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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-26
Sow Pansy Seed This Month

August is the time to SOW pansy
seed, II strong plants and early bloom
ara desired next year, Select a shady
exposure for the bed, for heat is the
one great enemy Of panSies. Then pro.
vide rich, loose sofia compost Of gar
den earth and thoroughly deComposed
COW manure is excellent-as these
flowers are gross feeders. Transplant
the young plants as SOC as they can
be handled. Although pansies do not
freeze, it is wiser to give them a lipht
protection during winter months, and
return for this attention they will put
forth and bloom before the snow is all
of the ground in the early sp.lng
Always buy imported seed to secure
purity of strain. That which comes
from Germany is the cholcest.-Kath-
crime Magee, Oklahoma.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-26

Monsieur White does not seem to
have been as profoundly impressed
with President Roosevelt's peace
suggestion as was the Kansas City
Star. When it was made public in
council Thursday Monsieur White
promptly pronounced it a sham, a
mere Juggling with words, an effort
to "'dorer la pilule" 80 that Russia
might pay indemnity under another
name. "Dorer la pilule" is good. 1t
describes an art IN which republican
politicians have been practiced ever
since the adoption Of the protective
tariff policy. The sophistries by
which the tariff pill has been coated
have varied from time TO time. Al
one time the foreigner was represent.
ed as paying the tax, at another time
the farmer was assured that protec,
tion afforded a home market, al
another time the people were tolt
that high tariff rates gave the presl
dent and the senate a club with which
to force reciprocity treaties, al
another that the policy protected
American labor against the paupe.
labor Of Europe, though no effort ha!
been made to keep the paupers o.
Europe from coming here to get int
the competition, Monsieur Witt,
ought not to be surprised that GU
"shirt sleeve diplomacy" president
being a republican politician, Should
have made a "dorer la pilule" sug
gestion TO the peace conference
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-26

Dean Wight Of the Yale Academic
Department in his annual report hints
at an evil found OF lste years in that
ancient seat OF learning. It is the
gathering Of the rich students in the
expensive dormitories where a social
cast seems to be forming. The demo-
cratic spirit which used to character
ize all OF our colleges and universities
is being lost. Various partial causes
may be assigned, but perhaps the
most potent cause is the one most
often overlooked. Interest rates
have declined In America until bonds
and real estate loans yield such a
small return that enormous endOw-
ments are required to sustain our
schools Of higher education. A few
years ago it was discovered that
splendid dormitOry buildings appeal
ing to the sons Of the rich yielded a
much larger income than any other
possible endowment Investment.
Nearly all the endowed colleges aud
universities entered upon a career Of
dormltory building a few years ago,
and nearly all Of them deliberately
lowered the standard Of college ideals
in an effort to make these investments
pay. An atmosphere Of sport has
been created, a phenomenon which is
partly causal and partly resultant.
College going has become a fad Of
rich young men, a large per cent Of
whom have no inclination and no
capacity in the direction Of intel
%lectual training. A rapid change is
coming over college life in America,
and it is not a change for the better.
This change has been In large meas
ure brought about by the authorities
themselves Of these institutions by a
mistaken economic policy.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-26

The INTELLI6ENcER calls the at
tention Of its readers to a very inter
estlng legal argument by Judge VIII
liam Young, published in this issue,
on the subject OF Judge Evans
Soldiers Home decision. 1t hardly
requires legal training TO distinguish
the difference between the rewards
afforded by governments from the
p~romptings Of gratitude and the
charity afforded by the same govern
ments from the promptings Of duty.
The attentions which the state OF
Missouri has seer fit to bestow upon
those who have carried arms In the
interest Of its people we're meant to
be delicate attentions and not to
carry with them the humiliation Of
Acknowledgement. Imagine, II you
can, a situation so preposterous as
that OF the Daughters OF the Con-
federacY, who built our own Confed-
crate Home and who are now just
concluding a successful effort to raise
$12, 900 for the erection Of a splendid
monument there, entering into a
bargain with the state to humiliate
those whom they had meant to honorl
But the force Of Judge Young's
article does not depend upon the
intention Of the delegates who framed
or the electors who adopted the con
stltution Of the state. He ~forcefully
argues the established rules Of
construction would forbid the CLASH
ication of soldiers homes either with
poor houses or with ja.ls, even with
out considering the intent Of the
authors Of the constitution.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-26

