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Sedalia Bazoo. (W)
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VOLUME 22.
SEDALIA, MO, TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1891. S354S
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MUTABLE NEW IORKERS.
William M'Murtrie Speer, the
Mayor s Secretary.
Fellows Who Have to Work tor
Their Living Make Him
Tired.
New York City, Jan-3. William
McMurtrie Spfjer is the second indi
vidu&l in hisury to'ne known as "a
digger man than old Grant." Mr.
Speer is not a notability of long stand
ing, but bs was appointed private
secretary to the Mayor a few months
go. and tpnce then every mpn, wo
man and child who wauts to see the
Mayor, has been humping up against
Mr. Speer. It is a portion of the
official duty of the private secretary
to be bumped against, by people
who want to see the Mayor,
Mr. Speer got down to the Mayor's
office early, yesterday, and took his
officii seat upon the pale lavender
rag in the center of the large room
where the Mayor Hits. Then he nod
ied hiB head to the . 'nceman detailed
to stand guard over1 the Mayor, and
mid :
"Let'em in."
The fi..it one of "'em" "was a man
nho had voted for Mayor Grant and
wanted a job in the Public Works
Department. He hid just dropped
in to see if the Mayor would speak
to Mr. Gilroy about it, and ran plump
into the private secretary.
Mr. Speer received him .with a vio
lent afl&ftilitv hat took his breath
away. Mr. ?peer has an explosive
earnestness of manner, combined with
an impediment in his sptech, which
makes him truly terrifying to stran
gers. By the time Mr. Speer had achiev
ed the remark that "Well, now, you
see, he'd like to do it, you know, but
the Mayor has nothing to do with it,"
the man who had dropped in to see
the Mayor dropped out of the first
door he came to, paralyze and kwith
a vague idea that he had bumped
against a stOLe wall.
After disposing of a few more case3
of th?5 sort Mr. Speer settled down
to the business of the day, which was
the registration of the Mayor's ap
nroval uoon the pay-rolls of the var-
ions departments.
Frenzied clerks dashed in with their
arms full of huge sheets of paper, with
certificates ar ' seals and stamp3 of
everr sort fluttering from them and
variegating their appearance.
They slapped them down on Mr.
Speer s desk, and pranced around as
if thefl )or burned their feet, while a
lot more of stamps and signatures
were attached, and then scooped up
the whole batch, and dashed off to
some other department for more
certification, in wild anxiety lest there
might be a hitch somewhere and the
rolls get through five minutes too late
for checks to be signed before New
Year's day.
After the third frenzied clerk had
been thus disposed of, the private
secretary took a few minutes off and
remarked :
"S-s-s-ay, those f-f-fellows make
m-m-me tired !"
Then he dragged a black cigar six
inches long from his pocket, stuck it
iu his teeth, unlighted, auej looked
straight ahead with an air of vicious
determination.
Those who have never seen a six-inch
black cigars'icking out from a square,
blond beard cannot imagine the air of
desperation it gives to ajface,
To heighten the effect Mr, Speer
thrust his thumbs iuto the armholes
of his two-inch square-checked waist
coat. He had two minutes in which
to glare before another frenzied clerk
rushed in.
When he wasn't signing pay rolls,
Mr. Speer was answering letters.
iSverybody who hasn't time to drop
in to see the Mayor personally writes
to him. They all get an answer. It is
Mr. Speer's business to see to that.
A clerk brings in a bundle of let
ters, at each of which the secretary
glances in turn, mumbling fiercely in
his beard the while and interspersing
explosive remarks a3 each letter is
ended :
' ' Um-m-m Young-men's-lTth-
ward-Grant club can't come! re
grets!! umum hole in pave-
j. 1 1 ,t
meni pumic worKsi! um-m-m
garbage not removed Street clean
ing!! um-m-m appointment as
A l i H ft
vierit comptroller : i um-m-m
policeman No. 7653 assanlted-po-
lice i 1 1 um-m-m printing your
TMP.mrp. rn iho w
1 -v IO llC iUi Ollf
.1 1 ft AO
no, tnanKs 1 1- um-m-m subscribe
to j fund for very sorry too many
Calls!! Um-m-m dftad hnrs in
street tell police !
The clerk makes an fanproDriate
memorandum on each letter in accord-1
ance with the secretary's explosive
comment and will presently typewrite
n:ce little answers in accordance with
the memoranda.
