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The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1907-05-17
THE CIRCUS A HOLIDAY,
SELLS-FLOTO SHOWS ARE COMING.

: rrcns dav is the real perfect holiday. Excitement IT,
,rs for everybody and overlooked If PEI
HE n 1e LAWYER DOCTOR excursionist, business man &
neraly If business is good likewise benefits the
a;nstorm ruins the days prospects the bills are pad M
ant smile and the big show moves on.
For people who attend the exhibitions the SelsFoto g.
more for the money than any three socaled tent shows
oeooe they offer full days fine enjoyment without
without price
First is unloading and placing of these immense show
are verv interesting as object lesson system to Old 49,
alike
Then the grand free open-den street parade the view !
will never be efaced while memory remains After tb ~
ona display Of the great shows immensely on the princes.
comes the open air display Of daylight fireworks proec
nous bombs miles into the atmospheric space This aft 49,,
on the show grounds Immediately after the return of th
lowed by numerous free exhibitions in front of the an
now opens to those DESTROYS of seeing many of natures
maryels.
Then the free horse show Every day. 10 u O'Clock !.
theratnee you are invited visit the SeFoto Shows b
where are exhibited free of charge and all are welcome
horses and ponies including the Ben Hur herd Of Il All
Cydes Percterons, Nomans, Traclne thoroughbred s
and Iceland ponies The Sels-Foto Shows claim to have
bred horses the world and invite YOU whether YOU %
not to inspect the horses free of charge
So everybody is cordially invited rich and poor alike
the days festivities when the big shows come to Boise Ar
May 81
The Oregonan asserts that it is tired of calling upon Re
in Oregon to support their ticket Judging from recent pa
blame the Republicans of that state for not
tickets high time for that tired feeling and gives p
OF breaking out among the Republicans of Idaho also
The Capital News boasts because large percentage If M
men examined in the Haywood state they read that na
forgot to state that what they read made no impression
---
D..
lhe Big Stick is to name Taft for president and Taft d
orakf out OF the senate These reoers oubo the bosses V
given an opportunity
The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1907-05-17

s faeney the successful prosecutor OF gafters writes to
the 0regonian that his work is Of bur little n,one, j ~ 49,
people q California and Oregon and representatives
70 Washington who the railroads and other corporations
and not the people Idaho and other states could be Included
this indictment
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-08-01

number, also gave an interest
ing program.
Manager Stokes in the eve
ming inquired how many would
take season tickets at $3.50 each
for a Chautauqua next year.
About 145 ticket were spoken
for In less than ten minutes.
1t means that the .Chautauqua
will not be abandoned. Coluna-
bia has subscribed for 1900
such tickets for her Chautauqua
next year. Mexico ought not
to fall behind that. We ought
to make II 1000; do two-thirda
as well, anyway.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-08-01
DRUMMERS MEET.
Arrange for the Con
yention Next
Year.


A meeting of the officers Of
the Missouri Drummers' Asso-
until they expire"
citation was held one day last
week at the Ringo Hotel in this
city.
The following were present at
the meeting: u. j. Lewis, pres
ident; f. II. Parker, secretary:
w. Z. Leach, 1st v. p; A. +.
Kemper, End v. p; VIM. Har-
rington 9th v. P.;. r. E. Bru-
ton, chairman r. r. Committee.
The following committees
were appointed:
Railroad-Frank e. Bruton,
Mexico; H. z. Watts, Moberly;
Ed. s. Nelson, Mexico.
Legislative-F. N. Reed, Ma
con, chairman; John p. Gooden,
Lexington; Frank Pope, st.
Louis.
Grievance. C. Hall, st.
Louis, chairman; Fred Henger,
Boonville; Geo. Maybee, Chilli
cothe.
Membership. M. Schell,
Mexico, chairman; Geo. Harvey,
Mexico; Chas. Carpenter, Mex
leo.
Entertainment-W. e. Leach,
st. Louis, chairman; Alb. C.
Dingle, Moberly; C. NJ. Key,
Kansas City; E. H. Hunter,
Kansas. City; M. E. Scott, st.
Louis; r. S. Townsend, Maple
wood; C. T. Hart, st. Louis;
w. r. Neblett, Chillicothe; T..
l.. Mitchell, Moberly.
Press-R. B. Prichett, st.
Louis, chairman; M. l.. Hem,
Kahoka; F. j. Hollis, Kansas
City.
Printing-S. S. Lewis, st.
Louis, chairman; A. d. Ho-
bard, Kansas City; F. H. Park
er, Mexico.
Resolutions-A. j. Houston,
Mexico, chairman; A. ]. John
son, Chicago; C. H. Jenner, st.
Louis.
Credentials-C. r. Gibbs,
Mexico, chairman; Geo. r. Dob
ler, st. Louis: ]. E. Martin,
LaddOnia.
Reception-Hon. E. d. Gra-
ham, Mexico, chairman; Rufus
jackson and all travelling men
living in Mexico.
Local Entertaining F. p.
Van Ness, chairman; F. A. Nor
ris, A. II. Whitney, l.. M.
White, DIR. C. w. Digges, Fred
Pitcher, ]. w. Woodbridge.
Auditing - Martin Shea, st.
Louis, chairman; J. II. Holli-
day, CarrolIton; P. A. Marx.
st. Louis.
Grand Marshal-Col. o. p.
Smith, Kansas, City.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-08-01
AS to Hunting Licenses.

