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Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-03

John Brewer Is home from . busi-
ness trip 70 Texas where be disposed
OF . carload Of cotton mules 70 good
advantage.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-03

GOVERNMENT treasury officials are
having a hard time explaining the
present deficits in their department.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-03
NOTICE TO THE !
FAX PAYER
OF AudTaln County, No.

NOTICE Is hereby given that | N
~ be at the following places on n
dates mentioned, for the purpOs
collecting all taxes due said cOuu1
Please bring your last years recsIu]
Rush Hill, Thursday, DecemberlI
Benton City, Monday, December
Martinsburg, Tuesday, December
Laddonia, Thursday, December /
Ruwena, Monday, December Il.
Sailing, Tuesda,, December Is.
Sturgeon, Wednesday, December
Centralia, Thursday, December Is.
Mt. Carmel, Monday, December lI
Vandalia, Tuesday and Wednessd
December 20 and 81.
Farber, Thursday, December p
Office 10 Mexico will posltlvsly |
closed on all Of the above dates
ALBERT HARRISON,
Collector Audfain County, MaI
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-03
PilcherJewelr Co.
SOUTH OF Rusoo HOTEL.

EVERY Democrat should remember
1894, and make his arrangements 70
vote on the eighth.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-03

Those wishing TO investigate Osteo
patnY VIII find DR.. Traughber at bis
once Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturday.
and Sundays. Examinations are free
A lady in attendance. Once across
ne street east Of the post ONCE. Once
hours 7 q. m. to 8 p. m. Special hours
oy appointment Telephone 1855.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-03

CONE to Mexico saturday, Noyem-
Der ffth and bring your family to the
big Democratic rally,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-03

Notice ls hereby given. that aeal se,ss ~
the estate Of Name. d Carter drss-ssss %
made Il tbs Nov. terl. OF ne n ~
Of Audraln CDunty, Missouri, sonsn J
Nov. 1904. A. EDMoNstV'
mi j, Gull ...sa
uiuistt~
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-03

Eetos is hereby sivse that ensi .s. 90
the estate OF Bette sims ~ Pne
made a. The Nov. term Il ~
coau Of Aadr1ln count, hissoan -
- HeEic, Miasvun. on to- fnryf
p seF, is< sokeVszsas<
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-03

Richard Bradley and wife, Of Fort
Collins, Col, are the guests Of Mr..
Bradley's parents, Elder James Brad.
ley and wife.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-03

Col. Dick Shell. of east Audrain,
was In this city Tuesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-03
.Slggill Road Disy|

Notice Of the Rssabmissioa Of
posi- ion to the qualified ~ q
Township 81. Range 0, Ausa.
County, Missouri to NAL Iaoia
Township 81, Range 0. > s,i !
Road District. 'Pecl
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-03

For Justice Of the Peace Of Loutre
Township;
(. L. oOHooE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-03

For Constable Of ouivre Township:
J. W. RENNER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-03

For Constable of Prairie Township:
J. S. DALTON.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-03

For Justice OF the Peace Of Cuiyre
Township:
]. HOSE THOMPSON.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-03

For Constable Of Linn Township:
L. o. PAISLEY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-03

For Constable Of Loutre Township:
T. @. HICKS.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-20
WEATHER..

Tonight and Thursday fair, warmer
Thursday.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-20
NOT BUILT THAT WAY.

