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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-11

or all the bills passed by the pres
ent legislature, Wamsley's fish and
game bill seems to have attracted the
most attention. And now Wamsley
has introduced a cat bill. He would
put a state license tax upon cats.
There is no way Of knowing for GER
tain what the present legislature is
going to do, but 1t is not imposslh,e
that the cat bill will become a law
In ordinary years, when no great
FEVER o! reform is racking the BODY
polite, there would be much greater
likelihood of the passage Of a bill
taxing the mice, but to Wamsley, g
mind the contemporaueous existence
OF cats and mice probably argues a
causal connection. And it can hardlv
be thought altogether improbable that
a Legislature which would take awav
from the people constitutional riphta
that have ever distinguished English
from Mohammedan Justice, NAV see
This thing as Wamsley sees it. The
harmless necessary cat' OF Shakes.
peare is to be prejudiced in the mind
OF The Mysterious Stranger oy a con.
demnatory statute.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-11

Since 1890 the balance Of trade 10
farm products has been in favor Of
this country, as is shown by a recent
bulletin Of the department Of agrl.
culture. Since 1898 fhe balance in
our favor has been Cd an average
more than two ffths OF a billion dol.
lars per wear.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-11
Weighing the World

In the Sunset Magazine for March
Alexander Meade of the Wea,bo,
Bureau tells how be weighed ,bo
word and the air. This article +, T..
surprise to those who think the nj, !.
hght' The fourteenth paper on ..Hor-
ses OF California" by Joseph o,i,o
simpson, is another feature n, ,b,o
number. In it the writer Oivas ,ho
iu'i record of the California bor.os
'nat won distinction on the track l.s,
season. This record sbows ,n.,
california leads the world in tbs mo
auclion of fast trotteE. Other fea,p,o.
OF Inns number are "The Dopblo u
ana Brand" a story by f. sne0oa
De fuei A Home Coming, bv Alhoy,
"a Bancroft; aud "From Reindeer ),
nA,lw'y'" a story of transportation
IN Alaska by E. S. Harrison.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-11
WHERE TIME IS T H
In the Eastern European countris,
People Care Little for Saw
ing Time.

Miss Mary E. Durham has
made an entertaining book out Of
her travels through the Balkan
states. She found that the idea
of women travelling without a
male escort in those countries
struck the people whom she met az
most singular. A Montenegro
was also astOnished at an expendL
ture of money upon travel which
seemed to him without adequate
purpose.
The English, he had been told.
wanted to see and know every.
thing; they Travelled everywhere.
II must be a very expensive habit.
1t had perhaps cost me eight
pounds, he suggested, to come this
distance. l admitted that it had
and he expressed great astorish.
ment at the lavish expenditure.
"And it takes not only money
but time," said my companion.
He laughed merrily. 'Timel
What is time? Time is nothing.
You live, and then you die" The
idea of reckoning "time" amused
him vastly.
"Time," said a Hungarian, who
was of the party, in order to show
his superior knowledge, dis
thought very much of by the Eng.
fish. l have been told that they
have a proverb which says: Time
is money!"
We cOrrObOrated this report, to
the establishment of both men, for
even the Hungarian thought this
was going rather far. The Mon.
tenegrin thought it one of the wild
est statements he had ever met
with, and shook his puzzled head.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-11
BUT THAI IS IN KANSAS.

