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Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-05-31
AUDRAIN COURT CALENDAR


CIRCUIT COURT.
Meets third Monday in January, fHi
Monday in June and third Monday 10
September.
COUNTY COURT.
First Monday in February, fN
Monday In May, first Monday in Az
gust and fiEst Monday in November
PROBATE COURT.
Second Monday In February, second
Monday in May, second Monday mae
gust and second Monday in Novembsi'
Adjourned terms are held regulaii
thesecond Mondays In January, March
April, June, July, September, octOOi
and December.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-05-31

Sir Knights E. S. Cave and f. r.
Jesse are home from Joplin, where
they attended the Grand Commandery
meeting
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-05-31

Miss Trix Turley is home from hui.
ton where she graduated 10 a business
course at William Woods College.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-05-31
Rir Wnnl ehinmanf

}. I. johnson has just received a
check for slo,9il.45 for wool sold this
spring. Jim stu has a let Of wool
that be will sell later.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-05-31

as hfs= 6t your
blood p~unfisrs they fl
ter oui he waste or
impurities IN the blood.
II hey are SICK or out
Of order. they fall to do
their work
Pains hessndrheu-
ma;ism ccEe from eE-
cess q uric acid in the
. due 70 neglected
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-05-31

Constipation Is the starting point Of al
kinds Ct dangerous and diztTesSiEg dis
easss, such - Appendicitis. Piles, Bill.
iousnes, SICK Healzchcs Dvspns
Female Troubies and scores Of o<herA Il
your isoweIs are sfrong and healthy they
viii act properly and disease esnnot en-
ter or remain IL the system. a SCUM
Stomach means sound lasting health.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-05-31

Hon. VS.. Hathaway's many friends
will be glad TO know that he is able
10 be out again.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-05-31

Liy-r-olds are NOT apatent medicine hut
an eminent physicians prescription IN
tablet fo<ra fforzula on botfiel There Is
no element Of doubt in the curing power
OF Lv-r-oid& They In not a miracle,
but only science working along on nat
urzl lines assisting rature- We want you
to Try Liv-roids to-day. they sell at Sc
a bottle, bat If you have not tried them
before, send your name and address and
you will receive a full-sized bottle free
no obligztons-nothing to Psy-mereiy
recommend them to your friends II thew
do what we claim The Vic Chemical
Co., Chicago, H. 10
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-05-31

ht-Ary WI4DlE
Kidney trouble Causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes enc feel as ihcygh
they had heart trouble. because me bes-, \.
ossf-vorang ia pumping thick, kidney
poisoned blood ihrouga veins and arteries
u usld 70 Be considered that onlv rri.,rv
sro1oies ver- & h Traced 10 the kidneyS
b. nov modem seienos proves that resyIy
81 constitutional diseases have Their begi6-
fsag IN kidnsy Hegble.
hyou arc sick you can make no mis,ss.
- hfa ooeionug your kidneys. The ND
snd he eslfsofdinsy effect Ct d. KIlnsfs
s~amp-koo the great kidney remedy Is
son realized ifstznds the highest Ter ne
~on1efful cures rf The most distressing cases
and e sold On ig merits f
81 81 drugEsis IN fifty Mrz
Il ard one-teiisr 1z-
e. 15l msy have ap
ssiuple botit ~ mai nans = 1900
ftc al.o pamphlet telling yea hoe 70 find
e, y you have kidney Or BLADDER Houble.
Mention his paper when Nriilng u. Kllma
4 Co. ~binghamien. N. 7.
Deaf make any mistake. bit remember
Pc nzue. Sszup-Rool q. Klners
s-anP-hool and ne address, B~iughzmion
D Y. 90 evsy boits
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-05-31

THE
EOGEWOOO STOCK FARM

One mile Southwest OF Mexico, naEs
a speciality Of pure bred Swine and
high class Poultry. Eggs for Matching
from r @. w. Leghons, P. Ducks, T.
Geese and w. II. Turkeys. Have .
handsome Red Poll mail for sale.
Write or phone
F. E. VENT,
Phone COL Mexico, NO.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-05-31

