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Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
8 DROWN IN TEXAS FLOOD
Water Flows Through San Antonio
Streets at Depth Of Six Feet, Fol-
lowing an s-Ineh Rainfall.

Austin. Te1.-Eight persons were
drowned, more than S5,000.O00 dam
age TO crops, business and property
and public service corporations Grip
pied are results OF foods in South
Texas, following eight inches Of rain
fall.
Four of the dead are in San An.
tonic. A long distance telephone mes
sage from Georgetown says q Mrs
Grumbles and her two children and a
Mrs. Menken were drowned there
The San Gabriel river is up 30 feet.
The town of Circleville is under
water. NJ, X. & T. trains are stalled
near Wier.
Water is flowing through the streets
of San Antonio at a depth OF from
five to six feet.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
w. C. T. U. Convention Closes.

Columbia.-The executive sessio.
OF the w. c. T U. closed the state con
vention, which is declared by mem
bers to have been the busiest ever
held There are now little short Of
10000 members Of the w. c. T. L ir
Missouri, and to increase membershir
competition will be held next May
The district which adds the largest
number of members to its rolls vii
receive a cash prize of s25. Last year
IT'S members were gained in this
state.
District presidents and officers took
part in the executive session. Mission
airy workers will be sent to Missour
counties, where the membership is
small. and much growth of the organ
ization is expected
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
HiIIsboro Bank Case Heard.

Hillsboro.-From testimony deyel-
oped 1t is believed the county cour,
order making the bank OF Hillsboro
the county depository will be set aside.
The action was brought by J. G.
Denny and $50 taxpayers against the
Jefferson county court and the bank
of Hillsboro. Testimony developed
the bank Of Hillsboro offered ? per
cent interest and 3A per cent was Of
fered by the Jefferson County Trust
company. Documents were offered ana
witnesses testified to the condition OF
the trust company. Judge W. Z.
Kerchoff said he knew the trust com
pany was solvent, bue favored the
bank of Hillsboro because it cashed
the county warrants at cost.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
State Pays on Pensioners.

jefferson City.-State Treasurer
Deal and Auditor Gordon have trans
mitted 563 checks to Confederate pen
sioners in Missouri, this being the
first installment under the act of the
lest general assembly providing for
these pensions.
The checks range from IS TO $50,
being regulated by the date on which
the pensioners claim was approved
and certified by Adj. Gen. O'Meara.
Nearly 100 more checks will be sent
out. The toal amount disbursed to
date is sS,146,53.
Only INDECENT ex-Confederates are
eligible as pensioners. In all there
have been nearly 1900 applicants and
the still are coming in.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
Normal School Presidents Meet.

Observation-Disclosures John r
Kirk Of the Kirksville Normal and W
\. Darlington of the Springfield Nor
NAL we're the guests of President "
j Hawkins Of the Warrensburg Nor
NAL The school men met to discus.
better methods OF education in the
normal schools of the state. Each re
schools than in previous years in spit,
of the great loss by the patrons o
the school through the recent drought
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
Bailey Heads state Game Farm.

jefferson City.-Jesse b. Jones,
state game and fish commissioner,
has appointed DR.. S. NJ. Bailey of
Elsberry, Mo-, as superintendent Of
the state game farm. Bailey sue
ceeds Hartley Broadbent.
Commissioner Jones says he will
not undertake next season to raise
English pheasants, believeing them
to be not adapted to this climate. If
the game fund is large enough he
may purchase and distribute Hung
arian partridges. which he finds have
ia most instances multiplied where
released.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
MRS. REUTER- FOUND GUILTY
Oklahoma Woman Charged With Muir
derinu Husband Swoons as Yer
diet Is Read in Court.

Bartlesville, Ok.-The jury in
the case of Mrs. Laura NJ. Reuter-,
charged with the murder Of her hus-
band, a prominent attorney at Tulsa,
Ok, last year, returned verdict of
guilty The jury recommended life
imprisonment.
Mrs. Reuter- was wholly unprepared
for the verdict. She confidently ex-
pected acquittal and wren she real
lied the full import of the jurys de-
cision, she fell in a swoon.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
HENRY SPENCER, PARoLED CON.
vlcT. coNFEssEs SHOOTING
OF MRS. RExRoAT.
GIVES LIST OF HIS VICTIMS
Seven Women and Two Chicago Po-
lieemen Among Those He Muir
dered-Story Of 5Iuebeard is
Partly Corroborated.

