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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1904-05-13
Residence for Sale.

A nice five.room residence
with good outbuildings, two
wells, small fruit and two lots
for sale in Kellogg's addition to
Keytesville. Will sell at bar
gain. Inquire at this Office.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1904-05-13
Eggs,
Eggs,
Eggs.

Remember we are the largest
handlers of eggs in town, so we
are in position to pay you the
highest price-either in CASH
or trade. We want your eggs
and are willing to pay for them.
Bring them to US.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1904-05-13
Jos. Hoover,
E. e. Rice,
E. W. Musick,
C. B. Kavanaugh,
H. H. Hands.

Court adjourned Saturday
shortly before noon, leaving but
10 cases on the docket that were
not finally disposed of.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1904-05-13
CIRCUIT COURT PROCEEDINGS
Regular May, 1904, Term.


position of cases was had as
follows at the May, 1904, term of
circuit court at Keytesville:
CIVIL CASES.
T. j. Folkens ct al vs.. VIM.
M. Ehrhardt ct al, partition;
motion heretofore filed having
been lost, parties, by agreement,
have leave to file a copy of said
motion, which is to be taken and
treated as the original motion;
motion heard; judgment against
Zulica Folkens in favor of O, P.
Ray, guardian, for $3.50; mo-
tion otherwise overruled; report
of final distribution approved,
and cause ordered to pass from
the docket.
Hiram H. Jenkins ct al VS.. j.
W. Nichols ct al, receivership,
J. G. Wallace, receiver; in addi-
ton to judgment in favor of de-
fendant on interplea and against
Edna and Lois Kennedy, as
stated in the COURIER last week,
the receiver was allowed S430 in
full for services and expenses;
receivers final report approved,
and cause continued to pass from
the docket.
Kellogg 6 Carper VS.. L. c.
Wells, debt; order to supply
proper record, etc., renewed, and
cause continued.
L. L. Wheeler ct al VS.. Morris
Wheeler ct al, partition; Mollie
Wheeler as executrix of her hus-
band, L. L. Wheeler, is, on her
own motion, made party;
valves dover, and asks that
proceeds be paid over to her,
which is done; sheriff's report
of sale approved and deeds Or
dered made; Crawley & West
tallowed an attorneys fee of $500
to be taxed as costs; distribution
of partition made, and cause or
dered to pass from the docket.
Susan G.. Redman, exparte,
partition; judgment of partition
as prayed; A. F. Arlington, j.
F. Taylor an d Fl. A. Fleming ap-
pointed commissioners to make
partition, and cause continued.
Lydia E. Piper VS.. Hiram
Piper, divorce; trial by court,
plaintiff divorced, also awarded
81, ZOO alimony and given custo-
dy of minor adopted child, Edna
Myrtle Clark; defendant to pay
costs.
M. A. Prather VS.. r. H. Tis-
dale, certiorari; trial by jury,
who return a verdict of guilty
and assess plaintiffs damages at
81, and fix the value of monthly
rents and profits at $50.
Jas. r. Mason VS.. Hardin
Woods, ejectment; trial by court,
Judgment for premises sued for,
one cent damages and value of
monthly rents and profits fixed
at So; writ of execution and
restitution to issue
i Mary E Miller ct al VS.. j. T.
Miller ct al, partition; alias
summons for C.. A. Miller to
Furnas county, Neb., and cause
continued.
i Geo. T. Steinmetz vs.. Thos. G..
Lee, ejectment; trial by court,
judgment for plaintiff for pos
session of premises sued for, one
cent damages, and monthly
rents and profits fixed at S15;
writ of execution and restitution
to issue.
/ J. B. Moore VS.. G.. E. Hilton ct
al, debt; trial by jury who re-
turn a verdict for plaintiff for
S25.
| ]. A. c. Phillips VS.. Jalana D.
Vaughan, ejectment; nonsuit,
possession to property having
| been delivered in vacation.
Peter Witt vs.. Leon Loeb ct al,
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1904-05-13
Our School Children.

