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SB ft lb lil Jpttfifl 38TH YEAR. OREGON, MISSOURI, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1902. NUMBER 9. Current Comment. pan 74. interest overpaid 2549.146: niter The arraignment of the Demooratic 28i premiums on bonds $510,231; pages stewardship in Missouri is a malicious 45, 12, bond and defense warrants thrice STi ttZ? DAd K 111: credited 28.48 bond, drop- conditions known toeverv raident of M1 aBd cmed cash, $51,885; Kohn the state. St. Joseph Gazette. Popper credit, $150. Page 28. bonds pur- It seems from the above statement chased for sinking fand, $690,855 :excesa that our contemporary has obeyed the of interest paid, $70,690. Amount paid edict from Jefferson City.to declare every American Exchange bank on bonds can- statement made in reference to the mis- celed and counted as part of state debt. appropriation of state funds "a lie," and 220,429. Here we have a discrepancy this seems to be the sole argument and of 94,650,620 as a hole in bond payments the only defense to be made against the 83 tne7 appear in the Dockery-Allen ex- charges that have been made referring Prt report and the various state audi ta the wrongful use of the people's tor'fl reports, all Democratic authority. money by Democratic officials. I an( merely replying with the statement The experts.including those employed th these assertions are "malicious . a w-k. - . . - - I I J ff l a . oy tne uockevy -Allen combination all sianuer or me state aoes not alter or School District Funds. County Treasurer Moore made his an nual settlement July 1st, 1902, showing the following balances to the credit of the various school districts: District. Balance. 1 $ 110 39 agree that the state books are woefully out of balance. No issue is raised as to that point. Where the difference arises is in the fact that while the Dockery experts have forced balances, as they ad change in an y particlar the published reports of the Democratic state officials. that the books of the state are shame fully out of balance. Governor 3 4 5 C 7 , 3 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16... ni ww unas. weuer s granary. Mr. Cornwall had a fine span of mules and only recently had refused $300 for them. J. R. Collison in town, and I. T. Jones west of town, went out the next day and raised about $185 toward buy. ing another team. W. M. Sanders was a business caller Monday, and while here stated that lichtninir ' northwest of town Saturday night. oen crown naa two nogs and three cows killed. .Some other stock suffered damage. Maitland Herald, July 10, 1902. 18 05 97 80 203 31 288 63 266 21 133 67 56 86 43 63 143 21 175 29 506 34 232 22 123 04 74 42 Death of Her. Bartmess. Rev. Samuel Jacob Bartmess was 1 It . uuru id oumran county, jaissouri, on the 21st day of February, 1862. He was converted about 17 tears ago and entered the ministry of the U. B. church about 15 years ago. He served in that . a ihnnh ran . : 1 u 1 JcvlrarT hiu niihlirWir lin. I I - . . x J ill --"l in i rlanrinla Wmm K it o l i ji l ::..!.-: , , . 1-lo.WI , am -m nevru i j.j " , . ..uliJ lUC u. cuireu ana urn, m uiwr puousnea reports, oy aocep- b,,,, u ueeu tpnueu 18 66 12 then joined the M P church in uug u true entries lound in tne books " .rautuuu ui wd sw uuui. mei9 for which no vouchers can be found in debt 18 9tH $5,184,000. This is an ad- 1.500,000 pounds of type. No other government spends as much money in publie printing as does the United States, and when one reads a de scription of this magnificent printing plant, and the work it is expected to do, tnere is about nine-tenths of the work that looks like squanderiag money. One report recently submitted to congress will be scattered broadcast by the con gressmen and over 10C toas of paper will be used in its printing. In print ing the Congressional Record 100 type setters are kept busy all the time, and the publication costs the government $1,250,000 a year. The office has turned out some very rapid work in its time.j and once issued a 298 page book in 24 hours. It was a report on the blowing p of the Maine, the typesetting, print ing and illustrating, as well as the bind ing, being attended to in a single day. 400 55 46 which he served to the day of his death, which came on the early morning of the 13th the .offices, othe experts, employed only that for every $40eollected from 2l 47 90 day of July, 1902, at the age of 40 years M , to discover the truth and net to acquit the taxpayers of the state, only $16 of 22 74 96 4 months and 23 days any body of peculation, have figured nut of the state debt has been paid. It i q.