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R0BBERIES IN MISSOURI.
A Desperate Gang Operating in Seymour
and Vicinity.

l
and Vicinity.
Mansfield, Mo, Nov. 17.-On Noyem-
Der 2 the bank at Seymour, Mo, was
blown open and depot broken into.
The robbers made a water haul, not
succeeding in getting anything,
On November 4 the town marshal of
Mansfield received a message to look
out for seven men who tied and gag.
ged and robbed a man by the name of
Murray at Cedar Gap, station south
OF Seymour. on Friday, who were sup
posed to be the same men who robbed
the bank at Seymour The marshal
captured one, and one who tried to
make his escape was killed by a
through freight. On November IA De-
tectiye J, Z. Edwards Of Topeka, Kas,,
came down and identified the money
found on both the man arrested and
the man killed as being money from
the bank at Richards, Mo, which was
robbed in October as the numbers tai.
lied with the banks account of bills.
The man arrested gave his name as
W. S. Rayley, and was taken to Fort
Scott, Kas,. Friday night by Detective
Edwards, For miles east of here,
Thursday night, a man by the name
of Miller was held up and robbed of
S4yu5y by three masned men, All or
the robberies are supposed to have
been committed by members of the
same gang.
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would hardly understand this-Wha!
/ Nhatvas the old cradle on the Kitten
en- floor for? And little Jerry ana 1T
tie John in it!
. IIihc"7 |"Iui"5 S'oou SUM wv Wv
old cradle and galed down into it in
helpless bcwildcl'nent Had be lost
his wits, or had the years LoIlcu "a
from his bent Old shoulders ana lei,
him standing there strong ana
SlraIs"', io"h'us """I' low, at w - w.
| pied faces OF his little twln sons
Was he young again. we're lne oio
age and the loneliness and the hearV'
break in his stubborn oId Soul ""lF
a bad dream? And he was young
and had little John again--hao ooth
his boys
The babies stirred from iheIr pa
cid drowsc, and one OF them hung
out a lusty little fist and opened a
pair Of wide blue eyes Little john
that one was With an inarticulate
cry Of tenderness and love- father
stopped and gathered the warm,
sweet morscl into his old arms, and
laid his griz1led head against it. in
the old, old way Mother found HIM
so.
"Tather, fother!" she cried from
the doorway. All her soul was in her
eager, old voice.
"Hush, don't speak, mother; don't
wake me up! i've got little John in
NV arms"
in the quiet kitchen there was only
the sound of baby-crooning theh,
NIothpr had lifted little Jerry, and
yyos credIing him in her own arms
Thc mon sunshine lighted all their
faces Young and old. 1t was father
Who smoke first after awhile;
Don't tell me, mother ] know all
about ii, he said, quietly, 81 know
we MIMI grown Young again and
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A RECORD TIMBER DEAL.
Involving a story Of Woman's Faithful
ness Through Life to Her Only Love.

