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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-09-14
Di.ean~ nn0 Remedv.

OiSeaHe 0n0 Remedy.
'"That must be a pretty bad toothache
to swell your face like that. Why don't
you see a dentist?"
ST did call on my friend, DR.. Pullem,
yesterday, and experienced great re-
lief"
"You must be mistaken. Pullem has
been out Of town for a week."
IT know. I felt relieved when I found
that out."-Philadelphia Press.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-09-14
Electroplating wood.

y ~ UUu. $500 NJ.
Doors and other wooden articles are
now actually electroplated with copper
or other metals. They are FIRST treated
In such q way as to make them water
proof, and to prevent from warping
and shrinkage, BY filling the pores
With q proper varnish. They are then
bound with strips Of metal and covered
gwithSa metallic leaf that Will take the
se~lectroplate. The articles are then put
into the electroplating vat, and one
pole of the current ts attachedsSt0 the
binding metal strips, and the other to
the electroylte used. 80 ssbronzad,'
are madeSof wood. ss ,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-09-14
Not His wife.

poster you for money?
Graspit-No; the people she buys
things from do that.-Ohio State Jour-
nal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-09-14

Are You Using Ansnss rost-Easss
It ID the only cure for Swollen.
6marting,. Burning, Sweating Fest.
Eorns and bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease. : powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At al Druggists and Shoe
Stores. 26c. Sample sent FREE. ADJ
dress Allen g. olnsted. 70 Roy. n. =.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-09-14

IN the Philadelphia style.
''The$ sultan Of Jolo has given a fifty
year absolute concession Of the island
Of Paragua to one OF the native
princes"
AWell, say, the sultan Of Jolo must
think he'ssthe Mayor Ashbridge Of the
Philippinesn--Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-09-14
Ms Little scheme.

"Leddy," he said. as he doffed his
chapeau, 81 haven't had q bite to eat
since yestiddy mornin'."
She gave him q quarter, and. as he
headed for the nearest saloon, he add
ed:
AN I don't want none."-Denver
Times:
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GIs

sWell,,ssJyour%boy graduatedSin Greek!
"Oh, ye&ss, a9S Y
.'An what's hesa-doins of now
.teppiittin. tails I SdialectEs',a sss
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-26
FUNDS TO PROSECUTE CASE.
Measure Providing for Carrying Ol
Litigation Regarding Canal.

Measure Providing for Carrying On
Litigation Regarding Canal.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Jefferson City. Feb. Ex-senator Drabelle
presented in the Senate to-day q bill to ap-
propriate 10000 toward the prosecution Of
the Injunction proceedings broaght by Mis-
souri and St Louis against the Sanitary
District OF Chicago to prevent it from op-
Grating the drainage or sewage canal.
opened recently, by which the sewage Of
River via the drainage canal. the Des-
PLANES River and the Illinois River.
The United States Supreme Court. in
which the suit is pending. has just over
ruled the demurrer Of the Chicago Sanitary
District Trustees and thus allowed the suit
to come up for trial on the petition for an
injunction. The appropriation Is to pay for
the collection of evidence to demonstrate
the noxious effect Of the drainage canal on
'S A preamble to the BIZ recites % the facts in
connection with the suit and the reasons for
the appropriation. as follows:
the organization and admission into the Union OF
Illinois and Missouri. u was declared that the
main channel OF the Mississippi River. and under
the tsso people Of Missouri with frontage Of 40
miles Of navigabie waterway % On on said river; ar. are
center Of the main shanns and the sn siIiss and
o ssd By aa wa
towers and intakes constructed for that purpose:
supply the inhabitants OF said cites ana toNhs
with water ut and healthful for drinking and
other domestic purposes. and said inhabitants OF
said cities and towns are entitled Of right to an
sasSa.s S% .s S o~ns in its
cient accustomed ard natural course: and,
Whereas the water supply Of all the towns
and cities including st. Louis. located on the
west bank OF the Mississippi below the mouth Of
the Illinois Is threatened to he ruined: polluted
poisoned and destroyed for primary purposes by
the drainage canal built by the sanitary District
OF Chicago TO carry the sewage OF said city into
the Missifsippi and
whereas Missouri has begun proceedings In
the Federal supreme cpurt to enjoin the destruc-
tlon Of the water supply and ths Supreme Court
at Washington has. by a recent decision, placed
the LITIGATION in a condition where trial the
merits to determine whether not the waters
OF said river poisoned by the sewage and
rendered unfit for use: ard
Whereas St Louis has expended about $4,000
already 10 assist in determining this question.
and. stands ready to bear one-half of the expense
to be incurred in the future: and IL is necessary
fnr the protection of the lives peace and comfort
Of a large number OF citizens that the question
as TO the pollution Of said water supply be set
tied.
The use to which the appropriation Is to be
put Is stated to be the payment OF 'neces-
eary travelling expenses. costs OF litigation.
gathering and compiling of testimony and
for service Of experts in bacteriology and
chemical analysis.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-26