-. y w . 7" , . . . - .7-7" . m..M w..i.t " wjoico m oe aoie to say mat 8:00 Platte 7. 23,548 If "the arraignment of the Democratic stewardship is a malicious slander," it is from the Democratic official figures to be found results without this effort to force balances. The charges made against the party in power are substantiated and verified by the Democratic official reports and the figures are taken from the Dookery Allen expert reports and the State Audi tor's official reports as published by authority of the state and sworn toby that officer. Hence if there is any "ma licious slander" we mast remind the Gazette that it comes officially to the people through these published official reports. Let us present a few of these "slandjers" as they com to the people through these official Democratic documents. Pages 19 and 30 of the Dockery-Allen expert report enumerates how $42,000, 000 has been takes from the taxpayers to reduce the state debt of $20,000.$00 to $2,090,000, which shows a shortage of nearly $4,000,000 on debt paying account, which doss not inolade the $4,3000,000 taken from the state school fund.Taking this latter entry into account there is a shortage of $7,798,000. Page 74 of the same expert report, ex hibit A. A. the interest account from 1871 to Dec. lSOO.isshown to be $2379,- , wnue tne amount paiate snown toiaioog wun mem tn "war" taxes a be $93,929,190; only a difference of $549,-1 brokers, dealers in grain, securities and 346. The report fails to show who re-1 so forth; on pawnbrokers, custom house ceired this difference. brokers, proprietors of theaters, cir- Page 45 of the same report says that I cusea, public exhibitions, bowling a! from the total receipts for bonded debt leys and billiard rooms, dealers in to- reduction $23,334, claimed as erroneously bacco and manufadtsrers of tobacco and charged, while on page 48 it is claimed they (military and defense warrants) were both receivable for ''taxes and ther duties." On page 12 under sink ing fand account they are charged and also they are charged to the interest fund in other words the fund commis- mesas, u u means anytning, tnat tne o state debt should have been completely 26 uiuiuaicu mur yeara ago. it means 27 53 28 that in these four years there has been 28 231 56 tauen rrom the pockets of the taxpayers 2U 69 8 witnout warrantor law tne following 1 30 sums. 1 31 Buchanan county $107,408 39 Aourew aa,oi2 Atchison 33.8R4 Holt 27.032 34. Nodaway 48.028 35 36. 37. 38. 39. u uw uiucui stato auuiwr I 41) ojs kg reports ana tne Uocxery -Allen expert 1 41 reports. Witt July 1, the business men of the country had the harden lifted of paying stamps and other special taxes neces saty to defray the cost of the war with opain. xnese aave really been mere bothersome than bsrdensome, for never in the country's history have the people been in batter coadilion to "give ap" to their governmeat than during the past three years. The special $50 tax on banking soneerns went off, alas that of $2 en eaaa $1,000 at banking capital ;and cigars. The stamp taxes on instru ments, papers or documents; issues, de liveries or transfers of stock, and sales and agreement of sales or agreements to sell stocks, products or merchandise; those on wines, seats in parlor cars and berths in sleeping cars have also disap- toners, er state treasurer nas obtained I pearea; aiso tne excise taxes on per- credit three times for this amount,mak-1 sons, firms, companies aad corporations ing a difference of $46,778. engaged in refining petroleum and See page 57 and 79 and 18 of his Dem- sugar. 42.... 43 1 44 45. . . . 46. . , 47. ... , 48...... 