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LEGISLATORS ASSAULTED.
Hungarian. Raise . WIId Uprear In Buda.

Spscth casis Dsspafcs - TVS SrS
BcpAPEsT. March ?i.-wild scenes we're
witnessed in the Hungarian Chamber to-
day when a decree dissolving that body
which had been sanctioned by Emperor
Francis Joseph on March IS was read
The opposition declared that the decree.
which had been signed by the Emperor
King. was unconstiuu Iional
Violent attacks were made on the Gov
eminent. and when sumo Of the Radical
members lost their heads heavy books
and ink stands we're hurled At the Govern
ment members who sat on the ministerial
benches
Many n thess missiles struck Khuen
Won Hedsvary. the Premier. who fell 70
the floor with his face covered with blood.
His friends removed him from the
chamber
Count serenyi. the Minister 81 ARric,il-
tire. vas also struck by several missiles
and was carried out suffering from serious
injuries. He r~ce'vsd a viale-t hlo- n .hs
sye from an ink stand and Il IL feared that
his sight has been permanently injured
The session was suspended amid a
violent uproar Fights between indi-
vidual members took place IN tho Hobbies
and the corridors. The Chamber re-
assembled later. hut the trouble broke
out again. following a motion by one Of
the members that the ringleaders Of the
riot mead not 'incriminste themselves by
owning up.
The session again was suspended and
\ scene Of Wild confusion followed The
president thcn appealed to the missile
lhrowers % confess and got their con-
LESSONS and apologies Several mem
hers expected the Government to prose-
ruts the dehnquents
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PORTO RTCO CELEBRATION.
FOurth Centenary 90 the Cathedral %
san Juan To Ne Observed.
special Cahis DsspafcA 10 1HR ScN

SAN JUAS. p r.. March ~ In response
II call issued hy 5sshop JozsS % the
Catholic Church a meeting Of the promi-
nent men Of the island will no held in a
few days 20 arrange plans for the cole
bratlOn Of the fourth centenary Of tho
dedication % the Cathedral Of san Juan
and the creation by tho Pope Of the do
oese 81 Porto Rico.
Il IL intsnded TO commemorate both
events by the endowment Of an institu-
tion % learning or charity. Popular
contributions for that purpose will he
asked
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ExP0SURE THAT FAILED.
Havana - surters" Editorial Does Not
Deter Congress PreEs sts Course.

SPECIAL CAME Despafos 70 TEE SrS
Havana. March IL The CoyTisr IN an
editorial charges the Cuban Con gross
with having allowed bribery TO intervene
in the proposed plan 90 exchange the
Arsenal waterfront lands for the United
Railways uptown terminal property.
When this was made public. the deal
was az once ratified. the exchange 70 take
place on April !. The editorial alleges
that the Arsenal property II worth twice
AZ much a. the railway land.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-22
CHTLE-PERT BRE IN.
Minister Recalled From Lima ami satua.
tio8 Beeosnes Grave

SpSoai Ceas DsSpafra - I'VE SrN
LIMA. Peru. March p Tho Chilean
Minister has been recalled
There - rhe gTavest anxiety az 60 the
future Of I he relations between the two
countries.
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y. y. e. ENGINEER KILLED.
Third Rail shoe struck sim ~ We
Jumped From q SoNtnE Train.


jumped From q SoNtnE Train.
In alighting from New York
Central electric train at the fremont
station Of the Harlem division yesterday
afternoon Joseph Anderson. Is yearv old.
an engineer employed by the road. fell
The third rail shoe 81 a moving car hit
him and he was dragged the length Of
a car before the train could be halted.
He died instantly OF a fractured rkuIl.
Anderson was a widOwsr and leaves
six children. the Oldest a girl of -. -Four
years ago Mr.. Anderpon's father. q mis.
1ionary in South Amerioa, died suddenly
IN tho street while going about his work
MIR Anderson = brother William. who was
silso an engineer for the New York Cen
trail was killed about three years ago while
leaning out of the cab window Of hia
engine. HIs head struck n signal post
Mr. Andersons death yesterday was
attributed To his own negligence and no
arrests were made.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-22
c hlnese Prince Leaysa On Nnnhary AEl..len.
SPECIAL csess Dsspo,cA 10 rMu srS.

