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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-11
GOWN WAS cur TOO Low,
Great Singers Costume Displeaslnp to
Reverend Gentlemen.

Reverend Gentlemen.
Some of the clergymen in Ocean
Grove, N. j.. took exceptions 70 Mines
Schumann. Heink's gown when she
sang there a few nights ago; It was
too decollete to pass muster in that
town of ultra proprieties. The noted
singer comedies that she laid out q
low-neck gown for the AFFAIR and that
her manager told her she would have
to put an awning on the neck OF carry
a sunshade, but she put some nous
seine de sole in the cut-out place UNI
IN she looked more like q debutante
than prima donna and then gave
her concert. But the reverend gentle
men, accustomed to high neclSs and
long sleeves, marked the singer down
In their black books and win prob
ably stipuiate as TO costumes the next
time she appears there.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-11
NOT WHAT HE WAS SENT FOR.
lrishman Had Reasoned We'll, But
He Was Wrong,

lrlSnman RAD Reasoned well, but
He Was Wrong,
A farmer, accompanied by several
Of his hired men, went into the woods
one morning in the fall of the year
to "ut down some trees. When about
to begin work 1t was discovered that
the cant hook had been left behind.
Turning TO one of the men, an Irish
man not very long over, the farmer
instructed him to drive back to the
farm for the missing tool. The Irish
man did not know what a cant hook
looked like, but was averse to expos
ing his ignorance, so drove off on his
errand, trusting to find some one at
the farm who would enlighten him.
At the barn, however, there was no
one TO help him out Of his dilemma.
Casting his eyes about the place for
the thing which would be most likely
to bear the name of cant hook" he
saw a mooley COW with never a sign
OF horn upon its head, and conclud-
ed It was that he had been sent for.
Procuring a rope, he fastened the
COW to the rear end of his vehicle and
exultantly drove back to the woods.
What in Sam Hill have you
there?" shouted the farmer on seeing
his messenger and the COW. Il sent
you for a cant hook to use in moving
the logs; what have you brought that
COW for?"
BE jabers. boss, dlyil another
thing could / see around the barn that
can't hook but this. Star OF Hope
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-11

Four hold.up men, three of them
wearing masks and heavily armed
robbed the passengers on the Dia-
mond special of the Illinois Central
road on the evening of Aug. l.
They held up all the passengers II
two Pullman sleepers and secured
booty estimated at $1,000, mostly in
money. One young man who resisted
was hit over the head with a fire
ak, with which the car was supplied.
and another who showed a disposi-
ton to object was tapped on the head
With a revolver.
One man who had already retired
TO his berth was stirred to animation
by shot fired under him.
Before making a complete clean up
of the train the robbers became
alarmed, and as the train noared Mat
tison they pulled the emergency
brake rope and stopped the train.
Then they jumped from the train and
escaped in the darkness.
Detectives in hot pursuit of sus-
poets in the Illinois Central hOldup
case caught fifteen men in their drag
net. In the haul they took two des-
peradoes who, they believe, were lead
ers Of the daring bandit band that
went through and robbed the train
near Matteson, ILL.,, Aug. /.
Eight men are held under lock and
key while an army of special detec'
tives, railroad agents, city detectives,
country marshals and policemen are
keeping up the chase for other sus-
poets.
The scrupulous care with which the
authorities kept their prisoners from
all communication with the outside
world indicated that they have struck
clues to the identity of the accom-
plices and are quietly but surely sur
rounding them.
Out of five suspects taken in the
police "dragnet," and ten more arrests
made at Harvey. Homewood and Chi
cago Heights, the police and the de-
tectiYes of the Illinois Central road
think they have the leader and an
other of the highwaymen who stood
up" the Illinois Central's Diamond
Special"
Smith and Mcclure were arrested
by detectives in a house on Van Blu
rem street, near Center avenue, Chi
cago, after an exciting experience.
They were taken to the Desplaines
Street station and then to the Bureau
of Identification at the Harrison Street
station, where they were identified
as ex-convicts and seen by Flagman
| Birch of the Illinois Central.
The fiagman was not positive in his
Identification, though he thought he
knew one of them, Mcclure, for the
| leader. But | could not swear that
he was the man." he said. The de-
scription answered that OF the un-
masked bandit: Medium height or a
little more, light hair and a smooth
face.
Smith also tailed well with the de-
scription given OF one of the bandits:
Rather short heavy set, and a smooth
chin, as seen below his mask
"They might very well be two Of
the men in the holdup job" said Chief
Special Officer O'Keefe. Conductor
Combs and Chief Telegraph Omcer
Groce will be here Thursday, and
maybe they will recognize them. We
will get some of the passengers to
take look at them as soon as we
can"
Detectives Egan and Norton Of the
Desplaines Street station made the ar
rest. They were out on the case all
day, and along about midnight got a
report at Harvey that three men act
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-11
USUAL FATE OF INVENTOR.
Man Who Perfected Sewing Machine
Ends His Days In Poverty.