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 01 58 59 60 61 62 63 66 67 tu IX 72 74 75 76. ... 6 b Brother Bartmess was a man of good 69 02 sterling character, well esteemed by his church and all who knew him. An in teresting preacher, a faithful pastor, a kind husband and father. His short stay among us as a preasher and his family has been a blessing to the com munity and his absence is serioasly felt by all his friends. His hop for Heaven was always bright so that death had no fear for him. Peace to his ashes, till the morn of the general resurrection, when all God's saints shall meet again to part no more forever. He leaves a beloved companion and one son to mourn his lees. Funeral services were conducted from the Evan- 133 90 gelical church on Monday, 14th inst, by 233 39 Rev. Jeffreys, of Tarkio, the pallbearers 127 19 being ministers of the various churches 50 44 of this city, the remains being laid to 02 04 reet IQ 010 Maple Grove cemetery. X. 129 17 Card of Thank.. I wish to thaok the dear people, who so kindly assisted me in the sickness and death of my dear husband and 179 87 202 17 60 20 162 81 175 84 108 69 24 08 196 23 179 89 135 83 63 56 56 44 7 90 554 85 254 25 125 60 216 24 122 61 117 59 133 91 228 66 165 09 221 80 254 11 162 05 301 66 90 76 163 26 102 85 70 16 273 94 263 87 219 80 138 19 157 06 Program of the Holt county convention of Chris tian churches to be held at Bfrelow. July 22 and 23rd, 1902: TUKSDAT KVEMNC5. Song service and devotional, A. V. Chuning, Bigelow. Sermon, T. B. Dry, Maitland. Announcements, adjournments. WEDNESDAY MORMMI. Prayer and praise service, P. S. Zeller, Forest City. Appointment of committees. Reports from churches. Open parliment, "How to Pro mote Growth." 1. "In Winning Converts," T. F. Bickel. 2. "In Liberality." Jas. Ward. 3. "In Christian Character," De borah Davis. 4. "How to Acceptably Shep herd the Country Brethren," W. H. Paxton. State work, T. A. Abbott, state secretary. Adjournment. AFTERNOON SESSION. Song service, Jos. Wilson. 8:15 9:00 9:30 9:35 10:00 shall ask God's blessing upon them.tbat they may be spared a like sorrow and receive their reward from Him. who doeth ail things well. Mrs. S. J. Bartmess. 11:15 12:00 2.-00 2:15 2:35 Dead Men's Affairs. The probate court met in apeaial sion on Monday, July 14, 1902. The set tlement in the estates of G. W. Haken, Nathan Wamsley, and Samuel Freeman were continued uatil the regular Au gust term. Mrs. Anna Dorothy Schletahauer waa appointed executrix of the will of Chris topher Schletzhauer, and gave bond in the amount of $1,$00. T. W. Burke was appointed admiais trator of the estate f Harvey Handiey and his band fixed at $1,300, which waa given and approved. William Hodgin filed appraisement in the estate of John Burke, showing the amount of personal property, $232, which, waa approved. The court ordered $50 appropriated for the support of Nettie Burgess out of the estate of Nettie Burgess, et al. It appearing to the court that G. R Whitehead, deceased, has left sundry property, his widow, Mrs. Maggie Whitehead was appointed administra trix and her bond fixed at $600. The will of Frederick Conz being pro bated, William Conz and George Cons were appointed executors. The will gives all real and personal property to Mrs. Conz during her life and after that it is to be divided among the childrea. Mrs. Frances Benj presented final set tlement in the estate of Eva Huba which was continued until the August term. The demand of the Continental In surance company against the estate of Rebecca Blair was allowed in the amouat of $21, and assigned to class 5. The demand ef O. E. Gusca against the estate at Frank Schaeeweis was al lowed in the amount ef $55, and asajsaed to class 1. The settlement of the estate ef Elias Bender waa continued until the August term. The demand of J. T. Thatcher agaiaet the estate of Samuel Shuttswaa allowed in the amount of $16X50, and assigned $9 class 2. Vhe demand ef Sherwood and Speed ing against the estate ef R. C. Wyi Reports of committees. Endeavor session, Samuel Jasper, I waa allowed in the amouat of $31. aad ocratic expert accounting aad you will find$51,885 as a balance against the fund commissioner and