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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-11-28
ALaw Unto Herself.

Yesterday afternoon a colored girl by
the name of Lou johnson was wheeling a
baby carriage, in which was seated small
cherub of Plutonisn shade of complex
ion, along West Seventh street, ENJOYING
the golden glory of the sunshine, which
fell alike upon the plebian infant and the
patrician progeny, when a rude and badly
trained white boy, returning from school,
where pOliteness was not taught him, be-
gan pelting the carriage and its propeller
with stones and other hard substances.
This uncouth procedure enrsged the
daughter of Ham, or some other mans
daughter, you can't always tell about these
little things, and she speedily took the law
into her own hands and was soon using the
frame of that young American as . dish
rag wherewith to remove the dirt and dust
from the sidewalk. She belabored the
planks with his head, cutting it in several
places, then hung him up on the fence,
jerked him down, and finally lifted her
dainty fat foot and gave him a square
kick in the face which was followed by a
fresh outburst of gore.
The racket drew quite a crowd of inter-
ested spectators, whose general verdict
seemed to be that the young Amazon was
just about right. 'Dat dar white trash
boy will hab mo- sense, mex time" was her
quiet comment, as she wheeled the cooing
cherub away.
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A NOVEMBER DAY,

A sun, . wind, sky like March,
So bright. so keen, SO clear and blue,
The broad, untroubled azure arch
Which not cloud is sailing through;
A smile Of Earth, festive way,
As though she woke from slumbering,
And entered on a holiday,
Might tempt one half to dream Of spring.
Except for trees whose glow is fed,
Except for withered leaves and broxn,
That rnsile underneath our tread,
And make . woodland of the town.
For, as walked, tnrned to see
The vista of a climbing street,
With leaves o'erdriited perfectly;
1t was forest road complete.
Above, the branches softly bent,
And scattered still their brown and gold;
The sunshine to the pathway lent
The glamour of some tale Of old.
Tomorrow morn the rain may fall,
The clouds may gloom, the day be dull,
But / must still remember all
That makes this day SO beautiful.
This unforgotten scene will b:rss
When darker hours must do their part;
This late, still Autumn loveliness,
This sunshine in November's heart
Emily S. Oakley, in Outing for November.
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OVER THE ROAD.
A Trip Taken by Six Prisoners.
This Morning, to the Peni-
teetiary.

There we're six of them, fastened together
two and two. and zeaiously guarded by
Deputies Fred Conner. James Ramsey, K.
w. Barnett, and Officer James GOssage.
The men thus chained and watched were
the criminals who had received sentence
last week for a term in the states prison
and they were placed on the Missouri Pa
ci6c, this morning. to be taken 10 Jefferson
City.
Their names, crimes and terms of SEN
tence, are rs follows:
John Burns, burglary and larceny, three
years.
Henry o. Mason, same offense and same
sentence.
John Brown6eld, alias John Tsylor,
grand larceny, two years.
Robert Williams, same charge and same
sentence.
De L. Dupont, ENLIGHTENMENT. two years
in states prison.
Charles Nelson, larceny in a dwelling
house, two years.
Burns and Mason are the only repre-
sentaiives of Sedalia, and they are not put
forth as very appropriate ones. The form
er has beer drifting towards the peniten-
tiary for several years, and, but for his age,
would have been there long ago. His old
mother has been fighting against his fate,
with all of mothers love, but her worth
less son was bound to break into the states
prison, and has, at last, succeeded.
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Special to the Bazoo.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 90.
Bob Ingersoll, the great Free Thinker.
lectured, yesterday, At Pope's theater,
this city, to an Immense audience, OF
probably two thousand, at one dollar each
person, and hundreds were turned away
who could not be seated, or even gain
standing room.
The lecture was devoted to DR.. Talmage
and his kind of religion, and was a most
wonderful effort of its kind. Fine Oratory,
ridicule, sarcasm and pathOs were among
the most notable features of the lecture.
which held the audience for two hours in
almost brealhless attention.
MIR. IpgersOll, as = specimen OF his lee
ture, said that ever since the story of
Jonah being swallowed by a whale had
been given to the world, and so few beIiev-
ed such q ridiculous tale, that ever since
when any one related, or newspaper pub
lished. a large sized .an-cdote or falsehood.
that il was at once branded as "fsh story"
(which" said the speaker, chad been hand
ed down from generation to generation
from the Jonah whale revelation, IS given
us in the book called the bible"
The speaker was applauded almost mo-
mentairly through the entire lecture, and
when he bowed himself from the stage, the
immense thrOng were loath to leave the
house.
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PENWARDS.
Two Prisoners Bound for Jefferson
City-One Of Them, q Woman,
Finds q Pardon Awaiting
Her.

