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Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
A MOTHER WITH A DEAD BABE
Was An Unusual Sight at the Depot
Last Night-The Pitlful Story.

A pitiable scene was that of q poorly
clad mother with dying s-months-
old babe in her arms in the depot
waiting room Wednesday evening.
Marshal Lane was sent for and ten
derly carried the baby across the
tracks to the parlors of Henderson &
Dunnavant, the depot restaurateurs,
where In q few moments the child
died. The mother, Mrs. Johnson,
amid sobs, then told a most pitiful
story.
She said she went to Fulton, Gala
way County, with her husband, coal
miner, about four months ago. Two
months later her husband died and
was buried by the several churches oi
Futon and the destitute woman wen
to live with Mrs. Kelley, Of Fulton
Mrs. johnson desiring to reach st.
Louis, where she has mother, made
application to the proper officials and
was supplied with a ticket to Mexico
that was all-not cent with which
to buy her q bite to eat or bed to
sleep in-she arrived here Wednesday
Afternoon ut 4:30 and was waiting fol
something to turn up, when her chic
became sick and az above stated, died
The kind d-hearted Marshal purchas'
ed the woman q ticket to st. Louii
and the hat was passed around at the
depot and twelve or fifteen dollari
collected for her. She did not wal
for the funeral of her child, but lef
on the 1880 Wabash for st. Louis.
The dead body was turned over to
the undertakers at o'clock Wednes
day night and buried by the Count,
Thursday morning.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
MRS. LEASE DEFIEs A CREDITOR
The Woman Reformer Repudiates q
Mortgage Balance on Her For
mer Home.

WICHITA, Kas., June 23.-When
Mrs: Mary e. Leases home was sold
under foreclosure of a mortgage of
$1,43s, the Jarvis Conklin Mortgage
Company bid the property in for $500,
leaving 1888 dues for which judgment
was given against Mrs. Lease.
When the mortgage company's
agent called on Mrs. Lease yesterday
and asked payment of the balance due
she hardly allowed him to state his
business before she began berating
the mortgage companies, terming
them robbers and declaring that the
owners should be behind the bars.
She told the agent that she had prop
erty and a large income, but she
would not pay the claim and that she
defied him.
Proceedings in aid of execution have
been begun and Mrs. Lease says she
will 60 to Jail before she will obey a
courts order to pay the debt.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
Ernfhers-WhitAlv.

I DIR. James Ernest Crothers, of
Omaha, Nebraska, and Miss Fannie
Maude Whitley, of this city, were
quietly married June % at $3.50
O'Clock at the home of the BRIDES
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Horace w.
Gleason, on West Love street.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. 8. D. Crothers, of Greenfield,
Ohio, father of the groom. The
groom's brother, DR.. Geo. D. Croth<
ers, of st. Joseph, also attended. The
bride and groom left last night for
their future home in Omaha.
DIR. Crothers is dentist of Omaha
and is a most promising and excellent
young man, coming from a prominent
family.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs.
Horace W. Gleason and the family
has, until the last few months, lived
In the West for several years. Mr..
Gleason was formerly a citizen ol
Mexico.
The young couple carry to theil
Omaha home the best wishes of theil
Mexico friends and of the LEDGER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
MAN ON A KITE
Assembled One Hundred Feet Safely
Fine Trip Of the Kind.

PORTLAND, Me, June 25.-The first
direct ascent on a kite ever made by
man was successfully achieved here
to-day by @. H. Lampson, of Boston.
Lawrence Rotch, founder and director
of the Blue Hill Meteorological OBJ
servatory, came to Portland accom-
panied by his friends, H. n. Clayton
and S.tP. Ferguson, to help test his
newly constructed kite. The day and
wind were favorable and many tests
were made OF the lifting capacity oi
the various forms of kites. The visit
ors were pleased with the perform
ance OF the patterns, and have order
ed them for the use OF the observa-
tory.
Later In the day the big kite snip
was brought out and very successfully
launched. The rider started from teri,
arma with the kite itself RUNNING
along the ground. AS the kite wa
drawn forward to give 1t the initis
force, Lamson ascended to height Q
nearly 100 feet. He went up easily an
came down all right.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
A HUNDRED MILLION
IN GOLD!
HOW A TIMELY RESERVE WILL
SAVE A GOVERNMENT OR
A BATTLE OR A LIFE.

