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Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19
A BRIDGE
In Audrain County Which Is a Menace
to Life and Property.


Audrain county has bridge, located
about two and ne-half miles south
west OF Laddonia, which is menace
to life and rolling stock. The bridge
Is Just east OF the house occupied by
y. h. Hantsman. Those acquainted
with that section of the country will
understand the location. The Forum
learns of what might have been a Sc
rious accident, with loss of life 10 the
bargain, which occurred there the
evening of the Fourth of July. a
team was passing over the bridge,
which ia nearly six feet high, when
the horses became frightened, shied
and both plunged over the bridge,
lighting on their backs and nearly
upsetting the surrey In which were
four young people, Az the story
reaches us 1t seems that providential
Interference only prevented the turn
ing over of the vehicle, or fatal ac-
cident could hardly have failed to
have resulted. Now, the question is,
what's the matter with the road over
seer that ne has not recommended
the building of decent, safe bridge
there2 Had there been balusters or
railing to the bridge the accident
could not have occurred. The road
overseer of the district In which is
located this dangerous structure or
lack Of structure, passed by just after
the accident, aud knows how nearly
fatal 1t proved. Now, let new bridge
be built, II such has not already been
contracted for. twill save the coun-
ty trouble and expense. We are in
formed had anything serious resulted
from this affair, parties would have
brought suit to recover damages, and
plaintiffs would have case without
argument. More may be heard from
this later. "
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

fASsA Aae CSAts&Ah@ 0a@AA4
John Mcmahon, formerly Of Gem
tralia, but now q saloon keeper ct
Tenth and Walnut streets, Kansas
City, Mo-, was sued in the Circuit
Court for $4,000 on July 10 by Jehn
q. Hmoot. 3 street car conductor.
McMahon ran amuck on the street
car the afternoon of June 6, 1900. In
q dispute with 6moot about his fare
he cut the latter with pocket knife
and otherwise injured him. When q
police officer came to arrest him Mo
Mahon turned on him and it required
the efforts of several policemen to put
him in the patrol wagon.
Emoot Gays ia his petition that be
was confined to bis bed for some days
because Of the cut and the beating.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

Hon. W. r. Painter, of the Carroll
ton (Mo.l Democrat, one OF Missouris
most substantial and popular daily
papers, was Is in Mexico on Thursday
Of laat week. Mr.. Painter Is Presi-
dent of the Missouri Press AS
ISOLATION and was In consultation with
Corresponding Secretary R. n. M.Whise
in references to the annual meeting OF
the Missouri Press Association which
will likely tsks place In Sc. Louis some
time during August. An excursion is
being planned to Niagara Falls, also
down the st. Lawrence to Montreal
and Quebec. This meeting promises
TO be one of the best attended OF any
ever held in the history Of the AS
aocfaffou
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19
sCHwE1NFuRTH GIVES ITUp.
Admits He Is Eot Divine and Will 90
Into Insurance.

ROCKFORD, ILL.,, July 11.-George
Jacob schweinfurth has decided to
leave his "heavenp at the Weldon
farm and move into the city, where,
1t is understood, he will engage In the
insurance business, although the
"divine" himself gives No plans for
the future. In leaving the colony In
which he has long been the recognized
dictator, Schweinfurth states he has
arrived at the conclusion that he is
not OF divine birth, or even acting
under divine authority. During the
last six months he has been regular
In attendance at Christian Science
services and, 1t ID said, will unite with
the local society Of that faith. Many
OF the .'sngels'' have deserted the
ssheavenn and those remaining, II Is
said, cease to claim they are under
divine guidance. They are making a
living by selling garden truck through
1. :. s.A... Tlss.Emam=1
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19
Tbe MoberIv Fair This Year.


