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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22

has developed into the finest legis-
lative structure in the world. The
builder of the cottage was young
English stOnemasOn employed on the
Capitol foundations. He built it
with his own hands to be a loving
welcome to the blue-eyed, golden
haired woman whom he had sum-
moned to join him in his now pros
porous state from across the sea.
The beautiful, gOlden-haired bride
came, and was enchanted with the
home prepared for her. When he
left home in the morning with his
heavy stone-chipping hammer and
his kit Of tools, she walked with
him among the roses to the gate
and kissed him goodbye. She was
there to meet him on his return at
night-often with her great masses
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she lived but a few hours and died
without uttering a word.
Many years went by, years in
which the charming honeymoon cot
tage stood deserted and stunned.
Then one fine day the property was
purchased by an army officer. Colo
mel Bacon, who, having married
Miss Stoughton, of Washington, was
fully aware of what he was doing.
With the true military spirit of hit.
ting at the root of things, Colonel
Bacon announced that the cottage
was for sale at a ridiculously low
figure, and purchaser having been
found who undertook to put it on
wheels and move it far away to the
junction Of the Brightwood road with
Mt. Pleasant, where it now stands
intact
Again Washington society stood
agape, prOpounding the query.
whether the curse went with the
house or remained with the land.
Colonel Bacon and his wife, build.
ing themselves a handsome house on
the haunted site spent a number Of
happy years, until, being ordered
away just as the Harrison admins
tratiOn began, the moment was au-
spicious for leasing the house to
Secretary of the Navy Benjamin F.
Tracy.
With the awful tragedy of the
Tracy fire, which resulted in the
burning Of the Secretary's wife and
daughter. and of the latters maid,
the whole world is acquainted. Every
monarch in Europe gave sympathetic
recognizance in kilograms which lit
orally showered upon the stricken
head Of the United States Navy.
That was the last sacrifice of fu-
man life upon that fateful spot.
When later the Augustus Cleveland
TyleTs bought the property, and,
tearing down every trace of the fire.
SCARED house, built the splendid
mansion which the Commercial Club
has just purchased for its future
home, every one regarded them as
brave indeed, and looked for some
thing tragic to mark their occu-
panCy.
No sooner were the premises in Or
der and the family arrived than the
place was ordered under quarantine
by the Health authorities, as one Of
the maids had contracted scarlet
fever. As she was faithful crea-
ture, Mrs. Tyler would not hear to
her being taken to a hospital, but in
stalled her in the upper story. This
ended the Tylers hopes as entertain
ers. No one cared to visit the
haunted house"
The Tylers began to be bored to
death. After a couple of seasons
they moved away for good and ALL"
This evacuation was followed by a
series Of occupancies by wealthy
people, all more or less known. The
Seth Barton Trenches established
themselves there Immediately after
their marriage, and Mrs. French,
fresh from a long residence with
her parents in Greece, gave some
delightful illustrated lectures in the
grand salon, which, overlooking Far
ragut Park, will undoubtedly be the
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fore the mailman, rushing
close upon her heels, caught
and held her relentlessly. With
his StOnecutter's heavy hammer
he literally crushed out her life.
This done, Selling her by the long
bright hair he had so adored, he
dragged her down the steps and out
of the front door, down through the
rose garden, over the muddy road
and into the thickest of the belt of
woodland, which later was to form
the delightful old garden of Corcoran
house, on which now look out the
windows of the former Army and
Navy Club and the Rochambeau
apartment house.
Then he wandered away, no one
knows where, to be gone for several
years, until lured back by some aw-
full instinct to the scene af his love
and happiness-and frantic crime.
Not for some days was the muir
der discovered; not until friends 60
ing to call found the house open
and deserted, with a trail of blood
down the stairs, across the TIRES
hold, and here and there still in
horrible little pools along the road
way to the woodland where the
mutilated body was found When,
later, the stOnecutter was taken
into custody he made no denial
but with horrible frankness gave
every revolving detail of the wan
ton murder for which he was sum-
marily hanged.
For years the cottage with its
rose garden and the Nubian blacka-
moor standing guard at the gate
stood idea haunted house, Stunned
by all in daylight as in darkness.
Then suddenly one sunshiny morning
the place was opened up as if by
magic and WOrkmen completely
removed the disorder into which
through the years Of abandonment
and neglect, it had fallen. 1t was
quiet neighborhood with few
curious ones to make inquiry even
then-a retired spot selected for
this very reason by the wild young
son of a wealthy Congressman
wherein to luXuriously establish the
beautiful young woman with whom
he elected to set up his household
gods without benefit of clergy.
A fast life the young couple led
life Of drink and card playing, in
which the gayest Of the gilded youth
about town uproariously took part.
A fast life it continued until the
merry pace came to a sudden stand
still as the young fellow, in order
to pay a so-called debt of honor,
forged for a large amount the name
Of his fathers dearest friend. The
friend sought him out and con
fronted him at the club with his
crime
The distraught youngster rushed
to the cottage and told his story,
wildly accusing his companion of
being the cause of his ruin. Then
he blew out his brains and fell
"A corpse at her
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It was In Winter,
and snow lay deep "rL
over the roadways
of the city. Fire
As the servants
rushed with blanched in
faces into the room uni
they saw their mis-
tress in a dinner Mrs.
gown. with thin slip.
pers. standing mo- Tracy
tionless, gazing at
her lovers corpse.
A moment later, Her
brushing past the
agitated OnloOkerS. Daughte
rending the air with
her shrieks, she
rushed into the Left
night. For days she
was a wanderer, with the
reason completely
gone. When finally Shost
she was discovered. IL
lying exhausted on
the frozen ground, scathed.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22