deputy United States Marshal Geo. p.
Winston brought two bound prisoners
down on the Lexington branch yesterday
a young man and a young woman. The
man, Jerome S. johnson, was sentenced for
twenty-five years for killing City Marshal
Culver, of Cameron, Clinton county. He
claimed to be innocent.
The woman, who was poorly dressed, was
the daughter of coal miner, was seduced,
and became mother outside the law. A
few minutes after the birth, at her home,
some women knocked at the door, suspect
ing what had occurred The mother
wrapped the child in a cloth and put it in
the oven of stove, which she thsught was
6reless When the disappointed visitors
departed, and she took the child out, she
was Mortified to find il roasted to death.
She then hid the remains to conceal the
awful accident, but the body was found and
she was sentenced for two years.
Upon ARRIVING at Jefferson City, the
woman's heart was made glad by an un-
conditional pardon from Gov Crit:enden.
The petition for pardon states that the
court excluded evidence showing that the
child was dead at the time of birth that
she YVES seduced under promise OF mar
riage; that her conduct since her convic-
ton has been modest and ladylike, and
that her pardon is asked for in the interest
of humanity and justice. The petition is
signed by a large number of influential
citizens of Lafayette county, among whom
are nearly all the county officer, Hon.
Alexander Graves, congressman elect A.
E. Ballard, mayor of Lexington; Major
Elliott, sheriff, and Hon. z. 5. Fulkerson,
ex-coliector of Lafayette comfy.
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indicated.

Sundays BAzOO contained q short &C.
count of the swearing out of warrant for
the arrest of ]. C Duncan and George Fer
rell, charged with having insulted three
ladies Friday night on the corner Of Sec
ond and Ohio streets, and that the two
Young men had left the city to avoid Ar
rest.
The supposed facts in the case were OBJ
tanned from Justice Hslstead, who issued
the warnnt, and given without color.
II now turns out that Mr.. Duncan was
wrongly charged with the Offsnse, he not
even having spoken to the ladies.
The swearing out OF the warrant against
him was . most unjust thing, and makes
the parties liable to prosecution. Mr..
Duncan did not leave the city, has been
here all the time and proposes to stay.
He has been resident of this city fos
eighteen months, and is known here and
elsewhere as . gentleman in every respect
1t is little bit singular that tie case
against him, if he is guilty, has not been
prosecuted. 1t lOots like the prosecutors
now know they made . mistake.
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JOHNSON COUNTY.

SAINT Claus is looking for headquarters
in Warrensburg.
Jeremiah Black. of Warrensburg, died
on the 18th inst, aged abou, % years
The growing VIE IT is reported in ex-
cellent condition ali over the country.
Rev Fueller, of the First Presbyterian
church, preached in Holden, last Sunday
The hog law will 90 into effect on the
7th of January-60 DAYS after the election
Geo. p. Ashton, of Kansas City, was
visiting relatives and friends here last
week.
Marcus Young, of Warrensburg, has
sold his beautiful horse to Col John 7.
Crisp, of Independence, for $500.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Frizelle, Of Mil.
lersburg. Ohio, are visiting the family Of
Moses Elliott, near Warrensburg.
|S-Overton Wood, of near Harrisburg,
raised 7.4SO pounds of potatoes from 12o
pounds, planted. They are OF the Irish
Cup variety.
MIR. John Davis residence, corner
Mcguire and Grover streets, Warrensburg,
is receiving the finishing touches at the
hands of the carpenters.
There is q complaint from the gain
men of Warrensburg, of lack of cars in
which to ship the accumulated grain in
the elevators, and . small blockade is i'm
minent.
The Warrensburg STANDARD appeals
to the grand jury to make an effort to find
how many young men in that city carry
"pops," and should become seized of some
OF them-the pops"
The Knobnoster Review has climbed
the golden tair."-Wsrrensburg Standard.
Served 'em correctly. People who 60 into
the newspaper business who have followed
other occupations all their lives aud then
let the glamour of q newspaper capture
them, deserve no other fate than to 60
Rlimmering.
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Quite q Find.

