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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-12-10
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The sugar trust, not content to over
charge on the price OF sugar, is max
Ing %overcnarges on the price Of freight.
All sugar is sold TO be delivered, and
the trus, pays the freight. II the
railroad charges Is cents per hundred
and the trust adds 223. cents pei
hundred, there is a difference Of ~
cents per hundred for the trust. This
is what the trust is dong.
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Senator Vest wants army contracts
to be Investigated.
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Reed and Mckinley cont "gee' to-
geiher. We will soon see who Is boss
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We have started to buying islands
and nobody knows where we will stop.
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independence bad a big dre Monday
night.
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Champ Clark says the message is .
''smooth piece OF ancient history
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A nice line of cut glass dIshss from q
up, at A. Egle's. 1858
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Car Reed IS agaiu in The public eye
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wASrED.A white boy, 70 to u years o,
aE', 70 WORK on farm, Good home viii
DC furnished, and boy sent TO scbool n
winter Apply at this oties. Io.It,
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There was a biz fire in New York
the hfs1 ol Ahe geek. A seyenteer.
Lann4w!dMg-Ejh a t%enly ,sl0rs
borId az n t,sn sid5 ugh IRE ia TIE
spptr Sores liz hre soon spread
into The t~eh'y .tois dtaldIngs. Tbs
wa,rs pr q eouI& I'd, reach to the
fhmireiah s.ofi, aud Inc iremen hae
to let zbuu, seven stories burn down
before they could get 10 the IRE. There
viii have ~ be- = limit 10 tall buildings.
An attempt Is being made to consOli.
dale the American sugar Refining
company The Dgsener ragar plant, ID,
Arbuckle cUpcern and all Of the othel
independent refneries and the glucos,
sugar refining company, OF Chicsgo. A
o syndicate has been formed to under.
take the enterprise, ana the chief mem,
bers are the Rockeiellers and j. Pier.
pOnt Morgan Whether the schem,
will succeed depends upon Mr.. Have
meyer and certain interests in th,
glucose company. 1t is slated author.
itAliyely that all he independen.
re6ners and the minority s~toekholderi
In the glucose company are favorable Il
the project. 1t is proposed TO capital
ize the organization at $3.50, 900, 900
halt preferred and half common stock
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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-12-10

Andrew Carnegie, the great republi-
q pet, the millionaire steel worker.
the man who makes plates for American
ships at SGI0 a ton aud for foreign
ships at s40O a ton, the boss who
could have forced congress TO put any
kind Of a tariff on his products. the
galvanized duck who sent Ben Harrison
key Of Scotch whisky, The keg having
golden hoops; the nobody who has
been made rich by rascally leg station
10 bis behalf, the Anglo-maniac who
rebs the American people aud spends
his money in apeing foreign a~ristocracy ,
the robber who would stop a blow hole
with bees wax, and sell The plate 10
our government-thiS high toned
Spanish syihputitzer says he hopes
Amerieans'wlll Dc shot down whed they
try TO take possession of the Philippines.
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The presidents message was sub
mitted TO congress Monday. It makes
sixteen columns OF small type. o.
course there are many opinions ID
regard To the message, many calling i,
an able paper aud some calling it some
thing else. Most Of the message i.
devoted 10 giving a history OF the wal,
and We believe Il is a fair statement OF
the case. His recommendations 10
regard TO Cuba are fair and Just, and
viii meet the appreciation Of everybody.
both at bome and abroad. The presl-
dent is 10 favor Of the Nicaragua
canal be reports this country at peace
with all the world, with our influence
greatly strengthened. He says nothing,
d'eecily. on the currency question, OF
or 90 the gold standard question, bui
says OUT iinaqees are IN good shape.
and our credit is strengthened. lie is
Ia favor Of redeemiog treasury notes in
gold and says they should not again
be issued unless sold Tor gold. lie
recommends that Ne regular army be
increases TO ons hundred thousand
men, aud Of course the navy cannot be
decreased, A. long as the message
deals VITA foreign affairs We believe 1t
IA good advice, but We do not indorse
many Of bis views Of matters here at
HON. Bot we consider the message,
- whole, a little more conservative
ihap we had anticipated.
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Thomas J. aud Mary p. Frazier TO
Edw. y. Vaughan, lot 1, block 4
hrst addition 70 lexington 49,.
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]. Henry Mueller 70 William A.
Bnekmann, part Of block 2,
nonRordia
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-14
SPANS UItimatum.

