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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-12-02
TRIAL OF SENATOR QUAY.
of the Five Indictments Against
Him and Others.

Philadelphia, Nov. ss.-The case Of
Senator Quay and others, charged with
conspiracy in the misuse of the money
of the state on deposit in the Peoples
hank, came up in the court of quarter
sessions, Judge Findletter presiding.
The defendants were not in court,
their interests being looked after by At
torneys Rufus e. Shapley and A. S. L.
Shields. Immediately upon the open
ing of court, Attorney Shapley filed de-
murrers to four of the five indictments
found against the defendants by the
grand jury, and also filed motion to
quash the fifth Indictment.
Upon conclusion of the arguments Of
Messrs. shapley and Shields, and the
reply of District Attorney Graham, the
court took the papers under advise
ment. He did not intimate that he
would announce his decisions on the
motions presented.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-12-02
FIVE HUNDRED CARATS.
ry GEORGE GRIFFITH.
tcopyrig 1t. 1898. by the Author.l

ICopyrig It, 1898. by the Author.l
It was sew sral months after the brill
liant if somewhat mysterious recovery
of the Els, 600 parcel from the notorious
but now vanished Seth Salter that l
had the pleasure, and think may
fairly add the privilege, of making the
acquaintance of Inspector Lipinzki.
lean say without hesitation that in
the course of wanderings which have
led me over considerable portion of
the lands and seas of the world have
never met more interesting man than
he was. say "was, poor fellow, for
he is now no longer anything but a
memory of bitterness to the l. d. B.,
but that must be told in another place.
There is no need of further explana-
tion of the all too brief intimacy which
followed our introduction than the
statement of the fact that the greatest
South African detective of his day was
after all a man as we'll as a detective,
and hence not only justiiiably proud Of
the many brilliant achievements which
illustrated his career, but also by no
means loath that some day the story Of
them should, with all due and proper
precautions and reservations be told to
a wider and possibly less prejudiced
audience than the motley and migratory
population of the camp as it was in his
day.
had not been five minutes in the
cozy Hastily furnished sanctum of his
low, broad rooted bungalow in New De
| Beers road before I saw it was a niu-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-12-02

81 took a tong draap at 1ly auecd."
scum as we'll as a study. Specimens Of
all sorts of queer apparatus employed
by the 1. D. B. s for smuggling dia-
monds were scattered over the tables
and mantelpiece.
There were massive, handsomely
carved brier and meerschaum pipes,
which seemed to hold wonderfully little
tobacco for their size; rough sticks of
firewood ingeniously followed out,
which must have been worth a good
round sum in their time; hollow ham
dies of travelling trunks; ladies' boot
heels of the fashion affected on a MEM
orable occasion by Mrs. Michael Mu-
ratti, and novels, hymnbooks church
services and Bibles, with cavities cut
out of the center of their leaves which
had once held thousands of pounds
worth of Illicit stones on their unsus
pected passage through the book post
But none Of these interested or indeed
puzzled me so much as did couple of
curiously assorted articles which lay
bracket One was an ordinary piece Of
heavy lead tubing about three inches
long and an inch in diameter, sealed by
fusing at both ends and having 2 little
brass tap fused into one end The other
was little ragged piece of dirty red
sheet india rubber, very thin-in fact,
| almost transparent-and,r roughly speak
ing, four or five inches square.
was looking at these things, Won
i n ort1 no
nection between them and what man
ner of strange story might be connected
with them, when the inspector came in.
GOOD evening. Glad to see you," he
said in bis quiet and almost gentle
voice and without trace of foreign
accent as we shook hands. "Well, what
do you think of my museum? dare say
you We guessed already that if some of
these things could speak they could
keep your readers entertained for some
little time, eh?"
"Well, there is no reason why their
owner shouldn't speak for them,"
said, making the obvious reply, "pro-
vided always, of course, that it wouldn I
be giving away too many secrets OF
state
My dear sir, (" he said, with smile
which curled up the ends of his little
black carefully trimmed mustache ever
SO slightly ~ should not have made
you the promise 1 did at the club the
other night if had not been prepared
to rely absolutely on your discretion
and my own. Now, there's whisky and
soda or brandy. Which do you prefer!
You smoke, of course, and | think
you'll find these pretty good and that
chair | can recommend. / have unravel.
ed many knotty problem in it, can
tell you.
"And now, I" he went on when we
were ut last comfortably settled, "may
ask which of my relics has most
aroused your professional curiosity?"
Tt was already on the tip of my
tongue to ask for the story of the gas
pipe and piece of india rubber, but the
inspector forestalled me by saving:
"But perhaps that is hardly fail
question: as they viii all probably seen
pretty strange to you Now, for in
stance, l saw you looking at two of my
curios when 1 came i'll. You would
hardly expect them to be associated, anc
very intimately, too with about the
most daring and skillful!y planned dia
mond robbery that ever took place or
the fields, or off them. for the matter OF
that, would your
"I5ardly, said, "and yet think
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-12-02
Japanese Cruiser Injured.

