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The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-28
STONE AND THE REpU BLIC

The st. Louis Republic, which
is ever ready to shy Il brick at Sen,
ator Stone, last week published
this statement: According to
evidence in the Circuit Attorney $
hands, $4,000 was spent to mod
ify Il bill affecting the Excise Com
missioner office of st. I.ouls two
years ago, adding that During
the session Senator William !.
Stone spent much time IN Jrifrr-
son City lobbying against the
bill :" although the article had the
grace to say that 1T isnot thought
that Stone knew the exact proce
dure by which the bill was
changed. "
In a pointed letter to the Repub
lie Mr.. Stone informs that paper
that there is no truth whatever in
the allusion to him, and suggests
that "the Republic should frankly
state upon what it based this nc.
cusation " The Republic makes Il
reluctant disclaimer Of any inten
ton to place Mr.. Stone III false
light, and says 1T dishonors no.
body to support or oppose lcgis
lative measure in behalf Of II
client" mentioning that Mr.. Stone
was the Excise COMMISSIONER at
torney. Now the Republic knew
that the manner in which it asso-
cated Mr.. Stones name with the
bill and the amount of money con.
nected with the proceedings, was n
direct inference that he was in
some way implicated that reflected
discredit upon him. and its pre-
tense that it did not mean to create
a public sentiment against him, by
upholding the theory that an at.
torney has n moral right to lobby
for measure affecting n client
without regard to its merits, is not
only lame and evasive of the ques-
ton at issue, but the theory it pro-
claims is unsound.
Mr.. Stone denies unequivocally
that he had anything whatever to
do with the bill or that he knew
anything about it, and asks the
Republic to state upon what ii
bases its accusation" This the
Republic fails to do, presumably
because it has no grounds upon
which to base it.
There are some things in Mr..
Mr.. Stones life that we do not APP
prove, as there are in the lives of
all men and must be until perfec
ton is attained, but it is discrcd-
liable aud unworthy great and
powerful journal to allow its preju
dices to give vent to dishonoring
differences unless it has the best Of
reasons to believe its statements
are true aud that the public good
demands their publication.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-28
OWL CREEK.

Mrs. II. Cautcr has returned from
Bismarck.
j. Wyman Jones visited the works
here recently.
Badly Purcell and Susie Sheppard
were married recently,
There will be baptizing in this
neighborhood Sunday.
The foundation of Methodist
Church is being put in.
Jack Dummies photograph has be-
come famous in these diggins,
Geo. Smith OF St Louis is visiting
his daughter, Mrs. Pratt Horns.
Harry Hahn, Henry Cunningham
and Dan Snow went on fishing ex-
petition recently.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-28
FLAT RIVER.

Mcssrs Dexter and Dope of st,
Louis were visiting Dick Tctlcy Sat
urday.
C. p. Cook is soon to open new
piano and organ store The building
IL brick and has a fine location.
Dick Tetley has the contract To
build the Tucker brick at Dcslogc.
Tctleys are building number of new
houses in the lead belt.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-28
Notice 10 Contractors.

Notice is hereby given that plans and
specifications for renodeling and 70
the new addition to the ST. Tra,co;s
Hotel are OH file at the office OF the
Secretary. in Pennington, and that bids
will be received until two O'Clock D. m
Saturday June I3th, 1908. A certified
check for $4,000 will be required with
each bid and the party TO whom the
contract shall be awarded will he re.
CURED to give a solvent bond for an
amount equal to the contract price for
the performance of his contract.
]. X. PRATT, President.
Attest: II. b. LEDBETTER, Sec'v.
May 40, 1903.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-28
The Pennington and DeLassus Dirt Road

BEGINNING OH the north side of the
crossing OF the Pennington and Doe
Run gravel road, thence northcastward-
" along the main line of said Farming
ton and DeI.assuS dirt road TO the Gale
donia road, thence castwardly toward
Pennington, a distance OF about one mile
or to the extent OF one fourth OF the To.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-28
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that scaled
bids will be received At the office of the
County Clerk to June 9th, 1913, up TO
one O'Clock p. M, for Riprap, Macadam
and gravel Tor chats where SCI dcsigna
ted, by the cubic yard, bids for each
kind Of material To be separately
made, and for each road for ripraping,
macadcmizing and gravcling the portions
Of the following public roads, tu-wit
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-28
j. II. F. EDw ARDS, Decd.

