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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-06-22
MISSOURI FRUITS AND BERRIES

MISSOURI FRUITS AND BERRIES.
Ia addition to having won the
premium on strawberries at the Pan
American Exposition Missouri will
have other fruits on exhibition later on.
The Buffalo Evening News contains
the following:
"Missouri intends to lead all the
states in having the first exhibits of all
Ends of fruit of this year in the hor.
tIeulture building.
"0n the 18th of June she will ex'
hibit raspberries, on the 10th dew
berries, ~blackberries on the oath ant
apples the first week in July. Among
varieties Of early apples she will eK
hibit are Red June. Red Astrachan
early harvest, Duchess Of 0ldenberG
and Lowell. Commissioner Bell state
that Missouri has ovcr 1000 diferen
varieties Of apples, but she will ex
hibit only those Of commercial value
Following apples, the plums ant
peaches Of the state will be exhibited
all Of which, like the Strawberries
will be weeks ahead Of all riya
states"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-06-22
Condensed News.

Nevada, Mo. ia TO have free rural
delivery commencing July 1st, 1901.
The transport ''Ingalls" capslzed
while in dry dock at the Erie Basin,
South Brooklyn, last Friday, and one
man was killed outright and a number
we're injured.
A tornado near Memphis, Texas,
last Friday demolished the homes Of
several persons and two persons were
killed outright and several more prob
ably fatally injured.
The jury in the Lulu Prince Ken
needy trial brought in a verdict Satur-
day morning OF murder in the second
degree and fixed her punishment at
ten years in the %penitentiary.
The Commercial club of Lcaven-
worth entertained last week q COM
mittee from Platte City and Platte
county. The purpose was to consider
the proposition of connecting the two
towns by an electric line.
The annual summer meeting of the
Missouri Press association will be held
in the Laclede hotel in st. Louis July
Is and IA At the conclusion of bus.
mess an excursion trip will be made &c
the Pan-American exposition.
The Dryer Brothers Mercantile
company, Of st. Louis, made an as
Segment Saturday tor the benefit o
their creditors. Their liabilities ar,
1925, 900, with assets, including &C
counts of about 1876, 900. 1t is prob
able that creditors will be paid in full
! Reports from London Saturday Civ
an account of another battle betwee
the British and DeWet. The Boer
we're finally defeated with considerabl
loss of supplies, consisting Of q WACO
train and a large number Of cattl,
The British loss was also considerabl,
J. A monument to Mrs. Bradley I
johnson, wife OF General Johnson, h,
Q been unveiled IN Baltimore. Durin
a the civil war Mrs. johnson was il
strumental in procuring comforts Il
the confederate soldiers. She followe
her husband in oil the camps and d
d voted herself to the care OF sick ar
wounded. After the war she aide
greatly in establishing soldiers home
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-06-22
rel.,ram ErOm Moving Vessels.

EAN |
ST. Louis Republic.
Liverpool, June l5'-Ths hr'' pro-
,;c.l demonstration of the feaslo'hy
Of teleersphing by the Maroon sSs-
tenn Of wireless ~telegraPhy from 3
moving ship was made today when .ns
cuuard Liner Lucauia sailed from this
port. -.
From signal station erected al
Holyhead and on board the training
ship Conway, the latter lying 10 Inc
Mersey. messages from aboard ihe
Lucauis while she was st sea were
received. The first message was from
Major Flood Page Of the Marconi com.
pany, congratulatiDg the Cunard CON-
pAny for its enterprise and wishing
them good luck.
Following the official dispatch came
the following from the Republic ana
Herald correspondent aboard the ship
which read:
"Accept my congratulations on re-
ceipt of the first wireless message from
the Cunarder Lucanis. When the in-
s~tallation at Nantucket lightship is
completed next month, hundreds Of
yoyagers will have reason to be CRATE
full to your enterprise, thus %curtaillng
the isolation, which is one OF the
greatest drawbacks of an ocean voyage.
Good luck! Good BY"
The installation referred to is the
placing of a Maroon receiver on the
Nantucket, Mass, shore, which will
announce the arrival of ships several
hours earlier than heretofore, and
enable passengers TO communicate with
friends in ar emergency. These mes.
sages were received via the ship
Conroy. Passing beyond the sphere
of ~"influence" Of that station, the
Lucania soon came within that Of
Holyhead, where the operator received
The following morsel Of gossip con.
corning the wireless telegraph and its
application to passenger steamers:
Mr.. Daniel w. Rowland, Of Boston,
said:
81 suppose l shall see, eventually
an edition of a newspaper printed il
midocean, news from either shore
being supplied by wireless messages
Life would then be worth living be,
tween England aud Ameri ca"
Mr.. Isaac Untermeyer, member Of ,
prominent New York law firm, wal
judicIously temperate in his enthusiasm
over the innovation.
"Nalt TIL Maroon has his system
perfected" he said, $50 we can tall
from New York to London without
wires; then there will be something t
boast Of. / am afraid, though, il evel
they succeed in establishing such con
n%eciion busy men who go to Europ,
for a vacation will have their receivers
hung up rather than be worried by IN.
cessant inquiries over business affairs
Just think of the prospect Of being IN,
terviewed by wireless reporters!"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-06-22