The Chicago Inter Ocean puts one
aspect of the merger question in a
suggestive way when it says:
What Mr.. Hill and his associates
tried to do with the Northern Seeuri-
ties company was to secure despotic
power over the fortunes of the north
west. To make the plan hateful it
was not necessary to assume that the
power thus acquired would be abused.
1t might be cheerfully conceded that
Mr.. Hill would be the most benevO-
lent of despots Yet his plan was re-
scented, because despotism is hateful
in itself, no matter how benevolent.
The Pullman Workmen might be,
and probably We're, better off for liv
ing in Pullman regulated houses, but
they would not believe so. The aver
age American is not built to believe
so. The people of the northwest
llHSIl- ana IOSSlDlS NOulu ne Delltl
off for having all their railways regu-
lated by Mr.. Hill. but they would not
believe so. They are not built to be-
lieVe So
\ despot is an absolute ruler. The
political despot had his day but is out
of date now. Very often the political
despOt was benevolent fellow. He
always thought he knew better what
was good for his subjects than they
did themselves, and sometimes he did
But for all that. political despots be-
came unpopular and there are no po-
litical despots doing business nova
days where the people as a whole are
good for anything.
In these latter days new kind OF
despOtism. a new kind of absolutism
is trying to establish its authority. II
! is commercial rather than political ir
character. 1t pretends to know bet
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-20
KING COUNTY'S AMBITION.

If the Mcbride faction controls the
republican state convention Mayor
Black of Whatcom will probably be
nominated for congress to succeed
Will Humphrey OF King. Black has
been for many years strong advocate
of Il railroad commission. If the rail-
road lobby controls the convention
BrOWnell of SnOhOmish has a good
chance of securing the nomination. In
grasping for the senatorship it is like
ly that King county Will lose her rep
resentatiVe in the lower house of con-
gress. sam Piles has elected to sink
or swim with the railroad lobby and he
can expect but little support from
eastern Washington. Millionaire Furth
may be able to win by putting up as
liberally as was done at the last sena-
torial election, but unless he does open
his sack he will stand no show. 1t
takes big money to win seat in the
United States senate from a republic
can legislature in this state and the
money must be forthcoming either
from the corrupt lobby maintained by
powerful corporations or from mil
ionaire candidate.
As the election of a senator in this
state is only a sort of auction at which
the highest bidder wins. Millionaire
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-20

ter than the people themselves what
is good for them. Perhaps it does
know better than they sometimes, but
for all that the people do not take
to the idea of commercial despotism
litical despotism and are not any more
disposed to submit to it. 1t is all well
enough to philosophize about the
higher organization of industry and
the concentration of power as making
for higher commercial efficiency and
greater industrial success, but there is
not a single principle or argument in
support Of absolutism in commerce
that is not equally true and applicable
in politics. A political despot might
swing things in this country much
better in some respects than the peo-
pie can do it themselves. 1t is argued
that commercial concentration is
abOlshing congress and the state
legislatures and economic immensely
on time. When the despot saw a good
thing to do he could do it without any
fooling around about laws or consti
tutions or any such narrow and alb
surd restrictions as those. Popular
government is exceedingly clumsy and
wasteful and inefficient, and it's ma
chinery rattles terribly when COM
pared with the mechanism of a com
Get. we'll oiled despotism. But just
the came, the enlightened people of
the world are through with political
despotism and will have nothing but
popular government. Is it any Won
der, then. that the people of the
United States, who have set the pace
in the worlds progress toward pOpu-
lar government, should resist the es
Establishment of commercial despOtism
in its stead? For it is a substitution.
Commercial despOtism Will never be a
complete success and will never stop,
if it is given full sway, till it controls
the government. 1t is we'll enough to
talk about the inevitable laws of trade
and platitudeS about the survival of
the fittest' sound large. but it is just
as we'll to keep in mind the inevitable
laws of human nature, too. They are
which. as our contempo-
rary suggests, Mr.. Hill and other COM
mercial absOlutists forget about, and
the oversight leads to trouble.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-20

SO far the railroad candidates for
governor have not made any formid-
able showing. Doc Smith of King
county was eliminated early in the
game. Atkinson has only the delega-
ton from his own county of Chelan.
Lord has only his own county of
Thurston. Ridpath was wiped off the
slate by the result of the primaries in
the country precincts of Spokane cOun-
ty a few days ago. The railroad lobby
is talking of a dark horse, but it is
doubtful if one having the requisite
running qualities can be found. Full
1erton of Whitman county, now on the
supreme bench Of the state, is prob
ably the strongest candidate mention
ed, but the lobby is not sure that he
would not prove to be as strong a COM
mission advocate as Mcbride.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-20

