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I DGES COMING TO COURT. Ready tor Jail. | Agsinffthe county jud ves of St.! e@fuvty, Miseoun, wil! appear | the Uvited States court here to| ow/cauee why they decline to levy | tx for the payment of railroad | ppdsierued yeurs apo The new ik aah Di Ok Bd dk ak BE did Dall , jeder s,cne of wh m, is Thomas! gil, wil yo before Judge Jobo F. | jjips to d-y, and will ray, as their pauy pred cessers have dore, that y re'use to tax the people f their quaty for raulroads which were ever built It is probable that fladge Phiips wil thea ord-r that judges be committed to jail for pptemptfcourt, and the judges ‘Tali cheerfully accept the seutence "For ten years and more a deter. jned effort has been made to force county judges of St.Ciar und ess counties to levy taxes foc the qudation of the claims against the puuties for ralroed bouds which wre issued soon after the war. Nove of the roa's for which bode e issued wee ever built aud the ople of the counties maintsia that bey thiu'd not be called upon to Ii te yfor wharthey never received. he bounds were sold by promoters » fotbe parties who are now suring bo them Tue county judges of St Clair outihnd Cass couuties are vow elected jhtbe underetanding that they versrill yo to jal rather than order a “Avy, and there is no reison for I qpupposing that the new jadges will eto break treir faith with the ople of tueic counties, It is pown that Judge Philipa is becom- g weary of the coutinuous seading the judges tu jul, aud be would probably be glad to ces the case dis reported of in some other way. Tbousands suffer from Catarrh or old in head und bave never tried popular remedy Thereis no 7, pger any excuse, #8 @ 10 cent trial * pize of Ely’s Cream Balu can be had your Droggist or we will mail it 10 cents. Full size 50 ceuts ELY BROS.. 66 Warren St, NY Dit: & A tried advi-ei meto try Ely’s Cream Balm and after using it six ke I telinve myself cured of Ny wh. Itiea meet valuble remedy . loreph Stewart, 624 Crand Ave ayomue. Brooklen, N Y dW. DEMON RUM SHOCKS TOPEKA. osures in Christian Endeavor Meeting chi Make a Stir. Topeka, Kau, Dec. 1 —Society in is city ison tip.toe over the dis- Osures mad~ atthe First Congre tional church Surdsy night by Mies Olivia Van Tassel, a young dy prominent in church and society ircl-a A Sunday night was temperance ight at the churches and the young op'e gave in their experiences. ef them were pot #s candid as iss Van Vaseel. She related some bucking scenes that have occurred behind the curtains of society in the Uapital city. She drew a thrilling picture of t'e fall of a prominent : oun man beexuse of drink and She be tasted was er held society responsible for it id the first cup Riven to him by one of the leading loung lalies ia society, and sie held Y Per responsible for bis moral roin She ssid that it was a common cus- : for society ycung ladies to INGitisponee wine to their gentlemen aeallers in Topeka rt jo Miss Van Tassel was very earnest . her statements and in denuncia tion of the prevalent custom. The women of Topeka are much exercis- ty. dover the matter and Miss Vao oa el’s remarks are the talk of the Lost. any have lost confidence and hope well as health, because they have een told their Kidney disease was #iteurable. Foley’s Kidney Cure is a waranteed remedy for the discour- ged and disconsolate. J A Trimble, ugzist. Girl Convicted of Marder, tthews, a pretty quadrocr @™ Was conv ct-d of murd ) | Waco, Tex., December 2.—Kate \ nd is indicted as a Re five years in the state reforma- PANDO SHOT, in Battle, | Havava, Via Key West, Fla, Dec. ' 2.