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Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19
Nation Is -
~ Being BETRAYED.

The possible candidacy of Charles
4. Towuc. of Minnesota, for the
Vice Presidency with William Jcn-
nings Bryan makes his views ON
current issues of no little import
Following is Il statement from Mr..
Townc:
"Thc principle on which the
claims for himrtalliSm rested in
1896 is aVowcd by every standard
political economist that has ever
written during 1000 years in amy
language or any country, and it is
no abandonment of that principle
to admit circumstances may tenn
porarlly have ObSrurrd the impur-
taucc of the question either hy Il
relaxation of the rigOrS of mono
metallism thru increased monetary
supplies, or by the appearance ot
other issues, which, because of
their tar-rcaching Importance,
must claim first place in the inter
est of the people until they are
settled and settled right.
There are no tcrrorS for me in
the detractionS of either malcvolent
misrepresentation or ignorant NAL
lee. The Republican party has
followed up its surrender to the
banks in 1896, by as base Il sur
render to the trusts, and, above all
else. il has challenged the patriot
ism of the American people by lay
ing an unholy hand upon the con-
stltution, and by proposing to di-
vorcc the flag from the glorious
legends of liberty that have hereto
fore always waved upon itsrrSplrn-
dent folds. have not the slight
est h"sitancy in saying that all 9TH
cr questions must remain SubOrdl-
nate to this great problem of how
to save the Government of our
fathers from its rccicant betrayal
at the hands of the present day
leaders of the Republican party"
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19

at political gathering at Sedalia
the Senator was standing apar'
from the crowd in one of the hotels
n member of the committee on en-
tertainmcnt saw him and concluded
that he was not being properly
looked after.
Would you like to get acQuaint.
ed with some of o,r prominent Wis
itors!" the polite committeeman
asked.
Il don't care, said the senator
quietly. who's that big man o.
yer there with the smooth facc!'
Why, that's Champ Clark, -
said the committeeman; would
YOU like to meet him!'
If YOU please the senator re-
turned.
Mr.. Clark he said, II want
YOU to know il gentleman who has
expressed desire to know YOU.
Clark looked at the speaker in
astonishment.
This is the Hon. Champ Clark
of old Pike, one of our most prom
Using congressman; Mr.. Clark
Mr.
"Cockrell-SenatOr Cockrell, "
said the other. The committees
man sought to turn the joke, but
il was on him.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19
Champ Introduced to Cock
rclI.

Champ Clark is even getting in
to the religious papers. The Ep-
worth Herald has him connected
with the following story;
Senator CockrelL of Missouri
is one of the senatorial landmarks
at the national capital. Altho he
has been in public life for long
time he has never thrown away
either the habits, clothing or per-
sonal bearing of the honest country
side from which he sprang, Once,
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19

Hon. w. j. Bryan in his Baton
Rouge speech defended the income
tax and declared it to be the most
just of all taxes. He advocated
an amendment to the constitution
specifically authorizing an income
tax, saying at present the govern
ment can draft the citizen but can
not draft the pocketbook. In an
hour of peril the government can
take the son from the mother, the
husband from the wife and the
father from the child. 1t can stand
them up before the enemy's guns,
but in the hour of danger it can
not lay its hand upon accumulated
wealth and make that wealth bear
its share of the expense of the gov
ernment.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19
Kansas Wins.

Lawrence, kas., April l3. kan
sas won the third annual debate
between Kansas and Missouri uni
vcrsities, which was held in the OPP
cra-housc here to-day. The Kan
sas debatcrS were Jay r. Bolts
John II. Tolan and Leroy +. Rice,
while Missouri was represented by
Mercer Arnold, Henry :. Conrad
and Clyde Williams. The qucs-
tion was: Resolved, That the
Philippines should be retained us
ii permanent colonial possession of
the United States" Missouri had
the affirmative.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19

