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Newport daily independent., 1903-04-02
FIDELITY MUTUAL LIFE INS. co. OF PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Ten days trip and expenses to the Worlds Fair in 1904 to any young lady who will write or cause to be written $25,OO0 insurance during the year of 1903. For particulars see w. c. Wharton, district manager, Newport, Ark. 94 d6t
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-02

We control exclusively this the production of thr pest cothesmakers in all America, including the
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-02
Remnant Friday, Wolff Goldman Mercantile Co.
WATCH REPAIRING
AND CLEANING.

A feature of our business is high class watch repairing, which we ex- ecute quickly and at lowest possible prices for guaranteed work. Palace Jewelry Store, 412 North Front Street. Fl b. t. f..
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-02
ALFRED BENJAMIN CO.,, NEW YORK,

thousands good clothes tailor except the price, and that less than half.
 Every matter what price carries with Our odd shaped clothes for enables it extremely stout or the regular shaped Drop n that better and better which not bad thirty
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-17

gangs Goliath. Halves waged in
cessant wal upon the 'gangsters 10 his
own party, who were responsible for
many defeats at the polls. While at
the head of the police board, to which
he had been appointed by Governor
Stephens 10 1898, Halves was asked
by both the Transit Company and
National Organizer Mahon I arbitrate
the street car strike. Declining the
responsibility on account of his official
position, he suggested the name OF
his friend Folk, vouched for his
ability and integrity and secured the
appointment for him.
HFor the municipal campaign OF
1900 six men dominated by HAYES
made up the democratic ticket. There
was no hesitation in selecting the
best names to head the ticket. The
choice of Rolla Wells and others was
partly If not wholly due to their
eminence in business, or In the pro.
f%essions, or In higher politics-con-
cessions to the demand and necessity
OF reform. Halves put an end tC
Buffers political prestige. He did it
so that the party might win"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-17
Death of William Dicke.

Died, Of Bright's disease, Friday
afternoon, Oct. 8, at 2 O'Clock, at st.
Joseph hospital, Kansas City, William
Dicke, aged 30 years.
Mr.. Dicke was a farmer and lived
about three miles northeast of Mis-
souri, City in Ray county. He was a
brother of Mrs. John T. Bush, of this
city, and Sydney Dlcke, Of Higgins
vile. He had been i'll only a short
while, about two weeks. He went to
the hospital for treatment only a few
days before his death, but no relief
could be afforded him. The body was
brought here Saturday morning, &C
companied by his brother and sister.
The funeral services we're held at the
residence of John T. Bush Sunday
afternoon at 2:3O o'clock, Rev. Briney
assisted by DR.. Gordon officiating.
Mr.. Dicke was a member of the
Christian church. The interment
took place in Machpelah cemetery.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-17
In Honor Of Mrs. Slusher.

Mrs. M, 7. Slusher received friends
at a reception Thursday afternoon,
from two until four, complimentary
to her daughter, Mrs. f. L. Slusher,
who is visiting from Hobart, 0. T..
The house was decorated p~rofusely
with palms, ferns, nasturtiums and
carnations. Misses Peak and Taylor
entertained the company with charm.
ing musical selections. Miss Daisy
Thornton conducted the guests to
the dining room where Misses Rowena
Taylor and Mary Slusher served
dainty refreshments. Those invited
to meet Mrs Slusher we're:
Mesdames George Vaughan, Frank
Krlehn, E. G. Loomis, J.. H. Camp.
bell, J. T. Bush, Fannie BaIne. NJ f..
Royle, Robert N. Cook, Edward W.
White, Robert Waddell, Fl G. WAL
lace, b. v. slusher, G. N. Care, John
Hausam, John Powell, James Peak,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-17

your wagon and leave the shuck on
until you get it to the house. Then
wrap every a in a piece Of paper to
keep it clean aud bright. Don't tie
any strings around it, Put it in a
box and nail it up to keep the rats
out and from being handled, and put
your name and the kind OF corn on
the box.
Select ears filled at both ends,
straight rows aud not too tapering.
Remember that this corn will be
shown against the world.
Help Missouri to get the worlds
prize.
Have this corn ready and delivered
by November 10th 50 that the COM
mittee will have time to get it all to
Lexington and ready for showing.
The corn will be exhibited 10 the
lower room of the court house.
JOSEPH Fl. CHRIsTY, Pres.
j. R. MooREHEAD, Sec'y.
Lafayette Co. Worlds Fair Com
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-17
MR. HAYES A PROBABLE CANDIDATE.

