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NOTICE.-All persons knowing tleuy
be indebted on my books viii pleacc cal. G
tie same. on or before August l-t lsE
that date all accounts remaining uu-eu
be placed in the hands OF an officer fnr coa
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FR,caTFuL RAILROAD HORROR.
IovaIhanna Creek the Grave OF
Forty Human Beings

LArRonz, Pa, June S5--Ihe Loyaihanna
stone bridge, Of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
at this place. was this morning the scene Of
the collision Of three freight trains leu
dead bodies have been found, and il is plob-
allie tia, between % and . more will be re-
covered from the wreck tonight and TO-
morrow, while scattered in the wreckage at
the foot Of the bridge are 81 cars and an en-
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SCENE OF THE DISASTER.
rHlKrEEx MORE B)DrEs.

GREENsBURG, June 2G-It is reported to-
night that at / clock thirteen more bodies
had been taken from the wreck at Loyal
hanna bridge
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Edwin H. Filter, Thomas Dolan, John
Y. Huber, Robert C. Ogden, Francis B.
Reeves, James. b. Scott, Reuben Miller, s
S. Marvin, III. II. Cummin.
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JOSIAH KELLER, Som.
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A New Hotel at Cumberland.
Two Year old at 81 o. pc. gallon.
Three e 9" 81 20 q"
A UDIToR's NOTICE.


lul3-0m. s. u. SWeItze
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-06-04

Certain educators" met in Boston
last week to initiate a national move
ment for the purpose of securing the
complete and harmonious development
of all the human faculties through
self-activity in observation, thought
and expression" That is wide plat
form. Put into plain English we I'M
derstand that these Educators" find
or believe that they find. in the pres
ent school methods, curriculum and
results more or less that is unsatisfac.
tory, capable of remedy and essentially
deficient, defective or superfuous.
There are two points for consideration.
In the first place there is to be a
broad view taken Of what is and of
what is possible as well as desirable.
In the second place the effort is to be
to have the study, education, exhorta.
ton and influence national. This is
of the highest Importance. That
there is room and reason for the ex.
pertinent is beyond question. And il
may be said also that criticism in this
behalf is more readily and pleasantly
accepted than it ever was. On the
whole the idea is worthy of attenti or
and it is hoped that it will not fail mol
run to crankiness.
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participating of Clan-na-Gael in the
atrocious crime. More than this in
connection with the cul pability of the
secret organization Mr.. Dillon would
not say. He had, however. much to
say concerning facts and circumstan'
ces which would seem to exonerate
the order as such. However this
may be, as time wears on it becoms
absolutely plain-even out side of
Luke billions significant remark quo
ted above-that not only did Clan-na-
Gael inspire, concotk and commit the
crime, but that it was part of wide
spread conspiracy directed against q
number of Irish-Americans, and that
thesame influences which dictated the
removal are now at work to defeat
justice by attempting to divert inves-
tigation into channels which lead no
where.
1t would seem dispite of our morn
ing contemporary "careful reading
that when the final expose comes, a
conspiracy among the Irish socties,
or at least, the leaders of one of the
Irish societis will result.
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If there is nothing especially eK'
hilerating, there is nothing depress-
ing upon a rational survey of the
business situation. With gold going
abroad there is an improvement of the
balance of trade. Crop prospects are
excellent, there is nothing threaten
ing in the labor world, the natural re-
sources of the country are in the way
of development, the consumer obtains
the comforts of life at a reasonable
price, and there are no symptoms of a
general speculation leading to a gen
eral panic. Thus far the Harrison
administration holds to the financial
policy of that of the Cleveland ad
minstration that is to say it is con
servative and is doing, and is likely to
do, all that can be done under the
present laws for the safety of the
country in the commercial sense. Ii
is quite as we'll that the rapid railroad
construction has received compare.
tive quiescence. There is money
enough for all legitimate purposes,
and business as a whole, is upon a
sound and substantial basis. With
the incoming of the crops, there must
be a general improvement of the rail.
road earnings and value.
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President Harrison is being severe
ly criticised by the republican press
for selecting Beverly Tucker for Com
missioner to Hayti and it is pro-
nounced an inexcusable blunder. for
which not a single valid consideration
can be urged. The Globe Democrat
says IF him:
Even if it be conceded that the
charge that he was concerned in the
plot to assassinate Lincoln be ex-
travagant or unfounded, and that, as
consequence, the principal accuse
ton brought against him be shown to
be groundless, the fact still remains
that he would be decidedly unfit
man for the post for which he was
named. He seems, from reliable &C.
counts, to have been a fre-eater,
blood-drinker and blatherskite of the
old William L. Yancy and Robert
Toombs brand long before the war,
and during part of the war he was an
associate of Thompson, Sanders and
others accused of seeking to aid the
south by spreading pestilence, arson
and murder throughout the northern
states"
"Fire-eaters, blood-drinkers and
blatherskise," are good names for
Tucker, but he is not the only one
appointed by this administration, who
deserves the last title, at least. Pres.
ident Harrison is not infallible by any
means and the Tucker blunder will
not be the last thing of the kind, he
will have to excuse himself for to his
republican brethren. At the same
time, it is little soon for the repub-
lican press to abuse their chosen lead
er. who only a few months ago was
conceded to be ga leader whose stand
ard all may follow.
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HE HAD a CLUB.

