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Clerk County Court, Ellis County Texas.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-18
Declare Law Is Violated.

Pine Bluff, Ark, Sept. 1.-the re-
cent action Of the Grand Lodge of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
in admitting President Roosevelt to
membership with full rights is sound
ly denounced by the mass of firen en-
here. Their opinions appear to be
general. They contend that the law
Of the order prohibits any one from
becoming a member unless he shall
have had a certain number of years
actual service. While Roosevelt was
only elected an honorary member, the
laws governing are the same. He has
the secret work of the order. has the
right to visit all lodges in the country,
which, all the local firemen say, is un.
constitutional and unjust
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-18
GRAND JURY TO PROBE FIGHT.
Court Asserts That Corbett.McG Gov
ern Bout Is a Prize Fight.

Louisville, Ky, Sept. l6.-in his
charge to the Grand Jury today Judge
Baker of the criminal division of the
Jefferson Circuit Court referred to the
McCovern-Co rbett contest scheduled
to take place in this city September
%. After quoting the Kentucky law
in the case defining prize fight as
any fight for prize. whether title,
bet, wager or stake, he stated that the
statute does not prohihit "sparring eX.
hibitions." unless the winner takes
something he would not have secured
had he lost. Continuing, the Judge
declared
Il have nothing to do with the pol
icy of this law. We have nothing to
do with the question a. to whether
prize fights ought or ought not to be
given. We have to do simply with the
enforcement OF this law, just as We
find 1t on the statute book"
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-18
WILL TRY TO STOP THE FIGHT.
Governor Of Kentucky viii Proceed
Against the Mill.

Frankfort, KY, Sept. 15.-Governor
Beckham decided to-day that legal
steps should be taken to prevent the
proposed contest between Young Cor.
bett and Terry McGovern before the
Southern Athletic Club at Louisville.
a week from to-day, IL 1t is to be a
prize fight, and In violation of the
Kentucky laws.
He will to-day hand to Attorney
General Clifton J. Pratt letter re-
questing him at once to institute pro-
ceedings to determine whether the
contest is to be prize fight or only
a boxing contest. the latter being per-
mitted. The proceedings. so the Gov
ernor and Attorney General deter
mined, will be an injunction suit filed
in the Jefferson Circuit Court at
Louisville today, seeking to restrain
the Southern Athletic Club from al
lowing the fight to be given under it's
auspices.
The case will be heard in the lower
court Immediately and appealed to the
Court Of Appeals for final decision
The decision will be reached in ample
time to prevent the fight il 1t is held
to be in violation of the Kentucky
laws on the subject.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-18
NEW COMMITTEE WINS.
St. Louis Election Board Recognizes
Its Primary Selections.

st. Louis, Sept. 1.-THE Board of
Election Commissioners yesterday
morning decided to ignore the writ of
prohibition issued by Judge Robinson
OF the Supreme Court and selected
judges. clerks and challengers for to.
days Republican primaries from the
list presented by the new Republican
City Central Committee. The decision
was reached on the motion of Election
Commissioner Wood, seconded by
Chairman McCaffery, Louis p Aloe,
Republican member of the board, OBJ
jecting. After the decision was made
to recognize the new committee Com.
missioner Aloe filed a written protest
stating his position, in which he said
he would recognize no list submitted
from which to select primary officials
except the one died by the old com
mittee.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-18
London's Census $500, 900.

London Sept. 15.-Recent county
council statistics show the popula-
ton of Greater London to be $751;
372. A note Of alarm has been sound
ed because, notwithstanding that the
marriage rate has steadily increased
since 1884, the birth rate has reached
the lowest point ever touched. Thir-
ty years ago the birth rate was 35.+
in the thousand. Now It has sunk to
293. Throughout England the full
birth rate has been on parallel lines.
The death rate in London shows a
slight increase over the three pre-
YiOuS wears.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-18
PRESIDENT GReETs NEIGHsoRs.
Eight Thousand Country Visitors En-
tertained at Saqamore.

