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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12
STORIES IN TRAM CASE
ALLEGED PRE-NUPTIAL AFFIpA
Wit ~ MISS NssBIT.
tie Existence Asserted and Denied
With Equal Presidency 5y the
contendlng Interests.

New York. Several conflicting sto-
ries rs to the existence or non-exist-
ence Of an afHdavit made by Evelyn
Nesbit In breach Of promise suit,
which It is alleged she took steps to
bring against Harry Kendall Thaw
prior to her trip to Europe, and mar.
riage to him later. were told. Thurs
day, by persons interested in the in
vestigatlon of the Thaw-White MUIR
der.
Early In the day Assistant District
Attorney Garvan was quoted as say
ing that there was no truth in the
story that he expected to come into
the possession of the alleged affidavit,
and further, that he had no reason to
believe such paper existed.
Counsel for Harry Thaw and Mrs.
Thaw herself added their denials to
the report that there had ever been
such an affivavit made or contemplate
ed. The reports were said to be cir
culated by some enemy OF ThRw and
we're wholly untrue.
Later in the day private detective
who had been engaged by Stanford
White to shadow Harry Thaw, was
examined by Mr. Caravan, and said he
had submitted his reports to Howe
6 Hummel and Delaney Niccoll, attor-
neys.
Following this came a statement at
trlbuted to the district attorneys Of
fee that it was known there that the
Nesbit girl had visited the office OF
Howe G. Hummell; that she did have
consultation with Hummel, and II
Is alleged the affidavit in question was
the result of that interview, the case
being Mr.. Hummeps personal matter.
1t was further stated that while the
district attorneys office had learned
the affidavit was really made, 1t had
been destroyed upon the reconcilia.
ton of the Nesbit girl and young
Thaw.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12
THE LOAGWORTAS GUESTS
AT THE ELYSEE PALACE

.Paris.-The president and Nine.
Faillieres gave brilliant dinner. Mon
day night, at the Elysee palace, in
honor of Mr.. and Mrs Nicholas Long.
worth. The guests Included Ambas-
sador and Mrs. Mccormick, the mem
bers OF the star of the American en-
bassy, G. A. Leishman. American am
bassador to Turkey, and Mrs. I.eish-
man; Foreign Minister Bourgeois, min.
lister of the Interior Clemenceau, Min
lister of War Etlenne, Minister Of Ma,
rine Thompson, Minister Of Public
Works Bartaou, Minister of Agricul4
ture Rnau, NJ Jusserand. ambassador
Of France to the United States and
Nine. Jusserand Gen. Brugere and
the duke and duchess OF Chambrun.
A musicale followed
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12
HEIR TO THE THRONE
SON BORN TO CROWN PRINCE
AND PRINCESS OF GERMANY.
The Event a Cause Of Great Rejoicing
-He VIII BE chrlstened VIII
helm on August 70,

Berlin.-The storlt brought son to
the Crown Prince and Princess Fred
erick William Of Germany at 9:15
O'Clock Wednesday morntag.
The guns of battery of artillery
began to fire slowly in the square OPP
posite the palace at about noon, and
tens of thousands of persons within
hearing of the salute stopped in the
streets or paused in their work count
Ing the guns, for 1t had long been an
nounced that 70 shots would be fired
for a girl and 101 for boy
An hour later half a million copies
of the official gazette announcing the
birth of a prince were given away. All
the public and many private buildings
are decorated with flags.
The empress was summoned from
the new palace at 4:30 a. m. and inn
mediately went to the Marble palace.
Prof. Bumm fastened in an automo-
bile from Berlin
The boy is well formed and strong.
There was great rejoicing at Pots
dam when it became known that the
stork had brought a son. A salute was
fired and the town was decorated.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12
GERMANS ARE NOT
SIX BIT CONCERNS
WILL PAY DOLLAR FOR DOL
LAR ON FRISCO LOSSES
so SAYS GERMAN CONSUL
The Germon Emperor Said to Have
Practically Ordered the compa-
nice Not to Fall Down on
Their Obligations.

