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Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1903-08-27
Injured by a Base Ball.

Horace Mexican, who has been
pitching fine ball for the Hannibal
team, is home on visit because Of an
injury received In game at Quincy
last week. He is some better but is
still unable to twist the horse-hide
and will remain here until he fully
RECEIVERS. The Hannibal boys are very
proud of Mexican and say they could
not part with him.
Mexico has turned out some fine
ball players, among them are; Jim
st. Vrain, Chas. Daniel, Fred Pitcher,
Horace Mexican and r. Hisey, all Of
whom are playing in some league,
There are plenty Of men in this city
now who could make good on nearly
any league team, and If they are going
to stay here some one would make a
good Investment by backing a team
in this city. Several good games
would start the old "fans" once more
ond rond taan xpatlld nav
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1903-08-27

Sam Howard has a nice new horse
and buggy.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1903-08-27

DR.. Frank Harrison, Of Hospital
No. l, at Fulton, was in Mexico this
week en- route to Pennington, Mo-,
where he will be with Hospital No.
for a month or six weeks. DR.. Harri-
sons many friends In Audrain county
will be glad to know that be is max
ing a splendid asylum man. The
Hospital at Pennington has Just been
opened and DR.. Harrison will remain
only temporarily in order that he may
assist IN getting the work well organ
lied there.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1903-08-27
Works better with water
than other brands
do with milk.
1Oc The Pound.

William Pollock is home from GIL
liam.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1903-08-27

The total assessed valuation OF all
property in the State OF Missouri this
year subject to taxation for the year
1908, exclusive Of merchants and man
ufacturers, has been placed at sl,222,.
7l5,510.47, apportioned as follows
Real estate, ss3s,645, 4sl; personal
property, s25S, ,575, ,234; railroad, bridge,
telegraph and telephone properties,
sl25, 4s4, ,s45.47. In 1902 these corpo-
rations we're assessed at sl20, $50, 19s. 80.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1903-08-27

Miss Elizabeth Arnold is home from
a delightful trip up north.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1903-08-27
The CONTRACT SIGNED
BUCKLEN -DARNABY CARNIVAL
COMPANY EMPLOYED TO
SHOW In MEXICO.
DATE SET FOR OCTOBER 1917.
An Especially Big Feature viii be
Made Of the Horse, Mule and
Colt Attraction = County
Corn Competition for
Worlds Fair Ex-
hibit to Also
Be Held
Then.
lDAYE SET FOR OCTOBER 1917.

1t is now definitely decided that
Mexico will have a big Street Carni
val, Horse, Mule and Colt Show, and
Corn Exhibit this fall.
The local carnival company met
Wednesday night and signed the con
tract with the Bucklen- Darnaby Car.
nival Company, and decided On Tues
day, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, October 1877, as the
dates.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1903-08-27

The Best Prescription For Malaria.
Chills and fever is bottle Of GROVES
TAsTELEss CHILL Tonic. 1t Is simply
iron and quinine in tas teless form
No cure. no pay. Price Soc.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-25
Foreign Notes OF Real Interest.

Par'Ss womans paper La Frondr, on which eye
the compositors were women, has stopped after IN
existence Of six years. because 1t didn't pay Tn
stan has gone TO Socialist and Anti Clerical new
papers
Hollywood Castle, as a consequence Of the King
renovation OF the sanitary$ arrangements. tn"
high state functlonares have OF late refused T.
risk their lives by residing IN the palace.
Hermann Zumpe the director OF tho Munich
Royal Opera House II dead AT the age OF 81 year
He was on" OF the young conductors trained ~
wagner nj the time Of the hrst Bayreuth perform
ancrs. He was appointed at Munich two years sgu
md directed last summers performances Of th'
Nibrlung cyclc at the prin2 Regent 1hcat-r.
Paris has the walking craze In recent rae
around the fortihcalOnS. distance OF thirty eigh
kilometres or about twenty four miles, there wei"
$50 competitors.
Cardinal fcrrar who attended the German
Catholic Congress, took back with him 10 Milan .,
n present the bones OF the Three kings NrCHlui
Gaspar and BalthaSar. which were the most famnus
relies in the Cologne Cathedral. The legend Is tina
IN" relies were taken away from Milan church By
Frederick afbarosSaS men, and the gin Is incndcf
as restitution.
took f'iuE In n church and kncrnE before the
ALTA rlaln"d sanctuary after the mediOv N fashion
The poll'" arr ,tcd hin all lAC ,Ame.
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Manuscripts From Da m ascus

