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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-08-06

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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-08-06


Every good citizen has work to do.
Duty done in private life is as credita-
BILE as the faithful carrying out of
official obligations in the public serv-
ice. Do your own thinking, and be-
come a missionary in the cause of civ
ic honor among your fellow-citizens.
You will be opposed only by the
prejudice of ignorance or the preju-
dice of interest. The prejudice of ig-
norance can be overcome, for il is
from the heart. The prejudice of in
terest can not be changed, for it is
self-willed.
Elect to your general assembly only
men of known integrity. Men not
passively honest, but aggressively
honest. Many men can be honest in
actively, but we need in legislative af-
fairs men who can be honest in ae-
tion. Select representatives who will
not tolerate corrupt lobby; men
pledged to stamp out bribery from
public office; men who win not allow
the touch of the unclean dollar to
contaminate Legislative halls; men
who are brave enough to speak out
and denounce corruption; men who
will expose Yenality, not conceal it.
Men whom the lust OF gold does not XIII;
Men whom the spells OF office can not
Men who have opinions and a viii;
+ Men who have honor men who Will moi
lie.
Missouri is on trial before the
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
THIEVES CHOP
THE FURNITURE
Property Destroyed by Drunken
Burglars After Indulgence
in Absent Family'S Wine
WRECK MADE OF MIRRORS
Money and Jewelry' Taken
by the Criminals Before They
Have Their Feast and FroIic

VANCOUVER, b. c., Dec 26.-Not
content with stealing money and jew
elry aggregating nearly $1,000, two ex-
pert housebreakers last night got
drunk on wine in the residence of
Charles Inkster, on Evelejgh street,
and and then caused wholesale damage
to the interior of the house
The Inkster family had gone out. to
dinner and the burglars were probably
in the house two hours First they
made a thorough search, taking the
money and jewelry. Then they discov-
cred wine in the cellar and prepared a
repast of cold turkey and delicacies.
When this had been disposed of the
men got an AK from the woodshed
and proceeded TO break things. The
parlor furniture was demolished and
piled up in heap. Mirrors, paintings
and panels were smashed and sIashed.
The men then used the ak on a case
OF cut glassware. Trunks were
smashed, dresses were ripped and foo1-
boards were knocked out oc the beds
The thieves ended their pranks bv
assembling all the bed clothing in th,,
bathroom and soaking it with water.
The family did not return until mid
night.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

ter what you may acquire in a univer-
sity. No one knows how a journalist is
made. and no one knows how to make
one. A machine that will turn out a
journalist and give him a degree to
that effect may do a good business in
degrees and may equip some young
men to write after a fashion-without
inspiration-folios of sorrow A great
newspaper is a strange, live and unex-
pected thing that rushes into existence
through the night. made by many
hands, swayed by many circumstances
and born in the rush and delirium of
10000 thrilling currents racing to their
goal from the brain centers of the
world. A strange untutored youth
standing in the doorway sees something
spring out of the confusion, grasps it
and is gone. To him it is thing to sell
in a hurry. To you and me, who have
watched its birth, it is like the finished
model in the sculptor's studio sur
rounded by the waste and wreck of
scaffolding and clay, standing alone in
it's simple magnificence, the marvellous
offspring of science and art-a modern
newspaper. To know this thing, to un-
derstand how it grows. upon what it
feeds, what sustains it and what it
means, you must have lived with it,
and you shall not know it in any other
college of journalism.-The Schoolmas-
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
SHIPPING MEN
IN FEDERATION
Owners, Masters and Seamen
Form Association for Pur-
poses of Nautical Cooperation
IT'S GROWTH Is RAPID
New Organization Faces OPP
position of Established Union
on the Atlantic Seaboard
Special Dispatch to The Call

