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V" CHAEITOM C. P. YAHDI7EB, Editor ai Prciirislcr. MAN WAB DS T bustle. . TEEMS: xtsssvss . VOLUME XXV. KEYTESVILIiE, mSSOUBL FBIDAT, APRIL 17, 1896. NUMBER 12. y The is the kind that gives the best satisfaction. The cheap est Coffee is the kind that is purest. The cheapest coffee is the kind that will not make dyspeptics of those who drink it. The cheapest Coffee is Blanke's Roasted Coffee. The price paid for anything is not the only thing that makes it cheap. You can't tell how cheap an article really is until you see the results. Blanke's lloasted Coffee is the cheapest simply because its the best the very best that money can buy. Three pounds for $1.00. It would be cheap at $1.00 a pound. The Cheapest Qrocery. in Key tesville is my Gro eery. I'm a cheap Grocer because my patrons have the satisfaction of knowing that they get their money's worth both in quality and in re sults. Still then are other grocers whose prices seem to be lower than mine. I sell the LA TAKE cigar for 5 cents. It's first-rate, tiptop, fragrant. S. ML 'WHITE, Clean Grocer. KEYTESVILLE, MISSOURI. The Sute Convention. The most enthusiastic Democratic state convention ever assembled in Missouri convened at Scdalia on the 15th inst. for the puqose of selecting delegates to the Chicago Na tional Democratic convention. A temporary organization was ef fected by the election of Hon. W. II. Hatch, of the First district, as temjiorary chairman. On taking the chair, Mr. Hatch outlined the tolicy of the (tarty in the approaching canvass in a brief, but effective sjeech, which teas enthusiastically applauded by the convention. The convention next proceeded to the appointment of committees on creden tials, permanent organization and res olutions. Harmony prevailed through out the proceedings, and the make-up of the convention, from start to finish was free silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. We learn from private sources that Hon. CH. Crawley, of Keytesvillc, and Capt- W. M. Eads, of Carrollton, were selected by the convention to represent this (the Second) congressional district in the Chicago national Democratic convention. The selection of these distinguished gentlemen is a guarantee that the Democracy in the Second dis trict will be ably and faithfully repre sented, and that it will be loyal to the cause of it cc silver. The state convention also did itself the honor to endorse "Silver Dick" Eland as Missouri's Democratic can didate for president. Notice. Notice is hereby given that I will sell to the highest and best bidder, for cash, on April 20th, 1S96, at the post office door, in the city of Keytesville, Ma, one light bay mare, 3-) ears-old, with white faccvolso one sorrel stallion colt, 1 -year -old, hind legs and left fore leg white, which have been taken up and unclaimed. By authority of section No. 2 of ordinance No. 26 of said city. I. A. Em BR EE, .City Marshal. Republican County Convention. The Republican cohorts, of Chari ton county, met in delegated conven tion at the court-house, in Kcytesille, last Saturday, and, like the boy, whistled while . passing through a graveyard to keep up their courage. The large "Democratic vote polled at the late primary election in this county had evidently frightened our Republican friends, yet they man aged to pucker just the same, but their whistling was almost inaudible. The convention was called to order by F. C Sassc, of Brunswick, chair man of the county Republican central committee, while Capt. O. F. Smith, of Keytesville, secretary of the same committee, wielded the Fabcr at the secretary's desk. The purposes for which the conven tion was called were read by Chair man Sasse, following which a roll-call of the townshfps by Secretary Smith showed all of the townships to be rcj resentcd except Clark and Triplctt On motion of Wm. R. Sweeney, of Salisbury, a committee composed of one delegate from each township was appointed on organization and order of business by Chairman Sasse as fol lows: Bee Branch S. B. Gunn. Brunswick C R. Mason. Bowling Green.. . .J. E. Lewis. Chariton I- A. Spencer. Cockrcll ..J. F. Brewer. Cunningham Frank Wanamaker. Keytesville .J. E. Bulcn. Mcndon A. M. Castle. Missouri Jas. S. Myers. Muscle Fork E. II. Heiman. Salisbury R. A. Roberts. Salt Creek P. T. Smith. Wayland Geo. W. Smith. Yellow Creek N. Dean. Pending the report of this com mittee the convention was addressed by Capt- I Benecke. The captain took occasion to- ay his -TCtpc t the Democratic primary of April 4th, which had drawn so 1 wily on the Republican ranks, and especially on the colored contingent. The speaker whistled as loud as he could under the circumstances. A protective tariff and the gold standard were lauded to the skies by the captain as the only channels through which the prosjcrity of the nation could be mantaincd, but no facts nor figures were given to bear the sjcakcr out in his reckless declarations. The sjeech was con cluded with the hallucination that the next legislature, of Missouri, would be Republican, and that Chaunccy Ives Filley would be elected United States senator to succeed Senator George G. Vest