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Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19
AmbuShed Illinois Couple.

Mt. VERNON, III, July 1s.-Whil'
driving with his family, VIM
Reed, OF Pennington township, VA
shot from smbush and instantly
killed, and bis wife painfully wound.
ed, last Saturday.
Reed had recently completed q two
years sentence at Chester for th'
killing OF VIM. sogor, and the tragedy
is supposed to be an outgrowth Of thu
previous shooting.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

TEE old settlers should cali Q meet
ing at once and arrange 70 hold al
ld-fashIoned barbecue and reunion
this fall. The Business Mems Assoc
citation should help them In this mat
ter. The old settlers are going &C
have a big reunion at Columbia thiI
fall
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

THE body OF meH attending the
meeting OF the Riverside Scripture
Institute Of Christian Workers, now
In session at the Baptist church, il
representative Of the clergy and Of
the teaching profession OF Missouri.
They are men of broad minds and are
practical workers in Code vineyard.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19
HER PREMOEITIOE TRUE
Mrs. Woodward viii Reach st. Louii
to Pind Son Murdered.

ST. LOUIS, July l6.-Harrassed BIZ
pressn1ment that eyil had befalieE
her son Albert, thirty years old, in
81 Louis, Mrs. Martha Woodward, oi
Denver, boarded q train Thursday
afternoon add started for this city.
When she arrives here she vii
learn for the fret time that her son Il
dead, the victim Of 4 murder.
Young Woodward disappeared from
the meiaDcholia ward a. the AiexiaE
Broibsrs' Hospital, where he vas q
patient, last Monday. His dead body
bearing wounds, was found near JEFF
ferson Barracks
Mrs. Martha Woodward started fol
81 Louis before the news Of her sOn'a
death reached Denver.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

The Missouri National Guard 10 m
annual encampment at Springfield,
Mo. The location is an IDEAL y and
the regiments well represented. The
First missouri, from -. Louis, mar
rowly escaped aeollision with q freight
train,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

Eleven bodies Of victims Of the
eloudburFt at Coleman, Tex, have
been recoyed. -Four others are known
TO be dead and Eve 9 missing.
Property loss lie great and railroad
connection with San Angelo is cot
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

R P. Moore, owner II the premium
saddle stallion, Ike, had this great
horse in town Wednesday. Ike is IN
hns feather and ct every point shows
bic elegant breeding.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19
INDIANA WHEAT A FAILURE
Corn, However, Win Yield 175,000,'
900 Bushels On Extended Acreage.

INDIANAPOLIS, July 15.-The wheat
crop Of Indiana is regarded as an al
most total failure. ALI the wheat
worth talking about, says good au-
thority, lies between vincennes and
Evansville. In central Indiana and
other sections not mentioned the fall
ure is almost total.
Corn will yield 175, OOO, 900 bushels.
J. W. Egnew estimates that the Indi-
ana % crop acreage this year viii
be 1ok per cent. greater than that Of
last year.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

IT is horrible to contemplate thai
In this day and age warfare forces
men to the extremity to which
Admiral seymore was compelled in
killing his own wounded during his
retreat in China. 1t is almost beyond
the power Of mems mind to appreciate
the feeling which could prompt the
Boxers to give an enemy cause to do
at
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

From the Live Stock Reporter.
N. Il. White, OF Audrain county
Mo-, marketed l22 head OF eO-pouns
lambs that sold at ss.1o.
w. o. Hale, OF Audrain county
Mo, marketed los head OF s4-pOunt
lambs at e6.10.
Ben Middleton, Of Mexico, Mo, had
load OF horses on the market.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

HANNmAL, NO, July is.-Frank
NeselnheiEer, an employ OF the Bur-
llngton shops, died suddenly Sunday
night. The indicaiions were that
death vac the result Of morphine
poisonlDg. Coroner Mccullough vas
nolinoc and took charge Of the body.
a jury was impaneled this morning
ana Investigation has been in progress
al day, bat no arrests have as Jet
been made.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

