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Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-17
Presidents Trip south,

President Roosevelt is busily engaged I'm
preparing for his trip through the south. on
which he will start next Wednesday morn
Ing at $3.50. For a considerable time today
he was at work with Secretary Loeb. clear
ing his desk of an accumulation OF bust
ness. Among the callers with whom the
president chatted briefly were postmaster
General Cortelyou and Senator Carter OF
Montana.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-17

p. m.-The oficial translation Of the
imperial resoript announcing the conclusion
OF peace is as follows;
We have always deemed II a Fundamental
principle Of our international pOlicy 10
maintain peace In the east and thus assure
the security OF our empire and the promo
ton OF this high object has therefore been
our constant aim; but last year for reasons
dictated by the necessity OF self preserN a
ton, We, unfortunately, were forced into
hostilities with Russia.
Since the war began our army and navy
have made adequate provision for home de-
Tense, and military preparations within the
empire itself have Withstood hardships
OF all kinds during their campaign abroad
and thus have achieved glorious success.
Our civil officials, In concord with our Diet,
have diligently performed their duties In
furtherance OF our will All measures for
the prosecution OF the war and for the ad-
miniEtration OF domestic and foreign Affairs
OF the situation demanded. Our people
frugal ana prudent, have cheerfully borne
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-17
GeneraI Chanee Returns.

Lieutenant General Adna r. Chaffee
chief of stan of the United States army,
resumed his duties in the War department
today after an absence Of several weeks in
Europe. where ne went to attend the ma
nsuvers Of the French army.
In speaking of the maneuvers today Cen
eral Chaffee said that there were $1,000
French troops at the maneuvers and spoke
in the highest terms of the evoIutions.
The Laclede blade., 1905-02-25
To The Public.
Laclede Mo-, Jan. % 1905.

Laclede Mo-, Jan. 70 1910.
As there has been a great deal of
outside talk regarding my business
relations with C. E. Hilton and the
firm of Hilton & Carmichael and as
these stories have been circulated to
the detriment of some Of the parties
I wish to make this statement and
will swear to its truth: bought Of
Hilton & Carmichael the Hardware
stock and found every thing exactly
as they told me. After they had sold
the stock to me, Mr.. Hilton without
any pay or without any part of the
profits made great many sales for
us. When Mr.. Hilton became a
partner in the firm, it was by my
wish, and during the period he was in
partnership with us he never received
one cent of the profits or one cent of
pay from anything he did for the
firm, although our contract called for
each party to receive so much each
week. This amount was received by
myself and Mr.. Libby but never a
cent was received by Mr.. Hilton nor
did he ask it.
Furthermore In my sale of the
hardware to him finally, it was my
own free act and 1 did it of my own
free will and received every cent
agreed to by Mr.. Hilton. make
this statement to offset the stories
that I had not been treated right by
him. Z. +. WALTER.
I know the above to be correct in
every particular.
(Signed) o. F. LIBBY, JR.
Gard of Thanks.
We desire to extend our heartfelt
thanks to the friends and neighbors
who so kindly gave us their sympa-
thy and assistance in our bereave-
ment, the loss of husband and father.
Mrs. MAGGIE E. ONG
AND FAMILY.
The Laclede blade., 1905-02-25
Executors Notice.

Notice is hereby given that Letters Testa-
mentary upon the estate of Ezekiel P. Goble
deceased, have been granted to the under
signed, by the Probate Court of Linn Ooun-
ty, Missouri, bearing date the End day Of
February. 1905.
All persons having claims against said Es-
tate are required to exhibit them to me for
allowance, within cne year from the date of
said letters, or they may be precluded from
any benefit OF such estate; and IL said claims
be not exhibited within two years from the
date of the publication of this notice, they
will be forever barred.
Feb. 10. 1905. CLAYTON G. COLE,
Exeeutor.
The Laclede blade., 1905-02-25

A. B. Brunemer has been repairing
the house he recently bought from j.
III. Dick, and expects to move into ii
soon.
Mrs. r. M. Brewer, who has been
quite sick for some time, died yester'
day morning. We were unable to
hear when the funeral is to be held.
A. J. Caywood is learning what
the strenuous life" is this week. He
has been confined to his bed since
Saturday with combination of grip
and mumps. He will probably be
out again in week or so.
Mrs. N. E. Ipson and daughter,
Miss Emma Hetrick, returned last
Saturday from an extended visit with
relatives in Iowa. They were accom-
panied by two cousins of Mrs. lpson'
Emery Stevens, OF Unlonvllle, ana
j. B. Whorton, of St. Joseph, who
went to St. Joseph Sunday.
One Wednesday eve the neighbors
of Mr.. John Ahrens gave them a sur.
prise. Oysters we're served and a
very pleasant evening spent. Those
present we're: John Steck and wife
Henry Walker and wife, Mrs. Jake
Sensintaffar, Bird Sensintafar, Will
Sensintafar and wife, Harry Landree
and wife, Misses June Steck, Lillian
Sensintafar, Ruby Walker, Mildred
Pauline and Naomi Sensintaffar
Masters Glen Walker, Russell and
Paul Sensintaffar, Lee and Willie
Landree. The guests departed at a
late hour wishing Mr.. Ahrens and his
estimable wife health and prosperity
in their new home. They will leave
for Iowa today.
The Laclede blade., 1905-02-25
"A. E. Church Dedication.