SHANGHAI. March 2I.-Prince TsAi Tao.
brother Of the Prince Resent. and the
members Of the military mission which
10 to investigate and report on arms.
equipments. and other matters pertain
ing 20 the armies Of America and Europe.
left Taku aboard the cruiser Haichi to-
day for Japan The mission viii spend
ten days in Japan. after which Il will
proceed to the United States and thence
TO Europe.
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dard is attained by every sinSle

b the guest OF Ambassador Bacon during
his stay here. President Fallieres will
give q dinner in honor Of the former
Chef Executive Of the United States.
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w., NurIs, Y.mp. nIn sue.

ErrLEY. Y ! March q The seventeen
b r..ars u % West Nutisy Hose Com
20 who were discharged for their refusal
explain 70 the Council and Are oom-
- Why beer war served AZ a nsc~Rt
-auon are 20 appeal 20 the couTts
rclnatatsmont.
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!spscisi CsblS Dsspafea 70 TEE srS
BUDAPEST. March IA Socialist dem
onntration in favor Of universal suffrage
led 20 serious street rioting this evening.
Many were hurt by the police. VINO charged
tho crowds with drawn swords.
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sew xeasane's ma fer scott.

SpecsaI Cahs DsspaieA % Thh 3cN.
LONDON. March 7l.-New Zealand will
contribute 1000 guinsas toward the
expenses % Capt. SCOTS Antarctic expe-
dition
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-22

loWeat NemprfaNhrr' W. A. s'lH y. NJ
WAsHn0TOE yoRsrAsr ron To-DaY ASH To-
nOHHoW
-, saasya Nsu Yovk. NeD EnOfaad ava sagsra
pgsHsyiraRta. fafT and HaVHsr ~ day. parnU
sIOsIav 70 aHOyror aOasrafc 70 Byts soufsNsaeriy
arfHdg.
FoF ne District Of Columhia, New Jersey. Deia-
ware and Maryland. fair ana WARMER to-day
partly cloudy 81 norroW. Moderate s0uth and
southwest winds
FoT western New york. partly cloudy ana
warmer to-day; iair ~ morrow: moderate 90
brtns opth sFssarriy ~t-as
For western Pennsylvania. partly claudy and
warner to-day; fair ~ mOrFou; m0deE-ta SOUTH
unoi aad wegt winaA
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ID. Alt,rraa1 & On.

HAVE IN STOCK LARGE ASSORTMENT or
TOILET REQUISITES DRESSING TABLE AND
BATH. INCLUDING FRENCH CELLULOiD TOILET SETS
MANICURE ARTICLES sPoNGES BRUSHES. HAND MIRRORS
AIR CUSHIONS TOILET CASES. THERMos BOTTLES.
EXTRACTS. TOILET WATERS. CoLoGYEs. ETC
SPECIAL SELECTIONS OF TOILET ARTICLES WHICH
INCLUDE HAIR. BATH, NAIL AND TOOTH
BRUSHES, WILL BE OFFERED
AT 70 TO u LESS THAN USUAL PRICES.
ym4 Aurmu. 34HA zA 1stA RASsEiu. Nr~ WEG !
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TWILLED SILK UMBRELLAS

FASHIONABLE NECKwEAR FOR WOMEN -
WILL BE OFFERED AT REDUCED PRICES AS FOLLOWS:
ABoTs OF BATIsrE AND LACE 25e. 36e, Soc
JAsoTs WITH REAL LACE SOC, 6Se. 55e
ROUND AND SAILOR COLLARS OF HAND-EMBRoIDERED
LINEN Soc. g. 75c.
BATIsrE AND LACE TRIMMED PLATED COLLARS Csc
IN THE STATIONERY DEPARTMENT
cREroNNEcovERED BOXES CONTAINING TWO oUIREs or
PAPER WITH ENVELOPES MATCH.
FORMERLY $3.50. AT Csc PER BOX
THERE WILL NUMBER
WOMENs HAND BAGS IN VARIOUS LEArHERs
FORMERLY $500 & 600 AT $3.50 EACH
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STRIKE OUTLOOK HOPEFUL
COWvISSIONER NEIIE OFFERS
NEU RINI> "a UORk on.