The paper was lively sheet
Edited by McDougsl;
Some way il came 20 rhyme his name
Twas called the Bungtown Bugla
The editor sprang a jolly joke
Upon o burly farmer;
To meet this man-the story raR-
He'd need a goodly srmor.
The once boy came with wink
And said unto McDougal:
"a man." said he, inquired OF me
For the editor of the Bugle."
.was il the man OF the jolly joker
Where has the fellow tarriedf'
II can not say; but anyway,
A monstrous club he carried"
The editors face grew deadly white
Looked like ghos; in shadow;
sTell them" said he, tell them, for ma
To bury me in the meadow.
Sand tell my wife"-the man rushed In
This man OF sinewy foers-
"a club" cried he, in eestacy,
"Of twenty new subscribersy'
Mrs N. A. Sutfin, in Chicago PfmeA
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We are in receipt of a very hand some
circular announcing a new departure, by
Mr.. w. J. Maltby, in his line of goods.
AS the retail grocers have failed to take
advantage of his liberal inducements to
them to handle his goods, he proposes to
furnish direct 10 the consum re- his coffees,
teas. baking powder, spices, extracts, etc.,
at special low prices. Everything guar
anteed strictly pure and as represented by
him. Mr.. Maltby has been in business in
our city for many years. Being so we'll and
favorably known by our citizens We can
bespeak for him q very large trade.
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Miss Phoebe CouzIns is again an
applicant for Federal Office, a com.
missionership on the Utah commits
sion, and if the rheumatism does moi
hinder her she thinks she will get it. .
Miss Phoebe ought to be married-ol
pensioned-she has been a worker all
her life and her friends should see TO
to it that she has a rest.
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TELEPHONE NUMBERS.

The appointment of Gilmer Gill
breath as census taker for Sedslia, il
hard on the old Democrat crowd. who
chad no love for Francis" but for got
that fact when there was an axe to
grind, possibly, but none the less there
was q sense of justice in it which can't
be denied.
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NEW ENTERPRISE.

