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Getting Ready to Adjourn.

County Judge Hawkins is getting
things in shape to adjourn the De-
cember term of the county court,
The trial of cases was concluded
last week and the court is now de-
voting the remaining time OF the
term to hearing the argument OF
motions. The jury commissioners
were appointed today and as they
prepare the jury lists for the next
term the wheels of justice will be
stopped.
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Mrs. W, @. Minton is visiting in
Ennis.
/ A. @. Cox OF Ennis was in, the
city today.
Mayor Pitts of Ferris was in the
rcity today.
R. Ashe of Cleburne was in the
city today.
DIR. j. A. Paine of Auburn was in
the city today.
r. yickery of Fort Worth was in
the city today.
Attorney Lee Gano of Dallas was
in the city yesterday.
George Crump of Venus spent
yesterday in the city.
/ Miss Kate Templeton is visiting
friends at Mansfield.
Mrs. Y d. Kem.ble and Miss Love
1 Du Bose visited in Dallas today.
Miss Emma Davis went to Ferris
this afternoon to visit relatives.
Sterling Wood went to Waxa-
hachie this morning. Corsicana
Sun.
Misses Fannie Newton and Lottie
Hawkins of Midlothian are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs T. f. Newton.
Miss Alice Wright OF Mans
field, who has been visiting in the
city, returned home last night.
Miss mary sue Pickett returned
yesterday from Corsicana, where
she spent the holidays with friends.
Mrs. w. B. Ferguson, Mrs. Alex
Terrell. Mrs. Charley Crow and
Miss Mary Green visited in Dallas
today.
Mrs. ;. p. Allen of Palestine, who
has been visiting Mrs. Barton and
other relatives in the city, has re-
turned home.
Mrs, Lydia Case, Of Chicago, and
Mrs. A. A. Morrison, of Graham,
: Texas, are the guests of their
cousin, Mrs. j. H. Ragland, in
East End
j. w. Bird will leave tonight for
Beaver county, Ok, where be will
make some improvements on his
claim. He will be absent about
twenty days.
r. l.. Phillips, ticket agent at the
Katy depot, returned last night
from Greenridge, Mo, where he
was called few days ago on ac-
count Of the death of his father.
Mr.. and Mrs. w II Bedford
aud daughter, Rufa, returned,
Saturday night from Los Angeles
and other points in California.
They report quite "a pleasant stay In
the far west.
Mrs. Clara Mae Podenhamer re-
turned last night from a month g
visit to friends at Kosse, Mexia and
Corsicana. For the past week she
has been the guest Of Miss Willie
Edens OF Corsicana.
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Cease "a be- simple IL at all pro-
longess. The safest way - 10 pot
them aside al the very beginning.
Ballard's Horahoand Syrup stops a
cold and removes the eaas@ cf ec!a.
be, 5le and I'll bottle AZ Hood A
Martin
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COMING EVENT.

Feb J. Metropolitan Graad Con
cert Compony.
Feb. H. Lycsum Opsrasie Co.
April z. Fred r. Brooks.
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Tonight aud Wednesday fair
colder tonight,
Monday, max a, min. -
G.. -. LosaaEhRR,
Observer.
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IA displayed by many n fnau
daring pains Of accidental
wounds, bruises. burns sealeiw
feet or sthf joints. Bot ths@
reed for t.. Buckleu's AruM
will kin the pain and enra
bic It's the best salve -
piles, too. &c, al
Moor@. druggists.
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aeelected cough or eold may
Ia.t e. serious bronchial or lang
lruuhiwa. Dou take ea@Ne@s when
Falsyfs Honey aud Tar Affords per
fsst security from serious elects 81
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Pneumonia and La Grippe.
Coughs cured quickly by Foley s
Honey and Tar. Refuse substi-
tutes. Sold by Il. w. Fearis.
The Lamar register., 1904-02-24

