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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1910-05-06

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Myrtle Boyd.age II, committed
suicide ct her home in Greenyills
Wayne county, after engaging in
q quarrel With q small brother.
Last week the county court Of
Stoddard county appropriated
ss,oo0 toward graveling the pub
lio road between Bloomfield and
Dexter.
Up in Madison county they
have q woman census enumera-
tor. She will be 9 walking bureau
Of information when her work ia
completed.
Mississippi county sent five Of
its colored and three Of Its white
citizens to the penitentiary last
week. What might be termed as
, Dukes Dukes \ Mixture.
Mrs. August Edinger Of Kimms-
wick, committed suicide on the
9Th by jumping into cistern.
Grief over the death Of her hus-
band caused e the deed.
Lansing staats, of Dexter, has
been appointed highway engineer
of stoddard county for yesr end
ing February 19i1, vice the res
isnasiOn of A. G. spiker:,
The county court OF Stone
: county has employed a man to
examine the accounts OF ell the
county officials. He will make a
detailed report Of his finding in
every case. -.
Mrs. Catherine Herod, age 90
years, died at her home in Farm
ington, April 21st 1919. Remains
OF deceased lady were taken to
family cemetery in Ste. Gene
We've county for burial.
Mrr. Mary Ann Harrell died
recently ct the home Of her
daughter in Cape Girardeau, age
9S years. She had been . slave
in the Harrel family since she
was Q child, and never left the
family when shs was freed.
Arthur Wooden, OF Csrrolton,
ts years old, who confessed to
numbering George W. Smith, an
aged man, to rob him Of . check
for se15 60 he could marry his
sweetheart, was sentenced, yes
tsrday to tifty years In the psni-
tsntiary.
The Monet Star says: "a
Monet man was sent to the peni.
tsntiary for two years for stealing
an ovsrcoat and two dozen eggs.
Lsnienoy might be possible in
case . man stealing an ovsrcoat.
but . man who steals eggs, we'll
: he must expect the limit.
The more counties in Missouri
20 dry the larger the sale Of beer
Il the taxes paid the state beer in-
spsctor ID > criterion. From Jan.
l, 1907, to April |. 1908, the taxes
paid on beer were s5o7. .s03. Is.
From Jan. /, to April /, 1910, the
taxes paid on beer was st2z .seS. :
cs, N increase Of SIC. 1912.
E. E. E. McJimsey, editor and
principal owner of the Springfield
Republican, has received his ape
pointment from President TAFT to
the postmsstership Of the Queen
City. McJimsey Is : clever fsl.
low and ; pnshsr. and one i led
10 ask II those three Es don,i
stand for Earning Everything
Extant.
Vol. /. No. /. The Eoursesnth
District, publiahsd u Thsysr,
Oregon county, By Geo. u. Milsy
has reached our exohangs table,
Itisao 9 column. eight paee paper,
four pages pstsnf md f1ur print
"a zthous. Politiozllg i s Re-
peblie4n snd = ! nesspapsf il
IA No. 1 judging irou he iirsl
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1910-05-06
'ROUNDABOUTTHES STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Made by the Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Org-
nal. Some Credited. and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.

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William Collins died in Matt
land, at 8 o'clock Sunday morn
ing, April 8. The deceased went
to barber shop about 10 o'clock
Saturday night in seemingly good
health and spirits, but soon it was
evident to bis friends that he was
sick and was advised to 60 home.
He had not proceeded but a short
distant whom he fell and his
friends took him home. An in
quest was held over his body and
the verdict was in effect that, the
deceased came to his death from
9 doss Of whisky compound. The
liquor which he took was pro-
nounced by the attending physi-
cian as Q rank poison. II seemed
to have been q homemade drink.
Officers are hunting for the per-
son that made and sold this
drink.
The Kings Highway, starting
ct the city Of New Madrid and
running north through B,gPrairie
was perhaps the first public road
established by the Spanish gov
ernment in Upper Louisiana.
Thisis proved by the fact that the
earliest Spanish grants run up to
the Kings Highway, on both
sides Of the road, leaving the
roadway out. II the government
had not surveyed and located the
highway before the grants were
surveyed and located, it 10 certain
that some Of the roadway would
have been taken.-New Madrid
Record.
The st. Louis Republic Of We'd
nesday, April 20th, contained the
news that the st. Louis Court Of
Appeals has affirmed the judg-
ment in the case Of Miss Kat Q
Howard We. the City Of New Mad
rid, rendered in Ste. Gsnevievs
county. The judgment is for
$4,000 for personal injuries sus-
TONED by Miss Howard while she
resided here. It looks like there
is nothing to do but to levy a
special tax on the property of our
city to pay the judgment.-New
Madrid Record.
Six carloads Of dredging sup
plies, consisting Of boots, lumber,
tools, etc., we're unlosded here
this week. They will begin i'm.
medistely cutting q ditch five
miles southeast OF here and run
into the main channel of the Lick
Greek drainage system. When
the Little River Drainage District
takes the water out OF Duck Creek
bottoms and Mingo swsmps are
drained, there will be no swamps
aroundsour town.--Puxico Index.
The directors of the Southeast
Missouri Fair Association Of
Pennington succeeded last Sat-
urday in disposing Of the $4,000
bond issue, recently authorized by
the association. Hon. Peter H.
Hrck Of Ste. Geneyievc took the
whole series at about OF cents on
the dollar. This was Q good sale
and insurss the success OF the
sssociation and q splendid fair
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1910-05-06
Washin gton
Letter.
by FAvENNER

