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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-12-12
RUSHING THEM IN.
Ten Convicts tor the Missouri
Penitentiary Taken Through
Sedalia.

Judging from the way officers arr
rushing prisoners down the road al
most daily, the walls of the Missouri
penitentiary will soon have to be en-
larged. Hardly . train passes east
that does not carry agreater or emallel
number OF convicts.
jackson county-which means Kan.
eas City-is furnishing a big lot Of re
crlits. This morning Marshal Nc
Gowan, of that place, had in charge
a batch of seven--one white man and
six negroes AS tough looking a com.
bination as one would care to see.
Six of them-L. Buckner, P,ear
Kelser, Virgil Williams, james
Hume, Charles Maxwell and j. VIII
liams 60 up for two years api, &c fol
grand larceny. r. F. Mead sets siS
years for forgery.
Sheriff George C. Crigler came in
from Fayette this morning with negro
prisoners man and two women,
convicted of burglary and sentenced
to two years apiece. One of the
women young mulatto-is in the
fimily way and a kid will be born t.
her in a few weeks within the forbid
ding walls of the states prison.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-12-12
Death of Mrs. Rhodes.

Mrs. Minerva J. Rhodes, wife of
Thomas w. Rhodes, a prominent
farmer located twelve miles southeast
OF Sedalia. died last evening at $50
o'clock, after al illness Of nearly two
years.
Mrs. Rhodes was born in Louisville,
Ky, August :. 1921. She had been
a resident Of Missouri over sixty-two
years. having lived in Northeast Mis-
souri, at the time that section of the
country was occupied by Indians.
She was is years Of age at the time
of her marriage. The children born
to them are w. III. Rho les, George
W., NJ. +. Duvall, Mis-. Dolly RYAN
and Ida Durrell. She was al active
member of the Methodist church
during forty years of her life.
The funeral services took place at
Pleasant Hill church, seven miles
southeast Of Sedalia, at HOO o'clock
to-day.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-12-12
Bureau Of Information.

"The Burlington has recently estab-
lished in a convenient quarter Of its ele
CANT and commodious passenger station, At
Chicago, an Office designed to afford travel
ers information on the thousandand-
things they need tn know, with regard to
routes, rates, connections and aceommOda-
tions. 1t has been placed in charge Of an
experienced man, supplied with all rail
way guides, maps and time tables and i
known as the Bureau OF information"
IL is place 10 which all travellers NAV
apply for information and receive full and
correct answer This is the only office OF
the kind west of the sea-board cities, and
it cannot but prove help and convenience
to the travelling public: All trains of the
Burlington" enter and depart from this
station, and the intelligent and valuable
service of the Bureau may he enjoyed by
all patrons Of this line.
A special pamphlet will be issued by
the Burlington in the near future, giving
accurate Information a. To ''lIow to get to-
the Worlds Fair grounds" "Iiow To- secure
rooms and board AT the various hotels,
boarding and lodging houses.
Trustworthy agents will be atthe C.. +.
Il q. depot in Chicago To impart all infor-
nation % visitors. Arrangements will
probably be made by which some trains
will be run direct to the Worlds Fair
grounds without change or delav. 33lw4m
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-12-12
CONVERTED.
Dick Robinson is Said to Have
Acknowledged His Sins,
Asked for Forgive.
ness and is Now
ofthe Elect.

Bishop Mack and Parson Alexan
der, Of the colored Baptist church
Sedalia, called On Dick Robinson, til.
condemned murderer, at the Jail thi.
morning. They found Dick was peni
tent and Bishop Mack reports his full
and complete conversion, and be j.
supposed 70 be on the straight road ia
eternal life. He made q request tina,
Parson Alexander baptise him Mon
day evening at three o'clock, and that
Bishop Mack would bring the Lords
supper to him Tuesday evening at
three o'clock. He will be immersed.
As Dick Robinson IL now in the
shadows Of the gallows it is quite proper
that be should make bis peace. There
is no earthly power that will save him
from the punishment to be meted out
to him BY the law on the 18th instant
The clergy of bis color who have taken
such an interest in bis behalf certainly
deserve the credit Of all the Christian
people for endeavoring to make the
poor wretch die as hopeful death as
possible.
Sheriff Porter has advises from sev-
eral officers of adjacent counties who
state their intention of being present
at the execution. Nothing has been
said or done regarding the disposition
of Dicks body after he has gone
through the trap.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-12-12

Its Great Legal Battle With the
international and Great
Northern nv.

