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TO BE AT SEDALIA. shes ths Pettis County Fair Association to That ' Effect. FE mpeon Will Represent Middle-of- the-Roaders. is, Mo., Aug. 23—Dr J. W. _.. secretary of the Pettis y Fair Atsociation, received a ier to day from the Hon. Wm. J. sp in which be says he has made arrangements to attend the je County Fair and that he will giver an address at the fair grounds jg the political issues of the day cn Wednesday, September 15 The P of the fair association are h elated over securing the at nce at the fair of the great pion of free silver at the ratio 16 to 1 and believe that oa Bryan yy more people will come to Se than when Adlai E. Stevenson fe bers in 1892, and then 20,000 ora poured through the turn- at Association Park. The rail- centering here have made re- d rates for the fair, and arrange gents are being made for special qearsion trains from Kansas City, Springfield, Hannibal and Lexing- ton. “The propos:d visit cf Bryau has dup the Republicans of this gounty, acd they sre determined to offeet the Nebraskan's presence hera ‘with Senator Joseph Benson Fore- fer of Ohio. In reply to an invita- tion extended to him by the chair- mao ofthe Republican Strte, Con gressional, County and City commit- tees be has promised to be bere one | day during fair week, but cannot fix ‘the exact date bafore the middle of this week. © The closing day of the fair will be known as the “Middle of the-Road | Day,” aud no less a personage than Yerry Simpson of Kansas has ben | secured as the orator of the day. The races this year will be on the i The Game Law. The following is the law of Mis- souri for the protection of game,fish and birds, as enacted ky the general assembly during its last session: Section 1. That said section (1) be and the same is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section one (1) the followiag worde: ‘Pro- vided, that nothing in this section shall ba construed to gpreyent any person from catching fish with a seine, with meshes not less than two (2) inches in size, in aay stream of water flowing through or bordering on lands belonging tosuch person; provided, that suc persen shall not use said eeine for more than two (2) | Tharet oe.’ hours in any one day,” s> that said section when ameided shall read as follows: “Section 1. Itis hereby declarcd unlawful to kill any deer in thestie of Missouri under one year of age It is further declared unlawful to kill any dear of any age botween the firat day of January aad th:> first day of October in each yer; and for the purpose of preventing the ex tinction of the species, it is h-reby declared unlawful to kill any doe within five years afier the passage of thisact Itis furtaer declared ua lawful to kill any ecnz bird or insee- tivercus birlat any season of year, or to destroy the nests of such birds, or take therefrom any ezg or eggs. Itis further declared unlaw- ful to kill any turkey, p'nnated grouse (commoaly called prairie chicken) or rufiled grouse (commoa ly called pheasants cr partridges),or avy quail (sometimes called Virginia partridgee) between January 1 and November 1 of cash year, or any wocdeock, turtle dove, meadow lark orpluver between January 1 and August lin each year And it is further declared unlawful at any time or season to catch, take er in- jare by (any) meaus of nets, traps, pens or pits or other devices any kind of game as herein described witbin this State; and every person who shall killany wild ducks be- such person. Provided, that such person shall not use said seine for, A WAR-TIME FEUD SETTLED. | | day.” | Soldier’s Reunion and Poole is Dead. First and Last Prayer in Congress. | “I noticed you published in the ion of Confederate veterans was! “I have here the first prayer ia con-,Gwynett county, aad William H. | igress. It wili be of interest in com-| Cape cf Toccoa. They had not met | pariog the difference between the each other for years, and it is |days of 1777 und 1897.” , unlikely that either would bave | printed «nm good pape: and framed. | the other was comi: g- i It wes as fo'low:: Io ry Journal under ‘a duel for her hand while the re gi-| | fy-t prayer in Congress. out over a young womanand fought! the d. eof Bb a hot~ contaniog the identical ‘First | Neither wes seriously wounded end) Pra ei Uurgress. made by the neither got the gir!, but the differ. Rev d J. Deche ence between them never was set- 'Oue Hexaventy Father, high sod aepit. Kisy of Kings, and heal their wounded feeliags Loi-f Lads. who dost from thy| When they met yesterday they ig- throne behofde] the dwellere on|ncered cach other at first, but as the eirth, xnd reign s° with power: su-| day passed and the refreshments of prene aud uneortrolled over thejaliquid sort were generously dis-! king tows, pensed, their hatred for each other flamed up and they made war like | tmpires und govern- metts; look down in mercy. we be- Congress made by Rev. Hugh Jobn- |ncoa. Two of the old soldiers who | were appoiated for son,” said O. W. Edmonds Monday. | attended it were James S. Poole of | fellows: Durirg the wer they bad a falling jconsenren) at Omaha during the | Traus-mississippi | Gate to be selected by the president. | Negroes Endorse Bryan. | Quincy, Il!., Aug. 27.