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Mexico Missouri message., 1903-12-17
HOLIDAY GOODS.

Is "kS among the best presents you can make and
= frd in this store a variety to suit every taste
.Irr line OF BIBLES. PICTURES aui FAN
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-12-17

Frank Dawson, who shot and
killed Miss Annie Hartman at a
dance over near Paris last week,
waived preliminary hearing and
his trial will take place Jan. 4.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-12-17

D. A. Murphy is being urged by
his friends to become a candidate
for reelection as Police Judge. Al
len Stallings also is being urged
to become a candidate for the
same place. Both good fellows, and
both in the race would make the
campaign interesting.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-12-17

av nGs Bank
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-12-17
Order of Publication
In Vacation.

State OF Missouri In the Circuit court
County Of Audrain January term, 1904.
Charles Cassell Plaintiff
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4 WEEKS HISTORY
The Important Happenings OF a
Week Briefly Told.
m ALL PARTS OF THE UNION
All the Latest News of Interest from
Washington, From the East, the
West and the South.
m ALL PARTS OF THE UNION
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
FROM

Officials of the department of agri-
culture say the pink complexion taken
OF by subjects of pure food expert
ments are not due to chemicals, but
to elimination of impurities from
blood.
The death Of Hallett Kilbourn, for
merly chief clerk of the interior de-
partment, and one of the most wide
ly known citizens of Washington, oc-
Cured of paralysis, aged ~ years.
In Washington a commission to kill
Gen. Otis, written by A~guinaldo, was
discovered among papers taken from
the Filipino insurgent government.
On a tour Of America Gen. Baden
Powell, of the British army, called on
Secretary Root at Washington and in
spected American cavalry methods and
tactics.
Rebecca Taylor, who was dismissed
from the war department clerkship for
criticising the administration, has
been left 100000 by the will of an un-
Gle who died in San Francisco.
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BATTLES WITH BURGLARS.
Baker on Way to Work Surprises
Men Drilling Bank Vault HU
Wampum, Pa.

Wampum, Pa, April 20.-1n a battle
following an unsuccessful attempt to
rob the First national bank of this
place early Saturday morning, one
man was killed and another seriously
wounded.
The dead man was one OF the bur-
glars and he has not yet been identified.
The wounded man was Henry VIII
Ioughby, a baker, who surprised the
burglars while at work. His injuries
are serious but not fatal.
Willoughby was passing the bank at
an early hour on his way to work,
when her was suddenlylconfronted by
a man who at the point of a revolver
ordered him to throw up his hands and
keep quiet. Heidi so, but in his right
hand was a revolver and a moment
later both men fired at each other.
At the report of the revolvers two
other men rushed from the bank and
took a hand in the shooting.
The th~ree-cornered revolver fight
aroused some of the people in the Vi
cinity of the bank and they were soon
at the scene of the battle, but before
their arrival the burglars fed. While
the men had broken into the banking
rooms they had not completed the
drilling of the safe and their atte npt
at robbery vas unsuccessful.
Saturday morning the body of one OF
the burglars was discovered in a vacant
lot ontheupperen end oftown. Asthe bull
let wound was near his heart. it is pre-
sumed that his companions had to
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PASSED AWAY.
zee Accident HaStens the Death
of Lieut.. Gov. MOwat of
Ontario.

Ottawa, Ont, April 2O.-Sir Oliver
Mowat, lieutenant governor of Ontario,
died Sunday at the government house.
He was SO years old. Sir Oliver had
been in feeble health for some time,
but the accident in which he broke his
leg last Sunday night FASTENED the end.
Sir Oliver was premier of Ontario from
1872 to 1896, "a years, thus earning the
distinction of having had the longest
continuous term of office as premier
ever accorded to any man by the peo-
pie of any province or colony in the
British empire. In 1896 he resigned to
become minister of justice in the do
minion cabinet. In 1897 he was APP
pointed lieutenant governor of Ontario.
He was one of the fathers, of federation.
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A DEFECTIVE BRAKE.
1t Is the Cause of a Serious Acct
dent at Pittsburg.
CROWDED ELECTRIC CAR RUNSAWAY
Crashes Into a Freight Train and Ii
Demolished A Great Many
Passengers Hurt, One
Fatally.