FTOW Wd LohdoH UdHV NOUS
Visiting the Mosque OF Damascus, Prof Won
Loden heard that In one OF the three little vaults
there precious Christian documents were pr"
served but that the Sultan's permission was re
quircd before the called Kubbet e Chaznr
urcasury) could be opened. Prof Won lodrn
asked the German Government for Its aid, and
succeeded IN obtaining permission. Ir. Violet.
a young savant, was sent To Damascus 70 WISH
the treasury. For nine months he examined IN"
writings and after the German Government mad
promised that they would remain In the possession
of the Turks thr contents OF a mosque being
unsuitable according to Mohammetan rules
the writings were handed over to the German
Government for certain space or time
Dr. Violet arranged the writings according 10
the languages thcy were written In and the various
periods. The latest documents are or the Tine
OF the Crusadcs, but rs Damascus was never IN
the hands of the Crusaders tho writings mus
I'm u. hppn MDglpls
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-25
THE EX-SLAJE PENSION BILL.
Mitchell Says lie Never Used Hanna's
Name to Aid In Its Passage.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24-President Nit
chell of the negro organization known
as the National Indust rial Council, who Is
under invest igation by the Assistant At
torney Generals Office of the Post Office
Department, charged with illegally using
Senator Ianna's name in soliciting sub
script ions TO aid the passage Of the ex-slave
pension bill, introduced by Mr.. Hanna by
request" at the last session of Congress,
made a statement to-day denying that he
ever used Mr. Hanna's name or that the
PURPOSES of the council are dishonest.
President Mitchell says
do not mean to question the veracity Of
the Post Office Department, but don't mean
to let the people believe that this council Ii
a crowd Of mean. imposturous scoundrels,
taking advantage Of Mr.. Hanna or the people
who may commit themselves to our pleadings.
The newspapers have all along been misin-
formed by our enemies
This entire prosecution is political ana
partisan. The Republican party is behind
This entire ntfair as | see II | have letters
and proof from white men high in authority
at Memphis, Tenn, that certain Republican
Official Threatened this same thing last year
against me when paid tribute to the Con-
fpdernta soldiers as our best friends. While
at Th0masville. Ga, letters We're shown
saying ! was Il Democrat negro and ought TO
hr Jailed mean that the public may know
that his fraud order complain has no founda-
lion except as | have mentioned
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-25
ARMY COURTS-MARTIAL.
The Cases OF Five Omcers and Two Cadets
Sentenced to Dismissal.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 24.--NeJt week
President Roosevelt will have before him
the court-martial findings in the cases of
five officers Of the Regular army and two
cadets at West Point. All these cases IN
volve the dismissal of the persons tried
There has been no final review of the case
Of Lieut.. Thomas L. Murtaugh, Nineteenth
Company, Coast Artillery, who was tried
at Columbus Barracks.
Lieut.. Murtaugh was charged with en-
bezzlement and was sentenced to disnssa
from the service and two years confne-
ment in the penitentiary Lieut.. knud-
son, Seventh Infantry, who was alleged to
have been implicated in certain Irregular
ties OF commissary and other accounts
while on duty in Alaska, involving property
valued at about 5000 was sentenced
to dismissal and one years imprisonment
In the cases of Lieut.. Louis NJ. l.. Ham
ilton, Fourteenth Infantry, Lieut.. Hani-
ton Foley, Fifth Cavalry, and Lieut.. Rucker
OF the Philippines constabulary, the SEN
fences were dismissal from the service
only. Hamilton was charged with con
duct unbecoming an officer and gentle
man while under the influence Of liquor
Foley was charged with failure TO pay his
debts, and Rucker, who was quartermaster
in the constabulary, was unable to account
for certain army funds.
Two cadets recommended for dismissal
are James &, Steese, appointed from Har-
risburg, Pa, and William A. Ganee, from
Jersey Shore Pa. Steese was at the head
OF the fourth class, and with Ganee, who
was also of the fourth class, went to New
burgh, n. Y, where it is charged they be-
came int icateti and when called o account
made unsatisfactory explanations Of their
conduct
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-25
The Character OF the Clergy.