Involving Story Of Wonan's Faithful
ness Through Life to Her Only Love.
New Decatur Ala. Nov. IT, The
largest timber deal that has been con.
summated in North Alabama fos many
years has just been closed through the
agency of Attorney }. A. Fowler of
Someryille, this county. The tract
comprises a thousand acres Of the fin
est timber lands in this section Of the
State lying in the eastern part Of
Morgan county, and are known as the
Troop estate
Fhe purchase was made by Messrs.
Meyer & Spencer and the lands were
the property Of DR.. Llewellyn Jurdon
Of Washington, D. C. The largest
check ever given for a sale of timber
in North Alabama was the one from
Meyer & Spencer to DR.. Jurdon in this
transaction
In connection with these lands there
is a story of more than passing in
terest 1t is a strange but true story
Of a woman's faithfulness and deyO-
tion throughout life for the only man
she ever loved Many years ago the
tract of land in question belonged to
an aristocratic Southern gentleman.
His young daughter and a boy Of the
neighborhood were playmates togeth-
er and as they grew older their child
hood friendship ripened into love In
due time the young man attended med
ical college and the young lady was
sent to boarding school, but during
this separation they cOrresponded and
their love which had its beginning
during their tender years of childhood
only grew stronger. Finally the young
medical student graduated and after
few years practice moved to Wash.
ington City Years went on and for
some reason these childhood sweet
hearts never married, yet they were
the best Of friends and continued to
correspond
Finally the young lady's parents
died and she fell heir to the estate Of
her father
Only a few years ago She died and
when her will was read it was found
that she had left nearly all her lands
and money to the old sweetheart of
her girlhood days Relatives contest,
ed the will and the case was in the
courts for a number Of years, but only
recently the courts decided in favor
of the sweetheart whom she had never
married, but whom she always loved,
The lady's name was Miss Matte
Lee Feunel and her sweetheart was
Dr.. Llewellyn Jurdon, well known
physician of Washington City.
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other And for Johnhimself there ,ya.
the old message-"Your mother is
logingyou, Johu.' ltwas always there
TO jerry She wrote briefly Jerry
was busy man. with hundred ont.
side interest outside Of mother Ms
letters to her were wont to be rare and
short, but there was always a MESSAGE
to father in them. She missed that in
Johns long, tender letters.
I'm half afraid to write,r she
thought as she took up her pen; "Jer.
rvs folks have SO many rich friends
and so many places to go to-Im afraid
they won't want to come" But She
dipped her pen in the ink and began.
My dear boy"-she always began
her letters to both sons thatway-"Afy
dear boy your father says 10 put on
all your bonnets every one Of Won. and
come to the old home to keep Thanks
giving He's quite set upon it, You
know-you haven't forgotten, dear?-
that it is our golden wedding Thanks.
giving, and'it's time you can.ol Think
of having father and mother 50 wears
marrledand not coming Yourfather
says to say he has waited as long as he
can-and you must come home or he
Will diaown you! And he is in earnest.
dear! He is hungry for a sight Of your
face. And your mOthrr--dpar L,,.
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nrnnmite nnd nenth.

birmingham, Ala, Nov IA fire
which broke out in the freight depot
of the Southern railway at Pell City
ffty.four miles east of here, at 4
o'clock this morning, was followed by
terrific explosion, which resulted in
two persons being killed and ten in.
jured, two perhaps fatally.
When the fire was discovered the
night operator gave the alarm by re
peatedly firing a revolver. 1nis
aroused the citizens, who ran to the
depot to help save the freight. The
fact was overlooked that fifty cases
of dynamite were stored in the place
and the explosion occurred while a
large crowd Of citizens and railroad
men were near the scene, thus causing
a long list of casualties. Ten business
houses, including the Pell City hotel,
were also wrecked, causing heavy
lOgc
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!.1l.. .....l. 7..,. .,,Li,,.t 1inpl
u'o 'o''S wy, -. -, ~ ,l,'t.s '' ,1..o sh.
a''u i',' P'el''s', I,s T., lnr ,, ,rras,
l'aI u'IES'u "t'',ll ~ ,1' s, vya' ' W., 1,,f.,
ana s"- u""" :" VAN ,.." ,'',l w.. s..,5 ~ y.
pNo' MolntF was " !',''' - n,.' "
Jerry 5 folks 9oe ",9l'g" ur"yr .,.,,n
we've mere 70 Ny.P ''y' ',,',r ,,. ,'"o,, ,",,
oul ne hau nee" 'I'''U away ",,,I %oaI
Prc'eullI an" ,,.'5 "o'," ,;,,, m'' ono " of IN,
lnocn oelo[e rI 9'nugI ,'I,5 LINK, I;a, '"S W "
ca,,n,,,.,,ono dow, tho road soundpC
somewhere G'" .a !, ,,,' u'Io.s ,o' nm,
'ue '''' o'' ", ~ ...,,,-,,,,.1,. and etoo,
molnas go' "I', I,,,,,iar ~, ,Ur7' r. ,yas smell
o'' ,n1 ,,', ''oo'' S,I,.s I9d hod to com,
li,S az, I.',l ,,non, = ,G'"r UarI.t-yrs If wa.
up ~ ''1 ~ ~ I,no II ,yos almost
turning i"l' '"t 'l"t' = ,Io '|, 5o"r on,
mere SIe ''uS' ~ ,n,,o ~ '' rirIfsb sby
meet l. mem .,,,, - e',o th" Ii,trc old egure
ness s"epl ",.' ,@o mink % color bios
ana TWO sPo'S ,,,G ~ ahooI.s
sG,nou .,,,,, iu ,ig, "aasod 4 confusion oil
ine ! iul'oto .,.',,t,d "otbor,s cor sweet
y'lHS ,3lI grSe,eG ,.,i. ,'', ,,ir tbc bubble Oh
SnIIi ',.'ig ,,.,,;,,a MIMI tSronob thcm Ave
!1usN''l ,I.', '"'.'r'7 ham olI y mans deer
,aian ,at c,1led. "Nlother! Mother
voice '"'',"' oo Whot did it all
', mle.' 'Ir 5nr i ~, was Johns voice cali
i, i,Ie'' i, ~, ,,os Iohn's wife getting out
'us A., 80 ,oro "T and Johns little chil
o. ."J a,,a,,i,g S'"s5, ~ and bnbbling! John.
1ren 1I, g'"''''''7
IONS. ,,,,5 horsclf pt the doai
Mo''e' o,'' .Lom all. and her
in the hlust u. ,,tnt dismay were
wonder ana ,'.. ,,'no .,,nc,rsss and ioy OF
W ,''l' ,,,,,;na and the warm rain OF
Iil, the,r I.,'.ng gop,,us an " her face.
'he,r h'Sses - = - ,,,nv little voices in
There were ,, 80 i'g iitire arms around
her cas- SO ilg%' hn% Iobn was thcrc-a
her i,, neen, @ Inbn with little Johns
olg' oearueu ;ooi ooi'', There was no room
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WIN Build to Dallas.