wan VITO FGFlgGA9a oGWlVA maSulVE
Ends Hls Days In Poverty.
Millions upon millions of women
know the value of the hemmer at
tachment to the sewing machine, yet
it is not probable that one OF them
ever knew the name OF the genius
who devised the simple thing It was
Isaac w. Barnum, a Rrooklynite, who
died last week, so years old. He was,
a few years ago, worth more than
million dollars. yet he died In pow
erty, the fate of many Investors
Much Of his money was squandered on
boom towns In the West, particularly
in Council Bluffs. Iowa. and San
born, N. D., and also in catering TO
personal eccentricities From an In
come Of $1,000 week on royalties his
income dwindled to nothing. He had
fad for being photographed. having
made more than 700 aitting5
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-11
THE WEEKLY
PANORAMA
TO SUCCEED Won PLEHvg.

Two Russian Statesmen Considered
For High Position.
A special dispatch to London from
st. Petersburg to the Agence Russo
says Count Ignatieh will succeed the
late M. Won Plehve as minister OF the
interior.
Nicholas Paulovitch Ignatieff was
born at st. Petersburg in 1889 and
entered the guard when II years old.
Later he was appointed military at
tache to the Russian embassy in Lon
don and in 1858 was sent on a special
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-11
chance for Man win Bralns.

Cash for brains Is still the cry. The
Queensland government find that the
prickly pear, a kind Of cactus. has
proved so vigorous weed that SOS, 600
has been offered for a sure means Of
eradieatinE it,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-11
King oaoar's Interest IN countrymsn.

King Oscars Interest In countrymen.
That King Oscar of Sweden and
Norway takes an interest in bis coun.
trymen in America IS shown by the
fact that few days after the death
OF Dr. O. A. swenson Of Lindsbors.
Kan, ne cabled to Lindsborg that he
desired to have cast OF DR.. Sven
son taken for bust to be exhibited
.at the 81. Louis fair and then sent to
the royal palace IN Sweden. to adoFn
one Of the klng'e rooms. His majesty
offered 70 assume all the EXPENSE.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-11
N. v. MuravleH.

president of the Venezuelan tribunal
and is the author Of well-kHown
works on judicial subjects.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-05
WAR MAPS.

Ozark, June 4, 1904.
Editor The Advertiser:
/ am very anxious for a map cover
ing the seat of war of the Russians and
Japs. have your general outline.
but it does not give the names of all
the towns. Why do the map makers
not help us out?
We have a mind to admit the war
maps give US a lot of trouble. We
can rarely find the place on the map
We have never, as our readers we'll
know, pretended to rank as a military
expert. We have steadily left befog-
ging of this sort to the geniuses., we
have. however, felt 1t incumbent on
ourselves as intelligent observers to
watch the progress of the campaign in
the East. We have desired at times to
know just where the Russian forces
were and where the Japanese. Now
our equipment in the way of maps is
fairly good and we make no reference
to the fieeting temporary things. the
marvel of the school boy for one hour.
Our complaint is that with maps pur-
porting to be reliable we cannot find
the place we are looking for. We are
not blaming the photographers nor are
we assuming a weakness in vanity of
spirit. We make our confession, too.
with every feeling of respect for the
Russian and Chinese languages. We
confess we would not be able to under
stand how any man could remain COW
cred for any length of time in the pres
ence of another who can read and
speak either Of those tongues. We
know, too. that the types play tricks
and mistakes can easily occur in words
where every other letter is "u" or an
m" or a ~" Allowances are made for
all ordinary human infirmities and in
spite of this we are constrained to ad-
init that such is our trouble in finding
places on the map that at times we are
all but resolved to wait until the war
is over to find out what happened, by
what stages and over what routes the
victorious army or armies advanced
We confide this much with the hope
that IT may cheer the heart of lonely
students, who like ourselves are not
military experts and who would yet
get IL they can an intelligent grasp OF
events In the Orient.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-05

