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Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01
Six Men Shot Dead,
TWO WERE DEPUTY SHERIFFS
AND THE OTHER FOUR
WERE NEGROES.
Bloody Battle Between White and
Negro Miners at Brookside Mines,
Alabama Several Others
Wounded.

BIRMINGHAM,ALA., July31.-Brook-
side, a mining camp of the Sloss fon
and Steel Company was the scene OF
one of the bIoodiest race riots in the
history of Alabama. As n result two
Deputy Sheriffs and four negroes lie
cold in death and several other
negroes are seriously, two probably
fatally, wounded.
At 10 O'Clock messages were re-
ceived by Sheriff Morrow and Chief of
Police Mcdonald for all the available
officers they could send. An hour
later a car load of Deputies were en-
route to the scene. e.
The Sheriff's posse reached Brook
side at 1 O'Clock this morning. They
found the bodies of the two officers
and four negroes who had been killed.
The bodies of the latter lay in the
woods, where they had fallen. VIII
Albert and Charles Jenkins, colored,
were captured by the white miners,
who had placed ropes about the
negroes necks and were just about to
string them up when the officers res
cued them. Albert and Jenkins will
be brought here to Jail. The posse is
in pursuit of the other negro rioters,
who are armed, but fleeing.
The riot came about in this way:
To-day Mine Boss Culverhouse OF the
Sloss Iron and Steel Company dis
charged u negro driver named Jim
Biggers. Biggers remained about the
place making threats. He refused to
leave the company's premises and a
warrant was sworn out for his arrest
for t~respassing. Tonight Deputy
Sheriff 4. T. Wood and Special Dep
uty Joel Baxter went to arrest Big
gers.
As they approached, Biggers fired
upon them with a Winchester rifle.
A bullet passed through Woods head
and another through his heart, killing
him. Baxter was mortally wounded,
but was able to get back to camp and
give the alarm. The white miners at
once organized and went to arrest
Biggers. The latter meanwhile had
called in 4 number of negro friends,
and when the two parties met a
pitched battle resulted. Over 100 shots
were fired, the negroes finally fleeing
to the woods.
The town of Brookside is in a state
of panic, every mar in town being
armed. Shooting was kept up at in
tervals for two hours or more. An
other attack by the negroes is feared,
but it is not apt to occur after the Off
GERS arrive.
Biggers and his pals are i'll hiding in
the woods and will be taken dead OF
alive. Brookside has been the scene
of rae troubles before. Both coloreG
and white miners work there, and the
feeling has not been very cordial more
especially since last summers strike,
when negroes went to work in white
miners places.
1t only required to-night's murder
to kindle the flame of hate. Deputy
Wood, who was killed, was ex-Sherifl
of Talladega county, and leaves a wife
and children. The former is pros
trated and not expected to recover.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01
Ring Awards Yesterday.

The ring awards yesterday were as
follows:
For the best harness mare, any age,
Fred Blattner, Mexico, won first mon
ey, SIS; the Mccormick Live Stock
Co., Bowling Green, Mo-, second
money, $40; and F. j. Cutler, Upton,
Mo-, third money, s5. There were
Ave entries.
For the best saddle stallion, / year
and under, w. III. Connors, of Aux
vase, won first money, s15, anan. G.
Nicolson, of Calwood, Mo-, second
money, $40. There were four entries
in this ring.
For the best team, any age or sex.
J. p. Arnold, Williamsburg, No., won
first money, SIS; w. P. Reed, Tulip,
Mo-, second money, $40; and p. j
Mckinney, of Centralia, third money,
So. There were three entries.
For the best harness gelding, 4 years
and under, W. r. Carter, Mexico, wor
first money, SIS; W. P. Reed, Tulip
Mo-, second money, $40; and the
Frost Stock Farm Co., Roodhouse
ILL.,, third money, So. There were foul
entries.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01
DIVERS AT HANNIBAL.
The Negro is Now on His Way to st.
Louis For Safe Keeping.