Chicago.-Mrs. Mildred Allison Rex
roat, dancing teacher, who was shot
TO death at Wheaton, was the victim
of modern Bluebeard, who, accord.
ing to his own confession, had killed
13 others In as many years.
Henry Spencer. arrested in a room
near the Southside levee district, con-
fessed that he not only killed Mrs.
Rexroat, but that he had slain IA
peBsons. He was positively identi-
fed as the mysterious Mr. Spencer
with whom Mrs. ReXroat left Chicago
on the night she was killed. Mrs.
Retreats b!ood.stained rattan suit
case was found in his room, as was
the revolver with which he had killed
her.
Full Truth of Story Doubted.
The police, while in doubt as to the
full truth of Spencer's story, are con-
fident they have found a wholesale
murderer and that he will be proved
TO have killed at least several of those
whose deaths he described in a long
confession.
All of his murders, except two, he
declared, had been for the purpose OF
robbery. The two, Policemen Pc
nell and Divine, shot to death II years
ago, he said he killed to escape be-
ing arrested.
Gives List Of His Crimes.
Following is the list of killings
Spencer related prior to September
IL, 1912:
Patrolmen Devine and Charles Pen
NELL shot at Ashland avenue and
| Congress street when the surprised
Spencer and a man named Murphy
in the act of forcing the door of a
! house.
Fanny Thompson, murdered in a
| rooming house. Robber of diamonds
worth $1,000.
September 70, 1919, to September
26, 1913:
Two girls at Pawpaw Mich, in
June.
Aged man in Washington park last
spring Robber body of 5000.
Woman in house at Fulton and Hal
stead streets, about months ago
Burned her clothing and robbed the
house.
Woman in house about two blocks
from county hospital Got $40 and
some rings.
Woman in Belle Isle park, Detroit
Mich.
First Wife One of His Victims.
His first wife at Fort Montgomery
n. Y. Beat her to death and tool
$500 in money and diamonds wortt
$500.
English immigrant woman. KILLED
near Western avenue.
Saloonkeeper on Van Buren, street
near Aberdeen street.
Mrs. Mildred Allison Rexroat, mur
dered at Wayne, H., Sept. 26.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
CHOLERA AGAIN IN BALKANS
HamIets and Villages Are Depopu-
lated and Dead Remain Where
They Fall-Toli Near 5000.

Bucharest, Roumania.-Cholera is
sweeping the Balkan states. The
ravages Of the two recent Balkan
wars left thousands OF families home.
less and starving. A large section of
Albania is without doctors and med.
ical supplies.
In isolated districts hamlets and
villages have been depopulated and
the dead remain where they fell with
no one TO bury them. 1t is estimated
that at least 5000 have died OF chol-
era.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
FIorlssant Man Heads pOstna,,.,.

Sedalia.-The Missouri League o
Postmasters has adjourned it's ANN.
meeting. The following officers wer.
elected: Sidney II. Ganett, Floris
SAINT, president; William Helm. Hume
vcepresident; l.. d. Thompson. No.t
Bloomfield, secretary and treasure
Mexico was selected as the place O.
holding the 1914 meeting. The OK
ecutive committee will fix the date
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
Prayer for Miners Freedom.

Centralia, Pa.-Thomas Toshesky,
the miner who was liberated from his
underground prison at the Continental
mine after having been entombed for
eight days, felt SO good that he at
tended church at Mount Carmel and
Joined in a general prayer which was
offered on account of his rescue.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
FiIicide is ARA ened.

Minneapolis.-WeepiDg and almost
a nervous wreck, Mrs. Ida lockwood,
believed to have poisoned six OF her
children, was arraigned on the charge
OF poisoning her daughter, Viola, to
which she has confessed.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
T0GET REVENGEON GALLOWS
Sons Of Slain Deputy viii Help Hang
Condemned slayers-Aecused
Are Not Sentenced.

Pearsall, Tex-Jose and Alberto
Ortiz, sons Of Deputy Sheriff Can.
delario Ortiz, OF Dimmitt county,
for whose murder l3 Mexicans and
one American, alleged gun smugglers,
are on trial here, asked to be ap-
pointed executioners in case the death
penalty is imposed, and Sheriff Hess
agreed to allow them TO assist him.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
American Troops Target.

Nj Paso, Tex.-A detachment Of
troop 81. United States second cav
.lry' were fired on by Mexican federal
eavalrymen while the Americans were
IN patrol duty on the international
border east OF Ell Paso.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
Cholera Again in Balkans.