Dallas, Tex, Nov 17.-President
Yoakum, of the Frisco, today an.
thorized the statement that his road
would build into Dallas, from a point
on the Red river division near Carroll,
ton, during the coming year He also
stated that if satisfactory trackage ar.
rangements could not be concluded be-
tween the Frisco and the Texas & Pa,
cifc. the former road would also build
from here to Fort Worth. President
Yoakum, Vice-President Winchell, Col
Fordyce and a party of Frisco direc.
tors are spending a few days in Texas
on an inspection tour.
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Golden Wedding.

Natchez. Miss, Nov. 17.-Yesterday
was the fiftieth anniversary of the wed.
ding of Rev. and Mrs, ], b. Stratton.
They were married in Natchez, Nov,
16, 1852, and had one child a son, Jo-
seph Bruce Stratton, Jr,, who died
Sept rs. 1888 DR., Strattou is a ma
tive Of Bridgeton, N j., and is in his
S7th year. He was pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, this city, from
1S43 to 1894, when he resigned ana the
honor of pastor emeritus was con.
ferred upon him by the Mississippi
presbytery.
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bowel ns,
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RIshnn THOMPSON sinking.

Jackson, Miss, Nov 17.-Bishop
Thompson is sinking rapidly tonight
and may not live until morning. The
end is but a question of a few hours.
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HSEgEg ND f. ana 'o''n
ur8 folks, Phineas
ID Amelia Qulmoy .
breath lailea az
the last sylIapie
ad gathered all her strehglU
at question She did not care t1
Ncross at fIIucas. HIS rePIy
\, deeply I'm his throat, but She
II make out all the words IIl'y
N she had lived with fhlllea-
IN
n bid we'd aafc Jerry's folks mere
nl,gyn dinner We amt mac
some tmc and this is a kind OF
&yycmbon' our anniycrsory'
Hnow father our fftieth ami
b. That's why | wanted
&i-Johu,
b bctcrvri.o toJerry right Off
h loitto.day and Silas BIunt'lI
d for yc Tonight It's Sis night
Nolodge
Hiug more. audvhen She had said
kr' Amelia Quimby had played
A.tcarj her trump She had not
Il lin father since Jerry and
Eyera great brown boy andit had
Bncd Twonty-~cycn years ago
',b,,9 All ,lo La,,.tI,rooI, ,
4 can hide I'm ~ years! When
u badtvlu ou, laid in her arms
hcId them oue ON one side and on,
odic. and razcd for long. weak
Eirom one Iitue pink face to the
\ when .He has watched them
out of u.uarorcs into trousers.
III childhood into tan. splendid
Eh. when She had fed them and
| Id them and loved tbem-ah. to
Eeottbrm.thcn, Mothers know,
|frt She nad hoppd for a recon
Eou Yom after year. ot Thanks.
\ time. She had hopcd. For. odd.
fugbflua, on THANKSGIVING day
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MACON
MERCANTILE
COMP

bought the stock OF goods and good will Of Messrs
SCALES co. and the largest stock of goods carried by
firm in Noxubee county, We carry everything usually
1ied country Groceries of all kinds retail and job
all country merchants call get prices
for you money and time.
Bisbee daily review., 1902-06-06
THE REWARD MINES.