NEW YORK. Dec. 26.-Shlp owners,
masters and seamen have formed a
federation for purposes of nautical &C.
operation and to oppose the tactics Of
the International and Atlantic Coast
Seamen's unions. This federation is
now rapidly growing and i large num-
Der Of masters, mates and seamen en-
ployed on sailing vessels along the At
lantic coast have Joined. The employ
ers connected with the federation have
agreed not to discriminate against
union men. The American Seamen's
Federation is the name of the new or
ganization.
Field S. Pendleton, president of the
Atlantic Carriers Association, who is
also at the head of the federation,
said to-day that, because of differences
between members of the Atlantic
Coast Seamen's Union and employers in
the shipping industry, a federation had
been formed TO establish friendly rela-
tions between employers and seamen.
The members of the federation
whether employers or employees, will
cooperate tc advance the interests of
their membership" he said. I'VE wish
to do away with annoyances from
which the masters have been suffering
for years. We do not wish to be de-
layed when our ships are about to sail,
but we do not desire to fight the union
We desire to give competent men a
chance for promotion and we do not
want incompetent men placed in posi-
tions which they are not fitted to I'LL
Otto s. Won Peterson IS manager of
the American Seamen's Federation.
Pickets of the Atlantic Coast Sea-
mems Union have been watching the
offices at ? State street, the headquar-
ters Of the federation. Assistant Man
ager John Brown of the federation said
to-day:
Members CT the Atlantic Coast Sea-
mems Union have been following
crews hired for the federation to ships.
but did not get chance to interfere
with the men. We engaged nine crews
during the last two days, and many
men are now joining the federation.
We have told the men that we are not
opposing the union. The union so far
has not succeeded in getting any of our
members to leave the federation. Once
this week it looked as If we would
have a serious fight with union men,
but the latter went away without re-
sorting to violence"
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

is believed TO have fired the jail. which
was not only destroyed, but caused the
loss of eight stores. two warehouses
and the postOffice. valued at S35, 900.
On "Wednesday p. Melton a prOmi-
nent white man. had a quarrel with
some negroes and one of them shot him.
On Christmas day a negro said to be his
accomplice was arrested and placed in
Jail. and the friends of Melton, it is as
serted, swore vengeance. This morn
ing at 4 o'clock a mob broke into the
Jail and after knocking the negro in the
head poured kerosene over his body and
set it afire. The flames spread to ad-
joining buildings. Excitement contin-
ues intense tonight.
Citizens in mass meeting tonight
passed a resolution requesting a Special
term Of court to try members OF the
mob, who will be arrested.
A special term will probably be or
dered.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
British Red TaDe.

There is red tape in the methods Of
the American War Department, but
recent instance in the British army
eclipses all records on this side of the
water.
An officer had occasion to use a screw
driver, and made formal application for
the implement. The request was read,
approved, indorsed, by one officer after
another, until it reached the topmost
seat of authority. There the applica-
tion was solemnly considered and start
ed back on its downward path through
the various official channels, until it
reached the audacious officer who had
made the request and forgotten about
it in the intervening weeks.
He was informed that screwdrive-s
were supplied only in boxes of tools,
and not singly. He was not daunted,
but with admirable persistence filled
out mother form reque-ting the box
of tools in order that he might obtain
the screwdriver. After the same
weary round of delay and formality
this application came back. It's in
dorsement stated that boxes of tools
were only supplied to carpenter shops.
The patient officer set himself down
again to fill out a blank application.
This time he asked for a carpenter
shop, and a month later received
word that a duly equipped and ap-
pointed carpenter shop would be
supplied him.
Three months from the time ne had
happened to want a screwdriver he
received a carpenter shop. Through
and oversight in packing there was
no screwdriver in the box of TOOLS
Golfers Weekly.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
He Passed the Limit

nope you remember what 1 told
you about our circumstances and that
you are willing to forego your custom
ary Christmas present this year" said
Cobwigger.
Indeed 1 have. my dear" replied
MS better half, "and when l tell you
how I've planned it all out so that |
get the present without it's costing you
single penny you'll be ready to ad-
NIT what clever little wife you pos
sess.
''Umph! How's that ?" inquired
Cobwigger, with atrace of apprehen-
sion in his voice.
Now. my dear" returned his wife.
even If | say it myself. l don't think
any one but a woman could have hit
upon such an ingenious scheme. The
store where l buy things has just
started in to give trading stamps
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
why Poles Are Not Germanized.

The Official mind in Prussia seems
20 be gradually coming to the recogni-
tion that the policy pursued hitherto
with regard TO the Germanization Of
the Polish provinces has been as
futile az il is costly. What happens in
Polish Silesia is seemingly somewhat
as follows: With the liberal sums re-
ceived from the Prussian Government
as the price Of their estates, the Polish
proprietors liquidate their debts and
devote the balance 10 founding bank
ing establishments in the towns, in
which they carry on a lucrative busi-
ness by advancing money at reasonable
rates Of interest to the tradesmen and
artisans. who, in turn, have laid out
the loans so advantageOusly that a
large and comparatively prosperous
middle class has been created, who
have actually been economically strong
enough TO pU-h the German traders to
the wall Hence the fact that the Ger
man pulatiOn in =. Polish provinces
is weaker in almost every respect at
the present moment than was the case
ten years aCO.--he Speaker.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
Under Water Signaling.