"a nation in danger: The United
States, the strongest government on
earth, almost on the verge of bank
ruptcy." That was the cry a few
months ago. A strange state of affairs:
Our people wealthy with uncounted
millions; the country rich with treas
ure almost beyond calculation; but
business at stand-still all ready for
a panic; the government credit in
danger of collapse for want of a hun
dred million; and Uncle Sam borrow
ing money to tide over an emergency,
as a poor man pawns his watch.
What was the trouble? There was
plenty of gold, ten times more than
was needed but where was it? Every
where except in the Treasury, the
place that needed it most. 1t couldn't
help the government until it was in
the Treasury. There was the weak
spot; and nobody was sure it could be
mended in time. Would the gold reach
the Treasury before it collapsed? That
was the question. 1t did reach the
Treasury; Government credit was
saved; panic was averted; the wheels
of business were set moving again and
general prosperity was assured.
The fate of great battles often hangs
on the same question: "Will the re-
serves arrive In time?" Napoleon won
the great battle of Marengo after he
seemed hopelessly beaten. He brought
forward fresh reserves of men to
strengthen his broken ranks, and the
to have won at Waterloo; but he lost
because his reserves failed to arrive ir
time.
Just as reserve of gold or of mer
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
County, Missouri Thursday. July i, 1897

cessful practitioner. During this per-
iod as chief consulting physician to
the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical In
stitute, at Buffalo, N. Y, Gone of the
most famous sanitariums in the world)
he with his staff Of specialists has
treated many thousands of patients.
There is no physician living who has
a wider practical experience with OBJ
stinate chronic diseases.
His remarkable understanding of
human physiology; thorough acquain-
tance with materia n,edica and pecu-
1iar genius in adapting powerful nat
ural remedies to the cure of disease
has given his medicines universal
recognition as the standard remedies
for the diseases for which they are de-
signed.
Womankind everywhere are famil-
lar with DIR. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription for the disorders and de-
rangements peculiar to their sex. The
"Prescription" has done more to al
leviate women's trials than any other
medicine ever invented. Its sales ex-
ceed the combined sales of all other
medicines for women. In constipated
conditions DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pei
let's are well understood to be the
most perfect and reliable laxative and
permanent cure known.
There are certain druggists who
consider their own profit rather than
their customers health and are always
ready to offer something else in place
of DR.. Pierce's remedies. This Is q
reflection upon the customers own
intelligence and Judgment and as such
is very properly resented by those
who know what they prefer.
That extremely interesting volume,
DIR. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, has had larger sale than any
other medical work In any language;
$50, 900 copies were sold at $1.50 each.
The enormous profit on the first edi-
tion enables DR.. Pierce to carry out
his cherished intention of distributing
a new free edition of half million
copies. The volume contains athous-
and and eight pages of sensible pro-
fessional advice and thorough expla-
nation of human physiology in health
and disease; In plain and chaste Ian
guage, with over three hundred Illus
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
Cycle Club Road Race.

The mexico Cycle Club Will nave a
IL mile road race on Friday evening,
July 2. All members of the club are
eligible to enter and will report their
names to the secretary, @. M. Bas-
kett. The race starts in front of Rys-
dyk barn on the boulevard at O'Clock,
sharp, the route laying around what is
known to the wheelmen as the "ten
mile beIt," which extends around the
Lakeland farm and the finish will be
made on two miles of the fair ground
track In order to give the spectators q
good sight of the finish.
A cordial invitation is extended to
the people of Mexico to occupy the
grand stand as spectators. There will
be ten prizes offered, the most oi
which will be things Of use to a cyclist
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
Miss Canterbury Entertains.

Thursday night Miss Ollie Canterbu-
ry entertained at the elegant home OF
her father, Alfred Canterbury, two
miles north west of Mexico. Miss Ollie
makes a capital hostess and all enjoyed
themselves.
Those who attended from here In
the hay wagon were Misses May Lew
is, Annie Potts, Della Tully, Jessie
Davis, Leila Sallee, Birdie Locke, May
Blattner, Elizabeth Gill, Elizabeth
Helm, and John Potts, Oscar Lewis,
Geo. Bruce, Clarence Brown, VIII
Treloar, Geo. Rodgers, Ed. Lee, Fred
Steele, Louis Moore and John Sallee
Misses Mary Steele, Mamie Helm,
Eugenia Davis, Matte Mason, and
Chas. Karnes, Hugh Graham, Chas
Bruce and Richard Fry went out in a
wagonette. Miss Mamie Squires and
Oscar Collins went out In buggy.
The rain gave the young ladies ant
their gallant escorts a great chance
for fun and fright.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01

THE new law regulating the burial
of hogs that die Of disease went into
effect the first of June. It's provisions
are very rigid and IL rigidly enforced
the chances for an epidemic OF chol-
era to spread over the state will be
reduced to the minimum. The new
law requires the owner of hog which
has died from any disease whatsoever
to Immediately bury the same at least
two feet under ground and such burial
must not bs in any slough or ravine.
It is made the duty of township con-
stables to soc that the law is enforced.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
Foreign Notes.

