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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-12-22

0allattn North Aissourian: DR.. Dish
bard Of Morgan county. ths rspubIIeaa
who bsat Silver Dick Bland cat ct his
seat In congrsss By seventy votss, 10 .
nephew Of Aoss Hubbard. . we'll knowa
pioneer Of this comfy, who died ct his
homo north Of tswn ten o. Aftssn years
ago.
Jefferson City Courier: At Bslisviils IN
this STATE, . woman named 0ilooss Was
arrested and trisd for keeping . public
house Of prostitution. The trial lasted
eleven hours and resulted In her acquittal.
When the verdict Wa rsturnsd several
hundred male voices broke forth iato pro.
longsd and tumultuous cheers.
when you come 10 Lsxiagton to pay
y0ur taxes call at the INrnLLIoRNcEl
once and pay your subscriptiss. II zen
are not . subscriber 10 this paper call and
have your name enrolled o. The list. II
will cost but ei.50 to lsara all that hap.
psas 10 this county for . year. Regular
subscribers BY rsisrriag 70 their address
IN this paper. can discern their indsbtsd-
nsss to us. Please call and settle.
Butler Record: There are few counties
In this state, and We presume In any other
state, for that matter. whioh can boast Of
having three msmbers OF the sans coz.
gress ~ residents At one time OF another.
First, our present member from the Sixth
district resides In Butler. The Hos. Il.
w. Blue, congrsesman at large from Kaa.
sas, formerly lived in Batse county, ana
Finis G. Downing. Of IilIusis was eacs .
merchant i'd our town.
DR.. Sanford Smith says he don't bslisvs
II the anti toxins treatmsnt for spinal
meningitis. He bathss his patients freely
and often In ~ hot water - they caa
stand, and has never lost . case yet.
Archie Lodge. No. 44S, !. o. O. r. OF
H~isginsville, has elected the following
new oficsrs: Jane. p. Chinn, N. O.,
Albert Moore, v. g., VIM. J. Craig, 6se.
rotary; Chas. Wilhslmi, recording sscrs.
tary, and D. J. Frssse, treasurer.
Paradise Lodge No. 100. Daughtsrs Of
Rsbskah /. o. O. F.. at higgiasvilis. has
elected the following ofissrs: Miss 0saa
K. Fresss, N. g.; Miss Lizzie Thomas, v.
O.; Misc Fannie Willard, Rec. &c.,; Aiss
Laura 4. DALEY, Financial &c.,: Mr..
Charles Mouat. treasurer.
We believe that the last issue Of the In
TELLIoENoER was the best all 'roand
Newspaper ever issued In Lafayette county.
1t had . good variety Of sditsriol itsms,
and the best local page and the bsst dis
play Of advertisement Of any papsr ever
issued II the county. The I~NTDLLI01N-
GER can only DO compared with itself.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-12-22
ras Law sad the Police,

NEy Y0Rk, Doc 1A-Ex-Police Cap
tnin John T. Stephenson was declared
|guilty Of bribsry last night by the jury
(hich heard his case in the court Of
tor and terminer. He was remanded
sentence. This was the first Of the
bribery cases 70 be tried.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-12-22
A Change q Opinion

There's nothing like fresh air." said
The business man.
Il used to think that" said his part
nsr, ''tiu the new clerk came here. He
hes ~ air about him that is altogether
% Observation-Disclosures Star.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-12-22
NOTICE. NABONS !

Grand Lecturer w. R. Stubblsfeld will
b here ON the 9th and 18th inst, to ex.
snpliiy the Chapter work, commencing
q 10 .. n. o. the 9th. II IL desired tina,
all companions be present.
z. II. CHANREu. SecratarY.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-12-22
TOYS, HOLIDAY q! ?! Z! GOODS !!!!!!
Toy Department.

