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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-28
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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-28

Where was Will Arnold's
friend Penn Drummond when
or. Shields was made one of
the State Committee?
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-28

Mr.. and Mrs. William Buck
ley, of Texas, are the guests of
Mrs. Buckley's parents, Mr..
and Mrs, Isaac McIntire.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-29
CALLS 1T FOLK CONSPIRACY
Ed Butler, of st. Louis, Talks at
Colorado Springs, About His
Last Indictment.

Colorado Springs, Col. July 2S.-Ir
an interview Edward Butler, of St
Louis, had the following to say con-
cerning the grand jury indictment
found against him for the alleged brib-
cry of a witness:
''It is all conspiracy for political
reasons on the part Of Attorney Folk
against me and certain prominent
bankers and brokers OF st. Louis. I'm
munity was promised to all who would
give information that would lead tc
my being indicted. I am charged with
bribing a witness, and 1 can most GER
tainly say that it is not true. 1 knew
all about the indictment before l left
st. Louis and made arrangements in
advance for the furnishing of bond.
Mr.. Butler declares that he is
through with politics. He will remain
in Manitou about three weeks.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-29
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

East st. Louis workmen approve, but
st. Louis employees complain, of the
new strike order.
The Missouri militia left Camp Bates,
Friday, under orders for a ten-mile
march and nights bivouac.
Former Gov. Boise, Of Iowa, is out
in letter strongly indorsing the dem
ocratic platform and nominees.
The mayor of Memphis, Tenn, de-
clares that society card playing is
more dangerous than open gambling
houses
Mrs. Carrie Nation was assaulted by
a saloonkeeper at Elizabethtown, KY,
whom she was berating, and quite bad
ly hurt.
Russia will be represented at the
Worlds fair-although unoffcially--
two carloads of exhibits, collected
through private enterprise, having ar
rived at the exposition.
Charles J. Denny and Jerry Hanni-
gan, who were sentenced for bribery,
at ST. Louis. Friday. were taken to the
penitentiary Friday evening.
A portable 30-room hotel is to be
shipped to and erected at Esopus, N.
Y, the home of Judge Parker, the
democratic nominee for the presidency.
II. r. Oglesby, candidate for rail-
road and warehouse commissioner, re-
ceived rousing welcome upon his re-
turn to his home in Warrensburg, Mo.
Senator German has absolutely de
clined to take the Craftsmanship of the
National democratic committee, and it
is probable that Thomas Taggart, Of
Indiana, will be selected for the place.
Mrs James J. McDermott found $780,
600 in bonds and other valuables, IN
st. Louis, and returned them to the
owner, a foreign commissioner to the
Worlds fair.
Heavy coils of hair done up on the
back of her head saved the life Of Mrs.
Margaret Lewis, so years old, of st.
Louis, when she was run into and
knocked down by an automobile.
Mrs. Dilsey Slaughter, widow OF
Walker Slaughter, is dead at her home
near the Wolf Grove in Edwardsville,
ILL.,, from fright produced by a bolt of
lightning striking over her head.
While John Van Vueren, a gunner at
the Boer War exhibit at the Worlds
fair, was ramming and sponging can
non at Friday nights performance, the
powder exploded, blowing off his left
hand.
Leaving her two children playing in
the front yard, Mrs. Katherine Dixon,
33 years old, went to the attic of her
home, in st. Louis, and hanged her
self. She had been suffering from ner-
vous trouble.
Charles F.. Kelly and Edward Gutke
again appeared before the grand jury
in ST. Louis Friday. The inquisitorial
body returned an indictment for brib-
cry against Edward Butler, charging
that he secured the absence of states
witness by the use of money.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-29
A SHOOTING AT BONESTEEL
Two Special Policemen Shot by
Members of a Gang of Thugs.
Vigilance Committee Formed and
Objectionable Characters Be-
ing Rounded Up.

