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had THE ENGINEER DIED9
Remarkable Explanation OF the Wreck on
the Wnbnsh ROnd.

QUINCY. Ill.,, Jan. 2O.-Fireman Ed Warboy.
who was in tho terrible wreck on tho Wabash
Railroad near East Hannibal week ago
when two passenger trains collidcd in n fog.
has recovered sufficiently from his ininrics to
give his version Of tho accident. ana he tells n
startling story. Engineer Hurchard Of Spring
field ran pnst the switch in tho fog and the
othertrnin crashed into them. Wnrhoy says he is
positive now thnt Engineer Burchnrd died In
his cab from heart disease soon after leaving
accident occurred Warhoy says that Burchard
was mn old and experienced engineer. never
took his head from tho cal. window from tho
time tho train left Hulls until the accident oc-
Cured. and. therefore. the train was running
wild all the way. and Of course ran past tho
switch. Warboy's statement is now generally
NJ IIlIl
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BUIKELEY RECOGNIZED Al LAST
The Connecticut Senate Finally Listens to .
Communication from Him.

HARTFORD. Jan. 2O.-There were only four
Republicans besides Speaker Paige in tho
House at o'clock this afternoon when it was
called to order. In pursuance OF the rules
when there is no. quorum. the Speaker ad-
journrd the House for week.
Tho Senate met at o'clock. and. for the first
time since i was organized. recognized Gov.
ton to the senate calling their attention to the
fact that there are only four Judges on tho
Superior Court bench. and asking them to act
ford. Clerk Comstocl read the communion
ton and lively debate at once began, Sena-
participating This lasted an hour and half.
The Democrats wanted to lay the communica-
ton on the table. This is tho first time that u
read to the present Senate. tho Clerk usually
throwing them in the waste basket as soon rs
they were received. The communication was
finally laid on the table.
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A REVOLT AT RIO JANEIRO,
TITO HUNDRED PRISONERS BREAK OUT
OF FORT SANTA CRUZ
They Capture Two Other Fort. mud Set Ont
to Restore On Fonseca TO Power-Reduced
= to subIec mt Last by the Cover meat


to Reatore Dn ronsecn TO power-Reduc
= to Subiection nt Last by the GovernWcat.
Rio JANEIRo Jan. 20.-Two hundred prison.
ers confined in the fortress OF Santa Cruz, at
tho mouth OF the harbor. broke out in mutiny
last night. A number OF them we're persons
arrested for misconduct in connection with
tho recent political disturbances. and were
mostly partisans Of the deposed Dictator. Gen.
Da Fonscca.
The political prisoners appear to have taken
the initiative. They made dash on the
guards and soldiers about the prison. who
were taken completely by surprise. The prls-
oners rushed upon and ,lisarmed them. They
then. numbering about 200. seized all the arms
and ammunition in the soldiers quarters. They
followed tho leadership Of one man.
Before the news Of the rising had spread the
prisoners advanced upon the two forts. Plco
and LaGc. that guard the harbor. The mon
al mt Grss @ nns ns
and the, prisoners quickly CAPTURED the two
places along with all the provisions and mum.
Atfr sstsbishnF vIsi ssl guard :gaHsss
The leader announced that their object was
thu, restoration of Gen. .Da Fonseca to power,
upon hs ads Ts n'. s ssHs
:lapped his messenger in lail. and proceeded
sE Sn S Sos "nd % SS hs ss AN
| an Irregular cannonade with the artillery
COMPEL o the 0r sano nGpss to s5s sa y.rms
| President Peixotto personally directed that the
Insurgents should be first summoned to sur.
any cost. The firing from the forts inflicted
| Of the gunners. Tho mutineers refusing to
! surrender. preparations were made this FORE
| noon TO carry tho forts by storm. The gum
| boats began a bombardment Of Fort Lage and
| soon rendered the place untenable. The mu-
| tineers in that fortress. seeing no escape. and
being unable to stand the storm OF shells from
| the Gunboats threw down their arms.
Fort Pico was carried by storms but when
| the troops reached the walls OF the fortress
| they met with but slight resistance. the mu.
| tineers being panic stricken.
When the troops entered the fort they found
| the leader of the mutiny lying dead. He had
| taken his own life because he feared the VEN
| geance of the authorities. The fortress prison
| OF Santa Cruz. where the mutiny began. was
| held by portion of the mutineers. who yield.
| ed after half an hours bombardment
| During the time tho forts were in possession
British steamship Sorangi. The prisoners
were placed. after recapture. under a strong
guard. and the surviving ring leaders were
londed with manacles. The sound Of the firing
| caused great CONSERVATION In Rio Janeiro.
| The Government Is trying to ascertain
| whether the outbreak was entirely spon-
taneous. or prompted BY persons outside the
prison. who desired to effect revolution.
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TROUBLESOME BEGGARS
Three OF Then ARE Appears
to be Demented.