The cause of three e-fourths of the
shipwrecks and loss of life at sea
seems about to be removed. 1t is not
a wire, or even the air, but the water
this time thlt is used to transmit
sound Vit-ctions. Fer some weeks there
has been installed on the steamers of
the Metropolitan Company of Boston
an apparatus which may yet make it
possible for the vessel , ating about
the coast ir a storm L know where
the rocks and sho I5 are IN the fog
will not permit the ligf to be seen and
the noise of the wind Towns the sound
of the bell buoy or the sire for bat
tleship to know OF the approach of a
subr-c rine and fishing sm- of the
approach of liner off he banks of
Newfoundland.
The apparatus is extremely simple.
1t amounts to nothing more or less
than ringing a bell under water which
the pilot or captain can hear telephon-
ically. Screwed on both sides of the
vessels hull are two receivers, which
are connected by wires with the wheel
house. These receive the vibrations
from the bell hanging in the water on
the side of the lightship. The navi-
gator has only to put the earplece TO
his ear and ascertain on which side
the vibrations are the louder, in order
to know the direction of the light
house and his own position in the fog
with comparative accuracy. For fish
ing vessels bell receiver has been
provided and this is used also to get
more delicate intonations aboard
steel vessel. The value of the appa-
ratus was put to a good test recently
when the steamer James S. Whitney
was approaching the Boston lightship
on her return from New York. The
lighthouse was obscured by rain and
fog. Thanks to the signal apparatus.
tn captain Immediately heard the bell
and got his direction. 1t was not until
five minutes after that he heard the
lightships whistle for the first time
Golfers Weekly.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

They are just the thing to help out a
woman who was in my predicament.
For a hundred dollars 1 bought the
loveliest lot of Christmas presents for
my friends you ever saw. l haven't
yet had time to count up all the trad
ing stamps | got with them, but /
can tell at a glance that | have
enough to get the very present for
myself I had set my heart on all
along. New York Press.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

te in confidence to the Won Mohl Co ~ ~ a.
cinnati they viii be glad TO send each man who
writes them full days trial treatment os
'Calthos.' the great remedy for weak and
nervous men. discovered by that celebrated
is the very remedy that has cured so MANY
thousands OF men Of all ages who through
errors in youth. excesses in later life and sin
other causes had become weaklinzs OF th,,
most embarrassing kind It instantly restored
to them this power which thew had lost ana
gave them back again the vigor confdence and
ambition OF younger days. and all privately In
their own home. II Is the only remedy Of its
kind sanctioned by the French and German
armies. and the Won MOhl Co. has the sole dis
tributlrg rights for America
There Is nothing whatsoever behind this offer
to send you days trial treatment free. II
means that and nothing more. II Is no C. o.
D. prescription or deposit scheme as this con-
cern IS too large TO resort to such nefariOus
methods. And while others are spending hun
dreds OF thousands OF dollars every wear irt
advertising the Won MOhl Co. puts its spare
money into free trial treatments. which IL sends
out broadcast 70 all men who send their name
and address. and in this way they not only
prove the value OF CalthCs. but they do man
kind some good. You surely need this great
discovery II you suffer from Lost Manhood.
Emissions. Prematurity Spermatorrhoea. Vari-,
eocele. Enlargement of the Prostate Gland.
Lack Of Virile Power HydrOcele. Impotencysr II
YOU are bashful timid in the company OF Ia
dies. II you lack confidence In your powers. n
you are not socially as attractive as you used
10 be. II YOU are getting 20 be a woman
hater. CalthOs will get your blood to circu-
lating to the desired spot your nerves to ting
larged wtth increasing power. II VIII stop the
drains. create healthy life force. tnvigoraJe the
habby parts and make you once again see life
as YOU saw IL In your prime. ana as every Vlg-
orous man sees II throughout life. II Will be a
permanent cure and il is accomplished privately
IN YOUR own home.
to lie cured you may have spent money on this
thing and that without good results. but until
and see FOR Yourself what wonderful good IN
.nce that you have done your full duty TO your
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
TRAIL OF RUIN
BY MOB'S HAND
LyncherS Burn a Negro and
the Fire Spreads to Build
ings, Causing a Great Loss.
CITIZENS DENOUNCE ACT
Request Will Be Made for
Special Court to- Try Those
Who Committed the Deed

PINEAPPLE, Ala, Dec. 26.-In their
effort to hide the lynching of Arthur
Stewart, a colored prisoner whom they
took from the Jail here last night, a mob
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

Love may laugh at locksmiths, but
II never even gives the poor INSTALL
ment collector a pleasant look
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
Makers of Nemsnanei.s.

