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Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-13
RESTLESS MRS. LEASE.
Now She Is Writing a Book on the
Conflict OF Labor and Capital.

WICHITA, KAN, June 9.-Mary E
Lease, who recently tackled the job oil
solving the problem of civilization in
a book, is at work upon another, which
will treat on the conflict between Ia
Dor and money power rom a historical
and philosophical viewpoint. In the
first chapter the author says:
"a tidal wave of unrest is upon us,
and portentious m~utterings are heard
that may presage a storm. The labor
ers and the capitalists stand to-day
throughout the civilized world face to
face in grim antagonism as of old.
Capital is alert, wary, strongly equip
ped and thoroughly organized. Labor
is intelligent, suspicious, hungry and
homeless. The most peaceful relation
anywhere is one of armed truce. Roll
ing back the dark and tear stained
of the worlds history, and
looking down the long vista of years
to connect the past with the present,
it becomes manifest that two great
agents OIL factors have ever been con-
trolled and robbed the hive of labor.
These two factors have been the titled
nobility or aristocracy of royalty and
aristocracy Of wealth or the power
Of money!
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-13
GOV. STONES E N
Form a Sound Money Club at Kansas
City.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June S.-The
sound money Democrats of Jackson
county held a largely attended meet
ing at the Coates House in this city to-
night to take steps to Offset the efforts
of the free silver men to commit the
party in the state to the white metal.
J. Med. Trimble presided, and many
of the most influential members of the
party were present. Judge Francis
Nj. Black, for ten years on the Supreme
bench, Richard Gentry, Webster NJ.
Withers, Internal Revenue Collector,
ex-senator w. Il. T~easedale, Thos. b.
Buckner, John l.. Peake, Thos.F F. Nor
row and may others equally promin-
ent took part. A permanent organ
ization was effected of what is to be
known as the "Sound Currency Club
of Jackson county"
Arrangements were made to estab-
lish sound money clubs in every
county i'll the state, and the campaign
against silver is to be carried OH Wig
orously.
What makes this move especially
significant is that nearly all those in it
have been personal friends and sup
porters of Gov. Stone.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-13
New Wheat in Lincoln County.

OLD MONROE, Mo-, June 49,, The
first new wheat in Lincoln County was
cut to-day. 1t is the earliest harvest
that has been known for Is years.
Some Of the heads are unusually long.
All are of average length, and from
looking at them one would Judge that
the yield will be good. But upon ex-
animation it will be found that many
of the heads, though all right in ap-
pearance, have not a single grain of
wheat in them. 1t is thought that the
frost, coming, as it did, when the
wheat was in full bloom, killed the
grain. The wheat was made very
thin by V winter weather and
drought, and now what there is is not
filed good. There will not be more
than one-third of a crop. There has
been no rains here for several weeks.
Stock and people are suffering and
a full crop will not be made in any
thing. Oats r already injured a
great deal. Timothy will not make
half a crop and corn is beginning
suffer. -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-13
Cause Of the Business Distress.

From the Kansas tlfy llhlea-
With the tide of business actively
rising and prosperity smiling benign
antly ON industry in every section oi
thepountry, the present Is a suitable
time to review the events Of the past
with a view to aseertaining by careful
inquiry the causes which produced the
calamity from which we have suffered
during the two years Just closed.
There is no effect without a cause, and
in this country of plenty there can be
no widespread distress without some
reason for it. a careful examination
of the events of the past few years
ought To disclose the causes which
brought about the business depres-
sion.
In 1859, when President Harrison
entered upon his term of Office as
President there was a surplus in the
Treasury amounting to upward OF
$500, 600, 900. Nearly all this vast sun
vas in gold, and the credit of the
government was higher than it had
ever been before. The revenues were
redundant and the debts were paid as
fast as the holders of the obligations
would surrender them. One year
later the Mckinley law was enacted.
1t increased taxes enormously and re-
duced the revenues. The result was
an attack on the Treasury reserve,
not to pay interest bearing debt, but
10 meet current expenses. The
amount dwindled from week to week,
until it was exhausted. Then a sacred
trust fund was covered in and before
the expiration of the term even that
fund, amounting to S54 700 900, disap-
peared. The country was ON the verge
of bankruptcy. The Secretary of the
Treasury, Charles Foster, appealed to
the banks Just like Al exhausted
spendthrift resorts to the p~awnbroker,
and the consequence was an alarm
that led to the panic.
When the Harrison administration
ended its term of office the country
was bankrupt. The revenues were
inadequate to meet the current ex-
penses of the government, and with
an empty Treasury there n obliga-
tons due amounting to more than
$50, 000, 900. The foreign holders of all
kinds of American securities demand
ed liquidation, which caused a depre-
citation in values and resulted i'll the
panic. The inauguration of Cleve-
land checked the disaster for a time,
but in the absence of material it was
impossible to stay it permanently.
The consequence was that hard times
came and ran their course. The re-
peal of the Mckinley law restored
confidence, and prosperity has come
again to reward the patience and effort
the duh period.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-13