Comedian Charles Bradshaw
was once riding over an exceeding
ly rough bit of Western railroad
III company with IA prominent Of
fetal of the line. At breakfast the
gold filing from one of Bradshaw 5
teeth had been dislodged by Il piece
of tough steak. The train arrived
at one of the worst parts of the
road, where the passengers bObbcd
up and down and swayed sidewise,
mere playthings of the faulty road
bed. After a lurch and wrench
worse than usual, Mr.. Bradshaw,
who had secretly slipped the gold
filing into his mouth, sat upright,
and, allowing the filing to drop
into his hand, exclaimed: Sir,
your road would do credit to IA
quartz stamp mill; it has actually
shaken the filling out of my tooth. y
The railroad magnate was taken
aback but only for a moment,
when he retOrted, with great show
of dignity:
Young man, if you would keel
your mouth closed, you wouldn t
L.. n,,,. 20 ,.n,n Ellinnrr =,
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19
To Publish Assessments.

Warrensburg, Mo-, April b
The County Board of Equalization
in session here has decided to here
after publish in some county paper
the county personal assessment
list. 1t is thought that thousands
of dollars will be saved the coun-
try by this plan.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19

cludcd, and the journey resumed.
THE house in which Sam was
born" said Mrs. Grccning, us
still standing, and is in much bet
ter shape than when Sam first saw
it. The Clemens family did live
for time in the house which the
relic hunters nearly hacked to
pieces with their knives under the
impression that it was Sans birth
place, but in this they were much
mistaken. ."-Republic.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19

The Laddonia Herald has enter
ed upon its seventeenth year, and
the newspapers over the state are
saying some nice things about the
said Herald. The MESSAGE editor,
with j. y. Cross of this city, es,
tablished the Herald sixteen years
ago and over fifteen years we la
bored to put it upon its present
prosperous career. 1t is very much
of what it used to be. 1t is ii gooC
paper May it and the community
in which it is published ever con
tinue to prosper and widen and ad
vance iii better things.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19
Private Edward Hayden.

Higbee, Mo-, April 13.-Ed-
ward Hayden, aged 26 years, IA sol
der in Troop NJ, of the Fifth l.
nited States Cavalry, died here to-
day from diSentery, contracted
while stationed in Porto Rico, He
was also injured in the terrible
storm which swept the island
When volunteers We're first called
for he enlisted with the Third Mis-,
souri, Volunteers.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19
When Mark Twain's Father
Forgot Him.

Mrs. j W. Grecning, Mark
Twain's first cousin, and the close
companion of his childhood days,
lives i'll Palmyra, Missouri The y
were born within few weeks of
each other in the little village of
Florida, Monroe county, and for
years were fast friends and play
mates.
Mrs. Greening lives with her
husband, a railroad man. in a com
Portable little home. She is re-
firing, pleasant faced little woman,
and strongly resembles her aunt
Jane, Mark mother.
Regularly every month she re-
ceives a substantial check from
him, at intervals IA letter and occa-
sionally new photograph. The
checks have been coming with
monthly regularity for many yaar~
excepting brief period several
years ago, when the publishing
house in which he was heavily int
crested failed and Clemens was fl
nancially embarrassed.
When a boy Mark was inclined
to be rather delicate, and so his
father permitted him to spend
much of his time, especially during
the summer, on his unclc's farm
The two cousins spent their days
together fishing, nutting and romp'
ing over the farm.
That reminds me of how Uucl,
John forgot to take Sam along
when he moved to Hannibal. Tn,
household goods had all been load
ed in one wagon, and after il hao
started the family all piled into an
other wagon, After Uncle JOIN
had nailed up the doors and win
dOwS of the deserted house Ii,
mounted the seat, cluckcd to tn,
horses and drove off, leaving littl,
Sam making mud pies on the oppO
site side of the house, 4 hal
hour later my grandfather, Whmr
ton hampton, father of the Rev f.
j. hampton, formerly pastor of tn
Christian church in Palmyra, cam
riding along and found Sam bus
lily engaged in his culinary work
He appreciated the situation, and
lifting the boy up in front of him
rode after the movers and when h.
had travelled seven or eight mile
caught up with them. So bus
We're they contemplating what wa
then considered II long journey an,
, making plans for their future tina
the absence of the To be Mar
Twain had not been noticco
The matter was taken aS Il hug
joke by all concerned. Sam il
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19
A GOOD u II
u ~ PLATFORM

