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Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03
St. Louis Live Stock Market

National Stock Yards. ILL.,, Dec. 1,
1e0s.-Cattle receipts $500. General
market strong to a shade higher.
Best cattle here unsold at this writ.
ing, $40 per cwt. offered for them,
II you have any prime Christmas cat
tie on hand, II IL getting about time
TO place them on the market, and we
would suggest that you correspond
with W. VIII do our best to help
you land them on a high spot.
We quote good to choice steers
1850 TO 800, and fancy Christmas
cattle In moderate numbers would
doubtless beat $500. Medium to
sood steers s4.25 to $3.50. Good to
choice feeders t3.7s TO s4.s5. Good
TO choice heifers ATS TO $50; medium
to good ss.ts to s4.o5. Good to choice
cows s2.s0 to GAPS; medium to good
s3.00 to $3.50. Cutters $3.50 to $500.
Gamers $3.50 to $40. Good bulls
ss.50 to $500. and sausage bulls $2.4O
to $500. Top veal calves $3.50; bulk
o the goodf ones selling around $500.
Outlook strong.
Hog receipts 12,500. Best heavy
hogs 10 to 15c higher; others about
SC higher than yesterday. Top $500
for two loads sold by US. Bulk of
all the hogs sold at $3.50 to $500.
No change in pigs, which continue to
Aell at s4.25 to $3.50 and we recon-
mend feeding that kind for a later
week.
Sheep receipts 1000. General
market Is to CSC higher than yester'
day; top lambs $500; top yearlings
$3.50; top Native sheep $3.50 Pros
poets steady.
Natl Live Stock Com. Co.
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WOMAN HURT AT vANDALIA
WHILE PLAYING WITH PISTOL

While playing with a pistol at her
home in vandalla Monday, Miss Olive
Percy was shot and seriously. il not
dangerously injured. At the time Of
the accident her cousin, Guy New
man, was with her.
He had come to Vandalia to visit
Miss Percy Monday, and the two
were playing with the revolver. They
had been swapping the weapon fire.
quently. 1t vas discharged and the
ball entered Miss Percy's head.
The injured woman was taken to
st. Louis Monday night for treat
ment. passing through this city early
Tuesday morning. The injury is a
very serious one and she may die.
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PRI7CHEVT
| GOES FREE

49, 49,
Following the verdict of the Coro-
ner's jury yesterday afternoon that
Mn. Bertha E Pritchett died from
an operation at the hands OF unidenti.
lied persons, Doctor Paul L. Pritchett,
who married the young woman last
Tuesday, was released by the police
at $3.50 o'clock, after being held for
the Coroner for eighteen hours, and
the body was taken to Lebanon, Mo-,
last night for burial
After saying that Mrs. Pritchett
came to her death as the result OF an
operation, the Coroner's jury conti-
nued;
1--WE the jury, further find that
Doctor Paul L. Pritchett, knowing
the nature Of the case, issued impro-
| per certificates aud failed to notify
the proper authorities"
The verdict ends with one word,
"Homicide."
DR.. T. B. Mansfield, VINO signed the
death certificate, was arrested early
yesterday morning and held as a wit
ness at the Coroner's inquest. He
got his liberty at lilo O'Clock yesterday
afternoon.
The wording Of verdict in reference
to the issuance of death certiii flea te by
Doctor Prichett was considered mis-
leading, In view of the testimony that
Doctor Mansfield signed a certificate
as a favor to the former. There were
two certificates sent to the Coroner's
Office, both giving the cause Of death
as Inflammation of the bowels
The first was signed by Doctor
Mansfield and the second was signed
by Doctor Pritchett. TbelBoard Of
Health refused to accept either GER
tiicate, on the ground that there was
no sufficient statement showing the
cause of death.
No warrants were issued. At the
Circuit Attorneys Office 1t was stated
last night that the transcript Of
the testimony taken at the Coroner's
inquest will be thoroughly reviewed.
II am not familiar with any Of the
facts said Assistant Circuit Attor-
ney Fl. A. Rosskopf, The matter will
be Investigated.
DOCTOR MANSFIELD EXPLAINS
In testifying before Deputy Coroner
Faith, Doctor Mansfield ssaid he had
not treated Mrs. Pritchett at the La
ciede Hotel prior to her death. He
saw her but once, he said, several
months ago.
In explanation OF bis action ia sign
ing a death certificate, Doctor Mans
field said he had been requoted to do
so by Doctor Pritchett, consideringlit
a professional courtesy He admit
ed that he did not know the cause Of
death,
The certificate signed by Doctor
Mansfield, is now held by the police 4.
Detective Robert Kaiser, who was de-
tailed by Chief Smith to make an in
vestigation has placed evidence In the
hands Of the authorities that will be
shown 70 the Circuit Attorney De.
tectlve Kaiser has reported the result
Of his Investigations at the La
clede Hotel, and the material he got
there is nov locked up at police head
quarters. He searched the room oc-
cupied blythe Pritchetts at the hotel.
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Bie monday at Cottonwood Sprinl