Though the date Of the coronation
of England's king has not yet been
settled aud it is st least 8 year IN the
future il is causing = great deal Of stir
in Lordon's high social circles. At
the present rate Of progress made BY
the republican party towards imper-
ialism we wont be many years behind
them In the coronation Of the first
king Of America.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-06-22

The latest effort at improvement IN
Partisan morals is an order from the
police department f~orbidding the
cabbies to swear. Should the order be
strictly enforced Paris will lose one OF
its most noticeable street features.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-06-22

Mr.. ]. NJ. Armentrout, who lives
near Corder, recently celebrated the
6s'h anniversary of his birthday BY
inviting to his home the directors Of
the Patrons Mutual Insurance Co., Of
which board Of directors be is a
member. All greatly enjoyed the
hospitality Of himself aud bis excellent
wife.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-06-22

Reading the Declaration of lnde-
pendence on the coming Fourth Of
July before the echoes of the supreme
court decision have died away, will
make the spread-eagle oratorical fights
concerning this lovely land of liberty
and freedom fall rather fiat.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-06-22

Though Mrs. Boths Is at the Hague
wing to get the Boer war before the
Irt of arbitration, it ia practically
led before hand that the Boer ques-
is barred from the court on the
grid that the Boer states are not
"sA organized. Having been de-
catchy England the Beers must be
l'ed for their failure to gain
their li~ty.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-06-22

Mckinley has declined a third term
and may not run for president again,
but the principles represented BY him
are the principles advocated BY the
republican party and it makes little
difference who 10 the republican figure
head, the democrats want to down the
republican principles.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-06-22

The war department, 10 a compile
ton of reports covering a period up to
April IL, 1901, claims to show that
the Philippine l%nsurrection is dying.
Judging from the times the Philippine
insurrection has been dying 1t would
appear to have as many lives as a cat.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-06-22

The latest fad OF French duelists is
to invite the fair sex to witness the
performance. We presume that they
are assured before hand that no blood
will be spilled.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-06-22

MI. Clyde Wright, formerly Of this
city but now Of Kansas City, has been
recently elected secretary and treas.
urer Of the Union Live Stock Com.
mission company, for which he hs,
been working since he left here Ia
make his home in that city. This is
one Of the strong live stock firms OF
Kansas City and Mr.. Wright is de-
serving Of much credit tor the energy
and push by which he has won for him.
self this important position.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-06-22

Farmers in the vicinity Of Dover
think that their wheat crop will yield
fairly well. The dry weather has cut
the yield down however considerably.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-15
Funeral Of FtbeI Beck.