One thousand Dolls Of all kinds.
Ten thousand small toys. wagons,
velocipsdss, dell cabs, rocking horses,
desks. chairs. pianos, doll beds, horns,
basjos, toy tea sets, iron toys, drums,
games, story books, trunks, stoves,
tool chests.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-12-22

Mrs. Grady would like to have a few
more boarders. II
Go to Schawe Il Weis when in need of
Stoves, Tinware, &c. 10 1877
Wellington had a good delegation in
this city, Tuesday.
The preachers of Higginsville have or
ganixsd an alliance.
The st. Loais market is said to be strip
ped Of black walnut timber.
Lanes pure honey, both in comb and
extracted, at Mullenix & Co.'S. If
Colonel James H. Birch is writing a
book, ''Twenty Year in Missouri"
1t would not take much of a old snap
to freeze the river now, it is SO low.
4 very happy Christmas to all our
traders 10 the sincere wish Of the INTEL
LIoENcER.
Mrs. Lowry says the Christian church
needle q . pavement much more than il
needs . new organ.
A prisoner in the Boon county Jail start
Cd out with feigning insanity M has be-
come actually insane.
A nice line OF ladies' and gents Gold
and Silver Watches. l will make the
| price to suit the times, A, Egle. 1888
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-12-22

The finest Of Limoges, Bavarian,
Tsplitz and Carlsba dChina Of all
kiads.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-12-22
Holiday Excursions,

IIOIIU8y NXCuTSIOHS.
Fer the above occasion the Santa Fl
Route will sell excursion tickets to al
points within two hundred miles at on,
and sns-third fare for the round trip.
Tickets On sale December "a. Is and 81
1oo4, and January I, 1895, good returning
until January 2, 1895.
Fer further information, inquire of
E. r. MCCARTHY, Agent.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-12-22

w. L. r. Benning, Jr., W.; w. b.
Roberts, treasurer; q. L. Frost, secretary.
The installation of officers will take place
December q.
Being permanently located, we cannot
! aRord to sell shoddy and shelf-worn
goods, such as are usually handled by So
called Gre, water, or bankrupt stores;
were we inclined to do so-but every arti-
Gle must be as represented or the purchase
money IL c~heerfully refunded, H. Sim
auer. 12-l.tf
Higginsville Leader: T. M. Lake, Of
a this city, resolved a box Of potatoes from
his son, D.. p. Lake, at Sheridan. Mont,
last week. Very correctly they are called
kan4eain Elephants. One is IL inches
long, liz inches around the shor way
and weighs az pounds. They are the
largest Wa ever saw.
Don't fell to see my II ne Of Gold Rings
In plain band and set, before. you buy
4. Evle. 1858
Prof. Theo. Mailer will open his classes
In dancing, Monday, November 70, at
Tnrner Hall. Monday class days from
2:S01o 4:30. For gentlemen and ladies';
& also for misses aud masters. Professor
Mailer taught dancing in this city.
tWenty years ago. He is permanently
locaaed At Kansas City. but will be here
The Washington times., 1894-07-21
AGREEABLE TO LOUISIANA.

Representative RObertson's Schedule,
Which lie Couldn't Introduce, Would
Have Satisfied Sugar State Statesmen.
Representative Robertson. ofLouisiana. was
prepared to move instructions to the House
tariff conferees on the sugar schedule yester-
day. The special rule, however. prevented
the permission of instructions.
The instructions. which were in the form of
a schedule. are as follows:
There shall be levied. collected and paid
on all sugars and on all tank bottoms. syrups
OF cane juice or Of beet juice. meada. con-
centrated melada, concrete and concentrated
molasses. duty OF 45 per cent. ad valorem,
and all sugars. tank bottoms. syrups Of cane
Juice or OF beet juice, melada. concentrated
melada, concrete or concentrated moiasses
which are imported from or are the product
Of any country which at the time the same are
exported therefrom pays, directly or indi-
rectly, a bounty on the export thereof, shall
pay duty of one-tenth OF one cent per pound
in addition to the foregoing rates. there shall
be levied. collected and paid on molasses test
ing above forty degrees and no. above fifty
six degrees polariscope, a duty OF two cents
per gallon; IL testing above fifty-six polari-
scope. duty OF four cent. per gallon.
That there shall be paid to the producers OF
sugar in the United States, under the provis-
ions Of the act of 1880. bounty 9-10 of cent
per pound on sugars testing not less than 50
degrees by the polariscope, and upon such
sugars testing less than 80 and not less than
so degrees, bounty of $40 of cent per
pound, provided that this bounty shall cease
and determine on the 30th day of June, 1895"
The Washington times., 1894-07-21
JAPAN AND KOREA.
Friendly Relations Likely to Be Restore d
Through the United States.