which appears to have been dropped from the account in Dec. 1873; on page 73 the same is entered as a part of the cash balance in Dec. 1900 On page 48 the same error will be found. Page 67 it will be noticed that $150 is shown as a balance due from Konn & Co., and on page 76 it appears as a part of the cash balance in the sinking fund Deo. 1900. Page 28 $690,855 is charged to the sinking fund as bonds purchased for the sinking fund, and on page 56 appears the following remarkable statement: "Bonds purchased for sinking fund, $620,855 is not explained onjthe books of the auditor's office the number of bonds purchased or disposition thereof not shown." The Dockery-AUen exhibit fails to show that these bonds were even sold, or that they were even canceled as any part of the state's indebtedness, and it is clear that this item is a total loss. Page 19 of the Dockery-Allen expert Jeport gives the amount of school fund and seminary certificates charged to the interest fund as $4,970,486. If the Gasette mathematician will take Milne's rule and compute the inter est, he will find that the interest over paid on this accoant will reach $70,500. Let us present to the Gazette a brief summary of the revenue account from the Dockery-Allen expert report and refer it to pages 4576,627 and 28: here it will find the receipts aggregate $44,:i55,- l$83. The expenditares are given on 1 20, 28, 29, 44 and 77, and their own Use will find Go I exhibit which refers to bond account; 1 page 50, and the Gazette will find I that it claims the amount of bonds to isvebeen paid is $17,188,410, whereas lie actual reduction of debt from Jan- lary I, loil, to isecemoer 13, iwu, was 114,608,160. Another discrepancy of $2,- L249. To this should be added. SO a It. . t m. m . Aiiogeiner, tne government began on Jaly 1, the relinquishment of about $73. 000,000 a year in the form ef internal revenue taxes just as the party in power promised two years ago that it would do. While the war taxes of 1898 were in force, the receipts from intetnal taxes were in excess of those from the customs, but the latter will from now en furnish the greater part of the treas ury revenue. The nomination ef the state house ring's candidates for supreme court judges, Judges Busgees, Valiant and Fox shows, that there is no escape for Missouri from the Seibert-Cook regime of trickery and disgrace through the me dium of the Democrats party. Mis souri Democracy is bound hand and foot to ring rule. It knows no master, no guide, no leader, but a corrupt gang of corporation mulctera and grafters. The only hope of the state is to over throw this disreputable domination and the only way oat is to overthrow the party that it controls. This year's ca paign is not so much ie determine which which political party shall prevail in Missouri State Fair. The board of directors of the Missouri State Fair will held the second anneal exhibition August the 18th to 23d, 1902. While the management was mere than gratified with the success achieved last season under the most unfavorable cir cumstances, it is encouraged to believe that the coming exhibition will be much more complete in all its departments and that the exhibits will be of such i:k U A 1 a t . "8" uuarauwr aau l sCB VOlUme as to merit a largely increased attendance. An attractive speed programme has been arranged for each day of the fair, and the large purses offered, the splen did mile track, modern stables, conven- Total $10,714 85 Ient watw and the prompt payment ef earnings, is expected to engage the best field of horses ever brought together in the state. No gambling device of anv character will be permitted on the grounds. No intoxicants will be sold under au thority from the management, and the The game was interesting from P?c "ded by a mpetent secret ser- 3:15 4:00 Base Ball. The Savannah Reds crossed bats with the Oregon Victors, Friday last, July 11, 1902, and went down to defeat by the score of 2a to 10 in favor of Ore gon start to finish, as the home boys wanted given away. i run uw score up to no as iney were INo immoral, monstrous or diarenu- defeated by the Savanah team a couple table exhibitions will