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Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1904-12-08

Miss Mary Burks, of Houston, Tex,
is the guest OF her cousins, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. G. Burks. Miss Burks Will
remain with her relatives several
weeks
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1904-12-08
ps,ox sAk,so PowoEs Co..
CHICAGO.

IT begins to look now as though
Mexico would not have a rev union
station before spring.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1904-12-08

The meat markets in Mexico will
close on Sunday during the winter.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1904-12-08
A Prominent Member OF |. o. 0. r.
Threatened With Brieht's Disease
Pe-ru-na Restored Him to Health.

o. Fred Lindstrcm, Past Grand Master
Independents Order Of Odd Fellows,
writes from 1923 University Ave-, st.
Paul, Mimi:
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1904-12-08

Col. l. II. Talbot and William
Vivion are in Neeleyville on business.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1904-12-08

Miss Halle Trigg has returned to
her home in Fulton after visiting in
this city.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1904-12-08
BUYS Stuart Property.

Mrs. Addie Stuart, joint owner with
George Stuart Of the William Stuart
residence in Boulevard avenue, has
purchased Mr.. Stuart's interest In
the property for $4,000.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1904-12-08

Squire Dudley is in st. Louis on
,usinasg
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1904-12-08

Judge s NJ. Edwards is home from
Jefferson City.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1904-12-08

Courage is a Matter
of the Blood.
VI ~ @%
without ~ ~ AN
good red II. s. Il a.
blood a NsSSSSNNN$f4
man has a WRS%&SNE |<f
weak W#&AS&% .&&z a..
heart and &x1H&M ssSS$SN "a T.
poor nerves. &.S12%$NS4z* 2
Anemia means thin &V&S 81
ness of blood. II Is 2; W
common in men and
young women and all
those who work indoors,
who do not get enough outdoor air and
good oxygen in their lungs. There are too
many white blood corpuseles in such cases,
and there is often peculiar sound in the
ncart Caileo uuIu1ufi IN C1eee VI enehia.
This heart murmur is caused by thinness
of the blood passing through the heart
The murmur Of anemia disappears when
the blood regains its natural consistency
and richness. II is not heart disease.
Sometimes people suffer intense pain over
the heart, which is not heart disease, but
caused by the stomach. II Is the occasion
Of much anxiety, alarm and suffering, for
which its victim Is dependent upon reflex
disturbances from the stomach csused BY
indigestion. In the same way many bad
coughs are dependent upon these redez
disturbances OF what Is called the pneumo.
gastric nerve. To enrich the blood and
Increase the red blood corpuscles thereby
feeding the nerves on rich red blood and
doing away with nervous iritability, take
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
which promotes digestion and assimilstioz
Of food 50 that the blood gets its propei
supply Of nourishment from the stomach
Get as near to natures way as you can
medicine made entirely Of botanical en-
tracts and which does not contain alcohol 4
the safest DR.. Pierce's Golden Medica
Discovery contains no alcohol or narcotics
Dr. Pierce,s Pleasant Pellets are tn
best liver pills.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1904-12-08
SHOTS BY THE DOCTOR. /"

Work is the only cure for that tired
feeling.
BY making big bluff some people
can shun lots Of work,
II YOU make your path long anu
straight there will be no bends
Always remember, when you are
getting up in the world that there Is
room on top.
All of our great men were poor boys
once.
When you are looking for asoit .n'a' SNAP
YOU will find hard turn IN u s'
where.
Time waits for no one'
Never put of work for tO-nO'iO"'
as it never comes.
Remember you can never Vsii
in a package until its openeu'
Always remember that it is no us
grace to work.
Love is an accumulation Oi "'
thoughts.
The only thing that will hold hold
nroEeu heart together is wedloCk'
no,,, nile YOUR thoughts too hign
II 50 their will be a down tall Vi "O'''
TOO mAny E.Z.M.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1904-12-08

1853 acres, 2 miles northwest Of Mex
leo, well improved.
d2-wtf WARREN HEDGES.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1904-12-08

Mrs. A. R. Waterman is still very
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1904-12-08

Bob Hooton is soon to place before
the public the celebrated Spotted
Family" and wedding bells will ring.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1904-12-08
Jcrofula