Denver, Feb. 19.-Because his wife
had decided that he was a domestic
burden, that she no longer cared to live
with him. and that she had disposed OF
some property without seeking his con-
sent, Frank G. Senter. a Rock Island
brakeman, fired a bullet through her
head at her home, 1922 West Eleventh
street, at $50 o'clock yesterday morn
ing. and then. turning the gun upon
himself, blew out his own brains.
For about one year Senter and his
family have been living apart. the wife
having at that period applied for d.
vorce. She lived with her children in
a pretty cottage at the number Given.
and to all appearances ~As fn q pros
porous condition.
At about o'clock yesterday. osno. a
thirteen-year- old son of the couple no
ticed his father coming up the street
toward his house and notified his
mother, who was cleaning the bath
room. The youngster locked the front
door of the house, but the father. COM
Ing to the rear. secured admission. He
tried, SO the children say, to get the
boy to leave, but the youth was suspl
cious and following his father to where
the mother was working. overheard his
plea for a reconciliation. Mrs. Senter
declined to speak to him and referred
him to her attorney. Thomas Carlon.
This angered him, and In pulling a
thirty-eight calibre revolver from his
pocket a cartridge exploded and buried
q bullet in the floor near the bathtub.
Selling the struggling woman by the
right wrist at this point. he fised again,
but the ball failed to strike and. going
through the door. lodged in a window
frame In the adjoining kitchen. His
next effort was more successful. for.
placing the muzzle OF the gun close to
the skin at the base of her skull. he
fired and the woman fell dead at his
feet.
Gazing for moment at the pros
trate body, Senter then turned the gun
to his own hel and in a moment was
The Lamar register., 1904-02-24
RUSSIA AFFECTS SURPRISE AT
SECRETARY HAYS ACTION

St Petersburg. Feb. 19.-The inform
alton contained in press dispatches
from Washington that Secretary Hay
has announced the negotiations in con-
nection with his note to the powers on
the subject of the integrity of China.
to be closed. without awaiting Russia's
formal response, came as surprise to
official circles here.
An official of the foreign Office with
whom the representative of the Asso-
ciated Press talked on this matter ap-
peared to be rather nonplussed at this
conclusion to the American proposition
but he displayed no irritation, and
said:
IF this Is true 1t has not changed
the Russian program. Not to await
Russia's reply might. however. offend
Russian susceptibilities. and tend to
still further increase the feeling al
ready existing here in certain quarters
that the United States is not friendly
to Russia.
I'm this connection there Is no doubt
the government feels somewhat en-
barrassed by the desire of the United
States to install consuls In the open
ports of Manchuria Immediately. The
government does not like to be placed
in the position of putting obstacles in
the way. but that entire territory is
The Lamar register., 1904-02-24
Powers Accept Hay Proposal.

Secretary Hay has received responses
from Austria-Hungary and from Por-
tugal to his neutrality proposition. the
answers in each case amounting to an
acceptance of the principles laid down
by the secretary as to localization OF
the struggle and naturalization of
China. This completes the list of
answers from all of the powers ad
dressed on the subject. with the single
exception of Russia.
Relative to a reference in one of the
European dispatches to second note
to the powers from the United States
relative to neutrality. 1t is explained at
the State Department that this note
was nothing more than the text (al-
ready publishedD OF the note to Japan
and Russia which Secretary Hay in bis
first note had informed the powers he
vas about to dispatch.
According to State Department of
fetal. there will be no more notes ex-
changed for the present relative to the
naturalization of China and the restric-
tion OF the theater of war to certain
limits. Having induced the powers to
accept the general principle of neu-
tIalization. the State Department feels
that that chapter is closed. An at
tempt to go into details would almost
certainly tend to disrupt the present
satisfactory arrangement, for one or
the other of the powers would have
something to suggest which would be
bone of contention. So there will be
no further exchanges on this subject
in the present temper of the State De-
partment, unless some overt act is COM
mitted by one of the belligerents
threatening the neutrality of China out
side of Manchuria. 1t will be time
then for the powers to get together
and. acting on the lines indicated by
Secretary Hay. make concurrent rep
reservations on the subject
The Lamar register., 1904-02-24

now under military control and these
posts would be within the sphere OF
the interpretations.
Furthermore, trade Is at a standstill
at present. and the authorities cannot
comprehend why Washington should
press this matter now. None Of the
other powers is seeking to take imme-
diate advantage of the privileges ac-
corded by the Japanese treaties.
As far as concerns port Dalny, to
which place an American commercial
agent has been appointed. the situation
Is even worse, as 1t is not impossible
that the military authorities will soon
request all foreigners to leave there"
In diplomatic circles here Secretary
Hays action is considered a fine stroke
of diplomacy. as it is believed that the
note has brought out general acquies-
cence in the principle involved.
Owing to existing conditions in the
field and the difficulties in the way OF
providing suitable accommodations.
Viceroy Alexieff has recommended that
the foreign military attaches should
not Join the Russian army until about
March 4th. and the viceroy's views on
this matter will be communicated to
the governments which have applied
for the privilege of observing the war
from the Russian side
The Lamar register., 1904-02-24
SECRETARY MOODY
WANTS MORE SHIPS

