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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-02-18

II h a. blessed day Tor women,
|I.n. women who Conscientionsly
, ionemakers, when they learn
---.=in between devotion and
v houaekeeper, nor mother,
fsst to a monopoly in self-sacri-
tore than she has a right TO
hne on her individual Shout
Il "A Atlas with tho world, max
Ut burden, battling constantly.
,nf one Of the opposing forces
aasianily stationing TO thwart
4 laS II this burden bearer is n
~ she spends her days in
lig, hiding against disorder and
u srelf out working in the peck
q home with no diversion eN-
II turning from one duty to
NJ y nHnting thoWs IN her
NJ the chances are thar her
MI despise her household gods.
lH,band and children will flee
2le which should be the haven
81 d resort from the cares
4 he day. She does not en-
q her children the quality Of
- and some day the young
" tel her that she Is behind
iad really does not know
. that which they consider
nEl1g. She has worked
2 followed ont by her fore
ID has BY her uuselishness
udll into the hearts of those
noi-tree that love Of home,
proper reward. The strong
70 the bond Of the home Is
interest in things outside the
lae American woman Is apt
Der duty 10 herself in her
a q mother. This interest
Nlfed by the members of the
children taught from earliest
gAiribute their share TO home
y order to have these pleas
Is necessary that mother
A have their separate outings.
ssa written about keeping the
lf mothers eye" but even
N mother at times is aweary
useless watching here com
lAe child who is is always
1nance is more apt to become
han Il self-reliant. seif-re-
T'e1- Let the children visit
n \ Trends, and while they may
III ne prospect of a prolonged
p pglher is equal to her po-
'a be even happier to return
where everything is free,
III y unirammeled.
tFht not TO be self-centered,
n oiiain amount of concentra-
ny and energy is necessary.
esehiial that she take in
n ttfcst IN the ontsidn world
III society may be upon the
" order that the
SOW better. il is necessary
NJ, reach out. that It's sympa-
2 meet the needs Of both.
t and reaching can never
n BONES where the mother
.t9W like the pl0w horse,
Z VT interest to the narrow
n, .' s. and warrants others
uef the slave rather than
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-03-31
ANOTHER VACANT SEAT.
Death OF Senator Coiqaitt, Of Georgia, nt
MashIn z niograpllicaI Sketch.

Death of Senator Colqaitt. Of Georgia, st
Nashingto ngton-BiogrsphicaI sketch.
WASHINGTON, March -. Il nited
States senator Alfred Holt Colquitt, of
Georgia. died at his residence in this city
yesterday. Around the bedside when
he passed away were Senator Gordon
and his daughter. Mrs. Jones: Mr.. Col.
quits private secretary; his nephew,
Mr.. Bum: his son: Mrs. Colquitt: three
unmarried daughters, and his daugh-
ter. Mrs. Marshall. of Chicago. As the
end approached the senator's breath
ing became very heavy, but he relapsed
into Inconsistencies and suffered no
pain.
Mr.. Colquitt was born April q, 1924,
in Walton county, Ga, the son of Rev.
Walter II. Colquitt. an eminent minis
ter in his day. lie graduated from
Princeton. college in the class of 1874
and was admitted to the bar in lsi5.
During the Mexican war he served as a
staff officer with the rank of ma jor.
lie was member of the Georgia lcgis-
lature i'm 1859 and was elected to the
house of representatives in the Thirty
third congress lie was a member Of
the secession convention of the state of
Georgia and later entered the confed-
erat service as captain and was soon
promoted to be colonel of the Sixth
Georgia infantry. Later he served as
brigadier-generai and was commits
stoned as major-generaL
Gen. Colquitt was elected governor
of Georgia in 1876, served four years
and was reelected under the new con-
tion of his term as governor he was
elected to the United States senate for
the term commencing March 4. 1855
and was reelected in lsss His term
of service would have expired March 3,
100,
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Heart Disease Curd0le.

