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Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-07-31
you KNOW WHAT You ARE TAX,
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When you take Grove's Tasteless Chill
Tonic because the formula is plainly
printed on every bottle showing that
1t Is simply Iron and Qulnlne In a
tasteless form. Nocure, no pay. SOC.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-07-31
Rnded Llfe IN emoke.taok.

LEBANON, Mo, July "A. "A falrly
well-dressed stranger, apparently
about IS years old and weighing IoC
pounds, jumped on a freight engine IN
the yards here, and mounting the top
OF the boiler, plunged feet foremost
into the smokestack.
as soon as the exhaust steam struck
him he screamed for a rope, but was
dead before help reached him.
At the coroner's inquest two letters
were found on him, one dated June 10
and the other July II, addressed %
Owen Greelisp, East st. Louis, H.,
and both signed Martin Grcelisp, 10
North Broadway, Leayenworth, Kas.
On the margin Of the older letter
was penciled lis Fanklin avenue.
1t Is believed he was a railroad man.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-07-31

Mrs. Belle Oldham, nee Fentem,
formerly Of this city, Is here from Lin.
coin, Neb., and Is the guest OF Mr..
and Mrs. f. ID. Graham.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-07-31

The trial At Manila Of Lieutenant
Hickman, charged with ducklng
natives, IS quickly completed. aud Il
Is believed that he has been acquitted.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-07-31

dsatd Berry, father Of Caleb
Berry, 4 This city, has been very M at
his hons IN Galway county but IS
heuer. He is % years old.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-07-31

The feud az Jackson. KY IS ap
pruacbing ia most dangerous crisll
and many prominent men are leaving
the town.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-07-31

Miss Emma Locke is home from
Columbia where she visited Mrs. A. O.
Macfarlane.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-07-31

May Ybe sailed from New York
YESTERDAY Tor England. II is not
known wether she goes In pursuit Of
PutnamBradlee Strong or TO Join him.
Ne arrIrd in London yesterday and
denouncr as sall rot" the charges
that he lad pawned $4,000 worth Of
the fornlT aeLress' Jewels.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-07-31

10th ele United States and Japan
are hurfylng sauships TO Marcus
Island. Zach country seeks 10 esiab-
iNh priority q o~wnershlp.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-07-31

Woman's greatest cream OF beauty and
glory is when nature has chosen her 20
Become a mother. Every faculty ta keenly
alert and her nature the hnest as abe fore
sees the Joy, the ambition, the SUCCESS ana
the lifelong satisfaction coming. coming
nearer, day BY day, In the dear and innocent
being so soon to sec light, and the very
uncertainty whether she shall see q sweet
girl face or a brave boy face beside her on
the pillow, adds zest to her expectancy.
Then, II ever. she should taxa care OF her
physical, mental and moral health.
MOTHERS FRIEND applied externally
throughout pregnancy win relieve the pain
of parturition, and no mother and chnd can
fan 20 be healthy, hearty, strong clear COM
plexioned, pure FLOODED, calm nervcd arc
cheerful In disposition, who are lmutuauy
influenced for months by the continued use
Of Mothers Friend.
OF druggists eIW
Our treatise Motherhood" mailed free.
THE HRApFIELo REGULATOR CO.
ArLANrs. "a.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-07-31
Maidstone Saves Bow, ~,

maidstone wassuccessfuliy AMY 1uel,. s
last night to George Fran opp.ledhsa
ysar-old boy q Southwest .a't cIIs , j
who was badly bitten By sd S''y 4 NJ
The stone belongs to ! 'Og ffidsl
: WarsensOurg merchant and ,1'@ :,
cured dozens Of poisonous b Ihu u Aa
Cotton experiences shan
lions In the New York m,,,o ap'l'a
closes with net grains for u the Y, aAd
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-07-31

caPtaf Penhing has seized the
Sultan 4 Binadayan 20 hold him Is
hoStagel or the capture Of the M0ros
who Kid tMo Americans recently.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-07-31
Stops the Cough and Works OF the

Laxative Bromo-Q uinine Tablets cure
a cold In q day. No cure, no pay.
Price 25 cents.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-07-31

Joseph Davis is here from Chicago
The guest Of his mother.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-07-31

Nm 1T. Hin IS the guest q friends
IN Klrksrllle.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-07-31

The price Of oats in Chicago goes to
% cents the highest since the Civil
War. Mayor Patten seems 10 be In
absolute control OF the market.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-07-31
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THIS signature Il on every boz Of the genuine
Laxative Br0mO.Q uinine Tablets
the remedy that enres a cold IN one day
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-07-31
hS100Oddn0ssSo
Is, 20 and 10 Years Ago
! This Week.


TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO THIS wEEK-
Mrs. j. y. Tucker was quite ~.
There were 1900 prisoners In the
State penitentiary.
A. Harrison, aged 90 years, died q
paralysis in this city.
George Mcdonald aud Maggie A.
Garland were married BY Rev. II. h.
Seeley.
Died, IN this city, Of advanced age,
Mrs. Spence, mother Of DR.. and Joe
Spence. Her remains were Inferred
In Boone county.
Prof. Bradley, formerly superin-
tendent Of the public schools in this
city, was making arrangements e
open a high school IN Concord
a general strike was on Of railroad
men and laborIng men Of all kinds
5000 cars and I25 locomotives were
burned at Pittsburg. St. Louis suffer
cd seriously. The G. s. A. railroad
suspended all business and discharged
ali its hands.
The following assessments were
made for the year by B. +. Dobyns
city assessor:
Real estate, 1851, $40.
Personal property, s17l,345.
Poll, 5l2, sl.024.
Dogs, GA, s64.
Aggregate wealth Of city, sess, Tss.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-07-31

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UNIV At.@aA~
Doyou imagine you hsye Heart KID.
new az Liver trcublesp Ten chances e
one il e nothing more than indigestion.
aEusep.ia T.hlsu did me WY much good sns
I iii recommend them to my fiisndh
". O. scnUrass wnd'vllf, Nc
81 A.v. had s:omaeht trouble al my Ih- SapsP-
j. Tsblen have helped me more than any 'nsd's'as
I have ever used"
Cas-. slAsonrss, hcHuoss, No
vi have bssa hraahly impressed With The
.,s,es a Espss4s Tshlsu and ! an Of ne eP'niaa
,hss /, 4, 4 ecca remedy Gs Indigestion
Rrv. j. nj. TAtnSuroH, coruins' ARR.
al Ana dat the tablets are II you recommend
,h..a 10 !. and msss. I don't shlnk there can b
snvthInr better fr Indigestion than tnPePna
Tshlsss.' o. n. seorT, Postmaster, Loa' Mo-
al have sufsrsa With ea.nh Of The stomach
fr two and ons-haH Jssn. have bern IN ssd
aImosf the enffs dms. knA EufPaa Tablets
DIV great relief"
W. r. MA4nrw. New Madrid Me
Two Weeks Treatment 30 Cents.
nj your Druggist or direct By Mail
ws,s.sa. o.. . Gas. ass.. ~ lsv's
II any one doubts The enicacy d EnpefSi.
Tablets the editor viii be- pleased 10 Nouch 10
them, as viii al Ii Mexico who have tried tam
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-07-31

Joseph P. Rice, Of Moberly, is a vet
eran railroad man. He was formerly
q railway engineer, and is well known
throughout the State.
He was born In Illinois, but has
been located in Missouri since 1877.
He has a wife and one daughter, who
we're In St Joseph during the eonyen-
zion, guests at the home OF Frank f.
Hari.
Eighteen months ago Mr.. Rice was
appointed 70 Oh out the unexpired
term Of joseph Harrington as Rail-
rad and Warehouse Commissioner.
He Is said % have shown peculiar
~adaptabiiity for the duties Of that.
position, and Is looked upon as being.
thoroughly capable Of d~ischargiag the
obligations which the ONCE carries
with IT,
MR Nancy Withr0w, who died near
Farkershurg, w. v, vas the ancestor
% al linaal dceceudantg said "a he
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-07-31

Hannibal Nogabag Journal, and AZ
anrs sscame its managing editor. To
say IL Is the only Democratic daily in
The First Congressional district. He
has never held an cnice, but has
labored Hntiringly in the service OF
bis party.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-07-31

the Troy Free Press, which has proven
to be one Of the best Democratic
newspapers In that part Of the State.
In 1882 he removed to Nevada, Yer
non county, and with Dick Speed
launched the Daily Mal, making It a
success from beginning.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-07-31

Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Cunningham
left for Boonville this week where
they Joined a party Of St Louis
friends. They went 10 the country
for a weeks camp.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-07-31

In honor Of Katherine Bright, Of
St Louis, Miss Alice Morris enter
tanned Wednesday evening in her
Characteristic manner. Quite a large
number were present: delicious re
freshments were served.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-07-31

Mrs. James Dowell, of Benton City,
was with Mrs. c. d. Glendy Wednes-
day. She win leave In a few days for
a visit 10 her old home In Kentucky.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-07-31

Mrs S. NJ. Edwards gave a pretty
dinner party Tuesday evening. MisseI
Lanlse hitchner, o. st. Louis, Mar
Montague and Ria Hall were thu
guests.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-01-18
NEWS NUGGETS.
brought by the Wires From the
North. East. South and West.

