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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1896-06-12
he foBosing table,
ero date no I Including the storm

'To date no including the storm Of
the a7th OF may.
BY glancing at the foregoing table
our readers will discover that the
years of 1890 and 1898 were the most
conspicuous for storm calamities dur
ing the time mentioned. The record
of 1890 il will be borne in mind was
greatly increased by a cyclone that
swept through Southern Indiana and
Illinois and Northern Kentucky and
created such ter. ,ble havccin the city
Of Louisville The figures for 1893
are SO enormous on account of the
great storms and hurricanes that
created such fearful disasters along
the South Atlantic and the Gulf OF
Mexico coasts in the month of August
and October.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1896-06-12
Capital Removal.

Sedalia has until recently had but
little out-spoken opposition to her
capital removal scheme, but from
this on she will hear from the people
in unmistalable terms versus the pro-
ject. The manner In which the en-
terprise was set on foot was well cal
culated to create suspicion. The rail-
roading Of the resolution through the
general assembly, authorizing the peo-
pie under certain conditions to vote
on the proposition rs n constitutional
amendment, WAS enough TO have con-
demned the scheme. The issuing
Of s., 900 900 OF bonds in denomina-
tions of $50 each on less than 1000
acres of land, and then selling those
bonds for SIo piece is, to say the
least, prima facie evidence OF fraud on
the part Of somebody. II sold at the
nominal price Of SIo each, these bonds
would make sight of profit to those
who have inaugurated the bond
scheme. The 1000 acres OF land
purchased by these schemes only cost
them $4,000, but will bring them in
100000, a profit of $4,000 be-
sides 20 acres reserved for capitol
grounds.
Again, admitting that all the
schemes connected with this enterprise
are perfectly legitimate. the question
comes up: why should the people
of Missouri vote the capital to Sedalia,
to the betterment of the Sedahans,
and to the injury and absolute HToDging
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1896-06-12
II Can't
Afford to Tell
tFaISehOOdS.

My business of running a
clean, pure food grocery has
been built up by giving peo-
: pie clean, pure food groce-
ries. If 1 should stop doing
that, I'd break up in six
months. So, even if I wanted
TO be dishonest, I couldn't
afford il.
People must eat, people m must
buy groceries-people can
pick out for themselves the
place to buy. Iearnestly in
2 vite YOU to pick out MY
place.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1896-06-12
g. NJ. WHITE,
Pure Peed Grocer.
EEYTESVILLE, --- MISSOURI.


About SIX week ago there came to
KeyseyiIle two strangers who register.
cd at Sneed's hotel as ]. n. Bunch and
ID II. Hoffman. Bunch's business
vas to barter territorial rights to sell a
washing machine Of which he claimed
TO be the patenter. The machine was a
good one, fact attested by 10 Of our
leading citizens who saw it work.
Hoffman represented himself rs a
money loaner on approved security in
sums fromSIoo to $4,000 and gave
n references the Menopoli ian Nation
nj bark of Kansas City, the Santa Fe
Exchange bank and Bank of Marco
line. Hoffman did some business here,
how much is not generally known, as
some who bit at his bait have been
very reticent about their dealings with
him. Becoming satisfied that Hoffman
was fake Ben Drew and John w.
Monkey swore out n warrant before
Judge Demoss one day last week for
his arrest charging him with obtaining
money under false pretenses. The
warrant was placed in the hands of
Constable Wealth who did not succeed
IN locating his man until after he had
been arrested on 4 warrant issued by
Squire Cunningham, Of Brunswick, on
complaint of James Warded who thinks
Bunch and Hoffman were parteners in
n swindle perpetrated on him. Hof-
man was arrested near Mendon Tues
day by Constable Card. Of Brunswick |
township, and turned over to Sheriff
Dempsey who placed him in jail to |
await trial before Squire Cunningham |
to day.
Hoffman's plan of operation We un-
-derstand. both in Keytesville and
Brunswick, was to propose to loan
money to those needing at sums to
suit, with or without interest as the
case might be, upon such security as
the borrower chose to give, and requir-
ing an enhancement Of S. to insure the
loan.
Whittier there was time specified |
at which the loan was to begin We a-e |
not advised. The parties we suppose
think they have waited long enough |
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1896-06-12
Toraado Periods.
Prom the philadelphia Ledger.

