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The bee., 1902-10-23
SQUIRE BREWER
Empties His Revolver Into Tom
MobIey, Who Had Cursed and
Threatened Him.
DETAILS OF SHOOTING MEAoER.

The Hopkiesville New Era of
last week gives the following ac-
count of a difficulty which occur
red at Fairview, just across the
line in Christian county:
I" Squire w. B. Brewer, a
leading merchant and editor of
the Fairview Review, shot and
perhaps fatally wounded Tom
Mobley, a young white man, on
Tuesday afternoon. There had
been a former difficulty between
them, growing, it is said, out of
a political speech yf the editor's
to which the young man toob OK
ception. Mobley had been placed
under a peace bond, the term of
which had just expired. Mobley
had been to Hopkinsvllle that
day and returned to Fairview un-
der the influence of liquor and
was in that condition when the
trouble came.
The details of the shooting are
meager. 1t is said that Mobley
stood in the street near Squire
Brewers store and began abus-
ing and threatening him, and the
latter fired on the young man
with an "electric pistol" a nov
city in the weapon line that dis
charges bullets rapidly. The
seven chambers of the pistol were
emptied and several of the bull
lets struck Mobley. 1t is repor-
ted that Mobley also shot at Mr..
Brewer, but other rumors have
it that he was not armed. Great
excitement prevailed.
The bee., 1902-10-23
DOC BROWNS cOURTsHlP.
gives Some Sound Advice to Matrimo.
nial Candidates.

The Chicago Chronicle of a re-
cent date says:
''Doc" Brown, of Morganfield,
KY, who represents his district
in the state legislature, is one of
Kentucky's unique characters.
To illustrate a point in a recent
speech he gave the following ac-
count of his ceurtship. "Take
my advice and never give a wo-
man anything she can't eat and
never make love to her out of an
ink bottle. VIII, when l courted
my wife l just grabbed hold of
her and said: 'Sallie, you are
the sweetest thing on earth and
your beauty battles the skill of
man and subdues his ferocious
nature and / got her."
The bee., 1902-10-23

That part of Gen. Funston's
annual report for the department
of the Colorado, which relates to
the effects of the abolition of the
army post canteen, as he has OBJ
served them, will revive discus
sion of an act of the national
legislature which was due wholly
to strange yielding to pressure
from a small, well-meaning, but
misinformed and prejudiced mi
nority of the people of the Uni
ted States.
The bee., 1902-10-23

From the ambitious, energetic
south and southwest, which contain
some of the richest and most fruit
full of commonwealths, come daily
more agreeable and authoritative
tidings of agricultural development.
Reports from all sections of this i'm
menss territory are laden with
golden promise Of its coming great
ness and Importance.
The bee., 1902-10-23
Don't Read This.

The Bee is ready to do any and
all kinds of fancy and artistic
advertisements ON blotters. We
have full supply of high grade
blotting paper on hand and can
give you any kind of an adver-
tisement you want. Give us an
order and see what we can do.
The bee., 1902-10-23
FACTS AND FIGURES
A Post Correspondent Writes a
Salty Letter From WiIkesbarre
and Shows How Mitchell
Kept His Word.
SOME PHASES or A GREAT LEADER.