Yesterday evening, as Charley Beaman,
who lives some twelve miles north of the
city, was returning home. he saw a basket
lying il the road. He picked it up, think
ing it was the property Of some neighbor,
who had lost it.
But when he examined the contents, to
his surprise, he found several hundred
dollars in cash, some jewelry, and two
notes drawn in favor of D. W. Vapght.
Beaman drove to tie0rge Menefee's house
and showed him the treasure.
That gentleman advised the finder to
keep the money until to day, and then
TO publish The fact of having found it.
To-day Beaman came into the city,
leaving the money at home. and was about
70 insert notice in the papers, when he
learned that there was young man here
looking for the lost treasure.
1t seems party of movers from Bourbon
county. Kansas, had the money and other
valuables tied up in pill. "
Clip, placed in basket and that suspended
to the upper part of the wagon cover.
Somehow it became detached and fell in
TO the road.
The young man who came back on the
search, describes the property very &C.
curately, and there seems little doubt
about the truth of his story. If his. the
money will be turned over to him.
Vaught is the name of the man who
claims it.
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A NAUGHTY OLD MAN.
Over Three-Score Years of Age
He Committed the Crime Of
Bigamy.

There was seated in the mems vaiting
room of the depot, this morning, an old
man, whose thin and whitened locks, bent
frame and pale, wrinkled face bespoke
blaiuly that he had but few years. At best,
ahead of him ere the grave would close
over his mortal body and his life on earth
forever ended.
And vet, old and feeble as he is, he was
seated there in custody of an officer, q pris.
oner, bound for the state peniten-
tiary, where he has been sentenced
to serve a two years term for crime
which one would suppose SO old and dried
up man would not commit.
The officer was Sheriff William Nc
Cracker, of Hickory, TO whom . BAzOo
reporter applied for information concern
ing the nature of the ofiense of his pris-
Oner.
The sheriff stated that the old mans
name was Robert j. RAIDER, and that he
had Just been found guilty of the crime OF
bigamy, receiving therefor term in the
states prison.
when was the crime committed ?"
"Som time last .ly. RAIDER came into
and tour children in that county. He fell
l0NC Will luc w luOW OtAl" Incl oAIu sAAS
passion was reciprocated. Aflsr q brief
comrtship RAIDER and ;he widow were mar
ried, he settling on her small farm. The
fact OF his having wife came out, he was
arrested, tried and convicted IS you now
see"
The sheriff further stated that the widow
had some half-dozen living children, and
was about forty-fve years of age,
The probabilities are, that old man Ra-
der will not live out his term Of commit
ment, as he appeared quite feeble in
health. All during the time that he sat In
the depot, he never once raised his head
but kept it bent low, as if ashamed to have
anv one see his face.
The reporter was also informed by
Sheriff McCracken, that Jesse Charlton,
charged with the double crime OF rape
and incest, was acquitted, at the present
term of the Hickory criminal court. Judge
Fyan presiding. Charlton was very ably
defended by Messrs. Joe Upton and F NJ.
Wilson. The jury was out but short
time.
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Mrs. Langtry's Lumpy Calves.

