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Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30

Miss Cordie Mundy has returned to
her home on West Monroe street,
after visiting friends north of town.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30

Miss Matte Lou Maddox, of st.
Lonis, is the guest of Miss Irma
Barnes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30

II in need of anything in the stone
var line call at the Highland Pottery
and get the best and the cheapest. WIT
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30

Ben Middleton has q toppy black
mare, we'll up in the gaits, by The
Kid, by old Black Squirrel.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30

Hon. T. T. Rodes and wife, OF Paris
Mo, returned to their home to-
day after q visit with the Dr's. Rodes
and families.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30

Miss Belle Buckner, of Auxvasse, is
the guest of Miss Irma Barnes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30

Miss Nettie Shock, of near Cant, IL
the guest of Miss Lizzie Miller.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30
Miliiken.Piudall.

Miss Addie Pindall, daughter OF
Judge x. ]. Pindall, of this city, and
Mr.. James Milliken, of st. Louis, were
married at the residence of the brides
parents at two O'Clock Tuesday.
The Rev. L. F. Potter, of Kirkwood,
NO., formerly rector of st. PauPs
Episcopal Church In this city, wa
the officiating minister. MI. VIII
fey, OF st. Louis, was best man and
little Miss Beth Patterson was maid Of
honor. On account Of family Attic
ton the wedding was very quiet. The
happy couple left on the 3:1s trainlfoz
st. Louis, their future home. A large
number Of friends accompanied them
to the depot and showered them and
the train with rice and old shoes,
The LEDGER extends congratulations
The following prisoners were taken
to the penitentiary this morning BY
Constable Price johnson: McCaslin,
two years for stealing cattle; Andy
Locke, colored, two years for stealing
beer; Matthews, ninety nine year.
for assault.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30

Mrs. O. H. Cave, of Huntsville, ID
here the guest of relatives.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30

Miss Frances Jordan, of Montgom-
cry City, is the guest of Mrs. l.. J.
Hill
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30

Mr.. Arthur Ellis will teach tho Skull
Lick school the coming term. Mr..
Ellis is an exceptionally bright young
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30

Old Black Squirrel, the noted saddle
horse sire, formerly owned by Ian B.
Morris, Of this city, died last week at
the home of his owners, the Messrs.
Garrett, at Fort Garrett, Ky.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30

Mrs. Lizzie Ward Orr, of Liberty, liz
the guest of Mrs. J. F. McWilliams.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30
Cheap wash goods at Famous

Fine vehicles at Ferris & eau
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30

Estell Myers has accepted a respons-
ible position with the Turner-Jackson
Grocery Co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30

Miss Katherine Patton Is home al
ter q few days visit to Thompson.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30

Miss Ebersole, Of Fulton, is visiting
In Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30

LOG China plates, six in num-
Observation-Disclosures. 2 90
107 Best specimen hand paint
ed china. ....... ........ 2 90
10S Best collection of hand
painted china, IL pieces. 8 90
100 Water color painting. $50. 1 90
ITO Oil painting on CANVAS. 2 90
Ill Pastel. 1 90
112 Best collection of photo
oponho IN
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30

Crooks, jugs, jars and flower pots
cheap at Highland Pottery. WIT
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30

Household sewing machine for sale
at Famous.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30

A large petition Is being made up
asking the release Of Thomas Cooley,
who was sentenced to the penitentiary
last summer for rape.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30

Binder Irvine.
FERRIS & CAUTHORN.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30
Pitcher JeweIry Co.,
no S. Jefferson Street.
Administrator,s Notice.

Notice Is hereby given that letters
of administration upon the estate OF
8. w. Buckley, deceased, have becn
granted the undersigned by the Pro-
bate Court Of Audrain County, Mis-
souri,, bearing date May "a. 1893.
Ali persons having claims against
said estate are requested to exhibit
them for allowance 20 the administers
tors within one year after date OF
granting letters, or they may be pre-
cluded from any benefit Of such estate,
and II such claims be not exhibited
within two years from the date they
win be forever barred.
w. Fl. KEENAN,,
JN0. Fl. Buckley,
l2-4t Administrations.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30

Corner dust shield for sale at Fa-
nous.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30
e DEPARTMENT..