In tne middle of this enters a man
bound to see the mavor anyhow The
po icemn deftly switches him into the'
! mivate secretary, who braces himself'
for the encounter. The mayor sits at
ni3 de3 wnic;, ,ack to back with
that of Mr. Snepr. and it is nin and
- s j
tuck for a moment whether the caller
throws thf secretary over the desk, or
the s"cre ary breaks a tironchial tube
in exp'aining to the caller that the
mayor is very bus' arranging the final
detrils of the budget with the compt
roller, and must'ut be disturbed.
The secretary gefe the upper band
at last, talks the caller into a state of
coma analyzed.
A few minutes later another deter
mined caller caroms against the sec
retary's desk and is snatched just
about as he is to fall upon the may
or's neck and recognize him as the
long lost brother of the Seventy-fifth
Assembly District United Democracy
Club.
The secretary save3 him again, but
the mavor discreetly retires with the
comptroller, and the rest of the Board
of Estimate to a distant window,
where they talk budget in compara
tive seclusion.
By the time they have finished
talking and have gathered around the
big table to hold a regular meeting,
the secretary's routije work is over
and he has only to sit still, look im
pressive and scare away the cranks
and bores who hover around the may
or's office Lke crows about a cornfield.
His six-inch cijiar is only three
inch long by this time, the rest of it
having be n chewed up in the mad
frenzy of signing payrolls and talking
to cranks.
The mayor and the board of esti
mate were doing the hustling of the
office for the rest of the day. They
had just so much time in which to
pass endless rsolu lions, sign number
less certificates and close up all the
other formalities attending the final
disposition of thirty odd millions of
city cash.
As they labored amid the mass of
scrolls and documents with which
their tahle was heaped, the secretary
swung his arm-chair around, stuck
his thumbs in his arm-holes, watebed
the shimmer of the dying daylight on
gorgeous plaids of hia uais'coat, and
gazing up in the toiling mayor and
commissioners, remarked :
"T-t-these f-fellows that have to
w-work for t-t-their living m-m-make
me t-t-tired !"
SKIRMISH WITH THE REDS
Hostile "Sioux Bring Fourteen
Kiilerless Horses Into Camp.
Omaha, Jan. 3. The correspond
ent of the Bee at Pine Ridge telegraphs
that after the arrival of the scout who
brought the report that the hostiles
had just brought fourteen calvary
horses, with bridles, saddles, etc., into
their camp, another scout brought
word that a skirmish had occurred.
The scout said that the Cheyenne
hostile3 made a rush upon a squad of
Cat r's fc ioux scouts on Grass creek,
Thursday night, and killed several of
them. Grass creek is a small and
nearly dry stream which empties into
White river eighteen or twenty miles
north of Wounded Knee postomce,
tnesignt or last Mondays uattie, m
the near vicinity of which Carr is j
reported now in camp. When the j
scout asked whether any soldiers were
engaged in the skirmish, he was told
that there were, but that they took
little part in it.
The country seems io be alive with
hostile scouts.
As yet the authorities have been
unable to get at the truth of the re
port regarding the cavalry horses in
the hostile camp.
TROOPS SURROUND THE AGENCY.
Instead of concentrating the troops
iu a huddled condition in the center
of the camp, as General Brooke had
them, General Miles has thrown them
out into permanent picket lines on top
of the ridge that encircles the agency
valley and is having rifle pits and
uuaiu eiiciiei uuui iur iumu, tue uue
for use in case of attack and the other
to shelter them while of! duty. In
other words, instead of the agency
building surrosnding the soldiers, the
soldiers are to surround the agency.
Indeed, in the brief time since Gen.
Miles arrived here the entire face of
affairs has undergone a radical change.
Two of the wounded hostiles, taken
prisoners after the Wounded Elnee
battle, died last night. The wounded
cnl'n caaA mr."M a
The attending surgeons say they never
saw more frightful wounds in their
lives, the close range at which most of
the wounds were received having re
sulted in unusual laceration. A daily
bulletin will be issued by those in
charge of the hospital.
FATHEB CRAFT OUT OF DANGER.
A correspondent called on Father
Craft last evening and fiuud him
sitting up in a chair and able to con
verge, although not to any great
len;tn. He now seems to be out of
danger, very much to the surprise ol
even his physicians. He is in the
Cathlic schoo home, at the agency,
and is receiving every atteution
The body of Mider, one of the
I
government herdeis here who was
. missing for three days, ha3 been fouud
reveral miles west of the agency
died with bulh ts.
rid-
Bicklen's Arnica Salve.