Our worst fears are realized. Mrs Lang
try is a failure as Rosalipd, for the very
sufficient reason that her beauty unadOrn-
ed is not as satisfying as when it is adOrn.
ed the most. III Rosslind wore boots that
came over her knees, il is believed that
Mrs. Langtry could play the character
with fair success. But, alas for this alieg-
ed beauty, the garments Of the fair Rosa.
lind are much abridged--so much ahridx-
ed, indeed, that the world is now made
acquainted with the distressing fact that
Mrs. Langtry's ankles lack symmetry and
her calves are "lumpy"
And this is the woman that comes &c us
with certificate of beauty signed by all
England and the prince of Wales.
We might overlook the lack of symme-
try in her ankles, seeing that she Is q
stranger and has q pretty face, but lumpy
calves we cannot endure. Why should We ?
America is full of the rarest-limbed women
that ever stepped beneath the sun, and it is
expecting too much of as to suppose that
We will be patient with any deformod and
imperfect specimens of the sex who are
foisted upon US from abroad ~ matches
beauties"
Mrs. Langtry should henceforth for
swear "Resalind" 1t is turning . pretty
love story into burlesque wben"O Orlando"
is compelled to follow, signing, through
the forest . woman with lumpy calves
and beauties following her,
Carving on every tree
The fair, the chaste, the expressive she. "
The poet had no woman with lumpy
calves in his mind when he drew for rs the
enhancing picture of "Rosalind," nor when
he made her lover answer, when questioned
what stature she was OF, "she's Just as high
as my heart" Lumpy calves do not in
spire such pretty thoughts.
If Mrs. Langtry must play "Rosalind,"
We beg her to put on top-boots, or stand in
dry goods box.
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''Uncle" Henry Holland Drowned.
OsCEoLA, Mo-, Nov. 18.

EDITOR BAzOO LAST Saturday evening
our quiet city was thrown into great ex-
element by the sad news reaching town
that Henry Holland, or "Uncle" Henry,
as he was familiarly called, was drowned
at point four miles southwest of here.
about 600 yards above the mouth of Sac
river.
The facts are about rs follows: Thos.
Anime, Henry Morills and Henry Hol-
land left here on Friday evening, and
went up on Sac river to hunt ducks, re-
naming until Saturday evening, when
they proceeded home down the river, and
when at the point above named, the boat
struck snag and upset, throwing the &C.
cupauts out, whereupon Mr.. Anime swan
to the shore. encountered With two coats
and . pair of large rubber boots. Henry
MorilIa succeeded in catching the snag, and
held on until Mr.. Anime could walk two
miles to get q boat to get him out, and
Henry Holland drowned without uttering
word.
Holland was about 6fty-6ve years of age
was we'll known in this and Henry coun-
ties, and was q wagon maker by trade. He
leaves q wife and one child in Clinton, As
we'll as host of friends and acquaint-
ances to mourn his untimely death.
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Burdin'S Bad Break.

OpetIdI 20 tiIt DdDOu,
WINDSOR, No, Nov. %
About 4 o'clock, this morning, Marshal
Major was awakened by Arthur Ssnborn,
who stated that Henry Burdin, barber OF
this place, had shot twice into his (S.n-
born'sl house, and once out at the barn.
The first shot was through a window, al
which was standing a Mr.. Dickinson, who
narrowly escaped receiving the bullet in
his body.
Marshal Major at once set out to arrest
Burdin, but the latter left the town very
hurriedly, going of bareheaded. Why he
made this bad break, is not just clear, but
later developments may reveal the true
cause of his sport
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Obituary.

