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tfMS SEP A LI A "WKKKra BAZOO. APKIL 20, 1892. 3 FALSE LIGHT. A Republican Correspondent Sends a Political Bluff A It oad. The Present Administration Charged Willi Fraud With out Facts to Sustain it. The Truth Plainly TJil. A dispatch which was totally un called for sn the meaning it was, its purpose to convey, and which can be shown by the facts in the premises to be bodily false, appeared in the St. Louis Globe-Deniocrst of to-day un der the head of "Democratic Fraud; at Sedalia." This report was of course sent by the local correspondent who is supposed to be, and doubtless is, cog nizant of what is going on, which con dition of affaits renders the offense the more palpable and unjust And more, it tends broadcast charges, re flecting on the present city adminis tration and accusing it with fraudu lent conduct, which is not bourn out by fact, and which cannot be substan tiated by proof. A false impression is maliciously given out to serve a pur pose which it could not benefit and when a truthful statement of the cir cumstances in the case would have worked a better result. FRAUD AT SEDALIA. Marked special to the Globe Demo crat, the following ia a dispatch dated April 17, Sedalia, Mo., At the last municipal election in this citv the Democratic Mayor was declared elected by a majority of 106 votes. The Republicans were also humiliated by a Democrat being declared elected to the Council from the Fourth Ward, which is and has been for year the republican strorgho'd in the city. A few days ago a .Rep ublican member of the city Council obtained access to the poll books of the Fourth Ward and found at tie bottom of the list of votes upwards of 100 names of persons he could not identify. Yesterday the Republican judges of the election made an effort to obtain a copy of the poll book, but Judge lUuck and Democratic City Clerk, backed by Mayor Stevens and the Democratic judges of election refused to permit a copy to be made. To morrow mandamus proceedings will be instituted and the investigation of the poll books will probably show that all the democrats on the city ticket were defeated by clear major ities. ME OTI1F.E SIDE. When the above was shown to Mayor Stevens this morning he ex pressed his astonishment that anyone should presume to send such informa abroad, when the real facts of the matter were easily obtainable. Said Le : "At each ward in the city there were two eels of books, one to go on record in this office and another for the use of such people as may ha7e occasion to refer t ) them, or who may doubt the fairness of the election. As required by law, one book from each ward was filed away in the city clerk's office, and duplicates of them, if they be termed such, were placed in the hands of parties where they would be etsilv acessible to everybody. "These jooks were given into the fol lowing hands: Bell Hutchinson, first ward: Put McEnroe, second ward: Ed. Marvin, third ward, and Obe Harris, fourth ward. "Now, these books anybody can see, and the same is true of those in this office, but we have refused and still refuse to allow the file books to be taken out of the city clerk's custody. We do this because the law requires U3 to, if for no other reasDn. THE BOOKS DEMANDED. "Further, when Messrs. A. Farn- ham, Ernest Weis and Henry Mues chke first demanded the books, thev appealed to Judge Rauck, which was entirely proper, but as Judge Rauck was not satisfied as to the law gov erning the case, and as he is heldre- sponsible for his actions by a bond of $2,000, he, simply as a precoution against possible mistakes, asked that ho be given time to refer the matter to the city attorney. There seemed to be no dissatisfaction about this and when I was informed relative to the requirements of the law. I instructed J udge Rauck to give them access to the books on file, and in the case of judges, allow them to copy them if they chose, but not to let them go out of the office. TEMPEST IX A TEA-rOT. "Now this is the tempest in a tea poe to which some ingenious dis grunts are trying to add thun der. I understand that Mr. Obe Harris has already turned -over the forth ward book, which was "-put into his hands, to Mr. Hobrecht for hi9 inspection, and if he or others ior ma inspection, ana u ne or others. cngiessman irom that distnet. I he said 'no, he did not! desire anything farther they can copy the books here in the efface. To the credit of the present admin istration, bowever, it may be said, that a sure enough mandamus, much less an alleged threatened one, would not displease it just now. With reference toja rumpus,they are more disposed to court it than other wise, as there is a prevailing belief that any disruption will result in placing some defeated democrats in line with their running mates. It is claimed that there are a few hidden facts, which if the sunlight were turned on, would make Dexter treas urer. The democrats, while not seek ing a conies', are not disposed to avoid one, as they believe it will result in th Ar getting more than they already have. The next bout would mean whole hog er none. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. FIRE AT WINDSOR. Several Business Houses stroyed. De The fire bug did another complete job in Windsor on Monday night. fire was first discovered about 12:45 at the rear of McCleverty's two-story frame building. This house was un dergoing repairs, and would have been occupied this week by the millinery establishment of Williams ot Jackson, of Clinton. From this house fire communicated to the old Citizens Bank building on the north and the Schwab building on the south. The fire walls of the latter would have saved it, bad it not been for a doorway in the upper story, about the center of the side wall. The bank building is badly damaged, but covered by insurance. The bank was removed across the street several mouths ago. The second story was owned by B. W. Huey, phot grapher. His insurance on building is $800, and will probably cover loss. His slock and apparatus is insured for $300. Loss, about $600. Richardson & Son, harness, saddles, buggies, etc., in lower story, are bad ly damaged by water, dirt and smoke. The Schwab building is thought to be fully covered. Inquires & Arnold, its occupants will b the heaviest losers. Their entire stock of hardware, stove.c" buggies, in fact everything, with ex ception of a few nails and other small iteni3, were ettirely destroyed. Their loss is between $4,000 and $5,000, with only $1,500 insurance. Mr. Arnold had only removed to town re cently, purchasing tbc half interest of M. C. Harmon. BLOOD SPOTS Visible for a Square on Street This Horning. Ohio Those who were up with the sun this morning were not a little startled when confronted with evidences that a crime of the cold-blcodtd kind hud been perpetrated during the night. The fir3t to discover traces of blood. which were plainly visible on the east side of Uhio street, extending from Sicher's hotel to a point immediately opposite the First National bank, was soon surrounded by a score of people, who joined in tracing the gory spots which appeared at intervals of about two feet on the sidewalk. THE TOLICE AROUSED. Expressions of every description and kind escaped the lips of the awe stricken crowd, which had been so unceremoniously brought together. One lady volunteered to fathom the mystery, and when asked to explain said she had hear. the report of a pistol during the night, which was immediately followed by the voice of a man, who in breathless agony exciaimeu "My uou, l am shot.'' She then heaid foot steps as though his assailants were rapidly re treating. Tue police as usual were alert and left no stone unturned. The air was thick with surmises and suspicions. Ons man said be saw two men in an angry dispute, during which one of them said he would shoot. and put his hand on his hip. This party left then. m me ena oi tne trail was J. d I "1 f 1 t found a pool of blood, and just around the corner lay a dog sullering and badly wounded. THE SITUATION EXCITING. The Hall-Macsur race for the dem ocratic nomination for congress in the second district, continues at a white heat in Randolph county. The local press is devoting considerable space to !... j i m . . me situation, ana Dotn u. S. Hall and C. H. Mansur are on the ground organizing their respective forces for uc ubuio oaiuruay. xue result in this county will no doubt have con siderable to do with naming the next c-Dgiessman from that district. NELL'S LETTER. Sho Talks About the New Gowns The Gymnasium and Other Things. Dear Madge : In view of the fact that there is much being said at pres ent regarding "woman s emancipation from the shackles of clothes," I've been a-tuinkin' over S'.me things and I have concluded that instead of being emancipated, we are going back to the days whtn women were not only slaves to clothes, but slaves to silly caprices in the way of attiring them selves. Now, for instance, there is the abominable trained gown with which you and your own Nell, as well as scores of others, are afllcted this summer, with its tight front and in decent want of petticoats and iu gon -eral adhesiveness to the figure. Actually, Nell, when I went down the street with Frank the other day, I couldn't help feeling ashamed. He bad on light gray trousers and I had on light gray "trousers," the only difference in oar garb being that he had his divided to suit the wants of his separated limb;, and they were called "trousers," mine were not di vided and the "thing was called a "gown." Every step I took I seemed to kind o' knock together, and every time i crossed over the street, J had to grasp at my rear like a man trying to reach his "pocket pistol." The sidewalks were dirty too they always are in bedalia and the groceries with their usual lavish overflow adding to the dirt made a truly elegant mess in which to trail my gown. But I did it, of couise I did, I wasn't going to be outdone by any other woman, you know Madge, but I declare to you, when I saw a boy with his knees well through, a big pair of roomy shoes on and an old coat that fitted him like a Roman toga, 1 envied him and yet I bad not the courage to go home and take that "rig" of mine off, including my long square toed shoes, my gloves which were so tight, I felt like I had plasters between my fingers, my bat that is to say