In this issue of the LEDGER will be
found an article IN the silver question
by i. J. Sims, of Thompson Station,
Mo-, now a Pouplist. Mr.. Sims has
been a Democrat, Greenbacker, and,
II our memory serves us right, was a
strong advocate of the stay law. Mr..
Sims, the LEDGER thinks, is mistaken
in at least one idea he seems to have,
and that is that the Democratic party
Is trying to make a platform for the
Populists to stand on. 1t Is true that
the Democratic party in the past has
been, perhaps, from time to time, en-
deavoring to make it's platform broad
enough for Populists to stand on, but
in the future the party will make a
Democratic platform for Democrats.
II 10 q mistake to try to broaden 1t to
take In all Of the isms extant. What
the Democratic party needs is a
straightforward, outspoken platform
lone that can be thoroughly under,
stood. Let 1t be q Democratic plat
form for Democrats. 1t is not good
sense, neither is 1t what is called by
politicians "good politics. to put
plsnks In your platform to catch the
''Coxey armies" of the country espec-
tally when Coxey has no army.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-13
Friday, the Twenty-Eighth Day Of
June A u 1903
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

NOTICE is hereby given that letters
OF administration with will annexed
upon the estate of George CoughIan.
deceased, have been granted the un,
derslgned by the Probate Court of
Andraln County, Missouri, bearing
date May 30, 1895. 'e
an persons having claims against
salu estate are requested to exhibit
tiieil TOT allowance TO the administra-
tor wltnln one year after date of rant
ing letters or they may be precInded
rom any benefit Of such estate. and II
claims be not exhibited within
TWO years rom the date they will be
io-st; JNO. z. CALLAHAN.
administrator with will annexed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-13
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Noslce is hereby given that letters
~ ~ aonnInistration upon the estate of
ar no. n. waters, deceased, have been
ssataheed the undersigned by he pro-
soUr; Iourt OF Audrain County. Mis-
SUIT All bearing date May 4, 1895.
soia h persons having claims against
f. estate are requested to eShihit
tor tpr allowance TO the administra-
mo Iatt ~ one year after date of grant
fre,, oaaS1Is, or they may be precIuded
II such claims be not exbib;ted' diu
forever barred. "'s WIZ DC
1n-a, NJ. l.. WATERS,
Administrator.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-13
AItgeld VS., Supreme Court.


John Popocatopeti Altgeld, by tht
vengeance of God governor of Illinois
and past grand critic of the Universe
fractured the Sabbath with his high
explosive mouth last Sunday, g the
st. Louis Mirror. He detonated for {
whole column in the Monday morning
papers on the subject of the United
States Supreme Courts decision in the
case of Eugene V. Debs, who did large
quantities of labial and linguaI deto-
nation during the recent great strike.
His talk flowed like a lava torrent al
over Springfield and the rapid genera
ton of heat caused by the uninter-
rupted impact of his tongue upon his
palate for four hours and thirteen
minutes, together with the oxygen
produced by the expansion of his
ideas, produced during that time a
series of reports that sounded like the
blowing up ~aRaIviIinge OF ufrrogfycer-
inc factories. Governor Altgeld re-
versed the Supreme Court in his talk
three hundred and twenty-five times.
He started in to "make monkeys of
"the most august tribunal" on earth,
and he did it in great shape. He
showed where the court had kicked
holes you could throw a dog through
in the constitution, howl it had torn the
everlasting stufting out of the law of
trial by jury; how it had eaten beef
steak from the bulwark of our liberty;
how it had blown up the ten com
mandments, violated the rules of war,
undermined u institutions elee-
mosynary and otherwise, strangled
Republican ideals and played merry
hades with everything worth living
for. The Supreme Court, at last re-
ports, was still shaking with the MEM
DRY OF its fearful eX~eoriation and con-
templating an appeal to the White
House to have the militia called out
to guard the judges. Every anarchist
in the land has since been droning
himself to sleep with passages from
the Governors diatribe. Johann Most,
if he is out of jail, ran the Altgeld
screed through a coffee grinder and
put the fine chopped particles in
his beer in lieu of salt to make himself
more fiendishly disposed towards
government and work. Herr Most
not like Altgeld, ordinarily, be-
cause 'Altgeld works his mouth and |
the hairy Herr won't even work his
mouth save for the admittance of
of beer into his system. But
in this not weather all anarchists are
glad to have someone do the talking
them, and therefore they honor
Altgeld is a disgrace to Him
Dis. He voices the sentiment of the
rabble. He speaks unexpectedly of
Ill authority and appeals only to the
that regards the Haymarket in
Chicago as the first well fought field
n the war for the right of man to fol-
ow his unbridled lists for all that be-
ongs by right of labor to his fellows.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-13
Five minutes talk from experience
Result of Democratic Administration