The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Sslt Rhem, Fever
Sores, Tetter, Chapp d Hand, Chilhlains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi
tively curta Piles, or no pay required. It
Is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price 25 ceo'8 per box.
FOR SALEBY Mrtz & Hale,
Under A JLncky Scar.
Havana, Jan. 3. Manuel Gareia,
the brigand chief, was overtaken by
troops Thursday night and sur
rounded. His hoise was killed under
him and be was wounded, but he
succeeded in escaping. Sixto Var
elia, Garcia's principal lieutenant,
was shot and killed.
2so Dan per or a Flood at Pittsburg:.
Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 3. All dan
ger of a flood in this vicinity has
passed. The Monongahela and Alle
gheny rivers are falling. Early this
morning the lowlands in Allegheny
and Pitisburg were flooded, but no
serious damage was done to property.
Wm. Courtney's.
NEW STYLES IN
Fine Shoes and Slippers
Full
Opposite Sicher's Hotel
228 OHIO STREET.
TWO THOUSAND SKELETON:
Some Wonderful Discoveries
Recently Made Near Bee
Springs, Ky.
Boston, Mass., Jan. 3. Peter
Brezedine of Bee Springs, Ky., writes
here of some "wonderful paleontolo
gical discoveries made by him in that
nart of the state. He says: 4iI
explored what is known as the Hun-
of Mammoth cave. In it 1 found evi
dences ot a race of human beings of a
irreat antiauitv. Inside of the cave, I
counted over 2.000 mummed skeletons
or bodies of what must have been a
force and verv suutrior race of men. !
targe ana very superior race ot men,
evidently dating back beyond our his
tory ot Adam and the Garden of Eden
many thousand years. The bodies
are in an excellent state ot preserva
tion, and I intend to move about ten
of them at once to Boston for the ben
efit of the scientific wor.'d."
Oil Wells Can Be Pumped Snnilny.
Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 3 In the
county couit to-day, Oudge Stowe
handed down an opinion on the
pumping of oil welte on Sunday, that
has long been undecided here. The
suits were brought by the Law and
Order society, but were dismissed by
Judge Stowe, who maintained that the
pumping of wells on Sunday was an
aosoiute necessity since salt water
generally ruins a standing well.
A German residing at Shel by ville,
Ind has fallen heir to 135,000.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.
ABSOLUTELY PVStS
THE FLOKIHA SENATOKhHIP
The Alliance Will Have a Ma
jority in the Democratic
CaGcns.
Tallahassee, FJa., Jan. 3. - When
the Florida Legislature meets mxt
April it will elect a United States
senator to succeed Senator Wilkinsou
Call. The Legislature consists of
thirty-two senat irs and sixty eight
representatives. The combined vote
of the two houses is 100. Of that
number only one is a rejmblican
Senator O. B. Smith, who holds over
from the election of 1888. There
will be ninety-nine votes in the demo
cratic caucus, and it will require two
At- i r ii i . ,
imp's or mat numoer to matte a
nomination.
Fifty-seven active working mem
bers of the Farmers Alliance secured
nominations on the Democratic
ticket and were elected to the Legis
lature, and there are our other legis
lators who are affiliated with Alii
auce. This giyes the Farmer's
Alliance oi votes in tne democratic
caucus - within five votes of being the
two-thirds necessary to make a nom
ination.
Hibert F. Kocers, President of the
Florda State Alliance, is a member
ot tne estate senate ana nas oeen sug
gested as its President.
Senator Gill has canvassed the state
THE
in his own behalf and has many warm
adherents who are working for him.
The opposition, however, is strong and
aggressive and its favorite candidate
i3 State Senator John F. Dunn, of
Ocala, who within the past year has
amassed a fortune from the sale of
phosphate lands. He is also the fav
orite of the Farmers' Alliance, for he
has expended more money for it than
all others in Florida combined. Should
the Farmers' Alliance members de
cide to go into caucus and agree upon
'ail A 1 lio nnu na nA i?o f a a m nntr fltirilr
an Alliance candidate, as many think
they will do, their choice would
doubtless be John F. Dunn, and in
that event he would be the next
senator from Florida, for he has sev-
eml Avowed snnnorrpr
amoog the
legislators outside of Alliance,
Sad Story of Mrs. Kcmpslcr,
Minneapolis Minn,, Jan. 3. Mrs.
