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1 TBOE 'LEADER DEMOCRAT! I 0 VoU SO No. 2 52. TUESDAY EYENISd i TIIE LEADER DEMOCRAT, 81'IIINGFIELD, MO FEJJUAUY 1, 1S93. Prlco Two Cents THE WEATHER. WASHINGTON FORECASTFor Mis souri: lura easing ciouuineas lo nlght; possibly mow Wednesday; rlnlnf temperature; variable wind.

J.OOAL Fl'HKOAST For Springfield and vicinity i Fair tonight and W'oJ 1 nesday. How Many Boys Have you? Whether one or a dozen you should bring them to us to Clothe, Hatand Furnish, Ve 'can please the boys better and save you more money than any other house In town. Our boy's apparel department receives such careful attention that only ihe most serviceable and stylish goods arc jriven house room, while the prices arc purposely made so little to attract big business. Mothers Friend Shirt Waists 50c Mothers Frie id Shirt Waists, ro. 35 75: Mothers FncnJ Shirt Waists, oow SO 1.00 Mothers Friend Shirt lists, ...7 Globe Clothing House, 118 S.

Cor. Square. 'two mm SHAPES cur lhe Mens Shoes Per im To Retail at $3 to $5, 0 "Our Wail All tlie eewtst shades are represented, newest stitch lap asd saapes. All sizes: ail wlitiis. Sesi us your nail order We pay tie trtliiu Vintofl Co: 123 SOUTH SIDE SGUABEm be MORE BONOS ARE ISSUED mreftnios wratm two Mnvvr FOR THM CONDITIO OF niB TRBASI HYi pamikut or i nons iuit tOSTlI WAI TUB OAU9U.

the Mmt Om.Mohi That tarn. Mar da Arm Otm Ik. Ida mm CiHiM The cltj council today found It necessary to issue bonds for the pay ment of tie currept expenses of Uie city. Purine the month of Jtnturv 118.000 of bond were liquidated, which so depleted the treasury that there, was not enough now; to moat all bills and salaries for that month. An Interesting foature of this morn.

Inn's sxulon of the elty council was the report of the street commissioner, snowing uie amount of money ex ponded In the various ward, rlnrlnr Ue final, yea. Botuetlme ago a rso imioa was passed providing that the money expooded on the streets be ap pvneq equally among the various ward. The report ttila morning shows that there hae been a wldo diverge nee from tbht plan. The etixit commltr.n.i the expenditures la the various wards from June. 1S7.

to ilos elusive. as follows: I TO 5 13 'V 1.01O 7 lUlfU 1.711 13 lflh 1.T47 at 2.5il Trnin i M'. hlthth ,6 9 The rerfjrt oJll out a lively di mimUtn. Counrtlmn Cottlrlcd of the Fourth and MorrUs of the jwond rg Utwlng kirks uxraUM tef other wards had hogged" so much It tha mouey poet oa the street The report showed that the atrect rmmlsioner had spend threw aad oce haif vlmas as much in the Klxth ward as In either the First or Fourth. Mr.

Gotifrl.d at.rt.wl in. mage a pech aralnst the dlacrltalna vitin iifuuop 10 me mud boles In his ward, but he was called to ordnr, there being no motion hefom rh An.n. anr ui appropriation ordinance had been read th first ilm Ur acnurman called attention thu th nnance eomnvttee had omitted from It the talArtoe of policemen and ana ocftin mnn wnu to know hr. imino oiuocg or Lne SBaaes eommtttee anjiworcd that duruu tha month of January the city treasurer oaa oy uie aovie or the finance mm. mlttee paid off IH.OOO in bonds which nan ran to due.

This, he said, had so depleted the treasury that there waa nut enough to pay all salaries, claim ana ac ounia. inerefore the eomml 04 fcvldoxj to Withhold aalni He acid that the rommltte bad made an eallmste that the Beit lira monilia. or awius uiis administration, the rev enuea or tne cKy would be exceeded ny me expense at lonot $100. Ha said mat tpere are now fll.too of curren expense oonds ontritandlnir. which would become due and have to be paid and he waa opposed to more oonua.

Mr. Gottfried stated that the clrv eanurer aaq inrormea mm tunt the would he paid Into the treasury by tho country treasurer during the pnwoo month $2,00, and this, toitether with the other collections, would enable the city to pay off this arrearage, as well as February expenses next month. Ma Everutt made a speech objecthur io Hinouing on tnose to whom salarioa were due. and urging that cup rent expenao bonds be Issued to par the salaries. Mr.