HANNIBAL, Mo-, July 27~Emmet
Divers, the negro charged with raw
ishing and numbering Mrs. Cain of
Galloway county, was brought to this
city at 10 O'Clock this morning by
Sheriff Windsor of Galloway. For the
past two or three days the negro has
been in charge of Sheriff Weaver of
Rails county, but, fearing a mob, he
was turned over to Sheriff Windsor
this morning and brought to Hannibal
and locked up in Jail. At moo to-day
the Sheriff left with his prisoner for
st. Louis, where he will be kept for
two weeks, or until court convenes in
Galloway county. The negro is terri
bly, frightened, and expects to be mob
bed every moment. He still persists in
his innocence, but no n believes his
story,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01
DESTROYING Chinch Bugs.

A correspondent of the Efingham
Democrat says:
"Prof. w. G. Johnson, of Cham
paign, was in West Township last
week. He was sent by the State to
experiment in destroying chinch bugs.
He worked on a piece of corn ON the
farm of VIM. Quade, and kept the
chinch bugs off the corn, during the
dry weather. He had a ditch plowed
alongside of the corn. When the bugs
were coming in freely he had a boy
drive a horse attached to a log along
the ditch, and killed the bugs by the
bushel. What bugs were on the corn
he killed with a spray. The material
he sprayed with was coal oil, hot
water and soft soap. The way he made
the mixture was two gallons of hot
water, n pound of soft soap and two
gallons of coal oil. He took one quart
of the mixture and put it into 10
quarts of water. He found hat this
would kill the bugs on the corn and
not damage the corn any. When it
rained and the dust could not be made,
he used coal tar. This was trailed on
the ground like a fence row, and at
each point he had a row dug. When
the bug struck the tar line it would
not cross, but would run along the
ditch and fall in the holes. When the
holes rel about t~wo-thirds full they
would be filed up with dirt and the
dirt stamped in with a rail. Prof.
Johnson gave a lecture at the school
house on chinch bugs and other pests.
There was a large attendance. The
farmers turned out freely, glad to
learn how to get rid of the chinch bugs,
the greatest curse to farmers. After
the lecture the farmers, almost to a
man, went to work destroying the
pest. Those farmers who had wheat
on the prairie and corn on their bot
tom lands did nothing in the way of
destroying bugs, but those who had
no corn in the bottom lands did their
best, and destroyed millions of bugs.
II all the farmers would use the means
that Prof. johnson did, the bugs
would be destroyed, and they would
not have the second crop to destroy
their corn later in the season. 1t would
be a good idea for the farmers of the
southern part of the state to petition
the Legislature to pass a law to COM
pei farmers to kill all the chinch bugs
he raises IN his farm. As it is now a
few farmers will try to kill bugs on
their farms, while others viii let them
go, pray for rain, and trust to Provi-
denee."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01
Emmett Divers Confession.
TELLS HOW HE ASSAULTED
MRS. CAIN AND CUT
HER THROAT.
Shows No Remorse, Though Realizing
That He Is Doomed, And Only
Asks to be Hanged in the
st. Louis Jail-A Fiend
In Human Form.
From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat
Emmett Divers has confessed that
he outraged Mrs. j. w. Cain near Full
ton, Mo-, at 10 o'clock last Tuesday
morning, and then cut her throat
eight times. At $3.50 O'Clock yester-
day afternoon, in the st. Louis Jail, in
the presence of Jail Guards James
Wet and Benjamin Gleitz, the negro
told the story of his crime to a Globe
Democrat reporter. He realizes that
he has but a short time to live and de-
sires to see his wife and Sheriff Wind
sor, of Fulton. Divers fears death at
the hands of a mob, and requests that
he be hanged in the st. Louis Jail.
No more fiendish crime of the kind
ever occurred in Missouri. The VIC
tim of the negro's lust was a fine look
ing young woman, only Is years OF
age. She was married to J. w. Cain,
a prosperous young farmer living five
miles from Fulton, only last May.
The negro entered the house when
the young woman was alone, feiled
her to the floor with his fist, tied her
right hand and neck with a rope, out
ragged her, murdered her, and walked
coolly away. In the terrible struggle
| which she made for her honor the
| young woman's right thumb was sew
cred at the second joint by the large
knife which the negro carried in his
hand. After he emerged from the
house he wiped the blood from the
weapon with his handkerchief and re-
turned both to his pocket. His shirt
was covered with blood and n of
the buckles was torn from his sus-
penders. 1t was found beneath the
body of the murdered woman. All of
these articles were taken in charge by
Sheriff Windsor and are nov held as
evidence at Fulton.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01
TRUSTEES SALE

