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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-12

to Mr.. Kehoe and the latters reply,
Mayor Myers said that he considered that
Mr.. Kehoe had done Mr.. Peck an injus-
tice In making a statement of the mat
ter, which apparently involved Mr.. Peck
In wrong-doing, when he had been fur
nlshed with facts showing that Mr.. Peck
was in nOwise involved with the city on
account OF the transactions referred to.
In support of this statement, Mayor My
ers referred to letter written by Mai
G. S. Hardee, city treasurer. to Mr.. ke-
hoe on May Z. Mai Hardee's letter to
Mr.. Kehoe stated that he had been in
formed that Mr.. Kehoe had stated that
he had purchased scrap iron from the
superintendent of the crema tory some
time in 1895. for which no credit appeared
i'm the treasurers cash statement publish
ed in the mayors report previously issued
Maj. Hardee explained that the credit OF
Sl41O received from the superintendent
of the crematory for cowhides should
have been for cowhides and scrap iron.
The original credit voucher on file In
this Office said Maj. Hardee I'm his letter.
plainly shows that there was an item Of
$3.50 for one lot of old iron and 50 10 for
two cowhides, from which is deducted Sc
Tor expenses, that is picking up and as
sorting iron, sklnnlng cows and hauling.
leaving net Of Sl47O as named In my cash
statement"
TED that he wrote this at his own sugges-
ton and as matter Of justice to Mr. Peck
ana also TO himself. Mai. Hardee said that
the letter was written Thursday and must
have been received by Mr.. Kehoe bv Fri-
gay morning. On Friday morning Mr. Ke-
hoe called a the city treasurer's office and
was shown the voucher referred 10 Thus
giving him full evidence Of the correctness
transaction.
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THE COUNCIL TO INVESTIGATE.
The Mayor Talks About the Scrap
Iron Business.

The scrap iron sensation will be looked
into by the city council. Mayor Myers so
informed a Morning News reporter yester-
day.
'sThe matter will be given a full and com
plete investigation" said the mayor, land
If any city official has been guilty of wrong
doing in the slightest he win be dismiss
ed. and if the case against him warrants it
he will be criminally prosecuted. This
whole matter of the Misrepresentation Of
funds which should have been turned into
the city treasury during the last several
years will be investigated and some very
damaging facts concerning the conduct of
previous officials will be brought out"
Mayor Myers said, in explanation Of this
statement that 1t came to his knowledge
last November that money had been re-
ceived by the superintendent of the Gre
matory for refuse which should have been
turned into the city treasury He prompt
" instituted an Investigation, and found
that not only was TINS the case, but that
a system had existed during the last sew
eral years by which the heads of the
crematory and scavanger departments
had annually received large sums of money
of which no return had ever been made
to the city treasurer. The evidence was
plain and indiSputaDle. The officials who
were guilty of this conduct were then no
longer in the employ OF the city. He at
once placed the matter in the hands Of
the city attorney, with instructions to
bring a criminal prosecution against the
guilty parties. He was informed how
ever, by the city attorney that a criminal
prosecution would not hold, as the er-of-
ficials might be able 10 show that they
had received permission from the chair
man of the health and cemetery and also
from the chairmen of other committees
to dispose Of the refuse from their depart
ments for their own advantage The CITY
attorney was then instructed to. bring a
civil suit against the ex-officials for the
amounts of money Illegally secured by
them during their terms of office. The
matter was now held up, pending the
present investigation, Mayor Myers said
and further action would depend upon
the results Of this investigation
In reference to the letter from Mr. w
II. Peck. superintendent OF the crenaa tory.
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The World Has Waited a
Thousand Years for This.

So writes a happy man fresh from the
Slough Of Despond.
Wen, the discovery has been proclaimed,
but men are slow to believe.
The way is open to inquire, to investigate.
Why viii not every man do so?
There is q simple way to cure at home all
those baneful effects OF the sins CT youth and
the excuses Of later years which blast the
lives Of multitudes Of men.
There is a way to regain strength lost by
disease, overwork and worry.
A way to secure and retain the abilities
sacrificed to dissipation-to "be glad again
after suffering an atonement."
way to repair drains on the system that
sap the vitality. ,-----
way to replace nervousness, dread and
dependency with courage and self-respect
way to give full strength, development
aad tone to every portion of the body.
way to remove every obstacle to happy
and fruitful married life.
All this is clearly shown in a little medical
work recently published. 1t is not book
for general circulation, being purely medical
and scientific and for men only who need ad-
vice and aid
How to get it Write to the Erie Medical
Company, Niagara Street, Buffalo, n. Y, say
you read the article in this paper, and ask
them to send you the book called Complete
Manhood, and the Way to Attain It." They
win send one copy entirely free, in plain
scaled wrapper, to any man who writes for
It in good faith.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-12
OCEAN STEAMSHIP co. SATISFIED
with the New System of Ventilation
ON Its Steamers.