Schurman was also onooaed to noiainug Dacit tne pay of firemen and polioraien for a rcontb. Mt. Tompkins moved that all salaries ana bins added to trie appropriation bill and aain reported by the finance commirtee in tne afternoon. Mr. Thompson made a speech favor.

Ing tho motion and It was carried by ytva voce vote. Mr. Schuxmao. asked that some real ontB of the Second ward be elven an hour this afternoon to protest aealnRt tjiqcouetructlon of a sewer beginning ax tne corner oi watmit and Grant Mr. Everett objected In a loner apecr n.

Mr. Whltlock thoutrht the council should give the complaining porperty owners an opportunity to be heard, but thought no bour should be sot for them. Mr. Schurman then withdrew his and the property owners were re quested to come In during the afternoon and they would be given a hearing. At the afternoon session Attorney Charles J.

Wright appeared la behalf of the citizens of the Second ward in reference to the widening of Billings street, between Mount Vernon and State streets. He asked that a com mittee be appointed to confer with the property owners to see If condemnation proceedings could avoided. Mr. Morriag stated that the property owners asked $300 for the necessary ground to widen tho street A motion to appoint the committee aeked for by Mr. Wright was carried.

The mayor. Councilman Schurman and A. D. Alien are the members of the committee. Mr.

Whltlock stated that the finance committee found the Issuance of $3,500 In bonds necessary for the payment of the appropriation bill with the salaries of all city employes added. The appro priation bill was then read again for the payment of all bills, salaries and accounts due. Before tho matter came to a vote Mayor Bartlett stated that he was strongly opposed to the Issuance of the bonds. He tnougut tnere was not a man on the city pay roll who could not wait one month for his pay, and thus the Issuance of bonds would be avoided. Mr.

Everett moved mat tne bonds of the city for $3,500 due In four months reissued. UUa oa tlie treasurer for the negotiation of the bauds the may or brought up the Question of the opening of an alley on Nichols street be tween rampneli and Boon 111. street. He snld Unit F. T.

Mills claims to own the ground and haul a right tu fence It up. lis anked that a committee bo ap polntud to Investigate the ownership of the tract In qucUon. After some dis cussion, a motion for the appointment of a committee waa lost Mr. Whltlock said that had bnr Informed that the plaintiff In the Bold win damage suit which boon renins ded for retrial by the supreme court bad mantfnsuxl soma willingness to compromise. A motion to appoint a oormniuoo to onfesr with Baldwin was lOHt.

Treasurer Calland returned and stat ed that before he would be able to ne gotiate tb currant expanse bonds the parties with whom rue bud been conferring desired to know If they would be paid whoa due or if an extension of time would be asked. appropriation bill laid on the table. There waa no eeoond to toe motion. Mr. Gottfried then moved that the bill as otisrlsnlly read, to pay all bills except salaries of pollnrmen, Bremen and city official be read the third time and panrU.

This motion was lost. Air. KvrpU wan.td the coum to lasue a 10 days eurrcnt expense bond and tali cluinresof the treaaurer neK tlatlng It He mad a motion to this IToct whlcli wu4 carried by a vote of nlric nyr, nan and one atment Mr. Schurman Uieoa movnd taut the th bill. The motion, wos carried.

At o'clock the council was waiting on the treasurer to answer whether be would approve the appropriation bill. KILL NOT GET OUT. BFTTBI.ir KVttXR W'llO TOTPTTI TIIU TfclXKM. REaOLl'TIOft. Ho Will wtla.lai Hn4 Im.

tat Party Wo4 aJaar tmm Effort. turn Oa Ilr FaJlo tUalaJa. II (a Vote WASHINGTON, rl In tne sen ate Mr. Clark. Republican, of Wyoming, presented as a Question of personal prlvlleg a dispatch from bis state, publUhtd lc eastern newspapers, to the affect that Henry 0.

