davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14
PUBLIC SALE!
Wednesday, April 40.

/ will soil at public sale on the farm
known as the Martin Kunkel place, 8
miles northeast Of Mexico and 8 miles
southwest of Worcester, on Wednes-
day, April 20, 1898, the following de-
scribed property, to-wit:
Eight head horses and mules, con-
sisting of one span mare mules, 8
years old, IL hands high; one mare
mule, 3 years old, IS hands high; n
yearling mule; one draft mare, in foal
to jack M harness mare, in foal by
a Pennington horse; one saddle mare,
8 years old; one 2-year-old horse.
Five head of cattle, consisting Of
one COW and calf aud three cows that
will be fresh soon.
TERMS OF SALE.-Sums Of $40 and
under, cash; over $40 a credit of eight
months at eight per cent, purchaser
to give approved note.
THOMAS KUNKEL.
JNo. P. HARRISON, Au%ctioneer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14

both by she dispatch of fresh ievies to
Cuba and by the addition to the hor-
rors of the strife OF a new ard inhuman
phase. happily unprecedented In the
modern history Of civilized Christian
peoples. The policy of devastation and
concentration. inaugurated by the cap
III generals bando OF Oct. q, 1896, In
the province OF Pinar del Rio, was
thence extended to embrace all OF the
island to which the power OF the Span
ish arms was able to reach by occupa-
ton or by military operations. The
peasantry. including all dwelling in the
open agricultural interior, were driven
into the garrison towns or isolated
places held by the troops. The raising
and movement OF provisions Of all
kinds were interdicted. The fields were
laid waste. dwellings unroofed and
fired, mills destroyed and, in short, ev-
erything that could desolate the land
and render 1t unfit for human habita-
tion OF support was commanded by one
or the other of the ~contending parties
and executed by all the powers at their
disposal.
BY the time h present administra-
ton ook Office, a year ago,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. been made eff
fective over the better part of the four
central and western provinces, Santa
Clara, Matanzas, Havana and Pinar
del Rio. The agricultural population,
to the estimated number of SOC, 900 or
more, was herded within the own and
their immediate vicinage, deprived Of
the means of support, rendered desti-
tute of shelter, left poorly clad and
exposed to the most unsanitary condi-
lions.
AS the scarcity of food increased with
the devastation of h depopulated
areas of production, restitution and
want became misery and starvation.
Month by month the death rate in
creased in an alarming ratio. ByMarch,
1897, according to conservative esti-
mates from official Spanish sources, the
mortality among h re-concentrados
from starvation and the diseases therto
incident, exceeded so per centum Of
their total number. Nc practical relief
was accorded to the destitute. The
overburdened towns. already suffering
from the general dearth, could give no
aid.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14

people have such trade and business
reiations-when The lives and liberty
of Dur citizens are in constant danger
and their property destroyed and
themselves ruiHed-where trading
vessels are liable to seizure and are
seized at our very door by warships
Of q foreign nation, the expeditions of
fiiibustering that we are powerless to
prevent altogether. and the irritating
questions and ENGAGEMENTS h aris-
ing-all these and Others hat need
not mention. with the resulting strained
relations are a constant menace to our
peace and compel us to keep on a semi
war footing with a nation with which
We are at naaee
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14
Attractive Ficures

come with good health. It is easily
seen when q woman has perfect
health, her face and figure show 1t.
The painful disorders and disease that
af1ict wemankind make themselves
seen "a well as felt. Dull eyes,
blotched or sallow face, and a wasted
form, follow them. This is the time
to turn to the right remedy. DIR.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription builds
up and strengthens the system and
regulates and promotes every proper
function. It's a quoting, soothing
nervine. It corrccts and cures, safely
and surely, all those delicate derange-
ments, weaknesses, Irregularities and
diseases peculiar to the seq. For
young girls just entering womanhood;
women at the critical "change of
life''; and every woman who Is 'run-
or overworked, it's something
to remember that there's a medicine
that viii help you.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14
WILLIAM M'KINLEX,

tional policy Of u government If 1t
is to accord with the precept laid down
by the founders Of the republic and re-
hgiously observed by succeeding adj
ministrations to the present day.
The present revolution is but the
successor OF other similar instructions
which have occurred in Cuba against
the dominion of Spain, extending over
a period Of nearly half a century, each
Of which during its progress has sub
jscted the United States to great effort
and expense in enforcing its neutrality
laws. caused enormous losses to the
American trade and commerce, caused
Irritation, annoyance and disturbance
among our citizens, and by the exer-
cises of cruel, barbarous and uncivilized
practices of warfare. shocked the sensi-
bilities and offended the humane SYM
pathies Of our people.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14
Notice of Sale Under Deed of Trust.

