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Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-07-04
NO CONVENTION NEEDED NOW.
California's Democratic Chairman
Gives His Views OF the Cur
rency Issue.

Los ANGELES, GAL, June 27.-
Chairman Gould of the Democratic
State Central Committee has sent to
]. W. Mitchell of this city, in answer
to a request from the latter that the
State Central Committee be convened
for the purpose of calling a conven-
ton of the Democratic party to take a
position on the silver question, a let
ter in which he says in part: 81 can
not nov see how it will be practicable
to call together a convention in this
state whose conclusions could sup
plant the position taken by u party
last fall unless primaries and county
conventions should be held, which
course, / am satisfied, would not meet
with popular favor. A Democratic
State Convention met last fall in San
Francisco az humorous, as able and as
representative as any that ever as
sembled in California. That conven-
ton announced the position of the
party on the silver question, as on
other matters then deemed to be i'm
portant political issues, but I cannot
but consider it rather presumptuous-
no representatives to be selected and
no meal of bringing any issues be-
fore the public existing except by
adopting resolutions-for me or for
the Central Committee to assume that
the solemn declarations made by our
last convention, that convention which
brought this committee into exist
ence, wa a blunder that another con-
vention should be called by us to rec
tify that error"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-07-04
A. o. U. W. WORK.
One Thousand Dollar Certificates Can
Now Be Issued.
From the st. Louis Chronicle

AOAA tNO
Grand Master Workman w. Fl. Mil
Ter, of the Missouri A. o. U. W., has
returned from the meeting of the Su-
preme Lodge of that order in Chicago,
and has the following to say:
"The most important action taken
by the Supreme body was the passing
of the law allowing Grand Lodges by
a two-thirds vote to issue a s 1000 GER
tifcate, as we'll as the $4,000 certifi-
cate, which has been the only kind of
a certificate issued since the order was
founded.
"We opposed the issuing of this GER
tifcate, because we believe it to be
the first step toward changing the
order from a fraternal mutual benefit
association to an insurance company
with a graded assessment and reserve
fund"
"The matter of graded assessment
and reserved fund raj brought up,
but was laid over until next year.
GAS it has been in the past all mem
bers paid equal dues, and received
equal benefits, but the $1,000 certifi-
cate holders in the future will pay
only half the death assessment but the
same lodge dues as other members,
receiving the same benefits except in
case of death, when only $1,000 is
paid.u
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-07-04
GOSPELS SPREAD.
Remarkable Figures in a Recent Gen.
sus Report-A Gain of SO Per
Cent Since the Year
1870.

WASHINGTON, d. O., June 27.-The
census report covering the statistics
of churches, which has just come from
the press, contains some interesting
facts.
1t is an elaborate work of more
than 500 pages, with colored maps,
showing the extent of various organ
lied religious bodies in the various
States, besides independent churches
and miscellaneous congregations.
The total of communicates of all
denominations is 20,612, SOC who be-
long to 165,177 organizations or con-
gregations.
These congregations have 1881
odifeas which have sittings for 49,
564, 1858 persons.
The value of all church property,
used exclusively for purposes of wor-
ship, is 679, $50, 139. There are Iii, 036
regular ministers not including lay
preachers.
There are five bodies which have
more than 1000, 900 of communicates
and ten more than 100000.
The leading denominations have
communicates in round numbers as
follows:
Catholic, 6,250,OOG; Methodist, A.
100000; Baptist, s,725, 600; Presbyter-
ian, 1,2sO,332; Luthern, 1,23O,OOO; Pro-
testant Episcopalians, SAC, 600.
A study of the details of the sta
tistics develops more apparently
strange results. Out of a total of $780,
900 Jewish communicates, the reform
exceed the orthodox by $1,000.
There are 1880 Russian orthodox,
100 Greek orthodox and Il 1850 Greek
Catholics. The Salvation Army has
s,742 members and the Christian
Scientists just eighteen less than that
number.
The denomination of Ethical Gull
ture has a membership of 1864, while
the Altruist is able to show but
twenty five followers. The members
of the Theosophical Society aggregate
695.
In number the communicates and
value of church property New York
leads and Pennsylvania follows, but
in the number of organizations and
church edifices, Pennsylvania is first
and Ohio second.
The increase in the value of church
property since 1870 has been $685.
146,55s, or nearly 90 per cent, while
the number of churches has increased
AZ per cent. The increase in the num-
Der of organizations is 1926 per cent.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-07-04
REAL COST or BICYCLES.
Peter Rappold Paid S25 for Material
and Made a Wheel in a Week.

