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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-10-20

Milwaukee. Wis, Oct. 16.-The ex-
cursion trains which will go from MIL
waukee TO St. Louis for Milwaukee day
at the fair will be loaded to the plat
forms with honeymoon couples.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-10-20
Russian Consulate Defaced.

Milan, Oct. 17.-The escutcheon OF
the Russian consulate here has been
defaced and burned. An cxiled Rus
sian anarchist is suspected OF having
committed the outrage. =
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-10-20

Mount Vernon, H.. Oct. 16.-The
Jury in the case of Walter Power. for
the murder of Cleveland Adams last
April. returned a verdict of manslaugh-
ter. A motion for new trial has been
dled
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-10-20
nenth of Temperance Worker.

Fox Lake, Wis. Oct. 17.-Mrs. Mary
z. Warren, widely known as a tenn
rerance worker, authoress and philan-
thropist, is dead at her home In TINS
,illage. She was rs years Of age.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-10-20

Portland, Ore, Oct. 16.-About 1so
girls in the Offices of the Pacific States
Telephone Co. have quit work. com
pletely tying up the system OF the city
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-10-20
MAI. CARRlNGTON ARRESTED
Ne 4. Charged with Falsincation of
vouchers Of the Philipplne
Civil Government.

Manila, Oct. 16.-The prosecuting at
torney has filed briefs in five cases
against Mai. Darlington. charging him
with falsification Of vouchers OF the
civil government to the amount OF 81
500. Mai. Darlington has been arrest
cd.
Mai. Darlington commanded the
Philippine scouts. He went TO the st.
Louis exposition to take charge OF the
scouts there, but was ordered back TO
the Philippines to answer the charges.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-26
General Gordon.

If Gen. John B. Gordon had fallen in battle in
the midst OF his career as champion of the cause
OF Southern independence, his death would not
have been mourned more deeply than it is, though
ne died more than a generation after that cause
had gone down in defeat. The South does not
forget her heroes. Gen. Gordon was not a man
who was great in war and little in peace. He was
one OF those heroic spirits who knew how to ac-
cept the inevitable; and, while remaining true to
the South ne did not cherish resentment to the
vlctors; but strove, and strove successfully, to
gam advantages from defeat itself. To such a
man defeat only OPENS up a new career. He could
write and lecture and talk of the past with the
best, but ne lived for the present, and he knew
that patient industry seasoned with good will TO
all men can win where armies fail.-Nashyile
Christian Advocate.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-26
The Growth of Rural Delivery.

Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristov
In his annual report says in regard to the r,,ral
free delivery service that on June 80, 1902. there
were s,466 rural routes in operation. During the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1908, 1858 routes were
established, making a total of 1919 on that da+o
During the period named, 300, 42s, 1923 pieces If
mail were delivered and 4s,954,39O pieces Of mol
were collected. The value of stamps cancelled ~
mall collected by rural carriers amounted to 900
o24.37, and the pay of carriers for that nor;od
aggregated a,518,185. The average monthly can-
cenatlon per route were $11.22, and the .avorono
pay of the carriers $49.7s. ee
Under the law the salary of rural CARRIER.
not exceed $500 per annum, and no Other o,,o@
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-26
Cotton Market Records Smashed.

New York, Jan. 21.-Records in the cotton mar
ket were again smashed to-day with Daniel J.
Sully, the bull leader, and the Wall Street inter
ests that are said to be backing him credited with
large purchases of the May and July deliveries.
The bears once more suffered drastic punishment,
tumblIng over each other in their effort to get
cotton to cover their short contracts.
The May delivery rushed to 14.74 cents a pound,
compared with 1447, the closing price Wednes-
day, and ended at 1472. The July delivery got
as high as 1882 cents, compared with 1854 cents
at the close Wednesday. It closed at 1881. Spot
cotton was moved up ten points to 1890 cents a
pound.
Private cable dispatches received in Wall Street
reported that Manchester cotton mills are now on
short time because of the scarcity of material.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-26
VIOLATES THE CONSTITUTION.
Exclusion Of Negroes from a Grand Jury Trying q
Negro.


