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The San Francisco call., 1904-03-07

Grandpa" said the children. tel Us
another story about the time when you
were a young man and travelled with
the show.
Well" said Grandfather Dutton
when : was with Nixon & Ksmp's
circus, forty or hfty years ago. one OF
my greet acts was 20 get a boy TO put
an apple on TOP OF his head and then 7
would stand ten PAGES away and shoot
2 rifle b-u through IT,"
But didn't yOu sometimes miss the
apple and shnor the bOy2-r
Not often. but il aTpened once IN
awhile. OF course"
What did you do then?'' they asked
breathlessly.
Doe" said Grandfather Dutton.
Struggling his shoulders. why. some
time had 10 wait two or three min
utes before l could ind another boy.
out not often There are always
pier-y OF boys-"-chicago TribunA
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from the shelter Of adjacent land
ready for any tasks
The naval expert CT the Daily Mail
believes the ob5ect OF the VladIvoxtok
demonstration was 70 ascertain
whether four Russian cr1fsers-the
GromoboI. The Rossiay. the Rarik and
rhe B0gaUr-Were inside The harbor
On this head the Russians do not
enlighten Is he adds. though the
fsct that their telegram makes 10 ref
ersnce a the superb bravery cf the
cruisers crews rather suggested thai
they we're rot inside. and this eoaclu-
sion i Strengthened BY the Toxic re-
PORT that they were sighted last Thurs
DAY III Nonson.'
The Daily Chronicle naval expert
says. The island of Askoid- from
which the japanese approached ard 70
which they retired. lies about fifty
miles southeast from Vladiycstok and
u Is possible the feet has esta blished
z temporary base there 70 watch for
the cruisers OF for bres king up the ice
II the hsFbor
-On the military side. II seems now
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E- -r--- Ef=--
z raF ~ ere Cs-=e
Ee -z-t Eze Vas Rz-f.

Ire presence 4 the grave in The pass
RS ben known Tor years throughout
r1ls sec-lo1- bEt 10 one Uas ever found
V5o could give any hight On the ques-
t-Cn - -Le IDENTITY q the occupant
Afrer rhe Esr 10 eforr vas made 70
reD0ve t1e dead solder. and the aB-
thor-ieE = tne western & Atlantic
F,surozd took - the matter and de-
cldeE o. care fo- the grave Il has al
rrscted much attention from passen-
gers who noticed the mound a. the
trains SPED through the psss--Atlsnta
Constitution
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GROCERY CLERK
SERIOUSLY CUT
William Kriskey Stabbed in
Front Of Broadway Saloon,
He Says by Paul Ludecker

William Knskey. q cherk employed a.
q grocery atsfhe corner-of Webster and
Washington streets, vas seriously
stabbed Izst night st the corner Of
Ef1ckey auey and Broadway Kriskey
charges Paul Ludecker wnh the crime.
Kriskey was taken 10 The Emergency
Hospital. where he lies in a precsri0us
condition The unfortunate man was
IN & saloon a. rhe corner OF HinckIey
alley and Broadway shortly before 70
O'Clock last night when. he says. LII
decker and another man came into the
saloon KTiExey says be at once recOg-
uized Ludecker as the man that stood
hin Up II Berkeley several months ago,
and made Z statement 70 that effect
The men began % quarrel and the
sslOOn-keeper made them leave the
place As soon as they got outside,
Kriskey claims. Ludecksr stabbed him
Ludecker hurried away and Krfskey
vas taken % the hospital
Kriskey is not expected 20 live. and
Assistant District Attorney Louis Ward
and Detective Coleman went out 70
take his dying statement Ludecker
was arrested in Z saloon al the corner
q Montgomery avenue anS Broadway
BY Detective Reynolds and officers
Jack Kramer and AcManus and placed
In the tanks pending the outcome Of
Kriskeys injuries Ludecker denies
having cut Kriskey, and claims that ne
was not near the scene Of the crime
after s-59 O'Clock
Ludecker is known 70 the police as a
bad character. They claim that he was
once prosecuted by Kriskey for rob-
berry. but escaped conviction.
At the Emergency Hospital. where
an operation was performed on Kris
gxev. the unfortunate made the follow
ing statement
I was IL a saloon on the corner
OF Pinckley street and Broadway,
kept By Horrigan Brothers, when
/ Paul Ludecker entered. Suddenly
( Ludeoker pulled q knife and plunged
II into my stomach He then tried 10
stab me in the breast, but threw him
OF and ran out Of the place.
I had trouble with Ludecker and a
man named Nunan before. Some
/ months ago they inveigled me across
the bay on the pretense that my
mother wanted 70 see ne, and tried
70 hold me up in a lonely spot in
Berkeley. They were arrested. and
during the prosecution a man named
Smith came 10 me and said that
+ would be killed II I persisted in giving
I testimony against the prisoners
Finally. at the solicitation Of Nu-
mans mother. I let the case go and
went 70 Portland. where / remained
( for several months. returning here In
the latter part Of January. Tonight
was the first time I had seen Ludecker
( since my return a man in the saloon,
T whom one Of the pTop-ietors VIII be
able 70 identify. left the saloon shortly
after ] entered and brought Ludecker
back with him. Ny friends tried to
/ interfere when Ludecker assaulted
me"
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RUSSIA NAY BUY
SUPPLIES FROM THE
EASTERN DEALERS