Oyster Bay. n Y. Sept. 1.-THE
President shook hands today with
about 5000 of his neighbOrs Of Nassau
County. They came from the Sound
shore and the other shore and from
the dry land between They came in
special trains and in steamboats, and
behind their own farm horses. They
filed Oyster Bay all through the
morning with a happy. jostling coun.
~ fair crowd, and in the afternoon
they all trooped out over four miles OF
flag checked road to Sycamore Hill.
and saw the President and SHOOT
hands with him. and many carried
away souvenir lemonade cups that
were distributed at the reception. Not
everybody got a lemonade cup, be.
cause there were only 5000 made.
The procession from the village to
Sycamore Hill was begun at a little
before . o'clock headed by band i'm.
ported from Brooklyn. About 1000
people walked on foot behind a band
four dusty miles. Behind them was
line of carriages a mile and a half
long. There is not any kind of horse
vehicle of ancient or modern times
which was not included in that pro.
cesson. Many of the carriages were
as much decorated as were the houses
and shops in Oyster Bay itself
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-18
Peary Coming Home.

New York, Sept. 16.-Herbert L.
Brdgman, secretary of Peary Arctic
Club received a dispatch today from
Lieutenant r. f. Peary, the Arctic ex.
plorer, dated Chateau Boy. Labrador
Lieutenant Peary says that he is on
his way home on the relief ship Wind
ward, and that all on board are we'll
Beyond that contained in the dispatch
received today, Mr.. Bridgman has no
information as to the movements OF
the explorer. who sailed with his ex-
petition to the North Pole. July 4,
1898, Mr., Brdgman left Lieutenant
Peary at Cape Sabin on August 30
1901. The relief ship Windward left
New York last July To find the Peary
expedition. and has evidently been
successful
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-18
Relief Is Needed.

Portland, Ore, Sept. 15.-About 300
people are left homeless in Multno-
nah and Clackamas counties as re-
suit of the forest fires that have ragged
for the past week. Fires have burned
over a wide scope Of country, but the
greatest damage in this state appears
to have been done in those two coun-
ties.
The spring water region has been
utterly swept by the fires and those
who have reached points in commu-
nication with the outside field say that
immediate help must be sent, in or
der to save the lives rescued from the
devouring flames.
There Is no way of securing a cor
rect estimate of the loss, but 1t will
certainly exceed Sl,O00,0O0 in this
state.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-18
LIVES LOST IN FOREST FIRES |
MANY plsHEARTENlNG REPORTS
FROM BURNED DISTRICT IN
NoRrHWES
People Are Panic Stricken and Many
Are Almost crazsd With Grief Over
Their Financial Losses.

Kalama. Wash, Sept. 15.-News
reached here last night that the for
est fires on Loomis River have
wrought sad havoc.
d. l.. Wallace, wife and two chill
dren were burned to death. They
were camping in the woods when
caught by the fire. Their wagon was
found burned up, and charred bodies
dying near.
A 12-year-old boy OF Mr. Hanleys is
also dead.
John Polly and baby and a brother,
name unknown, and Mrs. Newhouse
and Mrs. Graves are dead. Fifteen
others were found without clothing,
excepting gunny sacks.
Five logging camps are burn out
completely The worst Of the fire is
on Lewis River about twelve miles
above Woodland.
The country Is we'll settled and
there are doubtless other casualties
not yet reported.
The fire has spread from Lewis
River north to the kalama River and
fifty sections of the finest timber on
the coast are destroyed. 1t Is impos-
sible to give any estimate of the
amount Of damage done to property
but 1t Will be very heavy.
Oak Point, twenty miles below here
on the Columbia River, is totally de-
stroyed. There are no reports of lives
lost, but loss to property is estimated
at about $2OO,OOO
A great fire Is also raging on the
Coweman, in the northern part of the
county. Everything combustibe in
It's path was consumed. The air is
thick with smoke and falling ashes.
Hill's camp is reported destroyed;
Muckley brothers No. 2 camp is also
burned; Moreland's camp is badly
damaged. Seven donkey engines are
ruined.
Two men from Bars camp are re-
ported missing, people are panic
stricken and many are almost crazed
with grief over the loss of property.
Cowlitz County thought it was go
ing to escape until to-day. when re-
ports came thick and fast, each worse
than the last.
Five people are dead and two miss
ing with only partial reports from the
burned district.
The news has cast a gloom over the
entire country that can hardly be de-
scribed. A courier, just arrived from
Lewis River, states that there are
only two houses left standing on Lew
is River from Traits place to the head
of the river, distance of thirty miles,
and that not less than fifteen persons
have persisted.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-18
A Strike Breaker Killed.