The true way toc1rs constipation, Bill
iioasaes. Sick Headache and all those
diseases arising from : Torpid Liver, hiss
beez discovered by Dr.. Oldham, and his
prescription Is known as Liv-r-osds.
We r1rselves know that Livr-oiis will
care the worst f0rzs Of constipation and
all the dangerous diseases Of the Bowels
and Lver, which are such a great r8en-
ace 10 life. II you hzrt never tried Ev-r-
before, we viii send absolutely
free to every one sending name and sd-
dress, a Is cent bottle Of this great rem
eSy. Liv-r-oids make you feel right, and
make Foa look On the brght side of life.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-05-31
Administrator's Eotie.
4 OF
County Of Auduin

sIAIE OF MISSOURI
Co1ntT Of Audnin.
sasors and al other persons inter..,.at 4.
al. scste o. Adelaide simmoo@ az ~ =
that ~ .1nty. deceased. are hereby nosiaea
ne Comfy Aforesaid, "a ~ IAn.stratof OF
miSisa % 40 estate for The purnos. ~ ~.
.IDa..s Ana A. SHANNON,
Public Admr.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-05-31

Miss Margaret French is home from
a visit in Jefferson City.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-05-31

SOCIETY SMALL TALK. ,

Ms. C B. LuptOu. Of Louis, is in
town the enest Of friends.
Mr.. and Ms. J. T. Gentle and SOD,
Of vandalia, are the guests Of Mrs w.
w. Bolts.
Mr.. ard Mrs. Arthur Lee arrived
10 Mexico this week and will remain
here throughout the summer.
Miss JuIa Ross leaves fJr Kansas
City Monday to be the guest OF her
sister, Mrs MCGaryey, for a week.
Miss Tide Robinson arrived 10 Mexi-
co yesterday after a two months stay
With her mother 10 Topeka, Kansas
Masters Anderson aud Renfro Gibbs
and sgd Houston will leave next week
for Paris TO be the guests OF their
grandmother for several days.
Mrs Fry. OF St. Louis, arrived in
the city "Wednesday aud will be the
guest Of Mesdames D. P. Moore and
John Ricketts, during the next week
Mr.. aud Mrs. &C. Hall, who have
been the guests Of friends in Mexico
during the lastfort night, returned TO
their home 10 81. Louis, on Wednes-
day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-22
COUNSEL FEES ARE
ALLOWED MRS. DUKE
James B. Duke Makes Affidavit In Sup
port of His Suit for
Divorce.

New York, March 21-An affidavit
made by James b. Duke, the president
of the American Tobacco company, in
support of his suit for divorce from his
wife. Lillian NJ. Duke was read by
Mr. Dukes counsel today in a hearing
on the case before Vice Chancellor Pit
ney in Jersey City. Mr.. Dukes counsel
appeared in opposition to Mrs. Dukes
application for counsel fees. Mr.. Duke
in his affidavit, declared that he did not
leave his wife until he became sus-
picious of her fidelity.
He denied that his fortune amounts to
s50,O00O0O but admitted it is $l0,000,O00. He
asserted that he gave Mrs. Duke a house
on West Slxty-eighth street, this city
securities worth $4,000, valuable jewery
and funds to pay the interest on a mort
gage on her house. He declares that his
suspicious were aroused by finding a
telegram signed John" and that he had
his wife watched by detectives He de-
MED the charges made by his wife re-
garding Mary Smith, an employe of Mr..
Dukes New Jersey residence and declared
that his wife is defending the suit only
in the hope of securing a good financial
settlement.
Vice Chancellor Pitney allowed Mrs.
Dukes counsel fees amounting to $1,000
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-22
GETS ABSOLUTE DIVORCE.
Plea Made BY Woman That Husband
Had Disaraced Her Name.

