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Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-09-15
MASSACRE AND DESTRUCTION
Russian Cities Being Burned and
the Inhabitants Slaughtered.
Foreign Residents and Better
Glasses of Daku Flee to Sea
From Danger.

Baku, Caucasia, Sept. S.-The situa'
ion shows no signs Of amelioration. 1t
could hardly be worse. The terror
stricken inhabitants are fleeing from
he city, knowing that the garrison Is
utterly inadequate to protect them;
and although the worst scenes OF fire
and massacre have not yet occurred In
Baku itself. lone dare think how far
he excess may proceed.
The entire oil and comm ercial quar-
.ers Of Balakhan, Sabun.o and Nomani
have been wiped out by fre. and the
inhabitants remaining behind were
mastered and thrown onto the flames.
Biblebat continues to burn, and Is
threatened with the same fate as Balak-
IAN.
The c%onsulates, banks and admins
tration buildings in Baku are guarded
by troops. All Of the English resi-
dents and almost all Of the better
classes have boarded to sea to escape
from danger. All available steamers
have been employed for this purpose.
Dispatches say several thousand
were killed or wounded in the fighting
at Balkan, where the Tartars were in
trenched in forts. and more than held
their own for a time against the
troops.
A whole army of hungry workmen,
driven in from the burned suburbs, has
iiocked into the city. There Is the
greatest restitution, and measures for
transporting the workmen from the city
are imperatively necessary.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-09-15
PERISHEO IN THE FLAMES
Humble Home Of q Railway Porter
Destroyed, and FOu Chill
dren Burned to Death.

Rolla, Mo. Sept. 9.-The cottage &C.
cupied by the family Of Peter Stubble-
field. in the southeast part Of Rolla.
was destroyed by fire at night. and four
children. ranging in years from 6 to II.
were burned to death.
Three OF them were Stubblefield's
children, and one his sisters child. His
wife and two-year-old boy narrowly es-
capped the flames.
Stubblefeld Is q porter on the Frisco
railroad. and was absent on q run. The
cottage was old, and burned like pa
per. The tiye Is supposed TO have orig
mated from q lamp.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-09-15
GUARDIANS FOR MILLIONAIRE
Wealthy Owan Alleged to he of
UnsOund Mind, Ii No Longer
His Own Boss.

Grundy Center. Ia, Sept. Guar
dams were appointed for George Wells.
pioneer citizens and millionaire land
owner. on petition of his sister, Mary
Wells Nelson, who alleged him to be Of
unsound mind because of advanced age.
Wells being owe 81 years old. He is
n of Iowa's richest men. He owns
nearly $4,000 acres Of choice farm lands
in Grundy, Emmett and Kossuth, val
ued at from $50 to $500 per acre. He
has $2CO. 900 on deposit in Chicago
banks. $4,000 in Iowa banks, and has
other personal property worth $4,000 0
r. NJ. Finlayson, Of Grundy Center.
and Charles Biebenheimer, Of Wells
burg. we're named as guardians, and
furnished bonds in the sum Of 1000.
900.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-09-15

The old wood in the Lippincott man.
sion, Philadelphia, has been secured
by musical instrument makers. who
claim that they have found a treasure.
IN that the wood is not only seasoned,
but Is of Il kind that IL Is almost i'm.
possible to get nowadays. One of the
foremost violin makers of this country
a the discovery that the joists in
the yellow mansion were of a quality
or spruce wood. nov extinct, that il
OF rare quality for the rim and back
OF violins. He got a monopoly on the
old wood. and while the wreckers
were tearing down the house he en-
ployed detectives to watch his prize.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-09-15
FATAL AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
Bridge and Killed ON the
Tracks below.

