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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-04-27
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DENVER, Aprll IA special TO ,ht
Times rom R,vnu., WyD., say: SID.
ney Smith, uu iusEuo q. T.. ra-sepgr,
ticEuu ilum kgusHs CIly TO seattle
who was taken if1m The uain hero yes
tarday, committed suicide in his cell
ay Iho county jail in the night Ht
had tnkon OIL his Huspeuders, tul
them lightly around his neck and 20
tue bed post. lie then tat down upon
tha door anu aIrangled hlmselh
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WAsHNGTON, ID. Co April 27.-
A telegram was received today by
Comptroller EcgIes stating that the
Murcnunps National bank o Rome,
GB,, had teen closed. the bank has a
capital OF $1,000.
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JAPAN YIELDS
WiII Revise the rrrms ~ Peace 49, 10.
sired BY gipr Friends.

PANS, April 27.-lt Is reported on
the BuuTsc lnat Japau has agreed 10
revise the terms OF the treaty VI peace
with CHINA Va desired ny Tue inleTyoU.
Ing pOWeTa,
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REFUSE, 40 Talk.
benjamin Harrison Interviewed on
Political Topics,

IEpIAEApOLs, April 49, Benjamin
Harrison has 10 uTIgI rom Rich
monu, Ind, whore no has been gu.
aged In the Morrison will case. An
Associated Press cotroHroudent asked
him II he had any thing 20 say bear,
ing on tho silver or other political
questions.
"Not a word" he said; "my head
10 iull OF other matters. hAvs no
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Track Iust in time % sigua' ou1 stop
10. eastgpuud train within iouy fes. %
the obstruction.
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IhIItHTuT Md bu0IhVT bulEot o.
"CVual suffrage petitions with the
clcIk. There was Que he was anxious
TO- call particular attention to. IL was
signed by JulPe e.. 5. Ztue, John NJ.
Zane, Sara H. Zane, NJ afgatct ID. Zauu
aud Margaret n Witnhcr anu 10
nthetr. The other petitions contained
$50 uamua from Wayne, ijJ from
Uluiah, % from Rob, no from WASH.
iugt0n aud 1873 from Garfield.
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COLOMBIA, April .7,-rhe PauBms
railroad has notified he agents hero "
the different steamship lines Of the
closing Ut the port nj ClrintO.
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rnou SIoAuAGuA.


LOspoS, April o. - u. q Z thiI
H tofulIu the foreign lnice had r,,
guIved no urws from NIuauaun.
Inn BRITISH FLAG RAISED OVER
tIlIsIU.
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Continued on rage Fivs,J
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Alto O'Clock 'he Convention went
Into committee Of tho whole, Van
Horn Ia tue chair, and took up tho
HTlyEtr corporation article, with
JRmes'a suus,ilute leaving the question
10 deposits VI fire Insurance companies
% tho Legislature, After some d.hata
,g..,.,,,.o no, p,,,. E.,,.,
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1895-01-17
BLAND GIVES UP AT LAST.
The Silver Champion Proposes to Re
tire to his Missouri Farm.

WAsHINGToN, Jan. 9.-The con-
viction has at last come to Congress-
man Bland, of Missouri, that there
is nothing upon which to base a
contest, and, though all his friends
arrived at the same conclusion many
days ago, it was not until o-day
that he formally announced the
same conclusion. 81 believe" he
said, "if there was a recount OF all
the votes cast in my district it would
be found / was elected by 200 or
800 majority, but I am not going to
bother about it. | shall retire to my
farm and see if can't make liv.
ing by devoting myself to raising
pumpkins and potatoes. | may
come back to Congress two years
hence and / may not; it all depends.
At the same time that Mr.. Bland
thus publicly announces bis pur.
pose, Washington papers present
the suggestion OF his candidacy for
governorship. Heis declared in print
to be the strongest candidate for
governor in the Democratic party.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1895-01-17
FOR GOOD ROADS.
The Association in Session at the
State Capital.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Jan. IL
The State Good Roads Association
Convention to day adopted a resolu-
ton asking the Legislature to appro'
pirate 81 900 per year to be used to
distribute road literature, and also
resolution that law be passed to
require all wagons used in the State
to be Of standard tread. About 30
delegates are in attendance. Among
these are Levi Chubbuck, Secretary
of the State Board Of Agriculture;
l.. A. Goodman, President Of the
State horticultural Society, and
John Patterson, President of the
State Dairy Association.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1895-01-17
WILL CONTEST THE WILL.
The Widow ana Children or the Late
VIM. C. West not Satisfied with
the Division Of the Estate.

