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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-05
Passenger Agents in Hot Springs.

Hot SPRINGS, March 81 The
Western Passenger association will
hold its annual convention here
today. The Southwestern Passen-
ger association may meet here at
the same time.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-05
NOTICE,

@WsSN Coupons and trade
ANNA0S&Nmarks of the Bucks
E.SY&&sSs toves, that have
V SE been printed outside
ZS32aSE of the regular course
of advertising, will
not be counted in the contest for
the Junior Bucks range.
35 2t WAGNER & CHABoT.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-05
City Collections.

The city collectors report of collections
for the month of February has at last
been completed. The collector has been
waiting for the reports Of the marshal
and market master, crit would have been
completed earlier. The report shows the
following:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-09-24
JENKINS RESIGNS.
Believes Fusion With the Populists
Will Injure the Party.

PLATTE CrTY, Mo-, Sept. Civ. T,
Jenkins has sent the following self
explanatory letter to Hon. Sam Cook:
1 acknowledge receipt of yours Of
the 18th inst, requesting me to for
ward to the Democratic State Com
mittee my resignation as an electo1
from the Fourth Missouri Congress-
ional District. Although 1 believe
anything like fusion on the electoral
ticket in Missouri is entirely unnec-
essary, that it will eventually work an
injury to the Democracy of the State
and is condemned by the Democrats
Of the district, yet 1 yield to the man
date of the acknowledged authority of
the party in the State.
/ take this opportunity to tender you
my resignation as an elector from the
Fourth District of Missouri. Withthe
kindest regards for yourself and the
committee and the earnest desire for
the Gee OF our ticket from top to
bottom, I remain an humble worker
in the ranks, and as ever, yours,
w. T. JENKINS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-09-24
JUDGE APPEAL.
He Tried to Save His Client From
Hanging, but the Relatives
Failed to Weep.
From the st. Lonis Republic

from LnS d. LOUIS hepuDuC
Judge I. w. Boulware, of Fulton, is
n of the most experienced and most
successful criminal lawyers in Central
Missouri. He is especially strong in
his appeals to the jury. He looks after
the minutest details developed in the
trial, and never fails to take advan-
tage of any trifing circumstance that
will make an effect on the minds of
the jurors. Once in his long life he
had occasion to regret his art that had
served him so we'll before. He was
defending a young man charged with
murder in the first degree. The evil
dence against his client was SO con-
vincing that a confession would have
strengthened the States case but lit
tie. The defense was practically with
out evidence. Still Judge Boulware
was hopeful of an acqulttal or a hung
jury.
He fought every point in the case
from start to finish. The jury was
made up of good citizens, but men in
whom the emotional nature did not
prevail. That fact distressed Judge
Boulware. Before he began his speech
he secured seats for the mother, sis
tiers and female relatives of the ac-
cused, facing the jury, but behind him.
He first argued the innocence of his
client good and strong. Then he took
up the matter of reasonable doubt,
and having exhausted that topic, he
began his plea for mercy. 1t was
moving in the extreme. He pictured
the horrors of the gallows and the aw-
full scenes attending public executions.
He pleaded for the family of the ae-
cused-his old father and mother and
his loving brothers and sisters. He
quoted Scripture. His voice trembled
and the tears ran down his cheeks and
glistened on his flowing shutdown
beard till he looked like a lamenting
jeremiah. Many in the court room
were deeply affected. Judge Boul-
ware supposed that the family would
be dissolved in tears, and as a last ap-
peal to the jury he said: "Gentie-
men, 1 am old and infirm, and unable
to argue this case farther; but I must
again remind you of the grief youmay
bring upon his family, especially his
old mother and loving sisters and rel
atives. Their tears are more eloquent
than any words OF mine" Then he
looked around to see what demonstra-
tions the women were making. Every
one of them was eating red striped
stick candy and gawking about the
court room.
Judge Boulware was almost paral-
yzed by the spectacle. He didn't say
another word to the court or jury, but
left the room and in 10 minutes was on
his way to Fulton as fast as he could
drive. He didn't even return to the
hanging which succeeded the trial.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-09-24

TWENTY years ago this week the
Mexico LEDGER was taken charge OF
by its present management. Ten
years ago the Daily LEDGER was
started. It Is not necessary to call at
tention to the large number OF daily
and weekly papers which have been
started and failed In Mexico during
that time. The LEDGER has had to
contend with greenback papers, Re-
publican papers and nondescript pa
pers. The circulation of the Weekly
LEDGER lie five times what 1t was
when it was bought by the present
management. The Daily LEDGER Is
now the only daily paper in Audrain
County. The management has no
new promises to make. ITO our pride
in the past and our hope for the fu-
ture, let M add vigorous work In the
living present. 10 the motto Of the
Mexico LEDakR. We stick to it ss
closely ~ possible. The LEDGER,
daily and weekly, and IT. job depart
msnt, b In . most prosperous condi-
ton. The credit for the success Of
this paper ID due directly to the Hber-
Atty Of the people Of Mexico and Au-
drain County. Our people z public
spiri>ed and In every way cordially
support . paper that works day IN
day cut for what - considezs the bsst
Ax~-~@k~- a. ---A~xk~ tM ~kfNh
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-09-24
Advertised Letters.