The Kansas City S'ar Of Tuesday
night said edit1rlally Of the Kansa,
new maximum freight law:
"The maximum freight rate Law
IN Kansas has already been heard
from Under its terms the Webster
Refinery company shipped from Hum.
boldt It's first carload of oil on Mon.
day. 1t paid, under the new enactment
Sz7 a Car as against S7S acar under
the former scheme of extortiou-a
trifIug difference of s5l a car. That's
all.
"Fhese figures, which may be
supposed TO be representative of the
margin which commonly fall to the
great commercial corporations, are
Staltliugly instructive. They will be
read, marked and inwardly digested
by the people, and not, it is believed,
without editicatiou. In the move
meut for the exposure of public
robbery, day unto day uttereth speech
and night unto plight showeth know
ledge, with Kansas praise her
puissant name-moving on before
1.-THE experience OF the Webster Re-
fnery company will make it quite plain
TO the people the that railroads and
the trusts are constantly losing money
and why the Beef combine has been
brought down TO the very brink Of
penury and ~ruination
But what has the Star had to say Of
the Missouri maximum freight 1ili? II
is not that the Star has overlooked the
bill. Is attention was called to it
aud contributions to its columns were
sent to 1t. On the other hand, the
Star.Times gives an account Of the
debate and passage OF the Speer. Dick
lnSon bill about as full OF misrepre-
and malignity as could be.
Now how does 1t happen that the
Star is so amazingly friendly to the
Kansas bill, which 1t represents as a
radical measure, and is opposed to
the Missouri bill, which is a conserva-
tive measure aud makes no such
violent alterations In any schedule
as are quoted with approval by the
Star In the Kansas measure? The
ways Of the Star are past finding out.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-11

1t may be a little difficult to show
that the 81. Louis Republic has
enough Of the public's confidence Ia
injure anybody $4,000 worth by
anything it might say: but all the
same, metropolitan papers with tnelr
organized ban1ittl Of reporters ought
TO be accountable to . something
besides the arbitrary policies Of man
aging editors.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-11

A Kansas exchange is Blasting that
Representative Campbell has received
from the president a voluntary
promise that the Standard Oil Com.
pany shall be investigated relent.
lessly." Such an event IS dreadful to
contemplate If Garfield, who con-
Quoted the government Investigation
OF the packers trust, should be ap
pointed to DO this 10 investigating and
should find that the Standard OIL
Company has been struggling along
~wretchedlY and webbing under the
load of It's benevolent purposes the
hearts OF RanSaDs might be so wrunp
as to induce them to take IN a collec.
tion for poor John D. 1t is some.
Times better not to investigate things
too closely. The fearful state Of the
packers trust revealed by the gov
ernment has cast a gloom over the
whole country. We will never know
good a thing 1t was until it meets
the ruin upon which 1t is swiftly bent.
Better let the Standard Oil Company
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-11
The FREIGHT Raj BILL.


the senate Tuesday TO make II appear
that the Speer-D Dickinson maximum
freight rate bill was an unjust meas
ure rudely designed by a Lexington
Gal operator, J. c. McGrew, solely tC
promote his own private interest aud
to secure az unWarranted advantage
over his competitors in the matter Of
freight rates At the public hearing
before the iolnt committees a month
ago General Solicitor A. 6. Cochran
sought TO make the same impression.
Every metropolitan paper in the state
has lent itself freely To the propaga
ton Of this malicious ialsehoOd
The original Hall maximum freight
rate bill, Of which the Speer-D Dickinson
bill is almost a copy, was carefully
drafted by Judge Alexander Graves at
the instance and with the collabora
tion of a large number Of shippers Of
Lafayette county representing most
or all the classes OF the schedule. The
crying need Of such legislation had
been impressed upon him in the
conduct Of a large number of railroad
suits in which it appeared that the
opportunity for overcharge and freight
rate discrimination was TO be found
in the wide latitude between the old
statutory maximum freight rates
established by law Of 1872 and the
actual rates Of the railroads tariff
schedules Of today, His clients 10.
terested Judge Graves in the prepara-
tion Of a bill which, when enacted,
would obviate the inequalities Of
existing freight conditions and the
difficulties OF recovering overcharges
by suits at law. They elaborated
with him 10 the preparation Of vast
tables of statistics of this and vther
states MIR. McGrew doing most Of the
work on the grain and coal schedules,
with which he had great familiarity
from almost a lifetime of experience;
W. P. Aull doing most Of the work on
the live stock schedule, with which
he was exceedingly familiar, being
n Of the largest live stock shippers
In the county; and others contribu-
ting to the work on other schedules.
The legislation and experience Of the
other great agricultural states Of the
union were carefully studied. The
bill vas not thrown together hap
hazard 1t was not designed in the
interest Of a single shipper or a single
industry. 1t was a peoples measure
If Mr.. McGrew was more prominent
than Others in the advocacy Of this
measure, 1t was because be is not in
the habit Of being hindmost in any
thing he works for. The striking
out Of class ~" was not justified by
the considerations which led to IL,
but wen without class ~" the bill IL
the most important measure which
has passed the Legislature in years.
any Que insists upon regarding the
bill as a private measure, what must
be think when he learns that on The
morning Of the same day on which
the senate struck out class a." the
house passed Trimble's bill prescrib-
ing Almost precisely tie Ina f,t(-
upon all the articles Of class "J''
coal? II Trimble's bill should
pass the senate, and 1t is believed
that it will, coal will be the only
TEN Of the Speer-D Dickinson bill re.
naming under the old rates. Why
ibis partially?
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-11

