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Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-11
To Secure JohnsOn's Pardon.

A delegation from Rails county,
Mo-, about thirty in number, are in
Jefferson City to wait on Gov. Stone,
The object of the delegations visit
to Jefferson City is to induce the
Governor to pardon w. FL. Johnson
from the penitentiary. johnson was
indicted by the Rails county Grand.
jury in 1887 for seduction. A change
of venue was had and the case
transferred to Warren county where
the defendant was found guilty and
sentenced to two years term in tbs
penitentiary. Two weeks ago John.
son vas taken to the penitentiary to
serve his sentence. At the time
Mr.. Johnson was indicted, he was g
wealthy and influential farmer Of
Rails county with a large and in.
.eresting family. He has spent 9
fortune fighting the case and has
left his family in stringent circum:
stances.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-11
Two new catalogues of "every'
thing On Wlleeis''--J ust issued
Ask for them ut RObertsOn's.
Champ Clark's Biography.

EiSia II ~ IA AtCfaotlS
Champ Clark of the Ninth Dis.
trict was born March 7 1850. near
Lawrenceburg, Anderson County,
KY; was educated in common
schools, Kentucky University,
Bethany College, West Virginia
(class of '73),and Cincinnati Law
School (class of '75); in 1894
was president of the Marshall Col
lege at Huntington, W. Va; has
worked as a hired farm hand, clerk
ed in a country store, edited a coun-
try newspaper and practiced law
continuously since 1876 in Pike
and adjoining counties; was City
Attorney of Louisiana and Prescott
ing Attorney of Pike County for
two terms each; member Missouri
Legislature in 1889; Presidential
elector of Hancock and English
ticket and by appointment of Gov
ernor Francis a a delegate to the
Transmississippi Congress at Dem
yer in May, 1891, of which he was
vice president for Missouri. De-
cember IA, 1891, he was married to
Miss Genevieve Bennett of Gala
way county has n living child,
Bennett Clark; was elected to the
Fifty-third Congress as the regular
Democratic nominee receiving H.
534 votes against IA 1914 votes fol
William L. Morsey (Rep.), 279
yotes for William A. Dillon (Pop.)
and Is votes for Richard Ell. Norton
lDem.)
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-11
LYNCHED THE r
Bearden Citizens Deal Out Vengeance
to Negroes Who Kill and Rob.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, May Sat-
urday night Jesse Norman, a young
merchant of Bearden, a small town
in Southern Arkansas, was struck in
the head with an ak and robbed by
three negroes. Norman was stand
ing In the real Of his store when
| assaulted.
His two sisters found him lying
in an unconscious condition on the
following morning.
Yesterday James Stewart, Dick
Benson and Abe Crane, the negroes
who robbed Norman, were arrested.
and last night the three were lynch
ed by a mob composed of about
fifty men.
Each one of the negroes confess
ed to have had a hand in the assault
and robbery.
Young Norman is still uncon'
scious and his death is expected a
any time.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-11
A River Horror.
SIX PERSONS KILLED AND MANY
INJURED BY AN EXPLOSION.
Cooked Alive by Steam-The Result
of the C0Iiaspe OF a flue on
the Steamer Ohio.

CAIRO, ILL.,, May IA horrible ac-
cident befell the steamboat Ohio on
her way from Memphis to Cincinnati
by which several lives were lost and
many persons fatally or seriously in
iured. When oppositeWol Island "a
miles below this city, at 1:3O O'Clock
this morning everything was in ap-
parent order. The boat was under way
when suddenly her upper tlue on the
larboard side collapsed, filling the
boat with steam. CONSERVATION
sliced the passengers, who were at a
loss to know what terrible accident
had happened or what fate would
befall them. 1t was but q moment
until the escaping steam cleared
away sufficient to reveal the horrors
of the situation. Twenty-four men
were in intense agony, suffering all
the tortures of death. The pilot, Jim
Carroll, with great presence of mind,
headed the boat for Wolf Island
bank, where a landing was effected.
DIR. SIS. Woodbourn of Pittsburg, a
passenger on the boat, did all in his
power to alleviate the terrible suffer-
ings of the injured. The towboat
Aegeus, going South, was hailed at
$50 a. H., when the unfortunate
victims of the disaster were transfer
red to her and brought here, arriv-
ing at 4 p. m. DR.. Glennen OF the
Marine Hospital had conveyances in
readiness and took the sufferers
without delay to the hospital, where
he was aided by Doctors Stevenson,
Malone and Coyle in caring for
them.
WERE EATING BREAKFAST.
The men were in the gangway eat
ing breakfast when the tiue collaps-
ed. Such was the force of the ex.
plosion that two bales of rags very
near the rear of the boilers were hurl-
ed against the rear bulkhead. 1t is
thought hat several of the injured
cannot recoyer. They present {
CHASTITY sight in the hotpital. Many
are scalded from head to foot. One
poor fellow was scalded so badly
that large pieces of skin ERE hang
ing from his body.
W. H. Dickey was seriously in
jured and may lose the sight of boil
eyes.
c. J. Patterson of Orange, n. j.
will recover. None of the cabin
passengers were injured.
There has been no such disaster OF
the river in this section since the ter
rible catastrophe on the Gold Dus
IN the '7O's.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-11
Where is William Hart2
To the Editor of the Ledger.