We take the following from IN
argument in the Missouri World
under an article headed. "Unitcd
We Stand, Divided We Fall " The
platform below is the conclusion
a house divided against itself can
not Stand-a way out, if the pco-
pie will get together:
|. II is the will of God that
the will of the people must and
shall be the supreme law of the
land; therefore, believing aS we 10
in the will of God and the rights
of man, we declare it to be the right
Of the people to introduce lcgiSla-
ton, and to pass judgment upon
the legislation to be enacted by the
representatives. Therefore we de-
clare ourselves in favor of proper
tiOnal representation, and will la-
hor to that end, that all laws may
be referred to the people, for rat
itiration or rejection by ballot.
,. Therefore we adopt as the
ratifying power of th" people the
referendum system of direct lcgis
latlOu which means a government
of fo, and hv fine wb,l, noonlr
and uot ,f ror and l., ,I,, fow
Th. n,uo,. u,v.r and t,. ,,,o.d
Iow uokor. ,r, not w;,,;u, to ,r,.,
fine ,rouIr with fine hw,nok,uy
n,,,.r f., .oIl,,n j,u;,,,;o,
nr Chr;.t;,u;,, ,h,, u,hoLJ, - s,..
t.m ,f ;nr,r,,. u.r,,,, L,. -,
mart with , inst G,d Thi. o,t;,
|
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19

-Four years ago, when the Con-
necticut Agricultural Experiment
station first began to make tests OF
food products, SO per cent of the
coffee examined was found to be Il.
dulterated, Last year, owing pre-
sumably to the exposures then
made, the proportion of impure
coffee was but 70 per cent. OF the
soda water syrups analysed last
year, fifty-siX of ninety-two sam
ples were adulterated.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19

The Macon Citizen charges that
young swell in Browning wanted
to make an impression in society
and on seeing an advertisement
how to do so, sent IA Chicago firm
thirty-four cents for information
The answer was, Sit down on a
pan of dough.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19
That Damage Suit.

We quote from the Fulton Ga.
zettc:
John Harrison has brought suit
in the Galloway county circuit
court for $50. 900 damages against
K. Il. Buckncr. Both parties re-.
side at or near AuXvasSr, in the
northern part of Galloway county,
and are gentlemen who stand high
in their ncighborhood.
Harrison says III his petition for
damages that in the fall and win.
ter of 1896 that Buckncr claimed
to be the owner of four head of
cattle two years of age and lost the
same, and that on or about the
18th day of December, 1899, in
speaking of and concerning the
loss of said cattle, it is alleged in
the petition for damages, that
Buckncr, III the presence of Il third
person, used the following words
of and concerning Harrison: II
believe Harrison got my cattle and
| think can prove it on him. |
know what | am talking about. -
And for this statement Harrison
claims to be damaged in the sum
of 10000; 5000 punitive and
81, 900 actual damages.
In the third count the plaintiff
states that on or about the 10Th
day of December, 1899, that said
defendant in speaking of and con-
cerning said cattle and of the
plaintiff, spoke in the presence of
a third person, that is to say; In
Il conversation had between this
plaintiff and defendant in the
presence of Thomas Harrison. the
following words wcr" spoken;
Plaintiff said: "Do YOU say that
| took your and OverStrcct : eat
tie out of your pasture, or do You
not!" To which defendant then
and there replied: Yes, by God
| do. | believed it all the time. ~
For this language Harrison asks
81, 900 punitive and 50, 900 actual
damages. Wherefore the plaintiff
prays Judgment for $l0,0O0 with
costs.
In the third count plaintiff al
legeS that defendant on the 18th
day Of December, 1899, made use
of the following language i'll tn"
presence of Roht. Biggs, that is to
say: II have found out when
they (mcaning plaintiff and some
other person. got them. ! believe
have found out when Jack got
them. believe | have found out
where my cattle went to. ! believe
Jack got them. One of the fcI-
lows has Squealed. Plyburn has
sQucaled.' Wherefore plaintiff
claims damages in the sum OF
$40, 900; 5000 punitive and
~ 900 actual damages.
ID. II. Harris, Il, ID. Rodgrr,
and George Robertson are attor,
nrys for the plaintiff.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19