State Game Warden j. c.
Bassford, of this city, has re-
ceived numerous letters regard
ing the validity of hunting Ii
censes that were issued before
the passage Of the new game
law. He wrote to Attorney
General Hadley regarding the
matter, and received a state
ment as follows:
"Under the weight of author
ity, the repeal Of a license stat
ute revokes existing license only
when such is the expressed Leg
isIative intent. Since there IS
no expression of legislative in
tent to revoke unexpired IL
censes contained in the act of
1907, II is fair 10 assume that
II was not the intention of the
legislature TO revoke them. The
licenses taken out under the act
Of 1905 were procured in good
faith, and / think that fair deal
ing upon the part Of the State
requires that they be recognized
until they expire.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-08-01

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your sisters wedaingi"
Cause Shes marryin' TIE
wrong man. aB' ! told 'en ia
sing right out an lelI the pgeaehrg
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Mexico Missouri message., 1907-08-01
ATTACK PRIEST.
Negroes Must Now Obey
Curfew.

mOhroe lily MO-, July a.
The curfew rings for negroes
in Monroe City, since a crowd
of black men attacked the Rev
erend Father Thomas Mullen,
pastor of the Holy Rosary
Church. Many well known citi-
zens have banded themselves to-
gether to keep the negroes from
the streets at night.
While the citizens have no
stipulated organization, they
maintain an agreement to make
the negroes obey them. Placards
have been posted, warning ne
groes that if they are not off
the streets at $3.50 p. m. each
day they must suffer the con-
sequences" A bell is rung at
this time each night, and now
all Monroe City negroes wend
their way homeward when the
curfew rings.
Two negroes Of Shelbina
heard of Monroe City's curfew
and determined to show their
friends here that they would
not obey it. The negroes came
from Shelbina several nights
ago. One of them, known in
.shelbina as a desperado, tore
down one of the placardss The
marshal caught him in the aci
and locked him up. The negro
was released at midnight in
time to catch a train for Shell
bina, but before he could reach
the station, a crowd of citizens
seized him, and, carrying him
to the eastern edge Of town,
gave him forty-nine lashes. The
desperado's companion was
found and the two negroes were
told to take the first train for
Shelbina and never come back,
They have not been in Monroe
City since.
Several nights ago a crowd
of drunken negroes were quar-
reling in front of the Reverend
Father Mullen's residence,
When he tried TO quiet the
providers the priest was struck
on the head with a whisky bot
tie and injured. The boys of
Monroe City began the cam
paign to keep the negroes off
the streets at night, but when
they carried their methods to
the extreme. older citizens took
the matter in hand. The city
council has discussed the trou-
bic, without taking action.
StoutsvIIIe, eight miles south
west of here, win not allow a
negro to stay in town. Monroe
County is settled largely by
Southerners.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-08-01
AN OLD STORY.
The Old Guns Trick
The Squirrel Came
Down.

