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Mower County transcript., 1904-02-24
TNNl IElNl IElN1l Y V1El XII lED
COLLISION CAUSES EXPLOSION
OF CAR OF DYNAMITE Al
JACKSON, UTAH. =5.&
Of the Forty-six People in the Town
Only Nine Escape Death or Injury.
Everything Within a Radius Of Half
Mile Is Demolished and the Sound
Of the Explosion Is Heard Eighty
Miles Distant.
Miles Distant.

Ogden, Utah, Feb. 22,-Twenty-fve
persons have been killed, fifteen 9TH
ers injured, several, it is Believed, ia
tally, and a great amount }of railroad
property destroyed by an explosion Of
a carload of dynamite at jackson, "a
telegraph station on the Western end
of the great Ogsen-Lucien| cutoff on
the Southern Pacific railroad. The ex-
plosion was caused by a collision, be-
tween two freight trains, due, it is
said, to the failure of the airbrake ap-
paratus to operate. Eight Of the dead
and five of the injured are Americans:
the others are, Greek laborers.
The explosion following the collision
between the two trains, which met
head on almost in front of the tele-
graph station, was terrific. Every
thing within a radius of half a mile
was wrecked. The town of Terrace,
fifteen miles to the north, was shaken
as though by an earthquake; window
panes in the station at Colon, fifteen
miles away, were shattered and the
sound OF the explosion was heard in
this city, eightyone miles from the
scene of the disaster The ground
upon which the trains were standing
was torn up for over thousand feet,
leaving great excavation
Thirty Feet in Depth;
fragments of a dozen freight cars and
two engines were thrown for incredible
distances over the surrounding coun-
try. the station building was blown to
splinters and the dead and injured
were scattered for hundreds of 1eet in
all directions, most OF them having
their clothing torn off. Telegraph
wires and poles were torn down for a
thousand feet and the first knowledge
OF the disaster came from Terrace,
fifteen miles away, the operator at
that point reporting to headquarters
that he saw an immense cloud Of white
smoke ascend from Jackson and spread
at great height. A relief train with
doctors and stretchers was hurriedly
dispatched from this city. The train
returned with the injured, who were
placed in the company's general hos
pital.
The great loss of life among the
Greeks is accounted for by the fact
that they occupied outftting cars
which were standing near the spot
where the explosion occurred. OF the
forty-six persons at Jackson at the
time of the explosion only nine es-
capped death or injury. The great rail-
road trestle over the lake was not
damaged, the explosion occurring a
short distance beyond the western end
OF that structure.
Mower County transcript., 1904-02-24
Montana Republican Convention.

Helena, Mont, Feb. 23-The Repub.
lican state committee at meeting
Monday fixed Helena as the place and
April IL as the date for holding the
state convention to elect delegates to
the National Republican convention.
Mower County transcript., 1904-02-24
JAPS LANDING TROOPS,

Operations Under Way on Both Coasts
of North Korea.
Berlin, Feb. 18.-The admiralty here
has received confirmation of the re-
ports that Japanese landing operations
on a vast scale are taking place on
both Of Korea's northern coasts and it
Is assumed by the German authori-
ties that Japan will be ready by early
spring for forward land movement
supported by properly equipped bases.
Possibly 100000 men (according to
the estimates made at the German ad-
miralty) will be in the field before a
collision takes place with the Russians
in force
Mower County transcript., 1904-02-24
Mrs. Hanna in Poor Health,

Cleveland, O., Feb. 23.-The body OF
Senator Hanna was not placed in the
vault Monday as had been expected
Mrs. Hanna is still too unwell to go
from her sons home and final burial
arrangements have not been made.
Mower County transcript., 1904-02-24
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.

Chicago, Feb. 22-Butter-C Cream
cries, lo@25hc; dairies, 1870 22c.
Eggs - ESQ soc. Poultry - Turkeys,
NC; chickens. 11@11Ac; springs.
Mower County transcript., 1904-02-24
St. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Pail, Feb. 22.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $3.70@5.0o; common to
fair, $3.25@3.66; good to choice cows
and heifers, $270@3.25; veals, $500.
5.25. Hogs-$4.75@5.3O. Sheen-Good
to choice iamps, $5.00@5.5o; good to
choice -yearliug wethers, 34.50@5, 90. Us.
Mower County transcript., 1904-02-24
REQUEST is DENIED.
Russia Refuses Exequator to United
States Consul at .Dalny.