To THE EDlToR OF THE SUN-Sr: The let
ter OF your correspondent. One Who Knows,
reminds me of conversation l had some
years ago with IA wise member OF the Society of
Jesus in New York.
Being asked to give some practical reason
why postponed joining the Catholic Church.
| replied that the personnel of the clergy in
my part of the country was not altogether
pleasing.
~ What manner? he asked.
script dV term f i should call them 'corned-
beef-and- cabbag e' priests.
recall to this day the hearty laughter OF
the accomplished Jesuit: But his face grew
serious as he replied, My dear boy, certain
possess traits OF character or mannerisms
that jar you and me in our social relations
with them. But do not forget the holy office
that these men hold, Do not forget that the
priests, are men whose training has either
prevented them from acquiring or from pre-
serving that polish and ease Of manner
that is often oHnd ,s hon. dne them nto
the society of men and women Of wealth
and culture The crudites of manner among
the older Catholic clergy are not as rule
found among the younger generation Of
Catholic clergy. and. after all, polish IL not
How true these words Under the robes OF
men socially impossible" the writer has dis
illumne the humble surroundings of many
an obscure, unpublished priest. The Catholic
clergy are not without faults They are n
large society OF human beings. and In them are
to be found poor. weak men, but the great body
OF them constitutes an army or good men
working according to their lights. Their
weaknesses and faults are sure to be seen ana
known by their superiors, who are are ever alert
CARTHAGE n Y Sept IS,
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them, in order that they may know ex-
actly what the com panv's position is.
These rules prohibit any employee from
interfering with another to compel or pre-
vent his membership in any organization,
under penalty of dismissal, and promise
that every employee who conforms to
these rules and regulations, behaves
decently and performs his work to the
satisfaction of his employers" will be
protected in his employment by the
company.
Thus there is no room for doubt as to
the attitude Of each party to the dispute.
The company declares it's intention to
run an "open" shop, as it has in the past,
employing men regardless of anything
but their behavior and their ability. The
labor leaders Say that the men employed
must be members of a particular organ
ization and that the wage scale must be
changed.
II is unfortunate that in every dispute
the issue is not so clearly defined as in
this one.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-25
4 Matter OF Life and Death

The Citizens Union is sending out
very significant circular Of facts about
the Health Department. They are
facts which deeply concern the people
of New York, for they relate to matters
which are first of all III the estimation
of every mortal man. The City Club
has also issued pamphlet in which
these facts are presented in great and
convincing detail.
The sources from which this informa-
ton comes may prejudice against it
those people who have tired Of profess
sional Reform and "Reformers' but,
as the information is statistically in
disputable, no such sentiment has any
pertnency to the situation described and
the comparisons made. The fact can
not be gainsaid that since the Health
Department of New York was rescued
from Tammany control and Influences
there has been "A large and steady dim
mutton in the death rate Of the town,
and that means that many thousands
of lives which would have been lost
uIbtI tiit l)ltNlOuS system vi HldfluGp-
ment have been saved
When Tammanv was driven from pos
session of the Health Department, in 1901
and DR.. ERNST j. LEDERLE was appointed
Commissioner of Health by Mayor Low,
the death rate of the whole city of New
York was 20.O2 in the thousand annually.
In the year 1902 it was reduced to 1874,
and for the summer months of the
present year, the season when usually it
had been highest, it was still further
reduced. The rate for the whole of this
year is likely to be about 49, much the
lowest death rate in the history of New
York; and the reduction means the say
ing of thousands of lives annually
In 1902 the number Of deaths was actu-
ally 2,726 less than in 1901, in spite of the
increase in the population. Deaths from
consumption were less by $50, and among
infants from diarrhra by 9l3 The
great test of the efficiency of sanitary
regulation is afforded by the death rate
of children under ) years of age Though
the population had increased by over
100000, the number of deaths among
these was about the same Out of the
twenty-five classified causes of death the
mortality from fifteen was lessened
How great the diminuton ~ the
summer rate was, in comparison with
that of past years, may he seen by these
statistics: Last summer il Manhattan
the rate was 1881 in the summer of 1870
it was 36.5 and in 1850 it was 3l.a9 For
merIv every slImmer in New York was
marked byH slaughter of the innocents"
so appalling that it gave to this city ii
conspicuouslv evil reputation among the
chief cities of civilization Now our
death rate is brought down 10 that re-
corded in the cities of the world most
dist nguished bv the efficiency of their
health administration. The rate in Lon
don IN 1901 was l7r a. against 2O.Oo in
New York in tina, year and about Is this
year, according TO present Indications
Moreover, the absolute accuracy of
the death statistics of New York NAV be
SAID 10 be even more unquestionable than
that Of londons The showing, too. IL
The more favorable to New York. be-
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The .Abyssinian Project,