Friendly Relations Likely to Be Restore d
Through the United States.
While there have been no open develop
ments in the negotiations between the State
Department and the Japanese government
respecting the withdrawal of Japanese troops
from Korea. there is ground for the belief
that everything is progressing toward salts
factory termination, and that happy result
will be in large measure attributable to the
benefcent exercise OF the good offices of the
United States. Without reference to the pub
locations that have purported to give the
language OF Secretary Gresham's dispatch, It
can be stated now that it contained nothing
that could be construed into an affront, even
in a diplomatic sense. The quotations that
have been given were erroneous and especially
in the sentence that places the President in
the position of asserting that japan is waging
an unjust war upon Korea.
When the correspondence is published IL
will without question be found that the dis
patch contains sincere expressions of good
will towards both parties to the controversy,
and that the government Of the United States
has simply and in friendly manner depreci.
ated the maintenance OF conditions that
threaten peace, and the President has ex-
pressed the sorrow he would feel should the
horrors OF war follow. There was no char
acterization of the present conduct Of Japan
as that Of waging an unjust war, and nothing,
it is stated, in the dispatch that could offend
even the keenest sensibilities. especially as
the two nations, party TO the correspondence,
are and have been on such terms OF cordial
friendship as the United States and Japan.
Moreover, the best evidence that the Japanese
government has not taken offense at the COM
munication is to be found In the fact that
there has not been the faintest sign Of re-
monstrancs received from Toxic at the
Japanese legation here, a. would certainly
have been the the case had the home govern
ment felt aggrieved.
The Washington times., 1894-07-21
RAPID WORK IN HOUSE.

Absence of Members in Senate Chambe
Conduced TO Activity in Legislation.
Because Of very small attendance by rea-
son of greater attractions in the Senate, the
House was able to transact much business in a
short time yesterday. Halfa dozen bills were
passed without opposition or debate in the
hour devoted to the Committee on Judiciary.
One was the bill by Mr.. W. A. Stone OF
Pennsylvania, providing for consular inspee-
tion Of immigrants. and that every immi-
grant entering the United States must exhibit
a certificate of fitness signed by the consul of
the port from which he sailed. Another was
bill inspired by the trouble between the
state officials Of South Carolina and the Uni
ted States courts over the collection OF taxes
from railroads in the hands Of receivers.
which strips the United States courts OF con-
troll in the matter OF state county and NUM-
cipal taxes A third important bill revises the
whole system of the appointment OF United
States commissioners. making their tenure Of
Office limited, materially scaling down their
fees. and providing that persons arrested shall
be- brought before the nearest commissioner
for settlement
Most of the day was devoted to the discus
sion Of the resolution introduced by Mr.
Tucker, OF Virginia, to amend the Ccnstitu-
tien by taking away from Congress authority
over the election Of United States Senators,
and empowering the states to prescribe the
times, places, and manner of holding cleo
tions for Senators. Before vote was reached
the House was compelled, under the regular
order for Friday, to take a recess. The night
session was devoted to pension business.
The Washington times., 1894-07-21
CHEAPER TELEPHONE SERVICE.

More than ordinary interest attaches to the
| offer made TO the District Commissioners by
the American Subway Company of Philadel-
phia to furnish Washington with their tele-
phone system at one-half the cost OF the Bell
system. There is no monopoly 30: grinding
as that of the American Bell Telephone Com
pany. 1t has the public fairly by the throat,
and Notwithstanding the fact that some of Its
patents expired last January, it owns num-
Der Of others by means OF which 1t has been
enabled to crowd out all Competition. There
is no country where any telephone service is
in operation whose people are assessed as
heavily for its use as are the people of the
United States.
In the consideration OF this subject it may
be well to bear in mind the fact that the
present administration came into power
pledged to the uprooting OF monopolies and
trusts. yet this greatest trust, this most gigan-
tic monopoly, fiourishes unmolested. More
than this, during the Harrison administration
a special attorney had been charged with the
collection and collation. OF data upon which
to base prosecution Of the American Bell
Telephone Company as an unlawful combine.
1t was task of unusual magnitude. involving
minute and wearisome research Of great
variety of records, vet this attorney was dis
missed almost Immediately after Attorney
General Olney had been installed in office,
and so far as the public is aware no step has
been taken to carry forward the work he had
begun. The Democratic party is the natural
enemy OF all trusts. monopolies and combines
of any kind that operate to the disadvantage
of the public. and the above is rather hu-
initiating reflection on an effort to destroy
the Bell monopoly.
After having digressed to this extent, we
return to the American Subway Company and
its offer. II the Commissioners can get as
surances that this company can furnish as
good or better service than the present, they
ought TO extend to it all the necessary per-
mits and facilities to establish ii.
The Washington times., 1894-07-21
CONCERNS OF THE DISTRICT.
Permission Asked for the Columbia Cars
to Run on G Street.

