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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-02-20

The MESSAGE was the first Mex
leo newspaper to agitate the build
ing of the electric railway from
this city to Perry. For months be-
fore any other paper said even a
word about it this paper urged
that the enterprise should be and
would be built. 1t is a great sat
isfaction to learn that the road
now seems a certainty. True,
nothing further right now can be
done on the grading till spring
opens. Work about April LIST, we
are told, will be resumed in dead
earnest. An Illinois firm has the
contract for nine miles of machine
grading, and they expect to COM
plete their work by July LIST. Pres.
ident S. l.. Robson, from the day
of the big picnic at Santa Fe Is
months ago. held in the interest
of the road. even to this daY has
ever been emphatic in his declara'
tons that the road would be built
We have felt all along that he
knew what he was talking about
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-02-20

Our line of Ladies' and Misses
tailOr-made suits, skirts, jackets,
etc. are open for your inspection.
Call in and see them.
-FREDENDALL & WILKINS
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-02-20

Hicks Almanac and the MES
SAGE, one year, $1.2O.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-07-22

Ing place Of little Ruth Cleveland.
Frimroses had been strewn w 1ts
coverlet of ivy. .
Mrs. Cleveland. with Esther and
Richard at her side, stood between
the graves as the Rev. DR.. William
r. Richards, pastor of the Brick Pres
byterisn Church, of New York, read
the committal service and pronounced
the benediction. This concluded the
obsequies.
President Roosevelt and his party
left the cemetery before Mrs. CleVe-
land and her children entered their
carriage to be driven to Westland.
The services over the grave lasted
less than ten minutes.
On two sides of the grave, which
is under the shadow of the mortuary
chapel, were banked the floral trib-
utes. Prominent among them was a
wreath of roses sent by President n
Mrs. Roosevelt.
Those of Grover Cleveland's two
Cabinets at the funeral were Hillary
A. Herbert, Secretary of the Navy;
John G.. Carlisle, Secretary of the
Treasury; William F. Villas, Secretary
Of the Interior, and Governor Hoke
Smith, of Georgia, Secretary Of the
Interior. Others present were Mel
Vile w. Fuller, whom Mr.. Cleveland
appointed Chief Justice of the Su-
preme Court; Judge George Gray, OF
the United States Supreme Court;
General John M. Wilson, Chief or
Engineers; Governor Hughes; eX-
Secretary of the Navy, Paul Morton;
Governor Fort, Secretary of Com
merce and Labor Oscar Straus and
Secretary Of the Treasury George B.
Cortelyou.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-07-22
PRICE OF MEAT FORCED UP FOR PROFIT ONLY
Beef Trust is Really Reaching Out to Control the Retail Trade Of Entire
Country Dealers Declare High Price Of Corn Not Accepted as
Excuse Advdn Of From % to So Per Cent. In
Meat Forces Fish Dealers to Raise Prices.

that the meat of corn-fed cattle is not
sold for general consumption, for the
reason that when the price Of corn Is
high the owner can make a greater
profit by selling it in the grain mar
ket instead Of feeding it to stock.
There is not a retail butcher who
Is able to explain why he has had to
pay more for his beef and mutton
and pork and charge his customers
more. All he knows is that the price
Is increased. The meat is ready for
his inspection and purchase, and he
can take it or leave 1t. The nearest
to an explanation Of the increase has
been the price of corn, and next to
that the shortage in supply.
Increase Instead of Shortage.
The organ of the Meat Trust in
New York does not bear out the
shortage theory. In its last issue the
receipts of live stock in Chicago were
recorded as "336,180 head for the
week, an increase of 60,573. Deliv-
cries of cattle were 1911 in excess OF
the receipts Of the previous week,
and 1872 head greater than the
same week last year."
AS the demand for the choicest cuts
Of beef falls off the price OF the
cheaper parts is increased by the
butcher so that he can come some
where near getting even with the
wholesaler. In the populous east
side, where a half cent in the price Of
meat means much, the cut for which
there is the greatest demand is the
brisket, which is Invested of its bone
before it Is sold to the customer. One
year ago the brisket was sold at from
thirteen to fourteen cents a pound.
This week the lowest price was TWEEN
ty cents. Corned beef that sold for
sixteen and fifteen cents a pound in
June, 1907, now sells for twenty
cents. Soup meat has gone up to
twelve cents a pound on the east side
and fourteen and fifteen cents a
pound in Jefferson Market, an in
crease greater in proportion than for
any other meat. Last January the
price of soup meat was from ten to
twelve cents a pound, and a year ago
the highest price for the best quality
was ten cents.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-07-22
The Labor World.