The preliminary move for the
contest of the will of the late Wm.C G.
West has been begun by John NJ.
Barker, attorney for John West, OF
st. Louis, F. M. West, of Colorado,
Miss May Snider, of California,
Mrs. Geo. Kabrich, of Mexico; and
the widow, Mrs. Sarah West, has
filed her remuneration of the will be.
fore Judge Edwards in the Probate
Court. D. H. Mcintyre has also
been retained by F. M. West.
1t is known to all the readers of
the LEDGER, in which the entire
will of the late VIM. c. West was
published, that the estate of the de-
ceased, worth about $50, 900, was
mostly left to the youngest son, VIM.
E. West, of this city, who had cared
for his aged father through the later
years of his lite with the devotion of
a dutiiul son.
From the very day that the con-
tents of the will were made known
to the heirs, trouble began to brew
and it is no surprise to the general
public to learn that the will is to be
contested.
Mr.. West had provided for many
of the heirs before his death and in
the viii their fortunes were cut down
accordingly. Thinking that justice
had not been done to them, these
heirs got together and decided to
break the will if possible. Hence
the above proceedings.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1895-01-17
The Third Time the Charm.

Father Casey, priest of the Cath
olic church at Montgomery City, and
lawyer Nat c. Dryden, OF St. Louis,
were the guests of Father Dempsey
Friday while en- route to their homes
from Bowling Green, where Father
Casey, with Nat Dryden as his at
torney, won damage suit against
John Donovan, proprietor of the
Sans Souci Stock Farm in Mont
gomery County, defended by John
8. Johnson, of st. Louis. Several
years ago "Mark Twain" a valua-
BILE trotting horse, owned by Father
Casey, was run into by another
horse, driven by a reckless jockey,
and killed from the effects of a stab
from broken shaft of the other
sulky.
Father Casey at once brought suit
for $1,000 damages. This is the
third trial. Twice the jury hung.
The third time he got $1144.6S
damages. The case is q very inn
portant one and has created much
interest. The costs were probably
$5, 900 to 81, 600.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1895-01-17
six Young Wolves.

Hermann, Mo-, Jan, 9.-The re-
port reached here that one day last
week a party of hunters, namely,
John Simpson, Andrew Williams
and Hans Scurby, while chasing
rabbits in the neighborhood OF Bland,
a village 40 miles south of here, ac-
cidently came across strange track,
which they traced for about one
mile to hollow tree, and in that
hollow tree they found six young,
live wolves. They captured the
young ones and took them home,
and previous to this set traps for the
old she wolf, who, it seems, had
sense enough to keep far away from
the traps and hunters.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1895-01-17

Awaiting himself of that vast lat
itude Of debate afforded by the pro-
cedure in Committee OF the Whole,
Clark turned himself loose and de-
livered a speech, which, with proper
elaboration and ornamentation,
would be fit companion far Basil
Dukes lecture, "Morgan and His
Men," and that is praise enough for
any speech Congress has heard in
many years. And truly no speech
in any country affords a richer field
for the historian, the novelist, the
poet, or the lecturer, than the war
period of 1s61-65 in Kentucky and
Missouri. The opposing forces were
led by Nineteenth century DuGues-
Gins, Dunois, Bayards, Sidneys,
Ruperts, Dundees, Charetts, Murats
and Cardigans. Every county had
its we'll known Baron Bradwardine,
every neighborhood its Flora McIvor
and every regiment it's Fergus Nc.
Ivor. Balfonr, Of Burleigb, and
Corporal Stewart again grappled in
desperate and bloody struggle a
thousand times. The heroism OF
the day was fanatic and the ianati-
cism was heroic, as In France and
In Scotland in those elder days. On
those borders the France Of which
the Black Prince was Proconsul, the
France The Maid ei Orleans deliver,
ed, the France the Henry Of Nevarrs
united, the France Hoche pacificat-
ed and the Scotland embalmsd in
the most thrilling Of the "Tslss Of :
Grandfather" we're transferred to
another hemisphere and another
age and existed In another people.
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Attacked Their Father.