Philadelphia. Sept. 7.-While en-
route from Atlantic City to Philsdel-
phia In an automobile. Neill Wolfe. &C.
rotary and treasurer Of an automobile
company in this city. and Miss Mary
Hamill, his fancee. q daughter Of .
wealthy Germantown shoddy manufac-
turer. were thrown from the automo-
bile on q bridge over the West Jersey
& Seashore railroad. near Atoo. N. J..
and hurled 30 feet to the tracks below.
Miss Hamill was almost instantly
killed. and NJ. Wolfe died soon afto5.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-09-15

one OF Mr.. Rockefeller's paying phil.
anthropies OF which little is heard IL
the Great Jag line which he runs to
somewhere east of Suez, carrying out
wealthy young men of bibulous and
registering proclivities whose families
prescribe absence for their W com.
Tort and a good long process of sober.
ing up for the adolesccnt sinner. In.
c~ldentally this fleet OF great sailing
vessels carries the blessings of Stand.
ara oil to the Orient. Almost every
week some big ship with gilded jays
in the cabin and case oil in the hold
clears from New York for Calcutta.
Melbourne, or Auckland.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-09-15

Dead Indians have been allotted
more than 10000 acres OF the best
land In the uintah reservation. accord.
ing 10 p. G. Clark. former chief ranger
and chief of the Indian police. This
has been done. he declares. so that
corporations or private persons with
the influence may obtain the lands
which are thus kept from actual set.
tiers. Mr.. Clark declares tha: Their,
are not more than 100 Indians all
told. and that the roll of reservations
has been almost doubled.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-09-15

A correspondent OF a Philadelphis
paper writes that the files OF that
Journal show that since January 1.
1905. there have been IN the city ISIS
cases OF typhoid fever with 454 deaths,
the mortality being about 10 per cent.
OF the cases. Up to the same date
there had been 1904 cases OF yellow
fever in New Orleans, with PA deaths.
a mortality Of about 1877, per cent
Thus the yellow fever relatively 10
somewhat more fatal han typhoid
while 1t lasts. but II ceases with the
coming Of frost. Last year there were
6,5s7 cases Of typhoid fever lin Phila,
delphia and 744 deaths.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-09-15

People and houses are packed moro
closely together In New York City
than in any other spot on earth. Bs
cause 1t Is an island and already we'll
flled. little space remains on Manha&.
tan for lateral growth: therefore the
development In building. which contin.
ues rapidly and constantly. follows the
line OF least resistance. which Is the
vertical line. The new tenement.
houses and partment houses are much
taller than those built a decade ago.
No more homes OF the old brown.
stone-front" type are erected: they 10
not make the most Of the ground
srace Which they occupv.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-09-15

Recent experiments with wide and
narrow tires showed that on a clay
road, thoroughly wet, a wagon fitted
with two-inch tires produced ruts 10
the depth OF several inches. while a
z having tires four inches wide,
and with the front axle shorter than
the rear, so that the wheels did not
track, produced a hard, smooth surface
on the road, and required but half as
much pull as the narrow-tired wagon.
From four 10 eight times as much
force Is required to start a load as to
keep II in motion.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-09-15
THE KANSAS CORN CARNIVAL
IL Has started Talk Among the
Farmers Anent the Yields Of
That Grain.

Atchisru. Kas.. Sept. 1.-THE corn
carnival, to be held here Septembep
1914. has caused considerable talk
anent that grain. ID. L. Dowdy, of Ar.
rington. has bet 500 that he can take
IS bushels OF corn from an acre In
his field. Henry Field. VI Shenandoah.
Ia, writes that there are acres Of corn
IN that vicinity that WI: 7!.ld 100
bushels tA'a yeC.g.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-09-15
EvADlNG FEDERAL LAW
pert "sick and Ussble to
Work."

New York. Sept. S.-Fifty mail wagon
drivers have reported sick and unable
10 work"
Under the federal law It is q felony to
interfere with the United States mails.
and to dodge this danger the strikers
resorted to feigned illness In refusing
to work. The cause Of the trouble Is
a refusal by the firm holding the con.
tract for mail wagon service to ad-
vance the wages of the men.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-09-15

The work of collecting the remains
of the men Of the British forces who
fell in the Boer war has now been
completed. in spite of the great diff.
culties necessitated by the enormous
area to be searched. The number Of
graves opened was 2,4SO. and about
5000 bodies were reinterred in tho
cemeteries at Pretoria, johannesburg,
Lydenburg and other places.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-09-15
CHATTAN00GA'S COSTLY FIRE
~ Pacific Railway Alters .
Half Million Joss.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Sept. 11.-At
! ,ast $500. 900 Is the estimated loss in
a fire which broke out In the freight
yards Of the Cincinnati. New Orleans &
Texas Pacific Railway Co., totally de-
stroying the freight depot with its en-
tire contents. AZ freight cars, most Of
which were fully loaded, two mail cars,
two baggage cars and the private car Of
Supt. NJ. w. Mcguire.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-09-15
he CAN'T GET IT THIS YEAR
Doubtless De Chosen for Nobel
Peaee Prise In 1900.

