Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-01-07
EDUCATIONAL

EDUCATIONAL.
Jan president announced venexplean
commission az foliows: D.
%siss az x5 +. 4. coadsrs eN. 7i. .. 9.
SIsa :sGs ss.ssssss Hssss
Wslla Jan crs9ssy aEeg gassynoGc Carlisle
% year per eens. bonds dated Feb / isSS
Jan. ls-Gov. Asa Bushnell (oo inaugu-
Jan. l5-Ex-Gov. Foraker trep.} elected
Jan. is-W. Il. Hatch (Mol elected in
GOV 4 n. Brake dyl s1ay inaassrs.sa. 40
Jan, n.Govs. A. y. McLaurin (demi
Miss aaa Jssa Ree arsss WsP n D
reelected president National Divorce Re-
form gsn isssgne e soston .sc.sa =. ,o,,ov,.
HtaR5.% % ArsnnEs E Brown 9 e srsp.. p aGPsh nssh, d and
JAN Me1lInBEtoa M s. aSSrsgp Srsp as% Ma Miss. elected
president Naiionai Editorial association.
Jan. A-susan B. Anthony reelected pres
tdent National Woman Suffrage associa-
FEB. lBiil to prevent prize fishts in Dts
trtct OF Columbia and territories signed by
president. Ohio supreme court sustains
Feb 2s-Senate adopted concurrent re-
olution favoring Cuban belligerency and
Mar. 9-Ballington Booth opened head
auartcrs in New York for American Vol
Mar. TIIKentuckx legislature adjourned
without electing a q, 9. senator.
censure Of Ambassador Bayard for utter
ances delivered in addresses in England.
APE .s EGoy; 1ppiss ap pitt fR; sn. = EselsSssd
Apr a-Foster tdem., elected governor Of
May 2S-Hon. Joshua Levering Ssid,
dominated for u. 8. president at Pitts
burgh on platform declaring only for pro.
b,iSn Of agoT
At Pittsburgh-nominated c. e. Bentley
lNlsb.). -. .Ex-Gov. 8. d, McEnery elected
Sins ire eiected presdent NatioDai
Junior Prohibition League OF America At
june June iksIMat. william Mckinley lo)
nominated for U. s. president by republic
an national convention at st. Louis. and g.
for
ty and maintenance of existing gold stand
ard, opposing free silver coinage except by
u.julna.ai June isMM. K <. % %Hanna elected chairman
republican national committee.
5uy snoReds y fo4 frss
silver coinage at 1s to and tariff for
revenue only -, ,,.,
mated s on ont sth a ballot for q. president sS By
national democratic convention in Chicago
Eli " Greene SM 70 elected President
Music Teachers National association at
July ii--Arthur sewan fGe.) nominated
e aem1efRJ Jones' aSxe eieeted S chairman pdsm
ocratic national committee.
July 24-Amerfcan silver party at st.
and Arthur Sewan for vice president Of U.
S. Platform declared for free coinage at
q to T.; ..National pogSlist conyeption at ct
eIares for free coinage and government
July July 2spPeopie's 5 party convention at 81.
for president U. S., Senator. Butler (N.
Aug. 81: 2. Johnston (dem.) elected gov
ernor Of Alabama.
Aug. 1sCandidates Bryan end sewaii
Aug. 2LEx-Gov. D. NJ. Francis (Afo.) ap-
pointed secretary OF interior.
president National League Of Republican
clubs at Milwaukee.
Ass AL GSns snspg Raid hIs Rsrs
Sept. 3-Senator John N. Palmer Nl)
nominated for U. 8. president by anti-sil.
| indianapolis. Gen. s: B. Buckner named
| for vice president. Platform declares for
single gold standard and .ssso economy pp, u ap,,
elected president Ladies Of the g. A. r. at
hs ssg gess,sa Ihfdsaa sSisf
elected president Women's Relief corps a
Sept. .yen. ?: ". Jones elected gov
| dent of National Association Of Democrat
Oct: Ex-senator J. 8. Morrill, vt) re-
Nov. 3-McKinley and Hobart elected by
vote Of Hs in eleotoral college and popu-
frage defeated at election in California. bu.
Nov; 1e-Agreemsnt reached between U.
zuelan affair. Farmers national con-
gress in session at Indianapolis.
rS% %1v Gak eIssteS H
Rochester. n. Z. France 2. willard re-
| tian Temperance union at st. Louis.
Nov. 24-Gen. e. w. Pettus, of Dallas.
''fssso Dee 1aov Z .fnE.1 T. Johnston tzia nausu-
Dec Dec. s-president Cleveland reimposes
ships entering our ports in retaliation for
such taxation on American ships.
bos branches q
"'i5e Dec. s'Is-t fat New York Cuban league or
<. Dan Dana. Theodore Roosevelt and other
prominent men, to demand u. 8. interces-
sion to end Cuban war.
woman suffrage had carried In recent elec-
DE Dec. 1e-F. r. grunot tPa) elected presi-
dent Christian Cftizenship league at chi
Bee. 1s-U. g. senate foreign committee
ing Cuban Independence. :. Samuel Com
pers reelected president American Fedora
tion Of Labor, at Cincinnati
sPORTING.
| won oan ladies' dies ,nternaiional tern s-days bicycle
i Jan ss@At st, Paul Harvey Davidson
snnnins % jump on on ssaaes sna e. Of
| Feb. 10-Joseph Donoghue Of Newburg;
N. Y. reduced inside mile skating record
FEB. 1b-At Washington. Joe Donoghue
sksssd n; nsa1, n 1tiss A5t,.,umo,. xon world,
heavyweight championship from Peter
| Maher at CoahuIla, Mexico.
Apr. 81. W. showalter (New York; won
y. 8. chess championship. defeating Emil
Mar. a-As Nashville. Tenny Al Ewins
and Archie Clark lowered tandem bicycle
rsSSrs SSna fsr fsr b benvea sH Card lowered b,.
cycle amateur paced mile to AS.
psnDsSan,a m ssasshtassg G9sn csnss sSs
| race on the Hudson at Poughkeepsie, N
r, won by Cornell, making the record 1879
eago TO New York In 142 hrs, is min.
July 7-Tom Linton CWaies) rode bicycle
At ;n GS,sd s z m s;on,o yds In dn. hr Tom coons,
| defeated Walter Sanger In heats; time
is 2-5 and 1:5s 3-5
| pleted bicycle ride OF 5000 m. in Is mo-
"a das
July 2e-Holman friction-geared 1ocomo
| tive on South Jersey railroad tracks made
| 81 m. In hr.
| Aug l4-American liner st. Paul made
| trip from Southampton to Sandy Hook II
l das, 81 min.
Aug. N-At Newport. r. l., r. d. wrenr
| eChicago) won American tennis champion
| ship.
Sept TAT Milwaukee. worlds swimming
record for 100 yds. lowered 20 90 by q. w
Whittaker....A London, single scuIl ract
| for worlds championship won by Jacob
| Gaudaur.
PAGES competitive heats-2o2h. 2os14
Sept N-At Cammack, L. l.. MARKETS.
| and Miss Ida lowered team record e
112A. AT Portland, Me. Jupe lowered