49, w hAe
Fannie Johnson writes the
following in last weeks Van
dalia Mail:
"In quizzing Uncle Frank
Barnett in regard as to wheth-
er there had anything happened
to him during his long life
eventful enough to give to the
public, he said:
"'I can't think of but one
thing just now that would be
worth relating and that has al
ways been doubted as truth al
though ! used to have a living
witness. Here it is:
About forty years ago,
when / lived on my old farm
down in Pike, had an old
fashioned Kentucky rifle which
was about the only kind of guns
used then, and / sometimes
used 1t for killing game, though
i never was much of a hunter.
con this occasion / was not
hunting but the game came to
me. In my yard stood a large
burr oak tree, sixty feet high,
and occasionally squirrels would
come to it for acorns of which
1t bore the big bury kind. I
was a poor shot, but sometimes
/ could kill a squirrel If he was
not too high. SO / took the old
gun down, which had been load
ed a good while, and was very
rusty, to try a shot at the
squirrel.
"'Just then Uncle Johnny
Morris (our townsman's faith
er) rode up; he says: Frank,
you can't kill that squirrel: he
is right in the tip top and the
wiEd sways him so you will
never touch him. / said / would
try him a whack. anyhow, so /
set the hammer and took off
hand aim, but click went the
trigger and did not knock the
hammer off. tried the sec
ond and third time with same
result. Then concluded to ex-
anime the old thing.
"'I laid it on one arm and
began to examine to see what
was the matter when off she
went right up through the tree
top. ! heard something fall
ing and looked up and soon the
squirrel came tumbIing to the
ground, dead. My first thought
was that he had jumped and
killed himself, but on examina-
tion we found the bullet had
pierced his neck killing him
instantly.
Uncle Johnny Morris was
noted for telling miraculous
stories of happenings coming
under his observation. and this
one seemed to drop in at the
right time and place to add to
his store of experiences so he
used to tell It when I was pres
ent TO vouch for the truth of
it and by so doing got a few
TO believe IT,
Mote: While this event is
easily possible 1t would not be
likely 20 happen to one in a
million Of people and never to
the same person twice."
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-08-01

Elliott Mason Of Pittsburg,
Pa, arrived last week on q
visit to his parents in this city,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Mason.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-08-01

Vandalia Leader: Mr.. and
Mrs. L. F. Austin, and two
children and Mrs. J. ID. Davis,
of Mexico, and Mr.. and Mrs.
w w. Braden, of Laddonia,
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman Butts Sunday.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-08-01

Hayes Bros, on the old John
w. Beatty farm, northeast Of
Mexico, harvested thirty acres
Of wheat this year which yield
ed 30 bushels to the acre.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-08-01

Fulton Telegraph: John
Calbreath who has been in Au-
drain county, is at home. John
infoBmed US that he assisted
two widows to harvest their
grain; also helped one Of his
nieces to can az gallons OF
blackberries,
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-08-01

Miss Alberta Kernnen of this
city Is attending a musical con-
servatory in Chicago.

Rev. L. H. Lanning Of Lad
donia Is assisting in a revival
meeting at Corinth, in Rails
county.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-08-01

d. G. Owen Meat Co. Of this
city have sold their business to
]. w. Watts Of Huntsville and
Robert MCGOWAN Of Mexico.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-08-01
THE cHAUTAUoUA.
! University at Our
Doors But too Few
Appreciate the
Fact.

The second annua! Chautau-
qua for Mexico has come 10 q
close. II was q great treat; but
too few people appreciate this
fact.
The Chautauqua was again a
losing game, financially. II
was a very busy season for the
farmers, and as q consequence
they gave II scarcely no support
at ali.
But the Mexico Chautauqua
will not be abandoned. Its i'm.
portance is just beginning to
dawn on the people. The Mex
leo Chautaudua is part of a
great national movement, and
the Mexico Assembly is recog-
nized by the Mother Chautau-
qua in New York.
We wish to speak here of the
closing day exercises and then
we will go back to the subject
of a Chautauqua for next year.
Recognition Exercises Friday
was a beautiful ceremony and
was a delight to all who wit
messed 1t. 1t was a graduation
ceremony, and Mexico furnished
three graduates. They were
Mrs. Stella Wright Smith, Mrs.
Minnie Bass Davis and Miss
Marie Anderson Houston.
Besides the graduates about
two dozen other Chautauquans
were in line. The Chautauqua
course requires a reading Of
four years. Mexico has nearly
a hundred persons who are tax
ing the course this year.
The procession, led by Rev.
C. M. Aker and MIR. and Mrs.
Stokes, started from the audi
torium. Sixteen little girls
dressed in white. and carrying
small baskets filled with posies
came next. Following the flow
er girls came the Lakeside
Quarteete who led in songs that
were sung while the procession
marched. The graduates came
next and then the Chautau-
quans.
At the first arch, decorated
in the flags of all countries and
placed beneath the shade Of q
large oak tree, and representing
History, the procession halted
and Mr.. Aker made a short
talk on It's meaning and the
Chautauqua work. When they
started for the second arch
some hundred yards distant, the
flower girls took their positions
on each side of the arch and
as all the Chautauquans who
had one years work passed
through strew the flowers in
their path.
The second arch represented
Literature and only those who
had completed two years read
ing were allowed to pass the
portals. The third arch was
FOR Science and decorated in
purple and eyergreens. Only the
third year students could pass
this.
The fourth and final arch
representing the Golden Gate,
was only fer those who were
graduates. An they approached
and halted listening to the re-
marks Of Rev. Aker, they werc
challenged BY the guard, Rev,
|H. E. Truck, who demanded
chat they show their passoprts
from Mother Chautauqua, which
evidenced the fact that they Lad
completed the work and were
entitled 10 pass the portals and
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-08-01
SURROUNDING AUDRAIN.