Christiana. Sept. 7.-All the Nor
wegian papers express regret that 1t
will be impossible to award to Presi-
dent Roosevelt the Nobel peace prize
this year. owing TO the requirement
that candidates for the prize be NOM
mated before February. It IL expected,
however. that Mr.. Roosevelt will be
chosen for the prize In 1906.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-09-15
PARKER Is A 100000 MAN
Brooklyn Rapid Trassit Co. Willing
to Pay Him the Above Amount
a. Chief Counsel.

New York. Sept. 7.-Former Judge
Alton B. Parker has succeeded Prof.
Collins as chief counsel for the Brook
lyn Rapid Transit Co. at an annual
salary of $780, 900. It Is said.
Prof. Collins has retired. and the
firm of Collins & Sheehan, which has
acted for years In AZ advisory capacity
to the company. will now be known Is
Sheehan 4 Parker.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-09-15
Indian Psblici, J.ashea.

Wewoka. I. T Sept. 9.-What was
probably the last whipping that will
ever take place in the Seminole nation
occurred here when Solomon Mitchell.
a full-blood Indian, was given so lashes
On the bare back for horse stealing
About 1000 people witnessed the OK
ecution OF the councils orders.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-09-15
LIEUT.-GOv. JOHN c. MCKINLEY.

land, Ore, to do the honors on Mis-
souri, day at the Lewis and Clark ex-
position. and Lieut.-Gov. John c. Nc
Kinley is governor pro tenn Thus, for
a few days, the old stalwart democratic
state Of Missouri will have a full repub-
lican administration. 1t is not liKely,
however. that there will be any startl-
ing developments.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-09-15

The Italian government has taken
formal control of the railway lines
which have been operated under pr.
vate corporations and which were last
spring directed to return to govern
ment ownership.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-09-15
E.veys Quests es 0s.. Gpa.S.

New York. Sept. IN. Witte and
Baron de Rosen. the Russian peace
plenipotentiaries. we're guests OF Gen.
Fred d. Grant at luncheon at the army
headquarters - Oovern0r's Island
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-09-15

Last year the English Bible society
had the Bible translated into IL more
languages, making the total number
Of languages in which It may now b
read 800.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-09-15
FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1872
A Republican,, in the Person OF
Leut.-GOv. John &. Mckinley, II
Governor Pro Tenn of Missouri.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Sept. 11.-For the
first time since 1872 a republican is
holding down the gubernatorial chair Of
Missouri. Gov. Folk has gone to Port
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
p~referred aconey" to uLonq.'

Capt. Prayer of the North German
Lloyd steamer Breslau was constantly
annoyed on the last voyage over by a
mischievous youngster. who shook the
foundations of the captains peace OF
mind till at last his patience gave
out.
The boy had been hanging around
the captain all day. worrying him with
his naughtiness, till finally the skip
per let loose the walls of his wrath.
If you don't behave yourself, you,'
he roared with the voice accustomed
to obedience, I'm put you ashore on
Long Island and let you stay there"
But he had not counted on the ma
tive American wit AS quick as a flash
the youngster replied;
"Oh, captain, please. I'd much rather
be put ashore on Coney island
And when they reached port the cap
tain wanted to know why one should
be preferred to the other for maroon
ing purposes.-Baltimore Sun.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
wstchinr the Market.

1t is quite evident that some per.
sons are born for a business career.
This is demonstrated in some cases in
very early life. The other day Mrs,
Cobb saw her t~en-year-old o Edward
going u the gate with a neighbor's
boy.
Where are you going?" she called
from the window.
Were going down to have our pic
lures taken at the tintype place, an
swered her boy. tossing a ~ten-cent
piece in the air.
Mrs. Cobb had been wondering what
queer train OF thought had awakened
this vain desire, when suddenly she
heard once more the click of the gate
Looking out. she saw Edward coming
in alone, munching a banana,
WAS it too cloudy to have the
tintype taken?' she asked.
No, mann
What was the matterg"
We'll said Edward, Tommy had
his taken. but I didn't. 1 found that
bananas had dropped to three for ten
cents. So 1 bought EN-. You can
never tell the prise of bananas. but
tintypes is always the same
Youths Companion-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
capt. Rurns cured d Pc sous.