Omaha, Neb 3, Sept. 15.-Earl Cald-
well, a machinist, who recently came
here from Chicago. was killed in the
street here early to-day. The tragedy
is an outgrowth OF the Union Pacific
strike Caldwell and another strike
breaker, who came into the city from
the shops, We're set upon by six men
and terribly beaten. Caldwells con-
panion escaped but when help came
in answer to Caldwells cries he was
unconscious. He died soon after
wards.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-18
SEVENTEEN BURIED ALIVE.
Miners Went to Work in Spite Of
Warning BY Superintendent.

North Fork. w. Va. Sept. 16.-A
destructive powder explosion occurred
here in the Big Four Mine OF the Al.
gonna Coal and Coke Company today.
James Lester an engineer: John
Rookie. a Hungarian miner, and 10
negro miners are known to- be in the
mine now, and there Is little chance
of their being recovered alive.
They are beyond the point where
the explosion occurred and the gas is
II. F. Frankenfeld. the bank boss.
so thick that rescuing parties are be
ing driven back.
and George Gaspie, a Hungarian min
err, succeeded in crawling over the
fallen coal and slate to the lights of
the rescuing party and have been
taken out alive.
The explosion was caused by an ac.
emulation Of gas. which was set fire
to by the lamp of a miner. This in
turn fired four kegs of powder, which
had been stored in the mine.
The explosion knocked down all the
brattices for a quarter OF a mile back
toward the mine entrance, thus cut.
ting out all the air from the men i'm
prisoned behind the debris.
There was a small gas explosion in
this mine last Saturday, which burned
two mules to death and Mine Superin'
tendent j. NJ Steward had personally
cautioned the men to not attempt to
work until the air had been tested by
safety lamp. but they disregarded
his caution and went to their death.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-18
Sureties Seized Property.

Vinita, /. T., Sept. ia queer
case came up before the United States
Commissioner at this place this morn
ing and was referred to the Grand
Jury by Commissioner Stantield, 1t
seems that NJ Bacon. who lived in Nc
Donald County, Missouri. owed a debt,
with Roe Miller, w. G. Foley and
Samuel Goss of Southwest City, Mo,
as sureties. MIR. Bacon moved to the
Indian Territory and was overtaken
at Carey's Ferry, near Grove. |. T.
by his sureties. who relieved him of
his wagon and team to satisfy the
debt. Bacon came mere and swore out
warrants for Miller Foley and Goss,
charging them with robbery, and they
were arrested and viii now be tried
The theory OF the officers here is that
the defendants had their remedy in
the court by attachment, and, even +
Bacon was running away from his
debts, his property could not be taken
by his creditors without due process
OF law.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-18
A FIGHT TO A FINISH.
Mine Owners Have Issued an Ultima.
tum to Their Men.

tum to Their Men.
Wilkesbarre. Pa, Sept. ia crisis
is expected tomorrow in the strife.
The last hope for arbitration has been
abandoned after the unsuccessful visit
Of President Mitchell to Governor
Stone, and the miners have now the
proposition staring them in the face
OF fight to the finish with the coal
operators.
The mine owners have issued the
ultimatum that they are willing to
treat with their old men, give employ.
ment to any one DESTROYS to work and
unless the old men report Immediately
for work the various places AROUND
the mine will be given to others, and
all others would be treated as new
hands. The scale of wages prevailing
before the strike is offered.
The men, on their side. still claim
that the union shows no sign of weak
ening, and have adopted system Of
picketing to induce all would-be work
ers to return home. Several men
who have refused have been quite
roughly treated, and the sheriff has
been called upon several times to
scatter the picketS.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-18
Beers to Tour Here.

Amsterdam, Sept. l6.-EX-State
Secretary f. w. Reitz, of the Trans
vaal will sail for New York aboard
the Staendam on September %, to en-.
gage in a lecture tour, He will be
followed shortly by the BOer generals,
Botha, DeWet and Delarey. ReitZ
will do most of the lecturing, as the
generals are not fluent English talk.
ers. They will, however. accompany
Reitz on his tour, and will shake hands
with the audiences.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-18
Ualy Girls in Demand.