RaII~ap Manager ansl Representative
sS the IIrrm~n NEree q" Come To-
Erthrr again for n furthrr and Nmic-
anI. Ilscu.sIOn Of rhetr IS,Uerencrs.
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ASQUITH TABLES LORDS BILL
NO ACTION ON RESOLUTIONS
FOR VETO POWER.

Peers ThenaselNes Pass Two &C the nsse-
berS Plans bot Take Ne Action On the
Proposed Reeonstruetion % the lpper
House ~ New EleeeiOn scheme.
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and brought to the highest
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SEASONS desi&ns are evolve.
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ROOSEVELT WELL RECEIVED
mrs PROG RESS OtTSBTNES THAT
OF PRINCE EITEL.

sSaisers son Net aessing win Nearly the
Attention ExsPreslaen' h Getting
Americans Are Many at Luxor at q
Transplaneed WTssse ssOuse Punctloa.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-01-27

the most enterprising men of the
early days of Vandalia was j. NJ.
Beshears. 1t was he who for
several years put up more build
ings in Vandalia than anyone
else, etc. Among the early resi-
dents of Vandalia was N. j.
Painter, whose house stood out on
the prairie south Of town. The
ground on which it stood is Gov
cred now by George Daniels gro
cery store. In 1873 my brother
and l did a job of threshing with
our machine standing on the
ground where the Vandalia hotel
now stands.
j. b. Madison.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-01-27
HIGH HILL DISTRICT.

Rev. Presser filled his regular
appointment at New Hope the 3rd
Sunday.
Parker Denham is running his
saw mill all the time. Has large
log yard waiting for him. lie
surely is making it pay.
Mr.. George Williamson AMI
Miss Pansy Quisenberry were
united in the holy bonds Of
matrimony one day last week.
The Cant school is closed on
account of scarlet fever. DR..
Todd's little girl and Miss Eliza
Beatty have it. Miss Beatty
broke out at the lodge a few
nights ago. There is fear the
disease will spread.
Will Sims had a car load Of
hogs shipped in from Arkansas.
Rev. w. D. Pulls and wife re-
turned home Thursday.
John Potts who died so sudden
in St. Louis last week had many
friends here. He was once
resident i'll our district. We
tender our heartfelt sympathy t,
the bereaved family.
DIR. Todd bought two hogs Of
Oliver Sims at 1886.
Little Ralph and Elizabeth
Beatty visited at their grand
fathers, j. L. Smiths. the past
week.
Born, to Henry Wilmot and
wife, a 10 ib. girl, on the 21st.
Oliver Sims and family visited
B. F. Pulls and wife Sunday.
Charles Sellers sold a wagon
load of hogs to Tom Hodge az
$40.
James Leary of Illinois is
visiting William Wilmot and
family. He is an old friend and
school mate
Miss Lucy Simcoe and Master
Carl Pulls visited at B. T. Pulls
lately.
Mr.. Roberts, our new mail
carrier. surely is an up-to-date
mail man. He is always on time
or little ahead,
Grandma Seymore is still quite
lunwell.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-01-27
speech the adjective instead Of the
noun and sent it forth under the
heading, Imperial Missouri. ,"
WEST LICK.
Fine weatherl

flne WeaJnefI
Mr.. and Mrs. Ote Freels Of
Laddonia are the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Edd Ferris this week.
r. p. Brown sold a span of
horses to w. II. Sheppard of
Bowling Green for 1925.
Geo. Menefee and wife enter
tanned the Larkin club of ten, OF
supper Saturday evening.
Harry Flynn sold mare to
Mr.. Vanvaxter for $212.50.
Robt. Ferris and wife of Lad
donia spent Sunday at Edd
Ferris.
Miss Leila Dubray was the
guest of Mrs. Edd FRAZIER Satur-
day night and Sunday.
Geo. Snedeker Of McLain, ILL.,,
is spending a few days with his
brother, E. o. Snedeker, and
family.
Roy Elan bought hogs from
Clarence Atchison and Oscie Du-
bray at 1925.
G. w. Mcintyre sold fat hogs
to John Hobson at $500.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-01-27
Mrs. Moore Dead.