Washington, Jan. 19.-The United States Su-
preme Court again to-day reaf6rmed the ruling
made in the case of Carter VS.. the State of Texas
to the effect that the exclusion of negroes from
grand juries in cases involving criminal charges
against members of their race is a violation of the
Constitution and therefore not permissible. The
decision was delivered by Justice Holmes in the
case of Rogers vs.. the State of Alabama. Rogers
is a resident of Alabama and he was indicted for
murder by a grand jury composed entirely of
white men and from which it is charged that all
negroes were excluded because of their color. The
Supreme Court of the State upheld the regularity
of the proceedings, but Rogers brought it to the
Federal Court on a writ of error, with the result
that the decision of the State Court was reversed
and the case remanded to the State courts for fur
Their proceedings not inconsistent with to-day's
opinion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-26

ance can be made, but it is provided that they
shall not be prohibited from doing an express
package business. The provision of law under
which rural carriers are permitted to do an ex
press package business was intended by Congress
to provide a means Of additional compensation
but it is so broad in its terms that the way has
been opened for a serious loss of revenue to the
Postal Service.
Mr.. Bristow recommends that rural carriers be
restricted to the discharge of their official duties,
the same as city carriers, as prescribed by the
Department., and to provide a compensation com
mensurate with the service performed the maxi
mum salary should be raised to $3.50 per annum
for a route of twenty-five miles.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-26
Appalachian Forest Reserve outlook c,oon,n

Washington dispatch: The Annalacb;an Foro.4
Reserve Bill came up in the Senate to-dav h,4 :.
the absence of it's author, Senator Rnrton -
Kansas, who was to speak on il. the hin : IL
over till tomorrow.
Senator German will also probablv mob
remarks in advocacy Of the hill R,+ +ha4 !,
prove a law at this session, there is not fhe sl;ah4-
=. nope. In fact, it is doubtful if it will come
anS"nere as near it as it did last session.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-26
GENERAL NEWS.
The Lesser Events of Last week.

Ane depDurn pure food bill passed the House
OF Representatives.
There is now little prospect of immediate wa
between Japan and Russia.
The anniversary of Lees birthday was gener
ally observed in the South.
In Coffee County, Ala, several prominent citi
zens have been indicted for peonage.
Senator Morgan has introduced a bill for the
annexation of Panama to the United States.
The American Fertilizer Company plant al
Norfolk was burned, causing a loss of 100000.
There is a movement in Nebraska to push Hon.
William Jennings Bryan for United States Sen
ator.
The Virginia Legislature is discussing a propo-
sltlon to adjourn for one year in order to test
new laws.
The value of raw cotton exports the last cal
endar year was $378, 518, 718, the greatest in this
country's history.
Secretary Wilson is arranging details for the
tight to be waged against the cotton boil weevil
In Texas and Louisiana.
The war feeling is dying out at Bogota and all
the newspapers there now urge a policy of con-
Citation in regard to Panama.
A dispatch from Dover, Del, states that J. Ed
ward Addicks has lost the great political and
financial power he once welded.
The death of "Citizen' George Francis Train
from heart disease in New York Monday night
brought out many "reminiscences of this brilliant
and eccentric man.
The Senate referred the German resolutions
for a Congressional investigation of the Post
Office Department to the Committee on Post
offices and Post Roads.
- -
A cyclone struck the little town of Moundsville,
Ala, seventy miles south of Birmingham on the
Alabama Great Southern Railway, Friday, and
destroyed the greater part of the place, killing
i've white people and thirty-two negroes.
The Populist National Executive Committee
will meet in st. Louis or Chicago the latter part
of February, when a call will be issued for the
Convention to be held at a date following the
Conventions of the two old parties.
Senator Cullom has introduced a bill. the OBJ
lect of which is to secure national arbitration of
great disputes between capital and labor. Pub
licity is the keynote of the bill. He would have
a tribunal appointed by the President, each mem
Der to receive a large salary.
1t is now definitely known that at least eleven
Democratic Senators will vote for ratification oe
the Panama treaty, among them being Senator
Simmons, of North Carolina, who will deliver a
speech On that subject in the Senate this week.
Other Democratic Senators who expect to speak
in favor of ratification are: Clark, of Arkansas;
Clay, of Georgia; Mallory, of Florida, and ros-
sibly Stone, of Missouri. /
Among the bills now being considered in Con
gress are relief legislation for Alaska, including
good roads, and the propagation of salmon; the
promotion of General Wood; the bringing of six
hundred school teachers from Porto Rico to at
tend summer schools in the United States; the
of the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriations; the establishment of a corps of
trained nurses for the navy; the construction of
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-26
Notes from Our Washington Correspondent.