—The first morethantwo hours in any one ! aA ;couyention of the Negro Interstate | ; James Poole and William Cape Met at 2) Free Silver League closed here last | : Prof. Allen of this city is| Gainsville, Ga., Aug. 25.—A reun- the father of the League and made, night. the closing speech. He urged edu-| | Hereld last week the last prayer in| held at Lia Junction yesterday APS Ses tke negro and some of the! white folks as well. Organizers. five states as | Missouri—Harry L Grakam, Kan sas City; Hlinois—T. P. Rawlins of! ae | Chicago: lowa—F. O Alien of 2 lington: Minnesota—F. L. MeGee of : at | Minneapolis: Indiana—A. E. Man. »0thing to enter his mouth until the Tho praye: r-ferred to was neatly | tended the reunion bad be known ning of Indianapolis. Bur-| It was decided to hold the next! | Exposition, the A resolution was adopted heartily | ce»b-r, 1787 is found | meut was in camp near Chattanooga. | endorsing the late candidacy of Wil-| weak, and appears much em A reeolution was adopted censur- tied and time, apparently, did not|ing Gov. Tanner “for his recent act humiliating the negroes of State, in subjecting Maj. Buckner to a most contemptible court msrtial the Niggers at Annapolis. Washington, D.C., Aug. 25.—In jbesm murdered. seech thee, on these American states who have fled to Thee from the rod of the oppressor, and thrown them selves on Thy gracious protection, desiring henceforth to be depend- ent only on The; to Thee they have appealed for the righteoasness of their cause; to Thee do they now look up for that coatinuance ard suppert which Thou slona canst give; hear them, therefore, Heaven'y Father, unde: Thy nurturing cure, give them wisdom in council and valor in the field; defeat th> mali- cious design of our cruel advorsa- ries; convince them of the uaright- eousness of their cause; and if they persist in their sanguinary purpose, O let the voica of Thy unerring just- ice sounling in ther hearts, strain them to drop the weapons of war from their unnerved hand in the day of battle! Ba Thou present God of wisdom, and direct the coun- sels of this honorable assembly; en- cob: balt milo track, a return to the old-|tween the first day of April and the |jab!e them to settle things on the ‘time racing to please the country | first day of October, or who shall] best and surest foundation, that the people The kits track never waa|eDsnare, trap or kill by means of|scene of blood may ba speedily popular, for the reason that only the|#By explosives any wild ducks, or|cloeed, that order, harmony and start and finish could be ssen by the who shall shoot or kill the same be | peace may be effectually restored and crowd, and besides patrol judges tween sunset and sunrise by cee truth and justice, religion and piety had to be employed to watch the of gunpowder or other explosiyes of | prevail aud flourish among Thy peo- drivers and preyent unfair racing. The entries for the epeed ring con tests for both sweepstakes | purses are filling up fast,and it is be “Hieved the pacing and trotting races|trap or net wild geese or ducks on | poral bleesings a3 Thou seest expe- of any |bis own premises for his own use.|dient for them in this world, and will exceed ia interest those meeting ever held here. The exhibits of stock, especially those of shorthorn cattle and Berk. | shire swine, will be very fine. | An attractive feature of the fair, the arrangements for which are near- _ ing completion, is an interstate 10- | mile gold and silver runting race between Missouri and Ilinois, the | latter representing gold and the former silver. What's the Use ot Talking About colds and coughs in the sum- mer time. You may haye a tickliug cough or a little cold or baby may have » the croup and when it comes you ought to know that Parks cough Syruy is the best cure tor it. Sold by H. L.Tucker Widow Porter Weds. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 25.