Bonesteal, S. D., July 23.-After an
extremely quiet day and night a serious
shooting affray took place about four
o'clock Saturday morning. Sylvester C..
Harrison, of Wichita, and a man
named Scarborough, whose address can
not be learned-two special policemen
were shot by a gang of thugs In
front of a saloon. Harrison was shot
in the forehead, and at first it was
thought his wound would prove fatal,
but later it was said he was resting
easily, and it is now hoped he will re-
cover. Stanbrough'S wound was in the
leg, and will not result seriously. Har-
rison, who is about "a years of age,
arrived here Friday night, with a
friend, who claims that the young man
is in good financial circumstances. Be-
ing a lover of excitement, he at once
joined the police force, and had been
on duty but a short time when he was
shot. The men who did the shooting
ran around back of the saloon and
made their escape in the darkness, and
have not yet been apprehended. A Wig
ilance committee was at once formed
and began rounding up the objection
able characters Of the town. The sta
ton house is full and arrests are being
made every few minutes. 1t is report
ed that a pitched battle occurred at a
sod house a mile east Of the town, In
which a dozen or more shots were eX-
changed, but the details are not yet
obtainable. Information Of definite
character is hard to secure, all sorts
Of rumors, however, are current. The
saloon where the shooting occurred
was the scene of another affray nigha
or SO ago, and it has been closed by
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-29
Labor Leaders and Packers Repre-
sentatives Go Into Joint Con-
ference in Chicago.
ON THE CONCLUSIONS REACHED
RESTS CONTINUANCE OF STRIKE.
The Labor Leaders, Considering the
Former Agreement AbroEated,
Go Into the Conference with Hn
Entirely New Set of Conditions
For Settlement.

Chicago, July 23.-The labor leaders
went into joint conference with the
packers, prepared to submit an en-
tirely new basis for settlement Of the
stockyards strike. The labor repre-
sentatives apparently considered the
former agreement abrogated by the
action of the packers. Their new de-
mands call for the immediate rein
statement of killing gangs and meat
butchers in body.
The Proposed New Compact.
The action of the packers, while it
was contended amounted to abrogation
Of Wednesdays agreement for a set
tlement, consisted In alleged discrimi-
nation against the men in the matter
Of unemployment. The new compact
sought provides not only for the rein
statement Of the killing gangs and the
meat butchers in a body, but also spe-
cifically took up demands Of the un-
skilled men. Those present were mem
bers Of subcommittee appointed at
Fridays joint conference to report q
| basis of agreement to the full member
ship Of the conference. They were:
For the packers, Thomas Connors,
representing Armour e Co.; Thomas
Wilson, representing Nelson Morris &
ca. Edward Tilden, for Libby Mcneil &
Libby; Samuel Mclean, for the Nation
al Packing Co.; ]. E. Maurer, for
SchwarZschild & Sulzberger; Edward
Cudahy, for Cudahy & Co., and for the
unions: Thomas 1. Kidd, American
Federation of Labor; William Sterling,
Butchers union; George F. Golden,
packing house teamsters; Joseph Nor
ton, stationary 1remen; William G.
Schardt, Chicago Federation of Labor.
Mayor Harrison Listening.
In response to kilograms telling OF
a renewal of the strike Mayor Harrison
arrived in Marquette, Mich, from HUI
ron Mountain today, but he was too
late to connect with a train for Chi
cago. He talked over the long-distancs
telephone with Corporation Counsel
Tollman and decided to remain in Mar
quette for news from the strike. Unless
the strike were settled before night,
the mayor announced his intention to
terminate his vacation and take train
that would bring him into Chicago Sun
day morning.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-29
Hambu1g-American Line Steamer
Scandia and Two More Brit
ish Ships Captured.
MEANWHILE CZAR'S GOVERNMENT
GIVING PEACEFUL ASSURANCES.
The Officials of the Hamburg
American Line Say the Capture
of the Scandia is InexpIicabIe, as
There Was No War Material Of
Any Kind for Japan on Board.

