davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-08-23

When in Laddonia call and see
Mrs. Derrick's new felt ready-to-
wear hats. just the thing for pic
MICS, fairs and outings. Sold at
the lowest prices.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-08-23

A two-story frame building, en-
CINE house, hosting apparatus,
ETC., of the Standard coal Co.
burned in Vandalia last Monday.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-08-23

William Thomas, of Mokane,
Galloway county, was drowned last
Sunday while bathing in the Mis-
souri, river.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-08-23

Joe s. Mcintyre, of this city,
will deliver speech before the
Bryan club at Laddonia next Sat-
urday night.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-08-23

Rev. w. A. Cook, who has been
spending some time with home
folks near Santa Ee, has accepted
a position in Parke College.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-08-23

The ex-Confederate reunion
takes place at Auxvasse today and
tomorrow.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-08-23

Dependency caused by i'll health
led Charles Krein to commit sui
eide at Marshall last Tuesday. He
took morphine.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-08-23

John ID. Orear, of this city, ad-
dressed the Vandalia Bryan club
last Saturday night.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-08-23

ID. |. Thornton, who organized
the first Modern Woodman camp
in Missouri and who was the prin-
cipal speaker at the Woodmcn pie
ME in Mexico last Thursday.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-08-23

The Florida picnic will be held
August 30 this year.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-08-23

Walker District items too late
for insertion this week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-08-23

Centralia fair begins next Tues
day.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-08-23
Woodmen Picnic.
CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE.

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Four Deaths.
Mrs. Mary Dull'cy died at Van
dulia last week Of roI lmpiion.
Thomas Fcgan, one of Mexico
oldest and most respected citizens
died YESTERDAY morning from paral
Evening star., 1900-07-24
NEELN CASE HEARING,
What Was Brought Out in the Ex-
animation in New York

NEW YORK, July 24.-The hearing In
the case of Charles F. w. Nicely was con-
tinued today with George Marshall of the
finance department in Cuba on the witness
stand United States District Attorney
Burnett of the prosecution paid particular
attention to the fact that the safe, which
contained whatever funds were In the post
office, had its outer door always opened
and that there was a general laxness about
handling the funds
John ID. Lindsay of the defense brought
out on cross-eXami tion the fact that the
employees of the office all had access to the
safe. as we'll as the employees of the money
order bureau, who kept their money order
blanks in the safe. Several employees had
access to the safe; the door was never
locked and the moneys were placed in
three drawers in plain view and of easy
access.
William Hoffman. assistant ca shier of the
North American Trust Company, verified
various deposits made with his company
by Mr. Nicely. Maj. Eugene F. Sadd treas
urer of the Island Of Cuba, the next wit
ness, verified various deposits made by
him.
Evening star., 1900-07-24

THINK ONLY OF GOLD.
surgeon Ebert Reports Apathy at
Nome Over Insanitary Conditions.

Surgeon Ebert Reports Apathy at
Nome Over Insanitary Conditions.
surgeon General Sternberg received a re-
port today from Surgeon r. G.. Ebert of
the army, dated Nome Harbor Alaska
June %, which gives details of the condi-
tons existing at that place. He says that
within two or three weeks the population
has increased from 200 TO 2o,o90. with tents
and buildings irregularly located along the
beach. The sanitary conditions were very
crude in the first place, and with the influx
of the new population have become much
worse. He describes horrible condition
existing. as there is no method of cleaning
up the town and no provisions for the de-
struction of Accommodations of garbage and
filth.
Upon the recommendation of the surgeon
General Randall! mas issued circular order
directing the construction of drains, the
destruction of garbage and the removal of
NTH, but as there is no fund except volun-
tary contributions it IS hard to get any
thing done. Common laborers receive 81
an hour; mechanics, $50 an hour. and
teams $40 an hour. Owing to these high
prices II is almost impossible to carry out
the orders of the general. All of the COM
rnissi9ters. except one. have resigned or
ceased to act. The thirst for gold existing
among the people who have gene to Nome
City outweighs everything else. and no at
tention is paid to sanitary conditions. Wa
ter is very bad and costs from 4 IN 10
cents per gallon.
There * no trutk-telIing in this coun-
try, says DR.. Ebert, and he has been un-
abe to get much definite information. Re-
ports OF cases of an enteric fever vary
from 10 to Iol. There have been thirteen
cases of smallpox and one death. Meas.es
has also broken out. A pest house in a tent
has been established by Captain Jarvis of
the revenue cutter service. Smallpox was
introduced by the steamers Oregon and
Ohio.
Evening star., 1900-07-24
BENEFITS OF FREE DELIVERY,
William E. Amin Tells of It's POpu-
Iarity in the West.

