Kansas City journal., 1898-02-25
MISSOURI POINTS.

hibitionists. at Moberly, May ..
The Republicans of the town OF Louisi-
ana. with characteristic appreciation of a
good thing. have decided to have Treasurer
Purse hold the municipal funds for another
term.
And now some of the papers right in her
own congressional district have begun to
speak of the erstwhile queen as Edith
Whitney. Such is fame on the Crawford
circuit.
Carthage boots at the ST. Louis offer of
900 men. about one TO 800 of population, 10
battle for Cuban liberty and the honor OF
Uncle Sam, and declares willingness to
beat that ratio three or four times over.
A previous appointee in that conSression-
al district having failed TO pass the re-
qurcd examination. William Scott. Grun-
dy county young man, and a nephew of MIR.
r. y. Witten. has been named for West
Point cadetship.
That artistic job of hide peeling so sue
cessfully engaged in by Mayor Bud Has
tain, of Sedalid, week or two ago. seems
to have struck in on him. He has been
confined to the house with infammatory
rheumatism ever since.
Judge Brace is now the presiding justice
in division No. ! of the supreme court,
Judge Robinson, the Republican member,
to whom by reason of seniority the honor
belonged, having announced that ill health
! would preclude his acceptance of it.
Frank Schmidt, one of the crew of the
warship Montgomery, the vessel that has
| been mentioned as likely to take the place
of the Maine at Havana. is a native of
Lexington, and has brother who is now
iii business there. Mr.. Schmidt has been d
| sailor twenty years.
Two Gypsy sisters" who exploit them
| selves in their advertisements as mas
ters'' of their profession, are tarrying tenn
porarily in Chillicothe. and announce their
| Willingness 10 supply the missing name in
the local postmastership contest for the
| small sum of % cents.
Commenting on the fact that there is to
| be no investigation of the Sedalia First Ma
| tional bank failure, the Sedalia Democrat
observes: This failure will go down in
| history as one of the most remarkable ever
| known. The bank was looted, the deposit
tors and stockholders money disappeared,
| and yet nobody has ever been punished"
| The money that is being invested in the
| lead and zinc mining district of Southwest
| Missouri and Southeast Kansas will, as the
joplin Herald truthfully declares. give bet
ter returns than a majority of the invest
| ment in Alaska schemes, and the investors
can take a look at their property without
crossing the continent and Drawing the ter
| rors of an Arctic climate to do it.
Former Grand Master Sovereign, of the
Knights of Labor. has bought Il half inter-
est in the Silver Review, Carthage 16 to
1 weekly paper. and is to become It's asso-
ciate editor. Inasmuch as he recently has
been elected grand chief of the Mohawks. a
| free silver organization, the belief prevails
| in Cathage that the paper is to be made
| its organ, and that the former labor leader
| will attempt to break into politics.
|
While admitting its sympathy with Con-
| gresham Benton. who is quarantined on
account of the illness of his children. the
| St. Joe Herald suggests that there are
| times when the public is inclined to wish d
| similar restriction, aside from the misfor-
tune to the little ones. might be placed on
some of his colleagues. 1t is understood
| however, that this is not necessarily eN-
pected to be taken as in any way personal
by Orators Clark and DeArmond.
A. NJ. Payne and two or three others kept
the local rubbernecks in Carthage busy
| their expense. Have you seen that piece
| of the Maine that is on exhibition here?
| was the question put. and in nearly every
| case the negative answer was followed
| by indications of thirst for further in.
| formation, which was only satisfied when
the Missouri victim had been shown a
section or two OF the new S-nch water
| main that was being put in on a prominent
| corner.
| To Mr.. George w. Cranmer, a venerab BILE
| and respected resident of Livingston coun-
| ty, the end day of February Is an ami
versary of special significance. being that
not only of the birth of the Father of His
| Country, the date of the battle of Buena
Vista, in which Mr.. Cranmer was a par
! ticipant, but the anniversary of his own
birthday as well. Should he reach the next
milestone, which will be the 18th. it is the
contemplated purpose of his Livingston
| county friends to make the occasion the
| most memorable in his career.
Mexican Veteran Edwin Griffin. of South.
| west Missouri, who was one of the attend
ants at the annual reunion in Jasper on
Washingtons birthday. represented not
| only himself, but ten stalwart sons, rang
ing in age from Al down to q. every one oi
whom is ready for duty, the gallant old
hero declares, as was their father in his
day. in maintaining the honor of their flag
| Besides the ten boys Mr.. Griffin numbers
thrty-five grandchildren and five great.
grandchildren among his descendants g
showing of which he is pardonably proud.
|
What Happened to Jones' isn't mark
er to the Disasters of the Davises." as IL
lustrated in the following singular coinci
dence" story told by Missouri Pacific De
tective Cunningham the other day to Ne
vada Mail reporter: Leonard Davis is sus
| pected of having burned a car for us al
Wales, and is now in Jail here charged witt
the offense. During his preliminary hearin,
the principal witness against him wa:
named Davis, a farmer out near Wales
and Fred Davis defended Leonard Davis a
the time. 4 short time afterward one o
our cars was robbed in the yards here ant
we are satisfied Fred Davis did the robbing
In fact, We caught him in one of our car:
a few nights afterward and have him il
Jail. The night the car was robbed SOM
candy was stolen. which belonged to J. S
Davis, the Nevada. baker and some chew
ing gum was stolen, which belonged I,
Davis & Son. of Montevalo. Now, Free
Davis is TO be tried before Judge c. T
Davis. of this city. There are five Davis
families mixed up in the robbery and tria
of these cases. none of whom is related. L
is a mixing of the Davis family such as
never saw before and never expect to SCI
again in Il lifetime"
There be other men who possess some o.
the greatnesses essential to Popocratit
leadership, but no man of them all de
serves to be mentioned the same day Will
our own Billstone,' declares the Mary
vile Tribune. He is in a class all TO hi