President A. O. Dingle, Of the Mob
eriy Fair Association, was In Mexico
Wednesday and says from ell indica-
tions the fair there this year will be .
big success. Five or ak car loads of
horses have already been shipped to
Moberly and are being worked on the
track there. W. r. Garter, sf this
city, will have his string Of trstters
and PAGERS there and he has several
good ones. The fair begins Tuesday,
July "a, and continues up to and in
GLIDING Saturday, July 2s. There are
four races each day and all viii be
good ones. A. o. Dingls is president;
e. W. Roberts, vice-president; V. NJ.
Tsdford, secretary; julius Miller,
treasurer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19
The Ledger's Ghost Liar.

from tne Nanuauk MIL anu E4pEesss
The Mexico LEDGER's ghost liar 10
again abroad In the land, and as q
spook prevsricator this writer has
few equals In this neck o. woods. This
time he locates his "ghost storyn near
vandalia and goes up against 10 good
and strong. There can be no mistak-
Ing the writer. He Is the same that
made the "Ghost District" west Of
Mexico, famous far and wide, years
ago, solely through his fertile imagi-
nation, ana whose hand has not for
gotten its cunning in the spook line.
II it's anything Col. Runkle can do it's
write ''hoss races' and ghost lore,
and ne does the latter with q vigor
that il amazing and q recklessnsss
that is appalling. 1t win appear in
next weeks issue OF the Maa and
T3.eareaa
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19
z. Il. NortOn's Hay Crop.

HAom tlo AkS4 HAoe - AS97s
Hon. R. II. Norton is In the midst OF
hay harvest on his big farm near Els
berry. OF his 900 acres of timothy he
will cut $50, as he is pasturing the re-
maindsr. He has ct work four NOV"
ere, two improved stackerss sixteen
men and eighteen horses, which looks
like farming ont California or Dakota
scale. Good judges estimate a yield
of two tons per acre from this meadow,
and with even much smaller output
It is notldiftlcult to figure that Mr.Nor-
ton has . very valuable crop. New
timothy hay was selling on the st.
Louis market at s12 per ton Wednes-
dav.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19
Whita IAN Turned Yellow


Great CONSERVATION was felt BY the
friends Of u. A. Hogarty, of Lexing-
ton, KY, when they saw he was turn
ing yellow. His ekin slowly changed
color, also his eyes, and he suffered
terribly. His malady was yellow
Jaundics. He was treated by the best
doctors, but without benefit. Then he
was advised to try Electric Bittersi
the wonderful stomach and livel
remedy, and he writes: aAfter taking
tive bottles | was wholIy cured" A
trial proves its mstchless merit for ell
stomach, liver and kidney troubles.
Only 500. Sold by ]. z. Llewellyni
druggist.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

THE Democrats OF the United
States are going to get together and
win q grand and glorious victory next
November. II is the duty and should
be the pleasure OF every Democrat to
cordially and heartily support the
nominees. We have a magnificent
ticket, and the platform is surely
broad anonah TO furnish room for
every Democrat In the United States.
II is impossible to draft q platform
which in every particular would be
perfectly satisfactory to every menu
Der of the party. Along this line the
New York Verdict Gays: "Those who
are not for Us are against rs; and this
autumn's election at least, is to
effectually separate the sheep from
the goats In the politics Of this land.
1t was well and right for any man In
advance of the late convention to
freely have his views on every point
Of politics, and fight for their ex-
preston in the platform. 1t was bis
duty, and as well his privilege, to do
this. But in settlement OF difference
lin ticket-making as well as In plat
form building = the majority must
rule. Il should; 1t did. At that
point variance should end and atrug-
gle should abate. The minority must
give way. No man is greater than
his party. He may carry to g con-
vention what views be will; he must
return, equipped as with bis own,with
the views of the majority. He must
abandon his will for the party'a will
That is the true principle OF Democra-
cy. Also, IL is the corner principle Of
Americanism. You who read are per-
chance 3 free trader; you are bitter
against protection as tent of tariff
Yet you DO not abandon your country
lay down your citizenship and rise in
rebellion because Of the Dlngley bill
with its protective blood-sueking
Equally true, being Democrat, you
do not turn from ticket, platform anc
party because, being opposed to 1eto /
you find that ratio In the platform
To do.so lie not Democracy. Neither
| is It loyalty nor common sense"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

