Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-03
1HE NEWS RESUME.
Being Condensed story Of the News
Of the Week.

A merger OF American lead compan
ies has Just been effected, with a cap
ital Of S1O,00O.OOO.
White Ash, new Illinois town, has
been started in the coal regions OF
Williamson County.
A sneak thief decoyed a bank teller
at Kansas City by means Of a bogus
telephone call and stole fS35.
The A. s. Aloe ompanys store at
No. 414 North Broadway. 81. Louis,
was damaged 100000 by IRE.
Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter, Govern
or Of the Bahamas, weds Miss Ger.
trude Goldman Parker OF Boston.
Caleb Powers will address the fury
in his own defense. The celebrated
case will be given to the jury Friday.
Two thousand delegates marched
In the parade OF the North American
Kriegerbund encampment at Terre
Haute.
The Annie Roberts, an excursion
steamer. sank with 1900 passengers
at McKeesport, Pa, but no one was
drowned.
The trade Of the United States with
its noncontiguous territory or island
possessions last year was nearly $780,
100000.
r. 7. Lynch, a merchant at Caddo,
/. T.. was murdered in his store by
unidentified persons, who shot him
six times.
Jeffries offers to give Jack Munro,
the Butte miner. $4,000 il he will
stand up four rounds in a champion
ship bout.
Mrs. Lucy Van Herckes. who lost
her hustle containing $1,000 in St
Paul, Mimi, is found dead in her
home near Shawnee, Kas.
Hiram Maxfield and Charles John
son were crushed to death by a train
while returning to their homes in Gen.
tralia, ILL.,, from Hoyleton.
Governor Dockery issued a procla-
nation setting aside September Z as
Labor Day and asking for its observ-
ance so far as practicable.
Charles Carroll Bonney, president
of the Worlds Congresses at the Co
lumbar Exposition, dies in Chicago,
after an illness of three years.
Jamaica seeks a loan from the
Home Government to enable the ba-
mana planters to recover from the
effects of the recent hurricane.
The threatened powder famine in
the Joplin district has been relieved
and all the mines are running full
blast with ore prices unchanged.
Vesuvius again is in violent erup-
ton, Slight earthquake tremors &C.
company the explosions. The lava is
flowing in the direction of Pompeii.
The G. A. r. National Encampment
sdjourns at San Francisco after adopt
ing resolution congratulating General
Miles upon his meritorious services.
Charles Reed of Keola, Mo, assault
ed Andy Rimbuo, Deputy Assessor,
when he called to assess the property
knocking out several of the officers
teeth.
The sale of the American Shot and
Lead, Hoyt Metal and Markle Lead
companies Of st. Louis to the United
Lead Company of New York is con-
frmed.
Judge wofford disqualifies himself
to sit in the second trial of Lula
Prince-Kennedy at Kansas City, and
appoints Judge ]. w. Alexander of
Gallatin, Mo.
Detectives and police are searching
the French Bottoms near st. Joseph.
Mo-, for William Rudolph, the Union
bank robber. who escaped from the
st. Louis Jail.
Hawthorne, a rank outsider, wins
the Bonner Memorial Stake of $4,000
for 2:12 trotters at Brighton Beach.
Billy Buck, the favorite, is first in
only one heat.
One man was scalded to death, four
others were badly burned by escaping
steam and six trained ponies were kill
ed in the wreck Of a circus train at
Mo.
Samuel J. Parks, walking delegate.
was found guilty Of extOrtion in q
specific case wherein he was charged
with forcing a contractor to pay him
$500 TO avert a strike.
Secretary Wilson hopes to establish
q prosperous silk industry in the
South. Worms and mulberry trees
VIII be furnished free to those desir-
ing TO make the experiment
Seven firemsn wre caught under a
falling roof during a fire at Luehr-
MAINS hay house, No. 1902 North
Second street. st. Louis. and rescued
without fatality by their comrades.
The Humberts we're convicted on
both the charges Of fraud and forgery
and sentenced to several years, i'm
prisOnment each. Mime. Humbert
made her promised revelations. but
they were indefinite and dlsappoint-
ing TO the large crowd which attended
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