cend to fall into line, but not other
wise Any straight Democratic nomi-
nation is certain to meet his disap-
prevail He has said as much already.
The gentlemen at the South who are
so much inclined to Sickle for regu-
larity will do well to examine into the
attitude of the person from Nebraska.
II everything and everybody putativeiy
Democratic must be squared hereafter
by Mr.. Bryan's position in order to be
regular 1t will be as well to do away
with national conventions entirely and
deputize the editor of The Commoner
to name the tickets and to write the
platforms 1t will hardly do to make
a rule for a man like Grover Cleveland
which cannot be applied to man like
Mr.. Bryan.
Aside from the fact that he stand
for certain fixed principles which are
well thought of, the availability Of MFR.
Cleveland as candidate liessdn the fact
that he is universally admitted to be
the strongest Democrat in the country.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-05
RoosEyELrs FALSE CLAIM.

The Richmond Times Dispatch thus
disposes of Roosevelt's bombastic as
sertion at Gettysburg that the war be-
tween the States was "a war for right
eousness:"
Clearly the President was speaking
from the Northern point of view and
while we are willing to give full credit
TO the patriotic Northern men who
fought for the preservation OF the
Union, we will never concede that the
1t righteous that the Federal govern
ment rode rough-shod over the rights
OF the Southern States under the Con-
stitution to withdraw peacefully from
the Union. when through the intoler-
ance and oppression of the North the
association had become to the people
Of the South intoierable? Was 1t
Righteousness for the Northern troops
tonly and maliciously to destroy prop
erty and lay waste the whole country
with fire and sword? Was Sheridan's
march. through the Valley righteous?
ly say that the Northern people as a
whole were inspired by Righteousness
in the conception and conduct of that
W war; u the war was wagsd in spirit
die when the South was conquered and
PROSTATE? Why was there such dis
play Of malice and revenge. In the So
States? Why were the men OF. the
South, who, as Mr.. Roosevelt Says.
fought so ga1laptly and so conscien-
tiousiy. deprived of the right 70 vote,
deprived of all part in the reconstruc-
tion of their government, while the
ballot was put into the hands of the
negroes who were just out of slavery
and utterly incompetent to exercise the
right of franchise? How could right
eousness strike a fallen. but gallant foe
as the North struck the PROSTATE South
after the war? How could righteous
ness show such cruelty and such a
tion still further to punish and humiI-
late the South by committing the af-
fairs of the Southern States to a horde
of ignorant negroes led by graceless
carpet-baggers? From all such right
eousness," we say in perfect reverence.
Good Lord, deliver u.s."
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-05
JERSEYS "a VOTES.
win be Forthcoming for Parker.


New York Herald.
That Judge Alton 3. Parker will re-
ceive the twenty-four votes of New
Jersey in the Democratic National
Convention. under the unit rule, was
indicated yesterday by a poll of the
delegates made by The Herald. Out
of seventeeA responses received nine
delegates declared for JudgeParker and
six were undecided. The others are
for Judge Gray and Richard Olney.
Robert C. Davis, Democratic leader
of Hudson County and one Of the dele
gates at large. said last night that
nineteen of the twenty-four delegates
favored Judge Parker's nomination.
The other Ave delegates are controlled
by James Smith, Jr., of Newark who
is said to have entered the Murphyanti-
Parker league. AS the State Conven-
ton bound the delegates by the unite
rule, the FIVE will have to bow to the
will OF the majority.
There is rivalry between Mr.. Davis
and Mr.. Smith for the control of the
delegation. Mr.. Smith succeeded in
preventing instructions in the State
Convention, but the declaration OF
Grover Cleveland in favor of Judge
Parker since then has had q strong in
fiuence upon the delegates.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-05
letters to the editor
japan and the Phiiipp,ne..