ffom tue hAltlmoro Amerlcaus
Though the national campaign has
hardly opened, there are not less than
ten tickets in the field, with a pros
pect OF two or three more before
autumn. Here IL a list of the parties
and their nominees for the great fight
Of the year..
REPUBLICANS.
For President--William Mckinley,
OF Ohio.
Vice. President = Theodore Roose-
welt, Of New York.
DEMOCRATS.
President = William ]. Bryan, OF
Nebraska.
Vice. President e. Steven
son, OF Illinois.
SILVER REPUBLICANS.
President = William ]. Bryan, Of
Nebraska.
Vice. President-Adlai q. Steven
son, Of Illinois.
POPULl5Tb.
President - William ]. Bryan, Of
Nebraska.
Vice. President Charles A. Towne,
Of Minnesota.
LE-oF-THE-RoAD PoPUIIsTs.
President Wharton Barker, OF
Pennsylvania.
Vice. resident-Ignatius Donnellyt
OF Mlnnasota.
PRoHBITIoNIsrs
President-John @. WoolIey, Of Illi-
nois.
Vice President-Henr B. Metcalf,
Of Rhode Island.
SOCIALIST LABOR.
PresIdent-Job Harrison, Of Cali
fornia.
Vice President Max 8. Hayes, Of
Ohio,
SOCIAL DEMOCRATS.
PresIdent-Eugene V. Debs, of In
diana.
Vice. President - Job Harrison, Of
California.
DE LEON SOCIALISTS.
ent-Joseph F. Malloney, OF
Massachusetts,.
Vice. President Valentine Remmilli
of Pennsylvania.
UNITED CHRISTIANS.
President-Dr. 8. O. Swallow, oi
Pennsylvania.
Vice. PresIdent-John G. Woolleyi
of Illinois.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

THE following has the right ring 10
1t: "David B. Hill, the New Yorker
who opposed the silver clause In the
Chicago platform, strikes the key
note when he said In his speech Sec
ondlng the nomination Of Bryan; Il
as you well know, was one OF those
who, In good faith, doubted the wisdom
Of some portions Of the PLATFORM
doubted the propriety of going into
detaila on certain portions OF oui
financial policy, but the wisdom ol
this convention hes determined other.
Wise, and I acquIess ehssrfuIls =
the deeIsfon.s'
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

THE Cincinnati (ohio) Enquirer
hits the nall on the head when Il
says; "ImperialIsm il 9 'sure enough
Issue, and u Is treated as the main
issue In the Democratic platform.
People supporting the ticket nomi-
mated 1t Kansas City can afford to
have differences OF opinion on other
topics. II would not be possible to
write a long platform for any party
that would in ell respects command
che approval of everybody In the
party. The cohesive power OF the
question as to whether this country
shah continue to be republic or be-
come an empire ought to be great
enough to keep the whole Democratic
party together and reach far into the
Republican ranks"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

Gov. ALLEN, of Porto Rico, is giving
away administration secrets when he
says that Cuba Is to be annexed. This
lie under a solemn pledge
to turn Cuba over to the oubana and
allow them 60 govern the isIand e.
they please, and the less offisisIs have
to say about the annexation of Cuba
the better for our good name.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

AAA1HbRAR7 ACf~h Sos1 v As
Dr. s. B. Hartman, Columbus, o.:
"I can scarcely find words to express
my gratitude to you for all your kind
mess TO me. 1t has robbed the grave of
one victim, for was in critical condi-
tion when wrote you before. Thanks
70 yon, however, my health is fully re-
stored. wish every young lady in our
town could read your book. Therewculd
be a great deal less sickness and puny
women!'-Miss Bertha 3. Sargent.
NAvAsoTA, TEX.
DR.. s. B. Hartman, Columbus, o.:
aI think it is time to let you know
what your treatment has done for me.
am rid of that terrible trouble I had
when wrote to you. When ] would
stoop over 1 could not straighten up
without the mostsevere pain. lam well
Of that, and am much better in other
ways.,'-Mrs. F. K. f. Gille, Box 10.
OsYKA, MISS.
DR.. s. b. Hartman, Columbus, o.:
aI am sure that Pe-ru-na is one Of the
best medicines on the market. am
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19
7. II. Gill Arranging to Start Pipe
Mandatory in This City.