New Castle, Nov. 2s.-The second
class protected cruiser Kasaigi, built
by the Cramps for the japanese gov
eminent and which left New York OF.
November ! for this port, has sustained
considerable injury by colliding with
and damaging bridge abutment at
this plaeA
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-12-02
HOW senator Perkins stands.

San Francisco, Nov. 2s.-United
States Senator Perkins will leave for
Washington Tuesday. In an interview
he said: Personally, / do not favor
the retention of the Philippines. but
great questions of state may arise
which may outweigh my objections.
He also expressed himself as opposed
to the repeal of the war tax.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-04-30
ENGINES OF DEATH.
Some DebatabIe Matters in the Meth
nds OF Mnhcrn AImrine warfare.

DDS OF Modern Murine Warfare.
We know that the bigger the gun the
less likely it is to hit the target, but,
again, our data only suggest that the
best possible lies in a mean-a mean
That is left TO the individual judgment.
Already the French nave discarded it
for "A heavier weapon. and we may look
to .ge other nations following suit.
The ram, tested by results, has
proved itself more likely to be fatal by
accident than by design. From an alb
soIute belief in it, opinion gradually
changed till it was spoken of as an i'm
possible weapon, and the French, previ-
ously so partial TO enormous spurs, so
far discarded their old ideals as to
build their battle ship Brehnus without
any ram at all. Yet, at the same time,
United States was busy over the
Katahdin, a ram" pure and simple, she
is now in the navy. France is building
ram-bowed ships once more, and the
new second-class British cruiser ARA
CANT and her sisters + short, doubled
ruddered ships, specially designed for
use as rams. Where, then, lies the
truth about the ram?
The torpedo again forms debatable
land. Here we need but consider
the ships torpedo tube. The tor
pedo is a destructive weapon, but it an
not be used at a range much exceeding
a quarter of a mile. At that distance
the big gun can hardly miss and its dew
astation would be quite as appalling as
any hat the less accurate torpedo could
effect. Moreover, the slow speed of a
torpedo-slow in comparison with a
overwhelmingly increases the risk
of damaging a friend instead of the
enemy aimed at. Also every part of the
ironciad not heavily armored being
searched by quick-ire shell, the torpe-
does are likely to be exploded in their
tubes long ere they can be employed.
So much is this recognized that the
underwater tube alone is being adopted
for new designs, while the above-water
tube is condemned entirely.
But submerged tubes are difficult to
use. In the British navy, certainly, the
DETECTION of the torpedo caused by the
ships movement has been reduced to
a very few degrees, but perfection is
still some distance off. With other ma
tions, the tube being of cruder design,
the detection is so enormous that a hit
at any appreciable range must be al
most n matter of -ure- chance.-Forum.
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PoPE's ECONOMICAL INSTINCTS
FruERIIty at the Vatican
Its Inmates,

It's mRt
The older Leo XIII. grows the more
a~ccentuated his natural frugaIity be-
comes. According to some who know
the pontifR intimately, this trait has
now almost developed into m~iserliness.
When walking in the vatican gardens
one day, some years ago, the pop
seeing men picking oranges and lem
ons, asked what became of the fruit.
His attendant informed him that, in
accordance with a traditional custom,
all the fruit grown in the gardens was
distributed among the cardinals and
the high prelates of the curia. The
pope seemed surprised and not well
satisfied with Ia explanation. The
following day he issued an order that,
unless special directions to the con-
trary were given, the fruit was in fu-
ture to be sold. Since then, apart from
presents to some of the converts under
the protection of his holiness, the fruit
has been sold to wholesale dealers, and
can be bought in the Piazza of the
Campo di Fiori at the foot of the statue
of Giordano Bruno, the philosopher
monk, who was burned by order of the
Inquisition, which was erected by the
Italian democracy as a challenge, not
to say threat, to the papacy. The cardi-
nails now purchase their fruit!
The s~trictest economy is practiced by
Leo Mi. with regard to his own table.
This, however, is a small matter, for
his tastes are simple. The pontiff's
milk supply is obtained from COWS and
goats kept in the vatican gardens, and
his wine is the product of a vineyard
he planted. The latter has, in the past
year, yielded so abundantly that there
is a surplusage for sale. Moreover, the
pope receives frequent presents of the
best French wines. His expenditure on
coffee, meat, pasta (of which, in soup,
he is very fond), bread Zone penny per
day. and vegetables that cannot be
grow in his own garden, has been re-
duced to about six shillings a day. The
daily account is a very odd document,
and it Is very carefully scrutinized by
the p%ontiff.
Glow different from the gay days of
Plus IX.!" sigh the old retainers. One
anecdote will be sufficient to illustrate
this difference. Cardinal Antonelli, sec
retary of state, one day looked over the
accounts and found, to his great sur
prise, that for the meals of Plus TX.
alone, 25 sacks of coal were consumed
in one month. SIT is wicked waste!"
he exclaimed to the pope's cook. "Ten
sacks are ample" and he scratched IS
out of the account. Plus TX, however,
soon let it be understood that his cui-
sine left something to be desired, and
complained to his c~up-bearer, Count
Filippani. The latter forthwith went
to the kitchen to make observations.
But" protested the cook, offended,
chow can l serve a good dinner if I
am without coal?" Informed of what
had passed, the pontiff ordered the cook
his IS sacks monthly, and in speaking
of the incident to Cardinal Antonelli,
said, responsibility: "You wish to
economize, but the result is that I have
nothing to eat. The pope is made to
be exploite; everyone steals about me!
Why begin with the coal needed for my
dinner?"-Pall Mall Gazette.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-04-30

Readers of Rubbish.

If the works of high-class writer's arc
upon the shelves of those who make Il
practice of reading rubbish, those
works remain unlocked at. while the
low novel is sought with keen anxiety,
and time is occupied in its perusal al
ways at the expense of the intellect,
and often to the neglect of duties of
vast Importance. People pay visits to
libraries, procure books, and spend
hours daily in reading, and often speak
of it with apparent pride, but, as a rule.
they only read what may be called
pastimes. Such readers are conse-
quently never i'll any way improved by
their reading, though wei, up In the
details of imagined murders and acts
of immortality, which authors have put
before them to amuse and crafty their
shallow minds. DemoraliZing litera-
ture does not find its patrons in any one
class of society; on the contrary, such
is read by the lady in the drawing-room
as well as by the domestic servant in
the kitchen; by the man of good posi-
ton down to the office boy, who has
often been induced to become Il thief
or II forger in consequence of examples
set before him in works of fiction
Westminster Review.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-04-30
Aprila6 Ope.
Kansas City Grain.

KANSAS CITY, April 26-Wheat-Receipts
here to-day were 1853 cars; a week ago. 30
cars; q year ago, 20 cars Sales by sample on
track: Hard, No. 1. nominaIly Sl.O2; No. ,
hard, 99cgsl.02; No. 3 hard, q7099Kc; No 4
hard, e5997c; rejected hard, 90c. Soft, No. 1
red, nominally sl.O6; No. 2 red, sI.O21Lo6; No. 3
red, eLOo9L.01; No. 4 red. 961s G9Tc; rejected
red, nominally 93995c. Spring, Nc. ., 93casL %;
No. Sspring, a6Ga7c; rejected spring, nominally
$4,000.
Corn-Receipts here to-day were IO4 cars: a
week ago, 80 cars; a year ago, POS cars. Sales
by sample on track: Mixed, No. 2, 9043OAc;
No. mixed. 2Sh9S0Hc; No. 4 mixed, nominally
esnG29c. White. No. ., 3OHGsIHc; No white,
SoAGSlc; No. 4 white, nominally 29Mc.
Oats-RecGipts here to-day were Is cars: u
week ago, o cars; q year ago, Is cars. Sales by
sample on track; Mixed No. g, 29a294c; No
8 mixed, nominally 27c. White, No. 2, 29h2
esAci No 8 white, 2sH9as1c; No. 4 white,
nominally &c,
Rye-Na 2. nominally 54c; No 3, nominally
52c: Nc. 4, nominally sic.
Hay-Receipts here to-day were 3 cars; a
week ago. II cars; a year ago, 80 cars. Quota
lions are: Choice prairie, SS.50Gs75; No. l, $500
Gs2 IS; No. 2. SZe5GT.75; No. 8 SO 75@IOO;
choice timothy. $40 so; No. l.. 80 5O0 10. 90; No 2,
g. 90; choice clover and timothy, No. l.
a. 006s. so; No. 2, S1.OJ0Z2 5; pure clover, sZ2a
al. so; packing, $500
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KANSAS CITY, April 26-Butter-Extra
fancy separator, lie; frsts, l4c; dairy, 300
l5c; country roll. IOGl2c; extra fancy, BE;
store packed, 1OGI2c; fresh packing stock,
SGlIc.
Eggs-Strictly fresh. &c per dozen.
Poultry-Hens oNc; broilers. s3OOG4OO per
doz; ROSTERS, I5c each; ducks, &c: geese.
&c; hen turkeys, Sc; young toms, Sc; old toms,
&c; pigeons, zoe per dozen.
Ap~ples-Fancy Missouri Pippin, 8.O0G3 80;
fancy Ben Davis, t3OC9325; choice to fancy,
e. 756aOO; Wlnesaps, 81 5oG4OO; Willow Twigs,
o. In q small way varieties are selling
at 40G65c per half bu
Vegetables-Cabbage, So % per IOO-lb. crate
Beets. 25940c per blu. Green and wax beans,
s9.5o93 90 per crate. Navy beans. hand picked
s. l3fGLl Is per bu. Onions. sI.OOGL2a Let
tuce, home grown 500 per bu Spinach, home
grown. 40G75c per blu.
Potatoes-New. Texas, 800 per q bu. crate;
old, northern stock, fancy, sacked, Burbanks.
7OGT6c; choice to fancy mixed. bulk. 6Oa65c:
Minnesota and Dakota, bulk, 6547Oc; Colorado
stock, fancy, sacked. 75Gs0c; home grown,
sacked 4OG59c. Sweet potatoes. 60G75c. Seed
potatoes, northern grown, Early Rose, 75c:
Early ohio, 75c; Red river stock, so.
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Marin AntOineIie.

