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The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1895-11-30
Chambers Complaint to Presi
dent Cleveland.
MADE A POOLING AGREEMENT
One Earnest Word From the Omnipotent
Banker Friend win paralyxe
the JniQuity.

Washington. Nov. Ex-senator Chand-
Ter has written the following letter to
the presidents
Washington. Nov. %. 1895.-To the
President: I make complaint to you,
and through you to your interstate
commerce commission, against the
trust and pooling agreement, now near
ly finished, Of the eight American rail-
road trunk lines and the one Canadian
line of pooling the traffic between New
York city and Chicago. Inc agreement
provides that every railroad in the COM
bination shall make and maintain the
transportation rates prescribed by a
board Of managers representing all the
roads.
This is a conspiracy in restraint Of
trade and commerce, under the act OF
July 2, 1890. The agreement also makes
certain that all competition shall be
abolished as above required by impos-
ing heavy fines upon any offending
road, which fines are applied for the
benefit Of the other roads. This Is a
division Of earnings contrary to Sec
ton of the interstate commerce law.
This trust and pooling agreement can
be annihilated as provided by explicit
existing laws Of the United States
first, by injunction from the courts;
second, by an order OF the interstate
commerce commission; or. third, by an
indictment Of the individuals signing
the same.
1t can also be easily stopped by a
vigorous appeal from you to J. Pierpont
Morgan, whose power over the nine
governors Of the nine trunk lines is as
absolute as it was over the bond syn
dictate. It can not be possible you In
tend to take upon your administration
the responsibility of fastening upon
your burdened and helpless people this
the hugest trust the world ever saw or
that was ever conceived of, when one
earnest word from your fresh attorney
general, your ambitious chairman OF
your commission, or your omnipotent
banker friend will paralyze the iniquity
in it's inception. Very respectfully
yours, WILLIAM e. CHANDLER.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1895-11-30
wyoMING's SELECTION uNAPPRovE0
Lands Chosen Cnder the Carey Law VIII
First Be Examined.

declined for the present to approve the
segregation Of $3.50 acres of land in wy
oming selected by the state under the
Carey act for the reclamation Of arid
lands. The action Is taken pending an
investigation Of the character Of the lands
and an examination by an agent Of the
government, which has been ordered. A
protest has been filed at the department
bv State Senator Foote, alleging that
these selections are not desert lands.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1895-11-30
GREAT HURRICANE AT CLEVELAND
Houses Blown Over Trees CproOtcd and
signs Demolished.

Houses Blown Over, Trees Cprootcd and
signs Demolished.
Cleveland, Nov. 26.-The greatest gale
that ever struck this city, according
to the records of the weather bureau.
commenced blowing from the south
shortly after midnight. At o'clock
this morning the wind had risen 10 the
velocity of u miles an hour oeVerai
houses were blown down, many pulld-
ings unroofed, the trees uprooteo ana
signs blown down in all parts OF the
CITY. The water in the river ana mar
hor is at the lowest point recorded IN
several years. At o'clock the weather
bureau reported the barometer stlll very
low and the gale probable to continue
throughout the day. Telegraph ana
telenhone wires are Frustrated. COM
mnnication with Chicago was entirely
ont off until late hour this morning.
when the Postal Telegraph and Caple
company reported one slow wire WORK
tho to Chicago. This dispatch was
transmitted over that wire.
RLIZZARD IN THE SOUTH. ;,
CT Touis. Mo-, Nov. 26.-The blizzard
which set in here early last evening
subsided this morning, leaving SIX 70
oight inches Of snow, badly cr1ppnns
strae+ railways, and generally impeding
go wires are down in all direc-
lions. The storm throughout Missou.a
Arkansas and Texas was more sever
than any for many years. IL Tic .e
narat,,re falls much lower IN iAas
there will be great loss OF cattie anu
sheep.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1895-11-30
REV. JOHN HENRY BARRows RESIGNS
The Noted ChicasO Clergyman to De
liver Lectures in India.