! Raphael Simpson is peddler. and lives at
% Rutgers place. Peddling has not proved
profitable Of late. so he turned his attention to
begging. At 8 o'clock last evening he ap-
preached woman at Pike and Madison streets
and demanded SIS. She refused him the
money. and he became violent and demanded
$1,000 or her life. Policeman Michaels ar
rested him. At the Madison street station
house Simpson said no was a king and o
brother OF the Lord He was sent to Bellevue
Policeman Daniel Duean arrested Charles
Joch Of DAB Bowery at midnight on Park row:
loch. who was Soliciting money, approached
Dugan. who pulled out 9 handful Of change
money. He was taken to the Oak street
station. It is supposed j och is the begGar who
assaulted n young girl on the Bowery few
a tall. thin man was taken into tho West
Twentieth street station by Policeman
door to door. The prisoner gave his name {, IS
had been ringing door, bells. in West Twenty
second street and asking for money. When
saying he could wait for it. When arrest ted he
fought tho officers. and it was only after hard
work that he was taken to tho station.
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Searching tor n live Wire.

While the workmen mt work on tho bridge
that is to connect tho elevated railroad with
the ferries at the foot OF Whitehall street were
hosting a beam into place last night, the end
Of the icum caught in the electric Ugh, wire
and trok" it, South street. from tho South
ness. Men with lnnterna Immediately hogan n
search for IN" live wire, At |. clock they
hail not found il, At that hour ~. one wa,
known TO hay. come il contact with it,
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HELD UP Il HORSE CAR,
And Then Admitted tn tho Police that He
was - Professional Thief

A man boarded a car Of tho Madison and
Chambers street ear line ntthe corner Of Mont
gomery and Madison streets at II 4 last night.
and refused to pay his fare. The conductor
insisted on having tho money and tho man
Knocked him down and demanded all the
m"n"y he had. woman IN the car interfered
and was Knocked down and kicked.
Policeman Micharls Of tho Madison, street
station arrested the rohhor H." sad he was
Patrick Brnnnigan. 81 ycnrs old. Of II Oak
street. When asked his occupation he had n
hesitation in admitting that he was profess
sional thief.
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Comments OF the British Press.

LONDON. Jan. 2O.-The Evening Neps this
afternoon CHATS what 1t refers to as tho
"bellicose wrath" OF President Harrison. and
says that 1t Is dissolving In face OF Chilis con-
ciliatory message. The Ne'cs also says that
the statement that Great Britain has offered
states In order to avoid war between these
two Countries. wa, lightly made or made in
the United states on newspaper foundation
only :,
The -. .Ian,"s's Gazette sneers at what it calls
alarm, and bourse rumors. anu remarks
to "onced" much to the Yankee diplomats. who
cannot understand that politnncss is more
reasonable when Chilans are threatened.
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Gorman Formally Elected.

ANNAPOLIS. Jan. 20.-The Joint convention Of
the General Assembly of Maryland to-day re-
elected Senator German to the United States
Senate for tho six years term beglnnns
March 4, 1898. Ono ballot for II successor to
the late United States Senator Wilson. wa
taken. hut the vote. was even more widely
yesterday. After the vote tho Joint convcn-
ton ADJOURNED to meet Mt noon to-morrow.
heard on all sides. 1t is expected that q
caucus will DO held tomorrow evening to end
the contest.
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BED. OF L,thos ra ph,c stone.

INDEPENDENCE Iowa. Jan. An important
discovery has been made in this county. Prof
Calvin OF the state University recently made
an examination of rocks in several sections.
ana found large quantities Of tao peculiar
art. and which nt present j. obtained only in
Germany. ~ the .,emlnl i, great ana the
n IA
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A Lond Of Gun Collou mud Torpedoe..