The following trotting and pacing
races closed June 1st:.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30
'.HOBSON'S CHOICE

means anything he win wish fori that
Uncle Sam can bestow. Possibly
Hobson might want to take his choice
from our magnificent stock Of watch
es, scarf pins, or mems iewelry OF all
kinds; that We have in q most attract
i've and superb array. Our wealth Of
gems In fine diamonds, In studs, rings,
lockets and cuff buttons, are unusually
| tempting In price, setting and quality.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30

Miss MoIiie Harper Ii home from
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30

Louis, and Othcrs-Band Con-
ceris all day-BicycIe and horse
racing i'm the afternOOn-Danc.
ing day and ~night-Public mar
riage-Grand display Of fire.
wOrks-Big bicycle parade at
niglit-PrOfuse house decOra-
lions. I'm fact, ii will be the
biggest celebration ever held i'm
this part Of Missouri.
Reader, accept this as an i'm.
VitatiOn 10 attend.
Money to Loan
We are prepared to make loans on
good real estate security at a low rate
of interest and on easy terms.
LAKENAN & BARNES,
wifi Mexico, Mo.
Cheap wash goods at Famous.
Fine vehicles at Ferris & eau
thorn's.
Miss Ebersole, of Fulton, is visiting
In Mexico.
Household sewing machine for sale
at Famous.
r. M. Quisenberry,of DanviHe, KY,
is visiting E. Hughes.
Silver buggies a " stood the tea t.
FERRIS & CAUTHoRN.
Mrs. O. H. Cave, of Huntsville, ID
here the guest of relatives.
Crooks, jugs, jars and flower pots
cheap at Highland Pottery. WIT
Miss Nettie Shock, of near Cant, IL
the guest of Miss Lizzie Miller.
Miss Belle Buckner, of Auxvasse, is
the guest of Miss Irma Barnes.
Binder Irvine.
FERRIS & CAUTHoRN.
Miss Katherine Patton Is home az
ter q few days visit to Thompson.
Mrs. Lizzie Ward Orr, of Liberty, if
the guest of Mrs. J. F. McWilliams.
Miss Frances Jordan, of Montgom-
cry City, is the guest of Mrs. L. j.
Hill.
Miss Matte Lou Maddox, of st.
Louis, is the guest of Miss Irma
Barnes.
Mrs. James Merrill, of Jacksonville,
ILL.,, is the guest of Mrs. F. A. Same.
beck.
Mr.and Mrs. Eli Mullinix, of Prince
ton, Mo-, are the guests Of William
West.
Miss Lena Pearson is in Fowler
Indiana, visiting the family OF J.. M
Hickey.
Misses Inez and Nellie Hendrix, o
C~entralia, are the guests of Mexico
friends.
Mrs. A. F. Davis and son, of Fayette
are the guests of DR.. w. L. Reed ani
e family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Marshall, of St
Louis, spent Sunday with relatives il
Mexico.
WANTED.-Some couple that want
to get married free of charge on TIT
9TH of July.
Binder Irvine made by the Deerini
Harvester Company is the best.
FERRIS & CAUTHoRN.
Estell Myers has accepted a respons
ible position with the Turner jackson
Grocery Co.
Ben Middleton has a toppy blacl
mare, we'll up in the gaits, by Tn
Kid, by old Black Squirrel.
Children's day services will be he'll
at Olivet next Sunday, July 8, at
O'Clock p. m. All are invited.
Misses Bertha Elston and Grac'
Phillips, of Kansas City, are the guest
of G. w. Robertson and family.
am retailing stoneware at Ga cts
per gallon-at Highland Pottery.
WIT GEO. N. LEACH.
Miss Cordie Mundy has returned t.
her home on West Monroe street
after visiting friends north of town.
II in need of anything in the stone
ware line call at the Highland Potter.
and get the best and the cheapest. W.
Miss Julia Britt, daughter Of T. q
Britt, Of Fulton, is the guest Of Rev
e. w. Reynolds and family of thi
city.
A. A. Brenton, of Covell, ILL.,, spen
several days recently with the famil.
of his father, H. w. Brenton, of nea
Moline.
Have you seer the new Cracker
jack road wagon with phaeton back
1t is a beauty.
FERRIS & CAUTHORN.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-04-13
1T is ABOUT KANSAS.
Lillian Lewis Play Remarkable One
in Some Particulars.

