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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-22

PreSldent Johnson 0f the American league has signed Frank OLaughlin star umpire of the Eastern league last year. It is believed that O'Laughlin's $ associates will be Sheridan, Carruthers and Cantillion.
 Charles Nichols has signed for his Kansas City Western league team E. J. Waldron, the outfelder who was with Washington and Milwaukee last year He had batting average in the American league of .313.
 The Philadelphia National league team signed Third Baseman Unglaub of the Worcester Eastern league team yesterday. He will play third base, and Hallman, who has been playing third base, will be placed on second base.
 New London has released Wood ruff, Ford, Kuhns, Stanhope and Hen ". Henry is working in Baltimore and expects to play in Newark next season. Wilson says that he expects to get place on the Clayelands of the American association next season. Of last years New London players the only men retained were Finn and Tucker.
 Manager Shettsline of the Philadel- phias will try Oscar Lang, football coach of Susquehanna university, on first base this spring. Though best known in football, Lang, needless to say, is not without baseball experi- ence. It is not known whether Jen- nings will be able to join the team in time for the trip south or for the be- ginning of the season.
 Manager Saterlee of the Yale base ball association has received notice from the manager of the Boston Na- tional league team that owing to the uncertainty in the league, the game conditionally arranged between Yale and Boston for Saturday, April ,, at Norfolk, Va, will have to be cancelled. Yale is now trying to arrange a game with the Baltimore American league team for Friday, April f. and with Norfolk for April ,.
 A story published yesterday that Spalding might locate club at grounds bounded by West End and Railroad avenues and SiXty-sixth and Sixty-seventh streets, Manhattan, is too absurd to be considered seriously The plot of ground in question could not be made suitable for baseball to be played on a large scale, as it re- quires two city blocks to lay out a regulation ball field with the neces- sary accommodations for the public
 The New London Globe says re- garding the AIoriarty matter: If memory serves us right, Norwich pro- tested q game i'll which Moriarty played with New London last season. The protest was argued at a meeting of the state directors and it was there proved conclusively that Moriarty be- longed to New London and the protest was thrown out. If it was then proved that Moriarty belonged to New London there would seem to be no foundation for Norwich reopening at this time the question of ownership"
 Manager Davenport of the Norwich club said yesterday he had no objec- tion to making the league one of ten clubs as long as the home clubs took all the receipts and the circuit could be made practicable. If the directors want to take back Derby and Bristol he was agreeable, but he would not vote to go there on the percentage plan. He thought that the talk of the ten club league emanated from disgruntled persons and that the direc- tors would not change the circuit at
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-22
Old ships Condemnsd.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 22.-The old receiving ship Vermont has been stricken from the naval list and will be sold at public auction. The war monitors Manhattan and Mahopac alsn ltn,.n lseo-, oc-,.1 n,e,,,od
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-22
BASEBALL NOTES,
Getting Ready for the State League
 Battle

Getting Ready for the State League
 Battle.
 There is no doubt but that if Hart ford and Meriden could drop Water bury and take in Bristol it would be done without a moments hesitation Waterbury Democrat
 There is absolutely nd truth in the above so far. as Meriden is concerned. Meriden would fight the dropping of Waterbury as it has the dropping of Bristol, for Meriden freely admits that under proper conditions Waterbury is first class ball town, but the Dem ocrat knows as well as anyone ill Wa terbury that they are not right there now, but of course it is not expected that the Democrat will admit that. Just so long as Waterbury under any management desires to stay in the league just so long will NIeriden stand by it, for Meriden would feel lost in q league that it didn't have Waterbury to wallop.-Meriden Journal.
 All right; let it go at that, Tom
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-22

It would seem to followers of swimming that there is every pros-
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-22
Little Stories About the
 Athletes and the Sports

The late Eugene Carter, billiardist. known to fame in two hemispheres,
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-22

There is to be another invasion of England this year-another cause for
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-22

What affinity is there between skat- ing and climbing to dizzy heights on
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-22
No Sale