—A report that Gen. Pando, who! was placed in charze of the military | op-rati nyin Cube by G-n. Blanco, bas been killed in an e gayement| with insu-vents in Santa Clara prov- iuce bas just reached Havava This report ioteuse excitement in th+ palace and | | bas caused the most No details bave be nj received beyond the s'ateweut tbat h- was shot in a battle with a force of iusuzenis wh. Official © reies on the mech from Sagua La Grande Santa Clara, to Triuid-d, where he was to take a sbip aud go to Manzanillo, ia the eastern province of Sautag» d- Cuba. Stwultaue usly with the repo t oi Gen. Paudo’s death we bave ose of a battle wih iimurg ns ven Matanzas, iu which the Spauisb forces were driveu from the tie d. The engagemevt was bitterly fought, aud itis asserted tbat the losses of the Spanish were very heavy. For Kidney Troubles there is nothing better than Foley’s Kiduey Cure. Everyone who tries it Il agree to this, J A ‘Trimble, drug- t. Farthquake Shocks im Kansas Kausas City, Mo., Dee 2—Sp+- cials from Pratt aod Kingman, Kao, bulf way uc:oss the state and near the Oslahoma boundary, cay sligbt earthquake shocks wer~ felt at those places list night. No damage ap pears to bave been done. At Pratt a distinct shock was ex- perienced at 12:58. It was not re. vere, but strong enough to cause furniture to rock and Jamps and dishes to rattle The disturbance law'ed about three seconds. The shock at Kingman was felt at la.m. Vibrations were from north to south, lasting about ten seconde. No damege so far as known. At Bluff City, Harper county, buildings were ehaken perceptibly, “caring people into the streets, and articles were tumbled from shelves No serious damage Wanted to See Hom Squirm. Helena, Ark., Dec. 2 —A singular accident occurred ia this city to-d»y which will result in the death of av inoffensive negro. George Washing ton is the man’s name. He wa- playing with a couple of young mer, Mesers. Daggett Certer and Rob Polk, were amusing themselves b, punching him with sn umbrella to see him squirm. Fivaliy Carter mide a thrust at the man’s eyer, when, instead of flinching,be duckea his head, catching the point of tbe umbrella stem, which was of steel, iv in his left temple, near the eye. The steel penetrated the skull a full inch The negro fell on the floor and has not uttered a word since. Two pbyeiciaus say that he will die Young Carter is greatly distressed Don't think that your liver need treating if youare bilious It don’t It's your stemach. That is your stomach is realy what causes the bilousness It bas put your liver out of order See what's the matter with your stomach. Sick stomach poisons liver and then there’s trouble. Sbaker Diges- tive Cordial cures stomach and theu all’s well. That's the cass in a nut shell. Shaker Digestive Cordial is no se cret. Formula’s on every bottle But it’s the simple honest way it's made, the honest Shaker herbs and other ingredients of which it’s com- posed, that make it eo efficacious Avy real case of indigestion and biliousness can be cured with a few bottles of Shaker Digestive Cordial. Try it. Sold by druggist, price 10 cents to $1 00 per bottle. Merchant and Burglar. Belle Piain, Mion, Dee. 3 —A. E. Shipley, a merchant in Springfield. leeunnonce store. The safe in his | private apartments has beea opened In the safe were many diaweond jriugs, gold bracelets and jewelry cf uding seven J& te pany had sett were stolen from him. Shipley was reputed to be worth $10,000. | day }Io. was shot dead while robbing a} - Mgr Hobb'e of“ tothe killing. The jury gave | Hampton, found three bicycles which | A STREAK OF E , SLEW FOR SWEETHEART’S SAhE | ! | Batch of St. Clair CountyMen The Spanish General Reported Killed! Administration Leaders to Solve a/ Remarkable Confession Made by Wm. Knotty Probiem, Kern of Waterioo, lo. Washington, D.C, Nov. 30.—The Waterloo, Ia, Dee 3.