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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-02-20
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF MISSOURI,
0OuntV Of LafaVettn.

In the Circuit Court of said County at Lex
inRton, in Vacation. February 10, 1897
Mollie Llewellyn and Andrew Llewellyn, her
husOand; qodfried Easterla, Herman East
erla, Matilda Harrison and Edward HarrI.
son, her husband; CHARLES Easterla and
Gustav Easterla, plaintiffs.
ys.
Rosa Selimeyer, MoTIe SelImeyer and Lena
Sellmeyer, minors, and Dora Klemer, Robert
klemer, Anna klemer and Carrie Klemer.
minors, defendants.
Now at this day pome the plaintiffs herein.
by their attorneys, and file their petition and
defendant, Anna klemer, is a nonresident of
the state of Missouri, SO that the OF binary
process of law cannot be served upon her;
Whereupon II Is ordered by the clerk that sail
defendant be notified by publication that
plaintiffs have commenced a suit against her
In this court, the object and general nature of
which Is TO obtain a Judgment and decree of
partition or the following described real
estate. situate In the county of Lafayette, in
the state OF Missouri. TO wit: The southwest
quarter of the southeast quarter OF section
thirty-six, township fifty, range twenty-nine;
and that unless the said Anna Klemer be and
appear at this court, at the next term thereof.
10 BIO begun and holden Mt the court house in
the city of Lexington, in said county, on the
hfth day OF April next, and on OF before the
third day OF said teTm.if the term shall so long
continue and II not, then on or before tho last
day or said term, and answer or plead to the
petition in said cause, the same Will be taken
az confessed, ana Judgment will he rendered
accordingly.
And 1t 10 s.irJher ordered, that a copy hereof
be published. according to law, in the LeXlng-
ton lntelliRencer. n newspaper published In
pessiYely, published at least once II week, the
last insertion to he At least tf teen days be
lore the first day OF SAID next April term of
this court.
Attest: c. L. EWING, Circuit Clerk
By PEARL REEDER. ID. &. "2edt
John >. Black Well & SoI, Attys. for PIN.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-02-20
GOT THE BICYCLE FACE.
Luck of a BesOtted Highwayman at
Crucial Moment.

Luck of a BesOtted Hishwayman at .
Crucial Moment.
Ragged, dirty and besotted, he lay in
wait in a Park place doorway. 1t was u
cold night, M as it was late there were
few persons abroad in hat street. He
glanced furtively up and down the
street, ready to flee if a bluecoat hove
in sight, says the New FORK Sun Pres
emily two young men came along chat
ting and laughing. He rubbed his
hands and walked out of his lair. Just
as the young men reached him one of
them broke out in n loud gufPaw. The
crucial moment had arrived.
"'Scuse me, would you oblige me with
the price of a bed?" he asked, in a trem-
qlous tone.
The guffaw of the young mar sudden
~ ceased and his expression became
cold and 7ontemptuous.
I've nothing for you" said he, alb
ruptly, as he increased his pace.
That's the way" said the besotted
highwayman. "You come along with
yer face broke up into smiles, and when
a poor, h~alf-starved bloke gives yer n
brace for a bite ter eat yer give him tn
bicycle face"
He followed on as he murmured this,
pocket as well as heart, for his counte-
nance relaxed and he staked the besot-
ted one to a dime.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-02-20