An effort is being made by the re-
publican papers to impress the people
with the virtue Of Secretary Root In
severing all his corporation connec-
tionS when be accepted the secretary.
ship Of state, The amount Of credit
due to Mr.. Root for his course Of
action will depend a little upon
whether he is found to be a candidate
for the presidency before the next
national convention. 1t is certain
that he forgot to sever his corporation
connections a few years ago when he
accepted the se~cretaryship OF war.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-26
Vehicle and implement Woods.

Manufa Of vehicles and imple-
ments are finding that t g supply of
woods used in their Industries is be-
coming moro and more difficult to OBJ
tain. The Forest Service has begun a
careful investigation of vehicle and I'M
plement woods, to secure more COM
plete knowledge as to whether new and
more abundant species may not be fitted
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-26

The city OF Mexico, Mo is engaged
ia a life and deash struggle with the
"automobile evil" The newspapers
have taken up the question and petit
tions are in circulation. 1t seems
likely that the automobile question
will take the place Of the stock law
and hitch rack questions for a while
in Missouri towns.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-26

The national reciprocity organiza.
tion 10 session in Chicago last week
adopted a platform recommending
maximum and minimum tariff rates
with authority given to the president
to negotiate commercial treaties with
foreign countries. The suggestion is
a harmless one, but no good is to be
expected from It. We could not
make any reciprocity arrangement
with the British government. 1t
already affords us an open market.
England already buys and sells our
surplus.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-26

The Russians have been more sue
cessful 10 diplomacy than In war They
have made every concession that could
result to the advantage Of occidental
nations in commercial intercourse
with the orient, Russia has refused
only the conditions which would 90 to
make Japan an element OF danger in
the east andaan uncomfortable bully
in the commerce Of the orient.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-26

Friends in this city have received
letters from Judge A. N. Woodson,
of st. Joseph, announcing that he will
again be a candidate for the demo.
cratic nomination for the supreme
court judgeship. Judge Woodson was
nominated without opposition last
year, but went down in the genera,
shipwreck last November.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-26
for use b thes. imporlnnt indu.trir,

use m these important industries.
This STUDY, which will be carried ou
in The manufacturing establishments,
and also in the mills II d logging camps
which furnish the supply OF raw
nnt,ria will embrace an investigation
81 The properties OF tne woods used,
the distribution and supply Of these
woods, >ou the possibility % replacing
them by cheaper and more abundant
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-26

The yellow fever reports from the
South are very d~iscouragiug. The
epidemic is being held in check in
New Orleans, but 10 the smaller
towns Of Southern Louisiana 1t is
beyond control. In some towns two.
thirds Of the population is afflicted
with the disease and proper medical
attention and nursing are impossible
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-26

Boone and Cooper counties are
making another effort to get new
court houses. The agltators are un.
necessarily anxious. 1t can only be a
few years until the old shacks fall
down, and then the people will surely
vote favOrablY on the proposition.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-26

The Sultan Of Sulu made a proposal
Of marriage to Miss Alice Roosevelt
OF the occasion Of her visit to Jolo
with the Taft party last week. Miss
Alice was doubtless properly Impress.
ed with the intended comemplint,
but she declined.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-26

The Indian population Of Indian
Territory is almost unanimously
opposed to single statehood. A con.
vention was in session at Muskogee
this week to protest against the union
Of the twin territories.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-26

The First Baptist church Of Sedalia
has called Rev. Frank G. Campbell to
the ~pastorate made vacant by the
resignation Of DR.. Fuller. The call
has been accepted.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-26