Buda-Pesth, Sept. 15.-Since the
first of the month excessively homely
females were let loose on the pa
irons Of Hungarian hotels and res
taurants, as, according to orders from
the minister OF the interior, they dare
not employ mattresses and chamber
maids below the age of 40. To get
the obnoxious law abolished, the
landlords engaged the ugliest women
they could possibly hire-the uglier
the higher the wages. Hunch-backs
and pock-marked girls are particular
ly favored and the minister is re-
ceiving hundreds or letters daily &C
cusing him of spelling the artistic at.
mosphere of the country.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-18
Arranaina for Western Trip.

Washington, Sept. 15.-Mr. George
b. Cortelyou, private secretary to
President Roosevelt, is in Washington
for few days arranging the details
for the Presidents trip to St. Louis
and the West. Announcement of the
final plans and arrangements for the
tour will be made from oyster Bay
next week. The present programme
Is about as has been announced in
these dispatches from time to time,
including the Presidents arrival in
St Louis the afternoon of October /,
and his departure on the following
morning at 10 O'Clock
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-18
MerHoolsTs ENTER PROTEST.
Ask Roosevelt to Deny Report Of His
Intercession in Behalf In ireland.

Milwaukee, Wis, Sept. 16.-Presi.
dent Roosevelt was called upon by
the Wisconsin Methodist conference
today to refute the report that he has
asked the vatican at Rome to create
Archbishop Ireland a cardinal. BY un.
animous vote the conference decided
to send the following letter on the
subject to the President:
Ills Excellency, President Roose-
welt, Oyster Bay. l.. l.: Honored Sir
We see with pain in the press dis.
patches rumor that the vatican has
received from President Roosevelt an
intimation that he would be personally
pleased to see that Arch bishop Ireland
is created cardinal as a reward for
the services he has rendered the
church and the state. We strongly
doubt the correctness Of this rumor,
for II does not seem possible that the
thus violate the spirit OF the constitu
ton of the United States. which re.
quires the complete separation of the
church and the state. and we hope to
see it authoritatively denied.
(Signed) ID. A. GOODSELL.
Bishop and President.
by request Of the Wisconsin annual
conference of the Methodist church"
In addition to this resolution, the
conference formally took cognizance
of the coal strike, calling upon Con.
gress to enact such laws as will au-
thorize the seizing of coal mines and
railroads in order to prevent such
strikes in the future.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-18
Tommy RYAN the Victor.

Ringside, Fort Erie, n Y. Sept, l6
Tommy Ryan may be the veteran of
the middleweights in the prize ring
but he is still far from back mum
Der Tonight, in the arena of the
Fort Erie club in a vicious bruisnG
fight. he Knocked out Kid" Carter
oi Brooklyn in the last minute of the
sixth round.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-18
CONDENSED TELESRAMS.

TIE hide packers at St Joseph. Mo.
went on strike for higher wages.
General Nelson A. Miles will visit
Europe before returning to America.
At meeting of the Missouri Society
Of New York Augustus Thomas was
elected president.
The Coroner's jury at Bloomington.
H., held Daisy Carlton to the Grand
Jury without bail.
No mere bargains in laundry soap.
Prices nave advsnc 20 per cent in the
las. three months.
Catholic Synod makes new rules,
one of which is to prevent display at
afternoon weddings
Two hundred descendant of raniel
Sookey hold reunion at historic st.
Clair County home.
Governments POSTAL display at the
st. Louis Worlds Fair is TO surpaSs
TIE exh!b at Chicago.
Colombian rebels gain a victory at
Aar vi % my MIL NV VI
the Government troops.
The Confederate reun on at St. JOS
eph. Mo, proved one Of the most inter-
esting meetings ever held.
Russell Sage has apparently recov-
cred from h s sudde1 illness, and has
returned to work Comm ntng up
the attack, he said tina, he vas getting
old.
Congressman Latimer will succeed
McLaurln as Senate tom South Car
DINA.
waitress in cafe at Bloom ,nEton
shot and killed a married woman who
attempted to cowhide her on the
streets. The married woman charged
the girl with winning her husbands ar
fections.
The Confederate Veterans of New
Orleans have refused the proifered aid
of General Terrence, Comms nder CT
tho G. A. r.. TO assist in the building
Of home for INDECENT Confed rate sci
d.ers in Alabama
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-18
Justice Gray Dies.