San Francisco, Cal.-"The German
Insurance companies will pay in full"
says F. Bopp, German consul, temper
arily located in this city, who recently
returned from Germany, where he in
vestigated the standing of the com
panies doing business on this coast.
Not "slx-5it Concerns.
81 am in position to know that the
German insurance companies will pay
dollar for dollar" said the consul,
and l wish to advise all persons DO
ing business with a German company
not to accept compromise. None of
the German companies wish to be
classed with the 'six-bit' concerns.
My knowledge on this point is abso-
Lutte Money to pay of every claim is
on hand, and it will be a matter of but
few days when it will arrive"
Made Exhaustive investigation.
Mr.. Bopp has just concluded an ex-
haustive investigation of conditions
In San Francisco, the result of which
he has sent off TO his government.
While making no recommendation to
the home office, the tenor of the re-
port Is Enthusiastically in favor of the
insurance companies carrying out
their obligations.
The Emperor Gave Them a Hint.
The consul would not commit him
self on the attitude of Emperor Will
lam toward those companies that
showed a tendency to shave claims
The general implication OF his re-
marks, however, was to the effect that
the emperor had practically ordered
the companies to settle on a dollar for
| dollar basis.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12
Brewers ADMIT
THEIR DEFEAT
HAVE GIVEN UP THE FIGHT IN
KANSAS CITY, KAs.
ALL PROMISE TO EyAouATE
VIII Give Bond Never to Sell Liquor
TO the Joints In Kansas City
kas., Again In Defiance
Of Law.

Kansas City, Mo.-The several
brewers who control the joints in
Kansas City, Kas., admitted defeat in
their effort to keep their places open
in defiance of the law when they an
nOuneed, Monday night, that they will
agree never to sell liquor to the joints
in Kansas City, Kas., again, and prom
Used to give bond as guarantee Of
good faith .f......
WIN Ask Release Of Property.
The Heinz Rochester and Imperial
Brewing companies, which own and
control $50 joints in Kansas city, Kas.,
will make application this week in
the court Of common pleas for the re-
lease of their property which, by order
of court, is locked up and held by the
authorities. The brewers agree to
give a bond of $1,000 for each build
ing they own in which they have fax,
lures as guarantee that they will
not again violate the liquor law.
Owners Must Give Bond.
While the buildings we're leased by
the brewers the property owners will
have to give bond before the padlocks
will be removed from the doors.
Eleven jointists were cited for con-
tempt by the order Of common pleas,
Monday, for violating the courts or.
der by selling liquor Sunday.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12

st. Petersburg, = The opening
paragraph of the proposed agrarian
law, viz, the augmentation of the
lands of the peasants, by the expro-
priation of all state and crown do
mains, and church and monastery
lands, has been accepted by the COM
mission of the lower house with prac-
tical unanimity. The commissioners
have now locked horns over the mode
of appropriation and the method Of
disposal of private estates, and the
end is not yet in sight
Would Cause Complications.
The determination to appropriate
church lands, which in distinction to
the great estates owned by the mon
asteries, lie scattered like the lands
of the common schools in America, in
small tracts throughout the country,
and support the local clergy, will
cause complications. Such action
would deprive the parish priests OF
the principal part of their scanty
emoluments and necessitate an equiv.
alent from some other source.
Drought Broken, But Too Late.
A tour of the provinces of Samara
and Saratov shows that the drought
is finally broken, but the rains have
come too late to save the crop and
help the peasants, who are in pitia
BILE condition. Their cattle have eth
er been sold or are starving in the
fields.
Government Granarles Empty.
The government relief granariei
were completely emptied during last
years famine The present agraria1
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12
PACKING HOUSES HAVE RIVALS,
Conditions Unearthed in. the Ba<ea
Shops Of Chicago BY the San
itary Inspector.

Chicago.-Dirty men sleeping be.
side their ovens and pastry tables;
toilet rooms ventilating into basement
bakeries; lack of washing facilities
and no signs of warning to employees
about cleanliness-these were some OF
the things found by Chief Sanitary In
spector Hedrick in an investigation
which he has begun into the multitu-
dinous bakeshops of Chicago.
While the work has only begun, the
discoveries made by one inspector in
two days, spent exploring the bakeries
on the northwest side, promise thor.
Ough shaking up of an industry that
has nestled undisturbed in basements
and too frequently, it is claimed, with
unsanitary and filthy surroundings.
rivaling those found in the worst OF
the packing houses.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12
MAYOR ROSES CASE NOW
IN U. S. SUPREME COURT

