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Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-10
Wilson Township Gets Flag

The large American flag offered 70
the township having the most men in
the parade, Saturday vas awarded &c
Wilson Township in neat and appro-
pirate name by Jno d. Ofear.
Many Of the delegation from Wilson
wore a white badge With the word
skinner printed thereon. This in.
dicated that the wearer was from near
the little town Of that name, located
10 a good part Of Audrain and Demo
cratic.
The badge also might be construed
that the delegation intended TO do
some ''skinning."
Wilson can, at all times, be depended
upon 20 do her part.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-10


REFERRING 10 the importance Of
libraries In farmers homes in addition
70 the local and agricultural papers,
the Chicago Breeders Gazette edi-
tgrially says; at the fierce competi-
ton Of the twentieth century the man
OF brains alone succeeds. On the farm
1t is the same as in all other walks Of
life. The brainy mar wins; be think,
and the thinking lar always reads
Therefore at least a small library Ii
essential to the best conduct Of every
farm. Every farmer should be a
student OF all problems agriculture
which confront him In his daily work
In their solution he must avail him
self Of the aid obtained only from
books OF reference, and these standard
works are now obtainable, fortunately,
at very moderate cost. No long and
prosy tale now has place as an up-tO-
date textbook. The information de-
sired in such a volume can be reached
without the expenditure Of much
time, and therefore the old familiar
excuse Of lack Of leisure on the farm
Will not suffice in this instance. There
are the long winter nights. wet days
Sundays is you like, on which the
farmer can make no better use of the
hours than to study, and it must be 8
poor farm indeed that will not spare
the master a few moments now anc
then to fathom the depths of it,
proper management. In fine, ever
farmer should possess the latest books
on live stock judging, feeding ant
breeding, grain growing, p~lant-breed
ing and improvement, soils and cult.
walton and the like, all OF which may
be bought at very low prices and IN.
less il is possessed some knowledge Of
Bookkeeping and accounts should be
acquired along with the information
furnished by the books named"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-10

The home Of Robert McDonouph,
together with the contents, was TO.
tally destroyed by fire at 0 O'Clock
Tuesday morning, nothing besides
some valuable papers and minor ar.
ticles Of furniture was saved.
The origin Of the fire is not known.
The fo~urteen-year old daughter az
Mr.. hcDonough had a narrow escape
from death through her desire to save
certain papers which were in the
house. She rushed into the blazing
building and was cut Cd by the flames
being dragged through a window after
being half sufTocated.
IL IS not known whether there was
Insurance.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-10
FOLKS SPLEEN
DID VICTORY.
HAS WON STATE PROM WAL
BRIDGE BY FROM 10000
TO 10000.
COOK AND ALLEN
PROBABLY DEFEATED
1t Is Understood That Secretary Of
State Wired Mexico Friend
Late Wednesday That 1T
Looked Like" He Was
Beaten.

It is understood that Secre-
tary of State Sam B. Cook
wired late Wednesday after
noon to a friend in this city
that he and Allen, candidate
for Auditor, were probably
defeated. Later the telegram
was found. and it is given be-
low verbatim:
st. Louis. Mo-, Nov. 9, Sol
p. m.-Looks like Cook and
Allen are beaten. The Ole
Guard stood firm, but
CSigned) S. B. COOK.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-10

st. Louis, Nov. 9, 3:04 p. m.
The returns show Folks
majority to be 10000 to 49,
600. / cannot estimate on
anything else. We concede
nothing. OVID BELL,
Secretary State Democratic
Central Committee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-10

Mr.. Abe Larlmore is home non
town Of Maude, located In easE
Oklahoma, where he purchaser : !.
dence and sixteen lots. Mr. DaiiD.
is very much pleased with thai y
try. and is talking Of moving 'neH
reside. We hope be will renAl'
Audrain county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-10

TEE LKDsKE regrets very much
that The FrSt N. f. Church will not
be rebuilt At the same time we be-
lieve the members Of that c0Bgrega-
tlon win find DO trouble In finding
SATISFACTORY places for worship.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-10
KICK Kills Football Player.

GREENvILLE, MICH, Nov. o.
Henry Loding, right guard for the
Greenville high school football eleven,
was killed In a game with the Harvard
high school team at Harvard to-day.
Death is supposed TO have been due to
a kick in the head. Lodlng did not
recover consciousness after being
carried from the field.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-10
speelAl psspa,ch . be Learer.

SpeclA Nspatch % he LedEer.
st. Louis, Nov. 9, 5:55 p. m.
Missouri in some question
on Legislature and minor
offices. Folk positively elect
ed by a safe majority. Re-
publicans claiming the State
for Roosevelt, but hardly so.
HOMER BASSFORD.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-10
yoseph KeIlerhaIs Dead.

Joseph K~ellerhals, a well known and
substantial farmer living rear Benton
City, died OF heart failure Wednesday.
The arrangements for the funeral
have not been completed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-10

TIE election is over, and We should
now all get down to business.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-10

READ The s5verIisene1E IL he Mex
ko LEDSEE before ygu bus Jour
winter g1odx Yea sill save money
and help make Mexico : city bg pa
trurTrknz boue merchants
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-10

TEE same kind q throat trouble
thai put the LEDeER's cannon ont Of
business necsssitzte6 the retirement
Of or ROSTERS for the tine being.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-10

THE Democrats may be defeated,
but never discouraged.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-10

IL Roosevelt carried all Of the
doubtful states it Is estimated that he
will have three hundred electoral
votes
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-10

TIE returns from the national
election indicate that W. J. Bryan is
stronger with the people than any
other Drnncrat IN public Life.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-10

Next Sunday is Walnut and Outing
Day with the LEDGER printers. The
boys are anticipating a Jolly time.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-10

PATRoNIzE home institutions and
make Mexico a city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-10

Mrs. O. T. Varnon will leave this
week for q visit with friends and re.
latives In Avon, Fayette county,
Kentucky.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-10

AND the next day it rained and
turned cold.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-10

IT is time to begin organizing for
1Q0g
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-10
]. G.. Wooley, Pro, 81.
Eugene ". Debs, Soc. D., Is.
Wharton Barker, Prog. P. P. 80.
Socialist Labor. 2

1900 VOTE FOR GOVERNOR
A. NJ. Dockery, Dem, 3472.
Joseph Fiory, Rep, 1443.
@. f.. Stokes, Pro-, "a.
Caleb Lipscomb, Soc. D., Is.
Jas. II. Hills, P. P. p, "a.
L. @. Fry, Soc, L., 2.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-21
Clyde BrownfieId Under Arrest

SEATTLE, April 21.-Clyde Browns
field. young man who bears an NM
savory reputation with the police, and
who is believed by detectives to be
one of the men who stole the WASH
lngton hotel safe several months ago.
was arrested by Patrolman Collier on
Ballard car. At the time he was
coming into the city from INTERPLAY.
lie is held at the police station with
out charge against him. pending an
investigation.
BrOWnfield was recently under ar
rest at Everett with Tom King, alias
Roberts, a notorious safe robber, on
burglary charge. The Seattle police
understood that the case against the
men was a very strong one. The two
were discharged. however. and since
leaving Everett Brownfeld's where
abouts have been unknown.
There have been several robberies
in the vicinity of INTERPLAY. from
whence Brownfeld was coming when
arrested. and rigid investigation into
these offenses will be made by the POI
lice.
Although there is no evidence that
could be taken into court to prove
that King and Crawford cracked the
Washington hotel safe. after stealing
it from the bar room. the police say
without hesitation that 3rownfleld
and King did the work.
The safe was rolled over the lawn
of the hotel down an embankment and
blown open in the street. No money
was secured by the thieves. although
the crime was one of the most daring
in the history of the city.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-21

ei"'e the story of his travels to his
military superiors, and if he can i'm
press 1t upon them properly he may
escape the penalties for desertion He
VIII be accompanied by Eddie Fred
eflchs, deserter from company l.,
seventeenth infantry. which regiment
Is now In the Philippine islands. who
was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Davis
II Tacoma and turned over to the mill
i'"iF authorities at Fort Lawton few
DAYS ago. Fredericks deserted from
company L, Seventeenth infantry, at
Fort Lawton last June. and has been
living about Seattle and Tacoma since
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-21
cMOOT INVESTIGATION MAKES
TIE OUTCOME VERY UNCER.
TAIN IN UTAH.
Possible That Republicans Will Sadly
Feel the Effect Should the
Senator Be Ousted,