Prom the Philadelphia Ledger.
Ii has been said that the reduction
OF the forest era may partially explain
the phenomena, but this is scarcely
tenable. The storm record was not
kept with any approach to accuracy in
former times in this country, but In
the first half OF the century a number
of disastrous tornadoes are recorded.
There was n visitation OF the kind in
IS4o, bv which as many persons were
killed ndinjured rs were killed and
injured by all the tornadoes which have
swept the western country thus far this
year, previous to the one which struck
St Louis yesterday. In June. Is47,
Adams county, Miss, was visited by a
tornado which killed 500 persons
The fatalities nearly equaled those
chargeable to all the cyclones and
storms which visited the entire country
in 1894, and exceeded the storm cas-
ualines of the country in 1905.
The tornado is more likely to ap-
pear in May and June than in other
months, but 1t seems to have all sea-
sons for Its own. On the 9th of Feb
ruary, 1885,, there were sixty of these
disturbances, distributed over the terri
tory of eight states The resultant
deaths were 500; persons injured,
s,5eo; buildings destroyed. estimated
at 10000. The storm which directly
caused the greatest loss of human life
during the century was that which de-
vastated the Gulf coast of Louisiana in
October, 1898, when 1000 perished-
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1896-06-12
KEYTESvILLE. MISSOURI, FR

o me Jefferson City peoplel" On, the |,
~ 1t does not cost the people Of the
S ate anything; Sedllia viii pay al ex-
'enses and make the state building
j Isl as good as those at Jefferson CITY
This statement will, OF course, have &c
Ie taken with little salt, but suppose
his Is true also, what has the sc,te
aimed by the change2 Is the locatits
for the states capital at Sedalia prefz
able to that at Jefferson Gtyi We
trow not In the matter of water ssp-
ply, Jefferson City certainly has tlSe
advantage. In the matter Of facilities
for travel in going to or from the state
capital we cannot see that Sedalia has
anything of which to boast over Jef
ferson City. The completion Of the
bridge across the Missouri river AT
Jefferson connects the city with two
railroads on the south side of the river.
II has the Missouri Pacific on the south
side running through the town. The
Boonville branch of the same railroad,
we believe is partially constructed. and
will. no doubt, be finished as soon as
the financial crisis is over. A raiiroad|
from Jefferson City to Springfield has
been in contemplation for several
years and will most likely be construct
ed at no very distant day.
The time was when the location Of
the state capital within certain bounds
was put on the block, so to speak, and
auctioned off to the highest bidder.
Cole county became the purchaser.
having paid more for it than any other
county offered to pay, and got it, and
so far rs We are concerned, we hope
she will keep it.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1896-06-12
Correction.

From what We said last week CON
cerning the appointment of Miss Lizzie
Hill, of Keytesville, as one of the
maids of honor and escort to Miss
Salees Kennard, Of St. Louis, who is
fponsor for Missouri at the Richmond
Convention Of confederate veterans,
some have supposed there were two
such appointments from the Secanl
congressional district, which is not the
ease. Miss Steward, of Huntsville, is
the maid of honor from the Second
District, while Miss Lizzie represents
the First district
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1896-06-12
Silver Risi4H.