Big Monday at Cottonwood Springs.
Monday was trading and bargain
day in the Cottonwood Springs dis
trict. lisa way the boys have out
there-when one trade is reeled of,
the whole district catches the malady,
lust like you would the measels, II you
had never had this pesky disease Col.
William Willingham sw0oped down
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03
EAMous SADDLE HORSE.

"Mexinal," the famous saddle horse
now owned by Hon. Joseph Potts, Of
San Antonio, Tex, which created so
much interest at the stock show In
San Antonio lately, is an Audrain
county animal and was bred by Alex
Carter, of this city, one of the most
prominent horse breeders in the
country. Mexico is still the horse CEN
ter of the earth.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03
Steps on Nail Monday

While at work doing some wiring
for Sheriff Price johnson at bis coun-
try home northwest Of this city, Jas.
st. Vrain stepped On q nail and ran IT
into his foot. The nail however was
a small one, which may be attributed
his escaping SO luckily. Mr.St. Vrain
will be confined to his room for several
days but no Ill consequence other
than q painful sore for a short time is
anticipated.
LEDGER ADVERTISEMENTS PAY
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03
LAMkIN IS

HE-EC Ell TITO OEFIVN
At the National meeting Of the Phi
Delta Theta fraternity at PIttsburs
last week, charles Lamkin,of ke4t-
esvllle, Mo-, was reelected frater-
nifty historian.Mr Lamkin Is we'll
known In this city,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

q New SHOE
Shop Machinery
Frank McOord has installed 9
lathe in bis shoe shop 10 the
~ Of Wilkins shoe store, which is
erated by an electric motor. The
ntOr will also furnish power for the
Ege sewing machine ana other
hchinery, which Mr.. McCord uses
Mr.. McCord is q hustler and is now
30 position to do bis work with
ksater speed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03
Ten Years of Eczema.

Reports on eczema dating back 10
years show the value Of external
treatment. Druggist Otis Purdy, Of
this city, can tell any suffer what re.
ports be has been getting from pa.
tients who used oil of wlntergreen,
and g~lycerine in liquid form,
as compounded in D. D. D. Prescrip-
tion. 1t would be interesting to
know whether any person cured as
much as 10 years ago has had another
touch Of the disease.
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FIRM MOVES INTO
NEW QUARTERS

NEW QUARTERS
The J~ackson-Sims Realty Co. are
moving from the Orear building to
apartments in the French Bldg. AZ
ter Jan. LIST John D. orear will open
his law office in the orear Bldg.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

We sell beef by the quarter cheap
] and better than the meat peddlers
N IT, DIT Sannebeck's.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

ID. R. @. Strobe, who spent Thanks
avluQ week with bis parents at New
Mo-, returned home Monday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

Mr.. Meschuler, a barber was fined
10 in Squire Bass court Tuesday on
n charge Of ~mistreating his wife.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

&C. the La Camille Corset demonstration.
M front and back laced. BY Mime Frona
roods worth, commencing Wednesday Dec 9
. Fredendal q Wilkins
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

e. H. Carter is attending the Live
Stock show In Chicago and r P. Hop
kins andS. p. Emmons will join hin
there tonight.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

Have you seen our Carving Setss
them before they are ell picked
ser. Ferris & Cauthorn
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. Johnson and
Arshter, Louise, are in Chicago at.
.udlpg the international Stock Show.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

Biz Reduction In Cloakss Suits and Millinery
nd large ad in this paper dswl
Fredendail & wilkins
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

Samuel ClemmeDs MARK Twain
rs 70 years old November 80.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

Miss Julia Morris 10 home from a
bit in Blythesville. Ark.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