The truth of this statement may be
doubted by many, but when DIR. Franklin
Miles, the eminent Indiana specialist,
claims that heart diseBse is curable and
proves it by thousands of testimonials of
wonderful cures by his New Heart Cure;
1t attracts the attention of the millions
suffering with short breath, palpitation,
irregular pulse, wind in the stomache,
pain in side or shoulder, smothering
spells, fainting, dropsy, etc. A. f. Davis,
Silver Greek, Nebraska, by using four
bottles of DIR. Miles New Heart Cure, was
completely cured after twelve years suffer-
ing from heart disease This wonderful
ful remedy is sold by ID. w. b. Tevis.
Books free No. D.
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MISSOURI POPULISTS.
They Meet In state Convention mt Kansas
city, Adopt Resolutions and Nominate =
ielx

They Meet in state Convrnt!"n mt Kansns
City, Adopt Resolutions and Nominate =
Ticket.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, March 2s.-Thc
Missouri populiSts held their state con-
vention at Turner hall yesterday.
There were 40 delegates an | about $50
other members of the party from vari-
Gus parts of the state in Attendance.
The session begun at II a. M, with
Pierce liackett, of Bates county, as
temporary chairman and 4. 7. Willis,
of Atchison county. as temporary Sec
rctary. Rev. A. H. Francisco. chair
man of the Cass county delegation, in
volSed divine blessing on the conven-
tion and its work. Committees on
rules order of business, credentials and
resolutions were appointed The meet
ing then adjourned until afternoon.
1t was nearly p. m. before per-
manent organization was formed. q.
ID. Jones. of Knox county, was finally
elected permanent chairman and Paul
Dixon, editor of the Missouri World, at
Chillicothe, was made secretary. While
the committee on resolutions was at
work Gen. Paul Vandervoort, of Oma-
ha, commander-in-chief of the Indus
trial legion, addressed the convention
on the labor question.
The committee on resolutions then
made its report. The Omaha platform
was adopted and its principles reiter-
ated. After all amendments had been
made the declaration of principles was
read amid great enthusiasm.
Resolved. ! hat we do indorse and reiterate
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sas, the eighteenth state as alpha bette
ally arranged in the roll call, is also
eighteenth in value of manufactured
product The states which outrank
Missouri in value of product are: New
York, $l.7l1.5TI.61l; Pennsylvania, sI,-
331 SEQ. 10l; Illinois. zoos, Gao. $50; Massa-
chusetts, ssss. 100. 4oi; Ohio. s64l .6ss. o64.
and New Jersey. 1858, 119, 9l7. The to-
tai value of Missouri's manufactured
product was 1928, s91. .6ss. and the total
for Kansas, sllO,oi9. sos.
Although Illinois ranks third in the
value of manufactured product. she
drops to fifth place in the number of
persons employed in manufactures,
and Missouri. ranking seventh in the
value of product, takes eighth place in
number of employees. Michigan, in
round numbers. manufactures 10000
900 less annually than Missouri, but
| she gives employment to 10000 more
people. But Notwithstanding the fact
that Michigan employs 10000 more
persons in her manufactures than Mis-
| souri,. she lacks $40, 900, 900 of paying
them as much wages as Missouri. And
! so it is, too, with Ohio, which employs
| 1000 more persons than Illinois. but
lacks $Ia,OOO,O 900 OF paying them as
much wages
The following table shows the mum.
ber of employees and the wages paid in
| the eight leading states:
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Two Lives Saved.

8. Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of junction
City, ILL.,, was told by her doctors that she
had consumption, and that there was no
hope for her, but two bottles of DIR. Kings
New Discovery completely cured her, and
she ssys it saved her life. Mr.. Thomas
Eggers, l39 Florida street, San Francisco,
suffered from dreadful cold, approach
ing consumption. lie tried without re-
suit everything else, then bought one
bottle of DIR. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, and was cured in two
weeks. He is naturally thankful. 1t is
such results, of which these are samples,
that prove the wonderful efficacy of this
medicine in coughs and colds. Free trial
bottles at Tevis' drug store. Regular
sizes, fifty cents and S1.00.
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EerYnls prOSlrdilul.

A large manufacturer, whose Affairs
were very much embarrassed, and who
was overworked and broken down with
nervous exhaustion, went TO celebrated
specialist. He was told that the only
thing needed was TO be relieved OF care
and worry, and have a change of thought.
This doctor was more considerate OF his
patients health than of his financial
circumstances. lie ought to have advised
him to use DIR. Miles Restorative Nervine,
the best remedy for nervous prostration,
sleeplessness, dizziness, headache, ill effects
Of spirits, tobacco, coffee, opium, etc.
Thousands testify 10 cures. Book and
trial bottle free at ID. w. b. Tevis' drug
store. No. 8.
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IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
Close OF the Omaha Convention -Resoi
tlons Adopted.