some time.
Rails county has organized a
society for the preventieS. of tn
berculocis.
Work on the new $4,000 Bap-
tist church building at Ceniralia
Iias been commenced.
Miss Ethel LaForce Of Cenlralia
is visiting her cousin. Miss Lucille
Morgan, at Denver, Colorado.
John Sutirr postmaster at
Guthrie. Galloway county, has re-
signed to accept a position in the
Sc. Louis post office.
Mrs. GalwiLh Of winktown,
Callaway county, was bitten by a
mad dog the other day. A mad
stone was applied to the bite with
success.
Emmett Kerr. near Santa Fe,
bought 25 ewes last fall. The lambs
came.wiihin SO of paying for them,
leaving the sheep and wool as
profit for The first season.
A lady in New London, down
in Rails county, by way of expert
ment, recently. tied pedomeler
to her chin. and discovered she
had talked 23 miles between break
fast and noon.
Joe Barnum nj Louisiana Mt
tempted tO go "over the road"
Wednesday night by drinking car
bolic acid. Cl,d L4affrrty knock
ed the bottle out Of hts hand aud
in doing so burned his own hand.
The G.. & A. has set aside ten
thousand dollars for the purpose
of taking gravel out OF The creek
near Watson Station in Pike
County to be used as ballast.
The steam shovel aud other ma.
chiuery will be put TO work there
J w. wilkerson. of st. Louis,
grand secretary of Missouri Odd
Fellows, will have charge of the
exercises dedicatiug The new ball
of Galloway lodge No. los, |. o.
o. +. Of Fulton, on Thursday,
August %. MIR. wilkerson is past
grand OF tue state lodge.
j. IL. Brayton. says the Paris
Appeal. downed them all on big
lambs last year aud repeated the
performance this year. On Sat
urday he delivered A, averaging 50
lbs. .at Paris at &c. lie attributes
bis success with lambs TO the fact
that he changes them about over
his pastures.
Bowling Green Times; Rev. q.
I. Flory. OF Centenary Academy.
came in over the Short Line Ry.
from New London Sunday where
he attended the funeral service Of
DIR Winn's daughter. Rev. Flory
attended preaching services at the
"a. K. Church, South. in the even
ing and left for Mexico at -
o'clock midnight to join his wife
who is visiting there.
Rily Davidson aud Thomas
Richardson of Rails connty are in
The coils Of the law charged with
obtaining $40 from Frank Piereeall
on the promise that they would
refrain from having Piereeall pros
ecuted. Il seems that Davidson and
Richardson persuaded Piereeall to
treat them to whisky at his home
and then They warned him If he
did not vdig up $75 they would
see that he was prosecuted.
Pierceall dug MP bat It was his
turn 10 prosecute next.
Extensive preparations are being
made Zoe the Twsniy.sixth Annual
Old Settlers Reunion aud Home.
Coming Day for Montgomery conn
tians at New Florence August 3.
IThare viii ha anenehaa ana nnain
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-08-01

y. II. BalIew has the con-
tract for putting up the big new
store building for James Tins
ley. just east Of the postoffice.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-08-01

Last Friday was the hottest
day Of the summer, so far,
Thermometer stood 98. But
next day it was cool, thermom-
eter away down. Some folks
We're taking beer Friday to cool
off and Saturday they were taxi
ing beer to warm up.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-08-01

Arthur Chase tells the Farber
Forum why so many people who
retire in apparently good health
are found dead in bed the next
morning. He says they eat
lightbread for supper and
starve to death before break
fast. We believe Arthur is
about right.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-08-01

Elder C. H. Winders has re-
signed as pastor Of the Chris
tian church at Columbia to ac-
cept q call to the pastorate Of
the Irvington Christian church,
Indianapolis, Ind. Elder Wind
ers Is well remembered in Au-
drain county. He is one of the
most able preachers Of the
Christian church in this State.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-01
CHAUFFEUR RECKLESS
ANGRY MEN ANXIOUS TO LYNCH
HIM.