Il
Contrary to the expectation and
ssht5 or Ne gold standard advocaes.
silver bullion has been advancing in
price oflate, until it has nearly reached
the 10 cent Ter ounce mark BY
most people this rise in the price OF
the white metal is attributed to the
favorable prospects for Its remonetiza-
ton at an carly day. Its enc mics try
to make IL appear that the rise is at
iributable to other causes; that France is
needing it to replenish her stock of
silver coin, that large demands are
made for silver by China and Japan,
and that even India is needing more
silver. The market reports show tha,
gold always becomes cheaper when sill
yer advacnes, and that silver since its
denomination has always advanced
in price when there was prospect for
its being remonetized.
The effect of the rise Of silver in
1890 is thus set forth in Appieton's
Annual for 1891, title India: 1.-The
actual and expected action of the
American Congress caused the price
of silver to rise in IS9o-oI from IS IS
(gol0 pence an ounce to 81 SIS (gold)
pence 80 The sudden rise of sill
yer checked exports (from India) and
imports of merchandise
80 The decrease in exports was
confined chiefly to raw materi ais"
This checking the exports from silver
using countries tended TO raise the |
Liverpool gold price of wheat, cotton,
etc In short, the increase in the
value of silver simply reversed tn c
conditions which existed when gold
was rising in value; then the silver
ising countries received 4 bounty up
IN exports, and the rise in silver SIM
ply turned the tables"
Again in the spring Of 1895 a pros
,ect of legislation favorable to the in
:reased use OF silver caused silver to
Use in gold price; at the opening of
March 1t was 60 I-s cents per ounce
md steadily rose to Oh 3-S on March
IS, on which day silver bullion reap
,eared as a speculative feature of the
New York exchange. Quotations on
March IS, we're 63 SIS, and on Satur-
lay, March sc, the price rose steadily
o 65 3-4. The quotation on Monday.
April I, was 81 IL cents"
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1896-06-12

and rs they are 5 s out with no pros
pect of any cash coming in they con-
clud, d they had been swindled and
have undertaken to get even with the
swindler by sending him to the pen.
Bunch and Hoffman went from here
to Brunswick whtre they had 4 pretty
good trade.
Bunch succeeded in selling the right
10 barter the machines in Charlton
county 10 James Warden by telling
him that he sod machine to each OF
the parties here who had recommended
1t at SIS piece. This Warden
thought, was a pretty good thing es-
pecially as he would furnish the ma
chine and the profit thereon would go
to him. He came to Keytesvillc to
see his purchasers, to find they h.d
only recommended the machine and
had no notion Of buying. This of
course opened his eyes and determin-
ed to have Bunch and Hoffman arrest
ed. Bunch he found out had left the
county while Hoffman was still at
work up about Mendon where he was
arrested When the warrant for
Bunch's arrest was placed in Sheriff
Dempsey's hands he opened communi-
cations with parties at Springfield to
learn his whereabouts. On hearing
that Bunch was at Osceola the sheriff
directed his arrest and started Wednes-
day noon to bring him in. We learn
that Hoffman had in his possession the
note given by Warden for the territory
Of Charlton county and that
when he was arrested and taken to
Brunswick he gave the note up.
We do not know what will be the
outcome Of the matter, the other side
is to be heard yet and an entire diff
ferent understanding Of the affair may
be the result Of the investigation.
Bunch was a prominent grocery mer-
chant at Marceiine Eor quite awhile
and We hear that he stood well there.
Some years ago; while fivimg IN Nevada,
and at the same time preaching for
the Christian church, we learn that he |
took out an accident life insurance
policy for S. 900, and that shortly af- |
terwards was shot in the ieft hand and |
arm which made amputation about |
half way between the wrist and elbow |
joint necessary. The insurance COM
pany refused to pay the policy alleging
that Bunch shot himself After NOV
ing to Marceline Bunch sued the CON-
pany in circuit court Of Linn county
and got judgement for $4,000. The
appealed the case to the
supreme court and remanded back to
the lower court for new hearing and
ihis resulted in 4 verdict in Bunch's
Iavor for $500 after which he did
business in Marceline until he broke.
Bunch is no body's fool by a long jump
md It may be that he knows what he
S about better than one would think.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1896-06-12
NUMBER II.

course of his public career made free-
silver speeches and written free silver
letters. there is no question; and while
his friends admit this to be true, they
account for 1t in ways that do not ex-
actly satisfy the gold-bugs, of Va
street, who are charged with a ccn-
splracy. at this late date. to head off
his nomination by the St. Louis con-
venuon, and to this end it is said that
$I.ooo,ooo is already on tap in St.
Louis to buy off delegates that will
congregate there next week.
1t is said that Mr.. Mckinley has
Impressed himself as wanting to be-
Pminated upon an uneauivicaI
Pund money" platform, coupled with
0ng plank favoring tariff protect
lt his past record on the cur-s
question, when compared with
orsement of the "sound" mon-
icy advocated by eastern Repub-
shows radical change in his
(gs, and politicians who change
heir principles for the sake of Officer
ire being distrusted by all opposing
actions, especially the rank and file
Who demand positive declarations Ok
political faith. The attitude of many
western Republicans, favoring as they
10, the free and unlimited coinage of
liver is somewhat alarming to leading
East, and is helping to
reate an unrest and dissatisfaction on
he part of the plutocratic element Of
hat party against Mr.. McKinIeyIs
domination. Ii they oppose his NOM
nation an he should be chosen bv
he St. Louis convention over their
'rotest there Is no telling what they
rill do in the premises. The Eastern
are very much of kin tn
he Eastern Democrats. Theirs Is &
ule or ruin policy.
4
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1896-06-12