The great legal fight between the
Missouri. Kansas & Texas Railway
company and the International h
Great Northern railroad has not ended
by any means. In the United States
circuit court at Galveston, yesterday,
the Katy" people fled a demurrer
to the plea and answer of the Mercan-
tile Trust company of New York, al
leging that the defendant has no
interest in the controversy involved
in the suit between the railroad CON-
panies and is not entitled to appear or
answer in the cause now pending be-
fore the court; that the only interest
claimed by the Mercantile Trust COM
pany in the suit depends wholly upon
what purports to be lease from the
Galveston, Houston * Henderson
Railroad company 10 the Interna-
tional Il Great Northern. and If the
SAME was ever signed it was beyond
the corporate powers of both roads
and in violation of both the laws and
the constitution of the state of Texas ::
that the international and Great
Northern Railway company, acting
in collision with the Mercantile
Trust company, improperly sought to
have the latter made defendant, and
that the Mercantile Trust company
voluntarily entered its appearance in
the suit and wrongfully claimed to
be a defendant for the purpose of re-
moving the case from the state court.
Wherefore, the Missouri, Kansas
4 Texas Railway company asks the
judgment Of the court whether il shall
be compelled to make any reply to
the plea and answer of the Mercantile
Trust company. The Missouri, Kan
ses h Texas Railway company has
also fled . motion to take the answer
Of the Mercantile Trust company of
the flee.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-12-12
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
81 &c Clay, Of Georgetown, Ar
rested for Starving Two
Horses to Death.

Complaint was made this morning
against Isaac Clay. IN old col"red
resident of Georgetown, that he had
been guilty of cruelty to animais hy
allowing two Of bis horses u 80 with
out food for ten DAYS, from the effects
Of which they very naturally died.
A warrant was sworn out for Clay
and he was arrested and arraieped
before Justice Levens this afternoon.
The old darkey seemed consid-
erably distressed. He says that
he purchased the horses about
two months ago from a German IN
Sedalia. For one Of them he paid
% cents and for the other he paid
81, they were nothing but skeletons
and gentle wind would have blown
the feed out Of them.
One day while the owner was away
from home the IS cent steed, which,
according to the family Bible, was "a
wears old, laid down and gave up the
ghost. The other one soon followed
MS enfeebled companion IN harness.
Hence, the prosecution
Old man Clay claims that he Lad
plenty OF feed convenient and that he
lid everything possible to prolong the
lives of this valuable span Of road
s,ers, but he thinks that all the corn
and hay in Pettis county could Ut.
have done them any good.
The case is set tor trial Monday.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-12-12

To Editors.

The Newspaper men of Missouri
will meet in st. Louis the last week
in January to talk shop.
Every. able bodied pencil-shover,
who is either the editor or business
manager Of paper cannot afford to
miss It.
The benefits Of such mingling can
not be calculated.
Publishers who are nov members
Of the Missouri Press association are
not the emily ones invited, but every
man and woman who conducts u
Journal and is interested in advertis-
ing, subscription, ready prints, job
work and making a newspaper pay
will be welcome.
Transportation will be furnished
free to every one who is a legitimate
editor or publisher in the state and
the Laclede Hotel will house them for
81 yer day.
For details and programme Of the
winter meeting. address Col. r. NJ.
White, corresponding secretary,
MEXICO, Mo.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-12-12
Children Cvv for
Pitchers CastoFia.
MARSHALL Progress.
e. w. Stephens.

We learn that before the next dem
ocratic state nominating convention.
Boone county will likely press the
name of f. W. Stephens. the propri-
etOr of the Columbia Herald, tor the
position of candidate for governor.
Columbia and Boone county owe
much to Mr.. Stephens. No other
citizen Of old Boone has labored more
incessantly and more intelligently tor
the material and educational interests
Of her people, and tits gratifying to see
this evidence Of gratitude for mans
brain work. For the support which
the business community Of Columbia
have given Mr.. Stephens as q publish
er, they have made usurious profit out
of his genius, and We may add, nearly
worked him to death in their service.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-12-12
SNOW.FlAkES.