FINDS NINE PEARLS
IN HIS SnILp

In Ills 6UUf. ~
Mount Vernon, Ind, Nov. II. n
v. Holleman,of this city,while n
eating an oyster stew in Evans
vile /, found 9 pearls In the n
soup. One of them was unusu- q
ally large and he had visions
of a neat sun Of money from n
the sale Of them. However a \
close examination showed that
the hot milk had destroyed their
luster and value. Now he exhib-
Its the pearls and tells what n
u they might have been worth. N
DR.. and Mrs. Porter Williams, o,
Hospital No. l, Fulton, were in thiI
city a short time to-day on their way
home from st. Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

Get our prices on Carving Sets, Cut
kfg etc. They are here to be sold,
hnce the prices are persuasive.
Ferris g. Cauthorn.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

Dr.. Brown, OF Fulton. was in Mex
) on business this week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

Read about reduction on cloaks.N suits and
lninsty in large cd II this paper.
FredendaIl A wilkins
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

Mrs. Caroline MeAfee and dausht-
er, Mrs. Florence MartIn,Ieft Tues
day for Calhoun, ea,, where they
will visit Clarence Martin and wife
for three weeks.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

Highest market price for all kinds
/ produce at Choppers. wilt
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

,.2O Nickle plated Tea Kettle, 9oc.
Days
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

Interest paid on all Deposits.
North missouri Trust 90.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

Mr.. and Mrs. W. J. Porawski and
son are home from a pleasant trip to
Kansas City
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03
New Shoe

Sc. Emery Sharpener Free at Rob.
EtsOn ,S--see add. d3wl
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

5. 8. Howard is the guest of his pa.
hnts in Mokane.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

The Presbyterian Sunday School
will have a candy pulling instead OF a
Christmas tree.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

Bring your produce to Choppers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

bearing /. laying aside Xmas goods
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

ii 10 stove boards s5c. Dry's
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

Enamel ware at half price. Dry's
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

n..rlng bias the goods and prices.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

ct bearings prices firstdiwi
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

una, weather. Xmas goods, bearing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

400 stove boards $50 Dry's
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

Larger stock than ever bearings.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-12-03

LEDGER ADVERTISEMENTS PA
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-01-09
COMMISSION MEN.
IN SESSION.

Savannah. Ga. Jan. s.-Savannah
extended cordial welcome TO the
members of the National League OF
Commission Merchants. who began
their sixteenth annual convention In
this city today. President chas. A.
Muehlbronner. OF Pittsburg. called the
gathering to order. Delegates we've
In attendance from Milwaukee. Bos-
ton. Cleveland. Buffalo. St. Louis. Gin
cinnati and numerous other cities. In
his annual address. President MnehI-
bronner spoke OF the reforms accom-
plished In the commission business
since the organization OF the league
fifteen years ago. and OF the work
yet TO be- done. Officers for the en-
suing year viii be- chosen tomorrow.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-01-09
|ITALION QUEENS
BIRTHDAY

Rome, Italy. Jan. s.-Flags few
from all the public buildings through
out Italy today and salutes were fired
and bells rung out In honor Of the
birthday of Queen Helena. who was
born on January s. 1878. the daugh-
Ter OF Prince Nicholas Of Montenegro.
Ever since she came to Rome. nearly
twelve years ago. as the bride OF the
Prince OF Naples. now King Victor
Emanuel III. her royal highness has
steadily gained IN favor among all
classes OF the population. This pop
ularity was vastly increased by the
birth OF a son and heir to the throne
In 1904.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-01-09
NEW voRx FRUIT GROWERS.

Syaracuse. n. ". Jan. s.--Several
hundred members of the New York
State Fruit Growers Association as
scmblcd In Syracuse today for their
winter meeting. and were welcomed
To the city by Mayor Firbes. Presi
dent J. r. Cornell. OF Newberg. deiiv'
cred his annual address and IMPORTS
were received from the other officers
OF the association. This afternoon,
there were reports from the various
standing committees. and an address
by Henry n. Dunlap. OF Illinois. The
program for tomorrow will include nd.
dresses by Prof. NeiIl. OF the csnadI-
an Department of Agriculture. and
Prof s. A. Beach. Of Iowa State Col
iege
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-01-09

Guthrie. Okla. Jan. S.-Members OF
the Republican State Committee OF
Oklahoma rounded up here today In
response to the call OF Chairman Chas.
r. Hunter. The meeting Is to decide
upon time and place OF holding the
State convention to elect the dele
gates 10 the National Republican con-
vcntion; and also to decide whether
the primary or convention system Of
electing delegates shall be adopted.
Sentiment among the Republicans
throughout the new state appears to
be strongly In favor Of Secretary Taft
and Il IL not improbable that the Ok
lahoma delegates will 90 to Chicago
pledged 10 vote for the nomination
OF the Secretary OF War for the presi-
dency.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-01-09
YEOMAN'S CASE
UP AGAIN