Ell Paso. Tex, March 21.-On the
ground that her husbands confession
to completely in the murder of two
men. Mitchell and Devers, to swindle
an insurance company had brought
disgrace and odium upon her name
and rendered her station in life re-
pugnant to her, Mrs. Nora w. Harte
received a divorce In Judge Harper's S
court from DR.. Charles w. Harte, who,
with C. F. Richardson and William
Mason, alleged insurance swindlers,
are now under death sentence in Chi
huahua. Mexico.
When the suit was originally filed
DIR. Harte secured the services or an
attorney and filed an answer, but his
attorney later withdrew from the case
and at the trial he was not repre-
sented
Mrs. Harte set up in her complaint
that she was married to Harte In Ell
Paso on August 3, 1899, and that they
lived together as husband and wife
until December 8, 1902, when the lat
ter was arrested as fugitive from
Justice in Mexico. She asked the court
to grant her an absolute divorce from
DIR. Harte and to restore her maiden
name, Nora Virgins.
Judge Harper heard the case In his
office, and the only persons present
were Mrs. Harte, several witnesses
and her attorney, w. W. Bridgers.
Upon hearing formal proof OF the al
legations of her complaint. Judge Har.
per entered up decree of divorce and
an order restoring to her her maiden
name.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-22
SHARP ADVANCE IN
The COTTON MARKET
PRICES SHOOT UP MORE THAN
HALF A CENT-LlVERPOO
TAKE A BULLlSH VIEW OF THE
CENSUS REPORT.

New York. March 2l.-=Fhere was con-
siderable activity and excitement during
the days session in the cotton market
with prices advancing more than half.
cent a pound from the low level of yes
terday Liverpool took a bullish view oil
the census report which caused yester-
days break in the local market and ca
bes were much higher than expected
This caused active covering here and
the market opened at an advance of IA
to % points. There was aggressive bull
support on every slight recession and be-
fore the upward movement was checked
May contracts sold at 80 or at 81 points
net higher. and July at 10.9S one of the
main features being the shrinkage in the
difference between May and July which
led to rumors of a May corner.
In the late trading May sold at 1892 and
July at 10 "a or 80 to 80 points net higher
The closing was a little off from the best
but steady at a net advance of 26 to s.
points The sales Of the day were esti-
mated at 100000 bales.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-22
JAMES w. BAILEY DEAD.
Father oft lie Texas Senator Passes
Away in New Orleans.

New Orleans, March 21.-After a
months illness Joseph w. Bailey, the
father of Senator Bailey Of Texas, died
in the New Orleans sanitarium early
today, in his I'D year. Senator Bailey
who is hurrying here from Washing
ton, will be intercepted today so that
he may proceed to Crystal Springs
Miss, instead. where the funeral will
take place. The remains of Mr.. Bailey
we're taken to that city on an early
train today Mrs. Bailey and two
daughters and other relatives were al
the bedside when the end came.
Mr.. Bailey was native of New
York. He went to sea at an early age
and then located at Vicksburg. Tie
entered the Confederate army at the
outbreak of the civil war and served
until the surrender Thereafter he 10
Gated at Crystal Springs. Miss. He
leaves besides Senator Bailey four
married daughters.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-22
HES|TANCY NOTED
IN IRON AND STEEL
Buying of Pig Has Been Very
Light
.SOUT THERN MOI SO STRONG
Makers Are Not Pilng Up Product to
Any Extent, But Make Sales
Even If Concessions Are
Necessary.
SOUTHERN MOI so STRONG

Cleveland, March 2l.-The Iron Trade
Review tomorrow will say:
Increased fear of the strike of coal
in the iron and steel market, especially
in pig iron, although furnace interests
are not alarmed, believing that the ex-
pected buying movement will set in at
an early date Large quantities of coal
are being stored in anticipation of the
strike.
The buying of pig iron has been very
light, and while prices of northern irons
are pretty well maintained southern irons
are not so strong.
Numerous interests openly quote $lS IS
for No 2 foundry, Birmingham, and $3.50
has been done in exceptional cases, On
northern iron the usual quotation in the
valleys is s17 for No. 2 foundry, but in
southern iron this quotation is being
shaded 80 cents. Southern makers of pig
iron are not piling their product to any
extent, but are disposed to make sales
even If concessions are necessary. Bes-
semer is strong at $3.50 to sl775 at the
furnace, while sl7 is probably the mini
mum on Basic
The demand for delivery of finished ma
terials continues very strong, and with
the exception of plates, which can be
shipped promptly, makers are finding 1t
difficult to satisfy the consumers. In the
Chicago district, mills are from three to
six months behind. The demand for de-
livery of sheet and tin plate is especially
urgent and new business for these pro-
ducts is satisfactory. The selling of rails
continues.
Contracts for about 10000 tons has been
made during the week.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-22
NEW YORK CENTRAL
TO RAISE CAPITAL
REPORTS THAT AN INCREASE OF
$1oo,ooo,ooo TO $15oooo,ooo is TO
BE MADE CAUSES DEPRESSION
IN THE STOCK.