—William sub committes of the house c ymmit- Kern lias made a cor feason implicat | tee on appropriations, which bas di-| ing his sweetheart, D-liab Fales, in| rect charge of the legislation, execa-| the murder of Jercm- Kern, aud has} tive aud departmental appropriation | confessed biwself to Lave been the} measures, held its firs: meeting toe! willing dupe avd accomplice He It was cled by Chsirman ' says he loved ber © He bad no par- Cannov, ostensibly for the purpose! ticalar enmity against his fatber; | of pareeling outiu advance of the/says that bis father o! jected to bis m~eling ci congress the regular ap. attachment to Miss Fa'es; they had prepra‘iou weasures that will come| no disagreement and lived in har-| before it | mony beneath the same roof. th- sub-committee, instead of the} \ Such was the strength of bis fas | however, inaugue ciralioa for the woman who tempted) ths com-}h m, however, that when she unfold | Prieacd +archiog investigation of }ed to him the detaiis of a plot to which} slay both his parents, take poes-ssion The| of their little property and get war- expreted route, teed whatis to be mos? dopartuencal expendituras haste ou mid- in wany years. hat- ft partments, chiefs of di-|ried, he consented t> as-ist in the Vis ons and clief cleks of all thejslaughter. A plot was laid to lure @v-' veot buceaas hive been ootie| Jerome Kero into tha timber aod fie! thet they will bava to appear before tre coumittes to ex; lain the system en which governmeut work is con ‘ucted, and to give reasons for every increasa asked for in the | duced to leave the bouss. Deiab anoual estimates. Fales Jay in wait for him, after eu- The reason for this move on the] gaging the uususpecting man in con- part of the r-publicau committee on | tersation, fired the fata! ehot. appropriation is not bus-d om asud-| According to young Kern's con- don strenk of economy on the part|fessi-n, ‘he two then saturated the of its members, but on direct orders} clothing of the dead min with oil from the president that every ex-| and set fire to them, the object being penditure must be cut te the mini-|to couceal the mauner in which he mom = The administration hae} 4'*d He alleges that the oil can + ,|and the revolver were buried by the awakened to. the unpl-aeant fact! Fales woman in the woods Kern that it will have by the time con-| was made to confess through the areas meets a deficit of nearly $50.-| work uf detectivee, who induced a 000 000, all incurred since the be-|young man to haunt bim in the gioning of the fiscal year, July 1. In| 8%8¢ cfa ghort of the murdeved thea peas Aiton father The ghost worked ov the © endclravor to reduce expenditures! young. man's perves to euch an ex to the d+ creased income of the Diog-| tent that he finally weakened. ley tar ff bill and thus check the ——— mor.thly deficit, the administration leaders in congress bave not been ootified that this must be a session of retrenchment. All public buildiag bills are to be held up; »ppropriations to complete those under way will be granted only when it is necestary to prevent Lazarus. lose; river and harbor appropriations Inherited blood di grapes will be cut, aud every endeaver made] more difficult to cure than those whict ti ¢ ini | are acquired. One of the most commo1 o check the enormous drein in ex: hheredi dinncees dx fala, which cess of government the medical profession admit is mos ae obstinate and deepseated, and their ef Removal. forts to cure it meet with little success We take pleasure in announcing that] A Child afflicted with Scrofula is alway: atter this date Parks Sure cure will re- puny and sickly, and can never grov move all traces ot rheumatism, kidnes into healthy manhood until the disease roubles and liver complaint from the then make away with him The wur- der of the m:th-r was accomplished ata later date. Oa the morning ot the murder the elder Kern was in- A Modern is eliminated. Scrofula leads into con sumption nine times out of ten, so tha user It is the only medicino that is | ?7™P" guaranteed to cure these diseases or no it is important for this reason that im day, Parvs sure cure is sold by H. L. mediate attention be given to all chil Tncker dren who inherit the slightest taint. —_---———— € Mrs. S. S. Mabry, 360 Elm St., Macon Germany Backs Dowa. a., writ : Bae “My boy, Charlie, inherited a scrofu. Berlin, Nov 30—The German] lous bl taint, and from infancy wa: med ite i | covered with terrible sores, his sufferinge government bas abapden dite inten Berg taurine Un iwaxkinincecbleker ‘ion of ssnding the war ship Genon | dress him for three years. to Port au Prince, Hayti., to enforce the