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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-07-24
BUSINESS CHANCES.

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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-07-24

Cincinnati, is rapidly transferring his
real estate interests and holdings
from that city to Chicago, where he
has become citizen.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-07-24

VOTE FOR SUPERIOR JUDGE.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-07-24

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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-25
Judge Lindsey Tells How He Be-
came a Democrat.

1t was proved in court for ex-
ample, that bills for three dollars
had been raised to $500, that 5000
had been paid for a bundle of
hay worth two dollars, and fifty
dollars for a yard Of cheesecloth
worth five cents barrels Of ink
had been bought for each legis-
lator, though a pint would have
sufficed; and an official Of the
police department was found
guilty Of ~conniving with a gamb-
Ter named Jim Marshall to rob
an express train. | watched the
cases in court. l a~pplauded at
the meetings Of the leading citi-
Gems who denounced the g~rafters
and passed resolutions in support
OF the candidates OIL tne OppOsl-
ton party. l wanted to seq the
criminals punished. They were
not punished. Their crimes were
not denied. They were publicly
denounced by the courts and by
the investigating committees, but
somehow, for reasons not clear,
he, all went scott free, on APP
peals. Some mysterious power pro
tected them and /, in the boyish
ardor Of my ignorance, conclud-
ed that they were protected by
the Republican "bloody" shirt
and l rushed into that Ito me-
great confederation of righteous
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-25
.Peruna Tablets Tested.

What are the Peruna Tablets good
forr Has anybody used them enough
to know what they will do? Read the
following letter and see. II you have
any doubt as to the genuineness of the
letter, write to Mrs. Lohr, enclose 8
stamp for reply, and see whether he
testimonial is genuine or nOt;
Ravenna, Mich, June 16, 1gJs.
The Peruna Drug Co.
In regard to the Peruna Tablets, i
have used about ten boxes in all.
While l was in Chicago my oldess
daughter was bothered with a cough
all the time. She has had 1t for four
years. Sometimes it would go away,
and in the winter time it was SO BAD
that the doctors and professors said
that she had consumption, and the only
way to give her any relief was to pee.
form an operation.
] spend so much money for different
medicines, and for doctors also. Moth
ing seemed to help her.
So l saw the Peruna Tablets adver-
tised in the paper, and 1 got a box
and tried them. She could get some
sleep by taking them. She would be up
AL night and cough. So in all she took
six boxes, and never was bothered any
more.
l will leave this for any one to in
quire at our old residence, where we
lived in Chicago. All our neighbors
would say that she could not live with
such a cough. You don't know how
thankful l am. She is eighteen years
old.
My oldest son also was bothered with
his stomach, throwing up, and his
bowels so loose all the time. He was
all run down for four months. l also
doctored with him. One would say this
and the other something else. started
in to give him the Tablets, and now he
is all right and healthy looking. He
took four boxes. That is all he wants
TO take whenever anything ails him.
So L praise your Tablets just as high
as | have your Peruna. That is all
the medicine that aver comes in my
house. Whenever 1 travel 1 take some
with me. l have had three of my chill
dren sick with scarlet fever two months
ago, and that is all I used, was the Pc
runa and the Tablets. 1 did not lose
any Of them.
If there is any more information you
want, why just let me know and / will
be glad to do so. Yours truly,
MRS. L. LoHR, Ravenna, Mich.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-25

The Endeavor society of the
Christian church will hold a mar
ket next Saturday, Sept. 25th.
All those desiring something good
for Sunday dinner will please call
Miss Birdie Duncan, phone 356,
or Miss Stella Bandon, phone 176
or LAG. Meats, salads, cakes, pies
and salt-rising bread will be on
sale. Please let your wants be
known by Thursday morning, SO
that your order will be filled
The sale will be in the basement
of the church from one to five
p, m.
G. c. Branch went to Jeffer-
son City Thursday night on bus
mess.
Mrs. NJ. H. Sweeny and daught
er, Mary, left yesterday for a
visit with relatives in Salisbury
Miss Estelle Wilker spent yes
terday in Kansas City.
Miss Annie Kennedy spent yes
terday in Higginsville.
Mrs. Oscar Andreen went to
Kansas City yesterday for a
short visit.
Mr. and Mrs. B. f. Eaton re-
turned Thursday evening from a
visit with relatives in Fayette.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-25
Real Estate Transfers.

