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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-07-25
THE CHAUTAUQUA.
The Peoples University
Were You
There?

PIE as Jney Dettef understand
1t. The program this year was
the greatest treat in its line
ever brought to our city.
The Mexico Chautauqua will
never be abandoned. The peo-
pie now have a taste of what it
is, and we predict that each
year it will grow better and
better and the interest deeper
and deeper.
People who have remained
away this year cannot realize
what they have missed.
The Lyric Glee Club of Chi
cago, delighted everybody at the
opening. Mrs. Fennetta Sar-
gent Haskell, of st. Louis, was
with the assembly the entire
ten days, and if you heard her
you had more than one hearty
laugh. DR.. Eugene May, of
Washington, d. c., had the sub
ject, Come up Smiling" and
Bill Bone, humorous entertain
er, tickled your inmost soul
along the same line of thought.
An old fashioned spelling
match was a feature one day.
Uncle ]. V. Fairer, over 80
years of age, took a part. Mrs.
Mcmillan and Mrs. Beal re-
mained on the floor to the last,
the latter going down on the
word "pugnacious" and Mrs.
Mcmillan came off winner of a
prize of ten dollars in cold cash.
Miss Mildred Clark Whitney,
of Mexico, reader and elocu-
ZIONIST, dOubly interested all
who heard her.
That was a great lecture CIV
en- bysDr. Guy Carleton Lee of
Johns Hopkins University, Bal
timore. on "When the People
Wake"
Mrs. Haskett's recitation of
LES Miserables" was a crown
ing effort.
Mrs. Leonora Nj. Lake. an
earnest worker in the Catholic
church, whose home is in st.
Louis, delivered two lectures
one, Our Homes and Our Coun-
try" and the other, "The Four
Essentials of Life" The
thoughts were practical and the
arguments most convincing.
Mrs. Lake is one of the most
able speakers of the country.
DIR. u. G. Foote, of jefferson
City, delivered a sermon Sun
day morning at the grounds,
taking for his subject, "The
Triumph" On Monday he de-
livered a lecture on the "As-
cent of FOOLS HILL" It was IL
Illustrated with pith and point
and should have been a lesson
to every young man and woman
who heard it.
But why try to inumerate
further? The program was too
big and too full that justice
could be given it in a newspaper
article. The Lakeside Quar-
teete of Chicago was here,
Madam Mountford, born in
JHdea, told of the "Shep-
herds of Palestine; Colonel
George w. Balm, the Kentucky
orator, was here; Prof. T. j.
Riley, of the State University,
talked about the Farmer Hope
ful"; Robert Parker Miles of
New York talked about "Tallow
Dips; there was w. c. T. u.
Hour each day; Chautauqua
Round Table; kindergarten;
Seton Indian Club drills; Elo-
cutiop Class; Bible Study;
Physical Culture Class; c. L. s.
C. Recognition exercises - q
great picnic, It all was. for the
body. mind and soul.
The Mexico Chautauqua is all
right. Its work is only begun
lit doth not yet appear what It
shall be. In a few years o street
railway running to the grounds.
"A great steel frame structure
4 a 4.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-07-25

VIM. Beaven, living between
Laddonia and Wellsville, was
operated upon at Vandalia last
week for abscess of the lung.
He died several days after the
operation. A wife and several
children SURVIVE him.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-07-25

Rev. John b. Kerr, pastor OF
the Presbyterian church at Ben
ton City, preached the funeral
of VIM. Robnett, who died at
Stephens Store, Galloway coun-
ty, last week.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-07-25

The main building of the
Mexico gas plant company is to
be 25x51x22 and will be built
Of cement blocks. Work on the
building has been commenced.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-07-25

j. E. Blum, Mrs. Lou Blum
and Mrs. Price Marshall Of this
city left last week for a months
visit in California.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-07-25
~ HAPPENED AND HAPPENING. ~
Miss Vera Hougland is WIS.,
iting in Moberly.

Mrs. Sidney Garrett of this
city is visiting her daughter in
st. Louis.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-07-25

Mrs. w. X. Potts of Mexico
has returned from a visit to
her old home at Columbia.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Gallaher
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-07-25

Miss Nina Pearson of this
city is visiting the jamestown
Exposition.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-07-25

Miss Mamie Hook. Of Prince
ton, Ill.,. arrived here last week
on q visit to her father. Ed. w.
II. Hook.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-07-25

Ed. Thos. Henson, formerly
of this county, now of Scatter,
will assist Pastor ]. D. Greer
in a revival meeting at the Lad
donia Christian church, begin
ming August IL.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-07-25

]. w. Allison, Of Perry, was
here last week looking after his
farm near this city.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-07-25

Mr.. and Mrs. w. d. O'Brien
and little daughter of Milwau-
kee, Wis, are visiting Mexico
friends.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-07-25

w. II. Vandeventer of St.
Louis, formerly of this county,
is a new reader of the MESSAGE
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-07-25