A few years ago the Mormons were
chased out Of Missouri with muskets.
Now the press of the state is Boosting
that the greatest Of Mormon temples
is to be erected in Independence
soon.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-26

The first trolley line in the United
States was built In Richmond, Va,
in 1887. The growth Of the trolley
and the telephone is almost beyond
belief.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-26

The Bunceton Eagle has grave
doubts about the wisdom Of building
a new court house at Boonville, since
Cooper county is already $40, 900 in
debit
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-26

Speaker Cannon says that there
will be no called session Of congress,
BE failed to state 10 the interview
whether or not he had notified the
president.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-26

Mr.. Bryan says that Of all things
the telephone is most properly the
object of public ownership. 1t is
essentially In its most effective con-
dition a monopoly, and it is only a
question as to whether it should be
made a public or a private monopoly.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-26

The University OF Missouri last
year enrolled 1882 students, had a
faculty OF 1853 teachers, and spent
$500, 900 in current expenses.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-26

The Mexico Ledger wants a build.
ing Commissioner for Audrain' IS
county town, to see that houses barns
and other buildings are properly
located. In Lexington such an office
might point out to the Missouri
Pacific officials an eligible site for a
station,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-26

kinds. After as many OF these estab.
lishmepis as possible have been studied,
extensive tests will be made on the
various woods to find suitable sub.
stitotes.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-26

Marshall is going to try another
street fair.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-26

Born, Sunday, Aug. IS, at Waverk,
30 Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hackett, a boy,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-26

Died at Corder Aug. %, John B,
Morgan, aged AZ years.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-26

SATURDAY, AUGUST 2s, 1905.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-16
BANKERS WILL MEET
TO DISCUSS A COTTON WAREHOUSE
 r3a SYSTEM.
Committee to Be Appointed Ky New Orleans COnVeRtion VIII Assist In Preparing Plan for Or-
 SaniSati0n.

wayco. Texas Jan. 15.--Thc follow ing call from a large representation of bankers from the cotton growing states to meet in conference with commit tee to be appointed by the cotton con- ention at New Orleans January 24-26. has been issued.
 ITO all bankers of the cotton states and territories:
 "As president of tho several bank CTS association of the cotton states and territories. at the special request of Hon. Harvie Jordan. chairman ar- rangement committee. interstate cot ton convention, to be held at New Or- leans. January 24, 25. and 26, 1905. we invite all bankers of these states and territories. whether members of bank CTS association, or not. to attend a con- ference at the St. Charles Hotel New Orleans, January 9. 1905. at II a. n.. to meet with q committee of merchants attending the convention, to advise or adopt q plan for organizing a cotton warehouse system throughout the Southern states and terriior1es.
 "L. B. Farley, Montgomery, Ala. President Alabama Bankers Associa- tion.
 Charles F. Pcnzcl. Little Rock. Ark. President, Arkansas Bankers Associa- tion.
 Fl. Robinson. Jacksonville. Fla. President of the FloriGa Bankers As sociation.
 Miller S Bell. Milleddeville. Ga, President Georgia Bankers Associa- ton.
 ID. NJ. Reymond, Baton Rouge, La, President Louisiana Bankers Associa- tion.
 "F. H. Fries, Winston. N. C.. Presi- dent North Carolina Bankers Associa- tion.
 Prank Craig. South McAlister. l. T.. President Oklahoma and Indian Ter rltory Bankers Association.
 "B. r. Mauldin, Anderson. s. C., President. South Carolina Bankers As sociation.
 U. P. Gautt Knoxville, Tenn, Presi- dent. Tennessee Bankers Association.
 'W. II. Rivers. Elgin, Texas. Presl- dent. Texas Bankers Association.
 "Wm. M. Habliston. Richmond. Va. President, Virginia Bankers Associa- ton.
 Hon. Eugene Williams, author of what is known as the "Wado Cotton Warehouse plan," will attend the meet ing and advocate his scheme. This plan, which has attracted wide at tcntion throughout the country pro vides for the erection of q warehouse at each point where five thousand or more bales are usually marketed, so that the farmer may, if he so desires, store his cotton and if necessary bor- TOW money on the warehouse receipts
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-16
FIVE PERSONS
 SUFFOCATED Fatal Fire in New Ek
 Mansion. ENTIRE FAMILY DEAD  Police and Ne. abors Unable to Rescue Victims. Cries of"Murder, and "Burglars" Were Heard, But 1t Is Believed the Biaxc was of Accidental
 Origin.