Hamburg, July 23.-The officials OF
the neutrality-suspicious. line declare
that the seizure of their steamer Scan
dia By the Russians is inexplicable, as
her manifests show she did not carry
any kind of war material for Japan.
The company has asked the foreign Of
flee to take up the matter and secure
an explanation.
The company has made the following
statements:
"The capture of the Scandia ap-
pears to be inexplicable. Her mani
tests show that no war material in any
form for Japan was on board. The
Hamburg-American Co., at the begin
ming of the war, instructed its repre-
sentatives to make it their special duty
not to accept contraband for transmits
sion.
The Hamburg-American Co, has
asked the foreign Office to initiate the
steps necessary to clear up this disa-
greeable incident
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-29
WAS GIVEN THE LASH.
Ex-AIderman Bersch, of st. Louis,
Subjected to Punishment For
InsubOr di nation.

st. Louis. July ga special to the
Chronicle from jefferson City, Mo-,
says:
Boodler Edmund BerSch, of st. Louis,
serving a sentence Of two years for
bribery. was given 40 lashes at the
penitentiary for insubordination, and
then confined in a dungeon.
Bersch is one of the eX-members of
the house of delegates who, when he
saw the hopelessness of further fight
ing going to the pen, came to Circuit
Attorney Folk and made complete
confession. Because of this he receiv-
ed light sentence of two years.
Since arriving at the zen Bersch has
not been a model prisoner. Always
used to fine wines, good cigars and
choice viands, it was pretty hard to
get down to the simple prison fare.
AS the days heightened into week
Bersch became morose and sullen.
Unlike Boodlers Hartmann and Leh-
mann he did not go to his task will
ingly and seemed to think that some
thing was due him and that he was not
to be expected to work.
He was cautioned, but paid no atten-
ton to it.
Last Wednesday, Bersch after see
ing a number Of former st. Louis ac-
auaintances, became worse than ever.
He is said to have merited a whipping
first by walking out of a forbidden
door and staring at some departing
visitors. One of the guards again rep
rimanded him.
ITO - with you,' Bersch is quot
ed as retorting. Il will do as 1 please
here. 1 have got friends bigger than
you know of, and if you bother me
you will find it out. am here only for
time any how"
Il don't care who your friends are, -
said the guard, grabbing Bersch. You
get in there"
DO you know who l ann" Bersch
asked.
Certainly
81 am Bersch, and you will hear
from my friends for this
He was hustled to a guard house.
Capt. Todd, who has supervision Of all
prisoners and their punishments, had
heard part of the wind up. He heard
the balance from the guard and it is
said then ordered the whipping.
Bersch has the idea that he will soon
be pardoned and looks upon himself
as a hero.
The prison authorities say they will
take the conceit out of him with the
lash and the dungeon every time he
DISPLAYS il.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-29
Booming Memphis.

The last issue of the Manufac-
turer's Record contained the follow
ing editorial notice of the annual re-
port Of the commissioner of the
Memphis Industrial League:
The annual report of the Industrial
League of Memphis, shows that the
volume of business in the city in 1903
was $500 100000. that the bank clear
ings were s214.OO9,55S the postoffice
receipts $342, ,12O, the value of building
improvements $3265. .235, and the real
estate transfers $6,174,O40. During the
first six months of this year the bank
clearings have reached $131, ,291 ,933,
within $23,00O,OO0 of the total clearings
in 1901. During the first five months
Of this year the building improvements
amounted to $2,148,543, and the real
estate transfers to s3,397,8 $50. Mem
phis has now a population of 165, ,457,
and has twenty banks and three trust
companies, with aggregate capital and
surplus of S6,OOO,OOO and deposits of
$4,000, 900. 1t has 853 manufacturing
enterprises 125 miles of electric street
railway and &c local steamboat pack
cts. 1t is noted as a producer of hard
wood lumber, as a cotton market and
as a cottonseed producer. The prog
ress made by Memphis in recent years
has been effectively aided by the In
dustrial League, and credit for it's
work is given to Commissioner I. F.
Peters in a number of letters from
leading business and manufacturing
concerns.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-29
THE CEYLoN WAS HALTED.
An Encounter With the st. Peters,
burg Conveying a German Ship.

