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The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-18

Ghost stories, for some mysterious
reason. have been revived OF late In
Washington. II is told again how the
face OF an old woman was depicted
clearly on one OF the white house pill
lars the day the president received
word that his mother was dead. Capt.
tol employees entertain their friends
with the story of the shadow Of q gem
sral looking like Washington between
pillars In statuary hall at the capitol.
A former senate page. now grown TO
mans size and employed At the white
house. a y that when lightning strikes
the copper statue OF Freedom on the
capitol dome Il rings loudly and clear
ly like the famous bell at Philadelphia
In the days Of the declaration OF in
dependence. At night. when the capt
tolls great marble halls and rotundas
are deserted. strange sounds are fire.
auently heard and old employees are
confident that they are made BY the
souls OF dead patriots and Statesmen
come back to haunt the halls where
they Won fame. 1t Is said that on
certain nights ghosts are so numerous
in statuary hall that a man Kidding
and trembling behind a pillar can
hardly tell whether II is the spirits
OF the statues that are moving about.
Prices of bogus money. as discovered
by Chief Wilkes men, are quoted as
follows: For coin to a face value Of
s25, price $40; coin to face value OF
$50, price $40; bills, So per cent to 10
per cent face value. Mr.. Wilkis says
that no larger amount than $50 In coin
is offered to. customer. The green
goods men who do not intend to de-
liver the goods offer 81, 200 In bills for
$500; $4,000 for $500 and $4,000 for 81
900. Then they change the satchels
and the victim after feasting his eyes
on bills in the first grip gets sawdust
An the second.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-18
Favor Cour, Of Pension Appea,..

The general committee of the Grand
army Of the Republic, Leo Rassieur OF
st. Louis, commander-in-chief Robert
Is. Brown of Zanesville, o.; Charles C..
Adams of Boston; John w. Burst of
Chicago: o. II, Coulter of Topeka and
John Palmerappeaied before the house
invalid pension committee at Washing
ton January IA. and argued in favor
OF the bill for the location Of a court
OF pension appeals TO consider rejected
pension claims. There are about iOO,-
600 cases adversely passed upon each
year by the pension office.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-18

Perhaps the oldest suit Of furniture
In the world IL owned by a certain
hotelkeeper. For many years he has
made 1t his business TO collect match
boxes. Of which he has now a collec-
ton OF 1000. He ordered u skilled cab
inetmaker to equip a Don with fur
niture made OF these boxes. The out
At consists OF a writing table with
smoking apparatus, a fire screen. a
cabinet, a chair, and other smaller ar
ticlcs.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-18
RUMoRS OF NEW UPRISING
Affairs In Colombia stin IN An Unsst-
tied State.

The navy department has been in
formed of the arrival OF the Philadel-
phia at Panama, Colombia. Press re-
ports have il that IA gerious revolution
AIRY movement in the vicinity of the
Colombian capital is afoot. but official
reports from United States Consul
Gudger state that the situation has i'm
proved much Of late. How long the
presence OF the Philadelphia will he
necessary is not known and will de-
pond upon what aspect affairs in that
quarter assume. H. ".f
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-18
p v.