Boston, Feb. 19.-Secretary of the
Navy Moody, speaking at the annual
dinner Of the New England Rubber
Club Wednesday. strongly advocated
a large navy. and declared that II the
United States desired to maintain peace
1t must be known that at all times 1t
was ready for war.
Secretary Moody declared there
never was a time when the import
ance of power upon the sea was more
manifest than 1t was to-day. He re-
ferred to the Russo-Japanese war. and
pointed out that, although one of the
nations was superior in many ways
to the other. yet the weaker nation, by
her success on sea. had rendered every
part Of her territory secure from in
vasion.
He said in part:
The United States is weaker than
the other powers. so far as submarine
and surface torpedo boats and other
boats u-:der 1000 tons displacement are
concerned. but still is fifth In relative
naval strength. and has under con-
struction a greater amount of tonnage
in ships than any other country, except
Great Britain, and almost as much as
that country. This is great country,
and can afford great navy and the
world must know that We are at all
times ready for war.
We are at peace with all countries:
we wish to continue and will continue
in that happy relation. II honest diplo-
macy and just regard for the rights of
every nation will maintain peace, but
we must provide a navy so as to pro-
vide for war. II we are strong enough
to enforce the Monroe doctrine We shall
never have to do it. Let US. then, be
backed with God and with the sea,
v hich he hath given us for defense. In
them and ourselves our safety lies.
TO bring about sea strength | be-
lieve national honesty at home is most
important. We must fight public dis
honesty, as II it were a loathesome dis
ease II money that is appropriated
to the building of ships is directed to
improper uses. then the United States
ships Will be as II they were painted
collins"
The Lamar register., 1904-02-24

It was decided at II recent meeting
of the executive committee of the AM
erican National Red Cross in Washing
ton to authorize those who applied to
engage in Red Cross work in the Rus
so-Japanese war to effect such organ
ization for the purpose as may be
practicable. with the sanction of the
committee. and such support as might
be available. Among those who have
made application are two prominent
medical men.
In the Senate on the 18th inst. the
bill for the payment of 100000 to ex-
Queen Liliuokalani was taken up and
the roll was again called on the motion
Of Mr.. Spooner to recommit the meas
ure to the committee on Pacific is
lands. the call of Friday previous hav-
ing failed to develop a quorum. The
vote resulted 23 ayes. 81 nays. The
bill was amended so as to reduce the
appropriation to $l50.000. The ayes
and noes were demanded on the final
passage of the bill, and it was defeated
2G to &c. a tie vote.
Delegate Rodey had a hearing before
the committee on mines and mining of
the House on bis bill permitting pros
pecting and mining on land grants in
New Mexico. where minerals were re-
served TO the government by the
Court of Private Land Claims. Hum
dreds of thousands of acres of mineral
lands are involved in the bill. The
Department of the Interior has made
an adverse report. but Delegate Rodey
takes issue with the department on the
law governing the matter and stands
good show to convince the commit
tee that he is right and obtain a favor
able report.
The State Department has instructed
Ambassador Mccormick to ask the
Russian government at St Petersburg
for an explanation of the compulsory
detention in the harbor of Port Arthur
of the American steamship Pleiades,
which conveyed a cargo of flour to
that place from Honolulu just before
the outbreak of hostilities. The ship
is owned by the Boston Towboat Com
pany, which has made formal COM
plain to the State Department. By
some officials the opinion is expressed
that the OBTAINING of the ship is not a
violation of International law, provid-
ed adequate demurrage be paid to the
owners of the vessel. 1t is assumed
that the vessel is detained for strateg-
ical purposes and naval officers point
out that her departure at this time
might enable the japanese to learn
important facts about the condition of
affairs at Port Arthur. 1t is roughly
estimated that a sufficient demurrage
would be from 500 to $500 day. de-
pending upon the value OF the vessels
return cargo.
The Lamar register., 1904-02-24
FEARFUL DENVER TRAGEDY OF
WIFE MURDER AND SUICIDE