Senator Brown Of this district owes
to bis constituents some explanation
of his course upon the Speer- Dickin.
maximum Freight rate bill. Liberty
Of opinion must always be allowed,
hut Senator Brown had been report.
ed by several citizens of this county
who recently c%onVersed with on the
subject, US heartily favorable to the
bill. The vote as reported 10 the
Globe Democrat showed that be was
present during the discussion and
voted on some OF the amendments,
but was absent when the final vote
Was tiken,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-11
Not a Bargain Counter.

Office of the county treasurer.
The fair taxpayer picks up her
receipt, but thinks there is more
change coming to her.
us that all?" she asks.
Eyes, ma'am, "geplies the cash.
Ter. We're not giving out trading
stamps today. ~Nextp-ChicagO
Tribune.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-11

The senate committee this week
reported adversely the house bill re-
curing witnesses to bribery transac.
actions to turn states evidence and
granting Immunity. This was a bill
In line with the democratic state
platform.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-11

inscription on Battle Monument
On the shaft of the Battle mon.
ument at West Point appears the
following inscription: SIN mem.
DRY of the officers and men of the
Regular Army of the United
States who fell during the War of
the Rebellion, this monument is
erected by their surviving com
rades'" On the pedestal of the
monument appear the names OF
all the officers of the regular
army who were killed in action in
the evil war or who died as a re-
suit of wounds received in action.
The names of all enlisted men who
were killed in action or who died
as a result of wounds appear on
bronze girdles surrounding gran
lite spheres which form a part Of
the base of the monument. The
shaft is surmounted by a figure Of
Victory designed by Frederick
Macmonnies.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-11

The presidents appointment of Ex-
Senator f NJ. Cockrell as a member
Of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion was confirmed by the senate
Monday.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-11

Speaker Hi1's bill to increase the
term Of county treaSurer's to four
years and to make them ineligible for
more than two terms was passed by
tie lower house OF the Missouri
legislature Monday.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-11

a democratic caucus at Jefferson
City thS week agreed on Monday,
March IS. as date for adjournment
The seventy days will then have
expired and the members will receive
only a dollar ner day for their services.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-11

In 1902 Russia supplied 81 per cent
Of the worlds petroleum; United
States Al per cent. Austria, Rou.
mania, Sunda Islands, India, Japan,
Germany and Italy supplied the rest
10 the order given.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-11

So great has been the demand for
Wamsley's fish and game bill That the
legis AZURE has ordered a supply
printed for distribution by the
members
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-11

The educational appropriation bill
passed bv the house Of representatives
Monday carried an appropriation OF
81, S79, $40
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-11