Washington, Feb. 20. Secretary
Hay has been informed that Edwin v.
Morgan will not be granted an exc
quator by the Russian government au-
thorizing him to act as United States
CONSUL at Dalny. Mr.. Morgan is now
on his way from Washington to his
post Ho will sail from San Francisco
and touch at Yokohama, at which
point the state department will be
:fshle % advise him q month hence
what sou1Se 70 pursue.
Mower County transcript., 1904-02-24
FREEZE TO DEATH.
Six Hundred Perish in Crossing Sibe-
rian Lake.

Berlin, Feb. 1.-THE st. Petersburg
correspondent of the Tagliche Rund-
have been frozen to death while march
ing across Lake Baikal, Eastern ST.
IBERIA.
The correspondent adds that the
temporary railroad across the lake is
not yet completed, that large detach-
ment Of troops was sent on twenty
two mile march over the ice covered
lake and that it Is presumed that part
OF these troops lost their way in
snow storm and perished.
Mower County transcript., 1904-02-24
COLONEL GABRIEL BOUCk DEAD
Distinguished Wisconsin Lawyer and
Soldier Dies of Old Aue,

Oshkosh, Wis, Feb. 22.-Colonel
Gabriel Bouck died here Sunday after
an illness Of several months Death
was due to debility and old age.
Colonel Bouck was one of Wisconsin's
best known lawyers. He distinguish
ed himself in the Civil war, was later
elected to congress as Democrat and
served one term as attorney general of
the state
Mower County transcript., 1904-02-24
NEWS Coz b /, 4 Fl ()NS.
Tuesday, Feb. 16. .

-5" ~ : SeSe iSs
Judge Lyman Denison Brewster, a
lurist# ct national reputation, is dead
at lDanbury. Conn. I Il.
Reports from the. thumb region of
Michigan show a renewal of the snow
blockade OF two weeks ago.
. The directors Of the art section of
he Russian exhibit for the st. Louis
exposition have abandoned prepara-
ions. ~ ~, T.:
Mrs. Julia Calvin, the second oldest
woman in Wisconsin, is dead at La
Crosse, aged 102 years. She was born
in Ireland. =
Three men lost their lives in land
slide and cavein of portion of the
Southern Pacific Railroad company's
snoWsheds near Truckee, Cal.
The Pella Ha.) Savings bank, un-
able to raise money, has assigned up
on complaint Of the creditors and
stockholders. Liabilities, $4,000.
At primary in Scott township, Har-
riscn county, Ind, Albert Meyer shot
and wounded George Heishman fatally
and his son, Albert Heishman, slightly.
Mower County transcript., 1904-02-24
WHEAT GOES TO s1.o7,
Sensational Advance in Price cf Cereal
at Chicago.

at Chicago.
Chicago, Feb. 22.-Wheat for May
delivery during t.o day scl' at s1.o7
bushel. The market was extremely
active and llc you-ne OF tra ling was
of enormous propntio The sensa-
tional advance was Que largely to the
anxiety of shorts, who were afraid to
maintain open trades over two days
recess of the board.
Mower County transcript., 1904-02-24
BLIND MUSICIANS CRIME.
Wounds His Daughter and Then Kills
Himself,

Sioux City, Ia, Feb. 23-Steven
Mauck blind violinist, shot and dan.
gerously wounded his sixteen-year-old
daughter Eva and then blew out his
brains. He is believed to have been
iIsane.
Mower County transcript., 1904-02-24
Wednesday, Feb. II.

Both branches of the New Jersey
legislature adopted resolutions of re-
greet on the death Of Senator Hanna
The death roll Of the Iroquois the
ater disaster at Chicago has been in
creased by the death of Leo Pinkus.
Corrected returns of the British
board of trade for January show a de-
crease of S470,000 in imports and de-
crease of $4,101, 500 in exports.
Lucretia Willard Treat, a pioneer
Kindergarten teacher we'll known
throughout this country, is dead at
Grand Rapids, Mich, of heart failure.
Commissioner General Alexandrov-
sky has officially announced the aban-
donment of the proposed participation
of Russia in the St. Louis exposition.
The large paint shop in the Della
ware, I-ackawanna and Western Rail-
road company's car shop plant at
Scranton, Pa, was completely de-
stroyed by fire Tuesday, entailing a
loss of about $150,0O0.
Mower County transcript., 1904-02-24
RESIGNATION ACCEPTED.

American Minister to Panama Quits
+ ~ His Position. -
+ Washington, Feb. l9.----The state de-
partment has received and has accent
ed the resignation of w. e. Buchanan,
the American minister to Panama, No
successor has been appointed.
Mower County transcript., 1904-02-24
Saturday, Feb. 20.