To the EDITOR OF the Ledger.
FALKLAND, DOUGLAS COUNTY, ILL.,,
May S.-DEAR SIR: | lived in Indi-
ana last winter and there was a man
from your county stopped with me
several days and his actions were SO
strange that l want you to let me
know on a card if the Vandalia rail
road has its machine shops in your
county at a place called Hickory
Grove or not. | can't find no such a
place in the posted guide. He said his
name was William Hart, and claim
ed to be a half brother to my wife,
and there is the mystic part. My
wife has a half brother by that name
and they was separated when 10 or
y years old and he was taken
to Missouri from Kentucky by his
mother with two other children some
! time before the wal commenced. He
claimed he was a mechanic, and
worked in the Vandalia shops as
second foreman; also promised to
write Immediately on arriving at
home, and we have never heard a
/! thing of him since he left. l hope
you will take a little time to find out
and let US know as my wife has been
so much distressed about it, or if you
like publish this. 1t might bring out
the facts in the case. So hoping to
hear from you 500 I'll say good
night. Yours Truly,
ISAIAH PHIppS
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-11
j. N.BER1X
SheriF's Sale,

By virtue and authority of a trans
cript execution issued from the office
of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Au-
drain County, Missouri, returnable at
the June term, 1893, of said Court,
and to me directed in favor of Jennie
Slaughter for services as house servant
and against John G. Leniton, / have
levied upon and seized all the right,
title, interest and claim of the said
John C.Leniton of, in and to the follow
ing described real estate, to-wit: Be-
ginning at the northeast corner of the
south half of lot No. t~wenty-one {21),
Sparks Addition to Mexico, Missouri,
run west one hundred and twenty feet
(12Ol, thence south sixty feet(60), thence
east one hundred and twenty feet (l20),
thence north on west line of Calhoun
street sixty feet t60), to place of begin.
ming, all lying and being in the said
County, and State of Mo-; and / will, on
Friday, the 9th day of June, 1898,
between the hours of o O'Clock in the
forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon
Of that day, at the east front Court
House door, in the City of Mexico,
County of Audrain aforesaid, sell the
same, OF SO much thereof al may be
required, at public yendue, to the
highest bidder for cash in hand Sub
ject to all prior liens and Judgments,
to satisfy said execution and costs.
6td. J. N. STEPHENS,
Sheriff OF Audrain County, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-11
CARLiLE W. HARRIS.
The Wife PoisOner E~lectr0cuted at
Sing Sing Prison.

SING SING, N. Y, May s.-The
flag announcing the execution OF
Carlyle W. Harris was raised at
1913, which was about five minutes
after the current was turned on the
prisoner.
Official time of first contact II
49,. Current was on 55A seconds,
Electrocution was a perfect success.
A current of 1,76O volts passed
through the body of Carlyle W. Har'
ris.
In two seconds Davis threw the
switch back SO that only $50 volts
were on. DR.. Daniels still held his
hand aloft and one finger pointed
above as ii to indicate that the soul O
the man in the chair had passed
from this world. Just in BOZ sec
onds the current was shut off.
Harris last words We're: 81 havt
no further reservation to make.
desire to say that | am absolutely
innocent"
The crime for which Harris was
executed was the murder of Heller
Potts, a beautiful girl of Is, whom
Harris clandestinely married, ant
ne was afterwards called upon by
her mother to marry her publicly
When she was i'll Harris prescribed
morphine and quinine in capsules
which she took and shortly afterware
| died.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-11
FERN GLEN ITEMS.