In a local article few days ago the
Morning News called attention to the new
system Of ventilation adopted by the
Ocean Steamship Company on It's steam
ers. That it answers admirably is shown
by the following dispatch received yes
terday:
New York, May Thames NJ Barnard
General Agent. Savannah: Truck ali our
of the Birmingham before 10 o'clock ana
in excellent condition. 1t Is moving rapidiv
on good market G. M Sorref
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p. F. Kappell died at the residence OF
his son-in-law, r. II. Griffith, yesterday.
Mr. Kappell was printer, and worked
for number Of years in the Morning
News job and composing rooms. He had
been III for a long time. Mr.. KappelI was
born in Savannah but removed with his
parents 10 Washington, Wilkes county.
Georgia, many years ago, where he learn
ed his trade, his father being engaged in
the publication of a newspaper in Wash
ingtOn. Mr.. Kappell was known ali over
the country, having worked at the print
ing business in nearly every important
city. He was in the nelghborhood Of S.
years of age. His funeral viii take place
from the corner Of CASTOR and West
Broad streets at o'clock this afternoon.
That is very fine attitude" said the
dog TO the -s1ignant cat but it doesn't
deceive me for minute. You never rode a
bicycle in your indianapolis Journal.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-24
Homo MnnevtnInnn-

l have on hand some money L will loan
on good real estate security.
2-9-tf IL. q. WALLACE.
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SWINDLERS SENTENCED.
Bell and His Gang Of "Mystic Mem
ber" Must Pay the Penalty.
Five Men Who "yyorIfed' Farmers of Kan
sas and Missouri for About $4,000
MASKED Men Tcrrorize the
People of Carney, ok.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, Oct 20. After n
trial lasting two days in the federal
court, in the case of James r. Swartz,
man, the defendant walked into court
Saturday and Withdrew his plea of not
guilty and entered n plea of guilty.
His partners in the famous mystic
mem bers'' game, Hobson, Wells, Nc
Ginnis and Robbins, also pleaded
guilty. Bell, the leader of the gang,
was sentenced to two years in the
penitentiary and fined Sl,0OO. McGin-
mis- and Wells received the same SEN
tence, while Hcbson and Robbins were
fined 81, 900 and sent to Jail for six
months. Swartz, under the name of
Bell, swindled 100 farmers and others
in southwest Missouri and Kansas ont
of thousands of dollars by organizing
a peculiar society, which he called the
American Knights of Mystic Mem
bers. SwartZ would deliver a
lecture and pretend he was
a personal repres sentative of the
treasury department, and his duty
was to distribute money secretly
among the people. He pretended that
mem bers of the order would receive
ten times the amount of money paid
for initiation. The fee to join was
fixed at $3.50, and members who paid
in this sum would receive So, 800. His
oily tongue deceived many ignorant
people, and it is estimated that Bell
and his confederates made $4,000 by
the game.
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->HOSlERY-
The Leather stocking the thing for boys They areI
triple knees and absolutely the best
black.
A line of wool hose. worth 25c $50, I5c.
An heavy wool hose, ladies' and misses was
25C,
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For SALE.-One fancy bred Shorthorn
bull. Eligible to registration.
6-13tf. w. p. Aull.
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FAMINE In INDIA.
It Seems Inevitable and Is Caus-
ing Intense Anxiety.
The Fa mine VIII Cause the Price of Amer
lean Wheat to Rise-Rabbits Spread
EiphtherIa Germs-FataI Nal
ady Among Horses.