Ex-olty CLERK, T. NJ. Gill, has
bought machinery and will open in
Mexico factory for ths manufacture
sf pipes. Mr.. GU has some valuable
patents, which hive been carefully sx-
amined by men who thorosghIy
understand such matters, and they
agree that he has o good thing. Mr..
Gill will start in small. conservative
way, but we feel surs bis factery will
prove 3 good thing, not only for him.
self, but for the city of Mexico. When
bis machinery arrives and his plans
are perfected the LEDGER will have
something more to say In reference to
this matter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19
PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Executive Committee Meets In St.
st. Louis Friday, July 20.

The Executive Committee of the
Missouri Press Association meets at
the Laclede Hotel, st. Louis, at 10 ..
m, Friday, July 20, to arrange for the
next meeting Of the association, which
will likely take place sometime during
the month of August, when an excur-
sion will be taken to Niagara Falls and
down the st. Lawrence to Montreal
and Quebec. The Executive Conn
mlttee is composed Of the following:
President, W. R. Painter, Democrat,
Oarrollton,
Vice. Presidents: Wes. L. Robert
son, Democrat, Gallatin; ]. T. Brad
shaw, Constitution, Chillicothe; ]. @
Newbill, Erpress, Springfield.
Recording Secretary, o. D. NORRIS
Tribune, Trenton.
Corresponding Secretary 4. NJ.
White, LEDGER, Mexico.
Treasurer, VIM. L. Thomas, School
ss.1z lzos,ss, Ast. Lsnis. .la.lsss.i-
All newspaper men are invited to
naeat with the committee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

"Ths marvellous cure Of Mrs. Rena
j. Stout Of consumption has created
intense excitement in Cammack,
Ind, ,"writss Marion Stewards leading
druggist OF Muncie, Ind. "Shs only
weighed 90 pounds when her deetor
in Yorktown said she must seen die.
Then shs began to use DR.. Kings
New Discovery and gained 81 pounds
In weight and was completely cured"
II has cured thousands ef hopeless
cases, and is positively guaranteed to
cure aii threat, chest and lung dis
eases. 50c and 81. Trial bottles free
at j. r. LlswelIyn's drug store.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19
Street Tairs Appreciated BY Farmers.

Street Fairs Appreciated by Farmers.
Street fairs are highly appreciated
by the farmers throughout the coun-
try, as the following letter with
reference to the Fulton Street Fair
clearly indicates:
AUxvAssE, Mo, July $500. Gazette,
Fulton, Mol see statement In the
Gazette as coming from me.
believe, for the farmers to show
their appreciation Of the street fair
last year, that they ought to have >
big county picnic In Fulton and invite
the town people to eat dinner with
them. do not think it the proper
thing to do to have q public dinner at
the street fair. II there are other
farmers in the county that feel as do
I would Ike TO hear from them
through the papers. Yours truly,
j. W. BOLES,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19
Che Eminent Kidney
and Bladder Specialist.