WHEREAS, the Mexico Creamery Company, q
corporation organized under the laws of the
state OF Missouri and having no seal, on the 9th
day OF May, 1877, by Its certain deed OF trust,
recorded in book Is, page 1853, in the Recorders
ONCE OF Audrain County, Missouri, conveyed TO
the Undersigned trustee the following lands, viz;
Begin at the northwest corner OF survey No.
1852 OF Audrain County, Missouri, Surveyors
records, and run thence along the center OF the
public road north % degrees, west 1891 feet,
thence north Is degrees, west along center OF
road 1857 feet for a point of beginning, thence
east 179 feet, thence north 50 feet, thence west
1855 feet to the center OF road, thence south Is
degrees, east 90 feet to the point of beginning,
east quarter of section q in township nfty-one
In range nine west. all in Audraln county,
State OF Missouri. For a further description
see county survey No. 1885 OF said County Sur
yeyor's records. Also, all separators, machin-
cry, boilers, engines, churns, watts, cream cans
and milk cans, scales, weighing cans, tanks,
belts, pulleys, churns, bottles and cases, buckets
and measuring rules and fixtures and furniture
and connections and findings In or belonging to
said creamery situated on above described tract
OF land, which said deed was given to secure the
payment OF q certain promissory note therein
note is now past due and unpaid and the taxes on
said land are due and unpaid; and, whereas, on
the failure to pay said interest and taxes when
due, power Ia conferred upon the undersigned
trustee therein to sell said property at public
vendue; now, therefore, in compliance with the
terms OF said deed OF trust and by virtue of the
power therein given, j viii, at the east front door
OF the Court House, In the City OF Mexico. Au-
drain County, Missouri, expose said lands for
sale on Friday, the 18th day of April, 1895. he
tween the hours OF 10 q. m. and 5 p. m. OF said
day, TO the highest bidder, for cash in hand,
TO satisfy said note, interest, taxes and costs.
IDS. Tr,efao
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14

similar scheme Of aid Il the great body
Of sufferers. A suggestion to this end
was acQuiesced In by the Spanish au-
thorities. On the oath Of December
last I caused to be issued an appeal to
the American people, inviting contribu-
tons in money or In kind. for the sue
cor OF the starving sufferers In Cuba.
following this Of the sth Of January by
q similar public announcement OF the
formation OF a central Cuban relief
committee. with headquarters in New
York city. composed OF three members
representing the. American National
Red Cross and the religious n bust
ness elements of the community. The
efforts OF hat committee have been un-
firing and accomplished much. Ar
rangements for free transportation to
Cuba have greatly aided the charitable
work. The president Of the American
Red Cross and representatives of other
contributory organizations have gen.
erously visited Cuba and ~co-operated
with the consul general and the local
authorities to make effective distribu-
ton Of the reHef collected through the
efforts of the central committee. Near
ly $500, 900 in money and supplies has
already reached b sufferers. and more
Is forthcoming. The supplies are ad-
mitted duty free. and transportation to
the interior has been arranged, so tina
the relief, at first necessarily confined
to Havana and the larger cities, is now
extended through most. IL not all, OF the
towns where suffering exists. Thou
sands of lives have already been saved.
The necessity for a change in the con-
dition of the reconcentrados Is recog-
nized by the Spanish government. With
in a few days past the orders Of Gen.
eral WeyIer have been revoked, the
reconcentrados are, 1t is said, to be per-
mitted to return to their homes. and
aided to esum the self-supporting
pursuits of peace; public works have
been ordered to give them employment,
and a sum of $500, 060 has been appro-
priated for their relief.
The war in Cuba il of such a nature
that short of ~subJugation or exter-
mination a final military victory for
either sid seems impracticable. The
alternative lies In the physical a
ton of the one or the other party, or
perhaps of both-a condition which In
effect ended the ten-yearsf war by the
truce of Zanjon. The prospect OF such
a p%rotraction and conclusion or the
present strife is a contingency hardly
to be contemplated with equanimity by
the civilized world, and least OF all by
the United States, affected and n1ured
as we are. deeply and intimately oy its
very existence.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14
BY FIRE AND SWORD,
Fertile Domain of the Island Raynged for
Three Years. |

