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Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
HELD UP THE TRAIN.
Five Gold Watches ann $500 IN Cash
Taken-A Missouri Pacific Freight
Boldly Looted.

NEVADA, Mo-, Jan. 16.-A bold rob-
berry was committed last night at 1880
O'Clock at Nausau, one and a half
miles south of this city. 1t was pay
day on the Missouri Pacific. Five
robbers with handkerchiefs over their
faces boarded a Missouri Pacific
freight tram at this city, and, when
the train stopped at the junction, held
up and robbed Engineer r. G. Camp
bell, Brakeman J. D. Sumner, Kinsey
]. Hall and Frank Roberts. Conduc'
tor Robert G. Trickett, of Butler, was
also among the robbed, and during
the holdup one of the robbers shot
him through the nose and in the face.
Five gold watches and something
like 5000 in cash and checks were
taken. The robbery was undoubtedly
committed by railroad men, judging
from their knowing of the train and
their free use of railroad slang. Aftel
the robbery the highwaymen made
their escape.
The train was at once backed up to
this city and the robbery reported
officers went to the scene of the rob-
berry on an engine, but the highway
men had made good their escape. Al
organized gang of thieves is no doub
working in this section, as within tn
past week four stores have beel
burglarized in this city and an equa
number more OF robberies are reporte'
at Fort Scott, twenty miles west Q
here. On Tuesday night the ticke
agent at Richards was held up an
robbed by three masked men, VIII
were heavily armed. 1t is thought D.
the officers that the same gang com
mltted all these robberies.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
WIVES SHOULD REMEMBER

That air and sunshine are potent
aids TO good cheer;
That the home should be republic,
and not an antocracy.
That a good cook 10 the root OF
health and happiness.
That cross words spoil ths home
more than muddy boo. tracks.
That upholstered furniture and
heavy hangings are germ collectors.
That there 10 nothing which makes
the heart grow fonder OF home thar
occasional absences from 1t.
That better In q room where there y
disorder and c0rdiality than a dustles
apartment and cold welcome.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
CHICAGO Is THE PLACE.
The National Democratic Convention
to be Held There July fSt.
Louis Made q Gallant
Fight for It.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-The Demo-
cratic National Convention will be
held at Chicago July z. Chicago was
selected on the twenty ninth ballot,
the vote standing: Chicago, %; ST.
Louis, "a; Cincinnati, /. 1t was the
prettiest contest perhaps that was
ever fought on the political checker
board. There were masters on both
sides of the play and the contest was
fought throughout with infinite skili
and tact.
1t was understood from the start
that the real fight was between Chi
cago and st. Louis. New York and
Cincinnati were never seriously con-
sidered by any considerable number
of the committeeman. The game was
to turn the support of New York OF
Cincinnati when the break came to
The two chief oontAnding cities. Ar
thur P. German succeeded in doing
what many capable men in New York
and Chicago have been unable to dc
for some time past, that is, to bridge
the bloody chasm between those two
cities
st. Louis hoped that when New Yorh
and Cincinnati broke it would wiz
enough to give her majority. The st
Louis calculations came very near be-
ing fulfilled.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
JUSTICE TO DEsPERADoEs.
Gang of Six Men Robbed Store
and Assaulted q Woman Three
Hanged, Others Being
Pursued.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Ok, Jan. 16.-The
story of a triple lynching comes from
Fort Holmes, forty miles southwest OF
here. The affair occurred at point
near trading post known as Jaqua's
store. Three men, known as Tom Fo-
ley, a half breed Choctaw known n
Marina, and man known as Wild
Horse, were hung by a vigilance COM
mittee, composed of farmers ant
ranchmen.
The night before gang Of six men
of which these three were members
robbed Jaqua's store, grossly assault.
ed his wife and stole four horses. The
alarm was given and posse Of farm.
ers followed the gang all night, com.
ing up with them at Crisy Crossing
In the fight that followed Foley wai
wounded and one of the pursuing
party killed.
Three Of the gang made their es'
cape, but Foley and his two compan'
ions took refuge in deserted hut
from which they were dislodged will
dynamite, and hung without Judge o.
jury.
Before dying Foley stated that tw'
of the men who escaped were Bol
and Bill Christian. The vigilance com
mittee is still in pursuit.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
JOE RIcKEY,s OPINION.
He Says Free Silver Plank is the
Democrats One Hope of Salvation.