J. E. Martin has just com.
pleted the enumeration of the
school children of the Keytes.
vile village school district for
the year 1904. This district now
has a grand total of AT chill
dren of school age, which is
from 5 to 20 years, and they are
divided as follows:
White male. -. 159
White female. 1852
Total. .321
Colored male. 40
Colored female. AT
IOCal. 80
AS compared with 1908 the
enumeration for this year shows
a decrease of 80 as follows:
White male. IA
White female. .13
lOCal. IL
Colored male. ............ 4
Colored female. .18
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1904-05-13
Meeting Of Democratic Central
Committee,

Oruor Dy NJ w. AnuerSol,
chairman.
Upon roll-call by R. ID. Ed
wards, secretary, the following
townships were found to be rep
resented either by their commit
teemen or by proxy:
Bowling Green, T. H. Carskad.
on,
Brunswick, L. H. Herring.
Charlton, J. j. Moore, proxy
for H. S. Locke.
Clark, G. A. Chapman, proxy
for A. J. Bell.
Cockrell, H. H. Miller, proxy
for Jas. F. Kelly.
Cunningham, j. A. Collet,
proxy for Lewis Lisle.
Keytesville, M. w. Anderson.
Mendon, H. J. West, proxy
for Cecil Wayland.
Musselfork, R. P. Clarkson.
Salisbury, T. R. Hamilton.
Salt Creek, Barney Reigels-
berger.
Triplett, F. M. Elliott.
Wayland, U. S. Hall.
Bee Branch and Yellow Creek
townships were not represented.
U. s. Hall of Wayland town
ship introduced the following
resolution:
"Be it resolved by the Demo-
cratic central committee Of
Charlton county as follows:
"First-In view of a large Pc
tition presented by the Demo-
Gratis of this county, the order
heretofore made by this COM
mittee directing that the vote of
this county on state officers
should be determined by dele
gates selected at township mass.
meetings be and the same is
hereby rescinded.
"Second-That the Democrat.
ic voters of this county are here
by requested to meet at their
various voting precincts Satur-
day, May %, 1904, between the
hours of sunrise and sunset and
cast their votes for delegates
from said town ships to a county
convention to be held at Keytes-
vile Tuesday, May 81, to elect
delegates to the various state
conventions.
s'Third-That the members of
this county com mittee who favor
the nomination of Hon. JOS. w.
Folk for governor choose the
delegates from each township
who shall be voted for in each
township as favoring Mr.. Folk
for governor. And if the mem
bers of this committe, who favor
the nomination of Hon. Jas. A.
Reed for governor, desire to do
so they can choose the delegates
who shall be voted for as favor
ing Mr.. Reed for governor.
"Fourth-That the delegates
who receive the largest number
of votes at such primary cleo
ton shall be the delegates from
said townships to said county
convention.
''Fifth-That the judges AND
clerks Of the township primaries
shall certify to the county con.
vention the names of the dele.
gates so receiving the largest
number of votes, and this Ger.
tificate shall constitute theil
credentials.
"Sixth-That the names of the
candidates for governor and the
candidates for state offices who
reside in this (the Second)
congressional district sh al
have the right to have their
names upon the ballots, il
they SO desire, upon paying the
chairman of the central commit.
tee the sum of s., except
candidates for state committee.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1904-05-13
"For Railroad Commissioner:
"For State Committeeman:
1.-TWO to Elect)

"Eighth-There shall be two
judges and two clerks selected in
each township by the executive
committee of the county central
committee.
"Ninth-That any candidate
or candid ates receiving a plural
ity of the votes at said primary
shall be the choice of this county,
and the delegates to the state
convention shall be thereby in
structed for such candidate or
candidates as long as their name
or names are before the state
convention"
T. r. Hamilton moved that
Mr.. Halls resolution be voted on
section by section. Carried.
The first section was then
taken up and adopted.
Mr.. Hall moved that the re-
mainder of the resolution be
voted on as whole.
r. P. Clarkson moved as an
amendment that all of the candi-,
dates for state offices be voted
for at the township primary.
Mr.. Clarkson's amendment was
seconded by M. w. Anderson.
The vote on the amendment was
taken and resulted as follows:
Ayes-J. j. Moore, M. w.
Anderson, r. P. Clarkson and
T. r. Hamilton.
Nayes-T. H. Carskadon, l..
H. Herring, H. H. Miller, G. A.
Chapman, J. A. Collet, H. J.
West, j. A. Coll, Barney Rel
/ gelsberger, F. M. Elliott and U.
s. Hall.
The previous question was
next taken up and adopted with
only r. P. Clarkson dissenting.
The various townships will be
entitled to delegates in the coun-
| tv cOnvantiOn as fOl1ows.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1904-05-13
Chickens!
Hens!
BOOSTERS!