J. G. Trimble is home from Wor-
cester, where, in Squire Barker's
court, he prosecuted Willard and
Lawrence Fitzpatrick, of that place,
for assaulting their father on Friday,
Jan. 4th. Some hot words were
passed between the old man and
Willard, and finally Willard at.
tackled his iather with his fists. His
brother, Lawrence, also rushed into
the affray and knocked the old man
out. Hence Willard was fined $5
and costs and Lawrence $25 and
costs for assault. Willard is about
81 and Lawrence about 1a years ol
age.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1895-01-17


We notice that quite number Of
small fry politicians are continually
finding fault with Cleveland Carlisle
and other Democrats, who are doing
everything in their power to suggest
aud adopt a financial plan which
will relieve the necessity of issuing
bonds. Some of these politicians
have never given the matter any
thought, while others cannot think
If they try. They have nc plausible
scheme to offer oftheir owl, but they
think it popular TO kick the admin
istration. The editor OF our worthy
contemporary comes to tho front this
week and starts out with the sem
tence eff the Treasury Department
is determined to pay out only gold
for legal tender then the practical
thing to do is" etc., etc. What has
become OF our worthy brothers. land
loan scheme, which was 10 relieve
all the ills OF the flesh? Is it posi-
BILE he has found something which
he thinks more popular? tbs ratty |
schemes of this kind that keeps |
faction Of the party divided and !
crezed on all sound financial ques-
tions. In all sincerity the problem |
which presents itself is 0. very ser.
ious one and should have the careful |
and conscientious consideration. of |
all the leaders in both parties, who |
the question of finance.
Personal and partisan prejudices |
should cut no figure in this matter.
1t ia of interest to Democrats, to Re- |
publicans, to the black, The white,
men, women and children that the |
financial question should be settled |
safely and as promptly as possible.
Designing politicians who are after
votes or sore heads who have griev-
anees should keep quiet on this, a |
national question. There are plenty |
of other matters On which they can !
demagogue without so much injury |
to the interests of the people.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1895-01-17

Theme for more splendid story
never awaited historian, richer field
for romantic imagination never chal.
lenged novelist or poet. Even the
"Free Companies'of the elder world
and the elder day were reproduced.
Le Hire, who escorted Joan d Arc to
King Charles presence, was wont to
pious fits and when he started out on
a robbing and butchering raid his
prayer was: 80, Lord, do by LIE
Hire on this expedition as LIE Hire
would do by thee, were Thou LIE
Hire and were LIE Hire God"
Minus his piety LIE Hire lived again
nearly all over Missouri and on the
mountain border of Kentucky and
Tennessee, and he multiplied him
self numerously in all three of the
States. Spain knew no bloodier fends
when Visigoth and Moor were having
it out than Burbridge and Furgason
and Beatty and Quantrill and their
fellows of both sides.
AS illustration of the men and
times of that period l will tell the
following story as it was told to me:
At the beginning of the war there
lived in Monroe county, KY, "a noted
character named John Frame He
was a man of wonderful energy, in,
fallible judgment in practical affairs
of life, extraordinary cunning and
gigantic will power. Tall, lear, raw
boned, athletic, he knew not fatigue
and was stranger to fear. In 1861
he was in the prime of life, and as
farmer, merchant and trader had ac'
cumulated large fortune. He was
an ardent Union man and as partis-
an as partisan could be. His fortune
was greatly enhanced by returns of
contracts he made to supply the
Federal army. Owing to his peculiar
fitness for the work he was appoint
ed wagon master OF a division of the
army, in which position he was a
holy terror to teamsters. He was
captured by Terry's Texans and
spent some time in aSouthern prison.
About the month of August, 1864,
he was at his home, when he was
attacked by six of Furgason's men.
He fled to a cornfield, in which he
was shot down. His pursuers came
upon bis PROSTATE body and fired
several shots into it. He feigued
death and they thought they had
finished him. They left him for
dead, but not until he had recogniz-
ed all of them. In telling about it
in after life Frame used to close the
story with these words: ''They
ain's nary q one of them fellers alive
to- day" He slew every one with
his own hand.
Quite a different character was
Dibloe Burton, of Cumberland coun,
ty, who, in 1864, explained the
reason for his residence in Louis
vile by saying: "As long as they
killed men in my county for their
money I was safe; but they got to
killing them for not having money,
and / knew it was time for me to
git, and here | am"
1t was O. picture of these times
and these men with which Champ
Clark entertained the House the
other day. No man living has a
more vivid conception of the theme.
He is just eloquent enough and inn
aginative enough to make great hit
If he should take the advice of many
of his friends to tell the story on the
lecture platform.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1895-01-17
wORXING FOR GOOD ROADS.
The Missouri Association Meets at
Jefferson CIty-A Bill Probable.