Lynn. Mass, Sept l6.--Justicc
Horace Gray who retired from the
United States Supreme bench last
month. died of paralysis at the aga
Of "a. He had been in poor health for
some time. Since his retirement he
had been staying NJ his summer home
Justice Gray retired from the su.
nreme bench August II of this year
and was succeeded by DR. Oliver Wen,
dell Holmes Of Massachusetts. The
retirement OF Justice Gray was due to
II health
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-18
Beef Prices to Drop.

Washington, Sept. 15.-Mr. Wilson,
secretary of agriculture. today reiter-
ated his prediction, made in these dis
patches two weeks ago that the
Christmas beef will be purchasable at
about the normal price. The beef
trust will not be able to keep up its
present high prices" said Mr.. Wilson,
when the corn-fattened beef from
the middle West begins to come into
the markets. The change will come
In less than ninety days, BY that
time the cattle that are now on grass
will be fattened from the new corn
crop and an excellent beef will begin
to come into the markets, and prices
will certainly drop by several notches,
There has already been reduction,
on account C the increase in the sup
ply of the grass Stationed cattle but the
drop that will be appreciable will
come when the corn.Geds are sent to
market This will be earlier than
usual. as the ranges are in splendid
condition and the cattle are in shape
to be speedily prepared for shipment
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-18
THE BEEF TRUST INQUIRY
A PACKING COMPANY ORDERED
A pEcAYED CARCASS OF
BEEF CoRNED.
Milton Taylor, a st. Joseph Butcher.
Testifies Concerning the Methods OF
a Packing Company-TeIls How the
Combine Controlled Prices and
Drove Out an independent Concern.

Jefferson City, Mo. Sept. 16.-Attor.
ney General Crow added another chap.
ter to the Beef Trust probing, which
has been going on from time to time
since the preliminary hearing In May
by the Introduction of two new wit
nesses from st. Joseph before Com.
missioner |. II. Kinley
Milton Taylor. of St Joseph, was the
star witness. The hearing was held
here following several days examin.
alton In st. Joseph
The first witness before the Com
missioner was Milton Taylor who ties.
tilted that he was retail butcher in
st. Joseph, and had bought meat from
Armour & Co., the Hammond Packing
Company, Nelson. Morris. Cudahy and
Swift & Co. and that the prices from
all had been Identical on certain days
one than the other except by the sys.
tenn Of rebates, which he received at
times
He told how the big packers who
are In the alleged combine drove out
the Wolf Bros. Packing Company OF
st. Joseph by cutting the price of
meat to the trade one-half, and made
the competition so fierce that the
Wolf Bros moved out of the territory.
whereupon the packers jumped prices
cents per pound a day until the
previous high prices were restored.
In giving evidence about the charge
OF the packers having sold "conces
sion" beef witness Taylor testified as
follows:
"In September, 1901 the Hammond
Packing Company billed out beef
carcass to Cameron, MO. but by some
mistake the car was not sent out TN.
til too late. and the meat had spoiled.
The carcass was then purchased by
an agent OF the Hammond Company
and sent over to my shop. which was
operated by the company, and part
Of this meat was distributed to the
retail trade in st. Joseph. About 100
pounds OF this same carcass was made
into corn beef by me, on instruction
from the packing company.
The meat was 80 bad that | did
the corning at midnight. so as not to
drive away the retail trade. This corn
beef was kept at my shop until |
bought back from the packing COM
pany, when the corn beef went in at
an inventory price of cents per
pound. | never offered this corn beef
for sale, but had orders from the
Hammond company to do so. The
Hammond company did sell some Of
this rotten meat in st. Joseph, and
my boy delivered the meat, The agent
for the company told the railroad PEG
pie when he bought the diseased meat
that he wanted the meat to make fer
tilizer, and he bought back the entire
beef at 81, after getting damages from
the railroad company for allowing the
meat to spoil"
The taking Of testimony will be con.
tinued at St. Louis at 10 O'Clock this
morning in the office of the Circuit
Clerk
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-18
SEWING Machine Combine.

Belvidere, ILL.,, Sept. ia large
corporation with millions of capital is
in process OF organization for the pur
pose of taking in near!" all of tho
sewing machine manufacturers OF the
United States. The deal has been un
der consideration for several weeks.
Representatives OF the leading sewing
machine concerns have been in ses.
sion at tn WaldorfAstoria hotel in
New York arranging the details. As
near as can be learned the capital OF
the combination will be thirty mil.
lions.