Just as soon as you want to
dispose of your old hens, roosters
or any other old fowls you may
have. Bring them to US and get
highest CASH price. Don't sell
them to huck sters, but bring
them to me and get about one
cent more on the pound.
Garden Seed
Seed Irish Potatoes
Seed Sweet Potatoes
Always on hand and bought from
people who have the best. Try
us.
Yours Truly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28

Washington, April 2S.-The Repub-
lican and the Democratic view of ap-
preparations made thus far by the
Fifty-eighth congress were presented
to the house today by Chairman Hem
enway of the appropriations commit
tee and Representative Livingstone
(Ga.), the ranking Democratic mem
Der of that committee. Good gov
ernment housekeeping is the caption
chosen by MIR. Hemenway to present
his views. "a congress that has done
nothing but spend money is the
heading of Mr.. Livingstone's sum-
mary
After reviewing the expenditures
for the next fiscal year, Mr.. Hemen-
way concludes:
1.-The expenditures Of our govern
ment in their aggregate, as exhibited
by the appropriations of congress, are
large and by unthinking persons, and
especially by misguided newspapers,
are denounced as extravagant, and
yet, according to the very best author
ity our national government is the
most economically administered of
any in the civilized world"
A table to substantiate this state
ment is given, showing the per capita
expenditures of the leading nations.
The highest given is New Zealand, /,
where the per capita expense is S3O.3s.
The lowest is the United States with
a per capita showing of s7-97.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
WILL GO UPHlGHER.
Contest to Reach Z,
s. Supreme Court.

The Anthony Curtis contest from the
First congressional district is to be
taken to the United States supreme
court. d. r. Hite, attorney for D. r.
Anthony, jr., announced today that it
has been decided to appeal from the
recent decision of Judge Pollock in the
United States circuit court, and Mr.
Hite will go to Washington in about
ten days to file the appeal.
The case viii not come up in the
United States supreme court on its
merits, but on the question of the
jurisdiction of the federal courts in the
matter, and upon the construction of
the law passed by congress in 1891 con-
cerning the eappOrtiOnment of Kan
sas. The construction of this law will
decide whether Shawnee county is In
the First congressional district or in
the old Fourth. The merits of the case
involving the segregation of the sol
diers' home from Leavenworth county
and the different county contests will
not, of course, be considered by the
United States supreme court
Judge Pollock decided that he has not
Jurisdiction of the contest but that
questions affecting the election ma
chinery, even of the election of con-
gressmen. who are United States Off
GERS come under the Jurisdiction of the
state courts. 1t is from this decisoIn
that Mr. Anthony appeals
Mr.. Hite will make an effort to have
the case advanced SO as to reach 1E
early a settlement as possible by tine
United States supreme court If he
secures a reversal in the federal court
the First district contest will come up
in the federal court before Judge Pol
lock on its merits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
DR.. JACOBS DEAD.
A Pioneer Kansas Physician Dies in
Chicago.

Emporia, April 2s.-News is received
here of the death this morning at Chi
cagO of DR.. L. D. Jacobs, one OF the
pioneer and best known physicians and
surgeons of this community. His death
occurred at a hospital in Chicago
where he has been for some time and
was due to blood poisoning This was
brought about by a peculiar incident
He had operated on a patient for an
abscess ard some of the pus accident
ally got into his eye. For this he per-
formed an operation on himself and
later went to Chicago for special treat
ment.
During his last hours oxygen was ad-
ministered in hopes of sustaining his
life. His wife and son were present at
his bed side.
DR.. Jacobs was especially skillful in
his profession and had very wide
practice not confined to this locality.
At the head of his profession in En-
poria. he ranked high in the state.
He came to Emporia in May, 1866,
and engaged in the practice of medi-
cine. When he first located here he
was associated for one year with DR..
TrueWoIthy, now of Los Angeles, and
! in 1869 and 1870 engaged in the. drug
business with DR.. w. w. Hibben, be-
! ing at the same time associated with
him in his profession. He was alone
during the rest of his practice at EN-
| poria until March, 1876, when he Joined
| with DR.. J. H. Page.
DR.. Jacob has been president of the
| board of health. member of the United
States board of pension examiners,
member of the State Medical society.
member of the Lyon county Medical
| society, and surgeon of the Santa he
Railway company. He was member
of the A. F. & A. NJ, and several times
master of Emporia lodge No. II. He
was also high priest of the chapter
/ three times and commander OF the
commandery six years, and has held
various offices in the grand lodge. He
was a member of the K. of H. and A.
o. L. W.
DR.. Jacobs was born near Waynes-
boro, Pa, May 90 1912, and that was
his home until he came to Kansas. He
graduated at Pennsylvania college in
1868, and at the medical department of
the University of Pennsylvania in 1866,
commencing his practice in Kansas.
Dr. Jacobs was married in Emporia
| September 20, 1858, to Anna Mary Bail
ey. an Ohio girl, and daughter of AL
exander Bailey who settled in Jackson
township, Lyon county, near Emporia
at an early day, and died at Emporia
in 1881.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
NEW KANSAS Road.
Charter Secured for the Great Bend
Southern.

