Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-01-14
THE NEWS RESUME.
ssInG . Condensed story q ths Nswu
Of the Week.

st. Louis experienced its first zero
weather Of present season Sunday.
Probable modification Of public land
laws excites interest at Washington.
Capt. Frederick Pabst, the brewer.
dies at his home In Milwaukee, Wis.
The Mormon Church vigorously de-
mics that It is opposed 20 labor unions
Work Of Congress is TO be expedited
and adjournment may occur soon after
May /.
Fire destroys st. GATHERINGS acad-
envy at Springfield, KY, with loss q
100000.
The Mexican Finance Commission re-
ports in favor Of adopting the gold
standard
King Menelik sends two lions and q
pair Of elephant tuslm to President
Roosevelt.
Gov. DOckery appoints C. w. Frazes
Of st. Louis, State Barber Examiner to
succeed J. J. Ryan.
Nine business houses and two dwell
ings burn at Senath, Mo-, with losses
aggresatinE $4,000.
Two men are incinerated in a fire
which destroys a hotel and q church at
Mount Sterling, KY.
Consul General Skinner arranges q
commercial treaty between the United
State and Abyssinia.
The Department Of Justice Is to take
up the inquiry into Affairs in the Indian
Territory this week.
The President shakes hands with
6,711 callers at the New Years recep-
tiOn at the White House.
Bryan Democrats Of Nebraska pro
pose giving a dollar dinner, to which
''the faithful are hidden.
Belief prevails at Washington that
no statehood legislation at present ses-
sion Of Congress is likely.
The eldest son of United States Min
lister Squiers at Havana accidentally
kills himself with q revolver.
Bloomington, ILL.,, has an exciting
Sunday because Of mob violence as an
incident of street car strike.
Former Cattle Plunger Gillet did not
arrive in Kansas City last week to hold
a meeting with his creditors, as he had
promised.
Recent troop orders are explained at
Washington as bearing simply on being
prepared for war, not necessarily a trip
to Colombia.
Exports to the United States from
Germany in 1903 showed an increase Of
about 12ls per cent over the previous
years record.
Street railway men strike for in
crease in wages at Bloomington and
Normal, ILL.,, and as a result both sys-
TENS are tied up.
Friends of Rear Admiral Schley in
the Maryland Legislature propose spe-~
cial legislation to enable him to vote
in political contests. 100
The Danish Crown Prince acts in be
half of his father at the New Years
reception, King Christians condition
being the cause Of much concern.
Col. Mcclellan assumes office az
Mayor Of New York. and gives a recep-
ton to thousands of enthusiastic Dem
Ocrats, who gather at the City Hall.
The hearing given a Chicago man
brings out the fact that in a letter hH
threatened to kidnap the grandson OF
Marshal Field unless he received
money.
Piute Indians in Nevada have muir.
dered two prospectors and, It is said
will go on the war path IL a sentence
Of death against enc Of their tribe is
carried out.
The French budget is passed with.
out the usual vexatious delay, but the
Parliament is unable to reduce the es-
Inmates Of 500. OO0, 600 by even a half
million dollars.
A large number OF negro veterans
passed in line before the President at
the reception at the White House after
the entertainment had been in progress
about two hours.
Expert accountants Of the Treasury
Department are busy with the accounts
Of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, on rumors that there have been
ssiious Irregularities. ~. 81
A man standing In Kentucky shoots
his father-in-law across the State line
in Tennessee. A knotty problem has
now arisen as to which State has jurlsZ
diction to try the case.
The motion for a dismissal Of the
claim Of the, Oneida Indians to par.
ticipate in the Kansas award has been
denied, and the United States Court Of
Claims will consider the case.
Charles Morgan. II years old, Is ar
rested at his home near Watson, No.
for sending threatening letters to Of
ficials Of the Burlington Railroad, The
youth eonfesses to the postal authOri-
| ties.
The cases Of R. NJ Snyder Of Kansas
City and ]. H. Schnettler OF ST. Louis
/ convicted OF bribery charges, and APP