By a vote Of ls to IA the state
senate Wednesday killed the Atkinson
bill designed to abolish local institu.
tion boards and to establish a state
board of control, which should have
the powers Of a purchasing agency
aud Of a supervisory board. This was
one Of the best deeds Of the session.
The powers Of such a purchasing
agency would be entirely too great.
The economies contemplated we're
purely theoretical. The scandals
made possible, II not certain, by the
conduct OF such a board would have
Haused Investigations, political
upheavals and revolutions. Besides,
what town would ever have made a
bid for an asylum or an institution
for the feeble minded unless it ex.
pected to get some benefit from it IN
the way of furnishing supplies? The
whole theory Of the bill was a mis-.
taken one
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-11

Browns road bill was killed 10 the
Senate Wednesday. The objections
we're leveled against the creation Of
the Office Of state road commissioners.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-11

The Buffers are expected to join
the Merriwether Municipal owner
ship party in the St. Louis city
election next month. "Col." Butler
must be g. desperate straits to
descend 10 such company.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-11

The Inauguration of President
Roosevelt is said to have cost $50, 900.
This is but a trifing fraction Of what
Il cost TO elect him.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-11

Speaker Cannon has NOMINATED
Hon @. W. Hamlin member Of 1n,
congressional committee to visit th,
Lewis q CLARK Exposition at Portlaht
next summer.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-11

The Spring ield Court Of Appeals
bill passed the legislature Tuesday
and it is believed, will be signed BY
the Governor.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-11

Again it is EumOred that Secretary
Of the Treasury, Leslie N. Shaw, will
resign soon.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-11

The emigration 10 canada from
the Unlted States amounted to 40,
600. last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-05

the occasion followed Judge Goodies adj
dress. when thirty young ladies' members
of various chapters of the Daughters of the
Confederacy, were arranged in the form OF
a southern cross, the confederate battle-iag
emblem, on a spacious lawn adjacent to the
confederate section and centering around
Laurin Camp, No. 305, L. S. c. V. Those
who witnessed it said it was strikingly
beautiful. An American flag was carefully
draped around and concealed the southern
cross, and interviewer with the national en-
bem was the stars and bars of the con-
federacy. The southern cross was formed
of blue and white immortelles and was un-
yelled by Miss Ella F. Walsh, the maid OF
honor of McLaurin Camp while Face to
Face" was being sung by Mr.. Otto Leub-
kert The young ladies who took part In
the beautiful ceremony were all attred IN
white with a scarlet sash draped from the
shoulder to the waist.
Rock of Ages" and abide With Me,
were the anthems played by the 18TH
United States Cavalry Band while the
graves of Dixie's soldiers were being streWn
with blossoms. There was the greatest pro
fusion of flowers, and not single grave
was neglected. After the historic spot was
made beautiful with flowers and the pro-
gram of orations songs and music had been
concluded the benediction was said by the
Rev. Harry Wadde Pratt. and the cavalry
band played funeral dirge, bringing the
ceremonies 10 a close
At the conclusion of exercises the large
crowd s,ent the rest of the afternoon stroll
ing through the beautiful lanes and drives
and visiting the tombs or the country
heroic dead and offering a silent tribute TO
their memory. 1t was SundoWn before INC
crowd dispersed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-05

closed with the presentation of THE Arch
way of Love- by eight girls: Faith" by
Rena Rouse: Virtue" by Estelle Brady;
Knowledge" by Katherine Miller; Tenn
perance," by Glare Lusbey; Patience" by
ollie Wiggington; Goodness, by Margaret
Mansfeld "Brotherly Kindness" by Elva
Hubbard; Love-" by Sadie Wilson.
The pastor, Dr. E. L. Hubbard, delivered
a short address to the school, and a collec-
ton was taken for the educational work of
the Methodist Church.
The committee in charge consisted of Miss
Hertzer Mrs Conway, Miss Fowle, Mrs.
Caldwell and Mr.. Culbertson.
Childrens day was observed yesterday
morning in the United Brethren Church, at
the corner of North Capitol and r streets.
The service was the first held regularly by
the Sunday school in the new building. J.
H. Cooper, superintendent of the school,
presided.
The Sunday school of the New York Ave-
nue. PRESBYTERIAN Church celebrated Chill
drens day yesterday morning, and Rev.
Dr. Wallace Radcliffe, pastor of the
church, addressed the little ones on sub
ject appropriate to the occasion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-05
ARMED FOR sELF-PRoTEcTIoN.
Pasquale Zueppi Fined 500 for In
fraction of LAW