Albert Bigelow Paine, the former
Kansas poet, had a hand in the con-
struction of For Liberty and Love-
the piece in which Lillian Lewis and
her company appeared at the Grand
Opera House last night, and he created
the part of the Kansas widow, with a
gigantic plan for the freedom of Cuba
and two husbands in the grave. The
part is as clever as any in the piece,
but Mr.. Paine'S latest associations with
the plutOcratS of the east, caused him
to overdraw the propensities of such a
Kansas product and produce rather an
abnormal character. He puts into the
widows mouth such lines as these:
L am a born boomer from BOOM
busted Kansas, and I've laid out town
lots in corn fields and watched the lots
go back into corn fields. It's the land of
the peripatetic, self winding PETER and
the sockless sucker from Medicine
Lodge, and we believe in tad astra per
aspera,' which means if you don't see
what you want, ask for it,"
Mr.. Paine may have run across such
Kansas widows in the vicinity of Fort
Scott when he resided there.
For Liberty and Love- is a melo-
drama dealing with the Cuban war, and
it contains a, number of situations
which may especially at this time be
called stirring The company is even
ly balanced, and from a melodramatic
standpoint the performance is satisfac-
tory The audience last night was small
but responded readily to all the patriot
ic features. The last act portrays Cuba
as annexed to the United States.
The piece will be repeated tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-04-13
Couldn't Be Fooled Twice.

There is a fox terrier of remarkable in
telligence installed as ruling factor in a
very happy and harmonious household up
town. One of the favorite amusements of
the terrier is playing with a soft rubber
ball. The other day member of the fam
lily filled the soft ball with water. The
terrier bounced upon the ball, chewed
down on it. squirted the water down his
throat and dropped the ball. After repeat
ed efforts he emptied the ball of water and
enjoyed his play. The next day he again
found the ball full of water and for awhile
seemed very disconsolate as he gazed sadly
at the toy. He left it for few minutes,
and then, rushing at the ball, deliberately
stepped upon it with one of his front feet
and stood upon it until the water was all
squeezed out. Since then no water has
been put in the ball.-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-04-13
NEW MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
A Positive Cure for Dyspepsia.

This may read as though we were
putting it a little strong because it is
people that Dyspepsia in it's chronic
form is incurable, or practically so. But
we have long since shown that Dyspep-
STA is durable, nor is it such a difficult
matter as it first appears.
The trouble with DySpepticS is that
they are continually dieting, starving
themselves, or going to opposite ex-
tremes or else deluging the already
over burdened stomach with 'fbitters, -
latter dinner pills." etc, which invar-
iably increase the diffiC u1ty even if in
some cases they do give a slight tenn
porary relief. Such treatment of the
stomach simply makes matters worse.
What the stomach wants is rest. Now
how can the stomach become rested, re-
cuperated and at the same time the
body nouriShed and sustained.
This is a great secret and this is also
the secret of the uniform success of Stu
arts Dyspepsia Tablets. This is a COM
paratively new remedy, but it's success
and popularity leaves no doubt as to it's
merits.
The tablets will digest the food any,
way, regardless of condition of stom-
ach
The sufferer from dyspepsia accord
ing to directions is to eat an abundance
OF good, wholesome food and use the
tablets before and after each meal and
the result will be that the food will be
dlgested no matter how bad your dys-
peps1a may be, because as before sta
ted, the tablets will digest the food even
II the stomach is wholly inactive. To il
luStrate our meaning plainly, if you
take \ 500 grains of meat, eggs or or1i-
nary FOOD and place it in a temperature
of 80 degrees, and put with it one of
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets it will di-
gest the meat or eggs almost as per
fectly as if the meat was enclosed with
in the stomach.
The stomach may be ever so weak
yet these tablets will perform the work
of digestion and the body and brain
will be properly nourished and at the
same time a radical, lasting cure of
dyspepsia will pe made because the
much abused stomach will be given, to
some extent, a much needed rest Your
druggist will tell you that of the many
remedies advertised to cure dyspepsia
none of them has given so complete and
general satisfaction as Stuart's Dyspep-
sit Tablets and not least in Importance
in these hard times is the fact that they
are also the cheapest and give the most
good for the least money
A little book on cause and cure of
stomach trouble sent free by addressing
Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich.
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DEMOCRATS FLY THE TRACK.
Bound to Have Cuban Republic Rec
ognized if They Can.

Washington. April 13.-The Democratic
members of the house foreign affairs com
Gratis and Mr.. Newlands, silverite, have
agreed to the following resolutions as a
lows:
Joint resolution:
Resolved, That the United States gov
eminent hereby recognizes the independ-
ence of the republic of Cuba.
Secondhand moved thereto by many
considerations of humanity, of interest and
of provocation, among which are the de-
liberate nooring of our battleship Maine
over a submarine mine and its destruction
in the harbor of Havana; the president of
rected to employ Immediately the land
and naval forces of the United States in
aiding the republic of Cuba to maintain
Third-That the president of the United
States is hereby authorized and directed
to extend immediate relief to the starv-
ing CubanS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-04-13
THE NICHERoY.
One of Brazirs Most Famous Cruisers
to Be Ours.