Laddonia Helal Rev. j. B.
Foster. Universalist preacher,
and Mrs. q. w. Alexander were
married at Brookfield. Mo-. last
week. The bride is well known
here. Her first husband was pas
tor of the Baptist church at this
place some years ago.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-07-25

Perry has a citizen-Dr. F.
M. Moore-who weighs 303Is
pounds avoirdupois. He was
formerly located at Farber and
Laddonia, this county, and he
was a heavy weight then.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-07-25

C. H. Turpin of Farber is
beck from Canada Claude, are
you back TO stay?
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-07-25

of this city are entertaining
their daughter, Mrs. ], f, Streif
of jefferson, Texas.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-07-25

Salt. thoroughly rubbed around
on the inside of a ehurn after it
has been rinsed with hot water. is
a first-rate thing to make il sweet
and clean. Rinse the salt ont
with water.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-07-25

A new telephone line, named
the Harrison & Fitzer line, is
being built into Mexico from
the southeast to connect with
the Laddonia, Rush Hill & Mex
leo Union line. There are IL
stockholders in the new line.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-07-25

The Santa Fe picnic organi-
zation has voted to not have
their annual picnic this year.
One Of the reasons is said to be
that the Mexico, Paris and
Perry people hire all the livery
rigs Of the barns a month ahead
Of the time of having the picnic
that they may make certain Of
being at the picnic to devour
the good eatables prepared by
the Santa Fe ladies-not a sim
ner Of one of these towns taking
a bite Of grub along with him
of his own. The Santa Fe ladies
are tired, and we see where they
are right. But their eating is
mighty good else we wouldn't
be after It so.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-07-25

DR.; C. M. Sneed, eye, ear,
nose and throat specialist, of
jefferson City, will be at DIR.
Spence's office in Mexico or
Fridays of each week. He is
well known to many of our
readers. See his card in this
paper.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-07-25


w. d. Lee of this city sold
the fine gelding, "Parader, ["
last week to Mayor M. C. Gray
of Pullman, Wash. This horse
was ridden by Mr.. Lee in Mex
ico's Fourth of July parade.
The horse win be shipped to
Washington and exhibited at
the state horse shows this fall.
Tom Bass, colored. of this
city, who recently sold to "a
Canada man the fine horse,
"King-o King" SON of Foreset
King, received a telegram the
other day stating that King-O.
King had won first honors IN
the gated class of horses at
Manitoba. Takes the Audrain
horse to get the ribbons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-24
0ARSMEN READY
 FOR THE CONTEST
YALE AND HARVARD TEAMS ARE BOTH IN VERY FINE CONDITION. RACES WILL BE RUN NEXT THURSDAY.

New London, Conn.,, June 23.-The oars men of Yale and Harvard have finished their long seven months training and un- til next Thursday will live quietly and take only such light exercises on shore and afloat as is necessary to keep them in the pink of condition. In both camps the men are ready, and eager. Physically, there is little. possibly no choice between the crews. Harvard has the same magnid- cent power that she had last year and the close of her hard practice shows erad- ication of the faults which have been pronounced until this past week.
 The Yale crew. with far more strength in 1t than last year. haT developed a form which experts look upon as the acme of perfection. Both crews are more evenly matched. in the opinion of experts than any which have met for many years Their condition is the result of the long est hardest period of training recalled d either university
 Harvard's strength brought victory in rough water last year and should such be the condition this year. the advantage may be slightly in her favor. Both crews are anxious to race down stream and will accept any conditions almost rather than have the event go over 10 late afternoon with an incoming tide, com polling start at the drawbridge in New London and a finish under the west bank four miles up. The varsity race is scheduled for go p. m, almost the latest moment to catch the smooth outgoing tide
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-24
THE COTTON CROP MAKES B|G STRIDE Important Step Forward Made
 in Cultivation THE PLANT IS VIGOROUS Though Crop is Few Weeks Late 1t is in Shape to Respond Freely
 to Favorable Weather
 Conditions.
THE PLANT IS VIGOROUS

Memphis, June B.--The Commercial Ap- peal will tomorrow print the following:
 The cotton crop has made material ad- vancement during the week. An impor- tant step forward has been made in cul- tivation and excepting a few scattering localities the crop is clean and in an ex- cellent state of cultivation for the sea- son. An exception to this is the state of Oklahoma, where rains during the week kept labor from the fields.
 Correspondents note that the plant. though still quite small, is healthy and in a condition to respond well to favor able future conditions should such oc- cur. The crop is still two to four weeks late, however, according to locality and in many sections of the central and east ern cotton belt the poorest have not been remedied- The older planted cotton in the southern districts is fruiting. blooms are reported from several of these sec tions and in other places the stalk is taking on bolls.
 Such rainfall as occurred, with the ex- ception of Oklahoma, as noted above, was highly beneficial. coming as it did fol- lowing through cultivation. and nowhere has the cotton suffered yet from lack of moisture. Ovef the entire central and eastern belt, however. the rains wre local in character and light in quantity
 Temperatures were high and the cotton is taking on the best color 1t has yet had. The Carollnas alone complain of rather cool nights and slightly less plant growth than would otherwise have occurred.
 In Texas and Louisiana boil weevil are reported, but as yet have done little dam age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-24
TRACKMEN WANT
 PUBLIC SAFETY
Ask President and Growers to Help in Campaign For Better Track
 Inspection.