The Kansas City Star says that
worse than the worst fears were
realized last week by the Pike
county farmer who followed his
son to st. Louis to prevent him
from buying green goods" and
found the young man had gone to
buy wedding ring.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19

And now Mrs. Dewey is in a
lawsuit She wants to secure q IL
tie to property at Wichita, Kan.
which her former husband, Gener-
al Hazen, won in a poker game.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19

Fritz Knoebel, nine miles east
of Mexico, last week traded his
farm to j. Y. Crews for property
in west Mexico. The farm con
tanned 227T acres and was valued
at j,6S7. The Mexico property,
consisting of ii dwelling and 10 IL
cres Of land, was put in at $3, 900.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19

The NJ. +. Church, South, breth-
rem are determined upon the cree
tion of Il $lJ, 600 or $50, 900 church
editice within the next twelve
months.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19

Green Cant succeeds Lycrrgus
Botkin as postmaster at Cant,
southwest of Mexico. Hope the
postoffice trouble up that way is at
an end.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19

Startlingly high mortuary rates
on account of pneumonia are re-
ported from st Louis. There were
2O9 deaths from this disease in
that city during March.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19

Prof. a. :. Faulkner has been
re-employcd as principal of the
Laddonia public schools. Prof.
Faulkner is one of the best educa-
tors in the state.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19

j. +. Trasler, late of Cameron,
Mo-, will take charge of the Wind
sor Hotel in Mexico about May |.
The building is undergoing repairs.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19

Mexico has a wool company or
ganization. 1t is composed of $. p.
and w. H. Emmons, George Ka-
brich and G. +. Leeper. They ex-
pect to buy wool from all parts of
Missouri, Iowa and Illinois this
summer.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19

OF course Missouri University
lost against Kansas in the debate
that we should retain the Philip
pines.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19

An Audrain candidate tells the
Sturgeon Leader that he is running
on borrowed money and is too poor
to announce III that paper.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19

United we stand, divided we
fall" Let our watchword i'll ma
tional and state politics be, God
and the people.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19

In politics, and everything else,
words ought not to be accepted
because uttered by the lofty; nor
rejected because uttered by the
lowly."
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19

j. Il. Murphy. west of Mexico,
will garden on an extensive scale
this year.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19

The Nandalia Leader observes
that Prof. French Strother is still
writing letters.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19

The Centralia Courier has put in
a new 5000 Cranston press. The
Courier man is hard worker and
his paper deserves to prosper.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19

In multitude of counsellors
there is safety, but where no coun-
sci is, the people fall"
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19

The Porto Rican tariff bill, with
Senate amendments, passed the
House by a vote of lGl to l53.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19

Let's have the referendum. The
coming session of the Legislature
should see to this.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19

Nandalia, the second best town
in the county, voted against the
saloon recently. Nandalia had Il
serious lesson last Christmas day
as to the danger from the saloon.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19

The County Teachers Institute
convenes in Laddonia in June.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19

'''' ''"' ",." E'' WIS '''"''
''','P', "' '''''' ''''' y I'VE
win enron ''Ir noses Wh'I' lo"
are stirring up th" sugar in II ten
cent GLASS of gin. let me give yon
, f,ct to yosL dawn with il Van
I
may say 'H''' ""'' '','-' v W. '"'
Tor III" ir'r Ihd'p''l"'ht me "i 'h'
farmer, but have never been able
to grt money enough to huv "A farm
lut ,boro :, inst u.h.r. vou ,r, mis-.
r,. l.
'"N''' VI '''''' H'"'H ~" navy
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19

Legal rights-are not always
right.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-04-19

Lycurgus Botkin, late postmast-
er at Cant has moved to Ccntralia
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-09