The Southwest Missouri Immigra-
ton society has just published the
most unique and handsnme paper ev.
er issued in Missouri. This particu.
lar number is devoted almost exclu.
sively to Pettis county and the city OF
SedaIia. 1t is the purpose of the So
ciety to devote an edition of the paper
to some one or two counties, specif.
cally, till all have been written up,
and by common consent they began
with Pettis. The society comprises
fourteen counties, which are shown
on the handsome map on the third
and fourth pages of the paper tinted
In red to MAKE them conspicuous.
Secretary Gwynn, to whose untir.
ing energy and industry the society
owes its success, conceived and exc.
cuted this splendid new advertising
medium, and will mail it to about ten
thousand persons in different parts OF
the United States every month. These
names he has secured through ad.
vertising and correspondence during
the last year. Until they are all
gone, copies of this paper may be had
gratis at the office of Porter, Van
Riper 81 Huffman.
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The Chicago Herald has the follow

The Chicago Herald has the follow
ing
eff the tracks followed by us are
correct the conspiracy within the
Clan-na-Gael which resulted in the
death of DR.. Cronin' is more wide.
spread than was at first inclined to
believe" was the suggestive remark
made by Luke Dillon yesterday dur.
ing conversation touching upon the
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-06-04

The frightful catastrophe at Johns
town, Pa, must strike a quick chord
of sympathy in the hearts of the most
callous. 1t would appear, however
that the terrible result must have
been due to the carelessness of the
reservoir builders and an unwlse selec.
ton of q place for its location.
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-Wife-'Why were you so long at
the front door last night, John? Why
didn't you sing out?" Husband-"That
was just the trouble. Icouldn't strike
the right key."-Yonkers Statesman
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Where they Are.

A Chicago paper cries Chicago
needs all its residents" and from the
distant town of Joliet came back the
sad refrain, "Alas but we seem to
have them" -Minneapolis Tribune.
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been made and that too by a lady in this
country. Disease fastened its clutches
upon her and for seven years she with
stood its severest tests, but her vital Or
gans were undermined and death SEEM
ed imminent. For three months she
coughed necessarily and could not sleep.
She bought of us bottle of DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption and
was so much relieved on taking first
dose that she slept all night and with one
bottle has been miraculOusly cured.
Her name is Mrs. Luther LutZ." Thus
write w. @. Hamrick & Co., of Shell by
N. C.-Get free trial bottle at Mertz Il
Hale's Drug Store.
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Not Built That Way.
s'Mr. Reed does not seem to make
much progress in his courting," said
Jennie.
"No," replied Gussie, che is 50 bow
legged girl can't sit on his lap
The Epoch.
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A Mighty Calm

A Mighty Calm.
Sunday IN Guthrie is said to he as
quiet as week day in st. Louis
Chicago Tribune.
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For Rent.

