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TRIBUTE TO NOBLE LIFE.
CIGARETTES BARRED
I Oemrt of Special Seaatons at Sew York
Honor Memory of Mr. R. S, Foo
ter, a Prlioi Miiiiomtr.
I Y Out of respect for the memory of
i . r 1 . . x- i v x
i virs. iieoecca saiome r osier, wno mu
lor many yeura ministered to women
pK'oners in the Tombs, and who
was burned to death in the Park .Ave
nue hotel fire, the court of special
sessions at New York city adjourned
the other day, after placing upon the
record a tribute to her life and char
acter. On motion of District Attor
ney Jerome the court decided to ad
journ after the disposal nf the reg
ular prison cases before the judges.
The district attorney paid an elo
quent tribute to Mrs. Foster's mem
ory, as did also Justice Holbrook, of
the court. District Attorney Jerome
said:
"If it please your honor: Within a
few weeks, and iu a territory but lit
v tie more than a mile in length and a
few hundred feet in width, in the
heart of this great city, there have
occurred three appalling disasters.
In the early morning of February 23
there came the lust of these the fire
at the Park Avenue hotel. There the
hind of death touched Rebecca
f Xalome Foster. For-many years she
I ycame and went among us with but a
W single purpose,
That men might rise on stepping stones
Of their dead xelvtia to hlithcr things.'
"There is a word which is seldom
I used. To us, who in the ndministra
f tion of the criminal law are daily
I brought into contact with the misfor
I tunes and sin of humanity, it seems
almost a lost word. It is the word
'holy.' In nil that that word means
to English-speaking peoples it seems
to me that it could he applied to
her. She was indeed a 'holy woman.
It hardly becomes lis to do aught
else than to testify in reverent si
lence our love and respect.
"I move tliis honorable court that
when it has disposed of the eases on
its calendar where the defendants
are in prison that it adjourn for the
day in respect for the memory of
, Rebecca Salome Foster and that
suitable minute' lie spread upon the
records."
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Northwestern Academy Students
Warned by Head of School.
loyal to Illinois.
Low Record ot Tkoae Wko Smoke
Compel Aetloa l lotereot of
Boy Sdeot Mt Stop
Smoklac or Qalt the School.
Students in the preparatory depart
ment of Northwestern university at
Evanston, 111., are invited to either
stop smoking eigarettes or leave the
school. There is no uncertainty about
the invitation and so thoroughly has
it been considered that arrangements
have been made to pay back to those
who choose the way of the paper pipe
the money that they have paid as ad
vance tuition.
The matter was very clearly laid be-
fore the students the other morning
at the academy chapel exercises by
Herbert F. Fisk, professor of peda
gogy und principal of the preparatory
department.
"I have made an arrangement by
which your money will be refunded,"
said Prof. Fisk. "We do not want you
as students if you insist upon smoking
cigarettes. Some of the failures in
the recent semester examinations are
directly truceable to cigarette smok
ing and one young man has been brave
enough totell me personally that he
failed because of his excessive use of
cigarettes."
These startling declarations by
Prof. Fisk caused great uneasiness
among the 300 boys ut the chapel sen-
ices and the girls and young women
looked first at the principal of the
academy and then at the other side of
the room, where the hoys were seated
"One of your number," continued
Prof. Fisk, "told me that the major
ity of the boys in this school smoke
cigarettes, but I am inclined to think
that he is mistaken. Some of you do,
owever, and the marks of a cigarette
smoker lire quite evident.
"It is a matter of record that four-
fifths of the cigarette smokers among
students fail sooner or later. Nearly
II of the boys who failed In the
semester examinations use clga
ettes. This should be evidence
enough to induce nnv hoy who will
Levy's. Grand EKhibition Levy's.
of the greatest linen o' merchandise
In-Every-Department.
We have spared no time nor labor to siciue the greatest
variety of merchandise everhown hy any house in the south-:
Passaic Breezes.
The boys were pitching horseshoes
Saturday.
Mr. Loiii; built a hen-house and
fenced the yard for Parker.
Ike Dawson brought us a load of
posts, no we will repair our fencing
thi-t week.
STUART FIFE IS SET FREE.
Not Guilty of the Murder of Richardson.
Savannah. Mo., March -1 When
court opened at ! o'clot k this morn
ing, the iurv in the case of Stewart
ife, charged with the murder of
west.
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urn Luuud utrAnimcrii
We show the handsomest linef wool fabric in plain and fancy color
ing, especially adapted for the Spring season.
A beautiful line of plain and fancy colorings of silks, Nuns Veilings, and
Japanese Silks, plain and fancy.