NEW YORK, March :. - Having
practically abandoned efforts TO ship
supplies Of foodstuffs from the Pacific
Coast TO the Far East on account of
the alertness Of the japanese. il is re-
ported that Russian agents are now
seeking to purchase stores through
London and New York for shipment to
Baltic ports.
Rates 10 the latter are extremely low
at present, favoring such an operation
Red Alaska salmon, Of which there is
considerable stock in London and on
the way there. is said to be chiefly
wanted The bulk OF this is controlled
by the Alaska Packers Association.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-07
AMBITIOUS GIRLS WORK
BY DAY, STUDY AT NIGHT
They Want TO Get Along In Business
and So Attend the Evening


9GllCOle-
Ambition centers is what 1 call
them" said the principal of one Of the
three evening high schools for women
in New York City With very few
exceptions the girls who attend the
schools five nights week work dur
ing the day in Offices. stores and faeto-
ries Their hours are long. Most Of
them are tired in the evening. but they
come here just the same determined to
learn the things essential to getting
on in the world. They are girls who
are willing to sacrifice a good deal of
comfort and pleasure TO their aspira-
tons.
THE classes in stenography are the
largest. The majority Of their men,
bers already have places as stenogra-
pliers. but they have been made aware
by employers. painfully in some eases,
that their transcribing or spelling or
English is not up To the mark. so they
come here to increase their proficiency
The other night one bright girl told
me. with a suspicion of tears, that her
employer had discharged her because
she couldn't spell but had said that If
she would learn he would take her
back She told me that her weakness
always had been spelling. but that she
had made up her mind TO overcome II.
/ think she will
"A great many of the girls are study
ing languages, French. German on
Spanish, with view to using them
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Az UNKNOWN HERO
AT LAST IDENTIFIED
Confederate Soldier IN Lonely Grave
a. Summit ~ Altoona Pass. Ca
Wa John Armstrong.


After -apse z nearly forty years.
TIE i6e1uty q tie unknown hero" who
slesps IN The lone grave IN Altoona
Pass. near Kennessz Mountain. On the
west zide q re track has been made
krowr-
Y has been learned that John Arn-
Erro1E. z Confederate solder, z mem-
ber = an Alztsus regiment, vas
buried ln the -U1En0Wn grave he
vas ID ss the confederate forces q
johnson rerrez-ng before the army
- Eherusu- marched through the pass
- rCU-e from Chattanooga 70 Atlanta
TIE mystery - the solitary grave was
cleared away by John Lsrhen q Viola.
Ala who acquainted 7 ?. SsWeA q
cobb Co1U-v ri-1 the 1ac-s while the
latter vas On rlz5r 70 Aiabsua
Erer since The wsr the grave has
heen kept ~ bE the western & Atisn-
tic Railroad = steel railing was placed
about t1e mound and Z marble slsD
erected % which sDpesrs the following
ilzc1ptlon-
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commercially. Most Of those from de-
partment stores take French. II being
their ambition to become buyers for
the house and thus go 10 Paris TO pur-
chase stock One girl. who is quite
pretty but has q strong business head.
is studying bookkeeping and CONNER
cial forms with view Of taking charge
Of a grain and feed business. II belongs
TO her father. She is in the Office now
as stenogTapher and general assistant
but eventually she expects TO conduct
it herself. and from what 1 know OF
her l think she viii do it well.
Arithmetic and algebra are not sub
jects over which women ordinarily
grow enthusiastic. but several hundred
OF my students are graphing with them
bTavely every night These are the
ones who are preparing for the regents
or the civil service examination. Chem
istry would seem to be no more inter-
esting. but our laboratory is well filled
every evening. Most Of the girls 10 be
found in il have their eyes turned to-
ward trained nursing. and to make
their equipment as thorough as possible
are starting in at the foundation OF the
science Of medicine
Some OF them are already in train
ing schools and a few are graduate
nurses who attend our classes when
they can Most of the prospective
nurses also take an hour every even
ing in physiology Besides this COM
mercial and scientific instruction. we
have class devoted TO Shakespeare
and other great writers. and this is one
or the most popular of all. In il the
chief aim is for culture rather than
practical utility, and vet thene are fac-
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Useless for al naval purposes as Il
they we're lyfnE sr the bottom
Prom the statement Of an Official
telegram that The japanese ships
were cssed with ice. Te should as
sUme that the Russian vessels are
frozen n and that the ice breaker. n
view Of the dreaded proximity o. The
hostile Gesrroyerz. can 10 longer al
tempt 70 keep open the passage
In other words. FlsdivOstOk- for
al serious pErpoE@s- = IS efscruallT
sealed as Port Arthur 1seIf. and TIE
cars ensign Il the Far East has dis
appeared from the high seas
PROBABLY TOGOss FLEET.
Rear Admiral Inglis. writing in the
sane Newspaper. says
The main part q the heavy ships
q the japanese feet are On he north
eastern side Of Korea VIadirOstok
Eas shelIe6 by these men Of var. 70
doubt under the szueuae command
q wee Admiral Togo Il viii De no
ttced that while the attack was II
progress four torpedo craft emerged
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ory girls among the members.