The following was frequently told
by Capt. Martin Burns OF Bangor, Me-.
as one on him:
The captain was very fond of spin
pea soup, and before leaving port he
always put in a good-sized stock OF
split peas. On this occasion, however.
his negro steward got whole peas. and
SO the soup that the captain called fol-
on the first day out vas thrown away
The next day pea soup was again
served, and this time the captain, after
having eaten a hearty meal, said to his
steward. Steward, that's the kind OF
soup l like; Wen have some more just
like it tomorrow"
80 de Law6's sake. cap'n," ex-
claimed tile steward, ma jaws am sc
tired chewing dem whole peas dat All
just can't chem no mo-
The captain asked for pea
soup again.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
Interesting to Students.

The schools and colleges are now
open for the fall term. and there viii
be many %self-relisnt young men and
women who will be looking for a good
way to earn their expenses. The -Four
Track News, the great Illustrated
monthly magazine OF travel and edn-
cation. appeals TO intelligent readers
and students win find it easy to Sc
cure subscriptions for it. The terms
to persons soliciting subscriptions are
extremely liberal, and offer a very gen
erous margin Of proht. 1t will pay
any one interested L write to the pub
Usher, George H. Daniels. I East 42d
street New York. for fun particulars
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
SAYS AMERICANS ARE LEARNING
HOW TO EAT.

In America, eating is becoming
more OF a fine art as well as a
pastime and accomplishment every
day. Americans are learning how 10
eat. They have passed the stage Of
civilization where anything and every
thing viii 90 and are becoming par
ticular eaters
Nothing but the white heart of the
wheat berry (PilIsbury's Vitos) is
NOW good enough for those who have
tried this cereal breakfast food. II is
the most economical and it is actually
the Meat Of the Whcat-Sterilized-
nothing added-nothing taken away;
pure white in color, it serves an ap-
petizing breakfast dish, made in the
greatest mills. of the best wheat. and
by the oldest miller, PILSBURY.
This is your guarantee.
Put up only in two-pound. alright
packages
Look for the words. Meat OF the
Wheat
A package viii make you twelve
pounds Of Substantial family food and
can be purchased al your grocers for
zoe.
Ask him to-day.
He viii gladly I'll your order be
cause he knows he sells yon satisfac
ton.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
ID. savaae,s Euaene EieId storx.

The Rev. Minot j.. Savage. on being
introduced to speak before a large
Boston assembly a short time since
told a story about Eugene Pield and
vouehed for its truth. because he
heard Seth Low tell it.
Field sat down at a table in a
New York restaurant and presently
was approached by a voluble. waiter
who began TO rapidly enumerate the
articles upon the menu-~Conee-tea.
chocolate Observation-Disclosures
Observation-Disclosures. etc. Field
looked at him with fixed eye and sol
emn visage, and said with marked de-
liberation; Il want none of these
things. All I desire is one orange snd
a few kind words
Now observed DR.. Savage. 4
don't know as I can bring to you the
favor of an orange. but l feel sure
al serve you with a few kind words.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
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Copyright, 1905, BY Daily Story Pub. COD