Out of the bosom of the air,
Out Of the cloud-folds of her garment
shaken,
Over the woodlands brown and bare,
Over the harvest fields forsaken,
Silent, soft and slow
Decends the snow.
Even IS our cloudy fancies take
Suddenly shape in some divine expires.
sion,
Even as the troubled heart Goth make
In the white cOuntenance confession,
The troubled sky reveals
The grief it feels.
This is the poem of the air,
Slowly in silent syllables recorded;
This is the secret of dispair,
Long in its cloudy bosom boarded,
Now whispered and revealed
To wood and field.
Henry W. Lonqfe,lor.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-12-12
DEATH OF SID FRANCIS.
The Well.known Commission
Merchant Expires After a
Three.Weeks' illness.

Sidney K Francis, brother of ex-
Governor d. K. Francis. died at 1902
o'clock Sunday night after a three
weeks illness at the residence Of his
brother-in-law, VIM. G. Boyd, 1910
Delmar boulevard, st. Louis. The
deceased was the vice-presldent and
active head Of the d. r. Francis &
Bro. commission company, and was
very popular with every member Of
the Merchants Exchange for his
Jolly good nature and hard sense.
Ali the appeals for aid made during
the past fifteen years on the
floor of the Exchange found him
prompt to respond with round con-
tribution. The welfare of that city,
Of the Exchange or Of his friends,
and he had thousands Of them, was
always uppermost in his mind. All
through his illness the members
would ask each day of those who Wis
tied the sick man of his condition.
When it was given out that there was
hardly any more h pc left Of his re-
covery the regrets heard Oh all sides
were many and most sincere.
The deceased besides being power
in the grain trade for his boldness,
good judgment and aggressiveness,
possessed business qualifications of a
high order which were sought by other
corporations. He was at one time
director of the Laclede bank, and at
the time of his death was an active
director of the Mississippi Valley
Trust company, the st. Louis United
Elevator Co. and the Union Casualty
and Security company. He was born
at Richmond, KY, in 1858. After he
finished his education he entered a
boot and shoe establishment in Frank
fort and remained three years. In
1877 he came to St. Louis and took a
position as clerk IN the office of d. K.
Frances. In 1880 he was admitted as
a partner. In 1884 the firm was in
eorporated and "Sid" was made vice
president and general manager.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-12-12
Close Call.

One of the postal clerks on the west
bound train Saturday, at Jefferson
City, jumped off at the depot before
it came to a stop and came near going
under the wheels. The moment his
heels struck the icy platform thew
shot out from under him and he fell
between the edge OF the platform and
tho wheels He WAS rolled along a
distance of twenty feet or more, but
escaped injury. Houck McHenry
sprang to his assistance, but his feet
slipped and down he went, but fortu-
nately not close enough to the train
to be in danger.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-12-12
THEY GOT $500.
J. p. Swe att of Camden County
Has a Thrilling Experience
in ST. Louis.

Last Tuesday Mr.. James p. Sweat
a prominent live stock dealer of Cam.
den county. Mo-, arrived in st. Loui,
with large shipment of live stock
four carloads in all. Camden cour.
ty is one of the best stock-raisinc
counties in the commonwealth, and
when Mr.. Sweat makes a shipment
to the city he always finds a ready
market. On Tuesday he brought in
fifiy-seven mules and lot of cattle
and hogs. After taking them TO the
stock yards and receiving the cash
for them, So, 30O-a very snug little
fortune iDdeed-he started to return
to the union depot. where he intend
ed taking the evening train on
the st. Louis and San Francisco
for home. Mr.. Sweat says that he
was walking along Poplar strest while
it was hardly dark when some one
from behind slugged him with sand
bag, knocking him as cold as wedge.
1t was not far from the union depot,
and the Four Courts building was in
sight. He was struck on the right
side of the head just over the eye. On
recovering he found that his vest had
been cut the entire length on the right
side, and his pocketbook, containing
$500, stolen. He says that he in.
mediately reported the matter to the
police, but that no attention was paid
to him, and he was forced to be con.
tent with the mere recital of biz
wrongs.
information from Mr.. Sweat.
home, near Richland. No., establishes
the fact that be IL . reputable, sober,
industrious citizen, and his friends are
alta loss to understand the apathy Of
the St. Louis police department in
the case.
Night Chief Of Police Reedy, when
asked if Mr.. Sweat had made . COM
plant to the department and had re-
ported having been "sandbagged,"
made an examination of the police re.
ports, both at the headquarters office
and at the office of the captain of the
central district. The chief could find
no record Of the case.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-12-12
Lanes Medicine Moves the Bowe { ash
Day.
In order to be healthy this is neseAszIy
Given q Life Sentence.