An Encounter With the st. Peters,
burg Conveying a German Ship.
Port Said, July 23.-The PeninsulaT
& Oriental Co.'S steamer Ceylon,
homeward bound from Yokohama and
Penang, has arrived here. She re-
ports that the cruiser St. Petersburg
of the Russian volunteer squadron,
signalled her, July Is, when 20 hours
from Suez, asking ber where she was
from and where she was bound, after
which the Ceylon was allowed to pro-
ceed. The st. Petersburg at that time
was conveying a German merchant
ship.
The vessel which the ST. Petersburg
was conveying possibly was the Ger
man steamer Scandia, referred to in a
dispatch from Suez as having just ar
rived at Suez flying the Russian naval
Gag, commanded by Russian naval
officer and manned by naval crew.
The Scandia halls from Hamburg and
passed Gibraltar, July 5, on .her way
to China.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-29
A SYMPATHETIC STRIKE.
The Allied Trades Unions Mt Kan
sas City to Vote on the Question.

The Allied Trades Unions at Kan
sas City to Vote on the Question.
Kansas City, July 23.-Allied trades
unions will vote on the question Of a
sympathetic strike to aid the packing
house employees. There are more than
1000 men in these unions in the Kan
sas City plants. They include team
sters, electricians, f1remen, engineers,
machinists, boxmakers, carpenters and
Switchmen. A few have already gone
out on their own responsibility.
G. w. Armour said that he did not
think it would be necessary for their
house to shut down if a sympathetic
strike comes. They have, he says, a
sufficient number of non-union machin-
lists, engineers and oilers to run tn
plant.
At Swift's and Fowler's similar state
ments are made. Conditions at the Ar
mour, Swift and Fowler plants are
much the same as they have been for
several days. At all the plants it is
asserted more business is being done
than before the strike. Killing at the
Cudahy and SchwarZschild & SulZber-
ger plants has been suspended tempo
rarily, awaiting developments.
Additional police have been sent to
the packing house districts.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-29
HAS GIVEN FORMAL ASSURANCES.
The Capture of the Scandia May
Have Been an Inadvertence.


Have Been an Inadvertence.
st. Petersburg, July 23.-The Rus
sian government has given formal as
surances to Germany that there will
be no repetition of the Prinz Heinrich
incident. Whether this includes a
definite notification that the convert
ed volunteer fleet steamers now in the
Red sea will cease stopping neutral
vessels is not yet clear, although it is
believed it does.
The German embassy to this hour
has received no instructions from Ger
many regarding the reported seizure
of the German steamer Scandia in the
Red sea, and in view of the assurances
given to the German government can
scarcely credit the report. 1t is point
ed out. however, that the Scandia may
have been captured by the St. Peters
burg before the orders of the Russian
government were received.
Great Britain formally raised the
question of the war status of the st.
Petersburg, July 20, and was formal
~ assured that orders had been issued
to prevent the Red sea cruisers from
seizing any more British ships.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-29
FOR CONDUCTING A LOTTERY
The Charge Placed Against George
Farrfer By the United States
Authorities.

New York. July 23.-George Farrier,
Of Jersey City, has been arrested by
post Office inspectors on a charge OF
conducting a lottery by use of the
United States mails. The authorities
assert Farrier is the head and front OF
the San Domingo Lottery" and has
been sending out tickets and alleged
drawings to all parts of the country
The inspectors captured a quantity o.
tickets and sheets bearing the inscrip-
ton Official drawing" and containing
a long list of supposed winning num-
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-29
WAS PICKED UP AT SEA.
Portuguese Sailor, Thought to Have
Perished When the CreedmOOr
Burned. Picked Up.

Philadelphia, July 23.-The Portu-
guese sailor who it was thought per-
ished on the British ship Creedmoor,
which was destroyed by fire Tuesday.
July 10, off Shinnecock, was brought
to this city on board the schooner VIM
D. Marvel from Lanesville, Conn. Capt
Coleman reports that the sailor was
picked up from hatch cover, on July
20, about 35 miles off ShinnecocS
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-29
Students Poisoned.

At the University of the South at
Sewanee last week sixty-three stu
dents were poisoned by something
they ate in their breakfast. The
sickness was two or three hours III
developing, but, with two or three
exceptions, the young men were soon
out of danger, and no serious results
are expected for the ones still sick.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-29
Disguised as a Woman.