rates in Missouri and that no such measu,.
should be passed until the status az az
third amendment had been Thoroughly firsS
The measure was finally defeated by n
following vote: ~
For the Bill-Btair OF De Ksib Bradley Cal
Vert. Carinack. Carter. Casteen. Clay Coffmsn
Creson. Del5eil. Doris. Eversole Farley en-
Hudson. Hutchison. January. Kennedy, Len
Locker. McCollum. Msbry. Maynard Nicholsons
Organ. Phillips. Praisewater, Ranslell Reeve
Reinmiiler. RISK. Roberts CT Pemlscot simmons
Stewart. Wallace Ward. Warren welker VIII
ltams of Scott. Wilson. Windler. Voolfolk ana
Young-is. -
Against the Bill-Abercrombie Adams Ayee-
lott. Baldwin. Ball. Blair Of Hickory Rlair ~
Caldwell; Campbell: Golden. connor. CrandIei
Dalton. Dickinson, Duncan. Edmonson. Gardner
Griffin. Groom. Hackney Hamilton Harper
Hawkins. Hawthorne. Hensley. Hess. Hibbsri.
sMans., henarisk, Lsshtholdsr Lindsey MeKss
ton. Pirtle. Porth. Ruler. Short. sickIes. Smith,
Spears. Speer. Stevens Stumberg Tandy INT
leuius. Thongs, Todd. Weaver. Weinhoid. WE
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Move Contemplated to Push I'm
portant Measures Now Pend
ing to the Front.
STATUS OF LEGISLATION.
Bills of Much Moment Are in a
Half-COmpleted State-Party
Leaders in Con-
ference.
" A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.

BY a STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
Jefferson City. Mo-, Feb. 25.-Leaders In
the House and Senate are discussing the
present advisability OF appointing Steer
ing Committee to arrange that the i'm
portant measures pending before the As
sefnbly shall be given precedence over minor
matters. Very lew of the important ques-
tions before the Assembly have been dis
posed or at this time. within about three
weeks OF the close of the session.
Franchise tax bills have been PASSED by
both House and Senate. and the Ways and
Means Committee of each body has pos
session of the bill of the other bocy.
Bills for the reapportionment of the Stale
into sixteen Congressional districts are still
In the Apportionment committees Of the
respective houses.
The amendments to the Nesbit election law
are on the House calendar for engross-
rnent, subject TO the call OF the chairman
eeI the House Committee on Privileges and
The bill for the abolition of the office
OF Railroad Commissioner has been passed
By the House. and. is in committee In the
The Hall medical-practIce bill is on the
House calendar for third reading and fnai
passage. In the Senate 1t is on the calendar
Legislation relating to the third constitu-
ttonal amendment Is somewhat mixed. IN
the House. Bothwells bill to put the amend
ment into effect is ON the calendar for en-
grossment. while in the Senate a constitu-
tional amendment resubmitting the entire
question To q vote or the people Is on tne
calendar.
Has Made Good Progress.
Worlds Fair legislation, with the excep-
tion OF the bill making an appropriation
for State exhibit, has made good progress.
The bill to increase the number OF mem-
bers Of the Board of Directors from seven
ty-five to 100 is ready for engrossment and
the Governors signature. 1t has passed the
House and Senate. The bill for an appro-
priation of $5000o for the Pan-American and
the South Carolina Exposition Is special
order In the House for Tuesday afternoon
for engrossment-
The main Worlds Fair bill has not yet
been introduced. This will probably be done
next week.
THE compulsory education bill. favored by
the State Superintendent of Instruction. is
On the House calendar for third reading.
The RoiIa-Columbia ratio bill, to divide
the revenue produced by the collateral in
heritance tax between the Rolla School of
Mines and the Columbia State University in
the ratio of to 1 instead OF Es now to l.
Is on the Senate calendar for third reading.
The Senate joint and concurrent resolu-
tion providing for a constitutional coDven-
tion Is on the Senate calendar for third
reading.
Drabelle's smoke consumption bill has
passed the Senate and Is under considera-
ton by the Committee on Municipal Cor
porations of the House.
prabelIe's teachers annuity fund bill has
Passed the Senate and is now before the
Judiciary Committee OF the House.
JOHN c. LEBENS.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-26
NJ. =. Phillips Shot Down at Wood,
burn, ILL.,, by William
Wood.
SLAYER GAVE HIMSELF UP.
Trouble All Started Over Charges
That Woods Sister Had Not
Been Well Treated by
Her Husband.

