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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-02-14
BRAKES DREADFUL DEAL,
A Quartette Of Conspirators
Play the "Stiff" Act to
the Queens Taste.
The Victim PIunges Down
Stairs and is Manned for
Life-A Peculiar Case.

On the night of September 2, 1892,
four young men Of this city, whose
names will appear below, concerted q
plan by which to play a practical
joke on a negro man named Ella
Drake.
One of them met him on the street
in the evening and engaged him to
sit up with corpse that night. the
agreement being that he was to re-
ceive 81 for the job.
The negro appeared at the appoint
ed hour and was shown to large,
dismal upstairs room IN an undertak-
er's establishment, where the sup
posed corpse was stretched at full
length beneath a white sheet.
The surroundings were extremely
gloomy, ghostly and gruesome, and
enough to territy a man even of iron
nerve. There were symbols and tokens
of death on every hand. Collins Of
all kinds were arranged against the
walls and stood in gloomy array about
the room, in the dim light. There
were pall-bearers' badges. and coffin
makers tools and all the remind
ers Of the grim monster.
The negro watcher felgned great
bravery, however, and declared that
he was not afraid Of the devil.
He was lett alone in the darksome
apartment, by the side of the sheeted
dead man, and it may Ike easily i'm
agined, in the light of subsequent
events, that the negro was shaky and
uneasy all the time.
The doleful hours had worn away
until toward midnight, and the faith
full watcher was nodding in negro
fashion. when there was a slight
rustic, and deep groan, and then, sud
denly, the supposed corpse rose from
it's couch in terrible reality.
The negro doesn't know to this day
whether he was on earth or in the
Internal regions just at that moment.
His wool Strengthened out and stood
on end, his eyes started from their
sockets and his whole frame trembled
like an aspen leaf.
He didn't stand on the order Of his
going, but bounded down a steep flight
of stairs, the worst frightened darkey
in the universe.
He stumbled and fell and received
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"Columbia Grand March. "

The BAzoO is is receipt Of "Colum.
bia Grand March. composed and re-
Gently published by Rev. Louis Weber,
pastor OF the German Methodist
church at Boonville, Mo. The com.
position is highly spoken Of by those
who are competent to judge.
Mr.. Weber is the author of mis-
souri, State Prohibition March," Lib
,rty Waltz" and Cameron COrnet
Band Waltz"
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HISTORY OF ST. VALENTINE.

st. Valentine was an Italian priest,
who suffered martyrdom at Rome in
27O, or 3O6, writes Florence Wilson,
in the February Ladies Home Journol.
Historians differ az to date. Legend
amplifes, by dwelling on the virtues
of his life and the manner of his
death, and tells how he was brought
before the Emperor Claudius ii who
asked why he did not cultivate his
friendship by ho ,oring his gods. As
Valentine pleaded the cause Of the
one true God earnestly. Calphurnius,
the priest, cried out that he was Sc
ducing the emperor. whereupon he
was sent to Asterious to be judged. To
him Valentine spoke of Christ. the
light Of the world. and Asterious said /:
eff He be the light of the world. He
will restore the light to my daughter,
who has been blind for two years.
The maiden was brought. and after
Valentine prayed and laid hands on
her she received her sight. Then
Asterius asked that he and his house
hold might be baptized whereat the
emperor being enraged, caused all to
be imprisoned. and Valentine to be
beaten with clubs. He was beheaded
year later at Rome on February II,
20.
History, having little to tell con-
corning the man, makes amends by
dwelling at length on the ceremonies
observed on this day. They trace the
origin of these to the Roman Luper-
Gala, celebrated in February, at which
one practice was to put the names Of
women in a box to be drawn by the
men, each being bound to serve and
honor the woman whose name he had
drawn.
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injuries which are the basis of the
suit filed.
The corpse was impersonated by
one of the defendants in q terribly real.
istic manner.
The young men soon found that the
negro was badly hurt and sent him in
a carriage to Philip Patterson's, 324
West Pacific street. There the negro
has been confined to his room ever
since.
Doctors Yancey and Overstreet at
tended him and their bill of t118 has
been partly paid by the practical
jokers.
On September 16, 1892. Drake
signed them a release from all dam
ages, and the filing of the suit yester-
day afternoon was in the nature of q
surprise.
Two of the young men were seen
by BAzoO representative last even
ing. They take the matter as huge
joke and seem to think they will be
able to easily beat the case.
Ella Drake, plaintiff We. Walter, r.
Mitchell, j. L. Bellmer, Sam Mere
dith and Ed. Meyer, defendants:
The plaintiff complains Of the de-
PENDANTS and for the cause Of action
alleges that heretofore. tO-wit: On
the second day of September, 1892,
the defendants negligently, mali
ciously, tortuously and wickedly con-
spring in a spirit of wanton mischief
to frighten and wrong plaintiff, wrong
fully conspired together and agreed
that they would pretend to plaintiff
that a
PERSON HAD DIED
and that his corpse was then laid out
in - undertaking establish
ment in Sedalia, and that a man was
needed to render services as a watcher,
in obedience to the decent usages Of
civilized society, and that plaintiff
was needed az such watcher for a
night.
Plaintiff alleges that in pursuance Of
such tortuous design and conspiracy,
the defendants procured said false rep
resentations to be made to plaintiff,
and solicited and procured his services
as such watcher, and, to make the
matter seem real, they procured an
agreement with plaintiff to be made
that he vas to have two dollars for his
services a. watcher.
FOR REMUNERATION.
That as part of such conspiracy it
was agreed between defendants that
the supposed corpse should come to
life, while plaintiff was acting as such
watcher, and it was expected, between
defendants, that the fright that plain
tiff would receive from that unex-
pected and unnatural occurrence,
would compensate them for their
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Missouri Patents.