Nothing will describe the desolation
which filled Beryl Lindon's heart
when she stepped on to the platform
at Easthill. She had left London filled
with the one desire OF escaping from
her father and %stepmother. Ever since
she heard OF the formers marriage her
one end and object had been to get
safely away from Chichester square. It
was only when she had actually start
ed, when Mrs. Markham's kindly face
was lost to sight, that she realized she
was going among strangers, that a
new, untried life lay before her, with
not one friendly voice to brighten 1t.
II was a long, tedious journey, and
involved two changes. Easthlll was on
a branch line, at which only the slow
est Of trains co~ndescended to stop.
She was very plainly dressed in
black: but all her things had come
from a West End shop, and there was
an air OF distinction about her not
often seer In a lonely little third-class
traveller.
She was eighteen, though she looked
older-a very small, fairy-like crea-
ture. with soft. wavy brown hair, and
big, lustrons blue-grey eyes. He COM
plexion was very fair. and had the
daintiest carmine tint.
She knew absolutely nothing of the
country. Brighton. Brussels. where
she had been at school, and the tail
house in Chichester square had made
up her world. To find herself at a
little rustic station, with only a few
cottages in sight. was almost alarming.
OF Mrs. Tanners school. That OF it.
self III enough to discourage her.
Don't you be afraid, missile" the
station master said kindly. II you
wrote to the lady. and she had your
letter, she must live here somewhere.
and the postofice are the best people
to help YOU Hnd her. You 20 straight
along this lane TIL you come to q sign
post, take the road marked 'Easthill-
on-Sea,' and presently you'll see four
or five shops. The postOfflce Is the
first u the lot, and they'll put you
right"
Beryl left her luggage to the porter's
mercy and started. The lane seemed
interminab BILE. Perhaps in summer time
It was pretty; but II was a late season,
and the trees were hardly In bud. Their
pare branches almost met in the mid
ole OF the lane. looking very like black,
threatening hands upliftsd against her
or Beryl thought SO. She reached
The sign post without meeting a single
creature; but another half-mile
brought her to the shops, and her heart
gave a thrill OF relief as she recognized
the p~ostofioe.
II WA quite unlike any p~ostofice
Beryl had ever seen. being a cottage
with all business transacted in the
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-18

The number OF marine disasters dur
ms the year Just closed is smaller
probably than ever before. An ofRciai
Of the New York Maritime Exchange
thinks this is due to the fact that
sailing vessels are DISAPPEARING. steam
craft being better able to take care q
themselves when In peril.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-18
CHAPTER IV-(Continued.)

CftAG Hi
And then Harold amazed them by
the question:
rs there a school AT Easthill-On-
Sea? never heard Of one"
Easthill-on-Sea was about two miles
from Easthiil proper, in the opposite
direction from Dynevor Manor and the
Uplands. Within the last few years
some spectators had got possession
of land there, and we're trying hard to
convert what had been a fishing ham
let into a watering place. They a
mol succeeded well, and the present
result was a kind OF struggling, In
finished settlement. which was neither
town nor village. The old inhabitants
OF Easthill rather made game OF the
new watering place. which will o
for Kitty's laugh.
II really don't know, Harold; !
hardly v e 20 to Easthill-on-Sea.
There may be half a dozen schools;
but / hope not. for their proprietors'
sakes. for I can't imagine that any one
would send children there
II think you're hard on the place
said Harold. There's a very good
beach and a splendid air. ] suppose
people are TO be found who can do
without niggers at the seaside
"Ah. but they'd want decent a
and tolerabIe comfort" objected Kitty;
and you know when 1t rains Easthill-
on-Sea IL almost a swamp. because no
one has made up the roads. Then they
only bake every other day. and the
butchers shop opens twice a week. II
would take a good deal to make up for
such drawbacks"
ut is all 40 unfinished said Mrs.
Dynevor. The roads are staked out
and imposing names painted or sign
boards, like Elm avenue" and Sea
View gardens but neither avenue m
gardens boast a single house, and the
roads are not even divided from each
other. except by a few posts.
why are you so suddenly interested
in Easthill-on-Sea?" demanded Kitty.
You can't possibly have been asked
to recommend any N a school there
"Oh. dear, no; hut | came home from
Marion by train. and a girl got out
at our station who wanted to go to
Easthill-on-Sea. She asked the porter
the way TO Mrs. Tanners school. He
questioned the ticket collector. and
ever the station master himself. but
neither OF them had ever heard OF 1t.
/ couldn't help feeling sorry for her,
she looked so tired and sad. 1t must
be hard lines to come of a long journey
and not find any one who can direct
you TO your destination
Poor thing said Kitty, and then
the subject dropped. None OF the three
guessed the influence the lonely little
traveller was to have on their lives. 1t
never dawned on Kitty that the I'M
known girl who was bound for a school
no one had ever heard OF was to be
her dearest friend.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-18

Tombs are but the clothes OF the
dead A grave is but a plain suit, n
a rich monument Is one embroidered.
Fuller.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-18

France has decided that all the
troops In the colonies shall h%enceforth
be armed with weapons similar %
those of the home army.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-18
patterson Caucn. Nominrs.