4s0GS0 " 0A -
Editors Progressive Farmer:
The political storm which blew half a gale IN
Congress concerning Panama and the p~ostof6ce
frauds has subsidized somewhat, and there IS a
tendency on the part of representatives of both
parties to slow up. 1t will be some weeks before
the Panama treaty can be sent to the Isthmus
and returned with any new amendments ratified,
even after it is adopted by the Senate. This will
afford ample time for Senators to exhaust inter
national law, hunt down precedents, and announce
new departures. The general drift of Congress
sional legislation is along the line of conserving
and promoting commercial interests, without dis
turbing the great questions of tariff or cur
rency. Politically, both Republicans and Demo
Gratis are sanguine and hopeful, and the apparition
of Perry Heath no longer causes CONSERVATION.
The shadow of increasing cloudiness with vari-
able winds" In the Hanna forecast has passed
away, and the great Ohio President-maker will
support whomsoever is nominated at Chicago.
w. j. Bryan has made many speeches since his
return from Europe, and said many things which
have set men to thinking, but he, too, agrees
to support the st. Louis nominee. The future is
big with events which no provision can discern.
'Ihe people are quietly looking over the ground
and lining up on either side.
y
Many petitions have come to Congress from
all parts of the country for an appropriation to
improve harbors and rivers, but as an election is
at hand, both parties are proclaiming economy,
and 1T is very doubtful if a river and harbor bill
Will get through this session. Notwithstanding
the proclamation of frugality, however, Senator
Hanna is holding up his platter, as usual, for a
subsidy for ships. He asks what good the Panama
canal will do without more ships.
AS II the pension list of the United States were
not already large enough, interested parties ara
trying to induce Congress to create a civil pen
SION psf. Io this end the Civil Service Bureau
mas been taking a census of all Government en-
ployes and is preparing a report. It is pro-
posed to give a pension of $50 a month to all
clerks who have been in the employ of the Govern
nent for thirty years and have reached the ape
't seventy. 1t would seem that a clerk on . GOOD
.ound salary for thirty years ought to save enonob
keep him above want for the rest of his life
A. B. MARRIOTT.
Washington, d. c., January %, 1904.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-11
COST OVER $4,000.
NTeIan Arches Can't Be Extended for
That Sum.