of four million dollars for the tirsi
tweuty six days Of Aprill
kdeticii q more than nineteen
million dollars 90 far this fiscs'
ysafl
| A deficit OF s1eo,o57. 1897. sc
since June 80, 1901
These are features of Taft
"cu.-to- -the-q u ok" economy,
about which 30 much is heard
everywhere save in Washington,
Here are more illustrations Of q
Republican business" admins
trstion:
Marble baths for senatersi
Autos to carry them 100 rods
between their Offices and the
capitsll
Touring cars for the President.
Vice President and "Uncle Joe. "
White House receptions which
"rival the glory of Napoleons
court" at one which, according
to the Washington Post, ga daz-
cling rsvine of gold blazed before
the vision.''
Another group of "cut- to the
quick" economies includes:
More than 50, 800 for appolinsris
water tor the senators.
Hundreds of thousands of dol
lars to keep the senators in vas
cline, castor oil, olive oil, bromo
lqlinine, hair tonic, costly per-
fumes, glycerine. bsrgamot, nail
brushes, clothes brushes, travel-
ing expenses In attending funer-
ais, etc., etc.
Then we come 20 this item
which stands by itself:
The addition in the last eight
years of 99,225 federal office
holders to the payrolls Of the res
public, at an increase of expenses
to the people of more than seventy
million dollars. This item helps
to explain why it is costing the
Taft administration more than
twice as much to run the govern
ment than It did Cleveland.
How does this riotous extrava-
gsnce effect the treasuryP is ask :
ed. These figures tell us:
Since June 80, 1907, the total
balance in the general fund has
dropped from S272, ,081, ,446.47 to
S82, ,003, ,557.61, with an average
daily deficit eating its way into
this remaining eighty-two million
dollars, but Q short time can
elapse before the government will
have to sell more bonds to secure
more money to meet more ex-
travagances. Outstanding bond
issues are national debts.
How does all this concern the
average citizen9 This is how;
The per Capita appropriation
by congress jumped from SO In
1890 to st2.40 in 1909. Since the
government raises the bulk Of its
revenue at the custom houses and
internal revenue Offices, you, Me.
Reader, are paying for Republi-
can extravagance in increased
prices.
There is no use OF your oorres-
- -. --.s- a.Al a.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-12-08
Coal Lands.

THE next subject. and one most I'M
portant for your consideration, is the
disposition OF the coal lands in the
United States and Alaska. At the be
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-12-08

AT its last session congress made
revision for the establishment OF
savings banks by the postofice de-
partment of this government by which
under general control of trustees, con
sisting Of the postmaster general, the
secretary Of the treasury and the at
torney general, the system could be
begun in few cities and towns ana
enlarged to cover within ia opera
tons 40 many cities and towns and as
large a part Of the country rs seemed
wise. The initiation and establish
ment of such a system has required q
great deal of study on the part OF
the experts in the postofice and treas
ury departments. but q system has
now been devised which 10 believed te
he r,nre economical and simpler In III
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-12-08