The case of Better Rappold, charged
by the Eclipse Bicycle Company, of
Beaver Falls, Pa, with the larceny of
a large number of parts of bicycles
from their works, attracted much at
tention, especially among bicycle
riders, as the testimony shows whatit
really costs to manufacture a first
class bicycle. A new and extremely
pretty bicycle was produced by de-
PENDANT, which he testified he had
built entirely since his arrest. The
material for its construction cost him
1926 purchased in a retail way from
large dealers, and he said he could
build such a wheel without assistance
in n week. The case was submitted
to the jury without argument, and a
verdict of "not guilty. was rendered
without the jury leaving the box.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-07-04
FARRIs WILL NOT OBEY.
The Laclede County Chairman Refuses
to Act ON Mr.. Mafitt's Suggestion.

LEBANON, Mo-, June 27.-The st.
Louis Post Dispatch correspondent
called on Democratic County Chair
man Farris to-day and inquired if he
had received State Chairman Maffitt's
letter and blank return which he had
sent out to get an expression on the
question of holding n state conven-
ton.
SCI received the document this morn
ing" was the reply.
"What do you think of Mr.. Mafitt's
action?"
"As l do not desire to impute un-
fairness to anyone, I cannot be honest
to myself and believe that Mr.. Maffitt
is candid or sincere. On Thursday
last Mr.. Maffitt agreed with me and
made the same statement to others,
that If a majority of the chairmen of
the Democratic county committees
would request him to reconvene the
committee to call a convention he
would do SO and vote for a convention.
He now requires tho county commit
tees TO be called together and another
expression taken in the lace of the
fact hat seventy-three county con-
ventions or committees have declared
for a convention. Mr.. Maffitt further
states that he had certificates from
about thirty-six counties where ac-
ton had been taken, and that he
would accept them as the authorized
results from such counties. / have
sent Mr.. Maffitt and Zevely the pro-
ceedings of a Democratic convention
for Laclede county held on the 18th
day of May, demanding that the state
committee call a convention. ! will
not trile with the party in this county
by asking a further expression. If
believed the state committee was sin
cere and wanting to get the party ex-
preston, I would probably cooperate
with it, but l have no sympathy with
deceptive methods nor respect for the
promoters of such schemes"
The position of Mr.. Farris creates q
deadlock between the state commit
tee and the counties which have al
ready made declaration for a state
convention and makes the calling of a
state Democratic convention inde-
pendent of the state committee almost
q certainty,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-07-04
Plunged in the River.

PARIS, Mo-, June 27.--Intense ex-
element vas caused in this city to-
night by the suicide of @. s. Warner,
ex-cashier of the Chemical National
Bank, of st. Louis, and the Bank of
Hannibal. For sometime past Mr..
Warner has been in III health, and his
act is attributed to dependency. At
$50 this afternoon he purchased ten
feet Of rope and was e going to-
ward the river. He was missed in
aboat an hour and search instituted.
His coat and hat were found on the
river bank, and about 10 feet away the
body was found in the water. One
end Of the rope was tied to a tree and
the other end, with a large stone, 70
the dead mans right leg. Deceased
was q son-in-law of ID. FL. Moss, pres
ident Of the National Bank OF Paris.
He leaves a widow and a f-yea.-eld
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-07-04

The Private Fortune of Mr. Cleveland.
In an interview at st. Louis on Fri
day, the Hon. John James Ingalls, of
Kansas expressed himself as follows
on the subject of Mr.. Cleveland's
pecuniary affairs:
she went into Office a pettifogging
lawyer from Buffalo and has now one
of the largest private fortunes in the
country. He has had no visible means
of support since then but officeholding.
How do you associate that with the
shrinking honesty which has charac-
terized him?"
Mr.. Ingalls, has said either too little
or too much. If he has any exact in
formation as to the magnitude of the
fortune which Mr.. Cleveland has ac-
quired since he entered politics, and
any evidence showing that that for
tune, or any part of it, has been gained
by an improper use of official oppor-
tunities, Mr.. ingalls, ought to state the
facts in his possession squarely and
fearlessly. The people have a right to
know the facts. On the other hand,
if MI. Ingalls, has nothing more than
irresponsible gossip on which to base
the unpleasant inference which he
draws in the remarks quoted above,
he ought to let the subject severely
alone.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-07-04
RUsINESs HREuITIEs.