Correspondence Of the Ledger.
FERN GLEN, May 10. - The
Post-office at Skinner is really estab-
lished. 1t is a great convenience to
the people living in hat vicinity and
one that was sorely needed.
There has been more parties, din
ners and the like this winter than
usual, two of which we take the
liberty of mentioning. A neat little
dinner given to a few lady friends
by Mrs. J. C. Asbury in honor of
her birthday was a really enjoyable
affair, and a dinner party given by
Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Leeper, Feb.
%, (Washington's birthday and
the nineteenth anniversary of their
marriage. The tables were beauti-
full with silver, crystal and blooming
plants; the company vas large and
congenial. They were the recip-
tents of many beautiful and costly
presents, a list of which might be
interesting: Mr.. and Mrs. J. D..
Ellis, set of plates; Mr. and Mrs. p
F. Dowell, celery stand; F. Craw-
ford and Neale, families, parlor
lamp; Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Lewis,
berry bowl and sauce dish; MI. and
Mrs. Taylor Berry, set of pie plates;
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Hume, pair Of
vegetable dishes; Mr.. and Mrs.
Keen, of Louisville, KY, berry
bowl and sauce dishes; Mrs. J. N.
Berry, pair of linen towels; Mr.. and
Mrs. j. G. Whitley, oyster set; Mr..
and Mrs. S. Patterson, cake plate;
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Berry, pitcher;
Mr.. and Mrs. F. N. Parker, fruit
tray; Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Whitley,
bread plate. The guests departed
at a late hour, wishing Mr.. and
Mrs. Leeper many happy returns of
their anniversary.
The "Fern Glen Reading Circle"
which was organized for the mutual
benefit and pleasure of the ladies of
this community, met and re-organ-
lied for the summer, on the first
Saturday in April, at the residence
of Mrs. Frank Parker. The first
meeting was held Saturday, May 6,
from 2 to 4 p. M, with Mrs. Jas.
Lewis. The meeting was well at
tended and an interesting pro-
gramme was rendered. Those who
favored the guests we're Mesdames
Parker, Leeper, Wiley, Ellis, Lewis,
and Misses Leeper, Asbury, John
son, Parker and Lewis. Mrs. John
G. Whitley was greatly missed as
she was one of our most faithful and
efficient members. The next meet
ing will be held the first Saturday
in June, from 2 to 4 p. m. with Mrs.
VIM. Whitley.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-11
7 BOND CASES.
Cass County Townships Paying Up
and No More Judges Will
Go TO Jail.

KANsAsCIrY Nc: May 6,--Judges
J. W. Britt and W. A. Wray of Cass
County to-day paid off the old rail-
road bonds voted byAustin and Cold
waterTownships in that county which
have been the cause of war between
the bond holders and the people for
years and because of which the pred
ecessors of the present judges spent
a term in prison under Federal Court
| orders. Albert Parker of San Diego,
| Cal, a former Missourian, holds the
bonds. He met the judges and they
figured out the amounts due on a
compromise basis of 40 per cent. for
Austin Township and so for Cold
water Township. This made between
$50, 900 and $4,000 for Austin and
about $50, 600 for Coldwater, which
the judges paid Mr., Parker. The last
of the townships of Cass County te
hold off voted last Saturday to &C
cept the compromise which virtually
settles the Cass County bond case:
and which will keep the members o
it's County Court out of jail in thu
future.
Seven Walls---Nineral WOOd--
CIlarcOaISlleetiilg BOard--IDeas
Air
| artisan
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-11
THTNE Time to think OF
IIII1tIA. Lawn Mowers
kinds---S3.5O up---R0bertson.

The Leslie E. Kelley Co., at
Dwight, H., we notice are being
favored with an avalanche of COM
ments through a reported sale of
the entire plant and their hundreds
of branches. known as the Kelley
Institutes, throughout the country.
The report of ten million dollars
having been paid by some Eastern
Syndicate indicates with pretty good
evidence, that the business has
been a financial success as well as a
great public benefit for the past
thirteen years. Every line of bust
ness has its commercial value and we
should consider this one the best
lines OF business, on a CONNER
cial as well as educational basis,
outside Of publishing q newspaper.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-11
l.. II. RidgHaY,s Fine Stock,

On the farm of L. Il Ridgway,
10 miles southwest of Mexico, near
Concord, can be found four first.
class breeding animals. viz: Monte
Star and Grover c., stations, and
Thos. Hendricks and Gray Eagle,
jacks. Monte Star is a dandy young
saddle horse by Old Montrose and
out of Maud Starlight; Grover C.
is by Sam Downing, out of MAUD
Starlight; the jack, Thos. Hen
bricks, is by Black Samson, dan
out of a fine stonewall iennet; Gray
Eagle, jack, is by Jesse James, dan
a large jennet by Hickman's Com:
promise. For terms of these foul
magnificent animals see advertise.
ment in the Weekly LEDGER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-11