Harry Barlow Halves is spoken OF
as a possible candidate for governor
Of Missouri The following brief
sketch of him is from 1.-THE Voter, Z"
published 10 Chicago by H. B, Cham
berlain and John H. Raftery:
"Harry b. Halves was born In
C%ovington, Kentucky, in November,
1869. Financial reverses sent him
with his widowed mother and his
younger brother to st. Louis in 1885
He supported the family by working
as a railroad clerk, bank clerk and
federal employe while attending law
lectures at the Washington Univer-
sity. Seven years later Mr.. Halves
had established himself 10 a prom
inent law firm; he had started the
Jefferson club Of young democrats;
he had been sent as a delegate from
Missouri to the Trans Mississippi
congress at Salt Lake City; he was
identified with the cause of Hawaiian
annexation with Lorin A. Thurston
and had entered the diplomatic ser
vice of the little republic; in ST.
Louis he was already hailed as the
democratic David who would slay the
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-17
Criminal Court

Several cases have been tried ia
criminal court up to this time and a
a number reset. Among those tried
are, State Of Missouri VS. Jno. AL.
ford, defendant dismissed; State OF
Missouri VS. Jas. Barney, continued to
Feb. term; State OF Missouri VS. VIM.
and Emma Dorsey, plead guilty to
petite larency, fined $40 each: State
OF Missouri VS. Byron Wagner, defeu-
dant dismissed; VIM. Morris also dis
missed; City of Odessa VS. G. W. Wood
hung jury; State of Missouri VS. Sam
uel Doughery, five months in Co. jail
and a fine Of 800; State of Missouri VS.
Frank Harris, plead guilty, burglary
second degree ia two accounts; not
sentenced yet. State of Missouri VS.
Chas. Franklin, hung jury. The case
of Huston Parker for the killing of
Cora Arnett has been set for the
Goth Of this month.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-17
LEXINGTON FIGURING MILLS.

The Lexington FIGURING Mills are
nearly ready to start up. The
machinery is all in place and a large
force of hands is engaged in con-
Meeting up and making ready for the
opening next week.
The basement floor is occupied by
the great Corliss engine, line shafts
aud mechanical devices for the dis.
tribution Of power. On the first floor
are four double stands of Nordyke
and Marmon rollers 9xSO, two double
stands of same 9x24, one bran and
three -four packers, and one double
stand three high six roller Nordyke
and Marmon corn meal roller.
The second is the spouting floor,
containing storage bins beside the
spouting.
The third floor is occupied by
six latest pattern dust collectors,
one bran buster, one shipStuff duster
four purifiers two Nordyke aud
harmon reels, and two invincible
scourers for cleaning wheat.
The fourth floor has three Nordyke
and Marmon swing sifters, one round
reel, o perfection dust collector,
one Richmond scourer and two round
reels for boiling meal.
The fifth floor contains the heads
of all the elevators-twenty-two in
number, Of which nineteen are for
flour.
The machinery is all new and Of
the latest and best pattern, and 1t
is the expectation of the manager,
A v. Robinson, to produce -four
equal to the best made 10 Missouri.
The capacity Of the new mill will be
two hundred barrels per day, Sixty
six thousand bushels OF wheat have
been bought and stored. This it will
take about three months to grind.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-17
Thought to be Suicide.

j. W. Newland, a farmer living
south of Higginsville, was shot about
6 O'Clock Friday night, Oct. 9, in Louis
Lineback's saloon at Higginsville,
The evidence shows that he commit
ted suicide. He had been at the bar
back Of the screen with several friends
and had left them only a few moments
and started towards the door and was
out Of sight Of the others in the
saloon when a shot was heard. His
friends, upon going to the front of
the screen, found Newland lying on
the floor, bis feet towards the door
and a bullet hole through his head.
A 3S-calibre revolver, with one
chamber empty, was found on the
floor under his knee. Noone saw the
shooting. Newland never spoke after
he was shot and died 10 a few min
utes. Among the papers found in his
pocket was his check book with a
check dated October 9th filled out
and signed by Newland and made pay
able to his wife, Lidia Newland.
The check was for the exact amount
Of his balance in the American Bank
Of Higginsvllle. Also a letter to his
wife telling her and the children
good by and his will written some
time Friday.
Newland was owner Of a farm of
about 500 acres of land we'll stocked
and is supposed to have been worth
about sS5, 900 or $40, 600 and not in
debt to any extent, He had in his
pocket a deed to 40 acres Of land
which he bought October 9th and
which he intended to have sent
to Lexington to be recorded. No
cause a be assigned for the act.
All the neighbors report that his
family relations were pleasant. He
leaves a wife and eleven children.
Born-near Concordia, to the wife
Of Henry Luetjen, Sept. 2S, a son.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-17