Electric Railway Trolley-Bcnja-
min and A. kochs, st. Louis.
Swine-John W. Shipman. assignor
Of one-half to f. J. Weber, Kirk
wood.
Shears-Wm. b. Clark Kansas
City.
Windlass tor Lowering or Raising
Street Electric I.amps-Charles r.
Eddy. Springfield.
Car Coupling-.Iacob joss, st. .Ioe
Buckle-Albert f. Mcclure. ar
signOr to Mcclure Manufacturing Co. .
Sedalia.
Wash Boiler-Benjamin F. Mers-
man. Moberly.
Covering Attachment for Car
Roofs-Alexander n Monter. Spring
field.
Cutter Bar for Moving Machine
Milton G. Scooter. Palace.
Device for Holding Harrow Teeth
james G. Stowe, Kansas CITY.
TRADEMARK.
32,4ll-Brushes-SOphia Bie>ecke,
st. Louis. Filed Nov. Is, 1892. The
word "Star" and the letters III. g."
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trouble and pains in laying the afore'

trouble and pains in laying the afore-
said plan.
Plaintiff alleges that, relying on the
good faith of the said representations,
and having no knowledge of the
wanton and malicious de-
sign and conspiracy aforesaid.
he was conducted by defendants to
said undertaking establishment in the
night time, on said date, and was
taken to an upper room thereof which
was reached by long and steep stair
way, and was shown
A SUPPOSED CORPSE.
by which he was to watch. That he
was left alone with said corpse. which
was one of the defendants and it came
to life, in accordance with the precon-
certed plan aforesaid, and the un-
natural and unexpected event fright
ened plaintiff, precisely as defendants
supposed and expected it would.
That being wholly innocent of su>-
picion of falsehOod or deceit in the
premises, and being in great awe and
dread, the plaintiff completely lost
his presence of mind, and turning Ia
flee from the
DREADFUL APPARiTIoN
this plaintiff, as near as he can de.
scribe his actions, either ran, jumped
or fell down the stairs aforesaid, and
as the result thereof he was MANNED
in the most horrible manner, for life.
Plaintiff SAYS he brokes the bone in
his right ankle thereby, and not only
broke them, but the broken bones
were jammed through the flesh, and
that from that time to this he has
never been
ABLE TO do ANY WORK.
and he alleges that his injuries are per
manent, and his ankle will never be
strong again. That he was laid up
for many months in great pain, and
still suffers great pain, and for all
time, as he alleges, will do so.
Plaintiff alleges that before these in
juries were received he was an able
bodied man earning s1.23 per day.
He sues as poor man.
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Tested and Approved. n. Littig,
Esq. Pres. Marine Nat. Bank, Baltimore,
Nd. says 81 have tested Salvation Oil
and find it an excellent remedy for nell
ralgia." Keep it in your family.
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Mr. Stubble (of squsdunk) Say.
mister. will you take these trousers
back? They hev shrunk until the E
too short by onc-half!
Steinburg Holy Moses! Vat do1
der 1eodlsman want? I ledt der bans
- ~ halef brio; kot ko6srs der
shrunkAge eggsagtly!-Judea
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Taken to jefferson.

