Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-09-04
LATE NEWS ITEMS,

LATE NEWS ITEMS.
Butterfly teas are 1t In Lyons Just
now. wadies form the six courses Of
the menu.
A permanent horse market is to be
established in Chilllcothe about Sep
TENDER 10.
The finding OF the two men at Beau,
mont, Tex, recalls the several mystic
rious murders that occurred there re-
Gently.
The Gallatin band played In Stan
berry lately and the local paper de.
scribed the selections as being "just
lovely"
Five members OF a boating party
near Battle Creek, Mich, are drowned
their craft being run down by a
steamer.
King Victor Emmanuel, as the guest
of Emperor William, arrives at Ber-
lin, where he is received with hearty
enthusiasm.
Attorney : General Knox says that
the Presidents speeches on trusts will
cause Congress TO take some action at
Its next meeting.
Mgr. Guidi is formally appointed
Apostolic Delegate to the Philippines,
to succeed Mgr. Sbarettl, who was ap-
pointed last October.
The town Of DeKalb was plated by
James G. Finch in 1889, and is the
oldest town in the county, Sparta
having been plated in 1910.
Supreme Court Justice Shiras urges
that labor unions be Incorporated as
the first step toward a compulsory
arbitration law that can be enforced.
A Missouri town claims a young
woman who draws so we'll that when
she sketched a hen and c~areleSsly
threw 1t into the waste basket it laid
there.
Five suits have been filed at Clayton
to determine the ownership OF St.
Charles Island, brought TO dispute on
account OF the winding course OF the
river.
The d~iscoverer Of a new theory Of
theology and ethics has contracted TO
pay a preacher $50 10 listen 10 his
theory On theology and ethics for ten
hours.
The epidemic OF cholera along the
eastern shores Of Asia has attained
alarming proportions and thousands OF
cases are reported, the mortality being
very high.
Santos-D umont denies that he re-
ferred to "the grand American blutf,"
or expressed disgust with the treat
ment accorded him by the New York
Aero Club. .
a Nodaway county farmer, with a
statistical turn Of mind, figures out
that he will raise pumpkins enough
this year for 100000 lies .-Booneville
Republican.
Two steamships collide in broad
daylight in New York harbor and hun
dreds of lives are imperiled, though no
one is hurt though both vessels are
badly damaged
Secretary Wilson, Of the Agricul.
tural Department, predicts the great
est cor crop in the history Of the
country and thinks 1t will result in
lowering the price Of beef.
The corn products syndicate, CAPT.
talized at $4,000 900, has won over the
American Glucose Company, controlled
by the Rockefellers, and a new trust
will be evolved in a few days.
Proposals for the site Of the new
postofhce at st. Louis will be consid-
cred within a short while. The build
ing is tocost g $500, OOO, and $500, 900 has
been appropriated for the ground.
John G. Carlisle, in a speech before
the American Bar Association, asserts
that the Philippines and Porto Rico
cannot be considered foreign for one
purpose and domestic for another.
The American League OF Municipal
tiles is In session at Grand Rapids,
Mich, and the president in his annual
address urges home rule for cities,
free from interference by the state.
Charles McQuigg, OF Worth county.
has the banner hay crop in that county
from which he has cut 30 acres and
has the crop stacked. lie expects TO
thresh about 1000 bushels Of Timothy
seed.
Missouri has been doing some
sums" and II all goes we'll the old
State will produce 90, 100, 900 bushels
wheat, go, OOO, 600 Of corn and
double the amount Of last years cat
,rop.
The Dowager Empress OF China vlo-
iates all precedent Of her court In per.
receiving John Barrett Com
missioner for the st. Louis Worlds
Fair, in which she processes keenest
interest.
With M~isSouri's wheat crop estlma-
ed at 81, 100000 bushels, and one days
wheat receipts in St Louis showing
4s7,s35 bushels, we have a big illus
ration OF Missouri's agriculture and
commerce.
Attorneys Of the Steel Trust assert /.
hat the stock owned by one OF the
'laintifs In the injunction suit was
ought after the adoption OF the con-
'ersion plan, which he now seeks To
estraln. |;
Inc largest water gusher ever found
Howard county was found on the
arm OF ID. G. Walker, near Armstrong.