Bucharest, Roumania.-Cholera is
sweeping the Balkan states. The raw
ages of the two recent Balkan wars
left thousands Of families homeless
and starving. A large section OF Al
bania is without doctors and medical
supplies.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
Girl Sold to Army Officers.

Cracow, Poland.-For some time
young girls of good families have mys-
teriously disappeared from Cracow
and it was suspected that they had
been drugged and sold into white
slavery A few days ago the 15-year-
old daughter of one of the most prom
inent families was discovered in q
soldiers barracks near Rakovice.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
Ozark Trails Convention Nov. 6.

Neosho.-At a Joint meeting of the
executive committee of the OZARK
Trails association and the CONNER
cial club of Neosho the time FOR hold
ing the Ozark Trails convention at
Neosho was fixed for Nov. and T..
The Ozark Trails is a system of road
connecting Missouri, Arkansas and
Oklahoma.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
Cook Book with License.

Chicago.County Clerk Sweitzer
has beguk handing a cook book to
each blushing young man who applies
for a marriage license. The books
were supplied by a publishing firm
which has agreed to. give the county
25 cents for every one distributed.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
Mitchell Succeeds AseI.

Jefferson City.-Maj f. w. Mitchell
Of Fayette. Howard county. Democr9,
who succeeded Chris Asel, Republic
an, as custodian of the Missouri sp
preme court building, has assume,
charge of his office. Asel was an
pointed when the court was Repub
lican. Republican employees urda,
Asel probably will have to go to make
room for Democrats.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
RaYne AaaIn in Asylum.

Fulton.-A. w. Rayne, who escaped
a second time within three weeks
from the Fulton state asylum and
made his way to st. Louis, has
reached Fulton, in charge of Steward
J. E. Moore. He has been confined in
a section OF the asylum from which
escape will be difficult.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
Ordered to Shoot Robbers.

Kansas City, Mo.-Highwsymen
caught at their occupation in Kansas
City are to be shot by patrolmen.
That was the order given TO the chief
of police after meeting of the police
commissioners.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
TO DELAY MEXICO ELECTIONS
allI Is Prepared Because of Unset
tied and Disturbed Conditions"
Sponsor Tells.

Mexico City.-The general cleo
lions TO name a president, set for
oct. 2e, will be postponed indefinitely
f a bill to be introduced in the cham
her of deputies by Renevador Bloc is
passed.
Bloc explained that he had prepared
the hill because OF the unsettled and
disturbed conditions exciting through
out Mexico"
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
Mrs. Reuter- Found Guilty.

Bartlesyille, ok.-The jury in the
case OF Mrs. Laura Reuter-, charged
with the murder Of her husband, a
prominent attorney at Tulsa. Ok, last
year, returned a verdict OF guilty. The
jury recommended life Imprisonment.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
Bakeries Use Petroleum.

Washiugton.-Petroleum In biscuits
is the latest dodge OF those who prac-
tice sdulteration. The petroleum was
discovered by the department Of agri.
culture experts. The government will
prosecute.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
Kansas cityan weds Columbia Girl

Columbia. - James A. jackson
cashier of the Gate City Bank Of
Kansas City, and Miss Hazel Wilson.
daughter of T. C. Wilson. secretary Of
the state board of agriculture, wera
married here. Miss George Sturges
OF Sedalia was maid of honor and
Dyer Jackson OF Kansas City best
man.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
Bird for Woman Suffrage.

Great harrington. Mass.-Woman
suffrage was emphatically indorsed
by Charles S. Bird, Progressive nom-
inee for governor, when young
woman Interrupted his speech at Otis
10 ask how he stood on the subject.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
Human Bodies Sold for $1.ao.

Budapest-A sensation has been
caused here by the formal charge that
the employees of the morgue have
been selling human bodies for S1.2O
each TO medical students for "scien.
tifc purposes"
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
Traons for strike Territory.

Detroit.--Gov. Ferris, in this city
40 attend the American Road con-
eress. announced that he would prob
ably order additional troops TO Calu.
met Immediately after his conference
With Adtt. Gen. vandercook.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
Body Found on Prairie Identified.

Chicago.-The body of a woman,
her clothing torn to shreds and scat
tered about her. was found on a prai.
rie near Argo H., suburb. Cards
and papers among the woman's effects
indicate that she is Miss Ida Leegson
Of Chicago, who was a school teacher
in Mason City, Ia, from Sept. 1 to
Sept. 20.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
idints and Accldents.

Man who examined a naptha )u-
with a match is the same fellow WHO
periodically investigates a supposed!
unloaded revolver and kills coup"
of people.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
Church Meeting at Glasgow.

