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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-07-21

small blocks Of the two railway stocks.
The market was strong, and all offer
ings were eagerly absorbed. In three
days he had sold one hundred thou
sand. shares of each stock, and the
market was stationary. He wired the
fact to John Burt and received In
structions. The following day he be-
gan the cash sale OF the stocks and Sc
curities. When half of them were
sold the market began to weaken.
On Thursday morning he received
a cipher telegram which, when trans
lated, read as follows:
Sell remainder of securities at
market price, and then offer railroads
A and B in I'VE thousand lots.
~. B."
Beneath the weight of these offer
ings the market trembled and then
broke sharply. Late in the afternoon
came the news Of the resignation of
powerful directors on railroads A and
B; the organization of a competing
line, and the passage of a resolution
for enormous bond issues.
When James Blake went TO bed late
Saturday night IL was after fifty hours
of work without sleep. He had prac-
tically concluded one of the most de-
cisive campaigns ever waged on the
street. Before turning out the lights
he again read telegram received a
few hours before, and his handsome
face flushed with pleasure as he read:
Accept my congratulations on your
superb handling of our campaign. Mr..
Hawkins joins In salutations and we
drink your health. ]. b."
"'Our' campaign" said Blake, half
aloud. "That's the highest of COM
pllments. John must have won FOR
tunes, and I'm a millionaire at last.
Wonder if can sleep. Here goes"
He dropped into a slumber deep and
untroubled as that of child.
James Blake found himself the Wall
street hero of the hour. He was &C
claimed the young financial giant from
the Pacific slope-a market Ivanhoe
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-07-21
SHIRTS MUST HAVE sHRuNk.
Red Flannel Garment Wife Mlstook
for Coral Necklace.

Red Flannel Garment Wife MlstooI<
for Coral Necklace.
"Jim" Sullivan tells of a friend, a
sufferer from rheumatism, who. hear.
ing during the early part of the win,
ter that red flannel worn next TO the
body was a remedy for that com.
plant, purchased several undershirts
made of that material. The clerk as,
sured him that the goods were guar.
anteed In every particular.
About two weeks afterward Mr..
sulliYan's friend revisited the shop
where he had bought the red flannel
shirts and registered big kick
against the perpetuation against him
OF what he termed "a fearful
swindle"
What's the mRtter2" asked the
proprietor Have the shirts faded
or shrunk?"
''Fadedl Shrunkl" hoWled the man
"What do you think my wife said te
me when / came down to breakfast
yesterday with one Of them on? Well.
sir, she smiled sweetly and asked:
"'Why are you wearing my pink
coral necklace around your throat
JOHNNY New York Times.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-07-21
AUTHOR FOND OF SOLITUDE.
Donald Mitchell Would View Civil.
cation From Afar,


Donald X. Mitchell was visited last
week by a real estate agent who
wished to buy the hillside property
falling away before the house of the
venerable author, with the city of
Yale university at its foot and beyond
the blue stretches of Long Island
sound. Tx Marvel" was not disposed
to look with favor on the SPECTATORS
offer. Il know" he said, what that
would mean-new buildings and
fresh dirt and noise and hustle. I
have watched every single house that
you see down there go up, be filed
with people and take it's place and
part in life. | know them all; and
many of them have come almost to
love. But l don't want civilization
any nearer to me than 1t is. If It
should climb up here | think should
leave this old home and go back into
the woods and wait there for the end
that is not very far away now"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-07-21
HAZEI GTRE.
SUSPECT GZlZ2EZp ApREST

and call for help, even when she was
suffering from this mania She
would be liable to do everything that
she did and still be in a state of
acute anameia.
"The fact that she was shrieking
and screaming in the well and that
she fought her husband. and those
who came to her assistance is indi-
cation that her mind was deranged.
The acute congestion of the lungs
that was the cause of her death was
brought about by exposure in the wa
ter and the strain upon her lungs by
her shrieks and screams. Her refer
ence in her delirium to monsters and
men who had carried her away was
additional evidence of her. mental
condition.
IF there had been a robbery or
an attempt at assault there would
have been some evidence of it. There
is no such evidence. She was not
the victim of foul play, but of a sud
den attack of insanity"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-07-21
IDEAL STUDY FOR AUTHOR.
Where Irving Bachelor Turns out
His Widely Read Books.