Painters at Manchester, N. H., re-
Gently formed a union.
Oakland (Cal.) unions have taken
steps to form a union label league.
National Brotherhood Of Operative
Potters will meet next month in At
lantic City, N. j.
In England the metal, engineering
and shipbuilding trades normally en-
ploy 100000 workers.
Walla Walla (Wash.) trade unions
have shown themselves to be public
spirited through their activity in sew
eral public enterprises, particularly
the city park campaign.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-07-22

New York City.-Without eve the
Justification that the demand has in
creased or the supply fallen short,
the advance in the price of meat by
the powerful combination now reach
ing out to control the retail trade of
the country has reached a point
where hundreds of small butchers
must be driven into bankruptcy be-
cause they are unable to sell at the
exorbitant rate forced upon them,
with the added burden Of the exac-
lions of the railroads in freight rates.
In Washington Market, the most
famous mart of its kind in the coun-
try, trade has been cut almost fifty
per cent. in a year. Butchers who
needed six or seven big ice boxes last
year get along now with two or three.
The stalls that handled thirty or forty
car-cases now handle from ten to
twelve. Veterans in the business like
Peter j. Hickey suddenly find them
selves confronted with agents of the
Beef Trust as rivals in attempting to
gain hotel and steamship trade, Offer
ing the product at a lower price than
1t Is sold to the butchers themselves.
Deaf Ear Turned to Pleas. ,
Pleas and demands for fair play
are futile. No notice of an advance
in price Is given to any retail dealer
not controlled by the Meat Trust. He
must pay up once a week or go on the
black list, and if unable to meet his
obligations on the dot he locks up his
ice box and goes out of business.
The only explanation that the trust
makes as to why the price of beef
should be increased at a season when
the demand is smaller than at any
other time Of the year is hat the high
price of corn has made it necessary.
1t has been asserted that in the fat
tening of what is known in the trade
as finished beef" large quantities OF
corn are required as fodder, and that
when the price of corn goes up the
price of beef must advance CORE
s%pondingly.
It is asserted without qualification
by old-time butchers in the Washing
ton Market that there has not been a
carcass of a corn-fed bullock in the
market for twenty years or more and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-07-22
MISTAKES SON FOR RIVAL
Wife Shot Down With Her Boy by
Jealous Husband.
julius Turner, of Illinois, Who IS a
Civil War Veteran, Attempts
Suicide, Seeing His Error.

St. Louis.-Julius Turner, a Civil
War veteran and wealthy farmer of
Clay City, ILL.,, shot his wife to death
from ambush, seriously wounded his
ifteen-year-old son, and attempted
to commit suicide near Sailor Springs.
III. He is under arrest and refuses
to partake of food, declaring he will
starve himself to death.
Turner and his wife had been sep
arated four years. She was twenty
years his junior, and he was jealous
of her. The tragedy was caused by
him mistaking his w son for an
admirer of Mrs. Turner, whom he had
been shadowing.
Turner is sixty-nine years old and
his wife was forty-nine. Mrs. Turner
attended a church sociable in the vii
lage church and had made arrange
ments to meet her son there. Turner
took a position in a grove nearby
where he could observe all that went
on. From his ambush he had a dis
tinct look at his wife as she left the
church door, but the face Of his son
was obscured. He saw only vaguely
the form of q mar standing close to
his wife in earnest conversation.
Drawing a revolver, he glided to
within a few feet Of the couple and
opened fire on them. The first bullet
struck Mrs. Turner in the back, and
as she started to run away, another
struck her in the head. Then the
weapon was turned on her companion
and two more shots rang out. One OF
the bullets struck the son in the
groin, and he fell unconscious beside
the bleeding figure of his mother
The shots attracted the merry-mak-
ers in the church and the farmers
hurried to the scene. Turner was
standing over the bodies Of his VIC
tins, smoking revolver in hand. AS
he stopped down to look at the face
of the man whom he suspected to be
his wife's admirer, he recognized his
son, and with a cry of anguish
Strengthened up and staggered back.
Then, placing the muzzle Of the re-
volver against his temple, he pulled
the trigger and dropped across the
body of his son.
The farmers carried the three bod
les into the church and stretched
them on the floor, while two physi-
clans who were present hurriedly ex-
amined their injuries.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-07-22
The National Game,

The Cornell baseball team has
elected Robert Caldwell. a pitcher,
captain for 1909.
Ernie Hjertberg is now known as
the silent man. AS a trainer of ath-
letes he ranks next to the best, never
theless.
Walter East, late of Little Rock,
has been appointed manager of the
Erie Club, of the Ohio-Pennsylvania
League.
The Chicago, National League,
Club has loaned catcher Vincent
Campbell 70 the Springfield Club, OF
the ILL. League.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-07-22
Feminine Notes.