If you are not skilled in judging cloth or clothing let us point out to you the differ. ence between U., s. & Co. clothes and the usual re a q y m ade clothing; show you the difference between U., s. & Co. sales and others that may make more noise about them, All our lines and sizes must go, no matter what they cost. Our. word or our adv. is as good as a bond.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-08-16

dent And Indeed, for people who
like this kind Of thing, this is the
very kind OF thing they like. But
what would the president do with
those great monopolies whose sense Of
shame has not been developed yet?
The Standard Oil Company has for
years made public statement Of its
affairs aud during the past year de-
clared dividends OF As per cent. No
body objects TO the Standard Oil
Company making As per cent, il it
can do 1t under a system OF free COM
petition, but everybody knows that it
crushes out competition by means as
violent and lawless as the cattlemen
Of Colorado employ against the sheep
herders. No sincere trust restraint
and tariff reform expressions are to
be expected from the republican
party. That organization exists only
as agent OF dangerous and lawless
ssipterests.n
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-08-16
The fruitful Sonth.

EDITOR INTELLIGENcER:-To the
surprise of most persons the last
census showed that the south increas-
ed In population at a greater rate
than any other section. II cotton is
not king IL is worlds necessity, and
the southern states have almost a
monopoly of thesupply. At Birmiug-
ham and Chattanooga there IS an
amazing development OF iron and
steel manufactures. A gentleman
with whom ] talked at Birmingham
told me the NEST serious drawback
to the development OF iron manufac-
lures in and around Birmingham Is
the unreliability Of negro labor. With
hlgh wages they will work about
three days in a week and then thew
nave enough to do thcm the rest Of
The week and spend it frolickjng.
Ju'' As | was starsIng for the train in
Birmingham ! heard three shots. on
a sunday afternoon, and heard
screams, and walking toward the
noise ! saw a negro man lying On the
pavement just as he fell. He was
oaaya wound {, and another negro
delivered a few remarks on the rolly
u man shooting another about such
: worthless creature as thO yellow
woman they bad fought over.
InsFs are a good many urgro
su'oons and other lines Of bu.Iae.s
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-08-16
Shaming the Trusts.

Shaming the Trusts.
A republican exchange with a lean
ing toward tariff refotm says
'Mr. Roosevelt has not expressed
himself definitely on The specific
question of tariff reduction He has
subscribed to the policies Of his PEE
decessor, and President Mckinley, ii
will be remembered, de clared that the
time had come when Superluous pro.
tective duties ought to be removed in
the interests OF Americ can commerce.
The President, therefore, occupies a
wonderful " interesting position
Yese wondeifully in I ereaiug Our
strenuous president during the year
he has been in the " bite House has
made two statements Of bis position
upon the question Which more than
any other is apitating the minds Of
the people. He say 5 that he sub
scribes 10 the policies Of Mckinney,
which means a needl es', unjust plo-
tective system, and that be believes
in shauiins trusts out d existence by
making them tell on themselves. Re-
form republicans, like MI Babcoct,
are entirely satisfied with thee
solemn pronounceme pts Of the presi-
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-08-16

Tomorrow, August 10th, will be
the 4lst anniversary of the battle Of
Wilson's Creek. This battle de-
veloped the fact that Jaw troops.
poorly armed would charge we'll
armed regulars. 1t showed that raw
troops were not afraid Of artillery,
and that il properly armed they were
a match for equal numbers of well
trained men at that time. The bat.
tie was the bloodiest ever fought. on
Missouri soil. Had Lyon waited in
Springfield another day, he would
have been attacked, snd the result
might have been different. A dispute
bstween Generals Price and McCul.
Tough kept the c~onrederaies from
reaping the full fruits Of their great
victory,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-08-16

The Missouri State Fair will be
held at Sedalia, Mo-, beginning on
Monday, August 18th. Every per-
son in this section who possibly can,
should attend the fair, and our
farmers and stock raisers should have
exhibits. Let us build up a great
fair IN Central Missouri Of which we
all can be proud. The list Of pre-
mlums is very liberal, and all who at
tend will be well repaid.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-08-16