Double parlors for gentlemen, 214 West
Fifth street. 6-2dltf.
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ing-u composition on tho PHILOSOPHY Of Linz
itations" or Education and Ignorance"
Forsooth, she has made her sentences as reso-
nant us Macaulay's as authoritative i'll tone
as Johnson's, aud Us imbued with profound
reflection rs Mills. or course the parts do
not fit together with remarkable coherence.
That is not to be expected. In truth, after
listening to one Of these compositions one
would not be very much surprised to walk
out into tho street and hear little tod
ding boy recite, with deep impressiveness,
tho soliloquy in "Hamlet.n
The dress problem begins to agitate the girl
graduate about three months before tho
graduation exercises. 1t is u matter of as
great Importance to her rs tho marriage OF u
Chinese hedgling emperor is to his mother.
OF course she must wear white; that is I'M
perative-n mandate born Of tradition.
After deep travail sho decides OIL her gown,
and on tho great day she is a vision. Even n
plain girl looks well in white dress; and
the beauty Of good looking girl is enhanced
a hundred fold when she Is clad in white
And then the commencement roses show OH
better by contrast on a gronnd of white. A
collection OF girl graduates looks like large
kaleidoscope bouquet.
Tho s'boy graduute' is full of exuberance
on graduation day, He is far from being
abashed by tho undisguised admiration of
his friends, and assumes stride like that of
drngoon. He does not 1utter and shrink
and lool, woefully cut up while reading his
essay; he rolls the moro turgid parts around
In his mouth, and whenever he makes point
that he thinks is bound to have tremendous
effect, he looks up for tho approving glances
of the listeners Ho is crude, of course; but
ho talks as though leading on al army to at
tack q fortress, and shows many refreshing
signs Of latent power. His enthusiasm is e
blessing; It will carry him over many u
rough road before he Is much older.
When the commencement Is over and the
time arrives for the girl graduates to part
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get through safely, and in after life she re-
tains but a vague, hazy idea of the days
events She tluro net look at the crowd Of
friends who nrc watching, hfr closely sl!e
fees that she is very red in the fnco and that
her movements are painfully awkward; she
inlagilcs while reading her essay, that her
voice is harsh and unnatural; while She is
playing her selection on the piano t.'Eobert
10 Diabe' or the aria in II Trovutore,h which
she has practicca hour after hour for many
months, 70 the tremendous discontinue OF
her older bruthc,1 slo feels that she is per-
forming with no expression whatever and
TINT her fingers are like chunks Of lead; i'll
short, she feels daZed half hypnotized, aud
when she has at last emerged into the clear,
cold light Of normal reason she is thor
oughly convinced that she has made
a spectacle of herself, and failed miserablyi
whereas She has done nothing of the sort
She has simply shown how deliciously sim
pe she really is; and there is no resemblance
between awkwardness and simplicity. Tho
chief point of difference is this: the bloom of
simplicity is rubbed Off by experience; awk-
war,lness is II clinging quality, and is rarely
got rid Of But it cannot be denied TINT
there is something humorous in the spectacle
Of Il young immature, hcstating girl read
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manned by Il captain and crew from the
merchant service, from whom no war
like duties were expected. The fighting
operations We're in charge of q small
body Of men, composed nf two or three
scientific specialists and some practical
gunners and their assistants. A few
bomb proof canopies and u curved steel
deck completed the defenscs Of the vessel.
Besides equipping this little navy, the
syndicate set about the construction of
certain sea going vessels Of an eXtraor-
dinary kind. So great wero the facili-
ties at its command, and SO thorough
and complete its methods, that ten or Il
dozen shipyards and foundries were set
to work simultaneously to build ono of
these ships. In u nlarvclously short
time the syndicate possessed several of
them ready for action.
These vessels became technically
known as GRABS" They were not
largo, and the only part of them which
projected above the watcr was the mid
die of an clliptical deck, slightly con-
vcx, and heavily mailed with ribs of
steel. These vessels wcro fitted with
electric engines OF extraordinary power,
and were capable of great speed. AT
their bows, fully Protected by the over
hanging deck, was the machinery by
which their peculiar work was to be ac-
complishcd. The syndicate intended to
coniine itself to marine operations, and
for the present it was contented with
these two classes of vessels.
The armament for each OF the large
vessels, as has been said before, con
sisted Of a single gun Of long range, and
the ammunition was confined entirely to
a new style of projectile, which had
never vet been used in warfare. The
material and construction Of this pro-
jcctil. We're known only to three mem
bers Of the syndicate, who lad invented
and perfected it, and it was on account
Of their possession Of this secret that
they had been invited to ioiu that body
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piece, will be spiral arrangement Of copper
wire, about five inches in diameter, and nude
to fit down over the part OF the head thnt it
will cover. The wires, just before the cap is
placed on the prisoners head, will be COW
cred with sponge, saturated with salt water
The prisoner will be sitting on chair in
his cell while these arrangements arc being
put on. This chair, not differing apparently
from m ordinary one, but which is being
made especially for the purpose, will be con
nected with wires leading to another room,
and the prisoner sitting in tho chair will,
without knowing it, be subjected to current
of electricity too light to be felt, but heavy
enough to give an expert electrician In the
other room all exact measurement, by the
use Of what is known as the ''Whetstone
bridge" Of electrical resistance Of the man.
This will take only an instant, and will be
done before the officers have the prisoner
ready to leave the cell 49,.
From the cell the procession will be much
as now to the execution room, where the
deputies nnd other persons permitted by law
to witness the execution will be waiting.
Near the center of the room, raised upon a
small platform about eight inches above tho
floor, will be chair, made somewhat like q
large reclining chair. The long, straight
frame that forms the slanting back will be OF
hard wood pieces three inches square, and
Will be long enough so thatif seven foot man
should lie in the chair his head would rest
upon the back. ..$ s".8 a.@ ="
The seat and arms will be Of plain wood
and without any peculiarities. The upper
part Of the back frame on each side will bo
fitted with slot, in which will slide back
an'l forth q small arrangement with ring
at the top and thumbscrew beneath. The
rings arc to receive the hooks in the back Of
the belt about the mans body, and the screws
are to fasten the arrangement i'll place ut the
spot where the rings will meet the hooks,
which will vary according to the height of
the prisoner. In front Of tue chair will be a
foot rest, something like those in BARRIERS
shop, except that the top portion instead Of
being fixed, will be balanced upon pivot to
permit it to dip front or back, so that the
feet will lie firmly upon it. This whole foot
rest will be arranged to slide backward and
forward, md TO be secured with n screw at
the point where the prisoners feet will rest
upon it.
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.'rom the ceiling over the back Of tho
chair and over the foot rest will dangle two
Tile EtIAIR