The funeral of Ethel Beck, the daugh-
ter of Dir. and Mrs. John Beck, who
died last Sunday after a brief illness,
was held from the family residence
near Eleventh South and Fifth East
streets yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Many sOrrowing friends gathered in the
house to express their deep sympathy
for the bereaved parents, and tears Of
sorrow were shed by old and young.
Beautiful flowers covered the casket
and expressed in silent beauty the ten
der feelings of many frieasls. The mu-
sic, which was most beautiful and ap-
propriate, was furnished by the Ger
man choir. which rendered three selec-
tons in the German tongue. Words
of comfort and coincidence were spoken
by Elders Frank Y. Taylor and Charles
w PenrOse, Apostle John Henry
Smith and Bishop Walter J, Beattie.
After the close of the services at the
house the remains were carried to their
last resting place in the city cemetery.
The pail bearers were Messrs Davis.
Lister, Crayton, Bird and two Messrs.
Sears The grave was dedicated by
J. E. Taylor.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-15

throughout the pavilion and was
cheered by the boys. who came out Of
the water as hungry as wolves; some
of them in the rush Of the day had had
no lunch. The bugle called all the SOL
diers, old and young. to the northeast
corner of the pavilion, where six long
tables. each capable Of seating fifty,
were laid out and completely covered
with fruit, flowers and the best things
to eat that the Salt Lake housewives
are capable of preparing. The bill Of
fare included fried chicken, ham sand
witches, pickles, cheese, coffee and all
the different kinds Of fruit that the
market affords. The veterans ate with
a vim, urged on by the ladies in at
tendance; it was no uncommon sight
to see the good women struggling for
the honor of seating and serving the
soldiers. In all 500 partook of supper
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-15
INsULrED A LADY.
Veterans Threatened to Throw Com
rade Into the Lake.

Veterans Threatened to Throw Com
rade Into the Lake.
There was one dark blot on the 9TH
erwise spotless day at SaItair. an in
cident that might have led to serious
results. AS it was il placed one of
the Utah soldier boys in an unenviable
light for a time till he made the amende
honorable. The man is John G. Hill
bert Of the Thirty infantry, Z.
S. Y. When he stepped up to the sup
per table at mess calrH with the 9TH
er boys he looked the table over. Then,
turning to the lady who stood ready
TO serve him, he said; well, this is
a bum outfit. You must think I'm a
G-d-hOg to eat without a knife or
fork. I didn't do that in the Philip
pines, and 1 don't have to do il here, -
and he turned on his heel and walked
of.
This insult to the lady was heard by
some of the others standing near by,
and the story ran like wildhre down the
line. In the twinkling of an eye about
g dozen of the boys organized under
the lead of Admiral" Fred Blake and
called upon Mr.. Hilbert at the other
side of the pavilion. They told him
that he must at once, and publicly,
apologize to the lady for the insult or
be ducked in the lake. He saw that
the boys were In earnest and walked up
Ike man and a soldier and made
a most sincere apology. He not only
did that but he sat down and ate his
supper as though he thoroughly en-
joyed il. The incident caused the most
intense excitement among the young
soldiers, and there was considerable
wild talk till the real situation was IN
derstood
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-15
GOOD TIME AT sALTAIR.
Ladies Prepared a Splendid Feast
For the Visitors.

Ladies Prepared a Splendid Feast
For the Visitors.
The three rousing cheers and a tigef
given by the boys in the Khaki uni
forms for the ladies who spread the
royal lunch at Saltair expressed the
sentiments better than a column of
words could express thew. II was a
perfect day at the lake; there was a
crowd of 1000 and nothing within res-
son was left undone TO give the old SOL
dierS and the young soldiers q good
time There was no 81 programme
and the only order of the day vas, BE
joyful
The largest part of the crowd went
out with the Philippine boys aud the
.. A. r. veterans on the $50 sDeciaL
Hauerbach's band Of twenty pieces
went on the same train and furnished
lively music throughout the afternoon
and the evening. When the platform
was reached race was made for the
lake. and 1850 people took baths dur
ing the evening. OF these 500 were fur
nished free 20 the delegates to the en-
campment by the local committee.
Promptly at 6 mess call" rang
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-15
Rovcottine q Town

a letter from the president and secre-
tary of the Amalgamated Association
of Street Railway Employees -
jamestown, n. Y. The letteS announced
that there was a strike on by street
car men in that city over the question
Of the right of the men TO Join the
union. and by way Of retaliating upon
the car company, a boycott upon the
town is in order. Notices similar to
this have been sent TO all parts of the
country, urging excursionists, pleasure
seekers and all others TO stay away
from Jamestown until the strike is set
tied. Mayor Thompson is wondering
what viii come next.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-15

been internally injured, and despite the
fact that everything possible known
to medical science was done for him.
his case resulted fatally
The deceased was esteemed by a large
circle of acquaintance. For a couple
of terms Mr.. Morris was president Of
the StOnecutters' union and during the
past two terms he has been vice presi-
dent of the Utah Federation Of Labor
The federation VIII hold a meeting this
evening to arrange for attending the
funeral, the date of which has not yet
been fixed. Mr.. Morris leaves a widow
and seven children.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-15
Utah LABOR Leader Fatally IN
jured at Stone Yard.