rooms, fresh flowers, white dishes, shin
ing silver, pretty, swift-going waiter
girls-Oh, all the joyous elements of
good cheer, until you were ready to
nominate Harvey for anything lie wants.
This is no joke. Owen Meredith told
the truth. And al editors breakfast is
a little more susceptible h the aYr3ge
mans. When we learned that there
was no Harvey on any of the other
routes to Texas from st. Louis, we sang
the doXology in thanks that we got on
to" Harvey'S route.
While all of MS knew by heart by the
time we crossed Red river and got into
Texas, where the eating stops on our
route are (all thanks be to Harvey few
of the party knew that Paris, Texas,
the supper station, was the home of the
late eX.-U' ). Senator, Sam Bell alaXey.
Paris is the end of the Frisco road.
Here is where the Gulf. Colorado II Santa
Ie Ry. begins. The two lines compose
Lhe FriscO-Santa Fe route from st. Louis
10 Fort Worth, Dallas, Galveston and
san Antonio, and at the latter point
make connection through to the city of
Mexico. The Gulf, Colorado 81 Santa Fe
IL y. penetrateS the heart of the state.
Cotton and wheat make n great part of
It's freight from the country between
Paris and Houston; and from there to
Galveston the fruit lands, so mucn
talked of everywhere, furnish much of
n freight traffic.
The Santa Fe furnishes n most i'm
pressive idea of the prairies, timber
lands, stock ranges and cotton and
wheat fields of the state.
Between Houston and Galveston,
"Ihe Coast Country" as it is called,
the traveleriis astonishsd at the healthy
well kept orchards. There are raised
here pears and strawberries of the finest
varieties. The fruits of the tropics,
with very few exceptions. are raised on
these lands. Olives are being raised and
VIII be a valuable product. AS for
vegetables, anything the market calls
1act that these lands were idle up to a
few years ago. But H.. NJ. ~Stringfellow
settled upon the idea that they were the
very lands for fruit and vegetables. lie
proved it by his signal and profitable
success. Now the country is filling up
rapidly, and people tired of the cold
north are coming in. They fget the
famous Gulf breezes, good lands, and in
the case OF some sorts of fruits and
vegetables, they get more than one crop
a year. We had heard of Texas as a
favOrite of immigration. The Santa Fe
easily from the car windows demon
strates what there is to draw people to
this country.
The editors were entertained at the
leading points along the route, treated
10 carriage rides, bouquets, cigars and
the red red wine. The orators in the
crowd made speeches, acknowledging
the courtesies at the different points.
AT Fort Smith we were especially gen
erously treated. Having been Toasted
and wined we were driven wei the
city. There we saw the gallowsDupon
which lob men have been legally exc
cuted. We also saw the noted criminal
Henry Starr, and a woman who had
murdered three husbands. at Paris
and Temple, Texas, we were cordially
greeted. The session of the convention
tomorrow. 1t will last a week,
The Texas people have made
great arrangements for the convention.
More anon. G.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-02-20

Our friend. the enemy, is calculating
upon the division between the silver
and gold democrats to give them the
victory in the next presidential elec-
ton, and flatter themselves that the
EopuIists will at that time prove to be
their allies by refusing assistance to
the democrats. They gre evidently
counting their chickens II long way
before they are Matched, and they
should not forget the lesson taught
them by the defeat which came to
democracy after Mr.. Cleyeland's first
aud great message upon the tariff. 1t
took time to educate the people on this
subject, but four years were enough,
and when they rolled around, the re-
publicans met with o more decisive
defeat than their opponents bad suf-
fered. This is a broad land Of varied
interests and with "A righteous canse n
nucleus Of sig million votes to begin
with is a tremendous power That no
reasonable person will make light of
The victory will not be won to the re-
publican party by the beating of tom-
toms this far in advance.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-02-20

From every point of view, patriotic
and economic, the Legislature at Jeffer'
son City should pass the bill endowing
the State University. Missouri has
been and will continue TO be moi only
just and liberal, but generous to ITS
common schools. 1t enjoys today the
proud distinction of having the largest
public school fund of any state In the
American Union. In addition to this,
t sets apart one-third of its revenue
for the use of the common schools II
has fifteen million dollars worth of
public school buildings. Its teachers
in the common schools are we'll paid.
Its schools are continued well through
u the year, and all facilities are given
for education near the home. Every
MissourIan who has pride in his state
should desi.e to see the cap-stone of its
educational arch one not only of
beauty, but of strength. We should
take pride in building mp n university
which shall be second to noue in the
country, free from matriculation fees
or any tolls whateVer-in reality Q free
school of the highest class, in which
the poorest and humblest boy IN our
state, if he have the talent and perse-
eraDce, can obtain a professional
education as thorough as that 10 be
secured in any university anywhere.
Economically the endowment by a GER
tifcate is not a bonded debt, but SIM
ply an obligation of the state to itself,
which the state, Ct any time 1t sees fit,
may cancel, which will relieve the reV-
enue find from a considerable burden
and transfer It to o fund in which there
is a plethora. 1t may, indeed, defer
the payment of the bonded debt for a
few months-not more, however, than
n year-and then If it shall be
thought we'll to change the system for
providing maintenance for the upiyer-
sity, 1t a easily be done by n specific
levy. 1t is surprising to read that men
in the legislature can attempt to array
the common school sentiment of the
state against the university. These
should be alljss-neyer foes. The one
should articulate into and be a part of
the other. AS We can imagine no
friend of education being opposed to
the common schools, so we annot IN
oeive how a man can pose as cherish
ing education who decries reasonable
provision for the State University.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-02-20