TEE number Of railroad accidents in
the United States for the year ending
June 90, 1900, vas 5l,74s; the number
OF persons killed was 7,lZS. Tbs
North Dakota wheat crop is = hal
failure. Mckinley is directly re-
sponEible for all these things, and DOM
you forget It, Any man who vii
calmly appropriate the credit for 1
country's prosperity must bear soml
responsibility for its disasters and
reyerses. Sect
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

To the Editor o. NE Ledger.
BRowE's STATION, Mo-, July Is.-
Ny guess on the population Of Msx.
leo Is $500; Audrain county, 2s,2s0.
Houston BLEET.
guess the population Of Mexico "a
be $3.50 AudrAin county, 27,eo2.
WILLIE BLEKT.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

THE Jefferson City Tribune lie EN-
inentIy correct in the following: "TwS
years ago the Democratic majority il
Missouri was i7,s77 and the Demo
cratic plurality ss,ooS. II these figures
are not doubled this year there vii
be great disappointment to the Mis-
aouri Democrats, -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

Fred Luckie, Mexico's soldier boy
In the Philippines, hes the thanks Of
the LEDsEE for e splendid picture Of
himself. Frsd's many friends win be
glad to know he is doing well.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

Doctor Robert J. Hill, for thirty
four years g prominent 81. Louis
physician, died early Sunday morning
and win be buried with military hon
ore Tuesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

Mr.. w. II. Perry, who resides in
the northwestern suburbs Of town,
to-day brought TO the LEDGER Office
. monster radlsh, as large ss ever
grove Ia thls section
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

A former Lieutenant Governor Of
Kansas committed suicide, after strug-
Cling desperately with bis sister-in
law to retain the pistol with which be
killed himself.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19
namoOratin nlnh Formed.

CEETRALIA, NO., July 1.-THE
Democrats of C~entralia tonight held
an enthusiastic meeting. A club wai
formed, and the following officers
we're elected: J. K. Pool, president
b. s. Booth, secretary; J. 4. Henry,
treasurer; NJ. 8. Bush and A. q. Rice
vice. presidents. A great deal Of en-.
thusiasm was manifested. The Demo-
crats are well organized and doing
good work.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

THE Mexico Democratic Club Is or
ganisiDg to do some good work during
the campaign. Every Democrat in
Mexico should assist.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

II is quite evident that no front
porch, however ample, win connne
Roosevelt during the campaign.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

IhsEs . few Of the following goods
In stock which I viii close out at bar
gains; Vehicles, Moving Machines,
Giant Swing stackers, suIky Rakes,
Alaska R-efrigaretors, Blue Flame
Goal oil Stoves and Wagons.
v. o. P. KING.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

TEN presidential tickets are now In
the Geld and sim J. Sterling Morton
Ia afraid be win mot be able to vote
mis- sentiments.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

Mr.. B. B. RunkIs, OF this city, has
been employed by the Centralia Fail
Association 10 oflciate as starting
Judge ct the oentralia races on Au-
gust %, 20, 80 and 81.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

See a window for low prices IN
ladies' muslin underwear. They can't
be beat at Blum's.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

Any hind Of books bound 81 !. E.
balles's blndeFy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

Buggies and surries-worid beaters
for the cash. PERKS a oAUTHoRE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

The Piano will be delivered
FREE to the winner on Octo-
Der 10, 1900.
New-York tribune., 1900-10-07

thorities are watching II with interest II is
one Of the handsomest pavements in the city
and may be used more extensively when people
become disposed to afford the luxury OF an ex
pensive wooden paved street. The chief ad-
vantages are quietness, freedom from dust and
from the Objectionable summer glare Of the
asphalt.
The stone block pavement. such is found In
lower Broadway, viii always be most common
in this city Asphalt would not stand the wear
Of heavy teaming in the wholesale district, and
would not furnish sufficient foothoId for the
teams drawing weighty loads. The stone block
pavement is not so noisy as the cobbIest0ne. and
will soon have driven out the earlier style
Brick has never been used in this city 70 any
extent, owing to the expense Of the material
There is a stretch Of brick pavement in Ninth
ave. north OF Thirteenth-st-, which offers excel
lent testimony to the durability Of this kind OF
roadway. The granite pavement the Brook
lyn Bridge has been down for sixteen years and
considering the enormous amount Of traffic that
passes over it daily, the stone is in excellent
condition. If there is any extensive demand
for paving in the business district il win
probably result in call for granite block con-
struction
New-York tribune., 1900-10-07