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 81
Chaos reigns in Utah politics and
this time would venture a prediction
on the outcome of the campaign that
is lust being ushered upon the stage
This chaos is the result of the Smoot
investigation in Washington and the
uncertainty as to the outcome If the
SmoOt investigation could be elimi
mated from the problem it is practi-
caIly certain that Utah would give
President Roosevelt as safe a major
ity as he is likely to get in any state
west Of the Rocky mountains.
Under normal conditions Utah is re-
publican. The wool industry and the
lead industry are strong now and
growing stronger each year. Whether
right or wrong, each considers it's sue
cess due in very large measure to the
operations Of high tariff, and as a con-
sequence each is a bulwark of repub-
Iilaujsm. because of the desire of the
people TO get a market to the west
ro. the wheat, iron and coal that are
unable to break their way into the
hlS CIV
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-21
Irrigation a Factor.

- sui greater factor in favor of re-
publican success is to be found in tho
national irrigation law that promises
great things for Utah in the vav of
agricultural DEVELOPMENT and nc +bie
Id" was enacted under a republican
administration the party in power nat
ufaily profits in prestige. For exam
pie: The interior department has al
ready accepted plans which are ex
pected to Increase the value of the
ara and semi-arid lands in Cache VAL
ley IN the north, Salt Lake valley sur-
rounding Salt Lake City, and Utah
valley, just to the south, to the extent
OF from $50,00o,OOO to $4,000 900
This is to be accomplished by bring
ing the waters of the Duchesne, the
Strawberry and the Bear rivers from
the eastern side of the Wasatch range
of mountains and distributing them
over the land in the valleys named.
or course the cost of this work would
be Tar too great for private enter
prise, as tunnels have to be bored for
miles in the mountains and very ex-
pensive reservoirs and canals are to
be constructed. This undertaking has
added greatly to the popularity of the
republican national administration
among Utah people, and has a ten
dency to accentuate the great person
al popularity of Theodore Roosevelt.
Church Trust
Another factor that operates with
great force against the democrats is
| to be found in the character of the
Mormon church. 1t is conceded that
| the democracy Will make its most vio-
lent assaults in the coming campaign
against the trusts and Industrial COM
binations. This policy will give them
no advantage among Mormons. The
very structure of the church hurIs
| back this democratic argument. From
| the beginning the Mormon church has
preached and practiced cooperation
and consolidation, and trusts in gen
eral have no terror for people who
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-21
Makes for Seattle.

Straightway Mr.. Hughes hied him
to Seattle and surrendered to the
United States recruiting officer in the
Pioneer building, in this city. seeking
to break his fall by moving tale of
life on the high seas.
According to Hughes account he
started out with miniature bank roll
to explore the mysteries of "Barbary
Coast" that gehenna Of San Francis
eos human retirement He carelessly
swallowed a few paragraphs of north
water front red liquor. Under its sub
lie influence he foated swiftly into un-
consciousness and awakened in one Of
the Storage boxes commonly known
rs a bunk. AS he could not do any
hing better he signed the payroll and
Kept going. This is his sorrOwful eX-
PLANTATION of his long absence from
lrill He tells the story to his superior
officers with an air Of truthfuIness
which carries weight, and he may
make it go.
Next week Hughes will be taken
Under guard to Vancouver barracks to
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-21

away under AIckinley's nrst admin
is'ra'loh' and all these factors COM
blne to place the democrats At die
advantage.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-21