Federation of Labor. died at his home,
77S West First North street, yesterday
afternoon from injuries received the
day before by being crushed between
a couple of large stones. The accident
occurred at the stone yard in the
northwestern part of the city. While
Mr. Morris was dressing one of them
the table gave way, the mass of rock
falling against him At first it was
believed that he was not seriously
hurt, but later il developed that he had
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-15
NAVAL DOCK IN HAWAII.
United States to Bring Condemnation
Suits in Court.

Honolulu, Aug 6.-CVia San Fran
cisco, Aug. 14)-Answers have been
filed by two of the defendants in the
suits of the United States to condemn
lands for the Pearl harbor naval sta
ton. They are the Honolulu Planta-
ton company and the Oahu Sugar
company, two Of the corporations prin-
cipally interested. They claim $500, O01
each. or s40G, 600, for lands which were
valued in the federal condemnation
suit at $4,000.
Some of the navy docks at Pearl
harbor Will be natural stone wharves.
In some parts of the harbOr the reef
IS already s straight up and down as
the plies of a wharf. The land rises
like solid stone wall, and all that
VIII be necessary wiz be to dredge
away the mud to permit big steamers
to lie alongside.
The night schools established here
to enable Hawaiians to learn the En-
giish language have been discontinued.
IS il was found that the attendance
was almost exclusively Of Asiatics. The
object of establishing the schools was
to spread KNOWLEDGE Of the English
language among the Hawaiians, but
after an experiment of over a year it
has been found that few Hawaiians at
tend There was large attendance of
chinese and Japanese adults and chill
dren. the adults in majority
reports were brought her from Japau
by two japanese immigration commits
sioners that there are about 5000 ia
panese there who want to come to Ha-
vail. and that the restrictions on fmmi-
grafton IS about to be taken off Il is
stated, however, that if such a large
number began preparations TO come the
imperial government viii stop them
tearing objections from the United
States
The United States gunboat Petrol left
mere on Aug 3 on her way to San
Francisco. after long service in the
philippines On the same day the Ben
nlngton arrived from Manila. also on
her way home. The cruiser PhiladeI-
phla IS here coaling and viii also leave
Tor san Francisco in a few days.
me United States has a model little
army IN the Samoan islands. according
70 the officers Of the United States
cruiser Philadelphia, who state that
the Iutuiis native guard is one of the
best drilled bodies Of troops in tho
world The natives took up the soldier
business with great enthusiasm. when
given chance to enlist under the
American hag, and they have been
drilled until they show great perfection
IN military movements. The Samoan
troops wear red turbans. white navy
undeTshirts. blue dungarae lava
iavaS or breech cloths. with two rel
straps around the hem. Their legs and
feet are bare.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-15

at the tables, including a large number
OF the wives, sweethearts and mothers
of the boys. When the supper was
completed about 100 Of the soldiers
gathered in the corner under the lead
of Admiral Fred Blake and gave
three cheers and a tiger that Seemed
TO shake the building from end to end.
The band played the liveliest of airs
during the luncheon, which added much
to the pleasure.
The ladies deserve special credit for
the manner IN which this luncheon was
prepared and served. The sum OF $50
was given them by the committee. ana
with this sum and their own hard
work they prepared a meal that was a
feast Some Of the ladies who were
most active in this matter are Miss
May Critchlow. Miss Maud Thorne.
Mrs. Jacob Israel, Mrs. T. B. Beatty.
Mrs. Charles s. Wilkes. Mrs. Frank L.
Hines Mrs. Arthur Pratt, Mrs. I f
{ ThOrne and Mrs. Barnes. The tables
were presided over by Mesdames Hines.
Barnes, Israel Wilkes. Pratt and Beat
~ They were assisted by Misses
Puzey, Della Hines. Clint XounE. Ell
nora Christensen. Marie Hines. Mae
NieT, Mamie Israel, Amy Chase. Ger
trude and Mabel Pratt, Carrie Harri-
son. Elsie Cohen. May CritchIow
Maude Thorne, Miss Welby. Mrs. Hav-
den, Mrs. r 3. Whittemore. Miss
l--~~SeAA0As - D MAJ GdNto ana MISS
Wiscomb- The many good things that
were left at the close of the luncheon
were donated by the ladies to the Sal
walton Army.
The evening was spent in dancing.
As It was a holiday in many of the
stores in the city, an unusually large
number OF young people went to the re-
sort on the evening trains and the
dancing was more lively than usual.
In this the soldier Joined with the prop
er spirit, while s0ciabilitv reigned an
around the dancing hall. It was a
most enjoyable social event and the
fun was kept UP till a late hour in the
evening.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-15
VETERANs Az sALTAIR.