In a cavern at the Ada mine at Car
tcrVille. Mo, Friday, three miners lost
their lives, another was fatally injured
and several others We're seriously hurt.
Lake Linden, five miles south of
Calumet, Mich. was, Friday. visited by
the third disastrous fire within year.
The total damage is 100000; covered by
insurance.
Jack OBrien of New York. was given
the decision. Thur sday night. at oak
land. Cal. over Young Gibbs of
Cleveland. at the end of the 18th round.
1t was O'Brien's fight all the way
through.
The Polish boycott of German Gods
is spreading. Many firms which hither-
to had always handled German agricul-
tural machinery and implements are
now exclusively ordering American i'm
plements and machinery.
Alexander H. Revell chairman of the
Illinois auxiliary of the Mckinley Ma
tional Memorial Association. reports
subscription to the monument fund to
date of $25.13 This is an increase of
about $1,000 since the last report.
A bulletin issued at London, Friday
afternoon, indicated that Sir Ellis Ash
mead Bartlett. NJ. p. who underwent
a serious operation Jan. 10, and who
has been suffering from internal in
flammation, is at the point of death.
Official reports just issued at Paris,
show that the imports in 1901 We're
valued at 4.11i.5iS. 900 francs. compared
with 4.697 ,S02. 900 in 1900, and that the
exports totalled 4,166. .165,0G0 francs.
compared with 41OS, 600 francs in
1900.
Two negro miners were killed and
eight others injured Friday. at the
mines of the Cumberland Coal and
Coke Co. at Milestone, Tenn. They
were riding on car and while going
down hill crashed into a train of empty
ears.
In charge of an officer from Hot
Springs. Sydney Lascelles, alias Lord
Beresford. who was arrested last week
Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-01-18

for Arkansas authorities, lett BostoH.
Friday, He is wanted for the alleged
larceny of $1,000 from hotel proprietor
| in Hot Springs.
AS practically the closing act Of his
administration Gov. Shaw OF iowa,
made public the names of Alb prisoners
| to whom he had extended Executive
clemency within the last two years. The
governors record in this respect, IT IS
stated, has never been equalled in Iowa.
The Car has decorated Franklin
GAYLORD with the Order of st. Anne OF
the third class. Gaylord, who is an
American. is secretary of the Russian
Society for the Moral and Physical
Development of Young Men. organized
by himself and James Stokes of New
York, at st. Petersburg.
| The cross-examination of James
Howard on trial at Frankfort, KY, for
alleged completely in the GOebel assas-
sination was continued. Friday. so mas
failed to make Howard contradict him.
| self Twenty witnesses for the defence
from Clair county who failed to answer
when called, Thursday, were arrested,
Friday.
John +. Ward. for 40 years noted
| civil and mechanical engineer. Is DEAD
at his home in New York city, of septic
| pneumonia. He was employed In ms
| profession in all parts of the united
States and was the consulting engineer
| Of the Providence water works. He was
also an inventor as we'll as a practical
engineer.
James Mclean Of New York, who
was arrested at Boston, Thursday
right, charged with shooting John Nc
Pherson of Olean, N. Y, during quar-
rel about a woman, was arraigned. FIJI
day, before Judge Dewey in the mu-
nicipal court, charged with an assault
with intent to kill. His case was con-
tinued until Jan. % on $1,000 bail.
An application for temporary re-
ceiver has been filed by the directors
of the Commercial Bank of Albany. Ga.
The bank did not open for business,
Friday, and posted notice stating that
the bank has suspended payment pend
ing the action of the state authorities.
The liabilities of the bank are estimated
$4,000, with assets of s191 900 in bills
receivable and real estate.
Although somewhat in doubt as to
whether the prisoner should be held oil
the charge of manslaughter or murder.
Judge Lyman at Greenfield, Mass. Fri
day. finally decided to hold Edward F.
Smith, the Charlemont negro charged
with causing the death of Henry j..
Warner, Dec %, on the former charge.
| Bail was fixed at $500 and in default,
Smith was remanded to the county jail.
The jury which retired at Newport,
N. H.. Thursday, to consider the evi-
dence in the case again Geo. H. Briggs.
charged with the murder of Mrs.
Chauncey Jones. did not return when
court opened. Friday morning. The
court room was crowded with specta-
tors and much wonder was expressed
at the delay. Many reasons are adj
vanced, the possibility of disagree
ment becoming stronger as the hours
Increase.
| Henry Paul Ilgen of New York city.
was arrested, at Chicago. Friday. on
cahrge of embezzlement. Ilgen, it is
alleged. was for 10 years cashier for
James ]. O'Donognue Sons Of New
York. 1t is alleged that when he left
Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-01-18
"A CURE AT THE PEOPLES PRICE"