William Wood shot and instantly killed
NJ. p. Phillips. his sisters father-in-law.
In quarrel over family troubles at Wood
burn. Macoupin County. ILL.,. north of Alton,
yesterday. -
The quarrel started, it is said, from
charges that Woods sister has been mis-
treated by her husband.
The shooting occurred in front of the
store of +. r. welch, In the main street
OF WOODBURY.. H. c. Wood. father of the
young man who did the shooting, was
standing before the store disputing with
his son-in-law. W. E. Phillips. over the
latter's treatment Of his wife. The elder
Phillips was in the store and stepped out
to separate the disputants.
Whether he attacked the elder Wood is
not known, but young Wood. who had also
arrived on the scene. drew a revolver and
shot at the elder Phillips. The bullet
struck Phillips in the neck. killing him in
stantly. Immediately afterwards young
Wood returned home. drove to Bunker Hill.
H.. where he engaged Mayor H. r. Rudd
as his counsel. and returned to Woodburn.
where he gave himself up.
The trouble between the families dates
back some months, when W. +. Phillips.
son Of the dead man. married daughter
Of H. c. Wood. The two failed to agree
and considerable bad blood was caused
thereby, the Wood family claiming that
young Phillips was not treating the girl
properly. Young Phillips had several dis
putes over the matter with members OF
the Wood family.
Yesterday the dispute was renewed oy
the elder Wood and young Phillips In front
of welch's store. Young Wood was in tne
neighborhood, but took no part In the dis
pute until the elder Phillips came out OF
welchs store and started forward to stop
the two As he entered the discussion
young Wood drew a revolver and fired.
woodburn IL little town about twelve
miles north Of Alton and near the boundary
line Of Macoupin County. The Wood fam
ily, for whom the town is named, Is well
known in that section. H. c. Wood having
been q candidate for Congress from the
Sixteenth Illinois District two years ago.
The family owns considerable property IN
the neighborhood and Is reputed to be quite
wealthy. -
lived in Woodburn for only two weeks
Previously they lived on farm several
miles away, near Cariinvilie.
Young Wood was placed under guard last
nteht when he returned to Woodburn and
preliminary examination was held before
Justice r. o. Wood Of that town.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-26
To.DAY's NEWS IN BRIEF.
RITSINESS.

Local discount rates were quoted at to
per cent on call and time loans. The clear
ings were 81. 81 - and the balances sos. $50.
Domestic exchange was quoted as follows:
New York. 1oc discount bid. l0c premium
asked: Chicago. par bid, 1oc premium
asked: Cincinnati. 1oc discount bid. par
asked: Louisville, 10c discount bid, par
asked; New Orleans. 1oc discount bid. par
asked.
The local wheat market closed lower al
sfN@74asc MAY, 72isc a July, 74tznis1sc
No red Corn closed lower at 3eisc May.
ssixdsss.c July, 3eikc No. white. Oats
closed at 26ssc a. May. :51=c b. July, sAd
&c No. 2
The local market for standard mess pork
closed firm at sl45o for new. Prime steam
lard closed higher at 1850 for East Side.
y The local spot cotton market closed quiet
and UNCHANGED
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-26

Fulton School for the Deaf TO the hoard
of Managers instead of fixing II at sSvo' as
now. 80, - IA,
Senator Collins presented bill: No. SVl.
giving undertakers "A preferred claim on inc
estates and the insurance OF the personS
buried by them. .,,
Senator Collins introduced bill No: 80.
making the filing of an affidavit sufilcient
proof of title to sue as poor person De-
fore Justices of the Peace.
A large number of remonstrances were
presented In the Senate to-day against
Senate bills Nos. 101 and 2sl. the former
compelling the placing of the full formula
OF patent medicines on the label wnere
they contain certain substances: the Iai-
ter prohibiting the sale Of cocaine or prep
arations containing that drug. except on
prescription from a physician or dentist
They were presented by Rollins, fteics'
orchard. Zevely and Tandy.
practice bill were presented In the Senate.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-26
Swollen Streams in Front and Sey-
eral Columns Converging on
Him in the Rear.
B0THA HAS ELUDED FRENCH.
English Officers Are to Be Made
to Suffer for Their Blum
ders, Says Mr.. Brod-
erick.