NEWPORT. Jan. 20. Tho United States tug
Fortune left here this afternoon for Perth
Amboy with n load Of gun cotton and torpe::
does. 1t is said that tho Patrick torpedocs will
Le landed ut tho experimental station. near
New York. and will not he shipped to San
Francisco with the gun cotton.
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Local FORECAST TILL ?. y. THURSDAY.
For southeastern New York Gncludng Long Islandh
also for western Connecticut and northern New
Jersey fair slightly colder in the early morning. fol.
lowed by warmer. winds becoming southerly For ri.
day. generally fair. with some fog. and warmer.
4. h. DuNS Local Forecas. OfhciAl
wAsHNGIoS FORECAST THURSDAY.
For New England AMI Nee iDrt. g,srd'la Jatrj
udrrrr; "a nile ,r,ni. LolpuiHy syihG,L
For eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey. Delaware.
Maryland ui Virginia. far Ill fr day: warmer; vsria-
bic wIrR,.
For West Virginia. western New York western Penn.
syl,anih ohio Indiana and Illinois. generally tatS,
Gearing the lakes; warmer; south winds.
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Francisco and nothing ie being done except
tho preparation Of storcs for their ready trnns-
portnton in case war should ne declared.
am 'rH COMPANY oe for e several "'
wcapons. and this company. as well as tho
briggs Ordnance Company. is working over
time in anticipation Of the great necessity for
the nrmntfents Of the class manufactured by
the 80 firms.
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Announce the continuation sale OF their entire
stock, removed from 1870 Bowery to 9tl Broad
way. near I'D st. special to-day: Siverware.
diamonds. and watches j. II. French. auc-
tioueer.
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A Cherry e,rcv, Factory Bn,,a:ne a are,

The building at 4ai Cherry street was found
tn ho attire ut l O'Clock this morning. The
Williams Printing Company the Iron Age. and
other, manufacturing CONCERNS occupy the
building. Adjoining Is the Dry Dock and East
Broadway Railroad Company's car stables.
and three alarms were sent out
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An Uunnown woman'S Sudden D.uth.

A blue.cyed. brown-haired German woman
about 80 years OF aga wont into tho cigar
store at 80 Rvington street about 10 o'clock
last night and asked to ho allowed to rect n
few mnutc-, saying that she was sick; She
sat down and "a physician was ,scqt for. While
he was cNuulirIns hrr she died. Tho body
was taken 10 tn, Eiirldgr street station house.
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Edith Pollock Return. TO Lowell.

LOWELL. Jan. 20.-The actress. Edith Pol.
lock. who disappeared night before last. has
returned; No explanation Of her mysterious
absence 10 given.
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smoke Halls Half Dime
all tobacco The best 5.cent cigarette mAds.-Afn

rtttsned Special OF the New York Central las buffet
cars through. See time table. -~dv.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-08
Tale Of a Dry Town.

A druggist in Sturgeon, Mo-, ad-
vertises his store for sale, and in.
serts in the advertisement, as an
inducement to purchasers, that
Sturgeon is ''wide-open temper.
ance town, in which no saloon
licenses are ever granted" and then
adds that he has "a heavy preserip-
ton trade"
Ill-health is surely the only reason
why any man should want to get
out of business offering such un-
exceptionable facilities for money
making. Or perhaps the number
of drug stores in Sturgeon is becom-
ing too large under the impetus oi
such favorable conditions for trade
A competitor of the party advertising
may be filling his prescriptions with
better quality of medicine than
the advertiser.
Whatever the cause, here is an
opportunity for some young and
ambitious graduate of college ol
pharmacy to get his money back,
There is a fortune in store for him
if he goes into business at Sturgeon
and gets political pull enough to
keep it dry town.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-08
JAY GOULD DEAD.
Terrible Panic In Stocks on Wall
Street To-Day.

Special Dispatch to the Ledger.
New York, Dec. 2.-Jay Gould
died in this city this morning sur
rounded by his family. The great
financier had been ill for some time
but his death was not expected.
Quite panic in stocks occurred;to
day after his death was known but
this will only amount to furry.
GoULD's VAST FORTUNE.
Special Dispatch to the Ledger.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 2.-Jay Gould
died this morning at 9:15 at the
family residence on Fifth Avenue,
New York, surrounded by members
of the family and physicians, of pull
monary consumption, in his fifty
sixth year. No pain attended his
last moments; the end came peace
fully and quietly. His mind was
clear to the last and he fully recog-
nized that his hour had come. A
rough estimate of the fortune Mr..
Gould has left, places it at s75, ,OOO,-
OOO
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-08
BURNED TO DEATH.
Miss Madge MOorehead, an Ex.Student
OF Hardin College, Meets q
Terrible Death.