After all, young man, your college of
journalism in the college of effort, and
you must begin at the bottom, no mat
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

One bad habit may bind as fast to
the devil as twenty.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

The charming young widow looks
out for No. 1 by looking out for No. a
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

During the racing season more than
100000 a day is wagered on horses.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
ADVERTISEMENTS.
YOUTHFUL VIGOR RESTORED
Investigating All Nothing to Eoa
"cALTHOS '-It Cures at Home
To Prove Full Five Days Trial Needy
Man. Send for H. To-Day No D. Prescription Scheme

% bns SsOs6 s today & when @ in his yoH4s not
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

self m permanent cured thousand d
if
the
o man and rest onten
&
HE VUN MUhL GU,, 100 Cincinnati. Ohio
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

Called on a Bluff-Mr HopcOrn-
Miss Whitmore-er-Letit Believe
me- ma'am. Yew are the only woman
| ever loved.
Miss Whitmore-Well, Mr.. Hopcorn,
considerin' your age, yew'd ought to be
more ashamed O. yourself If yewre
teuin' the trewth than if yew amt
Brooklyn Life.
The Doctor-And did you take your
medicine as / told you?
The Patient = oh, l took it at odd
times
AT odd timesg Why, 1 told you to
take ii every two hours"
Yes. ! took it at 3, and o'clock ;"
-Yonkers Statesman.
A Cultured Clerk-Mrs. Schoppen-
What's the price of this silk?
The alesgentleman-Th price is IS
cents. madam which you must admit
is quite decollete.
MrA Schoppen-Decollete?
The Salesgentleman Yes, madam
cut tIow.-Philadelphia Press.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

An atom of matter is probably a
crystal of electricity.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
Burt-What are you doing nowadays,
old man2
ting a biography.

old man?
Rust-Writing a biography.
Burt-A biography? OF whom?
Rust-Oh, haven't got so far as that
am now engaged in collecting anec-
dotes and witticisms. When l have got
enough of them it will be time enough
to make up my mind upon whom to be-
stow them.-Boston Transcript.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

discovery cures diseases of the stomach
and other organs OF digestion and nutri-
lion. It puri6es the blood and enables
the perfect nutrition OF the body which
means perfect health.
'For six long years ] suffered with indigo,
ton and my liver and kidneys, which baiIledt!,e
best doctors IN our county" writes i, J., Ran
~ suffered with my stomach and back for n long
time, and after taxing 'cartload OF medicine
from three doctors grew so bad could hardly
do g days work. Would have deathlike paius
in the. side, and blind spells j began taking
Or. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and
Pleasant Pellets nsfore had taken half OF
the second bottle began to feel relieved 30,
ak more bottles and used them, and am happy
TO say owe my life TO Or. Pierce"
Accept no substitute for 0Golden Med,
ical Discovery" There is nothing Njust
as good" for diseases Of the stomach,
blood and lungs,
The Common Sense Medical Adviser,
1908 large pages, in paper covers, Is sent
free on receipt Of 81 one-cent stamps to
pay expense of mailing ony. Address
pr. r. v. Pierce. Buffalo. N, "
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

Brown tho City Council has had OIL
introduced In the Legislature when p.o-
Vldes that tho police Justice si,.lil f"-
ceive $1,000 por year and no more.
In the clerks Office Of tho Corporation
Court to-day Abram Rcsficld enter reg
suit against tho Citizens Railway, l,lsi,t
ana Ina. pow y Company for 'l drIvInr a M
Twonty-fifth Street Bridge in his wagon,
oollided with ono OF the companS,s cars
anu was thrown out and seriously m
jured. He claims that the accident was
due to tho negligence of the conduc,,oL,
but the conductor says that Heislie =.
turned MS horse across the ca. r :. IN j.,
Suit for 5000 damages we entered III
tho Clerks office to-day by s. N; Cur-
tbs against Southland & Company. Mcss ST.,
Lett and Massie arc the attorneys LOT tho
plaintiff.
The British steamship Almora IS now
twenty-five days out from GLASGOW loa
this port and the local shipping men :. a, :.
beginning to be alarmed about her. ~ ~
thought. however, that the bad weather
Is responsible for tho delay IN her ar-
rival, and that nothing serious mas nap
pencd.
Tho local observer has boon notified ny
the Weather Bureau to hoist the nor .,ll
westerly wind signals to warn inc st.ip =.
ping of tho approach Of heavy winds
from that quarter.
Chief Of Police johnson has poem Az
vised that John Edward Hughes, INC
youth who Is wanted for stealing SLOW
from the Chesapeake and OHIO statlon
at Oriana, was arrested ut summit, ~
j., for a similar offcnso He has been
placed In the State Reformatory 10 re-
main until he Is twenty-one. When no
Is released no will be served with war
rant from Warwick county and brought
back for trial.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