There is disease prevailing IN this
country most dangerous because 50 decep-
i've. Many sudden deaths are caused BY
H-heart disease. pneumonia, heart failure
o. apopiexy are often the result Of kidney
disease. II kidney trouble Is allowed 70 ao-
vancs the poisoned blood viii attack
he vital organs, or the kidneys themselves
break down and waste away cell BY cell.
Then the richness Of the biood-the alburnen
leaks out and the sufferer has Brights
Disease, the worst form Of kidney trouble.
Or. Kiimer's Swanp-Root the new dis
coveFy Is the true specific for kidney. bladder
and urinary troubles. thss cured thousands
Of apparently hopeless cases, after al other
sfforts have failed. At druggists in fiity-eens
and dollar sizes. 9 A sample bottle sent ffes
By mail, also book telling about Swamp
Root and its wonderful cures. Address
of. KilmsF & Co., Blrshsmten, y. I. ana
msntion this paper.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

THE print cloth trust, controlling
thirty mills with capital OF s1O,oOO,-
600, has decided to shut down for one
month SO as to boom the already
tremendous prices. Twenty thousand
employees are thrown out OF their
Jobs. Oh, this country Is certainly
prosperous under McKinley's trust
rule-prosperous for the trusts, that
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19
Rixey win Close Out.

W. J. Rixey expects TO retire from
active business life. II ia thought
that the stock will be sold or traded
by the first OF next week.
For years Mr. Rixey has been :
substantial citizen OF Mexico and has
been in business IN this city for about
80 years. I'll health is given Is the
cause for retirement.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

THE LEDGER regrets very much to
learn that W. j. Rixey is going to re-
tire from business on account OF III
health. Mr.. Rixey has been in busi-
ness In Mexico for years and is one OF
our most substantial and reliable cIti-
zens and retires from business with
the best wishes Of not only the bnsi-
ness men, but Of ell the people OF the
entire county. The LEDGER joins sli
Of bis friends In hoping that ne will
soon recover his oId-time health and
again engage in active badness.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19
II Saved His Lac

2. A. Danforth, af LaGrangss Ga..
suffered for six months with fright
ful running sore en- his leg; but writes
that Bncklen's Arnica aalge whelly
cured 1t in five days. Fer ulcers
wounds. piles, it's the best salvs In
the world. Cure guaranteed. Only
25 cents. Sold by ]. F. LlswslIyns
druggist.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

say that am looking better now than |
have for years. They want to know
what have been doing, look SO well.
l tell them that Pe-ru-na did 1t. hope
DR.. Hartman will live many years more
to help others as he did me."-Mrs. II.
Buthe, 1884 Sixth street.
Every woman should have q copy of
Health and Beauty" This book con-
tains specific instructions for the treat
ment and cure of female catarrh. 1t is
illustrated and contains much informa-
ton. Address DR.. Hartman, Columbus o.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19
VINO Were tha Three Voters9

To the Editor Of the Ledger.
MEXICO, Mo-, July 1--we under
atand that there were only three votes
in favor OF the Mexico city printing
bofEN ssva~elUs7 30 . veostAEly leaP@R @a1~
stead of the two dailies, Whose were
the three votesf CITIZEN.
The city records simply show that
the motion was adopted. There must
have been more than than three vstes
or it could not have carried. While q
division on most other questions was
asked no division was taken on this
matter and the records do not show
who voted for 1t.
We understand that while some
members of the Council were very
much opposed to Ii they did not vote.
ANY member OF the Ceuncil,we pre-
sumo, can furnish the information
asked for.-[EDTToR LEDGER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19


Among the offerings in the horse
auction to-day were consignments
from the following: 7. e. Moss, Of
vandalia, NO., and ]. r. Dye, of Lad
donia, Mo.
j. W. Dowell, OF Mexico, Mo-, had
full load of mules on the commission
nnarkah
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

ONE result OF the Kansas City Con-
vention Will be to convince the en-
tire country that w. J. Bryan 10
absolutely honest. The man who
could stand ready to fatty refuse the
nomination offered to him by 3
unanimous gathering like that, unless
q platform was adopted ct the same
time affirming 8 given principle can
never again be accused OF beng
willing to sacrifice principle to ex-
DAdfanev
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19
A Joke on "Lan."