List of letters remaining in the Post
Office at Mexico, No., for the week
ending September %, 1895, which if no,
called for in thirty days viii be sent to
the Dead Letter Office at Washington
Persons calling for letters in this List
will please say advertised"
Mrs. Bell Coe, Miss E. L. Coger, Miss
Elizabeth Davis, Mayor DANIELS, DIR.
W. A. Gillaspie, Miss Susie Hickerson,
Miss Sarah Haden, Chas. Knight, @.
81. Knight, Miss Susie Kaufman, Mrs.
Kittie Kiefer, E. King, Mrs. Belle
Lansing, Mrs. Lizzie Miller, Miss Lena
Miller, Miss Bertha Miller, John w.
Morris, Frank Pratt, Peter Rush, Miss
Bessie Russell, Henry Russell, G. n.
Smith, Mrs. Frances Sutton, G.. W.
Sparks, Joe Smith, Ollie Sims, Miss
Vic. L. Shanks, Jefferson Sharp, J. a.
Thomas, Henry Thompson, J. Weaver,
Miss Lou Wilson, Mrs. Lucinda Vent
sler.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-09-24
Democratic Speaking.
Col. D. @. Allen, of Lib
erty, Mo-, Democratic
elector at large from Mis-
souri,, will speak at the
Opera House, Mexico Mo-,
at 2 p. M, Monday, Sep
TENDER %. 1895.
Live Stock Marked.

ST.. LOUIS, September 2s.-The best
native steers and the kind suitable
sustained the Monday advance. In
the native cattle division the receipts
were liberal. Good steers sold from
$3.65 to $4.20; western steers from
$3.50 to 1886.
Hogs-There was a fair supply and
the trade was moderately active, but
prices showed no advance. The bulk
to-day sold at S3.1 Is to 1880, against
$500 to $3.50 for the bulk yesterday.
Pigs and lights sold at 1892 to 1925,
and light hogs at $3.15 to $3.50. In
ferior mixed hogs sold at e2.25 to
$1.75, and the good to most suitable
heavies at $3.10 to 1920. Medium
weights sold at $40 to $685., and
from 200 to 22o pounds n now the
best selling hogs if they r strictly
choice.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-09-24
TRIMBLE INTERVIEWED.
He Talks to a st. Louis Republic Re-
porter About the Outlook.

The st. Louis Republic says: J. Med
Trimble reached st. Louis on an early
train from New York yesterday even
ing, a short while after his State Gen.
trail Committee had finished it's labors
He stopped at the Planters a few
hours while waiting for a train tc
Kansas City, and was constantly sur
rounded by his supporters. Mr.. Trim
| BILE wore the statesman's conventional.
Prince Albert coat, with light trousers
that were nicely creased, and an iri.
descent silk tile, that he kept at
rakish angle on mis- head, SO as to re-
veal only the faintest suggestion of the
bald expanse of dome concealed be-
meath it.
"You got / a little too late to help
your committee to devise a plan OF
campaign" a Republic reporter sale
to Mr.. Trimble at the Planters.
eyes, yes" was the reply, "and I'm
sorry, too. I should have been here
to catch the spirit of the meeting, sc
as to be better prepared when l take
the stump. But I understand that the
committee has done everything that
ought to have been done and has map.
ped out a thorough and systematic
campaign"
"You don't %apprehend any discour-
tesy at the opening of your State cam
paign at Mexico?n Gel
"None in the l~east-none in the
least" quickly responded the guber-
Material candidate. "Whoever started
that silly story don't know the people
of Audrain county like l do. Then
too, if anything of a discourteous ma
ture should occur it would hurt the
other fellows worse than it would hurt
us. And surely they don't want to dc
anything to hurt themselves.
"What do you expect to accomplish
by your campaign"
"We expect to draw enough votes
from the regular Democratic organi-
cation to give Mckinley the electoral
vote of Missouri, and in the east
found a very strong belief that we
would do this. Back there they con-
fidently expect Mckinley will carry
Missouri, with the aid of our independ-
emit movement for sound money"
"On what lines will you conduct
your State campaign"
"On national lines, strictly. There
are purely no State issues at stake. No
reasonable man can find fault with the
way the State government has been
administered by the Democrats for
almost a quarter of a century. l shall
say nothing against Mr.. Stephens or
Governor Stone. There r some OBJ
jectional things in the political career
of both of them, but they have been
honest and efficient public officers"
"What is going to become of you
and your following when this cam
paign is over?"
foThat is a matter to which I have
given no thought. We are not poll
ticians, and none of us are office-seek-
ers. We r fighting purely for prin-
ciples, and have nothing political to
lose if we don't win. believe though,
that within the next four years the
party will come back to us. Or, if
Bryan is successful and his admins
tration should prove that he was right
and we were wrong, / shall only too
gladly acknowledge my error and go
to his party"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-09-24
Public Speaking