Pasquale Zueppi says he lives over near
the Chain bridge. and for that reason he
says he equipped himself with long dirk
knife and huge revolver when he made a
trip to the city. He was discovered to be
thus armed while the street. and will
spend the next six months in the work
house.
Officers Mccarthy and Mudd were on
their beats Saturday night when two men
hove in sight both engaged In an Eddie Bald
sprint along the street. They were soon
overhauled by the officers. however. and
told to come to the station house. When
they were searched at the station the re-
volver and the knife were found They
gave their names as Pasquale Zueppi and
Nicola De oraZio. They were both charged
with fast riding and the former was charged
with carrying concealed weapons.
When arraigned in the court this morn
ing Zueppi stated that he was afraid of
bodily harm. and so had equipped himself
with the weapons. He maintained In his
broken English that he intended to harm no
one. His sentence was 800 or six months
for carrying concealed weapons and hftees
days for riding fast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-05
Cars Manned by Non-Union Crews.

SAGINAW, Mich, June 5.-Manned by
npn-union crews, the street railway COM
pany today sent out number of cars with
an officer on both front and rear platforms.
There was no resumption in the early part
of the day of yesterdays attacks on the
non-union men and the throwing of eggs
and other missiles at the cars. No talk of
arbitration is heard today and both the
company and the men now declare that the
fight will be to finish. President Mahon
of the Amalgamated Association of Street
Railway Employees will be here tonight to
take personal charge of the strike.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-05
Children's Day Exercises

The Sunday school of McKendree M E.
Church had It's children's day exercises yes
terday, beginning with a professional, the
school marching from its rooms to the audi
ence chamber of the church, where the ex-
ercises were conducted. consisting of open
ing prayer by the pastor and BAPTISM, and
recitations, 'Gladness," by the infant class:
TOO Big by Edwin Tomlinson; WANTED. -
by Charlie Stewart: Fathers Care" by
Evelyn Wageley: He Watches Me-" by Mil
bred Cole; The Junior Conservation" by
Grace Wells. and THE Springtime of the
Soul" by Rena Rouse; duet by Misses Rouse
and Wiggington.
These exercises were interspersed with
songs by the school and primary depart
ment, with Il solo by Miss Linda Hubbard
and song by Mrs E. L. Hubbard's class OF
the intermediate department The program
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-05
THE SOUTHERN CROSS.

tanning his mortal remains, covered with
flowers and draped with the confederate
flag and the national colors, was tenderly
borne on the shoulders of United States
soldiers from the church to- the railroad
station and carried thence to the city of
Richmond to rest on the bosom of his be-
loved Virginia in beautiful Hollywood
the James river whose waters VIII
sing his requiem forever as they roll on to
the sea
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-05
rected that he should serve for the next

rected that he should serve for the next
sixty days.
Upon pretense of carrying the clothes to
a woman to be washed, 1t was stated, Ben
ton got some clothing of George w. Reeves.
He stated that he would bring them back,
but there were numerous pieces missing at
each return. Finally the matter was re-
ported to the police and many of the miss
ing clothes were found in Benton's room.
when l went to his room l found a half
wagon load of towels and other articles in
his ROOM said Detective Cox of the third
precinct station.
Benton had nothing to say for himself
and Judge Scott imposed penalty of $50
or slesty days