The Noted CHICAGO Clergyman to De.
liver Lectures in India.
Barrows, widely known as the president
of the worlds fair parliament of relig-
IONS today rendered his resignation as
pastor Of the First Presbyterian church
of this city. He has been pastor of
this church for Is years. It is his pur-
pose in December, 1896, to go to Bonn
bay. Calcutta, and Madras. to deliver
.. course Of Christian lectures, to which
he has been assigned by the university
of Chicago, and for which invitations
have been extended by several mission
arv conferences and men Of influence in
the east.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1895-11-30

,salass - intact but they were |
ase.ess on account OF being crossed .nS
p -. ounueo. The situation outside ~ 49,
ei,y may be as bad as in CHICAGO
~ o'clock the Western Union co,a
ana am. stock Telegraph Comnanv SOU u
mere was never a comnlatsr 80
eraph blockade than exists TO-DAY ~.
20 o'clock there were no wires 90
tnls city further than To tba s+os,-
YARDS. This will Of course much nnsat
speculative markets. Tho No., .pse.
complete in every direction" The fol-
lowing was also sent out by the Gold
and Stock Company: $50 1
Cnlcago, Nov. 26.-No telegram
wire. private or public, is WORKING vet
anu II IS likely that news from the out.
sloe VIII be scarce. Foreign is less dis
turbing. Turkey appears to be con+roI-
ing Its Armenian troubles"
WRECKS ON THE LAKES.
me lives OF at least Is men were in
imminent peril on board vessels h,owr
aground In Lake Michigan OF GLENCOE
The vessels are the steamer Owen Car.
tain Marion Penny: the barge Michi-
gan and the barge Nicholson. The
vessels were discovered early this
morning. The Evanston life-saving
crew was dispatched to the rescue. on
board the schooners the crews dashed
themselves to the masts. Since thew
could not be seen through powerful
glasses to move, 1t was believed many
had been frozen to DEATH.
1t was about this morning when the
steamer Emery Owen ran aground with
Its two consorts, the barges Michigan
and Glencoe. There were between 80
and Is people on board the three YES
sells, the majority being on the steamer.
Signals of distress were at once given,
but 1t was after daylight when they
were seen and answered. The life-boat
from Evanston was wrecked few min
utes after being launched. Another
boat was soon secured and at 80 at
least 40 Of those on the shipwrecked
boats had been landed. There were
about as many more yet to be landed
I! The work Of rescue was necessarily
slow, as the lake was running high
and the life-boats had to proceed slow
~ on account Of large cakes of ice. All
three vessels are pounding badly and II
is feared they will go to pieces before
tomorrow. It looks now as If every one
on board will be saved. None Of thu
sailors are dead, though all are suffer
ing terribly from cold and exposure
The vessels were proceeding from But
falo to Chicago laden with coal. Cap
tain Tenny Of the steamer was washed
overheard when the vessels Wen
aground, but, through the GOODNESS O
Frederick Westney, the cook, he wa
rescued. James Dougherty was steer
ing at the time of the accident. Whel
Captain Tenny of the steamer and Cap
tain Smith of one Of the schooners wer
brought ashore. they refused to Civ
any information to representatives o
the press unless paid for it.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1895-11-30
~.,,oo,an Bark Wrecked.

Yarmouth, Eng, Nov. %.The Norwe-
norr 1sbaaden, Captain Isackson.
sas been wrecked off this port S du,.ns
naH Twelve Of the crew were drowned
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1895-11-30
NEGRO TRAMP HANGED TO A TREE

Calvert City.
Louisville, Nov. ga special to the
Times from Paducah, KY, says:
A negro tramp was caught trying to
wreck a train near Calvert City. and was
pursued into the woods, where he was
overtaken and riddled with bullets and
then hanged to tree.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1895-11-30

