Mexico weekly ledger., 1901-01-17

AAAH BA1IaEH NAAN ~ 81 A"AtAa w.
nesday afternoon.
Kansas city police osicials ar
making a vigorous effort 10 rid Tia
city Of Migrants and criminals.
Frank Shell, who was called here b
the death Of his mother. Mrs Ancret
Shell, has returned to Kansas City.
The Mexico LEDGER knows wher
at least ten girls can secure position
as cooks-good homes and good pay.
Hanna Brown, a highly respected
colored woman, aged about IS years
died al 40 O'Clock Friday afternoon
ms Ernest Tinker and children, Of
foUr miles northwest Of Mexico, left
Friday for Brandon, Tex, where they
will reside.
Galveston IS threatened with an
epidemic Of small pox and compulsory
vaccination has been ordered by the
authorities.
Dr. K. r. Bragg, the dentist. is
moving his Office from the Robertson
building to the second floor Of the
ShOotman building.
Ex-PoStmaster Of Texas, under ar
rest. charged with a shortage in his
accounts, swallows pruSsic acid on his
way to court, dying in a few moments.
There are about twenty-five cases OF
Cuban itch, or small p0x. among the
negroes in Fayette. The disease is
very mild and there have been 10
deaths.
Elbene Rice left to-day Cor Albu-
querque, y. NJ, where he viii go into
business Mr.. Rice will stop Of at
III Reno, Ok, about a week while en-
runte 20 Albuquerque.
A copy Of the viii Of Vim. Waddlng-
ham has been fled in this city. &c.
c1rding 10 the Instrument several small
requests are made and the remand
er goes 20 his widow.
Ms. Lulu Kennedy, who killed her
husband o. less than a month. did 50
after pleading with him TO withdraw
his case In court looking toward the
annulment Of their marriage.
A large stock barn belonging 70 J..
ID. Cr0ws0n, who lives three miles
north Of Fulton, together with ten
tons Of hay and one hundred bushels Of
corn, was burned Thursday night.
If troubled with a weak digestion.
belehing, sour stomach, or il you feel
dull after eating, try Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets. Price, .
cents. Samples free at Buckner &
WhitneY's drug store.
One thousand picked men assaulted
the mountain fortress held by Geroni-
mo, the noted Filipino leader, and a
strong force Of insurgents and drove
them out. The stronghold had been
considered impregnable.
Cut this out and take it to Buckner
* Whitney's drug store and get a free
sample Of Chamberlain Stomach and
Liver Tablet, the best physic. They
also cure disorder Of the stomach,
biliousness and headache.
The passengers and crew Of the
stranded steamer Russie, OF the coast
Of France, have not yet been rescued
but the storm has abated, and 1t is be-
lieyed they viii be taken Of to-day if
the ship holds together until morning.
Ii Hung Chang denounces the mis-
sionarieS and ridicules the Christiani-
ty Of the invading nations. He says
the missionaries embraced the first
opportunity to become thieves and
taught the native converts how 70
steal.
Members Of the Congressional com
mittee, investigating hazing at West
Point compel cadets 10 answer all
questions put to them and notify The
students that the academy and an
connected with It are On trial and haz-
ing must 90.
We understand that a ~"trayeling
preacher" fooled some d the people
Of Centralia last week. After making
arrangements 70 preach he took up a
collection from the different members
Of the church and then proceeded to
spend the same for whiskey.
Camille Flammarion, the French
astronomer, describing conditions on
the planet Mars, says We know more
about them than was known Of the
earth al the time Of Columbus. He
clouds are unknown there and
that the weather is always fair
On
Civil authorities II several towns in
the Philippines have issued ultima
tums 10 the insurgents % the effect
that If they do not lay down their
arms and accept amnesty they will be
declared traitors 10 their country and
the pro-Ameriean Filipinos will assist
pursuing them.
Coasts Fifty reet Over Bluff. ,
KANSAS CITY, Jan. l0.-JamieC Craft, I
8 yean old, son Of J. 5. Cntz. cigar
coasted over the brow Of the /
Sest bluffs at 10th street, near the /
union depot, this Afternoon and went
Town a sheer fifty feet before striking
He sustained a fracture Of the skull
but may recover. =
Hemmed in by Ice. a
San FRAEclsoo. Jan. fG-Inadvioes q
rom Seattle It is reported that the a
lver-due Alaskan Steamship illamOok y
5 hemmed IN the floating ice In Seldo-
Ia Bay. 10 the Cooks LHlet county. {