Few are entirely free from 1t.
1t may develop so slowly as to cause
little II any disturbance during the whole
period Of childhood.
1t may then produce irregularity Of the
stomach and bowels, dyspepsia, catarrh,
and marked tendency to consumption
before manifesting itself in much cutaneous
eruption or glandular swelling.
1t is best to be sure that you are quite
free from 1t, and for its complete eradica-
tlon you can rely on
Hoods Jdrsdpdriiia
The best Of all medicines for all humois.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1904-12-08

wANTED-A representative isa ,s.s ,s
and about Mexico to sell leone cOle'' Coed s,si
opportunity for right man man . 4uu's9 Tr1 o.,
IHh oil Market St,
,oa St Louis, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1904-12-08

Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruna Almanac for 1905
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1904-12-08

Joel Adcock is home from ST. Louis
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1904-12-08

Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, o.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
THE DEATH LIST
IS S|XTy-FVE
Sixty-Five Bodies Have Been Recov-
cred from Connellsville Wreck.
NEARLY ALL ARE IDENTIFIED
Funerals Are Being Held ms Fast as
the OverwOrked Undertakers Can
Services - Special
Services Held For Dead.

Connellsville, Pa, Dec. 26.-Another
name has been added to the long death
list resulting from the Duquesne linn
tied wreck on the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad at Dawson, Pa, on Wednes-
day. Harry Devlin, one OF the three
remaining patients at the Cottage
State hospital, died Friday morning.
The total dead now numbers 65, and
this probably completes the list, as
the two still at the hospital are doing
well and will probably ecover. Dew
Inns home was at Homecoming, Md.
Special Services For the Dead.
There was one Christmas funeral
that of Edison Goldsmith. Goldsmith
was a popular young man, and an i'm
mense attended the serv-
ices. The bodies of the other Con
nellsville victims will be held until Sat
urday or Sunday before burial. In
fact, this is a necessity, as the under
takers are too overworked to attempt
to conduct several funerals in a day.
Special services for the dead were
held in all the Protestant churches of
the coke regions Friday, and after
the burial of Father Fienello. which
will take place to-day, the Catholic
churches will hold masses for the
dead. The body of Father Fienello
was conveyed to the main body of the
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Friday morning, where it will remain
in state until the funeral services on
Saturday.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
BAD WRECK ON THE WABASH.
Engineer Thomas Whitten, of Mo-
berIy. Mo-. Killed and Two
Persons Injured.

Kansas City, Mo, Dec. ga tele-
phone message from Mexico, Mo-, says:
Wabash fast mail, which left Oma-
ha at 5:55 "Wednesday night for ST.
Louis, collided head-on with a north
bound cattle train between Mexico and
Benton City, shortly after five o'clock
Thursday morning. One engineer was
killed and several persons were in
jured. 1t is believed that none OF the
injured will die. They were brought
to this city. The baggage and mail
cars were badly damaged and many
cattle were killed, but only slight dam
age was done to the passenger coaches.
The names of the dead and injured
follow:
Engineer Thomas Written, of Mo-
berly, dead.
G. w. Blodgett, of Bussey, Ia; Charles
Robert Lamont, Vandusky, Mont, dam
gerously injured.
The latter two were stealing a ride
between the express car and tender.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
THE THANkLESS CUBANS
They Are Said to Be Planning Some
Underhand Work.
Should the Report Prove Correct 1t
May Result in AbroGatiOn of
the Reciprocity Treaty.

Washington, Dec. 25.-lnformation
has reached President Roosevelt and
the state department that leading mem
bers~ of the Cuban congress. are plan
ming to change the tariff law of that
country in order to wipe out the re-
duction provided for in the reciprocity
treaty put in force by the bill just
passed by congress.
A bill is now pending before the ways
and means committee of the Cuban SEN
ate which will have this effect, and it
is intended to be put in force by the
time the treaty becomes operative, or
shortly after.
So much surprised were the president
and administration officials at this con-
dition that Acting Secretary of State
Loomis at once ordered an ~investiga-
ton in Cuba.
Important members of the admins
tration said that if any such bill was
to be passed, and it was found in OPP
GRAFTON to be in any way discriminate
ing or to have the effect OF wiping out
the reduction on American products
provided for in the treaty, ear will
be taken to abrogate the reciprocity
convention at once.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
A MONSTER STEAM ENGINE.
1t Took Twenty-Five Cars to Trans-
port 1t From Milwaukee to
the worlds Fair.