$1.35@3; western sheep in good demand
at 10000; lambs. $304.5O.
PACKING HOUSE PRODUCTS.
Chicago, Nov. N.-January pork. $40:
lard, $50; ribs, 1910.
WOOL MARKET.
Boston. Nov. N.-The American Wool
and Cotton Reporter will say tomorrow:
The sales in New York, Boston and Phil
adelphia have amounted this week to
3,182. 800 pounds, Of which 1,28O.2O0 pounds
were domestic and the balance were for
eign wool. Although there is a large and
more general inquiry trade Is still COM
paratively quiet, which Is natural enough
when one considers the immense amount
of stock that this market has furnished
to the mills since January, an amount
which to date exceeds by more than 2s,-
100000 pounds the aggregate in this mar.
ket in the corresponding period Of 1891.
MISCELLANEOUS
New York. Nov. N.-Hops-Dull.
Wool-Quiet.
Petroleum-Dull; United closed at Q.1
bid.
Coffee-Closed weak: December, 31A060
1l.20; spot Rio. dull; No. z, &15.
Sugar-Raw, quiet; refined. quiet
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-27
MRS. SHooTMANS WILL BROKEN.
A Case Holly Contested in the Audrain
County Circuit Court This Week.

Mrs E. a. Shootman died last Feb
ruary. She had made a will in June,
1898, giving the bulk of her property,
the real estate, to her daughters, Mrs.
Geo. j. Tyrrell, of st. Louis, and Mrs.
c. G.. Sherwood, of Columbia, giving
to her daughter, Mrs. j.. NJ. Riley,
$500 and her son, LucIen, a house and
lot and $500 and disinheriting her
daughter, Mrs. Mollie Showers, OF st.
Louis, giving as IA reason that there
had been advanced to her $4,000. Mrs.
Riley and Mrs. Showers soon after the
will was probated, began a suit to n
test the will upon the ground OF I'M
soundness of mind and undue infiu-
ence The plaintiffs claim that these
two daughters had always been on
best of terms with their mother II
could account for the alleged ad-
vancement of $1,000 to Mrs. Showers
o no other ground than that she
was unsound in mind and unduly in
tluenced.
There were n great many witnesses
examined on the points at issue.
MANY Of them as well Rs several doc
tors gave it as their opinion that at the
time she made the will Mrs. Shootman
was incapable. The ease began last
Friday and lasted five days. The jury
on the first ballot stood 8 to for
plaintiffs; after that 10 to , until the
agreement. Attorneys for plaintiffs,
Robertson and CAN'T; for defendants,
FRY and kennan.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-27
SURPRISED BY RATTLEsNAKEs.
A Family of Reptiles Captured in
an Indian Burying Ground.

PORT JERvIs, N. Y, June 22.-The
ancient burying ground of the Minsies
tribe of the extinct LEM Leanaps In
dian Nation, on the farm of Levi Van
Ellen, three miles from Port Jeryis,
was visited yesterday by w. Fl. Stew
art, Jr., of No. "A Downing street,
Brooklyn, and Benjamin Quick, of this
place, who were in search of Indian
relics. They went to work at a grave
partially exposed, and soon rolled out
an Indian skull. A singing noise came
with their find followed by the ap-
p~earance of a young rattlesnake
through the eye of the skull.
The young men, who were in their
bare feet for convenience, left the
spot in a hurry. They put on their
shoes, returned and soon dispatched
the RATHER. A poke in the hole with
a hoe brought forth another warning
sound, accompanied by two huge rat
| tiers, male and female, and several
young ones. 1t was a battle royal
then, but in a few minutes Stewart
and Quick had killed every RATHER,
six in all, and were repaid for Their
trouble by bringing home the skull
and bones of some former brave and
a number of other relics.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-27
Butchered! Horribly Cut!