tory girls among the members.
The essays that the girls are rs-
quired 10 write have developed some
pronounced literary ability One stu
dent as matter Of fact has had s-o-
res published. but she still earns her
living as stenOgFapher. Girls in
dTessmaAng shops who expect 70 fol-
low this calling themselves attend our
drawing classes Teachers and other
professional women spend two hours
an evening here or the languages Our
students vary in ages from the young
girl 10 the gray haired woman They
represent many walks in life. bat all
or them are working hard 10 improve
thsmsslves--New York Sun
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onno-ed to Rock Crushing.

A well-attended meeting Of the prop
erty owners Of Noe Valley was held
At Twenty-eighth and Church streets
yesterday afternoon TO enter their pro-
test against the continuation Of Gray
Bros rock crushing works in their vi
cinity. The meeting was presided ovel
by Daniel Ward. who stated the object
Of the meeting. A resolution was
passed requesting the Mayor to vefe
the ordinance permitting the rock
crushing when IL comes before him fol
his approval
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"sir." said the stout stranger to tn

Sir" said the stout stranger to the
crusty citizen, can you show me the
nearest way to the center2"
DO you take me for a city guide 2'
Enarled the HcruEty one
4 very stuDidly took you for gem
tleman," said the stout man.
You are a loafer," cried the crusty
one.
WhereupOn the stout mans arm few
out and his clenched hand smote the
crusty mans nose In grievous fashion.
Take no further trouble" chuckled
the stranger. Il have found the near
est way TO the scenter without your
assistance" eI"-cleveland Plain Dealer.
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ChIna WIN rake the Mandiur.

NEW YORK, March 6.-The Rus
sian gunboat Mandjur will be given
into the custody of the Chinese i'm
perial maritime customs officials. ac-
cording TO Times dispatch from
Shanghai. The local authorities con-
slider the landing Of the crew Hnneees-
sary and viii so advise the Chinese
foreign officers
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wILkINsoN,s COMMENTS.


Spencer Wilkinson IN discussing in
this mornings 8Eorning Post The news
that SIX JapaHess cruisers eScorting
ten transports had passed Chsfu on
their Eay 70 the Gulf of Lasotung On
Thursday, says this points 70 the land
ing Of al infantry brigade with some
divisional troops. vhich By this time
vii have landed somewhere. but adds;
I an z llttle doubtful of the idea of
landing small force IN Liaotung
peninsula while the Russian field army
Is intact. ard imagine that the port Of
NswchNaug is not at present a suit
able place. both because OF the prox-
unity of the Russian forces and Of
shoals and Of ice. but there are land
ing Places 81 ard north Of Shsnhaiwan
and q force landing on that coast may
b. able &c use the railway for the
transportation Of supplies as il works
northvaTd"
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Death of Author AIdrich's SON.