crete, which must be thoroughly dry before the
asphaltic wearing surface is applied. The pre-
pared asphalt is put upon the foundation at
temperature of not less than 30 degrees, and
rolled into shape with fifteen-tOn steam roller
The rolling is kept up until the asphalt hardens
and the roller no longer makes any impression
in the surface.
The question of maintenance Of asphalt pave
ments has been thoroughly studied by the city
engineers, its Importance demands. The cost of
keeping up Fifth-ave. since it repaved with
asphalt in 1897 forms basis of calculations,
and comparison with the reports of the cost of
maintenance of similar pavements in Europe
shows that the cost is much less in this country
This is said to be due to the superiority of the
American pavements and the economical meth
DDS of maintenance Washington is the asphalt
city Of America and the cost of maintenance
there has been reduced to three cents a square
yard per annum In London the cost is from
10 to 30 cents square ward. OF course the
heavier travel Of the English city and the diff
ference in street widths must be taken into
consideration.
New-York tribune., 1900-10-07

driven off and most of the mineral matter has
settled The resultant product is too hard for
making pavements and a softening material,
usually heavy petroleum oil, is added This
combination forms a cement which is ready to
be mixed with mineral matter. stone dust and
fine sand being generally used for this purpose.
The asphaltic cement and sand are heated in
separate ovens to temperature of 300 degrees
Then the stone dust is mixed into the hot sand.
another thorough mixing is necessary when the
cement is added, and results in a homogeneous
mass ready for application to the street.
There are several kinds of foundation used for
asphalt pavements The roadway is frequently
prepared with a smooth, level foundation OF con
New-York tribune., 1900-10-07
The force necessary TO move one ton on le
grade at speed of three miles an hour;
A NEW WOOD PAVEMENT.

The most desirable pavement for residence
and light traffic business districts is made Of
wood, and Fifth-ave. would probably have been
paved in that material had not the popular fear
of lack of durability in wooden pavements been
too strong. The wooden pavement proposed for
this street was not the round cedar block affair
so common in the West from which most people
take their idea of wooden pavements 1t was
proposed to use Australian Kari blocks and
a sample pavement laid in Twentieth-st
between Broadway and Fifth-ave. Great care
was taken with this stretch, and the city au-
New-York tribune., 1900-10-07