a corpse. falling on that OF his wife.
Youne Gano. transfixed by the horrible
tragedy for a moment, ran to the street
to give the alarm, and in few mo-
ments the police surgeon and a detail
of police under Captain Conners rushed
to the scene. Both were found to have
died Instantly. The bodies were sent
to the morgue and the parents OF Ars.
Septer. Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Everett
of Lyons, Nebraska. were nouhed ny
telegraph Of the crime. and are e1-
pected to arrive in Denver this morn
ing to take charge of the remains and
the property of the woman.
When the body of Senter was
searched a note addressed to the police
was found on his person. 1t read as
follows:
ITO Whom 1t May Concern: My
wife, Ben Everett, her father. the devil.
is the cause of all my troubles. News
paper clippings will explain matters IN
part. ! have no excuse to make. MY
friends do not need any; my enemies
cut no figure. / could write volumns
on this matter, but this is the purport
OF my trouble. Any one ought to
know when he has had enough.
.F. G. SENTER."
AS one cause for the crime 1t is stat
ell that the couple had been at variance
concerning the beliefs and practices OF
Christian Science. Senter is said to
have become a believer in the alleged
art of healing by prayer some yean
ago in Nebraska. when he was said to
have been cured of a disease Lately.
however. he dropped away from the
Science" and took violent exception to
his wife posing as healer"
The couple are survived by fve chill
dren, Frank, aged twenty-one. owner
OF a milk route; Clyde. aged twenty.
row in San Francisco; Ben. fifteen. and
Grace. aged seventeen. The latter is
employed by the Daniels & Fisher
Stores Company.
Mrs. Senter's neighbors are said to
blame Senter for all the domestic dif-
ficulties OF the family.
The Lamar register., 1904-02-24
Deficiency Bill Passed.

All differences between the Senate
and House on the urgent deficiency bill
were adjusted in the conference re-
port agreed to by the House. BY this
report the time in which the committee
on international exchange shall report
is fixed at November 1, 1904. instead of
July 1st The Senate amendment for
a consul at Dalny. Manchuria, was ac-
cepted. The substitute provision of
the House regarding the Louisiana
Purchase loan was agreed to. The Sen
ate provisions for the purchase of a
site at Los Angeles for a postofiice was
stricken out.
The Senate's provision for submarine
cable lines to Alaska was struck out.
The Senate provision to survey the
boundaries of Yellowstone Park was
accepted. The Senate appropriation OF
$1,000 for Spanish treaty claims com
mission was accepted.
The bill as finally agreed upon carries
total appropriation of SIG. 1870. III. be
ing an increase of s5.103, ,9l6 over the
amount carried by the measure as it
passed the House. The principal item
OF increase in the bill by the. Senate
was the $4,000. 900 loan to the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition Company to
which the House concurred before the
| conference was asked.
Admiral Evans. commanding the
Asiatic station. has notified the Navy
| Department that he has dispatched
three of the cruiser squadron to North
China ports. where they will be held
in readiness to serve as dispatch boats
or for the succor of the refugees. or for
similar purposes during the progress
of the war. The New Orleans has
started from Cavite for Chez Foo. the
nearest neutral point to the theater
of war. The Raleigh and Frolic have
started from Cavite for Shanghai.
The Lamar register., 1904-02-24
ESTIMATES OF
BALTIr1ORE LOSS