Providence. r. l.. Jan. s.--The case
Of Chief yeoman Buenz's of the Unit
ID States navy. who, while In uniform.
vass denied admission to dancing
pavilion at Newport In the summer Of
1905. came up for hearing today
In the supreme court Of Rhode Island.
The case attracted much attention al
the time. Many naval officers and en-
listed men contributed toward the on.
pcnsc Of the court action which fol
lowed. and President Roosevelt aIso
took a personal interest In the matter.
In November. 1906. the superior court
gave q decision affirming the right
Of defendants. the owners of the pa
vilion. to exclude from their place
anyone they desired to exclude. The
case now comes before the supreme
court on an appeal from that decision.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-01-09
DEMOCRATIC
ORATORY.


Chicago. Ill.. Jan. s.-Democratie
leaders OF half dozen States were
heard tonight at the annual banquet
given by the Jefferson Club OF this city
In celebration Of jackson day. The
affair took place at the Auditorium,
where covers were laid for several
hundred guests. william J. Bryan
was the guest OF honor. Other speak
ers included Governor Folk and sena-
tor W. J. Stone OF Missouri. Mayor
Tom L. johnson OF Cleveland. Henry
NJ. Teller OF Colorado. John w. Kern
OF Indiana and Judge Wade Of Iowa.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-01-09
CROTHERS
INAUGURATED.

Annapolis. Nd. Jan. s.--Austin l.
crethers was sworn In as governor Of
Maryland 1t noon today. succeedinr
Edwin warneid. The occasion was
one Of enthusiasm for the thousands
OF Democrats who came from all parts
OF the state to participate In the cere'
monies. In his inaugural address
Governor crothers reaifirmcd the ante.
election pledges OF his party.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-01-09
OREGON
POULTRY SHOW

Portland. Ore. Jan. s.-Thc four
teenth annual show OF the Oregon
State Poultry Association. which open
ed IN this city today. Is the most not
able exhibition in the history Of the
association. both as TO the number
and class OF birds exhibited. A lead
ing feature cf the exhibition is a CON-
parison show. the first ever held In
the Northwest. The show will con-
tinue for one week.
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life was threatened, she had thrown
herself body and soul into the fray.
wide eyed, unresistant, and without a
tremor; but now, at the thought of be-
ing the executioner of perhaps a thou
sand men, her face blanched, her
limbs trembled, and her hands forgot
their task and clasped together in i'm
ploration. She was the woman again,
ready to plead for the lives of those
she had conquered.
my God! You wouldn't do that,
would you?" she said.
The old gladiator of the sea turned
upon her fercely. do it? Do it? I'd
drop them to hell as quick as I would
to the bottom of the Pacific if they
show fight" he responded. Were
out here to teach a lesson, and they
deserve all that's coming to EN-! War
is no child's game" he concluded grim
ly, land the first ship hat wants
trouble goes down like a thunder
bolt"
AS If to emphasize his remark, he
sprang to the signal box and issued
this sanguinary order to every radio
plane in the fleet, while Norma, faint
and sick at heart. shut her teeth and
with a look of inexpressible, pain
turned back to her levers.
But she vas spared this dreadful
work. The Japanese officers and men
had learned the absolute futility of re-
s%istance, and doubted the efficacy Of
appeal! Their one hope for life now
rested in the humanity and leniency
of those who held them in thrall.
1t took no long chain Of reasoning
to conclude that an enemy who could
pluck them from the sea and without
visible effort lift them more than d
mile high could as readily release his
hold and send them to destruction
with meteorlike speed. Even were it
possible to destroy those monsters
which clutched them, to do SO would
be standardization.
They were ignored, cut off from
those above. and divorced from the
waters beneath as if they were crea-
lures of no Importance, to be treated
like mere troublesome insects, exter-
minated or spared as their captor's
within might dictate. The glory of an
easy conquest in the Philippines, the
boastings which had followed the sub
jugation of Hawaii, the pomp and cir
cumstance of previous conquests-all
were obliterated, all erased from the
scroll Of valorous deeds by an action
which had lasted less than an hour.
And now, like beaten legionaries
chained to the victor's car, they were
being carried away toward the rising
sun and an unknown fate.
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CHAPTER XIX.
The Eagles Flight.