Mr L w Morgan, who arrived in Los Angeles from Casa Grande. Afi- zona states that shipments of copper bullion are being made from the Re ward Consolidated mines at Casa Grande, to the Ladue Refining Com pany. New York. These mines are owned by Boston and Glasgow (Scot- land) people, the Boston people own ing 47 per cent of the stock and the Glasgow people 63 per cent. Some of the Glasgow people in the Reward are also interested in the Elkhart mines at Chloride, Mohave county, Arizona; also in mining properties in the state of Idaho and in Mexico.
 MT Morgan states that the Reward mines are now producing from two to three tons of copper bullion a day, which contains 9s per cent copper, l6s ouncec of silver and s14 gold per ton.-Los Angeles Mining Review.
 The Reward smeiter was started up about two months ago and made daily output conforming to the above statement for several weeks, when the furnace gave out and stopped opera tions. But a new furnace was prompt ly ordered from Messrs. Gardner, Wor- then and Coos, of Tucson, has been received and installed and within a few days the bullion output will be re sumed-Florence Blade.
Bisbee daily review., 1902-06-06
OPERATING IN SANTA RITA.

The Santa Rita Copper Mining and Smelling Company, articles of incor- poration of which were filed with the county recorder or Thursday, expect
 tobegin active operations on a large scale of development on large group of claims, of which R. J. Adams and c. 2. Elliot are among thelocal own CTS in the company, which is financed by some prominent St. Louis capitlists. This group lies west of the Old Baldy mountain in the Santa Rita range, and are known to be one Of the most highly mineralized sections Of the southern portions of the territory They have, without question, the best natural ad- yantages for the development of a large proposition of any section of the southern portion of the territory, hay ing abundance Of water and timber.
 Since the drop in the price of copper much more interest has been taken by nining companies in seeking mines l1- cated where the natural advantages for cheaper treatment of ores and de velopment can be had, thus placing them on an equal footing in the cost sf production with other and older producers. We prophecy for the com psny one of the largest and best divi- sand paying properties of the territory. Star.
Bisbee daily review., 1902-06-06

New Stage llne.-Blackburn's stage line connects with all trains at Fair banks for Tombstone. Easy riding ve- hiesee and good tine made s2 tf..
Bisbee daily review., 1902-06-06
Thf MINING FIELD
GOLD HILL MIMIC CO.

Will Estbiish Headquartrs at Douglas ...-Own Property in the San Simon e. District.
 E. F. Kelsey, of Bowie. was in Bis bee yesterday, returning from Douglas Mir. Kelsey is a brother of W. F. Kei- sey, of the Bisbee Transfer company. He is secretary and treasurer of the Gold Hill Mining company. the owner ef some very promising copper mines located twelve miles north of Rodeo. on the Fl Paso & Southwestern rail way, and twenty-five miles from San Simon station, on the Southern Pacific railroad The Gold Hill company have been doing development work on its mines for the past year and the results have been very satisfactory. Before the company secured the mines the former owners had made several ship ments of high grade ore to Fl Paso. D. W. Wickersham is president of the company, and Adolph Solomon is vice.
 
 the we'll known firm of Solomon X wickershaw, now doing large whole sale grocery business at Stafford, in Graham county. During the last year the property has been visited by a large number of mining men who have given the prospect most hearty rec emmeudation
 The company headquarters have been at Bowie, but MT. Kelsey has de eided to move the base of operation to Douglas, from which place the mines can be more easily reached and at less expense. The stock of this company has mostly been sold to local investors at Wilcox and the Gila valley.
 During the last few months high grade ore has been secured and for the present piled up on the dump awaiting a determination as to whether it shall be shipped or held for a reduction plant which it is intended to erect at the mines or at Rodeo.
The evening Republican., 1902-04-17
TIURsDxY APRIL 3g 1e
CHINESE EXCLUSION,
Original Drastic Bill Killed.
Platt Substitute Passed.
SENATOR HOAR ALONE OPPOSES.
The Measure Will Now Go to tho
House as a New One-A Prelimi-
nary Victory For Cuban
+ Reciprocity.

| WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE dras.
tic Chinese exclusion bill originally
framed by the senators and representa-
tives from the Pacific coast states met
defeat in the senate yesterday. and in
| its place was substituted IA measure Of
| fered by Mr. Platt Comm extending
the provisions of the present exclusion
law and also applying that exclusion
to all insular territory under the juris-
| diction Of the United States.
The vote by which the substitute
| took the place Of the original bill was
As yeas to 33 nays. Once the substitu-
ton had been made all senators joined
In its sunport, with the single excep-
ton of NH. Hoar, the substitute being
passed-I6 to |. The friends of the sub
stitute showed their strength through
out the voting on amendments that pre-.
ceded final action and succeeded in
preventing any material change in its
features. Some minor changes We're
made, admitting Chinese persons con-
nected with national expositions and
providing for certificates of identitica-
ton Of Chinese in our insular posses.
sions. Otherwise. however, the substi-
tute was adopted substantially in the
form that Mr.. Platt presented it.
The senate after disposing Of the
Chinese exclusion bill made the Phil
ippine civil government bill the untin.
ished business.
The senate failed to substitute the
enacting clause of the house bill for.
the senate measure, so that the bill
now will go to the house as an original
measure and from a parliamentary
standpoint will have to be acted on and
treated the same rs though the house
had not passed Il Chinese exclusion bill
already
The friends of the Cuban reciprocity
bill won a substantial victory in the
house by carrying Il motion to close
general debate tomorrow at 3 o'clock.
The vote was l:,3 TO 123. Thrty-three
Republicans voted against the motion,
but this detection was offset by thirty
two Democrats who voted with the
great body Of the Republicans for it.
The strength Of the Republican opposi-
tion 10 the bill, Judged by this vote,
has decreased six since the vote was
taken on the motion to 90 into commit
tee Of the whole 10 consider the bill,
when the vote stood 1G7 to so. The
days debate was fcaturelcss.
The evening Republican., 1902-04-17
Life CanYlcf Pa daned

ALBANY, n. Y, April 17.-Govcrnor
Ddell has pardoncd Amer Ben Ali. bet
ter known MS "Frenchy," who has been
serving a life sentence in Sing Sing
prison for the murder Of woman
called "Old Shakespeare in New York
city in 1891. The pardon was granted
by the governor because he believes
that there are grave doubts Of the
prisoners guilt, much of the testimony
being of a peculiar character and
"Frenchy" being placed at disadvan-
tage, being unable 10 speak English.
The pardon was asked for by several
influential and prominent men. includ-
ing Hon. Jules Cambon, the French
ambassador: Hon. Frederick X. COu-
aert, Mr.. J. B. Martin and others.
The evening Republican., 1902-04-17
Jail Delivery Frustrated,

NEWARK, y, j.. April H. Warden
Hosp of the county Jail here was told
that preparations had been made by
the prisoners for general Jail ueliv-
cry next Saturday night He at once
went to the cells Of John Wyckoff,
awaiting trial for murder. and John
Mcdonald, who has pleaded guilty to
highway robbery, aud found several
bars of the cell doors sawed through.
the sawed places being deity filled
with soap Eight other prisoners are
said TO have been in tie plot The ten
were moved to other cells where they
could hold no communication with each
other. The warden says that his infor-
nation is thai band of men from
Philadelphia WAS TO be on hand Satur-
day night to assist the prisoners in get
ting AWAY
The evening Republican., 1902-04-17
wood Issues Important Order.

HAVANA, April H. Governor Cen
eral Wood has issued an order provid-
Ing that judges and prosecuting officers
cannot be dismissed from office except
for crime or for serious cause and nev-
cr without a hearing. As under the
platt amendment the Cuban republic
must recognize all orders issued by the
American military gOvt rnmcnt as law
this order of General Wood virtually
means life tenure Of Office for the
present Judges and prosecuting attor-
neys. A vigorous protest has already
been made against the number Of Or
dcrs being issued by the military gov.
ernmcnt,
The evening Republican., 1902-04-17
A Fortune 10 Charity.

NEW YORK, April 17-By the death
Df Mrs. Henrietta A. Webb. widow Of
William II. Webb, foremost of the
ante bcllum shipbuilders and founder
of the webb Academy and Home For
Shipbuildcrs, The Herald says that the
bulk of the great fortune amassed by
Mr.. Webb will go to the academy and
home which bears his name and is To-
Gated at KingSbridge, in Bronx bor-
ough. The exact amount the academy
will receive is not known. owing to the
fluctuations Of the securities in which
the estate had been invested before Mr..
Webb's death in 1880 but it is expected
that 1t will ultimately receive in the
neighhorhood Of 100000 Mrs. Webb
died Tuesday Of this week.