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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-05
AFTER THE COMPANIES. g
superintendent Snsier Makes Some Seri-
Gus Charges Against Life Insurance Com
paufes.

paufes.
Superintendent of Insurance Snider
has completed recommendations to the
state legislature for changes in insuranc ce
laws He is very severe in his denuncia-
tion of the old line life insurance com
panies and will recommend the enactment
of strict regulations for agents and Off
GERS of the companies.
He says that the publication of annual
statements is often made which in no
sense are similar to the reports flied in
this or the other state departments and
this is apparently done purposely to mis-
lead the people.
He says complaints of misrepresenta-
ton have been general and will ask the
legislature to take action to prevent mis-
statements by the companies.
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Ants-OpfIon Bill Agreed Upon.

WASHINGTON, May 5-Chairman Hatch
of the house committee on agriculture
has finished his report on the anti-option
bill agreed on by the committee and will
week. He believes that it will be passed
by the house with reasonable prompt
ness, and that the senate will take SINH
lar action.
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Banks Gain 1852. doc Gold.

New YORK, May 5.-The banks now
hold $S2,S0S, $50 in excess of the re-
quirements Of the % per cent rule.
The bank of this city gained during the
week by the interior movement $4,S57,-
600 in gold and legal tenders and lost
by gold exports and sub-treasury opera
tions $3,5Oc,000, making a gain of $685.
90
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Ran.as Cttr 1EarIxa..

KANSAS CITY, May 3. = WHEAT
Steady No. hard 51@511l; No. red
"a; No. red 51@52; rejected 40.
CoRN-In good demand; No. 2 mixed,
351lc; No. white 36@36Ac-
OATs-In good demand; No 2 mixed,
3411a35c; No. white. 35@351<c.
RYE-Steady. No. 4Sc.
FIAx-Firm. $1.179L16.
BRAN-Steady, 5S06Oc.
HAY Weak; timothy, $8.00@9 80;
prairie $6.OO07.0O.
BUTTER-Quiet; creamery 1917; dali
ry, 12414c-
Eees-Quiet and steady at re.
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rrLE - Receints. 8OO. SIM

CATTLE = Receipts. 800. Shipments,
none. No market outside of few lots on
local account Prime to extra native steers,
$450@4.75; medium, $4.1OW4.25; others
$385M4OO; Texans,Y Y$3.S5@941O.
Hoes = Receipts. 10000; shipments,
1000. Market, bplkl 10 cents higher,
closed easier. Rough and heavy. $45O
@48O; packers and mixed, S5.15@5.35;
prime heavy aud butchers weights, 1920
0l5.3O; assorted light $5.2O@5.25
SHEEP AND LAMBs-Receipts, 1900
No shipments Market slow, unchanged.
Top sheep, $4.2504.65; top lambs $425
05.25.
Estimated receipts for Monday;
Wheat So cars, corn 156 cars, oats 1913
cars, hogs $4,000 head
Butter-W Weak; creameries, 1S0l6c;
dairies. 1O014c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-05
THIS YEARS WORLDS FAIR
The Antwerp Exhibition Opened today
by King LeopoId.

ANTWERP, May 5.-King Leopold, ac-
companied by the queen of Belgium, the
princess of the Royal family the coun-
tess of Flanders, prince Won Hohenzol-
lern, the cabinet minister and a host of
prominent persons. opened the worlds
exhibition here today with appropriate
ceremonies. There were over $4,000
people present
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CxCLoNIC Ar OLIvEr.
A House Blown Down But No One is
Injured.

OLIvET, Kan- May 5.-The storm of
last night was Of a cyclonic character.
The residence of w. III. Heard occupied
by Wm- Hattie, was torn to atoms. Mrs.
Hattie and her baby were in the build
ing but miracuIously escaped with slight
injury.
The school building is partial wreck.
Loaded cars on the siding were tossed
about like paper structure, and finally
wrecked Window lights were broken
In all the residences.
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Trvinw to Beat NeIIy Bly.