If we had a Jackson or a Lincoln in
the White House the official announce
ment issued by the Spanish cabinet in
/ Madrid. defiantly rejecting and de-
nouncing the contentious and demands
/ of this country. would be considered
sufficient warrant for the commence
ment of hostilities. For all practical
purposes il amounts to an ult;matum.
In that connection, it is well to mark
what Sagasta. the Spanish prime min
lister. says Of the Presidential message.
to which the public statement made by
his government is an answer. He as
serts with cynical truth and frankness
without a ray Of hope. because if Con-
gress should intrust Mr.. Mckinley with
the power and discretion he has asked
for there never could be any war. but
only delay after delay, and then the
starvation and coercion of the Cuban
patriots into submission to autonomy
and the Spanish bonded debt
But Congress has been fooled once
too often for that. and the mouse in the
White House is discredited. 1t is Con-
gress and not he that is bound to take
notice of the declarations of Spain. Ii
is Congress that should see the flu
tility. the Grass idiocy of allowing any
time whatever to elapse before the in
Fiction Of a punitive blow upon the en-
envy of civilization!
In the Administration press today We
are annoyed to see it assumed that af-
ter war has been practically declared by
Congress the President will send an ul-
timatum TO Spain. and give that nation
reasonable time to get out of Cuba
and comply with our other requests.
out for treachery. Reasonable time"
would be a boon to the iendish Span
Why give them time? Their minds are
made up to fight and we know it. There
can be no reason for time, unless il is
intended to use il for the purpose of
bringing in the Concert of Europe to de-
feat the viii of the American people
and save Spain from the loss of sover-
eighty in the Western Hemisphere, all
for the benefit of the Spanish bond con-
spirators.
Yet Spain must be given some time!
We should place the limit at twenty
four hours That would be ample 1t
does not take long for the Atlantic
cable to convey the mandate: Haul
down your flag and evacuate Cuba. You
have twenty-four hours from the mo-
ment of filing this message to comply"
How much time" did Spain give the
doomed crew of the Maine to prepare
for a horrible death and the terrors of
the judgment? We forget that, or
rather Mr.. Mckinley does, in a wild de-
sire to show a Christian and forgiving
spirit to torturers, butchers and rapists.
Remember the Maine,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-14
The Naval Militia.

QFrom the Brooklyn Eagle.)
Our naval militia has been ordered to be
in readiness and a hundred members of
II have gone to Philadelphia to bring the
old monitor Nahant to this port. This
will be the first taste of the real business
of war that the young sailormen will
have had. Hitherto they have had prac-
tice cruises, have done some work at the
targets and have become familiar with
the topography of the Sound shores, but
under present orders they will be placed
under the same restraints as the sailors
of the Navy, and should the impossible
happen they will have a chance to work
the great guns in the turrets. That they
will work with the same willingness and
enthusiasm as the tars in the Navy there
is no doubt. The sailor in the regular
service works for hire. The militiaman
works for love. Put both on an equal
footing and one must expect at least as
good results from the service of the one
who was at least an amateur when he
donned the blue as from one who had pos
sibly never cruised on blue water. The
militia is made of good material. If the
need comes it will give an excellent ac-
count of itself.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-14