Referring to the report OF the com
missioner of corporations. the presi-
dent says
THE commissioner finds condi-
ton in the ownership of the standing
timber of tho United States other
than tho government timber that calls
for serious. attention. Tho direct In
yestigation made by the commissioner
covered an area which contains so
per cent. of the privately-owned tim
Der of the country.
His report shows that one half OF
the timber in this area ia owned by
200 individuals and corporations;
that IL per cent is owned by these
generations, and that there Is very
extensive inter-ownership Of stock
ma we'll az other circumstances, all
pointing to friendly relations among
thoec who own n majority Of this tim
her a relationship which might lead
tn a combination for the maintenance
Of n price that would be very detri
mental to the public interest, ant
would create the necessity of remov
ing all tariff obstacles to the free i'm
variations OF lumber from other couu
tries"
Bureau Of Labor.
mrbe commissioner of labor has beef
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-13

strong T llows and have met IA few
giants in my time and l know that I
can take care of myself at close quar-
ters, M matter how strong the other
man may be. Its the strength of the
upper body that tells in the clinchrs
and l believe right now that / am the
stronger man in the shoulders.
Asked where he received his seem
ingly abnormal strength from Johnson
said.
"While / never worked az a longshore.
man as some people have said / used to
delight when ] wat young around tho
coast at Galveston, TO 20 down on the
docks and handle heavy bales of cotton
and the like. didn't do this for pay
| simply did il because I had n lean.
ing that way.
"lt developed my strength and I gain.
ed quite a name as a strong man. I
built up my muscle and lifting power
that | have retained ever since and
these things have come in very useful
at times when / have found myself
hooked up with n hurley fighter who
was bent on ~roughing it,"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-13
THE SPORTING WORLD
(By w. w. Naughton)

san Francisco, May 7.-"I'd rather
Ice known rs the champion fisherman OF
the world than the champion fighter,
"said Jim 1effries when narrating tho
various reasons for his retirement some
years ago.
When it comes Jack Johnson 3 turn
70 make IA valedictory speech in the
near future it is dollars to doughnuts he
will say:
ID rather be known as the man who
outstripped Barney Oldfield than the
champion fighter.
II ever there was a gasoline fiend
Jack johnson is the man. When the
writer rode on the train with the cham.
pion a few evenings ago Johnson was
AS composed as possible while discus.
sing the various phases Of his match
with Jeffries. But the minute automo.
billing was mentioned "A vast difference
could he seen.
The big negro became quite excited.
He shook his fist AS he spoke Of the
scheme for depriving him of his license
II hc was caught exceeding the speed
limit, and minated that he would
20 to any extreme TO get even with
those who threatened to curtail his en-.
i%oyment in the motoring line.
I've never killed my one or even
knocked any one down." said Jack
with a raising voice, aud / do not pro.
pos" 10 be interfered with when ] am
exercising common sense and keeping
within the law. This thing Of arrest.
ing me- for speeding is Il joke with tho
public, although it is n serious thing
for me. That | have done no wrong
is shown by the fact that / have beaten
every case trumped up against me-"
Some one was kind enough at this
point TO whisper that Jacks idea of
beating a case was put up by bail mon.
ey and allow the court proceedings to
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-13

latter finally tried the hobbies on the
with the leg harness at Poughkeepsie
he bucked into them, there was q snap.
ping of straps, and when he was pulled
up what was left of that set of hob.
bles .asn't worth picking up. Hall
still perscvered and the horse was
started in a fast pacing class at Co.
lumbus. Here he absolutely refused
to score on pace, and finally to start.
or, in desperation, sent the field away,
with Custer hopping up and down near
the distance flag. When he came TO
the wite he suddenly shifted into a
trot, took after the field, and easily
finished inside the flag, having trot.
ted every step of the mile and was
separately timed 2.09R. OF course the
judges were compelled to d~isqualify
him, as it was a pacing race, but the
incident convinced his owner that Gus.
ter should be educated 10 trot, and dur.
ing the coming season he will be Civ.
On a trial in the slow.class trotting
stakes of the big ring.
Custer is an elegantly bred horse, be.
ing a son of Sidney Dillon, sire OF
the world S chamion trotting mare, Lou
Dillon, l.5Sh, and other turf stars,
while his dam is by Nutwood, 2.l6%,
the worlds leading star of speed.pro.
ducing brood mares.
= 4 +
Probable Starters for $4,000 Kentuc.
ky Derby To bc held at Churchill
Downs, Louisville, KY, May 10. Col.
onel Matt VIM is manager and Lyman
Davis is racing secretary of the Downs.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-13