Kansas City Mo. June g President Roosevelt and the governors Of the sev- eral states have been asked to aid the National Union of Railway Trackmen In a campaign for greater safety in rail- way travel J. 1. Shepherd of Fort Scott. Kan. secretary of the organization, yes terday sent out letter addressed to the President and several governors, in which he says:
 'If we can obtain the cooperation of all who should be interested we shall have a safe condition for railway travel in our country as prevails in Europe. We certainly should have either government or state inspection of railway tracks Some one should be held responsible to the people for keeping the tracks in prop CT repair and properly patrolled
 'It is a serious condition of affairs but 1t Is true. We have state inspection of factories and mines, Of beer bArbers, pharmacists and dentists; there is state control over the product of the busy bee and the farmer who raises wheat must pay state inspection foe before he can market his grain. But there is no law that Is observed that provides for tho pro- taction of the railroad tracks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-24
EXCITEMENT HAS
 ALMOST PASSED
AGITATION BY POLITICIANS IN TOXIC AGAINST AMERICANS IS STILL GOING ON-WAR TALK IS TOTALLY IGNORED.

Toko, June 23.-The public excitement over the American question has almost passed away, but the agitation is still going on. It is mostly the work of poli- tlcians of the opposition, who are em- ploying the question a weapon of at- tack upon the ministry
 The progressive and coterie of poli- ticians called the Daido club, will likely Join hands in q common attack on the ministry, over the American question, their principal aim to be thereby strengthening their respective positions In the coming election of local assemblies and also in the general election of next year. Their principal watchword is the diplomatic impotency of the Saienjl cab inet, which has resulted, they say, in suffering compatriots in America, and inability to receive treatment the sub jects ol d first class power
 It Is difficult to foretell how far they can succeed in stirring up public senti- ment but whatever attempts are made in the way of agitation, actual hostilities with the United States are not even dreamed of.
 The war talk in some of the American papers is totally ignored here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-24
W. }. HAYWOOD WILL ASSERT INNOCENCE Claims to Be the Victim of a
 Conspiracy MIR. DARROW'S STATEMENT Attorney Will Make Exhaustive Pre- sentation of Defendants Claims in Effort to Secure Fixed Judg-
 ment of Innocence.
MIR. DARROW'S STATEMENT

Boise, Idaho June 23 3.--Wiliam D. Hay wood having already pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder and having heard the evidence the state of Idaho has pre- sented before the jury in support of it's charge, will tomorrow morning formally assert his entire innocence and outline the evidence he proposes to present in order that the presumption of innocence still resting in the mind of the jury may be- come fixed Judgment.
 Clarence Darrow. as attorney for Hay wood, will say that his client is not only not guilty of conspiracy to assassinate Frank Steunenberg. former governor of Idaho, but that Haywood Is in fact the victim of a conspiracy to disrupt the Western Federation of Miners. and un- der the guise of legal proceedings, con- demn to death the chief officers of the organization.
 MT. Darrows statement to the jury is to outline the evidence he proposes to in troduce and the position he hopes to be able to prove probably will take up most of the day Court meets at 10 o'clock and takes recess at noon. MT Darrow says that he expects his speech will oc- cupy at least three hours and possibly more It will be an exhaustive presenta- tion. He will assert that Haywood. by sheer force of character, rose from the humble position of a miner, working for a days wages to become the secretary treasurer of a labor organization with upward of 50,OOO members
 He will show that Haywood was elected to office by the members of the Western Federation of Miners, through successive terms of office for his ability and his honesty. He will point out that the past character of the man has not been as sailed, but that a conspiracy has been charged. Mir. Darrow will not attempt to deny that manifold crimes had been com mitted. He will not deny that Steunen- berg was assassinated. but he will main tain that his client had nothing to do with this or any other murder, and that the state has not connected Haywood with any conspiracy
 He will charge conspiracy on the part of the mine owners association with unlimited money behind It. who, consid- ering the Western Federation of Miners nimical to the mine owners, plotted to wreck the federation and by conspiracy with detectives and others, create such feeling against the federation that govern ors of states. and even the federal gov ernment. would be willing to help the mine owners to drive the members of the federation from the land It will be asserted that the Orchard story is true only in that the crimes were committed In his speech to the court on Saturday last MT. DarroW intimated that there was not even proof other than the statement of Orchard, that Orchard committed the crimes he has enumerated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-24
Legislature to Meet.