About one O'Clock on last Tuesday,
Arthur Duestrow was hanged as par
expiation- for the terrible crime be
committed three years ago in the muir.
der of his wife and child, Gov. Steph.
ems acted with humanity and decision
in the case. He sent two insanity ex.
perts I o make q careful examination OF
the mans mental condition, and when
convinced upon that point promptly
refused to interfere. The majesty of
the law has been indicated, and the
rich man, upon the same day that a
White man and a negro without that
advantage were hanged at Clayton, in
St. Louis county, paid the penalty of
his crime. Thus Missouri again proves
that its judicial and executive officers
know how TO do their duty.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-02-20
THE DUESTROW CASE.

Arthur Duestrow, the st. Louis mil
~lionaire, who shot and killed his wife
and child on February 18th, 1894, paid
the death penalty for his brutal act
last Tuesday, at Union, Mo.
The hanging of Duestrow ended one
of the most noted cases in the criminal
annals of Missouri. 1t was n of the
hardest fought legal battles i'll the his,
tory of the state. The murderer's
wealth gave him the advantage of the
ablest legal talent to be secured, aud n
large fortune was spent in his defense.
Duestrow praeticed the insanity dodge
from the very first, and kept it mp until
within "a few minutes of his execution,
when he threw off his mask and cOn-
fessed the crime. He died without
religious consolation.
During the progress OF this case four
trials were granted the guilty man,
besides two examinations as 10 his
mental condition, but TO no avail. He
was at last forced to pay the penalty of
his brutal crime. The execution meets
with the approval of the general
public.
Governor Stephens action in refus-
ing to interfere with the laws course
in this case is to he commended. He
acted wisely and firmly, and discharged
his full duty to the state and to the
ends of justice. When appealed to for
executive clemency he said:
al went over the papers in the case
carefully and saw no reason for execu-
tive interference, unless possibly the
man was insane. l did not want to
see a man hanged If he was crazy, so
Sent the doctors down to examine hun,
and after a majority of them had re-
ported him sane, l decided to take no
action. This case has been dragging
along for between two and three years,
and has cost the state between $50 900
and $40 1000, and l believe that the
people should understand that the
court is the highest judicial
authority of the state, and that when it
sets Il day tor the execution of a man
he will be hanged on that day, unless
there is some very good reason why he
should not. / believe the decisions of
the courts should be upheld as a gen
eral proposition. AS for extending the
time, and hanging a man afterward, l
think it is cruel. When a man Is kept
IN suspense and anxiety for a month,
the blow is all the more crushing, If
he finds there is no hope.
| consider such action cruel, but it is
of course sometimes necessary when
The facts warrant delay. In this case
don't think they do"
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-02-20

Senator Chandler continues to disre-
gard the advice OF the Globe-pemocrat
not to make speeches in favor of the
republican party keeping its word on
the subject of bimetallism. This is sad
In more ways than one. 1t is to be
regretted that so high an authority as
CUR metropolitan contemporary should
have no more influence with The gen
tleman at Washington City, but 1t is
more grlevous even than this to reflect
upon the apparent fact that the repub-
lican party, as controlled by its club of
millionaires, intended what it said at
st. Louis only in 0 Pickwickian sense.
As a mattor of fact, the cabal which
controls the republican party is as DIS
tinctively and unalterably gold bug and
sidele standard as was the side show
ghleh met at indianapolis. After a
manner the Globe Democrat is right
and Senator Chandler is right. The
two seem to be impaled upon the oppo-
site horns of a dilemma which sooner
or later will have to be settled with the
mass of the voters of the republican
party, and when the lime comes we
are inclined to think Mr.. Chandler will
have as many people upon his side as
will the gentlemen who are now siding
with what we may be permitted to call
silYerphObia.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-02-20