New York, March 2r.--fr was reported in
Wall street this afternoon that the New
York Central and Hudson River Rail
road company had decided to ask stock
holders to authorize a new stock issue
variously reported at from $l0o,o0OO0o to
$3.50, ,OOO, 600.
Official confirmation of the report could
not be obtained, but 1t received credence
in Wall street circles and the price of
the stock was depressed in consequence.
After the close of the market an official
of the company was quoted to the effect
that meeting of stockholders will be
held on April IS to consider proposition
for the increase of the company's capi-
tai stock by sl00000,000.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-22
HELD PRISONER In
NEW YORK HOUSE
"WHITE SLAVE" VICTIM TELLS
HER EXPERIENCE IN PLACE
WHERE SHE WAS HELD
AGAINST HER WILL.

New York, March 21-Hattie Warren,
a white woman, was lured to a resort
frequented only by negroes in this city,
and there held a prisoner for more than
five months during which time she was
subjected to the grossest indignities, ac-
cordlng-to the story told by the woman
herself in the court Of general sessions to-
day.
She was the first witness produced by
the prosecution in the case of Robert
Spriggs, the alleged proprietor of the
house where the woman claims she was
held prisoner. The charge against Spriggs
is abduction. His arrest followed Il raid
on the place during an investigation of
the so-called white slave" evil by the
district attorneys office.
Several other women and a number of
negroes were taken by the police when
the raid was made.
Hattie Warren told the Jury she was
lured to Spriggs' house in February, 1905
Willie she was intoxicated. Her clothing
was taken from her. she said, and she
was held a prisoner until she succeeded
in making her escape last July. During
her stay at the house, according to her
story, all doors and windows were bar
red and the only clothing given her con-
sisted of one garment. She was forced to
associate with the negro men who fire.
auented the house and when she COM
planned of her treatment Spriggs beat
her.
on cross-examination she admitted that
on numerous occasions she had visited
hotels in the vicinity of the Spriggs place
and that she was permitted to write let
ters to one of the men who called upon
her. Asked why she did not go to the
Mercer street police station when she
visited hotel near the station house. and
report that she was being detained by
sprlggs against her will she said that
she feared to go there because she had
been threatened
Cora Chester, who said she was an in
mate of the Spriggs house for five years,
was the next witness. Her experiences
in the house. according to her story, were
much the same as those Of Hattie War
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-22
HENRY J. PURCELL
KILLS HIS FATHER
Atlanta Man Had Gone Home lntoxi-
Gated and Threatened Wife
and Daughter-ln-law.

Atlanta March 2l.-Henry j. Purcell, a
barber aged 50 years, was shot and in
stantly killed by his son Elisha Purcell,
aged "a at their home on CORTLAND street
early this afternoon.
The circumstances as gathered from
several witnesses were that the elder Pur-
cell came home intoxicated and began at
once a quarrel with his wife. Going from
tho house he returned with a brick and
made motion to throw at his wife, and
at the wife of the younger man, who
Immediately drew his revolver and fired.
elisha Purcell surrendered to the police.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-22
ceoroIa CROP VIII Be Small.

Albany Ca, March 21.-South Geor-
gia has suffered severely from the
cold, many peach growers reporting
the practically complete destruction
of their fruit. Some of the most ex-
tensiye growers say the crop will be
the smallest known for years. Such
are conditions in this immediate vicin-
ity. and reports from Moultree, Ameri-
Gus and other centers Of large fruit
areas. indicate the same effects from
last nights lower temperatures.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-22
Supreme Court Members Confer.