Editor The Advertiser:
The demonstrated civilization of ia
pan would justify the United States 10
transferring to that country the Phil
ippine Islands. Our sole original OBJ
ject in the occupancy of those remote
provinces was benevolent assimila-
ton" There seems to be no immedi-
ate prospect of realization of our high
t?) purpose. Japan would doubtless
pay the 10000, 900 cost price to US and
indemnify us for all outlay of posses
sion, say double the cost price. The
United States could retain the port of
Manila conditionally.
Japan would soon open the Philip
pines to a great trade. We would thus
have profitable feeder of the Gulf
ports through the isthmian canal. II
the administration will take my sage
counsel 1t will advance this idea to
Russia. Upon 1t Japan would doubt
less agree to suspend the present wal
in order to apply its money and re-
sources to the colonization of the Phil
ippines. II Russia is driven out OF
Manchuria she will. beyond doubt
make war to get control of the Black
Sea. Antt-Imperialtst
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-05

AN ENGLIsHmAN IN WASHINGTON


Henry w. Lucy, Toby, NJ. p of
Punch. has visited washington lately
and gives his impressions of the place
in recent number of Cornhil1 Maya
zine. He took to the place kindly and
he saw many things that interested
him. OF course he made Mistakes the
White House he reports faces the Cap
ttol and there are other evidences that
his visit was hurried. 1t could not
have been hurry, however. that pro-
wokes the deep damnation he pro-
nounces on the paintings and statuary
he found in our greatest public build
lng. He gravely suggests these should
be used to line the banks of the Pan
anna Canal or mark the Alaskan boun-
nary.
The Library he found wonderful and
thinks one would like to live in Wash
sngton if it were only for the privi-
sege of going daily to this hall of in
telleetual delight" He liked the Wash
sngton monument, too. 1t is a fash
Son with some supercilious folk to
speak of that monument as a Chin
ney." II did look like chimney in its
old unfinished days when Mark Twain
so dubbed it. AS 1t is the English
man praises 1t for its combination of
simplicity and strength and declares no
memorial conceived by man could more
appropriately keep green the memory
Of Washington. Not a word or date
is inscribed upon it, a reticence that is
the suplimation of its perfection" For
ourselves we make bold to say if the
Greeks had erected such a shaft to the
dead of Marathon and so given the
monolfth a Hellenic vogue, the earth
would be numbered with its reproduce
tions.
Mr.. Lucy recalls the curious fact that
Washington being laid out after the
designs of a Partisan engineer, got it's
wide sweeping avenues so that these
might be easily swept by cannon used
TO destroy mobs. The terrors of the
French Revolution were fresh in mind
when the new Capital was founded.
The sight in Washington, however,
was the President. Lucy dined with
him and he is loud in praise of the va
ried and animated quality of his talk.
This was quite de haut bias. as the
French say. Our Emperor Dragged on
his fellow sovereign in Germany, said
sf his brother had been born in the
United States he would have come to
be boss of his ward. Why not Presi
dent? In the presence of John Hay
and Ambassador Jusserand. Roosevelt
declared. Il shall not pretend 1 was not
prepared for emergencies-at Panama"
Nobody doubts. Mr.. President, you were
prepared; you were disgracefully we'll
prepared. You set up the government
one day and treated with it as an in
dependent state the next
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-05
May BE a Dark Horse.

CooSa Democrat.
If Parker is not nominated on ffrst
ballot at st. Louis no one can predict
with any certainty who may be. 1t Is
believed now that a dark horse may
be nominated. Yet we have a large
list of possibilities. whose names have
been mentioned, to select from. Mary
land wants German, Wisconsin Is for
e. c. Wall, Massachusetts, thinks Oiney
the best chance, Delaware presses for
Gray, the labor and capital arbiter
Missouri will present Senator Cockrell
Confederate general. Then Missouri
has two dark horses in the persons OF
Ex-Governor Francis and Joe Folk the
Doodle prosecutor. Ohio has faYorite
son, Judson Harmon. who was for a
short time Attorney General during
Cleveland's administration, Pennsylva-
MIA would like to see Ex-Governor Pat
tison nominated. After Parker New
York would like to offer Mcclellan
For Democratic success no one doubts
that Parker is the best chance. Nc
Clellan and German come next
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-05
HenIn Kissed.

