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He is in Prison. St. Joseph, Federal. i which leads ¢ Mo., J ers have lin May Carter, ¢ gineers, Uuited eda large portic wealthin minesin old Mexico through the ageney of two St. Joseph “ton- tine” men. While Carter was serving his sen- tence of five vears in the Fort Leav enworth penitentiary let'ers to Car- ter were sent from Mexiec Joseph, the “tontine’ men delivered them toa penitentiary guard whom Carter had won over, and the guard delivered them to the ex captain in the cell. The guard made fr quent trips to St. Jesepn after letters, and adroitly did he perform this service ofa “go-between” that the peniten- tiary otticinis tid not suspect what was going on under their very noses to Sf Ro Lulu Kennedy Freed By Jury. Kansas City, Jan, 20 —Mre Lulu Prince Kennedy Kramer, on trial 9 second time for the murder in Jana- ary, L001. of her firer husband, Piilip H. Kennedy, was found not guil y by a jury here today. At her first trialshe was convicted and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary, The case was reversed aud remand ed, and during her release on bond, last Kramer, an attorney, who had de fended her brother, Will Prince, who February, she married John later was convicted on a charge of conspiring with the defendant to kill Kennedy. Mrs. Kennedy killed Kun nedy, who was local agent for the Merchants’ Dispatch Transportation Co., a month after they had been married, He had refused tolive with her, bringing suit to have thet riage aunniled on the ground that he had been forced into it, The verdict of acquittal was found solely on the ground that Mrs. Ken- nedy was insane when she shot her husband, The jury, however, found that “the defe it has since regain ed her sanity,” which will save her from being sent to an asylum “HANDS ACROSS THE SEA.” Special Wire Will Join Banquets in London and New York. New York, Jon, 30 —While Til grims of the United States are dining at Delmonico’s to morrow evening, the Pilgrimea in London will be at supper in the Carlton Hotel. 3y a special arrangement wi h the Commercial Cable Company « direct wire will be run into each hetel for the occasion, thus enabling the Pil grims to give a practical demonstra tion of the “Hands Across the Sea” principle for which the organization stands, Here and abroad the Pilgrims are distinguished men—statesmon, seler tiste, church dignitaries, authors anc publicists. It is the purpose and de sire of the men thus banded togeth:r to cultivate and to extend friendship and fellowship between Wogli-hmen and Americans in every walk of life Rishop Potter, president of the Pilgrims of the United States, is to preside at the dinner to morrow night. The speakers are to be Wood: row Wilson, president of Princeton; John W. Griggs, former Attorney General of the United States; James Beck, Senator Depew and other prominentmen. The British Ambav- sador, Sir Henry Mortimer Durand. will be a special guest and many eminent men from different parte of the country will be present. Cow Brings Four Calves In Eleven Months Even. Nevada Mail. F. T. Lestalleet of Moundville township, was attending business in Nevada Friday. Heiuformed a Mail representative that he had a Jersey cow which brought him on the 13th day of February, 1903, a pair of twin calves, and on the 13th day of January, just eleven months, she brought him another pair of twins. Each set of twins are divided between the sexes. All ofthe calves are liv- ing. Mr, Lestalleet does not believe that there is much bad luck about the date 13. At any rate, it is not so on bis farm. The Republicans in Kansas City and Jackson county made a clean sweep for Roosevelt at their prima- ries on Tuesday. It is pretty gener- ally coxceded that Roosevelt will carry the state. Railroad APPORTIONMENT Telegraph and Teleptone Scheel Meneys for the year 19°3. | Dist , te 8 MINGO TOWNSHIP ‘4 SPRUCE TOWNSHID, DEEP WATER TOWNSHIP, ’ ROCKVILLE TOWNSHIP, PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP, SUMMIT TOWNSHIP, SHAWNER TOWNSHIP, » Re 1 “ ‘ “ 5 GRAND RIVER To WNSHIP, . No, 1 ~ Ne 1 ts 3 “ 4 DEER CREEK TOWNSHIP, . No, 1 6 MOUND TOWNSHIP, No. 1 “ 4 MT PLEASANT TOWNSHIP, LONE OAK TOWNSHIP, No. 1 “ 4 “ 6 OSAGE TOWNSHIP, AGE A No. 4 ND HOWARD TOWNSHIP 1 2 3 “ 4 NEW HOME TOWNSHIP. . No 1 ace | “4 Wo 4 CHARLOTTE TOWNSHIP, » No. ELKHART TOWNSHIP. . No. Dist. “ “ “ “ “ “ EAST BOONE TOWNSHIP. No. 1 ay “ WEST BOONE TOWNSHIP, » No 1 2 . “ 3 “ 4 WEST POINT TOWNSHIP ~ Mo, 2 “ =| Bates county, he: WALNUT TOWNSHIP HOWARD TOWNSHIP, . STATE OF MISSOURI, ‘ee. County of Bates. 