Pittsburg, Pa, April 20.-Because an
electric brake refused to work a
crowded Western avenue a of the
Pittsburg Railway company a away
Sunday on Federal street, Allegheny,
wrecked a carriage, broke through the
safety gates of the Fort Wayne rail
road, derailed a fast moving freight
train and then went to pieces. Almost
all of the As passengers aboard the a
We're hurt, though not one fatally. The
names of those who required the at
tention of a physician are:
II. Hirsch, hurt internally, several
ribs broken, will probably die; Mrs.
Emma Lowe, hurt internally, condition
serious; j. f. Mitchell, wife and infant,
badly bruised and shocked; Stephen
Harrison, both wrists sprained; Bruce
Harrison, scalp and face cut; c. A. Ri
der. Mrs. Vassel Bell, John Boph, C1ar-
ence j. Cochran and Mrs. Emma Booth,
all suffered severe cuts and bruises.
When the motorman tried to make
the safety stop on the steep grade at
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A Wilkesbarre (Pa.) woman advo-
Gates an extension of the curfew law,
making it apply to men. She wants
an ordinance passed providing that
husbands shall be home by midnight,
and Furnishing those who stay out
later. Unless the council is composed
of hopeless bachelors, she Will hardly
get the measure, though she is de,
scribed as one of the most prominent
and influential ladies of the P~ennsylva-
MIA city. But just think what women
might do if they were themselves mem
bers of city councils!
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

For killing an artilleryman who
failed 10 salute him properly Ensign
Hussner, Of the German navy, will be
tried by court-martial.
The order of Attorney General Knox
that smuggling charges against army
and navy officers in Porto Rico be
dropped will be ignored by the island
court.
A great ovation was given President
Loubet. of France, on his arrival at AL
giers, which was deliberately decorated.
The national Irish convention in
Dublin indorseG Gle British ministry's
Irish land bill in principle.
The king Of England arrived at
Valetta, the capital of Malta, whre he
was greeted by immense crowds.
The king of Servia in a speech at
Belgrade said the country should be
prepared to strike at the proper mo-
ment, as fateful times are coming in
the Balkan peninsula.
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SEVEN INDICTED.
Names of Those Relieved tC be
involved in Missouri Legislative
Scandal Given.

St. Louis, Mo-, April 20.-D. j. KEEL
ley, of New York, the Legislative agent
of the baking powder trust; Senator
w. i. Sullivan, of Christian county,
and Senator Charles A. Smith, of ST.
Louis, it is understood here, are the
men against whom indictments were
returned at Jefferson City Friday
night. Both senator's have been miss
ing for several days. Four more in
dictments were voted Saturday at the
capital. 1t is rumored that Senators
Farrls and Matthews are amongst
those indicted Saturday, and Ed Burke,
OF Springfield, also is said to be on
the list. Trace of four more $1,000
bills was obtained in the evidence pre-
scented Saturday to the st. Louis grand
jury. 1t was stated that three of the
bills were used in connection with the
alum bill legislation in the senate. and
the Fourth 70 influence textbook legis-
lation in the house. This information
will be transmitted to Attorney Gen
eral Crow at Jefferson City, and the
indictments will be also found there.
While Lieut.. Gov. John A. Lee is be-
lieved to be in Chicago, nothing more
was learned as to his exact where
abonts. Both Mrs. Lee. his wife, and
Robera +. Lee, his brother, declare
that Lee is away supply for a needed
rest, and that after he has coupe
ated he will return to st. Louis. Tues
day afternoon the grand jury will tenn
porarily adjourn to enable Circuit At
torney Folk to prosecute the cases
against persons indicted here on
charges of bribery in connection with
the passage of the suburban bill in the
house of delegates.
Senator Buell. Matthews, of st.
Louis county, is among those for
whom indictments have been re-
turned by the Cole county grand
iSIry. and he is here arranging for
bond. Circuit Judge HAZEL has fixed
the amount of the bond at $1,000. SEN
ator Matthews declares he is inno-
cent of any crime for any vote he
east. and asks that the public with
hold criticism until he comes to trial.
when he will establish his innocence.
Further than this. on the advice of
his attorney. he declined to talk.
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THE EAST.