Capt. Benecke actually said he was sanguine of this political event's coming to pass, but the captain's san guinity certainly exceeded his equanim ity. The committee on organization and order of business announced that they were ready to reiort, and Capt. Benecke took his seat amid enthusiasm that was "conspicuous for its absence. The committee named reported as follows: We, your committee on organiza tion and order of business beg leave to report as follows: OX ORGANIZATION. We recommend that Capt. F. M. Lewis, of Sumner, be made chairman of this convention, and that N. Fcn stemakcr, of Ilrunswlck, and W. C Gaston, of Keytesville, be made sec retaries. ON ORHKR OF BUSINESS. First, Report of committee on cre dentials. Second, Calling roll of townships. Third, Naming 10 delegates to con gressional district convention at Lin neus on Tuesday, April 14th. to se lect two delegates from this congress ional district to the national Repabfi can convention at St. Iouis on June 1 Oth, 1S96. Fourth, Naming six delegates to the state convention to be held at St Joseph on May 1 2th to select four delegatcs-at-large to the national Re publican convention at St. Ixnris on June 1 6th. Fifth, Naming six delegates to the state Republican convention to be held at Springfield on July 22nd to nominate candidates for state offices; Sixth, Naming 1 o delegates to a congressional convention for this (thq Second) district to nominate a Re publican candidate for congress r iiace 01 noiaing ana oatc 01 tnis cou? vention are yet to be named. , The alove report on organization and order of business was unanimous v , . The appointment of a committee on credentials was disjensed with, and as there were no contests all of the delegates present were seats in the convention. ,rv.;t A Capt F. M. Iewis, chairman elect, . . . and Secretaries Fenstemaker and Gaston were duly escorted to their places by committees appointed for that purpose. Before entering upon his official duties Chairman Lewis made a speech, the most prominent feature of which was his recommendation to the Dem ocratic party to take "the gold cure as administered by Dr. Keeley, of Dwight, 111., which convinced us that the speaker had been thinking serious ly of taking the Keeley cure himself, and onlv wanted to take his Demo cratic friends along with him in order that he might have good company. Upon motion of Capt. L. Benecke a committee of five was appointed by the chair to select a list of delegates to various conventions ns follows. Capt I Benecke, George Hcchler, Frank Wanamaker, W. R. Sweeney and W. H. Conrad. While this committee was preparing their report I. T. Smith, the Salt Creek township statesman, was called for and responded in a speech in which he made the startling claim that the onlyvfricrvds silrct ievcr' hai- rjjtZ in the Republican party. P. T. also wailed over the recent Democratic primary and its "methods," and brought his speech to a close by sounding the praises of Wm. McKinlev as the modern Moses of Republicanism and the "salvation" of the countrr. At the conclusion of Mr. Smith's speech the committee apiointed on the select ion of delegates submitted the follow ing report, which was adopted: DELEGATES TO LINNKUS. Ten delegates to the congressional district convention at Linneus on Apr. 1 4th to select two delegates from this congressional district to the national Republican convention at St Louis on June 1 6th as follows: Capt. O. F. Smith, F. C. Saw, F. Blon McCurry, John Imfcarten, C. W. Nortbcott. J. E. Lewis, John P. Randolph. Capt. F. M. Lewis. Cba. R. Maon, 3. W. Thorn pHon, DKI.F.r.ATtS TO ST. JOSEPH. Six delegates and six alternates to the state convention at St. Joseph on May 1 2th to select four delegates-at- lorge to the national Republican con vention at St I-ouis on June 16th as follows: DELEGATES. F. Bion McCurry. J. D. Sharp. Luclan Spencer. F. Wanamaker, W. B. Clark, Capt. O. F. Smith, ALTI.HXATl-n. A Colyer. F. C. Pryde, John II. HeUel. C. W. Northcott. Geo. W. smith. J. C. Russell, col. IiELhGATKS TO SPRINGHELP. Six delegates and six alternates to state convention to be held at Spring field on July 22nd to nominate Repub lican candidates for state offices as follows: DELEGATES. Wm. R. Sweeney, F. C. Sae, G. W. Cunnlnxham. J. J. Ilelsel, Capt. L. Benecke, P. T. Smith, ALTt-ftXATE. David Lonsfrdorfl. Cbas. steiman, George llechler, George W. Wlnslow, E. II. Heiman, Luclan spencer, DELEGATES TO CONGRESSIONAL CON VENTION. Ten delegates to the congressional convention for this (the Second) con gressional district to nominate a Republican candidate for congress, date and place of convention yet to be fixed, as follows: r. C. Sasse, Frank Wanamaker, Capt. L. Benecke. N. Fenstemaker, John FenneU, George Keuchler, R. A. Roberts. W. II. Conrad, Capt. F. M. Lewis. Minor Peery. col.. The various delegates were em powered to cast the full vote of the delegations should any of the delegates not be present at either of the conven tions to which delegates had been elected. The following resolutions were offer ed by Capt L. Benecke and adopted: mW, By the Republicans, of Chariton ounty. In convention assembled, wo are anxiously awaiting the time when the American people can. by their ballot, cor rect the great mistake of 102 when the present national administration was chosen, the policy of which resulted so disastrously to the people of the United States that even che party responsible for It declines to be '0by Its unpatriotic and Impolitic action. X-olttJ, That we heartily endorse the yreat statesman and patriot. Wm. McKinley, - candidate tor president of the United .