De Aar. Cape Colony. Feb 2o.-General De
Wet. accompanied by Mr.. Steyn. recrossed
the railroad north Of Kranskuil and south
of Orange River Station yesterday.
The Orange River rose five feet last even
ing. A heavy rain is still falling and IT is
believed to be impossible for the Beers to
cross the stream. They are being closely
followed by Colonel Thorneycroft. who left
here yesterday by rail. Several other col
umns are converging on General De Wet.
BOTHA ELUDEs FRENCH.
Cape Town, Feb. 25.-It Is reported here
that Commandant General Botha, with 200
Beers, has broken away from General
Frcnch's pursuit in the direction Of Komst-
ipoort.
1t Is also reported that the influential
commandant. Piet Fource. with several
hundred Beers in the Dewetsdorp district.
is willing to surrender II he receives a prop
osition direct from General Kitchener.
MUST SUFFER FOR BLUNDERs.
London, Feb. 25.-In the House Of Com
mons to-day the War Secretary. Mr. Brod-
erick, discussing a motion to publish the
proceedings Of courts II inquiry. said 1t was
the purpose Of the Government to make q
general inquiry into the conduct of the war
in South Africa, when the war was sub
stantialIy ended. Nobody could say the
war was substantially ended while 10000
men were engaged in the military opera
tions.
The Government, in the meantime. had
investigated twenty painful incidents Of sur
renders of British troops. A large number
of British officers had been made account
able. and ten had been dismissed. No Of
ficer returning from South Africa would
be employed at home without Lord Rob
ert's and General Kitchener's recommended
tion. Scarcely week passed without an
ofIicer being removed or punished.
BOERs ATTACK RICHMOND.
Cape Town. Feb. E.-The Beers are at
lacking the village OF Richmond. in the
central part of the Cape Colony, and re-
endorsements have been dispatched from
Hanover road
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NO CHANGE IN INTEREST RATE.
House Defeats . Measure Proposing
q Reduction.

= nc0uculOAs .r
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Jefferson City. Feb 25.-The House this
morning voted down the measure OF Greene
of Scotland to reduce the legal maximum
rate OF interest in Missouri from 8. the
present rate, to per cent. The bill came
up for engrossment.
Hawthorne Of Kansas City pleaded earn
estly against the reduction Of the interest
In consideration of the adoption of the
third amendment taxing mortgages He
declared It would have an undesirable eff
feet ON the debtor class IN Missouri.
Stewart of Knox moved to amend the bill
SO that II should make instead of per
cent the maximum legal rate.
Duncan of Buchanan spoke against both
amendment and bin. Il am opposed to
this whole matter of fixing the rate of inter
est" he said. "As well might you provide
by law that the farmer shall receive no
more than 50 cents a bushei for his wheat.
supply and demand fix interest rates as
they fix the price OF wheat"
Aydelott moved to lay the amendment on
the table which, II adopted. would carry
the entire bill with II. This motion was
lost by a vote Of IS to IS.
Hamilton argued against the measure on
the ground that the present uncertain stat
us Of the third constitutional amendment
caused great disturbance IN the interest
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-26
AFortune for CHARITY,

A rich mans statement that he intends to
devote almost his entire immense fortune to
charitable works has aroused much discussion
This is because It Will relieve much distrsss and
accomplish much good 1t IL q praiseworthy
endcavor Of course. but there are many other
agencies which accomplish Just as much rood
Take Hostefters Stomach Bitters for instance
the great American remedy for all stomach Ills.
For hfty years II has cured corstipasion. dyspep-
sia. hiliousness. nervousness. and all the numer-
ons iiis which arise from weak Digestion rhis
medicine win keep the most delicate stomach IN
good shape. and the bowels regular. II l. .
wonderful restorative tonic and health builder;
also great blood puriner and nerve strensthener.
Il 10 also preventive for malaria fever and
ague. Ask for Il, and insist upon having it. See
that our Private Revenue Stamp covers ths neck
Of the bottlsl
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-26
EXTENDING IT'S PROVISIONS.
II Is Proposed to Regulate Many N"c-
turnal Pr0wlers.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL :,
Jefferson City. Mo-. Feb. ga little eoi-
torial paragraph in The Republic this morn
ing elected the following resolution from
Representative Mabry of Montgomery:
Whereas. 1t appeareth from reading The 81
Louis Republic that the Missouri deneEa1 Assem-.
bly, has provided by legislative enactment tnat
the duck chicken and turkey shall ever aiter
be restrained from running at large. and
Whereas. The said st. Louis Repubiic, the great
dispenser of political vision. In the same ar
ticie suggests that 'if tomcats can be ordered IN
by the members of the legislature minor meas
ures may be laid on the table: therefore. be II
Resolved, by the Legislature in regular session
assembled That only the tomcat be re-
strained from running at large and after the
ringing Of the curfew. but that the pussy cat De
prohibited from her nocturnal peregrfnations In
Quest OF the timld mouse. and be IL furtner a,
Resolved. That the large and increasing family
Of ''Mephitis mephitica. commonly known as
sISunks. or polecats now resident OF the sity OF
ST Louis be expelled from said city and forever
en1oined from returning thereto
The resolution was referred to the Com
mittee on Public Health and Scienuhc In
xtitutions.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-26
HEARING on THE xEsBIr LAW.
Committee Of House and Sena1'
Listens to Alleged Objections.