DEXTER, Mo-, Dec. 6.-An adjourned
term of the circuit court was convened
ut Bloomfield last Monday for the trail
of Marion Horey, Of Butler county.
charged with the murder of Matthew
Vandover in that county in 1881, ard
whose case was sent to this county cR
change Of venue. The case came TO
a sudden termination this afternoon
after the jury to try the case had been
impaneled, by Horey Withdrawing his
plea Of not guilty Of murder in the
first degree, and entering q plea Of
guilty to murder in the second degree
and taking . life sentence in the penn
Tertiary. Mrs. Vandover, wife oftbe
murdered man, who Was indicted rs
accessory to the murder, Is SoN se1v-
ing q life sentence under simi:Sf
plea to that entered by Horey. Horey
claims that he was induced to commit
the murder by Mrs. Vandover. They
have each made confessions berets-
fore.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-12-12
FAIR PROPERTY SOLD.
Big lot Of Stands and Stables
Sold at Association Park
This Afternoon.

This afternoon. at the west door Of
TIT court house, Sheriff Porter sold
The following property belonging h
the Missouri State Fair association:
The new grand stand at the kite
shaped track $500.
Stables Noe. l, 2. and ;, 500,
$50, and 500 respectively.
Stables from Nos. sol to 533, $50.
Judges and starters stand s25.
Pool stands, $50.
The property was bought in in ia.
1r of the Missouri Lumber com.
lhnv.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-12-12
Hydrophobic Cattle.

The Green Ridge neighborhood,
just across the line in Pettis county,
is suffering from an epidemic of hy-
drophobia in cattle. A week ago
rabid dogs bit twenty-three head of
cattle belonging to John Tinell, a
large stock dealer. No one knew
where the dogs came from. Since
then eleven head of cattle have died
from hydrophobia and many others
show symptoms of the malady.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-12-12
FIGHTING A WILL.
A Noted Case Transferred from
Moniteau County to Pettis
County.

As indicated in Sundays BAzoO, a
special session of the Pettis county
circuit court was convened this morn
ing, Judge Richard Field presiding,
for the purpose Of trying the case
which involves the estate Of the late
L. L. Wood, a. pioneer resident Of
Moniteau county.
He died one year ago, aged "a
years, leaving an estate estimated at
some $35, 600. By his will, made in
1890, he left each of his several grand
children $500, the remainder of his
property to be divided between his
two sons, L. d. Wood and j. ID.
Wood.
It seems, however, that the will
has proved unsatisfactory to certain
Of the grandchildren who seek to &C.
cure . larger amount by bringing the
will int court. They are contesting
the will % the ground that the tesla
tor was of unsound mind at the time
he made the will and that the sons
had unlue influence over him.
The attorneys for defendants are
W. S. Shirk and j. w. Hunter of
California. The plaintiffs have re-
tanned Moore & Williams, of Cali
fornia; Senator Sam Majors, Of Fay
cite, and Sangree & Lamm, Of Sc
dalia.
There are about eighty witnesses
already on the ground.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-12-12
The Lafayette Courts.

Jefcrsoo City Tribune.
For three hours yesterday the >u-
preme court listened to arguments in
the case involving the constitution
ality of the law enacted last winter
providing for two terms Of circuit
court at .Higginsville, Lafayette
county. There was large array of
legal talent and the arguments were
spirited. The Lexington people look
upon this law as very dangerous one
for the future of their town. as it de-
prives them of one term Of circuit
court and they reason that worse
things may happen. On the other
hand, the Higginsville people look
upon it as an omen Of future great
ness for their town. 1t will be some
weeks before the case is determined.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-12-12
An Old Timer.

DR.. J. P. H. Gray, of California,
Mo-, who formerly represented Mont
teau county in the legislature, is in the
city, q witness in the will case now on
trial in the circuit court. The doctor
drove an OK team to the state of Cali
fornia in 1850, passing over the
ground where Sedalia now stands.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-12-12
Death Of Mrs. Moses.

X. II. Moses, cashier Of the Third
National bank, received a telegram
this morning, announcing the death
in Chicago of his sister-in-law. Mrs.
C. A. Moses, who is also an aunt of
F. H. Eastey. Of this city.
Mrs. Moses was about 80 years old
and was well known in Sedalia, where
she had visited.
Mr.. K H. Moses left at noon for
Chicago. Mr.. Eastey expects to fol-
low this evening.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-12-12
Died.