Close OF the Omaha Convention -ResOiu-
tions Adopted.
OMAHA, Neb., March 23.-The irriga-
tion congress yesterday, adopted the
following resolution and adjourned:
Resolved. That it is the sense OF this conven-
tion that 1t Is the duty OF congress to make an
appropriation to test the practicability OF the
following methods OF irrigation for these
plains:
First-That the government should by ex-
periments determine whether the undernow
water is of sufficient volume and can be brought
to the surface at a cost to make IL available for
general irrigation purposes
Second-That IL should determine the extent
to which reservoirs can be constructed for the
purpose OF storing storm water sufricient In
quantity for irrigation purposes.
Resolved. That We fully indorse the follow
ing extract from the report OF the special com
mittee OF the United States senate and the
same be made part OF the resolutions OF this
convention
III anything can be done to encourage the
people OF these great plains IL is important
that II should be done speedily. There are
over LEO 900 people in the arid and semiarid
belt, who have paid into tho United States
treasury no less than $40. 00o0 900 for public
lands The government should demonstrate
to them the practicabilty before they can have
the courage or can command the means 10
prosecute the work on any thing OF u consdera-
ac.la
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GOV. WAITE WiNS.1;|
The Old Denver Com missioners Held to n
Usuruers

DENVER, Col, March 81. - Judge
Glynn, Of the district court, to-day dis
missed the contempt proceedings and
quashed the injunction against Mayor
Van Horn and Messrs. Barnes and Null
Inns. Gov. Waite's newly appointed fire
and police commissioners, and empow-
cred the latter to at once assume the
duties to which they had been appoint
ed
Judge Platt Rogers, of counsel for
Gov. Waite, in the fire and police
board controversy, announced positive
ly last night that the governor had
given his promise not to call out the
militia again for the purpose of unseat-
ing the removed commissioners, Orr and
Martin
The lawyers have Hit upon new
scheme for installing Mullins and
Barnes as fire and police commissioners
without waiting for a decision of the
courts on quo warranto proceedings.
What their plan is they would not di-
vulge, but it is proposed to carry it into
effect early this week.
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Specimeu Cases.

8. II. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis, was
troubled with neuralgia and rheumatism,
his stomach was dsordered, his liver was
affected to an alarming degree, appetite
fell away, and he was terribly reduced In
flesh and strength. Three bottles OF
Electric Bitters cured him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, ILL.,, had
a running sore on his leg OF eight years.
standing. Used three bottles OF Electric
Bitters and seven boxes of Bucklen's Ar
Mica Salve, and his leg is sound and well.
John Speaker, Catawba, o., had five large
fever sores on his leg, doctors said he was
incurable. One bottle Electric Bitters
and one box Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured
him entirely. Sold by ID. W. Is. Tevis.
No. ,
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-03-31
THE ARMoR PLATE SCANDAL.
Secretary Herbert Sends an Answer In Re-
ply to a Reaolution Of tho House.

ply to RESOLUTION OF tho House.
WASHINGTON, March 2I-Secretary
Herbert to-day sent to the house a
long reply to the Cummings resolution
calling for details of the recent viola
ton by Carnegie, Phipps Il Co. of the
contracts with the United States for
the manufacture of armor plate for the
navy, which involved sli0, 4s9. The
answer gives in detail the history of
the progress and discovery of one of
the most gigantic frauds known in the
naval administration.
The matter was referred to the chic Z
of ordnance and his associates. These
officials found that plates selected for
tests were re-treated ut night and that
there had been doctoring of statements
as tc the heating and annealing and
reported that the government had been
damaged Is per cent on all the con-
tracts The fraudulent work was done
almost entirely at night
Mr.. Frick was notifie,hand came to
Washington and settlement was
effected according to the terms of the
agreement The Carnegie Steel Co,
limited, paid into the bank of Pitts
burgh, Pa, to the credit of the inform
ants s35, l2l and it credited vouchers
for armor furnished To the government
with sos, $50. which vouchers are now
on file i'm the department No money
whatever passed through the hands OF
the department
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-03-31
The HandSOmeSt Lady in IeYlDgiOD

Now Crenshaw X Young.
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THE CHINESE TREATY.
Substance OF What It Touches on In Five
Articles.