Kansas City, Mo.-Winiam w.
Rose, mayor of Kansas City, Kas.,
was, Monday night, granted a writ of
error by David ]. Brewer, justice of
the United States supreme court,
which reverses the decision of the
Kansas supreme court and stays the
judgment of that body in filming Mayor
Rose $1,000 and demanding that he
relinquish his office. John H. At
wood, of Leavenworth, loses attor-
ney, sent telegram to Mayor Rose
from Hot Springs, Ark, notifying the
mayor of Justice Brewers action.
Mayor Rose will continue to per-
form his official duties as mayor until
the case is acted upon by the United
States supreme court
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12
DECIDED AGAINST
MAYOR E. G. BIDAMAN

Terre Haute, Ind.-Frlday Judge
w. D, Robinson, of the Indiana APP
pelate court, sitting as special judge in
the petition of Mayor Edwin j. Bida-
man to restrain Frank NJ Buckingham
from assuming the office of mayor, dis
solved the temporary restraining or
der and held that the action of the
city council in BUSTING Mayor Bidamen
was legal and that Bidaman had no
claim on the office. Buckingham, who
was comptroller, became mayor on the
Impeachment and removal of Bidaman.
Pending the ruling on the legality OF
the councils action, the city has been
without an official head and all NUM-
cipal business has been tied up.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12
COMPLEX SITUATION IN RUSSIA.
He PROPOSED AdRARIAN LAW EXPROPRATNG LANDS TO PEAS
ANTRY HAS ITS DRAWBACKS

disorders, which can be expected to
grow worse, are due largely to the
necessity of the peasants Selling
food, and forage to preserve their
lives and save from starvation the re-
mainder of their cattle. These disor-
ders have reached the highest pitch
in the province of Voronezh, where
the troops and Cossacks, although in
considerable force, are practically
helpless AMI on the defensive.
Peasants and Police Clash.
According to a telegram received
here from Tambov, peasants on the
estate of Princess Bariatinsky at
tackled a commissary and a posse of
rural police. The commissary and
four policemen were severely wound
ed. In another section of the province
of Tambov body of peasants, armed
with pitchforks and spades, resisted
squadron of Dragons. Because OF
this resistance the troops fired, kill.
ing three peasants ana woundine
many others.
Rich and Poor Peasants Fight.
There has been a fatal encounter al
Krassnopolok, in the province of Pc
dolia, between rich peasants and poor
peasants. The poor men were in
censed because the rich men had sent
telegram to the lower house pro
testing against the proposed distribu
ton of land. In the fighting, one Of
the wealthy peasants killed four and
seriously wounded several of the poor
er men.
There have been grave disorders on
the estate of Minister OF Agriculture
| Stichinsky, in Tula province.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12

tain If it was not possible to bring ous'
ter proceedings against Sheriff Herpel
of st. Louis county before the supreme
court on the ground that the latter
was wilfully neglecting his official
duties in permitting open and fragrant
violations of law.
The violations Of law referred to
relate to complaints of the non enforce
ment of the Sunday closing law in st.
Louis county and also to the further
complaint that gambling is carried on
there.
Assistant-Attorney General Kennish
has taken the matter lnder considera-
ton.
Gov. Folk is exasperated over re-
ports that reach him about the man
ner in which the Sunday Jaw is openly
violated in st. Louis county.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12
GAVE UP HIS LIFE
FOR HIS FRIEND

st, Louisville responding IA
the pleRdings OF companion for help
Louis North, 10 years old, OF Eureke
81 Louis county. waded into the
sferamec river beyond his depth apd
was drowned Sunday afternoon. WI
lie ChaRey, the boy for whom North
sacrificed him life, finally suceeeds9
in pulling himself to place OF safe
ty A half dozen other boys. who hal
heen In the water, saw Louis heroic
efforts to save a life result In the loss
of his own, pOwerless to help him
The boys al lived In Eureka. and
went to the river at Bath Hin bridge
to take a bath
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12
PROSPECTS CONTINUE
BRIGHT FOR BUSINESS

New York.-Bradsreets regular
weekly review says:
Il has been a between-seasons week
in general trade and industry, but
more than the usual seasOnable bust
ness doing, despite holiday influences.
The taking of Inventories and in the
case of industrial plants, the making
Of repairs is naturally a feature. Nev-
ertheless bright prospects continue I'M
impaired. FAN orders are coming for
ward in good volume. Crop conditions
on the whole are very favorable.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12
ROOT FAMILY DEPART
ON CRUISER CHARLESTON

New York.-SecTetary Of State
Elihu Root sailed away from New
York, Wednesday. on the cruiser
Charleston. on his three months South
American tour. He was accompanied
by Mrs. Root, his son Edward and his
daughter Miss Edith. He will go
around Cape Horn, and returning win
cross the isthmus of Panama.
From July 20 to August he win
represent this country at the third
Pan-American congress at Rio Janeiro,
Brazil. No secretary of state ever had
such an extended tour by sea, and Mr.
Root will stand unique In this regard
in the history of the United States.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12
pANks .MusT oaEYl LoAN .LAW
Comptroller Of the Currency Ridge
ley Issues Notice to All Ma
tional Banks.