At Byron, Me-, Miss Agnes Thomas
recently captured a thirty-pouno
turtle.
lean Reds wedding presents made
one of the finest displays ever seen
in London.
American women in Paris have
formed a circle as an adjunct to the
Lyceum Club.
Miss Lolita S. Rand, of Lynn, Mass,
has been appointed deputy superln-
tendent for the blind in Boston. She
had been secretary Of the Lynn AS
sociated Charities for more than
eleven years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-07-22
Market Price of Fingers
Fixed ut $500 Each.

Columbus, Ohio.-Four Columbus
men have offered a finger each for
$500 to A. c. BallouX. OF Wheeling,
w. Va, who lost his fingers in an ice
cream freezer recently. He IS IN the
hospital at East Liverpool ONO, n
his brother, Joseph BallouX, made Il
offer of $500 a finger on the sugges-
ton of the surgeons. The men who
have offered to have their fingers cut
off are Robert E. Robbins, w. E.
Thompson. O.. z. M~ansrerger and a
man signing himself 3D.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-07-22
TELLER ADMITS $4,000 THEFT.
Atlantic City Man Confesses He Lost
Trust Company Funds.

Atlantic City, n. J.-Discovery that
$40, 900 had been taken from n
vaults of the Marine Trust Company
by Robert Ohnmeiss, paying teller,
and poured into boardwalk bucket
shops, caused a sensation here.
With his young wife Ohnmeiss &C.
cupied a conspicuous place in society,"
and the shock to those who nave
known tn young couple intimately
was great. The thefts have been 60
ing on for months.
OHM: ,iss several years ago maT-
ried the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry S. Scull, who are socially prom
incnt here. The teller was arrested
and made his confession in jail. He
is under $1,000 bail for trial in Oc-
tober.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-07-22

Fort Worth, Texas.-The present
prices Of cattle on the hoof in Texas
the highest in twenty years-are
due principally to the influx of a mill
ion settlers in the past two years, the
occupation of ranch lands and the
sale of cattle to clear off the big pas
lures.
Best meal and grass fed steers now
sell on the hoof at Fort Worth from
s5.75 to Sc a hundred pounds; corn
fed steers sold last week at 1925 and
grass-fed steers have sold here this
spring at S6.75, the highest price
ever paid in the history of Texas cat
tie raising. -,
A year ago the best steers brought
s4.70, and two years ago to-day moth
ing was offered that would bring as
high as SO a hundred. In two years
the price Of COWS on the hoof here has
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-07-22
NeWsy GleaniugS.

The Earl of Derby, m Governor
General Of Canada, died in London.
A crusade against the kissing Of
babies is under way in England.
Treasury agents found smuggled
tobacco valued at $1,000 in a hut in
Brooklyn.
At the eighth annual convention Of
the German Navy League Prince zu
Sahn-Horstmar was reelected presl-
dent.
President Roosevelt appointed a
national commission of fifty-seven
members Oh conservation Of natural
resources.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-07-22
WHAT TRACKsSPENT IN ALBANY
Two Racing Associations Expended
Over 49, 900 to Kill Bills.

Albany, N. 1.-TWO of the racing
associations have filed statements OF
expenses in connection with the I'M
successful attempt made to defeat the
ace track anti = betting bills. The
Coney Island Jockey Club and the
Saratoga Association, by F. R. Hitch
cock, president, filed statements OF
legislative expenses with the Secre-
tary Of State.
Secretary C. Fellowes, Of the for
mer organization, certifes that it eS-
pended ~$753S.53 for counsel retain
ers, fees and disbursements as fol-
lows: Davies, Stone & Auerbach,
$%2570.15; Frank S. Black, s1443.30;
W. C. Percy, $1S0.41; E. H. Coyne,
$~2298.2S, and R. c. Cumming.
$~1O46.39.
The Saratoga Association, in e. sim
ilarly worded statement, certifies to
the expenditure of ~s565S.91, divided
as follows: Davies, Stone & Auer.
bach, ~s1927.62; Frank S. Black,
$1082.47; w. C. Percy, 1851; Z.
H. Coyne, s~1723.72, and R. G. Cum
ming, 1874 70.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-07-22