The mortality between cattle at sea,
resulting from cruelty, want of water,
ETC., was formerly stated at 16 per
cent, while at the present time it Is /
per cent.
The Youngstown Police Department
issued an order for the closing of all
business places on Sunday, but sew
eral storekeepers will resist and carry
the cases to court.
Over 100 acres are given up to
pickle-growing in the vicinity Of the
town of Camden, Me. The crop is q
profitable one, usually yielding an in
come Of 800 to $3.50 an acre.
Farmers near Massilon, O., are
complaining because the country but
ter will only bring ten cents o pound,
and they say they will throw 1t away
before selling 1t at such a price.
According to Mr.. Richard P. Roth
well, the total value of all substances
dug from American mines last year
was S553, 1879, 900, of which amount
s353, $40, 900 is the estimated value of
the metals mined during the year.
A notable example OF a big result
produced by small Means is found in
the fact that lead pencil users have
whitfield away several big forests Of
cedar trees in Europe, and the supply
of wood suitable for lead pencils is
practically exhausted in the old world.
Ivory to the amount of 5s3, lit
pounds was sold last year in Antwerp,
which is now the principal markets Of
the world for it; six years before, in
1883, only 14,109 pounds we're sold
there. There il no fear OF an imme-
diate exhaustion of the supply, as the
native Africans shill hold large guam
titles.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-07-04
SHE SAVED THE TRAIN.
A Pretty Girl Station Agent Prevent
ed a Disastrous Wreck.

RICH HILL, Mo-, June 28.-The sta
ton agent for the Memphis road at
Sprague is a pretty young miss of 10
summers. During the wind storm of
last night two box cars were blown
through the switch from the sidetrack
to the main line track. Realizing that
the West bound express, due there in
a few minutes, would surely collide
with the cars, the pretty young miss
took,her lantern and, running up the
track three-quarters of a mile, flag
ged the train. There were several
passengers aboard the express, and
when they realized what had been
done by the young lady rounds of ap-
plause went up in her favor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-07-04
FACTS o R KNOWING.
AT Victoria docks, London, store
rooms for 100000 of beef
have been provided.

AT Victoria docks, London, store
rooms for 100000 of beef
have been provided.
a Chinese proverb says: ga hun
dred may make an encampment, but
it takes a woman to make a home.n
Every animal kept by man, except
the cat, is taxed in Austria, and now
there is a proposal to tax cats in that
country.
A fishing schooner with a freezing
plant on board to freeze the fish as
fast as caught is now plying from
Gloucester.
Canadian carpet mani facturers are
complaining of the competition OF
carpets and rugs made by prison labor
in British India.
A London restaurant is said to use
an electrically-heate plate to keep
ones food warm. There is no dan
ger of receiving a shock from touch
ing the plate.
On May IA a pure white crow was
picked up near Sherburn Colliery Sta
ton, England. The bird, which is a
young one, has the bill, feet and legs
white.
A German of science, who lives at
Florence, states that the insane oc-
cupants of San Salvi howled and
screamed for days before the earth
quake.
The made instead of a sigma
ture did not originate in ignorance.
1t was always appended to signatures
in medieval times as an attestation
of good faith.
The 1S-months- old daughter of a
New York man died from a mosquito
bite. The bite made the child restless
and it scratched it continually, caus-
ing inflammation.
The love of Londoners for flowers
is universal. So great is the demand
that their cultivation for the London
market constitutes one of the most
thriving industries of the day.
The largest telegraph office in the
world is in the general Postofice
building, London. There are 5000
operators, 1000 of whom are women.
The batteries are supplied by 10000
cells.
An Indication of the growth of
American travel abroad is furnished
by the publication of a tourists guide
designed solely by Americans in Eng
land. 1t is issued by the Great West
Railway.
Plants growing neal the sea have
thicker leaves than those growing in
land. Apparently the Q salt is the
cause of this phenomenon, as plants
cultivated in artificially sailed soil
yield thicker leaves.
In England toe "cat-o-nine-tails'' is
only used on criminals who commit
"robbery with Violence" and it is
said that the crime has increased in
stead of diminished under the sup
posed "reformatory" effect of the
lash
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-07-04

The Louisiana Press says: The
Triple Alliance has suddenly dis
covered that the side benefit attach
ment rendered the insurance too ex-
pensive-aiRost out of reach of the
pocr-and SO they have dropped 1T.
According to the last notification
among the side b~eneficaries are d. E.
8. Taylor and Alexander Burkholder,
both of Cyrene, and Leslie G. Hartley,
of Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-07-04