demands for the payment of io femnity to Herr Emi! Lu-ders for alleged false imprisonment. The Gefien, instead, will bs sent to re- enforce the German fleet in the Chi | ese waters. Baron Von Bulow, tbe German Minister for foreign #ffaire. to-diy gave the Usited States Am \ bassador, Mr A D. White, a wholly \ satisfactory explanation of Ger- mauy's intention toward Hayti. i Two Milliens a Year When people buy, try, and buy again, it} means they’re satisfed.” The people of ‘the Cathartic at the rate of two “million boxes Of : year and it willbe three million before New CHARLIE MABRY re eee dowel roved, poclpewta be head and body were a mass everybody the y: und. All druggist 19ct: and his nose was swollen te 30. Sc. box, maranteed. times its natural size; to add tc ‘n a bs misery he had catarrh, which made bim almost deaf, and his eyesight alse became affected. No treatment was spared that we thonght would relieve lim, but he grew worse until his condi- t oa was indeed pitiable. A dozen blood remedies were given him by the whole- sale, but they did not the slightest good. I had almost despaired of his ever Leing cured, when by the advice of a friend we gave him S.S.S. (Swift’s Specific), and at first the inflammation seemed to in- crease, but as this is the way the remedy gets rid of the poison, by forcing it out cf the system, we were encouraged and continued the medicine. A decided im- provement was the result, and after he had taken a dozen boitles, no one who knew of his former dreadful condition would have recognized him. All the The girl went oa into the | sores on his body have healed, his skin Bioody Dactin Arkausas, Little Rock, Ark, Dec. 2—Par ticulars of a tbree-cornered duel which took place ata couatry church near Huntsvilie, Madison county, last night, were received here to day. Seth Lowe, Will Poillips aud Jobn Howard, three farmers living in the neighborhood, were in love with the same girl, Miss Ireoe Pruitt Mise Pruitt went to prayer meeting with Phillips Jas: night and there they wet the other two young} j men. ee RRR At RAR RAR eee g 3 ¥-J TYGARD, HON. J. B.NEWSEBRY, ere ee Re eet eee J. C.CLARK, ? President Vice-Pres't Cashier 2 BUTLER, Mo. | Successor to BATES COUNTY NATIONAL BANK. § CAPITAT ¢76 8 Veli AL, Bates Couniy | Money to loan on real estate title to all lands and town lo securities always on band and forsale. | Capital, -« g : Esrasuistiap Dec., Isto. $75,000. s A Genera! Banking | g Business Transacted. nvestmentCo., BUTLER, MO. = $50,000. ,atlow rates. Abstracts of ts in Bates county. Choice Abstracts of title furnished, tithes examined and ail kinds of real estate papers drawn, F. J. Tycarp President, V Jxo.C. Haves, Abstractor, G. W. CLARDY, Mayor. CLARDY, ELWOOD & CO., Suecesors to Cr Hon. J. B. Newnerry, Jc r Cranx, Seo’y. & Treas. 5. F. Warvoc iee-President, COPCCOSOOOD. J.D. ELLWOOD, acpy & Bresen, Real Estate, Loans» Abstracts. We do a General Real 009000 We are now preparing a revised by us. Bring or send us complete you are now listed with us, please Estate and Exchange Business, and Make a Spec a'ty of Abstracts. list of Lands, for sale or exchange description of your property. tt give us new description and price. Yours for business, 7 CLARDY, ELLWOOD & CO. Charles O’ Keefe 1s Pardoned 4 Jefferson City, Mo., Dec, 2.—Gov- ernor Stephens today pardoned Charles O'Keefe, who was convicted of the crime of seduction in Ral's county and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary O'Keefe hae been io prison only a fw days, as his sentence was not affirmed by th- supreme court uvt:! November 16 Io his orter for the pardon gov- ernor Stephens savs it was repre sented to bim that O'Keefe,although be absconded wheo the affair was iret discovered, voluntarily return ed, covfessed his guilt, and offered the only amerde honorable unde: the circumstances. The girl was prevented from marryiug him by her relatives. Tbis left no other alter- native than for the law to take ite course. Under date of November 17, 1897, Mies Lizzie Hightower, the injured