Where Irving Bachelor Turns Out
His Widely Read Books.
Irving Bachelor, the novelist, has
what is probably unique study in
which to do his work. Mr.. Bachelor
has built a home at Sound Beach.
Conn.,, stones throw from the wa.
ter. The house stands at the head
of a sloping lawn, facing the broad
reaches Of the beautiful sound, where
the novelist refreshes himself with
his faVorite sport, fishing. His den
is not in the house, but is a separate
square-built structure on the rocky
edge-of the water, and when the tide
is high it is half boat. half house, for
the waves come up under 1t in sort
Of tunnel built directly beneath
for the safe housing of boat When
DR. Bachelor has been working hard
far into the night he goes to sleep
in the study, with the tapping of the
water all around and under him. 1t
is an ideal den for a literary man
who is also fisherman and loves the
water.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-07-21
RICH MEN SWEAR OFF TAXES.
New York MlIIionaIres Loath to Part
with Their Dollars.

with Their Dollars.
The completed tax rolls show that
only FIVE New Workers whose person
ality assessment was over 100000
did not have their assessments re-
duced by the swearing-off process.
They are Andrew Carnegie, whose as
sessment of S5,OO0,0OO is the largest
in the list; Russell Sage, who pays
personal tax on 100000 of proper
ty; Frederick Vanderbilt, assessed
for $2,000,OOO; Alice Vanderbilt, ST.
100000, and w. X Vanderbilt, $1,000
900. The largest reduction was the
cutting off of $1,7OO00O from the
80, 100000 assessment of John Jacob
Astor. Alfred G. Vanderbilts assess
ment was reduced from S1500,O00 to
S250,O0O. ]. P. Morgan's 100000 as
sessment was reduced to 100000.
The original assessment on personal
ty amounted TO $4,5s9 .966,3S4. Al
most every one included in the list
for assessment visited the Office Of
the tax department during the time
allowed for rectifcation of the rec
ords. The total of personally left
subject to tax after the swearing on
lis 1925, 07S,S7S.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-07-21
Rln Fees Of LawYers.

James ]. Hill says that Philander G.
Knox, former attorney general,
cleaned up 100000 in the organiza-
tion of the United States Steel Cor
poration, which was a task of only a
few months. William Nelson Crom-
wells fees are the biggest ever earned
by lawyer in this or any other coun-
try. Eighteen years ago he was a
goggle-eged young attorney in the Of
nee of AlgernOn s. Sullivan, living in
a very modest home on Columbia
Heights, New York. To-day he is
worth s5,O00,OOO, lives in a palace in
Forty-ninth street in winter and rusti'
Gates In a magnificent villa at Sea
bright in summer. Mr.. Cromwell's fee
for adjusting the Panama canal deal
, was 100000.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-07-21
Prefers Business Men TO LAWYERS.

A Chicago citizen who occasionally
has business at the navy department
in Washington says 1t is a great re-
lief to find at the head of that bureau
a man who is not a lawyer 81 was
there last week." he says, having
occasion to ask Mr. Morton some
questions, and he gave me direct an
swers and satisfactory answers. They
we're not couched in legal terms and
hedged so thoroughly that they did
not mean anything. The government
stands in need Of more business men
In the cabinet and in other official
positions. Men who are not afraid
to decide things are the crying need
of public Offices"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-07-21

William Lockridge, another suspect
of completely in the murder of Mrs.
William Starbuck and her child, near
Greensboro, Ind, is under arrest.
Lockridge is held on circumstantial
evidence that tends to show that he
was more or less intimate with Haley
Gipe, who is also under arrest in con-
rection with the crime, in other af-
fairs and that since the crime his &C
lions have been more or less sus-
picious.
The coroner is undecided as to
Mrs. Starbuck's death and is inclined
to doubt foul play. DR.. B. Smith
says Mrs. Starbuck's death was not
the result of crime. He was her ply
stefan. She was of highly nervous or
ganization.
He says: "Her death was caused
by acute congestion of the lungs,
following an attack of acute pneu-
monia. / have had in my practice
numbers of cases of this kind. In
this particular case Mrs. Starbuck
was the mother of a 16-weeks-old
baby. am told that on Saturday she
worked very hard and was exposed
to heat from stove over which she
was cooking.
my opinion is that she was sud
denly stricken with this mania and
imagined she saw someone coming in
the window, seized her baby and ran
to the well, not to kill herself, but
to protect herself and babe from the
monster she spoke of in her delirium.
She was liable to go to the telephone
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-07-21
Cardinal Mannlna Took dlnt.