Governor Thomas, January ~. an.
nounccd his withdra wal from the race
for United States senstorship. The
fusion members OF the Legislature nom.
mated Thomas NJ. Patterson OF Denver
for the United States senate TO succeed
+. o. Wolcott. lie received seventy
three ont Of ninety-one votes in the
caucus,
A statement Of the exports and i'm
ports issued by the bureau of statistics
show that during the month of Deccm.
Der, 1900, the imports of merchandise
am ounted TO S8s, 500, 900 as against
$40, 733, 5+3 for the corresponding
month in 1899. OF the whole amount
Se0.l5l $40 was free Of duty The ex-
ports of domestic merchandise during
last December amounted to 8i44. 1877
++6 as against Sl5i, 394, 434 for the cor
responding month in 1899. The i'm
ports OF gold during December amount
ed 10 $3.50 52 and the exports to
s+l0,533. The silver imports amount
ed TO s3,0l4,55s and the exports to
s. ,35s,33a
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-03-14
The "Pcaee" Of the Prison.
fron The rubllc


There arc brighter prospects Of
peace in the Philippines. So the
country Is assured BY an Associated
Press dispatch from Minila, which has
carmarks Of military Influence IN die.
taling us composition. These reports
of catly peace arc now an old story.
They began 10 come in early IN the
spring of 1899. One of Thorn wa
personally Youchcd for by President
Mckinley 10 the early summer Of that
year. They preceded every battle aud
followed every victory. 10 the pres.
ideniial campaign they punetualed all
the public documents, with the reser.
Walton, however, that their verifcatiun
would depend upon the result Of the
election. just before that event the
period was fixed at sixty days. provided
Bryan was defeated. All these re.
ports have given some reason for OK
pecting the peace they predicted.
The latest one Is based upon The rigor
with which the campaign OF arrests
has been made. The Manila .'prisons
are daily becoming more crowded. {"
says the Associated Press, land an
additional one is being built on subig
bay" General Macarthur probably
expects to produce peace by putting
the whole native population 10 Jail.
Even this Is better mode Of ''bcnev.
olent assimilation" than the earlier
one of putting them Into their graves.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-03-14
Large Buyer Of Missouri Apples.

The Practical Fruit Grower, pub
lished at Springfield, Mo, Gays In lis
issue Of March 9Th: Sylvan NewhalI
OF Chicago, who makes specially OF
buying and selling apples, spent sew.
cral days Of last week 10 this city,
where he had 1000 barrels of apples
10 tho Springfield Cold Storage.
While here he sold 1000 barrels At
prices ranging from s2.I5 to o. 90.
lie received $3.50 for 900 barrels
Of Ben Davis. MIR. Newhall bought
and packed $4,000 barrels of apples
tho past season, aud on March Let.
had $4,000 barrels In storage. He
makes practice Of holding apples the
year round. until good apples Of the
new crop arc on the market. The
best Ben Davis apples grown The pas,
season we're produced on the 0xsrks.
lie said Ia regard to over-produesion
Of this variety II am not so much OF
the opinion thai there will be too
many ben Davis apples as was some
years ago. Choice Bsa Davis and
other No. ] apples will always sell
we'll. II all the Ben Davis trees In
orchards produced good crops there
would be over-prodaction, bus many
who plant trees yin serer have apples
10 sell, boesuse Of their neglect Of
them.'' MIR. Ncwhsll will ship the
balance Of bis. Springfield apples TO
Chicago. He will Be here fur msrs
apples ncxt fall.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-03-14
PROBATE COURT DOCkEr.
April Term, BegInnlne Menday. Aprii
s, i9ei.


