor may P:oru.'s Dkv Goons Co., Keytesville. Mo. . . .. - f A. .pi' I r-f.i r-t frirliwl ... 11:. 1 .u.. c,Vnol-honse tne ISI .-1011uay . .1 i . ai'-w If Their lectures were uunuu Z, fMl. .w the address, members and vl ... ,1 . u,... ... 1 rifiQ iieen a ei aun.wui . call bcrutiful new i.uei.a r 7 V" 1m , . tm nf tht lto who werc so disnoscd. aKain I Chillicothe. and covered a field n h .n er, tnis ue.ng ..c - ; lavish in clo nience place. 1 0 7. MllM'tl. XIIJI n.m iiivi v . ' 1 t : wit and humor. and touching in pathos. At tm their audienc e would be c onvulsed with lau"ht:r at the bri .t'mg wit ar.tl h'-.tr.or ?.Ir. D. IL KeHorr acromnaircd : i.,i,..i;n 'llvn ti.iv vouidbecai- her son-in-law. J. W. Lewis, M.i . . flowcrv tl.-ots o: elo.r'J.-. !xnsthe hru of the week ami r- . n .. . ir..',...i to The A. O. U. W. Supper at Salisbury. ance and to sjmc TIe cai;sWy lodge of the Ancient' Wc iru-t r fo- i-r.-i...l Workmen save a : Messrs. K.s-ncy ai.d Wachter. v;uic. wi vw --- o - , : 1 r.-.W hall at Sal , bury d ;-'irsed sweetest strains o niusid i:.iia ... . - - II e to mcrt Wachter. .1! nained until Wednes l.iy the guest 01 or of Chiliicoihe to cuxty him to a sjc-lner diuhlcr, M;. Ik I). Knbbcn. j oratory, a t,ars Ly a a -.un ll ,t M.n lay evening. deM rii-lion o: so.ne 1 C ty ha., by n interesting a followed at tl e the City hall on the vui.n an l acc nJ insuu- -i 11 to the de'.ight of t.w audience