Glasgow.-The thirty-second session
OF the North Missouri conference OF
the A. NJ. e. church is in confereuc'
here. Rev. H. B. Parks is the presia-
ing bishop. Appointments Will ua
given out the first of next week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
Quake Does sliqht Harm.

Panama City.-"Damage TO Gatun
locks nominal" is the report of Lieut..
Col. Sibert on the result OF the earth
quake. Machinery unharmed and
superficial slide will be removed in l2
hours"
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
Mrs. Stone Won't Go Under Knife.

Jefferson City.-In a letter to
Secretary of State Roach, Senator
William ]. Stone saws that the sur
geons at the Mayo Hospital at
Rochester, Mimi, to which institu-
tion Mrs. Stone was taken last week
for treatment, have decided that
there is no immediate necessity for
Gn operation.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
wIsdom Comes Mlth Years.

A boy has to be at least 10 yea
old before he realizes that actuai "''
looks altogether differently from '"'
military parade.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09

~ face which cannot smile is like
bud which cannot blossom, which
dries up on the stem.-Richter.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
PAYS Confederate Pensions.

Jefferson City.-The first pensions
to INDECENT Confederate soldiers have
been paid by State Treasurer Edward
r. Deal. He mailed out checks aggre-
eating ss,146.63 to 653 applicants for
pensions whose applications have had
the approval Of Adj. Gen O'Meara.
This sum covers back pensions rum
ming from the date of the approved of
the application to October /.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09
HOUSE REcEpEs FROM COTTON
FUTURES TAX AND BILL
GOES TO WILSON.
SENATE ADOPTS THE REPORT
President Signed the Act as Soon as
u Reached Him-Tressury OH.
eials Prepared 10 Put Nes
Duties Into Effect

Washington.--President Wilson has
signed the Underwood Simmons ad.
ministration tariff bill and it is now
effective.
The adoption of the conference re-
port by the senate by vote Of 3} to
IL passed the measure. The bin went
TO the house for the signature Of the
speaker, in open session.
After that body receded from its
cotton futures amendment the bill
was sent on the president, who
signed IL at once
How They Voted.
Senator La Toilette. Republican,
and Poindexter, Progressive, voted for
the conference report as they did for
the bill on its passage, and Senators
Ransdell and Thornton, Democrats.
ovted against it, as they did against
the bill. Otherwise after the passage
of the conference report acting on
motions made by Chairman simmons
OF the finance committe, the senate
rejected the Smith Lever compromise
cotton futures tax amendment passed
W shc HOuScs anu lltu ItNfutu
from its own amendment known as
the Clarke cotton futures tax plan
Both of these motions were carried
without roll calls and their effect is
to leave the cotton futures question
out Of the tariff bill so far as the
senate is concerned
Prepare to Fix Duty.
Anticipating the conclusion TO the
tariff revision fight, the treasury de-
partment was kept busy making final
preparations to put the new rates Of
duty into effect on all foreign mer-
chandise on the day following the
signing Of the bill by the president
Millions OF dollars worth OF imported
goods held in bond were Withdrawn
for distribution in this country with
in two or three days after the new
tariff rates become effective.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09

A man with fine graphopnone u~'
be excused for putting on airs
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09

Jefferson City,. T. Mitchell, state
bank commissioner, has appointed
Charles A. Eaton Of Charleston state
bank examiner to succeed w. A. Bron-
mock, who recently resigned to enter
other business. Eaton was formerly
connected with a bank at Irondale,
st. Francois County. He will have
charge OF the banks in southeast Mis-
souri.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-10-09

When the tongue OF slander stings
thee let this by thy comfort: They
are not the worst fruits ON which the
wasps light.-Gottfried Burger.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-29
G. H. NELSON'S
Store News

We will close our store
from IL m. to S p. m. on
Memorial Day.
This will be a bargain
week at Nelson's. Be sure
to come in and look around.
We are giving you the very
best Of values at very low
prices.
Curtain Swiss, with flow.
cred borders, SO inch width
Regular Csc value, now 19e
yard.
Plain white scrims, SO and
40 in. widths, special 19c.
Colonial draperies, in white
only. They are very pretty
and a good bargain.
..-
Good quality vests, LACE
trimmed; some are the Never
slip kind. Special, 18c each
Long Kimonas, made Q
lowered lawns, cool TO
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-29
A Conscientious Anfler.