IT was publicly stated on the
streets to-day hal a thorough in.
vestigation in reference to S. o.
araham's record would bring out
more startling developments. 1t is
said that he claimed he was in the
confederate army and, as we under.
stand the matter, stated that he was
Trying to get away from the Provost
Marshal in Illinois when he tool
another mans horse to help him
along. The statement lis now made
ny a gentleman who says he knows
what he is talking about that Ora.
nam is to-day drawing a pension
nom the United States Government
tor being in the Federal army and
that ne was first in the Confederate
army but afterwards went into ths
Federal army in which he remained
until the end of the war and nou
ssts 9 pension Of ss per month.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-11
ST. LOUIS NEW SURVEYOR.
Colonel Dalton Will Take Charge OF
the Office About June /.
From the St. Louis Chronicle

| FROM the 81. LOUIS tHfonltie.
Richard Dalton, the new Survey
or of the Port and Custodian, viii
probably not take charge of his
office before June 1. The blanks
which must be filled out have not
yet reached the appointee, and wher
they do the details will occupy from
ten to fifteen days.
This will bring it close to the end 0.
the month, and if Colonel Daltor
takes hold then he will be obliged tc
report for the entire month of May
which would throw a great deal o:
work upon him during the first days
of his incumbency, when Interrupt
tons of congratulating friends anc
office seekers will be frequent.
A bond of 100000 must be Civ
en- by the appointee and the bonds.
men must qualify in double the
amount of the bond. The United
States District Judge must then pass
upon the sufficiency of the bond, al
the papers must be sent on to Wash
ington and then the commission
will be returned.
Already office seekers from The
country towns are addressing letters
to Colonel Dalton at the Custom
House.
Colonel Churchill, the retiring
Surveyor, is anxious for the presence
of the new Surveyor.
"There are four vacancies in tht
department now,' he says, "and
want Mr.. Dalton to recommend
what appointments [ shall make t.
fill them.'
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-11
The Gold Reserve.

WASHINGTON, May S.-The Treas
ury Department is gradually build
ing up its gold reserve, which was
depleted to a considerable amount
on April "a. To-day the gold in
the Treasury foots up $97, 1864, sos.
The slow water'' figure was reach
ed April %, when it was 500, 752 $40.
Since then the export of gold has
been comparatively light and the
gold has crawled up to the figures
stated. 1t is probable, however,
during this week gold to the amount
of a million dollars will be taken
for shipment to Europe.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-11

WHITELAw REID says that the
States that went Democratic last fall
are essentially Republican. The
lucid view involves acceptance of the
equal truth that the candidates who
were defeated were essentially elect
ed, and nobody can have the heart
to deny Mr.. Reid the crumb of com
fort apparent in this.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-11
Exeeuter's Nstise.

Notice IL hereby given that letter.
Of administration with will annexed
upon The estate of VIM. Leach, deceas-
cd, bearing date April %, 1893, have
been granted TO the undersigned by
the Probate Court of Audrain County,
Missouri.
ALI persons having claims against
said estate are hereby notified TO pie
sent the same for allowance within
n year from the date of said letters:
and IL not presented within two years
from said date they will be fol ever
barred. G. g. LEACH,
THOS. f. MURRY,
b-4-t. Executors.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-11
SUNDAY SIN IN CHICAGO.
A Carnival of LawIessness In the
Worlds Fair City the First
Sabbath.

CHICAGO, H., MayS.-If the peo-
pie that have been protesting against
keeping the Worlds Fair open Sum
days could have been in Chicago
last night and witnessed some OF the
scenes enacted it is probable that
they would now be convinced that
the cause Of righteousness is not be-
ing furthered by the closing OF the
Columbian gates on the Sabbath
day. Every saloon and gambling
house in the city was wide open all
day Sunday, and as a result the
police department didn't have hall
enough patrol wagons to gather up
the DRINKS during the night and the
early hours Monday. Scores o.
people have already made com,
plants of being neeced in skin
games, and several victims who at
tempted suicide on account of their
losses in gambling dens have already
been heard of.
All the shows outside of the Fair
Grounds were kept wide open yes
terday and they did an enormous
business.
Over sixty thousand people tried
to get into the Worlds Fair Sunday,
and most of these, on learning that
the gates were shut, visited the re-
sorts that have been opened in the
vicinity of Jackson Park, spending
more money than they could have
squandered inside the Exposition
Grounds, and getting nothing but
sore heads in return. Never in the
history of Chicago, has vice flour,
ished as it did here Sunday, and
never in the history of man was
there a more wicked place than was
the Worlds Far city on the first
Sabbath of the great show.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-11
Admin iatrator's Notice.