JEFFERsoNCITY. Mo. Jan. 10.-The
Good Road association met here to-
day with President Erwin, Secretary
Chubbuck and a number of dele
gates in attendance. At the session
in Representative hall tonight Gen.
eral Roy Stone of Washington, D.
c., chief of the road inquiry division
of the National Department of Agri-
culture, will deliver an address. The
result of the deliberations of the
convention will probably be the
formulating of some recommended
tions to the general assembly as to
what legislation would be most likely
to promote the cause in Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1895-01-17

Zslla Nicolaus, the notorious ad-
ventures, whose fame rests mainly
upon her $4,000 claim against
Geo. Gould and her sudden flight
across the ocean, has decided to 60
upon the New York stage. She and
Madeline Pollard should go hand in
hand. Their already unenviable
prominence before the public, should
keep them away from the foot lights
instead of encouraging them to go
on the stage.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1895-01-17

Lafg SEHsitgHs.
Mrs. Rass McDonald. ngsd lo4
years, died 1T Lcekpori, III,

Mrs. Gs,ss McDonaId. aged l0+
years, died at Lpekpori, III.
The currency bin was knocked
cut by vote of l24 yeas 10 l29
nays.
The Merchants National Bank tf
Defiance, O.. was robbed oi SO, ,0o0
by safe blowers.
Ben Coffman, Joe Boil aud james
Simmons escaped from the Dens
County Mo } jail
Ivy Bobo WAS banged ut iFrisrs
Point, Mics, for wife murder He
confessed on the gallows
The three men charged with
lynching Barrett Scott were bound
over to tha District Court.
Over 10000 bushels OF olives
were exported to the United States
by Seville in Spain last year.
For the first time in Is years the
Patent Office has got its work fin,
ished up to the last case filed.
"Major" Sampson, wanted in
Chicago for the murder of an el, ction
clerk, was captured in New Orleans.
A. r. u. Director NJ. J. Elliot,
surrendered 10 the United States Mar.
shall in Chicago, and was taken to
jail.
w. H. Taylor, retiring Treasurer
of South Dakota, is missing. He is
said to be short $500, 900 of State
funds.
Mike Davis, a murderer, William
o. Wilkinson and George Ashton
tunneled their way out of the Pettis
County Jail.
Massachusetts Republican legisla'
tors nominated John f. Hoar for
United States Senator. The Dem,
ocrats nominated ]. E. Russell.
The Fidelity Loan and Trust
Company of Sioux City, To-, will
ask for receiver. 1t is one Of the
largest financial institutions in the
country.
Vice. President Stevenson lie in
N. c., where his daught.
er, Miss Mary, is critically i'll, and
his son, Lewis, is at Bloomington,
where the latter's wife is said to be
beyond recovery.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1895-01-17
common Sense

Should be used in attempting to
cure that very disagreeable disease,
catarrh. AS catarrh originates in
impurities in the blood, local appli-
cations can do no permanent good.
The common sense method of treat
ment is to purify the blood, and for
this purpose there is no preparation
superior to Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1895-01-17
CONGRk>>aaN~ChaaF CLARK Ar
DkNfLy PRtlSED ny THgCAP-
ITaL's CORRESPONDENT
THE C0URIER-J0URAL.
" hai The Washington People Stili
Think Of SOUR Champ" Despite
hi- Weli-known Defeal--T0M
Reeds Regret at His He
Ieat-A Born orator
Urged 10 Lecture.
Washington Correspondence Louisv,lis Courier.
Journal