Another Kansas railroad was char
tered today It is the Great Bend
Southern railway. and it is chartered
to run from Great Bend south through
Barton, Stafford, Pratt and Barber
counties to the south line of the state.
The charter gives it the right to use
steam, electricity, compressed air or
any other motive power it wishes.
The capital stock is only s25,OOO,
which wouldn't build the road very
far.
The directors of the company are
John Croker of AIaroa, Ill, A A. Pat
terson and Samuel H. Kelley of Ben
ton Harbor, Mich, w H HORNE and
n. w. Clifford of Chicago, and J. G.
Brinkman, F.. V. Russell and r. c.
Russell of Great Bend.
The reason for the proposed road
is not apparent. Those who know the
country through it is to pass say that
there is little excuse for the line un-
less it is to be a part of some system.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
READY FOR A TEST.
Water Company Willing to Make
Pressure Trial.

J. W. O'NeilI and Jesse Shaw, receive
er and superintendent for the Topeka
Water company, both expressed their
Willingness today to have the city make
a test of the water pressure which the
company is now able to give in case of
necessity
I can see no objection to it," said
Mr.. O'NeilI.
Nor J." said Mr.. Shaw.
So it is evident that if the city wants
TO make a test, it can go ahead with
it's plans, with assurance that the wa
ter company is willing TO cooperate.
Mr. Shaw was asked how many
streams he thought the water company
could carry at so pounds pressure. he
said
I am unable to make any estimate
of this kind I think we could carry a
good many more than some people
seem to think. At the time of some
bad fires here in Topeka we have car
ried as high as eight streams without
any trouble. and given good pressure.
The greatest complaint would come, as
has been suggested in the State Jour-
nal, from people whose plumbing would
be injured 1t is hard to explain why
plumbing suffers more when a great
deal of water is being used than when
a smaller amount is being used, even
though the pressure is the same in
both cases. What breaks plumbing is
not as a matter of fact. the pressure
stream for fighting fire. 1t is suddenly
shutting off the water. When a big
volume Of water is suddenly shut off
the pumps pound against the remain
ing column with increased violence for
! a few strokes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
IN THE HOUSE.
Number of Conference Reports Agreed
to During the CLOSING Hours.

Washington. April 2S.-The house
resumed its session at 1890 o'clock, it
still being the legislative day of Tues
day. Although twas admittedly the
last day a the second session of the
Fifty-eighth congress, the usual
crowds which thrOng the galleries
upon such occasions We're noticeabIy
absent. The absence of mem bers
when the speaker raped for order
was smaller.
The house at once got down to busi.
ness and agreed to a number of con-
ference reports on bills of minor i'm
portance.
The conference report on the bill
establishing a government for the
Panama canal zone likewise was
agreed to.
Mr.. Monden CWyo.) called up the
bill to ratify and amend the agree
ment with the Shoshone and Wind
River Indians of Wyoming, which was
under consideration when the house
took a recess last night Mr.. Fitz-
gerald IN. y continued his opposi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28