Mr.. William E. Amin, for many wears
one of the prominent newspaper corre-
spondents of the capital, is in Washington
for a few days. About a year ago Mr..
Annin's health began to fail and upon the
advice of his physician he moved to Ari-
IONA. Mr.. Amin was made special agent
Of rural free delivery, and since his con-
nection with the department has made an
enviabIe record for himself, being regarded
ar the Post Office Department as the most
efficient special agent in the field
A representative of The Star saw Mr.
Amin for short time today and asked
what the people along the Pacific coast
thought of the rural free delivery. He
said: 1T is impossible TO overestimate the
good effects of the rural free delivery in
the west 1t has fulfilled all the eNpscta-
tions of its promoters, and is grand in
sutution. Farmers have recognized its
benefits and property along rural free de-
livery routes has advanced 81 an acre. 1t
brings to their very doors the daily papers
and has a Salutary effect upon the farm
hands, who heretofore have been wont to
visit the towns for their mail. his has
been embarrassing, in that employers could
not count upon them. who under the stimu-
lus of the lively western towns would be
more apt to tarry and get into mischief
The foreman of a large lemon ranch in
Santa Barbara county told me that the
rural free delivery was worth S1eU a
year to him alone in keeping his hands at
the farm.
You cannot estimate the educational ad-
vantages which the rural free delivery car
ries with it, Daily papers are served all
along the lines, and men, generally, are
better informed than ever before on the
current topics of the day. This feature
alone is worth every cent of the cost in
volved But rural free delivery in many
cases pays for itself through the increased
amount of mail handled. There is more OF
an Incentive for the people in rural dis
tricts to write letters when they can post
them Immediately, and this opens up cor
respondence which brings large sums into
the Golfers of Uncle Sam. The farmers in
the west are enthusiastic 1t is not neces-
sary now for one of the family to drop
work and go in town for the mail 1t keeps
the young men at home, and is beneficial
in a thousand different ways. l am salts
field that rural free delivery is a permanent
institution. 1t has become an unqualified
success and has made many votes for the
Administrations
Evening star., 1900-07-24

Purport of Resolutions Adopted at n
Big Mass Meeting.

CHICAGO, July pa special to the
Record from Honolulu, July 16 Cvia San
Francisco. says:
The Chinese residents of Honolulu held
an open-air mass meeting Saturday even
ing. July IA, to formulate their views with
relation to the present crisis in China
The meeting was attended by fully 5000
Chinese.
Resolutions were adopted calling on the
governments of Great Britain, Japan and
the United States to lead the way in
movement for the restoration of Emperor
kwang Su, the preservation inviolate of
Chinese territory, and the removal of the
capital from Pekin to some other city less
ln!trEiouS TO the influences Of western
clNillzaunn. where the emperor would he
surrounded by less reactionary and con-
serVatiVe influences and where true reform
IN government could be carried out A
committee was appointed TO prepare a me-
mortal in cOnSOnanCe with the resolution
and 10 secure, if possible, its presentation
to all the powers of Europe through the
diplomatic representatives of the United
States.
Evening star., 1900-07-24
HAVANA CUSTOMS RECEIPTS.
Increase for Six Months of 1000 Com
pared With 1899.