The doctors, Dillon and Owings, say
they cannot last ten days, but the old
doctor McL0ney believes when You
cut to make it deep enough TO finish
the business. Listen at this ladies':
Wool dress goods cut from eighty five
and one dollar, nov sixty-tive cents.
Wool dress goods cut from sixty-tlve
and seventy-tive cents, now fifty
cents. Wool dress goods cut from
twenty-fi five and thirty cents,nowe igh-
teen cts. Wool dress goods cut from
forty and forty-tive cents, now thirty
cents. Wool dress goods cut from
twenty and twenty-five cents, now
fifteen cents. White goods except
india linen) the grades that sold at
twenty and twenty-five cents, now
cut to fifteen cents. All twelve and
one-half and fifteen cent colored
dimities cut to ten cents. All twenty
five cent organdies and plisse cut to
eighteen cents. All tifteen-cent duck
and gingham cut to ten cents.
Ladies' p~arasol and umbrella prices
cut from twenty to thirty cents.
Ladies', you all know what this means.
You know they won't last long. Come
and see me. Your friend,
McInNEY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-27
TROUBLE
Arms and Ammunition Shipped From
the Pacific Coast.

SEATTLE, Wash, June 25.-The
schooner G. W. Watson, which cleared
from this point at the local customs
office last night with $4,000 feet of
lumber for Honolulu, intends to take
on large field pieces, small arms and
ammunition off Cape Flattery. A
large shipment of arms and ammuni-
ton has been made to the Sound by
rail and is now either stored or cached
at various points along the Sound in
the vicinity of Everett and What
comb.
After the Watson rounds Cape Flat
terry, it is said she will dump her big
cargo of lumber into the sea and a
large number of small sloops and
schooners will sail seward from near
the points named bringing the new
cargo. After the lumber cargo has
gone into the wave it is said she will
head for a small island in the Ha-
waiian group which has been selected
and is peculiarly adapted to the land
ing of the contraband cargo. If her
plans do not miscarry an instruction
may be expected to follow.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-27
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The gold reserve has got above the
500, SOC, 900 mark.
M. ID. Wilbur entered a burning
stable at Milford, Ind. to save a horse
and lost his life.
The Sheriff of Cameron county Tex
as, was seriously wounded by shots
fired from ambush.
SeymourK eener murdered his cous-
ms, Lille and Laura Moore, in Rabun
county, Georgia.
Mrs. j. Henson attacked Mrs. VOL
linger with an axe at Aurora, Mo-, and
got shot in the neck.
Receiver McNulta's report to the
court shows that he has made a profit
of S50O,0o0 for the whiskey trust.
John Frey, leader of a gang of fire
bugs, was hanged to a telegraph pole
in a suburb of New Orleans, La.
w. III. Hurd, of Climbing Hill, To-,
accused of assaulting his W daugh-
ter, narrowly escaped alynching party
The Government is going to try g
new armor-piercing ~projectile which
it is asserted will destroy an entire
battleship.
An Injunction was filed to restrain
Secretary Lesueur from submitting
the capital removal resolution to
vote of the people of Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-27
TO KILL CHINCH BUGS.
Charles Harper, Of Shiloh Township,
Illinois, Has a Preparation.

PERCY, ILL.,, June 22.-Charles Har-
per, of Shiloh Township, has com
pounded an emulsion which he says is
death to chinch bugs. He had 20 acres
of good corn which wee threatened
with ruin, and he took about three
tablespoonful OF soft soap, dissolved
it in just enough a water to dis
solve, then added one-half gallon OF
k%erosene.H He then took about one pint
of this mixture to one and one-half gal
Ions of water, and after stirring thor
oughly began spraying his corn, and
to his delight found that it killed the
bugs instantly. He is confident that
he will not lose one-eighth of an acre
of corn by the depreciation of the
hupg.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-27
earle BROWNE AND HIS BRIDE
They Will Begin Their March to Wash
ington This Morning.