EX-Secretary of
the Navy Tracy,
Whose Wife and
Daughter Were
Burned to Death
in the Hoodoo
House.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-04
KILLED HIMSELF.
Played With a Gun He Thought
Not Loaded.

Walter Dowers, 20 years old,
whose parents live at Springfield,
ILL.,, was out with a gun northwest
of Laddonia last Thursday after:
noon and according to the testi-
mony Of a witness placed the
muzzle of the gun against his
stomach and said, eff I was going
to kill myself this is the way
would do it. D." just then the gun
was discharged and bowers fell
dead. His parents were sent for
Immediately.
DIR. r. c. Strobe of Mexico,
County Coroner, viewed the body
and held that the shooting was
accidental.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-04
MARTINsBURG ITEMS.

Mrs. Sam Moser and children
and Mrs. NJ. Moser were in
"eIIsville shopping Wednesday.
Misses Mayme Pihale and Min
ME StallingS attended the Mont
gomery Fair Wednesday. While
there they were the guests of j.
c. Harmon.
Elizabeth Reymore left for
Glennonville, Mo-, where she will
teach school thru the coming
year.
Miss Matte Matthews has been
visiting relatives in Wellsville
this week.
Miss Minnie Stallings of Mexico
is spending this week with friends
here.
Miss Estclla Stevens of Pitts
burg, Pa, who has been the guest
of Mrs. j. l.. Belshe since July 3,
returned to her home Sunday.
Mrs. Horace Chapman of Mont
gomery City is visiting relatives
here this week.
Lewis Slavens of Mexico visit
ed in town Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Yelton of
Wellsville spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Julius Yelton.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-04
OAKLAND STOCK FARM.

Johnnie Holtkamp is well
pleased in Canada.
Frank Geifer will move to Kan
sas this fall with his family.
Raymond Hopkins and Frank
Summers are cutting corn for +.
I. Harris to go i'll the silo.
Silo filling is the order of the
day.
jim johnson is filling his silo.
Three or four others are waiting
to get their corn stalks and
blades i'll the silo before it gets
too dry.
Mr. and Mrs. Maliza were given
a birthday surprise by their
friends the 18th. A sumptuous
dinner was served, prepared by
their friends. All had a pleasant
time.
Dan billiard ate his 43rd birth,
lay dinner at the Cabin Sunday.
Ray billiard and wife were host
and hostess.
j. j. Wakefield will move to
Mexico this fall to educate his
laughter.
n. T. Sneed writes from Hal
scy, Oregon, that crops are fine
out there. SO much rain they
could easily save their crops in
harvest time.
j. j. Quinlan has his silo up
and ready for filing.
There will be no preaching
services at Trinity Sunday, as
conference is in session at St.
Charles. Sunday school in the
afternoon.
Frank Summers will leave next
Monday for Fayette, where he
will enter college,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-04