J. A. Davis; the Populist orator
from Texas, spoke at Mexico ON
Thursday. He said Teller and Till
man, Bland and Teller, or Teller and
Butler, of North Carolina, can be-
elected president Of the United States
If the money question is made the is
sue, if the Populists and what is known
as the silver element in the old parties
will consolidate. VIII they! That Is
the question
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1896-06-12

The favorable weather of Tuesday
to Thursday inclusive has dried up the
earth rapidly and hopes are entertaln-
cd by the farmeri that they will have
an opportunity 10 replant their corn
fields at an early day.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1896-06-12
REALLZIN0 THE MISTAKE.

~ 8 -,
Uuhu 'noney democrats Oh 'he
Las. "e osn. :" ie'lii-e 'iia' eaey
naoe i grave m2se "hen' IN the
last congress .ney aeieated the Dill
pro'ioing ior ehe fepeae oil me ten per
cent tax on the state banks, and de-
nounced the measure as 2 scheme in
the interest of wildSSat''banking. The
Boston HtraM SAYS!
"One of the propositions under con-
s'derahon to bring tn silver men to
terms at Chicago i q more explicit
declaration for an elastic banking cur.
rency than has yet been made AT auyl
recent ccnsentioa- Sevefs3 OF tB<'
treasury officials have this matter un-
der consideration, and the economic
knowledge OF Secretary Carlisle may
contribute toward the framing Of a
proper plank. Sound money Demo-
Gratis rom the South are inclined to
say that the North has made a mis-
take IN opposing the unconditional re-
peal OF the ten per cent tax on state
bank notes. Unconditional repeal,
whatever ITS risks, they declare, would
be Inhnfdeiy bettersthan the jump to a
silver bass, and would have given the
South an opportunity to provide 10
cal currency and escape the present
hnanciai III.
The bill ought to have passed be-
cause 1t was one of the planks in the
Democratic platform of 1892. and, for
lnother reason, because the agrlcul
urai classes OF the West and South |
'an'ed II. h the biii had been Tass-
ID reiaoe state banks would have
'eeh es'aohsneo from winch the farm-
'S eou'u nave oo'aineo foans on un-
ncumDefed property NJ a far rate OF
hte'eSe' ana IN this way would have
scaped the distress resultrng from the
'"Ah1" depression. our state banks
o-eAy arc INC equals oi tne nauoaai
III every respect IN sounohess'
~ >. ~ re 'hetn ~ 'he
'Uo'o oo""ueho anu oesioes' they
|OSSCSS SCNCTal lQlDOTI2Dl A0E4nt1QeS
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1896-06-12
Five New Propositions.

The gold men still delight in print
ing Mr.. Carlisle's famous five PROPOSE
tons. They claim they are unanswer-
able. 1t is very easy to ask questions,
and sometimes very difficult to answer
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1896-06-12
MckinIey.

If the dispatches from New York
and elsewhere are entitled TO credit,
Mr.. Mckinley and his friends are al
ready between the devil and the deep
sea on the currency question.
That Oh:o's favorite son has In the
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1896-06-12

The loss of If. resulting from torna-
does, cyclones and lightning in some
years does not equal that resulting from
falling buildings and other preventable
causes of disasters. 1t is more than
probable that many more persons will
be killed and injured this year by their
own care!essness, or by the malice or
Of their fellows, than by
those terrifying forces ofnature yhich
have recently manifested themselves m
the west The fall of the bridge at
Victoria, b. c., on Tuesday, by which
probably 100 persons lost their lives, is
An immediate illustration of the daily
peril of which We scarcely take note as
We 60 about our affairs.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1896-06-12

c. w. Aldridge and wife, oe Sails.
bury, visited the family of his brother.
J. +. Aldridge, of KeytesvilIe last Sum
day evening.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1896-06-12
ReIsfive Loss of Life By Sso,ns.