UNLESS the council changes it's plan
for the voting of not to exceed S15 900
bonds to rebuild the Melan bridge ap-
proach, it will be impossible to build
the approach of concrete to correspond
with the rest of the bridge. A con-
crete or cement arch will cost about
$25,OOO.'
Thus spoke w. H Thatcher, one of
the firm who built the Melan bridge.
Mr.. Thatcher came to Topeka a few
days ago, and has been making meas
urements and estimates on the cost of
replacing the present temporary span.
1T would be a shame to spoil the
Melan bridge by putting in a steel
span there" says Mr.. Thatcher. Il
hope the council will see fit to build
a concrete arch. 1 expect to submit
estimates on the cost of such an arch.
The tubular pier system of bridge
building is not permanent kind of
construction. 1t is sort of a temporary
structure. The concrete bridge IS
something permanent. This concrete
bridge which you have here will last
thousand years"
There is one thing about this bond
election which seems little DIT
strange. When the bridge was built
the money to pay for it was secured
by an issue of county bonds. The
whole county stood the expense. Now
that an addition is to be made to the
bridge, and a new arch put IN, II seems
that the city will have to bear the cost
alone.
Mayor Bergundthal told the city
council some time ago that he had IN
terviewed the county commissioners
and that they had agreed to repair the
bridge. but said that bond election
would have to be held first. Now it
seems that this plan has been given
up, and the city council is about to
auth orize the construction OF the span
at the expense of the city alone.
The bridge is of great value to the
county, especially since so many OF the
steel bridges were washed out w ny
would it not be a good plan Tor the
county commissioners to call this bond
election and let the whole county pay
for the construction of the new arch
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lows entertain, and it seems from the
deposltions that it too has been sent
gllmmering. 1t is still before the Usage
county district court, unsettled, not
yet being taken up.
The witnesses Troutman and Stone
called before themselves yesterday and
from whom they took sworn testi-
mony are Conner Davies, present
present deputy grand master and
grand master-elect; H. c. Stevens.
grand treasurer; w. H. Kemper, grand
secretary: ]. 1. Saunders, grand war
den; L. G. Beal, former grand treas
urer for nine years all through d. W.
kent'S incumbency
According to the depositions said
Iroutman and Stone this morning, the
aIIegatlon of their conspiracy with
Kent arose entirely from a runor and
from Dr. Allaman'S statements that
Kent had told him that he (Kent) had
not used all the embezzled money on
hlmseif. Conner Davies disclaimed all
knowledge of the allegation, as did
treasurer Stevens and Grand Warden
saunders w. H. Kemper said that
ne was not responsible. According to
Iroutman and Stone, the blame rests
apparently on DR.. G. w. ALBANIAN, who
stated that "he guessed he was respon-
slble, and then hedged his statement
with the explanation that Kent said
ne had not spent all the money on
The deposition of L. G. BeaI seems
10 XIII the conspiracy story entirely.
according to Mr.. BeaTs testimony.
Kent s defalcatiOns, which amounted
10 almost $4,000, did not begin until
about three years after Troutman and
stone had bought the deed to the De-
Bolsslere property. That evidence ap-
pears to Troutman and Stone as suffi-
clent TO silence the charge forever
Neither Mr.. TrOutman or Mr. Stone
would say whether they intended to
Drlng damage suits against the Odd
Fellows for libel, but they did say ;j1at
they lnten led to make somebody else
pay the costs for the litigation. At any
rate they are now loading themselves
with almost unlimited testimony on
the conspiracy charge and sonnet hing
VIII probably grow out of it, in which
they are the aggressors entirely. They
said this morning that they intended to
subpoena quite number more of the
Odd Fellows and get sworn statements
concerning the charges which have been
made against them.
Probably on Wednesday Grand Mas
ter Conner Davies will make a report on
the DeBoissiere case. and Bale Wag-
gener, also a member of the order, will
append a few comments. Those who
have seen copies of the report say that
it calls for little else than Instructions
from the grand lodge whether the liti-
cation shall be continued or dropped
Troutman & Stone state openly that
the conspiracy charge with a number of
others, was instituted solely so as to
give some of the lawyers who are rep
resenting the Odd Fellows. legal work
and possible junket to France. for the
purpose of getting more evidence to
continue the cases.
Troutman & Stone have defeated the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-11
THEY FIGHT BACK.
Odd Fellows Called Up by Trout
man & Stone.
Try to Ascertain Who Is Re-
sponsibIe for Charges.
THAT Usage LAW SUIT
1t Is Based on a Charge Of Con.
spiracy.
Grand Lodge Will Decide if
Fight Is to Be Dropped.
THAT Usage LAW SUIT

The last battle over the ownership of
the DeBoissiere estate, in Franklin
county, worth over 100000, is being
fought out during the present session
of the grand lodge of the odd Fellows.
now convened in Topeka. Only the
worm has turned. Troutman and Stone,
who bought the title to the property
and who have been made defendants
to a series of law suits as long as an
endless chain. are now the aggressors.
On Monday they brought before them
selves the six most prominent officers
of the order, and after putting them
under oath, tried to find out who it
was that made the allegation two
months ago in the petition filed in
Judge Heizer's court in Usage county,
TO the effect that they had confedera-
ted and conSpired with d. w. Kent,
the defaulting former secretary of the
order, to advance to them out of the
embezzled funds, the necessary amount
of money to buy the DeBoissiere es-
tate.
This charge of conspiracy is the one
of the last hopes which the Odd Eel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-11

Odd Fellow claim twice, once before
Judge Philips and once before Judge
Heller. They still have to contend with
the conspiracy charge before Heizer's
court in Usage county. and a party
suit in the federal court. bringing in
claims of some French heirs to Mrs.
Martinelli, from whom Troutman &
Stone bought their title to the property.
The latter case, say Troutman & Stone
cannot be pushed, unless the Odd Fell
lows go to France to get more testi-
mony, and that the present session of
the Odd Fellows will decide whether to
advance more monew to continue the
litigation.
The contest has cost both sides a lot
of money, and the expenditure of more
will be a determining factor as to
whether the Odd Fellows will keep up
the fight or not
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-11
}.11@-& ~ OUR BEDDING SALE =
zz&zz@@l Starts IornorroW in the DAYLIGHT Basement

greatest of all Bedding sales We do frankly justly
bright, compete-not a break anywhere in the lines
Low and medium priced Bedding of kinds better
think of looking for anywhere but this store Then
enthusiastic those down Quilts and fine Blankets they
Everything made from cotton the high price
of markets and large quantity buying price
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bail Printing Co, 912 North Kansas ave
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Warm, Sofa Comforts