Washington. March 21.-The subject of
the lynching of Ed johnson, the negro,
at Chattanooga Tenn, while he was un-
DER sentence of death, and in whose case
the supreme court had issued stay OF
execution. continued to engage the atten-
ton of members of the court today. A
conference of the justices now in the city
was held at the home of Chief Justice
Fuller toGay regarding the matter. 1t is
not known what conclusion was reached
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-22
ONLY TWO FLAGS.

) Richmond. Va, March 2.--In an
, address before the Southern Ice
|. exchange here in It's nth annual
; convention today, Mayor Mccarthy
) said referring to Richmond having
; been the Confederate capital:
; II recognize but two fags-the
: state flag Of Virginia and the bat
) tie flag of the Confederacy. The
: The stars and stripes are all right
= in their way, but for me there are
> only two flags
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-22
Injury Confined to Valley Lands.

Palestine, Tex. March 21.-Sam H..
Dixon, secretary of the Texas Horti-
cultural association, tonight issued a
report after an investigation which
says: "The damage to the fruit crop
is not so great as at first reported. The
injury is confined largely to the valley
lands. Phe hill lands in which the
majority of the orchards are located
will yield an abundant crop"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-22
New Russian Naval Programme.

London. March 21--The Pail Mall Ga
zette today says 1t hears the Russian
government has prepared naval pro-
gramme involving the expenditure of 800 :
0Oe 900 during the next TWO years, of which
amount British ship builders will secure
n good share. The sum of s25.0o0.0oO, the
paper adds. has been allocated for four
first-class batteships similar to those now
building for Japan.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-22

canal and it is an absurdity. Every one
of you know that we cannot get white
laborers of the United States to go down
IN Panama and work. We are driven to
extremities in the effort to get any kind
of labor at all. Just at the moment we
are working chiefly with negro labor from
the west Indies. The usual result in
the employment of these men is that
Monday and Tuesday they work fairly
well: Wednesday and Thursday there is
a marked falling off. and by Friday and
Saturday not more than half, sometimes
less than a fourth of the laborers will be
at work. The conditions are so utterly
difficult on the isthmus as compared to
here that 1t is impossible to draw con-
clusions affecting the one from what is
true about the other. You hamper in
the effort to get for you what | think
you ought to have in connection with the
S-hour law when you make request that
is indefensible, and to grant which would
mean indefinite delay and injury to the
work on the isthmus.
"As to the violations of the s-hour law,
Mr. Morrison, you give me no specifica-
tions. At your earliest convenience please
lay before me in detail any complaints you
have of violations of the S-hour law.
W nere have power l will see that the
law is obeyed.
Chinese Exclusive Legislation.
Now about the Chinese exclusion. The
number of Chinese now In this country If
l remember Alright Is some sixty or sew
enty thousand SO far from there being a
great influx of Chinese, the fact is that
the number has steadily decreased There
are fewer Chinese than there were ten
years ago; fewer than there were twenty
years ago: fewer than there were thirty
years ago Unquestionably some scores of
cases occur each year where Chinese la
borers get in either by being smuggled
over the Mexican and Canadian borders
or by coming in under false certificates,
but the steps that we have taken, the
changes in the consuls that have been
made within the last few years in the
Orient, and the effort to conduct exam
nations in China before the immigrants
are allowed to come here, are materially
reducing even the small number of cases
that do occur.
But even as 1t is, the number of these
cases Is Insignificant. There Is no appre-
ciab1e influx of Chinese laborers and there
is not the slightest or most remote dan
ger of any; the whole agitation that
has been worked upon the subject is a
pure chimera. 1t is my deep conviction
that we must keep out of this country
every Chinese laborer, skilled or unskill-
ed; every Chinaman of the coolie class.
This is what the proposed law will do;
it will be done as effectively as under
the present law, and the present law is
being handled with the utmost efficiency.
But will do everything in my power to
make 1t easy and desirable for the Chi
nese of the business and professional
classes, the Chinese travellers and stud
ents to come here and l will do all can
to secure their good treatment when they
Gomez and no laboring man has anything
whatever to fear from that policy. ! have
right to challenge you as good Ameri-
can citizens TO support that policy. and
(contInued on Second Paael