A correspondent of the Even
ing Post writes from Wilkes
barre:
"Mitchell is, indeed, clever !;
and he is great strike organizer ;
and he has ri sen from the ranks
of miners to the command of mi
ners; and he has no doubt-who
hasn't?-a real desire to aid the
poor and distressed. But the
point is' after all, this: Is he
taking the part of the poor and
distressed? and is the country
forced to pay exorbitant rates
for fuel because the coal barons,
are oppressive, and mean, and
grinding? Both of these qdes-
tions are answered by the cir
cumstance that, after six months
without wages, no reports of in
stances Of hunger have been
D heard And, though $19,000,00O
have been lost to the 147, 900
workers through idleness, and
the amount of the relief from
outside unions has been unexpec-
tedly small, the savings banks
find that there is still left on de-
posit a surprising amount of mi
ners money. Can underpaid la
Dor live six months without
wages and still have balances in
bank?
"Mitchell said, and kept re-
peating all summer, that he
would waive all recognition of
union if the strike could be set
tied.
son Friday at Washington the
oportunity came to send the men
back to work, and have all griev-
ances adjusted by each employer
comforting with his own en-
ployes, and leaving matters they
could not agree upon to the local
judges of the courts of common
pleas-but Mitchell would not
make such settlement because
it did not recognize the union.
"Mitchell said to President
Roosevelt ga large portion of
such lawlessness has been pro-
voked by criminals who have
been brought into the Anthracite
regions to recruit the coal and
iron police
sit is not possible, in a day, to
get the facts from all the 300
collieries scattered over 100
miles, but here is this mornings
regular weekly report ON coal
and iron police employed by the
Lehigh Valley Coal Co. Whole
number, 134. Of these 103 are
old and loyal employees. The
rest were recruited in the farm
ing districts of the State.
mitchell said in his letter to
Mr.. Hewitt that he did not
call out the firemen and pump
men, by whose strike the mines
were left to flood and ruin.
Son May %, published in all
newspapers of the region, his or
der was issued signed by himself,
saying that ten days. notice was
thereby given that unless fire.
men, pumpmen, and engineers
wore given the eight-hour day,
they would stop work. At the
expiration of the ten days, they
according to this order, left the
pumps.
mitchell frequently has said
in speeches that no lawlessness is
countenanced by him or the
union. Yet in every case where
arrests have been made of strik-
ers for burnings, shootings, hang
ings in effigy, the prisoners have
been, in this district, defended
by the recognized counsel for the
union. j. L. & @. b. Lenahan,
and bail has been supplied"
The bee., 1902-10-23
LOCOMOTIVE BLASTS

of the hill engine.
The H. d. broke the record ON
loading coal last week. They
loaded at all of the mines on the
division ia cars of coal.
The Shamrock Coal Company,
of Providence will be ready to
begin the shipment of coal this
week.
Agent j. T. Nolan is again at
work at Barnsley after an alb
sence of some two or three
months on account of i'll health.
The Cum mberland valley divis-
ion borrowed two operators from
chief dispatcher Wise of the II.
ID. last week. The men who
went were operators j. 7. Ech-
oils and Q. E. Turpin.
Foreman w. r. Burleigh is at
work repairing the turn-table at
this place, and all engines will
have to be turned on the new
"Y" until the work is completed.
The Robinson Carnival Com
pany was moved from Madison
vile to Nashville by the III. ID.
They went from there to Decatur,
Alabama.
Dispatcher Willie Griffin went
to Evansville on important bust
ness for the company Monday.
Dispatcher Jno. Devney, engi-
neer Dan Donahue and Mr. Mr..
Caveness of the st. Bernard
Company, left Monday for few
days outing trip to GeIgers lake
Union county.
Operator Robt. Jackson, of
Madisonville, who had an opera
tion performed some time ago
for catarrh, is considerably bet
ter and will resume work soon..
Operator j. E. Miller, of Sc
bree is off on a trip to the city
of New Orleans to see the sights
and "dagoes.
A new cafe service has been
put in operation on the L. & N.
between Guthrie and Montgom-
cry, on trains 80 and 81. This
will no doubt be appreciated by
the travelling public and prove to
be decided success.
The boys say hotel De Whitlow
at Guthrie is too utterly utter.
The candidates for matrimoni-
al honers now stand Ed Brody at
the bat, Bob Hale on deck and
Henry Jones in the hole.
Contractors ars rapidly push
Ing the work of grading Bakers
hill. They have a large force at
work there and expect to COM
plete this work in as short time
as possible.
Conductor Buckley spent Sum-
dav in Evansville.
Conductor Frank Gephert, Of
Hopkinsville, went to Evansville
Sunday to visit friends.
Engineer Sam Manning who
went South on 81 Sunday after
noon reports he saw a large
crowd of young people in front of
the Arboretum shooting scraps. :"
We are in position to state
positively this is a mistake, as
we were there.
Chief dispatcher Wise would
make a good reporter. He is al
ways full of news items, and he
has Systematically told us one
item in particular, six consecu-
tive times.
Copper McKeown attended
church Sunday night, he says,
but we failed to locate him there.
There is an epidemic of we'd
dings among the II. ID. boys this
fall. 1t seems all the girls want
r. r. men. They evidently
know good thing when they see
it.
E. M. Orr went fishing at Loeb
Mary Saturday evening, with
1.-TWO minnows, and caught cold.
The bee., 1902-10-23
FACTS 5 FICTION