All persons having claims agans; said
estate are required to exhibit them to the
Administrator for allowance within ono
year from the date of said letters or they
may he precluded from any benefit Of said
estate, and II not exhibited for allowance
within two years from the date OF said
letters they Will be forever barred:
j. $, CLAY, Admir-,
May Il, 1893.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-28
The Jack son Road

Bcginniug at the terminus Of the pres
cnt rock road, thence running south
eastwardly along the main line Of said
Jackson road, distance Of about one
mile, or to the extent # one-fourth OF
the tntal augmentation.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-28
The ST. Louis Road

BEGINNING at the terminus OF the pres.
cnt rock road. thence running north.
wariIy along the main line of the said
s.. Louis road, a distance of about one
mile, OF to the extent of ouc-fourth of
tbr total anDropriati on
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-28
Administrators Notice.

Notice is hereby given that letters OF al.
mnistratlon were granted to the under.
signed by tho Probate Court OF st. Fran
COTS county. Missouri, dated the 5th day of
MnN. liNa. on the eStnte of
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-28
DR.. FENNER'S
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The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-28

Filled fr record during week ending
Tuesday, May %. i'ufnI he'll by Smith
I'LL \. -
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-03
srlckNEY AT The HEAD.
He Is Now President of the M. c. G.
IT, D. Omaha Extension.

re. ". .Onnaha Extension.
Fort Dodge, Feb. 81. w. Colt pres
ident of the Mason city & Fort Dodge
Railway Company, has resigned. The
resignation, to take effect on Feb. 10,
was accepted at meeting of the stock
holders of the Mason City & Fort
Dodge Railway Company held in New
York early this month. President A. b.
Stickney. Of the Great Western, was
elected at this meeting to succeed Mr..
Colt as president of the Mason City &
Fort Dodge Railway Company. Will
lam B. Causy. at present chief engi-
neer of the E,lgin. Joliet & Eastern rail-
Eastern railway. has been appointed
general superintendent in charge of
construction of the new line being built
by the Mason City & Fort Dodge Rail-
way Company from t51is city to Council
Bluffs. The new SUPERINTENDENT is ex-
pected in the city by the 10Th of this
month. Construction work will be be-
gun as soon as possible after Mr.. Cau-
sy's arrival, probably about March L.
President A. B. Stickney. of the Chicago
Great Western railway. accompanied by
Ansel Oppenheim. vice president, S. C.
Stickney, manager. Tracy Lyon, assist
ant general manager, and +. r. Coates,
chief engineer arrived in the city Sat-
urday afternoon and on Sunday made a
trip over the new line as far as COM
pleted. to a point just below Carroll.
The party spent the day here. Presi-
dent Stickney denied that negotiations
are in progress for the sale of the
Great Western.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-03
ANOTHER TELEPHONE MERGER
Davenport Scheme to Buy Up Inde-
pendent Lines of the State.

Davenport Scheme to Buy Up lnde-
pendent Lines of the State.
Special to Times Republican.
Davenport, Feb. "a telephone deal
which may have great deal of signifi-
canoe to Davenport people is being
pulled thru in Iowa and when it is
contaminated 1t will practically put the
city in communication with all of the
small cities in the state.
A company which is allied with many
or the larger COMPARES of Illinois and
Iowa is buying all OF the small ex-
changes turnout the state and the
project is TO unite them into one sys-
tenn.
Another is that tie company will
establish the automatic switch board.
which has been tried and is expected TIC
take the place of the old-time boards
that employ girls for the work.
Rufus C. Dawes. who has interests in
several suburban gas companies, is
president of the new company, which
is known as the Central Telephone Con-
struction Company Charles III. Geist,
president of the Hammond and Blue
Island Gas companies, is vice president
and general manager. A. G. Wheeler,
Jr., son Of the president of of the Illi-
nois Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany. is secretary and treasurer.
The organization CO the new company
followed the announcement of the ILL.,
nois Telephone and Telegraph company
that its new automatic service would be
Installed and operated on the meter
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-03
News from Down.