but | say that health is con-
tagious. There are more microbes
fighting i'll your body for your
health than for your illness. A
cross tempered person has as
much of a deformity as a cross
eyed person, and your success in
this world is just in proportion
to the number of other persons
you reach and establish relations
with. You cannot get into con-
genial relations with other people
if your disposition is vinegary,
for men will run from you and
your life is bitter cup if your
soul is soured and you are going
around with a long face. Health,
like success, is not simply a privi-
lege, but duty. We ought never
to be sick but ought to honor this
body that God made to be a tenn
pie. Young men and women
ought to keep their bodies sweet
apd strong and pure as the abid-
ing place of the Most High" The
speaker recommended the Chris
-
tian associations where they pay
attention to the physical develop
ment of young men and women.
He told those who have acquired
disease to fight their way back to
health. "You want to play and
rest on the sunny side of the
street. The sun is the chief ply
sician," he said.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-04
Drought Dulls Mule Market.

Fulton, Mo, Sept. 1.-Callaway
county, for many years one Of the
leading mule counties of Missouri,
and where under ordinary condi-
tions about 5000 hybrids are fed
during the winter, will fall far
short of feeding that many this
fall. Mule men at stock sales to-
day reported that but few pur-
chases of feeders had been made,
the dry weather and the high cost
Of feed making it a doubtful
proposition. Unless it rains soon
it is believed the inactivity will
continue.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-04
WHITLEY NOT BARRED.
Former Audrain County Man in
Old Mexico.

The St Louis Globe-Democrat
Tuesday of this week used the fol.
lowing item:
Xenophon P. Whitley, a St.
Louis lawyer, brother of L. II.
Wiley, an attorney and mine
owner living in Mexico City. last
night dicredited reports publish
ed in afternoon newspapers that
his brother had been barred from
the United States embassy at
Mexico City. l.. r. Whitley was a
close associate of Ambassador
Henry Lane Wilson, formerly
lived in st. Louis, and was at one
time judge of the United States
Court at Shanghai, China, and at
torney general Of the Philippine
Islands.
My brother was a close friend
of the ambassador" X. p. Wilfev
said last night, "but at the same
time, he always supported Presi-
dent Woodrow Wilson. | know
he differed with Henry Lane Will
son on politics where the ambas,
sador and the president differed.
My brother never favored recog-
milton of Huerta.
These statements that he is no
longer welcome at the embassy
are the work of lawyers whom my
brother bested in mining suits in
the Mexico courts. He was
charged with having an unjust in
t1uence on the courts thru Ambas-
Sador Wilson, but of course. the
charges were absurd. The legal
foes Of my brother are seeking to
lntimidate the courts and inspire
these articles. | have investi-
gated the source of the reports
and find one newspaper man, as
sociated with my brothers. oppo
nents, is responsible for them
all" ! y,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-04
SPECIAL FEATURES.
Which You May Find in The Mes,
sage This Week.

Roosevelt Fights Tammany.
Miss Jessie Wilson Injured.
Andrew Carnegie enlogized,
who has placed the fruits of his
strenuous labors at the service of
humanity"
President Wilson reads his mes
Sage-anent the Mexican situa,
ton.
For Filipino Independence.
People never 60 right until
they have tried all the ways Of go.
ing wrong'-Temperance
Preparing seed bed for wheat
: The Decalog.
Chapters 10 and 16 of that con
tlnued story, "The Lady of thu
Mount"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-04
BUILDING BRIDGES.
Three Substantial Concrete
Structures Soon to Be.

Under the direction of the Mex
leo Eight-Milc Road commission
iii has been determined to build
three concrete bridges on the
North CroSs-State Highway, one
just west of Wade street, one
east of Mexico, where the old
Dauylllc road turns south off the
highway, and the other at a
draw just east of the Lovelacc
place.
The cost Of these culvcrts is ca-
timatcd at about SlOO each.
The first culvcrt will be 30 feet
wide and will have concrete
floor The contract for this bridge
has been let to Is. A. Powell for
$li0. which includes the engi-
neer's plans, costing $500.
or the money for this contract
80 has been subscribed by Geo.
Robertson, chairman of the Coun-
ty State Highway Board, out of
funds in his hands subscribed as
follows; Prairie Oil & Gas Co.,
300; Richardson Lubricating
Co., 500; Il. ID. Graham, IS, and
c. b. Kennan, ST. The city will
pay $42.50 and citizens have sub
scribed a like amount.
c. p. Arnold, treasurer of the
Mexico Eight Mile Road Commits
sion, has $102.50 which will be
paid over TO help meet the cost of
the other two bridges.
The Eight Mile Road
Commission is inspiring and
pushing these improvements.
We feel like saying that the com
mission has done more to improve
the roads around Mexico than had
been done in so years before.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-04
DR.. Faulconer Dies.
accidental