pafSn. Mr.. BrOsius in the Ninety-sev-
enth Pennsylvania, was wounded at the
battle of Bermuda Hundred. Mr. Brumm
was in the Seventy-sixth Pennsylvania
Volunteers. Mr.. Mahon was in tina
Twenty-first Pennsylvania Cavalry. and
was seriously wounded. Mr.. Hicks
served two years at the front In the
Union Army. Mr. William Alexis Stone
was second lieutenant in the One Hun
dred and Eighty seventh Pennsylvania
Regiment.
Mr.. Capron Of Rhode Island served in
/ the Second Infantry of that State
Mr.. Elliott of South Carolina served
Throughout the war IN one Of the Pal
mettO State regiments. - did Mr.. Tai
bert his colleague and Mr.. Strait was in
the Sixth South Carolina Infantry. Mr..
Norton served throughout the war. and
was wounded severely. On one occasion
a mimic ball passed through his body.
Mr.. Knowles OF South Dakota enlisted
as a boy in the Sixteenth Maine. and
served three years in the Army Of the
Potomac. He was "A prisoner IN Libby
Prison. at Belle Island and at Salisbury.
Mr. Gibson of Tennessee was in the
cOmmissary service Of the Federal Army
from 1863 TO 1865. Mr. Richardson was in
the F0rty-ffth Tennessee Infantry. Con-
federate. and Mr.. Cox was a colonel in
Gen. FORESTS command. Mr.. Pierce was
also a Confederate soldier and was
wounded and taken prisoner.
Mr.. Burke. Of Texas. served in the
Confederate Army in a Georgia cavalry
regiment. Mr.. Lanham was in the Third
South Carolina Regiment. Mr.. Savers
was four years at the front; and Mr.
Kleberg was in Tom Green's cavalry
brigade in 1864 and 1855.
Mr. GrOut OF Vermont was a lieutenant
colonel Of the Fifteenth Volunteers OF
that State.
Mr. Jones OF Virginia. took part in the
final defense of Richmond as a cadet.
Mr.. Lamb served through the entire war
in the Confederate Army and was re-
peatedly wounded. Mr.. Walker was cap
tain Of the Pulaski Guards and afterward
commanded the StOnewall Brigade. and
was in command Of EaTly's former di-
vision at the surrender at AppOmattoX.
he was wounded at SpOttsylyania- Mr..
Otey took the field at the time of John
Browns raid. and was afterward with
the Army Of Northern Virginia. he COM
manded brigade under Early.
Mr. Dovener. Of West Virginia was in
the infantry service Of the North during
the war
Mr. Griffin. of Wisconsin. was IN the
Twelfth Infantry. Of that State serving
at the siege Of Vicksburg in the Atlanta
campaign and in the march to the sea
He was wounded at Atlanta in 1854 Mr.
Minor. OF Wisconsin enlisted In the Sec
Ond Wisconsin Cavalry and fought
throughout the war until mustered out
as first lieutenant in November. lSba. Mr.
Jenkins was a member Of the Sixth Vol
unteer Regiment Of that State and serv-
ed throughout the war. He is an English
man by birth-New York sun.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-14
A RELIC OF THE REVOLUTION
List of Prisoners Captured by the
British Between I776 and I779.