M. P. Kempster, a lucil dressmaker,
was arrested for larceny a few days
ago, apd it now appears she is the
divorced wife of Dr. Walter Kempster
an expert of national reputation, who
was for years and until 1884 'superin
tendent of the Northern ?sylum in
Wisconsin. Her extravagance cum
pelted his resignation She was a
leader in Wisconsin society, but since
her divorce has been in reduced cir
camstances. Her husband is weil
known iu the east, and is now private
physician in Washington to Senator
bawyer, with whom he is interested
in gold
mines.
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Ex-Gov. Crittenden and Judge
Fields had a war of words at Kausas
City.
U. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 1 7, 1889,
Baking
Powder
What Was Their Fate ?
New York, Jan., 3 The Pacific
Mail s'eamship Newport, arrived to
day fr- m Colon, reports that in mid
ocean i foui d the Nova Scotian bark,
James H Hamlin, with the entire
ciew id with fryer and wholly un
able to work the sh p. All hands
were delirious and cousd not give the
destination of the vessel. The New-
port sent its surgeon on boad with
.medicines and fresh provisions.
Nothing has since been heard of the
bark.
JUKI SAID HE WAS INSANE.
And the Court Reasons That
Young is in tne Same Mental
Condition Nnw.
Atlantic City, N. J., Jan 8 Tes
timony was heard to-day by Judge
Reed upon the rule to inquire into
1 he mentul condition of Joseph F.
Youug, who was acquitted Dec. 11 of
tbe charge of homicide upon the plea
of in?auity.
Youug was accompanied by the
.sheriff and his brother. There were
asso prtseni friends from Pni adelphia
who anticipated his discharge lrom
custody. Young has improved greatly
in health, having recovered from the
severe attack of m laria wi h which
he was suffering when first incarcera
ted He was iu buoyant spirits and
greeted his friends by wishing them
all a happy .New Year.
Tne investigation was brief, only
three witne;-8e3 being examined.
County Pnvsicia'i Keiily testified that
he considers the pri-ouer's mental con
dition as good as at the time the crime
was comm tted. He think hi- mind
is sound. Dr. James, ot May's Land
ing, who a' tended Young whde it
jail, concurred in this opinin. Sheriff
Lacy said that in his opinion Young
is sound mentallv, aud dded thtt he
has had the freedom of his home since
his acquittal. He thinks that the
liberty allowed Young had been .of
great benfit to his hetith.
Mr. Scovel, of the counsel for the
prisoner, then aked for the discharge
of Youug as no degree of insanity
continues, as set forth iu the statute.
The Court replied that a great deal of
importance attwehed to the testimony
submitted. No such condition of
mind as emotional insanity is recog
nized in the state. Although he had
charged the jury clearly upon that
point it had brought in a verdict of
insanity, the testimony here is
that he is still in the same condition
mentally as at the time the deed
wascimmitted. The only logica
conclusion to be drawn is that he is
still insane. Judge Reed concluded
with the remark that he would
render a decision upon the case next
Monday.
Young was immediately removed
and taken to May's Landing shortly
afterwards,"
This abrupt manner of dealing with
the case surprised Young's counsel,
and the J udge's remarks lead them to
think that Young may go to the in
sane asylum at Trenton, although he
is in perfect possession of his mental
faculties and appreciates his present
condition. His friends express great
Disappointment at net being able to
take him borne to spend New Year's
Day.
Troubles el Mike JlcGintr.
Decatu', 111., Jan. 3. Mike Mc
Ginty, who lives in Decatur, must be
a close relation of the noted gentle
man of lyrical fame. Mike is a coal
miner in the shaft here. This morn
ing five tons of coal fell on him au
left him in worse shape than the cele
brated McGinty. Hi3 head wa3
bruised and both legs badly mashed,
but he may recover. .Last spring
coal fell on him and broke one leg.
Patents.
Higdon & Higdon, patent attor
neys and solicitors of American and
foreign patents, St. Louis, Mo., re
port the folio wiug list of patents
allowed during the past week .
High resistance compound, (two
patents) William G. Bremer, St.
Louis, assignor to United Electric
Improvement Company, Gloucester
City, J.
Car door, John W. Crumbangh and
L. C. Prater, Kansas City.
Wagon'bolster plate, Jno. Deitrick,
Acaste.