Dows. Feb. 3.-La,t Thursday even
ing Levi j. Corbin, an old and highly
respected citizen, died after q long and
painful illness. The funeral was held
Sunday at the Presbyterian church, the
pastor, Rev. j. r. Clmmins, officiating
There was neither seating capacity nor
standing room for all in attendance and
many We're turned away. Mr.. Corbin
was member of the Presbyterian
church and the masonic order, which
took charge of the funeral services al
the church and cemetery. He was
buried at Mount Hope. the procession
being half mile long. He was good
man in all the relations of life and
Leaves wife, four sons, two daughters
and large circle of friends to mourn
his demise.
Last week Hon. e. A. Rowland, of
Eagle Grove, made our community and
his old neighbors brief calls. He was
one of the first permanent settlers of
this town. then called Otisville.
The revival meetings at the Methodist
church have closed and many have been
wrested from the clutches of old Satan.
Business is heavy and trade never
was better. Last Saturday there was
hardly room in the corporation for the
teams that came to town.
Mr.. Bingham few days ago left for
England the land of his birth. for a
visit Mrs. Bingham leaves today for
Pittsburg, Pa, and then for Providence,
r. T., to visit relatives.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-03

city from entering into u contract and
from issuing bonds. After the usual
delays the case came on for hearing
MED Then the contract was let and
the plant is now under construction. 1t
has been delayed by the fact that the
city had no money with which to pay
the contractors and IS the suit for u
permanent injunction was still pending.
il was difficult to sell the bonds Bech-
tel & Co., of Davenport, were the sue
cessful bidders on the bonds, but Were
at once made a party to the injunction
suit by the Illuminating company. They
hesitated to take the bonds and a pro-
spective law suit with them; but at
length way has been found around the
difficulty.
Friday night the council held a spe-
cial meeting, passed d resolution to bor-
cial meeting and passed a resolution to
borrow $4,000 with which to pay the
contractor for the light plant A bank
err was present who ut once made the
loan, accepting the citys note payable
on demand. In about five minutes he
decided that he wanted his money and
demanded it. His claim was found to
be just and the council clerk was in
structed to issue a warrant for the
amount. There was no money to pay
the warrant and the council then de-
c;ded to issue $4,000 in funding bonds.
Bechtel & Co. took the bonds at their
bid on the electric light bonds, they
were at once issued and signed up and
the city got it's money the same night.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-03
SORE HANDS
Itching, Burning Palms,
Painful Finger Ends,
With Brittle, Shapeless,
DisCoIored Nails,
As Well as Roughness and
Richness,
ONE NIGHT / TREATMENT
ONE NIGHT ! TREATMENT

Soak the hands on retiring in strong,
hot, creamy lather of Cuticura Soap.
Dry and anoint freely with Cuticura
Ointment, the great skin cure and purest
of emollients. Wear, during the night,
old, loose kid gloves, or bandage lightly
In old, soft cotton or linen. For red,
rough and chapped hands, dry, assured,
shapelcss nails and painful finger ends,
this treatments simply wonderful, fire.
quently curing in a single application.
In no other way have Cuticura Soap
and Ointment demonstrated their aston
ishing curative properties more effec-
tually than in the treatment of the
hands, especially when tortured with
itching, burning and scaly eczema.
Complete local and constitutional
treatment for every humour of the
skin, scalp and blood, with loss Of hair,
may now be had for one dollar. Battle
freely with hot water and Cuticura
Soap, to cleanse the surface of crusts
and scales, and soften the thickened
cuticle. Dry, without hard rubbing,
and apply Cuticura Ointment freely,
to allay itching, irritation and inflam-
nation, and soothe and heal, and,
lastly, take the Cuticura Resolvent
Pills, to cool and cleanse the blood.
This treatment affords instant relief,
permits rest and sleep In the severest
forms of eczema and other itching,
burning and scaly humours, and points
to speedy, permanent and economical
cure Of torturing, disfiguring humours
from infancy to age, when all other
remedies and the best physicians fail.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-03
DUG UP TIE CORPSE
Students at Keokuk Medical
College Have Fun With the
Hypnotist
BURIED SUBJECT REsuRREcTED
In Spite of Police Interference Students
Succeed in uneoverins the Grave in
Which Professor cozad Was suppos.
ed to Be Reposins in a cataIeptic
state-other News.
Slug Page Three