The following is takan from the
Washington correspondence of the
Kansas City World:
ssCol. Joe Hickey told the members
of the Democratic National Commit
tee to- day how the party could regain
its lost ground. There is but one
thing to do. Recognize silver in the
National platform; put in a plank
straight and strong calling for the free
coinage of both metals at ratio Of 10
to 4; nns the Democrats will sweep
the county. For every vote lost by
that plank we viii gain two. On II we
can carry Missouri by $4,000 majority,
and Kentucky would give no less.
Not Southern State would swing out
OF line, and the West would come up
smiling and almost solid. The people
want something worth fighting for.
Give them a cause, a principle, and
they win turn out with all the en-
thusiasm OF the national character. In
silver they recognize worthy cause,
and the party that win have the man
liness and nerve to champion 1t can
easily get the votes Of the masses. )"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
is ARBITRATION NEARER
A Proposed Arrangement Which Will
Save Britain's Pride.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-While no
official statement. has been yet made
public, there appears to be good
grounds to believe that England has
practically agreed to arbitrate the
Venezuelan dispute.
Though details are not now obtain
able, 1t is given out semi officially that
the basis of the settlement will be ar
bitration as proposed by the United
States, with reservations which will
let Great Britain down easily, withous
offending her pride. This result ID
likely to be found in an agreement be-
tween Great Britain and Venezuela,
directly brought about through the
good offices Of third party, not nec-
essarily the United States, to submit
to a joint commission the question oi
the title to all territory west OF the
Schomburgk line, with q provision
that If, in the course of the inquiry OF
the commission, evidence appears to
touch the British title to the lands
lying to the eastward of that line, then
the body may extend Its functions to
adjudicate such title. This arrange
ment would meet the British conten-
ton that the original arbitration ehal
be limited to lands to the westward oi
that line, while still conceding the JUS
tice of the contention OF President
Cleveland that the lands on the othel
side may be properly taken into con-
sideration in fixing the boundary
Possibly supplementary arbitration
will be left to deal with the question
as to the title of the eastward lands
If the original commission dealing
with the matter shall find that tn,
title to the lands Is fit subject fol
arbitration, as shown by the evidence
adduced before 1t.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23

A DECoMPosING BODY.
Presently signs of decomposition
appear in the corpse. Under the
winding sheet it becomes visible. Inc
flesh gradually leaves the bones oy
the process of decay, and at last oniy
a skeleton is left. An emotional VS.
itor may experience relief when the
volunteer again steps forward IN tne
flesh.
The visitors return through the
vault like corridors, and on their re-
turning to the drinking room are
greeted with phrases even more oias-
phemous than the first, such as "Wel-
come to the resurrected!" The ma
greeting of the manager OF the es-
tablishment as you pass out into the
street is, "May your life be sweet ano
free from care!n He can hardly
claim to have, contributed to its sweet
ness.
The cabaret is doing a roaring busi-
ness and is nightly thronged with
hundreds of customers. Among them,
of course, are conspicuous the women
who are conventionally supposed to
make Paris gay city. Probably they
derive from the exhibition satisfac-
ton like that of people who hug theii
sorrows. Premature decay and death
are the fate of most of them. AT any
rate If is natural that they should be
attracted TO the unnatural.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
Johnson-Berry.

From the st. Louis hepupnc, JAN IL
At the Second Presbyterian Church,
at O'Clock yesterday afternoon, Mrs. {
Willie Honey Berry, OF Montgomery
City, Mo-, was married to ex-senator
Houston w. Johnson, OF Jonesburg,
Mo-, Rev. Samuel Niccolls officiating.
Mrs. Berry, whose maiden name
was Honey, is an accomplished musi-
clan, graduate of Underwood Col
lege, st. Charles, and post graduate
Of Hardin College, Mexico, Mo. She
is niece of Mrs. Arthur w. Gale OF
the Scudder-G Gale Grocery Company,
by whom she was reared and who had
the care of her education. She has
large and influential relationship In
this city.
Senator johnson is well known
throughout the State.
A luncheon was given the bridal
party by Mrs. Arthur w. Gale imme-
diately after tho ceremony. At 4:3o
the party took the train for Jonesburg,
where Mr.. johnson has q beautiful
home.
Next week reception will be ten.
tusreu the fFIen5Is OF the parties q
E.CeIibate Harbor,n the Senator
J home.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
DooLIN AT GUTHRIE.
The Notorious Outlaw Lodged in Jail
Yesterday.