The Laddonia Herald last week
contained the following mention /;
Mrs. ID. S. Moore died at her
home in Bonner, Mont, Monday.
The remains will be brought to
this place for burial. Besides her
husband and two little children,
she leavs an aged mother, Mrs.
Nancy Harris of Frederick, Okla
homa, and two sisters, Mrs. Geo,
Bondurant of Frederick, Okla,
Mrs. Fannie Lyons of Washing
ton, and three brothers, Amos and
John Harris of Benton City, and
Robt. Harris of Curryville,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-01-27
"Dr. Cook" Found.

Amos Sutton tells it on George
Adams, and swears it's the truth.
He says that some time ago
George went over to Middletown
and was willing away the time at
the stores. Being a stranger At
Middletown someone took him for
a suspicious character and asked
him what he was doing there.
"Well, III just tell YOU" he r.
piled, "I stole a bunch of cattle
and the Judge told me / would
either have to go to Jail three
months or to Middletown three
days, and like a d. fool I came
to Middletown." While the mob
was gathering George slipped out
of town and hasn't been back
since -Farber Forum.
Sutton is the DIR, Cook of An
drain county, and of course hi,
records" are somewhere else. Il
Chips can locate the Original
"Dr" it viii have him send thc
'horns" to this Farber imitator
He certainly deserves them. =
Middletown Chips.
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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-01-27
SOME CASH; SOME NEWS.

d. IL. Rogers suDScflDeS.
Virgil Marvin renews, F. NJ.
Shoup, ditto.
Homer NJ. Adams, at Gales
burg, ILL.,, gets the Message for
year thru a Mexico relative.
R. A. Smith of this county, whc
is one of the bright students at
the M. S. u, is a new reader of
the Message.
Our excellent friend r. q,
Harris, out Sailing way, paid this
office much appreciated call
last Saturday.
R. L. Wilmot, near Centralia.
was in Mexico Monday and sub
scribed for "the best paper in
Audrain county"
Mrs. G. w. Covey, of Lad
donia, renews and writes: "I
like your paper, you are making
it better every year"
That whOle-souled fellow, j.
T. Miller, down Benton City wa!
called and renewed for the Mes
sage few days ago.
Susie Wilson of Santa Fe sends
us one dollar and writes: "Please
keep the Message coming. I don t
want to miss a paper"
S. L. Fugua, down Hutchisor
way, sends us a dollar on re-
newal and says: "Shake; wish
you all well and good health.
w. F. Kindig and his neighbOr
Joe Dubbert down east of Mex
leo, paid the Message call Mon
day, Mr.. Kindig renewing for the
paper.
o. F. House, down Wellsville
way, was here this week with
business in the Circuit Court. He
made us happy by renewal of
his subscription.
Mrs. Fannie WOrsham at San
Antonio, Texas, renews for the
Message and she writes this line
"We certainly like the paper. V
Her husband is a wholesale dealer
in poultry, eggs and butter at
San Antonio.
James NJ. Wilson, south of
Mexico, whom we knew years
ago when he lived on a>farm near
Worcester, moved his subscrip
ton date up this week. Mr.. Will
son says he will be 80 years OF
age if he is permitted to live 10
the 22nd of next April.
j. f. Ross, one Of the hustlina
farmers of near Farber, GALES
and renewed for the Message the
other day. He looks after the
Julius Eichman place, Moved
here three years ago from Kan
kakee, Ill, He likes the Message
Cant get along without it."
The following good people ar'
among those who have renewed
for the Message in the last few
days: Elmer Powell, Thomas
Byars, w. B. Douglass, c. A
Mildred, Claude Carter, l. j
Miksch, Hiram Threlkeld, Mrs
NJ. b. Douglass, Martius De
tienne, r. S. Smith, Gale Doug
lass.
Here's the shfi than ;ickles us
lE. D. Webber, at Laddonia
writes; "I herewith enclose tn
necessary means to keep you
valuable paper coming another
year, to my two sons and myself
and hope you'll place their ad
dresses at your very earliest cou
penhnce. Check for three dol,
lors."
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-01-27
THOMPSON cHRoN1cL1Nes.
Two Weddings-Mr. Petty Buys
Farm-Stock Notes.