Hay, chairman of tha LarwnJo county Republican com mlttee. had resigned because of the Mr. Cltrk expressed surprise that the motives and designs of those Voting for the rtwohrtion should have been Im pugned. He said sa attempt had been made to commit tha Republican party to a line of policy sever laid down and never coolempluted by that party, and a further effort to read out of the party thoae Republicans who voted for the resolution would fall. As for himself he declined iuott emphatically to bo read out of tha party, and was sallsfled that tb maseea of that party would never convict him of po litical heresy on account of bis vota Mr.

ark said be thought that the DemooraU ought. In vlow of their record, to have supported the Nelson amondment providing bat gold and sll ver coins should be maintained at i party. He tbougbt tbat the vote he bad cast was no euln on kis political party honor axid his vote for the Nelson ame hdment was cast as a protest against silver monometallism. He felt that bis vote was in line with the Re publican policy ouUlnol at St. Louis.

He was eanjcwtly rn favor of interna tional blmcatllsm, and 'Was as earnest as any man in the chomiier In his ef forts to maintain the national honor. TELLER RK30U1TION KILLED. WASHINGTON, Jan. SL Tbe house Of representatives burled the Teller resolution declaring the bonds of tho United Stntes payable In silver under an adverse majority of 60 votea. The Repuplk ans were solidly array ed in opposition with two exceptions.

Mr. Ktnney, of North Carolina, who votod with tho Democrats and Populists, and Mr. White, of North Caro lina, the only colored member of the house, who answered "present" when his name was called. The desertions from the Democratic side were McAleer, of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Elliott, of South Carolina.

Both voted with the Republicans against th proposition. The debate was at timet last ana heated, but there were no sensational Incidents beyond tbe hissing of Mr. Rhea, of Kentucky, when he said that oa the author of the "crime of '73" the hottest places In Hades would be re served for Jobn Sherman. The vote on the resolution was: Ayes, 132; nays, 182. EX MINISTER A SUICIDE.

Calirorola EdItor rolltlHai Ilia Throat Thla Cot SANTA ROSA, Cal, Feb. Thomas Thompson. ex United States min ister to Brazil, committed sulclcre here this morning "by cutting his throat Despondency Is supposed to have been the causa Mr. Thompson wa one of the best known editors in California. For many ears he owned and published The anta Rosa Democrat.

A few years ago, however, be solo i ne Democrat, was appointed minister to tiraait Dy President Claveland, and returned to Santa Rosa when bis term of service expired. AFTTEJi TUB MOO SHIM ETUI The Kin of the fiamai Mar Be i Oavtiml. Bopoty United States Marshal W. T. Brown and party are eTeted to re turn from Texaa county tonight, where the officers have been eearching for moonshiners.

Some Important arrests may have been made, aa Billy Hrown was on the track of "the King Moon shiner of the Oxarksl" so old evador of the re venue uiw, who bas lurked In the fastnesses of Ttxa eounty for years. DEATH III HOTEL FIRE. nvrj mvm kow to iiavb w.vm tMIT mT CIXVKM.HVII.IX, N. Y. Tills MOUMXO.

I bATER Rll ORTI INORKASIB AlUUliR TO many narrow eaoapee occurred. Uvea were lost, as follows: THSJ Faaaie. h. Orewaa Floor aad SprMS Rapldlfxllotal Wna rail at GaMn oi tt'lM Oonfastaa. CLOVERSVILIJS, K.

Fob. 1. The Alvord house, a Ave story brick structure, the largvet hotel In the city, burn 5h Schurmsn then moved that ttelej to the ground this morning and Five HENRY 0. DAY, of Gloversvllle. HELL BOY RUPERT.

was occupied. The fire started on the matter oe runner poaiponea unm me ground floor and shot im thrnnvh ih Tuu r'T pari I in i or uia. mvrm3 upper stories with llghtling like speed. ne notoi was soon a scene of the wlldiwt confusion. Thore was a wild scramble on the part of the guests to escape with their personal property, but many were forced to flea without saving anything.

A tew guests made their escana hv the stairways, but the smoke soon cut off this retreat The next resort of the imprisoned people was to tha windows. As their terror stricken faces appeared iu great crowd below watched breathlessly, boplna: axalnat hono that IDey all would be saved. Some were rescued from their perilous positions ny me nremen. Otbers leaned mm the windows, several being more or less injured. J.S p.

m. It now seem that, nl least elght.Iives have been lest instead of four as previously reported. BANK ROBBER ESCAPES Charlra Roblaaoa Rrenka JaJI at Ft S.Mxrt, Tkli Morning FORT 8COTT. Feb. 1 Tharln.