Washington, Hon. w. B. Ridge
ley, the comptroller of the currency,
has notified all the national banks in
the country that the recent law of
congress permitting national banks
to loan 10 per cent, of their capital
and unimpaired surplus 1oes not in
clude undivided profits as part of
the surplus.
Comptroller Ridgeley has also in.
formed the officers of the national
banks that excessive loans must be
collected or reduced to the limit at
once.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12
HE WAS A VICTIM OF VIOLENCE
Whether Before or After Admission
to the Insane Asylum is a Moot
ed Question.

Jacksonville, Ill. The coro
ner's jury the case of VIM. Tanning,
whose dead body was found n the hos.
pital Of the Central Illinois insane asy
lum here, Sunday, returned verdict
Monday to the effect that death was
caused by injuries received by the de
ceased prior to admission to the hos
pital.
Tanning, whose home was in Jersey,
Vile, had evidently been the victim OF
violence. Seven of his RIBS were brok
en- and there were Commissions on his
head and body. Further than this
however, the AFFAIR mystery.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12
MAYOR ROSE FINED
$1,000 FOR CONTEMPT

Topeka, Kas.-The Kansas state
supreme court. Friday, handed down a
decision holding Mayor w. w. Rose OF
Kansas City, Kas., in contempt for
having assumed the office of mayor
after the court had ousted him for the
non-enforcement of the prohibition
law, and the law against gambling.
In the order Mayor Rose is ordered
to rellnquish the office and is fined
$1,000 for contempt. The court
further orders if Mayor Rose fails to
pay the fine within 20 days he shall be
committed to jail until such time as
1t Is paid
Mayor Roses attorneys immediate
" filed a writ of error.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12
THE MUrINY AT vLADIVosToF
Riot and Mutiny Among the Russian
Troops Reinforced BY Citizen
Mob.

Toxic, Japan.-Riot and mutiny are
in progress at Vladivostok, according
to the news brought to Nagasah by
steamship, the COlonia of the East
Asiatic Steamship Co., which has ar
rived at Nagasaki from the Russian
naval stronghold. There was bloody
fighting in the streets between the
Cossacks on one side and the mob,
REINFORCED by disaffected soldiers, on
the other. Just before the Colonia
sailed the mob had captured battery
of artillery and was using It in an at
tack on the Cossaeks.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12
HIS BRIDE ELECT HAS
A COMFORTABLE DOT

Essen, Prussia.-The formal en-
gagement is announced of Barbara
Krupp, the youngest daughter OF the
late owner Of the great iron works,
Frederick Alfred Krupp, to Baron lilo
Won Wilmowski, son of the governor OF
Prussian Ssxony.
FrauIein Barbara, although by no
means so rich as her Sister Bertha, is
presumably worth $12,50O,O00
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12
A FEDERAL WARRANT
FOR CARRIE NATION

Guthrie, okla.-A United States
warrant was issued, Thursday, by
United States Attorney Scothorn for
Carrie Nation. charging her with
sending obscene matter through the
mails in her temperance publication,
The Hatchet
Mrs. Nation is now lecturlng In Tex
as and federal officers have been no
tilted to place her under arrest.
A recent issue Of The Ratchet con
tanned a lecture to young men and
boys, in which Mrs Nation used very
plain language
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12
SUICIDE OF PROMINENT
KANSAS CITY PRINTER,