Leroy Farmer, Annette Peters, Frank
BOWMAN, W. H. Chiles, E. F. Mich
olson, George H. Stier, W. V. Curtis,
John Welborn, James F. VIM, Mil
ford Riggs, G. W. Hyde, G. W.
%Feedeudall, W. F. Hlnesley, E. B.
Campbell, John Sturgis, E. J. Nc
Grew, S. B. Thornton, D. T. Boyle,
I. B. Ramsey, J. W. Sydnor, Paul
Rankin, It, Ward Slusher, Pearl
Smith, Edward Norman, G. L.
Kinney, 0. NJ. Gann. Misses Pearl
Reeder, Elizabeth Groves, Mary
Blackwell, Matte Powell, Edith
Powell, Leslie Bates, Alice Peak,
May Peak, Christie Vaughan, Daisy
Thornton, Rowena Taylor,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-17
Council Meeting.

At the regular meeting of the city
council Monday night the usual
routine business was transacted,
claims allowed, &c. The Electric
Light Company was locked 800.
Permission was given the Baptist
church to extend the tower eighteen
inches over Twelfth street. After
the adjournment Mr.. Hacker enter
tained the mayor and council at his
cafe at a banquet. Oysters were
served In all styles, together with
several kinds of salads and other
~deiicacies. The council will meet
Saturday night when the bids for
paving Main street will be opened.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-17
SydnOr's and AxIine's Sales,

Attention is called to ADVERTISE
ments of Sydpor's and Axline' IS Poland
China hog sales October 10th and
goth, published elsewhere 10 this
issue. These gentlemen are recog-
nized throughout the state as breed
ers Of the highest types Of the Poland
China hog, aud their annual sales
have served to bring thousands OF
people from a distance to this county.
Read their ads and see what they
have 70 sell,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-17
Death of Mrs. Wiley.

Died, at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. T. @. Terrell, at Humboldt,
Tennessee, October 7, Mrs, Elizabeth
Wiley, formerly Of this city. Mrs.
Wiley was born in Lexington, KY,
april 5, 1876. With her father,
Benedict Thomas, she came to Lex
ington, Mo where she resided many
years Two children survive her,
Captain B T. Wiley, of this city, and
Mrs. T. G. Terrell, of Humboldt,
Tenn. She was a sister of Colonel
Joe Thomas, known to many of our
older citizens.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-17

INSTRUCTIONS.
Begin to collect your corn now II 1T
Is ripe.
Save every good ear you come
across.
Put them IN a box on the back Of
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-17
Blue Mills.


Oak Grove Banner.
One Of Jackson county s historic
landmarks is now being torn down.
1t is the old mill at Blue Mills in
Fort Usage township. The structure
was built on the Little Blue in 1885
by Robert Aull, Samuel @. Owens and
Isaac Peace. The carpenter work
was done by a man by the name Of
Donohue who died ia California last
year. The mill was four stories high
aud every stick Of lumber in it was
black walnut and it was sawed by an
old fashioned whip-saw.
At first the mill was operated by
water power, but later a large brick
.smokestack was erected near by and
the machinery was propelled by steam.
The chimney was sixty feet high and
it is related that when it was COM
pleted, one Of the workmen, Marlin
Flummerfelt, stood on the top and
drank liquor out Of a jug. This was
considered a great feat in those days
Flummetfelt Is stu living near Blue
Mills and is a sawyer by trade.
Duriog the war between the states
the mill was used as a hospital during
a battle neal there between the
federals and General Prices army.
The blood stains remained on the
floor for years afterward. At one
corner of the mill three federal
soldiers lie buried, Their names are
unknown.
Blue Mills in an early day was the
only q Of its kind Ia Jackson
county and a large quantity of the
finest flour was conveyed ia wagons
to the Missouri river blue Mills
LandIng) and exported to Liverpool,
England, via steamboats, down the
Missouri and Mississippi rivers to
New Orleans, where the flour was
loaded on ships and sent to Europe.
However, after the war, the mill was
closed for twenty years, when in 1880
the old structure was bought by a
company Of Danes, new machinery
was installed and the grinding begun
again. The business failed to prove
profitable, though, and once more the
mill was closed and became the habi.
tation of bats and owls.
The Lexington Historical Society
has a great many old letters written
by the gentlemen mentioned above.
both relative to the mill and its
business and to other things. Below
will be found one of these, which
may be Of interest to some OF our
readers:
BLUE MILLS, Apl 9th ls41.
Messrs. Robert Aull & Co.
Gents
We reed yours I'd
Apl With account of sales Of ia bbls
flour; also on the subject OF buying
wheat. DO not buy any more unless
delivered at mill for SOC per bushel.
You might buy 1000 bu at 4Oc deliv-
cred at your ware house on the river;
buy II you can buy at that price We
have about 1900 Blu wheat on hand
and about 1000 bbls flour unsold. /
have ordered Mr.. Meek to ship to
B. W.. & Y. Pomeroy, Rechman
Landing so bbls s. f. -four. We
have some 100 bbls ine flour on hand;
could you sell OF that description say
AIS per Dbl; 1t is a good article Of
that kind; II you a please advise US,
we will send 20 bbls. We shall send
our team down next week with sacks,
etc. win you want any more plank,
II SO advise us BY Sundays mail. We
have heard nothing more about gar
rIson contract. The -four is ready at
the warehouse. Yours,
NJ. RICE s. Co.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-17
Central Female College.