NEW YORK, March 7. - Charles F.
Aldrich, twin son Of Thomas Bailey
Aldrich, the author, is dead at Saranac
Lake from consumption, He was a
Harvard graduate and had entered a
business career in Boston which ne was
compelled to relinquish two years ago.
when stricken by the disease which
caused his death
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-07

Dinah Ebony-Aunty, de papers say
mebby de black plague viii come to dis
country.
Aunt ] ,ny-Don't you worry bout
dat. honey. 1t won't show on us.-New
York Weekly
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The Brute-What are you thinking of,
Mamie2
Mamie-I am dreaming Of my youth
The Brute thought you had far
away look in your eyes.-Prineeton
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-07

she-Eh. you men Before marriage
zou 1sv compliments. but after
Ee-zfrer2 Why. after. Ve DO better
We pay bIls.-Life
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evident that Russia Is Tot strong
enough 70 risk any serious fighting in
Korea
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A full n
a
garb
most
art pictures
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-03-24

Fifteen acres are to be laid off in
lots and buildings will be erected
thereon. The town will be built
under the supervision of the Au-
drain Coal Co. 1t will be called
Carroll, in honor of A. s. Carroll,
one of the active promoters of the
coal company. The Vandalia
Leader comments; Here's to the
town Of Carroll. May she be an
nexed to Vandalia as soon as she
proves to be a thriving infant.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-03-24
Saloon Men Liable.

Springfield, ILL.,, March 16,-The
Appellate Court, in a decision
handed down to-day, holds that
the saloonkeepers are liable for the
death of their patrons who meet
death while under the influence of
liquor sold them by the defendants.
The case was that of Kate AL
good, who was awarded $4,000
damages against William Bot
WINS, saloon keeper of this city,
for the death of her husband, Geo,
Algood, who had been drinking in
the saloon of Botwinis, and who,
while on his was home in an intox-
icated condition fe,. from his bug
gy and received injuries which re-
suited fatally.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-03-24
Stood on His Head.

The Mexico correspondent of the
Kansas City Times sent that paper
the following dispatch last week.
Mexico, Mo. March 16.-Mr.
and Mrs. G. D. Ferris celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary
at their home here to-day. Mr.. Fer
ris reported to have stood on his
head before the guests several
times. He is 70 years old and was
the inventor and manufacturer Of a
washing machine. He owns the
Mexico opera house and. consider
able other property.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-03-24

The Middletown Chips COM
ments: The above dispatch tells
its own tale. AS Chips gave an ae-
count of this cold blOoded murder
at the time, most of our readers
know that it refers to a young
man who was born aud reared in
this place. AS a boy Frank Rose
was idle and shiftless, but there
was nothing really vicious in his
ways. After leaving Middletown,
however, he struck the pace" that
landed him in the penitentiary and
soon in eternity. His fate should
be warning to the boys who
knew him and to the parents Of
this community who were familiar
with his childhood history. Frank
sowed the wind and is reapinG th'
whirlwind. Chips is sorry for tn,
poor, misguided boy.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-03-24

Capt. @. T. Allen returned re-
Gently from a leeturing tour thru
the Southern States. You ought
to get him to tell you about the
horses in Southern Texas, Put
them on the streets of Mexico and
they wouldn't sell for ten dollars a
dozen. This stock is no compari-
son to the horse flesh we raise in
this section of Missouri. He says a
fellow down there will ride a horse
all day, turn into the lot at
night, pull off the bride and sad
die, hit the horse in the face with
the bride aud exclaim, Now 60
and get your living"
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-03-24

H. w. Gleason, formerly in the
hardware business in Mexico, died
at his home in Eagle, Nebraska,
one day last week. He was 70
years Of age. He was bOrE in New
York and when IS years Of age
came to Monroe county, Mo-, and
settled on a farm. In 1871 he
came to Mexico. Several years
after moving to Mexico two Of his
children were drowned near
Youngs Greek postofice, while at
tempting to ford the creek The
settlers Of Audrain Of 25 years ago
wen remember NJ, Gleason
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-03-24

The Santa Fe Bank, the orGani-
zation of which The MESSAGE men
toned several weeks ago, is get
ting ready to open for business
soon. The officers and directors
are: j. D. Power, president; Phil
Quisenberry, vice-presidenti j. D.
Bates, VIM. Force, R. NJ. Hanna,
w. L. Tanner and j. L. Fleming.
The cashier has not yet been chos.
en-.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-03-24

Miss Myrtle May Niles, deaf
aud dumb, united with the Meth
odist church in Mexico last Sunday
morning. There was not a heart
in the large audience that was not
touched by the impressive scene.
Her sister, in the dumb language,
interpreted the words of the min
lister for her. Miss Niles is a very
bright Young lady. She is not very
strong and lately was compelled to
come home from her school duties
to rest up.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-03-24
A Democratic Platform.