Slug Page Three
Special to Times Republican.
Keokuk. Feb. 3.-Three hundred anf
fifty students of the Keokuk Medica
College overpowered a>squad of armed
policemen here this morning and dur
UP Professor CoZad, who was buried
yesterday for seven days sleep in ar
alleged cataleptic state. The students
We're organized and made quick work
of the policemen, in spite of a display
OF revolvers by the officers.
Shortly after midnight the students
marched to the location of the grave.
The Waterman was overpowered and
the students commenced digging. The
riot call brought body of policemen
who attacked the students They drove
the officers back and despite display
oil revolvers used football tactics on the
police, the men thus preventing inter-
ference with the resurrectionists. The
buried man was dug up, lifted from the
grave and taken to the college. Altho
he said he was in a cataleptic state. the
man moved several inches in his cofnn
while the students We're digging him up
The students say h. acted as tho he
was frightened.
The grave was so arranged that tne
corpse" could be seen thru tube by
spectators willing to pay admission.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-03
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP WINS.
LONG Fight at Washington, lowa-Ends
In Peoples Favor.

Washington. Feb. 3.--In spite of OBJ
structive litigation. instituted by the
Washington Illuminating Company to
prevent the city from putting in mu-
r;cipal lighting plant, money has at las,
been secured to pay the contractors lof
the work now in progress and the COM
pletion of the plant at an early date Is
assured.
In September. 1901. the citizens OF
Washington voted by a large majority
that they wanted municipal llghuns
plant put in. The election was bitterly
contested by the local lighting company
nor did their opposition cease with thelr
defeat at the polls. About half the
councilmen then in office were in sym
pathy with the light company and the
only steps taken to carry out the Will
OF the people were the calling of Pro-
fessor Bissell. of Anes, into the en-
ployment OF the city as consulting engi-
neer and the preparing of plans for the
proposed plant, There the matter was
permitted to rest. except that mean
time the Washington Illuminating Com
pany was making strenuous efforts to
secure a five or ten year lighting con-
tract from the council. Defeated in this
attempt, the fight WAS carried into thu
srring election. which resulted in an
overwhelming victory for the friends of
municipal ownership. who carried every
ward in the city and elected four coun-
cilmen.
The new council at once got down to
business and passed an ordinance es-
tablishing an electric light plant which
was vetoed in due time by the mayor
and promptly passed over his veto by
the council. Plans fer the plant We're
then completed and bids called for, but
before the contract was let the Wash
ington Illuminating Company filed an
Injunction suit seeking to restrain the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-03
A Des Moines Collection Com
pany Hits Upon a Rather
Clever Scheme
uNcoLLEcrED WITNESS FEES
Thousands of Dollars Due Citizens
Who Have Not Thought 1t Worth
While to Ask for Pay for Testifyins
in Civil Gases - Controversy
Aroused in Warren County.
Special to Times-Republlcan.