1t was stated today by the division OF
customs and insular affairs of the War De-
partment that the customs receipts at the
Havana customs house for the first six
months of 1900 were SG;124, 1850, as
against $5,1I2, S75.S9. an increase over the
same period of 1899 of $9s1, ,6901 10. In order
that the gains of the first six months of
1900 over the receipts for the same period
OF 1879 may be more fully illustrated the
following comparison in detail is given:
Import duties for the first six months of
1899. Si.537, ,629.17; import duties for the
first six months of 1900, 5.511. 40266; ex-
port duties 1899. 1886, Ia. Al; export duties,
1900. S340,65S.19; tonnage tax, 1899, $143,
ood29; tonnage tax, 1900, $129, s49. "a; harbor
improvement tax, 1899, $45.7 harbor
improvement tax. 1900, $S9,9S776; fines,
1890. S1ol %; fines. 1900. ss.42o67: capita
ton tax, 1889. $12 497: capitation tax, 1909,
81, 9,462; storage and carriage. charges, 1899.
S36o3. .66; storage and carriage charges 1900,
$l46oi.36; consular fees, 1899, none; con-
sular fees, 1900, S572.5O; overtime work,
is?9' -, 99o4S overtime work. 1900, S6,252.-
80; cattle inspection fees, 1899, $40, 46S. IS;
cattle inspection fees, 1909, S13,647.7O; other
customs sources, 1899, none; other customs
sources, 1900, 81 7G2 So
Evening star., 1900-07-24
Administrators Eyes and Ears in
China.
TO REPORT ON CAUSE OF OUTBREAK
Other Countries Are Making Simi-
lar Appointments.
MAY END EASTERN QUESTION

Director Rockhill, who has been selected
as special commissioner by the President
to go to China, returned to Washington
this morning from Block Island and began
Immediately preparing for his long Journey
to China He has decided to take Mrs
Rockhill with him, and has arranged to
sail from San Francisco on the America
Maru of the Japanese line He will leave
Mrs Rockhill at Yokohama or Nagasak
while he himself goes on to Shanghai At
that point he will determine in which d.
rection to proceed.
Mr.. Rockhill does not underestimate the
extent of the task set for him by the Pres
ident. He is to act as the eyes and ears
of the administration in China. to make
careful inquiry into the existing conditions
to learn the exact causes of the present
uprising and report the facts directly 10
the President for his guidance in the ultf-
Evening star., 1900-07-24
WHITE HOUSE REPAIRS.
Mechanics of All Kinds at Work in
Executive Mansion.

The usual summer overhauling and re-
pair work is in progress at the White
House during the absence of the President
and his family. The painters, the car
penters. the plumbers, the upholsterers and
all other kinds of workmen are busy doing
the work assigned them. The annual coat
of paint is being given the front porch of
the mansion. The entire house was painted
a year so ago, and this will not be done
again for several years. The pillars and
other portions of the porches get dirty
quickly by being leaned against by nearly
everybody who wants something to aid in
holding them uD.
The big chandeliers in the east room are
being taken to pieces and will be polished
and put IN place again before the summer
is over. This is quite a job in itself and
is done every summer. There are three
large chandeliers, and each one contains
over 5000 pieces of cut glass of delicate
shape. Every piece has to be cleaned sep
arately, that the chandeliers mays shine
beautifully during the social season. There
are, therefore, over 1900 pieces of cut
glass to carefully polish and replace.
Evening star., 1900-07-24
a CONSCIENCE CONTRIBUTION.
Ex-Post Office EmplOyc Returns Pay
ReceiXed for SundaY

The Treasury Department has received
an unusual conscience contribution BY far
the majority Of these contributions are
from men or women who have at some
time or other stolen from or. .defrauded the
government, either Intentionally or unin-
tentional!y. In the present case the letter
accompanying the contribution is explana-
tory:
HUNTSVILLE, Ala, July 20, 1900
The Treasurer of the United States.
Washington, D. C.
Dear sir: Please apply to the proper
fund the inclosed amount. 1t is money that
| recognize belonging to the govern
ment. / received it, being an employe Of
the Huntsville post office.
1T represents the amount of my wages
for the SabbathS Intervening between the
time | was guided to see that my Sunday
work was not honoring to Him, and the
acceptance of my resignation as chief
clerk. Trusting in Him, ! remain.
Respectfully
Amount. SO, 6S
The letter is without signature, but the
sender could easily be ascertained if the
government so desired. There is no desire
to find out. In none of the conscience cases
is any effort ever made to look up the
writer. Nearly all those who, send in con-
tributions, however, cover their tracks well
and leave little or no clue as to their iden-
tifv
Evening star., 1900-07-24

HEAVY GUNS GOING TO CHINA.
o. 9TH Artillery. Recently Sta
toned Here, Ordered to the COnst.