| WOIUu VI WOOl q JCdl'
An average Britisher is as
strong as two Hindoos.
A diet of garlic is wonderful
aid to the complexion.
There are over 21,OO0 stitches
in an ordinary white shirt.
Oxen and sheep fatten better
in company than when kept
alone.
The various countries of the
world use 13, 400 different kinds
of postage stamps.
The eel has two separate hearts.
One beats so, the other 100 a
minute.
Some of the insurance compa-
nies of Paris refuse to insure
people who dye their hair.
The standard of height in the
British army is greater than in
any other army in the world.
More steel is used in the man.
ufacture of pens than in all the
sword and gun factories In the
world.
In order that rainbow may
be produced the sun must not be
more than AZ degrees above the
horizon.
The average French person
uses six pounds of soap in a year
the average English person uses
ten pounds.
Ten British towns besides Lon
don are larger than Dublin,
which now has 245,OOO people.
Edingburg beats Dublin by 81
600.
| Progressive Canada estimates
that "the population capacity of
Canada cannot be less than 100,-
900, ,0O0." There are 1900. 900
square miles of arabic land.
Women school teachers in
Roumania have been recommend
ed by the minister of public in
struction to wear the picturesque
Wallachian peasant costume.
A man named Sourieff was ar
rested in st. Petersburg on the
charge of numbering his wife by
piercing her brain through the
ear with strong, long hatpin.
Notwithstanding the man
knew how he had come by his
red nose, he was extremely sens
tive about it, and any reference
to it was resented promptly and
with emphasis. One day he was
calling on some ladies when the
small boy of the family was
present. The youngster was
strangely attracted by the radl-
ant nose. and kept watch on 1t
from the moment the vititor en-
tered the room until he had a
chance to speak to his mother,
relates the New York Herald.
SIS it wrong to tell a story,
mamma?" he asked so that ev-
erybody could hear.
"Of course it is," she replied,
with proper degree of horror.
"But isn't it right to tell one
just sometimes?" he persisted.
SWELL" she hesitated, ''possi-
bly, if one is told to spare the
feelings Of some person it might
De excused.
"And why does my little man
ask such a question:" inquired
the gentleman, very coaxingly.
! Because" responded the boy,
81 wantpd to say your nose was.
MT a bit red, if somebody else
wasn't going to say it pretty
soon."
Later, when the culprit was
going to punishment, he asked
his mother if she wouldn't have
licked him just the same if he
had told the truth.
Moral-Don't monkey with
morals.
The bee., 1902-10-23

Jim Jounger, the noted outlaw
who was paroled about a year
ago from the Saltwater peniten-
tiary, committed suicide Monday.
The bee., 1902-10-23
HAPPENINGS In KENTUCKY.

uer VI JHe JuuSueuUs secureu III
the case of Fred Stewart, who
was a switchman for the Illinois
Central, injured few years ago
in an accident. He secured q
verdict for $4,000 and shortly
afterward died in Springfield,
Mo-, from smallpox. After a
fight in the courts a compromise
was effected for $11, 900, and all
of this left after the fees were
paid is $4,000. o. I. Hamlin, of
Springfield, has been appointed
administrator of the estate in
Missouri, and the administrator
has filed suit to determine what
he shall do with the money.
r-The corner stone of the new
Carnegie public library at Padu-
cab was laid last week under the
auspices of the Masons, in the
presence of several thousand peo-
pie. Congressman Charles X.
Wheeler delivered the oration
and the Masonic work was done
by Past Master James E. Will
helm. The library will cost
$50, 900.
AT a meeting of the Confeder-
ate Veterans Association of
Kentucky at Lexington it was
decided to donate $500 to the
Confederate Home. Up to this
time the Lexington division has
refused to indorse the move for
erecting a home, but favored a
division of the funds among the
camps for the benefit of the sick
at their homes.
I. w. I. Simms, aged 20 years,
was buried last week in his Con-
federate uniform, by the Confed-
crate veterans at Mayfeld. He
served % years as justice of the
peace, and was captain in the
10th Tennessee infantry, Confed-
crate army.
A camp of Woodmen of the
World with 80 charter members
has been organized at Ford.
Arecord was established in the
Davies circuit court one day last
week by the granting of SIX di-
vorces. Two husbands and four
wives were plaintiffs in the vari-
Gus actions. The most important
case was that of E. L. Mattingly,
a well known citizen. He was
married for the third time in six
years and had been separated
from his wife for year. Within
five minutes after the decree of
divorce was handed down in his
case he had secured q license and
was married to Miss Ida Hayden.
Mattingly is So years old and his
latest bride is 40.
Thirty dead bodies were found
last week in a cold storage plant
located in the rear of an ice
cream factory at Louisville. The
same pipes which were used in
congealing the cream for table
use were connected up with a
small plant in a shed in the rear,
where they kept the bodies cool.
1t was at first thought that the
cadavers had been brought from
indianapolis, but the heads of
the several colleges interested in
the establishment asserted that
the bodies had been obtained le-
ultimately by them from the pen
itentiaries, asylums and other in
stitutions of the state of Ken.
lucky.
George Nelson, the negro who
some time ago burned three
houses at Lebanon, was tried last
week and sentenced to fourteen
years IN the penitentiary. Nell
son came from Brooklyn, N. Y,
about year ago, and has given
the officers a great deal of trou-
| IL
The bee., 1902-10-23
Plea for Woman Suffrage.