WHEREAS, w. NJ, Pearson and Nam
ME e. Pearson, his wife, by their cer-
tain deed of trust, dated April II, 1893,
and recorded in the Recorders Office
of Audrain County, Missouri, in deed
of trust book No. II, for trusts, at page
375, conveyed to w. W. Fry, trustee,
the following described real estate
situated in Audrain County, Missouri,
to-wit: Lot four a. of block twelve
Cl2l of Lakenan & Barnes Highland
Addition to Mexico, Missouri. which
sad conveyance was in trust to secure
the payment of the promisgory note
IN said deed described; and, whereas,
the said note described in said deed Of
trust remains due and unpaid; now,
therefore, at the request OF the legal
noider of said note and by authority of
the provisions of the said deed of trust
aforesaid, ] viii, on
friday, the Ninth Day Of 1ugust,
Il. d.. 1875,
at the east front door OF the Court
House in Mexico, Audrain County,
missouri, between the hours OF nine
O'Clock IN the forenoon and five O'Clock
IN the afternoon OF said day, cell the
ABOVE described real estate at public
vendne to the highest bidder. for cash,
10 satisfy said debt and the expenses
OF executing said trust.
w. w. FRY,
Trugfpp
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01
A Massachusetts, Barber Fined Under
a New Law.

Boston, July %. -Ferdinand Hautz,
q Cambridge barber, was fined S15 I'M
der the new Teamoh law to-day for
refusing to cut the hair of a negro.
The complainant was a brother of W.
H. Lewis, the negro student at Har-
ward, who recently figured in a similar
action.
PITTSBURGH, July 25.-Suit was en-
tered i'll the Common Pleas Court this
afternoon by the Rev. b. S. Jones, the
the negro pastor of the Ebenezer Bap-
fist Church, against the Schenley Park
Amusement Company for $4,000 dam
ages, because he was refused admis-
sion to the Schenley Park Casino on
the Fourth of July. individual suits
have been entered before Aldermen,
but this is the first direct attack on
the corporation by the negro citizens,
and is brought in the interest of all the
African churches of Pittsburgh and
AllpuhanV
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01
Advertised Letters.

List of letters remaining in the Post
Office at Mexico, Mo-, for the week
ending August s., 1895, which if not
called for in thirty days will be sem to
the Dead Letter Office at Washington.
Persons calling for letters in this list
will please say "advertised:"
Mary Armstrong, Miss Annie Berry,
Missouri Fuller, Fred Gahan, Mr..
Holdermau, Miss Annie Harrison,
Prof. w. Harris, Emily Johnson, Miss
Jerman, Sailie Manly, Eugene Miller,
C. T. Reynolds, Eliza Robson, L. f.
Rockwell, Dick Roberts, Charlie
Roberts, Ebert Schelton, J.. j. Tylor,
Miss Jug White.
See Halls soc. shirt waists. They
are daisies.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01