Robinson, alias "Black Eve." who was voUacastby the Wyoming senators for cnarged wltb robbing banks and post the Teller reiaolntlon. offices In Missouri, and who was re cently captured here, broke lail this morning witn George W. Finch, who is under a life sentence for the murder of Frank Swafford, and six other pp. loners. The two prisoners assaulted the iailer and took his keys and gun.

Robinson la accused of robbing banks at Hume and Richards, and the nostofflce at fievaua, TIIEr fXH I COLD. lrs doantltlro Dlicovrrod la. tha liar aad Buffalo HtTcra. WNIPEO, Feb. 1.

News has reached Reglnal that the first party of per.ons bond for the Yukon by the Frtnee Albert route found gold In large quantities in Hay, Uuffalo and other rivers running Into Great Slave lake. iw mnes rrora frince Albert STHl'CK OS THE HO KS. A Sramoner and Five Men Were Ant in Storm. LYNN, Feb. 1.

The schoonor Charles A. Hriggs. bound for Philadel phia from Portland, struck on a rock at Nahant today during a atorm and is fast going to pieces. Tho crew of five men Is lost. He.

Waa a II rave F.nirlncer. SHAMOKIN, Feb. 1. While a Northern Central passenger train was running from Hickory Rldze to this place Engineer Alfred Reed saw a little child fall from a foot bridge into Coal Run creek. Tho child was Mary Sehuck, aged 12 years.

Reed set the air fcrnkes aud when the train slackened sufficiently for him to Jump, he hur rleif down tlio embankment and plunged into tho water. The engineer. after hard work, reached her as she was; sinking and succeeded In taking her to the shore. Miners on their way home from work took charge of the little girl and Reed boarded his engine to eompiete nis run. The crew and passengers loudly cheered the engineer.

1 Innuninr. Men Meet. CHICAGO, Feb. 1. Representatives of e.

utern and western states Interested In mutual or co operative Insurance companies began a session here today In third annual convention. Prof. Ed ward W. Bemis of the Agricultural col lege: of Kansas read one of several papers. Calf Officials Bippd.d.

DBTH Or PRO FEMUR IUWI, Kan Oaolaalat Waa BN aa tta ThU ttmrmt Greeae Con I Cnllrr'a, 4 LKAVICNWORT1I. Kan Fob. 1 Prut. Florence Hawn, tae noted geolo glat, waa found did In bis bed this morning. He was HO years old aad was apparently In good health whea he re tired last night Hawn earn te Leavenworth In 1854.

As a etvtl glner he helped to make the ortftaal survey for the Hannibal ft 8t Joaeoh railroad and was amlHtant geotoglut of Missouri In the fortl. Dtang a sela tlve by marriage of Oen. John Calhoun survoyor general of Kansas and Ne braska In tha fifties, be helped wo sur rey and plat much of the state of Kan sas, To Hawn belong the credit of dUrorerinc; cool In this soot ton. He waa one of tha pioneers in wee tern Masonry. Fir.

fihb cit orr Baoara, na Vtm0 From Wla Oataka. OMAHA, Feb. 1 Flre aanly this morning cut off the escape of stx men sleeping over the Rose restaarant In Famara street The men were am pel led to lean from tba aecond etorv t. kimualu wire and dauehter before the firemen cou raise their lad of Indianapolis, Ind. The lone of property will reach $100, 000.

The Klmbnlla were well to do peo ple who were here on a visit Nearly every room in the building dors. J. P. Murphy, Huch Plttman and Irving McKlroy sustained severe burns and broken bones as a retiult The others escaped with alight In Juries. WILL HAVE A FEAST.

So auM Next Saturday night Culley's cafe will be the scene of a festive evont never witnessed In Springfield before. The Greene County Game Protective association will regale themselves at a pheasant banquet the first ever eerv ed In this section of the country. About 50 members of the association will be present, and at o'clock the dining hall of the restaurant will be surrender ed to the banqiiettlng party. There are at the pheasant preserve kept by Ed V. Williams, one of the leading members of tae Bocbaty.

a num ber of handsome birds now being; fed for tbe approaching occasion and these plumed beauties will furnish the meat for the banquet taBle. The flesh of this royal bird has for ages been esteemed by men of the high est rank as the most palatable "the hun terr craft can yield, and in the he role days of chivalry warriors of re nown and even sovereigns swaying im perial scepters felt honored when the peacock and the pkuafant graced the banquet board. All the members of the club In Greene county are expected, many of whom are the farmers in the Sac river country. where tbe young pheasants were turned loose last summer. The birds released on tbe game reservation have done well and they are now about grown.