st. Louis, Dec. 25.-Twenty-one cars
bearing the largest steam engine in the
world, arrived on the Worlds fair site
yesterday. The engine is the product
of the Allis-Chalmers company, OF
Milwaukee and Chicago, and will form
part of the exposition's great power
plant, besides being an exhibit.
1t is a 5,0O0-horse-power machine,
Two engines of the same pattern are
in course of construction for the Man
haitian Elevated railway of New York
and the power plant of the Paris,
France, underground railroad.
The engine will be installed in the
center nave of Machinery hall, just
east of the big gas engine. Already
the foundations for the great mechan-
ical giant have been put in place, and
installation of the engine will COM
mence at nee.
The total gross weight of the ship
ment is 720 tons. divided into 202 sep
arate parts. The heaviest single part
made up of the shaft of the engine.
together with the hub of the flywheel
weighs 70 tons. The lywheel is in ten
pieces, and its total weight is 116 tons
The total weight Of the shaft and fly
wheel is 1S9 tons.
When erected the engine will occu-
by a floor space 80 feet by 40 feet and
will tower SO feet above the floor level
The foundations extend 22 feet below
the floor level.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
MORE SUITS AGAINST D0WIE,
Creditors Ask Permission to Start
Proceedings Before the Zion
Leader Leaves the Country.

Chicago, Dec. 26.-Further legal
troubles for John Alexander Dowie
were started Thursday when a petit
ton was filed in the United States dis
trict court asking for permission to
start suits against Dowie in the state
courts while bankruptcy proceedings
are still pending.
The attorney who filed the petition
and who represents several creditors,
gave as a reason a belief that Dowie is
to leave the jurisdiction of the court
on December 81 on a trip to Australia.
Judge Kohlsaat intimdted he would
not object to the starting of suits if
Dowie's counsel is allowed to appear
in court.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
A MISSOURI PACIFIC WRECK.
Several Persons Injured In "a Wreck
at Everest, Has.

several Persons Injured In "a Wreck
at Everest, Has.
Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. ga special
to the Star from Atchison, Kas., says:
Missouri Pacific sOuthbound passen-
ger No. SO, from Omaha for Kansas
City, ran into an open switch at Ever
est at three o'clock Thursday morning
and collided with a freight train
standing on a siding. The mail and
baggage car were damaged, and the
front end of the smoker was forced
onto the platform of the baggage car.
Two of the crew and two passengers
were hurt, none dangerously.
The injured:
Cornelius Young, of Boone, Ia, hurt
about side and rib broken.
Blanche Jackson, Lecompton, Kas.,
bruised and cut.
Joseph Dudley, fireman, shoulder
hurt. ia.ss
Henry Schibel, engineer, bruised.
The other passengers escaped with a
severe shaking Up.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
TRAPPED BY DECOY LETTER
Leo r. Brennan Arrested in Chicago
For Attempted Extortion.
threatening Letters Were Sent to
Many MfIiionaires, Demanding
Large Sums of Money.

Chicago, Dec. ga source of mys-
terious letters demanding large sums
of money, which for the last six
months have been received by men
high in the financial world of New
York and Chicago, was Thursday
traced to Leo r. Brennan, a CONNER
cial artist of Chicago, and Brennan
was arrested as he was leaving the
general post Office, where he had gone
in answer to a decoy letter. When
confronted with evidence, Brennan
confessed to having attempted to en-
force a dozen demands for sums of
$4,000 and $4,000, and having threat
ened his intended victims with death
should they refuse pay.
In his confession, Brennan declared
that all his attempts to extort money
had been futile, as he had lever re-
ceived a dollar in answer to his de-
mands. The New York f%inanciers of
whom Brennan demanded money were
j. Pierpont Morgan, John D.. Rookie
Carnegie. OF each of these men he
demanded $780, 900 in his first letters,
and On receiving no replies, it is said.
reduced the amount demanded to $25,
600. Upon those in Chicago on
whom Brennan attempted to levy trib.
ute were Marshall Field, r. T. Crane,
J. Ogden Armour and B. F. Swift
None of the Chicago men was asked
for more than $25, 900.
In the case of Marshall Field, Bren.
nan wrote under the name of William
Craig. He first asked Mr.. Field to leave
$4,000 beneath a Pillar of the porch
at Fields home. A few days ago a
decoy letter was sent to Brennan tell
ing him that his demand on Mr.. Field
would be met. Then a package was
prepared and addressed to Craig" to
be delivered at the registered letter
apartment of the general post Office
Brennan called at the post Office. asked
for and was given the package. Signing
the receipt, Brennan, with a pleased
smile on his face, turned to walk away
and walked into the arms of four de
tectives, who had been watching the
proceedings.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
FlFrY.ElcHTH CONGRESS.