Central Female College.
The first recital, for this semester,
by the Central College School Of
Music, was given on Thursday even
ing; and judging from the past the
program was one in a series of ten
which will be presented during the
year. The recital hall was filed to
overlooking with music-loving people;
which, in itself, was az inspiration to
the participants on the program, con-
sisting of the following:
1. Sonata, E Flat(frst movement)
Beethoven
Miss Lydia Schaefermeyer,
2. Vocal, | Love, and the World
is Mine Johus
Mis-, Elizabeth Swinney.
3. Two Songs without Words
MendelSsohn
a. Venetian Barcarolle.
b Spinning Song.
Miss Eva Tlsdale.
4, Marche Funebre Chopin
Miss Frances Mcclure.
s.. Vocal, OF Thee l am Thinking
Strelezki
Miss Edna Grinstead
6. La Lisonjera Chaminade
Miss Myrtle Guthridge.
7 Piano Soil:
a. Barchetta Nevin
b Valse, G Flat Chopin
Miss Iva Hahn.
g.. Violin Soil:
a. Berceuse Renard
b. Second Mazurka, Wieniawski
Miss Ouida Ramsay.
8. Two Songs:
a. RoSamonde Chaminade
b. Goodnight Massenet
Mrs. Alfred Franklin Smith.
10. Piano Soil:
a. La Gondola Henselt
b. Scherzo, E minor
Mendelssohn
Miss Airline Burden.
IL. Valse Brilliant 1.-TWO pianos)
Moszkowski
Mr.. Conrad, Misses Culbertson, Grin
stead and Menefee.
Especially worthy Of notice was Miss
Schaefermeyer's rendition Of the first
movement Of the Sonata OPP. 7 by
Beethoven, The young lady has been
! heard many times during the past
two years in solo and concerted num-
bers. She not only plays with ex-
cellent technic and musical feeling,
but also with a composure that as
suTes the listener that she is abund-
antly equal to the situation.
Miss Eva Tisdale gave a beautiful
performance Of the Venetian Blrca
role in f sharp minor, and the Spin
ming Song by Mendeissohn.
Miss Frances Mcclure greatly de-
lighted her hearers with a majestic
and soulful performance Of the Fun
cral March from the B Flat minor
Sonata by Chopin.
Miss Ouida Ramsay made an ex-
c%elient impression with her double
number for the violin. The Cradle
S1n2 Was play ed with much tender
ness while the Mazurka was given
with the utmost yigor and freedom
Mrs. Alfred Franklin Smith, the
capable voice teacher at Central Col
lege, contributed two songs to the
program, greatly to the pleasure and
satisfaction of the audience. Mrs.
Smith possesses a lyric soprano voice
Of wide range and exceptional purity,
and which she uses according to a
most artistic method. The Rose
monde If Chaminade and" Goodnight"
by Massenet were both given in a
name indicative of the finished ar
fist.
The two numbers, contrasting in
character, which we're played by Miss
Airline Burden we're effectively exc
cuted and received the heartiest APP
plause.
The program closed with Gurlitt's
arrangement for eight hands of the
A Flat Waltz by Moszkowski, and
which made a brilliant finale to a d.
verslded program.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-17