No stranger spectacle was ever out,
lined against the sky than that of the
fate-laden morning, when at a height
Of more than three miles above the
sea the emperor's ships we're borne
away. A child full of life, energy and
vivacity, clutched in the inlexible
talons Of a merciless eagle, and hur-
ried into the empyrean, would have
been no more helpless. The suns rays
were now painting the surface of a far
reaching, untenanted ocean, on whose
waves no sail caught the breeze, and
across whose depths sailed no squad
rons. The day of its abandonment
was at hand, and the time not distant
when seafaring was to become mercy
legendary.
In the profound solitude of the up
per air the radioplanes swung males
tically in a wide circle, and then like
a flock of geese in homeward flight
formed a long line which in stately
procession directed its u to the
east.
The Japanese knew by the faces
staring at them from the bellies of the
monsters which had gathered them in
that they were in the grasp of the
enemy, and impotent, although
throughout that trying day no word
vas addressed to them. Once, from
their lofty planes of transit, they saw
through their glasses a dim outline on
the far southern horizon whose faint
blue haze held Honolulu, designated
as a stopping place, but which they
were never to reach-destined to be q
port for, naught but phantom ships-a
port of dreams.
To them their progress through the
air was at a terrifying speed, and the
wind of flight sweeping in a gale
across across their decks drove them
to shelter; but they did not know that
the machines above them were work
ing at slow strength, in order that
their coming to the shores Of the
American continent might be unwit
messed and u%nheralded. The hours
slipped away, until below them the
shadows heightened and d%eepened and
the waves were no longer UI
In their aerial path the dusk was fall
ing, when simultaneously they came tc
a halt and hung motionless in midair
Officers and men hurried to the decks
to learn what this change might pro
tend, and as they did so they discov
cred that the silent monsters were
clustered in what seemed p~erilous
proximity to the craft holding thei1
redoubtable flagship, the Ito. On the
bridge of the latter appeared the ad
miral Of the feet, Kamigawa, his i'm
passive face showing nothing to hi.
followers OF the strain under which hi
had labored during those long hour
Of captivity. Like his fellow oficers
he looked at the assemblage. anxioui
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traffic stopped, and from the great
union depot no departing trains rum
bled. Within an hour it was known
that a Gordon of soldiers surrounded
the city, and that all traffic or COM
munication with the outside world
was interdicted. Seattle had been iso-
lated.
Thus it was that the presence of the
captured fleet and the method of its
taking were unknown to the country
at large. Seattle extended all consis-
tent courtesies to the vanquished;
but it afforded little balm.
And thus it was that for many days,
imprisoned, powerless, and lost, with
crippled tops, crushed stacks and I'M.
der the white flag of surrender, the
flower of japanese prowess floated on
an inland sea in sullen mourning,
while the gasping world shuddered in
contemplation of it's fate.
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The Great WingIess Terror Picked
Her Up Into the Air.

manded, because Of these fellows be-
low mean to show the least resistance
whatever, we'll drop 'em!"
She had been standing serenely in
her hood, her head thrown back, revel-
ing In the g1ories OF triumph. When
the fate OF the battle had hung upon
her performance. and when her own
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. 20 ..lFaL "hi1HI
Polite officers forwarded appeals
from the chamber of commerce to
Washington; but the government an.
swered that there was no alternative,
because If the secret was known
throughout the United States the
chances for its leakage across the
lines would be augmented. All Sound
be met beyond the reach Of wireless
telegraph communication, and the Pc
parture from the key was also under
cover Of darkness. Again there was q
resemblance to the Japanese affair,
in that the appearance Of. the radio.
planes created surprise and consterna-
ton on the warships. Here, however,
the similarity ended. The Anglo.
Saxon mind knows no such thing as
surrender when once 1T is stirred to
the depths Of its s~tubbornness. It can
read only two nswer to the riddle
of confict-victory or death-as has
been attested by many q h%ard-fought
battle on land and sea-.
The armada of Great Britain had
sailed with apprehensions, being fully
cognizant5 that It was invading a terri.
tory Of mystery and danger, and the
vigilance OF its watch, therefore, was
never relaxed. The CONSERVATION
caused BIZ the FIRST sight Of the aerial
feet was Immediately followed by 8
hurried clearing Of the decks for &C.
ton, although defeat In q battle
Against such overpowering odds va :