ROADS TO CONSOLIDATE Gonla aad Roekrf.Ilrr SaAd to Have west. Pooled Their Intereata. NEW YORK, Fell. 1. Tha latest sto ry of railroad consolidation which is going tbe rounds of Wall street ks the consolidation of some of the Gould lines with the Rockefeller lines In the south west This proposed amalgamation of Interests Includes the Missouri, Kansas ft Texas.

Texas ft Pacific, and Interna tional Great Northern. Under the management of the Rockefellers the net earnings of the Missouri, Kansas Texas have increased $1,100,000 dur ine the last year. The Texas ft Pacific also profited by better business condition In the south WHO IS KATE) LEWOIR. The So lei Jo of a MrKterloua Woman ta New York. NEW YORK.

Feb. 1. Kate. Lenoir, a young woman who registered at the Stnrtevant house on last Wednesday died In her room at the Hotoi Alfro this morning of gas asphyxiation. Little was known aiwut the young woman at the hotel.

She came to the hotel on Wednesday and engaged room. She was fashionably dressed aud wore considerable Jewelry. Only two visitors called to see bor. aa for as was known. Her alleged name, meaning "The Blnck," lent a peculiar Interest to the trauedv.

Among the young woman's effects was the remains of a letter, from Wash ington. It revealed nothing except that it came from some federal employe, as the envelope was franked. The woman was found to have lived at Thirty fourth street for three She had nniv nnn admirer. His name is un UKHMANY'S HOLDIP. A Demand la Mad.

on China for Ad dltlonal Coneeoaiona, prktn. Feb. 1. Germany has de manded further concemlons in shape nf railroads In Shang Tung peninsula aa a compensation for tha assassination of Sailor SchulU wno was muraerea President Washburn, Chief Engineer uy a Chinese mob while on "entry duty, route are expected here some time tonight from the south. Mr.

Washburn baa been down to Blrmlngnam on a tour of inspection. The special car carrying the railway gentlemen left Memphis about noon today. Presidential Appotnf mrnla. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.

Tbe president today sent the following nominations to the senate: George M. Bowers of West Virginia, to be commissioner of fish and fiaherlea. Col. Samuel T. Cushlng, to be ailat ant commissary general.

Chlldrra'a (torn. Itcbt. Mrs. Frsnk Plummer, treuhurer of the Pfiililren's Home, made a paymeat of A Homestead Coatratw Col. John G.

Newblll, register of the land office, heard an Interesting home stead content case yesterday afternoon. The case was that of James M. Clarke vs. I W. Fields.

Mr. Fields succeeded in establishing the priority of bis claim over that of Clarke and the reglnter found In favor of the defendant The land In question is 40 acres near Highland ville in Tanfy county. H. Preferred Death. $1,000 today on Uie new property of the which held his bond had given him six iiicrt'tntion.

This is the first install mei.t of the debt lately contracted by the home in bay In the Jefferson street hone. KANSAS CITY, Jan. 81. Em mett Rogers, ex treasurer of Ridgedy lodge, No. 435, I.

O. O. committed suicide at im nome in tors cicy uxuaj by shootlmr. He was abort $30 la his lodge accounts and the surety company hours to settle. family.

Rogors was a inaa of Actroaa Breake STVANNAH, Feb. LMhu a vwwllie wenuing nas peen in Louise rtosa, a ramnoer oi am deflrtely "postponed, the bride's father White Flag" company, and daosthtar of withheld his consent until such the late Patti Bona, foil Into a furnaee ttme as the young man arrives at the ehute In a Savannah theater last nisht. aara of dlscreUou. breaking aar agoi THE PEN FOR WHITESELL Tins amaot'iti OT FHsram fxitifl JUFVi HMS TUB FiVBJ BAAS' irriawcsB en nut. KAMHAt.

AWRXVRS TOMOSto SVOW TAKJB inM TO FHUOX. Taa Faoe Mar. Mm TmV.a I. Chars tke Snort mm lad.a OmmrA WtaaJnsr la MJa ASTasra. A telegram from Marshal R.