Clark & Bledsoe had a car Of
hogs in st. Louis Wednesday.
Richie Fountain sold one mule
to Joe Considine Monday for $217.
Cant & Considine sold one car
load of coal last week.
Mrs. w. Ii. DeJarnett went to
Centralia last week to be the
guest of her mother.
l.. Y. Petty has bought him d
farm near Sturgeon and will move
March 1st.
r. P. Tinsley is on the sick list
this week.
Miss Leila Tinsley returned Sun
day from a pleasant visit to rell-
tives in Mexico.
Mrs. Joe Considine is home
from brief visit to her aunt in
st. Louis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Daniel
are the guests Of her father, Mr..
Pickett.
Joe Considine bought one span
of extra tip top horses of Ed Ne
Near, weighing 2S00, price $4OO.
and two fancy sorrel mules Of
Henry Brown for $500, and 4
coming 3 year old mules of Ed
McNear for 1920, and two 200 ID
hogs of Sam Brown at 1910.
Miss Eta Jesse, daughter of J,
b. Jesse, formerly of this place
was married at Hereford, Texas,
last Thursday.
j. D. Cline is entertaining some
Of his old friends for the past 10
days from Nebraska. This brings
to Mr.. Cline memories of his boy
hoods happy days.
George Chadwick sold his
place in Thompson last week 10
Eppa F. Elliott for $795.
Cant & Considine shipped car
of oats to st. Louis the last part
Of the week. Price ranging Al 1-2
and AZ cents.
Joe Considine bought eight
mules at the Fountain sale at
prices ranging from $3O2.5O to
$422,50 a span,
Thomas E. Davenport was mar
ried to Miss Matte Long Sun
day evening, Jan. %, 1910, by
Eppa F. Elliott. He is the young
est son of John P. Davenport, who
raised four children and has been
permitted to see them all marry
while on one farm, that of
Acquilla Roberts. Tommie is a
popular young man in this com
munity, honest and Industrious
who has many friends. The bride
is the oldest daughter of Mr.. ans
Mrs. Fred Long. She was raised
near Thompson and was one OF
our rural district graduates ono
year ago. Miss Matte is an ac
complished young lady and has
many admirers in this county
They will go to housekeeping
March 1st on the Mrs. Mary
Lyons farm.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-01-27
CIRCUIT COURT.
Dick Woods Caught by the Grand
Jury-A Number Of Peniten-
tiary Sentences.

Dick Woods of Laddo MIA was
indicted by the grand jury on IL
counts for violation of the local
option law. 1t is alleged that he
operated at Vandalia during the
Korn Karnival. He was placed
under $500 bond to answer at the
June term of court.
Prince Tucker, colored, was
sentenced to two years in the peni-
tentiary for assault to kill; Walk
er Miller, colOred, was sentenced
to three years for burglary; Rob-
ert Lue, cOlored, was sentenced to
four years for stealing two turkeys
Joe Masserang was given a term of
three years for housebreaking;
Taylor Edwards of Benton City,
Mo-, was sentenced to two years
for grand larceny.
r. A. Powell, the young Wa,
bash telegraph operator who on
January 20 skipped from here to
st. Louis with $35 of the com
pany's money and IN overcOat and
revolver which be borrowed from
an employe, was brought into
Circuit Court here last Thursday
He admitted the charge and Judge
Barnett sentenced him to two
years in States prison. Powell
would never divulge the where
abOuts of his parents, desiring, he
said, to keep his disgrace from his
mother. Boozing. he says. got
him into his trouble. And here S
where other young men might pro-
fit by his example.
The jury after deliberatiug about
20 hours, failed tn agree in the
case of Mexico Music Co., against
John T. Baker. THIS was a
repleviu case wherein the plaintiff
sought to recover, under a mort
gage. Several years ago the
plaintiff sold to S. B. Hardine the
music and hardware stock on the
south side of the square. The
plaintiff held a mortgage on thr
property. Hardine made an as
signment and John T. Baker wa,
appointed assignee. Hardlne at
terwdrds went into bankruptcy and
John Orear was made trustee in
bankruptcy.
The incorporation of the Mex.
leo Chautauqua allowed.
John Price, colored, of Van,
dalia, plead guilty to gambling
and was fined $25 and costs.
State VS.. Al. Biggers. Accuse.
plead guilty to assault, sentenced
to one year in Jail, paroled for
two years.
Frank Jennings VS.. b. j. Apple
man for $4,000 damages for as
sault and battery, verdict fol
$500 actual and $50 punitive
damages.
Charles Hoover, aged %, ar
rested here last June and seh
fenced to Jail on the charge 81
passing a forged check on tn,
Mexico Clothing Co., and whc
later made his escape from Jail
was apprehended in Kansas City
last Thursday and Sheriff j. B
Woolery went to Kansas Cit!
and brought Hoover back Satur
day morning.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-01-27