Plain and fancy Shulli-'s, triiiniiius to 1 1 1 ' 1 1 any color of cloth.
Lawns, White Goods, Petvulcs. Tart alus. serial in designs, no nn
shows anything like them.
Laws and Kinhroiderics of the greatest variety.
Table Linens, Lunch Cloths, Dresser Scarfs iu endless varieties.
A complete line of ladies' und children's hosiery iu black lace strie and
fancy, at the tnoKt popular prie.s ever bIiowij.
CARPET DEPARTMENT
This department is filled to its utmost capacity consisting of Cotton,
All Wool Ingrains, Drussels, Velvets with a complete line of Straw Mat
tings, Art Squares, Ingrains and Royal Weltons.
We show the greatest line of Rugs rungings in prices from J.V to &.'." each
SHOE DEPARTMENT
We show the most complete line of shoes for Men. Women
and Children ever shown liefore. All the liest makes that are produced in
this country. We assure you our prices to be .'." per cent less than you
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van uuyjneni eiHewnen
CLOTHING DEPARTMENT
Our Clothing and (ients Furnishing (ioods department is fully equip
ped in every branch. Suits for men, suits for youths, suits for boys and
suits for children. In fact, you do not have to go out of our house to pur
base your supplies for your entire family, male or female.
Wuruini has been und is to-duy to give the best value that possibly
nil tie given oy any legitimate neater. .Mi.yi mug you imy oi an mm it ioe
not iilease vou, return it in as good condition as you rcceiveMv il and your
money will be refunded. We could quote you a great long list of prices,
but we find it unnecessary, as the only way for you to ascertain that we
give you the best goods for the least money is by visiting our mammoth
establishment, see the goods and hear the prices. We have gentlemanly
salesmen that will irladly show vou unythiiii: vou wish to see anil thev will
convince you ot a glance that you will get the best value at the lowest
price. We handle none but reliable merchandise and represent them as
thev nre, Nnnelmt up-to-date goods in every department.
He sure and visit us Iwforeyoii make your s'.ring purchases in either
Dry (ioods. Carpets, Clothing and Shoes.
R. M. Wilcox & Co. bought sheep
and bogs from J.N. Sharp last week.
Mrs.Christabar is quite sick at this
writing.
Walter Itiee is the champion duck
killer. He has brought in a number.
I. M. Smith. Peep Water's popular
candidate for Recorder, was here
Saturday, lie had been away from
home two weeks telling the people his
wauts.
P. iV. '.., our wide-awake businecs
men, are having a good trude.
M osier & Klgin were here a few days
since breaking a tine mule.
If you want a hair cut or a smooth
shave when iu Passaic, give WillZim-
mer a trial, shop in southwest corner
oi i". s store.
II. Ilumbury was helping Tathwell
at the elevator last week.
('has. (larrlsoii sold SO acres south
of Wilcox's and Ko acres one mile
sout li to a Kansas man.
Mrs. 0. Ilemlriek is convalescent.
Goo. Walls and Tom Zinnner are
our shoeuieii.
Our road boss, Jake Muddy, will
open a road north and south, mile
east of Prairie Kose sclioollioiise.
(irahaiu and Hillings loaded threi
cars with stock, implements iVe.j and
left for Wyoming Tuesday. Their
families will follow a few days later.
Their many friends wish them the
best of siicess. May they not be dis
appointed in the count ry.
The children of Hart and I'attoii,
t and ." miles west of here, Ljivt
pneumonia.
The bahy of John Dltgau, went of
Klkbart, died of cancer. It was
rank W. Richardson ut thehonieof
the victim, Christmas, eve, 11)00, re
turned a verdict of ucquittul.
It is said that only one ballot was
taken and that from the lieginnicg
the jurors stood unanimously for ac
quittal. The case went to the jury
last evening.
When t lie verdict was announced,
there was u dramatic scene iu the
mrtrooni. Mrs. Fife, the mother
of the accused, sprang forward and
embraced her son, shouting for joy
all the while. Mrs. Fife is of a very
rvous tcmcramcnt and has suffer-
ed from hysteria at intervals ever
since her son was arrested.
Mrs. Richardson, widow ofthemur
red man, was also in the court
iota and gave vent to her emotion.
y weeping silently, with her fuce
tarried iu her hands.
Thomas Fife, father of the young
man on trial declared in open court
that the verdict was in accordance
with hi expectations and that he
hud known from the beginning that
is son had nothing to do with the
murder of Richardson.
Young Fife himself was so over-
oine that he could not speak. Al
though Judge Humes, preliminary to
the rendering of the verdict, issued
unorder against any demonstration,
it was found impossible to preserve
absolute quiet.