Fertile Domain of the Island Ravnged for
Three Years.
Since the present revolution began in
February, 1895, this country has seen
the fertile domain at our Threshold
ravaged by fire and sword In the course
Of a struggle unequalled in the history
Of the island and rarely paralleled as
to the number OF the combatants and
the bitterness OF the contest by any
revolution of modern times where a
dependent people, striving to be free,
have been opposed by the power of the
sovereign state. Our people have be-
held a once prosperous community re-
duced to comparative want, it's COM
merce virtually paralyzed, its excep-
tional productiyeness diminished, it's
fields laid waste, its mills in ruins, and
its people perishing by tens of thou
sands from hunger and restitution. We
have found ourselves constrained, in
h observance of that strict neu-
trality which u laws enjoin and
which the law of nations commands, to
police our own waters n watch our
own seaports In prevention of any un-
lawful act in aid Of the Cubans. Our
trade has suffered; the capital invested
by our citizens in Cubs has been large
ly lost, and the temper and forbearance
Of our people have been SO soreIy tried
as to beget a p%erilous unrest among our
own citizens. which has inevitably
found its expression from time to time
in the national legislature, SO that is
sues wholly external to our own body
polite engross attention and stand in
the way Of h a close devotion to do
nestle advancement that becomes a
self-contented commonwealth whose
primal maxim has been the avoidance
OF all foreign entanglements. All this
must needs awaken and has, indeed,
aroused the utmost concern on the part
Of this government, as we'll during my
predecessors a my own.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14
THE WAR MUST STOP.
Spain Can Not Gain Her Object ON the
Island.

Spain Can Not Gain Her Object ON the
Island.
The long trial has proved that the
object for which Spain has waged the
war cannot be attained. The fire of
insurrection may flame or may smolder
with varying seasons, but it has not
been and it Is plain that 1t annot be
extinguished by present methods. The
only hope of relief and repose from a
condition which cannot longer be en-
dured is the enforced paciication of
Cuba. In the name of humanity. in
the name of civilization, in behalf OF
endangered American interests which
give us the right n the duty to speak
and to act, the war in Cubs must stop.
In view of these facts and these con-
siderationsI ask the congress to author
ize and empower the president to take
measures to secure a full and termina-
ton of hostilities between the COVE n
ment of Spain and the people OF Cuba,
and to secure in the island the estab-
lishment of a stable government, capa-
BILE of maintaining order n observing
it's international obligations, ensuring
peace and tranquility and the security
of it's citizens as well as our own, and
to use the military and naval forces of
the United States as may be necessary
for these purposes.
And in the interests of humanity n
to aid in preserving The lives Of the
SIdTNInS pSOptt VI lie lStdllo L LCSoilA-
mend that an appropriation be made
out of the public treasury to supple
ment the charity of our citizens.
The issue is now with the congress.
1t is a solemn responsibility. I lave
exhausted every effort to relieve the
intolerable condition of affairs which il
at our doors. Prepared to execute ev-
cry obligation imposed upon me by the
constitution and the law, I await your
action.
Yesterday ard since the preparation
of the foregoing message, official infor-
nation was received by me that the
latest decree of the Queen Regent Of
Spain directs General Blanco. in order
to prepare and facilitate peace. to pro-
claim a suspension of hostilities, the
duration and details of which have not
yet been communicated to me. This
fact, with every other pertinent con-
s~ideration, will, / am sure. have your
Just and careful attention IN h SOL
emn deliberations upon which you are
about to enter. If this measure at
ain a successful result, then our as
pirations as a Christian, pe~ace-loving
people will be realized. If 1t fails 1t will
be only another justification for u
contemplated action.
WILLIAM M'KINLEY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14
UNTRIED MEASURES.
President Quotes from His Message of Last
December.