Reginald c. Vanderbilt, the young
est son of the late Cornelius Wander
bilt, and Miss Kathleen G. Nelson,
Newport, r. !.
Former President Grover Cleveland,
speaking with Booker T. Washington
at a New York meeting, says the ne
gro problem rests upon the whole ma
ton, and praises the work done for
blacks by the south.
At the age of 95 years DR.. Chauncey
Ayers died at Stamford, Conn. He
was the oldest graduate of the Yale
medical school.
Tn New York eight alleged italian
c~Ounterfeiters were arrested as muir
derers of a man whose body was found
in a barrel.
The undayschoolIesson years
have been mapped out by the lesson
committee Of the International San
day School association.
The death of Carlos French, a mir
~liOnaire manufacturer and eX-congresS-
man, occurred at his home in Seymour,
Conn.
The Atlantic coast has been swept
by the f~iercest gale of many years,
Sand great damage has been done to
property.
At New London, Conn, the steam
ship Minnesota, the largest cargo and
passenger boat yet built. was launched.
The Oswego, Erie and Champlain
canals will be opened for navigation on
May 2.
Discovery has just been made that
the battleship Illinois was seriously
injured by a wave three months ago.
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WEST AND SOITH-

In New Orleans the National Asso-
citation of Manufacturers adopted res
olutions opposing lockouts; Carroll D.
Wright declared strikes were a sign of
a workman's intelligence.
The six largest California fruit COM
panies supplying the trade Of the coun-
try formed a combination in ST. Louis
and increased the price of oranges and
lemons 25 per cent.
Ex-Sheriff Payne and two brothers
named Stigler engaged in a fight at
Asheville, Ind, and one of the Stiglers
stabbed Payne three times.
A passenger train ran into a freight
at C%onneaut, o., and two men, Arnold
Kentler and Ed Dennis, were fatally
hurt.
Lester L. Bond. a prominent Chicago
lawyer and politician, succumbed to
pneumonia.
Fire caused a loss of nearly $1,000,-
900 in the Texas oil fields near Beau
mont.
In northern and central Indiana
floods are doing great damage, and
many families have abandoned their
homes along the WABASH.
At Joplin, Mo, Tom Gilyard (colored)
was hanged by a mob for killing an Off
Ger, and every negro was driven from
the city and their homes burned.
At Dysart, Ia, William johnson. a
boy Is years of age, accidentally blew
his eight-year-old sisters head off with
a shotgun.
By the upsetting of a boat ] L. Val
lata. a prominent merchant, and An
drew J. Bowermaster, a contractor,
were drowned in the river near Ottawa,
III.
At the age of IS years Moses Water
man, a pioneer Iowa journalist and for
many years associate editor of the
Times-Republican, died at Marshall
town.
A negro named Mathew Alexander,
who murdered Thomas Burke at Terre
Haute, Ind. was hanged in the peni-
tertiary at Michigan City.
BY the explosion of powder at the
Peerless Coal and Coke company's
mines at Vivian, w. Va. six men were
killed and a number injured.
Near Lansing, Ia. Capt. Horace Ho1-
Iingshead, one of the best-known pilots
on the Mississippi in his day, was
drowned.
At Lafayette, Ind, a contest over
Moses Fowler Chase's guardianship
and custody of his $750,oOo estate has
begun.
H. z. Youtsey, in testimony at
Frankfort. KY, declared Gov. Goebel
was murdered by James Howard.
In ST. Louis six Missouri state SEN
ators and six representatives will be
indicted for alleged bribery.
Near Clinton, Ind, the Wabash river
levee broke and $4,000 acres of
farm land are under water.
Ohio democrats will hold their state
convention at Columbus August 25 and
90.
Misses Libbie and Phoebe Heeley,
aged sisters, were burned to death in
their home at Bear Creek, Wis.
The National Association of Man
ufacturers ended their convention in
New Orleans with the unanimous re-
election of President David NJ. Parry,
of Indianapolis.
At Mishawaka, Ind. vandals invaded
the cemetery and destroyed every
monument and tombstone in the place.
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Stockton avenue he found the power
brake was useless and the car beyond
control. 1t had about 125 yards to go
before reaching the gates of the rail
road, which were down to let a freight
train pass. The bigcar gained momen-
tum every second. Harry Catlin was
trying to get his carriage off the track,
but failed and it was wrecked COM
pletely. The car dashed through the
safety gates, struck an empty refrig-
orator car in the moving freight train,
turned it over and derailed several
other cars. BY this time the trolley
was a wreck itself and its passengers
were strewn in all directions, the won
der being hat there were not many
fatalities.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23
HELD LEGAL.
Attorney General of Texas Defines
Scope of Antitrust Law as to
Labor Contracts.