The Pension Bureau and the Histori-
cal Society are at outs. A valuable rel
ic of the Revolution has been discover
ed in the old archives; the Historical
Society heard of it's existence. asked
for. was refused. demanded it, was re-
fused again. and that's where the mat
ter now stands.
The bone OF contention is a yellow
PACED book containing the names of all
the prisoners captured by the British
between the years 1716 and 17T9, and is
probably the only record of its kind III
existence. The book was filed with the
pension claims OF ELIZABETH Dorian, a
Revolutionary soldiers widow in lSiS.
Ii was unearthed the other day by the
merest accident.
In addition to the almost priceless list
of patriots who first suffered imprison-
ment for this country. there Is quite an
amount of interesting information regard
ing the arrangements made for the eX-
change of such prisoners, and other mat
tiers relating to those exciting years
Chaplains, this book says, captured on
either side, were always given up without
exchange. Besides the twelve or thirteen
hundred private soldiers that fell into
British clutches, there were one lieuten-
ant general two major generals, three
brigadier generals. fifteen colonies, seven
teen lieutenant colonies, twenty-one ma
jors. ninety-one captains, sixty-three neu-
tenants, sixty-six ensigns and seventy
seven stan officers. At the end of the
book there is an interesting resume Of the
rules relating TO the treatment OF prls-
oners of war, together with the "tarin
or mutually agreed valuation placed upon
the various officers in the military "eN-
change" According to this tariff. the
private was the unit of value, and lieu
tenant general was considered worth l.
GA. a major general 372. brigadier general
200 colonel 100 lieutenant colonel y, ma
ior Is. captain Is, first lieutenant 6, second
lieutenant l. and sergeant ?.
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ton, since. IL the people are to rule
themselves they must have repre-
sentative who understands them and
can voice their real wishes. Some
times, too, the man of insight and
force of character who has never been
in politics can engage in a campaign
and win against the trained politi-
clan. But there is one thing which it
is perfectly safe to assert: The man OF
be hurried all at once into the dipio-
matte service.
This fact was put forward with more
or less energy at the time when the
first diplomatic appointments We're
made by this Administration. 1t
was pointed out that the office
of diplomatic or consular representa-
tive differs entirely from any other in
the gift of the Government, in that
the mans actions are the actions
of the nation He is the rep
resentative of his home government
before the world, and if he is over
reached or hoodwinked. or makes him
self unpopular. the whole country has
to take the consequences. This is not
the case with a member of the House, or
of the Senate. or an officer In the ser
vice of the Government at home. he
has authority, but it is limited. If he
makes Measurements they can be east
~ corrected. II he has a small brain
he can place himself under leader
with a big one. If he is on the wrong
side of any public question he and his
utterances are checked by the influence
of people on the other side. He counts.
i'm a word, simply as an individual. His
constituents may suffer through his
lack Of devotion to their interests, but
they can watch his course and control
him to a certain extent. In the case
OF a diplomat, however. there is no
such check. If he gets into a difficulty
it would be ridiculous for him to ask
advice from the trained diplomatic rep
resentative of another nation. He
can ask his home government, but his
home government is not likely to know
all that there is to know about the case,
and il may advise him wrongly. 1t is.
therefore. the height of absurdity to
take a man out of the rough-and-tum-
BILE confusion of ward politics, or the
peaceful seclusion of a small town, and
send him to protect the interests of a
nation as big as this among people who
have as their rulers and representatives
men trained in this most subtle and
complicated science-diplomacy.
A brilliant Illustration of this sort
Of blunder is now afforded by the per-
formances Of Judge Day. the Canton
lawyer, in attempting to engineer the
international relations OF the United
States. Under the direction Of Senator
Hanna, who sees but one thing. the
stock ticker, and President Mckinley
who also sees but one thing, Senator
Hanna. this inexperienced country law
yer has undertaken to apply the dimin-
utive shrewdness gained in the county
courts of Ohio to a difficulty in which
some of the keenest and NEST brilliant
adopts in the art Of diplomacy are en-
gagged on the Spanish side. The result
is a tangle which rivals the Gordiar
knot, and will have to be disposed OF in
the same way.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-14
Our Diplomacy.

Ii is the pride of our country that the
common man, once he becomes a cit
izen of America, has a chance to rise
and be an uncommon man. More than
once in our history men of the most
humble antecedents have successfully
filled high positions. Our poets, our
men Of genius in commercial and in
dustrial lines. our great soldiers, our
artists and our great men generally,
have as often been taken from the rank
and fileasfr ON higher places. And
all this is very good.
The man who has risen from the
ranks always knows something which
the born aristocrat does not know. He
is likely to understand what the masses
want. and how they can be helped and
influenced. He is therefore proper
representative. in the halls Of legisla
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-14