Kansas City, Mo- Benz. F. Burd,
aged 46 years, who for the past
Is years has been prominent in the
business affairs OF this city as a mem
Der of the Burd & Fletcher Printing
Co, committed suicide in his private
office at III Wyandotte street
Thursday night, by shooting himself
He was respondent over financial and
domestic troubles It is said, He was
q shrlner and 9 Scottish Rite Mason.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12

mately two-thirds of the matter han
died, while 1t yielded but $6,186, 64754,
or about 1924 of the revenue derived
from postage. Not only has the pos
tai revenue suffered by reason Of the
undue expansion of this class of mat
ter as compared with other classes,
but in dealing with the matter itself
the postal service is hampered at
every step by difficulties and perplexi-
ties of administration.
System Lacks Uniformity.
The system, as whole, the report
says, lacks uniformity and is confus.
ing to publisher and official alike.
The report says the inquiry will be
especially directed towards determin-
ing whether the revenue from the sec,
ond class Of mail matter should not be
made commensurate with the actual
cost of the service rendered in han
ding 1t, II not that limitations should
be placed upon the matter which may
properly be embraced in that class?
Extent Of oral Hearings.
Owing to the great number Of pub.
locations concerned, the committee
deemed 1t impracticable to extend the
privilege of the hearing to individual
publishers Each national organlza
ton will be heard orally not exceed
Ing three representatives designated
by the organization; and those classes
OF publications not having regular or
CARNATIONS will be heard through per
sons who may be regarded as fairly
representative.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12
KILLED h Attempt 70 Eaoaps.

New Orleans. La" Black Ola,
mond" Rigshy, negro under sentence
70 be hanged. made desperate break
FOR liberty while heing conveyed ftom
here 10 Plaquemine. La. to be execut.
"a. and was killed IN me attempt
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12
w. HOUSEHOLDER DEAD
He Started the First Evening Paper
In Kansas City, No., the 4.
Bulletin, In 1858.

Kansas City, Motion. George
w. Householder, who started the first
evening paper In Kansas City, the
Kansas CitT Evening Bulletin, ig
1868. died at his home here. Thurs
day, aged 81 years, Mr.. Household
served in both branches Of the Penn
sylvania legislature during the civil
war, and was prominent in some q,
the most important legislation OF that
time
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12

Durham. Natal. The provincial troops
have completely surrounded and de-
feated a rebel body h the umtoyl die.
trict Five hundred and forty seven
rebels were killed and few escaped,
There were no white easualtles.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12

Higbee, Wednesday, Geo. Wheel,
er, aged 81 after shooting and per,
haps fatally wounding Mrs. Bathena
Sturgeon. OF Kansas City. killed his
15.yearold wife and himself He had
been married about three weeks. Fam,
lily trouble the cause.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12
Due 10 INSANE oELEaRATIoN
Flfty.one Dead and Over Three Thous-
and Injured the Latest Fourth
Of July Figures.

Chieago.-A nearly full roundup Of
casualties due to an insane" celebra-
ton of Independence Day shows 81
dead and 1851 injured The loss OF
life almost equals that OF last year.
when SO persons We're killed Every
record for the number injured was
broken. and all OF the back countries
haven't been heard from yet,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12
cHoLERA scoUReE IN MANILl
The Outbreak Of the Asiatie Pest In
Manila Is Proving a Very
Serious Matter.

Washington, d. C.-The war de.
partment has been advised of the
virulent outbreak of cholera in Ma
Mia. For the week ending July 4,
there were 116 cases and SO deaths.
For the "a hours ending at O'Clock
on the morning of July 5, there were
20 cases and 2S deaths reported in
Manila.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12
Has Accepted New York call.

Kansas City, Mo.-Rev, William Car
ter for some years pastor Of the First
Presbyterian church, announced, sun
day, that he had accepted a call from
the Madison Avenue Reformed church
OF New York city Rev Carter oecu-
pied pulpits at Rockford, H., and
Frankfort, Ind, before coming 70 Kan
sas City.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12
Flve Persona Inlured.

New Albany, lnd.-Seyeral pen
sons were injured, Monday night. nOgs
fatally, when an electric car Of tha
Highland electric line jumped the
track near here and went down 20
foot embankment. The car was de-
molshed.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12
EoR MURDER b 4 aHIP'a Civ
Harry Scott, a Baltimore Negro
Hanged at Wilmington, N. c.
Confessed the Crime.

Wilmington, N. C.-Conyicted Of the
brutal murder OF the white crew Of
the schooner Harry Berwind on the
North Carolina coast last October,
Henry Scott, a Baltimore negro, was
executed here at 2 p. m. satur lay,
IN the Hanover county jail In the
presence Of 40 witnesses. He &C.
knowledged hts guilt.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12
peadIook Reeard Rrakan.

Des Moines, Ia.--The old record
In deadiocked conventions was broken.
Friday when the Thirtyseyenth dis
triot republican senatorial convention
adjourned to Iowa Falls. July 10. with
out result. after having taken 2,47s
ballots.