WINNIPEG. Man, May 8. = George
Griffith, who is making a tour around the
globe in an endeavor to beat Nellie Bly,,
passed through Winnipeg last evening.
He is in the best of spirits and confident
of beating the record, having reached
Winnipeg one day ahead of the time ex-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-05

ST.. CLOUD, Mimi, May 5.-Forty Cox
eyites boarded Conductor Stutevant's
freight at GAINESVILLE today and re-
manned there regardless of the efforts of
the crew to dislodge them. The train
came east with the contingent aboard as
far as Fergus Falls. where Stutevant is
holding his train awaiting orders.
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AT WICHITA.
Two People Knocked SenseIess by a Bolt
of LIghtnInl<, But Not Hurt.

of Lightning, But Not Hurt
WICHITA, May "a terrific storm WIS.,
tied this place last night Rain fell in
torrents from in the evening to early
morning. West Wichita had several
houses strnck by lightning and one man
and wife were knocked senseless by a
bolt
Several houses in West Wichita were
blown down and hardly an out building
IS left standing. Plate glass windows in
the Sunfiower block were smashed like
eggshells- The damage is considerable
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-05

COLUMBUS. O., May 5.-John Mcbride,
president of the United Mine Workers of
America, today issued a call to the or
ganization, and those affiliated with it. to
send one delegate to each $40 members
to national convention to be held in
Cleveland, o., at 10 a.. m, Monday. May
IA. preparatory to meeting in joint ses-
sion with the coal operators from all
states the following day.
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~@OA's Dostro5eu anu Animals Destroyed
In some Places.
KANSAS CRY. May 5.-Specials to the
Star from Kansas points relative to the
storms say:
Council Grove-Hard rain some dam
age.
Melvern-Very heavy rain with high
wind, no damage.
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Eaes-Q Quiet and steady at re.

sSymantha at the Worlds Fair inter-
spersed with music. will be given in the
lecture room OF the First NJ. E. church,
Friday evening, May nth, at o'clock.
At the close of the entertainment ice
cream and strawberries will be served.
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Chicago N nr1Cet.


CHICAGO, May 5.-Wheat opened weak
and dull, May unchanged, but July 18c
lower. The latter advanced 1sc on a de-
mand by shorts. Clifford, NIilmine- Bod
man and Boyden took about 5O0,O00 bu. Of
July from the scaIpers- Bearish in
fiuences were then felt and both May and
ables and Bradstreets were all rather
bearish. The bulls banked on large
decrease in the visible supply on Mon
day and held the decline in check.
Corn was weak with Frazier moder-
ate seller. Planting is said to have been
done early; that receipts would be larger
after the planting is<over and that plant
corn opened off 14E add July declined at
once nc after opening up at 16c.
Oats were dull and easier in sympathy
with wheat and corn, July soon declining
14c from the closing. Little was done
in provisions
Pork was 215c lower; lard SC, and ribs
216c lower.
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at Kansas CIty.

CATrLE-Receipts, 2.20O; shipments
1900 Market steady. Texas steers,
$3.25M370; Texas cows, $2.OO03.15;
shipping steers. $3.35@435; native cows.
$2.20M3.60; stockers and feeders, $500
M3.9O: buffs, $2.4003.10.
Hoes - Receipts. 800; shipments,
1900. Market strong to 3 cents higher
Bulk, 800; heavies, packers and
mixed, $49O@5.05; lights, yorkers and
pigs $4.7O@5.00.
SHEEP Il Receipts. 80; shipments,
none. Market steady.
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORT.

Furnished by w. +. FedermRn, Broker im
Grain, PFovisions and Stocks. Real Es-
tate building, Corner seventh and Jack
son Streets
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COaIMoNwEALERs KEFUsE woRk.


but browne Objected.
WASHINGTON, May 5-An enterprising
real estate man here has offered to set
the Coxeyites at work. He has a tract
of land about three and half miles dis
tant from the city, which he desires to
have cleared of under brush and made
ready for subdivision.
1t is a pretty spot and much healthier
than the sewer mouth camp now occu-
pied by the Coxeyites. The owner, DR..
q. P. Gehring. offered to let the army
camp on that tract and to pay them $500
if they would clear the ground.
The proposition struck Coxey favor
ably, but Browne was unwilling to move
the camp so far from the city and the Of
fer was rejected.
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Lightning burned out two armatures
at. the city electric light plant last nj ght-
The lights viii all burn tonight as usual.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-05

stSymantha at the Worlds Fair next
Friday evening at the First M. E. chnreh.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-05

American Sugar Refinery. IU613i q "
s. F., 1236; G., B. 81 O., 70; Erie, 1876
l. & N, 40; Missouri Pacific. 3OAi Head
ing. 16a; New England. 4; Rock Is
land. 695S; St Paul. 81 %; Union Pacific,
1885,, Western Union. S416i chicago Giaa,
645a; Cordage, 24z6~
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WHAT THE CoxExIrEs COST.
Movement in Northwest Costs the Go,
ernment 1000 ~ Day.