advanced practically two cents a
pound. d,
Last years receipts Of cattle at
Fort Worth exceeded 100000, the
majority calves and heifers, which
presages a shortage for probably two
years to come. Yearlings and two
year-olds sold this spring to feeders
have been bringing from SO to SIS a
head more than last year, and it is be-
lieved they will go higher.
The past two seasons have been un-
usually favorable, the open range sea-
son much longer than usual. The
loss from storms last winter was in
significant and the calf crop this
spring unusually large. This may
improve conditions within two years,
but neither packers nor cattlemen an
ticipate much change in conditions
before that time.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-07-22
b Noted People.
King Alfonso is twenty-five.

The French Ambassador to Eng
land, NJ. Cambron, gave a dinner in
London to President Fallieres and
King Edward.
Baron Takahira, Japanese Am
bassador, was made Doctor Of Laws
at the one hundred and sixty-f1rst
commencement of Princeton Univer-
sity.
Ernest Thompson Seton, after his
seven months exploring expedition
through the country north Of the
Hudson Bay, is again at his country
seat, Wyndygoul.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-07-22
Propose Monument to
Cleveland at Birthplace.

Trenton, N. IA movement has
been started in Essex County, N. j.
the county which gave birth to Grover
Cleveland. to raise a national monu-
ment as a tribute to the memory Of
the eX-President.
Already several of the most prom
inent citizens of the State have ex-
pressed a desire to be among the
subscribers. Within a few days it is
expected that a committee to take
charge of the flnd in New Jersey will
be appointed. Among the members
Of it will be Governor Fort, United
States Senators Briggs and Kean, ex-
Governors Murphy and Griggs and ex-
United States Senator Smith.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-07-22
Omaha Drinks Mud-Con-
sumes Thirty-one Tons Each Day.

Omaha, Neb. - That citizens or
Omaha drink thirty-one tons OF mud
daily in the water from the Missouri
River was the testimony in the Fed
eral Court in Omaha in a water works
case by the City Chemist.
The city makes the charge that the
water company does not furnish I'M
adulterated water and refuses pay
ment of the city bill on that account:
AS drawn from a hydrant, a glass OF
Missouri River water cannot be seen
through until it settles.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-07-22

Cleveland, Ohio.-Control OF the
sex of infants is a practical PROPOSE
ton. according to DR.. Frank Kraft,
secretary of the American Institute
of Homeopathy. DIR. Kraft says he
has discovered no new principle, II
has shown the practical application
of one originating with the evolution
theory. The principle, he says, IS
based on the law of the survival OF
the fttest. DR.. Kraft makes these
declarations in a book just off the
press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-07-22
HARD TIMES
~ E-.,L Craft Saws Sex of Infants IS Based on Law
Survival of Fittest.

1t is we'll known to scientists, as
serts the author, that savage races
and races which exist where the con-
ditions of life are hardest produce q
preponderanceof male children. From
This fact he deduces that nature rec
ognizes in the female the weaker sex.
Thus. he says, in times OF plenty re-
males are likely to predominant.
Some thinkers on the subject even go
so far as to assert that hard times
produce male children because the
struggle for life is harder.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-07-22
Girl and Man Drown.

That Dorothy N. Flagg, a visitor at
Peoria, ILL.,, from Galesburg. died
while struggling with William Pat
terson, and dragged him to death
with her, became evident when the
bodies of both were taken from the
Illinois River. The tragedy ended a
boat ride from Al Fresco Park, where
Patterson was a concessionaire.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-07-22
CLERK ARRESTED FOR THEFT.
Harry L. Tiers, of Pittsburs, Charged
With EmbezZling S51 900.

Pittsburg.-AltEough he gave up
his position two years ago, Harry l..
Tiers, a we'll known real estate man,
of Pittsburg, is under $4,000 bail
charged with embezzling $5l'o0U
from the First National Bank OF
Pittsburg. Tiers was arrested by
United States authorities at the re-
quest of the bank officials.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-07-22
ODposition in Panama.

One of the newspapers supporting
Senior Arias, Administration candi-
date for President of Panama, de-
ciared the United States has no right
to intervene in the elections in that
Republic next month.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-07-22
Feared Lynching, Pleaded by Phone.