B. W. Hefter to Geo. Scott
land, consideration $500.
W. B. Smith to Higginsville
B. & L. Assn. lot, consideration
$3.50.
A. E. Watson to G. H. New
land, consideration $1,000.
S. ". Sawyer to Katie Grumke
land. consideration $1.00.
Louis Jungklaus to Henry
Besselmar ct al lots, considera-
ton 5000.
A. j. Chrisman to A. G. Bar
nette land, consideration $1,000.
J. w. Renick to L. R. Renick
land, consideration 81.
F. W. Dreyer to G. W. Kinche.
.loe, lot, consideration $1,000.
Farms for Sale.
800 and 100 acre tracts, formerly
owned by the late Judge Joseph F.
Smith on and near the Warrensburg
road, 5 to 8 miles from Lexington.
Inquire of
l.. r. Smith, Executor.
sos Bryant Building,
7-3Itf Kansas City, Mo.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-25

j. K. Letter returned Tuesday
evening from Kansas City.
Prof. Alfred Boyd of the Uni
versity of Nebraska returned to
his home in Lincoln Tuesday ev-
ening after a short visit with rel
atives in this city.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-25
A REAL HAIR GROWER.

II YOU are troubled with dandruf, scalp
irritation or falling hair, We want you to
try Rexall "o3" Hair Tonic at our Hsk.
We won't charge you a cent for the treat.
ment If you are o entirely satisfied. II
almost invariably effects a complete cure
Two sizes, soc. and $500.
Sold and Recommended by Creu'
shaw Young.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-25

ness and all decent government,
the Democratic party.
1t would be laughable to me
now, if it were not so "sort of
sad. From "The Beast and
the Jungle" in Everybody
Magazine.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-25

&. NJ. Taubman went to Kan
sas City Thursday morning.
J. S. Bell returned Wednesday
evening to his home in Lincoln.
Neraska, after spending a few
days here with friends.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-25

New Kraut and New Dill Pick
les, Sour Pickles and Sweet Pick
les at Jos. L. Long Cash Grocer.
You can get it at Jos. L. Long.
Try him for everything new and
fresh in the grocery line.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-25
Dover Notes

Nharies MILAN OF Corder had
business here Wednesday.
j. F. VIM of Lexington was
here Wednesday.
Leslie Dysart and Warren Ray
were in Lexington Tuesday.
Webb Cole and son, Jesse, were
in Higginsville Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Evans wer
in Lexington last Friday.
Roy Bertrand, Fred Zeysing
and Liggon Vaughan spent Sun
day in Alma.
Byron Eppes left Monday to
attend school in Kansas City this
winter.
Misses Kate Weedin and Mat
tie Barnes spent Sunday and Mon
day here visiting with friends.
robert Groves OF Lexington
visited with friends and relatives
here Sunday.
Mrs. Joe Bertrand and son
Tommie, left Saturday for Column
bia for a visit with Mrs. Ber-
trand's sister, Mrs. Burgess, and
to enter TOmmie in the Univer-
Sity, where he will attend school
this winter.
Mrs. Leon Lewis and baby son
left Monday for Kansas City.
where she viii join Mr.. Lewis.
They viii make their home there
this winter.
Henry Ritter of Kansas City
is here this week visiting his sis
ter, Mrs. Rudolph Stolte.
A II. Hader of Higginsville wa
here Monday.
Robert Dysart had business in
Hodge Saturday.
Eugene Zeysing spent Sunday
in Higginsville.
Rev. Pruitt filled his appoint
ment at the Baptist church here
Sunday and in two weeks from
then he will begin a p%rotract-
ed meeting here.
Jesse Groves moved his family
to Lexington last week to stay
this winter, so that his children
could have advantage of the diff
ferent schools.
Rev. c. Bruner, the newly APP
pointed Methodist minister ar
rived this week and will preach
his first sermon here next Sun
day, September Goth.
On Tuesday of last week one
of Mrs. II. L. Corbin s pet parrots
Strayed away and she has heard
nothing of him since. He answers
to the name Of Jack.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Hoffman
of Lexington we're here Tuesday.
The Ladies Aid society of the
Christian church will meet with
Mrs. R. P. Harwood next Tuesday
afternoon. All the members are
requested to be present.
Mrs. John Cooper and daught-
er were in Higginsville last Fri
day.
The following clipping from tn
Texarkana Record was handed us
this week:
Connolly Ragland, son of
Judge George W. Ragland, re-
turned home yesterday to offici-
ate in the star role as a proud
and happy parent of a fine new
boy that made his appearance at
the home of his grandparents ear
ly yesterday morning. 1t would
be difficult to determine which
of the three, Ragland /, Ragland
ii, or Ragland III, is feeling the
biggest and prOudest over the e.
vent. The most youthful is crow
ing his hardest, Connolly is say
ing and doing the right thing by
all his friends, while George w.
is wearing the smile that won't
come off. We will wager that hoy
ever broad the smile may be on
grandpa Ragland's face it can't
compare to grandpa Redd as he
looked when we met him on the
800 =
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-25