war pictures at close range.
No one who has seen his pictures
of the Delhi Durbar and its pageant,
or The Day of DEATH of the mill
tary burial scene, where the Russian
priest is seen chanting the prayers for
the dead and slowly swinging the CEN
ser beside a vast number of dead
Russians, laid in long rows before
him, can ever forget them. AS
painter of war scenes Verestchagin
has had few equals. THE Way OF
Death is heart breaking Units melan-
choly suggestions. His pictures OF
India are sometimes criticized as
being too flooded with light. But that
is India's atmosphere. Verestchagin
has studied the perVaSive splendOr OF
the sunlight of India. He places the
sunlight on his canvas with fidelity
to nature, such as John Ruskin insists
upon in his fine discourse on the truth
of color in his ''Modern Painters"
Ruskin's language as to one of Tur-
ner's pictures is applicable to Verest-
chagin'S sunlight painting: we APP
proach only to follow the sunshine
into every Granny of the LEAKAGE and
retire only to feel it diffused over the
scene, the whole picture glowing like
we stand, and lighting the air between
us and it."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-20
NERESTCHAGIN.

If the tragic death of Admiral Max
aroff was a great loss to the Russian
navy, sOrely in need of expert naval
talent, the concurrent tragical death
of the great Russian artist, Verestcha-
gin. who was the admirars guest on
board his ill-starred battleship. and
went down with him to the deathful
bottom Of Korea bay, is an irreparable
loss to the national art interests of his
country.
Americans, a few years ago,
We're privileged to see some of the best
examples of Nerestchagin's art in the
collection on exhibition in this country
In that collection was the picture
which brought upon the great artist
the wrath and indignation of the SEN
sitively patriotic people of Russia
when it was first exhibited in that
country. This was the remarkably
fine canvas showing the brilliant pro-
cession of the great Durbar in India at
Delhi, on the occasion of the visit of
the Prince of Wales, now King of
England and Emperor of India, in
1876, the prince appearing at the
head of the procession, seated on an
elephant in gorgeous apparel, and sur
rounded by a brilliant escort. Terest-
chagin was hotly accused of deficiency
in patriotism by press and people, al
though he had been immensely popu-
lar previously, because he had pOr-
trayed the heir to the British throne
and the Indian imperium as the CEN
trail figure in the painting.
At that time Russia had not hest
tated to declare that her eastward
progress had its chief objective in
India, and Russian sentiment largely
spelled itself in getting compensation
for Great Britain's industry in keep
ing Russia out of Constantinople and
the waterway between the Black sea
and the Mediterranean. by terminate
ing British power in India.
The inflammation of the Russian
mind over Nerestchagin's picture was
due to diligent cultivation by the
panslayist party of hostility to Great
Britain, so that the portrayal of the
triumphant march of the future EN-
peror of India stung the Russians to
madness, and there We're not wanting
people who would have torn that
splendid canvas to shreds, if they
could have taken hold of it. Verest-
cnagin survived the noisy charge of
treason by the Russian patriotic press,
and all art lovers, of whatever nation.
will deplore his tragical death before
Port Arthur, whittier he had gone to
secure more hints for his series of
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-20
O. r. e. N. Co.

For Triennial COnclave, knights
Templar, September to 9 and for the
Sovereign Grand Lodge I. o. O. F..
September 10 to %. the 0. r. & N. Co.
will sell excursion tickets to San
Francisco via steamer, $3.50; via rail
1920.
Dates of sale
Via steamer August q. % and Sep
tenber 1 and 2.
Via rail September 1, 2, 8, Is, 16 and
II; limit October %.
For berth reservations call on or
address r. BURNS,
General Agent.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-20
Good Joke on Mr.. Cushman.