A letter from Bishop ]. W. Hapil-
ton states that he will be here Mon
day night Mar. 9th to dedicate the
new church. The finances must be
provided for beforehand. There is
to be no money raised for dedication
that night. 1t can be provided in
advance if all viii help little. The
Bishop will preach and dedicate the
church. A cordial invitation to all.
Services to begin at 1880. Further
notice next week.
The Laclede blade., 1905-02-25
A LITERARY TREAT.
The Famous Lecture of Dr.. W. A. Quayle
on King Lear.
ed by a banquet.

You can't afford to miss hearing
Dr.. w. A. Quayle's famous lecture
on "King Lear" Competent critics
say that this is his greatest lecture.
Read King Lear and then go and
hear DR.. Quayle and you will attend
the greatest literary treat of your
life. Parents see that your children
are there and 60 with them and enjoy
it yourself.
King Lear is portrayal of the in
gratitude of children to parents as
we'll as the vanity of an old man
seeking vain glory.
Given at the First Methodist Epis-
copal church, Chillicothe, No., Tues
day evening, March Z, under the
auspices of the Epworth League.
The Laclede blade., 1905-02-25
OVER THE COUNTY.

The Bulletin came out on time this
week.
The Gazette is after delinquent
subscribers with a sharp. stick.
The cold weather nearly froze out
the Fireman's ball at BrookGeld last
week.
Somebody ought to start a drug
store in Brookfeld. There are only
eight there at present.
The butter which won second prize
at the dairy meeting in Brookfeld
last week was sold for dollar a
pound.
The Brookfeld elks are good
hearted lot of "bucks." They gave
$25 to help care for the poor during
cold weather.
A man in Brookfeld is so anxious
for good roads that he is willing for
Uncle Sam to dig up billion dollars
to pay for them.
Moses Glenn, of near Linneus, who
has been very sick with pneumonia,
is rapidly recovering.
Two fellows at North Salem had a
fight over a worthless cur dog that
somebody had taken then for the ex-
press purpose of losing.
The jenkins stacker factory at
Browning shut down last week on ac-
count of scarcity of fuel and water.
Mrs. G. W. Weippert, wife Of the
editor of the Budget, arrived in
Brookfeld last week, and they will
begin housekeeping in the near
future.
Brookfeld's suit against an EN-.
ploye of the western telephone COM
pany for mutilating shade trees was
dismissed at defendants cost, and the
com pany has promised to be good.
! DR.. A. G. Pettijohn was called to
indianapolis one day last week by
the illness of his wife and daughter,
who on spending the winter with
Mrs. Pettijohn's mother in that city.
The meeting of the state dairy
association at Brookfeld last week
was largely attended by farmers from
all over the county. The speeches
were all good and to the point, and
will be of much benefit to the pro-
gressive farmers of Linn county.
The debate between representatives
of the high schools of Brookfeld and
Carrollton on the question "Resolved,
That the world is more indebted to
Athens than to Rome" was won by
Brookfeld. Harry Libby, of La
clede, was Brookfeld's leader, and
the Argus says of him: "Mr. Libby's
style of oratory and perfect composure
bespeak of bright future, while his
rebuttal speech was certainly a marvel
in the way of imnrorn otu oratory and
scored strong point toward winning
the decision" The debate wasfollow-
ed by banquet.
The Laclede blade., 1905-02-25
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
Local Events Of The Past, Present and Future
That Will Interest You.