Silkoline Covered.
64x7O in. knotted, SOC.
6Sx72 in. knotted, great spe-
cial, $1.1O.
7Ox8O in. knotted, $1.25.
72x8O in. knotted, $1.50.
72x80 in. knotted or quilted,
$1.75.
72x84 in. knotted or quilted,
$1.95.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-11
NORTH TOPEKA.

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Independent phone 1851
Monogram stoves at Pratt Bros
Tin fruit cans. Sturgis' Hardware Co.
z. K Heinzman went to Carbonate
today to look after business matters.
The Baptist parsonage is receiving a
coat of paint which greatly improves
it's appearance.
Rev. ]. S. Glendenning went to Perry
today to attend the meeting of the To-
peka presbytery.
See Mrs. Burger for bargains in mil
Iinery, 917 North and I'll South Kansas
avenue, upstairs.
FOUGHT sells Hot Blast stoves from
IS to $40: made close at home; cost less
for repairs. See them.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. c. Cristler Of 11z7
Polk street are the parents of Gdugh-
ter. born Saturday night.
John Bernard and family have moved
from 1928 Jackson street to the Wilkie
property at 407 Paramore street.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Embree went
to HOyt today where they Will be the
guests of friends until Saturday.
DR.. Miriam Swift who has been visit
ing in Iowa since the first of July is
expected home the 18th of the month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Jenkins and family
of Pratt county are visiting their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Jones, of
1910 Van Buren, street.
Mrs. George Sunders and mother VIII
leave today for Kansas City, st. Louis,
Chicago, Milwaukee and other points
where they will visit relatives al i
friends.
John Buechner, who is at DR.. Keith's
hospital suffering from a gun shot
wound in the leg, received while hunt
ing Sunday, is resting well. No effort
has been made as yet to remove the
bullet.
Miss Nellie Davies of Los Angeles,
Gala, who with her parents is spend
ing a week visiting friends and relsi-
tives in Topeka, will be the guest the
last of the week of Miss Mabel Skinner
of 915 Van Buren, street.
Mrs. Grove Bec,zwith and daugh -er
Mary will arrive today from fiction,
Kansas. to attend the wedding of Mrs.
Beckwith's brother. While in Topeka
Mrs Beckwith and daughter will be
the guests of Miss Eva Steward of lila
Quincy street.
At a meeting held yesterday afternoon
by the strikers from the Central Sash
and Door Factory a committee was APP
pointed to confer with Manager Curry
in regard to his reasons for diSchargIng
Joe Wellkie, which was the cause of the
strike The reasons given by Mr.. Curry
were satisfactory to the committee who
reported to the meeting. Welkie WAS
present at this meeting and as he had
already. secured another job and DID
not care to again become an employe
at the factory and as he also requested
the men to return to work, the strike
was declared off.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-11
CORRECTION

By error our 'ad" in the Journal of Monday,
October 10TH reads: Seamless Sheets 48c pair.
Pillow Cases 1Oc and lie Pair These Goods are
Priced by the Piece Only-the word "pair'' being
used by mistake
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-11
To the Ne,i.,.'s Fair via the Missouri
Pacific.

II you do not live on the line OF the
Missouri Pacific, ask for your ticket
via that line from Kansas City. There
are seven daily trains between Kansas
CITY and St. Louis. making connection
with all trains on all lines running
into Kansas City. Any ticket agent
will sell you a ticket at the reduced
rate reading over the Missouri Pacific
from Kansas Ctt-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-11
WABASH TO ST. LOUIS.
Worlds FctP Route-''FollOw the
Flag"

Only tine to Worries eafr main en-
trance. Five daily trains from Kansas
City. Shortest line. Ask your agent
for tickets over the Wabash.
L S. MCCLELLAN
Western Passenger Agent,
Kansas City, Mo
II. C. SHIELDS.
Travelling Passenger Agent.
Kansas City. Mo.