Mexico Missouri message., 1904-12-22
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Important News Of the Week.

a representative to the worlds second
Peace Conference.
The Frisco has proposed to put ON
a weekend excursion between 81
Louis and Chicago.
The st. Louis immigration Bureau
made a favorable report on the Beers
now in this country.
An officer of the Russian admiralty
says the Russian Black Sea feet viii
not pass the Dardanelless
Suit for $1,000 has been brought
against Katherine Clemens Gould by
Portrait Painter Thaddeus.
opinion Of City Counselor Gates Of
st. Louis gives past election contest
ants right to examine poll books and
voting lists.
President Roosevelt is prevailed
upon not to call an extra session OF
Congress TO consider tariff revision
before next fall.
The City Of st. Louis and the Smith
sonian Institution OF Washington are
rivals for possession of the bird cage
at the Worlds Fair.
NJ. Syveton, a French Nationalist
Deputy, is found dead on the day be-
fore he was to be tried for striking
War Minister Andre.
President Roosevelt urges members
of Congress to take prompt action in
giving more power to the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Russian prisoners report that the
food supply in Port Arthur is so far
reduced that horse flesh is regarded
as choice fare, even among the off
GERS.
st. Louis Church Extension and City
Mission Society of the NJ. Z. Church,
South, has adopted resolutions in mem
DRY of r. NJ. Scruggs, vice president Of
the society.
The trial of the divorce suit of Mrs.
Mollie Brinkmeyer against former
City Councilman John G. Brinkmeyer
of St. Louis was begun in Judge
Ryan's Court,
Mrs. Fannie Wickham Bryan wins
the divorce suit against her husband,
Francis Bryan Jr. The 14-year-old
son is Entrusted to the care of Mr..
Bryan's father.
Nearly S1,5OO,OO0 is available for
the proposed Barnes Hospital, in st.
Louis, work on which will begin early
in spring. Institution will be built
on cottage plan.
To avoid a church ceremony Miss
Vallie NJ. Smith and Frank E. Havlin
and Miss Ida Amos and Harry S:
Smith, all of St. Louis, eloped to
Clayton and wed.
Commissioner Of immigration Sar-
gent declares our immigration laws
are a joke and that each foreigner
should be compelled to submit his life
history, properly certified.
Thomas A. Cleage, Jr., st. Louis,
in the hearing bankruptcy proceed
ings, declared that the claims of ere
ditors were incurred by gambling and
not supported by Federal laws.
Morrill, of Pennsylvania introduces
a bill more drastic than Senator
Platt's providing for the reduction OF
congressional representation in States
where citizens are disfranchised.
The forthcoming report of Superin-
| tendent Darlington will show a large
| increase in the number of pupils en-
rolled and in attendance in the pub
lie schools of the State of Missouri.
Senator Tillman wants to know
why no report is made on the Crum
appointment. He also announces he
intends to make no factious oppOsi-
ton to thwart the will Of the Presi-
dent
During the consideration of the
legislative appropriation bill a fight
is made on the Civil-Service Commits
sion, Mr.. Hepburn moving to strike
out the appropriation for its mainte-
nance.
Heirs Of Ethelbert T. Swezey, who
mysteriously disappeared in 1899 from
| Lamonte, No, where he lived under
the name of Lowell, seek to establish
his death and obtain a partition OF
his estate.
Citizens of East St Louis formed
the nucleus OF the One Hundred
Thousand Club, with a membership
Of 100. Speeches are made telling OF
the advantages of the city for manu-
featuring plants.
C. F. Gillian, State Attorney for
Madison county, Illinois. says that he
will do his duty In relation to the
Madison pOolroom. Sherih Grove re-
mains neutral. Grand jurors adj
journed for investigation.
The alleged time of 1:59%. made by
Crescius in Wichita, is not allowed to
stand by the Board Of Appeals Of the
American Trotting Association, but
George Ketchum, the horses owner.
is exonerated of any fraud.
Hnndreds Of letters are written BIZ