J. &. Lee, wanted in Jefferson City
for stealing a pair of trousers from
Senator Bradley, of Bates county, was
taken back there last night by Deputy
Marshal p. H. Crump.
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Lost.

On yesterday afternoon, Oh Ohio or
Main streets, a pair of gold trimmed
eve glasses. The finder will be suita-
bley rewarded for returning them to
+. J. SMITH, Atty.
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Out Of Is. 600 persons engaged in
cabinet making in London. 4. 900 are
iseeieners. Some estimates place the
Hebrew population in East London ut
81 600. another estimate places it at
IS, O0G.
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A Philadelphia has educated .
house Ay to respond to prolonged
.6ux.i-R" which brings ii from it
N>ssy gay dine Of day for it, supply
u svRaM
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Miss Ida Burres>... ................. ........H
81" Hattie -
a." Floy Jackson. -. .......................-l
-" Birdie Shaffer. Observation-Disclosures.
"a" Bessie Williams. ..................-....S
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Sc" Matte I.etis.....................
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Mrs. Cammie Garrett ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Miss Bette Hopkins. .-...-.................-4
80 Eliza Nichols. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
&" Jessie Wannamaker.
Mrs. J. r. Wilcox ........3
Miss Halle Observation-Disclosures.
:" Nc Ginley ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
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The record-union., 1893-02-10
THE PRoTECToRArE.

There are some people who run away
with the idea that because Minister
Stevens has extended over Hawaii the
protection of the American flag, it is
seizure of the islands, and compels this
Government to defend the act by arms.
All such false conception arises out of
lack of knowledge of international law.
Protectorate of the character referred to
is not a political act. 1t is simply the in
terposition of power to preserve peace
and protect property. 1t has been done
by England, Germany, France and the
United States a score of times in this
century. Officers of our Government
have frequently thus interfered in Gen.
tral America, and once or twice on the
other side of the Atlantic.
In this case it was an act invoked by
the de fdcto Government. Had Minister
Stevens refused to comply, he would
have been guilty of an objectionable
offense. His act, and all such, may be
compared to the act of the strong man,
neutral to an issue, who steps in to pre-
vent bloody conflict pending the law
full settlement of trouble between two
neighbors.
It is not seizure Of Hawaii, it is not un-
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lawful, but is expressly directed by the
code OF international law. 1t has no re-
lation whatever to annexation; nor to
political protectorate. In short, it cuts
no figure in the Hawaiian case, so far as
the action of our Government is con-
cerned, in the matter of the request to
annex the island kingdom.
The record-union., 1893-02-10

Entered at the Postoffice at Sacramento as
second-class matter
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MRS wINSLoW'S SOOTHING SYRUP,
mas been In use over fifty years by millions OF
mothers tor their children while teetning,
with perfect success. 1t soothes the child,
softens the gums, allays pain, cures wind collie,
Regulates the bowels, and is the best remedy
for diarrhoea, whether arising from teethiug
or other causes. For sale by druggists in
every part of the world. Be sure and ask for
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup. Twenty-Five
cents a bottle. MWF
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Observation-Disclosures No. 40.
For Editorial Rooms, ring one bell.
For Business Office. ring three bells.
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Epfrtul 31pttrra.

FAST TIME TO THE EAST.-The Atlantic
and Pacific Railroad santa Fe route) is now
twelve hours shorter to Kansas City and St.
Louis, and twenty-four hours shorter to Chi
cago than formerly. Pullman Tourist Sleep
ing Cars TO Chicago every day without change.
Personally conducted excursions every
tuesday, with tourist car to Boston.
GEORGE w. RAILTON, Agent. 1904 Fourth
street. Sacramento MWF
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PAINLESS EXTRACTION OF TEETH by
use of local anesthetic. DIR. WELDON, Dem
tst EiRhth and streets
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A1trftntta.
ADMINISTRATOR EBY AUCTION
or THE
A. X. BOUTWELL, RANCHES.
In Placer and Sutta,- Corn+i.,
In Placer and sutter Counties.