Information was received in Sedalia
this morning Of the death of Mrs.
Frances NJ WoOdrum, wife of John
H. Woodrum, formerly Of Sedalia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodrum's people
both live in the neighborhood Of
Upton, Mo. The family have re-
sided on the Pacific coast number of
years.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-12-12
More Missouri

More Missouri surprises = corn
Is feet high, ears II inches long,
pumpkins 173 pounds, tomatoes II
inches long, beet % inches long, II
inches around, weight 10 pounds; "pos-
sum" weighing IS pounds, and q girl
wearing No. Is shoes.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-12-12

The dog catcher of Kansas City
is again Tin the saddle" This i . -
goned mean trick in the authsritiia
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-12-12
Monthly Report.

Collector Doherty fled his report
OF collections for the month of NOvem-
Der with County Clerk Mitchum to-
day, as follows:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-17

Miss Lowe, the editress of The Queen
newspaper, Is one of the most successful
woman journalists in the world. Her per
sonality is but little known, for her por
trait has never been reproduced. and she
has great dislike TO any form of self AZ
vertisement. When Hiss Lowe was first
given the editorship of the great paper
which she has conducted so successfully for
close on so years, il boasted of only very
small circulation and was alone in fed
where IL now counts many rivals The cd
itress of The Queen does most of her work
In her pretty kensington home ana only
comes TO the Office twice a week. but she
has her finger on the pulse of every depart
ment Of her paper aud makes it a rule TO
read and reread every proof. even the adj
vertisement pages, before the journal Is
tent 10 press
Miss Lowe Is the only lady journalist
whom the queen has ever directly recog-
nized In n professional sense. Most Of the
princcsscs have at some time or another
contributed 20 her pages, and their royal
mother has more than once through them
sent gracious message 10 the lady who
watches over the destinics Of her uamesab q
Yankee Blade
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-17
CHAT ABOUT WOMEN.

Lady Caithness gave ball i'm Paris, when
supper was served ae o'clock in the morn
ing.
Miss Eta Rabbit of New Bedford.
Mass, has had her name chapged by the
probate court TO Ella Rabbit.
Miss Belknap, daughter of the ex-secre-
tary, is handsome blond, tall and of fine
figure, who dances, fishes and swims equally
we'll
Lizzie Borden polled nearly 100000 votes
In Worlds fair coupon contest conducted
by the Boston Journal, but refused TO make
the trip after winning it.
Mrs Abigail Smith is 81 years old and
lives at Patchogue, n. Y. She has remark
able memory, reads without spectacles and
considers herself quite youDss and frisky.
Miss Helen Gould recently said in an
swer to some inquiries about her large ex-
penditure on charities, ITO be wealthy and
not know how to enjoy money is TO be in a
wretched state"
Mrs George B. Mcclellan, who, after
visiting her daughter, Nine. Duprez, wife
of NJ Paul Duprez Of the French legation
at Bern, is now in San Moritz, will sail for
home in October.
Lady Carlisle Is training an entire stan
of women gardeners. who, she hopes, will
keep the grounds of her Yorkshire home
in as perfect a condition as their male pred
ecessors have done.
Miss Sallie Pierson, compositor, has
been appointed state organizer of the Fed
Grafton of Labor for Indiana. She has sup
ported herself and mother by typesetting
sipca she xvns lS wars pf aOp
Miss Kate Kane of Chicago gives notice
that she is out for II ajudgeship. She is will
ing 10 accept a nomination from either OF
the political parties or from both of them,
but if ignored will run independently. -
Miss Florence Nightingale recently cele-
bratel her seventy-third birthday. AL
though for many years confined to her
house by constant i'll health, she is cease
lessly at work for the welfare of her fellow
creatures.
II Mrs Whitelaw Reid on the occasion
of great receptions should line the hall OF
her country house from entrance to stair
case with flunkeys, rs is the fashion in Eu-
rope, she would need Mt least 80 of them
for the hall is ~ feet long.
Miss Kirby Smith, daughter of the IA
nous Confederate leader, was onlya fourth
class postmistress when she was given the
Office at Sewanee, Tenn, but she has man
aged it with such tact as TO carry it into
the presidential class, and she now gets g.,
800 a year out of it.
Miss Kitty c. Wilkins, Idaho's horse
queen, has range containing 5000 horses
OF high grade. bronchos being carefully ex-
cluded. Miss Wilkins, who is about 80
years old, does the buying and selling,
while her father and brothers do the hard
er. practical work about the place.