The archbishop OF Westminster,
himself a total abstainer, tells how
Cardinal Manning came to be a tee
totaler He was addressing a meeting
Of a temperance organization OF
which he thought a great deal. Il
must confess to YOU" he said, that
do not practice what I preach.
am not a total abstainer because my
doctor won't let me be one" At once
voice cried from the topmost gal
lery: Then change your doctorl"
The cardinal Immediately replied:
'eThank you for the hint my friend.
! Will.s And he did-and was -
tal abatainer ever after
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-07-21

II has been estimated that the to
tai war footing OF the Russian army
after calling out all the reserves
amounts TO 5,250.OOO men, or more
than ten times that Of Japan. The
soldiers are drawn from the ignorant
peasant class and the Officers from
the governing ranks Of society.
Should Russia call out all her troops
she will have 1887 officers, $780,
95s soldiers. eis.A00 horses and 1000
cannon Germany Is the only nation
that exceeds Russia IA its military
equipment
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-07-21
THE ORIGINAL CLEVELAND MAN
lowan Says He Started Ex-Presldent
on Road to White House.

lowan Says He Started Ex-PresIdent
on Road to White House.
Dr. Henry B. Lesher Of Salina, JEFF
ferson county, Iowa. claims to have
started Grover Cleveland on his polit-
tcal career. He was in Buffalo when
Mr.. Cleveland was nominated for
sheriff. DR.. Lesher says; When It
came nearly time for a sheriff to be
nominated / said to my neighbor:
when the nominations are open I'm
going to shout "Clevelandl" Wen,
pretty soon the chairman announced
that nominations for sheriff were
open and shouted as loud as could,
Grover Cleveland II was taken up
all over the house and then someone
nominated him. He was elected by a
big majority and he kept going on
till he lit in the white house
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-07-21
southern stateaman : nlant.

Champ Clark, permanent chairman
Of the Democratic national convention,
is man Of imposing appearance, 8
feet ! inch tall and built on herculean
lines. This picturesque Missourian-
wit, stump speaker and syndicate
writer dresses like an old-time south
ern planter including a Prince Albert
coat with a SLOUGH hat that would
cover most heads down to the chin,
for it is of ~ size His quaint style
Of humor is made ali the more erect
i've by slight drawl. All his life he
has been an omnivorous reader, and
he Is at all times prepared to recount
what ne has read, having most en-.
viablY retentiye memory.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-07-21
New American Beauty in London.

Londoners are taking an unusual in
terest IN new American beauty now
IN the British metropolis. She is Mrs.
Charles Carroll OF CarrolltOn and her
husband is the great-gTandson Of
Charles Carroll OF carrollton Mrs.
Carroll has always been pointed out as
one Of the beauties of the south, and
although her husbands family is rich
~ worldly goods and family pride
she cannot cope financially with the
extravagaAt Americans who must buy
foeir way Into Mayfair The Maryland
bellies sponsor e Mrs, John ". Mao
1iy.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-07-21
MORE HoNoRs FOR HowrLLs.
Discerning Praise and University De-
gree Bestowed Upon Him.


Close upon the honor which OK
ford has conferred upon Mr.. Howells
in making him doctor OF letters comes
news of another degree, that of doc
tor Of laws, which has just been
given MIR. Howells by Western Re-
serve University and Adelbert Col
lege of Cleveland, o. In comforting
the degree President Thwing made
use of the following words; Upon
William Dean Howells, son Of Ohio,
associated with the Western Reserve,
editor Of lengthy and manifold ex-
perience critic Of vision aud sympa-
thy, who brings to his realism in the
art Of the novel a truthfulness and
celioacy which constitute it q type
of idoalism, social philosopher, man
OF culture. gentle friend Is conferred
the degree of doctor Of laws
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-07-21
TWINS 81 YEARS OLD.
Connecticut Believed to Have Oldest
Pair In America.


Julius H. and Junius N. Benham,
probably the oldest twins in the Unit
ed States, celebrated the eighty-sev-
enth anniversary of their birth at a
summer resort near Bridgeport, Conn,
last week. They are natives of Mid
dlebury, that state, in and near which
place they own a good deal of prop.
erty. Both are more than feet tall,
stand very straight, and, except for
their snow white hair and boards,
there is nothing about them to indi.
cate how many years they have lived.
The Benhams come of long-liVed PEG.
pie, their grandfather having lived to
be "a years old, their father, Trueman
Benham, was 8S and~their mother 96
when death called them, and their
only brother died at the age of SO.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-07-21
MS. NZLlzY Il OA2T

Society and the world OF finance
were Rstonished to learn that Miss
Anna r. La Chappelle has been the
wife of Senator william A. Clark Of
Montana for more than three years.
The announcement was made in New
York that the beautiful young French
Canadian girl who has been Senator
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-07-21

Clark's ward for many years and who
gossip has many times said would
become his wife stepped into that pc.
sition on May 25, 1901, at Marseilles.
France. Society was also surprised
to learn that Mr.. and Mrs. Clark have
a baby two years old. Mrs. Clark
will soon sail for America.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-13
KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RY.
'strsI9t as the Crow Files" kansas
City 20 the Gulf.