New York. Jan. 15,--William T. Ma son. a lawyer, and his family, consis- ting of wife and two children, Ellen, four years old, and Marion. six months with servant, Annie Wells, lost their lives in a fire which partially destroy cd tho brown stone dwelling occupied by them, at 133 West 1S0th street ear ly this morning.
 Although neighbors say they heard cries of murder" and burglars" the police found nothing to indicate that the fire was not an accident. The whole family were suffocated. The bodies of the father and youngest child were un touched by the flames. and those of the others were apparently burned after they had died.
 A policeman and a neighbor who heard tho cries attempted to get into the house by breaking windows and the parlor door, but were driven back by the smoke. The firemen were unable to enter until after the lower part of the house and the halls had been burned out.
 The charred bodies of Mrs. Mason, the servant. and the four year old child were found in a closet under the roof scuttle, through which they are sup posed to have attempted to escape.
 The bodies of MT. Mason and the youngest child were in bed room.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-16
PRISONERS TREATED BADLY.
Japanese in Port Arthur Were Poorly
 Cared For.

Cared For.
 Tokio. Jan. 15.-A naval officer who returned here from Port Arthur. dis cussing the conditions at the fortress, says:
 "The condition of the warships and the town was much better than had hoped for Evidently there was much fortifying done at Port Arthur after the siege commenced. The works on 203 Metre Hill were not permanent, and the ditches were similar to those used by the Boers during the South African war. It seems that the Rus sians had no general electrical scheme of movable engines or dynamos for sesrchlights.
 . Naval officers say that it is impos- sible yet to ascertain whether the Japanese or the opening of sea cocks sank the torpedo. boats in the harbor. The hospitals are fairly we'll kept and are still used for tho wounded and for prisoners.
 q understand that up -te.-the time of the equalization the garrison at Port Arthur received only special pay ments, but before the surrender, Gen eral Stoessel paid off the men. This together with the constant purchase by the Russians of supplies from junk men, may explain the report that there was no treasure left at Port Arthur
 The treatment of the Japanese pris- oners at Port Arthur did not compare with that accorded the Russian prison CTS in Japan. The Japanese prisoners were given poor food and no fuel. and only once were they permitted to go outside of the prison"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-16
FIRED ON GENERAL.
student Attempts to Assassinate Rus
 sian Army Ohicer.


 Moscow, Jan. I5.--At the Nicholas station tonight while General Trepoff was bidding farewell to Duke Sergius on his departure for St. Petersburg. 0 young man, wearing d students cap. fired three shots of revolver at the general All the shots missed General Trepoff. Grnad Duke Sergius, proceed ed on hls journey.
 General Trepoff who recently was re- lieved of the office of chief of police Of Moscow and ordered to the front tb take up his duties as head of the Red Cross Society in Manchuria. incurred the special enmity of the students of Moscow by the severity with which he put down their demonstrations of De- ccmber Is and 19, 190f.
 Within one year, in 1902, there were three attempts upon his life. The first of these, March 31. was made by wo- man named Allart, governess, who applied the muzzle of revolver to the Generals breast and pulled the trig- ger. Tho weapon, however. failed to discharge. Four days later a man. armed with dagger, tried to force his way to the presence of General Tro- poff with the avowed purpose of kill ing him. The would-be assassin was overppwered and arrested.
 Within two days after this incident, while Trepoff was riding in his car riage, a young man, supposed to be rusticated student. sprang upon the step of the vehicle and tried to stab him. but only succeeded in slightly wounding a policeman.
 After the achievement demon- strations in Moscow last month. 1t was said that the Socialist revolutionist party had passed sentence of death up- on General Trepoff. Chief of Police. and Grand Duke Sergius, Governor-General of Moscow. Y
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-16
TO HARMONIzE DIFFERENCES.
Rival Stock Mems Organizations May
 Reach Agreement.