Whether the rumors concerning Consul
sion of Abyssinia have in them much or
little truth and meaning, the incident
serves to illustrate an American idea
which has altogether too much vogue
That is that the best markets for lis lie
in farawav corners of the earth. Nothing
could be further from the fact, and the
idea is. moreover, clearly discredited by
trade statistics.
No doubt there is trade IN AbYSSnia
There are some 3,5OOO00 people living in
a country about three times the size of
the State of New York. They are ey-
reedingly raw trade material Not only
is their trade rndeveoped but their
trade wants are equally limited They
are Il pastoral people, not even addicted
to agriculture beyond the supply of their
domestic needs Commercially, they be-
long somewhere back in the time of
ABRAHAM, with his ilocks and herds. It
is true that a railroad has Just been COM
pleted from the coast 10 Harar, but be-
yond that and around 1t are the plains
with their cattle and the mountains with
their goats and the caravan route
coincdent with the presentation of
the news of Mr. SKINNER's trip there ap-
peared an extract from a letter written
to the London Times by an American
contributor It's subject was American
trade conditions. The writer of the
article declares that the United States
is sacrificing trade opportunities "bv
trying TO make a place for products in
crowded communities instead of in out
side and neutral markets " The Abys-
,,nian project should give the gentleman
much pleasure and no little hope for the
future commerce of his country
Yet, IN looking over the records for the
fiscal wear DOi-lgO2, we note that our
exports To- the crowded community"
known ~ the United Kingdom amounted
10 about $3.50 900 coo, while orr export. 10
outside and neutral" China. with ten
times the population Of the lnited King
dom, were s25,OOO,OOO. That may he ac-
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Immoral Distortion Of Headdress

To THE EDITOR OF The Sun .str. When an
artist for any Of the Illustrated papers makes a
cartoon showing up hard handed son OF toll who
labors In machine shop or factory, that workman
is invariably pictured with square paper cap on
his head. In the interest of truth ana common
sense wish to ind out why this Is done, | have
been II working mechanic the greater part of my
llfc, and ought TO know something about the head
covering used by my fellow workmcn; but never
saw one wearing paper cap and | I'm !amlllar
with the workshop fashions OF all Europe and
America The only exception that | have met
was n machnis, who was a crazy sort OF poet and
he wore paper cap properly made OF foolscap.
These pictures are n cruel In Fiction upon honest
mechanics. who resent being picked out 10 be
crowned with =. covering Of rIdicuc. Distortion
OF facts Is immoral Putting all unheari OF head
dress upon II man IL distortion OF truth therefore
immoral. and ought to receive the attention of the
Society for thc Conservation OF Public Morals
NEW YORK Sept - ENoINEER
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counted for by assuming that China is
too Crowded Another contrast may
be cited by noting our export OF s175,-
OOO, 600 to crowded Germany, and slo,-
100000 to Brazil, which is Outside and
neutral" but not crowded. The writer's
argument is further refuted by our sales
to Canada of sl25,OO0, 900, to Mexico OF
SAP 900 900 and to little Cuba OF $3.50
600 Outside and neutral" Madagascar
with population about equal to that OF
Abyssinia, bought $4,000.
The key to the whole matter is entirely
plain, and we have frequently called
attention to it. The place to get trade
is where trade exists, among people
whose wants are developed and varied.
Mr.. SKINNER's method is quite correct.
He goes to investigate trade conditions,
to ascertain the requirements and to
determine the proper channels for sup
plying them. But why go 5000 miles to
Abyssinia to investigate an undeveloped
and at best limited trade when within
half the distance there is developed
and rapidly growing market of infinitely
greater possibilities, about which we
know not much more than we do of the
Abyssinian?
The writer in the Times gives partial
answer to this question when he says
that "the manufacturer in America has
indefinite aspirations for foreign trade
rather than concrete ambitions. The
Abyssinian project presents itself as a
concrete ambitions" The pity of it is
that it should be so lonely and so gener-
ally misdirected. The same expense in
cured and an equal effort expended
in any one of dozen other countries
would promise far greater returns.
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cause here the conditions are less favor
able to health. The crowding OF popula-
ton in the congested districts and the
increase by immigration, bringing many
thousands of unacclimated foreigners
strange to our conditions, are far greater
in New York. The most densely popu-
lated district of London contains only
20OG persons to the acre, and, all toio'
only 1870, $3.50; but in New York between
a quarter and a fifth of the whole popu-
lation is more denSely crowded, ana on
7O3 acres within it's limits there were over
447 people to the acre in 1900. Inc most
crowded district of London, the West
Central contains only 823 acres and the
number of persons per dwelling Is only
lis On Manhattan Island there are
only two districts, the Twenty-tiith ana
Twentv-seventh Assembly, where there
is a lower average, and these districts
are rapidly increasing in population
Even in Brooklyn generally the average
of persons to a dwelling is almost as
great as in the most crowded district or
London-lO2, as against lis
The dminution in the death rate OF
New York under the able, the honest,
the truly scientific administration OF the
Health Department by DR.. LEDERLE,
supplemented by the equally efficient
administration of DR.. WOODBURY., the
Commissioner of Street Cleaning, is an
evidence of advancing civilization OF
which every citizen has reason to be
thankful and proud.
Taking the death rate of New York for
1903 at Is, it compares thus with rates in
the great cities of Europe: London, l7.6;
Liverpool, 223; Paris, 1876; Berlin, Is; ST.
Petersburg, PAL; Vienna 1877; Madrid
32.S; Rome, 20; Budapest, 1871, Consider
ing the conditions peculiar to New York
already pointed out, the rate here is
now surprisingly low; and its tendency
since 1901 has been so steadily toward
diminution that next year we may ex-
pect it to be even less than it is now,
provided the Health Department is kept
out of the clutches of Tammany.
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HOW POTENT IS"LABORS yOTE"P
An Attempt to Exhibit II As Decisive
In 4 President ial Campaign.

