Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-06-17

LATE NEWS ITEMS.
A sudden gale off the coast of China
caused loss of 500 lives,

Republican Senators are so badl
divided on the tariff that another eau
Gus will be held.
The average condition OF all wheat
according to the Government crol
report, is S7.5.
Hawaiian Government has decline'
to renew the exclusive cable contrac
of z. @. Spaldlng.
Mrs. Duester, of Milwaukee, WIN,
was i'll, set fire to her clothing an,
committed suicide.
EQUATOR Mills made speech in tn,
Senate IN behalf of the forgotten
man"-the tax payer.
Some Populists are withdrawn,
from the g. A. R., asserting that it il
a Republican machine.
The Government crop report givel
the total cotton acreage 24,O91 1894
average condition, s3.5.
Chairman Towne of the silver Re-
publicans says that organization will
hold the balance of power.
Maher and Sharkey were freed by
Magistrate Cornell, who said they ha6
not violated the Horton law.
A 12-inch gun at the Indian Head
proving grounds exploded. Severa
officers narrowly escaped death.
James T. Lloyd (Dem.) elected
Congressman from the First Missouri
District, was sworn in yesterday.
Supreme Lodge of the A. @. U. W.
promises to deal firmly with the
recalcitrant Grand Lodge of Ontario
Governor Tanner has not yet acted
on the anti -butterine bill and refuses
to indicate his intentions regarding it.
Senator Cannon, of Utah, offered an
amendment to the tariff bill placing
an export bounty on agricultural pro.
ducts.
Mayor Graves and Alderman DAILY
of Nevada, Mo-, came to blows during
an argument over street improve.
ments.
The Senate Finance Committee has
decided to withdraw the clause placing
an increased tax on beer and import
duty on tea.
The statement of the condition OF
the Treasury shows: Available cash
balance, S230, ,495, ,632; gold reserve
$144, ,2ss 1872.
The Texas House adopted resolu.
tion ordering that charges against
certain State University professors be
Investigated.
The statement of the condition O.
the Treasury shows: Available cast
balance, 1921, ,277, 1865; gold reserve
$144, ,156, 1887.
John g. A. Leishman, ex-presiden
of the Carnegie Company, has beer
appointed and confirmed as Minister
to Switzerland.
The Republican amendment raising
the House rate on sugar passed thu
Senate. A change of one vote wouls
have defeated it.
Governor Stephens has appointed
80 delegates from this state to the In
ternational GoldMiningC Convention tt
be held in Denver.
Millers' National Association, il
session at Chicago, petitioned Con
gress to incorporate reciprocity sec
ton in the tariff bill.
The one hundred and forty frs
commencement exercises of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania were held, ,43
Students graduating.
Ambassadors of the United States a
London, Paris, Brussels and Berli
will protest against Discriminate
against American meats.
The residence of Andrew J. Smith
governor of the Leavenworthsoldierl
Home, was wrecked by dynamite. A
old soldier is under arrest.
William Andrews, negro, was cor
victed of assault and sentenced t
death in Maryland. A mob took hil
from the officers and killed him.
The Cleveland jury decided ths
Sunday ball in Ohio is an infraction
the law, thus putting an end to th
game on that day in the Forest Cit.
The Senate Committee on Contir
Igent Expenses has decided to repo
adversely Tillman's resolution ordel
ing an investigation of the sugar scar
daI.