Mexico Missouri message., 1903-05-21
TIE NEWS RESUME.

Omaha saloons are closed till strlAe
is settled.
Fire caused damage Of $4,000 in
Dellas, Tex.
Calrers and ship carpenters strike
at Paducah.
Judge Clayton enjoins Indian inspec-
tors from collecting tax.
President Roosevelt spent Sunday at
Hotel Del Monte, California.
River men think the monitor Arkan-
sas is imprisoned for q year.
Secretary Shaw Of the Treasury ex-
peoted to retire from the Cabinet soon.
King Edward returns to London
from his visit to President Loubet at
Paris.
Five thousand Confederate Veter.
ans Of Texas attend New Orleans
reunion.
Miss Ida Realm fatally shot while
talking to her sweetheart in her home
at Sorrento, Ill.
The oldest resident of Illinois cele-
brates his one hundred and third birth.
day at Bloomington.
Sid Baker, a brother-in-law of Jim
Howard, shot of his horse by William
McCullom in Kentucky.
The Mad Mullah is repulsed at Gal
adj, Somaliland, by the British. Both
sides suffer heavy losses.
The G.. A. r. encampment, Depart
ment of Illinois, closed with an cleo
ton of officers in East st. Louis.
England and America will unite in
running down perpetrators of the
plot to destroy British steamer I'm
bria.
An acknowledgements resident OF
Chillicothe, Mo-, celebrates the ap-
proach Of his birthday by painting his
house.
A mosque in Turkey is blown up by
a Macedonian and the 200 worshipers
are buried in the ruins. The perpe-
traitor Of the deed afterwards commits
suicide.
Masked men in Tennessee held up
a negro rural mail carrier and warned
him to discontinue his route. The
Post-Office Department has suspended
the route.
Senator w. P. Sullivan surrendered
to the Sheriff Of Cole County, ar
ranged bond and departed from Jeffer-
son City. He considered the amount
of his surety excessive.
The Russian troops which were re-
ported as having reoccupied New
Chwang in Manchuria were only in
the quarters a short time. Later re.
ports show that they withdrew.
English business men look asltance
at the suggestions of Andrew Carnegie
in favor Of profit-sharing system OF
paying workmen, fearing that it will
break down caste distinctions.
The last protocol for the reference
of the trouble between Venezuela and
the allies to, The Hague Tribunal is
signed and Minister Bowen will re-
turn to Caracas in a few days.
DIRTY Dick" Quinn, leader of the
notorious wire gang, is sought by the
police of Boston and Medford, Mass,
who suspect him of numbering a bank
er's daughter at the latter place.
Curtis Jet, accused of assassinating
]. B. Marcum, was arrested by a posse
Sunday. He is bitter against his I'M
Gle, who caused ais apprehension, and
says the score will be made even.
Colonel Simpson of Texas is prom
inently mentioned as probable mem
Der of the Panama Canal Commission.
1t is said that President Roosevelt is
very favorably impressed with him.
An Internal machine is discovered
on the steamship Umbria as she is on
the point of leaving New York. A let.
ter written by a woman brought a
warning to police headquarters just in
time.
Water Commissioner Fiad's final re
port showed that st. Louis daily used
10000 gallons of water less this
year than last. Electrolysis has dam
aged water pipes to the extent Of 81,
179, 800.
A great FIRE at Ottawa, Ontario, de
stroys hundreds of houses and vas
quantities of lumber. An ex-convict
recently released, after serving time
for arson, is accused of starting the
eonhagration.
There are 1875 vacancies in tn,
grade Of Second Lieutenant in thu
army, more than can be filled by ca
diets and enlisted men who pass thu
examinations, thus giving chance L
capable civilians.
Boilermakers employed by tn,
Southern Pacific Railroad decided t
go on strike, regardless OF reques
made by Senator Hanna for temporar
delay In order to allow the Civic FED
GRAFTON to inquire into the case.
The Kansas Supreme Court affirm
the decision of the lower court in th
case of Jessie Morrison, who was col