tip, Mr.. Harrison, my colt, Colinet will
take his measure and do the job well.
The incident Is mentioned only as al
Illustration Of the keenness of enthu.
siasm of balance of the probable field.
The probable starters, and starters
for the blue ribbon ven are rs fol
lows: Waldo, 2 20 !; Fighting Bob,
I to /; G. M. Miller, 5 to !; Joe Nor.
ris, 10 to 4; Topland 80 to l; Boola
Boola, 20 to i; John Furlong, IS to /;
Don Antonio 40 to /; Colinet, 20 to /,
Gallant Pirate Is to ]. Some seven
or eight others are eligible, but from
among the above the winner of the
Derby is almost sure to be found.
The auditing committee of the Flor.
ida Live Stock Fair and Racing AS
ISOLATION has made public It's report for
the winter meeting just brought to II
close at Moncrief Park, and accord.
ing to this official document this rae.
ing establishment earned a gross pro.
fit Of upwards of 100000. Deduct
ing the cost OF erecting the plant,
which was in the neighborhood of 1926,
900 and an additional 100000 for in.
cidentals," there still will remain a
very healthy balance to be divided
among the stockholders.
With such facts paramount, it is
little wonder that the Gate City has
been pointed 10 as the most natural
racing point of recent years.
Advantageously situated-within a
few hours of New York and the central
breeding establishments of Kentucky
it's source of supply is only limit
ed by the Accommodations afforded. In
this respect it must be said that Flor
idians, those Of Jacksonville especial
ly, did their part in taking care of and
housing the tremendous and unlocked
for influx of race-followers, aggregat-
ing upwards Of Ave thousand. These
Of course were in addition to the ire.
mendous tourist trade, all Of whom
were attracted by the abundance of
advertising, which the race meeting
precipitated.
The meeting at Moncrief Park open.
ed November 25th and closed April l6
in all 1913 days of racing. Like all
p]rotracter meetings, the form Of the
horse, as delineated by past perform
ances, was ragged towards the flag
end, but, on the whole, compared very
favorable with anything gone before,
Relative to the latter, "cold DOPE
ELECTS the information that the per.
centage of winning first choices Of pub.
lie favorites was greater than that Of
any other winter meeting covering a
period of eleven years. True, in sew
eral instances it was a plethora or
wise money that made these horses
favorite, or, rather, I should say, It was
The anticipation of a plunge by the
educated" brigade that caused many
horses TO be installed az favorite. How.
ever, IL it was the paddockites who
caused this financial signal to be dis.
played, II was to the public s advant-
age, for they have now reached that
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-13

stage Of professionalism where u chalk
and its omnipotent signs are as read.
ny the lines OF the daily paper.
More or less complaint was heard
throughout the long grind relative to
this or that department OF the racing
or its management. The fact that
IL. ID. Brown was both manager and
starter acted AS more or less or u slim.
dial mongers. That Mr.. Brown made a
greyious mistake in shouldering the
double duties is, l believe, admitted
even by himself. However, many
things were laid at Browns door OF
which he was entirely innocent. Re.
quiescat in pace.
Probably the only department of the
racing establishment entitled to sup.
e~rlative praise was the secretary's OF.
flee, presided owe by Joseph MeLen.
nan, a C~hieagoan, who has built Il rep.
utation second to non IN the country.
Ills programming was of a character
warranted to elicit favorable comment
from far and near. Handicapped by
sickness in the ranks of the horses,
then a long spell of bad weather, it
was little short of marvellous that Me.
Lennon kept the races so well filed.
That the WORK of Little Joe,'' as
he is Familiarity known, has not gone
unnotieed in metropolitan racing cir.
cles, is borne out by the fact that he
has been offered an official position by
the New York Racing Trust, a posi-.
tion he will most likely accept.
Under the present lease Of life rae.
ing in Florida has until May /, 1911.
Unless prior TO the latter date favor.
able legislation is secured the sport
will 90 the way 1t has in many states.
From an official source IL Is learned
that no stone is to be left unturned
in presenting to the solons of the law
the advantages of ID perpetuation of
racing in Florida.
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An old friend with a new way of
going will be seen in the NJ. & NJ. and
other grand circuit trotting stakes
the coming season If he trains on as
his owner expects ham to do. This is
the chestnut gelding Custer, with a
racing record of 2.O5A, owned by j,
U. Adams, a wealthy hotel proprietor
of Phoenix, Arizona. Custer was first
brought EAST with the Adams string in
1905, and was started a few times late
in the season, showing a lot of class
for a green pacing colt. The following
year he won at Windsor and was start.
err in the Chamber of Commerce stake
which was raced at Cleveland. Later
he raced very successfully on the Great
Western Circuit and took his record
in a stake raj at Libertyville. At
the close Of the season he looked like
one Of the highest class horses In the
country for the 2.06 pacing class of
1907.
Custer had all his old.time speed
when he came east last year, but he
had also added bad manners to his re.
portoire, and his wild breaks were the
despair OF his trainer, Ed Hall. The
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-13