1t has just become known in this
city that the Miss Margaret Moore.
head who was burned to death In
in st. Louis Sunday was Miss
"Madge" Moorehead, who attended
Hardin College last year and visited
R. H. Edmonds' family this sum-
mer. She was sitting in front of a
crate, picking a banjo, when her
clothes became ignited very sudden
ly. No one was at home but she and
the servant and they were both
too badly frightened to check the
furious flames until they had fatally
injured the poor girl. This was at
10 O'Clock in the morning and after
indescribable suffering she died at
II O'Clock Sunday night, surround
ed by brokenhearted parents and
irreconcilable friends. Many sad and
sympathetic hearts in Mexico lament
her loss.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-08
WE notice that Macon CITY. \

We notice that Macon City, Mo-,
has road improvement committee
composed of citizens of that city and
from the county outside of town,
The business of this committee is to
look after the highways leading in
to Macon City and to provide ways
for their improvement. On investi-
CATION we fluid that this committee
has done valuable work for the
roads in that county, especially
those near the city of Macon
Such a committee, composed of bus
iness men of Mexico and prominent
farmers of Audrain county, We are
sure would find some way to i'm
prove the roads leading to this city
During the last few months since
this matter has been agltated We
notice much improvement and We
are satisfied that by concerted
efforts our roads can be made much
better with very little more expense
This matter is worthy of investiga
tion-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-08
Elder Hook Among Republicans.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
CALDWELL, Kan, Dec. IL am
lonesome out here in this calamity
country" and have concluded to
drop you a line or two. | think
that the wind will continue to blow
here Notwithstanding the G. 0. P.
has gone where the "woodbine
twineth. Well, we can do with
out her in Kansas, but, Bob, ii
hurts. | tell you, the old fellows
out here think the government is
gone and that the old flag will be
trampled in the dust. They are to
be pittied more than blamed. Many
of them are honest as the day is
long. Some of the best friends
have here are Republicans and | am
sorry for them, but I cannot give
them the comfort they so much de
sire; would not if l could. Poo1
old fellows! They are out and out
to stay, mark my words! olo
honest Grover will hold the ship o1
state level. The American people
have confidence in him-in his
honesty and wisdom. | am in fairly
good health; expect to move my
! family here in two or three weeks
Prospect is good for another good
wheat crop in this country and the
outlook is good generally.
Your Brother,
w III. HI.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-08
Hon. John E. Hutton.

At the earnest solicitation Of
friends Hon. John E. Hutton, ex-
congressman from the ninth district,
will deliver a lecture entitled, "The
March of Fifty Years. at the Opera
House next Monday night. This
lecture embraces the leading features
of the worlds progress and especially
that of the United States and ii
covers all interests, including the
elevation of women, religious pro-
gress and will be full of interest for
every class of people, old as well as
young. Those who hear the ex-
congressman will be amazed at the
wonderful advancement made in
the last fifty years.
Hon. John E. Hutton was FORM
erly the owner and editor of the
Mexico Int lligencer and was one OF
the brightest newspaper men of the
state. His service for the people in
the capacity of congressman has
made him many warm friends in
every part of the country. His ex-
tensive experience and close obser-
vation will enable him to deliver an
able and spicy lecture.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-08

The St. Louis Republic, referring
to ladies known in Mexico, in ad
dition to Mrs. Ready, to whom The
LEDGER referred yesterday who at
tended the Daughters of the Con
federacy ball in st. Louis, mentions
the following:
Mrs. Walker Pollock, white silk
gauze embroidered in chenille with
berthe of gold beads; gold colored
gloves and shoes; diamond orna
ments.
Miss Alice Cunningham, niece OF
Mrs. A. C. Cassidy, cameo pink
!! Empire gown with accessories O
duchesse lace; pink gloves and bou
quet of roses.
Miss Mary Morris, elegant white
silk, made Empire, crystal trim
ming; white gloves and fan.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-08
THE THIRTEENTH SERIES,
Building and Loan Stock Sold Like
Hot Cakes To-day.

The Mexico Building and Loan
Association issued the thirteenth ser.
les OF 100 shares to-day, which were
taken as follows:
Mrs. ]. ]. Steele 8, ]. J. Steele 5,
Mary A. Glandon 2, R. NJ. White
10, ]. G. Trimble 10, A. P. Pas.
queth 8, Mrs. Nettie Robinson 2,
Mrs. Mark Pitcher 10, A. C. Barnes,
Trustee 2, E. Deering 5, Mrs. J. NJ.
Pollard 5, c. F. Clark 5, C. F.
Clark Trustee 5, c. F. Clark, Trus-
tee 5, Mrs. c. F. Clark 5, Capt.
Hiner 10, Mrs. Geo. H. Kunkle 2,
A. F. Winscott 2, ]. M. Greer 10.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-08