GUTHRIE, Ok, Jan. 16.-Bill Doolin,
the notorious train robber and out
law, leader of one of the worst gangs
of desperadoes that ever infested the
Territory, was brought here from
Eureka Springs, Ark, at noon to-day
by his captor, United States Deputy
Marshal Tlgham, and lodged In the
Federal Jail. Two thousand people
assembled at the Santa Fe Station to
see the outlaw brought In, and sentuE
cheer after cheer as he was escorted
to the Jail.
The capture Of Doodn last night BY
Deputy Tiigham was done single
handed, and the nervy officer was en-
abled to get his important catch ou
OF town without even the persons whit
saw the capture knowing who th'
man was.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
THROUGH THE AIR.
Proposed Expedition to the North
Pole by Q Balloon.

STOCKHOLM, Jan. f6.-The Foreign
Ministry OF Sweden has sent q notice
to Russia, Denmark, Great Britain and
the United States!with reference to q
projected balloon voyage to the North
Pole Of Prof. 8. A. Andree, asking the
cooperation of the countries whose
territories have coasts on the Polar
seas, and they have also asked these
countries to distribute thousands OF
leaflets asking for information from
any one who may chance to secure 1t
of the time the balloon Ii seen, and
the direction OF the wind at the time.
Prof. Andree has given many years
study and experiments to this subject
and has become an expert balloonis'
himself. The Swedish Academy oi
Science and the Swedish Society An
thropology and Geology have recon.
mended Prof. Andree's plan ant
nrouaisad-t Ia hsas- s-ashAse4eltA>>.Ps
ses. King Oscar, Of Sweden, has als'
subscribed a gum OF money for thu
expedition, which Prof. Andree hope
| toHave started some time In the sum.
mer Of 1886.
Coughing irritates the delicate or
gans and sggravates the disease. In
stead OF waiting, try One Minut'
Cough Cure. 1t helps at once, max
ing expectorations easy, reduces tn
soreness and inflammation. Every on,
likes 1t. Woodbridge & Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
Where Pennies Are Coined.

1t is not generally known that all
the minor coins of base metal, such as
pennies and nickels, are made at the
Philadelphia Mint, and that nearly
100, ,O0o, 1000 pennies are coined here
every year. This large number is
occasioned by the fact that thousands
of pennies are lost annually and the
government has some difficulty in
maintaining supply. The profit OF
the government on their manufacture
is large. The blanks for making them
are purchased for 81 q thousand from
Cincinnati firm that produces them
by contract. Blanks for nickels are
obtained in the same way, costing
Uncle Sam only a cent and a hal
apiece.
Gold is coined in Philadelphia ant
San Francisco. Not enough of i
comes into the mint at New Orleans
to make the coinage of it worth while
Gold pieces are the only coins of th'
United States which are worth thei
face value intrinsically. A doubl,
eagle contains $40 worth. of gold with
out counting the one-tenth part cop
A 7HFT
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
CONVICTION OF KNEEBs
Sentenced to Imprisonment and q
Heavy Fine.

BERLIN, Jan 1.-THE ali-absoroing
topic in sporting and especially In turf
circles is the trial and conviction OF
Robert T. Kneebs, the American trot-
ting horse owner, who entered and
started on German tracks the mare,
Bethel. under the name of "Neliie
Kneebs.
Kneebs was sentenced to nine
months' imprisonment and to pay q
fine of 1000 marks. The court also
ordered che seizure and forfeiture OF
the mare.
AS the German tracks have always
been noted for fairness and honesty,
| ii is not surprise that the verdict OF
the jury has proven satisfactory to the
sporting fraternity. Owners OF race
horses are unanimous In their ap'
proysI Of the sentence and in thei1
deuunciation Of Kneebs and men o.
his type az dangerous swindlers wnt
deserve to be prosecuted withou
mercy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23

During the winter of 1898, F. M.
Martin, of Long Reach, West Va, con-
tracted severe cold which left him
with cough. In speaking of how
he cured it he says: 81 used several
kinds of cough syrup but found no re-
lief until bought bottle of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy, which re-
lieved me almost instantly, and in q
short time brought about complete
cure" When troubled with q cough
or cold use this remedy and you will
not find 1t necessary to try several
kinds before you get relief. 1t has
been in the market for over twenty
years and constantly grown In fayol
and popularity. For sale at % and 81
cents per bottle by G. A. Buckner
druggist,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Only one person in 1000 dies from
old age.
It is considered that Japanese men
are among the best needleworkrs in
the world, their only equals being the
women of Russia.
1t is estimated that it takes two
wears for the water from the Gulf Of
Mexico to travel from Florida to the
coast of Norway.
Chicago's board of education an
nounces that it proposes to forbid the
teachers in its employ to smoke pipes
or cigarettes, or to chew gum.
A storekeeper of Kokomo, Ind, ia
highly indignant over the action Of
burglar who broke 800 plate glass
window to get about $40 worth OF
silver plated ware.
A Dorsetshire zoologist, seeing al
adder swallow it's young, tied strini
around its neck and then killed 1t. Or
reaching home he cut the string, ,whei
thirteen little adders wriggled ou
unhurt.
| A st. Bernard was sold for $3.50 q
the Birmingham (Engiand) dog show
This is said to be the highest pric'
ever paid for st. Bernard at auction
4 Everything Is white Just now. 1t
| white deer, white blackbirds, whit
crows, white squirrels and one excit
ed observer claims he saw whit
| weasel. But the Minnesota fish hatch
, | ery now has the lead with family Q
several hundred white brook trout.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
JEFF DAVIS OLD HOME.
It is to Be Opened in Few Days as a
Museum For the Confedera te's
War Relics.