Permission Asked for the Columbia Cars
to Run on G Street.
The Commissioners have recommended
favorable action upon Senate bill 2ls9 to
widen Canal street.
Policeman Robert Potes, found guilty by
the police trial board Of willful disobedience
OF orders. has been directed by the Commits
sioners to pay u fine Of SO.
Building permits were granted yesterday as
follows: Mrs. Frances Ebert to erect Nos.
503 to SOY Fourteenth street northeast, S6. 900;
N. Loeb to erect No. lib G street northwest,
SIG, 500; F. B. Pyle to erect brick house on
lot 1872. block 3, Fifteenth street extended
Mt. Pleasant, sA.s00; Mrs. @. B. Pratt to erect
No. SOL Second street southwest, g.. 500.
The Commissioners have asked Congress to
pass joint resolution to allow the Columbia
Railway CompanyAto run along G street
while the new cable road is being built by the
company on H street. They say in letter
accompanying their request that the Colum-
bia Railway Company has already opened
bids for the laying Of the cable and that work
will be begun at once.
Bids for laying concrete sidewalks under
the permit system were opened by the Com
missioners yesterday. H. L. Crawford was
the lowest bidder at S1.44 per square yard.
A request has been made of the Commis-
sioners to lay sewer on C street. between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets northwest.
The Washington times., 1894-07-21
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COM
PANY

Now that the affairs OF the Southern Pa
cihc Railroad Company are before the public
. history of its organization is interesting
reading. The act incorporating the company
was passed by the legislature OF Kentucky and
approved March II, 1884. The first section
provides: .'Said corporation shall not have
power to joint stock with, lease, own, or oper-
ate any railroad within the state of Ken
lucky"
The second section provides that "the said
corporation is authorized and empowered to
enter into contracts with any corporation,
company. or association in respect to the
construction. establishment. owning, ac-
QUESTION. leasing. and operation of any rail-
roads in any state or territory of the United
States" According to the above peculiar
provisions of this incorporation the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company is empowered by
the state OF Kentucky to do business in every
other state and territory of the United States
except the state of Kentucky
Now comes another peculiar co ndition. An
act of the California legislature approved
April 13. $780, provides that railroad corpo-
rations doing business in this state and Or
ganized under any law in this state. or of the
United States. or of any state or territory
thereof. have power to enter into contracts
with one another
From this language it would appear that
II is doubtful if the Southern Pacific rail-
road company has right to do business in
California. The act permits the lease OF rail-
o roads, rolling stock etc. only to railroad
corporations, and the question at issue in tn e
attempt to destroy certain railroad combine
effected in California, is whether the South
ern Pacific railroad of Kentucky has any
standing in California, and what right the
state of Kentucky has to authorize the incor-
poration OF a company in other states that is
prohibited from doing business in the state of
Eentupky
The Washington times., 1894-07-21
Telegraphic BreYities.

At Kingston, N. Y. yesterday the thermom-
eter ranged from 9s to 101 in the shade, and
at Little Falls, N. Y, 1t stood ia at p. m.
The members Of the Denver contingent Of
the "Coxey army" who arc at Fort Sidney,
Neb., under arrest, are liable to be affiicted
with an epidemic Of typhoid fever. Tho
symptoms are already manifest, and there arc
at least three weli-defined cases of scurvy,
caused by their present food and surround
ings.
Theodore Fox has commenced suit in San
Francisco against John ". Mackay and Sena-
tor John P. Jones. c. X. Fish, G. r. Wells.
and Cornelius O'Connor to obtain an ac-
counting Of the affairs Of the Consolidated
California and Virginia Mining Company.
ooo, 900 have been wronsfully appropriated by
the defendants.
The Washington times., 1894-07-21
GOLD STANDARD VS.. LABOR.