my "spring" hat, literally a couple of wire springs with a dab of lace over it, aud my new lace veil jabbing me around the chin every inonient.and throw it into the tire, as 1 felt like doing. No, indeed, I went home, took oil my shoes aud gave my abused toes a chance to spread, took off my gloves and rubbed one poor purple palm against the other, unpin ned my hat before the glass, "snaked" off that gown and put on a dear old petticoat, a big roomy wrapper and a pair of slippers that were nearly as large as my feet and tben lovingly and with tender hands removed from the traine the stale tur nips, the rusty onions and cheese rinds, the rich brown tobacco chews, the bits of paper and a generous fringe of mud, and then with great satisfaction hung the gown away ready to wear it and suffer again, because it is " quite up," and Mrs. has not yet been able to corno within a mile of it. Speaking of the new gown, Madge, reminds me of a story that is poing the rounds. A certain young married lady was about to go down town on a shopping excursion, and just as she stepped out of the large vestibule door, it swung shut on her trains, and lo ! she was caught, and there she was. She couldn't turn and open the door and she couldn't reach tbe bell. Then she had a happy thought , she would remove her skirt climb out of it, as it were, and then with a pull at the bell she would be all right. She drop ped her parasol and began to "climb," nut alas 2 in good time she remembered that she didn't have on a sign of a petticoat, nothing but her snug-fitting : i i . i . i v i uuiuu ami, nuu eue was ai last oungeu to wriggle and twist until she man aged to reach the bell, and her blushes and herself were thus saved from a mighty unpleasant predica ment. Madge dear, it does occur to me, that there should be more sensible mothers in Sedalu than elsewhere and yet judging from the manner in which girls at the most critical time in their lives are allowed to"stradd!e" about the gymnasium, I can't siy that I think some of these mothers are going to win a prize. I happened to be at the foot of the stairs a few evenings since when eight panting girls anywhere from 13 to 17 came down the long stairs and I listened to what they had to say. One declared that she was nearly dead, that she was in perspiration, the whole time she was "practicing" and now she was nearly frczsn. Another said, she had a terrible headache and 6he ccuMn't sleep the night before she was so sore, but then it was just "too lovely you know and she wouldn't give up tbe gym for anything." Then one of tbe girls, who had evidently been an on-looker, said "mama asked the doctor if he thought it healthy for s to take such violent exercise and and so mama thinks best for me not to try it." I said to myself oneseu-iblemother,one sensible doctor.and then listened for the reply. "Weli," said Miss Pert, "I think your mama is mistaken, and as my mama says, Dr. is an old gran ny. Now, I tell you I think it is great fun. You ouht to hive seen the bruises on me lust night I was just awful tired. I couldn't go to church, and I hud to study this morn ing like rats. I wa3 so tired last night, I didn't have time, yu know. But I am able to swiug almost head down now, and professer says I am getting along fiuely." I went on home, but I have been thinking. A FEW THOUGHTS. Why don't more girls, who arc brought up to nolhiug useful aud who are too tired to go to church, because they have been allowed to make fools of themselves, go to destruction ? Why don't society put a stop to tll!8 fad, which is onilangpring lives and morals of young womanhood by trying to make them athletes, and teach them that good cooking is the demand ot the day ? Why can't there be more old "gran nies" among the physicians, who will prohibit violent exercise, which for an hour or two keeps the blood in a boiling state, aud then turns it out to cool in an atmosphere that is slipping along toward zero, and why can't everybody have more sense and less running after "perfectly lovely" things which are not worth a tinker's cent to-ward making a good and noble woman, and which would make a "silly" out of even yours, Nell. A Million Friends. A friend in need is a friend indeed, nd not less than one million people have found just such a friend in Dr. King's New Dis covery for Consumption, C'Ughs and Cold. It you have i ever used this Great Cough Medicine, one trial will convince you that it has wonderful curative powers in all dis- aes of Throat, Chest and Lungs. Each bottle is guaranteed to do all that is claimed or money will b; refunded. Trial bottles free at Mertz & Hale's drug store. THE BATTLE ON. Hall and lansnr Concentiate Their Forces in Randolph. In Randolph county, Mr. U. S Hall's home, is being waged the hard est fight for congressional instructions now going on in the state. Mr. Man s.ur, who now has the honor to represent that district the Second in congress, has pitched battle with Hall on the la tier's own vantage ground, and with each charge the battle becomes more furious and rapid. In order to fasten a statement on Hall, the correctness of which Mr. Mansur vigorously denies, the follow' ing statement has appeared in print. subscribed and sworn to by C 1 , Vandiver, of Salisbuay, Mo. THE CHARGE. "On the night of February 12, lbiiz, at the den jt, in lirunswicfc, Mo. I met U. S. Hall, and while on the platform of the depot, in conversation he told me that he (Hall) had in his pocket certified copies of the deeds to the Oklahoma property, sn:d to have been deeded to C. H. Mansur for using his influence in congress to locate the temporary capital at Guthrie." 