'IolsUd 'suewa0 'd'T
1uosaId 90 o. p9l!Au! eIs nv 'm
ID Og:L puB 'm g II 10 400 Ioq
-uiO5deS '6BpuuS FoIuVo Aa!Au9p
II 10 Su!qOB9Id al U!A oIaqL
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-19

natives for the plantations in Mexico.
If | mistake not his was the "Mon-
serrat and she was found one dav hy
coasting steamer floating bottom up
with her tween decks crowded with
black corpses. Ferguson was not
aboard.
Splitting Thousands.
Contrahand opium, eonfiseated by the
authorities, could not be sold here be-
cause il was contrary 10 law. The only
use to which il could be put was
through the board of health and as it
accumulated rapidly toward the end it
was decided to destroy il. During 1896
or 1872, the newspapers were notified
that at a certain hour in the morning,
Sunday, seow containing quantities
of the stuff would he towed out into
the harbor for distance. the tins split
open with cane knives and the water
allowed to pass over the floor of the
scow and wash the dope into the sea.
The trip was of several miles in length
and the brown trail of the opium could
be seen ON the surface of the water for
the entire distance. Representatives
from three papers were taken aboard.
Much of the stuff destroyed had been
brought from Hongkong and was No. L.
1t had been hidden in teapots, in tins
made to fit an opening in Chinese shoes
and in other ways. 1t was brought in,
also. in musical instruments and his
tory records the entrance, and capture,
of blacksmith IS bellows filled with it.
Two of the customs guards who welded
the cane knives on that trip are stili
in the service of the government.
In the early days a Hawaiian youth
was the middle man for several parties
| who shipped to the other islands and
he was successful. He was known to
| be a good musician and whenever be
went to Kauai or to windward he took
| with him rather large guitar which
he industriously played between ports
and invariably thrummed it as he went
ashore. On one occasion the small boat,
in which he sat when going ashore, on
| Kauai, gave lureh that upset him and
exposed to view several pounds of
| opium concealed under false bottom
| in the instrument.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-19
BY JAMES T. STACKER.

tins in this ease were especially pre-
pared, those containing oil having a
shoulder around near the top, and those
with the opium being plain. \ special
mark would be on the eases. and on ar
rival would be delivered to the per
sons addressed, and, by one interested
in the game, reshipped TO Chinese on
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-19

a remark dropped by one of them
convinced me that they had been told
of the shipment from San Francisco
and they We're after it, walked back
and stood by the barrels and the of
fieials rushed up the gangplank. They
went through one part of the ship and
came off. heard the chief say 'we
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-19

Brown was always landed on the lee
side of Maui. Some of it was after
ward shipped direct to Honolulu, but
if il was suspected that the officers
were wise, the boxes would be sent
10 Molokai and transshipped a week
later to Honolulu or back to Lanai. The
men who were under Opium Brown were
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-19

as smart, and smarter, than those who
were sent to catch them.
Brown, whose real name was Stewart,
was on the Columbia River when the
great masonry work was being done at
the Dalles. He was educated and drift
ed into the West because the East no
longer had charms for him. He was
never a talker. even when in his cups,
which was frequent. He had charge of
gang of Italians on that work and
when he quit he drifted toward the
Sound, settling in Seattle. Then he
crossed over to Victoria and mixed with
the Whaley crowd from whom he learn
ed secrets, which to him indicated the
work of kindergarteners and which he
improved upon. Cutting loose from the
Driard House hui he went up Sound
and was lost sight of. On his first
trip to Honolulu he was recognized by
an acquaintance and addressed as
Stewart Later he accepted an invita-
tion to the room of this acquaintance
who knew him on the river They sat
and talked, drinking whisky and gin
until three in the morning and when
they separated Brown, or Stewart, had
not parted with an atom of information
though he knew he could have done so
with perfect safety. But it was Brown 8
way. He was good listener and a
very poor talker.
have heard il. somewhere. that he
was given the Iouble-cross here by
someone and lost a lot of money after
wards returning to the Coast where he
became more frequent user of liquor
and died.
Another "Opium Brown came into
port but he was not the same kind Of
a man as the original No. l. would do
things that none Of the rest would
think Of He had the brains that en-
ab.ed him to plan and carry ont plans
that were untbought of by anyone in
the business. That q smuggler could
make trip after trip to port on Ma
nj and not once be detected was a
trick worth while and ne kept the Off
cials busy. 1t used TO he said he
dropped from the clouds.
WhaIey's sell-out.
What was done to Brown it is said
WhaIev did 10 his partners in the game.
There was a rumor that after he lost,
or sold the HaIcv0n he presented 4
great scheme to his friends here and
afterwards sold them out and took up
his residence in Shanghai, opening a
saloon and cafe. He died poor. though
Ire had made a fortune in running con
trahand stuf into the United States
from British Columbia and into Hawaii
from any old place
In the early niueties a man by the
name of Ferguson. who was once a
mate on the Australia or Alameda, came
here with little schooner. He was
suspected Of smuggling, but his real
business was blackbirding.. He made
trips to the South Seas and gathered
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-19