Jennings, treasurer of the town of well
lesley. Mass, who, it is claimed, OBJ
tanned $4,000 from the State Treasurer
bradford on a frauduently signed
document, was answered by plea of
not guilty in the municipal court at
Boston, Friday. On request of counsel
for the defense, the case was continued
until JAN 2S. Bail was fixed at $4,000.
Mr. Jennings was not Immediately lib
Grated on bail, but Mr. Richardson. his
attorney. said there would be no ques-
| tion of the defendants ability to secure
bonds to this amount.
| Albert Gilmore, until recently 4
prominent postmaster in Southern In
diana. and member of a leading FAM
! ily will be received at the Michigan
City prison in few days to serve an
| lindeterminate sentence for horse steal
ing, says a La Porte, Ind. special to
the Chicago Record-Herald. Gilmore
made no defence. He assumed guilt in
! order to save the real criminal who had
once befriended him. The court, in
view OF the plea of guilty, passed sem
tence but with the development of The
facts which will clearly prove Gilmore's
lHHoceiice. 1ON. DuiU VIII dc lSNeu
to pardon him.
]. w. Martin, a post office clerk at
Knoxville, Tenn, was injured. Friday,
by the explosion of a package of pow
der. nitro-glycerine or an Internal ma
chine. While stamping letters and
packages with the received" stamp. a
package addressed to a local hard
ware house exploded when struck with
the stamp. Examination revealed on
it the name of New York smokeless
powder concern. The interior of the
parcel showed tin box in which the
explosive had been packed. The hard
ware firm disclaimed having ordered
such package or having been notified
of its shipment. The postal authori-
ties have begun an investigation.
The. trial of DIR. Krauz, the former
governor of Johannesburg, on the
charge of melting Cornelius Broecks-
man: the public prosecutor of Johan-
'nesburg, who was executed by the Brit
ish authorities in South Africa to muir
der John Doughlas Foster, an English
lawyer. who was on the staff of Lord
Roberts, opened at the Old Bailey at
London. Friday. The attendance was
restricted to admission by card and
every one was closely scrutinized before
entering the court room The prisoner
pleaded not guilty and the solicitor
general, Sir Edward Henry Carson,
proceeded to detail the facts already
testified to in the police court. The
lord chief justice. Baron Alverstone, in
Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-01-18