8100 WORTH. OF PAPERS. In turn Mr. Hall's personal friend: charge that Mr. C. P. Vandiver got into Ha l's private coun cils and his confidence by pos ing as a friend and supporter of bis (Hall), and that he has been traitor to the faith indicated bv his actions. Mr. Vandiver is editor of the Keytcsville Courier, and he has fur nished $100 worth of his papers to be circulated in the interest ot Alansur, anf which it is stated, the latter "ad mits he expects to pay for." There' by "hangs a tale" of three columns iu the Moberly Democrat under the head of "He Squirms," and the end is not yet.- Mr. Hall's statement very much modifies tbe charges made in the KfhilaVit. Mr. J. P. Blaize, an extensive real estate dealer in Des Moines, Iowa nar rowly escaped one of the severest at tacks ot pneumonia while in the northern part of that state d urine i rscent blizzard, says the Standard Re view. Mr. Blaize had occasion to drive several miles during the storm and was so thoroughly chilled that he was unable to get warm, and in side of an hour after his return he was threatened with a severe case of pneu nionia or iimg iever. air. iiiaize sent to the nearest drug store and got a bottle of Cbamberain's Cough Rem- eay, oi wnicn ne naa ouen neara and took a number of large doses. He says the effect was wonderful and that in a short time he was breathing quite easily. He kept on Ukiug the medicine and the next day was able to come to Des Moines. "Mr. Blaize regards his cure as simply wonderful. 50 cent bottles for sale by Aug T. JMeiscamann. OKLAHOMA. The Great Kace Which Took Place at Noon To-Day Scenes at Kingfisher. Kingfisher, Oklahoma, April 1!). Special to the Bazoo. At 12 o'clock to-day the Cheyenne aud Arapahoe lands were thrown open and made part of Oklahoma. There are now fifty thousand or more people on them engaged in a mad race for land. All day yesterday and last nTght, tbe scenes in and around Kingfisher were stirring and novel in the extreme. Yesterday, thousands of horsemen and hundreds of horse women could be seen iu and around Kingfisher speeding and trying their horses for the race and that sort of practice con tinued far into the night. There were fast race horses here from Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky end Tennessee. Two of the most noted horses of Kansas were here. Last night there were thousands of peophs camped on the line above and below this place, and the camp fires blazed vividly in every direction. Dances, songs and shouts were heard along the long line until long after midnight. A negro colony north of town sang plantation melodies nearly all night. This morning dawned dull and gray with a mist falling and a stiff north wind blowing. At daylight this morning there were 150 men in line at the land of fice waiting to file at 12 o'clock. In the presence of assembled thous ands the signal was given and the mad race began between race horses, plugs ox-teams and footmen. Every thing has passed off peaceably so far, but bloodshed and riot are feared at the land office later. Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruise?, Sorrs, Ulcer?, Bait Kheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapied Hands,. Chilblains, Corns and all Skin Eruptions, and posi tively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guiranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price, 25 cents per box. For sale br Mertz & If ale. MISSING MYRTLE. She is Still Undiscovered Xo l'lace in Columbus for Connell. A dispatch from Columbus, O. dated yesterday, siys : "It is two weeks to-day since Miss Myrtle Sturtevant left her home here aud sho is still lest. A Columbus traveliug man says be was an inmate of a Cincinnati house on Thursilay last. It was alss reported that she was living in a houss of ii'.- -"nutehere, but all these rumors are found to be falsa. The police here and iu Cincin nati take little stock in Connell, the girl's lover. He i3 vain and pompous, and it is thought he knows more about the matter than he is willing to tell. He new says th..t the girl left him a note when she went away, abusing him. Why he does not say. A dispatch from Cincinnati savs that Connell to-day received letter from some one in Memphis, lenn., evidently a Jady, as tbe writ ing on the envelope showed, and that he burridly put it in bis breast pocket The papers are full of rumors, and Connell is getting roasted. Uuless he succeeds in finding the young lady Connell had better give Columbus a wide berth. A FATAL MISTAKE. Physicians make no more fatal mistake than wheu they inform patients that ner vous heart troubles come from the stomach and are of hltle consequence. Dr. Frank' lin Miles, the noted Indiana crecialiat. Iiai proven the contrirv in his