IF anybody's name ever was a mis-
fit, it's mine. Beulah means married
and I'm an old maid-quite a little
gray and almost 40. More polite, |
suppose, to say bachelor maid, but |
believe in calling a spade a spade.
Whoever wrote that hymn about
Sweet Beulah land, ought to see what
kind Of land mine is-rocks and birch
and that dreadful frog pond. l can't
ever make my little garden all in n
spot, but have to plant tomatoes in
n place and hunt up another for the
squashes. They do look pretty, though,
climbing owe the rocks and it saves
me the trouble of piling a heap of
stones together and calling it a rock
cry. Ughl how those frogs croak to-
night; l could hear them a mile away.
l wish it was winter n they were
asleep in the mud" And Miss Beulah,
drawing her shoulder shawl tightly.
went into her lonely house.
She was said to have had a dis
appointment" Amos Hathaway had
wanted her and she had loved him,
but they must wait until he could
make a little home for her. and he
bent all his energy to that end. 1t
was hard toll, digging and delying on
a rocky New England farm. The
dawn, with its flush of amber and
pearl, meant potatoes to be dug, and
the glory of the sunset told OF COWS to
be MIXED. But at last Amos had
enough for their simple wants.
"Beulah, dear girl he said. the
little home is all ready"
Il know, Amos, but / can't come
cannot, | ought not to leave father
and mother"
You are crazy, Beulahi l have
wanted you for six years and lived
and worked in the hope of it. Is this
what has made you look and act so
strangely?"
Yes, you thought it was because of
sister Emily, but that was not all.
knew when she died there would be
40 one left but me to take care OF
father and mother. I've triedss so many
lines to tell you. but I-neve- could
: cannot leave them"
Then, you don't really love me,
Beulahi"
1t was a storm of passion and the
urning back of the hopes of years,
md Amos, in the bitterness of his soul,
Then all his pleading proved in vain.
old her to go her way and he would
90 his-he never would, never ask
ter to come to him again. And away
he went to the mining region of the
northwest to make his fortune.
Beulah used to think of him winter
nights when the wind shrieked in the
chimney and rocked the old house.
She had given the most devoted care
o her father and mother to the end
Of their lives, and now she was alone.
Her tiny house and garden were her
main support, hut lately she had been
fired with zeal to strike out in a new
direction and add to her income. The
aew trolley was on ev~erybody's ton.
que. 1t was an air line between q
large town and a city. and the little
farming hamlet where Beulah lived
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
uNsANIrAaY spor FOB gave
Somewhat Peculiar Objection to Las
Resting Place.

Somewhat Peculiar Objection to Last
Resting Place.
When Mr.. and Mrs. Grant removed
from the big city and purchased a
home in a country village one OF their
first visits vas to the cemetery. we
want to select a burial ground. Mr
Grant remarked. and life is uncertain
so we had better attend to it during
this dry spell while the walking is
good"
It occurred % Mrs. Grant that this
was hardly a sufficient reason for sc
prompt a decision. but she made nc
objection to the plan. and their hrsi
walk was to the cemetery.
There seems to be a good deal o.
on high land, remarked Mrs
Grant. We can easily find a gooo
place there.
IT'S too high" objected Mr.. Grant,
that's too much Of a hill TO climb
Let's look down toward the loch.
The lots toward the loch pleased
AIRS. Grant even better than the hill
There. Fred, she said. let's decide
upon n Of these
Mr. Grant looked at his wife in sur
prise. Why, Mildred be replied
4 did think you had better judge
ment, shouldn't think of beins
buried in this low, marshy place. It's
the unhealthiest spot in the whole
cemetery Scotsman.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
IEALous Of woMEN.s FINERY
New Charge Brought Against the
Generation of Men.

New Charge Brought against =
Generation of Men.
A lady writing in a daily paper at
lacks man for a weakness which he
has hitherto considered the peculiar
afliction of the other sex. He is
much given. according to this lady.
TO finding food for thought and a tar
get for ridicule in contemplation OF
the doings of that mysterious entity
which decides upon the changes in
feminine fashions Whereas all the
time it is jealousy which prompts his
gibes The fact is that he would real
" like to change his own fashions
as frequently. only he is not allowed
to do so by some unwritten law. And
this is pathos. He may try TO conceal
the fact. but. says u authority, ever
he yearns in secret for the golden
DAYS of masculine dress, when for
tunste man basked in the sunshine of
velvet and fine lace" 1t is quite true
The secret is out at last. We can
no longer keep up a pretense of being
satisfied with life. Why should we go
about making the world hideous with
our black coats and corrugated trous-
ers? why should we not look noble
and dashing? For over a quarter of
a century man has had no change of
costume, in a manner of speaking,
Always the same dull, mOnotOnous
round of blacks and grays. Why does
not some hero walk down Bond street
in a mauve frock coat or a crimson
lounge suit? AT present it is only
in our sportive moments, at golf or
cricket. that we can escape from the
trammels. Why should we not wear
striped blazers in ordinary life?-Lon-
don Globe.