have been paying nothing to their
church for a half century.
Added to this is the fact that the
church leaders now dominate the beet
sugar industry of the state, the street
the power system, the telephone sys-
TENS of this city and many other in
situations in the state that might be
classed under the general head of
trusts and monopolies.
And yet all these factors might be
swept away and the state might be
swung radically into the democratic
column as a result of the SmOOt in
vestigation in Washington. 1t is use
less to say that the church leaders
have not the power to bring about
such revolutions. Tammany hall in its
palmiest days was never such an or
ganization as the Mormon church is
today. 1t is useless also to assume
that the party spirit Of the people
would prevent such a revolution. Call
it loyalty, pride, fanaticism. zeal,
prejudice, love of martyrdom or what
you will. the fact still remains that
all other consideration will be swept
aside as of no consequence when the
interests of the Church of Jesus
Christ Of Latter Day Saints are at
stake.
Resentment at the Polls.
Should Reed Smoot be deprived OF
his seat in the senate, and should it
appear that his degradation was due
to the republican administration in
Washington, there is nothing that
would prevent the Mormon people
from showing their resentment at the
polls. The word would pass down
the line from some ecclesiastic high
in authority in the church,; it would
spread like wild fire and. reach the
most humble member of the organiza-
ton before it could be detected by
any outsider. and nothing would stop
it short of a manifesto from President
Joseph T. Smith. Even then if the
idea got out that the manifesto was
the result of pressure from outside ii
might pass over the people as water
passes over a ducks back, and the
outcome at the polls would be practi-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-21
cally the same.

cally the same.
This is what is meant when it is
said that political conditions in Utah
are abnormal and that no one can
predict the outcome of the campaign
just opening without taking into ac-
count the Smoot investigation.
There is plenty of evidence to show
that the church leaders stand ready
to show their resentment should SEN
ator Smoot be rejected.
Smoot himself and his closest polit-
zeal friends are showing a spirit of
fight that augers hot times in Utah
politics before the close of the present
year. The state convention to select
delegates to the national convention
at Chicago was but a plaything in
the hands of the apostle senator.
All talk of harmony was cast to the
winds by Shoots hackers. Six dele
gates were named who were under
stood to be for Smoot first and for
Roosevelt second. This Will be fol-
lowed up by the selection of c. E.
Loose, of Provo, to be national COM
mitteeman. He was Shoots cam
paign manager. He is a gentle but
completely wrapped up in a business
way with the dominant church.
Serves Warning.
The outcome of this convention
Senator Smoot. 1t serves warning on
the republican leaders in Washington
that if they throw Smoot out, he is
in a position to retaliate by turning
the state over to the democrats and
sending two democrats to succeed him
self and Senator Kearns. He is in a
position to go still further and tell
the party bosses that they are likely
to have trouble in Colorado. Wyoming.
Montana. Idaho. Nevada and other
states in which the Mormon church
| has settlements. What effect this at
titude of Senator Smoot will have re-
mains to he seen. The feeling here
| is growing that he will lose his seat.
and should that come to pass the po-
liaical complications in Utah Will be
wonderful to contemplate.
The Utah situation is further COM
plicated by the bitter fight on between
| Senator Kearns and Senator Smoot.
5moot and his friends hold Kearns
and his friends responsible for the in
vestigation now being made by Sena
| tor Burrows and his committee. The
! kearns people We're opposed to the
election of Smoot from the time he
| announced his candidacy, and warned
| the leaders Of the church that if
i Smoot We're chosen it would result in
another crusade against Mormonism.
Now the Kearns people are held re-
sponsible for all the trouble that has
| come upon the church as the result
of trying to force an apostle into the
| senate.
! The legislature to be elected next
fall will choose a successor to Thomas
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-21
GETS INTOXICATED IN SAN
FRANCISCO AND WAKES UP
ON ENGLISH SHIP,
Hopes to Escape Punishment as De-
serter by Telling a Hard
Luck Story.

SEATTLE, April y. Thomas
Hughes. of the Twenty-fifth battery.
field artillery, L. S. A.. now in the
guard house at Fort Lawton, hopes
to escape punishment for desertion bv
hard luck story which would make
raw material for a firSt-class novel
He claims that he was on the sick list
in the Preside hospital at San Fran
cisco last year for a length of time
which caused his pay to accumulate
to an unWOnted amount. AS soon as
he was able to sign his name to the
payroll for what he had coming he
started to disburse the money on Bar
barry coast. in the Golden Gate city.
He says he was so successful that
when he recovered from the effects of
his celebration he found himself on
board an English tramp "windjam-
mer," bound for sydney. Australia.
Makes His Peace.
Hughes was grieved, as well as sur
prised, but he decided that the best
hing to do was to make peace with
his captOrs. He had heard something
Of shanghai artists before and he was
unable to see HON he could win any
thing by mourning their enmity. There
fore Private Hughes, with a show of
willingness, or at least Of resignation.
signed his name to a transfer of his
temporary allegiance from the L. s.
A. to the British merchant marine,
The unfortunate soldier thus trans
muted into a sailor without his knoWl-
edge or consent was carried to various
ports of Australia and other islands
Of the South Seas, where he saw as
much of that part part of the world
rs a man can gather from the deck Of
I merchant vessel He received the
"udiments of a nautical education so
far as it could be injected into his
mentality and physique by the gentle
methods of a salt water mate. He
survived the ordeal and finally landed
at Aberdeen.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-12-08
WANTED, FOR SALE, ETC.