Marie Antoinette was the first per-
son who broke the absurd fashion of
dressing infant boys as droll miniatures
of their fathers. She attired the unfor-
tunate dauphin in a simple blue jacket
and trousers, for which IA was re-
viled as If little bag-wigs and tiny
cooked hats and all the absurd para
phernalia of full dress had been points
of moral obligation. Even at the ju-
venile parties given by George III. and
Queen Charlotte, the little boys were
frequently dressed after the models of
their fathers court costumes, with the
powdered side curls, single-breastcd
coats, knee brooches and shoe buckles,
Cincinnati ENQUIRER,
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TALMAGE'S SERMON.
He Admonishes Us to Take Comfort
from the Light in the Clouds.
A Sermon of Cheer for the Dependent
Making the Best of Financial Mis-
fortunes, of Sickness
and of Death.

This sermon of DIR. Talmage will
have a tendency to take the gloom out
of many lives, and stir up a spirit Of
healthful anticipation. Text, Job
S7:2l: And now men see not the
bright light which is in the clouds"
Wind east. Barometer falling. Storm
signals out. Ship reeting main top
sails! Awnings taken in. Prophecies of
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-04-30
Want. a Shot at His Half Brother.

CINCINNATI, April 24-Among the
many applicants for enlistment here
was Frank Weyler, q Sadller of this
city. He claims to be a half-brother to
Valariano Weyler, ex-captain general
of Cuba. Weyler passed the examina.
tion by n good percentage and cx-
pressed great desire to get a shot at
his half-brother.
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The Light Harness Stallion
RUSTIC =

Bred and owned by Joseph X. Barnett. pro
prietor Edge field Stock Farm, Lexington, Mo.
VIII make the season of lS9S. al his farm eight
miles southeast OF Lexington, near Prairie
Church, at SIS for the season, with rCtuFsf
privilege, money due as soon rs Glot-iS aScer-
tanned or maEs~f+rrcd win.
Hustle r. is five years old. sixteen hands
and two inches high, dirk bay with black
points,, good size, with both style and speed
combined. good name ana tail.
Rustic B. was sired 10y Ncwcumb. 1853: he 10y
NutwOud, No 900, record Piss: he by Bell
mont No. ii; NcWcomb's first dam, Maggie
Wilkes, dam of three in the list. by GeergC
Wilkes, record 9:22; Rustic BIS first dam.
McrtriN, by Merchant. M. 519; he by Rellmont
No. 81; second dam 10y Al West, No. l4.31l; ne
by AlmOut, So 81; third dan 10y Marmhduke,
No. 9ds2; fourth dam by Idol, No. I77: he by
Mcmbrinu Chief. No. II.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-04-30

"Who is your distinguished friend?"
"Oh, he's private secretary to one of
the cabinet members"
and who is the MISUNDERSTANDING
fellow accompanying him?"
That's the cabinet member."-Phil-
Rdelphia American.
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FINAL SE1yTItUFNT