Senior Polo Bernabe expresses surprise
at his retention in Washington when all
diplomatic precedent would suggest his
recall several days ago. We do not share
in his establishment Both Mr.. Mckinley
and Senior Sagasta are amiably working
together for peace at any price. while both
are trying to placate the public senti-
ment of their respective countries by talk
ing of war. Neither of them expects war.
What they do hope and expect Is dem
onstration from the powers of Europe,
which would amount 10 threat of armed
interference TO prevent war. If the Amer
lean President had any idea of INDUCING
in hostilities he would have withdrawn his
pacifico from Madrid already; but he has
not His fervent prayer is still for peace
with dishonor. Remember the Maine!
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-14

We deeply regret the unpleasant per-
sonal encounter which happened yester-
day in the House of Representatives,
Members ought to have self-command
enough TO refrain from hurting books at
each other. and from calling one another
liars and such things. They are the vic
Tins of common misery and oppression.
which should Undue them with the spirit
of fraternity. Such remarks as the one
which Mr.. Brumm fired at Mr.. Bartlett
by every consideration of parliamentary
propriety, should be addressed to the
Speaker and il the book of rules is to
be regarded as the official missile of the
body, Mr.. Bartlett ought to throw it at
the chair. rather than at the head of a
fellow-member. IL is a well-settled rule
that the Speaker alone is entitled to re-
ceive observations and projectiles, and
We are firm in defense of his rights in
that respect.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-14
BsooKLYN c1TY SCANDAL.
Honeycombed With Municlpai Cor
ruptfon Before ConsOlidation.

HOneycOmbed With municipal Cor
ruptiOn before Consolidation.
New York, April Comptroller Colers
investigations into Brooklyn's finances
have unearthed asstar1ling state of af-
fairs. That the city government of Brook
Ign was honeycombed with corruption be-
fore consolidation there is no longer room
to doubt Scandals seem to permeate ev-
cry department Of th@ city capable Of
serving the purpose of the hooters. Moth
ing approaching che ofrauds has been
known since the days of Tweed. One mill
lion dollars, II is said, will not cover the
amount stolen from the city.
Two men, ex-Coroner Coombs and an
employee of the city works department.
named Milne have been sent TO prison.
and nine others. including ex-Commis-
sioner Theodore b. Willis and Police Com
missioner Phillips, are under indictment
awaiting trial. Numerous other indlct-
ments and arrests are expected
sensational feature of the frauds is
the discovery that attempts TO bride
the March grand jury. which returned
number of indictments. were made.
Affdavits have been obtained from ju-
rors who were approached. and one ar
rest of an alleged briber. Charles M.
winant, private secretary to Police
Commissioner Phillips, has already oc-
CURED. Others are expected momen-
tarily.
Twenty-Five thousand dollars is said
to be the bribery fund offered to the
grand jury, but the money had no eff
feet in staying justice. Politicians OF
national prominence have been dragged
into the affair. and the public are on the
qui vive for developments.
Even murder is limited at as having
been INDUCED In at the Instigation of
the conspirators to cover their tracks,
Henry ID. Ohlsen, one OF the grand jury
men was recently found dead in his Of
flee The police called 1T suicide, but
his family claim that he had no reason
to kill himself, and are firmly of the
opinion that he was murdered. He pos
sessed. his family allege. damning evil
dence against the bribers, and they did
| not hesitate TO put him out of the way.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-14
Give EN- Fitz.
.cy of dicker and delay

This policy of dicker and delay
Suits Don Manana
Into his hands no longer We can play
On to Havana.
Remember the Mainei Break down the
prison bars.
Smash Spanish bonds:
Down with the yellow dishrag! Up with
the Stars
Down with the Donsl
Let's give the black-eyed villains a salute
From rifle pitsl
They want to know il we know how to
shoot
Give EN- FitZl
No longer i'm our hemisphere shall stay
Red Don Manana;
Well garland graves on Decoration Day
In free Havana!
c. H. HARMON.