Mexico Missouri message., 1902-08-21
THE NEWS RESUME.


nent headquarters at Washington.
P.asa Chautauqua officers elected and
nineteenth annual session is closed.
Tax returns of St Clair County show
net increase in personal property Of
S60l ,29l.
William Darst bitten almost to
death by mosquitoes near Granite City,
Illinois.
Mayor Low will appoint special
commission TO revise the police laws
OF New York.
Earthquake shocks arc felt in Alas
ka and three volcanoes there are In
active eruption.
Seven lives were lost In a fire which
destroyed the Landon Hotel at San
Angelo. Texas.
The Philadelphia Times and The
Public Ledger have consolidated under
one management.
The annual convention OF the Com
mercial Law League Of America was
held at Niagara Falls.
II. p. Albers is appointed by Govern
or Dockery to be Associate Justice OF
the st. Louis County Court.
Exciting scenes attend the expulsion
of nuns from unauthorized schools in
the vicinity OF Brest. France,
NJ. Coquelin has purchased an old
chateau near Paris and will convert
It into home for veteran actors.
Colonel de Rochas has retired from
the French Army to devote his time
to psychical experiments and study.
The reward for Outlaw Tracy's body
probably will not be paid until the
claimants agree on q division OF tho
amount.
The wife OF r. NJ. Riley. who was
murdered near Murphysboro. H., Is
accused Of the crime after the Coro-
ners inquest.
A portrait OF George Washington is
unveiled at London. the Earl of War
wick. Ambassador Choate and others
making addresses.
The will OF Uncle" f. 8. Gipson. Of
College Mound. Mo-. written by him
self, is to be contested on the ground
that its terms are ambiguous.
An American electrical company Is
interested in a scheme to supply cleo
tric light and power to- all the towns
on the eastern coast OF France.
The overcrowded condition OF
transport used to carry troops home
to Australia from South Africa causes
scandal am ong British army men.
The Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butcher Workmen of North America.
in convention at Last st Louis. vote
$500 to the striking coal miners.
The State Department Is notified OF
an increase Of import duties In Cuba.
ranging from 10 per cent on boots
and shoes to 1888 per cent on corn.
Miss Armstrong. champion tennis
player OF Missouri. was defeated In the
doubles at Lawrence. l.. !. Her part
ner was Miss Helen Brinckerhor.
Judge Burroughs at Edwardsville re-
fuses petition for injunction to re-
strain East St. Louis Electric Line
from connecting with Eads bridge
tracks. 9
The annual convention Of the Inter-
national Typographical Union con-
vened in Cincinnati. 1t Is conceded
that St. Louis will get the convention
in 1901
The State Department is advised by
cable that the Siamese uprising is
spreading and that the American wCm-
en- and children are to be brought 70
the capital.
The State Department IL notified
that a provisional government has
been formed in liayti by General Fir
mini, who has proclaimed himself
President.
The Santiago volcano in Nicaragua
gives signs of eruption. The Govern
or says there is danger. A town OF
% 900 inhabitants lies at the foot Of
the volcano.
William J. Lee, proprietor of an
iron works at Trenton, n. j., Is ar
rested on the charge OF throwing a
stone through the window Of a fnan-
cal institution.
Representatives OF the Creek Indians
have asked for an injunction against
Secretary Hitchcock to restrain him
from executing the Creek agreement
for allOtments.
The unbcaten blind horse Rhythmic
wins the $4,000 Bonner Memorial
stake for 2:l2 trottcrs at the opening
days races In the harness meeting at
Brighton Beach.
King Edward VII was crowned In
Westminster Abby with ceremonies
befitting the historic occasion The
King appeared pale and drawn and
unusually solemn.
Pllsbury, the American chess cham.
piOn. captured the second prize In the
international chessmasters' tourna-
ment. Jarowski beating him by one
and One-half games.
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