Fire at Boston destroyed the plant
of the National magazine and several
other concerns.
Francis Forbes, prominent lawyer
and recognized authority on trade
mark law, is dead at his home in New
York city.
The Albanian Catholics are hasten
ing in large numbers to join their
brethren in fighting at Diakova, prov
ince OF lipel, Albania, against Shem-
shi Pasha.
A new mining company has been
organiZea with capital stock of $10,-
100000 for the purpose of taking over
the Butte (Mont) properties of Unit
ed States Senator w. A. Clark.
Jonathan Tryon Hughes Edwards,
sixth in line Of direct descendants of
Jonathan Edwards, is dead at New
York city. More than 5000 descend
ants of the famous educator knew him
as cousin Tryon."
The war department has issued q
circular calling for proposals for the
purchase of s3,OO0,0O0 worth of Phil
ippine temporary certificates, pro.
pcSCi9 ~ CS OpS!lNU Apll IO. uSSS
bear 4 pe.' cent interest and run one
year. /.
Monday, Feb. 22.
The Mexican sugar trust has failed
and lost about $630,000. - 20 i. Z:
DR.. Jameson has succeeded in com
pleting a cabinet for Cape Colony.
Fire at q Columbiana, O., destroyed
half a dozen business houses, causing
a loss estimated at from $65,000 to
$4,000. 5.ss.s. .5& - &c..
About $1,000 worth of jewelry and
$3.50 in cash have been stolen from the
hotel apartments Of Postmaster Gen
eral Payne at Washington. .ssz s.zl
IN less than a week the. Portland
a(Ore.) Japanese have raised $1O,26O
to send to the assistance Of their coun-
try in her trouble in the Far East. h
# Captain Samuel Neff, aged sixty.
two years, died Sunday from pneumo-,
mia at Milwaukee Captain Nef was
owner Of lumber carrying fleet and
was well known in marine circles.
Mower County transcript., 1904-02-24
A CycIopedia Of PROGRESS and Events

All sending their subscriptions Immediately,
under our clubbing offer, presented postpadp
with the AMERICAN AGR1CULTUR1sT Year Book
and ALMANAC for 1904 This great book Of $50 pages
a Guide to Markets, Marketing, and Prices
Mower County transcript., 1904-02-24
STATEHOOD OR INDEPENDENCE
Federal Assembly Of Porto Rico Makes
Demands. S&tE -. 1. III 4.ssHI

Sc a Juan, Porto Rico, Feb. q. The
federal assembly, by q vote Of go to
Is. demanded that Porto Rico be ad-
mitted to statehood or that the island
be granted Independence, II, d
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-24
THE DELEGATES.

Under the rules adopted for the
primary by the County Democrat
ic Committee. the candidates FOR
the State offices who received the
highest number OF votes for each
Office respectively we're empowered
to appoint ono delegate each to tho
State nominating convention. The
candidates huvc at last selected
their delegates, aud they mr." rs fol.
lows.
j l.. BRADLEY Of Flat River 10y
Mr.. Folk, candidate for Governor.
j II Mulugcn of Bonnie Trrrc
10y Mr.. Rubcy, candidate for Lieu.
tenant Governor.
j. s. Clay by Mr.. Major, candi-
date for Attorney General
NJ. +. Caycc hy Mr.. Cook can.
dldutr for Secretary Of state
W h. harden by Mr. Allen,
candidate for State Auditor
j \. Sprott by Mr.. Orchard,
candidate for State Treasurer
W. l.. IIrnslcy by Mr. OgIeshy,
candidate for Railroad Commission.
er.
Each delegate casts the full vote
of the county thvc) in convention
for the candidate appointing hun
The attitude of the State candi .
dates toward Mr.. Folk and hi.
friends Is shown by the men whom
they have appointed, there hrrng
but two supporters OF Mr. Folk on
the list Senator Bradley and
Judge clay.
TIP to going to press we have not
learned whom the delegation has
selected to represent the county at
the Joplin Convention, but under
stand that it is to be a cut and.
dried anti Folk affair
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-24
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
AND BUILDERS

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids
will be received by the undersigned til.
one o clock p. III. Friday, the rst day OF
July, 1904 for the building and com
plotting Of the County lnhrmary, TO lie
built and constructed according to the
plan and specifications OF, file in the
County Clerks Office, in Harrington,
except the foundation, the concrete
foundation has been rejected and bid.
dcrs must bid on stone foundation with
concrete footing. Each bidder must
file with his bid certified check in the
sum of $4,000 payable to St. Francois
County, as evidence Of good faith, and
that he will enter into contract and
bond as required. The successful bid
der must enter into bond in double the
amount of his contract with approved
security. Bids will be opened nj two
O'Clock p. M, on same day. in presence
of the County Court. The right to re.
iect any and all bids is reserved,
SAINT. l.. ASDCRY,
Junc S, 1901 Superintendent.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-24
THE PASS BRlBlNG EVIL