Suggestion has been made recently
that Bob White Of the Mexico Ledger
would be a candidate for secretary Of
state. If anybody knows a better
man for the place, let him speak
quickly before every country paper
in the state is committed to him.
There is no more popular man 10 the
state among the newspaper fraternity
and il he chooses to become a can
didate, he will have a long lead from
the start.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-08-16

A few days ago the Kansas City
Journal, in its iop type red line, as
serted that sin Kansas the railroads
pay taxes; in Missouri they'pay assess
m%ents." viii the Journal publish
the truth in this matter? No. Here
are some figures for the Journal.
Kansas has l, 500 miles more Of rail-
road than Missouri. The railroads in
Missouri are assessed s25, 900, 900 more
than they are in Kansas. In Kansas
the rate is 55 cents on the hundred
dollars; in Missouri % cents. Yet
with more road, and more than
double the rate, the roads in Kansas
do not pay nearly as much taxes as in
Missouri. The roads in Missouri cost
more TO build, and are worth more
than the roads 10 Kansas. Taxes on
all kinds Of property in Kansas are
from two to three times as high as in
Missouri. Kansas is republican, and
has not a dollar 10 her treasury, Mis-
souri, is democratic, and rich.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-08-16

Republicans were 10 control in
Missouri from 1865 tolS72. In those
seven years they gave away and
Squandered about s3B, OOO, 900. The
democrats took possession Of tile state
then, and have since paid off most all.
Of the debt, aud have a full treasury,
and our state bonds are as good as
government bonds. Hungry repub-
licans long to get their arms into the
treasury. How they would rovel.
How they would mani Julaie the
iigurcs. How they would pay debts
that do not exist. Missouri may for-
give aud forget an injury, but the
present generation must d e before
Missourians forget The Insults tile
Killings aud the stealiupS OF that
seven Years. 1t was the feulsst bi t
on our states history
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-08-16
Then and Now.


Then and Now.
If anyone has faith in republican
tariff reform or republican trust legls-
latlon let him compare the following
deliverances OF Chairman Babcock Of
the republican congressional campaign
committee.
In the Washington Star of July 20,
MI. Babcock says:
1.-THE effort of the democrats to
make an issue out OF the allegation
that manufacturers are selling goods
cheaper abroad than at home will fall
fiat. What If it were true that they
were doing SO? 1t is a rule Of trade
that surplus products must not be
dumped on to the home market"
In the Washington Post of Septem-
Der 81, 1901, this same gentleman
said;
zone of the points that impressed
me with the desirability Of revising
the steel schedule was the informa-
ton | obtained Of the placing Of an
order for 500, 600 tons of American
steel. When you stop to think that
that means more than one thousand
carloads it will not do to say that
such an order placed abroad by our
manufacturers is only their surplus
product.
The "fat frying speech Of 1901
probably had tue desired effect. After
the committee Of which he is chair
man succeeded in filling the campaign
"b%arrel," Mr.. Babcock with a facility
of explanation and a facility Of con-
science truly republican shows us
how it all is in the speech Of two
weeks ago.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-08-16

The coal barons Of Pennsylvania
have, for the hundredth time, sue
ceeded in fooling the people and
pocketing many millions Of dollars BY
their shFewdness. Twelve weeks ago
when these barons had about a mil
lion tons OF coal stored away, they
managed to get the coal miners out
on a strike. The price of coal was
Immediately advanced, and it has
continued to advance until it is now
selling at double the usual price, and
it is intimated that the scarcity
will cause it TO 60 much higher.
The sbarons have many millions of
tons hidden away, and as soon as it is
all sold at a fancy price, The miners
viii be permitted TO go to work.
This old game Of the coal barons is
worked to a fraEzle about this time
every year.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-08-16

Emperor Bill, Of Germany is In a
towering rage because his son wants
to marry an American girl. He
swears that his son shall not marry
any common American girl. Bill is
a chump, and the boy has more sense
and taste than his father. There are
no common American girls, when
compared to the girls of other coun-
tries. Here they are all queens, and
are worthy of American kings for
husbands. Foreign princes are not
worthy of our girls.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-08-16
RESOLUTIONS Of Respect.