long time for Great Britain to reach
Russia's confidence
The Port Arthur correspondent of
the Russky Invalid writes:
The japanese have invented a new
combustible. It is ineXting guishable-
They tried to burn the battleship
Retvizan by setting adrift RATS loaded
with this burning material. The Ret
vizan sank them, but the combustible
continued to burn under water.
"A Japanese 12-inch shell exploded
in the yard of General StosseIs house,
outside Port Arthur. It broke a
ROSTERS leg"
Japanese Wouldn't Surrender.
st. Petersburg. April 2S.-The official
report of Rear Admiral Yeszen to the
emperor concerning the sinking of the
Kinshiu Maru is as follows:
During the night of April 26 two
Russian torpedo boats met at sea,
the Japanese military transport Kin
shiu Maru laden with rice and other
military stores and about 1900 tons OI
coal. The transport was armed with
four Hotchkiss guns of A millimeters.
The Russians captured on board II Ct
hcers, 20 soldiers, So military carriers
or coolies and 65 of the crew who sur
rendered. The remainder OF the men
who were to form a landing party and
who We're left without officers obsti-
nately refused to surrender or go on
board Russian cruiser. Furthermore
they offered armed resistance to the
RUSSIANS IN the GnQ IleX were sent
to the bottom with the transport
The number of men drowned is not
given.
Admiral Yeszen also reports that be-
sides the sinking OF the Japanese
steamer Goyo Maru, at Wonsan Gen
san), April %, the Russians sank at
sea the same evening the Japanese
steamer Nakamura-Maru, of 220 tons,
whose crew were saved.
Russians Used American Racer.
here today of two men, Bagovsky and
Ostovsky, charged with entering an
American trotter (Osland) as a Rus
sian horse and carrying off all the
prizes.
Toxic Account of YaIu Fight.
Toxic, April 2S.=7 p. m.-The Jap
anese gunboat Maya, accompanied by
several torpedo boats, entered and
ascended the Yalu river on Monday,
April 25, and fought a series of small
engagem ents with the Russian land
forces on Monday and Tuesday. Ad-
miral Hosoya, who is in command of
the third squadron, has sent in a re-
port of these operations, in which he
said:
"Our detachment reached the Yalu
en- Monday. While going up the
stream, the eneny's field guns opened
against US without effect. We discov-
cred force of the enemy on an island
in midstream. We fired upon them,
whereupon they fed.
ION Tuesday the enemy's cavalry,
100 strong, attacked us. Our launch
and torpedo boat number So replied
to their fire and the enemy fed into
the mountains, leaving several wound
ed behind them.
'At o'clock Tuesday afternoon the
enemy opened fire on US from An
Tsuchap- We replied and silenced
them after half an hour. There was
no casualty on our side"
Japanese Squadron Sighted.
Port Arthur, April 2S.-Japanese
torpedo boats were sighted at l: 10 this
morning, covered by Japanese
squadron. A few shots were fired
without damage, after which the Jap
anese ships disappeared southwark.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
WEATHER is FINE.
Spring Apparently Here to Stay at
Last.

Today's corn and wheat region bull
Ietin says: 1.-The weather is clear in
Kansas and western Missouri this
morning, with rising temperature.
The temperature is rising in all the
districts. Rain has fallen within the
past "a hours in the Columbus and
Louisville districts"
The maximum and minimum tenn
peratures recorded for the "A hours
ending this morning at o'clock were
as follows: Baker, 6S-40; Concordia,
66-44; Fort Scott, $685.: MacksviIle,
6s-4O; Mcpherson, 68-42; Manhattan,
70-3s: Usage City. $685.; Sedan So
So; Topeka, 67-42; Toronto, 6S-36 !;
Wichita, 6S-44.
The forecast for Kansas sent out
today is Partly cloudy tonight and
Friday; warmer tonight" The wind
at noon was south east, blowing six
miles an hour. The hourly tempera-
lures recorded today by the govern
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28

not the Daniels family, who lived near
Cable. been awakened by their IL
year-old son, who is a somnambuIist
the inmates of the house. numbering
seven, would have been killed. The
boy while walking in his sleep fell
down stairs. He aWoke and found the
lower floor in flames. The family
aroused by the lad rushed out of doors
and a moment later keg of powder
It is not known how the fire started.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28

ton and secured a roll call on the
passage OF the bill.
Mr.. Payne IN. Y.), the majority
leader, remarked that while the Dem
ocrats possibly would feel very glad
to get back to their homes, they would
regret for a long time the non-action
of the majority of the house; that he
was anxious to leave the post of duty
and leave a situation bristling with
Legislation that ought to be considered.
He was interrupted with loud Demo-
cratic applause, which was renewed
when he declared that the Repub-
licans of the house had responsible
ity before the country and had a right
to assume that responsibility and to
bear the burden Of it.
Defending the majority for the rec
ord they had made, Mr. Payne said
that the Republicans assume full re-
sponsibility for their action during the
present session and felt assured that
after seven years of uninterrupted Re
publican rule the country viii say that
every important interest has been
carefully guarded by the Republican
party by the legislation of those seven
years.
The resolution was adopted without
division, and the calling of the roll
resumed The Shoshone Indian bill
was lost. II to 126.
A bill was passed granting an
American register for the British ship
Pyrnnes under the name of Maurga-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
BURTON COMING HOME.
lie Left Washington for Abilene
Today.

Washington, April 2s-Senator Burton
left Washington this morning for Kan
sas He was accompanied by Mrs. Bur
ton They will probably go almost di-
rectly to their home in Abilene.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28

Salina, Kas.. April 2s.=Company
NJ, Kansas National Guard, Of this
city, carried off the high honOrs in
the recent general inspection made by
General Freeman, u. S. A. and
Colonel Hoisington.