Substance OF What 1t Touches on In Five
Articles.
WASHINGTON. March 27.-The treaty
which has been concluded with China
is as follows:
Article l. China agrees to prohibit immigra
tion Of laborers to the United States.
Article 2. Relates to the return OF registered
laborers who may have gone b ok to China.
leaving In this country property Of the value Of
el 900 or more; 1t applies also to the lawful
wives and children of such registered Chinese.
Article 8 Specifies the rights Of Chinese OIL
cials. teachers, students, etc. coming to and
residing In the United States.
Article guarantees. on the part OF the
United States, the safety of the person and
property Of Chinese residing in this country.
Article 5, the United States recognizes the
right OF the Chinese government to enforce, In
the case OF American laborers residing In
China. regulations similar TO those applicable
To Chinese residing In the United States.
The treaty was signed in duplicate,
March II. by Secretary Gresham and
Yang You, the Chinese minister ut
Washington.
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REFUSED PAYMENT.
A Suit Instituted Against the woodmsn Of
the World.

the World.
SEDALIA, Mo, March as-Mrs. Thorn.
as Frame, widow of the editor of the
Boonville Democrat, has filed suit in
the Pettis county circuit court against
the Woodmen of the World to compel
the payment of a $1,000 policy held by
Mr.. Frame in the order for her benefit.
Mr.. Frame belonged to Sedalia camp
No IL, but was delinquent to the
amount of three months dues. He was
taken i'll. and the dues were paid and
the secretary gave n receipt for the
money, but a few days later he died,
and the order refused to pay the policy
on the ground that the secretary of
camp No. Ii had no right to receive
the back dues under the existing cir
rumstanceS
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-03-31
GEORGE r. SMITH COLLEGE.
1t Is Dedicated with Appropriate Cere-
monies Many People Present

monies Many People Present
SEDALIA, Mo-, March as -George r
Smith college, for the education of
white and colored males and females,
was dedicated yesterday afternoon in
the presence of Bishops s NJ. Merrill,
of Chicago; J. w. Walden, of Cincin-
natl and Thomas Bowman, more than
100 ministers of the NJ. +. conference
of central Missouri and an immense
throng of people. At o'clock Mes
danes Smith and Cotton, who donated
the college grounds to the Freedmen's
Aid and Southern Education society,
and Mesdames A. Cool and J. c. Hart
zell hoisted "a beautiful silk flag, 35xi6
feet, over the college building, after
which Judge r. q. WilSerson, on be-
half of Mesdames Smith and Cotton,
presented to President Cool deed for
the land upon which the college is
built After prayer by Rev. J. w.
Hughes. of Kansas City, addresses
appropriate to the occasion were deliv-
ared
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-03-31

< Z N the manufactures the great staples,
! tlda end fours, take an easy lead in
xAlue of the product. The
~ H1 establishments are con-
sid@k5I Iarstely. but IL to the valua-
ton 81 e6ir product is added that of
the Wholesale slaughtering, for which
separate statistics have been obtained,
the value of the meat product exceeds
that of the bread product nearly $780,
600, 600. The value of the flour and
grist mill product in 1890 was shown to
be s5I3,971, 416. Wholesale slaughter
ing and meat packing is s4S3, 252, 3ls,
and the wholesale slaughtering not in
cluded in the packing house reports,
s12s, $50, 1853.
In addition to this meat product
must be added refined lards Mt SIS. 414,-
S4S and 81, O55, S67 for sausage, statistics
for which have been separately OBJ
tanned.
In the total value of the manufact-
ured product. the industries which SO
far outrauk all others as to be in a
class of their own, are five. They are:
FIGURING and grist mill products, $513,-
,474; slaughtering and meat pack
ing, $433, 352, 315; iron and steel, $780,
954, ,34s; foundry and machine shops,
$4l2. 70l, ,s72; lumber and other mill
products from logs, s4O3, ,667,575.
In the number Of employees, however,
the meat product does not take high
rank. The five leading industries of
the country. il the number of employees
be taken as the test, are shown to be
as follows:
Isdu ar ka
Lumber and mill products. .2s6. 1877 1884, i33
Foundry and machines. ..... s41.75t iisss9, ,o63
Cotton goods 2st5so 09,iss2sg
Clothing mems product ..... iS6 3il t.,3ii,6ii
Iron and steel l5a, s3o ~ Cos, ,hG q
The number of persons employed in
slaughtering and meat packing is
40, 400, or about one. seventh the num-
Der in the manufacture of lumber, al
though the total value of the meat
product is larger by some $500, 900, 600
In the average wages paid employees,
however, the packing houses exceed
| all other industries mentioned. The
average wages is $3.50, the iron and
steel workers ranking second with
s54s. For average wages re ceived the
employees included under masonry and
brick work are the best paid Their
average is S652 year. The next best
paid employees are those engaged in
printing and publishing newspapers,
| the average being S64S a year.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-03-31
Ballard's Snow liniment,