| Special to Times Republican.
Indianola Feb. "a new collection
company has been organized in Des
Moines for the purpose of assisting
| the negligent and forgetful citizens
! in collecting money due them and
(which they can get for the asking,
without the assistance of any one.
/ There are in every county in Iowa
thousands of dollars due persons who
have been witnesses In civil cases and
have never called upon the officials
Cor their fees
| In this county the list of unclaimed
fees is exceedingly large. Hundreds
| of dollars have been paid in, and be-
cause witnesses failed to call for their
money, 1t has been paid over to the
county treasurer and the amount to-
gether with the name of the person to
whom it is due, has been registered in
the book Of unclaimed fees in the Office
of the county auditor. The new coll
lection company recently organized in
Des Moines has within the past week
to light another new and clever scheme.
The company has sent men to all coun-
ties in the state and copied the list
| of names to whom money is due. The
parties are then notified and are told
that somewhere within the state there
is money due them, and that If they will
sign their enclosed order, they will
lpay them so cents on the dollar of the
c.l, l.
for their trouble in looking the mat
ter up.
Many of these witnesses came in to
Warren county last week and on Sat-
urday several of those getting there
were reminded of where this money
was to be had and called for 1t. Others
signed over to the Des Moines concern
and received only half. The auditor
reported the matter to the board of
supervisors, who investigated the mat
ter and passed a resolution recon-
sidering and disallowing all claims
prior to Jan. /, 1900. This was done
to head off the Des Moines firm. 1t will
not prevent persons, however, from
getting money justly due them, as all
claims will be paid which will be re-
newed by parties to whom they are
due. Claims can not be renewed on an
order and this puts the Des Moines
agency out of this territory. The mat
ter has caused quite run on the au
ditor since Saturday, as many who
have not received fees for services in
past Years have been calling for same.
L. NJ. Mann is president of the new
concern and thru his agent has threat
ened suit here TO recover on orders,
but the auditor says Warren county
owes him nothing and that suit can
not be brought.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-03
Cambridge.
SdIU0Ti09Ss
Special to Times-Republican.

L
Cambridge, Feb. 3.-B. c. Waters has
rented his fine farm near town, and is
shipping his goods to California, where
he goes to join his family and make
their future home.
Mrs. w. H. Hoskins is very low with
enlargement OF the heart and other
complications.
plications.
A fake doctor managed, by sharp
dealing, to secure a note from q. A.
Brown, to the amount of $3.50, and then
cleared out, but Mr.. Brown became
alarmed and began Investigations. and
by prompt action the sharper was ar
rested at Maxwell and the note recov-
cred, but the faker was let go on sur
rendering the note.
DR. and Mrs. Frank Thompson are
the proud parents of son, born Sun
day night.
M. M. Mason. who was the foreman If
the Kansas City Grain Company for
nine years at Cambridge, took control
of the Diamond Grain Company eleva-
tor at Cambridge Monday.
w. Il. Wand will soon remove his
meat market into the corner building
HUN occupied ny VI. y. Iouiidiu, ana NJ I.
Billiard will occupy the S. A. Rush
brick store room.
The Iowa Falls, Des Moines & North
arn railroad is well equipped for bust
ness at Cambridge, having a fine depot,
pumping station. elevator and stock
yards all completed.
Little Mathew Elliott, orphan son of
H. Elliott civil war veteran. has been
fortunate in getting home at Daven-
port in the Soldiers Orphans Home
Coal prospectors are drilling for coal
in the vicinity Of Cambridge. and are
meeting with promising indications.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-03

plan. AS fast as the rev company ac-
quires plants it begins taking out the
old switchboards and expects to install
the new automatic device. In Iowa,
where operations commence, the con-
Germ has bought the Independent COM
panies in the following cities: Water
leo. Cedar Falls, Normal, Waverly, Ell
dora. Traer, Parkersburg, Reinbeck,
Shell Rock, Ackley, pysart, Clarksvilie.
Allison, LaPorte City. Bristow. Dumont,
Hudson. Tripoli and Grundy Center.
According to the plans of the COM
pany the same program of acquiring
plants and installing the automatic
phones will be. followed in Illinois. ana
when the circle of exchanges has been
extended connection will be made with
the system of the Illineis Tel ephone and
Telegraph Company. which recently
announced that it expected to have TO-
600 phones in operation by May |.
1t is said that most of the exchanges
to be negotiated for in this state belong
tn the Independent Telephone Company,
which has no Chicago connection.
Yes. it is true that Mr.. Dawes. Mr..
Geist and myself Lave been WORKING
since December on this scheme, salc
A. G.. Wheeler. Jr. of Chicago. Inc
theory upon which the automatic com
pany is to operate its phones is partlc-
uiarly attractive. The Illinois Telephone
and Telegraph Company installs its IN
struments free, and tire user pays only
when he calls up and talks to party. "A
meter registers the rumber of calls. IN
country towns the te.ephone is used in
nearly every well-t lido household, and
we exnect our system to find instant
popularity."