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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-01-21
The Now Way.

He--Darllng. all is over between us.
she-oh. George. this is 40 Abruxzi.
Punch.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-01-21

Judge 8rownlee Of BroolSfield Dead.
Judge William II. Brownlee, wide.
ly known retired lawyer and capital
list Is dead at his home In Brookfeld.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-01-21

All sorrow is an enemy. but It car.
rles a friends message within II, too
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-01-21
A Coal OH Inspector for soIIvar.

Gov. Folk has appointed Il. b. Beck
coal oil inspector for Bolivar for two
years.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-01-21

PILES CURED IN 9 To IA DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT ~ guaranteed Go cure any case
81 Itching. Mind, Rleeding OF Pnltruding Piles In
70 u days OF money refunded. boc-
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-01-21

II Your Feet Ache or Harm
set Sc package Of Aiicna fO0i-leass II Rivea
guiek roiisf. Two million pactagca soid yearly.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-01-21

Even a fast man may not make q
rapid recovery when he's III.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-01-21

A good detective makes light of his
ability as a shadow.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-01-21

Lewis Single binder straight Sc cigar IL
good quality all the time. Your dealer or
Lewis Factory, Peoria, III.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-01-21
NO TEMPTATION.

Wag referring to Miss oldbird)-
Um, should think 1t would be more
suitable II she were standing under
"elderberries" instead of mistletoe-
herries
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-01-21

II Is not what we intend. but what
We DO makes Us usefnl.--More. :.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-01-21

ONLY UNE ~uH0mO QUtN1EE"
THAI % LAXATIVE PROMO QutNtNk. I0ck foe
tas s,sassare % ~, w: 9aoyk used ths worla
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-01-21

Smiles make a better salve for trou.
BILE than DO frowns.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-01-21
IS to so Blu. of Wheat Per Acre
have been grown on farm lands in
WESTERN CANADA

IIfy5IsYFsf S2TyF Much les would DO
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beBfslnkkSnM satisfactory. The gcu-
TylsNSr eHN eIal average s above
W. 8 AnB1I twenty buIheli.
7 MI NMByS<49 "Ailare loud In their
" Bg9sl.{S&6A praises Of the great
w. lt{jtttst crops aad that won
degful country. Err
t-I-t f-r-i e7s-rsrda3srcc kln0sai E3t0riaf
Association v August, 1903.
Il is now possible 10 secure Homestead Of 100
acres free and another 100 acres at $500 per acre.
Hundred have paid the cost Of then farms q
purehAsed) and then had balance Of from s 1000
10 Sl2OOper acre from one crop. Wheat. barley.
oats. aa1-all do well. Mixed farming is a greaa
success and daiITng is highly Profitable. Excel
leul climate, splenG,d schools and churches. rad
ways bring mos, every district within easy reach
Of market. Railway and land companies have
lands for sale at low pnees and on easy terms
Last Best West" pamphlets and maps sent
free. For these and information As 10 how
TO secure lowest railway rates, apply to
Superintendent Of Immigration, Ottawa.
Canada, or the authorised Canadian Govern
ment Agent;
J. S. CRAWFORD, izs ". Ninth St.. Kansas City. Hss
{: J. BRoU0nI0h. 4i1 Merchants Loan { Trust BiaGs
Chicago. lllinoia.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-01-21

t-I-i from e7srcsroa3srcc ".
Association q August, 1893.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-18
TRADE AND INDUSTRY.

Chicago detectives took into custody
the 1G-year-old Michigan City, Ind,
youths who confessed TO having left their
homes to break the Chicago board of
trade" They said they had e system"
to beat the market and produced between
them $500 with which they had expected
to begin operations.
An application for a preliminary in
junction restraining the reorganization
committee of the Southern Steel Com
pany from carrying out its plan for the
reorganization of that company was de-
MED by Judge Noyes. of the United States
Circuit Court in New York.
Propelling and controlling submerged
torpedoes by wireless telegraph. hurting
Instruments of destruction against hostile
battleships without the sacrifice of a man
on the part of the naval power equipped
with the new terror-all this is made
possible, it is claimed, by the invention of
a resident of Los Angeles, Carl Abraham
son.
Minnesota school children will be en-
lightened on the habits of the gypsy
moth, the brown-tail moth, the San Jose
scale, native scales and other injurious
insects, and the prlnclpal lASecuVorouS
birds of this State, if Representative Ole
Peterson's bill is passed. The State en-
tomologist is to draw, Autograph and dis
tribute illustrated charts to all ungraded
and graded schools. An appropriation of
$500 is included.
Taking their cue from the recognition
of the tri-county delegation as one Of the
standing committees, the farmer members
of the Minnesota house have organized
what is to be known as the agricultural
delegation of the House.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-18
ALL AROUND THE GroRE