The BLADE has almost had to run
itself this week. the duties of the post
Office and Of the printing office bav-
ing devolved almost entirely upon
one man. Miss Emma Hetrick has
been rendering some valuable assist
ance since Wednesday.
Nearly hundred of the nelghbors
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. III. Wright pleas
antly surprised them Tuesday even
ing and spent very pleasant even
ing with them. They took enough
oysters along to Fill up the crowd.
Mr. Wright and his estimable family
moved to their new home this week,
and the neighbors took this method
of showing their esteem for them.
Mrs. Berta Staley, of Laclede, who
is taking course i'll nursing at the
Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore
Md, won the highest honors in
class of twenty at the recent exami-
nation, standing first in each of her
studies and receiving honorable men
ton. One fourth of the class failed
to make passing grades. Mrs. Staley
| is close student and deserves the
honors she has won.
We regret to announce that the
dry goods fra of Geo. c. Smith u
Co., has decided to quit business in
Laclede. They have done a good
business here for the past six years,
but have decided to seek wider
field. The stock will be closed out as
rapidly as possible, and it will pay
you to take advantage of the bargains
they are offering, few Of which are
listed on another page.
At the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bollinger, at Mankato,
Kansas, February 10Th, at 7 o'clock,
their daughter, Miss Emma, was
united in marriage to Mr.. Clarence
Graves, who formerly lived south Of
Laclede. Only immediate relatives
were present. An elegant supper
was served, and all united in wishing
the newly welded pair happy fut-
ure. THE BLADE extends congratu-
lations.
Last Saturday night a merry crowd
from Laclede took a sleighride, and
spent the evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ. E. Burke at Meadville. Oysters
we're served, and very pleasant even
ing was spent. The following were
in the party Geo. Smith, and wife,
Misses Blanche Bosworth, Lola
Brown, Nellie McGrew, Addie and
Birdie Bolts, of Meadvllle, Mamie
Fifeld, Louese Burke and Messrs.
H. w. Lomax, A. J. Baum. r. M.
Thompson, J. CLAIR Lomax, Howard
Carothers, w. E. Burke.
The marriage of Miss Blanche l.
Jones and Mr.. Henry J. Brendel was
solemnized at II o'clock Wednesday
morning, February, 18th at the
home of the grooms' brother, Mr..
John Brendel, 29O2 Patee street,
St. Joseph, Mo. The Rev. G. NJ.
Chiffon oficiated. Only immediate
relatives and friends were pres
ent. After the ceremony dinner
was served, the table decorations
being carnations and ferns, After
March 1 Mr.. and Mrs. Brendel will
be at home to their friends at 80S
Concord street. The bride is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. L. B.
Jones, of Laclede, and has been en-
ployed for several years by the Citi-
zens' telephone company in st. JOS
eph. THE BLADE and her many
1,other Laclede friends extend con-
The Laclede blade., 1905-02-25
Watson.

E. j. Watson, FIVE miles southwest
of Laclede, Mo-, G. Brooks Watson
departed this life Sunday evening,
February 10Th 1905 at 8 o'clock.
The deceased was born Sept. 9Th
1875, spent his early days and died
at the Watson home south west of
town. He was the twelfth of thirteen
children born to Thos. L. and Eliza
J. Watson. His mother, two brothers
and seven sisters survive him, with
host of relatives and friends to sadly
mourn his death. The two surviving
brothers are: VIM. T. Watson of
Elk City, Okla, and Oscar Y, who
lives at home with his mother. The
surviving sisters are: Mrs. James l..
Andrews, Woodstock, ILL.,, Mrs. H.
G. Lomax, Laclede, Mo-, Mrs. Chas.
M. Warren, near Meadville, Mo-,
Mrs. Geo. w. Estes. near Laclede,
Mo-, Mrs. M. G. Coates, near Mead
Vile, Mo-, and Ellen and Zella May
Watson, at home with their mother.
His father and three brothers preced-
ed him to the grave. Being left
fatherless when but two years old, his
mother raised him without a fathers
help His mother said to her pastor:
Brooks was a good boy" and ''obedi-
ent to his mother" We all bear her
record. Truly he was good boy,
kind and loving in the home, gentle
in his dealings with his fellowman, a
friend to the needy and suffering, a
true and loyal citizen. Assisted by
his brother, Oscar, he has been the
support of his widowed mother and
and two sisters for number of years.
He was member of the Independ-
ent Order of Odd Fellows-also of
the Rebekahs- such he was ever
faithful and efficient.
He was stricken with appendicitis
and took to his bed on Saturday
February 18th, suffering intensely
throughout the entire period of his
illness. Physicians seemed helpless
in the face of the arch enemy, and
after nine days of weary waiting re-
lief came in the form Of the death
angel, who came down to bear his
spirit away to God who gave it.
Brooks did not spend his life as a
e?ssed Christian, yet we sustain a
that when we cross deaths river
i the mists have cleared away, we
shall again see him face to face. To
his sisters, Ellen and Zella May, who
watched constantly, almost hourly, by
his bedside he said more than once
during the last few hours on earth as
he seemed to realize the approaching
end: Girls, are you ready to so
home? 1 can't stand to be sick this
way much longer down here, 1 want
to 90 home and the door is open."
Funeral services were conducted
by Rev. G. C. Hatcher, pastor If the
Baptist church Of Laclede, who read
as scripture lesson John IA: 1-6 and
Rev. 7: 1917. Using as text
Isaiah 64:6, "And we do all fade as a
leaf" The concluding services were
the usual ritualistic services of Odd
fellowship, after which the body was
laid to rest in the Hinkle cemetery to
await the judgment summons.
The great concourse of people who
gathered to pay the last tribute of
respect shows how dearly beloved he
was by all.
To the grief stricken family and
friends: May God visit you in love
and sympathy.
PASTOR 81.
"A. E. Church Dedication.
The Laclede blade., 1905-02-25
Notice.