Estate Of Marvin 4. larby--Jacob Larry =
guardian.
Estate of Jacob haynes ct ai--Joha zSl anaa j,
guardian.
Estate OF George ana Minnie IieIxoK- Grorxs
HerxoR, guardian.
Estate OF lone ra,terson. nstnor-w n.
Young. guardian.
Estate Of Matte Alexander. minor Irwta
". Butler. guardian.
Estate OF Floyd Miiler-J. y. Taylor
guardian
EstaseciM. NJ. hicks. seeeassd-MeTrill Psp.
KIN. administrator.
Estate ofJohn kyochta Of at. Minors n.
Young. curator.
hstatsof Hilbert Gideon 81 al. ulinors-J. Z.
Gideon. guardian.
Estate OF n. l., sutherland, dsceased-FliEa
y. Sutherland. administrators.
Estate OF Vim. N, lilghley, decensed--J. G..
1iausnassUn, executor.
Estate Of George Bili,nEsby. drceased-w.
II. Young. administrator.
Estate Of y. 4. wiggcr. daeeasrd w. u.
Young administrators.
Estate OF Frank girrse. deceased. Matilda
Gierse. administrative
Estate Of James u. Ilssman. nipor =. l..
CTawiey, guardian
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-03-14
BISMARCK 6REYTTiES.

Capt c. A. rillcy was in town &c.
Gently.
Mr. Geo. weaoyer recently moved
TO town.
u. F. Horton has moved into Mrs.
lIilzcman's house
Mrs Mary Williams of st. Louis is
here visiting relatives
=. NJ. Sinclair and VIM. Schultz
went to Pennington Saturday.
Dr. yillars of Fredcriektowu, l. here
taking carr Of MIR Collier.
There are quite n number Of eases of
pneumonia and measles Ia town now.
Rev. j Is Dodson preached at Tn
ion church Sunday aud sunday night
A Bar,h went to Pennington Satur-
day to attend the funeral Of Mr.. Karrch
Myrtle Walters. aged IL, ran away
and went TO 81. Louis last week, Gays
Madam hursoT.
MCsdamcs 4. BLACK and 4 j FIitze-
man went 20 Gmniteville Sunday, re-
turning Monday evening
S. IL Collier has been confined to
bis room with severe attack Of pncu-
monia since the 9Th inst.
Sheriff Ilighley and several witnesses
in the Perry Lynn ease passed through
here Monday. en- route 10 Potosi.
A. ID. Boss store was broken Into
la.t Thursday night. and quite a lot of
knives, clothing, etc, was taken.
C.J. Carrots baby died on the 9th
inst +, of measles, aud was buried on
the eth, in the Hamilton cemetery.
J. 7. Christian, deputy head consri
Of the NJ W. A., has been here several
days, aud q boom In the order is on.
Bismarck will have a bakery soon,
the work Of construction having begun.
II will be located on the lots back of
r. NJ. Winstead's store.
II was reported recently that the dia-
mond drills ut work in this vicinity
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-03-14
Important Bills Passed by Legislature.