nen- book on " Heart Disease, " which may be had at A. 1. rleiscbminn V, wh guarantees and recommends IJr. .Miles unequaled New Heart Cure, which has the larcest sale ot any heart remJy in the world. It cures ner70us and organic heart disea??, short breath, fluttering, pain or tenderness in the side, arm or shoulder, irregular poise, fainting, smothering droner. etc. His Restorative Nervine cares hsadache. fits, etc CHEAP LANDS AND HOMES. The St. Louis & San Francisco railway company ofier for sale 130,000 acres cf fat m, grazing, timber and mineral lands upon cheap and easy terms and in tracts !o suit purchasers. Thrse lands are located in the counties of franklin, Crawford, Phelps, Maries and Pulaski, State o! Mis souri. For namnhlet and full particulars, mil upon or address F. C Hoyt, Land Agent, Roe Building, St. Louis, Mo. H. L. Mor- II, D. Wishart Gen'l Mans-sr, Gea'l Pass Agt., St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis. Mo. M9irlyr MISSOURI MELANGE. Lamar has a 1,600 egg power incubator. Good roads 13 the watchword now in Missouri. Salisbury claims by actual count 2,000 inhabitaats. Low Balb and Ju Ceng, China men, wdre shot and fatally injured by highbinders at St. Louis, Monday. Willie Harding, aged fourteen, wa3 pushed under a moving train by Johu Hall, a playmate, at St. Jis?pn yesterday, and was cut to pieces. There will be something of a stir for th'j Missouri bmk eximinership. Mr. Marshall having resigned. The office is worth 35,000 to SO.OOO per ytar. Fred Mench, an aged German, committed suicide at St Charles, Mo., yesterdy, by cutting his throat with a raz'ir. aicjuouc remorse was tne cause. Jesse James, of PhtteCity, while under sentence of two years for raping a young woman, secured his release by marrying her. She had already been delivered of a child. Jame B Snell, of Fplton, Mo., died at Washington Tuesday. He was the clerk ot tbe house committee on coinage, weights and measures at the time of bis death. Rijah, said to ba the largest ele phant ever captured, being forty years old and weighing 12,000 pounds, arrived in Kansas City yesterday. He was consigned to Lemmon Bros., the showmen. Signor Alfred Barili, after blight ing a happy borne and destroying an innocent woman's respect on earth, has returned to his deserted wife and says he i3 happy. Another argument for the shotgun law. Marvin D. Sipole, alias Albert King, and Irzzie Dennis were con victed and sentenced at Kansas City yesterday for kidnapping the little son of Banker Beals, about one year ago. The former got four aud the latter two years. St. Louis has a mad fence that breaks the record. Dr. Day opposed a saloon in his neighborhood, when Real Estate Agent Duffy bought an adjoining lot to Dr. Dxy'a residence ami built a fence twenty-five feet high, cutting off all the view to the west. The court of appeals has reversed-' the judgment of the lower court in the case of the state versus "V. H. Phillips and Celia Ann Phillips. The two were fined S10 each for "open adultery,"' the woman being the di vorced wife of Phillips' brother, who saw the two in a compromising situ ation through a crack in a log house, when the door wss closed. The higher court held that this was not an act of open lewdness, inasmuch as the. parlies were watched. The Good O J Times. Then times were good, Merchants cared not for rush For any other farp, Than Johnny cake and musb. But now times have changed, and the plain and simple fare of the fore fathers is done away with. Patent flour, aud high seasoned food, and strong drinks, have taken its place, and, as a result dyspepsia, impure blood, and diseases of the stomach liver, and lungs are numerous. This great change has led one of the most skillful physiciads of tha age to study out a remedy lor these modern diseases which he has named his "Golden. Medical Discovery." Dr. Pierce in this remedy has found a cure for Dyspepsia, Bronchitis, Asthma, Con sumption, in its early stges, and "Liv er Complaints." SALE OF THE PO iT-DISPATCH. Rumors have been rife for some time past about the sale of the Post Dispatch, it being generally under stood that Mr. Pulitzer is anxious to get rid of tbc paper. About six months ago a sale was reported to have been effected through the St. Louis Brokers, Messrs. Kohu & Co., and the recent reorganization of the corn pony under a new name ha3 given color to the rumors either of a sale accomplished or of a sale impending. Seme months ago, according to ru mor, Governor Francis wa3 negotiat ing for a purchase through Sir Charles Gibson, but while the matter was con sidered, it 13 understood that nothing came of it. There was a difference of opinion as to the price. Rumor had it thatS200,000 had been offered, while 8250,000 was asked, and consequently that tbe parties could not come to gether. St. Louis Republic. It might as well be understood that Italy is not showing us any special Fava by sending us her envoy of that name to resume diplomatic re lations. Fought a Draw. ty Mixxeatous, Minn., April 20. Th fifht between Ike Weir, the Bella, spider, and Tommy White, of Chicago last night at the Hennepin athleil Club, was declared' a draw after tap hot rounds had been fought. f