A. Leslie, a Nashville furniture
dealer. under Indictment on charge
of abducting Rebecca Rosenberg for
immoral purposes ard defendant in
a suit for $4,000 damages filed by
the girls father, is charged by his
bondsman, ". T. Harwell, with hav.
ing skipped the town disguised as a
woman. HarweH says Leslie bought
ticket for Columbus, O., and he
supposes he is there now. Harwell
has attached Leslie's property.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-29
Live stock Markets.

St. Louis-Cattle-Fancy exports, 5000
$50; butchers. $4OOa5.65: stockers. 5000
4S5: cows and heifers. sS;Ooa5.OO: Hogs
Packers. s515G6.35; butchers, S5.30Q55o:
light, A. 2612d5.3712. Sheep-Mutton sheep,
$375G4. .25; lambs. $4.5OdS.00; spring lambs.
50. O0d7. %. Strike still affecting the mar
ket, and there is little demand.
Indianapolis-Cattle- to prime steers
S. $4,000 Hogs-Best heavies, medium
and mixed. S5.35dS.10. Sheep = Good to
choice, s.. 25d950; lambs, $500 100; spring
lambs, $4.00d5.15.
Chicago, July S.-Cattle-Receipts 400;
good to prime steers. s.. .406S35; poor to
medium. $45Oq5. .25: stockers and feeders
s2.OC64.O0; cows, s1.50d4.5O; heifers 5000
$50; Gamers, S1.50d2. 50; calves. 81. 50dS. -;
TeXas-fed steers, $3.@415; mixed and butch
ers, sS.1OQ5.35; good to choice heavy,
8. .15G5.35; rough heavy. A.90d510; light,
IS. 10G5S0. Sheep-Good to choice wethers,
$3.C064.25 fair to choice mixed. s.. .0014 90;
western sheep, $5.s5@4.75; native lambs.
S40Od7.5O.
Kansas City. July 23.-Cattle-Native
steers, $4.O0G6.o0; southern steers, $2.750
$50; southern cows. sl75ds.50; native
COWS and heifers, 81. .150So.G0: stockers and
feeders, s.. 50G4.5o; calves, S2.5eG45o; west
ern steers. So 75d5. 30; western cows, S17s
d3.75. Hogs. $.9SQ5.10: packers, $4s5G5;
pigs and lights, s425d5.0O. Sheep-Mut-
tons, $.25d4 so; lambs. S4Ood6.Co: range
wethers, ;3.5oa4.eo; ewes, $3.oOGS75.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-29
EmbaImed Beef at Nashville.

For some time Food Inspector
Danley has been gathering data rela-
tive to the use of preservatives by
Nashville meat dealers. As a re
suit he says there is not a butcher
in that city who does not use some
sort of chemical preservative. In a
sample of sausage obtained from one
meat dealer by Inspector Danley, f.
W. Smithers, an analytical chemist,
found four grains of sodium sui
phate, equivalent to two grains Of
sulphuric acid to the pound.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-29
Killed While PLAYING War.

Earl Boston, a negro boy about
- years old, was shot and instantly
killed at Humboldt one day last week
by Will Heyman, another negro boy
of the same age. At best informa-
ton the two boys were playing war,
Boston having target and Heyman
a shotgun. Heyman claims that he
pointed the gun at Boston and
pulled the trigger, the load taking
effect in the shoulder and causing in
slant death. Heyman was arrested.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-29
THEY WANT UNION FOREMEk
Differences Between the New York
Marble Cutters and Their
5000 Employees.

New York, July 3.-Differences be-
tween the employers and the Marble
Workers union have arisen here over
O demand of the latter for the employ
ment of union foremen. Although the
work is being carried on under an ar
bitration agreement a general lockout
is threatened. Five thousand men are
affected
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-29
Strike on Pending Arbitration.

New York, July IA strike Of
drivers employed by the New York
Transfer Co., which has caused great
accumulation Of baggage at railway
terminals here during the past week,
has been declared off pending arbitra
ton Of the demands Of the drivers.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-29
Verdict for Miss Mckenzie

A verdict of $3.50 was awarded
Miss Maggie Mckenzie in the Cir
cult Court at Jackson last week,
against the dry goods firm of Marks
Bros, of that city. She was a clerk
in the store and alleges that one of
the firm reflected upon her honesty
in the sale Of some goods.