--As a startling eequel to the sensational suicide less than a month ago of Dr. J. D. Porter, proprietor of the Physician's Supply Company of this <ity, comes the announcement that his widow, Mrs. J. D. Porter, has _ been quietly married in Council | Bhifs to Harold E. Thomas, | nephew of Dr. Porter. Thomas and his wife are now in Kansas City, though keeping their residence a secret. Dr. Porter killed himself after bidding his wife and nephew good- by, telling them they would never see him again. He swallowed large _ quantities of six or seven different | ' poisons and also took gas Dr. Porter was intensely jealous of his wife, and particulanly objected 0 her going out cyc'iog with young | Thomas. Mrs. Porter was very at-! tractive aud much younger thin ber | husband. After Porter's death a will only | wo weeks cld was found, leaving} early ail of his estate, about $20,- 000, to his wife. Take a dose of Prickly Ash Bitters at night goto bed and you will feel bright any kind meanor. shall ba guilty of a misde Provided, that the provi- and | 8ions of this section shall not apply |shower down 02 them and the mil- to any person who shall ensnare, It shall also be unlawful for any per son to place, erect or maintain, or cause to be placed, erected or main- tained, in any waters of this State, orin front of the mouth cf any stream, slough bayou, any seine, net, gil!-net, trammel net, wing-net, bag-weir, brush dreg, fish trap, or fish dem, or other device for cateh ing fish, nor by any euch means shall take or catch any fish in any of the waters of this State. Provided, this section shall not apply to ponds, pools and reservoirs wholly on the premises beloaging to such person using such device or devices; and provided, a very small seine, not to exceed in Jength 15 feet, and known as a minnow seine, may be used for catching very small fish, commonly called minnows, to be thus caught to be used for biit or for stocking other waters with fisb, but for no other purposes Provided, such minnow nets shall not be used for any purpose except in counties where large streams flow containing game fish, and minnows are neces- sary to catch them with a hook; and provided further, the fish. commis- sion may use any necessary devices for the removing of fish from any ponds, pools or other waters where ple. Preserve the health of these bodies and vigcr of these minds; lioas they here represent, such tem- crown them with everlasting glory in the werld tocome. All this we askin therame and through the merits of Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our | Savior, Amen.”—Columbia Herald. Is Your Tongue Coated, your throat dry, your eycs dull and inflamed and do you tee! mean} generally when you get up in the morn- ing. Your liver and Kidney are not doing their work. Why don’t you take Parks Sure cure. If it dues not make you feel better it costs you nothing-— slaughter. accardance with instructions just! sent them by the Navy Department, | two negroes nominated as cadets! will appear at the Naval Academy) on Wednesday of next week for ex- amination for admission into that institutioa They ars John W.! Smith of Chicago and Richard C.| Bundy of Cincinnati. Between 90} and 100 white boys will undergo ex-| amination next week and Smith and Bundy will be examined with them.‘ Several negroes have passed en- trancs examinations, but haye even- tually come to grief on the various! examinations and graduate). preparations early in the afternoon. Finally they came together aud, ef ter a few savage words, Cape pulled out a pistcl and a kuife'and Poole a knife. Seciog that Poole had no pistol, Cape threw his away and they altacied each other with their long blades Cape plunged his knife into the neck of his antagon- ist, cutting through the collar bone and severing the jugular ver. Death followed almost immediately. Cape was arrested The Coroner's jury returned a verdict of man- Will Make Speethes for Hanna. Washington, D. C., Aug. 27.— Jobo Sherman, nominally Secretary of State, will goto Ohio early in September. He will make the trip ostensibly to help Mark Hanna out of a hole by making three speeches none hava ever Tortured tor Ther Money. Sisterville, W. Va. Aug. M. Irby, who lives tise miles from here, came to town and drew $570 in the State. Really bis trip has |foroil produced on his farm. Last for its object the making of changes |night three masked men went to} in the State department which will|Irby’s home, broke open the door, place First Assistant Secretary Day knocked Itby senseless with a club practically at the head of affairs and Heaad ead ahi ife a will leave for Mr. Sherman nothing | bound and gagged his wife aud tor- but perfunctory duties to perform tured her with burning candles for Mr. Day will be back the latter|two hours, trying to compel her to part of next week, and @s soon 88 |te}] where the moaey was I:by 1¢- Secretary Sherman is eafely out of gained conscicusness and the bur- town there will be a quiet reorgani- ; vation and a Neeak pameenk a the | glare then tortured him two hours. work of the department. Secretary | They finally lefe the couple bound day will have exclusive control of|hand and foot. They were discov- the negotirtions soon to be started] ered by the ncighbors and released. by the United States to settle the| yy, war in Cube, and all difficult diplo- z matic entanglements will be entrust ed to him for settlement. The re- meinder of the work will be appor- tioned between the second and third assistant secretaries of state. Irby is in a critical condition avd may die. Bound and Gagged. Toledo, O., August 25 —Three masked men weat to the farm house of William Hamlin of Oregon town- ship at midnight and called for Geo. May Have to Whip Spain, Havana, Aug. 27.