20 by default. But in the champion 5
then state of mind il would have been
unwise TO say as much audibly.
johnson declares he will automobile
TO heart content whenever there is
a chance between training work and
eft than 1T he stayed around his camp
aud drank mineral waters with the Wis
itors. lie says that those who predict
that he will he the victim of u wreck do
not stop TO consider TINT he is an tx
pert chauffeur.
81 ear take n machine apart and put
it together again. If | was out of
n job tomorrow ! could earn my living
repairing automobiles.
Before Diminishing the subject Jack
said in a boasting way."wait till this
fight Is over. | am going to have Il
machine that will go l2O miles AN hour
aud ] am going 10 take il somewhere
where there are no restrictions as IA
speed and have the time of my life
Some people will be drinking wine when
| lick Jcffrics. ! will celebrate by put
ting up records that will make Barney
Oldfield turn green with envy.n
The question of comparative strength
in the ease of Johnson and Jeffri,s
came up during the train ride and John.
son repeated what he had said to a writ
cr long before there was u prospect Of
the impending match.
'Many of .Ieffrics' admirers think
lie will be able 10 rough me az will When
II ome to clinching, "said Jack
II think otherwise. They must not
think because Jeff has legs like II piano
aud "A thicker waist than ! have that
he can do just as he pleascS with me
! have tested myself in fights with
The Washington times., 1910-04-19
THE ISLE OF DEAD SHIPS
By CRTTTENDEN MARRIOTT

- Her lips moved. bat, n sound
Howard bowed his head. but he an
SWered EEiy-better the clean.
sharp cut OF certainty than drsgging
suspense
You were the only one IN your boat
who was saved he answered quietly.
i know nothing of the other boats"
The girl covered her face with her
hands
on poor peOple-" she moaned- "pa5r.
poor people Then size da sned the tears
from her eyes and draEged herself 10
her feet. holding fast 10 the back of
the sofa
J am Miss Dorothy Fairfax" she
SAID with pretty access Of dignity.
And NoU2' Her eyes Travelled from
one man 10 the other.
L Howard hesitated Il was for 81
short tire that it passed uuober,-ad
This IS Detective Jackson. Of tho
New fork police ne answered stead
lily. and am Frank Howard, his pr5s-
Oner.' p'i9
frank Howard, Not-npt-"
My Cod For the first time IN 5er
LIE, Dorothy Fairfax tainted dead
The Continuation OF This Sforv wan
Be Found In TOusOrFoyy's Issue
Of The Times.
The Washington times., 1910-04-19
TO PLACE IN VAULT
BODY Of OFFICER
Brief Services for Major
Thompson Arranged for
at Arlington.

All the arrangements were completed
today for placing the body Of Major
James X Thompson Sixteenth United
States Infantry, in a receiving vault az
Arlington Cemetery this afternoon at 4
O'Clock with brief services.
Major Thompson died Sunday at the
Walter Reed Hospital after an illness
or more than two years. Major Thomp-
son was regarded as one Of the most
brilliant Of the younger officers in the
United States service. He was regarded
As an expert in the scsep5e Of Infantry
warfare and was thought 10 have a
brI'ian- career before him
He became III about two years ago
and was under treatment TO some
months before the exact nature Of his
malsdy was developed.
Major Thompson was q native OF
iowa and was forty-eight years OF age.
He was appointed 10 the Military AGA
DENY IN 1870 and was assigned 10 the
Tv enry-third Infantry as a second lieu
tenant on graduation in 1854
His career IN the army was excep-
tiOnaL He saw some service IN the
milan campaigns. and az the outbreak
OF ths war with Spain was made an
assistant sdjutaut general with the
rank Of captain On the formation OF
thu general staff he was one Of the
first officer selected for duty, and he
was also designated 20 take the
War College course. He was graduated
from the War College as an honor man
in 1903 and appointed special aide 10
the Secretary OF war. when President
Taft. then the Secretary, made his
famous trip 70 the Philippines with
memb hers of Congress and other distin-
s-uished people
He was sent To the Philippines 20
TeorEantZe the Bureau OF Military
Information in Manila. which has since
become most important Ma jor ThOmp-
ant OF cadets at West Point but his
III health forbade his acceptance OF the
post he leaves a wife and TWO sons.
one OF whom II a cadet al West Point