DY ORDER OF OFTHESUPERIOR COURT OF
u sacramento County, will sell on SATUR-
DAY, February 1, o93, at IL A. M on tho
premises, in Placer County, two miles east OF
Pleasant Grove, and about eight miles SOUTH
west OF Lincoln, l, 522a acres of fine grain,
and fruit land, improved This farm is in one
tract being in townships IL and 12 north,
range D east. Mount Diablo meridian.
Sold in one tract or subdivided TO suit pur-
ehasers. Also, at 1886 p. 8l> of the above dates
IN mont OF Goods store, in the town of Pleas
ant Grove. Sutter County, !. 700 acres in
townshlp i north, ranges and east, Mount
Dlablo meridian, situated about three miles
west of Pleasant Grove. This land is all IN.
one tract good bottom land and is capable Of
reclamation. In It's present condition ii WIZ
furnish an excellent summer range for Sheep
and other stock. Sold in one tract or subdi-
vided to suit purchasers.
Terms OF sale: Ten per cent. of purchase
price TO be paid on day OF sale, balance on con-
flrmation OF sale by Superior Court OF Sacra-
mento County. Title perfect.
FRANK d. RYAN,
Administrator OF the Estate Of A. X. Bout
well. deceased.
fe7-4J w. Il. SHERBURN, Auctioueer.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-05-13

ago to hOuseholders having furnished rooms to let, to learn as far as possible prices that would be expected therefor, and the following statement gives the general average quotations received in reply, to cover the accommodations for over 16.OOO people in the best part of the city lying between North avenue and Seventy-ninth street.
 Price of rooms per day without board:
 ''Sin gle room, single bed, one person, s1.35.
 Double room, double bed, one per son, S2.12; two persons, S2.70.
 ''Double-bedded room, two double beds, two persons, s3.5O.
 ''Double-bedded room, two double beds, three persons, S4.15.
 uble-beddcd room, two double beds, four persons, S5.5O.
 "There certainly does not seem ac- cOriing to these figures to be any indi- cation that citizens of Chicago will de- mand excessive rates for the accommo- datiOn of visitors to the exposition, and they can be relied upon to sustain the good reputation of Chicago for fair and liberal treatment of its guests. One publishing house has a pamphlet now in press containing a list of over ten thousand places in the city of Chicago where furnished rooms can be lad at moderate rates. The prices given above do not include large first-class hotels nor prominent new buildings in course of erection in the vicinity of Jackson park. Many mischievous rumors all leging the likelihood of high prices and extortion generally have been origi- mated by persons interested in outside bOarding-house schemes. some of them
Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-05-13
FOR PUBLIC COMFORT.
Plans Being Made for Worlds Fair
 Visitors.
Good Accommodations VIII Be Provided During the Exposition at Reason able Rates-An Excellent
 Plan.

In answer to the many inquiries from boards of trade and similar bodies con corning the alleged plan to demand ex- tortionate prices for accommodations in Ti}icagO next summer, Maj. ". Marsh hasSon has prepared the following re- port from the bureau of public comfort:
 ''This bureau has been established by the Worlds Columbian exposition to CO., operate through it's hotel and rooming department, to the best of its ability, with the citizens of Chicago for the comfort and protection of visitors to se cure for them suitable and desirable lodgings at fair and reasonable rates.
 ''The management is keenly alive to the fact that thousands of visitors will be deterred from visiting the city unless they can be fully assured on this point, hence every effort is being made to req liZe satisfactory results in this direction.
 Inquiries were sent out some time
Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-05-13

Chun convinced Consul Seymour that he would represent his country credit ably, and the consul cabled to Chief Fearn to save space for Mir. Chun. He assured the officials that the Chinese millionaire would spare no money to have the industries of his country prop erly shown.
 it is expected that the Chinese exhibit will be confined almost exclusively to manufactures hall. MT. Chun intends to concentrate his efforts to show what the manufacturing industries of that country are doing. Ivory carving, silk fabrics and numerous decorative arti- cles will form the principal exhibit, on which Mir. Chun expects to spend thou sands of dollars. The rich Chinaman is not prompted by patriotic motives alone in making this lavish outlay at the fair. He is the senior partner and fnancier of one of the largest mercantile houses in Canton and by means of the exhibit expects to draw the attention of the American buyers to his house.
 Mir. Chun is something of tourist and when he goes abroad travels in royal style. His face is familiar in some of the largest mercantile establishments in Paris.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-05-13
JUANA WALKERS GUARDIAN
A Legal Step in the Great Triangu-
 lar Suit.

