Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-09-08
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life imprisonment at San Francisco.
william wynne confessed to max
ing plates for counterfeit bank notes.
A cloudburst destroys ffty homes in
the mountains near Silver City, N. NJ.
II is reported that boys are fighting
IN the ranks of the defenders at Port
Arthur.
Fire caused $4,000 damage to the
American Wine Company's plant in
st. Louis.
Is is estimated that the cotton crop
Of the Southern States will be 11,500,-
900 bales.
NJ. e. Ingalls, special train Is saved
| from destruction in Indiana by
gravedlgger.
The National Association of Master
Bakers agreed to recognize union anG
nonunion labor.
The Missouri Republican State Cen
trail Committee opens Celebrates Of
fees in st. Louis.
An amicable agreement stops all the
litigation against the United States
Shipbuilding Company.
The Russians now hold securely only
three main positions at Port Arthur,
it is asserted at Chefoo
Building Commissioner Helmberger
Of st. Louis applies for warrants
against the School Board.
Robert Atkinson dies in st. Louis
after a lingering illness, from heart
and pulmonary troubles.
st. Louis property owners have
brought suit to test the legality of the
carriage-stand ordinance.
A gold and copper strike on Chapeta
Mountain, near Salida, Colo, attracts
thousands of prospectors.
The value of Missouri's surplus prod
ucts for the year 1903 show a phenom-
email gain over the value of those Of
1902.
Judge Parker, in letter to John J.
Milburn, makes It plain that he is in
favor of independence for the Philip
pines.
The Japanese continue to mount
guns overlooking Port Arthur and to
prepare for the final assault on the
fortress.
Doctor H. w Loeb of st. Louis is
elected president of the American
Academy of Ophthamology and OctO-
larynology.
John c. Cutler Of Salt Lake, an ad,
herent of the Smoot wing of the Re.
publican party, is nominated for Gov
ernor Of Utah.
The committee of Chicago Aldermen
appointed by the City Council fails to
make any progress toward settling
the beef strike.
President Francis told the bank
clerks at their meeting that 1t costs
on an average $65,O00 a day to main
tain the Fair.
Representatives of the Asphalt Trust
urge upon the State Department the
necessity of its intervention in the
Venezuelan affair.
Experts report that the cotton crops
Of Texas, Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory are in better condition than at
this time last year.
James H, Eckles, personal represen-
tative of Parker in Illinois, states that
a strong effort will be made to carry
the States electoral vote.
Chicago packers apply for an injunc-
.ion to prevent city officials from inter-
fering with the housing Of their en-
ployes. The Injunction is granted.
Ahurricane destroys every building
in Willow Lake, S. D., and does serious
damage to Bryant and the surrounding
country. Farmers suffer heavy loss on
crops.
England is helping Russia In the
search for the volunteer-feet steamer
Smolensk, which has not received its
orders to desist from stopping British
merchantmen.
Russia announces willingness to dis
arm the Askold and GrOzovoi, at
Shanghai, as soon as China is able to
guarantee that they will not be seized
by the Japanese.
Mrs. Kate Chopin. author of stories
portraying Creole life, died in St.
Louis Of hemorrhage OF the brain, In
duced. supposedly, by overexertion in
visiting the Fair
An Oklahoma banker secures the en-
tire issue Of 100000 of Philippine
certificates of indebtedness, thus CIV
ing to the West another notable vic
tory over Wall street.
Ticket brokers, under a new plan,
may be prosecuted for violating the
city statute without the victims being
present at tho trial, Fourteen arrests
wore made in st. Louis.
Nearly all the members Of the Ca
biaet OF President Roosevelt, as well
as the Republican candidate for Vice
President, win make speeches in New