The accident liability of the brakemen
of the United States is greater than that
of any other country.
Several residences and business houses
at West6eld, y. Y. were DESTROYED by
fire. The loss is $4,000.
The White Star liner Cretic. from the
Mediterranean ports with nearly 1000
passengers on board. ran onto the Cen
turion Ledge. near Boston. but with the
aid of five tugs was pulled off and tow
ed to quarantine.
The case of Tom l.. johnson. Mavor
of Cleveland, against the opponents of
his 3-cent fare system was filed in the
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
at Cincinnati.
United States Marshal Eliot collected
from Henry Lair AT San Francisco the
$500 fine imposed upon him by Judge
Lands for importing alien women to
Chicago for immoral purposes
\ whale sixty feet long and weighing
about 5000 pounds was found dying off
Old Point Comfort, Va. 1t is thought to
have been struck by a ship.
The Francis Makamie Presbyterian
Church at Snow Hill. Nd, supposed to
be the first Presbyterian Church erected
in America, was damaged by fire. and the
lumber mill of Smith, Moore & Harcis.
adjoining. was destroyed.
Fire in the four-Story Judge Black
Building, occupied by the Brunswick
Bowling Company in Columbus, Ohio.
spread TO the fve-story brick building oc-
cupied by the Tracy-Wells Company, an.l
destroyed it with the contents. Loss
100000 to $4,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-18
CUBA INVITES TROUBLE.
Nomination of Velez as Minister at
Washington Regarded as Insult.

Nomination of Velez as Minister at
Washington Regarded as Insult.
People who are most familiar with
the political situation in Cuba have
generally allowed the new government
six months of peace; but it seems 10
be looking for trouble already. and
may be able TO find it before that time
has expired. The Situa ton is already
becoming rather intense and the most
alarming symptom is the attitude Of
the liberal leaders toward this coun-
Try The nomination of Carlos Garcia
NeIez TO be minister TO Washington is
An insult TO this Government and
should be reSened, writes a well-known
Washington correspondent. 1t is Gus
tomary among civilized nations to in
qulre whether person selected for q
diplomatic post is acceptable to the
Government TO which it is proposed to
send him and quite frequently obiec-
ton is made on one ground or another.
In this case. however. the Cuban Gov
eminent, either from ignorance or from
intention, has neglected that formality
and General Garcia (the name Velez
is that of his mothers family, has
confirmed by the Cuban Senate and no
questions asked. President Taft and
Secretary Bacon learned all about Gen
eral Garcia when they went to Havana
In 1906 to take charge Of things at
the time President Palma's authority
was overthrown, but when Secretary
Bacon was asked if he intended to OBJ
Ject to the appointment he said he
would leave the matter open for his
successor to decide, because the lat
ter would have to deal with Garcia
instead of himself. Secretary Knox
says that he has given the matter no
consideration.
carlos Garcia is one of the most vio-
lent anti-AmericanS in Cuba and has
never attempted to conceal his con-
tempt and hatred for our Government.
He is the younger of two sons of the
late General CaliXo Garcia the ablest
OF the revolutionary leaders in the
last and successful revolution against
Spain. His elder brother, Justo Gar
cia Velez, is minister of foreign at
fairs in the cabinet of President
Gomez.
President Gomez did not appoint
Carlos Garcia minister to the United
States from choice, but from necessity.
The two brothers notified him and pub
licly announced several weeks ago that
if Carlos was not given this office they
would make trouble for the administra-
ton. and the newspaper dispatches say
that many think President Gomez
missed great opportunity to show him
self a strong and determined executive
by not taking the brothers al their
word and throwing them into prison
for showing the first signs of rebel
lion"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-18
NEW YORK.