Movement in Northwest Costs the Gov
ernment $1,000 Day.
WASHINGTON, May 5.-The Coxey
movement in the northwest is already
putting the government to heavy ex-
pense. The treasury department has
submitted to the house an estimate OF u
prospective deficiency of $4,000 for fees
and expenses OF United States marshals.
In asking the treasury department to
submit the deficiency appropriation
asked to congress-, Attorney General
Olney says:
CAT present an extraordinary kind of
expenses arises from bodies of restless
men in various sections of the country
sezing upon property in the custody of
expenses are already going on in
Washington at the rate of $1,000
per day; an indefinite amount of expen-
ses has been incurred and is growing in
Montana and other expenses may be ex-
pected for which provisions should be
made.
sit is better to have an appropriation
ready to meet these current expenses
than to make appropriation for the
amount after the expenses have been in
Cured, because, with money on hand,
the marshals can secure more readily
the services of faithful posses for the
protection of property; assistance in such
cases might be of little value, if those
employed to assist were not assured of
speedy payment
You are notified of the proba bly~ne-
cessity of this appropriation, that action
may be taken by congress in due time.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-05-03
Hearing From His Party.

Three thousand Democrats of San
Francisco met in mass convention last
Wednesday and resolved "that the re-
cent utterances of Senator Hill are
traitorous in their purpose. false in
their assumptions, absurd in their log
ic and excite the indignation of the
Democracy of California"
On the same night the Samoset club
of Omaha. one of the strongest Demo
cratic clubs in Nebraska, held a meet
ing and solemnly declared that 1--WE
hereby denounce David B. Hill of New
York for the speech delivered by him
in the senate April 9, 1894, as showing
him recreant to his duties as q Demo-
crat and brand him as a deserter of
the party in the hour of its direst need
as q traitor who, having hitherto talk
ed behind the watchward. i am a
Democrat dealt a treacherous blow at
the vitals of his party at the time of
its greatest peril; who gave aid and
encouragement to our common enemy
in this imminent crisis of party desti-
n.y."
In such lurid language as this the
senator from New York is hearing
from the back districts, and If he will
put his ear to the ground he will catch
the murmur of q swell that cannot but
end in the most thrilling seismic dis
turbance the politics of this country
ever knew.-Jefersos City Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-05-03
ANNAPOLIS.
Iron County, Missouri-Where Farms
are Taking the Place Of Forestry.

Twenty miles south of Ironton, on
the Iron Mountain, Annapolis has in
times past been one of the greatest
lumber little towns along the line, and
many men made fortunes there.
Year by year the choppers and the
mills keep clearing the woods, and
now many big farms extend from val
ley to hilltop.
Zimri Mann has about 200 acres. and
Daniel Mann about the same. John
| Buckner has several hundred, and E.
H. Sawyer several thousand, with 500
in cultivation, and there are splendid
grazing privileges and sheep thrive
right along.
Guilliams have good places, and land
is rapidly being opened up and i'm.
proved.
| At Annapolis small fruits have shown
their appreciation of soil and climate,
and i, is healthy place, with the ad.
vantage of remedial springs with iron,
magnesia, sulphur and Epson salts.
| There. are numbers of old people
here, notably Judge G. Hart seventy
years, and the youngsters are the pic.
ture of rosy health.
Good fishing is had in the region, as
shown in catches of pickerel measure
ing ten to twenty inches, pike one to
two feet, aud bass from fourteen to
eighteen inches. James Boatwright,
noted fisherman, is my authority.
Annapolis has Distillery No. "a, but
it is now, like many other industries,
waiting till the political clouds pass
by.
Italso has the D. A. johnson saloon,
which suffers from the stringency of the
times, but the Benson Hotel attracts
all the time and sis just splendid.
| Among the lively citizens, Judge
John Byron Hampton, Justice o. the
Peace and Notary Public, holds sway.
He came to Missouri iii 1S48, from
Maury County, the garden spot of Ten
nessee.
Tavarette Valentine. who has lived
here fourteen years, is another gentle
man whose pleasure seems to grow
with years.
Rockwell and Benson are timber
and land owners, lumber dealers. and
GcutTdl ucFCudutS, Stuu SldIhS anu
Kinch, with planning mill at Annapolis.
have 5000 acres in Iron, Reynolds and
Wayne Counties.
E. C. Rockwell, born in Virginia,
came to Missouri eighteen years ago,
and was with James F. Clarkson (now
of Florida) ten years. He then went
into business and as member of the
present firm three years, and is an up
to-the-times, go-ahead citizen and gen.
tleman. Rockwell & Benson have
$500 acres in Iron and Madison Coun-
ties.
Gus. Fink was brought from Ger
many when a fve-year-old. He has
been saw-milling many years, and
buys the cut of several mills, has a
general store, deals in cattle and pro-
duce, and worked for everything he
has got.
You can get land near Annapolis at
from 81 to 500 an acre.
JAMES CARswELL.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-05-03
Call for Democratic Congressional
Convention.