tmxlb!s %'res, MO those from which small
electfic ilshts SWING. oi' the wall nt one
slde VIII oe small ronnd dlal attaehe'l to :.
brass instrument. y Land upon the dial VIII
ihd1eate tile intensity OF IKE current that WIZ
pass over tne wires wear " on tue wall VIII
be smaii double pole s"ltcs, u brass instru.
men. similar TO the tamlliar switches used
to smut on or let on the current wherever
electricity Is used, but designed especially to
show at glance whether the current is otf or
on, III order TO prevent accidents which care
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"1l. S., ITO" is the inscription cut upon
un old white ouk tree near the residence OF
Mr.. E. II. Oglctrce, in this county. We arc
told that it was cut on there by "Massa
Stevens during tho year above mentioned,
uid tho tract Of land now owned by the Ogle-
tree f,lmily WIS granted Mr.. Moses Stevens
by the government. Mr.. 0. has the chain
Of titles from that date to the present. We
notice one of tho old seals that was mado OF
wax and was SO old that the dates can scarce-
ly be seen on it, Tho printing is antique,
and is fur behind tho work that is turned out
NOWADAYS by amateur printers.
ville iGa.l Democrat
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WHOLE NO. 1910.

from c;"h erto goto their respective homes
they are 'ii very much depressed and ss-
p''.io,,>I> ..anp about ~, eyes They have
become SO thoroughly used to cuch other,
have, III rtct, buddeel into young womanhool
together, and the separation is not easy.
They vow to write to each other every day,
and make promises to visit each other which
they will afterwards find utterly impossible
to fulfill. They swear eternal friendship kiss
each other good-by, and the wrench is over.
They keep up a desultory correspondence for
q while, and it is not long before their school
daysare hut Il memory Many of them never
see each other again, and nll of them, five
years after their graduation, have acquired
such vast amount of worldly wisdom that
they look back to tho commencement and
marvel at how "ridculously absurdn they
must hive bcen
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Here are portraits of Frank Woodruff and
Detective Dan Coughlin, indicted ut Chicago
on the charge Of having been connected with
the murder OF DR.. Cronin Woodruff, it will
he remembered, was arrested for horse steal
ing, and ut first told story, which he after
ward denied, that he helped Dr.. Cronin and
certain other unnamed men in the disposition
of the remains of n woman. Later he con-
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II. Bal'llllnl rs IA
III @ III ber of the
Democratic l.ntion-
al committee, was
b orn in Hum
phrrysvillo tnow
Seyllloul), Conn,
iitty-toul' yenr 3
ago. He was edu-
Gated Mt Gen. Rus
sells school, in New
Haven. He was a
member Of the Fif-
tieth congress, and
served on the in
valid pensions and
,1,s-.n n>r,,-sf