Journal.
The bill, Fl. r. 6723, is entitled
an act TO promote the efficiency of
the revenue cutter service. 1t pro-
vides for placing on the retired list
superannuated officers of that ser.
vice. 1t is rather shackling Demo.
crat who can see any constitution
ality in any sort of q retired list.
That sort of thing is nothing but
old word privilege transplanted to
our hemisphere and nourished by
the Federal party of the early period
of the century and it's offspring,
the Republican party, of the last
period of the century. At pres.
ent the retired list is confined to the
Federal Judiciary aud the officers
of the army and navy. If the Re-
publicans have their way it will be
extended to every branch of the
public service, and if old-fashioned
Democracy should again get firmly
seated in the saddle the whole thing
would have to go.
1t is one of the curiosities of the
present curious Democratic Congress
that such bill as Fl. r. 6723 ever
got on the calendar. 1t is one of
the debts of gratitude the Demo-
cratic party owes Champ Clark that
he defeated the bill last session, and
it is another debt of gratitude the
party owes him that he again de.
feated it this session. He did not
argue the momentous constitutional
question involved. That was done
more than a century ago by Thomas
Jefferson 10 an instrument known
as the Declaration of American In
dependence. 1t has been done a
thousand times since by Democratic
statesmen, who have combatted
privilege whenever and wherever
it has reared its head in our country.
Clark availed himself of the blessed
privilege of an American solon to
speak this bantlipg of privilege to
death. He did not proceed after
the senatorial fashion of hurting
great chunks of dullness at the heads
of his hearers, neither did he laugh
it out of the House after the fashion
of Proctor Knott when that accom-.
plished statesman, scholar, orator
and wit defeated the Pennsylvania
avenue pavement scheme, and, by
the way, that Pennsylvania avenue
speech was e far more brilliant effort
than the more famousDuluth speech.
Clark entertained the House as he
always does, and you can count on
your fingers and toes all the mem
bers capable of that feat out of the
full membership of $50 of that body,
including delegates.
About the only public manifesto,
ton of magnanimity that even came
from Tom Reed was his expression
of regret because of Clark's failure
of reelection. Reed sees in Clark
man who is an ornament to the
House, the rose and expectancy of
the aggressive wing of his party.
Reed loves fighter, whether on his
side or opposed to HIM, and hence
his admiration for Clark, who is
what old Ben Hardin would have
been if Hardin had graduated with
distinguished honors from Alexander
Campbell's College.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1895-01-17

Mr.. A. j. Middleton and Miss
Grace Rezner, Of Mt. Carmel, No..
drove to Mexico Wednesday after.
noon, procured marriage license and
we're married by Rev. A. A. Wal.
lace, Of the Presbyterian Church, al
$50 O'Clock. They we're the guestt
of the Ringo Hotel over night and
returned home next morning, al
happy looking couple as you ever
aaW
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1895-01-17
VOL. XXXVI.

Intelligent, watehful directors, who
would look after the interests of
the bank, were elected. The con,
stitution would have to be amended,
OF course, in order to adopt this sug,
gestion. The matter is being dis
cussed throughout the state, and by
1896 some plan, which will be fess-
ibie, will likely be submitted.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1895-01-17
A Compliment From Worcester.
the Editor of the Ledger

A Compliment From Worcester.
To the Editor Of the Ledger.
WORCESTER, Mo-, Jan. 10.-I see
it stated that ex.C Circuit Clerk Ben
c. johnson is thinking Of engaging
in business in some other town.
Audrain county, and especially
Mexico can ill afford to lose such a
man as he.
"In season and out of season" or
whether he has IAN ak to grind" or
not, to high and low, rich and poor,
farmer and judge, to "prince, beg.
gar and pharisee" he is the same
affable, courteous and accommodate
ing Ben c. johnson. If he can be
kept here no other way, the legisla.
ture should immediatel pass a"Stay
Law" s. G. B.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1895-01-17
FOR FIFTEEN YEARS.
"UneIs Billie" West Had His Tombstone
Cut and Engraved and Laid Away
Years Before His Death.

One often reads OF some peculiar
person who buys his or her coffin
years before their death, so that they
can have the choice of their body's
final receptacle and be coufident that
it will be fit, or others who write
out the order OF their funeral ser.
vices, select the songs to be sung
and have all arrangements made
long before their deaths and even
when in good health, but it is sci,
dom we hear Of someone buying their
tombstone years ahead and keeping
it in daily view until their death.
''Uncle BiIlie'' West, who died at
his home in this city on Dec %,
1894, was man of hard, common
sense and always prepared before
hand Tor things bound to come in the
future.
One day about Is years before his
death he Ind hauled up 60 bic hoass,
in West Mexico, a plain marble
slab, on which Were engraved the
ssaliewing lines:
"Our Father, VIM. c. West, born
in Roane, County, Tenn, Feb. IL,
1903. Died Be-
low this was an appropriate verse:
"The pains of death are past,
Labor and sorrow cease,
And life's long warfare closed at last,
His soul Is found in peace"
When old man Martin, a former
tombstone dealer of this city, sent
the slab up to Mr.. Vests house,
encased ) in a pine box Mr.. Vests
family were much interested to
know what it was. "Uncle" Billie
told them that it was his tombstone,
which they must place at the head
OF his grave when he died.
The marble slab, within its box,
was stored away in back room of
the house, where it remained for
nearly Is years, till the old mans
death.
When he died, during the late
holidays, the date of his death was
engraved upon this chosen slab and
it was placed at the head of his grave
in the city cemetery, exactly as
"Uncle Billie" had requested.