LONDON, Oct. 10-The famine in
be inevitable, causes the greatest
anxiety here, and it is recognized that
the import of American wheat is likely
to be the prime factor of the situation.
Prices in the affected districts have
risen considerably, and the California
wheat en- route is sold in advance at
higher prices than the native wheat,
indicating the conviction that prices
will have risen still higher by the time
the imports arrive. The Indian gov
ernment has already sketched out vast
schemes for railroad, canal and other
relief work.
Rabbits Spread Diphtheria Germs.
WEBSTER CITY, Ia, Oct 19.-Rabb:ts
have caused an epidemic of diphtheria
in the eastern part of the county, and
it has spread to Dows, Iowa Falls,
Jewell Junction and Alden. No less
than a dozen deaths have been re-
ported. For the past five years diph-
liberia has annually broken ont in the
immediate vicinity of the Tybitha
Lutheran church, which is used as n
school building. A large number of
rabbits have been living under that
oullulnS Ior u lohS Ilule, ana Ihe Phy-
sicians have reach the conclusion that
the little animals have planted the
germs of the disease, which spread
among the children. The church will
be burned.
Fatal Malady Among Horses.
CROWN POINT Ind, Oct. 20.-Nelson
Morris, of Chicago; John and Barringer
Brown, of this city, and several other
large stock raisers along the Kankalxee
river haye suffered heavy losses during
the last two weeks by valuable horses
dying with an unknown disease. Up
to date over 100 have died, % of which
belong to Nelson Morris. AS soon as
the disease attacks them their blood
turns to water and they soon die.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-24
DEAD UNIONISTS.
Tennessee to Erect Monument to Her
Soldiers Killed in the War.

Tennessee to Erect a Monument to Her
Soldiers Killed in the War.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 19.-In the
presence of 1OO,O 900 old soldiers and
their descendants the cornerstone of a
monument to the 5000 union soldiers
of Tennessee who perished in the war
was laid by the Grand Army posts,
Woman's Reliefcorps, and Sons of Vet
erans- A historical paper was read by
William Rule, of Knoxville, past de-
partment commander, and the Grafton
was delivered by Gen. G.. p.
Thurston, of Nashville, who served
on Gen. Thomas staff. In the his
torical paper it was shown that 20 per
cent. of Tennessee's enlisted men died
from wounds, disease, and in rebel
prisons, larger percentage than of
any other state. Over 1,200 died in
prison. The monument will be erect
ed in the National cemetery here. 1t
will be constructed of Tennessee
marble; will be over so feet high and
crowned by the figure of an infantry
man in bronze. 1t will cost completed
Biz OOO
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-24
CLAIMS SOP FOR M'KlNLEY.
Chairman Hanna Tells What States Repuh
Hcans Expect to Carry.

Chairman Hanna Tells What States Repub-
Hcans Expect to Carry.
CHICAGO, Oct. 20-"McKinley is sure
of 3O2 electoral votes" That is what
Chairman Hanna, of the republican
national committee and his campaign
managers now claim. This is the first
public estimate of the electoral vote
which Chairman Hanna has made.
Chairman Hanna and his co-workers
give these figures in a statement issued
from the literary bureau Saturday. 1t
was prepared by the experts, and is in
part an analysis of the figures given
out recently by Chairman Jones, of the
democratic national committee. The
states they feel confident of carrying
are:
Connecticut. California, Delaware,
Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky,
Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts,, Michi-
gan, Minnesota, Maryland, New Jer-
sey, Nebraska, New York, New Hamp-
shire, Oregon, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont,
Wisconsin, North Dakota, West Vir-
ginia, Washington md Wyoming. Hav-
ing Mr.. Hanna's approval, these prog
nostications are considered important
as showing just what the leaders
think of the situation at this partic-
ular time
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-24
Kansas CITY Produce.


KANSAS CITY. Oct e0.-Butter-Creamery.
extra fancy separator, I5Hc; frsts, 1870; dairy.
fancy, Zee; fair, lOc; store packed, fancy. sot
packing stock, &c
Egss-Strictly candled stock. i3Isc per doa
Poultry-Hens &c. roosters, l0c eacht
spring, sc: broiers. from ~ to 2 lbs, 6ll6ho;
turkeys, over lbs, 6tg7c; under lbs NOE
wanted spring and old ducks. &c; spring geese,
&c. pigeons. 7Sc per doz.; squads, 75c per doz-
Apples-Choce eating stock sells from 40A
6Oc a bu inferior. 30f3Sic bu.: cooking stock,
lOd35c Ben Davis 2J5t40c in q small way, aO-
cording TO quality; Huntsman's Favorite, 100
per nu. for fancy stock in a small way; shippers
arc paying for Northern Spy SiOO n bbL in car
lots: for fancy fall and winter varieties, Si.tOA
LIS bbL: Jonathans $3.50 a bbL for fancy and
7-cOSLUO for No : stock. Grapes, Ohio and
New York Concords. Glib, baskets, Jobbings
choice stock, nv dlse; inferior. Sc leaking
stock Co small way, 1s0i25ac. Delaware, Alb
baskets l2c. niagara, Ice n basket.
Potatoes-In Il small way prices ruled eOA
PIC in round lots Is GaOe; in car lots, i7fa
sweet potatoes. new stock, 25c per bu
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-24
TO AID MISSIONS.
The American Christian Missionary SOcI
Meets at Springfield, Ill.