Montgomery City, Mo-, Sept. l.
DR.. Camillus Faulconer, physi-
clan and capitalist of Montgom-
cry City, died at his home, aged
Is years. He leaves a widow,
Mrs. Matte Faulconer and one
daughter, Mrs. c. c. Long, wife
of Rev. c. c. Long, who has
preached in Audrain county, now
pastor of West Park Baptist
church, st. Louis. Judge d. p.
Dyer of st. Louis, boyhood friend
Of DR.. Faulconer, will deliver the
funeral Grafton.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-04

E. l.. Beal, of Custer county.
Neb., formerly a resident Of Au-
drain county, writes the Message
that his section of the country is
badly hit by the drouth. He
thinks he will perhaps raise
enough feed to get his stock thru
the winter, but if he does it will
be more than any of his neighbors
will be able to do. Thousands of
acres of corn in that section of
Nebraska will not produce bush
ell to the acre. In northern Kan
sas the situation is just as bad.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-04
THE CHAUTAU-
QUA CLOSES
Guarantee Fund Pledged for
Next Year.

The Chautauqua came to q
close last Saturday night. 1t was
"Joy Night" and the Dunbar
Quartet and Bellringers made il
a most enjoyable occasion, too.
Fifty persons signed a guaran-
tee to sell 1000 tickets for a
Chautauqua for next year. The
season tickets are to be sold al
$3.50 each. The Kings Daugh-
ters will have charge of the sale
and are TO receive 5 per cent of
the money for the tickets sold
Those who signed the guarantee
were rs follows:
T.. F. Elliott. 7. w. Dry. f. B
Street, Herbert Pryor. |. r. Nc.
Cue, Edgar Thrclkeld, w. L
Reed, Jno. Y. Avscue. r. NJ.
White, L. NJ. White. Mrs. r. NJ
White, Mrs. J.. W. White. Ledger
r. i. Offutt, G. p. Malone, s. NJ
Locke, C. A. Withorspoon. JOIN
Doe. J. D. Greer. +. NJ. Ragsdale
f. J. wilkins, w w. Bolts, s. D
Stocks, Ivan Ashworth. Lakenar
4 Barnes, GEORGE Harvey. San
Morris. L. B. Hawthorne, Wilkin.
& Brown, J. w. Barnett. f. A
Shannon, W. F. Atkinson. J. P
Powell, T. J. Hoxsey, F. II
Parker, Fred A. Morris. w L.
Fowles, Ed. Gamble, J. F. Low
cry, Turner Williams. j. R
Shook, Sid Houston, VIM. Arm,
strong, r. d. Rodgers, p. F
Wells, f. w. Rusk, Rolla McTn.
tire, A. A. Wallace and G. W
Russell, of Benton City. and Dr.
Fl. s. Daniel and s. P. Finley
Jointly.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-04
THE ELECTRIC
RAILROAD AGAIN
Work Begins on the Extension
From Molino to Santa Fe.

The electric railway is really to
he extended from Molino to San.
IA Fc and at the south end it is
to be connected in Mexico with
fine Wabash and G.. & A.
". w. Mundy has taken the
contract to build a mile of the
road north, beginning at Molino.
lie began his work Monday.
Last week Judge W. W. Bolts
save out the following inter
view:
81 can say positively that the
Santa Fe division will be COM
pleted, provided that the sum Of
$4,000 is subscribed and guaran-
teed. We have absolute assur-
ances of means with which to
build the extension and we will
assume that amount and not call
for a dollar Of the subscriptions
until the road to Santa Fe is buih
and connections made with the
Alton and Wabash railroads in
Mexico.
1t is the company's intention
to buy new ear, one that will
handle the passengers, and equip
the road for heavy passenger and
freight traffic. This will necessi.
tate bosding the rails with cop
per, the erection of a copper feed
wire and the addition of another
dynamo at the power plant.
'The Santa Fe division, with
only six and a half miles to com
plete, offers greater inducements
as to earning power than the
south end. Santa Fe is a center
that will draw more business than
if We built to Hereford on the
south. In order to secure the
same estimated amount of bust
ness we would have to build to
Stephens or the coal fields south
of Hereford"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-04