Trade and industrial developments
have been slightly more favorable, the
result being a better tone in various
lines of trade and some enlargement Of
activity in spring demand from job
hers and from retailers. Helpful in
this respect has been the, arrival of
better weather conditions, the advance
of the seasons trade toward an early
Easter, large shipments of grain to
market, attracted by high prices, the
placing of some business in iron and
steel induced by lower prices and the
resumption of building operations at
many cities after the winter shut
down.
Where iobbing demand has improved
however. conservatism in buying has
ruled, trade at first hands has remain
ed pretty quiet and the enlargement of
retail buying has not been very mark
ed. Still, even collections show slight
gain.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending March IL
were 254, against 219 last week. 278
in the like week of 1908, 1856 in 1907,
1877 in 1906 and 1856 in 1905.
Canadian failures for the week num-
Der 40, which compares with 33 last
week and 81 in this week last year.
Bradstreets.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-18
FOURTEEN DEAD, MANY
INJURED IN TORNADO
BrinkIey, Ark, Is Wrecked by
Wind and Flames and Other
Towns Are Damaged.
RURAL HOMES ARE DESTROYED
Gov. Donaghey, Appealed to by Vic
tins, Will Go to Scene of Suf-
fering-Snow in West.

Reports received in Memphis, Tenn,
show that fourteen persons were killed
and fifteen or twenty injured in the
tornado and fire which swept Brinkley,
Ark, Monday. Ten of the dead were
white persons and four negroes. The
business section of the town was de
mOlished and probably 50 per cent OF
the dwellings were raZed. Other towns
in the eastern part of the State suffered
from the wind and the southern and
western sections of Arkansas also were
swept by tornadoes.
A mass meeting of citizens was held
at Brinkley Tuesday and a telegram
was sent to Governor Donaghey at Lit
tie Rock, urging him to go TO Brinkley
and take charge of the situation. The
Governor replied that he would depart
for the scene at once.
Because Of wide decentralization a
Cotton Belt passenger train could not
be found and report was sent out
that it had been blown from the tracks
near Baucum. The officials of the rail
road in Memphis said that the train
was safe from mishap.
Wires are down throughout the
State. Several physicians of Forest
City as well as many nurses were sent
to Brinkley at midnight and other
towns rushed aid to the storm-swept
town.
A tornado hit Fourche dam, five
miles from Little Rock, at ) o'clock in
the afternoon, killing a negro boy and
injuring other negroes. Two houses
were demolished and one was consumed
by fire after it had been blown to bits.
The tornado crossed the Arkansas
River at Fourche dam and raised n
spout of water about 200 feet high. 1t
travelled toward the northeast and
swept a path about sixty yards wide.
The wind was followed by a violent
hail and rain storm.
The same tornado passed into Bau-
cum and from there to Kerr, Lonoke
County, where several homes were de-
mOlished and E. B. Adams, a farmer,
was seriously injured. He, with his
wife, son and three others, was in the
house at the time. They were buried
in the debris. The home of Dan Wag-
ner, sawmill operator, also was de-
stroyed, but he and his wife escaped
with few bruises. A gin and several
negro cabins were demolished.
All the windows in a train running
between Gurdon and Roster were blown
out At Malvern the Methodist Church
was destroyed at loss of $4,000. The
Baptist Church was damaged and =
portion of the Court House was I'M
rooted
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-18
RUTH BRYAN IS DIVORCED.
Daughter of Recent Presidential
Nominee Freed from Husband.

Nominee Freed from Husband.
Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt, eldest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William j.
Bryan, was granted a divorce by Judge
Cornish of the equity division of the
District Court in Lincoln, Neb., from
William Homer Leavitt, an artist,
whom she married in Lincoln Oct. 3,
1908. The decree was based on non
support
The hearing was brief. The plain
tiff testified that soon after her mar
riage to the defendant her parents be-
gan to contribute to her support. She
stated that at one time they had sent
her $500 and ON two other occasions
$500 each. She had not seen Mr.. Leav-
lit for two years. She was asked if
the defendant was an able-bodied man
and she replied in the affirmative.
Mrs. Bryan testified that she had
visited her daughter at Denver after
the marriage to Leavitt in a house
which w. ]. Bryan furnished. She
corroborated the statement of Mrs.
Leavitt as TO the amount of money
that had been furnished the family.
Judge Cornish gave the mother the
custody of the two children, Ruth
Leavitt, aged 4, and Bradford Bryan
Leavitt, aged 3 years. The father will
be allowed to Sc the little ones at rea-
sonable times, though this latter con-
sideration was an after thought of
the court, and was made a part of the
record after the formal decree had
been rendered.
Leavitt made no application for any
consideration, and the right to see his
children was the thought of a news
paper man, who called the attention
of Judge Cornish to that omission, and
it was rectified Mr.. Leavitt was not
represented by counsel.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-18
MANCHURIA TROUBLE GROWING
Protests of United States and China
Threaten World Complications.