At Parkersburg, w. Va, about
1000 persons gathered around the
Jail waiting for the appearance OF
Charles Brown. a negro, who was to
be taken to court to answer a charge
of attacking Myrtle Calb, a white girl.
Fearing a lynching. however, the au-
thorities had the negro waive exam
ination by telephone.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-07-22
Killed by His Own Device.

Fred G.. Engel, Of New York City,
inventor Of a patent automatic fire
escape, while giving a demonstration
of the mechanism before Fire Depart
ment officials at Springfield, Mass,
fell six stories and was instantly
killed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-07-22
SENATOR CARMACK DEFEATED
Tennessee Governor Wins Renomin-
alton in Race Against Senator.

Memphis, Tenn.-Further returns
received from the Democratic pri-
mary election in this State indicate
the certain nomination of Governor
M. r. Patterson for Governor over
Edward w. Carmack, formerly Uni
ted States Senator. Latest returns
give Patterson 734 delegated votes
and Carmack 584.
Carmack followers, it Is stated.
will probably contest the election IN
two small interior counties, charging
fraud. The loss of the delegates in
volved would not affect the result.
Governor Patterson's popular major
ity is about 5000 votes.
The election was held on the county
unit plan, Senator Carmack favoring
State wide prohibition and Governor
Patterson announcing for local OPP
ton.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-07-22
Young Roosevelt Graduates.

The Harvard commencement took
place at Cambridge, Mass. Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr., was graduated.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-07-22
LATEST NEWS
BY WIRE.
Oil Trust Property Seized.

Olt IruSL properly SelZeu.
Galveston, Texas. - For penalties
due the State for violation of the an
thrust laws the State has seized
property and garnisheed funds OF the
Security Oil Company, the National
Oil Company, the Waters-Pierce OIL
Company and the Navarro Refining
Company. Judgment has been rem
dered against the Standard for viola
ton of the antitrust laws. and pen
alties aggregating s6,o16,250 i'm
posed.
Westinghouse to Pay $6s0,000
Pittsburg.-Judge James S. Young,
of the United States District Court,
directed the receivers Of the West
inghouse Electric and Manufacturing
Company to pay 100000 interest
due on bonds and notes of the above
company. -
81, OOO, 900 Grain Fire in Duluth.
Duluth, Minn.-Fire destroyed ell
evator Cd" of the Consolidated Ele-
vator Company, No. 1 dock and sheds
of the Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany at Rice's Point, causing a loss
of more than $1,000,000. -,a
Full Time in Railroad Shops.
Chicago.-Oficials of the Illinois
Central Railroad issued a notice that
the shops of the system at. Burnside,
Ill.,; Waterloo. Iowa; Memphis, Tenn,
and Water Valley and Vicksburg,
Miss, will be restored to full time.
United States to Find Jobs.
Washington, D. c. The Govern
nent Employment Agency has sent to
postmasters a million and a quarter
reply postal cards to be distributed
by rural delivery carriers to those
who need laborers.
O. s. Sues For Mineral Lands.
Carson, New, -. The Government
fled suit in the Circuit Court here to
get aside land patents obtained by
The Central Pacific Railroad by al
teged fraudulent methods. The land
Involved Is mineral land and means
much to Nevada miners.
Steel Corporation Buys Stone lends.
Bloomington, Ind. - The United
States Steel Corporation has taken up
It's option on 361 acres of stone land
1t S%tinesville, and has formally an
nounced it will establish a plant there
worth $1,500,000.
Stevenson For Governor.
Springfield, III. - Former Vice
President Adlaf Stevenson, Of Bloom
lngton, will make the contest for the
Democratic nomination for Governor
1T, the primaries on August 8.
Vermont Refuses to Instruct.
Burlington, Vt.-By a vote OF 1873
10 81 the Vermont Democratic Con-
vention laid on the table after a live
" debate a resolution ~instructing the
delegates to vote for William j.
Bryan for nomination for President.
Postal Receipts Drop.
Washington, D. C.-Postal receipts
at fifty of the largest postof1ces IN
the United States for May, as COM
pared with the same month OF last
year, show a decrease OF Ats per
cent.
Bullets in Blanks
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Just
hoPoro tho Fifth BRIGADE left to take
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-07-22
Commits Suicide at 1O4.

Henry Miller. aged 104, grew tired
of life at Ha]rrodsburg. Mercer Coun-
ty. Kentucky, and committed suicide
by taking paris green.