Kansas City journal., 1898-03-09
MISSOURI POINTS.

ington Journal claims that there is not q
copy Of "Quo Vadis' in the town.
MISSOURI POINTS.
by the way. what does Governor Steph-
ems want to 60 to Mexico for?" anxiously
demands the St. Joe News. rs he thinking
of entering the race for PRESIDENT"
Rock Port IS exploiting the fact that its
population is made up wholly of plain peo-
ple-or. at any rate. that there isn't
colored resident within its borders.
Present indications point to the beginning
Of operations at the new Swift packing
house at st. Joe about March 20, and at
the Morris establishment couple of weeks
later.
No Jasper county citizen need pay the
81 poll tax in cash unless he is so inclined.
He can do the pick and shovel act on the
road for the brief period of four days in
lieu thereof.
Swan johnson. who started from st. Joe
for the Klondike yesterday, goes unusually
well equipped for An Alaska sojourn. He
will have two Groggs-Sylvester and Will
iam-constantly with him.
The first congratuIatory telegram re-
ceived by Editor Beazeal. Of the Chillicothe
Tribune, on his postmastership appoint
ment, was from Captain Henry King. ed
itor-in-chief of the Globe-Democrat.
Nellie Prather. the Tarkio girl preacher,
is rich, talented and cultured, but Is deaf
to the demands of society, and has deter
mined to devote her life and accomplish
ments to the furtherance of religious work.
Independence Mann. Daviess county
officeseeker, is playing his name with q
copper, so to speak, and tying himself up
to the machinery of the local Democracy
in his aspirations in the direction Of the
probate judgeship.
The encouraging word comes from Sc
dalia that the Second Regiment band is
ready to contribute some Of its deadliest
music toward the rout and annihilation Of
the Spanish cohorts in case Uncle Sam
decides to go to war.
The women Of the Baptist church in Ne
vada are to give mystery" supper the
night of April l, and will probably "foor'
the people who attend by providing some
other article than the anticipated hash as
the principal feature Of the menu.
1t is an amusing fact. the Lebanon Re-
publican says. that the three Laclede coun-
ty men who left for the Klondike last week
are all free silver men. and supposed to be
in such a state Of mind that the mere sight
of lump of octopus metal would throw
them into violent convulsions.
Your Uncle Dick Bland is one Of the
forty-three citizens of Laclede county who
pay taxes on more than $1,000 worth of
personal property. his possessions there
other than real estate being listed by the
assessor at the significantly appropriate
figure Of sixteen times one hundred dollars.
Work is to begin at once on the enlarge
ment and improvement OF tho baseball
grounds at st. Joe. and it is believed that
the provocation for the hoarse hoot, which
was distinctly audible every time another
Western Association club visited there last
year, will have ceased to exist when the
coming season opens.
The papers have begun to say compli-
mentary things of Edna Whitney once
more, and properly 80, too. now that she
has returned to her former occupation and
is endeavoring to build herself up in that
line of work with a view to going into bus
mess on her own account If the necessary
arrangements can be made.
Carthage has raised the necessary $500
and has thus secured the promised endow-
ment of 1000 for the college there. Mrs.
Phoebe Lincoln, the philanthropic woman
whose enterprise and generosity has made
| this possible, Is now in Carthage with the
purpose of completing arrangements for
making that town her future home.
W. ]. Chamblss, of the secretary OF
efafe's office Is arranginR q Spring outing
| for the politicians about the state capital.
| According to programme. the party will
| spend a week on the Gasconade hunting.
| fishing and eating-principally eating-and
| the first man who mentions politics during
| the trip will be find 81 for each offense.
"Governor Stephens may be convinced
| in his own mind that Dr. Combs. super.n-
| tendent of the Fulton insane asylum. was
victim of his enemies remarks the
| Sedalia Democrat, but IL he desires the
| public to share his belief he should give
the public all of the evidence introduced
at the investigation held behind closed
| doors last week."
| ]. X. Pool, editor of the Centralia Cour-
| Ter, is the second Boone county edftor to
| decline to make the race for the Demo-
| cratic nomination to a seat in the house
! Of representatives. Walter Williams. OF
| the Columbia Herald, first withdrew, for
various reasons. the chief one being that
| he did not want the office. Mr.. Pool like
| wise declares that he has no ambition ia
| go to Jefferson City. and. moreover, Is not
possessed of enough surplus cash to jus
tify him in making a campaign.
An amusing incident occurred during the
| examination Of witness In suit on tria