, New York, Dec. II. his books were
found to be short $4,000. When arrest
ed Ilgen was eating breakfast with 4
woman who was registered as his wife
and to whom the prisoner ascribes ms
downfall.
In an hours time DIR. D'Orsay Hecht,
before a clinic at the Post Graduate
hospital at Chicago. cut bits of cuticle
from the arms and legs OF 10 young
women and covered a burned and livid
face with fresh. healthy epidermis. The
patient is Miss Helen Peck, l6 years
old, whose face was terribly burned by
an explosion of gasoline. Three times
the number of young women chosen
volunteered to make the sacrifice for
their suffering friend.
| Kech Kuykendal, known as Filipino
Kid" Hartley J. Lake and John b.
Fredenstein, have been arrested on
suspicion of being the men who had
gained entrance into the 4OO-foot level
, Gf Stratton's Independence mine near
Cripple Creek, Col, for the purpose of
extracting high grade ores and who on
being found, fought their way out al
| ter having seriously wounded Lee
| Glockner one of the men stationed at
either end of the slope to capture them.
The show window of VIM. Fink's
iewelry store on Main, near 18th street,
at Cincinnati, O.. was broken in,
Thursday night and tray containing
60 diamond rings, valued at $500, was
stolen. The robbers escaped after fir
ing several shots at Mr.. Fink, Who pur-
sued them. Before breaking the win
dow the robbers carefully barred the
door from the outside by fastening
rope from the door to the awning. The
thoroughfare was crowded at the time,
but the robbers escaped.
George II. Ketcham, owner of Cres-
ceus, 2.02h, is in New York city. He is
watching with interest the proposed
racing of The Abbot, Boralma and Lord
Derby. Mr. Ketcham says that it is not
at all probable that the great Cresceus
will be seen in race this year. How
ever. he is open to any proposition that
he thinks worth while for a contest In
the late fall. To a reporter he added
1T is hard enough to race horses in the
summer time and I don't care for The
talking game in the winter"
A suit in attachment was filed at Gin
cinnati, o., Ff1udy, Dy a. "A. 1dquii'' "
Partisan banker, against Miss Evans
of Cincinnati, aunt of the Duchess OF
Manchester. for 2S60 francs. The suit
| is on a draft drawn on herself, March
4. 1898. and not paid. The real estate OF
Miss Evans is attached. 1t is said the
money obtained on the draft was used
I, for expenses connected with the we'd
ding of Miss Zimmerman and the Duke
| of Manchester. Miss Evans at the
time was in Paris with her niece.
A message was received at Anardko.
Okla, late Thursday night. from
Sheriff Porter of Garfield county, who is
in command of a posse of men hunting
the outlaws who killed the sheriff of
iCaddo county and his deputy, saying
that he lad the fugitives cornered in a
canyon IN the mountains. about -
miles south. and was holding his own
/, from 70 titled position. He asked
that ;ist ance in the way OF ammuni-
ton AID large force of men be sent
him as hastily as possible. Fifty armed
men left as soon as they could complete
arrangements.
! The forgery charge against Albert
Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-01-18
DAILY nsnnsbs: Journal
SOCIAL CALLS.
Continued from page j.

found scattered all over the route
taken by the burglars. These belonged
to Proctor & Bowie and the blacksmith
shop and most of those missed were
recovered. Entrance to the Proctor x
Bowie mill where the first installmcnt
of tools was obtained was effected by
smashing the lock on the big front
doors. The only thing disturbed there
was the tools.
There Is nothing to show what tine
the calls were made. There is police
box down near the grist mill and the rec
ord shows that officer Martin punched
This regularly every hour through the
night as usual. 1t would. of course. be
II comparatively easy matter for me
used To- the business 10 locate the Officer
and do the job at the mill between ME
calls. There would be an hour Tor Work
ard this was apparently time enough
for what was done at the mill over n
Winslow there are no regular night OIL
GERS So the coaS,5 was clear there.
By the way the tools We're found 1t
seems that the order of the calls was rs
has been indicated. The calls IN WinSioNt
could have been made early, say by II or
L. o'clock. There was more danger OF de-
lection ut the mill as the door to that ri
in plain sight of tie road that is Travelled
a gr, at deal. But IL was short JOB {"
break the lock there and get inside.
where they would be safe from detect ion.
as the only suspicious thing would be thr
broken lock and that could not be seen
plainly from the sidewalk
:. over at the Bassett Il Eaton store they
would be comparatively safe from dctcc
ton. as there usually little travel there
after 10 or IL o'clock at might. After
making these WinSlow calls they couid
have turned up at the grist mill in the
early morning hours when eVerythlnss
was quiet in that vicinity. 1t is quict
corner down there and not very wei
lighted which aided the work.
The matter wdS reported L. CITY Mar
shal Harrington. early Friday morn
ing and he Went the rounds. eNamlnlnG
all the breaks. They Were made in a
clean. professional manner that would
seem To indicate that they were the wor,;
of professionals. 1t looks as If the callers
We're prepared to ga through safes wei
rnd as easily as they did DOORS but they
left no clue to their ability in this line
behind them. If they had any tools oi
their own they took good care of then.
and took them with them when they left.
Some think, however. that it was tn,
work of local amateurs and especially
so in view of the recent break at thy
place of c. III. Simpson The genera
opinion seems to be that the break was
the work of local parties, SO il is Inferred
that encouraged by the success of that.
the same person or persons decided to
have another try.
The five calls averaged less than n dol
lar apiece, as so far as can be discov-
cred less than s. in cash was secured ana
this with the tobacco is the total prof
of the jobs. The damage to doors and
windows will probably be covered all
right by 500. hence the calls were not
very profitable for the callers or very Sc
r!ous Tor those called upon.