Notice is hereby given 10 all creditors and
other persons interested in the estate Of John
II. G. Widening, deceased. that the under
signed administrator will apply To make "A
huHl settlement OF said estate, IL the NAV
term, lS!io. OF the probate court of Lafayette
county, Missouri, To he begun ana held at the
probate court 70 IN. in the city of Lexington.
on the second Monday in Nav, lSqS.
WILLIAM j. WHITENING,
+95t Administrator.
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JOS. r. BARNETT
FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given to all creditors and
other persons Interested in the estate of John
j.. Hail, deceased, that the undersigned
administrator viii apply To make a final set
lHmCni OF said estate ut the May term.
ISIS, OF the probate court OF Lafayette county,
Missouri, to be begun and held mt the probate
court room, in the city of Lexington, LaGay-
cite county. Missouri, on the second MonIay
in May, lS9S.
II. Il. LANDRUM,
~ II Administrator.
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EMAIL

Notice is hereby given to all creditors and
other persons interested in ia" estate Of David
Groves. Sr., deceased, that the undersigned
executors will apply to make "a final settle
meut of said estate, ut the May term, lS9S. OF
the probate court of Lafayette county, Mis-
souri,, To bc begun aud held ut the probate
court room, in the city of Lexington. uu The
second Monday in May. lS:s.
j. f.. GRDNE rs.
WA. NJ. Ia,
4-g-5t Executors.
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MARKET REPORTS.


KANSAS CITY, April a6-Cattle-Receipts
since Saturday, 2,5sj; calves, 1873; shipped
Saturday. 1913 cattle; no calves. The market
opened strong to a shade higher, but closed
about steady. The following are representa-
tive sales:
suTppr1r So r--,
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foul weather every
where. The clouds
c~ongrcgatc around
the sun, proposing
Ito abolish him. But
a while he as
sails the tanks of
the clouds with hy-
n g artillery of
light, and here and
there is a sign of
clearing weather.
Many do not Oh
serve it. Many do
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oHtep KtCtIpLs Since Saturday. H,OBJ;
shipped Saturday. 2IT. The market was > TO 100
higher and active. The following are repre-
sentative sales:
sil Col. lbs 30 1875 IT5 Col. lbs. T3 1917
Va Col lbs. "a 535 49, Col. lbs. 81 5.30
2es N. NJ. y & 5 SO 4s5 ga NJ So 80 ass
@lO CLIP. yrl... 81 42D 2cullS...... % 200
Horses and mules-Supply light. Several
new buyers came in, and there was "A strong
inquiry for general utility stock. The mule
market was quiet at the opening with the ex-
ception of the class of stock required to fill the
government contract Prices nominally steady
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-04-30

SAN Francisco, April 25.-Col. John
S. Mosby, of guerrilla fame, who is
a resident of this city, has wired to
Gen. Miles for authority to raise Il bat
TALON or regiment of volunteers for
special service in the front
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AN OPEN LETTER

10 the Citizens Of Lexington and Tcsnity:
We take this means of announcing
hat our mills are now in operation,
grinding out the very best grades of
Flour, Meal and Bran. We have located
our mills here as a permanent Lexing-
ton institution, and expect to make it
II of our objects, to build up and add
to Lexington's commercial interests.
We shall not attempt TO do business
solely on a local pride" basis, but pre-
fer that our products shall be judged
solely by the standard of merit. Appeal
ing to your local pride we ask you to
give goods a fair trial. Should they
prove as good as other mills are making,
we hope and feel that you will be our
patrons.
TO the Farmers:
We will do an exchange business with
you and guarantee satisfaction.
Thanking the citizens for the encour-
agement given our institution, and hop
ing to merit your confidence and patron
age, w are respectfully,
GRAVES BROS.
N. B.-Our goods for sale by all gro
GERS in city.
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TO CUBA.
Are You Ready TO Answer the tx-
pected Call of Our Gov
eminent For
100000 VOLUNTEERS

These men will face greater danger man
Spanish bullets. Cuba has an unhealthy co.
mate. which none but hardy, vigorous bodies
can resist.
you may he one of that splendid ARMY
hence, If you wish TO avoid a miserable record
OF sickness. or possibly worse, you should at
once put your system in condition To withstand
the baneful Cuban climate. If your digestion
is disturbed, blood impure, bowels irregular or
you have malarial germs in your system, take
liberal and frequent doses of Prickly Ash Bit
tiers: il is the greatest system regulator and
blood purifier on earth. 1t cleanses the bowels
cures constipation, relieves Indigestion. vital
lies the blood, strengthens the kidneys. liver,
stomach and bowels. Its marvellous purifying
and strengthening properties will so fortify
the body that It will be proof against the germs
of yellow fever, malaria or cholera. In short,
il keeps the system in perfect order.