Coosa Democrat.
Before the State Convention, Helm
was Missed down amid unanimous in
dignatiop. 1t was when w w Screws
after a patriotic speech Withdrew his
name from the convention as a dele
gate at large. Because of opposition
and feeling of bitterness Mr.. Screws
withdrew, that the proceedings might
be harmonious and free fro millwill, and
not result in disappointment to any
one. This was noble spirit that was
recognized by the convention, and dele
gates from all parts of the State yelled
for Screws to stay in the race. Just
at this juncture, T. ]. Hefih in a sar.
moved the convention to proceed to
nominate four Democrats. He at
tempted to speak further. but the spon-
taneous outburst of indignation and
the continued kissing and expression of
contempt forced Hefiin to his seat 1t
was the incident or the convention and
the evident contempt of the mass of
delegates was crushing. There were
others who differed with Major Screws
In some of his political views, but they
recognized the fact hat he is one of
the most honored Democrats and
statesmen in Alabama and aside from
Helm there was not another delegate
in the convention who had so little
self-respect as to offer an insult to one
of the oldest and most faithful SER
wants in Alabama. The convention was
composed largely of young men and
the incident taught them that the host
Of the better bred people of our State
would not allow a vulgar insult full of
personal feeling to be thrust at one of
her most noble sons Major Screws
is SIS years old, n prominent journalist
and one of the faithful survivors Of the
Confederate war. He is a man of cour-
age, principles and convictions, none
of which Helm has ever been accused
of. Before hybrid gatherings, where
no principle is involnved and whore
cheap anecdotes and ridicule go at a
premium, Helm is a star actor. but the
intelligence of our people is not car
ried away by such chat.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-05
No soda-Pon CandIdnte.

Edward Wisner in Chicago Chronicle.
There has been very little said con-
corning the candidate for Vice4Presi-
dent to be nominated at st. Louis.
1t has been customary in both parties
to give the Vice-Presidency to the de-
feated faction, but I submit that such
a course would at this time be fatal
to Democracy's chances no matter how
good a Democrat may head the ticket
The American people have learned
through sorry experience that Vice
Presidents sometimes succeed to the
chief magistracy, and they do not
want to take even a slight chance OF
getting a soda-pop statesman in the
Presidential chair. The houseclean-
ing job at st. Louis ought to be
thoroughly done.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-05

when he declares. as he did in his Get
tysburg speech, that the war between
the States was fought for the psrpose
Of freeing the slaves. The Record is
correct unless there was vast deal of
falsifying done while the war was GO
ing on. for the Northern people denied
that It was a war to free the negroes.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-05

There is among compositors and othe,
employers OF printing offices in the CITY 81
Mexico project to place a big marble
plate at the corner Of Moneda and Cerrada
de santa Teresa street Opposite the post.
reading that 1t was in this house whers
the first printing office in America was e.
tablished
council to give this ceremony an official
character Delegations Of compositors arr
now inviting all members Of the fraternity
II money enough is raised. in addition "a
the plate marble or bronze bust Of Gut.
tenberg will be placed at the corner
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7
There would have been considerably
more force to the resolution of the
Nebraska mountaineering the Kan
sas City platform and to the whole ac-
ton of the convention IL the chairman
had not refused to entertain another
resolution pledging the Nebraska
Democracy to the National ticket
selected at St. Louis, regardless of who
the CANDIDATES might be, The adoption
of such a resolution by the Nebraska
Democracy would have cleared away all
misconception as to its attitude or that
of its great leader, and would have an
swered many criticisms. Nebraska has
sixteen delegates.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-05

Will some one tell us what the ides
of November" has to do with the cleo
ton? We are constantly seeing the
expression used in connection with the
Presidential election but fall to see the
point
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-05

The Baldwin Standard acknowledges
receipt of a cabbage weighing forty
pounds, which we think may justly be
placed in the mammoth class. Wonder
IL the donor sent some bacon along
with TT
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-05
NOTICE To MEMBERS OF THE
ALABAMA PRESS ASSOCIATION

VIII the members of the Alabama
Press Association who expect to attend
the meeting at Bessemer. June zsth'
please let me know at once just what
transportation they will want. Please
be prompt and explicit. and I will take
the matter up with the railroads 1t
is hoped this notice will be sufficient.
8. p. West. Secretary,
Alabama Press Association.