PRACTICALLY all the wood used in
making spools for thread in this coun-
try and Great Britain is cut from
Maine forests, but so great is the
amount of lumber required each year
for the making Of these seemingly in
significant articles that Maine will
not be able to supply the raw material
much longer. The spools are made
Of birch wood, and the birch of the
Maine forests is the best for the pur-
pose. More than two million feet of
lumber is shipped to Scotland every
year for the use Of the great thread
manufacturers there, and almost as
much is supplied to domestic manu-
facturers. The business began in
Maine twenty five years ago, and
land that was cut over at that time is
now covered with young trees, but
not for twenty-five years more will
this timber be fit to cut. Birch tim
Der is becoming scarce, and it will
not be many years before thread
makers will have to look elsewhere
than to Maine for their spool wood.
While its takes fifty years for birch
forests to renew themselves, the crop
is considered a profitable one.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01

The Greenville Netcs, of Greenville
City, S. c., has the following to say
of Miss Rosamond's appointment by
Gov. Stone as the Missouri Commits
sioner to the Cotton Exposition at
Atlanta, Ga:
The Mexico MO- Evening LEDGER
says: "Governor w. j. Stone has APP
pointed Miss Ida Rosamond, of Mex
leo, a Commissioner to the Cotton
Exposition at Atlanta, Georgia" Miss
Rosamond is well known in this city.
She is the granddaughter of the late
Mr.. James Rosamond, of Mountain
Greek. Her many friends and kin
folks are much gratified at the de-
served honor conferred upon her by
Gov. Stone.
Inhr w Iaolya re tho Manf4rnuaaPy
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01

The name of the prettiest woman at
the Fair Wednesday, who carries off
the prize ring, will be announced on
the grounds at 8 O'Clock to-day. The
names of the judges viii not be an
nounced but they are sure enough
judges of a good looking woman.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01
CABLE ON CORN.
He Believes the Coming Crop Will be a
Record-Breaker.

CHICAGO, ILL, July 27.-President
Gable, of the Rock Island Road, yes
terday declared his belief that the corn
crop of the west was beyond danger
and that along his line at least it was
larger than in any previous year. Cor
responding reports are made by Off
cials OF all western lines in the corn
belt. This means that western roads
are certain of at least a year of pros
perity al great as any in their history.
The corn will not begin to move much
before January.
The Reception That Awaited Divers.
From the Fulton Sun.
1t was generally known that Sheriff
Windsor left Fulton Friday morning
for Hannibal where Emmett Divers
was confined in the jail. Some sup
posed the Sheriff would return with
his prisoner to Fulton Friday night.
To prevent his reaching Fulton a body
of armed men spent the greater part
of Friday night in the woods just this
side of Richland, where the upper and
lower Mexico roads unite. But as may
be seen by a telegram to st. Louis,
Windsor removed his prisoner from
Hannibal to st. Louis Friday evening.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01

CENTRALIA is preparing to hold a
three days fair early in September.
Boone county has been without a
fair for several years and the enter
nrise sbouId be a uccess
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01
STILLWELL MURDER CASE.
No Testimony Heard by the Grand
Jury Many Clews Sug-
geSted.