80. H-aEW#. .n#&
Senate-After a session of two and .
quarter hours. the senate adjourned. or
the 18th, until January 4. The sitting was
largely devoted to n speech by MIR. Pet
tus, of Alabama. on the s%ituation in Pan.
anna, in which he took the position thai
the recognizing the Republic of Panama
by the United States had been premature
ana of such a character as to render !,
OF doubtful appearance. Senator German
sought, but failed to secure, an order
upon OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, directing
him TO send to the senate the full recorc
of the post office department inquiry. Eis
resolution to this effect was defeated fol
the time by an objection from Mr.. quay
......House-The house, after being In SEES
sion an hour, on the 18th, adjourned TOT
the holiday recess. A resolution was
agreed to by which the postmaster-2en-
eral was requested to forward to the
house papers in connection with the pos
Office investigation. Mr.. Williams Offered
a resolution, providing that the papers
come direct to the house, instead of to 9
committee, which was agreed to withou'
opDOSitiOn.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
any movement towards Panama.
FEEDING NEW YORK'S POOR.
Twenty-Five Thousand Families and
Five Thousand Homeless Fed
by the Salvation Army.

New York, Dec. 26.-The Salvation
army, in keeping with it's annual GUS
tom, distributed Christmas dinners to
25,00G OF New York's poor at the
Grand Central palace Friday. Begin
ming at 10 o'clock, 5000 baskets, each
containing a satisfying dinner for a
family of five persons. were distrib-
uted. Friday evening 5000 of the city's
homeless poor sat down to tables laden
with turkeys, cranberry and 9th
err good things of the season. Com
mander Booth-Tucker was in personal
charge, assisted by the entire staff of
the army in this city.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
SUNK OUTSIDE
N0RWALK HARD0R
The Starin Line Steamer Erastus
Corning Sunk.
PANIC AMONG THE PASSENGERS
All the Latter Safely Landed, hut
I'm n Condition of Disabi11e
and Minus All Of Their
Baggage.

South Norwalk, Conn, Dec. 25.-ln a
thick fog, Thursday, the steamer Eras-
tus Corning, of the Starin line. bound
from New Haven for New York with
80 passengers and a heavy cargo OF
freight, struck on the rocks of Copps
island. just outside Norwalk harbor. A
hole two feet square was stove in the
side of the steamer, and within five
minutes she sank in Is feet OF water.
4 Scene of Panic.
The shock of the collision and the
shouts of the crews reused the passen-
gers, who rushed on deck in a panic.
Most of them were thinly clad. One
woman jumped overheard, but was res
cued by a member of the crew. During
the confusion six of the passengers
cleared a small boat and left the
steamer, and up to this time have not
been heard from, The boat contained
two men and four ONE
All Minus Their Baggage.
Aside from the missing party, all the
passengers and crew reached here safe
ly on board a tug, and the passengers
soon after left by train for New York.
Some of them had 40 outer wraps, and
all were without baggage, the vessel
having filled with water so quickly
that they had barely time to seize cloth
ing and rush to the deck.
Was "a Mile on Her Course.
The Erastus Corning left New Haven
late Wednesday night. She encoun-
tered thick weather in the sound, and
was proceeding slowly when she sud
denly went on the rocks on Copp's is
land, about a mile off her usual course.
The launch with some of the crew
were sent to this city for assistance,
and a tug was sent to the stranded
steamer.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
Rams Horn Blasts.

Sin sows the seed of sorrow.
Character is never born full grown.
The life that does not go out cannot
go up.
A human cry of need is a heavenly
commission.
The gods that men make are always
less than the men that God makes.
The fight of time ought to remind
us of the coming of the time of our
flight.
A prayerful hearing of the sermon
is as important as its ~prayerful prepa-
ration.
The survival Of the fittest may be
the way of law, but the salvation of
the failures is the way of love.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
SNOW STORM CAUSES WRECK
Brakeman Fatally Injured and
Three Cars and the Engine
Were Completely Demolished.

Chicago, Dec. 26.-During a heavy
snow storm Friday a suburban train
on the Pennsylvania road crashed into
the real of a freight train of the CHI
cago. Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad,
at Fifty-fOurth street. James Dooly, a
brakeman on the Pennsylvania train,
was fatally hurt. and four railroad
men sustained trifing injuries. Three
cars of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul train and the engine of the Penn
~sylvania train were demolished.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
FUNERAL OF MRS. RUTH HOAR
Services Held in Washington Over
the emafnS of the Wife of Sem
atOr HOar. of Massachusetts.