Africa comprises nearly 1850, 900
square miles and probably contains
over 100, ,OoO, 900 people.
London's unsuccessful cab strike
cost the trades unions s100, 900, of
which ss5, 600 was subscribedIby cab
men.
The bible has been translated, as a
whole or in parts, into 70 OF the 43s
languages and 1853 dialects spoken in
Africa.
Soudan with its 1000, 900 people,
is still without single protestant mis-
sionary who can speak the language
though three societies are now en-
deavoring to begin work there.
The state council Of Switzerland, bJ
q vote Of % to II, has declared In IA
vor of the states acquiring the rail
roads of that country, and bill pro
viding for this transfer win be submit
ted to the bundesrath.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
DEBS RANTS ABOUT FORCE.
II We Won't Turn Into q Social DEM
ocracy Peaceably, He Would
Fight For It.

CHICAGO, June 24.-Eugene V. Debs
appeared to-day at the conference OF
the Social Democracy of America and
did some explaining as to his wherea-
bouts since saturday afternoon. The
rumor had gone forth that Debs had
been eating green cucumbers again,
but the leader of the new Socialistic
band said he had 500 letters to write
and had to find a secluded spot to
do it in. Tho explanation was accept
ed generally.
In his speech Debs proposed too YER
throw the present national Govern
ment on the principle of "peaceably
if we can, ,forcibly If we must" This,
he announced, was the purpose of his
new organization. He declared that
the ideal government was nc
government at all.
81 hope and believe" said he ir
ringing tones, "we can solve thit
question peaceably. But II not, an
among those who believe in getting
ready to solve 1t otherwise" And the
walls of Ualich's Hall trembled with
applause and cheers.
Lucius o. Wilson wanted the words
"peace on earth, good will to men,
placed at the head of the constitution
He said it should be stated distinctly
that peaceful means were to be en-
ployed. This was greeted with LOUD
cries of "NO."
MIR. Debs said that corporation
could not be established within tht
boundaries of one state. "It must bt
National" ne said. One man alone
cannot be free. They mast all bt
free. 1t might be said that we viii
come In conflict with the Fedora
courts. Perhaps. suppose we will
Shall we be supinely inert for tina
reason?
"We shall get three good constitu
tional lawyers to find out what right
we have. Then, if the Supreme Cour
says STOP we shall probably do 80
but nothing will give Socialism
greater impetus. We want to maxi
them the law breakers. We want tt
stand under the flag they prate abou
80 much.
"If they send the regular army t.
Washington to suppress us, we shal
give them plenty to think abou
through the country along the way
If they try to suppress us,there viii
be 300, 600 patriots who will meet then
on that 1ssrle."
The convention adjourned thi
evening sine die.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01

cries of the boat men. Everyone is
captain on such occasions and does his
very utmost at telling everybody else
what to do, never failing to mix in a
liberal supply of the vilest cuss words
the Chinese language affords.
All Chinese coolies are very noisy at
their work, but these upper Yangtze
boatmen and trackers beat anything
in that line have met with. Their
sailor sing-song vocabulary is weird
In the extreme. About the best meth
cd know of describing 1t is to have
the reader imagine crow were cav
ing with all his might and western
coyote and a laughing hyena were
trying to out do his vocal efforts. One
boatman will be believing with all his
might something like "ho ah ha ha, }"
while some will screech and yell and
stamp their feet, and others groan,
hiss or go through with sort of mock
laugh, their voices all together sound
ing more animal-like than human.
Occasionally they join in rude cho-
rus that has something of melody in
it. Their wild and haggard appear
ance is only equalled by that of some
of our western Indians when govern
ment rations have run short. Their
spare moments are spent in smoking,
quarreling and in killing the vermin,
of which their scant clothing is very
prolific. Large junks have as many as
one hundred trackers and these re-
quire a coolie driver to about every
ten. The driver carries stout stick
or lash and he welts away with ven-
geance upon the naked backs of the
trackers when a hard pull is at hand
The pay of the tracker from Ichang tc
Chung King is all the way from what
he eats on the trip to as high as one
dollar and half, the trip usually tax
ing about month. Travelling dowr
river is small matter compared with
coming up. A good part of the dis.
tance the boat is simply allowed te
drift with the current. Some skill
however, is required in steering cleal
of other craft and in keeping off the
rocks.
Some of the occupations of the rivel
people are interesting in their way
for instance, catching fish with cormo
rants. A cormorant, deprived of hi
wing feathers, sits on the gunwale O
a sampan and when he sees a fisl
takes a header after it. The China
man scoops in cormorant and fish will
q net on the end of bamboo pole
gobbles the fish before its captor ha
had time to swallow it and then place
the cormorant back on his percl
again. The cormorant wears a de-
jected look for while at the injustic'
that has been done him, then tries hi
luck after another fish.
The distance / have travelled sine
leaving Mexico is about ten thousan'
miles, one thousand four hundred o
which has been on the Yangtze Kiang
Time, two months and sixteen days.
w. K. ROBERTS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
GENERAL GORDON REFLECTED
The United Confederate Veterans Re.
fuse to Retire Their Old Leader.