Machine for cutting irregular
shapes, Francis H. Niermann, Jef
ferson. Disintegrator, Robert N. Ross, St.
Louis.
Telethermometer, Charles Short
and R. L: Short, St. Louis, said
Charles Short, assignor to R. L.
Short.
Book binding, Robert Winzenburg,
St. Louis.
The Ohio River is rising fast, but
a senou3 flood is not expected.
HOW ABOUT THE FARMERS?
What are They Likely to do in
the Missouri Legislature?
Jefferson Ci'y, Jan. 3. The town
fills up with legislators very slowly.
Bath Tuttle and Turner, the strongest
candidates for speaker, are depending
upon thaatrength they will b.ing with
tnem, aud neither will be here to
start the ball until to-morrow. Not
more than a dzen members of the
lower house are iu the city.
Fole is making an active campaign
for the speakership, and when a legis
lator arrives in town it is into Fogle's
h'inns that he fa Is first. "Farmer"
Hickman, the father of the Missouri
Alliance, nowever, says that Tuttle
will be elected, and "Farmer" Hick
man ought to know. Webb, the
Jackson county candidates does not
seem very enthusiastic over his
chances, and it is possible that he will
withdraw before the caucus meets.
The question that is first ou the lips
ol every new arrival is, "What are
the farmers going to do ?" And it u
a3 fruitful a theme of discussion as the
query about the success of matrimony,
'lhe members of the alliance who are
in the ciy are discussing the subject
with mo.e interest than any one else.
The farmers' alliance in Missouri has
more lodges and a larger membership
thin the organization has in any other
state in the union, but it has not the
political organization that was effected
in Kansas under the name of the
peoples' party, so that while a large
majority of the lower house of the
'1 hirty-sixth general assembly are
members oT the alliance, not one of t
1 hem hasan idea of what the others
think should be done.
Representative Kelley, a republi
can, al.iauce" mem her, said : "The
thing to be avoids going too far
We larmers want our si ce off the
loaf, but we cannot antagonize the
cities or mat the railroads unfairly
or it will react against us. It will be
hard to hold the farmers in line, how
ever, as a farmer i3 the most independ
ent man in the world, and each one
wi 1 make an attempt to carry out his
own ideas. However, I think tbe
alliance men will be mre conserva
tive than some people think."
That there will be a great flood of
bills on a multitude of subjects be
comes more evident as each member
arrives. A bill that will be introduc
ed and that will receive strong sup
port on the part of the farmers will
provide that in assessing tax. 3 the
amount of a mortgage upon the prop
erty shall be deducted from the as
sessed valuation of the property. Some
of the members argue quite enthusias
tically in favor of the idea, but there
is much doubt if any such bill coald
pass the senate. This branch of the
legislature, in fact, is generally looked
upon as a barrier which any radical
bill that may get past the house is
going to have a great deal of difficulty .
in surmounting.
The alliance men are men with
ideas, and one alliance man can do a.
great deal of talking. Such expres
sions aa "If the government cannot
control the corporations, then the
government is a failure," and "The
government must control theiailroads
or the railroads will control the gov
ernment," fill their mouths constaatly
and are uttered with a settled tone of
conviction that gives no encourage
ment to argument. They talk about
the recent victories ot the alliance
vuters, and say that the man who
comes out in favor of a low tariff, the
abolishment of the national banking
system, the free coinage of silver
and governmental control of railroads
and telegraphs will be elected presi
dent iu 1892 by an overwhelming,
majority.
Govenor Francis is hard at work
on his message. It is going to be of
unusual length, and the govenor will
give long drawn out opinions upon
m ny of the questions of the day to
come before the legislature. The
message will review the Australian
ballot system and suggest that tbe
provisions' of the act be extended so
as ts apply to the country as well as
to the cities, and such a bill will un
doubteuly be passed.
The usual crowd of seekers after
clerkships and places as doorkeepers
are in the field, and each new mem
ber as he arrives finds himself beset
with them. No one except them
selves, however, seems to be paying
the least particle of attention to these
campaign?.
Mr. J. A. Price, Deputy Inspector State
Tobacco Warehouse No. 5, Baltimore, Md.7
says : One of my children had been suf
fering with neuralgia for. some time. A.
friend recommended Salvation Oil, I pro
cured a bottle and a few applications, to my
surprise, effected a complete cute. I tak&
pleasure in recommending it to all person
similarly affected.