Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1890-05-02
SUBLETTE, Proprietor,
MISSOURI
FRIDAY. MAY > iSse.

--Congress 10 prlniinp Aeoei'
for the coming contest on the ta-
riff bill, and this important piece
of revenue legislation will soon be
the special order of business In
the House.
The park, surrounded as it
is by plate glass fronts, does not
present an appearance in keeping
with its surroundings. Pride If
nothing else, should stimulate to
al effort to improve It's present
condition.
"A development company is
badly needed in kirksville. Let
some live, young, business man
take the matter in hand and push
it A company of this kind with a
light assessment every month could
be of vast benefit to our city.
One of the best and most
valuable articles on the subject OF
Agricultural depression is from
the pen of Secretary Rusk, the
farmer of President Harrison 8
cabinet. This valuable paper Is
published in full in this issue of
the Graphic, and we invita- onr
farmers to give it careful study.
Miss Winnie Davis, daugh-
ter of Jefferson Davis, is betroth-
ed and soon to be married to Mr..
Fred Wilk inson, a grandson of
the noted abolitionist, Samuel j.
May, who was one of the pioneers
in the agitation of the abolition
movement. This may be regard
ed as another step toward the So
luton of the race problem in the
south.
At a meeting of the stock
holders of the Omaha and st,
Louis railroad, at Stsnberry, Mo-,
Monday, second mortgage bonds
for S5S0,000 were issued, con-
ditional that $4,000 more may is
sue for each mile of extension.
There is a strong probability that
the thirty-fve mile gap between
Trenton and the Omaha and st.
Louis will be closed this year,
thus giving the old Q. NJ. and P.
system a through western outlet.
The officers to be elected in
this State at the general election
next November are: One Judge of
the Supreme Court, a Sperinten-
dent of Public Schools, and one
Railroad Commissioner, fourteen
members of Congress, Sheriffs,
Clerks of the Circuit and County
Courts, Prosecuting Attorneys,
Judges of Probate and of the
county court, and Treasurers, and
members of the Lower House.
The Legislature. which meets in
1891, elects United States Sena.
tor to succeed Senator Vest.
Jefferson Chandler in an.
nouncing himself a candidate fol
the senatorship threw down the
gage of battle when he said that
the decadence of democracy in
the state is due to the assumption
of a combination of men that they
own the party. He says this ring
has its headquarters in St Louis
where in star chamber seclusior
it selects among its members the
men to fill state offices. This il
an attack upon every ring politi,
clan In the state and a reflection
upon every state officer from gov.
ernor down.
The United States Supreme
Court has decided that it is law
full to ship liquor into or through
a state in what haye been termed
original packages. While the de.
cision does not warrant the estab.
Iishment of saloons within the pro-
hibition states, it permits the
liquor trafic to an unlimited ex-
tent 30 long as it is transported
and sold in original packages,
whether the packages be half pint
bottles or barrels. The effect of
the decision will be to force the
prohibition states to adopt the
high license system.
The New York Herald, last
Sunday, gave a very graphic de-
scription of the possibilities of the
bombardment of New York City