NASHVILLE, TENN, June 23.-When
the United Confederate Veterans' at
sociation met this morning, General
John B. Gordon, the commander-In
chief, delivered his address, saying
in part: "The commission with which
you have honored me, for eight years
1 now relinquish. Within the next
few hours you will elect my successor.
When this duty Is performed by you I
shall gladly take my place by the un-
titled heroes who SO grandly bore the
battles brunt in the stern work of
war"
After referring to the rapid growth
of the organization during the eight
years since he was elected, from ten
camps to more than Thousand. GEN.
eral Gordon said: stIt is an army still,
Mr.. President, but an army for the
bloody work of war no longer. Its
banners no longer bear the flaming
insignia of battle. Its weapons
no longer fash defiance to the foe nor
deal death to.the opposing ranks. Its
weapons are now the pen without
malice, the tongue without aspersion
and history without misrepresenta-
tion. Its aims are peaceful, philan-
thropic and broadly patriotic. Failing
after the most desperate defensive
struggle In human annals to establish
their cherished confederacy, these
high souled sons of the south Offer
this record of devotion as the noblest
pledge of their fealty to freedom and
of their readiness to defend the re-
public of their fathers. In conclusion,
my comrades, let me hope that the
wise conservatism, the spirit Of mag
nanimity which is always the brightest
gem In the crown of courage, viii
mark your career In the future as they
have done In the past"
General John B. Gordon was unani.
mously reelected commander. In,
chief.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
Learned q Costly Lesson.

The business men OF Grand Rapids,
Mich, have been fooled SO many
times by fake advertising schemes
that their asso oiation has at last de-
cided to confine their advertising en-
tirely to newspapers as the only sure
way to reach the public.
The action was the result of the
latest scheme by which a number OF
them were bled. A stranger repre-
senting himself as railroad man took
up the idea of time table ads. and Sc
cured several hundred dollars from
large business houses and then jumped
the town. Last week the association
decided to advertise hereafter only
in newspapers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
Senator Allen Speaks For Bryan.

WASHINGTON, d. c., June 24.-In
the Senate to-day, after the chaplain's
prayer, Mr.. Allen, of Nebraska, arose
to a question of personal privilege in
connection with the conduct of the
last chaplain. There was much inter-
est in the statement, as Mr.. Allen was
chairman of the Populist national con-
vention. Mr.. Allen read a published
press dispatch from Lewistown, Me-, +,
saying that Prof. L. @. Bateman, can
didate of the Peoples Party of Maine
for Governor last year, was out In an
attack on William J. Bryan to the ef-
feet that Mr.. Bryan's gift of $500 to
the Populistic national committee was
with the distinct understanding that
no action against fusion should be
taken by the Populist national con-
vention.
Mr.. Allen made a sweeping denial.
He said Mr.. Bryan had determined to
divide the royalties on his book, and
in doing SO he allotted $1,000 to the
Populist party. The draft was sent to
Mr.. Allen, but the chairman of the
Populist national committee, Senator
Butler, of North Carolina, declined to
accept it. Thereupon, at the sugges-
tion of Mr.. Bryan, Mr.. Allen invested
the amount to be used in the interest
of bimetallism. Mr.. Allen declared
that the statement that any agreement
existed as to fusion in connection with
the gift was ssan absolute and unquali-
fed falsehood." There had never
been, he declared, an attempt to fuse
the parties, either nationally or local
ly. Mr.. Allen also specifically denied
the statement that Mr.. Bryan forged
his (Allen's) name to the list append
ed to the letter of notification. The
Senator closed with a high tribute to
Mr.. Bryan and an arraignment OF
Prof. Bateman.
Mr.. Butler stated briefly that tht
osder was made to him, but he felG i'm
PEELED to decline 1t. He approved Mr.
Bryan's motive, but felt that the ac'
ceptance might be open to miscon
struction. The offer had been made
he said, without any condition, ex
| pressed or implied.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
Convention officers Elected.