Notice is hereby given that letters
OF administration upon the estate of
]. E.. Fegan, deceased, have been
granted the undersigned by the Pro-
bate Court OF Audrain County, Mis-
souri,, bearing date April Is, 1858.
All persons having claims against
said estate are requested to exhibit
them for allowance to the administra-
tor within n year after date of grant
Ing letters, or they may be precluded
from any benefit of such estate, and If
such claims be not exhibited within
two years from the date they win be
forever barred, J. r, FEGAE.
SIT, Administrators.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-11
Giimpses OF the Great Fair.

Giimpses OF the Great Fair.
Daniel Webster's family carriage
will be exhibited at the fair.
The Exposition ~postoffice handles
1O, 900 letters a day and sells about
5000 worth of stamps.
The first box of California cherries
for this season has been shipped to
the Duke of Veragua.
The British royal commissioner
for the exhibition has issued a
complete catalogue of the British ex-
hibits.
Thirty-eight German journalists
are in Chicago. They are members
of the International European Press
club.
They say that the generous but
unesthetic Chicago people offered to
have Liberty bell recast on account
of the crack in it.
Twenty camels and 100 Bedouins,
relnforcements for the Turkish vii
lage arrived this week, and $50 more
are expected at once.
Six car loads of exhibits sent by
the United States to the exhibition
at Madrid have just been returned to
this country and will be forwarded
at once to Chicago.
The first roll of carpet and the
first bolt OF calico were woven In
Machinery hall Friday, and the
first brass cup with a picture OF
Columbus stamped in the bottom OF
it was turned out and sold to a little
Spanish girl.
A six inch pipe, 5000 feet long,
leads from Machinery hall to the
Casino, carrying all the steam used
in cooking. 1t has now been in
F.! operation for two weeks and the
big banquet was cooked by means
| of it.
The Sedan chair seems to be the
proper way to 60 around the exposi-
ton grounds and the Turkish porters
in charge of them are kept busy, but
| the wicker arm chairs with blue
| coated Americans behind them have
no patronage at all.
The animal trainer with the
Hagenbeck geological arena is dan
gerously sick with typhoid fever, and
even if he should recover will be
unable to be on duty in less than
two months. One of the lions IS
dangerously i'll with some liver
trouble.
The big travelling frames in Ma
chinery hall in moving a twelve ton
electric engine let it fall and broke
one of its wheels. A link in the
chain which held the engine to the
crane had broken; a new chain
was substituted, the massive engine
picked up again and swung around
into its place.
The building which is advertised
as an exact reproduction of the
White Horse inn, where Mr.. Pick
wick used to dine, and which has
given up the entire second floor to
a Pickwick club is not making itself
popular with strangers, as its prices
for roast beef and bitter ale are
considerably above the reach Utmost
people.
Part of the Scotch regiment, the
Forty-second Highlanders known as
the Black Watch, has come over to
take part in the military tourna-
ment. A ball in their honor was
given last week. The commandant
of the tournament has appointed as
his orderly CaptainMorley ,one of the
survivors of the charge of the Six
Hundred at Balacklava.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-11

Missouri easily takes the lead
among the states at the fair. Her
state building is one OF the best and
most attractive in the district devot-
ed to the states. The finest finish
ed rooms in any building on the
grounds are to be found in the one
erected by Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-11

IT is said when Benjamin Frank
lin proposed starting a newspaper
his mother tried to dissuade him
from it because she said there were
already two papers in America and
there was no room for another.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-11
Not n Good Plan.


Howard county has adopted the
plan of selling at public auction
criminals convicted of petty larceny.
This hardly seems a good plan, for
it virtually turns loose upon the
community the man who is known
to be a criminal. A well regulated
workhouse would be better, and i'm
prisonment and enforcedlabor would
punish the criminal and protect So
ciety. There is growing up a class
of professional criminals that will
make the workhouse a necessary
part of the penal system. The petty
criminals are unfit to run at large
and it is too expensive to feed and
clothe them in idleness.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-11

THOUSANDS of favorites who were
lucky enough to hold passes visited
the Worlds Fair last Sunday.
Many thousand working people who
sought admission by paying their
way vert refused. This is all wrong.
Ii this great American attraction is
to be open on Sunday to one or one
hundred or one thousand, it should
be open to the masses.