E. Zca of tha Minnow! supreme court today directed Sheriff Sol Owen to arrest W. WhiteeeJI, as the highest court bas affirmed the decision of theQroono oounty criminal court In the satutory rape case. VThltesell was convicted before Judga McAfee am) a Jury In the criminal court, his victim being Saills Downey, who was an dor 14 years of age and ac cording to the Missouri law the death penalty might have been assessed. He was given five years in the penitentiary bnt his attorneys took an appeal which today was passed on by the su perior Judges who decided that no error had been committed by the lower court.

Whiteeell was upon tho receipt of tho telegram from Jefferson City Immedi ately placed under arrest by tho sheriff but as he has business Interests hero be was not taken to Jail but was put under guard. Deputy Sheriff S. H. Carson being detailed on the cane. Whlto sell, who is terribly downcast over tho turn of affairs spent the day in straightening ap his affairs and his brother was telegraphed to come here and take harge of the feed Btore on Phelps ave nue which Is owned by Whitcaell.

Tho brother Is expected tonight and Mar shal Zee will arrive tomorrow and do part with the prisoner on the llrt train. Whttesell Is In very poor health and prison life will go hard with Mm. The general opinion is that nl.i pun ishment Is a Just one. The girl worked in his office and Whltesell there ac complished her ruin. He really had iiu defense, only attacking the girl's char acter which did not defy a thoroimti investigation, but on account of her tender age this Is no defemw Under the law.

A child baa been born to the girl since the exposure came. A civil suit for damages nie rjy tno girl and her mother la still pending in the circuit court Whltesell. FORTY POSSIBLY LOST. of a 'Terrltilo DlMnnler Off tha Brlti.h at PLYMOUTH, Feb. 1.

It Is reported that the mail steamer Channel Queen, was totally wrecked off the Island of Guernsey. There are various reports as to the lose. So mo dispatches eny as many as 40 Uvea were lot Tho Channel Queen, which ran between Plymouth and tho Island of Jeney, struck on the rocks during the fog this morning. AttlXiED RAPIST lISt Slmpaon and Kaderlr Not Held for Annulling Mrs. Ituaa.

LAMAR. Feb. 1. Tho cnjto agalnat Simpson and Kaderly. Indicted as accomplices of Monlistur and Avery for a criminal assault committed on Mrs.

Jacob Rush lust November, whs brought to a sudden termination In tho circuit court today. Attorneys for tho defendants demurred to tho suite's evi dence which was siiHtalned by the court and Simpson and Kadt.rly were K'ven their liberty. nrlef III) of t'lly William M. Woodle and Miss Heulnh Star were today granted a marriage license. Sarah E.

Martin has sold to T. .1. Moore lots 16, 17 and is, block 5, Wool ley, Portor ft HubbeU addition, for $500. County court next ween win appoint road overseers, and a large number of apvllcaticn i have htK.n filed. A new noBtolliee has been cwnmisncu at Wlrksell.

six miles south of tbe i.lty on the CampM' street road. W. E. Banks, who has been con ducting the Queen City grocery on. south Campbell street, bus sold out to 0.

Wolf. Hupld Fire Hun tliimt. SANDY HOOK. Feb. 1.

After stand ing a test of 73 rounds, a five Inch rapid fire Drlggs Sehroeder gun on tho gov ernment proving grounds brust shortly before noon today, the pieces Hying in every direction. The only person seriously Injured was Operator William II. Murray of the Commercial Cable company, who was sitting In the com pany temporary omce. He was struck on the left leg, break ing that member. Sevural pieces, lai and small, broke through tho wooden sldo walls of the bulling.

Another man received a scratch wound on the head from a flying piece of the gun. Tlnr Bit of Ilnmanilr. WABASH, Fob. 1. A girl baby.

born yesterday to tho wife of Frank; Moasmann, five miles south of Wabash, Is the most diminutive Infant who ever came Into the world In this country. It weighs 17 ounces and In spite of its diminutive proportions Is healthy and strong and it is believed will sur vive. It has been visited by scores of cu rious people. Trying aa Ejectment Suit The ejectment suit of R. L.

Goode and others against Grace F. Hampton and others, involving the title to some land oa St Lenta street near tbe old tort, took VP the day In the circuit oonrt today. It is a very complicated. dry old law suit, which runs back to 1S3. It will last probably aa day to I fe a Man Ho.

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