Baltimore, Feb. 19.-Insurance ex-
perts were in an optimistic frame of
mind to-day over the prospect that the
aggregate insurance loss will be much
smaller than was at first anticipated.
They are now confident that the loss
caused by the confagration will not ex-
ceed $4o.00o,0O0, and that II will not be
unoer $a2. .oOO. 900.
The first definite estimate they were
able to make on totals was through an
Associated Press dispatch from Albany
printed yesterday. giving tho losses Of
companies doing business in New
York, reported officially by them to the
insurance commissioner OF New York.
This list included sixty-eight Of the
largest American and foreign compa-
nies, and the total Of losses reported
100000.
Taking these official figures as a ba-
Sis and adding the approximated fig
ures OF the companies authorized to do
business In Maryland but not in New
lork. insurance men say they cannot
see how the total insurance loss will
exceed $35, 900 900.
The City Charities Department and
the Bureau of Industrial Statistics
nave requested the Associated Press to
send out warning that there is only
enough work to give employment to
baltimore workmen and that the home
workers will be awarded the preference
In every instance.
IL was learned to-day that the tax
assessments on the realty in the
burned district were approximately be-
tween S2o.0O0OOO and s22 ,OO0. 900 and
that the assessments on average stocks
Oh goods carried were between $50. O.OOO.-
ooo and S55.oO0,o00. At this time OF the
year, however, the stocks carried were
much heavier than the average, and
as the real estate was assessed at three
quarters OF Its value. these figures
would indicate a total loss of about
$se.ooo.oOp at the lowest figures.
The Lamar register., 1904-02-24

The princirals of the Brooklyn
public schools want the right to pun
ish bad boys restored to them. and
suggests that the necessary spanking
be done with a short piece of rubber
hose. All. the good old days in the
schoolhouse on the hill.
The Lamar register., 1904-02-24

A correspondent for an eastern pa
per has just discovered that Uncle
Sans motto. "E Pluribus unum," has
thirteen letters in it. There is no de-
rying that 1t has been generally found
unlucky for anybody to meddle with
that motto.
The Lamar register., 1904-02-24

Three sisters were operated on In
Georgia the other day for appendicitis.
The society reporters fail to say what
the favors were or what kind OF re.
freshments were served.
The Lamar register., 1904-02-24

There is nothing to indicate that the
old bachelors are taking to the woods.
II may be SO long since the last leap
year that they have forgotten the dan
ger.
The Lamar register., 1904-02-24

Count Zephelin of Germany. des!r-
Ing to build an airship. has taken up
a collection aggregating $ll2.500. At
least as fnancier he is in the class
of our own Prof. Langley.
The Lamar register., 1904-02-24

Gen. Jimincz is reported to have
won an important victory in Santo
Domingo. He has lured away the only
private In the army. leaving the gov
ernmcnt with none but officers on its
hands.
The Lamar register., 1904-02-24

Prof. Vincent. who says that ''rnelo-
dramas strengthen morals" may be
right. but II wrathful desire to throw
things at the stage is immoral he
should qualify his remarks as to some
of them.
The Lamar register., 1904-02-24

A New Jersey family has been pois
oned by succotash. Now II 1t CT a
only be shown that prunes are danger
Gus there may still be hope for u =
man who boards.
The Lamar register., 1904-02-24

II the scientist who disseminated
the theory that money was full of
microbes had any idea that It would
lead people TO come around and un-
load their paper dollars upon him he
knows better by this time.
The Lamar register., 1904-02-24

And yet IT is sad to see the Pill
Erims on two sides of the ocean
pledging each others healths in cock
tails. particularly in view OF the fact
that they don't know how to mix them
in London.
The Lamar register., 1904-02-24

This large output OF boy bandits
will yet raise up apologists for King
Herod.
The Lamar register., 1904-02-24

With some misgivings the people
have tolerated, II not accepted. mar
conigram." but there IL limit. Pig
Hottgram" will not do.
The Lamar register., 1904-02-24

Woman's ear is so perversely
mathematical that forty-nine cents
sounds only half as big as half a dol
lar
The Lamar register., 1904-02-24

Girls at a cooking school In Berlin
ate some OF their own salads. The
date OF the funerals will be announced
later.
The Lamar register., 1904-02-24

had got together his first $1,000 was
bound 10 be rich. Nowadays a man
isn't sure Of being rich even after he
has got together his first 100000.
The Lamar register., 1904-02-24

No better evidence of the gentle and
forgiving disposition of Pope Plus X.
need be brought forward than the fact
that he blessed friends fountain pen
the other day.
The Lamar register., 1904-02-24

A woman is pretty sure she could
economize more in the coal bill II she
could have $1,000 worth OF furs.
The Lamar register., 1904-02-24

Salt River. Ariz., is about to be
damned. Anti-profanity paragraph ers
please keep of.
The Lamar register., 1904-02-24

When London says Hello. there!"
to Plymouth Rock. we realize how
much the hand of Father Time has
made smooth.