From the New York Commercial Advertiser
The old jefferson Davis masion is
almost ready for its opening as per-
manent museum fore Confederate relics.
Within few days the opening recep-
ton will begin and Mrs. Davis and her
daughter, Miss Winnie Davis, will
grace the occasion. Many distin-
guished ex- Confederates will be pres
ent.
The house was known during the
war as the ssWhite House of the Con-
federaey." 1t was bought by the city
for $4,000 and was offered to Mr..
Davis as a gift. Mr.. Davis declined to
accept it as a gift, but consented to
make it his home during his lifetime.
After it was given up by the military
commander when he moved to Beau
voir, Miss, the city used it as school
house until it was donated for the
museum.
A large sum of money has been ex-
pended in improving the structure,
and it has been made fireproof. The
house is just as it was in the days of
the war. 1t is one of the oldest and
handsomest residences in Richmond,
Va. The mantels, which were import
ed from Europe, ARE of Carrara marble
carved in caryatides, supporting shells
filed with flowers. 1t is three story
house with basement. A square
porch, with tall pillars, fronts on Clay
street, and in the rear, which opens
into a large garden, portico which
runs the length of the house. The
portico is unusually wide, and is sup
ported by large round columns reach
ing to the top of the second story. II
was from the top porch that little joe
Davis, the Presidents eldest son, fell
and was killed in the first year of the
war.
1t contains large collection of rel
les. A room will be allotted to eacf
State that belonged to the Confedera
cy, and it will be expected to contrib
| ute to it. The museum to which
Charles Broadway Rouss of New Yorl
contributed S1OO, 700, may be combines
with it, though that matter will b.
settled by the committee of the Gran'
Camp of Confederate Veterans ap
pointed at Houston last spring.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
The Reichels Are Reconciled.

ST.. LOUIS, Jan. 15.--Mrs. Virginia b.
Reichel, wife of George B. Reichel,
who attempted suicide at Macon, Mo-,
one day last week, and VINO was
brought to this city for treatment, ar
rived Wednesday accompanied by her
attorney. Colonel L. A. Thompson.
They repaired at once to st. Johns
hospital, where Mr.. Reichel is being
treated, and where he created sem
sation on Monday by trying to escape.
Mrs. Reichel feels deeply the position
, in which she is placid by the divorce
proceedings instituted against her by
her husband. A complete reconcile
ton has been Affected.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
A SHERIFF IN TROUBLE.
Cedar County Sheriff Must Answer a
Serious Charge.

CHILLIcoTHE, Mo-, Jan. 16.-in the
matter of the State of Missouri VS..
Holman, Sheriff of Cedar county, Mis-
souri,, charged with betraying Laura
M. Surface while taking her to the
Industrial Home for Girls, the case
was called in the Circuit Court in this
city Tuesday and was continued on
application OF the State.
Laura NJ. Surface, of Cedar, Mo-,
was sentenced to the Industrial Home
in July, 1895, for misdemeanor, and
was brought to this city by Sheriff
Holman 70 be placed III the home.
He arrived here on might train and
took her to q boarding house until
morning, and delivered her to the
superintendent at the home on the
morning Of August /, 1896. At the
September term of the court Mr.. Hol'
man was indicted on the testimony o.
the girl, charging him with having be-
trayed her.
Mrs. Charles A. Buckner Is home
from q visit with friends In st. Louis
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
A FIENDISH MURDER.
Springfield, Mo-, Detective the Victim
Murdered by Friends of the
Man He Shadowed.