Following are among some OF the
most important bills passed by the pres-
ent Legislature;
Franchise tax bill, signed by The
Governor aud nuw law.
Medical practice bill, not set signed.
Resolution rcsubmitliug the eonsli.
luliDnal amendment for the taxation OF
mortgages.
Measure making the operation OF
gambling slot machines felony.
Measure, recommended by Governor
Doekery, forbIdding boards o: mlnag.
ars of State institutions 20 be Interested
in contracts for work or supplies for
those institutions.
Drnbelle primary law, revising the
primary election system of ~, Louis.
Law making kidnapping for ransom Il
capital ofiense, signed by the Governor
and now n law.
Bill increasing the Worlds Fair
board OF directors from IS to 100,
signed by the Governor aud now Law
Bill appropfiaiing $4,000 for a
Missouri exhibit at the Pan American
exposition at Buffalo, and at the Senlh
Carolina and IVES, Indian exposition AT
Charleston.
Bin including telephone companies
with telegraph companies tor purposes
Of taxation.
BIZ executing the constitutional
amendmen, providing for the proseeu.
ton Of feionies by information as well
as indictment.
The larger number of important
measures are on the way IN various
stages of incomplriion, most OF them
requiring only the final vote IN one
branch or concurrence of the other
branch 10 amendments to send them to
the Governor
The appropriation bills not already
passed are well on the way, and will
b. finished up this week. The total
appropriations will exceed SIS, 900, 600,
including interes, and principal on
State debt and o. 900, 600 voted by
the people for the 81. Louis World >
Fair.
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prom tho Aurora Daily Argus.

PROM tho Aurora Daily Argus.
At the beautiful residence Of J. b.
Miller, corner Locust and Jcfferson as-
enue. last night at Q o'clock, occurred
the pretty home wedding wherein DIR.
J. Is. Fleming and Kaiharyu Miller
were tho contracting parties. II was
scene long to b. remembered by those
present, as the bride and groom joined
each other at the entrance Vt the paflor
and marched TO the strains Of Mendcl-
sohn, staiioniag themselves under Il
canopy OF ribbons Of BRIDES colors,
pink aud white, smilsx aud piaks, The
completion Of which was the true low.
er's knct of white, where the ceremony
was performed by Rcy. Nicoson, az.
sisted by Rev. Moore Of Marionville, a
particular friend Of the groom, which
was made very impressive aud sweet
by the soft strains Of tie "Flowef
Song by Gns'a LANCE, rendered dur
Ing the ceremony by Mrs. y. Z. Davis,
presiding at the piano; after which
The newly married couple received the
congratulations Of their many friends.
The bride looked charming 10 an ele.
gant gown Of white silk, with oyeriTcss
Of iulle aud applique. She carried a
choice bouquet OF BRIDES roses. Con-
spicuous 10 the BRIDES attire was the
sbseace of any jewels or decorations
save a white rosebud 10 her hair. The
groom wore the conventional black.
The brides colurs were strictly OBJ
served throughout the elaborate decors-
lions, consisting OF a proiusion OF cut
flowers OF Brides and Marched Nell
roses, pinks and smilax.
The guests from distance were DR..
aud Airs. G X. Fleming, and Mr and
Mrs ]. w Buck, brother aud sister of
the groom; Rev and Mrs. Moore aud
MIR. and Mrs. Ms,ock of MarionNi lille.
There were about sixty In ali In attend
auce.
The bride Is among Aurora's iairesi
daughters, Is very popular among Il
host of friends, aud Que Of rare eharac.
,s'isiics. Tho groom, during his stay
Of about tive years here, has sur
rounded himself with large circle OF
friends; is an energetic young maH,
and stands high with cur citizens as
physician, aud is well worthy the es-
Unable young lady whose hand be has
won
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-03-14
Moro School Room Needed.