Be it Resolved, by the Board OF
Directors Of the Commercial Bank OF
Lexington, Mo-, That in the death OF
George W. Johnson, who for the past
twelve years has been a director OF
this bank, we have lost a valuable
officer, a business mao on whose wise
counsels and unerring Judgment We
could at all times confidently rely, al
associate with whom all Of our rela'
lions have been Of the most pleasant
and satisfactory character and a chris
tian gentleman in all OF his wordsl
and deeds with whom it has been ~
pleasure and benefit to be assocla'eu'
and whose upright life and gen'is
ways have at all times marked him az
a model man.
Resolved, That we will ever cherish
the memory OF our departed asSoc'''s
and friend, and we grieye wa en'
entire community over his unt'msp
death and the great loss which 10,
thus resulted to our business auO
social circles. y
Resolved, That we tender our 5
pathy and coincidence to bis wire auu
family in this the hour Of their ere''
distress, and share with them '9'
sorrow that has thus befallen 'u'I'
Resolved, That these resolutions =
spread upoe the records If Tue po'
Of directors Of tots bank be pooli'",
IN our city papers, asd q COPY y
sented % the family OF The deSs'''S
VIM II. CHILEs,
j. II. CATRON, CV~
j. II. MO0REHEAD.
s. b. Ellng, OF C~soc91l''
nng r smashed in . ewey'loao'
week, and had 10 have it ampa'a'
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-08-16

Mine LaMotte, certainly the oldest
and probably the most famous mine in
the United States, was sold last week
to New York bankers for $780,
900. 1t was worked by the French
long before Missouri became a part Of
the United States and has until re-
Gently enjoyed the distinction Of
being the only mine in America
which produces in paying qualities
Cobalt and Nickel. Nickel has since
been found 10 large quantities in On
tario, but mine LaMotte continues TO
be the chief source Of Cobalt for this
country. Until within the last twenty
five years mine LaMotte was consid-
cred a silver mine. Since the deprec.
itation Of silver, it has been worked
as a lead mine, producing last year
5000, 600 pounds Of pig lead, besides
], 1000, 900 pounds Of Nickel and Co.
bait. 1t is located near Frederick
town in Madison county, and the
property contains s 5000 acres.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-08-16

kept Uy utBiuCc III lur c0AuuCfu Towns
and cities. l put in a few DAYS a,
Atlanta alsa, and lt Is Ike a southern
Chicago. 1t was a genuine surprise
to me. The southern people wo1ld
get very rich again we're it not far
republican" legislation. As it /,
they are able TO stand a great deal
OF robbery. The human types in the
south are a very interesting study
In Alabama and parts Of Georgia
there is a notable percentage Of the
tidewater Virginia stock. This IL
marked by tallness, fairness of skin
aud HAIR, a heavy lower jaw and
forward chinn, with, generally. a
large mouth. They look like Swedes
and are in fact a Scandinavian stock
from England last, but earlier from
Normandy, Denmark, sc. AS we pass
into North Carolina the type changes
and a more distinctly Scotch type
prevails, and there is more dark hair,
and the figures are shorter and more
compact.
All through North Carolina there
is a wonderful development Of cotton
milling. Charlotte, where | stopped
a day and night to rest, is a very
nice, pleasant city; many old homes
with large, AIRY houses set back in
shady large yards. l saw fifty equal
to the fine Burden lawn on South
street at home. Charlotte has 80, 600
people, a good street railway system,
and the people have had the good
sense to put large iron plates showing
points of interest, as where Corn.
wallis had his headquarters; where
Jefferson Davis heard the news Of
Llncoln's assassination, &c. Though
the trip has been fatigueing, notwith.
standing my frequent stops to rest, l
can tell by my own feelings that the
high Appalachian region Of the south
that is within the influence Of the
Atlantic air has a better climate than
ours. In fact the North CarolinianS
claim that no one can die who is bora
and raised and stays in their state,
and they request the angel OF death
to call for them when Trey 6 + up
over 100 years Of aye, because the
state might get oyercrowded, and
becauae they think heaven is nearly
as good 4 place as North Carolina
anyway.
We pass through the great tobacco
belt Of North Carolina but do not
take leave of cotton until well up ia
Virginia. The cotton fields are as
clean as can be, but the corn seems
not to be doing well In the dry
weather. 1t is up on a ridge every
where just as cotton is, and just the
opposite OF our plan Of 'listiug."
l have never seen a better %contented
or happier looking people than the
negroes so far as / have come. They
have just been disfranchised pretty
generally through the south and have
only two things to think OF now
work and frolicking. Their votes did
them no good and they do not seem
to care the least that they have lost
the voting privilege. l saw a piece ,
from a Cleveland man to a Chatta.
nooga paper saying there are sixty
negro voters In his town and the
republicans do not get them unless
they pay for them. AT last we roll
into the battle-scarred city Of Rich
mond where the large and numerous
tobacco, cigar and cigarette factories
scent almost the whole city with the
smell of tobacco. G. W..
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-08-16
That Lynehlng.
EDrroR INTELLIeENCER;