Atlanta, June 23.-The Georgia leglsla- ture will meet next Wednesday, June 26 the manual session to continue fifty days. Among its first duties will be the canvassing of the vote for governor, cast last November when Hoke Smith was chosen chief executive. His inauguration will occur at noon Saturday, June 29. Aft CT taking the oath of office before the joint session of the two legislative branches, Governor Smith will deliver his inaugural address in the open air from a platform on the capitol grounds. The event will be made the occasion for the gathering of Smith clubs and special parties from all parts of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-24
COMMITS MURDER WHILE
 DREAMING IN ITALIAN
John Bao Kills One Man and Wounds Two Women Passengers on Rock Island Train-Says He Dreamed that He Was Attacked by Highwayman With Handker
 chief Over His Face.

Goodland, Kan. June e3-John Ballo, the Italian who killed a man and wound ed two women passengers on Rock Island train east of here last night, told through an interpreter today of the shoot ing. Ballo asserted that he committed the murder in his sleep as the result of a dream His story follows
 My wife and children and Patsy Le- ganbradi and his wife and children lived in Genoa. We decided to come to the new world and grow rich as we heard it was easy to do. We landed ih Boston a few days ago and took train for the west
 We were in a strange land among people whose language we could not un- derstand I had been nervous from the time left home. Last night went to sleep in my seat and had terrible dream. l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-24
FRANK T. RYAN OF.
 ATLANTA IS DEAD
TAKES EMBAlMING FLUID BY
 MISTAKE AND DIES IN NINE
 HOURS-WAS PROMINENT CIT. zeN-cHARLES FLEMMlNG DIES.

Atlanta, June 3-(special.) )-F'rank T. Ryan, one of Atlanta's best known men, took poison by mistake this morning. and his death resulted nine hours later. He went to the closet to get drink of medicine and by mistake took swat low from bottle of embalming fluid. He served for some time ss clerk of the superior court and was also a councilman of the city for several terms
 Charles Fleming. for twenty years sec retary of the Southeastern Tarlm asso- ciatiol. and leading fire insurance man Of tho south. died this morning after q long illness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-24
DIES UNDER WHEELS.
Woman Leaps Under Moving Train
 at Trion, Ga.

Chattanooga, June 23-A special to the Times from Trion, Ga, says:
 Mrs. Henry Reynolds, daughter of Mr. W. F. Cannon, employe of the Trlon Manufacturing company here, committed suicide this morning by leaping in front of passenger train No. ? of the Central of Georgia railroad. Engineer Ayers stat ed that the woman had concealed herself in ditch near stock gap, and when the engine was within rails length she made leap to her death. It was i'm possible for the engineer to stop the train. Her body was cut in twain Mrs. Reyn- olds leaves d husband and a 6-months- old baby.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-24

dreamed that man with white hand kerchief over his face had me by the throat and was trying to rob me.
 ''I fought with all my strength Finally I managed to throv my assailant off. The robber turned tc I had a revolver in my pocket I. 4ed it and began to shoot. =
 "All of = in my sleep. The re- port of > 9on wakened me. and I found Jn my feet with the pistol in shooting right and left. God ,s@ lid not mean to kill any one.
 Ill a terrible dream"
 V Topp, the tailor who was killed by ,ne Italian was almost asleep in his seat with white handkerchief over his face.
 Rallo is in the county jail here He sits rocking to and fro with his face in his hands muttering in Italian
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-24
NEW INTEREST IN CASE.
reachers Will Testify in Sheriff Shipp
 Investigation.

Chattanooga, June 23-New interest will he aroused in the case of Sheriff Shipp and his deputies when the hearing is resumed tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, by reason of the fact that all the white pastors of Chattanooga, together with Attorney General M N. Whitaker. will be called as witnesses. The preachers will be questioned as to reported discuss sions by their association of the anticl- pated lynching of Ed Johnson, some days before the occurrence, the object being 10 show that talk of mob violence was general It will require some days to complete the case of the deputies of Sheriff Shipp. and the exact day on which the sherif's case will be taken up is, B- vet problematical.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-24
Constable Is Killed.

Memphis. June 23.-Constable J. II. Goad Is dead and Isom Reed, negro, is suffering from wounds which are consid- cred fatal as a result of pistol duel late today between the constable and the ne- gro Reed, who 1t is stated, had been drinking, had taken possession of the home of a negro woman and when Goad at the request of the woman, was enter ing the building, to effect his arrest, he was fired on by Reed and fatally wound- ed After he had fallen. Goad emptied his pistol at his opponent, iniicting wounds which, it is believed, will result in the negro's death.