CANTON, o., June 20.-Carl Browne
and his bride, the goddess of peace of
commonweal fame, announced here
tonight at a public meeting that they
would begin Friday morning their
march to Washington by easy stages.
They will stop at Alliance Friday
night, reach Salem Monday, Beaver
Falls Thursday, and then stop at Pitts
burg, Allegheny, Altoona, Harrisburg
and Baltimore.
They expect to reach Washington
July 3, to be ready for the public
marriage on the capitol steps on the
morning of July 4. They will also par
ticipate in a reunion with thirty or
more of Coxey's army followers, who
have been camped at Bladenburg, Md,
since last wear.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-27
County News.
MIDDLE o e

Correspondence of the Ledger
MIDDLE GROVE, Mo-, June Pa
There has been quite a commotion
three miles east of the Grove the last
few days. On Friday morning, June
81, Ida Humphreys, an orphan girl
living with Geo. Carothers, was miss
ing. They supposed she would return
and thought but little about it for a
few days, but when they made in
quiries M trace of her could be OBJ
tanned. The last two or three days the
people have been securing the country,
supposing that she had been murdered
and her body hid away. There were
probably m hundred men searching
to-day. 1t was arranged to send a
party to Moberly and one to Centralia,
as they thought she might possibly
have attempted an escape. S. T. Hull,
Constable of Union Township, went to
Centralia and Frank Crismore went to
Moberly. The latter found trace of
her. Friday morning, June 81, she
stopped about six miles west of the
Grove to get a drink, at six O'Clock.
She told her name and gave as her
reason for leaving home that they did
not get along well. Mr.. Crismore al
SO found that she, had been to Moberly.
This is Is far All she has been traced,
but no doubt she will soon be over
taken. The Sheriff and Prosecuting
Attorney came up from Paris to-day.
A number came from Madison and
also a good many from Middle Grove.
The girl is said to be about half witted
and is nearly blind. 1t was not sup
posed she could see well enough to
travel, especially after night. she is
about IS years old, and was taken by
Mr.. Carothers when a little child to
raise. 1t is reported that she has had
very rough treatment, and that four
years ago Mr.. Carothers was arrested
for i'll treatment to her. This has
been the principal topic of converse
ton for miles around to-day. Every
conceivable idea and conjecture wss
imagined by the smallest boy to the
most curious woman. The officers are
still in pursuit of her,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-27
STRUNG UP BY THE WRISTS.
Sensational Charges Against the Mas
ter of a Ship by a Seaman in a
SUIT for Damages.

GALVESTON, Tex, June 24.-Jan
Reijas, a seaman oil the British ship
Andrina, brought suit to-day in the
United States Admiralty Court against
the ship and her master, Benjamin j.
Smith, to recover 50, 00O damages for
personal injuries received by i'll treat
ment on the high seas, and such other
relief to which the court may deem
plaintiff entitled. ReiIas, in his petit
ton cites that during the voyage from
Calcutta to this port, he was frequent
iy beaten by the captain and mates of
the vessel with a Delaying pin, and
when rendered unfit for duty by such
treatment he was strung up by the
wrists and remained suspended for 4S
hours, by the orders of the captain,
and was thereby permanently injured.
He also alleges that he is a ~naturalized
American citizen, and his home is in
San Diego, Cal. An attachment has
been run against the vessel.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-27
Ahunrtisad Iraffers

List of letters remaining in the Post
Office at Mexico, Mo, for the week
ending June 20, 1895, which If not
called for in thirty days will be sent to
the Dead Letter Office at Washington.
Persons calling for letters in this list
will please say advertised"
Scott Atkins, Theo. Bussen, Eddie
Brown, Lee Baronell, G. Bennetta, NJ.
Baltimore, Mary Garter, Hennie Coots,
Berdie Dryden, Lille Dowell 2, Robt.
Davis, Milt Huff 2, Hy Hinsel, Lizzie
Harris, Mary Johnson, Alma Young
erman, Horace Leasine, j. M.Long, r,
G. Callmeyer, L. Lain, Sallie Owens
by, S. F.. Tullis, Jane Paterson, L. s.
Rides, Lota Sims, G. G. Smith, E. H.
Smith, S. L. Searls, M. b. Selectman,
Mrs. S. Starr, Fanny Tines, Mrs. s.
Townsby, T. Wright, DR.. White Tyson
Mclean and James Years.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-27
Special Low Price on
Ludies'LoW CutShoes.