See to paying your tax at once as
all unpaid tax is subject to collection
by force of law which means addition
of cost. Tuesday Feb. % 1905 is the
last day the tax books will be open.
l.. E. HAMILTON,
Township Collector.
The Laclede blade., 1905-02-25

Last Wednesday was holiday for
the rural mail carriers-Washin
birthday.
The Laclede blade., 1905-02-25
HERE AND THERE.
Local Items Of the Week Gathered For the
Busy Blade Readers.

mill.
All kinds of ground feed for sale at
Bruins mill.
The annual moving time for farm
srs has come.
Save money by buying your feed
ct the Laclede mill.
Mrs. Lelah Swearingen returned to
her home in Trenton Tuesday.
Rev. Bradley and daughter, Miss
Ethel, went to Macon yesterday.
Ground corn, oats and wheat at
the Laclede mill, straight or mixed.
III. Wright moved TO his new
home south of Brookfeld Thursday.
Miss Mamie Fifeld visited in
Brookfeld last Sunday and Monday.
Oren Hurlbut was over from
Brookfeld Wednesday visiting his
mother.
J. w. Lomax & Co., have some
thing to say about clothing this week.
Look it up.
D. r. Graves left Monday night
for Tellahoma, Tenn, where he ex-
poets to locate.
Settle your account at Geo. G.
Smith & Co.'S. They are going out
of business.
School supervision was defeated in
the state senate last week by a tie
vote-16 to 16.
Miss Mary McGrew was the guest
of Mrs. B. B. Edwards in Linneus
the first of the week.
E. N. Keeney's stock sale Thurs
day was well attended and the stock
brought good prices.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. jackson will
return to their home in Sheridan,
Wyoming next Monday.
The heavy snow has almost disap
peared, and the mud is about the
depth that the snow was.
S. NJ. Wroe moved this week to
the Ahrens farm southeast of town,
which he recently bought.
Mrs. Mabel Bradburn is here from
North Dakota visiting her cousin, Mr..
and Mrs. E. F. Brenner south of
town.
r. F. Nolan has moved to his farm
near St. Catherine. We regret that
these excellent people have decided to
leave Laclede.
S. Baker, as administrator, will sell
at public auction next Tuesday the
personal property of the late Green
Packer, at the Packer farm southeast
of Forker.
We are going out of business and
must close our books-If you have an
account with us call and settle at
once. Geo. G. Smith & Co.
Train 55 ran over several pouches
of mail Thursday morning and scat
tered it from the depot to Muddy
creek. Several hundred letters were
damaged or destroyed.
A. B. Brunemer received a tele-
gram Wednesday announcing the
death of Mrs. J. 81. Brunemer at
Washington, D. c. No particulars
were given. Mrs. Brunemer was
once a citizen of Laclede.
Col. ID. G. Shiflett was over from
Meadville Thursday to cry E. N.
Keeney's stock sale, and called and
renewed for The BLADE. He is a
very busy man nowadays, having a
sale every day up to the 9th of
March.
w. T. Watson came from Busch,
Okla, to attend the funeral of his |
brother, Brooks Watson, but the
train was thirteen hours late and he |
did not get here until Wednesday |
morning. day late.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-11