High grade perfume at Bryan's.
1Ibs. tripe in kegs 75c. F. \. JERD.
New Christmas stationery at Bryan's.
Dry wood for sale. Il GEO. F. DUMAS.
Bakers candy, fancy boxes, ct Bryan :.
See J. Z Jerd's phonogrsph sd., page ..
n - A. TATRo, Randolph
For sALE:-swift's Poultry Food.
f. n. JERD.
For SALE: -Four good cows,
For SALE:-Niee coarse wool sheep.
If BURTON SPooNER.
wANTED:-Poultry alive for cash.
III. L. REED, Northfield, VT.
FOR SAIE:-Pigs from six to ten weeks
old. 5w e II. CLIFFORD, East Bethel, VI.
For Edison Photographs and supplies
see page l. MRS. T.. e. VANoRNAM.
For SALE OR To LET:-Holstein and
Durham bulls. b. +. Kicker.
Highest market price paid for hides,
skins and pelts. r. n. JERD'
For SALE:-Dry hard body wood. Leave
order at j. r. Lamson's store.
For SALE OR To RENT:-stall in horse
sheds at Christian church. 81 n. E. BOWEN
B. q NJ, G. ", Rut., 0. a. L. c. mileages
at Hulbertis barber shop, Edson's block.
Millinery and furs marked down; walk
ing hats at cost. ae MEssER Co., Randolph.
Millinery closing out; $3.50 hats now
s1.75; Il hats now SOC. e MEssER BLOCK.
IosT.-Open- face Waltham watch.
Finder will be suitably rewarded.
q. c. MOONEY.
A good secondhand work harness for
sale cheap, also driving harness.
Wv w. +. LAMsoN.
FOR SALE:-Bran, cottonseed meal, also
Ko-Nut shortening and Zion Pure short
ening. 5w A. b. FISH, Randolph.
Messer, eye specialist, will fit glasses
at Messer block Dec. PIT, then will go
away for the winter.
My store win be open every evening
commencing Wednesday, the 18th, until
Christmas. w. r. LAMsoN.
The Messer Millinery Co. will close
store Dec. H.. Call and get hat at your
own price almost. just few left.
Let me send your laundry to Montpelier
Wednesday morning on the 500 and back
Fridays. II you take the train yourself
get mileage Of me. c. X. STEELE.
Notice.
The annual meeting OF the stockholders
OF the Randolph National bank OF Ran
dolph, Vermont, Will be held at their
rooms on Tuesday. Jan. 10, 1905,
at o'clock D. m. for the election OF direo-
tors for the ensuing year.
o. b. COPELAND, Cashier.
Randolph, VT, Dec. 8, 1904. 5w
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-12-08

simPsou-You blow your own horn
n good deal
Jsnlius-Wel, IL you want thing
~ell done DO 81 yourself Detroit Free
Press.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-12-08

our meat cut from animals recently
KILLED and animals that we're all OF .sten-
Der age can be purchased here at the
priees ordinarily charged elsewhere for
ordinary stock meat.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-12-08
OUR BEEF

has the fine favor that corn alone gives
the tenderness, iuiciness and toothsome-
ness only found 10 the flesh Of properly
fed animals.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-10
CUPID USES TELEGRAPH:
C0URTSHIP OVER THE WIRE

y love match by telegraph resulted
in wedding at Galesburg yesterday.
NJ. Il. Gates, night dispatcher for the
Toledo. Peoria q Western railway,
welded Miss Mabel Farrell. formerly
night operator on the same road at
Gilman. The acquaintance began by
wire. Electricity proved a good con-
ductor for love and the monotony of
night duty was dissipated by tender
conversations through the Morse
code. The couple will reside in Peoria.
where the bridegroom has been en-
gagged for the last seven years as dis
patcher at the union station.