At the Grand Opera
House, Mexico, Mo-, Sat
urday, September 20.
Hon. J. Med. Trimble
National Democratic can
didate for Governor Of
Missouri, will speak al
$50 o'clock in the after.
noon. Hon. F. w. Leh.
man and Hon. l.. r. Will.
fey will speak in the
evening at 7:3O o'clock
The public is cordially in
.vited to attend.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-09-24

WE see a great many interviews
and specials to the metropolitan
papers In reference to sound money
speakers being annoyed throughout
the State. Nothing Of this kind will
occur in Mexico. The people in Au-
drain County believe il free speech.
Those who do not want to hear the
speakers will stay away. Those who
attend public meetings in this city will
always behave themselves properly.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-09-24
From head to foot YOU feel the good

From head to foot you feel the good
that's done by DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. It purifies the
blood. And through the blood, il
cleanses, repairs and i~nvigorates the
whole system. In recovering from
"grip," or in convalescence from
pneumonia, fevers or other wasting
diseases, nothing car equal it as an
appetizing, restorative tonic to build
up needed flesh and strength. Itrouses
every organ into natural action, pro-
notes ali the bodily functions, and re-
stores health and vigor. For every
disease that comes from a torpid liver
or impure blood, dyspepsia, indigest-
ion, biliousnes and the most stubborn
skin, scalp or scrofulous affections,
the .Discovery" is the only remedy SC
certain that it could be and was for
years sold under . positive guarantee
Of giving satisfaction in every case or
money would be refunded.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-09-24
sheriff's Sale.

By virtue and authority of a tram
script execution issued from the ofice
of the Clerk of the Circuit Court a
Clinton County, Missouri, returnab5e:
at the January term, 1897, of said court
and to me directed In favor of 7. 81
George and against Charles Miller, I
have levied upon and seized all ~
right, title, interest and claim OF the
said Charles Miller of, in and to the
following described real estate, to-wIt:
The west half of the northeast quarter
Of section thirty-fve (35), township
ffty-three (63), range ten (10) west
all lying and being In Audrain County,
and State of Missouri; and / viii, on
Friday, the 25th Day of Septembers
A. d., 1896,
between the hours of nine O'Clock ~
the forenoon and five O'Clock In the
afternoon of that day, at the east
Court House door, in the City Of Mex.
leo, County of Audraiu aforesaid, sell
same, or SO much thereof as may
be required, at public vendue, TO to-
highest bidder for cash in hand Sub
ject to all prior liens and judgmenn1
to satisfy said execution and COST
j. N. STEPHENS,
Sheriff of Audrain County, Nc.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-09-24

w. T. JENKINS, of Platte City, Mo-,
a Democratic elector, has resigned on
"cemand' of the State Committee to
make room for a Populist. The LED
GER agrees with Mr.. Jenkins when he
states that he thinks that the change
from Democrats to Populists on the
electoral ticket is entirely unneces-
sary and twill probably work an in
Jury to the Democracy of the State"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-09-24
If She Did There Would be a General
European War.

LONDON, Sept. 22.-At the meeting
held in Shoreditch, to protest against
the massacre of Christians by Turks, a
most important announcement was
made, which, it is believed, puts an
end to all conjecture regarding any
action that might be taken by the
British Government in the massacres
by force or deposing the Sultan.
John Lowles, member of the House
of Commons, said if England had a
free hand in the matter, very few days
would elapse before there would be a
change in Turkey. He then added
that he was authorized by the Foreign
Office to say that Great Britain was
confronted by an agreement between
the three powers that If she attacked
Turkey on any excuse or pretext, she
would have to face that combination.
If she fred a single shot or took ac-
ton alone, it would mean that at that
moment there would be an European
war.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-09-24
trustees Sale.