Austin, Tex, April 2O.-Attorney
General Bell rendered an official opin-
ion to the effect thatth he antitrust law
passed recently by the Legislature does
not prohibit contracts between en-
ployer and empIoye in which a stipu-
lated price or scale of wages for labor
is agreed upon. The opinion was given
in reply to an application from the
union employees of a San Antonio brew
cry. The company had refused to re-
new the annual contract unless such an
opinion was secured.
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Philadelphia, April 20.-Rev. DR..
Francis A. Horton, well known in the
Presbyterian church, pastor of Temple
Presbyterian church. this city, was
stricken with apopleXy while preaching
Sunday night, and died shortly after
being removed from the pulpit. DR..
Horton was delivering a special sermon
TO young men and had been speaking
about ten minutes when his words be-
came incoherent and he tottered. Sew
eral worshipers went to his assistance
and he was removedto his home, where
he died without regaining conscious
ness. DR.. Horton was So yearsof age.
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Sousa pIrnses Parfsians.

Paris, April 2O.-Sousa and his band
opened at the Nouveau theater Sunday
evening to a crowded house and scored
a marked success, most of the numbers
on the concert receiving
SOusa responded to each with some
thing of his own composition, to the
great delight Of the many Americans
present. The last numbers were plan
tation song and dance music andfairly
brought down the house.
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In a fire at Wellsbu~g, w. Va, 10
blooded horses were burned to death.
The baseball season of the National
league opened, ST. Louis defeating Chi
cago and Pittsburg defeating Cincin-
natl.
The death of Col. James Powell, US
A., veteran of the Mexican and civil
wars, occurred at his home in Peoria,
ILL.,, after an illness of 20 years.
In Chicago DR.. Adolf Lorenz re-
moved the plaster cast from Lolita
Armour's hip and found the operation
is a success and the child is able to
walk.
In Milwaukee Henry Herman. cap
italist and promoter &C vast enter
prises, is missing, leaving an alleged
indebtedness of $500, 900.
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drag or drive their dying <omrade
from the bank to where he was found.
While he was dressed only in an ordin-
airy suit of clothes he was not shabbiIy
dressed, and on his body was found a
gold watch and $44 cash.
W:lloughby was shot in both legs and
it is supposed he fired the shot that
killed the burglar. Great excitement
prevails in the town and a posse has
organized to pursue the burglars.
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HATS AND HAT

Pink roses and tiny blue forget-me.
nots are seen combined in n hat.
Red is much used in the new hats and
is seen also in dresses and trimmings.
Plaid ribbons are to be seen in great
quantities and will, so it is said, be
much used on %children's hats this sea-
son.
Flower toques are much liked for re-
Ceptions and evening wear, and these
can now be worn upon the street. VIC
lets are the favorite flowers used in the
construction of these round hats.
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HIS CRIME.
RRncher i'm Wyoming Acknowledged
Murder of a. Neighbor
and His Wife.

Newcastle, Wyo., April 2O.-The
mystery surrounding the disappear
ance several weeks ago OF j. W.
Church and his wife, formerly OF
Omaha, but more recently engaged in
ranching nea here, has been cleared
up by the confession of slim Cliff
ton, who has been under arrest on
suspicion of having murdered the
couple. Clifton admits that he killed
them and has told the authorities
where the bodies were buried by him.
When confronted with evidence re-
Gently ~unearthed by Lew Jenney, of
Gillette, Clifton broke down and con
fessed his crime. Clifton is a ranch
er and lived near Church.
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Judges who deliver long decisions in
eases which should be disposed of off
hand may examine the ease of Justice
Jeune, of England, with profit. In de-
termining the custody of Lady Gordon's
child it was clear at the beginning of
his remarks that he intended to deprive
the mother of the little ones custody.
Lady Gordon took the hint, slipped out
of the courtroom, got the child and at
the end of the judges remarks, which
occupied three hours, neither of them
could be found. When they were To-
Gated they were in France, where Eng
lish writs do not run.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23

The French physicist Curee reports
that the recently discovered metal
called radium possesses the extraordi-
nary property of continuously emit
ting heat without chemical change and
without change in structure. Inas-
much IS heat is now regarded as an eff
feet of vibration it is not strange that
there should be no loss of substance or
change in structure in. the body from
which this effect proceeds. The puz-
zie is to find out what force maintains
the vibration and its source and to ac-
count for the susceptibility of this par
ticular substance to its action.
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Naval Officers Indicted.