party, wrute the governor as followe: “L ask you in the name of God and in my own name, to grant the par don of Chatles O'Keefe, who is con- demned for my seduction. I am willing to see him g» free, but I can not marry kim, because I do not love him now.” The petition filed with the governor for O’Keefe'’s pardon officers of Ralls county, of all the jury who tried tho case, and the proeecuting attorney and a large isan exceedirgly strong one, con- | taining the names of all the county | siameaiiaale Native Delegates From the Hawaiian Islands San Francisco, Cal, Dec. 2--A delezation of Hawaiian islanders ar- rived on the Baelic and are now en route for Wasbington, where they go on bebalf of their constituents to oppose annexation The delegat:ons consists of David Kalauokalani, Jas. K Kavlea, Wiliam Auld and Col, Joba Richardson. The two firat named are of tho, pure native race, and the others part Europeans. Col. Richardson is the spokesman ef the delegation. The other three do not epeak Englivh very well. Cok Richardson did not want to sp-ak of their plans in detail, because be thought it would not be courteous to members of the United States sevate to give out for publication ficte and data ivtended to be laid before the body when the annexatii n treaty comes up for discussion. Col. Ricbardeon sait: “We come as delegates from the native population. We were chosen in amass convention assembled by petition circulated and generally signed. We have papera and da'a to lay before the senate in Washing- ton, but do not desire to give them out for the present No; I hold vo official position in the islands otber than that of d-l+ | gate on thie mission. Note of us holds any ¢ fficial position. We are +I! |anti government, as well as anti-xn- number of the best people of the eee CASTORIA. G | Pope's Order Prevents a Carlist Insurrec- tion in Spain. New York, Dec 2.—A cable to the Jourval from Rome says: According to the Ri ma, the Pope ‘his demanded that Don Carles sbould postpone the iseue of the manifesto to bis adherents, at avy |rate for the present, under the pain | of bis displeasure. Spain, and to her boy King against the Carlists. perfect’y clear and smooth, and he tored to perfect health.” Iorgan, one of the promi- of Macon. and a member |boildiug while the men repaired Ae jsbort distance away to discuss the | |situation. Howard snd Lowe jump | FP ed onto Puillips, who got cut bis re Howard throush ore he esuld k Lowe with the terrible ie Mabry, and . effected in bis roves it to volver aud snot the body, bat the s-cund tim bis pistol d free to any ad. 5 years of age, | le f id Specific Company, Beulah Gutchines, y : Oks disappeared from her bh: me at Man- dress by the Swi | kato, Kan, a few days ago. Atlanta, Ga. f aldermen of that city, | ‘as Leo XIII. remains alive. i quake Gutbrie, about sterday, lasting onds Buildings were shaken ce. used v speakers and singers, | ple’s drugstore, ' It is realized here that the Pope | cor stitutes the strongest bulwark of | defense to the Queen Regent of It is rot thought that any Carlist ‘insurrection will take place as long was felt at nexation. We have never taken thé ;oxth of allegiance to the present | government. “How many of the people bave . ‘taken the oath? Well, the last verte - _wes 2,000. I think the number sho | have taken the oath that—probably about 3,000 in «ll | The total population is 109,000 Y a | see that itis not a government of ithe people. Ocly 3,000 out of the | whole number are in favor of anvex- \ ation.” | “How 1s the white sentiment on | the question?” was asked. | “That is divided likewise.” None of the gentlemen composing i the delegation sre io any way rela ed | to the royal family of Hawaii. CASTORIA. Offered to Gov Washington, D.C, Dec 3.—Pres- ident McKinley bas offered the po- siticn of Attorney Gen fsa every wrazyet Griggs. ralto G v. Jobo W. Griggs of New Jersey. Ho I the matter under advisem-16 will ret ! answer withio s expected tha w Je ¥ > nt Hobart ia said to about the offer to is more thao . en insect