sPut me of at the best town In the
state" said Lawyer HIT, of Mexico,
to the Alton conductor ct Kansas City
Friday night, thinking that would land
him at home. But the conductor knew
his business and, following instruc-
tions, put the brilliant lawyer OF at
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

THE Republican press is making Q
great point over the fact that the vote
Of Hawaii determined the report oil
the platform committee In favor Of
1e to /, and is declaring that Hawaii
Is ruling the Democratic party. What
rot this lei It is the entire conven-
ton that adopts a platform; the COM
mittee only recommends.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

Boss HANNA seems to be using some
Of the trust contributed money to
make betA on Mckinley In Wall
Street and get them telegraphed all
over the country. The game is an
old one and will influence no votes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

TEDDY has been talking too brashy
already, and has been summoned to
Canton to be talked to and ordered to
be good. The trouble is that Teddy
gives away what Mckinley would
like 10 do but doesn't dare.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

How long will tho people Of this
country be willing to keep an army Of
$1,000 men in the PhilippineaG II is
aosA indirectly admitted by the Me-
rsaa Avy uaasinsJss~tfvn ti4..s - sss~ss be
done for an indefinite period to Keep
the peace.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19
To the Confederate Dead.

ST. Louis, July 12.--C ChevaIier Tren-
tanovs, a sculptor OF Warrington, ID.
O., was to-day awarded the contract
for erecting the monument to the
Confederate dead that will be placed
In Springfield Mo-, by the United
Confederate Veterans and Daughters
Of the Confederaoy. The monument
is to be ready for unveiling by June
Of next year. 1t viii cost $4,000 and
will be the only memorial to Oonfad-
crate soldiers in Missouri,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

At the preliminary trial Of O. Roy
Cough, Of Rowena, charged with hog
stealing and held before Squire No
Intire Friday, the young man was
bound over under 500 bond to await
the action of the Grand Jury.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

HON. W. J. BRYAN and Hon. Adlai
<. Stevenson, who have Just held
conference, did not meet as strangers,
but as veteran comrades in the ranks
Of Democracy who have been chosen
to lead the party to victory.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

The vandaIia Mail and Express saya:
Miss Lena Bolts, of Mexico, has been
selected by the board of education b
ill the vacancy occasionsd By the
resignation OF Miss Louise Nardlu.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

In 1884 the Prohibition vote broke
the record and gave the Empire State
to Cleveland, thus eIecting him. In
1900 the Prohibition vote will, per-
haps, get the anti-imperialistic vote
OF the Republican party and may
again break the record and give New
York to the Democrats.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

]. NJ. SEIBERT, chairman OF the
Democratic State Central Committee,
will open headquarters at the Laclede
Hotel, In St. Louis, on July %. Mr..
seibsrt Is mapping out q careful but
aggressive campaign, and we predict
the ticket this year will be elected By
Q largely increased majority.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

Upton, Mo, July li.-w.P. Harmed,
O. ?. Tutt and O. A. Lee we're struck
by lightning yesterday afternoon at
the formers farm, southeast Of
Buncston. For several hours they
seemed to be dead, but ell have re-
gainsd consciousness.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

w. P. Harmed is the father Of Mrs.
Walter Williams, of Columbia, and is
enc Of MIsssuri's best known stock
growers, and Mr.. Tutt married Miss
Beua Grantham, of this City.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

WE trust that Havana win fare bet
ter under it's new and very broad
municipal charter than some Ameri-
can cities have done under theirs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

THERE is a law against steam trac-
ton engines being run through the
streets Of Mexico. The law was
broken Thursday night and two seri-
ous accidents were narrowly averted.
The law should be enforced.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

BRYAN and Stevenson cannot draw
on the trusta for campaign Doodle, but
they can do better; they can draw on
the people for votes enough to elect
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

At Detroit, Mich, Thursday, Joe
Patehen beat John R. Gentry In :
match race In two straight heats.
Times 2;o414s 2;41k. Patchen put in
one quarter In 2s1S seconds, q 1858
Uaft