rade were the Spanish-American war
veterans, consisting of twenty mem
bers of the cavalry troop and a like
number Of men who had enlisted in
regular army regiments. This de-
tachment was in charge of Lieutenant
Sidney k Hooper
Third Division.
Captain E A. Wedgwood led the
third division for which Held's band
No. made the music This division
was made up first of a band of EIks
under the leadership Of Exalted Ruler
Lester Freed. There were thirty mem
bers Of this organization. Behind the
Elks was a delegation of Woodmen
of the World in uniform. commanded
by William Elliott. The Italian Society
ChristOfero Colombo, $50 strong,
brought up the rear and this compH-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-15
WILL PAY HIS FINE,
Stubborn Farmer TAKEN Into Custody
by Deputies.

Stubborn Farmer TAKEN Into Custody
by Deputies.
John Steingrover was taken into Gus
tody yesterday at mis- farm near Union
by Deputy Sheriffs Busby, Mauss and
Nels Naylor and escorted to Justice
Mcmillan to arrange for the payment
Of his fine. Last week the defendant
was convicted OF unlawfully taking
water from Little Cottonwood creek
for his farm and fined So. SteingTOver
remained away from me trail, and
after he learned Of his conviction. sent
word that he would not pay nor be
jailed for failing to satisfy the fine In
view of the fact that on former occa-
sions the old farmer had given the Of
ficers a good deal of trouble, it was
deemed prudent to take no chances this
time. and Deputy Mauss was accom-
panied by two of his fellow officers in
serving thte warrant. SteingTOver was
taken unawaTes, and, contrary to ex-
pectation, there was no trouble in get
ting him to call upon the justice again.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-15

of dollars in that region" he contin-
ueG The present deal includes only
the town lots. We still retain an in
terest in the water and land company
While I feel that we are sacrificing
something in selling at these prices at
the present time, wish TO retire from
business"
The Idaho Falls country has been
Doomed for some time by the Oregon
snort Line, and it is surmised that the
present deal has been made TO increase
the direct interest OF the company in
the town.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-15

mentaTy turnout of foreign born cit
liens pleased the committee more than
any other single feature of the pa
rade. The Italians were marshaled by
.. Bonetti.
The column marched north on Main
to South Temple street, east to state,
south to Third SoTth and east TO Main
where a halt was made in order to give
the reviewing party time to drive up
10 the Kenyon pOrticO. This party was
made up of Governor Wells, Senator
kearns. Adjutant General Burton. Col
Onel Pope, Major Foote, Major Young
and members of the governors staff
When they had taken their places word
again.
1t passed up Main street by the re-
viewers, then west to West Temple
street and north to South Temple
where the disbanding occdrred-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-15
Union Pacific Purchases Idaho
Falls TOwnSite.

The townsite of Idaho Fails has been
sold. The Union Pacific is the lpur-
chaser and 3. Mccartney of Denver and
associates are the vendors. The price
is said to be in the neighbo-hood of
$4,000
The abstracts are now being exam
ined and the title viii pass as soon as
they have been approved" said Mr..
McCahrey last evening. Mr. Mccartney
is spending a couple Of days in Salt
Lake with & party of friends stopping
at the knUtsfOrd. we have spent
soTethinB like a million and a quarter