New York April 13.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Washington says: Ad-
mission is made at the navy department
that the Brazilian cruiser Nictheroy
has been purchased, subject to an in
spection by the naval committee, to be
appointed by Minister Bryan.
The Nictheroy, which is equipped with
a dynamite gun, will, naval authorities
saw. be equal for siege duty, provided
she is still in good condition The Mic
theroy was built at Newport News five
wears ago and sold to Brazil six months
after her completion, being converted
for that government into a man-of-war.
She is a steel vessel of 1850 tons dis
placement and her one screw propels
her at the rate of 10 knots an hour. Her
engines and boilers are protected by
coal and her armament consists of one
Is inch pneumatic dynamite gun, one
4 inch quick fire, two 3.9 inch quickers,
eight 6 Founders, ten 1 Founders and
four Howell torpedo tubes. BY the terms
of contract under which she will be sold
to this government she will be delivered
at any point on the coast of the United
States that the department may desig-
nate.
There has been some talk in naval
circles of holding the Nictheroy at Rio
Janeiro until the arrival of the battle
ship Oregon and the gun boat Marietta
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-04-13
SPANISH LYING.
Havana Newspapers Still Talk About
Sigsbee Not Being Aboard
His Shin.

Havana, April liza Lucha, in an
editorial entitled False and Convent
ent Reasoning" says:
president McKinley'S message is a
step behind what had been announced.
1t is with the United States as with all
other nations when anxious to get new
territory. America begins on humani-
tartan grounds. The references to the
Maine-the second feature of interest
lost their value in Spain because of the
~falsehood upon which they are based,
nor do they set out the same theories
which the court of inquiry did. The
people of the United States can easier
ascertain that the cause of the disaster
was a neglect of duty. No government
can guarantee the safety of a ship
whose officers are not on board, as was
the case at the time of the Maine eX-
ploSion and was the reason why nearly
all the officers escaped. Other foreign
men of war were visiting Havana at
the same time, but nothing happened
to them. 1t ought to be said to Presi-
dent Mckinley that when he next sends
a battleship he should put it under the
care of the Spanish authorities. When
an international court of inquiry has
been appointed the cause of the explo-
sion will be ascertained, and the con-
f1ict of reports between Spain and the
United States has yet to be settled
Other local papers publish extracts
from the message Ell Diario de la Mar
ina, in it's editorial, says:
1.-The message is a great disappoint-
ment for the jingoes and separatists,
who expected that Uncle Sam would de-
clare war. President Mckinley sustains
General Grants opinion that Cuba is
not prepared to take the status of an
Independent nation and that therefore,
if the United States interfered it would
do so with the intention of annexing
the island. Cubans must elect between
the American yoke and autonomy. If
they choose the latter they must try to
finish the war as soon as possible in
order to have the right to a modifica-
ton of the existing autonomous reg
i111a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-04-13
TODAY,s MARKET REPORT.
Furnished by the Associated Press to
the State Journal