nal, is a strong advocate OF wo-
man suffrage. In a recent ad-
dress upon the subject he said:
"Strong as is the argument of
natural right the one fact that
silences objection to equal suf-
frage today is the competency of
the modern woman for the ballot.
Conceding that the right to vote
is the comforting of a privilege,
not a right; concede the inferior
ity of the female mind and her
limited sphere when Bushnell
opposed equal suffrage. How
changed are conditions today.
Woman at last has a personality.
She is no longer merely domes-
tic. The sex, once shut out from
the schools, now outnumber the
boys who graduate from our high
schools in the proportion of seven
to two. We grant that they were
once mentally inferior; perhaps
for that reason wisely shut out
from the suffrage; but in view
of the intelligence of American
women todav, in view of their
participation in the professions,
in view of the 100000 female
school teachers-all must con-
cede that so far as mental
achievements are the test, the
ground has shifted.
"The old theory of woman was
that she could be beaten by her
husband; her earnings were his !;
she could make no will, nor con-
tract, nor have voice in the dis
position of her children; she was
shut out from the professions.
| Only seven industries outside of
home-making were open to her
in her in 1886. 1t is not strange
that in such a society the ballot
was incongruous for woman. But
she is no longer dependent on
men; she is no longer generally
domestic. All arguments that
justify the ballot for men along
these lines at last apply to
women.
"Much has been made of the
fact that some women oppose
suffrage and great numbers of
them appear dislnterested. In
the introduction of great reforms,
too much stress should not be
laid in individual opinions.
Thoughtful leaders of the sex
want the ballot now, as thought
full blacks Craved emancipation.
The forgotten masses of slaves
made no sign. 1t is pitlful that
the comparison should be so COM
plete, but the history of negro
emancipation runs parallel with
the loosening shackles on women.
"Woman should have the bal
lot to protect herself in the lar
ger life of recent years, which
the state has given her. She is a
factor in the industrial world.
No less than male labor, she
needs the ballot as a defense ;
she needs it to enrich her life to
lift great numbers from the plane
of idle gossip to the discussion of
schools, streets, moral reforms,
world questions, with which the
ballot would bring her in sensi-
tive touch.
"The state needs the ballot of
women. AT present, half the in
telligence, the patriotism, the
public zeal of the adult popula-
tien, is inactive. The partisan
ship of men would be corrected
by the vote of women who are
chiefly interested in good men
in office, to take care of their
cities and do justice. Women
have quick lntuitions. The
mother instict would still be ag-
gressive, and it is one to trust.
1t is a mans government now,
and shows the absence of woman's
conscience and devotion to sim
plicity and truth. Organized
womanhood thrown into the dis
posal of problems, local and nat
ional, would be a power for
good. -
The bee., 1902-10-23

Here is a sweet report for
sweethearts. A $4,000, 900 candy
trust has been organized.
The bee., 1902-10-23

Seats will be on sale at the st.
Bernard Store for the Vendome
Stock Co. Friday, Oct. "a.
The bee., 1902-10-23

An advertisement in The Bee
always brings good results.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27
County Candidates.