A good story is told in the house of
representatives al the expense of Con-
gresham Cushman. Several weeks
ing charges against members, was first
brought on to the floor, a very black
negro was much in evidence in the
lower house, being the only man of his
color then admitted. He was contest
ing the election of a member from a
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-20

southern state, which gave him access
to the floor, but no desk. On the day
in question, Cushman took sympathy
on the black man and graciously per-
mitted him to sit at his desk, as his
duty required him to be around COM
mittee rooms a good deal. Some time
after the Brstow report spread among
members, one of Cushmans friends
happened to look back into the far
corner on the republican side and spied
the duskyhued occupant of Cushman's
seat. Turning to his neighbor, he
pointed backward, saying:
Look there; Cushman is SO scared
by the charges that have been made
against him that he has turned black
in the face
And now, whenever the incident is
mentioned, Cushman looks sheep1sh
and digs into his pocket for cigar as
block as the negro, which he offers as
peace proposal.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-20

county do not believe that it is neces-
sary for them to go on forever paying
eytortionate freight rates or to con-
Time having more than their share of
taxes.
The immediate question to be settled
now is how to secure lower freight
rates and how to bring about reforms
in the methods of taxation. 1t is gem
orally agreed that these reforms can
be secured through the creation of a
railroad commission and a tax commits
sion. 1t is to the interest of nearly all
the taxpayers of this county to elect
men to the legislature who will vote
for such legislation as is needed to Sc
cure lust regulation of railroad rates
and fares and equitable taxation of the
property of railroads and all other cor
porations.
AS republican legislatures have been
ranaatedlv tried and found wanting.
The only hope for relief is through a
democratic legislature. Therefore, it
1ehoOyes every voter who is not a
blind slave of party regardless or MS
PERSONAL interest and the welfare of his
tate to vote for only democratic can
lidates for the legislature this year
70 make a clean job of it and make
,ure of getting the legislation that he
wants the voter should also support the
democratic candidate for governor
After the bitter experience of the last
.ampaign the people should lln''' that
no reliance can be placed upon t."
platform or the personal pledges OF re
publican candidates for the leglsla-
ture. They NAV mean we'll enough but
when they go to Olympia they prove
to be too weak to resist the bandlsh-
ments and allurementS of the lobby
and they soon become its servile tools.
on the other hand few democratic leg
isIators have ever proven false to their
party promises and their personal
pledges. In the last legislature
the democratic members of the
house and senate We're practically
in their strict adherence to
the instructions of the state platform
in favor of an appOintive railway COM
mission and just taxation of the prop
erty of all corporations. If the demo-
Gratis should be given the majority in
the next legislature a railway commits
sion would be created within thirty
days.
on the other hand if the republicans
again control both branches of the leg
islature the enactment Of an effective
commission law would be an impossi-
b:Iitv. The railroad lobby now has Il
senators and it needs only
Eve more members to give it a major
fty of the senate. The people of the
state should see that not another tool
of the lobby is elected to the senate.
and in order to make sure of this none
but democrats should be placed on
guard.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-20

Twelve thousand dollars for current
expenses allowed at last nights meet
ing of the council is quite a large sum
and the taxpayers will be interested in
seeing the items that go to make up
this expenditure. The Statesman as
usual Will publish a detailed list and
allow the people to judge for them
selves whether or not their money is
being wisely disbursed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-20

Office BOy-TVe go tn tOOthache.
Bookkeeper-Pooh. I've got rheuma-
headache.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-20

For the general conference of the
M. E. church to be held at Los Angeles
Cal, May Sd. the O. R. & n. Co. vii
sell excursion tickets as follows:
Via all rail .................$4 5.3O
Via boat to San Francisco and
rail beyond or vice versa. $500
Via boat from Portland, both
ways 94b.Oo
Dates of sale-Via steamer April %
- and 25; via rail April % to 80, in
elusive; final limit June 80, inclusive
Stopover allowed in the state of Cali
fornia on the return trip.
For detailed information call on or
address r. BURNS.
General Agent.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-20

TOmmy-When was the Reign of
Terror, Pa? Pa-Last week, when the
cook acted as if she was going to
leave.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-11-17
AYCoCK TELLS OF CONDITIONS,
he Claims That No Democrats Have
Deserted the Party.