Working people do not fully realize the
controlling force that makes wages fall in
spite Of the strenuous efforts of labor organi-
cations or they would take more active in
terest In the money question. As the value of
money goes up, prices must decline and wages,
tho price Of labor are no exception to this
Invariabls rule.
Organization has done much TO prevent
wages from falling to the European standard.
because natural conditions have assisted in
maintaining the American standard, and for
the reason that labor in this country is more
independent. But the gold element controls
the situation, and as prices decline employers
must either suspend business or reduce the
wago standard.
1.-THE purchasing power Of a dollar is in
creased BY legislation which creates a still
greater demand for gold, all prices must de-
cline and property values decrease correspond
inRly. Profits will also diminish, and wages
yield to the stern demand of necessity. Debts,
however, have no shrinking power. and, like
the gold dollar. will grow in capacity to make
trouble, for as prices and wages fall, it will
foquiAo inoio nouts iopoi W pay tucm
Tho restoration OF silver to its rightful
place at the side of gold as a money metal
will do more to bring back prosperity and
check the growing antagonism between capt.
tai and labor than any act of Legislation, and
votsrs, rich or poor, who cast their ballots
for the retention Of the gold standard
vote to diminish their own prosperity. Es-
pscislly is this true of the prosperity of wage
earneYs
The Washington times., 1894-07-21
TIE SENATE AND THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY

The contest between the Senate and the
Democratic party cannot be lasting. The
party through its mouthpiece-the House,
assisted by President Cleveland-practically
controls the situation, and Senators who value
their standing as Democrats must yield in
favor OF tie principles they are supposed to
represent on the floor of the Senate or
become political renegades.
The assumption that the Senate bill was
framed after careful deliberation In the in
terest OF the public Is demagogic rot. The
visits to Washington of trust representatives,
their calls at senatorial houses, the frequent
interviews between Senators and the members
of great manufacturing corporations, the
numerous reports of changes in schedules,
the consequent scandals published in the
daily press-all after the Senate committee
had publicly announced that there would be
no more hearings on tariff schedules-prove
that these "careful deliberations were not
in the interest Of the public.
Democratic Senators may fume and bluster
ever the Presidents letter. They may revile
The Washington times., 1894-07-21
SH0NED GREAT RESISTANCE.
Harveyized Nickel Steel Armor Plate
Could Not Be Penetrated by $50 Pound
PrnicctiIes from 10 Inch Guns

ProjcctiIes from 2 Inch Guns.
Another test OF the thirteen inch harveyized
nickel steel armor plate. manufactured by
the Bethlehem Company, took place at the
Indian Head proving grounds to-day. A
number OF officials connected with the Navy
Department and representatives Of the Beth
lehem Company and Of Carnegie, Phipps &
Co. witnessed the test and the former agreed
that the test showed up very satisf actorily
and would be an absolute protection to ship
of war.
The test represented between 500 and GOO
tons Of side armor designed for the battleship
Indiana. and as the result of the good show
ing made the entire amount will be accepted
by the Navy Department. Great resistance
power was shown by the plate. neither of the
two shots fired penetrating more than twelve
inches.
The officials OF the Bethlehem Company
say that to-day's showing Of the plate tested
bears out their assertion that the first one
subjected to the test suffered from a flaw as
it came from the mills. After the second shot
fred to-day had struck the plate and re-
manned partially imbeded there was crack
in the plate from the top to the bottom half
an inch wide.
The shots were fired from the 12-inch gun
used at the last test. The plate was obiong
in shape. 16lS feet long and feet 6 inches
wide, and Is inches thick for A. feet from the
top, and then gradually tapered of for 80
feet to a width of inches. 1t was placed 3s7
feet from the gun. Carpenter projectiles
weighing $50 pounds were used, and the
guns were charged with Dupont's prismatic
powder.
The powder charge of the seconl shot
weighed 3971s pounds and the velocity was
,926 feet. Ii struck the plate somewhat
above its true center and penetrated about II
inches. 1t also cracked the plate in an irreg-
ular line from top to bottom from the place
where the shot struck. Half the shot re-
mained imbedded in the plate and the re-
mainder lay Immediately in front.