The American Christian Missionary Society
Meets at Springfield, Ill.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Oct. 20.-The 4Sth
annual convention of the American
Christian Missionary society convened
at the state capitol building yesterday
with 800 delegates The organization
is divided into the following divisions:
Board of church extension, headquar-
ters Kansas City, Mo-; board of negro
evangelization and education. head
quarters Louisville, KY; board of edu-
cation, headquarters Chicago; board of
ministerial relief, headquarters Indi-
annapolis, Ind. These met with the
main body. The annual reports of the
secretary shows S33,543 collected the
past year, being a gain over 1895 of
S1O,3O1. The report of the committe
on work and workers shows $50, 457
raised during the pnSt year.
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WILL ADVANCE RATES.
Rise in the Price of Wheat Encourag
Railroads to Elevate Schedules.

Rise in the Price of Wheat Encourages
Railroads to Elevate Schedules.
CHICAGO, Oct. 20.-The western roads
are highly pleased by the advance that
has taken place in the price of wheat
and they say that they will not now
have much trouble in making the adj
vance in rates that they have sched-
uled for November 2. With wheat
selling between so and 60 cents in Chi
cago it was hard to get the shippers to
stand over one-half of that amount for
transportation to Chicago, but now
that it has advanced so far, they say
that they will have little trouble either
with the shippers or with the roads
that a time back were opposed to hav-
ing the rates elevated.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS REPORT.
Gen. Ruggles Comments OK the Eniistmepts
and Favors Underground wires.

Gen. RugSles Comments OK the Eniistmepts
and Favors Underground wires.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.-Adjt.-G
Ruggles in his annual report to the
secretary of war states that the num-
ber of enlistments and re-eulistments
during the past year was S,49s; S226
per cent. being natives and the remain
der naturalized citizens. The aptitude
and interest of the students under mill
itary instruction at military colleges
was generally satisfactory.
Attention is called to the fact that
the great storm of September 20 last
isolated the capital from the country
at large, and it is pointed out that in
times of great excitement the seat of
government might be thus cut off by
evil-minded persons, wherefore the ne
cessity of laying wires under ground is
suggested.
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REVIEW OF TRADE.

The Excess of Merchandise Exports Over
Imports -Insures Better business in the
Near Future.
NEW YORK, Oct 1s-R- G. Dun &
Co. IS Wee kly Review of Trade says:
The one commercial change which more
than any other insures better business in the
near future is the excess of merchandise eX-
ports over imports Continued shipments OF
gold from Eu rope, not including 81 0J,Oj0 from
Australia. now amounts to S'9,2 0,tC0 since the
movement began. of which So, 250OO0 has
already arrived and have not been arrested by
measures taken by the great European banks
The heavy movement of grain is the corner
stone. After an increase of S5,9,3,675 in ex-
ports OF breadstufis in September, there have
been shipped the past week from Atlantic
ports alone 2,I34,774 bushels, flour included, and
d2O3. .845 in two weeks of October. against S510.
27I bushels last year. more important fact
is that all available grain freights have been
engaged for months ahead here and on the Pa
cific coast.
Failures for the week have been 328 in the
United States, against 263 last year, and 40 in
Canada npainSt last wear
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is 1T SETTLED?
A Report from Washington That the Vene
zueIan Dispute Is Adjusted.

Report from Washington That the Vene-
zuelan Dispute Is Adjusted.
CHICAGO, Oct. IS - The Times
Herald prints the following dispatch
from it's Washington correspondent
under the caption, britain Has
Yielded" President Cleveland, in his
next annual message to congress, will
be able to state that a definite under
standing has been reached with Great
Britain for the amicable settlement of
the long-pending Venezuelan bound
airy dispute. After long and te-
dious negotiations definite un-
derstanding has been reached on
all the main questions, and the contro-
versy will be settled by reference to a
peaceful arbitration.
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RAScO'S UNCLE ARRESTED.
Further Developments in the Mrs. Baum
Icy IA urdcr Case.