Charles A. Towne. late United
States Senator from Minnesota.
and candidate for the Vice. presi.
dency with w. j. Bryan in 1900,
has written his idea of platform
for the Democracy this year in the
following words:
First-We should reassert the
verify of the Declaration Of Inde-
pendence, and, as a corollary, an
nounce the purpose Of. the Demo
cratic party never to permit the
permanent retention Of colonies or
independencies by the UnitedStates
and should give to every people
now occupying that anomalous re-
lat ion to this Government a guar
anty either of ultimate Statehood
in the Union or of national inde-
pendence, with suitable provision
for our own commercial interests,
as such people is ready
and able to assume the obligations
of seperate national existence.
'Seeond-We should pledge
ourselves to respect the limitations
of the Constitution and to restore
the coordinate dignity of the Con-
gress in our system.
"Third-We should declare a.
gainst every form of special priv
ilege and monopoly existing either
by virtue, of by permission, of the
laws.
"Fourth-We should demand
revision of tariff schedules on a
revenue basis.
"Fifth-We should declare in
favor. of constitutional amendments
authorizing the direct election of
United States Senators and the en-
action of an income tax.
"Sixth-We should pledge our
selves to economy in public expen-
ditures and to honesty in admins
tration.
"Seventh-We could arraign
the Republican party for its recre-
aney to the great fundamental prin-
ciples of the Republic, for its reck-
less departure from safe and estab-
lished American policies, and for
its wasteful and corrupt conduct Of
the Government; and we should go
before the people of the country in
the name of the sacred original
precepts of liberty announced and
vindicated by our fathers, callin g
on them to restore the action of
the Federal Government to the
principles of Washington and JEFF
ferson."
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-03-24

CIaud Morton, II years old, near
Shamrock, south Of Martinsburg,
two weeks since was carrying a
gun on his shoulder thru a horse
lot and caught his foot in some
buck bushes and fell and the gun
was discharged and he was mortal
ly wounded. He died last Thurs
day morning.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-03-24
the head, which was aching.

the head, which was aching.
kiss me, Frank" she said, as
she felt that life was almost gone.
Leaning over her, the murderer
with his elbow resting in her
blood, pressed his lips to hers.
Feebly she raised her arm, down
which the blood was streaming
from her wound and put it around
his neck. Her blood stained his
hair, his clothes, his neck and his
cheek. he was unmoved.
Bring the baby over where l
can kiss him" was the next gasp
ing request. Leave him in my
arms" she begged Of the murderer
who lay on the bed beside her,
watching the blood stream from
the hole in her head, oozing into
the pillow and bed clothes, trick
ling along her shoulder and arm,
and staining her night robe and
that Of her babe, who Utterly lay
in her blood. The child prattled
happily. The mother gradually
drifted into Inconsistencies, the
last sounds she heard on earth be-
ing the infants chatter.
Thirty seven hours later the
child was alone with the corpse.
With Rose in a cell the police
broke into the room. The babe
sat on the bed shivering in his
thin blood-stained night dress, one
hand resting on the body of its
mother.
Il can't wake mamma" he
said in anxious tones.
Sergt. Roberts snatched up the
child and pressed it close to his
breast, opening his overcoat and
smuggling the little one inside it.
Then these three men, accustomed
to scenes of misery, degradation,
vice, crime, tragedy, wept like chill
dren. The baby was taken to a
lneighbOr's, washed and dressed
and turned over to Mrs. Anna
Stickney, superintendent Of the
Children's Aid and Home finding
Association.
In speaking of himself and the
events that led up to the murder
of his wife, Rose said:
Il worked for a number OF
years for the Continental Tobacco
Co., in st. Louis, and later ran q
barber shop there. My wife and
had some trouble in st. Louis. ]
found out that she had not been
true to me, and l left her and went
to Death, New. ! saved some mo-
ney and wrote to her last summer,
asking her if she had been true to
me, telling her that if she had
would send her money to come out.
She said she had and / sent her
$75. We came to Salt Lake in
November, and l soon found out
that she was running around with
other men and she confessed it to
me. / decided to kill her.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-03-24

w. M. Miller, north of Mexico.
paid the MESSAGE a business call
last Saturday. Mr., Miller moved
from Iowa to this county about a
year since He likes Andrain and
her people, hut our roads at this
season Of the year, my, myl Mr.
Miller thinks the main roads lead
ing into Mexico should Be gravel
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-03-24

j. H. Lane has bought the Ger
man church building in the north
part of Mexico and will put it on
wheels and move it to his lots in
Coon's Addition and remodel the
building into a neat cottage.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-03-24

Fulton citizens want a night
passeger train on the branchC. ga. &.
from Mexico during the Worlds
Fair season. The service will be
petitioned for.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-03-24

s. j. Buckner will erect a large
business house on the vacant lot
just south of McKinley's bakery,
near the site for the proposed new
G. 6 A. and Burlington depot.