WHEREAS, Maggie B. Garrett and
her husband, W. III. Garrett, by their
certain deed of trust, dated December
4, 1895, and recorded in the Recorders
Office of Audrain County, Missouri, in
deed of trust book No. Is for trustp,
at page 48, conveyed to Ben c. johnson,
trustee, the following described real
estate situated in Audrain County,
Missouri, viz: Sixty-two and e-half
feet, the south half of iottwenty- seven
(27) of Mrs. Sparks Southern Addi-
ton to the town of Mexico, Missouri.
which said conveyance WA y ssust ~
secure the payment Prom4-s
sorry note In said deed rri0ed; and
whereas, the said note Inscribed III
said deed OF trust remains due and
unpaid; now, therefore, at the request
of the legal holder of said note and hg
authority of the provisions of the sal
deed of trust aforesaid, ] will, on
Friday, the 25th Day of Septemh2
A. D., 1896,
at the east front door of the Couzt
House, in Mexico, Audrain Count,
Missouri, between the hours of nina
O'Clock in the forenoon and s .o'clcok
in the afternoon Of said day, sell thAH
above described real estate at pubie
vendue, to the highest bidder, for
cash, to satisfy said debt and the
expenses of executing said trust.
b. G. JOHNSON,
23-tds. Trustee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-09-24

THE Daughters OF the Confederacy
will serve dinners and lunches at the
st. Louis Fair for the benefit of the
Confederate Home of Missouri. Their
tent will be located between the
House of Public Comfort and the
Grand Avenue entrance, where they
will serve a good dinner for fifty cents
or a lunch for twenty-five cents.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-09-24
Will Not Retire.
SEWALL MAKES A POSITIVE
STATEMENT TO THAT EFFECT.
Were no Such Negotlations-Mr Sew
all Contends That Retirement at
This Time Would Mean Bry-
ans Defeat.

New YORK, Sept. 19.-Mr. James
Creelman has interviewed Mr.. Arthur
Sewall, the Democratic nominee for
Vice. president, at his home in Bath,
Me. In the interview Mr.. Sewall de-
clares his intention, Is before, to stay
on the ticket.
a'There is absolutely nothing in this
talk about my withdrawal" he said in
the interview.
"The thing is absurd. shall not
retire under any circumstances. As
for the statement that Senator Cor
man or any Of the Democratic man
ayers desire me to retire, or that
the party leaders are bringing infiu-
ence to bear on me for that purpose,
it is pure falsehood. On the contrary,
all the pressure on me has been the
other way"
Mr.. Sewall threw his head back with
a quick movement, and for the first
time I saw his eyes full and fair-clear
hazel eyes, with never a shadow of
evasion-the direct, shrewd glance OF
a hard-hesded business man, untroub-
led by sentiment. His voice is deep
and organ-like. You feel the vibra-
ton when he talks.
"Of course l will not retire" he con-
tinued. "There could be no surer way
of making Mr. Bryan's defeat certain
and our opponents understand it very
we'll. Those who discuss the question
of my retirement don't know the man
they are talking about. There is alb
solute harmony in the Democratic
party. l am in constant correspond
ence with the leaders, and they are in
perfect accord"
"But, Mr.. Sewall," said I, s'you
must see that with fusion between
the Democrats and Populists in so
many States there is a prospect that
even should Mr.. Bryan be elected
there would be enough Populists in the
electoral college to throw the choice OF
the Vice President int the Senate
81 know it," said he coldly. 81 see
very clearly that Mr.. Bryan may be
elected and that I may not. But / am
thinking more of free silver than OF
Sewall. A change In the ticket now is
out of the question"
"Can you see any way in which your
resignation would help MIR Bryan"
~ have already said that it would
insure his defeat. The matter is not
even under consideration. When
wrote that letter to Mr. Bryan the
circumstances explained it. Mr.. Bryan
was considering the question whether
he ought to accept the Populist nomi-
nation, and had decided not to permit
his name to be used unless my name
was carried with it. He communicated
with me at the time, and I wrote him
that I did not wish to stand in his way
or in the way of perfect fusion"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-09-24

Easy to take-Dr. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets. Smallest, easiest, cheapest,
best. They're tiny, sugar-coated,
ambitious granules, a compound of
refined and concentrated vegetable
extracts. Without disturbance or
trouble, constipation, Indigestion,
bilious attacks, sick or bilious head
aches, and all arrangements of the
liver, stomach and bowels r prevent
ed, relieved and cured. Permanently
cured, too. By their mild and natural
action, these little Pellets lead the
system into natural ways again.
Their influence lasts.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-09-24
A UNIQUE BET.
The Loser Must Shave His Head and
Gid or Silver 1t.