| SSDNA "a Sl1OS "tAL &lu11ilu1obk dulOu,
From the st. Louis Republic.
Higher praise could not be bestowed
upon a political party than that which
is implied in the daily reports of in
dustrial revivals and wage increases.
Take, for instance, a summary pub
lished i'll the Globe Democrat Saturday.
In the great manufacturing district of
the country, embracing New England
and the Middle states, this is the con-
dition reported:
More than so important industrial
undertakings, which had been idle,
have started up since April /, giving
vrupivy u,vut to~1v,Uuu operatives and
workmen. Some of these have already
enjoyed advances in wages, voluntar-
lily offered in most instances. The re-
ports show that at the points covered
no fewer than 10000 industrial en-
pioyes are receiving higher wages
than they yer getting two months
ago, an average Improvement of e
ly 10 per cent. During the like period
only $1,000 industrial employees in the
region specified had struck for any
reason, and of this total only q, 200
for higher wages.
In the interior manufacturing dis
trict, between Cleveland on the east
and Denver on the west, 80 important
establishments have started their
wheels since April 1, new employment
has been furnished to u 900 persons
and the wages of $4,000 more have
been raised about 10 per cent.
And this is the result of practical
tariff reform and Democratic rule.
Agricultural products have all risen
in price. Cotton and corn, the two
great sources of farm profit, have
reached higher points than for several
years.
When the Democratic party took
hold, trade had suffered from the Nc |
tariff and confidence in the |
Governments currency had been
shaken by wastefulness and plumbers.
The Republican panic was too well I'M
der way to be at once stopped.
Two years have passed and the Re-
publican wrecks have been cleared
away. The Democratic tariff is raising
wages and proving that McKinleyism
is the enemy of American labor. Freely
moving, natural trade gives the high
returns and the steadiest employ
nent. Manufacturing progress has
never depended upon the high pro-
which breeds trusts and shut
Low tariffs make higher wages.
orohibitive tariffs and pauper wages
together everywhere. The hum of
he mill is the Democratic doctrine of
ariif for revenue set to music.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-13
Democrats Differ.
From the Albany Journal.

rTUnI Ine iIDauy 1UUfIlT.
Gov. Altgeld, in Springfield, tele-
graphs 10 the World that the conven-
ton in Springfield yesterday repre-
sented SO per cent of the Democrats
OF Illinois. Comptroller Eckels tele-
graphs from Washington that the con-
vention represents nothing except
the desire of a number of politicians
to advance their own interests. Sem
ator Palmer, from Springfield, de-
elares that the convention did not
represent more than $4,000 voters.
When such eminent Democratic
differ, is it strange that
the rank and file wonder where their
party is at?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-13

DIR. II. A. Grier, proprietor of the
Powell Ford herd of Poland-C China
hogs, tells the LEDGER that he has had
extraordinary luck with his pigs this
season, his gifts having saved from 5
to 8 pigs each and his aged sows from
Q to IL. The doctor has in all over 120
head OF hogs on hand, of such popular
strains as the Victor, Tecumseh and
Black U. s., but he is partial to the
Victor strain and he is backed in his
Judgment by the decision in their
favor at the Worlds Fair.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-13
Po,t-D Dispatch and Silver.
From st. Louis Republic.

T7--- III rT-rT-
HARRISBURG, ILL, June Ill en-
close you some clippings from the
Post Dispatch. Now, l have never
found anything in the editorial col
umns of the Post Dispatch indorsing
the 10 to I ratio. If they are in favor
OF free silver at Is to l, why should
they equivocate? Let them come out
plainly ard say 80 editorially. 1 have
gone 81 far as to offer SIS per line for
editorial matter from that paper in
dorsing free coinage of silver at a ra-
ito of 16 T., 1, but, so far, it has cost
me nothing. &c. THOMPSON.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-13
REMAINS.
To Be Removed to the Family Burial
Ground Near Marshall.