-rotates, and request our delegates to the f-ongrcasional and state conventions to in struct our delegates to use all honorable luean&to secure his nomination for presi dent of the United States. j Bflr4, That we endorse our former fel low -citizen, MaJ. A. Griflen, for theofflce of lecretary of state of Missouri. The following resolution was offered by J. E. Lewis: Enoirf, That the delegates to the congress ional convention at Linneus on April 14th be Instructed to cast their vote for Capt. L. Benecke. of Brunswick, for delegate to the national convention from this congress ional district. P. T. Smith offered the following resolution: That the delegates to the state eonvention be Instructed to use all honor able means to secure the nomination of Win. A arner, of Kansas City, for governor. Mr Smith's resolution was a lick at tne A. P. A., and it is probable that it also helped to defeat Capt. L. Benecke, of Brunsw ick, as a delegate to the national convention, as this con gressional district has a candidate for governor in the person of Dr. A. C Pettijohn, of Brookfield. After naming Saturday, April 1st, as the day for holding a county con vention to nominate candidates; for cc thty offices, last Saturday's Repub- !-nixPow-wow adjourned. tj - convention seemed to be, to us, to ignore Mr. II. F. Lincoln, editor of the Chariton County AVwtf, a stalwart Republican organ, and to recognize Capt Ix)uis Benecke as "the Big Injun of the Republican party Chariton county. in 1 ne nunt is a Deautitui one from a Democratic stand-point, and promises to result in largely increased Demo cratic majorities in this county next November. Let em fight. The Baptist Sanitarium. The Baptist sanatmum. in St. Louis, an institution that has of late years done a vast amount for suffering humanity, is in trouble. Doctor Mayfield, the chief of the medical staff who founded the in stitution, has resigned. Since its or ganization Doctor Mayfield has been connected with the sanitarium. For two years previous to the organization of the sanitarium Doctor Mayfield 0crated what was known as the "Baptist Hospital association.' He then founded the sanitarium and has run it for ten years. The cause of his resignation is the adoption of a patent medicine cure for the opium habit As the board of managers is not composed of doctors, and it is a vio lation of medical ethics to recognize patent nostrums, Doctor Mayfield felt indignant at the action of the board of managers, and tendered his resigna tion, which, it is said, will be followed by thejresignation of every member of the medical staff, fifteen in all. The resignation of Doctor Mayfield is great ly regretted by the Baptists, of St Louis, and it is said they are protest ing against it, and that they have sent out protests all over the state and that a very large number of Baptists have signed the protests. What the board of managers will do in the premises will be determined at their meeting to to be held some time this week. The board will have to undo their work and refuse to accept Doctor Mayfield's resignation, or else a first-class trouble will be precipitated upon this worthy institution. Found Dead. James W. Ixne, a resident of Brunswick, was found dead in an up stairs room of the Spencer property owned by Mr. J. A. Merchant, and occupied by Mr. Merchant's son-in-law. Dr. W. T. Magruder, and family last Monday afternoon. Dr. G. M. Dewey, coroner, was no tified and went up to Brunswick on Tuesday morning and held an inquest on Mr. Long's dead body. The following evidence was given in before the coroner's jury: Mr. J. A. Merchant testified: "I reside in the city of Brunswick. The deceased, James W. Long, was in my employ yesterday papering a room for me in a house near my resi dence called the Spencer house. Af ter I closed the bank yesterday even ing I went home. After I had been at home a short time a member of my family told me thii", scy2ijb?l -" the matter with Mr. Long. f"ivent immediately to where he was and found him lying prostrate on the floor. Attempted to arouse him, but found that he was dead His body was cold and had the appearance of being dead a couple of hours. He was lying on his back with his hands by his side and his shears near him." Stella Bruce testified as follows: "I reside in the city of Brunswick. I am in the employ of Dr. Magruder, who lives in the house where the de ceased, James W. Long, died. I went to the room where Mr. Long had bean at work, and saw him lying on the floor like he was asleep. I told Mrs. Magruder and she sent me back to see if anything was the matter with Mr. Long. I went into the room, but could not arouse him. I then went and notified Mr. Merchant. This was about 5 o'clock, p. m. The last time I saw deceased alive was just