CHICAGO, July IA woman and child
were seriously, perhaps fatally, injured, one
man was badly hurt and score of men,
women and children narrowly escaped death
last night when big touring automobile
driven by David Enwald, chauffeur, said
to have been Intoxicated, swerved from its
course in Central street, Evanston, and
crashed into a crowd of persons waiting to
take the cars on the Chicago and Milwau-
kee electric railway at that point.
The chauffeur made no attempt to slacken
his speed and was making his escape when
the men in the crowd swarmed into the car
tin Anderson, also said to have been under
the influence Of liquor, out of the vehicle
The machine crashed into the curb and
was surrounded by mob Of angry men
and boys, who would have dealt harshly
with the automobiles had not the police,
answering a riot call, hurried to the street
using their clubs freely, and forced the
crowd back and arrested Enwald and An
derson.
The injured:
Mrs. Minnie Sendert, fifty-four years old !;
may die.
Clara Buckolz, ten years DID, may die
Charles Sendert, husband of Minnie Sen
dert and uncle of the Injured girl, sustained
severe cuts and bruises about the head and
shoulders when he attempted to drag his
relatives from the path of the machine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-01
FLIMFLAMMED ZELAYA
CURIOUS STORY OF SUBSTITUTE
ING BRICKBATs FOR GUNS.

NEW ORLEANS July IA coup by
which the Nicaraguan government was
swindled out Of more than $4,000 through
the substitution Of scrap iron, coal, brick
and junk in boxes and packages that were
supposed to contain arms and ammunition
for use in the late war, has been revealed
here The fake consignment was sent
from New York last July.
When the war between Nicaragua and
Honduras was a bare possibility Consul
General Echazarreta, then located in New
Orleans for the Nicaraguan government,
communicated with President Zelaya, tell
ing him that he knew Of place where
arms and ammunition could be bought
cheaply, quoting rifles at from s. to 81
each and ammunition at ridiculous figure
These arms had been purchased for the
Cuban junta, but the turn of affairs on the
island made their shipment impossible
For that reason they could be bought at a
sacrifice.
President Zelaya authorized the purchase
of more than 10000 rifles and all the
ammunition on hand, and it is claimed that
Consul Echazareta went on to New York
and closed the deal.
The arms were shipped in cases from
New York, being transferred to a vessel at
New Orleans. When they arrived at Man
aqua, Nicaragua, President Zelaya was as
founded to discover that the cases con-
tanned an assortment Of brickbats, coal,
scrap iron and other junk. There were
probably dozen rifles that were service
able, and these were placed on top OF the
debris in each box.
Consul Echazarreta was called upon for
an explanation, and he went post haste to
Managua to tell his story. The New York
agent who superintended the shipment was
blamed for the robbery. The matter was
Investigated, but nothing definite tran
spired.
1t Is stated that Echazarreta once before
bought a large number of rifles for his
government, and this purchase proved an
excellent investment. This supply was Sc
cured in Cuba, and naturally the Mica.
raguan government thought Echazarreta
tiated for the New York goods.
The mystery of the junk boxes remains to
be unraveled.
Consul General EchaZarreta is in Mexico
with Minister Gomez on an important mis-
sion, and efforts to get into scommunica-
ton with him proved unsuccessful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-01

that a disposition exists In certain quarters
to raise the question of prohibiting the rife
bullet adopted by Germany, Great Britain,
France and America has served to perp,ex
the experts of the army and navy ordnance
bureaus here Even the medical officers in
what reasonable ground of objection can be
found against the use of the new cupro-
nickel. sharp pointed 1906 model bullet
According to the ordnance officers. in one
way at least the new bullet is apt to be
more dangerous than the old, and that is in
killing or wounding more soldiers. Owing
to its higher velocity, the new bullet would
1,Uo-yard range which the old bullet would
pass clean over. Thus the list of fatalities
would probably be largely increased
Inc new bullet is known In Europe as the
'SpitZ' bullet; was originally designed by
the French and soon adopted by the Ger
mans. The United States ordnance depart
ment last year made an exhaustive set OF
experiments to test its worth and decided
IN ITS favor. The manufacture is going on as
rapidly as the cartridge makers of the coun-
try can meet the demands of the War De-
partment, and within six months the new
shell VIII be ready for issue
The new ball is marked by lightness and
extreme sharpness. 1t weighs 100 grains
whereas the present standard bullet weighs
20 grains. 1t is projected by 515 grains of
hitroslycerin powder, while the old ball used
only II grains. This results in an increase
OF the velocity of the ball from 200 feet a
second for the cd ball to $500 feet for the
new 10 the eye the most marked difference
is the Keen point of the new ball. The pres
ent STANDARD bullet had rounded or "snub''
nose; the new ball begins to taper toward
the point the moment it leaves the cartridge
shell and Is as sharp a needle by COM
parison with the other