be permitted, of weeks ago by the score of 35 to 10. Cm9fomam will be sold only to such as The features of the game of the best patronage, was the playing of (Sen- Tn directors are determined that the atori Dan Williams aim Missouri State Fair shall offer the least otin nf Ik- ? I?9iible opportunity for demoralizing captain of the home the public and will give their best team, wnose playing and thought to making a great school in live batting contributed tock husbandry, in agriculture, in art much toward the home and. i .household economics and in makine it a great gatherinor at th nan. The colored boys de- Pie of Missouri for social imrjravnmAnt auu lur me uisseminauon 01 useiui information. 4:30 4.38 presiding. 1. "Is Christian Eadeavor Has tening the Union of God's Peo ple?" Ella O' Fallon, Oregon. 2. "Ways of Increasing the In terest in our Prayermee tings," Mrs. Dry. a "The Relation of C. E. to the Sunday School, as shown by the Maryville convention," Leona Garner. 'Has Christian Endeavor Reached Its Zenith?' Sunday school work, H. F. Davis, Btate secretary. C. W. B. M. session, Mrs. Elliott, presiding. 1. Reports. 2. "How it Hlps the Worker," Mrs. Geo. L. Peters. 3. "How it Helps the Church," Mrs. R. Downey. Recitation, "The Dream of Pil- aasigaed to class 5. M. D. Walker, public administrator, was ordered to take change ef the es totes of Mattie and Leona Tabor, minors, and eelleat their estates aad act ae guardian and curator for them. The court appoiatad Frank Blaaar guardian and curator of Blanch aad Mabel Smock, sjinors, aad fixed him bond at $200. Oeurt adjourned to meet in regular session second Monday in August, 1902. For Supreme Judges. Henry Lamm, of Sedalia; Meees Why bark, of Farmiogtoo, and Edward Hig- bee. of Schuyler county, were nominated Tuesday, for the supreme bench by the Republicans of Missouri. In the hriesest manner possible, the convention reaffirmed the Philadelphia national and the Jefferson City plat forms. Senator Burton, of Kansas, waa ate's Wife," Mrs. Lucia Mintonf tactily indorsed by the adoption of a resolution of thanks for 5-00 Walnut Grove. Address, "The Church for the Times," Jesse Gresham. Fairfax. Adjournment. 8:00 8:15 and EVKNINCi SESSION. Song service, F. Q. Mitchell wife. Sermon, "The Church of the Twentieth Century," W. H.Hard- man, Forest City. Geo. L. Peters, president, Daniel Hardm an, vice-president, Isauei.ua Downey, secretary. team's success. serve to succeed, as they organized their olub and each one paid for his suit out of his own pocket. The Savannah team wants to play the odd game here. They say they were never treated better any where than they were at this place. Clell Molter, manager of the Oregon team, umpired the game aad gave good satisfaction Uncle Sam's Printery. The new government printing at Washington, now approaching office! com- An After-Fourth Mishap. Harry, almost 11 years old, son of Mrs. John Gorman, living west of the depot, suffered a sad misfortune last Saturday morning. Like a lot of other youngsters he started out early the morning after the Fourth to see what he could find. Near the place where the fireworks were ex- having such an able representative in Washington. Net the least sigaificaat feature of th convention wae the Burton incident. The senator from Kansas spent one hour and thirty-five minute extolling President Roosevelt He made the president out to be the most effi cient manager the country has seen in 40 years. Cumalative voting was compromised, and in such a way that it had none of the pernicioasness which prevailed in the convention. On the first and only balIot,each delegate was allowed to vote for three candidates, with the under standing that ths three high men of all receiving a majority of the votes east should be declared the nominees of the convention. The Democrats also cast three votes at a clip, but they named only the high man aad made the other majority men have resource to another pletion, is a wonderful plant and, built hibited he picked up what he unnrari ballot, thus permitting the shameful The farms of Missouri number 234386, valued at $843,879,213, according to the ceasus report issued today on agrieul- tare in Missouri for the census year 1900. The total value of farm paoperty was $1,033,121,897, which includes $28, 602,680 as the value of farm implements and machinery and $160,540,004 as the value of live stock. The total value of to both sides. Any team nauuug B.u-eri wim (UIB ClUD Can COm- ntin ,hnn In .