has his mission. He is a great
masticator for the people and chews
their food and feeds it to them as a
mother does her toothless babe.
Next day heard Timothy Dwight,
the President of Yale, talk, or think
rather. The contrast was tremen-
dous. Yet each man has his pupils
and his influence.
What does any one want to live
in Southern Connecticut for any
way? Fences are a luxury to these
people. They furnish a place to
put all the surplus stone that they
can not heap up. in other PLACES.
They are necessity and a man has
to put one every hundred yards
across his farm to get the soil be-
tween them. / do not wonder these
people took to inyenting and manu-
featuring. What else could they do?
Why boy came through the train
to-day selling almanacs, these yellow
backed affairs, about like those our
druggists load the farmers up with
to read nights and Sundays. I
said, ''my stars, son, l was prepar-
pared to expect anything but not
this. Come to see me out west and
I'll give you fifty"
"Do the railroads out west have
uh-ah-nice coaches on them?" tim
idly asked the little Cape Cod lady
who sat down by me at Hartford.
"Ever hear of a chair car?' | said:
ooh, but they are dollar" "No,
madam, they are not the coin of the
realm," I replied, "but luxurious
coach that is placed at the disposal
of all through passengers west of St.
Louis and Chicago free, with negro
porter to boot. - "And do you actual
ly boot him? How can you?"
pardon me, madam, mean he is
thrown in" 'Thrown in, horrible,
why don't they let the man climb
on?" MADAM, l mean he is free.
''Of course, all colored people are"
~ mean he costs nothing, you don't
have to pay for him. "Of course
not," she said. "Traffic in human
souls is -. "My dear madam" I
said desperately, "the niger is free
to do as he pleases and generally
does, and is in the employ of the
company" "Oh, you mean that his
gratuitous services are at the dis
posal of the passengers and he is
compensated exclusively by the cor
poration." "Well, l should smile,"
said, with relief. CHOW, why
should you" she srid, and l rush into
and out-of-the-window reverie. If l
ever attempt to advertise western
railroads again I'll have to be paid
for it. Yours,
J. NEWT. BAsKETr.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-08
J. NEWT. BASKET

Did you ever see an incubator ?
asks the Centralia Courier. If not,
you should visit the beautiful home
of Mr.. George Lease in the southern
part of town and inspect a motherly
hen that can hatch out 1900 chicks
at one setting. Mr.. Lease has only
had his incubator in operation a
short time and has only made one
Matching. He placed 600 eggs in
the incubator some three weeks
since and hatched about 65 per cent
of them. On the same day he set
a hen on a setting of eggs. The
hen hatched out ten chicks, but
they were not nearly so strong as
those from the incubator and have
all since died while the great brood
from the incubator are lusty and
healthy. 1t looked odd to the
Courier man to see several hundred
chicks chirping around at this
season of the year. Mr.. Lease will
make chicken raising a business and
will probably be able to raise five OF
SIX hundred dozen chickens per
year.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-08
Bridge the Missouri.
From the Cole County Democrat


Capt. FIJI. Binder, of this city,is
now in correspondence with prom
inent civil engineer, looking to the
forming of a plan for the early bridg
ing of the Missouri at this point
Unless the railroads take charge O
the matter, it is possible that &
bridge will be Duilt for wagons ane
also for line of street cars to be
run from this city to connect with
the C. & A. and M. K. & Eastern
railroads at Cedar City. The cos
will be about 500, 900, and the
money will all be put up before th'
work is commenced.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-08
The Hardesty Case.

The members of the jury in the
case Of the City VS.. Geo. Hardesty
say that they brought in verdict on
the evidence and found him not
guilty as charged. Members of the
jury are inclined to think that some
of the city officers are sometimes
anxious to convict when the evi-
dence is not such as to warrant a
conviction. The jury in this case
was composed Of Mexico most sub
stantial business men.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-08
Card From Rev. Jackson.

To the Editor of the Ledger.
MEXICO, Mo-, December 1.-Will
you please permit me to say that
each of the pastors of the other
churches in the city have been pres
ent from time to time during the
progress of the special services now
being held in the M. E. Church,
South. They doubtless have at
tended as often as their multiplicity
of duties would permit. The men,
bers of sister denominations have
been very kind in helping us in the
song services and other features of
the meeting. Yours fraternally,
J. III. JACKSON.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-08

A LITTLE sprinkle of rain, though
scarcely enough to dampen the
earth, followed General Dyrenforth' S
first vigorous bombardment of the
heavens. The General is enthus-
iastic over the results, and says
they were no greater because his
hackers would not allow him tc
wait for a more favorable time
Evidently the most favorable time
for the Generals experiments would
be lust before a rainstorm.