its allied organs of
digestion aud nutri-
ton are diseased.
II is not a question
with him of winning
in the race Tor bust
ness but of simply
keeping up under
any circumstances.
Whenever disease
affects the stomach
It is affecting also
the blood and the
health of every or
gan of the body.
For blood is only
food converted into
nutrition and nutri-
ton Is the life Of
the body and every
organ OF it.
Doctor Pierce's
Golden Medical
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
SUES FOR WIDOWS DOVER.
Mrs. Hamilton Tries to Recover Prop
erty She Signed Away.
,slSSpeeIal 10 1he .Ames .plspatch.

bltrslOI. VA. FeiI 16.-Nirs. Annie
hamilton, widow OF, William S, Hamilton,
INC Brlstol lawyer. whose death was re-
ported ten day ago. mas brought suit In
the Chancery Court hero In an effort to
establish hor alleged right to n Widows
dover IN some Of tho most valuable prom
erty IN the city, Mrs. Hamilton is repre-
scented In this undertaking by Mr. Henry
w. ,Sutherlan and D. T.. Bailey. The
property IN which the widow by her suit
claims an interest. includes tho beautiful
homestead of the late Abram Fulkorson.
now the property of Col. Fulkerson's
widow and SON. Capt, f.. v. Fulserson.
and the elegant brick and stone oitlce
building of the Bristol Home Co., which
was formerly occupied by the offices Of
the South Atlantic ana Ohio Railway Co.
These properties are worth from $40, 600 to
$1,000 ] Is claimed by the lawyers for
MIS- Hamilton, whose husband formerly
owned the properties in question, that the
Widows rights In tho property have nevor
been legally signed away. While Mrs.
Hamilton signed tho deeds of transfer,
which wore executed more than tafteen
years ago. 1t Ia claimed that she was not
then OF age and that her signature did
not lcgalze and make the contract bind
Ing
At the death of her husband Mrs.
Hamilton was left In destitute cireum-
stances, with eight dependent children,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
A NEW HOTEL
FOR PETERSBURG
Joseph W. Seward Will Erect
aFirh-Cla Oneat Syca-
more and Tabb SITS.
lspecIal to The rimes. nlsnntcb

Special to The Times Dspatch.)
PETERSBURG, VA. February 16-Af-
ter conference with gentlemen inter-
ested, Mr.. Joseph W. Seward this morn
ing definitely dctiGeG - Greet IN the lot.
corner of Sycamore and East Tabb
Streets, a iirst-class hotel building, and
Messrs. i. p. GOODWIN and f. X. Glenn
cnts have leased the hotel for a period of
ten years. Mr.. John K. PEBBLES, q former
Petersburger, now Of Norfolk. will be the
architect. In fact, Mr.. PEBBLES has al
ready drawn some Of the plans. The new
hotel will contain forty-eight bedrooms
anu Will be second to none in appointment
in the country. 1t will be fitted through
out with all modern conveniences, in
Guiding elegant passenger and freight
elevators. The National Bank and APP
pcmattox Trust Company will occupy
the coiEcr on the first floor. The rest
oe the first floor will be used as a lobby
and Office by the hotel. Work on the
building Will be commenced as soon as
possible and Will be finished, it is though :,
by December next.
An interesting decree was entered in
the Corporation Court to-day. Mr.. George
E. Fisher. who recently purchased the
property Of the Cttick Manufacturing
Company, sold the dams in the river and
the riparian rights to the Virginia Passen-
ger and Power Company. The court to.
day entered a decree appointing Messrs
Alexander Hamilton and W. Brydon Ten.
nant. commissioners. to convey to Mr.
Fisher and the Virginia Passenger and
Power Company their respective porp.
| critics.
| Lieutenant Donnhue yesterday arrested
Annie Mitchell. q colored woman, charged
with stealing clothing. The woman, un.
der another name. would apply to fami
lies to take washing, and having gotte1
the clothing would appropriate them tc
her own use. She WIS sent to jail 70,
| fifteen days.