-A municate with A. R. Walker, manager. i a mn J. u " J. rt.-w:-.rll -u VI,"T8' "P""5. or wiU be women and girls. The pay roll " "' aaw mwt sues ui fcUtl tWQ teams were Woodson and McFadden for the Victors and Dyer and Gill for the nri.v..I,.1vin .1 . P"""' " w,u M W J J "--l VJ 1'IHT KADie Uta irhala in Ko wiiu mtuiiiu. roi.owing tea Mm k a.ms aoti nnn rmn 11 1 . . . . wooi. ui s,uw,uw. win cover over I to be a cannon firecracker. He rushed rourieen acres or noor space. When in home with it in joyous glee and showed full operation it will be the greatest lit to his mother, and HnrMml . rf-ir- to fire it off. She had not arisen yet, auu inrmer man asKing him to wait Bteoeri uook combination to run machine over the entire convention. the will call for an expenditure of $3,000,000 a year, and general expenses will call A I . ior anomer minion, in tne main com- a ainaing room will be 660 employee who will do there noth- m . it. .wuiui r WUU Will UU UUin farm products for 19$0 was $J1996,970. here the home toam entertained the ing but fold printed sheets bv hand, and of which 45 per cent was in animal pro- Jtors by giving them a nice sapper in another 800 who will work 'at nothing until sne got up, and admonishing him to be careful, the paid little attention to the matter. But boy-like he went into another room and directly lighted it. He held 11 in nis naid, and the fuse sputtered and made so much smoke that he made an effort to throw the thing out the door. Just as he had th. The extent of the horrible catastrophe or the Rolling Mill mine of the Cambria Steel Company is not capable of being grasped. Early Saturday morning last in spite of the conflicting reports ae to the number of dead, a careful and complete compilation by the Associated Press shows that 112 is the extent of the list of bodies outside the mine. . place the credits at $39,706,299. ducts and 55 per cent in crops, including! n Howell house, aad it was quite late binding. . There -SbaeaW Milne's rule on subtraction and it foreat prducScut er produced on farmf 'ore they started for their home. TJZ?Z!LZS. opened the cracker exploded, and a discrepancy of $4,649,683. The total value .f hr nru fr aLV "7! LT IT in oree r in? . n""-nt was eo to exhibit 2 ef the Dockery-Allen 1Son tnmt ft, uon Killed by Lightning. .tZl."" ? ! M 10 ler ? com in nis or 100 per cent. The gross farm income of the state for 1899 was $161,344,610, and gross iacome upon investment 10 per cent. Will McDermott. of Oregon, was visiting friends in New Point, Saturday and Sunday. ttiartl of nrmtini, in.. I lfK n.T n.i.l j MomUv niaht nt hU ... .1 - . " J I r"w . " " UWP nolc --- uKutuiuK tninv up ui a :iDim Mwinintr. ThM unm fan. It.IIaH llf Piimw.ll. . - I . . I w-.. ww.unM, g aiBa u. muies. 1 are rour oig envelope presses that can Mr. Cornwall was residing on Geo Bla- turn out 40,000 printed enveleyes in an xers farm, tour miles west of town, hour, and another big machine is cap Lightning knocked a hole through the able of printing cards Buiuir. auu iupu domi muies, out did from a web of bristol board at th Q A.1 1 k a . I uofc ure me uarn. a snort distance of 65.000 cards evarv rrom tnere it knocked the gable out of rate every 14) minutes. In 1 the typesetting room the type cases hold Medical aid was summoned as soon as possible and the wounds dressed. At this time he is getting along quite well, and it is possible that he will be able to lie about in the course of a few days, though he will be a cripple all his life. Fairfax Forum. Letter List. The following letters rwniain uncalled for in the poetoffice at Oregon. Mo., for the week ending July 18, VMi: Reuben R. Bright, (card.) J. Berry. O. IL Ellmakor. Willie Muse, (card ) James Secrist. W. M. Worley, (photo.) Parties calling for above will plea- say, "advertised." Tom Uckry, lstmaater