PARIS, TEX, Jan. 16.-Walter EN-
ory, Henry Wright and John King,
hands at ]. G. Clayton's sawmill, six
miles south of Talinhina, I. T., were
brought in this morning, charged with
the murder of one Boiett.
The alleged murder was committed
on or about the first of last November,
but was not revealed until O'Clock
yesterday afternoon. Bolett was a
detective from Springfield, Mo-, and
appeared at the sawmill camp on the
Saturday before the killing. He was
supposed TO be shadowing Walter
Emory, wanted for a crime in a dis
tant State.
On Sunday morning Emory went to
his boarding house and called for his
revolver, and said they were going to
fix Bolett. 1t was the general talk in
the camp during the day that the de-
tective would be killed that night and
the wife of one of the sawmill men
was employed to follow to see where
he stayed all night.
Bolett stopped for the night at I. A.
Blues house. Blue learned that a
plot had been arranged to kill him,
and warned him to leave. Bolett took
the advice, and when he had got about
is PAGES from the door Blue heard
tgroans.
The detective was murdered an6
carried mile south, where his body
was burned with pine knots. Nothing
was then seen or heard of MIN until
O'Clock yesterday afternoon, wher
some of the charred bones were dis
covered. Deputy Marhal 7. H.Minor
of the Fort Smith court, worked W
thescase and wired United States Mar
shal Williams to send deputies. The
prisoners were arrested near tht
scene of the crime. Warrants have
been issued for four more, including
the women employed to shadow
RoIatt
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
Child Rlinded hy 1--we.

ST. CHARLES, Mo-, Jan i5.--Ed Bun,
the year old son of Henry Bull, o
farmer living across the river from
this city, had his eyes burned out yes
terday by iye. The little fellow got
hold OF the vessel of lye and tried to
look into it. The vessel tipped, throw
ing the lye into his face. He win be
totally blind.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
EsYouf
Pure

II it is, you will be strong, vigor-
Gus, fun OF life and ambition; you
viii have good appetite and good
digestion; your sleep win be sound
and refreshing; your nerves will be
strong; you win have little need to
fear disease in any form.
But how few can say that their
blood is purel How many people
are suffering daily from the conse-
quenccs of impure blood, scrofula, salt
rheum, rheumatism, catarrh, nervous
ness, sleeplessness, headache, and
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
A Desperate Riddled.
WOULD-BE ASSASSIN KILLED BY
HIS INTENDED VICTIM AT
CEDAR CITY, MO.
Dead Man Was Leader of Band oil
Burglars Supposed to Be the
Gang That Robbed the
Train and Post
Office at Ne
vada.

JEFFERSON CrTY, Mo-, January IT,
Cedar City, small town in Galloway
County, opposite this city, and the
terminus of the south branch of the
Chicago and Alton Railway, was the
scene of a shooting affray this after
noon, which resulted in the death of
the leader Of a band of outlaws and
bandits. Early this morning citizens
of the village observed six men beg
ging from door to door. Four of
them were dressed better than ordin
ary tramps, but no attention was paid
to them until this afternoon, when
they congregated at the saloon of Fred
Ellig.
After imbibing freely they became
insulting and abusive to every one
who entered the place, and when
Charles Gilbert, of Fulton, and his
brother entered they lost no time in
cursing them. Gilbert resented their
language and the leader, drawing
revolver, slipped out OF the door and
fired Eve shots at Gilbert. None of
them struck him, however, and seiz-
ing shotgun that stood over the bar
he fired at his assailant. The charge
killed him instantly. The gang dis
persed, but by this time Marshal A. J.
Trail and Deputy Sheriff T. N. Holt
reached the scene and all of them were
run down but one man, who got away.
On the body of the dead man were
two revolvers and a complete outfit
of burglars tools, jimmies, false keys,
| drills, etc., and a pint of fine powder.
with fuse, etc. Two of the four men
in custody were also armed to the
teeth and equipped with burglars
| outfits. The other prisoners are not
believed to have any connection with
the gang, and claim that they are
only ordinary tramps and had falleI
| in with the others this morning
There was not scrap or anything
on any of them by which their identit,
could be established.
The man who was killed was abou
% years of age. One of the men un
der arrest is about 35 years of age
and another is about 25 years of age
The prisoners were brought to thi
city and placed in jail for safe keep
ing. The officers returned to Ceda
City at once, and will endeavor t.
run down the man who got away thi
afternoon.
Il It is believed that this is the gan
that robbed the train crew on tn
Nevada and Mindon road and robbe
the Post Office at Nevada the othe
night. The clothing of the men
full of coal dust, as if they had recent
ly travelled much on the cars. Tn
Callaway officers are searching to
night for lot of plunder these bandit
are supposed to have planted nea
Cedar City. It is certain that tn
, man who was killed by Gilbert wa
the leader of the gang, and it is ais
sure that desperate pair of criminal
, are under arrest.