Our republican brethteR are just
now exercising themselves considerably
over what they alIege to be methods in
vogue in the south to suppress the
2 vote. We have great respect
for the ability and the purity and the
patriotism of Benjamin Harrison, re-
publican though he be, but we confess
1hat some OF his u~tterauces upon this
particular question in the past have
caused US TO think him somewhat hypo-
critical, and to that extent lessened our
respect for him. The same feeling is
suggested toward the party organs
which are just now convincing them
selves with their own statistics that the
negro vote is very much outraged IN
The south. These same newspapers are
aStAlly Oblivious to the fact that their
gold-tug coadjutors coerced their em-
ployes aBd drove them to the polls last
November like cattle, with threats and
intimidation. 1t makes q whole lot of
difference sometimes whose OK is gored,
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-02-20
'tTHERE Is SCIENCE IN NEATNESS."
BE WISE AND USE
SAPOLIO
D OF PUBLICATION.
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County of Lafayette. rs
In the Circnit Court of Lafayette County,
Missouri, At Lexington. In Vacation,
February 5un, 1891.
Gaar Scott 4 Company, Il corporation, Plain.
uh'
ton, Alice Deke aud Adolf Deke, her nus
band, Sarah CAN'T and Basil Can't, her
husband, Eliza Taggrrt and Alexander Tag.
CERT; her husband, and Ellen DOOley, De-
Now at this day comes the plaintiff herein.
by their attorneys, Wallace & Wallace, and
nles its petition alleging, among other things,
that defendant Ellen Dooley. Is a nOn-resi-
dent of the state OF Missouri. whereupOn.
IL Is ordered by the clerk of said court, that
said defendant, Ellen Dooley. be notified,
by publication, that plaintiff has com
menced Il suit against her In this court
is 10 Obtain a Judgment of partition of The
following described real estate. to-wit:
The northeast quarter Of the southeast
township number forty-eight tIS), of range
number 'twcnty-four (24l, in Lafayette
parties In interest IA set forth IN, said petit
tIon, and that unless the said Ellen Dooley
he and appear ut this court, at the next
court house in the city of Lexington, In said
county, on the 9Th day of April next. aud
on or before the third day of said term, II
the term shall So long c~ontinue-nnd ~ not,
then ON or before the hast day OF said term
to answer or plead-to the petition in said
cause, the same will he taken AS confessed,
and Judgment will he rendered accordingly.
And IL Is further ordered, that "a copy
hereof be published, according to law, In the
Lexington ~elllgenc a newspaper pub
lished in said county Of Lafayette, for four
weeks successfully, published ut lenst once
n week, the last Insertion 10 be NJ least NJ
teen days before the first day OF said next
April term of this court.
y true copy. Attest:
PEARL-REEDER, ID. e.
Wallace \ Wallace, attorneys for plaintiff.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-02-20

The Cuban situation appears to be
unchanged. We continue to get start.
ling BULLETINS from Gen. WeyIer as to
what ne is doing ~ the field. These
seem to be principally imaginative pic
lures, and the insurgents continue to
hold the country and do pretty much
as they please. In the meantime the
United States are standing upon the
letter of international law in one direc-
ton, while the spirit Of IT is being re-
viled and derided by the cruelty and
insults of the Spanisrds to American
citizens. AS Mr.. De Almond said, in
concluding his speech in the house the
other day; "If there is any treaty
between Spain and the United States
which allows the Spanish TO board an
American vessel and violate American
womanhood, it ought to be abrogated
at n in any way that 1t can be done.
It ought to be done by the smooth
methods of lay, or 1t ought to be done
by the sharp edge of the sword. HUI
mainly demands it; civilization asks
for it; freedom will not be satisfied
without it," We are not overload Of
the idea of annexing a lot of greasers,
IS toe many of the Cubans are, but
Cuba is between the two horns of
American territory which point north
and south into the Gulf OF Meyico, and
the time seems ripe for the United
Stateg TO make of it a free territory.
The Spaniard pay buster, but he is
not IN a condition to prevent this being
done if our people shall conclude that
1t shonld be accomplished.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-02-20