—Iu a rabid anti American editorial the Diario dela Maricva calls the wission of Gen. Stewert L Weodford to Spain a failure, and then makes fun of the American “iouist Minister.” The pap:r adde: “Spain, no matter whether she is him, bound him hand and foot, and gagged him. The me: then rushed upstaire, where they met William Hamlin, who was sroused by the noise below The robbers ht him over the head with revolvers and Cherry, a farm hand. They seized; i HE EATs Nor. And Says That He Will Fast Faby 120 Days. Waco, Tex., Aug naday, lecturer, bas entered into a protracted f Zz riment. whieh he says will last 120 days. He bas not partaken of nourishment fon 1 days. He chews tobacco and drink water, but says he will quit both in 60 days, and thereafter will allo allow end of the full period. The purpose he explains, is to afford a demor- stratioa of the power of will oxen the flesh. Mr. Cannaday is already quits aciated? liam J. Bryan and expressing the but declares he has no craving fcr hope that be may be nominated and elected in 1900. | food. It is freely predicted that he will die of starvation. Parmer Wasson is Wissiag. Sedalia, Mo. Aug. 26—‘Doe | Wasson, a well to-do farmer living procedure, which all evideaca prov- | northwest cf bere, is missing and jed to have been unwarranted ~ j fears are entertained that he has He left here short time ago fora trip West wit! &@ wagon and team and had coneXt: erable money on his person. He | Was eccompanied by a woman whe has just retursed and claims she- knows nothing es to what become- of him. The ofiicers are proceeding, on the theory that Wasson was: fouliy dealt with for his money auc. team. Dressed Beef for Japaa. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 26.—The Armcur Packing Company is filling an order this week for forty cars 0° Kansas City mess beef for shipmen * to Japan for use by the Japanese army and navy. The sbipment ix perhaps the largest single beef order ever filled by a Kansas City house It cousists of 3,600 tierces of 35% pounds each, iv all about 114,000, 000 pounds. The first shipment was made last night, when a specia’ train oftwenty heavily loaded bee! cars Went out Whitecaps. z Bloomington, Ind., Aug. 25.—T le home of Milton Suthere, New Fair fax, was visited Tuesday night- The Whitecaps gave Suthers a se~ vere whipping and cruelly beaé hie mother. who is 50. Jotie Treadway was also lashed. The Whitesap:: were masked. . ° The a'leged cause of the White: capping is the Josee conduet of Soutbers. He was given xotice to leave the neighborhood. At Trimble’s drug store, a marvelous cure for all kidney compluints, nervous exhaustion and female weakuess, It is Foley’s Kidmes Care. Bonfield, Ml., Aug. 14, 1595. “Tam enbject tocramps and colic, and hate need many remedies, but find Foley’s Cel: Care beats them all.’’ W.L. Yeats. At Trimble’s drug store. Brained by a Women. Holly Springs, Miss. Aug. 27— A tragedy occurred near Hudeon- ville yesterday, when Lottie Mortin: and Mrs. Eliza Gatswood met on ‘the pub'iz read. Lottie was with \Mrs. Gatewooa’e hisbind ent & fight ensued, ia which, according, ta the wife’s account, the girl was _ backed or not by the European Sold ay H. I Tucker j powers, will not allow foreign in- then tied him up in the same man- ner. Meanwhile two other robbers Mock Marriage. Dallas, Tex, Aug. 25.—E. T. Hill from Memphis, appears to b2 in a bad fix. Heis accused of having run away With Miss Grace Bryan, 17 years old, of Memphis, and of having a wife at Lucy, Tenn He will talk but little, except to state that he will fight extradition when the Memphis cfficer arrive. } The young woman, however, de | clares that she married Hill secret!y at Memphis last Thursday night. | The statutes of Tennesses are un usually severe on men guilty of the} offense Hillis charged with. He may be imprisened for not less than 10 nor more than 20 years- | Mies Bryan's father is said to bea} rich planter, living about six miles | arrested last night on instructions | with total ruin to both sides. ! perienced and you will say: ‘‘It feels so good. trusion into her affairs, and the Yankees will most surely provoke a war which they know will only end rushed into the room occupied by a . son of Hamlin, dragged him ovt of bound hi d and fcot. “War with the United States perl andjbound ye uend heat eco would only raise Spain’s patriotic EG ue ese ea Be enthus‘asm and the people would from top to bottom. confront the foreigners as a nation, Ee pete while to the United States it would Hobos Make a Haid. only prove a preceding panic to a Holgate, O, Aug. 27 —Tke home coming catastrophe.” of John R. Williams, 11 miles ssuth- west of here, was raided by tramps last night, when Miss Edith Wil- liams and Frank Collins were to be married. About 25 guests bad assembled, when ‘tramps attacked the house with clubs and revolvers, drove the guests intoa milk house and took | possession cf the place, eating the Father Shot, | wedding supper, after which they Seamer oD Aue. 27.