SEDELIA, Mo-, June S.-Col. Leslie
Marmadnke of Sweet Springs, Mo-,
yesterday stated TO your correspond
emit that the remains of his brother,
the late Gen. John s. Marmaduke, ex-
Governor: of Missouri, would in a short
time be removed from their resting
place at Jefferson City to the family
burial ground near Marshall in Saline
county. A monument befitting his
career will be erected.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-13
JOE & VIC BaRTH.
EXECuTRIX,S NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that letters
testamentary upon the estate Of
Frederick Fl. Hagedorn, deceased, with
will annexed, bearing date of May 18th
1895, have been granted to the I'M
dersigned by the Probate Court oil
Audrain County, Missouri.
All persons having claims against
said estate are hereby notified to pre-
sent the same for allowance within
one year from the date of said letters
and if not presented within two years
from said date they win be forever
barred.
CHRISTINE HAGEDORN,
LIT. Executrix.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-13
Mr.. Reeds Trip to the Woods.

What the country is waiting to know
Is what sort of luck Mr.. Reed had on
the hunting trip that took him so far
into the woods that he could not be
reached by the invitation to Chauncey
M. Depew's harmony" dinner. Did
he capture any new ideas on the mon
ey question, for instance, or set anew
kind OF trap to catch delegates, or
practice at a mark with tie opening
gun of his campaign There is a mark
ct for the diary of that trip if Reed
wants to publish it.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-13
EpW0RTH LEAGUE DISTRICT
CONFERENCE.
For Mexico and Fayette Districts, to be
Held in the NJ. L. Church, South,
Moberly. Mo-, June Is, 1895.
lGRAMM

PROGRAMME.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE is.
300, Opening Service.
2:15, Organization.
2:30, The Literary Department Of the
League.
2:45, General Discussion.
3:15, The Department of Worship.
$3.50, General Discussion.
400, The Department of Charity and
Help.
4:15, Discussion.
4:45, Reports of Leagues.
TUESDAY NIGHT.
500, Song and Prayer Service.
$50, Sermonby Rev. w. F. Packard.
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
500, Opening Service.
s:45, The Bible in the League.
$500, Discussion.
$3.50, The League. in Revivals.
9:45, Discussion.
1915, The Social Work of the
League.
10:30, Discussion.
HOO, The League in the Country.
11:15, Discussion.
Has, Reports of Leagues.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
200, Opening Devotions.
2:15, Special Meetings of the League.
2:30, Discussion.
500, Junior Leagues.
1915, Discussion.
3:45, Some Dangers to be Guarded
against.
400, Discussion.
4:3O, Resolutions and Miscellaneous
Business.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
500, Song and Prayer Service.
$3.50, Address by A. e. Whitaker,
President of Missouri State Epworth
League.
Closing with Conservation Service.
Following is the programme for the
Sunday School Institute for Mexico
and Fayette districts, to be held at
June ~.
THURSDAY MORNING.
9~:00-9:30, Bible Reading-'EThe
Spirit of God now present"
9:30-10:15, The Order of Exercises
in the school-Prof. r. T. Bond.
10:15-11:00, Manners and Customs
necessary to Scriptural Exegesis-Rev.
w. F. Packard.
11:00-12:00, Systematic Study of the
J. d. Hammond, D. d.
AFTERNOON.
2-3:00, Specimen Teachers Meeting
j. r. A. Vaughan.
$500, Specimen Primary Glass.
$500, Normal Reading Course.
EVENING.
500, The Training of Teachers-G.
NJ. Gibson.
Five minutes falE from ayDariapce
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-13
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

~ Sotlce Is hereby given that letters
Isaao minlsIration upon the estate Of
haen enfy Brateon, deceased. have
The pgSsnted to the undersigned bV
Nilsson; court of Audrain COUNTY,
All na, Dearing date May %, 1895.
said aata ttons having claims against
them for allowance to tn - EXHIBIT
ooa WITHIN n year after da,a q.
siailshg letters, or they NAV he %
ens ! from any benefit Of sTicb p.e
a1ithi such claims be NOT crbihitssj
vi, miuhtn TWO years from the data thet
VIII be forever barred "o aate they
s~4t IT. WILLIAMS.
Public Administrator.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-13
Boone County murder Cases