This is the second trial in the Hich-
ardsoii murder, Mrs. Richardson, the
widow, having lieen acquitted only a
few weeks ago, and still the mystery
of Frank Richardson's murder is un
solved.. No other indictments are
School-Teacher lio Would Sot
Marry In St. I.oiiU ami " vii
Wril on KhiIm Ui'lilm-.
Mrs. Fnnnte Carlson, of Chicago,
was married to l'rof. C. I!. (irecuu,
a well-known St. bonis educator, in
an automobile while crossing the
Mississippi river on the Kades bridge
the other day because she felt that
she ought to be loyal to the state of
Illinois, where she has lived for 20
years.
Mrs. Carlson, a school teacher, was
visiting St. Louis on an educational
mission, when she met l'rof. Greenup,
who proposed marriage. Mrs. Carl
son accepted, stipulating that the
wedding must occur in Illinois.
It was imnossible for Prof, (ireen-
up to visit Chicago for the ceremony,
nnrl tha nlan ns carried out was
finally decided on. When the party,
composed of friends of the groom
and a minister, "had passed half way
over the bridge the driver rang the
erong ns a signal, and the ceremony
was performed while the automobile
wns runn nir nt a lively rate toward
the Illinois shore.
insider the matter to quit at once.
"It is the testimony of many physi-
inns that smoking of any kind is In
jurious to the youth, and I do not
now of any who will not say that
Igtirette smoking works harm to the
hoy. Xo cigarette smoker is in very
good standing in this school.
"We are willing to help any boy
who wishes to stop smoking, and
I ask any of you who desire to quit
to come and see me and I will at
tempt to help you. Of the 7S boys
who stand highest in their classes
in the academy only one is u cigar
ette smoker, while 57 per cent, of the
75 boys who stand lowest in their
classes are cigarette smokers. I beg
of you boys to quit the habit at
once."
ALL RAIL ROUTE TO ASIA.
SAM LEVY & CO.
Capitalist Promlae Parlor Car Trip
from California to Knaala
la Five Year.
TO DRAIN LAKE FOR GEMS.
English Syndicate '4ilch Confident
ly Expert lo Secure Fauulnua
Wealth In Central America.
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The parliamentary correspondent of
the London Daily Mail says that sev
eral members of parliament have
formed a syndicate to recover the jew
els and gold in the sacred lake in Co
lombia, Central America, which
formed in the crater of an extinct vol
cano close to the emerald mines
Humboldt speaks of emeralds depos-
ited in this lake worth millions of
pounds,' and Indians continue to find
stones and gold by the water's edge
after storms. The Spaniards made el-
forts to drain the lake 300 years ago.
but their engineering appliances were
defective.
The present syndicate is attacking
the lake from beneath its lmsin. A tun
nel has been cut and a shaft will be
made to tap the lake, with screens
to catch any stones that may be ills
f. lodged, and rifles of mercury to ar
frest the gold..
Cffrl Kill Wolf and Save I)or
In a fierce struggle with a large
gray wolf, Miss Ethel Hoover, of Le-
ola, S. D., saved the life of her shep
herd dog and protected persons in
her home from possible injury. The
beast, belonging to one of the
numerous packs of the cattle ranges,
crossed the Missouri river on the ice,
and entering the yard of Miss Hoov
er'a home, attacked the dog. The
animals, snarling and snapping,
fought for a long time. When the
dog was nearly exhausted Miss
Hoover rushed from her home with
a hatchet and ran up to the strug
etine beasts. The wolf turned and
attacked her. but she struck the
beast on the head, killing it in
stantly.
Am Obtaae Stndenl.
Students at an Ohio college hazed
a new man the other night by gag
ging and blinding him and then drop
ping him 20 feet down a coal hole.
Yet. saya the Chicago Kecord-ncraia
the victim failed to see the joke
Some people are so obtnse.
Her Motive.
An American lady has broken her
engagement to marry a French count,
Land the Chicago Becord-FeraIJre-
marlts that she must know ox
marquise who la in the market
From San Francisco to St. Peters
burg by rail in twelve days in parlor
cars, with no more of a water voyage
than-a-30-iuile tainsf erac.r oxa-l Je.h r
ing strait in enormous steel lighters.
This is the trip promised five years
hence by New York, Seattle, Denver
andWashington capitalists, engineers
and explorers who have completed
the preliminary work and have ar
ranged to start the building of. the
Trans-Alaskan railroad on April 15.