—Near | ransacked the place. A coat was Paal'a Valley, GW. tretkaon was | taken, in the pocket of which was shot acd instantly killed by his 16 | ‘8° Btrez° cence year old sop, Albert. Jackson had | escaped | It Hits the Spot. When suffering from a severe cold and your throat and lungs feel sere, take a dose of Foley’s Honey and Tar. when the soreness will be e at once relieved, & warm, grateful feeling and heal- ing of the parts af- fected will be ex- T HITS THESPOT.’’ It is guaranteed. At d. A, Trimble’s drug store. The tramps | brained with a heavy stick bef ge~ Eliza’s heart. Eliza covrendereé 2 and is now in jail in “cia city. . ~~ THEINFLUENGE. of the Mother stiapes the course of unborn gendt#éous—gors sounding through ¥/ the ages and enters the confine “a Eternity. With what care, there | fore, should the Expectant Mot#=- } er be guarded, and how great the effort be to ward off danger and make her life joyous and happy. ‘MOTHER'S FRIEND allays al¥ Nervous- ness, re- lieves the | Headache she could plunge her knifsminte . | person offending against any of the} Belleville, I!1. Aug. 18 —Johs P | in their jadgement, the aafety of the \from Memphis. She seems to te| fish or the object of this law will be! 5 ly devoted to Hill promoted by such removal. Any | digitata provisions of this section shall be} Arrold, ayeteran of the late war,! deemed guilty of a misdemeasor, ‘aged 67, died at St. Elizabeth's hos aad subject to fine and punisbmeat/ pital in Belleville from the effects of | been absent from home severe! days, | leaving his son home with his step- : mother. In the night Mrs. Jackson beard footsteps ia the yard. Ske aroused} the boy, who armed himself with a, The Rev. J. L. Doxey, arriving upon the scene while the tramps were enjoying their feast. was re- lieved of his watch and $15 in money. Several other guests were rovbed. Winchester and stood in readiness, while Mrs Jackson drew the win-/ Welcb. W. V - Aug. 26.—Eight i therefor. Any person offeading | a pe-vous shock sustained by him at| sgainst any of the proyisions of this! New Athens last Thursday, wheel ‘section shall be deemed guilty of a be attempted to commit suicide. dow curtain aside A man was dis-| Prisoners broke jail bere last night. | covered looking through the win-| Among them was Seymour Gray,) dow, with his face partly covered by! who was to be hanged next Friday bis hat. The boy fired and the man for the murder of a pcliceman at \ ; Cramps; and Nau- - > sea,and sa Gm e fully pre- i . Zea pares "ae | System that Childbirth is made casy and the time of recovery short- ened—-many say ‘stronger after than before confinement.” It im sures safety to life of both moth- erand child. All who have used « Mother's Friend” say they will acs- misdemeanor and subject to a fize| He was taken to the county farm) of not less than $10 nor more than| at the time, but afterward conveyed | $50. Proyided, that nothing in this} py a friend to the hospital. The ef-/ )seciton shall be construed to pre | fort at self-destruction was made by | j vent apy person from catching fish j cutting the arteries ia bis wrists. jas mext morning. It will insure jous and healthy passage of the bow- ed appetite and Sigsstien, and in- gnerey, body and brain. It beats ing Soiake because its reviving influ- is nat . hence permanent. Sold by with a seine, with meshes not less than two (2) inches in size, in any stream of water flowing throagh or bordering on lands belonging to He will be buried to-day by the Woman's Relief Ccrps of Hecker cemetery. felia corpse. which proved to be that cf his father. Carley Chiet Dead- i Perry, Okla, August 23.—Carly | Chief, one of the most noted Pawnes| | Reystoue condemned murderer, is them. among Welsh, W. Va. August 27—Sey- Indians, died at his home 30 miles! mour Grey, charged with murder, east of here Saturday. He was re-} who was to hang here next ,Thurs- “* | ported to be over 100 years old andj day, and who escaped a few days Post, 442, G. A. R, at Walnut Hill| had been a leader in all the Indian|ago from jail, was captured near wars of the first half of the century. | Keystone today. Albert Voiers, another | €r be without it again. No othe: | remedy robs confinement of its pass | 4A customer whose wife used ‘Mother's Friend” Saysthat if she hadto go the ordes® again, and there were but four bottles to te obtained, and the cost was $190.00 per bottle, hx would haye them.” Geo.Lartos, Dayton, Obie Sent by Mail,on t of $180 PER PUT. mai ‘~e spon application, comtaizing vai ‘Tut EX> FIELD REGULATOR CO., ATiamrTs, Go SLD BY ALL ORUGEISTS. ct ta Ceaser contract ne! sramsporett