William Jennings Bryan will speak
in Jefferson City today before Il joint
session of the two houses of the legis-
lature and as many other people as can
crowd into the hall of the house of rep
resentatives. What Mr.. Bryan will
have to say will 40 doubt be of grave
Importance, and his speech will be
read tomorrow morning with careful
consideration, both by those who agree
and those who disagree with him on
public questions.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-02-20

1t strikes us that the average metro
politan newspaper of this day is filled
with II great deal of matter that can
appropriately be called "stuff." Fol
instance, the devotion of fOnr or five
inches Of space to a statement that
Mr.. Vest, when he met Mr.. So and So,
did go with a grunt, and was a little
more crusty than usual, and that he
had thus passed Mr.. Kerens and Mr..
Knight. Every one who knows Sena-
tor Vest understands that he is, MS q
rule, cordially itself. he Is near
sighted and does not see people at a
little distance, and no doubt is like
other men who have important matters
to think of, more or less absent
minded. No man who occupies a stu
ation such as does Senator Vest, would
be apt Intentionally to treat people
With dlseoArtesy.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-02-20
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Letters of administration on the estate OF
Pleasant II. M~otsinger, deceased, were granted
to the undersigned ON the 18th day of Feb
ruary, 1897. by the Probate Court of Lafayette
county, Missouri.
All persons having claims against said estate
are required to exhibit them for allowance 10
the administrators within one year after the
date of said letters, or they may be precluded
from any benefit of such estate; and II such
claims be not exhibited within two years from
the date of said letters, they will be forever
barred.
This 18th day of February, 1897.
PRESTON A. MOTSINGRR,
ALBAN S. MOTSINCER,
S-2O-Ft Admintsfr.anrs
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-02-20

Judging from The speeches made by
republicans in congress and before
committees just now, one would sup
pose that the gentlemen were repre-
senting upon the question of bimetal-
lism some other party than the repub-
bean. Al any rate their p%tterances are
exactly the reverse of the pledges made
in the St. Louis platform. They say
the gold standard must ba made per-
manent. We thought these people
were Iishonest when they made their
platform, and ii this sort of thing con-
times u little while we shall know it.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-02-20

Capt. Henry King, the new editor OF
the Globe-D Democrat, is missed from
the Sunday magazine columns Of thai
newspaper. His literary style Is begin
ming to be recognized in other portions
of the publication. The Captain is q
man OF parts and education and has
written many very good and patriotic
things. He can do the public . ser
vice and himself a credit by issuing an
order that not more than three personal
attacks shall be made in the editorial
columns of the Globe-D Democrat per
day upon the Hon. YIN. J. Bryan.
There Is such a thing as working a
racket too far.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-02-20

Hellol helloi At Harrisburg, Pa,
notice of q ter per cent reduction has
been posted at the works of the Penn
s~ylvania Steel Company to take effect
on March 1. The reduction affects
about three thousand employees. Is
this, too, in the line of Mckinley pros
nerifvp
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-02-20

The collapse OF the steel trust and
the decline which took place In conse-
queneo IN the price of steel rails TO
sl7 per tom Is 3 good thing all around.
1t not only has had a stimulating in
huence upon industries dependent upon
iron aud steel, bot 1t has proven what
the democratic party has so often
urged. that the rapacity OF these people
in their demands for extraordinary
tariff protection were uniustiied and
vfcfaus
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-02-20

Up in Montana and over in Wiscon.
sin last Saturday we had further Illus
trations of Mckinley prosperity in the
failure of banks. We were told during
the campaign that all that was neces-
sary to bring a flood of good things to
the country was to defeat Bryan and
elect Mckinley.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-02-20

1t is to be hoped that the joint COM
mittee of the legislature of Missouri
and Kansas, which are to make an
investigation of stock yards charges
and methods, will get right down to
business and wastes no time about it.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-02-20
THIS is Worth Reading.

For the purpose OF advertising our coll
lege we will give a thorough course of
instruction in bookkeeping and modern
business methods by mail free of charge
to a limited number of persons. This
course will be completed in forty lessons.
Glass will be organized in a few days.
Address: The American Business College,
Omaha, Nebraska. 2-6-3t
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-02-20

The mills of justice in Kansas City
grind exceedingly strange, judging BY
a few samples of the product placed
before the public the past week or two.
The machinery needs a thorough over
hauling and some much needed inn
provements added.