Washington, Dec. 26.-Funeral serv-
ices were held Friday over the remains
of Mrs. Ruth Hoar, wife OF Senator
Hoar, of Massachusetts. at the resi-
dence of the senator in this city. The
services were conducted by the Rev.
u. S. G. Pierce, of All Souls Unitarian
church, and were attended by Presi-
dent Roosevelt. Accompanied by the
senator, the remains were Friday aft
ernoon taken to Worcester, where the
interment will be.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR YET
The Year In the Pennsylvania An
thracite Coal Region Most Sus-
cessfuI in History.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Dec. 25.-When the
anthracite collieries suit down Thurs
day night for a holiday until January
4, the most successful year IN the his
tory of the region had come to a close.
Total shipments will aggregate So
000, 900 tons, exceeding by 5000, 900
tons the best previous record. The
proceeds of this output at tidewater
are estimated at $273, 900 900, and the
workers who produced it received in
about SIS, 900 900.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
FOR IMMEDIATE SERVICE.
Secret Orders Issued to Get Troop
ships Sherman and Newport in
Readiness For Service.

San Francisco, Dec. 26.-Orders
by local transport officials to get the
t%roopships Sherman and Newport in
readiness for service immeditely. The
transport officials maintain secrecy as
to the orders received and refuse to
divulge the intended destination of
the vessels. 1t is generally believed.
however, that it is the intention to
have the troopships in readiness for
any movement towards Panama.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
IcaIousx Pramnted Tragedx

Joplin, Mo-, Dec. 26.-Charles shy
der, a baker, shot and dangerously
wounded T. j. Eitzen and Mrs. Lizzie
Reed at Galena Friday night and then
committed suicide. Eitzen is propri-
etor of a bakery where Snyder and the
women were employed by him. Jeal-
ousy is said to have prompted the
tragedy.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
FOR USE AS A PRISON SHIP.
The GunbOat Manila to BE Com
~missiOned As "a Prison Ship
at Vallejo, Cal.

Vallejo, Cal, Dec. 25.-Tne Manila,
one of the Spanish gunboats captured
in the Philippines, will be commits
stoned in a few days, moored near the
receiving ship independence and piled
under the control of the commanding
officer of that ship. The Manila will
be in charge of a commanding officer
and a marine guard of ten men and
will be used as a prison ship.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
Grapes from Canaan

Aspiration is to life than res
piration.
One bad habit may bind as fast to
the devil as twenty.
There never yet was a currency that
could purchase content.
That which is not honest with men
is not honorable with God
There is more danger in the under
ground currents of desire than in The
overhead winds of temptation.
Some men pray in the morning for
the death of their passions and then
spend he day in feeding them.-Ram's
Horn.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
Juda.e Pope Barrow.

Mobile, Ala, Dec. 25.-Judge Pope
Barrow, of the superior court, an ex-
United States senator, was seized with
vertigo while trying a cas- in chamber
Wednesday afternoon. He fell into the
arms of a court attache, and died a
few hours later.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
ON HIS WAY TO THE COAST.
United States Minister Es-
cOrted BY a Company of CO.
IOmbian Artillery.

New York, Dec. 25.-Cable reports
from the interior of Colombia announce
that United States Minister Beupre,
who is on his way to the coast from
Bogota, bound for home on a vacation,
has left Honda on the Magadelan
steamer, with a company of artillery
as escort. The Colombia government
sent the soldiers with him at his re-
quest.
Hostile demonstrations are feared at
river ports along the line.
Mr.. Beaupre is due at Cartagena Sun
day,
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08

Cleveland, o., Dec. 25.-P. P. Wright,
assistant general manager of the Lake
Shore railroad, will retire, on January
1, on full pay. Mr.. Wright entered the
employ of the Lake Shore in 1861; was
with the Erie from 1873 to 1881, and
again with the Lake Shore since.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
Fire at westerly. II. 1.

Westerly, R., l., Dec. 25.-The
Brown block, the finest building in
town, was Quilted by fire tonight, en-
failing an estimated loss of nearly
>150, 200. The first floor was occupied
by stores, and the remainder by offices.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
Died of His Injuries.

Mexico, Mo-, Dec. &c. w. Blod-
gett, of Busy, Ia, who was hurt in a
wreck on the southbound Wabash
train near here Thursday, died at
the Windsor Hotel Friday. G. R. La
mont, of Vandusky, Mont, who also
was hurt, is believed to be in a dying
condition.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
Dreyfus Case Revision.

Paris, Dec. 25.-The Dreyfus commits
sion has unanimously recommended a
revision of the case by the criminal
branch of the court of cessation. The
court will assemble next month to hear
the case.