Sorry to hear of our old-time
friend, James Bledsoe, of this
city, who recently moved here
from his farm near Strother,
getting seriously hurt last Friday
morning. He was kicked and
knocked down by a vicious COW
and rendered unconscious. He
suffered no broken bones but he
was quite badly bruised about
the body and head. We hope he
may recover safely
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-01-27

Harvey Summers and wife ami
little baby visited airs. Summers
mother in Mexico last week, Mrs,
VIM. Farrah.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-01-27

Love Crigler, near Molino, has
moved to a farm near Perry.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-01-27

T. T. Turley attended the
funeral Of his wife's brother, Mr.,
Samuel Turley, at Lake Fork, Ill
last week.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-01-27

The Message Quoted Ed. Webber
Last Fall on Early County
History.

At the Vandalia Korn Karnival
early last fall the Message met
our boyhood friend L. D. Weber
of near Laddonia, but who used
to herd cattle near the present
site of Vandalia, and we quoted
Mr.. Webber relative to some IF
the early settlements Of that
locality. 1t stirred some of the
early settlers up, who are yet
living, and several have written
for the papers touching some of
the things referred to by Mr..
Webber. Following is a letter
we find in last weeks Vandalia
Mail:
Cando, N. D., Jan. II, 1910
Dear Editor AS | have
noticed in your paper the contro-
versy in regard to the starting of
Vandalia, / would like to relate
some of the early history of Van
dalia as / remember it. In the
month of Sept, 1869, 1 with my
fathers family, settled three miles
south and east of rhe present loca-
tion of Vandalia. In May or
June of 1870, / rode over the
ground and along the line of the
R. R, grade (for it was graded
before we went there) where
Vandalia now stands. Then there
was not stick large enough to
kill rattle snake anywhere near
there, except occasionally sur
veyor's or grader s stake left. In
fact there was no building or en-
closure anywhere near the line
between the Biggs & McCunc
Pasture Ga mile or so east Of
town. and Laddonia, except "The
Lone Dutchman, Fritz Schriefer,
one and one-half miles west of
town, whose enclosure the R. R.
crossed the corner of later in the
same season. In August or
September / drove lover the same
ground and saw ih progress the
construction Of the first building
2in Vandalia which was built and
occupied for some time by Mr..
Collins. This building was oc-
cupiedJater Wy G. G. Daniel. Still
later, the last of November and
in December. the lumber was
hauled from Louisiana and the
building erected in which the
KING Dros. opened a store some
time during the winter. Then
early the next spring, March,
think, 1871, Jeffries and Pearson
opened a general store on the
southwest corner of the block ad-
joining the one on which the
Collins building was located. The
King Bros. store stood on the
southeast corner of the same
block.
The railroad track was laid
thru on the 21st day of June, 1871,
(if my memory serves me right. J
There was talk of calling the
town Pike City, but when the P
o. was established it was named
Vandalia. Sometime during the
summer Col. A. McPike and
Judge Caldwell of Curryville, Col
A. Todd and afterwards Governor
Hardin Il think it was) of Mex
leo, each erected dwelling il
town, which were occupied one BY
Mr.. Jeffries, one by Mr.. Pearson
and one by Charles Hart, who
had already started the frs
blacksmith shop in town.
The first depot or Office the R
R. had there would remind on,
Of a Dakota Claim Shack an,
their first operator was Charlie
Pane, whose people lived Of
Cuivre Creek, or somewher
south, and who was not soun,
operator but had to receive b.
sight. He was soon relieved b.
young man by the name .
Mores, who was a sound operate
and after a year or so his plac
4.