A sign put in the Philadelphia troll
ley cars a few days ago requests pas
sengers to 'remain seated until the
car stops, and then get off in the di-
r~ection the a is moving"
Forty-three children and grand
children is a fair sized family for a
man of 81 years to gather about him
This was the number of the progeny
which helped Mr.. Burr Woods, of
Carrollton, Mo-, celebrate his birthday
last week.
One hundred and ninety-four de-
scendants survive to mourn the death
of Mrs. Mary Ann Traugh, which oc-
CURED last week at Keckburg, Pa,
at the age of 50. They are II chill
dren, So grandchildren, 1O1 great
grandchildren, 10 great-great-grand-
children.
A negro and a Chinese woman were
married in Lawrence County, South
Dakota, a few days ago. The Clerk
of the Court had serious doubts as to
whether yellow and black were a good
legal match, and postponed granting
the necessary license until he was
fully satisfied that snch a union was
not forbidden. OF course it is not.
There is still plenty Of sport and
some money in big game in the North
west. There is enough wild game
left to be an annoyance to farmers in
Benton County, Oregon, and the
County Court has just offered a bounty
/ of $3.50 each for cougar or panther
scalps, $3.50 for bear scalps, $3.50 for
wildcat OF catamount, and 81 apiece for
scalps of wolves.
Not all the bicycle ordinances now
being passed so plentifully all over the
country are designed to regulate the
cyclist and their doings. One recent
ly passed in Chicopee, Mass, imposes
a fine of from 81 to $40 on any person
throwing i'm any street, a.ao,orn.aeyi
ashes, glass, crockery, scrap iron,
tacks, nails, or any other article liable
to aus injury to the tires of bicycles,
There doubtless will be folk mean
enough to attribute to the New
Woman movement the fact that a
woman in Ligioner, Pa, was arrested
and fined for swearing a few days
ago. She swore ten oaths, which the
Court assessed at 40 cents apiece,
filming her -. 1t certainly was because
of some new movement, for Il was the
first case of an arrest for such an Of
tense in that town.
Under a new ordinance in Griffin,
Ga, a barroom in that town may not
connect with another room, and must
have but one doorway, for entrance
and exit. Even if the proprietor OF
the bar lives in the building in which
it is situated, he must have a separate
entrance to his house, and from his
bar must go out into the street in or
der to get into his house. The object
of the ordinance Is obvious.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-07-04

the silver men, among them being one,
"Why the reaffirming of the platform
of 1892 would not be enough?" He re-
piled that they wanted more of agood
thing. Finally he moved the adoption
of the majority report and there was
a response in loud cheers.
Chairman Berry announced that a
revision of the count by the secretary
sustained the previous announcement
of the substitution of the minority re-
port. The Clay men cheered this an
nouncement and the Hardin men pre-
cipitated another riot.
STANDING BY THE ADMINISTRATION.
The pre- vious question was ordered
on a viva voce vote on the adoption
of the reports on resolutions. In this
proceeding ChairmanBerr was equal
to the emergency in his rulings or the
vote and the result would never have
been reached.
Ex-Congressman Ellis moved to
amend section 3 of the majority re-
port by striking out after the words
platform of 1892" that part indorsing
the Administration, President Cleve-
land and Secretary Carlisle.
Mr.. Rhea offered a substitute for
his resolution of thanks to Cleveland
and Carlisle for their negotiations
with the Rothschilds and Morgan.
This was ruled out.
The vote was then taken on the
amendment of Mr.. Ellis, which re-
affirmed the Chicago platform of 1892
and cut out the Endorsement of Cleve-
land and Carlisle. This was defeated,
27O S-35 to 59S 9-35. This was a vic
tory for Cleveland and Carlisle and
there was loud cheering for Cleveland
and Carlisle.
1t was moved that the majority re-
port be adopted by a viva voce vote,
but Messrs. Rhea, Ellis and others
claimed that they were entitled to an
other seperate vote on their original
minority report, which was a sarcastic
Endorsement of Cleveland and Carlisle
for maintaining a single gold stan
dard, the Ellis amendment being
known as the supplemental report.
They insisted on the roll being called
again on substituting the original mi
nority report for the majority report.
There was an overwhelming viva
voce vote against the minority report.
but a call of the 119 counties was de-
manded and ordered.
THE FREE sIkvERITEs NOWHERE.
The final vote on substituting the
minority report for the majority re-
port on resolutions had only twenty
two ayes. When the minority report
as well as the supplement was lost,
the question required on the adoption
of the majority report.
Although the previous vote showed
that the majority report would be
overwhelmingly adopted, still the sill
yer men demanded a call of counties.
The vote on the adoption of the ma
jority report was announced as 647
1910 ayes, 233 31-7O nays, and was re-
-caived with great applause. The con-
vention took a recess unt1I7:30 O'CLOCK.
Try that so cents a gallon machine
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-07-04
Did You Ever Think