RIPLEY, o., September 1s.-W.W Writ
Leggett and DIR. George P. Tyler have
made the following agreement: II
Mckinley is elected DR.. Tyler is to
shave his head, gid it and walk the
length of Main street bareheaded. II
Bryan is elected Mr.. Leggett is to
shave his head, silver it and walk the
length of Main street bareheaded.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-09-24
THEY MUST
More Demands Being Made by the
Populists Of Missouri.
From the st. Louis chronicle.

From the st. Louis Chronicle
Missouri fusion is the chief subject
of discussion at the Populist confer
ence at the Lindell.
Besides Washburn, of Boston, Watt
son and Reed, of Georgia, and Van
der WORT, of Omaha, National Com
mitteeman Rankin and Ell. Dahoney,
of Texas, are in the city.
1t is given out by Mr.. Washburn,
semi-officially, that the Populists
would insist upon four Congressmer
from Missouri,as well as four electors
THE DISTRICTS.
Mr.. Washburn would not enter into
details, but intimated that the districts
in which the Populists felt they had 9
right to ask for representation were
the first, third, sixth, seventh and
fourteenth.
These are the districts in which they
cast their largest vote two years ago
1t seems pretty well assured that the
Populists will demand that Cooney, O
the seventh, and vandiver, of the four
teenth, be withdrawn In favor ofThom'
as and Livingston, the Populist nomi
nees.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-09-24

How many Populists is a Democrat
expected to swallow this year Of our
Lord3 Some Democrats who can take
crow, claws, feathers, tail and all, and
still smile, draw the line at Populists.
There Ia q limit. The Mexico LEDGER
may be willing to swallow Popuiists
along with crow, but this paper don't
propose to be swallowed. When 1t
comes to PopuIists swallowing us, we
kick. This is q Democratic paper,
straight and regular, first, last and all
the time,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-09-24
SILVER Coined DurIpr Anon,

WASHINGTON, September ia.
statement prepared at the mint 81
reau shows that the silver coins.
during the month of August aeprs'
gated s2,65o,ooo. This yielded 10 e.
government a profit, or seigniora,s
of 1,s22.o 27 .03, which represents IS
difference between the cost of the Il.
yer when purchased and the coinav.
value.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-09-24

Politics is warming up throughout
the entire country. In fact, in some
places it is getting too personal, too
intense. It ia entering into business
and court affairs. In Nebraska, as the
folio wing telegram indicates, the
courts are a~djourning until after the
election:
OMAHA, NEB., Sept. 1s.-Although
the District Court is not to reconvene
until September %, the judges who
are in the city held . conference to
discuss informally the question Of
postponing the ummoning of q jury
panel until after the election.
1t has been represented by q num-
Der OF attorneys that the summoning
of juries and the trial Of jury cases at
the present time would be very unsat-
isfActory to litigants. In the present
contest when politics are cutting %
great . figure It is openly asserted that
IL WIN be most difficult to secure q fair
jury for cases which may possibly have
political influences bearing upon them.
Judge Baker being absent, the Judges
did mot take any definite action, al
though they favor the proposition and
with his assent such IN order win be
made.
On the outside, however, Il y broad
" hinted that - several Of the Judges
are On the stump the poetponement II
\ for th0fe cooyoufouco.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-09-24
Notice Of Sale unaer Deed Of Trust.

WHEREAS, J. r. Bunton, at tbs.
time a single man, by bis deed OF tSus.
dated the 4th day of March, 1895, ana
recorded in mortgage book No. Y :.
page 123 in the Recorders Office 2.
Audrain County, Missouri, conveyoa
to the undersigned trustee the follow.
ing lands, to-wit: The west hall g
the south half Of lot number twsiys
{12) of Sparks Addition to the cry.
Mexico, Missouri; and whereas, Ine
said deed OF trust was given Tor -
purpose of securing the note therein
described; and whereas, the sans ID.
been overdue for a period Of =
months; and whereas, the said 81.
Bunton has otherwise failed TO com.
ply with the terms of the said deed eI
trust; now, therefore, in order topsy
of said note and otherwise comPil
with the said deed of trust, ! VIII, On
Saturday, the Third Day Of 0ctooef'
A. D., 1896,
between the hours of 10 a. m. . ~.
m. of said day, sell said lands ~ y.
east front door OF the Court housS.
in Mexico, Missouri, to the nigne1'
bidder for cash.
JOHN J. STEELE.
2s-tas. Trustee.