HANNIBAL, Mo, July 2a.-The Grand
Jury met at 10 O'Clock to-day, but
took no evidence in the Stillwell muir
der case. A committee of three, APP
pointed to look up evidence, made its
report. which was discussed at con-
siderable length. R. H. Stillwell was
with the jury the greater part of the
day. John E. Stillwell, of Joplin, a
nephew of the murdered man, ar
rived this morning for the purpose of
signing his deposition in the Hearne-
De Young libel suit, but it is not i'm
probable that he will appear before
the Grand Jury, although he testified
before one of the Grand Juries, and
his evidence is in the hands of the
present jury.
r. H. Stillwell is in receipt of great
many letters daily about possible
cleWs. One received to-day was from
a man named Daugherty, who ran an
engine on the "K" line prior to the
murder. On the night of December
30 he was in Hannibal visiting James
Daugherty, night yardmaster for the
Hannibal and st. Joseph. He came
up through the railroad yards about
1870 q. m. to take a train for Quincy.
He saw q man throw a bundle into a
pond in the yards. The fellow was
acting suspiciously, and Daugherty
followed him to the K~ettering Hotel.
He went into the wash room, washed
his hands, and, buttoning his coat col
lar closely about his neck, left the
hotel. Mr.. D~augherty did not attempt
to follow, but he has always been i'm
pressed with the idea that this man
knew something about the murder.
1t is a fact that a bundle of bed
clothing with blood on the different
articles was found on the river bank
the morning following the MURDER but
it was never supposed to have any
Iconnection with the crime.
While Prosecuting Attorney Heath
er has no faith in John Kelly's state
ment, he has written the Warden of
the p~enitentiary to discover, if posi-
BILE, the identity of Kelly's cellmate,
who, as the latter claimed, knew so
much about the murder. The proba-
bility is that John manufactured his
story out of whole cloth. with the de-
positions in the Hearne-De Young
case as a basis. Mr.. Stillwell pays no
attention whatever to any of these
letters, as it would take Il lifetime to
follow up and unravel many of the
clews.
WOULD NOT CUT A NEGROES HAIR.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01
NO SKIRT DANCE.
Church Ladies Seized the Orchestra's
Instruments When 1t Was Tried.

ST. JOSEPH, MICH, July Elixir
mess was presented here last night by
$50 young ladies' for the benefit of the
Congregational Church Society. Miss
Barnes, a professional dancer of New
York, who is visiting here, consented
TO dance for them.
Her first dance gave SO much salts
faction that she was encored three
times. Miss Barnes was on the pro-
gramme for a skirt dance, but when
the time came the church ladies would
not allow it to go on.
In carrying out the resolution they
took the instruments away from the
orchestra and caused general commo-
ton on the stage. So that entertain
ment was stopped.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01
RodemYre Wins.

STURGEON, Mo-, July 2s.--The case
Of the State Of Missouri against J. W.
Wills, charged with coerciug A. Rode
myre, editor of the Ceptralia Guard,
into signing a r~etraction of an article
published in the Moberly Monitor rel
alive to the compromising conduct of
Wills with n Mrs. Sadler, came up
for hearing before a Jury in Justice
Hocker's court in Centralia to-day
and resulted in a verdict of guilty and
a fine of $3.50 and costs. County At
torney Stephens and T. 8. Carter ap-
peared for the prosecution and w. w.
Fry, Of Mexico, for the defense. The
cases Of j. w. Strother and j. II.
Cupp for completely in the act comes
up tomorrow in the same court.
These cases have excited the creates,
interest on account of the prominence
OF the parties involved.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01
New SHIFTS

The following suits have been filed
with Circuit Clerk P. NJ. Morris since
last report, to be tried at the Septem-
Der term: 9.
G. w. Watts VS.. Ida Rosamond; APP
pealed from Justice Peace court.
B. G. Torhett VS.. Andrew Quinn;
same.
Maggie R. Riley eft al rs. Chas. G
Davis; partition.
State of Missouri VS. A. I. Romans,
appealed from Justice Peace court.
p. Galliher VS.. Louis SEWERS; same
State of Missouri VS.. Henry Graf
ford; anne
d. r. Howell VS.. James w. Wilson
same,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01

A FRIEND of the LEDGER informed
the writer this morning that from this
time on he was going to "let the Lord
look after the. currency question
that he had gotten sick OF it,"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01

THE show window of the Famous is
n of the most attractive exhibits
any of our business men have made
for some time.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01
Notice OF FTnaI se,4Iomm.