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sir: 1t has
been said that even u coalition OF all the
trade union forces would not neces arily
be serious; that the entire labor union vote
in the country is not over 10000 that 10
per cent of the 30 900 900 population OF the
United States, or 10000 people, are all
who are directly dependent. through family
or commercial relations, upon trade union
labor.
But, studied in connection with past
Presidential elections, it is apparent That
even these figures may become Of very great
import in campaign. For such COMPARE
son il is obvious we must go back or the
Bryan era There il in the vagaries OF that
fantastic party spree no basis for sane
calculation To get quite beyond the zone
of Influences that made Organism possible
we may go back to the Cleveland Blaine
campaign of 1884.
How many Republican votes went to Mr..
Cleveland there is no means Of knowing.
There were enough of them to elect, Mr..
Blaine lost by narrow majorties New York,
New Jersey, Connecticut, Indiana, West
Virginia, Delaware and Maryland. And
yet probably there never was candidate
of greater personal popularity than he,
The noise and the hurrahing all through the
campaign were his The votes at the polls
, were Mr.. Clevelands.
Suppose the Democrats next year we're to
throw Organism and all faint Of Organism
overheard, and on a conservative platform
put a conservative candidate, one whose
name stood for security and not alarm to
business interest In the next Electoral
College 239 will be a majority. The solid
South, with Maryland. Delaware and West
Virginia, will furnish 1850 Of these. New
York, Connecticut. New Jersey and Indiana
would add 70 more, making total OF 242,
or two more than enough TO elect.
Now IT, as is asserted, 10 per cent. of the
population is affiliated with trade unionism,
and if Q of the 10 per cent. are voters, then
New York has IS 600 labor union votes,
Connecticut 5000, New Jersey 1000 and
Indiana IS 600 II only half Of these votes
in the States named were thrown against
the Republican candidate his case might be
| critical. When Mr.. Harrison defeated Mr.,
Cleveland in 1883 he lost New Jersey and
Connecticut. He carried New York by a
plurality of only 1900 and Indiana by only
little over 1900. With, respectively, 85 900
New York and Indiana would not the
chances Of the Republican candidate Of 1904
carrying these pivotal States be greatly
imperilled? L.
INDILNApOJ Sent