one of the other islands. / remember
hearing of an importation of this kind
going to the kerosene-oil warehouse. 1t
was during the time George Strate-
meyer, now dead, was collector of the
port.
In the oil shipment there was opium
to the value of more than three thou
sand dollars In some way. Strate-
meyer got the tip and decided to
open every case of supposed oil in the
warehouse. This was to have been
done early the next morning. The
owner got the tip in the evening and
walked the streets until after three il
the morning, trying to devise ways of
saving his property. He could not
handle Stratemeyer, so he went TO an
express driver and arranged to have
him get out the stuff before seven
o clock the next morning. This was
done. and in less than a half hour later
the customs men We're in the ware
house opening cases, only to be disap-
pointed.
Government Custodians.
Sometimes importations of this kind
would go awry through the clerk in
Honolulu, the man who was to look
after ii for the importer, not being
thoroughly posted or being out when
the order for delivery came The IN.
derwrites' regulations prevented more
than ten cases being stored under one
roof, except in the regular government
warehouse. When an order was sent
to the Coast for several hundred
pounds of dope to be packed in oil
cases the shipment was sent to the oil
warehouse on arrival and as each case
had a peculiar mark the man who was
handling it had no trouble to pick il
out and the keeper of the warehouse
was none the wiser. 1t would be safe
to say that tons and tons Of opium
reached the consumers BY way of the
government kerosene warehouse prio,
to annexation.
Lots of Money in It.
/ was talking to an old smuggler g
few years ago. He was a man who i:
entirely ont of the business and living
on his money at the Coast, but tbs
owner Of valuable property here
There was a lot of money in it In thu
old days. - he said to me, stand ther,
was fun and excitement in lodging the
officers. l brought down the stuff il
different ways but one of the heayies-
invoices | ever handled was packed il
kegs of pork. The salmon business was
| precarlous at the time but there was
a good demand for selected pork. Til,
steamer had scarcely made fast TO tn,
wharf that voyage when the pork wa
rolled out through the port As i
was lined up on the wharf l earelesslv
! passed along the wharf only TO NEE
the collector Of customs and. it seemed
. TO me, half the employees of the service
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-19

will find it if we have to take out
every pound of coal on the ship. Just
then a wagon drove on the wharf and
removed the pork and l went up town
and collected the money
Grabbed Boat and All.
That was one of the close calls. One
day there was a strange schooner hove
in sign down near Waianae. She beat
around for two or three hours and
Billy Sheldon, who was then deputy
sheriff there, noticed a small boat COM
ing away from the schooner. He
watched with glass and saw two men
pulling and one passenger aft. Reach
ing the beach the passenger came to-
ward the village and asked if it was
Honolulu. Sheldon questioned him and
the man said it was a fishing schooner
off her course and they wanted water.
They separated and the stranger went
to a store and Sheldon proceeded to
the station house and teleph0ned the
Honolulu authorities. Marshal Brown
went down and interviewed the man
and then, with Sheldon. went aboard
and searched There was enough con-
traband opium found to supply the Wa
/ ianae district for months. The bunch
was put under arrest, passenger, cap
tain and crew. | think the captain
got the heaviest sentence, which COM
bined fine and Imprisonment, and the
crew got sentences Of Imprisonment. L
have forgotten what the passenger re-
ceived. but Judging from what the
/ others served ! guess he got stiff
sentence besides losing his opium. The
boat was confscated
| was inclined to believe at the time
/ that it was a case Of one crowd squeal-
/ ing on another in that transaction. /
have heard nothing in the interval TO
! change that opinion.
Opium Brown I.
! The most mysterious smuggler who
/ ever visited these shores ami who was
! known to he in the tusIn ness was
/ - Opium Brown No. L. He made his
I appearance here in the early SOS. ar
irving in Honolulu from Maui on one
Of the Island boats. No one as far
/ as known. can say how he reached Ma
III or where he landed. He was under
/ suspicion here and in answer 10 qUes-
tions by the police authorities said his
name was Brown. The sUUu0sItion was
that ne had a schooner that brought him
on the lee side Of Kaahulawi and from
there he made the Maui shore in a
! eaace or small boat from his schooner.
If I am not mistaken small boat
was found one time on the wiudWard
! side OF Maui and its ownership was
never traced. The supposition AT the
I time was that il belonged to some snug
/ gIer and had been left there when the
man made his way across 70 q Tort
where steamer landed. Il was under
stood that the opium brought down by