A Democratic Convention to nomi-
nate candidate for Congress in the
18th Congressional District of Missou-
ri, is hereby called to meet at De Soto,
Mo-, at IL NJ. on Tuesday, June Goth,
1894. The basis of representation
thereto: One delegate from every $50
votes, or fraction of 1875 thereof, cast
for Grover Cleveland in 1892, and on
said basis the delegations of the differ
ent counties will be as follows:
Carter county, two; Dent county
five; Iron county, four; Jefferson coun-
ty, ten, Madison county, four; Perry
county. six; Reynolds county, four;
Ste. Genevieve county, five; St. Fran
co.'s county, nine; Shannon county,
four; Texas county. eight; Washington
county, five: Wayne county six; Web
ster county, five; and Wright county,
three. Total eighty. Necessary to a
choice, forty-one.
BY order of the committee.
HENRY T. BURNS, Chairman.
j. G. Carly, Secretary.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-05-03

SENATOR NEwBERRY was over in
Reynolds county last week, and &C.
cording to the Outlook and Reformer.
fully and satisfactorily explained his
record in the Senate. They must be
easily satisfied over there. Newberry
says the Hitler bill was unconstitution-
al and against the bill of rights.
Granted; but did he endeavor to amend
it or to clear it of it's unconstitutional
features? How about the express bill,
and the bill to regulate freight
charges? Were these bills contrary to
the constitution and bill Of rights?
How did he vote on these two bills?
And, finally, if he was true to his con-
stituents and against corporation en-
croachments and oppression how is it
the railroad and other corporate in
terests look with such lenient eye on
his effort to succeed himself? Hit a
corporation lawyer or official and you
strike Newberry man.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-05-03

TAKE the Republican papers for it,
there were no ..hard times until the
advent of the Cleveland administration
AMI the prospect of lowering the tariff.
But the Republican papers are great
liars, politically speaking-more espe-
cially upon the question of protection.
They cite you to the low price of wheat
now and its price ten years ago, for
getting, however, to state that while
it has dropped five cents since 1892, it
fell about thirty-five cents under Har-
rison and McKinleyism. They call
themselves the opponents of morality
and intelligence, but constantly appeal
to prejudice and ignorance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-05-03
SABULA.
Iron County, Missouri-A Good Lum.
Der and Trading Point.

Sabula ships fifty cars of lumber a
month, and its freight receipts reach
$500 month. The new agent, c. E..
Nelson. is young gentleman who will
make first-class railway man.
The postmaster of Sabula, G. Tin
dell, lives at Des Arc, and it is attend
ed to by j. Henderson, who divides
his attention between Office duty, the
sale of confectionery, and the improv
ing of the male countenance in a tou-
serial way.
w. j. Coleman, who has two saw
mills and planning mill, also deals in
ties. piling and merchandise. His
head clerk, w. P. Copeland, has lately
taken charge of the store. but has been
with w. j. Coleman for two years.
He was raised in Iron county. and is a
bright young business man.
The firm of Collins & Hodges became
established as such firm two months
ago. C. Collins has been saw milling
since a youth, and has a saw mill with
capacity of 10, 900 feet of lumber per
day, the firm being Collins & Mcleod.
They own timber lands, and deal in
all pertaining thereto.
G. Collins owns hotel, blacksmith
shop, and livery stable, and the Col
Inns & Hodges mercantile building.
j. b. Hodges, who has became part
ner and manager of the mercantile in
terests, was born in Bellevue Valley,
and the Hodges family is one of the
most prominent in the grand region of
Lesterville.
c. H. Hodges, who came in 1912
from Tennessee, was milling and mer-
chandising for thirty-five years, is now
retired. His sons, j. B. Hodges and
Brothers, own two farms encampassing
$50 acres; with cattle, sheep, horses,
hogs and mules.
Thew also own a patent roller mill
on the Centreville road. The mill is
four stories high. the machinery pro-
PEELED by water power granting q ca
pacity of forty barrels of -four per mil
ler's day. They also have a carding
mill, and are stirring young business
men.
Sabula carries about $4,000 worth of
merchandise, does good trade, and
its people live in harmony.
JAMES CARswELL.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-05-03