Atlanta Constitution.
Raleigh, N. c., Nov. 12.-Goyernol
Aycock was interviewed on the result
of the North Carolina election and said
"The- Republicans eeem to take some
comfort from the returns from this
State. There is nothing in the returns
to justify this cheerful view. There Ia
not Republican in the State, includ-
ing the State chairman, who can name
fifty men who have left the Democratic
party in the past two years.
"The Democrats being entirely salts
lied with the result, RETAINED in large
numbers from voting. The Republi-
cans having been led to believe they
had some hope, turned out and voted
There were, OF oourse, local trouble
in various sections, which kept many
Democrats from voting without chang
ing their political connection"
The Governor gave notice that the
State canvassing board will meet here
December l. Newland and Blackburn
the contestants in the Eighth con-
gressional district, which, it is under
stood, appear before it.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-11-17
Never Rode in a Train.

New York World.
II was born in Baltimore and have
lived here nearly all my life, but have
never been on railroad train or on one
of these new tangled street cars"
Andrew Keener Is probably the only
able-bodied person in Baltimore who
has never spent cent for street car
fare. He says he did once ride on one
of the old horse cars, but the conductor
did not collect his fare, and so he holds
a record that it will be hard to dupli-
cate in any large city.
For more than quarter of century
Mr.. Keener and his wife have been
conducting small grocery store, not
very far from the house in which
Mr.. Keener was born. Although his
hair is snowwhite and his face furrowed
with lines, his step is quick, his eyes
twinkle, his mind is alert, and his wit
and cleyerness at repartee make him a
most interesting personality
Mr.. Keener's disinclination to ride in
the cars does not arise from prejudice
to railroad companies, nor has it been
due to aversion to roaming from his
own fireside, for Mr.. Keener has spent
many years at sea. 1t is due simply to
the fact that he loved to walk.
Walking has been a passion with
him since boyhood, and he does not
wish to curtail this pleasure in bis
ripe old age by getting in the habit Of
riding on the Gears and such things"
Despite the weight of 70 years, Mr.
Keener has lost none OF his fondnese
for walking. Once year he takes bis
long walk out on North Point road to
the little monument that commemo
ates the historic battle of the war Of
1904. It is about sixteen miles down
the "shell road"
Here be meets a number OF old &C
ouaintances for q talk about old times
and the next day starts on his tramp
hack
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-11-17
Edgar Allan Poe.

Selected.
(Near the teart of old Baltimore, In
the shadow of Westminster Presbyte-
rian church, In the corner OF Fayette
and Green streets, beneath a simple
monument, lie the remains of Edgar
Allan Poe. On the side of the monu-
ment. craven with great skill, is the
image of the poet. He was first buried
in the rear of the church and his grave
was Tor long time unmarked. In
1875 the remains were removed to
their present resting place, Immediate
ly upon the street and near the en-
trance of the church, and at the same
time a suitable monument, largely
through the generosity of George w.
Childs, was erected over his grave.)
And 40 twas here they laid thee, Poe,
Alter that last tempestuous night,
When thy sad soul was tree to go
Upon its long mysterious fight.
The church spire climbs and looks
abroad,
Der lofty wall and lowly pave,
And there beside the house of God
The poet sleeps within the grave.
The swallows from the belfry's shade
Proclaim their little hates and loves,
While DER the court where he Is laid
There fly the sad complaining doves.
So near the trodden way he lies
Behind the bars that guard the dead,
That he who passes there describes
The lowly tomb and that fair head.
The face that wore a lonely air,
As one who sought but could not find,
Though he should seek it everywhere,
A medicine for troubled mind.
Dost thou still wear the careworn
brow,
Still is thy lip in sadness curled?
Do thy old SORROWS even now
Pursue thee In the other world
Still lonely yet, although the place
With traffic roars from street to street.
Forever on thy marble face
The look of sadness and defeat7
Defeated? Nay, it is not so!
Unfading glory waits on thee,
And shall so long as man shall know
The sweet delights OF poesy.
s.. c.. I.