Rosette Jones was yesterday appointed guardian of Juan Walker, minor heir of the famous estate of John D. Walker. Discovery was made early last fall of this heir whose relation ship to Walker is said to be clearly estab ished by docu- mebtary evidence in the shape of letters to her from Walker and by the testi- mony of wbite and Indian witnesses to the tribal ceremories by which her mother, Pima, WAS united to Walker, who WAS then living amorg the Pimas and had been made chief
 The girl, who is now about 12 years old IS said to have been placed in the care Of Miss Jones by Walker himself. Sue Is pupil in the Mesa schools.
 II will be remembered that among the testimony introduced to establish the insanity of Walker and so set aside h's marriage to an old Illinois sweetheart, it was shown that he had talked much of his Indian maiden Tbis was taken 10 be slgn of mental wandering, but tie advocates o' the claims of Juana Walk assert that she was the "Indiau maiden" meant.- Republican.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-05-13

AND nov 1t seems that H. C. Boone IS the ouly member of the board ol World's Fair managers of Arizona, he being tie only one whose name was sent to and coBfirmed by the Territorial council The term of all the other Territorial members expired with the Legislature There will have to be three appoint ments made at once If this be true.- Star.
 If such be the case, and it appear, probable on its face, then the Governor should lose no time in making the ap pointments. If the present board out tside of NIT. Boone are under the shador of disqua ihcation for the reason before noted, the opening of the Worlds Fair found ArizO Ona with but a single am- mis toner to represent her interests. Mir. Boone We are free to say cannot, in our opinion, be improved on but he is inexperienced and as important measures are uprooted no time should be lost in ! giving him able and exper enced coad- tutors in the work.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-05-13

THE Review ef Reviews for May without pretending for a moment to invade the special domain of the ele- gantly illustrated monthly magazines may perhaps claim to surpass any of them in certain quality of origin al and timely interest in its pictures. It CO., tains, all told, about one hundred illus trations. They pertain to the Worlds Fair, to the naval review, to the flag raising on the Navesink Hia lands, of April 9, and casting of the Liberty Bell on May 1 at Troy, to the reception in New York of the Duke of Neragua. the lineal descendant of Christopher Columbus; to NIT. Cevelard's various important appointees, including per haps dozen of the m st7mportant new foreign ministers and the principal com missiOners and ch efs of bureaus.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-05-13
A Uorse's Oueer Plight.

The sight of horse coasting down a long hill on it's back in sled and it's legs waving wildly in the air vastly ed flied number of citizens at Woodstock. Ore, recently. The sled was an impro- vised outfit, without shafts. Reaching the crest of the hill, the sled ran against the horses heels. The animal reared and, slipping, fell over backward upon the sled. The driver was afoot and got out of the way. There were high stakes in the sides of the sled. and these held the horse in. The sled started down the hill at lively tilt, and ian straight and fair to the foot. where it brought up on the railroad track, when the stakes were removed and the horse rolled quietly off.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-05-13

BENTLY, the wife poisoner, has been granted stay of proceedings for ten days on the grounds of undue influence on the Jury and for the further reason that the speedy rendering of the verdic; by the Jury, had made it impossible fur them to weigh the evidence submitted to tn ir consideration. If such objec- tions can stay E murderer from the penitentiary one half the criminals in limbo can be turned loose. If the case of the State csn be persuasively put to the jury and the jury influenced to find @ verdict against the deceased, or if the jury are so convinced of the culpriis guilt that they lard him in the per ten- ti8ry without waste Of time, fl strikes us as a matter of congratulgtion to the peace-loving and law-abiding pubic rather than proper basis upon which to ask for a new trial The action of the judge in the matter will be closely watched