This liniment is different in compost
tion from any other liniment on the
market. 1t is scientific discovery, which
results In its being the most penetrating
liniment ever known, There are numer-
Gus white limitations, which may be rec
commended because they pay the seller a
greater profit. Beware OF these and de-
mand Billiards. Snow Liniment. 1t posi-.
lively cures rheumatism, neuralgia, cuts,
sprains, bruises, wounds, sciatic and in
fiammatory rheumatism, burns, scalds,
sore feet, contracted muscles, stiff joints.
old sores, pain in back, barbed wire cuts,
sore chest or throat and isespecially beneti.
cial in paralysis. Sold by J. q. Crenshaw
4 Co. No. 2.
Now Crenshaw X Young,
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PENSION DECISION.
Certain Dependent Persons Can lie Horne
ON the Rolls for life.

Certain Depenuent fersons Cnn tie Horne
ON the Rolls for life.
WASHINGTON, March as-The pension
rolls will be greatly enlarged by de-
cision of Assistant Secretary of the
Interior Reynolds, announced at the
department yesterday.
1t is one of the most important made
by the present administration, and
will admit to the rolls the names
of Oh large number of insane,
idio;ic and permanently helpless
minor children of deceased soldiers,
where the pensions of the former had
ceased by the children attaining to the
age of 10 years prior to the act of June
81, 1890. the decision holding that the
act of 1890 has the effect of restoring
these dependent persons to the rolls
during life or IA continuance of the disa-
bility.
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court Hou,e Rond. Defeated.

SPRINGFIELp, Mo, March as-The
proposition to vote 10000 court house
bonds swept this city like wildfire yes
terday. carrying six to one. Ashgrove
and Bois Dare voted it down Re
turns from interior towns and pre-.
cincts are not in, but the proposition 10
probably lost ON account of outside op.
Dositiou to Springfield
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More Time for Prendereast.

CHICAGO, March 2s.-When Judge
Chetlain called up the ease looking to
an inves tigation into the sanity OF
Prendergast, Mayor Harrison's assas-
sin, the state made an application that
the case be continued ten days and the
court finally set the hearing for April
), at . o'clock. 1t was publicly con-
ceded by the state that the court could
further extend the time for the death
sente nee.
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Train No. O daily except Sunday and Monday
evenings.
Train No. 8 daily except Saturday and Sum-
day evenings.
Excursion tickets sold to Kansas City Satur-
day and Sunday mornings, good for return
until Monday morning, at one fare for the
round trip.
Tickets sold and baggage checked through to
all points In the United States and Canada.
S.A. VERMILLION, Ticket Agent.
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BIRMINGHAM, March as. The London
correspondent of the birmingham Post
writes to his paper that he has reason
to believe that important war Office
secrets have been obtained i'm behalf of
the French government at Whitehall
Ii is known that such an attempt had
been made and it is feared by the war
office officials that they have been par
TALLY successful
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PHILADELPHIA. March 81. The mar
riage of NJ. Jules Patenotre, French
ambassador to the United States. to
Miss Eleanor Louise Elverson, daugh-
ter of James Elverson, publisher Of tn e
Philadelphia Inquirer, Golden Days
and Saturday Night, took place at Mr..
Elverson's residence. 20sI Walnut
street Yesterday at o'clock.
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The Hreckinridg- Case.

WASHINGTON, March Elm the
breckenridge Pollard brca ch of promise
case Judge bradley rendered his de-
cision upon certain dispositions yester-
day. He excluded several on both
sides and made some remarks on the
moral view of the ease suggesting that
details The court was dcluged with
letters bearing on the ease The day
was taken up with reading deposit
tions, mostly of lawyers with whom
Breckinridge had been associated with
in eases ~ a. To prove an alibi ou GER
tain dates. They were all unintcrcst.
ing.
The new city directory of ~. Louis
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Miles Nerve and Liver Pills

>. Act on new principle regulating the
liver, stomach and bowels through the
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Smallest, mildest, surest. 80 doses -
cents. Samples free at Leroy Farmers
drug store. ll-5-ly