The record of the loss of life in, this
country by storms as kept by the
Chicago Tribune since 1882 is shown
IN the folIosinp tabfr-. - ...i.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1896-06-12

The atmosphere Is reported to have
been filled with Efakes of snow az
Warrensburg about midnight of tbe
9th inst.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1896-06-12

Mrs. A. F. Willis went to Favette
last Saturday to attend the commence.
ment Of Central and Howard Payne
colleges.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1896-06-12
2l606.

SG man cnui Orovel
him m the cabinet!
). How does it happen d.
taIs Herbert, Of Alabama, was
silver until Grover Cleveland
him 4 cabinet officer9
.. How does it happen that
these distinguished statesmen have d
been able in any of their new speech
to answer their old arguments in fay
of free silver2
,x.5. How does it happen that not
fs the southern pa who
E; {: (: 60; ;!;:::':; :: !: =
IfMI Isle uous
from b dh hunt for - fesde
and ske a Tssponse t6;shese question.
he. would dispel AScIoud of doubt that
has settled upSS hseinds Ola great
nuiahessefhi fellow Denapcats.- Err
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1896-06-12

WHES the oolored people, OF To-,
peka, Kansas, learned that St. Louis
hotels would not entertain Colored
delegates to the St. Louis convention
they telegraphed to Cy Leland to-
move the convention to Chicago. We
wonder why they did not ask Leland
to move 1t to Boston Perhaps it was
because they have faint recollection
OF the fact that less than a year ago
ali the decent hotels IN Boston shut
their doors In the face OF a negro. a.
cultivated negro at that, the colored
Methodist bishop, of Ohio.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1896-06-12

We had a pleasant call from our
old friend, ]. L. Swain yesterday. We
are glad TO Stale that his general
health IS on the up grade, SO to speak
He has not BEEN entirely well for sew
eral years. but hopes are now enter,
tanned that he will be vi:h us for a
lcng tune yet. His heart is as soft
and tend-r as ever, as evidenced by
the fact that he ordered the COURIER
sent to friend in St. Louis at his ex-
pense. We have always appreciated
his frien1,y feelings toward Il e CouR--
TER
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-08
NUN YONG HwAN.
Distinguished Corenn Visitor in New
York.

Distin guished COTean visitor In new
York.
NEW YORK, May For the next
ten days New York will entertain
distinguished foreigner, equal in his
agate. He came to town last night &C
companied by his secretary, interpreter
and one or two others. His coming
was the reverse of the marquis. 1t was
as transformations as the other was
pompous. He occupies quarters at the
Waldorf, where he will remain while
in New York.
The distinguished visitor is Nun
Yong Hwan, special ambassador from
the king of Corea to the ceremony at
tending the coronation of the czar of
Russia. The grand event will take
place on May 26 at Moscow.
In the party are Yum Chi Ho. his con-
fidential representative, Kun Yeuk Hi,
his private secretary, Kun To II, his
interpreter one servant and F. Stern,
secretary CT the Russian legation at
Seoule, Corea, who is to pilot him and
his party to Moscow.
When seen at the Waldorf, after their
arrival, Mr.. Stern spoke freely of the
incidents Of the trip.
the late queen" said Mr.. Stern, land
he holds a position of trust in the i'm
perial household. He was selected to
represent his sovereign at the corona
ton of the car.
I'VE left Seoule on April T. on board
Russian man-of-war and arrived in
Shanghai three weeks later. Then we
sailed for Vancouver on the steamship
Empress We arrived safely in Van
y,,I \
on board the express of the Canadian
Pacific road, which carried US away to
Montreal The trip across the CONT
nent was an uneventful one but his ex-
ceflency was impressed with the vast
ness of this continent. His excellency
was somewhat fatigued and decided to
rest for the night away from the swing
and rumble of the train. Yesterday
we again boarded the train and ar
rived here safely. We did not stop off
at any of the delightful spots along the
route, as the time was too short"