Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-12-08
LATE NEWS ITEMS

ana vas killed.
Charley Mum, q negro, was hanged
1T Helena, Ark, for murder.
A hunter At Delta, Mo, found hogs
the dead body of q baby.
A residence at Augusta, III, was
wrecked by dynamite and a boy In
A Lincoln county, Missouri, negro
died 1t the age Of % years and
months.
Jim King, q negro, was hanged at
Wharton, Tex, for the murder Of his
mistress.
August Kaecke, 10 years old, was
abducted by IN unknown mar in
Louisville, Ky.
At Davenport, To-, farmer Frederick
Martzer killed bis wife and then ia
tally shot himself.
Friends Of stubblefeld, one OF the
Sedalia train robbers, say be has been
insane for years.
Judge Perkins ut Carthage, Mo,
ruled that telegraph companies must
pay the stamp tax.
A volcano has been discovered. In
Alaska about so miles from Atlin City.
It is in active eruption.
A locomotive turned over near
oraviie, u. The fireman was killed
and three ethers injured.
Governor Stephens declared that
the virdar Grand Jury had no right to
indict Governor Tanner.
Secretary AIger's report, just issued,
is practically a complete official his
tory of the Spanish American a
Representatives OF Ave plate glass
insurance companies met in New York
and agreed to restore old rates.
The second Of the two negroes who
murdered Alex Lion, near Madrid, KY,
last Friday was lynched near the scene
of his crime.
Governor Stephens appointed Maj.
Guthrie Lieutenant Colonel of the
Sixth Missouri Volunteers and Lieut..
Hickman Major,
A C~arlinviIle attorney declares the
virden indictment against Governor
Tanner will not stick because the
Grand Jury adjourned before report
ing.
Peaco Commissioners met at Paris
and disposed Of the principal articles
of the peace treaty. They will meet
every day until the work before them
lie concluded.
Princess Louise, OF Belgium, who
eloped with her husbands equerry, is
confined in an asylum. Her mind has
become affected.
Spain has caused a hitch In the
peace negotiations by declining to
yield on the minor points asked by
the United States which are not mem
toned In the protocol.
Spain lie to issue a Red Book this
month recounting the iniquIties Of the
Uuited states and donouncing Ameri-
cas- course during the last year as the
worlds greatest shame.
A member OF the Madrid cabinet
said yesterday that several additional
meetings Of the Peace Commissions at
Paris would be necessary before q
final agreement is reached.
It Is reported that Armour, Swift
and Morris, The big packers, will build
a private telegraph and telephone line
to connect all their western houses
with Chicago headquarters.
England is watching France closely.
A British warship followed q French
cruiser to Marking, where q confer
ence between the French representa-
tive and the Chinese viceroy lie in
progress.
Spain will not cede an island in the
Caroline group to the United States.
Germany probably will buy the islands
..a Uash9,.eon 1N4osaau a-ronR H.
Kaiser will sell them to the United
States.
sagasta gives out an interview that
is hopeful for the future of Spain and
v~indication coward the United States.
He says that SPAN will surmount ner
woes and lise in national prosperity
while the United States r oppressed
and decadent.