We have not the space to enumerate
the special prices in Clothing, but if
you will call and inspect our stock be-
fore buying we will soon convince
YOU that we mean what we say. We
have a few light weight Goats and
Vests to close out cheap.
This Grand Sale will commence June
20, 1896, and continue till all these
summer goods are sold. If you wish
to save money don't fail to come in
and g us.
On Saturday, June 20, Monday, July
l, Wednesday, July 3, and Friday, the
9Th day of July, between the hours OF
9 and II O'Clock, we will sell all our
best Calico for Sc per yard. Not over
10 yards to purchaser. Do not try to
purchase for your neighbor, as we
wish your neighbor to call as well as
yourself. Goods will be sold during
this time and no other. SO don't for
get date and time.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-27
r MOLINO ITEMS.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
NORTH MOLINE, Mo-, June 3d.
Grandma Goodnight is visiting Mrs.
Martha Berry, near Skinner, this
week.
Mrs. Polly Dye is still on the sick
list.
Joe Wilson, who has been near Mob
erly the past week on business, re-
turned home last Friday.
Miss Fannie Edge closed her sub
scription school at Shady Dell School
House on last Thursday evening with
some nice exercises.
The fishing party from this COM
munity that went down about Florida
last week returned home last We'd
nesday. While they didn't catch a
wagon load of fish they report a jolly
time. It makes a fellow hungry
enough to fight his grandmother to
hear some of the boys tell about the
whoppers they saw going up stream.
Brit Hickman and family and Miss
Lena Miller were guests OF Robert
Smiley and family, near Rowena, last
Saturday night and Sunday.
George Maddox had the misfortune
to lose a good work horse recently
from some unknown cause.
Death has again entered this vicinity
and claimed one of our Oldest and
best citizens, Uncle Jeremiah Shep-
herd, the mail carrier from Long
Branch to Mexico. He was born in
the State Of Kentucky in the year
1921, and came to Missouri when about
8 years OF age. He had been a faith
full member of the Missionary Baptist
Church for about twenty years. He
departed this life June 81, 1895, after
a long and painful illness, OF cancer
! of the neck and breast. His remains
were laid to rest in the cemetery at
Long Branch Church the 21st inst. by
a large number of sorrowing relatives
| to await the resurrection norm.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-27
A RACE OF DEATH.
Destruction of Life and Wild Panic
on an Excursion Steamer.

CHICAGO, ILL, June 24.-Two ex-
cursion steamers on Lake Michigan,
the ~whaleback, Christopher Column
bus, and the Virginia, while loaded
down with passengers yesterday,
tried, it is alleged, to race home.
When off Waukegan, a steam pipe of
the Columbus gave way, scalding two
men to death and badly injuring a
number of others. Among the pas
sengers on board the Columbus was
Judge Grosscup. When the explosion
came the vessel was enveloped in
steam and hot vapor. A panic ensued
and many were hurt in a wild rush for
places of safety. On the fore deck
there was confusion. Everyone turn
ed to Judge Grosscup as one in au-
thority. "What is the situation? Is
there any danger?" he shouted up to
Quartermaster Frawley at the wheel.
Second Mate Moses Crum, on the
bridge, answered back. ENothing,"
but the anxious looks he sent back
toward the smokestack took all COM
fort out of the assurance.
81 will go below and learn the
facts" said the Judge to his party,
"and you can be ready with life pre-
servers in case it is serious"
While the Judge was gone several
gentleman began to drag out the life
nroeory,orc apI milo xhon, ~ oap.
veniently. The scalded men were
brought up to the cabin as soon as
possible, and severel surgeons who
were or board did all possible to allie
viate their suffering.
Repairs on the engine were begun,
but it was not until 3:15 Monday
morning that the badly scared sur
vivors reached port.