5 1, J. FP. Merrell, clerk of the county court of by certify the above tobe a 7 8 | correct copy of the apportionment of the rail- =| road, t and telephone school moneys for the year 1903. {seat} Witness my han and seal of said court Suth day of January, 1904, J. F. HERRELL, Clerk, Was an Eccentric Kansan. Independence, Kan , Jan 30 —\Mre Maria Uitts, who died suddenly in Louisville, Ky., was an ecceatric old woman, who lived alone in a humble ” cottage in this city for a long while, She was supposed to have considera ble property, but no, one ever knew Inst what she was worth, Her hus band came here in an early day and bought a farm west of this place, where the couple lived for a good many years, and the farm increased in size year after year, They also accumulated other property, and later moved to town and bought the home where Mrs. Uitts has lived, Uer husband died there. They came from Kentucky, and Mrs, Uitts visit- ed there occnsionally. She had two sons, who live in the country nesr here. Mrs. Vitts, of Independence, Kan , was found dying in a Louisville depot yesterday, She was removed and died in a hospital. She had in her pocket negotiable paper worth $20,000. To Borrow Federal Money. Washington, Jan 30.—A delega- tion from the Louisiana Purchase “Joxpcsition, headed by ex Governor $51 62 Is 23 06 22 14 8s 26 08 | bill. Vrancis, was given a hearing to-day before a sub-committee of the ecm mittee on appropriations, The rey.- resentatives of the exposition asked for a loan of 44 million dollars from the government on condition that the loan be repaid out of the first receipts of the exposition. The plan ix to have provision for this loan in- corporated in the urgent deficiency The Senate sub committee on that bill consists of Senator Hele, Senator Allison, Senator Gallinger. Senator Teller and Senator Cockrell, Shot By Treacherous Moros. Manila, Jan. 25 —It has jnst been learned here that Lieutenant Camp ;| bell W. Flake, of the Twenty-second afautry, was killed while trying to enter Moro Cotta, in Mindanao, for the purpose of examining the lecal- ity. He was accompanied by Private *) Poy, of the same regiment. Lieutenant Flake was shot treach- “Jerously, the Moros firing on the per- $79.) 60 30 68 $24 80 19 84 61 38 13 4 ‘$44 02 Ws 61 38 19 22 35 Ot $1y 22 24 24 80 43:40 26 66 2 4 40 #2 _ 4% $29 14 3472 21 08 wR 19 22 wR $32 24 27 28 33 48 27 9 88 $27 0 28 52 5518 14 $21 80 2m) . are 23 6,etove polish, thinking it was soap, | 1 4 73 78 ‘ ty while Major Bullard was parleying with them. Moro Cotta was at once taken by assault, with nofurtherloss to the expeditionary forces, The estimated lows umong the Moros is twenty killed, “Bryan Has Got the Stage.” Princeton, N. J., Jan. 25.—Former President Cleveland, when asked to- night by the Associated Press corres- pondent fer his opinion to W.|J. Bryan’s statement that no man who voted the Palmer Buckner ticket can be nominated by the Democrats, smiled, and said: “T have not a word to say on the matter excep that Bryan has gotthe stage. Lethim goit. I guess that’s Ceinite enough.” Killed in Cyclone, Rich Hill Review. Chas T Seymour was killed in the cyclone at Moundville, Alabama. Deceased was the husband of Miss Kate Thurman and will be remem- bered after this explanation by many of our readers. His remains will be brought here for burial on the 27th. We heard of a fellow who is so fru- sal that he always tek-s his bath in the dark, rather than stand for the additional expense ofa light. The other night he got hold of a cake of and you cm imagine the conge- quences.—Ex. The Standard of Excelleace holds first place and has for 28 years. In that period BOTTLES ,00 1,310,000,000227285 More than all other beers combined. 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