Thomas Morris and wife and
Their son and his family came
over in their auto from Hannibal
last Sunday and were the guests
OF Mr., and Mrs. r. j. Roberts in
Mexico. Mr.. and Mrs. Morris are
uncle and aunt respectively OF
Mrs. Roberts. Mr.. Morris is the
postmaster at Hannibal and his
son is deputy postmaster. About
oO Years since Mr.. Morris was a
resident of Mexico and was in the
newspaper business here for {
'"ort time. Until Sunday he haG
aot seen Mexico in 20 years. II,
"'hKs our city one of the nicest
o.. towns in the State. DR.. j. C
nlaln of Wellsville, a cousin o.
%rS Roberts, on his way to Bowl
ing ureen to visit a sister, alst
oN''ed In the Roberts home her
Sunday.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-04
BARN BURNED.
Two Horses Lose Their Lives in
The Flames.

A. B. Cluster. on East Liberty
street, lost his barn by fire early
Sunday morning. How the fire
caught is not known. Flames
burst out all over the building he.
fore the fire was discovered. The
loss is about $4,000, spartly cover
ed by insurance.
Two valuable horses were
stabbed in the barn. They belong
ed to VIM. Pratt, and both were
killed.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-04

Hon. ID. f. McKinlay: Yes,
Mr.. Editor of the Message, | have
been in Congress. ! represented
the Second district ot the Golden
State, where your friend now Wis
iting here, Mr.. John Hayden, now
lives. Mr.. Hayden is the father,
| believe, of Mrs. NJ. l.. Jones of
your city, who, by the way, is a
very enthusiastic Chautauqua
woman. Another coincident: DR..
h. l.. Jesse. the brother Of your
Frank h. jesse, one of your prom
inent attorneys, is my family
physician. | have enjoyed meet
ing you Mexico people at the
Chautauqua, ! hope you all en-
joyed my lecture on the japanese
question on the Pacific coast as
Californians see it. We think the
japanese people our great menace
just rs you Missourians and the
South look at the Negro problem.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-04
.RO! THAT All.
TOMOBIL {
Do You Know the Laws on the
Road?

Everybody is interested in the
auto. and whether you own
one or not you sometimes ride in
one, and you are interested in
how the machines should be man.
aged out on the streets or high.
ways. The Mexico Automobile
club has adopted the following
rules:
"The laws of the State Of Mis-
souri, regulating automobiles and
their use upon the highways of
the state and the valid ordinances
Of any municipal corporation in
which an automobile owned or
driven by member Of this Club
shall he driven, are hereby made
a part of the bylaws of this Club.
AN members of the Club shall
obey such laws and ordinances.
"All members in operating au-
tomobilcs shall use care and pru-
dcnce in every respect.
I" In driving along the streets or
public highways, automobiles will
keep well TO the right and in
meeting any horse or vehicle Of
any description shall pass to the
right.
Upon overtaking any horse or
vehicle Of amy kind. a horn shall
e. sounded and such horse or yc-
hiele shall he passed upon the left
if possible.
"Street corners and all turns
where the view is obstructed shall
not be turned at greater speed
.th,n four mills per hour.
AS provided by the law, front
,ui tail lights shall be kept light
ed after one-half hour after sun
set and it is enjoined upon the
members of the Club to use head
lights Of sufficient brilliancv TO
light the way before car so as to
prevent accidents. 1t is further
enJolned upon members of the
Club that when driving at night,
they shall drive at such "A rate OF
speed that they will be able to
stop well within the distance in
which they can see the road is
clear.
Members must keep the ear
under control at all times.
1.-The proper use of signal de
vices is enjOined upon members
of the Club, but no unnecessary
use of such signal devices shall be
made.
1T is enjoined upon members
of the Club that they shall be
courteous to all persons en-
countered upon the road, and
that pains should be taken not to
dlscommode or inconvenience.
When one automobile is passed by
another going in the same dire
ton, the automobile passing shall
not linger in front so as to throw
dust upon the rear car.
1.-THE board of directors shall
have power to reprimand, sus-
pend fine and expel members for
the violation of the foregoing
rules. "