The military authorities have concluded
to add battery of siege guns TO the United
States war equipment in China, and to that
end orders have been issued for the imme-
date transfer of Battery O of the Tth Ar
tillery, now stationed at Fort Riley, Kan
sas, to San Francisco, with view to its
transportation to Taku on the first avail
able transport. Owing to the great size and
weight of these guns and their carriages,
the work of their removal to the distant
shores OF Asia is Il most formidable under
taking, and will require much more time
than the movement of ordinary battery
of artillery. Siege batteries are a modern
military innovation, ana there are but two
such in the American army. Battery o. 7th
Artillery, and Battery X of the 9th Artil-
lery: The last named battery is stationed
Fort Hamilton. y. Y.
Battery Q, ,th Artillery, was stationed at
Washington barracks for several months
prior to its transfer to Fort Riley, and the
officers and men have many friends in this
vicinity. The officers who will accompany
the battery to China are Capt. John r.
Williams, First Lieut.. G. c. Hearn and Sec
ond Lieut.. Philip X. Ward. Lieut.. Ward is
son of Col. Thomas Ward of the adjutant
generals department, and is an officer of
ability and promise.
Evening star., 1900-07-24

thtse who credit the reported survival of
the foreign ministers as an indication that
the latter held as hostages. and that
their lives will be made the subject of ne
gotiations by the Chinese. Hence Ii Hung
Chang : anxiety to keep the powers from
Pekin as long as possible
Admiral kempf'~ English Critic
The Globes naval correspondent at Taku
writes:
Admiral kempff has raised storm in a
teacup the salute question. He is sec
Ond in command of the station and thus
entitled 10 eleven guns aS rear admiral and
this was recently given him by the En-
dynl0n at Jk1hama. He claimed thirteen
guns stating that no American admiral got
eleven guns. their value being: Full adj
mlFdI- seventeen vice admiral, fifteen; rear
admiral. thirteen. The United States hav-
ing just started the grade Of admiral ii is
probable kempn thought out the regula-
tioHs in pure ignorance. as there appears to
be NJ reasln why United States rear ad-
miral should be worth more powder than
any other rear admiral.
IT" his protest Rear Admiral Kempff was
informed that the captain Of the Endymion
Will give him many guns as he wanted
II there was sufficient pOWIeT on the ship
but until they published their regulations
We had To 20 by ours. The Orlando British
arnrred ship. arriving a. Taku knew
nothing # this sGuahble and rubbed ii in
by Salutirg the Chinese rear admiral with
thirteen suTs. then the Russian rear ad-
mlTdl with thirteen. and then the United
states rear admiral with eleven guns
Whether distance made il difficult far them
10 distinguish the number OF a delicate hint
was iEteEi~i. the Newark had the good
taste TO return thirteen"
From the French Consul.
PARIS. July 24.-Four dispatches from
the French consul at T.ea Tsin dated sew
orally July II II. IL and il. and forwarded
from Chefao july Il to ~. have been re-
ce1veu by the minister OF foreign affairs VI.
De-caSSe- The Dispatch dated July IL
tays courier from Pek.n relates that since
June ~ the foreign ministers had been be-
sieged in the British legation. and that the
marlse> wer- making vigorous defense.
The supply Of ammunition vas low and
Evening star., 1900-07-24
MINISTER TAkAHIRA'S VIEWS.
New Japanese PIenipotentiary Dis
cussed the Eastern Situation.

New Japanese PIenipotentiary Dis
cussed the Eastern Situation.
CHICAGO, July PA special to the
Tribune from San Francisco says:
kOgoro Takahira, the new japanese plen-
ipotentiary to the United States who ar
rived on the steamer America Maru, said of
the present situation in the east:
1T is difficult to express an opinion con-
corning the grave reports from China, for
published We have absolutely no communi-
cation open with the district involved. and
VIC cannot tell how much, if any, of what
We hear Is relaible
IF the tragical events have actually oc-
CURED We must inquire how much infu-
ence the government troops of China have
over the insurgents before We can fix the
matter of responsibility. We have no rea-
son at present to believe that the emperor
and the empress dowager have any agency
in the present trouble
Up to the present outbreak the attitude
OF the Chinese government toward foreign
powers had been most friendly Even
among the Chinese people there are GER
tam mandarins who are frankly friends of
progress and desirous of maintaining cor
dlal relations with the powers.
BY special command of the emperor Mr.
Takahira, during his few hours stay in
Honolulu. made searching INQUIRY into the
recent labor troubles in the islands He saws
the restrictions put on the emigration of
japanese by the japanese government are
expected to last only until the unsettled
conditions caused by annexation have
passed.
Evening star., 1900-07-24
CUBAN POSTAL FRAUDS.
Report of Mr.. Bristow Orally Given to
senator Pint.

1t was confidently expected that the re-
port of Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gem
eral Bristow on the Cuban postal frauds
would be made public today. Postmaster
General Smith held a long conference this
morning with Senator o. H. Platt upon
the subject. Mr.. Bristow was called in
and gave the senator what informa tion he
had. Senator Plat, il will be recalled is
chairman of the Senate committee appoint-
ed to investigate the frauds. and has al
ready devoted much time to their consider
alton. As heretofore stated In The Star
there will be two reports submitted, one
dealing directly with the peculations, the
other with the reorganization of the serv-
ice. Postmaster General Smith told a Star
reporter this afternoon that he expected
the report would be ready for the press to-
morrow evening.
Evening star., 1900-07-24
TROOPS FEvER-sTRICKEN.
Yellow Jack Making Ravages In the
First Infantry.

dispatch has been received at the War
Department from Havana which says that
Gen. Lee has obtained information that
leaves no doubt about the existence of yell
low fever in the 1st Infantry at Pinar del
Rio, and that nine deaths there last month
reported as pernicous malarial are now be-
Ieved 10 have been yellow fever. DR.. Reed
and specialist sent to Pinar del Rio by
Gen. Lee have reported that yellow fever
exists among the troops. The dispatch also
says that there are five suspected cases ot
yellow fever among the soldiers Of the 1st
Infantry stationed at Guanajay.
Evening star., 1900-07-24

tlOn Is subject to the approval OF the DOW
ers; he will not attempt to force it upon
Europe. And the Chinese government must
produce the ministers in safety.
Minister Wu's Promise.
Minister WI declares that his government
will meet that obligation, in proof of which
he produced Sheng's telegram, in which
he expressed implicit confidence. Certainly
If the last promise is baselesss the Chinese
government is party to one of the most
barefaced deceptions practieed upon an
other nation, in the estimation of the State
Department. The State Department does
not doubt Minister Wu's sincerity in anv
case. and as for that official, he is so con-
fident that the United States government
is the only one in the whole world to which
China could look for fair and friendly
treatment that he has exhausted every ef-
fort personally, by appeal and otherwise,
to save all the foreign ministers in Pekin
If possible, but at any rate to insure the
safety of Mr.. Conger.
Dispatch From Sheng,
The Sheng telegram was made public at
the State Department in the following
statement:
Minister WI visited the State Denart-
ment this morning and handed to the act
OF cable message, explaining that it was
cablegram from Director General Shenp
"a Shanghai, dated July %, 1900 to the
chinese minister at London, by whom it
mad been transmitted to Minister WI and
received by the latter on the night of the
same day.
News from Pekin of the 22d day of
the 9th moon, corresponding to July IS,
says Wen Jul, by direction of the tsune Ii
yamen, Went to the various foreign
ministers and found not one of them
harmed Jung Lu proposes to memorialize
imperial government to supply them with
provisions at once, and then devise plans
to detail troops to escort them to Tien
Tsin.'
Crhis communication accords with the
publication made in London yesterday and
printed in the American newspapers this
morning)