This line, which will be 850 miles in
length, will open up one of the rich
est countries in the world. More in
teresting and spectacular than that is
the certainty of its making what will
be nractieallv an all-rail route to
Asia.
D. S. Granger, a Seattle capitalist,
who was for many years connected
with the Burlington road, and J. C,
Cornforth, of Denver and Skaguay,
have spent the past five years on the
project.
STEAM CARRIAGES IN LONDON.
MISSOURI STATE BANK,
OF BUTLER, MISSOURI.
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS - - SiiO.flOO.OO.
Has 40 stockholders living in Kates County. 21 years of
successful experience.
Loans Money, Receives Deposits and transacts h liM.ertl
Hanking Business.
We golic.it your buniness, ofleriug absolute security fur
your deposit with every facility that is consistent with
cafe banking.
ALWAYS HAVE MONEY FO LOAN,
T. C. Boulware,
J. K. Jenkins,
John Deerwester,
C. H. Dutcher,
DIRECTORS
J. M. Christy,
A. B. Owen,
Booker Powell.
0. R. Radfoid,
T. J. Wright
Ueo. L. Smith,
Frank M. Voris,
Win. E. Walton,
X. L. Whipple,
liurtiMl ut .liilitistiiwn. It wits a
grandchild of .lolm Dawson and wifi
of Spruce township.
Miss Annie llndcliff is sirk at this
writing.
r let ell Unities goes west to irrow
up with the country ami gather in
the coin, lie will I e a good patron
of Uncle Sum's postal department,
llarrv Kohinson visited at the
Hotel de Tathwell Sunday.
llio new organ was in position
Sunday at the church and used for
S. S. soiur services.
An engine pulled up to the Cnl
Robinson shop a tew evenings since
for repairs. Cnl. repairs anything
from a threshing machine down to
the smallest.
Stpiire Lotspeich sold a mule for
?17.". Howdoes thatsoutidforiiaril
tinics?
I 'a trons. remember the school meet
ing the second Tuesday in April at -
pli ij
('. M. Decker, the hustling stock
buyer and shipper, called in our vil
luge last week on business.
Marry I'unk drove over northwest
to look niter his farm interests.
Uncle Itruce Kadcliu" is improving
Fred Harden cilled nt the post of-
tire Sunday mid e-ot -, St. Louis Sut
day (ilobe.
ilenrv Wilcox boue-ht a horse of
his uncle, I! M. WiL-ox. Pat
pending, a if I the invest igat ion is now
probably rinsed so far as the courts
are concerned.
riie only witnesses to the murder
nre the man who tired the shot ami
Mrs. Richardson. The hitter asserts
that she does not know, and did not
see the person who commuted tne
rune.
WOMAN MARRIED WOMAN.
Death Under Mysterious Circumstances
Reveals Strange Affair.
Canundaigua, X. Y., March 22. A
prson who was known here for five
years us v litiain i. iiowaru, aiea
suddenly Wednesduy night and un au
topsy showed thnt the supposed man
wus a woman.
Howard, who was about ."( years
old, came here live years ngo with a
woman who w as know n as Mrs. How-
Two children were born to the
wife. The dead woman
J. R. JENKINS, Cashikr,
Wm. E. WALTON, Phks.
Tne Old Clumay Two-Horse Oraal-
buaea Are Supplanted by
New Vehicle.
Those clumsy and lumbering, but
withal picturesque, vehicles which
are the wonder of every visitor to
London, will not much longer be al
lowed to enjoy a monopoly of Lon
don's narrow streets. The two-horse
omnibus has had its day. Even Lon
don is awakening to that fact.
The Strand was invaded the other
day in the neighborhood of Charing
Cross by a new steam carriage, which
looked curiously out of place amid
the procession one is accustomed to
see there. The new omnibus went
down Whitehall to Scotland Yard,
where it was inspected for a license.
The vehicle Is a type of those which
are to be placed in service next
month. It seats 36 and has a speed
of 15 miles an hour.
Another Tradition Broken.
Boston is now getting fish from the
Pacific, says the St. Louis Post-Dis
patch. Is it possible that the Bos
tones have flopped from codfish to
Puget sound salmon?
Women In Baden Vnlveralties.
Women are now admitted to the
two universities in Baden, but they
have not been able to secure permi
sion to study dentistry.
"The Sprlaa- 8oaa.M
In spring, says the St. Louis Star,
a young man's fancy lightly turns to
thoughts of how much he can get on
his winter overcoat.
WALTON TRUST CO.
OF BUTLER MISSOURI.
Capital, Surplus and Profits $08,300.00.