COLUMBIA, Mo, June 10.-The
Boone County Circuit Court opened
to-day, Judge John A. Hockaday pre-
siding. The docket for this term con-
tains quite a number of interesting
and sensational cases. The famous
Gillespie and McNutt murder case is
TO receive a new trial, unless a change
of venue is taken. The original trial,
in which Gillespie was found guilty
and sentenced to the p~enitentiary for
seven years, was set aside on motion
of his attorneys and proof that the
foreman of the jury was preiudiced
and had expressed his opinion before
trial. There are also two murder
cases on the docket. The venire was
called i'll to-day and a panel of forty
Jurymen selected to try the murder
case of Claud Cunningham, a wagon
repairer, from Centralia, Nc. During
the month of December last he was
by II witness to strike a GUS
toner on the head with a wagon
spoke, killing him instantly. The trial
VIII begin at 2 O'Clock. There is also
hand a murder case in which two
coiored men quarreIed at n ball over
their sweetheart.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-13

AN exchange, referring to the Illinois
Silver Convention, places Governor
Altgeld in a peculiar light in the fol-
lowing: Besides, the convention had
no right to a little fun with Governor
Altgeld. Here he was godfathering a
convention laying it down in black and
white that silver was good enough for
any body, while all the time, locked up
in safety vaults, are leases
executed between the Governor and
his urban lessees designating that
rents shall be paid in yellow money
only. II the Governor should thus
jest with the free silver convention
why should not the free silver conven-
ton take a pretty fall out of the Gov
ernor?"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-13

THE business men of Mexico report
a large increase in business. The pros
pect is good for splendid crops in
Audrain County. If nothing happens
Mexico will this fall grow more than
il has in auy wear of its history,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-13

THE western Democracy can nomi-
nate and elect a President of the
United States if the right kind of a
man is chosen. 1t will not do to look
for him among the Altgelds, Lewell-
ings, Weayers or Waites.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-13

KANSAS people have been paying
out good sums to the rainmakers
again this summer. Providence
brought the rain and the rainmakers
are claiming credit for it. AT least
they got the cash.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-13

BRYAN now says he wont vote the
Democratic ticket unless he gets a
platform to suit him. That's what
the LEDGER claimed for him all the
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-13

AND now comes j. j. Sims, OF
Thompson Station, Mo-, with an ex-
egesis of the silver question from a
Populist standpoint.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-13

fnr St. Louis Post Dispatch, r e
ferring to the Memphis Free Silver
Convention to be held this week, says:
1t is to be hoped that there will be
a good attendance from Missouri. The
delegates named by Gov. Stone COM
prise Republicans and Populists as
well as Democrats and are really rep
resentative of the prevailing senti-
ment of Missouri on the money ques-
ton. All the delegates named who
can possibly attend should be in Mem
phis on Wednesday morning.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-13

1. j. SIMS never fails to get to the
front on political questions. He may
be a little late this time, but he gets
there just the same with both feet, as
uuuof
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-13

THE Mexico base ball nine was de-
feated by the Fulton boys by a score
of more than two to one. The Mex
leo boys report that in addition to be-
ing badly defeated they were treated
in a most hospitable n by the
Fulton folks. They have even forgot
ten their defeat on account of the
clever manner in which they were
entertained. They we're not guyed
or annoyed as visiting mines to Mexico
very often are. The LEDGER trusts
that this defeat will prove a benefit to
Mexico's base ball ''fans" in every
sense O. the word,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-13
CATTLE
SHERTFF'S SALE

BY virtue and authority of Il general
execution issued from the office of he
Clerk of the Circuit Court of CaIlaway
county, Missouri, r~eturnabIe at the
May term, 1895, of said court, and to
me directed, in favor of Anna NJ. Hew-
EFT and against John j. Steele, | have
levied upon and seized all the right,
title, interest and claim of the said
John J. Steele of, in and to the fol-
lowing described real estate, to-wit:
twenty-five by one hundred and four
teen feet, part of lots one, two, Y
n eight, block seven. original Mex
leo, lots No. seventy-seven, seventy
and seVenty-six, block four, Beat
tvs Addition to the City of Mexico,
Missouri, all lying and being in the
said County and State of Missouri, and
| will, on
Friday, the Twenty Eighth Day Of
June, A. D., 1895,
between the hours of nine O'Clock in
the forenoon and five O'Clock in the
of that day, at the Court
house door, in the City of Mexico,
County of Audrain, aforesaid, sell the
or so much thereof as may be
required, at public vendue, to the
nlghest bidder for cash in hand sub
lect to all prior liens and iudpmentsl
to satisfy said execution and costs.
J. n. STEPHENS,
io-41. Sherlif of Audrain County.