A PARTY without political intelli-
gence enough to get in out OF the wet
ought to be swept from the face OF the
earth by a cyclone and we are afraid
that there is a party now in vogue that
will meet this fate about next Novem-
Der and its not the republicans either.
De Soto Facts.
As a sample of one sort of ''intelli-
geuce," the above takes the cake. In
Its construction it is, like the SO-foot
elm, ..without limb, branch, knot or
woodpecker hole"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-05-03
Don't Lie About It.

What have the Democrats done for
Missouri this year? Increased the as
sessment of property taxation SO
100000. How do taxpayers like that?
st. Joe Herald.
What is the use of lying about it?
$23, $50. 100 of the increase was made
by the Republican assessment officers
of the city of st. Louis alone, besides
the numerous other increases made by
Republican county assessors.-Jefer-
SON City Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-05-03
rounds it way past barn and bridge
and hill and hollow.

rounds it way past barn and bridge,
and hill and hollow.
In the great yards of the farm are
immense barns and stables, and every
thug as trim and neat as man-of-war
ready for action. About a hundred
tons of hay are splendidly stacked, and
in the barns are splendid machinery.
ALI feed is cut and oats are sailed, and
the live stock eat every bit, preclud-
ing all waste.
The cutter cuts a ton of hay an hour,
and it is apparent the management
believes that time saved is money saw
ed. j. d. Green, the manager of the
farm, was born in Tennessee, and
came to Missouri in 1868. His father
was superintendent of iron works, and
he was, as well. He came to Iron
Mountain in 1879, and is thorough
manager. and a great lover of our
dumb friends, as the herds and droves
on the farm prove, while as an agri-
culturist he is A No. l. M. Green is
a gentleman OF imposing physique,
an entertaining conversationalist and
is universally popular.
JAMES CARswELL.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-05-03

While Mr.. T. j. Richey, of Altoona.
Mo-, was travelling in Kansas he was
taken i'll with cholera morbus. He
called at drug store to get some med
icine and the druggist recommended
Chamberlain Collie. Cholera and Di-
arrhea Remedy So highly he conclud-
ed to try it. The result was immedi-
ate relief. and few doses cured him
completely. 1t is made for bowel COM
plant and nothing else. 1t never
fails, For sale by Mrs. P. r. Crisp.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-05-03
IRON MOUNTAIN.
From St. Francois County, Missouri
Railway Notes.-The Village and
the Fern.


were shipped from Iron Mountain,
by wagons, and then by boats. until
railway communication. 3,426. $50 tons
of iron ore, and 1927 ton of pig iron.
On hand now $50, 900 tons OF iron ore.
From the quarries, three miles dis
tant, 4,CO) cars of granite have been
shipped from Iron Mountain alone, in
less in than the last four years.
Eggs and poultry are expressed ex-
tensiyely. but it did not use to be so
when 1900 men were at work in
works and mines; now there are about
seventy men.
John N. Thomas became agent at
Iron Mountain when the railway had
only gone as far as Pilot Knob, and at
the time of Prices raid in 1864. He
has been in railway harness, at the
same place. ever since. nearly max
ing thirty-one years of continuous
service. His father Moses Thomas,
came here in 1921 from Virginia. AS
q railway agent, operator, and all
around gentleman, the name of John
N. Thomas will go down in his
tory with that of this famous region.
Iron Mountain Village is scenically
beautiful, and has several handsome
buildings, including the hotel. three
churches, public school, merchant
house an6 several handsome dwellings
but it Is now nearly as quiet as tomb.
The company farm encompasses 1000
acres, with 1000 acres in one tract of
pasture Oand meadow. There have
been 500 cattle at time, and $50
mules, and there are no better mules
in the state. and for Berkshire and Po-
land china porkers, they are fit for a
fair.
The st. Fraecois River rises on the
farm, and great green fields slope to
the gurgling, winding stream. and the
silver-like rails of the Iron Mountain
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-05-03

Will the next State Senate be so
constituted as to stand between the
people and their desires as to the con-
troll of corporations? Tell US how
many Democratic McGinnises it will
contain, and answer the question for
Yourself