Philadelphia Inquirer.
resolution that was introduced during
the week declared the Philippine ISLANDS
to be territory of the United states, ana
furthermore declared the intention OF the
United States to be to establish and main
tain i'm the islands such governmental con-
troll as the situation might demand TINS
resolution was introduced by Mr. Bever-
idge the young senator from Indiana Mr.
Beyeridge will make a speech upon that
resolution this week, and it is probable that
he will be listened to with close attention.
I. is rare for a new senator to command
the attention of the Senate, but Mr.. Bev-
eridye comes with considerable of a repu-
the summer i'm the Philippines studying the
situation, and 1t is his firm belief that the
Filpinos, divided they are into various
tribes and speaking various languages, arc
not fit to govern themselves, and that the
only way out of the situation is a govern
ment instituted by the United States. 1t Is
becoming apparent that the friends of the
Mckinley administration intend 10 force
to a vote a declaration declarative OF the
position of this government. Mr.. Beveridge
will have the honor of leading off in the
debate. Various resolutions promising alb
solute freedom to the islands have made
their appearance, and IL is most desirable
that the position of Congress in support of
the Presidents policies shall be made clear.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-09
Mr. c. G. Waldeck, of st. Louis; Mr.. Gus
tav Wolff. of st. Louis. Mr. z. II. wuerpel,
of St Louis
James Rice, n Colored Man, Meets n
Horrible Fate.

The heavy gas pressure at night be-
sides causing numerous fires. has resulted
in one death.
At early hour yesterday morning
James Price. colored living at 1913 North
western avenue. was found dead in his bed
by Clayton Jones. saloon keeper who often
stopped as he went home to see Price, who
was bedridden.
Upon opening the door he was nearly
stified by an intense heat. The stove in
the room was red from heat and it was
some time before the room was cooled
he could enter. He then found Price ly-
ing on the bed. his feet on the floor. dead.
The body was literally cooked, and when
the clothing was removed at the city
morgue the skin fell off in large pieces.
The stove is a small one and il is thought
that Price was first overcome by unburned
gas which filled the room, the capacity of
the stove not being sufficient for the pres
sure. The position of the body indicated
that Price had made an effort to get up,
but failed and fell back exhausted.
Price had been in failing health for some
time and for several months had not left
at Joness saloon and Lizzie Hawkins, col
ored, usually stayed with the old man I'M
til his son came from work. For some un-
known reason she was not there Sunday
night and her absence resulted in his death.
The walls and furniture were so heated
as to blister even on the far side of the
room from the stove and q chimney on a
lamp which had not been lighted was so
hot that it could not be handled.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-09
BOARD OF TRADE AFFAIRS.
Hay Shippers Classification Dis
cussed-Deiegates Named.

At the meeting of the Board of Trade
last night q motion was made by William
Scott to donate to the Lawton relief fund
$50 out of the treasury of the Board of
Trade. but it was not carried. 1t was de-
cided that the Board of Trade had done
all that could be expected of that organiza-
ton in the Lawton matter.
Secretary Smith was directed to COM
municate with the National Hay Associa-
ton to take up the question of hay ship
pers' classification before the Hay Ship
pers' Association, which meets in New
York Jan. %. The hay shippers have en-
6eavored to change the classification Of hay,
raising the sixth grade of hay to the fifth
grade and thus increasing the rates of
shipment. The local Board of Trade will
ask that this. change be deferred until
after the first of April. so the orders that
were placed under the old classification can
be shipped under the present rates and
not under the proposed increased rates.
A committee, composed OF John S. Laza-
rus and /, 5. Gordon, was selected TO rep
resent the Indianapolis Board OF Trade at
the meeting of the National Board OF
Trade, TO be held in Washington JAN 3D.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-09

mercial ratio IL 1t was expected that both
metals would circulate side by side as
money. SO the Jackson party In 1884
changed the ratio to Is to ! by reducing
the weight Of gold coin. In this ratio sill
yer was found 10 be overvalued because
no man would take silver bullion worth
sl.Oi In gold TO the mint TO have IL coined
into a 10o-cent dollar. Jackson's gold
BILL as IL was called. put the country
upon gold basis. and there 1t has re-
NAMED ever since. Mr. Kern will find
some instructive if not interesting reading
on that subject in Benton's Thirty Years
View" and in congressional debates for
the years 1S33-1S34 Unlike General jack
son. Mr. Kern is a silver monometallist be-
cause he ignores entirely the mercantile
ratios of the two metals, while jefferson
and Jackson held them to be all impor-
tant