That you cannot be well unless you
have pure, rich blood? If you are
weak, tired, languid and all run down,
it is because your blood is impover-
ished and lacks vitality. These trou-
bles may be overcome by Hoods Sar-
saparilla because Hoods Sarsaparilla
makes pure, rich blood. 1t is, in truth,
the great blood purifier.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-07-04
DISEASED CHINeH BUGS.
Expected to Kill Washington, Ind,
Healthy Insects.

WASHINGTON, Ind, June N.-At
Montgomery, seven miles east of this
city, the farmers have hit upon a
novel scheme to get rid OF the chinch
bugs.
Wednesday they shipped q box OF
the destructive bugs to an institution
in Kansas to have them in~oculated
with the chinch bug cholera, after
which they r to be returned and
viii be set free in different parts of
county in order to spread the dis
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-07-04
Never Made a Showing in the Com
mittee.

COLUMBUS, O., June Ex-senator
Brice and the anti-free silver Demo-
Gratis easily controlled the State Cen
trail Committee meeting.
The demand of Allan w. Thurman
and the free silver Democrats for an
early convention was ignored. The
convention will be held in Springfield
on August 20 and q. Senator Brice,
by a vote of 10 to 2, was chosen tenn
porary chairman and so will make the
keynote speech of the campaign. 1t
will, of course, be for "sound money"
His election was subsequently made
unanimous. Fl. w. Lewis, of Dayton,
was chosen Secretary and George
Foster, of Upper Sandusky, Sergeant
alarms.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-07-04

W. 8. Hathaway has just returned
from an extended visit to Toledo,
Ohio, where he went to see friends
and relatives after the Cleveland
Convention. MIR. Hathaway had not
been back to his old home for nine
teen years and found things very
much changed. He travelled over
some half dozen states and nowhere
did he find business nor prosperous
or crops as good as in grand old Mis-
aouri
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-07-04
CORN TWENTY DAYS AHEAD.
Kansas Farmers Say They Can Raise
aCrop Without Any More Balm.

LA CYGsE, KAs., June T.-Another
heavy rain fell here Tuesday afternoon
and the farmers claim that corn win
make a big crop If not another drop
of rain falls. Most Of the corn 10 1t
least twenty days in advance Of prev
ious years, and is out in silk and tas-
sci. Wheat Ia about all cut and the
yield is above the average, and Of ex-
cellent quality. It IL claimed that the
yield Of oats and fax viii be the lazg-
est ever known, and fruit wae never
better,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-07-04

SURELY it will not be claimed that
Kentucky Democrats are Republicans
or John Shermanites because, by an
overwhelming majority, they endorsed
the national Democratic administra-
ton and placed al unequivocal sound
money plank in their platform.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-07-04

Col. Robert Bright, of Hatton, a
well known horse man, has Just ar
rived at the kite track with his string
Of horses and will immediately put
them In training. Col. Bright handles
aone but good ones. Look out for
Bright's horses at our approaching big
Fair.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-07-04

KENTUCKY is a Democratic state,
and the Democratic ticket on the
Democratic platform will be elected
without a skip.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-07-04

IF the Republicans will nominate
Mckinley for President in 1896, the
Democrats, on 4 sound money plat
form, will elect the next President of
the United States.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-07-04

Persons who are subject to diarrhna
will find a speedy cure in De Wits
Collie and Cholera Cure. Use no
other. 1t is the best that can be made
or that money can procure. 1t leaves
the system in natural condition after
its use. We sell it. Woodbridge Il
Macarthur.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-07-04
Fourth of July and Picnic Goods.
IF Won want Rananas. ORANGES. Lem.

VUK - UT IL ~ ~ 6OVUO'
If you want Bananas, Oranges, Lem
ons, Ripe Peaches, Watermelons,
Candies, Peanuts, Fire Works, Rub
Der Balloons, Chinese Lanterns, Ice
Cream Freezers, &C., &C., send your
order, with the cash, to the South
western Supply Co., No. All North
18th ST., st. Louis, and James R. Hance
will see that your goods are shipped
nromntlv. 1921