Monroe County candidates
were here in full force Monday
and Tuesday. Monday after
noon they drove to Indian
Creek y ere at , o'clock they
spoke to Il good -. Idjence,
considering the $3.50 that the
farmers are quite busy. j. E.
Carrico presided. All day
Tuesday the candidates were
working for votes and on the
afternoon Katy train quite a
delegation OF PdrisianS came
down At the opera house in
the evening the various candi.
dates presented their claims.
Monroe township candidates
received great OvationS. The
people are now ready TO make
up their tickets Look out for
campaign lie.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27

Miss Bessie Elzea. the charm
ing daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
James S. Elzea, south of the
city, came in Saturday from
Hardin College to spend Sun
day with them.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27

Louis Lear is now putting in
his spare time at the j. j.
Rogers department store and
will put in full time as regular
clerk as soon as school is out.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27

d mt let me have to ask you
for the little account you may
be owing me | would so much
prefer, that you would call in
and ask about it Yourself. B.
o. WooD
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27

Mrs. j. w. Cox, wife of editor
John, had a birthday yesterday
and he generously gave her a
garden rake so he could have
some garden sass.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27

Iowa has done herself proud.
The House by vote of SO to '16
Thursday prohibited base ball
playing on SUNDAY.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27
Marion County Primary.

The Democratic central com
mittee Of Marion Co, met at
Palmyra and set Saturday,
April 26. as the date Of the
county primary.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27

Did you ever? No you never
did see as nice Il line of Easter
Hats and as cheap as those at
Miss Tudie Swinkey's.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27

If you wish to see something
decidedly new and chic, exam,
inc the Wall Paper samples at
j. j. Fitzpatrick's.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27
Black Oats.

A car load of Black Oats for
seed just received, Fifty cents
per bushel at CARA. a.,
GREEN.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27

Bernie Sandifer, Of Cooper
vile. has moved to the city and
resides at the corner Of Third
and Washington streets in wha t
is known as the Price Griffith.
places.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27

Uncle Hat Green, of near
Hunnewell says: 1 will again
begin Developments in the zinc
mine as soon as spring fairly
opens.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27

AL L Able is taking a course
at the State Normal at Kinks
vile, Mo.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27

Earl Caldwell arrived in the
city Sunday TO do some voting
Saturday, He spent the aior
portion of the winter in Car.
thage, where he was supposed
to be doing some counting His
brother Will thought it Case of
"Im sick at my heart and want
want to lay down"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27

Miss Elizabeth Boulware was
with Hannibal friends Sun day
afternoon.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27

Prot. o. w. Colgate has rent
ed his farm near Huntington to
Grin Steel
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27

J. F.. Renshaw, one of the act.
i've and successful farmers of
near Warren was business
visitor in the city Monday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27

Friday J. E. Moore took his
son master Willie b. to Perry.
vile, Mo-, where he placed him
in the st. Mary Seminary.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27

DR.. Dallas, Of the Saccharine
village made a professional
visit to the city Saturday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27

Bud Garner-Dr. Carver
has pat in nice soda fount
and is preparing to cater to the
trade of 1902.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27

Miss Gertrude Mccall left
Thursday for a visit with New
London friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27
Penny Pictures
SE AT &c
Belle Johnson's Studio

Melvin Hayden was out in
the warm sunshine with his
many friends Saturday for the
first time in many weeks. He
had been laid up with a severe
spell of pneumonia.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27

George L. Hardy, Jr., of
Quincy. has been over to see
his father Judge G. L. Hardy,
who has heeu quite ill, but is
now some better,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27

John Carr and wife, of near
Hunnewell, came down Mon,
day to do some shopping.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27

Hats at Miss Tudie Swinkeys
were nevers equaled in beauty
and price.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27

Percy Jones, of, st. Louis, is
enjoying a visit IN the city with
the homefolkS.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27

Mrs. B. Bull and Master
Willie have returned from a
several weeks visit with the
homefClks at Kahoka.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27

The say, Il am not a good
collector" but I am goln" ],
try and verify the old "ylSg
THAT what they saw ,es.
Always true. --B. O. WOO.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27

Treat your best girl TO Oys-
tiers and Cream and Cake, Sat.
urday at the Carson store room.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27

Prof. o. W. Colgate was a
business visitor in the City of
Flowers Friday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27

Dainty, delicate and ex-
quisite are the Easter hats at
Miss Tudie Swinkey's.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27

j. E. Brown and family have
moved from the Lundborg pro-
perty to the Sam Megown prop
erty.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27

Miss Fannie Graves, one of
the very incest girls of the
county seat has been the guest
Of her friend M i $ Virg i e
Bristow.