Born-near Concordia, to the wife
Of Henry Luetjeu, Sept. ss, a son.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-30
THIS PROFESSOR
FAvORS CHICAGO.
Long Testifies That Water Sup
ply of City Cannot Be Con-
taminated by Canal.
cRITICIsEs RAvoLD's TEST.
Declares That Experiment With
Prodigiosi Is Quite Unworthy
of Consideration in View of
Mathematical Conclusions.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Chicago, Sept. 29.-"The water supply OF
St. Louis cannot be contaminated by Chi
cago sewage through the sanitary canal"
So testified Professor John H. Long at
the hearing Of the canal case before
United States Commissioner Bright to-day.
At the conclusion Of his testimony on
this point, Professor Long gave his opin-
ion of the value of the experiment which
Doctor Ravold made for st. Louis in
dumping millions of the bacilli prodigiosi
into the drainage canal at Lemont in No
venlber. 1901. While Chicago's expert did
not pretend to be a bacteriologist, he said
that mathematical conclusions would
show this experiment to have been so
valueless as to be quite unworthy Of con-
sideration.''
This conclusion. ne said, was based on
that fact that so few of the bacilli were
found in the water samples at the mouth
of the Illinois River and in the st. Louis
waterworkS intake.
Answering two salient questions at to-
days hearing. Professor Long said:
From ali my examinations or the
waters of these rivers / give IL as my
opinion that no part of the original or
ganic matter leaving Chicago through the
drainage canal can reach as Tar as the
Mississippi River.
MY belief is that the water supply of
ST. Louis is not and cannot be injured
by sewage emptied into the drainage canal
by the city of Chicago"
Cross-examina;ion of Professor Long
was begun in the afternoon and likely Will
be continued all week. The hearing prob
ably will continue several weeks and an
arrangement has been made by attorneys
for both sides to ask the Supreme Court
for approval of arrangement TO extend in
definitely the time for taking testimony.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-30
CONDEMN PRESIDENT
AS BEING UNJUST.
Iron Workers Convention
Adopts Resolutions at Kan
sas City Meeting.
ON THE EVE OF A SPLIT.
President Buchanan and Samuel
Parks Will Measure Their
Respective Strengths on
the Floor To-Day.

Kansas City, Sept. 29.-Resolutions
open shop policy and his stand in the
Miller case ard pronouncing his action as
'unfriendly and unjust to organized labor"
was adopted at the convention Of the In
ternational Association of Structural Iron
and Bridge Workers here to-day.
The resolution follows:
BE it resolved, We are unalterably op-
posed to the open shop and We will, 50
far assit is In our power. give our aid to
any one to sustain their position.
That We do not concur with the action
of the President in regard to the reinstate-
ment of one. Miller. Of the hookbinders.
and we deDounce his action as being un-
friendly and unjust to trades-unionists."
1t is predicted by some of the delegates
tonight that the convention is on the eve
of disruption. Parks's plan to raise money
by assessment, it is said. will arouse SO
much opposition that either he will be de-
posed before the new officers are elected,
or his opponents will walk out of the con-
vention.
TO RAISE MONEY.
Parks is behind movement to raise a
large sum of money for New York local
No. 2 this own union), for the purpose Of
defending it against the attack of organ
lied capital"
A resolution was introduced to give the
Committee ON Ways and Means the power
to devise means OF raising the funds and
will come up for debate To- morrow. -
Parks. naturally. would hArdle much of
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-30
w. H. PHELPS'S RELATIVE
KILLED IN ARIZONA.
Accidentally Shoots Himself When
He and Companion Stop to
Fire at Target.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 2e-Ernest Phelps,
aged 20. relative of W. II. Phelps of Car
thage, Mo-, fatally shot himself yesterday
while en- route to Olsen's ranch on a hunt
ing trip, accompanied by Mr.. Olsen.
They stopped on the road to fire at a
target While Mr.. Olsen was making ar
rangements to return to the city he heard
a report, and, turning. observed Phelps
bending over and holding his hands to his
stomach.
Upon inquiry Olsen learned that the gun
was accidentally discharged while Phelps
was leaning over the barrel. He did not
realize that any moro loads remained in
the shotgun.
The shot entered the abdomen, badly
lascerating the intestines, some of the
shot passing through the kidneys.
The wounded man was at once taker, to
the hospital, where an operation was per-
formed in hopes Of saving his life. He died
shortly after the operation was completed
Phelps came here for the benefit of his
health. He was employed for a time in
one Of the leading jewelry houses in this
city. His body will be buried here.