Denver Jan. 15.-NeSotiations have been opened by the National Stock Ex- change with the American Cattle Grow CTS Association which was organized in this city last Friday by cattlemen who seeded from the stockmen's con vention with a view to establishing harmonious relations between the two organizations.
 The National Livestock Associations s Board of Control has decided to meet in this city on May g next, on which date the American Cattle Growers As sociation will hold its convention. Meanwhile tho executive committees of both organizations will make efforts to harmonize their interests in their bylaws and constitutions. It is pro- posed to have the new association of the cattle growers to affiliate with the present organization as does the Ma tionaI Wool Growers Association.
 President Frank J. Hagenbarth, and several members of the Executive Com mittee of the Livestock Association have applied for membership in the Cattle Growers Association. believing that it can be made of benefit to the united livestock interests Of the coun- try.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-16
SQUARE MILE FOR HOMESTEAD.
Scheme Looked on aa Graft for the
 Owners of Stock,


 Washington, Jan. 15.-(Specia1. )---A phase of the Western land question which has thus far attracted but little attention is the evident effort being made by certain interests to practical ly annul the old homestead law and substitute therefor u 640 acre, or square mile homestead. At tho tail end of last session such a law was passed ap- plying to Western Nebraska. This ses- sion two similar bills have been intro duced by Representatives Brooks aud Martin applying to Colorado and the western portion of Sopth Dakota, re- spectively.
 It is charged that these measures are in the interests of stockmen and will prove a serious deriment to real settlement and development. The Ne braska law contains a provision that fin case man had already filed on 160 acres as homestead, he should be en- titled to take up an adjoining comple- mentary 4S0 acres, and the statements came from Nebraska itself that cow boys had In advance secured filings on 160 acre tracts and were thus able to tako the additional 4S0 acre tracts for the benefit of employers while the real settlers took second choice.
 Chairman Lacey of the Public Lands Committee of the House has received a strong protest against the Martin bill from Hon. Wesley A. Stuart of Sturgis, $. D., a prominent advocate of national irrigation and active in pro- noting the Government irrigation pro- ject at Belle Fouchc, S. D.
 MT. Stuart asserts that this land Is of rich fertile character that will grow Rocky Ford" melons and Gree ley Potatoes and that one county in- cluded holds the highest record on saccharine beets. MT. Stuart recites the following dialogue with promi- nent local stockman:
 Well. Mir. Stuart. I understand you are against our GAO acre homestead billY'
 "Yes. I am, decidedly"
 Well, now, Mir. Stuart. if we can only get this bill through, young fel- lows can get $400 or $500 for selling their homestead rights and the stock men in this country can have d chance to get q couple of townships apiece and run q few hundred head of cattle within their own fences"
 The result of the passage of the bill, MT. Stuart states. would be to turn over to a few stockmen. through their ability to buy up homestead rights, all the open public lahd and absolutely prevent settlement He denounces it as a proposed legal graft and one which will seriously interfere with Government irrigation projects.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-16
PROMINENT MEN INDICTED.
Citizens of BrOnwsviIIe. Texns., Are
 Accused of Smuggling.

Houston. Texas. Jan. 15.-A special to The Post from Galveston says:
 The federal grand jury has returned indictments against several promin ent citizens of Brownsville. charging them with smuggling. The persons indicted are Influential and prominent.
 It is alleged that smuggling has been carried on upon an extensive scale, the operators using Mexicans to transport their goods and securing enough profit upon the articles smuggled to be able to pay tho Mexicans' fines when the latter were arrested and jailed. Sev- eral special agents of the treasury de- partment. including B. Parker. the chief of the special agents of the United States. have been here
 The names of the persons indicated will not be made public until after tbc arrests which have not been affec- ted.