There is something in the name OF
Death which, In spite Of reason, N spite OF
philosophy, and In spite Of religion, brings
with il a pang of regret and sorrow, and
makes us realize that the wonderful mys-
terry of eternity is destiny which no power
on earth can prevent or protect from. Much
more do we feel its import when the dear,
familiar one lies with dumb lips, which
shall never more speak, and closed eyes,
which shall never more mirror affections
glance within.
The subject of this nYtice-Sarah NATL
da Kelk-wss born at Junction, Middlesex
county, Canada. She came to Srdalia
with her family in February, 1869. In
1875, when just 20 years Of age, she was
aniIed in marriage To- MIR. Ambrose j.
Aurand, gentleman who was then con-
sidered. I'D every way, worthy Of the pure
hearted, loving young creature whom he
had won. After events, however. proved
that he was unworthy, and he did that
most dastardly of all crimes, forgot his
plighted VOWS, forgot his lealty and his
manhOod's honor, and, under the spell of a
syren, deserted his true, his pure, his de-
voted wife. and left her to know
no peace, no happiness forever
more. Her grief was deep and
poignant and under its despair she could
not bring strength to rally under her last
fatal attack Of illness. She was persuaded,
last summer, to go on n visit with her
mother snd sister To her old Canadian
home, where il was thought the old. dear
scenes of childho DIS happy DAYS might
bring a: least the relief of fOrgetfulness.
Her health and spirits were both much
improved when she returned and she
seemed more like the Utilize" of love and
light and Joy. She was sick only one
brief week and, pitiful to think OF, her
last conscious moments were devoted to
memories of the husband she had SO loved.
Her cry of "Brosie! Brosiew brought
tears to the eyes and signs to the hearts of
all who heard her, and no one doubted the
agony Of loss which had made her days
one long regret and her nights thing OF
torture.
She is dead, now, and God grant there is
q peace there aud q Lethe and q recon.
pense which shall atone; and to him-there
can be only remorse and bitterness, and
when his sleeping conscience shall have
awakened, as it must some day, and there
comes the wailing cry of "too late, for
ever too late;" then will the dead be
avenged.
Her lips are dumb, and never more
Will speak the lovei ones name,
Or strive as loving women do,
To shield his sin and shame.
Her hands are stilled, aud never more,
In longing pain will reach
To clasp the loved, or turn to list
For we'll remembered speech.
No more the broken heart knows rest,
The anguished life has fed $780,.
True, till the 6Lal message came,
To-day, she lieth-dead.
The funeral of the deceased will take
place to morrow at o'clock from the Con-
gregational church, just three years to the
wy day since her life was made desOlate
by the one to whom allegiance was not q
religion, as 1T was to her, but only the
promise of day.
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Murderer Kring Talks.

Yesterday Post Dispatch reporter
called on Kring, whe was found seated in
his cell in the western tier of the Jail.
Speaking of the decision of the United
States supreme court, he said: 81 regard
it as very favorable indication of what
the decision will be when the matter final
ly comes up for argument 1t shows that
The court considers the point we'll taken"
"In the event of final decision revers-
ing the lower courts, what will be the
effect ?''
"You see, in 70, pleaded guilty to
murder in the second degree on an agree
ment that | was 10 be sentenced to zen
years in the penitentiary, dating from 1875
When my plea was entered the state violaI-
ed Its portion of the agreement, and 1 was
sentenced To twenty-five years i'm the pen
itentiary. This 1 appealed TO the state
supreme court, which reversed Judge
of 1920 and 1865, plea was equivalent to
a correction of the charge 10 which 1t was
entered, and in my case plea 10 second
degree was equivalent 10 an acquittai OF
murder I'm the fist degree, So hat having
once accepted that plea which was reversed
the court could not put me on trial for a
higher degree. / then refused to withdraw
my plea To second degree, and by the
courts order | was put on trial for nv life.
the Constitution OF 20 changed the law.
Although there was no direct provision
saying that a man could not he tried fo-
first degree after having pleaded TO a lower
charge, the State Supreme Court so inter-
pre- ed it. When l was put on trial for
murder in the first degree il was done un-
der the provisions of the Constitution Of
rs, whereas was entitled TO trial under
the provisions of IS This is the point
the United States Supreme Court must
pass upon and which they have indicated
they believe is we'll taken"
"What will you do if the United States
Court sustains the point?"
"Well, will then be in Jail and cannot
be tried for first degree. cannot be tried
tor second or any lover ofiense, because
there was nothing adduced in the former
trials to justify such a charge. 1t is first
degree or nothing. With things in this
condition, suppose will have to apply
to the Stale Supreme Court for writ Of
habeas corpus. or ask for my discharge be-
fore that tribunal
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KRING'S CASE.
The Notorious st. Louis Murderer
Will, at Last. Cheat tho
0anOW0.

ST.. LOUIS, Nov. 20.
A telegram was received here, this after.
noon, stating that the United States su-
preme court had decided adversely 70 the
motion of the attorney to dismiss the writ
of error in the Kring case. As all the
points in the case which could have come
up in agreement of the writ of error were
discussed, the decision Is actually in his
favor, and is regarded as virtually acquit-
ting him.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-11-28
Eminent st. Louis Physicians Say

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