The North Missouri Baptist Sunday
School Convention, in session in
this city, elected the following officers
for the ensuing year:
B. L. Douglas, Mexico, President.
Miss Carrie Smith, Keokuk, Iowa,
vice. President,
Miss L. M. Itson, Hannibal, Record
ing Secretary.
Prof. W. II. Harrison, Macon City,
Corresponding Secretary.
Prof. George F.. Neil, Ashley
Treasurer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
DAMAGE Up the Road.


Conductor Watson, who came
through on the 1880 O'Clock c. & A.
passenger Friday, said that the wind
did considera BILE damage at Glasgow
Thursday night. The Presbyterian
church and several houses were un-
rooted. Higginsville was In 6 inches OF
water the result of q small cloud burst.
CHURCH BURNED.
Conductor Keyes says that light
ming struck the Baptist Church Thurs
day night setting it on fire, after
which it burned to the ground. The
wind did considerable damage to the
crops and trees in the vicinity OF
Auxvasse, at which place the church
was burned.
DEPOT UNRooFED.
The wind caught the tin roof on the
Wabash depot at Sturgeon and blew II
of Thursday night.
STRUCK A HOUSE.
Lightning struck the house on thu
Fleet school property, occupied b,
John Duke, Thursday night. Tit
chimney in the kitchen was struel
and the electricity run down the stow
pipe, through the stove and tore uI
the floor. No one was hurt.
HORSE INJURED.
Wednesday night the wind blew
large limb of of tree in w. w. Mich
ols' pasture and the limb fell on I'm
mare and run the broken end Of th
/ limb In her hip, quite severely injus
| ing her: -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
Tucker-Hibbert.

The following invitations have been
issued:
Mr.. Joseph HILBERT requests your
presence at the marriage of his daugh-
ter, Veola Dell, to Mr.. Herbert E. O.
Tucker, Thursday evening, July the
eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety
seven, at eight-thirty O'Clock, Christ
ian Church, Montgomery City, Mis-
souri,.
The wedding will be most brilliant
affair and a large number of the
BRIDES and groom's friends will attend
from Mexico.
Fred A. Morris, of this city, will be
best man and Miss Floy Hamm, OF
Montgomery City, maid of honor.
The groomsmen and bridesmaids will
be Dan Cauthorn and ]. At. Brown
of Mexico, Misses Bertha Steinheart
| and Marguerite Brooks, of Montgom'
cry City. Ushers, Chas. r. Graham
of Mexico, viii Worley, Walter Hib'
berty and Keith Jacks, of Montgomery
City.
After the ceremony the wedding
party will be received at the home o.
the BRIDES father, after which the
young couple leave for st. Paul BY
river and to lake Minnetonka, Mime
sofa, where they will spend thei
honeymoon.
They will be sat home" at the resi-
dence of the groom's parents on Eas
Promenade Street, after August 1.
Mr.. Tucker is a young business mai
of worth, being a member of the rea
estate and insurance firm OF j. ID
Tucker & Son.
Tue bride-to-be is q lovely younl
lady and is well known In Mexico
having visited Miss Janet McKcKin
ley q number of times. She is accom-
plished and pleasant and has man,
warm friends.
The young couple start out In lif
amid the plaudits and well wishes G
the population of two cities. Ma
they live long and happily.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01

The paper of Miss Hattie Jackman,
of Mexico, read In the Epworth
League Convention at Centralia Ia
said to have been the best effort OF
the meeting. Her subject was, "What
We Read and It's Effect Upon Our
Character"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01

MR.. THOMAS g. SHEARMAN, of New
YORK City, who is something OF q
political economist as well as stats.
tician, has come to the conclusion that
there are 200 persons in the United
States worth $40, ,oOO, 900 each, 400 per-
sons worth s1o, ,ooO, 900 each, 1000 per-
sons worth $4,000. 900 each, 1000 per-
sons worth s2,5OO,o 900 each, and 1000
persons worth 100000 each. He
estimates that $500 persons In shil
country own property to the value o.
sM,oOO, ,ooo, 900; and further, that one
half Of the wealth Of the United State
u IN the hands Of $4,000 people.