Committee Of House and Senate
Listens to Alleged Objections.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Jefferson City. NO.. Feb. "a public
hearing on the various amendments pro-
posed to the Nesbit law before the present
Assembly was held tonight by the Commit
tee OF the House and Senate on Privileges
and Elections. l-
c. A. welsh. Attorney william E. Ffsse,
Chairman Thomas Atkins Of the State Re-
publican Committee and z. c. Brokmeyer,
the accredited representative of the Globe
Democrat. addressed the committee. Attor-
ney Fisse laid before the committee material
gathered by him in the Horton Butler elec-
tion contest. contending that the result of
the November elections in St Louis was
due to election frauds.
william Smith denied the contention.
.'The corruption in city affairs due to the
Ziegenhein administration and the resulting
popular disg6st. produced the result in No
vember," he declared.
The committee will meet again tomorrow
at noon to hear Senator Drabelle. on the
subject.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-26
Lashing for ORenders Provided For
fn Bill by Hafnes.

Lashing for O4enders Provided For
fn Bill by HAines.
Jefferson City. Feb. ga proposal to e.
tablish the whipping post in Missouri wa.
broached In the House Of Representatives
by Hams of Saline to-day. Whipping IL to
be applied for misdemeanors as an alterna.
tive to fine and Imprisonment.
by being whipped on the bare back with
a rawhide' II the phraseology of the meas
ure.
The full text of the measure Is rs follows;
An act TO repeal section zzD Of article IN OF
chapter Is. Revised Statutes Of Missouri, lss9
and to enact n new section Ia lieu thereof to
be known section s57S-
Be II enacted BY the General Assembly OF
the State of Missouri. follows:
Section l.. That section 22y OF article IL
chapter Is. Revised Statutes Of Missouri, be
section enacted in lieu thereof 10 be known ns Ss
section 255s and read as foiioye:
Section 237S Whenever any odense is declared
by statute to be misdemeanor and no punish
the ofisnder shall be punished BY Improvement
In the county jail not exceeding six months. or
by fine not exceeding 500, or by both such flne
and punishment. or by being whipped on tho
hare back with rswhide by not less than
Provided. further. That any person convicted Of
q miSdemeanor under any statute. whether there
bs punishment hxed by the same not, may
be punished BY being whipped on the bare back
with ravhide by not less than ten lashess nor
more than thirty-nine lashes. a separate
punishment In lieu OF fine or imprisonment IN
county tail, or both fine and imprisonment In
the discretion Of the Court. Justice or jury try
Of the cSnstsble Of the toWrship ~here % the com.
victfon Is had to do the whipping Imposed as
punishment under the provisions OF this act.
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FOR THE BERTILLON SYSTEM.
senate Sends to Engrossment Meas
ure Providing for Ii.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Jefferson City, No., Feb. 25.-The Senate
to-day sent to engrossment the bill provid-
ing for the Introduction of the Bertillon
system for criminal identification in the
towns Of Missouri and In the Missouri Peni-
tentiary.
IT had on objection from Senator's. been
amended to apply only to persons who had
been convicted Of a felony.
severe opposition Senator Walker voiced
an apprehenAfon that innocent persons
might under the system, be catalogued In
rogues' galleries
Senator Zevely feared It would require too
much time to measure all the convicts In
the Penitentiary.
ciariue that In all the work of the st. Louis
Police Department under the system no IN
nocent man had ever been measured Inc
bill was sent to engrossment-