EDfIOR iNIELLlUENIEh-
The INTELLIeENcER does not need
to defend itself in regard to the late
lynchlpg. II always has been OPP
posed to this method OF netting out
Justice, no matter what the crime.
But it does not go into Mysteries be-
cause its advice is not always followed.
That Salyers and Gates were guilty
OF the murder Of George W. Johnson
no one doubts. That they were COM
mon thieves, and trlhlng, vicious
characters, no one disputes; that they
deserved hanging no mi questions
I believe that the law would have
quickly and properly punished them
A few editors in u neighooring
cities, whose political feelings have
always gotten the better Of their COM
mon sense, have chosen to attack u
people OF Lexington, and especially
our county officials, because our jail
was not defended by armed men.
These editors do not see any differ
ence between small towns, with few
peace officers, and large cities, with
strong jails and an army Of police
What difference does it make whether
our sheriff and his deputies were
armed or not? Had he fred into the
mob, be and his deputies would have
been killed, and the destruction of
life might have gone much further.
No one here wanted the sheriff to kill
any of the mob, mol to risk the lives
OF himself and deputies by any foolish
defense OF the jail.
Had these papers confined them
selves to a moderate criticism Of the
officers for not hiding the prisoners, l
should not have felt called on to make
any defense. l would rather have
turned the prisoners loose, and let
them escape, than to have them mob
bed. But others, as law-abiding as l,
bad different views.
These papers say that it was well
known that the mob was coming. l,
for one, deny this statement. 1t
was thought by some that the mob
was coming Sunday night. It's true
that on Monday afternoon there were
rumors of a mob coming that night,
but at midnight there was no sign of
any disturbance, and the streets were
deserted. The sheriff felt confident
that there would be no disturbance.
Itmay be that a few citizens of Lex
ington knew the mob was coming,
and it may be that a few joined the
mob. l do not believe that a dozen
citizens Of Lexington took any part in
the proceedings. The mob wasorgau-
lied, oficered and instructed entirely
outside u city, and It's secrets were
well kept. No one was allowed to
penetrate the line OF guards which
surrounded the Jail. Many citizens
made attempts to get into the crowd,
but were harshly ordered to ''get
back there!" 1t is easy to be brave
when there is no danger; it is easy to
give advice from a safe distance; but
when these brave editors once get in
the presence OF an organized and de-
termined mob they will quickly learn
obedience, and find that they have
urgent business elsewhere. l deplore
the whole business, but maintain that
the people Of Lafayette county are as
intelligent and law-abiding as are the
people OF Kansas City or Sedalia.
A CITIZEN.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-08-16

Republican capitalists, bankers, in
surance and other money-uaking cor
p%orations, are asking Roosevelt to go
slow in his antitrust movements.
They need not be alarmed. Roose-
velt's great remedy for the trust evil
is simply publicity" and the news
papers have given the trusts a big
dose Of publicity, and they have
thriyen as usual. Republicanism is
bound up with protection, and pro-
lection is the harlot who has brought
forth the illegitlmate brat called
trust. To vote for republicanism is
to vote for trusts and the whole train
of legalized robberies which are now
sapping the wealth Of the country.