ern mine, the kind Of mines which are owned
by the men who work in them and who have
built their own tunnel terminals. To make the
picture complete one must imagine that the
rows of tall apartment houses rising up in the
distant background are the surrounding noun
tain ranges and that the rumble of a nearby
elevated train is the roaring song Of some noun
tain torrent. Piled up on the ridge Of TIE hill
are quantities of granite rocks which are
streaked with colors like the gold and silver
quartz of the Rockies and Cascades. The
granite is hauled away from basement eXcava-
tions in different parts Of the city.
There is a steady demand for broken stone for
in the concrete foundations for asphalt pave
ments, and stone dust is used in making the
asphalt small engine hidden away in the
crusher house furnishes the power move
heavy steel jaws which tear the rock into any
desired size The stone dust passes through d
screen, and is wheeled to pile on one side. The
broken rock slides into a car which runs along
a small ramway. the ends of which
wagons are loaded. The crusher has a capacity
of one hundred cubic yards of rock day. and is
kept busy most of the time. and will be until
this city gets through repaving.
Pavement making in this city began in 1861,
when OF the Van Cortandts paved few
hundred feet of the roadway in front of his
home, which situated between Broad and
Whitehall SITS. and the authorities have never
ceased to pave and repave since that time.
New-York then New-Amsterdam, and it
was on account of one of the first breweries in
the New World that the first pavement laid
Mrs. Van Cortlandt bothered by the dust
from the brewery wagons which passed her
house in numbers, and she bothered her husband
until he demanded a paved road from the au-
thorties. AS Van Cortlandt a power in
the affairs Of New INST tcrdam he got the road
1t the original cobblestone road, and the
natives came for miles to see the modern
wonder.
Since the Van Cortlandt cobble road was built
the streets of this city have gone through sew
eral changes At first cobblestones were used
exclusively in paving: then came stone blocks
of regular size and shape; wood was tried in
places, and the last step was asphalt The
city has many miles Of asphalt paving and
the satisfaction which it has given has led the
city authorities to lay out an asphaIting pro
gramme which will give smooth streets to the
shopping district.
ORIGIN OF ASPHALT PAVING
Authorities modern paving give the credit
of introducing asphalt paving substance 10
Count Sassenay, of France, and give the date
OF its first practical use 1892. There are
many kinds of modern asphalt, all of which
have bitumen, mineral matter and water as the
principal ingredients. The ordinary process is
TO cook the asphalt until the water has been
New-York tribune., 1900-10-07
4 FAR OFF I6 TO 1.

INDIAN BOYS AND THEIR PET DONKEY N TEE
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
The duties Of his office allow the United States
Indian agent at Neah Bay, Washington time TO
take snapshots of scenes and objects Of interest
near his headquarters A recent picture sent
here from that remote surf beaten corner OF the
State shows that the amateur photographer is a
humorist. Sixteen Indian boys and their pet
donkey have been labelled 10 10 l.
These boys he writes, belong 10 the Makah
tribe, aboriginal dwellers in the State OF Wash
ington. They have been educated 10 speak and
write English and 10 regard with comparative
equanimity the wearing Of the paIeface cos
tunes occasionally inclusive, the picture
shows of the much discussed shirt waist"
New-York tribune., 1900-10-07
WOOD NOTES.

from The Pail Mall Gazette.
Crimson chestnut bloom,
Yellow laburnUm spray,
Lilac's lovely plume.
NOdding across the way
/ would give you ALL all,
As many as / know,
For wood where the thrUshes call
out of the long ago.
There in the sweet dew
Opens the mOSchaJeI
The hyacinth legionS blue
With the rosy camp.Ons dwell
The Ousel builds her nest
Hidden and fring-d with fern
And, patient, with beating breast.
Waits for her mates return
Green and utterly green.
over and under and round.
Hardly a CLINT between
OF sapphire in sunshine drOWn'd;
Starred with wcc1ru1 white.
The E-4SSy terrace 6=ScendS
T. where -c= b-coA uU- II sight
>-%> = - --L-Nzy friends
T---s . lingering hour
Lee - --- ---= -=--zCe
The -zv q ~ twisted c1u'r
I-z- exquisite coughs -C-z-e-
To listen ne tender notes.
Dropping d-Wy and slow
While the song Of the thruShes floats
Out Of the long ago.
New-York tribune., 1900-10-07
PAVEMENTS, OLD AND NEW
VARIOUS MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN
AND ARE USED TO MAKE
CITY STREETS.

The ropaving activity through which this city
Is now passing IS responsible for an establish
ment the sight Of which would Immediately
make any Western miner feel at home. 1t Is a
small steam stone crusher near Sixty-seventh-
st and Avenue A. The crusher house is built
OF scrap lumber and iron sheeting on the side
Of a low r0ckribbed hill, and looks for all the
world ike the typical entrance to small West
New-York tribune., 1900-10-07
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT-

Asphalt has an advantage over many other
kinds of paving when the question of durability
and the relative force necessary to draw loads
are taken into consideration. Nelson 2. Lewis,
Engineer of Highways Of the Borough OF Brook
lyn, in a recent address delivered before the
Engineers Club of Brooklyn. gave the following
tables which he had compiled from different au-
thorities:
The life Of city street pavement where travel
is not excessively heavy is estimated as follows:
New-York tribune., 1900-10-07
BROTHER DICKEF HOR4LIzEs

From The Atlanta Constitution
"Dey amt no politics in heaven" saws Brother
Dickey- But de reason er dat is-dey amt no
politicians dar."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-24
MIR. TAYLER'S RECONCILIATION.
Several Candidates Desire His Seat in
Canrre&S.