At the request of several taxpayers
and patrons Of our public schools, |
beg to submit few reasons, from the
teachers standpoint, why wc need q
new school building Ia the first place
our present rooms are badly over.
crowded Any intelligent teacher
knows that no room should contain
more than forty pupil, Not only Is
that as large a number as can get jus
lice at the hand, oi one teacher, but
the health and comior, Of the children
will be impaired by crowding larger
number Into one room. In spite of
these facts, he attendance in the yari.
Gus rooms of our present buildings
ranges from fort TO ninety pupils, aud
the rapid but substantial growth OF The
city in population promises to render
ibis condition worse rather than better.
More rooms and moro teachers will
make possible a closer aud morn salts.
factory graduation Of the schools by
increasing tho number Of grades, Inc
step from one grade to the next higher
will be couespondingly shortened.
There will then be less friction due to
the necessity OF oyeuaNuS the weak
pupil, while rctarding the progress Of
the stronger one.
Our teaching force IS now 50 made
quate in number as to neccssi,ale the
limiting of the high school department
to one teacher Ia all graded schools
the high school course begins With the
ninth year and closes with tue twelfth
year Of the child's career in school
-Four years are thus embraced In this
department. In order to bring q full
high school course within even this
liliit, each student must have four sub
stantial Rotations daily. Ia school
day Of six hours four classes must re-
cite four lessons each. Making due al
lowance for opening exercises, change
of classes aud other interruptions that
are unavoidable in all schools, we have
scarcely twenty minutes for each reel
,ati0n. In advanced grades this Is IT,
tally insufficient. Forty minutes is
considered the very least time in which
1t is possible to do justice TO high
school class. This, 10 view Of the dB.
HES Of supervision that must dovolvc
Bpon the superintendent or principal,
will require the services of at least two
other teachers 10 the high school de-
paTtmeut.
IN high schools, as in colleges, il Is
customary 10 assign TO each teacher q
subject OF department TO teach, as his
iory. language, mathematics or science.
BY concentrating the energies Of each
vn the subjects in which he Is best
qualified aud most deeply interested,
the teaching Is highly intensified and
enriched to the inealculable benefit of
the pupils and the community. Fully
believing a well equipped high school,
equal To any 10 the state, would be a
splendid investment for our city, am,
very sincerely, &. q. NATIONS.
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JEFFERSON err, March 8, 1901
We, tho undersigned members o
tue Appropriation Committee Of th,
Eoriy.iltst General Assembly, cegtii,
What Ms much credit should be awafde,
80 Hon. J. l.. Bradley Of 81. franeui
county for the additional $40, 600 OF
appropriation for Asylum No. a
Pennington, as any one individual
aud will further state that without hi
indefsiigable efforts the sse, 900. OF
snereasc Of appropriation wonid no
hare been made.
W. ID. Hamilton, Chairman Com.
j. L. Organ, Dent couniy
y. j. Hess, Mississippi oouaiy.
u. J.. Hains, Saline county.
John O. Holmes. Maries county.
\. w. Palmer. Camden coauiy.
:. W. Farley, Platte county.
G. a. Ads,ns, Livingston counly.
y. b. Lindsay, Dzde county.
4. J. MoColium, Ripley coaaiy.
y. q. Lskr, Carter county.
q q WelsAold, Perry county.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-03-14
Order of Publication.

couaty Of 81. Francois, ss'
In the Probate Court TOR the County Of -
Francois.
". n. Young, Public Administrator
o! jules falcoheir. Deceased.
W n. Young. Public Administrator ol
Julss felcupior. deceased, presents Ca tho
Court bis petition. praying Tor an order for
the sale OF so much Of the rcai estate ol
snid docpa ssd aa will Tay and satisfy the
remaining dnhts due bT said estate aud yet
unpaid for want of sufficient assufs, accom-
painted by the accounts. lists and invnnto
rteS rvQuired by law In such case on exam
nation whereof II IA ordered that all person
Interested IN the estate OF said deceased b.
notified that application rs Aforesaid hai
been made, and unless the contrary b.
show on or before the FIRST day % the next
term OF this Court, 10 be held on the second
Monday in April next, an order Will ~
matte for this sale OF the whole or 10 much
OF the real estate Of said deceased as viii
be sufficient for the payment af said debts.
published I'm the FANMISUTus TfMKs, q
newspaper published In this county and
state for four weeks before the next tern
OF this Court,
County az ~. FRANCOIS. ~.
l, Jsre :. Gokeom, Judge OF the Probate
Caurt held IN anu for said county, hersbl
certify that the foregoing II true copy U
the original order uf publication theirir
referred TO, as the same appears OF record
in my once.
witness my hand ana seal NJ said
H.. 81 Court. Done at once ia Farming
ton this "a DAP % Marrh, iiol.
JEhE \. tsosS0N'
Judge OF Probate,