N~c0@e VI A<1-St
December.
In my annual message of December
last I said: "Of the untried measures
there remain: Recognition of the in
dependence of Cuba; neutral interview
tion; to end the war by imposing d
rational compromise between the con-
testants and the Intervention in favor
of one of the other party"
I speak not of forcible annexation, for
that cannot be thought of. That, by
our code of morality, would be criminal
aggression. Therefore 1 reviewed these
alternatives, in the light of President
Grant measured words, uttered in 1875.
when after seven years of sanguinary,
destructive and cruel barbarities in Gu
ba he reached the conclusion hat the
recognition of the Independence of Cuba
was impracticable and indefensible;
and that the recognition of belligerence
was not warranted by the facts accord
ing to the tests of public law. I COM
mented especially upon the latter as
pect of the question, pointing out the
Inconvenience and positive dangers of
a recognition Of belligerency which,
while adding to the already onerous
burdens Of neutrality within our own
Jurisdiction, could not in n way ex-
tend our influence or effective offices
in the territory of hostilities. Nothing
has since occurred to change my view
In this re~gard-and I recognize as fully
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14
ULTIMATUM OF THE 27th.
Time to Bring About q Termination of the
War.

Realizing this, 1t appeared to be my
duty, in a spirit Of true friendliness, no
less to Spain than to the Cubans who
have so much to lose by the prolonga-
ton of the struggle, to seek to bring
about an immediate termination Of the
war. To this end I submitted on the
9th ultimo, as a result or much repre-
s~entation and correspondence, through
the United States minister at Madrid,
propositions to the Spanish government
looking to an armistice until Oct. 1 for
the negotiation of peace with the good
Offices of the president.
In addition, I asked the immediate
revocation of the order of re~concentra-
ton, so as to permit the people to re-
turn to their farms and the needy to
be relieved with provisions and supplies
from the United States, cooperating
with the Spanish authorities, so as to
afford full relief.
The reply Of the Spanish cabinet was
received on the night Of h 31st ulti-
mo. 1t offers, as h means to bring
about peace in Cuba, to conflde the
preparation there to the insular depart
ment, inasmuch as the concurrence of
that body would be necessary to reach
final result, 1t being, however, under
SkOOo Lld thS Ro"SAS - ~ $3.50
constitution to the central government
are not lessened or diminished. As the
Cuban parliament does not meet until
the 4th day of May next, the Spanish
government would not object, for its
part, to accept at once a suspension
Of hostilities, il asked for by the in
surgents from the general in chief, to
whom it would pertain, in UGH case,
to determine the duration and condi-
lions Of the armistice.
The propositions submitted by Gen.
eral Woodford and the reply of the
Spanish government were both in the
form of brief memoranda, the text of
which are before me, and are substan-
TALLY in the language above given. The
function Of the Cuban parliament in
the matter of preparing" peace and
the manner Of its doing so are not ex-
pressed in the Spanish memorandum;
but from General Woodford's explana-
tory reports of preliminary discussions
preceding the final conference, 1t is I'M
derstood that the Spanish government
stands ready to give the insular con-
gress full powers to settle the terms of
peace with h insurgents, whether by
direct negotiation or indirectly by
means of legislation does not appear.
With the last overture in that direc-
ton of immediate peace and its dis
appointing reception by Spain the exec
utive was brought to the end of his ef-
fort
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14
o AT PEACE.
Spanish Government Would Only Consider
One Form of Settlement.

spanish Governments Would Only Consider
One Form of Settlement.
In April, 1896, the evils from which
u country suffered through the Gu
ban war became so onerous that my
predecessor made an effort to bring
about a peace through the mediation
of this government in any way that
might tend to an honorable adjustment
Of the contest between Spain and her
revolted colony. on the basis of some
effective scheme of self-government for
Cuba under the flag and sovereignty of
Spain. It failed through the refusal Of
the Spanish government then in power
to consider any form of mediation, or,
indeed. any plan of settlement which
did not begin with the actual submis-
sion of the insurgents to the mother
country. and then only on such terms
as Spain herself might see 1T to grant.
The war continued undated. The re-
sistance of the insurgents was in no
wise diminished.
The efforts Of Spain were Increased.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14
WHEN TO RECOGNIZE.
Proper Time the United States should Take
This Action.