The Jackson Cash Book opposed
the nomination of Judge Roybmn
Of the st. Louis Court of Appeals
for re election on indisputable cvI.
dencc that III the campaign two
years ago he freely distributed rail
road passes to delegates to the Ju.
dlcial Convention that nominated
him. showing his close ailillatlOn
with the railroad corporations,
which placed him III position to
be swayed in his judgment on the
bench in any case where the cor
poratiOns favorlng him art inter.
ested. Judge Reyburn, II is true,
wrote the editor of the Cash Book
that he was laboring under wrong
impression, but Editor McGulre
SAYS he cannot be mistaken, for he
had seen one of the passes and the
letter accompanying it, which was
sent to delegate of Cape Girardenu
county two years ago.
The Cash. Book now says that
Notwithstanding its exposure, and
regardless of tho letters Judge Rey.
burn and his friends had written
its editor denying the former
charge, just before the recent Judi
cial Convention which nominated
him for re. election Judge Reyburn
again sent to the Cape Glrardeau
county delegates free transporta.
ton furnished him by Martin l..
Clardv, general attorney for the
Missouri Pacific railroad" In ac.
cepting these passes from Mr.. Clar.
dy, Judge Reyburn violated a plain
statute Of the State, for which, if
he were convicted, he would be de-
prived of his office, and Mr.. Clardy
violated another section of the stat
,te in furnishing Judge Reyburn
with free transportation, for which,
il he we're convicted, he would have
to pay fine of not less than fifty
nor more than five hundred dollars
"a fine altogether inadequate for
the offense.
The Cash. Book asks, why does
Martin l.. Clardy, the railroad at
torney and lobbyist, give Reyburn
q lot of railroad passesi' If the
passes were not turned over to Rey-
burn to bride him. why were they
not sent directly to the delegates
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-24
LIBERTYVIlLE ITEMS.
Farm work IS again retarded on nc
count Of so much rain.

Farm work IS again retarded on nc
count Of so much rain,
Jim aud Buck lIighlcy Of Dcslogc
were here last week and bought mule
from c Williams
Mrs. +. 6 Keith, who spent last
week visiting in the Lead belt, re-
turned home sunday
Ralph and Smith Timmn came down
from st Louis Saturday and will so
journ on the farm for short time.
Ed. ". II. Hale failed to ill his
appointment at the Christian Church
SUNDAY, rs the rain kept the people in
doors.
MI Andrew Baker Of lloiscing,
Kansas, is shaking hands with friends
here th, week, and is the guest of his
brother, c. n Baker
Rev. Mnuk hied himself away to
jefferson county last week to get mar
rIcd We have not learned the par
ticulars up to date
T. II Sebastian Of ST. Louis came
down Saturday to spend a lew days
with his father and mother, Mr.. aud
Mrs John W Sebastian.
Miss Wilson Of Pennington was here
last week with view to teaching Il
class in instrumental music, but did
not gel n sufficient number of scholars
to justify her to teach, and she returned
To Pennington Saturday.
Mr.. j. {. Ballard, Jr, and family
of Weathcriurd, Ok, arrived here last
week. Mr. Ballard returned Wcdnes.
day, but Mrs. Ballard and children
will remain here during the summer
with her mother, Mrs. Sophia Shaw.
June 81. fKLiX.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-24

State Senator John &. Mckinley
of Putnam county, an aspirant for
the Republican nomination for
Governor, spoke in Pennington
last Tuesday night. II Mr.. Me -.
Kinloy really believes that there is
any show for him to receive this
empty honor at the hands OF his
party. he is doomed to dissapoint.
ment That matter was settled by
Mr.. Atkins and the other Republi.
can bosses in Chicago last Tuesday
at a conference in which both fac.
tons participated, and David Pat
rick Dyer was selected as the man
to head the Republican ticket in
this State.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-24