The situation at Hardin, Manchuria,
arising from the apparent determination
of the railroad authorities to control the
local administration has become a live
issue in Russian politics. The protests of
China and the United States are claiming
public attention and it is believed that
the aggressive stand of the railroad au-
thorities in Manchuria will bring about
foreign complications. The negotiations
with China are at a standstill until such
time as the policy of the government
shall be determined. The foreign Office
outwardly supports General Horvath in
closing the stores of the Chinese mer-
chants who refused to pay taxes to Rus
STA, but privately it is most dissatisfied
with the situation. The Novoe Eremya
the other day sharply criticises the for
eign Office for its stand in this matter,
and says it believes Germany is stirring
up the question for the purpose of d.
verting attention from the near East
The paper intimates that Fred D. Fisher,
until recently American consul at Har-
bin, has been acting in the interests of
Germany.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-18
MISSOURI GUSTS STANDARD OIL
Waters-Pierce Company Continues
to Do Business in State.

The motions by the Standard Oil
Company of Indiana and the Republic
Oil Company of Ohio for q rehearing
of the custer suit recently decided
against them, and for modification
of the judgment. were overuled by the
Missouri Supreme Court Tuesday.
Upon payment of the assessed fine
the motion of the Attorney General
for an absolute custer of the Missouri
&C lpany was denied. the compliance
with the court order recently filed by
the company was approved and the
judgment of custer against it was sus
pended.
The effect of these decisions is to
eXpel the Indiana and Ohio companies
from Missouri and to restore to the
Waters-Pierce Company, so per cent
of whose stock is held by the Stand
ard Oil Company of New Jersey, the
right to do business within the State.
The decision is considered a great
victory for the Waters-Pierce Com
pany and incidentally for the minority
interests of that concern who claim
to have been making unavailing eff
forts to free the company from con-
troll by the New Jersey corporation.
With this object in view they declined
to approve the proposition made by
the Standard Oil Company of Indiana
that that company be allowed to con-
tinue business in the State under a
trusteeship composed of representa-
tives of the court and the company
This proposition excited the liveli-
est interest in that it would have
given to the State a measure of di-
rect control of 1 corporations affairs,
had it been adopted by the court. But
it was ignored in the announcement
by the chief justice.
With the judgment of custer made
absolute against the Standard Oil
Company of Indiana and the Repub-
lie Oil Company, these concerns must
now pay their fines of $4,000 each
and cease business in the State. The
$4,000 assessed against the Waters
Pierce Company has been paid.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-18
.N@&99 '$ ;jNkzx/

Chicago-Cattle, common 10 prime,
$4.OO to $40; hogs, prime heavy. $40
TO $3.50; sheep, fair TO choice. $500
to $3.50; wheat. No. >. SLIT to S1.20;
corn, No. 2, 64c to 66c; oats. standard,
sc to 54c; rye, No. >. TIC to soc; hay,
timothy, $500 to $3.50; prairie, $500
to S11.5O butter. choice creamery, DC
to Csc; eggs, fresh, 1Jc to 19c; potatoes,
per bushel, Soc to 9Oc.
apolis-Cattle, shipping, $500
to $3.50; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $500; sheep, good 20 choice,
$3.50 to $500; wheat, No. 2, $1.20 to
S122; corn, No. 2, white, Gle to G3c;
oats. No . white. 49c to sic.
st. Louis-Cattle. $40 to $40: hogs,
S4.OO to $685.: sheep, $500 to 1913;
wheat, No. 2. S1.25 to 1927; corn, No. 2,
G5c to &c: oats No. =, 53c to DOC; rye,
No. 2. 19c to SOC.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $500 to $685.;
hogs. $500 to $40: sheep. $500 to
$3.50: wheat. No. ,, $1.26 to 1927; corn,
No. . mixed, &c to Csc: oats, No. 2
mixed. 55c to 56c rye. No. ?, SIC to SIC.
Detroi-Cattle. 500 to $3.2J; hogs,
$500 to 500: sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. =, $1.10 to S1.2O; corn. No. 3
yellow, &c to Csc; cats, No. 3 white,
54c TO SIC; rye, No 2, Soc to SIC.
Milwaukee-Wheat. No. 2 northern,
S1.13 to SLID; corn. No. 8, &c to 6Sc;
oats. standard. 54c to SIC; rye, No. l,
19c to SOC; barley. No. /, 65c TO &c;
pork mess, S16.3J.
Buffalo-Cattle. choice shipping steers,
$500 to $7.O5; hogs. fair to choice, $500
to $685.; sheep, common to good mixed,
S4.OO to $475; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $3.50.
New York-Cattle. 800 TO $3.50;
hogs, $3.50 to 500; sheep. $500 to
$500: wheat. No. , red. $1.22 to $1.23;
corn. No. .. 7jc TO 76c; oats, natural
white. Sc to Gle; butter, creamery, PC
to 27c: eggs. western. lie to 20c.
ToIedo-Wbeat. No. 2 mixed, SLID TO
S1.2O; corn, No. 2 mixed. &c TO Csc;
oats, No. mixed. j:jc to SIC; rye. No.
>, SIC to S3c; clover seed, $500.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-18
OIL TRUST WINS CASE;
s29,0O0,00O FINE VOID
Judge Anderson Decides That Evil
dence Against Standard Com
pany Is Insufficient.
ORDERS MOT GUILTY VERDICT.
Decides Nearly All Technical Points
Against secution-Govern-
ment Gives Up Fight.