Always hag ready money on hand to be loaned on farms
in Bates, Vernon and Barton couutie-, Missouri, at the
Very Lowest Rates of Interest.
Every land owner wanting a loan should call and get our
rates before borrowing of others. We have a full and
complete abstract of title to every acre of land or town
lot in Bates County from the U.-S. patent down to date,
that we keep up with the records daily. We furnish
reliable Abstracts at reasonable prices.
Interest Paid on Time Deposits
DIRECTORS
Wm. E. Walton, J. Everingham, J. K. Jenkins,
John Deerwester, Wm. W. Trigg, T. C. Boulware,
Frank M. Voris, Booker Powell. C. R. Radford,
C. H. Dutcher, Sam Levy, T.J.Wright.
FRANK ALLEN, Skct. Wm. E. WALTON, Pres.
Superstition Caused Death.
Middletown. N. Y.. March 23. The
death of Miss Louise Kinsley near
Rathborn Corners, fa , is oenevea to
have been due to a peculiar supersti
tion which so preyed upon her mind
for months past as to cause a grad
ual physical decline against which
remedieB proved powerless-One day
last October Miss Kinsley accident
ally scalded the household cat. The
same afternoon she broke a large
mirror. She began to worry and
finally grew ill, continuing to decline
until yesterday, when she deid.
Talmage Dangerously III.
Washington, March 2:J.-lr. T.
Dewitt Talmage is lying dangerously
ill at his residence on Massachusetts
avenue in this city, and the gravest
fears are eitertained for his recovery.
It was said to-day by a friend of the
family that aJatal -terming tion
would not be a surprise. Dr. Tal
mage returned from a trip to Mexico
a week ago. He was taken ill with
a severe cold en route to Washing
ton, and has since- been- lying in a
semicomatose condition.
When Vest Ran Away.
While Senator Vest was speaking
in the 1'nited States Senate on the
llth inst., Senator Allison told
story about him:
'"Vest wns a member of the Confei
era te Congress in the Civil war. Some
of bis constituents alleged thatbein
an able-bodied man, it would be just
as well if he took a gun and went out
and did some fighting instead of loaf
ing around Richmond making laws
"Vest ucquiesced. He got a gun
and went to war. His first engagi
nent was a lHtle affair in which the
Confederates were whipped. The
started to retreat Vest well up totl
front. He met a man from his own
town in Missouri. 'Say, Jim,' said
Vest, 'when you go back home tell
those folks you have seen me in a
battle.'
" 'All right,' replied Jim, startling
away.
" 'And say, Jim," shouted Vest ut
ter him, 'while you're about it, you
migbttell then, that no other Iiuiuun
being will ever sec nie in another.
ard.
supposed
worked for fanners in the neighbor
ed and those most intimately uc-
quainteil with the family never nau
the slightest suspicion that she was
not a man. The cause of the wo
man's death is a mvst.erv. On Wed
nesday night she took two tablets
for throat affection and was dead iu
1(1 minutes. The medicine wus sent
from Wellsville, this state, where rela
tives reside.
The authorities are completely
mystified as to all matters touching
upon 41w -woman's lifh They -do not
even know her right name. Two
men claiming to be half brothers, at
tended the funeral, but refused to
divulge any information. An inquest
is to lie held and some light may then
be thrown upon the strange ease.
It developed to-night that the old
est of the Howard children was an
adopted one.
Another development to-night was
the person known here ns William ('.
Howard was Alice M. Howard and
that she went through n marriage
ceremony in 1S!H with Kdith Dyer.
A Snap.
640 iwres of cood lund well im
proved, UOt) acres in whet,: 1 20 acres
own for spring crop, l'JO i r fenc
ed for pasture. You pay cash ui the
improvements only aim get tne '.'tttd
on the "Wheat Payment Plan. Xo
limit of time. When you buy on t
wheat payment plan, you pay no in
tetest. This must be tanen soon, or
it .will be withdrawn. Half fare trans
portation E. B. Atkixsox,
19-4t (.irninfield, Kan.
The Island Is Ready.
Savunnah, (in., Mareli 2'!. Gover
nor General Wood, of Cuba, who
stopped here on his way to Washing
ton, said:
"The island is ready now to be
turned over to the Cubans.
"I will reniaiu in Cuba a few weeks
after the change iu governments and
we will probably keep a few troops
on the island for a time after the
change. It seems to be the wish of
the Cubans thut we do that."
General Wood says that unless a
greater reduction in the Cuban tariff
on sugar than 20 per cent is made, a -crisis
may soon be reached in the
island's affairs. The peop'e are de
pending upon the United States giv
ing them a market for their sugar
and tobacco.
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