belief was destroyed for its wickedness
In the old days, when 1t was only the
capital of the island and not the COM
mercial center, Fort de France made
some claim to responsibility, but 1t now
does not make even a pretense in that
direction. The spirit of immortality and
blasphemy, which dominated ST. Pierre,
has corrupted what little good there was
in Fort de France The percentage of
men and women Who are living together
In wedlock, which was outrageously
small before, has decreased with the
added population, yet the percentage of
births has greatly increased, as it always
does after wars and disasters. At least
so per cent of the children born in Mar
Unique are illegitimate, and so rapid are
the changes of affection among their
elders that few of them are living with
both of their parents
The so-called free thinkers, who scott
at all forms of religion, and to whose in
fiuence most of st. Plerre's wickedness
was attributed, have established their
headquarters in Fort de France, and their
number Is fast increasing. Among them
are many of the school teachers and
some of the most prominent business
men. They have formed a lodge and call
themselves Masons On holidays and
feast days they parade the streets and
jeer at those whogare going to or coming
from church. Frequent clashes result
and end In the free thinkers being driven
to their hall by an angry mob.
In the suburbs of Fort de France an
orphan asylum and home for the aged,
built with a $4,000 contribution from the
American relief fund which was raised
by the commission appointed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt has just been completed
by the Catholic church. 1t was erected
he fn, NJ do
mont, bishop of Martinique and will ac-
commodate eighty people. To prevent its
possible seizure by the French govern
ment, the building will be placed in the
name of Cardinal Gibbons and under his
protection.
Behanzin, the exiled King of Dahomey,
and his two wives, contribute to the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-11
From the New York Commercial.

From the New York Commercial
PROPOS of pretty men, about
~ whom the Commercial had some-
thing to say yesterday, Percy Cling
writes to a Chicago newspaper after
this fashion: IF you are a matinee actor
II will pay you to be beautiful if you are
of the male persuasion as to sex; other
wise not. Business is cruel, common and
sordid, and it has neither time nor use
for the man beautiful. A pretty man
may be all right as a business man, but
it is pretty hard to convince any pretty
good business man that the pretty man
is ever anything than pretty man.
ut isn't that common, ordinary good
looks are against man. oh, no! Even
grumpy old curmudgeons of employers
like to have the men under their charge
prepossessing in appearance. But when
a man fairly radiates in the fashion that
the girls like to describe pretty then
that man is all out of luck. He may get
a chance to prove that his prettiness Is
something that should not be held up
against him, but the chances are that
he will not, if it is some practical form
of business that he attempts to enter.
1.-The pretty man has troubles 1t is
really and truly thing against man
to be exceptionally handsome. In a bust
ness way he is looked down upon and in
other ways-well there are annoyances.
"There is one man, a salesman in Chi
cago, who Is really pretty. He is not
the ordinary good looking man. He Is
more than that-he is nearly beautiful.
His features are all small and delicately
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-11
VOLCANO STILL A MENACE
AND is BEING WATCHED
Little Prospect That the City Will Be
RebuiIt-Fort de France Has
Succeeded to the Wicked
ness of ST. Pierre.
BY HORACE h. SMITH.

Fort de France, Martinique. French
West Indies, May 29.-(Special Corre-
spondence.)-Th dead city of st. Pierre,
which was destroyed a few days more
than three years ago by the most disas-
trous of all volcanic eruptions, looks to-
day to be what it really is-a great neg
lected cemetery, over which the mighty
Pelee stands guard, with much of his
viciousness gone, but still smoking and
grumbling, with now and then a roar,
as though to brighten away unholy in
truders. For the present, at least the
outer forces of nature have triumphed
over the hidden ones. and the rich vege-
tation. which was entirely consumed in
an instant by the eruption of May 8.
1902, and kept down by subsequent dis
charges of fire and killing gases that
continued for more than year, is again
enveloping the surrounding hills.
From the hideous gray ash under which
the city was buried have sprung tropical
trees and grasses, through whose tangled
masses the crumbling fragments of walls,
washed white by torrential rains from
clouds gathered and discharged by the
volcano in endless succession, CLEAN like
moldering mausoleums tottering mon
uments. Soon these piles of broken stone
left by Pelee to mark the graves of its
10000 victims will be hidden in a forest
of palms and mango trees, interviewer
with vines and heavy-corded creepers
which nowhere grow in such wild profu-
sion as In Martinique, and beautiful st.
Pierre, like the tragedy that blotted it
out, will be all but forgotten.
A few "grave-robbers' are at work in
the ruined city, but they are legaized
ones. They are the nearest relatives of
some of the victims. and are searching
the buried homes of their dear departed
for valuables; when they unearth a skel-
eton it is contemptuously cast aside, for
1t is money and jewels they are digging
for, not. bones. Before they are allowed
to excavate they must prove their rela-
tionship to the family whose composite
grave they wish to deseerate, and secure
permit from the government, and they
are watched by the police to see that
they do not go beyond the prescribed
confines. When they invade the ruins Of
some other home, or If they are found
digging without permit, they are treat
ed as hooters, and railroaded to jail for
long terms.
Buried Gold Recovered.
st. Pierre was a rich city, with much
gold in its homes, in coin and ornaments,