PROPER Time the United states Should Take
This Action.
When 1t shall appear hereafter that
there is within the island a government
capable of performing the duties and
discharging the functions of a separate
nation, and having, as a matter of tact,
the proper forms and attributes of ma
tionality, such government can be
promptly and readily recognized, and
the relations and interests of the United
States with such nation adjusted.
There remain the alternative forms
Of Intervention to end the war, either
az an impartial neutral by imposing a
rational compromise between the con-
t~estants, Dr. Is the active ally of the
one party Or the other.
As to the first, 1t is not to be forgot
ten that during the last few months,
d relation Of the United States has
virtually been one Of friendly interview
ton in many ways, each not Of itself
conclusive. but all tending to the ex-
ertion of a potential influence toward
an ultimate pacific result just and hon
orable to all interests concerned. The
spirit Of all u acts hitherto has been
an earnest, unselfsh desire for peace
and prosperity in Cuba, untarnished by
differences between US and Spain and
unstained by the blood of American cit
zens.
The forcible Intervention of the Unit
ed States as a neutral to stop the war,
according to the large dictates of hui
manity and following many historical
p~recedents where n~eighboring states
have interfered to check the hopeless
sacrifice of life by internecene con-
fiiets beyond their borders, is justifia-
NJ@ Nv rakfonal rror, r
however. hostile constraint upon both
the parties to the contest as well as
to force a truce as to guide the eventual
settlement.
y The grounds for such intervention
may be briefly summarized as follows:
First, in the cause Of humanity and
to put In end to the barbarities, blood
shed, starvation and horrible miseries
now existing there, and which the par
ties to the conflict are either unable. or
unwilling to stop or mitigate. 1t is no
answer to say this is all in another
country, belonging to mother nation,
and is therefore none of u business.
It is specially our duty for 1t is right at
our door.
Second, we owe 1t to our citizens in
Cuba to afford them that protection
and indemnity for life and property
which no government there can or will
afford, and to that end to terminate the
conditions that deprive them of legal
protection.
Third, the right to intervene may be
justified by the very serious injury to
the commerce, trade and business of
our people and by the wanton destruc-
ton of property and devastation of the
island.
UTo.rvth ona ryhtnb Ia pf fho ,,francf
importance. The present condition of
affairs in Cuba is a constant menace
to our peace, and entails upon this gov
eminent an enormous expense. With
such a conflict waged for years in an
island so near US and with which our
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14
Executors Notice.

Notice is hereby given that letters
testamentary upon the estate of Solo,
NOR Shook, deceased, with will an
nexed, have been granted the under.
signed by the Probate Court of An
drain County, Missouri, bearing date
March 80, 1895.
All persons having claims against
said estate are requested to exhibit
them for allowance to the execu.
tors within n year after date Of
granting letters, or they may be pre-
from any benefit of such estate.
and II such claims be not exhibited
within two years from the date thew
will be forever barred,
e. Fl. & j. r. SHOOK.
z-4t. Executors.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14
AFFECTED BY THE WAR SCARE.
Plans of international Conferences of
Christian Workers Baked.

NEW YORK, April 1O.-The war
ARE has completely demoralized the
plans for three great religious gather
ings, so far as this country is con-
cerned, at least. These gatherings are:
The Worlds Conference of Young
Women's Christian Association Work.
ers, to be held in London in June; the
Worlds Third Sunday School Conven-
ton, to be held in London in July, and
the International Conference of the
Young Mems Christian Association, to
be held in Basle, Switzerland, in July.
The Sunday School Convention inter-
ests thousands of Americans and there
has been planned two central recep-
tions, one at st. Louis and one at
Chicago. From these cities the dele
gates are to travel in company to
Boston, where in Vermont Temple a
reception Is to be given to them by
the Massachusetts, Association on the
night before sailing.
The Young Women's Associations
are to meet for the first timo in a
worlds gathering, and they have been
8 years getting ready. In all of these
meetings Americans have been the
prime movers. Now on account of the
talk the bookings of the delegates
are being cancelled. Secretary Smith,
whose Office is in the international
committee headquarters in Twenty
third street, represents both the
Young Mems and Young Women's
Associations. He said to-day that he
canoeing the bookings at the rate
Of 10 to IL q day and that unless the
scare was over in two or three
weeks, which he much doubted, the
conventions would be failures, for not
much would be done without the CO.
operation of American delegates.
This, he added, would mean a great
set back for missionary interests
throughout the world.