Passing through a greater diversity
OF climate, soil and resource than any
ether railway In the world for its
length.
Along its lines are the finest lands
ulted for growing small grain ;orn.
fax, cotton; for commercial apple and
peach orchards, for other fruits and
erries; for commercial cantaloupe,
potato, tomato and general truck
farms; for sugar cane and rice cult.
walton; for merchantable timber; for
raising horses, mules, cattle, hogs
sheep, poultry and Angora goats, at
prices ranging from free government
homesteads to twenty-five dollars or
more per acre. Cheap round trip
homeseekers and one way colonists
tickets on sale first and third Tues.
days of each month. Write for a copy
of Current Events published by the
Kansas City Southern Railway the
short line to inexpensive and COM
Portable homes"
8. @. WARMER, @. P. & T A.
Kansas City. Mo
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-13
RACES OF YESTERDAY
WORTH, ILL.

First race, four and a half mrlonga
Clara Berry llO touphanU, to s.
first; Lou Merrill 100 (NicoD 4 to l..
second; Lillian Ayres 40 d.arsen},
Is to /, third Time IS 3-5.
Second race, mile ana seventy var
ds- Falkland 81 (Fiscnerl, > to 1.
first; Sarilla 100 tJohnson) ~ to /
second: Great Eastern 80 COliphanU,
4 to l. third Time Las l-5,
Third race, four ana a half furlong5
r. l.. Johnson los (OliphanU, ) to
y first; Michael Byrnes los DEAN,
8 TO 8. second; Yada los tCoburnl, 10
TO |, third Time 5S 2-5.
Fourth race. mile and sixte nth
Toscan LOG (0llphanU, to /, first;
Port Royal log (Larsenl, 6 10 >, Sc,
cond; Dan McKenpa los (Sheehan)
1 to /, third. Time la IS.
Fifth race. six mrIongs Big Ben
ia tPriorO, 5 to /, first; Frontenac
lO7 tMathews1, 1 to /, second; Beau
ormonde 1909 tFischerl, s to ), thiri.
Time 113 Is.
Sixth race, seven furlongs-Yan
Ness loo (Fischerl, to ,, first: Early
Eve 1902 (JenkinS), : to /, second:
Typhonic liz Conway. Is to /. third,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-13
A Cure Fer Piles,

4 had bad case of piles" says G.
F. Carter of Atlanta. Ga, and con.
suited physician who advised me to
try a box Of DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve | purchased a box and was en-
tirely cured. 1t is splendid for piles.
giving relief Instantly. and | heartily
recommend It TO all sufferers" De.
Wits Witch Hazel Salye is I'M.
equalled for its healing qualities.
Eczema and other skin diseases, also
sores, cuts, burns and wounds Of
every kind are quickly cured by t.
Sold by Metzger.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-13
Metzger

does not hesitate to recommend Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure to his friends and Gus.
toners Indigestion causes more i'll
health than anything else. Il deranges
the stomach. aud brings on all manner
OF disease. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure di.
sasts what you eat, cures Indigestion
dyspepsia and all stomach disorders.
kodol is not only a perfect dlgestant
but a tissue building tonic as well.
Renewed health, perfect strength and
Increased vitality follow It's use
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-13
PATENTS TO iLLlNoIsANs.

The following patents we're issued
this week to Illinois inventors: H
A. Adams, sanwich hay loader; G. w
Culp. Lydon CORE harvester: X. W.
Cnlp, Lydon. straw-stacker; +. A. Del
ano Chicago and G. II. Cartilage. La.
grange, railway tie; h. Frazier. Deca.
tur hinge gage W. #. Gernand. Al.
vim machine for shocking corn: b. X.
Hendricks. campoint, support for We
hicle tops J. J Johnson, Roseville.
food fence or gate; NJ. Kammerer.
Fairbuy machine for molding pIas.
tic material: f LAS. Elgin ana II. n.
Sponenberg, Wadsworth. the railway
rail stay; J. 2 Plat,enberger. Sayan.
ma, fence post: Clayton, locking plate
Tor wire fences; o. j Root. Moline.
liquid fuel pump; j. W. Aheaifer.
Sterling. insect trap; 4. V. Thomas
Peoria. crate; c. p Wing. Hins1aye
combined tire ana carriage bolt holder
and clamp
For copy Of any OF above patents
sent ten cents in postage stamps with
date Of this paper TO c. A. Snow e.
Washington, d. c.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-13
v v - v y =
= BUSINESS LOCALS. =