William Harris had bad luck fishing
last Sunday and on his way home he
entered the butcher shop and said te
Mr.. Johnson: "Just stand ove1
there and throw me five of the big
gest of those fish,
'Throw 'em? What for?'' asked
J. w.
$50 can tell the family 1 caugh'
'em. I may be poor fisherman bu
I'm no liar. "-Carlton Vidette
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-29
summer, a splendid value for
SIC each.

summer, a splendid value for
SIC each.
We have a lot of white
shirt waists which are selling
very cheap. Among them
are waists which sold for
$3.50. Your choice this
week for 98c.
| Here is a bargain in veil
ing. Regular Csc yelling
now 10c yd.
White table damask, so
inch width, a piece that will
launder nicely. Special Csc
yard.
i Lace stand covers in white
and ecru. These are very
stylish and much used at the
present. Csc values now 28c.
Don't forget that we have
a good line Of children's
wash dresses Of sinshams,
prints and percales, all sizes,
and our prices range from
Csc to $780,. This week we
are selling one lot for 48c.
!, Seersucker ginghams are
? the best materials to use for
girls summer dresses and
little boys rompers, as they
do not need to be ironed.
: We have them in blue, pink
: and white stripes at 15c a
yard.
This week we are offering
you some very pretty pat
terms Of tissues in checks and
stripes which formerly sold
for Csc, at TIC.
We have just received an
other shipment Of ladies'
Bingham, tissue and ratine
dresses, which are prettier
f than ever. Don't forget to
r see them.
+
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-29

A party consisting of P. NJ. Torell,
secretary of the Cambridge Starch
Co.; Erick Olson, manager of the
same concern; John Kienitz of the
Cambridge Independent-Press, and
Matt Hall, chauffeur, arrived here in
the latter's machine on Friday.
Messrs. Torell and Olson came over
to inspect the new starch factory, a.
they intend making improvements te
their plant. Mr.. Torell was recently
appointed engineer by the state high
way commission. H..
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-29

Swan Olson has rented the house
which was formerly the home of
r. G. Dunn and is comfortably en-
sconced therein. He is planting a
vegetable garden along scientific
lines and says he expects to show the
natives how to obtain prolific yields.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-29

The Mile Laos Auto company
adyertises the REQ the Fifth car. for
which it has been fortunate in secur-
ing the agency, in this weeks
Union. Persons contemplating pur-
chasing cars should not fail to see
Ira G. Stanley or Allen e. Hayes
and have them demonstrate REQ the
Fifth,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-29

A novelty shower was given on Mr..
and Mrs. S. L. Kennedy at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Verge Hatcher on
Monday evening bv the Ladies Aid
society of the Methodist church, and
the newlyweds, who have just gone
to housekeeping, received : many
useful presents. y
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-29

Mrs. Chas. Keith, Mrs. I. G..
Stanley and Miss Rita Byers gave a
shower at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. D. Byers on Tuesday evening for
Miss Eva Hatch, a coming bride.
About Is ladies were present and
Miss Hatch received numerous
presents of varied description.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-29

On Monday and Tuesday the trains
on the main line of the Great North
ern were compelled to proceed via
Princeton in consequence of freight
wreck near Henrietta. 49,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-29

J. 7. Burns, who recently bought
the Allen Hayes farm in Blue Hill,
was pleasant caller at the Union
Office on Tuesday,. Mr.. Burns is a
practical farmer and very genial
gentleman. He will doubtless make
a success on the farm which he has
purchased,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-29

A dance will be given in La Vale (
hall, Blue Hill, next Saturday night
for the benefit of the ball team
Good music. Everybody turn out
and help the boys. 2-3tlp
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-29

The Princeton and Milaca high
school teams are this afternoon en-
gagged in deadly combat at the fair
grounds. Each has won a game
from the opposing side and the boys
are now deciding which team is en-.
titled to the seasons honors.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-29

Jim Hartman says his little daugh-
ter is suffering from Norwegian
measles and that they cause great
deal more trouble in the family than
Siberian cats. However the little
girl is progressing nicely toward re-
covery.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-29

Before you start for Princeton to
have your picture taken be sure it is
the first or third Saturday or Sunday
Ct the month, as these are the only
days you will find Nelson, the famous
photographer from Anoka, at his
studio in Princeton. 2-tfc
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-29

Sheriff Shockley- is said to be
mighty handy in manipulating a
spear in broad daylight-of course he
never violates the new-fangled laws.
At any rate he brought in few
chunks of excellent fsh-nicely iced
upon his recent return from Mile
Laos lake,