after noon. Thomas Payne testified as follows: J. .., 1 reside m- 1 "I reside in the dry of Brunswick. tstijra -ai-4kfrf ca dence ot Dr. Maeruder. I was told to go up-stairs and see what was the matter with Mr. Long. I went up and looked at him and thought he was asleep, and I went back to my work. I was sent up again. I felt of him and found he was cold. I then went after a doctor. This was about 5 o'clock, p. m." Henry Thompson testified as fol lows: "I reside in the city of Brunswick. I was working for Mr. J. A. Merchant yesterday. In the evening about 5 o'clock some of Mr. Merchant's fami ly asked him to come and see what was the matter with Mr. Long. Mr. Merchant told me to go with him. We went to where Mr. Ixmg was and found him lying on the floor dead. He was cold when we found him." Dr. J. H. Hume testified: "I reside in the city of Brunswick, and am a practicing physician. I was called yesterday evening to where Mr. Iong was found. I found him lying on the floor in a natural position. I think he had been dead several hours. I believe he died from natural causes. There was no evidence that I could see that any felony had been done or violence used. The coroner's jury, composed of Wm. Clark, as foreman, Chas. E. Finch, J. A. Britt, J. L. Eidson, J. R. Smith and Chas. R. Mason, returned a verdict to the effect that deceased, James W. Long, came to his death from natural causes as shown by the evidence. Mr. Ixng was between 60 and 70 years of age. He was a Virginian by birth, but had lived in Brunswick and Chariton county since about 1850. His domestic relations were unfortu nate, and he had been separated from his wife for several years, she having taken up her residence in Denver, Colo. She is now, however, quite ill at the residence of a sister in Bruns wick. Dret Making A share of your patronage solicited. Shop overxMercantile Co's. store. Nixnib Lowry. Shirt Sense. Some People think that a "Shirt"' is just simply a "Shirt.". That's all true, but grades differ. The very best grade of Dress Shirts is the UNITED BRAND. They are the Non Ripable, Non Tear able kind. If you were as well acquainted with the make-up and good qualities of a Dress Shirt, as you are with such staple articles as sugar and coffee, you would not hesitate to buy the UNITED BRAND Shirts. They have been on the market for over 50 years. Your Grandfather wore the Unit-1 ed Brand Dress Shirt. The price is 75c to $1.50 each. . . . Just a few Profit-Shavers? Men's regular $1.25 Work $1.00 50c. 33;c 25c. 2G 8;c. 33c 25c. Pant cut to Men's regular 75 cent Overalls cut to Men's regular 6oq Work Shirt while they last cut to Men's 50 cent Neck Wear cut to Men's regular 25c Suspen ders cut to Men's regular 15c fancy mixed Half Hose cut to Men's regular 75c Colored Border Chinese Silk Handkerchiefs cut to . . Men's regular 50c Under shirts,and Drawers, sum mer goods, cut to ...1. . Try a pair of Ox Breeches, in Cheviot Wool Jeans and Cotton Worsted. They are guaranteed not to rip. Price 75c to $1.50 per pair. Wrear Cownies gloves for work or dress, price 50c to $1.50 per pair. Herbert, White, ; Heiir5!feoriirieTr7 KEYTESVILLE, MO. Bodlne Carries Monroe County. Hon. R. N. Bodine is the . Demo cratic nominee for congress so far as Monroe county is concerned, having won in the primary election in that county last week over Hon. Jno. C Peirsol. The Monroe county Appeal says "the man who goes into the con vention with the solid delegation from the banner county behind him will possess an advantage which, if followed up, win overcome all opposition. To maintain this advantage we believe that a delegation should be sent from Monroe county that will stick close to Bob. Bodine until the nomination is won or lost a delegation wiih no second choice a delegation that will vote for the Monroe county candidate first, last and all the time a delegate that will hold on till the rope breaks or secure the prize." We want to say to Brother Blanton that we like to see him loyal to his man, but if his candidate should not have sufficient strength to get the nomination on the first ballot, and the balance of the delegations should adopt the same tactics to secure the nomination of their man ttat he has suggested for the Monroe delegation, there will be no nomination made for congress this year by the Democrats of the Second congressional district of Missouri. A small delegation has the same right to vote for its man "first, last and all the time" that a large del egation has, and it is generally the smaller delegations that hold the bal ance of power. In prescribing such stringent regulations for the govern ment of the Monroe delegation Brother Blanton may be cutting a cudgel with which to knock his own man out Let's look "a little out" before donning such a straight jacket as the Appeal has selected. FINAL SETTLEMENT NOTICE. Creditors and all others Interested in the estate of H. V. Kuhlman. deceased, are here by notified that at the next regular term ot the Chariton County Probate Court, to be begun and held on the second Monday la May. 1W6. at the court-house, in Keytesville. in said conuty. I shall make final settlement otsaid estate. E&wi GROTJA5, Executor. f