The bitter feud between the Her.
Gus and Atkins factions Of the Re
publican party of Missouri, rs to
which or who should control the
Federal patronage in this State, re
suited in Il victory for the Atkins
crowd at Chicago last Tuesday
when col. Richard G.. kerens was
turned down aS National kcpub.
lican Committeeman from Missouri,
and Thomas j Atkins was elevated
to the place which the former has
held 50 long, Col. kerens down
fall began with the death of PrcSl-
dent Mckinley, when President
Roosevelt started in to remove his
friends from Office and replace
them with some of the Atkins gang
of pie ycarners The Missouri Re.
publican pie hunter Is quick to dis.
Germ the signs of the day, and with
Col. Kerens' declins ms Federal
patronage dispenser they began to
fall away from him. His defeat
for National Committeeman by his
rival for the position of pie boss in
Missouri followed as n natural Sc
quence.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-24

If any one IN our county doubts
the close association of Secretary Of
State sam Is. Cook and State Au.
ditOr Albert o. Allen with the rail.
road corporations and their inter.
ests, the delegates appointed 10y
them, to east this county 5 vote fOr
them in convention, ought to he
sufficient to uncover the controlling
influence that prompted them IN
their selection. end to dlspel The
lingering doubt.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-24

S. b. Phipps of Wichita, Kan
sas, has brought suit against the
Improved Order of Red Men for
So, 1875 for injury, not only to his
body but to his dignity, in being
made to ride on some wooden OBJ
ject in such a manner that he fell
off and hurt and bruised himself so
that he required medical attention.
lie alleges that it required six men
to control this wooden machine,
and they carelessly allowed him
only four, with the above result.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-24
FRIDAY, JUNE -, 1904

The National Republican Con-
yenti0u is III session at Chicago
this week and up to time of going
To press no news of the nomina.
tons made has been received, but
it is pretty well settled that Senator
Fairbanks will be Roosevelt 5 run
ming mntp
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-24
SALEM NElGHB0RH00D


ick list last week.
Mrs a. Y Doss is quite nlling |
With cutarrh OF the head
Miss Blanche Barton of Three
Rivers spent last week here.
Miss Ida Hoy made the writer a
pleasant call Thursday morning.
Miss Kate Willis returned home
from the Sanitation last Thurs
day.
Mrs. y. l.. Cunningham was
the guest OF Mis-. Will Poleston
last Saturday
Miss Lille Schrum and children
visited Mrs. Addie Cunningham
last Wednesday
Clarence aud Emmett Cunning.
ham attended services ut Chestnut
Ridge last Sunday
Alvin Rurkcr of Pennington
spent lust week with his sister,
Mrs. Maude Whclen
Mrs Will Poleston and Mrs, \
l.. Cunningham visited relatives IN
Flat River last Wednesday.
Mrs Marguerite Woodland is Wis.
iting Mr. and Mrs W II Young
in Pennington this week
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Woodland and
baby left Sunday for st Lou,
where they will attend the Fair.
Miss Laura DcGrant spent Sat
urday and Sunday in Flat River
visiting her brother and family.
Miss Ida Hoy went to Farming
ton Monday and spent n short
while there with Miss SRIlie Perry
man.
Mr. and Mrs {. c. Cunningham
and family attended the baske
dinner at Chestnut Ridge last Sun
day
Thos Bradley and John Gosset
of Pennington came out Monday
to finish hauling MIR BrNdlcy's ha!
to town
Mrs. jackson Edwards and littl,
grand daughter. Joyce Thurman
visited Mrs Robert Starks Wed
nesdHy
The directors of Taylor schoo
have elected Miss Ella Sackmnn al
Pennington rs teacher for tn,
next term of school
Mr.. aud Mrs VIM Brewer o
Graves county, Ky. are here visit
ing Mr. aud Mrs j T. Brewer unt
other relatives.
Mr. aud Mrs Mac Cunningham
of near Pennington spent Sun
dry recently with Mr. and Mrs. \
l. Cunningham
Mrs. Rchccrra Plgg, who ha
been visiting her son, Thos Gun
bingham, returned to her homu
near Thurman last Sunday.
MrSdamrs Josie Edwards. 4 l.
Cunningham and daughter, Mis-
Laura Deirant, and Mr. tilIe,
Cunningham and family were guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Thos Cunning
ham and family last Sunday
Miss Sallir Young, who spcn
the past week IN st. Louis visiting
Mr.. and Mrs Marvin Young, ant
attending the Far, returned hOm
Friday and reports n most enjoy
able time
Misses Francis Boardc, Nellie Pc
trio and Daisy and Mnv Woodar,
of Three Rivers vicinity came owe
! Wednesday and went fishing OF
Tcrrr Blue creek Did not catrI
many fish hut said they got lots o
bites guess they were mosqult,
bites OPAL.