Chicago, April 49,
WHEAT-Wheat was quite broad mar
ket. The opening very firm in both
September and July, and even May shared
in the activity and strength. Expecta-
tions of war developments at Washington
today was apparently at the bottom of
the strength. Another big factor was
the extremely hot weather still prevailing
in California, with reports from that state
showing widespread damage to crops.
Shorts for the first time in several days
showed real anxiety and buying on that
account was quite active. July opened all
the way from S5a4c to S61sc, compared with
yesterdays closing price of S53sc The
price was bid up rapidly to S63sc, or above
cali figures. and that fact induced free
selling by holders of those privileges, and
a brief reaction to S63sc ensued. The de-
mand from shorts and general buying in
and the market soon advanced again, July
getting up to S624c- There was an IN
offerings, and that delivery sold as high
as $1.o91a, or 21kc above yesterdays quota
pool and Paris were both strong and ex-
ercised some influence on this market. as
ter st. Louis was a heavy buyer. North
western receipts We're 142 cars, against 29S
cars last week ana zgS cars fb y year
ferings were light. principally by receiv-
ers. Receipts were 100 cars. May opened
1s@Ac higher at 297s@3Oc and held firm at
OATS-Oats were firm with other grains.
There was a good deal of scattered short
covering Receipts were 126 cars May
opened a shade higher at 253z@7sc and ad-
Vanced to 260261sc.
OVISIONS-Provisions were dull and
inclined to easness on the decline in yard
prices Commission houses took most of
the offerings. May pork opened 21kc higher
at SOS and declined to $9.771z. May lard
opened 215c lower at $51215 and sold at
$5.121h@515. May ribs opened unchanged
at s5.15 and sold at $5.1219Q5.15.
BARLEY-Cash, No: 3, 34M45c-
RYECash, 5294c; May, 523zc.
FLAx-Cash, s.. 2415; cash northwestern,
81. 241s; May $1.25; September, $1-1212.
TIMOTHY-April, $3.50.
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at that point, so that they may shift
a crew to her and convey her to Key
West
These vessels, however, will not reach
Rio in less than "A days, and if war were
to be declared in the meantime and the
Nictheroy had become the property Of
this government, Brazil would be COM
PEELED to refuse to deliver her.
If the Nictheroy should leave Rio and
war should be declared a few days after
her departure the officials say the
reimbursement might send the tor
pedo' boat Temerario, which is still at
Montevideo, after the American ship in
order to seize her as contraband of war
and should she resist, the SpaniardS
would make an effort to sink her.
The department has determined, how
ever that it is to the interest of this
government to have this vessel deliver
ed before the sale is confirmed and by
that means it is believed cannot posi-
bly suffer loss,
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LOUD WAR NOTES.
CONTINUED from First Page.1


| its general merits. Mr.. Foraker read
from the presidents message, which he
regarded in many respects very highly.
He said that it was manifest that the
foreign committees report was a mas
terly work, done by the chairman, Mr..
Davis. He then carefully reviewed and
analysed the resolutions presented by
the committee. He said a scrutiny of
the resolutions would reveal a wide diff
ference of opinion between the president
and the committee.
He said he had signed the report of
the minority of the committee for the
recognition of the Cuban republic, and
stand here to defend it.
Mr.. Foraker said that while there
were differences of opinion in the COM
mittee, all were agreed that the Cuban
people should have freedom and indie
pendence. He said the committee had
differed from the president, but he be-
lieved the time for action had come.
They had grave doubts to the right
to confer on the president the war-mak-
ing power which was contingent upon
complying with the presidents request.
Also after recognizing the right of
the people of Cuba to be free, it was a
presumption for the United States to
establish a government for them as the
president proposed.
Mr. Foraker declared that if a people
be free and Independent, as announced
by the majority resolution, they, and
they alone, had right to determine
Mr. Foraker then took up the question
as to whether the Cubans were entitled
to recognition, reviewing some of the
reasons for this action. The whole coun-
try and the whole world knew that for
more than three years war had been in
progress and in all that time Spain had
been uniformly unsuccessful.
Spain could never recover her lost
sovereignty. All the world knew that
bloody, cruel and destructive war was
being waged on the island, diplomacy
and autonomy alike had failed to gain
SPANS end
In following diplomacy the Spaniards
had resorted to the horrible scheme of
concentration and starvation, thereby
shocking the entire civilized world. Yet
all these efforts of Spain had been in
vain while the insurgents now were bet
ter equipped and more active than ever
before the Spanish army had dwindIed
from $50, 900 to 80, 900 active soldiers, and
these were kept in garrisons afraid to
venture out over night, lest old Gomez
should capture and carry them off.
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ment professed confidence in the preserva-
ton of peace and has bought stocks on
the reactions. Yesterdays market may
be dismissed totally devoid of signifi-
canoe. The shrewdest observers seem to
be logged Business men dread uncer-
tainty worse than they do war Certainly
there ought to be change in the situa-
ton for the better or worse before the
close of the week. There does not APP
pear to be any immediate prospect Of a
relaxation in monetary matters abroad
The United States continues to buy gold
in London. Should there be a peaceful
outcome of the present political strain,
money would truly become q drug. The
entire situation is SO novel that its outcome
may not be predicted with any confidence
Closing cables, wheat 1Bd higher.
Chicago: Estimated receipts tomorrow:
Wheat, y cars; corn, 1870 cars; oats, 200
cars.
Second cable: Wheat sd higher
BradStreetS: Wheat, increase 1,4I6,OoO
bushels.
Exports four ports: Wheat 200 BUSH
els; -four 1898 barrels; equal to 90
bushels wheat; corn, 291, ITO bushels.