Representative Robert ". Tayler OF the
eighteenth Ohio-the Presidents district
will quite likely have a rough and rocky
road to travel to secure denomination, IL
there is any truth in the reports that have
reached Washington from his bailiwick
These reports indicate that there are a
number OF men who are ambitious to sue
coed Mr. Tayler, and the situation has be-
come so worrsome that for the past two
or three weeks the representative and his
secretary, Edward King. have been spend
ing much of their time there trying to fix
up the fences.
State Senator Benjamin Franklin Hirt of
Mahouing county has formally announced
his candidacy as against Taylef. and his
friends are active in all parts of the dis
trict. In Columbiana, Tayler's own county,
Judge Smith is making a canvass that is
said TO be causing Tayler no small amount
of worry Then IL is said that eN-Lieut.
Gov. Asa W. Jones is hankering TO repre-
sent the district and ii would not be sur
prising if Stark county. President Mckin-
ley's home. also gets in the procession with
a candidate.
TayIer was booked some time ago for
speech on the Philippine question, but has
been too busy looking after a denomination
to thus crafty his friends. President Nc
Kinley is DESTROYS that Tayler be returned
to Congress, and he is said to have SO ex-
pressed himself to those who have preached
the matter to him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-24

Preparing for Successful Season on
the Diamond.

\ meeting of the executive committee of
| the athletic association OF the Y. NJ. c. A.
was held Thursday night to consider plans
for the development of base ball among the
members. From the exceedingly large
number of members who signitied their In
tention of playing base bail it was decided
to have rival mines organized in the asso-
citation as was done in bowling and indoor
base ball.
The present indoor base ball team, repre-
Senting the association as a whole, has de-
cided to take up the outdoor game with its
organization intact. and enough other MEM
bers have announced themselves as base
ball candidates to organize fully five adda-
tional teams. AS soon the mines are or
ganZed association league Will be
formed and schedule of games adopted.
! This method will be sure to stimulate rival
ry among the players. so that there Will be
a large field to draw from for the organi-
cation of one representative association
team. Unlike the plan that was accepted
for the indoor game to let the first team
door association team will be picked from
the best players and the positions will be
won through general rivalry.
The recent SHOWS and rains soaked deep
into the ground that had just dried out
sufficiently to permit of good ball playing
and it will be probably TWO weeks or longer
before satisfactory use can be made Of As
ISOLATION Field for base ball playing
When the ground hardens somewhat and
vegetation begins to Spout there will
hardly be a better campus of good springy
turf in this neighborhood for base ball or
any other field sport than Association Field.
Efforts have been made to make the turf
as good possible. as. under the direction
of Mr.. Charles Holton, assistant physical
director of the Y. NJ. {. A. the field has
been sowed thickly in Kentucky blue grass,
Italian rye and white clover and narrowed.
worked and rolled. 50 that it will be in the
best condition this spring.
7 ,AI. ~,
last seasons foot ball team has undertaken
the management of the association base
ball team. that success is assured in this
respect. Already Mr.. Nicholson has begun
the arrangement of his schedule and al
ready has several good games assured.
Manager Nicholson is himself player of
ability. and when the season opens he will
BE- found as a leading candidate and pros
pective captain of the team. A strong team
should be organized from among the ath-
lctes who will go into training. as they will
include Mills, Reddngton McQuade Nelli-
gan, Ross. Davidson. karnes. Weaver Shop
ard and Spear. beside numerous other good
men.