Three States Buggy and Imp. Co
sells more farm machinery. buggies,
wagons, carriages AMI harness than
any house In southern Illinois
Cut flowers at Mrs. L. Madden S,
1901 Holbrook. Cairo phone 1873.
NJ, c. Metzger, the Washington and
Goth ST. druggist, sells the cough cure
that cures the cough, and some fine
headache remedies, ask about them
Fred d. Nellis, the coal dealer, will
ill your coal bin for a small amount
of money, Put in your winters sup,
ply before winter comes.
P. A. Doud. the grocer, has some
Of the choicest table delicacies and
all the staple groceries, good dairy
butter and fresh eggs. Walnut st
Gazzola Confectionery Store, leader
in fine candies and choicest fruits. Try
our chocolates, creams and bon bons.
Ice cream furnished in any quantity.
Stop ar the Hotel Illinois. right In
the heart of the business center.
Rates $500 per day Both lines of
street cars pass main entrance.
Your cash does greater service at
Stone Bros, than elsewhere. Goods
guaranteed to suit you. Prices
couldn't be lower If thrown in we'll
J, F. Kolb's Union Bakery will sell
you bread, cakes and pies for less
money than you can make them for
Phone No, 275
Too good to be passed by! Beautiful
Silk Shirt Waist Suitings can be had
at Hyman's for CO cents yard dur
ing this week.
American saving stamps given away
a. the Chicago Department Store.
Ask for stamps when trading there,
217219 Eighth street.
Gunther & Wake, Model Bakery,
will give universal satisfaction for
everything in the bakery line. orders
for soc!als promptly filled. 229 Sth st
A. HALEY, hardware store on Wash.
ington street, wants to see you in re
gari to everything you need in thu
line of hardware, call.
Powers Livery and Transfer, spec
ial attention given to traEsferrias
baggage to all parts of the city
low price, 1909 Coml ave
A. VI. Spence & Co, the great store
for farmers to get their general mer.
chandisc Money saved ON every ar
ticle. 2023 Wash. ave. Phone 81.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-13
ST. LOUIS pEtMAR TRACK.

First race, five and a half furlongs
Sadie Bureh 104 (McMulenl. 1 to
first; Bird Pond IS tSpears). 20 to
second: Myrtle White IS (Barronl
20 to l, third Time ia.
Second race, six furlongs-Lady
Ray SO (HowelD, 1 to /. first. Sting
rs (PlunketD, to l, second: Thistle
rs (Vanderbout, Is to /. third. Time
l 201a.
Third race, four ana half furlongs
Princess Orna los tAustin). 3 TO /
first; Paul Revere los (Watsonl. to
1, second; Gasconne 1O9 tTroxlerj, 8
70 :, third, Time 59%.
Fourth race, seven furlongs-Frank
Collins % (Hennessy), 20 to l. first.
Light Opera 1O4 (McMulenD, to /.
second; Harmakis 80 (Rieel, Z to )
rhird. Time 1884.
Fifth race, one Frank Rico
lo2 (Coc6lo), : to /. first; Irby Ben.
nett los (Austinl, , to /, second
Velos 100 (Rice), to ., third. Time
147&.
Sixth race, mile and seventy yards
-Semper Vivax 100 (Cocolo). A to /.
first Jno Doyle 96 Davis, 9 TO /,
second; lngolthrift &c (Hennessy). 5
to |, third. Time 1929.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-13
Ladies and Children

who can not stand the shocking strain
OF laxative syrups and cathartic pills
are especially fond Of Little Early
Risers. All persons who find it neces.
sary to take a liver medicine should
try these easy pills, and compare The
agreeably pleasant and strengthening
effect with the nauseating and weak
ening conditions following the use Of
other remedies Little Early Rlsers
cure biliousness, constipation. sick
headache, jaundice. malaria and liver
troubles. Sold BY Metzger.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-13

Weak lungs should be careful. Coughs
and colds are dangerous then. one
Minute Cough Cure cures coughs and
colds and gives strength 10 the lungs.
Mrs. G f. Fenner. Of Marion. Ind.
says, y suffered with a cough until |
run down in weight from liS to ~ lbs.
! tried a number Of remedies to no
avail until / used One Minute Cough
Cure. Four bottles Of this wonderful
remedy cured me entirely of the cough
strengthened my lungs and restored
me 20 my normal weight health and
strength. Sold by Metzger.