NoLce u hereby given that final act
rara o. the estate of Henry Ger
,aJ;aeceased VIII be made at the Sep
Audrain County, Missouri'foh he Iaid az
hexico, Missouri, the seenud Afondav
in September, 1896.
IA |. b. PICKARD,
Administrator.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01

EVERY day or so we hear the ques-
ton asked, "When did you ever see
any gold?" The bankers of Mexico
yesterday informed the LEDGER that
gold accumulated in their vaults and
had to be shipped away, as customers
refused to take it. The business of
the country will always be done with
paper currency and checks on account
of their convenience. The gold can
be had on demand and that's what
makes the paper pass and that's what
the reserve fund is for.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01

VISITORS to Mexico during Fair
week should look into the merits OF
Hardin College and the NJ. M. A., two
of the best schools in the country.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01
Notice Of Final settlement

Notice Is hereby given that final
settienent of the estate OF Gideon
maiiory, deceased, will be made at the
september term of the Probate Court
OF Audrain County, Missouri, 10 be
neId at Mexico, Missouri, the second
Monday in September, 1896.
- j.; r. WILLIAMS,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01
Notice OF Final Settlement.

Notice is. hereby given that final
settlement of the estate of James j.
Palmer will be made at the September
term of the Probate Court of Audrain
County, Missouri, to be held at Mex
leo, Missouri, the second Monday in
September, 1895. S. G. PALMER.
I'd Curator.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01

J. Moore, r. T. Steele, r. G. White
and @. w. Dunkard viii be the orators
of the day ut the Rush Hill picnic on
the sth Of August. Loutre and Rush
Hin will play q game Of base ball.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01

Two colored gentlemen named
Robert Tureman and Henry Buckner
were arrested by Assistant Chief of
Police VIM. Biggers. One was armed
with a pistol and the other with a
azor. Biggers had been watching
their maneuvres for some time and
finally came to the conclusion that
the community would be better off if
they were locked up. The charge of
carrying concealed weapons is filed.
Mrs. G. E. Nippert and daughters,
Misses Helen and Phylles, of Paris,
Ky. and Mrs. G. Tom King, of New
Bloomfield, No, are guests of their
cousin, Mrs. A. B. Cluster.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01

SOME of those who re Give the mos
benefits from the fair do the least
toward making it a success. Mexico
is the center of the very best agricul-
tural community in the country and
is expected to be and always is liberal
in its support of the fair. If the fair
this season is a as it promises
to be we will next year and every
year after have an old time, old fash
toned fair with premiums for farm
products, floral hall, cattle, hog and
sheep rings. The management OF the
fair is doing everything in its power
to get the enterprise in such shape
that the products of the county will
be the leading attraction.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

MARTINsBURG BANK,N
Plaintiff,
Vs. ION note by
| r. MCNAMA AND Attachment.
s. G. ELLIoTT,\
Defendants.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01

J. w. Plat, Of the Racket,is home
nom New York City, where he pur-
chased an immense stock OF goods.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01

THE m which passed over the
country some months ago in regard 20
the suffering of the American negro
colony that had settled in Mexico on a
tract of land near Tlahualilo, is now
confirmed by news which has reached
the State Department of this govern
ment. A telegram was received by
the Department from United States
Consul Spraks at Piedras Negras,
stating that the negroes are in a de-
plorable condition. Most of them are
confined in a camp of observation
many suffering from contagious dis.
ase and from other causes. These
emigrants went from Southern States
mostly from Alabama and the Carlo.
linas, under most alluring promises
from the emigration agents of COM
Portable homes in Mexico, but, from
all accounts, they have been i'll treat
ed and suffered great h%ardships from
the time of their arrival in that coun-
try,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01
For Sale.

A good one seated surrey. Call at
the residence of Mrs. J. G.. Whitley, in
Northwest Mexico. d4t-W1t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01

The Fair Store does not have any
special bargain days, but every day is
bargain day. Call and be convinced.
d4t-W1t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-01
Quick sales and small profits at the
Fair Store. d4t-w1t
Eytra Unayy Oats

j. Dowell, ST., informs the LEDGER
that he assisted Frank Doan to thresh
y acres of oats last Friday that
weighed out rs bushels to the acre