Further Developments in the Mrs. Baum
Icy Murder Case.
MARYvILLE, No, Oct. 2O.-More light
is thrown on the Rasco case. 1t has
been learned that man was brought
to the Jail Friday night, with a blanket
thrown over his head SO he could not
be identified, under charge of Sheriff
Pixler and three deputies. An officer
said: Never mind; when the trial
takes place things will come out that
nobody has thought of" Very few
people think Hez Rasco guilty, al
though at his preliminary trial it is
said he pleaded guilty. The man ar
rested is an uncle of Hez Rasco,a bach
elor who lived near Arkoe
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riftv Rnhheries nnd rhrce Mnrders,

Downen, man As years age, was ar
rested yesterday by the city detectives
for highway robbery, and after q
search of his room had revealed large
amount of booty, he confessed to fully
so hold-ups in the suburbs of this city,
as we'll as the murder of one man, Joel
Ashworth, here, and a man and woman
in California. lie says he served II
years in the California penitentiary for
stage robbery and grand larceny, but
was never arrested for the murders
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-24
war Department Estimates.

WASHINGTON, Get. 2O.-Secretary La
mont will to-day transmit estimates of
appropriations required by the war de-
partment for the next fiscal year. The
aggregate is So, 1915, ,63s. The estimate
for fortifications and sea coast defenses
has been increased to S15, 1924, ,29s, an
amount, Secretary Lamont says, which
will tie required to continue this work
at its present rate of progress.
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CbIcka,aw Aondemy Destroyed.

DENIsoN, Tex, Oct. 17.--The Bloom
field academy, the largest institution
of learning in the Chickasaw nation,
was destroyed by fire yesterday. Loss,
SIS, 900. Bloomfield academy was one
of the first national schools of the
Chickasaw nation, and was devoted eX-
clusively to the education of girls, be-
ing supported by the revenues appro-
priated by the. Chickasaw legislature.
The school has been the most success
full in the Indian territory.
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ST. LOUIS, Oct. 19.-Several st. Louis
ans have already made fortunes on the
rise in wheat. One man is said to have
made $780, 600, several others have re-
allied from $50, 600 to 100000 and quite
a number of smaller investors have Sc
cured handsome profits As an indica-
ton of the buying activity the market
reports show that about :, ZOO, 900 BUSH
els in futures were bought Saturday.
Another indication of the centraliza-
ton of wheat in this city is that at
present there are about $500, 900 bush
els of wheat in the st. Louis public
elevators. This time last year there
were less than 100000 bushels on
hand
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-24
GOES TO OTTUMwA.

Division Station of the Milwaukee s. st.
Paul to BE Moved from ChIlIicOthe.
KANSAS CITY, Mo Oct. 1S.-The Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad
has abandoned its division station ut
Chillicothe, Mo-, and all passenger and
freight crews will he run through from
Ottumwa, Ia, to Kansas City. This
means the removal of all train crews
at the division station and shops,
round house and all employees, making
in all so to 100 families. The road will
have but two divisions, one from Mar
ion to Ottumwa, the other from Ottum-
wa to Kansas City.
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GUTHRIE, Ok, Oct. 2O-The little
town of Carney, 16 miles east of here,
was held up at nine o'clock Saturday
night by six masked and heavily-armed
outlaws. The store of Trader Fouts
was ransaclled and $500 in money taken.
Fouts and his son were taken mile
from town and bound to a tree. Three
posses are in pursuit of, the robbers,
who are headed towards this city,
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-24
That New Bonnet.

This is the time OF year when the ladies
are thinking about a new fall hat or bon
net. l desire to inform my patrons aud
friends that have received a most COM
plete and attractive line of fall millinery.
The styles are beautiful and prices cheap.
| desire also to call your attention to
my stock of art linens and a full line of
notions, ribbons, children's caps and In
infants cloaks. Give me call.
Mrs. ). \. MooREHEAD,
Lexington, Mo.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-24
VESTS AND PANTS

Ladies Adirondak vests at. 35c
Ladies gauze ribbed vests at Soc
Children's scarlet vests at. 3oc
Ladies all wool pants. .o5c
Children's all wool pants. SC
Ladies combination suits. soc