San Juan, Porto Rico, April 20.-As a
result of the action of the grand jury
Friday in finding eight indictments.
following the investigation Of the
smuggling charges, it is unoficially
reported warrants have been issued
for the arrest of Capt. (surgeon)
Lowndes. u. S. N; Capt. Crabbs, u.
S. A.; Robert Giles. an engineer;
Benjamin Butler, the former super
visor of elections, and Paymaster Mer-
rift
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23
A POINT OF LAW.

The act Of an employe in charge of a
gravel train who, after having tried IN
vain to prevent urchins from hanging
to the end Of the train by warnings ana
threats. catches one of them and lee
lures him, is held, in Palmisano versus
New Orleans City Railway company
(La.), IS J.. r. A. 405, not to reader the
master liable, where the child, upon
being released, runs blindly in a dlrec-
ton converging with that o. a coming
car and collides with the ear and IS IN
jured.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23
STRUCK BY
One Member of II Nebraska Family
Killed ana Five Rendered I'm
conscious.

West Point, Neb., April Occurring a
thunderstorm near here lightning
struck the farmhouse of Fred Send
greff. All the occupants-father,
mother and four children-were badly
burned and rendered unconscious.
When Sendgreff partially recovered he
found the house in flames. He managed
to drag his helpless wife and three Of
the children out, but al unable to res
cue the fourth child. whose charred
body was later found in the ruins Of
the house.
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A Pennsylvania paper notes the
celebration by Il woman of that state
of the completion of her ffty-third
wear Of service as toll collector for a
turnpike company. That such a thing
could happen indicates that Pennsylva-
mans are easy" Out this way the
public would have risen to inquire,
long before the end of So years, how
many times over it had paid for that
turnpike and to demand that it be made
a free road.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23

The death of Brigham Young, presi-
dent of the twelve apostles of the Nor
mon church and its official head, causes
a vacancy that may not be easily filed.
His father, the first Brigham and
founder of the church, was succeeded
in the presidency of the church by
Lorenzo Snow, who was succeeded by
Brigham Young, Jr,. as the logical can
didate. The second Brigham was born
in 1886, and was the eldest son of a
large family. The three presidents of
the church have been able men, but the
line of succession may not always fur
nish such.
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Woman Killed.

Bay City, Mich, April 20.-As the re-
suit of a shooting scrape at Amelith,
Bay county, early Sunday, following a
dance, Mrs. Marshall Hodge, aged p,
wife Of a coal miner, is dead; Leonard
Roth, a constable, was shot through the
foot, and two other men were grazed
by bullets. Hodge and Frank Bard
well, his brother-in-law, are under ar
rest
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23

DIR. !. L. Workman claims to have
found in a fossil monkey skull the miss
ing link in the chain of evidence going
to show that all life'in our planet orig
mated in the north polar region. If
terrestrial life really originated there,
does the fact account for this strange
longing of modern man to get back to
the point? Is it only a real but unrec-
ognized ~yearning of man to revisit the
scenes of his infancy and childhood?
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23
Bank Robbed.

Emporia, Kan, April 19.-Cracks-
men wrecked the vault and safe of
the Allen state bank, at Allen, a
small town ten miles north of here,
early Saturday. and escaped with
So, 700. The building also was badly
damaged by the explosion. At Ad-
mire, another small town, a few miles
east of Allen, the post office vas
broken into and "a small amount Of
money taken
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ST. Louis, April 20.-By means of the
rural telephone service in the vicin-
ity Of Edwardsville, Ill, 10 miles east
of here, a posse of farmers was
quickly summoned Sunday to capture
two supposed robbers, and in the
fight that followed Frank Charles, Of
Mobile, Ala, one Of the two men, was
perhaps fatally shot, and his com'
panion escaped after a three-miIe
chase