The famous S29,240,0O0 rebate case
against the Standard Oil Company
was ended Wednesday. Government
attorneys abandoned the prosecution,
declaring that under the courts rul-
ings they could not continue the case
against the corporation. By the direc-
ton of Judge Anderson the jury re-
turned a verdict of not guilty.
Judge Anderson ruled that the gov
eminent had not produced sufficient
evidence against the oil company to
establish the points upon which they
We're basing the prosecution. In his
instruction to the jury the judge dwelt
on the theory that the government had
established no case against the oil
company.
This end of the famous case leaves
Judge X. NJ Lands, who imposed the
enormous fine on the corporation, alone
in his judicial attitude His rulings
are discredited and his opinion in the
first trial was not taken into consider
alton.
Judge Anderson, who has thus set
at naught the rulings of Judge Lands,
is a boon companion of the latter jul
rist. Both men are "Hoosiers,'' COM
ing from the same part of Indiana.
They were boys together and through
out their lives their careers have run
| parallel. As boys they frequented the
same "swimmin' hole" and when they
IN hNtl
and Republicans in politics and both
were made federal judges by ex-Presi-
dent Roosevelt Their philosophers
have been much the same, and both
have been noted for their incisive
grasp of the cases ON trial before
them.
Judge Lands brought John d. Rock
efeller to the bar of his court and
the witness chair.
Judge Anderson directed the dismiss
sal of the case because there is mo
proof" He in instructing the jury to
return a verdict of not guilty, said
he dismissed the counts in the indict-
ment covering the shipments from
Chappelle because there was a fatal
variance between the Indictment and
the evidence.
The Elkins law, he said provided
that offenses could be committed in
only two ways, one way by violating
the law on shipments carried by a
common carrier over it's own line, and
the other by violating the law on ship
ments carried over it's own and other
lines.
The Indictment charged, he said,
that the Chappelle shipments were
carried by the Alton road over its own
line, whereas the evidence showed that
they had been carried over its own
and other lines.
Judge Anderson, in the first ruling
of the retrial, ordered that a new ven
ire be drawn when the Standard Oil
counsel raised objection to the first
panel because only three Chicagoans
were among the $50 summoned. He
then ruled that the government in pre-
sentlng it's case should confine itself
to only thirty-six offenses, thus max
ing the highest possible fine against
the oil company, should it be found
guilty on every count, but $4,000,
while Judge Laudis assessed the COM
pany a S29,240OOO fine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-18
GOMPERS DEFEATED AGAIN.
Court of Appeals Affrms Blow at
Boycott List.

The Court of Appeals of the District
of Columbia has modified and affirmed
the opinion of Justice Gould of the
Supreme Court of the district, enjoin-
ing the American Federation of La
Dor, Samuel Gompers and other defend
ants from publishing in the I'VE don't
patronize'' list the name of Bucks
Stove and Range Company of st. Louis.
The opinion, which was handed down
by Justice Robb, holds that the decree
of Judge Gould should be modified to
the extent that there should be elm
mated the order against the labor or
ganization and the other defendants
prohibiting mentioning writing or re-
ferring" to the business of Bucks Stove
and Range Company or its customers.
Otherwise the decree is affirmed.
The court holds that the 'combina-
ton" and the boycott in furtherance
thereof, and the publication in the I'VE
don't patroniZe'' list in aid of the boy
colt are illegal.