The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-07-13

Same materials upon the Germans as food.
Five hundred invited guests. including
foreign cotnmtss ion er>. exposition officials
and prominent citizens OF Chicago. par
took o: Guatemalan hospitality Monday
at the orenin- OF their government build
iny at the Worlds Fair
Char L I1aiy, of London. says every
thing connected with the Columbian Expo
sition exceis all predeces sCrs Ia the worlds
history.
The low price OF silver seems 10 have
started a boom in gold properties Sew
eral Prescott A. T. gold mines have been
sol1 in the last month. aud group OF
promising claims were sold Tuesday &c
Eastern men for s100, 900. Negotiations 70,
the purchase o, other claims are in prog
res
The Falcon. Lieutenant reary's arctic
exploring steamer. sailed from New YORK
Sunday.
--Nithael I. Kelley. general agent OF
the Big Four Railroad at St Louis. has
mys'eriously disappeared. and 1t is feared
that he has committed suicide.
The new Mexican export tax coffee
ard heniuuen goes into effect at once. On
coffee it is 81 PER 100 Kilograms (atout aeC
English pounds and on heniquen % cent:
per l0) kilos. 1t is believed the new tax
viii yield about 500 900 annually. and is
which the government has imposed
with great reluctance. II is underst cd &c
be an emergency tax temporarily. and will
consequently he taken oil at the earliest
possible moment.
With view 10 encourage iMnli -rat ion
into the Canadian northwest from the
Western State. the government has decided
to abolish the customs regulation which
now provides that incoming settlers must
own their stock and certain other effect.
one year before leaving the United states.
Additional inspection port, have also been
placed along the boundary With view &c
facilitating the entry of Immigrants into
the country.
The Argentine Cabino. has announced
its intention Of rcsignin-. President Pcna
has SO far failed 70 find any one willing 10
form new ministry, and lac may have to
retire hiifls r.
1t is reported that the Normons have
raised $1,000, 00o with which 10 tuy state
hood for Utah
james Hughes, the Chicago Knight OF
Labor has been pardonei by Governor
Flower. lie was sentenced At Rochester.
\. v. to years imprisonment for forcing
clothing firms to pay money toa avoid 4 boy
colt.
Hundreds of Texas cattle which have
been driven into Oklahoma from the Chero-
kee strip by the soldiers are dyi ing OF the
Spanish fever and the farmers along the
line are greatly alarmed over the pros
poets OF their domestic cattle becoming in
fected. Armed forces have gone to the
line to shoot any other cattle that may be
driven over. and the Governor has been
appealed to for aid and protection by the
farmers and stock IA ise"S
caused wheat to go upa little on Change.
at Chicago Corn showed an advance Of
about cent for July and half cent TO,
September Provisions we're neglected by
the fpeculatOrs. and the trade in the COM
modify vas comparatively a trine.
Fourteen donkey boys in the Street of
Cairo at Jackson Park quit work because
one OF their number was reprimanded for
eXtortion.
Ice Dealer CCnnor has been arrested at
Chicago for violating tn" health ordinance
in selling an impure article.
The International Christian Endoavor
Convention IS In session at Montreal ILL.,
nois has 433 societies represented
In the Behring Sea trial Mr.. Phelps
gave statistics showing the rapid reduc-
ton of the seal herds
The clubs Of the National League hold
the positions shown below in the race for
the pennant: